Tuesday, 15 January 2008

Brief News From Cambodia

KHMERNews.com
Monday, January 14, 2008

Gov’t Should Develop Homepage more

SRP parliamentarian Eng Chay Eang said that the government should develop its homepage more. The government’s website is lacking information that it makes students and researchers difficult to research for any information. General Secretary of Telecommunication and information Development Authorities Pu Lyvuth claim that updating of the state’s homepage is the task of each ministry. The government is trying to build up the country in many sectors so in some parts might not be controlled well.

One Die Three Seriously Injure

An unidentified man died instantly at the scene and other three seriously injured when a Spider motorcycle crashed Suzuki motorbike strongly. The incident occurred around 9:30pm along Russian Blv in north Porprok village, Sangkat Kakab, Phnom Penh. The unidentified man was about 20 years old, wore blue jean with red T-shirt and long hair. The collision happened when the Suzuki motor was crossing the road.

Phnom Penh Police Arrest no plate number modern motorbikes

Phnom Penh: More than 100 modern motorcycles with no plate number were detained, and checked by all seven district police, police said on 12 Jan 2008. The event followed some teenagers with no plate number motorbikes committed robberies around a few times in Phnom Penh city in 2008. After motorbikes were confiscated, the teenagers’ parents went to Phnom Penh Police Office in order to take their motors back. It was not known that whether the motorbike owners were found or educated.

Tractor Trailer Kills a man in Steng Meanchay

Phnom Penh: An unknown man was run over and killed by a tractor trailer in a shock traffic accident at 7pm on 11 Jan 2008 in Dom Nakthom village, Meanchay district’s Meanchay commune on Veng Sreng Road. The eyewitness said that the dead victim was driving on his motorbikes from ease to west in the same direction with the tractor trailer, drove like the wind. Arriving at the scene, the tractor hit the victim in the back, killing him instantly. The driver escaped after the accident. People nearby said that there was no electricity at the scene, it was dark.

Electric Factory was destroyed by Fire

Phnom Penh: Electric factory in Reussey Keo district was destroyed by fire at 2:15pm on 13 Jan 2008. The fire, caused by a worker burned dead grass near the generator, did not spread to other buildings nor did the people’s houses, but four private company generators were ruined, local authority said. 12 fire tucks intervened the incident. Phnom Penh police Chief Thoch Narong said at the scene that the generator governors were careless that caused the fire.

Three Masked Gunmen Rob Internet Shop

Phnom Penh: Masked teenagers with a gun robbed many internet users in an internet shop at 10:30am on 12 Jan 2008 in Chamkar Mon district’s Ou Lapic commune. Seven mobile phones, three rings, one of them is diamond one, were lost in the robbery, police said. On e of the victims said that the robbers maybe disguised themselves as the internet users before they committed the robbery because they knew the victims, who has modern phone, clearly. Police searched thee robbers by arresting no plate number motorbikes.

Police Detain 93 Imported pigs

Banteaymeanchay Province: Economic police arrested 93 pigs imported from Thailand at 2:45pm on 12 Jan 2008 in Sala Krahom village, Ou Chrov district’s Som Roan commune. The pig owners said that they had bought the pigs from Thailand without any authority. Provincial police officer Chab Sopharith said that according to the government order, any animal importing without authority from neighboring countries is not allowed. The pig owners added that they wanted to feed them because those are good breed.

Biggest, tallest buddha statute in town destroyed

In late December 2007, the authorities surreptitiously destroyed one of Cambodia's largest Buddha statutes which had been recently erected in the compound of a pagoda (Wat Nirot) in the southern part of Phnom Penh. The statute, built with donations from Cambodians living in the USA, was over 50 meters high. Its removal was necessary to widen National Road # 1 leading to Vietnam. Its destruction had to be surreptitious in order not to shock the population in this predominantly Buddhist nation.

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