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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
Report cites election day voter fraud
Voter rolls at several polling stations appear to have been “intentionally manipulated” in advance of the election to allow large groups of individuals to cast fraudulent ballots in communes where they were ineligible, according to a report released Saturday by rights group Licadho. One of the ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/report-cites-election-day-voter-fraud
NEC examines ballots
The National Election Committee, acting on orders from the Constitutional Council, yesterday examined ballots and original documents taken from 13 polling stations in a Kratie province commune, but the opposition and observers quickly questioned the process’s validity due to apparent irregularities. Despite the fact that “Safety ...
CNRP Says Rally’s Size Could Exceed Government’s Demands
With a major opposition rally planned for this afternoon in Phnom Penh, City Hall and Ministry of Interior officials were at odds with CNRP leaders on Sunday over how many people would be allowed to attend the event. Though the Interior Ministry has said only 6,000 ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections/cnrp-says-rallys-size-could-exceed-governments-demands-40783/
លោក សម រង្ស៊ី អាចនឹងត្រូវអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យចូលជាសមាជិករដ្ឋសភា
កាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ សមាជិកសភាមកពីគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា លោក ឈាង វុន បានលើកឡើងថា ទ្វារនៅតែបើកចំហសម្រាប់លោក សម រង្ស៊ី មេដឹកនាំ គណបក្សប្រឆាំង ដើម្បីក្លាយជាសមាជិកសភាក្នុងនីតិកាលទី៥ បើទោះបី ជាអភ័យឯកសិទ្ធិសភារបស់លោកមិនទាន់ត្រូវបានប្រគល់ឲ្យវិញ ហើយ លោកមិនមែនជាបេក្ខជននៅក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតជាតិកាលពីខែមុនក៏ដោយ ។ មានប្រសាសន៍ទៅកាន់អ្នកយកព័ត៌មាននៅឯសន្និសីទសារព័ត៌មានមួយនៅ ឯរដ្ឋសភាលោក ឈាង វុន បានលើកឡើងថា លោក សម រង្ស៊ី អាចនឹងត្រូវ អនុញ្ញាតឲ្យធ្វើជាសមាជិកសភា បន្ទាប់ពីការចុះឈ្មោះសមាជិកសភា ចាប់ផ្តើមនៅខែតុលា ហើយបើសិនសមាជិកសភាគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិរូបណា ផ្សេងយល់ព្រមលាលែងពីមុខតំណែងរបស់ខ្លួន។ លោកបានមានប្រសាសន៍ដោយសំដៅដល់មាត្រា១៨នៃច្បាប់ស្តីពីការបោះ ឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រ ដែលត្រូវបានធ្វើវិសោធនកម្មថា “ពិតមែន ហើយ[ឯកឧត្តម សម រង្ស៊ី ] អាចជាសមាជិកនៃរដ្ឋសភាក្នុងនីតិកាលទី៥ នេះ តាមច្បាប់ស្តីពីការបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសតាំងតំណាងរាស្ត្រ”។ ...
គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិថ្កោលទោសគ.ជ.ប.ចំពោះកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព
កាលពីម្សិលមិញគណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោតបានបើកជា សាធារណៈនូវឯកសារបោះឆ្នោតផ្លូវការមកពីខេត្តក្រចេះ បន្ទាប់ពី ទទួលបានបទបញ្ជាឲ្យស៊ើបអង្កេតលើការចោទប្រកាន់ពីការលួច បន្លំសន្លឹកឆ្នោត ប៉ុន្តែ ភ័ស្តុតាងជាច្រើនមិនត្រូវបានបិទឲ្យមាន សុវត្ថិភាពទេ និងបានលើកឡើងពីក្តីបារម្ភថា ឯកសារទាំងនោះ ត្រូវបានគេលួចកែប្រែ។ បន្ទាប់ពីទទួលបានបទបញ្ជាពីក្រុមប្រឹក្សាធម្មនុញ្ញឲ្យបើក កញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាពចំនួន១៣នោះ គេបានរកឃើញថា កញ្ចប់ចំនួន៥ត្រូវ បានបិទមិនត្រឹមត្រូវក្នុងកញ្ចប់សុវត្ថិភាព “ក” ។ ដោយកញ្ចប់ចំនួន៥មកពីឃុំស្វាយជ្រះខេត្តក្រចេះបិទមិនត្រឹមត្រូវ នោះ កញ្ចប់ទាំង១៣មានលទ្ធផលបោះឆ្នោតខុសពីតួលេខ ដែលត្រូវបានចែក ឲ្យគណបក្សនយោបាយ និងមន្ត្រី គ.ជ.ប. នៅឃុំនោះ ព្រមទាំងមន្ត្រី គ.ជ.ប. ខេត្ត។ គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ និងអ្នកសង្កេតការបោះឆ្នោតដែលសុទ្ធតែ ចោទ គ.ជ.ប. ថា ខ្វះឯករាជ្យភាព និងធ្វើការឲ្យគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជានោះ បានរិះគន់ខ្លាំងៗចំពោះការដែល គ.ជ.ប. ប្រើប្រាស់ឯកសារបិទមិនត្រឹមត្រូវនៅក្នុងការស៊ើបអង្កេតរបស់ ខ្លួនលើភាពមិនប្រក្រតីក្នុងការបោះឆ្នោតនេះ។ លោក យឹម សុវណ្ណ អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិបានមាន ប្រសាសន៍ថា “នេះជាបញ្ហាធ្ងន់ធ្ងរមួយ ជាបញ្ហាធំមួយដែលបង្ហាញថា ការបោះឆ្នោតនេះមិនសេរី និងយុត្តិធម៌”។ លោកបានបន្ថែមថា “នេះ គ្រាន់តែជាចំណុចមួយប៉ុណ្ណោះ ហើយមានអ្នកបោះឆ្នោត១,៣លាននាក់ ដែលបានបាត់ឈ្មោះពីបញ្ជីឈ្មោះបោះឆ្នោត រួមជាមួយនឹងភាពមិន ប្រក្រតីផ្សេងៗទៀត”។ ...
