All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia Daily Volume 67 Issue 41 Monday, February 27, 2017 2,000 riel/50 cents Forestry Chief Booted, Promoted, Avoids Jail By Aun Pheap and Zsombor Peter The Cambodia Daily In April 2010, Prime Minister Hun Sen publicly threatened to put the Agriculture Ministry’s new Forestry Administration chief, Chheng Kim Sun, be- hind bars if he failed to curb the country’s rampant illegal logging trade. “This time Ty Sokhun can go free and walk away,” the prime minister said of the man he had just booted from the post after Emil Kastrup/The Cambodia Daily a lengthy run. “But if your turn Miss Global beauty pageant winners, in Cambodia to promote environmental awareness, pose with comes,” he told Mr. Kim Sun, Environment Ministry undersecretary of state Eang Sophalleth in Phnom Penh yesterday. (Story on page 7) “it will be prison.” Seven years on, reports of illegal logging by NGOs and community groups are about CNRP Fast-Tracks Election of New President as common as they were then. The military police have since By Ben Sokhean, order to ensure that the party on convictions widely seen as been put in charge of cracking George Wright can officially endorse candidates politically motivated, from hav- down on an illegal logging trade and Kuch Naren for commune elections in June. ing any political rights. even the government admits had The Cambodia Daily The decision came as the The opposition CNRP’s de- gotten out of hand. And traffick- party has scrambled to adapt cision to move its quinquennial ers continue to flood Vietnam The opposition CNRP will to the CPP’s rewriting of the convention to Thursday, rather with timber despite a year-old have a permanent new presi- Law on Political Parties, which than holding it on April 18 as ban on exports. dent by the end of the week, Prime Minister Hun Sen pushed planned, will allow its new pres- Yet at a handover ceremony replacing recently resigned op- partly to prevent Mr. Rainsy, ident—widely expected to be Continued on page 8 position leader Sam Rainsy, in who faces nine years in prison Continued on page 2 Dual Rallies Expose Deep Divisions in Philippines

By James Hookway on Friday. charges that convicted drug The Wall Street Journal “Who do you want next?” lords helped finance her po- Vitaliano Aguirre II asked a litical campaign. Tensions deepened in the huge crowd who gathered over- De Lima, a former human Philippines over the weekend night on Saturday in support rights investigator who has after the country’s justice sec- of Duterte and his bloody war described Duterte as a dicta- retary asked tens of thousands on drugs. tor-in-the-making, has denied of Philippine President Rodrigo “Trillanes,” many in the accepting drug money. Duterte’s supporters who else crowd replied, referring to Her arrest added fresh im- In India, Regional Rival Takes they would like to see locked Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, petus to a growing campaign On PM Modi at Own Game up after police arrested a prom- a close ally of Senator Leila against Duterte’s war on illegal Page 22 inent anti-government senator de Lima, who was arrested on Continued on page 17

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And Also... Newsmakers Brightening the World With Shiny, Bald Heads Meryl Streep Offended by Designer’s Statements More than 30 bald men gathered at a hot spring facility in Meryl Streep on Saturday accused designer Karl Lager- Tsuruta City, Japan, on Wednesday to show off their hairless feld of spoiling her night at the Academy Awards ceremony by heads and have fun. Members of the city’s Bald Men Club took falsely accusing her of being paid to wear a gown on the Oscars turns competing in a unique game of tug-of-war by sticking a red carpet. Streep was responding to a claim earlier this week suction cup, which was attached to a single red rope, to each of by Lagerfeld that the “Sophie’s Choice” actress had decided not their heads. Both sides then attempted to pull the cup off their to wear a Chanel gown at last night’s Oscars ceremony because opponent’s head. “My head still hurts,” Toshiyuki Ogasawara, she could get paid to wear a dress from a different designer. 43, said with a smile. “I think I need to ice it!” Masatomo Sasaki, Lagerfeld’s claims made headlines around the world. “The story 64, a first-time participant at the tournament, said he used to was picked up globally, and continues, globally, to overwhelm my feel insecure about his baldness, but now feels differently. “I appearance at the Oscars, on the occasion of my record-breaking feel proud. Or maybe I should say, I feel good about being a bald 20th nomination, and to eclipse this honor in the eyes of the man,” Sasaki said. (Reuters) media, my colleagues and the audience,” Streep said. (Reuters)

deputies to avoid creating easy should submit the candidate last year over Facebook posts CNRP... targets. lists,” Ms. Sochua said, adding critical of the government’s de- Continued from page 1 “I just know the formula—the that the lists have to be submit- marcation of the border with three vice presidents formula—is ted between Friday and Sunday. Vietnam. acting President Kem Sokha—to good, Sovann,” says a man whose On Thursday, imprisoned Opposition senator Hong Sok submit local election candidates voice sounds like Mr. Rainsy’s. CNRP official Meach Sovan- Hour, who was jailed in August on this coming weekend. “Do whatever to keep the bal- nara, parliamentarian Um Sam the prime minister’s orders after The decision came after ance of our party until election An and senator Hong Sok Hour an online video showed him pre- three jailed opposition mem- day because there is no other handed in their resignations, senting a fake diplomatic treaty bers resigned last week to avoid formula better than this one.” their colleagues said. with Vietnam, also stood down possible problems caused by the “We put a cluster; it is easier. Mr. Sovannara and Mr. Sam on Thursday, said Teav Vannol, CPP’s legal amendments, which Don’t be just one; we’ll become An, who are both serving lengthy a senator and acting president have been described as a “final a target,” he adds. prison terms on charges widely of the Sam Rainsy Party. blow” to Cambodia’s democracy. Such a structure would be a perceived to be politically moti- Mr. Sok Hour explicitly cited The new rules, which must significant departure from the vated, cited “personal reasons” the new amendments and the be approved by the Senate and founding hierarchy, in which Mr. in their resignation letters sent risk they posed to the party, king before coming into force, Rainsy was the president with to the CNRP’s secretariat, said which merged with the Human would give the government and Mr. Sokha as his sole deputy. Pol Ham, chairman of the party’s Rights Party to form the CNRP courts the power to suspend or Mr. Sovann refused to say on steering committee. in 2012 but still holds seats in dissolve rival parties over a num- Friday whether it was his voice Mr. Sovannara is serving a 20- the Senate, Mr. Vannol said. ber of vague crimes, committed on the call, but questioned the year prison sentence after being “They have a reason to go either by the organization or its legality of the leak. convicted of insurrection for his after the Sam Rainsy Party be- leaders. “Please ask the government involvement in a 2014 protest at cause Hong Sok Hour right now A permanent new president and please ask the page owner Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park. is in prison. That’s the reason and deputies will be chosen at how they can do this. Where is Mr. Sam An was sentenced to why he resigned,” Mr. Vannol the convention, according to a the law implementation? You more than two years in prison said. CNRP statement, though the know already what happens in party remained tight-lipped countries with rule of law like yesterday about who would fill the U.S., Europe,” he said. National Brief those roles. Mr. Rainsy also declined CNRP spokesman Yim So- to comment on the leak, but vann said the candidates were refuted any suggestion that ad- CNRP Candidate Resigns After Defacing Signs yet to be decided upon. “We vising the CNRP contradicted A retired teacher running for commune council in Takeo prov- need a few more days to decide,” his resignation from the party. ince defaced two opposition CNRP signs that he had paid for he said. “I have given up my position himself to protest the low ranking he was given by the party for The announcement that as CNRP president but not my the June race, he said yesterday. “I scratched the signs and I wrote the party convention had been mission to rescue my nation,” ‘Goodbye’...and ‘Injustice in Tram Kak,’” said Thok Ty, 69, who rescheduled came after a tele- Mr. Rainsy said in an email. was running in Tram Kak district’s Tram Kak commune, before phone conversation was leaked Opposition lawmaker Mu withdrawing. “I do not accept the number they have offered.” He online on Friday in which Mr. Sochua said yesterday that the was placed No. 6 on the party list, from which candidates will Rainsy, who ostensibly removed convention had been brought be selected to fill the nine seats of the commune in proportion himself from the party, is appar- forward due to National Election to votes for the party. Prak Savoan, a CNRP working group ently discussing the leadership Committee (NEC) rules stating member in Takeo, said candidate selection was based on political changes with Mr. Sovann, one that a permanent party leader is experience and popularity. Mr. Ty only joined the CNRP in 2015, of his closest confidantes. required to submit candidates he said. “We have allowed commune party members to discuss In the apparent conversation for commune elections, which with each other and select their candidates by themselves,” Mr. between Mr. Rainsy and Mr. are set for June 4. Savoan said. “We are not disputing with him because the two Sovann, leaked on Facebook, “According to NEC rules and signs he wrote on were paid for by him, but if he continues to they discuss appointing multiple regulations, a party president damage other signs, we will take legal action.” (Khuon Narim) Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 3 Two Years for Migrant Worker Who Posted PM Death Threat

By Sek Odom Alongside one video, Mr. onment. The government had in Thailand, where he had been The Cambodia Daily Sopheap wrote: “Hun Sen oy, tasked Mr. Touch with evalu- living as a migrant laborer, just today is the day of your death.” ating border markers between days after his post. He was hand- A Phnom Penh municipal In a comment on another Cambodia and Vietnam. ed over to Cambodian authorities judge on Friday sentenced a video of Mr. Hun Sen paying a Phong Seiha, 27, was arrested and tried in Phnom Penh. 27-year-old migrant laborer to visit to the provinces, he wrote: two years in prison over a Face- “Beheading Yuons is the duty book post threatening the life of all Khmer children,” using National Brief of the prime minister. an often derogatory term for Presiding Judge Ly Sokleng Vietnamese people. also fined Ven Sopheap 2 million Mr. Sopheap, who had asked US Man Arrested for Sexually Abusing Boy, 11 riel, or about $500, in a case for the court for leniency claiming A 79-year-old U.S. man involved in charity work with children which no complaint had been he had only realized after the fact was arrested by police in Siem Reap province last week on charges filed—a notable contrast to the that his Facebook posts might of sexually abusing an 11-year-old boy, officials said yesterday. Lao way authorities dismissed Face- be illegal, said after the verdict Lin, head of the juvenile protection office in the Interior Ministry’s book threats against opposition that he would not challenge the anti-human trafficking department, identified the suspect as John leader Kem Sokha last year by sentence, as it could have been Paul Zollbrecht. A Facebook page of a man from Washington state saying they had no ability to in- longer. Together, the charges with the same name says that he operates a school in Siem Reap, vestigate the case without first could have resulted in a term and that he founded a school there called Avondale, though that receiving a complaint. of up to five years in prison. could not be confirmed. Duong Thavry, head of the provincial Mr. Sopheap was arrested in “For me, I’m OK,” he said. juvenile protection unit, said the suspect did not run a proper October after returning from He added, however, that he school. “He just helped the kids in the village study English,” Thailand to his family’s home had “only wanted to express my she said. Samleang Seila, director of anti-pedophile NGO APLE, in Prey Veng province. feelings.” said the group was tipped off by a concerned tourist about the He confessed to posting two Last year, a man who threat- suspect’s “ongoing relationship with underage boys.” When the Facebook posts that prosecutors ened to “shoot the head” of a group received information that Mr. Zollbrecht had gone into a said justified criminal charges prominent academic, Sok Touch, hotel room with an 11-year-old boy, they informed authorities who of making a death threat and in a Facebook post was given a took the two in for questioning. Mr. Seila said the boy’s testimony inciting discrimination. sentence of six months’ impris- was strong enough to pursue charges of child sex abuse. (Ouch Sony) 4 National The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 Lawyer Says Kem Ley Case ‘Not Complicated’

By Khuon Narim The Cambodia Daily The lawyer tasked with de- fending Oeuth Ang, the man accused of gunning down gov- ernment critic Kem Ley in July, confirmed yesterday that he would attend the trial’s first hearing on Wednesday without seeking a delay because the case file “is not complicated.” Yung Phanith, an attor- ney appointed to the case by Ivory and animal parts seized in Phnom Penh in December, in a photo supplied by the Forestry Administration the country’s bar association, said last week that he may re- quire more time to assess the Seized Ivory to Be Kept for Exhibit, PM Says evidence. Contacted yesterday, how- By Kuch Naren to Thomas Gray, of the NGO recent years. ever, Mr. Phanith said a delay and Aisha Down Wildlife Alliance—would be In May 2014, more than 3 in proceedings would not be The Cambodia Daily kept for “scientific research” tons of ivory—the country’s necessary. and to exhibit in a “natural largest-ever haul of elephant “I will attend the trial be- Settling a drawn out, yearlong museum.” tusks—were found hidden in cause the case file is not com- discussion on what Cambodia The news has disappointed two containers of beans at the plicated. I met with my client should do with its millions of conservation workers, who had Sihanoukville port. and he is in good health and dollars worth of seized trafficked hoped Cambodia would follow he is ready for the trial,” the animal parts, Prime Minister the lead of other countries, lawyer said. Hun Sen has announced the including Vietnam and China, “I’m ready and prepared for haul will be exhibited and not which have publicly destroyed “There is no reason to my technical work as a profes- destroyed. stocks of ivory to send a strong destroy them because it sional attorney,” he added. Speaking at the end of the message to traffickers. Mr. Phanith said he last met Interior Ministry’s annual meet- Ivory can fetch up to $1,100 would look like we are Mr. Ang on Thursday, but de- ing on Friday, Mr. Hun Sen said per kg, according to charity Save destroying evidence.” clined to divulge what they he had ignored a request from the Elephants last year, making discussed. “Americans” to destroy the Cambodia’s seized stockpiles —Prime Minister Hun Sen Mr. Ang, a former soldier and tons of elephant tusks and of mostly ivory worth about $6 monk, was arrested shortly after rhino horns. Taking another million. allegedly shooting the popular swipe at the U.S., he said that “Wildlife Alliance has been Over four months at the end political analyst in a Phnom it had “no rights on Cambodia’s encouraging the embassies here of last year, 1.6 tons of ivory was Penh convenience store. He administration.” to promote the destruction of discovered. initially told police his name “I agreed to keep them for the ivory,” Mr. Gray said. A Cambodia Daily reporter was “Chuop Samlap,” or “Meet exhibition, because those items “There’s evidence from visited the Forestry Administra- Kill,” and claimed that he mur- were smuggled from South Af- around the world of misman- tion in Phnom Penh in Novem- dered Kem Ley over an unpaid rica and were finally seized in agement of ivory stocks: of ber and saw some of the seized $3,000 debt. Cambodia,” Mr. Hun Sen told confiscated ivory disappearing, tusks kept in a safe. However, family members a crowd of government officials, and then sometimes even being Yesterday, Mr. Gray said he of both men have said the ex- adding that the move was sug- reconfiscated in another raid,” was uncertain what message planation is implausible, and it gested by the Environment he said. would be sent by displaying a is widely believed Mr. Ang was Ministry. Museums in Europe no lon- room full of tusks and horns. a hired gun. Of the U.S request, he added: ger display rhino horns, he add- “If the museum were prop- Suspicions of government “There is no reason to destroy ed, after a series of high-profile erly done, and full of blood and interference in the murder in- them because it would look like thefts. things to show that this is the vestigation have been stoked by we are destroying evidence.” Mr. Sam Al yesterday did not remains of 500 to 1,000 dead the lack of transparency in the Sent a text message yester- clarify how exhibited ivory would African elephants trafficked procedures, with many calling day, Environment Minister Say be protected. through this country—that for the release of the security Sam Al clarified that the animal Cambodia has seen several might have educational value,” camera footage of the shooting. parts—about 6 tons, according high-profile ivory seizures in he said. Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 5 Defense Minister Calls for Additional ‘Win-Win’ Memorials

By Khy Sovuthy bringing rival military factions “On the other hand, for other committee planning the memo- The Cambodia Daily under one umbrella, the ruling areas, if they want to prepare rial in Phnom Penh have called party has sought to memorialize win-win memorials, they can on humanitarians and friends Presiding over a meeting the achievement. proceed based on their location,” of the government to fund the about a massive memorial to Yesterday, however, General Gen. Banh said. structure, which is being built on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s “win- Banh said the sprawling memorial “The win-win policy must land donated by CPP Senator Ly win policy,” which is about half complex in Phnom Penh was not survive for our next generation,” Yong Phat, one of the country’s finished on Phnom Penh’s Chroy enough, asking the command- he said, reiterating the need to wealthiest men. Changvar peninsula, Defense ers of military regions across defend against a “color revolu- Kong Bunthorn, deputy com- Minister Tea Banh called on the country to start looking into tion” that might undo the CPP’s mander of the Royal Cambodian his commanders to build sim- smaller-scale projects that were past successes. Armed Forces’ Region 3, said ilar—if smaller—memorials in appropriate for their areas. Unnamed forces, the min- officials in the area had already other provinces. “We don’t need to build a big ister said, “cause destruction, scouted out a fitting location. Mr. Hun Sen’s signature pol- memorial like this, but we can keep calling for change—it “We went to study a location icy essentially promised to allow build small memorials based on impacts peace. This activity in Oral district, because the win- rival factions—mainly the Khmer the situation,” he said, calling on is completely not allowed. It win policy of the government Rouge—to live in peace and po- the commanders of Region 3 in means, in short, that we must started in that area when the tential prosperity in exchange for Kompong Speu province, Region completely protect the achieve- government negotiated with the joining the government. Worrying 4 in Oddar Meanchey province ments obtained from the win- Khmer Rouge,” he said, adding that future generations might and Region 5 in Battambang win policy.” that he was unsure of how the forget the success of the CPP in province to start planning. Members of the government memorial might be paid for. Sewage Overflow Hits Environment Ministry’s Expensive Offices

