All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 64 issue 45 Tuesday, May 10, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents Auctions of Illegal Timber To Resume, Officials Say By Aun PheAP And ZsomBor Peter The CamboDia Daily Top officials yesterday said the government would be auctioning off some of the 70,000 cubic me- ters of wood authorities have seized in recent months, back- tracking on a recent pledge Hun Sen made to stop the sales. The massive timber haul, enough to fill more than 2,000 stan- dard 20-foot shipping containers, was seized by a special task force that Prime Minister Hun Sen formed in mid-January to go after illegal wood stocks in the eastern provinces. For years, the government had been selling off seized wood in se- Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily cretive deals that seemed to favor Police apprehend Thav Kimsan, deputy director of advocacy for rights group Licadho, yesterday morning in timber traders close to the prime Phnom Penh's Dangkao district amid attempts to protest outside Prey Sar prison. minister and violated the Forestry Law by bypassing public auctions. In a surprise move at the Educa- Eight Arrested Over ‘Black Monday’ Protests tion Ministry’s annual meeting in By Ben sokheAn where four officials from the rights Dangkao district officials at a check - March, Mr. Hun Sen announced And GeorGe WriGht group Adhoc are incarcerated— point near the prison. an immediate halt to the sales. He The CamboDia Daily were later released, officials said. Three protesters from Phnom said all seized wood would from Eight human rights officers and Those arrested included two Cam- Penh’s Boeng Kak neighborhood now on be put to use building activists clad in black were arrest- bodian human rights workers, two —Bou Sorphea, Kong Chantha and schools, desks and whatever else ed yesterday during “Black Mon- of their foreign colleagues and four Song Sreyleap—and Sor Son from the ministry needed. day” protests in Phnom Penh, the local land rights activists. Borei Keila were arrested in Dang - “In the past, whenever we con- first in a campaign to free four fel- Ee Sarom, executive director of kao and Daun Penh districts shortly fiscated, we always found a bidder low rights workers and an election housing rights group Sahmakum before 9 a.m., Interior Ministry for exporting. But when they re- official who were jailed late last Teang Tnaut, and Thav Kimsan, spokesman Khieu Sopheak said. ceived the export rights, logging month on charges widely believed deputy director of advocacy for At about 11:30 a.m., Mathias still occurred,” the prime minister to be politically motivated. rights group Licadho, were bun- Pfeifer, a German adviser to local said at the time. The group—arrested en route to dled into a police van at about 8:15 rights group Licadho, and Anna “From this day on, all wood that a planned protest at Prey Sar prison, a.m. following an argument with Continued on page 2 Continued on page 6 Free English Press Masks an Unfair Media By Alex Willemyns It came three days after Anti-Cor- Cambodia there existed no state of The CamboDia Daily ruption Unit (ACU) Chairman Om law, it would not remain like this When 53 opposition lawmakers Yentieng also used the the pres- too long,” he said of the media land- wrote to King Norodom Sihanouk ence of English-language newspa- scape. “You are a long-time opposi- last month asking him to intervene pers to repudiate claims of lawless- tion now.” to end increasingly grave political ness in the CPP’s prosecution of its The argument has become some - repression in Cambodia, CPP critics. thing of a refrain for officials when spokes man Sok Eysan had a with- “The Daily dares not to insult faced with questions from the ering response. others crudely. They insult us in a English-language press over the “I’m waiting to see whether The high-calibre way, not low-calibre,” CPP’s subjugation of opponents. Maverick Mayor Duterte Set to Cambodia Daily packs up to flee or Mr. Yentieng said at a press con- Yet the CPP’s forbearance of con- Clinch Philippines Presidency starts digging trenches,” Mr. Eysan ference, pointing to the years of tol- stant criticism of its authoritarian Page 10 said. “If not, this proves that such a erance for such reporting. style can largely be attributed to the cambodiadaily.com claim is wrong.” “Hey, you should think: If across Continued on page 8

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released at about 7 p.m. The Cam- Municipal Court for questioning Rights Watch. Black... bodian officers and activists were over the scandal. Maina Kiai, the U.N.’s special released at about 6:30, he added. On Sunday, the government rapporteur on the rights to free- Continued from PAGe 1 Deputy municipal governor said the Black Monday protests dom of peaceful assembly and as- Maria Pettersson, a Swedish advis- Khuong Sreng said police had not would be viewed as a rebellion sociation, said he was disturbed by er for the group, were both detained technically arrested anyone. and an attempt to foment a “color claims from government spokes - and taken to the Interior Ministry’s “We already released them back revolution.” man Phay Siphan on Sunday that immigration department after be- home. We released them after we Contacted by telephone yester- the protests were tantamount to ing spotted wearing black T-shirts, compiled the report,” Mr. Sreng day prior to the release of the rights “an urban rebellion.” said Uk Heisela, chief of investiga- said. “We did not arrest them, we workers yesterday, General So - “Allowing peaceful dissent— tions at the department. just detained them for questioning pheak defended the arrests and expressed through speech, as- Barriers were set up in the morn- and then released them the same lambasted “arrogant” rights groups. sembly and association—is not ing along the road leading to Prey day.” “Like you know, their group only every government’s obliga- Sar, ensuring black-clad protesters The latest arrests come as the broadcasted to incite the people to tion under international law, it also and monks were kept far from the government has ramped up its in- wear black for Monday to release reduces the possibility of violent jail. Passing members of the public vestigation into a sex scandal in- officials,” he said. “They went crazy rebellion by creating a more inclu- were also pulled over and grilled by volving deputy opposition leader with freedom of expression. They sive society,” Mr. Kiai wrote. police if they happened to be wear- Kem Sokha. The four Adhoc offi- did not think they are under the law “It is disturbing to see Cambo- ing dark clothes. cials, together with National Elec- that controls them. They are the dia taking steps in the wrong direc- Major General Heisela said the tion Committee deputy secretary- people who violate the law.” tion on #BlackMonday,” he wrote. foreign offenders, Ms. Pettersson general Ny Chakrya, were jailed Gen. Sopheak then drew analo- Standing among protestors at and Mr. Pfeifer, were arrested for last week for allegedly conspiring gies between the peaceful protest the police checkpoint in Dangkao wearing black shirts, but sent to the to bribe the supposed 25-year-old and the civil wars that have raged just minutes before Mr. Sarom immigration department for failing mistress to deny the affair. in Syria and Libya since the Arab and Mr. Kimsan were arrested, Li- A U.N. official was also charged to produce their passports. Spring spread across the Middle cadho director Naly Pilorge spoke in absentia over the case, while an “They were wearing black shirts East in 2011. of the complications arising from opposition commune chief was im- and could not produce any docu- “Do you want it like Syria? Do the government’s creeping con- prisoned for allegedly delivering ments so police decided to send you want it like Libya?” Gen. So - straints on politics and civil society. them for questioning at the immi- money to the alleged mistress’ pheak asked, going on to rail “It’s interesting to note that all gration department,” he said. mother. Mr. Sokha and two other against the groups that organized the people wearing black are being Am Sam Ath, Licadho’s techni- opposition lawmakers have been the protest. stopped, and a lot of them aren’t cal supervisor, said the pair were summoned to the Phnom Penh “You receive small amounts of part of the campaign. It becomes money from overseas: You are ar- really difficult when a country’s po------National Brief ------rogant. You are drunk with human lice force restricts people from rights and bring war into the coun- moving because of the color they Sokha May Face Arrest if He Ignores Court Summons try. It is impossible. Please stay in choose to wear,” Ms. Pilorge said. Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha could face arrest if he fails to fol- the prison,” he said. “What are they scared of? What low court summonses and present himself for questioning, turning crim- The arrests were met with con- is our government afraid of? We inal accusations into the “red-handed” crime of ignoring a court order, the cern and condemnation both in are the voters, they need to serve government’s corruption czar said yesterday. In an interview with Voice Cambodia and abroad. us, and we’re just a bunch of peo- of Democracy, Anti-Corruption Unit chief Om Yentieng explained that “It’s not surprising that Prime ple including civil society—except Mr. Sokha’s immunity from prosecution as a lawmaker would not protect Minister Hun Sen and the CPP are for the monks—who are wearing him against arrest if he follows through on his pledge to ignore the court finally showing their true dictatori- black,” she said. summonses over a sex scandal. “We saw the court summoned him twice. With the ACU, by law you can ignore a summons only one time and the al colors with this kind of heavy “Is this a democracy or is this a second time we will bring you in,” Mr. Yentieng said. He went on to ex- handed crackdown on peaceful facade of a democracy if we’re plain that parliamentary immunity would protect Mr. Sokha against ar- protesters,” said Phil Robertson, blocked for the color we choose to rest over potential charges of procuring prostitution for an alleged affair deputy Asia director for Human wear?” with a 25-year-old hairdresser, but that the same protection would not be extended if the opposition leader were to commit the flagrant crime of ig- Correction: The article “Prime Minister’s Personal Website Hacked” noring the court. “He could create a bigger case than the first one. They (May 9) mistakenly cited an internet security expert saying the prime will not arrest him for prostitution, but they could arrest him for a new minister’s website was being run using software called Hoolahoop. The case as a red-handed crime,” Mr. Yentieng said. In its recent campaign software he referred to was Joomla. against the opposition, the government has seized on a clause in the Con- Correction: The article “Man Shot on Dance Floor of Popular Nightclub stitution that allows for the arrest of a lawmaker if the alleged crime is “in in Capital” (May 9) incorrectly stated that the Rock nightclub in Phnom flagrante delicto,” or caught in the act, though legal experts and the op- Penh is owned by tycoon Kith Meng. It is owned by his brother Kith position have disputed the interpretation. (Ben Sokhean) Thieng. tuesday, may 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal ‘Respect’ for Owner Delays Investigation Into Club Shooting By Buth Kimsay his own right and the brother of meant that police had been “very fled the scene and remains at the cambodia daily Royal Group chairman Kith Meng, late” to investigate the scene. large, Mr. Thareth said. A senior municipal police offi- one of the country’s wealthiest men. Khiet Thieng initially denied “We are searching to arrest the cial yesterday defended his offi- Mr. Thareth said yesterday that knowledge of the incident when suspect, but we need all levels of cers’ decision to wait for hours for after arriving at the club, his offi- contacted yesterday. police in Phnom Penh and permission from the powerful cers had complied with a request “Nothing happened,” he said, re- through out the country to cooper- owner of a Phnom Penh nightclub from the nightclub’s owner to stay ferring questions to police after be- ate to arrest the suspect,” he said. to investigate a shooting in the away from the crime scene. ing given details of the altercation. Mr. Makara is currently being club on Friday, out of “respect.” “We couldn’t gain access into the Asked whether officials had treated in the Khmer-Soviet hospi- It took almost three hours for nightclub to investigate as soon as been barred from entering the tal for gunshot wounds to his chest police to gain access to a crime police knew the crime happened be- premises, Mr. Thieng would not and shoulder and is expected to scene at the Rock Entertainment cause the night club manager would comment directly but said it was make a full recovery, he added. Center after 28-year-old DJ Mot not allow it,” he said, adding that offi- possible the altercation had hap- After gaining entry to the club, Makara was shot twice at around cers finally gained access at 9 p.m. pened outside the nightclub. police found one bullet casing, one 6:20 a.m. on Friday morning, ac- “The nightclub has an owner so “Well that guy chased him,” he bullet embedded in the wall and cording to Phnom Penh deputy if they do not allow us to get inside said. “Maybe the children were two unused bullets on the floor, Mr. police chief Heang Thareth. then we need to respect that and fighting outside.” Thareth said, declining to say The nightclub is owned by Kith wait until the owner approves,” he The suspect—who is known to whether the investigation had been Thieng, a powerful businessman in said, conceding that the situation police but has not been named— compromised by the delay. Anger Over Mosque Road Plan Leads to Defamation Lawsuit By seK OdOm Prosecutor Souer Vanny, who is- 2015. doing in the matter of the mosque. the cambodia daily sued the summons, declined yes - In an interview with local news “There is no truth; [Mr. Yahya] Two of the country’s most promi- ter day to provide more information website Thmey Thmey on April 28, just blamed the mistake on the nent Cham Muslim politicians are on the case, as did court spokes- Mr. Yahya accused Mr. Hassan of other until he sued him,” he said. locked in a legal battle over allega- man Ly Sophanna and Mr. Yahya having masterminded the road plan. “That land still belongs to the tions of defamation, with Secretary himself. “There is no one other than Oth- mosque and there is no plan to of State Ahmad Yahya scheduled Mr. Hassan refused to explain sman Hassan who drew up the swap or develop over the area.” to appear in court today to be ques- why he had sued Mr. Yahya, say- plan and gave it to City Hall to have Mr. Sreng said City Hall held a tioned over a lawsuit filed against ing only that the politician had spo- it passed,” he said, suggesting that meeting yesterday about the pro- him last month by Secretary of ken falsely about him. Mr. Hassan might have also been posed road but declined to elabo- State Othsman Hassan. “What he claimed was incorrect involved in a land swap to build a rate on what was discussed. Mr. Hassan, a secretary of state and not true, so I filed a lawsuit condominium on the mosque’s Sles Nas, a representative of at the Labor Ministry, sued Mr. against him,” he said. land. Cham Muslims in the neighbor- Yahya, who holds the same posi- The city’s Muslim community “I did not know anything [about hood, said residents were dis- tion at the Social Affairs Ministry, has been riven in recent weeks over the plan] and I am the one who tressed by the idea of a road cutting on April 28, according to a copy of a government proposal to build a gave the idea that we should not through the mosque compound. a summons issued by the Phnom road across land belonging to the do it,” he added. “It will affect when we pray. We Penh Municipal Court ordering $2.9 million Al-Serkal Mosque, Deputy municipal governor need a quiet area,” he said. Mr. Yahya to appear for question- which was built in the Boeng Kak Khuong Sreng denied that Mr. (Additional reporting by Ouch ing at a hearing today. neighborhood between 2012 and Hassan had committed any wrong- Sony) New Human Rights Czar Defends Government Against ‘Darkness’ By seK OdOm However, Keo Remy, a secre- how much before they have gone of the protest. the cambodia daily tary of state at the Council of Min- too far,” he added. “We wear black T-shirts to bring As protesters were being arrest- isters who became chairman of Adhoc has argued that their attention to human rights workers ed during peaceful demonstrations the Cam bodian Human Rights staff were simply providing stan- facing restrictions and having in Phnom Penh yesterday morn- Committee this month, said noth- dard legal services to a defendants their rights violated,” he said. ing, the new chairman of the gov- ing was amiss. who requested their help and that “From now into the future, if the ernment’s human rights commit- “For now, there are no surprises about $200 was given to Ms. Chan- government maintains restric- tee held a press conference to reas- with human rights in Cambodia,” daraty to cover basic expenses re- tions using threats of arrest and sure the public that the country’s he said. “Even though they work lated to the case. political tension, the respect for human rights situation was stable. under an NGO, there has been no Mr. Remy said the black-clad human rights will be very low.” A group of NGOs organized a violation of human rights.” protesters should spend their time “Black Monday” protest, during Mr. Remy, a former opposition looking for evidence to help excul- which demonstrators wore black politician who defected to the CPP pate their jailed comrades rather shirts, to call for the release of four eight years ago, explained that the than taking to the streets. officers from local rights group Ad- charged human rights officers “They can try to find more evi- hoc and an election official who had been working outside their dence to prove to the court that were jailed last week for their al- mandate when they became in- they are not involved with the leged involvement in bribing a mis- volved in defending Mr. Sokha’s crime, but I see the campaign of tress of deputy opposition leader alleged mistress, 25-year-old Khom black T-shirts has brought dark- Kem Sokha to deny the affair. Chandaraty. ness to Cambodia,” he said. Human rights groups both in “The arrest of the human rights Am Sam Ath, technical supervi- Cambodia and around the world workers is because they weren’t do- sor for rights group Licadho, have blasted the government’s ing human rights jobs—they had to which had three staff members ar- ever-expanding investigation into interfere personally,” he said. rested and released yesterday, the sex scandal and resulting legal “The Cambodian government said that exposing the present action as an effort to destroy the po- has constitutional laws, but the hu- darkness surrounding human litical opposition and silence critics. man rights people understand rights in Cambodia was the point Keo Remy 4 The Cambodia daily Tuesday, may 10, 2016 NatioNal Briefing Court Absolves CPP Chief of Wood Allegations By aun PheaP ty and the wood belonged to his Mr. Tara declined to explain Russians, Kazakh Caught The Cambodia daily daughter. how the investigation had proved After Illegal Sailing Trip A government investigation into Chan Tara, an assistant to that Mr. Yiep was not involved or Two Russians and a Kazakh a nearly 18-ton cache of high-value provincial court prosecutor Heang what authorities were doing to found relaxing on the beach in wood allegedly being hidden in- Sopheak, said yesterday that the find the couple. But he said arrest Sihanouk ville after sailing into side a pig shed in Tbong Khmum Forestry Administration recently warrants had not been issued. Cambodia from Vietnam without province has absolved a CPP com- sent over the results of its investi- “The court has not yet issued ar- visas were arrested on Sunday mune chief of involvement but im- gation, which corroborated Mr. rest warrants because we sum- evening, police said yesterday. plicated his daughter and son-in- Yiep’s claims. moned them for questioning but The two Russians, 29-year-old man law, who are believed to have fled “We have investigated and they did not show up, so how can Mikhail Smo lin and 20-year-old to Vietnam, a court official said found that the rosewood belongs we issue arrest warrants?” he said. woman Ana s tasiia Gudimenko, yesterday. to a daughter of the commune Mr. Yiep declined to comment. were arrested with 53-year-old Police raided the shed in Pon- chief and her husband, and we are In March, the commune chief Kazakh citizen Vitaliy Yartsev, hea Krek district’s Trapaing Ph- now looking for them because put the blame for the illegal wood provincial de puty police chief Hun long commune in March and they have reportedly fled to Viet- squarely on his daughter. Sorithy said. “We arrested them at found nearly 4,700 pieces of rose- nam,” he said. “I am not involved with this rose- around 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in wood inside, weighing a total of “The commune chief is not in- wood. My daughter owns the Bei commune near the provincial 17.7 tons. At the time, police said volved with the rosewood and he wood and I never worry about her hall while they were resting on the the shed belonged to commune was found not guilty, because he business,” he said at the time. beach after we got information,” chief Hem Yiep. But Mr. Yiep, just came to prevent authorities The Forestry Administration of- he said. “Our law does not allow who tried to prevent police from from entering the pig shed and in- fice that carried out the investiga- any foreigners com ing in without entering the shed, said the proper- vestigating.” he added. tion could not be reached. visas except Asean [citizens] for whom we use in and out stamps.” The trio were known to be tourists Civil Parties Criticize Delayed Appeals Verdict who were also working, he said, By Peter Ford concerning.” ty of crimes against humanity and dec lining to elaborate on the cir- The Cambodia daily Citing the advanced aged of the sentenced them to life imprison- cumstances of their entry. Uk Hei - The Khmer Rouge tribunal has two appellants, Nuon Chea, 89, ment, a series of appeals and pro- sela, chief of investigations at the delayed the long-awaited appeal and Khieu Samphan, 84, as well as cedural motions have contributed Ministry of Interior’s immigration judgment in the first case against the ages of many of the civil par- to delays in the expected final judg- department, said the trio could senior Khmer Rouge leaders ties, Ms. Guiraud said that more ment date. face a range of consequen ces. “We Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan than 50 of the civil parties, who The latest revision to the Com- will ask them first if they came for a for a second time, drawing criti- numbered 3,867 at the beginning pletion Plan cites the “unexpected” long time without visas. We will ex- cism from civil party lawyers wor- of proceedings in 2007, had passed decision of lawyers for Nuon Chea pel them, and if they just accidental- ly came after losing their way while ried about the advanced age of away waiting for a verdict. in November to comply with his sailing, we might let them ask for a their clients and the appellants. “Managing their expectations— request to boycott proceedings, visa correctly at the bor der check- The court released a revised one of which being having a final which the plan says further slowed point,” he said. (Ouch Sony) Completion Plan late last month, verdict within their lifetime—is down the case. Illness to staff and revealing that the projected date one of our main priorities,” she the departure of a key consultant Two Officers Confess to for the Case 002/01 verdict has wrote in an email yesterday. are also blamed for the delay. 1 Forging Family Book been pushed back 1 /2 months Civil parties, she noted, had not Lars Olsen, a tribunal spokes - Two Phnom Penh police officers until mid-August. received a reply to an April 6 letter man, said that the projected time- have confessed to forging the signa- Marie Guiraud, international sent to the Supreme Court Cham- lines did not represent mandatory ture of their district chief on a family lead co-lawyer for the Civil Parties, ber voicing similar concerns. deadlines, but rather best-case book in order to extort money from said given that almost two years Since the August 2014 verdicts scenarios, which could be altered a villager, officials said yesterday. Bo- had passed since the trial judg- against Nuon Chea and Khieu as deadlines approached to offer eng Tompun commune deputy po- ment in July 2014, “any delay is Sam phan, which found them guil - more accurate predictions. lice chief Keo Sa vuth and Mean - chey district police officer Suon So- van were arrested on Saturday fol- lowing a complaint from a villager, Man Arrested for Raping Underage Stepdaughter according to Bun Sat ya, chief of the By Phan Soumy veal the identity of the child’s father. many times I had sexual inter- city’s minor crimes police bureau. The Cambodia daily “She told her mother that she course with her. It is countless,’” “They forged the stamp and signa- A construction worker in Takeo was raped by the stepfather many Mr. Rany said. ture of [Meanchey district] police province was arrested on Sunday times and now she is seven months He added that the suspect had chief [Teng Sino] for making a fami- for allegedly raping his 15-year-old pregnant.... She was threatened by shown no remorse and confessed ly book in exchange for $80 from the stepdaughter over the course of her stepfather not to reveal their af- to using any opportunity to assault vil lager,” Mr. Satya said. Yellow fam- many months, leaving the girl fair; otherwise he would kill her the girl, who dropped out of school ily books list the number of people pregnant, police said yesterday. and her mother.” and currently works in a garment living in a certain house, and each Police arrested Am Rith, 35, at his Following his arrest, Mr. Rith factory. Cam bodian family is required to home in Bati district’s Kraing admitted to having sexually as- “He decided to rape his step- have one. They must be signed by Thnong commune on Sunday saulted the girl since October, daughter because most of the time the family’s commune police chief morning following a complaint from when he first raped her while look- he wanted to have sex with his as well as the district police chief, the victim’s mother, according to ing for snails in Kompong Speu wife, [but] she refused him by say- and normally cost less than $10. Na- deputy police chief Khorn Rany. province, Mr. Rany said. ing that she was not feeling well.” tional Police Chief Neth Savoeun “She didn’t realize about [the The abuse had also taken place Mr. Rany added that the sus- seized on the case yesterday, post- abuse] until she saw that her in local rice fields, forests and the pect was sent to provincial police ing a message on the National Po- daughter’s stomach was becom- home they shared with the vic- headquarters yesterday, where lice website warning other officers ing bigger and bigger,” he said. tim’s mother and five siblings, he he would be questioned further against committing similar offenses. At her mother’s urging, he said, added. before being sent to court to face (Khuon Narim) the young girl was persuaded to re- “He said, ‘I can’t remember how charges. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 5 6 The Cambodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 NatioNal paper yesterday reported that cause we wait for the decision of Auctions... Deputy Prime Minister Bin Chhin, the committee.” on a visit to inspect one of the He declined to say whether sell- coNtiNued froM Page 1 “I have heard that the seized piles of wood in Tbong ing the wood was even an option. is illegally felled and later seized Khmum province, also stated that Neither Mr. Sokha nor Mr. government will put up will no longer be for sale,” he at least some of the confiscated Chhin explained how the sale would the wood for bidding to added. “Now stop.... From this day timber would be sold to raise mon- happen, and there is no evidence earn money for the on, we will transfer all seized wood ey for the Education Ministry. that the sales have ever worked the to use in the education sector.” Mr. Chhin could not be reached way they were supposed to. Ministry of Education.” In the weeks that followed, for confirmation. Provincial gover- According to the Forestry Law, —Sao Sokha, officials appeared to be on board nor Prach Chan, who accompa- all timber seized by the state must NatioNal Military Police with the plan. Education Ministry nied him on the visit, declined to be sold at a public auction. But coMMaNder spokes man Ros Salin said the min- comment on what the deputy there is no sign that a public auc- istry was busy making plans for prime minister said. tion of seized wood has ever taken new schools and teacher housing. Last week, the Education Min- place. Environmental groups that rights to buy up as much of the Yesterday, however, National istry’s Mr. Salin went so far as to work with the government say seized wood as he liked—at no set Military Police Commander Sao say that not all the seized wood they have never seen or heard of a price. Sokha, the man Mr. Hun Sen put would be put to building schools single auction ever happening, and In January, soon after Mr. So - in charge of the special task force, and desks. He said the best of the the government has failed to pre- kha’s new task force went to work, said the wood they had seized in lot, including logs of Beng and sent any evidence to the contrary. the man who signed that order, recent months was once again up rosewood, which can earn thou- What the government has pro- Council of Ministers Secretary of for sale. sands of dollars per square meter, duced are documents signing State Bun Uy, said it was still in “I have heard that the govern- would be spared. But he declined over thousands of cubic meters of force. He said he had no idea how ment will put up the wood for bid- to say what their fate would be. seized wood to Try Pheap, a tim- the order squared with the For - ding to earn money for the Min- Yesterday, Mr. Salin said he ber magnate and adviser to Mr. estry Law, which requires a public istry of Education,” Mr. Sokha was not aware of what Mr. Chhin Hun Sen, at bargain rates on mul- auction, because such legal con- said. reportedly said in Tbong Khmum. tiple occasions. The man who for cerns were “out of my role.” “I don’t know when the wood He said another ad hoc commit- years headed the special commit- Besides the legal breaches and will be put to bid. I just know that tee headed by Mr. Chhin—which tee in charge of those sales was apparent corruption, environmen- the Ministry of Education is work- Mr. Sokha also sat on—would de- Eang Sophalleth, one of Mr. Hun tal groups say the sales have only ing with the relevant ministries cide the fate of the seized wood Sen’s personal assistants. helped to fuel Cambodia’s ram- and institutions, as well as the but had yet to make a decision, so In 2014, the Council of Minis- pant illegal logging trade by giving courts, to follow the decision of the far as he was aware. ters made Mr. Pheap’s special sta- the government another revenue government to earn money to “We have the committee to tus official, ordering the ministries stream and well-connected timber serve the education sector.” manage the timber,” he said. “We of agriculture and environment to traders a cheap supply, offering no A local Khmer-language news- do not have any progress yet be- give the timber magnate the first incentive to stop the cycle. TuesDay, may 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 7 regional Artist Hopes to ‘Marry’ Battling Elements of Local Society By Michelle Vachon His yearning for harmony is The CamboDia DaiLy why he has called his new exhibi- Srey Bandaul is part of the gen- tion, which opens tomorrow at Ja - eration of Cambodians who grew va Cafe in Phnom Penh, “I Want up in a world of war and conflict— To Get Married.” The title is not their childhood spent during the meant to be taken literally, he ex- Khmer Rouge regime in the mid- plained, but refers to his hopes for 1970s and their teenage years on Cambodian society. either side of the Thai border in a “Getting married means living war that ended in October 1991 together,” he said. “Issues come with the Paris Peace Agreement. up in Cambodia because people don’t talk to each other—don’t dis- cuss matters.” “Issues come up in Since Cambodians have to live to- Cambodia because people gether, they should discuss and take each other’s well-being into con sid - don’t talk to each other— er a tion, as in a marriage, he said. don’t discuss matters.” Instead, while open warfare has faded away, rights abuse and vio- —Srey Bandaul lence are part of life for many Cam- bodians, taking the form of mas- Now one of Cambodia’s most sive deforestation, evictions and prominent contemporary artists, farmland expropriation. Mr. Bandaul was a teenager living To express today’s difficult real- in the Site II refugee camp in Thai- ities, Mr. Baudaul has reverted to land when the peace treaty was his first love, pencil sketching, and signed, triggering the repatriation has drawn inspiration from fa- of more than 300,000 Cambodians mous European artists such as from Thailand. Vincent van Gogh and Salvador “We were told that we would Dali for his depictions of contem- come back to a beautiful country, porary Cambodia. a country where there was happi- One dreamy scene features the ness,” Mr. Baudaul said. “We Vattanac Capital Tower and the Dana Langlois hoped to live happy and in peace.” Canadia Tower along with the Srey Bandaul's artwork entitled 'Prey Lang, Jungles' But decades later, the social cli- Royal Palace, and a van Gogh-like ing clocks, setting them within a es that used to contain ammuni- mate still leaves a great deal to be swirl of vegetation in the forefront. grey landscape of tree stumps with tion. At the opening, Mr. Bandaul desired, the 42-year-old artist said. To illustrate Prey Lang forest, a storm brewing in the distance. will also stage a live performance “There is peace—we don’t have which is under threat from illegal “I Want To Get Married,” which with three Cambodian artists, dur- war—but there are a lot of issues logging, Mr. Bandaul borrowed opens tomorrow at 6:30 p.m., in- ing which the four will discuss cul- that still have to be resolved.” the device of Dali’s famous melt- cludes an installation made of box- tural colonialism. Cambodia, Japan Begin Restoring Angkor Wat Causeway KyoDo Deputy Prime Minister Sok An itage for all, all for heritage.’” restoration of the western cause- Cambodia and Japan began a said “today’s event reflects the ro- Mr. An said Japan was playing a way of Angkor Wat. four-year project yesterday to re- bust spirit of international cooper- significant role in the process, pro- Cambodia will spend $820,000 store the ruined western causeway ation and solidarity in the protec- viding financial and technical sup- for all technical work and labor at Angkor Wat temple. tion, safeguarding and conserva- port to Cambodia, especially for costs and other necessary equip- Speaking at the launch of the tion of the heritage of humanity in the conservation and restoration ment. Meanwhile, Japan will pro- Angkor Wat restoration project, accordance with the motto ‘her- of Bayon Temple and the main vide cranes and other specialist causeway at Angkor Wat. equipment costing approximately Joining the event, Yuji Kuma- $767,000, he said. maru, Japanese ambassador to Toshiaki Koso, chancellor of Cambodia, said Japan had estab- Sophia University, said at a ceremo- lished a governmental team for ny to mark the start of the work that the safeguarding of the sites in Angkor Wat belonged to Cam - 1994, and this team had been ac- bodians and must be restored or tively participating in the preserva- preserved by Cambodians. Japan, tion and restoration of Angkor therefore, had trained Cambodian Wat and Bayon Temple since. workers at home and in Japan in He said $26 million had already this particular kind of work through been spent supporting the project, Sophia’s Asia Center for Research. and Japan’s Sophia University had In the 1960s, France helped re- also been making a contribution store the southern half of the west- to the preservation and restora- ern causeway. In 1996, the restora- tion of Angkor. tion of 90 meters of the northern Mr. Kumamaru said Cambo- half of the same causeway was un-

