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ReuteRs By Sek OdOm U.S. Republican Donald Trump and matt SurruScO stunned the world by defeating the cambodia daily heavily favored hillary Clinton in Donald Trump’s victory in the Tuesday’s presidential election, end- U.S. presidential race yesterday ing eight years of Democratic rule shocked pollsters, political pundits and sending the U.S. on a new, un- and many Americans who had certain path. scoffed at their president-elect A wealthy real estate developer when he announced his candidacy and former reality television host, 17 months ago. Trump rode a wave of anger toward As a global audience digested Washington insiders to win the the news—it was clear by lunch - White house race against Clinton, time in Cambodia that Mr. Trump the Democratic candidate whose was headed for victory—Mom gold-plated establishment resume Sinath, 63, was sliding meatballs includes stints as a first lady, U.S. onto a skewer to sell to passersby senator and secretary of state. outside the Royal Pal ace in Phnom Worried a Trump victory could Penh. cause economic and global uncer- Despite having a daughter and tainty, investors were in full flight three granddaughters living in from risky assets such as stocks, Long Beach, California, she said and the U.S. dollar sank. U.S. stock she wasn’t paying any attention to futures dived 5 percent at one point, the election half a world away. worse than the sell-off caused by “This is not a Cambodian elec- the U.k. vote to leave the E.U. in tion,” Ms. Sinath said. “I don’t know June that wiped trillions of dollars who to support. I support who off world markets. Americans vote for.” Trump collected enough of the While Mr. Trump, a real estate 270 state-by-state electoral votes Reuters developer and former reality tele - needed to win a four-year term that US President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters during his election vision star, and his Democratic rival starts on January 20, taking battle- night rally in Manhattan, New York, on Tuesday. Continued on page 6 ground states where presidential elections are traditionally decided, U.S. TV networks projected. Inactivity Defines Kem Ley Murder Inquiry Trump, appearing with his family before cheering supporters in a Four months on, no sign of investigators in suspect’s hometown new York hotel ballroom, said it Continued on page 14 By khuOn narim tracks of nokor Pheas commune. government has appeared to make and GeOrGe WriGht “I think it’s strange,” Mr. hann no progress in figuring out, fueling the cambodia daily added. “They should have come speculation that the ruling party is AngkoR ChUM DISTRICT, Siem Reap here to get more information, but hiding something. province - Authorities say they are they just came here once and never “I think when you look at the continuing to investigate the murder came again.” kem Ley case, it’s not different from of political analyst kem Ley, who kem Ley’s murder, carried out in the other cases of murder of other was shot dead in Phnom Penh four broad daylight in a gas station con- social activists,” said political analyst months ago today in what many be- venience store in central Phnom Meas ny. “The government, often lieve was a political assassination. Penh, sent shockwaves through a they think that—or they expect But here in the home commune population that was jolted back to a that—the case might fade away af- of the suspected killer, oeuth Ang, time when the threat of assassina- ter a while so there’s no need for one gets the sense that police are tion was part of opposition politics them to do anything.” doing nothing. and activism. The government has Mr. ny said he was not sur- “After the shocking event hap- denied any role in the murder, but prised to hear that police were not King Sihamoni, Hun Sen pened they came, but since that, said that the shooter was likely a even going through the motions of Celebrate Independence nothing,” said ket hann, 32, a cousin hired gunman. a proper investigation. Page 4 of Mr. Ang, 43, who lived a few min- Who may have hired Mr. Ang “The court should speed up this cambodiadaily.com utes away down the winding dirt remains a mystery—one that the Continued on page 2

មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, noVembeR 10, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS Is Mexico Also Tired of These....? n From childhood illustrations to items from movies he has directed, ReuteRs green snake can be seen inching American filmmaker tim BurtOn is bringing a touring exhibition of his works to hong kong through which he hopes to inspire others in their A large snake was found slither- along near an overhead luggage creative pursuits. “The World of Tim Burton,” which has also visited ing inside the passenger cabin of compartment before slipping and other cities, features an array of sketches, notes and other items divided an Aeromexico flight en route to dangling from its tail, scaring in sections looking at the “Beetlejuice,” “Edward Scissorhands” and Mexico City on Sunday. passengers. “Big Fish” director’s projects and characters. “The thing that I liked Flight 231, which makes the Aeromexico said air traffic con- about the exhibition is just to show...don’t put yourself in a category.... I two-hour trip once a day from trollers gave the plane priority to tried different things,” Burton said at a news conference in hong kong Torreon, Coahuila, to the capital, land after the snake was detected, last Thursday. “I did a little of stop motion movies, I did drawings, I do was forced to make a landing so but it was not considered an emer- photographs and sometimes they become characters in a film and animal control could come aboard gency landing. The company said sometimes they don’t.... I think the key thing is just to create.” The ex- to collect the reptile. it was working to determine how hibit opened on Saturday and runs until January 23. (Reuters) In a video posted online, the the reptile entered the cabin.

seen anyone since,” said Chiv fessed that a person had brought Kem Ley... kem, a former next-door neighbor him to Phnom Penh and bought of Mr. Ang, who remains close him a gun.” cOntinued frOm paGe 1 “After the shocking event friends with his wife. however, he said police have happened they came, but investigation by interviewing all “We are neighbors and friends. not figured out who that might be. people involved, especially the fam- She has never mentioned it.” “his answers were not clear and since that, nothing.... ily of the accused,” he said. “It Playing cards inside Mr. Ang’s we couldn’t find the identity, so we They just came here once shows and reflects the lack of effort former home, three women, includ- have few clues,” gen. Chantharith from the government to have an in- ing Ms. hort’s aunt, Vang ngouch, said, declining to comment further. and never came again.” depth investigation on this case.” 80, all claimed they hadn’t seen or Mann Sokhath, Angkor Chum —ket hann, Within an hour of the murder on heard from police since an initial vis- district police chief, said local police Oeuth anG’S cOuSin July 10, police were parading Mr. it in the days after the killing. had not carried out any additional Ang, who identified himself as “They have never come here. interviews after making initial re- “Chuop Samlap,” which translates I’ve never heard her talking on the ports to the “top levels.” justice does not exist in Cambo- as “Meet kill,” in front of cameras, phone with anyone about it and she kem Rithisith, the brother of dia’s current society.” with the suspect claiming he had has never told me about this,” Ms. kem Ley, has joined a chorus of And it’s not only those seeking shot kem Ley over an unpaid debt. ngouch said of her niece. friends and supporters in calling for justice for kem Ley who want to Initial skepticism only increased Authorities have revealed almost police to release the security cam- see the video of the murder. Back after family and friends of the al- no new information about kem era footage of the shooting. And in nokor Pheas, Mr. hann said he leged killer quickly identified him Ley’s murder or their investigation while he said he was certain that was adamant that his cousin is not as a former monk and soldier, who since the day of the murder, and con- Mr. Ang was a hired gun, he did not the one responsible for kem Ley’s they said had never even uttered tinued to be tight-lipped yesterday. expect to find out the truth. murder. kem Ley’s name and had disap- Investigating Judge Seng Leang “I believe that Choup Samlap “They should show the CCTV peared to Phnom Penh about 10 declined to speak about the case could not have done it alone. There footage to show the evidence,” days before the shooting, telling a and referred questions to court was somebody cooperating be- he said. “I want to know what friend he had joined the military. spokes man Y Rin, who also refused hind in secret,” he said. “genuine happened.” Although neither Mr. Ang’s wife, to discuss the investigation. hoeum hort, nor his mother, Ek national Police spokesman kirth ------International Briefs ------Tab, could be found in the village this Chantharith said that police had fig- week—neighbors said they were ured out the real name of the killer— Taiwan Asks China to Respect Hong Kong Aspirations elsewhere in the prov ince and with- whose identity has been widely TAIPEI - Taiwan’s independence-leaning ruling party urged Beijing’s leaders out mobile phones—neighbors and known since the days after the mur- yesterday to listen to the democratic aspirations of people in hong kong and family members all said that they der—and that an unidentified indi- to respect the rights of pro-independence representatives. The comments by had neither seen or heard of investi- vidual supplied him with a gun. the ruling Democratic Progressive Party are sure to rile Beijing, which deems gators coming to the area since July. “We have found that the identity Taiwan a wayward province that is part of China to be taken back by force if “Many people came after the of Choup Samlap is oeuth Ang,” necessary. Beijing has stopped official communication with self-ruled Taiwan shooting happened, but I haven’t general Chantharith said. “he con- because DPP leader and President Tsai Ing-wen refuses to acknowledge the “one China” principle. on Monday, China’s parliament issued an interpreta- tion of hong kong’s mini constitution, which effectively barred two pro-inde- pendence lawmakers from taking their oaths of office. The move marked Bei- jing’s most direct intervention in the city’s legal and political system since the former U.k. colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. (Reuters) Trump’s Presidential Victory Casts Pall Over Mexico Mexico was pitched into deep uncertainty by Donald Trump’s U.S. elec- tion victory on Tuesday after a bitterly divisive campaign, raising the prospect of major clashes over trade, immigration and security. The peso currency suffered its biggest fall in 22 years on fears Trump will stick to a campaign pledge to rewrite or dump a free trade treaty he says is loaded in Mexico’s favor. Investors worry a trade fight could tip Mexico’s economy into recession. The Republican candidate has threatened to deport millions of undocumented Mexican migrants, many of whom he described as rapists and drug runners, and to keep others out by building a massive bor- der wall he says Mexico will pay for. “We have to start saving for that wall,”

Khem sovannara said Rafael garnica, a 29-year-old Mexico City technology entrepreneur. Oeuth Ang is escorted through the Phnom Penh municipal police “It’s not just Trump that frightens me, it’s that he represents a huge amount headquarters during a press conference on July 10. of people in the United States.” (Reuters) thursday, November 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal Two Apsara Officials Detained Over Destruction of Spirit Tree

By Aun PheAP drew about 300 residents to the Meuk Rith, chief of Kokchak prayed for peace and a good har- the cambodia daily scene on Sunday. commune’s Nokor Krao village, vest, and offered food to the spirit. Police in Siem Reap province They accused the Apsara Au- said the timber had been trans- “I think that the spirit staying yesterday arrested two officials thority of intending to sell off the ported yesterday to commune’s inside the rosewood tree has from the Apsara Authority for the valuable timber, which can go for Damrey Sen chey pagoda, pleas- strong power because two people unauthorized felling of a centuries- thousands of dollars per square ing villagers who had been upset were arrested after the tree was old rosewood tree revered by vil- meter, and sought to prevent offi- about losing the spirit tree. cut and felled,” he said. lagers who routinely prayed to the cials from hauling away the “They were happy when they Hang Sophat Phearom, chief spirit believed to reside inside. pieces. saw the tree was returned to the of the provincial police’s minor Chhor Thanart, a deputy direc- The Apsara Authority, howev- pagoda this afternoon,” he said. crimes bureau, said the two Ap- tor-general for Apsara, which er, contended that it merely re- Mr. Rith said villagers had held sara Authority officials would be manages the Angkor Archaeo- moved the tree on Saturday after Neak Ta ceremonies at the tree sent to court today, but declined logical Park, and his subordinate, an unidentified group of loggers every December, when they further comment. Chev Phal, head of the authority’s had already made deep cuts into forestry management office, were the base of the tree on Friday being held yesterday at the prov - night, and feared it could cause incial police headquarters, provin- damage if it were to fall. cial environment department di- Mr. Thanard, the Apsara Au- rector Phuong Lina said. thority’s deputy director-general, “We arrested the two officials wrote a letter of apology on Tues- because they gave orders to their day and asked his boss to pardon subordinates to cut down the him for having ordered his sub- tree,” Mr. Lina said. “The two offi- ordinates to remove the tree. cials committed a mistake be- “I am grieving because I or- cause they cut the tree without dered the staff to cut down the asking permission from the up- tree without discussing and ask- per level.” ing permission,” he said in the let- Mr. Lina said others were be- ter. “Every consequence, accusa- ing sought, including those who tion and criticism from people for used chainsaws to cut the tree the leaders of the Apsara Author- into pieces. ity from logging the tree is my Fresh News The felling of the tree in Siem fault and it is not the responsibili- Villagers gather around a felled rosewood tree at a pagoda in Siem Reap City’s Kokchak commune ty of the Apsara Authority.” Reap City's Kokchak commune on Sunday. 