Opposition CNRP president Sam Rainsy on Monday weighed in on behalf of environmental activist alex Gonzalez-Davidson, asking the Interior Ministry to reverse a decision to not renew the Spanish national’s visa over a traffic incident from September. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsy-asks-government-to-let-outspoken-activist-stay/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three mothers say they fear their sons are being coerced into fabricating molestation accusations against a man they know as the patron saint of Phnom Penh’s riverside but who police and child-protection activists say is a predator. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mothers-say-children-unwilling-witnesses/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A dAy After opposition leAder SAm RAinsy publicly took up their cAuse, A young ChAm Muslim womAn And girl were repAtriAted TuesdAy After being trAfficked into the MAlAysiAn sex trAde And were greeted by Foreign AffAirs Minister Hor NAmhong. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/muslim-womAn-girl-bAck-from-mAlAysiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Koh Koh Provincial Court has summoned an environmental activist living in the areng Valley for questioning over allegations that he felled trees in a forest in order to build a community center, rights workers said Sunday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/areng-activist-summoned-over-deforestation-complaint/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries yesterdAy cAncelled An import permit for A CAmbodiAn compAny After it cAme to light thAt “nAturAl fertilizer” it hAd ordered from UkrAine wAs composed lArgely of cigArette butts, A ministry stAtement sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ministry-stAmps-out-butts/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A lAck of cApitAl is the mAin obstAcle for CAmbodiA to expedite connectivity development And the SoutheAst AsiAn country hopes thAt the AsiAn InfrAstructure Investment BAnk (AIIB) And the Silk RoAd Fund will fill the shortAge, A spokesmAn sAid. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cApitAl-shortAge-mAin-obstAcle-for-cAmbodiA-in-connectivity-development-officiAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Officials in a northeast Cambodian province on Wednesday rescued a family accused of being sorcerers by villagers who sought to take revenge on the father they blamed killing 10 people, local authorities said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-officials-rescue-family-accused-of-sorcery-in-northeastern-province/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After five months in jAil, A womAn whose fAmily is embroiled in A bitter lAnd dispute with tycoon Khun SeAr wAs releAsed on bAil from Prey SAr prison on FridAy, though the fight between the two pArties remAins unresolved. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/womAn-jAiled-in-lAnd-dispute-wins-releAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The portion of the Cambodian population that is undernourished has been reduced by half since 1990, meeting a U.N. Millennium Development Goal ahead of the deadline at the end of the year, according to a report released Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-reduces-hunger-meeting-un-goal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Developers are eagerly anticipating today’s auction of four licenses to dredge sand on a section of the Mekong River, the first bidding round for licenses since the government began a nationwide crackdown on illegal sand dredging in april. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/developers-eagerly-await-dredging-license-auction/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia has seen 957 dengue fever cases in the first five months of 2015, a 63 percent rise compared with 586 cases over the same period last year, a health official said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/dengue-fever-cases-up-63-pct-in-cambodia-in-first-5-months/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Some 200 members of a CPP-aligned youth group knelt down at a riverside shrine in Phnom Penh on Sunday and swore an oath of loyalty to the ruling party, the Cambodian Red Cross and Prime Minister Hun Sen. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-groups-in-lightning-oath-swearing-competition/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three activists from the environmental NGO Mother Nature and a human rights monitor were detained in Phnom Penh’s Chamkar Mon district for about three hours Thursday after City Hall deemed a planned march to the National assembly illegal. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-rights-worker-detained-before-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three environmentalists and a rights worker were detained yesterday for more than two hours and blocked from delivering a petition to the National assembly calling on the government to order sand-dredging operations in Koh Kong province to cease. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/activists-detained-over-unsanctioned-march/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Chinese owner of a company who was arrested after three of his employees were crushed to death by marble slabs while unloading a shipping container in Phnom Penh on Tuesday was released Wednesday evening, an official said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/firms-owner-released-after-marble-deaths/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After one of the Alleged leAders of A busted mufti-milliondollAr internAtionAl drug smuggling ring slipped through A police drAgnet in Stung Treng province on TuesdAy, An Anti-drug officiAl sAid An informAtion leAk likely helped the mAn escApe. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/officiAl-believes-tip-off-helped-drug-kingpin-escApe-drAgnet/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Seventeen people who were arrested last weekend in Phnom Penh during a Korean-language test could face six months in prison after being charged with impersonating prospective migrants hoping to work in South Korea, a police official said Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/17-fake-test-takers-face-up-to-six-months-in-prison-fine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Publicly-listed garments firm Grand Twins International made a small profit this quarter by slashing its costs, although that didn’t stop the company from taking a hit to its revenues, according to its first-quarter results released yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cost-cutting-leads-to-q1-profit-for-gti/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Two men were arrested in Kompong Thom province on Tuesday after they drove their car to obstruct a team of officials in pursuit of a vehicle suspected of transporting illegally harvested luxury timber through Stung Sen City, police said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-arrested-as-illegal-timber-dealer-escapes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A quiet, unoccupied section of Victory BeAch in SihAnoukville hosted A group of remArkAble visitors this week As divers from the CAmbodiAn Mine Action Center (CMAC) tested sophisticAted new sonAr And mAgnetic equipment donAted by the US. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-tAkes-regionAl-leAd-with-elite-bomb-dive-squAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>