Kampuchea News

01/05/2024

Phnom Penh City Hall is planning to set up three pedestrian areas in Daun Penh district by the end of the year.

PHNOM PENH ndash Phnom Penh City Hall is planning to set up three pedestrian areas in Daun Penh district by the end of the year They are meant to cover a total of 57 hectares from the post office to the south of Wat Botum Park The project will start to be studied in early May and should be co

13/04/2024

03/04/2024

They wonder how the China-backed project will alter the Mekong River tributary they depend on

06/10/2023

“It definitely seems to be a mock up that was posted on Facebook.”

Billboard owners deny ever hosting messages heralding Hun Manet as prime minister.

01/09/2023

Swag.

31/08/2023

Award-winning Cambodian director Kavich Neang talks about why his films are too realistic for audiences at home, but are loved overseas

Kavich Neang, the Cambodian filmmaker behind White Building, which won several international awards, talks about why audiences at home shun his movies as too realistic, and why he’ll stick to his guns.

31/08/2023

The Propaganda category has a whole new meaning.

23/07/2023

Follow CamboJA's live blog of the 2023 national elections. 8:03am Hun Manet and his wife vote at a polling station at Tuol Kork Primary School. 8:00am: Hun Manet, the ruling CPP’s top candidate for Phnom Penh, arrives at his polling station at Tuol Kork Primary School. He declined to speak ...

26/06/2023

“Do not come into Cambodian territory, if you dare to enter Cambodian territory, I will cut off your head with an ax.”

Licensed media publisher and popular social media commentator Pheng Vannak has repeatedly threatened to kill Cambodia Daily Khmer journalist Taing Sarada via Facebook.

25/05/2023

“This verdict is a reminder that the Cambodian government would rather side with corporations than protect the rights of its people.”

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A labor union leader who led a long-running strike against Cambodia’s biggest casino was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for incitement to commit a felony, while eight fellow union members received lesser terms that do not include time behind bars.

24/05/2023

“I saw one soldier run from a burning Chinese noodle shop with his arms full of Cambodian brandy … and two others wheeled out motorcycles and tied them to the turrets of their vehicles.”

Any theft “was done by civilian reporters in their wandering about the village,” according to a previously unrevealed Army investigation.

27/11/2022

“She went abroad, so this is a violation of the court order.”

PHNOM PENH mdash Chhim Sithar leader of the union at the NagaWorld casino was arrested on Nov 26 as she was returning from Australia Phnom Penh municipal nbsp police spokesman San Sok Seyha said the arrest was in accordance with the court order issued in March 2022 stipulating that Chhim Si

27/10/2022

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10/10/2022

“We called it ‘selling emotions’. I’d pretend to be a woman to flirt with guys. After flirting back and forth to create trust in them, I lured them into buying stuff, like a pyramid scheme. The deeper they get sucked in, the worse it’d be for them.”

Thousands of people from Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand have been tricked into slavery and are unable to leave a ‘living hell’

06/10/2022

The stingray story, however, appears to have a sting in its tail. In reality, it is pure fabrication. Hogan confirmed via email with this author that he never spoke to the Khmer Times and he “did not (emphasis his) say anything that was reported in the article”, adding that “it is clear that upstream dams do (emphasis his) impact the lower Mekong River.”

China is crafting “wonderful stories” about its upstream dams in the Mekong. But the overall thrust of the narrative glosses over the more controversial aspects of dam building.

19/09/2022

https://vodenglish.news/eerie-silence-descends-on-notorious-sihanoukville-scam-compounds/

Nearly 9,000 phones were seized from a Sihanoukville compound and barbed wire cut from the notorious “Chinatown” area. As human trafficking raids target compounds across the city, residents say other buildings appear to be quietly emptying of foreign workers.

15/09/2022

“The developer is willing to pay a related fee to delete or modify this article.”

A public-relations officer has asked VOD to remove the Zhengheng Group from an article on scam operations and offered money to do so, saying the company is helping authorities crack down on illegal businesses in its Koh Kong compound.

04/08/2022

Every year, a forest twice the size of Phnom Penh is destroyed.

30/07/2022

Chinese cyber-scam operations are stealing tens of billions of dollars from victims around the world.But few realise that thousands of those perpetrating the...

13/07/2022

An often-used scam is what’s known as the “pig-butchering scheme.” Scammers pose as attractive and successful people to develop a fake online romantic relationship with their targets before “butchering” them — getting them to pay into fraudulent schemes involving cryptocurrencies, stocks, and other types of assets.

Cyber criminals rely on forced labor. A recent scandal spurred authorities to crack down — not just on the gangs, but also on those trying to set their victims free.

07/07/2022

“My son said he was beaten once or twice. There were times when people staying in the same room with him were electrocuted.”

A notorious Vietnamese ex-hacker infiltrated Cambodian scam operations’ computers after entrapped workers reached out for help. He collected thousands of internal chat messages and documented the workings of their fake online investment schemes Top Story

25/06/2022

“This is really disappointing. This is public land. A lot of my district fishes around the lake.”

Two-thirds of Tonle Bati lake — a popular weekend getaway — will be filled in by a developer, official documents show, as three other lakes in Kandal and a further area on Phnom Penh’s Boeng Tamok have been privatized by Hun Sen’s decree. Land and Environment

23/06/2022

“When [the provincial immigration police officer] arrived at the gate of Kaibo Park, he took my photo and told the park that he wanted to go in and save me. As a result, the park property directly notified the company and they threatened me to withdraw [the complaint to] police, otherwise I’ll be beaten and sold again. My body can’t hold it anymore. I don’t dare to call the police for help.”

Seeking the rescue of 11 men allegedly entrapped at scam operations, a volunteer visited three commune police stations, Sihanoukville city and provincial authorities, and sent messages to officials and a police hotline. None were released, and two groups faced consequences. Justice

18/06/2022

On Saturday, it will be six months since NagaWorld workers began their near-daily demonstration over alleged union busting, and more than a year since mass l...

18/06/2022

“If we keep her at Correctional Center II [Prey Sar prison], they (her supporters) will come to disturb the prison, and how will my officers work?”

Prominent Cambodian American lawyer and human rights advocate Seng Theary has been quietly transferred from prison in Phnom Penh to a facility in the far northern province of Preah Vihear, her lawyer said Friday.

16/06/2022

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13/06/2022

A chicken farmer is out of jail after serving 18 months for an online “chicken coop” commentary mimicking Covid-19 orders.

A chicken farmer is out of jail after serving 18 months for an online “chicken coop” commentary mimicking Covid-19 orders, and now plans to join the opposition Candlelight Party to push for better protection of rights. Politics

07/06/2022

“Voters were not really excited with the election. They seemed to come unhappily. Like me: I also went to vote but it was not voting from my real will, but voting out of consideration of what’s the next-best option.”

For some, the Candlelight Party’s single-digit wins in communes is simply “unbelievable.” Others point to voter intimidation and the dearth of neutral observers as burying the voters’ “real” will. Commune Election 2022

06/06/2022

“When they started counting the ballots, [we] were chased out and they kept just their people. So they could do whatever they wished. That’s why I see that this election result is worse than the previous election.”

The ruling Cambodian People’s Party is claiming a near-clean sweep of the country’s 1,652 communes, as the NEC’s preliminary results from around 13% of communes so far suggest the party is on track to a whitewash. Commune Election 2022