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SATURDAY Vol. XXXVII No. 10109 June 4, 2016 Sha’baan 28, 1437 AH

GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals Talks on refugee education

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QATAR | Co-operation health strategy Emir receives call from IOC president HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani yesterday evening received a phone call from International Olympic Committee launch soon (IOC) President Thomas Bach. The call reviewed bilateral co-operation The The National Public Health “We hope that by the end of 2017, all and prospects of promoting them, in Strategy 2017-2022 aims at the three will be operational at three addition to discussing a set of issues lowering accidents by 3% every diff erent locations around the coun- of common concern. year for the next six years try and this will enable the workers to reach any of the hospitals in less than HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of the Education Above All foundation, 20 minutes.” ARAB WORLD | Initiative By Joseph Varghese with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, in the Palazzo Chigi in Rome, yesterday. Staff Reporter Sheikh Mohamed hoped that all the Bid to revive They discussed topics related to providing quality education to refugees. Prime companies would strictly implement Minister Renzi explained what his government was doing to help refugees in Italy the midday ban on outdoor work which peace talks and what eff orts it was undertaking, alongside other world powers, to alleviate he National Public Health Strat- will be in force from June 15 to August The international community the suff ering in Syria and support diplomatic eff orts to end the conflict there. egy 2017-2022 will be launched 31. yesterday committed to try and Drawing on the work of her initiatives, as well as her role as a UN advocate for the Tthis month, disclosed a top of- No labourer should work more than push Israel and the Palestinians to 2030 sustainable development goals, HH Sheikha Moza discussed with the prime fi cial of the Ministry of Public Health fi ve hours outdoors in the mornings resume peace talks under a French- minister how refugee communities often described education as their top priority, (MoPH) yesterday. during this period, according to a min- led initiative, despite a decidedly recognising the opportunity that education gave them to fulfil their lives and for “We expect it to be launched on isterial decree issued in 2007. lukewarm reaction from Washington their families to prosper. Education Above All, which Sheikha Moza established in June 19,” said Public Health director Dr Further, no outside work can be done and hostility from Israel. Indirect peace 2012, has invested to provide primary education for almost 7mn children and is on Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamad al-Thani from 11.30am to 3pm during the period. talks between the two sides collapsed track to reach 10mn by the end of the year. This will include more than 1mn Syrian on the sidelines of a workers’ health Dr Sheikh Mohamed al-Thani: Public “We trust the companies and expect more than two years ago. Page 3 refugees. PICTURE: AR Al-Baker/HHOPL camp held at the Medical Commission. Health director them to follow the directives in its true “The new strategy, which will also spirit. If any companies do not follow support occupational health, aims at dents have gone down by another 30%. the restrictions, we will fi ne them and lowering accidents by 3% every year for “In the last three years, the numbers warn them. The offi cials concerned will the next six years,” he said. have gone down so signifi cantly that we deal with such companies very sternly.” “This will signifi cantly ensure the have got the best fi gures in the world in Dr Sheikh Mohamed emphasised Indian premier due in Doha today safety of the workers at the workplac- accident containment. In case of road that the government eff orts had im- es. There has already been a dramatic traffi c accidents reduction, Qatar has proved the standards of accommoda- QNA prime minister tomorrow at the Emiri HH the Emir yesterday evening re- reduction in falls from heights in the better statistics than the US per car,” tion for the workers. Doha Diwan where they will review relations ceived a phone call from Prime Min- recent years on account of the safety he said. “The housing facilities have become between the two countries and ways to ister Modi. The phone call reviewed measures we have adopted,” Dr Sheikh Dr Sheikh Mohamed expected that better,” he said. boost them on all fronts, in addition to bilateral relations and aspects of Mohamed said. three hospitals for workers would be “More awareness is adding value as ndian Prime Minister Narendra discussing the latest regional and in- developing them, in addition to dis- The MoPH offi cial also pointed out open in less than 18 months.”However, several embassies are actively involved Modi arrives in Doha today on an ternational developments. cussing a set of issues of mutual in- that the road traffi c accidents went the timing largely depends on Ashghal in awareness programmes. The minis- Ioffi cial visit to the country. A number of agreements and mem- terest. down by 30% last year. and other stakeholders in complet- try offi cials are inspecting the premises HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Ha- oranda of understanding will be signed Bilateral trade between India and This year the preliminary reports so ing the works and delivering them,” he periodically to ensure the well being of mad al-Thani will receive the Indian during the visit. Qatar stands at $10bn. far suggest that the road traffi c acci- said. the workers,” he added. Page 16 Gulf Times 2 Saturday, June 4, 2016 QATAR 14 violations Qatari -Russian Joint Committee holds meet

QNA commensurate with the depth of Doha the bilateral relations and eco- detected in nomic potential of both coun- he Qatari-Russian Joint tries. They expressed their desire Committee for Trade, to increase the volume of trade, TEconomic, Scientifi c and cultural and scientifi c exchange Technical Co-operation held its by organising more meetings and second meeting in the Russian mutual visits of businessmen capital Moscow yesterday. from both sides in order to get crackdown on Qatar’s delegation to the acquainted with the investment meeting was led by HE the Min- opportunities available as well as ister of Energy and Industry Dr laws that regulate foreign invest- Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada, ment in both countries. while the Russian delegation The two sides also agreed was headed by Minister of En- to continue co-ordination be- ergy Alexander Novak. tween the public and private butcher shops According to a statement is- sectors in the two countries to sued by the Ministry of Energy enhance their co-operation in he Ministry of Economy and Industry yesterday, the two the fi elds of trade, investment, and Commerce (MEC) sides expressed their desire to fi nance, energy, industry, agri- Thas launched a cam- promote co-operation between culture construction, science, paign wherein unannounced the two countries, and their education, culture and business. inspections are carried out at conviction of big potential and A number of businessmen HE the Minister of Energy and Industry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al- butcher shops across Qatar to opportunities for co-operation in both Qatar and Russia par- Sada, and Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak signing the ensure the compliance of sup- available to establish fruitful ticipated in the business forum, minutes of the meeting. pliers - retail outlets - with partnerships between them in which was held on the sidelines Law No. 8 of 2008 on consum- several areas. of meetings of the Committee. al-Sada, and Russian Minister of the third meeting of the commit- er protection. The two sides agreed that the At the end of the meeting, HE Energy Alexander Novak signed tee in Doha during 2017, in a date Targeting 134 butcher shops, current level of trade exchange the Minister of Energy and In- the minutes of the meeting. to be fi xed through the diplomat- the campaign has so far result- between the two countries is not dustry Dr Mohamed bin Saleh The two sides agreed to hold ic channels. ed in 14 fi nes for various types of violations, the MEC said in a The campaign seeks to ensure the compliance of suppliers with statement yesterday. Law No 8 of 2008 on consumer protection. These include selling ex- pired meat, failing to announce The inspection campaigns and will intensify its inspection product prices and using inac- come within the framework campaigns to crack down on CID to launch anti-begging drive curate product labels in viola- of the ministry’s latest initia- violations. The ministry will tion of Article 8 of Law No. 8 of tives ahead of the holy month refer those who violate laws he Criminal Investiga- intention of begging. They come “They narrate false stories in this illegal practice, he added. 2008 on consumer protection. of Ramadan under the theme and ministerial decrees to the tion Department (CID) up with innovative ideas to ex- and produce fake medical re- Citizens and expatriates have Article 8 stipulates that “sup- “#Aqal_Min_Al_Wajeb”, Ara- competent authorities, who Tat the Ministry of Inte- ploit people’s sympathy, it was ports seeking money. Some of been advised to give donations pliers shall display the price of bic for “#the_least_we_can will in turn take appropriate rior (MoI) plans to deploy 35 observed. them also ask for contributions to authorised charity organisa- any product on sale either on the _do”. action against the perpetrators police patrolling teams across He noted that the patrolling to build mosques and schools tions only so that they could product itself or in a prominent The MEC traditionally in- in order to protect consumer Qatar in a bid to crack down on teams, comprising male and fe- or sponsor orphans in their distribute the same to the most place”, while Article 6 prohibits tensifi es its inspection cam- rights. beggars during the holy month male police offi cers, would be countries. Some beggars were deserving sections. the sale, display or promotion paigns ahead of and through- The ministry has urged con- of Ramadan. deployed at diff erent locations also caught selling substandard Investigation reports sug- of fraudulent or corrupt prod- out the holy month to monitor sumers to report violations to The anti-begging drive will be round-the-clock to curb the products as a ploy for begging,” gest that most people who en- ucts. A product is considered markets and commercial ac- the Consumer Protection and launched in co-ordination with illegal practice. said al-Kaabi. gage in begging enter Qatar on fraudulent if it is expired or fails tivity in a bid to crack down on Anti-Commercial Fraud de- Al Fazaa, Lekhwiya and other Other security agencies will More than 280 beggars were tourist visas. Some of them to meet standards. price manipulation and protect partment through the call cen- departments concerned. co-ordinate with the depart- caught last year at mosques, also hold residency permits of Violations of the consumer consumer rights, the statement tre (16001), e-mail (info@mec. Brigadier Jamal Mohamed al- ment to catch beggars. Two hot- shopping complexes, popular neighbouring countries. protection law result in pen- notes. gov.qa), Twitter (MEC_QA- Kaabi, director, CID, said beg- lines - 33618627 and 2347444 markets and residential areas, “The begging problem is un- alties such as administrative The ministry has stressed TAR), Instagram (MEC_QA- ging is not a common phenom- - have also been set up for citi- said First Lieutenant Abdullah der control in Qatar though closures and fi nes ranging from that it will not tolerate any vio- TAR) and the MEC application enon in Qatar. However, some zens and expatriates to inform Saad al-Dosari. beggars resort to new tricks to QR3,000 to QR1mn, the state- lations of the consumer pro- for iPhone and Android devices people enter the country, espe- the authorities concerned about Legal action will be taken win the sympathy of people,” ment notes. tection law and its regulations, (MEC_QATAR). cially during Ramadan, with the beggars. against those caught indulging said al-Dosari. Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 3 QATAR/REGION/ARAB WORLD

MoU to promote French language teaching Family France steps Institute hosts into Mideast forum he Doha International Fam- ily Institute (Difi ), a member Tof Qatar Foundation for Ed- ucation, Science and Community Development, has concluded its fi rst annual Family Policy Forum. peace void The two-day event, entitled, “Rethinking the Work-Family At the meeting, But Israel has said it believes estinians to harden their posi- Reconciliation Policies in the representatives from 28 the initiative is doomed to tions. GCC”, highlighted current oppor- countries, the Arab League, failure, and although US Sec- “The Paris meeting will go tunities and challenges in family European Union and United retary of State John Kerry at- down in history as having only and work policies in the region. Nations discussed ways tended the conference, Wash- hardened Palestinian posi- The inaugural forum, held in in which the international ington has also made it clear it tions and pushed peace further collaboration with the Execu- community could “help thinks little or nothing will be away,” an Israeli foreign min- tive Bureau of the GCC Council advance the prospects for achieved. istry spokesman claimed in a of Ministers of Social Aff airs and peace” Washington, which has tra- statement. the Ministry of Administrative ditionally taken on a mediating Ayrault said the talks were Development, Labour and Social AFP role between the two sides, has focused on the 2002 Saudi-led Aff airs, brought together repre- Paris not tried to initiate any fresh Arab peace initiative. sentatives from across the GCC, peace moves since the previous Under that proposal, Arab renowned social researchers, US-led round of indirect talks leaders off ered to establish full and members of the public. he international com- talks collapsed in April 2014 diplomatic relations with Israel Participants examined how to munity yesterday com- and has remained decidedly in exchange for an Israeli with- eff ectively modify work-family Tmitted to try and push cool on the French initiative. drawal from territories occu- reconciliation policies in the Israel and the Palestinians to “We’re not bringing any pied since 1967, and the crea- GCC within local economic, cul- resume peace talks under a specifi c proposals to this meet- tion of a Palestinian state. tural and demographic contexts, French-led initiative, despite ing tomorrow,” a senior State At the time, the plan was and explored possible alterna- a decidedly lukewarm reaction Department offi cial said before largely ignored by Israel, but tives appropriate for countries from Washington and hostility the conference. Prime Minister Benjamin within the region. from Israel. But senior Palestinian offi - Netanyahu said recently he The Ministry of Education and Higher Education and the French embassy in Doha have signed Noor al- Malki al-Jehani, ex- Indirect peace talks between cial Saeb Erakat said the Paris would be open to re-negotiat- a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under which the Education and Cultural Section at ecutive director, Difi , said: “The the two sides collapsed more talks sent a “clear” message to ing aspects of it with the Pales- the mission will provide technical support for the development of French language teaching forum has managed to defi ne than two years ago, and French Israel. tinians. in a number of independent secondary schools. The MoU was signed for the ministry by the factors that infl uence these Foreign Minister Jean-Marc “The Paris meeting is a very Speaking after the meeting, Education Institute director Fawzia al-Khater and for the French embassy by Oliver D, technical policies, the most important of Ayrault warned that the diplo- signifi cant step and its mes- Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minis- and academic counsellor at the Cultural Department. Al-Khater explained that the objective which include the imbalance of matic void meant the prospect sage is clear: If Israel is al- ter Adel Al-Jubeir rejected this of the MoU was to benefit from the expertise of technical and academic counsellor of the the demographic structure and of a two-state solution to the lowed to continue its colonisa- idea, saying the Arab peace ini- embassy in promoting the French language curriculum in independent schools. the high cost of fi nancing social decades-long confl ict was in tion and apartheid policies in tiative already “has all the ele- policies due to absolute depend- “serious danger”. occupied Palestine, the future ments for a fi nal settlement”. ency on the state.” Neither Israeli nor Palestin- will be for more extremism and “To argue that the Arab “The participants have sug- ian representatives attended bloodshed rather than for co- peace initiative should be wa- gested some important recom- the talks in the French capi- existence and peace,” he said in tered down to accommodate mendations, which we will seek tal which are aimed at laying a statement. the Israelis is not a wise ap- to adopt in collaboration with the ground for a fully-fl edged In an opinion piece in Israel’s proach,” he said. the Ministry of Administrative peace conference to be held by left-leaning Haaretz newspa- “It provides Israel with a lot UN urges Syrian regime Development, Labour and Social the end of the year. per, Erakat said the latest initi- of incentives and it’s incum- Aff airs in Qatar and the Execu- The Palestinians hailed the ative off ered a “fl icker of hope” bent on the Israelis to accept tive Bureau of the GCC Council Paris meeting as a “very sig- that the Palestinians had been that.” of Ministers of Social Aff airs. nifi cant step” towards peace waiting for, and would “provide Analysts say Palestinian to allow airdrops of aid “We hope that the recommen- which sent a clear message to a clear framework with defi ned frustration of the deadlock in dations will be implemented so as Israel about its ongoing occu- parameters for the resumption negotiations has driven a wave Reuters Group (ISSG), which includes where it has blocked land ac- to help families and working wom- pation of lands they want for a of negotiations”. of violence which has left 206 United Nations Russia and the United States, cess. en in the Gulf area,” she added. future state. But Israel said the French ef- Palestinians and 28 Israelis agreed that the UN World Food Syria gave the UN and the Some of the most important But Israel lashed out, say- fort would only cause the Pal- dead since October. Programme should airdrop aid Red Cross approval on Thurs- recommendations include: re- ing the initiative would only he United Nations, to Syria’s besieged communi- day to send humanitarian aid evaluating current policies seek- strengthen the Palestinians’ backed by the United ties from June 1 if land access convoys into at least 11 of the 19 ing to balance family and work hand and would go down in TStates, Britain and other was denied. besieged areas during June af- responsibilities; unifying regu- history has having “pushed powers, yesterday urged the O’Brien said the UN only ter the United States and Brit- lations concerning the arrange- peace further away”. Syrian government to end all reached two of the besieged ar- ain called for airdrops. ments for working mothers, At the meeting, representa- sieges and allow UN airdrops of eas by land last month, repre- Several Western diplomats particularly maternity leave; de- tives from 28 countries, the aid to hundreds of thousands of senting some 20,000 people, or said the Syrian announcement vising a national policy for each Arab League, European Union people trapped across confl ict- 3.4 % of Syria’s total besieged may be a ploy to defl ect dis- GCC state in order to address and United Nations discussed torn Syria. population. cussions on airdrops, noting the challenges facing families; ways in which the international Nearly 600,000 people are “The Security Council and that Assad’s regime has a track preparing a guideline book; en- community could “help ad- besieged in 19 diff erent areas the rest of the UN, the ISSG, record of reneging on promises couraging relevant partnerships vance the prospects for peace, in Syria, according to the UN, and international community to permit full access to needy to fi nance diff erent programmes including by providing mean- with two-thirds trapped by must be prepared for air drops people. seeking to balance family and ingful incentives to the parties government forces and the rest if the regime continues its ob- Syria’s opposition has work responsibilities; and re- to make peace,” according to a by armed opposition groups struction,” US ambassador Sa- warned the government may viewing policies to adopt best joint statement. and Islamic State militants. mantha Power said in a state- open the door just enough to practices in early childhood care. But few believe genuine UN aid chief Stephen ment. defuse international pressure progress will be made. O’Brien told the Security Syrian UN ambassador before restricting access again. Despite a widespread sense French foreign Minister Jean Marc Ayrault speaking to the press Council the world body would Bashar Ja’afari declined to re- At least 250,000 people have Khamenei calls of scepticism that the French after the Paris meeting yesterday. tomorrow ask Syria to approve spond when asked if his gov- died in Syria’s fi ve-year civil initiative will succeed where airdrops or airlifts of aid into ernment would permit air- war in Syria, while more than US, UK and Israel so many others have failed, besieged areas where only par- drops. 6.6 mn have been internally ‘main enemies’ Ayrault said the world could Hamas and three other groups reject initiative tial or no land access had previ- “If the Syrian government displaced and another 4.8mn not “fold its arms and do noth- ously been granted, said French did not co-operate with the UN people have fl ed the country. Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah ing”. Hamas and three other joint statement from Hamas, UN ambassador Francois De- with regard to humanitarian aid, Vitaly Churkin, the UN am- Ali Khamenei yesterday lashed “Everyone knows the risks of Palestinian groups yesterday Islamic Jihad, the Popular lattre, president of the council millions of Syrians would have bassador of Assad’s close mili- out at the United States, this impasse, there have been condemned Paris talks aimed Front for the Liberation of for June. died,” Ja’afari told reporters. tary ally Russia, suggested Rus- Britain and Israel as the Islamic three wars in six years in Gaza at restarting moribund Palestine and the Democratic “I told the council that the If Syrian President Bashar sia was not necessarily opposed republic’s “main enemies”, and there is currently daily vio- peace negotiations with Front for the Liberation of operating space for humani- Assad’s government blocks the to airdrops. accusing Washington of lence. Israel. Palestinian President Palestine. Several million tarian actors is shrinking as airdrops, British ambassador “We’re open to everything, procrastinating over Tehran’s It is essential that we take Mahmoud Abbas and his Palestinian refugees live violence and attacks across Matthew Rycroft said his and if it’s eff ective, if it can be done landmark nuclear deal. action urgently,” he said. Fatah movement have thrown in the nations surrounding Syria increase,” O’Brien said other governments “will con- properly and safely,” he said. “It’s the US, the evil Britain, and “We have chosen to extend a their weight firmly behind the Israel, and Palestinians in an statement.”We need the sider further action to ensure Russia, like Assad’s other ally the damned and cancerous hand to the Israelis and the Pal- French initiative. “The ideas demand that they be allowed consent of the Syrian govern- that humanitarian aid is deliv- Iran, is widely seen as having Zionist regime. These are the estinians. presented by France in the to return to their former land. ment and all necessary security ered”. He declined to provide signifi cant infl uence over the main enemies,” Khamenei said in We hope they accept it.” form of an initiative represent “We stress our rejection of guarantees, in order to conduct details. Damascus government. a televised speech marking the Opening the conference, a serious infringement on the this initiative and of every airdrops.” It was not clear why Assad’s “Are we always completely 27th anniversary of the death of French President Francois Hol- shared national principles move which aims to return Last month members of the government would consider successful? No we are not,” his revolutionary predecessor lande had urged Israel and the of Palestinians, especially to futile negotiations,” the International Syria Support agreeing to airlifts for areas Churkin said. Ayatollah Khomeini. Palestinians to make a “coura- the right of return,” read a statement added. geous choice” for peace. Teacher jailed for Envoy presents credentials mistreating child

teacher at a private his hands using a piece of centre for the care cloth. A of children with dis- The parent complained ability has been sentenced that such unacceptable to three months in jail for practices pose risks to the mistreating a child in her life of his child. Accord- care. ingly, an investigation was Local Arabic daily Ar- launched by the department rayah reported yesterday concerned department. that a Doha Court of Mis- It turned out that the cen- demeanour also fi ned her tre and the accused teacher QR10,000 and fi ned the failed to take the necessary centre QR15,000 for failing procedures to protect the to take the necessary meas- children entrusted to them. ures to protect the children Besides, the court saw that entrusted to it. the accused risked the life of The issue started when vulnerable children unable the parents of a child filed to protect themselves due to a complaint against the their disabilities and young centre and the defend- age. French President Francois Hollande, United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, French ant that they mistreated However, both the centre Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, US Secretary of State John Kerry, European Union High his handicapped child by and the teacher appealed Irish President Michael D Higgins receiving the credentials of Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini and other officials posing for a group forcing him to eat food the ruling at the Court of Yousef bin Ali al-Khater as Qatar’s non-resident ambassador photo prior to the international meeting in a bid to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace process harmful to his health Appeal and it is under re- extraordinary and plenipotentiary in Dublin. in Paris yesterday. and the teacher tied up view. Gulf Times 4 Saturday, June 4, 2016 AFRICA

