Rangers in Cambodia’s Southern Cardamom National Park, local police officers, and residents, have found a hunting dog and two sacks filled with wild animals &ndash; mostly dead &ndash; after a search in Terk Laork village in Thmor Bang district’s Chi Phat commune. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/shortage-of-rangers-leads-to-abundance-of-poachers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Agriculture Ministry lAst week Accused slAughterhouses Across CAmbodiA of conspiring to form A cArtel And engAging in price fixing while locAl Authorities turned A blind eye, but hAs since sAid it hAs no plAns to punish or even nAme the Alleged perpetrAtors. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cArtel-let-off-hook-by-ministry/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The People’s Republic of China’s ambassador to Cambodia, Wang Wentian, accused the West of attempting to sabotage the two nations’ friendship during a meeting with Cambodian officials, a Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation spokesman Ket Sophann said on Tuesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/west-out-to-strain-china-ties/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh municipal governor Khuong Sreng on Thursday signed a research report conducted by Japan International Cooperation agency (Jica) over 12 months on sewer system development at Choeung Ek lake in the capital. The move will allow Jica to design a development project. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/choeung-ek-project-awaits-approval/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAl yesterdAy heArd the bAil request of the former director of the smAll Khmer Economic Development PArty, who hAd been hAnded A sentence of two yeArs in prison for defrAuding A lAnd buyer out of $150,000 in 2008.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/politicAl-frAudster-AppeAls-sentence/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A clinic owner in BAnteAy MeAnchey’s Poipet town settled out of court for An undisclosed sum on SAturdAy After A fAmily Accused him of mAlprActice following the deAth of their 4-month-old dAughter, though the cAuse of deAth remAined uncleAr yesterdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAlprActice-clAimed-in-childs-trAgic-deAth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Interior Ministry has reiterated its claims that a new law requiring NGOs and associations to register with the government does not apply to small community-based groups, despite recent efforts by police to apply the legislation to a group of families in Kratie province. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-insists-community-groups-are-exempt-from-ngo-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Anti-Corruption Unit chAirmAn Om Yentieng on MondAy denied A clAim mAde in court lAst week thAt he hAd exceeded his Authority by ordering the bodyguArd of ousted Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court director Ang MeAlAktei to seArch the home of A murder suspect’s pArents. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/grAft-czAr-denies-interfering-in-murder-probe/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Two Chinese nationals were arrested and 72 others were temporarily detained on Friday in a series of coordinated raids carried out by the Interior Ministry to dismantle a suspected cybercrime ring run by Chinese citizens extorting people in their home country, officials said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-chinese-arrested-in-voip-ring-crackdown/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A few dozen of the stAunchest Activists from the evicted Boeng KAk, Borei KeilA And SOS communities MondAy Announced thAt they hAd begAn A cAmpAign of dAily protests thAt will lAst for the next month to cAll Attention to their ongoing lAnd settlement grievAnces. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Activists-to-begin-dAily-Anti-eviction-protests/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A globAl forest mAnAgement orgAnizAtion hAs stripped A VietnAmese rubber compAny of its certificAtion After finding thAt the stAte-owned entity committed humAn rights violAtions And illegAlly destroyed thousAnds of Acres of forest for rubber plAntAtions in CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forest-mAnAgement-group-strips-vietnAmese-rubber-compAny-of-certificAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One of two women claiming to represent 163 families that won access to a swath of land in Sen Sok district after a prolonged dispute failed Wednesday to have her breach of trust and forgery charges thrown out of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/land-representatives-request-to-stop-trial-denied-by-judge/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian health officials have been sent to a northeastern district where 10 people died and more than 100 were sickened in two separate incidents linked to the consumption of dog meat and rice wine, a medical officer said Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/10-cambodians-die-after-eating-dog-meat-drinking-wine/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s rice industry faces a ple­thora of challenges&mdash;both internal and external&mdash;that have led to low prices and prevented ex­porters from achieving a lofty tonnage target set by the government in 2010, Prime Minister Hun­ Sen said on Monday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-laments-impact-of-foreign-competition-in-rice-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Following a nationwide spate of violent gun crime over the past few months, the government has called on City Hall for help in its crackdown on illegal firearms, a problem one Ministry of Interior official laid at the feet of authorities themselves. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/interior-ministry-takes-aim-at-illegal-guns/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirin­dhorn flew from Phnom Penh to Ratanakkiri province and back again on Monday, alighting for a lakeside lunch and the open­ing of a health center on the first day of her three-day visit to the country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/thai-princess-helicopters-to-ratanakkiri-inspects-bathroom/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Amid lAte-Arriving rAins And increAsingly unpredictAble weAther pAtterns, groundwAter supplies Are shrinking, A fAct thAt could leAve 1.5 million CAmbodiAn fArmers unAble to wAter their crops within 15 yeArs, According to A study published lAst month in the JournAl of Hydrology. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/groundwAter-shortAge-could-jeopArdise-1-5-million-fArmers-study/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A new report hAs Alleged lAbour rights Abuses At CAmbodiAn supplier fActories for AppArel giAnt H&Amp;M, As more thAn 500 gArment workers gAthered in Phnom Penh yesterdAy to Air some of the sAme concerns over working conditions during A workers’ forum.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hms-suppliers-guilty-of-lAbour-rights-Abuses-report-Alleges/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Culture released a book on Monday of about 68 Khmer sculptures that were stolen from museums in Battambang City during decades of war and conflict, and intends to use the publication in a global search to recover the artifacts. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/with-new-book-quest-to-recover-stolen-battambang-statues-begins/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thailand-based JWD Infologistics Plc’s recent purchase of a 5.2 percent stake in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone Plc (PPSEZ), is expected to give a boost to the local company’s traded share value on the Cambodia Securities Exchange (CSX). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-zone-gets-csx-boost/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>