The Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia’s Minister of Commerce and long-time ruling party stalwart Cham Prasidh said yesterday that post-election demonstrations could prevent growth and even result in small-scale looting. “If they want to destroy the economy, they have to protest more and more in order to destroy,” he said. Speaking ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈ​កម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) បាន​ប្រកាស​អញ្ជើញ​ជា​ថ្មី​ម្តង​ទៀត ដល់​​គណបក្ស​​ឈ្នះ​ឆ្នោត​ទាំង​ពីរ ឲ្យ​ចូល​រួម​ប្រជុំ​ដើម្បី សម្រេច​បង្កើត​គណៈកម្មការ​ពិសេស​មួយ សម្រាប់​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ ផ្ទៀង​ផ្ទាត់​របាយ​ការណ៍​អំពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ទាំង​ឡាយ ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត។​ នេះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​សេចក្តី​អំពាវនាវ​របស់​ គ.ជ.ប ​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី ០៩ ខែ​សីហា​នេះ។ គ.ជ.ប បាន​ទទួល​ពាក្យ​បណ្តឹង​អំពី​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី​ក្នុង​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​ តាំង​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ នីតិ​កាល​ទី៥ ចាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២ ដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៦ ខែ​សីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ កន្លង​មក​ដែល​មាន​ចំនួន ១២៥​បណ្តឹង។ ក្នុង​សេចក្តី​អំពាវនាវ​បាន​សរសេរ​ថា ចំពោះ​មុខ​ការ​ទទួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ និង​ក្នុង​ស្មារតី​ស្ថាបនា​សំដៅ​ធ្វើឲ្យ​សម្រេច​នូវ​យន្តការ​មួយ​មាន​ តម្លាភាព គ.ជ.ប មាន​ជំនឿ​យ៉ាង​មុតមាំ ចំពោះ​សុ​ឆន្ទៈ​របស់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ទាំង​ពីរគឺ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ក្នុង​ការចូលរួម​ប្រជុំ​បង្កើត​គណៈកម្ម​ការ​នេះ ឲ្យ​បាន​ឆាប់​រហ័ស ដើម្បី​ដោះ​ស្រាយ​បញ្ហា ដែល​មាន​នៅក្នុង​របាយ​ការណ៍ នៃ​ភាព​មិន​ប្រក្រតី ដែល​គណៈកម្មាធិ​ការ​រៀប​ចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត បាន​ទទួល។ ខណៈ​តួលេខ​លទ្ធផល​បឋម ប្រកាស​ដោយ គ.ជ.ប ត្រូវ​គ្នា​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​អះអាង​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ដែល​អះអាង​ថា បាន​ឈ្នះ ៦៨ ...

Following an investigation of alleged illegal logging by Vietnamese Company 72 in Ratanakkiri’s O’Yadav district forests yesterday morning, provincial Forestry Administration officials claimed nothing seemed awry. Four villagers patrolling the forest at the border of Vietnam reported they had seen six Vietnamese loggers with two tractors, ...

Their work is far from over, but Jarai minority villagers in Ratanakkiri province took another important step forward yesterday in their quest for communal land titles. More than 200 residents of O’Yadav district’s Pate commune signed declarations outlining the ways in which they make use of ...

For the first time since a railway rehabilitation project was launched in 2006, Cambodian rice is now being transported from Phnom Penh to the Sihanoukville port along the country’s southern line for export, operators Toll said on Wednesday. Speaking at the Phnom Penh cargo loading station, ...

A tropical storm that raked Vietnam for the past two days has affected five Cambodian provinces, with severe flooding and damage in three of them. Tropical storm Mangkhut descended on Northern Vietnam on Wednesday and yesterday, deluging the Mekong River and flooding areas of Banteay Meanchey, ...

n a rare public statement, King Norodom Sihamoni yesterday weighed in on the disputed election, calling for the parties to reach a “peaceful” resolution. “For the interest of the nation and our people, and for peace and national stability, I would like to appeal to the ...

Royalist party Fun­cinpec has joined the opposition in calling for international involvement in an investigation into election irregularities. “I have issued a request to ask for the creation of an independent committee to investigate the irregularities,” Funcinpec secretary-general Nhek Bun Chhay said. While the party failed to ...

After two years of assembling Hyundai vehicles in Cambodia for the domestic market, South Korea-based Hyundai Motor Company is increasing its production to meet rising demand, aiming to reach 800 units in 2013, a company’s representative said. Located in the Koh Kong Special Economic Zone, ...

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) yesterday raised concerns over the ongoing election results verification process, saying the manner in which it was carried out makes it almost meaningless as a tool to check returns. From Saturday to Tuesday, the National Election Committee carried out ...

A village chief in Preah Vihear’s Choam Ksan district has been accused by 40 villagers of threatening to evict members of Yeang commune who voted for the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. “He threatened to dismiss us from the village, because he found the names of ...

At least 20,000 tourists and travellers will participate in the so-called “sea festival” at the end of this year, officials at the Kep province tourism department said. The two-day event, which started in 2011 as a tourism booster for the country’s coasts and beaches, was cancelled ...

Government officials began inspecting markets across the country yesterday in search of baby formula containing an ingredient from New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra that could cause botulism, quality control representatives at the Ministry of Commerce said. “We informed all our officials directly to collect nationwide some ...

Villagers in Kandal province have instigated a turf war over a private company they accuse of illegally pumping sand out of Koh Prak River. Fearing riverbank erosion could damage the surrounding community, about 100 residents of Koh Prak village in Kien Svay district’s Phoum Thom commune ...

