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Friday Feature Reawakening A foreign journalist and aid workers recall coming to a ‘country in shock’ in the 1980s Page 8 What’s On Street Fest, Architecture Tours Page 20 Leading Land Activist Jailed Amid Attacks On Dissenters By Sek Odom and George Wright The Cambodia Daily Tep Vanny, the country’s most prominent land rights activist, was sentenced to 30 months in prison yesterday for her role in a protest almost four years ago, in what critics slammed as a po- litically fueled attempt by the government to sideline her in the run-up to crucial elections. In a similar vein to the case’s first hearing, which was adjourned earlier this month Tep Vanny stands in the dock as her sentence is read out at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday Continued on page 5 morning, in a photograph posted anonymously online. Hun Sen’s ‘Dictatorship’ Has Transcended CPP, Researcher Says

By Ben Paviour refer to him as Samdech—or bodian state and ruling party. that initially gave him authority. The Cambodia Daily “The Greatest.” In “Misclassification on the “The overall picture to Such is the portrait painted Mekong: The Origins of Hun emerge is of an authoritarian re- He makes all the big deci- by Australian political scientist Sen’s Personalist Dictatorship,” gime characterized by Hun Sen’s sions, has friends and family in Lee Morgenbesser, who argues published on Tuesday on the personal control of the political all the right places, and person- in a new paper that Prime Min- journal Democratization’s web- system (including members of ally controls armed forces larger ister Hun Sen runs a “personalist site, Mr. Morgenbesser contends the ruling coalition),” he writes. than Senegal’s national army. dictatorship” and has nearly un- that Mr. Hun Sen has slowly Mr. Morgenbesser, a research Supplicants and diplomats alike assailable control over the Cam- co-opted the ruling coalition Continued on page 7 2 National The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

Running the Quotes of the Week Numbers “It’s no exaggeration to say that these amendments are like a gun aimed straight at the heart of the opposition CNRP, leaving only the question of when and on 12 what grounds this political execution will take place.” political parties the —Phil Robertston, deputy Asia director for Human Rights Watch, on changes to government says may the Law on Political Parties passed by CPP lawmakers be barred from fielding candidates in June’s “If they want to add 100 cases, add 1,000 cases, my stance will be the same.” commune elections due to —Political commentator Kim Sok, who is the target of two lawsuits filed by Prime Minister Hun Sen past or ongoing legal troubles over claims that the government was behind the murder of political analyst Kem Ley.

“If they want to arrest me, that’s fine. If they want to kill me, that’s fine. I will 400 talk.” armed Laotian soldiers who —Kung Raiya, who served 18 months in prison for a Facebook post calling for a “color revolution,” speaking to reporters upon his release crossed into Cambodia to block military engineers from constructing a “Our Cambodia is not clear on the difference between color revolution and road near the border in freedom of expression.” Stung Treng province —Am Sam Ath, monitoring manager for rights group Licadho, on the government seeming to conflate acts of dissent with revolution

$3.5M From the Archives... February 23, 2005

cost for Acleda bank to replace its signage across the Factory Protest country after the government Broken Up by Tear said its logo was too similar to Gas, Force that of the Finance Ministry Police used tear gas, electric batons and rifle butts and fired bullets into the air to disperse about 700 former Sam Han gar- 37 ment factory workers protesting in front of the factory in Phnom interns at the Khmer Rouge Penh’s Russei Keo district on tribunal who participated in Tuesday morning, police and a one-hour strike calling for protesters said. At least 18 people were their positions to be paid, assaulted by police, and as a in solidarity with unpaid crowd of former workers fled interns around the world the demonstration, one man’s leg was broken in the stampede in Tuol Sangke commune... 2 In Other News Prime Minister Hun Porn Publisher Stops Sen’s rank among world Press After Gov’t Ban leaders on Facebook, based on page interactions, Appraisal: Koh Pich trailing only Indian Prime Worth More Than Minister Narendra Modi Offered Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 3 Guards Chase Down, Beat Activist; Authorities Deny Violence

By Ben Sokhean, Sek Odom and George Wright The Cambodia Daily Authorities denied there were violent attacks on activists out- side the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday and said there would be no investigation, de- spite video evidence clearly showing district security guards and plainclothes men chasing an opposition CNRP activist and beating him inside a shopping mall. Dozens had congregated out- side the court yesterday morning in support of activist Tep Vanny, who received a 30-month prison sentence yesterday for her role in a 2013 protest that turned vio- lent. The case is widely thought Guards and plainclothes men beat CNRP activist Mao Socheat, in a still image taken from video footage. to be a politically motivated attempt by the government to chased by about a dozen men racking up hundreds of thousands the other women who tried to stifle dissent in the run-up to into City Mall. He said he had of views online within hours, help him were saying: ‘He’s not elections. been attempting to intervene Horn Vibol, deputy police chief a thief,’” said Rath Bunna, 49, Activists from the capital’s on the women’s behalf. of Prampi Makara district, denied who sells chestnuts outside the eviction-hit Boeng Kak and After turning into the Lucky that any violence had taken place. mall. Borei Keila neighborhoods were Burger fast-food restaurant, Mr. “No clash happened there,” “They just beat him. I think peacefully chanting and hold- Socheat was viciously punched Mr. Vibol said, adding that pro- if he had not run away he would ing posters of Ms. Vanny when and kicked by guards and plain- testers had “affected public or- have been beaten to death,” she Prampi Makara district security clothes thugs before other activ- der” by disturbing court officials said. guards began dragging and kick- ists intervened. with their noise. Rupert Abbott, a human ing protesters across the road at “They wanted to throw Srey- There would be no investi- rights expert who has worked about 9:30 a.m. leap over the steel fence,” Mr. gation into the day’s events, he extensively in Cambodia, said “They pushed me to the Socheat said when contacted added. perpetrators of such violent at- ground and carried me by my after the attack. “I ran there to Contradicting clear video evi- tacks are unlikely to face justice. legs and beat me. One of the prevent them because it looked dence of security guards beating “The incident is shocking, but guards punched me in the face,” so bad.” the CNRP activist, Mr. Vibol just the latest example of the para protester Bov Sophea said. “I heard their chief order them denied that any attack had oc- police’s trademark thuggery,” Mr. “They kicked a pregnant to beat me. I just ran past the curred and claimed the guards Abbott said in an email. “There woman from Borei Keila,” an- moto parking area into City Mall. were simply “chasing him” for should be an investigation and other protester, Song Sreyleap, I thought they wouldn’t follow answers because he had “insult- the perpetrators should be held told reporters earlier in front of me when there are many people ed” them. accountable. However, in light the courthouse. “They pushed inside,” he said. “They consider, Witnesses at the scene offered of the long list of examples of and kicked her in the belly.” and beat me as an animal. My different accounts of the incident. impunity, justice in this case As activists and guards scuf- back and the whole of my body “I saw the guards chase a seems unlikely.” fled, CNRP activist Mao Socheat hurts.” protester and they were yell- Phil Robertson, the deputy shoved a guard and was then Despite video of the attack ing ‘Thief​! Thief! Thief!’ and Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said the attack could be an ominous sign of things to come as commune and national elections edge closer. “Assuming that the CNRP is still around when we get to elections and able to field can- didates, then expect the kinds of violence from the CPP and its supporters that we saw in the 2003 and 2008 elections,” he said in an email. Four men who were seen assaulting CNRP activist Mao Socheat in video footage “It’s not going to be pretty.” 4 National The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017 Four Senior Adhoc Officials Are Denied Bail for Fourth Time

By Khy Sovuthy efit by the court continuing to The Cambodia Daily detain them,” he said. The group’s detention was Four senior officials for extended in October after court rights group Adhoc were de- officials decided they needed nied bail for the fourth time by another six months to investi- the Court of Appeal yesterday, gate the case. However, critics extending their detention in claimed the Phnom Penh Mu- Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar prison nicipal Court was deliberately while awaiting trial to nearly lengthening the investigation 10 months. period. The Supreme Court will take Reporters were not allowed up the bail appeals on Monday, into yesterday’s hearing. said Lor Chunthy, a lawyer for Contacted afterward, Judge the four. Povsun confirmed he had up- Presiding Judge Phou Povsun held the no-bail decision, but denied the bail requests because declined to comment further. the investigating judge had not As he left the courtroom, Mr. yet finished scrutinizing the Soksan told reporters that he case, Mr. Chunthy said. The was not surprised, as the courts judge also reasoned that as it belonged to Prime Minister Hun was a criminal case, he wanted Sen. a guarantee that the officials “It is not strange, because would not flee, he added. Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily Samdech Techo’s [Mr. Hun Ny Sokha, Adhoc’s head of Adhoc senior investigator Yi Soksan speaks to reporters as he is Sen] court just does like this,” monitoring, his deputies Nay escorted out of the Appeal Court in Phnom Penh yesterday. he said. Vanda and Yi Soksan, and se- Ms. Mony claimed she was nior investigator Lim Mony were al Election Committee and a Chankea said that if the pris- not granted bail because her charged in May for allegedly former Adhoc employee, was oners were not going to be used detention was a “political issue.” bribing the mistress of oppo- charged as an accomplice and for political negotiations be- “The court in our Cambodia, sition acting CNRP President is being detained at PJ prison tween the ruling CPP and the they have knowledge, but they Kem Sokha to deny an affair. in Phnom Penh, but was not CNRP, they may as well be do not use their real will to do Ny Chakrya, deputy sec- included in yesterday’s hearing. released. their work for the people,” she retary-general of the Nation- Adhoc spokesman Sam “I think that there is no ben- said. Loggers Caught Trafficking Timber in 8 Trucks Bound for Vietnam

By Aun Pheap namese customs data obtained face possible charges either to- is responsible for the O’houch The Cambodia Daily by the U.S. NGO Forest Trends day or Saturday, and that au- crossing, said his officers were shows that tens of thousands of thorities were continuing their looking into how the trucks Authorities in Mondolkiri cubic meters of timber worth investigation to find anyone who could have entered and left province seized eight trucks millions of dollars have still may have helped them. Cambodia. about to cross into Vietnam managed to make it through. But Mr. Sopheak said that “I already sent my officers with illegally logged timber During Wednesday’s opera- it was pointless to ask Vietnam to the area to investigate...who from the Keo Seima Wildlife tion in Mondolkiri, authorities for help to track the trucks that allowed those people to enter,” Sanctuary and arrested seven saw a total of 10 timber-loaded made it across the border and he said. “We will know in the of the drivers, six of them Viet- trucks lined up at the border that he would not even bother next few days.” namese nationals, a provincial checkpoint, but failed to stop trying. The government claims that military police commander said two of them before they slipped “We never communicate it has, for the most part, put an yesterday. across, said Keo Sopheak, the directly with Vietnamese au- end to illegal logging in east- Sak Sarang, the commander, province’s environment depart- thorities, because we need the ern Cambodia since launching said a mixed force of more than ment director. national level to do it for us,” a crackdown on the area’s illicit 120 personnel converged on the The other trucks “drove into he said. “And if we wait for the timber trade more than a year O’houch border checkpoint in Vietnam and we did not dare to negotiations, then it’s too late.” ago, though environmental and Keo Seima district acting on a chase them,” he said. “We think He said the eight trucks they rights groups say it has made tip-off from local authorities our Khmer border protection of- seized contained between two little difference. that illegal timber was crossing ficials opened the gate for those and four logs each of first-grade In December, Cambodia into Vietnam on a regular basis. Vietnamese people because they Koki and Sralao wood, and that Daily reporters found a thriv- The government placed a could not enter Cambodia if we more than 100 other logs were ing timber export market to blanket ban on all timber exports do not let them in.” found in the forest from which Vietnam in Kratie province, to Vietnam in January last year, Mr. Sopheak said the seven the trucks had come. facilitated by the very soldiers in a tacit admission that much drivers they arrested would be Military Platoon 621 com- who were supposed to be helping of it was illegal. However, Viet- sent to the provincial court to mander Leng Sophoan, who to stop it. Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 5 Probe Launched Into Police Chief Accused of Corruption

By Aun Pheap $7,000 for assigning different whether he took money from the He said he intended to The Cambodia Daily roles within the police force. appointments and promotions respond with a counterclaim Ministry spokesman Khieu or not.” and was collecting evidence to Investigators have arrived Sopheak said Interior Minister Brig. Gen. Sam An said he present to National Police chief in Kompong Thom province Sar Kheng had assigned five had not yet been questioned Neth Savoeun and Mr. Kheng to pursue allegations that the inspectors to investigate the because he had been in Phnom responding to his subordinates. provincial police chief and two of complaint. Penh for the Interior Ministry’s On Tuesday, Brig. Gen. Sam his deputies routinely accepted Mr. Channy, one of the two annual conference. He denied An claimed that the six police bribes of up to $7,000 in ex- accused deputy chiefs, said he the bribery accusations, but said officials were actually the ones change for jobs or promotions, met with three of the inspectors he was still concerned he might regularly accepting bribes to officials said yesterday. yesterday for more than an hour. lose his job. have their friends appointed, The Interior Ministry sent “I told them I did not commit “I am worried about the and made the complaint after the inspection team after receiv- the crimes as accused in the investigation, because I think the chief turned them down. ing a complaint from six police complaint,” he said. “I did not that my position as the provin- The complainants “came to officials who accused their boss, take money for appointments cial police chief would be lost me and asked me to arrange an Chou Sam An, and his deputies, and promotions.” if the upper level believes the appointment and promotion for Ith Kimsrun and Kheav Chan- As for Brigadier General Sam explanation from the six com- their people, and they were not ny, of taking between $500 and An, he said: “I do not know... plainants,” he said. happy when I refused,” he said.