Kyodo dia’s Apsara Authority, with close dertaken. It took 12 years for Ap- The ruined causeway at Angkor Wat temple, which will be restored by cooperation from the Sophia Uni- sara and Sophia University to com- Cambodia and Japan in a four-year project, yesterday versity team, was working on the plete the work. 8 The Cambodia daily TueSDay, may 10, 2016 national decades of democracy. ernment officials,” Mr. Chhean He then threatened to sue the Media... Yet the television stations ig- Nariddh said. “But they still main- reporter who obtained a record- nored it. tain the entrenched stance not to ing of the lecture. Continued froM page 1 “Some news is not fit for broad- touch the top-level government More substantial threats contin- small proportion of the population cast,” Ma Yarith, a news manager officials.” ue to inhibit a free media environ- reading the articles, Moeun Chhean at Apsara TV, said at the time. This firm stance against criticiz- ment in the country, according to Nariddh, director of the Cambodi- “Our broadcast is under the man- ing the upper echelons of the gov- a study released in March by the an Center for Media Stud ies, said agement of Prime Minister Hun ernment is not shared by Radio Cambodian Center for Indepen- yesterday. Sen’s government, and we don’t Free Asia (RFA) and the Voice of dent Media (CCIM), which found “Having worked for The Phnom want to have problems,” said Yin America (VOA), which have long that 25.5 percent of the journalists Penh Post and written many arti- Sovey, chief of information at TV3. been two of the only broadcast it surveyed reported having been cles for The Cambodia Daily, I While the CNRP’s gains in 2013 media outlets to regularly offer a physically attacked or harassed think it is because they do not have have been attributed in part to the voice to opposition politicians. during their work. a large audience like the Cambodi- emergence of social media as a com - an media,” Mr. Chhean Nariddh munications medium, Mr. Rain sy said. said in September that a TV station “Any articles or stories in these still remained the holy grail. “Articles or stories in [English] newspapers would not newspapers would not have as “The Facebook audience is have as strong an impact on...people as the local strong an impact on the opinions young and mobile people, and also of the people as the local Cambo- better educated people,” Mr. Rain- Cambodian press.” dian press,” he added. “Television sy said. —Moeun Chhean nariddh, is the main source of news.” “TV is for the public at large, the CaMbodian Center for Media StudieS direCtor Amid a population of more than older people, and people in the 15 million, the circulation of Cam- countryside. These are the tradi- bodia’s English-language dailies re- tional and more conservative peo- The U.S.-funded outlets provide A further 29.4 percent reported mains in the thousands, while stud- ple, but we have to convince the hourlong news and current-affairs threats arising from reports on il- ies have repeatedly shown televi- conservative people as well,” he shows each morning and night for legal logging, corruption and land sion to be the dominant source of explained. radio stations to broadcast, often disputes, and 58 percent said they news. The CNRP was promised a with highly critical reports on the did not feel free to report on all is- According to a recent compre- license for the nation’s first government. VOA also produces sues without fear of interference hensive survey on media con- opposition-aligned station as part videos for its 3.3 million Facebook or consequences. sumer trends, conducted by the of its landmark post-2013 election fans. At least 13 journalists have been Asia Foundation in 2014, 54 per- deal with the CPP, but the govern- Their effect has not gone unno- killed in Cambodia since 1993 in cent of respondents reported tele- ment last month banned it from ticed. During the 2013 election cam - cases believed to be related to their vision as their main source, fol- erecting its antenna due to health paign, the CPP announced a ban work, while once-common law suits lowed by radio at 27 percent, word concerns among residents in Ta - on the broadcast of both RFA and against journalists for defamation of mouth at 10 percent, the inter- khmao City. VOA before rescinding it under have faded as the opposition print net at 8 percent and newspapers at Popular radio station owner pressure. media has been diminished to one statistically zero percent. Mam Sonando has also repeatedly Council of Ministers spokes - sparsely read four-page daily. The television market has ac- had his requests for a TV license de- man Phay Siphan said on Sunday In its place have risen indepen- cordingly been intently guarded nied, even calling a protest over the the government saw those Khmer- dent online outlets like Voice of Dem - by the government, with all of the issue in 2014 that was violently sup- language stations as having the ocracy (VOD) Hot News—run by country’s terrestrial stations either pressed by state security guards. aim of overthrowing them—as op- the Cambodian Center for Indepen- owned or aligned with the CPP. Mr. Chhean Nariddh said there posed to the English-language dent Media—which have dominat- For years, they either blacked the had been a slow move by the CPP- newspapers, which he said provid- ed social media alongside CPP- opposition parties out of coverage aligned stations in recent years to- ed constructive criticism. aligned outlets like Fresh News, or portrayed them as criminals. ward more truthful reporting— “Compare The Cambodia Daily which often serves as the outlet of of- When tens of thousands turned driven by a desire to draw back au- with Radio Free Asia, who have a ficial government documents. diences leaving for social media. out on Phnom Penh’s streets two mis sion to topple the government. Sun Narin, online manager of “That’s why I have noticed some weeks before the July 2013 nation- We understand that—let them do VOD Hot News, said yesterday kinds of stories that were nev er re- al election to greet opposition lead - that. But The Cambodia Daily that journalists at his website re- ported on TV before, like il legal er Sam Rainsy after four years in goes straight to the issues, and we ported the news without fear or self-imposed exile, it was deemed logging and corruption associated can learn from that and correct constraints, free to criticize the gov - the biggest opposition rally in two with mid-level and low-level gov- ourselves,” Mr. Siphan said. ernment and opposition alike. “I don’t want to say we learn “We hire reporters who are pro- nothing from Radio Free Asia, but fessional, and we are not afraid of it’s not like The Cambodia Daily, anything,” he said. “We hear about because it has a mission of no fear the ‘color revolution,’ and they say if and no favor.” we provoke that, it’s against the law. Mr. Siphan has not been so in- So sometimes we wonder about do- gratiating about this newspaper in ing stories about ‘color revolutions,’ the past, having in 2014 used a lec- and we have to be careful with our ture to the country’s top state jour- words.” nalism school to accuse its Yet Mr. Narin reiterated that his journalists—who have taught at team faced few obstacles from the the school—of being on the pay- government in its reporting— roll of foreign “special interests.” attributing it mainly to their prima- “Some are called to come to be ry presence as a website. against the government as an “But I am also afraid that when NGO,” Mr. Siphan told students at the elections are approaching, this the Royal University of Phnom could change,” he said. “Let’s see Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily Penh’s Department of Media and what happens.” Local English-language newspapers for sale at a newsstand in Phnom Communications. “They’re not pro - (Additional reporting by Ben Penh yesterday. fessionals of media. You get it?” Sokhean) TUESday, may 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 regional Top US Official Visits Vietnam After Burma Protest, China Tells To Assess Progress on Rights Businesses to Follow Local Law REUTERS in health, education, environment, REUTERS consistently demanded that Chi- HAnoi - A top U.S. envoy began a energy and recently military—to beijing - China has consistently de- nese companies investing abroad two-day trip to Vietnam yesterday boost its influence and offset that manded its companies operating respect the laws and rules of the to gauge its progress on human of China. abroad respect local laws, China’s host nation and fulfil their respon- rights, two weeks ahead of a The U.S. and Vietnam, along Foreign Ministry said yesterday sibility and obligation to society, planned visit by President barack with 10 others, this year signed after hundreds of villagers in bur- including paying attention to pro- obama in what will be the first by Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of ma protested against the resump- tecting the environment,” Lu said a U.S. leader in a decade. the world’s biggest multinational tion of operations at a Chinese- at a daily news briefing in beijing. Tom Malinowski, assistant sec- trade deals. backed copper mine. “China is willing to work hard retary of state for democracy, hu- Though the TPP has no require - The protests have gathered mo- with Myanmar to properly imple- man rights and labor, is expected ments for members to reach cer- mentum since Wednesday, when ment these mutually beneficial co- to press Vietnam to release un- tain standards in human rights, an- some people broke through po- operation projects, to promote lo- conditionally political prisoners alysts say Vietnam’s record of ar- lice barriers protecting the mine, cal socio-economic development, and reform its laws to comply with rests, intimidation and oppression operated by Myanmar Wanbao, a to better benefit both countries its international commitments. of those who speak out against the unit of a Chinese weaponsmaker, and their peoples,” he added, us- Relations between the U.S. and ruling Communist Party could add in one of the first tests for the new ing another name for burma. Vietnam have moved to a new lev- to anticipated resistance to the pact government’s ability to deal with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang el in the past two years as Wash- among U.S. legislators. public anger. Yi visited burma last month, where ington seeks to make a new ally in The TPP must be ratified by each Myanmar Wanbao runs the Let- he said China was confident it could Asia, but the communist nation’s member country’s legislature. padaung mine in a joint venture resolve business disagreements zero-tolerance approach to its de- Malinowski said during his visit with a conglomerate controlled by with the country through friendly tractors remains a sticking point. to Vietnam last year that he had the burmese military, Myanmar talks, amid pressure from China to Vietnam has jailed dissidents, seen signs of progress on human economic Holdings Ltd. Villagers resume a stalled $3.6 billion dam bloggers and religious figures in rights but that the country needed say their land has been unlawfully project. recent years, holding them for long to make a stronger commitment. confiscated to expand the mine. After protests in 2012 and 2013 periods without access to family or Rights groups, however, have Chinese Foreign Ministry spokes - against the mine, when riot police legal counsel and often subjecting said those improvements might man Lu Kang, asked about the pro - raided a protest camp injuring them to torture or other mistreat- be short-lived and that they were tests, said China and burma are tra- more than 100 people, then opposi- ment, according to the new York- designed to ensure its smooth ac- ditional friends whose cooperation tion leader Aung San Suu Kyi led based Human Rights Watch. cession to mul tilateral trade agree- accords with the interests of both an inquiry that recommended com- The U.S. has been intensifying ments, including a pact with the countries. pensating the residents and mini- efforts in building stronger ties— e.U. “The Chinese government has mizing environmental damage. 10 The Cambodia daily TUESday, may 10, 2016 regional Maverick Mayor Duterte Set to Clinch Philippines Presidency REUTERS as have his regular references to his manIla - Firebrand Philippine city libido. mayor Rodrigo duterte looked vir- His man-of-the-people demeanor tually certain to become the Philip- tapped into popular disgust with the pines’ next president as election re- political establishment over its fail- sults poured in late last night, sug- ure to tackle poverty and inequality gesting the political outsider’s despite several uninterrupted years pledges to crush crime and corrup- of robust economic growth. tion had resonated with voters. His incendiary rhetoric and ad- Seven hours after polling stations vocacy of extrajudicial killings to had closed, a rolling ballot count by stamp out crime and drugs have, an election commission-accredited however, alarmed many who hear watchdog showed duterte had echoes of the Southeast asian about 39 percent of the votes cast. country’s authoritarian past. an exit poll of a small number of vot- The election numbers reported ers showed a similar lead. by the Parish Pastoral Council for asked by a television interview- Responsible voting had, by mid- er what he thought about his ap- night local time, accounted for Reuters parent victory, duterte gave a puz- about 80 percent of the 54 million Presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte casts his vote at a polling zling answer. registered Filipino voters. precinct for national elections at Daniel Aguinaldo National High “Sometimes I’m victorious and duterte had 10.4 million votes, School in Davao City, Philippines, yesterday. the winner, sometimes there’s al- with Senator Grace Poe a distant ways losing and being sad, some- second with 5.9 million. The gov- good on his promises. times being sick and healthy,” he ernment’s candidate, manuel Rox- duterte had been acting unchar- told Cnn Philippines, slouched in a as, was behind Poe with 5.8 million. acteristically coy for most of the day “Sometimes I’m victorious chair and dressed in a checked, Virulent campaign and had earlier urged the throng of and the winner, short-sleeve shirt. “That is how the media to stop asking him about the sometimes there’s always universe is being played every day.” The presidential race has been possibility of winning. The 71-year-old’s defiance of po- one of the most divisive in years, He talked of making peace with losing and being sad.” litical tradition has drawn compar- with outgoing leader Benigno his rivals after a “virulent” campaign isons with U.S. Republican presi- aquino and rival candidates warn- —RodRigo duteRte, and reiterated that if president, he dential candidate donald Trump, ing of a disaster if duterte makes PhiliPPines PResidential would give police a green light to use deadly force against criminals. candidate “If they put up a good fight and refuse to surrender, and if you feel ing counted. your life is in jeopardy, shoot. You duterte’s entertaining speech- have my authority,” he said in da - es, often loaded with profanity, vao City, where he has been may- have shed little light on his poli- or for 22 years. cies beyond going after gangsters at least 11 people were killed in and drug pushers. violence before voting started, but He has been vague on what he otherwise the election was mostly would do to spur an economy that smooth with voting machine prob- has averaged growth at around 6 lems at only a few dozen polling percent under aquino. stations. In a report released yesterday, voters also cast ballots for vice ratings agency S&P Global said a president, 300 lawmakers and about duterte presidency would create 18,000 local government officials. uncertainty, especially if he picks “Bongbong” marcos Jr., the son fights with the political elite. Reuters and namesake of late dictator Fer- “He could take some time get- Members of the Board of Election Inspectors check election returns after dinand marcos, looked on course ting used to the many compromis- voting has ended, inside a classroom turned into a polling precinct in to become vice president with a es required in the national leader- Manila yesterday. narrow lead as the votes were be- ship position,” it said.

