Raped maids sent back to labor agencies
The Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia returned abused Cambodian maids, including women who were raped by their employers, to work at maid recruitment agencies in that country, a new report by Human Rights Watch claims. The New York-based rights group also said Cambodian police colluded with labor ...
Cambodia expects 7 pct GDP growth in 2012
Cambodia’s Finance Minister Keat Chhon said Monday that the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is expected at 7 % this year. The forecast is higher than that of the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank — all forecast at ...
http://en.ce.cn/World/Asia-Pacific/201203/12/t20120312_23150134.shtml
City Hall Bans Sand Transport Across Both Monivong Bridges
Officials in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district said yesterday that all transportation Of sand across the old and new Preah Monivong bridges has been banned for the duration Of the rainy season to protect the road surface and avoid accidents. According to a City Hall announcement ...
Mining Firm Hit With Fines for Illegal Exports
A mining company owned by the wife of RCAF Major General Nim Meng has been ordered by the government to pay fines and unpaid taxes after the firm was found to have illegally exported minerals from Cambodia, a report released yesterday by the Cambodian Investment ...
Villagers in Land Dispute Ask Hu Jintao’s Help
In an effort to stop their homes from being swallowed up by a Chinese mega-tourism project, Koh Kong villagers said they will submit a petition to the Chinese Embassy today, calling for intervention from visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao. Villager representative Tith Ten, 54, from Kiri ...
ចិននឹងគាំទ្រការអភិវឌ្ឍនៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ
លោក លី កេឈាង នាយករដ្ឋមន្ដ្រីចិន បានយល់ព្រមតាមសំណើររបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ដើម្បីផ្តល់ការគាំទ្រហិរញ្ញវត្ថុបន្ថែមទៀតដល់ការអភិវឌ្ឍខេត្តព្រះសីហុន។ សំណើរនេះត្រូវបានធ្វើឡើងកាលពីថ្ងៃអាទិត្យដោយ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ក្នុងអំឡុងភាគី ...
បែន សុខហ៊ាន
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50657174/china-to-finance-preah-sihanouk-development/
មន្ទីរបរិស្ថានខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ ព្រមានចាត់វិធានការលើពលរដ្ឋ ដែលរំលោភកាន់កាប់ដីដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃ
អាជ្ញាធរខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ព្រមានចាត់វិធានការទៅលើប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ៣១ គ្រួសារ ដែលមកតាំងទីលំនៅដោយខុសច្បាប់ដោយរំលោភកាន់កាប់ដីប្រមាណជា ១០០ ហិកតា នៅក្នុងដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃភ្នំសំកុសនៅក្នុងភូមិស្ទឹងថ្មី ស្រុកវាលវែងដោយដាក់ឱសានវាទត្រឹមថ្ងៃទី ១៨ ខែវិច្ឆិកាសប្ដាហ៍ក្រោយនេះ។ នេះបើយោង ...
សុទ្ធ គឹមសឿន
https://bit.ly/2OcCiQo
ក្រសួង៖ ឧស្សាហកម្មនិស្សារណកម្មនឹងក្លាយជាអ្នកជំរុញថ្មីដល់វិស័យសេដ្ឋកិច្ច
កាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន រដ្ឋាភិបាលបាននិយាយថា ឧស្សាហកម្មនិស្សារណកម្មកំពុងស្ថិតនៅលើទិសដៅដើម្បីក្លាយជាសសរទ្រូងសេដ្ឋកិច្ចដ៏សំខាន់មួយ។ លោក ស៊ុយ សែម រដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួងរ៉ែ និងថាមពល បានមានប្រសាសន៍ថា ការអភិវឌ្ឍសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាភាគច្រើនត្រូវបានជំរុញដោយវិស័យសំណង់ អចលនទ្រព្យ ...
