National news
KRT spotlight returns to current leadership
- 10 February 2012
- Kristin Lynch
The defence team of Brother No 2 Nuon Chea continued in its attempts to link National Assembly president Heng Samrin to its client, and, by extension, the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime, during yesterday’s Khmer Rouge tribunal.
State’s buildings must be preserved: premier
- 10 February 2012
- Khouth Sophakchakrya
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday threatened to fire two government ministers unless they dumped the idea of exchanging the state’s ageing public buildings, which he said should be preserved.
Judge wants to restart Case 003
- 10 February 2012
- Bridget Di Certo with additional reporting by Chean Sokha
Investigations in the Khmer Rouge tribunal’s Case 003 are being resumed on the orders of UN-nominated International Co-Investigating Judge Laurent Kasper-Anserme.
PM ridicules SRP defections
- 10 February 2012
- Meas Sokchea with additional reporting by Bridget Di Certo
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday mocked the recent defections and resignations of opposition Sam Rainsy Party.
Kampong Speu lake row pitting tycoon versus villagers
- 10 February 2012
- Sen David
House and crops in Kampong Speu province’s Chbar Mon town will be flooded during heavy rain if a private company owned by tycoon Chhoun Kim San continues to fill Boeung Chhouk Lake, concerned families in the area have said.
Orphanage tag lost, but group still offering help
- 10 February 2012
- David Boyle with additional reporting by Khoun Leakhana
The vice-president of a Christian organisation that Social Affairs Minister Ith Sam Heng said on Wednesday.
Couple has new day in court
- 10 February 2012
- Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
A defence lawyer yesterday said he had evidence that would clear the names of Hen Chheang and his wife Tep Kolap.
Korean-Australian man faces child sex charges
- 10 February 2012
- Mom Kunthear and Chhay Channyda
A 38-year-old Korean-Aust-ralian was arrested on Wednesday night for allegedly sexually assaulting two girls aged six and 10 and producing child porn-ography, Banteay Meanchey provincial police said yesterday.
Kampong Speu protesters face guns
- 10 February 2012
- May Titthara
Protesting villagers from two districts of Kampong Speu province have claimed police, military police and soldiers threatened them with assault rifles as they gathered outside the provincial court yesterday.
Temple ‘encroachment’
- 10 February 2012
- Vong Sokheng
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry had sent a diplomatic note to the Thai government alleging Thai military encroachment in the Provisional Demilitarised Zone around the Preah Vihear temple, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Koung said yesterday.
Training urged for poor youths
- 10 February 2012
- Mom Kunthear
Phnom Penh Munici-pal Hall had issued an appeal to community leaders in the city’s nine districts to recruit young,
Massage parlour owner denies brothel charge
- 10 February 2012
- Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
More than three months after his arrest by anti-human trafficking and juvenile police, 44-year-old Phuong Vanna stood trial yesterday over the alleged provision of sexual services in his massage shop.
Foreign minister heads to India-ASEAN meet
- 10 February 2012
- Cheang Sokha
Foreign Minister Hor Namhong will depart this weekend for India to attend the two day India-ASEAN meeting
Ministry tells girls to keep their knickers on
- 10 February 2012
- Sen David
The Ministry of Women Affairs will release a 30- minute video on February 14 urging girls to resist pressure to have sex, Secretary of State for Women’s Affairs Sivann Botum said yesterday.
Fire scare near Angkor Wat temple complex
- 10 February 2012
- Thik Kaliyann
More than 10 hectares of forest near the Angkor Wat temple complex burned yesterday during a blaze in Siem Reap’s Norkor Thom commune.
Police Blotter: 10 Feb 2012
- 10 February 2012
- Translated by Phak Seangly
A 36-year-old woman suff-ered head injuries when her husband hacked her on Wednesday in Svay Rieng province’s Svay Tiep district.
Security Council bid pursued
- 09 February 2012
- Vong Sokheng
The EU and British ambassadors pledged to take Cambodia’s campaign for a non-permanent seat to their respective governing bodies.














