Phnom Penh Post - Malaysia calls for expansion of ASEAN
KUALA LUMPUR (AP) - Malaysia hopes Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma will
join the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), Prime Minister Mahathir
Mohamad said Oct. 8.
Mahathir said Malaysia believes that only when all Southeast Asian nations "are
joined together by a common sense of purpose that ASEAN has come to symbolize can
there be mutual trust, peace and stability in the entire Southeast Asian region."
Police seek arrest of Chinese ‘gang’Cambodian police remain on the lookout for 20 Chinese nationals who earlier this month posted a video clip threatening to stoke insecurity in Preah Sihanouk province, though the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh maintained the group posed no threats to Cambodia’s national security. National Police
Rapper deletes song critical of Cambodian social issuesA young musician has deleted from Facebook and YouTube a rap song that was critical of Cambodia’s social issues and announced that he will stop singing the song after officials visited his home in Siem Reap province and allegedly gave him a warning. Provincial
Man arrested for fake PM endorsement The owner of currency exchange company GCG Asia Co Ltd was temporarily detained by the court yesterday for attempted fraud after Prime Minister Hun Sen reacted to the company using his name and pictures to allege his endorsement of the firm. Phnom Penh Municipal Court
Sihanoukville authority orders structure dismantled The Preah Sihanouk provincial administration has ordered owners of two unauthorised construction sites to immediately dismantle them and warned of legal action if the owners failed to comply. Ly Chet Niyom, development management and construction bureau chief at the provincial hall, told The Post on