The Phnom Penh Post

National Assembly OKs mining law amendments

The National Assembly on Thursday approved amendments to Cambodia’s mining laws by revising 11 articles, in a move that would give officials the power to hand out fines or punishments instead of sending all disputes to court. In a full plenary session last week, 112 ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/national-assembly-oks-mining-law-amendments

Battambang gold mines busted with cyanide

A joint task force including the Military Police, officials from the mining and environment ministries, and local authorities in Battambang over the weekend uncovered 20 barrels of cyanide at four illegal gold mines operating in Phnom Proek district. Phnom Proek district Military Police commander Leng ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-gold-mines-busted-cyanide

Rainsy: PM will lose legitimacy after polls

The former president of the now dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), Sam Rainsy, believes the political situation in the Kingdom is ripe for change. He said regardless of the results of the election, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s position will become untenable after he loses ...

Meas Sokchea
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-pm-will-lose-legitimacy-after-polls

Ministry to punish fraudsters who ink finger without voting

Government officials have threatened that those who boycott the coming election but ink their fingers to indicate they had voted will face punishment according to the law. But analysts and opposition figures say that there is no applicable law relating to such an issue. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-punish-fraudsters-who-ink-finger-without-voting

Cops look for Preah Vihear thnong wood suspect

Police are on the lookout for an SUV driver who escaped after a chase by Rovieng District Forestry Administration (FA) officials in Preah Vihear province, who spotted his vehicle hauling two cubic metres of expensive thnong timber. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cops-look-preah-vihear-thnong-wood-suspect

Officials seize 400kg of wildlife in Kratie

Phnom Penh Forestry Administration (FA) on Tuesday morning stopped a passenger bus that was carrying snakes, water monitor lizards, turtles and tortoises, weighing a total of 400kg, said Kom Seyha, office chief at the Phnom Penh FA, who led the operation. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-seize-400kg-wildlife-kratie

Kratie officials find brewery ‘linked’ to poisoning deaths

Local authorities in Kratie province believe they have identified the source of the deadly rice wine, made with lethal levels of methanol that killed 14 people. The discovery was made after investigations traced the incident to the owner of a brewery who died after drinking ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kratie-officials-find-brewery-linked-poisoning-deaths

Gawon strike continues

A Phnom Penh district authority supplied trucks for more than 100 workers from the First Gawon Apparel factory on Tuesday morning after they attempted to walk from the factory to the Ministry of Labour. The workers were again seeking Ministry of Labour intervention in a ...

Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gawon-strike-continues

Forest patrol catches loggers

Ten men were caught engaged in illegal logging during a three-day patrol by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) that began on Friday. This led a representative of the group to declare that illegal logging at the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear province ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/forest-patrol-catches-loggers

Polls a budget buster?

The National Election Committee (NEC) will spend $53 million to conduct the July 29 national polls. The figure is higher than previously allocated, after the European Union (EU) and the US suspended donations following last year’s court-mandated dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP). ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/polls-budget-buster

Parties express satisfaction with ballot slot positions

While Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed satisfaction at his Cambodian People’s Party’s (CPP) 20th spot on the list, the Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) expressed surprise at having drawn the same number that the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) drew in the last election. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-express-satisfaction-ballot-slot-positions

Police intercept vehicle with smuggled wildlife

Chab Sopharith, Banteay Meanchey provincial deputy police chief, said the operation was carried out on National Road 59, in the province’s Malai commune. A driver was arrested but later released when it was ascertained that he was not involved in the case. ...

Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-intercept-vehicle-smuggled-wildlife

Agriculture ministry halts imports of pesticides

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily halted the import, supply and distribution of all pesticides. The ban comes after at least 14 people died and around 300 were warded after poisonings in Sre Norn and Alorch villages in Chet Borey district’s Kantuot ...

Post Staff
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/agriculture-ministry-halts-imports-pesticides

NEC warns press on elections

The National Election Committee (NEC) has reminded media outlets to abide by the Code of Conduct for Media during the coming campaign season for July’s national elections, and called on reporters to remain professional, fair and transparent. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/nec-warns-press-elections

Kampong Cham storm injures two, damages houses

Nearly 500 homes were damaged and a father and son injured during severe winds and heavy rains in Kampong Cham province’s Batheay district on Saturday. Duong Nha, Batheay district deputy police chief, said the storm damaged 496 homes in San Dek and Trorp communes. Of ...

Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-storm-injures-two-damages-houses

Two power plants get ministers council OK

The Cambodian government on Friday approved two power plant projects worth more than $1.3 billion in total in what authorities said was an effort to reduce the Kingdom’s dependence on imports. ...

Sorn Sarath
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/two-power-plants-get-ministers-council-ok

Police in Siem Reap seize rifles as CMAC finds 100 bombs

Chy Kreng district police in Siem Reap province seized 138 homemade rifles on Wednesday from locals, while Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) working groups in Prey Veng province unearthed more than 100 cluster bombs. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/police-siem-reap-seize-rifles-cmac-finds-100-bombs

Koh Kong villagers to be given UDG land

The government has ordered the Ministry of Environment to work with the relevant authorities to grant Koh Kong province villagers land from Union Development Group (UDG), a Chinese company, following a long-standing dispute. ...

Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-villagers-be-given-udg-land

Parties deny they exist for purpose of adding legitimacy to elections

Several of the 20 political parties registered to contest in the July 29 national elections denied on Thursday that they were “created” purely to add legitimacy to the polls and stave off criticisms against Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Cambodian People’s Party (CPP). ...

Meas Sokchea and Ben Sokhean
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/parties-deny-they-exist-purpose-adding-legitimacy-elections

Government urged to move fast on draft organic food law

The private sector has called on the government to speed up enacting the organic food law, which is currently languishing in the draft stage. Having the law, it said, will provide product recognition. Ten Ra, the technical adviser on trade facilitation and standards for German ...

Cheng Sokhorng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-urged-move-fast-draft-organic-food-law

Cyanide ‘found in samples’

A senior official at the Ministry of Environment said on Thursday analysis of blood samples from victims of Kratie province’s contaminated water incident earlier this month have confirmed the presence of cyanide, albeit at very low levels. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cyanide-found-samples

Oddar Meanchey villagers told to leave tourist site

The governor of Samrong city, Oddar Meanchey province, issued a letter on Tuesday, ordering villagers to remove huts, houses and other structures from the Roluos Thom Natural Eco Tourist Site, after allegedly moving onto the land illegally. ...

Yon Sineat
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/oddar-meanchey-villagers-told-leave-tourist-site

Angkor Wat named as the top landmark for the second year

Travel website TripAdvisor has named Cambodia’s ancient wonder Angkor Wat as the top landmark in the world for the second year running in their Travelers’ Choice Award 2018, an achievement Cambodian tourism operators expect will attract more tourists to the Kingdom. ...

Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-wat-named-top-landmark-second-year

Disaster agency stockpiling rice and seeds for flood prep

National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Wednesday that the government had stockpiled 12,000 tonnes of rice and crop seeds to support Cambodians in rural areas facing natural disasters such as droughts and floods. Vy said natural disasters are notably caused by ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disaster-agency-stockpiling-rice-and-seeds-flood-prep

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