Company accused of attempting to ‘electrocute’ villagers
Kampong Speu provincial deputy governor Vey Samnang is scratching his head over a dispute between a company that operates a cashew plantation, Ouk Khun, in his province and villagers who say it grabbed their land and then installed electricity cables to electrocute them. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/company-accused-of-attempting-to-electrocute-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/17684/company-accused-of-attempting-to----electrocute----villagers/
Chip Mong unit signs $262 deal for cement plant
A unit of domestic conglomerAte Chip Mong Group, Chip Mong Insee Cement, hAs signed A pArtnership Agreement with ChinA’s CITIC HeAvy Industries Co. Ltd. to build A $262 million cement plAnt in KAmpot province, with construction slAted to stArt next yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chip-mong-unit-signs-262-deAl-for-cement-plAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
May Kunmakara
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/18395/chip-mong-unit-signs--262-deal-for-cement-plant/
Mexican national convicted of sexual abuse
A 60-yeAr-old MexicAn nAtionAl working At A school in SihAnoukville wAs convicted of sexuAlly Abusing two young girls yesterdAy And sentenced to two yeArs in prison, with one yeAr of the sentence suspended, According to APLE CAmbodiA, A child rights NGO. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mexicAn-nAtionAl-convicted-of-sexuAl-Abuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Jonathan Greig and Buth Reaksmeykongkea
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21605/mexican-national-convicted-of-sexual-abuse/
Second US bomb unearthed in Kandal this month
A routine morning of plAnting vegetAbles And trees wAs interrupted on SundAy when A group of fArmers in KAndAl province’s SAAng district uneArthed A 227 kilogrAm, US-mAde MK82 bomb left over from the country’s wAr, According to police. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/second-us-bomb-uneArthed-in-kAndAl-this-month/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23296/second-us-bomb-unearthed-in-kandal-this-month/
China promises additional aid after ASEAN skirts sea dispute
China promised Cambodia funds for a variety of projects during a meeting between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Chinese Prime Minister Li Kequiang during this week’s asean Summit in Vientiane, a minister attached to Mr. Hun Sen told reporters on Thursday night. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-promises-additional-aid-after-asean-skirts-sea-dispute/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/china-promises-additional-aid-asean-skirts-sea-dispute-117783/
Police officer killed during chase of timber-filled truck
A police officer wAs killed And A second bAdly injured in Phnom Penh on SAturdAy night After their motorbike wAs intentionAlly reAr-ended while they were in pursuit of A truck loAded with vAluAble timber, officiAls sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-officer-killed-during-chAse-of-timber-filled-truck/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Saing Soenthrith
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-officer-killed-during-chase-of-timber-filled-truck-103530/
No2 priority shows results
More than 600 villages, home to more than half a million people, have been declared “open-defecation free” as a result of a major program aimed at boosting the number of Cambodians who have access to hygienic toilets, according to Plan International. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no2-priority-shows-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no2-priority-shows-results
Consensus reached on fuel pricing procedure
The government has reached an agreement with two foreign oil companies operating in Cambodia on a proposed fuel-price mechanism, ending a two-month deadlock that has prevented it from implementing a price ceiling on gasoline sold at petrol stations across the Kingdom. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%98%e1%9f%82%e1%9e%9a-consensus-reached-on-fuel-pricing-procedure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/consensus-reached-fuel-pricing-procedure
Court questions union leader over forgery
Prominent union leader Pav Sina was questioned in court on Thursday about a forgery and disinformation complaint filed against him by a garment factory, a charge he rejected as being an invention meant to stall attempts by workers to unionize. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-questions-union-leader-over-forgery/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/court-questions-union-leader-over-forgery-115476/
Forest patrol murder suspects charged with illegal logging
Six men suspected of involvement in the weekend murder of a local police officer and a forest ranger in Preah Vihear province were charged Wednesday with illegal logging, while authorities continue to search for evidence linking them to the double homicide, a court official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/forest-patrol-murder-suspects-charged-with-illegal-logging/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/forest-patrol-murder-suspects-charged-with-illegal-logging-100060/
Building for Thai princess not luxury toilet, officials say
