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Villagers summonsed again in dredging case
Source: Phnom Penh Post Villagers meet with Ministry of Mines and Energy officials at local resident Mut Mum’s home in June. Yesenia Amaro Three residents from Kandal’s Koh Kor village have been...
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A year of ‘hell’ in Prey Sar for Tep Vanny
Source: Phnom Penh Post Boeung Kak activist Tep Vanny is escorted by officials into the Supreme Court in January this year. Hong Menea Tep Vanny stood beside four effigies on a dusky evening last...
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Tax Department reaches out to NGOs
Source: Phnom Penh Post Motorists travel past the General Department of Taxation headquarters at the corner of Russian and Mao Tse-Tung boulevards in Phnom Penh in 2014. Pha Lina At least three local...
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Fire engulfs homes in Phnom Penh village
Source: Phnom Penh Post Sam Serei Mum, 45, looks at remains of her house that was burnt in a fire yesterday morning Meanchey district’s Boeung Tompun commune. Sreng Meng Srun A fire tore through a...
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Vigil held for imprisoned activist Tep Vanny
Source: Phnom Penh Post Tep Vanny’s daughter Kong Panha (left) stands with a photograph at a candlelight vigil held to protest the Boeung Kak activist’s year of detention. Pha Lina Boueng Kak lake...
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Negotiations over decade-old land dispute in the works
Source: Phnom Penh Post Authorities say they are close to resolving a land dispute between a rubber company and villagers in Anlong Veng commune after Oddar Meanchey Provincial Governor Sar Thavy on...
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Dispute in Kampot sees three charged
Source: Phnom Penh Post A soldier watches while company representatives tear down a house that villagers were building on what authorities claim is company land. Photo supplied Three people involved in...
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Timeframe set for Siem Reap airport construction
Source: Phnom Penh Post A plane sits on the tarmac at the Siem Reap International Airport. Construction work on a new airport in the province could get underway next year. Photo supplied Construction...
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UN envoy meets with NEC
Source: Khmer Times United Nations Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith (right) sits across from NEC Chairman Sik Bun Hok in a meeting yesterday in Phnom Penh. Heng Chivoan The National Election Committee...
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Anonymous letters slam Cambodia’s NGOs
Source: Phnom Penh Post A screenshot of the Facebook page Chaksmok Chao, which made a series of posts accusing international NGOs of colluding with the opposition party. Photo supplied A raft of...
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Apsara Authority takes down 171 homes
Source: Phnom Penh Post Apsara Authority officials dismantle an allegedly illegally constructed house within the protected area of Siem Reap’s Angkor Archaeological Park. Photo supplied The Apsara...
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Villagers say land clearing ongoing in Ratanakkiri wildlife sanctuary
Source: Phnom Penh Post Felled logs found earlier this week in the protected area of Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo supplied A group of villagers and activists in Ratanakkiri’s Lumphat...
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Ministry disputes Vietnamese data on timber
Source: Phnom Penh Post Logs are smuggled into Vietnam via a clandestine crossing in O’Tabok, in the Virachey National Park, in February this year. EIA The Environment Ministry has contested Vietnamese...
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Protesters, guards clash in a bid to reclaim farmland
Source: Phnom Penh Post Security guards hold hands to block Koh Kong community members protesting outside the Land Management Ministry in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina About 100 protesters clashed with...
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Hun Sen orders government to help 7 Boeung Kak families
Source: Phnom Penh post Buildings are demolished by excavators during forced evictions in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak community in 2010. Touch Yin Vannith Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday directed Phnom...
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Kampot, Kandal land disputes
Source: Phnom Penh Post Community members gather yesterday outside the Land Management Ministry to demand government intervention to resolve a land dispute in Kampot province. Hong Menea Villagers from...
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CNRP’s Sin Rozeth again draws officials’ ire as she is told to stop building...
Battambang’s O’Char Commune Chief Sin Rozeth (front) inspects an area in her commune where she is developing a drainage system. Facebook Prominent opposition Commune Chief Sin Rozeth again found...
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International groups slam NGO and media closures
Source: Phnom Penh Post A man reads an issue of the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. The government has come under sharp international criticism for threatening to close the paper over a purported $6.3...
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Ministry warns of more rain amid floods
Source: Phnom Penh Post A motorbike attempts to pass through a flooded street last month in Preah Sihanouk province. Photo supplied The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology has warned that heavy...
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Police chief points to CNRP in land conflict
Source: Phnom Penh Post Villagers gather in an attempt to reclaim government land on which they intend to build their houses yesterday in Kandal province. Yon Sineat In yet another clash between newly...
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