Parties gear up for the elections
Political parties are scrambling to complete their internal processes and register ahead of this year’s commune elections, which are to be held in June. The National Election Committee (NEC) will be accepting registration applications for all parties’ candidates from March 3 to 5. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35331/parties-gear-up-for-the-elections/
Opposition to boycott meeting
Members of the opposition CNRP have decided to boycott the National Assembly’s (NA) plenary session today, saying amendments to the law on political parties which are being debated today will lead to National disunity and run contrary to democratic principles. ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35625/opposition-to-boycott-meeting/
Minister praises 2013 protest crackdown
The Labor Minister yesterday lauded the government’s crackdown of a garment worker protest back in late 2013 and early 2014, which he claimed was necessary to avoid a war. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36168/minister-praises-2013-protest-crackdown/
Concern over the order of parties on ballot
The National Election Committee (NEC) has begun randomly selecting the order candidates from each political party will appear on the ballot for upcoming commune elections, with the two main parties calling on citizens and supporters to not confuse the numbers. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36902/concern-over--the-order--of-parties--on-ballot/
Opinion polls to be banned ahead of election
Cambodia’s top election body will take legal action against groups that conduct or publish opinion polls in the two weeks leading up to June 4 commune elections, its spokesman said on Sunday, warning that the surveys could lead to “social instability.” ...
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opinion-polls-to-be-banned-ahead-of-election-127426/
New campaign to educate Cambodians about June elections
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Friday launched a radio campaign to educate Cambodians about upcoming commune elections and to counter misinformation about the June 4 poll. ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-campaign-educate-cambodians-about-june-elections
Thousands of election body workers missing weeks of wages
Tens of thousands of workers contracted by the government to prepare Cambodia for the June 4 commune elections, many of whom are still waiting to be paid for work in February, will have to wait for their March and April salaries until after Khmer New ...
Phan Soumy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-of-election-body-workers-missing-weeks-of-wages-127966/
Health cash fails workers
The Labor Ministry spent more than four billion riel on help for garment workers involved in accidents in the first three months of the year, but unions say staff are still struggling to access healthcare. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37777/health-cash-fails-workers/
NEC calls for neutrality on Facebook
An election official warned Facebook users not to make any politically charged posts the day before the election yesterday during a three-day training session on campaign monitoring, with observers accusing him of overstepping the bounds of a rule forbidding parties from campaigning on that day. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-calls-neutrality-facebook
Voter ink can be washed off, NEC admits
Less than a month before Cambodia goes to the polls, the country’s top election body on Wednesday acknowledged it had paid nearly $800,000 for indelible ink that its own tests showed could be removed using hair care products, an issue one opposition leader called a ...
Ouch Sony and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/voter-ink-can-be-washed-off-nec-admits-129469/
Loggers detained in Thailand
Sixteen Cambodians were arrested on Monday for illegally crossing the border to log luxury rosewood trees in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province. The men, aged between 16 and 55, were all residents of Battambang province. They were arrested in Pang Sida National Park with logging tools and ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/38744/loggers-detained--in-thailand/
Opposition's strong showing in Cambodia vote may signal change in election landscape
Although the official results will not be released until June 25, the closely watched vote for Cambodia’s commune council elections showed the opposition’s growing strength and suggest that the national elections in 2018 will be a race between two parties. ...
Carving Tbong Khmum from Kampong Cham may see CPP gain assembly seat
Four years ago, when the opposition snatched Kampong Cham away from the ruling party in 2013 national elections, it hinted at a deeper shift taking place in what was then the Kingdom’s most populous province. ...
Mech Dara and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/carving-tbong-khmum-kampong-cham-may-see-cpp-gain-assembly-seat
Gov’t to continue drug crackdown with nearly $1m budget
Prime Minister Hun Sen has authorized a six-month extension of the government’s anti-drug campaign, an anti-drug authority official said on Thursday. ...
Phan Soumy and Matt Surrusco
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-to-continue-drug-crackdown-with-nearly-1m-budget-132497/
Police raid illegal timber warehouse
Police raided a warehouse in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district on Friday, seizing tonnes of illegal luxury timber after the owner fled. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084032/police-raid-illegal-timber-warehouse/
Thousands more drug arrests
About 5,000 people have been arrested for drug use and trafficking since July in the second phase of an ongoing controversial drug crackdown, bringing the total number of arrestees this year to almost 13,700 people. ...
Niem Chheng and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thousands-more-drug-arrests
Voter registration wraps with two-thirds of remaining eligible voters still unregistered
Registration for next year’s national elections closed yesterday with a rush of last-minute sign-ups, though two of every three remaining eligible voters still remain unregistered in an atmosphere that observers say raises questions about the legitimacy of next year’s planned national election. ...
Kong Meta and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-wraps-two-thirds-remaining-eligible-voters-still-unregistered
Businesses in Sihanoukville told to clean up
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities and relevant departments have asked businesses and tour operators in Sihanoukville to enhance the city’s beauty and prevent sewage from flowing into the sea, while warning of administrative measures for those failing to comply. A notice concerning order at Ochheuteal Beach was ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50110699/businesses-sihanoukville-told-clean/
Teenage girl shot dead in Cambodia land protest
Security forces in Cambodia have shot dead a 15-year-old girl who was taking part in a land protest. She was demonstrating against the development of a rubber plantation on farmland in eastern Kratie province. Authorities say local residents, armed with axes and crossbows, would not vacate the ...
Hun Sen Son Tapped for Land Dispute Role
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s June order that land be cut from economic land concessions and returned to displaced villagers – a move that has alternately inspired gratitude and scepticism – now has a high-profile public face: one of his sons. Hun Manith, deputy chief of Hun ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012062857077/National-news/hun-sen-son-land-dispute.html