Duterte Pledges to Seek Multilateral S China Sea Talks davao, Philippines - Rodrigo duterte said yesterday that if he became Philippine president he would call for multilateral talks to resolve dis- putes over the South China Sea—talks that he said should include the U.S. and Japan as well as other rival claimants throughout the region. duterte also said that China should respect the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the waters off its coast and, instead of facing off, the two countries should work together in exploiting offshore oil and gas as joint- venture partners. “If we want joint ventures, fine. I believe in sharing,” he told reporters in the southern city of davao, where he cast his own ballot yesterday and where he has served as mayor for 22 years. also yester- day, duterte said he would seek to ease restrictions on foreign owner- ship in all industries if he were to take office. He told reporters that the ex- ception to this would be ownership of land. He was speaking while an un- official vote count rolled in on the presidential election that showed him with a commanding lead over his rivals. (Reuters) TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 11

Ministry of Planning Ministry of Planning Cambodia Enhancement of Poverty Analysis Capacity Project Cambodia Enhancement of Poverty Analysis Capacity Project Grant: No. TF0A0113 Grant: No. TF0A0113 Request for Expressions of Interest Request for Expressions of Interest National Procurement Consultant National Project Coordinator The Royal Government of Cambodia has received financing from the World Bank The Royal Government of Cambodia has received financing from the World Bank Group, specifically from the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building, to finance Group, specifically from the Trust Fund for Statistical Capacity Building, to finance the project Cambodia Enhancement of Poverty Analysis Capacity. The main the project Cambodia Enhancement of Poverty Analysis Capacity Project. The objectives of the project are to strengthen Cambodia’s national statistical system, main objectives of the project are to strengthen Cambodia’s national statistical improve the government’s capacity to produce and interpret poverty and system, improve the government’s capacity to produce and interpret poverty inequality indicators, and enhance the collection and production of price data and inequality indicators, and enhance the collection and production of price in Cambodia. The project is implemented by the Ministry of Planning (MoP). To data in Cambodia. The project is implemented by the Ministry of Planning (MoP). support the implementation of the project, MoP is looking to hire a National To support the implementation of the project, MoP is looking to hire a Project Procurement Consultant for a total of five (5) months of work that would be Coordinator with a one year contract from June 2016 to June 2017, with fulfilled intermittently from June 2016 to June 2017 (time based contract). The possibility of extension based on performance. The selected candidate will report selected candidate will report directly to the Project Director and will work primarily directly to the Project Director and will work primarily with a Project Procurement with a Project Procurement Officer and other officials appointed by the project. Officer and other officials appointed by the project. Job Responsibilities 1. Assist the project team to identify procurement requirements and provide Job Responsibilities 1. Assume the operational management responsibilities of the project, in necessary inputs for the ongoing development, monitoring, implementation coordination with the Project Implementation Unit (PIU), following the and achievement of the project procurement plan. Work with the procurement guidelines in the project document and the policies and procedures plan, which includes contract packaging, cost estimates & delivery time (of established by the World Bank and the MoP. goods, works and consultant services), procurement methods, prior/post review 2. Ensure that the project outputs are achieved as identified in the project arrangements, key procurement processing dates and contract management. document (Grant Agreement) in coordination with the PIU. 2. Liaise with technical teams on the preparation of terms of reference for 3. Oversee the monitoring and evaluation of performance indicators and consultant services, technical specifications for goods and works, requests outcomes against the targets of the project (established in the Grant for proposal documents, proposal evaluations and preparation of draft contracts. Agreement). 3. Ensure that all procurement is carried out in accordance with the agreed 4. Consolidate the annual work plan for the project based on inputs from the procedures, including the project Financing Agreement, the World Bank/IDA thematic leaders for each component. Procurement and Consultants Guidelines, Government Standard Operating 5. Monitor and supervise the implementation of these plans; identifying Procedures and the Procurement Manual for Externally Assisted Program/ strategies to address the constraints to their implementation in order to Project, as applicable. achieve performance targets. 4. Prepare the necessary documentation for procurement of goods works and 6. Prepare periodic reports, both financial and progress reports (of the services including the preparation of Invitations for Bids, advertisements and indicators/deliverables and milestones) for the World Bank (monthly, Requests for Quotation documents. quarterly, annually, etc.) in a timely manner and within specified scope. 5. Organize bid openings and evaluation reports. 7. Coordinate within the PIU the finalization of Terms of References (TORs) for 6. Obtain clearances from the Procurement Review Committee (PRC) as required. studies and lead the monitoring of all contracts for consultants and firms 7. Monitor requests for No Objection from the World Bank and Bank responses. engaged on the project, based on inputs from the lead coordinating 8. Arrange for contract signing, and distribution to appropriate authorities. agencies. Where required, participate in meetings between consultants and 9. Monitor the timeliness of the procurement and delivery of goods, works, and stakeholders to help ensure the timely and efficient execution of tasks. services in accordance with the approved Procurement Plan and the Project 8. Coordinate the activities of the procurement staff of the PIU, lead coordinating Implementation Action Plan. agencies and other government stakeholders to ensure the timely 10. Ensure that an effective filing/record keeping system is established for implementation of procurements, including overseeing procurement all procurement activities. Maintain a contracts register with updated key evaluation and final selection of consultancy, services, goods, etc. procurement information on all contracts procured under the Project. 9. Prepare, in coordination with the procurement consultant, a detailed annual 11. Translate procurement related documents from English to Khmer and vice versa. procurement plan for the project with inputs from the PIU and ensure 12. Translate from English to Khmer and vice versa during training sessions and updates of the plan are completed periodically. meetings as required. 10. Provide support in the elaboration and review of all documentation and 13. Prepare and submit monthly progress reports and quarterly reports on the reports related to procurement management, financial management status and progress of procurement under the Project. Liaise with Finance and reports to implementing partners. All along, following the financial Officer to prepare the Interim Financial Reports (IFR) and share the annual management manual prepared for this project. procurement plan. 11. Act as the liaison and contact person between the PIU, the World Bank, lead 14. Other duties requested by the Project Director and the Project Coordinator. coordinating agencies and other implementing partners in order to ensure Qualifications fluid communication about the state of the execution of the project activities. 1. Minimum bachelor degree in Business/Administration, Law, Civil Engineering, or other relevant field. Qualifications 1. Minimum of Master’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, 2. At least 5 years of procurement experience in public procurement of goods, Public Policies or related field. works and consultant services. 2. At least 5 years of experience in the management and implementation of 3. At least 3 years procurement experience in donor-financed projects development projects. 4. Comprehensive computer skills especially in Microsoft Office. 3. Previous work experience with government agencies; the private sector and 5. Fluency in written and spoken English and Khmer. international development partners would be an advantage. Additional Advantage 4. Demonstrated skills in results based project planning and management. 6. Experience with World Bank Procurement Procedures, Policy and Guidelines 5. Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills. for Consultants’ Services, Goods and Civil Works is preferable and World Bank 6. Good spoken and written Khmer and English. –financed projects 7. Knowledge of MoP and World Bank procurement policies and procedures 7. Familiarity with the Royal Government of Cambodia’s Standard Procurement would be an advantage. Manual and Bidding Documents for externally financed Projects. 8. Ability to work independently, take initiative and make sound judgements. How to apply How to apply Expressions of interest should include a cover letter and CV, specifyingthe Expressions of interest should include a cover letter and CV, specifying the Consultant’s ability to meet the criteria in the full Terms of Reference which can consultant’s ability to meet the criteria in the full Terms of Reference which can be obtained from the Project Director at the address shown below or by emails. be obtained from the Project Director at the address shown below or by emails. The Consultant will be selected using the Individual Consultant method in The consultant will be selected using the Individual Consultant method in accordance with procedures set out in the Procurement Manual for Externally accordance with procedures set out in the Procurement Manual for Externally Financed Projects/ Programs in Cambodia issued under Sub-Decree 74 dated Financed Projects/ Programs in Cambodia issued under Sub-Decree 74 dated May 22, 2012 on Promulgating of the Standard Procedure for Implementing the May 22, 2012 on Promulgating of the Standard Procedure for Implementing the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank Assisted Projects, and Section V of World Bank and the Asian Development Bank Assisted Projects, and Section V of the World Bank’s Consultant Guidelines January 2011, revised July 2014. the World Bank’s Consultant Guidelines January 2011, revised July 2014 All applications should be sent to reach the address below by 17.00 on 23rd All applications should be sent to reach the address below by 17.00 on 23rd May 2016 to: The Project Director, Cambodia Enhancement of Poverty Analysis May 2016 to: The Project Director, Cambodia Enhancement of Poverty Analysis Capacity Project, Project Procurement Unit Office, Building E,#386 Monivong Capacity Project, Project Procurement Unit Office, Building E,#386 Monivong Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Telephone 012 883 419. Enquiries and applications Boulevard, Phnom Penh, Telephone 012 883 419. Enquiries and applications by email are also accepted. Please send to [email protected] and copy by email are also accepted. Please send to [email protected] and copy [email protected]. [email protected]. 12 The Cambodia daily TuesdAy, mAy 10, 2016 Regional North Korea Detains, Interrogates, Expels BBC Journalist By Julie Maniken ing of foreign scientific...minds is Los AngeLes Times well worth the effort,” said Alfred, North korea has expelled a using the initials for the Democra- BBC journalist after deeming his tic People’s Republic of korea. reporting disrespectful to the gov- The prince said the delegation ernment of kim Jong Un. aimed to “give the young genera- Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, who tion in North korea a voice—a traveled to Pyongyang to cover voice seldom heard of and listened the visit of three Nobel laureates to, a voice that could provide hope to the country last week, was de- for peaceful changes.” He called it tained Friday at the Pyongyang “an opportunity not to be missed, airport, colleagues said. because we change nothing by He was later taken to a hotel not going, we change nothing by and interrogated for hours, then not engaging.” made to sign a confession. It was Ciechanover, who received his not im mediately what the state - Nobel in chemistry, said the best ment said. Two other colleagues thing the group found was “the ex- who were with Wingfield-Hayes Reuter citement of the students.” were separated from him and tak- BBC journalist Rupert Wingfield-Hayes talks to reporters upon arrival “They are knowledge hungry,” en to another hotel while he was at Beijing Capital International Airport after being expelled from North he said. “Their English was strik- questioned. Korea yesterday. ing. Some of them spoke really flu- Wingfield-Hayes and his col- ed press far from the congress looking people. The hospital is vir- ent English.” leagues were allowed to rejoin oth- venues. tually empty. In one room, a group But British scientist Richard J. er journalists Saturday and were fi- Authorities were apparently dis- of tiny pajama-clad children are ex- Roberts, a Nobel laureate in medi- nally being allowed to leave Py- pleased with several of Wingfield- ercising on gym equipment de- cine, indicated that the members ongyang yesterday afternoon, fel- Hayes’ reports from the reclusive signed for adults. They look be- of the delegation could not be sure low reporters said. country, including one on a hospi- mused, and so are we.” that they were being told the truth “North korean officials made it tal that questioned whether the He mentioned that one of the by the North koreans. very clear they did not like the overall reality of medical care was other laureates, Israeli physician “I constantly asked people, do contents of his reports,” said fel- different from what was presented Aaron Ciechanover, wanted to ask you have access to internet? And low BBC reporter John Sudworth. at the highly stage-managed visit the doctors about childhood can- they very often would say yes. But “It was a huge amount of pressure to the hospital. cer treatment, but the staff looked to be frank they don’t have access to find himself under.” The Nobel laureates’ visit was “confused.” Prince Alfred of Liech - to internet, except for foreign pro- Wingfield-Hayes was told that arranged by the Vienna-based In- tenstein, who chairs the IPF’s ad- fessors,” Roberts said. “I get a feel- he could not return to Pyongyang. ternational Peace Foundation. visory board, is “starting to have ing that some of the senior gradu- o Ryong Il, secretary-general of Among those in the delegation his suspicions,” the report said. ate students might have some ac- the North’s National Peace Com- was economics laureate Finn kyd- “I don’t think these are real doc- cess. But in general, in order for mittee, told the Associated Press land from Norway, who works at tors,” Alfred told the interpreter, them to get onto the internet, they that Winfield-Hayes’ coverage the University of California Santa according to Wingfield-Hayes. need to go through somebody “spoke ill of the system and the Barbara. “Can we find some real doctors for else. What mostly happened is leadership of the country.” “At the hospital we are shown a the Nobel laureates to talk to?” that they tell someone that they More than 100 foreign journalists million-dollar CT scanner. The sci- After leaving Pyongyang, the would like to get this or that or oth- are in Pyongyang this week to cover ence park library is crammed with Nobel delegation held a news con- er, someone else will go and down- the Seventh Workers’ Party Con- row upon row of new computer ference in Beijing about its visit. load it, put it onto that intranet and gress, a high-level political gather- terminals, hundreds of them,” “Students and scientists in the they’ll have access to it.” ing. officials appear particularly sen- Wingfield-Hayes wrote in one of DPRk are hungry for knowledge, “If you don’t have access to in- sitive about critical coverage this his dispatches. “But everywhere education and international input, ternet,” he added, “you cannot do week and have in fact kept the invit- we go is oddly devoid of any ‘real’ and to expose them to the think- cutting-edge science.”

