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. last year. terfere in their work, but if they de- added. utilized a list largely compiled by E.U. Ambassador George Ed - lay again and again, we will seek Mr. Keo Mono acknowledged hand. gar said yesterday he had been out information.” that any start date later than August The fundamental problems with kept abreast of voter registration Mr. Panha said the NEC should could cut too close to the elections. that list were acknowledged at the preparations and did not share Mr. promptly release a schedule that it “There would still be enough time by the old NEC. It noted the Panha’s concerns. can stick to—even if it starts in Sep- time, but it would be good if registra- presence of an estimated 270,000 “The E.U. trusts that the NEC tember. “It’s a large operation to tion happens before September so “ghost” names—largely duplicate will undertake the registration of register more than 10 million eligi- we would be able to have some rest. entries—and the potential ab- voters with adequate lead time to ble voters, and it has to follow a If we start it in September, we would sence of a further million names generate the voter registry in line schedule.”

he had in fact given broad discre- transport department. to be headed by Phnom Penh mu- Hun Sen... tion to ministers to put forward “Where is Sam Piseth? Do you nicipal officials to remove certain their own picks for secretaries and have eyes to watch the road? Frank - locations that have long been oc- conTinued from page 1 undersecretaries of state, appoint- ly speaking, since you have been cupied by citizens from the inven- ambassador to South Korea for ments that are ultimately up to the appointed, the roads are really tory of state land. questioning over corruption. prime minister. bad,” he said. “I am wondering why “Those people have lived there The prime minister also used “In contrast, all of you have more roads are being built but re- for 30 years, but it’s still listed in the the occasion to blast unnamed po- abused my right,” he told minis- pairs happen less.” state’s inventory,” he said, without litical commentators, a common ters attending the event. “Why do “Sometimes I call the municipal naming any specific areas. target of his ire, for their less than I say [you] abused my right? Be- governor and tell him ‘Hey! The “Please, people, after hearing enthusiastic response to a surprise cause I am willing to be abused in road in this area is like this or like Hun Sen announce it today, do not cabinet reshuffle announced last order to attract human resources. that,’” he continued. “Today, the tonight encroach and grab two month and approved by the Na- Some ministers propose appoint- [pothole] is as small as a small more meters,” he added. “You will tional Assembly on Monday. ments and I respect that and ap- bowl, so it will be as big as a big not only lose the land but we will “I will not use the word ‘analyst’ prove them because you are all hu- bowl tomorrow.” bring a court case against you.” in Cambodia, but there are some man beings that I know.” Mr. Piseth could not be reached City Hall spokesman Long Di- commentators who say: ‘Transfer- Seeming to contradict his previ- for comment. manche said that it was too early to ring people or not transferring ous statement that only officials The prime minister also or- say how many locations would be people is not important, because from other parties were reflecting dered the creation of a committee impacted by Mr. Hun Sen’s order. the power is centralized with one poorly on the government, Mr. person,’ referring to me,” he said. Hun Sen lambasted the perform- correction: The article “Violence as Assembly Passes Trade Union The prime minister said the ance of Sam Piseth, the director of Law,” (April 5) incorrectly stated that opposition lawmakers boycotted commentators had it all wrong, as Phnom Penh’s public works and the vote on the law. They voted against it. weDneSDay, april 6, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal Barbershop Owner Questioned Over Kem Sokha’s ‘Mistress’ by ouch Sony In a Radio Free Asia interview er clients. If they have a relation- over alleged prostitution, opposi- The CamboDia Daily shortly after the recorded conver-ship, they hide it from me and don’ttion leader Sam Rainsyn Mondayo The owner of the barbershop sations were made public, Mr. So let- me know,” he said. asked CNRP public affairsirector d where one of the alleged mistresscheat - said he did not believe that Mr. Sokha and the rest of the Mu Sochua to intervene defendto es of deputy opposition lead er KemMs. Chandaraty, whose nicknameCNRP had until this week adopt- the woman. Sokha is said to have met the poliis ti Srey- Mom, had written the an -ed a strict policy of “don’t answer, Ms. Sochua said in an email yes- cian while dyeing his hair ap pearedgry messages that accompanied don’t respond and don’t argue” terday that she and other lawmak- before the Phnom Penh Mu nici -the first leaked recordings. toward the accusations they say ers would do whatever they could pal Court yesterday to an swer ques - have been made public by the in their positions to shield Ms. tions about the al leged affair. CPP as a political attack. Chan daraty from the campaign Mr. Sokha is facing a barrage of“He came for a haircut Yet with Ms. Chandaraty beingagainst Ms. Sokha, but did not investigations by the government questioned by anti-terrorismce poli provide any specifics. concerning audio recordings that and to have his hair dyed. and having been summoned to (Additional reporting by Alex were leaked on the internet last That’s it.” court on Friday for questioning Willemyns) month allegedly featuring him —Tuon SocheaT, speaking with his mistresses, in - cluding hairdresser Khem Chan - barberShop owner daraty, who is facing potential pros - titution charges. “Previously, when Mom used Speaking outside the courts ye- Facebook, every time she wrote terday, Tuon Socheat, owner of in Khmer it was not smooth. She the Khmer Angkor Barbershop asked others [for help]. But then in Chamkar Mon district, said he when I saw the profile, it had very had employed Ms. Chandaraty good writing,” Mr. Socheat said. for a year but had never noticed Mr. Socheat added that he had anything strange about her inter- no way of knowing whether the actions with Mr. Sokha. claims against Mr. Sokha were “He came in sometimes. In a true, even though he believed the month and a half, or in a month, leaked recordings did indeed fea- he came one time. He came for a ture the voices of Mr. Sokha and haircut and to have his hair dyed.Ms. Chandaraty. That’s it,” Mr. Socheat said, refer- “The matter of staff having rela- Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily ring further questions to a radio tionships with someone not only The Khmer Angkor Barbershop on Street 294 in Phnom Penh's interview he gave last month. [involves] Kem Sokha or only othChamkar - Mon district 4 The Cambodia daily wedneSday, april 