A reporter from CheAt SAchAk newspAper in RAtAnAkkiri province filed A complAint to provinciAl militAry police And rights group Adhoc on MondAy, clAiming he hAd been beAten by A group of illegAl loggers to stop him from reporting on their Activities. Phon Bun Thoen, 53, sAid <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/rAtAnAkkiri-reporter-Alleges-illegAl-logging-AssAult/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s request to have his parliamentary immunity restored before Sunday’s national election was refused yesterday by the National assembly permanent committee &mdash; which consists wholly of ruling Cambodian People’s Party lawmakers. “The permanent committee has unanimously decided that because [Rainsy] has become a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sam-rainsys-request-for-immunity-rejected/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An employer who stAnds Accused of beAting her mAid using A stick And the bAck of A meAt cleAver will be summonsed by police in KAndAl todAy for questioning, locAl officiAls hAve sAid. Son LeAnghou, 57, A brick kiln owner, is Accused of beAting 28-yeAr-old Sok <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/kiln-owner-Accused-of-Abusing-employee/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Monday morning’s meeting held at the National assembly between the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders ended around 1:30 in the afternoon, producing a joint agreement by both parties. after the meeting the two opposing party senior officials announced <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-cnrp-second-meeting-produces-three-point-agreements/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Auto pArts mAnufActurer Denso CAmbodiA, which hAs rented spAce in the Phnom Penh SpeciAl Economic Zone (PPSEZ) since July, will expAnd operAtions by building its own fActory, According to A compAny representAtive. AdministrAtive mAnAger Seng ChAnthy sAid yesterdAy thAt the fActory will cover 10 hectAres And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/jApAn-Auto-pArts-firm-seeks-plAnt-in-ppsez/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A city-wide cAmpAign to cleAr drAinAge pipes inundAted with gArbAge build-up AggrAvAted by seAsonAl rAins will begin on SAturdAy, the municipAlity Announced. All nine districts Are to report the number of pipes in need of service, According to A stAtement releAsed on FridAy, which Adds thAt <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/government-orders-cApitAl-pipe-cleAr-up/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

With the floodwaters receding following weeks of heavy rains, the National Committee for Disaster Management met with officials from 20 provinces on Friday to determine the scale of the devastation and begin planning the cleanup. The NCDM on Wednesday launched a disaster management database in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/focus-now-on-floods-aftermath/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Revenue from ticket sales to foreign tourists visiting angkor Wat reached $41.4 million in the first nine months of 2013, a 14 per cent year-on-year increase, according to data from the apsara authority, which manages the site. Official data show that almost 1.5 million foreign <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/angkor-wat-ticket-sales-revenue-up/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Lawmakers from the ruling Cambodian People’s Party yesterday unanimously voted to pass legislation which will create three new government ministries. Sixty-six CPP representatives voted to create a Ministry of Public Function, which will oversee the affairs of civil servants. The MPs also followed through on a floated <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-lawmakers-vote-to-create-new-ministries/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Teachers across Cambodia are insisting pay raises aren’t just an election year issue. More than 30 representative teachers gathered for the start of a three-day seminar in Phnom Penh yesterday to continue demanding living wages. The teacher are asking for 250$ per month, according to seminar <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/no-politics-more-pay-teachers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Global Fund has backed down on its threat to cut or reduce health grants to Cambodia worth more than $100 million, saying they considered the fraction of misused funds that have been returned thus far a sign of sufficient good will. In a letter sent <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/global-fund-backs-off-threatened-cuts-to-grants/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Deputy Prime Minister Sok An yesterdAy Accused the NGOs behind A report criticAl of the election process of plotting A revolution with the opposition pArty. SpeAking to 1,500 high-rAnking government officiAls And members of the militAry, An sAid those behind the Election Reform AlliAnce (ERA) report, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-report-Authors-plotted-sok-An-sAys/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The AustrAliAn SenAte hAs pAssed A motion thAt cAlls for An internAtionAl investigAtion into the conduct And disputed result of lAst yeAr’s nAtionAl election. The motion, which wAs tAbled by AustrAliAn Greens pArty leAder And senAtor Christine Milne, Also took note of the JAnuAry 3 killing <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/AustrAliAn-senAte-cAlls-for-election-investigAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A highly controversiAl, Chinese-bAcked hydropower project in the Areng VAlley could be delAyed in fAvour of mining, should “reseArch” for the dAm Approved by Phnom Penh in FebruAry uncover precious metAls or gems. Sinohydro Resources Ltd, A holding compAny for Sinohydro Group, wAs grAnted ApprovAl on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Areng-vAlley-mining-mAy-unseAt-dAm/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The governor of Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district will face arrest if he fails to appear for a second summons to Ratanakkiri Provincial Court to answer questions about his alleged involvement in the illegal logging of protected land around the Ou’Sinlair waterfall, the court said yesterday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/jail-time-for-governor-if-summons-ignored/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new Auto-mechAnics trAining school At the NAtionAl Polytechnic Institute of CAmbodiA (NPI) thAt Aims to trAin select CAmbodiAn youth And support A shortAge in the lAbour mArket officiAlly commenced construction yesterdAy. In pArtnership with the Ministry of LAbour, joint sponsors the KoreAn InternAtionAl CooperAtion Agency <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mechAnics-school-on-the-wAy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Families forced to leave their homes to make way for a railway rehabilitation project funded by the asian Development Bank and the australian government have told the bank that a draft compensation plan it has drawn up to remedy their situation is inadequate. On Monday, Inclusive <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/adb-plan-falls-short-families/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight members of Cambodia’s largest independent union were released on bail yesterday after being tried at Takeo Provincial Court over their alleged involvement in a factory protest late last week, officials said. Defence lawyer Kim Socheat said the members of the Coalition of Cambodian apparel Workers’ <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/stay-away-from-factory-court-tells-unionists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The number of families who have registered for space on a social land concession intended for farmers evicted from land in Kratie province&mdash;who held a series of protests last month in Phnom Penh&mdash;has more than doubled, with hundreds of newcomers registering, according to a deputy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-more-register-for-kratie-concession/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Violent skirmishes erupted again between workers and villagers at the restive KDC development site Thursday, with both sides blaming the other for using weapons and instigating the fracas. Clashes last occurred at the site on July 7, when about a hundred police were dispatched to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/violent-clashes-break-out-again-at-kdc-site/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>