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Read More Complaint Advances Against Investor Oikocredit For Role in Microfinance Sector’s Abuses
A Dutch government watchdog group accepted a complaint last Friday alleging that social investor Oikocredit contributed to abuses in Cambodia’s microfinance sector.
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Read More Cambodian news outlet removes minister's name following legal threat
Independent online news outlet CamboJA removed the name of a government minister from an article about a public beating of a government critic after the Ministry of Agriculture threatened it with legal action, the outlet’s executive director told Radio Free Asia on Tuesday.
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Read More Wife of Environment Ministry Secretary of State Denies Knowledge of Alleged Online Scam Gang Renting Her Building
The wife of an Environment Ministry secretary of state denied knowledge of an alleged online scam gang inside a Phnom Penh apartment complex owned by her company.
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Read More Banteay Meanchey Court Charges Six Candlelight Officials With Incitement
Banteay Meanchey Court charged six Candlelight party officials with incitement and fraud and sent them to the provincial prison on Thursday evening, according to party spokesperson and NGO Licadho.
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Read More Victims of Tycoon’s Alleged Land Fraud Turn to Child Labor and Migration To Repay Debt
Like many of her neighbors in Kampong Cham, Seang Sinath borrowed tens of thousands of dollars to invest in a tycoon’s land scheme, falling into overindebtedness when the company stopped paying her back.
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Read More Hospitalized activist says he’ll join Cambodia’s ruling party – if he gets justice
A critic of Cambodia’s government who was hospitalized in critical condition this week after being beaten by thugs has pledged to join the ruling Cambodian People’s Party – provided Prime Minister Hun Manet can arrest his attackers.
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Read More Family of Violently Beaten Government Critic Seeks Justice
Phnom Penh police say they are investigating a brutal assault against a vocal critic of government policies, as civil society groups say the incident is the latest in an ongoing crackdown on critical voices.
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Read More GFT exports decline 19% in Jan-Aug
Cambodia’s exports of garments, footwear and travel goods (GFT) continue to decline with the January to August period showing a setback of 19.28 percent, compared to the performance of the sector during the same period last year.
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Read More Garment Worker Unions and Employers at a Standstill on 2024 Minimum Wage
No new agreement was made between garment worker unions and employers at a Monday meeting, with employers maintaining their stance from September 4 that they will only increase the monthly minimum wage by $1.
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Read More Only One Third of Disabled People Identified for Government Assistance Program Since 2020
A July sub-decree aims to improve the registration process for disabled people in order to receive government assistance, but most disabled people in the country have yet to benefit from the identification program that began registrations in 2020.
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Read More Commune Police Chief With Criminal Record Removed From Office
The National Police has removed a commune police chief from office after concluding that the official had served prison time for theft. The police force claimed it had not previously known about the man’s criminal record.
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Read More Banteay Meanchey Police Detain 23 Candlelight Party Officials
Banteay Meanchey Provincial Police detained and questioned 23 Candlelight party officials over the weekend for allegedly lying to people while collecting thumbprints to establish a new political party. Police say party members falsely told citizens that CPP leaders were behind the effort to create the new party.
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Read More Forum brings SMEs and potential buyers bilateral advantages
The One Village One Product Movement and partners have hosted a three-day forum in Banteay Meanchey province, featuring domestic product exhibitions and discussions between producers and buyers.
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Read More The West’s impact on the future of Cambodia’s democracy
As one of the youngest democratic and developing countries in Southeast Asia, Cambodia’s democratic transition has been impeded by weak political institutions and a lack of a genuine opposition party.
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Read More Neth Pheaktra: Ministry of Information to focus on institutional modernisation and media quality strengthening
Ministry of Information will focus on institutional modernisation, modern administration, and strengthening of quality of the country’s media through training and reinforcement of professional ethics in journalism.
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Read More Candlelight Party asks to meet interior minister in attempt to regain status
Hoping to regain its ability to run in future elections, the main opposition Candlelight Party asked Cambodia’s newly appointed interior minister for a meeting to clear a bureaucratic hurdle – reissuing the party’s original certificate of registration – that kept it out of July’s parliamentary vote.
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Read More Government Forms Committee to Monitor Public Opinion and Promote Positive Image of Cambodia
The government formed a committee to strengthen public opinion and monitor information in the country, and advocates are concerned the government body will hinder freedom of expression and the press.
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Read More Candlelight Leader Thach Setha’s Lawyers Decry “Fake” Evidence in Trial’s Closing Arguments
Lawyers for Candlelight Party Vice President Thach Setha, who faces prison time for allegedly issuing bad checks, claimed prosecutors were relying on “fake” evidence during closing arguments at Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday.
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Read More Ethnic Kuy Put Curse on Environment Officials Building Cow Stable in Wildlife Sanctuary
Officials Building Cow Stable in Wildlife Sanctuary Kuy indigenous peoples in Preah Vihear province’s Chheb district invoked ancestral spirits and held a “curse ceremony” to hex powerful people, including department of environment officials who they say are violating their land rights.
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Read More Kong Korm sued for $500,000
The ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) has filed a lawsuit against the Supreme Advisor of the opposition Candlelight Party (CP) Kong Korm over his criticism of the CPP.
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