The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Ministry’s ‘massive graft’” plus 9 more

The Phnom Penh Post - ENGLISH: “Ministry’s ‘massive graft’” plus 9 more


Ministry’s ‘massive graft’

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

MINISTER of Economy and Finance Keat Chhon has requested that the Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation repay an estimated US$5.5 million it paid to "ghost officials" and used in "irregular expenses".

Rain cycle

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:02 AM PDT

110715_1Two people ride a bicycle through flood waters on Sothearos Boulevard in Phnom Penh yesterday. Phnom Penh has been pummelled with rain in recent weeks as the monsoon season hits full stride. 

‘Act now’ land-grab attitude

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

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A RACE to buy up land concessions, in which one investor emphasised the need to "act now" before available land became unavailabe, encouraged companies to side-step the Kingdom's land law with the acquiescence of the government, a United States embassy cable asserts.

US cables detail PM’s thinking on ‘dirty debt’

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

NEWLY-RELEASED diplomatic cables show that Prime Minister Hun Sen reportedly agreed to pay Cambodia's 1970s-era Lon Nol "dirty debt", despite his later calls for its cancellation. They also allege that Japan threatened to pull out of a development project in protest over attempts by the United States to collect the debt.

Top anti-drugs cop convicted

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

110715_3THE former chief of Phnom Penh's municipal anti-drug police was sentenced to 12 years in jail at the capital's Municipal Court yesterday for possessing stockpiles of illegal drugs and accepting a US$20,000 bribe.

Labour draft law scrutinised

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

REPRESENTATIVES from a coalition of seven unions comprising about 300,000 members have requested that the Ministry of Labour amend more than 20 "loopholes" before sending a controversial draft union law to the Council of Ministers.

Licadho staffer loses appeal

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

THE Appeal Court upheld a Takeo provincial court verdict yesterday that sentenced an employee of rights group Licadho to two years in prison and changed the original conviction of disinformation to incitement under the new Penal Code.

Foreign minister to leave for ICJ’s verdict

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

FOREIGN Minister Hor Namhong is set to leave for The Hague this weekend to hear the International Court of Justice's verdict on Monday, after Cambodia requested the removal of Thai troops from the area near Preah Vihear temple.

Election fever in US community

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

110715_6BORN in a refugee camp in Thailand after his parents fled the Khmer Rouge, Van Pech is poised to become only the second person of Cambodian descent to hold public office in the United States.

‘Brothel for old women’ exposed

Posted: 15 Jul 2011 01:01 AM PDT

THE owner of a massage outlet was tried yesterday, along with two co-workers, for the illegal operation of a brothel allegedly offering sexual services for old women and gay men in Phnom Penh.

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