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Pardons due for Water Festival
The National Commission for the Evaluation of Prisoners has selected more than 100 inmates to either be pardoned by the King or have their sentences reduced to mark the Water Festival.
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Duch back in prison after hospital stint
Former S-21 chief Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, returned to his cell in Kandal prison yesterday after spending three weeks in a hospital in Phnom Penh for respiratory problems and diarrhoea.
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EU project boosts farmers’ skills in six provinces
The European Union supported farmers in six provinces to promote sustainable development in agriculture, livestock production and aquaculture, as well as to enhance productivity, as part of a three-year project which ended two months ago.
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Bank loan portfolios set to be at least 10% in local currency
Cambodian commercial banks are showing a stronger preference to provide riel loans to microfinance institutions (MFI) as they rush to increase the share of local currency in their loan portfolio to at least 10 per cent by the end of next year.
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Rainsy ‘fallen in own trap’, PM says as Sokha ‘bet’ defended
Prime Minister Hun Sen has defended his decision to accept a “bet” offered by opposition figure Sam Rainsy involving the “release” of former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Kem Sokha, denying it violated the authority of the courts.
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Capital police seek surrogacy mastermind
Phnom Penh’s anti-trafficking police are seeking to arrest the mastermind behind a surrogacy case that resulted in the arrest of 15 people on Thursday.
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UN envoy urges NGO cooperation
The United Nation’s Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia issued a statement on Friday calling on the government to work closely with NGOs and put human rights at the forefront of policy decisions in order to achieve sustainable development.
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Kingdom oil development contract awarded to Keppel
Singapore-based KrisEnergy, which operates Cambodia’s offshore Block A, has awarded a $21.7 million contract to Keppel Shipyard Ltd for the Kingdom’s oil development, its press release issued on Friday said.
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PM promises lasting peace
Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed on Friday to oppose foreign countries’ interference in Cambodia’s internal affairs and to thwart any attempts to topple the government through a “colour revolution” that could cause social chaos in the Kingdom.
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PM slams Rainsy over Sokha release rumour
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday lashed out against former opposition leader Sam Rainsy for circulating a statement that the former would release Kem Sokha by the end of December to avoid international sanctions.
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Spokespersons told to work with the media as ‘partners’
The Ministry of Environment has told spokespersons at government ministries not to regard journalists as rivals, but rather, as partners working to disseminate news to the public.
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Online harassment a rising concern
A report by LIRNEasia yesterday showed that 26 percent of internet users have experienced online bullying, unwanted sexual advances and stalking.
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‘More women experience cyberbullying’
Twenty-six per cent of Cambodian internet users aged between 15 and 65 years have experienced online harassment while using social media platforms, says a report released by Sri Lanka-based information and communications technology policy think tank LIRNEasia.
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UN rights envoy concerned over river evictions
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia yesterday urged Interior Minister Sar Kheng to respect human rights when relocating hundreds of Cham and Vietnamese minorities living on the Tonle Sap river in Kampong Chhnang province.
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PM to Sam Rainsy: Wait until ‘horse grows horns’ for Kem Sokha release
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday slammed opposition figure Sam Rainsy’s claim that the former president of his court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) will be “released” next month. He said such a development would happen when “the horse grows horns”.
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Government reshuffles officials’ posts
Suy Dimanche, the son of the Minister of Mines and Energy, Suy Sem, has been appointed the ministry’s joint secretary of state together with Tit Linda.
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Hun Sen urges courts to drop charges against union leaders
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday said court cases against union leaders should either immediately go to trial or the charges should be dropped, noting that the leaders have raised concerns that the lingering charges are hampering their work.
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Smith airs concerns with Sar Kheng
At a two-hour meeting with Ministry of Interior officials on Wednesday, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia Rhona Smith said she had raised various concerns.
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Former official faces up to ten years in prison for fraud
The trial of a former high-ranking military official charged with fraud and possession of an illegal weapon began yesterday at Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
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Three groups sign deal to help migrants in Thailand
The Manpower Association of Cambodia and the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Thai-Cambodian Relation Association to protect migrant workers in Thailand.
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