Buth Kimsay
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Voters’ Allegiances Swayed by Fears of Drug Crisis
Villagers of Akrei Khsat commune in Kandal province’s Lvea Em district say drug crime in the area has almost reached crisis point. → Read More
Nearly 2,000 Rockets Found in Kandal Underground Bunker
Nearly 2,000 decomposing rocket-propelled grenades were cleared from an underground bunker in Kandal province after the property’s owner was alerted to the weapons cache by long-time villagers and hired an excavator to dig it up, police said on Tuesday. → Read More
Man Charged With Fraud in Ponzi Scheme Case
A 41-year-old man was charged with fraud on Friday for his alleged involvement in Empire Big Capital (EBC), a defunct Hong Kong firm that authorities and victims allege was a Ponzi scheme, a court spokesman said. → Read More
New Bridge Set for Chroy Changvar Renovation
Construction of a temporary bridge aimed at easing traffic congestion while Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changvar bridge undergoes renovations will begin next month, City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said on Sunday. → Read More
Despite a crash, a fair share of ridicule and instruction limited to YouTube videos, car mechanic Paen Long is continuing his quest to build and fly a homemade airplane.
For the past few months, Mr. Long, who owns a car repair shop on the side of the road about 100 km southeast of Phnom Penh, has been building, flying, and crashing his homemade airplane. → Read More
Trash Piles Will Get Picked Up, Eventually
Phnom Penh’s sole garbage hauler says it will need another week to collect thousands of tons of fetid garbage that piled up over the weekend when workers left the capital to vote in Sunday’s commune elections. → Read More
After Limited Time, ‘Shadow’ Monitors Offer Broad Approval
Two groups of “shadow” election observers that rubber-stamped the 2013 general election amid widespread complaints of fraud lauded Sunday’s commune elections as “fair” and “safe” after visiting a handful of Phnom Penh polling stations each—and hours before unofficial vote counts began appearing online. → Read More
Ministries Announce New Investigation Into Ponzi Scheme
The interior, justice and finance ministries on Tuesday announced that they had opened an investigation into an alleged Ponzi scheme that potentially affected as many as 50,000 people. → Read More
Forestry Shooting Suspect Held Over Weapon
Four of five suspects detained following the fatal shooting of a Forestry Administration officer in Kompong Chhnang province last week will be released pending a decision by the provincial court prosecutor, an official said on Sunday. → Read More
Two Kidney Traffickers Nabbed, Questioned
Two Phnom Penh residents have confessed to trafficking at least 10 people to India for illegal kidney donations following their arrests in separate raids after an ongoing investigation, an official said on Thursday. → Read More
Police Say Angry Timber Traders Behind Forestry Office Murder
Three men were arrested on Wednesday after masked gunmen sprayed bullets through a Forestry Administration office in Kompong Chhnang province—killing one and injuring three—in what a police official said may have been a hit ordered by a disgruntled wood trader. → Read More
Thirty Tons of Fake Cosmetics Confiscated in Latest Bust
Authorities on Tuesday raided another house storing counterfeit cosmetics in Phnom Penh, confiscating more than 30 tons of products that had been imported from neighboring countries and repackaged as foreign brands, an official said. → Read More
Voter Voices: Ly Monyrath, 25
If we compare the last elections to this one, it seems more complicated now. When our family went to register [to vote], we all got the voting slips at different times. Last time, it was all together. → Read More
Seven Vietnamese Nationals Charged for Detaining Gamblers
Military police in Svay Rieng province have arrested and charged seven Vietnamese nationals for illegally detaining 13 gamblers who owed them money, according to a court official and military police statement. → Read More
Three Who Led Cambodians Into Fishing Slavery Sentenced
Three “prolific traffickers” who allegedly worked for at least seven years tricking Siem Reap residents into enslavement aboard Thai fishing vessels were sentenced to prison on Thursday, although two remain at large, according to officials. → Read More
Healer Charged With Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
A traditional healer was charged on Thursday with raping a 12-year-old girl in the jungle in Stung Treng province after promising to cure her bad luck with a water blessing, officials said. → Read More
In Wage Protest, Hundreds of Garment Workers Block Road
More than 1,000 garment workers from a factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City blocked a public road on Wednesday in protest over unpaid wages that have left them struggling to afford food and pay their rents, a union official said. → Read More
Struggling to Compete, Pig Farmers Request Government to Curb Imports
Agribusiness tycoon Mong Reththy met with the agriculture minister on Tuesday to seek help for pig farmers who complain they are struggling to compete with cheaper imports from Vietnam and Thailand. → Read More
Buddhist Celebration Quiet Year After Relics’ Return
Celebrations for Visak Bochea, the holiest day on the Buddhist calendar, were considerably quieter on Wednesday at a prominent stupa on Oudong Mountain in Kandal province, a year after missing sacred relics were returned to the site, an official said. → Read More
Despite Ban, Blind Singers Perform on Phnom Penh Streets
Defying a government order not to perform on Phnom Penh’s streets, Mean Srey Mech and other fellow blind musicians were on Preah Sihanouk Boulevard on Tuesday insisting they would play on. → Read More