6, 2016 NatioNal Ambassador Expressway Plans Scrapped Amid Eviction Fears By kuch naren Remains in the cambodia daily Ambitious plans for an elevated Detention expressway above a set of derelict railway tracks linking central Phnom Penh to the airport have Over Graft been scrapped, Prime Minister By Ben Sokhean Hun Sen announced yesterday, two the cambodia daily months after senior government Cambodia’s ambassador to South officials warned that it would nega- Korea remained in detention at tively impact at least a thousand the Phnom Penh headquarters of families to the political advantage the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of certain “bad individuals.” yesterday after being summoned “I will not allow the expressway for ques tioning over unspecified to be built,” Mr. Hun Sen said. “If misconduct. broth ers and sisters ask, just tell Suth Dina was called to the unit’s them the prime minister announced that it will not be built. It is done.” offices on Monday after six ACU Siv channa/the cambodia daily officials traveled to Seoul in March The prime minister was speak- Prime Minister Hun Sen speaks during the inauguration of a new to grill him about corruption com- ing during a ribbon-cutting ceremo- building at Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday. ny for a 12-story building inside the plaints from multiple sources, in - “He’s only verbally announced build-operate-transfer proposal from cluding Facebook users. City Hall compound off Moni vong Boulevard. He did not explain his that the expressway will not be China’s Henan Pro vincial Com mu - In an interview with Women’s Ra - built; no official paperwork has nications Planning Survey and De - dio FM 102 yesterday, ACU Chai r - decision to cancel the plans for the expressway—announced in Jan - been issued yet,” she said. sign Institute, which would see the man Om Yentieng said Mr. Di na This sentiment was echoed by construction of a four-lane roadway was still being questioned about the uary as a means to ease mounting traffic congestion in the city—but Meng Kuon, 51, who has been at a cost of about $260 million. allegations and that his officials were living along the tracks in Russei It dismissed a $220 million build- preparing to forward two cases said it should come as a relief to res- idents living beside the railway Keo district since 1988, feeding operate-own proposal from the against the ambassador to the her family with fares collected by Overseas Cambodia Investment Phnom Penh Municipal Court. tracks along the proposed route. “Please, brothers and sisters liv- her husband, a moto-taxi driver. Corporation, citing the “controver- “We have only 48 hours to car - “It’s not happening now, but sy” that would result from the jux- ry out the procedure. The evi- ing along the railway from Phnom Penh to Pochentong [Phnom Penh I’ve heard that it will be construct- taposition of a privately owned dence we have found and the an - ed sometime in 2020,” she said. structure on a stretch of state land. swers that Mr. Dina has given International Airport], stop con- ducting demonstrations, stop de - Fearing eviction, eight communi- But both proposals, the letter have matched with each other on ties living beside the tracks have warned, could prove bad publicity many points,” Mr. Yentieng told manding to hold public forums,” he said. “Now, if we don’t build it, held a series of demonstrations for the government ahead of the the radio station. it’s not necessary to hold public against the proposed expressway 2017 commune elections and 2018 “We will choose two cases to forums because there is nothing since first catching wind of the plans. national election. It said the ex - send to court to put the charges to talk about.” And according to a letter to the pressway would negatively affect against him,” he added without Residents interviewed yester- prime minister by a group of se n - at least a thousand families. elaborating. day weren’t so sure. ior government officials tasked “Actually, 2017 and 2018 are elec- Reached by telephone, Mr. Yen - “Our communities were happy with studying offers from interest- tion years. The start of the project tieng declined to comment. to see Samdech’s [Mr. Hun Sen’s] ed investors, their fears were well or impact resolution within this The ambassador’s wife, Sum an nouncement not allowing the founded. period of time could give opportuni- Sokun Mealea, said she was con- ex pressway to be built, but I don’t The letter, which was signed by ties to a number of bad individuals vinced of her husband’s innocence. truly believe him yet,” said Sar then-Deputy Prime Minister Keat to turn this into a bigger issue for “I don’t know what His Excellen - Srey na, 36, who has been living Chhon and sent earlier this year, political advantage.” cy Om Yentieng is raising against along the tracks in Tuol Kok dis- said the ad hoc committee urged (Additional reporting by Sek him, but for me, his wife, I am sure trict since 2007. the prime minister to consider a Odom) that he is an innocent person. He has never even thought about cor- ruption in his life,” she said. After Assault by Gov’t Guards, Protesters Blamed Mr. Dina entered the political By khuon narim being held back, a guard punched ish, we have to do both sides be - are na as a member of the anti- the cambodia daily the unionist above the left eye, cause they fought each other.” government youth group Students’ Despite video evidence showing drawing blood. Government spokesman Phay Move ment for Democracy in the that government security guards Earlier during the protest, the Siphan said the protesters should late 1990s, but fell out with the assaulted two labor activists in head of the guards, Kim Vutha, have listened when they were group’s leaders and established Phnom Penh on Monday during a engaged in a shouting match asked to move. an offshoot organization. He then protest against the new union law, with union leader Yaing Sophorn, “They have the competence to found ed the Khmer National Front authorities yesterday blamed the who was refusing to follow his control the crowds,” he said of the Party before moving to the Noro - unionists for the violence. demand that she move. After Ms. guards. “If you don’t obey their or - dom Ranariddh Party in 2006. He As they attempted to clear out Sophorn said “Don’t touch me,” der, you get what you wanted.” then defected to the CPP in 2009 protesters from the street in front of Mr. Vutha grabbed her by the arm Mr. Chet said the suggestion and was made an undersecretary the National Assembly in the morn- and threw her to the ground. that the protesters started the vio- of state at the For eign Affairs Min - ing, Daun Penh district guards re - Daun Penh district governor lence was nonsense. istry before being named ambas- verted to the aggressive tactics Kuoch Chamroeun argued yes- “It is ridiculous that they claim sador to South Korea in 2014. often on display during protests fol- terday, however, that the protest- we