Battambang residents prevented from planting 200 saplings
Authorities in BAttAmbAng province hAve stopped some 150 residents, led by A powerful officiAl, from plAnting tree sAplings in the SAmlot Protected AreA, Amid AllegAtions thAt the Act wAs merely A pretext to seize protected lAnd for privAte ownership. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAttAmbAng-residents-prevented-from-plAnting-200-sAplings/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/battambang-residents-prevented-planting-200-saplings
US human trafficking report ‘biased’
A senior government officiAl on SundAy reActed to A US report which sAid the Kingdom hAd not fully met the minimum stAndArds for the eliminAtion of humAn trAfficking, sAying it seemed to be biAsed AgAinst the CAmbodiAn government. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/us-humAn-trAfficking-report-biAsed/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/us-human-trafficking-report-%E2%80%98biased%E2%80%99
Senior cop warned on building canal
The Takeo provincial Environment Department on Monday warned authorites would take legal action against a senior police official in Koh andet district who tried to use a vehicle to clear land illegally in the protected lake Boeung Prek Lapouv. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/senior-cop-warned-on-building-canal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/senior-cop-warned-building-canal
Areng Valley residents push to save office
An Areng VAlley representAtive on MondAy visited the ChumnoAb commune office in Koh Kong province to pleAd with Authorities not to remove A community office thAt hAs been slAted for demolition to mAke wAy for A new commune office. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Areng-vAlley-residents-push-to-sAve-office/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50202042/areng-valley-residents-push-to-save-office/
MoU inked with China firm for sewage study
The Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Beijing Urban Construction Group Co Ltd (BUCG) in Phnom Penh, to undertake a study of sewerage and drainage systems. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mou-inked-with-china-firm-for-sewage-study/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kong Meta
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/mou-inked-china-firm-sewage-study
Land protesters under scrutiny
Interior Minister Sar Kheng has issued a letter to all provincial governors telling them to resolve legitimate land disputes being raised before the election and keep a lookout for “opportunists” taking advantage of the election season to grab land. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-protesters-under-scrutiny/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50501341/land-protesters-under-scrutiny/
NEC addresses election campaign concerns
The National Election Committee yesterday held a meeting with political party representatives to address concerns that campaign rules are being flouted. During the meeting, the NEC admitted that it has a hard time monitoring political activities on social media. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/nec-addresses-election-campaign-concerns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khy Sovuthy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50500649/nec-addresses-election-campaign-concerns/
Cambodian-Czech mining co-op
Cambodian and Czech Republic officials agreed on Monday to set up a working coalition to boost cooperation in the mining sector and facilitate the exchange of information, said a Cambodian Ministry of Mines and Energy spokesman on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-czech-mining-co-op/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Hor Kimsay
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/cambodian-czech-mining-co-op
China OKs Sihanoukville consulate
An informAtion centre for Chinese nAtionAls And A Chinese consulAte will be estAblished in SihAnoukville following A meeting between new provinciAl governor Kuoch ChAmroeun And Chinese AmbAssAdor WAng WentiAn, provinciAl spokesperson KheAng PheArum told The Post on SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinA-oks-sihAnoukville-consulAte/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Voun Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/china-oks-sihanoukville-consulate
Timber seized, suspects at large
The Stung Treng Provincial Forestry administration yesterday said it confiscated 52 pieces of illegal wood in Stung Treng city on Monday after getting a tip that the cargo was being loaded onto a boat on the Sekong river. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timber-seized-suspects-at-large/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50520183/timber-seized-suspects-at-large/
Environment Ministry advises people to stop using used electronics
The remarks were made during a conference on Improving Energy Efficiently in Cambodia: a Crucial Step Towards Sustainable Growth, which was hosted by the National Council of Sustainable Development, the Swedish government and the Cambodia Climate Change alliance (CCCa). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/environment-ministry-advises-people-to-stop-using-used-electronics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/environment-ministry-advises-people-stop-using-used-electronics
NGOs call for speedy passage of information freedom law
A group of 19 non-governmentAl orgAnisAtions And AssociAtions hAve urged the Kingdom’s legislAtive And executive bodies to expedite the pAssAge of A drAft lAw on freedom of informAtion, which the group sAid hAd been delAyed for yeArs. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/ngos-cAll-for-speedy-pAssAge-of-informAtion-freedom-lAw/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Long Kimmarita
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngos-call-speedy-passage-information-freedom-law
Villagers summoned over land dispute in Preah Sihanouk
The Preah Sihanouk Provincial Court summoned a senior NGO official and 22 villagers in Prey Nop district for questioning over a land dispute with prominent tycoon Ly Yong Phat and Hong Suon, the wife of tycoon Siev Kong Triv. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/villagers-summoned-over-land-dispute-in-preah-sihanouk/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/villagers-summoned-over-land-dispute-preah-sihanouk
Police block protest convoy on way to land trial
A group of villAgers from SvAy Rieng province involved in A lAnd dispute with the Forestry AdministrAtion sAid police officers Attempted to block them from trAveling to the provinciAl court WednesdAy morning to protest AgAinst the triAl of three community leAders. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-block-protest-convoy-on-wAy-to-lAnd-triAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-block-protest-convoy-on-way-to-land-trial-94496/
Beijing gets Cambodia to condemn US move in S China Sea
A CAmbodiAn government officiAl And scholArs on TuesdAy criticized the United StAtes for sending A wArship neAr ArtificiAl islAnds held by ChinA in the South ChinA SeA, sAying the move would stir regionAl tensions. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beijing-gets-cAmbodiA-to-condemn-us-move-in-s-chinA-seA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Xinhua News Staff
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news/content?id=20151028000185&cid=1101
Ministry requests governor response to minorities
The Interior Ministry on Friday released a letter that it sent to Mondolkiri provincial governor Eng Bunheang asking him to respond to a petition—filed last month and thumbprinted by 900 members of 17 ethnic minority Bunong communities—requesting his removal. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-requests-governor-response-to-minorities/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ministry-requests-governor-response-to-minorities-100365/
Medical body seeks malpractice protections
The Medical Council of Cambodia and the Ministry of Health are working on a draft law that would force malpractice complaints to go through the council before they make it to a courtroom, an MCC official said yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medical-body-seeks-malpractice-protections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Bun Sengkong and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/medical-body-seeks-malpractice-protections
Postal service delivers new partner
Kerry Express, a subsidiary of WorldBridge International (Cambodia), yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with state-owned Cambodia Post to expand delivery services in the Kingdom, executives and officials said after signing the MoU yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/postal-service-delivers-new-partner/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Sok Chan
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/21220/postal-service-delivers-new-partner/
After 14 years, passenger train service to the coast restarts
For most people who boarded the passenger train from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville on Saturday morning—the maiden ride since the service was suspended more than a decade ago—it was something of a new thrill. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/after-14-years-passenger-train-service-to-the-coast-restarts/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/after-14-years-passenger-train-service-to-the-coast-restarts-111121/
Cassava in south-east Asia under threat from witches' broom disease
Climate change and globalisation are fuelling an explosion in the pests and diseases that afflict south-east asia’s cassava crops, threatening a multi-billion dollar industry and the staple food of millions of people, a report warns. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cassava-in-south-east-asia-under-threat-from-witches-broom-disease/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>