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Government says reports of GM crops in Cambodia are ungrounded
The government has denied the presence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the agricultural sector amid persistent reports that some local farmers may already be cultivating genetically engineered “hybrid” seeds, warning that countries could restrict or ban the import of Cambodian agricultural products if use ...
Cam McGrath and Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/government-says-reports-gm-crops-cambodia-are-ungrounded
More condemn shutdown of Daily
International condemnation of the government’s aggressive pursuit of a tax dispute with the Cambodia Daily continued to pour in yesterday, with the US Embassy in Phnom Penh calling the closure of the hard-hitting newspaper a “sad day for the press and for Cambodia”. ...
Ananth Baliga
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/more-condemn-shutdown-daily
Villagers suspect protesters were sent by sugar company
Following protests against land rights NGO Equitable Cambodia (EC) on Friday, several villagers in affected communities in Kampong Speu’s Oral district voiced concern yesterday that the protests might have been staged by the company that the communities stand in conflict with. ...
Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-suspect-protesters-were-sent-sugar-company
‘Red-handed treason’: Kem Sokha faces 30 years after being charged under Article 443
Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha was officially charged with treason yesterday, about 36 hours after he was arrested at his Phnom Penh residence and sent to a Tbong Khmum prison. If Sokha is found guilty, his party could be dissolved based on new legislation that prevents ...
Leonie Kijewski, Niem Chheng and Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/red-handed-treason-kem-sokha-faces-30-years-after-being-charged-under-article-443
Cambodia, Laos to set up border committee
Cambodia and Laos have agreed to create a joint committee to solve a long-running border dispute between the two countries, officials announced yesterday. ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-laos-set-border-committee
Sihanoukville facing a trash crisis
Sihanoukville officials are scrambling to figure out how they will collect rubbish throughout the city – one of the top tourism destinations in the country – if waste management firm Cintri makes good on a recent threat to halt services on September 14, raising concerns ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-laos-set-border-committee
Supreme Court: Commune chief denied bail in Poipet
The Supreme Court yesterday rejected a bail application for Poipet Commune Chief Chao Veasna, who has been in pretrial detention since February for his alleged role in a protest that turned violent outside the border town’s customs office in 2015. ...
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/supreme-court-commune-chief-denied-bail-poipet
Kem Sokha officially charged with ‘treason’
Jailed opposition leader Kem Sokha was officially charged with treason this morning, about 36 hours after he was arrested from his Phnom Penh residence in a midnight raid by more than 100 police and sent to a Tbong Khmum prison. ...
Leonie Kijewski and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/breaking-kem-sokha-officially-charged-treason
Sokha arrest won’t impact voter registration: NEC
The National Election Committee (NEC) yesterday said the recent political developments involving the detention of Cambodia’s opposition leader would not affect its efforts to register eligible voters ahead of next year’s national elections, though an observer said the arrest put the legitimacy of the electoral ...
Soth Koemsoeun
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-arrest-wont-impact-voter-registration-nec
‘No protest, no change’ for CNRP, deputy says, placing CPP in bind
The Cambodia National Rescue Party will refuse to appoint a new president following the arrest of current leader Kem Sokha on Sunday, Deputy President Mu Sochua said yesterday, a decision she acknowledged may lead to the dissolution of the party should Sokha be convicted of ...
Andrew Nachemson and Leonie Kijewski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-protest-no-change-cnrp-deputy-says-placing-cpp-bind
Daily directors barred from leaving country
The Tax Department yesterday issued a letter asking the Immigration Department to prevent Deborah Krisher-Steele and Douglas Steele – both representatives of the Cambodia Daily – from leaving the country, a day after department head Kong Vibol said he would continue to pursue the tax ...
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/daily-directors-barred-leaving-country
Bodyguard unit marks founding with a show of strength, threats
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit celebrated its eighth anniversary yesterday, with the unit’s leaders praising Hun Sen to a heavily armed audience flanked by tanks, while also warning the opposition not to underestimate it. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/bodyguard-unit-marks-founding-show-strength-threats
Kingdom targeted by new malware
The Kingdom’s computer networks, including government servers, are reported to be the targets of a virus unique to Cambodia and deployed through spam emails and phishing campaigns, which lure victims with emails disguised as official communications, though officials yesterday maintained they were unaffected. ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Rinith Taing
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kingdom-targeted-new-malware
Chemical-free vegetable project takes off fast
A government project to boost the production of chemical-free vegetables has taken-off, with supplies already available in Cambodian markets, according to an Agriculture Ministry official. ...
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081484/chemical-free-vegetable-project-takes-off-fast/
Japonica field trials
Cambodia is keen to grow Japonica rice and the Ministry of Agriculture is currently conducting field trials to explore the possibility. “We are currently studying how Japonica rice can be grown in the country and it will take three to four years to know the full ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081482/japonica-field-trials/
Sokha arrested for ‘treason’, is accused of colluding with US to topple the government
Police yesterday arrested Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Kem Sokha over allegations of treason, with Prime Minister Hun Sen accusing the opposition president of conspiring with the United States to oust his regime. In a startling escalation in an already deteriorating political climate, the premier ...
Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sokha-arrested-treason-accused-colluding-us-topple-government
Malware vulnerability high in Kingdom, report notes
Cambodia is among the most vulnerable countries in Asia when it comes to viruses, spam, spyware and other cyberthreats, according to a recent report from Microsoft. ...
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/malware-vulnerability-high-kingdom-report-notes
Cambodia, Laos to seek French help on border
Cambodia’s foreign affairs minister and his Laotian counterpart will hold a two-day meeting in Phnom Penh this week to draft a letter to France requesting detailed maps to resolve a border dispute that flared up last month. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-laos-seek-french-help-border
Factory owner leaves 660 worker in lurch
The Ministry of Labour has weighed into a dispute between more than 600 garment workers and their former employer, confirming that the factory owner has closed operations and disappeared. ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081246/factory-owner-leaves-660-worker-lurch/
China seeks rubber imports
China wants to import 300,000 tonnes of rubber from Cambodia by early next year, as the Cambodian government boosts its capacity for direct rubber exports to China. ...
Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081294/china-seeks-rubber-imports/
Solution in sight for land disputes
The Ministry of Land Management has set up three working groups to allocate land plots to families in disputes with sugar companies in Kampong Speu, Koh Kong and Preah Vihear provinces. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081204/solution-sight-land-disputes/
Forces to get nearly 4,000 more troops
The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces plans to recruit 3,850 new soldiers, the majority of which will be enlisted in a new brigade established after a border row with Laos, a document obtained yesterday showed. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081208/forces-get-nearly-4000-troops/
Governor bans heavy trucks
Phnom Penh Governor Khoung Sreng has asked owners of container trucks, cement trucks and other heavily loaded vehicles to cease use of three main roads in the capital in a bid to ease congestion. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5081209/governor-bans-heavy-trucks/
Daily silenced after 24 years
After 24 years of fiercely independent journalism, the Cambodia Daily will publish their final edition today due to an “exorbitant” $6.3 million tax bill levelled at them last month – an outcome critics say threatens Cambodia’s free press ahead of next year’s crucial national election. ...
Ananth Baliga and Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/daily-silenced-after-24-years