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Brunei crown prince to visit Cambodia next week
Brunei Crown Prince Haji Al- Muhtadee Billah will pay an official visit to Cambodia from March 2 to 4 in order to further enhance bilateral ties and cooperation, according to a statement from the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. ...
Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150225/brunei-crown-prince-visit-cambodia-next-week
Environmental groups urge Cambodia PM to press Laos to cancel dam project
Conservation groups have called on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to press Lao President Choummaly Sayasone to postpone the construction of the much-criticized Don Sahong dam project on the Mekong River in Laos. ...
Ounkeo Souksavanh
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/laos/efforts-to-cancel-dam-project-02252015161706.html
UXO casualties highlighted on mine awareness day
In a statement released Tuesday to mark Cambodia’s 16th National Mine Awareness Day, Prime Minister Hun Sen warns all Cambodians to be vigilant of an increase in anti-tank mine casualties. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/uxo-casualties-highlighted-on-mine-awareness-day-78631/
Talking trash: PM Hun Sen backs review of contracts
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday personally backed the review of government contracts with private waste removal companies, two weeks after the Council of Ministers signed an order indicating they will review the capital’s contract with garbage collector Cintri. ...
Vong Sokheng and Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/talking-trash-pm-hun-sen-backs-review-contracts
‘I will come back,’ says deported activist
Referring to Cambodia as “my country”, Alex Gonzalez-Davidson, a vocal environmental activist and Spanish national who was deported Monday, yesterday vowed to return and continue his struggle to save the Areng Valley. ...
Sean Teehan and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/i-will-come-back-says-deported-activist
Central Bank seeks to give Riel a boost
Cambodia’s central bank will use its upcoming Second Macroeconomic Conference to discuss how best to promote the use of the riel and hasten de-dollarisation in the economy, according to an official release yesterday. ...
May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/central-bank-seeks-give-riel-boost
PM threatens use of rockets in Areng valley
The day after the government deported a foreign activist opposed to a proposed hydropower dam in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday invited activists in the valley to secede from Cambodia, but warned that rocket launchers could be deployed if ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-threatens-use-of-rockets-in-areng-valley-78609/
Cambodia expects 5 mln foreign tourists in 2015: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that the country is projected to receive about 5 million international visitors this year, a rise of 11 percent from 4.5 million last year. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-expects-5-mln-foreign-tourists-in-2015:-pm-8227
PM takes to stump on legal limit to overtime
Prime Minister Hun Sen broached the long-running issue of excessive overtime worked by garment factory employees in a speech yesterday, in what at least one analyst saw as a possible play for garment worker support. During his commencement speech at the National University of Management, the ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/pm-takes-stump-legal-limit-overtime
Anti-graft chief to meet ousted Phnom Penh Court president
Om Yingtieng, president of Anti-Corruption Unit, said Monday that he would meet the ousted president of Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Ang Maltey, this week. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/anti-graft-chief-to-meet-ousted-phnom-penh-court-president-8222
Cambodia seeks to pardon women in jail with children
Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that his government will seek the pardon and release of female convicts who are pregnant or have children living with them inside prisons, following a report by a human rights group which took authorities to task for neglecting ...
Morm Moniroth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/pardons-for-jailed-women-with-children-02232015165148.html
Laos dam ‘elephant in room’
Conservation groups have called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to address “the elephant in the room” and lobby Laos’ president to postpone his country’s controversial Don Sahong dam project when the leaders meet later this week. Arriving on Thursday, Laotian Head of State Choummaly Sayasone will ...
Vong Sokheng and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/laos-dam-elephant-room
Finland's Foreign Minister vows to help Cambodia
Finland will continue to help Cambodia in all sectors in order to contribute to Cambodian development, Finland’s Foreign Minister, Erkki Tuomioja said Wednesday during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/finlands-foreign-minister-vows-to-help-cambodia-8215
Families affected by land disputes in Cambodia tripled in 2014: rights group
A surge in land disputes in Cambodia affected more than three times as many families last year as in 2013, a local rights group said Thursday, urging Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government to address the issue with “long-term lasting solutions” instead of making empty promises. Rights ...
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/families-02192015114159.html
Ousted judge given position in Justice Ministry
Former Phnom Penh Municipal Court director Ang Mealaktei, who was ousted Tuesday amid claims of corruption at the court, was granted a new position in the Ministry of Justice during the ceremony to replace him on Wednesday. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ousted-judge-given-position-in-justice-ministry-78262/
Prosecutor accused of ‘threats’ to Singaporean
A senior Phnom Penh Municipal Court official has been accused of threatening a Singaporean businessman in an attempt to pressure him into confessing to a crime he did not commit. ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prosecutor-accused-threats-singaporean
Government planning massive memorial to Hun Sen’s legacy
Prime Minister Hun Sen has formed a 20-person committee to plan a sprawling memorial in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district to ensure that his legacy is preserved for generations to come, according to a government order and officials on the committee. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-planning-massive-memorial-to-hun-sens-legacy-78282/
Hun Sen calls for urgent measure against judge releasing tycoon Thong Sarath’s parents
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday has proposed the Supreme Council of Magistracy to take urgent measure on a judge responsible for releasing parents of fugitive Thong Sarath on bail. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1L9D5Hh
Chief of Phnom Penh Court replaced amid murder scandal
The chief judge at Phnom Penh Municipal Court has replaced, in a shake-up at the behest of Prime Minister Hun Sen, as the court pursues an ongoing murder investigation. Hours after Hun Sen’s order, the chief of Phnom Penh’s court, Ang Maldey, was fired and ...
Heng Reaksmey,
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/chief-of-phnom-penh-court-replaced-amid-murder-scandal/2647394.html
Electricity price to be down from here on: Hun Sen confirms
During a meeting with Lord James Sasson, Executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings, at Phnom Penh’s Peace Palace, on Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen confirmed that the electricity price in Cambodia will be down from now on. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/electricity-price-to-be-down-from-here-on:-hun-sen-confirms-8184
PM acknowledges criticism of Refugee agreement
Days after the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced it would help resettle Australia’s refugees currently being held on the Pacific island nation of Nauru in Cambodia, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday acknowledged criticism of the deal at home and abroad. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-acknowledges-criticism-of-refugee-agreement-78764/
PM proposes law to prevent rent increase
During a graduation ceremony at Royal University of Law and Economics, Prime Minister Hun Sen said he and the opposition leader agreed to create a law to prevent landlords from raising rent. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/pm-proposes-law-to-prevent-rent-increase-8172
Cambodia weighs oil stockpile as global price nosedives: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that the government is studying the possibility to purchase petroleum for a stockpile as global oil price is going down. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-02/10/c_133983437.htm
Timber trader Try Pheap linked to logging racket
In a new report, U.K. environmental rights group Global Witness places Cambodian timber magnate Try Pheap at the heart of a vast illegal logging operation driving the country’s rarest tree species to the brink of extinction with the collusion of government and military officials. “The Cost ...
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/timber-trader-try-pheap-linked-to-vast-logging-racket-77466/