By Ben Paviour The Cambodia Daily The Environment Ministry is working with Phnom Penh authorities to stem the flow of smelly wastewater from the city’s overloaded sewage system into the waterway behind its new headquarters, officials said yesterday. The problem occurred as municipal authorities worked to transition parts of the city’s older drainage system to a new- er one built with the Japan In- ternational Cooperation Agency (JICA), according to ministry spokesman Eang Sophalleth. “The bottleneck is from the connection of the old drainage network to the new one,” he said. “The old drainage network Emil Kastrup/The Cambodia Daily could not take the volume of A man stands next to the Bassac River behind the Environment Ministry’s office in Phnom Penh yesterday. wastewater” produced by the building, leading some of the age that municipal authorities Wastewater experts have that would require factories and office’s sewage spilling directly were working to have repaired warned that the city’s current other businesses to better man- into the “small” Bassac River within 30 days. sewage treatment, which fun- age their sewage, according to that separates the office from Mr. Sophalleth yesterday nels water to southern lakes that Mr. Sophalleth. Koh Pich island, Mr. Sophal- downplayed the impact of the have gradually been infilled, is “Some factories do not have a leth said. spillage. not sustainable and say trash ob- proper treatment plant—it just “It’s the responsibility of “Just part of it is going to structions threaten to overwhelm flows directly into the public City Hall, but we are working the river—just when it over- drainage canals. sewage,” he said. together,” he said. flows,” he said. “The smell is JICA representatives did not The new regulations would be In a statement released on not there—just a little bit.” immediately respond to requests released over the next few weeks Thursday, the ministry said The ministry’s palatial for comment. alongside a separate sub-decree the river outlet had a “very bad 18,000 square meter, $8 million The ministry is also working covering plastic bags, he said. smell caused by sewage” and Chamkar Mon district building on a “very comprehensive” new (Additional reporting by Buth said it was due to blocked drain- was inaugurated last year. sub-decree covering wastewater Kimsay) AMBODIA AILY 6 The C D Monday, February 27, 2017

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By Aisha Down The Cambodia Daily The Environment Ministry yesterday held a press confer- ence to showcase its newest tactic for promoting environ- mental awareness—beauty queens. “One of the things we en- joy as beauty queens is we are given the opportunity to state our opinions,” said Maya Rotha Gilliss-Chapman, who repre- sented the Philippines in the 2016 Miss Global pageant. It is not too late to “save your country from destroying everything,” she added. The five beauty queens, in- cluding the winner of last year’s Miss Global pageant, Angela Bonilla of Ecuador, arrived in Cambodia on Saturday and will Emil Kastrup/The Cambodia Daily stay until March 8. Environment Ministry undersecretary of state Eang Sophalleth, flanked by Miss Global winners, speaks at During their time here, the a news conference at the ministry in Phnom Penh yesterday. five will hold a concert, “share with the public and the youth “We are here to show the join in the campaign, added lebrities were not a solution in about waste disposal and proper young generation how to take Mr. Sophalleth, noting how ac- themselves. waste management,” and con- care of their country,” said Ni- tress Angelina Jolie had met And though the group want- duct fieldwork in villages, said kola Bechynova of the Czech with Environment Minister ed to campaign against illegal Eang Sophalleth, undersecre- Republic. Say Sam Al in a visit to the logging, the beauty queens tary of state at the ministry, “It’s not enough to educate country last week. would not have time to visit while opening the conference. them—we need to give them “Later on, we’ll have maybe the rural spots where logging The focus of their time an example,” said Ms. Bonilla, famous actors, actresses. We was occurring, he said. would be to act as models for the reigning Miss Global. want the whole world to see He had instead decided good waste management, es- “We need to teach them how who we are, what we are and that their fieldwork would pecially for Cambodia’s youth, to collect garbage and preserve what we are doing,” he said. happen in the tourist hubs of said Mr. Sophalleth and the nature.” Mr. Sophalleth conceded, Sihanoukville and Siem Reap beauty queens. More stars were ready to however, that visits from ce- City.

National Briefs Vietnam Loggers Charged, Cambodian Released Five Questioned After Corpse Dug Up, Burned The Mondolkiri Provincial Court has charged six Vietnamese A woman told by a fortune-teller that a dead relative was nationals with logging and entering Cambodia illegally after they to blame for her illness was arrested by police along with four were caught last week attempting to drive back to Vietnam with men after the corpse was dug up and burned in Kompong a convoy of trucks loaded with contraband timber. “I charged the Chhnang province, police said. Boribor district police chief six people yesterday and they are now at the provincial prison,” Cheang Sovannarith said the children of Ky Yuklang had com- court prosecutor Ya Narin said yesterday. Mr. Narin said a seventh plained that their mother’s body was removed from the grave man arrested with them, a Cambodian national, was released on in which she had been buried about nine years before. He said the grounds that he was merely hired to drive one of the trucks. Deab Vuochlay was told by a fortune-teller that the corpse The seven were arrested on Wednesday just before crossing into was making her sick. “She believed in the superstition and Vietnam through the O’houch border checkpoint with eight trucks decided to dig it up” and offered priest Pe Khom $100 to carrying two to four logs each. Authorities involved in the arrests help, Mr. Sovannarith said. Deputy district police chief Pen said another two trucks in the same convoy had made it into Viet- Sophary named the five arrested on Thursday and Friday as Ms. nam before they could be stopped. The provincial environment Vuochlay, 60; Mr. Khom, 70; Thuon Him, 42; Khy Sopheak, department is investigating the possibility that border officials 25; and Khy Kunthea, 28. Ms. Vuochlay had asked the family were colluding with the loggers. Authorities said last week that of Ky Yuklang in 2015 to dig up the body but was refused, Mr. the timber had been logged from the Keo Seima Wildlife Sanc- Sophary added. Long Sitha, provincial deputy prosecutor, said tuary, a tropical forest spread over 292,690 hectares considered all five were released on Saturday after the plaintiffs withdrew a species-rich, globally significant conservation area.(Aun Pheap) their complaint. (Ouch Sony) 8 National The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017

not concerned about their work secretary to secretary of state, Mr. Kim Sun may have grown Chief... and people take the opportunity despite damning evidence from out of the high-profile anti-log- Continued from page 1 to commit crime. That’s why the the U.S. anti-corruption group ging campaign it put the mili- government created an illegal Global Witness in 2007 of his tary police in charge of early last in Phnom Penh this afternoon, logging task force to help us role in a sprawling government year, or the broader shake-up it Mr. Kim Sun will be gently stop the crime.” racket fueling the country’s illegal started a few months later when pushed out of the job and, like The minister said Mr. Kim logging trade. it handed much of the Forestry his predecessor, promoted to Sun was reluctant to step aside Marcus Hardtke, a longtime Administration’s work over to the undersecretary of state. at first but eventually relent- conservationist in Cambodia, Environment Ministry. The Council of Ministers ed. He declined to comment said Mr. Kim Sun had been Pen Bonnar, senior investi- approved his transfer on Friday on why, despite his admittedly heading the Agriculture Min- gator for land rights and natural and named one of Mr. Kim Sun’s poor performance, he was being istry’s forest management office resources for local NGO Adhoc, deputies, Ung Sam Ath, to take promoted and not jailed, as Mr. during Mr. Sokhun’s time at the dismissed Mr. Kim Sun’s depar- his place. Hun Sen had warned. Forestry Administration and was ture as another sleight of hand. Contacted yesterday, Agricul- “I don’t want to comment not a key player. “The prime minister has to ture Minister Veng Sakhon said on the past,” he said. If there was anything surpris- show the people that he reforms, the outgoing director had done For his part, Mr. Kim Sun ing about Mr. Kim Sun’s turn but I think it’s not strong reform a “good job” but also accused said he was being rewarded for in the director’s chair, he said, because he changes the director him of slacking. a job well done. it was the fact that he lasted only,” he said. “If they change “We removed Mr. Kim Sun “I think my removal is not this long. two or three or 1,000 [times], because the government kept because of any faults with my “He always came across more it [doesn’t] matter.” him working for a long time but leadership. The government has like a technician,” Mr. Hardt- Mr. Bonnar said little will he has not improved his lead- offered me a new job and new ke said. “So many people were change until the government ership, so we should provide an duties because they want me to surprised when he was chosen actually starts jailing the top opportunity for his deputy to work in a big position,” he said. to replace [Mr. Sokhun] and officials and timber barons do the job,” he said. Conservation and rights thought this would just be a widely believed to be greasing “I saw that Mr. Kim Sun was groups were doubtful from the temporary assignment for him. and driving the country’s ille- tired in his work on forestry af- start that Mr. Kim Sun had been Some even considered him just gal logging trade. But he sees fairs, so we have to replace him handed the reins of the Forestry a figurehead. In that sense, he no chance of that happening in order to stop forest crime,” Administration to change things. lasted longer in that post than so long as those officials and Mr. Sakhon said. His predecessor, they noted, most expected.” traders stay protected. “I have noticed that our For- was being promoted after all Mr. Hardtke said the govern- “Corruption is the system,” estry Administration officials are and has since gone from under- ment’s decision to finally replace he said. Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Business 9 160 2% $225B branches Sathapana number of surveyed Japanese Chinese companies’ Bank had in companies who will let overseas acquisitions Business Cambodia, as of April workers off early once a month last year

China’s Airport Plans Still Flying High

By Trefor Moss The Wall Street Journal cangyuan, China - China’s newest airport perches on a flattened mountaintop in the rugged splendor of this country’s far southwest near Burma. Jet- liners are still such a novelty in the area that dozens of people line the fence to watch Boeing 737s land, which they only do three times a week. The December opening of Cangyuan Washan Airport has Matt Surrusco/The Cambodia Daily been welcomed by local resi- A Sathapana bank branch in Phnom Penh without its logo yesterday dents, who can now pay $75 to fly to the provincial capital Kunming in 45 minutes rather Another Private Bank Plans to Change Logo than spend nine hours on a bus. Whether the $230 million China By Matt Surrusco and MFIs with branding similar Ministry officials on Friday about spent to drag this rural outpost The Cambodia Daily to the insignia of the Finance trademark registration including into the jet age was a sound in- Ministry or the National Bank of the company’s logo. She referred vestment is another question. After three private financial Cambodia would be required to questions to a company CEO Across China, the govern- institutions said they would be change their logos by March 10. who she said was not available ment is plowing billions into changing their logos at the be- The directive was the result to comment until today. airports and other transpor- hest of the government last week, of government efforts to dis- Sathapana is the country’s tation infrastructure, making another major bank said it too tance itself from microfinance second-largest MFI by portfolio investments some economists would soon undergo rebranding. loans, after unnamed politicians outstanding and deposit, its web- say the country can’t afford as “SATHAPANA Bank Plc. is supposedly claimed they could site says. Following a merger be- it struggles with rising debt. presently in discussion to change cancel people’s debts if elected, tween commercial bank Maru- While U.S. President Donald its logo in the near future,” ac- Commerce Ministry spokesman han Japan Bank Plc. and MFI Trump says his country urgently cording to a statement posted Seung Sophari said last week. Sathapana Ltd. in April, Sathapa- needs to invest in its decaying to the commercial bank and mi- Prime Minister Hun Sen ac- na Bank was established with a transport systems, China, if any- crofinance institution’s (MFI) cused the opposition CNRP of paid-up capital of $120 million thing, faces the opposite prob- Facebook page on Friday. promising to cancel debts in 2013, and started with 160 branches, lem of profligate infrastructure Sathapana’s current logo, which the party has denied. Mr. 73 ATMs and 3,458 staff. spending, according to some which features a golden lion Hun Sen said earlier this month Acleda Bank began replacing economists. Yet after years in a blue circle and appeared that any politicians heard saying its signage last week—at an es- spent building airports, roads to have been removed from the they could cancel private debts timated cost of $3.5 million—in and railways, Beijing outlined company’s website, Facebook should be arrested on the spot. order to better differentiate it plans for more of the same in page and Norodom Boulervard The premier announced a from the Finance Ministry’s a recent policy paper. branch yesterday, resembles the government public-relations blitz logo. Prasac, another large MFI, Under the plan, China would National Police’s logo. on Wednesday, calling on media said it would cost the company have 260 commercial airports by The company’s statement also outlets and mobile phone compa- about $1 million to change its the end of the decade, up from says Sathapana is a private insti- nies to spread the message that branding nationwide. Cam- 207 in 2015. Additions include a tution and a wholly owned sub- “All microfinance institutions are ma Microfinance Ltd. said on second major airport in Beijing sidiary of Maruhan Japan Group, private, not state-owned.” Thursday it had begun replacing at a cost of $11.7 billion, and a an entertainment conglomerate. A Sathapana secretary con- their branding, which also fea- second airport for the western The Commerce Ministry firmed yesterday that man- tured a golden bird image similar city of Chengdu for $10.2 billion. said on Wednesday that banks agement met with Commerce to the Finance Ministry’s logo. 10 Business The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 In Workaholic Japan, the Gov’t Promotes a Day of Relaxation

By Eleanor Warnock economy. in at the office. the government to program The Wall Street Journal They are urging companies Policy makers and many time off. Last year, it intro- to let workers leave at 3 p.m. on economists think getting Ja- duced a new national holiday tokyo - Friday was a strange the final Friday of every month. pan’s workers out of the office in August—Mountain Day—in day for the head of Japan’s most “This is sure to prompt more could fuel economic part to get people to take more important business group. consumers to spend more,” growth. Shorter hours would vacations. According to travel Sadayuki Sakakibara, chair- Seko said. boost productivity and encour- company Expedia, Japanese man of the Japan Business But there were signs across Federation, left the office at the country that was still nearly two in the afternoon, donned a impossible to pry workers from plum-colored sport jacket and their desks. “My husband said if he were to take Premium headed out to a department “My husband said if he store with his wife, Emiko, in were to take Premium Friday, Friday, he would have to pay for it on the weekend.” what husband and wife said was he would have to pay for it on —Michiyo Nakamura the first time in their married the weekend,” said 37-year-old life they went shopping together Michiyo Nakamura, who was on a weekday. By 4:30 p.m., enjoying a 3 p.m. foot bath the couple were sipping cham- at a department-store event age spending, they say. people have the most days of pagne with hors d’oeuvres and in Tokyo with her 6-year-old According to the National unused vacation of any of the preparing for a double date in son—and without her banker Police Agency, 2,159 people 28 countries surveyed. the evening. husband. committed suicide as a result The Industry Ministry took What duress compelled the The Premium Friday plan of work-related issues in 2015. out three bright yellow ads on Sakakibaras to engage in such comes after the December 2015 Almost a quarter of Japanese the front page of Japan’s most leisure activity? It was Japan’s suicide of a 24-year-old woman companies say that some em- circulated newspaper on Friday first “Premium Friday,” an ef- at Japan’s largest advertising ployees work more than 80 suggesting people spend the fort conceived by Sakakibara’s agency, which authorities ruled hours of overtime each month, afternoon eating, traveling or federation and his dinner date was a result of overwork. The according to a Labor Ministry reading the newspaper. partner, Industry Minister case prompted a bout of national survey from last year. Japanese Prime Minister Hiroshige Seko, to boost the soul-searching about hours put This isn’t the first effort by Continued on next page Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Business 11 Japan... Continued from previous page “Usually when I leave the office at 8 p.m., Shinzo Abe ended work early and went to a temple for Zen there’s not even an hour meditation. left to shop.” Hotels, restaurants and sa- lons rolled out special plans and —Miyuki Imai events for Premium Friday. One hotel, recalling the high-growth economy of the already had such a system. 1980s, advertised a buffet with The figure was 3 percent in strawberries feting “the biggest a similar survey of 1,300 women TGIF since the bubble era!” by online restaurant and hotel “Usually when I leave the Reuters information site OZmall. office at 8 p.m., there’s not even An employee of Saint-Works Corporation holds a purple ‘cape of Sakakibara, the wife of the an hour left to shop. With this, shame’ as he encourages other employees to leave the office after business federation chief, said you can shop for a long time, working hours, in Tokyo earlier this month. she still considered it progress or travel somewhere a bit fur- compared with the situation ther than I normally would over and a tea ceremony starting at Hotels Inc., which was pitching decades ago when she rarely the weekend,” said 38-year-old 5 p.m. instead of the normal an afternoon tea package and saw her husband, who spent Miyuki Imai, who works at an 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. a family aquarium tour. his career at materials maker event-planning firm and was A spokeswoman said the “A lot of consumers are tak- Toray Industries Inc. and rose enjoying a beer at 3 p.m. on classes were only about a third ing a wait-and-see attitude.” to become president. Friday. full. The best-attended class, A survey of more than 500 “When he was working” at Yet many events saw less she said, was about organizing people by online travel ser- Toray, “men never could have than stellar attendance. documents. vice company DeNA Travel done this,” she said. In central Japan’s Shizuo- “So far I can’t say that Co. found only 2 percent of “The only time we went ka prefecture, a cultural cen- there is incredible demand” respondents worked at com- shopping together was when ter offered classes in subjects for Premium Friday events, panies that were planning to it rained on the weekend and including handwriting analysis said a spokeswoman at Prince introduce Premium Friday or his golf was canceled.” 12 Business The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 Hollywood Gets Left Hanging as China Reins In Investment

