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Major facelift for notorious Prey Speu

Officials in the Ministry of Social Affairs are planning to make a set of major changes to the infamous Prey Speu detention center, aimed at improving its healthcare services, educational options, and the quality of the housing it offers. But some critics say the changes ...

Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18784/major-facelift-for-notorious-prey-speu/

Cambodian locals oppose installation of border markers in Tbong Khmum province

The installation of five “satellite markers” by a joint Cambodia-Vietnam border committee near a controversial border area on Monday has drawn criticism from Cambodian residents and local authorities who say the move was done without prior notification in the latest territorial incident between the two ...

Saut Sokheng and Morm Moniroth
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/cambodian-locals-oppose-installation-of-border-poles-in-tbong-khmum-province-12172015163822.html

Opposition’s return to parliament could help jailed activists

With the return of the Cambodia National Rescue Party to the National Assembly this week, following a boycott that began in November, analysts say there is a chance some of the party’s activists could be released from jail. ...

Hul Reaksmey
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/opposition-return-to-parliament-could-help-jailed-activists/3107125.html

Cambodia garment factory owners ask government to help quash strike by workers

Garment factory owners in Cambodia asked the government on Thursday to help stop a strike by workers for higher wages, saying the labor action is damaging the investment climate for the industry, the country’s main source of exports. ...

Associated Press News Staff
http://www.startribune.com/cambodian-garment-makers-ask-government-to-quash-strike/362791961/

Small businesses help Cambodia’s growth, entrepreneur says

In recent years, Cambodia has seen a surging number of small and medium-sized businesses, driven by young entrepreneurs. As of 2011, there are estimated 530,000 SMEs in Cambodia, but many lack access to capital to build strong and innovative businesses.​ ...

Ten Soksreinith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/small-business-help-cambodia-growth-entrepreneur-says/3105535.html

A country in love with injections and drips

In Cambodia almost anyone who sees a doctor or goes to hospital, is given an injection or put on an intravenous drip. This is what patients want, and what medical staff give them – it has become part of the healthcare routine. But it has ...

John Murphy
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35111566

‘Samdechs’ not getting their due, ministry says

The Ministry of Information yesterday issued a letter urging all media outlets to use the royally bestowed title “samdech” when referring to those who hold the honorific, including King Norodom Sihamoni and Prime Minister Hun Sen. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/samdechs-not-getting-their-due-ministry-says

Security upped following robberies

Police and military police officials across the country on Wednesday said they had tightened security at shops and markets, a day after Interior Minister Sar Kheng threatened to demote provincial police chiefs who failed to make arrests following a wave of violent armed robberies. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/security-upped-following-robberies-103252/

Seventh Chinese man arrested for kidnapping

Military police in Phnom Penh on Wednesday arrested a seventh suspect in the kidnapping of three Chinese men freed on Monday from their captors, who had detained them for two months in a bid to make them pay back loans with the help of their ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/seventh-chinese-man-arrested-for-kidnapping-103263/

Ministry official kills village chief

A seemingly minor dispute between an Interior Ministry official and a village chief in Phnom Penh turned deadly when the official gunned down the village chief and his relative on Wednesday afternoon, according to police, who offered wildly different reports of the shooting. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/interior-ministry-official-kills-village-chief-103241/

Doubts surround Phnom Penh’s master plan

Last Friday, Phnom Penh’s master plan until 2035 was fully approved by the council of ministers, as announced by Pa Socheatvong, governor of Phnom Penh. While it is claimed that the plan is complete, those in the private and public sector and other relevant stakeholders ...

Julius Thiemann, Siv Meng and Moeun Nhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/doubts-surround-phnom-penhs-master-plan

First animal health, production law passed

With strong bipartisan support, the National Assembly on Wednesday passed the country’s first animal health and production law, which sets out rules for the humane treatment of livestock and the safe processing of animal meat. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/first-animal-health-production-law-passed-103254/

Corruption curriculum headed to junior high

In what it says is a bid to fight graft in the Kingdom from the bottom up, the Ministry of Education announced yesterday the expansion of its anti-corruption curriculum to junior high school students. ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/corruption-curriculum-headed-junior-high

CNRP ends boycott, makes quiet return to NA

Ending their almost two-month boycott of parliament, opposition lawmakers yesterday joined their ruling party counterparts at the National Assembly in unanimously passing three laws.The plenary session, attended by 68 Cambodian People’s Party parliamentarians and 34 from the opposition Cambodia Nation Rescue Party, was by and ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-ends-boycott-makes-quiet-return-na

New teacher guides target student safety

Education and disaster management leaders from eight Southeast Asian countries gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday in a bid to encourage schools in areas prone to natural catastrophes to make children safer. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-teacher-guides-target-student-safety

Tutor arrested for molesting young students

A private English tutor in Battambang province has confessed to repeatedly molesting multiple female students as young as 6, following his arrest at the home of one of the girls on Tuesday, an official said on Wednesday. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tutor-arrested-for-molesting-young-students-103248/

Exports of palm oil up, despite price drop

Exports of crude palm oil from the Mong Reththy Company – the Kingdom’s sole producer of the product – increased 8.1 per cent for the first 11 months this year, compared to the same period in 2014. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/exports-palm-oil-despite-price-drop

Rights monitor questioned for conducting ‘unlawful’ protest

A senior human rights monitor in Banteay Meanchey province was questioned on Wednesday by the provincial court over a street protest that took place on Monday, but his organization, Adhoc, is claiming that the court breached judicial procedure in getting him there. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/rights-monitor-questioned-for-conductingunlawful-protest-103245/

Tax dispute procedures tightened, onus on taxpayer

Having recently disbanded the so-called estimated tax regime, a flexible scheme that reduced the tax obligations of small and medium enterprises, the General Department of Taxation has issued a new prakas aimed at hastening tax audits and the appeals process, but which also increases the ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/tax-dispute-procedures-tightened-onus-taxpayer

KPP boss plans to sue Namhong over 'terrorist' jab

Sourn Serey Ratha, the formerly self-exiled president of the new Khmer Power Party, said yesterday that he was preparing to sue Foreign Minister Hor Namhong for defamation for insinuating last week that Ratha was a “terrorist”, an accusation the government had long levelled at the ...

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kpp-boss-plans-sue-namhong-over-terrorist-jab

Administrative building and parking lot for City Hall to open next year

An administrave building, and a large underground parking lot that can accommodate up to 300 cars will be officially inaugurated in 2016, according to Long Dimanche, a City Hall spokesperson. ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/administrative-building-and-parking-lot-city-hall-open-next-year

Koh Rong development moves forward

A ceremony here on Saturday, attended by some of the country’s most powerful officials, laid out Royal Group’s $30 million plan to develop Koh Rong’s previously pristine Sok San beach into a luxury resort, complete with houses, piers, hotels and facilities for helicopters. ...

Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18759/koh-rong-development-moves-forw-ard/

Monitoring of airport carbon footprints begins

As airline passenger numbers in the country rocket, Cambodia has taken its first step toward greener air travel by earning the initial level of accreditation from a body that monitors the carbon footprint of airports. ...

Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/monitoring-airport-carbon-footprints-begins

NGO under scrutiny has history of extortion

The environmental NGO at the center of an extortion scandal in Siem Reap province has a track record of using its employees as racketeers in order to enrich itself, according to officials who have previously dealt with the organization. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ngo-under-scrutiny-has-history-of-extortion-103250/

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