Court questions General charged in corruption case
A military general charged in connection with a high-profile corruption scandal at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which led to the removal of its top judge last month, on Tuesday denied the allegations against him after being questioned at the court. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-general-charged-in-corruption-case-79472/
Briton gets 8 years for sexually abusing girls
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday convicted a British national of purchasing child prostitution and committing indecent acts against minors, sentencing him to eight years in prison and ordering him to pay a total of $5,000 in fines and compensation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/briton-gets-8-years-for-sexually-abusing-girls-82227/
Sihanoukville police raid home of wanted Russian
Police in Sihanoukville on Tuesday raided the rented house of a Russian businessman who is wanted by local authorities for ordering a violent attack at the Queenco casino in February, but came up empty- handed, an official said. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sihanoukville-police-raid-home-of-wanted-russian-81617/
Second suspect charged over club shooting
Authorities have arrested and charged a second man in a shooting at Phnom Penh’s Rock nightclub Sunday that involved the son of a high-ranking customs official, during which one man was injured. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/second-suspect-charged-over-club-shooting-80226/
Officials in the dark about Ukrainian politician’s rape case
A Ukrainian lawmaker accused of raping a minor in Phnom Penh in 2011 had escaped the country before the courts could catch up with him, the head of the Interior Ministry’s anti-human trafficking department said Tuesday. ...
Matt Blomberg and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-in-the-dark-about-ukrainian-politicians-rape-case-80649/
Nearly 1,000 workers fired from Winson International garment factory
Eight hundred and sixty-eight workers have been fired from the Winson International garment factory after they refused to obey a Kampong Speu Provincial Court injunction last week ordering them back to work within 48 hours. Free Trade Union official Ry Sithinet said yesterday that the workers, ...
Ministry sets dates for Diploma and Bac II exams
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport has announced the annual schedule for junior high school Diploma and high school Baccalaureate (Bac II) final examinations. ...
Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501275975/ministry-sets-dates-for-diploma-and-bac-ii-exams/
Parties near agreement on draft commune council law
Leaders from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will continue discussing a draft law on commune council elections next week, members of the party said yesterday. ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16100/parties-near-agreement-on-draft-commune-council-law/
CPP to push ahead with new commune election law
The National Assembly will vote on an amended law governing commune elections on October 20 even if the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP do not forge a deal over the parts of the law they disagree on, CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said Wednesday. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-to-push-ahead-with-new-commune-election-law-96044/
‘Free market’ no excuse for price gouging: CNRP
Despite Prime Minister Hun Sen’s request for bus owners and cab drivers to not hike prices over the Pchum Ben holiday, passengers were subjected to a familiar price bump this week. ...
Chea Takihiro and Srey Kunmeth
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16770/---free-market----no-excuse-for-price-gouging--cnrp/
Vietnamese tourists released after drone flies near palace
Three Vietnamese tourists were briefly detained on Saturday for flying a drone over the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, a week after a Hong Kong national was similarly arrested and released without charge for the same offense. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnamese-tourists-released-after-drone-flies-near-palace-100359/
Senate blasts EU resolution seeking Rainsy’s return
The Senate on Friday released a statement condemning a European Parliament resolution on the political situation in Cambodia approved the day before, accusing the E.U.’s legislative body of meddling in the country’s internal affairs and disrespecting the rule of law. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-blasts-eu-resolution-seeking-rainsys-return-101424/
Siem Reap copper mine shut down
A copper mine in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kreng district was closed down last Thursday over allegations that its parent company has been running the site with an expired license. The investigation into Meng Xin Hong Fa (Cambodia) Resources Investment Co. Ltd. is being led ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20048/siem-reap-copper-mine-shut-down/
Opposition supporters in Banteay Meanchey defect
Almost 100 opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) supporters and several dozen members of the Royalist Funcinpec Party in Svay Chek district, Banteay Meanchey province, defected yesterday to the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. Among them were provincial and village-level leaders. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16929/opposition-supporters-in-banteay-meanchey-defect/
City hall plans to build two new dump sites
Phnom Penh City Hall will build two new waste management sites in order to to alleviate traffic congestion exacerbated by the need to transport all of the city’s garbage to a single dump in Dangkao district, municipal governor Pa Socheatvong announced on his Facebook page ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-plans-to-build-two-new-dump%E2%80%88sites-103581/
Commission makes changes in first union draft law meeting
A joint commission of 10 lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties yesterday met for the first time to review the draft law on trade unions, and two of 21 articles that were flagged as controversial by unions have changed slightly. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19441/commission-makes-changes-in-first-union-draft-law-meeting/
Kingdom’s union law ‘a work in progress’
Lawmakers from both the ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) were able to reach consensus and move forward on several aspects of the draft union Law yesterday, revising seven of 21 articles that had been flagged by union groups ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19968/kingdom---s-union-law----a-work-in-progress---/
Arrest ordered for Rainsy Facebook manager
An arrest warrant was issued on Tuesday for an assistant of opposition leader Sam Rainsy who helps run his popular Facebook page and is allegedly responsible for producing the video in which now-jailed Senator Hong Sok Hour presents a forged treaty. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/arrest-ordered-for-rainsy-facebook-manager-101683/
Senate slams opposition Sam Rainsy party’s boycott
Senate spokesman Mam Bun Neang issued a statement Monday describing as “shameful” the decision by the chamber’s 10 opposition senators to boycott the day’s vote in protest of the arrest warrant issued for opposition leader Sam Rainsy. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-slams-opposition-sam-rainsy-partys-boycott-102478/
Gov’t takes back Phnom Kulen from CPP lawmaker
The Environment Ministry has revoked the rights of a company owned by government lawmaker and tycoon Sieng Nam to manage the Kulen Mountain Resort in the Preah Bat Jayavarman-Nordom National Park in Siem Reap province, saying the move was in the national interest. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19006/gov---t-takes-back-phnom-kulen-from-cpp-lawmaker/