10 Cambodian workers arrested in violent wage protest
Ten striking workers were arrested in eastern Cambodia on Saturday after more than 200 protesters burned a factory gate and hurled stones at the police, leaving eight officers injured, a local police chief said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/10-cambodian-workers-arrested-in-violent-wage-protest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2014-10/25/c_133742054.htm
Fake IDs make mockery of factory age rules
On a dusty highway on the edge of this port city, thousands of young women and a few hundred young men block evening traffic as they stream out of the New Star Shoes factory. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/fake-ids-make-mockery-of-factory-age-rules/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Jamie Elliott and Mech Dara
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fake-ids-make-mockery-of-factory-age-rules-80492/
Raid nets fake Carabao energy-drink labels
Police in Phnom Penh raided a factory on Monday, collecting thousands of items of evidence linked to an alleged counterfeiting scheme producing soft drinks illegally marked with the logo of a popular regional brand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels
Raid nets fake Carabao energy-drink labels
Police in Phnom Penh raided a factory on Monday, collecting thousands of items of evidence linked to an alleged counterfeiting scheme producing soft drinks illegally marked with the logo of a popular regional brand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels-3/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels
Raid nets fake Carabao energy-drink labels
Police in Phnom Penh raided a factory on Monday, collecting thousands of items of evidence linked to an alleged counterfeiting scheme producing soft drinks illegally marked with the logo of a popular regional brand. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/raid-nets-fake-carabao-energy-drink-labels
More than 100 illegal slot machines seized in capital
More than 100 slot machines worth over $1 million in total were seized in a police raid on a warehouse in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district on Monday, an Interior Ministry official said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/more-than-100-illegal-slot-machines-seized-in-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/more-than-100-illegal-slot-machines-seized-in-capital-81548/
Australia prepares to send first refugees from Nauru to Cambodia within days
The AustrAliAn government hAs chArtered A plAne to move the first group of refugees from NAuru to CAmbodiA within dAys As pArt of A $40m resettlement deAl, sources on the islAnd hAve sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliA-prepAres-to-send-first-refugees-from-nAuru-to-cAmbodiA-within-dAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Paul Farrell and Lauren Crothers
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/apr/15/australia-prepares-to-send-first-refugees-from-nauru-to-cambodia-within-days
Taiwanese factory protest arises over fired Unionists
About 500 workers from A TAiwAnese-owned footweAr fActory in TAkeo province on WednesdAy continued A weeklong protest thAt begAn when the compAny fired five workers for Attempting to unionize, workers And officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/tAiwAnese-fActory-protest-Arises-over-fired-unionists/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/taiwanese-factory-protest-arises-over-fired-unionists-84517/
Authorities shut down illegal M’kiri mine site
An illegAl gold mine Allegedly mAnAged by A militAry police commAnder in Mondulkiri province wAs shut down by A locAl prosecutor lAst week After being in operAtion for more thAn two decAdes, officiAls sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Authorities-shut-down-illegAl-mkiri-mine-site/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/authorities-shut-down-illegal-mkiri-mine-site
Council of ministers defends gov’t corruption probe directive
The Council of Ministers on Monday convened a press conference to defend a directive circulated this month telling government officials to seek clearance from their superiors before providing information to lawmakers investigating corruption claims. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-of-ministers-defends-govt-corruption-probe-directive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Police ignored another arrest warrant for Meas Muth
A second Arrest wArrAnt for former Khmer Rouge nAvy commAnder MeAs Muth wAs ignored by judiciAl police lAst month, A declAssified document releAsed MondAy by the ExtrAordinAry ChAmbers in the Courts of CAmbodiA shows. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-ignored-Another-Arrest-wArrAnt-for-meAs-muth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
George Wright and Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-ignored-another-arrest-warrant-for-meas-muth-87422/
Transparency watchdog deals discounts to fight corruption
Transparency International Cambodia has launched a new campaign to encourage citizens to fight corruption, issuing a card that provides discounts with more than 100 companies to people who vow to work against the practice. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/transparency-watchdog-deals-discounts-to-fight-corruption/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Khemara
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/transparency-watchdog-deals-discounts-to-fight-corruption/2858632.html
Prominent rights monitor questioned over defamation claims
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday began questioning a leading human rights campaigner who stands accused of defaming and attempting to coerce two judicial officials over a land dispute in Siem Reap province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prominent-rights-monitor-questioned-over-defamation-claims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prominent-rights-monitor-questioned-over-defamation-claims-88153/
Council of Ministers lambastes Sam Rainsy for citing $168 map
The Council of Ministers released a statement on Friday blasting CNRP President Sam Rainsy over a French-made map he posted to Facebook, claiming the opposition leader was disrespecting the territorial integrity of Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/council-of-ministers-lambastes-sam-rainsy-for-citing-168-map/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Border committee visits northern border posts
Secretary of state of the Cambodian Ministry of Foreign affairs Long Visalo led a working group to a disputed area of the border with Vietnam in Tbong Khmum province yesterday, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/border-committee-visits-northern-border-posts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13549/border-committee-visits-northern-border-posts/
Sea dispute won’t affect diplomacy, official says
Cambodia’s close ties to China will not compromise its relationship with other regional powers, an official said after a meeting between Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and a top Chinese diplomat yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sea-dispute-wont-affect-diplomacy-official-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sea-dispute-wont-affect-diplomacy-official-says
Vietnam halts road work at Kampot border
Vietnam has stopped construction of a road near its border with Kampot province after Cambodian officials complained that the project was coming too close to the borderline, according to a provincial border police official. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/vietnam-halts-road-work-at-kampot-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/vietnam-halts-road-work-at-kampot-border-89847/
PM’s sexist epithet raises ire
Women representing dozens of civil society groups met yesterday to discuss Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent use of derogatory language when discussing a female protester accused of injuring a security guard. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pms-sexist-epithet-raises-ire/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pms-sexist-epithet-raises-ire
Unrest over fishing clash continues in Kampot
Police say they have asked Vietnam to identify the Vietnamese trawler involved in a fatal clash last week with Cambodian fishermen, reversing their position that the death of a local man was an accident. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unrest-over-fishing-clash-continues-in-kampot/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Matt Blomberg and Sek Odom
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/unrest-over-fishing-clash-continues-in-kampot-90739/
Thailand asks cambodia to repatriate prisoners
A spokesmAn for the Justice Ministry sAid TuesdAy thAt the government wAs considering A request mAde by the new ThAi AmbAssAdor to repAtriAte seven of the country’s nAtionAls serving prison sentences in CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/thAilAnd-Asks-cAmbodiA-to-repAtriAte-prisoners/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mech Dara
https://cambodia.opendevelopmentmekong.net/wp-admin/post-new.php