Interior Minister Sar Kheng held a meeting to review a draft law on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) in a bid to curb money laundering in the Kingdom. The move is motivated by the global money-laundering watchdog Financial Action Task Force’s decision in February last year to place Cambodia on its grey list.
A sweeping state of emergency bill, which critics say would hand the government excessive powers during an ill-defined national crisis. A Constitutional Council spokesperson said the body did not consider whether an acting head of state could declare a state of emergency based on the draft law, adding that there was no request to clarify this discrepancy.
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Health authorities and experts on Monday warned citizens to remain vigilant and keep up precautions against Covid-19, despite no new cases being reported in the country for 15 consecutive days and only three patients remaining in quarantine.
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More 2.1 million people including workers, employee, and public officials have received benefits from the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) since 2008. Some 99.7 percent of the total 10 million workforces in Cambodia have jobs, according to a message of Prime Minister Hun Sen on the 134th International Labor Day.
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Justice Ministry spokesman said the technical team reviewing the documents of convicts nominated for sentence reduction or pardon as submitted by 20 provincial and municipal prisons and four correctional centers.
The Environment Ministry has warned it will take legal action against NGO workers who conduct illegal activities in protected areas, as they are not registered with the Interior Ministry.
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MoEYS) has said that it will continue to closely monitor the COVID-19 situation in the country as well as in the region and the world before making a decision on when schools, colleges and universities can resume and classes can restart.https://bit.ly/3cZI42u;
