The Phnom Penh Post
Raids net apparel knock-offs
Investigations are continuing after Siem Reap’s economic police conducted four raids last Saturday on shops selling knock-offs of products from US-based outdoor apparel and equipment brand The North Face, police sources said yesterday.The raids were conducted on four stores – Cambodia Outlet, Duty Free Outlet, ...
Ananth Baliga and Thik Kaliyann
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raids-net-apparel-knock-offs
Raid reveals 1,800 smuggled smartphones
Customs authorities seized nearly 1,800 smuggled Huawei smartphones during a raid on Monday on a private residence in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, a customs official said yesterday. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/raid-reveals-1800-smuggled-smartphones
‘World watching’ inquiry
The Ministry of Interior yesterday said it would establish a special commission to investigate the brutal attacks against two opposition lawmakers outside the National Assembly on Monday, a probe the party suggested should have no excuse for failure amid “clear video evidence” of the perpetrators’ ...
Meas Sokchea, Chhay Channyda and Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/world-watching-inquiry
Rogue moto market raided, but no arrests
Customs officials and local police yesterday raided a motorbike market in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district they said was illegally selling vehicles without licence plates or paperwork. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rogue-moto-market-raided-no-arrests
Doctor’s unintentional murder charge dropped
A doctor who had been accused of causing a woman to die in labour because he abandoned her during childbirth to go to a party had charges against him dropped by the Court of Appeal on Monday. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctors-unintentional-murder-charge-dropped
Congestion costing ‘$6 million a month’
Phnom Penh authorities yesterday offered an economic argument for ministries, motorists and citizens to respect traffic laws, claiming that congestion-related costs in the capital were setting the country back about $6 million per month. ...
Pech Sotheary and Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/congestion-costing-6-million-month
Yields from fishing take a dive
Exports of fresh fish and fish products fell significantly during the first nine months of the year, raising concerns about businesses and families operating in the Kingdom’s fisheries sector.Fresh and frozen fish export shipments fell 21 per cent during the first nine months of the ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/yields-fishing-take-dive
Ramp plan for public areas gets gov’t push
In efforts to improve conditions for its disabled citizens, the government yesterday announced that it plans to order the installation of ramps and access signs at all public places. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ramp-plan-public-areas-gets-govt-push
Crash payouts still in limbo
The families of victims killed or injured by a deadly road accident in Svay Rieng province in May are accusing the bus company involved of not paying out the court-ordered compensation in full.On May 20, a tourist bus from the 15 SH Bus Company tried ...
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/crash-payouts-still-limbo
Ministry puts brakes on Pailin dump plans
The Ministry of Environment has called on local authorities in Pailin province to find a new location for a 34-hectare dumpsite currently planned for a protected forest.Environment Minister Say Sam Al, who led a team to inspect the site on October 3, wrote to Pailin ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ministry-puts-brakes-pailin-dump-plans
Guns gathered, burned in Preah Vihear
Police in Preah Vihear yesterday burned nearly 1,600 homemade rifles confiscated from villagers around the province.Preah Vihear provincial authorities said that officers collected the 1,574 DIY illegal weapons from “everywhere” across the province. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/guns-gathered-burned-preah-vihear
Prey Lang patrol yields illegal loggers' chainsaws
During its latest round of patrols this week, the Prey Lang Community Network confiscated 12 chainsaws from alleged illegal loggers in Preah Vihear, which it plans to hand over to the local Forestry Administration. ...
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-patrol-yields-illegal-loggers-chainsaws
Olympia Plaza to rise on $60M investment
Local conglomerate Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) will invest $60 million in the construction of Olympia Plaza, a seven-storey shopping mall being built inside the company’s mixed-use Olympia City project in central Phnom Penh, the company confirmed yesterday. ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/olympia-plaza-rise-60m-investment
Gem miners protest in Ratanakkiri
About 200 villagers gathered in Ratanakkiri’s provincial capital of Banlung town yesterday, calling for a resolution to a longstanding land dispute in the province’s gem-rich Bakeo district. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gem-miners-protest-ratanakkiri
Lawmakers beaten at National Assembly
Opposition lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Sakphea were viciously beaten and left seriously injured yesterday morning as a protest outside the National Assembly against Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha descended into violence.The ruling Cambodian People’s Party denied any involvement in organising the ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, Charles Parkinson and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lawmakers-beaten-national-assembly
Acleda’s third quarter profit sits at $27.06M
Cambodia’s largest bank Acleda Bank yesterday announced its third quarter results for 2015, reporting $27.06 million in profit for the quarter, up almost 50 per cent as compared to the same period last year. ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/acledas-third-quarter-profit-sits-2706m
Delegates ‘concerned’ about climate treaty
Cambodia’s government and civil society yesterday expressed worry over the lack of progress on finalising the draft text for an international climate change treaty set to be adopted at UN climate talks in Paris (COP 21) after the final round of negotiations concluded in Bonn, ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/delegates-concerned-about-climate-treaty
Mine site in crosshairs
Officials in Ratanakkiri province are preparing to take action against an illegal mining site that is said to have been operating since at least 2006 as part of ongoing efforts to reform the sector.Hun Bunthan, director of the province’s Mines and Energy Department, said that ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mine-site-crosshairs
Party leaders ‘sue Sonando’
The cracks in Mam Sonando’s recently revived Beehive Social Democratic Party are widening, with a lawsuit against the party president, alleging he embezzled funds, slated to be filed at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court today on behalf of the party’s own leadership. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/party-leaders-sue-sonando
Hun Sen thinks we can win: Sokha
Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha on Saturday drew a positive message from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent warnings that an opposition election victory could lead to civil war, trumpeting it as acceptance from the premier that he could be defeated. Among the ...
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hun-sen-thinks-we-can-win-sokha
Expats protest PM’s visit
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s official visit to France sparked demonstrations organised by Cambodian expatriates in Paris over the weekend, prompting the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) to issue a statement on Saturday condemning them for incitement and claiming they have no right to interfere with the ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/expats-protest-pms-visit
Locals told to move from waterfall site
Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities have told residents around the Kbal Chhay waterfalls to leave the area or risk being ejected, amid concern over pollution of the popular tourist attraction. ...
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/locals-told-move-waterfall-site
Siem Reap feels pinch of tourism downturn
Foreign tourist arrivals in Siem Reap fell 11.2 per cent during the first nine months of the year compared to the same period one year earlier, as the Kingdom’s top tourist gateway sees its most significant slowdown in visitor arrivals in decades, new government data ...
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/siem-reap-feels-pinch-tourism-downturn
Angkor Air spreads wings to Hanoi, Vientiane
National carrier Cambodia Angkor Air inaugurated a new daily flight from Phnom Penh to Vientiane and Hanoi yesterday as part of an expansion plan aimed at broadening its international services and revenue base.Tekreth Samrach, chairman of Cambodia Angkor Air (CAA) and secretary of state for ...
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/angkor-air-spreads-wings-hanoi-vientiane