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eCCC Nuon Chea, left, and Khieu Samphan await their appeal verdict yesterday at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh. Both had their convictions for crimes against humanity and accompanying life sentences upheld. Samsung Khmer Rouge Leaders’ Life Terms Upheld

By george Wright case against them, both defense out by its president Kong srim, up- Raided by the CambodIa daIly teams filed lengthy appeals and the held the life sentences against the staring ahead with stone-faced Khmer Rouge leaders were still pair, it also scrapped numerous de- expressions, Khmer Rouge lead- legally presumed innocent until a cisions made by the trial chamber S Korean ers Nuon Chea and Khieu sam- verdict was reached by the su - in its initial decision, including mul- phan yesterday became the first preme Court Chamber. tiple convictions. Prosecutors senior regime leaders to have Nuon Chea, 90, Pol Pot’s second- In the end, the supreme Court been handed a final guilty verdict in-command, and Khieu samphan, concluded that “the massive scale By Jonathan Cheng for their roles in crimes committed 85, the regime’s head of state, were of the crimes, the complete lack of and eun-young Jeong during Pol Pot’s reign of terror in seeking a reversal of the judgment consideration for the ultimate fate the wall street journal the 1970s. and a complete acquittal. Khieu of the Cambodian population” and seoul - Prosecutors raided the of- After being found guilty of crimes samphan also requested a reduc- “the significant roles of the ac- fices of the samsung conglomer- against humanity by the extraordi- tion in his sentence if his appeal cused” meant “that the imposition ate yesterday as a scandal sur- nary Chambers in the Courts of against the judgment was rejected. of a life sentence for each of the rounding the country’s president Cambodia’s Trial Chamber in Au- While the tribunal’s supreme accused is appropriate.” and her top advisers crept deeper gust 2014 in the first phase of the Court Chamber, in a decision read Continued on page 6 into the nation’s largest business group. Prosecutors conducted a day- In Peacetime, Gov’t Military Spending Soars long sweep of the samsung head- quarters in the Gangnam neigh- By Ben Paviour the military, with Defense Min- costs for military personnel. Ana- borhood of seoul. At the same the CambodIa daIly istry’s annual budget jumping lysts say that the CPP wants its most time, prosecutors also raided the Cambodia is at peace, Prime from $75.7 million in 2006 to $464 heavily armed constituency happy, offices of south Korea’s National Minister Hun sen regularly tells million in next year? and say that the move also buttress- Pen sion service—the world’s third his constituents. “The spending doesn’t respond es border security with Thailand largest, with about $460 billion in “We turned former battlefields to the needs of priority sectors and discourage domestic threats. assets, and the largest shareholder into markets and developed ar- such as education and health, but “We don’t spend much on wea - in many of south Korea’s biggest eas,” he boasted in an the defense sector keeps increas- ponry,” said Council of Ministers News october speech mark- ing,” said CNRP lawmaker son spokesman Phay siphan. Instead, companies. Analysis The pension fund last year voted ing 20 years of peace in Chhay during Tuesday’s parlia- the funds go “mostly to salaries as decisively in favor of a merger be- former Khmer Rouge stronghold mentary debate on next year’s na- well as to the social welfare of the of Pailin province. tional budget. soldier’s families.” tween two samsung affiliates, which Why, then, does the govern- The government says the in- “It doesn’t mean that people Continued on page 2 ment continue to pour an ever- creases are necessary to pay for retire and you pay them nothing,” cambodiadaily.com increasing amount of money into ever-increasing pension and salary Continued on page 2

មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily thursday, noVember 24, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS Kazakhstan’s Capital Punishment nMovie star Brad Pitt will not face any charges stemming from an in- reuters since 1989. cident on a private plane in which he was reported to have lost his tem- per in front of one or more of his children, an FBI spokeswoman said Kazakhstan’s parliament called last week, Kazakhstan’s central on Tuesday. Pitt, 52, earlier this month was cleared by the los Angeles yesterday for the capital city to be re- bank said the portrait of the former County Department of Children and Family services for the incident on named after President Nursultan steelworker and communist appa- september 14. His wife, the actress angelina Jolie, filed for divorce five Nazarbayev, a week ahead of a na- ratchik would appear on a bank days later. “In response to allegations made following a flight...carrying tional holiday dedicated to the 76- note for the first time. Mr. Brad Pitt and his children, the FBI has conducted a review...and will year-old leader who has the power Astana simply means “capital” not pursue further investigation,” said laura eimiller, a spokeswoman to accept or reject the proposal. in Kazakh and was given to the city for the FBI’s los Angeles field office. “No charges have been filed,” she The unanimous vote in favor of in 1998 shortly after the govern- said. Jolie, 41, filed for divorce from Pitt, her husband of two years and renaming Astana adds to the grow- ment relocated there from Almaty, ing personality cult around Nazar - romantic partner since 2005, citing irreconcilable differences and seek- the country’s biggest city and com- ing full physical custody of their children, aged 8 to 15. (Reuters) bayev who has run the country mercial hub.

ment officer at south Korea’s pen- The scandal has pulled in almost samsung’s deepening involve- Samsung... sion service from 2013 until earlier all of the country’s biggest and best- ment in the scandal comes after a this year; he was a key proponent of known conglomerates, which do- difficult stretch for south Korea’s Continued from Page 1 the samsung merger last year. nated large sums of money to two most powerful conglomerate. sam- strengthened the grip of vice chair- Hong didn’t immediately respond foundations alleged to have been sung electronics last month ac- man and third-generation heir lee to a request for comment. controlled by Choi, according to knowledged losses of more than $5 Jae-yong on smartphone maker The investigation is part of a data compiled by corporate-gover- billion after pulling the plug on the samsung electronics, the crown widening scandal involving south nance research firm Chaebul.com Galaxy Note 7 after widespread re- jewel of the business empire. Korean President Park Geun-hye based on records filed with south ports of the premium smartphone It is unclear if the raids were and a close associate, who prose- Korea’s National Tax service. Pros- overheating. linked to that merger. spokespeo- cutors say used her influence to ex- ecutors say they have summoned The fiasco was an embarrass- ple for samsung, the NPs and the tort money from corporations like the heads of Hyundai Group, lG ment for a company that prides itself prosecutors’ office all confirmed the samsung, Hyundai Group and and sK Group for questioning. on its engineering prow ess, and has raids, but declined to elaborate on lG. The unfolding affair has led to Yesterday’s raids aren’t the first eroded consumer confidence in the the reason for the document seiz - the indictment of the president’s prosecutors have carried out on brand. ures. south Korea’s Yonhap News confidante, Choi soon-sil. samsung. In recent weeks, prose- last year’s merger, between Agency said that yesteday’s raids In addition, prosecutors have cutors seized documents from samsung’s de facto holding com- were to investigate last year’s merg- formally accused Park of aiding in samsung’s Gangnam offices and pany Cheil Industries and sam- er of the samsung companies. her friend’s scheme—making her from an advertising affiliate. They sung C&T, was fiercely contested Also included in the raid yester- the first south Korean president to have questioned several top exec- by u.s. hedge fund elliott Manage- day, Yonhap said, was the office of face a criminal investigation while utives at samsung and its affiliates, ment, which argued that the deal Hong Wan-sun, the chief invest- in office. including lee. was unfair to small shareholders.

Chambers, a professor of interna- artillery—is in line with the kind of soft loans or outright gifts in a col- Military... tional relations at Chiang Mai uni- force that would be useful in light laboration that also included train- versity in Thailand, who focuses on border skirmishes, according to ing, logistics coordination and oth- Continued from Page 1 civil-military relations in the region. Carl Thayer, a southeast Asia ex- er technical support, he said. he added. “Though one may think that pert at the Australian Defense With one of the smallest defense Financing the military and po- 2011 marked the final year of ma- Force Academy in Canberra. budgets in the region, Mr. Grevatt lice regularly consumed half of the jor tensions with Thailand, the “Cambodia would be able to said it made sense that Cambodia national budget in the 1990s as the budget for defense and interior surge to a particular area,” he said. spent more to catch up and keep government sought to subdue the continued to rise,” he wrote in an “All of this would be hard to target its soldiers happy. Khmer Rouge. email. “Hun sen, despite displays by Thai artillery” in small-scale “There’s a school of thought spending started to taper off of cooperation with the current combat. such forces might also be that...military spending is an im- from the late 1990s until 2009 bor- military regime in Thailand, most used “to crush an internal rebel- portant part of the budget because der skirmishes with Thailand over assuredly does not fully trust it.” lion” or as a “show of strength” to a it provides Hun sen with the sup- the Preah Vihear temple caused a Cambodia’s post-2009 military restive population. port of his military,” he said. spike in spending that has contin- acquisitions—heavy on armored But at the end of the day, if “That’s not an unusual thing. We ued ever since, according to Paul personnel carriers, tanks and light you’re a country with Cambodia’s see that political leadership re- small clout, “you can’t afford to play quires military support.” with the big boys. You try to get a Financial support to both upper- country like China as a backer,” and lower-level forces might prove Mr. Thayer said. critical in upcoming elections, With the bulk of its armaments ac cording to Mr. Chambers of being acquired from Beijing off- Chiang Mai university. the-books, that process is already “Most likely, this is necessary underway, according to Jon Gre- for the ruling party to make sure vatt, regional industry analyst at that in the 2018 election, security defense and security magazine officials can be trusted to stand on IHs Jane’s. the side of the CPP, regardless of “The reason Cambodia doesn’t the electoral outcome,” he said. spend much on procurement is But Mr. siphan rejected the idea that it gets most of its equipment that the government was currying from China,” he said. favor with soldiers simply to pro- Though the “the details on that long its stay in power. one are pretty sketchy,” the equip- “Do they 100 percent support brian leli/the Cambodia daily ment was usually purchased with CPP? I don’t think so,” he said. thursday, November 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal Suspects in Fatal Breast Implant NGOs Urge Gov’t to Shut Down Surgery ‘Escaped,’ Police Say Yellow Vine Processing Plants By chhorn Phearun He directed further questions to By Ben Sokhean eration in Koh Kong district’s Tra- the cambodia daily Srey Makny, the deputy prosecutor and Matt SurruSco paing Roung commune. Suspects from a cosmetic sur - who ordered the clinic’s closure, the cambodia daily “The factories will attract thou- gery clinic in Phnom Penh that per- and Khin San, chief of police in Environmental NGOs are calling sands of workers,” the NGOs’ No- formed breast enhancement sur - Chamkar Mon district, where Mr. on the government to shut down vember 4 letter says. “This will gery on a 36-year-old woman who Veasna filed a complaint with police. suspected yellow vine processing cause uncontrollable logging, wild - died days later of an organ infection Mr. Makny could not be reached, operations in Koh Kong province, life poach ing [and] land grabbing.” “escaped” before they could be while Mr. San said he was unaware citing serious risks to the environ- The factories, which will also questioned, a police official said of the details of the investigation. ment and public health. “poison waterways” and the water yesterday. It was unclear if Phe Thong, the In a letter to Environment Minis- table with chemicals and sulfuric Ros Sokny, a television vendor doctor who owns the clinic, was ter Say Sam Al, the NGOs Wildlife acid, violate Cambodian laws on from Kratie province, went to De among those being sought. Alliance and Conservation Interna- protected areas and forests, it says. Beaute Clinic in Russei Keo district Mr. Veasna, the widower, said tional said site visits earlier this Environment Ministry spokes - last Thursday to undergo a $3,000 police had been uncommunicative month turned up yellow vine facili- man Sao Sopheap said yesterday breast implant surgery, according since his wife died. ties that may cause “a huge nega- that the ministry had not approved to her husband, Phai Veasna. On “I haven’t yet heard from the po- tive impact to both ecosystem and the factory and that it could be illegal. Sunday, she died of septic shock in lice about it,” he said. “When I fin- public health.” “According to the technical team a nearby clinic. ish my wife’s seven-day funeral, I Yellow vine is an indigenous unit here, it is not in line with the The municipal court ordered De will go to Phnom Penh to ask about plant used in cosmetics and tradi- Protected Area law,” Mr. Sopheap Beaute Clinic to close the next day my wife’s death.... I can’t be quiet tional medicine, and has been ru- said. The law “does not allow for pending a police investigation into about this.” mored to be used in the manufac- the processing of that yellow vine.” the death. The probe has proved Since Ros Sokny’s death was an- ture of ecstasy, although some ex- However, deputy Thma Baing inconclusive thus far, deputy mu- nounced, De Beaute Clinic has re- perts have disputed the claim. district governor Keo Nybora said nicipal police chief Song Ly said ceived a litany of angry posts to its On November 1, a team of nation- the factory under construction in yesterday. Facebook page. “Put the owners of al and provincial environment offi- Russei Chrum was nothing to wor- “The investigation is still ongo- this clinics to JAIL and charge them cials and Wildlife Alliance represen- ry about. ing,” he said. “Some people have at least 1 million dollars for killing tatives visited a site in Thma Baing “There are no companies that been questioned, but some people innocent women,” wrote a user district’s Russei Chum commune, come to process yellow vine,” Mr. have also escaped.” named Oska Yi. where a yellow vine factory was be- Nybora said, referring to an area that Mr. Ly said he was not sure how The iron door in front of the clin- ing built about 150 meters from the he said a Chinese company began many suspects had evaded police, ic remained locked yesterday. Rep- area’s main river, the letter says. clearing about a month ago. “They but added that officers were “look- resentatives of the clinic could not Two days later, other officials visit- are just clearing the land to plant ba- ing for them.” be reached. ed another suspected yellow vine op- nanas or sugarcane.” 4 The Cambodia daily ThurSDay, november 24, 2016 NatioNal Supreme Court Hears Pleas for Release From Adhoc Officers By Khy Sovuthy The CamboDia Daily The alleged mistress of deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha de - nied having an affair to Adhoc rights officers and said racy audio recordings, allegedly be tween the pair, were “not her voice,” a jailed officer testified yesterday during a bail hear ing before the Supreme Court. In late February, an anonymous Facebook page posted audio re - cordings purporting to reveal Mr. Sokha talking about sex with Khom Chandaraty, a 25-year-old manicur - ist at a Phnom Penh barber shop. Investigations around the record- ings snowballed into the arrests of four Adhoc workers as well as Na - tional Election Committee deputy secretary-general Ny Chakrya for allegedly bribing Ms. Chandaraty to deny an affair when questioned by authorities. Mr. Sokha was hand ed a five-month prison sen- tence for failing to appear in court for questioning over the case. Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily Yi Soksan, an official for rights group Adhoc, is escorted into the Supreme Court yesterday in Phnom Penh. In the case’s first public hearing yesterday, at the Supreme Court Adhoc officers. Ms. Chandaraty was scared,” he the leader of Cambodia for abusing in Phnom Penh, a panel of five Of the audio recordings posted said. “She asked Adhoc to help her, human rights officers.” judges questioned the five defen- online, Ms. Chandaraty “said it was so we did.” Another of the Adhoc defen- dants one by one about their re - not her voice and it is an edited re - The case has seen the five im - dants, Ny Sokha, said their deten- quests for bail. cording,” Mr. Vanda said. prisoned for 210 days as of today. tion had caused “chaos in society— “Khom Chandaraty clarified that Yi Soksan, another Adhoc em - Their release would be good for example, Black Monday,” and she did not have sexual intercourse ployee, denied the bribery charges. publicity for the ruling party, Mr. said their release would end it. with His Excellency Kem Sokha,” “When the Ministry of Interior Soksan added, noting that the inter- A ruling on the bail requests is said Nay Vanda, one of the four summoned her to be questioned, national community had “criticized expected on November 30. CNRP Rues Missed Chance for Migrant Voters as Deadline Nears By Khuon narim regretted that the party had not dering Thailand—Battambang lion, and said the group could swing and michael dicKiSon tried harder to open channels for and Banteay Meanchey—just 66 as many as 18 seats for the opposi- The CamboDia Daily migrant voters in the laws negotiat- percent of eligible voters are reg- tion in the 125-seat National As - Amid its final push for voter ed with the ruling CPP after mass istered, likely reflecting the large sembly when national elections registration—the deadline to get opposition protests over irregulari- numbers of residents there who are held in July 2018. on the rolls is Tuesday—the CNRP ties in the 2013 national election. have crossed the border to work. “After the last national elections is ruing the disenfranchisement “During the negotiation we were Mr. Puthea, the NEC spokes - in 2013, in spite of all the irregulari- of workers living abroad, saying too quick to accept the CPP’s deal,” man, said one reason for the low ties working in their favor, the CPP their support would be decisive she said. “Now we have to bear turnout in the two provinces was (with 68 seats) leads the CNRP for the opposition. the consequences. Hopefully there that some migrants had returned (55) by only 13 seats,” he said in an The party has blasted the Na - will be another period of registra- from Thailand to register, but were email. tional Election Committee (NEC) tion for 2018.” turned away for lack of proper CPP spokesman Sok Eysan de - for failing to make any effort to As part of the electoral reforms, documentation. nied that anyone was dragging their ease the voting process for Cam- the CPP and CNRP established a “Some did not have enough doc- feet to prevent Cambodians living bodians work ing abroad, but a sen - new election commission, com- uments, so election officials and overseas from casting their ballots. ior lawmaker also lamented that posed of four members selected local authorities did not allow them “It’s their opinion to say it’s a the CNRP did not push harder for by each party and a ninth neutral to register,” Mr. Puthea said, add - matter of political gain, but it’s not such provisions during negotia- member, Hang Puthea, who also ing that any decision about extend- the case that 100 percent of peo- tions over the new election law. serves as the body’s spokesman. ing the registration deadline would ple abroad vote for the CNRP,” “NEC has literally not tried to be The move was meant to ensure only be made after it passed. Mr. Eysan said. “They just say it flexible,” CNRP public affairs direc- neutrality in coming elections. In order to remedy the issue of to look good.” tor Mu Sochua said in an email this CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann hundreds of thousands of migrant He said ruling party officials at week. “They keep referring to the yesterday pleaded for the NEC to workers being disenfranchised, the all levels were working to encour- electoral law, but the procedures make selective extensions to the CNRP has suggested setting up age people to register, but added could be more flexible and work registration deadline. voting stations along the Thai bor- that those efforts must not go be - around the law. They have done it “Please, delay the voter registra- der as well as in embassies in other yond the election law. for the military stationed outside of tion [deadline] at some places,” countries, such as Malaysia and “We cannot create any registra- their home towns.” Mr. Sovann said at the party’s head - South Korea. tion offices along the border be - Confronted with the prospect of quarters yesterday, echoing recent CNRP President Sam Rainsy es - cause it’s against the law,” he added. losing as many as 2 million poten- calls by his colleagues. timated the number of potential vot - (Additional reporting by Kuch tial voters, Ms. Sochua said she In two western provinces bor- ers working abroad to be 1.5 mil- Naren) thursdAy, november 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal

------National Briefs ------Two Men Injured in Fall From Third-Floor Scaffolding Two laborers painting the exterior of a building in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district fell from scaffolding yesterday morning and sustained injuries, police said. “The victims were working on the third floor paint- ing the back of the building. Then one of them made the scaffolding shake and they both fell off,” said Mao Savoeun, police chief of Stung Meanchey commune. The men, Hak Ny, 26, and Rous Mab, 45, had safety belts but didn’t use them, according to the head of construction at the Royal Ceramics Cambodia company building where the incident oc- curred, the police chief said. “They were careless,” he added. Mr. Savoe- un said neither man sustained life-threatening injuries. “Both had in- juries to their heads and other parts of their bodies,” he said. “They will not die.” The painters, who had been hired for just a week, were being treated yesterday at Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital in Phnom Penh. On Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree establishing Apsara Authority a new national committee that will monitor the enforcement of occupa- A digital rendering of the floating bridge that will serve Angkor Wat tional health and safety standards. (Sek Odom) while the original stone walkway is restored Homeless Woman Injured After Being Shot in Chest A homeless scavenger was in a stable condition yesterday after being Angkor Wat Bridge Set to Close shot in the chest by what Phnom Penh police described as an acciden- tally discharged gun. An eyewitness told police that the gun was dropped For 5-Year Restoration Project after a group of three men on two motorbikes crashed into each other on Street 51 in Daun Penh district’s Chaktomuk commune yesterday morn- By Phan Soumy 200 meter-wide moat on a plastic ing, according to district police chief Chuop Sokunthea. “After the mo- the cAmbodiA dAily bridge that will float on the water. torbikes fell over, the gun fell onto the street. A man picked the gun off Starting next year, tourists at The spokesman said work on the the street and it fired accidentally and injured the scavenger,” he said. Angkor Wat will have to use a float- floating bridge could begin by the Mr. Sokunthea said the bullet passed through the chest of 49-year-old ing bridge to cross the moat that end of the month and finish in May. Rom Phoeun, who was sleeping on the ground. He said the three men surrounds the world-famous tem- “It is plastic that can handle quite then fled the scene and that police did not know their identities. Ms. ple as a five-year restoration pro- a lot of people and will let them Phoeun’s husband, Chum Uoth, said he was sleeping next to his wife ject gets underway on the stone cross back and forth just fine,” he when she was shot and accused the three men of trying to kill her. “I walkway that has served the mon- said. ument for centuries. “We have checked and studied don’t know why they tried to kill her,” he said. “My wife has never had The stone path remained open and there will be no problems that any argument with anyone.” Ms. Phoeun was in a stable condition at Cal- during the first phase of the could affect the tourists; we even mette Hospital yesterday. (Buth Kimsay) restoration project between 1996 considered the beauty,” he added. Arrested KTV Owners, Staff Released Without Charge and 2007. But it will have to be shut “Previously, we have seen that The owners of two KTV parlors who were arrested in Kompong down for the second phase, ex- tourists would pose for pictures on Thom province on Monday were released without charge yesterday af- pected to begin early next year and the stone bridge, and they will be finish in 2020, said Long Kosal, a able to pose for pictures on this ter signing contracts saying they would stop selling sex at their estab- spokes man for the Apsara Author- temporary bridge too.” lishments, an official said. Oeng Bunchhay, 50, owner of the Chumnor ity, the government body that man- Mr. Kosal said the Apsara Au- Rikreay KTV parlor in Stong district, and Uk Ratana, 23, owner of M’lop ages Angkor Archaeological Park. thority was paying for the floating Doung KTV parlor in the same district, were arrested along with 24 of Angkor Wat, a representation of bridge itself, though he did not know their female staff during raids by provincial military police who suspect- the mythical Mount Meru, is the how much it—or the restoration of ed the establishments were also brothels, said deputy district military po- park’s centerpiece, drawing in mil- the stone walkway—would cost. lice commander Kang Saro. He referred further questions to deputy lions of tourists a year. Chau Sun Kerya, a spokeswom - provincial military police commander Yet Sa Oeun, who declined to com- Mr. Kosal said the project was be- an for the authority, said Cambo- ment. Say Nora, provincial court spokesman, said the suspects were de- ing led by Japan’s Sophia University, dia’s contribution to the restoration tained at provincial military police headquarters and questioned in court which is splitting the cost of the would mainly come through in- on Tuesday, but were released without charge by deputy prosecutor work with the Apsara Authority. kind support from laborers and Meas Vathana. “They educated them and made a contract with them, In the walkway’s stead, the technical experts. but I am not sure if they found out whether they had committed a crime,” hoards of daily visitors to the tem- The walkway was last restored Mr. Nora said. Mr. Vathana declined to comment. (Ben Sokhean) ple will make their way across the by the French in the 1960s. 6 The Cambodia daily thursday, novEmbEr 24, 2016 NatioNal Briefing Life... continued from page 1 Court Upholds Commune The majority of the Trial Cham- Chief’s Life Sentence ber’s findings were upheld, namely convictions for crimes against hu- The Court of Appeal yesterday manity including murder, persecu- up held a life sentence for a former tion on political grounds and other commune chief in Phnom Penh’s inhumane acts in relation to the Prek Pnov district whose attempt- evac uation of Phnom Penh after ed assassination of his political ri- the Khmer Rouge took control of val led to the death of the intended the city in 1975. The case’s second victim’s 11-year-old son, a court of- phase, in which the two former ficial said. In October 2014, Phy leaders are on trial for other crimes Nop, the former chief of Kouk including genocide, is ongoing. Roka commune, asked Pov Bun- Judge Srim said the Trial Cham- thoeun to murder commune coun- ber was wrong in its finding that ECCC cilor Sorn Sin, who Mr. Nop, 48, the crime of extermination was Cambodian officials and foreign diplomats gather for a press thought was seeking to replace committed during the forced evac- conference outside the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh yesterday him. Mr. Bunthoeun passed the uation of hundreds of thousands following the appeal verdict against Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan. job to another man, who threw a of people from Phnom Penh as Scheffer, the U.N.’s special expert said Anta Guisse, international de- grenade at Mr. Sin as he was eat- there was no clear evidence of di- on the tribunal, lauded the case’s fense counsel for Khieu Samphan. ing dinner with his family, killing rect intent. conclusion and compared it to the “The doors were repainted; we Mr. Sin’s son. In July of last year, “Due to the weakness of the ev- Nuremberg trials that convicted made this tribunal beautiful so peo- Mr. Nop was sentenced by the idence before the Trial Chamber, high-ranking Nazis of war crimes ple could come in their lovely suits Phnom Penh Municipal Court to it was not possible to extrapolate shortly after World War II. in order to attend this announce- life in prison for instigating pre- that killings occurred on a mass “This is really the first Nurem- ment so we can look at the appeal meditated murder. “Presiding scale,” Judge Srim read. berg moment of this court and judgment, but we’d like to say that Judge Pak Chansambor decided The conviction for extermina- there will be a second Nuremberg we have seen this cosmetic justice.” to uphold the municipal court’s tion relating to the second distinct moment when the final judgment Ms. Guisse said the overturned phase of population transfers was verdict of Mr. Phy Nop,” Appeal in the second phase of this case decisions made little difference be- also scrapped for reasons includ- Court spokesman Touch Pharith against Khieu Samphan and Nuon cause the life sentence was upheld. ing that the “Trial Chamber’s find- Chea is delivered in the future,” “People will say that these are said yesterday. “The judge has re- ings could not establish that the viewed it, and found he committed Mr. Scheffer told reporters. simply words of a bitter defense, perpetrators acted with direct in- Leaders of the Islamic State mil- but, actually, no, we are lawyers the crime as the municipal court tent to kill on a large scale.” charged and sentenced him.” Mr. itant group, along with countries and issues of law are essential,” Despite confirming that at least including North Korea and the Nop will continue to serve his sen- she said. 250 soldiers and officials from the Philippines, should be aware that tence in Prey Sar Prison. (Sek Victor Koppe, international de- previous U.S.-backed Khmer Re- the “long arm of international jus- fense lawyer for Nuon Chea, said Odom) public had been killed in Pursat tice” could “ultimately reach their he was “pleasantly surprised” by Man Justified in Killing province’s Tuol Po Chrey site at the domain,” he said. the conviction reversals and said Brother, Official Says end of April 1975, it was found that International co-prosecutor Nich - he hoped it could have knock-on there was not enough evidence to olasKoumjian also said that the tri- effects on the second phase of A garment factory worker who prove the existence of a policy to kill al of Nuon Chea and Khieu Sam- Case 002, in which the aging de- killed his mentally ill brother on all soldiers from the former regime. phan was “clearly the most impor- fendants are on trial for crimes in- Mon day was acting in defense of The fact that most of the evi- tant trial at least since Nuremberg cluding genocide. his mother and will not be prose- dence consisted of out-of-court involving the most horrendous “One of our main complaints in cuted, a court official said yester- statements, considered to have crimes since the Second World Case 002/01 and especially in Case day. Khy Ngor, 66, sustained seri- “low probative value,” along with War.” 002/02 is that the standard of ac- ous injuries to her head and body the Trial Chamber’s failure to take He conceded, however, that he cepting proof on certain events is when one of her sons, Huot Leang into account evidence “which was disappointed at the decision so incredibly low,” Mr. Koppe said. Heng, 50, repeatedly hacked her [calls] into question the existence to overturn numerous important “That bar has been raised now with a meat cleaver for refusing to of a blanket policy to kill,” led the rulings in the case. extensively, which I believe could give him cigarettes, police said on decision to be overturned. “Similar to an election, some- have a substantial impact on run- Monday. Huot Song Heng, 26, “Accordingly, the accused can- times you might not like the re- ning Case 002/02, most particular- rushed to her defense, beating his not be held criminally liable for the sult, but if you believe in the rule of ly the genocide charges because older brother to death with a stick. crimes against humanity which law then you accept that institu- the evidence there is very sketchy Mr. Song Heng was questioned in were committed at Tuol Po Chrey,” tions are independent and they and anecdotal. I think the prose- the Kandal Provincial Court on the judge said. may reach results that any one of cution is not going to be very hap- Tuesday after admitting to officers The appeal ruling also criticized the parties is not particularly, 100 py with that.” at the Sa’ang district police station the Trial Chamber on decisions percent, pleased with,” Mr. Asked whether he had changed on Monday that he had killed his that were upheld, including the fail- Koumjian said. his mind over comments he made brother. Tep Monin, a court ure to call National Assembly Pres- “While I may not agree with all in a video last week branding the ap- spokes man, said that officers re- ident Heng Samrin, a former mid- of the details, I think the ultimate peal “irrelevant,” Mr. Koppe said his leased Mr. Song Heng without ranking Khmer Rouge soldier, to result and a life sentence in this opinion had become “a bit milder.” charging him on Tuesday because testify. However, Judge Srim said case is justice.” “The thing is: What impact will his actions were deemed “neces- the claim by defense teams that the Despite voicing support for the it have on the judges in the Trial sary for preventing his mother’s failure to call Mr. Samrin and CPP reversal of numerous decisions, Chamber? I have said on many death.” The Criminal Code states Senator Ouk Bun chhoeun result- defense lawyers were still scathing occasions that they are deeply that a person who commits an of- ed in a “grossly unfair outcome in about the appeal process—and biased, incompetent,” he said. fense in order to protect them- the judicial proceedings” had not the court in general—following “Will they take to heart what selves or others from imminent been established. the verdict. the Supreme Court Chamber danger should not be held crimi- Speaking on the grounds of the “I’ll begin by saying, we look at has said? That would mean a nally responsible. (Buth Kimsay) court after the verdict, David the quarters of this tribunal today,” complete change of everything.” thuRsday, novembeR 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 7 regional Vietnam Abandons Plans to Build First Nuclear Power Plants ReuteRs The Vietnamese government is waste of money when renewable and left thousands without jobs. hanoI - Vietnam’s national assem- fiscally strapped as public debt energy alternatives are available. The Japanese and Russian nu- bly voted on Tuesday to abandon lingers near the permitted limit, “The project could also pose an clear plants were due to have been plans to build two multibillion- curbing its ability to maintain Viet- environmental threat, and Vietnam located in central ninh Thuan prov - dollar nuclear power plants with nam as one of asia’s fastest-grow- cannot afford to risk another disas- ince. They would have had a com- Russia and Japan, after officials cit- ing economies through spending. ter after a toxic industrial leak trig- bined capacity of 4,000 megawatts. ed lower demand forecasts, rising growth in power demand in gered mass fish deaths earlier this “We respect our customer’s po- costs and safety concerns. Vietnam is also forecast to slacken. year,” greenpeace regional cam- sition, and we are ready to provide The vote to scrap the country’s When the government ap- paign coordinator arif Fiyanto said. the full support to Vietnam when first atomic energy project deals a proved plans for the two plants in a toxic leak sullied over 200 km the country continues the imple- blow to the global nuclear busi- 2009, growth in Vietnam’s annual of coastline in april. The country’s mentation of its national nuclear ness and to Japan’s drive to begin power demand was projected at worst environmental disaster, it power program,” Rosa tom said in exporting reactors after the Fu - between 17 and 20 percent. killed more than 100 tons of fish a statement. kushima disaster left its nuclear in- Duong Quang Thanh, chair- dustry in a deep freeze. man of state utility Vietnam Elec------Regional Brief ------The Vietnamese government tricity group, was quoted by state- said in a statement that the deci- run Voice of Vietnam radio recent- Thailand Charges Influential Monk Over Corruption sion, made in a closed session of ly as saying that annual growth be- bangkok - Thailand’s attorney general said yesterday that it would parliament after the discussion tween this year and 2020 was now charge the abbot of a powerful buddhist sect and four others suspected of a government proposal, was forecast at 11 percent, and 7 to 8 of money laundering in the latest twist of a long-running saga that has di- taken for economic reasons and percent through 2030. vided Thai buddhism. Police in the predominantly buddhist country not because of any technological Vietnam’s decision to scrap the have tried several times to arrest Phra Dhammachayo, abbot of Wat considerations. project is a further setback for the Phra Dhammakaya, a futuristic-looking monastery located about 50 km Russia’s Rosatom and a consor- nuclear industry as countries from north of bangkok. “Prosecutors have agreed to charge Phra Dham- tium of Japanese firms led by pri- germany to Indonesia have decid- machayao of Dhammakaya temple on charges of conspiracy to launder vate utility Japan atomic Power ed to either pull out of nuclear en- money, money laundering and receiving stolen goods,” Somnuek were due to build the plants. ergy or cancel development plans Siangkong, spokesman of the office of the attorney general, said. Thai- The estimated investment need- in the wake of the Fukushima nu- land’s Department of Special Investigation last year summoned Phra ed for the projects had doubled clear disaster in Japan in 2011, the Dhammachayo for questioning after his temple was accused of receiving since 2009 to nearly $18 billion, world’s worst since the Chernobyl more than $28 million of embezzled funds. Prosecutors in charge of the state media Tien Phong quoted Le disaster in Russia in 1986. case have postponed a decision to charge the monk four times, while hong Tinh, vice chairman of the Environmental campaign group Phra Dhammachayo has failed to show up for police questioning, citing national assembly’s science, tech- greenpeace, however, welcomed ill health. The controversy over Phra Dhammachayo, 72, has fueled a nology and environment commis- the decision to drop the nuclear feud between traditionalists in Thai buddhism and those who support sion, as saying earlier this month. plan, saying it would have been a more modern sects. (Reuters) 8 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, novembeR 24, 2016 regional Asia Outbreaks Prompt Question: Is All Zika Dangerous?

