 |
 Vietnam expects to join efforts with Cambodia to develop bilateral relations in a bid to bring practical benefits to both sides, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. PM Dung made this statement while receiving Cambodian Permanent Deputy PM Men Sam An, who doubles as President of the Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Association (CVFA), in Hanoi on November 3. The government leader noted with pleasure that Vietnam-Cambodia ties have grown fruitfully, especially in the fields of politics, diplomacy, economics and trade, despite the impact of the global economic crisis. |
Vietnam set to reinforce practical ties with Cambodia
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Court seeks additional evidence in Shinawatra assets case
Published: 22/12/2009
Bangkok Post
The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on will summon fresh witnesses to testify in the case involving the seizure of 76 billion baht of the Shinawatra family's assets.
The case is one of six graft cases brought against fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) by the Assets Scrutiny Committte appointed after the Sept 19, 2006 coup which removed him from office.
The court's verdict on whether to seize the Shinawatra family fortune is seen as Thaksin's political lifeline.
The nine judges comprising the bench hearing the case, headed by Somsak Netramai, met on Tuesday.
"The judges met and they agreed that there should be further inquiry to get to the facts. The inquiry will be on Jan 12 and 14," a judge said after the meeting.
After former foreign minister Surakiat Sathirathai and National Anti-Corruption Commission member Klanarong Chantik, acting on behalf of a member of the disbanded Assets Scrutiny Committee, gave testimony, the court issued an order requesting additional documents and witnesses from seven agencies:
1. The investigation documents from the Department of Special Investigation.
2. The studies on the translation of concession made by the National Economic and Social Advisory Council.
3. The movements of SHIN, THCOM, IFCT, TMB, JAS, TT&T and ADVANC shares from the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
4. The financial information from Thaicom Plc.
5. The National Telecommunication Commission of Thailand's details concerning frequency management.
6. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology's information on telecommunications excise tax collection together with the cabinet's resolutions relating to this issue.
7. The studies on the contracts between the public and private sectors from the Thailand Development Research Institute.
The court would like the additional information to be submitted as soon as possible and the litigants can check all the documents and evidence from Jan 4 to 11, 2009.
Mr Surakiat is a key prosecution witness on Thaksin's policy involving the Export and Import Bank of Thailand's four billion baht soft loan in 2004 to Burma to develop its telecom facilities. He testified that it was usual for the government to approve funds to help neighbouring countries.
"Burma was not the only country. Laos and Cambodia also received financial assistance from the Thai government," Mr Surakiat said. "Thailand gained considerable benefits from helping Burma, including in relations, security and economic affairs."
Mr Klanarong, in his testimlony later, insisted Thaksin abused his authority as prime minister to benefit his Shin Corporation by converting the telecom concessions to excise tax liability and reducing a cell phone operators' concession fee from 25-30 per cent to 20 per cent.
The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions on will summon fresh witnesses to testify in the case involving the seizure of 76 billion baht of the Shinawatra family's assets.
The case is one of six graft cases brought against fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) by the Assets Scrutiny Committte appointed after the Sept 19, 2006 coup which removed him from office.
The court's verdict on whether to seize the Shinawatra family fortune is seen as Thaksin's political lifeline.
The nine judges comprising the bench hearing the case, headed by Somsak Netramai, met on Tuesday.
"The judges met and they agreed that there should be further inquiry to get to the facts. The inquiry will be on Jan 12 and 14," a judge said after the meeting.
After former foreign minister Surakiat Sathirathai and National Anti-Corruption Commission member Klanarong Chantik, acting on behalf of a member of the disbanded Assets Scrutiny Committee, gave testimony, the court issued an order requesting additional documents and witnesses from seven agencies:
1. The investigation documents from the Department of Special Investigation.
2. The studies on the translation of concession made by the National Economic and Social Advisory Council.
3. The movements of SHIN, THCOM, IFCT, TMB, JAS, TT&T and ADVANC shares from the Stock Exchange of Thailand.
4. The financial information from Thaicom Plc.
5. The National Telecommunication Commission of Thailand's details concerning frequency management.
6. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology's information on telecommunications excise tax collection together with the cabinet's resolutions relating to this issue.
7. The studies on the contracts between the public and private sectors from the Thailand Development Research Institute.
The court would like the additional information to be submitted as soon as possible and the litigants can check all the documents and evidence from Jan 4 to 11, 2009.
Mr Surakiat is a key prosecution witness on Thaksin's policy involving the Export and Import Bank of Thailand's four billion baht soft loan in 2004 to Burma to develop its telecom facilities. He testified that it was usual for the government to approve funds to help neighbouring countries.
