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Cambodia gains single point in corruption index
Cambodia is perceived to be slightly less corrupt than last year but still one of the most graft-ridden countries in the world, according to Transparency International’s 2014 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), which was released Wednesday. The country received a score of 21 out of 100 and a rank of 156 out of 175 nations surveyed, up from the 20 points and 160th position it held in 2013, when 177 countries were included in the index. A score of 100 represents the “cleanest” a country can be.
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Social Media a Potential New Tool for Good Governance, Expert Says
Social media has emerged to play a crucial role in providing many Cambodians with information that could mean better governance, an expert says. Ok Serei Sopheak, a good governance specialist, told “Hello VOA” that sites like Facebook help people get information quickly and easily, and can therefore be a good tool for governance. It can help keep government officials accountable, and help people communicate their needs, he said. “There are times where we are too busy with our work and could not catch up with things around us, but with Facebook we are able to spend only a little bit of time and we can keep up with that,” he said. “Therefore, it is a source for distributing information on good governance.”
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Companies stripped of ELCs
The government has seized more than 50,000 hectares of economic land concessions from a number of powerful companies across the Kingdom, putting the areas under the control of the Ministry of Environment, according to sub-decrees signed last week. One decree signed by Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday and obtained by the Post yesterday orders that licences for land totalling 41,632 hectares be revoked from seven companies, including the controversial and politically connected Khun Sear Import Export Company and Reththy Kiri Seyma Co Ltd.
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UN asks gov’t for meeting with Montagnards in hiding
The U.N.’s refugee agency said Tuesday that it has asked the government for permission to meet with the group of Montagnard asylum seekers currently hiding in Ratanakkiri province, and has been waiting for a reply since at least last week. Thirteen members of the indigenous minority, 12 men and one woman, have been hiding in the northern province since they crossed the border in two groups over the past month.
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General defends his bodyguards in Murder probe
A senior Defense Ministry official whose bodyguards were arrested Monday and questioned over the murder of a prominent businessman in Phnom Penh last month insisted Tuesday that his employees were innocent and said they would soon be released. Major General Thong Sarath, a deputy cabinet chief at the Ministry of Defense who holds the title of oknha—an honorific bestowed upon wealthy businessmen, typically with close ties to the ruling CPP—was pulled over by municipal police in Chamkar Mon district with three of his bodyguards.
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R’kiri group starts on Human Right Day march
A nationwide rally to Mark Human Right Day next week will get off to an early start today in Rattanakiri province, where activists monks and ethnic minorities will convene for a day of entertainment before embarking Thursday on a weeklong march to Phnom Penh.
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Shukaku pushes forward at Boeung Kak
Local developer Shukaku will step up construction of its controversial Boeung Kak lake development project this month, beginning work on a drainage system and corporate office, a spokeswoman told the Post yesterday. Quashing speculation the project had been abandoned, the company also said that it could have better managed the relocation process that led to some 20,000 people being evicted from Boeung Kak in 2008.
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Party begin drafting “minority leader†rule
The working groups of the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP met Tuesday to begin drafting new internal rules for the National Assembly that will recognize opposition leader Sam Rainsy as the parliament’s official “minority leader.” Mr. Rainsy and Prime Minister Hun Sen decided to create the new position during a meeting on Friday held to work out the remaining points of contention in the July 22 deal that ended the CNRP’s 10-month boycott of its Assembly seats.
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Still no room on the TV dial for Radio’s Mam Sonando
The government on Tuesday defended its repeated refusal to give a TV license to political gadfly Mam Sonando despite agreeing just last week to make room for the opposition CNRP to operate an analog station. Mr. Sonando, a radio station owner and a frequent and vocal critic of the ruling CPP, has been asking for a TV license since 2005. But the Information Ministry has shot down every request on a variety of grounds, most often claiming that the country’s airwaves simply don’t have the space.
