All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 64 issue 34 Wednesday, April 27, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents Corruption Czar’s Sons Appointed as Assistants By khy sOvuthy And ZsOmBOr Peter the cambodia daily Two sons of anti-Corruption Unit (aCU) Chairman Om Yentieng have been appointed as assistants to the government graft-fighting body, sparking accusations of nepo- tism within the very institution meant to stamp out such practices. a royal decree signed by King norodom Sihamoni on Saturday names Yentieng Puthira and Yen- tieng Puthirith as two of eighteen new assistants assigned to the aCU, with ranks equal to undersecretary and secretary of state, respectively, effective immediately. The appointments were request - Samrang Pring/Reuters ed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, who A man works at a dried up pond in the drought-hit Kandal province yesterday. (Story page 5) on Friday also signed off on a sepa- rate sub-decree assigning six lower- ranking assistants to the unit. Mr. Yentieng declined to speak Philippine Militants Behead Canadian Captive with a reporter yesterday, and aCU spokesman Keo Remy could ReUteRS ered head was found on a remote meeting. not be reached. nov Ra, an official KananaSKiS, alberta/Manila - Ca - island late on Monday, around five “The government of Canada is in the prime minister’s cabinet, na dian Prime Minister Justin Tru - hours after the expiry of a ransom committed to working with the gov- refer red a request for comment deau condemned on Monday the deadline set by militants who had ernment of the Philippines and in- back to the aCU. execution of a Canadian hostage threatened to execute one of four ternational partners to pursue those Top Sam, the chairman of the na- by abu Sayyaf militants in the Phil - captives. responsible for this heinous act,” he tional anti-Corruption Council, which ippines, calling it “an act of cold- “Canada condemns without res - added. oversees the aCU, would not dis- blooded murder.” ervation the brutality of the hostage- Trudeau declined to respond cuss the appointment of Mr. Yen- John Ridsdel, 68, a former mining takers and this unnecessary death. when asked whether the Canadian tieng’s sons but defended the ap - executive, was captured by islamist This was an act of cold-blooded mur - government had tried to negotiate pointment of assistants in general. militants along with three other peo- der, and responsibility rests squarely with the captors or pay a ransom, “Please look at all the units. it is ple in September 2015 while on va- with the terrorist group who took or whether it was trying to secure not only the anti-Corruption Unit that cation on a Philippine island. him hostage,” Trudeau told repor - the release of the other Canadian makes appointments. Other units The Philippine army said a sev- ters on the sidelines of a Cabinet Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 Amid Sokha Probe, Maimed Starlet Speaks Out

By Alex Willemyns on her face, neck, back, chest and quiry into deputy opposition leader And sek OdOm wrists melted. Doctors had to re - Kem Sokha’s alleged extramarital the cambodia daily move her ears, and the music vi deo affairs, with anti-terrorism police in- Feeding rice porridge to her star could not talk for months after. vestigating, an opposition official ar- young niece outside Phnom Penh’s Police never executed an arrest rested and the case already in the Olympic Market in 1999, Tat Ma- warrant for the wife, Khoun So phal, courts. rina, then the 15-year-old mistress and Mr. Sitha—who in 2009 The attentiveness by authorities of CPP official Svay Sitha, was claimed to have been a victim in the in Mr. Sokha’s case has not passed dragged to the ground by the offi- case—was later promoted from un- unnoticed by Ms. Marina, who said cial’s wife, who then poured a liter dersecretary of state at the Coun cil in a message on Monday night that Police Attempt to Stop of flesh-eating nitric acid on her. of Ministers to secretary of state, she wished authorities had carried Screening of Banned Film The savage act of revenge carried where he remains today. out such a thorough investigations Page 4 out in broad daylight left Ms. Ma- Such undisguised impunity stands into the attack that left 40 percent cambodiadaily.com rina’s lips burned to blisters; the skin in stark contrast to the recent in- Continued on page 7

មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily wedneSday, aPRil 27, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS Dentist Terrifies Elderly French n The music of Prince soared to the top of the weekly U.S. Billboard ReUteRS as eight teeth pulled out in one sit- 200 album chart on Monday after the singer’s sudden death last week, a Dutchman dubbed the “horror ting, infections and bills in the tens as mourning fans rushed to remember the artist’s legacy through his dentist” by French media was sen- of thousands of dollars. music. nielsen Music said Monday it had tracked 2.3 million song sales tenced to eight years in jail yester- “This is a massive relief. We must and more than 579,000 album sales from Prince’s catalog in the three day for mutilating patients’ mouths be very careful from now on when days following the news of his unexpected death at age 57 at his Min- and defrauding state social security we get practitioners from abroad,” nesota estate on Thursday. album sales were led by “The Very Best of services. said nicole Martin, the head of a Prince,” a 2001 compilation of the R&B artist’s hits including “Purple Rain” and “Kiss,” which sold more than 250,000 copies in the three The verdict was delivered by a group of patients who took legal ac- days. The compilation topped the Billboard 200 album chart, which court in nevers, in central France, tion against Mark Van nierop, who measures weekly music sales. On the Digital Songs chart, “Purple where local media relayed gory had fled to Canada to escape prose- Rain” led five Prince songs in the top 10, which measures sales of online tales, some from old-aged pension- cution but was extradited back to song downloads. (Reuters) ers who spoke of having as many France to face trial.

“it is not nepotism,” he said. “it San Chey, country director for ident of the CnRP, the public is Sons... can only be nepotism if the people the affiliated network for Social looking purposefully into the aCU; who are appointed have no knowl- accountability, a good governance they are looking at it very carefully.” cOntinued frOm PAge 1 edge. But [Mr. Yentieng’s sons] advocacy group, said their latest ap- Kem ley, whose Khmer for make appointments, too,” he said, have the ability to do the work.” pointments would certainly dam - Khmer network advocates for a be fore hanging up on a reporter. The royal decree appointing Mr. age the aCU’s image, especially more democratic and transparent CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said Yentieng’s scions to his own unit amid a shakeup of the prime min- government, said the aCU had a it was only natural for the ruling does not describe their qualifica- ister’s cabinet. moral obligation, if not a legal duty, par ty to appoint the children of its tions for the jobs or what aspects “it is not a good picture for the to be more open about the qualifica- own members. of corruption they will be advising anti-Corruption Unit now while the tions of its staff. “it is normal,” Mr. Eysan said of their father on. other ministries are under reform He said the appointment of Mr. the appointment of Mr. Yentieng’s The brothers have apparently and while [Mr. Yentieng] gives ad- Yentieng’s sons would only deep - sons. been riding on their father’s coat- vice to the other ministries,” he said. en an already entrenched impres- “The CPP is the ruling party and tails for years. “it is a kind of nepotism.” sion of nepotism and corruption has never appointed the children of according to a 2009 U.S. State Mr. Chey said the appointments within the CPP and of a govern- the CnRP,” he said. “The CPP must De partment cable released by the also had to be considered against ment in which familial connections appoint the youth of the CPP be- anti-secrecy organization Wikileaks, the backdrop of a high-profile aCU trump formal qualifications. cause we cannot appoint the youth Mr. Puthira and Mr. Puthirith, rank- investigation into CnRP Vice Presi- “Even if they are highly qualified, of another party.” ing officers in the Royal Cambo- dent Kem Sokha that looks to many they cannot find a job if they do not The spokesman’s comments dian armed Forces, are both de- like a politically motivated attack on have the right bloodline,” he said. amount to an admission of political partment directors for the national the opposition. “This has become the culture of discrimination. But he denied any Counter-Terrorism Committee. The “The public may decrease their nepotism, and the family institu- hint of nepotism and rejected the same cable names Mr. Yentieng as trust in the aCU,” he said of the ap- tions have been hardening within suggestion that the appointments a deputy director of the committee’s pointments. “Especially now that the current mandate. it is one kind might sully the aCU’s image. secretariat. they are investigating the vice pres - of corruption.”

