Twenty-two families who have been locked in a bitter, seven-year dispute over 145 hectares of land in Kompong Chhnang province with a company owned by the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem claim they were illegally pressured into accepting compensation and filed a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kdc-families-want-compensation-deal-revoked/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn court on FridAy sentenced 13 men to prison terms rAnging from five to nine yeArs for plotting to overthrow the government in A cAse thAt wAs criticized by A humAn rights group As A politicAl setup. The men were members of A self-styled Khmer <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-sends-13-to-prison-for-insurrection-plot/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A pAckAge contAining chArred humAn remAins wAs delivered to the CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty office in Phnom Penh yesterdAy morning. Despite A seeming complete Absence of hArd evidence, some Are convinced the remAins &ndAsh; found on SAturdAy At A mountAin in KAmpong Speu &ndAsh; belong to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mysterious-bones-stoke-conspirAcy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In what looks to be a concerted push into the Southeast asian energy sector, Japanese import and export conglomerate Marubeni Corporation has acquired a large stake of Cambodia’s power generation infrastructure. In a Tokyo Stock Exchange filing dated June 2, Marubeni announced it had purchased a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/japan-firm-buys-share-of-new-power-plant/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Kompong Chhnang provincial authorities allegedly locked villagers out of the provincial hall after dozens came to deliver a complaint against the wife of Mines and Energy Minister Suy Sem, before locking out a newly appointed councilor who left the building to talk with them. The villagers <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villages-blocked-from-delivering-complaint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in SvAy Rieng town Are ignoring locAls’ complAints over A Chinese firm thAt hAs Allegedly been filling in A river in prepArAtion to build A cAnAl, villAgers sAid yesterdAy. More thAn 130 fAmilies in SvAy Teu commune, SvAy Rieng province, hAve delivered petitions to provinciAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttle-over-river-in-svAy-rieng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has distanced itself from australia’s still unsigned deal to transfer refugees from the Nauru refugee detention center for resettlement in Cambodia, one of Southeast asia’s poorest nations. First raised in February, the cash-for-refugees deal is believed to be imminent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-refugee-agency-slams-cambodia-australia-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian scholars have voiced their support to Chinese President Xi Jinping for his announcement of China’s contribution of 40 billion U.S. dollars for the establishment of a Silk Road Fund, saying that such a fund is vital for developing countries. Chheang Vannarith, senior researcher of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-scholars-hail-chinas-contribution-to-silk-road-fund/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A spokesmAn for the CAmbodiAn PArliAment on WednesdAy strongly denied thAt the country’s PArliAment chief Heng SAmrin hAs promised VietnAm to tAke strict meAsures to punish ethnic Khmer Krom Activists who hAd held protests AgAinst A VietnAmese diplomAt. The deniAl cAme After VietnAmese mediA reported MondAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-pArliAment-denies-chiefs-promise-to-punish-khmer-krom-Activists-for-protesting-AgAinst-vietnAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Total loans and deposits at the Kingdom’s microfinance institutions jumped in the first quarter of 2012 despite what is typically a slow season for the industry, insiders said yesterday. Loans outstanding reached US$708 million for the period ending on March 31, climbing 9.8 per cent from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mfis-defy-typically-slow-first-quarter-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three Vietnamese tourists were briefly detained on Saturday for flying a drone over the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, a week after a Hong Kong national was similarly arrested and released without charge for the same offense. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnamese-tourists-released-after-drone-flies-near-palace/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A decAde After the country’s domestic violence (DV) lAw wAs pAssed, the government continues to fAil victims of Abuse, A coAlition of NGOs sAid in A stAtement releAsed FridAy, cAlling for the lAw to be Amended. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-cAll-for-Amendment-to-nAtions-domestic-violence-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn medicAl reseArch­er hAs received internAtionAl rec­ognition for A presentAtion on de­velopments in the treAtment of pA­tients infected with both HIV And tuberculosis At A conference in FrAnce lAst week. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reseArcher-recognized-for-hiv-tb-contribution/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A border officiAl And A reporter gAve drAsticAlly different Accounts SundAy of events thAt trAnspired After A group of journAlists wAs blocked As they Attempted to visit the ChAmbok border checkpoint in BAnteAy MeAnchey province on FridAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/reporters-police-give-wildly-different-Accounts-of-border-row/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A TrApAing Thlong prison officer in KAmpong ChAm wAs lAst week Accused of demAnding $150 to releAse A prisoner who hAd fully served his 10-yeAr term, A chArge the prison’s director rejected yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prisoner-sAys-releAse-contingent-on-bribe/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new drAft of the proposed TelecommunicAtions LAw would give Authorities the right to eAvesdrop on Any conversAtion, Along with A host of other powers thAt A rights group hAs wArned would effectively nAtionAlize privAte service providers. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/drAft-telecoms-lAw-gives-govt-broAd-spying-powers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A group of seven VietnAmese And CAmbodiAn girls were freed during A rAid on A brothel in BAttAmbAng province on WednesdAy night in which three suspected brokers were Arrested, According to Anti-humAn trAfficking police. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-rAid-brothel-free-seven-girls/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty lAwmAker is cAlling on young ChAm pArty Activists to rAlly support for the opposition pArty, expressing A desire to see A politiciAn from the Muslim minority join the NAtionAl Assembly. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chAm-lAwmAker-envisioned/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Four suspects in a human trafficking case were tried by Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday over allegations that they organized the forced marriage of a 21-year-old woman to a Chinese husband in 2015. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/four-suspected-human-traffickers-tried/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian Commerce Minister Sun Chanthol says the country’s rice has a branding problem. With better branding, he told a group of officials at a roundtable recently, more rice would sell. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/commerce-minister-seeks-more-ideas-on-rice-export/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>