------Regional Brief ------Regional Brief ------“Vagina Kayak” Artist Convicted for Her 3D Scans Sixth Reactor Scrapped Under Stricter Safety Rules Tokyo - The Tokyo District Court yesterday found a female artist guilty Shikoku Electric Power Co. today will end operation of a nearly 40-year of obscenity for distributing 3D scans of her genitalia, ordering her to pay old nuclear reactor in western Japan, making it the sixth unit to be a fine of $3,725. In handing down the ruling on 44-year-old artist Megumi scrapped under stricter safety regulations introduced after the 2011 Igarashi, who works under the pseudonym “Rokudenashi-ko” (good-for- Fukushima disaster. The utility decided in March to decommission the nothing girl), Presiding Judge Mihoko Tanabe, said, “The data realisti- idled No. 1 reactor at its Ikata nuclear complex in Ehime prefecture, as it cally reproduce the shape (of the genitalia) and stimulate the viewers’ would be too costly to reboot the aging reactor. The company estimates sexual desire.” However, Tanabe ruled that Igarashi was not guilty of ob- more than $1.59 billion would be needed to beef up safety measures for scenity for displaying a vagina-shaped plaster artwork in an adult enter- restarting the reactor that started operation in 1977. It is expected to take tainment shop in Tokyo in July 2014. The judge said the works do not im- about 30 years to complete the decommissioning of the reactor, accord- mediately suggest they are female genitals as they are decorated and ing to Shikoku Electric. The tougher safety rules prohibit the operation painted with different colors. The scans that could be used to make 3-D of nuclear reactors beyond 40 years in principle, but operation for an ad- reproductions of the artist’s genitalia were distributed online in october ditional 20 years is possible if operators make safety upgrades. The gov- 2013 and March 2014 to donors contributing to her campaign for funds ernment is looking to reactivate more reactors to meet a goal of generat- to make a kayak modeled on her genitalia, according to the indictment. ing at least 20 percent of Japan’s electricity with nuclear reactors by 2030. Prosecutors had sought a fine of $7,390, arguing the defendant “carries The shutdown of the Ikata reactor reduced the number of commercial great criminal responsibility” as she distributed the data without regard reactors in Japan to 42, of which Japan has restarted four under the post- to the possibility that recipients might create obscene objects. Igarashi’s Fukushima safety rules. But courts shut down two of the four this year. counsel argued the scans were “not obscene because they were a work Japan would need a dozen of the aging reactors to operate beyond the 40- of art” that did not precisely reproduce her vulva and were not intended year limit to accomplish the government goal, industry observers to cause sexual arousal. (Kyodo) say.(Kyodo) រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

ថ䮄ា​​អង្គារ​ទី១០​ខា​ឧសភា​ឆ្នាំ២០១៦ The Cambodia daily េខមបូឌា​ េដលី ១៣ មនុស្ស​​ប្្ំបី​នាក់​​​​ត្ូវ​សមត䮐​កិច䮅​​​ ចាប់​​ខ្លួន​កាលពី​ម្សិល​មិញ​​ពាក់​ ព័ន䮒​ការ​តវ៉្​​“ថ䮄្ច័ន䮑ពណ៌​ខ្ម្​”​​ បែន សុខហា៊ន និងG eorGe WriGht ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី

មន䮏្ី​អង្គការ​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុស្ស​​​និង​សកម្មជន​​​ប្្ំបី​

នក់​​​​ដ្ល​ស䮛ៀក​ពក់​ពណ៌​ខ្ម្​ត្ូវបាន​ចាប់​ខ䮛ួន​

កាលពីម្សិលមិញ​អំឡុង​ការ​តវ៉្​​"ថ䮄្ច័ន䮑​ពណ៌​

ខ្ម្"​ក䮓ុង​រាជធានី​ភ䮓ំព្ញ​​ជ​ការ​តវ៉្​ដំបូង​​​ក䮓ុង​

យុទ䮒នការ​​មួយ​ដើម្បី​​ទាម​ទារ​ឲ្យ​​ដោះល្ង​

មន䮏្ី​​​​អង្គការ​​​​​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុស្ស​បួន​រូប​និង​មន䮏្ី​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​

មួយ​រូប​ដ្ល​​ត្ូវបាន​​ដក់​ពន䮒នគរ​កាលពី​ចុង​ ស៊ីវ ចាន់ណា ខ្ ​មុន​​តាម​បទ​ចោទ​ប្កាន់​​ដ្ ល​​មជ្ឈដ䮋្ន​ ​សមត䮐កិច䮅​​​ចាប់ខ䮛ួន​​​ស䮏ាី​​​ចំណាស់​​​​​​​​ម្នាក់​​​​រុញ​​​ឡើង​​​លើ​​​រថយន䮏​​​នគរ​​​បាល​​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ពាឹក​​​មាស្ិលមិញ​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ខណ្ឌ​​​ដង្កា​​​​រាជ​​​ ទូទៅ​​​​​ជឿ​​ថាជហ្តុ​ផល​នយោ​បាយ​។​ ធានីភ䮓ំពាញ​​​​នៅ​​​ពាល​​​ពាយាយាម​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ការ​​​តវ៉ា​​​នៅ​​​ខាង​​​កាា​​​ពន䮒នាគារ​​​ពាា​​​ស​ដើមាបី​​​ទាម​​​ទារ​​​ឲាយ​​​ដោះ​​​លាង​​​មន䮏ាី​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសាស​​​។

មន䮏្ី​និយយ​ថា​ក្ុម​​​​ន្ះត្ូវ​បាន​ចាប់​ខ䮛ួន​​​​ ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ដ្ល​រឹប​អូសបាន​នឹងត្ូវ​ដាក់​លក់​ដ្ញ​ថ្ល្​ជាថ្មី​ម䮏ង​ទៀត ខណៈធ䮜ើ​ដំណើរ​ឆ្ព្ះ​​​​ទៅ​កន䮛្ង​តវ៉្​​តាម​

ការ​គ្្ង​ទុក​នៅ​ពន䮒នគរ​ព្្ស​ទីដ្ល​​​​ អូន ភាព និងZ sombor Peter លោក​​​​នយក​រដ្ឋ​មន䮏្ី​ហើ យ​រំលោភ​ច្បាប់​

មន䮏្ី​បួន​រូប​មកពី​សមគម​អាដហុក​​ត្ូវ​បាន​​ ខ្មបូឌា​ដ្លី ព្្ឈើ​​ដោយ​ចៀស​ពីការ​លក់​ដ្ញ​ថ䮛្ជ​

ឃុំខ䮛ួន​​​​ប៉ុន䮏្​​​ត្ូវ​បាន​ដោះល្ង​​តាម​ក្្យ​។​​​ កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​មន䮏្ី​ជន់​ខ្ពស់​មួយ​ចំនួន​ សាធារណៈ។

អ䮓ក​​ដ្ល​ត្ូវ​បាន​ចាប់​ខ䮛ួន​ទាំង​នោះរួម​មន​​ បាន​និយយ​ថា​​រដ䮋្ភិបាល​​នឹង​ដក់​លក់​ដ្ញ​ នៅក䮓ុង​ចំណត់​ការ​ដ៏​គួរ​ឱ្យ​ភ្ញ្ក់​ផ្អើល​​

មន䮏្ី​អង្គការ​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុស្ស​​​កម្ពុជពីររ​ូប​សហ​​​ ថ䮛្​ឈើ ​ចំនួន​៧០.០០០ម៉្ត្​គូប​​ដ្ ល​ មួយនៅ​សន䮓ិបាត​បូក​សរុប​ការ​ងារ​របស់​

ការី​​​បរទ្ស​​​ពីរ​រូប​​និង​​​​​​​​សកម្មជន​សិទ䮒ិ​ដីធ䮛ី​៤​​​ អាជ្ញ្ធរ​​រឹប​អូស​​បាន​ក䮓ុង​រយៈព្ល​ប៉ុន្ម្ន​ខ្​ ក្សួង​​​​អប់​រំ​លោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​បាន​ប្កាស​

រូប​​​ទៀត។ ថ្មី​ៗ​ន្ះ​ដោយ​ប្្​ក្ឡាស់​ការ​សន្យា​កាល​​​ ឱ្យ​បញ្ឈប់​ការ​ដក់​លក់​ន្ះ​ភ្ល្ម​ៗ​។​លោក​

លោក​អុី​សារ៉ុម​​នយក​ប្តិបត䮏ិ​​សមគម​ ពីព្ល​ថ្មី​ៗ​​ដ្លលោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​បាន​បញ្ឈប់​​​​ បានមន​ប្សា​សន៍​ថា​ចាប់ពី​ឥឡូវ​ន្ះទៅ

ធាងត្ន្ត​ដ្ល​ជ​​អង្គការ​សិទ䮒ិ​​​​​​លំនៅដ䮋្ន​​​ ការ​ដក់​​លក់​ន្ះ។ ឈើ​ដ្ល​រឹប​អូស​បាន​ទាំង​អស់​នឹង​យក​ទៅ​

និង​​​​​​លោក​ថាវ​គឹមសាន​អនុប្ធាន​ផ䮓្ក​តស៊ូ​ ឈើ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំនួន​​​យ៉្ង​​​ច្ើន​​​​ដ្ល​​​ទាល់​​​ត្​​​ សាងសង់​​សាលា​រៀ ន​ធ䮜ើ​តុសិស្ស​​និង​អ䮜ី​ៗ​

មតិ​នៅ​អង្គការ​សិទ䮒ិ​មនុស្ស​លីកាដូ​​ត្ូវ​បាន​​​​​​​ កុង​​​តឺន័រ​​​ជង​​​២.០០០​​​គ្ឿង​​​​​​ទើ ប​​​ដឹក​​​អស់​​​ ផ្ស្ង​ទៀត​តា​ម​ដ្ល​ក្សួង​ត្ូវ​ការ។

គ្​​​រុញ​​ចូល​រថយន䮏​​នគរ​បាល​​នៅ​ម៉្ង​​​ប្ហ្ល​​​​ នោះ​​​ត្ូវ​បាន​រឹប​អូស​​ដោយ​ក្ុម​ការងារ​ លោក​នយក​រដ្ឋមន䮏្ី​បាន​ថ䮛្ង​នៅ​ព្ល​

៨និង​១៥​នទី​ព្ឹក​ក្្យ​​ពីប្ក្ក​គ្ន្​ជមួយ​​​​​​​ ពិស្ ស​​ដ្ ល​លោក​នយក​រដ្ឋ​​​មន䮏្ី​​ហ៊ុន នោះ​ថា​"​ក䮓ុងព្ល​កន䮛ង​មក​​នៅព្ល​យើង​

មន䮏្ី​​​ខណ䮌​ដង្ក្​នៅ​ចំណុច​​ឆ្កឆ្រ​​មួយ​​ជិត​ ស្ន​បាន​បង្កើតឡើង​កាលពី​ពក់​​​កណ្ត្ល​ រឹប​អូស​បាន​​យើ ង​ត្ ​ងត្ ​រក​អ䮓ក​ដ្ ញ​ថ䮛្​

ពន䮒នគរ​។ ខ្ ​មករា​​ដើ ម្បី​ស䮜្ងរក​​ការ​ស䮏ុក​ឈើ ​ខុស​ ដើម្បី​ធ䮜ើការ​នំច្ញ។​ប៉ុន䮏្នៅព្ល​ពួកគ្​

លោក​ ខៀវ​សុភ័គ​ អ䮓ក​នំពក្យ​ក្សួង​ ច្បាប់​នៅក䮓ុង​បណ្ត្​ខ្ត䮏​ភគ​បូព៌្។ ទទួល​បាន​សិទ䮒ិ​នំច្ញ​​ការ​កាប់​ឈើ​នៅ​ត្​

មហាផ䮑្​បាន​មន​ប្សាសន៍​ថា​​អ䮓ក​តវ៉្​បី​នក់​​​ រយៈព្ល​ច្ើន​ឆ្ន្ំ​មក​ហើយ​រដ䮋្ភិបាល​ កើត​មនដដ្ល"។

មក​ពី​តំបន់​បឹងកក់​ ក䮓ុង​រាជធានី​ភ䮓ំព្ញដូច​ជ​ បាន​ដក់​លក់​ឈើ​ដ្ល​រឹប​អូស​បាន​ទាំង​អស់​ លោក​បាន​មនប្សាសន៍​បន䮐្ម​ថា​"​ចាប់​ពី​

ប៉ូវ​សោភ​​គង់​ចន្ថ្​ស៊ង​ស្ីលាភ​និង​​សរ ក䮓ុង​កិច䮅​ព្ម​ព្ៀង​សម្ង្ត់​​ដ្ល​ហាក់ដូច​ជ​ ថ䮄្ន្ះ​តទៅ​ឈើ​ទាំង​អស់​ដ្ល​កាប់​ដោយ​

ស៊ន​មក​​​ពី​​​​​​បុរីកីឡា​​ត្ូវ​​​បាន​​​​​​​​​ចាប់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​នៅ​​​ខណ䮌​​​ គំទ្​ឈ្មួញ​រក​សុី​ឈើ ​ដ្ ល​ជិត​ស䮓ិទ䮒​នឹង​ ខុស​ច្បាប់​ហើយ​ក្្យ​មក​ត្ូវ​បាន​រឹប​​អូស​ តទៅទំព័រ​​១៥ តទៅទំព័រ​​បន្ទាប់​

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១៤ ខ្មបូឌា​ ដ្លី ថ្ងៃ​​អង្គៃរ​ទី១០​ខៃ​ឧសភា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

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ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ដ្ល​រឹប​អូស... អត䮐ែធិបែបាយអំពីអ䮜ីដែ លលោកនយករដ្ឋ បលនិយយថាពួកគែមិនដែលបនឃើញឬ តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ មន䮏ែីបនមនបែសសន៍នោះឡើយ។ បនឮការលក់ដែញថ䮛ែកើតឡើងម䮏ងណាទែ

នោះនឹងលែងដក់លក់ដែញថ䮛ែទៀតហើយ។ កាលពីសប䮏ែហ៍មុន លោករស់សលីន ហើ យរដ្ឋែភិបលមិនបនបង្ហែញភ័ស䮏ុតង

ឥឡូវនែះសូមបញែឈប់...។ចាប់ពីថ䮄ែនែះតទៅ ដែ លរហូតមកទល់ពែ លនែះ បនលើ ក ណាផែសែងពីនែះឡើយ។

យើងនឹងបែគល់ឈើដែលរឹបអូសបនទាំង ឡើងថាមិនមែនឈើដែលរឹបអូសបនទាំង អ䮜ីដែលរដ្ឋែភិបលបនបញ䮅ែញឲែយដឹងគឺ

អស់់ទៅបែើក䮓ុងវិស័យអប់រំវិញ"។ អស់នឹងតែូវទុកសមែែប់សងសង់សល ឯកសរដែលចុះហត䮐លែខាទាក់ទិននឹងឈើ

ក䮓ុងរយៈពែលប៉ុន្មែនសប䮏ែហ៍កែែយមក រៀននិងធ䮜ើតុសិសែសឡើយ។លោកបនមន រឹបអូសបនរាប់ពាន់មែ៉តែគូបទៅឲែយលោក

កែុមមន䮏ែីទំនងជាធ䮜ើតមផែ នការនោះ។ បែសសន៍ថាឈើបែភែទលែខ១រួមទាំង ទែីភាពជាឈ្មួញឈើនិងជាទីបែឹកែសាលោក

លោករស់សលីនអ䮓កនំពាកែយកែសួងអប់រំ ឈើ បែ ងនិងឈើ គែញូងដែ លអាចលក់ ហ៊ុនសែននៅក䮓ុងតម䮛ែថោកជាចែើនលើក។

បនមនបែសសន៍ថាកែសួងជាប់រវល់ធ䮜ើ បនតម䮛ែរាប់ពាន់ដុល្លែរឯណោះក䮓ុងមួយ មនុសែសដែ លធ្លែប់បនធ䮜ើជាបែធនគណៈ 

ផែនការសមែែប់សងសង់សលរៀនថ្មីនិង ម៉ែតែគូបនឹងតែូវទុកខ䮛ះ។ប៉ុន䮏ែលោកបន កម្មែធិការពិសែសនែះរាប់ឆ្នែំទទួលបន䮑ុកការ

ធ䮜ើផ䮑ះគែូ។ បដិសែធមិននិយយពីវាសនឈើទាំងនែះ លក់ឈើទាំងនោះគឺលោកអៀងសុផលែ䮛ត

ប៉ុន䮏ែកាលពីមែសិលមិញលោកសៅសុខា ឡើយ។ ជាជំនួយការម្នែក់ក䮓ុងចំណោមជំនួយការផ䮑ែល់

មែបញ្ជែការកងរាជអាវុធហត䮐លើផ䮑ែបែទែស កាលពីមែសិលមិញលោករស់សលីនបន របស់លោកហ៊ុនសែន។

ជាអ䮓កដែលលោកហ៊ុនសែនឱែយទទួលបន䮑ុក និយយថាលោកមិនបនដឹងនូវអ䮜ីដែលតម កាលពីឆ្នែំ២០១៤ទីស䮏ីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន䮏ែី

កែុមការងរពិសែសបនមនបែសសន៍ថា សែចក䮏ីរាយការណ៍ថាលោកប៊ិនឈិនបន បន ផ䮏 ល់ សិទ䮒ិ ពិសែ ស ឲែយ លោក ទែីភាព

ឈើដែលពួកគែរឹបអូសបនក䮓ុងរយៈពែល និយយនៅខែ ត䮏តែបូងឃ្មុំទែ ។លោកបន ដោយបនបញ្ជែកែសួងកសិកម្មនិងកែសួង

ប៉ុន្មែនខែថ្មីៗនែះនឹងតែូវដក់លក់ដែញថ䮛ែ និយយថាគណៈ កម្មែធិការចំពោះកិច䮅មួយ បរិស䮐ែនឲែយផ䮏ល់សិទ䮒ិអាទិភាពដល់ឈ្មួញឈើ

ជាថ្មីម䮏ងទៀត។ ផែសែងទៀតដែលដឹកនំដោយលោកប៊ិនឈិន រូបនែះក䮓ុងការបែមូលទិញឈើដែលរឹបអូស

លោកសៅសុខាបនមនបែសសន៍ថា នឹងសមែែចលើ វាសនឈើ ដែ លរឹបអូស បនទាំងអស់តមដែលគត់ចង់បនក䮓ុងតម䮛ែ

"ខ្ញុំបនឮថា រដ្ឋែភិបលនឹងដក់លក់ដែញថ䮛ែ បនហើយដែលលោកសៅសុខាជាសម មិនកំណត់។

ដើមែបីយកបែែក់ឱែយកែសួងអប់រំ"។ ជិកដែរមិនទាន់ធ䮜ើសែចក䮏ីសមែែចនៅឡើយ នៅខែមករាមិនយូរប៉ុន្មែនបន䮑ែប់ពីកែុម

លោកបនបន䮐ែមថា "ខ្ញុំមិនដឹងថា ឈើ ទែតមលោកដឹងរហូតមកដល់ពែលនែះ។ ការងរពិសែ សថ្មីរបស់លោកសៅសុខា

នែះនឹងដក់លក់ដែញថ䮛ែនៅពែលណានោះ លោកបននិយយថា"យើងមនគណៈ បនចែ ញធ䮜ើការបុរសដែ លបនចុះហត䮐

ទែ ។ខ្ញុំគែែន់តែ ដឹងថាកែសួងអប់រំកំពុង កម្មែធិការគែប់គែងឈើ ។យើ ងមិនទាន់ លែខាលើបទបញ្ជែនោះគឺលោក ប៊ុន អ៊ុយ

ធ䮜ើការជាមួយកែសួងនិងស䮐ែប័នពាក់ព័ន䮒ទាំង មនការវិវឌែឍណាមួយនៅឡើយទែពីពែែះ រដ្ឋែលែខាធិការទីស䮏ីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន䮏ែីបន

អស់ពែមទាំងតុលការដើ មែបីអនុវត䮏តម យើងរង់ចាំសែចក䮏ីសមែែចរបស់គណៈកម្មែ និ យយ ថាវានៅជាធរ មន នៅឡើ យ ។

សែចក䮏ីសមែែចរបស់រដ្ឋែភិបលដើមែបីយក ធិការនែះ"។លោកបនបដិសែធមិននិយយ លោកបននិយយថាលោកមិនដឹងថាបទ

បែែក់នែះទៅបមែើក䮓ុងវិស័យអប់រំ"។ ថាតើ ការលក់ឈើ ជាជមែើសមួយឬយ៉ែង បញ្ជែនោះតែូវគ្នែនឹងចែបាប់ពែែឈើ ដែ ល

កាលពីមែសិលមិញកាសែតភាសខ្មែរក䮓ុង ណាទែ។ តមែូវឲែយមនការដក់លក់ដែញថ䮛ែជាសធ

សែុកបនរាយការណ៍ថាលោកឧបនយករដ្ឋ ទាំង លោក សៅសុខាទាំង លោក ប៊ិ ន រណៈ បែ បណាឡើ យពីពែែះការពាក់ព័ន䮒

