Hy Narin, the Meanchey district police chief arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on Tuesday, was questioned on Thursday by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court over allegations that he stole more than $600,000 from the state and its citizens during his eight years as police ss='cambodia-color'>...

About 80 villagers locked in a land dispute in Preah Vihear province found their planned march to the National Assembly blocked by security forces in the capital’s Meanchey district yesterday. Village representative Meng Chanthorn said that the quashed march, which was ultimately abandoned without the use ss='cambodia-color'>...

Following a meeting with parliamentarians at the National Assembly yesterday, Minister of Labour Ith sam Heng announced the ministry would form a 27-member committee to study technical aspects of raising the minimum wage in Cambodia’s garment sector. The new committee will comprise nine representatives each from ss='cambodia-color'>...

A report from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists has decried the killing of journalists with no consequences, listing Cambodia as one of several countries where members of the press have been killed since 2004 “with complete impunity”. From 2004 to 2013, 370 journalists ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has affirmed the government’s determination to push forward the memorandums of understanding (MoUs) recently signed with Cambodia, particularly the one seeking to eradicate human trafficking. speaking of his official visit to Cambodia during October 30-31, Gen Prayut stated in his weekly televised ss='cambodia-color'>...

King Norodom Sihamoni officially appointed new memberS to the judicial body that overSeeS the Kingdom&rSquo;S judgeS and proSecutorS laSt week, following the paSSing of a controverSial law earlier thiS year outlining itS organiSation and functioning. According to a Royal Decree that waS Signed ThurSday by the SS='cambodia-color'>...

A study released by the UK-based Charities Aid Foundation puts Cambodia close to the bottom of the world in terms of the charity of its citizens, despite southeast Asia being cited as the world’s strongest performing sub-region. According to the World Giving Index, which ranks countries ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rady Mom, Cambodian-American state representative in Massachusetts, U.s.A, was not allowed yesterday to meet with 17 activists who are currently being detained at Prey sar prison. Rady Mom and his colleagues as well as Members of Parliament and senators of opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party went ss='cambodia-color'>...

Medical students are up in arms about a tuition hike that would double costs and prevent some from gaining their degree, they told the Post yesterday. The University of Health sciences announced Friday that students wishing to pursue a specialty beyond the general medical degree would ss='cambodia-color'>...

The father of a man killed during a government-run fireworks display in October has sent letters to the King and two government institutions demanding compensation for his loss. Na Kry said yesterday that he sent letters last week to the King, the National Assembly and ss='cambodia-color'>...

A team from the United Nations refugee agency traveled to northeast Cambodia Wednesday to meet with 13 ethnic Montagnards seeking asylum in the country after fleeing alleged persecution in Vietnam, according to an agency spokesperson and a member of a local rights group. United Nations High ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Association of Banks in Cambodia has called on the securities and Exchange Commission to ensure that over-the-counter derivatives transacted by banks do not fall under the governance of the new draft prakas governing derivatives trading on Cambodia’s stock exchange. speaking at a workshop in Phnom ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 50 Daun Penh diStrict Security guardS and about aS many riot police prevented 100 anti-eviction proteSterS from gathering at Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Freedom Park on TueSday after the city deemed the gathering illegal. The proteSterS were from a number of eviction-hit communitieS, including the Boeng Kak SS='cambodia-color'>...

A family of Montagnard asylum seekers, including two young children and a 9-month-old baby, has been deported to Vietnam, where the father was reportedly beaten by authorities for attempting to escape. But Moeng sineath, spokesman for Ratanakkiri Provincial Hall, confirmed for the first time yesterday ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ruling and opposition parties announced on saturday the creation of a new working group to discuss a bipartisan plan to table a rent control law that will regulate rising housing prices and sudden rental hikes for all tenants in the Kingdom. Originally, the plan ss='cambodia-color'>...

Minor political parties have come out swinging at the ruling and opposition political parties for overhauling the election system on a bi-party basis. Two election-related laws that the National Assembly is expected to pass later this week have been negotiated for months solely by the CPP ss='cambodia-color'>...

The ever congested part of samdach sothearos Boulevard between the Chamkar Mon traffic lights and the Russian Embassy is getting a much needed expansion. Especially since Aeon Mall opend in June 2014 the major arterial road was used beyond capacity. Long Dimanche, City Hall spokesman, said ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cross-border porters in Banteay Meanchey’s Poipet town over the weekend defended the decision last week to stage a demonstration over customs fees – a demonstration that turned violent and ultimately left four injured – saying that import tax and unofficial fees exacted by police are ss='cambodia-color'>...

The draft of a rent-control law aimed at regulating rising housing prices and sudden rental hikes for low-income workers and students is expected to go before the National Assembly by the end of June, officials from the bipartisan working group in charge of the law ss='cambodia-color'>...

South EaSt ASia Telecom haS partnered with ChineSe infraStructure provider ZTE to deploy a FDD-LTE network in Cambodia. Earlier thiS year, the operator announced planS to inveSt $400 million over the next two to three yearS to deploy itS 4G LTE network acroSS Cambodia, and SS='cambodia-color'>...