A Kompong Thom Provincial Court deputy prosecutor has been “temporarily suspended” from his job after being accused of illegally clearing of protected mangroves and flooded forest and in the province’s Kompong Svay district.
Exiled leaders of the banned opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) have called on all Cambodians to join their efforts to “restore democracy” and for the government to defer to appeals by the international community for change.
Former opposition leader Sam Rainsy has told the world to ignore the arrest warrants for “plotting to commit treason” and “incitement” issued for himself and seven other officials from the banned Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
The Asian Development Bank has warned that Cambodia’s rapid economic growth has been put at risk by a growing gap between the skills demanded by industry and the poor education and training of the population.
Police are searching for a team of Taiwanese criminals they say are behind a large drug operation in Phnom Penh raided this week, according to an official.
The government has threatened legal action against about 5,000 mostly Vietnamese migrants it says are in living in Cambodia with invalid immigration documents unless they come forward to authorities within three months.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has rescinded business tycoon Kith Meng’s 30-year concession to exclusively operate Cambodia’s railways.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has rejected a request from lawyers for opposition leader Kem Sokha to release him from the terms of a strict house arrest order he has been forced to live under since his release from maximum security prison last year.
American media giant 20th Century Fox has demanded that the Interior Ministry’s Nice TV stop illegally broadcasting its programs, according to a letter from the Information Ministry to Interior Minister Sar Kheng.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng told visiting EU delegates that the government was working to fulfill its commitments to democracy and civil society, according to an Interior Ministry spokesman.
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