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Thai trafficking alleged

Thai authorities have found five Cambodians employed illegally at a clothing store in Phuket after they were allegedly sold into slave-like conditions by a human-trafficking network, according to Thai media. ...

Amelia Woodside and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-trafficking-alleged

CNRP bashed at CPP’s birthday

A ceremony marking the founding of the Kampuchean People’s Revolutionary Party in 1951 – a forerunner of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party – was used on Saturday to lambaste the opposition for not joining the National Assembly following disputed elections last July. “Taking actions contrary to ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-bashed-cpp%E2%80%99s-birthday

Casino sold to relative of CPP lawmaker

Entertainment Gaming Asia (EGA) last week sold Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province for $500,000 to a relative of the CPP lawmaker—and wife of former provincial governor Y Chhean—who owns the land on which the company built the casino, according to a press release Thursday. The gaming ...

Hul Reaksmey and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/dreamworld-casino-sold-to-relative-of-cpp-lawmaker-62750/

‘Enough jobs’ here, but lure of Thailand abides

As Thailand today opens another fast-track visa office along the border in the hope of reversing the ongoing exodus of workers, Cambodia continues clamouring to find jobs for the returning migrants. The Ministry of Labour remained adamant yesterday that there are enough open positions in the ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98enough-jobs%E2%80%99-here-lure-thailand-abides

Media union to set record straight on big exodus of Cambodians

The Union Media of Asean, an association of Thai and Cambodian journalists based in Sa Kaew, has agreed to set the record straight about the policy of Thailand’s ruling junta towards migrant workers, particularly those from Cambodia. Reporters affiliated with UMA would pass on the truth ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=NDI1ZTI5OGJmZjg

Thai junta to fast-track visas for Cambodians

Thailand’s military government has announced plans to fast-track work visas for thousands of Cambodians after a crackdown on illegal workers. Three temporary offices have been set up along the Thai-Cambodian border where migrants will have their work permits processed. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/thai-junta-fast-track-visas-cambodians

Lawmaker defends rejection of human rights proposals

National Assembly spokesman Chheang Vun on Friday defended Cambodia’s decision to reject four human rights proposals and merely take note of another 38 during the adoption of its second universal periodic review report in Geneva on Thursday. In all, Cambodia accepted 163 of the 205 recommendations ...

Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-defends-rejection-of-four-human-rights-proposals-62697/

Judge agrees to delay trial

Greg Thomas Fryett, a British businessman arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit last year for alleged links to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, went on trial on Friday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/judge-agrees-delay-trial

Cambodia's ruling party marks anniversary, vows for prosperity

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) on Saturday commemorated the 63rd anniversary of its birth, vowing to build a better future for the country and the people. The celebration was presided over by the party’s honorary president Heng Samrin, who is also the president of the ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140628/cambodias-ruling-party-marks-anniversary-vows-prosperity

US firm to build border market in Takeo

Realco Cambodia Ltd., a U.S.-owned company, plans to invest $7 million to build a market at the Phnom Din checkpoint on the border with Vietnam in Takeo province’s Kirivong district, a senior official at the Takeo, Kampot and Kep Provincial Chamber of Commerce said Friday. Realco ...

Kang Sothear
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/us-firm-to-build-border-market-in-takeo-62693/

Laos agrees to more extensive consultation for dam on border with Cambodia

The Lao government said yesterday that it would have the controversial Don Sahong dam undergo a formal process of prior consultation – a decision that will probably delay the project further. “The government has already demonstrated that it is committed to developing the Don Sahong project ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=YjI5ZmRlNDg3Y2M

Mobile network operators ordered to halt free SIM delivery, or face legal punishment

Authority has asked all mobile network operators in Cambodia to stop delivering free Sim Cards without getting a copy of identification card from their clients, warning that they would face legal action if they disobey the order. The warning was made during a meeting on Thursday ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=ZWE1NmIwNWIzMmN

Government plans to set up passport offices throughout the country

Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government plans to establish passport offices in each province, except for Kandal Privince which is near Phnom Penh. ...

The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=YzljMWFmOTA4YzZ

City builds Military Police Base amid activist neighborhood

A military police official confirmed Thursday that his unit’s new headquarters were being built in the heart of Phnom Penh’s restive Boeng Kak neighborhood, meters away from the homes of some of the country’s most high-profile anti-eviction activists. About a half-dozen armed military police officers were ...

Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-builds-military-police-base-amid-activist-neighborhood-62576/

Locals still off-limits, PM cautions casinos

As Cambodian migrant workers return in droves from Thailand through the casino-laden border town of Poipet, Prime Minister Hun Sen is warning gambling parlour owners this does not mean a jackpot for them. “Casinos in Phnom Penh and along the border are not for Khmer citizens,” ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-still-limits-pm-cautions-casinos

National Assembly passes five-year $26.6B spending plan

The single-party National Assembly on Thursday approved the 2014 to 2018 National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP), which will cost an estimated $26.58 billion to implement. An extradition agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam was also passed. Approved earlier this month by the Council of Ministers, it is ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/national-assembly-passes-five-year-26-6b-spending-plan-62578/

Ministry sets official Tuol Sleng ticket price

Although foreigners have long paid a fee to enter Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts has announced that the days of apparently free entry to the notorious Khmer Rouge prison are finished and the charge will now be ...

Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-sets-official-tuol-sleng-ticket-price-62599/

Gov’t rejects 4 human rights recommendations

Cambodia on Thursday rejected four recommendations for improving its human rights situation that it initially accepted earlier this year during its second universal periodic review at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. It also “noted” 38 recommendations—meaning it has not committed to implementing them—some relating ...

Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-rejects-4-human-rights-recommendations-62584/

Vendors with a licence to forge

On the side of a well-trafficked street in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district, a man with a razor blade bends over a small rectangle of sheet metal overlaid with a vinyl stencil. As letters and numbers are lifted away, the plate begins to take on a ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vendors-licence-forge

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