The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) hAs been unAble to find evidence corroborAting clAims thAt A HeAlth Ministry officiAl hAs been demAnding bribes to Allow vehicles to cross the BAvet InternAtionAl Checkpoint in SvAy Rieng province, it sAid in A report obtAined TuesdAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Acu-sAys-no-evidence-for-bAvet-checkpoint-grAft-clAims/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The King and Queen Mother have awarded a royal residence in Koh Kong province to the director of the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals in a bid to relieve the financial burden on the facilities, which offer free treatment to all patients. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/kantha-bopha-gifted-royal-residence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A few hundred CNRP supporters welcomed opposition leAders SAm RAinsy And Kem SokhA bAck to CAmbodiA lAst night After A week of politicAl turmoil in which two lAwmAkers were beAten by pro-government thugs And Mr. SokhA wAs ousted from his pArliAmentAry leAdership position. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnrp-lAwmAkers-return-to-cApitAl-After-turbulent-week/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sam Rainsy is no longer a lawmaker.The decision to strip the opposition leader of his lawmaker status and immunity followed a morning meeting of the National assembly’s permanent committee that was boycotted by the Cambodia National Rescue Party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rainsy-stripped-of-lawmaker-status/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Large numbers of security forces have been deployed at locations in Siem Reap province and Phnom Penh to protect Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived in Cambodia on Sunday with a delegation of Russian officials for a combination of official meetings and sightseeing. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/security-beefed-up-for-russias-medvedev-during-4-day-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The parent company of U.S. apparel giant Timberland has launched an investigation into claims that security guards at a special economic zone in Kandal province viciously attacked the workers that make the brand’s clothing and footwear, a company representative said Wednesday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/timberland-parent-company-investigating-cleaver-attack-claims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction issued a statement on Saturday defending its track record and denying that Germany ended its support for the ministry’s land rights program due to a lack of transparency and sluggish reform pace. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/govt-denies-land-issues/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In a two-day closed-door meeting, the government asked its counterpart in the Russian Federation to provide assistance to renovate the historic Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital and continue supporting Cambodian tour guide training, according to a Foreign affairs Ministry statement released yesterday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-asks-russia-to-provide-additional-assistance/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Culture and Fine arts has banned a screening of a documentary film about murdered environmentalist Chut Wutty and threatened “strong action” against the venue if films continue to be shown without first being cleared by the government.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/culture-ministry-bans-film-on-forest-activist-chut-wutty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the launch of a nationwide water distribution campaign yesterday as the country deals with the heartbreaking effects of a drought, calling on all state and private institutions, as well as the Cambodian Red Cross, to help out. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/pm-calls-for-help-to-hand-out-water/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a strong weather warning yesterday for coastal, plains and plateau areas, from yesterday to June 5, especially along coastal areas where the ocean swell is expected to reach one to two-and-a-half meters. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bad-weather-on-the-way-say-officials/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The President of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce (CCC), a leading organization representing the private sector in the Kingdom, has urged Malaysian investors and businessmen to invest in and do business with Cambodia to forge a stronger relationship between the two asean states. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/malaysian-businessmen-urged-to-invest-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) jointly operated by a China-based conglomerate and the Cambodia International Investment Development Group Co. Ltd reached a milestone yesterday with the 100th factory set up to operate in the economic and trade cooperation zone. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/economic-zone-reaches-milestone/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

After two weeks stuck inside An immigrAtion office in SAudi ArAbiA’s cApitAl RiyAdh, A CAmbodiAn domestic worker returned to Phnom Penh yesterdAy without AssistAnce from the CAmbodiAn government &ndAsh; on A plAne ticket she sAys wAs pAid for by SAudi immigrAtion police. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAid-tells-of-Abuse-fAced-in-sAudi-ArAbiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Land prices in central Phnom Penh’s Tonle Bassac and Boeung Keng Kang (BKK) districts remained stable in the first half of the year due to overdevelopment and a slowdown in new investments, according to research by a local real estate agent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-land-prices-stay-stable/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Turkey’s ambassador to Cambodia alleged on Monday that a top international school in Phnom Penh is overseen by the “terrorist organization” behind last week’s thwarted coup in Turkey&mdash;prompting a threat of legal action by the school.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/phnom-penh-school-has-terrorist-ties%e2%80%88diplomat-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Vietnamese government yesterday agreed in principle to provide a grant of $2 million to Cambodia to build a model market aimed at boosting cross-border trade between the two countries, officials at Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce said. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-to-build-market-on-border/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A number of militAry vehicles were seen moving Along NAtionAl RoAd 6 into Phnom Penh yesterdAy morning, leAving mAny bystAnders suspicious After A similAr movement of tAnks wAs witnessed before the funerAl of AssAssinAted government critic Kem Ley. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/citizens-wAry-of-troop-tAnk-moves/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

AmericAn softwAre giAnt Microsoft Announced yesterdAy thAt it would jointly implement A project with CAmbodiA’s Ministry of Commerce to creAte A trAnslAtion progrAm to simplify complex English And Khmer business terminology in order to help businesses better understAnd commonly used jArgon. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/microsoft-trAnslAtion-project-to-tAckle-business-jArgon/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A high-level IndiAn delegAtion led by its vice president MohAmmAd HAmid AnsAri And his spouse Arrived here yesterdAy evening in Phnom Penh for A three-dAy officiAl visit in CAmbodiA, According to the stAte news Agency-AKP. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indiAn-vice-president-begins-officiAl-visit-in-cAmbodiA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>