By Erich Schwartzel, “We’ve heard from both least two regulators: the Com- canceling its roughly $350 Kane Wu [private-equity] firms and merce Ministry and the Na- million acquisition of Voltage and Wayne Ma investment banks that China tional Development and Reform Pictures LLC, a Los Angeles The Wall Street Journal investment activity around Commission, the country’s top film financing and production [Hollywood] assets started to economic planner. Once those company best known for “The China’s crackdown on over- wane just prior to the election applications are approved, the Hurt Locker” and “Dallas Buy- seas investment is hitting Hol- and is almost nonexistent now,” decision moves to a third regu- ers Club.” lywood, torpedoing a deal that said Chris Fenton, a trustee of lator, the State Administration “They were really close to the would have put Metro-Gold- the U.S.-Asia Institute, which of Foreign Exchange. end of the deal,” said a source wyn-Mayer Studios under organizes congressional delega- Regulators are still accepting close to Voltage. “Suddenly, the Chinese control and placing tions to China, and president of applications, a person involved in deal’s off and they never real- other high-profile acquisitions DMG Entertainment, a media Chinese outbound media deals ly got any clear communication in limbo. company headquartered in Bev- said, but some applications ap- from Xinke as to why.” Talks broke down between erly Hills and Beijing. pear to be in limbo and haven’t Voltage is suing Xinke and MGM and several Chinese com- “No China entity wants to received a formal response, the Chinese company’s law firm panies late last year, an appar- be the first to test” the heated which has ground deals to a for breach of contract, seeking ent casualty of China’s move to rhetoric on the U.S. side and the virtual halt. more than $300 million in dam- stanch capital outflows that has capital controls on the Chinese In recent years, China ages. Xinke has said in regu- stalled the country’s shopping side, he added. has become a go-to source latory filings to the Shanghai spree in Hollywood, according to An MGM spokeswoman said: of capital for Hollywood. But Stock Exchange that Voltage people familiar with the matter. “MGM is in the strongest po- to some extent any deal with didn’t provide additional infor- The change comes after sition ever and is not for sale.” China represents a roll of the mation requested by that regu- years of Chinese companies Once known for producing dice, said one longtime Holly- lator. Xinke didn’t return calls striking large deals, including classics of Hollywood’s golden wood executive. In the U.S., or an email seeking comment. the $3.5 billion acquisition of age such as “The Wizard of Oz” it is relatively easy to predict Wanda’s purchase of Dick Legendary Entertainment last and “Singin’ in the Rain,” MGM what might trip up government Clark Productions, producer of year and a $1 billion film-fi- is now much smaller, owned by regulators, but in China there the Golden Globes and other nancing infusion for Paramount private-equity firms and long is little transparency about the awards shows, was announced Pictures last month. considered a likely takeover tar- state’s concerns. in November, but it is in limbo, An MGM sale would have get. The studio’s most valuable “You have no way to assess according to people familiar with been among the biggest-ticket asset is its film library, which what they might say about a the matter. Dick Clark’s cur- and highest-profile such acqui- includes several thousand titles, deal,” the executive said. rent owner, Eldridge Industries, sitions, but its failure to ma- including co-ownership of nu- In December, Chinese met- still expects the deal to close, terialize is evidence of a twist merous James Bond films. als manufacturer Anhui Xinke according to a person close to ending that few in Hollywood Interest in MGM from China New Materials Co. said it was the company. expected. heated up last year when Via- Beijing’s capital-control pol- com Inc.’s Paramount Pictures icy, which began in November, considered a rich acquisition of- Cambodia Securities Exchange has kept deals such as the $1 fer from Wanda, according to a Sunday, February 26, 2017 billion acquisition of Dick Clark person familiar with the matter. Productions by real-estate con- MGM wasn’t the subject Index Value Change Open High Low Volume glomerate Dalian Wanda Group of a formal auction process, CSX 347.39 0.00 347.39 347.39 347.39 0 Co. from closing, according to according to a different per- people familiar with the mat- son familiar with the matter, Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume ter, and scuttled the takeover of and has indicated to potential PPWSA 4,040 - - - - - smaller production companies. business partners that it may Grand Twins 4,100 - - - - - The new dynamic highlights pursue a public stock offering PPAP 5,200 - - - - - Hollywood’s dependence on over the next couple of years. PPSP 2,790 - - - - - China, where the slightest Chinese companies last year change in state policy has ripple announced a record $225 bil- Foreign Exchange Source: Ly Hour Exchange effects across the entertainment lion in international purchases. industry. 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That has led pay high premiums for flashy to greater scrutiny of overseas Local Gold Source: Ly Hour Exchange Hollywood holdings. acquisitions to ensure they ar- The economic-policy chang- en’t being made to evade capital Gold Type (O’Russei Market) Buying Selling es in China come amid mount- controls. Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,505...... 1,515 ing protectionist rhetoric in the Chinese companies that want Kilo ($/damlung)...... 1,505...... 1,515 U.S. from the administration of to invest internationally typi- 99% ($/damlung)...... 1,485...... 1,495 President Donald Trump. cally submit applications to at 97% ($/damlung)...... 1,445...... 1,455 រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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បក្ស​ន្ះ​​កំពុង​​ខិតខំ​ព្យាយាម​សម្ប​ខ䮛ួនទៅ​ បវរកញ្ញា​​​ពិភពលោក​​​​​​ផាសព䮜ផាសាយអំពី​​​ការ​​​គាប់គាង​​​កាកសំណល់​​​ នឹង​ច្បាប់​​ស䮊ីពី​គណបក្ស​នយោបយតាក់​ត្ង​ AISHA DOWN ឡើងវិញ​ដោយ​គណ​បក្ស​ប្ជជន​កម្ពុជ​​​ដ្ល​​​​ ថា​"​​​​រឿ​ង​មួយ​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណោម​​​​រឿង​ដ្ល​​​យើង​​​ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី លោក​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​ជំរុញ​ដើម្បី​ ទាំង​​​អស់​​​គ្ន្​​​ជ​​​បវរ​​​កញ្ញ្​​​​​​​​​ព្ញ​ចិត䮏​គឺករ​ទទួល​

រារាំង​លោក​សម​រង្សុី​ដ្ល​ប្ឈម​​​​ករ​​ជប់​ កលពី​​​ម្សិលមិញ​ក្សួង​​​បរិស䮐្ន​​​​​​បន​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ បន​​ឱកស​​​លើកឡើង​​​នូវ​​​​​​មតិ​​​យោបល់​​​​​​​​របស់​​​

ពន䮒នគរ​រយៈព្ល​៩​ឆ្ន្ំ​ពាក់ព័ន䮒​ករ​​​ផ䮊ន䮑្​ទោស​​​ សន䮓ិសីទ​​​សរ​​​ព័ត៌មន​​​ដើម្បី​​​បង្ហ្ញ​​​ពី​​​យុទ䮒សស䮏្​​​​​ យើង"។

ដ្លមជ្ឈដ䮋្ន​ទូទៅ​មើល​ឃើញ​ថា​​មន​ជប់​ ថ្មីបំផុត​​​ក䮓ុងករ​​​លើក​​​កម្ពស់​​​ករ​​​យល់ដឹង​​​ពី​​​ កញ្ញ្​​​បន​​​បន䮐្ម​​​ថា​​វា​​​មិន​​​ទាន់​​​ហួស​ព្ល​​

ពាក់ព័ន䮒​រឿង​នយោបយ​នោះ​​មិន​ឱ្យ​​មន​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​​ បរិស䮐្នជមួយ​​​បវរកញ្ញ្​​​មួយ​​​ក្ុម។ "ដើម្បី​​​សង្គ្្ះ​​​​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​របស់​​អ䮓ក​​​ពី​​​ករ​​​បំផ䮛្ញ​​​​​ Maya Rotha Gillies-Chapman ឬ​សកម្មភាព​នយោបយ​​ណាមួយ​។ កញ្ញ្​ ដ្ល​​​ អ䮜ី​​​ៗ​​​នោះ​​​"។​ បវរកញ្ញ្​​​ប្្ំរូប​​​រួមទាំង​​​ម្ច្ស់​​​

ស្ចក䮊ី​សម្្ច​របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ តំណាង​​​ឱ្យ​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​ហ䮜ីលីពីន​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ករ​​​ប្ឡង​​​ ជ័យ​​​​​លាភី​​​បវរកញ្ញ្​​​ពិភពលោក​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​មុន​​​​គឺ​​​កញ្ញ្​​​ Bonilla ​​​ Angela ជតិ​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ករ​បើក​សមជ​វិសមញ䮉​របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​ បវរ​​​កញ្ញ្​​​​​​ពិភពលោក​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​២០១៦បន​​​និយាយ ន្ប្ទ្ស​​​អ្ក䮜្ទ័រ​​​​បន​​​មកដល់​​​

នៅ​ថ䮄្ព្ហស្បតិ៍​​ដោយ​មិន​ធ䮜ើវា​នៅ​​ថ䮄្ទី១៨​​​​ តទៅទំព័រ១៥

ខ្​ម្ស​​​តាម​ករ​គ្្ង​ទុក​នោះ​នឹង​អនុញ្ញ្ត​​​ ពលករ​បង្ហាះ​សារ​គំរាមសម្លាប់​លោក​ហ៊ុន​សាន​ជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ​​២ឆ្នាំ ឱ្យ​ប្ធាន​ថ្មី​របស់ខ䮛ួន​ដ្ល​មជ្ឈដ䮋្នទូទៅ​រំពឹង​​​​

ថា​គឺ​លោក​ប្ធាន​ស䮊ីទី​​កឹម​សុខា​​នោះ​​​ដក់​ សែក ឧត្តម ក្ុម​​​ប្ឹក្សា​​​ជំនុំជម្ះ​​​ក៏បន​​​ពិន័យ​​​ជ​​​ប្្ក់ចំនួន​​​​​ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី ជូនបញ្ជី​ឈ្ម្ះ​​ប្ក䮁ជនឈរឈ្ម្ះ​ក្ុម​ប្ឹក្សា​​​​ ២លានរៀល​​​​​ដល់​​​​​​​វ៉្ន​សុភាព​​​​ផងដ្រ​​​​នៅ​​

ឃុំ-​សង្ក្ត់​​​​នៅ​​ចុង​សប䮊្ហ៍​ខាង​មុខ​ន្ះ​។ កលពី​​​ថ䮄្សុក្​​​​ចៅក្ម​​​សលា​​​ដំបូង​​​ ក䮓ុង​​​រឿងក䮏ី​​​ដ្លមិន​​​មន​​​ករ​​​ដក់ពាក្យ​​​បណ្តឹង​​ជ​​​​​

​ស្ចក䮊ី​សម្្ច​ន្ះ​កើត​មន​ឡើង​​បន䮑្ប់​ រាជធានី​​​ភ䮓ំព្ញ​​​​​​​​​បន​​​ផ䮏ន䮑្ទោស​​​​​​ពល​​​ករ​​​ចំណាក​​ ករ​​​កត់សម្គ្ល់​​​មួយ​​​ផ䮑ុយ​​​ទៅនឹង​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដ្ល​​​អាជ䮉្​ធរ​​​​

ពី​សមជិក​គណបក្ស​ប្ឆំង​​ដ្ល​កំពុង​​ជប់​ ស្ុក​​​​​​អាយុ​​​២៧ឆ្ន្ំម្ន្ក់​​​ឱ្យ​​​ជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​រយៈ​ បន​​​ច្្ន​​​ចោល​​​ករ​​​គំរាម​​​តាម​ហ䮜្ស​ប៊ុក​​​​​​លើ​​​

ពន䮒នគរ​​បី​នក់​បន​លាល្ង​ពី​តំណ្ង​កល​​ ព្ល​​​ពីរ​​​ឆ្ន្ំជុំវិញ​​​ករ​​​បង្ហ្ះ​​​សរ​​​តាម​​​ហ䮜្ស​​​បុ៊ក​​​ លោក​​​​កឹម​សុខា​ ម្ដឹកនំគណបក្ស​​​ប្ឆំង​​​

ពី​សប䮊្ហ៍​មុន​ដើម្បី​គ្ច​ពី​បញ្ហ្​ដ្ល​អាច​បង䮀​ គំរាម​​​សម䮛្ប់​​​លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​​​​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន។ កលពី​​​ឆ្ន្ំមុន​​​ដោយ​​​និយាយយ​​​ថា​​ពួកគ្​​​មិន​​​

ឡើង​ដោយ​​វិសោធនកម្ម​ច្បាប់​​របស់​​គណបក្ស​​ លោក​ លី​សុខឡ្ង​ ចៅក្ម​​​ប្ធាន​​​ មន​​​សមត䮐កិច䮅​​​ក䮓ុងក​​​រសុើប​​​អង䮀្ត​​ករណី​​​នោះ​​​​​​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់ តទៅទំព័រ១៥

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១៤­­ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី ថ្ងៃ­­­­ច័ន្ទ ទី២៧­ខៃកុម្ភៈ­ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះជាតិ​... រូបមន䮏​​រូបមន䮏​​អនុបែធន​បី​​អាហ䮓ឹង​ល្អហើយ​ សមែែប់​ករ​បោះ​ឆ្នែតឃុំ-សង្កែត់​ ដែល​នឹង​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ សុវណ䮎"។​​បុរស​រូប​នែះ​​បន​និយយ​បន䮏​ថ ធ䮜ើឡើង​នៅ​ថ្ងែទី​៤​ខែ​មិថុន។

បែជាជន​កម្ពុជា​​​ដែល​តែូវ​បន​ចាត់ទុក​ថ​"​​ករ​ "ធ䮜ើ​ម៉ែច​រកែសា​លំនឹង​​​គណបកែស​យើង​រហូត​​ទៅ​ លោកសែី​បន​មន​បែសសន៍​ថ​"​វ​ពាក់​

វយ​បែហារ​​ចុង​កែែយ​"​ចំពោះ​លទ䮒ិបែជា​ធិប​ ដល់​ថ្ងែ​បោះ​ឆ្នែត​​ពីពែែះ​គ្មែន​រូប​មន䮏​ណា​ ព័ន䮒​រឿង​បញ䮇ូនបញ䮇ី​ឈ្មែះ​​​​បែក្ខជន​គណបកែស​

តែយែយ​​​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​។ ល្អ​ជាង​ហ䮓ឹងទែ"។ សមែែប់​ករ​បោះ​ឆ្នែតឃុំ​ -សង្កែត់។​ ​យោង​

ចែបាប់ថ្មី​នែះ​​ដែល​​តែូវ​មន​ករ​អនុម័ត​យល់​​​ បុរស​រូបនែះ​​​បន​បន䮐ែម​ទៀត​ថ​ "យើង​ តម​ចែបាប់​គ.ជ.ប.​​បែធន​គណបកែស​​គួរ​តែ​ដក់​

ពែមពី​ពែឹទ䮒សភា​និង​​ពែះមហាកែសតែ​មុន​ពែល​​​ ដក់​ឱែយ​ចែើន​​មួយចង្កែម​​អ៊ីចឹង​វ​សែួល​​កុំ​ឱែយ​ ជូន​បញ䮇ី​ឈ្មែះ​បែក្ខជន"។​លោកសែី​បន​

