Affordable Amazonian paradise for the masses
The resort and housing complex, which has only recently started construction, is located in Dangkao district’s Kong Noy commune, making it an 18-kilometre journey from Wat Phnom in Phnom Penh. ...
Vandy Muong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-property/affordable-amazonian-paradise-masses
Judge questions environmental activists at prison
A Koh Kong provincial judge on Wednesday questioned three activists who were arrested late Monday—not in the courtroom, but in the prison where they are being held. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/judge-questions-environmental-activists-at-prison/2923958.html
All parties seek speedy solution to decade-long land dispute in Koh Kong
A decade-long land dispute between about 130 families and the provincial agriculture department is being urged to be resolved quickly. ...
Acquisition of islands: Cambodian officials buy almost exclusive beaches in some islands in Koh Kong province
Rich in corals, sea creatures, and palm trees, Koh Sdach, located on the west and southwest coast of Cambodia, has long attracted tourists and investors with its beautiful white sand beaches. ...
Gerald Flynn, Andy Ball, and Vutha Srey
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/island-shopping-cambodian-officials-buy-up-the-cardamoms-coast/
Tipster hotline ineffective, says Licadho
Rights group Licadho said yesterday that a forestry crime reporting mechanism set in place by Koh Kong provincial Governor Mithona Phouthorng to protect tipsters is ineffective as residents fear repercussion from powerful figures. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50522226/tipster-hotline-ineffective-says-licadho/
Cambodia’s energy rising with new hydro plant: officials
The $540 million Tatay River hydropower plant was inaugurated yesterday in Koh Kong, making it the second hydropower plant in the province after the Russei Chrum Krom River plant opened earlier this year. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19053/cambodia---s-energy-rising-with-new-hydro-plant--officials/
Activists fear dredging in wildlife sanctuary
Activists and a fisherman yesterday claimed that a company has started sand dredging within a wildlife sanctuary in Koh Kong, despite a standing ban on sand exports from companies operating in coastal areas. ...
Yesenia Amaro and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/activists-fear-dredging-wildlife-sanctuary
Villagers blocked from stopping construction
Security guards hired by the Chinese-owned Union Development Group (UDG) thwarted an attempt Friday by 10 villagers to bring a halt to the company’s clearing of land in Koh Kong province, locals said. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-blocked-from-stopping-construction-71588/
Bail granted for woman accused in mother's death
A Koh Kong woman, who a representative of the rights group Adhoc says was falsely accused of killing her mother in order to steal nearly 400 grams of gold, was released on bail on Friday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bail-granted-woman-accused-mothers-death
Businessmen Charged Over Mining Deal Fraud
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has charged the Cambodian chairman of a local conglomerate and a Chinese business associate with fraud and using forged public documents, officials said Wednesday. Al Romny, 41, and Chinese national Chin Mongxin, 45, were arrested Saturday after an unknown complainant said ...
Eang Mengleng and Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/businessmen-charged-over-mining-deal-fraud-41261/
Luxury wood charge floated
About 300 cubic metres of luxury timber is being felled every day and transported on boats to Vietnam and Thailand from four districts in Koh Kong province, according to an investigation by a local rights group. Chea Hean, director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife Preservation ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/luxury-wood-charge-floated
PM seeks hydropower deal with Thailand
The government is to ask Thailand for help to build a hydropower plant in the border province of Koh Kong. ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076787/pm-seeks-hydropower-deal-thailand/
Lawmakers ask ministry to halt UDG eviction
Parliament’s Human Rights Commission has asked the Ministry of Justice to suspend a court verdict that could see 20 Koh Kong families, who are holding out against giant Chinese firm Union Development Group, lose their homes. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/lawmakers-ask-ministry-halt-udg-eviction
Mother nature accused of threatening violence
Activists from environmental NGO Mother Nature caused more than $100,000 in damages to a company that was legally dredging for sand in Koh Kong province, Khem Sameth, CEO of the company Direct Access, said yesterday. ...
Jonathan Cox and Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14651/mother-nature-accused-of-threatening-violence/
Commander accused of corruption
A National Military Police taskforce has opened a corruption investigation against Brigadier General Kong Saokun, Preah Vihear provincial military police commander, who is suspected of funnelling about $20,000 from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/536087/commander-accused-of-corruption/
Thai fishing trawlers unloading catch in Cambodia
More than 200 fishing trawlers from Trat province are now docking and unloading their catches in Cambodia’s adjoining Koh Kong province to evade the strict regulations being enforced against unregistered. ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/720088/thai-fishing-trawlers-unloading-catch-in-cambodia
Police arrest 23 illegal loggers, issue warnings
Police raided a guesthouse in Poipet City on Monday and arrested 23 men as they waited to be paid for illegally logging rosewood across Cambodia’s border with Thailand, police officials said. Um Sophal, Poipet City police chief, said the men were arrested Monday following a tip-off ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-23-illegal-loggers-issue-warnings-55554/
US Seeks Infrastructure Deals in Cambodia
Looking to compete with Chinese influence in the region, the U.S. government is making plans to help American companies win large-scale infrastructure projects in Cambodia, U.S. officials said yesterday in Phnom Penh. The plans, which come as part of a strategic and economic embracing of Asia ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-seeks-infrastructure-deals-in-cambodia-7945/
PM urges action against unnamed firms
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered officials to take action against unnamed companies he said were using the cover of night to illegally dredge sand from the Mekong River. Calling on Water Resources and Meteorology Minister Lim Kean Hor to lead the crackdown, Hun Sen also ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013012360929/National/pm-urges-action-against-unnamed-firms.html
Villagers again demand land resolution
Dozens of villagers representing 170 Prek Khsach community households in Koh Kong province’s Kiri Sakor district gathered at the Provincial Hall yesterday to petition authorities to speed up land dispute resolution involving two development companies. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50541167/villagers-again-demand-land-resolution/