Phnom Penh Municipal Governor Khuong Sreng has appealed to city officials and police to allow NGOs to hold public events and work freely without threats.
A group of young people hoping to celebrate the Khmer New Year by cleaning up Phnom Penh’s heavily polluted Beoung Trabek canal and raise awareness for the environment were stopped by local authorities who said the area was too dirty.
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.
Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered authorities to cut off the electricity supply over the coming Khmer New Year period of anyone who claims recent power outages are due to a government plan to build support for new hydropower dams.
Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Sar Thet warned his officers on Monday that they would be drug tested and terminated if found to be using illegal substances.
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