ចូល​ជាធរមន​​នឹង​ផ䮊ល់​ឱែយ​រដ䮋ែភិបល​ និង​ តែ​ម្នែក់​ឯង​យើង​ទៅ​ជាមុខ​សញ្ញែ"។ បន䮐ែម​​​​ថ​បញ䮇ី​នែះ​តែូវ​​តែដក់​ជូន​នៅ​ចន្លែះ​

តុលា​​ករ​នូវ​អំណាច​​ក䮓ុង​ករ​ផ្អែក​សកម្មភាព​​ រចន​សម្ព័ន䮒​បែបនែះ​​នឹង​ជា​ករ​​ផ្លែស់​ប䮊ូរ​ ថ្ងែសុកែ​ដល់​ថ្ងែ​អាទិតែយ​។

ឬ​រម្លែយ​គណបកែស​នយោបយ​​​ជាគូ​បែជែង ដ៏សំខាន់​​ពី​​ឋាននុកែម​​​ដែល​មន​លោក​ សម កលពី​ថ្ងែ​ពែហសែបតិ៍​​​លោក​មជ​សុវណ䮎រា​​​​

ដែលថ្នែក់ដឹក​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​​មន​ជាប់​​​䞶ក់ទិន​​នឹង​ រងែសុី​ ជា​បែធន​​​និង​លោក​ កឹម​ សុខា​ ជា​ មន䮏ែី​គណបកែសសង្គែែះជាតិ​កំពុង​ជាប់ពន䮒​

ករ​បែពែឹត䮏​បទ​ល្មើស​នន​​​ដែល​មិន​មន​ចែង​​​ អនុបែធន​​តែម្នែក់គត់​របស់​លោក​។ នគរ​លោក​អ៊ុំ​សំអាន​​តំណាង​រាស䮏ែ​គណ​

ចែបាប់​លាស់​​​។ លោក​យឹម​សុវណ䮎​​​បដិសែធមិន​និយយ​ បកែស​សង្គែែះ​ជាតិ​និង​​​សមជិក​ពែឹទ䮒សភា​លោក

សែចក䮊ី​បែកស​ព័ត៌មននែះ​​ដែល​ថ​សមជ​​​ ឡើយ​កលពី​ថ្ងែសុកែថ​​តើ​វ​ជា​សំឡែង​របស់​​​​ ហុង​​ សុខហួរ​ ​​បន​ដក់​លិខិត​សុំ​លាលែងពី​

គណបកែស​​​តែូវ​បន​​កំណត់​កលបរិច䮆ែទ​ជា​ថ្មី​ លោក​​ឬ​យ៉ែង​ណា​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ករ​សន䮑ន​គ្នែ​តម​ តំណែង​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​​​​នែះ​បើ​យោង​តម​សហ​

កើត​មន​ឡើង​បន䮑ែប់ពី​​ករ​សន䮑ន​ឆ䮛ើយ​ឆ䮛ង​ ទូរស័ព䮑​នះ​​ប៉ុន䮏ែលោក​បន​ចោទ​សួរ​អំពី​​ភាព​​​​ សែវិក​របស់​លោក។

តម​ទូរស័ព䮑​បនបែក​ធ្លែយ​កលពី​ថ្ងែ​សុកែ​ សែប​ចែបាប់​​នែ​ករ​បែក​ធ្លែយ​នែះ​។ លោក​​មជ​សុវណ䮎រា​និងលោក​អ៊ុំ​សំអាន​​​

ដែល​ក䮓ុង​នះ​គែ​បន​​ឮ​លោក​សម​រងែសុី​ដែល​​​ លោក​បនមនបែសសន៍​ថ​"​សូម​សួរ​​ ដែល​សុទ䮒តែកំពុង​អនុវត䮏​​ទោស​​​ជាប់ពន䮒ន​គរ​​​​​ Page លាលែង​ពី​តំណែង​ជា​បែធន​គណបកែស​​​ទំនង​ រដ䮋ែភិបល​ និងសួរ​ម្ចែស់​​​ ថ​តើ​ពួកគែ​​ យ៉ែង​យូរ​ពាក់ព័ន䮒​ករ​ចោទ​បែកន់ដែល​មជែឈ​ដ䮋ែន​​​

ជា​​ពិភាកែសា​​​អំពី​ករ​កែ​បែែ​រចន​សម្ព័ន䮒​ដឹកនំ​​ អាច​ ​ធ䮜ើ​រឿង​នែះ​បន​ដោយ​របៀប​ណា។​តើ​ ទូទៅ​ដឹង​ថ​មនជាប់​ព័ន䮒​រឿង​នយោ​​បយ​នះ​​​​

ជាមួយ​លោក​យឹម​សុវណ䮎​អ䮓ក​នំពាកែយ​គណ​ ករ​អនុវត䮏​ចែបាប់​នៅ​ឯណា​ទៅ?​បង​ប្អូន​ដឹង​ បន​លើក​ឡើង​ពី​​"ហែតុ​ផល​ផ䮑ែល់​​ខ䮛ួន​"​នៅ​

បកែស​សង្គែែះជាតិ​និង​​​ជា​​​មនុសែសជំនិត​ម្នែក់​​ក䮓ុង​​​ ហើយ​អ䮜ី​​ដែល​​កើត​ឡើង​នៅ​បែទែស​​នីតិរដ䮋​​ ក䮓ុង​លិខិត​លាលែង​របស់​ពួកគត់​ដែល​​​ផ䮉ើ​ជូន​​

ចំណោម​​មនុសែស​ជំនិត​បំផុតៗ​​របស់លោក។ មួយ​ចំនួនដូច​នៅ​សហរដ䮋អាមែរិក​និង​នៅ​ លែខាធិករដ䮋ែន​គណបកែស​សង្គែែះ​ជាតិ​​​​នែះ​

បែធន​អចិន䮏ែែយ៍​ថ្មី​មួយ​រូប​និង​អនុបែធន​​​​​​ អឺរ៉ុប​ជាដើម"។ បើ​យោង​តម​លោក​ប៉ុល​ហំម​បែធន​គណៈ​​

នឹង​តែូវ​ជែើសរើស​​អំឡុង​សមជ​​គណបកែស​នែះ​​​​ លោក​ សម​ រងែសុី​ក៏​​បន​បដិសែធ​មិន​ធ䮜ើ​ កម្មែធិករ​អចិន䮏ែែយ៍​របស់​គណ​បកែស​នែះ​។

នែះ​បើ​យោង​តម​​សែចក䮊ី​បែកស​ព័ត៌មន​របស់​​​ អត䮐ែធិបែបាយ​លើ​ករ​បែក​ធ្លែយ​នែះ​ដែរ​​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​ ដោយ​វ​​កើត​មន​ឡើង​មិន​ដល់​ពីរ​សប䮊ែហ៍​​​

គណបកែស​សង្គែែះ​ជាតិ​​ប៉ុន䮏ែ​​គណបកែស​នែះ​នៅ​​​​ បន​ចែែន​ចោល​​ករ​លើក​ឡើង​​ដែល​ថ​​​ករ​ ផង​បន䮑ែប់ពី​​ករ​លាលែង​​ពី​តំណែង​របស់​លោក​​​

តែ​មិន​និយយ​ឡើយ​កលពី​មែសិលមិញ​​ថ​តើ​ ផ䮊ល់​យោបល់​ដល់​គណបកែស​សង្គែែះជាតិ​​ជា​ សម​រងែសុី​នះ​​ពួកគត់​ទំនង​ជា​​​​កំពុង​ពែយាយម​​​

នរណា​​ដែល​នឹង​បំពែញ​​​តំណែង​䞶ំង​នះ។ រឿង​មិនតែូវ​​ដោយសរ​លោក​​បន​លាលែង​ ដើមែបី​​​ទប់ស្កែត់​​វិធនករ​ដែល​អាច​កើត​មន​ឡើង​​​

លោក​យឹម​ សុវណ䮎​ បន​លើក​ឡើង​ថ ពីតំណែង​ជាបែធន​គណបកែសរួចទៅ​ហើយ​ ណាមួយ​​​​កែែម​បែករ​ថ្មី​នែ​ចែបាប់​ស䮊ីពី​គណ​បកែស​​​

បែក្ខជន​​នៅមិន​䞶ន់​សមែែច​នៅ​ឡើយ​ទែ​។ នះ​។​ នយោបយ​នៅពែល​វ​ចូល​ជា​ធរមន។​

​លោក​បន​មនបែសសន៍​ថ​ "​ពីរ​ឬ​បី​ថ្ងែ​ លោក​បន​លើក​ឡើង​តម​រយៈ​អុីម៉ែល​មួយ​​​ លោក​មជ​សុវណ䮎រា​កំពុង​អនុវត䮏​ទោស​​

ទៀត​បន​សមែែច​"។​ លោក​មន​បែស​សន៍​ កលពី​ថ្ងែ​សុកែ​ថ​ "​​ខ䮉ុំ​បន​លាលែង​​តំណែង​ ជាប់ពន䮒នគរ​រយៈពែល​​២០​ឆ្នែំ​បន䮑ែប់ពី​​តែូវ​

ប​ន䮐ែម​ថ​ "​គណបកែស​សង្គែែះជាតិ​​មិន​គិត​គូរ​ ជា​បែធន​​​​​គណបកែស​សង្គែែះ​ជាតិ​ក៏ពិតមែន​​​ បន​កត់​ឱែយ​ជាប់ទោស​ពី​បទកុបកម្ម​​ដោយ​សរ​

លើ​រឿង​អំណាច​​ឬ​តំណែង​​ស្អី​ហ䮓ឹង​ទែ​។​នរណា​​​​​ ប៉ុន䮏ែ​​​​​មិន​បន​បោះបង់​ចោល​បែសក​កម្ម​របស់​ មន​ជាប់ពាក់ព័ន䮒​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ករ​តវ៉ែ​ឆ្នែំ​២០១៤

ក៏​ដូច​នរណា​ដែរ​​ពែែះ​សមែែច​លើ​យន䮏ករ​"។ ខ䮉ុំទែ​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ករ​សង្គែែះ​បែទែស​ទែ​​"។ នៅ​ទីលាន​បែជាធិបតែយែយ​ក䮓ុង​រាជធនី​ភ䮓ំពែញ។​​​

នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ករ​សន䮑ន​ដែលទំនង​ជា​រវង​លោក​​​ លោកសែី​មូរ​ សុខហួរ​ តំណាង​រាស䮏ែ​ លោក​អ៊ុំ​សំអាន​តែូវ​បន​ផ䮊ន䮑ែទោស​​ឱែយ​ជាប់​

សម​រងែសុី​និង​លោក​យឹម​សុវណ䮎​ដែល​​បែក​ គណបកែស​សង្គែែះជាតិ​បន​លើក​​ឡើង​កល​ ពន䮒នគរ​រយៈពែលជាង​២​ឆ្នែំ​កលពី​ឆ្នែំមុន

ធ្លែយ​តម​ហ䮜ែសប៊ុក​នះ​ពួកគត់​បន​ពិភាកែសា​​​​​ ពី​​​មែសិល​មិញ​ថ​​សមជគណបកែស​នែះ​​តែូវ​បន​ ពាក់ព័ន䮒ករ​បង្ហែះ​សរ​តម​ហ䮜ែសប៊ុក​​រិះ​គន់​

អំពី​ករ​​តែង​តំង​​​​អនុបែធន​មួយ​ចំនួន​​​ដើមែបី​​​ ធ䮜ើ​ឡើង​​មុន​ករ​គែែង​ទុក​​ដោយ​សរ​​​​ចែបាប់​ ករ​កំណត់​ពែំដែន​របស់​​រដ䮋ែភិបល​ជាមួយ​

កុំ​ឱែយ​ងយ​​ក្លែយជាមុខសញ្ញែ​។ របស់​គណៈកម្មែធិករ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំករ​បោះ​ វៀតណាម​។

បុរស​ម្នែក់​ដែល​មន​សំឡែង​​សែដៀង​​លោក​​​ ឆ្នែត​ (គ.ជ.ប.)​​ចែងថ​ ​បែធន​​គណ​បកែស​ សមជិក​​ពែឹទ䮒សភា​​គណបកែស​បែឆំង​​លោក​

សម​ រងែសុី​ បន​និយយ​ថ​"​ខ䮉ុំទើប​បន​ដឹង​​ អចិន䮏ែែយ៍​​តមែូវ​ឱែយ​ដក់​​ជូនបញ䮇ីឈ្មែះ​​បែក្ខជន​​​​ តទៅទំព័រ១៥ ថ្ងៃ​​​​ច័ន្ទ ទី២៧​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ១៥ បវរកញ្ញ្ឯក​ពិភព​លោក​​... Nikola Bechynova កញ្ញេ​ នេ​​​សធារណរដ䮋​​​​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​ថា​"​​​កេេយ​​​មក​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ ឆេក​​​​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​"យើង​​​មក​​​ទីនេះ​​​​​​ដើមេបី​​​ ទៀត​​​​​​​យើ​​​ងបេហេល​​​ជមន​​​តារា​​​លេបី​​​ៗ​​​ជចេើន​​​​​

បេទេស​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​​​កាលពី​​​ថ䮄េសៅរ៍​ ហើយ​​​នឹង​​ បង្ហេញ​​​ដល់​​​យុវជន​​​ជំនន់​​​កេេយ​​​​​​អំពី​​​​​​វិថី​​​ថេ​ ទៀតផងដេរ​​​។​យើង​​​ចង់​​​ឱេយ​​​ពិភពលោក​​​ទាំង​​​

ស្នេក់​​​នៅ​​​រហូត​​​​​​ដល់​​​​​​​​ថ䮄េទី​​​៨​ខេ​​​មីន។ រកេសា​​​ការ​​​ពារ​​​បេទេស​​​របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​"។ មូល​​​មើល​​​ឃើញ​​​ថា​យើង​​​ជ​​​នរណ​ យើង​​​ Bonilla លោក​អ៊េង​​​​​​​សុផល䮛េត​​​​អនុរដ䮋លេខាធិការ​​​ កញ្ញេ​ ដេល​ជ​​​​ម្ចេស់​​​ជ័យ​​​លាភី​បវរ​ ជអ䮜ី​ហើយ​​​យើង​​​កំពុង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​អ䮜ី"។

កេសួង​​​បរិស䮐េន​​​ពិធីបើក​​​សន䮓ិសីទ​​​ថា​អំឡុង​​​ កញ្ញ េ​ពិភពលោក​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​ "​​​វា​​​មិន​​​គេប់​​​ ទោះយ៉េ​​​ងណ​ លោក​ អ៊េង​ សុផល䮛េត​ ​

ពេល​​​ពួកគេ​​​ស្នេក់នៅ​​​ទីនេះ​បវរកញ្ញេ​​​ទាំង​​​៥​រូប​​​​​​​​ គេេន់​ទេ​​​គេេន់តេ​​​ការ​​​អប់រំនោះ​យើង​​​តេូវ​​​ បន​​​ទទួល​​​ស្គេល់ថា​ដំណើរ​​​ទសេសនកិច䮅​​​របស់​​​

នឹង​​​ចូលរួម​​​ការ​​​បេគំតន䮏េី​"​​​ចេក​​​រំលេក​​​​​​ចំណេះ​​ ផ䮏ល់ជ​​​ឧទាហរណ៍​​​ដល់​​​ពួកគេ​​​ផងដេរ។​ ​យើង​​​​​​ តារា​​​លេបីៗ​​​ទាំងនេះ​​​គេេន់តេ​​​ជ​​​ចំណេកមួយ​​​

ដឹង​​​ជមួយ​​​សធារណជន​​​​និង​​​យុវជន​​​​​​អំពី​​​ការ​​​ តេូវ​​​បងេៀន​​​ពួកគេ​​​ពី​​​របៀប​​​បេមូល​​​ទុកដក់​​​ ប៉ុណ្ណេះ។​លោក​​​ថ䮛េង​​​ថា​ហើយ​​​បើ​​​ទោះ​​​​​ជ​​​កេុម​​​​​

បះ​​​ចោល​​​កាកសំណល់​និង​​​ការ​​​គេប់គេង​​​ សំរាម​​និង​​​ថេរកេសាការ​​​ពារ​​​​​​ធនធាន​​​ធម䮘ជត​​​ិ"។ នេះ​​​​​​ចង់​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​យុទ䮒នការ​​​​​​បេឆំង​​​ការ​​​កាប់​​​ឈើ​​​ខុស​​​​​​

កាក​​​សំណល់​​​ឱេយ​​​បន​​​តេឹម​​​តេូវ"​និង​​​ការ​​​ចុះ​​​ផ䮑េល់​​​​ លោក​អ៊ង​សុផល䮛េត​​​​បន䮐េម​​​ថា​​តារា​​​​​​មួយ​​​ ចេបាប់ក៏ដោយ​​ក៏​​​បវរកញ្ញេ​​​ទាំង​​​នេះ​​​​​​មិនមន​​​

