The Phnom Penh Post

Sam Rainsy faces arrest warrant

Citing a seven-year-old defamation case, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, forcing the travelling Cambodia National Rescue Party president to choose whether to stay abroad or return and face a two-year prison term.The warrant, stemming from ...

Phak Seangly and Shaun Turton
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/sam-rainsy-faces-arrest-warrant

Sesan villagers seeking police chief’s removal

More than 200 families in Stung Treng province filed a petition yesterday calling for their local police chief’s dismissal, accusing him of working against their interests and committing environmental crimes. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-villagers-seeking-police-chiefs-removal

Kidney-sale sentence cut in half on appeal

A woman who had been sentenced to 15 years for organ trafficking in March had her sentence halved at the Appeal Court yesterday, while her two relatives convicted in absentia saw their 10-year sentences dropped entirely. ...

Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kidney-sale-sentence-cut-half-appeal

Rainsy S Korea event off-limits for Cambodians, envoy warns

Cambodia’s ambassador to South Korea has again come under fire for telling Cambodian expatriates they face “arrest and deportation” if they attend an opposition party event this weekend in Seoul.In a Facebook post yesterday, Suth Dina told Cambodian workers and students in Korea to shun ...

Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-s-korea-event-limits-cambodians-envoy-warns

NagaCorp sits out South Korean casino offering

NagaCorp, the Hong Kong stock exchange-listed parent company of NagaWorld, is not bidding for a South Korean casino permit, the company said in a filing to the exchange. ...

Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/nagacorp-sits-out-south-korean-casino-offering

Deportation of Chinese scammers was Cambodia’s decision: Kheng

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng on Wednesday dismissed rumours of ulterior motives behind the deportation of a Chinese “scammer” group. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deportation-chinese-scammers-was-cambodias-decision-kheng

Kampot pepper defying drought fears

The increased cultivation area of Kampot pepper has offset losses due to drought, with farmers of the premium quality peppercorn estimating that production could reach 80 tonnes in the coming harvest, nearly 40 per cent more than last season. The association’s 242 members have planted ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kampot-pepper-defying-drought-fears

Training program boosts electronics skills

A three-year vocational training project aimed at creating employment opportunities in the electronics industry while eliminating electronics waste, or e-waste, wrapped up yesterday, with its organisers calling for more funding in order to continue its training component. ...

Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/training-program-boosts-electronics-skills

Traffic woes vex Phnom Penh governor

Phnom Penh’s municipal governor yesterday called on citizens to start obeying traffic laws and using the city’s fledgling public-transportation system as he addressed widespread discontent with traffic issues. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/traffic-woes-vex-phnom-penh-governor

Budget for 2016 moves closer to passage in Nat'l Assembly

The $4.3 billion 2016 draft budget moved one step closer to adoption yesterday, as the ruling party-controlled parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the document gave it the green light. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/budget-2016-moves-closer-passage-natl-assembly

Takeo garment workers protest at Ministry of Labour

More than 300 garment workers from Takeo province protested in front of the Ministry of Labour yesterday, following two weeks of strikes over working conditions.Workers requested intervention from the ministry over the dismissal of 1,000 striking workers as well as 13 demands including lunch money, ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/takeo-garment-workers-protest-ministry-labour

With soaring prices, local developers shift away from BKK1

The real estate market in the BKK1 area appears to be beginning to slow after years of accelerated growth as local investors look for more affordable alternatives within Phnom Penh.Seng Bunna, CEO of Bunna Realty Group, said that while the history of BKK1’s foreign-oriented growth ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/soaring-prices-local-developers-shift-away-bkk1

Sihanoukville gets a wake up call

Sihanoukville has long been a part of the government’s plan to develop the Southern coast as Cambodia’s next tourism hotspot after Siem Reap, and if recent arrival numbers are anything to go by it seems to be growing in appeal. However, as new property developers ...

George Styllis
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/sihanoukville-gets-wake-call

Garment union demands go unanswered

Despite repeated threats of strikes, a coalition of garment sector unions is still waiting on a response from the Ministry of Labour for the wide-ranging reforms it called for last month, with plans to seek help from overseas. ...

Charles Rollet
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-union-demands-go-unanswered

Building homes for underserved communities

Despite recent announcements of large development projects throughout Cambodia focusing on so-called “affordable housing” for the emerging middle class, there remains a massive gap in the market for quality affordable housing for the poor; especially the urban poor as more rural Cambodians flock to cities ...

James Whitehead
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/building-homes-underserved-communities

National census of teachers underway

The Ministry of Public Function has begun conducting a census of teachers in Cambodia ahead of a planned salary increase, officials said yesterday. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/national-census-teachers-underway

New NGO calls for lawmakers, officials to make assets public

A newly formed NGO is challenging lawmakers and government officials to publish details of their personal assets and income in advance of forthcoming elections, a challenge several NGO heads plan to take up as an example to their public sector counterparts.Accountability Cambodia, which says it ...

Jamie Elliott
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/new-ngo-calls-lawmakers-officials-make-assets-public

Voter e-registration test run going ‘smoothly’

Testing of a new electronic voter registration system is “running smoothly”, with more than 14,000 people registered across 24 provinces since the pilot project began on November 1, the National Election Committee announced yesterday. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/voter-e-registration-test-run-going-smoothly

Borey supply increased 15 per cent this year

In the current state of relative political stability and strong economic growth while the earning potential of Cambodians increases, the overall supply of Borey housing has risen by 15 per cent compared to the same time last year, a recent study has found. ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/borey-supply-increased-15-cent-year

Local expert claims illegal construction linked to corruption

A local expert has said that with the absence of a master plan for Phnom Penh or a comprehensive construction code, collusion with corrupt officials has led to illegal construction in the city.This claim was solidified last week when the government warned that it would ...

Siv Meng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/local-expert-claims-illegal-construction-linked-corruption

Mining firms gear up for big season

With the rainy season petering out, mining companies are gearing up to resume full operations on prospects in northern and eastern Cambodia, with investors keeping a close watch as firms push to expand their resource estimates and the country prepares to open its first royalty-bearing ...

Cam McGrath
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/mining-firms-gear-big-season

Officials aided Vietnamese loggers, villagers say

Evidence of illegal logging perpetrated by Vietnamese lumberjacks in collusion with local authorities in Ratanakkiri’s Andong Meas district was submitted to a local rights group by an ethnic Jarai community yesterday. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/officials-aided-vietnamese-loggers-villagers-say

Compensation sought for attacked MPs

A lawyer for two opposition lawmakers brutally beaten outside parliament late last month has filed a complaint to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court demanding $50,000 in compensation. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/compensation-sought-attacked-mps

Myanmar opposition victory resonates in Cambodia

Cambodia’s opposition leader yesterday lauded the success of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar’s historic election, an outcome he said will help pave the way for his party’s own electoral victory.In a post on his Facebook page, Cambodia National ...

Alice Cuddy and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/myanmar-opposition-victory-resonates-cambodia

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