ReuteRs health emergencies program, in a bangkok/chicago - Zika’s rampage press briefing on Tuesday. last year in brazil caused an explo- “That is a critical question be- sion of infections and inflicted a crip- cause it has real public health impli- pling neurological defect on thou- cation for african or asian countries sands of babies—an effect never be- that already have Zika virus trans- fore seen in a mosquito-borne virus. mission,” Salama said. “We are all it also presented a mystery: Why following this extremely closely.” had a virus that had been little more Scientists also are trying to ascer- than a footnote in the annals of in- tain whether people in places where fectious diseases taken such a dev- Zika is endemic are protected by astating turn in the americas? how “herd immunity.” The phenome- had africa and asia, where Zika had non limits the spread of virus when quietly circulated for decades, es- enough of a population is inoculated caped with no reports of major out- against infection through vaccina- breaks or serious complications? tion, prior exposure or both. Scientists initially theorized that Experts believe Zika moved ex- Zika’s long tenure in africa and Reuters asia may have conferred wide- A member of a pest control team holds up a container of mosquito plosively in the americas because spread immunity. or, perhaps old- larvae collected during their inspection of Zika clusters in Singapore there was no prior exposure. it’s not er strains were less virulent than in September. clear how widely Zika has circulat- the one linked in brazil to more cabo Verde and, notably, the am - Thailand, public health officials ed in africa and asia, whether there than 2,100 cases of microcephaly, ericas, including brazil. could not determine whether the could be pockets of natural immu- a birth defect characterized by ar- The asian lineage was first isolat- mothers had an older asian strain nity—and, importantly, wheth er rested brain development. ed in the 1960s in mosquitoes in of Zika or a newer one that returned immunity to one strain would con- now, amid outbreaks in Singa- Malaysia. but some studies suggest from the americas, said Dr boris fer immunity to another. pore, Thailand, Vietnam and other the virus has been infecting people Pavlin, Who’s acting Zika incident one recent review of studies sug- parts of Southeast asia, a much there since the 1950s. in the late manager at a recent briefing. gests 15 to 40 percent of the pop - graver explanation is taking shape: 1970s, seven cases of human infec- in Vietnam, where there have ulation in some african and asian perhaps the menace has been there tion in indonesia were reported. been no reports of imported Zika countries may have been previous- all along, but neurological complica- The first record of a widespread infection, officials are investigating ly infected with Zika, said alessan- tions simply escaped official notice. outbreak was in 2007 on Microne- a third case of microcephaly. if it is dro Vespignani, a professor of The question is driving several sia’s island of Yap. linked to Zika, Pavlin said it would health sciences at boston’s north- research teams, according to lead- Experts began to suspect a link suggest the older strains there eastern University. That’s far below ing infectious disease experts and to birth defects during a 2013 out- could cause microcephaly and, the 80 percent population immunity public health officials. break in French Polynesia when perhaps, guillain-barre. one mosquito-borne virus expert The answer is immediately im- doctors reported eight cases of mi- in Malaysia, where at least six estimated in the journal Science portant for asia, the region most crocephaly and 11 other cases of cases of Zika infection have been re- would be necessary to block Zika. affected by Zika after the americ- fetal malformation. ported, authorities have identified Researchers also believe it’s as. Thailand has been hardest hit Last year, it hit brazil, causing both an older Southeast asian strain possible that microcephaly went with more than 680 reported Zika spikes in an array of neurological and one similar to the strain in the undetected in parts of asia and infections this year, followed by birth defects now called congeni- americas, suggesting the possibility africa where birth defects weren’t Singapore with more than 450 and tal Zika virus syndrome, as well as that strains from both regions could well-tracked. Vietnam with as many as 60. guillain-barre syndrome, a neuro- That, too, is under investigation, Much of the population lives in be circulating in some countries. logical disorder that can lead to said Dr David heymann, chair of the so-called “dengue belt,” where temporary paralysis. The hunt is on in africa as well. in the Who Emergency committee, mosquito-borne diseases are prev - Viruses mutate rapidly, which guinea-bissau, five microcephaly at a press briefing last week. alent. and vulnerable countries— can lead to strains that are more cases are under investigation to de- including Vietnam, the Philip- contagious and more virulent. termine whether the african lineage “now,” he said, “countries are be- pines, Pakistan and bangla desh— Many researchers theorized early of Zika can cause microcephaly. ginning to look back into their are ill-prepared to handle an out- on that the devastation in brazil it is a top research priority at records to see on their registries break with any serious conse- was caused by an asian strain that Who, said Dr Peter Salama, ex- what the levels of microcephaly quences, experts said. had mutated dramatically. ecutive director of the agency’s have been.” Lacking evidence of varying de- That theory relies, among other grees of virulence, public health things, on the absence of Zika- officials have warned asia’s lead- related microcephaly in asia. So ers to prepare for the worst. The when Zika broke out in parts of scientific community is following asia earlier this year, researchers similar assumptions. were on the lookout. “Zika is Zika until proven other- if researchers were to connect a wise. We assume that all Zikas are case of microcephaly to an older equally dangerous,” said Dr. Derek asian strain—and not one that ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING gatherer, a biomedical expert at boomeranged back from brazil— Lancaster University in the U.k. it would debunk the early theory. Meta House, 1pm, November 25, 2016 The World health organization it would mean Zika “did not mu- recognizes two major lineages of tate into a microcephaly-causing The Overseas Press Club of Cambodia (OPCC) Zika. The first originated in africa, variant as it crossed the Pacific,” will hold its annual meeting to elect a new board on where it was discovered in 1947 gatherer said. November 25 at 1pm at Meta House on Sothearos Blvd and has not been identified outside at least three microcephaly cas- that continent. The asian lineage es have been identified in asia, but Phnom Penh. All members welcome. All those who wish includes strains that have been re- the verdict is still out. to join can do so on the day. ported in asia, the Western Pacific, For two microcephaly cases in thursday, november 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 regional Facebook’s New Censorship Avian Flu Cases Confirmed in Tool a Bid to Appease China S Korea as Gov’t Culls Birds reuters expand to new markets outside Chi- reuters than 1 percent of the country’s to- Facebook has quietly devel- na by using our ad platform.” seoul - south Korea raised the tal poultry population of 84.7 mil- oped a censorship tool that could Foreign companies in China, es- country’s bird flu alert status yes- lion, said an Agriculture Ministry persuade China to allow the social pecially in media, face political pres- terday to its second-highest level official who declined to be identi- media network to re-enter the sure from a range of regulations. as two more outbreaks of the high- fied yesterday. world’s second largest economy The country’s military newspaper ly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu oc- Cases of human infection from after a seven-year ban, The New calls the internet the most important curred after the first cases were the H5N6 virus have previously York Times reported on Tuesday. front in an ideological battle against confirmed last week. been reported in places including Facebook developed the soft- “Western anti-China forces.” The new bird flu outbreaks China and Hong Kong, with the ware, which suppresses posts China, which has the world’s were discovered at two duck virus killing 10 people in China from appearing in people’s news largest population of internet users, farms in the central and south- since April 2014, according to data feeds in specific geographies, with banned the website following the western regions of the country, from the ministry. the support of chief executive urumqi riots, which left 140 peo- the Ministry of Agriculture, Food The Agriculture Ministry has al- Mark Zuckerberg, the newspaper ple dead, in July 2009 in an effort to and Rural Affairs said in a state- ready put in place a poultry move- said. stem the flow of information about ment yesterday. All 30,500 ducks ment ban for farms within a 10 km Zuckerberg in March met Chi- ethnic unrest. at the farms have been culled. radius of where the virus had been na’s propaganda tsar liu Yunshan Though Facebook has devel- since the first cases of the H5N6 found earlier. who said that he hoped Facebook oped the new tool, it does not in- avian influenza virus were report- The ministry said yesterday that could strengthen exchanges and tend to suppress the posts itself, ed in the same region last Friday, it was also considering a tempo- improve mutual understanding with the newspaper said. a total of four cases have been rary nationwide standstill order to China’s internet companies, accord- Facebook would instead offer found and three other poultry prevent the virus from spreading. ing to state news agency Xinhua. the software to enable a third par- farms in other parts of the country other bird flu cases have previ- “We have long said that we are in- ty to monitor popular stories and are being tested, according to the ously occurred in south Korea, terested in China, and are spending topics that gain visibility as users min istry statement. Asia’s fourth-largest economy, time understanding and learning share them across the network, The Agriculture Ministry raised since 2014. more about the country,” Facebook according to the Times. The third- its bird flu alert level to “alert,” from The outbreaks lasted for more spokeswoman Arielle Aryah said in party partner would have full con- “caution,” as an increasing number than 660 days, killing at least 13 mil- an emailed statement to reporters. trol to decide whether those posts of farms are reporting suspected in- lion birds, ministry data showed. “However, we have not made any should show up in users’ feeds. fections in a short period of time. The most recent bird flu outbreak decision on our approach to China. There is no indication Facebook over 510,000 birds have been was reported in March, when the our focus right now is on helping has offered the software to the au- slaughtered to contain the spread H5N8 strain was found at a duck Chinese businesses and developers thorities in China, the Times said. of the virus, accounting for less farm. 10 The Cambodia daily thursDay, november 24, 2016 regional Two Officials Resign as S Korea’s Park Stays Defiant

By Ser Myo-ja Korea Joongang Daily The south Korean minister of jus tice and the senior civil affairs presidential secretary tendered their resignations yesterday, fol- lowing an unprecedented clash be tween President Park Geun- hye and her own prosecutors over an investigation into abuse of pow- er and their description of her as a “co-conspirator” in the case. Presidential spokesman Jung Youn-kuk said yesterday that Jus- tice Minister Kim Hyun-woong and senior Civil Affairs secretary reuters Choi Jai-kyeong expressed their Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama greets people gathered at the Gandan Tegchinlen monastery intentions to step down from their in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Saturday. posts, but Park has yet to accept the resignations. “Minister Kim believed this is Dalai Lama Says He Plans to Meet Trump the right thing to do, considering the circumstances,” the ministry reuters english, brushed off some of the the trip, which they said was said in a statement. ulAANBAATAr, Mongolia - exiled u.s. election campaign rhetoric. arranged by Mongolian Buddhists. Kim was appointed to the post Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai “sometimes I feel during elec- After the Dalai lama’s visit to in July last year. Choi was appoint- lama said yesterday that he would tion the candidate has more free- Mongolia in 2006, China briefly ed on october 30 and received his visit u.s. President-elect Donald dom to express. once elected, hav- canceled flights between Beijing credential on Friday. He replaced Trump, a meeting that would infu- ing the responsibility, then they and ulaanbaatar. Woo Byung-woo. riate Beijing, which views the No- have to tell you their sort of vision, Beijing frequently expresses its Park resisted mounting pres- bel Peace Prize-winning monk as their works according to reality.” anger with countries that host the sures to fire Woo, accused of cor- a dangerous separatist. China regards the Dalai lama Dalai lama, who fled to India in ruption, but let him go in the after- speaking during a visit to Mon- as a separatist, though he says he 1959 following a failed uprising math of the mushrooming abuse golian capital ulaanbaatar and merely seeks genuine autonomy against the Chinese. of power scandal. asked about the u.s. election, the for his Himalayan homeland Tibet, rights groups and exiles ac- The prosecution conducted a Dalai lama said he had always which communist Chi nese troops cuse China of trampling on the re- special investigation into a series considered the u.s. a “leading na- “peacefully liberated” in 1950. ligious and cultural rights of the of allegations that Choi soon-sil, tion of the free world.” China has been angered by Tibetan people. Park’s longtime friend, has strong- “I think there are some prob- Mongolia’s decision to allow him to Those charges are strongly de- armed conglomerates to make lems to go to united states, so I visit, though Mongolia’s Foreign nied by the Chinese government, massive donations to cultural and will go to see the new president,” Ministry said in a statement to the which says its rule has ended serf- sports foundations and misappro- he told reporters in Mongolia, Montsame News Agency that the dom and brought prosperity to a priated the money to create slush without elaborating. government had nothing to do with once-backward region. funds. u.s. President Barack obama on sunday, prosecutors indict- met the Dalai lama at the White ------ed Choi and a former Blue House House in June despite a warning Regional Brief aide over a wide range of charges by China that it would damage S Korea, Japan Agree to Share Intelligence on N Korea including coercion. Another for- diplomatic relations. It was oba- seoul- south Korea and Japan signed a military intelligence pact yesterday mer presidential secretary was in- ma’s fourth White House meeting to share sensitive information on the threat posed by North Korea’s missile dicted on charges of leaking secret with the Dalai lama in the past and nuclear activities, the south’s Defense Ministry said. The south Kore- information to Choi. The prosecu- eight years. an government went ahead with the deal despite opposition from some po- tors said Park was a co-conspirator In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Min- litical parties and a large section of the public, who remain bitter over in most of the crimes, but it could istry spokesman Geng shuang Japan’s actions during its colonial rule of Korea from 1910 until the end of not press charges against her be- said the Dalai lama traveled the World War II. The signing of the General security of Military Information cause of presidential immunity globe seeking audiences with for- Agreement had originally been expected in 2012, but south Korea post- guaranteed in the Constitution. eign leaders to try to damage rela- poned it due to the domestic opposition. The case for the neighbors to pool Prosecutors summoned Park tions between them and China. intelligence has increased, however, as North Korea has been testing mis- for questioning last week. she de- “We hope the international siles at a faster rate, and claims it has the capability to mount a nuclear war- layed. Following sunday’s indict- community can further see clearly head on a missile. “Cooperation between Japan and south Korea is be- ments, Park, through her lawyer the anti-China, separatist essence coming more important than ever in the security sphere as North Korea’s and spokesman, questioned the of the Dalai lama, and appropri- nuclear [development] and missiles pose a different level of threat from be- integrity of the prosecutors and re- ately and cautiously handle Tibet- fore,” Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters. In Beijing, fused to cooperate with its plan to related issues,” Geng said at a dai- which is North Korea’s most important supporter despite Chinese anger question her. The Blue House and ly news briefing. at its missile and nuclear tests, the Foreign Ministry said the agreement the lawyer denied all the charges. The Dalai lama, speaking in would add to tensions on the Korean peninsula. (Reuters) រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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(អ.វ.ត.ក.)​​​​សមែែច​​​ឲែយ​​​​​​​​​ជាប់​​​​​​​​ពិរុទ䮒​​​ភាពកលពី​ បក្ស​​ប្ឆាំង​​ស្ដ្យ​ដ្ល​ពលករ​​ចំណាក​ស្ុក​​បាត់​ឱកាស​​​​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ ខែ​សីហា​ឆ្នែំ​២០១៤​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​​​​​​​ឧកែិដ䮋​​​កម䮘​​​បែឆំង​​​ ណុំ MICHAEL DICKISON មនុសែស​​​​​​ជាតិ​​ក䮓ុង​​ដំណាក់កល​ដំបូង​​នែសំ ឃួន ណារីម និង គណបកែស​នែះ​បាន​បន䮑ែស​គណៈ​កម្មែធិករ​​​ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី រឿង​បែឆំង​ពួកគែ​​កែុម​មែធាវី​ករ​ពារ​ក䮊ី​បាន​​ ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ករ​បោះ​ឆ្នែត​ (គ.ជ.ប.)​ ថា​មិន​

ដាក់​​បណ្ដឹង​សទុក䮁​យ៉ែង​វែង​អន្លែយ ហើយ​​​ ក䮓ុង​ករ​ខ䮓ះខ䮓ែង​​ចុង​កែែយ​​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​​សមែែប់​​ បាន​​ធ䮜ើ​ករ​ខិតខំ​ណាមួយ​​ដើមែបី​បង䮀​លក䮁ណៈ​

តាម​​​​​​​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​​​​​​​ចែបាប់​​​សន䮘តថា មែដឹកនំ​ខ䮘ែរ​កែហម​​​ ករ​​ចុះ​ឈ្មែះ​​អ䮓ក​​បោះ​ឆ្នែត​ដែល​ពែល​កំណត់​​ ងយ​សែួល​ជាង​នែះ​​ដល់​ពលរដ䮋​ខ䮘ែរ​ដែល​

ទាំង​ពីរ​​​នៅ​​​តែ​​​​​​​​​គ្មែនទោស​រហូត​ទាល់​តែ​​​អង䮂ជំនុំ​ តែូវ​ផុត​នៅ​តែឹម​ថ䮄ែ​អង្គែរ គណបកែស​សង្គែែះ​ ធ䮜ើករ​នៅ​កែែ​បែទែស​ក䮓ុងករទទួល​បាន​​

ជមែះ​តុលាករ​​​​​​កំពូល​​ចែញ​សលដីក​​។ ជាតិ​​កំពុង​សោកស្ដែយ​​ចំពោះករ​គ្មែន​​​សិទ䮒ិ​ សិទ䮒ិ​បោះ​ឆ្នែត​ទែ​ ហើយ​តំណាង​រាស䮏ែ​ជាន់​

នួន​ ជា​ អាយុ​៩០​ឆ្នែំ​ ​ដែល​ជា​បងធំទី​២​ បោះ​ឆ្នែត​របស់​ពលករ​ដែល​រស់នៅ​កែែ​ ខ䮖ស់​ម្នែក់​​ក៏​បាន​​ស្ដែយ​កែែយ​ដែរ​​ដែល​គណ​

របស់​​​ប៉ុល​ពត​និង​​ខៀវ​សំផន​អាយុ​៨៥ឆ្នែំ បែទែស​ ដោយ​និយយ​ថា​ ករ​គំទែ​របស់​ បកែស​សង្គែែះ​ជាតិ​​មិន​បាន​​ជំរុញ​ឱែយ​ខ្លែំង​ជាង​

ដែលជា​បែមុខ​រដ䮋​ក䮓ុងរបប​នែះ​បាន​ពែយាយម​​​ ពួកគែ​​នឹង​មន​ឥទ䮒ិពល​​សមែែប់​បកែស​បែឆំង។ នែះ​​ដើមែបី​បាន​បែប​នែះ អំឡុង​ពែល​ចរចា​

ស䮜ះ​​​ស䮜ែង​​​ឲែយ​​​​​​កែបែែ​​​​​​​​សល​​​​​​​​​កែម​​​​​​​​នែះ និង​​​ករ​ តទៅទំព័រ១៤

សមែែច​ឱែយ​រួច​ខ䮛ួន​ទាំង​សែុង។​ខៀវ​សំផន​ក៏​ ​​​អំឡុងសវនការ​សធារណៈ​​​លើកដំបូង​​​មន្ត្ី​អាដ​​​ហុក​ថា​​ខ្ស្​អាត់​សំឡ្ង​ត្ូវ​​​គ្​កាត់​ត​ បាន​ស䮓ើ​សុំ​ឱែយ​កត់បន䮐យ​ទោស​របស់​គត់​​​ដែរ