Namibia off ers rare Nigerian president urged rhino for trophy to act against oil attacks hunt AFP The group said the at- The company operates the wells operated by the US group ia’s government cash-strapped serious with the situation... be- AFP Yenagoa tack was carried out because line as part of a joint-venture Chevron. and has stalled growth. cause it threatens the national Windhoek Shell had refused to heed ear- with the state-run oil fi rm the Six people - four soldiers Shortage of natural gas deliv- economy.” lier warnings not to repair the Nigerian National Petroleum and two personnel - were also eries has hit electricity produc- But Eric Omare, from the Ijaw igeria’s President Mu- pipeline, which was damaged Corporation (NNPC), French killed on Wednesday in neigh- tion and left pumping stations Youth Council rights group, he Namibian government hammadu Buhari yes- in February and is still not back group Total’s local subsidiary bouring Delta state when sus- unable to supply water to much said more needed to be done as yesterday called for bids Nterday faced urgent calls on stream. and Agip. pected militants disguised as of megacity Lagos, which is the situation was “rapidly de- Tfrom trophy hunters to kill to stop security spiralling out Half an hour later, a “strike Desmond Agu, commandant commuters opened fi re on an home to some 20mn people. teriorating and getting out of three endangered black rhinos, of control in the oil-rich south, team” blew up the Brass to Te- of the Nigerian Security and NNPC boat. The NDA are believed to have control”. despite fi erce global criticism after militants claimed two new bidaba crude oil line in Bayelsa Civil Defence Corps in Bayelsa, The NDA denied any involve- sympathy for a former oil rebel Buhari should “urgently and over previous auctions. attacks against key pipelines. state operated by Agip, the sub- confi rmed the second attack ment but it has vowed to bring leader who commanded mili- personally take charge of the An American hunter last year The Niger Delta Avengers, sidiary of Italy’s Eni, the NDA and said the pipeline had been oil production to a standstill in tants in the region in the 2000s management of the process to paid $350,000 to shoot one of blamed for a wave of bombings said. shut down. Nigeria, which normally de- and is now wanted on money return peace and normalcy to the prehistoric beasts with a in the region since the start of The militants’ purported “We have dispatched our men pends on crude exports for 70% laundering and corruption the region”. high-powered rifl e, with gov- this year, claimed the attacks spokesman, Mudoch Agbinibo, and we have intensifi ed patrols of government revenue. charges. Talks were required between ernment offi cials on hand to en- on infrastructure operated warned the company “not to in the area. We are working The attacks have already had The Nigerian military, which both sides to restore peace, he sure he killed the correct animal. by Shell and Eni’s Nigerian commence repair works on any round the clock to protect criti- an impact, with output slashed has slammed the NDA as “eco- said, calling on the NDA and Since 2012, Namibia has sold subsidiaries. of the blown pipelines in Bayel- cal infrastructure in Bayelsa,” he to 1.4mn barrels per day, well nomic terrorists”, has deployed other militant groups to stop licences each year to kill indi- “At 3:00am today (0200 sa. We will make you regret it”. added. down on the budgeted 2.2mn gunboats and fi ghter jets to the their campaign of violence. vidual rhinos, saying the money GMT Friday), @NDAvengers Shell later confi rmed “signs of Yesterday’s attacks follow bpd this year. creeks and swamps of the delta “The events that are happen- is essential to fund conserva- blow up the SPDC Forcados 48” a leak” on the Forcados pipeline two claimed bombings of Agip That has exacerbated a sharp in search of the militants. ing in the region pose serious tion projects and anti-poaching export line,” it said on Twitter, after the reported attack but said pipelines elsewhere in Bayel- decline in oil revenue due to the Buhari last week ordered en- economic, environmental and protection. referring to the Shell Petroleum it had “yet to fully evaluate the sa state on Thursday and the global fall in crude prices since hanced security in the delta, security challenges to the entire It says the only rhinos selected Development Company. potential impact and damage”. sabotage on Tuesday of two oil mid-2014, which has left Niger- adding: “We have to be very nation,” he said. for the hunts are old individu- als that no longer breed and that pose a threat to younger rhinos. Yesterday, the environment ministry advertised three black Fruitful effort rhinos available for the hunting season which ends in November. Students The advertisement off ered discounts to Namibian-owned companies or those employ- ing a Namibian-registered professional hunter. charged for Environment ministry spokesman Romeo Muyunda defended the auction, telling AFP: “We feel we are doing the right thing. defacing “As a country we have our own legislation and we are not doing anything contrary to any law. As a matter of fact, our constitution allows us to empower our own president’s people,” he said. “We are hoping to get enough money from this auction but we also do not want it to be controversial photo like in the past,” he said. In neighbouring South Af- rica, nearly 1,200 rhinos were AFP Violence has left more than killed by poachers last year in a Nairobi 500 people dead and forced slaughter driven by demand for more than 270,000 Burun- A roadside vendor sorting his wares as a customer waits in Soweto, South Africa, yesterday. powdered rhino horn in some dians to fl ee the country, Asian countries, where it is seen leven high school stu- according to the UN. as medicinal. dents in a city in central The 11 students were round- EBurundi were detained ed up yesterday morning by and charged yesterday with members of the national se- Angolan separatist defacing a photo of President curity service, the police said. leader dies Pierre Nkurunziza, a police About a dozen others, aged offi cial said, as three peo- under 14 - the age of criminal ICC prosecutor vows to probe The leader of a separatist ple were shot and injured in a responsibility in Burundi - rebel faction fighting for the protest at the arrests. were released. independence of Angola’s northern “The prosecutor in Mu- Hundreds of students at Cabinda province, Nzita Tiago, died ramvya has just decided Muramvya municipal high yesterday in Paris where he lived in to detain 11... for insulting school immediately rallied to both sides in Ivory Coast exile, his son said. the head of state,” the po- demand the release of the 11, He was 88 and died from an lice offi cial said, speaking on witnesses said. undisclosed illness. condition of anonymity. “Policemen in the Burundi Reuters will be spared,” she said. in Geneva alongside UN High “What we were seeing... “The president and co-founder “The children, six girls and secret service opened fi re to Geneva “The accusation is that we are Commissioner for Human is deliberate attempts not to of the Front for the Liberation of fi ve boys aged over 14, were disperse the protest,” said one only investigating on one side, Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, support the work of the court, the Cabinda Enclave - Cabinda placed in custody in Muram- source. and therefore this is victor’s jus- said other challenges included either by not providing the in- Armed Forces, (FLEC-FAC), Nzita vya central prison in mid- Two demonstrators were in- he International Crimi- tice and we don’t intend to in- accusations of “African bias” — formation we are requesting, Henrique Tiago, died today in afternoon.” jured, along with a passing mo- nal Court’s chief pros- vestigate on the other side.” that the ICC was only targeting or by delaying that informa- Paris,” said Jean-Claude Nzita. The information was con- torcyclist, the witnesses said. Tecutor said yesterday she A lack of funding was largely African leaders. tion or pretending to give us In 1963, Tiago helped create fi rmed by several witnesses, In a separate incident last would investigate crimes com- to blame for slow progress, she Africa is the region with the the information when it is not FLEC-FAC, which is the main force including a parent who saw month, more than 300 stu- mitted on both sides of Ivory said. most countries that belong to there, and various other ways,” in the secessionist campaign his daughter being taken off to dents aged 14 to 16 were sent Coast’s civil war and defended The trial of former Ivorian the ICC, and fi ve African coun- she said. challenging Luanda’s authority. the prison, and a lawyer who home from their school in the court against its critics. president Laurent Gbagbo be- tries had requested the ICC to Zeid said the world was in Despite a peace deal in 2006, helped the students. the town of Ruziba after staff Fatou Bensouda said the gan in January, with prosecu- intervene in their situations, “deep jeopardy” because of FLEC factions continue to wage Insulting the president car- found a picture of the presi- court had to prioritise be- tors accusing him of orches- she said. countries being too cowardly, low-level attacks in the province. ries a potential jail term of fi ve dent had also been defaced in cause it lacked the resources trating “unspeakable violence” “I always say that in fact if timid and hypocritical to up- With a population of 400,000 to 10 years, according to the textbooks. to pursue all potential cases at to cling to power after losing an you really look at the facts of hold the standards they had people, Angola’s Cabinda province country’s penal code. In some pictures the eyes once, and cited Ivory Coast, or election, pitching his country how it happened and how these agreed to. is an enclave that borders the An impoverished country in had been gouged out, while Cote d’Ivoire, as an example of into civil war. cases came to the ICC, I say Af- “If you do not stand up for the Republic of Congo to the north, central Africa struggling with insults against the president things not going as quickly as But the court has come in for rica is going after the ICC. They International Criminal Court, while being separated from the a legacy of ethnic confl ict, were scrawled over others. they might. criticism, having handed down requested ICC to come and not you might as well be standing rest of Angola to the south by a Burundi plunged into crisis in Ruziba, a town in the county “Cote d’Ivoire is a case just two convictions, both of the other way round.” next to the soldier raping the sliver of territory belonging to the April 2015 when Nkurunziza of Kanyosha just south of Bu- where my offi ce has said from little-known African warlords, Cases often got politicised young girl in a confl ict and do Democratic Republic of Congo. announced he was running for jumbura, is a stronghold of the very beginning that we in its almost 14 year history. and countries did not want nothing, or standing next to Though small, Cabinda accounts a third term, a vote he won last principal opposition leader will investigate on both sides Bensouda, who was speak- to cooperate with the court, someone who is being shot and for much of Angola’s oil July amid opposition boycotts. Agathon Rwasa. of the confl ict, that no one ing at the Graduate Institute despite signing up to it. being dismembered,” he said. production. Chad war crimes verdict a milestone on long road to African rights court

Reuters tried by international tribunals. (continue) to enjoy impunity,” credible trials for major crimes eff ect dispenses “white man’s a hybrid court by next year to act independently of political Accra The African Union is now act- said Maina Kiai, the UN spe- in states with weak legal sys- justice” on Africans. prosecute off ences committed constraints, experts said. ing to set up its own permanent cial envoy on rights to free- tems, like Chad, where trying The ICC prosecution of Ken- in South Sudan in what would be “If you look at the way the court for off ences including dom of peaceful assembly and a Habre would have been delicate. yan President Uhuru Kenyatta another step forward, according African Union has handled the ow a court in Senegal human rights abuses and war prominent African human rights on charges of fomenting vio- to Adewale Iyanda, a senior legal Sudan case and then the Kenya has convicted Chad’s crimes. advocate. “A signifi cant amount lence at the 2007 elections col- offi cer at the AU commission in case I’m not sure that the Afri- Nformer dictator of The African Court of Justice “A signifi cant amount of of atrocities in Africa lapsed last year, and it declared a Addis Ababa. can court would be... free from crimes against humanity to the and Human and Peoples Rights atrocities in Africa are commit- are committed by those mistrial in May in a similar case Defenders of the Arusha court political infl uence,” said Emile applause of global justice advo- in Arusha, Tanzania would give ted by those in power, so any in power, so any court against the deputy president. point out that national constitu- Short, a Ghanaian former judge cates, could a pan-African court the continent an alternative court that gives immunity to that gives immunity South Africa last June de- tions often give incumbent heads with the UN’s Rwanda tribunal. try a sitting African leader who judicial venue to the Interna- leaders and offi cials will not be a to leaders and offi cials fi ed an order to arrest Sudanese of state sovereign immunity, in Some African legal experts violates human rights? tional Criminal Court (ICC) in step forward,” he said. will not be a step President Omar Hassan al-Ba- confl ict with the Rome Statute. foresee another problem. Presi- Not so fast, judicial and rights the Hague, a body some African It is a concern shared by ICC forward” shir, wanted in the ICC on geno- The AU court is not yet on its dents linked to crimes might experts say. leaders criticise for indicting chief prosecutor Fatou Bensou- cide charges, during a trip for an feet, however. Nine states have cling to power knowing they are Hissene Habre was sentenced only Africans to date. da, of Gambia, who welcomed Following the 1994 genocide, African Union summit. signed up for it but it has yet to shielded from prosecution as to life in prison on Monday in a But the AU protocol adopt- the Habre verdict and moves the United Nations set up the And Ivory Coast refused to ex- receive any of the 15 ratifi cations long as they remain in offi ce. case lawyers said marks a mile- ed in 2014 grants immunity to towards the AU court but is wor- International Criminal Tribunal tradite Simone Gbagbo, wife of it needs to operate fully, Iyanda Even so, the Habre ruling stone on the road to African heads of state and senior offi cials ried about the immunity clauses. for Rwanda. Former presidents a former president, to the ICC. said. shows it is a mistake to play justice. It was the fi rst time in while in offi ce, so it would not be “I think this is a setback for of Ivory Coast and Liberia have Authorities put her on trial her The acid test will be wheth- down the signifi cance of the modern history that one coun- able to prosecute a sitting Afri- trying to hold people who are also faced justice before the ICC. at home this week, disregard- er it can bring prosecutions Arusha body, Short said. try’s domestic courts have pros- can leader for a major crime. in power (to account),” she told Some African leaders have ing supporters and some rights and focus investigations on “It’s a sign to other despots ecuted the former leader of an- “The sad thing is that what Reuters. threatened to withdraw from the groups who say the proceeding governments, as opposed to and leaders in Africa that they other country on rights charges. African leaders want is a court The AU court aims to resolve Rome Statute that underpins the is political. abuses committed by rebel could be held responsible within Other such cases have been where they and senior offi cials a thorny question: how to stage ICC, arguing that the Hague in The AU is hoping to set up groups, and whether it can Africa,” he said. Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 5 AMERICAS

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A woman in Arizona is suspected of stabbing Guatemala’s attorney general accused ex- Two of the biggest names in music, Taylor Swift One of the US Supreme Court’s justices has Canada has lodged a formal complaint over her three sons to death, hiding their bodies in a president Otto Perez of negotiating hundreds and Calvin Harris, have called it quits - and are extended her influence to the insect world, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s berating of closet and then trying to kill herself, police said. of bribes for public contracts, and ordered at trying to be amicable. A day after gossip sites inspiring the name of a newly discovered praying a Canadian reporter during his visit to Ottawa The woman’s brother called police after finding least 50 people arrested for participating in the reported their breakup, Harris tweeted: “The mantis species. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second this week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said her wounded in a bathroom at her residence in massive corruption scheme. The latest accusation only truth here is that a relationship came to woman to sit on the nation’s top court, is the yesterday. “I can confirm that both (Foreign) Phoenix, authorities said. Phoenix police said they comes after a bribery scandal toppled Perez’s an end & what remains is a huge amount of namesake for the new “Ilomantis ginsburgae” Minister (Stephane) Dion and department off icials walked on to a horrific scene: the mother had government, forcing his resignation and landing love and respect.” In the social media version species, the Museum of Natural History in from Global Aff airs Canada have expressed allegedly stabbed herself in the abdomen, CNN him in jail last fall. The latest accusations also of confirmation, Swift - who with nearly 78mn Cleveland announced. The museum identified the our dissatisfaction to both the Chinese foreign reported. “She tried to tell off icers the children sweep in other politicians and prominent business followers is the third most followed person on new species by creating a classification system minister and to the ambassador of China to weren’t home,” Phoenix police off icial Trent Crump leaders. Authorities arrested 23 people during Twitter - retweeted Harris. Swift, 26, a country based on characteristics of its females. Researchers Canada, o at the way our journalists were treated,” said. The off icers found the bodies of her five and the day and sent seven international orders for prodigy who has transformed herself into one of said they wanted to honour 83-year-old Ginsburg he told a news conference. “Freedom of the press eight-year-old sons with stab wounds in a closet. capture, including for Alba Lorenzana, the wife of the most successful pop singers in recent years, for her “relentless fight for gender equality.” The is extremely important to me,” he said. “We know The body of her youngest son – a two-month-old Mexican media magnate Angel Gonzalez and a was first seen on dates with the 32-year-old diminutive Jewish grandmother, just over 5 feet that the job of the media is to ask tough questions boy – was eventually found in the same closet. partner in his companies. Harris in early 2015. tall, has a strong pop-cultural following and we encourage you to do that.” UCLA gunman had killed estranged wife before attack