4 The Cambodia daily ThurSDay, november 10, 2016 NatioNal Briefing King Sihamoni, Hun Sen Celebrate Independence By Khy sovuthy Salesman Charged With The CamboDia Daily Having Sex With Minor Nearly 20,000 students and civil servants gathered in central A Chinese salesman at a Siem Phnom Penh yesterday to honor Reap City souvenir shop was the 63rd anniversary of Cambo- charged yesterday with having sex dia’s independence from France, with a 13-year-old cleaner who as politicians and onlookers urged worked at the shop, police said yes- national unity. terday. Yang Jiachuan, 32, was ar- King Norodom Sihamoni was rested on Tuesday morning at the greeted by throngs of flag-waving shop after the girl’s parents lodged supporters as he made his way to a complaint with provincial police Independence Monument at 8 a.m. against him last Thursday, accord- At the monument, the king wel- ing to Chea Heng, deputy chief of comed officials and lit its ceremo- Siem Reap provincial police’s anti- nial victory fire before heading human trafficking and juvenile pro- back to the palace two hours later. tection office. Mr. Heng said the Prime Minister Hun Sen min- Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily girl’s mother, who also works as a gled with the crowd, even pausing King Norodom Sihamoni greets government officials yesterday at cleaner at the shop, caught the pair to chat for several minutes with a Independence Monument in Phnom Penh. “having sex in the bathroom.” Un- group of opposition lawmakers. tion to our health and take care,” divisions. der questioning, Mr. Jiachuan ad- Tensions with the CNRP re- Mr. Chhay Eang said. “I believe that if Khmers talk to- mitted to having sex with the girl main high, with several of the par- The prime minister also gether, Khmers will have peace,” on two occasions, but said it was ty’s leaders, lawmakers and mem- marked the event on his Face- he said. consensual—the legal age of con- bers exiled, jailed or sidelined book page by praising the late Others in the crowd echoed the sent is 15. Duong Thavary, the amid court cases widely seen as King Norodom Sihanouk—once sentiment. province’s anti-human trafficking po litically motivated. Hun Sen’s political rival—without “I want to see both parties get police chief, said Mr. Yang was But opposition lawmaker Eng whom “Cambodia would not be along and not fight each other be- sent to the provincial prison yester- Chhay Eang said the 64-year-old independent.” cause we are all Cambodians,” day afternoon after being charged prime minister had avoided poli- Mr. Chhay Eang said the an- said 15-year-old Chea Phallis, a with having sex with a minor un- tics, instead urging the group to niversary of the country’s inde- student at Akphivat High School der the law on suppression of hu- look after their health as they aged. pendence on November 9, 1953, in Phnom Penh. man trafficking and sexual ex- Mr. Hun Sen “talked to us about was an important moment for grat- “In other countries, if politicians ploitation, a crime that carries a health problems, saying that since itude, and appealed for increased fight each other, the country is not five- to 10-year prison sentence. all of us are old, we must pay atten- dialogue to heal political and social at peace,” she said. (Phan Soumy) Kandal Man Charged With Rape of 4-Year-Old Police Arrest 2 Suspects in Bookstore Robbery The Kandal Provincial Court By Buth Kimsay police said. is thick with overgrown brush and charged a 33-year-old rice farmer The CamboDia Daily You Sokheng, a 27-year-old sol- abandoned buildings. yesterday with the rape of a 4-year- Phnom Penh police yesterday dier, said yesterday that the armed Commune chief Sot Sat said he old girl, his neighbor, who had arrested two Chinese nationals man had also shot at him through a had no details of the arrests and re- been playing with his children at suspected of being involved in the window in the housing complex. ferred questions to police, but ex- his mother’s house in Kien Svay fatal shooting of a soldier, who was “The bullet didn’t hit me, but plained that a rapidly growing pop- district, an official said. Vorng Se, killed as a mob chased a book- pieces of glass hit my hands and ulation in the area and lack of re- deputy district police chief, said shop robber through a housing body, causing me minor injuries,” sources was making it difficult to Phorn Ath of Chhoeuteal com- complex on Sunday, an official he said. “The bullet hit my friend prevent crime. in two places and killed him.” “Our forces have been working mune raped the girl at his moth- said. Phnom Penh police deployed a day and night to maintain security, er’s home at about 3.40 p.m. on The two men were arrested at a house in Pur Senchey district’s drone on Monday as they search ed but the population is growing so Monday. The girl, who lived near- for the suspect in the area, which fast,” he said. by, had been playing there with Choam Chao commune during the suspect’s children earlier that the morning and taken to the dis- day, although the pair was alone trict police station for questioning, when the crime occurred, Mr. Se district police chief Yim Sarann said. The suspect was arrested at said. He declined to identify the sus- his home at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, pects or explain how they were al- hours after the victim’s mother legedly involved in the crime. “If filed a complaint with police, Mr. you want to know the details, please Se added. He said Mr. Ath denied wait until tomorrow,” he said. the allegation during questioning On Sunday, police said they were at the district police station. “He searching for a man—believed to did not confess. He said he didn’t be a Chinese national—who rob - do anything to the child,” Mr. Se bed a bookstore at about 2 p.m. that said. A commune doctor who ex- day and then fatally shot Yeng Ri- amined the girl confirmed the rape nang, a 23-year-old soldier who was to her family, he added. Court moonlighting as a security guard at spokesman So Sarin said the sus- a nearby construction site. pect was charged with aggravated The suspect had been fleeing a Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily rape and sent to the provincial pri - mob of villagers through the Borey Police stand outside an apartment block in Phnom Penh where two son yesterday. (Phan Soumy) Vogo housing complex at the time, suspects in the murder of a soldier were arrested yesterday. thursday, november 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal Voter System Finds 19,000 Duplicates as Registrations Peter Out By Kuch NareN new addresses and registered again Fair Elections, said there was still dious and migrant workers within aNd Michael dicKisoN in their new communes. more to be done to push young the country who had neither the the cambodia daily “Some had two national identifi- residents to vote and for migrant time nor documentation to register. Cambodia’s new computerized cation cards with two different workers abroad to pressure the “It’s not easy with migrant work- voter registration system has names, so they went to register government to open channels for ers,” Mr. Panha said. “We need to caught 19,000 cases of duplicate in two separate places. But we their registration and ballots. carry out big reform in that regard.” names, the country’s top election checked and found that the finger- “This time, we’re confident about Mu Sochua, the CNRP law- official said this week, as official print samples were the same,” the quality,” Mr. Panha said of the maker overseeing the party’s reg- figures show that 2 million eligible Mr. Puthea said, adding that no voter list, “but concerned about the istration efforts, said she suspect- voters may be left unregistered by penalties would be handed down quantity of the registration rate.” ed that the official total of 9.7 mil- this month’s deadline. since the duplications appeared Mr. Panha said it was not yet clear lion eligible voters was too high. National Election Committee accidental. why registrations were slow, but “We go door-to-door and we (NEC) president Sik Bun Hok met After more than two months, the also pointed to Cambodian workers can’t find people. There are so few with E.U. Ambassador George NEC has now registered 6.9 million living abroad, along with urban people who have not registered,” Edgar on Monday and discussed voters out of the 9.7 million eligible, youth who found the process te- she said. technical issues with the registra- a total of about 72 percent. Howev- tion system, according to a state- er, the rate of new registrations has ------National Brief ------ment released by the committee. dropped in recent weeks, with daily The system was set up with the as- registrations down to about 30,000 Opposition Appoints Official to Replace Pen Sovann sistance of the E.U. and Japan. a day from a peak of up to 200,000. The opposition CNRP has put forward Suon Rida, a medical doctor and “There are 19,000 cases of du- At this pace, about 7.5 million the deputy head of its Phnom Penh working group, to replace Pen Sovann, plicated names in the list the NEC voters will be registered by the No- the former prime minister who died late last month at the age of 80, to be the has compiled. They will be delet- vember 27 deadline, or about 77 party’s lawmaker representing Kompong Speu province. CNRP spokesman ed and shown at the time of the percent of potential voters, leaving Yim Sovann said Mr. Rida was currently employed at the Ministry of Health, first release of the voter list,” Mr. more than 2 million unregistered. but would resign once he was sworn in. He said the CNRP sent its request Bun Hok told Mr. Edgar, accord- “The majority of them are mi- to the National Election Committee (NEC) on Tuesday. Mr. Rida was the ing to the statement. grant workers,” Mr. Puthea said fourth candidate on the CNRP’s party list for Kompong Speu in the 2013 na- NEC spokesman Hang Puthea of those who had not yet regis- tional election, in which the party won three out of six National Assembly said yesterday that the reasons for tered. “They face difficulties to re- seats there. NEC spokesman Hang Puthea said the committee would vet the duplications included slow in- turn to the country for registra- the new lawmaker before he is sworn in at the National Assembly. Pen So- ternet connections at commune of- tion, and the NEC can’t hope that vann was Cambodia’s first prime minister after the Khmer Rouge, but quick- fices that caused some registrars to all of them will come to cast a vote.” ly fell out of favor with the Vietnam-backed regime for resisting its control. submit registrations several times Koul Panha, executive director He spent a decade in prison and under house arrest in Hanoi before return- and people who recently moved to for the Committee for Free and ing to Cambodia in the early 1990s. (Ben Sokhean) 6 The Cambodia daily thursday, november 10, 2016 NatioNal Police Officer Kratie Woman Charged With Human Trafficking By ouch Sony other person [in Malaysia] and she lice in Malaysia for help and were all To Sue Timber the cambodia daily prepared the passports for them to repatriated in September, with the A woman in Kratie province has leave from Poipet City,” he said. help of the Cambodian Embassy in been charged with human trafficking Deputy provincial police chief Nov Kuala Lumpur and anti-trafficking Trader Over for allegedly using improper docu- Ratana said Ms. Sin sent the 23 to NGO Chab Dai. mentation to arrange work for at least Ma lay sia in groups on tourist visas, Malaysia has become a common Bribe Claim 23 Cambodians, including two mi- but they eventually left the factory destination for Cambodia’s migrant nors, at a plywood factory in Malaysia. claiming difficult working conditions. workers looking for higher wages, By aun pheap Sam Sin, 46, was charged on Tues- “Their salaries were cut to cover even after Cambodia placed a ban on the cambodia daily day with unlawful removal and un- the price of their passports and food, sending domestic workers to the A police officer in Siem Reap lawful removal of a minor and de- so they did not have any money left. country in 2011 following a raft of em- province says he will sue a timber tained while awaiting trial, Kratie The work was hard and sometimes ployer abuse allegations. trader who publicly accused him provincial court deputy prosecutor they were verbally abused, so they The government is in the pro cess of taking bribes over the past three Hak Horn said yesterday. decided to escape.” of finalizing a deal with Ma lay sia to let years to ignore the trader’s illicit “Sam Sin took the money from an- Ms. Ratana said the 23 asked po- workers return legally. deliveries. The threat stems from an article was a businessman who would strive on the U.S. if Sam Rainsy has called that appeared on the Koh Sante- Trump... toward world peace—the next U.S. the new president a dictator?” pheap Daily’s website yesterday in president would likely offer a breath Mr. Rainsy said last week that Mr. which a timber trader—identified continued from page 1 of fresh air. Hun Sen and Mr. Trump could be only as “Thai”—accused Khlauk Hillary Clinton, a former secretary “For years, Hun Sen has been political cousins. Soda, an officer for the provincial anti- of state and senator, made for a frustrated by the constant lectures “Trump seems to believe in the economic crime police, of seizing his stark contrast in almost every way. by Western governments about absolute power of money. Hun Sen