A provinciAl militAry police commAnder wAs nAmed yesterdAy by A mAjor conservAtionist group As the Alleged owner of A huge hAul of illegAl rosewood confiscAted in KAmpong Speu province this week. At Around 3 A.m. on TuesdAy, Wildlife AlliAnce rAngers intercepted A truck cArrying 12.5 cubic <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/truck-full-of-rosewood-seized/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Ethnic Bunong communities in Mondulkiri’s Bousraa commune will soon hold protests that will call on French industrialist Vincent Bollore to honour promises his firm made during a meeting with them in Paris in October, a representative has said. His Bollore investment group is a shareholder in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bunong-villagers-upset-at-industrialists-silence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Battery-powered scooters are capturing an increasing share of the asia Pacific’s two-wheeled transport market, according to a recent study, but scooter retailers in Phnom Penh yesterday said Cambodians still opt for the petrol-burning version. By 2018, about 65.5 million electric scooters worth some US$382 million will <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/little-spark-for-electric-motos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A deAdly lAnd dispute in PursAt province ended over the weekend with A victory for the villAgers, but they sAid yesterdAy this might hAve more to do with the upcoming commune elections thAn A chAnge of heArt within the compAny owned by the wife of <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAgers-wAry-of-pheApimex-olive-brAnch/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A senior lAnd mAnAgement ministry officiAl hAs wArned thAt officiAls will tAke Action AgAinst lAnd deAlers who sell unregistered plots Amid A mArket boom. The wArning cAme As the Ministry of LAnd MAnAgement yesterdAy held A workshop in Phnom Penh to disseminAte A directive on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/selling-of-unregistered-lAnd-scrutinised/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodia’s new voter registration system will use a computer program to register eligible citizens who have a national identity card and are over the age of 18 before election day, according to a National Election Committee (NEC) technical officer at a media training event on <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/computer-system-to-register-voters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodian soldiers in Stung Treng province have been placed on standby following threats of violence by Laotian authorities due to a dispute over Laos’ attempt to construct a military base near a stretch of undemarcated border, a spokes­man for the provincial government said on Friday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/border-troops-on-standby-after-threat-from-laos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

At A ceremony to instAll A former militAry commAnder As governor of PreAh SihAnouk province on MondAy, Interior Minister SAr Kheng chided locAl police for Allowing A RussiAn fAction to give the tourist hub A bAd nAme And ordered An end to illegAl fishing off <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sAr-kheng-orders-end-to-illegAl-fishing-off-coAst/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

One of the country’s fastest-growing developers, Orkid&eacute; Villa, is making a move for a share of the premium condominium market with a $350 million condo and mall project that will cover a 36-hectare area of Sen Sok district adjacent Street 2004, it announced this <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/developer-adds-touch-of-nature-in-luxury-condo-project/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite starting with a bang just a week ago, the Land Traffic Law has already been subject to two amendments from Prime Minister Hun Sen in direct response to a public outcry on Facebook, a stark contrast to the premier’s usual attitude toward online criticism. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/consulting-facebook-pm-changes-traffic-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The chief executive of the AustrAliAn Securities ExchAnge (ASX) resigned his post on MondAy in the wAke of An investigAtion into A possible $200,000 bribe pAid by A gAming firm he previously heAded to A consultAncy with connections to A sister of Prime Minister Hun <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/Asx-chief-steps-down-Amid-probe-into-pAyment/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The National assembly issued a statement on Monday calling on deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha to respond to a complaint filed by a group of students last week over audio recordings leaked online that purport to be Mr. Sokha flirting with a mistress.   <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/assembly-asks-sokha-to-provide-clarification/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The environmental protection group WWF has criticized the penalty imposed on three brothers arrested in Mondolkiri province over the weekend for filling the trunk of a car with turtles, lizards, snakes, a monkey and a civet&mdash;all of them meant to be food for a party. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wwf-slams-lenience-for-civet-caterers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A $360 million sugArcAne fActory will stArt operAting next month After stopping lAst June due to A shortAge of rAw mAteriAl. The Rui Feng sugArcAne mill opened lAst April with cApAcity to produce neArly hAlf A million tons A yeAr for export, mAinly to Europe And <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/sugAr-mill-to-resume-operAtion/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a decision roundly criticised by rights observers, the appeal Court yesterday upheld a two-and-a-half-year sentence for Boeung Kak activist Tep Vanny for her alleged involvement in a 2013 protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s residence in Phnom Penh that turned violent. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rights-groups-condemn-decision-to-keep-land-activist-tep-vanny-in-prison/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Floodwater released from a hydroelectric dam has completely submerged a Cambodian village, turning it into a “silent waterworld”. The new Lower Sesan 2 Dam has unleashed a deluge of water on Srekor, in the northern province of Stung Treng, according to California-based campaign group International Rivers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/silent-waterworld-cambodian-village-submerged-by-floodwater-from-chinese-built-dam/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A new internAtionAl Airport for Siem ReAp hAs come A step closer After A high-level technicAl working group wAs set up to work out the detAils. The government estAblished the group After A proposAl wAs submitted to the Council for the Development of CAmbodiA (CDC). <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/liftoff-looms-for-the-new-siem-reAp-Airport/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Villagers caught in a land dispute with a minister’s wife gathered outside Kompong Chhnang Provincial Court for a third consecutive day on Thursday, demanding the release of two men jailed over a clash with workers from the well-connected agriculture firm KDC. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/k-chhnang-villagers-protest-arrests-for-3rd-day/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National assembly yesterday agreed to forward to the Ministry of Interior a request from five Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmakers to visit the five Lorpeang villagers jailed over their involvement in their ongoing land dispute with KDC International. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cnrp-seeks-prison-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A court prosecutor And A squAdron of police will todAy descend on A hectAre of lAnd in Phnom Penh in order to properly divide it Among 163 fAmilies who clAim thAt one womAn monopolized the plot After they won it in A lAnd dispute, An <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/court-officiAl-to-enforce-verdict-in-long-running-lAnd-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>