"Burma was not the only country. Laos and Cambodia also received financial assistance from the Thai government," Mr Surakiat said. "Thailand gained considerable benefits from helping Burma, including in relations, security and economic affairs."
Mr Klanarong, in his testimlony later, insisted Thaksin abused his authority as prime minister to benefit his Shin Corporation by converting the telecom concessions to excise tax liability and reducing a cell phone operators' concession fee from 25-30 per cent to 20 per cent.
Thailand's Thaksin leaves Cambodia: official
2009/12/22
PHNOM PENH, Tues: Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) has left Cambodia after spending more than a week stepping up his advisory role and meeting Thai supporters, an official said Tuesday.
Thaksin, who arrived in Phnom Penh on December 13 for a second visit as an economic adviser to the Cambodian government, departed on Monday morning, said deputy cabinet minister Prak Sokhon.
“He left Cambodia yesterday at around 10 am (0300 GMT),” he said.
Officials would not disclose his destination. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, has based himself in Dubai and travelled widely since leaving Thailand in August last year to escape a two-year jail term for corruption.
During his stay in Cambodia, Thaksin addressed top government officials on how to boost investment, tourism and agriculture.
He also met scores of his “Red Shirt” supporters from Thailand, where he remains a hugely influential figure, witnesses and officials said.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia, who have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged following Thaksin’s appointment as an adviser last month. - AFP
PHNOM PENH, Tues: Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra (pictured) has left Cambodia after spending more than a week stepping up his advisory role and meeting Thai supporters, an official said Tuesday.
Thaksin, who arrived in Phnom Penh on December 13 for a second visit as an economic adviser to the Cambodian government, departed on Monday morning, said deputy cabinet minister Prak Sokhon.
“He left Cambodia yesterday at around 10 am (0300 GMT),” he said.
Officials would not disclose his destination. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, has based himself in Dubai and travelled widely since leaving Thailand in August last year to escape a two-year jail term for corruption.
During his stay in Cambodia, Thaksin addressed top government officials on how to boost investment, tourism and agriculture.
He also met scores of his “Red Shirt” supporters from Thailand, where he remains a hugely influential figure, witnesses and officials said.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia, who have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged following Thaksin’s appointment as an adviser last month. - AFP
China's £750m aid 'not linked' to Cambodia's Uighur deportations
BEIJING has denied that £750 million in aid it gave to Cambodia was linked to the south-east Asian nation's deportation of 20 Muslims who had sought asylum there after fleeing ethnic violence in China's far west.
A Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman yesterday insisted the aid package to Cambodia had "no strings attached".
Chinese Vice President meets Cambodian King on relations
·Xi said China attached great importance to bilateral relations with Cambodia.
·The Cambodian king thanked China for its long-term help to his country.
(Xinhua/Ma Zhanchang)
China agrees $1.2bn in aid for economic development
Deals signed by vice president more than total offered previously
Photo by: HENG CHIVOAN
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister Sok An (right) welcome China's Vice President Xi Jinping (second from left) to Phnom Penh on Monday ahead of a signing ceremony that saw the world's third-largest economy offer the Kingdom $1.2 billion in financial aid.Xi’s delegation agreed the raft of aid deals following a reception with Prime Minister Hun Sen in what was the vice president’s first official visit to Cambodia since taking up the position last year.
The agreements – 14 in total – will see China offer economic grants and soft loans for the construction of roads, transport infrastructure, communication equipment and irrigation projects.
Other agreements include a soft loan for an
No conditions attached to Cambodia aid, FM says
China has always, within its capability, provided aid to Cambodia, with no strings attached, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said Tuesday.
China says handling with citizens deported from Cambodia its own affair
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- China said on Tuesday that it was the country's internal affair to deal with the citizens deported from Cambodia, who were suspected of committing criminal offences, and the outside world should not make irresponsible remarks.
UN to launch labour rights contest for Cambodian garment workers
Garment workers going home on motorcycles in Cambodia
Conference to boost investment in Cambodia
| |
 A conference on promoting Vietnam’s investments in Cambodia will be held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 26 as part of a joint effort to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.The top level meeting with the theme “Promoting Vietnamese investments in Cambodia” will be co-chaired by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen. Senior officials from the two countries’ ministries and State agencies will discuss with entrepreneurs about Cambodia’s latest strategies and policies for attracting foreign direct investment as well as its incentives for foreign investors, especially Vietnamese businesses. |
Man jailed for eating rare tiger
 Fewer than 1,800 Indochinese tigers are thought to be living in the wild |
A Chinese man has been jailed for 12 years for killing and eating a rare Indochinese tiger.
