Saing Soenthrith
The Cambodia Daily
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Suspected Trafficking Ring Busted
Police on Saturday arrested nine Bangladeshi nationals during a raid on a central Phnom Penh bar suspected of hosting a human trafficking ring, including one of the alleged ringleaders and his victims. → Read More
Woman Nabbed With 2.5 Kg of Cocaine Hidden in Plain Sight
A 22-year-old Thai woman was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport on Wednesday with 2.5 kg of cocaine mixed among chocolate treats in Lindt-branded containers, police said on Thursday. → Read More
No Investigation for Soldiers Who Stormed Forestry Office
There are no plans to investigate a group of soldiers who allegedly threatened to shoot Forestry Administration officials on Monday over a truck seized for involvement in illegal logging, a military police official said on Tuesday. → Read More
Police Seize Turtles, Pythons En Route to Vietnam
Police seized 102 endangered turtles and 17 pythons from a truck driving through Kandal province on Monday, arresting the two drivers for attempting to smuggle the animals to Vietnam, officials said on Tuesday. → Read More
Armed Soldiers Storm Forestry Office to Retake Truck
A group of 10 armed soldiers stormed a Forestry Administration office in Oddar Meanchey province on Monday and attempted to seize a military truck that had been confiscated from them after they used it to transport illegal timber, officials said. → Read More
PM Bodyguard Arrested Over Shooting, Chase
An officer in Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit was arrested after firing his pistol into the air early on Monday morning before leading military police on a 15-minute motorbike chase through Phnom Penh, military police said. → Read More
Three Jailed, 1 Freed After Breakthrough in Casino Murder Case
An investigation into a murder at a casino in Svay Rieng province took a bizarre turn this week when authorities determined that one of the suspects in the case was actually a wealthy Vietnamese woman who had herself been held hostage at the casino for nearly three weeks, police and court officials said on Thursday. → Read More
Teenage Girl Rescued in Raid On Brothel; Manager Arrested
A 16-year-old was among six girls and women rescued during a raid on a brothel in Pursat City on Tuesday night that also resulted in the arrest of its manager, police and NGO officials said on Wednesday. → Read More
Four Arrested Over the Murder Of Vietnamese Man at Casino
Police in Bavet City have arrested four Vietnamese nationals accused of fatally beating a fifth Vietnamese man whose badly bruised body was found inside a casino hotel room on Sunday, officials said on Tuesday. → Read More
Court Frees Fake NGO Staff After Arrests Over Roadblock
Four men who set up an illegal roadblock in Kampot province to extort money from villagers transporting wood were released without charge on Saturday, with a court prosecutor calling their offense “very minor.” → Read More
Army Colonel Arrested for Shooting to Wake Wife
An intoxicated army colonel was arrested in Phnom Penh Tuesday morning after getting locked out of his house and shooting into the air to wake up his wife, police said. → Read More
Police Preparing to Search Casino Site for Chinese Fraudsters
Immigration police are preparing to search an under-construction casino in Sihanoukville for a large group of Chinese nationals believed to be operating an online extortion ring, officials said Monday. → Read More
Eight Nabbed for Armed Robbery of Wing Kiosk
Police in Kandal and Kompong Cham provinces have arrested eight people since Wednesday as suspects in the December 12 armed robbery of a Wing money transfer kiosk, one in a recent spate of similar attacks across the country. → Read More
Truck Drivers Set Up Roadblock To Protest Weight Regulations
More than 80 truck drivers used their vehicles to temporarily block a highway in Stung Treng province early Sunday morning in protest after authorities stopped them for being overloaded, officials said. → Read More
Chinese Nationals Questioned Over Scam
Thirty-eight Chinese nationals arrested during a raid on a Poipet City casino are being questioned in Phnom Penh over their connections to a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) scam targeting people in China, police said Thursday. → Read More
CPP Senator Peng Pat Dies at 66
Peng Pat, a CPP senator and ruling party stalwart who held the rank of four-star general in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, died early Wednesday morning at his home in Phnom Penh, according to his wife, Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An. → Read More
Two Cambodians Arrested for Attack on Thai Officials at Market
Two Cambodian men were arrested late Wednesday for their alleged involvement in a melee at a Thai market in Sa Kaeo province earlier that day, during which hundreds of Cambodian market vendors reportedly attacked and injured officers from the Thai Department of Special Investigation and damaged cars belonging to the unit. → Read More
Motorbike Theft Spurs Mob Killing in Kompong Speu
A mob of about 60 men pursued a motorbike thief through seven villages in remote Kompong Speu province on Sunday evening before surrounding him in a rice field and bludgeoning him to death with sticks, according to police, who later identified the victim as a local newspaper reporter. → Read More
Couples Forced to Marry Under Khmer Rouge Reaffirm Vows
Seven couples who were forced into marriage by the Khmer Rouge happily reaffirmed their union in Kompong Chhnang province on Friday with the traditional wedding ceremony they had been denied some four decades ago. → Read More
Teenager Gunned Down Amid Land Dispute
A teenager was shot dead in Kompong Speu province on Wednesday night in what police suspected was an attack related to a land dispute involving a powerful businessman in Phnom Sruoch district. → Read More