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NEC releases official June 4 election results
The country’s election authority released its official results for the June 4 commune elections on schedule on Sunday, calling 1,156 out of a total 1,646 communes for the CPP, which also won 6,503 of the 11,572 council seats up for grabs. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-releases-official-june-4-election-results-131758/
Phnom Penh acquires two new deputy governors
The government has tapped two officials to become new deputy governors in Phnom Penh, including former Pursat Provincial Deputy Governor Keut Che, and Nuon Pharath, a staffer at the Council of Ministers with close ties to the youth organisation led by the premier’s youngest son. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-acquires-two-new-deputy-governors
NBC, South Korea team up for research
The central banks of Cambodia and South Korea signed an agreement on Friday to jointly conduct research and analyse the relationship between exchange rates and inflation in the Cambodian economy, according to bank officials. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nbc-south-korea-team-research
Sar Kheng says official held in Thailand avoided checkpoint, vows arms probe
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has vowed an investigation into an alleged arms trafficking operation linked to a Cambodian official, saying information from suspects indicated the guns were smuggled via a “corridor” in Cambodia’s Koh Kong province into Thailand and did not pass through the international ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-says-official-held-thailand-avoided-checkpoint-vows-arms-probe
New rules for digital payments
The central bank has issued new regulations governing the licensing of payment services providers (PSPs), requiring that all firms providing online services to accept electronic payments have at least $2 million in registered capital, a move expected to increase the stability of the sector and ...
Hor Kimsay and Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-rules-digital-payments
Ministry to examine passport fees for Malaysia migrants
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will investigate exorbitant passport fees for migrant workers in Malaysia, the ministry’s spokesman said late last week, following an investigation by The Post that found Cambodians in the country were forced to pay up to $800 for renewals. ...
Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-examine-passport-fees-malaysia-migrants
Government probes NGO behind damning timber racket report
More than a month after confirming its investigation into new reports of rampant timber trafficking between Cambodia and Vietnam, the Environment Ministry remains tight-lipped about what—if any—progress it is making, but says the U.K. NGO that exposed the scale of the problem is itself being ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-probes-ngo-behind-damning-timber-racket-report-131662/
Monitor’s results CPP took about 50% at election
Transparency International (TI) Cambodia yesterday said that the ruling Cambodian People’s Party appeard to have won 49.4 percent of the nationwide popular vote on June 4 based on the stations it monitored, nearly six percentage points ahead of the CNRP’s 43.2 percent. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitors-results-cpp-took-about-50-election
Opposition requests migrant-friendly voter registration process
The opposition once again will ask the government to make upcoming voter registration more accessible to an estimated 1 million migrant workers by increasing the number of registration centers near the Thai border. ...
Ben Paviour and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-requests-migrant-friendly-voter-registration-process-131633/
Only two complaints outstanding, NEC says
Out of 64 complaints filed with the National Election Committee (NEC) over the June 4 commune elections, only two remain outstanding, the election body said yesterday. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/only-two-complaints-outstanding-nec-says
Kem Sokha promises political tolerance to Cham muslims
CNRP President Kem Sokha has promised opposition supporters among the Cham Muslim community that any government he leads would put an end to political harassment from the community’s pro-CPP leaders, whom he claimed pressured followers not to join his party. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-promises-political-tolerance-to-cham-muslims-131604/
National Bank revokes licence of Dubai firm
The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday revoked the licence of Dubai-based Royal Index Pte., an affiliate of Royal Index UAE, after it failed to fulfill its mandatory obligations as a derivatives trading firm operating in the kingdom. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39454/national-bank-revokes-licence-of-dubai-firm/
Rainsy claims military would back CNRP win
Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy said in a speech on Monday that military leaders aligned with the ruling party recently “came to whisper” to him the message that they would not prevent the opposition taking power if it were to win the 2018 national election. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-claims-military-would-back-cnrp-win
Assembly criticised over MPs’ immunity
During an otherwise routine National Assembly session to make amendments to the Senate Election Law, opposition lawmaker Son Chhay yesterday took the opportunity to criticise the assembly for not adhering to immunity laws after the arrests and convictions of lawmakers Um Sam An and Senator ...
Touch Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/assembly-criticised-over-mps-immunity
NEC finishes complaints; voter registration prep continues
The National Election Committee (NEC) can now turn its attention to preparations for next year’s national election, which are already underway as voter registration will start in September, said Khorn Keo Mono, director of the NEC’s communications department. Mr. Keo Mono said on Tuesday that ...
Van Roeun
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-finishes-complaints-voter-registration-prep-continues-131568/
Complaint filed by small party leader against Kem Sokha
Cambodia Youth Party leader Pich Sros filed a complaint today at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha in response to the latter’s encouragement of voters not to “waste” their votes on small parties. ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/complaint-filed-small-party-leader-against-kem-sokha
Proposal to teach Hun Sen’s life story in schools seen as hagiography by some
Students at schools in Cambodia will learn about the life, achievements and leadership of Prime Minister Hun Sen under a proposal by the Defence Ministry to change the nation’s curriculum and introduce the ruling party’s fiercely contested historical narrative into textbooks. ...
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/proposal-teach-hun-sens-life-story-schools-seen-hagiography-some
Government vows to tighten control over Kingdom’s pawnbrokers
The government is preparing legislation aimed at ensuring tighter control over the nation’s pawnshops to ensure professionalism in a sector that has grown rapidly and lacks a supervisory framework. ...
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-vows-tighten-control-over-kingdoms-pawnbrokers
Government’s KNUP purge rolls on
The government has started stripping members of the Khmer National United Party of their state positions, as part of what KNUP officials have said is an effort to pressure them to abandon their leader, Nhek Bun Chhay, a former top military commander, and join the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/governments-knup-purge-rolls
City buses to expand to new routes
Phnom Penh’s city bus municipal public transit system will be adding five bus routes to its existing network in mid-July, City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-buses-expand-new-routes
Government approves 56 additional generals
The government has approved a new round of mass military promotions, elevating 40 officers to the rank of brigadier general and 16 people to major general status. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-approves-56-additional-generals
NEC backs down on plans for legal action against Facebook critics
The National Election Committee (NEC) on Monday said it would not pursue immediate legal action against Facebook page owners it accused of spreading “inciting” news about its work, but would take unspecified action if false accusations continued. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-backs-plans-legal-action-facebook-critics-131534/
Minimum wage talks to begin in July
Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng announced yesterday that this year’s round of garment sector minimum wage negotiations would begin in July, with unionists cautiously optimistic that next year’s national elections could benefit their cause despite calls from Sam Heng not to “politicise” the process. ...
Soth Koemsoeun and Martin de Bourmont
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/minimum-wage-talks-begin-july
NEC rejects election complaints for being filed past deadline
The country’s national election body says it has rejected more than half of the 61 complaints it received about the June 4 commune elections, most of them requests by the opposition CNRP for recounts in races it narrowly lost, claiming the complainants missed the deadline. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/nec-rejects-election-complaints-filed-past-deadline-131488/