ផលិតកម្មកសិឧស្សាហកម្ម

Members of the Prey Lang Community Network yesterday called on the government to approve a forest preservation sub-decree that has been in draft form since 2011. Hoeun Sopheap, representative of the Kampong Thom provincial Prey Lang community, said the sub-decree would help protect the biodiversity of ...

កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ ក្រុម​អភិរក្ស​មួយ​ក្រុម​ បាន​ទាមទារ​អោយ​មានការ​កែប្រែ​លើ​ចំនុច​មួយ​ចំនួន​ក្នុង​អនុក្រឹត្យ​ ដែល​ចង់​កែប្រែ​ព្រៃ​ឡង់​ទៅ​ជា​តំបន់​ការពារ​ ដោយសារ​ពួក​គាត់​បារម្ភ​ថា​ វា​នឹង​អាច​គំរាមកំហែង​ជា​ជាង​ការ​ការពារ​ព្រៃ​។​ ...

A Chinese conglomerate headed by an adviser to Senate President Chea Sim plans to begin extracting gold and copper in Siem Reap province in two months, the firm’s chairman said yesterday. Khmer Holding, a group of companies that claims vast mineral interests in Cambodia, opened an ...

The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has arrested two employees of a local company linked to a British biofuel firm currently under investigation by the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO), an official said Friday. ACU President Om Yentieng said that International Green Energy (IGE) director Oum Sam­nang, and ...

More than 8,000 hectares of land was cut from economic and forest land concessions owned by some of the country’s biggest tycoons and awarded to villagers last month, according to documents from the Council of Ministers. Four sub-decrees signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen order that ...

Mesco Gold, an associated company of India-based Mesco Steel, will sign an agreement with Angkor Gold to mine the Phum Syrang prospect on one of its economic land concessions in Ratanakkiri province. “We’ve been exploring the area since 2006. We’ve been drilling holes and there’s ...

យោង​តាម​មន្ត្រី​ជំនាញ​បានឱ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ក្រោយ​ពី​មាន​កិច្ច​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ចុះ​ស៊ើបអង្កេត​រវាង​ប៉ូ​លី​ស​ និង​ទាហាន​កាលពី​ស​ប្ដា​ហ៍​មុន​មក​ មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋបាល​ព្រៃឈើ​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ភស្តុ​តាង​នៃ​ការ​កាប់​ព្រៃឈើ​ខុសច្បាប់​ខ្នាត​ធំ​ ដោយ​មាន​ម្ចាស់​ជា ...

Hundreds of families in Ratanakki­ri province have asked rights group Adhoc to intervene, saying local authorities in Bakeo district’s Laminh commune are illegally forcing them from their homes. Village representative, Ek Orm, 52, said that authorities were forcing villagers to relocate to make way for a ...

First, agricultural company DM group displaced them, now a recently arrived commercial farmer has threatened their lives and chased them off their new land, said representatives of 12 families engaged in a long-standing land dispute in Ratanakkiri province. On Wednesday, the 12 Tampuon ethnic minority families ...

A Vietnamese rubber company in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district yesterday agreed to pay $4,000 in compensation to an ethnic Jarai community whose traditional graveyard was bulldozed by the firm last week, local officials said. During a meeting at the Paknhai commune police station, representatives of the ...

More than seven months after government security forces violently evicted hundreds of people living in Kratie province’s Broma village to quell a so-called secessionist movement, more than 70 families are still being prevented by patrolling soldiers from returning to the site of their former homes, ...

រយៈពេល​ជាង​មួយ​ខែ​ បន្ទាប់​ពី​មានការ​រាំងស្ទះ​នៃ​ជំ​លោះ​ដី​សម្បទាន​ក្នុង​ខេត្តរតនៈគិរី​ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​វៀតណាម​មួយ​បាន​រាយការណ៍​ថា​បាន​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​បន្ត​ និង​ប្រគល់​ដី​ព្រៃ​ដែល​សឹក​រិចរឹល​ចំនួន​ ៣០​ ហិ​កតា​ ទៅ​អោយ​ប្រជាជន​វិ​ញុ​ នេះ​បើ​តាម​អ្នកតំណាង ...

មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋបាល​ព្រៃឈើ​ចុះ​ស៊ើបអង្កេត​ ដើម្បី​បញ្ជាក់​ថា​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​នេះ​បាន​កាប់​ព្រៃឈើ​ខុសច្បាប់​ និង​កាប់​ឆ្ការ​ដី​ខុស​ពី​តំបន់​សម្បទាន​ដែល​ខ្លួន​មាន​ ដើម្បី​ឆ្លើយ​តប​នឹង​សំណើរ​ឱ្យ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​អន្តរាគមន៍​ប​ឈ្ឈប់​ការ​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ដី​ព្រៃ​សហគមន៍​របស់​ជនជាតិ​ដើម​ភាគតិច ...

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 ...

Cambodian politicians have begun a public campaign to defend their records on land policies, as they prepare for the run-up to July elections. Politicians from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, as well as the opposition Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, have said they will give ...

Ethnic Jarai villagers and a local rights worker yesterday discovered about 3,000 more logs that have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, according to rights group Adhoc. The logs were found stockpiled in dense forest inside ...

Forestry Administration officials and police yesterday discovered a stockpile of more than 1,000 logs that ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district claim have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a rubber concession, a district official said. The 4,000-hectare concession was granted to ...

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday encouraged Cambodians to strive for Chinese-style millionaire status as he inaugurated a sugar refinery located inside two controversial plantations belonging to CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat and his wife in Kompong Speu province. “I have one clear policy in strengthening the ...

Though the mood was congratulatory yesterday at the inauguration of ruling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s sugar company – a gleaming, new facility nestled in between two hills in Kampong Speu province’s Omlaing commune – the mood just a few kilometres away bordered on desperation. Sitting ...

The Forestry Administration and military police are investigating reports of a stockpile of nearly 300 logs that ethnic Jarai villagers in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadaw district claim have been illegally cut by the Vietnamese owners of a land concession, local officials said yesterday. Indigenous villagers living in Paknhai ...

After 28 years in the capital, eating like “a king” and enjoying the perks one receives as the son of high-ranking CPP officials, Sophal’s* move to the countryside was as jarring as it was eye-opening. Until the day in June when he traded his designer threads ...

Seven Vietnamese men have been arrested for illegally felling trees inside two government-granted economic land concessions in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, where a Jarai ethnic minority community is fighting to preserve the forest and their ancestral lands. ...

Representatives of an ethnic Jarai community in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadaw district, along with local human rights group Adhoc, have called on two Vietnamese rubber companies to cease the clearing of forests on their ancestral land and exporting the logs to Vietnam. The companies, Day Dong Yoeun ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights says that a company with a controversial economic land concession in Koh Kong province banned the centre’s officers from photographing the area and ordered police to grab their cameras. Officers from CCHR traveled to Sre Ambel district on December 14 ...