Striving to make finance accessible
Access to finAnce could reduce violence, empower the most vulnerAble in society And improve the livelihoods of CAmbodiA’s poorest people, A conference on community-led funding heArd on WednesdAy. SArAh Sitts, country mAnAger of the internAtionAl NGO PAct, introduced the funding model of sAvings-led micro-finAnce (SLMF). In <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/striving-to-mAke-finAnce-Accessible/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032964776/Business/striving-to-make-finance-accessible.html
Malaysian firm plans 10-mw biomass plant
A MAlAysiAn-bAse[d] energy service group hAs plAns to spend roughly $10 million to build A biomAss power plAnt in CAmbodiA. WAh Seong CorporAtion BerhAd’s plAnt would hAve A production cApAcity of up to 10 megAwAtts, sAid the group’s chief executive, ChAn Cheu Leong, in An Article <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/mAlAysiAn-firm-plAns-10-mw-biomAss-plAnt/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013040264825/Business/malaysian-firm-plans-10-mw-biomass-plant.html
Dam firm violated law
The parent company behind a firm constructing the Lower Sesan 2 dam in Stung Treng has repeatedly violated Chinese law by building “massive” power projects without prior approval, China’s national auditor has found. State-owned China Huaneng Group, of which Lower Sesan 2 partner Hydrolancang International Energy <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/dam-firm-violated-law/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060566083/National/dam-firm-violated-law.html
Call for More Investment in Infrastructure
As much As $16 billion of investment is needed in CAmbodiA over the next decAde if the country’s infrAstructure is to keep up with the pAce of economic growth, According to A regionAl think tAnk. At A seminAr in Phnom Penh on ThuesdAy, JAkArtA-bAsed Economic ReseArch <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAll-for-more-investment-in-infrAstructure/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/business/call-for-more-investment-in-infrastructure-33737/
Fear still lingers in Pro Ma
A yeAr to the dAy since Armed soldiers stormed into the remote villAge of Pro MAr in KrAtie province, killing A 14-yeAr-old girl, Arresting her husbAnd And evicting hundreds of fAmilies, Sreng Pho still hAs nightmAres. “I’m reAlly scAred when I think bAck to thAt dAy <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/feAr-still-lingers-in-pro-mA/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013051665654/National/fear-still-lingers-in-pro-ma.html
Unionists remain in hospital
Blinded, bloodied and barely conscious, two unionists who were nearly beaten to death after passing out pro-union literature in front of a Phnom Penh garment factory remained in their hospital beds yesterday, awaiting a possible transferral to Vietnam. The vicious attack in front of Dayup <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/unionists-remain-in-hospital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unionists-remain-hospital
UN intervention twice quells violence
The intervention of the United Nations in two violent clashes between police and protesters on Sunday was as much of a surprise to the opposition party as to bewildered onlookers, a party spokesman said. Officers from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/un-intervention-twice-quells-violence/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/un-intervention-twice-quells-violence
Lumber Tycoon Denies Allegations of Illegal Deforestation
The assistant of a lumber tycoon accused of major deforestation and forced evictions rejected Thursday the findings of a recent report by local rights groups. The Cambodian Human Rights Task Force said in its report that some 1,400 families had been pushed from their land by <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/lumber-tycoon-denies-allegations-of-illegal-deforestation/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kong Sothanarith
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/lumber-tycoon-denies-allegations-of-illegal-deforestation-cambodia/1794954.html
Election ink video ‘provoked chaos’: PM
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday blasted election watchdog Comfrel for “provoking chaos” with its pre-election announcement that the indelible voter ink could be easily removed. Speaking to reporters at the National assembly, Hun Sen said the NGO deserved a share of moral responsibility for some <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/election-ink-video-provoked-chaos-pm/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Cheang Sokha and Abby Seiff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/election-ink-video-%E2%80%98provoked-chaos%E2%80%99-pm
Civil servant wages under new ministry
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday outlined the role of the newly christened Ministry of Public Function, explaining that the body would oversee the reform of the Kingdom’s civil service, including the salaries of its employees – a major plank in the opposition’s campaign platform. as a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/civil-servant-wages-under-new-ministry/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda and Stuart White
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/civil-servant-wages-under-new-ministry
Cambodian Ex-Governor's Shooting Conviction Upheld
A CAmbodiAn court on MondAy upheld the conviction of A former politiciAn who shot And wounded three gArment workers in 2012 but hAs yet to serve Any time behind bArs in A cAse thAt hAs prompted outrAge from rights groups. Judge TAing Sun LAy Also <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/cAmbodiAn-ex-governors-shooting-conviction-upheld/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
ABC News Staff
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/cambodian-governors-shooting-conviction-upheld-20773135
Navy loggers opened fire: NGO
NGO Wildlife AlliAnce hAs publicly Accused members of the RoyAl CAmbodiAn NAvy of opening fire on pAtrolling rAngers on the TAtAi river in Koh Kong’s SmAch MeAnchey district After they tried to seize An Allegedly illegAl shipment of rosewood. At About 11pm on October 10, A <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/nAvy-loggers-opened-fire-ngo/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/navy-loggers-opened-fire-ngo
Complaint Filed With UN Over Police Shooting of Civilians
A lAw student who filed A complAint with the Phnom Penh MunicipAl Court AgAinst the city’s police And militAry police chiefs over the fAtAl shooting of A bystAnder by Authorities during A protest lAst month took his complAint to the U.N.’s humAn rights office on <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/complAint-filed-with-un-over-police-shooting-of-civiliAns/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/complaint-filed-with-un-over-police-shooting-of-civilians-48961/
An NGO with suspect ties offers wide praise
The Cambodian Democratic Student Intellectual Federation, a self-described “non-governmental and politically impartial organisation”, has declared the elections an unqualified success. “Having directly observed the electoral process in all 24 municipality [sic] and provinces, CDSIF affirms that this general election was smoothly, properly, transparently, freely and <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/an-ngo-with-suspect-ties-offers-wide-praise/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ngo-suspect-ties-offers-wide-praise
(English) Maina Kiai calls on Cambodia government to lift ban on public assemblies
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Standard Digital News Staff
http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/?articleID=2000104438&story_title=kiai-calls-on-cambodia-government-to-lift-ban-on-public-assemblies
(English) CNRP to file lawsuit against deputy governor
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Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cnrp-to-file-lawsuit-against-deputy-governor-57086/
(English) De Castle Royal launches leaseback program
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Post Staff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/real-estate/de-castle-royal-launches-leaseback-program
(English) UN Rep asked to focus on public assembly ban
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Lauren Crothers
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/un-rep-asked-to-focus-on-public-assembly-ban-57654/
(English) Chroy Changva locals threaten ocic pipeline
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Sek Odom and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/chroy-changva-locals-threaten-ocic-pipeline-62950/
(English) Detainees not being used for leverage: Yeap
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Meas Sokchea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/detainees-not-being-used-leverage-yeap