initially started the violence. His tenure as ambassador has lowing the 2013 election. ers were at fault. We have evidence on video clips been marked by controversy, how- In one case on Monday, guards “The protesters used violence that the guards chased and beat ever, with the foreign minister writ- grabbed union official Suot Chet first,” he said, declining to say us,” he said. ing to him shortly after his appoint- and began pulling him away from wheth er anyone would be pun- (Additional reporting by Colin ment to accuse him of nepotism. the crowd. With Mr. Chet’s arms ished for the incident. “If we pun- Meyn) wednesday, april 6, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal Tribunal Asks Police to Explain Witness’s Refusal to Testify By GeorGe WriGht ness has “repeatedly refused” to prosecutor Dale Lysak said in witness, the author cites inter- the cambodia daily testify since September, citing October that he was a Cham views with “Uknha” Sos Kamry, The president of the Trial poor health. After the witness re - Muslim and an “oknha,” an hon- chief of the Highest Council for Chamber at the Khmer Rouge tri- fused a medical assessment, the orific generally reserved for Islamic Religious Affairs in Cam - bunal yesterday requested that court on March 29 made prepara- wealthy businessmen with close bodia, who offers an identical judicial police explain why a wit- tions to order the judicial police to ties to the ruling CPP. Mr. Lysak account of his time in the district. ness had refused to testify for the bring him to court “by force,” but then read from a statement in Last month, Anta Guisse, a past two days, according to a let- stopped short when Major Gen - which the witness claimed the lawyer for Khmer Rouge head of ter released by the court. eral Soleng informed Judge Nonn Khmer Rouge appointed him to state Khieu Samphan, mentioned For a second consecutive day, that the witness had agreed to supervise 400 children in Kom - that the same witness claimed he proceedings at the tribunal were appear on Monday. pong Cham province’s Cham kar was not obliged to take an oath adjourned after the witness—who The day before he was due to Loeu district. before the Trial Chamber due to was identified only as 2-TCW-827— testify, however, the witness In “Oukoubah,” a book by Ysa being a religious leader. refused to provide testimony relat- “changed his mind” and refused Osman, who recently appeared (Additional reporting by Khuon ed to the alleged genocide of Cham to appear “without any justifica- before the tribunal as an expert Narim) Mus lims during the Pol Pot era. tion,” the letter said. “The Chamber issued an order As a result, the Trial Chamber ------National Brief ------to bring witness, that is 2-TCW- asked that Maj. Gen. Soleng pro- 827,” Chamber President Nil vide a report outlining “all con- Man Charged After Driving SUV Into River, Killing 7 Nonn told the court yesterday tacts undertaken with 2-TCW- The man who drove an overloaded Lexus SUV into the Bassac River morn ing. “However, so far this wit- 827, personally or through other while attempting to maneuver onto a ferry in Kandal province—killing ness...is not present in the court- individuals” since March 28. five children and two adults—was yesterday charged with manslaughter room. The Chamber expects to Article 315 of the Code of Crim - and reckless driving causing death, according to a court official. “We have a report from the judicial inal Procedure states that the tri- charged him...according to Article 85 of the traffic law and...Article 207 of police officer in relation to the bunal may use “public force” to the Criminal Code,” said Kandal Provincial Court prosecutor Lim sum moning of this witness.” compel witnesses to take the Sokuntha. The accident occurred while 33-year-old Pun Pek, also known As a result, Judge Nonn sent a stand. as Sak Sarak, was driving home with members of his extended family request to Lor Soleng, the tribu - Reached by telephone yester- after paying their respects at a relative’s grave in Sa’ang district as part of nal’s judicial police liaison, re - day, Maj. Gen. Soleng said it was the Ching Ming festival on Sunday evening. While attempting to drive questing a report “relating to the “unlikely” that the witness would onto a ferry, Mr. Pek accidentally stepped on the accelerator, causing the witness’s refusal to appear before be taken to the court by force. He SUV to careen off the landing and into the river. Mr. Pek and one passen- the Court, including the specific declined to comment further. ger were able to swim to safety after escaping through the car’s windows, justifications therefor.” Despite the court’s refusal to but the rest of the occupants—a married couple, two of their children According to the letter, the wit- name 2-TCW-827, senior assistant and three other children—drowned in the vehicle. (Khy Sovuthy) 6 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 6, 2016 NatioNal Ministry Hits Back at Rebuke of Contentious Telecoms Law By Sonia KohlBacher anal ysis that dismisses govern- raised by an NGO,” the statement right to privacy of correspon- and Khy Sovuthy ment claims that the law is mere - said, adding that the analysis was dence by means of telecommuni- the cambodia daily ly intended to regulate the te le - done “without discussion and un - cations which is expressly pro- The Ministry of Post and Tele - com munications industry. It says derstanding in advance with the tected under the Constitution.” communications has defended provisions would allow au thor ities ministry.” “[It] appears to create a power the controversial new Tele com - to arbitrarily monitor private com- “The ministry would like to flat- to secretly eavesdrop without any munications Law following a bit- munications and punish those ly dismiss the comments that the pub lic accountability or safeguards ing legal analysis by rights group whose speech is deemed to be Law on Telecommunications bad - to protect individuals’ right to pri- Licadho, which says the legisla- criminal. ly affects freedom of expression vacy,” it says. tion is a veiled tool to silence crit- In a “clarification” issued yes- and privacy in the Kingdom of “This means that any individual ics and potentially criminalize pri- terday, the ministry reiterated Cam bodia,” it added. holding a phone conversation, vate expression. that its intention was to regulate Representatives of Licadho send ing a text message, email or The law would potentially give the telecommunications industry, could not be reached yesterday. communicating via social media the government unfettered ac - and appeared to hit back at Li ca - Licadho’s analysis acknowl- might secretly be under observa- cess to telephone and digital com- dho, although it did not name the edges the law’s stated purpose, tion at any point in time without munications and broad powers to organization. but says it fails to contain any “ref - their knowledge,” it continues. criminalize any electronic com- “The [ministry] regrets that the erence to the right to freedom of “Any private speech via tele - munication it deems to cause “na - interpretation is contrary to the expression or its protection, as communications can no longer be tional insecurity.” truth regarding the meaning of guaranteed by the constitution con sidered truly private,” the anal - Last week, Licadho released an the Law on Telecommunications and international law, nor to the ysis concludes. Sar Kheng Urges New Minister to Reconcile Land Disputes By SeK odom Min istry of Land Management, one who demands more speed Prak So khon, who had been serv- and Khuon narim re placing Im Chhun Lim, is part and transparency, to register land ing as the minister of post and the cambodia daily of a rare mid-term reshuffle of for indigenous people, to stop ille- telecommunications. Interior Minister Sar Kheng min isters, which was approved gal management on state land The CPP is selling the reshuffle urged the new minister of land by the CPP-dominated National and the violation of villagers’ land, as an opportunity to reenergize man agement, urban planning and As sembly on Monday. and to find justice,” he said. sev eral ministries with new blood de velopment, Chea Sophara, to cut “I want to ask all officials to The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and new ideas. The opposition has down on land disputes in volving strengthen their transparency and held its own handover ceremony dismissed the move as political the- poor and indigenous families dur- or ganize land registration...for in - yes terday, where the long-serv- ater, how ever, arguing that the ing a handover ceremony yes ter - digenous people, too, in 2018, be - ing For eign Minister Hor Nam - new ministers are all ruling party day, casting a wary eye to ward the cause some NGOs accuse the gov- hong was of ficially replaced by stalwarts with nothing new to offer. national elections in two years’ ernment of taking villagers’ land time. for private companies,” Mr. Kheng ------National Brief ------Land disputes between poor said during a ceremony at the Land com munities and government- Management Ministry in Phnom Woman Gets 9 Years for Trafficking; Son Acquitted backed companies have been Penh yesterday afternoon. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a 60-year-old among the most high-profile “I ask you to resolve all com- wom an to nine years in prison for attempting to traffic two women to China rights issues in Cambodia over the plaints from villagers who have to be sold as brides, but acquitted her son of the same crime. Ouk Vanny past decade, affecting hundreds of dis putes with private developers, and her son Ouk Chamroeun, 30, were arrested in Pur Senchey district in thousands of people across the and to facilitate land concessions June on their way to a bus station with the victims—Sam Sreytouch, 24, coun try. They have also been one for the poor and former soldiers and Vat Ly, 20—in search of a route that would take them to China. Ms. of the opposition CNRP’s most and to give land to people who Srey touch is Ms. Vanny’s goddaughter, while Ms. Ly is a friend of the de - pow erful arguments against the real ly don’t have land,” he said. fendants’ family. On trial last month, Ms. Vanny said her own two daugh- rul ing CPP, helping it nearly claw At the handover ceremony, ters traveled to China to marry four years ago, and that the young women to power in 2013. Mr. Sophara vowed to do his part. had come to her hoping to do the same. The victims, however, told the Mr. Sophara’s move to the “I promise to work for every- court that Mr. Vanny persuaded them to go, and that Mr. Chamroeun kept watch over them in the days before they were scheduled to depart. Yes - terday, Presiding Judge San Sophat announced that while Ms. Vanny’s de - fense did not hold up, her son would be freed. “The court decided to acquit Ouk Chamroeun of the charge and sentence Ouk Vanny, 60, to nine years in prison,” he said without explaining the decision. (Ouch Sony)

thmey thmey Former Deputy Prime Minister Keat Chhon, who retired from his position as part of this week's cabinet reshuffle, rides a motorbike between meetings in Phnom Penh yesterday due to a major morning traffic jam, according to the Thmey Thmey news service. The congestion was caused by an inauguration ceremony at City Hall. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 7

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HanoI - Mosquitoes have infected Health officials have quaran- two women with the Zika virus in tined the living areas of the pa- Vietnam, health authorities said tient’s families and taken samples yesterday, in the country’s first from others living nearby for fur- cases of a disease linked in Brazil ther tests, said nguyen Chi Dung, to thousands of suspected cases of head of Ho Chi Minh City’s de- microcephaly, a rare birth defect. partment of preventive medicine. a 64-year-old woman in the The World Health organization beach city of nha Trang and a is working closely with Vietnam, a preg nant 33-year-old in Ho Chi WHo official told a Health Ministry Minh City fell sick in late March, meeting to announce the infections. Reuters and three rounds of tests have Zika is carried by mosquitoes, Malaysian and Vietnamese fishing boats are destroyed for illegal confirmed they are Zika-positive, which transmit the virus to hu- fishing by Indonesian authorities in Batam, Indonesia, yesterday. health officials said. mans. The WHo says there is a Authorities said they had sunk 28 illegal foreign fishing boats The sufferers are in stable con- strong scientific consensus that simultaneously in nine locations across the country. dition and no further infections Zika can cause microcephaly as have been found among their rela- well as guillain-Barre syndrome, tives and neighbors, the Health a rare neurological disorder that Suu Kyi’s State Counselor Bill Ministry said in a statement. can result in paralysis, though con- “after epidemic investigations, clusive proof may take months or we consider the source of infec- years. Microcephaly is character- Passes Despite Military Protest tion could be mosquito,” Deputy ized by unusually small heads ReuteRs portant ministries. Health Minister nguyen Thanh that can result in developmental rangoon - Burma’s military law- near the end of the parliamen- Long said of the patient in Ho Chi problems. makers made clear their opposi- tary session, military lawmakers Minh City. Zika has been endemic in asia, tion to a bill to create a powerful stood en masse in an apparent She is 8 weeks pregnant, Long with infection cases confirmed in new presidential advisory role for sign of protest. said in a Vietnam Television broad- Bangladesh, South Korea, Thai- aung San Suu Kyi yesterday by Lower house speaker Win cast, but gave no details of the first land and China. refusing to take part in a lower Myint admonished the officers, house of parliament vote on it. telling them to be seated and that