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ជាដំបូង ស៊ុំ ធី បានបាត់បង់កសិដ្ឋានរបស់នាង។ បន្ទាប់មកនាងបានបាត់បង់កូនប្រុសរបស់នាង។ ស៊ុំ ធី គឺជាស្ត្រីមួយរូបនៃកសិកររាប់រយនាក់ដែលបានបាត់បង់ការកាន់កាប់ដីធ្លី របស់នាងក្នុងឆ្នាំ ២០០៦ នៅពេលដែលរដ្ឋាភិបាល ...
Daniel Quinlan, Richard Baker, Nick McKenzie
http://www.smh.com.au/national/investigations/deaths-raise-new-questions-on-anz-funding-of-cambodian-sugar-projects-20140427-zr0bj.html
អង្គការ៖ សកម្មភាពចុះស៊ើបអង្កេតរបស់ក្រុមហ៊ុន កូកាកូឡា រងការរំខានពីសំណាក់ក្រុមនគរបាល
អង្គការក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលមួយបានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីម្សិលមិញថា ក្រុមអ្នកត្រួតពិនិត្យមកពីក្រុមហ៊ុន កូកាកូឡា (Coca-Cola) បានចុះទៅខេត្តឧត្តរមានជ័យកាលពីថ្ងៃសុក្រ ដើម្បីស៊ើបអង្កេតករណីចោទប្រកាន់ថា មានការទន្ទ្រានយកដីធ្លី ពីសំណាក់ក្រុមហ៊ុនចម្ការអំពៅ ដែលផ្គត់ផ្គង់ ...
ក្រុមភាគហ៊ុនិកត្រូវការចម្លើយពីធនាគារ ANZ
សមាគមវិនិយោគអូស្ត្រាលី Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) បានឲ្យដឹងកាលពីថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ថា ក្រុមភាគហ៊ុនិកនឹងត្រូវការចម្លើយពីធនាគារ ANZ បន្ទាប់ពីគេរកឃើញកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុននេះថា ក្រុមហ៊ុនបណ្តាក់ទុនរួមគ្នានៅកម្ពុជារបស់ ...
Daniel de Carteret
http://postkhmer.com/business/business/109765--anz
ពលរដ្ឋ អមលាំង ដាក់ញត្តិទៅតុលាការឲ្យបញ្ឈប់ចេញដីកា
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមកពីឃុំ អមលាំង ស្រុក ថ្ពង ខេត្ត កំពង់ស្ពឺ ប្រមាណជា ២០០ នាក់ ដែលមានជម្លោះដីធ្លីដ៏រ៉ាំរ៉ៃ ជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុន ស្ករសភ្នំពេញ របស់លោកឧកញ៉ា លី យ៉ុងផាត់ សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា បាននាំគ្នាឡើងមកតុលាការខេត្តដើម្បីដាក់ញត្តិទាមទារ សុំឲ្យបញ្ឈប់បិទការកោះហៅ និងដីកាតាមចាប់ខ្លួនពលរដ្ឋទាក់ទិនទៅនឹង ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/108578-2013-12-31-03-55-51
មន្ត្រីជំនាញនៅពីក្រោយការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើនៅដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃ ភ្នំ ឱរ៉ាល់
សំឡេងរណារអារឈើបានលាន់ឮរំពងព្រៃ នៅក្នុងបរិវេណដែនជម្រកសត្វព្រៃ ភ្នំ ឱរ៉ាល់ ចំណែកឯឈើជាច្រើនត្រូវបានគរទុកដើម្បីរង់ចាំឈ្មួញមកទិញ ហើយគោយន្តក៏បានចាប់ផ្តើមសកម្មភាពដឹកជញ្ជូនឈើចេញពីព្រៃ ដោយពុំមានមន្ត្រីសមត្ថកិច្ចជំនាញណា ...
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
http://www.postkhmer.com/index.php/national/1-national-news/108152-2013-12-20-03-11-37
តុលាការខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺលើកយករឿងក្តីវិវាទដីធ្លីពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាម្នាក់មកជំនុំជម្រះ
តំណាងសហគមន៍ម្នាក់បាននិយាយថា សាលាដំបូងខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ បានកោះហៅប្ដីប្រពន្ធពីរនាក់ដែលជាប់ចោទ ពីបទទន្ទ្រានយកដីដែលកាត់ចេញពីដីចម្ការរបស់លោក លី យ៉ុងផាត់ សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាមកពីគណបក្សប្រជាជន ...
Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/8441/
Summonses for 30 in Ly Yong Phat spat
Thirty people locked in a land dispute with ruling party senator and sugar tycoon Ly Yong Phat received summonses yesterday to appear in Kampong Speu provincial court. Although the summonses don’t list a complainant, some of those called to appear in court next Tuesday said they ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/summonses-30-ly-yong-phat-spat
Water Resources Minister Seeks Investigation Into Exported Sand
Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor said Monday that he would seek an investigation into a $1.5-million haul of river sand exported to India in April in spite of a ban on the export of dredged sand handed down by Prime Minister ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/water-resources-minister-seeks-investigation-into-exported-sand-46848/
Despite Ban, $1.5M of Cambodian Sand Turns Up in India
A huge haul of river sand dredged in Cambodia has been quarantined at the southern Indian port city of Cochin since its arrival in April despite a ban on sand exports instituted by Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2009. India’s Deccan Chronicle newspaper reported on Tuesday ...
