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ភ្នំពេញៈ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានបញ្ជាឲ្យគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត(គ.ជ.ប) ពិនិត្យសន្លឹកឆ្នោតក្នុងកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព «ក» នៅការិយាល័យបោះឆ្នោតចំនួន ៨ ក្នុងក្រុងបាត់ដំបង មួយថ្ងៃបន្ទាប់ពីការពិនិត្យនៅក្នុងខេត្តក្រចេះ ដែលគណបក្សប្រឆាំង និងសង្គមស៊ីវិលបានរិះគន់ថា មានការលួចបន្លំក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធ។ យោងតាមសេចក្តីប្រកាសព័ត៌មាន ដែលចេញដោយក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ កាលពីម្សិលមិញ បានឲ្យដឹងថា៖ «ការបើកកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព«ក»នឹងធ្វើនៅ គ.ជ.ប នៅថ្ងៃពុធ ទី២៨ ខែសីហា នៅវេលាម៉ោង ៨ព្រឹក។ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញនឹងចាត់តំណាងទៅស៊ើបអង្កេត»។ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ បានថ្លែងក្នុងអំឡុងសន្និសីទព័ត៌មានកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា គណបក្សប្រឆាំងបានលើកឡើងជាថ្មីម្តងទៀត លើបណ្តឹងភាគច្រើនរបស់ខ្លួននៃបណ្តឹងសរុបចំនួន១៥ ប្រឆាំងនឹងលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតបឋមនឹងត្រូវបញ្ឈប់ដោយក្រុមប្រឹក្សា ធម្មនុញ្ញ។ មួយថ្ងៃបន្ទាប់ពីបានពិនិត្យសន្លឹកឆ្នោត និងឯកសារដើមពីការិយាល័យបោះឆ្នោតចំនួន១៣ ក្នុងខេត្តក្រចេះ ដែលគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ចោទប្រកាន់ថា គណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា គ.ជ.ប និងក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញ បានឃុបឃិតលួចបន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោតក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធ។ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានពន្យល់ថា ការពិនិត្យសន្លឹកឆ្នោត ...
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/103000-2013-08-27-03-31-08
ADB lends 70 mln USD to Cambodia for rice commercialization, finance reforms
The Government of Cambodia and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Monday signed loan agreements worth $70 million to expand the country’s rice sector and promote reforms in the finance sector, an ADB’s statement said. Signed by Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Keat Chhon ...
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/806367.shtml#.UhsAYtKBmN8
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 26/8: Cross-border trade with Cambodia on the rise
Cross–border commodity exchange between Vietnam and Cambodia is thriving thanks to 1,270km of shared border, 10 international gates, 37 main and auxiliary border gates, and nine border economic zones. The southern province of An Giang, which lies on the Cambodian frontier, has two international and two ...
Vietnamnet News Staff
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/82610/business-in-brief-26-8.html
New container terminal may not deliver for Cambodia
Shallow draft, lack of rail connectivity, uneasy relations with Vietnam, and the general slowdown may leave LM 17, Cambodia’s brand new $28-million container terminal near Phnom Penh, up the strait. Even if the terminal achieves the targeted throughput of 110,000 TEUs (it has moved 70,000 so ...
Hindu Business Line News Staff
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/new-container-terminal-may-not-deliver-for-cambodia/article5061737.ece
Cambodia's oil imports down 5.6 pct in first half of 2013
Cambodia has imported 871,000 tons of petroleum in the first six months of the year, a 5.6 percent decline compared with the 922,800 tons at the same period last year, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. During the January-June period this year, the ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-08/26/c_132664169.htm
Maybank IB eyes Cambodia, Laos capital markets
Maybank Investment Bank Bhd (Maybank IB) plans to leverage on its parent, Malayan Banking group’s presence in Cambodia, Laos to penetrate their capital markets there. Maybank IB chief executive officer Tengku Datuk Zafrul Abdul Aziz said on Monday he was looking at organic growth for the ...
Ng Bei Shan
http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2013/08/26/Maybank-IB-eyes-Cambodia-Laos-capital-markets.aspx
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
NGOs Raise Concern Over Freedom of Expression to UN
Seven NGOs have raised their concerns that the government is using the law, media and Internet to further stifle freedom of expression, ahead of Cambodia submitting its first Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights to the U.N. The UPR is the process through which Geneva’s ...
