Chey Sen News Today

PHNOM PENH: Authorities are hunting for the people behind the discovery of more than one tonne of illegal drugs that were discovered in an abandoned vehicle in Preah Vihear province.

On average, communities trained by the REDD+ project submit 50 formal reports about forest crimes per month to authorities based upon data captured through the SMART 7 application, according to the USAID Greening Prey Lang (GPL) Project.

Two gaurs have been spotted in the Prey Lang area in Preah Vihear province, grazing amongst the cattle of local villagers. Officials have called for the protection of these two specimens. The gaur, Bos gaurus, also known as the Indian bison, is the world’s largest surviving wild bovid.

Two gaurs have been spotted in the Prey Lang area in Preah Vihear province, grazing amongst the cattle of local villagers. Officials have called for the protection of these two specimens. The gaur, Bos gaurus, also known as the Indian bison, is the world’s largest surviving wild bovid.

A senior environment official rejected a report by the Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) in Preah Vihear province claiming that it had found 73 forest offences in four days of investigating and monitoring the area in Chey Sen district. Ministry of Environment spokesman Neth Pheaktra deemed the PLCN’s actions unlawful and dismissed the report as false.

The Preah Vihear provincial government has temporarily banned travel by heavy trucks on a stretch of National Road 95 in Preah Vihear’s Chey Sen district due to increasing floodwaters, according to the provincial Department of Public Works and Transport.

The water levels of Stung Sen in Preah Vihear provincial town on the morning of August 30 continued to rise, reaching 12.72m, exceeding the alert level by more than 1.22m, officials said.

A senior education official called for the elimination of all violence in schools and communities in order to ensure that all children are protected from harm while attending both public and private schools and able to study in safe learning environments.

The Preah Vihear Provincial Council has instructed officials to improve their response to the requests and needs of the community, urging local authorities to focus on the provision of public services and work to resolve disputes outside the judicial system.

  On 30 August 2017, 40 people brought a petition to the Chinese Embassy in Phnom Penh calling for the withdrawal of a group of Chinese agribusiness companies from Preah Vihear province in northern Cambodia. The companies, five subsidiaries of the Chinese company Hengfu, are accused of grabbing land in 2011 from tens of thousands of families and their communities, destroying local ecosystems and putting farmers’ livelihoods in jeopardy. Representing affected communities in Tbeng Mean...