បែសិន​បើ​​បណ្ដឹង​សទុក䮁​របស់​គត់​​ជំទាស់​​​​​​​ ឃី សុវុឌ្ឍី និ យយ ​បែែប់ ​មន䮏ែី ​សមគ ម សិ ទ䮒ិ ម នុ សែ ស​ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី សល​​​​​​កែម​​​​​​នែះ​​តែូវ​បាន​​​​​​​​​ចែែន​​​ចោល។ អាដហុកថា​នង​គ្មែន​​​​​​ស䮓ែហា​​​លួច​​​លាក់​​​នះ​​​

ខណៈ​​អង䮂ជំនុំជមែះ​តុលាករ​​កំពូល​របស់​ មន䮏ែី​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសែស​​​ដែល​​​កំពុង​​​ជាប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​​​​ ទែ​​​​ហើយ​​​ថា​ខែសែ​​​អាត់​​​សំឡែង​​​មិន​​​សម​​​រមែយ​​​​​​

សលា​ក䮊ី​​បាន​តម䮀ល់​សលកែម​​ផ䮊ន䮑ែទោស​ មួយ​​​រូប​​​បាន​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​សក䮁ីកម䮘​​​​​​ចំពោះ​​​មុខ​​​តុលាករ​​​ ដែល​​​គែ​​​អះអាង​​​ថា​​​រវាង​​​នង​និង​លោក​​ កឹម

ពួកគែ​ទាំង​ពីរ​ឱែយជាប់ពន䮒នគរ​មួយ​ជីវិត ​​​វា​​​​​​ក៏​​​ កំពូល​​​កល​​​ពីមែសិលមិញ​​​អំឡុងមនករបើក​​​​​​​ សុខ​​មិន​​​មែន​​​ជា​​​សំឡែង​​​របស់​​​នង​​​ឡើយ​។

បាន​លុប​ចោល​​​ដែរ​​​​​​នូវ​​​​សែចក䮊ី​សមែែច​​ជា​ចែើន​​​​​​​​​ សវនករ​​លើ​សំណើ​​​សុំ​​​នៅកែែ​ឃុំ​​​ថា​ ​​​សែី​​​ កល​​​ពី​​​ចុង​​​ខែ​​​កុម䮗ៈ​​​​ទំព័រ​​​ហ䮜ែស​​​ប៊ុក​​​អនមិក​​​

ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​​​​​​​ដោយ​​​អង䮂ជំនុំជមែះ​សលា​​ដំបូង​​​នៅ​​​ កំណាន់​​​ដែល​​​គែ​​​ចោទ​​​ថា​​​​ជា​របស់​​​លោក​កឹម​​​ មួួ​​​យ​បាន​​​បង្ហែះ​​​ខែសែ​​​អាត់​​​សំឡែង​​​ជាចែើន​

ក䮓ុង​សែចក䮊ី​សមែែច​បឋម​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​​​ក䮓ុង​នះ​ សុខ​អនុបែធាន​​​គណបកែស​​​បែឆំង​​​​​​នះ​​បាន​ ដោយ​​​​​​​លាត​​តែដាង​​​រឿង​​​ដែល​​​លោក​​​​​កឹម​​​​សុខ​​​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់ តទៅទំព័រ១៣

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១២ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ថ្ងៃពៃហសៃបតិ៍​​​​ទី២៤​ខៃ​​​វិច្ឆិកា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ សាលា​ក្ដី​ចេញ​សាលដីកា​... តែូវ​បន​​​​កាប់​​​សម្លែប់​នៅ​ទួលពោធិ៍ជែែ​​​នៅ​ មន​​​​​​​នូរ៉ែមបឺក​ទី២​នៅ​ពែល​​​​សល​​​​​​​​​កែម​​​​ស䮐ែពរ​ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ ចុង​ខែ​មែស​ឆ្នែំ​១៩៧៥​​ក៏​​​​​​គែ​​​បន​​​រក​ឃើញ​ ក䮓ុង​ដំណក់​កាលពី២​​នែសំណុំរឿង​បែឆំង

រួមមន​​​បទ​ចោទ​បែកាន់ជចែើន​ផង​ដែរ​។ ថា គ្មែនភ័ស䮏ុតាង​គែប់គែែន់​ដើមែបី​​​​បង្ហែញ​​​​​​​​​ថា​ ខៀវ​សំផន​និង​​នួន​ជចែញ​​​នៅ​​​​​​ពែល​​​ខង​​​មុខ"។

​​​​​​នៅ​​​​​​​​ចុង​​​​​​​​​​​​បញ䮅ប់តុលាការ​កំពូល​បន​សន䮓ិដ䮋ែន​​​ អតីត​​​របប​​​នែះ​​​មន​​​គោល​​​ការណ៍​​​​​​​​តមែូវ​​​​​​ឲែយ​​​​ លោក​​​​​​​​​មន​​​បែសសន៍​​​​​​ទៀត​​​​ថា បណ្តែ​មែ​ ISIS ថា​ "​ទែង់ទែែយ​​​ដ៏ធំ​​​នែ​​​ឧកែិដ䮋​​​កម្ម ការ​ខ䮜ះខត​ សម្លែប់ទាហាន​ទាំង​អស់​​នោះ​ទែ​។ ដ​​​ឹកនំ​​​នែ​​​​​​​​កែុម​​​​​​​រដ䮋​​​​​​អុិស្លែម ( )​ ​​រួមជមួយ​

ទាំង​សែុង​​​​​នូវ​​​​ការ​​​គិតគូរ​ពី​ជោគវាសន​របស់​ ​​អង䮂ហែតុ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ដែល​​​​​"ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​​ភាគចែើន​​មន​​ បែទែស​ផែសែងៗ​ទៀត​​​​​​ដូច​​​ជ​​​​​​​កូរ៉ែ​ខង​ជើង​និង​​ “ បែជជន​​​កម្ពុជ​​និង​តួនទីដ៏​សំខន់​​​របស់ជន​ សែចក䮊ី​បំភ䮛ឺ​កែែ​តុលាការ​ដែល​​​​​​គែ​​​​​​​​​ចាត់​​​ថា​​​​​​​​​​​"​​​​មន​​​​​​ ហ䮜ីលីពីន​ជដើម​គួរ​តែដឹង​ថា​​​ ទី​​​បំផុត ដែ​​​​​ដ៏​​​

ជប់ចោទ"​មន​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ន័យ​​​ថា "ការ​ដក់ទោស​​​មួយ​ តម䮛ែ​​​​ជ​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​​​ទាប"​រួមជមួយ​​​​​ការ​​​​​​​​​មិន​​​បន​​​​​​​​​ វែង​​​​​​​​​​​​នែ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​យុុត䮏ិធម៌អន䮏រជតិ​​​​​​​អាច​​​​​​​​​នឹង​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ចែបាម​ចាប់​

ជីវិត​សមែែប់​ជន​ជប់ចោទ​ម្នែក់​ៗគឺ​សមរមែយ​ ពិចារណ​​​​​​​​​​​​របស់​​​​​​អង䮂ជំនុំជមែះ​សលា​ដំបូង​​​​​​​​​​​ ពួកគែ​​​​​​​បន"។​​​​​​​​​​​​ Nicholas ហើយ​"។ អំពី​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​​​"ដែល​​​​​​​​​​​បណ្តែល​​​​​​ឱែយ​មន​​​​​​មន䮑ិល​​​ថា​​​​​ លោក​នីកូឡាស​គូមចៀន​( Koumjian ​​​ភាគ​​​​​​ចែើន​​​នែ​​​សែចក䮊ី​សមែែច​របស់​អង䮂​ គោល​​​ការណ៍​​​ឲែយ​​​​​​​​កាប់​​​សម្លែប់​"​បន​​​​​​នំ​​​ឲែយ​​​មន​​​​​​​​​​​​ )​សហ​​​ពែះរាជ​​​អាជ្ញែ​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​ក៏​​​

ជំនុំជមែះ​​​សលា​ដំបូង​តែូវ​បន​តម䮀ល់ទុក​​ជ​​​​​​​​​ ការ​​​​​​បែែ​​​សែចក䮏ីសមែែច​​​​​​នែះ​​​។ បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ផង​​​ដែរ​​​ថា​ការ​​​បើក​​​សវនការ​​​

បន​​​ការ ជ​ពិសែស​​ការ​​ចោទ​បែកាន់​បទ​ឧកែិដ䮋​​​ ​​​លោក​​​​​​ចៅ​​​​​​កែម​​​​​​មន​​​​​​បែសសន៍​​ថា"អាសែ័យ​​​​​​​​​ លើ​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​​នួន​ជ​និង​​​​ខៀវ​សំផនគឺ​​​​"ពិត​​​

កម្ម​បែឆំងមនុសែសជតិ​ដែល​រួមមន​​ការ​កាប់​​​ ហែតុ​​​​​​​​​​​នែះ មិន​​​អាច​​​​​​​​​ឲែយ​​​​​​ជន​​​​​​ជប់​​​ចោទ​​​​​​ទទួល​​​​​​ខុស​​​​​​​ ជ​​​ការ​​​បើក​​​សវនការ​​​​​​ដ៏​​​មន​​​សរៈសំខន់​​​

សម្លែប់​​ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ទុក䮁​បុកម䮓ែញ​​ដោយ​​​​មូលហែតុ​​​ តែូវ​​​បទ​​​ពែហ្ម​​​​​​ទណ䮌​​​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​ឧកែិដ䮋កម្ម​​​​​​បែឆំង​​​​​​ បំផុត​​​​​​​បើ​​​គិត​​​ចាប់​​​តាំង​​​ពី​​​កែុង​ នូរ៉ែមបឺក​​​​មន​​​

នយោបយ​និង​ទង䮜ើ​​​អមនុសែសធម៌​​ផែសែងៗ​ទៀត​​​​​​ មនុសែស​​​ជតិ​​​ដែល​​​​​​បន​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បែពែឹត䮏​​​នៅ​​​ទួល​​​​​​ពោធិ៍​ ជប់​​​ពាក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​នឹង​​​បទ​​​ឧកែិដ䮋​​​ដ៏​​​អាកែក់​​​បំផុត​​​ចាប់​​​

ពាក់​ព័ន䮒​ការ​​ជម䮛ៀស​​បែជជន​ចែញពី​កែុង​ ជែែ​​​​​​នោះ​​​​​​ទែ"។​​​​​​​​​​ តាំង​​​ពី​​​សង្គែែម​​​លោក​​​លើក​​​ទី​​​២​​​មក​​​"។

ភ䮓ំពែញ​​បន䮑ែប់ពី​​ខ្មែរ​កែហម​ចូល​កាន់​កាប់​ សល​​​ដីកា​​​​​​​​​នែះ​​​​​​​​​​​​ក៏​បន​រិះគន់​​​អង䮂ជំនុំជមែះ​​​​​ ទោះជយ៉ែង​​​ណ​​​​លោក​​​បន​​​ទទួល​​ស្គែល់​​​

ទីកែុង​​ក䮓ុង​ឆ្នែំ​១៩៧៥។​ដំណក់កាលពី២​នែ​ សលា​ដំបូង​​​​​​​ទាក់​​​ទិន​​​​​​សែចក䮊ី​សមែែច​​ដែល​ ថា​ លោក​​​មន​​​ការ​​​ខក​​​ចិត䮏​​​ចំពោះ​​​ការ​​​សមែែច​​​

ស​ំណុំរឿង​នែះ​​​​ដែល​​​អតីត​មែដឹកនំទាំង​ពីរ​​​​​​​​ តែូវ​បន​តម䮀ល់​​ទុក​ជបនការ​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​​​​នោះ​​​​​​​​​​​​រួម​មន​​​​​​​​ កែ​​​បែែ​​​សែចក䮏ី​​​សមែែច​​​សំខន់​​​ៗ​​​មួយ​​​ចំនួន​​​នៅ​​​

កំពុង​​​​​​​ឡើង​សវនការ​ជំនុំជមែះ​ពីបទ​ឧកែិដ䮋​ ការ​មិន​​​បន​​​​​​​​​​​​កោះ​​​​ហៅ​លោក​ ហែង​ សំរិន​ ​ក​​​䮓ុង​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​េនះ​​​។

កម្ម​ផែសែងៗ​ទៀត​រួម​​​មន​​​ទាំង​​អំពើ​បែល័យ​ បែធាន​រដ䮋សភាដែល​ជ​អតីត​ទាហាន​​ឋានៈ​ លោក ​​​​នី កូ ឡាស ​គូ ម ចៀន​​​​បន ​​​មន​​​

ពូជសសន៍​ផង​នោះ​កំពុង​តែបន䮏​។​ កណ្តែល​​​របស់​​​ខ្មែរ​​​​កែហម​​​​​ឲែយ​​​​​​​​​ឡើង​​​​​​​​​​ផ䮊ល់​សក䮁ី​ បែសសន៍​​​ថា​ "សែដៀង​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នែត​​​ដែរ​​​

ចៅកែម​ គង់​ សែុីម​ មន​បែសសន៍​ថា កម្ម​​​​ផង​​​ដែរ។​ទោះ​ជ​យ៉ែង​ណ​ចៅកែម​គង់ ជូន​​​កាល​​​អ䮓ក​​​បែហែល​​​ជ​​​មិន​​​ពែញ​​​ចិត䮏​​​ចំពោះ

អង䮂​ជំនុំជមែះ​​សលា​ដំបូង​​មិន​តែឹម​តែូវ​​​​​​​ឡើយ​​​​​​​​ សែុីម​ថ䮛ែង​ថាការ​អះអាង​​​​ដោយ​​​​កែុម​មែធាវី​ លទ䮒ផល​​​នោះ​​​ទែ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​បែសិន​​​បើ​​​អ䮓ក​​​ជឿជក់​​​

នៅ​​​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​ការ​​​សមែែច​​​​​របស់​​​​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​​​​​​​​​​ថាឧកែិដ䮋កម្ម​​​នែ​​​ ការ ​ពារ ​ក䮊ី ​​​​ថា​​​ការ ​​មិន ​បន ​​​​កោះ​​​ហៅ​​​លោក លើ​​​នីតិរដ䮋​​​អ៊ីចឹង​​​អ䮓ក​​​ទទួលយក​​​​​​​ថា​ស䮐ែប័ន​​​

ការ​​​សម្លែប់​រង្គែល​តែូវ​បន​បែពែឹត䮏​អំឡុង​​ពែល​​​ ហែង​ សំរិន​ និង​លោក​ អ៊ុក​ ប៊ុនឈឿន នីមួយ​​​ៗឯករាជ​​​​ហើយ​​​ពួក​​​គែ​​​បែហែល​​​ជ​​​

ជម䮛ៀស​​​បែជជន​​រាប់​សែន​នក់​ដោយ​​​​បង䮁ំ​ឱែយ​ សមជិក​ពែឹទ䮒សភា​​គណបកែស​បែជជន​កម្ពុជ ឈាន​​​ដល់​​​លទ䮒ផល​​​មួយ​​​ដែល​​​គ្មែន​​​គណបកែស​​​

ចែញពី​កែុង​ភ䮓ំពែញ​​​ពីពែែះ​គ្មែន​ភ័ស䮏ុ​តាង​ បណ្តែល​ឱែយមន​​"លទ䮒ផល​​​មិន​​តែឹមតែូវទាំង​​​​​​ ណ​​​មួយ​​​ពែញ​​​ចិត䮏​​​១០០ភាគរយ​​​នោះ​​​ឡើយ​​​"។

ចែបាស់​លាស់​បង្ហែញពី​​​ចែតន​ផ䮑ែល់​​​​​​នោះ​​​ទែ។ សែុង​​​​នៅក䮓ុង​ដំណើរការ​នីតិវិធី​​របស់​​​តុលា​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បែសសន៍​​​បន䮐ែម​​​ថា​​"ខណៈ​​​

លោក​​​​​​​​​​បន䮏​​​​​​ថា "ដោយ​សរ​​ភាព​មិន​រឹងមំ​​នែ​ ការ​"​នោះ មិន​​​​​​​​​តែូវ​​​បន​​​​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​​​​ឡើង​​​​​​​​​ទែ។ ខ䮉ុំ​​​បែហែល​​​ជ​​​មិន​​​ឯកភាព​​​នឹង​​​សែចក䮏ី​​​លម្អិត​​​

ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​នៅ​ចំពោះ​មុខ​អង䮂ជំនុំជមែះ​សលា​ លើក​ឡើង​ពី​​​ហែតុ​​​ផល​​​​របស់​តុលាការ​​ ទាំង​​​អស់​​​នែះ​​​​ខ䮉ុំ​​​គិត​​​ថា​​​លទ䮒ផល​​​ចុង​​​កែែយ

ដំបូង​​មិន​អាច​ធ䮜ើ​ការ​ប៉ែន់ស្មែន​​​ថាការ​​​​កាប់​​​ កែែយ​​​​ចែញ​​​​​​សលដីកា​នែះ​ លោក​ ដែវីដ និង​​​ការ​​​ផ䮏ន䮑ែទោស​​​ឲែយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​អស់​​​មួយ​​​ David Scheffer សម្លែប់​បន​កើត​ឡើង​ទែង់ទែែយ​​ធំ​​​បន​ទែ"។ ស䮀ែហ䮜ឺ ( )​​អ䮓ក​ជំនញ​ពិសែស​ ជីវិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​នែះ​​​គឺ​​​អយុត䮏ិធម៌"។

