The Cambodia Daily
On Tonle Sap lake, another attack over fishing
The body of a fisherman was discovered floating in the Tonle Sap lake in Kompong Chhnang province’s Boribor district on Tuesday after a vicious boating attack, police said Wednesday, in what is the fourth such incident on the lake this year. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/on-tonle-sap-lake-another-attack-over-fishing-79139/
Five caught trying to rob wing shop of thousands
Two Nigerians and three Cambodians were arrested Wednesday for attempting to rob $2,000 from a mobile-payment kiosk in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, police said. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-caught-trying-to-rob-wing-shop-of-thousands-79149/
Russia eyes Polonsky with extradition treaty
Russia and Cambodia are in the final stages of drafting an extradition treaty that would clear the way for Moscow to have fugitive developer Sergei Polonsky sent home to face multimillion-dollar embezzlement charges, Russian media reported Wednesday. ...
Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/russia-eyes-polonsky-with-extradition-treaty-79135/
Police chief berates Kompong Speu force over Mercedes shooter
National Police chief Neth Savoeun on Tuesday rebuked police in Kompong Speu province for allowing a man in a Mercedes-Benz SUV to escape after he fired a handgun 33 times in the air in apparent protest at a $3 speeding fine. ...
Government to start small as it moves to end adoption ban
Cambodia is inching closer to lifting a self-imposed ban on inter-country adoptions and believes its efforts to reform will soon meet preconditions for restarting the adoption process with countries that outlawed the practice in response to numerous high-profile child trafficking scandals, the government said Tuesday. ...
Simon Henderson and Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/government-to-start-small-as-it-moves-to-end-adoption-ban-79038/
Businesswoman claims minister behind arrest
A businesswoman who was arrested in Thailand in December and extradited to Cambodia over charges of plotting to rape and murder the wife and daughter of the country’s commerce minister claimed after being denied bail by the Appeal Court on Tuesday that the minister was ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/businesswoman-claims-minister-behind-arrest-79044/
South Koreans nabbed in Siem Reap over voIP scam
Seven South Korean nationals were arrested in Siem Reap province Monday on suspicion of attempting to extort money from foreigners through Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, after a further six were detained for allegedly committing the same crime last month, an immigration official said ...
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/south-koreans-n
Tuk-tuk groups clash with metal pipes, chains
Two rival groups of tuk-tuk drivers clashed Monday evening in front of Phnom Penh’s railway station in Daun Penh district, beating each other with metal pipes and chains over a dispute regarding passengers, police said Tuesday. ...
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tuk-tuk-groups-clash-with-metal-pipes-chains-79047/
Stunting in children down 7 percent since 2010, survey finds
The number of children in the country who are stunted—leaving them physically smaller and mentally weaker than their properly nourished peers—dropped by 7 percent between 2010 and 2014, according to a nationwide survey released Tuesday. ...
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/stunting-in-children-down-7-percent-since-2010-survey-finds-79053/
Hun Sen admits leading until age 90 unlikely
Breaking from a history of boasting about the potential longevity of his tenure as Cambodia’s leader, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Tuesday that he would likely have to retire sometime before he turns 90. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-admits-leading-until-age-90-unlikely-79049/
Banh says military shows bias toward the gov’t
Defense Minister Tea Banh joked Tuesday that the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) are “biased to the right people” in protecting the government from destabilizing political agitators. Speaking at the annual review of the military’s activities at the Defense Ministry, General Banh said the armed forces ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/banh-says-military-shows-bias-toward-the-govt-79059/
Opposition officials demonstrate against Siem Reap party chief
More than 50 CNRP officials seeking the removal of lawmaker Ke Sovannaroth as the party’s head in Siem Reap province carried through with a threat to bring their case to Phnom Penh, demonstrating Monday for two hours outside the opposition’s headquarters in Meanchey district. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-officials-demonstrate-against-siem-reap-party-chief-78929/
Election law drafted; status of Hun Sen’s demand unclear
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday welcomed the end of talks over changes to the national election law and said the opposition CNRP has agreed to include in the law his proposal to strip National Assembly seats from any political party that boycotts parliament after ...
