Law and judiciary

Chief Commercial Bank has been placed under temporary administration for three months to assess the bank’s situation after the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) identified regulatory compliance deficiencies despite the cancellation of a temporary freezing of one of its shareholders’ bank accounts by the court, ...

Cambodia will give international delegates from more than 20 countries, along with officials from the FBI, Interpol and other international organisations, access to shuttered online scam compounds during next week’s international conference on combating technology-enabled fraud. ...

Cambodia has called for an all-purpose maritime boundary with Thailand to resolve their long-running overlapping claims in the Gulf of Thailand, with Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Prak Sokhonn urging a UN-backed conciliation panel to help the two countries reach a treaty in accordance ...

Cambodian authorities collected approximately $202,000 in fines in August from building owners and managers who concealed or allowed undocumented foreigners to stay on their properties, amid a crackdown on online scams. ...

Cambodia is looking at two ways to resolve its maritime dispute with Thailand, by way of a treaty that delimits “a single all-purpose boundary” or an agreement for joint development and equitable resource sharing, as it presents its case at the first UN Convention on ...

Three applicants out of 578 candidates who submitted applications for the 21st Lawyer Apprenticeship Exam have been found to have used fraudulent documents, according to the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) on September 14, 2026. ...

Specialists from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre (WHC) and International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) have released a joint report which details the extensive damage to the UNESCO-listed Preah Vihear Temple caused by last year’s border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.​ ...

Authorities have frozen more than $300 million in bank accounts linked to cybercrimes during a more than year-long crackdown on online scams, with other related assets undergoing freezing and assessment procedures, according to the Ministry of Information. ...

Prime Minister Hun Manet and his father, Senate President Hun Sen, accused Thailand on Wednesday of stalling on a border ceasefire deal and encroaching on Cambodian territory, with Hun Sen branding it a form of modern “discredit warfare.” ...

Speaking at a press conference on Aug. 28, Sok Nithya, director of the Department of Anti-Cyber Crime, said that the app enables people to report online scams or situations in which they suspect criminals of attempting to defraud them. ...

Nearly 4,000 Cambodian civilians, including more than 1,100 children, remain unable to return to their homes in Banteay Meanchey province, because of what Cambodian authorities describe as the Thai military’s illegal placement of shipping container barricades. ...

Keo Remy, president of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee (CHRC), met with Canadian ambassador Christian DesRoches to discuss cooperation in the field of human rights. During the August 18 meeting, Remy shared details of what he called “serious violations of international law” by Thailand. He ...

More details have emerged about the remit of newly announced special envoy to the prime minister Kem Monovithya. She has been appointed to work on investment relations for Cambodia and border affairs, due to her extensive international connections, Prime Minister Hun Manet clarified, today August ...

Four civil society organisations with a focus on good governance, policy and democracy met with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) to explore cooperative measures that will strengthen transparency and integrity in Cambodia, particularly at the grassroots level and in public procurement. ...

Minister of Information Neth Pheaktra has warned that Thailand cannot turn military control of Cambodian territory into lawful sovereignty by deploying troops, installing razor wire and shipping containers or building infrastructure, arguing that international borders must be determined by law rather than “facts on the ...

Senate President Hun Sen has called for greater representation of women in Cambodia’s political leadership, urging the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to place women in electable positions ahead of next year’s commune elections, while election monitor Comfrel said clearer and more ambitious quotas are ...

The Ministry of National Defense will start military payroll through the banking system in late June 2027 after military personnel have set up bank accounts. The pay roll reform aims to strengthen transparency and security, and modernize the military sector. ...

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ordered former tycoon Hy Kimhong, owner of Piphup Deimeas Company, to pay back $33.5 million to 1,115 families who lost their investment in his land scheme. ...

Thai authorities have reportedly carried out a second round of land allocation to Thai citizens in the occupied Cambodian village of Chouk Chey, in Banteay Meanchey province. ...

Indonesia has recognised Cambodian anti-online scam and immigration authorities for their role in protecting and helping repatriate Indonesian citizens, highlighting bilateral cooperation against transnational online fraud. ...

Senate president Hun Sen met with former opposition leader Kem Sokha this morning, August 16. The leader of the ruling party announced that he spoke with Sokha and his family for three hours, singling out Sokha’s daughter Kem Monovithya as “an excellent human resource for ...

A recent case involving the public sharing of a woman’s nude photo has highlighted the risks faced by Cambodians using illegal online lenders, with rights groups warning that intimate images can be used to threaten, shame and pressure borrowers into repaying debts. ...

While road safety experts have welcomed the resumption of traffic laws in high-risk areas from September 1, as figures reveal 52 people have died and a further 75 received injuries on the roads in the last 10 days, they caution that improved road infrastructure and ...

Senate president Hun Sen has directed the Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and specifically the National Council for Women, to act as plaintiffs in lawsuits against individuals who use abusive language that devalues women and Khmer social ethics. ...