The bill, which creates a state they already had a chance to dis- counselor position enabling Suu cuss the bill. Kyi to work in both the executive The bill will make its way to the and legislative branches of gov- president’s office, where it is likely ernment, passed in the lower to be quickly signed into law by house but not before raising ten- President Htin Kyaw, a hand- sion between the military and Suu picked confidant of Suu Kyi. Kyi’s party. Earlier, during a meeting of the “The term ‘state counselor’ in parliament’s combined houses, the name of the bill is tantamount two new Cabinet ministers were to mean that he or she can exer- approved. cise both the executive and leg- Suu Kyi, who originally held islative powers, therefore it is four Cabinet positions when the against the constitutional provi- government took power on Fri- sions,” said military member of day, relinquished two of her port- the lower house Brigadier gener- folios, for energy and electric pow- Reuters al Maung Maung. er and education. Myo Then gyi, An investigator examines the wing of a damaged aircraft yesterday He was reiterating the concern a former rector of the University after a collision at Halim Airport in Jakarta late on Monday. voiced by military members of the of West Yangon, was confirmed upper house on Monday that the instead as minister of education. Planes Collide on Indonesian Runway, No Casualties bill was unconstitutional. Pe Zin Tun, a civil servant who jaKarTa - Two planes collided on a runway at a city airport in the In- “It is important to make sure served in the Energy Ministry un- donesian capital late on Monday, forcing passengers to evacuate using this bill is in conformity with the der the previous government, will inflatable ramps. no casualties were reported, according to a statement constitution,” he said. lead the reorganized Ministry of from the Transportation Ministry. a Boeing 737-800 operated by Batik Suu Kyi, who led her national Energy and Electric Power. air, the full-service arm of one of asia’s biggest airline operators Lion League for Democracy Party to a Suu Kyi retained the foreign af- air group, was attempting to take off from Halim Perdanakusuma air- sweeping election victory in no- fairs portfolio and the role of min- port when its wing clipped the tail of a smaller plane being towed off the vember, is barred from becom- ister of the president’s office. runway. “all passengers and crew were safely evacuated,” the Trans- ing president under the military- The nobel laureate was set to portation Ministry said in a statement, adding that the airport, which drafted constitution because her hold her first official meeting in services mainly domestic flights, would be closed until further notice. children are not Burmese citizens. her role as foreign minister with TV images showed the wing of the Batik air aircraft in flames as fire She has vowed to govern from China’s Foreign Minister Wang trucks and ambulances gathered on the runway. Indonesia has seen a “above the president.” Yi later yesterday. boom in air travel and budget carriers have proliferated at among the Under the constitution, the mil- Suu Kyi currently has a bench fastest paces in the region. But airport infrastructure in Southeast asia’s itary, which ruled for nearly 50 thin of experienced politicians. Her biggest economy has struggled to keep pace. Indonesia has experi- years after seizing power in 1962, party fought for democracy for enced two major air crashes since late 2014, when an air asia plane car- holds a quarter of seats in parlia- more than 25 years, but its mem- rying 162 passengers crashed into the java Sea. (Reuters) ment and controls over three im- bers are novices in government. wednesday, april 6, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 10 The Cambodia daily Wednesday, aPril 6, 2016 regional Drugs, Jade in Burma’s Wildest Corner Will Test New Gov’t bY annie gowen tary cronies and families, or illicit The WashingTon PosT Chinese investors have caused myitkyina, Burma - the jade ty- rapid deforestation, pollution of coon of Burma lives behind stone rivers and streams, and landslides walls and a sophisticated security that have killed hundreds, accord- system. a visitor must be buzzed ing to a report by Global Witness. through a gate into the garden, the group estimated that the val- pass a hunk of jade as big as a com- ue of the jade produced in the area pact refrigerator, enter through a in 2014 was $12 billion to $31 bil- sliding screen and glide by the lion, and much of it ended up preserved tusks of the family ele- across the border in China. phant before sitting down with the in an open-air tea shop in the man himself. center of myitkyina, buyers and yup Zau Hkawng is a well-known jade-pickers illegally buy and sell figure in Burma’s kachin state, a polished gems and uncut stone, vi- broker in the peace pro cess be- olating Burma’s tight laws restrict- tween armed rebels and the military Trocaire/Creative Commons ing gem sales and possession of and one of the few ethnic kachin A child at a camp for displaced people in Kachin state, northern Burma all but the lowest-quality jade. to own a jade mining business. “But how can they solve in a five- “there’s no way to continue the naw khan, 44, said he makes Burma’s northernmost state is year period what has happened in project,” said Ja Seng Hkwan, 50, a up to $2,000 a month picking home to 1.2 million people and 60 years?” state legislator. “if you kill the ir- stones from refuse dirt dumped by some of the country’s most in- any trip to kachin state must rawaddy, you’re killing the whole the big mining companies. it’s a tractable problems—including a start at the meeting place of two country.” dangerous business, he said, with rapacious jade mining culture, opi- small rivers, cool from glacier wa- Control of the state’s rich natur- malaria rampant and the constant um cultivation, environmental dev- ter coursing from the Himalayas, al resources is at the heart of the risk of landslides. But jade, he said, astation, controversial develop- that join and form the irrawaddy, conflict between the kachin and “can make you rich in one day.” ment deals with China and an the grand river that has almost the government, a conflict dating Recently, about 300 civic activ - armed insurgency. kachin may mystical significance to the ka - back to the country’s indepen- ists from the area called for a mora- pose one of the stiffest challenges chin people. at the confluence, a dence from Britain in 1948. the torium on mining until new laws to the new democratically elected golden pagoda gleams. Climb into kachin are largely Christian in a and a monitoring system can be civilian government, led by aung a boat with a puttering engine and, majority-Buddhist country. set up to prevent the “unlawful and San Suu kyi, that has taken over a about 30 minutes up a pristine reckless extraction of jade.” country that suffered decades of shoreline, seven rusting pylons members