All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 65 Issue 59 Monday, September 19, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents Sokha Drops ‘No Response’ Policy, Calls For Action

By Ben SoKhean the cambodIa daIly deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha told his supporters yester- day to abandon the party’s policy of “don’t argue, don’t answer, don’t respond” and to start fighting back against the CPP. Mr. Sokha has been the target of court action for months, forcing him into hiding at the party’s head- quarters. On Friday, a warrant signed by Phnom Penh deputy prosecutor Sieng Sok was posted to the front gate of Mr. Sokha’s house informing him of his convic- tion and five-month prison sen- tence handed down earlier this Reuters month. New York City firefighters stand near the site of a bomb explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan About 400 youth members gath- on Saturday night, which injured 29 people. (Story page 20) ered at the CnRP’s headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday, where Mr. Sokha said the time had come to scrap a policy of not responding Farmers Block Road Amid Rice Price Crisis to provocation. By Kang Sothear are offering for rice paddy, from ment, it said, allowing farmers to ex- “i previously told all CnRP lead- the cambodIa daIly about $250 to $193 last week, accord- pect about $235 per ton. ers: ‘don’t argue, don’t answer, At least 400 farmers piled 100 ing to a statement released by the “At the same time, rice exporters don’t respond,’ and we stayed qui- tons of rice paddy across national Ministry of Finance on Friday. will have rice to export as they will et. But they still caused trouble,” Road 5 in Battambang province intervening in an attempt to pro- receive a sufficient supply from the he said. “it’s time to exercise our yesterday morning, seeking a tect farmers, Prime Minister hun rice mills who have sufficient rights.” guaranteed minimum return for Sen had approved a $27 million amounts of rice paddy in their stor- The policy of not responding their harvest amid frantic govern- grant—$20 million from the state age,” said hun lak, vice president was adopted in March after audio ment efforts to confront falling and the rest from the Rural devel- of the Cambodia Rice Federation. clips were leaked online, apparent- prices. opment Bank—to subsidize mill - in Battambang, however, farm- ly of Mr. Sokha speaking with a Since the middle of last month, ers and keep payments stable, the ers say the situation has become mistress. there has been a steep drop in the av- statement said. About 90,000 tons of dire, with rice mills offering even in the ensuing months, those erage per-ton payment that millers rice could be bought with this allot- Continued on page 2 Continued on page 2 On Bikes, ‘Kung Fu’ Nuns Fight Trafficking ReuteRs cyclists but Buddhist nuns from in- sold because their parents could new delhi - Clad in black sweat- dia, nepal, Bhutan and Tibet. not afford to keep them anymore,” pants, red jackets and white hel- Five hundred nuns from the 22-year-old nun Jigme Konchok mets, the hundreds of cyclists ped- Buddhist sect known as the druk- lhamo told reporters. aling the treacherously steep, nar- pa Order on Saturday will com- “we wanted to do something to row mountain passes to india from plete a 4,000-km bicycle trek from change this attitude that girls are nepal could be mistaken for a hi- nepal’s Kathmandu to the north- less than boys and that it’s okay to malayan version of the Tour de ern city of leh in india to raise sell them,” she said, adding that France. awareness about human traffick- the bicycle trek shows “women The similarity, however, ends ing in the remote region. have power and strength like How Wells Fargo's Sales there. This journey is longer and “when we were doing relief men.” Culture Spiraled Out of Control tough er, the prize has no financial work in nepal after the earth- South Asia may boast women Page 23 value or global recognition and the quakes last year, we heard how leaders and be home to cultures cambodiadaily.com participants are not professional girls from poor families were being Continued on page 22

មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily monday, sePtembeR 19, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS Lizard on Track for F1 Victory n mIley cyruS may be better known these days for her twerking dance ReuteRs pit-to-car radio after the startled moves and raunchy image, but veteran director woody allen’s memory Formula One acquired an exotic dutch man alerted the team to the of her comic delivery as a child actress was what led him to cast her as his addition to its list of wildlife hazards reptile’s presence. new leading lady. with more than 40 films under his belt, Allen, 80, is mak- on Saturday after a large monitor drivers are used to groundhogs ing his first foray into television with a six-part series for Amazon, entitled lizard wandered onto the Singa- and foxes making track incursions “Crisis in Six Scenes,” in which Cyrus plays a woman named lucy. “i had pore Grand Prix circuit during final in Montreal while stray dogs have seen her when my kids used to watch her and i would pass by the televi- practice. proved a danger in new delhi. sion set en route to something more substantial. And i said, ‘who is that “There’s a giant lizard on the deer have appeared on track in little girl, she’s got a great comedic delivery, you know, she knocks off track,” exclaimed Red Bull driver Austria in the past, snakes in those jokes great,’” Allen told reporters at the premiere of the show in Max Verstappen. “You came face Malaysia and a cat ran out in front new York on Thursday. “i said, ‘remember that little girl,’ and they said ‘yes, Miley Cyrus.’ i said ‘yes, let’s get her, she would be right for this part to face with Godzilla,” the 18-year- of cars in Azerbaijan’s debut race and i would trust her with my dialogue.’ And she was great.” (Reuters) old’s engineer told him over the this year in Baku.

and legs and covers our nose and please, just finish out your man- declared that it will not be allowed Sokha... mouth,” Mr. Sokha said yesterday. date,” Mr. Sokha said on Saturday. —whether they are small or big, “we must fight back.” having narrowly won the 2013 na- whenever, and whatever form contInued from page 1 A week ago, the CnRP an- tional election, the CPP’s current they take,” he said. recordings have been used as the nounced tentative plans to stage a electoral mandate ends in 2018. “They will not be allowed be- basis for prosecuting the deputy mass demonstration against the le- CPP spokesman Sok eysan cause these demonstrations opposition leader. gal cases facing its leaders. said Mr. Sokha and the CnRP wouldn’t be solving any national or with Mr. Sokha sidelined and The government quickly re- could not be trusted to demon- people’s issues. They would only CnRP president Sam Rainsy also sponded by banning the CnRP strate peacefully. have the purpose of defending a absent—having fled to France to from holding any demonstration, “The CPP cannot believe him be- person who has made a mistake,” avoid prison in a separate court promising to use force if necessary. cause competitors never show their Mr. eysan added, referring to Mr. case—Prime Minister hun Sen Mr. Sokha said the government hands,” Mr. eysan said, reiterating Sokha’s conviction. has gone on a busy nationwide was overreacting, and reminded that authorities would suppress any The deputy opposition leader tour of the provinces a year ahead supporters that it was their legal opposition demonstrations. will be arrested once his case is up- of commune elections. right to protest. “he may have the right to hold held by the Supreme Court, Mr. “we cannot fall asleep and wait “we will not lead a revolution. demonstrations, but Samdech eysan said, even if his supporters while someone ties up our hands we will not execute a coup. So, Techo [Mr. hun Sen] has already rally to protect him.

ing on the quality, according to thing that rice farmers in Cambo- Rice... commune chief Som neth. de- dia need is storage so they can say spite causing four hours of traffic no to the middlemen. Then they contInued from page 1 “You’ve got to get out of jams, he said the protest had not can just wait until they get a good lower payments than the min- been particularly problematic. price.” being too dependent on istry’s lowest estimate, or refusing “They just requested a solution Still, he said, Cambodia can’t ex- rice. The best thing to do to buy their harvest outright. to make the price of rice paddy pect to compete in a market al- is help the farmers and “we have worked so hard and higher, and the problem was ready saturated regionally—with then we took our rice paddy to sell solved already early this afternoon an abundance of rice coming from get them another means to the rice mills in the village, but as the rice bank in the province Vietnam, Burma and Thailand. of making money besides some of them did not buy it for this agreed to buy their rice paddy,” he “You’ve got to get out of being too or that reason, while some offered said. dependent on rice,” he said. “The rice.” very low prices that we could not “now some trucks from the rice best thing to do is help the farmers —Ian thomaS, accept,” said im Sarin, a 32-year- bank are working to collect the and get them another means of envIronmental old farmer. farmers’ rice paddy.” making money besides rice.” conSultant Feeling stiffed and without any Kang Voeun, 60, another farmer, (Additional reporting by Janelle other options, Mr. Sarin and doz - said that the conclusion was disap- Retka) ens of fellow farmers decided to pointing, but had brought some take their problem to the Kom- relief. pong Prieng commune office in “we were so sad that our rice ------National Brief ------Battambang’s Sangke district at paddy had lost all value, and if we 8:30 a.m. cannot sell our products, our stan- Officials Attacked With Metal Pole After Seizing Wood “we stopped along the road dard of living would be more di- Forestry officials towing a car filled with 278 pieces of confiscated rose- with our tractors and rice paddy minished, as we would have no wood in Pursat province’s Bakan district were chased and attacked by a and we pulled about 10 bags of the money to pay debts that we have convoy of men wielding a metal pole on Saturday, according to an officer rice paddy out onto the road in or- incurred,” he said. in the district’s anti-economic crime bureau. Chea Kaliyan, who arrived at der to claim a higher price,” he “even though the price is not as the scene soon after the attack, said the logs, which weighed a total of 633 said, adding that the crowd grew high as we want, it is acceptable as kg, were seized in Veal Veng district after officials stopped a Toyota Cam- as they made their way to the it can let us gain some benefit.” ry suspected of carrying illegally logged wood. The driver and passengers office. The government’s intervention, escaped on foot, he said. hours later, as Forestry Administration officials eventually, a representative meant to ensure that farmers don’t and a provincial military police officer were driving through Bakan dis- from the province’s largest rice lose money on the harvest, is mis- trict’s Snam Preah commune with the Camry in tow, a group of men driv- bank, Thaneakea Srov (Kam- guided, according to environmen- ing two cars and a motorbike starting chasing the officials’ vehicle and puchea) Plc., began negotiations, tal consultant ian Thomas. smashed a side-view mirror with a metal pole, injuring the military police he said. “it sounds like this is a hand officer, he said. “it was an act of attempted murder and interference,” Mr. By 1 p.m., the farmers agreed to out to the [wealthy] Cambodian... Kaliyan said, adding that he believed the perpetrators were working for a sell their paddy for between millers that are partly responsible “kingpin” in the provincial logging racket. Provincial Forestry Administra- $192.50 and $210 per ton, depend- for the problem,” he said. “The tion officials could not be reached. (Chhorn Phearun) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 3 4 The Cambodia daily monday, september 19, 2016 NatioNal Activist Monk Accepts Medal, CPP ‘Not Worried’ Regarding But Only if Demands Are Met International Court’s Decision By Khuon narim ted by Phnom Penh authorities.” By Phan Soumy time, and open the door for the the cambodia daily Authorities have refused to pub- the cambodia daily case filed on behalf of Cambodian After being awarded a medal of licly release the CCTV footage from A spokesman for the ruling CPP victims against Cambodia’s ruling honor by Prime Minister Hun Sen, inside the convenience store where said party leaders were not con- elite,” it added. prominent monk But Buntenh said Kem Ley was gunned down on the cerned about a decision an- The case filed with the ICC yesterday that he would only accept morning of July 10, and police have nounced last week by the Interna- claims that Cambodian govern- it if the government met three de- given no new details about their in- tional Criminal Court (ICC) that it ment leaders and their associates mands related to the July mur der of vestigation into the murder since would broaden the scope of cases are responsible for displacing hun- political analyst Kem Ley. the day it happened. it considered to include environ- dreds of thousands of people from But Buntenh, a friend of the slain The suspected shooter, who was mental destruction and land grabs. their land, leaving them in abject commentator who has helped orga- arrested by police shortly after flee- The London-based law firm Glo - poverty. nize events memorializing him, has ing the scene, has identified himself bal Diligence, which filed a case CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said been a fierce critic of the ruling party only as Chuop Samlap, or “Meet against Cambodia’s ruling elite with yesterday that the ruling party, in recent years. In a sub-decree last Kill.” Authorities in Siem Reap the ICC in 2014 at the prompting of which has also been linked to ram - month, Mr. Hun Sen awarded him province have identified him as the opposition CNRP, said in a state- pant deforestation over the past Oeuth Ang, a local who had previ- ment last week that the decision im- decade, had nothing to worry about. proved the likelihood of the case “We are not worried, because we ously been a soldier. moving ahead. haven’t done anything wrong,” he The funeral of Kem Ley—a “I will accept this medal “For the first time in history, an said. “The Cambodian People’s Par- popular voice on the radio and but I have three international criminal court will ty is the people’s party, so we protect a grassroots political organizer with conditions because I prioritize crimes within its jurisdic- the interests of the people and are a large following on social media— tion that are committed by means against anyone—no matter how big know that those who saw thousands of supporters fill the of or result in ‘the destruction of or small—who abuses the rights prepared to give me this streets of Phnom Penh as his body the environment, the illegal ex- and interests of the people.” was carried from Wat Chas to his ploitation of natural resources, or Mr. Eysan added that the al- medal have the goal of hometown in Takeo province. the illegal dispossession of land,’” leged abuses in Cambodia paled gaining support.” But Buntenh said that he hoped Global Diligence said of the deci- in comparison with those occur- to again organize a ceremony in the sion announced by ICC chief pros- ring in other countries. —But Buntenh capital to mark 100 days since the ecutor Fatou Bensouda. “They should arrest the ones analyst’s murder. “This new focus will help close bombarding Syria, Iraq and Iran— with a medal recognizing his work “We plan to mark 100 days in the impunity gap for international that would be right,” he said. “That protecting the environment as the Phnom Penh, but until now the chief crimes committed during peace- is criminal.” head of the Independent Monk Net- monk at Wat Chas has not allowed a work for Social Justice. ceremony at his pagoda,” he said, The monk said he was “not sur- adding that district and municipal prised” by receiving the medal from authorities had been pressuring the the same government that has de- pagoda chief. tained him for his activism on nu- Khlaing Huot, the governor of merous occasions. Chroy Changva district, scoffed at “I will accept this medal but I have the claim. three conditions because I know “If you quote me, please say that I that those who prepared to give me am laughing because we have not this medal have the goal of gaining even seen a request to organize a support,” But Buntenh said. 100 days ceremony,” he said. “This “First, they have to show the se- is an issue for the pagoda.” curity camera footage from Star Kem Ley’s brother, Kem Rith - Mart of the shooting of Dr. Kem isith, said his family planned to hold Ley. Second, ensure that justice is its own ceremony in Takeo. provided to Kem Ley’s family. Third, “In Phnom Penh, we already had I want the right to organize a 100 the funeral for 15 days. We don’t days ceremony for Kem Ley in want difficulties trying to hold this Phnom Penh without being pre v en - ceremony.”

