Phnom Penh Post - Woman charged with running brothel
A Vietnamess woman was charged with prostitution and four sex workers were sent to the provincial Department of Social Affairs after police raided a brothel in Siem Reap on Tuesday. Siem Reap District Police Chief Phoeng Chendarith said they staged the raid on Monday after residents complained to police that a coffee shop was in fact a brothel.
Breaking: US House passes 'Cambodia Democracy Act'The US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on Monday, passed the “HR 526 Cambodia Democracy Act”, also known as the Cambodia Democracy Act of 2019. If signed off by the president, the bill will allow two major sets of action to be taken against high-ranking Cambodian
‘Zero-dollar’ tours under fireMinister of Tourism Thong Khon has blamed “zero-dollar” tour operators for the decrease in foreign tourists to Angkor Archaeological Park in the first half of this year and has called for action against them. Angkor Archaeological Park received 1.24 million foreign visitors in the first half
Breaking: Rubbish found packed inside 83 containers at S'ville portEighty-three containers packed with rubbish were broken open at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port by joint authorities on Tuesday. The origin of the containers has yet to be ascertained, Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra said. Pheaktra, who is also the ministry’s secretary of state, said
VIP prison scrapped amid much criticism The Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that Cambodia’s first privately run prison, which was to allow prisoners with enough money to upgrade to more comfortable cells, has been scrapped. Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said studies had found that no other country in the