Illegal loggers, trafficker return
Fourteen Cambodian men jailed in Thailand for drug trafficking or illegal logging have been released in the past week after reaching the end of their sentences, a border official said yesterday.
Touch Ra, director of the Chaom Sangam Cambodia-Thailand border checkpoint in Oddar Meanchey province, said
Cambodia breaks ground for 3rd flyover in capital
Cambodia on Monday broke ground for the construction of a 19-million-U.S.-dollar flyover in Phnom Penh’s southwestern part to meet the growing number of vehicles.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said it will take 28 months to complete the construction of the 429-meter flyover.
“The sky bridge will not
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Chinese officials to dam site
China has reportedly dispatched embassy officials to investigate a major breach at the Chinese-built Stung Atai dam in Pusat province on Saturday, which swept away four men, three of whom are still missing.
Yang Tian Yue, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh, told local
Hun Sen Denounces Televised Comments on Passport Fees
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday criticized the Cambodian News Channel (CNC) for broadcasting an interview with an NGO worker who had claimed on air that the large number of illegal Cambodian workers to Thailand was due to high cost of obtaining a Cambodian passport.
Speaking at
Adhoc Requests Cancellation of 2 Vietnamese Land Concessions
Rights group Adhoc has requested that the government cancel economic land concessions held by two Vietnamese companies in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, on the grounds that the firms are logging and exporting wood illegally.
“Adhoc calls on the Royal Government of Cambodia to immediately cancel the
Finance Ministry To Tackle Graft With ‘Rewards’
Finance Minister Keat Chhon announced a new plan on Thursday to cut down on rampant state corruption by dispersing three-quarters of non-tax revenue to ministries and their employees as financial “rewards.”
With Anti-Corruption Unit chief Om Yentieng by his side, Mr. Chhon laid out the bare
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New palm oil plant for $16m
Mong Reththy Group (MRG) will begin construction on a US$16 million crude palm oil refinery next month in Preah Sihanouk province, where several thousand hectares of palm trees are grown, insiders said yesterday.
Mong Reththy, president of the eponymous firm, told the Post that his company
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Koh Kong Families Ask Hun Sen for Help in Dispute
More than 40 families from Koh Kong province gathered on Friday outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Phnom Penh home to ask him to intervene in their land dispute with provincial forestry administration, village representatives said yesterday.
According to one villager, 37-year-old Sam Sary, 47 families delivered
Maid complaints on the rise
The number of complaints filed in Kampong Chhnang province by the families of maids working in Malaysia has jumped exponentially compared to the same period last year, a rights worker told the Post yesterday.
Provincial Adhoc coordinator Soum Chankea said 39 requests for the NGO’s intervention
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Defence homes in on assumptions of rank
During the final day of testimony by Sar Kimlomouth at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday, the defence team for co-accused Khieu Samphan sought to weaken the ties between their client and the Ministry of Commerce, within which Sar Kimlomouth, a former banker within Democratic Kampuchea,
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Land volunteers on way: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday 700 volunteers from the Cambodian People’s Party had fanned out across eight provinces to measure properties and provide titles to villagers who have been displaced by land disputes.
Speaking to about 10,000 villagers in the Kroch Chhmar district of Kampong
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Tales of ‘blood-stained’ sugar
The European Union should immediately remove trade preferences it gives to Cambodian sugar companies accused of human-rights violations including land grabs, representatives of the affected communities told a press conference in Phnom Penh yesterday.
Community representatives from Koh Kong, Kampong Speu and Oddar Meanchey provinces said
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Brewery answers PM’s call for product exports
Khmer Brewery (KB), a locally owned company that produces Cambodia Beer, has made its first export to Japan, partly in response to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s call in mid-May for local food and beverage producers to push their products abroad.
KB public-relations manager Sok Chantha said
Vendors Protest Market Rebuilding at Appeal Court
About 200 vendors from Phnom Penh’s Tomnup Market gathered in front of the Appeal Court yesterday morning to protest an earlier ruling by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court that paved the way for the market’s reconstruction. In 2011, the market’s owner, New Rich Cambodia
CSX wants more trading sessions
The Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX) has requested adding four trading sessions in the hopes of increasing trade volumes.
The request, if approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia, could see new sessions added within a month.
The CSX has seen low trading volumes over the
Beehive Radio owner loses appeal
The Phnom Penh Court of Appeal ruled Friday that Beehive Radio owner Mam Sonando should continue serving his 20-year sentence for sedition.
On October 1, the radio station owner was sentenced to 20 years in jail and fined 10 million riel in relation to a
Hun Sen wants more Australian investors
The Prime Minister appealed Wednesday to Australian investors to increase their investments in Cambodia, especially in the agriculture and the tourism sectors.
The comments were made during a meeting with the outgoing Australian Ambassador to Cambodia, Penny Richards, at the Peace Palace.
He said, because of
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Blackouts to end soon: EdC
Blackouts in Phnom Penh will no longer be a problem after an energy source near Sihanoukville starts providing an extra 50 megawatts of coal-fired power to the city next month, the director-general of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) said.
Keo Rottanak said by mid-June at the latest
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Authorities Deny Abuses at Thai Plantation Tied To CPP Senator
Oddar Meanchey province deputy governor Lon An yesterday confirmed CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat’s involvement in a trio of sugar cane plantations that rights groups took to the National Human rights Commission of Thailand last week, but denied their allegations of rights abuses.
The deputy
Polling stations set for soldiers at Preah Vihear
Soldiers stationed around the Preah Vihear temple on the Thai-Cambodian border on Election Day won’t have to forgo the opportunity to vote, military officials in Preah Vihear province said.
Men Sophea, a military official posted at Phnom Trop, several kilometres away from the temple complex, said
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