Wednesday, 25 March 2009

The Phnom Penh Post News In Briefs

In Brief: Khmer artefacts head to Japan

Written by Sam Rith
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

Japan will borrow 67 ancient Khmer artefacts for an exhibition there later this year. The Okada Cultural Foundation signed the deal on Friday with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An. The exhibition will run from August 2009 to November 2010.


In Brief: Govt, US to step up efforts for miAs

Written by Vong Sokheng
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

The government will boost cooperation to locate and repatriate the remains of US soldiers killed in Cambodia during the Vietnam War. Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong said Tuesday that Anne Mills Griffith, the executive director of the US-based National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia, met with Foreign Minister Hor Namhong on Monday to thank the government for its cooperation. Koy Kuong said joint search missions would begin in Kampong Cham province at the end of the year.


In Brief: NEC to print 58,000 ballots for vote

Written by Khouth Sophak Chakrya
Wednesday, 25 March 2009

The National Election Committee (NEC) will produce 58,000 ballots for the upcoming municipal, provincial and district council elections to be held on May 17. The country's 11,353 commune councillors will vote to fill the posts. NEC member Em Sophat told reporters Tuesday that the body would print a surplus of ballots, as it was worried that "some voters might tick the wrong box of the ballot or the ballot might be destroyed". He said the election would cost the NEC US$1.4 million, which the government is funding. The election is part of the decentralisation drive and will help link commune councils with the National Assembly.

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