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Following arrests, groups issue nine principles of internet freedom
Cambodian pro-democracy and rights groups have written a statement of principles to guide Internet freedom in the country, following the arrests of activists for Facebook posts. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/following-arrests-groups-issue-nine-principles-of-internet-freedom/2964547.html
Poacher flees police in M’kiri after killing endangered deer
Forestry Administration officers confiscated the hacked-up body of an illegally hunted sambar deer in Mondulkiri province on Sunday, though the poacher avoided arrest by escaping into the protected forest where the bust took place. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/poacher-flees-police-mkiri-after-killing-endangered-deer
Military police seize vehicle with army plates, rosewood
Military police in Kompong Chhnang province said they found 290 kg of rosewood in the back of an SUV with military license plates yesterday but failed to apprehend the driver, who escaped in a car that had been following his. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-seize-vehicle-with-army-plates-rosewood-94206/
Tien Tien workers find jobs, seek pay
About 90 per cent of workers from the Tien Tien factory in Kandal province, whose Chinese owner disappeared leaving some $30,000 in unpaid wages last month, have found new jobs according to staff and union officials. ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tien-tien-workers-find-jobs-seek-pay
First Phnom Penh street fair at Toul Tom Poung
Phnom Penh’s first ever non-profit community street fair will be held in Toul Tom Poung, also known as the Russian Market, tomorrow. ...
Srey Kumneth and Nou Sotheavy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15703/first-phnom-penh-street-fair-at-toul-tom-poung/
New bourse rules to lure SMEs
Cambodia’s market regulator has released listing criteria for a new trading platform – with reduced accounting and capital requirements – aimed at making it easier for small- and mid-sized firms to list on the fledgling stock exchange, Sok Dara, deputy director general of the Securities ...
Sor Chandara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/new-bourse-rules-lure-smes
Draft internet law gives new tools to surveillance state
A sub-decree being drafted by the Interior Ministry would give far-reaching powers to the ministry to potentially expand the surveillance of citizens. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15722/draft-internet-law-gives-new-tools-to-surveillance-state/
Girls outdo boys – again
The results of this year’s much-improved grade 12 national exams have left some with less to celebrate than others, as government data showed a continued large disparity between male and female performances as well as across provinces.According to detailed results released on the Ministry of ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/girls-outdo-boys-again
Foreign ministry requests more help from UNICEF
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong has asked UNICEF for more help for the poor and street children, on top of the $10 million it already gives for education and health. ...
Ban Sokrith and Phun Chan Ousaphea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15704/foreign-ministry-requests-more-help-from-unicef/
Minister warns UNICEF rep over NGO law criticism
Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong on Monday told Unicef’s new country representative to focus on helping street children and refrain from criticizing a controversial new law regulating the country’s NGOs and associations, an official said Monday. ...
Sek Odom and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minister-warns-unicef-rep-over-ngo-law-criticism-94208/
City governor cautions officials on building codes
Phnom Penh governor Pa Socheatvong on Monday warned local construction and cadastral officials that they would be fired if they failed to ensure that buildings throughout the city are constructed to the size specified in their plans. ...
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-governor-cautions-officials-on-building-codes-94210/
Students head to ministry to appeal national exam scores
After the national high school exam results were released over the weekend—with about 56 percent of students passing—a number of those who did not make the grade headed to the Ministry of Education on Monday to submit official letters of complaint. ...
Mech Dara and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/students-head-to-ministry-to-appeal-national-exam-scores-94215/
Business briefs
The country’s two largest ports saw traffic jump in the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by the port authorities Friday. ...
Khmer Times team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15712/business-briefs/
New ID cards are being issued faster, officials say
The effort to speed up the process of issuing new electronic national identity cards is well underway, according to Mao Chandara, a director of the Ministry of Interior’s passport department. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15720/new-id-cards-are-being-issued-faster--officials-say/
Outbreak turns consumers away from pork
Pork sales at local markets have taken a hit following the recent outbreak of blue-ear pig disease as fears have spread among consumers that the meat is not fit for human consumption, pork vendors said yesterday.First identified in Siem Reap in mid-August, Porcine Reproductive and ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/outbreak-turns-consumers-away-pork
Convicted rapist insists retrial will prove his innocence
A British man who has spent five years in prison for raping a 16-year-old girl requested Monday that the Appeal Court grant him a retrial and the chance to present evidence that has not come before the court, which he says will prove his innocence. ...
Matt Blomberg and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/convicted-rapist-insists-retrial-will-prove-his-innocence-94212/
Prime Minister again warns to confiscate ELCs from private company
Prime Minister Hun Sen once again warned that the royal government will confiscate economic land concession (ELCs) from any private companies that do not implement in accordance to contracts signed with government. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/prime-minister-again-warns-to-confiscate-elcs-from-private-company-8952
More cooperation a priority for new ambassador to US
Cambodia is seeking more trade with the US, as well as other means for bilateral partnerships, the Phnom Penh’s new ambassador to the US says. ...
Men Kimseng
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/more-cooperation-a-priority-for-new-ambassador-to-us/2963045.html
Second group of Nauru refugees slated to arrive next month
A second group of refugees is scheduled to arrive from the Pacific Island of Nauru next month, in an ongoing agreement with Australia. ...
Neou Vannarin
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/second-group-of-nauru-refugees-slated-to-arrive-next-month/2963005.html
Cambodia businesses fret Myanmar
While Cambodia’s economic development is often compared to that of neighbouring Vietnam and Thailand’s, industry insiders say the Cambodia needs to keep a close eye on the steady progress being made in Myanmar, which is predicted to eat into Cambodia’s exports in the long term. ...
Myanmar Times News Staff
http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/16458-cambodia-businesses-fret-myanmar.html
Cambodia calling
‘Third wave’ of Thai investment now under way with businesses planning for the long term as the economy matures and Thai-Cambodian relations improve. Today Thai investors are flocking back to the country, lured by strong growth, a stable political environment and open policies. ...
Umesh Pandey
http://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/692156/cambodia-calling
Education ministry gives 30 days for challenging national exam result
The Ministry of education, youth and sport announced today that parents, exam attendees and other relevant people can protest with the high school exam’s result released over the weekend within 30 days. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/education-ministry-gives-30-day-for-challenging-national-exam-result-8951
Cambodia keen to boost ties with Iran: official
Cambodian deputy prime minister and foreign minister Hor Namhong on Monday expressed the country’s desire to expand ties and cooperation with Iran and hoped the two countries would soon reach a cooperation agreement on oil and gas sector, according to the Chinese News Agency-Xinhua. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/cambodia-keen-to-boost-ties-with-iran:-official-8954
Villagers in Cambodia’s Stung Treng say waterway contaminated by local sawmill
Indigenous villagers in northeastern Cambodia’s Stung Treng province on Monday called for an investigation into a saw mill they say has polluted their local waterway and caused residents to contract a skin disease. ...
Men Sothy
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/contamination-09142015173926.html