Vietnamese ferry hits Cambodian boat
A lArge VietnAmese ferry crAshed into A CAmbodiAn fishing boAt off Ach Seh islAnd on SAturdAy night in A mAritime hit-And-run, with the ferry motoring AwAy After dAmAging the bAck section of the long-boAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vietnAmese-ferry-hits-cAmbodiAn-boAt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27107/vietnamese-ferry-hits-cambodian-boat/
Angkor temple dress code now in effect
At 8 A.m. on ThursdAy, Lin SAmpho picked up An AustrAliAn tourist from A Siem ReAp City hotel to tAke her to the Angkor ArchAeologicAl PArk for A morning trek through the site’s Ancient temples. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phan Soumy and Janelle Retka
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/angkor-temple-dress-code-now-in-effect-116300/
Top cop says no capacity to convict
A high-rAnking police officiAl yesterdAy bemoAned CAmbodiA’s lAck of cApAcity to fight cybercrime, just A week After the government’s Announcement of A new Anti-Cybercrime DepArtment prompted feArs of An online clAmpdown on dissent. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/top-cop-sAys-no-cApAcity-to-convict/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/top-cop-says-no-capacity-convict
Vathana ‘partner’ no fan of prime minister
A notorious frAudster with whom Justice Minister Ang Vong VAthAnA Allegedly hAd A business relAtionship hAs turned out to be A violent critic of Prime Minister Hun Sen. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/vAthAnA-pArtner-no-fAn-of-prime-minister/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Jack Davies
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/vathana-partner-no-fan-prime-minister
Doctor’s unintentional murder charge dropped
A doctor who hAd been Accused of cAusing A womAn to die in lAbour becAuse he AbAndoned her during childbirth to go to A pArty hAd chArges AgAinst him dropped by the Court of AppeAl on MondAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/doctors-unintentionAl-murder-chArge-dropped/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kim Sarom
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/doctors-unintentional-murder-charge-dropped
Education Ministry investigates test bribe
The Ministry of Education yesterday said it is creating a committee to investigate an alleged case of a student bribing education officials in Battambang with $650 to give him a passing grade 12 exam score in 2014. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-investigates-test-bribe/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/education-ministry-investigates-test-bribe
Chinese firm mulls energy sector prospects
A leAding Chinese mAnufActurer of power trAnsmission And distribution equipment recently visited CAmbodiA to explore opportunities in the Kingdom’s rApidly growing energy sector, including A proposAl for A fActory to produce equipment for the electricity sector. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-firm-mulls-energy-sector-prospects/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Cheng Sokhorng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/chinese-firm-mulls-energy-sector-prospects
Renewables start to gain traction
Solar power is slowly gaining momentum in Cambodia as a viable source of electricity for the country’s growing energy needs, though stakeholders are anxious to see a real government commitment to establish a beneficial regulatory framework. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/renewables-start-to-gain-traction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matthieu de Gaudemar
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/renewables-start-gain-traction
Task force grills officials over allegations of graft
Two military commanders, a military police commander and a provincial police chief in Mondulkiri were questioned by the national military police’s anti-logging task force yesterday for their alleged involvement in a Vietnamese timber smuggling operation. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/task-force-grills-officials-over-allegations-of-graft/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/task-force-grills-officials-over-allegations-graft
Maruhan Japan Bank buys stake in MFI
Maruhan Japan Bank yesterday became the first commercial bank in Cambodia to make a direct equity investment into a microfinance institution by becoming Sathapana’s majority shareholder, with a 95.1 per cent stake. Financial details were not disclosed. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/maruhan-japan-bank-buys-stake-in-mfi/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Military might: soldiers put end to Veng Sreng strike
Soldiers used force on Friday to end a strike at a garment factory on Veng Sreng Boulevard, where demands included a lunch bonus of 2,000 riel and an end to forced overtime, workers and union officials said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/military-might-soldiers-put-end-to-veng-sreng-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/military-might-soldiers-put-end-veng-sreng-strike
Five families accept flats in Chroy Changva
Five families among a community of 40 that have been fighting a powerful developer for land they live on in Phnom Penh’s Chroy Changva district accepted compensation packages on Monday, the first cracks in a previously united community. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/five-families-accept-flats-in-chroy-changva/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/five-families-accept-flats-in-chroy-changva-65420/
District governor in Kampot reprimanded
In a letter published online yesterday, the anti-Corruption Unit slapped a Kampot district governor on the wrist for not clearly posting public service fees and for overseeing a racket that allegedly solicited bribes in exchange for expediting paperwork. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/district-governor-in-kampot-reprimanded/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/district-governor-kampot-reprimanded
CPP youth group, road safety NGO launch helmet campaign
A CPP-Aligned youth group And A regionAl roAd-sAfety NGO on TuesdAy lAunched A $1.2 million, two-yeAr pilot progrAm to educAte CAmbodiAns About the importAnce of weAring helmets while driving or riding As pAssengers on motorbikes. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cpp-youth-group-roAd-sAfety-ngo-lAunch-helmet-cAmpAign/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Khuon Narim and Max Weinstein
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cpp-youth-group-road-safety-ngo-launch-helmet-campaign-77747/
Cambodia inaugurates China-funded Mekong bridge, road
Cambodia inaugurated a 1.73-km Mekong River bridge, along with a 143-km road, here on Wednesday in a bid to boost economic development and reduce poverty in this far northeastern region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-inaugurates-china-funded-mekong-bridge-road/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://bit.ly/1Do883N
Marijuana crops burned
Military police destroyed more than 500 marijuana plants with an estimated value of $30,000 in Kampot province on Friday, an official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/marijuana-crops-burned/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/marijuana-crops-burned
TVK cameraman nabbed after encounter with police official
A cAmerAmAn for nAtionAl television broAdcAster TVK wAs Arrested on SAturdAy on direct orders from Deputy NAtionAl Police Chief Mok Chito for using A fAke police license plAte And illegAlly possessing A police uniform And hAndgun, officiAls sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tvk-cAmerAmAn-nAbbed-After-encounter-with-police-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tvk-cameraman-nabbed-after-encounter-with-police-official-79302/
Police burn down Mondolkiri minority community’s shelters
Police in Mondolkiri province on Tuesday burned down more than 130 shelters belonging to a community of ethnic Bunong families in Keo Seima district that authorities accuse of squatting on a Vietnamese rubber plantation, a local official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-burn-down-mondolkiri-minority-communitys-shelters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-burn-down-mondolkiri-minority-communitys-shelters-81153/
Meeting over NGO law on hold as PM’s deadline passes
A deAdline set by Prime Minister Hun Sen to finAlize A controversiAl drAft NGO lAw by the end of MAy will be missed, As A government spokesmAn sAid discussions were put on hold while the Interior Minister is AbroAd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/meeting-over-ngo-lAw-on-hold-As-pms-deAdline-pAsses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kuch Naren and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/meeting-over-ngo-law-on-hold-as-pms-deadline-passes-84645/
New draft of NGO law ‘much worse’ than the last, CCC says
An NGO umbrellA group sAys it hAs seen A new, leAked copy of A controversiAl drAft lAw thAt Aims to regulAte the country’s hundreds of non-government orgAnizAtions&mdAsh;And thAt the lAtest version mArks A significAnt step bAckwArd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-drAft-of-ngo-lAw-much-worse-thAn-the-lAst-ccc-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/new-draft-of-ngo-law-much-worse-than-the-last-ccc-says-85208/