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Cambodian government takes umbrage at US congressman’s comments on land grabs
Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management is acting in accordance with the country’s laws and making an effort to respect citizens’ rights, a ministry official said Tuesday, rejecting comments by a U.S. congressman that people in the Southeast Asian country are denied basic protection from land ...
Cambodia’s int’l trade value up 9 percent
The value of Cambodia’s international trade increased by about 9 percent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period last year, according to the latest data from the Commerce Ministry. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cambodias-intl-trade-value-up-9-percent-91908/
Opposition leader says amended Constitution could help border
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy says the article of the constitution that demarcates Cambodia’s borders could be amended, for use of an older, more accurate map. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-leader-says-amended-constitution-could-help-border/2920987.html
Senate unanimously supports for legal action against senator Hong Sok Hour
Forty-Seven senators supported this afternoon the authorities’ legal action against senator Hong Sok Hour, the senate’s spokesperson Mam Bunneang, told reporters. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/senate-unanimously-supports-for-legal-action-against-senator-hong-sok-hour-8846
Cambodian legislature strips detained opposition senator of immunity
Cambodia’s legislature voted to strip an opposition senator in police custody of his immunity Monday, prompting criticism from rights groups, after Prime Minister Hun Sen accused him of treason for posting a disputed diplomatic document online relating to the country’s border with neighboring Vietnam. ...
RFA Khmer News Staff
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/immunity-08172015150909.html
The opposition party supports the amendment to article 2 of the Constitution
The president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy returned home yesterday afternoon and announced his support to the amendment article 2 of the constitution. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-opposition-party-supports-the-amendment-article-2-of-the-constitution-8842
The opposition party supports the amendment to article 2 of the Constitution
The president of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) Sam Rainsy returned home yesterday afternoon and announced his support to the amendment article 2 of the constitution. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/the-opposition-party-supports-the-amendment-article-2-of-the-constitution-8842
Border dispute turned into ‘popularity contest’
The newly formed Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP) called on the country’s two largest political parties to put the national interest ahead of their own, as it released documents outlining its internal structure and code of ethics over the weekend. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14481/---border-dispute-turned-into-popularity-contest---/
Sam Rainsy finally returns
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrived back in Cambodia yesterday after about a month’s absense, saying he will use “cold measures” to end tension with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party. ...
Chea Vannak and James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14485/sam-rainsy-finally-returns/
Opposition lawmaker denies he embezzled border money
Opposition lawmaker Real Camerin has written to the Anti-Corruption Unit denying accusations that he embezzled the majority of $55,000 he allegedly raised to help pay for trips to inspect the border with Vietnam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmaker-denies-he-embezzled-border-money-91809/
Expert warns CPP, CNRP maps cede territory to Vietnam
The head of a research team investigating the demarcation of Cambodia’s borders yesterday called for changes to the Kingdom’s constitution to avoid losing land to Vietnam. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/expert-warns-cpp-cnrp-maps-cede-territory-vietnam
Abbot warns of protests over arrest of ‘activist monks’
The Khmer Kampuchea Krom Buddhist Monk Association has slammed the August 1 arrest and defrocking of two monks, accusing police officials of detaining the pair on baseless and politically motivated charges. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14483/abbot-warns-of-protests-over-arrest-of----activist-monks---/
Senator arrested, charged on Hun Sen’s orders
Following orders from Prime Minister Hun Sen, opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was arrested and charged with forgery and incitement over the weekend for posting an apparently fake treaty with Vietnam to Facebook. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/senator-arrested-charged-on-hun-sens-orders-91784/
Kratie families feel effects of NGO law
Officials in Kratie province are insisting that a small group of families involved in a local land dispute register with the Interior Ministry or be “punished.” ...
Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kratie-families-in-land-dispute-feel-effects-of-ngo-law-91796/
Thirty Unions call on Labor Ministry to rethink draft law
Thirty labor unions and associations appealed to the Labor Ministry on Friday to redraft its planned Trade Union Law, which they say will suppress industrial action and facilitate union busting, despite significant concessions in the latest draft. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thirty-unions-call-on-labor-ministry-to-rethink-draft-law-91748/
Cambodia's trade volume up nearly 10 pct in 1st half of 2015
Cambodia’s trade volume with foreign countries was valued at $ 9.75 billion in the first six months of 2015, an increase of 9.5 percent from $ 8.9 billion over the same period last year, according to Chinese News Agency-Xinhua quoted the ministry of commerce’s statistics. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodias-trade-volume-up-nearly-10-pct-in-1st-half-of-2015-8837
Former Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei was arrested
Former Phnom Penh Municipal Court Director Ang Mealaktei was arrested, said Om Yentieng, senior minister and chairman of Anti-Corruption Unit. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/former-phnom-penh-municipal-court-director-ang-mealaktei-was-arrested-8839
King and Queen-Mother depart for routine medical checkup in China
His Majesty Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, and Her Majesty Queen-Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk departed here this morning for a routine medical checkup in China. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/king-and-queen-mother-depart-for-routine-medical-checkup-in-china-8832
Exact time of the Cambodian maps’ arrival was released
The royal government of Cambodia said the originals of Cambodian maps borrowed from the UN will arrived here on Aug. 18, at 22:12. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/exact-time-of-the-cambodian-maps%E2%80%99-arrival-was-released-8833
Rural health centers remain underfunded, under-prepared
Cambodia launched a health strategic plan in 2002, in an effort to improve services to areas that lack medical personnel and resources. But in many rural areas, there has been little progress, and even an awareness of basic hygiene and disease prevention remains considerably low. ...
Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/rural-health-centers-remain-underfunded-under-prepared/2917998.html
New Zealand FM to visit Cambodia next week, air services pact expected to be signed
New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully will pay a two-day visit to Cambodia from Aug. 18 to 19, where he will sign an agreement on air services, according to a press statement from the Cambodian Foreign Ministry on Thursday. ...
PM orders senator’s arrest over Facebook post
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday ordered the arrest of opposition senator Hong Sok Hour for “treason” over a fake treaty the senator posted to Facebook that purported to show Heng Samrin, as Cambodia’s head of state in 1979, pledging to dissolve the border between ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-orders-senators-arrest-over-facebook-post-91638/
Union law could cost CPP the next election, labor leader warns
Draft legislation on trade unions will undermine the hard-won progress of labor unions here as well as violate fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution, labor law and UN conventions, labor leaders said yesterday. ...
Chea Takihiro
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/14396/union-law-could-cost-cpp-the-next-election--labor-leader-warns/
After turbulent term, US envoy bids farewell
Outgoing U.S. Ambassador William Todd met with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Thursday in his final official meeting, bringing an end to a tenure that saw visits from the U.S. president and first lady, as well as the disputed 2013 national election and violence that ...
Khuon Narim and Simon Henderson
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-turbulent-term-us-envoy-bids-farewell-91655/