{"asset":"news","key":"6732","locale":"en","id":"news:6732:en","entityId":"news:6732","canonicalUrl":"https://www.kps-tv.com/en/news/detail/6732","state":"ready","title":"Cambodia approves in principle police rank levels for officers taking over posts","summary":"A May 21, 2026, Council of Ministers letter to Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha conveyed in-principle approval for rank levels tied to posts held by incoming National Police officers and equivalent units. The schedule covers positions from Commissioner-General to deputy heads of commune administrative police posts.","body":"The Cambodian government approved in principle rank levels for officers taking over posts within the General Commissariat of National Police and equivalent police units, according to a Council of Ministers letter dated May 21, 2026, addressed to Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Sokha.\nThe report obtained the letter on May 22, 2026. It set out the following post-to-rank arrangements approved in principle:\nCommissioner-General of the National Police: General.\nDirectors-general of general departments and equivalent posts: Lieutenant General.\nDeputy commissioners-general of the National Police: Lieutenant General.\nDeputy directors-general and equivalent posts: Major General.\nChief of staff and heads of central departments: Major General.\nDeputy chiefs of staff and deputy heads of central departments: Brigadier General.\nDepartment heads, Phnom Penh and provincial police commissioners, and equivalent posts: Brigadier General.\nDeputy department heads, deputy Phnom Penh and provincial police commissioners, and equivalent posts: Colonel.\nOffice heads, city, district and khan police inspectors, and equivalent posts: Lieutenant Colonel.\nDeputy office heads, deputy city, district and khan police inspectors, and equivalent posts: Major.\nSection heads, heads of commune and sangkat administrative police posts, and equivalent posts: Captain.\nDeputy section heads, deputy heads of commune and sangkat administrative police posts, and equivalent posts: First Lieutenant.","contentScope":"full","proof":{"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"13553","languageVersionId":"7304","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.gW8CMM9_taSpwz5vRyDIk46f-FX3DsBYRXzMsWyUAsE"},"availableLocales":["zh","en","km"],"attributes":{"sourceLocale":"km","translationKind":"machine","nodeId":"12","authorText":"","sourceName":"KPS99TV"},"references":[],"links":[],"publishedAt":"2026-05-22T07:32:56Z"}