Hun Sen Downplays ‘Stupid’ Calls for Coup
Interior Minister Sar Kheng would not be “stupid” enough to plan a coup d’ètat, Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the opening of a stretch of railway on Monday.
Saut Sok Prathna Apr 23, 8:00 am
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Interior Minister Sar Kheng would not be “stupid” enough to plan a coup d’ètat, Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the opening of a stretch of railway on Monday.
The government is considering banning companies from promoting alcoholic drinks by offering chance prizes such as cars or money, an official said.
Dark discharges of sewage are being released into Sihanoukville’s Independence Beach, environmental activists say, contradicting a recent proclamation by Land Minister Chea Sophara that he had reined in polluting seaside businesses.
Three-quarters of the pepper plants in a farming community in Tbong Khmum province are dying from the recent extreme heat, farmers say.
As prisoner numbers continue to swell far beyond the capacities of Cambodia’s overcrowded jails, the government has been urged to act on pledges to reduce the number of incarcerated women giving birth and raising children behind bars.
Hundreds of pigs have been culled in Ratanakkiri province as authorities work to contain an outbreak of African swine fever.
A 65-year-old woman and her 6-year-old granddaughter were found beheaded behind their house in Kompong Cham province’s Prey Chhor district on Tuesday night, with local authorities saying they still have no leads on the perpetrator.
Environmentalists protecting the Prey Lang forest expressed skepticism as the Environment Ministry pledged renewed commitments to conservation at the launch of a $21-million U.S.-funded consulting project for the sanctuary.
Six former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials who requested the restoration of their political rights from the government say they will still lobby for their former party and work for the release of opposition leader Kem Sokha.
Amid a looming deadline for banned opposition officials to seek clemency from the government, former CNRP leader Sam Rainsy claimed the prime minister was engaging in “psychological warfare” amid his supposed “panic” due to international pressure.
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