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Impunity tops agenda for special rapporteur
A UN special rapporteur will take the cause of Cambodia’s land-eviction battles and the abuses faced by those waging them to the UN Human Rights Council, according to a report released today. Michel Forst, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, will file a report with the UN body focusing on the impunity enjoyed by intimidators who silence land protesters and associated rights workers.
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CCHR delivers petition to Justice Minister calling for an end to impunity
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights said that it would deliver Tuesday a giant photo petition to the Ministry of Justice as part of its annual Campaign to End Impunity. A statement on Monday said that CCHR has collected 263 photos of people holding signs that call on the Royal Government of Cambodia to end impunity.
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National Assembly begins approval of new traffic law
The National Assembly approved the first two chapters of a new 12-chapter Land Traffic Law on Monday as lawmakers from the ruling CPP and opposition CNRP came together to push through legislation intended to bring down the high rate of deaths on Cambodia’s roads. With 109 of 123 lawmakers present, the two chapters, which contain the new law’s preamble and articles concerning traffic signs, passed with nearly unanimous support.
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Adidas gives wage hike thumbs up
A representative for sportswear giant Adidas praised an upcoming minimum wage raise in Cambodia’s garment sector, state media reported yesterday. Agence Kampuchea Press reported that William Anderson, the regional head of environmental and social affairs for Adidas Group, met with Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng in Phnom Penh last week and applauded the ministry’s effort to stabilise the industry.
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Villagers in Prey Veng hold demo
Hundreds of villagers from Prey Veng province’s Kampong Russei commune filed complaints yesterday with government officials over the alleged sale of a plot of land used by locals as an area for prayer and for travellers to rest. One of the protesting villagers, Bun Tha, said more than 300 villagers decided to file complaints with local lawmakers after authorities banned them from accessing the area next to the national road.
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Three arrested in tycoon’s murder
Three bodyguards of a tycoon and military major general were arrested yesterday and questioned over last month’s murder of businessman Ung Meng Cheu, police said. In Bora, chief of the Ministry of Interior’s penal police department, would not name the three men, but said they worked for Thong Sarath, who is president of Meanchey International Investment and has been a high-ranking official within the government’s notorious Brigade 70 military unit.
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Police say no one to blame in fatal club fire
Police said Monday they have concluded their investigation into a fire that ripped through a Siem Reap City nightclub last month, killing four Cambodians and an Australian, and decided against making any arrests despite likely safety violations. The November 18 blaze gutted the popular Hip Hop Restaurant & Discotheque and led to the death of Prum Phiron and Soeun Savon, both 31; Cheng Savien, 33; Chea Sreiny, 36; and Australian Tom Ricketson, 32.
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Land dispute villagers call of 300-Km march to Phnom Penh
A group of villagers from Pursat province Monday cut short a 300-km walk to Phnom Penh—after a petition they sent last month seeking intervention from the National Assembly went unanswered—agreeing instead to negotiate with local authorities, according to officials and a local rights group. About 80 families in Thma Da commune say they are being forced off land that they have farmed for years by tycoon Try Pheap’s MDS company, which was granted a 2,250-hectare economic land concession in Veal Veng district to develop a new border checkpoint and a rubber plantation.
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Opposition TV will be truly independent
The opposition party will aim to deliver Cambodians television programming similar to that seen on CNN and BBC, a spokesman said yesterday.
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After compromise, CNRP returns to grass roots
Laying the groundwork for the opposition party’s long run to the elections due in early 2017 and 2018, CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha over the weekend again returned to his party’s base to sell the case for change through compromise with the CPP. Although it was not the first time Mr. Sokha or CNRP President Sam Rainsy has made the case that cooperation with the ruling party is the best way to defeat it, the journey to the provinces was the opposition’s first chance to defend the details of the electoral framework finalized on Friday.
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Family marks 100 days since woman’s death in S korea
The family of Y Silen, a Cambodian woman who South Korean police suspect was murdered by her Korean husband, on Saturday marked 100 days since her death in a ceremony covered by reporters from two major Korean TV stations.
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