of her party say that military rule. rise above the water. “Our people are sitting on Suu kyi’s success depends on her ask yup Zau Hkawng what the this is what exists—for now— relationship with Burma’s still- odds are that Suu kyi and the new of the myitsone Dam, a massive, natural resources and powerful military, which controls civilian leaders will be able to 6,000 mW hydropower plant that, should be rich with it. But the security forces and key min- make any headway here, and he if built, would be one of the biggest istries and industries. So it’s un- breaks into a slow, conspiratorial in asia. they suffer.” likely the party will push the issue smile. the previous, military-backed —Yup Zau Hkawng, of jade anytime soon, they say. “i’d rather say ‘[i] hope’ than tell government in Burma suspended jade businessman “i don’t think [Suu kyi] will talk you what i think,” he said. the $3.6 billion Chinese project in about these things right away. We at the root of much of kachin’s 2011 after public outcry. can’t turn black into white with a agony lies the immensely valuable Critics said the dam would dis- the kachin independence ar - silver bullet,” said thet thet green stone—jade. place more than 10,000 villagers my and the military renewed fight- khine, a member of parliament activists charge that families and cause damage to wildlife and ing near a Chinese-run hydropow- from Suu kyi’s party who herself and cronies of the country’s all- fish populations and, as the river er plant in 2011, splintering a 17- owns a gold and jewelry business powerful military are plundering spools south, the rich delta rice year truce and displacing an esti- in Rangoon. “She will not destroy the state’s jade and other natural paddies. mated 100,000 people. these businesses. it’s an ethical resources, such as timber and the hydropower project as orig- Since then, activist groups such dilemma. these businesses prac- gold. Large companies worked inally conceived would have sent as Human Rights Watch have re- tice cronyism but at the same time around-the-clock for the past year most of the electricity generated ported that both sides have com- are employing a lot of people. it’s a to extract as much jade as possible back to China, even as hundreds mitted rape, enlisted child soldiers very low priority for her.” before the new government came of thousands remain off the power and planted land mines. Because the jade business has been in, turning mountains into valleys grid in Burma. of the fighting, voting was not held good to yup Zau Hkawng and his in a matter of weeks. With the change in govern- in dozens of villages in novem- Jadeland myanmar Group. Once, the trade fuels the traffic in ment, the Chinese have begun to ber’s election, which vaulted Suu he was a small-time prospector. weapons, drugs and gems that put pressure on Burma in hopes kyi and her national League for now he’s a prosperous business- flows past verdant poppy fields construction can resume. Speak- Democracy into power. man who owns a 120-hectare and over the porous border with ing to reporters last month, Chi- Suu kyi has said that national ranch and a 12-bedroom family China. the insurgent kachin in- nese Vice Foreign minister Liu reconciliation and a peace accord house in myitkyina where a sign dependence army continues to Zhenmin said that “how to push with the kachin and other armed over the entryway reads: “Extra clash with the military over the this cooperation forward is an im- militias is one of her highest prior- Fortunate Jade mountain Family.” state’s resources, a conflict that portant thing for both countries.” ities. But after years of conflict, dis- He said the riches from the has displaced thousands and Suu kyi, who opposed the proj - trust lingers. and analysts say that mines should benefit the kachin dates back decades. ect in 2011, has given the kachin both the military and the rebels people, not cronies and the mili- “We are so proud that the oppo- little insight into her views on the benefit from the lucrative jade min- tary elite. Roads, schools and drug sition won the election. it’s one matter. She said in the fall that the ing business. treatment centers are needed. more step toward democracy,” new government would have to re- in recent years, heavy mining “Our people are sitting on nat- said Steven tsa Ji, who runs a net- view the contract before making a by companies run by military- ural resources and should be rich work of civil society groups here. decision. controlled conglomerates, mili- with it,” he said. “But they suffer.” wednesday, april 6, 2016 The Cambodia daily 11 regional China Announces Restrictions On Trading With North Korea Beijing - China yesterday banned originating in third countries and imports of gold and rare earth min- supplied via north korea’s port of erals from north korea as well as Rason. exports to the country of jet fuel and Landlocked Mongolia, looking other oil products used to make for alternative supply routes for its rocket fuel—a move in line with new commodities, has already signed U.n. sanctions on Pyong yang. an agreement with the port that The Security Council unani- gave its exporters preferential mously passed a resolution in ear- treatment. ly March expanding U.n. sanc- export bans on jet and rocket tions aimed at starving north ko- fuel included exemptions for “ba- rea of funds for its nuclear and bal- sic humanitarian needs” in con- listic missile programs after Pyong - junction with inspections, and for yang conducted a fourth nuclear civilian passenger jets flying out- test in january and launched a side of north korea. long-range rocket in February. other restricted minerals in- The mining sector is a key part clude vanadium and titanium, of north korea’s economy, which both used in steel alloys. is already largely cut off from the independent experts have fre- rest of the world. experts believe quently questioned China’s re- revenue from the sector helps un- solve to enforce sanctions against derwrite north korea’s military north korea, whose economy is expenditures. heavily dependent on its neigh- The ministry said it would also bor. China has said it will enforce ban coal shipments from north the measures “conscientiously.” korea, although it made exemp- U.S. State Department officials tions consistent with sanctions, in- have expressed optimism the sanc- cluding uses intended for “the peo- tions will be more effective than ple’s well-being” and not connect- earlier attempts to curtail north ko - ed to nuclear or missile programs. rea’s nuclear program, pointing to north korea delivered about 20 China’s apparent willingness to million tons of coal to China last support them. year, up 27 percent, overtaking China disapproves of north ko- Russia and Mongolia to become rea’s nuclear program, although, China’s third-biggest supplier be- as its sole major ally, it has sup- hind Australia and indonesia. plied large quantities of aid off the An exception was made for coal books for decades.