Alex Willemyns and Kuch Naren
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/despite-ban-1-5m-of-cambodian-sand-turns-up-in-india-46753/
EU Under Fire for Policy Linked to Land Grabbing in Cambodia
KAMPONG SPEU PROVINCE— Three years ago, Pao had a farm and a charcoal stove near a stream in a community called Omlaing in western Cambodia. The farm gave her rice, charcoal sales gave her extra income and the nearby forest provided edible and medicinal plants. Pao ...
The Irrawaddy News Magazine Staff
http://www.irrawaddy.org/archives/44202
Thai company shelves Kampot cement project
Thailand’s second-largest cement company has suspended a cement-plant project valued at about $200 million in Kampot province because of political uncertainty and better investment opportunities in Myanmar, according to a senior executive. Philippe Arto, the managing director of Siam City Cement Public Company Limited (SCCC), said ...
Rann Reuy and May Kunmakara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/thai-company-shelves-kampot-cement-project
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 ...
Sugar firm under fire
Asia’s largest sugar company has been accused of torching hundreds of homes, orchestrating the imprisonment of a pregnant activist and using security forces to beat villagers – among a raft of other grave human rights abuses – by communities in Oddar Meanchey province. The allegations levelled ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060366024/National/sugar-firm-under-fire.html
Koh Kong Water Shortage Leaves Families Dry
Hundreds of families in Koh Kong province’s Khmara Phoumint City are suffering from a shortage of water, which is provided by a reservoir that dried up during the hot season, local officials said yesterday. Smach Meanchey and Dang Tong communes typically receive water from the Cham ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/koh-kong-water-shortage-leaves-families-dry-24517/
CPP Senator Wins Power Transmission Contract
The government on Friday awarded CPP Senator Ly Yong Phat a $92.21 million contract to install power lines in Cambodia’s eastern provinces, the Council of Ministers said in a statement. During the weekly Cabinet meeting, senior officials including Prime Minister Hun Sen signed off on the ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/cpp-senator-wins-power-transmission-contract-23634/
The canes of wrath
Satiating the demands of the global sugar industry is big business for Cambodia’s sugarcane plantations. Yet accusations of human rights abuses and land grabs in the Kingdom have left a bitter aftertaste for many on the ground as companies vie for a larger slice of ...
Duty-Free Sugar Exports to EU Hit $13 Million
The European Union (E.U.) last year continued to import millions of dollars worth of duty-free sugar from Cambodian plantations that have forced hundreds of families off their land despite calls from European lawmakers for the trade benefits to end, according to the latest E.U. data. Thailand’s ...
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/duty-free-sugar-exports-to-eu-hit-13-million-18114/
Better Recovery for Construction and Real Estate Sector
2012 has been an impressive year for Cambodia’s economic resilience. Among the many sectors that had positively grown are the construction and property development [sic] and they are expected to be among the highest growth achievers in the current year as well. In 2012, the ...
Villagers pin big hopes on little dam
In the past four years, families in Anlong Chrey village, in Kampong Speu provinces’s Thpong district, have watched a small multipurpose dam being built at their back doors. For village chief Soung Pao, 59, who gave up two hectares for the dam – one of ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031361911/National/villagers-pin-big-hopes-on-little-dam.html
Thai Representative Meets With Koh Kong ‘Blood Sugar’ Families
Some 200 Koh Kong farmers locked in a long-running land dispute with two sugar plantations met Tuesday with a representative of the Thailand-based owners for the first time since the land dispute began in 2006. Khamrom Phochai, a Thai national and representative of Thailand’s Khon Kaen ...
Cigarette smuggling from Cambodia to Vietnam abounds
A pair of cigarette brands distributed by two of the Kingdom’s most prominent businessmen are being smuggled from Cambodia to Vietnam at an estimated rate of more than 300 million packs a year, contributing to tobacco manufacturer losses of nearly $200 million annually, according to ...
MPs Urge Child Labor Action
A group of opposition lawmakers have written to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urging action against a sugar factory owned by a ruling party official accused of exploiting child labor and grabbing land from villagers. Six Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarians sent a letter dated Jan. ...
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/children-01292013174957.html
Sugar company axes child labour
Rulling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company announced yesterday that it had amended its hiring policy to forbid contractors from employing children, while at the same time, opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua made public her plans to visit the company to investigate its ...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013011560790/National/sugar-company-axes-child-labour.html
Cambodia’s Economic Challenge
Even as the skyline of Phnom Penh grows with the symbols of modern architecture, Cambodia’s economy still faces a host of challenges. On the surface, Cambodia’s economy is certainly improving. In September, the IMF raised its 2012 GDP growth forecast from 6.3 to 6.5 percent ...
http://thediplomat.com/2013/01/03/cambodias-failed-trickle-down-economy/