Phan Soumy
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Hun Sen, Laos PM to Request Border Maps to Solve Dispute
Prime Minister Hun Sen met his Lao counterpart at Phnom Penh’s “Peace Palace” on Friday in an effort to further de-escalate tensions that flared up last month over Laotian soldiers occupying Cambodian land, with both agreeing to write a joint letter to the French president requesting border maps. → Read More
Woman Charged With Trafficking 24 Women to Work in Malaysia
A 26-year-old woman accused of trafficking 24 Cambodian women to work as maids in Malaysia was arrested in Phnom Penh on Thursday, according to the National Police. → Read More
Mobile Lab to Target Rogue Gasoline Sale Scams
A new “mobile petroleum lab” that will travel the provinces testing gasoline and diesel to ensure customers are not being ripped off was unveiled by the Commerce Ministry on Thursday. → Read More
Rare Asiatic Black Bear Rescued From Kompong Chhnang Hotel
An Asiatic black bear kept caged and hidden by a hotel owner in Kompong Chhnang province was rescued by a team of conservationists and → Read More
Migrant Representatives Ask for Vote, Registration in Thailand
Labor leaders who say they represent thousands of Cambodian migrant workers in Thailand on Wednesday submitted three petitions to their embassy in Bangkok pushing for overseas voting and registration ahead of next year’s national election. → Read More
Spate of Alleged Drug Criminals Dying in Provisional Detention
A Laotian man arrested and charged for trafficking more than 2 kg of crystal methamphetamine into Cambodia died on the way to the hospital within days of his detention, police said, the latest case of a drug trafficker dying while incarcerated. → Read More
Another Arrest Made Over Facebook Criticism of Hun Sen
In the latest arrest of a Facebook critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen, a woman in Poipet City has been taken to court for calling the premier “a traitor” in response to a post on the social network by government mouthpiece Fresh News, officials said. → Read More
Khmer Power Party’s Head Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
Sourn Serey Ratha, head of the Khmer Power Party, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison over Facebook posts critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen and military leaders, just a day after his snap trial on incitement charges. → Read More
Khmer Power Party’s Head Sentenced to Five Years
Sourn Serey Ratha, head of the tiny Khmer Power Party, was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison over Facebook posts critical of Prime Minister Hun Sen and military leaders, just a day after his snap trial on incitement charges. → Read More
Man Wanted By Interpol Caught In Cambodia
A New Zealand man sought by Interpol for alleged drug trafficking in Malaysia has been arrested in Cambodia where he has been evading authorities for two years, an anti-drug police office said yesterday. → Read More
Alleged Drug-Trafficking Leader Dies After Prison Stint
The alleged leader of a major drug-trafficking ring died in a Phnom Penh hospital on Tuesday, just three months after his imprisonment, officials said on Wednesday. → Read More
Permanent Ban on Commercial Surrogacy Planned
Commercial surrogacy in Cambodia will be permanently and completely banned if a long-awaited draft law is approved, according to an official on Tuesday at the Women’s Affairs Ministry, which began drafting the legislation nearly a year ago. → Read More
City Hall Approves Seven New Bus Lines Throughout City, SEZ
City Hall has finalized plans for seven new bus lines across Phnom Penh’s fledgling bus service, according to a spokesman. → Read More
Phnom Penh Begins Purge of On-Street Parking
City Hall’s effort to clean up Phnom Penh’s cluttered streets is now targeting vehicles parked for sale along roads, with sellers given one week to move cars lining the narrow perimeter around the former Freedom Park. → Read More
Thai Surrogate’s Child Among Those Requiring Formal Exit
The first draft of a law on surrogacy has now been completed by the Women’s Affairs Ministry, and at least seven foreign intended parents have applied to formally take their babies born through Cambodian surrogates home, a ministry official said. → Read More
RFA, VOA Under Scrutiny Amid Tax Investigations
Two U.S.-funded radio broadcasters joined The Cambodia Daily and NGOs in what appeared to be a broadening and increasingly public Finance Ministry investigation into tax payments by institutions known for tense relationships with the government. → Read More
PM to Hold Weekly Meetings With Workers
Prime Minister Hun Sen will start hosting weekly meetings with garment workers across the country later this month in what some see as a calculated political move to shore up support among a key demographic ahead of next year’s national election. → Read More
Mob Beats Man as Kidnapping Fears Continue
Amid online rumors of children being abducted to harvest their organs, a mob in Prey Veng province attacked a man on Thursday after he pretended to kidnap a child and threatened to cut out his kidney, police said. → Read More
Wife Detained for Acid Attack Against Husband
An abused wife is in police detention after splashing acid on her husband during a fight, causing severe burns, a police official said. → Read More
Takeo Man Charged for Facebook Post About Child Kidnapping
A man in Takeo province was charged with incitement and spreading false information after he posted on Facebook that two Vietnamese men had chased his wife’s niece, a story the 14-year-old girl and her family denied, a provincial court spokesman said → Read More