Disability Action Team set up for rehabilitation of the disabled

The Ministry of Interior has established a “Disability Action Team” to help advice Ministry on issues related to the disabled people and increase their employment opportunities within the Ministry. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501451831/disability-action-team-set-up-for-rehabilitation-of-the-disabled/

Government issues roadmap to improve local admin management

The Government, through the Ministry of Interior, has published the Strategic Plan for the Promotion of Territorial Administration, Security, Public Order and Social Security 2024-2028 to support the implementation of the Pentagonal Strategy-Phase 1 to achieve the set goals, objectives and vision. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501451097/government-issues-roadmap-to-improve-local-admin-management/

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security’s delegation visits Cambodia

Minister of Public Security General To Lam led a delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security to pay an official visit to Cambodia from January 22-24 at the invitation of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Sokha. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428840/vietnams-ministry-of-public-securitys-delegation-visits-cambodia/

Interior Ministry plans blacklist for drunk drivers

The Ministry of Interior is studying the possibility of creating a database or blacklist to record those who drive while intoxicated and cause traffic accidents resulting in injuries or deaths. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501428669/interior-ministry-plans-blacklist-for-drunk-drivers/

Interior Minister sounds the alarm over traffic accidents

The number of road accidents and casualties has been reported to have reached an emergency level, and if stakeholders do not increase law enforcement efforts, Sar Sokha, the Minister of Interior and Chairman of the National Road Safety Committee, believes that 2024 will mark the ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427208/interior-minister-sounds-the-alarm-over-traffic-accidents/

43 gambling locations were cracked down on the first 21 days of the 2024

An Interior Ministry official said that for the first 21 days of 2024, the authorities of the Ministry of Interior had cracked down on gambling in 43 locations and sent 72 suspects to court. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501427441/43-gambling-locations-were-cracked-down-on-the-first-21-days-of-the-2024/

Big rise in fire deaths last year

The number of deaths and injuries resulting from fires across Cambodia increased significantly in 2023 compared to the previous year. ...

Tith Kongnov
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501416880/big-rise-in-fire-deaths-last-year/

Protecting polls process: Security Command established to oversee elections

The government has established a permanent security command for organising security for national and sub-national elections to ensure order, no intimidation and no violence. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501406107/protecting-polls-process-security-command-established-to-oversee-elections/

Interior Ministry asked to speed up restructuring of CCCC

Prime Minister Hun Manet asked Minister of Interior Sar Sokha to speed up the restructuring of the suspended Cambodian Counter Counterfeit Committee (CCCC) so that it can continue to suppress poor-quality goods. ...

Hang Punreay
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501391762/interior-ministry-asked-to-speed-up-restructuring-of-cccc/

Sar Sokha calls on NCAT to intensify anti-torture efforts

Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has urged the National Committee Against Torture (NCAT) to intensify their educational outreach and to expand collaboration with relevant authorities and organisations to bolster the respect for human rights and to tackle torture, cruelty and the degradation of societal ethics. ...

Samban Chandara
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-sokha-calls-ncat-intensify-anti-torture-efforts

Interior minister calls for tightening of border control management

Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has urged the provincial governors of border provinces and joint forces to tighten management and control over border crossings. This directive comes in the wake of reported irregularities linked to negligence in the performance of their duties. ...

Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/interior-minister-calls-tightening-border-control-management

Director of the Vietnamese Ministry of Police in Cambodia vows to strengthen cooperation

During a courtesy call at the Ministry of Interior on the afternoon of October 2, 2023, Brigadier General Lev Van Phuong, Director of the Vietnamese Ministry of Police in Cambodia, informed Dr. Sar Sokha, Deputy Prime Minister and Ministry of Interior of the commitment to ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501370316/director-of-the-vietnamese-ministry-of-police-in-cambodia-vows-to-strengthen-cooperation/

Sar Thet advises continuing to tighten traffic law enforcement to eliminate accidents

In the first nine months of this year, the number of traffic accidents has decreased significantly as traffic law enforcement continues to reduce accidents and increase public order while travelling across the country. This is the assertion of the General Commissioner of the National Police, ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501360492/sar-thet-advises-continuing-to-tighten-traffic-law-enforcement-to-eliminate-accidents/

Senior Interior Ministry official asks China to help teach digital skills to ministry officials

A senior official of the Ministry of Interior requested the Chinese side provide digital skills training to Ministry of Interior officials, especially officials of the General Department of Digital Technology and Education, which has just been established in the seventh mandate. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501359147/senior-interior-ministry-official-asks-china-to-help-teach-digital-skills-to-ministry-officials/

29 parties seek SCC membership

Among the more than 40 political parties registered with the Ministry of Interior, 29 have applied for membership in the Supreme Consultative Council (SCC).​ ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501356080/29-parties-seek-scc-membership/

Sokha calls for cheaper passports

New Minister of Interior Sar Sokha has requested that officials in his ministry examine the possibility of lowering the prices of Cambodian passports, noting that current prices are relatively high. Speaking to officials at the Ministry of Interior on September 4, Sokha said the move would ...

Orm Bunthoeurn and Kim Yutharo
https://phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-calls-cheaper-passports

Stop misuse of police or face legal action, warns Sokha

The Interior Minister Sar Sokha on Wednesday vowed to put an end to the practice of people engaging  local law enforcement officers for protection in land disputes or to show off their influence. ...

Hang Punreay
http://khmertimeskh.com/501352551/stop-misuse-of-police-or-face-legal-action-warns-sokha/

Course on ‘identifying human trafficking victims’ opens

Interior Ministry Secretary of State and Permanent Vice-Chair woman of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking Chou Bun Eng opened a new training course yesterday in Phnom Penh focusing on “Identification of victims of human trafficking to provide appropriate services.” ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501348063/course-on-identifying-human-trafficking-victims-opens/

Sar Kheng orders authorities to solve Battambang rice farmers’ water shortage woes

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng ordered authorities to solve water shortages for rice farmers in Mong Russei and Kors Kralor districts in Battambang province. ...

Torn Vibol
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501344247/sar-kheng-orders-authorities-to-solve-battambang-rice-farmers-water-shortage-woes

Cambodia arrests 6 foreigners, seizing 790 kg of illicit drugs

Cambodia’s anti-drug police have arrested six foreigners for allegedly trafficking illicit drug, confiscating nearly 790 kg of ketamine, the country’s Anti-Drug Department (ADP) said in a news release on Friday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501337389/cambodia-arrests-6-foreigners-seizing-790-kg-illicit-drug/

Financiers taking national ID cards as collateral to face action

Cambodia’s Ministry of Interior has issued a warning against the use of national identity cards as collateral for loans as it violates the guidelines of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC). ...

Nhean Chamrong
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501321287/financiers-taking-national-id-cards-as-collateral-to-face-action/

9,034 drug suspects arrested, nearly 1 tonne of narcotics seized

Cambodian authorities had arrested 9,034 drug-related suspects, including 167 foreigners, in 3,764 cases during the first half of 2023, said an Anti-Drug Police Department’s (ADP) report on Sunday. ...

Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501317958/9034-drug-suspects-arrested-nearly-1-tonne-of-narcotics-seized/

PM recommends reconstruction of Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community

Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Coalition of Cambodian Farmer Community (CCFC) to resume and drop three charges against employees of the institution after the Ministry of Interior temporarily suspended operations earlier this month. ...

Khuon Narim
https://khmer.cambojanews.com/pm-hun-sen-calls-for-reinstatement-of-ccfc/

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