Thirteen families in Phnom Penh’s O’andoung village, who have been locked in a long-running dispute with tycoon Sok Kong’s Sokimex company, say their land is being flooded with sand as they wait for a response to a complaint filed with Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sand-rises-as-villagers-wait/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodians may soon find it easier than ever to report official corruption, and not just to the authorities or their friends and neighbours, but to the whole world, thanks to the impending launch of a Khmer-language version of the graft-reporting smartphone app Bribespot. already popular in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/app-aims-to-report-bribes/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Italy has demanded that the European Union restrict Cambodia’s duty-free import status, as concerns over the survival of that country’s rice sector appear to be reaching a fever pitch. according to rice industry website Oryza, the Italian government has officially submitted a request to the EU <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/italy-demands-fairer-rice-deal/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A French non-governmentAl orgAnizAtion (NGO) director hAd been Arrested on suspicion of sexuAlly Abusing seven boys, police And Anti-pedophiliA Agent sAid on ThursdAy. Action Pour Les EnfAnts (APLE), A child protection NGO, Assisted the police in An investigAtion thAt led to the Arrest, the police <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/frenchmAn-Arrested-in-cAmbodiA-over-sexuAl-Abuses/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 25-yeAr-old police officer in Mondulkiri’s Sen Monorom commune wAs killed in A cAr crAsh while trAnsporting timber to sell in A neArby district on SundAy, police And Authorities confirmed yesterdAy. Un Sokim wAs driving A ToyotA CAmry sedAn loAded with timber to Keo SeimA district <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/police-officer-killed-in-crAsh-timber-fAlls-out/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A 49-yeAr-old journAlist reportedly investigAting illegAl logging in KrAtie province wAs shot deAd eArly SundAy morning. Within hours, police Arrested three men&mdAsh;A commune police chief, A militAry police officer And A RoyAl CAmbodiAn Armed Forces (RCAF) soldier&mdAsh;for the murder, officiAls sAid. TAing Try, who contributed to <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/journAlist-investigAting-illegAl-logging-shot-deAd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Japan’s Sumi Wiring Systems Co Ltd launched production of automobile wiring this month, a company official said yesterday. Japanese companies such as Sumi and Minebea, a ball-bearings maker, have helped Cambodia’s manufacturing industry diversify away from garments, the country’s main manufacturing product and export, and Prime Minister Hun Sen <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hun-sen-aims-to-attract-more-japanese-money/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Three people were severely hurt when a tractor in Banteay Meanchey ran over a buried anti-tank mine in a former battlefield on Thursday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/anti-tank-mine-injures-three/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A PreAh ViheAr militAry police officer filed A court complAint Accusing hospitAl stAff of murder After his wife died in hospitAl during A stillbirth. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/hospitAl-sued-for-negligence-in-stillbirth/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Unions and labour rights groups have spent recent months unashamedly drilling home a stark reminder: Cambodia’s minimum garment wage, at $61 per month, compares poorly with those in Thailand &ndash; where workers earn more than $200 a month &ndash; and Vietnam, which has a base <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/myanmars-siren-song/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A compAny with ties to one of ChinA’s top stAte-owned firms will look to push Toll RoyAl RAilwAys And its locAl pArtner RoyAl Group of CompAnies out of A 30-yeAr rAilroAd concession with pledge to invest neArly US$850 million to revAmp existing lines And build An AdditionAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/toll-mAy-lose-rAil-rights/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Sa’ang and Kien Svay district authorities in Kandal province stopped a military official from clearing an area of wetland, creating a canal that was siphoning water from a larger canal that served farmers in the area and filling in other canals, seizing a bulldozer in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/wetlands-clearance-stopped/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 28-yeAr-old mAn wAs Arrested And brought in for questioning At Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court yesterdAy for Allegedly insulting And threAtening to kill Prime Minister Hun Sen in A sociAl mediA post, while A soldier wAs Also questioned this week After A FAcebook Account linked <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mAn-Arrested-for-Alleged-deAth-threAt-AgAinst-pm-on-fAcebook/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Cambodian Commerce Minister Pan Sorasak yesterday urged Turkey’s ambassador to follow through on a plan announced last year to establish direct flights as part of a push to enlarge bilateral trade to $500 million a year by 2020, from the current $108 million, the ministry <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/minister-urges-turkey-to-launch-direct-flight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Eighteen Cambodian families whose land was confiscated for the construction of a Chinese hydropower dam in a northwestern province on Thursday requested that the local government and Chinese operator of the facility pay them compensation they are owed, said a local resident and an official <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-villagers-ask-for-missing-compensation-for-confiscated-land/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Despite a slew of global investment banks slashing their oil price forecasts this week, KrisEnergy &mdash;the Singaporean oil and gas firm with a controlling stake in Cambodia’s most promising offshore oil reserve, Block a&mdash;remains committed to helping Cambodia produce its first drop of oil, a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/city-hall-to-add-600-security-cameras-throughout-the-capital-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Women in the armed forces will receive a $200 bonus when they give birth to a child, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday. addressing a graduate ceremony, Mr Hun Sen said female public servants have received a baby bonus since 2006, but mothers in the armed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/baby-bonus-extended/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Representatives of 40 families locked in a decade-old land dispute with a Chinese sugar company in Preah Vihear province blocked tractors from clearing land that the villagers say belongs to them, while 50 families in a separate land dispute in Koh Kong took their complaints <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/preah-vihear-land-dispute-families-block-tractors/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The AppeAl Court yesterdAy dismissed A bAil request for Tep VAnny, the prominent Boeung KAk lAnd Activist chArged with intentionAl violence relAted to A protest outside Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house in 2013, A cAse reActivAted After she wAs Arrested during A BlAck MondAy protest <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/bAil-request-denied-for-lAnd-Activist/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

A boy of 11 wAs seriously injured when A bomb he wAs plAying with exploded on SAturdAy in BAttAmbAng province’s KoAs KrAlA district. KoAs KrAlA district police chief ChhAng VAnchhAy sAid yesterdAy thAt MAy SAmeth hAd gone out to tAke cAre of A cow in A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/mortAr-shell-injures-boy/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>