timber on Saturday because he had Their views on Cambodia never how he runs his country, and the seems to believe in the absolute pow- missed paying a bribe. The trader ac- made it into the debate. fact that Cambodia so often seems er of the gun coupled with money,” cused Mr. Soda of taking 200,000 riel, Analysts said it was unlikely that to be ‘singled out’ for criticism” Mr. Rainsy said. “Trump and Hun or about $50, every month to let his the Trump administration would over human rights violations, Mr. Sen are definitely not democrats timber-packed trucks ply the local cause a major shift in U.S. policy to- Strangio said. (with a small d).” roads with impunity. ward Cambodia come January, “Now there’s a president-elect Yesterday, however, Mr. Rainsy Mr. Soda said he intended to sue when Mr. Trump will be sworn into who has shown little interest in deliv- joined Mr. Hun Sen in congratulat- the trader for defamation. office. ering these kinds of lectures.” ing Mr. Trump. “I am now preparing a complaint “I think it’s safe to say he’s going to In his victory speech, delivered in “I believe there will be no change to file with the court tomorrow to continue the same path,” said Ou Vi- New York at 3 a.m., Mr. Trump said in the U.S. position and policy to- let the court find justice for me,” he rak, head of the Future Forum public his administration would “get along wards Cambodia, which continues said yesterday. “That person has policy think tank. “Cambodia is not a with all other nations.” to suffer from serious deficiencies in been doing his timber business for strategic country for America.” “I want to tell the world communi- the respect for human rights, democ- a long time, but I have never re- Still, Mr. Virak said Mr. Trump’s ty that while we will always put Amer- racy, justice and rule of law,” Mr. ceived even 100 riel from him.” Southeast Asia policy was hard to ica’s interests first, we will deal fairly Rainsy said in a press statement. Mr. Soda said he caught the trad- predict. with everyone,” he said. “We will “With respect to U.S. foreign poli- er on Saturday in Siem Reap City in “Trump is very volatile and we have great relationships. We expect cy there are long-established guide- a pickup truck loaded with about don’t know what type of foreign poli- to have great, great relationships.” lines and, at the top of the establish- 2.5 cubic meters of unlicensed first- cy he believes,“ he said. “He doesn’t Mr. Hun Sen was quick to offer ment, the White House—with the grade Phchoek timber. seem to know most of the world.” his congratulations to Mr. Trump support of the Congress —always re- Sim Samnang, the reporter who Sebastian Strangio, the author of in a message posted to Facebook lies on a competent and experienced wrote the story, said he interviewed “Hun Sen’s Cambodia,” who now along with a photo of himself on a bureaucracy, including career diplo- the trader over the phone on Tues- lives in the U.S., said the change in golf course. mats from the State Department, to U.S.-Cambodia relations would be day, and although the trader re- “At this moment the American ensure stability and consistency.” minimal and the “likeliest scenario fused to reveal his full name, his ac- voters have shown their choice to Some CNRP officials who hold is that Cambodia will be left on the count was similar to many other re- elect your excellency the same way U.S. citizenship said yesterday that backburner.” as my support for your candidacy is ports of police seizing timber in they had supported Ms. Clinton, but “In the longer run, much will de- not wrong either,” said Mr. Hun Sen, accepted the will of American voters. frustration over unpaid bribes. pend on how the new administration who chafed at those who lumped his “Like the rest of the world, I’m Several calls to a phone number approaches Asia, and whether Cam- endorsement together with dictators ready to accept the result. Secretary for the trader supplied by Mr. Sam- bodia—a second- or third-order pri- Kim Jong Un and Robert Mugabe. Clinton fought very hard,” CNRP nang went unanswered. ority for Washington—has a role in In an official letter addressed to lawmaker Mu Sochua said yester- Provincial anti-economic crime that,” Mr. Strangio said. Mr. Trump, Mr. Hun Sen also said day. “In a democracy, the American police chief Soeun Sen said he be- Having pledged to be a tough ne- he hoped to work together “to en- people have spoken.” lieved his subordinate’s claims that gotiator who makes better deals for hance the great cause of peace, sta- Ms. Sochua said she would be the bribe allegations were false and the U.S., the greatest threat posed by bility and prosperity of all peoples.” watching Mr. Trump’s new foreign would not investigate further. Mr. Trump would be the possibility CPP spokesman Sok Eysan said policy, particularly in relation to “This is the normal behavior of of new or altered trade deals that dis- the ruling party would withhold judge- Cambodia. timber traders, because they al- rupt Cambodia’s garment sector, ment on Mr. Trump until his policy “We hope that he will have a ways accuse our police officers of which continues to rely heavily on positions were better understood. strong position on free and fair elec- taking bribes whenever we stop the U.S. market. “We aren’t sure yet about Donald tions and the democratic process,” their vehicles,” he said. “The biggest possible danger for Trump’s policies, but he’s better she said. Accounts of authorities on the Cambodia is that an isolationist ad- known as a businessman than a Nut Rumdol, a Cambodian-Amer- take from timber traders are all too ministration could rethink some of politician,” Mr. Eysan said, adding ican opposition lawmaker, said he common. Reporters and rights the trade preferences that have that the opposition CNRP may have had also supported Ms. Clinton. groups have often witnessed illegal helped prop up Cambodia’s garment lost a friend in the U.S. “She cares more about other coun- loggers operating with impunity sector,” Mr. Strangio said. “Sam Rainsy says Donald Trump tries,” he said. “No one knows what and authorities across the country For Prime Minister Hun Sen— is a dictator, and the opposition party Trump’s positions are.” taking bribes to look the other way. who threw his support behind Mr. used to rely on the U.S.,” Mr. Eysan (Additional Reporting by Michael Legal action against them is rare. Trump last week, explaining that he said. “How will they continue to rely Dickison) thuRsday, novembeR 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 7 regional From Jakarta to Lagos, Muslims Voice Dismay Over Trump Win ReuteRs “Whatever happens to america jakarta/islamabad/cairo - many affects everybody, and with all muslims around the world ex- these promises of doom by trump pressed dismay yesterday at re- to the blacks, to the muslims, the publican donald trump’s election minority, so it’s not something as U.s. president, saying they we’re happy about,” said Ganiu feared it might raise tensions be- olukanga, a muslim resident of tween the West and islam and the Nigerian capital lagos. con tribute to radicalization. some muslims, including Wa - While Egypt’s president made hid, said they feared his election an early congratulatory call to as president might encourage a trump, ordinary muslims were view that the U.s. held enmity for worried that his victory would be a muslims and that this would propaganda gift to jihadi groups. hinder efforts in islam to counter others were apprehensive that radicalization. the president-elect will implement “if jihadi ideology has a source campaign pledges to clamp down of sustenance, it is the image of on muslims entering the U.s. the Us as the evil anti-muslim cru- “trump has espoused highly in- sader. they will milk trump’s win flammatory rhetoric against mus- dry,” he added. lims. Voters there will expect him in jihadi social media forums, mil- to fulfill his promises. that makes itants said trump’s election had me worry about the impact on merely revealed the true position of muslims in the U.s. and in the rest the U.s. toward muslims. “the of the world,” said Yenny Wahid, a masks have slipped,” one wrote. prominent mainstream muslim in indonesia, the most popu- figure in indonesia. lous muslim nation, an official the world’s 1.6 billion muslims from the faith’s top clerical body follow a multitude of sects and there said trump’s election could schools of thought, constitute a create new tension between the majority of the population in coun- U.s. and the islamic world. tries as varied as indonesia, Pak- trump had made “negative, istan, saudi arabia, senegal and cynical” comments about mus- albania, and hold a vast array of lims in the past, din syamsuddin, political views. a senior official at the indonesian Yet trump’s previous com- Ulema council, told reporters in ments about muslims, that those jakarta. from abroad should be barred en- “He had forgotten that many try or intensely scrutinized before- americans are immigrants.” hand, and the presence of vocal in Pakistan, sherry rehman, a anti-islam activists among his sup- senator and former ambassador porters, has alarmed many. to Washington, said trump’s pro- during a bitter election cam- posal last year to bar muslims paign, trump also attacked his op- from entering the U.s. had dis- ponents for what he characterized turbed many. as their denial about the threat “Pakistan obviously cannot rule posed by militant islam, which he out engaging with whomever said was “coming to our shores,” america elects, but his anti-muslim adding that he would quickly form rhetoric may cast a shadow on rela- a commission on it. tions in times of uncertainty,” he Egyptian President abdel Fat- told reporters yesterday. tah al-sisi was the first world leader and in bangladesh, a govern- to congratulate trump on the ment official who asked not to be phone, sisi’s office said. named said: “i can’t think what many other Egyptians also wel- awaits us. donald trump was talk- comed his victory, saying his op- ing about fighting against muslims. ponent Hillary clinton’s record in are we going to see more wars?” office had won her few friends in among private citizens in dhaka, the most populous arab country. some said they hoped the pressure clinton, secretary of state dur- of office would temper trump’s ing the 2011 arab spring upris- views. ings, is unpopular with many “it is just unbelievable and i am a Egypt ians. many of those who bit tense. i hope there will be a dif- backed the revolt saw her as a ference between donald trump long-standing supporter of Hosni and President donald trump. mubarak, the autocrat they top- President trump will be more ma- pled from power. ture than individual trump,” asif but elsewhere, other muslims iqbal, a private sector employee, saw trump as a hostile figure. said. 8 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, novembeR 10, 2016 regional Burma Food, Aid Cuts Hitting Children in Rakhine, UN Says By Simon LewiS restrictions on their movements ReuteRs and access to services. Rangoon - Unrest in burma’s The malnutrition rate is 19 per- northwest is taking a “terrible cent among children under five in toll” on children, the U.n. chil- Maungdaw, according to U.n. dren’s agency Unicef said, calling statistics. for full humanitarian access to the The limited access came after a Muslim-majority north of request from diplomats and the Rakhine state. U.n.’s top official in burma, who Tens of thousands of people visited Maungdaw over two days have been cut off from food and last week. The delegation called for other aid normally provided by in - an independent investigation into ternational agencies since deadly alleged rights abuses and for aid attacks on police guard posts programs to be allowed to resume. along the border with bang - U.n. officials and diplomats from ladesh on october 9. Western countries privately “While some aid has been deliv- expressed concern at the public ered in recent days, Unicef calls for Reuters response to the crisis from the gov- full resumption of essential services Rakhine Buddhists who fled from recent violence in Maungdaw pass ernment of nobel laureate aung and the urgent lifting of all restric- their time in a temporary shelter at a stadium in Sittwe, Burma, at the San Suu kyi, which has flatly end of last month. tions of movement of health and denied allegations of abuses com- other professionals so they can barred foreign journalists and Programme said it had begun the mitted by the military. safely reach children and families,” observers from the Maungdaw first deliveries of food aid in Maun - State-run newspapers have said Unicef said in a statement from area. Residents and human rights gdaw in more than a month, reach- last week’s visit by diplomats— new York on Tuesday. monitors say extrajudicial kill - ing about 6,500 people in four vil- who stressed they were not able Troops have poured into the ings, rape and arbitrary arrests lages affected by the violence. to verify claims of rights abus- region in response to the attacks, in have taken place. WFP said its assistance would es—revealed that the allegations which assailants believed to be Security forces have killed 33 normally reach 152,000 people in were baseless. a key official from the mostly stateless Ro hingya alleged attackers, while five soldiers northern Rakhine. spokes man singled out a journal- group killed nine police officers. and one policeman have been The majority in the area are ist reporting allegations and said The army declared the area an killed, according to state-run media. Rohingya Muslims, a group of 1.1 the claims were concocted by “operation zone,” blocked aid and on Tuesday, the World Food million people in Rakhine who face people with links to insurgents. Philippines Only Trimming Military Work With US, Minister Says ReuteRs called balikatan (“shoulder-to- as have his overtures to historic a Philippine Defense Ministry ManILa - Philippine President Rod - shoulder”), involving thousands of rival China. spokesman, arsenio andolong, rigo Duterte has decided to retain U.S. and Filipino soldiers and Despite the threats, only one said the Philippines would cut to six