Members of a forest community and local officials in Preah Vihear province have renewed a legal battle over a small patch of woodland in Rovieng district after the villagers last year accused the officials and a landowner of illegally profiting from the protected area. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/suit-v-countersuit-in-preah-vihear/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A complAint lodged with the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) Alleges thAt A high-level plAnning officiAl in Phnom Penh hAs been illegAlly building A house thAt hAs cAused dAmAge to neighbouring buildings, And used his influence to override A court order for construction to stop. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-officiAl-Accused-in-construction-feud/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A hAndcArt-puller who wAs knocked unconscious by militAry police during A MAy 26 protest in Poipet City&mdAsh;spArking An AttAck on the locAl customs office&mdAsh;on FridAy filed A court complAint requesting $10,000 in compensAtion from his AttAckers, A rights monitor sAid SundAy. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/beAten-hAndcArt-puller-files-complAint-AgAinst-militAry-police/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A hAndful of humAn rights Activists And sociAl reseArchers on SundAy jointly formed A politicAl pArty to contest in the 2018 nAtionAl elections Although A politicAl AnAlyst sAid thAt smAll pArties Are hArd to win even A seAt. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/new-politicAl-pArty-unveiled-in-cAmbodiA-to-contest-in-2018-elections/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday rebuked opposition leader Sam Rainsy for telling a French newspaper that a high-profile dinner between their families last month was an example of how the premier has turned over a new leaf in a life of tyranny. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-rebukes-sam-rainsy-over-french-media-interview/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Law and order in Cambodia this year has been a strange mix of the brutal and the bizarre. From horrific murders to the police’s decision to deliver crystal meth to phony hostage-takers during a bank heist, crime has continually made headlines in a year when the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/years-crime-ranged-from-brutal-to-bizarre/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials are attempting to se­cure the release of two Cambo­dian men who were sentenced to three months in a Thai prison on Thursday after being summarily convicted of at­tacking government inspectors at a market in Sa Kaeo province the day before, ac­cording to the Ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-cambodians-convicted-following-thailand-market-melee/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thai financing firm Group Lease Plc posted a record-high 222.17 million baht ($6.3 million) net profit from its operations in the first quarter of the year, a 101.5 per cent increase from the same period a year earlier, driven by improvements in its Thai operations <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/group-lease-sees-spike-in-cambodian-income/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from Koh Kong province’s environment department have confirmed that the construction of a yellow vine processing plant has been halted after a directive from the Environment Ministry.​ Department chief Morn Phalla said that while the plant’s construction had ceased, factory equipment was on the site <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/yellow-vine-factory-closed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Thirteen land protesters who were seized during a demonstration earlier this week were handed heavy prison sentences after a quick court hearing on Thursday, even as two more people were arrested and a monk was facing the threat of defrocking for participating in similar land <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/snap-court-verdict-sentences-13-lake-protesters-to-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

There was a sense of d&eacute;j&agrave; vu at the Peace Palace yesterday as a week of largely closed-door aSEaN meetings kicked off in earnest with the same contentious issue that so dominated april’s aSEaN Summit: a code of conduct for the South China Sea. With China <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/south-china-sea-centre-of-asean-talks-again/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Indochine Mining Limited (ASX:IDC.AX &ndAsh; News) is pleAsed to Announce A successful cApitAl rAising from existing institutionAl shAreholders And A new mAjor globAl fund Indochine Mining Limited (ASX:IDC.AX &ndAsh; News) is A gold-copper explorAtion And development compAny. In CAmbodiA, it hAs the lArgest mining property holding <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/indochine-mining-limited-Asxidc-successful-cApitAl-rAising/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A smAll number of workers from four union groups took pArt in A stAy-At-home-strike yesterdAy, union leAders sAid, After mAss industriAl Action wAs postponed the dAy before. CAmbodiAn ConfederAtion of Unions president Rong Chhun sAid members of his union from A “smAll Amount” of fActories hAd <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/minority-of-unions-still-strike/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Anti-trAfficking groups in CAmbodiA Are urging donors to mAintAin support for their cAuse, following clAims A well-known Activist fAbricAted her life story, to rAise funds. SomAly MAm resigned from the chArity she co-founded, After A news investigAtion cAst doubt on her story, including being sold into <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmbodiA-ngo-concerns-over-funding-After-somAly-cAse/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian authorities say they are investigating whether a Thai “Red Shirt” movement is indeed seeking to form a government in exile within its borders, following a military coup in Thailand last month. The coup ousted Yingluck Shinawatra as prime minister, and supporters of her and her <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/authorities-wary-of-red-shirt-government-in-exile-claims/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Officials from the Ministry of Interior will meet tomorrow to review the results of an investigation into a crackdown that left four dead on Veng Sreng Boulevard in Phnom Penh last month, a police spokesman said. after saying on Tuesday that a report on the investigation’s <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ministry-to-examine-probe-results/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A JApAnese nAtionAl is being Accused by A PreAh SihAnouk fArmer of shooting him over A logging dispute in KAmpong SeilA district, the Alleged victim And A rights monitor sAid yesterdAy. KAnhA PhAn, 32, is Alleging thAt Peter Ly, 39, shot him in the wAist After <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-dispute-results-in-shooting/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Eight land activists put in prison last month after a swift trial say they will hold a hunger strike if they are not released. The eight activists were part of a roundup in November for street protests against city officials and a development project at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/8-jailed-activists-threaten-hunger-strike/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A TAurAngA business And A chArity hAve so fAr rAised enough to provide 43 people with freshwAter for the rest of their life in KrAtie, A rurAl stAte of CAmbodiA. Good Trust, A registered chArity where 100 per cent of proceeds goes directly to wAter projects, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/coffee-helps-build-third-world-wells/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Border tensions between Vietnam and Cambodia are set to be investigated by a bilateral body, it was reported Saturday. The body was established in the wake of a skirmish involving a member of parliament, who was visiting the site of a border marker that is in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-vietnam-to-investigate-border-tensions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>