មន䮏ែីប៊ិនឈិនដែលធ䮜ើដំណើរចុះទៅពិនិតែយ ឈិន មិនបនពនែយល់ថាការលក់ឈើនឹងធ䮜ើ ផ䮛ូវចែបាប់បែបនែះគឺ"ផុតពីតួនទីរបស់ខ្ញុំ"។

មើ លគំនរឈើ ដែ លរឹបអូសបនក䮓ុងខែ ត䮏 ឡើ ងដោយរបៀ បណាទែ ហើ យមិនមន កែែ ពីការបំពាន ចែបាប់ និ ងអំពើ ពុក

តែបូងឃ្មុំនោះក៏បនលើ កឡើ ងផងដែ រថា ភ័ស䮏ុតងថាការលក់ធ្លែប់បនធ䮜ើតមរបៀប រលួយចែបាស់កែឡែតកែុមបរិស䮐ែននិយយថា

យ៉ែងហោចណាស់ឈើ ដែ លរឹបអូសបន ដែលគែតមែូវនោះទែ។ ការលក់ឈើបនតែឹមតែជួយជំរុញឲែយមន

មួយចំនួននឹងតែូវដក់លក់ដើមែបីយកបែែក់ឱែយ យោងតមចែបាប់ពែែឈើ ឈើទាំងអស់ ការរកសុីកាប់ឈើខុសចែបាប់ដ៏រាលដលថែម

កែសួងអប់រំ។ ដែ លរឹបអូសបនដោយរដ្ឋតែូវដក់លក់ ទៀតនៅបែទែសកម្ពុជាដោយផ䮏ល់ឲែយរដ្ឋែ

លោកប៊ិនឈិនមិនអាចទាក់ទងសុំការ ដែញថ䮛ែជាសធរណៈ។ប៉ុន䮏ែមិនមនសញ្ញែ ភិបលនូវបែែក់ចំណូលផែសែងទៀតនិងឈ្មួញ

បញ្ជែក់បនទែ។លោកបែែជ្ញចាន់អភិបល ថាការដក់លក់ដែ ញថ䮛ែជាសធរណៈ នូវ ឈើដែលមនខ䮓ងកែែស់នូវការផ្គត់ផ្គង់ថោកៗ

ខែ ត䮏ដែ លអមដំណើ រលោកអំឡុងការចុះ ឈើដែលរឹបអូសបនធ្លែប់បនធ䮜ើឡើយ។ ដោយមិនបនលើកទឹកចិត䮏ដើមែបីបញែឈប់រឿង

ទៅពិនិតែយមើ លនែះបនបដិសែ ធមិនធ䮜ើ កែុមបរិស䮐ែនដែលធ䮜ើការជាមួយរដ្ឋែភិ ដដែលៗនែះ៕សរនុ នងិ នតិ ថ្ងៃ​​អង្គៃរ​ទី១០​ខៃ​ឧសភា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខ្មបូឌា​ ដ្លី ១៥

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មនុស្ស​ប្្ំបី​នាក់​​​... ៣០នទី។ សោនីយ៍ខៀវសុភ័គបននិយយការ家រការ តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ លោកឃួងសោោងអភិបលរងរាជធានី ចាប់ខ䮛ួននោះហើយបនរិះគន់អង䮂ការសិទ䮒ិ

ដង្កោនិងខណ䮌ដូនពោញនៅមុនម៉ោង៩ពោឹក ភ䮓ំពោញបនថ䮛ោងថាតាមលក䮁ណៈបច䮅ោក មនុសោសដោល"កោអើតកោអោង"។

បន䮏ិច។ ទោសនគរបលមិនបនចាប់ខ䮛ួនអ䮓កណាម្នោក់ លោកបនមនបោសសន៍ថា"ដូចដោល

លោកអ៊ុកហោសិលាបោធានផ䮓ោកសុើប ទោ។"យើងបនដោះលោងពួកគោឲោយតោឡប់ លោកអ䮓កដឹងហើយកោុមរបស់ពួកគោបន

អង䮀ោតមនបោសសន៍ថានៅម៉ោងបោហោល ទៅផ䮑ះវិញហើយ។យើងដោះលោងពួកគោ ផោសព䮜ផោសាយដើ មោបីញុះញង់បោជាពលរដ䮋ឲោយ

១១និង៣០នទីពោឹកលោកមើធៀសហ䮜ោហ䮜ើ បន្ទោប់ពីយើងធ䮜ើកំណត់ហោតុរួច។យើងមិន ស䮛ៀក家ក់ខ្មោនៅថ䮄ោច័ន䮑ដើមោបីទាមទារឲោយ Mathias Pfeifer ( )ជាជនជាតិអាល䮛ឺម៉ង់ជាទីបោឹកោសា បនចាប់ខ䮛ួនពួកគោទោយើងគោោន់តោឃត់ខ䮛ួន ដោះលោងមន䮏ោីសិទ䮒ិមនុសោស។ពួកគោឆ䮀ួត

របស់អង䮂ការសិទ䮒ិមនុសោសក䮓ុងសោុកលីកាដូនិង ពួកគោសកសួរប៉ុណ្ណោះ ហើយបន្ទោប់មកក៏ វង䮜ោងនឹងសោរីភពបញ䮅ោញមតិ។ពួកគោមិន Anna Maria លោកសោីអោណាម៉ោរៀផោធើសុន( ដោះលោងពួកគោវិញក䮓ុងថ䮄ោដដោល"។ បនគិតថាខ䮛ួនស䮐ិតកោោមចោបាប់ដោលគោប់ Petterson )ជាជនជាតិស៊ុយអ៊ោតជាទីបោឹកោសា ការចាប់ខ䮛ួនចុងកោោយនោះកើតមនឡើង គោងពួកគោឡើយ។ ពួកគោគឺជាមនុសោសដោល

របស់អង䮂ការនោះសុទ䮒តោតោូវបនឃត់ខ䮛ួន ខណៈរដ䮋ោភិបលបង䮀ើនការសុើបអង䮀ោតរបស់ រំលោភបំ家នចោបាប់"។

និងនំខ䮛ួនទៅនយកដ䮋ោនអន្តោបោវោសន៍នោ ខ䮛ួនលើរឿងអាសោូវផ䮛ូវភោទ家ក់ព័ន䮒លោកកឹម បន្ទោប់មកទៀតឧត䮏មសោនីយ៍ខៀវសុភ័គ

កោសួងមហាផ䮑ោបន្ទោប់ពីគោបោទះឃើញ家ក់ សុខអនុបោធានគណបកោសបោឆំង។មន䮏ោី បនធ䮜ើការបោៀបធៀបការតវ៉ោដោយសន䮏ិវិធី

អាវយឺតពណ៌ខ្មោ។ សមគមអាដហុកបួនរូបរួមជាមួយលោកនី និងសង្គោោមសីុវិលដោលបនកើតឡើងយ៉ោង

របំងរាំងផ䮛ូវតោូវបនដក់ឡើងនៅពោល ចរិយអគ䮂លោ ខធិការរងគណៈ កម្មោធិការ ធ䮄ន់ធ䮄រនៅក䮓ុងបោទោសសុីរីនិងលីប៊ីចាប់តាំង

ពោឹកតាមបណ្តោយផ䮛ូវឆ្ពោះទៅកាន់ពន䮒ន ជាតិរៀបចំការបោះឆ្នោត(គ.ជ.ប.)តោូវបន ពីបដិវត䮏ន៍ផ្កោម䮛ិះបនរាលដលទូទាំងតំបន់

គរពោោសដើមោបីធានឃត់អ䮓កតវ៉ោស䮛ៀក家ក់ ដក់ពន䮒នគរកាលពីសប䮊ោហ៍មុនពីបទសម មជោឈិមបូ家៌កាលពីឆ្នោំ២០១១មក។

ពណ៌ខ្មោនិងពោះសងោឃឲោយនៅឆ្ងោយពីពន䮒ន គំនិតគ្នោសូកប៉ោន់សោីកំណាន់វ័យ២៥ឆ្នោំរបស់ ដោយបន䮏រិះគន់ខ្លោំងៗលើអង䮂ការសិទ䮒ិ

គរ។សធារណជនក៏តោូវបននគរបលទាញ លោក កឹម សុខ ដើមោបីឲោយនងបដិសោធ មនុសោសដោលរៀបចំការតវ៉ោនោះ លោកបន

ឲោយចូលខងនិងសួរនំថាហោតុអ䮜ីបនជាពួកគោ ស䮓ោហាលួចលាក់របស់ខ䮛ួន។ សួរថា "តើចង់ឲោយវដូចបោទោសសុីរីឬ? តើ ” ស䮛ៀក家ក់ខ្មោ។ មន䮏ោីអង䮂ការសិទ䮒ិមនុសោសមួយរូបក៏តោូវ ចង់ឲោយវដូចបោទោសលីប៊ីឬ? ។

ឧត䮊មសោនីយ៍ទោ អ៊ុក ហោសិលា បន បនតុលាការចោទបោកាន់ដោយកំបំងមុខ លោកបនមនបោសសន៍បន䮐ោមថា"អស់

មនបោសសន៍ថាជនល䮘ើសបរទោសផោធើ ដោរក䮓ុងសំណុំរឿងនោះចំណោកឯមោឃុំគណ លោកទទួលបនបោោក់បន䮏ិចបន䮏ួចពីបរទោស

សុននិងហ䮜ោហ䮜ឺតោូវបនចាប់ខ䮛ួនចំពោះការ បកោសបោឆំងមួយរូបទៀតតោូវបនដក់ពន䮒ន ហើយមកកោអើតកោអោង។អស់លោក

家ក់អាវយឺតពណ៌ខ្មោប៉ុន䮏ោតោូវបនបញ្ជូន គរពីបទបោគល់បោោក់ឲោយម䮊ោយរបស់សោី កំពុងតោឈ䮛ក់វង䮜ោងនឹងសិទ䮒ិមនុសោសហើយនំ

ទៅនយកដ䮋ោនអន្តោបោវោ សន៍ចំពោះការ កំណាន់។លោកកឹមសុខនិងតំណាងរាស䮏ោ សង្គោោមចូលមកក䮓ុងបោទោ ស។វមិនអាច

មិនបង្ហោញលិខិតឆ䮛ងដោនរបស់ខ䮛ួន។ គណបកោសបោឆំងពីររូបទៀតតោូវបនកោះ ទៅរួចទោសូមទៅដោកក䮓ុងគុកទៅ"។

លោកបនលើ កឡើ ងទៀ តថា"ពួកគោ  ហៅឲោយចូលខ䮛ួនទៅទៅសលាដំបូងរាជធានី ការចាប់ខ䮛ួននោះបនធ䮜ើឲោយមនការពោួយ

家ក់អាវខ្មោហើ យមិនបង្ហោញលិខិតស្នោម ភ䮓ំពោញសមោោប់ការសកសួរ家ក់ព័ន䮒រឿង បរម䮗និងមនការថ្កោលទោសទាំងនៅក䮓ុង

ដូច䮓ោះនគរបលក៏សមោោចបញ្ជូនពួកគោទៅ អាសោូវនោះ។ បោទោសកម䮖ុជានិងកោោបោទោស។ Phil Robertson សកសួរនៅនយកដ䮋ោនអន្តោបោវោសន៍"។ កាលពីថ䮄ោអាទិតោយរដ䮋ោភិបលបននិយយ លោកភៀលរ៉ូបឺតសុន( )

លោកអំសំអាតអ䮓កគោប់គោងផ䮓ោកបច䮅ោក ថាការតវ៉ោថ䮄ោច័ន䮑ពណ៌ខ្មោនឹងតោូវបនចាត់ អនុបោធានអង䮂ការឃ្លោំមើលសិទ䮒ិមនុសោស Human Rights Watch ទោសសុើបអង䮀ោតនៅអង䮂ការលីកាដូបនមន ទុកជាការបះបោរនិងជាការប៉ុនប៉ងធ䮜ើ"បដិ ( ) បោចាំតំបន់អាសុី

បោសសន៍ថាពួកគត់ទាំងពីរតោូវបនដោះ វត䮏ន៍ពណ៌"។ បនមនបោសសន៍ថា "វគ្មោនអ䮜ីភ䮉ោក់ផ្អើលទោ

លោងវិញនៅម៉ោងបោហោល៧យប់។មន䮏ោី ពោលទាក់ទងតាមទូរស័ព䮑កាលពីមោសិល ដោលលោកនយករដ䮋មន䮏ោីហ៊ុនសោននិង

សិទ䮒ិមនុសោស និងសកម䮘ជនកម䮖ុជា តោូវបន មិញមុនពោលមនការដោះលោងមន䮏ោីសិទ䮒ិ គណបកោសបោជាជនកម䮖ុជាទីបំផុតបនបង្ហោញ តទៅទំព័រ១៦ ដោះលោងវិញនៅម៉ោងបោហោល៦និង មនុសោសនៅថ䮄ោមោសិលមិញដដោលនះឧត䮏ម ១៦ ខ្មបូឌា​ ដ្លី ថ្ងៃ​​អង្គៃរ​ទី១០​ខៃ​ឧសភា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

មនុស្ស​ប្្ំបី​នាក់​... ជាតិ​​​នោះ​ទា​​​​តាវ​​​ក៏​​​កាត់​​​បន䮐យ​​​លទ䮒ភាព​​​នា​​​ បាន​​​ហាម​​​ឃាត់​​​​ហើយ​​​ពួក​​​គាត់​​​ភាគ​​​ចាើន​​​មិន​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ ១៥ ការ​​​បះបោរ​​​ដ៏​​​ហិងាសា​​​ផង​​​ដារ​​​​ដោយ​​​បង្កើត​​​ឲាយ​​​ មាន​​​ជា​​​ផ䮓ាក​​​នា​​​យុទ䮒នការ​​​នាះ​​​ទា​​​។​វ​​​ពិត​​​ជា​​​

សរ​ជាតិ​ផ䮏ាច់​​​ការ​​​ពិត​​​បាាកដ​​​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ដោយ​​​ មន​​​សង្គម​​​កាន់​​​តា​​​ទូលំទូលាយ​​​មួយ​​​"។ លំបាក​​​ណាស់​​​​ពាល​​​កង​​​កម្លាំង​​​នគរ​​​បាល​​​រឹត​​​

ធ䮜ើ​​​ការ​​​បង្កាាប​​​យ៉ាង​​​ចាស់​​​ដា ​​​បា ប​​​នាះ​​​លើ ​​​ លោក​​​បាន​​​សរសារ​​​បន䮏​​​ថា​"វ​​​ជា​ការ​​​ពាួយ​​​​ បន䮏ឹង​​​បាជា​​​ពល​​រដ䮋​​​មិន​​​ឲាយ​​​ដើ រហើ រ​​​​ដោយ​​​

អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ា​​​ដោយ​​​សន䮏ិវិធី​​​"។ បារម䮗​​​​​​ដាល​ឃើញ​​​​​​កម䮖ុជា​​​​​​​​​​​​ដើរ​​លើ​ផ䮛ូវ​ខុស​​​ សរ​​​តា​​​ពណ៌​​​ដាល​​​ពួក​​​គាត់​​​ជាើស​​​រីស​​​ស䮛ៀក​​​ Maina Kiai) លោក​​​​ម៉ាណា​គីអា​( អ䮓ក​​​ សមាាប់​ថ䮄ាច័ន䮑​​​ពណ៌​​​ខ្មា"។ ពាក់​​​នោះ​"។

រាយការណ៍​​​ពិសាស​​​របស​​​់អង្គការ​​​សហ​​​បាជា ពាល​​​​ឈរ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ចំណម​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ា​​​នៅ​​​ប៉ុស䮏ិ៍​​​ លោកសាី​​​បាន​​​បន䮐ាម​​​ថា​"តើ​​​ពួក​​​គា​​​ខ្លាច​​​

ជាតិ​​​​​​ទទួលបន䮑ុក​សិទ䮒ិ​​​សារីភាព​​​នា​​​ការ​​​ជួប​​​ជុំ​​​ តាួតពិនិតាយ​​​​របស់​​​នគរ​​​បាល​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ខណ䮌​​​ដង្កា​​​តាឹម​​​​​​ ស្អី​​​​​​ទៅ​​​?​តើ​​​រដ䮋ាភិបាល​​​របស់​​​យើង​​​ខ្លាច​​​ស្អី?​​

ដោយ​​​សន䮏ិវិធី​និង​​​សិទ䮒ិ​បង្កើត​សមគម​​បាន​​​​​​ តា​​​ប៉ុន្មាន​​​នទី​​​​មុន​​​ពាល​​​លោក​អីុ​សរ៉ុម​​​​និង​​​ យើង​​​ជា​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នាត​​​​ពួក​​​គា​​​ចាំ​​​បាច់​​​តាូវ​​​តា​​​

មន​បាសសន៍​ថា​លោក​​​មន​​​ការ​​​ពាួយ​​​បារម䮗​​​ លោក​​​​ថាវ​ គឹមសន​ តាូវ​​​បាន​​​ចាប់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​នោះ​​​ បមាើ​​​យើង​​​​ហើយ​​​យើង​​​​​​គាាន់​​​តា​​​ជា​​​មនុសាស​​​

ដោយ​​​​សរ​​​ការ​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​របស់​​​លោក​ផា​​ លោក​​​សាី​​​​ណាលី​ ពីឡូក​​​​នយិកា​​​អង្គការ​​​ មួយ​​​ចង្កាម​​​ដាល​​​រាប់​​​បញ䮅ូល​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​សង្គម​​​

សុីផន​​អ䮓ក​​​នំ​​​ពាកាយ​​​រាជរដ䮋ាភិបាល​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ថ䮄ា​​​​ សិទ䮒ិ​​​មនុសាស​​​លីកាដូ​​​បាន​​​មន​​​បាសសន៍​​​ពាក់​​​ សុីវិល​​​​ដា ល​​​ស䮛ៀក​​​ពាក់​​​ពណ៌​​​ខ្មា​​​ប៉ុណ្ណាះ​​​

អាទិតាយ​​​​​​​ដាល​​​ថា​ការ​​​តវ៉ា​​​ស䮘ើ​​​នឹង​​​​"ការ​​​បះ​បោរ​​​​​​​ ព័ន䮒​​​ស䮐ានភាព​លំបាក​ដាល​​​កើត​​​ចាញ​​​ពី​​​ការ​​​រឹត​​​ លើក​​​លាង​​​តា​​​ពាះ​​​សងាឃ​​​"។​​​​​​

ក䮓ុង​​​ទី​​​កាុង"។ បន䮏ឹង​​​របស់​​​រដ䮋ាភិបាល​​​លើ ​​​នយោបាយ​​​​និង​​​ លោកសាី​​​បាន​​​បន䮐ាម​​​ទៀត​​​ថា​ "​តើ​​​នាះ​​​

លោក​​​បាន​​​សរសារ​​​ថា​"ការ​​​អនុញ្ញាត​​​ឲាយ​​​ សង្គម​​​សុីវិល​​​។ គឺជា​​​បាជា​​​ធិបតាយាយ​ឬគាាន់​​​តា​​​ជា​​​បាជា​​​ធិប​

មន​​​ការ​​​តវ៉ា​​​ដោយ​​​សន䮏ិវិធី​​​​ការ​​​បញ䮅ាញ​​​មតិ​​​ លោក​​​សាី​​​បាន​​​ថ䮛ាង​​​ថា​"វ​​​ជា​​​រឿង​​​គួរ​​​ឲាយ​​​ តាយាយ​​​តាសមាបក​​​កាា​បើ​​​គា​​​​រារាំង​​​យើង​មិន​​​