Lauren Crothers and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngos-raise-concern-over-freedom-of-expression-to-un-40748/
R’kiri cop to answer for illegal rosewood
A district deputy police chief in Ratanakkiri province is to be summonsed to court for questioning after a police raid on his house Friday turned up more than 10 cubic metres of illegal luxury wood. Provincial anti-economic crime police, who carried out the raid, found three ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/r%E2%80%99kiri-cop-answer-illegal-rosewood
New Campaign Aims to Clean Phnom Penh’s Drainage System
The Phnom Penh Municipality on Saturday launched a new campaign to clean up the city’s drainage system in an effort to alleviate chronic flooding during the rainy season. The campaign would encourage people to discard their waste correctly and would also see City Hall cleaning the ...
Mech Dara and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-campaign-aims-to-clean-phnom-penhs-drainage-system-40812/
UK to Request Extradition of Biofuel Company’s Chairman
The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-to-request-extradition-of-biofuel-companys-chairman-40796/
UK to Request Extradition of Biofuel Company’s Chairman
The U.K.’s fraud office plans to request the extradition of a British national currently detained in Cambodia, after it brought charges against four people for their part in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving a biofuel plantation. Gregg Fryett was arrested in Phnom Penh in March ...
Simon Lewis
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uk-to-request-extradition-of-biofuel-companys-chairman-40796/
Legal Body Calls for Bar Association to Ensure Independence
The Bar Association of Cambodia should consider stricter standards on admission to the bar, make lawyers take regular mandatory training and set up a new disciplinary committee in order to ensure that Cambodia’s legal professionals are independent, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has said. The ...
Simon Lewis and Eang Mengleng
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/legal-body-calls-for-bar-association-to-ensure-independence-40802/
SL Garment workers to protest at City Hall
Following further unsuccessful negotiations with company management, garment workers and union representatives said yesterday that they intend to hold a 6,000-person demonstration in front of the Ministry of Social Affairs and City Hall in Phnom Penh. Demonstrations supporting employees at the two SL Garment factories in ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sl-garment-workers-protest-city-hall
Huge logging group halted at Thai border
Police detained nearly 100 suspected loggers from crossing into Thailand from Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district on Friday to illegally cut timber, Provincial Governor Sar Thavy said yesterday. The 95 would-be border crossers were arrested in several different groups and were in possession of logging equipment, ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-logging-group-halted-thai-border
Recovery in large economies gives exports a boost
Aided by the recovery of large economies in the United States, the European Union and Japan, Cambodia’s exports jumped more than 20 per cent during the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2012. Ministry of Commerce data released at the end ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/recovery-large-economies-gives-exports-boost
Blending may fuel energy sector
A container storage facility off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province that allows Cambodia to blend oil before export could hold the key to sustainable growth in the country’s nascent energy sector, according to a Danish oil and gas expert. With Chevron positioned to lead offshore ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/blending-may-fuel-energy-sector
Cops thwart smuggling of reptiles
Two Vietnamese women have been charged with illegally storing 102 kilograms of reptiles with the intent of transporting them from Kandal’s Loeuk Dek district to Vietnam. Forestry officials along with Wildlife Rapid Rescue Teams raided the two women’s rental house last Tuesday, ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-thwart-smuggling-reptiles
New container terminal may not deliver for Cambodia
Shallow draft, lack of rail connectivity, uneasy relations with Vietnam, and the general slowdown may leave LM 17, Cambodia’s brand new $28-million container terminal near Phnom Penh, up the strait. Even if the terminal achieves the targeted throughput of 110,000 TEUs (it has moved 70,000 so ...
Hindu Business Line News Staff
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/logistics/new-container-terminal-may-not-deliver-for-cambodia/article5061737.ece
Cambodian Opposition Holds Protest Rally Amid Vote-Tampering Suspicions
A top court ordered Cambodia’s electoral body on Monday to unseal voting records in a second province as the main opposition party held a 20,000-strong rally with an ultimatum to the government to set up an independent probe on widespread irregularities in recently-held national elections ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/elections-08262013195332.html
New map illustrates election results
The Australian National University has posted a map of the results of last month’s elections on its website showing the different levels of popular support for the ruling and opposition parties in all provinces. Colum Graham, a PhD candidate at the ANU College of Asia and ...
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=ZjIzZGRmOWM0ZjN
Cambodia's oil imports down 5.6 pct in first half of 2013
Cambodia has imported 871,000 tons of petroleum in the first six months of the year, a 5.6 percent decline compared with the 922,800 tons at the same period last year, the figures of the Ministry of Commerce showed Monday. During the January-June period this year, the ...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/business/2013-08/26/c_132664169.htm