Phnom Penh cops plan crackdown on parking

Police in Phnom Penh will next month start issuing fines of up to $25 for violations of parking regulations by using handheld devices that scan license plates and recognize the registered identity and address of a vehicle’s owner, an official said yesterday. ...

Khout Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-cops-plan-crackdown-parking

Authorities create kidnapping hotlines

The Interior Ministry’s Central Security Department yesterday announced two hotlines for the public to report possible kidnappings after a spike in Facebook comments about parents losing their children. According to a statement issued yesterday, the purpose of the hotlines is to assist authorities with locating ...

May Titthara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/40318/authorities-create-kidnapping-hotlines/

Soldiers, police in Mondolkiri under investigation for wood smuggling

The top military and police officials in Mondolkiri province have opened investigations into some of their soldiers and officers after a news story claimed they were involved in timber trafficking into Vietnam. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/soldiers-police-in-mondolkiri-under-investigation-for-wood-smuggling-131560/

Hun Sen continues to use fiery election Rhetoric, aimed at stoking fear of conflict

The prime minister has gone as far as to warn that “civil war” could follow an opposition victory at the polls and equating the fallout to a return of the Khmer Rouge regime. Prime Minister Hun Sen has frequently warned of impending conflict and instability ...

Kann Vicheika
http://www.voacambodia.com/a/hun-sen-continues-to-use-fiery-election-rhetoric-amied-at-stoking-fear-of-conflict/3865410.html

Report fingering tycoon in timber crime taken down

A national police spokesman yesterday said a report alleging that tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group was colluding with loggers to launder timber was mistakenly posted on the body’s official site by a “tired” employee who meant to share the information with local reporters but not ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-fingering-tycoon-timber-crime-taken-down

Police tout success against economic crimes

Economic crime police last year helped arrest nearly 70 people in more than 300 cases, mostly involving intellectual property violations, counterfeiting and chemical production. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37823/police-tout-success-against-economic-crimes/

Police deny uniform whispers

Phnom Penh Municipal Police have denied failing to distribute uniforms to thousands of staff, threatening legal action against officers who leaked “fake news” of the claims to the media. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37691/police-deny-uniform-whispers/

Police chief sacked in corruption scandal

Kampong Thom’s provincial police chief has been stripped of his rank and moved after officers under his command accused him of demanding money for promotions. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36900/police-chief-sacked-in-corruption-scandal/

SIM card sellers face crackdown

National Police officials have promised tough action against those who sell SIM cards without copying buyers’ national identity cards, saying the practice may have a dangerous impact on society. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35713/sim-card-sellers-face-crackdown/

Crackdown on illegal checkpoints

The General Commissariat of National Police has announced it will take legal action against police officers found abusing their positions and demanding money from people at illegal checkpoints. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35280/crackdown--on-illegal--checkpoints/

Police sign cooperation deal with UK’s NCA

Cambodia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) to combat crimes including child and sexual trafficking.   ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35082/police-sign-cooperation-deal-with-uk---s-nca/

Wood trafficker arrested, but where is she?

Military police said they arrested a well-known timber trafficker in Stung Treng province on Thursday after she and a group of stick-wielding thugs attempted to retrieve a pile of wood officers had seized a day earlier. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/wood-trafficker-arrested-119276/

Multiple suspects arrested over grenade attack, but police offer few details

Police have arrested at least five suspects over the past two days in connection to agrenade attack that rattled a Phnom Penh neighbourhood two weeks ago, injuring four people, but officials yesterday remained tight-lipped as to the suspects’ identities and motives. ...

Mech Dara and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/multiple-suspects-arrested-over-grenade-attack-police-offer-few-details

Investigation of police official possible: ACU

Corruption czar Om Yentieng said on Wednesday that he might still open an investigation into graft allegations against the head of the National Police’s public order department, which oversees the nation’s traffic officers, if the subordinates who made the claims were unsatisfied with their boss’s ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/investigation-of-police-official-possible-acu-115990/

Traffic police accuse boss of corruption

Employees of the National Police’s public order department, which oversees the country’s traffic officers, have accused their boss of embezzlement, favoritism, abuse of power and other offenses, according to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/traffic-police-accuse-boss-of-corruption-115928/

Day of reckoning for bad drivers as new traffic law comes into effect

True to its New Years resolution to enforce stricter traffic laws, the government pulled over a total of almost 25,000 drivers in the three days after the law came into effect. Though many drivers were sent off with a warning rather than a fine, the ...

Mom Kunthear and Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/19404/day-of-reckoning-for-bad-drivers-as-new-traffic-law-comes-into-effect/

Gov’t prepares for enforcement of new traffic law today

Interior Ministry officials on Thursday laid out more details about plans to beef up road safety in anticipation of a new traffic law that comes into effect nationwide today, and conceded that the effort would not be without its challenges. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-prepares-for-enforcement-of-new-traffic-law-today-104228/

Police officer killed during chase of timber-filled truck

A police officer was killed and a second badly injured in Phnom Penh on Saturday night after their motorbike was intentionally rear-ended while they were in pursuit of a truck loaded with valuable timber, officials said Sunday. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-officer-killed-during-chase-of-timber-filled-truck-103530/

Cambodia to tighten security during Russian PM's visit

Security will be tightened in Cambodia during the visit of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev from Nov. 22 to 24, the National Police’s website reported on Saturday. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/article/6691713/2015/11/20/cambodia-tighten-security-during-russian-pms-visit

Nightclub fire kills five

A nightclub fire in Phnom Penh has killed five women and seriously injured two other men, officials said late Monday.Patrons inside had been trapped when the fire broke out at the Key Club, in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, said Prum Yorn, municipal fire chief. ...

Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/nightclub-fire-kills-five/2952236.html

Koh Kong authorities defend crackdown on protesters

The provincial government in Koh Kong says authorities were within their rights to detain more than a dozen people and break up a demonstration over the arrest of three environmental activists. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/koh-kong-authorities-defend-crackdown-on-protesters/2947030.html

Gunfire exchange leaves one suspect dead

Police in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet city exchanged gunfire on Monday’s night with three suspected thieves on, leaving one suspect died at the scene. ​ ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gunfire-exchange-leaves-one-suspect-dead-8883

This country just made it legal for cops to keep 70% of All the traffic fines they collect

Drivers in Cambodia have a lot to contend with: cavernous potholes, weaving motorcycles kicking up clouds of choking dust and noodle hawkers trundling down the “fast” lane. Now motorists may find their pockets as ravaged as their nerves, after officials announced a fivefold bump in ...

Charlie Campbell
http://time.com/3976259/cambodia-traffic-police-keep-fines-corruption/

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