តាម​​​ភូមិជដើម​​​​​​"។ ចំនួន​​​ទៀត​​​​​​ក៏បន​​​តេៀម​​​ចូលរួមក䮓ុង​​​យុទ䮒ន​​​ការ​​​ ពេល​​​ចុះ​​​ទៅ​​​កន䮛េង​​​ទាំងនោះ​​​តាម​​​ទី​​​ជនបទ​​​

លោក​អ៊េង​សុផល䮛េត​​​​​និង​​​បវរ​​​កញ្ញេទាំង​​​ នេះដេរ​​​​​​ដោយ​​​លោក​​​​​​កត់​សម្គេល់​ពី​​​តារា​សម䮏េង​​​ កន䮛េង​​​ដេលមន​​​ការ​​​កាប់ឈើ​​​នោះ​ឡើយ។ Angelina Jolie នោះ​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​ ការ​​​​​​ផ䮏េត​​សំខាន់​នេ​ អ៊េនជេលីណ​​ចូលី​​( )​ដេល​បន​​​​ ជំនួសវិញ​​​​លោក​​​បន​​​សមេេច​​​ថា​​​​កា​​​រចុះ​​​

ពេល​​​វេលា​​​របស់ពួកគេ​​​នឹងជ​​​គំរូ​​​សមេេប់​​​ការ​​ ជួប​​​ពិភាកេសា​​​ជមួយ​លោក​ ​សយ​ ​សំអល់​ ​ផ䮑េល់​​​របស់​​​ពួកគេ​​​​​​នឹង​​​​​​ធ䮜ើឡើង​​​នៅ​តេ​​​​​តំបន់​​​ទេស​​​​​

គេប់គេង​​​​​​កាកសំណល់​​​ឱេយ​​​បន​​​តេឹមតេូវ​​​​ជ​​​ រដ䮋មន䮏េី​​​កេសួង​​​បរិស䮐េន​​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​​ដំណើរ​​​ទសេសន​ ចរណ៍​​​ក䮓ុង​​​កេុង​​​ពេះសីហនុ​និង​​​កេុង​​​សៀម​​​

ពិសេស​​​សមេេប់​​​យុវជន​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​។ ក​​ិច䮅​​​មកកាន់​​​បេទេស​​​នេះ​​​កាលពី​​​សប䮏េហ៍មុន។ រាបប៉ុណ្ណេះ​​​៕សរនុ ​

ពលករ​បង្ហ្ះ​សារ​​... សរសេរ​​​ថា​"​​​កាត់កេបាល​​​យួន​​​គឺ​​​ជ​​​កិច䮅ការ​​​របស់​ សម្លេប់​​​បណ䮌ិត​​​​សុខ​​​​ទូច​ក䮓ុងការ​​​បង្ហេះសរ​​​តាម​​​​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ កូន​​​ខ䮘េរ​​​គេប់​​​រូប​​​"​ជការ​​​បេើ​​​បេេស់​​​ពាកេយ​​​បេមថ​​​​​ ហ䮜េសបុ៊ក​​​​​​​​​នោះ​​​​តេូវបន​​​ផ䮏ន䮑េទោស​​​ឱេយ​​​ជប់​

ទេ​ពេេះ​​​​​គ្មេន​​​ការ​​​ដក់ពាកេយ​​​បណ្តឹង​​​។ ដល់​​​ជន​​​ជតិ​​​វៀត​​​​​​ណម។ ពន䮒នគរ​​​រយៈពេល​​​៦ខេ​​​​​​បន䮑េប់ពី​​​រដ䮋េភិបល​​​​​​

វ៉េន​ សុភាព​​​​តេូវបន​​​ចាប់ខ䮛ួន​​​កាលពី​​​ខេ​ វ៉េន​សុភាព​​​​ដេល​​​បន​​​ស䮓ើ​​​ការ​​​អត់​​​ឱនពី​​​តុលា​​​ បន​​​ឱេយ​​​លោក​សុខ​ ទូច​​​​​​​ទទួលបន䮑ុក​​​ការងរ​​​

តុលា​បន䮑េប់ពី​​​តេឡប់​​​មកពី​​​បេទេស​​​ថេទៅ​លេង​​​​​​​ ការដោយ​​​​លើកឡើង​​​ថា​ខ䮛ួន​​​ទើប​​​តេ​​​បន​​​​​ដឹង​​​ ដ៏សំខាន់​​​​​​ពាក់ព័ន䮒ការ​​​វាយ​​​តម䮛េ​​​ពី​​កំណត​​​់​​​​បង្គេល​​​​​

សេុក​​​កំណើត​​​របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ខេត䮏​​​ពេេវេង​​​។​​គត​​​់​ បន䮑េប់​​​ពី​​​ការ​​​ពិត​​​ថា​សរ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ហ䮜េសប៊ុក​​​របស់​ ពេំដេន​​​​​​រវាង​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​​និង​​​វៀត​​​ណម។

សរភាព​​​ថា​ពិត​​​ជ​​​បន​​​បង្ហេះ​​​សរ​​​ចំនួន​​​ពីរ​​​ ខ䮛ួន​​​បេហេល​​​ជ​​​ខុស​​​ចេបាប់​​​នោះ​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​​​ ផង់​សីហា​អយុ​​​២៧ឆ្នេំ​​​បនិយយ​​​ថា​​គត់​​​​​

តាម​​​ហ䮜េស​​​ប៊ុក​​​​​​ដេល​​​ពេះ​​​រាជ​​​អជ្ញេ​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​​​​ បន䮑េប់ពី​​​សមេេច​​​សល​​​កេម​​​ថា​លោក​​​នឹង​​​​​​មិន​​​ ន​​ឹង​​​​"​​​បញ់កេបាល​​​លោក​សុខ​ទូច​​"​នៅក䮓ុង​​​ការ​​​

ថា​ស䮘ើ​​​នឹង​​​ការ​​​ចោទ​​​បេកាន់​​​បទ​​​ពេហ䮘ទណ䮌​​​​​​ ជំទាស់​​​ការ​​​ផ䮏ន䮑េទោស​​​នេះទេ​ពីពេេះ​​​វា​​អច​​​ បង្ហេះ​​​​​​​សរ​​​តាម​​​ហ䮜េស​​​ប៊ុក​​​​​​កាលពីឆ្នេំ​​​២០១៥​​​​​​

ទាក់​​​ទិន​​​ការ​​​គំរាម​​​សម្លេប់​​​​និង​​​ការ​​​ញុះញង់​​​ឱេយ​​​ យូរ​​​ជង​​​នេះ​​​ទៅទៀត​​​។​រូម​​​បញ䮅ូលគ្នេ​ ការ​​​ ហើយ​​​តេូវបន​​​ចាប់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​ប៉ុន្មេន​​​ថ䮄េកេេយ​​​មក​​​

មន​​​ការ​​​រើស​​​អើង​​​។ ចោទ​​​បេកាន់​​​ទាំងនេះ​​​អច​​​ជប់ពន䮒នគរ​​​រហូត​​​​​ ក䮓ុង​​​​​​​បេទេស​​​ថេ​​​​កន䮛េង​​​ដេល​​​បុរស​​​រូបនេះ​​​បន​​​

ក䮓ុង​​​វើដេអូឃ䮛ីបមួួយ​ វ៉េន​ សុភាព​​​​ បន​​​ ដល់​​​៥ឆ្នេំ។ ស្នេក់នៅ​​​ធ䮜ើការ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​នម​​​ជ​​​ពល​​​ករ​​​ចំណក​​​សេុក។

សរសេរ​​​ថា​ "​​​​ហ៊ុន​សេន​ អើយ​ ថ䮄េនេះ​​​ជ​​​ គត​​​់​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​ "សមេេប់ខ䮉ុំ​វា​​​មិន​​​អី​​​ គត​​​់​​តេូវបន​​​​​​យក​​​មក​​​បេគល់​​​ឱេយ​​​អជ្ញេធរ​​​

ថ䮄េអនេសា​​​របស់​​​អ䮓កហើយ​​​"។​នៅក䮓ុង​​​​​​កា​​​រ​​​លើក​​​ ទេ"។ទោះ​​​យ៉េង​​​ណ​គត់បន​​​បន䮐េម​​​ថា​គត់​​​ កម䮖ុជ​​​នៅ​​​ចេក​​​ពេំដេន​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​ប៉េយ​​​ប៉េត​​​​​​ហើយ​​​

ឡើង​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​វើដេអូ​​​ឃ䮛ីប​​​មួយ​​​ទៀតស䮏ីពី​​​លោក​​​​ហ៊ុន​​​​ ចង់​​​សម䮏េង​​​ពី​​​អរម䮘ណ៍​​​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ផ䮑េល់"។ តេូវបន​​​ផ䮏ន䮑េទោស​​នៅ​​​សលា​​​ដំបូង​​​រាជធានី​​​

សេន​ ​​​ចុះ​​​ទៅ​​​តាម​​​បណ្តេខេត䮏​​​នោះ​​​​គត់​​​បន​​​ កាលពី​​​ឆ្នេំមុន​​​បុរស​​​ម្នេក់ដេលបនគំរាម​​​ ភ䮓ំពេញ​​​កាលពី​​​ខេ​​​កុម䮗ៈ​​​​ឆ្នេំមុន៕​សរនុ ​​​​​​​

គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជាតិ​​... ថ䮄េ​ពេហសេបតិ៍​នេះបើ​យោង​តាម​លោក​ទាវ បង䮀ើត​ជ​គណបកេស​សង្គេេះជតិ​នៅ​ក䮓ុងឆ្នេំ​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៤ វណ䮎ុល​​សមជិក​ពេឹទ䮒សភា​និង​ជ​បេធាន​ស䮊ីទី​​ ២០១២​​ប៉ុន䮏េ​​​នៅ​តេ​មន​អសនៈ​នៅក䮓ុង​

ហុង​ សុខហួរ​ ​ដេល​​តេូវ​បន​​ចាប់​ដក់ពន䮒ន​ គណបកេស​​​សម​រងេសុី។ ពេឹទ䮒សភា​។

គរ​ កាលពី​ខេ​សីហា​ តាម​បទ​បញ្ជេ​របស់លោក​​​ លោក​​ទាវ​វណ䮎ុល​បន​លើក​ឡើង​ទៀត​ លោក​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​ "​​ពួកគេ​រក​

នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏េី​​បន䮑េប់ពី​វើដេអូ​ឃ䮛ីប​​នៅ​លើ​ ថា​ លោក​ ហុង​​សុខហួរ​ ​​បន​លើក​ឡើង​ពី​​ ហេតុផល​​តាម​យយី​​គណបកេស​​ សម​ រងេសុី​ ​

អុីនធឺណិត​បង្ហេញ​ថា​​លោក​​បន​​ធ䮜ើ​បទ​បង្ហេញ​​​​​​​ វិសោធនកម䮘​ថ䮘ី​នេះ​​និង​​​ហានិភ័យ​ដេល​វា​​បង䮀​ ពេេះ​​​ឥឡូវនេះ​​លោក​ហុង​សុខហួរ​​​កំពុង​

សន䮒ិសញ្ញេ​ការទូត​ក䮛េង​ជមួយ​វៀតណម​ ដល់​គណបកេស​បេឆំង​របស់លោក​ដេល​ចេបច់​​​ ជប់​ពន䮒នគរ​។​ នេះ​ជ​មូល​ហេតុ​​​​ដេល​ធ䮜ើ​

នោះ​ក៏បន​លាលេង​ពី​តំណេង​​ដេរ​កាលពី​ បញ䮅ូល​គ្នេ​ជមួយ​គណបកេស​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុសេស​ដើមេបី​ ឱេយ​​គត់​លាលេង​ពី​តំណេង"៕ សយ៊ុ ⎶ង ១៦ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី ថ្ងៃ​​​​ច័ន្ទ ទី២៧​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ Volume 15, Issue 362 Monday, February 27, 2017

The Cambodia daily English Weekly çöìönEÚºCÁk‰WÑö‹kXö“lˆ ö Fill in the Blank Idioms

Choose the word that best kiCk THe BUCkeT - impolite slang for “to die.” completes each sentence. Looks like my neighbor finally kicked the bucket. I never 1.) He makes all the big decisions, has friends liked him anyway. and family in all the right places, and personally controls armed forces _____ than Senegal’s national army. Supplicants and diplomats alike No HoRSe iN THe RACe - To not have a stake in the outcome. refer to him as Samdech—or “The Greatest.” I didn’t care if Trump or Clinton won the U.S. election.

a. larger b. large I’m not a U.S. citizen, so I had no horse in that race. c. big d. biggest SCReW THe PooCH - To fail or mess up in dramatic fashion. 2.) Mr. Morgenbesser, a research fellow at Australia’s Griffith University, says that past I was trying to impress a girl by speeding on my motorbike, _____ have mistaken the state for a limited but I crashed into a pole instead. I really screwed the pooch. multiparty government, “electoral autocracy” or civilian dictatorship.

a. thing b. pundits c. times d. passed Antonyms

3.) “At the February 1997 [CPP] party con- Pick the antonym—the opposite—of the word in parentheses. gress, for example, Hun Sen’s selfishness and outspokenness was openly criticized by senior 1.) Authorities denied there were violent attacks on activists outside the Phnom Penh party and military officials, who _____ him to Municipal Court on Thursday and said there would be no investigation, despite video work more with the party ahead of commune and national elections,” according to Mr. evidence (clearly) showing district security guards and plainclothes men chasing an Morgenbesser. opposition CNRP activist and beating him inside a shopping mall.

a. said b. can a. visibily b. criminally c. ostensibly d. violently c. urged d. criticized 2.) Dozens had (congregated)outside the court on Thursday morning in support of activist 4.) When now-deceased CPP President Chea Tep Vanny, who received a 30-month prison sentence on Thursday for her role in a 2013 Sim opposed a 2004 coalition deal with Prince Norodom Ranariddh in the aftermath of con- protest that turned violent. tested election results, Mr. Hun Sen had riot police, _____ by his ally and National Police a. gathered b. scattered c. crowded d. congressional Commander Hok Lundy, “surround Chea Sim’s residence, escort him to the airport and 3.) (Contradicting) clear video evidence of security guards beating the CNRP activist, put him on a plane to Thailand.” Mr. Vibol denied that any attack had occurred and claimed the guards were simply “chasing him” for answers because he had “insulted” them. a. rioting b. policed c. rioted d. commanded a. Saying b. Arguing c. Ridiculing d. Affirming Answers Answers Fill in the Blank: Antonyms: 1.) a, 2.) b, 3.) c, 4.) d 1.) c. ostensibly, 2.) b. scattered, 3.) d. Affirming page 2 Monday, February 27, 2017

WORD SCRAMBLE Target Unscramble each set of mixed-up letters, one letter in each space, to form ordinary words. i g i GBOUTR R N t 1.__ ___ o e l How many words of two letters or more can RGTEI you make from the above letters? In each 2.___ _ word, each letter can be used only once. There must be at least one nine-letter word in your list. The answers will be in OARNHC next week’s edition. 3._____ targets: 8: good 12: very good 20 or more: excellent EEEHNNKI last week’s answers: terrorist, retorts, rioters, rotters, sorrier, stirrer, ter- 4.______rors, errors, otters, resort, retort, retros, rioter, tetris, storer, rosier, sortie, triste, error, otter, resist, riser, rites, tiers, store, totes, trots, toes, erst, ires, Now arrange the letters in the circles to find the answer, as suggested in the following rest, rote, rose, sire, site, tore, tet, tie, tit, tis, toe, tot clue:

Hint: Brands of a beverage that shouldn’t be consumed before driving. Wise Words

Answer: ____ “There are no strangers here. Only friends you haven’t met yet.” “The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless RIDDLE obeisance to the heart.” Are you clever enough to figure out this “I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is mental puzzle? enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.”

• What do you throw out when you want to use “The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate it, but take in when you don’t want to use it? intensity.” “People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition Answers end by starving the best part of the mind. ” “Talent perceives differences; genius, unity.” Word Scramble 1.) Tuborg, 2.) Tiger, 3.) Anchor, William Butler Yeates 4.) Heineken; Answer: beer. Irish poet 1865 - 1939 Riddle: An anchor. Monday, February 27, 2017 page 3

Select the part that is not the Synonyms: Pick the word or phrase that most acceptable form in standard written english. closely matches the meaning of the word or phrase in parentheses. 1.) A lawyer (a. file) a request on Friday to (b. release) jailed political commentator Kim Sok 1.) Tep Vanny, the country’s most (a. prominent) land (c. on) bail, arguing his detention at Phnom Penh’s rights activist, was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Prey Sar prison (d. was) illegal as he had committed Thursday for her role in a protest almost four years ago, in what critics slammed as a politically fueled attempt by no crime. the government to sideline her in the run-up to crucial elections.

