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R 3523 E MB U N SSUE I MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL Loans disbursed for rice millers Thou Vireak ed funding aims to assuage concerns secretary-general Lun Yeng wel- port market situation. If the market is had led to severely diminished rice among millers stemming from a lack comed the move, which he noted weak, we won’t take a gamble apply- harvests in Pursat, Battambang and HE state-owned Agricultural of capital as they gear up to buy the comes following the CRF’s petition ing for more loans,” he said. Banteay Meanchey provinces in the and Rural Development Bank crop in November-December. to the ARDB earlier this year. Khy Chhaiwatt, the general manag- Kingdom’s northwest corridor. of Cambodia (ARDB) will dis- “As per the plan, we will release the “We appreciate the government for er at the Battambang province-based “Some rice mills are facing flooding burse an additional $30 mil- loans in November to coincide with releasing more loans, which will en- Amru Rice Mill, noted that the addi- in Banteay Meanchey province, and if lionT in loans to help rice millers pur- the harvest season of the Sen Kra’op able rice millers to buy more paddy. tional funding comes at a time when much more paddy is damaged, it will chase paddy during the upcoming and Phka Romduol paddy varieties. We “With nearly everyone [rice millers] rice millers need capital the most, but seriously jeopardise the agricultural harvest season at the end of the year. hope the funds will help rice millers buy suffering from capital shortages, we called for audits to be conducted on sector during this period,” he said. ARDB director-general Kao Thach more paddy from farmers,” he said. are merely borrowing supplementa- the loans to root out potential abuse. told The Post on Sunday that the add- Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) ry capital in response to the rice ex- He said the recent flash floods CONTINUED – PAGE 7 At least 11 soldiers die in Vietnam’s big landslide ELEVEN soldiers are dead and a fran- tic search is under way for 11 others after a huge landslide hit central Viet- nam on Sunday, as the country bat- tles its worst flooding in years. Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, according to Vietnam’s disaster manage- ment authority, with concerns mount- ing that waters could rise further. Rocks rained down on the barracks of a military station in Quang Tri prov- ince, with 22 soldiers believed to have been buried underneath thick mud, an official government website said. “From 2am, there have been four to five landslides, exploding like bombs and it feels like the whole mountain is about to collapse,” said local official Ha Ngoc Duong, accord- ing to the VnExpress news site. Lieutenant General Phan Van Giang, the army’s chief of general staff, warned there could be further landslides in the area and said rescuers needed to find a safer way to access the site. Eleven bodies have been recovered To the rescue so far, the government said. Military officers lift a motorcycle onto a boat on a flooded street in Prek Chey village, in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district on Saturday. Rain-induced floods It comes just days after 13 mem- have claimed 24 lives and affected more than 270,000 people in 19 provinces. HONG MENEA STORY > 3 bers of a rescue team were found dead after a failed attempt to save workers from a hydropower plant engulfed by a landslide. The bodies of two employees at the Man held for running over biker plant have been found but 15 are still missing. Orm Bunthoeurn airborne. One of the victims on the other,” he said. Police said Lina is a dentist who lives River levels in Quang Tri had reached bike can be seen moving in the road Hak said the accused told police in the capital’s Por Sen Chey district. their highest in two decades, state media THE Phnom Penh Municipal Court before the Lexus backs up and runs during questioning that the two vic- The deceased victim has been iden- said. The disaster management author- has placed 30-year-old Yanna Lina in over him, killing him. The motorbike tims were thieves. However, accord- tified as 19-year-old Khon Tong, who ity raised its risk alert warning to the pre-trial detention on manslaughter passenger suffered serious injuries. ing to an investigation, the police did worked in construction and lived in second highest level on Sunday, warning charge for running over a man in his Phnom Penh municipal deputy police not locate any victims of theft. Hak Meanchey district. The injured victim of further flooding and landslides. Lexus SUV, killing him, on Thursday. chief in charge of traffic Chev Hak told said police are further investigating is Pov Mot, a 17-year-old tuk-tuk Vietnam is prone to natural disas- Lina has been sent to the Police The Post on Sunday that police assumed Lina’s claim. driver from Prey Veng province. ters and regularly suffers more than Judiciare (PJ) prison, according to the incident was an accident. Phnom Penh deputy police chief According to a National Police a dozen storms each year, often court spokesman Kuch Kimlong. “It is a traffic accident case because in charge of criminal offences Song report, the Lexus crashed the motor- bringing flooding and landslides. In a video of the incident, which I did not find that the driver intend- Ly declined to comment on Sunday, bike at around 11:30pm at the inter- More than 130 people were report- went viral on social media, the speed- ed to kill motorists. According to citing an ongoing investigation. section of streets 173 and 328 in Boe- ed dead or missing in natural disas- ing Lexus crashes into the back of a their relatives, they had never known “Authorities are looking into this ung Keng Kang district’s Tuol Svay ters around the country last year, the motorbike, sending its passengers each other or had a dispute with each case. There are no results yet.” Prey I commune on Thursday. General Statistics Office said. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST Price crash putting Cambodian National resin farmers in sticky situation Inside page 5 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST october 19, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Suspects wanted for logging thousands of trees in Mondulkiri Soth Koemsoeun Dam Dak commune police chief Phong Hiek said on Sun- MONDULKIRI provincial au- day he participated in the op- thorities are working to iden- eration, but could not estimate tify suspects who cut down how many trees had been cut tens of thousands of trees and down. He said the suspects buried them in a 60ha patch cut down the trees and buried of forestland in order to take them in order to hide the evi- over the land. dence from authorities. The search came after a joint He said some of the trees force confiscated three machines were buried, and some were in Pu Leh village, in O’Raing dis- about to be buried. trict’s Dak Dam commune. “The trees are not luxury Provincial Forestry Admin- timber. They are just trees istration director Um Van that were cut and burned. Sopheak told The Post police They did not attempt to bring have been looking into the the trees out, but they cleared case since last Thursday. the forest in order to occupy He said local community the land,” Hiek said. people had reported to the Provincial coordinator for police about the case. When rights group Adhoc Eang the operation began, sus- Mengly said the case needs to pects fled into the forest, be investigated and the sus- leaving behind an excavator, pects arrested. He said there a tractor, and two motorbikes could be collusion given seized as evidence. the size of the land that was Former CNRP leader Kem Sokha distribute donations to flood victims in Phnom Penh’s Dangkor district on Saturday. KEM SOKHA FACEBOOK PAGE “We are measuring the trees, cleared, but local authorities counting them, and measur- did not take action on time. ing the land that suspects had “The situation was only cleared. I cannot say clearly handled when officials from how many trees were buried the national level went to the PM: All welcomed to make and the size of the land that field directly. Only then did was cleared. I will wait for of- we see local authorities take donations to flood victims ficial information,” he said. action,” he said. Niem Chheng “When [Sokha] and his strong point of Hun Sen’s gov- Party (CNRP). group go to distribute dona- ernment. You want to speak On Friday, Sokha thanked RIME Minister Hun tions in local areas, please from the US, France, Canada, it Cambodian donors at home Sen told authorities make it possible for him to is of your concern. We met and and abroad for materials and to let former oppo- work with people. If anyone worked together regardless of money to be distributed to sition leader Kem is bringing donations to citi- political affiliation,” he said. the victims. He also donated PSokha and other politicians zens, please let them meet He said the priority is help- $5,000 in donations to the distribute donations to flood with citizens and provide as- ing people to survive before government. In response, victims regardless of their po- sistance.

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