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Disavowing Rainsy link: Accused ex-CNRP duo deny involvement in ‘coup plot’
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday continued the trial of the exiled former opposition party leader Sam Rainsy and another 65 CNRP former parliamentarians and activists accused of creating serious chaos to public security and attempting to overthrow the current government committed in Phnom Penh and elsewhere between 2018 and 2019.
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PM Bodyguard Chief Denies Grabbing Orphanage Land
General Hing Bun Hieng, the head of the Prime Minister Bodyguard Unit sanctioned by the U.S. for alleged human rights abuses, has been accused by a Johnson & Johnson-linked orphanage of attempting to take over its prime waterfront land.
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China’s Diversion of Upstream Mekong Flows Seen Drying Up Southeast Asia
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Analysts say Chinese officials are diverting so much water from dams along the upper Mekong River system that Southeast Asian countries are going dry during prime agricultural seasons and turning to other powers for help.
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Cambodia improves in Corruption Perceptions Index
Cambodia scored a 21 out of 100 on Transparency International’s (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2020, a one point improvement over last year’s score.
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CNRP Speeches, Online Posts Shown as Evidence of Coup
Prosecutors on Friday showed statements, recorded speeches and social media posts from senior opposition leaders — including comments made during a meeting in Lowell, Massachusetts in 2019 — as evidence that nine defendants charged with attacking the government had planned a coup.
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Ministry decries US Ambassador’s comments on Sokha trial delay
The Ministry of Justice yesterday defended the delay of former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s treason trial and decried a “justice denied” comment made by US Ambassador Patrick Murphy.
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Senior CNRP leaders tried for alleged attack against government
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday began a trial against nine former senior leaders of the Cambodia National Rescue Party on the charge of attempting to attack the government through an alleged coup d’etat in November 2019.
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US Embassy aims to strengthen aid efforts
The US Embassy is taking a targeted approach to strengthen and showcase the American-Cambodian partnership this year through its AmCam 2021 initiative.
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Orphanage seeks to overturn ministry’s closure decision
Sovann Komar LLC orphanage, also known as Golden Children, is seeking to overturn a decision by the Ministry of Social Affairs to close it down following alleged child abuse cases.
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6 migrant workers and baby repatriated from Malaysia
Six Cambodian migrant workers and a baby have safely arrived in Cambodia on a flight from Malaysia which had been arranged by the Cambodian Embassy in Malaysia.
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‘Ringleader’ arrested in encroachment case
Stung Hav district police have sent a suspected ringleader to the Preah Sihanouk provincial police headquarters for questioning in connection with a land encroachment case in Tomnup Rolork commune.
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NGOs: End violence against children
Three international NGOs have collaborated to launch a project dubbed Ending Violence Against Children in and around Schools in Cambodia’ (ENDVAC) on January 29 in support of 13,000 children in Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces.
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Cambodia’s export-import challenged by staggering ocean freight rates
Crazy world,” Song Saran, president of Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF), exclaimed in the company of industry players on the sharp uptick of ocean freight rates.The rates, which have been rising since the second half of 2020, are now five to 10 times more than a year ago, resulting in a 30 to 35 per cent additional cost on import-export trade in Cambodia
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Some 90 Hectares of State Land in Preah Sihanouk Commune Privatized
Nearly 90 hectares of forested state land in Preah Sihanouk’s Bit Traing commune was privatized late last year and conceded to two private firms, including a company led by a businesswoman who was caught building illegal houses on Koh Kong’s Koh Sdach island.
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Disabled people to be digitally registered
The Ministry of Social Affairs has embarked on a pilot project to register disabled people digitally with the aim of providing them comprehensive information, facilitation and services.
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CNRP Mass Trial Defendant Asked: ‘Who Is the Dictator?’
Phnom Penh Municipal Court judges on Thursday grilled opposition defendants in ongoing mass trials over the meaning of their social media posts, including how they defined the words “liberate,” “dictator,” “struggle” and “democracy.”
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Literacy rates ‘increase significantly’
Literacy rates in Cambodia have “increased significantly”, according to the General Population Census of Cambodia 2019 issued on Tuesday.
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Information Ministry to expand monitoring on social media
Director-general of Information and Broadcasting Phos Sovann said besides posts on COVID-19 and vaccines, there have been no other concerns over fake news so far this year, but the ministry will expand its social media monitoring.
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Garment worker vehicles to be surveyed to improve safety
The Ministry of Public Works plans to conduct a survey on vehicles carrying garment workers to ensure road safety, as the cases of traffic accidents involving said vehicles has been recorded to be increasing.
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Cambodian people enjoy much more freedom than before
This third census has indicated that Cambodian people have more freedom today than they have ever enjoyed in the country’s history.
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