But Buntenh during an interview with Radio Free Asia on Saturday monday, september 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal CNRP Reports Reputed Timber Trader’s Warehouse Raided By Aun PheAP and 4 meters long—about 90 cu- “We suspect that the man pro- Voter List the cambodia daily bic meters in total, he said. duces fake products. He kept used Police in Banteay Meanchey Sokrom fetches a price of about cooking oil at the warehouse,” he province raided a warehouse in $700 per cubic meter on websites said. “He collected it to put it in Irregularities Malai district yesterday, discover- like Alibaba, a value comparable cans and resell it at the market.” By KhuOn nArim ing 90 pieces of luxury and first- to Thnong, which can sell for even Police investigating the case And michAel dicKiSOn grade wood as well as 37 cans of more in Cambodia. would send documents to the the cambodia daily used cooking oil. The warehouse While police long suspected Mr. court today, Mr. Sopharith said. CNRP observers at voter regis- owner fled shortly before the raid Bunthoeun’s business to be illegal, While he was not certain about tration offices have witnessed 600 and remains at large, officials said. a tip from the court had finally giv- Mr. Bunthoeun’s background, he out-of-town soldiers registering in A well-known timber trader, Teuk en them grounds to search his op- said he suspected that he was a current opposition strongholds Bunthoeun, built the warehouse in eration, said Mr. Sopharith, adding soldier or a military police officer. and 400 mostly Vietnamese for- the district’s Tuol Pongro commune that Mr. Bunthoeun had mysteri- Sok Keo Bundith, a deputy pros- eigners being put on the voter list about three years ago, said Chap ously fled just before the raid. ecutor at the provincial court, said despite lacking citizenship papers, Sopharith, chief of the provincial po- “We have not yet received spe- he received “secret information” party officials said yesterday. lice’s anti-economic crime unit. cific answers from the warehouse before ordering police and forestry And two weeks into the three- The raid, conducted by some owner because he escaped from officials to carry out the raid. month registration period, the mon- 20 police and Forestry Adminis- taking responsibility for the “We have known about the ware- itors are reporting that half of the tration officials, yielded 90 pieces wood,” he said. house owner, and I will summon country is still unaware they need to of Thnong and Sokrom wood, Timber was not Mr. Bunthoe- him for questioning after I receive register in order to participate in up- each 25 centimeters in diameter un’s only business, he added. the documents from police,” he said. coming commune elections. In Siem Reap province, 600 sol- diers who told observers they were Man Gets 77 Years Over Motorbike Robberies from Oddar Meanchey and Preah By Ouch SOny and Cham kar Mon districts last too serious for the crime. “I think Vihear provinces were registered in the cambodia daily year, he said. He also admitted to the court should have sentenced districts that voted CNRP during the Over the past two weeks, the using a K-54 pistol when he car- him to five years in prison [per 2012 commune elections, said Sok Phnom Penh Municipal Court has ried out the robberies, normally case], because he already admit- Kimseng, deputy chief of the party’s sentenced a 28-year-old man to a alongside four to six people—five ted his guilt,” he said. provincial executive committee. total of 77 years in prison over 11 of whom were found guilty of In response to the denials of the “People in the communes will different motorbike robberies car- involvement in one case from two accomplices, Consulting Judge lose their chance to choose their ried out last year. November. Khy Chhay said he believed the own leaders if people from other Presiding Judge Chea Sokchan- The accomplices—In Panha, 18; group had been involved in sever- areas register despite not actually deth sentenced Nuch Samnang to Chan Pitou, 34; Sam Chinsamerdy, al more cases. living there,” Mr. Kimseng said, 49 years in prison on September 6 23; Roeun Theara, 20; and Khiev “Your group has caused distur- adding that the irregularities were for seven counts of theft with aggra- Sophal, 27—were sentenced on bance around Phnom Penh and seen in the districts of Varin, Ban- vating circumstances and another Friday to eight years each in prison, spoiled public order,” he said, teay Srei and Svay Loeu. 28 years for four counts on Friday, and were also convicted of theft adding that “people became afraid Vak Norm, a CPP deputy com- when he was also found guilty of il- with aggravating circumstances. and fed up.” mune chief at Varin’s Srenoy com- legal weapons possessions, accord- Arrest warrants were issued for Kao Seyha, Mr. Pitou’s lawyer, mune, acknowledged that she had ing to Sous Vichearandy, deputy Mr. Chinsamerdy, Mr. Theara said his client was a victim of mis- issued letters for some of the sol- chief of the court’s secretariat. and Mr. Sophal, who were still at taken identity, as Mr. Samnang diers declaring they lived in the area, Mr. Samnang, who has been large at the time of sentencing, had only given investigators a but “it was the truth because they detained since February, pleaded while Mr. Pannha and Mr. Pitou nickname and a physical descrip- are permanently based in Srenoy.” guilty to the crimes, which in- both denied the charges. tion that did not match. She circumvented a working volved stealing motorbikes mostly Mr. Samnang’s lawyer, Lay “There are a lot of injustices for group made up of election officials around Phnom Penh’s Dangkao Longdy, said the sentencing was my client,” he said. and local authorities in issuing the letters, she said, because “there were lots of people who were Sihanouk Officials Cancel Market Shutdown afraid we wouldn’t finish on time.” By Aun PheAP Preah Sihanouk governor Yun take their businesses to the Smach In Phnom Penh and its sur- the cambodia daily Min said yesterday that authori- Deng market.” rounding provinces, CNRP moni- Three days after police and mil- ties were wrong to attempt to clear Mr. Sampanh, a former district tors re corded 400 mostly Viet- itary police officers in Preah Si- out the market, though he said it police chief in Phnom Penh who namese foreigners successfully hanouk province moved in on was simply due to confusion. spent $300,000 to open the larger registering despite lacking the roy- Kang Keng market with plans to “The provincial authority has Smach Deng market in 2014, has al decrees that confer citizenship, evict vendors, the provincial gov- no right to shut down the market struggled to woo vendors and cus- said party spokes man Yim Sovann. ernor said yesterday that the mar- because it is private property,” he tomers from Kang Keng, which is Though the issue touches on the ket would remain and vendors said, denying that an ongoing cam- closer to National Road 4 in Prey opposition’s history of race-baiting were allowed to stay. paign by Sot Sampanh, the owner Nop district. rhetoric against Vietnamese people, Officials said the main reason for of the nearby Smach Deng mar- “I will demand that provincial Mr. Sovann insisted it was simply the aborted eviction attempt was ket, to shut down Kang Keng had authorities find a solution for me if about following correct procedures. because the vendors had request- contributed. they do not shut down the Kang “We don’t discriminate against ed their own removal. Vendors, “We did it following the request Keng market,” he said yesterday. anybody,” he said. “We’re talking however, blamed a competing mar- of the 88 vendors because they Phen Sokhon, who owns Kang about implementing the law.” ket owner for being behind the wanted us to shut down the mar- Keng, said he met with Mr. Min Mr. Sovann added that 50 per- move, and said their supposed re- ket, but when we took action they on Saturday and was reassured cent of the country was still un- quest to be moved out was actually refused to go,” Mr. Min said. that the market could continue op- aware of the need to register, with a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen “We also have pity for the erations, adding that authorities many thinking they would remain asking for free stalls at the other Smach Deng market owner,” he had backed off because they were registered after having voted in market, if they were evicted from added. “But we are unable to help concerned about losing support in previous election cycles. their current stalls as threatened. him because the vendors refuse to next year’s commune elections. 6 The Cambodia daily monday, september 19, 2016 NatioNal Lack of Information Leads to Migration for Jobs, Study Says By Janelle Retka country for work. help in connecting employers 3 years has forced many more and Hang SokuntHea But while the research found and employees,” Mr. Barreras people who would usually get by the cambodia daily that there was actually a close said. “People with information on their rice cropping to migrate Ho Pha left his home in Kom - match between the domestic tend to migrate more safely.” to meet basic needs,” he said in pong Thom province in 2014, demand for low-skill laborers in But according to Barry Jessen, an email. heading to Thailand to work with manufacturing, hospitality, con- country program manager for A significant portion had strug- his cousin and earn more money. struction and security, workers Samaritan’s Purse, an internation- gled to find work domestically, he The move had become a trend in were largely unaware of employ- al relief NGO, migration patterns conceded, but added that he be - his family, he said yesterday, with ment opportunities in the country, cannot be boiled down so easily. lieved this was due to a surplus of nearly 20 immediate and extended which on average pay slightly less While he said Banteay Mean - workers in the country and the lure family members having migrated than comparable jobs in Thailand. chey has seen a spike in migration of new opportunities elsewhere. across the border for work. This is creating an unnecessary for work—from 30 percent in 2013 “For many communities migra- “If there were jobs available —and often unwanted—boost to to 55 percent early this year—there tion is a way of life—it is as nor- where I could earn enough mon - cross-border migration, said Fed - were many contributing factors. mal and natural as planting rice ey, I would go back” to Kompong erico Barreras, one of the study’s “Qualitative data indicates that and so there is no question about Thom, where his parents still live, researchers. the massive drought over the last it—you just do it,” he said. the 33-year-old said. “Even though there is an exist- Instead, he is temporarily work - ing national employment demand ing as a security guard in Phnom and an excess supply...there is a ------National Brief ------Penh as he awaits paperwork so perception that Cambodian jobs he can return to his construction are good, but they don’t connect Unlicensed Medic Arrested for ‘Reckless’ Operation job in Thailand’s Rayong province. with each other,” he said. “So clear- An unlicensed medic was arrested in Kandal province’s Kien Svay “I don’t know about any jobs ly, there is an information gap.” district on Friday night after one of his patients died within 24 hours of available in my province,” he said. The research surveyed 315 receiving treatment, police said yesterday. Deputy district police chief Mr. Pha is among an estimated migrant workers, 240 potential Vorng Se said Ly Min, 62, was arrested at his house in Chhoeuteal 1 million Cambodian migrants migrants and 239 employers in commune after a village chief alerted authorities of the death. Mr. working in Thailand. Battambang, Banteay Meanchey, Vorng said the victim, Ngov Thy Phourng, a 60-year-old Vietnamese Much like him, 80 percent of the Kompong Cham and Prey Veng woman, had come to Cambodia with her 18-year-old son earlier this low-skill migrant workers surveyed provinces between January and month shortly after having surgery in Vietnam, and was staying at a in a study released last week by the September. Among the migrant local Buddhist center. The surgery wound below her right armpit was Open Institute, a local technology workers, 72 percent said they giving her pain on Thursday, he said, so she sought treatment from NGO, said they had been recruited moved without any information Mr. Min, who had been practicing medicine without a license for years. by family members. An additional about their job. Though the woman’s son told police that Mr. Min had simply given his 80 percent of “potential migrants” “We strongly recommend the mother medicine, Mr. Se said the examining doctors suspected he may said they would prefer to stay in the production of services that can have also performed surgery that worsened the wound. (Phan Soumy) monday, septembeR 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily 7 Regional Philippine Senate Dismisses Duterte Death Squad Witness ReuteRs national police chief, Ronald MAnIlA - Philippine senators cast De la Rosa called Matobato a doubt on the credibility of a self- “false witness” and said death confessed hit man on Friday after squads never existed in Davao. he testified to seeing the coun- He also said Duterte’s anti- try’s president kill a man and or - narcotics crusade had cut the der assassinations during his two supply of drugs by 80 to 90 per- decades as mayor of the once- cent and police were “removing restive Davao City. the fear of crime and violence in Edgar Matobato, 57, volun- the hearts of our countrymen.” teered to appear at a televised Matobato’s whereabouts on senate hearing on Thursday and Friday were not known. told a panel investigating Pres - The senate leadership turned ident Rodrigo Duterte’s current down a request from leila de li - drugs war that in the 1990s, he ma, a senator heading the panel had seen the then Davao mayor looking into Duterte’s drugs war, order killings and pepper a man’s for Matobato to be taken into pro- body with submachine gun fire. tective custody, saying his testi- Duterte has yet to comment on mony was not related to the ongo- the testimony, but his office and ing drugs crackdown. his political allies have dismissed De lima said Matobato’s testi- it as baseless. mony showed a clear pattern from little is known about Mato bato, the hundreds being killed in Du - whose senate appearance was a terte’s current campaign to the hot topic on social media and radio more than 1,000 mysterious stations on Friday. He had said he deaths rights groups documented was a member of a “Davao death in Davao between 1988 and 2013. squad,” which had killed hun- She conceded Matobato could dreds of suspected criminals “like be wrong about some dates, but chickens,” chopped up their bod- added: “My impression is that he ies and even fed one man to a is not lying.” crocodile. Some senators have ques- Senators Panfilo lacson, tioned why as justice secretary in Aquilino Pimentel and Alan Peter 2014, when Matobato was in a Cayetano were among numerous witness-protection program, de lawmakers who said the witness lima had filed no cases against could not be taken seriously. Duterte. The president has “There are many lapses in his launched blistering verbal attacks testimony,” lacson said. “like in on de lima, accusing her of being baseball, I was counting his on the payroll of drugs gangs, strike-outs.” which she denies. Duterte won an election in Separately, eight prisoners were May promising to wipe out drugs transferred to a high security mili- and drug dealers. Since he took tary camp on Friday in preparation office in June, about 2,500 people for giving testimony in a lower have been killed in his “war on house investigation into de lima’s drugs.” About 900 died in police alleged drugs ties. operations and the rest authori- That congressional hearing is ties say were “deaths under inves- due to take place tomorrow, coin- tigation,” a term human rights ciding with de lima’s plan to pre- act ivists say is a euphemism for sent more witnesses for her sen- vigilante and extrajudicial killings. ate investigation.

------Regional Brief ------Indonesia Installs Airport Larvae Traps to Fight Zika The Indonesian Health Ministry on Thursday installed larvae traps around airport terminals as one of the measures to prevent the spread- ing of Zika virus amid an outbreak in neighboring country Singapore. At Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, one of the busiest airports in Southeast Asia, authorities prepared about 1,000 larvae traps, placing them in the garden, arrival and departure hall, offices, toilets and all public areas across three terminals. The traps provide an artifi- cial ground for mosquitoes to lay eggs and the chemical in the contain- ers kills the larvae in them. Health officials hope through this way they will effectively reduce the population of mosquitoes. This is the latest measures carried out by the Indonesia air transport hub following a Zika outbreak in neighboring Singapore. It enforced thermal scanning on all passengers arriving from the city state since last month. (Reuters) 8 The Cambodia daily monday, septembeR 19, 2016 regional Hostage Freed by Al-Qaida-Linked Group in Philippines ReuteRs Sulu Archipelago and he is now tions against the Abu Sayyaf. Canadians it seized last year with MANilA - A Norwegian man held in the custody of Nur Misuari, Tan also credited the MNlF Sekkingstad, the first one in April hostage by the al-Qaida-linked Abu founder of the Moro National for helping the government in and the other in June, after a Sayyaf islamist militant group in the liberation Front, in the regional seeking the release of the dead line for the payment of ran- southern Philippines since capital Jolo, said Jesus Dureza, a Norwegian. som money lapsed. The Filipina September last year was freed on peace adviser to the Philippines’ in oslo, the government wel- victim was released in June. Saturday, Philippine officials said. president. comed the development but it was unclear whether a ransom The group seized Kjartan Sek - Sekkingstad had been due to remained cautious, noting that had been paid in exchange for kingstad from an upscale resort meet President Rodrigo Duterte Sekkingstad was not yet in gov- Sekkingstad’s freedom, but it is on Samal island in Davao del later on Saturday, but the meeting ernment custody. widely believed that no captives are Norte along with a Filipina, who was canceled due to bad weather. “We are still working on this and released by the group without it. has already been freed, and two “his first words when i spoke we will not rejoice until Sek - Security experts say brokers, Canadians, whom the militants to him on the phone [were]: kingstad is safe and sound with messengers and go-betweens are later executed. ‘Thank you to President Du - Philippine authorities,” Norwegian involved at multiple levels, some Abu Sayyaf, based in the south terte,’” Dureza said in a state- Foreign Minister Boerge Brende taking substantial cuts. Payments of the mainly Roman Catholic ment. “his release from captivity said in an emailed statement to are euphemistically called “board Philippines, is known for kidnap- capped months of quiet, patient reporters, adding that “it would like- and lodgings.” pings, beheadings and extortion. but determined efforts with the ly happen tomorrow.” The group has made tens of it had initially demanded $21 mil- assistance of all sectors.” “We are following the situation millions of dollars from ransom lion each for the detainees, but it Major Filemon Tan, spokes - closely and are working together money since it was formed in the later lowered the ransom to $15 man of the military’s Western [with] Philippine authorities to 1990s, security experts say, chan- million each. Mindanao Command, said the bring Sekkingstad to safety,” he neling it into guns, grenade The group released Sekking - release of Sekkingstad was the said. launchers, high-powered boats stad in the town of Patikul in the result of “intense” military opera- Abu Sayyaf beheaded the two and modern equipment. Blow for TPP as Vietnam Parliament Defers Ratification

