Police collusion? Complaint filed against Kandal cops
Two police officials – one the deputy police chief of Kandal’s Takhmao town and the son of Provincial Police Chief Eav Chamroeun – are the subject of a complaint filed with the Ministry of Interior by three people who allege they might have colluded to ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-collusion-complaint-filed-against-kandal-cops
Election situation room faces threat of legal action
Interior Ministry officials have met to discuss whether the situation room broke the law when it monitored recent commune polls. Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the government is scrutinising the group of about 40 NGOs to ascertain if it attempted to undermine the polls. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39902/election-situation--room-faces-threat-of-legal-action/
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/
Party HQ searched amid terror allegations
The saga involving the arrest of a politically-irrelevant opposition party’s leader took another twist on Tuesday when the party’s Phnom Penh offices were searched by anti-terrorism police, with a party official claiming it was due to links with a government-branded terrorist. ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/party-hq-searched-amid-terror-allegations-133677/
CNRP questions prakas on voter registration
The Cambodia National Rescue Party sent a letter on Monday to Interior Minister Sar Kheng asking for clarification on a recently amended prakas that now requires eligible voters to get a police verification letter before a commune chief can attest to their place of residence, ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-questions-prakas-voter-registration
Cambodia lags Asean peers in eliminating tariffs
More than 96 percent of tariffs in Asean have been eliminated, but certain parts of the 10-nation economic bloc including Cambodia lag behind others in full implementation of the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga), the Ministry of Commerce said in a Facebook post yesterday. ...
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-lags-asean-peers-eliminating-tariffs
Trade with US normal, says ministry
Despite a diplomatic row with the United States, the trade relationship between Cambodia and the US remains normal, said the Ministry of Commerce’s spokesperson yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082797/trade-us-normal-says-ministry/
PM calls on US to take its bombs back
The Prime Minister yesterday urged the US to assist Cambodia in removing unexploded bombs that its forces dropped on the country during the Vietnam War, rather than focusing on finding the remains of missing American soldiers. ...
Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083770/pm-calls-us-take-bombs-back/
PM wants to boost tourism
The government through the Ministry of Tourism is set to give a major boost to the country’s tourism sector to bolster the economy, said Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083858/pm-wants-boost-tourism/
Hun Sen takes a dig at US for Vegas shooting
Even as he expressed condolences for the mass shooting in Las Vegas on Sunday that left 59 people dead, Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared yesterday to suggest that the incident was a kind of cosmic rebuke following American warnings to its citizens about safety in ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-takes-dig-us-vegas-shooting
Cambodian Youth Party launches bid to end CNRP
The Cambodian Youth Party (CYP) filed a complaint to the Ministry of Interior yesterday requesting the dissolution of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, as the royalist party Funcinpec reaffirmed its commitment to do the same. ...
Andrew Nachemson and Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodian-youth-party-launches-bid-end-cnrp
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
Central bank marks 38 years since rising from rubble
Cambodia’s banking sector has grown enormously on solid foundations since being rebuilt from scratch in 1979, central bank Governor Chea Chanto said yesterday during an event marking the 38-year anniversary of the re-establishment of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) after the fall of the ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/central-bank-marks-38-years-rising-rubble
Stung Treng border brigade unveiled
The government on Saturday inaugurated a new Royal Cambodian Armed Forces brigade to serve a disputed part of the Cambodia-Laos border. Defence Minister General Tea Banh presided over a ceremony to mark the establishment of infantry brigade 128, which comes under the control of RCAF’s ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5088220/stung-treng-border-brigade-unveiled/
Hun Sen gives nod to creation of ecotourism task force
Prime Minister Hun Sen approved the establishment of a new interministerial task force yesterday that will work to develop and manage community-based ecotourism locations in a bid to find sustainable ways to draw tourists to destinations across the Kingdom. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hun-sen-gives-nod-creation-ecotourism-task-force
Hopes stay sunny for yearly tourist draw numbers
Foreign tourist arrivals to the Kingdom have gone up during the first nine months of this year, reaching roughly 3.9 million to represent a year-on-year increase of 11.5 percent, according to data released by the Ministry of Tourism yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/hopes-stay-sunny-yearly-tourist-draw-numbers
Cambodia PM berates media at correspondents' dinner
Cambodia’s long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen berated journalists on Sunday at a dinner his government hosted for correspondents and accused some of spreading fabricated stories. ...
Prak Chan Thul
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-media/cambodia-pm-berates-media-at-correspondents-dinner-idUSKBN1FA0ZB
GI status for Tonle Sap rice under consideration
Rice authorities in the kingdom are exploring the possibility of applying for Geographical Indication (GI) status for rice grown in areas around the Tonle Sap Lake. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50103691/gi-status-for-tonle-sap-rice-under-consideration/
China donates army vehicles
Defence Minister General Tea Banh yesterday confirmed that China is to provide the army with tanks and armoured personnel carriers to strengthen relations between the two militaries.He said the tanks and APCs would arrive in Cambodia in March, when the two countries will hold their ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50104978/china-donates-army-vehicles/
Police and Phnom Penh City Hall pat selves on back for political crackdown
The National Police and Phnom Penh City Hall released their year-end reports yesterday, with both congratulating themselves for helping to carry out a political crackdown widely condemned by international observers. ...
Mech Dara, Ben Sokhean and Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-and-phnom-penh-city-hall-pat-selves-back-political-crackdown