Phnom Penh Post - Monument under threat?
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy told local media he would oppose any plans to demolish
the monument for the victims of the March 30, 1997 grenade attack. The monument,
located in a public park in front of the National Assembly, may have to make way
for a new garden area planned by City Hall. Rainsy said he would only allow the monument
to be demolished if City Hall also removed the nearby Victory Monument that commemorates
the deaths of Vietnamese soldiers during the 1978-79 war.
Government denies claims former Thai PM Yingluck issued Cambodian passportGovernment officials on Thursday denied claims that a Cambodian passport was issued to former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who reportedly used it to register a company in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong-based English language South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Wednesday reported Hong Kong
Diplomatic passports issued to foreigners to be annulled The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation will move to annul diplomatic passports issued to those not born in Cambodia. Analysts say the move may be in relation to reports that former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra used a Cambodian passport to register as
Hun Sen warns Irish MP of EBA ‘mistake’Prime Minister Hun Sen on Saturday told former Irish premier Enda Kenny, still a member of the EU nation’s parliament, that the 28-nation bloc should not make a “third mistake” regarding Cambodia by using the preferential Everything But Arms (EBA) agreement to “take 16 million
US senators call for GSP trade privilege cut Two US senators on Wednesday introduced the Cambodian Trade Act of 2019 bill, requiring the administration to re-examine Cambodia’s eligibility to access the preferential trade treatment granted by the US under the General System of Preferences (GSP). A Cambodian government spokesman said the move was