Government
China drives water cooperation with Mekong countries
China is more closely involved in cross-border cooperation on hydropower and water management after the six countries that share the Mekong River signed a landmark agreement late last year. ...
Sebastian Biba
http://www.eco-business.com/news/china-drives-water-cooperation-with-mekong-countries/
Mong Rethy group given deadline to pay ELC back taxes
The government has warned Mong Reththy Group (MRT), an investor in agro-industrial crops such as palm oil and cassava, that it must pay all outstanding back taxes on its economic land concession in Sihanoukville’s Prey Nop district within three months, according to a document received ...
May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20867/mong-reththy-group-given-deadline-to-pay-elc-back-taxes/
Public input touted for access to information draft law
Public officials and stakeholders drafting new access to information legislation listened yesterday as speakers underlined the importance of incorporating public feedback into the long-awaited law. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/public-input-touted-access-information-draft-law
Committee unaffected by Kith Meng’s appeal
Cambodian tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group failed to persuade a high-level meeting of government and Preah Sihanouk officials to resume construction of a 40-metre port at Otres Beach, and will instead have to explore the use of other locations along the coastline. ...
Cheng Sokhorng and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/committee-unaffected-kith-mengs-appeal
Interior ministry takes aim at illegal guns
Following a nationwide spate of violent gun crime over the past few months, the government has called on City Hall for help in its crackdown on illegal firearms, a problem one Ministry of Interior official laid at the feet of authorities themselves. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-ministry-takes-aim-illegal-guns
Election monitors say voter registry is an urgent priority
Election observers are urging the National Election Committee to move quickly on updates to the voter registry, as commune elections in 2017 approach. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/election-monitors-say-voter-registry-is-an-urgent-priority/3168222.html
Gov’t recommends precautions against Zika
Amid fears that the Zika virus could jump to Southeast Asia after its rapid spread through South America, the Cambodian Ministry of Health has asked citizens to take precautions to avoid mosquito bites. In a press release sent Friday, the ministry urged people to wear ...
Jonathan Cox and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20818/gov---t-recommends-precautions-against-zika/
Minister orders diplomats to step up efforts
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has called on Cambodia’s ambassadors to lift their professionalism and pay greater attention to the needs of workers abroad. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minister-orders-diplomats-step-efforts
Cambodian youth party to register for official status
The Cambodian Youth Party has gathered the 400 members and 3 million riel necessary to register as a political party, its founder said on Friday, adding that he planned to file paperwork with the Interior Ministry on Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-youth-party-to-register-for-official-status-106952/
Banh has back of commander
An anonymous complaint against a deputy regional military commander filed to the Anti-Corruption Unit, which included allegations of skimming from soldiers’ salaries, has been dismissed by Defence Minister Tea Banh as untrue following a Ministry of Defence investigation. ...
Bun Sengkong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/banh-has-back-commander
NEC to accept some expert recommendations, dismiss others
In the process of drafting regulations for new voter lists to be used in the upcoming commune and national elections, the National Election Committee has accepted some suggestions from the European Union and Japanese experts while dismissing others, according to a report released by the ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20720/nec-to-accept-some-expert-recommendations--dismiss-others/
Ministry of Justice to propose official salary increases
The Ministry of Justice will request a salary raise for all of its judges, clerks and prosecutors, and has plans to create mobile court hearings, according to court officials yesterday. They will need the approval of Prime Minister Hun Sen as well as King Norodom ...
Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20734/ministry-of-justice-to-propose-official-salary-increases/
Cambodia perceived as most corrupt in region
Cambodia is now perceived to be the most corrupt country in Southeast Asia, according to Transparency International’s 2015 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released on Wednesday and promptly dismissed by the country’s anti-graft chief. ...
Anthony Jensen and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-perceived-as-most-corrupt-in-region-106639/
Takeo governor says historic village is not lost to Vietnam
Takeo provincial governor Lay Vannak on Wednesday threatened to arrest anyone who claims that officials surrendered to Vietnam two of the boulders that constitute the historic “Three Rocks Village” on the eastern border of Borei Cholsar district. ...
Health ministry confirms first case of measles in four years
Three months after the Health Ministry proclaimed Cambodia measles-free—after tests on a child suspected to be carrying the disease came back negative—it announced on Wednesday that a 7-month-old in Kompong Speu province has contracted the highly contagious virus. It is the first confirmed case in ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/health-ministry-confirms-first-case-of-measles-in-four-years-106654/
Cambodia-Thai border to be discussed in Bangkok
Cambodian Secretary of State Neang Phat will lead a delegation to Thailand this morning for the 11th General Border Committee (GBC) meeting, according to an announcement from the Defense Ministry. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20650/cambodia-thai-border-to-be-discussed-in-bangkok/
ACU probes high-ranking corruption case, warn official
The director of the Anti-Terrorism Police Department has been warned by the Anti-Corruption Unit following the lodging of a corruption complaint against him, according to officials at the ACU. Y Sok Khy has allegedly been illegally collecting so-called ‘voluntary funds’ from his subordinates on a ...
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20654/acu-probes-high-ranking-corruption-case--warn-official/
Commerce minister proposes ‘extra premium’ rice brand
At the close of the three-day annual Cambodia Rice Forum, Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol on Tuesday suggested that the first-rate rice brand set to be launched on the international market this year be marketed as “Extra Premium” jasmine rice. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/commerce-minister-proposes-extra-premium-rice-brand-106528/
New body to address Sesan dam concerns
The Ministry of Mines and Energy has created a committee to resolve compensation and resettlement issues for 1,000 families displaced by the controversial Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in Stung Treng province. ...
Lay Samean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-body-address-sesan-dam-concerns
New tourism strategy to focus on Chinese market
A new five-year plan is being drafted to woo more Chinese tourists to the Kingdom, following a surge in visitors from the world’s most populous nation, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said yesterday. /Sum Manet ...
Sum Manet
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20580/new-tourism-strategy-to-focus-on-chinese-market/
Officials dispute transparency international’s corruption index
Cambodia scored very poorly on a perceived corruption index, put out each year by Transparency International, but a government spokesman says the report doesn’t reflect the “effort” the government has put into combating the practice. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/officials-dispute-transparency-international-corruption-index/3166483.html
Ministry, Chinese firm spar over Siem Reap mine
The Ministry of Mines and Energy is currently working to withdraw the licence of a copper mining company in Siem Reap province’s Chi Kraeng district that it accuses of operating illegally for more than a year. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-chinese-firm-spar-over-siem-reap-mine
Revenue surges 40 percent at water supplier
Revenue for the state-owed Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) surged more than 40 percent last year from 2014, according to a preliminary report released last week. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/20582/revenue-surges-40-percent-at-water-supplier/
After dispute, ACU to monitor judicial exams
Following a long delay due to a dispute between the Royal Academy for Judicial Professionals and the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), the annual exam for prospective judges has been rescheduled for next month, officials said on Tuesday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-dispute-acu-to-monitor-judicial-exams-106507/