2.) “Choung Choungy, (a. who)has a history of represent- a. best b. hard-working ing opposition politicians at the Phnom Penh Municipal c. notable d. imprisoned Court, (b. argued) in a written request (c. which) the court should release Mr. Sok on bail (d. as)the comments 2.) In a similar vein to the case’s first hearing, which was for which he was charged caused no public disorder. adjourned earlier this month after it descended into chaos and the judge said he became tired, Ms. Vanny and her fellow activists from Phnom Penh’s eviction-hit 3.) “Until now, we cannot conclude (a. whether) or not Boeng Kak neighborhood were (vocal) throughout the Mr. Kim Sok really incited to commit a crime because no session at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court. crime (b. is) occurred (c. because) of Mr. Kim Sok’s (d. commentary),” he said. a. standing b. loud c. eating d. derisive

4.) Mr. Sok was hit in February (a. with) two separate 3.) The case, which was (dormant) for more than three lawsuits (b. filed) by Prime Minister Hun Sen demand- years before it was reactivated last year, relates to a 2013 ing more than $500,000 in damages (c. over) comments protest in which about 30 activists attempted to deliver a petition to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s mansion in central he made on Radio Free Asia that appeared to link the rul- Phnom Penh, calling for the release of activist Yorm ing party (c. on) the July murder of political analyst Kem Bopha. Ley. a. inactive b. opened c. mandated d. ineffective 5.) The defense attorney also (a. assured) the court that Mr. Sok, (b. which) was imprisoned (c. on) defamation 4.) Under questioning as witnesses on Thursday, three and incitement charges on February 17, (d. would) fellow activists—Nget Khun, Bo Chhorvy and Kong appear in court when summoned. Chantha—(scoffed at) the idea that Ms. Vanny could have injured the Daun Penh security guards, who have developed a well-documented reputation for violence and the use of disproportionate force since the disputed 2013 6.) Mr. Sok, a (a. former) university lecturer (b. with) a election. graduate degree in finance (c. due to)China, has repeat- edly said he would not run (d. from)the accusations. a. ate b. surprised c. disagreed d. dismissed

5.) Ms. Chhorvy then criticized the court’s apparent (lack) of evidence. “If she caused violence, where is the evidence and the video? Please show us,” she said.

Answers a. poor b. absence c. plethora d. indubitable Select the part 1.) a. filed, 2.) c. that, 3.) b. has, 4.) c. with, 5.) b. who, 6.) c. from Synonyms 1.) c, 2.) b, 3.) a, 4.) d, 5.) b, •traNsLateD NeWs FrOM The Cambodia daily (previOus issues)

Gov’t Officials Downplay Border Military មន្តាីរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​​កម្ពុជា​​​​និយាយ​សមាាល​​ទាក់​​ទិន​​​​ Dispute With Laos ជម្លាះយោធា​​​ពាំដាន​ជាមួយ​ឡាវ

By Khy Sovuthy ac cused us of constructing ដោយ ឃី សុវុឌ្ឍី The Cambodia daily the road on the line of both Authorities downplayed countries’ border.” ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី a dispute with Laos yester- “We are trying to solve day following a buildup of this problem peacefully កាលពីម្សិលមិញ អាជ䮉្ធរបននិយាយសម្្លទាក់ទិនជម្ល្ះជមួយប្ទ្ស military forces on both sides because we don’t want to ឡាវ ក្្យពីមនការបង្កើនកម្ល្ំងយោធានៅព្ំដ្នន្ប្ទ្សទាំងពីរ ឆ䮛ើយតប of the border in reaction to have conflict with our neigh- ទៅនឹងទាហានឡាវរាប់រយនក់ដ្លបនចូលមកក䮓ុងទឹកដីកម្ពុជ ដើម្បីរារាំងកង hundreds of Laotian soldiers boring country,” he said. វិស䮜កម្មមិនឱ្យស䮐្បនផ䮛ូវ ។ entering Cambodian terri- “Normally, bringing arms ក䮓ុងរយៈព្លពីរសប䮊្ហ៍មកន្ះ មន䮏្ីកម្ពុជអះអាងថ ទាហានប្ដប់អាវុធ tor y to prevent military into our territory is wrong ឡាវជង ៤០០ នក់ បនឆ䮛ងដ្នចូលមកក䮓ុងខ្ត䮏ស䮑ឹងត្្ង បណ្ដ្លឱ្យការងារ engineers from constructing but...we don’t want this prob- ស䮐្បនផ䮛ូវប្វ្ង ២៥៧ គីឡូម៉្ត្ ពីក្ុងស䮑ឹងត្្ងឆ្ព្ះទៅស្ុកសៀមប៉្ង ត្ូវ a road. lem to become any bigger.” Over the past two weeks, Var Kimhong, the minister ផ្អ្កជបណ្ដ្ះអាសន䮓។ ជការឆ䮛ើយតប កងកម្ល្ំងកម្ពុជត្ូវបនបញ្ជូនទៅ Cambodian officials claim in charge of border affairs, “ការពារព្ំដ្ន” ន្ះបើយោងតាមស្ចក䮊ីថ䮛្ងការណ៍មួយបង្ហ្ះតាមគ្ហទំព័រ that more than 400 armed said only that the countries របស់នគរបលជតិកាលពីចុងសប䮊្ហ៍កន䮛ងទៅ ។ Laotian soldiers had crossed “plan to meet each other ព្លទាក់ទងបនកាលពីម្សិលមិញ លោក ឈុំ សុជតិ អ䮓កនំពាក្យក្សួង into Stung Treng province, soon.” ការពារជតិអះអាងថ កម្ពុជមិនបនរំលោភកិច្ចព្មព្ៀងព្ំដ្នជមួយប្ទ្ស causing work on the 257 km Such border disputes have ជិតខាងរបស់ខ䮛ួនមួយន្ះឡើយ ។ road—running from Stung sporadically flared up លោកមនប្សសន៍ថ “យើងស䮐្បនផ䮛ូវនៅក䮓ុងទឹកដីកម្ពុជ ផ្អ្កតាមផ្នទី Treng City to Siem Pang dis- be tween Cambodia and ” trict—to be halted. In re- Laos, partly due to unde- គូសដោយបរាំង ជការសំដៅដល់ព្ំដ្នដ្លត្ូវបនគូសវស នៅព្លប្ទ្ស sponse, Cambodian forces marcated stretches. The ទាំងពីរស䮐ិតក្្មអាណនិគមរបស់បរាំងនៅដើមសតវត្សន៍ទី២០។ លោកបន were sent to “defend the most recent was in April, លើកឡើងទៀតថ “ប៉ុន䮏្ខាងភាគីឡាវចោទថ យើងធ䮜ើផ䮛ូវលើខ្ស្បន䮑្ត់ព្ំដ្ន border,” according to a state- when Cam bodian forces ន្ប្ទ្សទាំងពីរ” ។ ment posted to the National stopped Laotian military ទោះបីជប្បន្ះក䮊ី ក៏លោក ឈុំ សុជតិ បនមនប្សសន៍ថ កម្ពុជចង់ Police website over the trucks being used to build a បំភ䮛្ចរឿងចោល។ លោកថ䮛្ងថ “យើងកំពុងព្យាយាមដោះស្្យបញ្ហ្ន្ះ weekend. military base from using a ដោយសន䮏ិវិធី ព្្ះយើងមិនចង់មនជម្ល្ះជមួយប្ទ្សជិតខាងរបស់យើងទ្។ Contacted yesterday, De - road that crossed the border. fense Ministry spokesman Government spokesman ធម្មតា យកអាវុធចូលក䮓ុងទឹកដីរបស់យើងគឺ ខុសហើយ ប៉ុន䮏្យើងមិនចង់ឱ្យបញ្ហ្ Chhum Socheat insisted Phay Siphan said the cur- ធំជងន្ះទ្”។ that Cambodia was not vio- rent dispute had not reached លោក វ៉្ គឹមហុង ប្ធានគណៈកម្ម្ធិការព្ំដ្នកម្ពុជ គ្្ន់ត្មន lating any border agree- top officials. ប្សសន៍ថ ប្ទ្សទាំងពីរ”គ្្ងជួបគ្ន្ក䮓ុងព្លឆប់ៗ” ដើម្បីដោះស្្យ ments with its neighbor. “We don’t have any reac- ជម្ល្ះន្ះ។ “We constructed the road tion from the top level, from ជម្ល្ះប្បន្ះបនផ䮑ុះឡើងយូរៗម䮊ងរវងកម្ពុជនិងឡាវ មួយអន䮛ើដោយសរ in Cambodian territory Phnom Penh, yet. It relates based on the map that was to the local level...as well as ត្តំបន់ខ䮛ះមិនទាន់កំណត់ព្ំដ្នច្បាស់លាស់នៅឡើយ ។ ឧប្បត䮏ិហ្តុចុងក្្យ made by France,” General the joint border committee បំផុតបនកើតឡើងកាលពីខ្ម្សឆ្ន្ំមុន នៅព្លកងកម្ល្ំងកម្ពុជបនរារាំង Socheat said, in reference between Cambodia and រថយន䮏យោធាឡាវ ដ្លប្ើសម្្ប់សងសង់មូលដ䮋្នយោធា មិនឱ្យប្ើប្្ស់ to borders drawn up when Laos, who can talk,” he said. ផ䮛ូវមួយខ្ស្ដ្លឆ䮛ងកាត់ព្ំដ្ន។ both countries were French “I don’t think this will esca- លោក ផ្ សុីផន អ䮓កនំពាក្យរដ䮋្ភិបលបនលើកឡើងកាលពី protectorates in the first late at all.” ម្សិលមិញថ បច្ចុប្បន䮓ជម្ល្ះន្ះមិនត្ូវបនមន䮏្ីកំពូលៗយកទៅពិភាក្សាដោះ half of the 20th century. (Additional reporting by ស្្យឡើយ ។ លោកបនមនប្សសន៍ថ ”យើងមិនទាន់មនប្តិកម្មពីថ្ន្ក់ “How ever, the Laotian side George Wright) កំពូលនៅភ䮓ំព្ញទ្ ។ វពាក់ព័ន䮒ថ្ន្ក់មូលដ䮋្ន ព្មទាំងគណៈកម្ម្ធិការព្ំដ្ន downplay (v.) ​និយាយសមាាល ចម្ុះរវងកម្ពុជ និងឡាវ ដ្លអាចចរចាគ្ន្បន។ ខ䮉ុំគិតថ ស䮐្នភាពន្ះមិន buildup (n.) ការបង្កើន តានតឹងទ្”៕ សខុ មុ territory (n.) ទឹកដី prevent (v.) រារាំង • NOtes claim (v.) អះអាង halt (v.) បញាឈប់ the english Weekly is prepared by: in reference to (idiom) ការសំដៅដល់,​អំពី Brendan O’Byrne protectorate (n.) បាទាសកាាមអាណាពាយាបាល associate: sporadically (adv.) យូរៗម្ដង,​មិនទៀងទាត់ Kim Chan flare up (phrase) ផ្ទុះឡើង,​កើតឡើង The Cambodia daily • No. 29, Street 84 undemarcated (adj.) ដាលមិនទាន់មានបោះបង្គាលពាំដាន PhNom PeNh, Cambodia • tel: 855-23-426-602 Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Regional 17

“China fears Trump will turn on them eventually as he’s so unpredictable, and it’s getting ready.” Regional —Beijing-based Asian diplomat Page 21 Philippines... Continued from page 1 drugs, which has claimed nearly 8,000 lives since he became president in June. Many of her supporters joined a commemorative rally to mark the 31st anniversary of the People Power Revolu- tion, which toppled Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, some of them wearing black. Among them was former Philippine President Benig- no Aquino III, whose father Benigno Aquino Jr. was shot dead at Manila’s internation- al airport on his return to the Philippines in 1983. The protests, if they con- tinue, have the potential to destabilize the country, which Reuters remains an important U.S. ally A police officer guards Philippine Senator Leila De Lima as she gestures a sign that means “Laban” (Fight) in Asia despite Duterte’s moves after appearing at a court on drug-related charges, in Manila on Friday. to bring the Philippines closer to China. was “proof of the real People Marcos dictatorship, we didn’t continue her campaign against Duterte has already had to Power.” know at first that it was pos- Duterte and his drug war. suspend his drug war after rogue Police estimated that sible to topple a dictatorship “The dreadful truth is that officers abducted and killed 200,000 people joined the by people power, but now we in the past seven months of the a South Korean businessman pro-Duterte rally, including know,” she said. Duterte regime, more people at the police headquarters in some of the Marcos family’s De Lima, meanwhile, vowed have been killed compared to Manila. supporters. Ferdinand Marcos in a statement released from her the 14 years of military rule A former police officer said Jr., the son of the late dictator, detention cell at the Philippine under the Marcos regime,” de last Monday that Mr. Duterte last year ran for the post of vice National Police headquarters to Lima said. personally oversaw a vigilante president, which is elected sep- death squad in Davao City in arately in the Philippines. He the southern Philippines, where lost to one of Aquino’s allies, Regional Brief he was mayor for 22 years before Leni Robredo, and is challeng- becoming president. ing the result of the ballot after Trillanes, meanwhile, has the Philippines’ Supreme Court Malaysia Declares Airport Free of Nerve Agent accused Duterte and his family recently rejected Robredo’s kuala lumpur - Malaysia yesterday declared its international of channeling about $50 million move to quash his protest. airport a “safe zone” after completing a sweep of the terminal through their bank accounts Duterte, 71, has previously where the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim during his time as Davao City said he might only serve two or Jong Un was assaulted with a deadly chemical last week. Kim Jong mayor. Duterte has denied any three years as president, poten- Nam died on February 13 after being smothered at the airport’s wrongdoing, and Trillanes is tially opening the way for the budget terminal with VX nerve agent, classified by the U.N. as quickly emerging as the lat- younger Marcos to take over a weapon of mass destruction. Since then, tens of thousands of est target among Duterte’s if the vice-presidential vote is people have passed through the terminal, with the location of supporters, tens of thousands overturned. the assault remaining accessible. The police forensic team, fire of whom gathered for a larger, Robredo, who has emerged department and Atomic Energy Licensing Board swept the budget separate rally in support of the as one of the pivot points of the terminal of Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA2) at 1 president and his tough stance opposition, said in a speech on a.m. yesterday. “We confirm, number one, there is no hazardous on crime at a park on the other Saturday that the people of the material found in KLIA2, number two, KLIA2 is free from any side of Manila. Philippines can rise again to form of contamination of hazardous material and thirdly, KLIA2 Martin Andanar, the Duterte eject an abusive government. is declared a safe zone,” said Abdul Samat Mat, the police chief administration’s communica- “I think the difference be- of Selangor state who is leading the investigation, at the airport tions secretary, said the rally tween then and now, during the yesterday. (Reuters) 18 Regional The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 Police Raid Condo of Suspects in Kim Jong Nam’s Murder

Kyodo has shown no ill effects from exposure to the substance. kuala lumpur - Malaysian police There is speculation that a said yesterday that a condomini- binary version of VX was used um they raided in connection to kill Kim, with each woman with the murder of the estranged separately applying a non-fatal half-brother of North Korean lead- element of the nerve agent on er Kim Jong Un is linked to four his face. suspects who fled Kuala Lumpur Malaysian authorities carried immediately after the attack. out a sweep of the airport termi- Malaysia’s Selangor state nal where the apparent assassi- police chief Abdul Samah Mat nation took place, following the said investigators took “some police’s announcement about the samples” for analysis from the use of the nerve gas on Friday. condo they raided on Thursday. Abdul Samah said the termi- He said the apartment, locat- Kyodo nal is free of contamination and ed near where an arrested North Investigators wearing protective suits continue work at Kuala Lumpur is safe. There are no reports of Korean man lived, was rented by International Airport’s Menara Medical Clinic yesterday. people complaining of sickness. the four North Korean suspects, Malaysia’s Health Minister whom the police “strongly be- Jong Nam as the highly toxic to rub some form of liquid on Subramaniam Sathasivam, who lieve” fled to Pyongyang shortly VX nerve agent, classified as a Kim’s face, survived. also oversaw the sweep of the after seeing the attack on Kim weapon of mass destruction by Abdul Samah said medical terminal, said the discovery of Jong Nam successfully carried the U.N. and banned by multiple tests still need to be performed the lethal substance is in line out by two women at Kuala international agreements. on the two women to “get the with the results of an autopsy on Lumpur International Airport The police are still looking answers.” Kim Jong Nam’s body completed on February 13. into the source of the lethal nerve He revealed the Indone- on February 15, suggesting it was Malaysian authorities have agent and why the two women, sian woman, 25-year-old Siti a “chemical agent which caused said they identified the chem- Vietnamese and Indonesian na- Aisyah, vomited in a taxi soon very serious paralysis and death ical substance used to kill Kim tionals who used their bare hands after the ambush, but since then in a very short period of time.” Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Regional 19 Police Raid Condo of Suspects in Kim Jong Nam’s Murder Australia, Indonesia Restore Full Military Ties After Brief Spat