day and signed by 61 civil society Activist... organizations—referring to the Continued from page 1 district guards as “para-police”— pointed out severe deficiencies after it descended into chaos in the case against Ms. Vanny. and the judge said he became “During her trial, which re- tired, Ms. Vanny and her fellow sumed this morning after nearly activists from Phnom Penh’s three weeks’ postponement, no eviction-hit Boeng Kak neigh- credible evidence was present- borhood were vocal throughout ed either to justify the charges the session at the Phnom Penh brought against Vanny nor to Municipal Court. prove that any violence whatso- “Whoever is responsible for ever was committed against the this harassment, please suffer in para-police,” the statement said. the future,” Ms. Vanny shouted, Champa Patel, Amnesty In- while holding her hands above Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily ternational’s director for South- her head in prayer. Activist Tep Vanny raises a fist in handcuffs in a car outside the Phnom east Asia and the Pacific, said The case, which was dormant Penh Municipal Court yesterday. the decision was a clear effort to for more than three years before muzzle dissent among activists. it was reactivated last year, relates old activist better known by her $1,000, and 5 million riel, or “Her most recent conviction to a 2013 protest in which about nickname Mummy. “Please, about $1,250, respectively. and prison sentence is a trans- 30 activists attempted to deliver judge, look at the plaintiff, he’s There were violent scenes parent attempt to silence her, to a petition to Prime Minister Hun almost 100 kg. If he hit us once outside court during the hear- silence Boeung Kak Lake and Sen’s mansion in central Phnom then we would faint.” ing, with Prampi Makara dis- to silence others who speak out Penh, calling for the release of Ms. Chhorvy then criticized trict security guards tussling on human rights,” Ms. Patel said activist Yorm Bopha. The pro- the court’s apparent lack of ev- with Boeng Kak activists on in an email. test turned violent—but activ- idence. “If she caused violence, the sidewalk and road. Video Bov Sophea, who was among ists and human rights workers where is the evidence and the footage soon went viral on so- the protesters who scuffled with monitoring the protest claim it video? Please show us,” she said. cial media showing the guards the guards, said the length of was security guards who attacked No such evidence was pre- chasing opposition activist Mao Ms. Vanny’s sentence was farci- the protesters. sented. Still, Presiding Judge Socheat into nearby City Mall cal given sentences for far worse Under questioning as wit- Long Kesphirum found Ms. Van- and beating him inside a fast- offenses—notably, the decision nesses yesterday, three fellow ac- ny guilty of intentional violence food restaurant. to sentence former Bavet City tivists—Nget Khun, Bo Chhorvy with aggravating circumstances. The verdict against Ms. governor Chhuk Bundith to 18 and Kong Chantha—scoffed at “The Phnom Penh Municipal Vanny is the latest in what is months for shooting into a crowd the idea that Ms. Vanny could Court decided to sentence de- widely seen as a government of protesting garment workers. have injured the Daun Penh fendant Tep Vanny to two years offensive against critics, from “It’s very unjust that Chhuk security guards, who have de- and six months in prison and fine activists and human rights de- Bundith, who shot and injured veloped a well-documented rep- 5 million riel [about $1,250] to fenders to political analysts and three garment workers, was con- utation for violence and the use the state budget,” he said. opposition officials. Ms. Vanny victed to one and a half years, but of disproportionate force since Ms. Vanny was also ordered is among at least 26 political Ms. Tep Vanny, who just protest- the disputed 2013 election. to compensate two district secu- prisoners, according to rights ed to demand intervention from “I didn’t see that they were in- rity guards, Hor Hoeun and Uk group Licadho. [Mr. Hun Sen], was convicted to jured,” said Ms. Khun, a 77-year- Rotana, 4 million riel, or about A statement released yester- two and a half years,” she said. 6 National The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017 Wall of Fresh Monk Requests IDs, Removal of Alcohol Ads Fish Blocks By Ouch Sony Tuol Kok district yesterday. “If said. The Cambodia Daily we talk about culture and ethics, The monk chief said he also it is not appropriate.” urged new photo ID cards, which Poipet Border The chief monk of a Phnom “They advertise with pic- monks could carry with them Penh pagoda has asked the city tures of cars, advertise drink- when soliciting donations, to By Buth Kimsay governor to remove ad banners ing alcohol, with young people differentiate them from those The Cambodia Daily hanging across the capital’s on the banners,” Ngin Khim who don saffron robes in order streets, especially those featur- said. to impersonate monks for per- Thai authorities withdrew a ing alcohol, and issue additional He said Phnom Penh gov- sonal gain. 600 percent import tax increase ID cards to help differentiate ernor Pa Socheatvong said he “Some work as construction on Cambodian fish vendors real monks from fakes. would consider the request to workers and when they are not yesterday after the angered Ngin Khim, chief monk of place the offensive banners on given jobs, they get monk robes cart-pushers formed a wall of Wat Neakavorn, said he ex- the side of the street. Mr. So- to become a monk and shave baskets teeming with fresh pressed his frustration about cheatvong could not be reached their head,” he said. fish along a border checkpoint religiously insensitive beer ads for comment, but Phnom Penh While monks already have yesterday in protest, according strung across city streets during City Hall spokesman Met Meas- religious ID cards, a new card to Poipet authorities. an annual meeting on Tuesday pheakdey said the municipality could include the monk’s name, About 200 vendors lined of about 600 Buddhist leaders, had already started removing pagoda, pagoda chief’s name their wheeled baskets several monks and officials from the street banners about a month and telephone number, and rows deep along the bridge on Cults and Religion Ministry, ago. would be specifically aimed at the Cambodian side of Poipet City Hall and the municipality’s “The request of the monks preventing imitators from so- International Border Checkpoint cults and religion department. was similar to what we were liciting donations under false in Banteay Meanchey province, “When they are put across already taking action on. We pretenses, he said. said Chin Piseth, deputy of the the streets with people drinking are not focused only on beer The governor supported Royal Cambodian Armed Forc- alcohol on top, the king, monks advertisements, but all kinds the monks’ request, but said es’ Cambodia-Thailand relation and ministers walk under it,” of advertisements hung across details needed to be discussed, border bureau. said the deputy chief monk of streets,” Mr. Measpheakdey Mr. Measpheakdey said. The Cambodian fish sellers arrived at the Thai side of the border at about 9 a.m. to find Police Probe Beating of Sugarcane Workers that Thai officials had increased the import tax without warn- By Van Roeun concessions in Preah Vihear, in- ing from $10 per basket—with and Aisha Down cluding the better-known Rui each basket holding about 100 The Cambodia Daily Feng plantation—surfaced at “We cannot question kg—to $70, according to Mr. the same time that nearby com- Piseth. Police said yesterday they mune police began questioning the Chinese managers “They will just increase the were investigating allegations locals over buying oil stolen from because we do not yet price whenever they feel like that the Chinese managers the company, rights workers it,” he said. of a worksite for a sugarcane said. have enough facts.” Mr. Piseth said he believed concession had severely beaten “The workers stole oil to sell —Chey Sen district police chief the Thai authorities wanted to three workers for stealing oil because the company hadn’t giv- Tiem Sang Kream prevent Cambodian vendors and fertilizer, and that one of en them a salary for three or from doing business in their them later died of his injuries. four months,” said Lor Chhan, country. Tiem Sang Kream, the chief provincial coordinator at rights Earlier this week, police The vendors, who said they of Chey Sen district police in group Adhoc, who has been in- questioned 14 locals in M’lou could not afford to pay the in- Preah Vihear province, said the terviewing workers and villagers Prey II commune in relation to creased import tax, blocked beating was apparently witnessed about the alleged beating. a woman found selling stolen traffic for several hours in the by other workers and allegedly Workers thought to be re- oil at a nearby market in the morning, demanding to pay the happened earlier this month. sponsible for stealing the oil district, he added. same price they had paid the Police investigations began two fled the plantation before police He said Heng Rui had com- day before and asking Cambo- weeks ago, he said. reached them, he said. Howev- plained repeatedly about work- dian authorities to intervene, “We are working every day, er, villagers and fellow workers ers stealing cement and oil from said Poipet City governor Ngor talking to villagers who are farm- have said that three other men their factory, and allegations of Meng Chroun. ing close to the plantation, but who had nothing to do with the beatings were not new. The governor and other Cam- we have not confirmed that it thefts had been beaten, with one “There’s been violence be- bodian officials crossed the bor- is true,” Mr. Sang Kream said. having died from his injuries, Mr. fore,” he said. der and successfully negotiated “We cannot question the Chhan said. He did not know NGO Ponlok Khmer, based with Thai authorities to bring Chinese managers because we how the workers were beaten or in Preah Vihear, also said this the tax back down to $10, Mr. do not yet have enough facts.” what their injuries were. week that it was aware of the Meng Chroun said. Allegations of the beating, Given the itinerant sugarcane allegations. Protesters dispersed at about which is said to have happened workforce, mostly from southern Reached yesterday, represen- 12:15 p.m. after hearing their on a site belonging to the Chi- provinces, it would be hard to tatives of the five-company sugar efforts had been successful, he nese sugarcane concession identify the beaten workers, conglomerate said they could not added. Heng Rui—one of five sister he said. immediately comment. Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 7

because the incumbent business, Hun Sen’s... military and political elites stand Continued from page 1 to still gain from his successor,” he said. fellow at Australia’s Griffith “The more immediate con- University, says that past pundits cern in the Cambodian context have mistaken the state for a is not whether to undertake a limited multiparty government, succession, but when to do so. “electoral autocracy” or civilian ...Immediately after winning the dictatorship. 2018 national election offers an Instead, the paper asserts, ideal window of opportunity.” Mr. Hun Sen has used his more Coming elections will be a than three decades in power to critical moment for the prime steadily nudge the state from sin- minister, whom Mr. Morgenbess- gle-party rule to a “party-person- er says still relies on the CPP’s alist regime” in which the CPP Reuters patronage networks to deliver serves as an election-time vehicle Prime Minister Hun Sen holds an impromptu news conference at projects and goods that garner for votes and legal legitimacy. Pochentong International Airport in Phnom Penh in December 1998. votes that, in turn, provide the Mr. Hun Sen’s political career prime minister with legitimacy. effectively began in a Vietnam- the airport and put him on a to the national militaries of Sen- “The moment the CNRP is ese prison, when the defect- plane to Thailand.” egal, Somalia, or Zambia,” Mr. dissolved, however, the valid- ed Khmer Rouge commander The deal with the royalist Morgenbesser writes. ity of Hun Sen’s claim to be charmed his minders and was Funcinpec party drew from The strength of those forces popular will become somewhat plucked to lead the successful a well-worn page of Mr. Hun allowed Mr. Hun Sen to override ludicrous because it cannot be invasion of his country. In 1985, Sen’s playbook, the academic the objections of CPP faction- verified in any meaningful way,” Mr. Hun Sen was chosen by the says, with the prime minister al foes Chea Sim and Interior Mr. Morgenbesser said in the Vietnamese for the role of prime overseeing the appointment of Minister Sar Kheng, as well as email, referring to new legisla- minister for the government it several hundred party officials Defense Minister Tea Banh, to tion that would allow the courts had installed six years earlier. into lucrative senior positions bring together forces to fight to dissolve political parties. Beset by external enemies that effectively neutered his rival against Prince Ranariddh and CPP spokesman Sok Eysan and feuding elements of his own party in later elections. the Funcinpec party in 1997, yesterday dismissed the paper, party, Mr. Hun Sen’s path to In the case of his own party, according to Mr. Morgenbesser. saying that only Mr. Hun Sen’s power was hardly assured. Mr. Hun Sen often responded The prime minister’s family opponents stoop to calling the “At the February 1997 [CPP] to rivals by expanding key party ties are another key source of prime minister a dictator. party congress, for example, Hun organs and stuffing them with personal power, the paper says. “Ordinary people do not call Sen’s selfishness and outspoken- his allies, he says. “It constitutes a sprawling him dictator,” he said. ness was openly criticized by se- The CPP’s executive commit- network consummated by a web “When it comes to politi- nior party and military officials, tee has swollen from 45 to 545 of politically auspicious marriag- cal issues, he is at the top and who urged him to work more members during Mr. Hun Sen’s es” rooted in the upper echelons without challengers, but the with the party ahead of com- rule, with loyalists overwhelm- of the CPP, military, police and platform of the CPP does not mune and national elections,” ing factions formerly allied with the business world. Especially come from him alone. It comes according to Mr. Morgenbesser. Chea Sim. The party’s standing notable are the premier’s well- from the permanent committee The academic contends that committee has also more than placed sons, who Mr. Morgen- of the party, and the permanent the young leader turned to “neo- tripled in size, stocked with besser says are being primed committee takes its platform patrimonialism”—dishing out heads of security apparatuses to replace their father—“a rare from the congress of the whole patronage to keep elites and often accused of the regime’s event for personalist dictators,” party across the country.” voters happy—and repression worst abuses, the paper says. he notes in the paper. Sophal Ear, an associate pro- to halt the rise of rivals and Meanwhile, Mr. Hun Sen Leadership change is general- fessor of diplomacy and world rabble-rousers. The arrangement consolidated his control over ly a challenge in such regimes be- affairs at Occidental College in helped reduce the risk of a coup key units of the armed forces. cause they are organized around Los Angeles, assessed the paper by stocking key positions with Following an alleged coup at- a single individual, he explains. before publication and said its well-paid loyalists who have little tempt in 1994, for example, Mr. “Personalist dictators such findings rang true. incentive to shake the status quo. Hun Sen reorganized what was a as Hun Sen are far more likely “I don’t think anyone can The aftermath of the 2003 small security detail into groups to end up being killed, jailed, dispute the personalist nature national election exemplified of specialized, loyalist forces or exiled than the leaders of of Cambodian politics,” he wrote Mr. Hun Sen’s habit of mixing that included his Bodyguard strictly military or party regimes, in an email yesterday. “Yes, there aggression and appeasement. Unit, Brigade 70, and National regardless of whether regime are factions in the ruling party, When now-deceased CPP Counterterrorism Special Forces, change occurs,” he says. but the argument is always that President Chea Sim opposed now led by his son Hun Manet. However, Mr. Morgenbesser one man, and one man alone, a 2004 coalition deal with Prince “Ultimately, the most defin- wrote in an email yesterday that holds them together.” Norodom Ranariddh in the af- itive marker of how Hun Sen in Cambodia’s case, Mr. Hun Sen “Vietnam and China figured termath of contested election has personalized power is the appeared to have established a out long ago that there needed to results, Mr. Hun Sen had riot wanton transformation of his se- strong enough coalition to make be regular changes in leadership... police, commanded by his ally curity detail, which numbered succession feasible. but, obviously, not every Polit- and National Police Command- around 60 bodyguards in the “Hun Sen cannot be threat- buro got the memo,” he added. er Hok Lundy, “surround Chea mid-1990s, into a paramilitary ened via a coup. This makes the (Additional reporting by Khuon Sim’s residence, escort him to architecture equivalent in size task of succession far smoother Narim) 8 Friday Feature The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

