Eight arrested, released over ‘Black Monday’ protest
Ananth Baliga, Lay Samean and Meas SokcheaThe Phnom Penh Post, Tue, 10 May 2016Four NGO staffers and a quartet of land activists emerged from police stations across the capital yesterday after being...
View ArticleRights official alludes to shuttering NGOs
Mech Dara and Shaun Turton, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016The newly appointed head of the Cambodian Human Rights Committee, Keo Remy, has threatened to use the controversial NGO law (LANGO) to...
View ArticleCambodia loses an institution
Brent Crane, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016Michael “Big Mike” Hsu, the longtime owner of Sharky Bar on Phnom Penh’s Street 130, died suddenly at his workplace on Sunday. He was 68. Hsu was found...
View ArticleOfficial arrested in capital for ‘forgery’
Mech Dara, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016A deputy commune chief was arrested by Meanchey district police on Saturday after having allegedly forged official documents in return for cash, according...
View ArticleHundreds walk in capital over factory dismissals
Sen David, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016About 300 workers at the Lian Hao garment factory in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen Chey district protested for the third day in a row yesterday over the sacking of...
View ArticlePolice block Preah Vihear land dispute forum
Kong Meta, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016More than 200 people representing three Preah Vihear province communities were set to discuss land disputes yesterday when police broke up their public...
View ArticleFour Phnom Penh workers hurt in building mishap
Kong Meta, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016Two construction workers fell from the third floor of a construction site in Phnom Penh’s Prampi Makara district on Saturday and were sent to Phnom Penh...
View ArticleMaha Thera Dr. Hok Savann on Khmer CMN Radio
Maha Thera Dr. Hok Savann on Khmer CMN Radio May 9, 2016
View ArticleTrio busted after sailing into Sihanoukville
Khouth Sophak Chakrya, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016Three foreign holiday-makers had their travels cut short when they were apprehended on Cambodian soil after they sailed from Vietnam without a...
View ArticleKNLF member jailed as ‘traitor’ appeals sentence
Kim Sarom, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016A member of the Khmer National Liberation Front (KNLF) serving a seven-year jail sentence for bringing books written by the party’s leader into Cambodia...
View ArticleHuman rights activists arrested for wearing black clothes
Sam Rainsy | ០៩ ឧសភា ២០១៦ / 09 May 2016, 09:00 - Arrest of protesters (*)ព្រឹកនេះ កងកម្លាំងចម្រុះ និងអាជ្ញាធរខណ្ឌដង្កោបានធ្វើការចាប់ខ្លួននាយកប្រតិបត្តិសមាគមធាងត្នោតលោក អ៊ី សារ៉ុម មន្រ្តីលីកាដូម្នាក់...
View ArticleSam Rainsy joining the "Black Monday" campaign
Sam Rainsy | ០៩ ឧសភា ២០១៦ / 09 May 2016 – Black Monday (*)ខ្ញុំសូមចូលរួមផងដែរក្នុង យុទ្ធនាការ "ថ្ងៃចន្ទ ពណ៌ខ្មៅ"ដើម្បីទាមទារឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរដោះលែង មន្ត្រីអង្គការសិទ្ធមនុស្ស ដែលកំពុងជាប់ឃុំឃាំង...
View ArticleAbout 400 ordinary people gathered in front of a police station
Sam Rainsy | ០៩ ឧសភា ២០១៦ / 09 May 2016, 10:30 - Monitoring the detention of human rights activists (*)ព្រឹកនេះ ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាង៤០០នាក់ បានមកជួបជុំគ្នា នៅមុខ អធិការដ្ឋាននគរបាល ខណ្ឌដង្កោ ដើម្បីឃ្លាំមើល...
View Article"Black Monday Campaign" for the release of political prisoners
Sam Rainsy | ០៩ ឧសភា ២០១៦ / 09 May 2016, 19:00 - Release of prisoners (*)នៅយប់នេះ លោក អ៊ី សារ៉ុម នាយកប្រតិបត្តិសមាគមធាងត្នោត លោក ថាវ គឹមសាន មន្រ្តីលីកាដូ និងអ្នកស្រី ស ស៊ន...
View ArticleYentieng warns Sokha ignoring summons is 'real crime'
Niem Chheng, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016ACU chief Om Yentieng yesterday threw down the gauntlet to Kem Sokha, warning the opposition leader he would commit a “real crime” if he failed to turn...
View ArticleRegistration of voters bumped back again
Bun Sengkong, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016National Election Committee spokesman Hang Puthea yesterday maintained that the country remains on track to hold commune elections in June 2017 despite...
View ArticleCambodia urged to join TPP
Kali Kotoski, The Phnom Penh PostTue, 10 May 2016The Cambodian government needs to take stock of its economic place within ASEAN, and globally, to continue its growth trajectory given the anticipated...
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