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In the dock: CNRP case to finally see court

After several stops and starts, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday will finally hear the case against 11 opposition officials and activists arrested last July on charges of insurrection following a political protest at Freedom Park that turned violent. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/dock-cnrp-case-finally-see-court

Four deny charges in violent Koh Rong robbery

Four Cambodian men were charged by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on Tuesday over the brutal beating and robbery of two expatriates on the holiday island of Koh Rong last week, a court official said. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-deny-charges-in-violent-koh-rong-robbery-80655/

Ministry eyes ‘bridge’ to vocational training

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An requested yesterday that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports collaborate with the Ministry of Labour to create a vocational “bridge” program to enable students without high school degrees to have access to trade-based, university-level coursework. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-eyes-bridge-vocational-training

Smugglers busted on Laos border

Three Cambodians were among 11 people captured in Laos for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine in a joint operation carried out by Cambodian and Laotian anti-drugs police. ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/smugglers-busted-laos-border

Raid nets fake Carabao energy-drink labels

Police in Phnom Penh raided a factory on Monday, collecting thousands of items of evidence linked to an alleged counterfeiting scheme producing soft drinks illegally marked with the logo of a popular regional brand. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels

Ministry eyes ‘bridge’ to vocational training

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An requested yesterday that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports collaborate with the Ministry of Labour to create a vocational “bridge” program to enable students without high school degrees to have access to trade-based, university-level coursework. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/ministry-eyes-bridge-vocational-training

Raid nets fake Carabao energy-drink labels

Police in Phnom Penh raided a factory on Monday, collecting thousands of items of evidence linked to an alleged counterfeiting scheme producing soft drinks illegally marked with the logo of a popular regional brand. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels

GTI sees its revenues drop in fourth quarter

Grand Twins International, the second firm to list on the Cambodian Securities Exchange, reported $13.27 million in revenues during the last three months of 2014, down 28.6 per cent from its figures reported in 2013. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/gti-sees-its-revenues-drop-fourth-quarter

UN in Montagnard talks

The United Nations’ refugee agency met this week with representatives of the Cambodian and Vietnamese governments to “discuss solutions” to the recent influx of Montagnard asylum seekers, with repatriation touted as a possible answer, the Post has learned. ...

Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/un-montagnard-talks

Chinese bank an opportunity for aid reform, Fulbright scholar says

China’s newly proposed, yet controversial, regional investment bank could be an opportunity for Cambodia to​ prove it can use foreign aid more effectively, a Cambodian Fulbright scholar says. ...

Sophat Soeung
http://bit.ly/1EFcuyk

Cambodia: local people risk everything to defend national park sold off to highest bidders

Botum Sakor national park is one of Cambodia’s biodiversity hotspots, where indigenous tribes have long lived in harmony with the forest and its wildlife, writes Rod Harbinson. But now they are being violently evicted as the park is being sold off piecemeal to developers for ...

Rod Harbinson
http://bit.ly/1NdKSoz

Cambodian villagers say medical treatment is a pain following government directive

Villagers in a remote district of northeast Cambodia’s Kratie province say obtaining medical treatment has become extremely difficult since the government reinforced a ban on unlicensed health workers and clinics earlier this month in the wake of a mass HIV infection last year. ...

Preach Chev
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/treatment-03242015170703.html

ADB sees strong growth for developing Asia in 2015 and 2016

Developing Asia will maintain its strong economic growth in 2015 and 2016 supported by soft commodity prices and recovery in the major industrial economies, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report. ADB’s flagship annual economic publication, Asian Development Outlook 2015 (ADO), released today, forecasts developing ...

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

51% stake for private sector in SPV for four countries including Cambodia, Myanmar

The government plans to rope in private firms for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s big diplomatic push to ‘Act East Policy’, with its proposed special purpose vehicle for investment in Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam set to offer up to 51 per cent stake to the ...

Deepshikha Sikarwar
http://bit.ly/1C6Hhpf

Khun Sear disputants to see court

Land dispute activist Ly Seav Minh will remain in custody ahead of her family’s trial on Wednesday after a judge at the Supreme Court postponed her bail hearing. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/khun-sear-disputants-see-court

Illnesses blamed on cassava

Officials in Battambang and Pailin provinces yesterday pointed to local cassava producers as the cause of water pollution there, which has killed fish and induced illness in families living along tainted streams. Nine of the businesses in Pailin’s O’Tavao commune that produce the root vegetable are ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/illnesses-blamed-cassava

Senate passes reformed election laws in quick vote

The Senate unanimously approved the country’s two new election laws in a special session Monday, with the laws now only requiring review by the Constitutional Council and assent by King Norodom Sihamoni to be enacted. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senate-passes-reformed-election-laws-in-quick-vote-80564/

Police ordered to monitor jewelry shops around the clock

National Police chief Neth Savoeun has issued an order to police to begin 24-hour monitoring of market jewelry shops and money exchanges, and warned officers they could be fired if they allow armed robberies to occur, according to a notice posted on the police’s website ...

Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-ordered-to-monitor-jewelry-shops-around-the-clock-80572/

Cambodian massage parlours told to shape up

Cambodia’s massage palours and spa centres are now required to have at least 30 per cent of their staff trained and certified or risk having their business permits revoked, according to a new directive from the Ministry of Tourism. The directive seeks to professionalise the practice ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodian-massage-parlours-told-shape

Sokha Hotel officially opens

After more than six years of construction, the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel and Residence officially opened its doors to the public yesterday, with Prime Minister Hun Sen on hand to inaugurate the city’s newest hotel. Speaking at the launch, Hun Sen said the Sokha Hotel will ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sokha-hotel-officially-opens

Eviction date draws nearer for Koh Kong villagers

Villagers in Koh Kong province involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company received notice on Saturday that the local government will soon implement a court order kicking them off their land, officials and a villager said. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eviction-date-draws-nearer-for-koh-kong-villagers-80583/

Four more suspects arrested over violent Koh Rong robbery

Four Cambodian men have now been arrested over a violent robbery at a guesthouse on Koh Rong island off the coast of Sihanoukville last week that left a Canadian expatriate with serious head injuries, police said Monday. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Matt Blomberg
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/four-more-suspects-arrested-over-violent-koh-rong-robbery-80566/

Ukrainian politician sought for rape in Cambodia

A Ukrainian member of parliament and former television executive is being sought by Cambodian authorities for allegedly raping a minor in Phnom Penh in 2011 and has been placed on Interpol’s list of most-wanted criminals. ...

Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ukrainian-politician-sought-for-rape-in-cambodia-80561/

New gas safety rules

As part of a new safety initiative, the Ministry of Mines and Energy will require all petrol station owners to present a certificate acknowledging that their businesses follow risk-prevention protocols. The directive came in response to a series of petrol fires and explosions that damaged property ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-gas-safety-rules

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