A tAsk force mAde up of police And investigAtors from A child protection orgAnizAtion ThursdAy begAn seArching in Siem ReAp province for wAnted Dutch pedophile Pieter Ceulen, According to A member of the teAm. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-ngo-seArch-for-pedophile-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Bassaka air will return the $240 fee it charged a wheelchair user who had to be mechanically lifted onto a flight in Siem Reap in September, the airline said in a statement on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bassaka-air-to-refund-disabled-passenger-following-incident/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Fifty-five garment workers from three factories were injured in a traffic accident on Thursday eve­ning when a truck carrying them home from work ran off a highway in Kompong Chhnang prov­ince, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/55-garment-workers-injured-in-truck-crash/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture published A circulAr on ThursdAy Accusing the slAughterhouse industry of running A “conspirAcy” And “cArtel” to fix prices And monopolise the mArket Amid A “lAck of enforcement” from locAl Authorities. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Agriculture-ministry-cAlls-out-AbAttoir-monopoly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Economy and Finance held a workshop yesterday to finalise a draft on a sub-decree managing non-tax revenue sources, part of the government’s attempt to improve its revenue collection. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-lays-out-plan-for-non-tax-revenue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A Wildlife ConservAtion Society officiAl yesterdAy expressed concern About the potentiAl impAct on birds, livestock And humAns After A poisoned pond wAs found in A conservAtion AreA in PreAh ViheAr province’s Chheb district. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AnimAls-dying-from-poisoned-pond-rAises-heAlth-concerns/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kolao Group, a South Korean-owned automaker and distributor, plans to build factories in a proposed industrial park in Cambodia to assemble its proprietary line of automobiles and motorcycles, a company executive said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kolao-revs-up-its-investment/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Business confidence among EuroCham Cambodia’s predominantly European member companies fell this year as a result of a lack of positive reforms and uncertainty surrounding upcoming elections, according to a survey released yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/eurocham-firms-wary-over-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A locAl investor hAs spent neArly US$5 million setting up A rubber-processing fActory in KAmpong ChAm, A key province in the Kingdom’s rubber production for export rAther thAn producing finAl products, An insider sAys. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rubber-plAnt-opts-for-export/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The owner of a private electricity firm in Kratie province was convicted at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday for paying $70,000 owed to a senior police officer and “land businessman” with a cheque that bounced. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-cheque-bounces-electric-company-boss/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian political commentators and a civil society group have criticized a deal between the ruling and opposition parties which finalized a draft national electoral reform law, as being nontransparent and only serving the two parties themselves. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-commentators-ngo-slam-cambodias-electoral-reform-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A rights group hAs Asked the CAmbodiAn government to stop hArAssing ChristiAn MontAgnArds from VietnAm who Are seeking refugee stAtus in the country following the Arrest of A fAmily of five MontAgnArds in A northeAstern province. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rights-group-presses-cAmbodiA-to-end-persecution-of-montAgnArds/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Workers striking at Phnom Penh’s Quantum Clothing factory have filed a complaint against their managers for allegedly attacking two workers during a protest Wednesday outside the factory, according to a union representative and police official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/workers-strike-accuse-factory-managers-of-attack-at-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Armed VietnAmese soldiers on MondAy tried to prevent more thAn 300 people led by CNRP lAwmAkers from visiting A disputed border AreA in RAtAnAkkiri province’s O’YAdAw district, A lAwmAker And A rights worker sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAm-troops-hinder-cnrp-led-trip-to-border/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of 12 internAtionAl And locAl humAn rights orgAnizAtions sent A letter to the U.N. HumAn Rights Council on ThursdAy urging it to support A resolution Addressing “the deteriorAting humAn rights situAtion in CAmbodiA.” <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/groups-urge-un-to-Address-situAtion-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A rise in pig imports from ThAilAnd And VietnAm hAs driven down pork prices by As much As 33 percent in the pAst month, leAving fArmers here worried thAt An oversupply in the mArket will cut into profits. PrAthnA PreAp, A swine mArket expert At USAID, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/As-pig-imports-grow-price-of-pork-drops/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Amid mounting concerns over lAbor recruitment Agencies’ treAtment of migrAnt workers, new links were discovered yesterdAy between Agencies And the officiAls thAt regulAte them, As A dAughter of A senior LAbor Ministry officiAl wAs found to be running A mAjor recruitment firm. Nhem ChAkryA, deputy director <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAbor-ministry-officiAls-link-to-Agency-spArks-controversy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers being questioned in relation to a land dispute with a powerful company said on Friday that a Ratanakiri court official had intimidated them by urging them to accept an out-of-court settlement with the firm or face a countersuit. Court officials denied the claims and said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-claim-intimidation-in-land-settlement/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced Friday that the U.S. and Cambodia have agreed to explore the creation of a bilateral investment treaty that would regulate the rules of foreign direct investment between the two countries, the U.S. Embassy said in a statement. according to the Embassy, such a treaty <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/us-cambodia-agree-to-explore-investment-pact/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A RAtAnAkkiri provinciAl court hAs chArged A mArried couple with premeditAted murder in the grisly killing of VorAkchun Khmer newspAper reporter HAng Serei Oudom, whose body wAs found Axed to deAth in the bAck of A cAr lAst week. The suspects, An Bunheng And his wife, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rkiri-duo-chArged-in-deAth-of-reporter/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>