a Philippine army spokesman However, the Philippine military hugely successful for abu Sayyaf Militants... said al-Qaida-linked abu Sayyaf mil - is finding it difficult to weaken the ...it’s gotten them lots of money and itants had threatened to behead one group, whose name trans lates as freedom to operate,” she said. cOntinued frOm PAge 1 of the four captives on Monday if the “Bearer of the Sword” and is based The Philippines rarely publicizes being held, Robert Hall. $6.4 million ransom for each of them in the southern island of Jolo. payments of ransom, but it is wide - “Obviously there was talk of mon - was not paid by 3 p.m. local time. The group has made tens of mil- ly believed no captives are released ey involved, but not by the govern- The initial demand was $2 million lions of dollars from ransom money without them. Security experts say ment of Canada or by the gov ern - each for the detainees, who were ta - since it was formed in the 1990s, se- brokers, messengers and go-be- ment of norway, but certainly by the ken hostage at an upscale re sort on curity experts have said, channelling tweens are involved at multiple lev- families attempting to do what they Samal island on Sep tember 21. it into guns, grenade launch ers, els, some taking substantial cuts. could to free the four,” said Bob Ridsdel’s former employer de- high-powered boats and modern Payments are euphemistically called Rae, a former federal politician and scribed him as gregarious, adven- equipment. “board and lodgings.” longtime friend of Ridsdel. turous and warm. Despite the group’s professed a German couple seized on their “But it’s been an awful process, “We are in profound shock, disbe- religious purpose, its militants of - yacht in the region in 2014 was re- just horrendous,” he told Canadian lief and sorrow to have lost our for- ten seem more motivated by the leased after $5.3 million was paid, television. mer colleague and close friend,” money they stand to make from and in 2000, the libyan government, in a statement, Ridsdel’s family Calgary-based mining company TVi kidnappings and piracy. acting as an intermediary, handed said they were devastated that his Pacific said in an emailed statement. neighboring indonesia said last over $10 million to free 10 European life had been “cut tragically short abu Sayyaf is a small but brutal week after 14 tugboat crew were and Middle Eastern tourists. by this senseless act of violence de- militant group known for behead- kidnapped that piracy on a ship- Security analyst Rommel Ban- spite us doing everything within ing, kidnapping, bombing and ex- ping route along its sea border laoi said executing Westerners our power to bring him home.” tortion in the south of the mainly with the Philippines could reach raised abu Sayyaf’s profile and the Ridsdel, Hall and the other Catholic country, where it is fighting Somalian levels and warned com- potential sums involved would en- captives —a norwegian man and a for an independent islamic nation. mercial vessels to avoid the area. courage other rebel groups to play Filipino woman—had appealed in a abu Sayyaf militants decapitated Sidney Jones, a Jakarta-based supportive roles in the business. March video for their families and a hostage from Ma laysia in novem- counterterrorism expert, said that “The beheading of John Ridsdel governments to secure their release. ber last year on the same day that while there are links between abu has just increased aSG’s leverage,” Residents found the head in the the country’s prime minister arrived Sayyaf Group and islamic State he said, using an acronym for the center of Jolo town. an army spokes - in Manila for an international sum- group-backed entities in indo nesia, group. “The risks for other captives man said two men on a motorcycle mit. Philippine Pres ident Benigno the faction behind the beheading have become higher as aSG just were seen dropping a plastic bag aqui no ordered troops to intensify appeared to be in it for the money. demonstrated that...it was not bluff- containing the severed head. action against the militants. “This ransom business has been ing when imposing deadlines.” weDneSDay, april 27, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal Rights Group Says Anti-Corruption Unit’s Claims Baseless By Ben Sokhean why is the ACU summoning us The CamboDia Daily like this?” he said. Adhoc president Thun Saray Mr. Yen tieng declined to com- yesterday defended his rights ment on Mr. Saray’s remarks. group’s pro-bono legal representa- Following the press conference, tion of the alleged mistress of dep - Adhoc’s deputy head of mon i tor - uty opposition leader Kem So kha, ing, Yi Soksan, who has also been who last week rescinded her de ni - summoned by the ACU, said the als of the affair and ac cused Adhoc or ganization routinely ac cept ed staff of convincing her to lie. whoever came asking for help. Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) “In principle, when people come Chair man Om Yentieng has sum- to file complaints with us at Adhoc, moned five of Adhoc’s rights we usually accept, whether it’s land- work ers, a U.N. official, an elec- grabbing, a human rights case, tion administrator and a women’s human trafficking or rape,” he said, rights advocate for questioning adding that something was amiss. this week over Khom Chanda - “I think if Srey Mom’s case was a raty’s claim they urged her to lie normal case, the ACU and the gov- about the affair. Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily ernment would not be involved.” Adhoc president Thun Saray speaks during a press conference at the Ms. Chandaraty, a 25-year-old organization's headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday. The other three summoned for hairdresser, made the accusation in questioning over the alleged affair a public letter last week after re - such affairs, what would you do?” group’s lawyers had given Ms. include Thida Khus, head of wom - scinding her denials on April 19 Mr. Saray asked. Chan daraty a total of $204 to sup- en’s rights NGO Silika; Ny Chak - while being questioned for charges “If we did not accept her com- port her during questioning by au - rya, National Election Committee of prostitution and false testimony plaint or told her to go back home, thorities, per standard procedure deputy secretary-general and a for- leveled by anti-terrorism police, we would have no virtue, and when they take on a case, and then mer senior Adhoc official; and Sal - who are investigating the affair. Mr. many people would have criticized questioned why the national anti- ly Soen, who works at the U.N.’s Saray called a press conference our group,” he said. graft body was investigating. lo cal human rights office. yesterday to combat the claims. Mr. Saray played a portion of “We just provided her with le - Mr. Yentieng on Sunday arrest- “I want to ask all of you journal- Adhoc’s initial interviews with Ms. gal advisers based on what she ed an opposition commune chief ists. When she came to meet us Chandaraty from last month, show - told us,” Mr. Saray said. who he says promised Ms. Chan - and was scared—telling her true ing her detailing her story to Ad - “What we understand is that daraty’s family $500 to deny the story and asking us to help her and hoc staff, including denials that the ACU investigates people who af fair. The corruption czar has protect her honor—if you were us, she had an affair with Mr. Sokha. steal state money, but for us, we threatened to make more arrests who have 25 years’ experience on The Adhoc president said his did not take any state money, so in the case if necessary. 4 The Cambodia daily weDneSDay, april 27, 2016 NatioNal Two Charged Hun Sen Says Peace Trumps Free Expression By taylOr O’cOnnell criminal complaint with the Phnom such as Mr. Virak had to be kept For Beheading and KanG SOthear Penh Municipal Court against po- in check because the population The CamboDia Daily litical analyst Ou Virak over alleged- was accustomed to a single ruler A day after the ruling party filed ly defamatory comments published —and simply not ready to em - ‘Sorcerer’ a defamation complaint against by Radio Free Asia (RFA) over the brace political plurality. one of the country’s most promi- By Buth KimSay weekend. “We have only one king, not The CamboDia Daily nent political commentators, Mr. Virak suggested in an in - two.... Ou Virak won’t understand Two women who police say have Prime Minister Hun Sen yester- terview with RFA that the relent- that,” he said. admitted to beheading a fam ily day defended limitations on free- less pursuit of deputy opposition “The opposition means the member thought to have practiced dom of speech as being neces- leader Kem Sokha over his al - enemy in Cambodia,” he added. black magic were provisionally sary for peace and stability. leged extramarital affairs would Mr. Siphan said that while Mr. charged with murder at the Kom - “Some people can only talk backfire on the government. Hun Sen’s speech was not aimed pong Speu Provincial Court yes - about democracy—talk about hu - “The activeness of the CPP in at Mr. Virak, the analyst’s views terday, but some local officials ques- man rights,” the prime minister subduing its political competitor had the potential to “incite” mem- said during a speech at the inaugu- tioned the manner in which their in such way will make it lose a lot bers of society. ration of a highway in Banteay confessions had been obtained. of popularity, and some officials in “Misleading to incite the people Meanchey province. The headless body of mango this party are also not fond of this against the government is not “But they don’t think about the farmer Soa Siv, 62, was found on tactic,” he is quoted as saying. allowed,” he said. right to live...about the right to his plantation in Phnom Sruoch dis- Yesterday, Mr. Virak said he Over the past two days, Mr. have peace,” he added. trict’s Chambak commune on Fri - could not comment on Mr. Hun Virak—who holds both Cambo di - It’s a familiar topic for the pre- day, according to police. His daugh- Sen’s speech because he had not an and American citizenship—has mier, who, when accused of hu - heard it, but dismissed the notion ter-in-law Mao Channy, 33, and her enjoyed an outpouring of support man rights violations and other that free expression had a nega- on social media, as well as from aunt Em Sun, 58, were ar rested abuses, often invokes the peace he tive impact on stability. rights groups and various foreign over the murder earlier this week. claims to have brought to Cambo - “On the contrary, in fact,” he delegations, including the U.S. and Police say the pair confessed to dia after taking control of the coun- said. “If you look at the nations that French missions to Phnom Penh, killing Soa Siv because he used try more than 30 years ago. really respect the right of citizens which shared photographs of the black magic to cause the death of “There has to be the role of to actively engage in the democrat- analyst meeting with diplomats. Ms. Channy’s father a decade ago. peacekeeping first,” he said. “If ic process, those are the most sta- U.S. Embassy spokesman Jay Yesterday, they were sent to the the war begins, the mouth is com - ble countries in the world.” Raman said in an email yesterday Kompong Speu court for further pletely closed.” Government spokesman Phay that the embassy was “monitor- questioning, according to deputy On Monday, the CPP filed a Siphan said, however, that critics ing the situation closely.” provincial police chief Som Sak. “The prosecutor finished ques- tioning the two suspects and provi- Police Attempt to Stop Screening of Banned Film sionally charged them with pre- By Ouch SOny shot by another officer, who was ing questions about the screen ing, meditated murder,” Mr. Sak said, and GeOrGe WriGht even tually exonerated. said CYN deputy di rector Sar adding that the charge would be The CamboDia Daily “If the showing of the docu- Mory. confirmed by an investigating judge Police showed up to a secret mentary affects the honor [of the When efforts to persuade the today. screening of a banned documen- government] because they did po lice to allow the screening failed, But friends and neighbors of the tary about slain environmental not ask permission from the min- the officers climbed the stairs to women—including local officials activist Chut Wutty in Phnom istry,” But Buntenh said, “when the rooftop to shut it down, accord- —say police coerced the women Penh last night, but the film had Chut Wutty was killed, where ing to Mr. Mory, but by then the into confessing, and yesterday peti- ended by the time they moved to was the ministry?” film had already ended. tioned the Phnom Sruoch gover- shut it down, organizers said. After the speeches had finished, “They said we did not inform nor for their release. Several dozen students, monks the lights were dimmed and the them in advance and we did not “This morning, the commune film was projected onto an out- ask permission from authorities. chief, the village chief and about and activists crammed onto the door wall. They said, ‘If something happens 10 other villagers went to the dis- covered rooftop of the Solidarity But about halfway through the who will take responsibility?’” he trict governor to demand the re - House in Sen Sok district—which hourlong film, some 20 district po - said. lease of the two suspects,” said serves as the headquarters of the lice officers and local officials en - Police and district officials de - dis trict police chief Say Bunthorn. Cambodian Youth Network (CYN) tered the building and began ask - clined to comment. “Those people believe those two and the Coalition of Cam bodian ladies are not the murderers,” Mr. Farmers Community—at about 5 Bunthorn said, adding that he had p.m. for a clandestine screening of recorded their confessions and “I am Chut Wutty.” would play them for any locals Before the film began, director who wished to hear. Fran Lambrick, Chut Wutty’s son Commune chief Chey Hin con- Cheuy Oudom Reaksmey and ac - firmed that he was among those tivist monk But Buntenh paid hom - who did not trust the provincial age to the environmental cam- police’s version of events and said paigner on the fourth anniversary both women had alibis. of his death and criticized the Cul - “While the crime happened, both ture Ministry’s decision to ban the ladies were busy. One was pick ing film about his life. cashew nuts and the other one was Chut Wutty was shot dead on cooking a meal for her children at April 26, 2012, during an argu- home,” Mr. Hin said, adding that ment with military police while in - police likely extracted their confes- vestigating illegal logging in Koh sions using devious methods. Kong province. An official investi- “Police always threaten people gation concluded that military po - Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily to get them to confess when they lice officer In Ratana killed the ac - Cheuy Oudom Reaksmey speaks at a screening of 'I am Chut Wutty' are questioning them,” he said. ti vist before being accidentally in Phnom Penh yesterday. wednesday, april 27, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal Hun Sen Challenges His Opponents to Solve Water Crisis By Khuon narim in 2017 or 2018, or do they want to cent data, from April 13—but said “The timing in the onset of the the cambodia daily help solve the water crisis? Let us Koh Kong and Pursat were facing next rainy season is not clear, but Prime Minister Hun Sen yester- wait and see.” “extreme drought conditions.” data from Ministry of Water Re- day challenged political parties “So you created a party for Mr. Bordignon noted that de- sources and Meteorology and Re- “old and new” to demonstrate what? If you can’t solve the water spite the heatwave and drought, gional Integrated Multi-Hazard their commitment to the plight of problem, what you have promised rice prices had not changed, and Early Warning System indicate families suffering from the effects is an empty promise,” he contin- that “impacts on crop production that precipitation will likely be low- of the ongoing drought. ued, noting that the ruling party appear minimal at this time.” er than normal from May to Au- The premier was speaking at had already proven its commit- He said predictions about this gust,” he said in an email. the inauguration of National High- ment to dealing with the issue. year’s rainy season, however, (Additional reporting by Peter way 56, which links Banteay Me - On Friday, Mr. Hun Sen took to were not encouraging. Ford) anchey province with neighbor- Facebook to urge citizens to con- ing Oddar Meanchey province in serve water as the government ------National Brief ------an area that has been among the sent out trucks to help those worst worst hit by what has been affected. Bangladeshi Bar Owner Charged With Trafficking described as the most severe Given the severity of the crisis, A Bangladeshi bar owner was provisionally charged by the Phnom drought in decades. he said yesterday, provincial gov- Penh Municipal Court yesterday for allegedly attempting to traffic nine of “On behalf of the government, I ernors should remain in their his countrymen to Malaysia, according to officials, who said the nine had am unveiling a campaign to pro- provinces until the drought was been sent home on flights paid for by the suspect. Alom Manirul, 37, who vide water for the people,” Mr. over. owns the Euro Bar in central Phnom Penh, was arrested on Saturday Mr. Hun Sen said he had asked Hun Sen told the audience, stress- during a raid on his establishment, where police also found eight ing that despite the ongoing natur- the Ministry of Finance to provide Bangladeshi men he was allegedly holding captive in order to extort al disaster, he had not declared a funding to the National Commit- money from their families. Police say they were tipped off by a ninth state of emergency. tee for Disaster Management to The prime minister gave scant address the crisis. Nhim Vanda, Bangladeshi victim who had escaped from the bar two days earlier. Uk details of how the campaign would first vice president of the commit- Heisela, chief of investigations at the Interior Ministry’s immigration de- address the water shortage, but he tee, said his officials had so far dis- partment, said Mr. Manirul was provisionally charged with illegal deten- used the opportunity to challenge tributed $125,000 and were wait- tion and human trafficking at the municipal court yesterday and would competing political parties to show ing for more money. be questioned by an investigating judge today. The deputy prosecutor their commitment to the people by Gian Pietro Bordignon, country who laid the provisional charges, Srey Makny, could not be reached. Ma- helping in the relief efforts. director for the World Food Pro- jor General Heisela said the nine men allegedly set to be trafficked were “We will wait to see if any politi- gram, this week described the put on a 7:30 p.m. flight to Bangladesh via Thailand at Mr. Manirul’s ex- cal parties come to help people by drought conditions as “moderate” pense. According to immigration police, the nine paid Mr. Manirul solving the water problem,” he in most eastern and western $4,500 each to smuggle them to Malaysia, where they had hoped to find said. “Do they want to take votes provinces—based on the most re- work. (Saing Soenthrith) 6 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 27, 2016 NatioNal Briefing S-21 Interrogator Tells of Torture of Prisoners By Peter Ford “We at S-21 were strictly prohib- mit suicide but failed to do so and Date Set for Rainsy’s the cambodia daily ited from committing any moral disappeared after his arrest. In the There were clear rules govern- offence, or we would be treated as second, a medic who raped a pa - Latest Defamation Trial ing the behavior of guards at an enemy,” he said. “That was the tient was transferred to the nearby Opposition leader Sam Rainsy, Phnom Penh’s S-21 prison, as well clear instruction from the upper- Prey Sar detention center to farm who is living in France to avoid pris - as how and when prisoners could level cadre at S-21.” rice for several months. on time, will be tried over allega- be tortured, former interrogator While special precautions were He also recalled a female pris- tions of defaming National Assem - Lach Mean told the Khmer Rouge taken during the interrogation of oner who had committed suicide. bly President Heng Samrin start- tribunal yesterday. female prisoners, Mr. Mean said “She [dis]embowled herself, ing July 28, the Phnom Penh Mu - Testifying at the court for a sec- he remembered two cases of rape that is, she cut open her abdomen ni ci pal Court has announced. Mr. ond day, Mr. Mean said that while in his time at S-21. with a razor,” he said. “She had Rainsy decided not to return to the torture was used in all but one in - In the first case, he said, a mes- been sent to the center for deten- country while traveling abroad in terrogation that he could remem- November after the court released senger who raped a prisoner after tion after she had an affair with a a warrant for his arrest over an old ber, the use of such techniques re - her interrogation later tried to com - man and gotten pregnant.” conviction for defaming former For - quired permission from a squad eign Minister Hor Namhong. In a leader. statement dated April 22, deputy “After a decision was made to prosecutor Vong Bunvisoth said torture that particular prisoner, for Mr. Rainsy could ask a lawyer to example, it meant that I was al - defend him against charges that lowed to torture that prisoner dur- he defamed Mr. Samrin by falsely ing that interrogation,” he said. claiming in a Facebook post that the Inmates were either beaten with post-Khmer Rouge government tree branches or electrocuted via led by the Assembly president had wires attached to their ears, Mr. sentenced then-Prince Norodom Mean said, adding that the strength Si hanouk to death. Mr. Rainsy has of the charge was decided by an in - noted that he did not make any spe - terrogator operating a dynamo. cific accusations against Mr. Sam - However, when shown two paint - rin, adding that the socialist regime ings by former S-21 detainee Van effectively killed the monarchy. Nath—whose murals adorn the Neither Mr. Rainsy nor spokesmen walls of what is now the Tuol Sleng for the CNRP could be reached yes - Genocide Museum—depicting terday. Mr. Rainsy is also facing pris oners hanging upside down charges of being an accomplice to from a pole and being dunked into forgery and incitement over a post a tub of water, Mr. Mean insisted to his Facebook page featuring that such techniques were not em - com ments by im prisoned opposi- ployed at the security center. tion Senator Hong Sok Hour. “I must respond that I never saw (Khy Sovuthy) such torture and never used such Timber Smuggler Flees forms of torture at all,” he said. While the shortest interrogation Into Ratanakkiri Forest he conducted lasted one week, Mr. Armed authorities in Ratanak - Mean said, most lasted about 10 kiri province yesterday intercept- days, with prisoners facing three ed a pickup truck headed for the Vi - daily interrogation sessions, last- etnamese border with a valuable ing a total of 12 hours. load of illegally logged timber but “When the prisoner could no were unable to apprehend the driv - longer give any other answer, that er, an official said. Local military was the conclusion of the interro- po lice and Forestry Administration gation,” he said. officers stopped the Toyota Tun - Mr. Mean also described the dra on National Road 78—a noto- highly structured nature of work rious timber smuggling route— 'Red Dwarf' by Cedric Delannoy after hearing that it was being load - as signments at S-21, explaining ed in Banlung City earlier in the that each guard had been assigned Photographs Put ‘Psychedelic’ Spin on City Markets specific areas to patrol. He said day, according to O’Chum dis trict As the name of the exhibition indicates, “Psar Idyllic” is about interrogations had taken place military police commander Vorn mar kets. A collection of composite images created by avid amateur away from other guards and pris- Thean. Mr. Thean said a total of photographer Cedric Delannoy, it attempts to capture the noise, col- oners, in buildings 50 meters out- 1.8 cubic meters of luxury-grade ors and commotion that assault shoppers who venture into one of side the main gates of the convert- Thnong wood was recovered from Phnom Penh’s aging emporiums. Each piece is comprised of four ed high school. the truck but that the five or six of - identical photographs taken inside the markets by the 34-year-old “They never allowed guards or ficers at the scene were unable to Belgian agricultural engineer during his many strolls through the staff to see the interrogation in ap prehend its driver. “The driver city. When Mr. Delannoy first began looking at his photos, he felt the compound as the interroga- got out of the car and ran into a near - they did not evoke the “effervescence of all manners of objects [that tion was confidential. So guards by forest,” he said. The district com - often made] vendors seem to dissolve...into their own products.” To mander said the truck was stopped or any staff would not be allowed render that feeling, he positioned four together to create a kaleido- in O’Chum’s Kalay commune and to see or hear the interrogation as scopic—or “psychedelic”—effect reminiscent of artwork from the that the timber was likely destined it was unfolding,” he said. 1960s. Mr. Delannoy moved to Cambodia in late 2011 to work on a for sale across the border, where Guards were also answerable E.U.-funded food security project for indigenous commu nities in vast amounts of wood from Rata - to a set of moral codes, including Ratanakkiri province. His exhibition opens at The Plantation hotel in nakkiri’s once verdant forests have instructions not to commit rape, Phnom Penh at 6:30 p.m. today. (Michelle Vachon) disappeared. (Aun Pheap) Mr. Mean said. wednesday, april 27, 2016 The Cambodia daily 7 NatioNal the acid attack and handed a sus- Starlet... pended one-year prison term, which police had apparently been continued from page 1 unaware of for the previous dec - of her body scarred. ade as they fended off claims of “I still can’t get real justice. Cam- impunity. bodia’s judicial system is a joke,” Mr. Sitha’s wife never faced a she said from Massachusetts, day in jail for the attack on Ms. where she received years of re- Marina. constructive surgery and now Contacted yesterday, Tith So - works at a department store’s re- thea, spokesman for the Council turns desk. of Ministers’ Press and Quick Re- “Cambodia’s judicial system action Unit, headed by Mr. Sitha, serves only their favorite party. If said Ms. Sophal’s conviction scup- they weren’t serving their favorite pered any allegations of impunity. party, I would have justice,” Ms. “The court already implement- Marina said. ed their procedures and handed “I’m not a political person, but I down punishment. Did you just like for things to be equal. I want to wake up?” Mr. Sothea said. “The Tat Marina see people treat others as equals. case is already finished, so why L’Express published lengthy arti- Yentieng said, adding sardonical- Doesn’t matter where they come keep digging it up and making cles accusing Prime Minister Hun ly: “I am afraid of you, Daily.” from,” she said, adding that such problems?” Sen’s wife, Bun Rany, of ordering In a 2003 attack, popular singer equality simply did not exist in The spokesman rebuked sug- the hit due to an affair the star was Touch Sreynich was shot in the Cambodia. gestions that the different intensi- allegedly having with her husband. face and neck, leaving her para- “For example, in the cases of the ty with which the two cases were Piseth Pilika’s sister released lyzed from the neck down at the rich and the poor, the rich will al- pursued was curious. online scans of bank deposits for age of 24. Her mother was shot ways win no matter what! If they “How can I compare a case al- $50,000 and $100,000 alongside di- dead trying to save her. Ms. Srey - couldn’t find anything guilty about ready punished many years ago to ary entries claiming that the mon- nich now lives in California. Four you, they will find the way to make the present case?” Mr. Sothea said, ey had come from Mr. Hun Sen— years later, 23-year-old singer Pov you surrender,” Ms. Marina said. adding that Mr. Sokha’s alleged and that the starlet had been re- Panhapich was shot in the neck and “They don’t care if people live or die. sexual transgressions were right- peatedly warned that Ms. Rany paralyzed. No one has ever been It’s all about money and power.” fully being attacked by the state. might try to kill her. brought to justice for either attack, In contrast to the recent extensive “Kem Sokha is a leader of the The first lady’s alleged role in though rumors of jealous wives and investigations into Mr. Sokha and opposition politicians competing the case was never investigated, high-profile husbands have shad- his alleged mistress, who until last with the prime minister, so every and no one has ever been held to owed both cases to this day. week had denied the affair, authori- action he takes must be correct ac count for the star’s murder. Interior Ministry spokesman ties investigating Ms. Marina’s case and moral. For personal issues, Om Yentieng, who today chairs Khieu Sopheak said yesterday that after the December 1999 attack when his partner reveals their the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU), suggestions Mr. Sokha’s alleged seemed less keen to prosecute. love, it affects the public. How can was at the time Mr. Hun Sen’s ad- affair was being pursued more Police at the time acknowl- he make people trust him?” viser and released written defenses aggressively than the violence edged a car seized at the scene Mr. Sothea said Mr. Sitha was denying the claims leveled against against Ms. Panhapich, Ms. Srey - was returned to Mr. Sitha’s family overseas so would not be available Ms. Rany. Mr. Yentieng and the nich and Ms. Marina were wrong. —“following orders from the top” to comment. ACU are now leading the detailed “The investigations are not dif- —even as they immediately iden- Ms. Marina’s is not the only case investigation of Mr. Sokha’s ap- ferent, it just depends how much at- tified Ms. Sophal as the prime sus- where a senior CPP official has parent affairs, ostensibly due to tention people pay to them,” he ex- pect and issued the arrest warrant been embroiled in claims of an concerns about where he got the plained. “In the Kem Sokha case, that would never be acted on. extra-marital affair that, unlike Mr. money to allegedly promise to the reason that most of the people Rights groups for years be- Sokha’s, ended in brutality and then buy property for mistresses. pay attention to the case is because moaned the impunity as Ms. Sophal went untouched by authorities. Mr. Yentieng declined to com- he’s a high-ranking official.” and Mr. Sitha continued their lives Six months before Ms. Marina ment yesterday when asked about “We are still searching for the without any consequences. Then a was beaten and doused in acid, fel- the Piseth Pilika case and claims suspects, but we haven’t found Cambodia Daily article in Novem- low music video star Piseth Pilika that mon ey was deposited in her them yet. We never closed the in- ber 2011 led the Council of Minis- was shot to death in broad daylight bank account by Mr. Hun Sen, vestigations into those cases,” he ters to publicly release a court con- outside Phnom Penh’s O’Rus sey whose official monthly salary added. “If you know who did it, viction for Ms. Sophal. Market while out walking with her would likely have precluded him OK, tell us and we will take action.” Ms. Sophal, it said, had in fact young niece. from such lar gesse. “We don’t have a magic eye to been convicted in April 2001 over The French weekly magazine “I don’t have time to talk,” Mr. find suspects.” 8 The Cambodia daily wEdnESday, apRil 27, 2016 regional Gay Couple Wins Thai Court Burma Monk Leader Jailed on Battle Over Surrogacy Baby Charge of Illegal Immigration REUTERS Ku solsand refused to cede pa - REUTERS or two to serve. So we’re not go ing BangKoK- a gay couple from the rental rights to the couple, leaving rangoon - a Burma court yester- to appeal against the verdict,” Myo U.S. won an appeal yesterday for them trapped in Thailand with day sentenced a former monk and Min Zaw said. parental rights over a baby born Carmen. leader of the 2007 anti-junta upris- gambira was freed from prison through a Thai surrogate mother Manuel, speaking to reporters ing to six months of hard labor on during a 2012 general amnesty, a in a high-profile case that came to outside a Bangkok family court immigration charges, a member year after the junta handed power light before Thailand banned com - after the verdict, said the couple of his defense team said, but he to a semi-civilian government, fol- mercial surrogacy last year. would take Carmen to Spain first was likely to be released soon lowing 49 years of direct rule. The law came into effect in July to meet her family there. because of time already served. Since his release, gambira has in a bid to end “rent-a-womb” tour - “This nightmare is going to The sentence came amid wide- divided his time between Burma ism in Thailand following a series end soon,” Santos said through spread excitement following the re - and Thailand, but Burmese au - of high-profile surrogacy cases tears. “Carmen will be with us in lease and dropping of charges thorities have rearrested him sev- involving foreigners, including ac - our home.” against more than 100 political pris - eral times in what his family and cusations in 2014 that an aus tra - Ku solsand had said that she oners since aung San Suu Kyi’s rights groups have described as lian couple had abandoned their did not know the couple was gay national League for De mocracy continued harassment for his crit- Down syndrome baby with his when she agreed to the surroga- took power earlier this month. icism of the government. Thai birth mother. cy and that she refused to cede nyi nyi Lwin, better known as In 2007, gambira emerged as a Before that, Thailand had been parental rights when she found gambira, was arrested in January leading figure in a mass protest a popular destination for foreign- out because she was unsure for illegally entering Burma from over living conditions and the op - ers seeking surrogacy services, in about the couple’s abilities as neighboring Thailand. He has pressive rule of then-dictator Than part be cause of lower prices but parents. been held without bail since his Shwe that was dubbed the Saffron also be cause of the country’s lax Lake and Santos have another arrest at a prison in Mandalay, revolution. The government legislation. child—their son alvaro—who Burma’s second-largest city. cracked down on the pro test, american gordon Lake and was also born through surrogacy Myo Min Zaw, as sistant defense opening fire on protesters and his Spanish husband, Manuel in India three years ago. The pair lawyer, said the Mandalay court sweeping up those who took part. San tos, had a baby named Car - have said they chose Thailand for sentenced gam bira to six months gambira’s prison term of 63 men through a Thai mother be - their second child because regu- in jail of hard labor, but that he years for his role in the protest fore the Thai ban on commercial lations in India had changed. would be released soon. turned him into one of Burma’s surrogacy came in to effect. Santos said he could not con- “Since my client has already most prominent political prisoners. Then a bitter battled ensued firm when the pair would leave served several months in jail dur- Members of his family were also when surrogate mother Patidta Thailand with their two children. ing the trial, he has only a month arrested. wEdnESday, apRil 27, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 regional Philippines’ Maverick Duterte Causing Election Shake-Up REUTERS our people.” tralian missionary killed in a 1989 wide. Those who know him say As mayor of the Philippine city Duterte’s crime-busting platform Davao prison riot. He said inmates it’s not impossible. of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte has has tapped into concerns that grow- had lined up to rape her and as “He’s instilled fear among crim- secretly rented a taxi and cruised ing drug usage among Filip inos may or, he should have been first. inals,” said one senior Davao po - crime-infested streets with a pis- has caused crime to skyrocket. Re - He is a self-confessed womaniz- liceman. “If his subordinates obey tol by his side, hoping robbers ported crimes in the Philip pines er who lives modestly and typical- him, then it’ll be easy.” would target him. soared five-fold from nearly 218,000 ly dresses in jeans, polo shirts and Former congressman Jesus Du - He has joined armed police in 2012 to 1,161,000 in 2014, accord- loafers. He doesn’t own a suit and reza grew up with Duterte and of - raids on drug dens, negotiated in ing to official data. Roughly half of said he has no plans to wear one fers a perspective that belies the hostage incidents and advocated those were serious crimes. as president. mayor’s thuggish image. vigilante killings, making him a Duterte is stretching his lead in Those who work with him tell Dureza describes him as an ac - hero in a once lawless town he has opinion polls and eclipsing tradi- the same stories of an unpredic t - complished lawyer who studies run for 22 years. tional candidates Vice President able, hot-headed maverick who is econ omic research papers, fol- Duterte is known in the Phil - Jejomar Binay and Manuel Roxas, charitable, but brutally strict. lows foreign affairs and regularly ippines as “the punisher,” an un - whom outgoing President Be - Duterte banned smoking in Da - consults his policy teams. compromising provincial tough nigno Aquino backs. Two surveys vao and threatened to kill a res - “He’s much deeper than what guy, whose profanity-packed this week put Duterte between 7 taurant customer who refused to he wants people to see,” Dureza speeches and death threats to and 12 percentage points ahead of put out his cigarette. He made him said. “He comes across as rough drug gangs are now resonating his nearest rival. eat it. and simple, shoot from the hip, far beyond Davao ahead of the The former prosecutor is indif- He has pulled over traffic viola- but he wants to keep it that way.” May 9 presidential election. ferent to the 1,424 suspicious mur - tors and made them run laps He doubts Duterte ordered ex - A late entry into the race for the ders since 1998 documented in around a park and has forced trajudicial killings but said it was presidency, Duterte is now on the Davao by rights groups, which say land-grabbers with forged docu- not in his interests to distance him - cusp of victory, surging in popu- “Davao death squads” operate with ments to eat them and tell him self from them. larity after his promises to wipe impunity on his watch. “Du terte they tasted delicious. “He cashes in on that image,” out crime within six months. Harry,” as he is known, de nies or - Live on air, Duterte cursed angri- he said. “The hits aren’t Duterte.” Even the mere mention of crime dering extrajudicial kill ings, but he ly and read out names of criminals, But not everyone is convinced. gets him worked up. doesn’t condemn them. some of whom wound up dead Clarita Alia, 62, lost four teen age “I will not let drugs and criminali- “You talk about summary kill - days later. Many left town. Pres - sons in Davao street killings be - ty destroy my country, I simply can- ings? I’m sorry, bad guys were sured by regulators, ABS-CBN had tween 2001 and 2007 and blames not accept that,” Duterte said last killed. But what about the people to pre-record his program and vigilantes she is certain Duterte week, surrounded by fans. who were abused? Who takes bleep out expletives that averaged has links to. “If ev ery one sits on their ass, care of them?” he said. 30-40 per show. “When I see posters of him, I we’ll let criminals have their way,” Duterte, 71, was in hot water re - Critics scoff at his plan to take see the devil,” she said. “I pray he he said. “We have to stop f—ing cently over a remark about an Aus - his crime-busting model nation- won’t win.” 10 The Cambodia daily wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 regional Japan Eyes Foreign Workers, Challenges Immigration Taboo ReuteRs After a heated debate in which tokyo - Desperately seeking an one lawmaker said the plan would antidote to a rapidly aging popula- “leave Japan in tatters,” members tion, Japanese policymakers are agreed to let the panel organizers exploring ways to bring in more decide whether to make any revi- foreign workers without calling it sions to the proposal. an “immigration policy.” But experts say changes are Immigration is a touchy subject afoot regardless of the semantics. in a land where conservatives “the government insists it is prize cultural homogeneity and not adopting an immigration poli- politicians fear losing votes from cy, but whatever the word, faced workers worried about losing jobs. with a shrinking population, it is But a tight labor market and changing its former stance and ever-shrinking workforce are has begun to move toward a real making Japanese Prime Minister im migration policy,” said Hi den - Shinzo Abe’s policy team and law- ori Sakanaka, a former tokyo makers consider the politically Immigration Bureau chief. controversial option. Reuters two Cabinet members have al - Signaling the shift, leading A man walks past a barber store in Tokyo on Friday. ready advocated adopting an im - mem bers of a ruling Liberal Dem - makes ethnic and cultural diversi- An economic uptick since Abe migration policy, as have some ocratic Party panel yesterday pro- ty seem more of a threat in Japan took office in December 2012, re - LDP panel members. posed expanding the types of jobs than it may seem elsewhere. building after the 2011 tsunami “the fundamental problem of open to foreign workers and dou- And while Japan is not caught and a construction boom ahead the Japanese economy is that the bling their numbers from current up in the mass migration crisis af - of the 2020 tokyo olympics have potential growth rate is low,” LDP levels of close to 1 million. flicting Europe, the controversies pushed labor demand to its high- panel adviser Seiichiro Murakami “Domestically, there is a big al - in other regions do color the way est in 24 years. said. “to raise that, big structural lergy. As a politician, one must be Jap anese think about immigration. that has helped boost foreign re forms including...immigration aware of that,” said takeshi No - LDP lawmakers floated immi- worker numbers by 40 percent policy are necessary.” da, an ad viser to the LDP panel. gration proposals almost a dec ade since 2013, with Chinese account- the influential Nikkei Business Unlike the U.S., where Repub li - ago, but those came to naught. ing for more than one-third fol- weekly has dubbed a foreign can presidential candidate Don - Since then, however, labor short- lowed by Vietnamese, Filipinos worker-driven growth strategy ald trump has made immigration ages have worsened and demo- and Brazilians. “imin-omics,” a pun on the pre- an election issue, Japan has little graphic forecasts have become But visa conditions largely bar- mier’s “Abenomics” revival plan history of immigration. But that more dire. ring unskilled workers mean for- and “imin,” the Japanese word for eigners still make up only about immigrants. 1.4 percent of the workforce, Abe, however, has made draw- com pared with the 5 percent or ing more women and elderly into more found—according to IMF the workforce while boosting the estimates—in most advanced birth rate his priorities, and pub- economies. licly the government rules out any So far, measures to attract more “im migration policy.” foreign workers have fo cused on Still, Abe’s right-hand man, easing entry for highly skilled pro- Chief Cabinet Secretary yoshi - fessionals and expanding a “train - hide Suga, said debate on more ee” system that was de signed to foreign workers lay ahead. share technology with developing “We are seeking to mobilize countries, but which critics say the power of women and the el - has become a backdoor source of derly as much as possible, but at cheap labor. the same time we recognize that this time, the LDP panel lead- the acceptance of foreigners is a ers’ proposal went further, sug- ma jor issue,” Suga said. gesting foreigners be accepted in He said the future debate would other sectors facing shortages, also consider the longer-term is - such as nursing and farming— sue of permanent residence for initially for five years with visa re - less-skilled foreigners, but added newal possible. caution was needed. they also proposed creating a Conservatives are likely to re - framework whereby the number sist major change. For example, of foreign workers would be dou- an ex-labor minister commenting bled from around 908,000 cur- at the LDP panel earlier on a pro- rently, and the term “unskilled posal to let in foreign beauticians labor” would be abandoned. said the idea was fine, as long as In a sign of the sensitivities, their customers were foreign, too. however—especially ahead of a But hairdresser Mitsuo Iga ra - July upper house election—panel shi, who has four barber chairs in chief yoshio kimura stressed the his downtown tokyo barbershop proposal should not be miscon- but only himself to clip and shave, strued as an “immigration policy” wants to hire other barbers and and said steps were needed to off- doesn’t care where they come set any negative impact on jobs from. “We’ve got to let in more for - and public safety. eigners,” Igarashi said. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 11 12 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 27, 2016 regional N Korea Readying Another Intermediate Missile Launch reuters grandson, who has claimed sever- SeoUl - north Korea appears to al advances in weapons technolo- be preparing a test-launch of an gy in recent months and is widely intermediate-range ballistic mis- expected to conduct a fifth nuclear sile, South Korea’s Yonhap news test soon. agency said yesterday, after what South Korean Defense Minis - the U.S. described as the “fiery, try spokesman Moon Sang-gyun catastrophic” failure of the first declined to confirm the Yonhap attempt. re port but said the north’s mili- earlier this month, the north tary would likely spend some failed to launch what was likely a time trying to fix the problem fol- Musudan missile, with a range of lowing the failed launch. more than 3,000 km, meaning it experts see north Korea’s Mu - could, if launched successfully, su dan test as part of an effort to hit japan and also theoretically develop an intercontinental ballis- put the U.S. territory of guam tic missile that can reach the main - with in range. land U.S. The Musudan missile, which north Korea said its fourth nu- can be fired from a mobile launch - c lear test in january was a hy dro - er, is not known to have been suc- gen bomb, although that claim cessfully flight-tested. has been disputed by foreign gov- north Korea tested its fourth ernments and experts given the nuclear bomb on january 6 and relatively small size of the blast. launched a long-range rocket on north Korea said its submarine- February 7, both in defiance of launched ballistic missile test on U.n. resolutions. on Saturday, Saturday was a “great success” that the north tested of a submarine- provided “one more means for launched ballistic missile. powerful nuclear attack.” “There are indications that the South Korea yesterday de - north may fire a Musudan missile scribed the test, which sent a mis- that it launched and failed on Kim sile traveling about 30 km, as a il Sung’s birthday on April 15,” par tial success. Yon hap quoted an unnamed gov- The U.S. and South Korea be - ernment official as saying. Kim il gan talks on possible deployment Sung is the north’s founder. of a new missile-defense system, north and South Korea remain the Terminal High Altitude Area technically at war after their 1950- De fense, after the latest north 53 conflict ended in a truce, rath er Ko rea nuclear and rocket tests. than a treaty. The north, whose expanded U.n. sanctions aimed lone major ally is neighboring Chi - at starving north Korea of funds na, routinely threatens to destroy for its nuclear weapons program South Korea and the U.S. were approved in a unanimous Se - The April 15 failure was seen as curity Council vote in early March an embarrassing blow for current on a resolution drafted by the U.S. leader Kim jong Un, Kim il Sung’s and China.

