Twelve representatives of 50 families in Preah Vihear’s Kulen district filed an appeal yesterday after being summonsed to court over a land dispute with a Malaysian company. The villagers gathered in adhoc’s office in Srayrong commune to draft and submit a letter requesting that their court <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/farmers-seek-court-hearing-delay/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Independent radio station owner Mam Sonando filed his latest request with the Information Ministry on Monday, requesting a TV license and a radio relay station to push his popular radio broadcasts farther into the provinces. Mr. Sonando, the owner of Beehive Radio and a longtime government <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sonando-sends-latest-tv-license-radio-request/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Five political parties have registered to take part in provincial and district elections in May, officials said Tuesday. The elections are approaching despite a deadlock in national politics between the ruling party and the opposition&mdash;which wants election reform and a recall national vote. Only members of local <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/political-parties-registered-for-upcoming-elections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei is to attend the inauguration of a tractor assembly in Cambodia next week, according to the Belarusian Telegraphic agency. “There are plans to discuss a wide range of issues of the bilateral agenda with the emphasis on the prospects of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/belarus-minister-to-inaugurate-tractor-plant-next-week/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities in Mondulkiri decided to switch A sweAring-in ceremony for two newly elected Keo SeimA district councillors to A commune hAll After the opposition objected to it being held At the home of the district’s pro-ruling pArty governor, officiAls sAid. Khum KAn sAid he And A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-cAlls-for-public-sweAring-in/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Arrest, detention And even An upcoming triAl cAn’t swAy 68 Khmer Krom fAmilies fAced with eviction to give up A bitter lAnd dispute over A bird sAnctuAry in TAkeo province. After being chArged in April with illegAlly occupying stAte lAnd, three representAtives from SAngkum MeAnchey villAge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/without-lAwyer-krom-villAgers-fAce-court-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

An ongoing lAnd dispute mAy become more thAn just An embittered ordeAl for three Khmer Krom villAgers After officiAls requested yesterdAy thAt A TAkeo court levy them huge fines. According to representAtives from Borei ChoslAr district’s SAngkum MeAnchey villAge, they Are only fArming bArren lAnd thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fines-cAlled-for-in-cAse-AgAinst-khmer-krom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Kandal province’s Tuol Reachea pagoda has been ordered shut for a week after authorities yesterday broke into the living quarters of Thean Vuthy, a man who claims to be the next Buddha, and found jewellery and other “irregular” items. The joint force from the Ministry of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/controversial-pagoda-closed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives for a detainee held since his arrest at a strike in early January say the window to operate on his broken hand is closing. Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday will hear a special temporary bail request for Sokun Sombath Piseth, 31, one of 21 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/operation-urgent-for-strike-detainee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In anticipation of a regional summit this weekend, government officials and civil society have their sights locked on a controversial hydropower development just across the Cambodian border in Laos. NGO Forum submitted an open letter yesterday urging Prime Minister Hun Sen to confront Laos about its <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/intervention-urged-for-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of 50 families in Ratanakkiri’s andong Meas district filed a complaint with rights group adhoc yesterday alleging that a Vietnamese concessionaire is responsible for destroying about 50 hectares of cashew plantations. Sorl Penh, 58, a representative for the villagers from Nhang commune, said yesterday that <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cashew-plantations-destroyed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A smAll group representing striking CAltex gAs stAtion workers delivered A petition to the US EmbAssy on ThursdAy, Asking for help As they seek An increAse in monthly wAges. Hundreds of CAltex workers hAve been on strike since MondAy, joining gArment fActory workers in cAlls for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/striking-cAltex-workers-cAll-on-us-for-support/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

After CAltex mAnAgers Allegedly reneged on An Agreement to pAy workers A $20 bonus to suspend A strike for two months, employees sAy they would only return if the deAl is in writing. In A FridAy meeting, the CAmbodiAn Food And Service Workers FederAtion Agreed with <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAltex-strike-deAl-doesnt-hold-up/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A PursAt mAn’s reported encounter with A tiger in the CArdAmom MountAins hAs left him injured And in feAr, but it hAs left experts in doubt. On SundAy Afternoon, Ngem Nget, A 51-yeAr-old fArmer in Phnom KrAvAnh district’s SAntre commune, wAlked into the woods to forAge <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tiger-AttAcks-mAn-in-forest/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high-level AgriculturAl officiAl in KAmpong Speu province hAs been chArged with steAling thousAnds of dollArs from pAddy rice fArmers After promising to deliver them lAnd titles in JAnuAry 2013, A rights group representAtive And A court prosecutor sAid yesterdAy. Cher Pich, 44, deputy director of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-in-court-over-frAud-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Hundreds of families due to be displaced by the planned 108-MW Stung Chhay areng dam were called to a meeting Tuesday with provincial authorities, who presented a plan for relocation and then distributed gifts of shrimp paste and MSG. Heng Samnang, a staffer for local NGO <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/officials-show-areng-families-relocation-plan/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The General Tax Department of Cambodia (GTD) needs to improve a number of administration processes to enhance revenue collection and make a greater contribution to the economy, a recent study released yesterday by Japan International Cooperation agency (JICa) reveals. according to data from GTD, Cambodia <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-work-needed-at-the-tax-dept-jica-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Staff from the Ministry of Cults and Religion seized promotional material from a man claiming to be a Buddhist “god” on Sunday in Kandal province, officials said yesterday. The operation was conducted at Reachea pagoda, where Thean Vuthy had been promoting himself as the fifth and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cults-ministry-seizes-discs-from-self-proclaimed-god/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

ANZ is fAcing cAlls for compensAtion over its funding of A CAmbodiAn sugAr mill linked to child lAbour, forced evictions And lAnd grAbs. MediA reports on MondAy sAid hundreds of CAmbodiAn fArmers hAd cAlled on the bAnk to provide compensAtion for the lAnd they lost due <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Anz-hit-by-controversy-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prey Sar prison officials are carting thousands of liters of water to the prison each day because a construction company smashed a water main and has yet to fix it. according to prison officials, inmates are rationed 3 liters of clean water each day, which is <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/still-no-water-flowing-into-prey-sar-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>