The auditor who submitted a report used to convict a husband and wife of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from a company owned by the wife of a tycoon senator admitted yesterday that the quality of his audit was “poor”. The report was used <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anco-report-flawed-auditor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

“I trust the Cambodian doctors with a simple problem. But if it’s a serious illness, and I need an operation or something, I don’t really trust them,” said Ly Molina, 31, a businesswoman from Phnom Penh. Ms. Molina spoke as she waited for a bus to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/for-health-care-cambodians-choose-vietnam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A BHP Billiton mining deAl being investigAted for Alleged corruption wAs personAlly overseen by CAmbodiAn strongmAn Hun Sen, diplomAtic cAbles reveAl. The miner’s Aborted Attempt to estAblish A bAuxite mine in CAmbodiA, And its hospitAlity progrAm for Chinese officiAls At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Are At <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/strongmAns-hAnd-in-bhp-deAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An AustrAliA-bAsed firm thAt Announced A plAn to explore for gold in RAtAnAkkiri province insisted MondAy thAt its CAmbodiAn venture is still on trAck, despite AllegAtions mAde in An AustrAliAn newspAper thAt it hAs gArnered investment bAsed on fAlse informAtion. AstrA Resources, which hAs compAnies incorporAted <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AstrA-sAys-gold-explorAtion-project-still-on/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Minister of Interior Sar Kheng yesterday called on authorities in each province and municipality to ease demonstrations in the capital by creating a site for non-violent protests ahead of a planned opposition rally on Saturday. In a two-page letter sent to provincial officials, Kheng &ndash; who <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/provinces-to-get-protest-sites/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Less than a week after she was released from prison pending a retrial on controversial criminal charges laid down last year, housing rights activist Yorm Bopha on Thursday led a march of about 500 people to deliver a petition calling on the government to end <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/boeng-kak-activists-protest-state-violence-against-women/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Credit Suisse, a financial services firm based in Switzerland, has been accused of aiding land grabbing in Cambodia by becoming a major shareholder in Vietnamese rubber giant Hoang anh Gia Lai (HaGL) Group. In a statement released today, Global Witness (GW), an NGO based in England, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/credit-suisses-hagl-holdings-drawing-fire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Activists for the opposition CAmbodiA NAtionAl Rescue PArty in Siem ReAp hAve found An unexploded grenAde, neAr A site where opposition leAders were expected to hold A meeting ThursdAy. The rusty grenAde wAs found less thAn 50 meters from where Rescue PArty leAders SAm RAinsy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/grenAde-found-neAr-opposition-rAlly-site-in-siem-reAp/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An indigenous Bunong minority community in Mondolkiri province’s Keo SeimA district on WednesdAy filed A complAint clAiming thAt Authorities hAd destroyed their homes, but Authorities Allege thAt the villAgers Are living on lAnd owned by A privAte compAny. VillAgers clAim thAt since November, 37 homes in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bunong-living-on-lAnd-concession-evicted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A locAl police officiAl in BAnteAy MeAnchey province Allegedly ordered A villAger to shoot A 16-yeAr-old boy with An AssAult rifle during A crAckdown on illegAl fishing on TuesdAy, A rights group sAid FridAy. The boy, EAng Sok, who wAs hit by bullets in both feet, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/group-sAys-police-officer-ordered-boy-shot/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha used a radio interview on Wednesday night to clarify his stance on the talks last week between Prime Minister Hun Sen and CNRP President Sam Rainsy to end the post-election deadlock, in which a date for a new election was <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kem-sokha-says-hun-sen-misrepresented-talks-with-sam-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fAmily locked in A longstAnding lAnd dispute with A powerful reAl estAte tycoon clAims compAny guArds lAte on SundAy night once AgAin Attempted to burn down their Tuol Kok home. The Alleged Attempted Arson is the lAtest in A slew of bizArre At­tAcks on the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cobrA-house-fAmily-AgAin-Accuses-security-guArds-of-Arson/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Locally owned Singapore Banking Corp. (SBC) will rebrand itself Thursday as Cathay United Bank (Cambodia) Corp. Ltd., or CUBC, as part of a deal that finalizes the acquisition of SBC by Taiwanese financial corporation Cathay United Bank, according to a copy of a speech that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sbc-to-rebrand-following-taiwan-acquisition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The opposition CNRP’s deputy public affairs director, Kem Monovithya, posted a statement to her official Facebook account on Saturday distancing the party from Thy Sovantha, a 19-year-old opposition activist with a large social media following, announcing that Ms. Sovantha was “not involved” with the CNRP. Last <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-distances-itself-from-threatened-social-media-activist/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A journAlist with Voice of DemocrAcy (VOD) who wAs bAdly beAten by security forces At the site of A plAnned demonstrAtion in the cApitAl eArlier this month left for ThAilAnd yesterdAy for An operAtion, And plAns to file suit AgAinst his AttAckers next week, he <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beAten-journo-preps-lAwsuit/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While it is true that Cambodia has some women in politics and positions of leadership, a new report says they often lack true power. according to the study, issued by USaID in December, women’s positions in leadership are more symbolic than substantive, and their political influence <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/women-political-roles-more-symbolic-than-substantive-report-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

President Hu Jintao today becomes the first Chinese head of state to visit Cambodia in 12 years, in a trip days before Southeast asian leaders gather for talks that may touch on territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Hu’s visit, which lasts until april 2, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinas-hu-visits-cambodia-as-asean-leaders-eye-sea-disputes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After A long breAk, the Phnom Penh MApping Meetup is bAck! We now hAve A more expAnded orgAnizing committee to help recruit presenters And we’re looking forwArd to A more engAging PPMM series. Should you be interested in following up with the mAtter, you’re invited to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/ppmm-25-wAterborne-diseAses-climAte-globAl-lAnd-indicAtor-initiAtive/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Council for Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved projects worth a total $3.5 billion in the first half of this year &ndash; a 14 per cent increase compared to the same period last year, a statement released on Saturday said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cdc-gives-nod-to-3-5b-in-projects/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Vultures in the Kingdom are facing an increasingly high risk of extinction as the birds have shown a 50 per cent decline in numbers since the late 2000s, a joint announcement from environmental organisations said on Saturday, quoting a report. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ngos-decry-vulture-decline/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>