the Philippines’ security alliance marines, would continue, but be exercise—joint patrols inside the or seven the number of military with former colonial power the re-focused on humanitarian, engi- Philippines’ 12-mile territorial drills with the U.S. set for next year, U.S., according to the country’s neering and civic action activities. waters—has been officially can- from an initial figure of more than a defense minister, but joint military “We will also retain small unit celed. on Monday, Duterte said dozen. “The president hit the reset activities will be scaled back and exercises, like special operations, he had canceled an order for button and there are new operating less combat-focused. counterterrorism and anti-nar- 26,000 assault rifles for the police, parameters when it comes to these Duterte has threatened repeat- cotics,” he said, adding the military after a U.S. senator said he would agreements,” he said. edly to cut defense pacts and end would inform its U.S. counterparts halt the deal over human rights The U.S. vowed to protect the joint drills involving thousands of about the president’s decision at a concerns. Philippines from external aggres- soldiers, after lashing out at criti- meeting this month. on Monday, State Department sion in a mutual defense treaty cism by U.S. President barack a spokeswoman for the U.S. spokesman Mark Toner said it signed during the Cold War in obama’s administration of his State Department, anna Richey- was his understanding that the 1951, and the allies enjoyed special war on drugs, which has claimed allen, said the U.S. had not U.S. had not received any notifica- ties until Manila closed U.S. mili- more than 2,300 lives in four received any official notification tion on the cancellation of the sale. tary bases in 1992. months. from the Philippines, and added: but Defense Secretary Delfin “We will be seeking clarification ------Regional Brief ------Lorenzana said the security alliance through direct dialogue.” with the U.S. would not be “We will continue to consult, as Thai Navy Set to Buy and Help Farmers Harvest Rice scrapped, including a 2014 agree- we always have, with our Filipino bangkok - The Thai navy will buy rice directly from farmers and assign ment that allows prolonged deploy- partners to appropriately tailor our naval ratings to help them harvest their grain, a navy spokesman said on ment of U.S. forces in the country. assistance. We will honor our Tuesday, the latest in a series of steps by the military junta to soften the “It will remain,” Lorenzana told alliance commitments and treaty impact of falling prices. on Monday, the country’s rice committee reporters, referring to the strategic obligations and expect the Phil - announced new loan schemes worth $514 million to help rice growers, as alliance with Washington. “no, it ippines to do the same,” she said. the junta looked to gain support in rural areas ahead of an election next will not be abrogated. but we will The Pentagon did not immedi- year. Rice prices in Thailand hit a 13-month low last week, hurting farm- reduce the number of activities.” ately respond to a request for ers in the world’s second-largest rice exporter. Rice exports account for However, naval exercises known comment. about 10 percent of Thailand’s gross domestic product. “If grain prices as CaRaT, or cooperation afloat Duterte’s declarations that exer- have fallen we will help where we can to purchase. Where farmers lack readiness and training, and cises this year between the two mil- labor we will send groups to help,” Vice admr. Jumpol Lumpikanon, a Phiblex, a marine amphibious land- itaries were “the last” because he spokesman for the Royal Thai navy, told reporters. Last week Manas ing exercise, would be ditched, he hated having foreign troops in the kitprasert, head of the Thai Rice Millers association, resigned after said. both have been held annually. country have resonated internation- Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said that rice millers and politicians Lorenzana said the war games ally, and baffled much of the region, were colluding to drive down rice prices for political reasons. 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ReuteRs manila - Jason madarang, awaiting trial on a charge of drug use, is in a muggy, windowless cell in a “It’s safer here. Out side, if manila prison so overcrowded that the police want to shoot inmates must sleep in halls and you, they shoot you, and stairwells and share each toilet with 150 other men. then say you’re a drug But with Philippine President pusher.” Rodrigo Du terte’s “war on drugs” raging beyond the walls of Quezon —Jason Madarang, City Jail, madarang says he is inMate lucky. “it’s safer here,” he said. “Out - side, if the police want to shoot you, inmates can’t be locked in the they shoot you, and then say cells at night because the cells you’re a drug pusher.” aren’t big enough. They sleep on The Philippine police say they Reuters the stairs—one inmate per step— have only shot drug suspects in Guards check lists as inmates are taken from Quezon City Jail to and string hammocks from the court hearings in Manila late last month. legitimate operations. rafters and spill into the chapel nearly 2,300 drug users and the prison. ment of the interior and local and classroom. dealers have been killed in police Quezon City Jail is a teeming Government, which is in charge Others bed down in the operations or by suspected vigi- microcosm of a regional crisis dri- of Quezon City Jail. prison’s only exercise area, its lantes since Duterte took office ven by an explosion in use of meth - “The solution is...to build new basketball court. When it’s not on June 30, according to the Phil - amphetamine, a highly addictive and bigger jails,” he said, adding raining. ip pines police. drug popular across asia. that a lack of funds made this a Each morning at 8 a.m., many Thousands more have been Prisons in countries such as challenge. inmates crowd around the bas- arrested, filling the country’s Thai land and Burma are also Prison overcrowding poses “a ketball court to sing the national already seething jails to their chronically overcrowded, thanks very big challenge for us in terms anthem and take part in a short bursting point. largely to inmates on drug-related of security and the health status aerobic exercise. Quezon City Jail was built to charges, according to the U.n. of inmates,” said abarca, the inmates are encouraged to be hold about 800 inmates, but is Office on Drugs and Crime. prison officer. as active as possible during the now home to over 3,400—far too But Philippine jails are asia’s inmates sleep poorly and easily day, abarca said. many for its cell area, which is most congested, with an occupan- fall sick, she said, and tensions But, inmates told a reporter roughly equivalent to three bas- cy level of 316 percent, according always simmer over the cramped touring the prison that many men ketball courts. to the institute for Criminal Policy conditions. in July, there was a catch up on sleep during the day in mid-august, as Duterte’s Research at Birkbeck, University cholera outbreak in the prison in the space left by cellmates who anti-narcotics campaign intensi- of london. caused by contaminated water. exercise, pray in the chapel or fied, the population briefly topped Globally, the iCPR ranks the Someone has chalked “WEl- form long lines for one of only 24 4,000 until the jail insisted that Philippines third in prison occu- COmE TO HEll” on the steps toilets. detainees were sent elsewhere. pancy levels, behind only Haiti leading up to Jason madarang’s at least 2,000 inmates are in - “if we hadn’t done that, we’d and Benin. cellblock. side on bailable offenses, accord- have 5,000 inmates by now,” said it was natural that the govern- But the 29-year-old municipal ing to prison statistics, but the lucila abarca, the prison’s com - ment’s “aggressive campaign worker, who said five people near majority are too poor to pay the munity relations officer. against criminality and drugs” his manila home had been shot bond. Two thirds of the inmates are would boost the jail population, dead in recent months, wasn’t the The overcrowding is also a inside on drug-related offences, said Jesus Hinlo, undersecretary only inmate who felt safer there. symptom of the slow pace of Phil - ac cording to data maintained by for public safety at the De part - His cellmate, marconino max - ippines justice. many inmates imo, 39, said he was arrested a wait years for their cases to grind year ago and charged with pos- through the courts. sessing a pipe for smoking crystal Duterte’s anti-narcotics crack- methamphetamine, known in the down is popular with the public— Phil ippines as shabu. 84 percent of respondents ap - “i’m lucky to be here because proved of the campaign in an so many people have been opinion poll last month. But some killed,” he said. critics say it has been felt dispro- “There are many police on the portionately by the poor, and that outside,” added maximo, gestur- major drug traffickers routinely ing around his seething, dun- evade arrest. geon-like cell. “Here, there are Given the choice, former drug none.” user Dennis Charles ledda, 29, There are rarely any prison offi- said he would take his chances cers either. most cellblocks are on the outside. run by one of four gangs, whose “it’s hell here, mentally and leaders are relied upon to keep physically,” said ledda, who Reuters the peace, abarca said. sleeps in the crawl space beneath UK citizen David Taylor, 33 (center right), and Australian Sara “Riots can still happen,” said another man’s bunk. Connor, 45 (center left), who are accused of killing a policeman, abarca. “We have to conduct reg- “Truly, i used drugs,” he said. arrive to attend the start of their trial on the Indonesian resort “But if i could get out of here i’d island of Bali yesterday. ular dialogue with cell leaders to address their issues.” do anything to fix my life.” thuRsday, novembeR 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 11 regional Hong Kong Lawyers Prepare for Harsher Actions From China ReuteRs independence activists, were hong kong - Lawyers and politi- barred from the legislature after cians in hong kong are bracing Monday’s ruling. for a broader crackdown after Chi- Anson Chan, the retired chief of na’s move to effectively ban two hong kong’s civil service who independence-minded lawmak- served under both U.k. and Chi- ers, fears reinforced by senior Chi- nese rule, said Monday’s move nese parliamentarian Li Fei, who was “a first step down an extreme- insisted on Beijing’s duty to assert ly slippery slope.” its authority. “There’s no end to it.... This is the Before the intervention by Chi- worst blow yet to the whole inde- na’s parliament on Monday, a hong pendence of the judicial system.” kong court was already consider- In public and private comments ing whether to bar newly elected this week, Chinese officials have lawmakers Baggio Leung and Yau made clear their frustrations go Wai-hing, whose swearing-in cere- beyond Monday’s ruling, and in- mony was aborted after they mis- sist that those advocating self- pronounced the oath in a way that is Reuters determination for the territory can regarded as insulting to China. Hundreds of lawyers wearing black stage a silent protest to the Court also be seen as separatists. Li’s justification of Beijing’s of Final Appeal against China's parliament, which passed an move to interpret hong kong’s interpretation of Basic Law, in Hong Kong, Tuesday. one Foreign Ministry official in- sisted the move would strengthen Basic Law constitution has raised Leung and Yau were among a “What will be next under the Ba- fears of further action by both the hong kong’s rule of law, with the group of six radical lawmakers ad- sic Law to be challenged?.... I really Basic Law at its core. city’s own government and Chi- vocating various forms of autono- feel we are now trying to hold on to Regina Ip, a former local govern- na’s Communist Party leadership my for hong kong, which China words written on water.” ment security chief who is now a to destroy the fledgling indepen- sees as a threat to national security. While Beijing has invoked its pro-establishment lawmaker, said dence movement in the former Localists secured 1 in 5 votes in right to intervene via the Basic British colony. legislative elections in Septem- Law four times since the handover people must not underestimate the Li said on Monday that Beijing ber—figures that shocked the from the U.k. in 1997, this is the depth of concern in Beijing. She would not “interfere” in the auton- mainland and hong kong govern- first time it has pre-empted local said the local government would omy guaranteed under the Basic ments alike. court action over local laws. be under intense pressure to follow Law and the “one country, two hong kong’s jealously guarded That precedent appears to have through on Monday’s action. systems” model, but he did not legal independence and freedom emboldened pro-Beijing lawmak- “I think there is a sense among rule out future legal action. of speech could also be casualties ers to demand that other radical Chinese officials that the authority “Some people say the parlia- of any broader campaign against activists be barred from hong of the Central government has ment should restrain itself and the movement. kong’s legislature, while the city’s been kept at bay by hong kong all should not exercise its authority to “I really do fear we are seeing the leader has refloated the idea of these years,” Ip said. the utmost,” said Li, who heads start of an era of the rule of hong passing long-delayed laws to “Some feel they have been op- the Basic Law committee of Chi- kong by decree from Beijing,” said toughen the city’s existing nation- pressed by the hong kong people na’s national People’s Congress. Alan Leong, a prominent barrister al security laws. and haven’t been able to assert “We say we must exercise our and former democratic legislator, The legislative assistants of Le- their authority as outlined in the authority. It is our duty.” pointing to Li’s remarks. ung and Yau, some of them pro- Basic Law. That is changing.”