Following media reports that $40,000 was spent to build a luxury outhouse for Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to use during her recent visit to Ratanakkiri province, authorities released a statement on Friday rejecting the notion that the building was a toilet. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/building-for-thai-princess-not-luxury-toilet-officials-say/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/building-for-thai-princess-not-luxury-toilet-officials-say-109140/
Environmental campaigner convicted of forestry crime
A prominent Anti-dAm Activist in Koh Kong province who hAs been jAiled since October wAs convicted ThursdAy of illegAl logging And given A suspended prison sentence, Allowing him to wAlk free but leAving the shAdow of A criminAl conviction hAnging over him. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/%e1%9e%9f%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%9b%e1%9e%b6%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%8A%e1%9f%86%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%bc%e1%9e%84%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%81%e1%9f%81%e1%9e%8f%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%8f%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8b/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/109399-109399/
More than 70 farmers accept sugar compensation, but 102 refuse
A long-running lAnd dispute between 175 Koh Kong fArmers And two sugArcAne firms Accused of steAling their lAnd cAme A step closer to conclusion on ThursdAy After 73 of the fArming fAmilies Accepted compensAtion, A government officiAl sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-thAn-70-fArmers-Accept-sugAr-compensAtion-but-102-refuse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-70-farmers-accept-sugar-compensation-but-102-refuse-127005/
Over 35,000 kids still in care
A stAggering 35,000 CAmbodiAn children And young people continue to be housed in A rAnge of residentiAl cAre fAcilities, with mAny of them flying under the government’s rAdAr, According to A new report releAsed by the Ministry of SociAl AffAirs yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/over-35000-kids-still-in-cAre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Touch Sokha and Erin Handley
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/over-35000-kids-still-care
CPP official quits district post to secure commune seat for ruling party
In a country known for its political patronage networks, volunteering for a demotion is rare. But Moeung Visalsok, 46, a ruling Cambodian People’s Party district council member in Kampong Chhnang province, is doing just that. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-official-quits-district-post-to-secure-commune-seat-for-ruling-party/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
In wage protest, hundreds of garment workers block road
More than 1,000 garment workers from a factory in Kandal province’s Takhmao City blocked a public road on Wednesday in protest over unpaid wages that have left them struggling to afford food and pay their rents, a union official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/in-wage-protest-hundreds-of-garment-workers-block-road/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/in-wage-protest-hundreds-of-garment-workers-block-road-129890/
Plans for another ‘Hun Sen High School’ renaming canceled
A provinciAl governor’s request to renAme A Siem ReAp City high school After Prime Minister Hun Sen hAs been AbAndoned, According to An officiAl And the school&mdAsh;A decision some hAve speculAted wAs influenced by online criticism of the suggested chAnge. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/plAns-for-Another-hun-sen-high-school-renAming-cAnceled/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Rachna Thim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/plans-another-hun-sen-high-school-renaming-canceled-132584/
Kingdom’s startups stuck in the middle with no capital
Despite Cambodia having a vibrant startup scene with entrepreneurs launching ventures on a near daily basis, businesses trying to tap into financial resources for growth have difficulty accessing capital and are stuck in the unbankable “missing middle”, according to a recent study. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kingdoms-startups-stuck-in-the-middle-with-no-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Robin Spiess
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/kingdoms-startups-stuck-middle-no-capital
Returnees still in US pending appeal
More than 50 Cambodians who were set to be removed from the US today can temporarily remain in the country to fight their deportation orders due to a last-minute decision from a US judge that immigration advocates celebrated as a “Hail Mary”. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/returnees-still-in-us-pending-appeal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Daphne Chen and Ben Sokhean
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/returnees-still-us-pending-appeal
Government establishes working group to tackle faintings
Health Minister Mam Bun Heng yesterday announced the formation of a working group to address mass fainting, a day after the premier raised the issue at a meeting with garment workers, though relevant officials had few details on the group’s objectives. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/government-establishes-working-group-to-tackle-faintings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuoch Masy
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/government-establishes-working-group-tackle-faintings