Reuters An inkbrush painting by late Chinese artist Zhang Daqian, which sold for nearly $35 million in Hong Kong yesterday Painting by Chinese Master Fetches Record $35 M hong kong - A painting by Chinese artist Zhang Daqian sold for $34.91 million at an auction in hong kong yesterday, the most one of his works has ever fetched, underscoring demand for quality Chinese art. The two-meter-long painting “Peach Blossom Spring” tripled its ex- pected price at a spring Sotheby’s sale. kevin Ching, chief executive of Sotheby’s Asia, said the 1982 work was monumental and deserved the valuation. “The colors are absolutely vibrant, and [it is]...probably one of the two or three most important works available now in private hands,” Ching said. Bidders battled in a packed room before the ham- mer came down after a tense 50 minutes. (Reuters) 12 The Cambodia daily weDnesDay, april 6, 2016 regional Briefing Suspicious Activity at North Korea Nuclear Site reuters cating that some significant activity At a nuclear security summit in Australia Gov’t Approval WAsHinGTon - Recent satellite im- is being undertaken, or will be in Washington last week, u.s. Presi- ages have shown “suspicious” ac- the near future,” the report says. dent Barack obama, south Kore- Hits Lowest Mark for PM tivity at north Korea’s main nu- “Whether that activity...means an President Park Geun-hye and sydney - support for Australian clear site at yongbyon, which reprocessing additional plutonium Japanese Prime Minister shinzo Prime Minister Malcolm Turn- could mean reprocessing is under is underway or will be in the near Abe vowed to ramp up pressure bull’s conservative government way to produce more plutonium future remains unclear,” it says. on Pyongyang in response to its has fallen to its lowest level since for atomic bombs, a report pub- However, the report notes that recent nuclear and missile tests. he assumed office, undermining ex - lished by a u.s. research institute in a February 9 congressional tes- north Korea rejects criticism of pectations he will secure a com- said on Monday. timony, the director of u.s. na- its nuclear and missile program, fortable election victory later this The report on the 38 north web- tional intelligence, James Clapper, and its leader Kim Jong un said year. support for the ruling Liberal- site says that in the past five weeks, said north Korea could begin to last month it would soon test a nu- national coalition is now at 49 per- exhaust plumes have been detect- recover plutonium from spent fuel clear warhead and ballistic mis- cent, a newspoll found yesterday, ed on two or three occasions from at yongbyon “within a matter of siles capable of carrying nuclear on a two-party preferred basis the thermal plant at yongbyon’s weeks to months.” warheads. where votes for minor parties are Radiochemical Laboratory, the The prospect of north Korea ac - experts at 38 north, a website redistributed to the two main blocs site’s main reprocessing installa- quiring more plutonium will be run by the Johns Hopkins univer- according to preferences. With an tion to produce plutonium. looked on with concern by mem- sity’s school of Advanced interna- election expected to be called as “exhaust plumes have rarely bers of the u.n. security Council, tional studies in Washington, pre- early as July, the poll findings give been seen there and none have including Pyongyang’s sole major dicted in February last year that the opposition Australian Labor been observed on any examined ally China. The council agreed to north Korea’s nuclear weapons Party a lead for the first time since imagery this past winter. The tough new sanctions on north Ko- stockpile could grow to 20, 50 or Turnbull ousted former conserva- plumes suggest that the operators rea after it conducted its fourth nu- 100 bombs within five years, from tive Prime Minister Tony Abbott in of the reprocessing facility are heat- clear test on January 6 and a long- an estimated 10 to 16 weapons at september. support for the con- ing their buildings, perhaps indi- range rocket launch a month later. that time. servative coalition jumped to as high as 53 percent after Turnbull became prime minister, but Turn- Ruling Party in S Korea Headed for Majority bull’s popularity has waned amid disappointment that he failed to Korea Joongang Daily wins a third of the remaining 85 Representative Moon Byeong-ho, push through any major policy The ruling saenuri Party in seats, or 28, it will hold 139 elected who is running for re-election in changes amid internal party bick- south Korea could win a parlia- local constituency seats. Bupyeong A district in incheon, ering. “The Australian people are mentary majority in the upcoming if it wins a minimum of 18 pro- are facing off against contenders incredibly disappointed that they April 13 general elections, accord- portional representative seats, as from both the saenuri and Minjo saw a change in [prime minister] ing to an analysis of political an April 1 Gallup Korea poll sug- parties. but no change in direction from trends, and the main opposition gests it will, it can easily clear a ma- The People’s Party led in 11 this government,” said Richard di Minjoo Party will probably not jority in the national Assembly seats in the Honam region. natale, leader of the opposition maintain its current 107 seats. with a total of at least 157 seats. Ahn said at a press conference Australian Greens. (Reuters) An analysis of the 253 races for The national Assembly has 300 in Gwangju, “our goal is to get all geographical constituencies found seats, 253 of which will be filled by the Honam seats, and even if we Former New Zealand PM that the saenuri was leading