The Phnom Penh Post

Survery finds fishermen in Thailand ‘trafficked, abused’

Trafficking in the Thai fishing industry remains rampant, with fishermen from Cambodia and Myanmar often experiencing horrifying work conditions, according to the results of a survey of workers. ...

Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/survery-finds-fishermen-thailand-trafficked-abused

Sokha’s detention upheld

The Court of Appeal yesterday ruled that the ongoing detention of opposition leader Kem Sokha was legal, despite claims his parliamentary immunity had been violated – and in spite of the fact that neither the accused nor his representatives were present. ...

Niem Chheng and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokhas-detention-upheld

EuroCham firms wary over elections

Business confidence among EuroCham Cambodia’s predominantly European member companies fell this year as a result of a lack of positive reforms and uncertainty surrounding upcoming elections, according to a survey released yesterday. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/eurocham-firms-wary-over-elections

Battambang to get second international border crossing

Authorities will open a new international border checkpoint in Battambang’s Sampov Lun district, connecting with Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province, early next month. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-get-second-international-border-crossing

SECC lays down new dispute regulations

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Cambodia (SECC) has issued new regulations and procedures for solving disputes involving parties operating in the securities sector. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/secc-lays-down-new-dispute-regulations

CNRP brass leave Cambodia, but back ‘soon’

Since the widely condemned arrest of opposition leader Kem Sokha on “treason” charges this month, at least a dozen Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers have left the country, though a senior party official yesterday insisted they would “return soon”. ...

Leonie Kijewski and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-brass-leave-cambodia-back-soon

RDB closes bidding on rice storage facilities

The state-run Rural Development Bank (RDB) received a total of 10 proposals from Cambodian agricultural firms expressing interest in developing rice storage and drying facilities across three provinces using government-backed low-interest loans, a bank official said yesterday. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/rdb-closes-bidding-rice-storage-facilities

Sesan dam goes online, while PM dismisses environmental concerns

The floodgates of the largest and most controversial dam project in the country’s history officially closed yesterday at an inauguration ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who took aim at environmentalists, ambassadors and NGOs in a wide-ranging speech. ...

Phak Seangly and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-dam-goes-online-while-pm-dismisses-environmental-concerns

Timber busts in Kampong Speu

National and Provincial Military Police in Kampong Speu seized hauls of illicit timber and arrested two suspects in separate cases over the weekend. A Provincial Military Police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the press, said the ...

Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/timber-busts-kampong-speu

Drug mule arrested at airport with ‘cocaine in stomach’

Cambodian authorities last week arrested an alleged drug mule attempting to smuggle cocaine into the Kingdom by hiding it in his stomach. 
South African national Blignaut Chan, 26, was seized on September 13 at Phnom Penh International Airport in a joint operation between the National ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/drug-mule-arrested-airport-cocaine-stomach

Environmental NGO Mother Nature dissolved

The Interior Ministry on Friday announced it had stricken critical environmental NGO Mother Nature from its registry, effective immediately, with the group saying it had requested the move and would continue to investigate sand dredging and export violations in the country’s southwest despite the de-registration. ...

Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environmental-ngo-mother-nature-dissolved

Hun Sen amps up attacks on US

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday ratcheted up his attacks on the United States, announcing that he had instructed the Immigration Department to check for American “spies” and suggesting the US Embassy pull out its Peace Corps volunteers. ...

Mech Dara and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-amps-attacks-us

Eyes on Sokha not welcome: lawyers

Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha’s lawyers have said that they are under surveillance during meetings with their client in Tbong Khmum’s Trapaing Thlong prison, which they yesterday called a violation of their rights ensuring client-attorney conversations are confidential. ...

Chhay Channyda and Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/eyes-sokha-not-welcome-lawyers

GE looks to deal with government on coal plants

US-based energy giant General Electric (GE) hopes to finalise an agreement with the Ministry of Mines and Energy by November that would see the Kingdom’s coal and gas plants using emissions-monitoring technology for the first time, company executives said yesterday. ...

Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/ge-looks-deal-government-coal-plants

Voter registration slow: NEC

The National Election Committee yesterday said voter registration was progressing slower than expected, largely due to migrant workers not registering – an issue that advocates have urged the electoral body to remedy for months. ...

Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-registration-slow-nec

Remains hostage in spat with US

Prime Minister Hun Sen hit back yesterday in response to United States visa sanctions by saying Cambodia would no longer assist in finding and repatriating the remains of American soldiers who lost their lives during the Vietnam War. ...

ម៉ិច ដារ៉ា និង Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/remains-hostage-spat-us

CDC official thanks China for investment

The Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) heaped praise upon China yesterday for its continual support of the Kingdom, claiming that without its investment the local economy would never have managed to take off. ...

Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cdc-official-thanks-china-investment

PM praises China after trip

Prime Minister Hun Sen returned from a three-day trip to China yesterday, all but confirming in a statement what observers have long theorised: that Cambodia now sees China’s backing as a bulwark against Western criticisms over its rights record. ...

Andrew Nachemson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-praises-china-after-trip

Threat follows Interior directive

A Ministry of Interior directive requiring provincial approval for work done on commune halls prompted a thinly veiled threat from a ministry spokesman yesterday that a popular opposition commune chief could be arrested if she didn’t comply. ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/threat-follows-interior-directive

Koh Kong activists charged

Two Mother Nature activists arrested after filming suspected sand-bearing vessels have been charged with incitement and making unauthorised recordings of a person in “a private place” – an offence that drew skepticism yesterday, given they were in their own boat in the open ocean when ...

Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/koh-kong-activists-charged

Heng Pov asks for fast appeal

Disgraced former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Heng Pov yesterday called for a speedy appeal trial before the Supreme Court in two of his cases – which relate to the possession of fake currency and to the illegal detention of a suspect – despite lamenting ...

Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov-asks-fast-appeal

Kingdom’s biggest SEZ to get even bigger

he Kingdom’s biggest industrial park is moving beyond its initial development stage and looking to attract nearly 200 new tenants in the next five years as it doubles its footprint. ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-biggest-sez-get-even-bigger

Cambodia gets low marks in ‘human capital’ report

A recent report by the World Economic Forum underscored the Kingdom’s poor performance in educating and training its citizens in order to develop a competitive workforce and put their skills to productive use, ranking it for the first time in its annual review as the ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-gets-low-marks-human-capital-report

Ministry of Foreign Affairs targeted by US visa ban, in retaliation for government's deportee stance

The United States yesterday banned business and tourist visas for Cambodian Foreign Ministry officials and their families in response to the Kingdom’s refusal to accept “inhumane” deportations of Cambodian citizens convicted of felonies in the US. ...

Erin Handley and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-foreign-affairs-targeted-us-visa-ban-retaliation-governments-deportee-stance

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