ReuteRs bly’s agenda because the govern- election, the run-up to which has commerce. hANoi - Vietnam will not include ment’s proposal is not complet- seen its trade policy come under With Vietnam’s strengths in ratification of the Trans-Pacific ed,” a parliament source familiar heavy domestic scrutiny. electronics, textiles, seafood and Partnership on its agenda for its with the matter told reporters. he Negotiations were completed commodities, the TPP is seen as next parliament session, an offi- did not elaborate. last year for the TPP, dubbed a a game-changer for its export- cial said on Friday, adding to Vietnamese ratification was “mega-regional accord,” to create dominated economy, and a uncertainty over the future of U.S. widely considered a formality a trading zone of 12 members means of boosting U.S. influence President Barack obama’s signa- having already been approved in with a combined $27 trillion gross in China’s backyard. ture trade deal. January by the top brass of the domestic product. Friday’s Thanh Nien daily As arguably the biggest benefi- ruling Communist Party. it seeks to raise standards and newspaper cited Nguyen Thi ciary of the deal covering 40 per- The National Assembly is 96 challenge China’s economic influ- Kim Ngan, the parliament chair- cent of the global economy, Viet - percent comprised of party mem- ence and debate in the U.S. has woman, as saying Vietnam’s ratifi- nam was expected to be among bers and domestic opposition to caused jitters among some of its cation would depend on the the first to ratify the TPP, the the TPP is unheard of. its next members, which include Japan, Communist Party, the global situ- prospect of which helped spur session begins on october 20. Malaysia, Singa pore, Brunei, ation and the outcome of the U.S. record foreign investment last The delay means that at the Peru, Chile, Australia, New election. year in its booming manufactur- earliest, ratification by Vietnam Zealand, Canada and Mexico. The prospects for U.S. legisla- ing sector. would be several months after obama has expressed confi- tive approval of the TPP have “TPP will not be on the assem- November’s U.S. presidential dence of winning congressional looked increasingly dim, with approval for the TPP before he both presidential candidates— leaves office, warning that failure Democrat hillary Clinton and ------Regional Brief ------to do so would undermine U.S. Republican Donald Trump— leadership in the region and allow stating their opposition to the Burmese Soldiers Jailed for Ethnic Minority Murders China to set the rules of regional pact, in its present form at least. A Burmese military court has jailed seven soldiers for five years each with hard labor for murdering five ethnic minority villagers in June, state media said on Friday, in a rare prosecution of military personnel. The seven, including four officers, will serve their time in civilian prisons, said a report from a court martial in northeastern Burma. Soldiers have often been accused of serious human rights abuses in Burma’s long-running wars with ethnic armed groups, but the allegations are rarely acknowl- edged, let alone heard in court. Sai Kaung Kham, an activist who helped residents of northern Shan states Mong Yaw village demand justice for the June killing of their family members, said he was surprised the military had taken action at all. “The fact they have been sentenced to imprison- ment is better than nothing,” he said. Burma’s army ran the country for almost five decades before initiating a transition to civilian rule that saw Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi take power in April. Military leaders, keen to build military-to-military ties with Western armies, have made efforts to present the still-powerful army as a responsible partner in the country’s transition. After the killings in Mong Yaw, one of the military’s highest-ranking officers held an unprecedented news conference in July to say that soldiers were responsible for the deaths of five residents. (Reuters) monday, septembeR 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 regional Three Indonesians Freed by Typhoon Season Hits China, Militant Abu Sayyaf Group Brings Two Storms in a Week ReuteRs itants later executed. ReuteRs day issued a “yellow” alert for Mal - Manila - Three indonesian fisher- While it is widely believed that shanghai - China is bracing for its akas, but raised it to “orange” later men held by an islamic state mili- no captives are released by the second typhoon in a week after the after it skirted Taiwan. tant group-linked rebels in the Philip- abu sayyaf without ransom pay- government raised their alert to “or- Waves as high as 4.4 meters are pines have been released, the Philip- ment the Philippine government ange” for Typhoon Malakas on sat- likely in those coastal provinces and pine military said yesterday, just said it did not pay the group and urday, just as southeastern prov - ships are advised to stay clear of the hours after the militias freed a nor- was unaware of any payment inces were continuing to clean up af- area, said China’s national Marine wegian man after a year-long ordeal. made by other parties for the re- ter an earlier, stronger storm, state Environmental Forecasting Center. The victims—identified as lease of the victims. news agency Xinhua reported. support teams have been sent to lorens Koten, Teodurus Kofung “i would like to reiterate that the Malakas will be the 16th storm of Zhejiang and Fujian provinces as and Emmanuel—were released by government maintains the no-ran- this year’s typhoon season, coming well as the commercial hub of the abu sayyaf on saturday night at som policy,” Communications Min- after Typhoon Meranti made land- shang hai to prepare aid and relief, an undisclosed place in sulu, said ister Martin andanar said. “now if fall in Fujian province on Thursday. Xinhua said. Major Filemon Tan, spokesman in there was a third party who made That storm killed at least 28 peo- in Taiwan, Malakas has prompt- the military’s Western Mindanao the payment, if it’s the family [of the ple in China and Taiwan and cut ed schools and companies to close Command. They were captured on victim], we are not aware of that.” power to more than 1 million homes. and disrupted flights and train ser- July 9 this year from Burmese state Tan said sekkingstad and the ahead of landfall, Meranti drew a vices. no damage or casualties of sabah, he said. three indonesians were flown sep- “red alert” in China’s warning sys- have been reported. The indonesians were set free arately yesterday afternoon from tem for severe weather that ranks Before Meranti struck main- just hours after the same group— Jolo, sulu. The indonesians have red as most serious, followed by or- land China, dozens of flights and notorious for kidnappings, behead- been turned over to indonesian ange, yellow and blue. Meranti has train services were canceled, dis- ings and extortion—re leased nor- authorities, he said without giving since caused more than $2.53 billion rupting travel at the beginning of a wegian captive Kjartan sek king - further details. of damage, authorities said. three-day Mid-autumn Festival stad, who was set to meet Philip- Tan insists the release of the kid- Malakas is expected to bring holiday. Meranti was the strongest pine President Rodrigo Duterte in nap victims was a result of the ongo- heavy rains to the coasts of Zhe- typhoon to hit that part of the coast Da vao City yesterday evening. ing intensified military operations jiang and Fujian provinces as well since 1949, Xinhua said. sekkingstad was taken from an against the abu sayyaf, with the as- as parts of Taiwan from saturday Typhoons are common at this upscale resort on samal island in sistance of the Moro national liber- night to sunday, Xinhua reported time of year, picking up strength as Davao del norte along with a Fil- ation Front, one of the two major quoting China’s national Meteo- they cross warm Pacific waters, and ipina, who has already been freed, Muslim rebel groups based in the rological Center. bringing fierce winds and rain when and two Canadians, whom the mil- south of the mainly Catholic nation. authorities had earlier on satur- they reach land. 10 The Cambodia daily monday, septembeR 19, 2016 regional Did N Korea Abduct an American—to Teach Kim English? ReuteRs detained by Chinese authorities. women were abducted. the ro- tion-only Zone: the true Story of Seoul - even by the standards of roy Sneddon and two of David’s manian, Doina Bumbea, was tak- north Korea’s abduction Project.” strange tales that come out of brothers went to the area to inves- en in 1978 and not seen again until “every time I find myself ruling it north Korea, this one is particu- tigate, but found nothing beyond a 2007, when she was spotted in a out, I realize that there is no more larly bizarre. suggestion that he had slipped in documentary about James Dres- or no less evidence on Sneddon’s Did Kim Jong Il’s regime order the gorge and died. nok, a u.S. soldier who defected to disappearance than there was on the abduction of an american in the case went nowhere until the north after the Korean War the Japanese circa 1995,” Boynton 2004 so his children could learn four years ago, when David’s par- and was married to her. said. “It was all circumstantial.” english? Did north Korean ag- ents received a phone call from a But there has never been an in- Boynton, whose book focused ents, with the help of Chinese offi- man in South Korea who said he’d cident in which an american was on the Japanese abductees, cau- cials, snatch a student who had heard of a man fitting their son’s abducted. (although in recent tioned against dismissing the idea been hiking near China’s border description who was living in years, Pyongyang has made because it didn’t make sense. with Burma? Pyongyang. something of a habit of detaining “Why would anyone do this? Yes, or at least probably, if his the Sneddon family had not visiting americans. two people— Why would anyone go to such parents, a South Korean ab - considered the possibility of north university of Virginia student otto lengths to get something as sim- ductees’ advocate and human Korean involvement. Warmbier and Korean american ple as an english teacher? But rights proponents are to be be- But on reflection, there had missionary Kim Dong-chul—are north Korea has done this be- lieved. no, if you’re talking to u.S. been a strange incident. David currently being held.) fore,” he said, with the Jap anese officials. had been approached in a super- now, Choi, of the abductees’ as- abductees who worked as lan- But Choi Sung-yong, president of market in Beijing by a Korean sociation, said he was “50 to 70 per- guage teachers in Pyongyang. the abductees’ Family union in woman who said her children cent” confident about the informa- Greg Scarlatoiu, executive di- Seoul, says he has information plac- weren’t speaking enough Korean tion he had from Pyong yang. Choi rector of the Committee for Hu- ing the american man, David Sned- in China, and would he mind tu- has a track record when it comes man rights in north Korea, said don, in Pyongyang. now 36, Sned- toring them? to finding out about abductees: He he was also inclined to believe that don goes by the Korean name Yoon and one of David’s mission was the one who first heard about Sneddon was abducted. Bong Soo. He is married to a woman friends had been working in Yanji, Kim Young-nam, a South Korean Scarlatoiu noted the tense envi- named Kim eun Hae and they have a city near China’s border with who was also kidnapped by the ronment at the time. there was two children, a boy and a girl, Choi north Korea that has become a north and had been married to close cooperation between north said, citing evidence from an infor- first transit point for people escap- megumi Yokota, a Japanese wo - Korea and nearby Burma— mant in Pyongyang. ing. Was the Korean mother lay- man abducted as a schoolgirl. Pyongyang had reportedly been Sneddon was taken to Pyong - ing a trap? Had David or his friend But the u.S. State Department selling arms to the Burmese jun- yang because Kim Jong Il had giv- been helping north Koreans has not raised the case with the ta—and north Korean agents en an order for his children— escape? north Korean diplomats stationed could have been operating in the including the state’s current leader, “He had been associated with at the u.n., a senior administra- area. Kim Jong un—to be tutored in Koreans in two different ways,” tion official said. nor has it asked the u.S. House of repre - english by a native speaker, some- roy Sneddon said in a phone in- the Swedish diplomats in Pyong - sentatives had just passed the one who could also teach them terview from utah. “the conclu- yang, who represent u.S. interests north Korean Human rights act, about american culture. “He’s a sion that we drew was that David in north Korea, to take up the case highlighting the nation’s human similar age to the Kim children,” had been taken, or kidnapped, if there. rights abuses and offering assis- said Choi, who devotes his days to you will.” “there is no evidence that we’ve tance to anyone who escaped it. trying to find out what happened to “We thought that his back- seen that indicates that he was ab- Plus, the biggest group of defec- missing persons. ground and his language was one ducted,” the official said, although tors to date—a group of 469 north the tale starts when Sneddon, a of the reasons for it.” he conceded that there was no ev- Koreans—had just arrived in 24-year-old Brigham Young uni- every now and then over the idence that any of the Japanese South Korea from Vietnam. versity student who had complet- past few years, some Japanese people had been abducted, either. “the north Koreans were ex- ed a three-year mormon mission newspapers would raise the possi- Indeed, experts said the case traordinarily upset,” Scarlatoiu to South Korea, was wrapping up bility that David had been abduct- shouldn’t be quickly dismissed. It said. a semester studying Chinese in ed by north Korea, an idea some was “certainly possible” that Sned- “I wonder if our own u.S. gov- Beijing in the summer of 2004. He in Washington saw as part of a don had been taken, said robert ernment agencies could look into had learned Korean and was plan- Japanese effort to get the u.S. gov- Boynton, author of “the Invita- opening an investigation.” ning to take a Chinese language ernment to pay more attention to class in his senior year at BYu. north Korea’s abductions of Jap ------“He’d gone to Beijing that sum- anese citizens. Regional Brief mer to get a head start in man- During the 1970s and 1980s, ap- Scope for Stronger Ties Between China and Canada darin,” his father, roy Sneddon, parently under the orders of Kim montreal - Canadian Prime minister Justin trudeau, speaking days after a said. Jong Il, who was then north Ko- Canadian man was released from prison in China, said on Saturday there “His coursework was done, so rea’s heir apparent, an un known was “tremendous potential” for stronger and more stable ties with the asian he said he was going to take a look number of people were abducted country. trudeau won a diplomatic coup last week after China deported around some touristy spots in and taken to north Korea. Kevin Garratt, who had been detained for two years on allegations of spying. southeast China before he came at least 17 Japanese nationals the release came shortly after trudeau’s official visit to China earlier this back.” were kidnapped, usually from re- month and ahead of Chinese Premier li Keqiang’s arrival in Canada next David Sneddon had been walk- mote spots on the west coast, and week. asked whether Canada is open to more investment from China, ing on an easy path in the tiger taken to Pyongyang, apparently to which is seeking a free trade deal with Canada and more relaxed investment leaping Gorge, a scenic area in train spies in Japanese language rules, trudeau said there was scope for closer ties. “What we have demon- Yunnan province that borders and culture. strated [with the official visits] is that there is tremendous potential for a Burma. He’d been to a Korean a famous South Korean film di- stronger, more stable relationship with China than there has been for Cana- restaurant called the Yak Bar. and rector and a celebrated actress da in the past,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a global health confer- then, he disappeared. were also picked up on orders by ence. Garratt, who was arrested in 2014, was charged in January with spying His parents thought that their Kim, a movie buff. and stealing state secrets, convicted on tuesday, released on bail and then son, one of 11 children, had been thai, romanian and lebanese deported to Canada on thursday. (Reuters) monday, sepTember 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily 11 regional Alibaba Engineers Fired for Rigging Mooncake Distribution By Pei Li and aLyssa aBkowitZ The wall sTreeT journal On the eve of Mid-Autumn “Life is just like a box of Festival, some people will go to great lengths to get mooncakes, mooncakes. You never the traditional gift for family, know what you’re gonna friends and colleagues. At Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., four engi- get.” neers tried to rig the distribution —anonymous system of the e-commerce giant’s Zhihu commenter mooncake selloff—and were fired for their effort. Alibaba confirmed it fired the four this week, after they hacked Chat and decided to join in before into the internal website that talking to his boss. allows employees to purchase the “We always are hiring network company’s signature mooncakes, security engineers,” he said. with an orange fluffy Alibaba mas- Creative Commons “They are hot commodities.” He cot inside. The Hangzhou-based Mooncakes, a traditional food for China's Mid-Autumn Festival, are said he didn’t receive an answer company allocates one free box traditionally filled with red-bean paste or lotus-seed paste, and often to his offer. to each employee for the holiday, given as gifts on the holiday. An employee of JD.com— and sells extras on the site at so as to divert a leftover 100-odd Lin Wei, a manager at Beijing- Alibaba’s chief rival in ecommerce cost—59 yuan (about $9) for a boxes to themselves. based antivirus company Qihoo —posted a note on his WeChat box of four. Asked about the dismissals, 360 Technology Co., said he news feed: “We should treat net- Mooncakes are traditionally Alibaba said its decision to fire the extended a job offer to the four work security engineers well. filled with red-bean paste or lotus- employees is “another reminder via WeChat minutes after hearing Please forward your resume via seed paste, but in keeping with to our staff that every game about the mooncake drama. email.” the rising level of wealth in Chin - comes with rules.” “I think computer engineers One commenter on Zhihu, a ese society there are now extrava- On Chinese social media, how- need to have a geek spirit, and Quora-like question-and-answer gant variations that can be expen- ever, the now dismissed engi- these people are not using tech- platform, evoked Forrest Gump: sive to give. The four Alibaba pro- neers were praised for their en - nology to do any harm,” he “Life is just like a box of moon- grammers inserted a new pro- trepreneurial instincts and tech - wrote. Lin said he saw more than cakes. You never know what gram into the mooncake website nical competence. 30 job offers circulating on We - you’re gonna get.” 12 The Cambodia daily monday, septembeR 19, 2016 regional Abe Leaves for Cuba, UN Meetings Amid N Korea Threats Kyodo Abe is expected to call for fellow Japanese Prime Minister Shin- U.N. member states to take strong zo Abe left Japan yesterday on a action against North Korea follow- trip first to New York to attend an- ing its fifth nuclear test on Septem- nual U.N. meetings and then to ber 9 and a series of ballistic missile Cuba, with the aim of rallying in- launches in recent months. For its ternational support to counter se- part, Japan is preparing stricter uni- curity threats from North Korea. lateral sanctions in response to the Abe will become the first Japan- recent developments. ese premier to visit Cuba, which Abe will likely hold bilateral has close ties to North Korea. He is talks with several leaders on the likely to announce development sidelines of the U.N. gatherings. as sistance to the Caribbean island He also planned to speak at nation, which is rapidly opening up seminars today aimed at promot- to the international community. ing investment in and tourism to Japan “will take the leadership Japan, and to address heavy- toward a new U.N. resolution” for weights in the financial world on sanctions against North Korea, Wednesday, according to Japan- Reuters Abe told reporters at Tokyo’s Ha - ese government officials. Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reviews the honor guard before a neda airport. In Cuba from Thursday, Abe is meeting with Japan Self-Defense Force's senior members in Tokyo last In New York, Abe is expected to scheduled to hold talks with Cu- Monday. participate in a summit tomorrow ban President Raul Castro, with Cuba to train doctors in Japanese jets to North Korea in defiance of a on refugee issues hosted by U.S. economic cooperation across the medical practices and the provision U.N. embargo. President Barack Obama, before public and private sectors likely to of about $9.8 million in grant aid for The resumption of diplomatic delivering a speech to the U.N. be high on the agenda. the purchase of medical equipment. relations between Washington General Assembly on Wednesday. Abe may also seek a meeting Much attention will be paid to and Havana in July last year fol- In addressing the U.N. General with former president Fidel Cas- how Abe raises the issue of North lowing a 54-year freeze has promp - Assembly session for the fourth tro, Raul’s elder brother and leader Korea in Cuba. ted other countries to strengthen consecutive year, Abe is expected of Cuba’s 1950s revolution. Havana and Pyongyang main- their outreach to Cuba. Chinese to focus on Japan’s stance on peace According to a Japanese govern- tain diplomatic relations, and in Premier Li Keqiang is also sched- and security issues, the rule of law ment source, Abe and Raul Castro 2013 a North Korean ship seized uled to visit this month. and reform of the U.N. Security are expected to confirm coopera- by Panamanian authorities was Foreign Minister Fumio Kishi- Council, on which the country cur- tion in the medical field, including suspected of trying to covertly da also left for New York early rently holds a nonpermanent seat. the establishment of a center in bring Cuban weapons and fighter yesterday. រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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ផល​​​​របស់​​​ពួក​​​គាត់​​​​​ស្ប​​​ព្ ល​​​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​​

