The Phnom Penh Post

Former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith has appealed — from hiding — his conviction for shooting three women at a protest earlier last year, his lawyer said. His attorney, Sun Bunnarith, said that he had filed the appeal about two weeks ago, and that Bandith’s ...

As the National Election Committee laid out its rules for post-election appeals yesterday, the opposition and election monitors slammed the announcement, raising concerns over the brief window in which to file complaints over the preliminary results. The committee told political parties they would have until 11:30am ...

ភ្នំពេញៈ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត កាល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​រៀបចំ​វិធាន​សម្រាប់​ការ​ដាក់​បណ្តឹង​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ សម្រាប់​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ​នានា​ថា ពួក​គេ​នឹង​មាន​សិទ្ធិ​ដល់​១១:៣០​ព្រឹក​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៩ កក្កដា​ក្នុង​ការ​តវ៉ា​លទ្ធផល​បោះឆ្នោត​មិន​ផ្លូវ​ការ​ទៅ គ.ជ.ប។ សមាជិក គ.ជ.ប លោក មាន សាទិ បាន​បង្ហាញ​ពី​ប្រភេទ​នៃ​បណ្តឹង​ចំនួន​ពីរ គឺ​បណ្តឹង​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ទៅ​លើ​បុគ្គល​ឬ​គណបក្ស​ពី​ករណី​ប្រព្រឹត្ត​ខុស​ឆ្គង​ ដែល​អ្នក​ដាក់​បណ្តឹង​មាន​ពេល​បី​ថ្ងៃ​ចាប់​ពី​ពេល​កើត​ហេតុ​នោះ ដើម្បី​ប្តឹង​ទៅ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ សង្កាត់ និង​បណ្តឹង​មួយ​ទៀត​លើ​លទ្ធផល​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ដែល​អ្នក​ប្តឹង​ត្រូវ​តែ​ ដាក់​បណ្តឹង​នៅ​ត្រឹម​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​នៃ​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត។ លោក មាន សាទិ បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា បណ្តឹង​ទៅ​លើ​មន្រ្តី​បោះឆ្នោត​អាច​ប្តឹង​សាទុក្ខ​បាន​តែ​ទៅ គ.ជ.ប ប៉ុន្តែ បណ្តឹង​សាទុក្ខ​ទៅ​លើ​អ្នក​នយោបាយ​និង​គណបក្ស​នយោបាយ អាច​ប្តឹង​គ្រប់​វិធី​ទៅ​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ ប្រសិន​បើ​បណ្តឹង​ទាំង​នោះ​មិន​អាច​ដោះស្រាយ​បាន​ដោយ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ សង្កាត់ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ខេត្ត ឬ គ.ជ.ប។ លោក មាន សាទិ បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា​៖ «បណ្តឹង​[ទៅ​លើ​លទ្ធផល​]​ត្រូវ​តែ​ដាក់​យ៉ាង​ហោច​ត្រឹម​ម៉ោង​១១ កន្លះ​ព្រឹក​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​បោះឆ្នោត​។ ប្រសិន​បើ​បណ្តឹង​នោះ​មិន​ត្រូវ​បាន​ដាក់​ភ្លាមៗ នឹង​ត្រូវ​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា​គ្មាន​បណ្តឹង​»។ លោក​បន្ថែម​ថា បើ​បណ្តឹង​មិន​អាច​ដោះស្រាយ​បាន​ដោយ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​បោះឆ្នោត​ឃុំ សង្កាត់ ក្នុង​ពេល ២ ...

Villagers in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district are seeking the assistance of rights group Adhoc, claiming a Malaysian rubber company has stopped them from receiving land titles. Sok Yam, 48, one of the four representatives of the Sro Yong commune residents, said members of 72 families thumbprinted ...

“These are the best quality stones,” Lat Yun says with a grin. Nestled in his outstretched hand are three unassuming rocks. “I don’t know what they’re called, I just know they’re the best.” The gemstones of Ratanakkiri are a mineral called zircon, but in Cambodia, they ...

About 40 families of ex-Khmer Rouge and government soldiers in Pursat province’s Veal Veng district complained to rights group Adhoc yesterday, accusing officials of forcing them to thumbprint a contract saying they would vote CPP so the party could resolve an ongoing land dispute, an ...