About 4,000 angry workers crowded National Road 6 for about 10 minutes yesterday morning The striking employees of the Chinese-owned Juhui Footwear Co, Ltd, who walked out on Friday, took to the street and blocked traffic after officials from the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers Democratic ...

In a fiery speech attended by thousands, opposition leader Sam Rainsy yesterday vowed that his party would boycott the National Assembly if a thorough investigation of election results is not undertaken and vowed mass demonstrations if preliminary numbers aren’t revised to reflect a Cambodia National ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ នៅ​ក្នុង​សុន្ទរកថា ដ៏​ខ្លាំង​ក្លា​មួយ​ដែល​មាន​ការ​ចូល​រួម​ពី​អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​រាប់​ពាន់​នាក់ មេ​ដឹក​នាំ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង លោក សម រង្ស៊ី កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​បាន​ប្តេជ្ញា​ថា គណបក្ស​លោក​នឹង​ធ្វើ​ពហិការ​មិន​ចូល​ប្រជុំ​សភា​ដំបូង​ទេ ប្រសិន​បើ​គ្មាន​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ហ្មត់ចត់​ទៅ​លើ​លទ្ធផល​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ ហើយ​បាន​ប្តេជ្ញា​ថា នឹង​ធ្វើ​មហា​បាតុកម្ម​តវ៉ា ប្រសិន​បើ​លទ្ធផល​បឋម​មិន​ត្រូវ​កែ​តម្រូវ​ដើម្បី​បង្ហាញ​អំពី​ជ័យជម្នះ​ របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ។ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បាន​ថ្លែង​ទាំង​សំឡេង​ស្អកៗ នៅ​ប៉ុន្មាន​ម៉ោង​មុន​ពេល​លោក​ឡើង​យន្តហោះ​ទៅ​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក​ដើម្បី​ចូល​ រួម​ពិធី​មង្គលការ​កូន​ស្រី​លោក​ថា៖ «យើង​ប្តេជ្ញា​មិន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​នរណា​ម្នាក់​លួច​ជ័យជម្នះ​របស់​ប្រជាជន​ ខ្មែរ​ទេ»។ «កុំ​គំរាម​កំហែង​យើង។ យើង​មិន​ខ្លាច​ទេ យើង​នឹង​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ដ៏​ធំ​មួយ»។ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សៅរ៍​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​បាន​ច្រាន​ចោល​ ជា​ផ្លូវ​ការ អំពី​ការ​ចូល​រួម​របស់​អង្គការ​សហ​ប្រជាជាតិ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ ចម្រុះ ដោយ​ថ្លែង​ថា វា​នឹង​ជា​ការ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ដែល​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​នរណា​ម្នាក់​ក្រៅ​ពី គ.ជ.ប និង​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​ចូល​រួម។ បើ​ទោះ​ជា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​អះអាង​ថា ការ​ចូល​រួម​របស់​អ្នក​តាម​ដាន​បរទេស​និង​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ក្នុង​ឋានៈ​ជា​អ្នក​ សង្កេត​ការណ៍​ជា​ការ​គ្រប់​គ្រាន់​ក៏​ដោយ ក៏​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ​បាន​ទទូច​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គេ​ចូល​រួម​នៅ​ក្នុង​កម្រិត​ បច្ចេកទេស។ កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បាន​ថ្លែង​ដដែល​អំពី​ចំណុច​នោះ​ថា ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ដែល​មាន​អ្នក​ខាង​ក្រៅ​ចូល​រួម គឺជា​អ្វី​ដែល​គណបក្ស​លោក​ចង់​បាន។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា៖ «យើង​មិន​ចង់​ធ្វើ​ការ​តវ៉ា​ទេ។ ប្រសិន [គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា] ...

Intercontinental Hotels Group, one of the world’s leading hotel companies and operator of InterContinental Hotels & Resorts – one of whose hotels is located in Phnom Penh – said first-half-of-year profits rose 20 per cent on strong gains in the Americas region. According to a statement ...

More than 100 families living in Koh Kong’s Kiri Sakor and Botum Sakor districts are on the clock, with an official government decree demanding they vacate their land in less than two months or face the bulldozers of the Chinese firm slated to build a ...

More than 60 villagers from Kampong Cham province’s Stung Trang district staged a protest on Monday at Arak Tnort commune hall, demanding answers for a massive price hike that has accompanied the installation of electricity meters ahead of a planned switchover to state-provided power. Private company ...

In meetings with Interior Minister Sar Kheng held on Sunday, both the EU and British ambassadors said they did not want opposition demonstrations “which would frighten [the] Cambodian people,” state news agency AKP reported. While the US government has issued a strongly worded statement since ...

Hundereds of families have been evacuated from their homes in Banteay Meanchey province, with about 1,000 more refusing to leave, despite water that is chest-deep in some areas due to Mekong River flooding. The evacuation of more than 500 families began late last week, as heavy ...

In late 2009, two months after graduating with a degree in economics, Heng Piseth found a job as a credit officer with a microfinance institution in Kampong Thom province. The story reflects a larger trend confronting young Cambodians entering the financial sector’s job market. While ...

Employees reportedly working for the controversial Company 72 have allegedly been illegally felling timber in a community forest in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district and shipping it across the Vietnamese border, community members and Adhoc said yesterday. Romas Svat, a community representative in Paknhai commune’s Lom village, ...