កំពុង​​​ខិត​​​ខំ​​​យ៉្ង​​​ខ䮛្ំង​​​ដើម្បី​​​តតាំង​​​ដោះ​ស្្យ​​​​​​​​ ម៉ា ចិតាា តម䮛្​​​ស្ូវ​​​​​​​​ដ្ល​​​​​​ធ䮛្ក់​​​ចុះ។ លោក កឹម សុខា អនុប្ធាន គណបក្ស សំណ្ះសំណល ជាមួយក្ុម អ្នកគាំទ្ នៅ ទីស្ន្ក់ការកណ្ដ្ល គណបក្ស សង្គ្្ះជាតិ ​ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ពាក់កណ្ដ្ល​ខ្ ​​​សីហា​មក នៅ សង្ក្ត់ ចាក់អង្្លើ ខណ្ឌមានជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំព្ញ កាលពីថ្ង្សៅរ៍ ។

មន​ករ​ធ䮛្ក់​ចុះ​យ៉្ង​ខ䮛្ំង​​ន្​តម䮛្​​​ស្ូវ​ជមធ្យម​​​​​ លោក កឹម សុខាលុបចោល គោលការណ៍ "មិន ឈ្លេះ មិន ឆ្លើយ មិន ឆ្លង" ក䮓ុង​១តោន​​ដ្ល​​ម្ច្ស់​រោង​ម៉្សុីន​កិន​ស្ូវ​

បន​ផ䮊ល់​ឱ្យ​​ពោល​​​គឺ​ធ䮛្ក់ចុះ​​​ពី​ប្ហ្ល​២៥០​​​ បែន សុខហ៊ែន បង䮁ំ​ឱ្យ​លោក​សម䮄ំ​លក់​ខ䮛ួន​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​ទីស្ន្ក់ករ​​​

ដុល䮛្រ​​​​មក​នៅ​ត្ឹម​១៩៣​ដុល䮛្រ​កលពី​​​សប䮊្ហ៍​​ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី កណ្ដ្ល​​របស់​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ឆាំង​​មួយ​ន្ះ​។

មុន​ន្ះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​ស្ចក䮊ី​​​ប្កស​ព័ត៌មន​​​ លោក​កឹម​ សុខ​អនុប្ធន​​គណបក្ស​​ កលពី​​ថ䮄្​សុក្​ដីក​​ដ្ល​ចុះ​ហត䮐ល្ខ​ដោយ​​​​

ច្ញ​​​ដោយ​ក្សួង​ស្ដ䮋កិច䮅​​និង​ហិរញ䮉វត䮐ុ​ សង្គ្្ះ​​ជតិ​​​​បន​ប្្ប់​អ䮓កគាំទ្​របស់​លោក​​ ព្ះរាជអាជ䮉្រង​​​​សៀង​សុខ​អម​សល​ដំបូង​​​​

កលពី​ថ䮄្​សុក្​។ កលពី​ម្សិល​មិញ​​​ឱ្យ​បោះបង់​​គោលករណ៍​"​មិន​​​ រាជធនី​ភ䮓ំព្ញ​​​ត្ូវ​បន​បិទ​នៅ​​​ទ䮜្រ​របង​ខង​​​​​

​ស្ចក䮏ី​​​ប្កស​​​ព័ត៌មន​​​ន្ះ​​​បន​​​លើក​​ឡើង​​​​​ ឈ䮛្ះ​ មិន​ឆ䮛ើយ​ មិន​ឆ䮛ង​"​ ហើយ​ចាប់​ផ䮊ើម​ មុខ​ផ䮑ះ​​របស់លោក​កឹម​សុខ​​​ដើម្បី​ជូនដំណឹង​​

ថា​​​​​ដោយ​ព្យាយម​​ធ䮜ើ​អន䮏រាគមន៍​ដើម្បី​ករ​ ប្ឆាំង​តបត​​នឹង​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ជជន​កម䮖ុជ​។ អំពី​ករ​​​​ចោទ​ប្កន់​​​លោក​​​និង​ទោស​​ជប់​

ពារ​កសិករ​​លោក​នាយក​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​​​ លោក​កឹម​សុខ​បន​ក䮛្យ​ជ​គោលដៅ​ ពន䮒នាគារ​​៥ខ្​ដ្ល​តុលករ​​បន​សម្្ច​

បន​សម្្ច​​ដក់​​​ច្ញ​នូវ​កម䮘វិធី​​​ពិស្ស​​មួយ​​​​​​​ ន្​​ចំណត់ករ​តុលករ​​​ជច្ើន​ខ្​មក​ហើយ​​​ កលពី​ដើម​ខ្ន្ះ​។​

ដ្ល​មន​ថវិក​សមមូល​​​នឹង​២៧​លន​ដុល䮛្រ តទៅទំព័រ​​១៥

ក䮓ុង​នោះ​​២០​​លន​ដុល䮛្រ​គឺ​ជ​ថវិក​របស់​រដ䮋​​ បកេសសង្គេេះជាតិ ថា មាន ភាព មិន បេកេតី អំឡុង ការ ចុះ ឈ្មេះ បោះឆ្នេត រីឯ​​ចំណ្ ក​នៅ​សល់​គឺ​បន​មកពី​ធនាគារ​​​​​​ Michael Dickison អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​ជន​បទ​​​ដើម្បី​ផ䮊ល់​ឧបត䮐ម䮗​ធន​ដល់​​ ឃួន ណារីម និង បន​ករ​គាំទ្​ខ䮛្ំង​របស់​គណ​បក្ស​ប្ឆាំង​

ម្ច្ស់​រោងម៉្សុីន​កិន​ស្ូវ​និង​រក្សា​តម䮛្​​​ស្ូវ​ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី ហើយ​ជន​បរទ្ស​៤០០នាក់​ដ្ល​ភាគ​ច្ើន​​

ឱ្យ​​​​នៅ​​​ថ្រ​។​ស្ចក䮊ី​ប្កស​ព័ត៌មន​​​ន្ះ​បន​​​​​​​​​ ក្ុមមន䮏្ី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជតិ​​និយយ​​​​ ជ​ជន​ជតិ​វៀ ត​ណម​មន​ឈ្ម្ះ​ក䮓ុង​បញ䮇ី​

លើក​ឡើង​បន䮏​ថា​ ប្្ក់​បម្ុង​ទំង​ន្ះ​នឹង​ កល​ពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា​ក្ុម​អ䮓កសង䮀្ត​ករណ៍​ ឈ្ម្ះ​បោះ​ឆ្ន្ត​​បើ​ទោះ​ជ​​​​ពួកគ្​ខ䮜ះ​លិខិត​​​

អាច​ទិញ​ស្ូវ​បន​ប្ហ្ ល​៩០​.០០០​​​​តោន​​​ គណ​បក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជតិ​​នៅតាម​​ករិយល​័យ​ បញ្ជ្ក់ពីករ​ចូល​សញ្ជ្តិ​ក៏​ដោយ​។

ដោយ​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឱ្យ​កសិករ​​រំពឹង​ថា​នឹង​ទទួល​បន​​​តម䮛្​​​​​ ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​បោះ​ឆ្ន្តនានា​បន​ឃើញ​ទហាន​​ ហើយ​​ក䮓ុង​រយៈព្ល​ពីរ​សប្ត្ហ៍ក​ន䮛ង​មក​​

២៣៥​ដុល䮛្រ​សម្្ប់​ស្ូវ​ក䮓ុង​​១តោន​​។ មកពី​តំបន់​ផ្ស្ង​​ចំនួន​៦០០​នាក់​ទៅ​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​​​ ន្ះ​ន្​​រយៈព្ល​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​បោះឆ្ន្ត​ដ្ល​​​​

លោក​ ហ៊ុន​ហាក់​ អនុប្ធន​​​សហព័ន䮒​ បោះ​ឆ្ន្ត​នៅក䮓ុង​ទីតាំង​​​បច䮅ុប្ប​ន䮓​​ដ្លទទួល​ មន​ព្ល​បីខ្នោះ​​ក្ុម​អ䮓ក​ឃ䮛្ំ​មើ ល​​រាយ​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់​ តទៅទំព័រ​​១៦

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១៤ ខ្មបូឌា​ ដ្លី ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ​​ទី១៩​ខៃ​​​កញ្ញៃ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

គណ​​​បក្ស​​​កាន់​​​អំណាច​'មិន​​​បារម䮗'​ចំពោះ​​​ការ​​​ប្កាស​​​របស់​​​តុលាការ​​​ឧក្ិដ្ឋ​​​កម䮘​​​​​​អន្តរជាតិ​ICC Fatou 垶ន់ ស៊ូមី ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​​ហ䮜េទូ​បេនស៊ូដ​( លោក​ស៊ខ​ឥសន​អ䮓ក​​​នំ家កេយ​​​គណបកេស​​​ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី Bensouda )​ថ​"ជ​​​លើក​​​ដំបូង​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​បេវត䮏ិ​សស䮏េ​​​ បេជជន​​​កម䮖ុជ​បន​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​កលពី​​​

អ䮓ក​​​នំ家កេយ​​​គណបកេស​​​បេជជន​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​​ ត៊លករ​​​ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​នឹង​​​​​​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​​​​អាទិភព​​​​​​​​​​​ មេសិលមិញ​​ថ​គណបកេស​​​កន់​​​អំណាចដេល​​​​​តេូវ​​​​​​​​​​​​

កំព៊ង​​​កន់​​​អំណាច​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថ​ ថ្នេក់​​​​​​ដឹកនំ​​​​​​ លើ​​​ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​នន​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​យ៊ត䮏េធិករ​​​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​ បន​​​​​​​​​ភ្ជេប់​​​ទៅ​​​នឹង​​​​​​ករ​​​​​​កប់​​​បំផ䮛េញ​​​ពេេ​​​ឈើ ​​

បកេស​​​មិន​​​ពេួយ​​​បរម䮗​​​​​​​​​ឡើ យ​​​ចំពោះ​​​សេ ចក䮏ី​​​ ដេល​​​បេពេឹត䮏​​​​​​​​​​​​ឡើង​​​​​​ដោយ​​​មធេយោបយ​ឬដេល​​​​​​​​​​ យ៉េង​​​​​​​​​រលដល​​​ជង​​​មួយ​​​ទសវតេសរ៍​​​កន䮛ង​​​មក​​​

សមេេច​​​មួយ​​​ដេល​​​​​​ត៊លករ​​​ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​អន䮏រ​ បង្ក​​​​​​ឲេយមន​​​​​​'ករ​​​បំផ䮛ិច​​​បំផ䮛េញ​​​បរិស䮐េន​ករ​​​កេង​​ នេះ​​​ដេរ​​​នះ​គ្មេន​​​អ䮜ី​​​តេូវ​​​បរម䮗​​​ទេ។ ICC ជតិ​ ( )​ ​​​​​​បន​​​​​​​​​បេកស​​​កល​​​ពី​​​​​​សប䮏េហ៍​​​​​​​​​ម៊ន​​​​​​ បេវ័ញ䮅​​​ធនធន​​​ធម䮘ជតិ​​​ដោយ​​​ខ៊ស​​​ចេបាប់​ឬ​​​ លោក​​​​​​ថ䮛េង​​​​​​ថ​"យើង​​​មិន​​​បរម䮗​​​ទេ​​ពីពេេះ​​​​​

ថ​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​នឹង​​​ពងេីក​​​ទំហំ​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​នន​​​​​​ដេល​​​ ករ​​​​​ដក​​​ហូត​​​ដី​​​ធ䮛ី​​​ដោយ​​​ខ៊ស​​​ចេបាប់'។ករ​​​ផ䮏េត​​​ យើង​​​មិន​​​បន​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​អ䮜ី​​​ខ៊ស។​គណបកេស​​​បេជជន​​​

ខ䮛ួន​​​បន​​​ពិារណា​ដើមេបី​​​​​​​​រប់​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បញ䮅ូល​​​ករ​​​បំផ䮛េញ​​​​ យក​​ចិត䮏​​​ទ៊ក​​​ដក់​​​ថ䮘ី​​​នេះ​​​នឹង​​​ជួយ​​​​​​បិទ​​​​​​គម䮛េត​​​ កម䮖ុជ​គឺ​​​ជ​​​គណបកេស​​​របស់​​​បេជពល​​​​​​​​​​​​រដ䮋​​​​ដូច䮓េះ​​​​​

បរិស䮐េន​និង​​​ករ​​​​​ាប់​​​​​​​​​​​​យក​​​ដីធ䮛ី។ និទណ䮌​ភព​​​​​​​​សមេេប់​​​​​​ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​អន䮏រជតិដេល​​​ យើង​​​ករ家រ​​​ផល​​​បេយោជន៍​​​របស់​​​បេជពល​​​រដ䮋​​​ Global Diligence កេ៊មហ៊៊ន​​​ចេបាប់​ មន​​​ បេពេឹត䮏​​​អំឡុង​​​​​​​​​ពេល​​​មន​​​សន䮏ិភព​ហើយ​​​​​​ ហើយ​​​​​បេឆំង​​​អ䮓កណា​​​ក៏​​​ដោយ​ មិន​​​ថ​​​ធំ​ ​ឬ​ ​​