Reuters last dream come true as her life Los Angeles was cut short much too soon by her estranged husband... I’m still in a state of shock right now.” he former University of Sarkar was armed with twin California, Los Angeles, 9mm semiautomatic handguns Tgraduate student who and multiple extra clips of am- shot dead a professor at the munition, authorities said. school then killed himself be- The two guns were legally gan his rampage by killing his bought in Minnesota, accord- estranged wife at her Minnesota ing to Meredith Davis, a spokes- home, police and the victim’s woman for the US Bureau of sister said. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Gunman Mainak Sarkar’s Explosives. fi rst victim was Ashley Hasti, a She declined to say who 31-year-old medical school stu- bought the weapons. The shoot- dent with a love of acting and ing drew a massive response of stand-up comedy, her sister, Alex heavily armed police. US First Lady Michelle Obama has a sash placed around her neck as she receives an honorary doctorate of humane letters from City College of New York chancellor James Hasti, said on Facebook yester- Students hid in classrooms B Milliken (left) and CCNY president Lisa S Coico during the college’s commencement ceremony in the Harlem section of Manhattan, New York, yesterday. day, two days after Sarkar’s attack behind doors, some of which did sparked a two-hour lockdown of not lock, according to social me- UCLA’s sprawling urban campus. dia posts. Sarkar fatally shot 39-year- Ashley Hasti married Sarkar old engineering professor Wil- in 2011, according to a copy of liam Klug and intended to kill a a marriage license obtained by second professor, police said. Reuters. The native of India was con- An active Facebook page be- vinced that Klug had stolen soft- longing to Hasti shows pictures Trump lashes out again ware he had developed, accord- of Sarkar, none more recent than ing to police, who called Sarkar’s May 2011. A page apparently be- claim unfounded. longing to Sarkar, with no public So far no motive has emerged posts since 2011, prominently to explain why he killed Hasti displayed several photos of them in the home they had shared in together. Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, some Sarkar came from India’s east- against ‘hater’ judge 3,200km away from Los Angeles. ern state of West Bengal, where Police only decided to check he graduated from the prestig- Agencies by Trump’s controversial cam- as a proposal to restrict basic US other brother served in Viet- his family as Americans makes on Hasti after fi nding a note at ious Indian Institute of Technol- Washington paign vow to build an anti- rights. nam, she added. him unfi t to be president of this the Los Angeles crime scene ogy at Kharagpur in 2000 after immigrant wall on America’s Newly unsealed court docu- “The fact that Donald Trump great nation, a nation of immi- written by Sarkar, 38, asking au- studying aerospace engineering, southern border with Mexico. ments in the case against doesn’t see judge Curiel and grants.” thorities to check on his cat at according to an ex-classmate onald Trump yester- “I’m building a wall. It’s an Trump’s “university” reveal al- his home in St. Paul. and the university’s alumni list. day again lambasted the inherent confl ict of interest,” legations that it preyed on the Michelle Obama takes veiled swipe at Trump Hasti had been dead for some Staff at his secondary school in Djudge handling a pair of Trump told the daily, noting that uneducated and misled con- time when they discovered her, the industrial town of Durgapur lawsuits over his defunct online Curiel also had belonged to an sumers with aggressive market- First Lady Michelle Obama nation on the planet,” Obama police said. remembered him as an able stu- university, insisting that the ju- organisation of Hispanic judges ing that amounted to fraud. took a veiled swipe at Donald told the 2016 graduating The bizarre hint led to the dis- dent who passed his exams with rist’s Mexican heritage prevents - another disqualifi er in his eyes. The revelations come as the Trump while delivering class of City College of New covery of a “kill list” that includ- good results. “My initial reaction him from being impartial. The developer and real- 2016 presidential race shapes a passionate defence of York. “Some folks out there ed Klug, Hasti and the second was one of shock and disbelief,” The Republican presidential ity television host has enthused up as a contest between Trump immigration and diversity, today seem to have a very professor, Los Angeles police said Gautam Biswas, who taught frontrunner slammed Judge supporters and enraged many and the likely Democratic nom- in the final commencement diff erent perspective,” she chief Charlie Beck told reporters. Sarkar in the 9th and 10th grades Gonzalo Curiel in a speech last others with his calls for build- inee, Hillary Clinton, who has address of her husband’s said, appearing to allude to Alex Hasti on her Facebook at St. Michael’s School in Dur- week as “a hater” and “a total ing the wall on the US-Mexican sharply criticised his remarks. presidency yesterday. the presumptive Republican post off ered no indication of gapur, West Bengal. disgrace” whose Mexican par- border and alleging that Mexico “Judge Curiel and his family “Infusions of new cultures nominee for president, without what might have provoked “How could he do this? That entage poses an “absolute con- sends the US its criminals. epitomise the American Dream,” and new ideas, generation using his name. “They seem to Sarkar. “My sister, Ashley Hasti, was the question that racked my fl ict” in the cases. In addition to questioning Clinton Hispanic outreach staff - after generation, created view our diversity as a threat to was the smartest, coolest, and mind for long hours. In school, He doubled down on those Curiel’s impartiality, Trump er Lorella Praeli said. “His par- the matchless alchemy of be contained rather than as a funniest person I knew. She Mainak was a very level-headed, comments in an interview in said that if elected president, he ents worked hard to give their our melting pot and helped resource to be tapped, they tell could do anything she dreamed intelligent student and never did the Wall Street Journal, say- would consider changing free US-born children a better life.” us build the strongest, most us to be afraid of those who are of,” the sister said. “Unfortu- give any indication of abnormal ing Curiel - a US-born native speech laws to make it easier to Curiel and his brother be- vibrant, most prosperous diff erent,” said the first lady. nately, she won’t get to see that behavior,” said Biswas. of Indiana - might be “biased” sue journalists. Many see that came successful lawyers and his

Farmers protest Chicago police release 12 dead in Texas fl oods, recordings on shootings prisons evacuated Reuters The vehicle overturned at a Austin, Texas low-water crossing and mili- Reuters this city has struggled with so Mayor Rahm Emanuel fi red tary offi cials have not said why Chicago many questions about policing his police chief when protests the convoy was training near a and about police accountabil- erupted in November after the t least 12 people, in- swollen waterway. The sprawl- ity, it has been clear that we all city released a video of a white cluding fi ve Army sol- ing army post covering an area he watchdog group that agree that there’s a lack of trust police offi cer fatally shooting a Adiers, have died in Texas about 15 times larger than monitors Chicago’s po- and that increased transparency black teenager in October 2014. due to torrential rain in the Manhattan was closing down Tlice yesterday released is essential to rebuilding that It was one of a number of US past week which has also dam- fl ood-hit roads when the ac- audio and video recordings of trust,” IPRA chief Sharon Fairley police killings that have sparked aged hundreds of homes and cident took place. 101 police shootings and other told a news conference. a national movement over po- led the state to evacuate three There was likely one more use-of-force incidents that are licing and race. The offi cer, Ja- prison facilities, offi cials said fl ood-related death in the state, under investigation, and said in IPRA said release of the son Van Dyke, has been charged yesterday. San Antonio police said yester- the future it would make such footage was part of new with murder in the shooting of The US Army and local res- day, after recovering the body footage public within 60 days of transparency policies it 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, cue teams were using boats, of a man caught in metal bars at an event. was adopting in the wake and his trial is pending. helicopters and sniff er dogs to a river drainage site in the city. The Independent Police Re- of uproar over shootings by Federal investigators are look- search for four soldiers who The Texas department of view Authority, or IPRA, said Chicago police offi cers ing at the Chicago police depart- went missing when their mili- criminal justice yesterday be- release of the footage was part of ment’s history of use of force. tary vehicle overturned in a gan evacuating about 1,700 new transparency policies it was The information to be made From 2007-2014 Chicago fl ood-swollen creek on Thurs- inmates at its Ramsey Unit in adopting in the wake of uproar public in the future will include consistently had more police day at Fort Hood in central Rosharon, about 50km south over shootings by Chicago police videos from police body cam- shootings than other major US Texas. of Houston, due to fl ooding offi cers, mostly of young black eras, patrol car dashboard cam- cities. Over that time Chicago Five other soldiers in the along the Brazos River. men. eras, cameras in lockup cells and police shot and killed an average vehicle were killed while three It evacuated about 2,600 in- IPRA, which is due to be over- third-party security cameras, as of 17 people a year. Total shoot- more who survived were ex- mates from two other facilities hauled in the coming months well as audio fi les from emer- ings, including injuries and fa- pected to be released from a earlier this week due to fl ooding after a mayoral task force blasted gency calls and police depart- talities, averaged 50 a year, and hospital soon, a military offi - on the same river. Many of the its investigations of police mis- ment radio, and police reports. three-quarters of the people cial told a news conference. inmates were sent to other units conduct as ineff ective, said in IPRA was formed in 2007 to shot were African-American. “This tragedy extends well with available beds, it said. the future it would make public investigate problems at Chi- Police shooting incidents have beyond Fort Hood and the The National Weather Serv- large quantities of information cago’s police force, which has a dropped signifi cantly since early outpouring of support from ice has placed large parts of about police use of force on a history of complaints of abuse. 2015, to an average of fewer than Dairy farmers protest against imported milk products in front around the country is sincerely Texas and Louisiana on a fl ash website. But the agency has been plagued seven a quarter, from a previous of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. appreciated,” Major General fl ood watch, including Hou- “These past few months, as by budget and staffi ng shortages. average of 12 John Uberti told reporters. ston and New Orleans. Gulf Times 6 Saturday, June 4, 2016 ASEAN

Paedophile Upcoming UN ruling on sea ‘regrets’ Malaysia in focus at Asian summit abuses AFP Reuters London Singapore British serial paedophile hailand’s prime minister who preyed on impover- and India’s defence min- Aished Kuala Lumpur slum Tister called yesterday for children voiced deep remorse upholding international law as before a London court yesterday they spoke at an Asian security for his “disgusting behaviour”. summit that is being held ahead Richard Huckle, 30, who has of a key UN court ruling on the pleaded guilty to 71 of 91 counts South China Sea dispute. of child sex off ences, includ- But both stopped short of ing rape, targeted children while saying that the decision by the posing as a volunteer working the Permanent Court of Ar- with Christian communities in bitration at The Hague, likely the Malaysian capital. within weeks, should be bind- More than 20,000 images of ing. child sex abuses were found on The Philippines has gone to his heavily-encrypted laptop. court to contest China’s claims Huckle appeared in the dock to an area of the sea stretching at London’s Old Bailey criminal deep into the maritime heart of court where judge Peter Rook Southeast Asia. heard mitigation from his lawyer “We support peaceful resolu- Philip Sapsford. tion of the disputes in line with Rook said he would have to international law, including weigh up whether a life sentence UNCLOS,” Thai Prime Minister was appropriate for 22 of the Prayuth Chan-ocha said in his most serious counts before pass- keynote address at the Shangri- ing sentence at 10:00am (0900 La Dialogue, referring to the UN GMT) on Monday. Convention on the Law of the Sapsford asked for leniency, Sea. arguing that in pleading guilty, Earlier, infl uential US Senator his client had spared a jury from John McCain said he feared for being exposed to images of his the consequences if China re- abuse. jected the UN court’s ruling and He accepted it would be “a called on Asian nations to back Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha delivers the opening keynote address at the 15th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore. Right: China’s very long time” before Huckle US statements that the outcome Admiral Sun Jianguo (left), deputy chief of general staff of the PLA, attends the opening keynote address in Singapore yesterday. was released from prison but should be binding. asked that the sentence give his China does not recognise the saying it could force the wider counting on the nations of Sea,” he said.”As (far as) India is Academy last week, Carter ac- with his Singaporean counter- client “hope” of rehabilitation court’s jurisdiction in the dis- region to cooperate more closely Southeast Asia to recommit concerned, we have always been cused China of attempting to part. into society. pute and has said it will not be militarily and economically. their power and resolve to up- insisting that all parties should play by its own rules on the high At a joint news conference, Huckle had bragged about his bound by its ruling. Besides China and the Philip- holding this system on which resolve this peacefully based on seas, in the global economy and he urged China to participate abuse online and was snared by “China can choose to disrupt pines, parts of the South China our shared security and pros- the international laws and vari- in cyberspace and warned that in the rules-based order that an Australian investigation on the rules-based order. Sea are claimed by Vietnam, perity depend,” McCain said. ous other international norms.” it could erect “a Great Wall of the US presence in Asia had the dark web - a hard-to-access Or it can choose to become a Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei. Indian Defence Minister US Defence Secretary Ash self-isolation” given regional helped maintain for the past part of the Internet often used vital partner in maintaining it,” Worsening tensions over the Manohar Parrikar, also speaking Carter, who is leading the US concerns about its behaviour. 70 years and said Beijing had for illegal activity. McCain said on the sidelines of South China Sea have intensi- on the sidelines of the meeting, delegation at the Shangri-La On Friday, to emphasize US to make its own choices. In the letter of remorse writ- the annual Shangri-La Dialogue fi ed the rivalry between a rising said New Delhi supported the Dialogue, will seek broader sup- concerns about maritime se- “Obviously we hope it ten on May 23 and read to the in Singapore. China and the United States, role of international law in the port for the arbitration judges’ curity in what is one of the makes the choice of one that is court by his lawyer, Huckle ac- “I fear the consequences if which has long been dominant dispute. statements that the ruling must world’s busiest waterways, cooperative with the system of knowledged “the scale of the China chooses the path of dis- in the region. “We are very clear about be binding. Carter took a flight on a US security which has served this damage I have caused”. ruption,” McCain added, later “America and the world are our policy in the South China In a speech at the US Naval P8 surveillance aircraft along region for so long,” Carter said. “I completely misjudged the aff ections I received from these children. My low self-esteem and lack of confi dence with women was no excuse to be us- ing these children as an outlet.” And he said he hoped there Thai police charge 22 with wildlife traffi cking would be help for the victims of the “disgusting behaviour I per- formed on them”. Reuters sedated. The temple denies the ac- 1994 close to a wild tiger habitat. “I am open and eager to reha- Kanchanaburi, Thailand cusations. It received its fi rst tiger cub, which bilitate from this off ending be- Adisorn Nuchdamrong, from had been found by villagers, in 1999. haviour,” he wrote. Thailand’s Department of Nation- The cub died soon after but villag- The Old Bailey heard earlier hai police have charged 22 al Parks, said 22 people had been ers kept bringing cubs to the temple, that Huckle targeted poor victims people, including three Bud- charged with wildlife possession and usually when the mothers had been and was writing a guide to child Tdhist monks, with wildlife traffi cking, including 17 members of killed by poachers, the temple said. abuse that he intended to publish traffi cking and removed more dead the temple’s foundation and three Repeated eff orts to shut down the for profi t.He posted pictures of animals including a bear and a leop- monks trying to fl ee with a truckload temple have been blocked by the the abuse of boys and girls online. ard from the infamous Tiger Temple, of tiger skins. monks. Huckle admitted off ences authorities said yesterday. It followed the grim discovery on Thailand is a well-known traffi ck- against children aged between six The temple in Kanchanaburi prov- Wednesday of the bodies of 40 tigers ing hub of illicit wildlife products, months and 12 years, committed ince, west of the capital, Bangkok, cubs inside a freezer. including ivory. between 2006 and 2014. has been a major tourist attraction It remains unclear why the dead Thailand’s wildlife department Investigators have identifi ed 23 for more than two decades, with visi- tiger cubs were being stored, though began raiding the temple on Monday. victims - 22 Malaysians and one tors paying 600 baht ($17) admission tiger bones and body parts are used in There were 137 tigers inside the Cambodian. to pose for photographs with the ti- traditional Chinese medicine. temple and 119 have been removed. Huckle, who comes from Kent gers. “We’ve confi scated all the hard The World Wildlife Fund said in in southeastern England, was Wildlife activists have accused the disks of closed circuit cameras in this April that the number of wild tigers arrested at London’s Gatwick temple of illegally breeding the tigers temple for police to fi nd evidence of in the world stands at around 3,890, Airport in December 2014 as he while some visitors on online forums wrongdoing,” Adisorn said. with more than 100 wild tigers in Thai army display a tiger skin found inside Tiger Temple as off icials continue moving live returned from Malaysia to spend complained that the tigers appeared The temple offi cially opened in Thailand. tigers from the controversial place, in Kanchanaburi province. Christmas with his parents. Indonesia’s battle to bring healthcare to the masses

AFP must sign up staff while the self- healthcare - but this left millions Indonesia’s healthcare system Jakarta employed and those working in stuck in the middle, too poor to was long overdue, as it lagged the informal sector are required aff ord care but not poor enough behind many others in the re- to join themselves. to qualify for government assist- gion. hen Heni Karmila The poorest get care for free ance. Government spending on sought to fi nd a doc- under the system, known as the Under the JKN, all citizens health in Indonesia is just 3% Wtor for her ailing JKN. should get access to health serv- of GDP, lower than other coun- mother using Indonesia’s new A total of 160mn people are so ices provided by public facilities tries in the region. healthcare system, she faced a far members of the programme as well as those from a few pri- It has the equivalent of one nine-hour wait in a line outside in the world’s fourth most pop- vate providers who have joined physician per 5,000 people, a crowded public hospital in Ja- ulous nation, and it has been the system, although wealthier compared to two in Thailand karta. credited with helping many Indonesians are still likely to opt and six in Malaysia, according “The queue at the hospital is since its 2014 launch. for private insurance. to the World Bank. always very long, packed with But it faces numerous chal- There are currently no pun- The quality of medical serv- young and old people, pregnant lenges, from underfunding, to ishments for people who fail ices is also criticised as poor women, people who have had slow and patchy implementa- to sign up, but when the sys- compared to its neighbours, accidents, those in need of oper- tion, to cases like Karmila’s, tem is fully rolled out, they will and horror stories abound. ations and even tiny babies,” the where the system has become face small fi nes. Irfan Humaidi Last year, two patients at a small business owner, 43, said. a victim of its own success in — a spokesman for the health- high-end private hospital out- The case illustrates the chal- densely populated areas, leading care and social security agency, side Jakarta died when medics lenges for Indonesia as it seeks to to long queues. which runs the scheme — ad- trying to anaesthetise them for roll out one of the world’s biggest Karmila, whose 72-year-old mitted there were teething prob- routine surgery administered universal healthcare systems. mother suff ers from multiple lems but insisted that overall the the wrong drugs due to a label- The scheme aims to make ailments, said she also suspect- JKN was working well. ling mix-up. healthcare accessible to the ed that one public hospital was “There are so many people Despite the challenges, the country’s entire population of turning ordinary people away who have been benefited from JKN has won much praise and 255mn by 2019, part of the gov- and instead reserving places for A recent photo shows Indonesians waiting in the corridor of a public hospital in Jakarta, to get healthcare. the system,” he said. its supporters are urging pa- ernment’s eff orts to direct some privately-insured patients, who One such person is Ramot tience. of the benefi ts of strong eco- bring bigger profi ts. The most pressing challenge Despite resistance from law- such as private rooms in hospital Siagian who recently had a “Indonesia has just begun nomic growth into improved In the remote and poor east in recent months has been un- makers and the public, the gov- as opposed to wards - to 25,000 heart attack while visiting his adopting a national health- welfare. of the country, the problems are derfunding as patients fl ocked ernment in April increased the rupiah (around $2) in the bottom daughter in Jakarta from west- care system, so of course there Joining is compulsory, with diff erent - people may theoreti- to use the system, prompting the premiums paid by some users. category. ern Sumatra island. are problems,” said Hasbullah most members paying a small cally have access to healthcare agency that runs the JKN to warn Monthly premiums now range In the past, most Indonesians “We took him straight to Thabrany, a health expert from premium. under the JKN, but often there it could run out of money as its from 80,000 rupiah (around $6) relied on private insurance of hospital and he got treated us- the University of Indonesia. Civil servants are automati- are not enough hospitals and funds may not cover claims from in the top category of the JKN - some sort while those deemed ing the JKN,” said his daugh- “But with commitment, it will cally enrolled, private companies doctors to provide it. medical providers. which provides better services, living in poverty got free public ter Lia Siagan. An overhaul of survive in the long run.” Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 7 AUSTRALASIA/EAST ASIA Japanese boy found safe after forest ordeal

AFP had been taken to hospital by Tokyo helicopter as a precaution. - ‘He didn’t look scared’ - The parents originally told po- seven-year-old Japanese lice that their son got lost while boy was found alive yes- they were out hiking to gather Aterday nearly a week after wild vegetables along with their his parents left him in a bear- daughter, but later admitted inhabited forest as punishment they had become angry with him for misbehaving, hungry but for throwing the stones. unharmed in a hut on a military They ordered him onto the base. road, bounded on both sides A soldier discovered Yamato by thick mountain forests, and Tanooka who had apparently quickly returned only to fi nd him walked some 5.5 kilometres from missing. the spot where he was aban- Days of frantic searching doned last Saturday, fi nding Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka found no trace of the child. This picture shows a house in a military exercise area where missing boy Yamato Tanooka was found by Self-Defence Forces personnel in the town shelter in the hut where he hud- who went missing on May 28, The boy told police that he of Shikabe in Hokkaido yesterday. dled in a pair of mattresses. 2016 after being left behind by his walked to the military base that During his ordeal, in rugged parents, was found alive at Japan Saturday night, fi nding shelter in baseball cap and T-shirt, holding parents should regain custody. terrain on the northern island of Ground Self-Defence Force’s the hut located in the complex, some food and drink. “I wonder if his heart was bro- Hokkaido, he drank from a tap Komagatake exercise area, in according to the local Hokkaido Japanese media interrupted ken as he was discarded in the near the corrugated-iron hut, Shikabe town. Shimbun newspaper. regular programmes to broad- mountain,” read one tweet. and was immediately given food Temperatures in the area cast news of Yamato’s discovery Police have reportedly said when he was found. caused you to face this suff ering dipped as low as 4.6 degrees in the case which has drawn huge they are considering fi ling ne- Yamato’s parents have been because of me,’” said Takayuki Celsius in the past week. attention. glect charges against the parents, severely criticised by the Japa- Tanooka, adding that the child The soldier who found the boy The stunning development and many in Japan have called for nese public for forcing him out nodded in reply. told reporters that he found him was the top trending item on punishment. of their car on a mountain road “I deeply apologise to people when he happened to open the Twitter in Japan, with many ex- “Missing boy was found and to teach him a lesson for throw- at his school, people in the res- door of the hut. pressing amazement at the boy’s that’s all wonderful, but the par- ing stones at cars and people. cue operation, and everybody for “I asked, ‘Are you Yamato?’” survival skills. ents must be disciplined such as After the emotional discovery, causing them trouble,” he added, said the soldier, who was not Ken Noguchi, a renowned al- being abandoned on an uninhab- the contrite father appeared be- thanking those including mili- identifi ed, adding that the boy pinist who has climbed Mount ited island,” one person tweeted. fore the media outside the hos- tary and police who spent days nodded as if saying yes. Everest, tweeted: “If he survived Naoki Ogi, a noted education pital where the boy was taken for searching in cold and diffi cult “He stood still,” the soldier by himself, it’s an unbelievable expert who has been strongly a check-up, bowing as he apolo- conditions. added.”He didn’t look scared. miracle.” critical of the parents, said the gised for his “excessive” actions. Self-Defense Force spokes- He seemed relieved.” Others were concerned about entire family now needs psycho- “The fi rst thing I said to my man Manabu Takehara said the A still image of the rescue on the impact of the ordeal on the logical care as they start the heal- Takayuki Tanooka, father of Yamato Tanooka, speaks to reporters in son was, ‘I’m very sorry to have boy “looked in good health” but TV showed the boy wearing a young boy and even whether his ing process. Hakodate yesterday. Lew to push Koreas squabble over US urges China to account Beijing on defections, talks off er

