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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>

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>