------Regional Brief ------Disabled Rights Lawyer Under House Arrest in China beijing - Chinese authorities have placed a disabled rights lawyer under house arrest and prevented a group of foreign diplomats from visiting her, she said on Monday, ratcheting up pressure weeks after the U.S. State De partment gave her a bravery award. ni Yulan, known for de- fending people evicted from their homes to make way for development, had been held un der house arrest for 12 days, she said. Authorities pre- vented ni from trav eling late last month to receive the State De part - ment’s international Wom en of Courage Award, which the department says is given to female advocates of human rights, justice and gender equality. beijing police could not be reached for comment. China’s For - eign Ministry has said exit-entry authorities acted in accordance with Chi nese law in the case. Five foreign diplomats, including those from the e.U., germany, Canada, France and Switzerland, had sought to see ni at her home and deliver food over the weekend but were prevented from entering, she said. Diplomats with knowledge of the situation con- firmed the group was turned away. “Plainclothes officers did not allow them to come into my home,” ni said by text message. A diplomat with knowledge of the situation confirmed the group was denied access by plainclothes police. (Reuters) រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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ស៊ីវ ចាន់ណា ពែះរជកែឹតែយ​​ឡាយ​ពែះហស䮏​ដោយ​ពែះ​ លោក​​​​ធន​សរាយ​ប្ធាន​​​សមាគម​​​​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុស្ស​​​អាដហុក​ថ្ល្ង​​​អំឡុង​​​សន䮓ិសីទ​​​សរព័ត៌​​​មាន​​​នៅ​​​ទី​​​ស្ន្ក់​​​ការ​​​កណ្ត្ល​​​ មហាកែសតែ​ នរោត䮏ម​ សីហមុនី​ ​កាលពី​ថ䮄ែ​ របស់​​​សមាគម​​​ក䮓ុង​​​រាជ​​​ធានីភ䮓ំ​​​ព្ញ​​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ម្សិលមិញ។ សៅរ៍​ ​បែកាស​​​តែង​តំង​លោក​ យុិនទៀង អាដហុក ៖ ការ អះ អាង របស់អង䮂ភាព បែឆាំង អំពើពុក រលួយ មិនសមហែតុ សម ផល ពុទ䮒ិរ៉ែ​និង​​​លោក​យុិនទៀង​ពុទ䮒ិរិទ䮒​ជា​ឧបការី​​

ក䮓ុង​ចំណោម​​ឧបការី​ថ្មី​ៗចំនួន​១៨​រូប​​​​​​​​របស់​​ ប្ន សុខហ៊្ន នង​​អំពី​ទំនក់​ទំនង​ស䮓ែហា​នោះ​​ហើយ​បន​ ACU មន​ឋានៈ​ស្មើ​អនុរដ䮋លែខា​ធិការ​និង​​​​ ខែមបូឌា ដែលី ចោទ​បែកាន់​បុគ䮂លិក​សមគម​​អាដហុក​ថា​

រដ䮋លែខាធិការ​ដែល​មន​បែសិទ䮒ភព​ភ្លែមៗ។ កាល ពី ​មែសិ ល មិ ញ ​លោក ​ធន ​សរយ​​ បន​បញ䮅ុះបញ䮅ូល​នង​ឲែយ​និយាយ​កុហក។

ការ​តែង​តំង​នែះ​​​​​​​​តែូវ​​​បន​​​​​​​​​ស䮓ើឡើង​​​​ដោយ​​ បែធានសមគម​អាដហុក​បន​និយាយ​ការ​ លោក​ ឱម​ យុិនទៀង​ បែធានអង䮂ភព​ ACU លោក​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏ែី​ហ៊ុន​សែន​​ដែល​កាល​ 家រ​​ការ​តំណាង​ផ䮛ូវ​ចែបាប់​ដោយ​ឥត​គិត​ថ䮛ែ​ បែឆាំង​អំពើ ​ពុករលួយ​​( )​​បន​កោះ​

ពី​ថ䮄ែ​សុកែ​ក៏​បន​ចុះ​​ហត䮐លែខា​លើ​អនុកែឹតែយ​ របស់​សមគម​​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុសែស​របស់​លោកឲែយ​​​សែី​ ហៅ​បុគ䮂លិក​សមគម​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុសែស​អាដហុក​

ដោយ​ឡែ ក​មួយ​​​​​​បែកាស​​តែ ង​តំង​ឧបការី​​ កំណាន់​​​​ដែ ល​​​ចោទ​​​ថា​ជា​​​របស់​លោក​​​​​កឹម​សុខា​​​​ បែែំនក់​​មន䮏ែី​អង䮂ការ​សហបែជាជាតិ​ម្នែក់

ឋានៈ​​​ទាប​​​ជាង​​​​​​ចំនួន​​​បែែំមួយ​រូប​​សមែែប់​ អនុបែធាន​គណបកែស​បែឆាំង​​និង​​​ដែល​កាល​​​ មន䮏ែី​​គែប់​គែង​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នែតម្នែក់​​​​និង​អ䮓ក​

អង䮂ភព​នែះ​។​ ពី​សប្ដែហ៍​មុន​​បន​កែបែែ​ការ​បដិ​​​សែធ​របស់​ តស៊ូ​មតិ​សិទ䮒ិស䮏ែី​ម្នែក់​មក​សក​សួរ​នៅ​សប្ដែហ៍​

លោក​ ឱម​ យុិនទៀង​ បន​បដិសែធ​មិន​ តទៅទំព័បន្ទាប់

និយាយ​ជាមួយ​អ䮓ក​យក​ព័ត៌មន​​ទែកាលពី​ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន លើកឡើងថា សន្តិភាពបែសើរជាង សែរីភាពនែការបញ្ចែញមតិ មែសិលមិញ​ហើយ​លោក​កែវ​រ៉ែមី​អ䮓ក​នំ家កែយ​

អង䮂ភព​បែឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​មិន​អាច​ទាក់​ taylor o'Connell និង កង សុធា ភព​នែ​​​ការ​​​បញ䮅ែញ​​​មតិ​​​ថា​​​​ជា​​​ភព​​​ចំ​​​បច់​​​សមែែប់​​​

ទង​សុំ​ការ​បំភ䮛ឺ​បន​ឡើយ។​លោក​នៅ​​រ៉ែ​​ជា​​​ ខែមបូឌា ដែលី សន䮏ិភព​និង​ស䮐ិរភព​។

មន䮏ែី​មួយ​រូប​នៅ​ខុទ䮑កាល័យ​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏ែី​​ មួយ​​​ថ䮄ែ​​​បន䮑ែប់​​​ពី​​​គណបកែស​​​កាន់​​​អំណាច​​​ លោ​​​ក​​​នយក​​​រដ䮋​​​មន䮏ែី​​​បន​​​មន​​​បែសសន៍​​​

បន​បង䮜ែរ​​សំណើ​សុំ​ការ​ឆ䮛ើយ​បំភ䮛ឺ​តែឡប់​ទៅ​ បន​​​ដាក់​​​家កែយ​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​អ䮓ក​​​អត䮐ែធិបែបាយ​​​ម្នែក់​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ អំឡុង​​​ពែល​ថ䮛ែង​​​សុន䮑រកថា​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ពិធី​​​សម្ពែធ​​​​​​

អង䮂ភព​បែឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយវិញ​​​​។ ចំណោម​​​​អ䮓ក​អត䮐ែធិបែបាយ​​​នយោបយ​​​​​​ដ៏លែច​ ដាក់​ឲែយ​បែើបែែស់​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ជាតិមួយ​ខែសែ ​​​​​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​

លោក​ តុប​ សំ​ បែធាន​​កែុម​បែឹកែសា​ជាតិ​ ធ្លែ​បំផុត​នៅ​​​កម្ពុជា​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​បរិហារ​​​កែរ្តិ៍​​​​នោះ​​ ខែត䮏​​​បន䮑ែយ​​​​​​មន​​​ជ័យ​​​ថា​ "អ䮓ក​​​ខ䮛ះ​​​និយាយ​​​បន​​​

បែឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​ដែល​គែប់គែង​ពីលើ​​​​​​ កាល​​​ពី​​​មែសិលមិញ​លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ䮋​​​មន䮏ែី​ហ៊ុន​ ​​​ តែឹម​​បែជា​ធិបតែយែយ​​​​​និយាយ​​​បន​​​ពី​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសែស​​​

អង䮂ភព​បែឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​​មិន​​បន​​​​​​វែក​​​ សែន​​​​បន​​​និយាយ​ការ​​​家រ​​​ការ​​​រឹត​​​តែបិត​​​សែរី​​​ ក៏​​​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​​គែ​​​អត់​​​បន​​​គិត​​​ពី​សិទ䮒ិ​​​​​​រស់​​​រន​​​មន​​ជីវិត

តទៅទំព័១៦ តទៅទំព័បន្ទាប់

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១៤ ខែមបូឌា ដែលី ថ្ងៃ​​ពុធ​ទី២៧​ខៃ​មៃសា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

