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NGO positive NA wants to tackle corruption
Transparency International Cambodia yesterday presented findings of a recent scathing report on corruption to the newly formed parliamentary anti-corruption commission. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/ngo-positive-na-wants-tackle-corruption
New bridge to be open during Pchum Ben
Holiday travelers will get a preview of Phnom Penh’s new Cambodia-China Friendship bridge during the final days of the Pchum Ben festival, according to City Hall. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-bridge-to-be-open-during-pchum-ben-68252/
Students demand to see internet law
More than 200 university students yesterday called on the government to publicly release the latest version of the controversial cybercrime law, amid fears it will lead to a clampdown on their currently unrestricted use of social media sites like Facebook. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/students-demand-see-internet-law
Cambodian police bust Thais with $7M in fake bills
Three Thai men arrested in Cambodia for allegedly carrying counterfeit U.S. $100 bills with a face value of more than $7 million planned to circulate the fakes in rural areas where they would be less likely to be detected, police said Saturday. The men were arrested ...
The Washington Post News Staff
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/cambodian-police-bust-thais-with-7m-in-fake-bills/2014/09/19/80bcac08-4060-11e4-a430-b82a3e67b762_story.html
Union leader re-elected despite deputy’s protest
Vorn Pao was re-elected president on Thursday of the Independent Democracy of Informal Economy Association (IDEA), a labor group comprised mostly of tuk-tuk drivers and moto-dops, in an uncontested ballot after his vice president withdrew from the race over allegations of irregularities. Sok Chhun Oeung, who ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/union-leader-re-elected-despite-deputys-protest-68223/
Taxi drivers, market sellers protest in Poipet
About 300 workers, including taxi drivers and market vendors, protested in front of the Poipet International Border Checkpoint on Thursday to voice their anger at authorities on both sides of the Thai-Cambodian border. ...
Saing Soenthrith
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taxi-drivers-market-sellers-protest-in-poipet-68240/
Rule changes give assembly president broad new powers
National Assembly President Heng Samrin has given himself the power to deny access to the assembly compound, including the offices of all lawmakers, to anyone not employed by the government and has barred all private citizens from testifying before—or sitting in on—assembly commission meetings. In ...
Kuch Naren and Zsombor Peter
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rule-changes-give-assembly-president-broad-new%E2%80%88powers-68216/
Prey Lang activists detain two loggers
Two illegal loggers were arrested by a community patrol in Prey Lang forest on Wednesday, the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-activists-detain-two-loggers
Land communities take on World Bank
About 100 anti-eviction activists from the Boeng Kak, Borei Keila and Lor Peang communities held their latest joint protest outside the World Bank office on Thursday over a recent announcement that it is considering the resumption of loan to the government after a three-year freeze. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/land-communities-take-on-world-bank-68238/
APLE defends work on case
Child rights groups Action Pour Les Enfants and International Justice Mission have said they carried out a “detailed and impartial” investigation into claims of sexual abuse before removing six young boys from their families against their parents’ wishes last week. In a statement defending their work ...
Alice Cuddy and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/aple-defends-work-case
Court places more restrictions on union leader
Ath Thorn, the head of the country’s largest independent union, was placed yesterday under judicial supervision by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court a day after he joined demonstrations calling for a $177 monthly minimum wage for garment workers. Mr. Thorn, president of the Coalition of Cambodian ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-places-more-restrictions-on-union-leader-68225/
Gov’t releases data on timber baron’s deal
Tycoon Try Pheap has collected an estimated 1,500 cubic metres of timber from Forestry Administration offices since the government in July issued his companies permission to confiscate “waste wood” from their offices and from the Ministry of Environment, according to preliminary government figures obtained by ...
Daniel Pye
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/gov%E2%80%99t-releases-data-timber-baron%E2%80%99s-deal
Tobacco firms told to get in line by City Hall
Phnom Penh’s City Hall warned tobacco companies at a meeting yesterday to stop flouting a sub-decree that prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising, or else face closure or fines. The municipality said some companies were skirting the 2011 sub-decree by using more creative ways to sell ...
