Monday, 9 August 2010

The Phnom Penh Post News in Brief


via Khmer NZ

KDC land dispute: Families petition PM over suits


Monday, 09 August 2010 15:01 Khouth Sophakchakrya

KDC land dispute

A REPRESENTATIVE of more than 100 families involved in a dispute with KDC International, a company headed by the wife of a government minister, said yesterday that he had submitted a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen, requesting intervention after the company brought a series of lawsuits against villagers.

Pheng Tom accused the company of using the court system to discourage 108 families from protesting its efforts to remove them from their land in Kampong Chhnang province, and said four protesters had been arrested in connection with the case.

Court officials and a company representative could not be reached for comment.

Gold-diggers: Monks block Pailin hunt for treasure

Monday, 09 August 2010 15:01 Meas Sokchea

Gold-diggers

A GROUP of monks has accused the governor of Pailin province of ordering local security forces to attempt to dig for buried treasure over the weekend at a pagoda in Pailin town.

With the support of about 2,000 local residents, the monks were able to stop 100 police, military police and members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces from carrying out digs on Saturday and Sunday, despite threats of arrest if they resisted, monks said. Noan Sophen, deputy chief of Ratanak Sophoan pagoda, said yesterday that the treasure hunt had been ordered by Pailin provincial governor Y Chhien.

Y Chhien could not be reached yesterday. Van Nalong, Pailin provincial military police chief, denied allegations that threats of arrest had been issued.

Post Fantasy League kick-off just days away

Monday, 09 August 2010 15:00 Dan Riley

The start of the new English Premier League season is just five days away, and aspiring managers are busy constructing their squads for the accompanying Post Fantasy League. Following the success of last season, Cellcard have confirmed they will be sponsoring prizes for weekly and overall winners. To submit your team, go to fantasy.premierleague.com and enter the code 42804-14678 to join our league. There are new rules (published on the forum page) and managers must register their team by email to dan.riley@phnompenhpost.com This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to be eligible for prize collection.

Oil pushes petrol rise

Monday, 09 August 2010 15:00 Chun Sophal

DOMESTIC petrol prices rose this week after a monthlong standstill, according a report by Cambodia’s leading oil company Sokimex. Petrol yesterday sold for 4,550 riels (US$1.08) per litre, a 4.59 percent increase on last month. On Tuesday, New York’s light sweet crude for delivery in September breached $82 per barrel.

Kingdom-Harta deal

Monday, 09 August 2010 15:00 Jeremy Mullins

PHNOM Penh’s Kingdom Breweries will source its cartons from domestic start-up Harta Packages in its "first large-scale commercial partnership,” operations manager Keith Teh said. The brewery plans to open this month.

Smart Mobile to allow top-ups with ABA Bank

Monday, 09 August 2010 15:00 Jeremy Mullins

SMART Mobile has concluded an agreement with ABA Bank to allow mobile top-ups through its ATMs and internet-banking system. Smart has similar existing agreements with ANZ Royal and ACLEDA Bank, as well as mobile transfer service WING.

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