មូលដ䮋េន​​​​​​នៅ​​​កេ៊ង​​​ឡុងដ៍​ដេល​​​បន​​​ដក់​​​​​家កេយ​​​​​​​​​​​​ បើក​​​ទ䮜េរ​​​សមេេប់​​​រឿង​​​ក䮏ី​​​ដេល​​​​​​ដក់​​​​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​កេ៊ម​​​​​​​​ តូច​​​ទេ​ដេល​​​រំលោភ​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​​និង​​​ផល​​​បេយោជន៍​​​​​

ប䮏ឹង​​​កេ៊ម​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​អ䮓ក​​​មន​​​​​​អំណាច​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​ជួរ​​​​គណ​​​បកេស​​​​​​​​​ អ䮓ក​​​មន​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​អំណាច​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​ជួរ​​​​​​គណ​​​បកេស​​​​​​កន់​​​អំណាច​​​​​​ របស់​​​បេជពល​​​រដ䮋"។

បេជជន​​​កម䮖ុជ​ ទៅ​​​ត៊លករ​​​ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​អន䮏រ​ របស់​​​បេទេស​​​កម䮖ុជ​ជួស​​​​​​ម៊ខ​​​​​​​​​​​​​ឲេយ​​​ជន​​​​​​រង​​​គេេះ​​​​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​​​​​​​គូស​​​​​​បញ្ជេក់​​​​​​ថ​ករ​​​រំលោភ​​​បំ家ន​​​​​​​​​​​

ជតិ​​កល​​​​​​ពី​​​​​​ឆ្នេំ​​​២០១៤​តម​​​ករ​​​ជំរ៊ញ​​​ពី​​​គណ​ កម䮖ុជ​​​​​​"។ នៅ​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​បេទេស​​​​​​​​​កម䮖ុជ​តម​​​​​​ដេល​​​​​​ចោទ​​​បេកន់​​​​​​​​​​​​

បកេស​​​សង្គេេះ​​​ជតិ​​​​បន​​​​​​​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​សេចក䮏ី​​​​ សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​ដេល​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​ទៅ​​​ត៊លករ​​​ឧកេិដ䮋កម䮘​​​​​ នេះ​​​គឺ​​​​​​តូច​​​តច​​ណាស់​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បើ​​​បេៀប​​​​​​​​​​​​ធៀប​​​ទៅ​​​នឹង​​​

ថ䮛េងករណ៍​​​មួយ​​​កលពី​​​សប䮏េហ៍​​​ម៊ន​​​​​​ថ​​សេចក䮏ី​​​​ អន䮏រជតិ​​​នេះ​​​អះអាង​​​ថ​ថ្នេក់​​​ដឹកនំ​​​រដ䮋េភិបល​​​​​​ ករ​​​​​​រំលោភ​​​​​​បំ家ន​​​​​​នៅ​​​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​បេទេ ស​​​ផេសេ ងៗ​​​​​​

សមេេច​​​នេះ​​​​​​បន​​​​​​​​​បង្កើន​​​​​​​​​លទ䮒ភព​​​បន䮏​​​​​​​​សំណុំ​ កម䮖ុជ​ និង​​​សហករី​​​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​គឺ​​​ជ​​​​​​​​​អ䮓ក​​​ទទួល​​​ ទៀត។​"គេ​​​គួរតេ​​​​​​ាប់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​អ䮓ក​​​ដេល​​​ទម䮛េក់​​​

រឿង​​​នេះ​​​​​​​​​ទៅម៊ខ​​​។ ខ៊ស​​​តេូវ​​​ចំពោះ​​​ករ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲេយ​​​បេជជន​​​រប់​​​សេន​​​ គេេប់បេក​​​លើ​​​បេទេស​​​ស៊ីរី​បេទេស​​​​​​​​​អី៊រ៉េក់​​

កេ៊មហ៊៊ន​​​​​​នេះ​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​អំពី​​​សេចក䮏ី​​​ នក់​​​ាកចេញ​​​ពី​​​ដី​​​ធ䮛ី​​​របស់​​​ពួកគត់​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲេយ​​​ពួក​គត់​​ និង​​​​​​បេទេស​​​​​​​​​អី៊រ៉ង់​ ទើប​​​តេូវ។​ នះ​​​ទើប​​​​​​​​​​​​ជ​​​

សមេេច​​​បេកស​​​ដោយ​​​អគ្គរដ䮋​​​​​​អាជ្ញេត៊លករ​​​ ធ䮛េក់​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​ភព​​​កេីកេ​​​ខ䮛េំង។ ឧកេិដ䮋ជន"៕មនិត

ក្ុម​ប្ជាកសិករ​​... ផល​អ៊ីច៊ះ​​រីឯ​ខ䮛ះ​ទៀត​ឱេយ​តម䮛េ​​​ទប​ខ䮛េំង​ណាស់​​ មក​ដល់​ម៉េង​១រសៀល​​កសិករ​បន​ពេម​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ ដេល​យើង​មិន​អាច​ទទួល​យក​បន​ឡើយ​​​"។ ពេៀង​​​លក់​​​សេូវ​របស់​ពួកគត់​ក䮓ុង​តម䮛េ​​​ចន䮛េះ​​

សេូវ​អង្ក​​រកម䮖ុជ​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថ​ "​សេប​​​ ដោយ​មន​អារម䮘ណ៍​ថ​គេ​មិន​យក​ចិត䮏​ទ៊ក​​ ពី​​​១៩២,៥០​ដ៊ល䮛េរ​​ដល់​​​២១០​ដ៊ល䮛េរ​ក䮓ុង​មួយ​​​

ពេល​ដំណាល​គ្នេ​នេះ​អ䮓ក​នំចេញ​​អង្ក​រ​នឹង​មន​​​​​​ ដក់​​ និង​ដោយ​គ្មេន​ជមេើស​ផេសេង​ណាមួយ​ តោន​​​តម​​​គ៊ណភព​​សេូវ​​នេះ​​បើ​​​យោង​តម​

អង្ក​រសមេេប់​នំ​ចេញ​​ពេេះ​ពួកគត់​នឹង​ទទួល​​ នះ​លោក​​អ៊ឹម​សរិន​និង​កសិករ​រប់​សិប​​ លោក​​​មេឃ៊ំ​សំ​ ណេត។​ ​លោក​បន​លើក​

បន​ករ​ផ្គត់ផ្គង់​​​គេប់គេេន់ពី​រោង​ម៉េស៊ីន​​​​កិន​ នក់​​ផេសេង​ទៀត​បន​សមេេច​​​យក​បញ្ហេ​របស់​ ឡើង​បន䮏​​​ថ​ទោះបី​ជ​បង្ក​ឱេយ​​​មនករ​​​កក​ស䮑ះ​

សេូវ​​ដេល​​​មន​សេូវ​​​គេប់​​​គេេន់​​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​ស䮏ុក​"។ ពួកគត់​ទៅ​កន់​សល​ឃ៊ំ​​កំពង់​​​ពេៀង​ក䮓ុង​ ចរចរណ៍​អស់​​​៤ម៉េង​​ក៏ដោយ​​តេ​​​ករ​តវ៉េ​

​ទោះ​ជ​​​យ៉េង​ណា​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ខេត䮏​បត់ដំបង​​ សេ៊ក​សង្កេ​​ខេត䮏​​​បត់​​​ដំបង​នៅ​ម៉េង​​បេហេល​​​ នេះ​​មិន​ជ​បញ្ហេ​ធំដ៊ំ​នះ​​​ទេ។​

កសិករ​លើក​ឡើង​ថ​​ស䮐េនភព​នេះ​​ក䮛េយ​ជ​​ ៨​និង​៣០នទី​ពេឹក។ ​លោក​បន​និយយ​ថ​"​ពួកគត់​គេេន់​តេ​​​

ស䮐េន​ភព​​​ធ䮄ន់ធ䮄រ​​ ដោយ​សរ​រោង​ម៉េស៊ីន​កិន​ ​លោក​បន​និយយ​ថ​"​យើ ង​បន​ឈប់​​ ស䮓ើ​ស៊ំ​ដំណះសេេយ​​ដើមេបី​ធ䮜ើ​ឱេយ​តម䮛េ​សេូវ​

សេូវ​​ផ䮊ល់​តម䮛េ​ថោក​ជង​​ករ​​​ប៉េន់​​​​​បេមណ​ តេេក់ទ័រ​ដេល​មន​ដឹក​​​សេូវ​នៅ​តម​ផ䮛ូវ​ហើយ​​ របស់​ពួកគត់​​​ឡើង​ថ䮛េ​វិញ​ប៉៊ណ្ណេះ​ហើយ​បញ្ហេ​​​

ទប​បំផ៊ត​របស់​​​កេសួង​​ឬ​ក៏​បដិសេធ​មិន​ទិញ​ យើង​បន​​អូស​បវ​សេូវ​បេហេល​១០បវ​យក​​​ តេូវ​បន​​​ដោះសេេយ​រួច​ហើយ​​​នៅ​​​រសៀល​​​

សេូវ​​របស់​ពួកគត់​ទំង​សេ៊ង​តេម䮊ង​។ ទៅ​ដក់​នៅ​លើ​ផ䮛ូវ​​ដើមេបី​​ទមទរ​​ឱេយ​សេូវ​មន​​​​ នេះ​​​ដោយសរ​​​ធនគរ​សេូវ​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ខេត䮏​​

​លោក​អ៊ឹម​សរិន​​ជ​​​កសិករ​អាយ៊​៣២​ឆ្នេំ​​​ តម䮛េ​ឡើង​វិញ​"។​លោក​​​​បន䮐េម​​​​ថ​អ䮓ក​តវ៉េ​យ៉េង​​​ បន​​​ពេមពេៀង​​ទិញ​សេូវ​​របស់​ពួកគត់​"។

ម្នេក់​​​​​​និយយ​ថ​"​យើង​ខិតខំ​ធ䮜ើ​សេេ​ខ䮛េំង​ណាស់​​​​ ចេើន​​ចេះ​តេ​​​មន​ចំនួន​កើន​ឡើង​​​ខណៈ​​​​ពួក​ លោក​បន​និយយ​បន䮐េម​ថ​ "​ឥឡូវ​នេះ​

ហើយ​បន䮑េប់មក​យើង​​យក​សេូវ​ទៅ​លក់​ឱេយ​ គត់​ធ䮜ើ​ដំណើរ​ទៅ​កន់​​​សល​ឃ៊ំ​នេះ​។ រថយន䮏​មួយ​ចំនួន​​មក​​​ពីធនគរ​សេូវ​កំព៊ង​តេ​​​

រោងម៉េស៊ីន​កិន​សេូវ​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ភូមិ​​ប៉៊ន䮏េ​​​រោង​ លោក​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ទៀត​​​ថ​​​​​​ទីបំផ៊ត​​ ដើរ​​បេមូល​សេូវ​​​ពី​កសិករ​ហើយ​"។

ម៉េស៊ីន​កិនសេូវ​ខ䮛ះ​​មិន​ទិញ​​សេូវ​​របស់​យើង​​​ តំណាង​មកពី​ធនគរ​សេូវ​​ធំ​​​បំផ៊ត​​​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​ខេត䮏​​​ លោក​កង​វឿន​អាយ៊​៦០​ឆ្នេំ​ជ​កសិករ​

នះ​ទេ​​​​​ដោយ​លើក​ហេត៊ផល​អ៊ីចេះ​ហេត៊​ នេះ​​​​​បន​ាប់ផ䮊ើម​ករ​​ចរា​។ តទៅទំព័រ ១៥ ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ​​ទី១៩​ខៃ​​​កញ្ញៃ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខេមបូឌា​ ដេលី ១៥

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លោក​កឹម​សុខា​​​​​​... ដច់ដោយឡែកមួយទៀតនោះលោកនយក គណបកែសបែជាជនតែូវចប់នៅឆ្នែំ២០១៨។

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ រដ䮋មន䮏ែីហ៊ុនសែនមមញឹកយ៉ែងខ្លែំងក䮓ុងការ លោកសុខឥសនអ䮓កនំ家កែយគណបកែស

សមជិកជាយុវជនបែហែ ល៤០០នក់បន ចុះទៅតាមបណ្ដែខែត䮏ទូទាំងបែទែស១ឆ្នែំ បែជាជនកម䮖ុជាបនមនបែសសន៍ថមិន

បែមូលផ䮊ុំគ្នែនៅទីស្នែក់ការកណ្ដែលគណបកែស មុនការបោះឆ្នែតឃុំសង្កែត់។ អាចជឿទុកចិត䮏ថគណបកែសសង្គែែះជាតិធ䮜ើ

សង្គែែះជាតិក䮓ុងរាជធនីភ䮓ំពែញកាលពីមែសិល លោកកឹមសុខមនបែសសន៍កាលពី បតុកម䮘ដោយសន䮏ិវិធីបនទែ។លោកបន

មិញដោយលោកកឹមសុខមនបែសសន៍ថ មែសិលមិញថ"យើងមិនអាចឱែយគែចងដែយើង គូសបញ្ជែក់ថ "គណបកែសបែជាជនមិនអាច

ដល់ពែលដែលតែូវលុបចោលគោលការណ៍ ហើយ គែចងជើងយើងហើយ ខ䮑ប់ចែមុះ ជឿគត់បនទែគែមិនដែលបង្ហែញកែបាច់

"មិនឈ្លែះមិនឆ䮛ើយមិនឆ䮛ង" ទៅនឹងការ ហើយខ䮑ប់មត់ស្លែប់ដោយមិនបនតស៊ូនោះ សម្ងែត់គែទែ ជាមួយគូបែកួត" ហើយគូស [ ] បង䮀រឿងហើយ។ ទែ។ យើង តែូវតែរើបមែះជាដច់ខត"។ បញ្ជែក់ថសមត䮐កិច䮅នឹងបង្កែែបបតុកម䮘របស់

លោកបនថ䮛ែងថ"ខ䮉ុំបនបញ្ជែក់ហើយ កាលពីមួយសប䮊ែហ៍មុនគណបកែសសង្គែែះ គណបកែសបែឆំង។

ថថ្នែក់ដឹកនំគណបកែសសង្គែែះជាតិទាំង ជាតិបនបែកាសផែនការបណ្ដែះអាសន䮓ក䮓ុង អ䮓កនំ家កែយរូបនែះបន䮏ថ "គត់មនសិទ䮒ិ

អស់កុំឈ្លែះ កុំឆ䮛ើយកុំឆ䮛ង។ នៅស䮄ៀម ការធ䮜ើមហាបតុកម䮘បែឆំងសំណុំរឿ ងផ䮛ូវ ធ䮜ើបតុកម䮘ប៉ុន䮏ែឥឡូវសម䮊ែចតែជោនយក

ហើយនៅតែគែរករឿងទៀត។អញ䮅ឹងដល់ ចែបាប់ដែលមែដឹកនំរបស់ខ䮛ួនកំពុងបែឈម។ រដ䮋មន䮏ែីលោកបនជមែែបហើយថអត់មន

ពែលយើងតែូវបែើសិទ䮒ិហើយ"។ រដ䮋ែភិបលបនឆ䮛ើយតបភ្លែមៗដោយការ អនុញ្ញែតទែទោះធំឬតូចក䮊ីពែលណក៏ដោយ

គោលការណ៍មិនឈ្លែះ មិនឆ䮛ើយ មិន ហាមឃាត់គណបកែសសង្គែែះជាតិមិនឱែយធ䮜ើ លក䮁ណៈយ៉ែងណក៏ដោយ"។

ឆ䮛ងតែូវបនអនុម័តកាលពីខែមីនបន䮑ែប់ពី បតុកម䮘ដោយប䮏ែជ្䮉ាបែើបែែស់កម្លែំងបែសិន លោកសុខឥសនបនលើកឡើងសំដៅ

បែកធ្លែយតាមអុីនធឺណិតនូវខែសែអាត់សំឡែង បើចាំបច់។ ដល់ការចោទបែកាន់លោក កឹម សុខ ថ

លោកកឹមសុខនិយយគ្នែជាមួយសែីស䮓ែហ៍។ លោកកឹមសុខលើកឡើងថរដ䮋ែភិបល "មិនអាចអនុញ្ញែតឱែយធ䮜ើទែពែែះបតុកម䮘នែះ

ក䮓ុងរយៈពែលប៉ុន្មែនខែបន䮑ែប់មកនែះខែសែ បញ䮅ែញបែតិកម䮘ខ្លែំងពែកហើយហើយបន មិនមែនជាបតុកម䮘ដោះសែែយបញ្ហែបែជា

អាត់សំឡែងទាំងនោះតែូវបនបែើបែែស់ធ䮜ើ រំឭកអ䮓កគំទែថពួកគត់មនសិទ䮒ិធ䮜ើបតុកម䮘 ជនទែ បតុកម䮘នែះវាមនទិសដៅការ家រ

ជាមូលដ䮋ែនសមែែប់ការចោទបែកាន់អនុបែធន តាមផ䮛ូវចែបាប់។លោកបនមនបែសសន៍ អ䮓កល䮘ើសចែបាប់"។

គណបកែសបែឆំងរូបនែះ។ កាលពីថ䮄ែសៅរ៍ថ"យើងមិនធ䮜ើបដិវត䮏ន៍ទែ លោកបនបញ្ជែក់ថអនុបែធនគណបកែស

ខណៈលោកកឹមសុខមិនអាចចូលសង䮜ៀន យើងមិនធ䮜ើរដ䮋បែហារទែអញ䮇ើញដឹកនំឱែយ បែឆំងរូបនែះនឹងតែូវបនចាប់ខ䮛ួននៅពែល

បែកួតបនហើយលោក សម រងែសុីបែធន ចប់អាណត䮏ិចុះ"។ សំណុំរឿងរបស់លោកតែូវបនតុលាការកំពូល

គណបកែសសង្គែែះជាតិក៏អវត䮏មនដោយ ដោយឈ䮓ះយ៉ែងបែកៀកបែកិតគ្នែនៅ តម䮀ល់ទុកជាបនការទោះបីជាកែុមអ䮓កគំទែ

ភៀសខ䮛ួនទៅបែទែសបរាំងដើមែបីគែចវែះ ក䮓ុងការបោះឆ្នែតជែើសតាំងតំណងរាស䮏ែ របស់លោកធ䮜ើបតុកម䮘ដើមែបីការ家រលោក

ទោសជាប់ពន䮒នគរក䮓ុងសំណុំរឿងតុលាការ ឆ្នែំ២០១៣អាណត䮏ិបោះឆ្នែតបច䮅ុបែបន䮓របស់ ក៏ដោយ៕សុខុម

កេុម​បេជាកសិករ​​... តែវាអាចទទួលយកបនពែែះអីវាអាចជួយ គត់ទទួលបនតម䮛ែបែសើរ"។ តមកពីទំព័រ ១៤ យើងឱែយទទួលបនផលបែយោជន៍ខ䮛ះៗដែរ"។ លោកបនលើកឡើងទៀតថកម䮖ុជានៅ

ម្នែក់ទៀតបនលើកឡើងថកសិករមិនពែញ អន䮏រាគមន៍របស់រដ䮋ែភិបលដែលធ䮜ើឡើង តែ មិនអាចសងែឃឹមថមនលទ䮒ភពបែកួត

ចិត䮏នឹងការពែមពែៀងនែះ ប៉ុន䮏ែវាបនជួយ ដើមែបីធនថកសិករមិនបត់បង់បែែក់លើ បែជែងនៅក䮓ុងទីផែសារក䮓ុងតំបន់ដែលមនការ

សមែែលទុក䮁លំបកខ䮛ះៗ។ ការបង䮀បង䮀ើនផលនោះគឺជាការយល់ខុស បែកួតបែជែងខ្លែំងសែែប់បននោះឡើយ Ian លោកបននិយយថ "យើងពែួយបរម䮗 នែះបើយោងតាមលោកអៀនថូម៉ែស( ដោយ សរមនទិន䮓ផលសែូវចែើនហួស Thomas ខ្លែំងណស់ដែលសែូវរបស់យើងបត់បង់តម䮛ែ )អ䮓កផ䮊ល់បែឹកែសាផ䮓ែកបរិស䮐ែន។ បែមណមកពីបែទែសវៀតណមភូមនិង

អស់រលីងហើយបែសិនបើយើងមិនអាចលក់ លោកបនលើកឡើងថ "វាហាក់បីដូច បែទែសថែ។

ផលិតផលរបស់យើងបនទែជីវភពរស់នៅ ជាការចែកទៅឱែយម៉ែសុីនកិនសែូវនៅកម䮖ុជា លោកមនបែសសន៍ថ"អ䮓កពឹងផ្អែកលើ