អាដហុក ៖ ការ អះ អាង... សម䮗េសន៍​ដំបូង​របស់​អង䮂ការ​អាដហុក​​ជមួយ​ ដេ រ​នោះ​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​សមគម​​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ នង​​ាន់តរ៉េទី​កាលពី​ខេ​មុន​​ដោយ​​បង្ហេញ​ ទទួល​យក​នរ​​ណា​ក៏ដោយ​ដេល​មក​សុំ​ជំនួយ​ នេះពាក់​ព័ន䮒​ការ​អះអាង​របស់​នង​​​​​​ខុម​ាន់​​​ ពី​ការ​​រៀបរប់​លម្អិត​នូវ​​រឿង​រ៉េវ​របស់​នង​​ ផ䮓េក​ចេបាប់​។ តរ៉ទី​​​​ដេល​​​ថា​ពួកគេ​បន​បញ䮅ុះ​បញ䮅ូល​​ឲេយ​នង​​​​ បេេប់​បុគ䮂លិក​សមគម​អាដហុក​​រួម​ទាំង​ការ​ លោក​បន​ថ䮛េង​ថា​"​ជ​គោលការណ៍​នៅ​ និយាយ​​​​កុហក​អំពី​ទំនក់​ទំនង​ស䮓េហា​នេះ​។ បដិសេធ​​ថា​នង​មិន​ដេល​មន​ទំនក់​ទំនង ពេល​​​មន​បេជពលរដ䮋​មក​ដក់​ពាកេយ​បណ្តឹង​ ​នង​ាន់តរ៉េទី​អាយុ​២៥​ឆ䮓េំ​ជ​អ䮓ក​ធ䮜ើ​ ស䮓េហា​ជមួយ​លោក​កឹម​សុខ​ផងដេរ​​​​​​។ ជមួយ​យើ ង​នៅ​សមគម​​អាដហុក​​យើ ង​​ សក់​បន​ចោទ​បេកាន់នៅ​ក䮓ុង​លិខិត​ចំហ​មួយ​ បេធាន​សមគម​អាដហុក​រូប​នេះ ​បន​ តេង​តេ​ទទួល​យក​មិន​ថា​ករណី​ាប់​យក​ដី កាល​ពី​សប䮊េហ៍​មុន​បន䮑េប់ពី​បន​និយាយ​ មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​មេធាវី​របស់​សមគម​លោក​​​​​ ករណី​រំលោភ​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុសេស​ករណី​ជួញដូរ​មនុសេស​​​​ កេបេេ​ការ​បដិសេធ​របស់​នង​កាលពី​ថ䮄េទី​ បន​ផ䮊ល់​បេេក់ចំនួន​២០៤​ដុល្លេរ​​​ដល់​នង​ ឬ​ករណី​ាប់​រំលោភ​ឡើយ"​។ ១៩​ខេ​មេស​ខណៈ​ពេល​តេូវ​បន​សក​​​សួរ​​​ ាន់តរ៉េទី​ដើមេបី​ជួយ​នង​អំឡុង​ការ​សកសួរ​ លោក​បន​បន䮐េម​ថា​"​ខ䮉ុំ​គិត​ថា​បេសិន​បើ​ ACU ពាក់ព័ន䮒​​ការ​ចោទ​បេកាន់​ពីបទ​ពេ សេយាារ របស់​អាជ䮉េធរ​ហើយ​បន䮑េប់​មក​​បន​ចោទសួរ​​​ ករណី​របស់​​សេីមុំ​គឺ​ជ​ករណី​ធម្មត​​ និង​ និង​​​​ការ​ផ䮊ល់​សក䮁ី​កម្ម​មិន​ពិត​​​​ដោយ​នគរ​បល​ ថា​តើ ​ហេ តុ​អ䮜ី​​បន​ជ​ស䮐េប័ន​បេឆំង​អំពើ ​ រដ䮋េភិបល​នឹង​មិន​​លូក​​ដេ​​ឡើយ​"។​​ បេឆំង​ភេ រវកម្ម​​ដេ ល​​កំពុង​​សុើប​​​អង䮀េត​​​ពី​ ពុករលួយ​សុើប​អង䮀េត​ករណី​នេះទៅ​វិញ​​។ មនុសេស​បី​នក់​ទៀត​ដេល​តេូវ​​បន​កោះ​ ទំនក់​ទំន​ង​ស䮓េហា​នេះ​។ លោក​ ធន​ សរយ​ បន​ថ䮛េង​ថា​ "​យើង​​ ហៅ​មក​សកសួរ​ពាក់​ព័ន䮒​ករណី​នេះ​ដេរ​ រួម​ លោក​ធន​សរយ​បន​​ធ䮜ើ​សន䮓ិសីទ​សរ​​​ គេេន់​តេ​ផ䮊ល់ទី​​​បេឹកេសា​ផ䮓េក​ចេបាប់​ដល់​នង​ផ្អេក​ មន ​លោក សេី ​ធី ត​ឃឹះ ​បេ ធាន ​អង䮂 ការ​ ព័ត៌មន​កាលពី​មេសិលមិញដើ មេបីតប​​​ត​នឹង​​​​​​ តម​អ䮜ី​ដេល​នង​បនរ៉េយ​រ៉េប់​​បេេប់​យើង​តេ​ សីលការ​​ជ​អង䮂ការ​មិន​មេន​​រដ䮋េភិបល​ផ䮓េក​ ការអះអាង​នេះ​។ ប៉ុណ្ណេះ​។​គ䮘េន​ហេ តុ​ផល​ណា​ដេ ល​យើ ង​ សិទ䮒ិស䮏េី​​លោក​នី​ចរិយា​អគ䮂លេខធិការ​រង​​ លោក​​ធន​ សរយ​ បន​អះអាង​ថា​ "​ខ䮉ុំ​ ណេនំ​នង​ឲេយ​ផ䮊ល់​​សក䮁ីកម្ម​មិន​ពិត​​ផ䮑ុយ​នឹង​អ䮜ី​ គណៈ កម䮘េធិការ​ជតិ​រៀ បចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ䮓េត ចង់​សួរ​លោក​អ䮓ក​សរព័ត៌មន​​ទាំង​អស់​គ䮓េ។ ដេល​នង​បន​រ៉េយ​រ៉េប់​បេេប់​យើង​ឡើយ​"។ (គ.ជ.ប.)​និង​ជ​អតីត​មន䮏េី​ជន់​ខ្ពស់សមគម​​ នៅ​ពេល​នង​មកជួប​យើង​​​​នង​ភ័យ​ណាស់​ លោក​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​"អ䮜ី​ដេ ល​ អាដហុក​និង​លោក​​សុឺន​សលី​ដេល​​បមេើ​ ACU ដោយ​បេេប់​ពី​រឿងពិត​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​​ហើយ​សុំ​ឲេយ​ យើង​យល់​គឺ​ថា​ សុើបអង䮀េត​​អ䮓ក​ដេល​ ការ​នៅ​ការិយា​ល័យ​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុសេស​ក䮓ុង​សេុក​ យើង​ជួយ​ការ​ពារ​កិត䮏ិយស​នង​​បេសិនបើ​​ លួច​បេេក់​ជតិ​ប៉ុន䮏េ​សមេេប់​យើង​​​យើង​មិន​ របស់​អង䮂ការ​សហ​បេជជតិ​។ អស់​លោក​ជ​យើង​​ដេល​មន​បទ​ពិសោធន៍​​​​ បន​លួច​បេេក់​ជតិ​ឡើយ​​ដូច䮓េះ​ហេតុ​អ䮜ី​បន​ កាលពី​ថ䮄េអាទិតេយ​ លោក​ ឱម​ យុិនទៀង ACU ” ២៥​ឆ䮓េំ​ពី​រឿង​នោះ​វិញ​​តើ​​អស់​លោក​នឹង​ធ䮜ើ​ ជ​​ កោះ​ហៅ​យើង​ដូច​នេះ​ទៅ​វិញ​? ​​​។​​​ បន​ាប់​ខ䮛ួន​​មេ ឃុំ​គណបកេស​បេឆំង​ម䮓េក់​ ដូច​ម䮊េច​?"។ នៅ​ពេល​ទាក់​ទង​​តមទូរស័ព䮑​​លោក​ឱម ដេលលោក​​​និយាយ​ថា​​បន​សនេយា​​ផ䮊ល់​បេេក់​ លោក​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​"​បេសិន​បើ​ យុិនទៀង​បន​បដិសេធ​មិន​ធ䮜ើ​អត䮐េធិ​​​បេបាយ​​​ ៥០០​ដុល្លេរ​​ដល់​គេួសរ​នង​ាន់តរ៉េទី​​ឲេយ​ យើង​​មិនទទួល​យក​បណ្តឹង​របស់​នង​ឬ​បេេប់​ អំពី​ការ​លើក​ឡើង​របស់​លោក​ធន​សរយ និយាយ​បដិសេ ធអំ​​ពី​​​ទំនក់​ទំនង​ស䮓េហា​ នង​ឲេយ​តេឡប់​ទៅ​ផ䮑ះវិញ​យើង​គ䮘េន​គុណធម៌​ ឡើយ។​ នោះ​​​​ហើយ​លោក​​បន​គំរម​​ាប់​ខ䮛ួន​មនុសេស​ ហើយ​មនុសេស​​​គេប់គ䮓េ​នឹង​រិះគន់សមគម​របស់​ បន䮑េប់​ពី​សន䮓ិសីទ​សរព័ត៌មន​ លោក​ យី ជចេើន​ទៀត​​ពាក់​ព័ន䮒​ករណី​នេះ​​បេសិន​បើ​ យើង"។ សុខសន䮏​​​អនុបេធាន​ផ䮓េក​ឃ្លេំមើល​នៅ​សម​​​ ាំបច់​៕ ACU លោក​ធន​សរយ​បនាក់​ផ䮓េក​នេបទ​​ គម​​អាដហុក​​ដេល​ក៏​តេូវ​បន​​ កោះ​ហៅ​​​​ សរនុ ​

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន លើកឡើង... កាល​​​ពី​​​ថ䮄េ​​​ច័ន䮑​​​​គណបកេស​​​បេជ​​​ជន​​​កម្ពុជ​​​ នឹង​​​កាត់តេធ䮜ើ​ឲេយ​​​​បត់​​​បង់​​​បេជ​​​បេិយ​​​ភាព​​​ខ្លេំង​​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ បន​​​ដក់​​​ពាកេយ​​​បណ្តឹង​​​​​​ពេហ្មទណ䮌​​​ទៅ​​​កាន់​​​ ហើយ​​​មន䮏េី​​​​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​គណបកេស​​​នេះមួយ​​​ចំនួន​​​ក៏​​​ សិទ䮒ិ​ទទួល​បន​សន䮏ិភាពនោះ​ទេ​​"។ សល​​​​​​ដំបូង​​​រជធានីភ䮓ំពេញ​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​លោក​ ​​​អ៊ូ​ ​​​វីរៈ​​​ មិន​​​ពេញ​​​ចិត䮏​​​ចំពោះ​​​​យន䮏ការ​នេះដេរ​​​​"។ វា​​​ជ​​​បេធាន​​​បទ​​​សេដៀ ង​​​គ䮓េ​​​សមេេប់​​​ អ䮓ក​​​វិភាគ​​​​​​នយោបយ​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​ធ䮜ើការ​អះ អាង​​​​ កាល​​​ពី​​​មេសិលមិញ​លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​បន​​​​​​និយាយ​​​ លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ䮋​​​មន䮏េី​​​ដេ ល​​​តេ ង​​​តេ ​​​​​​លើ ក​​​ បរិហារ​​​កេ រ្តិ៍​​​ជសធារណៈ ​​តម​​​វិទេយុ​​​អាសុី​​​ ថា​លោក​​​មិន​​​​​​អាច​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​អត䮐េធិបេបាយ​​​លើ​​​សុន䮑រ​​​ RFA ឡើង​​​​​​ពី​​​សន䮏ិភាព​​​ដេល​​​លោក​​​អះ​​​អាង​​​ថា​បន​​​ សេរី​​​( )​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ចុង​​​សប䮏េហ៍​​​។​ កថារបស់​​​លោក​ហ៊ុន​សេន​បន​​​ទេ​ពីពេេះ​​​ នំ​​​មក​​​ជូន​​​បេទេស​​​កម្ពុជ​បន䮑េប់​​​ពី​​​​​គេប់​​​គេង​​​ លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​បន​​​លើកឡើង​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​កិច䮅​​​ លោក​​​​មិន​​​បន​​​ឮ​ប៉ុន䮏េ​បន​​​ចេេន​ចោល​​​ការ​​​ បេទេស​​​អស់​​​រយៈ​​​ពេល​​​ជង​​​៣០​​​ឆ䮓េំ​​​កន䮛ង​​​មក​​​ សម䮗េស​​​មួយ​​​ជមួយ​​​វិទេយុ​​​អាសុី​​​សេ រី​​​ថា​​​​ការ​​​ យល់​​​ឃើញ​​​ដេល​​​ថា​ការ​​​បញ䮅េញ​​​មតិ​​​ដោយ​​​ នេះ​នៅ​​​ពេល​​តេូវបន​ចោទ​បេកាន់​​​ថា​មន​ ពេយាយាម​ាត់វិធាន​ការ​​​​ឥត​​​ឈប់​​​ឈរ​​​មក​​​លើ​​​ សេរី​​​មន​​​​​​ផល​​​ប៉ះ​​​ពាល់អវិជ䮇មន​​​ដល់​​​​​​​ស䮐ិរភាព​​​ ការ​​​រំលោភ​​​បំពាន​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសេស​​​​និង​​​មន​ការ​​​ លោក​កឹម​សុខ​អនុបេធាន​​​គណបកេស​​​បេឆំង​​​ នោះ​​​។ រំលោភ​​​បំពាន​​​ផេសេង​​​ៗ​​​នោះ​​។ ពាក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​រឿង​​​សហាយ​​​ស្មន់​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​នឹង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​ថ䮛េង​​​ថា​"តម​​​ពិត​​​ទៅ​​​វា​​​ផ䮑ុយ​​​ទៅ​​​​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​ថា​"តេូវ​​​មើល​​​ ឲេយ​​​មន​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​​អវិជ䮇មន​​​ដល់​​​រដ䮋េភិបល​​​។ វិញ​​​ទេ។​បេសិន​​​បើ​​​យើង​​​ងក​​​មើល​​​បេទេស​​​​ ឃើ ញ​​​តួនទី​​​រកេសា​​​សន䮏ិភាព​​​មុន​​​គេ ​​​បង្អស់​​​។​​​ លោក​​​តេូវ​​​បន​​​​​​ដក​​​សេង់​​​សំដី​​​មក​​​ថា​ ​​​"ការ​​​ ដេ ល​​​​គោរព​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​បេជ​​​ពល​​​រដ䮋​​​ពិត​​​បេេកដ​​​​​ តេ បើ ​​​ាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​មន​​​សង្គេេម​​​ហើ យ​​​​គឺ​​​ចុក​​​ ដេល​​​​គណបកេស​​​បេជ​​​ជនកម្ពុជរវល់​គិត​​គូរ​ នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ដំណើរ​​​ការ​បេជ​​​ធិបតេយេយ​​​​បេទេស​​​ មត់​​​ជិត​​​ហើយ​​​"។ បំបត់​​​​គូ​​​បេជេង​​​​នយោបយ​​តម​របៀប​​​នេះ​​​ តទៅទំព័រ១៥ ថ្ងៃ​​ពុធ​ទី២៧​ខៃ​មៃសា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខែមបូឌា ដែលី ១៥

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

លោក នាយក រដ្ឋមន្តែី ហ៊ុន សែន ចែញ ការ ត តាំង នយោបាយ នៅពែលបែទែស ជួប វិបត្តិ គែែះ រាំងស្ងួត

ឃួន ណារីម លោក​​​បន​​​ថ䮛េង​​​ថា​"យើង​​​នឹង​​​រង់​​​​ចាំ​​​មើល​​ គណៈកម្មេធិករ​​​នេះ​បន​ថ䮛េង​ថា​"រហូត​មក​ទល់​​

ខែមបូឌា ដែលី តើ​បកេស​​​នយោបយ​​​ណា​​​ខ䮛ះ​​​ចេញ​​​មុខ​​​ជួយ​​​បេជ​​​​​ ពេល​នេះ​មន䮏េី​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​បន​​​​​ចេក​ចាយ​ទឹក​

កល​​​ពី​​​មេសិល​មិញ​លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ្ឋ​​​មន䮏េី​​ ជន​​​ដោះ​​​​សេេយ​​​ទឹក​​​សមេេប់​​​បេជ​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​​ចាំ​​​ បេេក់អស់​​​​​​​១២៥.០០០​​​​​ដុល្លេរ​ហើ យ​​ហើ យ​​​​​​

ហ៊ុន​សេន​បន​​​តតាំង​​​ជមួយ​​​គណបកេស​​​នយោ​ មើល​​​​តើ​​​គត់​​​ចាំ​​​មើល​​​សន䮛ឹក​​​ឆ្នេត​​​​​​២០១៧​​ឬ​​​​ យើង​​​កំពុង​​​រង់​​​ចាំ​​ទឹក​​​បេេក់​​​​​បន䮐េម​​​ទៀត។ Gian Pietro Bordignon បយ​"ចាស់​និង​​​ថ្មី"​ឲេយ​​​បង្ហេញ​​​អំពី​​​ករ​​​ប䮏េជ្ញេ​​​ចិត䮏​​​​ ២០១៨​ឬ​​​គត់​​​ជួយ​​​ដោះ​​​សេេយ​​​ទឹក​ចាំ​​​មើល​​​​ លោក​​​​ នយក​​​បេចាំ​​​​

របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ចំពោះ​បេជពល​រដ្ឋ​ជចេើន​គេួសរ​​​ អាហ䮓ឹង​​​​បង​​​ប្អូន​​​បេជ​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​រង់​​​ចាំ​​​មើល​​​"។ បេទេស​​​នេកម្ម​​​វិធី​​​សេបៀង​​​អាហារ​​​ពិភព​​​លោក​​​​​​

ដេល​ទទួលរង​ផល​ប៉ះ家ល់​នេ​គេេះ​រាំង​​​ស䮄ួត​​​​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮏​​​ថា​"អ៊ីចឹង​​​បន​​​សេ ចក䮏ី​​​ថា​​ នៅ​​​សប䮏េហ៍​​​នេះ​​​បន​​​ចាត់​​​ទុក​​​​​​ស䮐េនភព​​​​​​គេេះ​​​

ដេលកំពុង​តេ​បន䮏​នេះ​។ លោក​​​ឯង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​បកេស​​​ហ䮓ឹង​​​ដើមេបី​​​អី​​​?​បើក​​​គេេន់​​​ រាំង​​​ស䮄ួត​​​ថា​"មធេយម"​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ខេត䮏​​​ភគ​ខង​​​​កើត​​​

លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ្ឋ​​​មន䮏េី​​​បន​​​ថ䮛េង​​​នៅ​​​ពិធី​​​ តេ​​​ជួយ​​​ដោះ​​​​​​សេេយ​​​ទឹក​ លោក​​​ឯង​​​មិន​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​បន​​​​​​ និង​​​ភគ​​​ខង​​​លិច​​​​ផ្អេក​តាម​​​​ទិន䮓័យ​​​​ដេល​​​ទទួល​​​

សម្ពេធ​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ជតិ​​​លេខ​៥៦​​​ដេល​​​តភ្ជេប់​​​ខេត䮏​​​ ផង​​​​អ៊ីចឹង​​​លោក​​​ឯង​​​សនេយា​​​ទាំង​​​ប៉ុន្មេន​​​​គឺ​​​គេេន់​​​ បន​​​ថ្មី​​​ៗ​​​បំផុត​​​ពីថ䮄េ​​​ទី​​​១៣​​​​ខេ​​​មេស​ប៉ុន䮏េ​​​​លើក​​​​​​

បន䮑េយ​​​មន​​​ជ័យ​​​ជមួយ​​​ខេ ត䮏​​​ឧត䮏រ​​​មន​​​ជ័យ​​​ តេ​​​ជ​​​ករ​​​សនេយា​​​ខេយល់​​​ទេ"​ ដោយ​​​គូស​បញ្ជេក់​​​​​​ ឡើង​​​​​​ថា​ ខេត䮏​​​កោះ​​​កុង​ និង​​​ខេត䮏​​​ពោធិ៍​​​សត់​​​

ជប់​គ្នេ​ក䮓ុង​​​តំបន់​​​ដេល​​​ស䮐ិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណោម​​​ខេត䮏​ ថា​គណបកេស​​​កន់​​​អំណាច​​​បន​​​បង្ហេញ​ពី​ករ​​​ បេឈម​"ស䮐េនភព​​​​គេេះ​​​រាំង​​​ស䮄ួត​​ខ្លេំង​បំផុត"​​​។

ដេល​រង​ប៉ះ家ល់​​​ធ䮄ន់​ធ䮄រ​បំផុត​​​ដោយ​​​គេេះ​​​ ប䮏េជ្ញេ​​​ចិត䮏​​​របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​រួច​​​ហើយ​​​ចំពោ​​​ះ​​​ករ​​​ដោះ​​​ បើទោះ​​​ជ​​​ជួប​រលក​​​​​កម䮏េ​​​​និង​​​គេេះ​​​​រាំង​​​ Bordignon រាំង​​​ស䮄ួត​​​ចេើន​​​ទសវតេសរ៍​​​មក​​​ហើយ​​​។ សេេយ​​​បញ្ហេ​​​នេះ​​​។ ស䮄ួត​​​ក៏​​​ដោយ​ក៏​​​លោក​ បន​​​បញ្ជេក់​​​

លោក​ហ៊ុន​សេន​បន​​​​​​ថ䮛េង​​​ទៅ​​​កន់​​​អ䮓ក​​​ កល​​​ពី​​​ថ䮄េ​​​សុកេ​​​​លោក​​​​ហ៊ុន​ សេន​ បន​​​ ថា​តម䮛េ​​​អង្ករ​​​មិន​​​បន​​​​​​ផ្លេស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​ដេរ​ ហើយ​​​ថា

ចូល​​​រួម​​​​​​​​​ថា​"តាង​​​នម​​​រដ្ឋេភិបល​​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​សូម​​​ដក់​​​ បង្ហេះ​​​សរ​​​តាម​​​ហ䮜េសប៊ុក​​​ជំរុញ​ឲេយ​​​បេជ​​​ពល​​​ "ផល​​​ប៉​​​ះ​​​家ល់​​​​​លើ​​​ផលិត​​​ផល​​​ដំណាំ​​​ទំនង​​​ជ​​​

ចេ ញ​​​នូវ​​​យុទ䮒នករ​​​​​ចេ ក​​​ចាយ​​​ទឹក​​​​​​សមេេប់​​​ រដ្ឋ​​សនេសំសំចេទឹក​​​​ខណៈ​​​​​​រដ្ឋេភិបល​​​បន​​​បញ្ជូន​​​ មន​​តិច​​​តួច​​​នៅ​ពេល​​​នេះ"​​​។​លោក​​​បន​​​ថ䮛េង​​​

បេជ​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​បេើ​​​បេេស់​​​"​ដោយលោក​​​​សង្កត់​​​ រថយន䮏​​​​​​ដឹកទឹក​ជួួ​យ​​​អ䮓ក​​​ដេល​​​រង​ផល​ប៉ះ​​​家ល់​​​ ថា​ទោះ​​​ជយ៉េង​​​ណា​​​​ករ​​​ពេយាករ​​​អំពី​​​រដូវ​​​វសេសា​​​​

ធ䮄ន់​​​ថា​ បើ​​​ទោះ​​​ជ​​​គេេះ​​​មហន䮏រាយ​​​ធម្មជតិ​​​ បំផុត​​​។​​លោក​​​បន​​​លើកឡើង​​​ក​​​លពី​​​មេសិល​​ ន​​​ឆ្នេំ​​​នេះ​​​មិន​​​បន​​​ជំរុញ​​​ទឹក​​​ចិត䮏​​​ទេ​​​។​

