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Rainsy Says Protests to Resume in May During Council Elections
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday that the CNRP will resume mass demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen on May 2.
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Officer and Daughter, 12, Guilty on Drug Charges
Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday imprisoned a former military police officer for seven years after he was convicted, alongside his 12-year-old daughter, for trafficking 31 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to sell.
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New Ranariddh party approved
Prince Norodom Ranariddh is official back in the political game. The Ministry of Interior has approved the former prime minister’s Community of Royalist People’s Party (CRPP), Ranariddh’s cabinet chief, Noranarith Anndayath, said yesterday.
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Military Police Looks to Bolster Ranks by 1,000
The country’s police unit is recruiting 1,000 new officers. But, with the opposition planning might to hold a banned rally on Sunday, a leading human rights worker, Am Sam Ath of Licadho, says the hiring call looks like a muscle-flexing move designed to the intimidate citizens.
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CNRP Holds first Mass Rally since protest Ban
An unannounced march across Phnom Penh yesterday replaced a public gathering that was planned by the opposition but banned by the government, with CNRP leaders Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha leading about 1,000 supporters from a ceremony at Wat Botum Park to their party’s headquarters in Meanchey district.
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Mam Sonando Says Protest will proceed, but he won’t lead
Independent radio station owner Mam Sonando said he would not lead a banned protest he had planned for today outside Information Ministry headquarters in Phnom Penh, but would attend if his supporters went ahead with the demonstration on their own.
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Opposition Grows to Laos’ Mega Dams Ahead of Summit
Leading conservation groups yesterday issued a joint declaration opposing the construction of Loas’ controversial Xayaburi hydropower dam as communities in north eastern Cambodia staged protests on Saturday against the project, which experts say could harm millions of people living downstream.
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Official Says Cambodia Not Ready for Asian Free Trade
Cambodia is not prepared to join Asian’s single regional market and production base next year, a labor Ministry official Said Friday.
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Gov’t Pins $275,000 in Protest Damage on CNRP
A government committee charged with assessing damage from the garment worker protests in December and January has put the value of the destruction at over $250,000.
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Anti-Corruption Unit Says Nepotism Rife in Oddar Meanchey
The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) yesterday released a statement warning provincial department director in Oddar Meanchey to cease exploiting their positions for personal gain a series of complaint from civil servants.
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Forecast: Coast in Danger
Residents along Cambodia’s coastline may want to relocate to higher group in the wake of a climate change assessment that predicts much of the Kingdom’s coast could be submerged by rising sea levels.
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As CNRP Rally Nears, Hun Sen Implores Patience
Prime Minister Hun Sen expounded on the virtues and limits of patience in a speech directed at the opposition CNRP yesterday, as military police officials said they are preparing to implement a government order to prevent a rally at Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park on Sunday.
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A Recipe for Disaster Unregulated Medicine for the Poor
Small plastic packets filled with a mix of pills of various sizes, shapes and colors sit piled on the counter of a pharmacy in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, home to several large garment factories.
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Minister Calls on UDG to Suspend Bulldozing
Environment Minister Say Sam Al visited Koh Kong province for the second time in one month yesterday, calling on a Chinese developer to suspended the bulldozing of land for a massive resort, a rights worker said yesterday.
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Violence Blamed on CNRP
With victims’ families still awaiting the results of an investigation into the deadly shootings during clashes on January 3, the Ministry of Interior released a separate report on Wednesday accusing the opposition of speaking the violence in an attempt to “topple” the government.
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Villagers Walk Away From KDC Resolution Talks
Thirty-two families were called for questioning yesterday by a commission set up to resolve a long-running land dispute between villagers in Kompong Chhnang province’s Kompong Tralach district and Chea Kheng, the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem.
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Boxes for Donations, Not Bribes: Minister
The Minister of Education proposed yesterday that donation boxes for teachers be installed in schools across the country, but stressed their aim would be to diminish rather that grow a culture of bribery in the system.
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In Effeminate Tones, Hun Sen Lampoons Opposition Politicians
Prime Minister Hun Sen used the opening ceremony of a dam in Pursat province yesterday to act out a scene of biting political satire by pouring scorn on promises from the opposition CNRP to simultaneously reduce food prices in market, while increasing prices paid to farmers.
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Sub-Decree Aims to Better Regulate Pharmacies
Prime Minister Hun Sen has signed a sub-decree to better regulate pharmacies, a business fraught with fake drug diplomas.
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Prosecutors Propose Rule to Reduce Scope of Cases at KRT
Prosecutors at the Khmer Rouge tribunal have proposed a rule change that would allow judges to reduce the scope of the court’s three ongoing cases, according to an interoffice memorandum obtained this week.
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