John Burgess People ride by a disabled Vietnamese tank on a road between Battambang City and Phnom Penh in April 1980. Reawakening A foreign journalist and aid workers recall a ‘country in shock’ when they began their lives in Cambodia during the 1980s

By Michelle Vachon The Cambodia Daily

In March 1980, American journalist John crisis,” he said. embroiled in Cold War politics and would Burgess was thrilled to learn that the Cam- After receiving authorization, Mr. Burgess remain so for another 11 years. bodian government had approved his request “arrived on a C-130 aid flight run, I think, After the Vietnamese army, along with to visit a country cut off from the rest of by ICRC [International Committee of the a unit of Cambodian rebels, had rid the the world, but beginning a long recovery. Red Cross]—there was no commercial flight country of the Khmer Rouge in January Writing for The Washington Post and into Phnom Penh at that time,” he said. 1979, Cambodia was under an international Time magazine, he had arrived in Bangkok He spent a week in Phnom Penh, and embargo. With support from China, the U.S. in 1979 to cover the refugee exodus into a week visiting Siem Reap City, Battam- and other Western countries, the Khmer Thailand, and also wanted to see what was bang City and Sihanoukville, escorted by Rouge had rearmed and were still occu- happening inside Cambodia. a Cambodian Foreign Ministry employee pying Cambodia’s seat at the U.N. The “The Khmer Rouge had been over- and driver in a brand-new Russian Lada. group was viewed internationally as the thrown in January 1979 and there was a The photos he took during that journey will country’s legitimate government. huge, huge influx of people from Cambodia be exhibited at Meta House on Tuesday. The tens of thousands who had fled literally just walking into Thailand, seeking At the time, Cambodians, who had yet to the Cambodian-Thai border after the food, medicine, security, passage to third to recover from slaughter and enslavement fall of Pol Pot’s rule in 1979 would spend countries—it was a colossal humanitarian at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, were a decade fleeing from one refugee camp Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Friday Feature 9 to the other as the frontline shifted amid fighting between the Khmer Rouge and other resistance groups on one side and the Phnom Penh government and Vietnamese army on the other. In the meantime, those in the country tried to rebuild their lives under the watchful eye of the Vietnamese. “In Phnom Penh, there was almost no running water anywhere in the city. There was no electricity,” Mr. Burgess recalled. “There were no banks. There were a few schools getting start- ed, a few [health] clinics and government ministries were sort of functioning. But basically, if you lived in Phnom Penh, you were on your own.” The Cambodia that Mr. Burgess pho- tographed in 1980 would take a long time to change. Due to the U.N. embargo, only humani- tarian aid was allowed into the country. So, along with countries from the Soviet Bloc, which sent advisers, goods and equipment, Bill Herod it was left to international aid organizations Traffic on Monivong Boulevard in the late 1980s and religious groups with humanitarian pro- grams to help the people who remained oversee agricultural and other programs. The In those days, prior to the internet and in Cambodia. editor of the weekly publication “Indochina smartphones, staying in touch was no simple Bill Herod and Margaret Bywater were Digest,” aimed at journalists, academics and matter. During her first months in Cambodia among the foreigners who came to help, and foreign government officials, he also served in 1987, Ms. Bywater recalls going to the they are among the very few aid workers of as liaison for visiting journalists and at times main Post Office in Phnom Penh to phone that era who still live in Cambodia. as a go-between for U.S. officials who wanted her son on his birthday. It took about 30 “In the early 1980s, it was a country to contact the country’s government, but minutes for the call to be routed through in shock,” Mr. Herod said. “We had the could not do so officially. Moscow to Hobart, Australia. Once the feeling...that we were going into a movie Ms. Bywater first settled here in 1987 for connection was made, she was directed to set where the extras were standing around, a three-month project with Quaker Service a phone booth buzzing with mosquitoes waiting to be told what to do. There was Australia. A librarian by profession, she was where she was able to speak, she said, “on nothing happening. I mean, there was no assigned to set up a library as part of an a fairly crackling line.” electricity, no traffic, no running water. English-language program at what is now One aspect of Phnom Penh had truly Downtown in what are now the nice bou- the Royal University of Phnom Penh. taken Mr. Burgess by surprise in 1980. “I tiques and shops on Monivong [Boulevard], On her first visit to the country in July wasn’t prepared for the hive of activity people were sitting on the floor in the middle 1986, Ms. Bywater had experienced the Phnom Penh was. I sort of imagined it to of those buildings with wood fires cooking precarious nature of life in the country. On still be half deserted, you know, looking rice, sleeping in hammocks. You could walk her return from visiting a Quaker project almost like Pol Pot days. But the streets down the middle of Monivong without any in Kompong Cham province, she and her were alive, there were these very vibrant traffic disturbing you at all.” colleagues met a broken-down ferry at Prek and raucous markets...horse carts for hire, Mr. Herod, an American, came twice a Kdam—there was no bridge at the time. bicycles. year throughout the decade as a representa- Since they had to return to Phnom Penh “Currencies in use were U.S. dollars, tive for Church World Service and later the before the 9:00 p.m. curfew set by the Vietnamese dong and Thai baht, although Washington-based NGO Indochina Project to government, they hired a motorcycle with gold and rice also served to trade,” he said. a makeshift trail- “It was a fantastic sort of economic showcase er and, with some for what happens when a system totally Cambodians climb- breaks down and how people spontaneously ing in for the ride, put it back together.” got on their way. Still, whether visitors or aid workers, Apart from the foreigners had to abide by the rules. “All curfew, they did foreigners were staying and eating at what not want to be on was then the Monorom Hotel [on Monivong the road after dark Boulevard near Phsar Thmei] or at the as Khmer Rouge Samaki Hotel, now the Raffles [Hotel le soldiers often Royal], or embassies of course,” Mr. Herod came down from said. “In the early ‘80s, we foreigners were the mountains and not permitted to interact privately with attacked people on any Khmer. We weren’t allowed to study that road. It was a Khmer language—by we, I’m talking about reminder that the all foreigners who were here other than Supplied by Margaret Bywater country was still with Eastern European embassies and the Margaret Bywater on her way back to Phnom Penh in July 1986 at war. Cuban Embassy.” 10 Friday Feature The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

“Our interpreters, secretar- ies, office staff, drivers, maids, were all assigned by the For- eign Ministry. Of course, we did have private conversations, and we did study Khmer, but it wasn’t permitted. It wasn’t really enforced, nobody ever stopped us,” he said. Regulations progressively eased up, Mr. Herod said. By 1982, there were two cyclos sta- tioned in front of the hotels, and he still remembers how excited he was the first time he rode in one of them in Phnom Penh. He also recalls the opening of the White Restaurant, in which foreigners were allowed to eat. “It was fun because the Rus- sian KGB and the Cuban Embas- sy people and American Friends Service Committee and Church World Service, all of us would be John Burgess eating at the same place, sending People ride on the train that ran from Phnom Penh to Battambang City in April 1980. drinks to each other,” he said. Regarding the Vietnamese presence As to whether Vietnamese officials issued elections in 1993—the results of which in the country, Mr. Herod said, “we had orders to Cambodians, Mr. Herod said he it failed to uphold by allowing a deal that virtually no official interaction with Viet- was not in a position to know. However, let the CPP effectively remain in power namese officials who were here. We knew he recalls a Cambodian official he used to despite losing the election. they were here, and I talked with Cam- meet on each of his visits, except one time Following his 1980 visit, Mr. Burgess bodian officials...who acknowledged that when he was told the official had been sent wrote a series of articles on Cambodia. Since there were Vietnamese around, paying to Vietnam “for education.” He returned retiring from the Post, the 65-year-old has attention to what was going on. But there haggard and weary, Mr. Herod noted. “He published several books featuring Cambodia, certainly weren’t Vietnamese tanks in the survived it and continued to thrive, and was including one on the Preah Vihear temple streets, roadblocks stopping people from elevated to higher and higher positions.” and a book of fiction set in Angkor in the going places. And I walked with Vietnamese In 1989, as the Soviet bloc was dissolving 12th century. military personnel buying things in the and the Cold War fading away, Vietnam’s Over the years, Ms. Bywater has, through market, and they were treated the same military forces officially left the country. international support, helped train librarians way Khmer were, and they bargained the This would eventually lead to the Paris and set up numerous libraries at public same way Khmer did, bought chickens the Peace Agreements in 1991, with the U.N. and research institutions such as the Royal same way Khmer did.” charged to oversee the country’s national University of Phnom Penh, the National Museum and the Cambodia Development Resource Institute. And at 74, she is con- tinuing her work. As for Mr. Herod, he has run several NGO programs, including a project of the Canadian government’s Internation- al Development Research Center in the mid-1990s to set up the internet in the country. Now 71 years old and “actively retired,” he occasionally works on minority rights in Mondolkiri province, and helps Cambodian-American deportees make a life for themselves in Cambodia.

“Cambodia Reawakening—One Year After the Khmer Rouge” When Opening 6 p.m. Tuesday, with a talk by John Burgess at 8:00 p.m. Exhibit runs through March 14. Where Meta House, #37 Sothearos Blvd., John Burgess Phnom Penh. Cambodian street vendors display their stock of fresh fruit in April 1980. រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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មាន​​​ភាព​​​រញៃរញ៉ៃ​​​​​ហើយ​​​ចៅ​​​កៃម​​​និយាយ​​​​​​ មន䮏ៃី​​​ជន់​​​ខ្ពស់​​​បួន​​​រូប​​​នៃ​​​​​សមាគម​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសៃស​​​​​ ថ䮄ៃច័ន䮑។

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វន䮓ី​និង​​​សកម្ម​​​ជន​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​ដីធ䮛ី​​​ផៃសៃង​​​ទៀត​​​មក​​​ពី​​​ សុំនៅ​​​កៃៃឃុំ​​​​​​ជ​​​លើក​​​ទី​​​៤កលពី​​​មៃសិល​​​មិញ​​​ ពៅស៊ុន​ចៅកៃម​​​បៃធានកៃុម​​​បៃឹកៃសា​​​ជំនុំ​ជមៃះ​​​​​​​

តំបន់​​​បឹង​​​កក់​​ដៃល​​​រង​​​ករ​​​បណ្តៃញ​​​ចៃញ​​​​បន​​​ ដោយ​​បន䮏​​​​​​ឃុំខ䮛ួន​​​​​ពួកគៃ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​ពៃៃស​​​ បន​​​បដិសៃធ​​​សំណើ​​​សុំនៅ​​​កៃៃ​​​ឃុំ​​​នៃះ​​​​ពៃៃះ​​​​​​​​​​

និយាយ​​​ឥត​​​សំចៃ​​​ពៃញ​​​​សវនករ​​​​នៅ​​​សលា​​​ រាជធានី​​​ភ䮓ំពៃញ​​​​​​តទៅ​​​ទៀត​​​​ខណៈរង់​​​ចាំ​​​ករ​​​ជំនុំ​​​​​ ចៅកៃម​​​សុើប​​​សួរ​​​​​​មិន​​​ទន់​​​បញ䮅ប់​​​​​​​​​ករ​​​ពិនិតៃយ​​​រឿង​​​​​​​​​

ដំបូងរាជធានីភ䮓ំពៃញ។ ជមៃះ​​​រយៈពៃល​​​ជិត​​​១០ខៃទៅហើយ​​​នោះ​​​។ ក䮏ីនៃះ​​​នៅឡើយ​​​ទៃ។​លោក​​​បន䮐ៃម​​​ថា​​ចៅកៃម​​​

អ䮓កសៃី​​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​បន​សៃៃក​​​​​​ដោយ​​​លើក​​​ លោក​ឡោ​ជុនធី​មៃធាវី​​​ករ​​​ពារក䮏ី​​​អ䮓ក​​​ទំង​​​​​ ក៏បន​​​ឆ䮛ើយ​​​តប​​​ផងដៃរ​​​ថា​​​ដោយ​សរ​​​​វជ​​​រឿង​​​​​

