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Parties split on election ‘insult’ ban;Rainsy wants new word

The appropriate scope of a controversial proposed ban on NGOs “insulting” political parties in election campaigns on Monday continued to divide the CPP and CNRP during talks to amend the nation’s election law, with the negotiating teams deciding to pass the issue on to their ...

Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/parties-split-on-election-insult-ban-rainsy-wants-new-word-78109/

Sam Rainsy asks government to let outspoken activist stay

Opposition CNRP president Sam Rainsy on Monday weighed in on behalf of environmental activist Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, asking the Interior Ministry to reverse a decision to not renew the Spanish national’s visa over a traffic incident from September. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sam-rainsy-asks-government-to-let-outspoken-activist-stay-78095/

Two Russians arrested after fight over Kazantip profits

Police arrested two Russian men at a rented villa in Sihanoukville on Saturday after a Moldovan man was injured in a fight that began when one side allegedly demanded a portion of the profits from the upcoming Kazantip music festival, officials said on Sunday.  ...

Ouch Sony and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/two-russians-arrested-after-fight-over-kazantip-profits-78001/

Three charged over fake military checkpoint

The Kompong Speu Provincial Court on Saturday charged three men with illegally establishing an armed force, illegally using weapons and wearing fake military uniforms after they were arrested for operating a fake roadside checkpoint to extort money from loggers, officials said on Sunday. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-over-fake-military-checkpoint-78018/

Areng mapped in hope ecotourism can save valley from dam

A group of university students from Phnom Penh opposed to a proposed hydropower dam in Koh Kong province entered the project’s construction site on Sunday for a 10-day study aiming to highlight the area’s alternative potential for ecotourism. ...

Hul Reaksmey and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/areng-mapped-in-hope-ecotourism-can-save-valley-from-dam-78006/

State-secrets law to be sent to council of ministers soon

A draft law to protect state secrets has been in the works for more than two years and could be submitted to the Council of Minister for review in two months’ time, a senior police official said yesterday. ...

Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/state-secrets-law-to-be-sent-to-council-of-ministers-soon-77897/

Opposition slams Thai gov’t

More than a dozen opposition party officials have accused Thailand of encouraging extrajudicial killings of Cambodians along the border. In a strongly worded letter sent to Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha on Monday, the Cambodia National Rescue Party MPs asked for an independent investigation into an ...

Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/opposition-slams-thai-govt

Sorya Shopping Mall shuts amid vendor protest

After negotiations between vendors and management at Phnom Penh’s Sorya Mall ended without a solution on Wednesday, hundreds of disgruntled shopkeepers shut their shops on Thursday, effectively closing one of the city’s biggest shopping centers. ...

Kang Sothear and Taisa Sganzerla
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sorya-shopping-mall-shuts-amid-vendor-protest-77926/

CNRP visits vietnamese prayer sites in Kampot

Bokor Mountain, Kampot province – Spurred on by social media rumors that Vietnamese tourists are flocking to this colonial-era retreat for elaborate, hidden ceremonies at the graves of their ancestors, CNRP lawmaker Yem Ponhearith on Thursday led about 50 officials here on a fact-finding trek. ...

Khuon Narim and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-visits-vietnamese-prayer-sites-in-kampot-77899/

Labor Minister warns officials over foreign work permits

Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng on Thursday warned officials processing work permits for foreign workers to adhere strictly to all the relevant rules and regulations or risk an unwanted visit from the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU). The government has recently started enforcing a longstanding but largely ignored ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/labor-minister-warns-officials-over-foreign-work-permits-77922/

Assembly official accused of gross misspending

The National Assembly’s banking and finance commission decided on Wednesday to summon Leng Peng Long, parliament’s chief administrative official, for questioning over claims of nepotism and alleged spending irregularities including $25,000 spent on a flagpole, the commission’s deputy chairman said. ...

Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-official-accused-of-gross-misspending-77824/

Prisoners deny trafficking drugs in Prey Sar

Two of three men charged with using and trafficking methamphetamine inside the maximum-security Prey Sar prison denied the trafficking allegation during their trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday. ...

Hay Pisey and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prisoners-deny-trafficking-drugs-in-prey-sar-77845/

Thai soldiers shoot dead three loggers, officials say

Thai soldiers shot and killed three Cambodian loggers and seriously injured a fourth last week after the group illegally crossed into Thailand from Preah Vihear province in search of valuable timber, officials said Wednesday. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thai-soldiers-shoot-dead-three-loggers-officials-say-77826/

Gov’t journo arrested over alleged extortion

A journalist from state news agency Agence Kampuchea-Presse (AKP) was arrested on Tuesday evening in Preah Vihear town after the owners of several local shops that make and sell wooden furniture and handicrafts accused him of extortion, provincial police officials said. Khat Hun, the director of ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/govt-journo-arrested-over-alleged-extortion

The naked temple pics just keep on coming

Apsara is investigating yet another naked photo allegedly taken at the Angkor Archaelogical Park in Siem Reap. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/naked-temple-pics-just-keep-coming

Council of ministers calls for review of contract with Cintri

The government’s faith in Phnom Penh’s embattled trash-collection company appears to have finally been lost after the Council of Ministers announced in a letter on Tuesday that a shake-up was on the way as it considers rescinding Cintri’s exclusive right to manage the city’s garbage ...

Khy Sovuthy
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=news

Fertilizer stored at Chinese man’s home seized

Local authorities investigating a house in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kok district confiscated more than 260 containers of fertilizer and insecticide Wednesday morning after neighbors of a Chinese man complained of a noxious smell emanating from his house, which they feared might have been a dangerous ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fertilizer-stored-at-chinese-mans-home-seized-77849/

Despite show of force, pagoda visit peaceful

Deputy Phnom Penh governor Khuong Sreng on Tuesday reversed course on a City Hall announcement that it was investigating Wat Samakki Raingsey over alleged anti-government behavior and secessionist designs, comments that sparked fears among its monks that the independent-minded pagoda would be shut down. During a ...

Mech Dara and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/despite-show-of-force-pagoda-visit-peaceful-77721/

Former teacher denies child sex abuse charges

An Australian teacher charged with sexually abusing six young boys claimed during the first day of his trial at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Tuesday that an anti-pedophile NGO framed him. George Moussallie, 52, a former English teacher at the American Pacific School in Phnom Penh, ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/former-teacher-denies-child-sex-abuse-charges-77739/

Illegal homemade fishing bomb injures five

Five people were injured Monday when a homemade bomb destined for illegal fishing exploded as it was being assembled in Battambang province’s Kamrieng district, police said. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/illegal-homemade-fishing-bomb-injures-five-77670/

Garment-sector raises hit by falling overtime

Garment workers around the country have started picking up paychecks this month that for the first time include the $28 increase the government added to the sector’s previous minimum wage of $100. But with available overtime hours on the wane, enthusiasm for the raise is ...

Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/garment-sector-raises-hit-by-falling-overtime-77666/

Freedom of prisoner offered for cash: police

A 52-year-old woman was charged with fraud by the Tbong Khmum Provincial Court on Saturday for allegedly cheating a man out of more than $15,000 by promising to use the money and her connections to secure the release of his son from prison, police said ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/freedom-prisoner-offered-cash-police

Electoral reform talks stuck on issue of Assembly seats

The CPP and CNRP again returned to the issue of the number of National Assembly seats in their twice-weekly reform talks on Friday, but appeared to be further apart than ever, with the ruling party demanding that parliament continue to have 123 seats “forever.” ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/electoral-reform-talks-stuck-on-issue-of-assembly-seats-77550/

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