In the Media in 2017

S.O.S MEKONG RIVER

Villagers summonsed again in dredging case The Phnom Penh Post (14 - August - 2017)

Villagers Summoned Over Peaceful Protest Against Sand Dredging The Cambodia Daily (14 - August - 2017)

Gov’t Officials, Plainclothes Police Crash Village Protest Meeting The Cambodia Daily (10 - August - 2017)

Local interrogated over sand dredging meetings at her house The Phnom Penh Post (09 - August - 2017)

Returning Sesan Families Warned of Greater Floods From Dam The Cambodia Daily (02 - August - 2017) Read as PDF

Meet between officials, dam villagers cancelled The Phnom Penh Post (31 - July - 2017)

Flooding reaches Srekor village The Phnom Penh Post (31 - July - 2017)

UN Officials Blocked From Villages Facing Threat of Flood The Cambodia Daily (26 - July - 2017) Download as PDF

Officials stop outsiders travelling to Sesan dam The Phnom Penh Post (25 - July - 2017)

Sesan locals protest over supporters’ detention The Phnom Penh Post (24 - July - 2017)

Police Stop Activists From Reaching Sesan II Dam Village The Cambodia Daily (24 - July - 2017) - Read as PDF

BLOOD GOLD

A Cambodian gold mine shrouded in secrecy The Phnom Penh Post (04 - August - 2017)

Preah Vihear land returned after high-level meeting The Phnom Penh Post (12 - July - 2017)

MISCELLANEOUS

Groundbreaking Environmental Campaign Group Closed as Activists Arrested Voice Of America (20 - September - 2017)

Environmental NGO Mother Nature dissolved The Phnom Penh Post (18 - September - 2017)

Breaking: Mother Nature stricken from registry The Phnom Penh Post (15 - September - 2017)

NGO Wary of Promise to Cancel Hydropower Dam Project - អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodia Daily (15 March 2017)

SAND MINING SCAM

CSOs call for release of detained Mother Nature activists The Phnom Penh Post (14 - November - 2017)

In Cambodia, Activists Risk Prison to Expose Ecological Scars of Sand Mining UNDARK Magazine / 25 October 2017

柬埔寨與台灣進出口數字兜不攏 164萬噸砂石憑空消失 Taiwan Environmental Information Center - TEIA - (22 - September - 2017)

Discrepancies in Cambodian Sand Exports Spark Fraud Allegations Voice of America (VOA) - (14 - September - 2017)

Koh Kong activists charged The Phnom Penh Post (14 - September - 2017)

Fresh sand ‘fraud’, claims NGO Mother Nature, as sand numbers between Taiwan and the government appear to be off by more than 1.5M tonnes The Phnom Penh Post (13 - September - 2017)

Ministry responds to MP’s request on silica The Phnom Penh Post (24 - August - 2017)

Mother Nature activist held over drone use The Phnom Penh Post (08 - August - 2017)

Anti-Dredging Activist Held for Filming, Inciting Protesters The Cambodia Daily (02 - August - 2017) Download as PDF

More riverbank collapses near sand dredging site The Phnom Penh Post (07 - August - 2017)

Sand facility allowed to operate The Phnom Penh Post (01 - August - 2017)

Assembly Rejects Lawmaker’s Request for Sand Mining Info The Cambodia Daily (02 - August - 2017) Download as PDF

CNRP MP seeks clarity on sand-dredging ban The Phnom Penh Post (01 - August - 2017)

Cambodia bans sand exports permanently BBC (13 - July - 2017)

Dredging Permitted in Koh Kong Despite Sand Export Ban The Cambodia Daily (6 - July - 2017) - Download as PDF

Koh Kong sand exports permanently banned after volume discrepancies The Phnom Penh Post (12 - July - 2017)

Supreme Court Orders Eco-Activist’s Appeal to Be Reheard The Cambodia Daily (6 - July - 2017) - Download as PDF / អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ

Activist’s case sent to lower court for retrial The Phnom Penh Post (6 - July - 2017)

Si S’pore has stopped buying sand from Cambodia, for now Mothership.sg (25-January-2017)

Sand stats ‘correct’: government Phnom Penh Post (25 - January - 2017)

Sand exports in limbo Khmer Times (25 - January - 2017)

Be Proud About Sand Exports, Spokesman Says The Cambodia Daily (25 - January - 2017)

Singapore, Cambodia Say Sand Exports Have Stopped អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodia Daily (24 - January - 2017)

Strict rules in place for import of sand: Government The Straits Times Singapore (23 - January - 2017)

S'pore has strict criteria for sand imports, says Govt, as controversy over Cambodian imports brews Today (Singapore) - (23 - January - 2017)

Singapore’s Government Breaks Months of Silence Over Sand Scandal អានជាភាសាខ្មែរ The Cambodia Daily (17 - January - 2017)

National Development Ministry clarifies about sand dredged from Cambodia amidst threat of lawsuit / The Independent - Singapore (17 - January - 2017)

Singapore's overdue response to Cambodian sand-trade data misses the point NGO says (opens as pdf) Mlex Market Insight (17 - January - 2017)

Singapore and Cambodia: A Relationship Built on Sand The Diplomat (11 - January - 2017)

S’pore president to visit amid sand controversy Phnom Penh Post (06 - January - 2017)