The Phnom Penh Post

Boeung Kak takes case to Assembly

About 200 people, including activist monk Loun Savath, rallied outside the National Assembly in Phnom Penh yesterday in support of the 13 Boeung Kak women sentenced to prison in a three-hour trial last Thursday. Supporters of the women, including villagers, unions and human rights groups, called ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956458/National-news/boeung-kak-takes-case-to-assembly.html

Advanced Bank of Asia loans MFI $2m

The Advanced Bank of Asia (ABA) last week loaned PRASAC Microfinance Institution US$2 million to support the rapid growth of the microfinance loan industry. The domestic loan was chosen to “diversify our funding sources” because of a large reliance on overseas capital which moves many of the jobs created ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956446/Business/advanced-bank-of-asia-loans-mfi-2m.html

Eviction worry delays Phnom Penh mega project

The developer of Phnom Penh’s US$1.6 billion Chroy Chungva City project has said ground would not be broken this year, raising questions about the future of the satellite city. Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) will delay the Chroy Chungva City project after what a local Chinese ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956448/Business/eviction-worry-delays-mega-project.html

Chut Wutty witness had eyes elsewhere

Another witness to the fatal shooting of prominent environmentalist Chut Wutty and military police officer In Rattana has said he did not see who shot the men after testifying in Koh Kong provincial court yesterday. Puom Ravin, a 37-year-old employee of the logging firm Timbergreen said ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956454/National-news/wutty-witness-had-eyes-elsewhere.html

SL garment strike resumes after pact disavowed

Employees hurled stones at one of two SL garment factories in Phnom Penh yesterday as they returned to picket lines after management refused to recognise that a document signed on Friday that had enticed them back to work was a formal agreement. Female worker Rith Sineourn, ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956450/National-news/strike-resumes-after-pact-disavowed.html

Kingdom’s logistics firms see diversity

Logistics firms saw a new level of diversity in Cambodian exports, a trend that would protect the economy from external shock, several shipping companies said. The Kingdom is on the right track to diversify and increase the export of agricultural products, while decreasing its reliance on ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956445/Business/kingdoms-logistics-firms-see-diversity.html

Cambodia wants Kuwait tourists

Tourism officials in the Kingdom have suggested that the Kuwaiti ambassador should push for direct flights between Cambodia and Kuwait, and invited Kuwaitis to invest in Cambodia’s soaring tourism sector. “We need more and more investment in the tourism sector,” said tourism minister Thong Khon. He ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956447/Business/cambodia-wants-kuwait-tourists.html

Factory fainting: Garment workers fall ill in Kampong Speu

About 60 workers at the Anful Garment factory in Kampong Speu’s Samrong Tong district reported feeling dizzy yesterday, while three fainted, officials said. The union president also said she did not think the incident was caused by the factory environment, but rather, by the health ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052956453/National-news/factory-fainting-garment-workers-fall-ill-in-kampong-speu.html

Rice alliance formed

A new partnership looking to export Cambodian rice to world markets formed yesterday afternoon at Sunway Hotel The Alliance of Rice Producers and Exporters of Cambodia (ARPEC) elected their first executive committee, which includes office holders Phou Puy, Hann Khieng, Oknha Kong Sang, Sok Cheng, Seng ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856413/Business/rice-alliance-formed.html

Boeung Kak 13 to appeal

Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women who were sentenced to two and a half years in jail on Thursday following a lawyer-free trial that lasted just three hours will appeal their convictions, their distraught supporters said yesterday. As the reality of the trial, which rights groups have ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856427/National-news/boeung-kak-13-to-appeal.html

Trust govt, PM tells protesters

Prime Minister Hun Sen has told villagers they should not to protest in land disputes but rather seek help from authorities following a spate of violent crackdowns on demonstrations. The premier said protests affect public order and claimed they sometimes become violent in a statement signed ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856424/National-news/trust-govt-pm-tells-protesters.html

SL factory owners deny agreement

Just as a solution to a two-week-long dispute at two SL Garment factories seemed over on Saturday, the company’s owner issued a statement refusing to recognise an agreement that had lured more than 5,000 employees back to work. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856416/National-news/sl-factory-owners-deny-agreement.html

Guinea interested in Cambodian rice

The Republic of Guinea plans to import 40,000 tonnes of milled rice from Cambodia, Alpha Condé, the president of the West African nation, said during a recent visit to the Kingdom. The two countries will also look to follow up on agricultural technology co-operation agreed on ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856412/Business/guinea-interested-in-cambodian-rice.html

Agreement forced, Loun Savath says

Activist monk Loun Savath yesterday decried an “agreement” he thumbprinted in the presence of Supreme Patriarch Nun Nget on Thursday, claiming he was forced to comply under duress. Speaking from a safe place yesterday, the “multimedia monk” said a group, including the municipal chief monk and ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856419/National-news/agreement-forced-monk-says.html

Last of Mondulkiri commune gone

Authorities in Mondulkiri province started tearing down the last of 195 houses claimed by villagers in Rayum commune at about 7am on Friday morning. Three hours later, not one was standing. Many villagers said they had no idea where they were going to live, and one man ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856422/National-news/last-of-mkiri-commune-gone.html

Natural sweetener coming

Stevia Nutra Corporation, a company focused on producing artificial sweetener from the plant stevia, has announced that it has incorporated Mighty Mekong Agro Industries Co Ltd, a Cambodian-based wholly owned subsidiary. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856410/Business/natural-sweetener-coming.html

New charge, same verdict for activist

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a conviction against a staffer from the rights group Licadho for allegedly distributing leaflets insulting government leaders and the king, but changed the charge against him from disinformation to incitement. Leang Sokchouen was convicted in August 2010 for allegedly distributing ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856415/National-news/new-charge-same-verdict-for-activist.html

The potential of Cambodia

Whenever you build a structure, you always start with a plan that exists first as an idea and then makes its way to paper and then usually a model: and this is true of ships or skyscrapers. Then comes the construction process when you bring in ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052856411/Business/the-potential-of-cambodia.html

More Chinese firms weigh local investment

Six companies from China’s Guangzhou city and Guangxi province met with Kim Sithan, Cambodia’s secretary of state at the Ministry of Commerce, yesterday to discuss investment in the country Heavy machinery, fertiliser and chemical companies expressed interest in Cambodia’s agricultural sector ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052556376/Business/more-chinese-firms-weigh-local-investment.html

Silk producers look to sew up EU market ties

Cambodia’s silk producers say they must cut costs in order to continue reaching troubled European markets, the primary target for the Kingdom’s sericulture products. Insiders said Cambodian companies must start producing their own silk for the industry to survive. Silk craftspeople import some 400 tonnes of silk ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052556377/Business/silk-producers-look-to-sew-up-eu-market-ties.html

Activist monk detained at Wat Botum

Senor members of the monastic community yesterday detained Buddhist monk Loun Savath, an award-winning human rights activist, after he took photos of protesting Boeung Kak lake villagers outside Phnom Penh municipal court. Monks, police and unidentified men in plain clothes violently forced Loun Savath into a ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052556389/National-news/activist-monk-detained-at-wat-botum.html

Strikers back at table

Workers from SL Garment factories and union representatives held their second round of talks at the Ministry of Social Affairs yesterday as strikes at the Levi’s, Gap and H&M suppliers continued for the 12 day straight. ...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012052556386/National-news/strikers-back-at-table.html

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