បែចាំថ䮄ែរបស់យើងនឹងជួបការលំបក់កាន់ ដែលជាអ䮓កទទួលខុសតែូវមួយផ䮓ែកសមែែប់ សែូវខ្លែំងពែកហើយ។រឿងដ៏ល្អបំផុតដែល

តែ ខ្លែំងជាមិនខនពែែះយើ ងគ្មែនបែែក់ បញ្ហែនែះ។អ䮜ីដែ លកសិករនៅកម䮖ុជាតែូវ តែូវធ䮜ើគឺជួយកសិកររកមធែយោបយផែសែ ង

ដើមែបីសងបំណុលគែនោះឡើយ"។ ការគឺការស䮏ុកទុកហែ តុដូច䮓ែះពួកគត់អាច ដើមែបីរកបែែក់កែែពីបង䮀បង䮀ើនផលសែូវ"៕

លោកនិយយបន䮐ែមថ "ទោះបីជាតម䮛ែ និយយថទែ ចំពោះឈ䮘ួញកណ្ដែលបន។ ស៊ុយឈាង Janelle Retka សែូវមិនខ䮖ស់ដូចអ䮜ីដែលយើងចង់បនក៏ដោយ បន䮑ែប់មកពួកគត់អាចរង់ចាំរហូតដល់ពួក (រាយការណ៍បន䮐ែមដោយ ) ១៦ ខ្មបូឌា​ ដ្លី ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ​​ទី១៩​ខៃ​​​កញ្ញៃ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

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បក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជាតិ​ថា... មនភាពមិនបាកាតីនៅក䮓ុងសាុកវ៉ារិន䮑សាុក ដោយជោគជ័យបើទោះជខ䮜ះពាះរាជកាឹតាយ តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ បន្ទាយសាីនិងសាុកស䮜ាយលើ។ ដាលផ䮏ល់សញ្ជាតិដល់ពួកគាក៏ដោយ។ ការណ៍ថាពាក់កណ្តាលនាបាជពលរដ䮋ទូទាំង លោកសាីវ៉ាក់ណមជំទប់ឃុំសាាណូយ បើទោះជបញ䮠ានាះមនទាក់ទិននឹងបាវត䮏ិ បាទាសនៅតាមិនដឹងពីការដាលពួកគាត់ ក䮓ុងសាុកវ៉ារិន䮑មកពីគណបកាសបាជជនកម䮖ុជ របស់គណបកាសសង្គាាះជតិដាលរងផល ាំបាច់ទៅចុះឈ្មាះដើ មាបីចូលរួមក䮓ុងការ បានទទួលស្គាល់ថាលោកសាីបានចាញលិខិត ប៉ះ ពាល់ ដោយ សរ ការ រើ ស អើ ង ជតិ  បោះឆ្នាតឃុំ-សង្កាត់នៅឆ្នាំកាាយដដាល។ ឱាយទាហានមួយចំនួនដាលបាកាសថាពួកគា សសន៍បាឆំងជនជតិវៀតណមក៏ដោយ លោកសុខ គឹមសាងអនុបាធានគណៈ បានរស់នៅក䮓ុងតំបន់នោះប៉ុន䮏ា"វជការពិត ក៏លោកយឹម សុវណ䮎បានអះអាងថាវក៏ កម្មាធិការបាតិបត䮏ិខាត䮏របស់គណបកាសមន ពីពាាះពួកគាមនទីលំនៅអចិន䮏ាាយ៍នៅក䮓ុង តាូវអនុវត䮏ឱាយបានតាឹមតាូវតាមនីតិវិធីដារ។ បាសសន៍ថានៅក䮓ុងខាត䮏សៀមរាបទាហាន ឃុំសាាណូយ"។ លោកបានមនបាសសន៍ថា "យើងមិន ៦០០នក់ដាលបានបាាប់កាុមអ䮓កសង䮀ាត លោកសាីបានមនបាសសន៍ថាលោកសាី រើសអើងបាឆំងនរណម្នាក់ទា។យើងមិន ការណ៍ថាពួកគាមកពីខាត䮏ឧត䮏រមនជ័យនិង មិនបានឆ䮛ងកាុមការងរដាលបង䮀ើតឡើង និយាយអំពីអ䮓កដាលពួកគាបោះឆ្នាតឱាយទា ខាត䮏ពាះវិហារនោះតាូវបានចុះឈ្មាះនៅ ដោយកាុមមន䮏ាីគណៈ កម្មាធិការជតិរៀ ប ប៉ុន䮏ាយើងនិយាយអំពីការអនុវត䮏ចាបាប់"។ ក䮓ុងសាុក-ខណ䮌ដាលបានបោះឆ្នាតឱាយគណ ចំការបោះឆ្នាតនិងអាជ្ញាធរមូលដ䮋ាននៅក䮓ុង លោកបន䮐ាមថា៥០ភាគរយនាបាជពលរដ䮋 បកាសសង្គាាះជតិអំឡុងការបោះឆ្នាតឃុំ- ការចាញលិខិតទាំងនាះពីពាាះ"មនបាជ ទូទាំងបាទាសនៅតាមិនដឹងពីតមាូវការាំបាច់ សង្កាត់ឆ្នាំ២០១២។ ពលរដ䮋ចាើនណស់បារម䮗ខ䮛ាចយើងមិនអាច ក䮓ុងការចុះឈ្មាះដដាលដោយពួកគាត់ភាគ លោកសុខគឹមសាងបានមនបាសសន៍ បញ䮅ប់ការងរទាន់ពាលវាលា"។ ចាើនគិតថាពួកគាត់នឹងនៅតាមនឈ្មាះ ថា"បាជពលរដ䮋នៅក䮓ុងឃុំ-សង្កាត់ទាំងនោះ លោកយឹមសុវណ䮎អ䮓កនំពាកាយគណបកាស បន្ទាប់ពីការបោះឆ្នាតកាលពីលើកមុនៗ។ នឹងបាត់បង់ឱកាសរបស់ខ䮛ួនក䮓ុងការជាើសរើស សង្គាាះជតិបានមនបាសសន៍ថានៅក䮓ុង តួលាខរបស់គណៈកម្មាធិការជតិរៀប មាដឹកនំរបស់ខ䮛ួនផ្ទាល់បាសិនបើអ䮓កដាល រាជធានីភ䮓ំពាញនិងក䮓ុងបណ្តាខាត䮏ជុំវិញកាុម ចំការបោះឆ្នាតបង䮠ាញថា២៥,០៥ភាគរយ មកពីតំបន់ផាសាងមកចុះឈ្មាះបើទោះជ អ䮓កឃ䮛ាំមើលរបស់គណបកាសសង្គាាះជតិ ក䮓ុងចំណោមបាជពលរដ䮋បាហាល១០លាន ពួកគាមិនរស់នៅទីនោះពិតបាាកដក៏ដោយ"។ បានកត់តាាថាមនជនបរទាស៤០០នក់ដាល នក់ដា លមនសិទ䮒ិបោះឆ្នាតតាូវបានចុះ លោកបានមនបាសសន៍បន䮐ាមថាគាឃើញ ភាគចាើនជជនជតិវៀតណមបានចុះឈ្មាះ ឈ្មាះបន្ទាប់ពីរយៈពាល១៧ថ䮄ា៕សរុន Volume 15, Issue 340 Monday, September 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily English Weekly ភាសាអង់គ្លេសបេចាំសប្តេហ៍ Fill in the Blank Idioms

Choose the word that best A SToNE’S ThRow - very near completes each sentence. Jonathan’s new apartment was a stone’s throw from the beach. He 1.) For a number of Muslims, including a could walk there in 10 minutes. group of Malaysians who bought 30 cows for the Muslims living in Ms. Ganna’s village on the ____ of Phnom Penh, this means distribut- hEAR oN ThE GRAPEvINE - to hear a rumor or unconfirmed story ing it to Cambodian Muslims. Julissa heard about her cousin’s divorce through the grapevine, a. banks b. outskirts c. shores d. coasts after speaking to members of her extended family. 2.) “This holiday is to bring us closer to our God,” said Sa Leh, an imam at the Nussunain SIT oN ThE FENCE - to stay neutral and not take sides Mosque, where Ms. Ganna ____, as he Prime Minister Hun Sen has said Cambodia should sit on the fence presided over the sacrifice of 12 of the animals. and not take sides in the South China Sea dispute. a. worships b. eats c. dances d. lives Antonyms 3.) Every cow, he explained, was ____ locally by a group of Malaysian visitors who had been moved by the community’s poverty. Pick the antonym—the opposite—of the word in parentheses. a. fed b. bred c. transferred d. purchased 1.) Ning Ganna eats meat so (rarely) that she has no idea what a kilogram of beef 4.) As Mr. Leh spoke, eight men gathered, costs. The 28-year-old makes enough from her job at a garment factory to buy occa- placing their hands on the flanks and back of sional scraps of chicken and fish for her family, but little more. a brown cow lying in the courtyard. They prayed in Arabic and slit its throat with a a. unusually b. frequently c. infrequently d. occasionally sharpened blade. Beside them, another group of men prepared to cut the meat into 2.) As she sat wearing her best hijab in a dusty market off National Road 5, Ms. Ganna ____. said that she could not wait to go home and fry (fresh)beef for her two young daughters. a. hamburgers b. dishes a. stale b. new c. juicy d. raw c. portions d. meatballs 5.) The 12 cows would go to nearby fishing 3.) The garment factory where she works, Choung Meas, would not give the Eid al- villages where 1,600 Cham families live, Mr. Adha holiday to her or her 30 other Muslim co-workers. But almost all of them took it Leh said. Each received about a fifth to a third off anyway, she said, giving up $10 in income they could (hardly)afford. of a kilogram of beef. Like many Cambodian Muslims, about half of whom live in extreme a. scarcely b. barely c. easily d. seldom poverty, most locals could not ____ to buy the meat themselves. 4.) Eid al-Adha, the “Feast of Sacrifice,” is one of the two annual holidays celebrated a. plan b. afford worldwide by Mus lims. It commemorates the (willingness) of Ibrahim to sacrifice his c. bear d. assemble son to God. a. devotion b. eagerness c. reluctance d. readiness Answers Answers Fill in the Blank: Antonyms: 1.) b, 2.) a, 3.) d, 4.) c, 5.) b 1.) b. frequently, 2.) a. stale, 3.) c. easily, 4.) c. reluctance page 2 Monday, September 19, 2016

WORD SCRAMBLE Target Unscramble each set of mixed-up letters, one letter in each space, to form ordinary words. IROTCAPRETS N E t 1. ______O N I C j I TRnOARSERxyAnSUU How many words of two letters or more can 2. ______you make from the above letters? In each word, each letter can be used only once. There must be at least one nine-letter word ESRSTgOAUUS in your list. The answers will be in 3. ______next week’s edition. targets: 8: good TRdCyPEOATl 12: very good 4. ______20 or more: excellent Last week’s answers: beginners, beginner, rebegins, sneering, bennies, Now arrange the letters in the circles to find bingers, engines, ginners, rebegin, begins, beiges, the answer, as suggested in the following beings, benign, bennes, bennis, binger, binges, clue: brines, brings, engine, ensign, genies, genres, gibers, ginner, grebes, greens, inners, reigns, Hint: These ancient reptiles have been renigs, renins, resign, seeing, serine extinct for millions of years.

Answer: ______Wise Words

“We forge the chains we wear in life.” RIDDLE “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” Are you clever enough to figure out this mental puzzle? “An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.” • Which three letters can frighten a thief away? “A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.”

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”

“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a Answers far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.”

“The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole Word Scramble world, brother.” 1.) triceratops, 2.) tyrannosaurus rex, 3.) stegosaurus, 4.) pterodactyl; Answer: dinosaurs Charles Dickens British author Riddle: I C U 1812-1870 Monday, September 19, 2016 page 3

Select the part that is not the Synonyms: Pick the word or phrase that most acceptable form in standard written English. closely matches the meaning of the word or phrase in parentheses. 1.) A former S-21 photographer (a. told) the Khmer Rouge tribunal that a man who has long (b. claimed) 1.) Responding to a harsh (critique) of the government to have (c. taken) many of the black and white por- issued by 36 countries during the U.n. Human Rights traits at the prison—now on display at the museum on Council session this week, Cambodia’s ambassador to geneva appeared to threaten to end the country’s coop- its grounds—was (d. mere) a trainee in the prison’s eration with the U.n.’s human rights body. photography unit.

a. compliment b. praise 2.) The witness, noem Oem, (a. said) he was (b. took) c. criticism d. acknowledgment to S-21 in 1976 and (c. ordered) to learn photography alongside two others as part of a team ordered to (d. 2.)After (rebuking)the statement calling for the govern- record) prisoner arrivals and deaths for the Khmer ment to end its legal harassment of the opposition, ney Rouge archives. Sam Ol, Cambodia’s ambassador to the U.n., noted that a memorandum of understanding with the U.n. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights remained 3.) Two years later, nhem En (a. was) one of three in limbo. “children” (b. brought) to the prison to (c. learning) how to (d. take) photographs, but he did “not have any role to play” in the unit, Mr. Oem testified. a. condemning b. celebrating c. enjoying d. recommending

4.) Mr. Oem, also known as Em Kimsrieng, said he was 3.) “Of course, we want to have an open (dialogue) with hesitant to (a. teach) his pupils too many skills, (b. fear- all partners. But a dialogue based on mutual respect,” he ing) he would be (c. killed) if he (d. become) dispens- told the council, according to a transcript of his able to the regime. comments.

5.) Haunting portraits of thousands of men, women and a. monologue b. discussion children (a. taking) at the prison (b. remain) on perma- c. speech d. battle nent display at the museum, in the same buildings they were (c. held)in before being (d. sent)to their deaths. 4.) Mr. Sam Ol said that international concern over the human rights situation in Cambodia was (unwarranted). 6.) Mr. En, who (a. claims)to be in possession of a cache of Khmer Rouge era photographs, has (b. make)various a. unjustified b. reasonable efforts to profit from his role in the regime. last year, he c. warranted d. rational was (c. banned) from selling his memoir inside the 5.) Mr. Sam Ol’s comments came a day after 36 coun- museum’s grounds by the Culture Ministry, which (d. tries issued a joint statement decrying (escalating)politi- suspected) him of claiming as his own photographs that cal tension and the suppression of free “expression, asso- were not his. ciation and assembly.”

a. heightening b. diminishing c. abating d. lessening

6.) Wan-Hea lee, the UnOHCHR’s representative in Cambodia, acknowledged that the office’s agreement with the government “remains to be renewed,” but said Answers it was the body’s (responsibility) to promote “better compliance with human rights standards.” Select the part 1.) d. merely, 2.) b. taken, 3.) c. learn, a. option b. distrust 4.) d. became, 5.) a. taken, 6.) b. made c. release d. obligation Synonyms 1.) c, 2.) a, 3.) b, 4.) a, 5.) a, 6.) d •tRANslAted News FRom The Cambodia daily (pRevioUs issUes)

UN Rights Review ‘Not Business As ការវាយតម䮛ៃរបស់ស្ថៃប័នសិទ្ធិមនុសៃសអង្គការសហបៃជាជាតិ់់ Usual’ នឹនមិនធ䮜ើឡើងដូចធម្មតា​​​ this regard,” Mr. Agostini By Janelle Retka ដោយ ជេនណេល រ៉េតខ the cambodia daily said. With rebuke raining In a statement released on ខៃមបូឌា​ដៃលី down on the ruling CPP for Tuesday, the U.N.’s human សេបពេលគណបកេសបេជជនកម䮖ុជកំពុងកាន់អំណចកំពុងតេរងការរិះគន់ its judicial assault, arrests rights body condemned the កាន់តេខ្លេំងឡើងដោយសរការវយបេហារផ䮓េកតុលាការ ការចាប់ខ䮛ួន និងការ and intimidation of the politi- “strong show of force” by cal opposition and other crit- the military around the បំភិតភ័យគណបកេសបេឆំង ពេមទាំងអ䮓ករិះគន់ផេសេងៗទៀតនោះ ការវយតម䮛េ បេចាំ ics, Cambodia’s annual as - CNRP’s Phnom Penh head- ឆ䮓េំលើបេទេសកម䮖ុជដោយកេុមបេឹកេសសិទ䮒ិមនុសេសអង្គការសហបេជជតិនឹង តេូវធ䮜ើ sessment by the U.N. Human quarters the previous week, ឡើងនៅសប䮏េហ៍កេេយក䮓ុងទីកេុងហេសឺណេវ។ Rights Council will be held which included helicopters, លោក នីកូឡាស អាហ្គេស䮑ីនី(Nicolas Agostini) តំណងសហព័ន䮒សិទ䮒ិ next week in Geneva. motorboats and trucks full មនុសេសអន䮏រជតិបេចាំអង្គការសហបេជជតិបនឲេយដឹងថា អំឡុងសម័យបេជុំកេុម During the 33rd council of masked soldiers. បេឹកេសាលើកទី៣៣ ការិយល័យឧត䮏មស䮓ងការអង្គការសហបេជជតិទទួលបន䮑ុក session, the Office of the “This, combined with an សិទ䮒ិមនុសេសនឹងរាយការណ៍នៅថ䮄េអង្គេរអំពីការងររបស់ខ䮛ួននៅក䮓ុងបេទេសកម䮖ុជ High Commissioner for Hu - increase in rhetoric by ហើយនឹងបើកកិច䮅ពិភាកេសាអំពីស䮐េនភាពសិទ䮒ិមនុសេសនៅក䮓ុងបេទេសនេះ។ man Rights will report on high-level army officials, who លោកបនមនបេសសន៍កាលពីមេសិលមិញថា ខណៈធ䮜ើឡើងជបេចាំ ការ Tuesday about its work in have vowed to defend the rul- វយតម䮛េនេះនឹង“មិនធ䮜ើឡើងដូចធម䮘តា”នោះឡើយពោលគឺ “មនការផ䮏េតលើ Cambodia and open discus- ing party against political បេទេសកម䮖ុជជងធម䮘តានៅក䮓ុងឆ䮓េំនេះ”។ sion about the state of human opposition, is deeply worry- rights in the country, said ing,” it said. លោក នីកូឡាស អាហ្គេស䮑ីនី បនមនបេសសន៍បន䮐េមថា លោកសេី រ៉ូណ Rhona Smith Nicolas Agostini, the Inter - The government has ស䮘ីត ( ) អ䮓ករាយការណ៍ពិសេសរបស់អង្គការសហបេជជតិបេចាំ national Federation for Hu - banned the “Black Monday” បេទេសកម䮖ុជតេូវបនគេរំពឹងថា នឹង“វិភាគ និងថ្កេលទោសការបង្កេេបកំពុងតេ man Rights’ representative campaign calling for the បន䮏លើសង្គមសុីវិល និងកេុមអ䮓កការពារសិទ䮒ិមនុសេស ការយយីសមជិកគណបកេស to the U.N. release of human rights បេឆំង និងអ䮓កគំទេ និងការកើតមនអំពើហិងេសាផ䮓េកនយោបយពេមទាំងការបញ្ជេ While routine, the review activists, and protests against ឲេយរៀបចំឈុតឆកក䮓ុងទមេង់បេបនេះ” ។ will “not be business as resulting arrests have only នៅក䮓ុងសេចក䮏ីថ䮛េងការណ៍មួយចេញកាលពីថ䮄េអង្គេរ ស䮐េប័នសិទ䮒ិមនុសេសរបស់ usual,” he said yesterday. led to more arrests. អង្គការសហបេជជតិនេះបនថ្កេលទោស “ការសម្ញេងកងកម្លេំង” ដោយយោធា “There is more attention on Keo Remy, head of the នៅជុំវិញទីស䮓េក់ការកណ្កេលរបស់គណបកេសសង្គេេះជតិក䮓ុងរាជធានីភ䮓ំពេញមួយ Cambodia than usual this government’s human rights ថ䮄េមុនពេលសេចក䮏ីថ䮛េងការណ៍នេះតេូវបនចេញដេលក䮓ុងនោះរួមមនដូចជឧទ䮒ម䮗េគ year.” committee, hung up on a Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s reporter yesterday. ចកេ អូប័រ និងរថយន䮏ដេលដឹកសុទ䮒តេទាហានបិទមុខជដើម។ “ special rapporteur for While the CPP has largely សេចក䮏ីថ䮛េងការណ៍នេះមនខ䮛ឹមសរថា ការសម្ញេងនេះ បូករួមទាំងការបង្កើន human rights in Cambodia, is denied that its prosecution of ការប䮏េជ្ញេរបស់មន䮏េីកងទ័ពជន់ខ䮖ស់ថា នឹងការពារគណបកេសកាន់អំណចបេឆំង នឹង expected to “analyze and con- opposition leaders is political- គណបកេសបេឆំងផងដេរនោះ គឺធ䮜ើឲេយមនការពេួយបរម䮗ខ្លេំងណស់”។ demn the ongoing crack- ly motivated, the Foreign រដ្ឋេភិបលបនហាមឃាត់មិនឲេយមនការធ䮜ើយុទ䮒នាការ“ថ䮄េច័ន䮑ពណ៌ខ䮘េ” ដេល down on civil society and Affairs Ministry’s Secretary ទាមទារសុំឲេយដោះលេងសកម䮘ជនសិទ䮒ិមនុសេសនោះឡើយ ហើយការតវ៉េបេឆំងការ human rights defenders, of State Ouch Borith told ចាប់ខ䮛ួនមនតេនាំឲេយមនការចាប់ខ䮛ួនបន䮐េមប៉ុណ្ណេះ។ harassment of opposition diplomats in May that the លោក កេវ រ៉េមី បេធានគណៈកម䮘េធិការសិទ䮒ិមនុសេសរបស់រដ្ឋេភិបលបនដក់ members and supporters, ruling party had “no choice” ទូរស័ព䮑ចុះមិនឆ䮛ើយសំណួររបស់អ䮓កយកព័ត៌មនឡើយកាលពីមេសិលមិញ។ and instances of political but to use the courts to pre- ខណៈគណបកេសបេជជនកម䮖ុជបនបដិសេធយ៉េងដច់អហង្កេរថា ការចាត់ violence, as well as formu- serve peace in the face of វិធានការ របស់ខ䮛ួនលើមេដឹកនាំគណបកេសបេឆំងមិនមនហេតុផលនយោបយនោះ late recommendations in provocation by the CNRP. លោក អ៊ូច បូរិទ䮒 រដ្ឋលេខធិការកេសួងការបរទេសបនបេេប់មន䮏េីទូតនានាកាលពី rebuke (n.) ​ការរិះគន់ ខេ ឧសភាថា គណបកេសកាន់អំណច“គ䮘េនជមេើស”ទេកេេតេពីការបេើបេេស់ តុលាការ rain down on (phr.) ធ្លាក់សាាចមកលើ ដើមេបីរកេសាសន䮏ិភាពទប់ទល់នឹងការបង្ករឿងដោយគណបកេសសង្គេេះជតិ៕ស៊ុយឈាង assault (n.) ការវាយបាហារ session (n.) សម័យបាជំុ • Notes routine (adj.) ជាបាចាំ rapporteur (n.) អ្នករាយការណ៍ the english weekly is prepared by: harassment (n.) ការយាយី,​ការធ្វើទុក្ខបុកម្នាញ Matt Surrusco instance (n.) ការកើតមាន,​ករណី Associate: formulate (v.) ការរៀបចំ Kim Chan combine (v.) បូករួមទាំង The Cambodia daily • No. 7, Street 228 rhetoric (n.) វោហារសាស្តា PhNom PeNh, Cambodia • tel: 855-23-426-602 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 17