Pyongyang AFP Seoul in April, and three oth- for Tiananmen crackdown Seoul ers from a separate restaurant followed them this week. AFP North Korea insists the AFP allow Washington to speak out Seoul he two Koreas stepped staff were duped and effec- Washington about its concerns without up an angry war of tively kidnapped by South triggering a crisis. Twords yesterday as ten- Korean intelligence agents Toner said China has seen S Treasury Secretary sions mounted over a series and are being held in the he United States marked many changes in the quarter- Jack Lew will urge China of North Korean defections South against their will — an the 27th anniversary century since June 4, 1988, Uto crack down harder on and the South’s rejection of accusation Seoul categori- Tof China’s crackdown when the government “vio- North Korea and move faster Pyongyang’s repeated off ers of cally denies. on pro-democracy protests in lently suppressed peaceful on domestic economic reforms military talks. “The allurement and ab- Tiananmen Square yesterday protests” in the heart of Bei- when he visits Beijing next week, Tensions have been running duction clearly proves that the with a call for Beijing to end hu- jing. top US offi cials said yesterday. high on the divided Korean puppet forces of south Korea man rights abuses. But, the US spokesman Lew will join Secretary of peninsula ever since the North are the most hideous human Just days before the start of added, Washington continues State John Kerry in the Chinese conducted its fourth nuclear rights abusers,” a spokes- the annual US-China strategic “to have serious concerns with capital for the annual US-China test in January followed by a man for the North Korean Red dialogue, the State Department ongoing violations of human Strategic and Economic Dia- long-range rocket launch. Cross said in a statement. Re- urged China to allow peaceful rights in China.” logue on June 6-7, which will be In the past month, a new ferring to the latest case of the commemorations of the inci- He cited the detention of hu- shadowed by disagreements source of friction has emerged three women who had been dent. Paramilitary policemen return towards the Tiananmen gate after a man rights activists, lawyers, over regional tensions in the with two cases of group defec- working in a restaurant in the “The United States govern- flag-lowering ceremony at Tiananmen square in Beijing yesterday. journalists and civil society South China Sea. tions by North Korean staff northern Chinese province of ment continues to call for a leaders. Lew, who was in Seoul yester- working in Pyongyang-run Shanxi, the spokesman said full public accounting of those Kerry and Treasury Secretary two biggest economic powers. And he condemned “in- day for talks with South Korean restaurants in China. they were the victims of a so- killed, detained or missing,” Jack Lew will be in China next But US offi cials say relations creased restrictions on media offi cials, told reporters that the A dozen women and their phisticated, “premeditated spokesman Mark Toner said. week for high-level talks on between the countries are now content, expression, associa- annual talks were a “crucial fo- restaurant manager arrived in abduction”. US Secretary of State John relations between the world’s on a strong enough footing to tion, and religious practice.” rum” for working through areas of bilateral friction. On the economic front, the US side will press China to move forward with reforms to Perfect pose boost domestic demand, im- Israel won’t extradite ex-school prove transparency, move to- wards a market-determined currency exchange rate and, principal wanted in Australia above all, curb excess manu- facturing capacity. “It is an issue of central con- Reuters Victoria on charges of indecent patient and determined in pur- cern, when excess capacity is Sydney/Jerusalem assault and rape involving girls suing justice in this case.” distorting markets as important at the school. Leifer’s lawyer in Israel, Yehu- as global commodities,” he told Thursday’s court decision da Fried, said the court in Jeru- reporters. n Israeli court has ruled angered former students who salem had 72 hours to decide China has committed to ad- that a former Australian say they were abused by her and whether she would be released dressing the overcapacity issue, Aschool principal accused could raise diplomatic tensions from house arrest. especially in the metals sector of more than 70 counts of sexual between Australia and Israel. “My client is a very sick wom- like steel and aluminium, but assault was mentally unfi t to face Copies of the court ruling an,” he told Reuters, adding that is extremely wary of the social extradition and could be freed were not immediately available she had been examined under consequences of mass industrial from house arrest, offi cials said and spokespeople from Israel’s court order at a public hospital layoff s. yesterday. Ministry of Justice did not im- and that a commission headed “It’s hard...it means millions For nearly three years Aus- mediately respond to requests by the chief district psychia- of workers being transitioned,” tralia has been pushing Israel to for comment. trist determined she was unfi t to a senior US Treasury offi cial ac- extradite Malka Leifer, who fl ed Australia’s ambassador to Is- stand trial. knowledged. Australia in 2008, with what rael said he would pursue eff orts “According to Israeli law, in “But if action isn’t taken, ex- Australian authorities believe to have Leifer extradited to face this situation she cannot be cess capacity will continue to was the assistance of the insular justice. “We retain a strong in- prosecuted, and therefore her just erode China’s future capac- Adass Jewish community, after terest in seeing Ms. Leifer extra- extradition proceedings were ity for economic growth. accusations against her sur- dited. She is wanted to face pros- halted,” he said. “That’s not good for China faced. ecution in Australia for criminal Since 2013, an Australian and that’s not good for the global Leifer, who has Israeli citizen- conduct relating to 74 separate commission on tackling child economy,” the offi cial said. ship, is the former principal of sexual assault off ences,” Dave sexual abuse has shed light on Lew is also expected to push the Adass Israel School, an ultra- Sharma told Reuters. off ences and cover-ups, includ- Beijing to do more in implement- orthodox Jewish girls’ school in “We are working closely with ing within ultra-orthodox Jew- ing tough UN sanctions imposed A seagull stands on a cruise liner’s mooring ropes at Circular Quay with the Sydney Opera Melbourne. Israeli authorities regarding the ish communities in Sydney and on North Korea following its lat- House in the background yesterday. She is wanted by police in the next steps in the extradition pro- Melbourne, triggering the res- est nuclear test in January. surrounding Australian state of ceedings. And we will remain ignations of some senior fi gures. Gulf Times 8 Saturday, June 4, 2016 BRITAIN

OBITUARY WILDLIFE OFFBEAT TRAGEDY LEGAL Fairport Convention Foxes blamed for Restaurant ends Three-year-old boy dies Young teacher’s violinist Swarbrick dies severed car brake cables no-menu policy after being hit by car killer jailed for life

English folk violinist Dave Swarbrick, a former Drivers in Tunbridge Wells have been left outraged A customer backlash against a restaurant’s A boy of three died on the way to hospital after A man who murdered a young teacher on their leading member of the influential 1970s group after hungry foxes apparently chewed through the policy of not having a menu has forced it to being knocked down by a car while crossing a first date has been jailed for life. Katie Locke, 23, Fairport Convention, has died at the age of 75, the brake cables of several cars. Kent police have now perform a U-turn. Burger & Lobster only allowed road near a busy London roundabout. Paramedics was strangled by Carl Langdell at Theobalds Park band’s website announced yesterday. “We have warned drivers to check their brakes before setting customers to be told verbally what they could from the London Air Ambulance administered Hotel in Hertfordshire on Christmas Eve 2015. Her just had the sad news from Alex Swarbrick that his off on journeys. Off icers called on wildlife expert choose from or to look at a blackboard saying first aid but he was pronounced dead in the back body was found dumped in a bush in the hotel father, Dave Swarbrick, died,” a statement on the John Bryant to determine whether there was an “Burger or lobster or lobster roll. All with chips of their vehicle 40 minutes after the accident, just grounds. Following a two-day sentencing hearing site said. “Swarb had been seriously ill for some explanation other than deliberate damage to six & salad. £20.” But following hundreds of e-mails before 6pm on Thursday. The car’s female driver at St Albans Crown Court, Langdell was told he time and, although he had showed recent signs of vehicles in the second half of May. He concluded the firm, which opened in 2011, is launching its stopped at the scene, a few hundred yards from would serve at least 26 years in prison. Langdell improvement, died in hospital this morning.” Born that a family of teenage fox cubs, rather than a first ever menu. Despite seemingly serving just Queensbury Tube station. She was not arrested. had met Locke, from Buckhurst Hill in Essex, on in London in 1941, Swarbrick made his mark as part human vandal, had gnawed through the brake two dishes, the restaurant has several variations. A paramedic tweeted later: “It’s diff icult to see an online dating site a couple of weeks before of a revival of British folk music in the 1960s before cables. “It is a pretty rare occurrence, but you do It will trial the traditional menu format at its new someone taken at a young age and there’s nothing they met up for their first date. He told her he had coming to wider notice for his performance on the get a couple of cases every year. It is the cubs who West India Quay location. The restaurant will you can do. Traumatic end to another diff icult his own law firm but in reality he had spent the electric violin as a guest on Fairport Convention’s are teenage hooligans. They get under cars and stick to its signature burgers and lobsters but day.” Meanwhile the police have appealed for any previous two years suff ering increasingly severe “Unhalfbricking” album in 1969. snap away at the cables when they are hyped up.” off er more flexibility in portion size and price. witnesses to contact them. bouts of mental illness. Obesity Forum Art installation members quit over low-fat diet report

Guardian News and Media The report Eat Fat, Cut the Carbs London and Avoid Snacking to Reverse Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes is so sensitive it was never published on ore than half the board the forum’s own website and in- of Britain’s leading anti- stead appears on that of the Public Mobesity charity have Health Collaboration . But it bears resigned over its controversial the NOF logo on its front page. dietary advice, which has led to The paper, drafted by authors from internal rows and condemnation around the world, was co-ordinat- from government public health ed by Aseem Malholtra , a cardi- offi cials. ologist who has been a leader of the Four of the seven members of anti-sugar movement. the National Obesity Forum (NOF) Capehorn, a GP in Rotherham board have quit and a fi fth is un- who also run the town’s Institute A gallery assistant poses with an art installation entitled “All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins”, 2016, by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, at the Victoria Miro gallery derstood to be considering follow- for Obesity , said: “There were el- in London. ing suit after a report, apparently ements of the paper we quite liked. with the charity’s support, sug- We do agree that fat has been gested people should eat more fat, demonised for the last genera- cut carbohydrates and not bother tion and there is a lot more to it. It counting calories. might not be as bad as we thought. Public Health England said the “We also believe, as the paper report was irresponsible and mis- suggests, that we all eat too many leading to the public. It has caused carbohydrates, especially added most of the forum’s board mem- sugar.” bers to quit in protest as well as But none of the rest of the board causing fury among nutritionists. could accept some statements, Deepcut soldier ‘not Matt Capehorn, the charity’s including suggesting that people clinical director, one of those who could ignore calories. has resigned, told the Guardian “’So long as you are eating fat, that a press release had been sent you can eat as much as you want out without board members hav- without putting weight on. Forget ing seen the report and with them about the calories. It is a waste of having had no input. time.’ That fl ies in the face of all of unlawfully killed’ It was being portrayed as an the evidence,” Capehorn said. NOF document, he said, “which “There were statements such as Coroner says Surrey had failed in its duty of care to its James was one of four young During the hearing, evidence the inquest, coroner Brian Barker is very misleading because it gives the amount of added sugar people barracks failed in its duty young recruits. army recruits to die from gunshot was presented of the culture at QC said Surrey police had apolo- that document an air of author- can eat should be zero. Zero sug- of care to young recruits James, 18, from Llangollen, wounds while on guard duty at Deepcut with recruits “out of gised and recognised that they ity”. He said publication under the gests a ban. We don’t need to ban following second inquest north Wales, was found with a the Surrey barracks amid claims control” and of senior ranks bul- should have taken primacy of the forum’s badge was irresponsible, anything. Anything can be eaten into death of 18-year-old single bullet wound to the head of bullying and abuse between lying and sexually harassing fe- initial investigation in 1995. He while parts of the recommended as part of a nutritionally balanced, private while on lone armed guard duty 1995 and 2002. male teenage recruits. went on to detail a number of fail- advice were unacceptable. controlled diet. There is no harm at the barracks in Surrey on No- The original inquest, which There were also questions ings at Deepcut before delivering Others who have resigned are in a little bit of added sugar, say, to Guardian News and Media vember 27, 1995. lasted just one hour and was raised about the provision at a fi nal verdict. Deborah Cook, a diabetes nurse, fl avour food.” London A second inquest into her held three weeks after her death, the barracks of adequate care to “It seems to me that lone Jen Nash, a clinical psychologist, Capehorn said there had been “a death, which was launched after recorded an open verdict. Her its many recruits, and concerns armed guard duty is a potentially and the obstetrician and gynae- week of wrangling” during which the high court quashed the fi rst, parents, Des and Doreen James, voiced that James’s lone guard dangerous activity,” he said. A cologist Sangeeta Agnihotri. board members dissenting with here is no evidence that concluded at Woking coroners have maintained there was never duty on the night of her death policy was in place that meant Capehorn had previously ex- Haslam, one of several named au- Private Cheryl James, the court yesterday, after hearing evi- a thorough inquiry. contravened army policy. women should not be left alone pressed fears to fellow board thors, had tried to get a statement T18-year-old army recruit dence that life at the barracks was Following years of campaign- A previous inquiry, the Blake on guard duty, but Barker said members that the the forum might agreed indicating the diff erences who was found with a fatal gun- highly-sexualised, often alcohol- ing, supported by the human review in 2006, into the four “there was at Deepcut a whole- become “a professional leper”. He between board members. Instead shot wound at the Deepcut bar- fuelled and “toxic”. rights organisation Liberty, her deaths, concluded it was most sale lack of awareness of that pro- said David Haslam, the forum’s a statement was posted on the racks, was unlawfully killed, an But Barker said yesterday af- family won a high court battle likely James had shot herself. Ali- vision”. He added that it was “at chair, had previously e-mailed forum website which, said Cape- inquest has found. ternoon: “When I ask myself if to have the original verdict dis- son Foster QC, representing the least arguable” that the potential board members suggesting they horn, “draws more attention to The coroner, Brian Barker QC, there is suffi cient evidence with missed and a fresh inquest held. family and Liberty, has argued risk to women on lone guard duty would be able to look at it before the document and is not clear in did however fi nd that the trou- which I can properly reach a con- The second inquest lasted three third-party involvement could “should have been identifi ed and it was fi nalised. That did not hap- stating that we had nothing to do bled army base in Surrey, where clusion of unlawful killing, the months and heard from 109 wit- not be ruled out. steps taken to reduce that risk be- pen, he said. with it”. four recruits died in seven years, only answer I have is ‘no’.” nesses. Speaking at the conclusion of fore James’s death”. Brexit fl otilla to hit the Boys ‘get more pocket Thames after PM bruising money than girls’ Guardian News and Media Pocket money was found London to be highest in London, with AFP cutting back on EU migration to Facing an often hostile au- children being given an aver- London Britain. dience, the prime minister age of £8.21 a week. In contrast, Cameron visited a factory to warned that “Leave” would be he gender pay gap is youngsters in East Anglia were make the case for staying in, af- an act of “economic self-harm” growing when it comes typically handed £4.96 a week. K Independence Party ter a challenging performance “Cameron savaged as vot- Tto how much pocket The study – which has been leader Nigel Farage yes- in a live question and answer ers revolt,” read a front-page money children get, with boys compiled by Halifax since 1987 Uterday said he would session on television on Thurs- headline in the Daily Telegraph, 12% better off than girls, it was – shows that parents, on aver- lead a flotilla up the Thames day evening. while the Daily Mirror said he claimed yesterday. age, start giving their children to campaign for Brexit, seizing His Justice Secretary Michael “took far more blows...than he While boys are handed an av- pocket money between the age momentum after Prime Min- Gove, who backs Brexit, is due would like” and The Sun de- erage of £6.93 a week by gener- of six and seven. ister David Cameron endured a to face a similar grilling on Sky scribed it as a “tense clash”. ous payments, girls get £6.16, The average amounts are bruising television debate. News later. But the “Remain” camp according to Halifax’s latest based on a survey of children Farage said he would board a Guardian/ICM polls pub- pressed home his message yes- pocket money survey. In 2015 aged between eight and 15. On trawler at the head of a 60-boat lished on May 31 showed the terday with the latest in a string the gap was just 2%. average eight-year-olds re- procession which will sail to the “Leave” vote with 52 % com- of orchestrated warnings by Despite getting much more ceived £5.06 while 15-year-olds Houses of Parliament on June pared with 48% for “Remain” business leaders about the eco- than the girls, boys were more got £7.85. 15 in a mass protest organised in a surprise result that imme- nomic risk of a Brexit. likely to tell the survey that they Giles Martin, head of Halifax by campaign group “Fishing for diately sent the pound sinking At an event with Finance thought their pocket money Savings, said: “It’s reassuring Leave”. against the euro and dollar. Minister George Osborne, should be increased, with 44% to see that the average weekly “It will be big, visual and The “poll of polls” average Jamie Dimon, the chief execu- saying they needed a pay rise, amount has reached a nine- dramatic, and the demand will compiled by the independent tive of JP Morgan Chase, said versus 39% of girls. year high. Some parents are be clear - we want our waters WhatUKThinks website, how- leaving the EU could put at risk Recent analysis put the gen- clearly not feeling the pinch in back,” he told LBC radio, argu- ever, still puts the “Remain” some of the US bank’s 16,000 der pay gap in women’s full- the same way as they have done ing that Britain’s fishing indus- camp just ahead with 51% jobs in Britain. time salaries at 24%, with fe- in recent years, when weekly try was in decline because of when undecided voters are ex- A joint letter signed by HSBC male workers earning £300,000 pocket money dipped as low as European Union quotas. cluded. chairman and chief executive less than men over their work- £5.89. The announcement came In the first live broadcast Douglas Flint and Stuart Gul- ing lives. “It’s likely it’ll be a few amid another busy day of cam- event of the campaign, Cam- liver, PwC chairman Ian Powell Halifax’s survey found that more years until we reach the paigning by both sides ahead of eron was accused by a 22-year- and BT Group chief executive pocket money was at a nine- dizzy heights of £8.37 in 2005 the June 23 vote, as polls sug- old student of “scaremonger- Gavin Patterson among others year high, averaging £6.55 a though, when we saw the high- gest the “Leave” campaign is ing” and running a “complete also warned of the risk to the week – up by 35p on 2015’s fig- est average pocket money since getting a boost with its focus on shambles” of a campaign. services sector. Ukip leader Farage arrives to speak in central London yesterday. ure. our records began.” Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 9 EUROPE

APPEAL POLITICS CRITICISM OFFBEAT ALLEGATION French government Two deputies to Croatian UN accuses Ukrainian Hungarian grave diggers Soros stirring up urges end to strikes PM reject call to resign authorities of torture compete to be the best trouble, says Budapest