Gold prices in Cambodia are down about 27 per cent from January through June, according to the Ministry of Commerce. Gold trade changed little yesterday after the biggest drop in almost two weeks in response to the US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke’s comments ...

The number of foreigners arriving into Cambodia from its biggest border with Vietnam at the Bavet international crossing in Svay Rieng province increased 6.2 per cent in the first six months of this year compared with the same period in 2012. Data from the checkpoint show ...

Breaking into a medium almost universally controlled by the ruling party, acting opposition president Kem Sokha squared off yesterday against rival legislators during the filming of what may well have been Cambodia’s first televised national election debate. The debate at the state-run TVK studios, which featured ...

Although Siem Reap is known as the land of smiles, the growth of the culture, civilization and power, the real estate sector in the province for the first six months of 2013 has not increased a great deal. The buying or selling of properties in Siem ...

While Japanese investment is soaring in Cambodia, Japanese employers say there is a shortage of Japanese-speaking staff available to fill the demand. Kong Solina, assistant to the manager of the Service and Culture Department of the Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC), said the purpose of the ...

Cambodian handicrafts and home decor products could take off with South Korean buyers if certain obstacles – conceptual design, development techniques, and slow delivery services – are overcome, business owners and merchants said yesterday. Speaking at a seminar on Korean Market Access for Cambodia’s textiles at ...

Japan-base Terra Motors said it plans to sell its smartphone-compatible electric scooter in Cambodia by the end of this year. The lithium-battery-powered A4000i, introduced last week in Tokyo, can be connected to an iPhone, delivering live data while driving. “We will start to sell this scooter ...

The number of new businesses registering in Cambodia slid 20 per cent in the first half of this year compared with the same time in 2012 as investors fret over putting money into the economy during a potentially instable election year, a senior official said. Data ...

Newly established Wat Phnom Airlines completed its maiden flight to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport on July 10. But its predecessor, grounded Tonlesap Airlines, is said to owe the same airport more than $50,000 in landing fees. The local chartered carrier “is officially in business after it ...

Four families in Oddar Meanchey province’s Samrong town have filed a complaint with their commune hall, alleging that a military official and a village chief are trying to block them from receiving land titles because the families support the Cambodian National Rescue Party. The families and ...

In the middle of an election campaign in which wages have been a prominent issue, the Ministry of Education did something out of the ordinary Monday: It made public the official pay scale it uses to remunerate its teachers. The list contains figures that are somewhat ...

Revenue from foreign tourists buying passes to see temples in Siem Reap’s Angkor Wat complex amounted to about $51 million last year, according to a Post calculation of data that was released Friday in a letter by the Apsara Authority, which manages the site. [Bun] Narith ...

Welcome to CPP country. On the roads snaking up from Banlung through Ratanakkiri’s lush mountain passes up to O’Yadav district, samdechs peer down from billboards and farmers in dirt-streaked party shirts speed past on dilapidated motorbikes. It is perhaps a measure of how successful the ruling ...

Deposit and loans at major commercial banks have continued to climb over the first half of this year, industry officials say. Grant Knuckey, chief executive officer of ANZ Royal Bank, said yesterday that ANZ continues to see strong growth in trade finance led by the agricultural ...

Local cadastral land officials, a district governor and RCAF personnel all own plots of a social land concession in Preah Vihear originally intended to be distributed to poor villagers, local rights group Adhoc alleged. In 2007, the government granted 556 hectares of land in Choam Ksan ...

Social Affairs Ministry officials yesterday promised that about 750 workers from the shuttered Pine Great garment factory will receive their overdue salaries before the election. Yesterday Touch Somuth, a member of the Social Affairs Ministry committee formed to resolve the issue, said the committee was ...

While Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar carry the brand-building Geographical Indication (GI) status, newcomers seeking the same tag continue to wait for funding to get their products off the ground. In 2010, Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu palm sugar were the first Cambodian goods ...

Since last year, up to a half of nearly 8,000 hectares of community forest has been encroached upon and cleared in Oddar Meanchey province’s Banteay Ampil district by soldiers, community representatives said yesterday. Din Heng, chief of Ang Dong Bor community, said the army has cleared ...