Monitoring questions mount
Official from Cambodian immigration, law enforcement and diplomatic circles were either unaware of, or unwilling to talk yesterday about, an alleged request from the Thai government to help monitor Cambodian Muslims crossing into the country. News of the alleged monitoring surfaced on Monday when Thai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/monitoring-questions-mount/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Employee allegedly hit at protest
A protest over AttendAnce bonuses Among workers At A fActory in southern Phnom Penh turned violent yesterdAy morning, After the fActory owner’s driver Allegedly AssAulted A worker. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/employee-Allegedly-hit-At-protest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/employee-allegedly-hit-protest
Student questioned over Facebook comment
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday questioned a university student who was arrested last month after he called for a “color revolution” in a Facebook post, his lawyer said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/student-questioned-over-facebook-comment-94349/
Civil servant healthcare program created
Public officials, civil servants and veterans can breathe a bit easier now that King Norodom Sihamoni has officially signed a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/civil-servant-healthcare-program-created/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/35270/civil-servant-healthcare-program-created/
Union Development Group re-opens road
A Chinese-owned compAny embroiled in A lAnd dispute with villAgers in Koh Kong province Agreed yesterdAy to reopen A roAd thAt it hAd blocked on WednesdAy, spArking violent clAshes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/union-development-group-re-opens-roAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/union-development-group-re-opens-road
Prosecutor accused of ‘threats’ to Singaporean
A senior Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court officiAl hAs been Accused of threAtening A SingAporeAn businessmAn in An Attempt to pressure him into confessing to A crime he did not commit. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prosecutor-Accused-of-threAts-to-singAporeAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/prosecutor-accused-threats-singaporean
Prime minister diagnoses NGOs with ‘main character syndrome’
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday chided a group of NGOs who boycotted a seminar on a pair of proposed election laws, saying the groups suffered from “main character syndrome.” <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-diagnoses-ngos-with-main-character-syndrome-79458/
Activists charged over Siem Reap tour-boat brawl
Two opposition CNRP activists were arrested Monday and charged with inciting a brawl in Siem Reap province last month during which a man suffered a serious stab wound, police said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mech Dara and Aun Chhengpor
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/activists-charged-over-siem-reap-tour-boat-brawl-87443/
Shaping the leaders of tomorrow
In a lush, gated compound 12 kilometres south of central Phnom Penh, the young minds that will one day lead Cambodia are being shaped – or at least that’s what one philanthropic foundation, which is investing millions of dollars in a unique, long-term project, hopes. “When <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shaping-the-leaders-of-tomorrow/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/shaping-leaders-tomorrow
Summons issued in Ratanakkiri rubber feud
A Tumpoun ethnic villAger hAs received A summons to AppeAr before the RAtAnAkkiri ProvinciAl Court tomorrow over Allegedly grAbbing lAnd from A locAl rubber plAntAtion firm in BAkeo district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/summons-issued-in-rAtAnAkkiri-rubber-feud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/summons-issued-ratanakkiri-rubber-feud
Commune chief accused of clearing state forestland
A Forestry AdministrAtion officiAl sAid yesterdAy thAt Authorities hAve filed A court complAint Accusing A commune chief in KAmpong Thom province of cleAring protected stAte forestlAnd for privAte sAle. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/commune-chief-Accused-of-cleAring-stAte-forestlAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/commune-chief-accused-clearing-state-forestland
Fire guts Siem Reap market
Siem Reap provincial authorities have created a committee to investigate a fire that consumed most of a market early yesterday morning but did not cause any deaths or injuries. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fire-guts-siem-reap-market/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/36078/fire-guts-siem-reap-market/
Military official arrested over shootout which killed three
Police in Mondulkiri province have arrested a military official who is a suspect in a shootout which killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-official-arrested-over-shootout-which-killed-three/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cheang Sokha
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50105822/military-official-arrested-over-shootout-which-killed-three/
One held over forest shooting
Police in Mondulkiri province yesterday arrested a military officer who is a suspect in a shooting that killed three people during an operation to crack down on illegal logging. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/one-held-over-forest-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50106106/one-held-over-forest-shooting/
Factory for Nissan cars, parts proposed
A MAlAysiAn Automotive compAny hAs requested ApprovAl to estAblish A fActory in CAmbodiA to Assemble NissAn Automobiles And mAnufActure spAre pArts for the vehicles, A government officiAl sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fActory-for-nissAn-cArs-pArts-proposed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/factory-nissan-cars-parts-proposed
Decree reviewed for loopholes
The Interior Ministry yesterday created a working group to review possible loopholes in a royal decree establishing a social security healthcare fund for public officials, civil servants and veterans. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/decree-reviewed-for-loopholes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101665/decree-reviewed-loopholes/
MFIs as one commercial bank
PhillipCapital, a Singapore-based integrated financial services provider and a majority stakeholder in three of Cambodia’s micro-finance institutions (MFIs), plans to consolidate the three into a commercial bank. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-as-one-commercial-bank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2012122560462/Business/mfis-as-one-commercial-bank.html
Protests in city, province keep going
Thousands of employees from two Taiwanese-owned factories continued striking for better working conditions yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protests-in-city-province-keep-going/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/protests-city-province-keep-going
Families say firm cleared land, graves
More than 100 families in Rattanakkiri’s O’Chum district are demanding a solution after a Chinese company allegedly bulldozed their land and nearby family graves to create a rubber plantation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-say-firm-cleared-land-graves/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/families-say-firm-cleared-land-graves
Antibiotic resistance sparks new health policy
Pharmacists in Cambodia have a particular affinity for prescribing antibiotics, so much so that resistance to the drugs has become a public health problem worthy of a national response. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/antibiotic-resistance-sparks-new-health-policy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Maria Paula Brito
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/antibiotic-resistance-sparks-new-health-policy-77730/