ដៃ​​​បួង​​​សួង​​​​​​​​​ថា​"នរណា​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​អំពើ​​​អី​សូម​​​ឲៃយ​​​ តទៅទំព័រ១៣

ទទួល​​​​​​បនផល​​​ហ䮓ឹង​ចុះ​​​នៅ​​​ពៃល​​​អនគត​​​"។ អាជីវករ​លក​់​តេី​​យកខេងតេី​រៀបជារបាំង​បិទ​ចេក​ពេំដេន​​ប៉េយប៉េត​ សំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​នៃះ​​​​ដៃល​​​​​​គ䮘ៃន​ដំណើរ​ករ​​​​

ជង​​​៣​​​ឆ䮓ៃំ​​​ម​​​ក​​​ហើយ​​​​មុន​​​ពៃល​​​​​​តៃូវ​​​បន​​​សើ​​​រី​​​ ប៊ុត គឹមសាយ រៀប​ជ​របំង​​បិទ​​​ចៃក​ទ䮜ៃរ​អន䮏រជតិ​​ប៉ៃយ​ប៉ៃត​ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ឡើង​​​វិញកល​​​ពី​​​ឆ䮓ៃំ​​​មុន​​ជប់​​​ពាក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​ទៅ​នឹង​​​​​​ កលពី​មៃសិល​មិញ​ដើមៃបី​ជ​ករ​តវ៉ៃ។

ករ​​​តវ៉ៃ​​​ឆ䮓ៃំ​​​២០១៣​​​​ដៃល​​​សកម្មជន​​​បៃហៃល​​​ យង​តាមអាជ្ញៃធរ​កៃុង​ប៉ៃយ​ប៉ៃត​បន​ អាជីវករ​បៃហៃល​២០០​នក់​​បន​រៀប​

៣០​​​នក់​​​​​​បន​​​ពៃយាយាម​​​យក​​​ញត䮏ិ​​​ទៅ​​​ដក់​​​នៅ​ ឱៃយ​ដឹង​ថា​អាជ្ញៃធរ​ថៃ​​បន​ដក​ករ​ដំឡើង​ភាសុី​ ខៃង​តៃី​​នៅលើរទៃះ​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​ជ​ចៃើនជួរ​​

ភូមិគៃឹះ​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​នយក​​​រដ䮋​​​មន䮏ៃី​ហ៊ុន​​​​ រហូត​ដល់​៦០០ភាគរយ​​លើ​​អាជីវករ​​លក់​តៃី​ តាម​បណ្ដៃយ​ស䮖ៃន​ចៃក​ទ䮜ៃរអន䮏រជតិ​ប៉ៃយ​

សៃន​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​រាជ​​​ធានីភ䮓ំពៃញ​​​​ដោយ​​​អំពាវ​​​នវ​​​សុំ​​​ កម្ពុជ​​ចៃញ​វិញហើយ​កលពី​មៃសិលមិញ​​ ប៉ៃត​​​​នៅ​ខាងទឹកដី​កម្ពុជក䮓ុង​ខៃត䮏​បន䮑ៃយ​

ឲៃយ​​​ដោះលៃង​​​អ䮓កសៃី​យ៉ៃម​បុប䮕ៃ​​​​​ជ​​​សកម្ម​​​ បន䮑ៃប់ពី​អ䮓កអូស​រទៃះ​ដៃល​​ពោរពៃញ​ទៅ​ មានជ័យ​នៃះ​បើ​យង​តាម​លោក​ជិន​ពិសិដ䮋​​

ជន​​​​​​ដ៏​​​លៃច​​​ធ䮛ៃ​​​មួយ​​​រូបទៀត​​​។​ករ​​​តវ៉ៃ​​​នោះ​​​​​​ ដោយ​កំហឹង​​​​​បន​យក​ខៃង​តៃី​​​នៅលើរទៃះ​ អនុបៃធាន​ករិយាល័យ​ទំនក់ទំនង​ពៃំដៃន​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១២­­ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ថ្ងៃ­­­­សុក្រទី២៤­ខៃកុម្ភៈ­ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ សកម្ម​​​ជន​​​សិទ្ធិដីធ្លី​​​... Champa Patel ៥​​​លន​​​រៀល​ផង​​​ដៃរ​​​។ លោកសៃី​​​​​ចំប៉ៃ​ប៉ៃតៃល​( )​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ មន​​​ករ​​​​​​បៃើ​​​ហិងៃសាបន​​​​ផ䮑ុះ​​​ឡើង​​​នៅខាង​​​ បៃធនអង្គករ​​​លើក​​​លៃង​​​ទោស​​​អន䮏រជតិ​​​ បន​​​បៃៃ​​​ក䮛ៃយជ​​​ហិងៃសា​ប៉៊ន䮏ៃ​សកម្ម​​​ជន​និង​​​ កៃៃ​​​ត៊លករ​​​អំឡុង​​​ពៃល​បើក​​​សវនករ​​​ បៃាំ​​​តំបន់​​​អាស៊ីអាគ䮓ៃយ៍​និង​​​ប៉ៃស៊ីហ䮜ិក​​​បន​​​​​​ មន䮏 ៃី​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មន៊សៃស​​​ដៃល​​​ឃ䮛ៃំ​​​មើល​​​ករ​​​តវ៉ៃ​នៃះ​​​ នៃះ​​​​​​​ដោយ​​​សន䮏ិស៊ខ​​​ខណ䮌​​​៧​​​មក殶​បន​​​បៃវយ​​​​​​ លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​សៃចក䮏ីសមៃៃច​​​នៃះ​ គឺជ​​​ករ​​​ អះ​​​អាង​​​ថា​គឺសន䮏ិស៊ខ​​​ទៃ​​​ដៃលជ​​​អ䮓ក​​​វយ​​​ដំ​​​ បៃតប់​​​ជមួយ​​​សកម្មជន​​​មក​​​ពី​​​តំបន់​​​បឹង​​​កក់​​​​​​នៅ​​​ ខិត​​​ខំ​​​យ៉ៃង​​​ចៃបាស់​​​កៃឡៃត​​​​​​ដើមៃបី​​​បំបិទ​​​​​​សកម្ម​​​ មក​​​លើ​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ៃ​​​។ ចិញ䮅ើម​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​​និង​​​លើ​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​។​រូបភព​​​វីដៃអូ​​​ដៃល​​​ ភព​​​បៃឆំង​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណោម​​​សកម្ម​​​ជន​​​។ ពៃល​​​សក​​​សួរ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​នម​​​ជ​​​សកៃសី​​​កល​​​ពី​​​ តៃូវ​​​បន​​​ចៃក​​​រំលៃក​​​ភ䮛ៃម​​​ៗ​​​តាម​​​បណ្តៃញ​​​ទំនក់​​​​​​ លោកសៃី​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ក䮓ុង​​​អី៊ម៉ៃល​​​ មៃសិលមិញ​សកម្មជនសិទ䮒ិដីធ䮛ី​​​បី​​​នក់​គឺ​​​អ䮓ក​​​សៃី​​​​ ទំនង​​​សង្គម​​​បង្ហៃញ​​​ឲៃយឃើញ​​​ថា​​​​សន䮏ិស៊ខ​​​បន​​​ មួយ​​​ថា​"ករ​​​ផ䮏ន䮑ៃទោស​​​ឲៃយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​ថ្មី​​​ ងៃ៉ត​ឃ៊ន​អ䮓កសៃី​បូ​ឆវី​និង​​​អ䮓ក​​​សៃី​គង់​​​​ចន䮐ៃ​​​​ ដៃញសកម្មជន​​​គណបកៃស​​​បៃឆំងម្នៃក់​​​​​ឈ្មៃះ​​​ បំផ៊ត​​​នៃះ​​​មក​​​​​​លើក​​​អ䮓កសៃី​​​គឺជ​​​ករ​​​ពៃយា​​​យម​​​ បន​​​និយយ​​​ចំអក​​​លើ​ករ​​​ដៃល​​​ថា​អ䮓ក​​​សៃី​​​ ម៉ៃ​ស៊ជតិ​ចូលទៅ​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ផៃសារ​​​សី៊ធីម៉ល​​​នៅ​​​ មួយ​​​ដើមៃបី​​​បំបិទ​​​មត់​​​អ䮓កសៃី​ដើមៃបី​​​បំបិទ​​​មត់​​​