ការ​​​ជួប​​​ជុំ​បាមូលផ䮏ុំ​មិន​​​មាន​​​តាឹម​តា​​​ជា​​​កាតព䮜​ ចាប់​​​អារម䮘ណ៍​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ការ​​​គូស​​​បញ្ជាក់​​​ថា​មនុសាស​​​ ឲាយ​​​ស䮛ៀក​​​ពាក់​​​ពណ៌​​​​​​ដាល​​​យើង​​​ចង់ស䮛ៀកពាក់​​

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By Anthony FAiolA majestic valley. some in this quaint community of pressure by the right-wing populist the washington post So far, overall arrivals to Italy— gingerbread-house-like villages Freedom Party of Austria. norbert BrEnnEro, Italy - Since the days of about 28,600 since January 1—are and Alpine ski resorts are fretting Hofer—a Freedom Party politician ancient rome, conquering armies roughly on par with 2015 and are that their clean, quiet streets may who said he understood why more have traversed the Brenner Pass, not yet near the huge numbers turn into a “new Idomeni”—a ref- Austrians were buying guns amid a scenic gorge in the Alps con- seen in Greece at the peak of the erence to the squalid refugee the refugee crisis—staged a spec- necting the boot of Italy to the crisis last year. nevertheless, they camps on Greece’s sealed border tacular first-place finish in last heart of Europe. now, nations to are provoking what Italy calls a with Macedonia. month’s presidential elections there, the north fear this vital passage disproportionate, even hysterical, “The population is scared be- strongly positioning himself ahead will become the funnel for a new response from its neighbors. This cause they see all the footage from of a May 22 runoff vote. “invasion” of migrants. week, Italian Prime Minister Mat- Greece...and fear this might hap- Austria has now adopted a hard A thousand kilometers away in teo renzi suggested that the ugly pen here, too,” said Elmar Moran- line on new migrants. But Hofer Greece, the main migrant route tone of the fence debate with Aus- dell, transport chief for the region’s has called for even tougher mea- into Europe is shutting down amid tria in particular risked digging up Association of Trades and Services. sures, including stricter border stricter border controls in the Bal- dark chapters in European history Any fence, Austrian officials say, controls. He mocked the barrier kans and a deal with Turkey to stop marred by divisions and bigotry. remains a contingency—a barrier —a chain-link fence with no barbed new arrivals from the Middle East, “If you play on fear, you risk giv- that will go up only in the event of wire—that Austria has erected at Africa and beyond. Yet as one door ing strength to those who know a major migrant surge. But on a its border with Slovenia as a “gar- closes, concern is mounting in a best how to wake the ghosts and continent where freedom of move- den fence” with holes in it. “This is host of countries that the poor and specters of the past,” he said. ment and open borders became no border protection,” he said. desperate may find another way in. Amid a growing migrant back- the linchpin of the E.U., critics say In an interview, Italian Foreign Claiming that as many as 1 mil- lash, the rush to bar the doors in that such moves are part of an ef- Minister Paolo Gentiloni called for lion more migrants are massing in some nations is indeed being fort to effectively fence off Eu- politicians to stop confronting the re- libya with the aim of crossing into framed in populist—some say rope’s south, ensuring that if large gion’s migrant crisis with populism. Europe through Italy, the Austrians, xenophobic—terms. last week, numbers of migrants again arrive “We have to work on this, proba- for instance, are laying the ground- the Swiss village of oberwil-lieli this year, they would be largely bly for the next months and years, work for an emergency fence be- voted in a local referendum against corralled at entry points in coun- without giving the impression to tween the jagged Alpine peaks at its accepting 10 refugees, despite hav- tries such as Italy and Greece. our public opinion that...we have to Italian border. To stop the feared ing to pay a $345,000 fine for the The Austrian response, ob- resist a barbarian invasion or that hordes, the Swiss are threatening to privilege. servers say, is partly an outcrop of we have boats filled with terrorists,” call out the army. The Germans and last month, Austria passed a law roiling domestic politics there. Vien- he said. “All these kinds of stories French are joining an effort to ex- allowing mass rejections of asylum na’s ruling coalition is under intense are not true and very dangerous.” tend “crisis” checks already in place requests in the event of a huge new at various E.U. borders despite early wave of migrants. A gang of right- signs that the region’s migrant flows wing youth recently stormed the may be coming under control. prestigious Burgtheater in Vienna, Some Austrian politicians are spilling fake blood onstage and in- backing a possible fence at the Bren - terrupting a play about xenopho- ner Pass despite their historic ties to bia. In March, a pub in the south- Alto Adige, a still largely German- ern Austrian town of Althofen speaking enclave in Italy ceded by banned all refugees, posting an Vienna in the early 20th century. At open letter to them saying that oth- local restaurants, schnitzel com- er patrons “don’t feel comfortable petes with pizza on menus, and fam- when you are in the bar.” ilies of Grubers and Hubers out- The Austrian police have started number rossis and Bianchis. random checks and have broken But if a fence can hold back mi- ground on a patrol station, where grants, some Austrian politicians blanket inspections could rapidly be say, then a fence there should be. introduced along one of Europe’s “We can’t be the social security busiest corridors for commerce. Reuters for Africa,” said rudi Federspiel, a The Italians have refused Austri- British Prime Minister David Cameron addresses the media after a regional leader in the right-wing an requests to board trains head- summit of EU leaders in Brussels in February. Freedom Party of Austria from ing north to stage migrant search- UK PM Draws on History to Promote EU Stay Vote the bordering province of Tirol. es. Austrian police, meanwhile, london - British Prime Minister david Cameron made a “big, bold, “Most of these people are Mus- have deployed tear gas against Ital- patriotic case” for Britain to stay in the E.U. yesterday, saying mem- lims, not roman Catholics.” ian protesters resisting the border bership helped protect the country and boosted its power on the Those migrants already in Aus- action in recent weeks. on Satur- world stage. In a speech setting out the security argument for Britain tria, he insisted, are causing serious day, hundreds of demonstrators to vote to remain in the E.U. in a referendum on June 23, Cameron social problems: “We have rapes. again mobilized against the Austri- drew on British military history, invoking the memory of war leader rapes in the city. rapes all over the an plans, some hurling smoke Winston Churchill to bolster his case that “isolationism has never place. Because [Muslim] men don’t bombs and stones at Italian riot po- served this country well.” “This is a decision also about our place in accept women.... They are not on lice. Italian business owners and the world, about how we keep our country safe, how Britain can get the same level” as Europeans. politicians are warning that large- things done in Europe and across the world, and not just accept a In 2014—before migrants start- scale checks could cost the region- world dictated by others,” he told diplomats and campaigners. “I want ed choosing the easier route via al econ omy up to $3.45 billion a to show that if you love this country, if you want to keep it strong in the Greece—Italy was the ground year in shipping delays. world and keep our people safe, our membership of the E.U. is one of zero of Europe’s migrant crisis. Al- If a massive wave of migrants the tools that helps us to do these things.” He also challenged “out” ready, hundreds of migrants per does come, local politicians say campaigners, which include some of his closest allies, to show how week—most of them sub-Saharan they will be distributed to commu- Britain would be safer and better off if the country left the 28-member Africans who first arrived at ports nities across the region rather bloc, saying they were “asking us to take a massive risk with the fu- in Italy’s south—are again seek- than housed in one big camp if ture of our economy and the future of our country.” (Reuters) ing to venture north through this they cannot cross the border. But tuesday, may 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 19 InternatIonal