បន䮏​​​កើត​​​មន​​​ក៏​​​ដោយ​​​​ក៏​​​លោក​​​មិន​​​បន​​​បេកស​​​​​ មិ​​​​​​ញ​​​ថា​ដោយសរ​​​ភព​​​ធ䮄ន់​​​ធ䮄រ​​​នេ​​​​វិបត䮏ិ​​​នេះ​​​ លោក​បន​លើក​ឡើង​នៅក䮓ុង​អីុម៉េលថា

អំពី​​​ស䮐េន​​​ភព​​​គេេអាសន䮓​​​ដេរ​។ អភិបល​​​ខេត䮏​​​ទាំង​អស់​តេូវ​​​ស䮐ិត​ក䮓ុង​​​ខេត䮏​​​របស់​​​​​ "ករ​​​កំណត់ពេល​ករ​ចាប់​ផ䮏ើម​នេ​​​​​​រដូវ​​​វសេសា​​​

លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ្ឋ​​​មន䮏េី​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើ​​​ង​លម្អិត​​​​​ ខ䮛ួន​​​​​​រហូត​​​ដល់​​​ចប់​​​គេេះ​​​រាំង​​​ស䮄ួត​​​។ ឆ្នេំកេេយ​មិន​​​ចេបាស់​​​លស់​​​ទេ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏េ​​​​តាម​​​ទិន䮓័យ​​​​​​​​​​​​

អំពី​​​វិធី​ដេល​យុទ䮒នករ​​​​​​តេូវ​ដោះ​​​សេេយ​​​​​កង䮜ះ​​​​​​​ លោក​​​​ហ៊ុន​សេន​បន​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​ថា ពី​​​កេសួង​​​ធន​​​ធាន​​​ទឹក​​​​និង​​​ឧតុនិយម​​​​និង​បេព័ន䮒​

ទឹក​​​​ប៉ុន䮏េ​ លោក​​​បន​​​យក​​​ឱកស​​​នោះ​​​តតាំង​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​ស䮓ើ​​​ឲេយ​​​កេសួង​​​សេដ្ឋកិច䮅​​​​និង​​​ហិរញ្ញ​​​ រំលឹក​ជមុន​បេចាំ​តំបន់​បង្ហេញ​​​ថា​ ករ​​​ពេយាករ​​​​

ជមួយ​​​គណបកេស​​​នយោបយ​​​ដទេ ​​​ទៀ ត​​​ឲេយ​​​ វត䮐ុ​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​មូល​​​និធិ​ដល់​​​គណៈកម្មេធិករ​​​ជតិ​​​គេប់​​​ ទំនង​​​ជ​​​ទាប​​​ជង​​​ធម្មតា​​​ពី​​​ខេ​​​ឧសភ​​​​ដល់​​​ខេ​​​

បង្ហេញ​​​ពី​​​ករ​​​ប䮏េជ្ញេ​​​ចិត䮏​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ចំពោ​​​ះ​​​បេជ​​​ គេង​​​គេេះ​​​មហន䮏រាយ​​​ដើមេបី​​​ដោះ​​​សេេយ​​​​​​​បញ្ហេ​​​​​ សីហា៕​សរនុ ​​ Peter Ford ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ដោយ​​​ករ​ជួយ​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ស䮐េន​ភពនេះ​។ នេះ​​​។​លោក​​ញឹម​វណ䮎ដ​​អនុបេធាន​​​ទី​​​១​​​នេ​​​​ (រាយករណ៍​​​បន䮐េម​​​ដោយ​ )

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន លើកឡើង... លោក​​​បន​​​​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​"យើង​​​មន​​​ពេះ​​​ ខុស​​​ទៅ​​​ញុះ​​​ញង់​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ឲេយ​​​បេឆំង​​​រដ្ឋេភិ​​​បល​​​​​​​​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៤ មហាកេសតេ​​​តេ​​​មួយ​​​គត់​​​​មិន​​​មេន​​​មន​​​ពី​​​រនោះ​​​ គឺ​​​មិន​​​អនុញ្ញេត​​​ឡើយ​​​"។

ទាំង​​​នោះ​​​គឺជ​​​បេទេ ស​​​ដេ ល​​​មន​​​ស䮐ិរភព​​​ ទេ ​​​។​លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ ​មិន​​​យល់​​​អំពី​​​បញ្ហេ​​​នេះ​​​ ទោះ​​​ជ​​​យ៉េង​​​ណា​លោក​សុខ​ឥសន​អ䮓​​​ក​​​​​​

បំផុត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​លោក​​​"។ ឡើយ​​​។​​​​​គណបកេស​​​បេឆំង​​​មន​​​ន័យ​​​ថា​សតេូវ​​​​​​ នំ​​​家កេយ​​​គណបកេស​​​បេជជន​​​កម្ពុជ​​​ដេល​​​ដក់​​​

ទោះ​​​ជ​​​យ៉េង​​​ណា​លោក​ផេ​សុីផន​​​​អ䮓ក​​​ នៅ​​​កម្ពុជ​​​"។ 家កេយ​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​ជំនួស​​​មុខ​​​ឲេយ​​​គណបកេស​​​

នំ家កេយ​​​រដ្ឋេភិបល​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​អ䮓ក​​​រិះ​​​ លោក​ផេ​សុីផន​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ទៀត​​​ នេះ​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ផ䮑ុយ​​​ពី​​​ជំហរ​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​​ផេ​​​​

គន់​​​ដូច​​​ជ​​​​​​លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​​​​តេូវ​​​តេ​​​ដក់​​​ឲេយ​​​ស䮐ិត​​​ ថា​ ​​​ខណៈ​​​សុន䮑រក​​​ថា​​​របស់​​​លោក​ ​​​ហ៊ុន​ ​​​សេន​ ​​​ សុីផន​​​​ស䮏ី​​​អំពី​​សេ រីពហុបកេស​​​​​​​​​​ដោយ​​​លើ ក​​​

កេេម​​​ករ​​​គេប់​​​គេង​​​​ពេេះ​​​បេជ​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ស៊េំ​​​ គ្មេន​​​​​​គោល​​​ដៅ​​​លើ​​​លោក​​​​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​​​​នោះ​​​​ទសេសនៈ​​​​ ឡើង​​​ថា​"បេទេស​​​របស់​​​យើង​​​ទទួល​​​យក​​​លទិ䮒​​​

ទៅ​​​នឹង​​អ䮓ក​គេប់គេង​​​​តេ​​​មួយ​​​​ហើយ​​​មិន​​​បន​​​ របស់​​​អ䮓ក​​​វិភគ​​​អាចក្លេយ​​​ជ​​​​ករ​"ញុះញង់​​​" បេជធិបតេយេយ​​​សេរី​ពហុ​​​បកេស​​​"។

តេៀ ម ​​​ខ䮛ួ ន ​​​ទទួ ល ​​​យក ​​​នយោបយ ​​​សេ រី ​​​ ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​​សង្គម​​​។ លោក​​​​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​ថា​"បេសិន​​​បើ​​​កើត​

ពហុបកេស​​​ទេ​​​។ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​ថា​"ករ​​​យល់​​​ តទៅទំព័រ១៦ ១៦ ខែមបូឌា​ ដែលី ថ្ងៃ​​ពុធ​ទី២៧​ខៃ​មៃសា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

បក្ខពួក​និយម​​ទាក់​ទាញ​​​... ​ពែះរជកែឹតែយ​តែ ង​តំង​​កូន​បែុស​របស់​ នែះ​​ក៏​តែូវ​បាន​​ចាត់​​​​ទុក​​ថា​​ផ䮑ុយ​គ្នែ​សែឡះ​​​​​​ផង​​​​​​​​​​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ លោក​ឱម​យុិនទៀង​​​​​​មិន​​​បាន​​​​​​​ពណ៌ន​ពី​លក䮁ណ​​​​​​​ ដែ រ​​​​ទៅ​​នឹង​ករ​សុើបអង䮀ែត​​របស់​អង䮂​ភាព​​​

ញែក​​​អំពី​​​ករ​តែង​តំង​​កូន​បែុស​របស់​លោក សមែបត䮏ិ​​​​​​​​របស់​​​​​​ពួកគែសមែែប់​​មុខ​តំណែង​​​​​ឬ​​​​​​ថា​​​​​​ បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​ដែល​ទទួល​បាន​ករ​

ឱម​យុិនទៀង​ទែ​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​បាន​​​​​​​និយយ​​​ករ​ពារ​​​​​ថា​​​​​ តើ​​​ពួកគែ​មន​​​​​​​​​ទសែសនៈ​​​អ䮜ីស䮏ីពី​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ​​​ ចាប់​អារម្មណ៍​​​​ខ្លែំង​លើ​​​លោក​កឹម​ សុខ​ អនុ​

វា​​​ជាករ​តែង​តំង​​​​​ជំនួយ​​​ករ​​​ទូទៅ​។​លោក​​​​​​ សមែែប់​​ផ䮊ល់​​យោបល់​​ដល់​​ឪពុក​របស់​ខ䮛ួន។ បែធាន​គណបកែស​សង្គែែះ​ជាតិ​ដែល​​មជែឈ​ដ្ឋែន​​​​

បាន​​​មន​​​​​​បែសសន៍​​​​​​មុន​​ពែល​​​ផ䮏ែច់​​​ទូរស័ព䮑​​​​​​​ថា​​ បង​ប្អូន​ទំង​ពីរ​​​នក់​​​​​​នែះ​​​​​ទំនង​ជា​​​ទទួល​​​បាន​​​​​ ជា​​​ចែើន​​​​​​​មើល​​​ឃើញ​​​​ថា​​​វា​​​ជា​​​​​ករ​​វាយ​បែហារ​​​​

"សូម​​​កែឡែក​​​មើល​​​គែប់​​​​​​អង䮂​​​ភាព​​​ទំង​​​អស់។​​ ជោគ​ជ័យ​ដោយ​សរ​​​ឥទ䮒ិពល​របស់​ឪពុក​​​​​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​​​​​​​​​​ ខង​​នយោបាយ​​ទៅ​លើ​គណបកែស​បែឆំង។

មិនមែន​​​មន​​​តែ​​​អង䮂​​​ភាព​​​បែឆំងអំពើ​​​ពុក​​​រលួយ​​​​​​ ក䮓ុង​​​​​​រយៈ​​​ពែល​​​​​​​​​​​រប់​​​​​​ឆ្នែំ​​​មក​​​នែះ។ លោក​មន​បែសសន៍​អំពី​​​ករ​តែង​តំង​​នែះ​ “ ទែ ដែ ល​​​​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ករ​​​​​​តែ ង​​​តំង​អង䮂​​​​​​ភាព​​​​​​​​​ផែសែ ងៗ​​​ យោង​តម​សរ​ទូរលែខ​សម្ងែត់ឆ្នែំ​​​២០០៩​​​​​​ ថា​ សធារណជន​​​បែហែលជា​​បន䮐យ​ករ​​​​ជឿ​​

ទៀត​​​ក៏​​​​​​តែង​​​​​​​​​តំង​​​​​​ដែរ"។ មួយ​​​របស់​កែសួង​ករ​បរទែស​សហរដ䮋​អាមែរិក​​ ទុក​​​​​ចិត䮏​​​របស់​​ខ䮛ួន​​លើ​​អង䮂​ភាព​បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុក​

លោក​សុខ​ឥសន​អ䮓ក​​​នំពាកែយ​គណបកែស​ ដែល​​​អង䮂ភាព​​​​បែឆំង​​ករ​សម្ងែត់វើគីលីក​ រលួយ។​ជាពិសែស​ពែល​នែះ​សធា​រណជន​​​កំពុង​​​ WikiLeaks បែជា​​​ជន​កម្ពុជា​​​​មន​បែសសន៍​ថា​ ​វា​ធម្មត​ ( )​បាន​ឲែយ​ដឹង​ថា​លោក​ឱម​​យុិនទៀង​​​ សម䮛ឹង​​មើល​អង䮂​ភាព​បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ​ ” ទែដែល​​​​គណបកែស​កន់​អំណច​តែង​តំង​កូន​​​​​ ពុទ䮒ិរ៉ែ​និង​​យុិនទៀង​ពុទ䮒ិរិទ䮒​ដែល​ជាមន䮏ែី​ ពួកគែកំពុង​សម䮛ឹង​មើល​​យ៉ែង​បែុង​បែយ័ត䮓 ។

របស់​​​​សមជិក​ខ䮛ួន​​។​លោក​​​​​​បាន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​​​ក䮓ុង​ជួរ​កង​យោធពល​ខែ មរភូមិន䮑​ លោក​កែម​ឡី​ដែល​បណ្តែញ​ខ្មែរ​ដើមែបី​

អំពី​​​ករ​​​តែង​​​តំង​​​​​​កូន​​​​​​បែុស​​​របស់​​​​​​លោក​ឱម​​ សុទ䮒តែ មន​​​តំណែ ង​​​​​​​ជា​បែធាន​នយកដ្ឋែន​​​​​​​ ខ្មែរ​របស់​លោក​តស៊ូ​​មតិ​ដើមែបី​ឲែយ​​​​មន​​​​​​អភិបាល​​​​​​​​

យុិនទៀង​ថា​"វា​ជា​​​​​​រឿង​​​ធម្មត​​ទែ។​គណ​បកែស​​​ នែ​គណៈកម្មែធិករ​ជាតិ​បែឆំង​​ភែរវកម្ម​។ កិច䮅​​​​បែជាធិបតែយែយ​និង​តម្លែភាព​​មន​បែស​សន៍​​​​​

បែជាជន​​​​​ជា​គណបកែស​កន់​អំណច​​ហើយ​មិន​ សរ​ទូរលែ ខ​សម្ងែត់​​​​​​ដដែ ល​​បញ្ជែក់​ថា​លោក ថា​អង䮂ភាព​បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​មន​កតព䮜​

ដែលទៅ​​​​តែង​តំង​​កូន​របស់​គណបកែស​សង្គែែះ​​​​ ឱម​យុិនទៀង​គឺ​​អនុបែធាន​​លែខធិក​រដ្ឋែន​ កិច䮅​​​​​​ខង​​​​សីលធម៌​​​​បែសិន​បើ​​មិន​មែន​ជា​កតព䮜​

ជាតិ​ទែ។​​គណបកែស​បែជាជន​​​​​បែែកដ​​​ជា​​​តែូវ​ របស់​​គណៈកម្មែធិករ​នែះ។ កិច䮅​ផ䮛ូវ​ចែបាប់​​ក䮓ុង​ករ​បើក​ទូលាយ​បន䮐ែម​ទៀត​

តែ​​តែង​តំង​​យុវជន​របស់​គណបកែស​បែជា​ជន​​ លោក​ សន​ជ័យ​ នយក​បែចាំ​​បែទែស​ អំពី​លក䮁ណ​សមែបត䮏ិ​របស់​មន䮏ែី​ខ䮛ួន​។​

ពីពែែះ​យើង​មិន​អាច​តែង​តំង​​យុវជន​របស់​ នែ​​​​​​​អង䮂​​​ករ​​​បណ្តែញគណ​នែយែយភាព​សង䮂ម​​ លោក​ថ䮛ែង​ថា​ករ​តែង​តំែង​កូន​បែុស​របស់​​

គណបកែស​​ផែសែង​ទែ"។​ ដែល​​​​​​​​​​​​​​តស៊ូមតិដើមែបី​ឱែយមន​អភិបាលកិច䮅ល្អ​ លោក​ ឱម​ យុិនទៀង​ ​នឹង​ធ䮜ើ​ឲែយ​មជែឈដ្ឋែន​​​​​​

ករ​អត䮐ែធិបែបាយ​របស់​អ䮓ក​នំពាកែយ​រូប​នែះ​​ មន​បែសសន៍​​ថា​ករ​តែងតំង​​ចុង​កែែយ​នែះ​​​ ទូទៅ​​​យល់​​​​​​​​កន់​​​តែ​​​ចែបាស់​​​​​​ថា​​​​មន​​​បក䮁ពួក​និយម

គឺ​ស្មើ​នឹង​ករ​ទទួល​ស្គែល់​​ករ​រើស​អើង​ខង​ បែែកដ​ជា​​ធ䮜ើ​ឱែយ​ប៉ះ​ពាល់​​ដល់​​មុខ​មត់​​របស់​ និង​​​​​​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ជួរ​​​​គណបកែស​បែជា​

នយោបាយ​។​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​​លោក​​បានបដិសែធ​​​​រល់​​​ អង䮂​ភាព​បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​ជា​ពិសែស​​​ ជន​កម្ពុជា​និង​​​ទសែសនៈ ​​​លើ ​​​​​​រដ្ឋែភិបាល​​​មួយ​​​​

ករ​​​ពែលយ​ពាកែយ​​​​​​​អំពី​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បក䮁ពួក​និយម​ហើយ​ អំឡុង​ពែល​​រុះរើគណៈរដ䮋​មន䮏ែី​​​របស់​លោក​ ដែល​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​នោះ​​​​ទំនក់​ទំនង​គែួសរ​​​​ជួយ​​​​​​​ឲែយ​មន​​​​​

បាន​ចែែន​ចោល​​ករ​លើក​ឡើង​ថា​ ​ករ​តែង​ នយក​រដ䮋​មន䮏ែី។ លក䮁ណសមែបត䮏ិ​គែប់​​​គែែន់​​​ផ䮛ូវ​ករ​។

តំង​នែះ​បែហែល​ជា​ធ䮜ើ​ឲែយ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​មុខ​ លោក​​​​​​​​បាន​​​​​​បន䮏​​​​​​ទៀត​​​ថា​"វាមិនមែនជារូប​ភាព​​ លោក​​​​​​មន​​​​​​បែសសន៍​​​ទៀត​​​ថា​"​ទោះ​បី​ជា​​​​

មត់​​របស់​អង䮂ភាព​បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​។​ ល្អ​​ទែសមែែប់​អង䮂ភាព​បែឆំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​​​ ពួកគែ​មន​លក䮁ណ​​​​សមែបត䮏ិ​ខ្ពស់​ក៏ដោយ​​ក៏​

លោក​​បាន​ថ䮛ែង​​​​ថា​ "​វា​មិន​មែន​ជា​បក䮁​ពួក​ នៅ​​​ពែល​​​នែះ​ខណៈ​កែសួងផែសែងៗទៀត​​ស䮐ិត​​​​ ពួកគែ​រក​​​​​​​​​​​​ករងារ​​​មិន​​​បាន​​​ដែរ​ បែសិន​បើ​ពួក​

និយម​​​​ទែ។​បក䮁ពួក​និយម​ទល់​តែ​​អ䮓ក​ដែល​​​​ កែែម​​​​​​​ករ​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​កំណែទមែង់​និង​​​ខ​ណៈ​​ពែល​​​​គត់​​​ គែ​មិន​​​​​​ជាប់​​​ខែសែលោហិតទែ​​​នោះ​។​​​​កត䮏ែ​​​នែះ​ [ ] ទទួល​បាន​ករ​តែង​តំង​គ្មែន​ចំណែះ​ដឹង។​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​​​ លោក​ឱម​យុិនទៀង ផ䮏ល់​ដំបូន្មែន​ដល់​​កែសួង​​​ បាន​ក្លែយ​ជា​វបែបធម៌​បក䮁ពួក​និយម​​ហើយ​ស䮐ែប័ន​​​​ [ ] ” ពួកគត់​​​​ កូន​បែុស​របស់​លោក​​ឱម​យុិនទៀង​ ​​​​ ដទែ។​វា​ជាបក䮁ពួក​និយម​មួយ​​បែភែទ ។ គែួសរ​ជួប​ករ​លំបាក​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​អាណត䮏ិ​បច䮅ុបែបន䮓។​​​

មន​សមត䮐ភាព​ធ䮜ើ​ករ​"។ លោក​លើក​ឡើង​​ទៀត​ថា​​ករ​តែង​តំង​​ វា​ជា​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​មួយ​បែភែទ"៕​សខុ មុ ​

លោក​ហ៊ុន​សែន​​លើកឡើង... ករ​​​គំទែ​​​យ៉ែង​​​ចែើន​​​តម​​​បណ្តែញទំនក់​​​ទំនង​​​​​​ រូបនែះ​​​ជាមួយ​​​មន䮏ែី​​​ទូត​​​ផែសែង​​​ៗ​​​ផងដែរ​។

