Proposal on restructuring local admins approved by Hun Sen

Prime Minister Hun Sen has officially endorsed a decentralisation proposal aimed at restructuring the management of cities and their districts as part of a bid to expand public services and enhancing the roles of local administrations.

NGOs urged to avoid money laundering

Foreign Affairs Minister Prak Sokhonn has urged foreign non-governmental organisations to comply with the Law on NGOs and avoid activities which could be linked to money laundering and terrorism financing.

Group seeks $300,000 for Rainsy’s return

Former opposition party vice president Eng Chhai Eang has urged supporters to donate money in a bid to raise $300,000 within three months to arrange for Sam Rainsy’s return to Cambodia.

Government calls on NGOs to avoid activities linked to crime

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn on Tuesday called on all foreign NGOs to avoid at all costs activities which could be associated or linked to money laundering, financing of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Four jailed over sex procurement

Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced four people to between a year and two-and-a-half years in jail over the procurement of a masseuse who ended up slashing a man she was supposed to have sex with.

Cambodia CPI stagnant: Transparency International

Cambodia’s score in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index has slipped by one point placing the Kingdom 161 out of 180 countries surveyed, the same position it had the previous year.

Tampuon man ordered to appear in court over Ratanakkiri forest clearance

A man as summoned to appear at the Ratanakkiri provincial court in February for questioning over forest clearing charges, said a court order signed by a provincial investigating judge dated January 10.

Samrong village residents defy eviction notice

Moeun Kuon says she refuses to close her fish-breeding farm near the Boeng Samrong lake as she sits at her home in Prek Pnov district’s Samrong commune.

King Sihamoni signs off on council law amendment

King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday signed off on an amendment to the law on municipal, provincial and district council elections, effectively increasing the number of local council seats.

Sar Kheng: Only ‘fifty-fifty’ chance of Rainsy returning

Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng said on Sunday there is a 50 per cent possibility that outlawed opposition leader Sam Rainsy would return to Cambodia as his diplomatic measures abroad had reached a dead-end.

Number of municipal and provincial council members up in 3rd mandate

The number of district, town, provincial and municipal council members will increase to 819 when elections are called for their third mandate on May 26, said a sub-decree issued on January 25 and received by The Post on Sunday.

W&D followed law when firing workers: GMAC

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia on Saturday issued a statement saying W&D Cambodia Co Ltd’s termination of striking workers was done in accordance with the law.

Sub-decrees approve creation of new districts

Prime Minister Hun Sen has issued two sub-decrees reclassifying two communes in Phnom Penh as districts, as per a request made by Interior Minister Sar Kheng last week.

King Sihamoni signs off on council law amendment

King Norodom Sihamoni on Thursday signed off on an amendment to the law on municipal, provincial and district council elections, effectively increasing the number of local council seats.

CHRC to defend Cambodia’s rights

Keo Remy, president of Cambodian Human Rights Committee, yesterday led a delegation to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 32nd meeting of the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review.

Ministry slams Rainsy’s army appeal

The Ministry of Defence on Saturday issued a statement strongly condemning self-exiled former opposition leader Sam Rainsy for appealing to the Cambodian army to rise against the government.

Protesters arrested over clash freed

Preah Sihanouk provincial police have released all six people involved in Thursday’s clash with police during a protest to stop authorities from measuring land in Prey Nob district.

Forest fire destroys cashew plantation

A forest fire on Wednesday spread and destroyed more than 30 hectares of a cashew plantation in Battambang province’s Kors Kralor district.

Violent clashes break out in P Sihanouk, one man shot

Rainsy still prone to arrest: Hun Sen

Prime Minister Hun Sen has warned Sam Rainsy that he could be arrested by the Royal Cambodian Army should the exiled former opposition leader return to the Kingdom.