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Court denies bail for parents of fugitive general in murder case
The Court of Appeal on Tuesday denied bail for the parents of a senior Ministry of Defense official who remains on the run over allegations that he orchestrated the assassination of a wealthy businessman in November. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court charged Major General Thong Sarath ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-denies-bail-for-parents-of-fugitive-general-in-murder-case-76448/
Four arrested in raid targeting fake coffee
Police have warned coffee lovers there could be a couple of bad batches circulating and percolating in Phnom Penh after a raid on a fake coffee enterprise in Sen Sok district’s Khmuonh commune yesterday. Officers arrested four men during the joint operation in Banlar Sa Et ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/four-arrested-raid-targeting-fake-coffee
IOM willing to help with refugee plan
The International Organisation for Migration has told the Cambodian government it is willing to take part in the resettlement of refugees from Nauru if a number of conditions are met. ...
Kevin Ponniah and Daniel Pye
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/iom-willing-help-refugee-plan
Angkor’s air to undergo examination
Many visit Siem Reap province’s Angkorian-era temples for the views and the atmosphere, but the Apsara Authority wants to find out if that atmosphere is toxic. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/angkors-air-undergo-examination
Judicial reshuffle: Top judiciary posts filled by Sihamoni
King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday shook up the composition of the Supreme Council of the Magistracy, officially instituting seven new members to the body overseeing the nation’s judiciary, while also disbarring one former prosecutor. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/judicial-reshuffle-top-judiciary-posts-filled-sihamoni
CNRP to screen banned film on slain union leader Chea Vichea
The opposition CNRP plans to screen the banned documentary film “Who Killed Chea Vichea?” this week to mark the 11th anniversary of the Free Trade Union (FTU) leader’s assassination in front of a newspaper stall in Phnom Penh on January 22, 2004. CNRP public affairs director ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-screen-banned-film-on-slain-union-leader-chea-vichea-76452/
Talking timelines: To Laos, dam is foregone conclusion
Just before the regional consultation period for Laos’ Don Sahong dam comes to a head at a final meeting in Vietnam on Sunday, Laos government officials are already espousing plans and timelines for the project’s completion. ...
Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/talking-timelines-laos-dam-foregone-conclusion
EdC to light up casino town
Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has announced an $84.5 million project that will see the Vietnamese border town of Bavet connected to the Kingdom’s power grid. EdC representatives told media on January 15 that the Chinese government will in part fund the power grid expansion from Kandal ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/edc-light-casino-town
Salary cut off for absenteeism
One month after the government announced a systemic crackdown on ghost workers, the Ministry of Education suspended a Sihanoukville administrator for alleged absenteeism, according to a copy of the disciplinary letter. Minister of Education Hang Chuon Naron said the suspension was decided on following complaints ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/salary-cut-absenteeism
Siem Reap government promises to fix dispute
Siem Reap officials yesterday promised almost 100 protesters a resolution to a land dispute between villagers and a military unit. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/siem-reap-government-promises-fix-dispute
Gov’t meets with landlords to discuss new electricity scheme
Less than a week after Prime Minister Hun Sen announced plans to reduce the price that migrant workers in Phnom Penh pay for electricity, the municipality hosted 12 public forums Monday to discuss a new payment scheme to be overseen by state operator Electricite du ...
Opposition lawmakers still face jail, Hun Sen warns
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday accused the CNRP of violating the “culture of dialogue” that he and the opposition agreed to last year, and warned seven lawmakers charged with incitement and insurrection that their parliamentary immunity would not save them from prison. The seven CNRP ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-lawmakers-still-face-jail-hun-sen-warns-76403/
Officials to meet about census findings
The Interior Ministry’s immigration department will on Wednesday report the findings of a nationwide census of foreigners that began in August, an immigration official said Monday. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-meet-about-census-findings-76415/
City Hall turns away anti-eviction protesters
The Phnom Penh municipal government on Monday rejected a request from protesters to stage a one-month demonstration in the city’s Freedom Park for the release of 10 jailed activists and refused to receive their latest petition demanding a solution to their long-running land disputes. About 100 ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/city-hall-turns-away-anti-eviction-protesters-76409/
New election law may ban foreigners from campaigns
Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin said Monday that he had drafted an article for the new national election law that would ban foreigners and NGOs from voicing political opinions during national elections. ...
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-election-law-may-ban-foreigners-from-campaigns-76421/
NA commission sides with Memot disputants
The National Assembly’s Human Rights and Complaints Commission has asked the government to grant land titles to more than 500 families in Tbong Khmum whose land is claimed by a rubber plantation. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/na-commission-sides-memot-disputants
Kem Sokha blasts Hun Sen’s era of destruction
CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha on Sunday assured supporters that the opposition party is still working to oust Prime Minister Hun Sen from power, claiming that no other Cambodian leader has overseen the level of environmental destruction that has taken place during his time in ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/kem-sokha-blasts-hun-sens-era-of-destruction-76353/
Hitler remarks misread: Military Police chief
National Military Police Commander Sao Sokha hit out for the first time yesterday at reports that he claims to draw inspiration from Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, arguing that his comments were misinterpreted. During an annual meeting of Phnom Penh’s military police on Thursday, local media reported ...
Cheang Sokha
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hitler-remarks-misread-military-police-chief
Civil society leaders blast plan to ban election commentary
Civil society leaders on Sunday called on the country’s two major political parties to scrap plans to ban them from giving media interviews during election campaigns and from issuing statements that “insult” any party. CPP Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin and senior CNRP official Kuoy Bunroeun, ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/civil-society-leaders-blast-plan-to-ban-election-commentary-76359/
Gov’t seeks World Heritage protection for three cities
The Cambodian government plans to formally request that Unesco give three of the country’s provincial capitals World Heritage protection, state news agency Agence Kampuchea Presse (AKP) reported Friday. The cities are the capitals of Battambang, Kampot and Kratie provinces, according to the AKP. ...
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt-seeks-world-heritage-protection-for-three-cities-76374/
UN says nine new Montagnards add to ‘urgency’ in Ratanakkiri
Two weeks after five Montagnard asylum seekers crossed into Ratanakkiri province from Vietnam, the U.N. said Sunday that reports of the arrival of nine more—including three children—added to the situation’s “urgency.” Two ethnic Jarai villagers living in Ratanakkiri said the nine Montagnards—an indigenous group from Vietnam’s ...
Aun Pheap and Chris Mueller
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-says-nine-new-montagnards-add-to-urgency-in-ratanakkiri-76361/
King signs off on new traffic law, says gov’t
Cambodia’s King Norodom Sihamoni has signed off on a more robust traffic law, completing the final step for legislation that could hit the streets as early as next month, according to the government’s National Road Safety Committee (NRSC). ...
Joe Freeman and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/king-signs-new-traffic-law-says-govt
Fishermen repatriated after ordeal
On Friday, 13 Cambodians were repatriated after months of gruelling work trapped aboard Malaysian fishing trawlers, according to rights groups that helped with the returns. ...
Laignee Barron and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fishermen-repatriated-after-ordeal
Officials to return from Nauru Refugee Center Monday
A government delegation that traveled to the South Pacific island nation of Nauru last week to study the possibility of resettling in Cambodia some of the refugees Australia is currently holding there will return to Phnom Penh on Monday, a government official said. ...
Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-to-return-from%E2%80%88nauru-refugee-center-monday-76357/