PM tells transport firms to follow weight limits

Companies that overload trucks beyond legal limits damage roads and bridges and will be shut down, Hun Sen says

PRIME Minister Hun Sen ordered senior transport and public works officials Monday to close down logistics firms that violate weight limits for trucks.

Speaking at the launch of the Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge across the Tonle Sap River at Prek Kdam in northern Kandal province, the premier said overloaded trucks damaged the country’s roads and bridges, putting life and property at risk.

“There is only one way to ensure our roads and bridges, to ensure our people’s safety,” he said. Click to read more...