Reuters An Alberta wildfire firefighter crew holds a meeting in front of their helicopter while waiting on standby to respond to new wildfires at a helipad in Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday. Canadian Firefighters Battle Wildfire as Own Homes Burn ReuteRs much as possible of the other two. gregoire lake, alberta - Fort Mc- “We had to make tough decisions Murray’s 160 firefighters worked —to leave an entire section of the almost nonstop in the first days of city to go and save another section,” a massive Canadian wildfire that said Waddington, who is also presi- sent nearly 90,000 fleeing for safe- dent of the Fort McMurray Fire- ty, even as some of them lost their fighters association. own homes, fire officials said on There were also clear victories. Sunday. Damage was limited in other big The wildfire scorching through neighborhoods such as Timber- Canada’s oil sands region in north- lea and Thickwood. east alberta has razed entire More than 500 firefighters were neighborhoods in the city. The in and around Fort McMurray, blaze, in its seventh day and now along with 15 helicopters, 14 air the size of Mexico City, is moving tankers and 88 other pieces of away from the city and oil sands equipment, officials said. facilities. Waddington credited firefight- “one of our members stood at ers from other communities, along the end of his driveway, watched with eight probational recruits, his house burn to the ground and who had one month of experience then put in an 18-hour shift for the before being pressed into action. rest of the city,” captain Nick Wad - Shift schedules are now return- dington, 37, said by telephone ing to normal, and on Saturday ex- from Fort McMurray, which is hausted firefighters got to sleep in still off-limits to the public and a hotel, taking their first showers guarded by police. in almost a week. “We were going to work to the on Mother’s Day on Sunday, end to save our city,” he said. “This the Fort McMurray firefighters is our home.” gathered for a group photo to send For each of the first two days, fire- to their mothers and wives to show fighters worked as many as 24 they were “safe and strong,” Wad - hours straight, inhaled smoke and dington said. coped with cuts, bruises and sore Nearly all of Fort McMurray’s feet. None have been seriously hurt. 88,000 residents escaped the fire an especially hard decision was safely. Two people were killed in a to sacrifice parts of some neighbor- car crash during the evacuation, hoods in those early days, before including the 16-year-old daughter firefighters and equipment arrived of a deputy fire chief from a nearby from elsewhere, to spare others. hamlet who had been fighting the The neighborhoods of Water- fire. ways, where Waddington used to “everything in this city is a par- live, Beacon Hill and abasand ticular accomplishment,” Wad ding - were engulfed in “major, major ton said. “every building. every fires” that left Fort McMurray’s person that’s down south right fire crews outmatched. So they now—that’s alive—is a particular abandoned Waterways to save as accomplishment.” 20 The Cambodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 InternatIonal Girls’ Football Club Tackles Forced Marriage in Burkina Faso reuters that account for most of burkina starting with 40 girls aged 12 to one in three of them were married yaKo, burkina Faso - When Ines Faso’s forced and early marriages, 23, the club now has 160 members before the age of 15. sanso was 15 years old, her family amnesty International said in a re- from four nearby schools. Child brides are at greater risk decided she was to marry a man port last month. “I invited school principals from of domestic and sexual violence three times her age in yako, a spurred on by her successful in- the area to come watch our games,” and hIV, campaigners say. small town in the rural north of tervention in sanso’s case, Zoun- said Zoungrana. “They were skepti- early marriage also cuts short a burkina Faso. grana decided to do more to tack- cal at first -—saying it wasn’t appro- girl’s education and can increase unable to continue paying for le the custom of child marriage in priate for a woman to teach sport— the risk of death or childbirth in- her education, they told sanso the the traditional town where girls of- but got curious when they saw how juries if she has a baby before her time had come for her to be a wife ten have a husband chosen for popular the club was.” body is ready. and a mother. them from when they are born. her fellow teachers weren’t the “a girl who doesn’t know or un- sanso confided in her favorite tea - “In 2012, I started a girls’ foot- only ones to voice disapproval. derstand her body is in no position cher, Catherine Zoungrana, who, ball club at the school, so that stu- “Parents, particularly the fathers, to have a child,” said Zoungrana, along with other teachers at the sec- dents could openly discuss issues thought the club would detract who encourages her girl foot- ondary school, scraped toge ther such as sexuality, relationships their daughters from cooking or ballers to talk openly about sexual- around $25 to give to the family. and marriage,” she said. taking care of their younger sib- ity and family planning. They convinced sanso’s par- joining the girls’ conversations lings,” Zoungrana said. Fewer than 1 in 6 women and ents to halt the marriage plans and before and after football practice To convince them, she visited girls in burkina Faso use contra- use the money they saved to pay allows Zoungrana to identify any each girl’s parents and made a ception, dramatically increasing for her schooling, assuring them it problems, raise the issue with the case for joining the club. “They the risk of unwanted and some- would help her to find a better hus- student concerned and potentially eventually gave in—possibly be- times high-risk pregnancies, ac- band when she was older. with her family. cause they just wanted to get rid of cording to amnesty. six years later, sanso works as a “girls already discuss some of me!” she laughed. It found that at least 2,800 wom - primary school teacher in the these issues amongst themselves, Zoungrana said the football ini- en in burkina Faso die in child- nearby town of ouahigouya. “she but what they’re missing is the con- tiative has allowed her to inter- birth every year, a figure that could is getting married this year, but to fidence to bring up the topic with vene to prevent the forced mar- be reduced by one-third were the a man she loves,” Zoungrana told their families,” Zoungrana said. riage of three girl students. women provided with better ac- reporters, glowing with pride. she believes that playing a tra- but she wishes she could do cess to birth control. sanso’s planned marriage was ditionally male sport empowers more. “My one regret is that I’m The football club alone will not not uncommon in burkina Faso, girls to stand up for themselves only insured to teach football to end the practice of early marriage which has the sixth highest rate of when confronted with decisions girls who are already in school,” in yako, where under a straw- early marriage in africa. one in 10 their families make for them. she said, sitting inside to escape roofed stall, a lone woman braves girls are married by the age of 15 Zoungrana knew nothing about the searing 49-degree Celsius heat the heat to sell a few yellowing and more than half by 18, accord- football but chose the sport for its that has left the town’s normally cabbages and potatoes. ing to the u.n. children’s agency wide appeal. bustling streets empty. but Zoungrana hopes her pro- unicef. “everyone likes football, and “Those that aren’t are probably ject will at least help girls have a Forced marriage is illegal in the yet girls here just don’t play it,” she the ones most in need of help.” stronger voice in how they live West african nation, but the law said. she studied for a sports Worldwide, more than 700 mil- their lives. applies only to state-registered teaching degree in addition to her lion women were married before “Making your own choices marriages, rather than the reli- daily job as a teacher, so she could their 18th birthday, according to a should not be a luxury,” she said. gious and traditional ceremonies coach the girls herself. 2014 unicef report. More than “It is a fundamental right.” South Africa’s Top Anti-Graft Official in Fear for Her Life reuters sunday Times newspaper. she also said Madonsela had stopped jogging and had become johannesburg - south africa’s top “she is concerned about her been told by the informant that “cautious” about her movements. anti-corruption official is in fear for safety and security,” Masibi said, the hit “should be made to look The opposition party Democra- her life after learning from an in- adding that Madonsela knew the natural.” tic alliance said in a statement that formant that hit men are being informant personally. Madonsela was quoted in The police must look into the alleged contracted to kill her, her spokes- Western Cape province has a sunday Times as saying she had death threats. woman said on sunday. reputation for gangsterism and or- Public Protector Thuli Madon- ganized crime but Masibi said sela is a leading public figure who Madonsela did not know who scored a major victory when south wanted to kill her. africa’s top court ruled on March her office, which has a constitu- 31 that President jacob Zuma, of tional mandate, probes miscon- the african national Congress duct and abuse in state affairs and Party, had violated the constitu- can have several investigations on tion by ignoring her instructions the go at any time. to pay back some of the $16 mil- Masibi said Madonsela had im- lion of state money spent upgrad- mediately alerted south africa’s ing his private home. VIP protection service to the “on the 1st of april she received threat and that her security had a text message from an informant, initially been beefed up, but had and that informant warned her to since been scaled down. be careful. That person said a top “security services say that 95 gangster in the Western Cape was percent of the time the informant paid to get a hit man to kill her,” is incorrect. but what if this falls Reuters Seasonal fog enshrouds ships docked in Cape Town harbor, South said spokeswoman Kgalalelo Ma- under the 5 percent that is cor- Africa. sibi, confirming a report in The rect?” Masibi said. TuesdAy, mAy 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 21 InternatIonal Islamic State Claims Shooting ------International Briefs------Iran Says It Tested Ballistic Missile Two Weeks Ago Of 8 Police Officers in Cairo dubai - iran successfully tested a precision-guided medium-range ballis- By Amro HAssAn in attacks claimed by i.S. and a lo- tic missile two weeks ago, a military official said yesterday, as Tehran Los AngeLes Times cal affiliate group, known as “Sinai continues to bolster what it insists is a purely defensive arsenal. The is- The islamic State militant group Province,” since the army-led lamic republic has worked to improve the range and accuracy of its mis- has claimed responsibility for the ouster of former islamist Presi- siles over the past year, which it says will make them a more potent de- killing of eight Egyptian police offi- dent Mohamed Morsi in 2013. terrent against its enemy israel. “We tested a missile with a range of 2,000 cers in Cairo on Sunday. Sinai Province was formerly km and eight-meter error margin two weeks ago. an eight-meter error The assault was retaliation for called ansar bayt al-Maqdis. The margin means...full accuracy,” the Tasnim news agency quoted brig. the imprisonment of “virtuous and group was responsible for the blast Gen. ali abdollahi as saying. The u.S. and some European powers have immaculate” Muslim women, the that hit Cairo’s security directorate said other recent tests violate a u.N. resolution that prohibits iran from group said in a statement. in January 2014, the deaths of at firing any missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. iran says the The attack is the biggest Cairo least 21 soldiers in the Western des - missiles are not designed to carry nuclear warheads, which it does not has seen in months, though i.S. ert in July 2014, and the deaths of 31 possess. Washington has imposed new sanctions on Tehran over recent and other militant groups have soldiers in Sinai three months later. tests, even after it lifted nuclear-related sanctions in January as Tehran been carrying out frequent as- The group declared its alle- implemented the nuclear deal it reached with world powers last year. saults on police and military tar- giance to i.S. in November 2014 iran’s ayatollah ali Khamenei said in March that mis sile development gets in the Sinai Peninsula. and has since referred to itself as was key to the islamic republic’s future, in order to maintain its defensive Eight officers were killed in a “the Sinai Province of the islamic power and resist threats from its enemies. (Reuters) drive-by shooting in the Cairo sub- State caliphate.” urb of Helwan after four armed The merging of the two move- Yemen’s Mukalla Airport Reopens After al-Qaida Exit men obstructed their patrol in the ments allowed i.S. to carry out its adEN, Yemen - The airport has reopened at the Yemeni coastal city of early hours of Sunday, the Egypt- largest incursion into Egypt in July Mukalla, which was recaptured by government and Emirati soldiers in ian interior Ministry said in a state- 2015, when more than 100 militants april after a yearlong occupation by al-Qaida, local officials said. The first ment. The assailants descended attacked several army checkpoints, flight in on Sunday was a plane carrying relief supplies from the united from a pickup truck that bore an killing no less than 21 soldiers and arab Emirates, the officials said. The uaE said the consignment was car- i.S. slogan, according to eyewit- temporarily occupying the town of rying 20 tons of medicines and medical accessories from the uaE Red nesses quoted by local media. all Sheikh Zuweid in North Sinai. Crescent. The southeastern town’s Riyan airport halted regular services four attackers managed to suc- The biggest attack claimed by a year ago after al-Qaida in the arabian Peninsula, seen as one of the cessfully escape the scene after i.S. in Egypt took place in 2015, most powerful branches of the global militant group, took over the town seizing a number of “light wea - when the group took down the and made it the center of a rich mini-state along the arabian Sea coast- pons” from the officers, i.S. Russian Metrojet airliner carrying line. around 2,000 Yemeni and Emirati troops advanced into Mukalla in claimed in its statement. tourists from Southern Sinai to St. the last week of april, taking control of its maritime port and airport and Hundreds of Egyptian police Petersburg, killing all 224 people meeting little resistance. al-Qaida said it withdrew to save the city from and army officers have been killed on board. destruction. (Reuters) 22 The Cambodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 InternatIonal Armed Guards Protect Last Water Supplies in Indian City ReuteRs more severe heat waves, has un- Tikamgarh, india - authorities in nerved many in the Bundelkhand. this drought-parched city in cen- india’s weather office has pre- tral india have deployed round- dicted that monsoon rains are like- the-clock armed guards at a river- ly to be above average this year, a fed community reservoir to pre- potential source of relief. But the vent farmers from siphoning the rains, normally due the second remaining water for irrigation. week of June, have been regularly With rainfall in Tikamgarh dis- delayed in recent years. trict this year 52 percent below av- Jayant Verma, a resident of Ti - erage, water is now available to city kam garh, said moving to find water residents only sporadically, with is not possible for many families. fears even that may run out in may “my children attend the school and June, authorities have said. here. i have a job here. i can’t go to suryakant Tiwari, 47, one city any other place along with my resident, said his family and many family. i don’t know what we shall others now have drinking water do. The government has failed to supplied only once every five days. provide any relief so far,” he said. “i have not seen such a condition Reuters The search for water is so in- in my lifetime. almost every water Residential apartments are seen next to the dried-up Ratanpura lake tense that in many places children source...has dried up. We don’t on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. are descending into deep, almost- know how we will survive,” he said. the states of madhya Pradesh and madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pra - dry wells to try to fetch what little Farmers have been prohibited Uttar Pradesh, is suffering some desh states along some of its water is available, residents said. from drawing water from reser- of the worst drought in memory. length. a 1974 water-sharing pact in some areas of the Bundelk- voirs to irrigate their crops. But Ti - Crops have been badly hit, cattle gives madhya Pradesh 17 percent hand, farmers have been unable kamgarh municipal Corporation are dying of thirst, and there are of the water stored in the Jamu- to sow any crops this year, they officials fear farmers from adjoin- growing fears that even drinking niya Dam in Uttar Pradesh. said, and animals are at risk. ing Uttar Pradesh state are poach- water could run dry before the mon- madhya Pradesh stores its share “animals are dying without wa- ing water to try to keep crops alive. soon is expected to begin in June. in five dams, including the Bari ter. We can’t do anything,” said “if crops continue to be irrigat- “all the ponds, reservoirs and ghat. But this year, water is avail- kan ta Prasad, a resident of Tikam- ed using the river water, it is not water bodies which earlier sup- able only in Bari ghat dam. Water garh. “if we give water to animals, going to last long and there will be plied water in areas of Tikamgarh in the four other dams has run out. there’ll be none left for us. We’re severe crisis during the summer have dried up. With no water avail- giri said authorities in Tikam- feeling so helpless. Every drop of season,” warned laxmi giri, the able for irrigation, farmers have garh had shut off the electrical water counts.” Tikamgahr municipal corporation abandoned their crops and are mi- supply to farmers in neighborhing The chief minister of madhya president. “Our priority is to sup- grating to nearby urban areas in Uttar Pradesh to try to prevent Pradesh has promised that drink- ply drinking water to the people.” search of livelihood and for suste- pumping of water from the dam ing water will be made available to The Jamuniya river is the only nance. life is really hard for them,” for irrigation. those who need it. he said the gov- source of water for over 100,000 peo- said rajendra adhvrayu, a local Farmers have instead turned to ernment has prepared a contin- ple in Tikamgarh, she said. journalist who writes on water is- diesel pumps to pull water from gency plan to address the drought, But “farmers of the neighboring sues in the region. the reservoir, he said. “The ad- and announced a high-level review state try to open the gates of the dam “The situation has never been ministration has failed to convince of the situation in the region. and draw water illegally using pipe - so bad,” he added. “This is...the them not to draw water illegally residents, meanwhile, can do lines. We’re therefore compelled to first time that the tussle over water from the dam,” she said. little but wait for rain and worry. deploy guards,” giri said. has degenerated into a battle of meanwhile, the indian met De- “What will happen if the mon- Tikamgarh is hardly alone. The sorts. We fear the situation will be partment’s prediction that the entire soon is delayed?” asked adhvra - drought-ravaged Bundelkhand, a grave during the coming months.” country could be abnormally hot in yu. “Or it plays truant, as in previ- region in central india spread over The Jamuniya river separates may and June, with longer and ous years?” Taliban Attacks End Lull in Afghan Province of Helmand ReuteRs mored personnel carrier and cap- in the far north, Uruzgan, which erated in Babaji, just to the north of lashkar gah, afghanistan - Tal- tured some equipment. neighbors helmand, and the cen- the center of lashkar gah. iban insurgents attacked police reports of casualties varied. hel- tral province of ghazni. The decision to pull security checkpoints on the outskirts of mand police chief abdul rahman Brig. gen. Charles Cleveland, forces back from districts in the lashkar gah, the main city of the sarjang said 14 Taliban fighters the main spokesman for NaTO’s north and center of helmand was southern afghan province of hel- were killed and another 22 wound- resolute support mission in kab- announced in February as a tactical mand early on sunday, ending ed before the insurgents were dri- ul, told reporters last week that maneuver to concentrate strength weeks of relative calm during the ven off, with four police killed and many fighters had been working before launching attacks on the annual opium harvest. another seven wounded. in the helmand opium fields, Taliban. however, there has been helmand has been one of the The Taliban said 15 police were which provide one of the Taliban’s little sign of the promised offensive. main targets of the Taliban, which killed and several others wounded, main sources of income. “We are well equipped and well has forced government security while only one Taliban fighter was however he said that the end of prepared, but we are waiting for forces to pull back from several dis- killed and another two wounded. the annual spring harvest in hel- an order from the defense and in- tricts and concentrate around after months of heavy fighting mand, which accounts for the terior ministries to attack the Tal- lashkar gah and the main high- in helmand over much of the win- biggest share of afghanistan’s opi- iban,” sarjang said. way that runs through the province. ter, a lull in combat had been seen um production, would probably afghan special forces have The attack in lashkar gah, dur- over the past few weeks, accord- lead to an increase in fighting. launched some targeted opera- ing the early hours of the morning, ing to afghan and NaTO officials. The insurgents, fighting to drive tions and, in one attack last week, set off a three-hour gunbattle during however there has been contin- out the Western-backed govern- freed around 60 prisoners from a which the Taliban said they overran ued heavy fighting in other parts ment in kabul, now control much Taliban jail in Naw Zad district in two checkpoints, destro yed an ar- of the country, including kunduz of the province and have long op- the center of the province. The Cambodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 business 23 Briefing Expert Audit Finds Flaws in Airport Security By Kang Sothear Mr. Chanserey Vutha said the ing to the organization’s website. Sihanoukville Gets Direct the cambodia daily Australians recommended that State oversight of accident investi- Ho Chi Minh City Flights A group of Australian civil avia- SSCA hire and train more security gation was judged to be just 16.5 tion experts advised Cambodia’s personnel and strengthen wire percent implemented, compared Cambodia Angkor Air will be- civil aviation body to hire more se- fences in certain places at the air- to a global average of 54.7 percent. gin operating a direct flight from curity staff and mend airport ports, concerns he characterized Still, Cambodia’s scores were Ho Chi Minh City to Siha nouk ville fences in advance of a planned in- as “not major issues.” substantially better than those of next month, a government avia- spection by the U.n.’s civil avia- “The Australian team’s findings neighboring Thailand, which was tion official confirmed yesterday. tion body later this year, officials are being addressed now and will issued a “red flag” in 2015 by the The airline will begin flying its said yesterday. be in place prior to the upcoming iCAO for poor administration of ATR-72 turboprop airliner five Sinn Chanserey Vutha, a spokes - iCAO Security Audit planned in Oc- its airlines. times a week between the two man for the State Secretariat of tober,” Mr. Chanserey Vutha wrote Though the iCAO’s audits are cities on june 17, State Secretariat Civil Aviation (SSCA), said the in an email. Audits are “standard intended to evaluate civil aviation of Civil Aviation (SSCA) spokes - group of Australian technical avia- procedures worldwide and will bodies rather than the safety of the man Sinn Chan serey Vutha said tion and security experts audited help boost standards across Cam- airports themselves, the result led yesterday. “it has a plan to kick the SSCA from April 18 to May 2 bodia airports,” he added. japan, South Korea and China to off the first direct flight on the to gauge the aviation body’s com- iCAO’s last assessment in july place new restrictions on Thailand- Sihanoukville-Ho Chi Minh route pliance with the U.n.’s interna- 2014 found that Cambodia scored based airlines, according to Cnn. next month and it is now doing tional Civil Aviation Organization lower than global averages in sev- (Additional reporting by Ben marketing, which means it is com- (iCAO) standards. en out of eight categories, accord- Paviour) municating with travel agents to promote the new flights,” he said. Mr. Chanserey Vutha said the company would receive approval Search Engine Rapped After Student’s Death to start operating the new ser- ReuteRs it accepted the regulator’s deci- baidu’s total search revenue vice—which it applied for in beijing - Chinese regulators have sion and it would implement the would be at risk, assuming very March—within two weeks. “We imposed limits on the number of requirements placed on it follow- strict regulations on medical on- are working on our procedures to lucrative health care advertise- ing the investigation. line advertising going forward,” provide approval for the compa- ments carried by baidu inc. follow- “This overhaul will affect bai - wrote Daiwa analyst john Choi ny’s proposal, but it will be fine and ing the death of a student who un- du’s short-term interests,” the last week. they will be able to sell tickets at derwent an experimental cancer company said in a statement. baidu has come in for fierce on- that time,” he said. (Kang Sothear) treatment he found using China’s The company will immediately line criticism for how it handles biggest internet search engine. review its in-search ads for health ads within its search results. Hooters to Set Up Shop baidu’s nasdaq-listed shares fell care and won’t help medical insti- before his death, 21-year-old In Phnom Penh in July more than 3 percent in morning tutions that haven’t gained regula- student Wei Zexi not only accused Hooters, the U.S. chain famous trade yesterday following the tory approval to advertise, the the military-run hospital that pro- for its scantily clad waitresses, move. Health care accounts for 20 statement said, adding that it vided the failed treatment of mis- televised sports coverage and to 30 percent of the company’s would implement the investiga- leading claims about its effective- chicken wings, will open its first search revenue, analysts at nomu- tion’s recommendations by the ness but also alleged that baidu, restaurant in Cambodia in july, ra and Daiwa said, while search end of May. which controls 80 percent of the according to Hooters Asia’s mar- revenues represented some 84 The best case scenario for baidu Chinese search market, had pro- keting director Lilly Carrion. The percent of the web services firm’s after the probe would have been a moted false medical information. restaurant, which has already ap- total sales in 2015. cash penalty, analysts wrote last After a separate investigation pealed to Cambodian women on- baidu’s shares have dropped al- week. instead, the regulators have Chinese regulators had ordered line to apply to be a “Hooters most 14 percent since the contro- opted for what nomura analyst the fixing of “serious problems” at girl,” barten der or supervisor, versy over the death of student Shi jialong called a “more severe the military-run hospital, which will be located in Phnom Penh’s Wei Zexi erupted at the start of the punishment.” had been found to be unlawfully popular riverside area, on Preah month. “in our worst-case scenario, we advertising services and using Sisowath Quay. “The Phnom The new rules mean the com- estimate that 10-15 percent of unauthorized clinical technology. Penh establishment will be fo- pany must clean up in-search cused on music and sports shown health care ads, and the position- on our numerous flat-screen ing of paid-for search ads of any TVs,” Ms. Carrion said yesterday, kind cannot only be based on the adding that the Hooters girls highest bidder, said a statement were also central to the brand. from the internet, industry and “We are convinced that Hooters health regulators which was post- will be a great addition to the en- ed on the website of the Cyber- tertainment venues in Phnom space Administration of China. Penh.” Hooters is also planning The number of such ads must to set up shop in Siem Reap in the also account for no more than 30 near future as part of its plan to percent of a page of search results, open 30 outlets across Asia in the statement said. partnership with Thai firm Desti- “if they do enforce that, it would nation Resorts Co. Ltd. The first likely significantly cut into rev- four of those have all been opened enues,” said Mark natkin, manag- in Thailand in Phuket, Pattaya, ing director of beijing-based Mar- bangkok Soi and bangkok nan- bridge Consulting. Reuters na. (Hannah Hawkins) A spokeswoman for baidu said A smartphone showing the Baidu Browser application 24 The CamBodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 Business China Continues Pumping Factories, Adding to Global Glut By Brian Spegele it would shutter unneeded facto- and John Miller ries, without following through. the Wall stReet JouRnal the need for capacity cuts in beijing/pittsburgh - China is dou- China has long been apparent. bling down on efforts to keep un- More than 40 percent of its major profitable factories afloat despite steel companies were losing mon - pledging to curb excess capacity ey in the first half of 2015, accord- for years, adding to a glut of basic ing to the China iron and steel materials flooding the global Association. economy. China’s Ministry of industry the country’s overproduction and information technology, of steel, aluminum, diesel and oth- which oversees the steel industry, er industrial goods has driven said in 2014 that authorities were down prices and crippled competi- already “in the process of imple- tors, leading to thousands of lost menting” capacity reductions. jobs in the u.s. and elsewhere. since then, Chinese crude steel China’s continuing aid for un- production has fallen 2 percent needed factories is triggering a Reuters year-on-year in 2015 to about 804 sharp rise in trade disputes and Steel products wait to be uploaded at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu million metric tons. but industry protectionist sentiment, especial- province, China. experts in China, the u.s. and eu- ly in the u.s., where trade has merce Department slapped pre- reported subsidies have risen rope say a further 200 million met- emerged as a pivotal issue in the liminary import duties of 266 per- roughly 50 percent since 2013, ric tons of capacity—or about 25 u.s. presidential election. cent on imported Chinese cold- based on figures from shanghai percent of China’s production— According to a Wall street jour- rolled steel. the decision came af- data provider Wind information needs to be cut to restore market nal analysis of Chinese public com- ter u.s. steel Corp. lost $1.5 billion Co. under Chinese accounting balance. China’s steel exports panies, Chinese government sup- last year, closed its last blast fur- standards, such aid can be cash or jumped around 20 percent last port includes billions of dollars in nace in the south and laid off thou- other perks like subsidized power year to 112 million metric tons, ac- cash assistance, subsidized elec- sands of workers, blaming China. or land, but doesn’t include some cording to customs data. tricity and other benefits to com- Late last month, u.s. steel filed other support, such as capital in- A 63-page “investigation initia- panies. recipients include steel- a trade complaint against China at jections from the government as tion checklist,” filed last year by makers, coal miners, solar-panel the international trade Commis- an equity shareholder. u.s. steel Corp., nucor Corp. and manufacturers, and other produc- sion, alleging price fixing, trans- recipients include an ethanol the united steelworkers union to ers of other goods including cop- shipment via third countries to producer that said it was promised demand import tariffs on rolled per and chemicals. avoid duties and cyberespionage as much as $6.1 million in subsi- steel, found 44 separate subsidy One beneficiary, Aluminum to loot technology off u.s. steel dies in the first three months of this programs, including seven that Corp. of China, or Chalco, said in computers. China’s Commerce year because of “grave operating give Chinese steelmakers cheap October that one of its units would Ministry has urged u.s. authori- circumstances.” or free land, iron ore, coal, and shut down a roughly 500,000-ton- ties to reject the complaint and A producer of titanium dioxide power; eight that offer discount per-year smelter in the far-western said allegations of intellectual —which is used in products such loans; 15 tax breaks; and 11 pro- gansu region as it struggled to property infringement “are com- as paint and sunscreen—won grams that give companies mon- make profits. executives prepped pletely without factual basis.” about $4.3 million in cash assis- ey directly. for thousands of layoffs. China has said it isn’t guilty of tance as it seeks to expand in the some of the programs date then gansu officials slashed dumping—or selling a product at a north America and elsewhere. back years, but others were active the plant’s electricity bill by 30 per- loss in order to gain market share Another company, Yunnan Alu- in the past 12 months, including cent, employees say, and the fac- —and has called u.s. and e.u. minium Co., obtained nearly $77 subsidized export loans, the docu- tory was saved. Although a por- measures and investigations forms million in subsidies since late 2015, ment showed. tion of capacity was taken offline, of protectionism. it has said it has securities filings show. in the first “it’s the whole range of prac- most is still operational. mothballed factories and intends to half of 2015, the company said its tices that keep these zombie com- “We’re in full production now cut more, with plans to lay off up to production of alumina—the start- panies alive,” said roger schagrin, with 380,000 tons of capacity,” said 1.8 million steel and coal workers. ing material for smelting aluminum a lawyer for u.s. steelmakers. Fei Zhongchang, a company sales Officials said it was natural for metal—jumped 40 percent, even Other Chinese products rattling manager. Chalco’s press office complaints against China to in- as revenue sank amid weakening markets include diesel fuel, with and local government officials crease as the country takes on a prices. Chinese exports rising nearly 80 didn’t respond to requests for fur- large share of global trade. Company representatives didn’t percent in 2015 over 2014, accord- ther comment. “As the largest trader in goods, respond to requests for comment. ing to customs data. China has loos- in europe, workers have joined it’s quite understandable for us to An official at the provincial Depart- ened restrictions to let private refin- protests against Chinese steel im- have so many” complaints, China’s ment of Finance, which adminis- ers export fuel for the first time, giv- ports. Australia has investigated Commerce Minister gao hu - tered much of the cash aid, said it en weak domestic demand. dumping of products including so- cheng said recently. “We need to acted to protect Yunnan Alumini- refining giant China petroleum lar panels and steel and india has take it as it comes and live with it.” um’s 10,000 jobs. & Chemical Corp., whose net prof- raised import taxes on steel after a One way of tracking China’s “the government’s aim is to it fell by 30 percent in 2015, said no surge of cheap Chinese goods. support is by looking at subsi- help maintain social stability,” the employees had been laid off since the u.s. launched seven new dies reported in corporate filings official said. late 2014 when oil prices began to investigations into alleged dump- on the country’s two main stock Other countries, including the fall, and that it had “no plan for any ing or government subsidies in- exchanges in shanghai and shen - u.s., offer substantial support for future layoffs.” the company, also volving Chinese goods in the first zhen. According to an analysis of struggling industries. known as sino pec, employs about three months of this year, more nearly 3,000 domestic-listed Chi- experts cite differences in Chi- 351,000 people. than the same period of any other nese companies in 2015, reported na, which they say is less open China’s aluminum production year dating back to at least 2003, government aid rose to more than about its use of subsidies and more also rose to 32 million tons in 2015, government data show. $18 billion last year compared with inclined to use them to promote double the level in 2005. exports earlier this year, the u.s. Com- about $14 billion in 2014. exports. China has repeatedly said soared during the same period. tuesday, may 10, 2016 The CamBodia daily 25 Business Midas Touch Gone, Hedge Funds’ Relevance Has Cratered ReuteRs funds entirely, leaving some in the hedge funds and funds of hedge tal chasing the same ideas and new york - Hedge fund manager industry wondering whether the funds, according to Hedge Fund deals, it’s going to narrow the re- David einhorn has built a reputa- pain is just beginning. research Inc., investors and ana- turn,” said Darell krasnoff, senior tion on his ability to crater a com- The same day that einhorn lysts say that many managers are managing director at Bel Air In- pany’s stock. spoke in new york, the chief in- chasing the same ideas, driving vestment Advisors, who has halved His prescient short calls such as vestment officer for the California spreads downward and lowering his allocation to hedge funds over Allied Capital and Lehman Broth- State Teachers retirement Sys- potential returns. the last five years and moved mon- ers had been announced in previ- tem called the typical hedge fund At the same time, extraordinari- ey into commercial real estate. ous years at the annual Sohn In- fee model “broken.” A few weeks ly low global interest rates are overall, investors pulled $15.1 vestment Conference in new earlier, the new york City em- keeping a lid on returns from arbi- billion out of hedge funds in the york. And so, as he took the stage ployee’s retirement Fund an- trage strategies that attempt to ex- first three months of this year, at the event after the U.S. stock nounced that it was pulling out of ploit differences between global mark ing the first quarters of con- market closed on wednesday, au- hedges completely. economic policies, for example. secutive outflows since the finan- dience members were eagerly an- einhorn is a prime example of Daniel Loeb, who runs $17.5 bil- cial crisis. ticipating what would come next. the industry’s troubles. Last year, lion Third Point, said pointedly in a Public criticism has grown more In a 15-minute presentation, he his Greenlight Capital lost 20 per- recent letter to investors “as most common, even from within the fi- laid out why industrial company cent, marking the fund’s first down investors have been caught off- nancial industry. Caterpillar Inc. should trade at half year since the 2007 financial crisis sides at some or multiple points A day before einhorn’s speech, its current value. The next day, the and only its second-ever annual over the past eight months, the im- commercial insurer AIG Inc. stock opened lower, but was down loss since its inception in 1996. pulse to do little is understandable.” blamed poor hedge fund perfor- just 1 percent. Greenlight investors have ex- Last year, the average hedge mance for its lousy quarterly earn- After a decade in which hedge pressed their disappointment by fund lost slightly more than 1 per- ings results and said it would be fund assets nearly doubled, there pulling money, helping shrink as- cent—with billionaire stars like pulling $4.1 billion it has invested are several signs that the golden sets to roughly $9 billion, down Larry robbins, the founder of Glen - in the industry. era for the $2.9 trillion industry some $3 billion from only eight view Capital Management, and The day before that, billionaire may be on the wane, draining the months ago. william Ackman, the founder of investor Steven Cohen, who now influence of fund managers who einhorn, who declined to com- Pershing Square Capital Manage- manages $11 billion for so-called once considered themselves mas- ment for this story, acknowledged ment, nursing double-digit losses. family office Point72, told an audi- ters of the universe. the tough new environment when So far this year the average man- ence at the Milken Institute Glob- once able to command hefty he wrote to investors in January ager is again down nearly 1 per- al Conference in Los Angeles that fees by routinely beating the “we have never had a year where cent, while the broader U.S. stock the days of funds routinely gener- Street, hedge funds are now fac- so little went right,” and pledged market is up, albeit slightly. ating 30 percent annual returns ing a storm of unsatisfied clients the firm would “concentrate on As a result, fees taken by hedge were over. who are demanding either steep trying to make better returns.” funds have dropped drastically. “Frankly, I’m blown away by discounts or withdrawing their with an estimated 10,046 global “when you have too much capi- the lack of talent,” he said. How Apple Sold a Million Drake Albums in Just Five Days By HannaH Karp sales of downloads and CDs. sic’s free Beats 1 radio station, us- have fallen by more than 60 per- the Wall stReet JouRnal But Apple’s head of content, ing the show to announce the al- cent in the past 15 years. Hip-hop star Drake sold more Larry Jackson, said Drake was bum release details and to debut Also driving Drake’s sales and than one million copies of his new able to rack up such global sales several songs, including his hit subscription streaming: His record album, “Views,” in less than five precisely because he used the “Hotline Bling.” label’s parent company, Vivendi days when it was available only on company’s streaming service to The album sold 632,000 copies SA’s Universal Music Group, em- Apple Inc.’s iTunes download market the album and corral his in the first 24 hours. ployed dozens of staff to keep store and its subscription stream- fans into one place. The results fly in the face of in- “Views” videos off sites such as Al- ing service, Apple Music—a rare over the past year Drake has dustry fears that paid streaming phabet Inc.’s free youTube where achievement in an age of rapid hosted 20 episodes of his radio services might hasten the continu- they have been uploaded by users streaming growth and declining show, oVo Sound, on Apple Mu- ing decline of music sales, which without permission.