France’s government, scrambling to end a wave Croatian Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic The United Nations yesterday accused both the In a graveyard in Hungary yesterday, dozens of Budapest yesterday accused Hungarian-born of protests that could disrupt the Euro 2016 yesterday urged his two deputies to resign over a Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian rebels of grave diggers battled to prove they were the fast- US billionaire philanthropist George Soros soccer championship, called for an end to a rail political dispute in which they are both embroiled torturing fighters and their sympathisers captured est and best in the business. Taking their places of seeking to spark unrest in the country by strike and told pilots their plans to stop work so that the government can press ahead with in the separatist east. The condemnation came at plots selected by pulling names out of a hard financing groups critical of the right-wing were “irresponsible”. The calls came as a national crucial economic reforms, but they rejected with violence once again flaring after a period of hat, 18 two-man teams waited for an off icial to government’s hardline migrant stance. “Soros is stoppage on the railways entered its third day, his call. An alleged conflict of interest involving relative calm in the 25-month war. The Off ice of shout “Start!” before shovelling at the ground to opposing the government...by supporting non- reducing train services by about half, a week Tomislav Karamarko, head of the biggest party the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights dig a precise, regulation-size grave as quickly as governmental groups which want to push back before the June 10 opening of the soccer tourna- in the ruling coalition, the conservative HDZ, has (OHCHR) said 9,371 people have been killed and possible. “I don’t think this is morbid,” the Hungar- the Hungarian government’s position on the ment which should draw some 2.5mn fans, many brought the four-month-old government close to 21,532 wounded since the revolt against the pro- ian Undertakers’ Association’s deputy chairman, migration issue,” Prime Minister Viktor Orban from abroad. Transport Minister Alain Vidalies said collapse. Bozo Petrov, the other deputy premier Western government in Kiev began in Ukraine’s Zoltan Juracsik, said at the national grave-digging told national Kossuth radio. But “the people the government had satisfied union demands to who heads “Most” (Bridge), a small reformist party industrial heartland in April 2014. Kiev and its contest at the cemetery in Debrecen, Budapest. don’t support the migrant policies of European protect rest periods for rail workers and help with in the coalition, has been pressing Karamarko to Western allies accuse Russia of plotting and back- “This is a profession, and the colleagues who toil governments, despite the financial support the $56bn debt of SNCF rail company, saying the quit. Karamarko and Petrov rejected Oreskovic’s ing the conflict in order to keep its former Soviet in competition today are proud and deserve our NGOs receive from George Soros who is trying CGT union should call off its action. appeal. neighbour in its historic sphere of influence. respect.” to cause trouble,” he added. Germany and Turkey seek to limit genocide vote damage

AFP Merkel’s spokesman Steff en Istanbul Seibert described the relation- ship as “very broad and very deep”, saying such ties “can and urkey and Germany yes- will weather any diff erences in terday vowed their criti- opinion.” Tcal alliance would not be Yildirm held talks yesterday broken by a ferocious dispute in Baku with Turkey’s top ally sparked by the German parlia- Azerbaijan which is locked in an ment’s resolution recognising explosive dispute with Yerevan the mass killings of Armenians over the Armenian-controlled by Ottoman forces as genocide. territory of Nagorny-Karabakh, Seeking to keep the row from seized in a war after the fall of the erupting into a full-blown cri- Soviet Union. sis, Turkish Prime Minister In Baku, Yildirim adopted a Binali Yildirim emphasised the slightly harsher tone, saying key relationship would con- the resolution “dealt a blow to tinue while Berlin said ties deep rooted Turkish-German were strong enough to weather relations” while hoping the splits. harm would be “at the mini- The German lower house on mum level”. Thursday passed a non-binding The use of the word “geno- A shoe lies washed up on a beach on the coast of the northwestern Libyan port city of Zuwarah. Bodies of more than 117 migrants have been recovered by Libyan authorities as a new resolution recognising the mass cide” goes to the heart of a long- migrant boat tragedy unfolded in the Mediterranean south of Greece. killings of Armenians from 1915 running battle for world opinion under the Ottoman Empire as between Armenia and Turkey genocide, prompting Ankara to over the massacres committed a recall its ambassador from Berlin century ago. for consultations. Armenia has led a campaign The dispute sparked alarm for decades to have the blood- over the potential damage to shed characterised as genocide, relations between Turkey and which Turkey rejects as a gross Germany at a sensitive time injustice. Hundreds feared missing when the two sides are work- Ankara argues the killings ing together to implement a deal were a collective tragedy in seeking to halt illegal migration which equal numbers of Turks to the EU. and Armenians died. “Germany and Turkey are two Beyond recalling the ambas- very important allies. No one sador, it was not clear what con- should expect that relations will crete action Ankara could take as boat sinks off Greece suddenly deteriorate completely against Berlin, and EU capitals because of this decision or simi- will hope there is no knock-on AFP Libyan authorities said mean- with at least 700 migrants on The deaths are the fi rst in Greek a child drowned off the island of lar decisions,” Yildirim said. eff ect on the controversial deal Athens while they had found the bodies board”. waters since April, as a contro- Samos. “Whatever the circumstances, aimed at stemming the fl ow of of at least 117 migrants on the The sinking yesterday marked versial March deal between the Greek tourist islands in the we will continue the relationship migrants through Turkey. shore in the western Libyan town the second migrant vessel found EU and Turkey designed to halt Aegean witnessed the arrival of with our friends and our allies,” “In the medium term, Germa- reek rescuers were of Zwara - possibly from one of in that area of the southern the fl ow of migrants using the hundreds of thousands of peo- he added. ny and Turkey have deep-rooted searching for survivors another three boats that capsized Aegean Sea since last week, in- popular Aegean route has led to a ple crossing in fl imsy boats from President Recep Tayyip Er- intrinsic links which will not Gyesterday after a migrant last week off the Libyan shores dicating that people smugglers sharp drop in arrivals. nearby Turkey last year, many of dogan warned on Thursday that disappear from one day to the boat sank off the island of Crete, - and warned that the toll could may be forging a new route to Nevertheless, some 204,000 them refugees fl eeing the war in the motion would “seriously af- other,” said Samim Akgonul, po- leaving at least nine people dead rise. avoid Nato ships. migrants and refugees have Syria. fect” ties between the two coun- litical scientist at France’s Stras- and hundreds feared missing. “The total number of bod- It was not immediately clear crossed the Mediterranean to But the number of people us- tries, saying he would have fur- bourg University, adding Turkey “Until this point 340 (peo- ies retrieved until now is 117... where exactly the boat had left Europe since January, the United ing that route has reduced to a ther talks after returning from an had a tendency to “blow hot and ple) have been rescued and nine 70% of them were women plus from or where it was headed, or Nations refugee agency said on trickle after the EU-Turkey deal, Africa trip. cold” over the issue. bodies have been recovered,” the six children,” said Khames al- the nationalities of those on board. Tuesday. under which migrants landing But Yildirim emphasised that Around 200 Turkish dem- Greek coastguard said in a state- Boussefi , media co-ordinator to A Greek coastguard spokes- More than 2,500 people have on the islands can be sent back less than half of the lawmakers in onstrators, some hurling eggs, ment, without giving details on the Libyan Red Crescent. woman said a passing ship spot- died trying to make the perilous to Turkey, as well as the deploy- the Bundestag were present for protested outside the Germany the migrants’ nationalities. The names and nationalities ted the sinking vessel off Crete. journey this year - the vast ma- ment of Nato ships in the Aegean. the vote. embassy in Ankara. Three ships and a coastguard of the drowned migrants, whose When rescuers got to the scene, jority of them on crossings be- The IOM said its observations Despite the resolution having Some carried pictures of Cem vessel in addition to two helicop- bodies were found on Thursday, about half of the 25-metre-long tween Libya and Italy - as Europe supported the theory of a possi- cross-party support, top fi gures Ozdemir, a German lawmaker of ters were searching the waters off were not yet known. boat was completely underwater, battles its worst migration crisis ble new migrant route, reporting like Chancellor Angela Merkel Turkish origin who was one of the Greek island of Crete where The International Organisa- the spokeswoman said. since World War II. a “surge of new arrivals to Greece and Foreign Minister Frank-Wal- the initiators of the resolution, the boat, believed to have come tion for Migration (IOM) earlier “The number of people in The most recent deadly inci- further south, on sea lanes con- ter Steinmeier were all absent for with a red cross like a target su- from Africa with hundreds of mi- said the vessel that sank off Crete distress could be counted in the dent in the Aegean dates back to necting North Africa to the island the vote. perimposed on his face. grants on board, capsized. “is believed to have left Africa hundreds,” she said. early April when four women and of Crete.” Paris museums shut as Germany probes 180 swollen Seine nears peak over terror links AFP Two attackers were alleg- Berlin edly planning to detonate sui- Reuters locals kayaked along streets lit- is an automatic process above cide vests while the others were Paris tered with abandoned cars. 5.50 metres to move works in the to kill passersby with guns and “It’s a bit frightening, every- deepest storerooms higher,” Bru- erman prosecutors have explosives on a major street in thing that’s happening,” said a no Julliard, Paris’ deputy mayor, launched legal proceed- Duesseldorf, prosecutors said in he Louvre and Orsay mu- woman from Marseille who iden- told France Inter radio. Gings against 180 suspects a statement. seums in Paris moved tifi ed herself only as Odile. “Not The Louvre and the Musee linked to militant groups in Syr- The suspects were identifi ed as Tscores of artworks and long ago they ran a fl ood simula- d’Orsay are both home to world- ia, the justice ministry said yes- 27-year-old Hamza C, 25-year- precious artefacts to safety and tion, how to evacuate museums, renowned art collections, the terday, a day after police arrested old Mahood B, and Abd Arahman soldiers evacuated residents residents. And now it’s happen- former including the celebrated three Syrians suspected of plan- A K, 31, who were arrested in the trapped in some of the capital’s ing for real.” Mona Lisa painting and Venus de ning an attack. states of Brandenburg near Ber- outlying suburbs as the rain- The heavy fl ooding of the past Milo statue. “The chief prosecutor is cur- lin, North Rhine-Westphalia and swollen river Seine hit its highest week could cost French insur- Even as the Seine crested rently carrying out 120 proceed- Baden-Wurttemberg. level in 30 years. ance companies some 600mn higher, it remained well below ings targeting 180 suspects in A fourth Syrian man, Saleh A, French Environment Minister euros ($680.5mn) or more, in- the record high of 8.6 metres connection with the civil war 25, had been in custody in France Segolene Royal said the Seine had dustry association AFA said. reached in 1910, when thousands in Syria, for their membership since turning himself in in Feb- breached 19 feet in central Par- Both the Louvre and Orsay of Parisians had to fl ee inundated in, or backing of, a terrorist or- ruary, they said, and Germany is, submerging riverside roads, museums overlooking the Seine low-lying areas of the city. ganisation,” said justice ministry had now requested his extradi- swamping small businesses on were closed to the public yester- Offi cials warned fl ood wa- spokesman Philip Scholz. tion. quaysides and forcing the closure day. ters could take several weeks to Separately, the interior minis- Saleh A had gone to a police of an underground commuter In the Louvre, workers stacked recede after the wettest May in try said there were “499 poten- station in northern Paris on line. dozens of boxes marked fragile France for 100 years. tially dangerous individuals in February 1, telling officers that The worst aff ected areas lay and containing valuable statues, “What’s going to be even more the fi eld of terrorism”. he had “a certain amount of in- just to the south of the capital. In vases and artworks. painful for the families who have Federal prosecutors said on formation about a sleeper cell Villeneuve-Saint-Georges near Crates could be seen stacked in lost their homes, the heads of Thursday police had broken up that was ready to strike in Ger- Orly airport, soldiers and Red corridors, overlooked by classical companies who have lost their a suspected terror cell which many,” a French judicial source Cross volunteers helped strand- marble statues. businesses, employees who will was planning to carry out a sui- said. ed residents as fl ood waters rose “For the museums, even if for- be unable to go to work, is that Rescue workers from the French “Securite Civile” evacuate residents cide attack in the western city of He was held for four days and above knee level. tunately there isn’t any fl ooding the drop in the water level will be on the edge of the Seine river in Juvisy-sur-Orge, near Paris, France, Duesseldorf for the Islamic State interrogated by anti-terrorist In nearby Corbeil-Essonnes, of storerooms as of today, there very slow,” Royal said. yesterday. militant group. police. Gulf Times 10 Saturday, June 4, 2016 INDIA

TRAGEDY COMMENT LAW AND ORDER POLITICS CONTROVERSY 12 killed, many injured in Goa chief minister flayed Gurgaon gears up Sreeramakrishnan elected Modi silence on charges Tamil Nadu road accident for ‘Nigerians’ remark for new Jat stir Kerala assembly speaker against minister slammed

Twelve people died and several others were Leader of opposition in the state assembly, Bracing for renewed agitation by a section Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate The Congress yesterday questioned the injured yesterday in a multiple vehicle collision Pratapsingh Rane, yesterday criticised Goa of Jats from tomorrow, Gurgaon district P Sreeramakrishnan was yesterday elected silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on involving a bus, truck and a car in Krishnagiri Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar for his authorities yesterday appointed 22 duty speaker of the 14th Kerala assembly, an entirely the issue of charges against Maharashtra district of Tamil Nadu, police said. Police and fire discriminatory remark against Nigerian magistrates and issued orders prohibiting expected outcome except that he got not only Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse and fighting personnel rushed to the accident spot nationals, which triggered a controversy earlier any gathering of five or more persons in the a Bharatiya Janata Party vote but also a vote of demanded his dismissal. Khadse is facing and undertook rescue operations. The injured this week. Rane said that people in power district for the next 60 days. Besides 22 duty the main opposition United Democratic Front. twin charges of an illicit land deal and alleged have been admitted to a nearby government should be careful about negatively identifying magistrates, three sub-divisional magistrates Leader of the opposition Ramesh Chennithala connection with underworld don Dawood hospital. Krishnagiri district is around 260km nationalities while making such comments. “I have been put in overall charge of their acknowledged the “leak” of one vote. Ibrahim. “Modi your credibility is at stake. from Chennai. According to police, the bus was feel that it is not right for people in position to respective areas. The district administration Sreeramakrishnan got 92 votes as against 46 Take action against Khadse, dismiss him, travelling from Krishnagiri to Hosur while the single out a particular country... In this age of has already held a co-ordination meeting received by the United Democratic Front (UDF) register a case against him for misuse of truck was travelling in the opposite direction. The globalisation, we could spoil our relationship between civil and police off icers, Gurgaon candidate V P Sajeendran. In 140-member office and take decisive action,” said Congress truck driver lost control of his vehicle and hit the with countries,” Rane said. Earlier this week, deputy commissioner T L Satyaprakash said. house, 139 votes were cast, but one vote was spokesperson Randeep Surjewala. “The bus and also a car that was behind the bus. The Parsekar said Goans are “annoyed” with the Any group resorting to unlawful activities declared invalid - independent member P C people of Maharashtra and India demand that bus and car were severely damaged. Most of the behaviour, attitude and the way of life of will be dealt with sternly under the National George was clearly seen by all to be putting a prime minister breaks his studied silence on deceased were travelling in the bus. Nigerians living in the state. Security Act, he said blank ballot into the box. the issue,” he added.

Hospital Vijayan’s staff held 24 dead in comment over organ on dam trade police clash criticised IANS IANS New Delhi Thiruvananthapuram

wo employees of city- eaders of the Kerala oppo- based Apollo Hospital have sition led by former chief Tbeen arrested along with with park Lminister Oommen Chandy three touts on charges of tempt- and Ramesh Chennithala yester- ing needy people to donate their day met Chief Minister Pinarayi kidneys in exchange of money, Vijayan and conveyed their con- police said yesterday. cern over the latter’s statement Shailesh Saxena, 31, Aditya that the leaking Mullaperiyar Singh, 24, both Apollo Hospital dam was safe. employees, were arrested along squatters Addressing reporters at the with the touts Aseem Sikdar, 37, assembly complex, Chennithala Satya Prakash, 30, and Devash- AFP Mathura, Ahmad said some Swadhin Bharat Vidhik Satyag- said Vijayan’s statement last ish Moulik, 30, deputy commis- New Delhi of the Swadhin Bharat Vidhik rah’s followers describe them- week to the Delhi media on the sioner of police Mandeep Singh Satyagrah sect’s followers had selves as political and social dam had sparked fear in the Randhawa said. set fi re to huts which were stor- revolutionaries. Their demands minds of people in Kerala. “Saxena has been working as lashes between police ing gas cylinders and explosives include the abolition of elec- “This stand is contrary to the personal secretary to a doctor at and followers of a revo- during the clearance operation. tions and cheaper fuel for eve- earlier stance of successive Ker- Apollo Hospital for three years Clutionary sect have left “Twenty-two of their people ryone. ala governments that the ‘old’ while Singh was working as a at least 24 dead after an opera- have died, out of which 11 have “Their ideology is similar to dam was a serious threat to the secretary to another doctor of the tion to evict thousands of peo- died due to burn injuries. One of the Naxalites,” said divisional safety of the people. It was due hospital for four years,” Rand- ple from parkland erupted into the dead is a woman,” he added. commissioner Pradeep Bhatna- to this stance that a unanimous hawa said. violence, offi cials said yester- Police have also recovered gar, who is the top civilian offi - resolution for a new dam was The Delhi Police on Monday day. several dozen pistols and rifl es cial for the area. passed in the assembly,” Chen- got the information about the il- Two police offi cers were along with live ammunition Naxalites are Maoist revolu- nithala stressed. legal trade of human organs at among those killed in the over- rounds. tionaries who have been waging Four resolutions have been Apollo Hospital but conducted night clashes during a move to The operation was launched a four-decade long insurgency passed by the Kerala assembly raids only after getting a tip off expel around 3,000 sect follow- after authorities won a court or- in parts of eastern and central over the years stating that build- about two such victims being ers who had illegally occupied der to remove hundreds of tents India. ing of a new dam in place of the taken to Delhi for their kidney public land in Uttar Pradesh for and makeshift wooden struc- Hundreds of people were Mullaperiyar dam was impera- donation. the last two years. tures from a 270-acre patch of detained over the violence, in- tive. “The members of the gang at- Police and other offi cials land the sect had been occupy- cluding 124 who have been for- “He (Vijayan) said the state tempted needy people from vari- said they came under fi re from ing since late 2014. mally charged with rioting and government will put in place a ous parts of the country to donate members of the sect who were Television images and pic- murder. “We have identifi ed team of experts of international their kidney in exchange of mon- armed with automatic weapons tures from the scene showed four leaders of this illegal group. repute to study the safety of the ey. They also prepared forged pa- and also hurled crude explosive many of the huts where mem- We are looking for them and will dam. While we welcome this pers including the identity proofs devices during the violence in bers of the sect had been living arrest them soon,” said Ahmad. stand, we expressed our con- to establish the relationship be- Mathura. on fi re, with smoke billowing “We are trying to identify the cern that his statement will tween the donors and the recipi- “They were fi ring at us from across the area. bodies and it is possible some of be seized upon by Tamil Nadu ents,” Randhawa said. tree-tops. Others were hurl- An emergency services work- them may be the wanted leaders.” as they will soon approach the The offi cer said that Apollo ing stones or assaulting us with er said the clashes “seemed like One of the police offi cers who Supreme Court to increase the Hospital staff was also involved in sticks and other weapons. Two a war situation”, with ambu- was killed was a superintendent, water level at the dam from 142 this racket. of our men were wounded and lance staff aiding the wounded the most senior offi cer in Math- feet to 152 feet,” Chennithala “The recipients were charged they died in hospital,” said Ut- amid gunfi re and blasts. ura, which is around 150kms east felt. exorbitantly whereas only a small tar Pradesh police chief Javeed “It was the fi rst time I wit- of the capital New Delhi. Kerala and Tamil Nadu have amount was paid to the donors. Ahmad. nessed a medical emergency The Swadhin Bharat Vidhik been at loggerheads over the People falling prey come from “Soon after the attack, we got of this magnitude,” Yogendra Satyagrah sect is led by a man dam, built under an 1886 ac- various parts of the country like reinforcements and launched a Bhadauria, who led the fl eet of called Ram Vraksha Yadav, cord between the then Maharaja West Bengal, Kanpur in Uttar counter-attack on the camp and ambulances involved in the res- whom police say was at the park of Travancore and the erstwhile Pradesh, Delhi and Chennai in Homes ablaze following clashes with police during an eviction successfully cleared the area.” cue operation, said. when the violence broke out but British regime. Tamil Nadu,” the offi cer said. drive at the Jawahar Bagh park in Mathura. Speaking to reporters in In postings on social media, has so far eluded arrest. Though the dam is located in Kerala, it is owned, maintained and operated by Tamil Nadu and Kerala has for long been demanding de-commissioning JKLF rally of the dam that has developed Three soldiers leaks. While the Kerala govern- killed in Kashmir ment has all along been claim- ing that the dam poses a serious threat to lives and property in IANS five districts of the state tak- Srinagar/Jammu ing into account its age, Tamil Nadu wants the height and wa- ter storage of the dam to be in- hree BSF troopers were killed and 10 creased. others, among them civilians, were A Supreme Court directive in Tinjured in a Hizb-ul-Mujhideen at- May 2014 allowed Tamil Nadu to tack on a security forces convoy in south increase the water level from 136 Kashmir’s Bijbehara town yesterday, police feet to a maximum of 142 feet. sources said. The social media in Tamil A police offi cial in Srinagar said “a BSF Nadu has been all praise for Vi- convoy coming from Jammu to Srinagar was jayan ever since he stated that ambushed by militants on the highway in Bi- that the dam was safe. jbehara town of Anantnag district”. However, the chief minister’s Militant outfi t Hizb-ul-Mujhideen party colleague and former chief claimed the responsibility of the attack. Its minister V S Achuthanandan operational spokesperson Burhanuddin told has shot off a letter to the party a local news agency that “several soldiers leadership that Vijayan’s state- were killed in the attack carried out by a spe- ment was “unwarranted”, and cial squad of the outfi t”. that the Communist Party of “Besides the death of these troopers, many Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) India (Marxist), the second big- more were critically injured,” he said, vowing activists stage a demonstration against proposed gest constituent of the ruling Left “the attacks on the security establishments Sainik and Pandit colonies in Srinagar yesterday. Democratic Front (LDF), was also will continue”. taken aback by the statement. ‘Dubious’ class XII topper skips exam

