On September 5, 2021, Pok Kheuy, a Cambodian journalist at VOD, was intimidated by five police officers after he went to cover a press conference held by residents involved in a land dispute with villagers over the new Phnom Penh Airport in Kandal Stung district, Kandal province. The British Norman Foster & Partners and the Metallurgical Corporation of China (MCC) are contracted to design and build the mega-project, financed by the Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) and the China Development Bank (CDB).