During his second day under questioning on charges of inciting violence and property damage at a January 2 protest, union leader Vorn Pao was presented with photographs showing his tuk-tuk packed with rocks, and a video of him calling on low-ranking police to turn their <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/union-leader-rejects-video-photo-evidence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Local conglomerate Sokimex Group plans to construct a 15-story hotel as well as a supermarket and high-end shops on a more than 15,000-square-meter plot of land behind Phnom Penh’s Wat Ounalom, the firm’s founder, Sok Kong, said Thursday. Mr. Kong said his company had applied for <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sokimex-group-plans-15-story-hotel-near-royal-palace/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An investment compAny owned by the SingAporeAn government is A minority pArtner in A fully licensed commerciAl bAnk set to open lAter this month in cooperAtion with CAnAdiA BAnk PLC And the country’s postAl service, A source fAmiliAr with the deAl confirmed TuesdAy. Fullerton FinAnciAl Holdings, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/singApore-invests-in-new-cAmbodiAn-bAnk/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A villAger involved in A long-running lAnd dispute in Kompong ChhnAng province with the wife of Mines And Energy Minister Suy Sem hAs Accused his commune police chief of discriminAtion After he wAs refused A chArActer stAtement he needed to Apply for A gArment fActory <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/villAger-in-lAnd-row-denied-chArActer-stAtement-by-police/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia &mdash; Throughout the drama this spring revolving around the dismissal of the ambitious Chinese official Bo Xilai and the investigation of his wife as a murder suspect, the most mysterious figure has been a French architect named Patrick Henri Devillers. When Mr. Bo <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-home-to-frenchman-in-bo-xilai-drama/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

While AirAsiA, one of the world’s lArgest low-cost Airline, is geAring towArd An expAnsion in the region, the compAny’s chief executive sAid thAt serving CAmbodiA wAs expensive due to high Airport fees. Airport chArges Are high And restrictive, As Are over-flight fees, compAred to other countries in <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/fees-too-high-AirAsiA-ceo/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Describing a 5,000-hectare land dispute between Koh Kong villagers and a sugar company owned by CPP Senator Ly Yong Pgat as “a complicated case,” Koh Kong Provincial Court has decided to try it before a three-judge panel, a lawyer for the villagers said yesterday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cpp-senators-sugar-plantation-land-dispute-case-goes-to-trial/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eight SET international (SI) schools have closed nationwide over the past two months because of financial problems, and the remaining two schools in Phnom Penh and Kompong Chhnang provinces also appear poised to shut their doors soon, a Ministry of Education official said. The abrupt closings <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/two-more-set-schools-could-close/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Industrial pollution ‘hot-spots’ have been identified in waterways in Phnom Penh, Kandal and Kompong Cham provinces following a five-month period of research as part of a UN-backed effort to encourage companies to adopt cleaner practices. The hot spots &ndash; defined as a source of pollution where <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/new-project-aims-to-lower-levels-of-industrial-pollution/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Several RCaF soldiers sent by Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities to defuse a protest against an agro-industrial company Friday allegedly shot their weapons into the ground near a group of protesters, a villager and a rights worker said yesterday. The approximately 200 villagers were attempting to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rcaf-soldiers-shoot-to-intimidate-banteay-meanchey-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Authorities Are not investigAting lAst week’s restAurAnt shooting in Koh Kong province, in which the province’s governor sAid thAt A nephew of Prime Minister Hun Sen wAs A suspect. Koh Kong governor Bun Leut sAid on ThursdAy thAt Nhim Pov, A nephew of Mr. Hun Sen, <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/koh-kong-shooting-suspect-not-investigAted/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ratanakkiri Provincial Court will soon summon a number of people for questioning in its investigation into the brutal murder of journalist Hang Serei Odom earlier this month, a court official said yesterday. Former military police Captain an Bunheng and his wife, Sim Vy, were <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/court-to-summon-witnesses-in-journalists-killing/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

When AsiA-PAcific leAders gAther this weekend in SoutheAst AsiA&mdAsh;A bright spot in A sputtering globAl economy&mdAsh;their CAmbodiAn hosts mAy extend A wArm welcome to U.S. President BArAck ObAmA, but they will view officiAls from Beijing As old friends. Mr. ObAmA’s visit to CAmbodiA&mdAsh;this yeAr’s host for <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinAs-Aid-to-cAmbodiA-helps-cement-ties/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

In a mysteriously vague citation, adhoc monitoring head Chan Saveth has been called to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to face charges of “providing assistance to specific perpetrators”. although the court’s summons, which asks Saveth to appear on august 24, provides no specifics as to the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/charges-vague-as-court-calls-in-adhoc-official/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A fActory in Phnom Penh hAs been ordered to construct A bArrier to reduce noise, And A bAd smell, from ice-mAking mAchinery thAt runs 24 hours A dAy And hAs locAl residents losing sleep, district officiAls sAid. Seventy fAmilies from Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6 <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/locAls-lobby-ice-fActory-to-reduce-noise-smell/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned six people, including a provincial director of water resources and a commune chief, over allegations that they cleared part of a flooded forest in Kompong Thom to illegally construct reservoirs on the Tonle Sap. Earlier this month, military <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/six-questioned-over-tonle-sap-reservoirs/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Court of AppeAl yesterdAy heArd the cAse of A lAnd dispute between A 70-yeAr old womAn from Kompong ChhAng province And A compAny owned by the wife of the Minister of Industry, Mines And Energy over A 3,000 squAre meter pArcel of lAnd. In MAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/lAnd-cAse-involving-ministers-wife-is-heArd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The U.N.’s special rapporteur on freedom of assembly and association, Maina Kiai, on Friday wrapped up a three-day unofficial visit to Cambodia by paying a visit to the Boeng Kak community, the site of the country’s longest-running land dispute. Inside the home of high-profile Boeng <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/un-envoy-visits-boeng-kak-condemns-killings/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A week After it cAlled off A fAiled sweep of the city’s vAgrAnts, City HAll held A meeting with four NGOs And district Authorities FridAy in which they Agreed to form A joint committee to conduct A census of street sellers And beggArs, According to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/city-hAll-Aid-groups-Agree-to-conduct-census-of-street-people/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

While the opposition and ruling parties have been shuffling negotiating proposals back and forth to break the political deadlock over recent weeks, one main contentious point remains unresolved: an early election, Cambodia National Rescue Party leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday. The CNRP responded affirmatively to a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/key-demand-lingers-rainsy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>