Hul Reaksmey and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/election-law-drafted-status-of-hun-sens-demand-unclear-78927/
City stalls as Chroy Changva families demand intervention
About 50 people with claims to land being developed in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva peninsula protested in front of City Hall on Monday and delivered a petition on behalf of more than 100 families demanding intervention in their dispute with the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation ...
Red cross replaces rotten rice donated to HIV-hit commune
Thousands of kilograms of rice donated by the Cambodian Red Cross to impoverished families in Battambang province, including residents of HIV-hit Roka commune, had to be replaced Monday after villagers complained it was rotten, officials said. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/red-cross-replaces-rotten-rice-donated-to-hiv-hit-commune-78931/
Areng valley activist denies illegal logging allegations
An environmental activist in Koh Kong province’s Areng Valley on Monday denied building an ecotourism information center with illegally logged wood after he was summoned to the local court to answer questions over alleged forestry crimes. ...
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/areng-valley-activist-denies-illegal-logging-allegations-78939/
Police deny arrest of 36 montagnards
The chief of police in Ratanakkiri province on Monday denied that authorities arrested 36 Montagnards, who the U.N. and local villagers say were deported to Vietnam last week while attempting to reach Phnom Penh to apply for asylum. ...
Chris Mueller and Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-deny-arrest-of-36-montagnards-78919/
Campaign aims to boost Adult Literacy
UNESCO and the Ministry of Education on Monday launched a two-month joint campaign to raise the adult literacy rate to 84.4 percent by the end of the year by airing television and radio spots to encourage enrollment in after-school literacy classes. ...
Hul Reaksmey and Ben Woods
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/campaign-aims-to-boost-adult-literacy-78943/
Areng activist summoned over deforestation complaint
The Koh Koh Provincial Court has summoned an environmental activist living in the Areng Valley for questioning over allegations that he felled trees in a forest in order to build a community center, rights workers said Sunday. ...
Hul Reaksmey
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/areng-activist-summoned-over-deforestation-complaint-78893/
Montagnards attempting to reach capital deported
A group of 36 Montagnard asylum seekers who went missing last week after they left their hiding places in the forests of Ratanakkiri province have been arrested and deported back to Vietnam, the U.N. and local villagers said Sunday. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-deport-montagnards-attempting-to-reach-capital-78873/
CNRP Siem Reap chief under fire over ‘irregular spending’
A group of Siem Reap provincial CNRP officials plan to protest outside the opposition party’s headquarters in Phnom Penh this morning to request that provincial party chief Ke Sovannaroth be ousted due to alleged “irregular spending,” an official said on Sunday. ...
Khy Sovuthy and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp%E2%80%88siem-reap%E2%80%88chief-under-fire-over-irregular-spending-78881/
After charges laid, turkish stabbing suspect attempts to flee
A Turkish man who survived a drive-by shooting in Sihanoukville only to be arrested less than 24 hours later over an earlier stabbing incident was charged by the Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court on Sunday—after which he attempted to flee while still in handcuffs. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-charges-laid-turkish-stabbing-suspect-attempts-to-flee-78879/
Villagers call on spirit to curse officials, company behind dam
Villagers in Stung Treng province displeased local authorities on Saturday by holding a traditional ceremony calling upon a powerful local spirit to curse those behind the construction of the Lower Sesan 2 dam. ...
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/villagers-call-on-spirit-to-curse-officials-company-behind-dam-78885/
Women saved from sex work before boarding plane for Malaysia
Phnom Penh anti-human trafficking police prevented an accused sex trafficker from boarding a plane on Saturday along with five women—including a teenager—she was planning to sell into the sex trade in Malaysia, officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/women-saved-from-sex-work-before-boarding-plane-for-kuala-lumpur-78887/