‘Crime rise’ blamed on protesters
Phnom Penh’s chief prosecutor yesterday attributed an alleged rise in Cambodia’s crime rate to an increase in public demonstrations. Prosecutor general of Phnom Penh Municipal Court Ouk Savuth’s theory came out during a speech he made at a meeting of police and prosecutors held at City <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/crime-rise-blamed-on-protesters/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98crime-rise%E2%80%99-blamed-protesters
(English) Program to end anemia in Cambodia finding success
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Kanaha Sabapathy
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-20/lucky-iron-fish/5466316
(English) Army creates new platoon in Areng Valley
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/army-creates-new-platoon-in-areng-valley-62198/
(English) EU concerned, but no threats to cut Cambodia aid, trade
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Simon Marks
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/eu-concerned-but-no-threats-to-cut-cambodia-aid-trade-54254/
(English) After deal, unions expect support
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Sean Teehan, Mom Kunthear and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/after-deal-unions-expect-support
មន្ត្រីកម្ពុជាការពារការដាក់ពន្ធនាគារសកម្មជនចំពោះមុខប្រេសិតអាមេរិក
កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារ រដ្ឋលេខាធិការក្រសួងការបរទេសបានការពាររដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងការដាក់ពន្ធនាគារសកម្មជន១១នាក់និងមន្ត្រីក្រុមប្រឆាំងម្នាក់ ដែលទង្វើនេះត្រូវបានគេរិះគន់ជាទូទៅ អំឡុងកិច្ចប្រជុំបិទទ្វារជាមួយអ្នកការទូតអាមេរិកដែលកំពុងធ្វើទស្សនកិច្ច។ លោក ដានីញ៉ែល រ៉ូស្សែល (Daniel Russel) ឧបការី <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/official-defends-imprisonment-of-activists-to-visiting-us-envoy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
City Hall bans June Textile rally
The president of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions said yesterday that he would defy a municipal order banning employees from June Textile Factory from marching to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s house to seek resolution in a labour dispute. according to a report from a City <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/city-hall-bans-june-textile-rally/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Xayaburi dam may cause earthquakes: Vietnamese report
The Xayaburi dam project in Northern Laos might increase the probability of earthquakes in a region already prone to seismic activity, according to a recently translated report from Vietnam. The 1260-megawatt project sits about 100 kilometres south of the Lai Chau-Dien fault line. Construction activity on the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/xayaburi-dam-may-cause-earthquakes-vietnamese-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Malaysian interest up in Cambodia’s land concessions
Lion Forest Industries Berhad will seek to acquire a 9,995 hectare concession in Cambodia, the latest in a number of Malaysian firms eyeing the Kingdom to increase land banks this year. The firm aims to cultivate rubber and palm oil on the proposed concession in Preah <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/malaysian-interest-up-in-cambodias-land-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Outlook on Campu 'negative'
Moody’s Investment Services yesterday announced a change in outlook for Cambodian Public Bank to “negative” from “stable”, citing increasing risks in the Kingdom’s banking system and exposure to slow-downs in Western markets. While CamPu Bank country head Phan Ying Tong said yesterday the company’s financial position <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/outlook-on-cambodia-negative/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011092151766/Business/outlook-on-campu-negative.html
Camintel to join mobile scramble
A ninth telecoms operAtor would enter the CAmbodiAn mArket next yeAr, officiAls sAid yesterdAy, surprising insiders who clAimed the sector wAs AlreAdy overcrowded. CAmintel, A joint CAmbodiAn stAte- And KoreAn-owned compAny, would offer mobile services in 2012, CEO KAng NAmkook sAid yesterdAy At A telecommunicAtions conference <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmintel-to-join-mobile-scrAmble/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011102752377/Business/camintel-to-join-mobile-scramble.html
Villagers in Prey Long Forest seize load of illegal timber
Faced with continued illegal logging in Prey Long forest, villagers in Kompong Thom province’s Sandan district once again took the initiative to seize a large haul of illegal timber from local loggers. Villagers, however, said that local officials are complicit in the logging ring and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-in-prey-long-forest-seize-load-of-illegal-timber/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Petition timed to Hu’s visit stymied by police
Two villagers from Koh Kong province involved in a land dispute with a Chinese company were detained for questioning on Saturday afternoon, halting their plans to file a petition with the Chinese embassy during President Hu Jintao’s visit. Thirty-three other villagers who had planned to deliver <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/petition-timed-to-hus-visit-stymied-by-police/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Group awaits eviction No. 2
Families in the capital’s Por Sen Chey district face a tense morning as they prepare for the familiar sound of authorities moving in to evict them. Nineteen families in andong village were told in a letter from district authorities that today was the deadline for them <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/group-awaits-eviction-no-2/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2012100359062/National-news/group-awaits-eviction-no-2.html
Adidas Denies Allegations of Low Wages for Factory Workers
German sports brand adidas yesterday denied allegations that its Cambodian factory, which produces Olympic merchandise, was not paying workers a sustainable living wage. The London Organizing Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games (Locog) said on Sunday it would investigate claims that adidas has violated its agreement <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/adidas-denies-allegations-of-low-wages-for-factory-workers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Shooting Victims’ Lawyers Denied Site Visit
Lawyers for the three women injured in a Feb. 20 shooting at a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Svay Rieng province were prevented from visiting the site of the shooting, allegedly on orders from the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), a lawyer and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/shooting-victims-lawyers-denied-site-visit/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Police Begin Dismantling Mondolkiri Village Involved in Dispute
As the eviction deAdline looms for residents of A Mondolkiri villAge embroiled in A lAnd dispute with A VietnAmese-owned rubber plAntAtion, police hAve begun to dismAntle vAcAnt homes in the villAge, An officiAl And A villAger sAid yesterdAy. Sin Seng, 43, A resident of the remote <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/police-begin-dismAntling-mondolkiri-villAge-involved-in-dispute/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Government Silent on Atai Dam Damage
With three workers still missing after a major breach at a chinese built hydropower dam in Pursat province on Saturday, the Government’s investigation into what went wrong and why appears to be moving slowly. a large set ion of a concrete tunnel at Stung atai <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/government-silent-on-atai-dam-damage/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Miner buys into Cambodian copper
Geopacific Resources, an australian mineral exploration company focused on gold and copper projects in Fiji, wants to take over Worldwide Mining Projects Limited, a mineral assets searcher in Southeast asia. Worldwide Mining Projects Limited has signed a sales agreement with Golden Resources Development, a South Korean <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/miner-buys-into-cambodian-copper/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013010460638/Business/miner-buys-into-cambodian-copper.html
Jarai Accuse Firm of Planning to Drain Lake
Ethnic Jarai families living in Ratanakkiri province’s Borkeo district have accused a Vietnamese rubber company of digging a channel to drain a lake the indigenous villagers use for fishing and irrigation, a local official and rights worker said yesterday. Rochom Vin, Yeak Som village chief, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/jarai-accuse-firm-of-planning-to-drain-lake/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/jarai-accuse-firm-of-planning-to-drain-lake-8470/