Alleged wildlife meat seller busted in B’bang
Authorities in BAttAmbAng province Arrested A mAn on WednesdAy for possession of 30 kilogrAms of illegAl wildlife meAt And body pArts, After A rAid on A property turned up pieces of beAr, muntjAc deer And civet. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Alleged-wildlife-meAt-seller-busted-in-bbAng/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/alleged-wildlife-meat-seller-busted-bbang
Kampong Speu locals protest in long-running dispute
Several hundred villagers protested outside the Kampong Speu Provincial Hall yesterday, demanding the return of thousands lost to economic land concessions (ELCs) in a years-old land dispute with a Chinese company and a prominent tycoon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kampong-speu-locals-protest-in-long-running-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-speu-locals-protest-long-running-dispute
One more dead in shooting of village chief
A third mAn died of gunshot wounds in Phnom Penh WednesdAy night After An Interior Ministry officiAl gunned down A villAge chief And his relAtives when A neighborhood dispute escAlAted eArlier in the dAy, police sAid on ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/one-more-deAd-in-shooting-of-villAge-chief/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-more-dead-in-shooting-of-village-chief-103375/
New youth-oriented political party launches
A former gArment worker Announced plAns on ThursdAy to lAunch A politicAl pArty focused on AlleviAting the problems fAced by CAmbodiA’s youth, tArgeting whAt he sAys is A lAcunA in current policy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-youth-oriented-politicAl-pArty-lAunches/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khy Sovuthy and Anthony Jensen
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-youth-oriented-political-party-launches-103850/
Third undersea cable to plug kingdom into data fast lane
The government has contracted the private sector to build a third submarine communications cable linking Cambodia to a major international telecommunications artery in a bid to significantly increase internet speed while helping to bring down prices. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/third-undersea-cable-to-plug-kingdom-into-data-fast-lane/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/third-undersea-cable-plug-kingdom-data-fast-lane
Australian gaming company probed for Cambodia payment
AustrAliAn gAming firm TAbcorp on TuesdAy confirmed thAt it wAs under investigAtion by AustrAliAn police over A possible bribe it pAid in 2009 to A CAmbodiAn consultAncy connected to A sister of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-gAming-compAny-probed-for-cAmbodiA-pAyment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Zsombor Peter and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/australian-gaming-company-probed-for-cambodia-payment-109949/
Customs bureau saves 700 Kgs of turtles, snakes near border
A mAjor hAul of wild turtles And snAkes wAs found AbAndoned on SAturdAy morning on the bAnks of A smAll river neAr A checkpoint Along the border with VietnAm in KAndAl province, According to customs officiAls. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/customs-bureAu-sAves-700-kgs-of-turtles-snAkes-neAr-border/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/customs-bureau-saves-700-kgs-of-turtles-snakes-near-border-113519/
Prisoner’s pardon fails to outpace her death
A VietnAmese womAn imprisoned on child sex trAfficking chArges in 2009 received A humAnitAriAn royAl pArdon lAst month, but only After she hAd been deAd for more thAn A month, the rights NGO LicAdho sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/prisoners-pArdon-fAils-to-outpAce-her-deAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/prisoners-pardon-fails-outpace-her-death
Official pleads self-defense in murder trial
An Interior Ministry officiAl who fAtAlly shot A Phnom Penh villAge chief, his son And grAndson during A bloodbAth provoked by A petty finAnciAl dispute pleAded self-defense during his triAl on WednesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-pleAds-self-defense-in-murder-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ouch Sony
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/official-pleads-self-defense-in-murder-trial-113116/
City Hall lays plans for permanent cable bridge
A plAnned temporAry bridge north of the CAmbodiA-JApAn-Friendship Bridge will be replAced by A lArge And permAnent cAble-stAyed bridge once renovAtion of the lAtter bridge is complete, A City HAll spokesmAn sAid yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/city-hAll-lAys-plAns-for-permAnent-cAble-bridge/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-hall-lays-plans-permanent-cable-bridge
Ministry to investigate Prey Lang land grabs
The Prey Lang Community Network in Preah Vihear province has asked the government to investigate the building of homes in a protected area by a group of families claiming they were granted a social land concession. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-investigate-prey-lang-land-grabs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/91828/
Virgin ‘stops purchases of Oddar Meanchey REDD credits’
A Virgin AtlAntic representAtive yesterdAy sAid thAt the British Airline is no longer purchAsing cArbon credits from An AreA of OddAr MeAnchey province set Aside for A UN REDD+ progrAm After A report describing widespreAd problems. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/virgin-stops-purchAses-of-oddAr-meAnchey-redd-credits/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/virgin-stops-purchases-oddar-meanchey-redd-credits
Tycoon defends claim to Kandal land near planned new airport after US visa cancelled
A tycoon implicAted in A lAnd dispute involving A mAssive new Airport in KAndAl province defended her clAims to the lAnd yesterdAy, one week After the US EmbAssy cAncelled her visA in connection with the dispute. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tycoon-defends-clAim-to-kAndAl-lAnd-neAr-plAnned-new-Airport-After-us-visA-cAncelled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mech Dara and Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/tycoon-defends-claim-kandal-land-near-planned-new-airport-after-us-visa-cancelled
Cambodia Post hopes to deliver for e-giants
State-owned Cambodia Post plans to launch a new e-commerce company in a move to latch onto the growth of online transactions in the Kingdom and diversify its revenue streams, a company executive said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-post-hopes-to-deliver-for-e-giants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodia-post-hopes-deliver-e-giants
Lottery hopes to soar on Wing network
Mohaleap Lotto, a subsidiary of Cambodia’s Royal Group, officially entered the Kingdom’s lottery gaming market this month, hoping to disrupt a business sector currently dominated by black market outlets, a company executive said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lottery-hopes-to-soar-on-wing-network/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/lottery-hopes-soar-wing-network
Preliminary negotiations over Block D exploration begin
A Chinese-bAsed oil explorAtion compAny And A CAnAdiAn pArtner hAve entered into preliminAry negotiAtions with the government to obtAin An explorAtion license in Block D in the Gulf of ThAilAnd, According to A government spokesmAn. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/preliminAry-negotiAtions-over-block-d-explorAtion-begin/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Hor Kimsay
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/preliminary-negotiations-over-block-d-exploration-begin
Cambodia taps Japanese blockchain tech for payment system
The National Bank of Cambodia will develop a blockchain-based payment system with help from a Japanese financial technology startup to offer people a secure, low-cost way of sending and receiving money. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-taps-japanese-blockchain-tech-for-payment-system/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kreung Minority File Complaint Over Land Clearing
Ethnic minority Kreung villagers filed a complaint against commune level authorities on Saturday for allegedly accepting money from a businessman to clear their ancestral land for a new rubber plantation in Ratanakkiri province, local NGOs and villagers said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kreung-minority-file-complaint-over-land-clearing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Group Wants Changes to Prey Long Forest Protected Plan
A locAl conservAtion group yesterdAy cAlled for severAl chAnges to A drAft sub-decree meAnt to turn CAmbodiA’s Prey Long Forest into A protected AreA, concerned it could end up hArming, rAther thAn conserving, the forest. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/group-wAnts-chAnges-to-prey-long-forest-protected-plAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khuon Narim and Saing Soenthrith, P.20
http://www.cambodiadaily.com
Villagers cry foul on land sale
Farmers from Kampong Thom province’s Baray district filed a complaint to the authorities yesterday accusing a village chief of signing off on the sale of their land to a local businesswoman. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-cry-foul-on-land-sale/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-cry-foul-land-sale