Two maids allegedly suffered abuse in Malaysia
Two new claims of abuse of Cambodian maids employed in Malaysia have emerged since Friday, including one case of a woman who returned home with severe mental trauma following alleged mistreatment by her Malaysian employer, the victims’ families said. Iy Thar, a villager from Kompong Thom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/two-maids-allegedly-suffered-abuse-in-malaysia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Villagers take hostages
The clearing of land for a Ratanakkiri rubber plantation had been frozen after more than 300 Tumpoun ethnic minority villagers captured a quartet of company security guards and another staffer, tied them up and held them hostage on Tuesday, company officials said yesterday. Jing Zhong Ri <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/villagers-take-hostages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
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CCTV shooting footage reviewed
Security footage of a shooting outside a shoe factory on Monday that left three protestors in hospital has been reviewed by police, the head of the special economic zone where the incident took place said yesterday. The three women were shot at a violent protest of <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cctv-shooting-footage-reviewed/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Prasac seeks commercial bank status
PRASAC, CAmbodiA’s lArgest microfinAnce institution by outstAnding loAns, plAnned to become A licensed commerciAl bAnk in the Kingdom, compAny officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The news comes despite cAlls from insiders And experts &ndAsh; most recently the InternAtionAl MonetAry Fund And World BAnk &ndAsh; for the NAtionAl <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/prAsAc-seeks-commerciAl-bAnk-stAtus/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Environment Minister Defends Concessions
Environment Minister Mok Mareth yesterday defended the recent surge of economic land concessions granted by his ministry inside the country’s enviornmental conservation areas, saying that they would do more to help the areas than hurt them. Mr Mareth’s comments came while responding to questions at <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/environment-minister-defends-concessions/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
French Scholar ‘Shocked’ Over Damage to Riverside Home
Leaning over the railing on the roof of the Khmeroyal Hotel along Phnom Penh’s Sisowath Quay, 54-year-old scholar and long-time Cambodian resident Oliver de Bernon peered across at his crumbing riverfront apartment yesterday. Residents of the block between streets 178 and 184 on Sisowath Quay <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/french-scholar-shocked-over-damage-to-riverside-home/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
After razing of Boeng Kak homes, outrage lingers
Opposition party members and a human rights group yesterday condemned the demolition of eight homes and businesses at Phnom Penh’s Boeng Kak lake on Friday, calling the act a violation of the law. Two excavators belonging to Shukaku Inc tore down homes as riot police pushed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/after-razing-of-boeng-kak-homes-outrage-lingers/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Officials mum on 'advocacy' NGO missive
Top government officials yesterday either declined to comment or said they had no knowledge of a letter from Finance Minister Keat Chhon to Prime Minister Hun Sen proposing to bar all foreign NGOs from “advocacy” work in the country, as well as stopping foreigners from <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/officials-mum-on-advocacy-ngo-missive/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Talks yet to begin with Malaysia on maid ban
More than two weeks after a ban on sending maids to Malaysia began, work on a bilateral agreement that would protect Cambodian maids working in Malaysia has not begun, officials said yesterday. Ho Vuthy, deputy director general at the Ministry of Labor’s department of labor, said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/talks-yet-to-begin-with-malaysia-on-maid-ban/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Gov't, NGOs, firms finalize migrant contract
After A yeAr of mounting concern over the treAtment of migrAnt workers both within And outside CAmbodiA, the Ministry of LAbor, NGOs And recruitment Agencies yesterdAy reAched An Agreement on stAndArdized contrActs Aimed At minimizing the possibility for exploitAtion. The groups Agreed on A contrAct between <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/govt-ngos-firms-finAlize-migrAnt-contrAct/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
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Maid's cause of death sparks investigation
Government authorities are investigating the death of a migrant domestic worker in Malaysia after her family and rights groups raised questions about the stated cause of death from a lung infection, a relative of the deceased woman said yesterday. Na Rith, 42, said his cousin Ouk <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/maids-cause-of-death-sparks/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Illegally Logged Rosewood Seized In Kratie Operation
The Kratie Provincial Court yesterday charged a truck driver with illegally collecting and transporting luxury wood after forestry officers last week confiscated 148 pieces of luxury wood totalling 31.2 cubic meters from his truck, which had been transporting the timber along National Road 7 <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/illegally-logged-rosewood-seized-in-kratie-operation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
US Agents Poised to Seize Khmer Statue
Government officials and a representative at Unesco in Phnom Penh yesterday said that Sotheby’s in New York had no right to a 10th-century Khmer statue worth more than $2 million that US federal agents were expected to seize from the auction house today. On Wednesday, New <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/us-agents-poised-to-seize-khmer-statue/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
គម្រោង The Peak បង្ហាញពីសក្តានុពលរបស់ខ្លួន និងក្តីសង្ឃឹមពីជោគជ័យ
បន្ទាប់ពីមានការពេញចិត្តអំពីការរៀបចំព្រឹត្តិការណ៍មួយយ៉ាងអឹកធឹកនៅសណ្ឋាគារសូហ្វីថែលកាលពីដើមខែនេះដែលព្រឹត្តិការណ៍នោះរៀបចំឡើងដើម្បីប្រមូលការគាំទ្រនៅក្នុងស្រុកចំពោះលំនៅឋានដ៏ល្អប្រណីតរបស់ The Peak ជាលំនៅឋានបែបខុនដូទាំងនោះមានតម្លៃថ្លៃបំផុតដែល <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/investors-show-confidence-in-the-peak/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kali Kotoski
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Aeon Mall to Break Ground in November
Japanese developer aeon Mall (Cambodia) Co. Ltd. will break ground on a 68,400 square meter high-end shopping mall in Phnom Penh in November, the firm said yesterday. Speaking during an introductory workshop for potential tenants, Kuniaki Minohara, general manager of aeon’s leasing department, said the mall <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/aeon-mall-to-break-ground-in-november/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Borei Keila protester summonsed to court
A Borei KeilA protester received A summons yesterdAy to come to Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court to Address A complAint of “incitement to commit A crime” filed by Suy SophAn, director of the PhAnimex compAny, which evicted the Borei KeilA fAmilies in JAnuAry. Borei KeilA resident Tim <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/borei-keilA-protester-summonsed-to-court/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
WHO Urges Higher Taxes On Tobacco
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday urged Cambodia to increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products-currently the lowest in the world-in order to raise revenue and deter smokers. ayda Yurekli, coordinator of the WHO’s tobacco control economics unit, said during a workshop in Phnom Penh <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/who-urges-higher-taxes-on-tobacco/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Telecommunications Regulatory Body Launched
With a proposed telecommunications law yet to be approved, the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications yesterday launched the Telcom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) to handle disputes between mobile phone companies and Internet providers, although officials admitted that the body will have limited powers. .. But unless <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/telecommunications-regulatory-body-launched/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Army Truck Carrying Illegal Timber Kills Family
A fAmily of three, including An 18-yeAr old girl, died when the driver of A militAry truck cArrying illegAlly cut wood slAmmed into their motorbike in Siem ReAp province, officiAls sAid yesterdAy. The fAmily died At the scene while the occupAnts of the militAry truck, seen <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/Army-truck-cArrying-illegAl-timber-kills-fAmily/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Democracy on the decline: think tank
Cambodia ranks among the lowest in the region on its ability to reform; corruption, political stasis and a rapidly widening income gap are hindering its progress, according to a recent survey of the country’s democratic institutions. Transformation Index, which every two years ranks countries considered <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/democracy-on-the-decline-think-tank/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>