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Choppers, salesman pitch over capital

In an effort to sell more helicopters in the Kingdom, Airbus Helicopter Southeast Asia showed off its H130 chopper yesterday, during a short demonstration flight in Phnom Penh. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/choppers-salesman-pitch-over-capital

Man who shot 33 times over $3 fine surrenders

A man wanted by police for shooting 33 times in the air with a handgun after he was given a $3 speeding ticket turned himself into police Tuesday morning in Phnom Penh. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/man-who-shot-33-times-over-3-fine-surrenders-79460/

Court questions General charged in corruption case

A military general charged in connection with a high-profile corruption scandal at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which led to the removal of its top judge last month, on Tuesday denied the allegations against him after being questioned at the court. ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-general-charged-in-corruption-case-79472/

Russians concerned on coast

Concerned Russians in Sihanoukville are passing around a petition urging the Russian Embassy to do more for its citizens amid a recent crime wave in the coastal town. ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/russians-concerned-coast

Thailand extends deadline for migrants on temporary permits

More than 600,000 migrant workers in Thailand who would have faced deportation at the end of the month when their temporary work permits were set to expire now have until the end of June to apply for a one-year renewal, an NGO said Tuesday. ...

Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thailand-extends-deadline-for-migrants-on-temporary-permits-79476/

RCAF brigade accused

Three villagers from Oddar Meanchey province’s Trapaing Prasat district were illegally detained and beaten on Monday by a group of soldiers from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces’ Number 6 Brigade over a land dispute, victims and rights group Adhoc said yesterday. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/rcaf-brigade-accused

Just one chance at exam this year

High school students who fail the national exams this year will not be getting a second chance like their 2014 counterparts. While some extenuating and unavoidable circumstances will be taken into consideration, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport announced yesterday that final-year students would only ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/just-one-chance-exam-year

Assembly Secretary-General stonewalls over misspending

The secretary-general of the National Assembly, who has been accused of allowing gross misspending and nepotism in parliament, spent two hours Tuesday refusing to answer questions over allegations from lawmakers on the Assembly’s commission on finance and audits, according to the commission’s vice chairman. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/assembly-secretary-general-stonewalls-over-misspending-79456/

Battambang residents protest over land redistribution plans

About 70 villagers representing hundreds of families living in Battambang City’s Prek Preah Sdech commune protested outside the provincial hall Tuesday over fears that local authorities intend to evict them to make way for military families. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/battambang-residents-protest-over-land-redistribution-plans-79474/

No more ADB funding to finish stalled railway project

ប្រធាន​ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី​ដែល​មក​ធ្វើ​ទស្សន​កិច្ច លោក តាកេហ៊ីកុ ណាកាវ (Takehiko Nakao) បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ថា នឹង​មិន​មាន​ប្រាក់​ថែមទៀត​ពី​ធនាគារ​នេះ​ដើម្បី​បញ្ចប់​គម្រោង​ដែល​ជាប់​ គាំង​និង​ក្ស័យធន ដើម្បី​ស្ថារ​បណ្តាញ​ផ្លូវ​ដែក​ចាស់​របស់​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា គឺ​គម្រោង​មាន​ទឹក​ប្រាក់​១៤២​លាន​ដុល្លារ ដែល​ត្រូវ​គេ​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា​ជា​ការ​ផ្តួចផ្តើម​ហេដ្ឋា​រចនា​សម្ព័ន្ធ​ដ៏​ សំខាន់។ ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/no-more-adb-funding-to-finish-stalled-railway-project-79470/

Ashes to ashes: Butts shipment goes awry

A man hired by a purported representative of a fertiliser company to haul 30 tonnes of “natural fertiliser” from Thbong Khmum province to Oddar Meanchey province some three months ago was surprised to learn this week that the load actually consisted entirely of cigarette butts. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ashes-ashes-butts-shipment-goes-awry

‘I did not interfere’, general tells court

The brigadier general charged by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court with pressuring judicial officials while an aide to ousted court president Ang Maltey maintained his innocence yesterday after being brought in for questioning. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/i-did-not-interfere-general-tells-court

Villagers spurn firm’s ‘gifts’

A plantation company with its sights set on a community forest long used by local ethnic minority Jarai in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district arranged a meeting with more than 200 villagers this week to try to persuade them to sign over the woodland. Representatives of the Heng ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/villagers-spurn-firms-gifts

In new election body law, room for mischief

The opposition hailed the rewriting of Cambodia’s election laws a success on Monday, with the completion of the bills coming eight months after it ended its parliamentary boycott for pledges of a comprehensive overhaul of the National Election Committee (NEC). ...

Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-new-election-body-law-room-for-mischief-79451/

First Singapore patent recognised in Cambodia: IPOS

The first Singapore patent has been granted protection and recognised in Cambodia, less than two months after the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) and Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts (MIH). ...

Channel News Asia News Staff
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/first-singapore-patent/1706144.html

Strong criticism, as lawmakers discuss draft election reforms

The ruling party and opposition on Monday held a workshop to discuss two draft laws on election reform, but many civil society groups refused to attend, claiming parts of the bills fall short and are unconstitutional. Koul Panha, executive director for Comfrel, told VOA Khmer on Monday that more ...

Neou Vannarin
http://bit.ly/1NIoIxy

ADB chief pledges continued support to Cambodia for socio-economic development

Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Takehiko Nakao on Tuesday pledged to provide continued support to Cambodia for socio-economic development, a Cambodian spokesman said. He said the nation’s poverty rate had fallen from 53 percent in 2004 to 18 percent in 2014. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://bit.ly/1BvKheC

Three Cambodians return home after being cheated to work abroad

Three Cambodian people who were cheated to work abroad returned home on Tuesday, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/three-cambodians-return-home-after-being-cheated-to-work-abroad-8287

Police arrest four smuggling crystal meth from Laos

Police arrested four men in Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district on Sunday on suspicion of smuggling drugs from Laos, confiscating more than half a kilogram of crystal methamphetamine in the bust, officials said Monday. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-arrest-four-smuggling-crystal-meth-from-laos-79356/

Mining prospects ranked low

An index measuring countries on their attractiveness for mining investment has included Cambodia in its results for the first time, with the Kingdom ranking a relatively low 81 out of 122 due to a lack of obvious sites to exploit. The “attractiveness index”, conducted by the ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/mining-prospects-ranked-low

Racial incitement clause in law worries CNRP

The ruling CPP has denied that an article in the new election law that lays down strict penalties for politicians that incite racial discrimination during election campaigning is targeted at the opposition party. However, a CPP source familiar with election reform negotiations has disclosed that ...

Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/racial-incitement-clause-law-worries-cnrp

Hun Sen slaps freeze on new gov’t positions, departments

Prime Minister Hun Sen last week issued a directive ordering all government bodies to hold off on new hires for the rest of the year except to fill existing positions being vacated, in an apparent bid to keep spending in line with the current state ...

Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-slaps-freeze-on-new-govt-positions-departments-79340/

Environment officials to monitor conditions

The Ministry of Environment is set to join the Ministry of Labour in the monitoring of garment factory workplaces, after creating a working group that will probe the environmental safety of all plants in Cambodia. At a press conference at the ministry yesterday, Minister of Environment ...

Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/environment-officials-monitor-conditions

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