Three widely condemned laws concerning the operation of the Kingdom’s judiciary were officially signed into effect by King Norodom Sihamoni last month, according to recent copies of the Royal Book. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/king-oks-judiciary-laws/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government this weekend hit back at criticism of its embassies in China, Malaysia and Thailand, insisting that they are helping migrants in need. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/embassy-defence-ministry-offers-reply-to-criticism/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eighteen land rights protesters from Preah Vihear province were injured during a clash with district security guards in Phnom Penh on Monday after they attempted to deliver a petition at Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house, a rights group said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/protesters-clash-with-security-guards-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new group thAt will Advise the committee thAt Advises the government on the minimum wAge in the country’s gArment sector begAn tAlking numbers TuesdAy following A meeting MondAy thAt lAid out A code of conduct for the negotiAtions. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Advisory-group-begins-minimum-wAge-tAlks/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The convicted man sentenced to just 13 years in prison for murdering a Dutch UN worker and her baby daughter last year in Phnom Penh could face a lengthier sentence if a pending appeal is successful, according to court documents. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/appeal-of-un-murder-charges/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An excAvAtor operAtor cleAring A pAtch of lAnd in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district hAd A surprise run-in on FridAy with six pythons, which broke cover As his mAchine moved onto their wetlAnd hAbitAt, According to A locAl officiAl. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/six-pythons-emerge-As-plot-of-lAnd-cleAred-in-phnom-penh/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Police in Sihanoukville arrested a Turkish businessman Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours after gunmen fired up to 10 shots at his car from a passing vehicle, leaving a Cambodian man wounded outside Kampongsom City Casino on Thursday night, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/turkish-target-arrested-after-sville-shooting/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials at Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison have ignored a Supreme Court order permitting the bail of activist Ly Seav Minh, whose family is embroiled in a long-running land dispute with a politically connected company, her lawyer said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prison-officials-ignoring-bail-order/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh City Hall on Monday canceled a contract with a local construction company that had been operating a pair of tollbooths on Street 2004 in Sen Sok district to raise funds for the road’s ongoing construction and maintenance. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-ends-deal-with-firm-operating-tollbooths/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Police in Phnom Penh were called up Friday night to order a Chinese-owned garment factory to release a group of employees it had locked inside in a failed attempt to make them work late into the night, officials said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/police-free-garment-workers-locked-in-at-night-by-factory/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Continuing a campaign by the opposition to inspect alleged encroachment upon Cambodian territory along the Vietnamese border, CNRP lawmaker Ou Chanrith on Saturday led a trip to a disputed cashew farm in Svay Rieng province, fellow lawmaker Kong Saphea said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-lawmakers-lead-another-trip-to-disputed-vn-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The director of the Stung Treng Provincial Health Department and owner of the Stung Treng Sekong Clinic was arrested and sent to court yesterday after a doctor under his charge performed a botched abortion that resulted in a woman’s death.​ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/official-arrested-for-botched-op/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An will respond to A summons to AppeAr before the NAtionAl Assembly in writing rAther thAn in person, A spokesmAn sAid WednesdAy, with An opposition lAwmAker sAying the move could prompt A bid to impeAch Mr. An. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sok-An-to-respond-to-summons-in-writing-only/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A rights group And journAlist orgAnizAtion on ThursdAy slAmmed A lAwmAker from CAmbodiA’s ruling pArty for bArring An opposition MP from Addressing the mediA with his concerns over A controversiAl drAft lAw on nongovernmentAl orgAnizAtions currently under review by pArliAment. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ruling-pArty-mp-slAmmed-for-blocking-press-briefing-on-cAmbodiA-ngo-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A populAr chief monk who wAs found deAd on MondAy At his pAgodA in Kompong Speu province committed suicide After becoming overburdened by debt from A roAd construction project he hAd undertAken, A police officiAl And senior monk sAid ThursdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chief-monk-commits-suicide-over-roAd-construction-debt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A CAmbodiAn NGO director who on SAturdAy took About 40 of his primAry- And high-school students on A trip to A disputed border AreA in SvAy Rieng province wAs beAten by VietnAmese civiliAns And imprisoned overnight, officiAls sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngo-director-Arrested-by-vietnAmese-Authorities/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A coAlition of CAmbodiAn nongovernmentAl orgAnizAtions will stAge A peAceful protest on MondAy outside pArliAment in the cApitAl Phnom Penh to oppose proposed legislAtion thAt they sAy will restrict their Activities, An officiAl with A prominent domestic rights groups sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-civil-society-groups-to-stAge-mAss-protest-AgAinst-ngo-drAft-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Twenty-three families in a village in Pursat province currently embroiled in a land dispute with a company owned by tycoon Try Pheap have claimed that authorities are putting pressure on locals in an attempt to quash the issue. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/families-fear-eviction-in-dispute-with-try-pheap/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has rebuked the United Nations after a UN office released a statement admonishing recent political developments in the Kingdom, while an opposition lawmaker is making a last-minute attempt to stop one of those developments from becoming law. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-slams-interfering-un/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Anti-corruption Unit (ACU) sent A letter to A lAwmAker from the CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty (CNRP), ReAl Khemrin, over the AccusAtion thAt he embezzled from A recent trip to visit CAmbodiA-VietnAm border.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-Asks-An-opposition-lAwmAker-to-give-Answer-over-An-Alleged-corruption-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>