MFI employee jailed for embezzling $300,000
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/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mfi-employee-jailed-for-embezzling-300000-109664/
Thais send back 11 loggers
Eleven men were released and returned to Cambodia yesterday after spending more than a year in a Thai prison for illegal logging, a border official has said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thais-send-back-11-loggers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thais-send-back-11-loggers
KDC locals hold curse ceremony
A hundred members of the Lor PeAng community performed A cursing rite yesterdAy over A 10-yeAr running lAnd dispute with the KDC InternAtionAl CompAny. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kdc-locAls-hold-curse-ceremony/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kdc-locals-hold-curse-ceremony
Court Extends Fee-Payment Deadline n K Chhnang Land Dispute
Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court has extended a deadline for 52 villagers embroiled in a long-standing land dispute with a development company owned by the wife of Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Suy Sem to pay court fees, a court official and rights workers said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-extends-fee-payment-deadline-n-k-chhnang-land-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Footage shows chaos, panic during shooting
Dramatic new video footage of the January 18 Kratie province land dispute shooting has been released on the internet, depicting TTY rubber company security guards opening fire on a crowd of unarmed villagers. The 48-second video, recorded by a villager on a mobile phone and uploaded <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/footage-shows-chaos-panic-during-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Boeng Kak Arrest Not Linked to Evictions, Says Local Man
The Phnom Penh man who filed a complaint against a woman deeply involved in the Boeng Kak community’s anti-eviction protests called a press conference on Friday to insist that his dispute with the woman, which led to her arrest last week, was a personal matter <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-arrest-not-linked-to-evictions-says-local-man/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Journalist and forestry officer released in deal
A locAl journAlist And A forestry officer who were Arrested by militAry police forces in KrAtie province lAst week for beAting A mAn And firing A gun into the Air were releAsed on MondAy As pArt of A compromise between the victim And his AttAckers. Srey <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/journAlist-And-forestry-officer-releAsed-in-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Olympic Organizing Committee to Investigate Cambodian Factory
The London Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog) plans to investigate allegations that a Cambodian factory producing Olympic merchandise for adidas is not paying workers a sustainable living wage, a spokesman for Locog said yesterday. The investigation is a response to an article published Saturday <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/olympic-organizing-committee-to-investigate-cambodian-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Thailand's allure is strong in Srei Snam
Dry, parched ground – evidence of severe dry season drought – stretches for miles in Siem Reap’s Srei Snam district. In a couple of months, the rains will flood these fields. Both conditions make it equally impossible to produce a good harvest. Srei Snam was a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thailands-allure-is-strong-in-srei-snam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012051056096/National-news/looking-for-a-better-life.html
Lee arrives in Cambodia for regional cooperation summits
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak arrived in Cambodia on Sunday for a series of international summits, including one involving the newly re-elected U.S. president, Barack Obama, about freer trade and other cooperation issues in the region. On Monday and Tuesday, Lee will attend a trio <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lee-arrives-in-cambodia-for-regional-cooperation-summits/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2012/11/16/83/0301000000AEN20121116009151315F.HTML
Military Figure Re-Emerges as Witness in Slain Journalist's Case
The court investigating the murder of a journalist has questioned a notorious former Royal Cambodian armed Forces (RCaF) colonel, who was last heard of serving a 10-year prison sentence for attempted murder, a court official said yesterday. The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court has this week questioned a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-figure-re-emerges-as-witness-in-slain-journalists-case/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
First crop of stevia is successful: company
Stevia Nutra Corporation, a Canadian agro-company, said in a press release on Friday that the initial growing season of stevia, commonly known as sweetleaf, in Cambodia was successfully completed. The first harvest of high-quality stevia leaves has now commenced and samples have been prepared for testing <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/first-crop-of-stevia-is-successful-company/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013031861981/Business/first-crop-of-stevia-is-successful-company.html
Mine Safety Law on Agenda
The government plans to draft a law designed to govern safety standards in the Kingdom’s mining industry, an official said yesterday, little more than a week after at least one gold miner went missing when a shaft collapsed in Preah Vihear province. Khieu Muth, a secretary <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mine-safety-law-on-agenda/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053165981/National/mine-safety-law-on-agenda.html
$1M Damage as Blaze Guts Siem Reap Market
A fire spArked by An electricAl fAult ripped through the Doeum KrAlAnh mArket in Siem ReAp City eArly FridAy morning destroying 200 stAlls And cAusing more thAn $1 million in dAmAge, According to mArket trAders And police officiAls. The 8,000-squAre-meter mArket in KokchAk commune housed A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/1m-dAmAge-As-blAze-guts-siem-reAp-mArket/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/1m-damage-as-blaze-guts-siem-reap-market-33787/
NGOs threaten to sue over Don Sahong dam
Environmentalists and NGOs are threatening to sue developers of a controversial hydropower dam, claiming the project would cause irreversible damage to the Mekong River. The Don Sahong dam, a 260-megawatt project proposed on a site less than two kilometres north of the Cambodian-Lao border, is expected <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-threaten-to-sue-over-don-sahong-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David and Laignee Barron
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-threaten-sue-over-don-sahong-dam
Official pushes for an information access act
Many groups, including the ruling party, would benefit from a proposed access to information law – which would provide transparency when it comes to the government’s development plans and spending – a Council of Ministers official said yesterday. Tuot Lux, a legal expert who has been <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-pushes-for-an-information-access-act/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kingdom okays ICBC
The National Bank of Cambodia yesterday granted Industrial and Commercial Bank of China a financial business licence, according to a report on aastocks, a Chinese stocks news service <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdom-okays-icbc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011111552747/Business/kingdom-okays-icbc.html
Minister: hands-off judiciary
Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA hAs never interfered in A judiciAl decision, he sAid during A speech in front of A hAlf-vAcAnt NAtionAl Assembly yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minister-hAnds-off-judiciAry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taing Vida
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25993/minister--hands-off-judiciary/
Not enough women in NA: report
Election watchdog Comfrel criticised National assembly President Heng Samrin for a lack of commitment to creating a quota for female parliamentarians in a report presented yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/not-enough-women-in-na-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/not-enough-women-na-report
Farmer unearths 28 bombs
A fArmer in OddAr MeAnchey province discovered A cAche of unexploded bombs on SAturdAy while excAvAting pArt of his lAnd to creAte A pond for irrigAtion. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fArmer-uneArths-28-bombs/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/39894/farmer-unearths-28-bombs/