cambodia securities exchange Monday, May 9, 2016

Index Value Change Open High Low Volume CSX 371.14 -6.11 377.25 377.25 369.36 1,295 Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume PPWSA 4,720 -80 4,720 4,720 4,720 275 Grand Twins 3,600 -100 3,640 3,640 3,520 920 PPAP 5,400 0 5,400 5,400 5,400 100

foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE

¥/US$ ...... 108.266 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.3661 £/US$ ...... 0.6925 Euro/US$ ...... 0.8780 AU$/US$...... 1.3623 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,132.02 HK$/US$ ...... 7.7621 ThaiB//US$ ...... 34.90 SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9705 Riel/US$ ...... 4,060

local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE

LOCaL gOLd type (O’ruSSeI Market) buyIng SeLLIng 26.67 damlung are Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,525...... 1,535 equal to 1 kg Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,525...... 1,535 Reuters 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,505...... 1,515 Rapper Drake, left, at a basketball game in Toronto earlier this month 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,475...... 1,685 26 The Cambodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 opinion Killing This ‘Bin Laden’ Is a Bloodless Victory in Europe

By lawrEncE summErs uses for 500-euro notes. Carrying where else in the Group of Seven. unimportant. The key point is that the washington post out a transaction with 20, 50-euro And certainly there is no sugges- even a small reduction in crime he decision of the Euro pe - notes hardly seems burdensome, tion that eliminating cash com- would more than justify the loss of an Central Bank last week and this would represent over pletely would be desirable or is a any possible benefit that comes T to end the production of $1,000 in purchasing power. conceivable prospect. from the 500-euro note. 500-euro notes is a triumph of rea- Twenty 200-euro notes would be In contrast to the absence of an Europe has led on a significant sonable judgment over shame- almost $5,000. Who in today’s important role for 500-euro notes security issue. But its action should less fear-mongering. As an impor- world needs cash for a legitimate in normal commerce, these bills be seen as a beginning, not an end. tant paper published a few months $5,000 transaction? Indeed, the have a major role facilitating illicit As a first follow-up, the world ago by former Standard Char- ECB found that 56 percent of the activity, as suggested by their should demand that Switzerland tered chief executive Peter Sands E.U. public had never laid eyes on nickname—“Bin Ladens.” Meas - stop issuing 1,000-Swiss-Franc and his Harvard colleagues dem - a 500-euro note. Cash transactions urement is obviously difficult, but notes. After Europe’s action, these onstrates, this change will make of more than 3,000 euros have in estimates by Austrian professor will stand out as the world’s high- the world a safer, fairer place and fact been made illegal in Italy, Friedrich Schneider suggest that est-denomination note by a huge carries im portant lessons for the while France has placed the limit physical cash is used for 80 per- margin. Switzerland has a long future. at 1,000 euros. Anyone who thinks cent of the global drug trade, 50 and unfortunate history with illicit Almost everything in life and in that abolishing a high-denomina- percent of human trafficking trans - finance. It would be tragic if it were public policy has both good and bad tion note damages a country’s cur- actions, 70 percent of small-arms to profit from criminal currency sides. Automobiles provide great rency or its citizenry should note trade and 50 percent of transac- substitution following Europe’s transportation services but some- that the U.S. and Canada phased tions in human organs. Es timates bold step. Second, the question of times lead to devastating accidents. out the $1,000 note and, in the by the International Monetary Fund the facilitation of criminal activity Liquid financial markets provide case of the U.S., the $500 bill as and others of total annual money should be placed prominently on huge benefits to savers and inves - well without noticeable complaint. laundering consistently exceed $1 the Group of 20 agenda. There tors but can be driven to speculative The ECB policy is at the gentle trillion. High-denomination notes would be a strong case for stop- excess. High-denomination curren- end of the reasonable spectrum of also have a substantial role in fa- ping the creation of notes with val- cy notes stand out as a case in which possible policies. Unlike in the case cilitating tax evasion and capital ues greater than perhaps $50 and good uses are dwarfed by bad ones. of the U.S., no effort is being made flight. also for greater cooperation to as- Britain’s Serious Organized Crime to stop the use of existing notes as To be sure, it is difficult to esti- sure that new financial technolo- Agency has estimated that more legal tender, and the policy is being mate how much crime would be gies such as bitcoin do not be- than 90 percent of British demand implemented only at the end of prevented by stopping the cre- come vehicles for facilitating illicit for 500-euro notes came from crimi- 2018. After Europe’s action, it will ation of 500-euro notes. It would transactions. nals before their availability was still produce notes more than surely impose some burdens on LawrenceSummersisaprofes- curtailed there in 2010. twice as valuable as the highest- criminals and might interfere with soratandpastpresidentofHarvard There are little if any legitimate denomination notes issued any- some transactions, which is not University. A Cleaner Korea Means a Bright Future, Health for Our Children

By EmanuEl PastrEich the number of people who be- South Korean policies according- automobile, that promise to make korea joongang daily come ill as a result is increasing. ly. In fact, China is making a this uninhabitable climate more y daughter played for There have been frequent cases greater investment overall in re- tolerable to those who can afford the first time on the of diesel automobiles on the mar- newables than South Korea is. such devices. Most South Kore- M football team of her ket that violate restrictions on haz- Several foreign friends have ans seem to be in deep denial school over the weekend. I was ardous emissions—I can smell confessed to me that they are hav- about the impact of such terrible proud to see her score a goal and them when I walk by—and yet ing trouble recruiting people to air on their health, let alone the make several critical assists for nothing is done to ban them. South Korea these days because catastrophe of climate change that her teammates. But then I was The fine dust that endangers of the terrible air quality. I can see awaits them. awakened repeatedly from sleep citizens has made the yellow dust that the reputation of the country The time has come for us to by her coughing late at night. blown from the spreading deserts has suffered terribly from this take a stand. South Korea must I am glad to have my family living of China seem harmless. wanton destruction of the environ- move bravely forward and estab- with me here in Seoul and to have To blame this situation on Chi- ment and thoughtless embrace of lish itself as the nation with the my children learn about Korean cul- na is inaccurate on many levels. short-term growth. strictest rules on emissions in ture. I have often argued to others Not only do many emissions of Nothing was more telling than Asia, and South Korea should that our children have tremendous hazardous gases originate in the near simultaneous resigna- make it clear that all coal-fired opportunities living here that they South Korea, but the emissions tions of Yvo de Boer, the director power stations will be closed down would not have in the U.S. But I am from coal plants and other facto- general of the Global Green in the next five years, rather than starting to wonder these days ries in China are not beyond South Growth Institute, and Hela Cheik - increasing the number. South Ko- whether I should send my children Korea’s responsibility. South Ko- hrouhou, executive director of the rea should be the model of a de- to live somewhere else where the reans build factories in China that Green Climate Fund. Whether veloping nation that moves be- air is clean—a country where they do not hold high standards for those decisions were directly relat- yond fossil fuels quickly. can exercise outside without endan- emissions. Even more important- ed to frustration with current EmanuelPastreichisanassoci- gering their health. ly, China in turn is directly influ- South Korean policies, I don’t ateprofessorattheCollegeofInter- I was deeply embarrassed when enced by South Korea’s environ- know. But I do know for a fact that nationalStudies,KyungHeeUni- my father came to visit us in South mental policy. If South Korea were the decision of the South Korean versityinSeoul. Korea last year. The first thing he strict about emissions and had an minister of the environment not to remarked when he stepped out ambitious program to eliminate stay to the end of the 2015 U.N. Cli- Email your of Seoul Station was that the air fossil fuels and mitigate climate mate Change Conference in Paris lEttEr! smelled like sulphur. change, in the manner that Swe- was noticed around the world. It is an open secret that the air in den or Denmark do, the Chinese Sadly, all we see in South Korea [email protected] Alllettersmustbesignedandincludea South Korea, even in rural areas, would take note of that fact and these days is a booming market telephonenumberforverificationpurposes. is getting much worse and that most likely would benchmark for various filters for the home, or Tu ESDAy, MAy 10, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 27 OpiniOn There’s No Place for Rampant Capitalism in Treating the Sick By Mi c h a e l Jo n e s excellence” for esophageal dis- tify the hospital’s new center if cer- served by getting help modifying LOS ANGELES TIMES eases. A hurdle quickly became ap- tain standards were met and a fee their lifestyle. That’s particularly good friend of mine re- parent. My town isn’t flush with was paid. That’s not exactly the true because the behaviors associ- cently found herself be- esophageal experts. The hospital same as excellence. ated with reflux (overeating, obe- A tween jobs, with a gap in has excellent generalists who could A marketing plan was devel- sity, alcohol consumption and her health insurance and a recur- contribute but just one specialist oped to get the word out. But real- smoking, to name a few) are also rence of her kidney stones. What surgeon who was retiring (hence ly, far fewer than 1 percent of fre- risk factors for heart disease, dia- she needed were fluids and pain the new hire). Still, the Joint Com- quent heartburn sufferers will betes and a variety of cancers. relief—fast. I’m a gastroenterolo- mission, an independent health ben efit from surgery. Most people However, lifestyle modifica- gist and, hoping to minimize the fi- care accreditation outfit, would cer- with heartburn would be best tions are not profitable, and sur - nancial impact, I went with her to gery is very profitable. The sur- our local ER and had a conversa- geon (and his colleagues who tion with the attending physician. agreed to work with the center) Maybe we could pass on the CT doesn’t want to perform surgery scan and extraneous lab work? that’s inappropriate or not indicat- The attending was in her room ed. He’s not like that. But he’s em- for less than two minutes and nev- ployed by the hospital. You can er examined her. But the CT scan see where this is going. The cen- and blood work were ordered. ter is up and running. My friend received intravenous The U.S. health care system is fluids (about $1 worth), pain meds capable of many wonderful things, (about $5 worth of dilaudid) and a but not all of them are about health $10,000 bill from the hospital. To or care. It is just as often about sell- add insult to injury, the bill from ing you things you probably don’t the ER attending was for service need at a ridiculous price or find- at the highest billable level. ing ways to charge you a ridicu- My friend had the good sense lous price even for what you do and gumption to call the ER need. group’s practice manager to point The folks driving it aren’t gen- out that billing at that level was erally physicians, nurses or other fraudulent. The ER group had the “health care providers” (to use the good sense to reduce the bill by parlance of the times). They are half. businesspeople—executives that Shortly after that, I received a run hospitals, pharmaceutical con- call from a patient on whom I had The Ca mbo d ia d a ily cerns and insurance companies— performed an upper endoscopy to Bernard Krisher, Publisher using health care as their instru- remove a small gastric polyp. Be- Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher ment to make money. And sadly, cause removing stomach polyps the average physician doesn’t Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief can be complicated by bleeding, I Ben Woods, Executive Editor have a lot of choice about lashing did the procedure in the hospital Chhorn Chansy, Managing Editor his raft to these organizations if he rather than an outpatient center. wants to practice his trade. Van Roeun, Senior Editor The whole thing took 15 minutes. As a nation, the U.S. spends far Anesthesia wasn’t required, just Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Amanda King, Night Editor; more than other developed coun- routine conscious sedation. So, Alex Willemyns, Politics Editor; Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Michael Dickison, Aisha tries for health care, and its out- my patient wanted to know, what Down, Peter Ford, Sonia Kohlbacher, Taylor O'Connell, Tej Parikh, Zsombor Peter, Janelle comes are not as good. Those oth- Retka, Saing Soenthrith, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon er countries generally have some had I done that warranted an Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, $18,000 bill from the hospital? Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Ben Paviour, Web Editor; form of a single-payer system. In I had absolutely no explanation. Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; the U.S., citizens are told single- For $18,000, you can just about Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, payer horror stories: People are dy - buy your own endoscope. Amor- Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, David Boyle, ing in Canada and England waiting tized costs for an upper endoscopy Matt Blomberg, James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors for care. at this hospital, including the use Douglas Steele, General Manager I’ve got news from the front lines of the endoscopy unit, salaries for Eam Sopheap, Business Associate; Sok Chamroeurn, Sales Representative; of the U.S. system. People are dying the whole staff, medication and Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chhun Sinath, Collections Director; Chap Pireak, here, too, in large numbers, and at equipment expenses is probably Circulation Manager; Khun Silen, Tang Sokchamreoun, Design Staff; the same time they’re going broke not more than $200 for 15 min- Song Raksa, Business Assistant; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; paying the bills. Medical expenses, Scott Harlow, Matthew Rosin, Jason Wik, Technical Advisers; utes. By the way, the doctor doing Adam Lincoln Steele, Director of Future Planning even now that many more people the procedure—in that case, me have some form of insurance, are a The Cambodia Daily is an independent newspaper dedicated to strengthening a prime cause of bankruptcy and fi- —typically gets about $175 for an free press and training journalists. Published six times a week in Phnom Penh. upper endoscopy. The following organizations provide their news free of charge: The Asahi Shimbun, nancial insecurity in the U.S. And then there are the costly The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times News Service, Kyodo News No health care system is per- procedures you could probably For domestic subscription, send $15/month or $150/year to: fect, but here’s what the rest of the The Cambodia Daily, 7 Street 228, Phnom Penh, Cambodia do without. Tel: 855-23-426-602/490; Fax: 855-23-426-573 civilized world understands: Recently, a surgical group owned Advertising & Subscriptions Tel: 855-23-218-127; 855-12-903-859; Health care is a right. There is no by the same hospital hired a sur- Email News: [email protected]; place for rampant capitalism in Ads: [email protected]; geon with an interest in esophageal Publisher: [email protected] treating the sick. This advice is disorders, particularly surgery for harsh but true: When it comes to Copyright 2016 by The Cambodia Daily. All rights reserved. The Cambodia Daily is protected acid reflux—heartburn. He’s a through trademark registration. No part of this periodical may be reproduced in print or your health care, buyer beware. good guy and capable. So the hos- electronically, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without written permission from the publisher. Michael Jones is in private practice pital decided to create a “center of Printed by Entry Meas Printing House. Licensed in 1993 by the Ministry of Information. on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. 28 The Cambodia daily tuesday, may 10, 2016 health Sodium Bicarbonate Helps Make Swimmers Swim Faster ReuteRs “essentially sodium bicarbonate new york - Supplements contain- is an alkali that increases the pH of ing sodium bicarbonate—better the blood,” explained Folland, of known as baking soda—may help Loughborough University in the competitive swimmers cut through U.k. “This seems to reduce and off- the water a little faster, a small study set the acidity produced in the mus- suggests. cles during intense exercise.” British researchers found that For the current study, Folland giving nine swimmers a sodium and his colleagues tested nine bicarbonate supplement about competitive swimmers’ perfor- one hour before a 200-meter swim mance times under three condi- helped them shave time off their tions: normal, supplement-free usual performance. conditions; 60 to 90 minutes after The findings, published in the taking sodium bicarbonate cap- International Journal of Sports sules; and 60 to 90 minutes after Medicine, offer evidence to sup- taking calcium carbonate cap- port what some elite athletes are sules, which served as a placebo. already doing. overall, the researchers found, “It is not uncommon for top- eight of the nine swimmers logged level swimmers to take sodium bi- their fastest times after taking the carbonate prior to competition,” sodium bicarbonate supplement. Dr. Jonathan Folland, the senior on average, the swimmers researcher on the study, said. shaved 1.5 seconds off of their per- Sodium bicarbonate naturally re- formance time, Folland’s team duces acids and is an ingredient in found. some antacids used to treat heart - At the Athens olympics, the top burn and indigestion. four finishers in the men’s 200- The reasoning behind its use in meter freestyle were separated by sports is that, during short bursts of 1.4 seconds. intense exercise, the muscles can The downside of sodium bicar- begin to produce large amounts of bonate is its potential for side ef- lactic acid, which then contributes fects at high doses. These include to fatigue. Sodium bicarbonate acts gastrointestinal woes like cramps, Creative Commons as a “buffer” against these acids. nausea and diarrhea. A young swimmer launches himself off a diving board.