🔷 Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-05-01
▪️ Geopolitics & Security
• Cambodia National Police reported 36 drug enforcement cases and 80 arrests nationwide on 1 May 2026, involving trafficking, transport, and storage cases with multiple narcotic substances and chemical compounds seized.
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▪️ Labor & Governance
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Civil Service reported outcomes from civil service recruitment reform, including 53 competitive examinations from late 2023 to 2025, and outlined human-resource planning requirements and benefits for civil servants.
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• The Ministry of Civil Service reported that 53 civil service recruitment exams were conducted under SOP-based governance controls without examination paper leaks.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of Health convened a technical meeting to begin implementation of the National Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Plan 2026–2035, focusing on hospital service teams, priority indicators, and data-based decision-making.
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• Cambodia’s National Social Security Fund instructed self-employed members and dependents to pay NSSF contributions through approved partner banks between the 1st and 15th of each month, and warned against fraudulent QR code payment requests.
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▪️ Legal & Regulatory
• Cambodia environmental officials ordered an unpermitted smelting and refining workshop in Kandal province to suspend operations after finding pollution and compliance issues, requiring permit procedures, emissions controls, waste management, and an environmental protection agreement.
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• Cambodia’s FinTech Portal of the Non-Bank Financial Services Authority published Prakas No. 913 establishing an MEF working group for AML/CFT and counter-proliferation financing coordination.
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▪️ Real Estate & Land
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction registered a Prao indigenous community land parcel in Ratanakiri under the land registration and cadastral system, recording collective ownership for parcel 086 in Ta Veng district.
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▪️ Tourism & Immigration
• Cambodia immigration authorities deported 635 Thai nationals through the Poipet International Border Gate following an enforcement operation linked to online scam offenses, coordinated with Banteay Meanchey provincial police.
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• Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration deported 156 Chinese nationals, including 13 women, in an enforcement operation linked to online scams and other alleged violations, coordinated with the Chinese Embassy with departure by special aircraft through Techo International Airport.
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