South Korean Minister Says ------Regional Briefs ------Former Chinese Energy Official Admits Taking Bribes Missile Program Still Viable BeIjIng- A former general manager of Chinese energy giant Sinopec group admitted to accepting $4.87 million in bribes, China’s anticorruption watch- ReuteRs ment was concerned Trump may dog said. Chinese President Xi jinping launched a sweeping crackdown on SeoUL - The deployment in South make unpredictable proposals to deep-rooted corruption after assuming power four years ago, ensnaring top korea of the U.S. military’s Termi- north korea over the isolated coun- politicians, leaders of state enterprises and senior bankers. Wang Tianpu, an nal high Altitude Area Defense try’s nuclear weapons program, a oil industry veteran, appeared in court on Tuesday pleading guilty to anti-missile system, designed to ruling party official said, quoting top charges of corruption and accepting bribes, the Central Commission for counter north korea’s missile national security officials. Discipline Inspection said in a short statement on its website late on Tues- threat, will go ahead as planned un- A Trump spokesman said in Sep- day. Sinopec group is the parent of Sinopec Corp., Asia’s largest oil refiner. der a Trump administration, the tember that north korea’s most re- Wang has already been investigated by the party’s internal anticorruption South’s ruling party chief said yes- cent nuclear test was an example of watchdog and will almost certainly be found guilty, as Chinese courts are terday, citing the defense minister. the “catastrophic failures” of his controlled by the party and do not challenge its accusations. (Reuters) Saenuri Party policy chief kim Democratic rival, former Secretary gwang-lim said plans for the de- of State hillary Clinton. Washing- No ‘Grace Period’ for New Chinese NGO Regulations ployment of the Thaad system ton and Seoul agreed to deploy the BeIjIng - There will be no “grace period” for the implementation of new were near complete. Thaad system in South korea to regulations limiting the activities of foreign non-governmental organiza- kim was briefing the media af- protect against north korean tions in China that are slated to come into effect next year, according to ter a meeting by senior party threats. China was angered by the the Ministry of Public Security. Western governments have lambasted mem bers with national security system as it fears the system’s radar the foreign ngo law passed in April, saying it treats the groups as a crim- ministers, including Defense Min- will be able to see into its territory. inal threat and would effectively force many out of the country. “China is ister han Min-koo, to discuss the The commander of U.S. forces in a country with the rule of law—no law has a ‘transition period’ or ‘grace U.S. presidential election, won by South korea said on Friday the sys- period’ after it takes effect,” a representative from the Ministry of Public Republican Donald Trump. tem would be deployed to South Security’s Foreign ngo Management Bureau told consular officials “Thaad is all but confirmed so it’ll korea within eight to 10 months, from 11 countries at a briefing in Shanghai on Tuesday. Foreign ngos go ahead,” kim quoted han as say- according to a U.S. military official would have to partner with a Chinese organization, the representative ing. But the South korean govern- in South korea. said, according to a statement on the ministry’s website. (Reuters) 12 The Cambodia daily thursday, november 10, 2016 InternatIonal India’s Withdrawal of Larger Rupee Banknotes Sparks Chaos

reuters new deLHi - indians struggled to pay for basic goods including food “I couldn’t even have and fuel yesterday and wondered breakfast this morning how to get hold of their cash, after because there seems to be india suddenly withdrew 500 and 1,000 rupee notes from circulation a shortage of change in in a bid to flush out money hidden the market.” from the tax man. The shock measure also sent —Deepak Chhatoi, shudders through the investment salesman in mumbai community on a day when the markets were also reeling due to The main opposition Congress the victory of republican candi- party said it supported moves to at- date donald Trump in the u.s. tack the black economy, but that presidential election. withdrawing bigger denomina- india’s national stock ex- tion notes would hit normal work- change share index slumped as reuters ing people first. much as 6.3 percent in early trad- A roadside currency exchange vendor counts Indian rupee banknotes “Ordinary indians will suffer— ing before recovering some of the in Kolkata, India, yesterday. families saving for weddings, the losses by around noon. widely used to describe transac- closed and banks prepared for the small traders and businessmen,” The currency move, announ - tions that take place outside for- flood of people seeking to ex- said randeep singh surjewala, ced late on Tuesday night by indi- mal channels, amounted to about change larger banknotes for the party spokesman. an Prime minister narendra 20 percent of gross domestic prod- smaller ones. in the stock market, real estate modi, aims to bring billions of dol- uct, according to investment firm swapan mandal, a laborer, firms that depend on cash transac- lars worth of unaccounted wealth ambit. wanted to withdraw 3,000 rupees tions were hit particularly hard, into the mainstream economy and new bills, of 500 and 2,000 ru- from an aTm and send it to his with dLf Ltd., india’s biggest curb corruption. pees, will be introduced from today. family in Kolkata, in eastern india, property developer, down more it was also designed to stop anti- deepak Chhatoi, a salesman at a but was unable to do so. than 20 percent. india militants suspected of using car varnishing store in mumbai, “i have only 500 rupees notes at but analysts said the move fake 500 rupee notes to fund their said he had to turn away customers home. i don’t know if i will be able would prove beneficial to india in operations. wanting to pay with larger bills, and to send the money,” he said. the longer term, by ushering in from midnight, the larger ban- could not buy the popular potato a sub-inspector in new delhi transparency and bringing trans- knotes ceased to be legal tender for sandwich known as the vada pav. said the police commissioner had actions into the formal economy, transactions other than exchanging “i couldn’t even have breakfast issued orders to watch for distur- and providing additional revenue them at banks for smaller notes. this morning because there seems bances, especially at key retail out- for a country that has long strug- retailers refused to accept the to be a shortage of change in the lets like petrol pumps. gled to contain its fiscal deficits. bills, worth around $7.50 and $15 market,” he said. “This is a sensitive time. we it could also lead to easing infla- respectively, and people were un- “The vada pav seller declined to have to be alert,” he said. tion, raising the prospect of addi- able to access aTms after banks sell to me because he did not have modi’s move to go after hidden tional rate cuts from the central closed them down. change.” assets also threatens to derail bank, which lowered the key repo To be effective the move had to The extent of the impact of the politicians’ election plans ahead of rate by 25 basis points last month. be unexpected, analysts said, but measures became evident as petrol state polls including the key battle- “despite [the] knee-jerk reac- it was also fraught with problems stations and hospitals also refused ground of uttar Pradesh early tion in the markets and economy, for an economy largely fueled by to accept larger denomination ban- next year. we believe this step is very positive cash, especially for india’s poorest knotes, even though the govern- with no state financing, india’s for government finances, the infla- citizens, many of whom work in ment had given them a waiver to elections run on resources that tion/interest rate outlook, and the large rural economy. continue accepting them. candidates generate themselves, long-term gdP growth,” mac- india’s “black economy,” a term meanwhile, bank aTms were most of it in cash. quarie said in a note. Four Killed in Latest Shelling Across Disputed Kashmir Border reuters that another man was killed near a administered area of nakyal, after tack delhi blamed on Pakistan- muzaffarabad/srinagar, Pak- bridge in the area. a similar exchange of fire. based militants. istan - four people were killed on an indian soldier was killed in Tension between india and Pak- Pakistan denied that it was in- Tuesday in exchanges of fire be- the Jammu sector of indian- istan has been high since July, when volved in that attack. tween indian and Pakistan armed administered Kashmir during the indian forces killed a young Kash- several days later, india said it forces in the disputed Kashmir re- exchanges of fire, an indian mili- miri fighter in indian-administered had carried out “surgical strikes” gion, officials said, the latest vio- tary spokesman said, adding that Kashmir, prompting months of on militant bases across the bor- lence amid tension between the two soldiers were wounded and protests and a security crackdown der, a claim Pakistan dismissed as nuclear-armed neighbors. indian forces responded to the that has claimed more than 80 lives. “an illusion.” Three civilians were killed and firing both countries claim all of Kash- Last week, both countries ex- three wounded by indian shelling firing by both sides continued, mir, but administer separate parts, pelled each others’ diplomats, and in the battal sector of Pakistan- both officials said. divided by a de facto border. named a number of others as be- administered Kashmir, Pakistani Pakistan’s foreign Office sum- since independence from the ing involved in spying. police official mir abid said. moned india’s deputy high com- u.K. in 1947, they have fought two Violations of a 2003 cease-fire “a mortar shell landed on the missioner on Tuesday to con- of their three wars over the territory. on the de facto border have regu- house of one zakir Hussain shah demn the firing, the government Tension ratcheted further in sep- larly occurred in the last two in mandhol village, killing his 45- said in a statement. tember, when 18 indian soldiers months, with at least 19 people year-old wife and 6-year-old daugh- Three people were also killed were killed at an army base in indi- killed on both sides in shelling last ter on the spot,” abid said, adding on monday, in the Pakistan- an-administered Kashmir, in an at- week. thursday, november 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 13 InternatIonal Escaping IS in Mosul, Civilians Are Targeted and Trapped reuters against civilians, including using car Fathi abu abdallah nursed a This might last for four or five shahrezad, Iraq - seif Moham - bombs, as they came under increas- fresh wound to his upper lip and days, and then what happens?” med, his nose cut and swollen, ing military pressure in Intisar. looked shaken. Young men climbed aboard the winced and held his back. he had ali dhaher, 20, who had shel- “They [I.s.] shot me, right as I aid truck to unload it while men a narrow escape the previous day, tered in an abandoned home was collecting food aid next to the queued for the boxes to be distrib- surviving an Islamic state militant overnight, looked relieved even as mosque on that corner, just a few uted or squatted in the dirt. group suicide car bomb then flee- explosions sounded around him minutes ago,” he indicated. The U.N. has warned of a possi- ing his home in Mosul to take shel- and fighting raged nearby. an Iraqi flag fluttered at the top ble exodus of hundreds of thou- ter just over a kilometer away. “Thank God we’re no longer of the green minaret. small arms sands of refugees. Mosul is still “The blast didn’t just destroy under daesh,” he said, using a pe- fire could be heard in the distance home to up to 1.5 million people. my house but a whole block,” the jorative arabic term for I.s. and the blast of army mortar fire so far, at least 34,000 have been 24-year-old said. “daesh is a byword for savagery. more closely. Civilians huddled displaced, the International Orga- “They don’t target the army, They target civilians even before behind a wall for a few minutes af- nization for Migration said. they target civilians. There were targeting the army. It’s increased ter abu abdallah was hit. dhaher and his father hassan three car bombs yesterday in Inti- too. Wherever they are more encir- In the rush to escape eastern Mo- said their best bet was to head for sar. My dad and brother are still in cled and lose territory, they in- sul, women clutching babies and el- Khazir, on foot if necessary. hospital, I haven’t heard news of crease their attacks on civilians.” derly men and women stepped past “We need to go to any camp. them. The neighbors were killed.” dhaher’s family also had a nar- burnt-out cars. soldiers hoisted Life is impossible, we’ve been left Iraqi forces entered Mosul last row miss from a bomb attack the them onto army trucks headed for with nothing. We haven’t had food week and pushed into the Intisar day before, he said. They were the Khazir refugee camp. or water since we fled,” hassan district in an operation to drive I.s. safe, but people in the neighbor- Trucks loaded with boxes of said. from its last major city stronghold hood had been killed. food and medical supplies pulled “Under daesh, we didn’t have in Iraq. dhaher and Mohammed spoke into shahrezad even as tanks and anything either—everyone was The offensive, which involves a from the shahrezad district on the armored vehicles positioned them- poor,” he added. 