🔷 Cambodia Daily Brief – 2026-05-23
▪️ Finance & Tax
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Health reviewed budget plans and program priorities for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in support of a Global Fund GC8 funding request.
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▪️ Geopolitics & Security
• Cambodia National Police reported 57 arrests across 15 anti-narcotics cases and the seizure of 213.48 grams of methamphetamine during nationwide operations on 23 May 2026.
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• Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defence facilitated an ASEAN Observer Team visit to the O’Smach border checkpoint to verify ceasefire compliance and report on border security measures.
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▪️ Infrastructure & Energy
• Cambodia’s Ministry of Health convened a review on 22 May 2026 to assess H-EQIP 2 health project implementation and donor findings.
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• APSARA National Authority approved a 2026–2029 water infrastructure plan to install automated water gates under the SDGERA project to manage hydrological flows in the Angkor heritage system.
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▪️ Labor & Governance
• Cambodia issued a five-year decentralization policy for Phase II, 2026–2030, directing accelerated transfer of administrative functions and budgets to subnational authorities.
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▪️ Legal & Regulatory
• The Ministry of Education announced implementation of the FutureFit outcome-based education framework for higher education in Cambodia.
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• General Department of Immigration posts summarised Cambodia’s national police regulation under Prakas No. 873, outlining seven disciplinary principles for officer conduct and chain-of-command interactions.
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• ACAR launched a compliance enhancement project to strengthen Cambodia’s accounting and financial reporting frameworks and promote digital submission procedures.
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• The Ministry of Women’s Affairs presided over a consultative workshop to review a study report on Cambodia’s care policy ecosystem for children, the elderly, and persons with disabilities.
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▪️ Tourism & Immigration
• Cambodia immigration authorities deported 165 Chinese nationals implicated in online-scamming and unlawful-stay cases using a special charter flight on 21 May 2026.
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• The General Department of Immigration deported 165 Chinese nationals from Cambodia for alleged online scams under immigration procedures.
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