តមកពីទំព័រ១៥ សង䮂ម​​​​ពែម​​​ទំង​​​ពី​​​អង䮂ករ​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសែស​​​​និង​​​ លោក​ចាយ​រ៉ែម៉ែន​អ䮓កនំ​​​ពាកែយ​​​ស䮐ែន​​​ទូត​​​

មន​​​កំហឹង​​​​វា​​​កើត​​​ចែញ​​​ពី​​​សមជិក​​​គណ​​​បកែស​​​ គណៈ​បែតិភូ​​​បរទែស​​​ផែសែង​​​ៗ​​​ទៀត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​នោះ​​​ អាមែ រិក​​​បានលើ ក​​​ឡើ ង​​​ក䮓ុ​​​ងអីុម៉ែល​​​មួយ​

បែឆំង​​​។​ពល​​​រដ䮋​​​ភាគ​​​ចែើន​​​គំទែ​​​រដ្ឋែភិ​​​បាល​​​"។ រួម​​​​​​មន​ទំែង​គណៈបែតិភូ​​​​សហរដ䮋​​​អាមែរិក​​​​ កល​​​​​​ពី​​​មែសិលមិញ​​​ថា​"ស䮐ែនទូត​​​កំពុង​​​តម​​​ដន​​​

កល​​​ពី​​​ពីរ​​​ថ䮄ែ​​​មុន​​​លោក​អ៊ូ​វើរៈ​ដែល​​​មន​​​ និង​​​បារំង​​​បែចាំរជ​​​ធានីភ䮓ំពែ ញ​​​ដែ ល​​​ជួយ​​​ ស䮐ែន​​​ភាព​​​នែះ​​​យ៉ែង​​​យក​​​ចិត䮏​​​ទុក​​​ដក់"៕

សញ្ជែតិ​​​ខ្មែរ​​​ផង​​​​និង​​​អាមែរិក​​​ផង​​​ទទួល​​​បាន​​​ ផែសព䮜​​​ផែសាយ​​​រូប​​​ភាព​​​នែ​​​កិច䮅​​​បែជុ​ំ​​​របស់​​​អ䮓ក​​​វិភាគ​​​ សយ៊ុ ឈាង​ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 17 18 The Cambodia daily wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 InternatIonal Spain on Cusp of New Election Pending Last-Ditch Talks ReuteRs “The feeling everyone has is madrid - Spanish political leaders that there will be no surprises,” al - were to meet Spanish King Felipe berto Garzon, leader of the former yesterday for a final round of talks communist party izquierda Uni da to resolve a 4-month-old political (Unit ed Left) told a news con - stalemate, but with a successful ference on monday after meet ing outcome unlikely the stage could the king. be set for a new election. Felipe was keen to see the proc - Political parties have been un - ess through and try to seek a con- able to form a new government sensus, politicians involved in since an inconclusive election last mon day’s talks said, though they december, and with less than a added that the monarch had al - week until a deadline to agree on ready asked parties to keep the a prime minister, yesterday’s talks costs of campaigns down if there were to be the last chance to bro- were another ballot. ker some form of coalition. The rise of new forces such as after consultations with small- anti-austerity Podemos (We Can) er forces on monday, King Felipe and centrist Ciudadanos (Citi zens) Reuters was expected yesterday to meet after a deep economic crisis meant Spain's King Felipe waits for the arrival of the Basque Nationalist with leaders of the four main par- all parties fell short of a par lia men - Party deputy during a third round of talks with political parties at ties in his third attempt to un - tary majority in de cem ber, in the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on Monday. block the situation, culminating in most fragmented re sult in decades. a repeat election, likely to be held many leaders have already en - a session with caretaker Prime The PP won the most votes on June 26. But parties are run- tered a pre-campaign mode, blam - min ister mariano rajoy of the and 123 seats in the the 350-seat ning out of time to even hold the ing each other for the impasse center-right People’s Party. lower house of parliament, while necessary parliamentary votes, that could start taking its toll on most leaders have already rec- the Socialists took 90, Podemos bringing the process to a head. the economy more noticeably if ognized they lack the support 69 and Ciudadanos 40. Opinion polls have so far shown Spain remains without a govern- from rivals to secure a parliamen- The parties’ failure to anoint a a new election would do little to ment for many more months, ac - tary majority, making it unlikely a prime minister by may 2—after a resolve the deadlock, while politi- cording to analysts. last-minute candidate would Socialist pact with Ciudadanos cians such as Garzon said they “i’m ready to fight for Spain emerge to try and lead a viable was rejected in parliament in ear ly were concerned about a rise in ab - once again,” rajoy told PP sup- pact between parties. march—will automatically trigger stention among frustrated voters. porters at a rally on Sunday. Containment Near Complete 30 Years After Chernobyl Disaster By Andrew roth in Pripyat, no hint of the magni- next year and, once sealed, robot- ful coordination between the vari- the washington post tude of the nuclear catastrophe ic cranes inside will disassemble ous administrative bureaucracies Kiev, Ukraine - an international ef - playing out just kilos away. So viet the destroyed reactor and man- responsible for Chernobyl in fort to seal the destroyed remains authorities did not immediately age the disposal of a lava-like Ukraine: the head of the decom- of the nuclear reactor that explod- report the botched experiment at mass filled with uranium. missioned plant, the administrator ed in Ukraine 30 years ago is finally a reactor in Chernobyl’s nu clear Ukraine in the past two years for the exclusion zone around the close to completion, and remark- power plant, which re leased a has been rocked by a pro- plant, the ministry of ecology and ably, considering the political revo- radioactive cloud over eastern european political revolution, the Natural resources, and, “where lution and armed conflict that have europe larger than that of the annexation of Crimea by russia the politics comes in,” Novak said, rocked the country since 2014, it’s 2011 disaster in Fuku shi ma, and a grinding war in eastern the ministry of Finance and parlia- close to being on schedule. Japan. Ukraine is still coping with Ukraine that has left more than ment, which approve funding. The completion of the New the effects today. 9,100 people dead. inflation and asked whether a recent Cab - Safe Confinement, often called the “By the time we were evacuat- austerity measures have made inet reshuffle would affect prog - “arch,” could contain the radiation ed, we had been exposed for 36 life harder for average Ukrain i - ress, he laughed. from mankind’s worst nuclear cat- hours,” makyrevych said in Kiev ans, and the parliament has been “i have lost count of how many astrophe for a century, according last week, her speech interrupted paralyzed by infighting. ministers in charge of this i have to the european Bank for re con - by a hacking cough. “my entire But located far from the front worked with...a dozen and a half, struction and develop ment, which family has been affected by this. lines and backed by about $1.5 in cluding four in the last two has led the project. But it will also We are all sick. my daughter, my billion in funding, much of it from years?” he said on the sidelines of mark a handover to Ukraine’s son, my husband and me.” the eBrd, european Commis - a recent forum at Kiev’s National fractious and underfunded author- makyrevych, who requires reg - sion and U.S., the project has Technical University. “One of the ities, who are ex pected to tackle ular medical treatment, com- largely been insulated from the roles that the bank plays here is future waste management at their plained of a monthly handout of political chaos taking place in making sure that all the players own expense. just $60 from the Ukrainian gov- Kiev, 97 km to the south. that you need are kind of rowing That may not reassure Nadiya ernment—and that hasn’t always vince Novak, the eBrd head in the same direction.” makyrevych. For three decades, been on time. of nuclear safety, said in an inter- That role is quickly coming to a she has been living with the conse- Now the authorities in Kiev will view that disruptions to the pro- close, as the eBrd plans to com- quences of Chernobyl explosion. have to shoulder the burden. ject because of political turmoil in plete the containment structure in She can re call that morning in late The international project will Ukraine were “minimal.” When November. Once it is operational april 1986, and the small signs that seal both the wrecked reactor former president viktor Yanuko - in 2017, the bank says, the “in - something was wrong in the work- No. 4 and the temporary protec- vych fled the country after mass volvement of the international ers’ town where she lived: the tive “sarcophagus” installed in protests in Kiev in 2014, U.S. con- com munity is not envisaged.” tinny, metallic taste in her mouth. 1986 inside the New Safe Con - tractors halted work for only a “it will be for Ukraine to devel- The way her 6-month-old daughter fine ment. resembling a massive few weeks, he said. French con- op a national strategy for nuclear slept so deeply after breast-feeding. hangar, the 360-foot-tall building’s tractors didn’t stop at all. waste for the next decades,” the But there were no sirens then two sides will wheel into place The project has required care- eBrd said in a statement. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 19

