Mfone $65 million in debt
Failed Cambodian telco Mfone owes at least $65 million to multiple creditors that sources say include the government. a court injunction to freeze Mfone‘s assets, obtained by the Post yesterday, shows Mfone owes Chinese telco provider Huawei Technologies more than $65 million. Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/mfone-65-million-in-debt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013013061068/Business/mfone-65-million-in-debt.html
Hun Sen’s Niece Brings Hard Rock Restaurant to Cambodia
Hard Rock Cafe, the iconic U.S. restaurant franchise known for its collections of rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia, will open restaurants in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh, in a deal with a local firm owned by the niece of Prime Minister Hun Sen, company representatives said <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/hun-sens-niece-brings-hard-rock-restaurant-to-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/hun-sens-niece-brings-hard-rock-restaurant-to-cambodia-15652/
H&M reveals suppliers
About A quArter of the gArment fActories in CAmbodiA thAt supply Swedish clothing giAnt H&Amp;M hAve been the scene of mAss fAintings or lArge-scAle strikes since 2010, bAsed on A suppliers list the clothing giAnt releAsed lAte lAst week. Along with its 2012 sustAinAbility report, the <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/hm-reveAls-suppliers/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013032564667/National/h-m-reveals-suppliers.html
ILO Says Fire Safety Measures Lacking in Garment Sector
Cambodia’s garment industry is experiencing a worrying rise in fire safety violations as factories struggle to cope with a sharp increase in the number of orders they are receiving, the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC) said in a report on Thursday. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ilo-says-fire-safety-measures-lacking-in-garment-sector/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/ilo-says-fire-safety-measures-lacking-in-garment-sector-18628/
Cambodia’s Crude Oil Imports Fall 12 pct in Q-1
Cambodia imported 412,190 tons of Crude Oil in Q-1 of Y 2013, a 12% fall compared with the 471,000 tons it imported at the same period last year, the Commerce ministry’s report showed Saturday. During the January-March period this year, the country spent US$ 397-M to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/cambodias-crude-oil-imports-fall-12-pct-in-q-1/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Anti-Corruption Unit seeks response over Information Ministry complaint
The government’s Anti-Corruption Unit hAs sent A letter to the Ministry of InformAtion Asking it to respond to AllegAtions thAt its officiAls demAnded bribes to let ApplicAnts pAss exAms for jobs in the ministry, A letter published on the ACU’s website reveAls. ACU President Om Yentieng’s <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/Anti-corruption-unit-seeks-response-over-informAtion-ministry-complAint/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Mass Ford recall makes local dent
Some 24 Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles in Cambodia are being recalled to fix a potential fuel leak that could cause a fire, company representatives said. The move comes amid a much larger recall of 465,000 units manufactured by the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker, raising doubts over <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/mass-ford-recall-makes-local-dent/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013060666096/Business/mass-ford-recall-makes-local-dent.html
Three Charged for Logging Rosewood in Angkor
The Siem Reap Provincial Court charged three men Wednesday with illegally logging luxury rosewood inside the angkor archaeological Park, a Unesco world heritage site, officials said. Provincial prosecutor Heng Pheng said the suspects had been identified as Sun Phearak, 20, Phay Sophea, 18, and Phin Ron, <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/three-charged-for-logging-rosewood-in%e2%80%88angkor/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Aun Pheap
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/three-charged-for-logging-rosewood-in%E2%80%88angkor-42695/
Speed up FOI law, PM says
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called on the Ministry of Information to accelerate the drafting of a long-awaited freedom of information law that could see more transparency in the Kingdom’s government. according to a press release issued by the Council of Ministers after a cabinet meeting <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/speed-up-foi-law-pm-says/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/speed-foi-law-pm-says
Ponzi scheme suspects’ cases sent to court: ACU
Three alleged members of a money-laundering operation worth more than $11 million who were arrested earlier this year in Phnom Penh have had their cases sent to court and are now awaiting trial, Om Yentieng, head of the anti-Corruption Unit, said yesterday. The three suspects – <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/ponzi-scheme-suspects-cases-sent-to-court-acu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ponzi-scheme-suspects%E2%80%99-cases-sent-court-acu
