A member of the Prey Nop district military police station has been detained at the Preah Sihanouk provincial military police headquarters after being accused of using a handgun to threaten a couple in a recent road rage incident. On October 17, the military announced that Khan Nirot, who serves at Kampong Seila district military police station, is in custody after the October 15 incident. Svay Rieng truck driver Thaong Serey Visith, 36, and his wife Thorn Sochheat, 30, who operate a cargo service reported that they were travelling from Preah Sihanouk province towards Phnom Penh along national Road 4 when…
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The Ministry of Environment has announced that it will work with the Ministry of Commerce to take legal action against large companies and factories that fail to install automatic air quality monitoring equipment, starting in 2026. Speaking at the October 16 Blue Skies & Net Zero 2050 Campaign event at the Cambodia Institute of Technology, environment minister Eang Sophalleth reiterated that by 2026, all factories must be equipped with automatic devices to monitor air quality. Those that do not will face stringent legal consequences, he warned. “The Ministry of Environment will cooperate with the Ministry of Commerce to take legal…
Officers from the Anti-Drug Department were not on the guest list at a popular nightclub in the capital’s Chamkar Mon district last night, but decided to make an appearance anyway. More than 250 people, both Cambodians and foreigners, were detained for questioning in connection with drug offenses after authorities burst into the Sky Cambodia club just after midnight this morning, October 16. According to the Anti-Drug Department, during the operation, 62 Cambodians — including staff, sanitation workers and cooks — as well as 195 Chinese and Vietnamese nationals, were detained. Authorities found and confiscated a large quantity of narcotics, drug-related…
Prime Minister Hun Manet has highlighted the collective efforts that ASEAN must prioritise, in the face of disaster-related challenges. He noted that beyond emergency relief and urgent humanitarian needs, it must also focus on building and rehabilitating infrastructure that is increasingly resilient to climate change over the long term. Manet delivered his remarks during the opening ceremony of the 13th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Management (AMMDM), the 14th Conference of the Parties to AADMER, and related meetings, hosted by Cambodia on Thursday, October 16. The head of government, who also serves as chairman of the National Committee for Disaster…
The National Police have countered South Korean media claims that as many as 80 Korean citizens are unaccounted for in Cambodia, noting that they have “intervened” in 35 cases involving 40 South Koreans so far this year. In an October 16 statement, the police explained that throughout the year, they have continuously received intervention requests from the South Korean embassy in Cambodia, the individuals themselves or their families. “As a result of cooperation in investigation, inquiry and intervention on these requests, Cambodian authorities have responsibly fulfilled the work and achieved concrete outcomes in 35 cases, involving 40 persons (including four…
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has responded to widespread criticism of the sentence handed to a former policeman who caused a fatal traffic accident in Phnom Penh last May. On October 14, the court announced that Hun Heng, 61, was sentenced to three years in prison and fined four million riel (approximately $1,000), with two years suspended. The May 15 crash, which occurred in front of the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts on Preah Norodom Boulevard, left one dead and several injured. Following social media claims that the sentence was “lenient”, the court issued an October 15 clarification, explaining…
In the first nine months of 2025, the Ministry of Interior resolved 600 public complaints of the 775 received. Several officials were disciplined, with some removed from the civil service framework and stripped of their positions. Em Vichet, director-general of the ministry’s General Inspectorate, noted that among the 600 resolved complaints, 287 were administrative and 313 were police-related. This represented 77 per cent of the total complaints. The resolution rate represented a three per cent increase over the same nine-month period in 2024, when 74 per cent of complaints were resolved, the figure has increased by 3%. The remaining 175…
The Ministry of Environment is implementing plans to transform Koh Sralao Island, in Koh Kong province, into Cambodia’s first “model carbon-neutral island”. The initiative aims to improve community livelihoods, conserve natural resources and increase resilience to climate change. Environment minister Eang Sophalleth explained that to ensure Koh Sralao’s community maintains its fresh scenery and clean, green environment on the path to becoming a “carbon-neutral island”, the ministry has drawn up detailed step-by-step plans. “The ministry is preparing a development project to turn Koh Sralao into a model carbon-neutral island in the near future, through cooperation with relevant partners to create…
In an October 9 raid in Phnom Penh, the Anti-Drug Department arrested two Chinese nationals and seized more than two kilogrammes of narcotics in Phnom Penh. Yesterday, October 13, 90 other individuals were detained in drug-related cases. More than 13 kilogrammes of narcotics were seized. The Phnom Penh raid took place near a nightclub in Tonle Basak Commune, in the capital’s Chamkarmon District. Two Chinese nationals, Zou Xiaobo, 51, and He Tiantian, 36 were arrested. Officers confiscated 1,994 grammes of ketamine and 437.71 grammes of MDMA. Nearly two kilogrammes of ketamine were confiscated in the bust, along with almost half…
The 14th Chaktomuk Short Film Festival (CSFF) is being hailed as a vital platform for nurturing Cambodian youth, fostering freedom of expression and promoting Cambodia’s cultural identity on the global stage. During an October 14 press conference at Fable Cinema, Ministry of Information spokesperson Tep Asnarith described the festival as “a powerful vehicle for the country’s growing film industry and for encouraging young people to creatively engage with real social issues through storytelling”. “The festival allows and creates opportunities for young people to express their ideas, views, talent and use a variety of techniques, contributing to promoting the right to…