Phnom Penh Post - Workers jailed for drugs
A construction worker and a horse-cart driver were given 10-month jail sentences at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday after being caught smoking yama in Phnom Penh’s New World City development. Sun Chantha, 28, and Leap Senghong, 25, were charged on February 22 after police caught them in Dangkor district’s Choam Chao commune. Police confiscated 15 amphetamine pills from them. The pair were also fined one million riel (around US$250) each.
Body of woman killed in Bangkok returnsThe Cambodian embassy in Thailand is working to repatriate the body of a casino dealer who was shot dead in Bangkok on Monday night. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation spokesman Kuy Kuong told The Post on Wednesday that officials are preparing paperwork to
Chikungunya hits 15 provinces, says gov’tMinistry of Health spokeswoman Or Vandine said on Thursday that the chikungunya outbreak in the Kingdom has spread to 15 provinces. Some 1,700 people are now suspected to have the disease. Vandine urged people to prevent its further spread by eliminating shelters for the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Gov’t exempts visa A and B holders from Covid feesAirline passengers who are diplomats and officials of international organisations holding Type A and B visas for travel to Cambodia are exempted from paying Covid-19 testing fees, said the Ministry of Health in its latest adjustment of rules on Wednesday. Health Minister Mam Bun Heng
Bill covering dress code draws ireMinistry of Interior secretary of state Ouk Kim Lek responded on Tuesday to criticism concerning a draft law that would ban women from wearing overly revealing clothing, saying that input from all parties will be considered as the law moves through the promulgation process. Several
What’s the deal with Cambodia and China’s FTA?Cambodia’s Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China kicks off a series of FTAs in future but for now, critics wonder what else the parties could bring to the table apart from what it already has to date By the end of this year, Cambodia
Cambodia, Vietnam exchange border maps amid criticismCambodia and Vietnam formally exchanged border maps on Monday despite criticism from former members of the Supreme Court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) that the Kingdom is losing land in the deal. The two countries said agreement on the border is 84 per cent complete, leaving
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Construction halted after crane collapse kills five
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