Following protests by farmers, authorities have pumped water from the Bati River and Prek Tnaot canal to dry season rice fields across Takeo province’s Bati district. The action, taken on January 21, is intended to save approximately 4,000 hectares of rice fields. Earlier that day, hundreds of farmers used tractors and motorcycles to block a main road for several hours, demanding intervention from local authorities and relevant ministries. Upon learning of the protests, senior minister Kun Kim, vice-chairman of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), along with Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Thor Chetha and Minister of Agriculture,…
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The burning of forests, fabric scraps and various types of industrial waste continues unabated across the Kingdom, warned authorities and NGOs. The smoke from these fires has significant environmental and public health impacts, in spite of directives banning such activities being issued. Chea Hean, director of the NGO Anti-Corruption, Natural Resource Protection and Civil Rights Protection (ACNCIPO), noted that such practices, including burning forest areas, rice stubble and industrial waste during the dry season, remain common occurrences every year, regardless of prohibitions issued by the Ministry of Environment and related institutions. “The burning of fabric scraps is still ongoing.…
The Royal Government has recently implemented two specific and direct and indirect measures to assist farmers, particularly to stabilise the price of rice during the upcoming Chinese and Vietnamese New Year celebrations, a period when demand may decline. The measures were introduced after the price of OM rice dropped to as low as 800 riel per kilogramme. The price of Khmer fragrant rice remains similar to last year, ranging from 1,200 to 1,300 riel. During a January 20 inauguration ceremony for development achievements in the Bun Rany Senchey Damnak Trayeng village, in Pursat province’s Phnom Kravanh district, Prime Minister Hun…
The Department of Environment in Kampong Thom province has issued a denial regarding allegations of illegal gold mining operations recently reported in the media, claiming they occurred within the Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Kratie province. Officials also refuted claims of receiving an eight million riel ($2,000) bribe to overlook illegal mining. Tob Kakkada, the head of the department, made the denial in a January 16 letter to Minister of Environment Eang Sophalleth. The letter clarified reporting by local media that environmental and other local officials accepted millions of riel in exchange for not cracking down on illegal gold…
The owner of Morn Dany Real Estate Company, Morn Dany, was sent to the Phnom Penh Court at 2pm on Friday, January 17, following her arrest upon returning from Thailand through the O’Smach International Border in Oddar Meanchey province. The arrest was in relation to allegations of issuing bad checks. “The police sent her to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court at 2:00 PM after her arrest on the night of January 16 when she returned from Thailand,” said General Ngeng Chou, head of the Ministry of Interior’s Criminal Police Department. Investigating Judge Le Sokha of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court…