ការ​​ចោទបែកាន់ពីបទ​​​​កាប់​​​សម្លែប់​រង្គែល​ របស់​​អង䮂ការ​សហបែជជតិ​​លើ​បញ្ហែ​សលា​​​ក䮊ី​ ថ䮜ី​​​បើ​​​សំដែង​​​ការ​​​គំទែ​​​ចំពោះ​​​ការ​​​កែបែែ​​​

ពាក់ព័ន䮒ដំណក់​កាលពី​​២នែ​ការជម䮛ៀស​បែជ​​​ បន​សរសើរ​សែចក䮊ី​សន䮓ិដ䮋ែន​ក䮓ុង​សំណុំ​រឿង​ សែចក䮏ី​​​សមែែច​​​មួយ​​​ចំនួន​​​ក៏​​​ដោយ​​​​ក៏​​​មែធាវី​​​

ជន​ក៏​តែូវ​បន​លុប​ចោល​ដែរ​​​ដោយ​ហែតុ​ផល​​​ នែះ​ហើយ​បន​​​​​​​​​បែៀប​​​ធៀប​​​​​​​​​វា​ទៅ​នឹង​សវន​ ការ​​​ពារ​​​ក䮏ីនៅ​​​តែ​​​រិះគន់យ៉ែងខ្លែំងដែរ​​ចំពោះ​​​ Nuremberg) រួមមន​ថា​ "​សែចក䮊ី​សមែែច​របស់អង䮂​ជំនុំ​ជមែះ​​​​​ ការ​នៅ​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​ទីកែុងនូរ៉ែមបឺក​( ដែល​​​​ ដំណើរ​​​ការ​​​បណ្តឹង​​​សទុក䮁​​​​និង​​​សលាក䮏ី​និយយ

សលា​ដំបូង​​មិន​អាច​​ប៉ែន់​ស្មែន​​​ដឹង​​​​​​​ឡើយថា បន​ចោទ​បែកាន់​ពួកណសុី​ជន់ខ្ពស់ពីបទ​ ជ​​​រួម​កែែយការបែកាស​​​​សលដីកា​​​។ Anta Guisse ជន​ល្មើស​​បែពែឹត䮏​​ដោយ​ចែតន​ផ䮑ែល់​​ដើមែបី​ ឧកែិដ䮋កម្ម​មិន​យូរ​ប៉ុន្មែន​បន䮑ែប់ពី​សង្គែែម​ លោក​​​សែី​​​​អានតា​ហ䮂ីសែសែ​​​​( )

សម្លែប់​​​​ក䮓ុងទែង់ទែែយ​ធំ​​​"។ លោក​លើកទី២។ ស្មែក䮏ី​អន䮏រជតិ​ការពារ​ក䮏ី​​ឲែយ​​ខៀវ​​សំផន​​មន​​​

ថ䮜ីបើ​​​​​​​​​​​​មន​​​​​​ការ​​​បញ្ជែក់​​​​ថាទាហាន​​និង​មន䮏ែី​ លោក​​ថ䮛ែង​ទៅ​កាន់កែុមអ䮓ក​យក​ព័ត៌មន​ បែសសន៍​​​ថា​"ខ䮉ុំ​​​នឹង​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​ដោយ​​​និយយ​​​

យ៉ែង​ហោច​ណស់​​​២៥០​នក់​មកពី​សធារណ​​ ថា​ "​​​​ដំណក់​​​​​​កាល​​​​​​​​​ពី​​​​​​​​​១របស់​​​​​​តុលាការ​នែះ​​​ពិត​​​​​​ ថា​យើង​​​សម䮛ឹង​​​មើល​​​អគរ​នែ​​​​​​សលា​​​ក​​​䮏ី​​​នែះ​​​

រដ䮋ខ្មែរ​​ដែល​គំទែ​ដោយ​សហរដ䮋អាមែរិក​​​ ជ​​​​​​​​​​​​ដូច​​​នៅ​​​​​​​​នូរ៉ែមបឺក​​​​​​​​​​ ខ្លែំង​​​​​​ណស់​ ហើយ​​​​​​​នឹង​ តទៅទំព័រ១៣ ថ្ងៃពៃហសៃបតិ៍​​​​ទី២៤​ខៃ​​​វិច្ឆិកា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ១៣

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ​​​អំឡុងសវនាការ​សាធារណៈ​​​... សុំ​​​នៅកាា​​​ឃុំ​​​របស់​​​ពួក​​​គា​​​។ ហើយ​​​គួរ​​​តា​​​បន​ចាក​​​ចាញ​​​ពី​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​ទៅ​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ លោក​ណា​វង់ដា​មន䮏ាី​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសាស​​​មួយ​​​ បមាើ​​​សង䮂ម​​​វិញ​​​ទើប​​​បាសើរ​​​។

និយយ​​​អំពី​​​បញ្ហា​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ភាទ​​​ជមួយ​​​កញ្ញា​ខុម​​​​ រូប​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណម​​​មន䮏ាីសិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសាស​​​ទំង​៤​​​រូប​​​ សំណំុ​​​រឿង​​​នាះ​​​បន​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲាយ​​​ចុង​​​ចោទ​​​ជប់​​​ ចាន់​​​តរាទី​​​​​​​អាយុ​​​២៥​​​ឆ្នាំ​​​​ជ​​​អ䮓ក​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​សក់ធ䮜ើ​​​ នាះ​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថ​"ខុម​ចាន់​​​តរាទី​បន​​​ ពន䮒នគរ​​​អស់​​​រយៈ​​​ពាល​​​២១០​​​ថ䮄ា​​​មក​​​ហើយ​​​ កាចក​​​​​​​នៅ​​​ហាង​​​កត់​​​សក់​មួយ​​​កន䮛ាង​​ក䮓ុង​​​រាជ​​​ បញ្ជាក់​​​ថ​នង​​​មិន​​​មន​​​រឿង​​​ស䮓ាហា​​​លួច​​​លាក់​​​ គិត​​​មក​​​ដល់​​​ថ䮄ា​​​នាះ។​លោក​​​​យី​ស​​​ុខសន䮏​​​ ធនី​ភ䮓ំពាញ​​​។​ ជ​​​មួយ​​​ឯកឧត䮏ម​​​​កឹម​សុខ​ទា"។ បន​​​បន䮏​​​ថ​ករ​​​ដោះ​​​លាង​​​ពួក​​​គត់​​​​​​នឹង​​​ជករ​​​ ករ​​សើុប​​​អង䮀ាត​​​ជុំវិញ​​​ខាសាអាត់​​​សំឡាង​​​ លោក​ណា​វង់ដា​ បន​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​សក䮁ី​​​កម្ម​​​ថ​ ​​​ ផាសព䮜​​​ផាសាយ​​​ជ​​​សធរណៈ​​​ដ៏​​​ល្អ​​​បាសើរ​មួយ​​​ ទំង​នាះ​​​បន​​​ឈាន​​​​​​ដល់​​​មន​ករ​​​ចាប់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​មន䮏ាី​​​ តម​​​​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដាល​​​លោក​​​បន​​​ដឹង​ ​​​ខាសា​​​អាត់​​​សំឡាង​​​ សមាាប់​​​គណបកាស​​​កន់​​​អំណាច​​​។​ លោក​​​បន​​​ សមគម​​​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសាស​​​អាដហុក​​​ចំនួន​​​៤​​​រូប​​​​​​​ពាម​​​ ទំង​​​នាះ​​​ដាល​​​តាូវ​​​បន​​​បង្ហាះ​​​នៅ​​​លើ​​​អីុន​​​ គូស​​​បញ្ជាក់​​​ថ​ សហគមន៍​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​បន​​​​"រិះ​​​ ទំង​​​លោក ​​​​នី​​​​ច រិយ​អ គ䮂 លាខធិករ ​​​រង​​​ ធឺណិត​​​គឺ​​​សុទ䮒​​​តា​​​ជ​​​ករ​​​បាឌិត​​​​ដោយ​​​លើក​​​ គន់​​​ថ្នាក់​​​ដឹក​​​នំ​​​កម្ពុជ​​​ថ​បន​​​រំលោភ​​​បំ家ន​​​ គណៈ​​​កម្មាធិករ​​​ជតិ​​​រៀប​​​ចំ​​​ករ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នាត​​​ ឡើង​​​ថ​ កញ្ញា​​​ខុម​ ចាន់​​​តរាទី​"បន​​​និយយ​​​ មន䮏ាី​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសាស​​​"។ ផង​​​ដារ​​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​សូក​​​ប៉ាន់​​​កញ្ញា​​​​ខុម​ចាន់​​​តរាទី​​​​ ថ​​​​វ​​​មិន​​​មាន​​​ជ​​​សំឡាង​​​របស់​​​នង​​​ទា​​​​ហើយ​​​ លោក​នី​សុខ​​​​ដាល​​​ជ​​​ចុង​​​ចោទ​​​ម្នាក់​​​ ឲាយ​​​បដិសាធ​​​រឿង​​​ស䮓ាហា​​​លួច​​​លាក់​​​​​​​ពាល​​​តាូវ​​​ វ​​​តាូវ​​​បន​​​គា​​​កត់​​​ត​​​"។ ទៀត​​​មក​​​ពី​​​សមគម​​​សិទ䮒ិមនុសាស​អាដហុក​​​ដារ​​​ បន​​​អាជ្ញាធរ​​​សក​​​សួរ​​​។​លោក​កឹម​​​​​​​សុខ​តាូវ​​​ លោក​យី​សុខសន䮏​ មន䮏ាី​​​សមគម​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​ នោះ​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថ​ករ​​​ឃុំ​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ពួក​​​លោក​​​​​​​ បន​​​ផ䮏ន្ទាទោស​​​ឲាយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​រយៈ​​​ពាល​​​ មនុសាស​​​អាដហុក​​​ម្នាក​​​់​​​ទៀត​​​បន​​​បដិសាធ​​​ បន​​​បង䮀​​​ឲាយ​​​កើត​​​មន​​​​"ភព​​​ចលាចល​​​នៅ​​​​​​ក​​​䮓ុង​​​ ៥ ​​​ខា​ដោយ ​​​សរ ​​​មិនបន ​​​បង្ហាញ​​​ខ䮛ួ ន​​​នៅ​​​ ចំពោះ​​​ករ​​​ចោទ​​​បាកន់​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​សូក​​​ប៉ាន់​​​។ សង䮂ម​​​​ឧទហរណ៍​​​ដូច​​​ជ​​​មន​​​យុទ䮒នករ​​​តវ៉ា​​​ តុលាករ​​​សមាាប់​​​ករ​​​សក​​​សួរ​​​ជុំ​​​វិញ​​​សំណុំ​​​ លោក ​​​បន ​​​មន ​​​បាសស ន៍​​​ថ​" ពាល​​​ ថ䮄ា​​​ច័ន䮑​​​ពណ៌​​​ខ្មា​​​ជ​​​ដើម​​​"​ហើយ​​​លោក​​​​​​បន​​​​​ រឿង​​​នាះ​​​។ កាសួង​​​មហាផ䮑ា​​​បន​​​កោះ​​​ហៅ​​​នង​​​មក​​​សក​​​ លើក​​​ឡើ​​​ងថ​ករ​​​ដោះ​​​លាង​​​ពួក​​​លោក​​​​​នឹង​​​ នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ករ​​​បើក​​​សវនករ​​​ជ​​​សធរណៈ​​​ សួរ​​​​កញ្ញា​ខុម​ចាន់​​​តរាទី​មន​​​ករ​​​ភ័យ​​​ខ䮛ាច​​​។​​​​ បញ䮅ប់​​​បញ្ហា​នាះ​​​។​ លើក​​​ដំបូង​​​​​​លើ​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​នាះ​​​នៅ​​​ឯតុលាករ​​​​​​​ នង​​​បន​​​សុំ​​​ឲាយ​​​អាដហុក​​​ជួយ​ហាតុ​​​ដូច䮓ាះ​​​ទើប​​​​​ សាចក䮏ី​​​សមាាច​​​លើ​​​សំណើ​​​សុំ​​​នៅ​​​កាា​​​ កំពូល​​​ក䮓ុង​​​រាជធនីភ䮓ំពាញកល​​​ពី​​​​​​មាសិលមិញ​​​​ យើង​​​ជួយ​​​នង"​​​។ ឃុំនាះ​​​តាូវ​​​បន​​​គារ​​​ំពឹង​​​ថ​នឹង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​នៅ​​​ ចៅ​​​កាម​​​មួួយ​​​កាុម​​​មន​​​គ្នា​​​ចំនួន​​​៥​​​រូប​​​បន​​​សក​​​ នៅក䮓ុង​​​សំណើ​​​សុំ​​​នៅ​​​កាា​​​ឃុំ​​​​​​​លោក​ ​​​យី​​​​ ថ䮄ា​​​ទី​​​៣០​​​​ខា​​​វិច䮆ិក​​​នាះ​​​៕ សួរ​​​ចុង​​​ចោទ​​​ចំនួន​​​៥​​​នក់​​​ម䮏ង​​​ម្នាក់​​​ៗ​​​អំពី​​​សំណើ​​​​​​ សុខសន䮏​បន​​​សង䮀ត់​​​ធ䮄ន់​​​ថ​លោក​​​មន​​​ជំងឺ​​​ ស៊ុយ⎶ង​​​​

សាលា​ក្ដី​ចេញ​សាលដីកា​... Victor Koppe លោក​វីកទ័រ​កូប៉ា​( )​មាធវី​​​ មិន​​​ល្អិត​​​ល្អន់​និង​​​មិន​​​ផ្អាក​​​លើ​​​ករ​​​ពិត​​​។​ខ្ញុំ​​​គិត​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១២ ករ​​​家រ​​​ក䮏ី​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​របស់​​​​នួន​ជ​បន​​​លើក​​​ ថ​ ករ​​​ផ䮏ន្ទាទោស​​​នាះ​មិន​​​មន​​​ករ​​​ពាញ​​​ចិត䮏​​

ក䮓ុង​​​ថ䮄ា​​​នាះ"។​លោក​​​សាី​​​បន​​​បន䮐ាម​​​ថ​"ទ䮜ារ​​​បន​​​​​​ ឡើង​​​ថ​ លោក​​​​"មន​​​ករ​​​ភ្ញាក់​​​ផ្អើល​​​យ៉ាង​​​ខ䮛ាំង​​​"​ ​​​ ចំពោះបញ្ហាហ䮓ឹង​ទា​​​​"។

លាប​​​ពណ៌​​​ឡើង​​​វិញ​​​​យើង​​​បន​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲាយ​​​សលា​​​ក䮏ី​​​ ដោយ​​​សរ​​​តា​ករ​​​កា​​​បាា​​​ករ​​​ផ䮏ន្ទាទោស​​​នាះ​​​ ពាល​​​សួរ​​​ថ​​​តើ​លោក​​​មនករផ䮛ាស់ប䮏ូរ​

នាះ​​​ស្អាត​​​​អ៊ីចឹង​មនុសាស​​​ម្នា​​​អាច​​​មក​​​ទីនាះ​ ហើយ​​​ថ​លោក​​​គិត​​​ថ​វ​​​អាច​​​នឹង​​​មន​​​​ផល​​​ ចិត䮏​​​​​​ចំពោះករ​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​

ដោយ​​​មន​​​សម䮛ៀក​​​បំ家ក់​​​ស្អាត​​​បត​​​ដើមាបី​​​ ប៉ះ家ល់​​​លើ​​​ដំណាក់​​​កល​​​ទី​​​ពីរ​​​នា​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​​​​ វីដាអូ​​​មួយ​​​​​​កល​​​ពី​​​សប្តាហ៍​​​មុន​​​ដាល​​​​​​ហៅ​​​

ចូល​​​រួម​​​ស្តាប់​​​ករ​​​បាកស​​​នាះ​​​​ហាតុ​​​ដូច䮓ាះ​​​ ០០២​​​ដាល​​​ចុង​​​ចោទ​​​​​​មន​​​វ័យ​​​ចាស់​​​ជរា​​​ទំង​​​ បណ្តឹង​​​​សទុក​​​䮁នាះ​​​ថ​"មិន​​​家ក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​"​នោះ​ដារ​​​

យើង​​​អាច​​​តម​​​ដាន​​​សលដីក​​​​បណ្តឹង​​​សទុក䮁​​​ ពីរ​​​រូប​​​នាះ​​​កំពុង​​​ស䮐ិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ដំណើរ​​​ករ​​​បើក​​​ ឬទា​​​លោក​វីកទ័រ​ កូប៉ា​បន​​​​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថ​ ​​​

ប៉ុន䮏ា​យើង​​​ចង់​​​និយយ​​​ថ​យើង​​​បនមើល​​​ សវន​ករ​​​ជុំ​​​វិញ​​​បទ​​​ឧកាិដ្ឋ​​​ជចាើន​​រួម​​​មន​​​ គំនិត​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​បាា​​​ក䮛ាយ​​​មក​ជ​"​​​រាង​​​សាាល​​​

ឃើញ​​​ថ​យុត䮏ិធម៌​​​នាះ​​​ជ​​​យុត䮏ិធម៌​​​ដាល​​​មន​​​ ដូចជ​បទ​​​បាល័យ​​​ពូជ​​​សសន៍​​​ជដើម​​​។ បន䮏ិច​"។

ករ​​​​​​កា​​​ខា​​​​​​"។​ លោក​​​​​​បន​​​មន​​​បាសសន៍​​​ថ​"ករ​​​តវ៉ា​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បាសសន៍​​​ថ​"បញ្ហា​​​នៅ​​​

លោក សាី​អាន ​​​ត​ហ䮂ីសាសា​បន ​​​លើក​​​ មួយ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណម​​​ករ​​​តវ៉ា​​​សំខន់​​​ៗ​​​របស់​​​យើង​​​ តាង់​​​ថ​តើ​​​វ​​​នឹង​​​មន​​​ផល​​​ប៉ះ​​​家ល់​​​អ䮜ី​​​លើ​​​ចៅ​​​

