Hun Sen asked to stop military land seizure
Nearly 40 people representing 59 families from a village in Battambang province have submitted a petition asking Prime Minister Hun Sen to help solve their land dispute with soldiers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-asked-to-stop-military-land-seizure/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/37235/hun-sen-asked-to-stop-military-land-seizure/
Change is coming, Kem Sokha promises at mass CNRP rally
At A procession thAt drew thousAnds of supporters in Phnom Penh on SAturdAy, pArty president Kem SokhA promised A number of reforms once&mdAsh;not if&mdAsh;his pArty comes to power next yeAr. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chAnge-is-coming-kem-sokhA-promises-At-mAss-cnrp-rAlly/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean and Ben Paviour
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/elections2017/change-coming-kem-sokha-promises-mass-cnrp-rally-130151/
Equity fund takes stake in iCare
A SingApore-bAsed privAte equity fund mAnAger hAs Acquired A significAnt minority stAke in iCAre Benefits (CAmbodiA) Co Ltd, An employee benefits progrAmme offered to enterprises thAt operAte in the Kingdom. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/equity-fund-tAkes-stAke-in-icAre/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Kali Kotoski
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/equity-fund-takes-stake-icare
PM sues Lay Sreng for ‘defamation’ over phone call comments
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s lawyer yesterday filed a lawsuit against former Deputy Prime Minister Lu Lay Sreng for defamation over comments made during a private phone conversation leaked to social media. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-sues-lay-sreng-for-defamation-over-phone-call-comments/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Niem Chheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-sues-lay-sreng-defamation-over-phone-call-comments
Child protection plan rolled out
The government unveiled a long-awaited national plan to combat violence against children yesterday, four years after a countrywide survey revealed that more than half of children in Cambodia are physically abused. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/child-protection-plan-rolled-out/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Daphne Chen
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/child-protection-plan-rolled-out
Australia debates motion to condemn Cambodia’s political crackdown
The AustrAliAn PArliAment is considering A motion to condemn CAmbodiA’s politicAl crAckdown, with lAwmAker MArk Butler declAring AustrAliA hAs “A solemn duty” to tAke Action to defend CAmbodiA’s “fledgling democrAcy”. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-debAtes-motion-to-condemn-cAmbodiAs-politicAl-crAckdown/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Andrew Nachemson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/australia-debates-motion-condemn-cambodias-political-crackdown
Pailin casino Dreamworld opens May 9
Entertainment Gaming asia, an american Stock Exchange-listed company with a regional presence in both Cambodia and the Philippines, will launch its Dreamworld Casino in Pailin province on Wednesday, according to a company statement. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pailin-casino-dreamworld-opens-may-9/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Siphana’s law firm joins ZICOlaw
Lawyer and government advisor Sok Siphana has made his law firm, Sok Siphana & associates, a member of ZICOlaw, a leading regional law firm based in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the aSEaN region. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sok-siphanas-law-firm-joins-zicolaw/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Union Seeks Tax Reduction for Garment Workers
Factory workers should get a reduction or exemption from paying income tax as the deductions are forcing them into poverty, the Free Trade Union (FTU) wrote in a letter to Finance Minister Keat Chon. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-seeks-tax-reduction-for-garment-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Firm has soldiers in pocket, say villagers
Hundreds of families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Thma Puok district filed a complaint yesterday to rights group adhoc, claiming their community farmland is being bulldozed by a company under the protection of soldiers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firm-has-soldiers-in-pocket-say-villagers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/firm-has-soldiers-pocket-say-villagers
Judge agrees to delay trial
Greg Thomas Fryett, a British businessman arrested by the anti-Corruption Unit last year for alleged links to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, went on trial on Friday at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/judge-agrees-to-delay-trial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-weekend/judge-agrees-delay-trial
Cambodia sees 87 pct drop in dengue fever cases in Q1
Cambodia had recorded 179 dengue fever cases in the first three months of this year, a 87 percent decrease from 1,393 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-sees-87-pct-drop-in-dengue-fever-cases-in-q1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ASEAN - China Center News Staff
http://www.asean-china-center.org/english/2014-04/05/c_133240824.htm
Interior Minister to negotiate with Sam Rainsy on post-election crisis
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, Sar Kheng, is to meet Sam Rainsy, the opposition leader, this morning to find a solution to a current political deadlock, Prime Minister Hun Sen said today. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-minister-to-negotiate-with-sam-rainsy-on-post-election-crisis/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=11&token=NjA0OGE1OTYxYzU
Students to protest Australia refugee deal
Students, activist monks and land rights demonstrators will hold a march in Phnom Penh on Friday in protest of a controversial refugee resettlement agreement between australia and Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/students-to-protest-australia-refugee-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/students-protest-australia-refugee-deal
Two given jail time for trafficking
Two Vietnamese women were sentenced yesterday by Phnom Penh Municipal Court to two-and-a-half years in prison each for trafficking five Vietnamese women to have sex with wealthy men in a hotel. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-given-jail-time-for-trafficking/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/two-given-jail-time-trafficking
BCD Travel picks Tonle Travel as partner for Cambodia foray
BCD Travel is venturing into Cambodia by tying up with Tonle Travel, a local corporate travel and inbound tour specialist with whom it has already enjoyed a working relationship of more than four years. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bcd-travel-picks-tonle-travel-as-partner-for-cambodia-foray/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
TTG Asia News Staff
http://ttgasia.com/article.php?article_id=24263
Unmanned drone explodes in sky over Cambodia's Preah Vihear temple area
An unmAnned AeriAl vehicle (UAV) exploded in the sky over CAmbodiA’s PreAh ViheAr temple, A world heritAge site, on SundAy, cAusing pAnic Among troops stAtioned Along the CAmbodiAn-ThAi border, A CAmbodiAn spokesmAn sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/unmAnned-drone-explodes-in-sky-over-cAmbodiAs-preAh-viheAr-temple-AreA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Shanghai Daily News Staff
http://shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=257117
Cambodia ‘measles free’, WHO reports
The World Health Organization has declared Cambodia measles-free, having not registered a confirmed case in over three years, marking a success in combating what was once the country’s most deadly communicable disease. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-measles-free-who-reports/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Charles Parkinson
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/cambodia-measles-free-who-reports
Raid on coffee business nets 9 illegal Vietnamese
Nine illegal Vietnamese immigrants were arrested during a raid on a coffee importer in Phnom Penh on Monday as part of an ongoing nationwide census of foreigners in the country, an immigration official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raid-on-coffee-business-nets-9-illegal-vietnamese/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/raid-on-coffee-business-nets-9-illegal-vietnamese-70411/
Wage talks remain in deadlock
The third day of negotiations between members of a working group trying to reach a consensus on the minimum monthly garment wage remained stagnant yesterday, as manufacturers refused to budge from their $110 offer. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wage-talks-remain-in-deadlock/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear and Sean Teehan
http://phnompenhpost.com/national/wage-talks-remain-deadlock