UN human rights envoy Tho­mas Hammarberg on Wed­nes­day singled out the CPP’s thumb­print campaign as a violation of voters’ rights and one of “many problems” hindering a neutral environment for elections.

A $135 million horde of gold in a Swiss bank account recently awarded to the Cambodian government will probably remain in the account for the time being, according to government and bank officials.

Second Prime Minister Hun Sen said he has procured 2,000 jobs in garment factories for squatters in Phnom Penh.

About 200 garment factory workers marched to the National Assembly and the US Embassy on Tuesday morning demanding higher pay and the end to forced overtime.

Health workers this week will visit Ka Chok village in Ratana­k­kiri province to assess a village that had one of the highest-ever recorded malaria rates in the region two years ago.

Ratanakkiri authorities are clamping down on animal poachers and traffickers in response to the reported decline in wild animal numbers, officials said Tues­day.

The extradition treaty signed last week in Bangkok is unlikely to bring renegade generals Nhiek Bun Chhay and Serey Kosal back to Cambodia to serve jail terms, observers said Tuesday.

Second Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed Tuesday not to cling to power if his party loses the national elections, and promised that his Cambodian People’s Party will form a coalition government even if it wins the polls outright.

Top security officials on Tues­day claimed that government troops have captured the Khmer Rouge’s last two tanks, north of Anlong Veng.

o bai tap, Siem Reap province – Through the bars on his prison window in Anlong Veng’s O Keng Kong prison, Krom Khuon could see soldiers come for an ill-fated prisoner and his family.

Steam rises from the electric hot pot and wafts into Hang Sobaya’s face as he scoops meat, broth and vegetables into a bowl at the Master Su­kisoup restaurant on Czecho­slo­va­kie Road.

A spokesman for deposed first prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh on Monday called for unity among opposition parties, saying that bickering would only weaken their chances in upcoming elections.

Less than a week after he re­turned to Cambodia to take his presumed place as head of the opposition, deposed first prime minister Prince Norodom Rana­­riddh is already drawing criticism from his political allies and members of his own party over two controversial decisions.

Cambodians looking for work in one of Phnom Penh’s garment factories will soon be able to get help from the Ministry of Com­merce.

Nour-Eddine Driss wants to make one thing absolutely clear:

Second Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed for a peaceful campaign season Saturday and urged citizens to turn in “intimidators.”

Second Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Thomas Hammar­berg on Sunday for the first time in eight months, reportedly tell­ing the Stockholm-based rights official that the government has made progress in investigating extrajudicial killings documented by the UN.

The number of people contracting dengue fever in Phnom Penh has dropped since January, when a high incidence of the illness triggered health alerts. But health workers said Friday they remain concerned about a possible rainy-season epidemic.

o bai tap, Siem Reap province – Two major projects aimed at improving living conditions for the nearly 6,000 internal refugees living here are close to completion.

Deposed first prime minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh said Saturday that Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for atrocities should be brought before an in­ternational tribunal—not a national court—without delay.