100,000-strong alliance of troops, outskirts of eastern Mosul, where selves behind battle-damaged The family, from the sufi Mus- security forces, Kurdish peshmer- they took shelter overnight. Iraqi buildings. lim sect, said they had suffered un- ga and shiite militias backed by forces were shelling I.s. positions “This is the first aid that’s reached der the jihadis. U.s.-led airstrikes, has so far in Intisar from there on Tuesday. shahrezad, and we’re thankful for “Two of my sons in law were ex- gained just a small foothold in Mo- after more than two years of I.s. that. People have been hungry and ecuted, slaughtered—one on ac- sul since it began four weeks ago. control, hundreds have escaped the with no medical equipment,” said cusations of collaboration, and the Iraqi forces were fighting I.s. area this week but even in shah - local notary abbas, who was direct- other simply for being a sufi,” has- militants in Intisar on Tuesday. rezad they are not out of danger yet. ing distribution of the aid. san dhaher said. “It was like living Fleeing residents said the mili- a loud explosion sent a group of “It’s not enough, though,” he in prison, we stayed at home and tants had stepped up violence them scattering for shelter. said. “There’s one box per family. tried not to be noticed.” 14 The Cambodia daily thursday, november 10, 2016 InternatIonal first elected office, and it remains Senator John McCain, Fox News for the second time to be elected Trump... to be seen how he will work with anchor Megyn Kelly, the family of the first woman U.S. president. Congress, even though Repub - a slain Muslim-American soldier, a In a posting on Twitter on conTinueD from page 1 licans were set to retain control of Miss Universe winner and a feder- Tuesday evening, she acknowl- was time to heal the divisions both chambers. During the cam- al judge of Mexican heritage. edged a battle that was unexpect- caused by the campaign and find paign, Trump was the target of A largely anti-Trump crowd of edly tight given her edge in opin- common ground after a cam- sharp disapproval, not just from about 400 to 500 people gathered ion polls going into Election Day. paign that exposed deep differ- Democrats but from many in his outside the White House after his “This team has so much to be ences among Americans. own party. victory, many visibly in shock or proud of. Whatever happens “It is time for us to come The Republican Party retained tears. Some carried signs that tonight, thank you for every- together as one united people,” control of the U.S. House of read “stand up to racism” and thing,” she tweeted. Trump said. “I will be president Repre sen tatives, where all 435 “love trumps hate.” The wife of former President for all Americans.” seats were up for grabs. In the The election was unprecedent- Bill Clinton and herself a former He said he had received a call U.S. Senate, the party also put up ed in the way it turned Americans U.S. senator, she held a steady from Clinton to congratulate him an unexpectedly tough fight to against each other, according to lead in many opinion polls for on the win and praised her for protect its majority in the U.S. dozens of interviews in the rural months. her service and for a hard-fought Senate. parts of the U.S. and across some Voters perceived in her a cau- campaign. Trump entered the race 17 of the most politically charged tious and calculating candidate His comments were an abrupt months ago and survived a series battleground states. and an inability to personally con- departure from his campaign trail of seemingly crippling blows, Throughout his campaign— nect with them. rhetoric in which he repeatedly many of them self-inflicted, and especially in his acceptance Even though the FBI found no slammed Clinton as “crooked” including the emergence last speech at the Republican Na - grounds for criminal charges after amid supporters’ chants of “lock month of a 2005 video in which tional Convention in July— a probe into her use of a private her up.” he boasted about making un - Trump described a dark U.S. that email server rather than a govern- At Clinton’s election event at want ed sexual advances on had been knocked to its knees by ment system while she was secre- the Javits conference center just women. He apologized but within China, Mexico, Russia and the tary of state, the issue allowed crit- over a kilometer away from days, several women emerged to Islamic State militant group. The ics to raise doubts about her in - Trump’s event, an electric atmos- say he had groped them, allega- American dream was dead, he tegrity. Hacked emails also phere among supporters expect- showed a cozy relationship be - ing a Clinton win slowly grew tween her State Department and grim as her losses piled up. “It is time for us to come together as one united donors to her family’s Clinton Clinton opted not to appear at Foundation charity. her event, instead sending cam- people.... I will be president for all Americans.” Trump seized on the emails to paign chairman John Podesta out —DonalD Trump, charge that Clinton represented a to tell her supporters to go home. corrupt political system in Wash - uS preSiDenT-elecT “We’re not going to have any- ington that had to be swept clean. thing more to say tonight,” he Trump’s national security said. tions he denied. He was judged said, smothered by malevolent ideas, opposed by most of the Clinton was expected to speak the loser of all three presidential business interests and corrupt elite voices across the political on Wednesday morning, an aide debates with Clinton. politicians, and he alone could spectrum, have simultaneously said. A Reuters/Ipsos national Elec - revive it. included promises to build up the Victorious in a cliffhanger race tion Day poll offered some clues He has vowed to win economic U.S. military while at the same that opinion polls had forecast to the outcome. It found Clinton concessions from China and to time avoiding foreign military was Clinton’s to win, Trump won underperformed expectations build a wall on the southern U.S. entanglements. avid support among a core base with women, winning their vote border with Mexico to keep out He wants to rewrite interna- of white non-college educated by only about 7 percent, similar to undocumented immigrants. tional trade deals to reduce trade workers with his promise to be U.S. President Barack Obama As financial markets absorbed deficits. He has taken positions the “greatest jobs president that when he won re-election in 2012. the prospect of Trump’s win that raise the possibility of damag- God ever created.” And while she won Hispanics, through Tuesday evening and ing relations with the U.S.’s most In his victory speech, he said black and millennial voters, into the early hours of yesterday, trusted allies in Europe, Asia and he had a great economic plan, Clinton did not win those groups the Mexican peso plunged to its the Middle East. would embark on a project to by greater margins than Obama lowest-ever levels. The peso had He has promised to warm rela- rebuild American infrastructure did in 2012. Younger blacks did become a touchstone for senti- tions with Russia that have chilled and would double U.S. economic not support Clinton like they did ment on the election as Trump under Obama over Russian growth. Obama, as she won eight of 10 threatened to rip up a free-trade President Vladimir Putin’s inter- His win raises a host of ques- black voters between the ages of agreement with Mexico. vention in the Syrian civil war and tions for the U.S. at home and 35 and 54. Obama won almost His triumph was a rebuke to his seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea abroad. He campaigned on a 100 percent of those voters in Obama, a Democrat who spent region. pledge to take the country on a 2012. weeks flying around the country Putin sent Trump a congratula- more isolationist, protectionist During the campaign, Trump to campaign against him, repeat- tory note yesterday, saying he “America First” path. He has said he would “make America edly casting doubt on his suitabili- hoped that they can get the U.S.- vowed to impose a 35 percent tar- great again” through the force of ty for the White House. Obama Russian relationship out of crisis. iff on goods exported to the coun- his personality, negotiating skill will hand over the office to Trump Other governments reacted try by U.S. companies that went and business acumen. He pro- after serving the maximum eight with stunned disbelief. abroad. posed refusing entry to the U.S. years allowed by law. German Defense Minister Ur - Trump, who at 70 will be the of people from war-torn Middle Trump promises to push Con - sula von der Leyen, an ally of oldest first-term U.S. president, Eastern countries, a modified ver- gress to repeal Obama’s troubled Chancellor Angela Merkel, de - came out on top after a bitter and sion of an earlier proposed ban on health care plan and to reverse his scribed the result as a “huge divisive campaign that focused Muslims. Clean Power Plan. He plans to cre- shock” and questioned whether it largely on the character of the His volatile nature, frequent in - ate jobs by relying on U.S. fossil meant the end of “Pax Americana,” candidates and whether they sults and unorthodox proposals fuels such as oil and gas. the state of relative peace overseen could be trusted to serve as the led to campaign feuds with a long Trump’s victory marked a frus- by Washington that has governed country’s 45th president. list of people, including Muslims, trating end to the presidential aspi- international relations since World The presidency will be Trump’s the disabled, Republican U.S. rations of Clinton, 69, who failed War II. thuRsday, novembeR 10, 2016 The Cambodia daily 15 InternatIonal In Germany, More Than Half ------International Briefs ------German Police Arrest 5 Men for Recruiting IS Members Want Merkel to Run in Election berlin - German police yesterday arrested five men accused of recruiting members for the islamic State militant group. The suspects, aged between ReuteRs 26 and 50, formed a national jihadi network, the country’s chief prosecutor berlin - More than half of Germans said. Officials said the arrests were made in the states of north-rhine want Chancellor Angela Merkel to Westphalia and lower Saxony. They said the group’s ringleader was 32- run for a fourth term as the conser- year-old iraqi national Ahmed Abdulaziz Abdullah A., also known as Abu vative candidate in next year’s fed- Walaa in islamist circles. He is said to have openly professed his allegiance eral election, a poll showed yester- to i.S. and is accused of instigating and helping young men join the group in day, despite a dip in her popularity Syria. Two other suspects, identified as Turkish national Hasan C. and due to her liberal migrant policy. German-Serb boban S., are alleged to have taught Arabic and radical isla - Some 59 percent of Germans mic thought to potential foreign fighters. German citizen Mamoud O. and want Merkel to put herself forward Cameroonian Ahmed F.Y. are suspected of having organized the trips. At for “The Union,” which is made up least one young man and his family were sent to Syria by the group, accord- of Merkel’s Christian democrats ing to the prosecutor. The five were set to be arraigned yesterday. (WP) and its bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, a survey by Tram Overturns in London, Trapping 2, Injuring Others pollster Forsa for Stern magazine lOndOn - Two people were trapped after a tram overturned in south showed. london yesterday, with a number of others injured in the incident, emer- That compared with 35 percent Reuters gency services said. “Firefighters have released a number of people and who said they do not want Merkel German Chancellor Angela Merkel two people remain trapped,” london Fire brigade Station man ager Jo to run for a fourth term, according to comment on whether she will Kenny said. “All the emergency services are working closely together to to the poll of 1,002 people con- run next year, saying only that she help those involved in this incident.” eight fire engines, four specialist res- ducted last Thursday and Friday. will make her intentions clear in cue units and more than 70 firefighters were at the scene which police Senior allies of Merkel have indi- due course. in September, she said described as a serious incident. The london Ambulance Service said it cated they expect her to run for she was still motivated. was treating a number of patients, but gave no details of injuries. (Reuters) office again next year even though if Merkel decides not to run for her decision to allow more than a office, 26 percent think Finance Spain Arrests 4 on Suspicion of Islamic Militant Activity million migrants fleeing the Mid - Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, who MAdrid - Spanish police arrested three men and a woman yesterday in dle east, Africa and elsewhere into earned respect for his handling of Spain’s north African enclave Ceuta on suspicion of recruiting young peo- Germany this year and last year the eurozone crisis, would be the ple as islamic militants, the interior Ministry said in a statement. The four has pol arized German society. best candidate to run for the con- people looked to recruit youths through the internet, primarily through Merkel, 62, has been chancellor servatives, while 18 percent were in social media, the ministry said. Since Spain raised its national security of europe’s largest economy since favor of defense Minister Ursula threat alert last year in response to gun and bomb attacks in Paris, police 2005. She has repeatedly declined von der leyen. have arrested 161 people suspected of islamic militant activity. (Reuters) The Cambodia daily

