SIEM REAP PROVINCE - A SPATE of complaints that accuse journalists of attempting to extort money from wood vendors has sparked a debate about whether courts are being used to silence reporting on illegal logging, the subject of a public crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Three family members were sentenced to 20 years in prison and fined 3 million riels (US$712) each on Monday in connection with the murder of a Fisheries Department official in Kampong Thom province in 2008.
National Assambly approves billion-dollar policy plan
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 23:53
THE National Assembly has approved the government’s draft National Strategic Development Plan (NSDP) Update for 2009-13, a US$6.28 billion policy blueprint that sets development priorities for the five-year period.
NGO says Cambodia's donors must demand reform for cash
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Tuesday, 01 June 2010 09:14
Phnom Penh - The British non-governmental organization Global Witness said Tuesday that foreign donors must pressure the Cambodian government to deliver meaningful reform in the face of "gross mismanagement" of the country's natural resources.
Cambodian officials are among the international delegates who have travelled to Bangladesh for a two-day regional climate conference that opened in Dhaka on Sunday, Bangladeshi media reported.
VietNamNet Bridge – Some Vietnamese companies plan to extract a recently discovered gold mine with ore reserves of 8.1 million tons in Cambodia, one of the biggest mines in Southeast Asia.