IANS possible, as per provisions to can- cooking,” and Saurabh Shreshtha, board offi ce here,” a BSEB offi cial Patna cel her result,” Bihar School Ex- a Science topper, said: “Most re- Hariharnath Jha said. amination Board (BSEB) chairman active element in the periodic ta- Rubi reportedly informed the Lalkeshwar Prasad told reporters ble is aluminium.” board that she was unwell and ihar’s class XII ‘topper’ in on a day when 13 other toppers, Ruby scored 444 out of 500 could not take the exams. Arts, Rubi Rai, who said from Arts and Science streams, marks in Arts stream and Saurabh The 13 other students, includ- Bpolitical science is all about did appear for the re-test. Shreshtha 485 out of 500 in Sci- ing four from Arts stream and nine cooking, will face stern action The 14 students were called for ence. from Science, appeared before a for failing to appear in a re-test a re-test by the BSEB after a TV Both belong to V R College in panel of experts and anti-corrup- yesterday, exam board’s head La- channel showed an interview in Vaishali district. tion wing of the board which are lkeshwar Prasad Singh said. which Rubi Rai said: “Prodikal “All the toppers, except Rai, ap- probing if they had cheated their “We are bound to take action, if (read political) science is about peared for re-examination at the way to the top. Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 11 PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN

Former Pakistan budget targets tax minister jailed for Haj rises to shore up fi nances kickbacks Reuters get, and a contraction in the ag- Islamabad ricultural sector this year meant many Pakistanis do not feel Reuters much better off . Islamabad akistan is targeting a near Pakistan’s economy needs to 16% rise in tax revenues in grow at more than 6-percent per Pthe fi scal year ending June annum to absorb new entrants Pakistani court jailed a 2017, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar coming into the workforce, ex- former religious aff airs said yesterday as he unveiled a perts say. Aminister for 16 years yes- budget aimed at shoring up the Dar said Prime Minister Na- terday for taking kickbacks in ar- South Asian country’s fi nances. waz Sharif’s government’s pri- ranging the annual Muslim Haj Dar said Pakistan would cut ority in the year ahead was to pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia, me- its fi scal defi cit to 3.8% of gross push Pakistan’s persistently low dia reported. domestic product for the com- tax-to-GDP ratio to above 10% Hamid Saeed Kazmi was an ing fi nancial year, down from and raise taxation revenues. Pa- infl uential minister in the gov- the 4.3% envisaged for this year, kistan’s fi nancial year runs from ernment of the Pakistan People’s and helped by a planned rise in July to June. Party that was in power from tax collection to 3.95tn rupees Khurram Husain, a Karachi- 2008-2013. ($37.8bn). based analyst, said the govern- He was charged with hiring a Pakistan’s economy is grow- ment was proposing to raise substandard building to house ing at its quickest rate in eight taxes on turnover and fi nancial Pakistani pilgrims to Makkah in years after a slide in oil prices transactions, which could hurt 2009, charging exorbitant rents and expansion in industry and economic activity. It had largely from the travellers and receiving services boosted demand. In- left income and consumption kickbacks. vestor confi dence has slowly taxes alone, he said. A special court also convicted returned to a country that was “I see it more as a fi re-fi ghting two other former offi cials of the battered by the global fi nancial budget. The government is hav- religious aff airs ministry and crisis. ing a very hard time transiting jailed them for 16 and 40 years, “The dangers to the economy out of fi re-fi ghting mode into respectively, Dawn newspaper are now far behind us. Economic producing a growth-inducing reported on its website. growth has hit an eight year budget. And this budget speech All three were taken into cus- high. This would have been even appears to confi rm that,” Husain tody after the court announced better if it had not been for a 28% told Reuters. the verdict. They have the right fall in the cotton crop,” Dar told Successive governments have to appeal the order at Islamabad parliament. promised to rein in tax evad- High Court. Still, the economy remains ers and boost revenues but face Each year, more than structurally weak, hamstrung by fi erce resistance to change, in- 100,000 Pakistanis perform poor infrastructure, struggling cluding from the many politi- Employees sorting documents before they were distributed for the presentation of the 2016-17 budget in the National Assembly in Islamabad yesterday. the Haj pilgrimage, considered exports, the threat of militant cians and businessmen believed a religious obligation for prac- violence and a very narrow tax to be among those dodging their and the hefty cost of funding its who end up fi nancing much of budget would rise 11% year-on- and start hiking spending after it tising Muslims. base. taxes. military has left Pakistan with the social infrastructure. year to 860bn rupees. exits an International Monetary The pilgrimage was marred The GDP growth rate of 4.7% Fewer than 1% of Pakistan’s insuffi cient money to spend on Dar said total spending for the Some economists predict that Fund programme later this year last September by a crush that in the year to June 2016 was less 190mn people pay income tax. modernising its schools and hos- 2016/17 year was estimated at Pakistan will miss its fi scal defi - and heads into a general election killed hundreds of people, in- than the government’s 5.5% tar- The low level of collection pitals, to the dismay of donors 5.08tn rupees, while the defence cit targets over the coming years in 2018. cluding 109 Pakistanis. 17 abducted PTI chief predicts polls by year-end

Internews He has even charted out a plan an ultimate option in his mind to Electable faces have gained opposition after the PPP’s 37 seats. Islamabad for a better electoral outcome for achieve this, if no legal remedy signifi cance in electoral politics To transform the vote bank into Hazaras freed his party this time. comes in handy. since the 1985 non-party polls parliamentary seats, the PTI chief “It will not go on till 2018. I And for the next elections, Im- held under the then military wants to go for traditional win- pposition leader Imran think elections will be held this ran wants to pitch a combination regime, Imran says. ning horses in rural constituen- AFP passengers, many of them Khan says he foresees year,” the Pakistan Tehrik-e-In- of old and new faces, electable The cricketer-turned-politi- cies, especially in south Punjab, Kabul summarily executed, and Osnap polls by the end of saf (PTI) chairman told a group from rural constituencies and cian has been in active politics interior Sindh and Balochistan. kidnapped dozens of others this year in Pakistan, drawing of journalists. dogmatic workers in urban areas. since 1997. The PTI could secure The strategy is not risk-free in northern Kunduz province from his belief that Prime Min- He did not share any roadmap The PTI chief espouses the idea only one seat - Imran himself the and might land the same old eventeen Shia Hazaras earlier this week. ister Nawaz Sharif’s family will leading to the dissolution of as- of strong party vote bank over winner in 2002 elections. faces back in parliament. kidnapped in northern The insurgents said they not be able to exonerate itself semblies and ultimately result- individual vote bank. He wants The party boycotted the 2008 The previous election’s experi- SAfghanistan have been were targeting Afghan secu- from the Panama Leaks scandal. ing in mid-term polls, except his to emulate Zulfi kar Ali Bhutto’s elections but in 2013 bagged al- ence and a number of by-polls lat- released, offi cials said yes- rity offi cials aboard the buses In case nothing concrete comes belief the government will not model for 1970 elections, when most half the number of votes er, he has learnt that where a new terday, after gunmen hauled passing through the insurgen- out of the proposed Panama com- survive the Panama Leaks on- the Pakistan People’s Party tick- of Sharif’s ruling Pakistan Mus- face is pitched in the election race, them out of their vehicles in cy-prone district of Aliabad. mission and the other opposition slaught. et was enough to secure a seat. lim League-N secured. PTI has the party should have a strong in- the latest assault on the ethnic Regional police command- parties shy away, his party is ready Building public pressure However, he is also cognisant of only 34 seats against the PML- frastructure in the constituency minority group. er Shir Aziz Kamawal said a to fi ght the case on the streets. through street agitation seems ground realities of the day. N’s 188 and stands second in to back such a candidate. The incident on Wednesday handful of passengers from in Sar-e-Pul province comes the Kunduz attack were still in amid a spate of attacks against Taliban captivity. $118.31bn lost in 14 years due to terror civilian vehicles, underscoring “The hostages have been a worsening security situation spread out into several vil- Ghani arrives in Herat The latest edition of the national Economic Survey for 2015-16 after the Taliban named a new lages in Chardara district of reveals that Pakistan’s economy has suff ered a colossal loss of leader last week. Kunduz,” Kamawal said. “Vil- $118.3bn (Rs9,869bn) during the last 14 years. “We secured the release lage elders are trying to secure The direct and indirect cost incurred by Pakistan due to of 17 passengers abducted by their release.” incidents of terrorism in the last 14 years amounted to $118.31bn Taliban gunmen” late Thurs- The violence underscores (Rs9,869.16bn). day, provincial governor Zaher Afghanistan’s fragile security The adverse impact of the menace of deadliest spate of terrorism Wahdat said. situation as the militants in- arising out of the conflict and instability in Afghanistan in the “Local elders and residents tensify assaults against gov- aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks and their regional implications mediated for their safe re- ernment forces after launching had immensely impacted Pakistan’s economy. lease,” he said, adding that all their spring off ensive in April. After the US invasion of Afghanistan, Pakistan saw a huge influx 17 were civilians with no gov- The Taliban also last week of Afghan refugees as one of the main host countries. There was ernment connections. announced Haibatullah Ak- a sudden rise in the number and scale of terrorist attacks in the The Taliban have so far not hundzada as their new leader, country. commented on the incident. elevating a low-profi le reli- The cumulative impact of these developments adversely impacted There has been a surge in gious fi gure in a swift power the overall growth rate in all the major sectors of the economy. violence against Hazaras, a transition after offi cially con- Normal economic and trading activities were disrupted, resulting community that has suff ered fi rming the death of Mullah in higher costs of doing business and significant delays in meeting a long history of oppression, Mansour in a US drone strike. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, centre, left, arrived in Herat yesterday a day before the inauguration the export orders around the globe. As a result, Pakistani products with a series of kidnappings Observers say Akhundzada of the Salma Hydroelectric Dam. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Afghanistan for gradually lost their market share to their competitors. Economic and killings in recent months. is seen as more of a spiritual the second time in six months this weekend, on a one-day visit to inaugurate a dam with Afghan growth could not pick up as planned. The latest incident came fi gurehead than a military President Ashraf Ghani, said India’s foreign ministry. after the Taliban killed 10 bus commander. Move to protect projects against graft

Top anti-graft organisations of Pakistan and China will jointly monitor the $46bn China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and its related projects to ensure transparency and avoid chances of corruption. Both countries will soon sign a memorandum of understanding Pakistani father of 35 aims for 100 children (MoU) for anti-corruption co-operation and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) chairman Qamar Zaman will fly to China this month to sign the document. AFP medicine like her father. pees per month - more than 10 to World Bank and government Zaman says Pakistan and China will ensure transparency and fairness Quetta, Pakistan Jan’s eldest son, 13-year-old times Pakistan’s average - in a fi gures. in all projects being executed or to be launched under the CPEC. Mohammed Esa, also wanted to neighbourhood that lacks basic Jan put his fertility down to Almost all road projects of the CPEC are being executed by the emulate the patriarch - but he amenities such as tap water and daily doses of fresh and dry National Highway Authority (NHA) and concerns have been Pakistani father of 35 is has set his sights even higher, sewage, he said. fruits, milk and meat; as well raised that in several such projects alleged irregularities and now searching for a fourth resolving that he will have more He insisted he has never faced as reciting the Holy Qur’an and discrepancies have been committed. Awife as he romps towards than 100 children. any fi nancial problems trying to praying fi ve times a day. Recently, the NAB chairman visited China to attend a UN convention his goal of 100 children, a dubious Jan, who claims he is a quali- care for his brood, but did not His marriages were all ar- on corruption, organised by the International Association of Anti- ambition in the country where po- fi ed medical technician, runs explain how he could cover all ranged by his parents. “I mar- Corruption Authorities, and met Prof Cao Jianming, Prosecutor lygamy is rare but still practised. Sardar Haji Jan Mohammad an unregulated clinic where he the expenses with just pay for his ried the fi rst one...when I was 26 General of China, on the sidelines of the convention. Sardar Jan Mohammad Khilji, Khilji during an interview at his treats people for minor ailments medical work. years old, and the next year wed- 46, says he believes it is his re- residence in Quetta. such as headaches, adding that Jan conceded that his needs ded the other two within a gap of ligious duty to have as many as he is “serving humanity” he may increase as his children fi ve months,” he said. MQM wins in Karachi by-elections children as possible. that they all live in harmony charges just 250 rupees ($2.30) grow and so is calling on the gov- His next wedding, however, could Despite being under pressure from security agencies for over a Insisting it is “very rare” together - though he would not per patient. ernment to allocate funds for the be arranged via Facebook: since his year and restricted in its political activities, the Muttahida Qaumi that he mixes up his children’s allow AFP to speak with them. He also runs a seminary funded food, education, and healthcare story aired in Pakistani media, he Movement (MPM) of Altaf Hussain has managed to win the latest names, the medical technician At least two of his children ap- by donations where nearly 400 of his family - a request that is says, he has had a slew of marriage electoral battles in Karachi. said he juggles their aff ections pear to support his goals, how- students - including four of his unlikely to be fulfi lled. off ers via the social network. Off icial sources said here Friday that the MQM recaptured both the by taking turns to attend fam- ever, including his eldest child sons - are studying the Qur’an, But Jan has faith. If the gov- A large poster on the wall at electoral constituencies of PS-106 and PS-117 of the Sindh Assembly ily events with them and their Shagufta Nasreen. and says he pays for 20 of his 35 ernment does not listen, he said, Jan’s house carries the symbol in by-elections held a day earlier. mothers, such as weddings. “A large family is like Allah children to attend private school. he trusts in God to provide. he used when he ran for provin- In PS-106, Mahfoozyar Khan of MQM bagged 18,137 votes to defeat His three current wives sup- bestowing a case of mangoes,” The household expenditures Pakistan has the highest birth cial offi ce in 2013: a double bed, his closest rival Abdul Samad of Pakistan People’s Party who could port his procreational and mat- the 15-year-old explained, add- of his growing empire, however, rate in South Asia - around three which, he said, “denotes special manage only 960 votes while Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf’s Nusrat rimonial goals, he said, adding ing that she hopes to go into can reach up to 120,000 ru- children per woman according pleasure and meaning in my life.” Anwar could muster only 524 votes. Gulf Times 12 Saturday, June 4, 2016 PHILIPPINES Beijing slams Rush hour gridlock Manila defi nition of sea ‘reef’

Reuters Hua Chunying said. “This is Beijing a violation of international law and completely unac- ceptable,” Hua said in a state- s Asia’s biggest secu- ment posted to the ministry’s rity summit is set to website. Aconvene, China yester- Chinese fishermen had day accused the Philippines historically lived on Itu Aba of seeking to negate its sover- year-round, and fished, dug eignty in the South China Sea wells, cultivated plants and by describing Taiping Island as constructed buildings, all a reef and not an island in Ma- evidence that it was an island nila’s territorial court case. capable of sustaining human Tensions in the South China life and economic activity, Sea are set to dominate the Hua said. Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), China claims almost the exposing a deepening rivalry entire South China Sea, between the United States and through which about $5tn China ahead of a landmark worth of ship-borne goods legal ruling over the disputed passes every year. area in the Hague. Brunei, Malaysia, the Phil- Beijing refuses to recognise ippines, Taiwan and Vietnam the case lodged by the Phil- also have claims to the wa- ippines with the Permanent ters. Court of Arbitration in The Self-ruled Taiwan controls Hague over territorial claims in Itu Aba, which some ana- the South China Sea and says lysts believe has the strongest such disputes should be re- claim to island status and an solved through bilateral talks. economic zone. Manila is challenging the Late last year it finished a A view of motorists during rush hour as they cruise on Edsa, a main highway in Manila, yesterday. legality of China’s claim there, $100mn port upgrade on Itu in part by arguing that no land Aba, which has an airstrip, a mass in the Spratly archipela- hospital and fresh water. go, including Itu Aba, known China, which claims sov- as Taiping Island in Chinese, ereignty over Taiwan, has ap- can legally be considered a peared unruffled by Taiwan’s life-sustaining island. upgrading work on Itu Aba. That would mean it cannot Military strategists say hold rights to a 370km exclu- that is because it could fall sive economic zone. into China’s hands should it “The Philippines’ attempt ever take over Taiwan. Duterte vents anger at to define Taiping Island as a Taiwan in May called on ‘reef’ exposes that the goal the international court not of its arbitration case is to try to make a ruling on the legal to negate China’s sovereignty status of Itu Aba in the South and related rights over the China Sea case if the judges Spratly Islands,” China’s For- don’t visit first to see for eign Ministry spokeswoman themselves it can sustain life. UN for being ‘too weak’

