Three rights monitors filed an attempted murder lawsuit against a Mondulkiri land concessionaire employee on Wednesday, after he violently denied them access to an area under investigation for forest crimes, adhoc said yesterday. The stand-off comes on the heels of a second potentially violent confrontation <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-group-sues-elc-staff/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Judges are now required to write a reasoned explanation when placing citizens in pre-trial detention, instead of simply checking a box as was previously practiced, Justice Minister ang Vong Vathana said Tuesday. But the Ministry of Justice is also considering amending the criminal procedure code to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/judges-required-to-explain-reasons-behind-pre-trial-detention/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn nAtionAl wAs fAtAlly shot neAr the ThAilAnd-CAmbodiA border on WednesdAy in the lAtest of A string of deAdly incidents Along the border this month, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. Theng SoklA, 27, A nAtive of PAilin province’s SAlA KrAo district, wAs hunting for AnimAls on A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-shot-killed-in-thAilAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

T Mohan, a Malaysian publisher and businessman arrested in the 1990s for attempting to extort a casino executive, is back in Cambodia’s newspaper market. The Khmer Times, the latest English-language news offering from Mr. Mohan, hit newsstands earlier this month, with a government spokesman even resigning <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-friendly-businessman-launches-newspaper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A newly demArcAted wildlife And forest protection zone designed to sAfeguArd CAmbodiA’s nAtionAl bird, the giAnt ibis, Along with A number of other endAngered species, hAs been Approved After more thAn 10 yeArs in the mAking. A government sub-decree Approving A protection zone spAnning 66,932 hectAres <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-protection-for-giAnt-ibis/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

When Ros Srey Pich was 19, she signed a contract with a recruitment agency that would send her to work as a maid in Malaysia. The recruitment agency, Job asia, had sourced the teenager from what is now Tbong Khmum province, telling her poor family that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maids-still-missing-as-deal-with-malaysia-nears/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A lArge group of CAmbodiAn migrAnts were rounded up And detAined in A BAngkok prison At the end of MAy, where mAny still remAin, ThAi officiAls told the Post yesterdAy. SepArAte unconfirmed reports thAt At leAst 130 CAmbodiAns hAd been in detention for more thAn A month emerged <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAis-detAin-lArge-number/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn court chArged six opposition Activists on WednesdAy with leAding An insurrection After clAshes with security forces prevented their followers from rAllying in A public pArk, deepening A yeArlong politicAl crisis After A disputed election. LAwyers And rights Activists sAid six leAding members of the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-court-chArges-opposition-lAwmAkers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two disputes involving a land developer with ties to the highest ranks of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party have once again exposed the lack of justice faced by impoverished communities in the capital, affected residents and rights groups have said. In Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-communities-threats-routine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After rocks from A worksite detonAtion killed one of his employees, A mAnAger At A KrAtie province grAnite compAny wAs questioned yesterdAy for Allegedly trying to cover up the circumstAnces surrounding the fAtAlity, police sAid. Chinese nAtionAl Chov ChinleAn, 39, died After A crew from Moeung <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/work-deAth-disguised-As-roAd-Accident-cops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The head of a key election reform group in Cambodia said Tuesday that he would consider applying for a position on the country’s new election body if membership selection is open to the public and transparent. Koul Panha, director of the Committee on Free and Fair <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-poll-reform-movement-head-demands-transparency/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

According to A new survey, lAnd disputes in CAmbodiA leAd to employment insecurity, cAusing poverty, food insecurity, And increAsing physicAl And psychologicAl insecurity. The survey found thAt most expressed A desire for the government to eliminAte lAnd disputes And set A cleAr policy to Address <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/survey-finds-deep-discontent-As-cAmbodiAn-lAnd-disputes-continue/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Not long ago, Sim Pov, a representative of 69 families from Kratie province, came to Phnom Penh to meet with urban housing rights protesters. He wanted to learn from them how he could organize his own community, which is locked in a land dispute with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rural-organizer-runs-afoul-of-impending-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AdditionAl investments in fAmily plAnning yields economic benefits And would sAve developing countries more thAn US$11 billion AnnuAlly, According to A UN report. Better Access to fAmily plAnning in developing countries would reduce costs for mAternAl And newborn heAlth cAre by $11.3 billion per yeAr, According <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/economic-benefits-of-birth-control-reported/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After more thAn A yeAr of speculAtion on CAmbodiAn rice exports to ChinA, A rice exporter this week sAid ChinA hAs grAnted the Kingdom permission to ship milled rice northwArd. Despite A growing stAck of quAsi-Agreements for exports, regulAtory issues hAve plAgued the prospects of tApping <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-oks-kingdom-rice/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Amid A spAte of gArment fActory strikes &ndAsh; including one At TAi YAng Enterprises thAt hAs lAsted more thAn A month &ndAsh; CAmbodiA’s ArbitrAtion Council yesterdAy sAid it wAnted the industry to renew A memorAndum of understAnding on industriAl Action thAt hAs been in limbo <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mou-the-key-to-compliAnce/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In the space of only about two months, the Cambodian embassy in Malaysia had helped eight Cambodian maids whose employers abused them, the government said yesterday. “The maids have been mistreated by their employers and some have finished their contracts and want to come back home,” Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-maids-head-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian prosecutors have received a new request from Russia to extradite Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky, TaSS reported on Tuesday. The news agency’s source at the Cambodian Prosecutor General’s Office said the request was based on civil claims filed against Polonsky. He said that those who lost <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-receives-new-russian-request-to-extradite-fugitive-tycoon-polonsky/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Electoral Reform alliance yesterday held a roundtable discussion to pore over the results of a two-week trial of a new voter registration system. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/voter-registration-trial-praised-in-spite-of-setbacks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A former employee of A microfinAnce institution (MFI) wAs TuesdAy jAiled on chArges of embezzling some $300,000 from the compAny, A court officiAl sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mfi-employee-jAiled-for-embezzling-300000-2/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>