ទៃព​វន䮓ី​​​​បន​​​​​​បង្ក​​​របួស​​​ស្នៃម​​​​​​លើ​​​សន䮏ិស៊ខ​​​ខណ䮌​​​ កៃបៃរ​​​នោះ​ហើយ​​​បន​​​វយ​​​ដំ​​​គត់​​​នៅក䮓ុង​​​ភោជ​​​fast-food សកម្មជន​​​បឹង​​​កក់​និង​​ដើមៃបី​​​បំបិទ​​​មត់​​​អ䮓ក​​​ដៃល​​​ ដូន​​​ពៃញដៃលលៃបីខាង​​​បៃើ​​​អំពើ​​​ហិងៃសា​​​​និង​​​ នីយ​ដ䮋ៃន​​​លក់​​​អាហរហ䮜ៃស​ហ䮜ូដ​​​( )​​​ និយយ​​​អំពីសិទ䮒ិមន៊សៃស​​​"។ បៃើ​​​បៃៃស់​​​កម䮛ៃំង​​​ហួស​​​ហៃត៊​ាប់​​​តាំង​​​ពី​​​ករ​​​ បន䮑ៃប់ពី​​​គត់​​​ពៃយាយម​​​រ៊ញ​​​សន䮏ិស៊ខ​​​ម្នៃក់​​​ឲៃយ​ លោកសៃី​​​បន䮐ៃម​​​ថា​"វជ​​​រឿង​​​អា​​​ម៉ៃស់​​​​​​ បះឆ្នៃត​​​ឆ្នៃំ​​​២០១៣​​​ដ៏​​​ចមៃូង​​​ចមៃៃស​​​មក​​​។ ចៃញ​​​​​​ឆ្ងៃយ​ពី​​​ស䮏ៃី​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ៃ​​​។ ដៃលអ䮓កសៃី​​​តៃូវ​​​បន​​​ាប់​​​ដក់​​​ពន䮒ន​​​គរ​​​​​​ អ䮓កសៃី​ង៉ៃត​ឃ៊ន​សកម្មជនអាយ៊​​​៧៧​​​ឆ្នៃំ សលកៃម​​​ផ䮏ន䮑ៃទោស​​​អ䮓កសៃី​ទៃព​​​​វន䮓ី​​​​គឺ​​​ ពីបទ​​​​​​ហិងៃសា​​​ដៃលរកមិន​ឃើញ​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​លើ​ ដៃល​​​គៃ​​​ហៅ​​​កៃៃ​ថាអ䮓ក​ម៉ៃ​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថា ជ​​​សល​​​កៃម​​​ថ្មី​​​បំផ៊ត​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដៃល​​​មជៃឈដ䮋ៃន​​​ កង​​​ក៊ម្ម៉ង់​​​ដូ​​​ពិសៃស​ខណៈ​​​កង​​​ក៊ម្ម៉ង់​​​ដូ​​​ពិសៃស​​​​ "ខ្ញុំ​​​មិន​​​បន​​​ឃើញ​​​ថា​ពួក​​​គៃ​​​រង​​​របួស​​​ទៃ​​​"។​អ䮓ក​​​ ទូទៅ​​​មើល​​​ឃើញ​​​ថា​ជ​​​ករ​​ដក់​សម្ពៃធ​របស់​​​ អាច ​​​បៃើ​​​អំពើ​​​ហិងៃសា​​​ដោយ ​​​សៃរី​​​លើ​​​អ䮓ក​​​ សៃី​​​បន​​​បន䮏​​​ថា​"សូម​​​ចៅ​​​កៃម​​​មើល​​​ដើម​​​ចោទ​​​ រដ䮋ៃភិបល​​​មក​​​លើ​​​អ䮓ក​​​រិះ​​​គន់​​​ដៃល​​​殶ប់​​​ាប់​​​​​​ពី​​​ គំទៃ​​​អ䮓កសៃី​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​ដៃល​​​បន​​​បៃមូល​​​ផ䮏ុំ​​គ្នៃ​​​ ច៊ះ​​​​​ គត់​​​ជិត​​​១០០​​​គីឡូ​​​ទៅ​​​ហើយ​​​។​បៃសិន​​​ សកម្មជន​និង​​​អ䮓ក​​​ករ家រ​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មន៊សៃស​​​រហូត​​​ នៅ​​​ខាង​​​កៃៃ​​​ត៊លករ"​​​។ បើ​​​គត់​​​វយ​​​ពួក​​​យើង​​​តៃ​​​មួយ​​​ដៃ​​​យើង​​​សន䮛ប់​​​​ ដល់អ䮓ក​វិភគ​នយោបយ​និង​​​​មន䮏ៃី​​​គណបកៃស​​​ អ䮓កសៃី​បូវ​សោភ​ដៃល​​​ស䮐ិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណោម​​​​​​ បត់ទៅហើយ"។ បៃឆំង​​​។​​​​អ䮓ក​​​សៃី​​​​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​ស䮐ិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណោម​ អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ៃ​​​ដៃល​​​បន​​​បៃវយ​​​បៃតប់​​​គ្នៃ​​​អំឡុង​​​ បន䮑ៃប់​​​មក​​​​អ䮓កសៃី​​​​បូ​ឆវី​បន​​​រិះ​​​គន់​​​ត៊លករ​​​ អ䮓 ក ​​​ទោស ​​​នយោបយ ​​​២៦ នក់​​​នៅ​​​​ទូទាំង​​​ ពៃល​​​ពៃឹក​​​​​​ជ​​​មួយ​​​សន䮏ិស៊ខនោះ​​បន​​​លើក​​​ ថា​គ្មៃន​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​អ䮜ីសោះ​។ បៃទៃស​​​​នៃះ​​​បើ​​​យោង​​​តាម​​​អង្គករ​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​ ឡើង​​​ថា​រយៈ​ពៃល​ជប់ពន䮒នគរ​​របស់​អ䮓ក​​​ អ䮓កសៃី​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​"បៃសិន​​​បើ​​​​​​គត់​​​ មន៊សៃស​​​​​លីកដូ។ សៃី​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​​​​គឺ​​​ធ䮄ន់​​​ធ䮄រ​​​ណស់​​​​ដោយសរ​ទោស​​​​​ បង្ក​​​ហិងៃសា​​​​ឯណ​​​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​និង​​​វីដៃអូ​​សូម​​​ ដោយ​​​ាត់ទ៊កសន䮏ិស៊ខ​ខណ䮌​​​ថាជ​​​"កង​​​ នៃះ​​​​ធ䮄ន់​​​​ជង​​​​​​បទ​​​ល្មើស​​​ដ៏អាកៃក់​បំផ៊ត​ផៃសៃង​ៗ​​​ បង្ហៃញ​មក"។ ក៊ម្ម៉ង់​​​ដូ​​​ពិសៃស"​​​នោះ​​​​សៃចក䮏ីថ䮛ៃង​​​ករណ៍​​​មួយ​​​​​​ ទៀតឆ្ងៃយ​​​ណស់​​​​​​​ជ​​​ពិសៃស​​​​គឺ​ករ​​​សមៃៃច​​​ គ្មៃន​​​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​​​បៃបនៃះ​​​​តៃូវ​​​បន​​​បង្ហៃញ​​​​​​ ចៃញ​​​កល​​​ពី​​​មៃសិលមិញ​និង​​​ច៊ះ​​​ហត䮐លៃខា​​​ ផ䮏ន䮑ៃទោស​​​លោក​ឈូក​បណ䮌ិត​អតីត​​​អភិ​​​ នោះ​​​ទៃ​​​។​ប៉៊ន䮏ៃ​ចៅ​​​កៃម​​​បៃធន​​​កៃ៊ម​​​បៃឹកៃសា​​​ ដោយ​​​អង្គករ​​​សង្គម​​​ស៊ីវិល​​​ចំនួន​​​៦១​​​​​​បន​​​ បល​​​​​​កៃ៊ង​​​បវិត​​​ឲៃយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​តៃឹមតៃ​ ជំន៊ំជមៃះ​ឡុង​កៃសភិរមៃយ​​​​នៅ​​​តៃ​​​រក​ឃើញ​​​ គូស​​​បញ្ជៃក់ថា​​គ្មៃន​ករ​បង្ហៃញ​ភ័ស䮏ុតាង​​ទាល់​ ១៨​​​ខៃ​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​បញ់​​​បៃហរ​​​លើ​​​កៃ៊ម​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ៃ​​​ ថា​អ䮓កសៃី​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​​​​មនពិរ៊ទ䮒​ភព​ពី​​​បទ​​​ហិងៃសា​​​ តៃសោះ​នៅ​​​​ក䮓ុងសំណុំ​​​រឿង​​​ដក់​​​បន䮑ុក​​​លើ​​​ ដៃល​​​ជ​​​កម្មករ​​​រោង​​​ចកៃ​​​កត់​​​ដៃរ​​​។ ដោយ​​​ចៃតន​មន​​​ស䮐ៃន​​​ទម䮄ន​​់ទោស​ដដៃល​​។ អ䮓កសៃី​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​​​។​​​ អ䮓ក​​​សៃី​​​បន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​"វ​​​អយ៊ត䮏ិធម៌​​​ លោក ​​​បន ​​​មន បៃសស ន៍​​​ថា​" សល​​​ សៃចក䮏ី​​​ថ䮛ៃងករ ណ៍​​​នៃះមន ​​​ខ​​​䮛ឹមសរ​​​ ណស់​​​​ដៃល​​​ឈូក​​​​បណ䮌ិត​ដៃល​​​បញ់​​​បៃហរ​​​ ដំបូង​​​​​​殶ជធនីភ䮓ំពៃ​​​​ញ​​​បន​​​សមៃៃច​​​ផ䮏ន䮑ៃទោស​​​ ថា​"អំឡុង​​​ពៃល​​​បើក​​​សវនករ​​​ដៃល​​​បន​​​បន䮏​​​ ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲៃយ​​​របួស​​​កម្មករ​​​រោង​​​ចកៃ​​​កត់​​​ដៃរ​​​បី​​​នក់​​​​​​ ច៊ង​​​ចោទ​​​ឲៃយ​ជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​រយៈ​​​ពៃល​​​២ឆ្នៃំ​​​៦​​​ ឡើង​​​វិញ​​​នៅ​ពៃឹក​​​មិញ​​​នៃះ​ បន䮑ៃប់​​​ពី​​​ផ្អៃកជិត​​​ តៃូវ​​​បន​​​ផ​​​䮏ន䮑ៃទោស​​​ឲៃយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​តៃ​​​១ឆ្នៃំ​​​

ខៃ​និង​​​ពិន័យជ​​​បៃៃក់​​​ចូល​​រដ្ឋ​​​ចំនួន​​​៥លន​​​[ ] ៣​​​សប䮏ៃហ៍​​​​គ្មៃន​​​ភ័ស䮏ុ​​​តាង​​​គួរ​​​ឲៃយទ៊ក​​​ចិត䮏​​​តៃូវ​​​បន​ កន䮛ះ​ ប៉៊ន䮏ៃ​អ䮓កសៃី​ទៃព​ វន䮓ី​ដៃល​​​គៃៃន់​​​តៃ​​​ រៀល​ ​​​បៃហៃល​១.២៥០​​​ដ៊ល䮛ៃរ ។ បង្ហៃញដ​​​ើមៃបី​​​បញ្ជៃក់​​ពី​​​ករ​​​ចោទ​​​បៃកន់​​​មក​​​លើ​​​ តវ៉ៃ​​​ដើមៃបី​​​ទាម​​​ទារ​​​ស៊ំ​​​ឲៃយ​​​​​​មនករ​​​អន䮏殶គមន៍​​​ពី​​​[ ] អ䮓កសៃ ី​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​ក៏​​​តៃូវ​​​បន​​​បង្គៃប់​​​ឲៃយស​​​ង​​​ អ䮓កសៃី​ទៃព​វន䮓ី​​​​ឡើយ​ហើយ​​​ក៏​​​គ្មៃនករ​ លោក​ហ៊៊ន​​​សៃន នោះ​​​​តៃូវ​​​បន​​​ផ䮏ន䮑ៃទោស​​​ ជំងឺ​​​ចិត䮏​​​ដល់​​​សន䮏ិស៊ខ​​​ខណ䮌​​​ពីរ​​​នក់​​​​គឺ​ឈ្មៃះ​​​​ បញ្ជៃក់ថា​​តើ​​​​អំពើ​​​ហិងៃសា​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដៃល​​​អ䮓កសៃី​​​បន​​​ ឲៃយជប់​​​ពន䮒នគរ​​​រយៈ​​​ពៃល​​​២​​​ឆ្នៃំ​​​កន䮛ះ"៕​​​ ហោ​ហឿន​៤លន​​​រៀល​និងឈ្មៃះ​​​​​អ៊៊ក​​​​រតន​​​​ បៃពៃឹត䮏​​​លើ​​​​​​កង​​​ក៊ម្ម៉ង់​​​ដូ​​​ពិសៃស​​​ដៃរ​​​"។ សយ៊ ⎶ង​

អាជីវករ​លក​់​តេី​​... ភស៊ី​តាម​អារម្មណ៍​​​​ដៃល​ខ䮛ួន​ចង់​"។​ ង៉ៃ​ម៉ៃងជៃួន​អភិបល​កៃ៊ង​ប៉ៃយប៉ៃត។ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ លោក​ជិន​ពិសិដ្ឋ​បន​លើក​ឡើង​ទៀត​ថា អភិបលកៃ៊ង​រូប​នៃះ​​​និង​​មន䮏ៃី​កម្ពុជ​ផៃសៃងៗ​​​ កម្ពុជ​-ថៃ​នៃ​កង​យោធពល​ខៃរម​ភូមិន䮑។ លោក​ជឿ​ជក់​ថា​​អាជ្ញៃធរ​ថៃ​ចង់​殶殶ំង​​អាជីវ​ករ​ ទៀត​បន​ឆ䮛ង​កត់ពៃំដៃន​​ទៅ​ចរា​​​ជមួយ​​​ អាជីវករ​លក់​តៃី​​កម្ពុជ​​បន​​ចូល​ទៅ​ដល់​​ កម្ពុជ​​ក៊ំ​ឱៃយ​រក​ស៊ី​នៅក䮓ុង​បៃទៃស​របស់​ពួកគៃ។ អាជ្ញៃធរ​ថៃ​ដោយ​ទទួលបន​ជោគជ័យ​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​​ ពៃំដៃន​ខាង​ទឹកដី​ថៃនៅ​ម៉ៃង​បៃហៃល​៩​ពៃឹក​​ ​អាជីវករ​ទាំង​នៃះ​​ដៃល​និយយ​ថា​​គត់​ ករ​​​ធ䮜ើ​ឲៃយ​មនករ​​តៃឡប់​មក​យក​ភស៊ី​១០​ សៃៃប់តៃ​ឃើញ​ថា​អាជ្ញៃធរ​ថៃបន​ដំឡើង​ គ្មៃន​លទ䮒ភព​បង់​ថ䮛ៃ​ភស៊ី​ដៃល​តៃូវ​បន​ដំឡើង​​​ ដ៊ល䮛ៃរ​ដូច​ម៊នវិញ​។​ ភស៊ី​ដោយ​គ្មៃន​ករ​ជូន​ដំណឹងជម៊ន​ពី​១០​ នោះ​បន​បិទ​ផ䮛ូវ​អស់​​ប៉៊ន្មៃន​ម៉ៃង​នៅ​ពៃល​ពៃឹក​ លោក​ ង៉ៃ​ម៉ៃងជៃួនបនបន䮐ៃមថា​​​អ䮓ក​ ដ៊ល䮛ៃរ​ រហូត​ដល់​៧០​ដ៊ល䮛ៃរ​ក䮓ុង​​តៃី​មួយ​ខៃង​​ ដោយ​ទាមទារ​ឱៃយ​មន​ករ​​យក​ភស៊ី​ដូច​ដៃល​ តវ៉ៃ​បន​​បំបៃក​គ្នៃទៅ​​វិញ​នៅម៉ៃង​១២​និង​១៥​​​ ដៃលមន​ទម䮄ន់បៃហៃល​១០០​គីឡូកៃៃម។​ ពួកគៃ​ធ䮛ៃប់​បង់ពីម៊ន​មក​​ហើយ​បន​ស䮓ើ​ឱៃយ​អាជ្ញៃ​​​​​ នទី​រសៀល​ ​​បន䮑ៃប់ពី​​​ដឹង​ថា​ ករ​​បៃឹង​បៃៃង​​ លោក​បនមន​បៃសសន៍​ថា​"​ពួកគៃ​ដំឡើង​​​ ធរ​កម្ពុជជួយ​អន䮏殶គមន៍​​នៃះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​លោក​​​ របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​​​ទទួល​បន​ជោគជ័យ៕​សយ៊ ⎶ង​ ថ្ងៃ​​​​សុក្រទី២៤​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ១៣

កេុម​​​អធិការ​​​កិច្ច​​​ចុះទៅ​​​សុើប​​​អង្កេត​​​ករណី​​​ស䮓ងការ​​​ខេត្ត​​​រង​​​ការចោទ​បេកាន់​​​​​​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​ពុករលួយ​​​ អូន ភាព មិន ផ䮏ល់ ព័ត៌មន លម្អិត បន䮐េម ឡើយ។ លោក បន មន បេសសន៍ ថ " ខ្ញ៊ំ បរម䮗 ពី ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី លោក ខៀវ ចាន់នី ស䮓ងការ រង មួយ រូបក䮓៊ង ការ សុើប អង្កេត នេះ ពីពេេះ ខ្ញ៊ំគិត ថ តួនទី

កេុម មន䮏េី បននិយាយ កាលពី មេសិលមិញ ចំណោម ស䮓ងការ រង ពីររូប ដេល រង ការ ចោទ របស់ ខ្ញ៊ំជា ស䮓ងការ ខេត䮏 នឹងអាច តេូវ បត់ បង់

ថ កេុម សុើប អង្កេត បនចុះ ទៅ ដល់ ខេត䮏 បេកាន់នោះ បន មន បេសសន៍ ថ លោក បេសិន បើ ថ្នេក់លើ ជឿ ការ ពនេយល់ របស់

កំពង់ ធំ ហើយ ដើមេបី បន䮏 ពិនិតេយ ការ ចោទ បន ជួប ជាមួយ កេុម អធិការ កិច䮅 ៣រូប កាលពី ដើមបណ្តឹង ទាំង ៦នក់នេះ "។

បេកាន់ ដេល ថ លោក ស䮓ង ការ ខេត䮏 និង មេសិល មិញ រយៈពេល ជាង មួយ ម៉េង។ លោក បន ថ䮛េង ថ លោក មន បំណង