AFP cial rapporteur on extrajudicial Manila killings, Philip Alston, high- President-elect urged to respect office lighted concerns about unsolved murders in Davao. The Philippines has a “terrible” responsibility for any off ice ontroversial Philippine “A death squad operates in record of media violence that holder to show respect for president-elect Rodrigo Davao City, with men routinely needs to be rectified. the off ice that they hold and CDuterte has launched a killing street children and others This was disclosed by UK respect for the people whom profanity-laced tirade against in broad daylight,” Alston said in ambassador to the Philippines they have the privilege to the United Nations while criti- a report. Asif Ahmad, who criticised govern,” he said in a chat dur- cising it for being too weak to fi x Human rights groups have President-elect Rodrigo ing the celebration of Queen problems in the Middle East and accused Duterte of links to the Duterte for his uncalled-for Elizabeth II’s 90th birthday Africa. so-called Davao Death Squads, remarks on the killings of at his residence on Thursday In a seemingly unprovoked which they say have murdered alleged corrupt journalists, night. He added: “As president, attack on the UN at a Thursday more than 1,000 people. Manila Times reported. we expect a diff erent tone night press conference, Duterte Duterte has variously denied Duterte had justified the as- because everything he says vented his anger in response to and acknowledged any links to sassination of some journal- will be on behalf of the nation. a question about foreign media them. ists, saying they wouldn’t This is not an issue where groups that were critical of him. But he has been unequivocal “be killed if (they) didn’t do he is speaking personally.” “That’s the trouble here, that thousands of criminals will anything wrong.” Ahmad said Ahmad was also displeased they’re always raising fears be killed when he takes offi ce the United Kingdom is “totally with Duterte wolf-whistling about this or that United Nations and unleashes security forces in committed to the elimination at a female TV reporter, as convention,” Duterte said, even an unprecedented war on crime. and condemnation” of the well as his rape joke about an though the journalists’ criticism One of Duterte’s main election killing of journalists. A report Australian missionary woman had not been linked to UN pro- campaign pledges was to end from US-based Committee who was gang-raped and tocols. crime within six months of tak- to Protect Journalists stated killed by inmates in a Davao “UN can’t even solve the Mid- ing offi ce. that the Philippines, where prison in 1989. “We have very, dle East carnage...couldn’t even This week he off ered bounties at least 75 journalists have very clear and unshakeable lift a fi nger in Africa...shut up all President-elect, Rodrigo Duterte speaks during a news conference in Davao city in southern Philippines. worth tens of thousands of dol- been killed since 1992, is the standards of behaviour, and of you.” lars to security forces who killed second-deadliest country we would expect nothing less Duterte, 71, had been incensed rupt journalists, Duterte said on the most dangerous nations in The United Nations has made drug traffi ckers. for journalists. Ahmad said from any leader of this great by the criticism of foreign and Tuesday that one murdered re- the world for journalists, with no recent criticism of Duterte, Duterte courted further con- the UK expects a diff erent country,” he said.“We have local media groups to his com- porter who was a vocal critic of 174 murdered since a chaotic and who has been mayor of the troversy by wolf whistling a fe- tone from the new Philippine a great respect for gender ments earlier in the week that his who deserved to die. corruption-plagued democracy southern city of Davao for most male journalist, then responding president as he represents the equality and also on people’s corrupt journalists were legiti- Duterte refused to apologise replaced the dictatorship of Fer- of the past two decades and will to her husband’s outrage by in- whole nation.“There is a huge sexual orientation.” mate targets of assassination. on Thursday and also warned the dinand Marcos three decades be sworn into offi ce on June 30. sisting he was not sexually har- Explaining his stance on cor- media. The Philippines is one of ago. But in 2008 the then-UN spe- assing her. Japan seeks multilateral talks Police receive fi rst kill bounties AFP comments celebrating the killing drug lords, with lesser By Michael Joe T Delizo bitration in The Hague, The Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr ear- down its ruling.“It is not nice Manila deaths of the three men, as he amounts for lower-ranking peo- Manila Times Netherlands, is expected to lier said holding bilateral talks to change policy. Do not expect lashed out at the Commission on ple in drug syndicates. come out with its ruling on a with Beijing is the only way to to change any policy in so far as Human Rights, a constitution- However Osmena’s rewards memorial fi led by the Philip- resolve the maritime dispute. our action in the West Philip- Philippine politician said ally mandated body, for investi- are the fi rst confi rmation of a Japanese offi cial yester- pines against Beijing soon. The last time the Philippines pine Sea is concerned. he had given more than gating the circumstances of the payment being made for killing day urged the incoming “Japan has been constantly and China held talks was in Maybe we can have a diff er- A$3,000 to police offi cers May 28 killings. a suspect. ADuterte administration supporting the Philippines’ 2014 at the sidelines of an Asia ent strategy, we can have a dif- for killing drug traffi ckers, the “CHR = Criminals.Have. Duterte’s law-and-order to hold multilateral negotia- use of arbitral tribunal which Pacifi c Economic Co-operation ferent emphasis on what to do. fi rst such rewards since presi- Rights.(Even more than the real campaign pledges hypnotised tions with countries claiming respects the rule of law and (Apec) forum. But the point is to have this dent-elect Rodrigo Duterte pro- victims),” Osmena wrote. millions of Filipinos hoping for parts of the West Philippine Sea pursues the peaceful resolution Yasay, however, said the Phil- matter resolved peacefully for moted bounties for slain crimi- Osmena described one of the quick solutions to the nation’s (South China Sea) amid a seem- through the arbitration,” Kawai ippines will only have multilat- the mutual benefi t of all the nals. slain suspects, Rowen Secre- deep-rooted problems of crime ing warming of ties between said. eral talks with other claimants– parties concerned,” he added. Duterte won last month’s taria, as one of Cebu’s biggest and corruption. Manila and Beijing. The offi cial added that he Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, The European Union con- elections in a landslide af- drug dealers.Osmena did not However human rights groups “I personally think that a informed Duterte about the re- Taiwan and Vietnam –that may gratulated President-elect ter pledging to wipe out crime return calls from AFP request- and other critics voiced alarm multilateral dialogue will be cent G7 Summit in Ise-Shima, be aff ected by the tribunal’s de- Rodrigo Duterte and vowed to by killing tens of thousands of ing comment, and in a previous that a Duterte presidency would very important and very bene- Japan, where advanced econo- cision. continue supporting the Mind- criminals, and this week said he interview refused to disclose lead to extrajudicial killings and fi cial for all the countries which mies released a declaration He added that the new ad- anao peace process. would pay bounties to law en- where the money for the boun- a general breakdown in the rule are engaged in that issue,” Kat- reaffi rming the importance of ministration will not change “The Philippines and the forcement offi cers for dead drug ties would come from. of law. suyuki Kawai, special adviser resolving the sea dispute by the Philippines’ existing foreign EU share a close partnership traffi ckers. Osmena and Duterte, like all A recent spate of drug sus- to the Japanese Prime Minister, peaceful means, including ar- policy in a sense that the Con- grounded in a long history and Tomas Osmena, mayor-elect winners in the national elec- pects being killed has deepened noted in a news briefi ng. bitration. stitution states that the country in strong mutual interests. of Cebu, the nation’s second- tions, will not take offi ce until those fears. Kawai said he had a meet- Kawai said he and Duterte “should maintain an independ- We are encouraged by the biggest city, off ered similar re- June 30. Police have confi rmed killing ing with President-elect Rod- agreed that the ruling of the ent foreign policy and that it dynamic development of our wards and announced on his Fa- But Duterte this week urged at least 15 drug suspects, includ- rigo Duterte in Davao City on arbitral tribunal is important, must be in pursuit (of) the para- relations and look forward to cebook page on Thursday night security forces to begin the war ing Secretaria and his group, Thursday where he informed that freedom of navigation mount national interest.” working with you on further he had paid out 155,000 pesos on crime immediately, calling on since May 24. However police Duterte that Japan is backing must be maintained and the Yasay said the Philippines strengthening our political, ($3,300) to police who killed them to kill criminals. have insisted all of those deaths the Philippines in pursuing an Philippines and Japan should will only decide if it will take bi- economic, trade and develop- three men he said were drug traf- Duterte announced on Tues- occurred because the suspects arbitration case against China. promote security co-operation. lateral or multilateral approach ment co-operation,” the EU fi ckers. day he would pay 3mn pesos fought back, and that there were The Permanent Court of Ar- Incoming Foreign Aff airs after the tribunal has handed said in a statement. Osmena posted a series of ($21,000) to law enforcers for no illegal killings. Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 13 SRI LANKA/BANGLADESH/NEPAL

Lanka monetary board calls for more transparent bond auctions Sri Lanka’s Monetary Board has recommended the central bank Sufi s in Bangladesh defy provide more information about bond auctions after repeated allegations that it had been raising funds via local bonds at higher than market rates, reports Reuters from Colombo. The Monetary Board statement came amid heavy criticism of the central bank for allegedly borrowing larger attacks to hold gathering volumes than it had announced before its weekly primary auctions. Braving a scorching sun, Many followers had trav- Central Bank governor Arjuna the followers of Sufi leader elled from remote parts of the Mahendran has repeatedly Hazrat Dewanbagi, gather country to join the gather- rejected the allegations and a in the streets near Dhaka’s ing, with police saying about panel of legal experts appointed main commercial district as 30,000 people took part and by the government cleared him of speakers exhort tolerance organisers putting attendance similar allegations last year. for other Muslims and at a couple of hundred thou- The bank’s critics have accused members of diff erent faiths sand. it of accepting government Security was tight as police securities at higher yields than AFP vans patrolled the streets and market rates, favouring one Dhaka organisers set up nearly a dozen primary dealer and using Sri check-posts to search people Lanka’s largest pension fund to who entered the venue. buy bonds at higher rates. ens of thousands of Sufi s Fourteen Sufi s have been The board statement said two descended on the Bang- murdered since December 2013 monetary tightening measures early Tladeshi capital yesterday in religiously motivated attacks. this year had resulted in an increase in a defi ant show of unity, fol- “I’ve heard militants have in yields for government securities. lowing a spate of targeted kill- killed Sufi leaders. But I am not The board recommended that ings of members of the Muslim afraid,” said Azizul Haq, 55, a the bank’s public finance team minority by suspected Islamist farmer, who travelled from a should hold pre-bid meetings militants. town located 150km north of with all primary dealers to Braving a scorching sun, Dhaka. share information on market the followers of a top Sufi “By following Sufi sm, I’ve developments and set a clearly leader gathered in the streets become a good human being. defined auction calendar. near Dhaka’s main com- Sufi sm is the rightful path,” he It also recommended the team mercial district as speakers said. should examine international best exhorted tolerance for other The Sufi leader, Hazrat De- practices on how volumes are Muslims and members of dif- wanbagi, addressed and led the advertised and accepted at public ferent faiths. congregation after the Friday auctions and propose to the Sufi sm is an off shoot of prayers from his home, which board how the central bank could mainstream Islam whose fol- was shown on a giant screen adopt such practices. lowers are often denounced as part of stepped-up security The board also recommended the as “infi dels” in Bangladesh measures. island’s largest pension fund should for their mystical traditions, Abul Kalam Azad, a spokes- actively participate at primary auctions. including worshipping at man for the Sufi congregation, Since Mahendran was appointed as shrines. said that the extra security was bank governor by Prime Minister “If anyone does good work due to “the recent attacks” on Ranil Wickremesinghe, he has and has faith in the God, he’ll minorities by extremists. Followers of Sufi leader Hazrat Dewanbagi off ering Friday prayers during the annual congregation in Dhaka yesterday. changed the way t-bonds are sold be blessed by Him. It does not Extremists have claimed re- in the market, switching to sell all matter whether he’s a Muslim, sponsibility for around 40 kill- tians and Sufi s. Many have been Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) wing. for most of the attacks, but re- bonds via public auction instead Jew or a Christian,” Mohiuddin ings in the last three years of slaughtered with machetes. or international militant groups Police have blamed the JMB, a jected the assertion that IS or of selling a large number of bonds Khan Faruqi, one of the speak- foreigners, secular bloggers, gay Most have been claimed by the such as the Islamic State organi- banned militant group founded the Al Qaeda have any presence through direct placement, as the ers said. activists, Hindus and Chris- likes of homegrown Jamayetul sation or Al Qaeda’s South Asia by Afghan-trained Islamists, in Bangladesh. previous government did. Ruling party Terrorist attacks, deaths up: US report

By Mizan Rahman ity for these attacks, said the pared to 2014, the report said. December last year, the report person and injured nearly 100; Dhaka US in its Country Reports The government of Bangla- read. an attack on a police checkpoint MP sued for on Terrorism 2015, released desh has attributed these attacks AQIS claimed attacks on Feb- (November 4) killing a police of- by the US embassy in Dhaka to the ‘political opposition and ruary 26, March 30, May 12, fi cer; and a December 25 suicide he United States has said yesterday. local terrorists’. August 7, and October 31 that attack on an Ahmadiyya Muslim terrorist attacks and to- The report released on Thurs- Transnational groups such as resulted in the murders of four Community mosque. Ttal deaths increased in day also named several coun- ISIL and AQ in the Indian Sub- bloggers and a publisher, includ- The attacker died in the De- assaulting Bangladesh in 2015 though tries, including Afghanistan, continent (AQIS) have claimed ing an American citizen, the re- cember 25 attack and the press Bangladesh has articulated a Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, where several attacks targeting for- port mentioned. reported 10 to 12 injuries. ‘zero-tolerance’ policy towards terrorist attacks and total deaths eigners, religious minorities, ISIL also claimed nine attacks, Bangladesh cooperated with terrorism and remained com- increased in 2015. police, secular bloggers, and including the murder of an Ital- the United States to further mitted to counterterrorism co- The report in its Bangladesh publishers, the report read. ian NGO worker (September 28): strengthen control of its borders poll offi cial operation. part said terrorist organisations The US report said Bangla- a Japanese aid worker (October and land, sea, and air ports of In 2015, Bangladesh expe- used social media to spread their desh participated in the White 3), and an attack on an Italian entry, the US report said. rienced an increase in terror- radical ideologies and solicit fol- House Summit to Counter Vio- priest (November 18), the report It observed that Bangladesh By Mizan Rahman were eligible, were given elec- ist attacks against religious lowers from Bangladesh. lent Extremism in February and mentioned. is active in several international Dhaka tion duties, but Tajul was not minorities and government Bangladesh experienced follow-on summits. ISIL, according to the US re- fora and the government, in happy and demanded ap- installations and for the fi rst a signifi cant increase in ter- Bangladesh also joined the port, reportedly was behind an 2015, demonstrated strong in- pointment of all the 200. time, transnational groups rorist attacks and violent ex- Saudi-led Islamic counterter- attack on a Shia Ashura proces- terest in cooperating with India olice in Bangladesh Following this, the lawmaker have claimed responsibil- tremist activity in 2015 com- rorism alliance announced in sion (October 24) that killed one on counterterrorism. yesterday fi led a case in verbally abused him over the PChittagong against rul- phone for not complying with ing Awami League member of his directive and threatened to parliament (MP) Mustafi zur teach him a lesson, he alleged. Rahman for allegedly assault- ing Banshkhali sub-district “As soon as he reached Border election offi cer Zahid Hossain. the offi ce, supporters of Nepal seeks to drain giant Banshkhali police station the lawmaker locked the in-charge of Alamgir Hos- door from outside and force to sain fi led the case mentioning the lawmaker started names of three people, includ- abusing him verbally ing the MP, and some six un- and kept him asking why recruit glacial lake near Everest named people. he was not following his Additional police superin- instructions” tendent Habibur Rahman said female AFP that as per the directive of the “I informed this to the Kathmandu election commission secretari- Banshkhali police in-charge at, the MP and two other people by phone and wanted to fi le a troopers were made accused in the case. general diary. But he said eve- epali soldiers have The case was recorded rything would be all right. kicked off eff orts to against Mustafi zur for beating “The lawmaker at one stage IANS Npartially drain a giant up a government offi cer, said asked me over the phone to Dhaka glacial lake near Mount Ever- Satkania circle assistant police go to the offi ce of the sub- est, fearing possible fl ooding superintendent Kamrul Islam. district executive offi cer. I that could threaten the lives of However, a tense situation went there at around 11:30am angladesh’s border se- thousands, an army offi cial said has been prevailing in the area accordingly. curity force will recruit yesterday. over fi ling of the case. Ad- “As soon as he reached Bits fi rst batch of female Scientists say climate change ditional police have been de- the offi ce, supporters of the troopers, a top offi cial an- is causing Himalayan glaciers to ployed apprehending trouble. lawmaker locked the door nounced yesterday. melt at an alarming rate, creating Mustafi zur Rahman, MP from outside and the law- Aziz Ahmed, director gen- huge glacial lakes which could from Chittagong-16 constitu- maker started abusing him eral, Border Guard Bangladesh burst their banks and devastate ency, and his aides allegedly verbally and kept him asking (BGB), said 97 women will mountain communities. attacked Zahid at the offi ce of why he was not following his complete their training and Imja Tsho, located at an alti- the sub-district executive of- instructions. be inducted into the force on tude of 5,010m (16,437ft), just fi cer on Wednesday over the “When I protested against it, Sunday, Xinhua news agency 10km (6.2 miles) south of the appointment of presiding of- he became furious and started reported. world’s highest peak, is the fast- fi cer and polling offi cers for to beat me up,” said Zahid. In a major step to empower est-growing glacial lake in Nepal. the election. The election commission on women, the Bangladesh gov- The surface area covered by Runners participating in the world’s highest marathon in the foothills of Mount Everest, in the Chittagong regional elec- Wednesday postponed election ernment has given its approval the lake expanded from 0.4 to Solukhumbu district of Nepal recently. The annual Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon, which began tion offi cer Abdul Baten said to 14 Union Parishads of Ban- for recruiting women in the 1.01 sq km between 1984 and in 2003, is meant to mark the anniversary of the first summit of the peak by Tenzing Norgay and Mustafi zur beat the election shkhali after Mustafi zur Rahman paramilitary force guarding the 2009, triggering concerns that Edmund Hillary on May 29, 1953. offi cer after he refused to ap- assaulted the election offi cial. country’s border. it may breach its banks and point the MP’s followers as The 14 UPs were scheduled Ahmed said steps were under fl ood villages downstream. the army expects to complete Rishi Ram Sharma, director warned that glaciers in the Ev- presiding offi cer and polling to go to polls on May 4 in the way to recruit 100 more women “With the aim of minimising the project by the end of the general at the national depart- erest region could shrink by offi cers. sixth phase of the elections for the force. the risk of a possible outburst... year, he said. ment of hydrology and meteor- 70% or disappear entirely by Talking to newsmen, Zahid in Union Parishad, the lowest He said initially the women the Nepal army has begun ef- A fl ood would have a cata- ology, said. the end of the century, owing to said the lawmaker’s personal tier of local body. troopers will be posted to the forts to lower the level of water strophic impact on the lives of “The lake had been gaining climate change. secretary Tajul Islam, also an Earlier in December, Awa- border areas where females are in Imja lake by opening a chan- more than 56,000 people living in volume over the last 30 to 40 A study published in 2014 by Awami League-nominated mi League lawmaker of My- often found indulging in drug nel,” said army spokesman, Tara in villages located as far away as years due to climate change.” the Kathmandu-based Inter- chairman aspirant of Baharch- mensingh-2 constituency traffi cking. Bahadur Karki. Nepal’s densely populated Terai Nepal is home to some 3,000 national Centre for Integrated hara Union Parishad, gave him Sharif Ahmed threatened a re- With tens of thousands of “A mechanical gate will be in- plains, one scientist said. glacial lakes, of which seven are re- Mountain Development used a list of around 200 people and turning offi cer with dire con- members, the BGB has been stalled and will be manually op- “Dozens of villages located garded as high-risk, Sharma said. satellite imagery to show how asked him to appoint them as sequences for not working in guarding Bangladesh’s 4,427km- erated to control the water fl ow nearby and in the downstream The move to partially drain Nepal’s glaciers had already polling offi cials a few days ago. favour of a mayor candidate in long border line with India and through the channel,” Karki said. Terai districts up to 50km away the lake comes one year after shrunk by nearly a quarter be- He said some of them, who Phulpur municipality poll. Myanmar. The work began in April and from the lake are vulnerable,” a major international study tween 1977 and 2010. Gulf Times 14 Saturday, June 4, 2016 COMMENT

