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All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 64 Issue 16 Wednesday, April 6, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents Hun Sen Vows To Arrest Civil Servants Who Tarnish Gov’t By kuch naren The CAmboDIA DAILy Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed yesterday to arrest civil servants who gave the government a bad name and skewered political com- mentators for criticizing his cabi- net reshuffle. Speaking at Phnom Penh City Hall for the inauguration of a new 12-story building there, Mr. Hun Sen said a small number of state employees from unnamed parties other than the CPP were intention- ally confusing the public about the government’s effectiveness. “A very small number intends to damage our administrative reputa- tion and we know through some re- search those are people from other Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily parties,” he said. “Some political Outgoing Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong, left, shakes hands with his successor, Prak Sokhon, at parties have used those who are as- a handover ceremony in Phnom Penh yesterday. (Story page 6) signed by them in public adminis- tration to damage the reputation of all public administrative officials.” Mr. Hun Sen said “good” offi- As Elections Loom, Voter Registration Stalled cials should go after those he ac- By alex Willemyns tion parties after a landmark deal tion, they said that would start in cused of conspiring against the and kang soThear that ended a year of political tur- May,and then they said ‘No it’s not government. The CAmboDIA DAILy moil over alleged fraud during the possible, maybe we can start in “I request that good officials ar- A group of election-monitoring 2013 national election. July.’ Then they said that’s not pos- rest and prosecute such people NGOs have expressed alarm at Creating a new voter list from sible, maybe August or Septem- and give us back our cleanliness,” what they say are inexplicable de- scratch has since been the NEC’s ber,” Mr. Panha said. he said. lays in starting to rebuild the national main task, but Koul Panha, direc- “Starting in September could The comments come amid a flur - voter list, with concerns that the Na- tor of the Committee for Free and have problems. If we take the as- ry of activity by the Anti-Corruption tional Election Committee (NEC) Fair Elections, said yesterday that sumption that the commune coun- Unit, which last week arrested a bu- may be leaving things too late for the “Electoral Reform Alliance”— cil elections will be in June 2017, reau chief in the Foreign Affairs the 2017 commune elections. a coalition of 12 NGOs formed in and we start the voter registration in Ministry over embezzlement and The new NEC was established 2013—had grown worried about September 2016, it will be very this week detained Cambodia’s in April 2015 with equal represen- the lack of progress. tough for the new registration to Continued on page 2 tation from the ruling and opposi- “For the primary voter registra- Continued on page 2 World’s Elite Take Cover From Panama Papers By Tracy Wilkinson The documents from a Pana- evaded taxes or that money illicitly LoS AngeLeS TImeS manian law firm were obtained by obtained was laundered through From Vladimir Putin’s best several international news outlets such clandestine networks. friend to the prime minister of Ice- and published over the weekend. As the scandal widened, country land and a revered soccer star, They appear to show how a who’s after country, as well as many of the many of the world’s rich and pow- who in the global political and prominent figures mentioned, is- erful have been scurrying for cov- business elite—and maybe drug sued denials and statements of in- er this week after the release of the traffickers—have mounted com- dignation. Activist groups, mean- so-called Panama Papers, possibly plex systems to hide money in off- while, demanded investigations into the tax havens provided by Expressway Plans Scrapped one of the largest leaks of secret in- shore accounts. countries such as Panama and the Amid Eviction Fears telligence ever and one that appar- By itself, it is not illegal to hold Page 4 ently reveals a vast network of fi - money overseas. But the implica- Seychelles. nancial shenanigans. tion is that many of those mentioned Continued on page 22 cambodiadaily.com មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily weDneSDAy, AprIL 6, 2016 aNd also Newsmakers Chihuahua Sparks Police Chase n When Kris Jenkins hit the buzzer-beater that lifted Villanova Univer- LoS AngeLeS TImeS to pick up the animal, but each sity past the University of North Carolina in the U.S. NCAA college bas- The little dog had made it onto time he escaped capture. Williams ketball national championship game Monday night, the Crying Jordan San Francisco’s Bay Bridge and was finally used his jacket to hem the memes were out in full force. But the actual michael jordan, the guy heading toward the city early Sun- dog against the bridge’s wall. who played for UNC, wasn’t exactly shedding tears over the ending. In day. Then the California Highway “We’ve had dogs on the bridge, fact, he seemed to appreciate it on a whole other Jordan-esque level, Patrol caught wind of a pup on the all sorts of animals: seals, turtles, simply as a brilliant, gutsy display of basketball prowess. You know, the run. Soon, the cops were on his tail. you name it. We never had one kind of stuff he did every single night he played. As the ball hit the twine At about 7 a.m., Officer Vu Will - that took off and took so long to and the poor woman behind him covered her eyes in anguish, Jordan iams and his partner located the get,” Williams said. turned to his companion Ahmad Rashad, appeared to say “good shot” Chihuahua on the westbound side The dog appeared to be in good and simply nodded. Good shot indeed. He should know good shots. He of the bridge and began a pursuit. health and was taken to San Fran- did hit the game-winner that gave the Tar Heels the 1982 NCAA cham- The officers tried about four times cisco County Animal Care. pionship. Maybe Jordan was crying on the inside. (WP) be quite busy, like we would proba- on voter rolls. with the law and on time for the Elections... bly have to work without days off Since then, the once CPP- 2017 elections,” Mr. Edgar wrote throughout the week,” he said. dominated election body has been in an email. conTinued from page 1 Mr. Keo Mono added that an of- dissolved and replaced with the “Delays in launching this exer- reach the 10million eligible voters.” ficial schedule for registration new one, composed of four mem- cise are due to the need to ensure Neither NEC Chairman Sik Bun- should be released after the bers from the CPP and four from an adequate preparation for the hok nor spokesman Hang Pu thea Khmer New Year holiday this the CNRP—as well as the tie- registration process but also the could be reached yesterday. month, with the NEC having to breaking Mr. Puthea, a former setting up of back-end processing However, Khorn Keo Mono, di- meet first to approve the rules and election observer selected by both systems to generate an accurate rector of the NEC’s communica- regulations for voter registration. parties. voter registry.” tions department, said issues with It is not clear when the coming The chief administrator of the Yet CNRP spokesman Yim So- securing equipment from Europe commune elections will be held. In NEC, however, remains un- vann said the opposition party also and writing rules for the registra- the past, they have been held in changed. Secretary-General Tep was anxious about the repeated tion process have been causing February 2002, April 2007 and Nytha, a onetime CPP propagan- delays. the repeated delays. June 2012—February or July have da apparatchik, was controversial- “It’s a big concern,” he said. “Previously, we planned to reg- been most commonly touted for ly reappointed to the position de- “They should do this as soon as ister voters from March, but that 2017. The next national election is spite coming under fire for his run- possible. As you know, the com- went past. Then we planned for set for July 2018. ning of the 2013 vote. mune elections could start from May...but that would come very The NEC says it aims to build— Building the voter list is no February or July 2017. Some peo- soon, and so it would be impossi- from scratch—a completely elec- cheap task, with the NEC allocat- ple still do not have ID cards yet ble. So we are planning again for tronic voter registry using photo- ed $28 million in this year’s nation- and this process is very slow.” July,” Mr. Keo Mono said. graphs and biometric fingerprint al budget—a 763 percent increase “This has delayed many times, “If July is still impossible, we identification in order to avoid the on last year, as well as being and we don’t know what is happen- would plan for August, and I think controversies that arose before pledged about $11 million from ing with the NEC. We will not in- August is the most likely,” he and after the 2013 election, which the E.U.