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Invitation For Bid Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries wishes to purchase Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE) Laboratory Equipment for New Microbiology Laboratory at RUA (IFB No. NCB/002/2016) 3 1. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), has received a loan from the Asian Development REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary (ISPH) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade Project Country of Assignment: Kingdom of Cambodia and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this ADB Loan No. 2873-CAM (SF) to payments under the Contract the Supply of Laboratory Equipment for New Name of Project: Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Microbiology Laboratory at RUA (IFB No. NCB/002/2016). Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE) 2. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Supply of Laboratory Equipment for New Microbiology Loan and Grant No: IFAD Loan No. 2000000744 and ASAP TRUST Laboratory at RUA (IFB No. NCB/002/2016) for the Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary Grant No. 2000000743 and Phytosanitary (ISPH) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade Project Assignment Title: Audit Firm at the Office of the Project Management Unit, 2nd Floor of the General Inspectorate Building, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, #200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Procurement Method: Quality-and-Cost-Based Selection (QCBS) Phnom Penh, Cambodia. with the Quality to Cost Ratio of 70:30 3. Procurement will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Procedures as specified in the RGC Procurement Manual dated May 2012 and under the Assignment Cost: USD 40,000.00 laws and regulations governing public procurement within the Kingdom of Cambodia. Reference No.: QCBS-001-2016/MAFF/ASPIRE 4. This invitation is open to all eligible bidders from eligible source countries as described in the Bidding Document. 1. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has received a bulk of the financing 5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Project Management is provided by IFAD in the form of a loan (USD 26.1 million) and a grant Unit and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given under point 11 below (USD 15 million supported by ASAP). Government funding is estimated at during official government working hours from 8.00 AM to12.00 AM and 2.00 PM to USD 11.4 million. Total programme costs are around USD 525 million 5.00 PM. 6. Qualification requirements include: (excluded contribution from USAID and beneficiaries) over a seven-year (a) copies of original documents defining the constitution or legal status, place of implementation period and covering five provinces, 30 districts and 180 registration, and principal place of business evidencing legal status in an eligible communes in the first step. source country as defined in GCC Sub-Clause 6.1 2. Part of the proceeds of the loan and grant will be used for the engagement In the case of a Bidder offering to supply goods under the contract which the Bidder did not manufacture or otherwise produce, the Bidder has been duly authorized by of a reputed audit firm to do the Audit of the Programme Financial Statement, the goods’ Manufacturer or producer to supply the goods in Cambodia; Accompanying Statement of Expenditures (SOE), Special Account (SA) and (b) The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that its meets the following Designated Account (DA) of the ASPIRE Executing Agency and Implanting experience and financial requirements: Agencies in Phnom Penh and provinces. (1) that the Bidder has satisfactorily completed at least two contracts for supply of similar goods in the preceding three years of not less than 50% of the bid price 3. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) is the Executing in each contract. Agencies (EA) for the ASPIRE Programme. The implementing agencies are (2) that the Manufacturer of the offered goods, if a different entity from the Bidder, the Supreme National Economic Council (SNEC) and National Committee for has experience of at least 3 years in the manufacturing of similar goods. Sub-National Democratic Development Secretariat (NCDD-S). (3) that the Bidder has availability of liquid assets through either: (format (i) and (ii)) a. access to a line of credit or cash in bank account of an amount at least 50% 4. The ASPIRE now invites reputable audit firms from IFAD’s member countries of the bid price, net of other contractual commitments; to provide auditing services for the ASPIRE Programme offices in Phnom Penh (a) OR and Sub-Programme offices in the provinces of Kampong Chhnang, Pursat, b. credit terms with vendors specifically for the goods to be supplied under Battambang, Kratie and Preah Vihear. the contract, and valid for at least 6 months after the deadline date for submission of bids specified in ITB Clause 21. 5. The ASPIRE SECRETARIAT based in MAFF will provide the audit firm with all (c) Sub-contractors’ qualifications shall not be taken into account in establishing the necessary documentations to perform the assignment properly; in particular, Bidder’s qualifications to perform the contract. the following information will be provided before the beginning of the (d) that, in the case of a Bidder not doing business within Cambodia, the Bidder is or will assignment: be (if awarded the contract) represented by an Agent in Cambodia equipped and able to carry out the Supplier’s maintenance, repair, and spare parts stocking • Financing agreement; obligations prescribed in the Conditions of Contract and/or Technical Specifications; • Annual progress report; (e) authority to seek references from the Bidder’s bankers and • Programme implementation manual; (f) that the Bidder meets any additional qualification criteria listed in BDS. • Organizational charts along with names and titles of senior managers; 7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English language may be purchased by • Names, title and qualification of officers responsible for financial management, interested bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address given below accounting; and upon payment of a non-refundable fee $50 in US Dollars or its equivalent in • Description of information technology facilities and computer systems in Cambodian Riel being 202,150 Riels. The method of payment will be by cashier’s check. use; The Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail for delivery outside of Cambodia and by courier for local delivery or may be collected in person at the discretion of the bidder. • Copies of the minutes of negotiations, the programme designed documents, Other than payment of the non-refundable fee specified above, there shall be no other the annual work plan and budget, and the Letter to the Borrower; and conditions for purchase of the bidding documents. In case of any difficulty in purchase • Access to provision of office facilities, printer, and photocopier etc. of the bidding documents, interested parties may contact in writing Mr. Prak Thaveak 6. An audit firm will be selected in accordance with the Quality-and-Cost- Amida, Deputy Secretary General, Project Manager, ISPH, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Phone No: 017 227746 Based Selection (QCBS) and a quality to cost ratio of 70:30 will be applied Email: [email protected]. And also send a copy of the communication in evaluating the proposals as specified in procedures set out in the IFAD to: Mr. Yen Sothea, Deputy Chief, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Department of Procurement Handbook Version September 2010 and in consistency with the Cooperation and Debt Management, Ministry of Economy and Finance, New Building RGC Procurement Manual (PM) for Externally Financed Project in Cambodia 2nd Floor, Street 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Cambodia, Phone: 023 724 Updated Version May 2012. 664; Fax: 023 427 798; Email: [email protected] And Ms. Linling Ding, Principle Trade Specialist, ADB, SEPF, Manila, Philippines, Email Address: [email protected] And 7. Expressions of interest (EOI) will enable The Royal Government of Cambodia Samiuela T. Tukuafu, Country Director, ADB Cambodia Resident Mission, No. 29, (RGC) to shortlist eligible audit firms indicating their interest in providing the Suramarit Boulevard (St. 268) Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, services. Interested audit firms must provide information indicating that they Cambodia, Telephone: +855 23 215805, 215806, 216417, Fax: +855 23 215807, Email: are qualified to perform the services in responding to TOR (brochures, [email protected] Please note that the PMU shall bear no responsibility for loss of description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability documents or for late delivery. of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). The firms may associate to enhance 8. Bids must be delivered to the address given below at or before 3:00PM on 26 May 2016 their qualifications. late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders' representatives and the project's beneficiaries from the concerned local community who choose 8. Further information or the TOR can be obtained during the office hours from to attend shall be allowed to be present in person at the address given below at 8:00am to 5:00pm from the address given below. 3:00PM on 26 May 2016. 9. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Securing Declaration as described in the 9. Interested firms are requested to submit or send Expressions of Interest (EOI) Instructions to Bidders. to the address below (in person, or by mail) by date: May 27, 2016 and 10. The Royal Government of Cambodia and/or the ADB will respectively declare a firm Cambodia Local Time: 5:30PM. ineligible either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, to be awarded a contract financed by the Royal Government of Cambodia and/or ADB respectively, if it at any time Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Agriculture Services determines that the bidder has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent, coercive, collusive or Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension (ASPIRE), obstructive practices in competing for or in executing a contract. ASPIRE Secretariat, 3rd Floor of the Administrative Department, 11. The address referred to above is Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary #200, Preah Norodom Bvld, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (ISPH) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade Project at the Office of the Project Management Unit, 2rd Floor, General Inspectorate Building, Ministry of Attention to Mr. Nak Rotha, Procurement Officer, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, #200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Phone: (855)12 200 880, Attention: Mr. Sea Visalrath, Procurement Officer, Cell Phone: (+855) 12 77 88 93, E-mail: [email protected] Email: address: [email protected] or [email protected] 20 The Cambodia daily wednesdAy, ApRiL 27, 2016 InternatIonal Obama Explains US Elections to Concerned Foreign Leaders By Michael MeMoli In December, after Trump called Los AngeLes times for a ban on Muslim immigration The U.S. presidency is some- to the U.S., Cameron said his re- times called the most powerful job marks “were divisive, stupid and in the world. And perhaps in this wrong.” election, more than most, many The uproar over Trump’s pro- outside the U.S. would like a say in posed immigration ban was but its outcome. one that attracted notice beyond Concern about Donald Trump’s U.S. borders. Foreign diplomats campaign rhetoric, and its appar- have been spotted on the cam- ent resonance among large swaths paign trail, scouting out early pri- of the U.S. public, has become a mary states and attending debates regular feature of U.S. President and campaigns to document other Barack obama’s interactions with potential thorny policy pronounce- foreign counterparts and trailed ments for dispatches back home. him as he embarked on something The British Parliament has de- of a farewell tour of europe start- Reuters bated whether to allow Trump to ing Friday. US President Barack Obama walks alongside world leaders from the enter the country. A December “It’s fascinating the degree to UK, France, Germany and Italy in Hanover, Germany, on Monday. survey conducted by Ipsos-MorI which the single most important often have acknowledged the fre- week, the anchor of the BBC’s found that 74 percent of British question I’m asked these days quency of the inquiries, some times evening news program dissected adults had an unfavorable view of from other world leaders is, in jest. Toasting Canadian Prime the latest delegate counts with the billionaire. only 56 percent ‘what’s going on with your elec- Minister Justin Tru deau at a state precision. viewed Hillary Clinton favorably. tions?’” obama told interviewer dinner, obama credited Canadi- At a news conference Friday af- For obama, sharing the curios- Charlie rose this week, calling the ans who “have, so far, rejected the ter obama met with British Prime ity and concern of foreign leaders drama of the republican race “the idea of building a wall to keep out Minister David Cameron, a U.S. over the state of the campaign tip of a broader iceberg of dysfunc - your southern neighbors.” reporter asked Cameron whether could be a useful political device tion that we’ve seen.” A more immediate campaign he might want to advise American for a president who would prefer a white House aides at times has dominated voters’ attention in voters what to do when it comes to fellow Democrat succeed him. seem weary of questions about the the U.k.—the June referendum Trump. But the uncertainty over what extent to which the campaign is over whether the country should “That was so predictable!” oba- course his successor might take figuring in to obama’s conversa- remain part of the e.U.—but U.S. ma admonished. Cameron de- also could have immediate conse- tions with foreign leaders. But oba- politics are also front of mind. Af- flected the question but acknowl- quences for obama’s ability to ma and Vice President Joe Biden ter the new york primary this edged he has commented before. conduct foreign policy. UN to Deliver Food to 250K Affected by Ecuador’s Quake ReuteRs American country passed 650 on new york - The U.n. will distribute Monday. food to more than a quarter of a The emergency aid will build million people who survived ecua - on efforts by the government and dor’s devastating 7.8-magnitude scores of foreign aid workers who earthquake but are growing hun- are also distributing food, water gry in its aftermath, the organiza- and medicine in the quake zone. tion said on Monday. The world Food Program has The sweeping aid operation was estimated the cost of its three-month being rolled out as the scale of the operation at $34 million, a sum that disaster was coming into sharper will need to come from public and focus more than a week after the private donors, Chicheri said. April 16 quake ravaged the coun- President rafael Correa an- try’s Pacific coast. nounced on Saturday eight days About one in every 30 ecuadori- of national mourning for the vic- ans, or half a million people, were tims of the quake. in need of food assistance after the He said last week the quake in- quake disrupted their livelihoods, flicted $2 billion to $3 billion of the U.n. world Food Program damage to the oil-dependent econ- said in a statement. omy and could knock 2 to 3 per- The program was gearing up to centage points off growth. assist the 260,000 most needy The April 16 earthquake was among them, including children, the worst the country has ever ex- people living in shelters and those perienced in its history. hospitalized. The country’s private banking The situation on the ground re- association said on Saturday that mained grim, spokesman Alejan- its member banks would defer dro Chicheri said. payments on credit cards, loans “There are a lot of people on and mortgages for clients in the roads asking for help,” he said. quake zone for three months, to The death toll in the small South help reconstruction efforts. wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 The Cambodia daily 21 InternatIonal Saudi Prince Unveils Plan to ------International Briefs ------Turkey Needs Religious Constitution, Speaker Says iSTanBUl - Overwhelmingly Muslim Turkey needs a religious constitu- Break Free of ‘Oil Addiction’ tion, and the precept of secularism should be dropped from the country’s ReuteRs tails on how this would be imple- new charter, parliament’s speaker said, marking a potential rupture with riyadh, Saudi arabia - The power- mented, something that has be- the modern republic’s founding principles. The ruling development and ful young prince overseeing Saudi devilled previous reforms. Justice Party, which has roots in political islam, is pushing to replace the arabia’s economy unveiled ambi- Since the 31-year-old prince was existing constitution, which dates back to the period after a 1980 military tious plans on Monday aimed at appointed to oversee Saudi long- coup. Critics fear a new charter could concentrate too much power in the ending the kingdom’s “addiction” term planning through the Coun- hands of President recep Tayyip Erdogan, who wants an executive pres- to oil and transforming it into a cil of Economic and development idency to replace the current parliamentary system. The government global investment power. affairs, riyadh’s focus on reform has pledged that European standards on human rights will form the ba- The plans included changes has grown far more urgent and far sis of the new text. (Reuters) that would alter the social struc- more acute. Prince Mohammed ture of the ultra-conservative Mus- has enjoyed a dizzyingly rapid rise Burundi General Killed in Growing Wave of Violence lim kingdom by pushing for wom - since his father became king 15 nairOBi - Burundi’s President Pierre nkurunziza has condemned the en to have a bigger economic role months ago, from being little killing of a senior army officer, who was shot along with his wife and bodyguard in an attack that also wounded their child in the central and by offering improved status to known outside the ruling al Saud african nation’s expanding wave of deadly violence. Brigadier general resident expatriates. family to become the driving force athanase Kararuza, who was a military adviser in the office of the vice “We will not allow our country of Saudi plans to prepare for a fu- president, was dropping his child at a school in a neighborhood of the ever to be at the mercy of com- ture after oil. capital Bujumbura on Monday when his car was attacked by rocket and modity price volatility or external in his rare press conference, he gun fire, army spokesman Gaspard Baratuza told reporters. Tit-for-tat at- markets,” Prince Mohammed presented himself as a moderniz- tacks between nkurunziza’s security forces and his opponents have es- said at his first news conference ing leader who seeks to shake calated since april 2015 when he announced a disputed bid for a third with international journalists, who Saudi arabia out of its economic term as president and won re-election in July. The U.n. says more than were invited to a riyadh palace for slumber and its reputation for 400 people have been killed and over 250,000 have fled. (Reuters) the event. “We have developed a opacity and rigid bureaucracy, case of oil addiction in Saudi ara- showing an interest in topics in- Egyptian Forces Disperse Small Protests Against Sisi bia,” he had earlier told al-arabiya cluding education, the public role CairO - Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and arrested scores of peo- television news channel. of women, and football. ple to disperse small protests against President abdel Fattah al-Sisi on his “Vision 2030” envisaged Under his plans, Saudi arabia Monday, deterring what activists had hoped would be large demonstra- raising non-oil revenue to $160 bil- would produce or assemble half of tions, witnesses and security sources said. Earlier this month, thousands lion by 2020 and then to $267 bil- its defense equipment to create angered by Sisi’s decision to hand over two islands to Saudi arabia called lion by 2030, up from $43.6 billion jobs, he said, and riyadh would for his government to fall in the largest demonstration since the former last year. But the plan gave few de- make foreign investment easier. army general took office in 2014. (Reuters) 22 The Cambodia daily wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 InternatIonal Bangladeshi Gay Activist Working for US Embassy Killed ReuteRs State department spokesman Muslim sects and other religious desh since September. dhAKA, Bangladesh - Suspected is- John Kirby said the U.S. was “out- groups have been targeted. The government has denied lamist militants hacked to death a raged” by the “barbaric attack.” he Five secular bloggers and a pub- that i.S. or al-Qaida groups have a leading Bangladeshi gay rights ac- called Mannan “a beloved mem- lisher have been hacked to death in presence in the country and said tivist employed by the U.S. em- ber of our embassy family and a Bangladesh since February 2015. homegrown islamist radicals are bassy and a friend in an apartment courageous advocate for lGBTi A group affiliated with al-Qaida behind the attacks. in Bangladesh’s capital on Mon- rights—human rights, actually.” claimed responsibility for the kill - At least five militants have been day, police said. “lGBTi” stands for lesbian, gay, ing of a liberal Bangladeshi blog- killed in shootouts since novem- The killings took place two days bisexual and intersex. ger this month. ber as security forces have stepped after a university professor was A spokesman for the white i.S. has also claimed responsi- up a crackdown on islamist mili- slain in similar fashion on Satur- house’s national Security Coun- bility for the killings of two for- tants looking to establish a Muslim day in an attack claimed by the is- cil, ned Price, said the U.S. strong- eigners and attacks on mosques state based on shariah, or islamic lamic State militant group. ly urged the Bangladeshi govern- and Christian priests in Bangla - religious law. Five or six assailants went to the ment to ensure the perpetrators apartment of Xulhaz Mannan, 35, were brought to justice. ------International Brief ------an editor of Rupban, Bangladesh’s Other attacks took place in the first magazine for gay, bisexual and country on Monday, but it was not India, Pakistan Diplomats Meet After Long Hiatus transgender people, and attacked immediately clear whether those new delhi - The top diplomats of india and Pakistan met yesterday for him and a friend with sharp weap - assaults were carried out by is- talks after a hiatus of several months following a militant attack on an in- ons, dhaka city police spokes man lamist militants. dian air base, in what the Pakistani side called a useful and wide-ranging Maruf hossain Sordar said. Two men on a motorcycle shot exchange of views. The low-key meeting between the foreign secretaries, They entered the apartment dis- dead a former prison guard in on the sidelines of a regional conference in new delhi, seeks to restore a guised as couriers, he said, quot - front of Kashimpur jail, on the out- dialogue that was derailed by the raid in January on the Pathankot air base ing witnesses. skirts of dhaka, said Khandakar that killed seven military personnel. “The meeting provided a useful op- The assailants also wounded a Rezaul hasan, chief of the local po- portunity to exchange views on recent developments,” Pakistan’s high security guard. witnesses said the lice station. Commission in new delhi said in a statement. it added that “all outstand- attackers shouted “Allahu Akbar” A teacher was hacked to death ing issues,” including a dispute between the two countries over the divid- (“God is greatest)” as they fled the in the southwestern district of Kus- ed territory of Kashmir, were discussed at the meeting between india’s scene. tia, police said. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Mannan was employed by the The Muslim-majority nation of Chaudhry. Relations remain fraught between the two nuclear-armed U.S. embassy, working for the 160 million people has seen a neighbors, which have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since U.S. Agency for international de- surge in violent attacks over the independence in 1947. A bone of contention has been whether to include velopment, the State department past few months in which liberal Kashmir in the agenda for peace talks. india had accused Pakistan-based in washington said. activists, members of minority militants of carrying out the Pathankot attack. (Reuters) The Cambodia daily wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 business 23 Briefing France Wins $39B Australian Submarine Deal By RoB TayloR Mitsubishi Used Improper The wall sTReeT jouRnal canberra, australia—australia Fuel Tests Since 1991 selected French military shipbuild - TOKyO - Mitsubishi Motors corp. er DcnS Group to build a $38.6 said yesterday it has been using billion submarine fleet, adding to improper fuel-economy testing an asia-Pacific arms race driven in meth ods for certain cars in Japan part by china’s assertiveness in the since 1991. Separately, related to South china Sea. certain minicars sold in Japan, it The Shortfin barracuda design said it submitted data that it ob - —offering stealth technology de - tained through calculations in - veloped for French nuclear sub- stead of conducting actual tests as marines—was chosen after a required by law, according to its lengthy evaluation against rivals yesterday statement. The carmak - from Germany and Japan. The de - er admitted last week that it mani - cision, announced by australia’s pulated some fuel-economy data Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for four types of minicars that it yesterday, ended Japanese hopes makes in Japan. Two of those ve - of winning its first major arms deal Reuters hicles were supplied to nissan Mo - since relaxing a post-World War A Shortfin Barracuda Block 1A, designed by DCNS specifically for the tor co. and were sold under the II export ban. Royal Australian Navy, is seen in this illustration picture released by nis san brand. (WSJ) “This is securing the future of France's DCNS yesterday. 1MDB Confirms It australia’s navy,” Turnbull said in derwater noise and is highly prized the range expected of France’s adelaide, where the fleet of 12 sub - by military powers because it makes Shortfin barracuda vessels, limit- Defaulted on $1.75B Bond marines will be built and where job submarines harder to locate and ing their reach into asia. HOnG KOnG - Troubled Malaysian security has become a hot-button destroy. russia also uses pump-jet The australian contract was by state investment fund 1Malaysia issue ahead of an expected July 2 propulsion on its new borey-class far the largest Japan has sought Development bhd. confirmed yes- federal election. nuclear submarines, while china since Prime Minister Shinzo abe terday that it had defaulted on a australia’s submarine selection is working on similar technology. eased a ban on the export of military $1.75 billion bond issue, triggering has been closely followed in Wash - rear adm. Greg Sammut, the hardware in april 2014, and was cross-defaults on two other Islamic ington amid jostling with china head of australia’s sub-selection seen as a test case for how Japan notes totaling $1.9 billion. In a state- over territorial claims in the east panel, was surprised that France could reposition itself in the region ment, 1MDb said there were no and South china Seas. australia is was willing to offer technology con- as abe seeks to use the weapons cross-defaults on another $1.75 bil- a close U.S. ally in a region that will sidered to be among its strategic trade to help build ties with neigh- lion bond and a $3 billion bond. On hold half the world’s submarines “crown jewels,” the sources said. bors also wary of china’s power. Monday, the International Petro - and advanced combat aircraft with - DcnS, which is 64 percent-owned Security analyst Sam rogge - leum Investment corp., an abu Dha - in the next two decades. by the French state and 35 percent- veen said china would likely view bi fund that guaranteed 1MDb debt, australia’s government in Feb - owned by defense contractor Tha - aus tralia’s decision with relief giv - said it would pay interest on the ruary released a strategic blueprint les Sa, also promised not to sell en its traditional rivalry with Japan, $1.75 billion bond but only after it that mapped out a $150 billion cutting-edge technology to austra - though beijing should also reflect was declared in default. Interest of military modernization centered lia’s rivals. on aus tralia’s strategic thinking. $50 million on that bond was due on the navy. France had viewed the contract “australia is still doubling the Monday. Malaysia’s ringgit slipped australia’s conventional subma- in largely strategic terms due to its size of its submarine fleet from 6 to 0.7 percent against the U.S. dollar rine fleet complements U.S. ves- territorial interests in the South Pa - 12,” said roggeveen, from the Lowy yesterday after 1MDb said it de - sels by offering a long-range con- cific, as well as worries about china’s Institute security think tank. “That is faulted on the interest payment. In ventional alternative to U.S. nuclear increasing influence in the region still a substantial statement of aus - recent months, traders have been submarines, which are able to loi- and in South china Sea routes car- tralia’s strategic anxieties, which little-concerned by the saga, expect- ter quietly and gather intelligence, rying $5 trillion in trade. France has inevitably center around china’s ing it to blow over and for a default strategic analysts and naval experts armed forces in the Indian Ocean, long-term intentions.” to be avoided. (WSJ) say. Major U.S. defense companies as well as the Pacific islands of new “I don’t think australia didn’t raytheon co. and Lockheed Mar - caledonia and French Polynesia, choose Japan out of deference to Thai Bank to Help Small tin corp. are also competing to fit straddling australian interests. china,” said Japanese Defense Min - Businesses With Rate Cut australia’s submarines with sys- “Hats off to the Franco-australian ister Gen nakatani. “Mr. Turnbull banGKOK - Thailand’s second- tems similar to those used to con- partnership. France advances, cited as a reason for their selection largest lender, Krung Thai bank, trol U.S. nuclear vessels. France wins,” said French Prime of the French bid its proposal to will cut its minimum retail rate and People familiar with the selec- Minister Manuel Valls in a mes- produce locally and create jobs in overdraft rate by 0.255 percentage tion process said France had made sage posted on social media. australia. That may have been a points today in a bid to help small an unexpectedly bold offer to aus - australia’s decision represents a factor behind the australian deci- business and retail clients, the tra lian de fense chiefs last year at a significant blow for Japan, which sion,” he said. bank said in a statement. The rate time when Japan was widely con- had hoped the deal would underpin Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., cut, which will bring the monthly sidered the front-runner. DcnS closer military ties with australia. which makes Japan’s Soryu-class recurring revenue down to 7.62 said its de sign would use a top- Defense industry officials be - submarine in partnership with Ka - percent annually, is in addition to secret stealth technology known lieve the Japanese bid stumbled wasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., said a recent cut in minimum lending as pump-jet propulsion, which is on worries about Tokyo’s ability australia’s decision was “deeply re - rate on april 6, the bank said. The used by only a handful of nations to build vessels overseas after a grettable.” Germany’s Thyssen - move came after similar rate cuts —including the U.S. and U.K.— decades-long absence from the Krupp Marine Systems GmbH, announced by three major banks with nuclear submarines. global weapons markets. also, Ja - which also bid unsuccessfully, said late last week. (Reuters) Pump-jet propulsion reduces un - pan’s Soryu-class submarines lacked it respected the outcome. 