ឡើង​​​​​​ទៀត​​​ថ​ករ​​​កា​​​បាា​​​សាចក䮏ី​​​សមាាច​​​មិន​​​ នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​០០២/០១​​​និង​​​ជ​​​ពិសាស​​​ កាម​​​នៅ​​​ក​​​䮓ុង​​​អង䮂​​​ជំនុំ​​​ជមាះ​​​សលា​​​ដំបូង​​​?​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​

សូវ​​​មន​​​ភព​​​ខុស​​​ប䮛ាកទា​​​​​ពាាះ​​​ករ​​​ផ䮏ន្ទា​​​ ក䮓ុង​​​សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​០០២​​​/០២​​​​គឺ​​​ថ​​​​ស䮏ង់ដារ​​​​​​នា​​​ ធ䮛ាប់​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​​​​ជ​​​ចាើន​​​ដង​​​រួច​​​ម​​​ក​​​ហើយ​​​

ទោស​​​ឲាយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​អស់​​​មួយ​​​ជីវិត​​​តាូវ​​​ ករ​​​ទទួល​​​យក​​​ភ័ស䮏ុតង​​​ស䮏ី​​​ពី​​​ហាតុ​​​ករណ៍​​​ ថ​​ពួក​​​គា​​​មន​​​ភព​​​លម្អៀ ង​​​ខ䮛ាំង​​​​ហើយ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

បន​​​តម䮀ល់​​​។ ជក់លាក់​នៅទប​​​ខ䮛ាំង​​​ណាស់​​​"។ អ​សមត䮐ភព"។

លោកសាី​​​បន​​​ថ䮛ាង​​​ថ​"បាជ​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​នឹង​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បាសសន៍​​​បន䮏​​​ថ​"ឥឡូវ​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮏​​​ថ​"តើ​​​ពួក​​​គា​​​នឹង​​​យក​​​ចិត䮏​​​

និយយ​​​ថ​ទំង​​​នាះ​​​គាាន់​​​តា​​​家កាយ​​​សម䮏ី​​​នា​​​ កត្តានាះ​ ជ​​​ឧបសគ䮂​ដ៏ធំ​ដាល​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​ជឿ​​​ថ​ អាច​​​ ទុក​​​ដាក់​​​នឹង​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដាល​​​អង䮂​​​ជំនុំ​​​ជមាះ​​​តុលាករ​​​

ករ​​​ករ​​​家រ​​​ដ៏​​​ជួរ​​​ចត់​​​ប៉ុណ្ណាះ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏ា​ធតុ​​​ពិត​​​ មន​​​ផល​​​ប៉ះ家ល់​​​ខ䮛ាំង​​​លើ​​​ដំណើ​​​រ​​​ករ​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ កំពូល​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ដារ​​​​ឬ​​​ទា?​នោះ​​​មន​​​

មិន​​​អ៊ីចឹង​​​ទា​​​​យើង​​​ជ​​​មាធវី​​​​ហើយ​​​បញ្ហា​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​០០២​​​/0​​​២​​​​ជ​​​ពិសាស​​​បទ​ចោទ​​​ ន័យ​​​ថ​អ䮜ី​​​ៗ​​​មន​​​ករ​​​ផ䮛ាស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​ទំង​​​សាុង​​​"៕​​​

ចាបាប់​​​ជ​​​បញ្ហា​​​សំខន់​​​"។ បាកន់​​​បាល័យ​​​ពូជ​​​សសន៍​ ពាាះ​​​ភ័ស䮏ុ​​​តង​​​​​​ សុខុម​និង​​ស៊ុយ⎶ង​​​​​​​ ១៤ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី ថ្ងៃពៃហសៃបតិ៍​​​​ទី២៤​ខៃ​​​វិច្ឆិកា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

បក្ស​ប្ឆាំង​ស្ដ្យ​​ដ្ល​​... ឆ䮓្ត​នៅ​ព្ល​ខង​មុខ។ ដូច​ជ​នៅ​ប្ទ្ស​ម៉្ឡ្សុី​និង​ប្ទ្ស​កូរ៉្​

តមកពីទំព័រ11 កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​លោក​យឹម​សុវណ䮎​អ䮓ក​ ខងត្បូង​ជដើម។

ទក់ទិន​នឹង​ច្បាប់​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​​ថ្មី​​ន្ះ។ នំពាក្យ​​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជតិ​បន​សុំ​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​ លោក​សម​រង្សុី​ប្䮶ន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​​

លោកស្ី​មូរ​ សុខហួរ​ ប្䮶ន​​​គណៈ​ ពន្យារ​​​​​ព្ល​​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត។ ជតិ​បន​ប្មណ​ថ​ចំនួន​អ䮓ក​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​​​ដ្ល​​​

កម្មការ​កិច្ចការ​ស䮶រណៈ​​​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ លោក​​​​ យឹម​ សុវណ䮎​ បន​និយយ​នៅ​​ ធ䮜ើ​ការ​នៅ​ក្្​ប្ទ្ស​​​មន​​១,៥​លាន​​នក់

ជតិ​បន​និយយ​ក䮓ុង​​អុីម៉្ល​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​សប䮊្ហ៍​ ទីស䮓្ក់ការ​​កណ្ដ្ល​​​របស់​គណបក្ស​លោក​ និង​បន​និយយ​ថ​ក្ុម​ន្ះ​​​អាច​​ផ䮊ល់​​​ដល់​

ន្ះ​ថ​"គ.ជ.ប.​និយយឲ្យចំទៅ​​មិន​បន​​ព្យាយម​​​​​​ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​​​ដោយ​បន䮑រ​ការ​​អំពាវនវ​ ទៅ​១៨​អាសនៈ​សម្្ប់​បក្ស​ប្ឆំង​ក䮓ុង​

ឱ្យ​មន​ការ​បត់ប្ន​តាម​កាលៈ​ទ្សៈ​ទ្។ ថ្មីៗ​ដោយ​សហការើ​របស់​លោក​ថ​ "សូម​ពន្យារ​​​​ រដ䮋សភា​ដ្ល​មន​១២៥​​​អាសនៈ​ព្ល​ដ្ល​​ [ ] ពួកគ្​​ច្ះ​ត្​យោង​ទៅ​តាម​ច្បាប់​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​​ ព្ល​កំណត់​ការ​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​​អ䮓ក​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ ការ​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ជតិ​​​​គ្្ង​ធ䮜ើ​នៅ​ខ្​កក្កដ

ប៉ុន䮏្​នីតិវិធី​​អាច​បត់ប្ន​ច្ើន​​និង​ធ䮜ើ​ការ​ នៅ​​​កន䮛្ង​មួយ​ចំនួន"។ ឆ䮓្ំ​២០១៨។

ជុំវិញ​ច្បាប់​ន្ះ។​ពួកគ្​បន​​ធ䮜ើ​​សម្្ប់​យោ䮶 ក䮓ុង​ខ្ត䮏​ពីរ​នៅ​ភាគ​ខង​លិច​ជប់​ព្ំដ្ន​ លោក​បន​និយយ​ក䮓ុង​​អុីម៉្ល​មួយ​ថ

ដ្ល​មន​ទីតាំង​នៅ​ក្្​​ស្ុក​កំណើត​របស់​ ថ្​គឺ​ខ្ត䮏​បត់ដំបង​និង​បន䮑្យមន​ជ័យ​មន​ "បន䮑្ប់ពី​ការ​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ជតិ​​ចុង​ក្្យ​​នៅ​

ខ䮛ួន​"។ ត្​៦៦​ភាគរយ​ន្​អ䮓ក​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​​ដ្ល​មន​ ឆ䮓្ំ​២០១៣​​ បើ​ទោះ​ជ​មន​ភាព​​មិន​ប្ក្តី​

ប្ឈម​នឹង​លទ䮒ភាព​​ន្​ការ​​​បត់បង់​អ䮓ក​ សិទ䮒ិ​​ប៉ុណ្ណ្ះ​ បន​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​ ដ្ល​ទំនងជ​ ច្ើន​​​បនផ䮏ល់ផល​ប្យោជន៍​ដល់​ពួកគ្​

បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​​ដល់​ទៅ​២​លាន​នក់​លោកស្ី ការ​ឆ䮛ុះ​បញ្ច្ំង​ឲ្យឃើញថ​មន​អ䮓ក​ស្ុកក䮓ុង​ ក៏ដោយ​ក៏​​គណបក្ស​ប្ជជន​​កម្ពុជ​​​(មន​​

មូរ​ សុខហួរ​ បន​និយយ​ថ​ លោកស្ី​​ ចំនួនយ៉្ង​ច្ើន​នៅ​ទីនោះ​​បន​ឆ䮛ង​ព្ំដ្ន​ ៦៨​អាសនៈ)​នំមុខ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជតិ

សោកស䮊្យ​ដ្ល​គណបក្ស​​​របស់លោកស្ី​ ទៅ​ធ䮜ើ​ការ។ (៥៥​អាសនៈ)​ត្ឹម​ត្​១៣​អាសនៈ​ប៉ុណ្ណ្ះ"។

មិន​បន​​ប្ឹង​ប្្ង​ខ្ល្ំង​ជង​ន្ះ​ ដើម្បី​បើក​ លោក​ហង្ស​ពុទ䮒្​អ䮓ក​នំពាក្យ​គ.ជ.ប.​បន​ លោក​សុខ​ឥសន​អ䮓កនំពាក្យ​គណបក្ស​

ច្ក​សម្្ប់​អ䮓ក​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ចំណក​ស្ុក​ក䮓ុង​ និយយ​ថ​មូលហ្តុមួយ​ដ្លនំ្ឲ្យ​មន​ការ​​​ ប្ជជន​កម្ពុជ​បន​បដិស្ធ​ថ​​មិនមន​​

ច្បាប់​ដ្ល​ចរចា​ជមួយ​គណបក្ស​ប្ជជន​ ច្ញ​មក​ចុះ​​ឈ្ម្ះ​តិច​​ក䮓ុង​ខ្ត䮏​ពីរ​ន្ះ​គឺ​ថ​​ នរណ​មនបណងបន䮑ុចបង្អ្ក់​​ដើម្បី​​រារាំង​​

កម្ពុជ​កំពុង​កាន់​អំណច​​បន䮑្ប់ពី​ការ​តវ៉្​​ ពលករ​ចំណក​ស្ុក​មួយ​ចំនួន​បន​ត្ឡប់​មក​​ ប្ជជន​កម្ពុជ​ដ្ល​រស់​នៅ​ក្្​ប្ទ្ស​​

ប្ឆំង​​ដ៏ធំ​ទក់ទិន​នឹង​ភាព​មិន​ប្ក្តី​ក䮓ុង​ ពី​ប្ទ្ស​ថ្​​ដើម្បី​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​ហើយ​ប៉ុន䮏្​ត្ូវ​​​ មិន​ឱ្យ​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​​ទ្។

ការ​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ជតិ​​កាលពី​ឆ䮓្ំ​២០១៣។ បន​បដិស្ធ​​ព្្ះ​ខ䮜ះ​ឯកសរ​ត្ឹម​ត្ូវ។ លោក​បន​និយយ​ថ​"វ​ជ​គំនិត​របស់​

លោកស្ី​បន​និយយ​ថ​"អំឡុង​ការ​ចរចា​​​ លោក​ពុទ䮒្​បន​និយយ​ថ​ "អ䮓ក​ខ䮛ះ​មិន​ ពួកគ្​ដ្ល​និយយ​ថ​វ​​ជ​រឿង​​ចំណ្ញ​

យើង​ឆប់​ទទួល​យក​ការ​ព្ម​ព្ៀង​​របស់​ មន​ឯកសរ​​គ្ប់គ្្ន់​ទ្​ដូច䮓្ះ​​មន䮏្ី​រៀបចំ​ នយោបយ​ ប៉ុន䮏្​វ​មិន​ម្ន​ថ​​​មនុស្ស​​១០០​

គណបក្ស​ប្ជជន​កម្ពុជ​ព្ក។​ ឥឡូវ​យើង​ ការ​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​និង​អាជ䮉្ធរ​មូលដ䮋្ន​មិន​អាច​ ភាគរយ​​នៅ​ក្្​ប្ទ្ស​បោះ​ឆ䮓្ត​ឱ្យ​គណ​

ត្ូវ​ទទួល​រង​ផល​វិបក​ទំង​ន្ះ។​សង្ឃឹម​ថ​ អនុញ្ញ្ត​ឱ្យ​ពួកគ្​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​បន​ឡើយ"។ បក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជតិ​ទ្។គ្​ច្ះ​ត្​និយយ​​ឱ្យ​

