Government
Pay Off Officials, Risk Prison Stint, New Law Says
- 10 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Anti-corruption / Economy and commerce / Government / Law and judiciary
- ACU / American Chamber of Commerce / Anit-Corruption Law / Anti-Corruption / anti-corruption legislation / Anti-Corruption Unit / Anti-Graft Law / Anti-Graft Laws / ANZ / ANZ Bank / ANZ Royal Bank / Australia's Attorney General's Department / Australian aid / Bribery / Bribery Act / Bribes / British Business Association / British Business Association of Cambodia / business / Business Associations / Business Owners / business representatives / Cambodia / Cambodia Defenders Project / Cambodia's Anti-Corruption Law / CEO of ANZ Royal Bank / CEO of Sterling Project Management / Chamber of Commerce / corporate filings / Corruption / Counicl of Ministers / court / criminal offense / cunstoms / customs clearance rates / customs officials / donor / donor agencies / facilitation fee / facilitation fees / FedEx / Fees / Firms / Foreign Corrupt Practices Act / foreign officials / Gary Sterling / Gary Sterling CEO of Sterling Project Management / Government / government experts / government official / Government officials / illegal payments / Im Oudom / informal transactions / International Business Chamber / investor / Investors / jail / kickbacks / King Norodom Sihamoni / Kirth Chantharith / Kirth Chantharith spokesman for the National Police Commissariat / law / lawyers / legal articles on corruption / legal expert / legal experts / Legislation / National Police Commissariat / new law / New Legislation / officials / payment / payments / Penal Code / Police / police officials / private firms / public official / public officials / Sean McIntosh / Sean McIntosh US Embassy spokesman / Secretariat of the Council of Jurists / Sok Sam Oeun / Sok Sam Oeun executive director of Cambodia Defenders Project / Stephen Higgins / Stephen Higgins CEO of ANZ Royal Bank / Sterling Project Management / The Australian Business Association / The Australian Business Association of Cambodia / undocumented fees / undocumented payments / US Embassy / US Embassy spokesman Sean McIntosh
The government has brought into force a new law that makes all illegal payments to officials punishable by up to 15 years in jail for those who accept such payments and up to 10 years for those who make payments. Im Oudom, a member of ...
CAMBODIA-NORTH KOREA UPDATE BILATERAL AGREEMENTS
- 3 August 2011
- The Southeast Asia Weekly
- Agriculture and fishing / Economy and commerce / Government / International relations
- Agriculture & Agri-business / agro-products / animal breeding / bilateral trade / botanic breeding / bydropower / Cambodia / Cambodia-North Korea / Cambodia-North Korea agreement / Cambodia-North Korea Joint Commission / Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong / Cassava / Corn / Decocratic People's Republic of Korea / diplomatic relations / DPRK / energy / farming machines / fisheries / Foreign Affairs Ministry / General Kim Ill Sung / health sector / His Majesty former King Norodom Sihanouk / hydropower installation / industry / Investment / Joint Commission / Kim Ill Sung / King Norodom Sihanouk / Korea / livestock production / medicine production / Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / modern medicine production / natural resources / North Korea / North Korea's General Kim Ill Sung / Ouch Borith / Ouch Borith Secretary of State for Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / peanut / Phnom Penh / Pyong-Yang Restaurant / Ri Myong San / Ri Myong San Trade Vice-Minister of DPRK / rice / rice product / rubber / Secretary of State for Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation / Technology / Trade / Trade Vice-Minister of DPRK / trade vloume / traditional medicine production / Traid / Visiting Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade / Visiting Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade Ri Myong San
Cambodia and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have inked the agreements to expand bilateral trade, technologies, agriculture, industry, investment and the health sector, and both sides also are trying to boost close ties for mutual benefits while both nations’ trading has been reported to be ...
Hotel Staff Fired for Union Creation, Say Rights Group
- 3 August 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Economy and commerce / Government / Labor / Labor policy and administration / Siem Reap / Unions
- Angkor Village Hotel and Resort / Firing / Siem Reap / Union
Staff of the Angkor Village Hotel and Resort in Siem Reap have begun protested after the owner fired a total of 30 trade union officials and members after the staff joined a union in July. The dispute initially started when the owner of the hotel ...
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Property sector recovery highlighted
Cambodia’s property sector is said to be recovering from the global financial crisis according to experts. There has been a 10 percent increase in the number of transactions since 2009 with foreign investment a key aspect of the growth. The formation of anti-corruption laws has ...
Cambodia on Long Road to Freedom From Corruption, Bank Says
- 21 July 2011
- The Cambodia Daily
- Aid and development / Anti-corruption / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Government / Multilateral development assistance
- ACU / ADB / Anti-Corruption Unit / Asian Development Bank (ADB) / Cambodia / Chheang Vun / Corruption / CPP / Governance Risk Assessment Report and Risk Management Plan / Graft / Hun Sen / Keo Remy / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Yim Sovann
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has called corruption a “fundamental concern” for Cambodia even with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) celebrating 10 months since its inauguration. The ADB’s Country Governance Risk Assessment Report and Risk Management Plan which is to be released soon calls for capacity ...