24 The CamBodia daily wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 Business Thai Hard Disk Drive Exporters See Silver Lining in Cloud ReuteRs hard drives will be a short-term man of the thai Electrical, Elec - have also begun a shift to produc- Bangkok - after more than two thing. with disruptive technologies, tronics, telecommunication and ing higher margin devices, mov- years of riding high on growing de - i see no place for hDDs.” allied industries Club. ing away from low-margin PC mand for cloud data storage, thai - the world’s second-largest mak - “smartphones and anything re - components, according to som - land’s hard disk drive exporters are er of hDDs after China, thailand’s lated to the internet will grow rap - kiat triratpan, head of the Com - bracing for a fall from grace. exports of the hardware have so idly,” Visnu said. “But we rare ly merce Ministry’s trade policy and thai hDD exports in March far recovered well from paralysis have them here. Makers of ssDs strategy office. rose 28 percent from a year earli- that accompanied political turmoil are in Malaysia.” “it’s good to see them quickly er, extending a run of double-digit in 2014. But the $26 billion global adapting,” he said. Currency Tailwind percentage growth and lifting hDD industry is set to shrink 3 But while the ministry is confi- first-quarter exports to $1.65 bil- per cent this year, according to re - the surge in thai hDD exports dent production and exports by lion, ac cording to official data. the search firm gartner, as demand has also been attributable in part thai hDD manufacturers will rise has been a rare bright spot in for solid state drives using high- to the baht’s weakness, making remain strong for now, it’s calling thai tech manufacturing, beset by tech flash memory chips grows. exports more cost competitive and on firms to produce solid-state hy - cheaper competition from China. there’s no suggestion of any prolonging the attractiveness of brid drives—combining old and But as the global boom in mo bile sudden slowdown among thai making hDDs in the country. new technology—that can meet devices cranks up, electronics mak- hDD makers, but gloomy longer- the baht has fallen around 6.4 users’ demand for both speed and ers are diverting demand away term forecasts are a concern for a percent to the U.s. dollar since the high storage capacity. from old-school disk drives for ser - country where exports are worth end of 2014, while the Chinese yuan as time passes, the need for vers and personal computers, seek- about two-thirds of the country’s dropped 4.7 percent and the Jap - change will become more evident, if ing flash memory chip supplies economic output, and electronics anese yen gained 7.5 percent dur- industry research proves accurate. instead. as well as fearing lower were the biggest contributor last ing the same period. while for enterprise server hDD prices for their ageing tech, thai year. while hDD exports motored Emboldened by the thai hDD is expected to grow at 11 percent shippers now worry more advanced on in the first three months of this sector’s robust performance, U.s. this year, shipments for desk tops suppliers in countries like Malaysia year, electronics exports overall data storage firm seagate tech - will shrink 13 percent, ac cording will snap up business. dropped 4.2 percent with comput- nology Plc. said in February last to Cross Research. “it’s worrying that others are er parts down 10.9 percent. year it would invest $436 million Meanwhile, hDD prices over- shifting to more advanced technolo- Rival electronics producer Ma - in the country over the next five all are expected to be $0.04 to gy and letting us make hDDs,” said laysia has an edge over thailand years to expand capacity. seagate $0.045 per gigabyte of memory nopporn thepsithar, chairman of be cause ssD suppliers have based declined to comment on future this year, consultancy iDC said, the thai national shippers’ Council. their manufacturing operations prospects for this article. while ssDs will fetch closer to “PCs will be gone in the future, so there, said Visnu Limwibul, chair- hard drive makers in thailand $0.40 per gigabyte. US Approves Charter’s Time Warner Cable Buy With Conditions ReuteRs emergence of oVDs threatens to both the Justice Department and Corp., had pursued twC as far washington - the U.s. Justice De - upend the competitive landscape.” FCC’s actions. “we are confident back as 2013. the two companies partment on Monday gave anti - at the FCC, chairman tom new Charter will be a leading com- had acrimonious exchanges in trust approval to Charter Com- wheeler said he circulated an order petitor in the broadband and video 2013 and early 2014 that ended munications inc.’s proposed pur- seeking approval of the merger markets,” the company said in a with time warner Cable rejecting chase of time warner Cable inc. with conditions that “will directly statement. unsolicited approaches by Charter and Bright house networks, which benefit consumers by bringing and shareholders of both compa- and instead finding a white knight would create the second-largest protecting competition to the video nies have approved the deal. the in Comcast Corp., the no. 1 U.s. U.s. broadband provider and third- marketplace and increasing broad- only other outstanding approval cable services provider. largest video provider. band deployment.” needed is from one last state, Cal - Comcast’s $45 billion bid, how- the Justice Department’s ap - wheeler said if approved, the ifornia. an administrative judge ever, fell through a year ago, after proval carried conditions designed conditions would require Charter to has recommended the state’s pub - U.s. regulators raised concerns. to protect competition, coming at ex tend high speed internet access lic utilities commission approve the Following that, Charter and a time when the pay television in - to another two million customers deal, which could come as ear ly as twC resumed deal talks. in May dustry faces stagnation due to new within five years—with one million May 12. last year, Charter said it would buy competition from over-the-web ri - served by a broadband competitor. Charter, backed by billionaire twC in a cash-and-stock deal in vals like netflix and hulu. additionally, Charter would not John Malone’s Liberty Media order to compete with Comcast. the Federal Communications be permitted to charge usage-based Commission must also approve prices or impose data caps and the deal, and the agency’s chair- would be prohibited from charg- man on Monday said he, too, was ing interconnection fees, includ- prepared to put conditions on the ing to online video providers, which merger aimed at promoting broad - deliver large volumes of internet band competition. traffic to broadband customers. he the Justice Department said said the agreement would “demon- that as part of its approval, Charter strate the viability of one broadband agreed to refrain from telling its pro vider overbuilding another.” content providers that they cannot it was not immediately clear also sell shows online. when the FCC would decide. “Continued growth of oVDs [on - Both sets of conditions would be line video] promises to deliver more in place for seven years; Charter competitive choices and a greater had sought three. ability for consumers to customize Charter has valued the deal at their consumption of video content $56.7 billion for time warner Ca - to their individual viewing prefer- ble, excluding debt, and $10.4 bil- ences and budgets,” the Justice De - lion for Bright house networks. Reuters partment said in a court filing. “the Charter said it was pleased with A Time Warner Cable service technician works from a van in New York. wednesday, apRil 27, 2016 The CamBodia daily 25 Business BP Eyes More Spending Cuts After 80 Percent Profit Drop ReuteRs supply growth will move global earlier but beating forecasts for london - BP said yesterday it could oil markets closer into balance by a loss of $140 million, according cut capital spending further after re- the end of the year,” dudley said. to consensus figures provided by porting an 80 percent drop in prof- dudley suffered an embarrass- BP. its in the first quarter of the year, ing shareholder revolt earlier this It said 2017 cash costs will be when oil prices touched a near 13- month when investors rejected his $7 billion lower than for 2014. year low. $20 million remuneration package. BP’s current total charge for the The British oil company, the first Faced with the worst downturn Gulf of Mexico oil spill has risen major to report on one of the weak- in the oil sector in at least three dec - to $56.4 billion after an additional est quarters, lowered its 2016 spend - ades, BP reduced its capital spend- payment of $917 million in the ing target to $17 billion, from $17- ing three times in 2015 to $19 bil- first quarter outside of a settlement 19 billion, and said the marker lion, slashed nearly 10 percent of its reached last year, it added. could fall to $15 to $17 billion next workforce of about 80,000 and BP is the first oil major to reveal year if oil prices remain weak. sharp l y lowered costs. the financial impact of record-low oil These cost reductions have ena - BP slipped to its biggest annual prices in the first quarter, closely fol- bled the oil producer to forecast it loss last year as a result of lower oil lowed by peers Total, Statoil and Eni can balance its books at an oil price prices—costs related to the settle- later this week and Shell on May 4. of $50 to $55 a barrel in 2017, it said, Reuters ment of a deadly 2010 Gulf of Me xi - BP’s refining and trading seg- down from the $60 previously eyed. BP chief executive Bob Dudley co oil spill and huge writedowns. ment, known as downstream, once Chief executive Bob dudley said fuel demand remains robust. BP’s first-quarter underlying again came to the rescue with a he expected crude prices to recov- “Market fundamentals contin- replacement cost profit, its defini- quarterly profit of $1.8 billion, off- er toward the end of the year as ue to suggest that the combina- tion of net income, was $532 mil- setting a $747 million loss in oil and producers halt work on fields and tion of robust demand and weak lion, down from $2.6 billion a year gas production. Alibaba’s Ant Financial Raises $4.5B in Largest Funding Round By Kane Wu nancial and Chinese ride-sharing diary of state-owned China Con - The fresh funds will also add the wall stReet jouRnal app didi Kuaidi Joint Co., valued at struction Bank Corp. ammunition to Ant Financial’s in - Ant Financial Services Group, more than $25 billion, have had lit- Some of Ant Financial’s exist- vestments into other businesses, the financial-services affiliate of e- tle trouble raising capital at grow- ing shareholders, including some many of which were made togeth- commerce giant Alibaba Group ing valuations. of Chi na’s biggest insurance com- er with Alibaba Group. The two Holding ltd., closed the world’s larg - Since being split off from Aliba - panies, China Post Group, private- most recently invested a combined est private fundraising round for ba, the financial-services opera- equi ty firm Primavera Capital Group $1.25 billion in Chinese food-delivery an internet firm at $4.5 billion, giving tion has expanded from an online- and China development Bank Cap - app Ele.me, In early March, they it a roughly $60 billion valuation. payment platform to online wealth- ital, put more money into Ant Fi - also struck a deal to buy a control- Ant Financial, which operates management and banking. It is nancial as part of this round. ling stake in Hong Kong-listed lot- Ali pay, China’s biggest online- planning an initial public offering The funding round includes a tery company AGTech Holdings payments platform by transaction of its own to create an even bigger mix of fresh capital raised by Ant ltd. for $308.1 million. volume, raised its latest funding behemoth. “We hope to list in both Financial and the sale of existing Ant Financial has invested in round from a clutch of investors in - domestic and offshore stock ex - shares by company insiders. Post al Savings Bank of China be - cluding a Chinese sovereign-wealth changes,” said Cyril Han, Ant Fi nan - Ant Financial, which boasts fore its planned IPo in Hong Kong fund and the country’s biggest in - cial’s vice president, although he more than 450 million annual active this year, cementing an alliance with surers, according to people famil- didn’t give a timetable for the listing. users, operates a number of prod- the deposit-taking and lending arm iar with the situation. Ant Financial has courted pow- ucts closely linked with Alibaba’s e- of China’s postal service. Alibaba’s While interest in privately held erful Chinese state-owned firms commerce and online-marketplace asset-light business model depends technology companies has cooled in its outside fundraisings. In this businesses, including the Alipay heavily on outside logistics services in Silicon Valley, Chinese investors round, it brought in new investors payments, online money-market to deliver products to customers have shown appetite to invest in the including the $740 billion sovereign- fund Yu’e Bao, and banking opera- across China. country’s national champions in the wealth fund China Investment tion MYbank. Although spun off from Alibaba internet sector. Firms like Ant Fi - Corp.’s CIC Capital and a subsi - Ant Financial was split from Group, Ant Financial’s growth and Aliba ba Group before its record ambitions are still largely supported cambodia securities exchange Tuesday, April 26, 2016 $25 billion initial public offering in by Alibaba’s prevalent e-commerce new York in September 2014. platforms—Taobao and Tmall. 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LOCAL gOLd Type (O’ruSSeI mArkeT) buyIng SeLLIng 26.67 damlung are Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,485...... 1,495 equal to 1 kg Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,485...... 1,495 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,465...... 1,475 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,425...... 1,435 26 The Cambodia daily Wednesday, aPril 27, 2016 opinion Dealing With Passengers’ Racism Is Sadly a Part of Flying By Gillian Brockell them drug her children to shut During that 2009 flight, after the change his T-shirt, which said The WashingTon PosT them up. For professionals who are woman alerted me to the “suspi- “We will not be silent” in English t happened during the board- supposed to be polite, it can get cious” passenger, I thanked her and Arabic, before boarding a Jet- ing process on a flight from awkward. The expression “Takes and told her I’d check it out. I Blue Airways flight. JetBlue and I Florida to New York in the fall all kinds!” becomes your best watched the man closely as he the Transportation Security Ad- of 2009. I had long earlier learned friend. stepped onto the plane, looking for ministration eventually paid him that the key to a pleasant flight was This past week, Southwest re- signs of a terrorist. Was he jittery? $240,000 to settle a lawsuit. to greet everyone as they walked leased a statement saying that the Nope. Was he sweating? A little Despite such incidents the flight onto the plane, so I stood in the passenger who reported Makh - bit, but we were in South Florida; I attendants I know, even in the rela- front galley and said my hellos. zoomi also spoke Arabic and was was sweating, too. Was he wear- tive privacy of their Facebook Suddenly, a middle-aged white alarmed by the content of his con- ing unseasonable clothing, like a feeds, talk about genuinely loving woman leaned uncomfortably versation, not the language itself. big coat in the summertime? No. their passengers and the work they close to me and whispered, “There Makhzoomi says he was telling In fact, his Green Bay Packers jer- do to keep them safe and comfort- is a man, four people behind me, in his uncle in Baghdad about at- sey perfectly fit the season: football able. But that comfort must include a green shirt, who is very suspi- tending a speech by U.N. Secre- season. Did he have trouble fol- filtering out passengers’ biases and cious.” I whispered back: “Okay. tary General Ban Ki-Moon and lowing a normal conversation? flight attendants’ own. What’s he doing?” made a passing reference to the “Hi, how’re you doing today?” I Heather Poole, a flight atten- “You’ll see,” she said, wide-eyed. Islamic State group. The airport asked. dant and the author of “Cruising I thought two things: This wom - police agency says Makhzoomi “Fine,” he said, nodding casually. Attitude,” puts it this way: “Flight an is probably racist. And I need to made no threats and broke no “Going home?” I asked. attendants don’t live in a bubble. take her seriously. laws. It is not illegal to mention the “Nope, wedding,” he said. We don’t get to pick and choose As a former flight attendant for existence of I.S. on an aircraft. All right, no problems there. who we associate with. We rub el- a major carrier, I wasn’t surprised But to me, the most shocking A few minutes later, after he bows with the world.... Has a pas- to hear that a Southwest Airlines thing about the whole story is that, reached his seat, I walked down senger ever made me nervous? passenger reported University of according to Makhzoomi, from the the aisle to assess the situation Yes. Did we kick that passenger California student Khairuldeen time the other passenger reported again, the woman who flagged off? No. I just kept on eye on them. Makhzoomi as suspicious after he him to the time he was asked to him tracking me with her eyes. Did anything happen during the said “Inshallah” (“God willing”) leave the plane, he had no interac- Did he hold on tightly to a piece flight? No.” during a phone call conducted in tion with the flight attendants. of luggage? No, his roll-aboard I grew up in a wealthy, mostly Arabic while boarding a flight at Flight attendants are trained ex- was in the overhead bin. Did he sit white, mostly Mormon town in the Los Angeles International Airport tensively in evaluating suspicious stiffly? Nope, he was slouched in Western U.S. Respecting God’s this month. Flight attendants are behavior with videos, checklists, his seat, headphones on, already will was a frequent topic of conver- often made to play referee when regular exams and drills. (And watching the game on the seat- sation among my friends. And, like hundreds of humans with wildly drills and drills and drills.) This in- back TV. Not exactly the actions of lots of future pilots and flight atten- different life experiences are fuses you with an automatic, para- a person who believes he’s about dants, my favorite toy was the crammed into an aircraft cabin. noid vigilance that follows you for- to die. globe. I’d spin and spin it, dream- It’s usually simple stuff, like ask- ever and insists that you take all In fact, the only thing he ap- ing of all the different, “exotic” ing a young woman who has nev- threats seriously, since the cost of peared to have in common with places I’d go. Becoming a flight at- er seen a Hasidic Jew if she can being wrong is too high. the 9/11 hijackers was that he tendant made my dreams come switch seats with her boyfriend so But nowhere did our training was brown. He could have been true. That included travel to she’s not touching the devout man recommend that we accept a pas- Punjabi or Puerto Rican; I have no Muslim-majority countries, where next to her. (She, of course, has senger’s assessment of a situation, idea. He could have been a Cath - the frequent incantation of “God the right to say no.) Or moving and nowhere did it teach that olic, or a Sikh, or one of the many willing” was far from exotic—it re- the man with the severe dog aller- speaking Arabic is cause for suspi- hundreds of millions of Muslims minded me of home. gy as far away as possible from the cion. It’s unlikely that any airlines who have nothing to do with ter- When passengers report an is- blind woman’s service animal. Or do. I contacted all of the major U.S. rorism. I let it go and had no fur- sue, it’s impossible to know what asking the bachelor party to pipe airlines this past week to ask about ther discussion with the man or their life experiences are. That’s down for the umpteenth time, be- training procedures. United Air- the woman, other than to serve why it’s so important to make as- cause not everyone is going to Las lines, Frontier Airlines and South- them drinks and bid them well sessments based on training. In Vegas to get drunk. west declined to reveal any details. when they disembarked. this case, being polite and being But sometimes you’re asked to A spokesman for American Air- I hope, and I think it’s likely, vigilant should have called for the be someone’s accomplice—in their lines said the company never trains that the man never noticed what same thing: a conversation. racism, their homophobia, their crew members to perceive the Ara- was happening. In other cases, air- Anyone who makes a snap cruel joke about the larger person bic language, Arab- or Muslim- lines have ended up on the losing judgment from the cocoon of the seated next to them or their de- style clothing or a Middle Eastern ends of lawsuits. In 2006, Iraqi im- galley has no business being a mand that the mother in front of background as suspicious. migrant Raed Jarrar was forced to flight attendant. Comments Are Making the Internet Even Worse Than It Is By DaviD lat Over the years, however, our female Supreme Court justice was comments section. I know we The WashingTon PosT comments changed. They had al- called a “bull-dyke.” An Asian made the right decision eader comments in the ear- ways been edgy, but the ratio of of- American woman’s column about DavidLatisthefounderofAbove ly days of Above the Law, fensive to substantive shifted in fa- civility in the legal profession pro- theLaw,awebsitecoveringthelegal R the legal news website I vor of the offensive. Inside informa- voked “me love you long time” in profession. founded in 2006, were a treasure tion about law firms and schools response. My colleague Staci Za - trove of information, insight and gave way to inside jokes among ret sky, who writes extensively Email your humor. Comments were wildly the “commentariat,” relevant know - about gender inequality in the legal pop ular; some readers came specif- ledge got supplanted by non se- profession, was told: “Staci, you lEttEr! ically to read them, and some com- quiturs, and basic civility (with a have plenty of assets, like that fat [email protected] menters became internet celebri- touch of political incorrectness) milky white ass.” Alllettersmustbesignedandincludea ties in their own right. succumbed to abuse and insult. A So we decided to get rid of the telephonenumberforverificationpurposes. WEDNESDAy, APRIL 27, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 27 OpiniOn The Next Chernobyl Catastrophe May Be a Planned Attack By Be n n e t t Ra mBe Rg may have to wait for the intention- power plants using sophisticated gium finally put armed guards at REu TERS al Chernobyl to take place to get hand-held weap ons, rocket-pro- its plants only after last year’s hernobyl’s 30th anniver- action. pelled gre nades, vehicular bombs Paris terrorist attacks. How many sary on April 26 came Consider that nuclear critics and water-based or airborne at- other nations among the 30 with C against the backdrop of have been concerned for dec ades tack. They also warned about in- power reactors have been equally growing apprehension that nu- that reactors are likely terrorist tar- sider sabotage of vital plant life complacent? clear reactors may become a ter- gets and not enough is being done lines, which could release the But smugness has been re- rorist target. to protect them. They insisted that core’s deadly radioactive contents. vealed to be an embarrassment. In Serious concern arose during terrorists could breach the con- But with no serious attack so 2012, Greenpeace activists broke the recent Islamic State group at- tainment structures of nuclear far, complacency has set in. Bel- into a Swedish nuclear installa- tacks in Brussels. Evidence sug- tion. The environmental activists gested that the assailants were scaled fences surrounding two considering a nuclear-related inci- nuclear power reactors and hid dent. The terrorists had a senior four of its party overnight on the Belgian nuclear official under sur- roof of one. In 2014, another group veillance, and two former nuclear of Greenpeace activists broke into power-plant employees were re- a French nuclear power plant near ported to have joined I.S. the German border and hung a This may help explain why Bel- large banner from the reactor gian authorities rushed military building. These stunts demon- forces to protect its nuclear plants. strate there is something serious- The scare provided a reminder ly wrong with power-plant securi- that nuclear reactors are radiologi- ty practices in the two countries, cal mines that terrorists could ex- and perhaps in many others. ploit. Destruction of a plant would The International Atomic Ener- mark a zenith of terrorist violence. gy Agency, the World Association Radioactive elements would spread of Nuclear Operators and the E.U. across national boundaries. It would all press for reactor security and endanger the lives of many, while safety by offering guidelines. They creating economic and environ- send survey teams to evaluate mental havoc mimicking the Cher- plant security at the request of the nobyl or Fukushima explosions. host country. But they cannot How concerned should the force countries to change their se- West and other regions be? And if curity habits. the peril remains so serious, why The a mbo d ia a ily Generally, such mindsets don’t doesn’t the international commu- C d change easily. It takes events, not nity impose mandatory security Bernard Krisher, Publisher hypotheticals, to do that. standards? Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher It took the 1993 truck bombing Actually, Washington has tried Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief of the World Trade Center in New to do just that. On June 14, 1946, Ben Woods, Executive Editor York, for example, to push the the U.S. proposed the Baruch Plan Chhorn Chansy, Managing Editor U.S. into setting tougher stan- at the U.N. It called for an Interna- Van Roeun, Senior Editor dards for protecting reactors tional Atomic Development Au- against vehicular bombings. Then, Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Amanda King, Night Editor; thority that would maintain “man- Alex Willemyns, Politics Editor; Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Michael Dickison, Aisha the 9/11 attack prompted the Nu- agerial or ownership of all atomic Down, Peter Ford, Sonia Kohlbacher, Taylor O'Connell, Tej Parikh, Zsombor Peter, Janelle clear Regulatory Commission to energy activities potentially dan- Retka, Saing Soenthrith, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon boost defenses against ground at- gerous to world security” and “the Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, tacks because members believed power to control, inspect and li- Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Ben Paviour, Web Editor; that better airport security would cense all other atomic activities.” Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; protect against a 9/11-style air at- Had Cold War politics not inter- Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, tack on reactors. But even in the vened, reactors would likely be Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, U.S., which purports to apply the James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors safer and more secure today. In- security gold standard, mock at- stead, the international communi- Douglas Steele, General Manager tacks have repeatedly found holes ty now faces a patchwork of na- Eam Sopheap, Business Associate; Sok Chamroeurn, Sales Representative; in reactor security. tional regulations. The result Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chhun Sinath, Collections Director; Chap Pireak, International groups, if given leaves open a terrorist nuclear Circulation Manager; Khun Silen, Tang Sokchamreoun, Design Staff; authority, can do some planning Song Raksa, Business Assistant; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; Pandora’s Box. Scott Harlow, Matthew Rosin, Jason Wik, Technical Advisers; to address the issue. 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Licensed in 1993 by the Ministry of Information. sort of preventative action. 28 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 27, 2016 travel On the Rocks, With Ice: Utah National Parks in the Offseason By ElizaBEth zach sized and precipitous boulders and real appearance of an earth en am - closed, but the rangers did point to the washington post ravines even more mind-blowing. phitheater. We carefully trod away ice and snow advisories. Reed, Among the many photos I have Driving on from the shuttered from the trail, sidestepping the who had toured Arches before, es - from a recent vacation to Utah, visitor center, we debated which marsh and mud until we reached pecially wanted to see the iconic one shows me at Canyonlands trail to hike. Rather spontaneously, the icicles. Then we slipped be - Delicate Arch, which he’d missed Na tional Park, cupping my hands we parked at the Shafer Canyon hind them, looking out of our pri- on his last visit. The rangers dis- around my eyes and peering into Overlook, crossed the road to the vate cove toward the rest of the played photos of a seemingly the Island in the Sky Visitor Cen - west with our hiking gear and sunny ravine, a stellar view. treacherous path toward the end ter. It was closed for the winter, descended amid the brush along Another day, we visited Arches of the trail, but we were still game. and I was forlorn that I could not the 8.8 km Neck Spring Loop, National Park, which we found to At one point along the trail, we get a stamp in my National Parks which one of my guidebooks des- be much busier than Canyon lands. took a slight detour to see petro- passbook, an obsession of mine ignates as the most secret trail in Amer ican writer Edward Abbey glyphs depicting bighorn sheep born this year as the park service the park. We had prepared for was a park ranger here, and his and horseback riders, dating to marks its centennial. chilly weather, with jackets, gloves, jour nals from that time would be - when the Ute tribe—for which I say I was forlorn, and I was, but caps and heavy socks, so we were come the book “Desert Soli taire,” Utah is named—roamed the re - only partly: A winter visit to the delighted to find sunny skies and published in 1968 and eventually gion. A sign said they were created dreamy deep-red caverns and arch - temperatures in the low teens, a adopted as a bible for adventure between 1650 and 1850, but they es that stretch across eastern Utah perfect day to be out there. With travel to the area. It’s hard to imag- are well-preserved and protected had been something of a gamble. our gear, we were warm enough ine that the collection of sculpted and remain sacred to Native Amer - My boyfriend, Reed, and I love hik- to take breaks along the trail to ad - rock at Arches, which was desig- icans in the area. ing, but we knew that rough weath- mire the views. nated a national monument in 1929 The trail from the petroglyphs er could easily ruin the vacation. We had the place to ourselves and elevated to park status in 1971, to Delicate Arch eventually winds What we found, however, is what as we skirted lush carpets of cryp- was initially promoted as a destina- through narrow rocky passages travelers often do when they head tobiotic soil and clusters of cedar tion for tourists who didn’t want to and over creeks, until the final someplace in the offseason: smaller and pinyon-juniper, along with exit their automobiles. In fact, it’s cau tious steps along a prec ipice crowds and cheaper airfare and ac - patches of snow and even an aban - possible to glimpse the more than that then opens onto a ridge. commodations. We flew into Salt doned hitching post, a re minder 2,000 catalogued arches—the There, with the La Sal Moun tains, Lake City, rented a car and drove that cattle and horses had once great est concentration in the world pinnacles and balancing rocks off to Moab, where we had rented a grazed here. Then, as we ap - —doing just that. in the distance, the solo and soar- room for four days. Yet even in this proached a canyon, I saw a mea- But nowadays people get out in ing arch appears to teet er on the popular town, with in spitting dis- ger waterfall. We walked toward it, nature, and we still had fair weath - canyon’s edge. It has been pho- tance of two na tional parks, we but came to an abrupt halt as we er. Before hiking, we stopped at tographed so often and yet is no found mostly si lence and an in - glimpsed an icy curtain woven the visitor center to see which less arresting when you actually tense blue sky that made the out- around the base, giving off the sur- trails were traversable. None were see it in person.