UN Envoy Calls for Judicial Reform, Lauds Other Progress
The court system is still “chronically underfunded” and laws on its management are almost 20 years overdue, the U.N. human rights envoy Surya Subedi said yesterday.
One year ago, during his sixth mission to Cambodia, Mr. Subedi described reform in the courts as moving at a
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-envoy-calls-for-judicial-reform-lauds-other-progress-6630/
Vehicle registration grows despite flaws in the system
An absence of public transport, improved roads and the economic development of Cambodia’s rural areas was reflected in an increase in vehicle registrations by 7.7 per cent from 2011 to 2012, official data shows. However, as an insider said yesterday, many cars and motorcycles will
High court appeal for Boeung Kak 13
Thirteen Boeung Kak lake women imprisoned after a three-hour trial in May and released last month had appealed their guilty convictions to the Supreme Court, their lawyer said yesterday.
“They told us they are completely dissatisfied with the verdict of the Appeal Court, which maintained the
Airport Arrivals Soar With Business Traffic
The number of visitors to Cambodia through its two main airports increased 19.7 percent to more than 1 million people in the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, figures released by Cambodia Airports show.
Between January and June, 1,028,285 passengers
Rights Committee Investigates Land Dispute
The government’s Human Rights Committee has visited villagers in a long-running land dispute in Battambang province to find out whether members of their community have been unfairly imprisoned in recent years for land encroachment, local authorities and villagers said yesterday.
Officials from committee, which is headed
Arrested Villagers Questioned in Kratie Secessionist Case
The Kratie Provincial Court wrapped up initial questioning yesterday of eight villagers charged in connection with what officials have claimed was a secessionist movement, court officials said.
The eight were questioned on Tuesday and yesterday, and face between one and eight counts each of insurrection against
U.S. Supports Strengthening High-Level Legal Networks in ASEAN
Over 70 judges and justice ministry officials from throughout ASEAN gathered at a U.S.-supported ASEAN legal and judicial cooperation workshop in Cambodia this week for an unprecedented exchange of ideas on the rule of law in the ASEAN region.
Representatives from the ASEAN Senior Law Officials Meeting (ASLOM), ASEAN Member State judicial bodies, and the ASEAN
Regional, Local Activists Plan Forums to Coincide With Summits
Activist groups are planning to hold two separate forums this week in Phnom Penh to call attention to human rights issues and other problems in Asean countries as a meeting of regional and world leaders begin in the city.
The assembly will meet ahead of
Job losses ‘discrimination’
More than 60 union leaders lost their jobs at garment factories in the past nine months for trying to unionise co-workers, their representatives claimed yesterday.
Fourteen members of the Cambodian Alliance of Trade Unions endured threats, discrimination and ultimately a message they were no longer welcome
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012121960367/National/job-losses-discrimination.html
6.7% growth forecast for Cambodia
Cambodia is projected to have the second fastest-growing economy in Southeast Asia over the next two years, the World Bank said in a regional economic update last week.
Gross domestic product is forecast to expand 6.7 per cent next year and 7 percent in 2014. That
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Cambodian rice popular across Asia
Cambodian milled rice is becoming more popular throughout Asia, particularly in Malaysia, which is the number one importer of milled rice from the Kingdom.
According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Malaysia imported over 7,000 tonnes of a total 25,700 tonnes exported
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013022561575/Business/cambodian-rice-popular-across-asia.html
Mam Sonando's verdict announced
Beehive radio owner Mam Sonando, along with two others appeared in the Court of Appeals Thursday to listen to their verdicts.
The sentence was changed from five years to eight months imprisonment, but will be released on March 16, 2013 for having spent the same amount
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Local beer to be sold in France
Khmer Brewery, the maker of Cambodia Beer, plans to begin sales to France, the company’s third export market, this month, having tasted success in Japan and Malaysia.
It is one of six breweries in the Kingdom, but the only one whose investor base is local.
With
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Work begins on new friendship bridge to Cambodia
Construction began yesterday on a bridge crossing an upstream section of the Vam Co Dong River that borders Cambodia.
The US $2.2-million friendship bridge will link the southern province of Tay Ninh with Cambodia’s Prey Veng Province at the Tan Nam – Mean Chay border gate
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When Is Credit Growth Too Fast and How To Deal With It?
Cambodia’s financial system appears to be shifting to excessive credit growth.
The credit-to-GDP ratio has reached 37 percent, well above the low-income economies (LTCs). If credit growth were to continue at the current pace, by mid-2013 the ratio would exceed even the median for more
Huawei withdraws injunction
Huawei Technologies (Cambodia) Co agreed yesterday to withdraw its injunction against Mfone in order to pave the way for a court-appointed administrator to sell the bankrupt company’s assets and compensate its many creditors.
Along with other creditors, Huawei representatives expressed concerns that the assets would
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040964953/Business/huawei-withdraws-injunction.html
Water investors criticise return
Holders of shares in the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) have criticised the level of dividend payment that they will receive from the company.
PPWSA, which is the only company listed on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX), was to pay its first dividend to 1,500
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013041165029/Business/water-investors-criticise-return.html
Ministry: election won’t hurt tourist numbers
While tourism in Cambodia has historically slowed in advance of general elections, tourism leaders in the government and private sector have said they expect this year’s July elections to have little impact on tourist arrivals.
Tourism numbers dipped by 10.9 per cent for the 2003
Villagers Seize Trucks in Protest
More than 300 protesters seized two company trucks outside the Kratie office of Korean-owned timber company Think Biotech Co yesterday as protests by villagers who allege land-grabbing continued for a second day.
“We have seized the company’s two trucks to ask the company to come
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013052865873/National/villagers-seize-trucks-in-protest.html
Malnutrition central to health gap: NGO
The gap between Cambodia’s health rich and health poor is “devastating”, according to a report by World Vision issued yesterday.
Cambodia is ranked 124 out of 176 countries on the global index based on four indicators used to measure the gap in each listed country: life
Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malnutrition-central-health-gap-ngo