ស䮓ងការ រង ពីរ រូប ទៀត ទទួលបន បេេក់ លោក បន ថ䮛េង ថ " ខ្ញ៊ំ បន បេេប់ ពួកគត ់ ដាក់ 家កេយ បណ្តឹង បក វិញ ហើយកំពុង បេមូល

សំណូក រហូត ដល់ ៧.០០០ ដុល䮛េរ ជាថ䮓ូរ នឹង ថ ខ្ញ៊ំ មិន បន បេពេឹត 䮏 បទ ល䮘ើស ដូច ការ ចោទ ភ័ស䮏៊ តង ដាក់ជូន ទៅ លោក នេត សវឿន

ការ ផ䮏ល់ ការ ងរ ឬ ការ ដំឡើង តួនទី។ បេកាន់ ក䮓៊ង 家កេយ បណ្តឹង ឡើយ។ ខ្ញ៊ំមិន បន អគ្គស䮓ងការ នគរបល ជាតិ និង លោក ស ខេង

កេសួង មហផ䮑េ បន បញ្ជូន កេុម អធិការ យក លុយសមេេប់ ការ តេង តំង និង ការ ដំឡើង តប ទៅ កូន ចៅ របស់ លោក វិញ។

កិច䮅 មួយ កេុម បន䮑េប់ពី ទទួល បន 家កេយ បណ្តឹង ពី តួនទី អ䮜ី ឡើយ"។ កាលពី ថ䮄េអង្គេរ លោកឧត 䮏ម សេនីយ៍ ទោ

មន䮏េី នគរបល ៦រូប ដេលបន ចោទ ចៅ ចំណេក ឧត䮏ម សេនីយ៍ ទោ ជូ សំអាន វិញ ជូ សំអាន បន អះ អាងថ តមពិត មន䮏េី នគរ

ហ䮜េយ នយ របស់ ខ䮛ួន គឺលោក ជូ សំអាន និង លោក បន លើកឡើង ថ " ខ្ញ៊ំមិន ដឹង... ថ តើ បល ទាំង ៦នក់ នេះ ទៅវិញទេ ជាអ䮓ក ដេល

អនុ របស់ លោក គឺលោក អិុត គឹមស៊ុន និង គត់ ទទួល បន លុយ ពី ការ តេង តំង និង ការ តេង តេ ទទួលបេេក់សំណូក ក䮓៊ងការ ស䮓ើសុំ ឱេយ

លោក ខៀវ ចាន់នី ថបន យក លុយពី ៥០០ ដំឡើង តួនទី ឬ ក៏ អត់ នោះឡើយ"។ តេ ង តំង មិត䮏 ភក䮏ិ របស់ ខ䮛ួន នោះ ហើយ បន

ដុល䮛េរ ទៅ ៧.០០០ដុល䮛េរ សមេេប់ ការ តេង ឧត䮏ម សេនីយ៍ ទោ ជូ សំអាន បន ថ䮛េង ថ ដាក់ 家កេយ ប䮏ឹង បន䮑េប់ពី លោកបន ចេេន ចោល

តំង តួនទី ផេសេង ៗ នៅក䮓៊ង ជួរ នគរបល។ លោក មិនទាន់ តេូវ បន សកសួរ នៅឡើយ សំណើនោះ។

លោក ខៀវ សុភ័គ អ䮓កនំេ家កេយ កេសួង ទេ ពីពេេះ លោកមក រាជធានី ភ䮓ំពេញ ដើមេបី លោក បន មន បេសសន៍ ថ ដើម បណ្តឹង

ម ហផ䮑េ បន មន បេសស ន៍ ថ លោក ស ចូលរួម សន䮓ិបត បេចាំ ឆ្នេំ របស់កេសួង មហ ទាំងនេះ " បន មក ជួប ខ្ញ៊ំ ហើយ សុំ ឱេយ ខ្ញ៊ំ រៀប ចំ

ខេង រដ្ឋមន䮏េី កេសួង មហផ䮑េ បន ចាត់ តំង ផ䮑េ ។ លោក បន បដិសេធ ការ ចោទបេកាន់ ពី បទ ការ តេង តំង និង ការ ដំឡើង តួនទី ដល់ មនុសេស

កេុម អធិការ កិច䮅 ៥រូប ឱេយ ចុះ ទៅ សុើប អង្កេត សូកប៉េន់នោះ ប៉ុន䮏េបន លើក ឡើង ថ លោក របស់គេ ហើយ ពួកគេ មិន សបេបាយ ចិត䮏 នៅ

家កេយ បណ្តឹង នោះ ប៉ុន䮏េ លោក បន បដិសេធ នៅតេ បរម䮗 ថ លោក អាច បត់បង់ ការ ងរ។ ពេល ខ្ញ៊ំ បដិសេធ"៕សរនុ

ឧទ䮒រណ៍​​បដិសេធ... មិញ ឡើយ។ មិញ។ នៅ ពេល តេូវបន ទាក់ ទង កេេយ មក តមកពីទំព័រ១១ លោក សំ ចាន់គ អ䮓កនំ家កេយ សមគម ចៅកេម ផូ ពៅស៊ុន បន អះអាងថ លោក

ក䮏ីពេហ䮘ទណ្ឌ ដូច䮓េះ លោក ចង់ ឱេយ មន ការ ធាន សិទ䮒ិមនុសេស អាដហុក បនមន បេសសន៍ ថ បន តម្កល់ សេចក䮏ី សមេេច មិន ផ䮏ល់ ឱេយ នៅ កេេ

ថ មន䮏េី ទាំងនេះ នឹង មិន រត់ ទៅណា ឡើយ ។ បើអ䮓ក ទោស ទាំងនេះ មិន តេូវ បន គេ បេើ ឃុ ំ ប៉ុន䮏េ បន បដិសេធ មិន ធ䮜ើ អត䮐េ ធិបេបាយ

លោក នី សុខា បេធាន ផ䮓េក សុើប អង្កេត សមេេប់ការ ចរចានយោបយ រវាង គណបកេស បន䮐េម ឡើយ។

នៅ សមគម សិទ䮒ិមនុសេស អាដ ហុក និង អនុ បេធា បេជាជន កម䮖៊ជា កាន់ អំណាច និង គណបកេស នៅពេល ដើរ ចេញ ពី សល សវនការ លោក

ន របស់ លោកគឺ លោក ណេ វង់ដា និង លោក សង្គេេះជាតិ ទេនោះ ពួកគេ បេហេល ជា តេូវ យី សុខសន䮏 បន បេេប់ កេុម អ䮓ក យក ព័ត៌ មន

យី សុខសន䮏 និង លោកសេី លឹម មុន䮓ី អ䮓ក សុើប បន ដោះ ដេល ផងដេរ។ ថ លោក គ្មេន ការ ភ្ញេក់ ផ្អើល ឡើយ ពេេះ

អង្កេត ជាន់ខ䮖ស់ តេូវបន ចោទបេកាន់ កាលពី ខេ លោក បន មន បេសសន៍ ថ " ខ្ញ៊ំគិត ថ គ្មេន តុលការ ជា របស់ លោកនយក រដ្ឋម ន䮏េី ហ៊ុន

ឧសភ ពីបទ សូកប៉េន់ សេីកំណាន់ របស់ លោក បេយោជន៍ អ䮜ី ដេល តុលការ តេូវ បន䮏 ឃុំខ䮛ួន សេន។ លោក បន ថ䮛េងថ " វា គ្មេន អ䮜ី ចម䮛េក

កឹម សុខា បេធាន ស䮏ីទី គណបកេស សង្គេេះជាត ិ ពួកគត់ នោះ ឡើយ"។ ទេ ពេេះ តុលការ របស់ សម䮏េច តេជោ ធ䮜ើ

ឱេយ បដិសេធរឿង ស䮓េហ លួច លក់ ។ ការ ឃុំខ䮛ួន ពួកគត់ តេូវបន បន䮏 ក䮓៊ង ខេតុល តេ អ៊ីចឹងឯង "។

លោក នី ចរិយា អគ្គលេខាធិការ រង គណ ៈ បន䮑េប់ពី មន䮏េី តុលការ បន សមេេច ថ ពួកគេ លោក សេី លឹម មុន䮓 ី អះ អាង ថ លោកសេី

កម្មេធិការ ជាតិ រៀប ចំ ការបោះឆ្នេត (គ.ជ.ប .) តេូវការ ពេល ៦ខេទៀត ដើមេបី សុើប អង្កេត មិនតេូវបន អនុញ្ញេត ឱេយ នៅកេេឃុំទេ ពីពេេះ

និង ជា អតីត មន䮏េី សិទ䮒ិមនុសេស របស់ សមគម ករណីនេះ។ ប៉ុន䮏េ កេុម អ䮓ក រិះគន់ អះ អាង ថ ការ ឃុំខ䮛ួន លោកសេី គឺ ជា " រឿង នយោបយ"។

អាដហុក តេូវបន ចោទបេកាន ់ ថ ជា អ䮓ក សម សល ដំបូង រាជធានីភ䮓ំពេញ មន ចេតន អូស លោកសេី បន មន បេសសន៍ ថ " តុល ការ

គំនិត ហើយ កំពុង តេូវ ឃុំខ䮛ួន នៅ ពន䮒នគរ បន䮛េយ រយៈពេល សុើប អង្កេត ។ នៅ ក䮓៊ង បេទេស កម䮖៊ជា យើង ពួកគត ់ មន ចំណេះ

ប៉េហេស៊ី ស䮐ិត ក䮓៊ង រាជធានី ភ䮓ំពេញ ប៉ុន䮏េ មិន តេូវ កេុម អ䮓ក យក ព័ត៌មន មិន តេូវបន អនុញ្ញេត ដឹង តេ ពួកគត ់ មិន បេើ ឆន䮑ៈពិត បេេកដ របស់ ខ䮛ួន

បន រាប់ បញ䮅ូល ក䮓៊ង សវនការ កាលពី មេសិល ឱេយ ចូល ស䮏េប់ សវនការ ឡើយ កាលពី មេសិល ធ䮜ើការ បមេើ បេជា ពល រដ្ឋ ឡើយ"៕សរនុ ១៤ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី ថ្ងៃ​​​​សុក្រទី២៤​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Business 15

“The whole society would face chaos. They believe that one vote could cancel their debt.” Business —Commerce Ministry spokeswoman Seung Sophari

‘We Are Private Institutions’—Banks and MFIs Heed PM

By Matt Surrusco or risk being closed. Private said the government was moving gether, she said. The Cambodia Daily institutions are falling in line, quickly to have private banks “The whole society would broadcasting the premier’s and MFIs clarify their status as face chaos,” she added. “They More commercial banks and talking point and spending nongovernment institutions in believe that one vote could microfinance institutions (MFIs) money to rebrand nationwide. order to avoid potential “chaos.” cancel their debt.” were working hastily yesterday Say Sony, senior vice presi- Earlier this month, Mr. Hun The Grassroots Democracy to replace logos that could be dent and chief marketing officer Sen again made calls for the ar- Party said they were disappointed confused with those of nation- at Prasac, one of the nation’s rest of politicians who claim they by Mr. Hun Sen’s raising of the al agencies and comply with a largest MFIs, said it had begun can cancel people’s microfinance issue of logos rather than trying government directive to public- removing or covering physical debts if elected. He said the to address people’s financial prob- ly declare that they are private signage and other communica- claims gave the false impression lems through policy measures. institutions, not state-owned. tions materials with their old that private loans were under The party said the govern- The Commerce Ministry logo immediately after receiv- the auspices of the state. ment could support people who announced on Wednesday that ing a notice from the NBC and “Some political parties and are in debt by lowering interest private banks and MFIs using Commerce Ministry on Tuesday. politicians have said that they rates through tax reduction and logos similar in appearance to “We recognize that our logo will cancel the debts if they win encouraging savings. the branding of the Finance is a little bit similar to the NBC the election,” Mr. Hun Sen said. “The Grassroots Democracy Ministry or the National Bank logo,” Mr. Sony said. “Do not expect that.” Party would like to appeal to of Cambodia (NBC) would be The rapid rebranding at the Ms. Sophari repeated yester- top Cambodian political lead- required to change their logos company’s 181 offices across all day that unidentified politicians ers to use their ideas to solve by March 10. 25 provinces and on custom- were misleading the public to problems on the suffering of Camma Microfinance Lim- ers’ ATM cards and passbooks, think that the government could people rather than pay attention ited is changing its logo, which communications materials, so- cancel their private loan debt. to disputes with each other and includes a golden mythical bird cial media and website would Believing that the government try to defeat each other,” the similar to the Finance Ministry’s cost about $1 million, Mr. Sony will pay their debt, people might statement said. insignia. said, adding that they hoped to take loans they cannot afford (Additional reporting by Kuch “We started removing our logo finish replacing their branding to pay off or stop working alto- Naren and Phan Soumy) with the mythical bird,” said Yos by March 2. Socheat, administration officer at The country’s largest bank, Camma, yesterday. Ms. Socheat Acleda, has already started Cambodia Securities Exchange added that she was unsure how changing its logo—a golden Thursday, February 23, 2017 much the changes would cost. bird in a blue circle—because Camma posted a statement it resembled the Finance Min- Index Value Change Open High Low Volume on its Facebook page yesterday istry’s own, at a cost of at least CSX 347.39 -2.42 349.81 349.81 347.39 140 stating that it was a private insti- $3.5 million, it said. tution, following Prime Minister Stephen Higgins, a managing Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume Hun Sen’s instruction to media partner of investment and con- PPWSA 4,040 0 - 4,040 4,040 0 outlets and mobile phone com- sulting firm Mekong Strategic Grand Twins 4,100 -180 - 4,100 4,100 0 panies to publicize the message: Partners who was previously the PPAP 5,200 0 - 5,200 5,200 0 “All microfinance institutions CEO of ANZ Royal Bank, said PPSP 2,790 30 2,760 2,790 2,760 140 are private, not state-owned.” profitable private institutions Many mobile phone users like Acleda and Prasac should Foreign Exchange Source: Ly Hour Exchange would have heard the message be able to absorb the costs of read out over the past two days rebranding. ¥/US$ �����������������������������������112.861 Sing$/US$ ����������������������������� 1.4116 as standard ringtones were re- “However, it is still a substan- £/US$ ������������������������������������ 0.8004 Euro/US$ �������������������������������0.9469. placed with a public service mes- tial amount, and could clearly be AU$/US$ �������������������������������1.2961 SKoreaW/US$ ���������������������1,136.09 sage about MFIs being private. put to better use,” Mr. Higgins HK$/US$ �������������������������������7.7588 ThaiB/US$ ����������������������������� 35.00 At least 10 other commercial said yesterday. “If you’re going to SwissF/US$ �������������������������� 1.0093 Riel/US$ ����������������������������������4,015 financial institutions had - an require someone to change their nouncements on their websites logo, it would seem reasonable Local Gold Source: Ly Hour Exchange or Facebook pages yesterday to give them sufficient time to stating that they were private. develop an attractive new logo, Gold Type (O’Russei Market) Buying Selling Earlier this month, the pre- rather than a rushed job in just Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,485...... 1,495 mier said all MFIs had to begin a matter of days.” Kilo ($/damlung)...... 1,485...... 1,495 displaying banners stating that Commerce Ministry spokes- 99% ($/damlung)...... 1,465...... 1,475 they are not government-owned woman Seung Sophari, however, 97% ($/damlung)...... 1,425...... 1,435 16 Regional The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