នឹង​មន​​ព្ល​ចុះ​ឈ្ម្ះ​​មួយ​លើក​ទៀត​ លោក​បន​និយយ​បន䮐្ម​ថ​ស្ចក䮊ី​សម្្ច​ ល្អ​មើល"។

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In Greece, the Yaz stopped E.U. waters, bolstering military tion to ensure respect of the re- Syria from E.U. territories, wheth er at Agioi Theodoroi port, but it is supplies in a war-torn country strictive measures in place and to or not the fuel originated in the E.U. unclear where the Mukhalatka where Moscow is carrying out pursue any circumvention at- over one two-week period last stopped. airstrikes in support of the govern- tempts,” she said. month, Russian tankers delivered From Cyprus, they sailed toward ment, according to sources with Greece’s Foreign Ministry re- 20,000 metric tons of jet fuel to Syria and lebanon. Their tracking knowledge of the matter. ferred questions to the Shipping Syria—worth around $9 million at transponders were switched off At least two Russian-flagged Ministry, which was not immedi- today’s world prices—via the E.U., near the coasts of those countries, ships made deliveries—which ately available to comment. according to the E.U. government according to the data. contravene E.U. sanctions—via The Cypriot government said its intelligence source. The E.U. intelligence source said Cyprus, an intelligence source authorities had not approved the “The jet fuel shipments from the Mukhalatka went on to deliver working for an E.U. government docking of any Russian tankers these vessels have played a vital jet fuel to Syria, while the other two told reporters. There was a sharp carrying jet fuel bound for Syria. role in maintaining Russian air - sources said the Yaz almost cer- increase in shipments last month, “We would welcome any informa- strikes in the region,” said the tainly carried fuel to the country. All the source said, speaking on con- tion that may be provided to us on source. “This points to a sustained the sources declined to be named dition of anonymity due to the sen- any activity that contravenes U.n. Russian build-up of resources need- due to the sensitivity of the matter. sitivity of the matter. or E.U. restrictive measures,” the ed to support their military opera- Alexander Yaroshenko, general A separate shipping source fa- Cypriot Foreign Ministry added. tion and ambitions in Syria.” director of the company that owns miliar with the movements of the Syria’s civil war, which began in Some of the shipped fuel also the Yaz and Mukhalatka ships, St. Russian-flagged vessels said the 2011, has become a theater for com - went to the Syrian military, help- Petersburg-based Transpetrochart, ships visited Cypriot and Greek peting global powers, with Russia ing to “keep Assad’s air assets op- declined to comment when asked ports before delivering fuel to Syria. and Iran supporting Syrian Presi- erational,” the source added. by reporters about the shipments. The Russian defense and trans- dent Bashar al-Assad, and the U.S., The shipping source and a third Trans petrochart asked for written port ministries did not initially re- Gulf states and European powers person, an intelligence consultant questions, which were supplied, but spond to requests for comment. backing rebels who want to depose specializing in the Mediterranean did not provide an immediate The defense Ministry later said him. area, also said the fuel was likely response. E.U. sanctions on fuel supplies to Russia changed the course of the intended for Russian and Syrian Transpetrochart says on its web - Syria could not be applied to the conflict in favor of Assad’s govern- military use. site that it was founded in 2002 and Russian air group in that country. ment last year when it intervened Publicly available ship-tracking specializes in shipping crude oil, A spokeswoman for E.U. for- with airstrikes. Moscow says it tar- data confirms that at least two Russ- fuel oil, diesel oil, gasoline and oth- eign affairs and security policy said gets only the Islamic State militant ian tankers, the Yaz and Mu - er oil products. It operates seven the implementation of E.U. restric- group and other jihadi fighters. khalatka, made one trip each be- oil tankers. thuRsday, novembeR 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 17 InternatIonal EU Vote on Membership Worthless, Erdogan Says ReuteRs iStaNBUl - turkish President re- cep tayyip Erdogan said yester- day that a vote by the European Parliament on whether to halt E.U. membership talks with ankara “has no value in our eyes” and again accused Europe of siding with terrorist organizations. “We have made clear time and time again that we take care of Eu- ropean values more than many E.U. countries, but we could not see concrete support from West- ern friends.... None of the promis- es were kept,” he told an Organi- Reuters - zation of islamic Cooperation con- A Syrian refugee girl sits in an armchair for sale at Al Zaatari refugee camp near the border with Syria in Mafraq, Jordan, last month. ference in istanbul. “there will be a meeting at the European Parliament tomorrow, In Jordan, a Syrian Refugee Camp Withers and they will vote on E.U. talks ReuteRs with turkey. Whatever the result, service deals in zaatari. Econo- population will continue to decline.” this vote has no value in our eyes.” zaatari, Jordan - Mohammad Oth- mists estimated that $1 million Donor states are prodding the leading members of the Euro- man’s bicycle route through the dollars a day were being funneled Jordanian government to relax la- pean Parliament on tuesday marketplace in the Syrian refugee into the camp at its peak. bor laws to allow thousands of called for a halt to E.U. member- camp of zaatari was once a strug- But many residents joined the refugees to work legally in indus- ship talks with turkey because of gle against a tide of people. refugee trail to Europe last year, re- trial parks and businesses near its broad purges in the wake of a Now it’s an easy ride. So many turning to Syria and crossing the the camp. failed July coup. residents have left for the West, or war-torn country to travel on via “if only the Jordanians would More than 125,000 people— been forced back to Syria by Jor- turkey. Others have left through give us more leeway to better our- including soldiers, academics, danian authorities, that zaatari, once more formal channels, their appli- selves by ourselves—to give us judges, journalists and Kurdish the fastest-growing refugee camp in cations for immigration accepted more freedom in work,” said camp leaders—have been detained or the Middle East, has gone quiet. by Western states. resident abdullah Salamah. dismissed over their alleged back- “Before, even if i was walking, i there are no new arrivals to re- the government of a country ing for the putsch, in what oppo- would not be at ease with so many place them. Jordan sealed its 370 shaped by waves of refugees from nents, rights groups and some people jostling,” said Othman, 24, km border with Syria in May 2013, regional wars is anxious to pre- Western allies say is an attempt to who recalls how tents for newly ar- citing strain on its limited water re- vent zaatari turning into a long- crush all dissent. riving refugees could not be erect- sources and economy. term settlement. Corrugated iron Erdogan said on tuesday that ed fast enough when he arrived the number of residents of za- is allowed in, but not cement. the measures had significantly with his family in 2012. atari has plunged to 79,000, accord- refugees are forbidden to plant weakened the network of U.S.- Where there had been empty ing to an official U.N. figure, and trees or lay pavements. based cleric Fethullah Gulen, desert, a sprawling slum city some say it is even lower. its econo- Desperate to earn some cash whose followers are accused of in- emerged, with a population of my has slumped dramatically. outside the camp, hundreds of filtrating state institutions over sev- 125,000 at its peak. around half a the operations of the U.N. refugees line up daily at a govern- eral dec ades and carrying out the million people have passed through. agencies and NGOs in the camp ment office to apply for a 15-day coup attempt. Shops sprang up offering every- have shrunk. Funds for cash-for- permit to leave. Erdogan, and many turks, thing from ice cream to pizzas, mo- work programs to supplement a trickle of refugees, including were angered by the Western re- bile phones or wedding gown ren - meager U.N. handouts have dried children, go out through the heav- sponse to the putsch, viewing it as tals. Prime spots changed hands for up, experts and donors say. ily guarded gate to do casual day- more concerned about the rights thousands of dollars. Othman now scrapes a living work on nearby farms. of the plotters than the gravity of “From the very beginning there using his donkey cart to collect tough conditions mean some the events themselves, in which was a great industriousness, Syri- stale bread to sell as animal fod- cannot wait for the permit, and more than 240 people were killed ans being tremendously resource- der. the Jordanian authorities, sneak out illegally. if caught, they as rogue soldiers commandeered ful,” said Paul Stromberg of the nervous of any signs of perma- can be sent back to Syria. fighter jets and tanks. U.N.’s refugee agency in Jordan. nence, have banned any form of “the problem is that at any time He has also repeatedly accused the camp’s expansion helped to motorized transport in the camp. they can send me back to the war i Europe of harboring members of rejuvenate the economy of a ne- “the zaatari camp is stagnant,” fled,” said abu ayham, 38, a refugee the Kurdistan Workers Party mili- glected part of Jordan previously said Saba Mobaslat, a senior offi- from the Damascus suburbs, after tant group, which has waged a known for the smuggling of every- cial for Save the Children. a day spent picking tomatoes. three-decade insurgency against thing from sheep to arms and drugs. “the fact is that we are not re- “i would prefer to leave for Eu- the turkish state and is deemed a Ostentatious villas have been ceiving new arrivals, so whoever rope or america than remain, terrorist organization by the E.U. built by local contractors who se- leaves the camp for [whatever] rea- afraid that any day they could send and U.S. cured lucrative donor-financed son is not being replaced, so the me back.” 18 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, novembeR 24, 2016 InternatIonal Saffron Harvest Offers Jobs and Opportunity in Afghanistan ReuteRs in an economy struggling to get herat, afghanistan - It is early on its feet. morning in a saffron field outside “Over the past two years, we’ve the western afghan city of herat seen saffron having a good impact and dozens of women are har- on the economy of families and our vesting the delicate purple flow- country,” rashidi said from herat. ers, working quickly to gather as the industry was revived by many as they can before the sun refugees returning from Iran in the gets too hot. 1990s and much work has gone Saffron is the most expensive into establishing afghan saffron as spice in the world, selling for as an international brand. much as $1,200 to $1,800 a kilo- the main challenge is opium, gram, and has long been seen as which is by far afghanistan’s lar - an alternative crop to opium pop- gest export. Government pro- pies for poor farmers in a country grams and Western donors pro- struggling with the legacy of dec - vide assistance, but loosening the ades of war and lawlessness. grip of drugs networks, including So far, it has had little impact on Reuters those run by taliban militants, is a the opium trade, which the U.N. Afghan women collect saffron flowers in the Karukh district of Herat, distant target. estimates is worth about $3 billion Afghanistan, earlier this month. however, the World Bank esti- a year in afghanistan. for women whose employment op - flowers begin to die. Workers mates more than 6,000 farmers in even so, the afghan saffron portunities are otherwise limited. pick about 10 kg of flowers a day, herat already produce saffron, and industry has grown and is estab- “We are very happy about saf- earning about $0.38 per kilogram. the latest U.N. figures indicate that lishing a reputation for quality in a fron cultivation because it has Once the flowers are picked, opium cultivation decreased in market still dominated by neigh- paved the way for women to find tiny orange stigmas are separated both herat and neighboring Farah boring Iran, which accounts for jobs,” said Khanum rassoli, who by hand for drying with about province last year. almost 90 percent of global leads a team picking flowers for 450,000 stigmas needed to pro- Gul ahmad, a farmer, said with production. ariana Saffron. duce just one kilogram of the more help, the industry would “there is a huge demand for af - Known to have been cultivated sharp and fragrant spice, used for develop further. ghan saffron,” said Bashir ahmad in what is now afghanistan at seasoning and coloring from “Saffron is better than poppy rashidi, head of the ariana Saffron least 2,000 years ago, saffron is southern europe to South asia. because poppy cultivation caused Company, which exports to coun- well suited to the dry climate. afghanistan produces about 4 negative impacts on society and the tries such as France, turkey, India the harvest is a tricky opera- tons a year, a figure dwarfed by young generation,” he said. “Saf - and the U.S. tion that begins in October and the more than 200 tons Iran pro- fron is a legal business and it pro- Just as importantly, it offers work lasts just three weeks before the duces, but it is a rare bright spot duces a good income.” thuRsday, novembeR 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 19 InternatIonal Colombia, Ex-CIA Boss Would Serve Trump if Asked ReuteRs Rebels Set to lOnDOn - retired u.s. Gen David Petraeus indicated yesterday that he would serve in President-elect Sign Peace Donald Trump’s administration if he was offered a job, according to Deal Today an interview on the u.K.’s bbC radio. ReuteRs The Wall street journal has re- bOGOTa - a new peace accord be- ported that Petraeus, who re- tween Colombia’s government and signed as Cia chief in 2012 after the marxist revolutionary armed an extramarital affair was revealed, Forces of Colombia (FarC)rebels was under consideration for the is set to be signed today and sent to post of defense secretary. Congress for approval, Colombian asked if he would agree to serve President juan manuel santos said in the Trump administration, Pe- on Tuesday, bringing a formal end traeus said: “i’ve been in a position to the 52-year civil war ever closer. before where a president has Reuters The revised document will be turned to me in the Oval Office in US General David Petraeus testifies at a Senate Armed Services signed in bogota between FarC a difficult moment and...said ‘i’m committee hearing on the situation in the Afghanistan conflict on Capitol Hill, Washington, in 2011. leader rodrigo londono and san- asking you as your president and tos, who won the nobel Peace Prize commander-in-chief to take com- dent barack Obama. very hospitable, very gracious guy, last month for his efforts to end the mand of the international security asked during the bbC interview full of questions and dialogue. conflict with the insurgent group. assistance Force in afghanistan.’” if he thought Trump had the right Pressed further on the pres- “We have the unique opportuni- “The only response can be ‘Yes, temperament to be president, Pe- sures of the office of u.s. president ty to close this painful chapter in mr. President.’” traeus said: “We’re going to have to and whether he had confidence our history that has bereaved and Petraeus was a four-star general see. i’m not someone who’s had con- that Trump was capable of doing afflicted millions of Colombians in the u.s. army and oversaw in- tact with him in the past. i don’t know the job, Petraeus said: “i think so, for half a century,” the president ternational forces in both iraq and how he operates. it’s interesting that yes. it’s up to americans not only said in a televised address. afghanistan. He was later appoint- those who have been talking to him to hope that that is the case, but if The government and the FarC ed as Cia director by u.s. Presi- have said he’s a very personable, they can, endeavor to help him.” have been in talks in Havana for the last four years, hammering out a deal to end a conflict that has Int’l Alarm as US Far-Right Rides Trump Wave killed more than 220,000 and dis- placed millions in the andean ReuteRs early enough and tackle it head said fringe groups espousing anti- country. berlin/jerusalem- German Chan- on,” lapid said. semitism and targeting minorities The government published the cellor angela merkel’s govern- a spokesman for the Trump- had emerged from the u.s. presi- revised peace deal last week in a ment is concerned that white su- Pence transition team said on dential campaign with a “vigor” that bid to build support after the origi- premacists in the u.s. are being monday that Trump “continued has not been seen in decades. nal draft was rejected in an Octo- emboldened by the election victo- to denounce racism of any kind” “President-elect Trump issued a ber 2 referendum amid objections ry of Donald Trump and is watch- and was elected to be “a leader for statement [about the saturday it was too favorable to the rebels. ing developments closely, senior every american.” meeting] but, assuming this group santos and londono signed the officials told reporters. Trump, who has been active on endures, will need to continue to original deal two months ago be- The berlin government de- Twitter in recent days, has not com- find other opportunities to make fore world leaders and u.n. secre- clined to give an official reaction to mented directly on the meeting crystal clear that he is the president tary-General ban Ki-moon. a video circulating on the internet himself. it came days after he out- of all americans and condemns the The decision to ratify the re- which showed members of the raged many Democrats, rights ac- alt-right and what it stands for,” Har- vised accord in Congress instead “alt-right” movement, a grouping tivists and minority groups by ap- ris told reporters in response to writ- of holding another referendum that includes neo-nazis, white na- pointing steve bannon, former head ten questions about the meeting. will anger members of the opposi- tionalists and anti-semites, meet- of a website linked to the alt-right, as David Keyes, foreign media tion, particularly former President ing on saturday in Washington a his chief White House strategist. spokesman for israeli Prime min- alvaro uribe who spearheaded few blocks from the White House. in the video, richard spencer, a ister benjamin netanyahu, said in the push to reject the original ac- but one senior official close to leader of the “alt-right” movement, response to a query about the cord and wants deeper changes to merkel described the video— says the u.s. belongs to white peo- Washington meeting: “Prime the new version. which shows a speaker shouting ple, who he describes as “children of minister netanyahu condemns “This new accord possibly won’t “Hail Trump” and some audience the sun.” He denounces the move- anti-semitism everywhere and ap- satisfy everybody, but that’s what members making the nazi salute— ment’s critics as “the most despica- preciates President-elect Trump’s happens in peace accords. There as “repulsive and worrying.” ble creatures who ever walked the denunciation of all forms of are always critical voices; it is under- “i don’t think this is Trump’s ide- planet.” racism.” standable and respectable,” said ology because he seems to be large- “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail Pinchas Goldschmidt, president santos, 65, warning another pleb - ly free of ideology. but these people victory!” spencer shouts at one point of the Conference of european iscite could divide the nation and are riding on his coattails. We are as some members of the audience rabbis, told reporters that the u.s. put in danger the bilateral cease-fire. watching this very closely,” the offi- raise their arms in the nazi salute. appeared to be “veering away” The expanded and highly tech- cial said, requesting anonymity. The gathering on saturday drew from its own moral standards and nical 310-page document appears Yair lapid, a member of the for- protesters who blocked traffic might need to re-examine its stance to make only small modifications to eign affairs and defense committee around the ronald reagan build- on free speech. the original text, such as clarifying in the israeli Knesset, called the ing, a federally owned conference “if words like this were used in private property rights and detail- video “sickening” and “intolerable.” center in downtown Washington Germany or austria or France the ing more fully how the rebels would “One of the greatest mistakes for both public and private use. people would have gotten in trou- be confined in rural areas for crimes humanity ever made was a failure David Harris, CeO of the ameri- ble with the law,” he said, referring committed during the war. to recognize the danger of fascism can jewish Committee in new York, to the Washington meeting. 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20 business thuRsday, novEmbER 24, 2016 Thai Firm Sees Lufthansa Cancels Flights as Pilot Strike Begins By RoBeRt Wall Slow Recovery and UlRike daUeR thE wall stREEt jouRnal FrankFUrT - Deutsche Lufthansa For Its Salmon ag pilots yesterday began a two- day strike that is grounding more Business than a quarter of its flights on the REutERs first day and poses the latest threat to the german flag carrier’s growth bangkok - Thai Union, Thailand’s outlook. leading seafood producer, said its The airline said it would suspend loss-making salmon business will 876 of its 3,000 scheduled flights continue in the red in the fourth yesterday, affecting about 100,000 quarter due to higher raw material passengers. Fifty-one of the airline’s costs, before making a later-than- intercontinental flights will be can- expected recovery early next year. celed, including at least seven U.S.- Higher salmon prices and an un - bound flights one day ahead of the expected rise in tuna prices dragged busy Thanksgiving holiday. down the firm’s third-quarter gross The labor action is related to a Reuters margin to 14.1 percent, the lowest protracted dispute with pilots over A customer walks toward a check-in desk during a pilot strike of German in six quarters, an earnings presen- employment terms. Lufthansa has airline Lufthansa at Tegel airport in Berlin. tation showed yesterday. been trying to cut costs by shifting taxes roughly on par with last year’s dispute, although cabin crew at Earlier this month, the world’s pilots to its lower-cost budget un- $1.9 billion. Lufthansa’s discount units remain biggest producer of canned tuna ions, which pilots oppose. another The german carrier faces stiff at odds with management. posted a drop in profits for the quar- key point of contention is early re - competition in Europe from lower- Flights operated by Lufthansa ter to September, even as sales hit a tirement packages for pilots. cost rivals such as ryanair Hold - subsidiaries Eurowings, german - record high for a second consecu- The union representing 5,400 ings, Europe’s largest airline by wings, air Dolomiti, austrian ai r - tive quarter. Lufthansa pilots late on Tuesday passengers carried. ryanair is ex - lines, Swiss and brussels airlines “We had earlier expected the said it would extend the walkout panding heavily in germany and won’t be affected by this week’s salmon business to recover in the through today, threatening about this month announced it would set strike, Lufthansa said. austrian and second half of this year, but now it as many connections. up a base at Frankfurt airport, Swiss airlines are currently review- should take longer than expected The strike is a further profit head - Lufthan sa’s principal hub. Lufthan - ing options to add ger man flights to recover,” chief financial officer wind for Lufthansa, which has had sa’s long-haul business is also un - to their normal schedule. Joerg ayrle said. to contend with weaker tick et prices der pressure from rivals with low - The pilots union, Vereinigung The salmon business has been this year because of a glut of seats er labor costs. Cockpit, called for a 24-hour strike posting losses since the start of the for sale. Terrorist attacks in Europe Yesterday’s strike is the latest to yesterday to enhance pressure in year and high raw material prices also weakened demand, particular- affect Lufthansa. In november last the dispute. Lufthansa asked a ger - mean margins will be squeezed in ly on lucrative asian routes. The air- year, roughly 4,700 of the carrier’s man labor court to issue a tempo- the fourth quarter, ayrle said. line, which began the year hoping flights were canceled in a one- rary injunction against the strike, Salmon prices closed at $7.40 for earnings growth, has since week strike amid a similar dispute but the court denied the motion per kg in october, versus an aver- moderated its expectation to adjust- with cabin crew union UFo. The on Tuesday. Lufthansa’s appeal of age of $7.14 per kg in the first nine ed earnings before interest and two sides have since settled their the verdict failed. months, up 50.8 percent on year, Thai Union said. norway is the biggest salmon Google Nears Tax Settlement With Indonesia producer in the world ahead of REtuERs at its asia-Pacific headquarters in with Indonesian tax officials several Chile with more than 50 percent JakarTa - alphabet’s google is ex- Singapore, according to the tax times to negotiate its tax bill. of global supply this year. In Sep - pected to reach a tax settlement office. In January, google agreed to pay tember, the norwegian Seafood with the Indonesian government a senior tax official said in Sep - $185 million in back taxes to settle a Federation said it hopes the in dus - in the next few weeks, people fami - tember that Indonesia planned to probe by the U.k.’s tax authority, try will achieve flat year-on-year liar with the matter said. pursue google for five years of back which had challenged the compa- salmon output in norway next year Under the proposed settlement, taxes, and the company could face ny’s low tax returns for the years after a 5 to 6 percent drop this year. google will pay back taxes and fines, a bill of more than $400 million for since 2005. Thai Union expects its sales from and the search giant will have to last year alone if it were found to other governments around the current businesses to generate an agree to a new calculation of profits have avoided payments. world are also seeking to clamp organic growth of about 5 to 6 per- made in the country, said one of the “I think other countries that have down on what they see as egre- cent over the next three years main - sources, who declined to be named a significant population will also try gious corporate tax avoidance. ly, ayrle said. as the information was not public. to chase google for taxes,” said Yu - Thailand is studying plans to Thai Union’s sales rose 7.7 per- If the settlement goes ahead, it stinus Prastowo, executive director toughen tax collection rules for in - cent during the third quarter, which could pave the way for more coun- of the Center for Indonesia Taxa - ternet and technology firms, the included a 2 percent growth from tries to aggressively pursue back tion analysis. head of the country’s revenue de - organic current businesses and 5.8 taxes from internet companies like The country of 250 million peo- partment said in September. percent growth from recent acqui- google, analysts say. ple has a youthful demographic that australia announced a crack- sitions, he said. a tax office spokesman declined is among the world’s biggest users down on multinational tax avoid - The company will also focus on to comment. a google spokesman of social media like Facebook and ance in its annual budget in May, controlling costs to boost mar- also declined to comment. Twitter. including the planned introduct- gins, while it seeks more acquisi- Most of the revenue generated Senior executives from google’s ion of a U.k.-style diverted prof- tions to grow its sales, ayrle said. by google in Indonesia is booked asia-Pacific headquarters had met its tax. thuRsday, novEmbER 24, 2016 The CamBodia daily 21 Business China’s Videogame Giant Tencent Plots Global Domination By Juro osawa traveled to Brazil several years ago ing and South korea’s CJ games Blizzard declined to comment. thE wall stREEt jouRnal as part of a project to export the Corp. When Tencent announced in hONg kONg - The global videogame Chinese company’s PC games. his At Pocket gems, some employ- June that it had agreed to buy Su - industry’s biggest player is one team studied the Brazilian culture ees were initially worried about percell, President Martin Lau prom - whose rapid expansion has gone and lifestyle—from common traits possible changes when Tencent ised to give the new partner “all the largely under the radar—even for among popular television stars to bought roughly 20 percent of the independence it wants.” The deal is the most dedicated gamers. how much a hamburger cost—to company last year, according to a structured in a way that Supercell Tencent holdings—one of Asia’s determine how to tweak the de - former employee. But to their re - isn’t consolidated in Tencent’s earn- most valuable technology com- sign, structure and pricing of Ten - lief, the Chinese giant took a hands- ings, and the Finnish firm’s found - panies, with a market capitaliza- cent’s games for local users. off approach, he said. A Pocket ers retain control over important tion of roughly $240 billion—has “It was very difficult,” the man- gems spokeswoman declined to strategic decisions. become the world’s largest game ager recalled. comment. Tencent and Supercell are ex - publisher by revenue, surpassing Chinese companies’ lack of ex - Epic games chief executive Tim changing knowledge about how better-known U.S. names such as pertise in overseas marketing Sweeney said Tencent participates to get more people to spend mon - Elec tron ic Arts and Activision makes it hard for them to export in his company”s board as a minori- ey on games, Lau said during a Blizzard by dominating China’s their own brand and games, while ty investor, but the Chinese compa- conference call with analysts this videogames market and forging cultural differences also play a ny doesn’t exert control. Activision past week. strategic al li ances with foreign part, industry executives say. players. In July, Tencent brought “We - In its overseas expansion, the Fire,” its Chinese mobile-shooting In Wake of Wells Fargo, US Is Shenzhen-based company has tried game, to the U.S. in collaboration unsuccessfully to export its own with San Francisco-based glu videogames. Instead, Tencent’s Mobile. Tencent, which owns a mi - Mulling Tough Bank Sanctions global success has come mostly nority stake in glu, is its biggest REutERs expects tougher scrutiny on when from its acquisitions and alliances shareholder. But the game, re - A U.S. banking regulator is con- to issue such exemptions in the in which it gives its foreign partners leased in the U.S. under the name sidering whether to harden sanc- future and senior officials should autonomy. That strategy is helping “Rival Fire,” flopped, in part be - tions against lenders that abuse be involved in any decision. the Chinese internet titan win more cause Western gamers tend to play their clients or violate banking The memo said that officials videogame enthusiasts like hunter shooting games on PCs or con- laws, according to a draft plan, with the agency should not waive kurpier. soles rather than smartphones, ac - seen by reporters, that was drawn sanctions “until appropriate OCC When kurpier, 19, isn’t ram- cording to analysts. “Rival Fire” is up in the wake of a scandal at personnel have conducted a case- paging through medieval villages ranked below the top 500 action Wells Fargo. by-case evaluation about whether in “Clash of Clans” on his smart- games on iPhones and iPads in Wells Fargo in September granting such relief is warranted.” phone, he is fighting his way across the U.S., according to data provid- agreed to pay $190 million to set- In recent years, other national battlefields in the “League of Leg - er App Annie. glu declined to tle charges that bank employees lenders such as Bank of America ends” personal-computer game comment. opened as many as 2 million ac - and Citibank have been granted in his dorm room. The college games are the top source of counts without customers’ knowl- exemptions similar to those Wells student in Lynchburg, Virginia, Tencent’s revenue. The company edge. The fraud went on for at least Fargo received. trav eled to New York last month distributes games through its pop- five years, said the San Francisco- Until a thorough, written policy is to join thousands of people who ular social networks such as the based bank that fired 5,300 em - developed by the OCC, officials watched professional gamers play WeChat messaging application, ployees involved. should refrain from granting relief live at the League of Legends World which has 846 million active users, The Office of the Comptroller from the toughest sanctions permit- Champ ionship at Madison Square mostly in China. Its revenue from of the Currency—the chief regula- ted, according to the memo dated garden. games rose 27 percent to $2.64 bil- tor for national banks—waived its November 18. But he didn’t know that two of lion in the third quarter, account- right to curb executive payouts, An OCC spokesperson was not screen new leadership and other immediately available for comment. his favorite games are part of Ten - ing for nearly half of its overall rev- controls at Wells Fargo following On Friday, the OCC voided the cent’s push to expand its global enue of $5.8 billion. the scandal. exemptions that it had originally dominance. International expansion is crucial But, according to a memo out- granted Wells Fargo in a Septem - Last month, Tencent made its for Tencent, said Peter Warman, lining the new policy, the agency ber settlement. latest foray into the global market chief executive of videogame mar- by completing with a group of Chi - ket research firm Newzoo BV. nese investors an $8.6 billion deal “Tencent has such a large share of to buy Finland’s Supercell Oy, the Chinese market. To sustain its which makes some of the world’s healthy growth rate, it has to gain most popular mobile games, such market share abroad.” as “Clash of Clans.” Tencent also Despite its dominance in China, ownsRiot games, the Los Angeles- Tencent faces challenges in over- based maker of “League of Leg - seas markets where its chat apps ends,” the world’s top-grossing aren’t popular and users download PC game. games from Apple and Alphabet “Smart of them,” kurpier said. app stores. To overcome such hur- “As long as they keep the games dles, the company has chosen to going in the right direction, I don’t expand through alliances. care who owns them.” Apart from Riot games and Su - While expanding through acqui- percell, Tencent has invested in a sitions, Tencent also has tried to number of other foreign video game take its own games from China to companies, including Activis ion overseas markets. Bliz zard, Cary, North Carolina- Reuters A Tencent manager in the com- based Epic games, San Francisco- A man walks by a bank machine at a Wells Fargo bank in downtown pany’s gaming division said he based Pocket gems, Japan’s Aim - Denver, Colorado, in April. 22 The CamBodia daily thuRsday, novembeR 24, 2016 Business Volkswagen Reboots Americas Strategy, Drops Diesel in US ReuteRs executive who joined Vw in July Diess said. launch a budget car in China and wolfsburg, germany - Volkswa- last year. Vw had missed “the suV Volkswagen last week an - India by around 2019 to 2020. gen said on Tuesday that it would boom,” he said. nounced a cost-cutting deal with The long-term goal, he said, drop diesel vehicles in the u.s. and The brand now plans to have labor unions that will allow it to axe was to lift the Vw brand’s operat- refocus on sport utility and electric 19 suV models globally by 2020, 30,000 jobs at the Vw brand by ing profit margin to 6 percent by vehicles, as the automaker looks up from just two now, including 2020. 2025, compared with just 2 per- to reboot its strategy for its core some electric ones. It aims to sell on Tuesday, Diess set out a re - cent forecast for this year. brand in the Americas in the wake 1 million electric vehicles a year covery strategy to 2025 and be - That would still lag some rivals of a damaging diesel emissions by 2025. yond, spanning a wide range of in - such as PsA Peugeot Citroen, cheating scandal. “At the moment, we assume that itiatives including suVs, electric which is aiming to hit 6 percent in The move, announced by Vw we will offer no new diesel ve hicles cars, digital services and plans to 2021. brand chief Herbert Diess, breaks in the u.s.,” Diess told Euro pean with earlier suggestions that it could business daily Handelsblatt. cambodia securities exchange return to the once-popular technol- Diess said success in the Amer - Wednesday, November 23, 2016 ogy after the emissions scandal icas was vital to reviving the core Index Value Change Open High Low Volume fades from memory. Volkswagen brand that account- CSX 329.81 +0.82 330.76 330.76 324.42 1,244 Vw’s decision to drop diesel ed for 59 percent of the german Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume vehicles—which formerly made up group’s auto sales last year, but on - PWSA 4,280 -20 4,300 4,300 4,140 911 a quarter of the brand’s u.s. sales ly 16 percent of group underlying Grand Twins 2,590 +90 2,600 2,600 2,380 328 —is just one element of a strate- op erating profit. PPAP 5,360 0 5,360 5,360 5,360 5 gic overhaul that Diess conceded The CEo of Volkswagen group PPSP 2,730 0 - 2,730 2,730 0 could take a decade to close the of America, Hinrich woebcken, foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE gap with rivals in the u.s. told reporters last week in los An - Volkswagen has agreed to pay geles that Volkswagen wants to shift ¥/US$ ...... 111.439 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.4290 £/US$ ...... 0.8057 Euro/US$ ...... 0.9440 billions of dollars in fines and com- from being a “niche” player into a AU$/US$...... 1.3500 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,178.14 pensation payouts to u.s. custom - “family-oriented suV company.” HK$/US$ ...... 7.7564 ThaiB//US$ ...... 35.50 ers since admitting last year to Entry into the lucrative suV seg- SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9873 Riel/US$ ...... 4,050 cheat ing on federal diesel emis- ment will help Vw reach 60 to 70 sions tests. percent of the u.s. market, up from local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE “for years, we have been lacking an earlier 40 percent, he said. LOCaL gOLd type (O’ruSSeI market) buyINg SeLLINg 26.67 damlung are a blueprint for success in the united “we not only want to be profita - Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,460...... 1,470 equal to 1 kg states, while we are losing ground ble in Europe and China, but are de - Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,460...... 1,470 to rivals in markets like brazil or termined to generate positive re - 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,440...... 1,450 India,” said Diess, a former bMw sults in all major markets by 2020,” 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,400...... 1,410 THu RSDAy, NOVEMBER 24, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 23 o pinio n Trump’s Cambodia Policy: Don’t Meddle in Political Affairs

