Up to 26 storms forecast for rainy season, five or six to overflow Mekong
Publication date 19 June 2019 | 12:07 | ICT

A Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology spokesman said on Tuesday that there will be up to 26 storms this rainy season, but of those, only five or six will cause the Mekong river to overflow or result in general flooding.

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    Preah Sihanouk provincial governor Yun Min on Monday warned that a coal plant in Stung Hav district’s Otres commune might be closed after 42 families complained against the factory.

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    Publication date 19 June 2019 | 08:04 | ICT

    A man was detained by anti-drug police in Stung Treng town’s Kham Phan village on Tuesday after police found more than 10,000 methamphetamine tablets in his possession.

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    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 16:45 | ICT

    The Phnom Penh Municipal Court issued a warrant on Monday to detain the owner of the Luxurious nightclub after municipal authorities located and arrested the suspect in Battambang province on Sunday.

  • Kandal police officers held after drugged woman dies

    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 16:14 | ICT

    A 19-year-old woman died and three other females were poisoned after three police officers and one other man allegedly spiked their drinks at a Kandal province karaoke parlour on Sunday night.

  • South African, Cambodian couple apprehended for social media phishing

    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 15:59 | ICT

    Phnom Penh Military Police sent a South African and his Cambodian girlfriend to Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for running social media scams that cheated people out of thousands of dollars.

  • Prison officials review issues, past five years’ achievements

    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 14:32 | ICT

    The director-general of the General Department of Prisons at the Ministry of Interior said while overcrowding remains a pressing issue, positive achievements have been made in the management of the Kingdom’s jails over the past five

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    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 13:50 | ICT

    The Ministry of Health issued a warning letter against a private clinic in Phnom Penh that treated two dengue fever patients for nine days and charged over $5,200 for its services – an amount labelled by netizens as “extortion”.

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    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 10:49 | ICT

    Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district authorities on Sunday sent 33 homeless people, including drug addicts and beggars, to the Municipal Department of Social Affairs, Veterans, and Youth Rehabilitation to be trained and rehabilitated.

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    Publication date 18 June 2019 | 09:49 | ICT

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