“Now we don’t have jobs, no retirement pension, we have nothing.” Regional —Former Chinese soldier Zhao Xinyue Page 17 Malaysia Urges N Koreans Possibly at Embassy to Come Out

Kyodo kuala lumpur - Malaysia’s police chief yesterday urged two North Korean men, possibly hiding at the reclusive country’s embas- sy in Kuala Lumpur, to come forward and assist with the ongoing investigation into last week’s death of Kim Jong Nam. “If you have nothing to hide, you don’t have to be afraid,” Kha- lid Abu Bakar told reporters after attending an official event, in reference to the two men. “You should cooperate.” After denying many media reports about the investigation surrounding the deceased, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, he said, “I don’t want to comment,” when asked about if the men are hiding in the embassy. Kyodo His comments came a day A North Korean Embassy attache responds to media personnel at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. after he said a 44-year-old with the rank of second secretary at North Korea yesterday re- “never allow any attempt to In his first press conference the embassy and a 37-year-old em- jected Malaysia’s claim that a tarnish [its] image” and will since the incident, Khalid said ployee of North Korea’s national number of its citizens are sus- “watch the future attitude of police were still seeking seven airline are wanted for questioning pected of being involved in the the Malaysian side.” more North Koreans in connec- in connection with the killing. death last week of the brother. Many of the accusations tion with the case. Khalid categorically denied “What others say about our against Malaysia over its han- Of the seven, he said the po- some media reports, such as diplomat are all lies and libelous dling of the suspected assassi- lice “strongly believe” four sus- those saying that Malaysia has slanders,” a North Korean offi- nation echo those already made pects, who flew out of Malaysia already or will send a group of cial told a horde of journalists by the embassy. on the day the exiled brother was officials to Macau, where one of camping outside the country’s The embassy has repeatedly attacked by two women, have the victim’s sons, Kim Han Sol, embassy. “We can’t accept.” denounced Malaysia for per- already arrived in Pyongyang. and his other family members North Korea’s official me- forming the autopsy without In addition to demanding that are said to have based them- dia also reported the death for its consent and carrying out North Korea return the four, who selves, to receive DNA samples. the first time, though without investigations which it said are held normal passports, the police “No, there were no plans. We naming Kim. full of contradictions. chief newly identified two others, don’t have that plan,” he said. Pyongyang’s state-run Kore- The statement said North Hyon Kwang Song, the embassy’s Since conducting an autopsy an Central News Agency said “a Korea was ready to send a “dele- second secretary, and Kim Uk on Kim Jong Nam’s body on Feb- citizen” of the country bearing gation of its jurists” to Malaysia Il, an Air Koryo employee. ruary 15, Malaysian authorities a diplomatic passport “suddenly for a joint investigation of the Malaysian newspaper Harian are facing difficulties in finaliz- fell into a state of shock” before incident. Metro reported that the 37-year- ing the identification procedures boarding a plane and died on Malaysian authorities have old Air Koryo employee entered and determining the cause of the way to a hospital in Malaysia said there is no need for any joint the Southeast Asian country on death, because there has been on February 13. investigation of the homicide January 29 on a flight from To- no contact from the next of kin. A statement from the coun- with North Korea. kyo, without elaborating. The authorities said the dead- try’s Korean Jurists Committee, On Wednesday, the police Japan and North Korea have line for his family members to reported by KCNA, denounced chief showed Malaysia’s confi- never had diplomatic ties. Still, claim the body could be around the Malaysian government’s han- dence in its belief that North under current Japanese regula- two weeks after the death. dling of the death, accusing it Koreans were behind the murder tions, North Koreans can travel However, Khalid said “We are of colluding with South Korea. at Kuala Lumpur International through the country without going to give them a bit longer.” It said North Korea would Airport. applying for a transit visa. Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Regional 17 Chinese Military Veterans Protest in Beijing Over Pensions

Reuters protests, said the government for its navy and air force and pension, we have nothing.” cared about veterans’ welfare, become a leaner and more stra- Large shows of public dis- beijing - Chinese military veter- attached great importance to tegic force. sent in front of major govern- ans have demonstrated in central resolving their difficulties and Grievances over military ment buildings are rare, and Beijing for two days, demanding had done much to better their pensions have been a long-run- authorities in Beijing typically unpaid retirement benefits in a conditions. ning issue but have flared into tighten security and restrict new wave of protests highlight- “We believe that with further organized mass protests with travel to the capital each year ing the difficulty in managing deepening of reform and con- increasing frequency over recent ahead of the National People’s demobilized troops. tinued economic development, months. Congress, which begins next Hundreds of protesters, the establishment of a better More than 1,000 veterans weekend. dressed in green and blue social security network and the demonstrated outside the De- Chinese media did not camouflage fatigues, gathered implementation of relevant pol- fense Ministry headquarters in report the protests, unlike on Wednesday morning out- icies, the difficulties veterans Beijing last October, and reports in October when state news- side the Communist Party’s encounter will be overcome,” of scattered protests across the papers printed a government anti-corruption agency, the Ren said at a regular monthly country surface regularly. statement promising to tackle Central Commission for Dis- news briefing. Zhao Xinyue, a former the difficulties facing demobi- cipline Inspection, standing in The Civil Affairs Minis- volunteer soldier from Henan lized soldiers. rows and chanting slogans. try and Central Commission province, said protesters had Previous protests by demo- Reporters were sent footage for Discipline Inspection did traveled from all around China, bilized soldiers have included of the protest by participants. not respond to requests for but police had blocked many some who fought against Vietnam A smaller gathering of pro- comment. from reaching the capital. in 1979 and complained about testers congregated outside the Chinese President Xi Jin- Protesters said authorities problems with their pensions. Civil Affairs Ministry yesterday ping announced in 2015 the were required to assign jobs to Many people try to use “peti- but they were swiftly dispersed, People’s Liberation Army would demobilized soldiers or provide tions” to bypass the legal system a demobilized soldier told re- cut troop levels by 300,000, benefits in lieu of jobs. and bring complaints directly porters, citing protesters at the aiming to make the bulk of the “It used to be as volunteer to the attention of government scene. reductions by the end of this soldiers, when we returned home officials, a process that dates Defense Ministry spokesman year, as it seeks to spend more we had land,” Zhao said. “Now back to imperial times, though Ren Guoqiang, asked about the money on high-tech weapons we don’t have jobs, no retirement some cases do end up in court. 18 International The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

“To maintain a peaceful environment, the law enforcement agency took measures.” International —Bangladeshi junior minister Mohammad Mujibul Haque Page 19 US-Backed Iraqi Forces Storm Mosul Airport, Military Base

Reuters south of mosul, Iraq - U.S.- backed Iraqi security forces closing in on the Islamic State militant group-held western half of Mosul launched a major of- fensive on the city’s airport and fought their way into a nearby military base yesterday. Federal police and an elite Interior Ministry unit known as Rapid Response stormed the airport and engaged in gun battles with I.S. fighters who used suicide car bombs to try to stem the advance, according to a correspondent south of Mosul airport. Police officers told reporters that the police and Rapid Re- sponse forces had taken control of large parts of the airport. Other officers said the mili- Reuters tants deployed bomb-carrying The Iraqi army launches a rocket toward Islamic State militants during a battle near the Ghozlani military drones to attack the Iraqi Coun- complex, south of Mosul, Iraq, yesterday. terterrorism Forces advancing from the southwestern side of Syria, which I.S. leader Abu Bakr Raqqa—within the next six than in the east of Mosul, how- the city. al-Baghdadi declared from the months, which would end the ever, in part because tanks and “We are attacking Daesh city after sweeping through vast jihadis’ ambitions to rule and armored vehicles cannot pass from multiple fronts to distract areas of Iraq in 2014. govern significant territory. through narrow alleyways that them and prevent them from U.S. special forces in armored Iraqi commanders expect crisscross the city’s ancient west- regrouping. It’s the best way vehicles yesterday positioned the battle to be more difficult ern districts. to knock them down quickly,” near Mosul airport looked on said federal police captain Amir as Iraqi troops advanced and Abdul Kareem, whose units are a helicopter strafed suspected International Brief fighting near Ghozlani military I.S. positions. base, using a pejorative Arabic Counterterrorism service acronym for I.S. troops fought their way inside Syrian Government Buys Tons of Russian Wheat After ousting the militant the nearby Ghozlani base, dubai - Syria’s state grain buyer has signed contracts with local group from eastern Mosul last which includes barracks and traders for 1.2 million tons of Russian wheat, a government source month, Iraqi forces have sought training grounds close to the said, the country’s second attempt at a huge wheat deal since to capture the airport to use it Baghdad-Mosul highway, a CTS October as it tries to secure supplies of the food staple. “We as a launchpad for an onslaught spokesman told reporters. have signed six contracts each for 200,000 tons,” the government into the west of the city. The airport and the base, source close to the deal told reporters, declining to name the The campaign involves a captured by I.S. fighters when firms involved. The government has allocated $101 million for 100,000-strong force of Iraqi they overran Mosul in June 2014, a portion of the deals, the source said. Flat bread is a subsidized troops, Kurdish fighters and have been damaged by U.S.-led staple for Syrians, who have suffered under a conflict estimated to Shiite militias and has made airstrikes intended to wear down have killed several hundred thousand people and forced millions rapid advances since the start the militants ahead of the offen- to flee their homes. The October deal, struck with a little-known of the year, aided by new tactics sive, a senior Iraqi official said. firm called Zernomir, has so far not been fulfilled and may never and improved coordination. The U.S. military command- be, according to Syrian and Russian government sources. Syrian Losing Mosul could spell er in Iraq has said he believes President Bashar al-Assad’s government managed to collect only the end of the Iraqi side of the U.S.-backed forces will retake about 400,000 tons of the 1.3 million tons of wheat that the U.N. ultrahard-line Islamic militants’ both of I.S.’s urban bastions— Food and Agriculture Organization estimated Syria produced self-styled caliphate in Iraq and the other is the Syrian city of last year. (Reuters) Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily International 19 Brands Pull Out of Bangladesh Garment Event Over Workers

Reuters peacefully resolved before busi- ness as usual can be resumed.” dhaka, Bangladesh - Five global The other brands, which US-Backed Iraqi Forces Storm Mosul Airport, Military Base high street fashion brands have together with C&A represent pulled out of a major garment in- billions of dollars in revenue for dustry event in Bangladesh due Bangladesh, were not immedi- to concerns over a crackdown on ately available for comment. unions demanding better pay The German retail associ- in textile factories, campaigners ation and trade union federa- said on Wednesday. tion also expressed concerns The retailers—H&M, In- about the reported arrests and ditex, C&A, Next and Tchi- dismissal of garments workers bo—who all source clothes in a joint letter to the Dhaka from Bangladeshi factories, were government. expected to attend the Dhaka Bangladeshi government Apparel Summit which is due and apparel industry officials to be attended by Bangladeshi dismissed allegations that the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina labor rights of garment workers on Saturday. had deteriorated since workers The Clean Clothes Cam- protested in Dhaka’s Ashulia paign said the brands’ “unprec- industrial area in December edented” decision to pull out of demanding higher pay. the event was a “major embar- Officials said the decision rassment” for the government by the five western retailers and Bangladeshi Garment Man- not to attend the summit was ufacturers Export Association. unfortunate. “It underscores growing in- The fashion industry has ternational concern over the de- come under increasing pressure terioration of labour rights in the to improve factory conditions Bangladesh garment industry,” and workers’ rights since the the Netherlands-based group Rana Plaza garment factory said in a statement. complex collapsed in Bangla- C&A confirmed it had with- desh four years ago, killing more drawn from the summit amid than 1,100 people. concerns over the detention of Campaigners have criticized trade unionists and advocates many retailers for failing to im- of workers rights following pro- prove working conditions in their tests for better pay in Decem- supply chains with long hours, ber, which activists say led to low pay, poor safety standards the dismissal of hundreds of and not being allowed to form workers. trade unions common com- “C&A condemns any form of plaints from garment workers. violence and injustice in connec- At least 1,500 workers were tion with the labour protests,” fired, trade union offices shut it said in a statement. down and union leaders detained “We strongly encourage the in a “campaign of repression” Government of Bangladesh to after the Ashulia protests, ac- take immediate steps to ensure tivists said. the protection of the workers’ But Mohammad Mujibul rights, with special attention to Haque, junior minister at the the legitimate representatives Labor and Employment Min- of the workers who have been istry, denied workers’ claims of arrested.” violations, saying the protests H&M also confirmed in a were illegal and threatened law statement it was pulling out of and order. the summit saying it believed “To maintain a peaceful en- attending it “would create confu- vironment, the law enforcement sion and send the wrong signals agency took measures, but it regarding our commitment to does not mean that the work- freedom of association” and that ers’ rights have been violated,” “the ongoing situation must be Haque told reporters. 20 What’s On The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

Calendar Friday What’s On • Performance: Sovanna Phum Art Association will perform traditional Khmer dance and shadow puppet theater with live music. Starts at 7 p.m. at #166 St. 99. • DJ Party: The “Wired Phnom Penh” night includes Chinese electo artist X76 plus a variety of DJs and guest mu- sicians. Starts at 9 p.m. at Meta House, #37 Sothearos Blvd.