By Na r a k k a y The U.S. has no vital interest in living in Cambodia. tween Washington and Moscow. Along with his positions on any of these places. Why should Why should the U.S. worry He wants to work with Russia to trade and border protections, those of Cambodian descent liv- about the Hun Sen government? destroy the Islamic State militant Don ald Trump’s foreign policy ing in the U.S. worry about the po- Mr. Trump has the opportunity to group and al-Qaida, their com- views were crucial to his historic litical affairs in Cambodia? Cam- redirect U.S. foreign policy for a mon enemies. Mr. Trump be- election as U.S. president. bodians who resettled in Western generation. To the dismay of lieves he can work with Chinese After the election, Cambodia’s countries should not meddle in many of the Washington politi- President Xi Jinping and maintain opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, Cambodian political affairs. They cians and security officials, he strong bilateral relations. Seem- stated that he did not think the need to leave the politics to those wants to repair the relations be- ingly, Mr. Trump is seeking to U.S. would change its policy to- establish close ties with those ward Cambodia, while CNRP law- previous administrations consid- maker Mu Sochua said she hopes ered as geopolitical foes and na- that Mr. Trump “will have a strong tions with questionable human position on free and fair elections rights records. and the democratic process.” In his victory speech, Mr. If Mr. Trump holds true to his Trump said: “I want to tell the campaign rhetoric, in which he es- world community that while we poused an “America First” foreign will always put America’s interests policy rooted in the national inter- first, we will deal fairly with every- est, do not expect the U.S. to med- one.” Under a Trump administra- dle in Cambodia’s political affairs. tion, the U.S. will not intervene in He argued that the U.S. has been Cambodian politics, unless it in- fighting wars in the Middle East terferes with U.S. interests. Mr. for 15 years, spending $6 trillion. Trump will not lecture Mr. Hun The U.S. could have used that Sen on human rights or how to money to rebuild the country— run his country. On the 2018 par- twice. Mr. Trump lamented that in liamentary elections, Mr. Trump comparison with other countries, will not endorse one candidate the U.S.’s roads, bridges, tunnels over the other. and airports are obsolete. If Mr. Trump meets Mr. Hun Before the rise of Mr. Trump, Sen, perhaps over a round of golf Washington politicians, foreign al- in Siem Reap, what would he say lies and elites wanted the U.S. to to him? President Trump would confront Russian President Vlad - The Ca mbo d ia d a ily assure the prime minister that the imir Putin by sending troops to Bernard Krisher, Publisher U.S. age of interventionism was the eastern Baltic and weapons to Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher over. How nations govern them- Kiev to fight Russia. Washington Colin Meyn, Editor in Chief selves is their own business. Al- politicians, particularly Democrat- - - though the U.S. would prefer ic presidential candidate Hillary Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor Chhorn Chansy, News Editor democracies and republics to au- Clinton, wanted to establish a no- tocrats and dictators, the U.S. will Michael Dickison, Deputy Managing Editor fly zone in Syria and shoot down base its attitude toward other na- Russian and Syrian planes that vi- Van Roeun, Senior Editor tions upon their attitude toward olated it. Others wanted the U.S. the U.S. to confront Beijing over its claims Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Aisha Down, Sonia Kohlbacher, Brendan O'Byrne, Ben Cambodia’s internal affairs are to reefs and rocks in the South Paviour, Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, Laurence Stevens, Matt Surrusco, George not of vital interest to the U.S. China Sea. Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, What the U.S. will continue to do On Cambodia, CNRP lawmak- Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, Hang Sokunthea, Phan Soumy, is forge and maintain close bilater- ers and party members lobbied the Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Brian Leli, Web Editor; Tan Kimtin, Web al relations with Cambodia. Mr. Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som U.S. to reprimand Prime Minister Trump’s foreign policy of non- Hun Sen and his government. Ed Sarun, Tem Sokhom, Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors intervention is what will help make Royce, a U.S. representative and America great again. chairman of the House Foreign Af- Douglas Steele, General Manager Narak Kay is a Cambodian- fairs Committee, sent letters to Chea Borom, Business Manager; Eam Sopheap, Operations Manager; American who works for the U.S. Mr. Hun Sen urging the govern- Sok Chamroeurn, Tang Sokchamreoun, Sales Representatives; government in Washington, D.C. ment to stop harassing opposition Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chhun Sinath, Collections Director; Chap Pireak, leaders and to respect the democ- Circulation Manager; Khun Silen, Design Staff; Song Raksa, Business Assistant; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; Scott Harlow, Matthew Rosin, ratic process. 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Licensed in 1993 by the Ministry of Information. 24 The Cambodia daily thuRsdaY, novembeR 24, 2016 Culture In ‘Striving,’ Artist Probes Ties Between Fantasy and Reality By MiChelle vaChon the cambodia dailY Can hope for a better life lead to “I see the beauty, the make-believe? And when does stories in real society, dream become delusion? Painter Chov Theanly is both in ordinary life.” puzzled and captivated by those —Chov Theanly, who assume personas while virtu- painTer ally ignoring the world that sur- rounds them, and his latest exhibi- tion of paintings explores this di- society, in ordinary life.” chotomy in oils. As a child, Mr. Theanly found “The reason I call the series school rather challenging until his ‘Striving’ is that they behave in a friends helped him realize that he certain way because they believe it had dyslexia, which can cause is the way to happiness. I’m not crit- learning difficulties. But he always icizing. I just want to know...what loved to draw and paint, he said. they believe in,” he said. “It’s really “Even when I was very young, I fascinating to see the contrast be- would see a story in nature around tween people’s fantasy and reality.” me—the colors, you know, the In one of his paintings, a young beauty. It made me want to paint Cambodian man stands in a super- immediately, even when I did not hero cape and mask while, behind Yean Reaksmey know the purpose of painting.” him, an old woman leans heavily 'Super Hero,' an oil painting by Chov Theanly Mr. Theanly also studied graph- on her cane and three barefoot ing unconscious behind her with worked with sign painters, some of ic design and worked in the field monks walk in line, holding their his gloves still on. High above them renowned artists specializing for a few years in Phnom Penh. alms bowls. Titled “Super Hero,” them, a spark of gold light shines in cinema signs in the 1960s and Outside Cambodia, Mr. Thean- the painting is done in matte colors out of a white paper lantern. early 1970s, he said. ly’s paintings have been exhibited against a smoky-gray background. “It’s the hope of people,” Mr. Their realism so captivated Mr. in Singapore and France, and he is In “Untitled I,” a Khmer classical Thean ly said. “And you don’t know Theanly that he apprenticed with scheduled to have a solo show in dancer in full traditional costume how it will end.” sign painters. The tradition is re- Paris and another in New York and headgear performs in a lush The 31-year-old artist from Bat- flected in his own art. “I wanted to next year. scenery of green fields and blue- tambang City grew up around an study realistic painting because I The exhibition at Java Cafe runs gray sky, oblivious to the boxer ly- uncle who was a calligraphist and see the beauty, the stories in real through January 6.