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Authorities Nab NPP President Sun Chanthy at Phnom Penh Airport upon his return from Japan
On Thursday morning, Phnom Penh authorities arrested Sun Chanthy, leader of the Nation Power Party (NPP), at the Phnom Penh International Airport just as he arrived from Japan. The arrest was witnessed by his party members. ...
Va Sopheanut
https://cambojanews.com/authorities-nab-npp-president-sun-chanthy-at-phnom-penh-airport-upon-his-return-from-japan/
Civil society groups call on government to add more inputs on access to information law to reduce corruption
Civil society organizations and indigenous peoples’ representatives call on the government to disclose information to the public and include additional elements in the “Right to Information Law” to reduce corruption while they still face some challenges in obtaining sensitive information from government. ...
Nat Sopheap
https://www.vodkhmer.news/2022/09/28/civil-society-to-add-elements-to-information-law-to-reduce-corruption/
Groups voice concerns over new dam
Civil society organisations working on water management in Cambodia have expressed concern that Laos’ proposed Luang Prabang hydropower dam project and the existing upper Mekong River dam project will potentially cause more transnational impacts on hydrologic flow, movement of fish and sediment. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50688101/groups-voice-concerns-over-new-dam
Draft law on monitoring transactions passed
The Senate on Tuesday approved a proposed new law to track the flow of money locally and from abroad and across all areas to combat tax avoidance, with special attention given to the private sector and civil society organisations. ...
Mech Dara and Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/draft-law-monitoring-transactions-passed