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P.O.Box 2888 Doha, Qatar emerging-economy growth [email protected] Telephone 44350478 (news), Emerging economies global environment, characterised by semi-permanent – an assumption Here, rapid advances in robotics are strong growth (and demand) in the that caused them to overestimate their particularly relevant, as increasingly 44466404 (sport), 44466636 (home delivery) have been challenged advanced economies, the emerging future revenues. sophisticated machines threaten to Fax 44350474 by externally-generated economies managed to make huge and Now that prices have dropped, these supplant low-cost labour in a variety rapid progress. countries are facing huge imbalances of sectors. macroeconomic shifts, That all changed after the 2008 and fi scal strain. The high fi xed and low variable costs unconventional monetary global fi nancial crisis. And governments are not alone; of these technologies mean that once To be sure, the core of the the private sector, too, relied on rosy robots become more cost-eff ective policies, and widespread development agenda remains the assumptions to justify imprudently than human labour, the trend will volatility same. high levels of leverage. not reverse, especially given that GULF TIMES But it is vastly more complicated. Slower growth in the advanced automated assembly can be located One set of complications arises from economies has also weakened trade close to markets, rather than where By Michael Spence external global imbalances, distortions fl ows, adding to the headwinds. labour is cheapest. Hong Kong and heightened volatility in capital As Mohamed El-Erian has Jobs in electronics assembly, which fl ows, exchange rates and relative observed, in the global economy, your plays a huge role in global trade and Fed set to avoid prices. neighbourhood – the economies to has helped to drive growth in many t is no secret that emerging Given that such challenges are which you have economic or fi nancial emerging economies – notably, China economies are facing serious essentially new, there is no proven links – matters. – are particularly vulnerable. challenges, which have roadmap for overcoming them. That is all the more true for the While trades involving sewing – rate hike before Iundermined their once- emerging economies, which have textiles, apparel shoes – are not yet explosive growth and weakened their become highly dependent on their being automated much, it is probably development prospects. Making matters neighbours. only a matter of time before they are. Whether they return to the path worse for the In short, emerging economies As the classic sources of early Britain’s EU vote of convergence with the advanced have been challenged by externally comparative advantage dwindle, economies will largely depend on how generated macroeconomic shifts, countries – particularly earlier-stage they approach an increasingly complex resource-rich unconventional monetary policies, developing countries – will need The US Federal Reserve may be forced to delay a rate economic environment. emerging economies, widespread volatility and slow growth to implement policies that feature hike at its June meeting because of mounting concern Of course, these economies’ in developed markets. services (including tradable services) development path was never simple or commodity prices Without much of a playbook to more prominently; they will also need over the economic fallout from Britain’s vote on whether smooth. guide them, it is unsurprising that to adjust their investment in human to leave the European Union. But for most of the post-World War have plummeted their ability to cope with these capital. The geopolitical risk likely will push any rate increase II period, until as recently as 10 years challenges has varied considerably. Whether this amounts to removing ago, it was relatively clear-cut. since 2014 Generally, those that have fared the bottom rungs on the ladder of until at least July, despite apparent consensus among Fed Countries needed to open their better, such as India, have combined development remains to be seen. offi cials that a hike is warranted by stronger US growth economies at a sensible pace; leverage After all, the developed economies sound growth fundamentals and The relatively unconventional global technology and demand; have not previously engaged in the reforms with pragmatic and activist growth pattern in India, with its and tight labour markets. specialise in tradable sectors; pursue a kind of unconventional monetary measures to counter the external early emphasis on services, may hold The Fed’s June 14-15 rate-setting meeting comes just a lot of investment (some 30% of GDP); policy seen in recent years – a period sources of volatility. important lessons. week before the British vote on June 23. and promote foreign direct investment, characterised by ultra-low interest India has also, of course, benefi ted In any case, the developing with appropriate provisions for rates and ultra-fast cross-border from lower oil prices. countries – and especially the A “leave” vote is expected to roil fi nancial markets, knowledge transfer. capital fl ows. Commodity exporters like Brazil have emerging economies – clearly have a cause credit spreads to widen, trigger a rush into safe Throughout this process, the For the emerging economies, with struggled more, but not just because of lot on their plates. emerging economies recognised their relatively illiquid fi nancial falling natural-resource prices. As these economies add items – assets and bolster the dollar. the importance of allowing market markets, such trends encourage over- In fact, the decline in prices, protecting themselves from volatility, The dollar’s recent stability is one reason the Fed has mechanisms to work, guaranteeing dependence on low-cost external together with the reversal of capital countering unfavourable external become more comfortable with raising rates, and offi cials property rights and safeguarding capital, which can be withdrawn in a fl ows, exposed weaknesses in the conditions, and adapting to powerful macroeconomic and fi nancial stability. heartbeat. underlying growth patterns that had technological trends – to their core may want to let the threat of Brexit pass before moving to Perhaps most important, they knew Rock-bottom borrowing costs also previously been masked by favourable structural growth agendas, they will tighten fi nancial conditions. that they had to focus on generating spur excessive reliance on leverage, conditions. invariably make mistakes and even employment, particularly in urban weakening the will to undertake Now there is yet another challenge, stumble. Fed Board governor Daniel Tarullo on Thursday joined areas and modernising sectors, and on reforms needed to boost potential which is becoming larger by the year. This will produce high variance in the chorus of those warning of his concerns over the inclusiveness more broadly. growth – and further exacerbating the Whichever path emerging performance across countries and British vote, telling Bloomberg that Brexit would be As they pursued this agenda, economy’s vulnerability to a shift in economies choose for addressing these probably reduce the average pace of emerging economies experienced interest rates or investor sentiment. challenges must also account for the convergence. a “factor” he would consider at the Fed’s June policy stuttering starts and numerous crises, Making matters worse for the fundamental shift driven by digital But it will not, in my estimation, meeting and said that the British vote’s impact on often associated with excessive debt, resource-rich emerging economies, capital-intensive technologies. derail convergence completely. - currency traps, and high infl ation. commodity prices have plummeted While digital technologies have Project Syndicate markets would be key. And, upon reaching middle-income since 2014. created new kinds of jobs in high-tech zMichael Spence, a Nobel laureate in The most recent poll found that voters in Britain - levels, countries confronted the policy After a prolonged period of sectors and the sharing economy, economics, is professor of economics Europe’s second and structural pitfalls that accompany accelerating demand growth, notably among others, they have been reducing at New York University’s Stern School the transition to high-income status. from China, governments came to and dis-intermediating “routine” of Business and senior fellow at the Now, Brexit aside, biggest economy and Nonetheless, in an increasingly open regard high commodity prices as white- and blue-collar jobs. Hoover Institution. its most infl uential the prospect of fi nancial center - a rate hike soon were evenly split on whether to stay in the appears all but EU or to leave. certain By the time the Fed meets on June 14 and 15, at least four of the fi ve Washington-based governors will have aired their views on the outlook for rates. Fed offi cials will release their latest economic projections at the June meeting along with a policy statement. With few exceptions, the message from regional Fed bank presidents has been consistent: the upcoming Brexit vote may tip the scales against a June increase. This is only the latest obstacle to the Fed’s two-year struggle to normalise US monetary policy after dropping rates dramatically during a protracted downturn. In 2014, the crash in oil prices and a rapid spike in the value of the dollar crushed US exports and drove infl ation into a ditch. Last year, a surprise slowdown in China’s economy, alongside the malaise in Europe and Japan, sparked global market turbulence and broader concerns about a worldwide recession. That vexing landscape kept the Fed on hold until December. Now, Brexit aside, the prospect of a rate hike soon Migrants searching through debris of a torched tent in the Moria detention camp on the Greek island of Lesbos following clashes between Afghans and Pakistanis migrants. appears all but certain. Unemployment dropped to 5 % in April; infl ation appears to be gaining traction as the drag from cheap oil Migrant bottleneck in Greece as deal sputters and a strong dollar fades; and the lull in growth over the past few months has proved temporary, with consumer By Catherine Boitard tourist season and locals fear that anti-terror laws - a step Turkey has Of these, only two cases have been AFP/Athens the migration crisis will undermine adamantly refused to take. examined in full, the source said. spending and the housing market showing particular bookings. The sheer volume of thousands of The refugees and migrants are held strength. Boris Cheshirkov, spokesman of the asylum requests has overwhelmed in special-purpose facilities on Greek roblems in implementing a UN refugee agency’s mission to Les- authorities, who had initially hoped for islands, where they landed earlier this The probability of a June rate increase is now about 17 EU-Turkey deportation deal bos, said his staff had recorded a fi ght a 15-day turnaround per case. year after crossing the Aegean from %, according to Fed funds futures trading data compiled have created a bottleneck of “surge” since the EU-Turkey deal came Turkey. by the CME Group, compared to 57 % for July. Psome 8,500 migrants on Greek into eff ect on March 20, permitting the “Refugees and They are detained for a maximum of islands, where brawls in overcrowded deportation of migrants whose asylum 25 days. camps are common. claims are denied. After that point they are allowed In the latest outbreak early on “Refugees and migrants are exasper- migrants are to leave the camps but are required to To Advertise Thursday, over a dozen migrants were ated and worried,” he told AFP. stay on the islands until their asylum hurt and tents were torched at Moria In addition to fi ghts, some migrants exasperated and applications are processed. [email protected] camp on Lesbos island in a clash be- have periodically staged hunger strikes worried” Few migrants have been able to leave Display tween Afghans and Pakistanis. to demand freedom to continue their Greece after Balkan states began shut- As the rival groups went at each voyage to Europe. “Nearly everyone has expressed ting their borders in February to stem Telephone 44466621 Fax 44418811 other with sticks and stones, hundreds Making matters worse, asylum an interest in applying,” says Am- an exodus of thousands to northern Classified fl ed the camp for safety. checks are proceeding at a snail’s pace nesty International researcher Yiorgos Europe. Offi cials say such incidents can and a war of words between Brussels Kosmopoulos, referring to migrants A small number have managed to Telephone 44466609 Fax 44418811 only be expected when thousands and Ankara raises doubts about the who arrived in Greece from March 20 sneak onto Macedonia but are usually Subscription are crammed in unsuitable facilities, agreement’s survival. onwards. detained and sent back to Greece. [email protected] starved of hope and threatened with Ankara has threatened to abandon By the end of May, there were some As a result, over 50,000 people have expulsion. the deal if its citizens are not granted 880 offi cial requests - including 770 by become trapped in Greece, most of And adding to the urgency, some visa-free travel to most of the bloc. Syrians - and thousands of expressions them in camps where rights groups 2016 Gulf Times. All rights reserved of the islands - Lesbos, Chios, Samos Brussels has conditioned the visa of interest, according to a government have criticised overcrowding, poor and Kos - are gearing for the busy waiver on Ankara narrowing its source. sanitation and food quality. Gulf Times Saturday, June 4, 2016 15 COMMENT The economic consequences of Brexit

Brexit would entail huge Britain would have to comply with Transatlantic Trade and Investment single-market rules and legislation in Partnership. economic costs for Britain areas such as consumer protection, the Moreover, exports to the EU, at 13% environment, and social policy – rules of GDP, matter more to the UK than By Philippe Legrain that it would have no say in creating. exports to Britain (just 3% of GDP) do London It would also have to contribute to to the EU. the EU budget, without receiving any In short, the EU would call the shots spending in return. – and doubtless be tough with the UK. hose campaigning for Britain And it would have to allow EU Many economic actors – from to exit the European Union citizens free entry, a political bugbear German car manufacturers to French claim that doing so would for most Brexit supporters. farmers to fi nancial centers around Tmake their country both freer Given that the key motivation the EU – would want to hamper their and richer. for Brexit is to restore the country’s British competitors. They assert that after “Brexit”, the supposedly lost sovereignty, a deal For their part, EU governments UK could quickly negotiate a bespoke that gives the UK no say, but requires would want to punish Britain, not agreement with the EU that off ers all that it pay and obey, would be deeply least because they know that a velvet the benefi ts of free trade without the unpalatable. divorce with Britain would bolster costs of EU membership; strike better Trading with the EU according to anti-EU parties, such as France’s trade deals with other countries; and World Trade Organisation rules, as far-right National Front, which has reap huge benefi ts from scrapping the United States and China do, would already called for a referendum on EU burdensome EU regulations. involve the fewest political constraints. membership. But this is a delusion. Britain would be free to keep out Britain’s new trade deals with non- In fact, Brexit would entail huge hard-working, taxpaying EU migrants. EU countries would also probably economic costs for Britain. But this would entail reciprocal EU involve worse terms. The uncertainty and disruption of controls on UK migrants, harming While the UK wouldn’t be drawn-out and doubtless acrimonious Britons twice over. hamstrung by protectionist interests divorce proceedings would depress This approach would also entail in the EU, its smaller economy, largely investment and growth. import tariff s on British goods – open markets, and desperation for Permanent separation would reduce including a 10% duty on its car exports deals would weaken its clout. trade, foreign investment and migration, to the EU – as well as non-tariff Indeed, the US has stated that it has hurting competition, productivity The postal ballot papers of the June 23 Brexit referendum when voters will decide whether Britain will remain in the barriers. no immediate interest in negotiating a growth, and living standards. European Union. UK-based fi nancial institutions trade deal with Britain. And “independence” would deprive would lose their passport to export And the protectionist tone of the Britain of infl uence over future EU already among the freest in the world. renegotiate – from scratch – the 50- growth, jeopardising the government’s freely to the EU. current US presidential election reforms – notably, the completion of The exit process would generate plus trade deals that the EU has with fi scal plans. And without full access to the $16tn campaign suggests that the next the single market in services – from prolonged uncertainty. other countries. Once the agreements were made, EU single market, with its 500mn few years will not see much trade which it would benefi t. Offi cially, it is meant to take two All of this would take a long time. Britain would have worse access to both consumers, foreign investment would liberalisation. The London School of Economics’ years. But it would probably take much In the meantime, Britain’s trading EU and global markets. drop. Thinking through all the economic Centre for Economic Performance longer. rules and domestic regulations would Economically, the least painful Intermediate options, from the Swiss implications of Brexit is complicated. calculates that the long-term costs to In the 1980s, it took three years be up in the air. option would be to seek membership to the Canadian model, are scarcely But the bottom line is simple: Britain of lower trade with the EU could to negotiate the exit of Greenland Investment and employment of the European Economic Area, more appealing. Leaving the EU would make Britain be as high as 9.5% of GDP, while the fall (population: 50,000), and the only decisions would be postponed or along with Norway, Iceland and Brexit supporters claim that Britain much worse off . - Project Syndicate in foreign investment could cost 3.4% controversial issue was fi sh. cancelled. Liechtenstein. could strike its own special deal, cherry of GDP or more. Extricating Britain (the EU’s second- The pound would plummet. That would provide almost full picking the provisions it likes. zPhilippe Legrain, a former economic Those costs alone dwarf the potential largest economy, with a population of The foreign investors fi nancing access to the single market (with opt- The UK would have the whip hand, adviser to the president of the European gains from Brexit. 64mn) would be far more complex. Britain’s current-account defi cit outs from EU agriculture and fi sheries they argue, because it buys more from Commission, is a visiting senior fellow Britain’s net contribution to the EU Moreover, any agreement on a new – which hit 7% of GDP in the fi nal policies), albeit with customs controls the EU than it sells in return. at the London School of Economics’ budget amounted to only 0.35% of GDP economic relationship with the UK quarter of last year – might drive up the and other trade barriers such as rules- But this, too, is a delusion. European Institute and the author of last year, and scrapping EU regulation would require unanimity among the risk premium on UK assets or, worse, of-origin requirements. The US also has a trade defi cit with European Spring: Why Our Economies would bring limited benefi ts, because EU’s 27 remaining members. pull out. Politically, though, EEA membership the EU, yet it doesn’t get to dictate and Politics are in a Mess – and How to the UK’s labour and product markets are And Britain would also have to All of that would weaken economic would be a raw deal. terms in the negotiations over the Put Them Right.

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A demonstration by an instructor. PICTURES: Shemeer Rasheed Free medical camp benefi ts hundreds

By Joseph Varghese Staff Reporter

ore than 1,600 male and female low-income Mworkers from several countries yesterday attended the free medical camp organised by the Ministry of Public Health, in co-operation with Hamad Medical Corporation, Primary Health Care Corporation, Focus Qatar and Well Care Group at the Medical Commission. The day-long event was held in connection with the ‘World Day for Safety and Health at Work.’ Dr Sheikh Mohamed bin Hamad al-Thani, director of Public Health at MoPH; Dr Mo- hamed Hajjaj, head of Occupa- tional Health, MoPH; diplomats Some of the workers attending a lecture. MOPH off icials along with diplomats and representatives of other organisations. from a number of embassies and several offi cials from the minis- ladies attended the programme diseases and off ering expert ad- workers were unaware of these and were surprised at the results. Another physician said several In addition to the screening for try visited the camp. in a separate session, arranged vice. There were also awareness diseases and the consequences, They would not even know about workers suff er from high blood diabetes and hypertension, the While screening was done for in the morning. There were two programmes held along with the as they are not in the habit of un- such situations if they had not sugar due to several reasons. workers were also provided free several occupational diseases, sessions at the camp. The morn- camp. dergoing regular medical check- attended the camp,” said a phy- “Workplace stress, wrong food medicines. In case of urgent med- a signifi cant number of people ing session from 8-11am was One of the doctors, who up. sician at the camp. habits and family concerns are ical attention, they were referred were tested positive for hyper- meant for women while men at- screened a large number of “About 15 to 20% of the work- “Other than lifestyle diseas- some of them. Certain food hab- to Hamad Medical Corporation. tension followed by diabetes and tended the activities from 1pm to workers in the afternoon, said ers, I examined, were found to be es, many workers reported that its, followed by many of the work- There was a physiotherapy unit joint pain. 6pm. A number of doctors and that hypertension was a major suff ering either from diabetes they were suff ering from fungal ers, result in high blood pressure where many of the workers re- For the fi rst time at the an- paramedical staff were on hand health issue among the work- or hypertension. Some of them diseases. Many others said to be which they are unaware of. The ceived treatment. There were also nual event, ladies were given for helping the workers with ers, followed by diabetes. He also were screened for diabetes and suff ering from joint pains,” add- right thing is to educate them on awareness lectures by experts on free medical check-up. Over 100 screening for diff erent lifestyle commented that many of these hypertension for the fi rst time ed the physician. these issues periodically.” various topics. Filipino expats mark Independence Day

By Peter Alagos commemorated annually in the Philippines on June Business Reporter 12. “This year’s theme – ‘Kalayaan 2016: Pagkakai- sa, Pag-aambagan, at Pagsulong,’ (unity, contribu- tion, and progress) only strengthens our spirit of he unprecedented turnout of Filipino voters ‘bayanihan’ or communal unity and co-operation. in the recently-held overseas absentee vot- “It is a core essence of our culture demonstrat- Ting (OAV) in Qatar mirrored the theme of ed countless times throughout our rich history… yesterday’s celebration of the 118th anniversary of undaunted by the diffi culty of taking on an entire the declaration of Philippine independence – “uni- empire, we were able to achieve freedom because ty, contribution and progress,” Philippine ambas- of our strong sense of patriotism and because we sador Wilfredo Santos has said. stood as one – we were united. We did not achieve In a speech, Santos stressed that thousands of this overnight. It took many years of perseverance, Filipinos in Qatar “were able to showcase how unit- and we triumphed,” he said. ed we are as a people” during the month-long OAV Ufoq chairman Ed Anami, in his speech, lauded for the Philippine national elections here, which members and offi cials of the organisation for their concluded on May 9. “unwavering support, dedication and their higher Performers in festive costumes added colour to the celebrations. Right: A young boy in a traditional ‘barong Tagalog’ or national dress, waves the A total of 15,695 Filipinos (35.02%) cast their sense of volunteerism to the welfare of the Filipino Philippine flag at the event. PICTURES: Ram Chand votes during the OAV in Qatar, which, according to community in Qatar.” Santos, is the second highest in the Gulf Co-opera- The ambassador also reiterated the embassy’s tion Council (GCC) region after Bahrain. mission to serve Filipinos in Qatar: “We are always He also lauded the eff orts of United Filipino Or- ready to provide courteous and quick delivery of ganisations in Qatar (Ufoq) offi cers for organising services to the Filipino community in Qatar.” the month-long activities and preparations lead- His assurance refl ects the message of Philippine ing to the Independence Day celebrations, which is Foreign Aff airs secretary Jose Rene D Almendras, which Santos delivered at the fl ag-raising ceremo- ny at the Philippine embassy in Qatar yesterday. Quoting Almendras, the ambassador said in the past six years of the administration of President Benigno S Aquino, “bold structural reforms were taken to successfully deliver on our renewed hopes for better lives.” “With the conviction that transparent, open and streamlined processes allow for greater growth, programmes were directed to broaden civic en- gagement and participation in governance, and to fortify the highest standards of integrity, account- ability and trustworthiness in the country’s public leadership. “As a result, the Philippines is now widely-ac- knowledged for its steady rise as a dynamic eco- nomic growth hub with sustainable inclusive de- velopment, a vital and responsible member of the global community committed to uphold and abide Assorted booths showcasing Filipino businesses, by the rule of law, and as a stronghold for democ- products and culinary delights. racy,” the message said. Philippine ambassador Wilfredo Santos cuts the ribbon to off icially open the event.