There was the usual cocktail of murder, kidnap, drugs, armed and dangerous military men and over staying visa escapades once more as the year began its slip into the last half .
We tracked back, shot the month’s news through the heart with and arrow and removed the giblets to bring you what could somewhat enthusiastically call the best of the news from July.
One very lucky Chinese man in Siem Reap
Chinese base, or to not Chinese base?
Is a new city being built on the border in Pursat?
Huge fire in downtown PP

Another storm in Sihanoukville

At the time, many scoffed at this story on low river levels. It would later be proved as a warning sign.
An innocent man was shot in the bum
Yet more flooding in SHK
The wife of a Japanese collector returned rare artifacts to Cambodia.
Koreans got in on the cash smuggling game and got caught with $2.2 milion in Benjies.

The mistress and the man from the ministry
Illegal constructions on the coast were pulled down

African swine fever spreads across the east
Cambodia welcomes new citizens.

Chinese caught with a paltry $900k in suitcases

In a crackdown of forestry crimes, timber tucks were either blown up or burned across the country. Like here. A timber tycoon was also jailed for illegal logging.
Families asked to have ‘4 or 5’ children to double the population.

Remember those new trains, all the way from Mexico? Some people didn’t get the memo.

First crash on Kulen mountain
And a long running story broke when 83 containers full of American/Canadian waste were found in SHK port.
100% WTF??

Angry Ream residents smash Chinese company property.

A property developer was charged with a massive embezzlement fraud.
And Kith Thieng still felt too poorly to go to prison.
Baby dolphin #6 another dies in Kratie
2019 dengue epidemic– 500% more cases than 2018
Kulen crash #2 killed 3 Chinese tourists. The road was then closed
Dealer shoots at cops in Chamkar Morn
A Chinese man was arrested for the suitcase murder after returning back to Cambodia. DNA evidence was used for one of the first times.
And a Chinese woman was shot dead in the street
A Korean who claimed to be Japanese was picked up with drugs.
Corrupt Pursat officials caught in the act
Information Minster said a tiger was loose in SHK (there was no such thing)


Cambodian worker shot in Thailand
Man accused of multi million FOREX scam

Immigration league:
Country | People # | Provinces Caught | ||||
China | 30 | RTK | PP | KPS | STT | SVR |
Vietnam | 14 | PP | KPC | |||
India | 10 | SVR | PP | SR | ||
Korea | 7 | PP | SR | ODM | ||
UK | 5 | PP | KPT | SR | ||
USA | 5 | PP | ||||
Germany | 4 | PP | SR | |||
Ukraine- | 3 | Kep | SR | |||
Australia | 3 | PP | ||||
France | 2 | PP | Kep | |||
Turkey | 3 | PP | SR | |||
Nepal | 2 | KPS | SR | |||
Brazil | 2 | PP | ||||
Russian | 2 | PP | SHK | |||
Nigeria | 2 | PP | ||||
Sweden | 2 | PP | SR | |||
Denmark | 2 | PP | ||||
Pakistan | 1 | PP | ||||
Laos | 1 | PP | ||||
Italy | 1 | KPS | ||||
Uzbekistan | 1 | SHK | ||||
South Africa | 1 | PP | same guy twice | |||
Norway | 1 | KPT | ||||
New Zealand | 1 | PP | ||||
Croatia | 1 | PP | ||||
Netherlands | 1 | PP | ||||
Finland | 1 | PP | ||||
Iceland | 1 | SR | ||||
Austria | 1 | SR | ||||
Kyrgyzstan | 1 | PP |