16 business Thursday, november 10, 2016 GoPro Recalls Angel Investors Enter Cambodia’s Startup Scene By HanG sokuntHea Its First-Ever The cambodia daily Chea Langda, the founder of startup BookMeBus, didn’t know Karma Drone what to expect when he was re - By GeorGia Wells ferred to a meet-up with a group The wall sTreeT journal of foreign angel investors last year GoPro’s first drone is off to a at Impact Hub Phnom Penh. troubled start. “I only went because I thought: The action-camera maker on I’d better give them the benefit of Tuesday said it was recalling its the doubt,” Mr. Langda said. new Karma drone after a few units At that gathering at Impact Hub’s lost power during flight. GoPro old office on the second floor of Jo - said no injuries or property dam- ma Cafe Norodom, Langda was in - age had been reported. troduced to David Beatty and Jo GoPro said it would issue re - Ann Corkran, who had come to funds for the 2,500 drones it had Cambodia looking to invest here for sold since its launch two weeks the first time. When his turn came ago, and that it isn’t offering re - to make a pitch, Mr. Langda eager- BookMeBus founder Chea Langda, in a still image from a YouTube video produced by Phnom Penh's IT Academy STEP placements. The company didn’t ly told them that BookMeBus.com say what caused the power loss. could become Cambodia’s main Cal ifornia when successful entre- “As banks are often reluctant to GoPro said it is working “in system for reserving millions of bus preneurs began taking chances on lend to startup companies, angel close coordination” with the U.S. and ferry trips every year. high-risk technology companies. fi nance can help to accelerate the Consumer Product Safety Com - The investors peppered him “You are investing in people, and development of Cambodian-owned mission and the Federal Aviation with questions, from how he esti- you believe in their ability to create technology startups, which may Administration on its recall. mated his market size to how he a successful business,” he said. help the growth of Cambodia’s high The CPSC said it doesn’t regu- had generated his revenue mod- “What matters is the ability of the technology sector.” Mr. Biswas said. late consumer drone recalls, ac - els. Mr. Langda said the meeting team to create a business around Khemara Ros, the Cambodia cording to a spokesman for the last November quickly taught him an idea. The idea doesn’t create the country director for MBI, said the agency. The CPSC instructed Go - that he and his team were still just business: People create business.” three rounds of meetings with an - Pro to proceed with its recall, ac - “babies.” Another example of a Cambodia- gel investors organized so far in cording to a GoPro spokesman. They hadn’t realized what it real- based business involved with angel Cambodia had already borne signif- The FAA wasn’t immediately ly took to make a professional in - investors is Japanese entrepreneur icant fruit, with 27 angel investors available to comment. Drone own- vestor pitch. “We weren’t sure how Takeshi Izuka’s Vkirirom, a resort having visited the country, creating ers are required to register their big our market was and who our and boarding school-style universi- the momentum for local business- devices with the FAA. target customers were,” he said. ty in Kompong Speu province that people to organize their own angel- GoPro’s Karma, which sold for “We were critically challenged by raised $3 million in a round of fi - investor network as part of the Cam - $799, represented GoPro’s first ma - the angel investors during the Q&A nancing from angel investors in Ju - bodia Investor Club. session after the pitch.” ly, Mr. Izuka said. jor attempt to diversify its products MBI would give technical assis- In the year since that first nerve- A primary challenge for Cambo - tance to those local investors as beyond its core action camera line. wracking meeting, the investors dian startups is the lack of options they attempt to develop an environ- Chief executive Nick Woodman have put more than money into the for shareholders to profitably exit ment that can prop up the financ- placed his bets on the Karma and company. Perhaps most important- their investments, which typically ing of Cambodian innovators, Mr. two new cameras to revive sales. ly, BookMeBus gained the mentor- occurs when a company is acquired Ros said. Last week, GoPro said produc- ship of experienced entrepreneurs or lists on the stock exchange, Mr. For startups, the arrival of angel tion issues delayed shipments of who have guided the startup dur- Izuka said. For Vkirirom, the solu- investors means greater opportuni- its flagship camera, which also ing a period in which it has nearly tion was to base the company in ties, and the possibility of receiving launched in the fourth quarter. At doubled its monthly ticket sales. Singapore, even as it operated in a shot in the arm to stimulate rapid the same time, GoPro said rev- Building an angel investor net- Cambodia, creating the possibili- growth like that BookMeBus has enue tumbled 40 percent in the work in Cambodia is a key plank in ty of an exit via the Singaporean experienced. third quarter. boosting the country’s entrepre- bourse—on which Mr. Izuka hopes Alongside booming ticket sales, In most cases, companies are re - neurship, according to the Mekong to list by 2020. Thirty percent of the past few months have seen the quired by law to announce recalls Business Initiative, which orga- Vkirirom’s equity is held by angel estimated market value of the com- in partnership with the CPSC. nized last year’s gathering and two investors. pany rise almost threefold, Mr. Samsung Electronics came un - following rounds. Funded by the “Angel investors need exits,” he Lang da said. As its founder, Mr. der fire in September for telling Asian Development Bank and Aus - said. “The Cambodian stock ex - Langda invested about $35,000 at consumers to return their inflam- tralian Aid, the $10 million initiative change is not very liquid, and in the beginning of its operation, he mable Galaxy Note 7 smartphones seeks to build small- and medium- my case, angel investors wouldn’t said. Now, based on the evaluation before allowing the CPSC to in ves - enterprises in Cambodia, Laos, Bur - agree to invest in Cambodia be - of his angel mentors, the business tigate and make the announcement. ma and Vietnam, while promoting cause of that.... Acquisition is also is worth up to $100,000. The Note 7 suffered problems with alternative sources of financing, not an option either because there The team also has come a long its lithium-ion batteries. knowledge and partnerships. are no buyers.” way from its first pitch at Joma Ca - Another high-profile drone pro- Angel investors—high net-worth Rajiv Biswas, Asia-Pacific chief fe. Under the guidance of more ex - ject also suffered a setback on individuals who invest their time economist at London-based market perienced operators, they have Tues day: Google parent Alphabet and money in early-stage firms— information company HIS Markit, learned the ropes and picked up pushed out two managers on its tick those boxes. Mr. Beatty, who said that despite the challenges, the skills and knowledge essential drone-delivery project who had invested in BookMeBus, said the angel investors could plug a fund- to surviving. “Now, we are mature,” called for more commercial tests. angel-investor concept began in ing gap for Cambodian businesses. Mr. Langda said. thursday, november 10, 2016 The CamBodia daily 17 Business EU Investigates Tariff Avoidance by Chinese Steel Companies reuters defenses against China, under nam Industry and Trade Minis try’s follow news that the U.S. Com - london - The E.U. anti-fraud office political pressure from a spate of European Market depart ment, merce department on Monday (olAF) is investigating wheth er bankruptcies, capacity closures dang Huu Hai. opened a probe into allegations Chinese companies shipped steel and job losses in the steel sector Steel is the second-largest in - that Chinese steel producers are through other countries to avoid that have fired up anti-globalization dustry in the world after oil and diverting shipments through Viet - anti-dumping duties, as trade dis- sentiment. gas, with an estimated global turn - nam to avoid tariffs. putes with the world’s largest steel olAF estimates the shipments over of $900 billion. Steelmakers The U.S. has slapped anti- producer heat up. via Vietnam were worth about $19 face sluggish demand growth, dumping duties of more than 500 olAF is looking into several million and that the steel was giv - chronic overcapacity and what they percent on some Chinese steel cases where Chinese steel firms en Vietnamese certificates of ori- say is a flood of Chinese steel sold products. shipped the metal to another coun- gin, the Vietnamese trade min- at a loss. “There is no doubt that E.U. try, disguised its origin, and then istry said on its website. If con- Beijing denies it is “dumping” decision-makers look at what the shipped it on to Europe in a process firmed, olAF would apply retro - or exporting steel at a loss, saying U.S. is doing, and sometimes there known as “trans-shipment.” active duties of 58 percent on the overcapacity is a global problem. is even coordination. It makes The fraud agency would not give shipments, it added. nevertheless, it has committed to sense...because U.S. measures [if any details on its current in vesti - Chinese trade authorities de - cutting 150 million tons of capaci- effective] can easily lead to the gations. But according to a filing clined to comment. Vietnamese ty by 2020. diversion of trade flows to the E.U.,” on the Vietnamese Trade Minis - au thorities told reporters they “The [E.U.’s] determination to said laurent Ruessmann, a partner try’s website, olAF is investigat- were ready to receive a delegation protect the domestic steel indus- at lawyers FieldFisher. ing 190 shipments of Chinese coat - from olAF. try remains high.... There will be China’s steel output rose for a ed steel coils that arrived in Po rtu - “We will be cooperating active- more and more hurdles for the seventh straight month in Sep - gal, Spain and Poland from Viet - ly with the E.U. to investigate... Chinese,” said Julius Baer analyst tember and its exports are on track nam in 2013 to 2014. and have appropriate measures in Carsten Menke. to beat last year’s record of 112 The E.U. is ratcheting up trade place,” said the head of the Viet - The latest E.U. investigations million tons. US Taxpayers Are Still Bailing Out Wall Street, 8 Years Later By Renae MeRle national Consumer law Center. in a letter responding to the inspec- than $2 trillion in assets, says most the Washington post “To some extent, companies are tor general’s critique. “We also of the money it receives through nEW yoRk - Eight years after tax- being paid for what they should have withheld fi nancial incentives the program is passed on to in - payers rescued the U.S. financial have been doing anyway,” said from servicers that performed vestors and homeowners who re- system, some of the country’s larg - Co hen. “A large portion of the bail - poorly until they made specified ceive incentives for paying their est banks, including JPMorgan out money didn’t go to helping in - improvements,” theletter said. mortgages on time. Chase and Wells Fargo, continue dividuals or communities, but this The special inspector general’s The biggest beneficiary of the to receive billions in bailout mon - money does.” re port is “inaccurate,” Wells Fargo housing program, by far, is little- ey, according to government data. But the stream of cash for the said in a state ment. “We respond known financial company ocwen. Wells Fargo is eligible for up to big banks is worrisome to office quickly to correct any errors we The Florida firm services millions $1.5 billion in bailout funds over of the Special Inspector General identify or that are brought to our of mortgages for investors, includ- the next seven years. JPMorgan for the Troubled Asset Relief Pro - attention.” Bank of America said ing collecting payments fromhome - and Bank of America could re - gram, the chief watchdog of the it has helped more than 2.1 mil- owners. It has already re ceived $2.9 ceive $1.1 billion and $964 million financial crisis-era bailouts. Many lion customers avoid foreclosure billion from the HAMP program respectively. of the banks have repeatedly bro- through HAMP and other pro- and over the next seven years, it The continuous flow of funds is ken the rules of the program, in - grams. “These initiatives continue could receive $2.6 billion more. a remnant of the $700 billion bail - cluding kicking homeowners out to help those who face financial dif- “We are extremely proud of our out effort, known as the Troubled unfairly or making it too difficult ficulty today, even as the economy performance and our success in Asset Relief Program, put in place to apply for the offered help. has recovered overall,” the bank helping struggling borrowers re - during the financial crisis. Some “Why are we paying for non- said in a statement. main in their homes,” ocwen said of that money, about $28 billion, performance?.... At what point is JPMorgan, which has more in a statement. was carved out to help distressed somebody going to say enough is cambodia securities exchange homeowners by paying banks to enough?” said Christy Goldsmith Wednesday, November 9, 2016 lower their interest rates and month - Romero, special inspector gener- ly payments. al with the TARP, who investigates Index Value Change Open High Low Volume CSX 323.47 +1.42 322.05 323.47 322.05 0 The program, the Home Afford - crime at companies that received Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume able Modification Program, has taxpayer bailout funds. PPWSA 4,140 0 - 4,140 4,140 0 un dergone several revamps over “If a homeowner doesn’t fol- Grand Twins 2,640 +80 - 2,640 2,640 0 the last few years and fallen short low the rules in HAMP they get PPAP 5,300 0 - 5,300 5,300 0 of helping the 3 million to 4 mil- knocked out of the program. If a PPSP 2,680 0 - 2,680 2,680 0 lion homeowners the administra- bank doesn’t follow they still get foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE tion of U.S. President Barack oba - paid by Treasury.” ma initially hoped. But it contin- The banks and the Treasury de - ¥/US$ ...... 103.992 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.3941 ues to operate—HAMP will ac cept partment, which oversees HAMP, £/US$ ...... 0.8089 Euro/US$ ...... 0.9094 AU$/US$...... 1.3019 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,153.24 its last homeowner application at defend the program. The “error HK$/US$ ...... 7.7544 ThaiB//US$ ...... 34.95 the end of this year—and big banks rates” have fallen significantly, Mark SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9800 Riel/US$ ...... 4,035 continue to be paid based on how McArdle, deputy assistant secre- many homeowners they help. tary for financial stability, said in a local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE At least the money being paid statement. LOCaL gOLd type (O’ruSSeI market) buyINg SeLLINg 26.67 damlung are to the banks is making it more Companies are required to fix Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,530...... 1,540 equal to 1 kg likely that homeowners will quali- any problems detected and “TARP Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,530...... 1,540 fy for help with their mortgages, funds are recovered as appropri- 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,510...... 1,520 said Alys Cohen, staff attorney for ate,” the Treasury department said 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,470...... 1,480 18 The Cambodia daily thursday, november 10, 2016 OpiniOn Piecing Together Donald Trump’s Potential Foreign Policy

