Ethnic minority Tumpoun villagers yesterday delivered a thumb-printed petition to commune, district and provincial authorities in Ratanakkiri demanding intervention in a Lumphat district land dispute after villagers held five rubber plantation company employees hostage on Tuesday. Five employees of Jing Zhong Ri Cambodia Co Ltd were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bulldozing-stopped-for-now/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodian National Petroleum authority restricted vital information and failed to cooperate with consultants working for the asian Development Bank who were deployed to the authority between 2007 and 2010 as part of a $1 million project to strengthen governance at the body, a new <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/report-says-reforms-were-hard-to-drill-home-at-petrol-authority/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Forestry officials and police in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district seized a car transporting more than 100 pieces of illegally logged rosewood on Wednesday night, the 10th haul of the luxury wood in the province since January, according to a court official. Despite the efforts <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-fire-weapons-during-seziure-of-rosewood/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliAn newspAper The Age Alleged yesterdAy thAt AustrAliAn Authorities hAve linked Hun To, A nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen, to A crime syndicAte involving heroin trAfficking And money lAundering. According to The Age report, AustrAliAn police were plAnning to Arrest Mr. To in Melbourne but <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-pAper-Alleges-pms-nephew-linked-to-crime-ring/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

China’s presence in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh is obvious. The city skyline is dotted by Chinese-funded projects. But the full extent of Beijing’s influence here will be tested when President Hu Jintao visits this week ahead of a regional summit. The timing of Hu’s visit <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/china-influence-over-cambodia-to-be-tested-at-se-asia-summit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

On course to become the third listed company on Cambodia’s stock exchange, Phnom Penh autonomous Port (PPaP) kicked off a road show for its initial public offering (IPO) yesterday to prospective investors.PPaP, the state enterprise that operates Cambodia’s second-largest port, is seeking to raise up <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/port-ipo-road-show-kicks-off/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Cambodia Rice Bank (CRB) will intervene to prevent the price of fragrant rice from falling further by offering to buy the staple grain directly from farmers at the market price of 840 riel (21 cents) a kilogram. The CRB also called on farmers to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rice-bank-buys-direct-to-control-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When Dan Kreis, founder, owner and operator of Kep Lodge Eco-Resort, arrived in Kep for the first time in 2005, he found only a handful of locally-owned guesthouses, less than 10 foreign residents, no supermarket, no electricity, no local bar, a coastline littered with little <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kep-real-estate-comes-of-age/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday dropped a complaint against five union representatives at the Ocean Garment factory in Pur Senchey district who were accused by management at the firm of inciting weeks of protests. Workers have been demonstrating since aug. 11, demanding the factory fire a manager <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-drops-complaint-against-garment-factory-union-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

India is considering establishing a cashew nut processing factory in Cambodia to curb exports to India from third countries, according to officials at the Indian embassy. Dinesh Patniak, the ambassador to Cambodia, said Cambodia produced a lot of cashew nuts that were sent to Vietnam for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/india-shows-interest-in-cashew-nut-processing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The long-awaited trial of former Bavet town governor Chhouk Bandith &ndash; accused of shooting three garment workers at a protest in February &ndash; could begin within the next week, a Svay Rieng Provincial Court official said yesterday. Investigating judge Pich Chhert said the inquiry into the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bandith-trial-to-begin-soon/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia and Thailand yesterday reiterated their commitment to restart negotiations over an expansive and resource-rich section of the Gulf of Thailand known as the Overlapping Claims area &ndash; but the two countries have yet to set a date for the talks. In 2001, officials from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thais-eye-2001-gulf-blueprint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

With a court date hanging over his head for his involvement in the Tai Yang factories strike in Kandal province, Cambodian Confederation of Unions president Rong Chhun yesterday intervened in another garment dispute, this time in Kampong Speu province. about 1,000 workers entered day five of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-boss-adds-another-strike-to-plate/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A cAsino in Poipet thAt pAys wAges only in ThAi bAht is yet to fulfil its promise to improve conditions for its 500 workers, A union representAtive sAid yesterdAy. Workers Are still working 12­-hour dAys &ndAsh; often without A breAk &ndAsh; At the TropicAnA CAsino, one <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/poipet-cAsino-drAgging-feet-on-promise/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Social work, long-established in developed countries but unheard-of in Cambodia, could be set to change the face of child protection in the country as interest in the field grows. Last week, a hundred potential social workers from around the country came to Phnom Penh for an <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/social-work-to-shape-kingdom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the decisions of the lower courts in the case of Seng Chenda, wife of well-known tycoon Khaou Chuly, upholding a 20-year prison sentence for attempted murder, a court official said. according to judge Khim Pon, presiding, the court agreed with <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/high-court-upholds-verdict/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court delayed the destruction of the homes and subsequent eviction of 14 families embroiled in a land dispute with a company owned by tycoon Kong Treav in Village 4 of Sihanoukville’s Commune 4, local authorities said yesterday. Though many of the families <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sihanoukville-eviction-on-hold/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A CAmbodiAn court hAs jAiled A 71-yeAr-old broAdcAster And lAnd rights cAmpAigner for 20 yeArs After finding him guilty of leAding An Anti-stAte rebellion, A verdict condemned by Activists As the lAtest crAckdown on humAn rights. Three judges At the Phnom Penh court convicted SonAndo, who <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiAn-lAnd-rights-cAmpAigner-jAiled-for-20-yeArs-3/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Anti-nucleAr Activists hAve cAlled on the ThAi government to clArify its involvement in CAmbodiA’s controversiAl plAn to construct A nucleAr power plAnt in the border province of Koh Kong. The Activists doubted Phnom Penh’s cApAcity to single-hAndedly build And mAnAge such A vAst And risky project. SAnti <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/govt-urged-to-detAil-link-to-cAmbodiAs-nucleAr-plAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

For the second time, an investigating judge at Ratanakirri Provincial Court has closed the investigation into the murder of Virakchun Khmer newspaper journalist Hang Serei Oudom. Odom was found dead in the trunk of his car. The murder happened only days after an article about <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/investigation-wraps-in-journo-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>