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Deputy police chief contests taking over $200k in bribes

A deputy chief of the Kompong Chhnang provincial police has denied claims that he received more than $200,000 in bribes in exchange for giving a passing grade to about 100 candidates sitting an exam to join the force as officers. ...

Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/deputy-police-chief-contests-taking-over-200k-in-bribes-93952/

Cambodia to vet refugees in coming Nauru trip: Australia

Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said Thursday that Cambodian officials would visit Nauru within weeks to vet more refugees for their controversial resettlement scheme, according to Australian media. ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodia-to-vet-refugees-in-coming-nauru-trip-australia-93948/

Lawmaker asks minister to intervene over Kampot arrests

The chairman of the National Assembly’s human rights commission on Thursday requested that Land Management Minister Im Chhun Lim intervene on behalf of two villagers who were arrested upon returning to Kampot province on Tuesday after protesting in Phnom Penh. ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmaker-asks-minister-to-intervene-over-kampot-arrests-93945/

With flashy campaign, military seeks officers

Against the sound of heavy drumming and chanting, the commercial quickly flips from scenes of elephant-mounted Angkorian warriors to the present day—young military cadets jogging in formation, performing calisthenics and playing football. ...

Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/with-flashy-campaign-military-seeks-officers-93942/

GMS ministers calls for the mobilization of the additional $ 30 billion fund

Cambodia and other ministers attending the 20th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Ministerial Conference in Myanmar called for the mobilization of additional funding to fully implement a $30 billion pipeline of investment and technical assistance projects that will drive growth and infrastructure development in the subregion. ...

The Cambodia Herald​ News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/gms-ministers-calls-for-the-mobilization-of-the-additional--30-billion-fund-8941

Cambodia hosts int'l expo on construction, real estate

Cambodia’s largest international exhibition on construction and real estate kicked off here on Thursday, bringing together 350 exhibitors from 23 countries and regions, officials said. ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-09/10/c_134610499.htm

Cambodia agrees to resettle more refugees from Nauru

Immigration minister Peter Dutton has met Cambodia’s strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen to salvage a $55 million agreement with the impoverished nation to resettle more refugees from Nauru.Only days after declaring it had no plans to resettle more than four refugees who arrived in June, ...

Lindsay Murdoch
http://www.smh.com.au/world/cambodia-agrees-to-resettle-more-refugees-from-nauru-20150909-gjj0ta.html

Vietnam signs bilateral tourism cooperation agreements with Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar

Tourism officials from Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar discussed solutions for luring tourists to their region and integrate their tourist industry as they met in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. ...

Tuoitrenews.vn News Staff
http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/30317/vietnam-signs-bilateral-tourism-cooperation-agreements-with-cambodia-laos-myanmar

Cambodian government plans stricter internet controls

Cambodia announced plans this week to form a new government department responsible for monitoring and cracking down on a range of vaguely defined “online” crimes, drawing expressions of concern from human rights groups and the country’s political opposition. ...

So Chivey
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/controls-09102015155636.html

Officials seeking owner of nightclub where fire killed 5

Police have identified the owner of a Phnom Penh nightclub where five women were killed in a fire on Monday night but have yet to locate him, officials said Wednesday. ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/officials-seeking-owner-of-nightclub-where-fire-killed-5-93800/

Local activist called in for questioning

A prominent activist in Koh Kong province who has opposed the construction of the Stung Cheay Areng dam has been summonsed to court for alleged “forest crimes”. ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/local-activist-called-questioning

Political fraudster appeals sentence

The Court of Appeal yesterday heard the bail request of the former director of the small Khmer Economic Development Party, who had been handed a sentence of two years in prison for defrauding a land buyer out of $150,000 in 2008.​ ...

Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/political-fraudster-appeals-sentence

Deputy PM launches crackdown on corruption

Interior Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng paid a brief visit here this week for a transfer-of-power ceremony from outgoing Provincial Governor Chhit Sokhon to his replacement, Yun Min. ...

Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15552/deputy-pm-launches-crackdown-on-corruption/

Six arrested in Phnom Penh over bride-trafficking ring

Three Chinese men and three Cambodians were arrested in Phnom Penh on Wednesday on suspicion of running a trafficking ring in which Cambodian women are married off to Chinese men, police said. ...

Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/six-arrested-in-phnom-penh-over-bride-trafficking-ring-93807/

Radios rounded up in capital

Phnom Penh police yesterday launched a coordinated operation to seize illegal walkie-talkies from tuk-tuk and motorbike taxi drivers, in order to rid the capital of alleged “anarchy”.The campaign is the initiative of the capital’s chief and reportedly comes in response to complaints that drivers’ use ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/radios-rounded-capital

Authorities accused of threatening over land

Threatening leaflets were thrown into the homes of four people in Banteay Meanchey’s Thma Puok district, with victims saying they believe officials involved in a local land dispute are behind the intimidation campaign. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-accused-threatening-over-land

Sonando sets sights on Kampuchea Krom

Popular radio station owner Mam Sonando on Wednesday hosted the first congress of his new Beehive Social Democratic Party, during which he was elected president and made promises including meal discounts for soldiers and the return of southern Vietnam to Cambodia should his party win ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/sonando-sets-sights-on-kampuchea-krom-93792/

Laos dam project a black eye for Mekong cooperation

When the Lao national assembly last week approved a potentially destructive dam project just 2 kilometers from the border with Cambodia, the surprise announcement was yet another blow to the regional framework designed to protect the Mekong River.  ...

James Reddick
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15553/laos-dam-project-a-black-eye-for-mekong-cooperation/

Scholar’s border research underway

Royal Academy of Cambodia scholar Sok Touch said Wednesday that his border research team has started inspecting markers planted along the 1,228-km frontier with Vietnam, visiting six colonial-era posts since last week as part of a process that he says will take two years. ...

Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/scholars-border-research-underway-process-to-take-2-years-93787/

Hun Sen receives an honorary degree, bringing total up to 12

Prime Minister Hun Sen was awarded an honorary doctorate in “transformational leadership” by Malaysia’s Limkokwing University on Wednesday, adding to his extensive list of honorary degrees. ...

Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sen-receives-an-honorary-degree-bringing-total-up-to-12-93802/

Petrol prices should reflect drop in import costs: gov’t

Local petroleum retailers responded to a government deadline yesterday by agreeing to adopt a flexible pricing mechanism to reflect fluctuations in global oil prices, but there will not be any immediate price reductions, according to a Commerce Ministry spokesperson. ...

Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/petrol-prices-should-reflect-drop-import-costs-govt

NGO: more public libraries needed

Reading has always been a popular hobby for Cambodian children, but NGOs are now saying it is difficult for children in remote areas to access books and magazines. ...

Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15548/ngo--more-public-libraries-needed/

CNRP trio seek asylum

Three Cambodia National Rescue Party staff members have fled, via Thailand, to another country in the region and are applying for asylum in third countries after being linked to the case of imprisoned opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour, sources have said.The group – believed to ...

Shaun Turton and Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cnrp-trio-seek-asylum

Protecting fishing cats’ habitat is vital

The release last week of camera-trap photos showing fishing cats prowling wetlands in Koh Kong and Preah Sihanouk provinces drew cheers from environmentalists as well as a note of caution – ensuring their survival will require plenty of work. ...

Jack Laurenson
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/15541/protecting-fishing-cats----habitat-is-vital/

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