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Prey Sar inmates in ‘meth cartel’

A man arrested over the weekend allegedly in possession of more than 3 kilograms of meth and more than 100,000 yama tablets has been linked to a drug-trafficking network operating out of Prey Sar prison, according to a police report made public yesterday. ...

Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-sar-inmates-meth-cartel

‘Boeng Kak 13’ make final appeal to clear their names

Thirteen land-rights activists from the Boeng Kak neighborhood appeared Wednesday at the Supreme Court in Phnom Penh for a final appeal in a yearslong legal battle over a protest-related conviction. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/boeng-kak-13-make-final-appeal-to-clear-their-names-109329/

105 Chinese arrested at senator’s Poipet casino

More than 100 Chinese nationals believed to be wanted for crimes in their home country were arrested on Wednesday at a CPP senator’s casino in Poipet City, which had to be shut down during the operation, police said. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/105-chinese-arrested-at-senators-poipet-casino-109327/

European imports of Cambodian bicycles up

Despite concern from the E.U. that Cambodia is being used by Chinese bicycle makers to avoid an anti-dumping duty, the bike industry has maintained strong export growth to Europe, according to the latest data from the European Commission (E.C.). ...

Tej Parikh
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/european-imports-of-cambodian-bicycles-up-109352/

Van driver dead, garment workers injured in highway crash

A high-speed collision in Preah Sihanouk province involving two container trucks, a beer truck and a van crammed with garment workers resulted in one death and 34 injuries on Tuesday evening, according to police, who reported that three drivers fled the scene and remain at ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/van-driver-dead-garment-workers-injured-in-highway-crash-109345/

Hun Manet inaugurates Areng valley schools

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet inaugurated four primary schools in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley on Monday, along with the head of a group known as the Cambodia Youth Movement 157, which donated the schools, a local official said on Tuesday. ...

Khoun Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-manet-inaugurates-areng-valley-schools-109283/

Government takes over multilingual school program

The government launched a national plan for multilingual education in primary schools on Tuesday in an attempt to better integrate ethnic minorities into the public education system, taking over a program started by two children’s organizations. ...

Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-takes-over-multilingual-school-program-109289/

‘No land revolution’ coming: official

While vast tracts of Cambodia remain concentrated in the hands of a few and accusations of land grabbing remain rife, the broader distribution of land is more than equitable and could never lead to an uprising, the government official in charge of finding solutions to ...

Lay Samean and Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-land-revolution-coming-official

US’ ASEAN ambassador slammed for rights remarks

Cambodia’s ambassador to Asean on Friday rebuked his U.S. counterpart for comments she made on the country’s human rights situation, asking her to refrain from “criticizing Cambodia inappropriately.” ...

Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-asean-ambassador-slammed-for-rights-remarks-109242/

Forestry crimes decrease by 9 percent in 2015, report says

Forestry crimes fell by around 9 percent last year compared to 2014, according to an annual report released by the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forestry-crimes-decrease-by-9-percent-in-2015-report-says-109231/

Government starts preparing confiscated ELCs for poor

Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim said on Monday his staff were already at work studying land that the government has confiscated from economic land concession (ELC) owners for redistribution to poor families, though details on the location of the sites remained elusive. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-starts-preparing-confiscated-elcs-for-poor-109220/

Tuol Sleng exhibition to tell stories of forced marriage

Every day, hundreds of tourists flock to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum to hear macabre stories of killings and torture carried out inside the prison once at the heart of the Khmer Rouge’s security apparatus.   ...

George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tuol-sleng-exhibition-to-tell-stories-of-forced-marriage-109152/

Building for Thai princess not luxury toilet, officials say

Following media reports that $40,000 was spent to build a luxury outhouse for Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to use during her recent visit to Ratanakkiri province, authorities released a statement on Friday rejecting the notion that the building was a toilet. ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/building-for-thai-princess-not-luxury-toilet-officials-say-109140/

US museum returns stolen Rama statue

A 10th century stone carving of the Hindu deity Rama, the last remaining statue from the Koh Ker temple complex that had been on public display outside Cambodia, was returned to Phnom Penh last week, officials confirmed on Sunday.   ...

Peter Ford and Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/us-museum-returns-stolen-rama-statue-109134/

Dam protesters seek intervention by Angkor beer investor

Some 50 people gathered outside the headquarters of Angkor Beer in Phnom Penh on Friday afternoon to protest the construction of the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam in Laos by a Malaysian company, arguing that an executive connected to both firms should intervene to halt ...

Buth Kimsay and Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/dam-protesters-seek-intervention-by-angkor-beer-investor-109115/

KNUP holds first congress

About 2,800 supporters attended the first congress of Nhek Bun Chhay’s Khmer National United Party (KNUP) in Phnom Penh yesterday, a party spokesperson said, weeks after splitting from the Prince Norodom Ranariddh-controlled Funcinpec party. ...

Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/knup-holds-first-congress

Off-the-job training in hospitality

The courses are free of charge for at-risk youth between the ages of 17 and 23, who also receive a $25 monthly stipend. ...

Ayanna Runcie
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/job-training-hospitality

Human trafficking up, spurred by migration

Human trafficking out of Cambodia is on the rise, according to an Interior Ministry report released on Thursday, and is being fueled by relaxed border controls and economic disparity in the region, according to a separate U.N. report.    ...

Taylor O'Connell and Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/human-trafficking-up-spurred-by-migration-109004/

PM pledges 1m hectares of ELC land to poor

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday declared an end to the government’s review of Cambodia’s economic land concessions (ELCs), pledging that nearly 1 million hec­tares of reappropriated property would be handed over to poor families. He also announced a major reorganization of the two ministries ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/pm-pledges-1m-hectares-of-elc-land-to-poor-109007/

Flow of drugs through Cambodia on the rise

The relaxing of trade restrictions in Southeast Asian countries has also increased the flow of illegal drugs into the region, according to a report released by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime on Thursday. ...

Taylor O'Connell
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/flow-of-drugs-through-cambodia-on-the-rise-109030/

Indian power firms eye kingdom’s energy gaps

More than 50 representatives of Indian energy firms attended the opening of the Powering Cambodia conference in Phnom Penh yesterday, engaging local government officials and stakeholders in the Kingdom’s energy sector to explore investment opportunities in the field of electricity generation and distribution. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/indian-power-firms-eye-kingdoms-energy-gaps

US envoy says rights discussed at summit

The top U.S. envoy to ASEAN said on Wednesday that despite trade and security issues being at the cen­ter of last week’s U.S.-ASEAN Sum­mit, U.S. President Barack Obama also used the setting to address the region’s human rights problems. ...

Kuch Naren and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/108955-108955/

PAL looks to operate direct flight to Cambodia

Philippine Airlines (PAL) plans to enter Cambodian skies for the first time with the launch of a direct flight from Manila, aviation officials said yesterday, though whether the airline will serve Phnom Penh or Siem Reap has yet to be decided. ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/pal-looks-operate-direct-flight-cambodia

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