ឈុត ប៊ុនធឿន
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50663802/extractive-industry-to-become-new-economic-driver-ministry/
"ការបកស្រាយទំនាស់" នៅឯការប្រជុំលើកទី ២ ស្តីពី LANGO
ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃបានរៀបចំកិច្ចប្រជុំលើកទី ២ របស់ខ្លួនជាមួយសង្គមស៊ីវិលកាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារដើម្បីពិភាក្សាអំពីការស្នើធ្វើវិសោធនកម្មច្បាប់ស្តីពីសមាគម និងអង្គការមិនមែនរដ្ឋាភិបាល (LANGO)។ ការប្រជុំរយៈពេល ៤ ម៉ោងត្រូវបានធ្វើឡើងនៅឯក្រសួងដើម្បីដោះស្រាយការធ្វើវិសោធនកម្មច្បាប់ទាំង ១៥ ...
ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conflicting-interpretations-second-lango-meeting
Journo, forest official allegedly beat logger
A local journalist and a forestry official were arrested by military police in Kratie province’s Sambo district on Friday night for allegedly discharging a weapon into the air and beating a man with a boat oar in an extortion bid gone awry. According to district military ...
NGOs Ask Asean for More Say on Human Rights
Less than a month before Asean heads of state are expected to approve the first-ever human rights declaration for the regional group, Cambodian and Indonesian NGOs yesterday urged member states to give their organizations a larger role in the process. In the works for more than ...
Airport Operator to Go Ahead With Expansion
Cambodia Airports said yesterday that it planned to move forward with plans to build a new security fence at Phnom Penh International Airport ahead of next month’s Asean and East Asia summits, even though its construction will result in more than 180 families being evicted. Speaking ...
Homes Destroyed, One Arrested Amid Land Grab
The homes of 137 families in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district have been demolished since Tuesday, when more than 60 police, military forces and forestry officials began evicting families from land claimed by Touch Hiv, an agricultural company, local officials and villagers said yesterday. “We ...
Residents not budging
About 40 families in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district are disputing local authorities’ demand that they abandon their homes without compensation so the government can increase a nearby canal’s capacity. The residents, who were asked on September 28 to vacate their homes within a week by Meanchey ...
Groups slam ministers' failure to discuss Xayaburi Dam
Regional conservationists criticised the Mekong River Commission (MRC) yesterday for leaving the controversial Xayaburi Dam off its agenda at this week’s annual ministerial meeting in Luang Prabang, Laos. Laotian authorities said they would confirm their decision to go ahead with the hydropower project in the mainstream ...
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/aec/Groups-slam-ministers-failure-to-discuss-Xayaburi--30198036.html
Samdech PM Appeals Aligning Oil Price to Food Price
Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to the world to harmonize energy prices to food prices as food production shouldn’t outstrip the consumption of volatile fuels while food price remains stable, at the 4th workshop on food security and nutrition. Calling it “The Phnom Penh Initiative,” Prime Minister Hun Sen requested that the issue be ...
Hun Sen Urges Action to Curb Bus Crashes
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday urged tour bus operators to respect the traffic law following a recent spate of bus crashes that have killed Cambodians as well as foreign tourists. “Please, respect the land traffic law,” Mr. Hun Sen said during a speech at the inauguration ...
Workers ditch factories for fields
At some point during the planting season this year, Pheap Srey Ngoun will leave her garment factory floor for a rice paddy in Cambodia’s Prey Veng province. Like many fellow garment workers she will leave her position, with permission from the factory, to lend a hand ...
Senator Kok An's Case Back in
The Appeal Court yesterday began hearing now-incarcerated former Anco Brothers deputy general director Heng Chheang’s appeal against Senator Kok An’s requested Phnom Penh Municipal Court injunction over his property. Chheang, and his wife, Tep Kolap, former Phnom Penh International University director, were convicted and sentenced to ...
‘Outsiders’ denied right to vote
Just under three weeks ago, residents in Pro Ma village were running for their lives as security forces opened fire on them with automatic weapons, killing a 14-year-old girl. About 1,000 police, military police and soldiers stormed their village, fired at them indiscriminately, evicted hundreds of ...