External Relations Coordinator (Contract Service) The ADB-Cambodia Resident Mission (CARM) was established to assist its Headquarters in the implementation of projects and programs, in project processing, country programming, and economic and sector work. It also coordinates ADB’s activities with JOB ANNOUNCEMENT other resident diplomatic and donor missions, NGOs, academic institutions, local think JA#442-055-09/16-ECH tanks, private sector and other members of the civil society. Scope of work: EXCELLENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE The contractor will work under the direct supervision of the Senior Country Economist, REPRODUCTIVE AND CHILD HEALTH ALLIANCE (RACHA) and in close cooperation with the Department of External Relations (DER). The contractor will provide the external relations activities to build and maintain the profile Reproductive and Child Health Alliance (RACHA) within the Empowering of ADB as a credible, reliable, and effective development institution within and outside Communities for Health (ECH) Project which is a five year (October of Cambodia. 2014 – September 2019) Cooperative Agreement awarded by the Detailed Tasks: United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The a. Strategic Communications and External Relations primary purpose of the ECH project is to enhance the skills of Village • Under the guidance of CARM Country Director (CD), liaise with the DER in ADB Health Support Groups (VHSGs), strengthen their technical linkages to headquarters in Manila in developing and implementing an external relations Health Centers (HCs), and institutionalize them under local government plan, to ensure accurate and consistent messages concerning ADB operations in Cambodia. structures for long-term sustainability. The project objectives are to • Act as a key link between the Cambodia country team and DER in developing strengthen health systems and governance; improve maternal child strategic communications and external relations locally. health (MCH) practices in communities; and improve effectiveness and • Provide strategic recommendation and support to the Country Director and efficiency of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment. The ECH project CARM staff on ADB’s public communications activities in Cambodia and suggest solutions on emerging issues. covers 9 provinces including: Bantey Meanchey, Siem Reap, Battambang, • Support ADB headquarters external relations and information dissemination Pursat, Kampong Speu, Pailin, Kampong Cham, Tbong Khmom, and activities in the region, such as book launches, road shows, major international Prey Veng. conferences, seminars, and policy review meetings. b. Media Relations For more details on the job openings, please visit the RACHA website • Build and maintain relations with local and international media in Cambodia to at: www.racha.org.kh. Candidates MUST submit a current resume promote understanding and support of ADB’s operations and activities and assist with a cover letter with three references to: RACHA Human Resources the Country Director to build relations with key journalists. Office #160, Street 71, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Chamkar Mon, Phnom • Provide daily monitoring of media at national and local level on topics relevant to ADB operations in Cambodia, and advise the Country Director. Penh, or e-mail to [email protected], or [email protected]. • Provide recommendation to the Country Director on media relations activities, including preparation of key messages for media interviews and press conferences; RACHA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer with facilitate responses to media inquiries and advise on responses to issues in media strict adherence to the Child Protection Principles. reports. c. Public Communications Qualified female professionals Cambodian and International • Organize media events, including press tours, press conferences, press briefings candidates are highly encouraged to apply. for seminars, interviews with key ADB spokespersons and ADB specialists, launch and carry out outreach activities on flagship publications, products and other Apply now to RACHA within a competitive pay scale external relations activities in consultation with DER and CARM Country Director. and competitive advantages. • Support writing of external and internal communications, including press releases and blurbs for ADB Today. THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION FOR • Support external relation activities with regard to visits of ADB Management and Executive Board Members. COP POSITION IS EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 • Assist in developing/implementation of communications plan for high-profile, sensitive projects. 1- CHIEF OF PARTY, COP (1 POSITION BASE IN PHNOM PENH) • Facilitate disclosure requirements under ADB’s Public Communications Policy, including coordinating responses to requests for information by the public. Job Summary: COP must have 12 years of professional experience, • Network with external relations staff in other ADB field offices to share experiences, including 5 yearsof management experience, as well as demonstrated increase knowledge, and build capacity. experience in strategic planning, budgeting, and managing USAID or • Handle, in consultation with the CARM Country Director and DER, disclosure requests for information from media and the public. other donor-financed projects. An understanding of compliance issues, excellent communication skills, fluency in written and spoken English d. Knowledge Sharing • Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration by managing, writing and editing and an ability to travel to the field are required. communications materials and developing communications products to support knowledge product dissemination. Contribute to the information collection and S/he responsible for the overall management of the financial, technical, drafting of ADB public relations-related reports. and operational activities, and achieved results of the program. • Maintain and update CARM’s web site. The Chief of Party (COP) is responsible for continuously monitoring • Establish and update an online depository for Cambodia knowledge products and services. technical activities to ensure that work plan activities are delivered in • Promote collaboration with academic institutions, think tanks, CSOs and other a timely manner and that the quality of the technical assistance is in stakeholders in knowledge management and sharing and provide recommendations line with the requirements of the program. The COP is responsible for to the Country Director on ways to improve such collaborations. communicating regular updates to the senior management team to Requirement ensure that there is a continuous flow of information about the • Master’s degree in international relations, or related area program, including any relevant issues/risks facing the program. The • Five years of similar work experience in a private or public organization COP will act in an advisory capacity to the Executive Director and other • Good computers skills. Good command of written and spoken English. • Ability to work with individuals from different cultural/national backgrounds; colleagues concerning proposed and new activities, procedures, or good interpersonal and communication skills. policies affecting the program’s or the organization’s operations. They • Ability to manage priorities and workload within general schedule of work, are responsible for developing and/or advice in the preparation instructions and standardized practices and monitoring of the program budget, program deliverables, and How to Apply: CV and cover letter shall be sent to Asian Development Bank, Cambodia expenditures, establishing and maintaining cooperative relationships Resident Mission, 29 Suramarit (268) Boulevard, Sangkat Chatomuk, Khan Daun Penh, with other units. Must have an advanced degree in public health or a Phnom Penh. relevant field, experience and expertise in Community MCH, 10 years Deadline for applications is 26 Sept 2016 at 5PM. of senior level experience in program development, implementation The Asian Development Bank’s vision is a region free of poverty. Established in 1966 and management of large health programs, knowledge of effective and headquartered in Manila, Philippines, ADB’s multicultural staff come from about budget monitoring/compliance monitoring, and demonstrated 67 members. The position is for a one-year contract, with a possibility of extension. experience in managing USAID or other donor-financed projects are required. 5+ years of previous Chief of Party experience (for USAID) is ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK an asset. Cambodia Resident Mission 18 The Cambodia daily monday, september 19, 2016 InternatIonal Indian PM Modi Condemns Kashmir Attack, 17 Soldiers Dead reuters state in January that india blamed Del hi and canceled trips to russia in the nuclear-armed neighbors’ srinagar, india - Militants attacked on Pakistan-based militants. and the U.s. Defense Minister decades-old feud by expressing an indian army brigade headquar- Television footage showed heli- Manohar Parrikar will travel to Uri support for separatists in Pak- ters near the de factor border with copters flying to evacuate the in- to oversee the operation to secure istan’s resource-rich Baluchistan Pakistan yesterday, killing 17 sol- jured as an operation continued to the area and investigate the attack. province. diers in one of the most deadly at- secure the area. smoke rose from “it is clearly a case of cross- Pakistan has, meanwhile, called tacks in the northern region of the compound, set in mountain- border terror attack. We don’t on the U.n. and the international Kashmir in a quarter-century-old ous terrain. The Defense Ministry know which militant group is in- community to investigate atroci- insurgency. put the number of wounded at 35. volved,” a senior Home Ministry of- ties it alleges have been commit- Four “fidayeen”—or commando- The raid comes amid heightened ficial told reporters. ted by indian security forces in style gunmen willing to fight to the tension in india’s only Muslim- Pakistan rejected allegations that Kashmir. death—were confirmed killed after majority region, which has faced it was involved. “india immediately The U.n. is holding its annual penetrating the base in Uri near the more than two months of protests puts blame on Pakistan without do- general assembly meeting in Line of Control with Pakistan, an in- following the July 8 killing of a pop- ing any investigation. We reject new York, where Kashmir is like- dian army spokesman said. ular separatist commander. this,” Foreign Ministry spokesman ly to come onto the agenda. indian Prime Minister naren- at least 78 civilians have been nafees Zakaria told reporters. separately, a prominent Kash- dra Modi strongly condemned killed and thousands injured in There has been no claim of miri rights activist has been held what he called a “cowardly terror street clashes with the indian se- responsibility. in srinagar after being prevented attack.” curity forces—who have been crit- The military death toll was the from catching a flight to a U.n. “i assure the nation that those icized by human rights groups for worst in indian-ruled Kashmir Human rights Council meeting in behind this despicable attack will using excessive force, including since a raid in December 2014, geneva. not go unpunished,” Modi said in shotguns that fire pellets which also near Uri, which is to the west relations between india and a series of Twitter posts. have blinded people. of the region’s main city of srina- Pakistan have been on edge since Television reporters at the indian-ruled Kashmir is one of gar, in which eight soldiers and the new Year attack on an indian scene said the dawn raid had sur- the world’s most militarized re- three police were killed. air force base in Punjab, near the prised soldiers in their sleep. The gions, with hundreds of thousands Before this attack, 102 people border with Pakistan that killed attackers set fire to a building be- of soldiers, paramilitaries and po- had been killed in militant attacks seven uniformed men. fore the four were killed in a gun- lice deployed to guard the frontier in india’s part of the Himalayan re- india has blamed a Pakistan- fight that lasted several hours. with Pakistan and contain a restive gion this year. among them were based militant group for that at- an army spokesman confirmed people with strong leanings to- 30 security personnel, 71 militants tack but, after initial progress, an that the number of soldiers killed ward greater autonomy and even and one civilian, according to a tal- attempt to conduct a joint investi- in the attack had risen to 17, mak- independence. ly by the new Delhi-based south gation has lost momentum. The ing the toll far worse than a similar Home Minister rajnath singh asia Terrorism Portal. two sides have frozen a tentative raid on an army base in Punjab chaired a crisis meeting in new Modi recently raised the stakes peace dialogue. monday, septembeR 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily 19 InternatIonal European Cities See Protests Slovak PM Threatens Brexit Over US, Canada Trade Pacts Veto Over Labor Rights Issue ReuteRs not true,” malmstrom told Ger- ReuteRs sue for us where there’s no room BERLin - Tens of thousands of peo- man newspaper Bild. BRATisLAVA, slovakia - Hungary, for compromise.” ple protested in European cities on “Also, the assertion that we’ll be Poland, the czech Republic and E.U. officials on Friday also un- saturday against planned free flooded with genetically modified slovakia are ready to veto any derlined that there could be no trade deals with the U.s. and cana- food is simply wrong. our democ- Brexit deal that would limit their granting the U.K. access to the da they say would undermine dem - racy of course won’t be under- citizens’ rights to work in the U.K, E.U.’s single market unless Lon- ocracy and lower food safety, envi- mined as some seem to believe.” slovak Prime minister Robert don accepts the freedom of move- ronmental and labor standards. German Economy minister sig- Fico said on saturday. ment of workers that lies at the organizers—an alliance of envi- mar Gabriel, who faces a crunch E.U. leaders met in slovakia’s heart of E.U. accords. ronmental groups, labor unions cETA vote today by his social De- capital Bratislava on Friday at their Fico reiterated that he was op- and opposition parties—said mocrats (sPD), said that the trade first summit for decades without posed to any “cherry-picking” in 320,000 people took part in rallies agreements were Europe’s best the U.K. after a shock British vote negotiations, saying E.U. free- in seven German cities, including chance to shape globalization so in June to leave the bloc, a subject doms must remain. Berlin, Hamburg, munich and that it served people and not only which Fico said had only been The U.K. has said it would not Frankfurt. Police put the figure at the interests of a few businesses. touched on at the meeting. initiate the formal proceedings They are still trying to find com- about 180,000. “if cETA fails, then we’ll not this year but it could do so next mon ground on the best way to year, starting a two-year count- smaller protests were also have another chance to shape cope with a higher number of mi- down to its exit. planned in other European cities, globalization in this way for grants and how to shake off the lin- The Brexit vote has triggered including Vienna and salzburg in decades,” Gabriel told Bild am gering effects of years of economic what European commission Pres- Austria and Gothenburg and sonntag in an interview published crisis. ident Jean-claude Juncker has de- stock holm in sweden. on saturday. The Visegrad group (V4) of cen- scribed as an “existential crisis” The demonstrations are against Gabriel’s sPD, junior coalition tral European countries have to- for the E.U. and Friday’s informal the Transatlantic Trade and invest- partner of chancellor Angela mer - gether opposed E.U. efforts to in- meeting of the bloc’s 27 members ment Partnership with the U.s. and kel’s conservatives, will vote today troduce mandatory quotas for mi- was meant to display unity but in- the comprehensive Economic on whether to back the trade deal grants and now, Fico said, also have stead showed divisions remain Trade Agreement with canada, between the E.U. and canada. a common interest in protecting cit- over migrant policy. currently being negotiated by the Gabriel, who is also vice chan- izens’ rights to work in the U.K. The E.U.’s eastern members E.U.’s executive with the respective cellor and sPD leader, has cham- “V4 countries will be uncom- have been at odds with older mem- governments across the Atlantic. pioned cETA as part of his promising. Unless we feel a guar- bers, mainly Germany, over tak- opposition in Europe to the responsibility as economy min - antee that these people [living and ing in a share of more than 1 trade deals has risen over the past ister, and to demonstrate the working in the U.K.] are equal, we million migrants who last year fled year, with critics saying the pacts center-left party’s business cre - will veto any agreement between war and poverty in middle East- would hand too much power to dentials. the E.U. and Britain,” he said. “i ern and African countries to come big multinationals at the expense But critics on the sPD’s left wing think Britain knows this is an is- to Europe. of consumers and workers by es- are skeptical about the benefits of tablishing arbitration courts to set- the deal and believe it would give tle disputes between companies multinationals greater access to Eu- Russian Duma Elections Start, and governments. ropean markets without creating E.U. Trade commissioner ce- jobs. cilia malmstrom defended the A failure to secure a majority of Ruling Party Expected to Win planned trade deals and accused delegates at monday’s sPD con- ReuteRs cials have tried to assure Russians the opponents of deliberately heat- vention in favor of the accord could moscow - The ruling United Russia that the vote will be the cleanest in ing up the debate with “horror sto- ruin Gabriel’s chances of standing party was expected to win even the country’s modern history. ries and lies.” as the party’s candidate for chan- greater dominance over Russia’s observers from the organisa- “The idea that TTiP will lower cellor in national elections next lower house in a parliamentary elec- tion for security and co-operation environmental standards is simply year. tion yesterday, showing that sup- in Europe are being allowed to port for Russian President Vladimir monitor the vote, a new head of Putin is holding up despite sanc- the central election commission tions and an economic slowdown. has been appointed, and regional United Russia, led by staunch and Kremlin officials have been Putin loyalist Prime minister Dmit- fired in the run-up. ry medvedev, has 238 of 450 Duma Polls show United Russia’s pop- seats, dominates the more than 80 ularity has been somewhat dented regional parliaments and is routine- by a grinding economic crisis ly depicted favorably by state televi- caused by a fall in global oil prices sion, where most Russians get their and compounded by western news. sanctions over moscow’s role in Liberal opposition politicians, the Ukraine crisis. who have just one sympathetic But they also show that Putin’s member in the Duma, complain own popularity remains high and they are starved of air time, vilified that many voters buy the Kremlin by state media and their campaigns narrative that is frequently repeat- are systematically disrupted by pro- ed on state TV—that the west is Kremlin provocateurs. Pro-Kremlin using sanctions to try to wreck the politicians deny that charge. economy in revenge for moscow’s Reuters Thousands of consumer rights activists take part in a march to protest Anxious to avoid a repeat of 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s against the TTIP and CETA in Berlin on Saturday. 2011’s street protests, Kremlin offi- crimea. 20 The Cambodia daily monday, september 19, 2016 InternatIonal New York City Shaken by ‘Intentional’ Explosion, 29 Injured reuters mobile phone. treated as a crime scene. white House official said. new york - An explosion rocked Cnn, citing law enforcement “There is no evidence at this new york City Fire Commis- the Chelsea district of Manhattan sources, reported that a piece of pa- point of a terror connection,” the sioner Daniel nigro said 29 people on Saturday night, injuring at least per with writing on it was found mayor said at a news conference were hurt in the blast, and 24 of 29 people in what authorities de- nearby. about three hours after the blast. them had been taken to hospitals, scribed as a deliberate criminal residents living nearby were “There is no specific and credible including one he described as se- act, while saying investigators had advised to stay away from win- threat against new york City at riously injured. The rest suffered turned up no evidence of a “terror dows facing the street as a precau- this point in time from any terror various cuts, scrapes and other connection.” tion, and the item was later safely organization.” minor injuries, nigro said. new york City Mayor Bill de moved to a police firing range for The mayor also said investiga- The explosion, described by Blasio and other city officials said further examination, officer Chris - tors did not believe there was any one neighbor as “deafening,” hap- investigators had ruled out a gas topher Pisano said. link to a pipe bomb that exploded pened outside the Associated leak as the cause of the blast, but Pressure cookers packed with earlier on Saturday in the new Jer- Blind Housing facility at 135 w. they stopped short of calling it a explosives and detonated with tim - sey beach town of Seaside Park. 23rd Street. The facility provides bombing and declined to specify ing devices were used by two Mas - no injuries were reported in that housing, training and other ser- precisely what they believed may sachusetts brothers in the 2013 blast, from a device planted in a vices for the blind. have triggered the explosion. Boston Marathon bombing that plastic trash can along the route of Hundreds of people were seen neha Jain, 24, who lives in the killed three people and wounded a charity footrace. fleeing down the block as police neighborhood, said she was sit- more than 260. But a U.S. official said that a Joint rushed to cordon off the area. ting at home when she heard a The latest blast came less than a Terrorism Task Force, an intera- Tsi Tsi Mallett, who was driving huge boom and everything shook. week after law enforcement agen- gency group of federal, state and lo- along 23rd Street when the explo- “Pictures on my wall fell, the win- cies around the country were on cal officials, was called to investigate sion took place, told reporters the dow curtain came flying as if there heightened alert for the 15th an- the Chelsea blast, suggesting au- blast blew out her vehicle’s rear was a big gush of wind,” she told re- niversary of the 9/11 airline- thorities have not ruled out the pos- window. Her 10-year-old son in porters. “Then we could smell hijacking attacks that killed nearly sibility of a terror connection. the back seat was unhurt, she said. smoke. we went downstairs to see 3,000 U.S. citizens. Cnn cited law enforcement sour - “It was really loud; it hurt my what happened and firemen imme- remaining circumspect about ces as saying they believed an impro- eardrums,” she said. diately told us to go back.” the exact nature of the explosion in vised explosive device caused the even before the explosion, new Police said a sweep of the neigh- Chelsea, de Blasio said early indica- blast. york was tightening security for borhood following the blast had tions were that it was “an intentional U.S. President Barack obama, at- the start of this week’s U.n. Gen- turned up a possible “secondary act.” He added that the site of the tending a dinner in washington, eral Assembly session, which is device” four blocks away consist- blast, on a major thoroughfare in the “has been apprised of the explosion expected to bring 135 world lead- ing of a pressure cooker with wires fashionable lower west Side Man- in new york City, the cause of which ers and dozens of foreign govern- attached to it and connected to a hattan neighborhood, was being remains under investigation,” a ment ministers to the city. monday, september 19, 2016 The Cambodia daily 21 InternatIonal UN Meeting Called as US-Led Forces Strike Syrian Troops reuters tion near deir al-Zor airport, as ev- strikes, which took place at about trucks which had been expected beiRuT/MOScOw - u.S.-led coali- idence that the u.S. was helping 5 p.m. local time were “conclusive to move to aleppo yesterday tion airstrikes reportedly killed the jihadi militants. evidence” of u.S. support for i.S., morning, were once again being dozens of Syrian soldiers on Satur- “we are reaching a really terrify- calling them “dangerous and bla- delayed. day, endangering a u.S.-Russian ing conclusion for the whole world: tant aggression.” “Obviously the humanitarian brokered cease-fire and prompt- That the white House is defending The u.S. military said in its state- community is very frustrated by ing an emergency u.N. Security [i.S.]. Now there can be no doubts ment that Syria was a “complex this. we have hoped to go today council meeting as tensions be- about that,” the Ria Novosti news situation” but that “coalition forces with the convoys,” said david tween Moscow and washington agency quoted Russian Foreign would not intentionally strike a Swanson, spokesman for the u.N. escalated. Ministry spokeswoman Maria Za- known Syrian military unit.” Office for the coordination of Hu- The u.S. military said the coali- kharova as saying. i.S. said via its amaq news chan- manitarian affairs. “we stand tion stopped the attacks against Power said Zakharova should nel it had taken complete control ready to begin the response effort what it had believed to be islamic be embarrassed by that claim. of Jebel Tharda, where the as soon as we get the green light.” State militant group positions in churkin said Russia had no “spe- bombed position was located, Russia’s defense Ministry said northeast Syria after Russia in- cific evidence” of the u.S. collud- which would have allowed it to conditions in Syria were deterio- formed it that Syrian military per- ing with i.S. militants. overlook government-held areas rating, adding that it believed the sonnel and vehicles may have Zakharova said the strikes threat- of deir al-Zor. cease-fire had been breached 199 been hit. ened to undermine the cease-fire in The city’s airport and some dis- times by rebels and saying the The u.S. relayed its “regret” Syria brokered by Russia, which tricts have been entirely surround- u.S. would be responsible if it through the Russian government has been aiding Syrian President ed by i.S. since last year, with the were to collapse. for what it described as the unin- bashar al-assad in the civil war, and airport providing their only exter- after the deir al-Zor attack, it tentional loss of life of Syrian forces the u.S., which has backed some nal access. said Moscow had told the u.S. to in the strike, a senior u.S. presi- rebel groups. However, Russia and Syrian rein in the Syrian opposition and dential administration official said The Russian defense Ministry state media said the Syrian army make sure it did not launch a new in an emailed statement. said u.S. jets had killed more than later recaptured positions it had offensive, adding that it had in- Pentagon press secretary Peter 60 Syrian soldiers in four airstrikes lost. The Observatory monitoring formed washington about a con- cook said in an emailed statement by two F-16s and two a-10s com- group said at least 30 i.S. fighters centration of rebels north of that Russian officials did not voice ing from the direction of iraq. were killed in heavy Russian air - Hama. concerns earlier on Saturday The Syrian Observatory for Hu- strikes during that fighting. insurgents say they only reluc- when informed that coalition air- man Rights, a british-based moni- The incident also threatens to tantly accepted the initial deal, craft would be operating in the toring group with contacts across undermine proposed joint target- which they believe is skewed strike area. Syria, cited a military source at ing by the u.S. and Russia of i.S. against them, because it could re- The 15-member Security coun- deir al-Zor airport as saying at and some other jihadi groups lieve the dire humanitarian situa- cil met on Saturday night after least 90 Syrian soldiers had been across Syria. tion in besieged areas they con- Russia demanded an emergency killed. earlier on Saturday, Russia and trol, and blamed Russia for under- session to discuss the incident and australia also participated in the Syrian rebels cast doubt over the mining the truce. accused the u.S. of jeopardizing strikes and the australian depart- prospects for the increasingly “The truce, as we have warned, the Syria deal. ment of defense offered its condo- shaky cease-fire, with Moscow and we told the [u.S.] State The u.S. ambassador to the lences to the families of Syrian sol- saying the situation was worsen- department—will not hold out,” a u.N., Samantha Power, chastised diers killed or wounded in the ing and a senior insurgent warn- senior rebel official in aleppo said, Russia for the move. incident. ing that the truce “will not hold pointing to the continued pres- “Russia really needs to stop the The cease-fire, which took ef- out.” ence of a u.N. aid convoy at the cheap point-scoring and the fect last Monday, is the most sig- while the cease-fire has reduced Turkish border awaiting permis- grandstanding and the stunts and nificant peacemaking effort in Syr- fighting, some violence has persist- sion to enter. focus on what matters, which is ia for months, but has been under- ed across Syria. Meanwhile, there Rebels have also accused Rus- implementation of something we mined by repeated accusations of has been little movement on prom - sia of using the cease-fire to give negotiated in good faith with violations on both sides and by a ised aid deliveries to besieged areas the Syrian army and allied Shiite them,” Power told reporters. failure to bring humanitarian aid and both sides have accused the militias a chance to regroup and She said the u.S. was investigat- to besieged areas. other of bad faith. deploy forces ready for their own ing the airstrikes and “if we deter- apart from the u.S. and Russian The u.N. told reporters that aid offensives. mine that we did indeed strike involvement, assad is supported Syrian military personnel, that by iran and arab Shiite militias, ------International Brief ------was not our intention and we of while Sunni rebels seeking to un- course regret the loss of life.” seat him are backed by Turkey Arms for Houthis Found in Trucks With Oman Plates when asked if the incident and Gulf arab states. dubai - allies of Yemen’s president found weapons bound for iran-aligned spelled the end of the Syria deal all the warring parties are also Houthi forces on trucks with Omani license plates, although there was no ev- between Moscow and washing- sworn enemies of i.S., whose terri- idence of any link to Omani authorities, who are neutral in Yemen’s war, a ton, Russia’s u.N. ambassador Vi- tory extends along the euphrates Saudi-owned daily reported yesterday. al-Hayat newspaper quoted Marib taly churkin said: “This is a very valley from the iraqi border, in- governor Sultan al-arada as saying the vehicles carrying “explosives and big question mark.” cluding around deir al-Zor, up to weapons” had been en route from the Yemeni province of Hadramout to the “i would be very interested to land near Syria’s frontier with Houthi-held Yemeni capital of Sanaa. arada is an ally of Yemeni President see how washington is going to Turkey. abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, whose supporters, backed by the Saudi-led arab react. if what ambassador Power in its sixth year, the conflict has coalition have been waging an offensive trying to roll back gains made by the has done today is any indication of cost hundreds of thousands of Houthis since 2014. The fighting, which intensified after u.N.-sponsored their possible reaction then we are lives, displaced half of Syria’s pre- peace talks in Kuwait ended last month without an agreement, has seen little in serious trouble,” churkin told war population, prompted a ref - ground changing hands. Omani officials were not immediately available for reporters. ugee crisis in the Middle east and a comment. arada could not immediately be reached for a comment.“arada Moscow cited the strikes, europe and inspired a wave of ji- did not confirm an external link to that shipment, indicating that the trucks which allowed i.S. fighters to hadi attacks across the world. were carrying Omani licence plates but it was not possible to confirm any briefly overrun a Syrian army posi- Syria’s army said the u.S.-led Omani authorities’ connection to that,” al-Hayat said. (Reuters) 22 The Cambodia daily monday, september 19, 2016 InternatIonal are treated very differently from boys,” said 18 year-old nun Jigme Nuns... monks. They cook and clean and Wangchuk Lhamo. are not allowed to exercise. But “Then they get shocked when continueD from page 1 “His Holiness teaches us his Holiness thought this was we stop and tell them that not that revere motherhood and wor- nonsense and decided to buck only are we girls, but we are also that we have [to] go out ship female deities, but many girls the trend,” said Carrie Lee, presi- Buddhist nuns,” she said. “I think and act on the words that and women live with the threat of dent of Live to Love International, this helps change their attitudes we pray. After all, actions violence and without many basic a charity which works with the about women and maybe value rights. Drukpa nuns to support margin- them as equals.” speak louder than words.” From honor killings in Pakistan alized Himalayan communities. South Asia, with India at its cen- —Jigme KonchoK Lhamo, to feticide in India and child mar- “Among other things, he gave ter, is also one of the fastest grow- DruKpa nun riage in Nepal, women face a bar- them leadership roles and even ing regions for human trafficking rage of threats, although growing introduced kung fu classes for in the world. awareness, better laws and eco- the nuns after they faced harass- Gangs dupe impoverished vil- increase in children and women nomic empowerment are bring- ment and violence from the gen- lagers into bonded labor or rent being trafficked. ing a slow change in attitudes. eral public who were disturbed them to work as slaves in urban More than 40,000 children lost The bicycle trek, from Nepal by the growing shift of power dy- homes, restaurants, shops and their parents, were injured or into India, is nothing new for the namics,” she said. hotels. Many girls and women were placed in precarious situa- Drukpa nuns. Over the last 12 years, the num- are sold into brothels. tions following the disaster, ac- This is the fourth such journey ber of Drukpa nuns has grown to Experts say post-disaster traf- cording to Nepali officials. they have made, meeting local 500 from 30, said Lee, largely due ficking has become common in The Drukpa nuns said the earth - people, government officials and to the progressive attitudes of the South Asia as an increase in ex- quakes were a turning point in their religious leaders to spread mes- 53-year-old Gyalwang Drukpa, treme events caused by global understanding of human traffick- sages of gender equality, peace- who was inspired by his mother warming, as well as earthquakes, ing and they felt a need to do more ful coexistence and respect for to become an advocate for gen- leave the poor more vulnerable. than travel to disaster-hit mountain the environment. der equality. The breakdown of social insti- villages with rice on their backs. They also deliver food to the The Gyalwang Drukpa also tutions in devastated areas cre- “People think that because we poor, help villagers get medical participates in the bicycle jour- ates difficulties securing food and are nuns, we are supposed to stay care and are dubbed the “kung fu neys, riding with the nuns as they supplies, leaving women and chil- in the temples and pray all the nuns” due to their training in mar- pedal through treacherous ter- dren at risk of kidnapping, sexual time. But praying is not enough,” tial arts. rain and hostile weather and exploitation and trafficking. said 22-year-old nun Jigme Kon- Led by the Gyalwang Drukpa, camp out in the open. Twin earthquakes that struck chok Lhamo. head of the Drukpa Order, the The Drukpa nuns say they be- Nepal in April and May last year, “His Holiness teaches us that we nuns raise eyebrows, especially lieve they are helping to change which killed almost 9,000 people, have [to] go out and act on the among Buddhists for their un- attitudes. left hundreds of thousands of fam- words that we pray. After all, ac- orthodox activities. “Most of the people, when they ilies homeless and many without tions speak louder than words,” she “Traditionally Buddhist nuns see us on our bikes, think we are any means of income, led to an said. The Cambodia daily monday, septembeR 19, 2016 business 23 How Wells Fargo’s Sales Culture Spiraled Out of Control By emily Glazer banks have become far more the wall stReet jouRnal sales-conscious in the hope of At a sales meeting in Florida in squeezing additional revenue 2014, Wells Fargo & Co. regional from customers. executives scolded The mess at Wells Fargo isn’t Business Analysis lower-level managers likely to change that. The bank about an obvious prob- said this week it will make major lem that kept cropping up at the changes to its incentive system bank. Managers were told that but won’t back away from cross- their employees should never selling. open accounts for people who Wells Fargo declined to com- don’t exist, people familiar with ment on current and former the meeting recall. employees’ descriptions of sales One manager in the room saw practices at the bank. “We never things differently. In an email pep- want a customer to receive a pered with exclamation points product they do not want or and capital letters, she urged her value,” spokeswoman Mary employees to ignore the bosses Reuters Eshet said Friday. “We are com- and get sales up at any cost, says A Wells Fargo branch is seen in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, mitted to fixing this issue, to someone who saw the email. Illinois, US in February last year. strengthening our culture For more than 15 years, selling as many as 2 million deposit and ment homes, according to through out the company and tak- more products to customers has credit card accounts without cus- Trainor and other former Wells ing the necessary actions to begin been a driving force of the San tomers’ know ledge. The problems Fargo employees. restoring our customer’s trust.” Francisco company. The term affected most of the product types John Stumpf, Wells Fargo’s For five years, Wells Fargo “cross-sell” appears 20 times in sold in the bank’s 6,000 branches, chairman and chief executive, conducted investigations into the latest annual report by Wells but few of the accounts made denies that the company’s culture improper practices, hired consul- Fargo, which calls its branches money because customers rarely is obsessed with nonstop selling tants and tinkered with sales and “stores” and has the highest used them. that ran amok. “Could we have compensation incentives. Its return on equity of any large U.S. “If you could sell, you had a done more, faster, better? Of efforts typically focused on specif- bank. job,” says Scott Trainor, who course,” he says. Stumpf says he ic offices and regions, but some The sales culture rooted itself so worked at Wells Fargo in several “feels accountable,” but adds that employees say they got mixed deeply among employees in Wells different jobs until he quit in 2014. some employees didn’t honor the signals, including at the Florida Fargo branches that it eventually He says he was fed up with sales bank’s values. sales meeting in 2014. spiraled out of control. Federal pressure and unethical practices. The scandal mars the reputa- The manager who encouraged regulators and the Los Angeles Managers suggested to employ- tion of a bank so renowned for its subordinates to defy their superi- City Attorney’s office announced ees that they hunt for sales sales prowess that rivals have ors was fired in a crackdown that last week that Wells Fargo opened prospects at bus stops and retire- long tried to emulate it. Large Continued on page 25 Libya Won’t Freeze Crude Oil Output Until Production Climbs