Kang Wannian, a villager from the southern province of Yunnan, said he had encountered the tiger while out fishing, and killed it in self-defence. The animal may have been China's only wild Indochinese tiger, which is on the brink of extinction.
Four other men were jailed for sharing the tiger meal and covering up the incident.
Endangered species
Kang was confronted by the tiger in February while gathering freshwater clams in a nature reserve near China's border with Laos.
He said he shot the animal after dark and claimed that, at the time, he did not know it was an endangered Indochinese tiger.
Vietnam, Cambodia strengthen judicial cooperation
| |
The Vietnamese and Cambodian ministers of justice have briefly discussed a draft agreement on legal aid in civil and trade matters during a visit to Cambodia by a delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice.
New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
(AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE: Once curable diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria are rapidly mutating into aggressive strains that resist drugs. The reason: The misuse of the very drugs that were supposed to save us has built up drug resistance worldwide. Second in a five-part series.<
Landmine kills Cambodian soldier at border: commander
PHNOM PENH, Dec 22 (AFP) - A Cambodian soldier has died after stepping on an old landmine near an ancient border temple that has been the scene of bloody clashes with Thailand, a commander said Tuesday.
Cambodia denies forcing drug users into 'experiment'
PHNOM PENH, Dec 22 (AFP) - Cambodian authorities on Tuesday denied a rights group's accusations that they forced drug addicts to participate in a "trial" of a herbal formula that is not registered in the country.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that since December 11, police have arrested 17 people from the streets and held them in a centre where they were given a course of the medication "with no indication of voluntary consent".
Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that since December 11, police have arrested 17 people from the streets and held them in a centre where they were given a course of the medication "with no indication of voluntary consent".
CAMBODIA: Financial Crisis Forces More Teenage Girls into Labour
By Marwaan Macan-Markar*
BANGKOK, Dec 23 (IPS/TerraViva) - Until the global financial crisis hit, a journey out of poverty for women in rural Cambodia was assured by the vibrant garment sector that had taken root in the country’s capital. Tens of thousands of women in their twenties poured into Phnom Penh to secure jobs in the hundreds of export-oriented factories.
Mobile TV service to be testrun in Cambodia with S korean help
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB)technology first developed by South Korea will be launched in Cambodia on a trial basis, said the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) Wednesday.
Thailand's Thaksin leaves Cambodia: official
2009/12/22
PHNOM PENH, Tues: Thailand’s fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra has left Cambodia after spending more than a week stepping up his advisory role and meeting Thai supporters, an official said Tuesday.
Thaksin, who arrived in Phnom Penh on December 13 for a second visit as an economic adviser to the Cambodian government, departed on Monday morning, said deputy cabinet minister Prak Sokhon.
“He left Cambodia yesterday at around 10 am (0300 GMT),” he said.
Officials would not disclose his destination. Thaksin, who was ousted in a 2006 coup, has based himself in Dubai and travelled widely since leaving Thailand in August last year to escape a two-year jail term for corruption.
During his stay in Cambodia, Thaksin addressed top government officials on how to boost investment, tourism and agriculture.
He also met scores of his “Red Shirt” supporters from Thailand, where he remains a hugely influential figure, witnesses and officials said.
Relations between Thailand and Cambodia, who have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged following Thaksin’s appointment as an adviser last month. - AFP
China says handling with citizens deported from Cambodia its own affair
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- China said on Tuesday that it was the country's internal affair to deal with the citizens deported from Cambodia, who were suspected of committing criminal offences, and the outside world should not make irresponsible remarks.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu made the remarks at a regular news briefing in response to a question on Cambodia's deportation of 20 Chinese citizens of the Uygur ethnic group.
Cambodia deported the Chinese citizens according to its immigration law and China received them according to the customs, said Jiang.
The Chinese nationals illegally cross the border to break the laws both in China and Cambodia. They were also suspected of committing criminal offenses, she said.
"Any country facing such circumstances is entitled to make its own decision in accordance with its domestic laws," Jiang said.
"How to handle with these people is the internal affair of China, and the outside world shall not make irresponsible remarks," Jiang said.
"China is a country under the rule of law. Judicial authorities will deal with these people's illegal criminal activities in accordance with the law and safeguard their legitimate rights."
Commenting on whether the deportation was linked with China's assistance to Cambodia, Jiang said both countries have maintained comprehensive and cooperative partnership, and "We provide assistance to Cambodia in line with our own capacity and without any strings attached."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)