The Phnom Penh Post
Foreign nationals held in drug raid
Anti-drug police officers arrested nine foreign nationals in a sting on a rental house on Sunday, accusing the men of involvement in a drug-trafficking ring catering to other foreigners in the vicinity of Phnom Penh’s Central Market, police said yesterday. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/foreign-nationals-held-drug-raid
Cambodia rice industry fears, cheers Thai policy
The Thai government’s move to stabilise rice prices for the 2014 harvest season has prompted mixed reactions from local rice industry representatives. Sok Puthyvuth, president of the Cambodia Rice Federation said yesterday the policy would impact Cambodia negatively when Thailand is forced to sell ...
Chan Muyhong
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-rice-industry-fears-cheers-thai-policy
Prison time for garment heist
A former chief security guard at the Roo Hsing Garment Co factory was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for conspiring with two thieves to steal more than 1,000 items of clothing from the factory in April. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/prison-time-garment-heist
Hundreds to seek pardon from King
About 800 prisoners will be considered for Royal pardons or reduced sentences as part of Water Festival events, Such Sophan Nara, director of the Ministry of Justice’s penal department, said yesterday. ...
May Titthara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/hundreds-seek-pardon-king
Water Fest eyes foreign visitors
Expecting thousands of international tourists to travel to Phnom Penh for the first Water Festival held since 2010, the National Committee for Organizing National and International Festivals plans to set up several services catering specifically to foreigners. ...
Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/water-fest-eyes-foreign-visitors
A tragic cycle of abuse
Social worker Nong Socheat is well-acquainted with the ugly scope of child abuse. As a counsellor for First Step Cambodia (FSC), a local NGO that focuses on supporting male survivors of sexual assault, she regularly provides support for boys dealing with the aftermath of molestation. ...
Bennett Murray and Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tragic-cycle-abuse
Malaysia workers organise
Dissatisfied by wages at home, thousands of Cambodians have been lured to Malaysia by the promise of bigger pay cheques, but while many have found themselves subjected to long hours, unpaid wages, unsafe working conditions and even physical abuse, they have – until now – ...
Alice Cuddy and Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malaysia-workers-organise
One million hectares reclassified, gov’t says
More than 1 million hectares of forest terrain and land leased by private companies has been put under government control since Prime Minister Hun Sen initiated a moratorium on new economic land concessions (ELCs) in May 2012, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and ...
May Titthara
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/one-million-hectares-reclassified-gov%E2%80%99t-says
Lure of South Korea is strong
Cambodian migrant worker hopefuls have heard murmurs about the poor work conditions in South Korea. However, they remain unfazed – even the recent reports of long hours and abusive employers are doing little to deter their quest to secure better wages abroad. ...
Laignee Barron and Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/lure-south-korea-strong
Rosewood haul found in truck with Sokimex logo
Ten tonnes of protected rosewood found stashed in a tanker truck bearing the logo of petroleum giant Sokimex was seized by police in Oddar Meanchey province on Friday. In August, police found 14 tons of rosewood hidden in the tanker of another truck bearing the ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/rosewood-haul-found-truck-sokimex-logo
Pailin’s ex-governor denies $400,000 corruption claim
Pailin province’s ex-governor and provincial council president Y Chhien yesterday denied corruption allegations against him, describing the claims as politically motivated. The two opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party members on the nine-seat provincial council accused Chhien in mid-October of misusing $400,000 in state funds and exploiting ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/pailin%E2%80%99s-ex-governor-denies-400000-corruption-claim
Tax regulation gets a shake up
In an effort to centralise tax registrations and improve taxpayer accountability, the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MoEF) this month passed a raft of changes to the country’s tax registration regulations. Prakas 1139, issued by the MoEF on October 9, states that all legal entities including ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/tax-regulation-gets-shakeup
Massive satellite city’s major boulevard nearing completion
A key component of the enormous ING City satellite city south of Phnom Penh – Samdech Techo Hun Sen Boulevard – is nearing completion. It will also provide access to ING City – previously known as AZ City – which is being constructed on land ...
Heng Pov conviction upheld
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a conviction against former Phnom Penh Police chief Heng Pov and three other men for the attempted murder of Military Police chief General Sao Sokha in 2003. ...
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/heng-pov-conviction-upheld
6 break out of Ratanakkiri prison
Six inmates busted out of Ratanakkiri Provincial Prison in the wee hours of yesterday morning, police said, adding another incident to a string of embarrassing escapes at the facility over the past two years. According to a post on the National Police’s website, authorities in Ratanakkiri’s ...
Chhay Channyda
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/6-break-out-ratanakkiri-prison
Start of school year delayed
Tardiness is usually discouraged within school settings, but this year, the Education Ministry is endorsing a month-long delay for the whole academic year. Public schools, which typically start in the beginning of October, will this year commence classes on November 3, with studies continuing until the ...
Laignee Barron and Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/start-school-year-delayed
Phnom Penh port expansion seeks funding solution
With construction on the second phase of a new cargo terminal at the Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) set to begin in 2016, officials are now looking for ways to finance the project. Hei Bavy, director general for PPAP, said the $20 million expansion will see ...
Chan Muyhong
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/phnom-penh-port-expansion-seeks-funding-solution
Wage talks remain in deadlock
The third day of negotiations between members of a working group trying to reach a consensus on the minimum monthly garment wage remained stagnant yesterday, as manufacturers refused to budge from their $110 offer. ...
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/wage-talks-remain-deadlock
Chhay aims to purge Nat'l Assembly of ‘ghosts’
Senior opposition lawmaker Son Chhay has formally requested that the entire staff list of the National Assembly’s more than 1,000-strong secretariat be turned over to him for investigation as part of a bid to root out “ghost” workers and nepotistic appointments. As part of his one-man ...
Pech Sotheary and Kevin Ponniah
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/chhay-aims-purge-natl-assembly-%E2%80%98ghosts%E2%80%99
Farmers hope for rubber fix
Cambodia’s small rubber farmers are hoping a commitment to stabilise prices among rubber producing countries will help curb sliding profits in the sector. Industry representatives from Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia and other rubber producing countries met in Malaysia last week to discuss what can be ...
Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/farmers-hope-rubber-fix
Heng Pov’s conviction affirmed by high court
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the murder convictions of former Phnom Penh Municipal Police chief Heng Pov and three others in the case of the 2003 killing of Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sok Sethamoni. Defendants Pov, Ly Rasy, Hang Vutha and Prum Sophearith have been ...
Kim Sarom
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/heng-pov%E2%80%99s-conviction-affirmed-high-court
Value chain in decline: WTO
Cambodia is one of only two economies worldwide to have declined in global value chain (GVC) participation since 1995, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest study. The WTO’s World Trade Report 2014, released Monday, shows Cambodia’s overall percentage of GVC participation – one country’s contribution ...
Eddie Morton
http://phnompenhpost.com/business/value-chain-decline-wto
CNRP youth: we’ll fight ISIS
At least 50 opposition party youth members and supporters are asking for permission to join the US-led fight against Islamic State militants, a leading activist said yesterday. In return, they hope the US will help them fight Vietnamese encroachment in Cambodia and take back the island ...
Meas Sokchea
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-youth-we%E2%80%99ll-fight-isis
Factory OKs only part of pay advance
About 600 employees of a Phnom Penh garment factory were to return to work today after walking out with the demand of receiving their salaries before next month’s Water Festival. Ginwin Industry (Cambodia) Co yesterday agreed to pay workers a portion of their wages ahead of ...
Mom Kunthear
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-oks-only-part-pay-advance