Sen David
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/tobacco-firms-told-get-line-city-hall
Fired factory workers refuse severance, vow more protests
More than 5,000 employees of the Juhui Footwear Factory in Kompong Cham province who were fired on Tuesday after joining strikes to demand bonus pay and better benefits Wednesday rejected their severance packages and vowed to continue protesting. “We reject the full severance pay because we ...
Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fired-factory-workers-refuse-severance-vow-more-protests-68171/
Cambodia needs 11 bln USD for public investment in 5 years: PM
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday that the country needs about 11 billion U.S. dollars for public investment to support the implementation of the government’s priorities from 2013 to 2018. ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-09/18/c_133653197.htm
Kem Sokha hosts 1st visit as assembly leader
With National Assembly President Heng Samrin attending a conference in Laos, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Wednesday hosted his first official foreign visit since becoming first vice president of parliament in late August. ...
Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-hosts-1st-visit-as-assembly-leader-68174/
Asia Pacific travel trade show kicks off in Cambodian capital
The Asia Pacific region’s largest travel trade show–PATA Travel Mart 2014–kicked off at Diamond Island here on Wednesday evening, aiming to promote tourism industry. The 3-day PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association) Travel Mart 2014 brought together more than 1,000 delegates from over 60 countries and regions ...
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=241476
Cambodian telecom firm cooperates with China's Huawei to build 4G network in Cambodia
Cambodian telecommunications company EMAXX signed a contract with China’s Huawei, a global ICT solutions provider, on Wednesday in order to develop EMAXX’s 4G network in Cambodia. The contract was inked between Ai Min, chief executive officer of EMAXX, and Weng Kefeng, deputy general manager of Huawei ...
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-09/17/c_133650709.htm
NA asks Labor Ministry to provide Korean-language test for free to workers
The National Assembly asked Labor Minister Ith Sam Heng to provide Korean-language test paper for free to or sell in the lowest price for workers as the current test paper costs USD 24. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=13&token=OGE2NzA0MmI5OTg
US activists disappointed with opposition in Cambodia
Cambodian human rights and democracy activists in the US have split opinions on the deal cut between the ruling party and the opposition in July, ending a political deadlock that had lasted since the July 2013 elections. ...
Pin Sisovann
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/us-activists-disapponted-with-opposition-in-cambodia/2452967.html
Workers start wage battle a day early
About 1,000 workers from a Phnom Penh footwear factory got an early start on Tuesday on a cross-union campaign for a $177 minimum wage, set to start today, protesting in front of their factory over internal workplace grievances. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/workers-start-wage-battle-a-day-early-68119/
EU gives $3.9 million to attract investment
The European Union will spend €3 million ($3.9 million) on a program to encourage small and medium enterprises to invest in Cambodia. Speaking at a conference yesterday in Phnom Penh, EU Ambassador to Cambodia Jean-Francois Cautain said the five-year grant – to be managed by EuroCham ...
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/eu-gives-39-million-attract-investment
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Koh Kong villagers seek PM’s help in capital
Villagers from Koh Kong province have descended on the capital, ready to petition Prime Minister Hun Sen and the government today to intervene in their long-running land dispute with prominent businessman Heng Huy. Phav Nhoeung, a representative of 15 families in Sre Ambel district’s Chi Khor ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-villagers-seek-pm%E2%80%99s-help-capital
New community-based drug program to launch
Municipal officials on Tuesday announced a new initiative to help rehabilitate Phnom Penh’s drug addicts by offering discreet treatment services at local health centers. The initiative will encourage commune-level officials to visit known drug addicts in their community and tell them about the treatment options available at ...
Khy Sovuthy and George Wright
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-community-based-drug-program-to-launch-68130/