Police Chiefs Told to Stop Taking Wages
The National Police commissioner has ordered police chiefs to stop taking money from law enforcement officials’ salaries for apparent good causes. a statement signed by General Neth Savoeun, dated august 22 but obtained Thursday, said police chiefs at all levels must cease the practice, which takes <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/police-chiefs-told-to-stop-taking-wages/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Khuon Narim
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/police-chiefs-told-to-stop-taking-wages-41449/
Thai fishing industry under spotlight
Far stricter monitoring of the recruitment and employment of Cambodians and other migrant labourers is needed to ensure the future of the Thai fishing industry, a new study by the International Labour Organization warns. Two and a half per cent of the 241 Cambodians interviewed <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/thai-fishing-industry-under-spotlight/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Abby Seiff
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/thai-fishing-industry-under-spotlight
Military Denies Receiving Request to Examine News Report
Senior officials at the Military Court and Ministry of Defense said Tuesday that they have not received a request from Council of Ministers Secretary of State Phay Siphan to investigate an article published in an opposition newspaper. Mr. Siphan on Monday said he had submitted a <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/military-denies-receiving-request-to-examine-news-report/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Kuch Naren and Alex Willemyns
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-denies-receiving-request-to-examine-news-report-48515/
Massage Parlor Raid Suspects Sent to Court
Seven Vietnamese nationals arrested during simultaneous raids on a pair of massage parlors in central Phnom Penh on Thursday night have been sent to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for their role in the alleged trafficking of minors, police and a child-protection NGO said Sunday. “We <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/massage-parlor-raid-suspects-sent-to-court/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Ben Woods and Mech Dara
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/massage-parlor-raid-suspects-sent-to-court-46521/
Social accountability East Asia and Pacific congratulates ACU
Social accountability East asia and Pacific, a regional non-profit organization devoted to improving governance and social accountability, congratulated the anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) of Cambodia for requiring government institutions to set a standard public service fee for items such as; certificates and ID cards. The aCU <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/social-accountability-east-asia-and-pacific-congratulates-acu/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://www.thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/detail/1?page=15&token=ZGI2NDM1ODEwZTU
Kubota enters Cambodia
Siam Kubota Corporation (SKC), a leading farm truck maker, has partnered with Group Lease to enter the agriculture machine market in Cambodia. Mitsuji Konoshita, chief executive of Group Lease, said the partnership with SKC is a bid to extend leasing service to Kubota’s clients in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/kubota-enters-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Nuntawun Polkuamdee
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/368267/kubota-enters-cambodia
Abuse allegations dog latest oknha honouree
A weAlthy tycoon who stAnds Accused of sAvAgely Abusing two teenAge mAids for neArly A decAde hAs been Anointed with the sought-After honourific of oknhA. In A royAl decree dAted July 26 And obtAined yesterdAy, Veng Lyphytech &ndAsh; who, Along with his wife, Ly Pov, fAces <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/km/news/Abuse-AllegAtions-dog-lAtest-oknhA-honouree/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/abuse-allegations-dog-latest-oknha-honouree
ថ្ងៃទី២នៃការសាកល្បងសេវារថយន្តក្រុងសាធារណៈ សាធារណជនចាប់អារម្មណ៍កាន់តែច្រើន
នៅថ្ងៃទី២ នៃដំណើរការសាកល្បងសេវារថយន្តក្រុងសាធារណៈរយៈពេលមួយខែនៅក្នុងរាជធានី ភ្នំពេញ មានចំនួនអ្នកធ្វើដំណើរកើនឡើងកាលពីម្សិលមិញ ដែលធ្វើដំណើរតាមផ្លូវតែមួយតាមប ណ្ដោយមហាវិថីព្រះមុនីវង្ស។ អ្នកដំណើរប្រមាណជាង <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/phnom-penh-warms-to-new-buses-on-second-day-of-service/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
ហ៊ល់ រស្មី និង Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadailykhmer.com/news/10395/
(English) Faintings halved in 2013: gov’t
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/faintings-halved-in-2013-govt/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/faintings-halved-2013-gov%E2%80%99t
(English) Rights group slams Cambodian government over land dispute death
Sorry, this entry is only available in អង់គ្លេស (ស.រ.អ). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/km/news/rights-group-slams-cambodian-government-over-land-dispute-death/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>
Joshua Lipes
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/death-07312014185132.html