Reuters the visit was on security and economic issues, including the sydney - Australia and Indonesia finalization of a bilateral free- said yesterday that full military trade deal by the end of the year, ties between the two countries talks also touched on tourism, had been restored, after Indo- cybersecurity and social links. nesia’s military suspended co- Widodo told The Australian operation last month because newspaper last week he would of “insulting” teaching material like to see joint patrols with Aus- found at an Australian base. tralia in the South China Sea Australian Prime Minister if they did not further inflame Malcolm Turnbull made the tensions with China. announcement alongside Indo- China, which claims almost nesian President Joko Widodo, the entire sea region, irked In- who arrived in Australia on donesia last year by saying the Saturday for his first visit as Reuters two countries had “overlapping president. Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, at a joint press conference with claims” to waters close to them, “President Widodo and I Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in Sydney on Saturday an area Indonesia calls the Na- have agreed to full restoration tuna Sea. of defense cooperation, train- countries has ranged from joint emphasize their commitment The leaders stopped short of ing exchanges and activities,” training and counterterrorism to a strong relationship. announcing joint patrols yester- Turnbull said in Sydney. cooperation to border protection. “That robust relationship can day, but stressed the importance Widodo’s visit to Australia The “insulting” material sug- be established when both coun- of resolving disputes peacefully comes less than two months gested that Indonesia’s Papua tries have respect for each other’s and in accordance to interna- after military ties were sus- province should be independent territorial integrity, non-interfer- tional law. pended, an event that sparked and mocked the nation’s state ence into the domestic affairs “As maritime nations and a minor diplomatic spat and led ideology. of each other and the ability to trading nations, Australia and to an apology from Australia’s Indonesia and Australia have develop a mutually beneficial Indonesia are natural partners army chief this month. Military a history of patchy ties, but both partnership,” Widodo said. with common interests,” Turn- cooperation between the two leaders were keen yesterday to While the primary focus of bull said. Malaysia Rolls Out Red Carpet as Saudi King Kicks Off Asia Tour

Reuters King Salman also plans to visit scandal at Malaysian state fund lion transferred to Najib’s bank Indonesia, Brunei, Japan, China, 1MDB, founded by Najib. account in 2013 was a donation kuala lumpur/dubai - Malaysia the Maldives and Jordan “to meet Najib has denied any wrong- from the Saudi royal family and welcomed Saudi Arabia’s King with the leaders of those coun- doing in the money-laundering most of it was returned. Salman yesterday for the start of a tries to discuss bilateral relations case which is now being inves- The last time a Saudi king rare, monthlong Asian tour, where and regional and international tigated by several countries in- visited Malaysia was in 2006, the monarch will build ties and issues of common concern,” a cluding the U.S, Switzerland when King Abdullah, King Sal- seek to draw more investments royal court statement said. and Singapore. man’s half-brother and predeces- to the oil-rich gulf nation. Government sources with A Malaysian government in- sor, flew in with a 300-member The visit is the first by a Sau- knowledge of the visit said a quiry found that nearly $700 mil- delegation. di king to Malaysia in more than 600-strong delegation will ac- a decade, as the Arab nation company the king on his four-day courts Asian investors for the visit to Malaysia, where cooper- sale of a 5 percent stake in state ation on energy developments firm Aramco next year, expected will be on the agenda. to be the world’s biggest IPO. State oil firm Petroliam Malaysian state television Nasional Bhd (Petronas) and yesterday showed live foot- Saudi Aramco will sign an age of the octogenarian king agreement on Tuesday to col- descending from his plane on laborate in Malaysia’s Refinery an escalator flown in with his and Petrochemical Integrated delegation. He was received by Development project, a boost Malaysian Prime Minister Na- for the Southeast Asian economy jib Razak before being whisked which has been reeling under away in a heavily guarded convoy weak global oil prices. for a state ceremony at Malaysia’s Relations between the two parliament grounds. countries have been in the spot- Reuters The leader was greeted in light over the last two years after Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, center, reviews the honor guard with parliament with a 21-gun salute, Saudi Arabia was dragged into Malaysian King Muhammad V and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib local media reported. a multibillion dollar corruption Razak during a welcoming ceremony in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. 20 Regional The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 China’s Hypersonic Weapon US, S Korea Planning Full-Scale Targets E Asia Missile Shields War Games for 2nd Straight Year

Kyodo very difficult for missile defenses By Yoshihiro Maniko biggest of its kind ever. to shoot down. The Asahi Shimbun Following the exercise, North taipei - China is developing hy- The U.S. and Russia have also Korea continued to conduct nu- personic weapons with an eye been aggressive about developing seoul - In response to the height- clear weapons experiments and to piercing the missile defense hypersonic strike capability. It is ened threat from North Korea, ballistic missile launches. shields of Japan and East Asian thought that Japan’s antimissile the U.S. and South Korea will In this year’s major drill neighbors, according to a mag- system could be made impotent conduct large-scale joint military scheduled to start on Wednes- azine specializing in Chinese if Beijing’s development of hy- exercises for the second consecu- day, the U.S. nuclear-powered military affairs. personic weapons advances. tive year this spring, rather than aircraft carrier Carl Vinson will The “Rocket Force” of Chi- Beijing has also been develop- biennially. participate, as an aircraft carrier na’s People’s Liberation Army has ing hypersonic weapons through The decision comes in the did in last year’s exercise. recently devised a hypersonic another route. A state-owned face of a combative North Ko- The U.S. and South Korea weapons development program in firm is engaged in the “089 Proj- rea, which has been engaged in also plan to conduct an exercise light of Japanese and Taiwanese ect” aimed at developing such nuclear and missile development based on the assumption that missile defense systems, as well weapons to be launched atop programs, several U.S. and South they will utilize the Terminal as South Korea’s planned deploy- long-range ballistic missiles to Korean military sources said on High Altitude Area Defense ment of a U.S. missile shield, breach the U.S. mainland missile Saturday. missile system, which will be de- according to the Canada-based defense shield. The joint military drills have ployed this year. China is strongly Kanwa Defense Review. China has conducted seven been held annually in the spring opposed to the deployment. Hypersonic weapons are tests of a hypersonic glide missile, to coordinate their operations, The two countries are acting next-generation maneuvering six of which have been successful. including dispatch of U.S. troops on the assumption that North strike vehicles launched atop While Beijing has acknowledged for reinforcements. Korea will continue to conduct ballistic missiles that travel at such testing, it was unknown it Last year, as many as 290,000 provocative ballistic missile 10 times the speed of sound. was also working on a short-range South Korean troops and 15,000 launches. They maneuver and glide along hypersonic weapons development U.S. troops participated in the © 2017 The Asahi Shimbun the edge of space, making them program for East Asian targets. joint drill, which was called the Company Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Regional 21 Wary of Trump Unpredictability, China Boosts Naval Abilities

Reuters moves. “China fears Trump will S.Rajaratnam School of Inter- year they get closer to being turn on them eventually as he’s national Studies in Singapore. a blue-water navy with global beijing - The Chinese People’s so unpredictable, and it’s getting “We don’t know how much aspirations,” said a U.S. adminis- Liberation Army’s navy is likely ready.” they spend on the navy, but tration official, speaking on the to secure significant new fund- Beijing does not give a break- simply extrapolating from the condition of anonymity. ing in China’s upcoming defense down for how much it spends quantity and the quality of things “What you have seen this budget as Beijing seeks to check on the navy, and the overall of- that are coming out of their ship- last year and what I think you U.S. dominance of the high seas ficial defense spending figures yards, it’s pretty amazing.” will see with the new budget and step up its own projection it gives—$139 billion for last The Chinese navy, once gen- is that they are moving ahead of power around the globe. year—likely understates its in- erally limited to coastal oper- with the short-term goal of being China’s navy has been taking vestment, according to diplomats. ations, has developed rapidly the premier naval force in the an increasingly prominent role China unveils the defense bud- under Chinese President Xi South China Sea and the East in recent months, with a rising get for this year at next month’s Jinping’s ambitious military China Sea, with the mid-term star admiral taking command, annual meeting of parliament, modernization. goal of extending all the way its first aircraft carrier sailing a closely watched figure around It commissioned 18 ships last to the Indian Ocean.” around self-ruled Taiwan and the region and in Washington, year, including missile destroy- Last month, China appointed new Chinese warships popping for clues to China’s intentions. ers, corvettes and guided missile new navy chief, Shen Jinlong, up in far-flung places. China surprised last year with frigates, according to state media. to lead that push. Now, with U.S. President its lowest increase in six years, Barely a week goes by with- Shen has enjoyed a meteoric Donald Trump promising a 7.6 percent, the first single-digit out an announcement of some rise and is close to Xi, diplomatic U.S. shipbuilding spree and rise since 2010, following a near- new piece of equipment, includ- and leadership sources say. unnerving Beijing with his ly unbroken two-decade run of ing an electronic reconnaissance Recent PLA Navy missions unpredictable approach on hot double-digit jumps. ship put into service last month. have included visits to Gulf button issues including Taiwan “Certainly, the PLA navy Still, the PLA navy signifi- states, where the U.S. has tra- and the South and East China has really been the beneficia- cantly lags the U.S., which oper- ditionally protected sea lanes, Seas, China is pushing to narrow ry of a lot of this new spend- ates 10 aircraft carriers to China’s and to the South China Sea, In- the gap with the U.S. Navy. ing in the past 15 years,” said one, the Soviet-era Liaoning. dian Ocean and Western Pacific, “It’s opportunity in crisis,” Richard Bitzinger, senior fellow Xu Guangyu, a retired Major in what the state-run website said a Beijing-based Asian dip- and coordinator of the military General in the PLA who is now StrongChina called Shen’s “first lomat, of China’s recent naval transformations program at the a senior adviser to the govern- show of force against the United ment-run China Arms Control States, Japan and Taiwan.” and Disarmament Association, Last month, a Chinese sub- said China was keenly aware marine docked at a port in Ma- of the U.S. ability to project laysia’s Sabah state, which lies power at sea. on the South China Sea, only “It’s like a marathon and the second confirmed visit of a we’re falling behind. We need Chinese submarine to a foreign to step on the gas,” Xu said. port, according to state media. Trump has vowed to increase The submarine had come the U.S. Navy to 350 ships from from supporting anti-piracy op- the current 290 as part of “one of erations off the coast of Somalia, the “greatest military buildups where China has been learning in American history,” a move valuable lessons about overseas aides say is needed to counter naval operations since 2008. China’s rise as a military power. Chinese warships have also “We’ve known this is a 15 been calling at ports in Paki- to 20 year project and every stan, Bangladesh and Burma. 22 International The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017

“We are suffering from a crisis of confidence, a crisis of relevance.” International —Head of US Democratic National Committee Tom Perez Page 23 In India, Regional Rival Takes On PM Modi at Own Game

Reuters lucknow, India - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi out-campaigned all challeng- ers in the 2014 general elec- tion, but, as he faces his biggest mid-term test, he is up against a rival determined to beat him at his own game. In Uttar Pradesh, his oppo- nent, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, has been repackaged as a youthful and media-sav- vy go-getter who seeks to steal a unique selling point of Modi—development. “I am taking it a bit beyond Modi: I work,” Yadav told report- ers in an interview in Lucknow, capital of the state of 220 mil- lion that is holding the biggest democratic election anywhere in the world this year. Reuters “My work speaks for itself. Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state and the son of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Modi’s empty promises do not,” Singh Yadav, waves at his supporters during a rally in Lucknow, India, late last year. said the 43-year-old leader of the Samajwadi, or Socialist, Party. On developing his poor state Lucknow. Aashish said. While Modi excels as a stump where incomes average less than Yadav commissioned the con- It’s been a tough sell for a par- speaker who can deliver an hour- $750 a year, he highlighted his struction of a mansion behind his ty that under founder Mulayam long address without notes, Akh- achievements in building an ex- old party headquarters to operate Singh Yadav, Akhilesh’s father, ilesh has sought to connect with pressway to Agra, site of the Taj as his campaign “war room.” was criticized for breakdown of the youth vote via new media, Mahal, and a new city metro in He met two-dozen Indian law and order. Many resented taking personal control over his Lucknow. and international political sci- corruption that favored the Ya- social media accounts and doing Yadav became the young- entists, and roped in Harvard dav community—a “backward” a Facebook Live with one of est-ever chief minister of Uttar graduates and marketing gurus caste that makes up 9 percent of India’s best-known television Pradesh with a slim mandate, from Mumbai. They set up a the population of Uttar Pradesh. journalists. winning just 29 percent in the big data operation—cloning the “Akhilesh had to dismantle He has even climbed on a 2012 state poll. backroom setup used by Modi in the existing perception about bicycle—his party’s symbol— But in the general election his own rise to national power. himself and his party,” said one for another prime-time inter- two years later, he was swept “The recruitment brief was close aide, who spoke on con- view that gave him a chance to away by a Modi ‘wave’ as the clear: Everyone working in the dition of anonymity. showcase the newly landscaped Bharatiya Janata Party won 42 war room should be in their thir- By teaming up with Rahul riverfront in the state capital. percent of the vote in the bat- ties and have family in Uttar Gandhi of the Indian National Yadav’s campaign has been tleground state. Pradesh,” said Aashish Yadav, Congress, Yadav hopes to prevail backed by his wife Dimple, a Yadav—who received a uni- a campaign manager who pre- in the three-cornered contest federal lawmaker, who has court- versity education in Australia viously worked at BBC Media with the BJP and the Bahujan ed women voters and helped yet became typecast as the Action, a development charity. Samaj Party led by Mayawati, create an image as a political ineffectual scion of a political Aashish Yadav manages a a former chief minister of Uttar ‘power couple.’ patriarch—decided he needed team of 100 young men and Pradesh. Throughout, Yadav has a makeover. women who compose jingles “There is a great deal of ease stayed firmly on message. Asked “It was at this point Yadav as well as messages that are between the two leaders and this about endemic crime, he said took a cue from Modi’s image circulated via WhatsApp and is making Modi nervous,” said an he has set up a new police ho- as a technology-loving modern community radio services. aide to Gandhi, who is the son, tline that is ensuring quicker man,” said R.K. Mishra, an in- “Modi’s campaign looks jaded grandson and great grandson of response times. dependent political analyst in compared to our blitzkrieg,” Indian prime ministers. Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily International 23 US Democrats Pick Tom Perez to Lead Party Against Trump

Reuters her left-wing challenger Bernie Sanders, a rift Democrats will try atlanta - U.S. Democrats elect- to put behind them as they turn ed former Labor Secretary Tom their focus to fighting Trump. Perez as chairman on Saturday, Those divisions persisted choosing a veteran of former U.S. through the monthslong race President Barack Obama’s ad- for chair, as many in the party’s ministration to lead the daunting liberal wing were suspicious of task of rebuilding the party and Perez’s ties to the establishment heading the opposition to Repub- and some Democrats raised lican President Donald Trump. questions about possible an- Members of the Democratic ti-Semitism in Ellison’s past. National Committee, the admin- Some Ellison supporters istrative and fundraising arm of chanted “Not big money, party the party, picked Perez on the for the people” after the result second round of voting over U.S. Reuters was announced. Representative Keith Ellison, a Tom Perez addresses the audience after being elected head of the But both Perez and Ellison liberal from Minnesota. Democratic National Committee in Atlanta on Saturday. moved quickly to bring the ri- Following one of the most val factions together. At Perez’s competitive party leadership ities in Congress, party lead- tion officials, to DNC members. urging, the DNC suspended the elections in decades, Perez faces ers are anxious to channel the He promised to lead the fight rules after the vote and appoint- a challenge in unifying and reju- growing grassroots resistance against Trump and change the ed Ellison the deputy chairman venating a party still reeling from to Trump into political support DNC’s culture to make it a more of the party. the November 8 loss of Democrat- for Democrats at all levels of grassroots operation. “I am asking you to give ev- ic presidential candidate Hillary government across the country. The showdown between can- erything you’ve got to support Clinton. He immediately made “We are suffering from a didates backed by the establish- Chairman Perez,” Ellison told Ellison his deputy. crisis of confidence, a crisis of ment and progressive wings of the DNC members after the vote. After losing the presidency relevance,” said Perez, a favorite party echoed the bitter primary “We don’t have the luxury, folks, and failing to recapture major- of former Obama administra- last year between Clinton and to walk out of this room divided.” 24 International The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 Bombs, Airstrikes in Syria Rattle Fragile Geneva Peace Talks