By Benoit Faucon Exporting Countries, a 14-nation U.S. oil prices fell to a one- eastern half still don’t support an the wall stReet jouRnal cartel that controls more than a month low on Friday to $43.03 a internationally backed unity gov- Libya will not freeze its crude third of the world’s oil production. barrel, while Brent, the crude that ernment that rules from Tripoli. oil output along with other large Oun also reiterated the coun- sets benchmark prices for inter- The Islamic State militant group, petroleum-dependent countries try’s opposition to joining a so- nationally traded oil, fell to $45.77. while suffering recent setbacks in until it claws back its Muammar called production freeze that Traders cited growing exports Libya, looms as a disruptive force el-Qaddafi-era production level, a OPEC members and Russia plan from OPEC members as a rea- and has targeted oil facilities in top Libyan oil official said to discuss at an energy confer- son for the selloff. the past. Saturday, as the North African ence in Algeria beginning next Advocates of a production The country’s oil ports are now country seeks to jump-start Monday. He said Libya wouldn’t freeze had long said Libya would controlled by Gen. Khalifa Haftar, exports amid improved security. consider freezing its production be exempted from any agree- the commander of a militia called Most of Libya’s oil-exporting until its output reached 1.6 million ment because of its security situa- the Libyan National Army. He is ports recently changed hands in a barrels a day, its level before the tion, but the prospect of its output opposed to the unity government violent conflict a week ago and 2011 ouster and death of dictator returning in force scrambles the in Tripoli and wrestled control of are now under the control of a el-Qaddafi and a breakdown in calculations for oil-producer talks them away from a warlord nomi- militia leader who Libyan oil offi- the country’s civil order. in the Algerian capital, Algiers. nally allied with Tripoli but then cials say is willing to allow the “Definitely, we will not agree to OPEC Secretary-General Mo - took the markets by surprise country’s petroleum to flow freely a freeze without reaching our ham mad Barkindo will be in when he handed over the termi- again. quota from before,” Oun said in Algiers next week to meet nals’ management to Libya’s Libyan oil officials have since an interview. Algeria’s oil minister to talk about National Oil Co. em barked on a plan to increase OPEC members have said how to secure a deal, delegates in The National Oil Co. is recog- output to as much as 1 million they want to push oil prices up to the group said. nized by both the Tripoli govern- barrels a day by the end of the $55 or $60 a barrel from current To be sure, Libya may not be ment and factions in the east. It year, from the current 300,000 levels and hope an agreement able to carry out its ambitions to has quickly set about trying to barrels a day, said Mohamed between the cartel and big pro- ramp up production. There is still restart exports from those oil ports Oun, the country’s envoy to the ducers like Russia in Algeria sporadic fighting among its mili- and get production going again in Organization of the Petroleum would do that. tias, and groups in the country’s the country’s western oil fields. 24 The CamBodia daily monday, sepTember 19, 2016 Business S Korea’s Hanjin,Indebted, Aims to Lose Over Half Its Ships By Costas Paris subject to approval by the bank- of which 37 were being told to “Any cash Hanjin still has will The wall sTreeT journal ruptcy court, “Hanjin will emerge return to Korea. The rest were near go to get its ships safely to ports Debt-ridden Hanjin Shipping as a small regional operator in ports, but stayed out, fearing they and unload the cargo,” said Lars Co. is working on a restructuring Asia that will move a small part of would be seized by creditors. Jensen, chief executive of SeaIntel - plan that calls for the drastic Korea’s exports,” the person said. Hanjin’s main charterers, inclu - li gence Consulting in Copen - reduction of its owned fleet and Since Hanjin filed for bankruptcy ding Danaos Corp., Navios Mari - hagen. “I expect them to start sell- returning the vast majority of the in Korea late last month, dozens of time Partners LP and Seas pan ing their own ships when the legal ships it charters to their owners, its ships have been denied access Corp. with a combined exposure of issues with creditors are settled.” according to sources with direct to ports around the world due to more than $1 billion to Hanjin, were Selling the ships won’t be easy. knowledge of the matter. uncertainty about who would pay hoping for a last-minute interven- The majority of Hanjin’s fleet are Despite the efforts, these docking fees and container-storage tion by the Korean government Panamaxes, which carry fewer sources say the most likely sce- and unloading bills. Those ships that would allow Hanjin to honor its than 10,000 containers. Such ves- nario is still that the Korean oper- are carrying half a million contain- vessel-leasing commitments. That sels are fast becoming outdated ator—the world’s seventh-biggest ers with cargo valued at over $14 looks less and less likely. in the wake of the widening of the in terms of capacity—will be liqui- billion. Some have been seized by “Hanjin now has two alterna- Panama Canal earlier this year. dated, marking one of the ship- the company’s creditors. tives: Either to drastically down- That expansion allows ships mov- ping industry’s biggest failures. The Korean carrier moves about size or to liquidate,” said Iraklis ing 12,000 containers or more to Hanjin filed for bankruptcy pro- 3 percent of containers globally and Pro kopakis, Danaos’s chief oper- pass through the isthmus. tection last month. The South up to 10 percent of those shipped ating officer. “We have eight “So their only true valuable as - Korean government has strongly between Asia and Europe. Some ships chartered to Hanjin and five sets are four 13,000-container indicated it has no plans to bail 25,000 containers cross the Pacific will be returned. The other three ships,” Jensen said. Hanjin may try out the company. daily on Hanjin ships. still have cargo on them so I don’t to hang on to them hoping to be - A Korean court will decide in About 95 percent of the world’s know what will happen.” come part of an alliance when the December whether to accept the manufactured goods—from desi - Prokopakis said the key issue at mess clears up, he said, “but more plan or let the company go under, gner dresses to laptops—are the December court hearing will likely they may sell them as cus- according to court officials in Seoul. moved in containers. The disrup- be whether Hanjin has enough tomers won’t want any of their One person with knowledge of tion in the supply chain comes as cash to continue operating, even cargo on Hanjin ships.” Hanjin’s efforts to restructure said retailers in the U.S. and Europe at a much smaller scale. The Korean government said the operator is considering a are stocking their shelves for the But with Hanjin’s main credi- this week it is asking courts to number of scenarios, but focus- year-end holiday season. tor, state-run Korean Develop - protect Hanjin ships from being ing on one that involves Hanjin Hanjin confirmed this week that ment Bank, showing no intention seized in Spain, Germany, the keeping up to 15 of its 37 ships, it had returned five of its chartered to pump more cash into the ailing Netherlands and Italy. It plans to and returning to owners almost vessels to their owners. A Korean carrier, few executives in the ship- do the same next week in coun- all of the 61 chartered vessels. government statement on Thurs - ping industry believe it will man- tries including Australia, India Under that scenario, which is day said 73 vessels were still at sea, age to stay in business. and the United Arab Emirates. monday, september 19, 2016 The CamBodia daily 25 Business branch didn’t hit the goal, the tally as we could, without blowing was real and what wasn’t in the pri- Sales... shortfall would be added to the things up,” one executive says. or year’s performance.” next day’s goal, she says. In December 2013, the Los An- In May last year, the Los Ange- continued from page 23 Kamar says laggards were geles Times reported question- les city attorney’s office alleged in cost about 5,300 employees their threatened with termination and able sales practices at Wells Fargo a lawsuit that Wells Fargo pres- jobs over five years, according to a sometimes criticized in confer- offices in Southern Calif ornia. Los sured retail employees to commit person familiar with the matter. ence calls. In February 2011, she Angeles City At torney Michael fraud. The allegations included The firings were disclosed last wrote to Stumpf in an email: “For Feuer launched an investigation, opening accounts for people who week when Wells Fargo was fined the most part funds are moved to and the Office of the Comptroller didn’t exist and charging cus- $185 million for what regulators new accounts to ‘show’ growth of the Currency asked the bank to tomers for products without per- called “widespread illegal” sales when in actuality there is no net hire consultants to dig deeper. mission. Wells Fargo said it would practices. The bank neither admit- gain to the company’s deposit Wells Fargo hired consulting defend itself. ted nor denied the allegations. base.” She says she got no reply. firm Accenture and law firm Skad- Throughout last year, the Con- Questionable sales tactics persist- After working for Wells Fargo den, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom sumer Financial Protection Bureau ed, though, and were an open secret and its predecessor banks for 22 LLP to conduct an internal investi- and OCC kept pressing the bank for in Wells Fargo branches across the years, she was let go in 2011 for gation, and Wells Fargo’s board answers. Earlier this year, Wells country, according to interviews failing to meet targets, she says. was briefed regularly about the in- Fargo’s top executives and directors with over three dozen current and The high-pressure sales envi- vestigation’s progress, according were told that the number of em- former area presidents, district man- ronment defied the bank’s official to people familiar with the matter. ployee firings added up to 5,300. agers, branch managers and other policy. A 2007 internal document As a result, the bank lowered The firings peaked in 2013. employees. titled “Sales Quality Manual” said sales goals and toughened proce- “We knew we had problems They say many branch managers customer consent “for each specif- dures to ensure that new accounts [and] knew investigations were routinely monitored employ ees’ ic solution or service is required were legitimate. At regional sales going on, but we didn’t know it progress toward meeting sales every time (including each prod- meetings, executives stressed the was that many people,” says one goals, sometimes hourly, and sales uct in a package).” need to make sales properly. person familiar with the matter. numbers at the branch level were The document also said “splitting Despite the edicts, the daily rou- “How did this get this far?” reported to higher-ranking man- a customer deposit and opening tine and pressure to drum up sales The fired Wells Fargo employ- agers as many as seven times a day. multiple accounts for the purpose of in branches didn’t change much, ees include personal bankers, Tension about how to meet the increasing potential In centive Com- says Randy Holbrook, a personal branch managers, district man- sales targets was common. pensation (IC) is considered a sales banker who worked at two Wells agers overseeing about a dozen “If somebody said: ‘This doesn’t integrity violation.” Fargo branches in Florida from branches each and area presi- make sense. Where are you getting Despite the warnings, some 2012 to earlier this year. dents overseeing regions. It isn’t these sales goals?’ then [the re- bank executives noticed around “Every day around 3 p.m., all the clear if any higher-ranking execu- sponse] was: ‘No, you can do it’ or 2009 and 2010 an uptick in bad personal bankers were looking at tives were fired or implicated in ‘You’re negative’ or ‘Oh, you’re not a sales behavior. They noticed a rise each other and saying: ‘Who are the sales scandal. team player,’” says Ruth Landav- in activity when the bank was run- you going to call?’” he says. Hol- Earlier this year, retail-banking erde, a former Wells Fargo credit ning its “Jump into January” sales brook says missing targets meant chief Carrie Tolstedt told Stumpf manager in Palmdale, California. program, which set big goals in a working extra hours when the that she planned to retire after 27 Employees at a Wells Fargo month that usually was slow. branch was closed to make calls. years at Wells Fargo and Norwest. branch in Lincoln, Nebraska, had About a year later, employee- In weeks when the office was He didn’t object, and Wells Fargo a daily goal to open two new check- satisfaction surveys done for Wells closed for a holiday, all of the bank - made it clear to regulators that she ing accounts and make eight oth- Fargo by research firm Q & A Re- ers would have to come in Satur day, would be leaving, according to er product sales, says Steven search Inc. showed that some Holbrook says, adding that the sales people familiar with the matter. Schrodt, who worked there from bank employees felt uncomfort- pressure caused him to quit. Her retirement was announced in 2010 to 2012. able about what managers had Higher-ranking executives July. She didn’t respond to re- Managers asked employees who asked them to do or when push- didn’t realize how much their stra - quests for comment. had fallen short of the targets if they ing customers to buy products, tegic planning and goals were The bank said Tuesday it will could open accounts for their moth- says Shannon Purvis, who re- based on exaggerated numbers, scrap all product-based sales goals er or friends, according to Schrodt viewed some of the surveys while according to those familiar with in its retail branches starting Janu- and other former employees. He working at Q & A. She no longer the matter. One executive says the ary 1, but Stumpf remains stead- says he opened about 15 accounts works there. The research firm’s person in charge of writing a year- fastly committed to cross-selling. for friends and family members. chief executive, Warren Pino, says ly sales plan for the community- “That’s how we’ve grown so Schrodt says he decided to leave its findings are confidential. banking unit “had no idea of what much,” he says. In early 2013, Wells Fargo fired Wells Fargo because the sales pres- cambodia securities exchange sure was too stressful. about 200 employees. The firings Sunday, September 18, 2016 In Tucson, Arizona, some bank - rattled some directors and execu- ers met sales goals by using a list of tives who worked in other parts of Index Value Change Open High Low Volume CSX 350.7 -2.34 351.98 351.98 350.7 17,020 wealthier, existing customers who the country. Some executives won- Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume were preselected for credit cards, dered if sales goals were too high PPWSA 4,660 - - - - - according to a banker who was fired or if cross-selling was an underly- Grand Twins 3,100 -60 - - - - last year for what the bank called ing problem, the former human- PPAP 5,280 - - - - - PPSP 2,700 -50 - - - unethical behavior. resources executive says. - The customers were told in The conclusion was no. “When foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE phone calls that Wells Fargo we first started looking at it, we planned to send them a new credit didn’t think it was anything other ¥/US$ ...... 102.275 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.3680 card as a “thank you” for their busi- than rogue junior players and a £/US$ ...... 0.7689 Euro/US$ ...... 0.89626 AU$/US$...... 1.3351 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,126.45 ness. She says those custom ers few rogue managers,” says some- HK$/US$ ...... 7.7588 ThaiB//US$...... 34.7 weren’t told that issuing each new one involved in the bank’s internal SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9803 Riel/US$ ...... 4,097 card required a credit check, which discussions. can lower a person’s credit score. Nevertheless, the community- local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE Former branch manager Rash - banking unit’s risk-management LOCaL gOLd type (O’ruSSeI market) buyIng SeLLIng 26.67 damlung are eeda Kamar says her Wells Fargo team increased its oversight and Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,580...... 1,590 equal to 1 kg office in New Milford, New Jersey, audit capabilities. Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,580...... 1,590 had a goal of selling about 15 new “We were making changes as 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,560...... 1,570 products or services a day. If the quickly as we could, as incremen- 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,520...... 1,530 26 The Cambodia daily monday, sePTember 19, 2016 opinion How the US Government Should Deal With North Korea By Mike Mullen cludes discussion of the disposi- peninsula, enforce sanctions and rea’s continued defiance of U.N. and SaM nunn tion of U.S. forces. This dialogue impede North Korean missile pro- resolutions will not be easy and The WashingTon PosT should coordinate planning in the grams. Expanded naval capacity are not without risk. We do not orth Korea’s accelerating event of a crisis and convey that it will be needed to interdict North support a policy of inducing a col- nuclear and missile pro- is not U.S. policy to cause the col- Korean vessels, detect submarine lapse of the North Korean regime, N grams, including its re- lapse of the North Korean regime. activity and intercept North Kore- and these steps will have to be cent nuclear test, pose a grave and carefully implemented. expanding threat to security, sta- North Korea continues to com- bility and peace in Asia and the IfPyongyangrefusestonegotiate,theUSanditsallies mit unconscionable crimes against rest of the world. This threat af- its citizens. We recommend work- fects close U.S. allies—South Ko- shouldjudiciouslyapplynewmilitarymeasures. ing through the U.N. to increase rea and Japan—and U.S. person- pressure on North Korea to abide nel and facilities in the region. by internationally recognized stan- In the coming months and 2. New and genuine incentives an missile launches. dards for human rights, including years, it will create increasing dan- should be offered for North Korea If Pyongyang refuses to negoti- by suspending North Korea’s ger for the U.S. It is likely that the to participate in substantive talks. ate, the U.S. and its allies should credentials. next president will face a North These talks would include the pos- judiciously apply new military North Korea presents one of the Korea that has gained the capabil- sibility of a comprehensive deal in measures to deny North Korea most dangerous international se- ity to strike the U.S. with nuclear which North Korea, South Korea the benefit of its actions and to curity challenges facing the world. weapons. and the U.S.—supported by strengthen deterrence against In April, Chinese President Xi Jin- The administration of U.S. Pres- China—signed a peace agree- military attacks. ping told a group of foreign diplo- ident Barack Obama has succeed- ment that would finally end the This can include the U.S., South mats that his country “will never al- ed in strengthening U.S. alliances Korean War and gradually nor- Korea and Japan jointly signaling low war or chaos on the peninsu- in Asia and deterring a war, but, malize relations in exchange for that future North Korean aggres- la,” a statement that seemed to ap- like its predecessors, has failed to complete nuclear disarmament sion would be met with an active ply to all parties. The U.S. and Chi- change Pyongyang’s assessment and pro gress on human rights. A and proportionate self-defense re- na have a shared and vital national that defiance is preferable to con- new diplomatic approach could sponse, including inside North interest in preventing this from oc- ciliation. It is clear that the next potentially freeze North Korea’s Korea. curring. The time to act on that in- president will have to sharpen Py- nuclear and missile programs and We also recommend that the U.S. terest is now. ongyang’s choice: offer greater lay the groundwork for a nuclear- and its allies jointly build the capaci- MikeMullen,aretiredU.S.Navy benefits for cooperation and prom - free Korean peninsula. ty to intercept all missiles originat- admiralandformerchairmanof ise greater costs for continued 3. Further steps must be taken ing from North Korea with a range- theJointChiefsofStaff,andSam defiance. to increase economic sanctions payload capability greater than ex- Nunn,aformerDemocraticsena- For the past several months, that more severely restrict the re - isting Scud missiles (approximately torfromGeorgia,areco-chairsof we have led a task force to assess gime’s funding sources. The Oba- 1,000 km)—whether they are de- theIndependentTaskForceonU.S. the state of U.S. policy toward ma administration laid a founda- clared to be ballistic missile tests or PolicyTowardNorthKorea,which North Korea and to propose a new tion for this with the strong sanc- civil space launch vehicles. wassponsoredbytheCouncilon comprehensive strategy for the tions recently achieved by the These responses to North Ko- ForeignRelations. region. U.N. Security Council with the Our goal—and most of the support of China and Russia. We world’s goal—is a stable and recommend creating a standing nuclear-free Korean peninsula, at multilateral mechanism to coordi- Criticism of ‘Calling for Mass peace in the region and with the nate the implementation of Secu- world. To achieve that, the world’s rity Council resolutions. Demonstrations’ Is Irrelevant leading nations must come to- This should be facilitated by the gether as never before to address sharing of intelligence, coordinat- he article “Skepticism as From my last answer it’s clear North Korea’s nuclear and ballis- ing enforcement operations and CNRP Seeks to Reprise that I leave the final decision to or- tic missile programs, prevent it distribution of resources donated T 2013” (September 17-18), ganize any demonstration to my from spreading nuclear and mis- by partners outside the region. particularly with the quote “I think colleagues in Cambodia who are in sile technology to dangerous ac- Strictly enforcing the new Securi- everyone would love that, sitting a better position to assess the situa- tors, and address its unconscion - ty Council sanctions, including comfortably in beautiful Paris and tion and the corresponding risks. able human rights record. We do the mandate to inspect all North calling for mass Therefore the allegation of me not seek to promote conflict—we Korean cargo and apply serious demonstration,” “calling for mass demonstrations” seek to promote peace. economic pressure, can help curb letter distorts my think - from Paris is totally irrelevant. This We make four principal recom- criminal activity from the regime, to the Editor ing by ignoring is not the first case of irrelevance mendations, to be implemented in and, most important, prevent the the nuances and prudent consid- on the part of the same biased “po- parallel: spread of nuclear and missile ma- erations as reflected in my answers litical analyst” the Daily likes to 1. Addressing the North Kore- terials and technology. Current to questions from The Cambodia quote when it wants to “demon- an threat must be a “front-burner enforcement of sanctions is far too Daily. strate” something that is untrue. issue” for the U.S. and China. Chi- lax. Asked if I was worried about vi- na can help get North Korea back 4. The U.S. should secure its in- olence in the face of the govern- Sam Rainsy to the negotiating table by work- terests and those of its allies ment’s pledge to stop demonstra- CNRP president ing with the U.S., South Korea, against the North Korean nuclear tions, I responded: “We will take Japan and Russia on both diplo- and missile threats by expanding all factors into consideration.” matic and economic approaches U.S.-South Korea-Japan coopera- Asked if I had any qualms about Email your that will help restart negotiations tion and strengthening its joint de- calling for mass demonstrations lEttEr! with North Korea. To encourage terrence profile. The Pentagon when I am not on the ground in China to participate, the U.S. should step up its work with U.S. Cambodia, I responded: “I will en- [email protected] should offer a new dialogue on the allies to build the capacity neces- dorse any decision made by my Alllettersmustbesignedandincludea future of the peninsula that in- sary to enhance deterrence on the colleagues on the spot.” telephonenumberforverificationpurposes. MONDAy, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 27 OpiniOn ‘Cleanest Vote in Russia Ever’: The Kremlin’s Election Show By Ol a Ci Ch Ow l a s But allowing Alexey Navalny, been divided by scandals and infight- made collecting reliable information REu TERS Russia’s most famous opposition- ing. It has also failed to put forward on Putin’s approval rating impossi- oscow celebrated its ist, to take part in the vote proved a new faces as party leaders. The only ble. Officially, it has skyrocketed 869th birthday last week- step too far for the Kremlin. He was party denouncing the Crimean an- during the stand-off with the West. M end. The city splashed banned from registering his party. nexation that has any chance (albeit His party United Russia, meanwhile, out $8.9 million for the event, known But neither Khodorkovsky’s nor a slim one) of entering parliament is is feeling the effects of Russia’s deep as Moscow City Day. Kasyanov’s candidates are likely socio-liberal Yabloko, led by Yeltsin- recession. With nothing to replace Muscovites had never seen such to enter the Duma. In the run-up to era Grigory Yavlinsky. the “Crimean effect”—the now- a show for the occasion, which cost the vote, the liberal opposition has The Kremlin’s propaganda has waning euphoria over the annexa- twice as much as this year’s Victory tion—the party’s ratings have been Day to commemorate the Russian falling. According to the Levada victory over Nazi Germany, the Center, Russia’s only independent most important date in the Russian pollster, its ratings had fallen from 39 political calendar. Few doubted to 31 percent last month. Even re- what the party was about: the im- porting these falling ratings could pending Duma election. lead to the pollster being closed. Just Moscow Mayor Sergei Sob yanin 13 days before the election, the Jus- had been working hard all summer tice Ministry registered the research to make the capital glitter for yester- center as a “foreign agent.” day’s parliamentary election, the The Kremlin’s strategists fore- first nationwide vote since the Krem - saw the party’s drop in popularity lin annexed the Crimea peninsula and responded by changing the from Ukraine in 2014. During Russ- rules of the game. This year, Rus- ian President Vladimir Putin’s 17 sia will deploy an electoral system years in power, Russians have it has not used since 2003. Half the grown used to predictable elections. Duma’s 450 seats will be chosen And this one will be no exception, from party lists, where party ap- with a clear victory for Putin’s United proval ratings matter. The other Russia party. Russians have dubbed half will be chosen in single- it their “most boring” in history. member constituencies, in the Still, the election has symbolic im- same way parliamentary elections portance for Russian authorities. were held between 1993 and 2003. The last time the country held a par- The Kremlin scrapped the liamentary election, in 2011, Moscow single- member constituencies in erupted in massive anti-Putin demon- The Ca mbo d ia d a ily 2007 on the assumption that parlia- strations over widespread charges of Bernard Krisher, Publisher mentarians elected through them vote-rigging. Since then, the Kremlin Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher would be harder to control. During an economic boom in the mid-2000s, has cracked down hard, which has Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief forced the protest leadership under- Ben Woods, Executive Editor United Russia excelled through par- ground. This time, the Kremlin has Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor ty list voting. But in 2011, it performed sought to make sure there will be no Chhorn Chansy, News Editor poorly and almost lost its majority. Returning to the old electoral sys- street protests—yet is determined Van Roeun, Senior Editor for the vote to look squeaky clean. tem is another step to avoid that The man in charge of this task is Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; 2011 scenario, to United Russia’s Putin’s deputy chief of staff, Vyach- Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Michael Dickison, Aisha Down, Sonia Kohlbacher, benefit. Many of the independent eslav Volodin, the Kremlin’s chief Brendan O'Byrne, Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, Laurence Stevens, candidates will disguise their loyalty election manager since the presi- Matt Surrusco, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon Narim, to the party, due to its sinking popu- dent’s 2012 re-election. Volodin Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, larity, but will join it once elected. Hang Sokunthea, Phan Soumy, Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; The rest of the main parties has been busy telling the cameras Ben Paviour, Web Editor; Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; all summer that this will be the Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, running—the “systemic opposi- cleanest vote in Russian history. Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, tion” in place only to make the Russian officials were interested James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Julia Wallace, Contributing Editors Duma look pluralistic—all support in making this election somewhat Putin. This opposition is made up of freer since April, when the Kremlin Douglas Steele, General Manager three parties: the ultra-nationalists, appointed former human rights om- Chea Borom, Business Manager; Eam Sopheap, Business Associate; led by veteran politician Vladimir Sok Chamroeurn, Tang Sokchamreoun, Sales Representatives; budsman Ella Pamfilova as head of Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chhun Sinath, Collections Director; Chap Pireak, Zhirinovsky; the communists, led its electoral committee. 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By Sarah Kaplan released during the death of the the washington post star without being destroyed by Supermassive black holes are it. The particles then re-emit the voracious beasts. Their tremen- light at longer, infrared wave- dous gravitational pull sucks in lengths. Scientists recently everything that gets too close, detected several X-ray emissions including stars. from black holes that seemed to For the first time, astronomers be signatures of this phenome- have clearly observed at infrared non, but the new studies are the wavelengths what happens after first to catch the event in infrared. a black hole eats a star: It burps The Wise telescope, which is back up a brilliant flare of light attuned to infrared radiation, can that echoes through space. capture these “echoes” of the star’s Two studies published this destruction: By measuring the week—one by scientists at NASA, delay between the original light the other by researchers at the flare and the subsequent echoes, University of Science and Tech - scientists on the ground can figure nology of China—describe these Creative Commons out how much energy was “tidal disruption flares” using data A stream of material from a star is devoured by a supermassive black released as the star got consumed. from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared hole in a tidal disruption flare in this photograph by NASA/JPL-Caltech. The studies also let astronom - Survey Explorer, a space telescope The technical term for these black hole emits an enormous ers figure out the exact location of that has photographed the entire celestial phenomena is “stellar amount of energy, including the dust web and understand sky in infrared light. tidal disruption events.” When a ultraviolet and X-ray light, that some of its most basic characteris- “This is the first time we have star gets too close to a black hole’s destroys everything in its imme- tics. This material isn’t only the clearly seen the infrared light event horizon (the “point of no diate neighborhood. outskirts of black hole—it repre- echoes from multiple tidal disrup- return,” at which not even light “It’s as though the black hole sents the nucleus of the galaxy for tion events,” said Sjoert van can escape), it gets stretched and has cleaned its room by throwing which the black hole forms the Velzen, a postdoctoral fellow at torn apart by variations in the flames,” van Velzen said. center. That makes observations Johns Hopkins University and black hole’s gravitational pull. But beyond the reach of the of tidal disruption flares doubly lead author of the NASA study. Scientists call the process “spa - most intense radiation, a patchy interesting: They can help scien- Van Velzen’s study caught three ghettification” for the way that it web of dust swirls. At this tists understand not just the dark, black holes in the act of star swal- elongates everything that has the distance—a few trillion kilome- dense mysteries of black holes, lowing; researchers in China doc- misfortune of enduring it. ters from the black hole—the but also the bright, swirling places umented a fourth. As it devours the star, the dust particles can absorb the light that surround them.