By DaviD ignatius al interests and a rejection of costly debate. “If Russia and the United In Europe, Trump’s victory is the washington post U.S. engagements abroad. It will States got along well and went after likely to reinforce the trend toward U.S. President-elect Donald likely bring these changes: ISIS, that would be good,” he said. politicians expressing similar Trump proclaimed “America First” A move to improve relations with He offered positive comments right-wing, nationalist views. The on his way to his head-spinning vic- a combative, assertive Russia. about Assad, saying, “He’s just avatar of this neo-nationalism was tory in Tuesday’s election, and the Trump stressed during the cam- much tougher and much smarter the surprise victory of Brexit sup- success of that message will rock paign, at some political cost, that he than her [Clinton],” adding that if porters in June’s referendum in many foreign capitals where lead- would work with Russian Presi- the opposition should win in Syria, the U.K., and there are compara- ers fear that Trump would alter the dent Vladimir Putin. “I think I’d be “you may very well end up with ble movements in France, Ger- basics of U.S. foreign policy. able to get along with him,” he said worse than Assad.” many, Italy and Spain. President Making predictions about in September at a televised forum Trump also promised repeated- Trump will have to decide whether Trump’s foreign policy is hard, giv- hosted by NBC’s Matt Lauer. “If he ly that he would step up the U.S. to em brace such movements, en his lack of experience. But the says great things about me, I’m military campaign against I.S. and which could destabilize the E.U. most likely bet is that as president gonna say great things about him.... replace U.S. generals who were in- An attempt to alter the terms of he will do what he promised dur- I mean, the man has very strong sufficiently combative. But he has trade in Asia by renegotiating trade ing the campaign in breaking from control over a country.” been vague about what he plans to pacts and forcing China to revalue current U.S. approaches to Russia, Trump also discounted allega- do in Iraq and Syria. its currency. It’s hard to predict how the Middle East, Europe and Asia. tions that Russian hackers had med- A new push for European allies this combative approach to global- Traveling abroad over the past dled in the presidential election. “I to pay more for their own defense. ization will play out. Often, Trump’s year, I heard concern about Donald doubt it, I doubt it,” Trump said It’s unlikely that Trump will dis- extreme rhetoric against business Trump’s candidacy from senior offi- when asked about a statement by mantle NATO, as critics charged partners are tactics in what he fa- cials in more than a dozen coun- Director of National Intelligence during the campaign. He said in a mously described as “the art of the tries. He was viewed as an inexperi- James Clapper Jr. accusing “Rus - debate that Clinton was telling “just deal.” A China that’s already experi- enced and unreliable figure who sia’s senior-most officials” of approv- another lie” when she accused him encing a bubble economy might might dismantle traditional U.S. ing hacking of Democratic Party of undermining commitments to well be vulnerable to U.S. economic commitments and alliances. Most websites. Trump’s denial led some defend NATO allies and Asian part- pressure. But the most likely out- foreign leaders will be upset that Dem ocrats to argue that electing ners such as Japan and South Ko- come of Trump’s protectionist Hillary Clinton, an advocate of tradi- Trump had been Russia’s real goal. rea. But he never retreated from an rhetoric will be an economic down- tional U.S. strategy and commit- A joint military effort with Russia April 27 speech in which he said turn, many analysts have argued. ments, lost the race. and Syrian President Bashar al-As- “the U.S. must be prepared to let Undoing globalization isn’t possi- A Trump foreign policy, based sad to defeat the Islamic State mili- these countries defend them- ble. But undermining the U.S.’s on his statements, will bring an in- tant group. Trump proposed this selves,” even if that means letting leadership in that system would be tense “realist” focus on U.S. nation- shared campaign during that same them acquire nuclear weapons. all too easy. THu RSDAy, NOVEMBER 10, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 19 o pinio n A Prayer for the US in a Time of Deeply Troubling Uncertainty By Ru t h Ma Rc u s “open[ing] up our libel laws.” On judges—nothing you can do folks. ing all people in peace and THE WASHINGTON POST ordering torture (“I would bring Although the Second Amendment freedom—helping them to fulfill n Saturdays in syna- back a hell of a lot worse than people. Maybe there is.”) On refus- the vision of Your prophet: gogues across the U.S., waterboarding”). On encouraging ing to commit to respecting the ‘Nation shall not lift up sword O Jews recite a prayer for violence at his rallies (“Knock the outcome of a democratic election, against nation, neither shall they the country. In my synagogue, crap out of them.” “I’d like to and recklessly suggesting that it experience war anymore.’” the custom is that the congrega- punch him in the face.”) On lock- would be “rigged.” An influence for good through- tion stands, and says the prayer ing up his opponent (“You’d be in “May this land, under Your out the world? Think of Trump on in unison. jail”) or inciting violence against providence be an influence for NATO, threatening to abrogate “Our God and God of our an - her (“If she gets to pick her good throughout the world, unit- treaty obligations unless countries cestors: We ask Your blessings ante up, and that he would only for our country—for its govern- defend the Baltic states against a ment, for its leaders and advisers, Russian invasion if they have “ful- and for all who exercise just and filled their obligations to us.” rightful authority. Teach them Think of Trump’s cozying up with insights from Your Torah that Russian President Vladimir Putin they may administer all affairs of (“at least he’s a leader.”) Think state fairly, that peace and securi- about Trump on standing up to ty, happiness and prosperity, jus- Turkey or other regimes repress- tice and freedom may forever ing democracy and human rights. abide in our midst.” “I don’t know that we have a right Until Repubican candidate to lecture,” he told The New York Donald Trump’s run for the presi- Times. “When the world looks at dency, this moment in the liturgy how bad the United States is and felt like boilerplate. It was a nice then we go and talk about civil lib- expression of patriotism; certain- erties, I don’t think we’re a very ly, in the edgy days after 9/11, our good messenger.” country felt in need of joint and Neither shall they experience fervent prayer. But its exhorta- war anymore? Think of Trump tions to justice and tolerance recklessly suggesting that South seemed superfluous. No one Korea and Japan—maybe even could disagree with them. Saudi Arabia—should be allowed Until Trump, and Trump’s divi- to develop nuclear weapons. sive rhetoric, upended the a mbo d ia a ily Think of Trump’s boastful asser- assump tion that politicians of both The C d tion that “I know more about ISIS parties share an essential platform Bernard Krisher, Publisher than the generals do, believe me.” of agreement on matters of basic Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher Now Trump has been elected, decency, of respect for those of Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief which means he will be exercis- other religions and backgrounds. Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor ing, in the words of the prayer, And until Trump’s election Chhorn Chansy, News Editor “rightful authority”—authority made the prayer for our country Michael Dickison, Deputy Managing Editor that the voters granted him, even all the more relevant—and all the Van Roeun, Senior Editor if he would not have accepted the more imperative. outcome had it gone against him. “Creator of all flesh, bless all Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Whether Trump’s tenure will the inhabitants of our country Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Aisha Down, Sonia Kohlbacher, Brendan O'Byrne, Ben be just is another matter. That Paviour, Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, Laurence Stevens, Matt Surrusco, George with Your spirit. May citizens of Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, remains a dangerously open all races and creeds forge a com- Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, Hang Sokunthea, Phan Soumy, question about which we can only mon bond in true harmony, to Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Brian Leli, Web Editor; Tan Kimtin, Web pray for our country, more fer- banish hatred and bigotry and to Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som vently than ever. 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By Mark Jenkins work of Hiroshige and his great the washington post contemporary Katsushika Hokusai In 1830s Japan, there was no began to reach European and such thing as a recreational road American artists. James Whistler, trip. The shogunate tightly con- Vincent van Gogh and many oth- trolled travel, and many people ers were delighted by the surpris- never left their home towns. But ing compositions, vertiginous per- the cities were becoming prosper- spectives and woodblock tech- ous and the members of a new niques unlike anything they’d seen. middle class had the money to Japanese printmakers rendered indulge their curiosity. The next most objects with black lines, but best thing to traveling was collect- also “painted” with intricate over- ing ukiyo-e (“pictures of the floating lays of colored inks. world”)—prints of the places they “The Fifty-Three Stations” was would never see in person. preceded and influenced by Painter and printmaker Uta - Hokusai’s “36 Views of Mount gawa Hiroshige, whose official job Fuji,” in which the sacred volcano was Edo Castle fire warden, Creative Commons is often barely discernible. This wasn’t especially privileged. But in Utagawa Hiroshige's 'Hara,' the 13th station in the series 'The Fifty- mirrors the Japanese tradition of 1832, he was invited to join a lordly Three Stations of Tokaido,' depicts travelers passing Mount Fuji. shakkei (“borrowed scenery”), in procession from Edo (now To - way.”) The selection is made up of Okazaki, with its long, curving which gardens are arranged kyo) to Kyoto. He sketched the 56 prints, including ones from the bridge; and Mariko, a teahouse around views of landmarks outside stops along the way, and two trip’s two end points, as well as extolled by the poet Basho. The their confines. years later published “The Fifty- one from a set published in 1855. teahouse is reportedly still in oper- The prints in the exhibition, Three Sta tions of the Tokaido.” It The original was such a success ation, although most of the other organized by the Reading Public beautifully depicted the scenery that Hiroshige (and a protege) did landmarks have vanished. The Museum in Pennsylvania, are along the route but also everyday it again, the second time in a verti- hills were bulldozed for highways somewhat worn, and many show life on the road. cal format. and railroads—including the the effects of having been folded, The entire series is on display at “The Fifty-Three Stations” dis- Tokaido shinkansen, or bullet probably into a book. But the lines George Washington University’s played places most residents of train—and the bays were filled to and colors remain strong, as does Luther W. Brady Gallery as Japan’s major cities had never vis- create developable land. Hiroshige’s vision. He fixed for all “Along the Eastern Road.” (The ited: Mitsuke, where travelers Two decades after the earliest of time the shifting details and fleet- title uses a partial translation of headed toward Edo would get these prints, Japan was forced to ing lives on this pathway through “Tokaido,” which means “east sea their first glimpse of Mount Fuji; open to the West. That’s when the the floating world.