Reuters geneva - A U.N. peace envoy said a militant attack in Syria on Saturday was a deliberate attempt to wreck peace talks in Geneva, while the warring sides traded blame and ap- peared no closer to actual negotiations. Suicide bombers stormed two Syrian security offices in Homs, killing dozens with gun- fire and explosions including the head of military security, prompting airstrikes against the last rebel-held enclave in the western city. “Spoilers were always ex- pected, and should continue to be expected, to try to in- fluence the proceedings of the talks. It is in the interest of all parties who are against Reuters terrorism and are committed A man tries to put out a fire at a site hit by airstrikes in the rebel-controlled town of Ariha, in Idlib province, to a political process in Syria Syria, on Saturday. not to allow these attempts to succeed,” U.N. mediator After a two and a half hour whether Russia, a key ally of Homs since 2014, rebels still Staffan de Mistura said in a meeting with de Mistura, the Syrian President Bashar al-As- control its al-Waer district, statement. Syrian government’s lead ne- sad, was ready to pressure it to which warplanes bombed on De Mistura has met the two gotiator Bashar al-Ja’afari spoke curb the violence. Saturday, wounding at least sides separately in Geneva while to reporters and repeatedly After Ja’afari’s comments, 50, the U.K.-based observa- he tries to get agreement on demanded the opposition the opposition condemned the tory said. how talks to end the six-year- condemn the attacks or face attack, but accused the govern- old conflict should be arranged. the consequences. ment of trying to use the events He has warned not to expect “If anyone refuses to con- to derail the negotiations. “They just want to any quick breakthrough and to demn this terrorist, then he “We condemn all terror- beware of letting the violence is an accomplice of terrorism ist acts done by all terrorist remain in power. The derail any fragile progress, as and we will deal with them groups. If the Homs operation regime is trying to block happened repeatedly in the accordingly,” Ja’afari said. was done by any of those, it is past. He ruled out leaving the clear what I say,” lead negotiator the negotiations.” A cease-fire brokered by talks, saying he would meet Nasr al-Hariri told reporters. —Lead Syrian opposition Russia and Turkey with Iran’s de Mistura again on Tuesday, “They just want to remain negotiator Nasr al-Hariri support is increasingly being but he implied that some of in power. The regime is trying violated by both sides. the opponents that he had sat to block the negotiations,” he The jihadi rebel alliance face-to-face with at Thursday’s added, saying that the group De Mistura handed a work- Tahrir al-Sham, which oppos- opening ceremony were “spon- would not walk away from the ing paper on procedural issues es the talks—although it has sors of terrorism.” talks. to delegations at the talks on fought alongside factions that Warplanes also carried out Colonel Fateh Hassoun, a Friday, but there appeared little are represented there—said six raids on Douma in the east- member of the opposition ne- prospect of things moving to that five suicide bombers had ern suburbs of Damascus, re- gotiating team, pointed the fin- the key political issues that he carried out Saturday’s attack. sulting in six deaths, and earlier, ger squarely at the government had hoped to be able to begin It celebrated with the words an air raid in Hama killed four forces for the Homs attack. addressing. “thanks be to God,” but stopped people from the same family, “What happened today is an The envoy is looking to lay short of explicitly claiming the Syrian Observatory for operation the regime has im- the foundations for negotiations responsibility. Human Rights said. plemented to retaliate through to end the conflict that has Tahrir al-Sham was formed Speaking to reporters earlier another action against civilians killed hundreds of thousands this year from several groups on Saturday, Basma Kodmani, a besieged for the past three and and displaced millions. including Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, negotiator from the opposition a half years, and this is to send “In reality, nothing is hap- which was formerly known as High Negotiations Committee, a message to the people, so- pening,” said a senior Western the Nusra Front and was al-Qa- said groups backing the talks cieties and the world that he diplomat. “The paper handed ida’s Syrian branch until it broke had abided by the cease-fire. is fighting terrorism,” he said. out yesterday by de Mistura is formal allegiance to the global But she questioned the gov- Although Assad’s govern- procedural. It is not the future jihadi movement last year. ernment’s commitment and ment has controlled most of of Syria.” Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily International 25 If Trump Imposes Tariffs, EU Russian Opposition Activist Out Must Hit Back: Merkel Ally Of Jail Following Court Decision

Reuters European products, then Europe Reuters fense, punishable with prison should also impose punitive tar- term, to stage the protests more berlin - Europe should impose iffs on U.S. products,” said Volk- moscow - Russia has released than twice in 180 days. punitive tariffs on imports from er Kauder, parliamentary floor anti-Kremlin activist Ildar Dadin Dadin alleged that he was the U.S. if President Donald leader of Merkel’s conservatives, from a Siberian prison, freeing subjected to physical torture by Trump acts to shield U.S. indus- in an interview with the Funke the first person jailed under new prison staff while in a penal col- tries from foreign competitors, media group on Saturday. rules that made some forms of ony in northwest Russia—an al- a senior ally of German Chan- “We cannot accept every- non-violent protest a criminal legation that officials denied. He cellor Angela Merkel said in a thing,” Kauder added. offence, his lawyer told reporters became a cause celebre among newspaper interview. He said German officials yesterday. Kremlin opponents who say their Trump has already formally would have to remind “our friends Dadin’s release had been ex- right to dissent is being steadily withdrawn the U.S. from the in Washington” that trade wars pected after the Supreme Court crushed. Trans-Pacific Partnership trade in the past had shown both sides had overturned his conviction Lawyer Ksenya Kostromi- deal, distancing the country from only lost from such measures. on Wednesday. na said Dadin’s release had its Asian allies, and vowed to “We just have to say calm- He was originally sentenced been delayed until Sunday renegotiate the U.S. free-trade ly and with self-confidence: in December 2015 to three because it took several days deal with Canada and Mexico. If Trump carries out what he years in jail for staging a series for the Siberian prison to re- The tycoon-turned-president said, then Europe must react,” of peaceful, one-man protests ceive his documents from the has also threatened German car- Kauder said. against Kremlin rule. court due to a combination of makers with a border tax of 35 The German government Conducting protests without bureaucracy, a public holiday percent on vehicles imported has vowed to protect global free official permission was previous- and the weekend. into the U.S. market, saying trade after Trump threatened ly punishable by a fine. But rules The lawyer said she had been such a levy would help create protectionist measures and his adopted after mass protests in informed of Dadin’s release in a more jobs on U.S. soil. top adviser on trade accused Moscow that followed Russian phone call from his wife, Anas- “If Donald Trump imposes Germany of exploiting a weak President Vladimir Putin’s 2012 tasia Zotova, and had not seen punitive tariffs on German and euro to boost exports. election made it a criminal of- him yet. 26 International The Cambodia Daily Monday, February 27, 2017 How Money Flowed to Gambia’s Former President Jammeh

Reuters unsuccessful. tion totaling $1.3 million in 2013. Bank seal. Edward Gomez, Jammeh’s Bazzi did not specify which ac- “Whenever Jammeh need- dakar, Senegal - Funds from a lawyer until last month, said he count the money was paid into. ed money, he would go to that dollar bank account in the name was unaware of any misspending Reporters were unable to account [foundation] account and with- of the Jammeh Foundation for by Jammeh. “I know that many for the difference between this draw money. If his wife went Peace, a charity founded by people have benefited from the total and that reflected on the traveling, they would take mon- Gambia’s former president Yahya foundation, but I can’t say where bank statements. Bazzi was un- ey out,” he said. Jammeh, flowed to Jammeh him- the money came from and who able to explain the difference. Reporters were unable to self, not to foundation projects, had access to it,” Gomez said. Bazzi, a prominent Lebanese reach Jammeh’s wife, who until according to bank records and The bank statements re- businessman who has done busi- last month was the foundation’s interviews with a former charity viewed by reporters showed that ness in Gambia for over a decade, president and closely involved official and a former presidential over $8 million was deposited told reporters the money went in the running of the charity, staff member. in 11 installments into the U.S. toward a mosque, a hospital and according to the website. In 2012 and 2013, over $8 dollar account in the founda- bringing in foreign doctors to Another source who worked million was paid into the account tion’s name at Trust Bank in Gambia. Bazzi said Euro African as a personal assistant for Jam- at Gambia’s Trust Bank. Over 2012 and 2013. All of the money made the payments on behalf of meh from 2009 to 2012 and who half of the money was withdrawn was withdrawn. a telecommunications company was fired and jailed for espio- in cash, reporters have found. There were 15 cash with- that he declined to name. The nage, charges he denies, said he Reporters were unable to drawals in 2012 and 2013, telecommunications company withdrew hundreds of thousands determine whether donors in- ranging from $75,000 to over was a separate entity and the of dollars in cash in 2011 and tended to support the charity, or $500,000: $4.3 million in total. money was not Euro African’s 2012 from another account called if donors, charity officials and the A further $1.5 million was trans- money, he said. the National Security Account at bank were aware that Jammeh ferred to overseas accounts, the The statements also show a Trust Bank, on Jammeh’s behalf. was using the account to build statements show. The remainder $99,982.50 payment was made Other times, he said he wired his personal wealth. Reporters was drawn down in letters of on April 17, 2013 by Selectra money from that account to Jam- also could not determine how credit, miscellaneous withdraw- AG, a Swiss-based engineering meh’s wife’s personal account the withdrawn money was spent. als and interest charges. firm. Selectra did not respond in the U.S. Gambia’s new government Some cash withdrawals give to requests for comment. Jammeh’s spending hinted has accused the former president direct reference to Jammeh, who The foundation’s former dep- at his riches. He had a fleet of of plundering many millions of at the time was the foundation’s uty CEO Manga said he first black Rolls Royce limousines dollars during his 22-year rule. chief patron, meaning he lent became aware of the account and whose headrests carry his name Last Monday, Gambian Finance his name in support of its work. the deposits when Trust Bank embroidered in dark thread, and Minister Amadou Sanneh said Manga said Jammeh played only accidentally sent him statements a house in Maryland, according Jammeh had committed fraud on an occasional role in the founda- for the dollar account in 2013. to a witness and a U.S. official. a massive scale including siphon- tion’s activities. These include He said he thought the money On a trip to New York for a ing off tens of millions of dollars education, health and agricultural could be used to fund scholar- U.N. summit in 2002, Jammeh of public money into various bank projects, according to its website. ships and a hospital. had $1 million in cash in cello- accounts not in his name, but In March 2013, a $75,930 Unlike the Trust Bank ac- phane wrapping brought to his from which he withdrew cash, withdrawal was detailed as: count that the charity used for hotel room, his former lobby- including at the central bank. “CASH WDL B/O DR YAHYA everyday expenses, this one held ist John Aycoth told reporters. The Jammeh Foundation AJJ JAMMEH”. A Trust Bank dollars, not dalasis, the local cur- He bought expensive watches for Peace’s former deputy worker interviewed by report- rency, and had far more money. and tipped a dental hygien- CEO, Modou Lamin Manga, ers said that B/O stood for “by When Manga approached ist $20,000, said Aycoth, who told reporters that the charity order of” and WDL stood for officials at Trust Bank about successfully sued the Gambian did not at the time receive do- “withdrawal.” the account in 2013, they told government in a U.S. court for nations via the dollar account, Reporters were unable to him not to touch the money, he failure to compensate his firm which was one of two accounts determine the source of most said. The account manager told in 2006. held in the foundation’s name of the money in the account. him it was “Yahya’s” (Jammeh’s) “I know he had great wealth. at Trust Bank during Manga’s But five payments into the account, Manga said. I have no doubt about that,” said tenure from 2010 to 2015. Manga account in 2013 totaling $2.55 “We were struggling to run Jammeh’s former lawyer Gomez. was let go from the foundation million reference Euro African communities and we had all Now, in the aftermath of his during layoffs in 2015. Group, or its acronym EAGL, this money in this account. rule, many Gambians demand The Jammeh Foundation for according to the transaction Why couldn’t we make use of his wealth be returned immedi- Peace did not respond to mul- details on the statements, in- it?” Manga said. ately. The country’s economy is tiple requests for comment. An cluding one $500,000 payment A former member of Jam- in tatters with only three weeks official at Gambia’s Trust Bank, on May 8, 2013. meh’s staff, who spoke on con- left of import funds. who declined to be named, con- Euro African held exclusive dition of anonymity, said he fre- “The president and his gov- firmed the foundation banked rights to import fuel to Gambia quently collected money from ernment will take all steps and there but declined to give fur- between 2008 and 2013 and a the foundation’s dollar account measures to ensure that all the ther details. fuel supply deal to the state- at the president’s request and lost, stolen and misappropriated Attempts to contact Jammeh run utility. returned to State House with assets are returned to the Gam- in Equatorial Guinea, where Euro African head Mohamed bags filled with cash in bun- bian people,” Gambian Finance he fled into exile last month Bazzi said the company made dles of $10,000, wrapped in a Minister Sanneh told reporters after an election defeat, were three payments to the founda- paper band carrying the Trust last Monday. Monday, February 27, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Opinion 27

Distancing From MFIs Not Cure for Debtors The Cambodia Daily Bernard Krisher, Publisher 4—that ordinary people might nancial situation of farmers. Deborah Krisher-Steele, Letter to the Editor wrongly believe that MFIs This requires an urgent legal Deputy Publisher n “Mobile Firms Told to are owned and run by the ceiling to interest rates and Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief Spread Message: MFIs government. regulating some major private Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor Not State-Run” (Febru- This might in turn lead to MFIs, which started as non- Chansy Chhorn, News Editor ary 23) there are reports the government being called to profit organizations, but end- Michael Dickison, Kate Ginn Ithat Prime Minister Hun Sen help those millions of desperate ed up as huge profit-making Deputy Managing Editors is pulling the country’s mobile citizens, especially small-scale companies, having totally lost Van Roeun, Senior Editor operators into his campaign to and poor farmers who are heav- their original poverty-reduc- portray microfinance institu- ily and increasingly indebted tion vocation. Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel tions (MFIs) as private entities. to often abusive MFIs and are But a more comprehensive Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Aisha Down, Hannah MFIs have also been ordered to struggling daily to make ends approach is needed. This must Hawkins, Brendan O’Byrne, Ben change their logos if the ones meet, with many of them hav- include fundamental reforms Paviour, Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, they are using now resemble ing already lost their property, in the fields of land protection Saing Soenthrith, Laurence Stevens, those of national institutions, especially farmland, used as and redistribution, forest and Matt Surrusco, George Wright, Associate such as the Finance Minis- collateral. environment preservation, in- Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, try or the National Bank of The government is in fact telligent irrigation, improve- Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang Cambodia. refusing to take responsibility ments in agricultural produc- Sothear, Ben Sokhean, Hang Sokunthea, This sudden government for the plight of citizens living tivity, and constant technical Phan Soumy, Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; determination to distance and working under its rule— and commercial support to Siv Channa, Photographer; Tan Kimtin, itself from MFIs is official- who are entitled to turn to farmers so as to help ensure Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, ly explained by its political the authorities for help—and international competitiveness Copy Editor; Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, concern—three months be- demonstrating that there is no for Cambodia’s farm products. Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, Sie Suychhieng, Translators; fore the commune council government plan whatsoever Sam Rainsy Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin elections scheduled for June to address the catastrophic fi- Former CNRP President Doyle, James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors N Korea Murder by Weapon of Mass Destruction Douglas Steele, General Manager Chea Borom, Business Manager; Eam fining hundreds of thousands In the same way, the killing of Sopheap, Operations Manager; Sok Chamroeun, Tang Sokchamrouen, Editorial of people in bleak prison camps Kim Jong Nam may not have The Washington Post Sales Representatives; Chan Vincent, and building nuclear and carried Kim Jong Un’s personal Art Director; Chhun Sinath, Collections missile forces to threaten the signature, but seems likely to Director; Chap Pireak, Circulation f spread on a battlefield or world. be the result of his orders. Manager; Khun Silen, Designer; used against a population, North Korea often offers North Korea has had a Song Raksa, Business Assistant; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; Scott the nerve agent VX would a bully’s proposition: just chemical weapons program Harlow, Matthew Rosin, Jason Wik, be terrifyingly deadly. A recognize the government since the 1980s. It is one of Technical Advisers; Adam Lincoln Iliter of the substance contains and provide it with econom- the few nations that have not Steele, Director of Future Planning enough lethal doses, theoreti- ic favors, and, perhaps, just signed the Chemical Weapons The Cambodia Daily is an independent cally, to kill 1 million people. maybe, it will not carry out Convention, which bans VX. newspaper dedicated to strengthening a free Less than 10 milligrams—a the latest ugly threat it has Aside from the bucking of press and training journalists. Published five small drop on the skin—can manufactured. 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