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Rainsy Says CPP Agrees to Early Election
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday that the ruling CPP has agreed to hold a fresh election before the current electoral term expires in July 2018 and that negotiations will now be held to the election date.
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Cintri Defends Fee Irregularities to Anti-Corruption Unit
The company responsible for collecting Phnom Penh’s trash has defended its erratic pricing structure in response to an inquiry from the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), which says that numerous complaints have been filed by small business owners.
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Evicted Railway Families Await ADB’s Help
In 2011, Oeun Phirum took out a $450 loan from the Asian Development Bank, using half to buy a used motorbike and spending the rest on a small flock of ducks and chickens he hoped to raise.
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Kampot Cement Company Workers on Strike
About 200 workers employed by a subcontractor of Kampot Cement Company went on strike for several hours yesterday demanding better wages as well as annual leave, a union representative said.
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Ministry Says No to CNRP Ceremony at Tuol Sleng
The Ministry of Culture yesterday rejected the opposition CNRP’s request to hold a ceremony at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum for those who died under the Khmer Rouge.
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Democratization in Cambodia in Retreat Following Violent ‘13
Democracy is in retreat since July’s national election as the ruling CPP has increasingly used armed forces to protest its grip on power and stubbornly refused to reform state institutions, the Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (Comfrel) said in a new report released yesterday.
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Phnom Penh Seeks to Create New Center for Homeless, Beggars
Phnom Penh’s department of social affairs has asked City Hall to use a building in Pur Senchey district as a new, citywide detention facility for homeless people and beggars, including children, officials said yesterday.
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Garment Union President in Court Over Incitement Allegations
Ath Thorn, the president of the union that led strikes at the SL Garment Factory last year, appealed before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for questioning over allegations of incitement.
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Gov’t Seeks Cash for Flood Rebuilding Efforts
The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday that it needs an additional $217 million from donors and NGOs to help recovery efforts from the floods of September and October 2013.
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Families Blocked From Fencing Disputed Land
About a dozen Tuol Kok district security guards in Phnom Penh yesterday blocked three families involved in a long-running land dispute from building a fence around the disputed property in Boeng Kak I commune, an official said.
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Nationalism Party to Dissolve Itself Into Opposition CNRP
Muth Chantha, secretary-general of the Nationalism Party, which started its life as the Norodom Ranariddh Party, officially announce yesterday his party’s intention to dissolve itself to the opposition CNRP.
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UN Envoy Subedi Calls for Release of Draft Laws
The U.N.’s human rights envoy to Cambodia yesterday asked the government to allow draft laws to be assessed by public and legal experts before being passed by a National Assembly currently being boycotted by the opposition CNRP.
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Authorities Arrest, Shave Suspected Gang Fighters
Military police in Meanchey district on Sunday night arrested a group of 10 young men armed with swords and metal sticks just before they were to clash with a rival group of similarly armed men, an official said.
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CNRP Asks To Hold Ceremony at Tuol Sleng
The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) wants to change the venue of its annual commemoration of the approximately 1.7 million Cambodian who died under the Khmer Rouge to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in central Phnom Penh.
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World Bank Predicts Slight Slowdown in 2014
The World Bank expects Cambodia’s economy to grow 7.2 percent this year, driven primarily by expansion of the country’s garment and tourism sectors, a slight slowdown from 2013, when growth reached a six-year high of 7.4 percent.
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Education Ministry to Delegate Junior High Exam to Schools
Education Ministry officials yesterday confirmed that the ministry would no longer organize or oversee the junior high school exam, delegating the process to individual schools.
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Union Press Ahead With Strike Plans Despite Arrest Threats
Union leaders planning a style-at-home strike to demand a higher minimum wage for the country’s garment workers say they will press on with the strike after the Khmer New Year, despite the threat of arrest of anyone handing out leaflets promoting their plans.
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Hun Sen Says End to Deadlock Could Come By New Year
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that an end to the country’s political deadlock could come before Khmer New Year, which begins Monday, while also warning the opposition leader Sam Rainsy could be imprisoned within the week over a letter he wrote.
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Funerals Held for Five Victims of Thai Explosion
Families of five migrant workers killed by a bomb in Thailand last week held funeral on Sunday and yesterday, through the victims’ bodies have not yet been repatriated.
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Families Demand More Dam Compensation
Representatives of more than 250 ethnic Lao families in Stung Treng province, near the border of Laos, met under a mango tree yesterday and decided to reject a compensation package offered by the developer of the Lower Sesan II dam.
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