Police officer sued over alleged threat to shoot journalist
A journalist in Pailin province yesterday filed a lawsuit against a local police officer for allegedly threatening to kill him if he published a story about a drunken shooting spree the officer went on last week. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-officer-sued-over-alleged-threat-111209/
Prisoner’s pardon fails to outpace her death
A Vietnamese woman imprisoned on child sex trafficking charges in 2009 received a humanitarian royal pardon last month, but only after she had been dead for more than a month, the rights NGO Licadho said yesterday. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoners-pardon-fails-outpace-her-death
Cart pullers force Thai fee backdown
About 30 cart pullers at the Poipet International Border CheckpoInt staged an hour-long protest yesterday demandIng that Thai customs officials remove transit fees that have been In effect for about one month. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37043/cart-pullers-force-thai-fee-backdown/
Women saved from sex work before boarding plane for Malaysia
Phnom Penh anti-human trafficking police prevented an accused sex trafficker from boarding a plane on Saturday along with five women—including a teenager—she was planning to sell into the sex trade in Malaysia, officials said Sunday. ...
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/women-saved-from-sex-work-before-boarding-plane-for-kuala-lumpur-78887/
Chea Sim’s funeral expected to draw 30,000
More than 30,000 people are expected to turn out for CPP President Chea Sim’s funeral procession in Phnom Penh on Friday, with security around the city to be ramped up accordingly, a festival official said Wednesday. ...
Mech Dara
http://www.opendevelopmentcambodia.net/wp-admin/post.php?post=72827&action=edit&message=9
Chea Sim’s funeral expected to draw 30,000
More than 30,000 people are expected to turn out for CPP President Chea Sim’s funeral procession in Phnom Penh on Friday, with security around the city to be ramped up accordingly, a festival official said Wednesday. ...
Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chea-sims-funeral-expected-to-draw-30000-85770/
Phnom Penh Autonomous Port upgrades container handling capacity to 400,000 TEUs
The listed-Phnom Penh Autonomous Port (PPAP) launched its new container terminal on Monday, upgrading its full capacity in handling containers to 400,000 TEUs per year. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50938651/phnom-penh-autonomous-port-upgrades-container-handling-capacity-to-400000-teus/
Truck Accident Leaves 1 Garment Worker Dead, 30 Badly Injured
One garment worker was killed and 30 others seriously injured on Wednesday when the truck in which they were travelling crashed in Kandal province’s Ang Snuol district, a police official said yesterday. Free Trade Union (FTU) President Chea Mony said all 58 women were workers ...
Qatar Airways to Cambodia
Qatar Airways will add a stop in Phnom Penh on it [sic] Doha-Ho Chi Minh City route, 20 February, while Air France announced it will pull its Phnom Penh service in March. Qatar Airways will operate a daily service between Doha-Phnom Penh via Ho Chi Minh ...
http://www.ttrweekly.com/site/2012/12/qatar-airways-to-cambodia/
Water Festival traffic fatalities increase
There was an increase in deaths in traffic accidents during The three-day Water Festival holiday this year, as 19 people were reportedly killed compared to 10 last year. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50778900/water-festival-traffic-fatalities-increase/
ASEAN intelligence, military ties to get boost after pledge
ASEAN military intelligence chiefs have agreed to strengthen cooperation and build a strong military intelligence community which will commit to addressing security threats in order to maintain peace and stability in the region. ...
Ry Sochan
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/asean-intelligence-military-ties-get-boost-after-pledge
PM salutes deminers for sacrifices
Prime Minister Hun Sen has paid tribute to deminers across Cambodia, whose efforts in the last 25 years have led to a dramatic decrease in mine-related casualties. ...
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-salutes-deminers-sacrifices
Lawmakers beaten at National Assembly
Opposition lawmakers Nhay Chamroeun and Kong Sakphea were viciously beaten and left seriously injured on 26 October morning as a protest outside the National Assembly against Cambodia National Rescue Party deputy leader Kem Sokha descended into violence. the ruling Cambodian People’s Party denied any involvement in organising ...
Sar Kheng orders Prey Lang forest protection
Interior MInister Sar Kheng urged authorities on Thursday to protect Prey Lang forest, sayIng it is the largest remaInIng woodland In maInland Southeast Asia, and that amendments to laws that protect natural resources would soon be fInalised. ...
Niem Chheng
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sar-kheng-orders-prey-lang-forest-protection
Senator gets seven years for Facebook border post
Opposition Senator Hong Sok Hour was sentenced to seven years in prison on Monday for forgery and incitement after presenting a border treaty on Facebook that the CNRP says merely contained a mistranslation. ...
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/opposition-senator-sentenced-seven-years-prison-fake-vietnam-treaty-120293/
Space tech to aid park preservation
The Apsara Authority has extended an agreement with China’s international Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage to continue using its remote sensing technology to discover and preserve ancient temples in Siem Reap province. ...
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083666/space-tech-aid-park-preservation/
Rainsy says China aid to blame for rights abuses
Days after signing a statement welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping to Cambodia, opposition leader Sam Rainsy took to Radio Free Asia to slam China for enabling human rights abuses in the Kingdom with no-strings-attached loans. ...
Cristina Maza
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-says-china-aid-blame-rights-abuses
Prey Lang activists detain two loggers
Two illegal loggers were arrested by a community patrol in Prey Lang forest on Wednesday, the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) said yesterday. ...
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/prey-lang-activists-detain-two-loggers
Seven provinces targeted for eco-tourism sustainability
The government has set up an inter-ministerial working group to pick seven provinces where work will be done on landscape sustainability projects to increase eco-tourism in Cambodia. ...
Michael Firn
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50897508/seven-provinces-targeted-for-eco-tourism-sustainability/
Cambodia, and IFC promote mediation to resolve commercial disputes
Cambodia’s National Commercial Arbitration Center (NCAC) and the International FInance Corporation (IFC) are promotIng mediation to resolve busIness disputes and build Investors’ trust In commercial litigations. ...
Khmer Times Staff
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501039017/cambodia-and-ifc-promote-mediation-to-resolve-commercial-disputes/