Sunday

• Meeting: Al-Anon is a free meeting with other friends and relatives of alcoholics who come together to solve com­mon prob- lems. Starts at 10 a.m. at Jai­kon Cafe, St. 184. Golden Entertainment/Facebook

Monday

• Drink and Draw: Drink and Street Fest Draw is a two hour event with a Top local and international music acts will be pumping out the tunes all day long during live model doing multiple poses, Saturday’s Golden Street Festival takeover of Street 278 in Phnom Penh, returning for a plus a variety of drinks available second year. Performers ranging from local blues-rock outfit Phnom Skor to U.S. alterna- from the bar. Starts at 7 p.m. at tive rock headliners ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will perform on two Cloud, #32 St.9. stages. There will also be a variety of vendors, live street art, spoken-word poetry and comedy acts to check out, plus fundraisers to support CAM Projects—an NGO that helps Thursday nurture young Cambodian talent in music and the arts. Lashings of food and drink will be available throughout the day, and the festival will culminate with a DJ set that’ll keep the • Exhibition Opening: “De- party jumping until the early hours. No entrance fee. 12 p.m. to late, Saturday, Street 278 at construct+” is a new exhibition Wat Langka, Phnom Penh. by Danish artist Frederikke Tu, who has created a series of paintings reflecting the rapidly changing urban landscape of Phnom Penh in bright and vivid Culture Convention coloring. Starts at 6 p.m. at In- Take a trip around the world on Saturday, terContinental Hotel, #296 Mao all without leaving Phnom Penh. Head over Tse Toung Blvd. Runs through to Koh Pich, aka Diamond Island, where April 5. 45 countries will be showcasing the best of their culture, from food to dance to music, Ongoing at the 3rd annual International Festival of Language and Culture. Visitors will get a • Exhibition: “Krama Spirit” glimpse of what life is like in places as is an exhibition by French diverse as Egypt, Cuba, Bangladesh, Lux- artist Andre-Louis Becht. embourg and Turkmenistan. Supported by After settling in Cambodia a the Culture and Fine Arts Ministry, the few years ago, Becht became festival’s mission is to spread awareness, inspired by the Khmer Krama appreciation and understanding of different scarf, and has created a number nations and cultures in an effort to promote of artworks reflecting this. global peace. Stop by and do your bit by Open daily at Plantation Urban chowing down on some delicious food and Resort & Spa, #28 St. 184. watching beautiful dances. $1 entrance fee. Runs through March 20. You’ll be making the world a better place, • Exhibition: “Shaded Memo- and you’ll have a good time doing it. 9 a.m. ries” is an exhibition from to 5 p.m., Saturday, Diamond Island Convention Continued on opposite page IFLC Cambodia/Facebook Center Hall A & B, Phnom Penh. Friday, February 24, 2017 The Cambodia Daily What’s On 21

If you have an upcoming event you would like to be featured here next German photographer Ann-Chris- tine Woehrl that aims to provide week, drop us a message at [email protected] a reflection of the Khmer Rouge genocide. Open daily at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, St. 113. Runs through September 23. • Exhibition: “Present Absence: The Unforgettable Wicked Witches Legac(ies)” is a special exhibition Something wicked and wacky is coming to at Bophana Center showcasing the stage this weekend and next. The Phnom three renowned Cambodian art- Penh Players, a rotating crew of thespians, ists and their work that portrays will present Terry Prachett’s Wyrd Sisters, Cambodian memories through a twisted take on William Shakespeare’s art. Open daily at Bophana Au- classic drama MacBeth. This humorous ren- diovisual Resource Center, #64 dition throws audiences into the world of St. 200. Runs through March 9. three witches—Granny Weatherwax, Nanny • Exhibition: “There’s A Ogg and Magrat Garlick—as their Scottish Ghost In My House: Draw- Kingdom boils and bubbles on the verge of ings and Paper Cuts” features destruction. “It’s all there—a wicked duke recent works by artist Philip and duchess, the ghost of the murdered Faulks. At Java Cafe, #56 Siha- king, dim soldiers, strolling players, a land nouk Blvd., Phnom Penh. Open in peril,” as the Players put it. Tickets cost daily from 7 a.m. Runs through $10 and can be purchased at the Box Office, Tuesday. Showbox, Eleven One Kitchen or Tusk. 7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday, and March 3 and Religious Services Creative Commons 4, Department of Performing Arts, Street 173, Phnom Penh. • Anglican Church: Khmer at 8 a.m. and English at 10 a.m., Sundays at #21 St. 294. • Baha’i Prayer: 9 a.m. Sundays Staff Recommendation at National Baha’i Center, #15 St. 566. 012 814 390 • Bethany Baptist Church: English at 9 a.m. Sundays; Sun- day School at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at #19 St. 310. 012 942 248 • Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Thursdays at 6 p.m. at #196B St. 122. 092 297 629 • Bilingual Christian Service: 8:30 a.m. Sundays at New Born Church, #3 St. 432. 011 852 654, 012 825 696 • Buddhist Meditation: 6 p.m. Saturdays, Mondays and Thurs- days and 8:30 a.m. Sundays at Wat Langka. 012 482 215 • Catholic Mass: English at 5 Creative Commons p.m. Saturdays; French at 9 a.m. Sundays. Services in English at #20 St. 71; French at #1788B National Road 5. Four Religions Architecture Tour • Church of Jesus Christ of The golden roofs of Buddhist pagodas are visible across the Phnom Penh skyline, but Latter-day Saints: Khmer at 8 aging edifices of other faiths—some hidden in plain sight—are scattered throughout the a.m., English at 10 a.m. Sundays capital. One way to view them up close is to walk the city streets in the company of a at #267 St. 63. 023 214 081. knowledgeable guide from Khmer Architecture Tours. During their “Four Religions” tour, • International Christian a guide takes visitors to Buddhist wats, Chinese Taoist temples, Christian churches and a Fellowship: 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Cham mosque. Some of the sites are in active use—such as Wat Pippat Rangsey, known by Sundays at ICF Center, #19/21 locals as Wat Chen Domdek, and Wat Preah Puth Khusa-Cha, which date back to the 15th St. 330. 012 796 083. century. Others, including a Taoist temple and a Catholic chapel that survived the Khmer • Kabbalat Shabbat Services: Rouge regime, have been repurposed as makeshift residential apartments. The three-hour From 6 p.m. Fridays at Chabad outing offers an engaging look into the past and present of the city’s communities of faith— Jewish Center of Cambodia, through the eyes of an architect. The cost is $15 per person. For more information, visit #419 Sisowath Quay. ka-tours.org. (Matt Surrusco) 22 Crossword The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 24, 2017

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By Paul Wallace respect and influence by binding European Central Bank rather least through achieving German Reuters the country to a common Europe- than through a shared European unification in 1990. an destiny. Integration has been military, which remains covered If Germany can no longer rely .K. Prime Minister primarily economic and monetary by NATO. Germany has thrived on U.S. support, Merkel will have Theresa May was the through institutions such as the both politically and economically to reshape that post-war strategy. first foreign leader to European Commission and the by pursuing this approach, not Her most radical response would meet U.S. President be to push for the creation of a UDonald Trump at the White European military force, while House, but the one who counts also getting the E.U.’s troubled in Europe is German Chancellor core, the 19-country eurozone, Angela Merkel. Her response to to work better. Trump’s apparent readiness to Sorting out the euro area will overturn seven decades of U.S. be tricky for Merkel. The main support for NATO and the E.U. problem is a flawed design that will be crucial in determining the has proved too strict for uncom- future of Germany and the E.U. petitive and debt-ridden nations The provocations of what in southern Europe, in particu- may come to be called the lar Italy—the monetary union’s “Trump doctrine” are causing third-biggest economy. The euro angst in Berlin. At their joint is weak not because of Germany press conference on January 27, but because the ECB is keeping May claimed to have secured monetary policy ultra-loose in the president’s “100 percent” order to resuscitate the sick in backing for NATO, the western the single-currency ward. alliance underpinned by U.S. Merkel is likely to react cau- military might since 1949. tiously to the Trump doctrine But Trump’s description of in order to see if the president’s NATO as “obsolete” just days actions are less provocative than before he took office continues his words. If his dissatisfaction to reverberate, as does the mes- The Cambodia Daily with NATO is primarily that sage from U.S. Defense Secretary Bernard Krisher, Publisher Europe does not pull its weight, James Mattis, who on February Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher then that call for burden-shar- 15 said the U.S. could “moderate Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief ing can be met through higher its commitment” to the alliance Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor defense spending by Germany Chansy Chhorn, News Editor if other members continued to Michael Dickison, Deputy Managing Editor and the rest of the E.U. The spend too little on their military. Kate Ginn, Deputy Managing Editor sour mood of voters in Europe The position is especially wor- Van Roeun, Senior Editor rules out any immediate push rying since Trump is tolerating forward on deeper integration. Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, Russian President Vladimir Putin Feature Editor; Aisha Down, Hannah Hawkins, Brendan O’Byrne, Ben Paviour, Yet the chancellor’s predica- despite Russia’s annexation of Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, Laurence Stevens, Matt ment in responding to the chal- Crimea and support of separatists Surrusco, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon lenge posed by Trump reflects Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, in eastern Ukraine. Ben Sokhean, Hang Sokunthea, Phan Soumy, Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv an unwelcome reality. The Ger- Trump gives short shrift to Channa, Photographer; Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy man question once posed the the E.U., depicting it shortly be- Editor; Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, difficulty of containing German Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, fore his inauguration as “a vehicle James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors power within Europe. Now as for Germany,” which according to much as anything, it means the his chief trade adviser is exploit- Douglas Steele, General Manager difficulty of getting Germany Chea Borom, Business Manager; Eam Sopheap, Operations Manager; Sok Chamroeun, ing the U.S. through an under- Tang Sokchamrouen, Sales Representatives; Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chhun Sinath, to underwrite Europe. valued euro. 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Reuters said lead researcher Michael Gillon, with the University of cape canaveral, Florida - As- Liege in Belgium. tronomers have found a nearby Researchers have focused on solar system with seven Earth- finding Earth-sized rocky plan- sized planets, three of which ets with the right temperatures circle their parent star at the so that water, if any exists, would right distance for liquid surface be liquid, a condition believed water, bolstering the prospect of to be necessary for life. discovering extraterrestrial life, “I think that we’ve made a research published on Wednes- crucial step towards finding if day showed. there is life out there,” said Uni- Known as TRAPPIST-1, the versity of Cambridge astronomer star is a small, dim celestial body Amaury Triaud on a conference in the constellation Aquarius. It call with the media on Tuesday. is located about 40 light years Reuters The diameter of TRAPPIST-1 away from Earth, close by astro- An artist’s depiction shows the possible surface of TRAPPIST-1f, on is about 8 percent of the sun’s nomical standards, but about 44 one of seven newly discovered planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system that size. That makes its Earth-sized million years away at the average scientists have discovered in this illustration released on Wednesday. planets appear large as they pa- cruising speed of a commercial rade past. passenger jet. of life. Nature, builds on previous re- From the vantage point of Researchers said the proximi- “The discovery gives us a search showing three planets telescopes on Earth, the plan- ty of the system, combined with hint that finding a second Earth circling TRAPPIST-1. They are ets’ motions regularly block out the proportionally large size of is not just a matter of if, but among more than 3,500 plan- bits of the star’s light. Scientists its planets compared to the small when,” NASA chief scientist ets discovered beyond the solar determined the system’s archi- star, make it a good target for Thomas Zurbuchen said at a system, or exoplanets. tecture by studying these dips. follow-up studies. They hope to news conference on Wednesday. “This is the first time that “The data is really clear and scan the planets’ atmospheres for The discovery, published in so many Earth-sized planets are unambiguous,” Triaud wrote in possible chemical fingerprints this week’s issue of the journal found around the same star,” an email to reporters.