The Cambodia Daily

Former Cambodian defence minister Tea Banh has accused opposition politicians living abroad of attempting to drive a wedge between Cambodia and Vietnam by criticising Hun Sen’s trip to Vietnam in 1977.Speaking at a ceremony on Saturday marking the 49th anniversary of what the government describes as the start of the struggle to overthrow the Khmer […]

A Phnom Penh court has ordered the pre-trial detention of six people accused of cyber fraud after an investigation linked them to the sale of bank accounts to online scam networks.  According to Cambodia’s National Police, the suspects are alleged to have been involved in the unauthorised takeover of WhatsApp accounts and the use of bank […]

Rong Chhun, an adviser to the Nation Power Party, says he hopes Cambodia’s Supreme Court will restore his political rights after it heard his appeal on June 15. The court is expected to announce its ruling on June 19.Rong Chhun is challenging a verdict by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which sentenced him to four […]

Thai authorities allowed nearly 3,000 people to visit Takrabei Temple and the 350 Mountain area on 13 June, before temporarily closing the sites to assess the security situation along the border. According to Thai media reports, 2,928 visitors registered to enter the two locations on Saturday. It was the second occasion on which Thai authorities […]

Cambodia has deported 156 Chinese nationals accused of involvement in online scam operations, authorities said, as Amnesty International questioned the effectiveness of the government’s efforts to tackle the country’s cybercrime industry.  The General Department of Immigration said the Chinese nationals were removed from Cambodia on a special flight departing fr...