in 112 elected lawmakers; proportional take a conservative estimate, we Seeks Top Position at UN compared to 35 for Minjoo, 11 for representatives occupy the rest. expect over 20 seats.” uniTed nATions - Former new the People’s Party and one for the in contrast, the Minjoo is lead- of eight independent candi- Zealand Prime Minister Helen Justice Party. ing in 22 metropolitan areas and dates leading in their races, ac- Clark said on Monday she would There were eight constituen- five of 28 seats in the Honam re- cording to the analysis, one is Rep- campaign to be the next u.n. cies in which independent candi- gion comprised of Gwangju and resentative yoo seong-min, a for- secretary-general, pledging to im- dates were in the lead. the two Jeolla provinces. it is lead- mer saenuri lawmaker who left prove transparency and touting her The remaining 86 constituen- ing in three constituencies in the the party after it refused to give leadership experience in a bid to cies, or 34 percent, were too close yeongnam region and five in the him a ticket to run. He is running be come the first woman to head to call, according to the analysis. Chungcheong, Gangwon and Jeju in daegu dong B district. the world body. new Zealand sub- Those included 58 seats in seoul areas. in contrast, only three indepen- mitted a letter on Monday to the and surrounding metropolitan To maintain its current 107 as- dents won seats in the previous president of the 193-member Gen- areas. sembly seats, it will have to win 57 national Assembly elections in eral Assembly formally nominating The analysis was based on sur- contested areas and 15 proportion- 2012. Clark, who heads the u.n. devel- veys of 139 constituencies over- al representative seats in addition in seoul and its surrounding opment Program, as a candidate to seen by the national Fair election to the races it has a lead in already. metropolitan areas, some 67 per- succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary- survey deliberation Commission. Jung Jang-sun, the Minjoo’s cam - cent of the races are too close to general. Ban, a former south Kore- For the remaining 114 con- paign planning strategist, said in a call. of 49 seats in seoul, 27 are up an foreign minister, will step down stituencies, the analysis used data press conference on sunday: “in in the air, according to surveys. at the end of 2016 after two five-year from the saenuri, Minjoo and Peo- the beginning, we targeted 130 For example, in nowon C dis- terms. The top job at the u.n. has ple’s parties’ election situation seats but based on analysis of re- trict, Ahn Cheol-soo is barely in always been held by a man since rooms. cent political trends, that result will the lead with 35.3 percent, accord- the body’s inception 70 years ago, The saenuri was in the lead in be very difficult [to achieve]. There ing to a recent JoongAng ilbo sur- and there is a strong push for a 40 out of 122 metropolitan constit - is a sense of crisis that the ruling vey, compared to 32 percent for woman to be elected. At least 53 uencies, 49 in the yeongnam re- party will win 180 to 200 seats.” the saenuri’s Lee Jun-seok. The countries, led by Colombia, want a gion of south and north Gyeong - The minor opposition People’s opposition vote is split with the female secretary-general. several sang and 22 seats in the Chung - Party did not have a lead in any Minjoo’s Hwang Chang-hwa, who civil society groups are also lobby- cheong, Gangwon and Jeju re- constituencies in seoul or the sur- has 11.4 percent support. ing for a woman to lead the organi- gions. These statistics surpassed rounding metropolitan areas. its When Ahn ran as an indepen- zation. Clark was new Zealand’s any possible margin of error. co-chairman Representative Ahn dent in nowon C in an April 2013 prime minister from 1999 to 2008. on top of the places it is leading Cheol-soo, who is running in by-election, he won 60.5 percent of (Reuters) in at the moment, if the saenuri nowon C district of seoul, and the votes. រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

ថ្ងែ​​​ពុធ​​​​ទី៦​ខែ​មែសា​ឆ្នែំ២០១៦ The Cambodia daily េខមបូឌា​ េដលី ១៣ លោក​​​​​​​ហ៊ុន​សាន​ប្ដាជ្ញាចាប់​ខ䮛ួន​​​ មន្តាី​​​​ដាល​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲាយ​​​​​​​​​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​​​​​​​​​ខូច​​​​​ ឈ្មាះ​ហើយ​រិះគន់​​​អ្នក​ដាល​រិះ​​គន់​​ គុច ណារ៉េន ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី

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បន​រិះគន់​អ䮓ក​ធ䮜ើអត䮐្ធិប្បាយ​នយោបយ​​​​​

ខ្ល្ំងៗ​​​​​​ដ្ ល​​​​​​​រិះគន់​​ការ​រុះរើ ​គណៈ រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​

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​ក䮓ុង​ពិធី​​សម្ព្ធ​ដក់​ឲ្យ​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​អគរ​ថ䮘ី​

សីុវចាន់ណា មួយ​ដ្ល​មន​កម䮖ស់​១២​ជន់​នៅ​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​​​​បរិវ្ណ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​លោក​​​នាយក​​​រដ្ឋ​​​មន្តែី​​​​ហ៊ុន​សែន​មាន​​​បែសាសន៍​​​ទៅ​​​កាន់​​​មន្តែី​​​​​​កែែម​​​បង្គែប់​​​​អំឡុង​​​ពីធី​​​សម្ពែធ​​​ដាក់​​​ឲែយ​​​បែើ​​​បែែស់​​​អគារ​​​ សលា​រាជធនីភ䮓ំព្ញ​លោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​មន​​​​ រដ្ឋបាល​​​​​​ថ្មី​​​មួយ​​​​​​ដែល​​​មាន​​​កម្ពស់​​​១២​​​ជាន​​​់​​​​​​នៅក្នុង​​​បរិវែណ​​​សាលា​​​រាជធានីភ្នំពែញ​​​​កាល​​​ពីមែសិលមិញ។

ប្សសន៍​ថ​​មន䮏្ី​​រដ䮋​មួយ​ចំនួន​តូច​​​មក​ពី​គណ​​​ បញ្ជី​​​ឈ្មាះ​​​អ្នក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នាត​​​បាហាលជ​​​មិន​​​អាច​​​រួច​​​រាល់​​​ទាន់​​​​​​ពាល​​​សមាាប់​​​ឆ្នាំ​​​២០១៧​​​ បក្ស​​​​​​​ផ្ស្ង​​​ក្្ពី​គណបក្ស​ប្ជជន​កម䮖ុជ​​​

ដ្ល​​​លោក​​​​​​មិន​​​​​​បញ្ច្ញ​​​ឈ្ម្ះ​ មន​ច្តន​​​ Alex Willemyns និង កង សុធា បណ្ត្យ​ឲ្យ​​អ䮜ី​​​ៗ​យឺត​​​ព្ល​​​ជ្ុល​ព្ក​​​​សម្្ប់​​​

បំភន់មតិ​សធរណជន​​​ឲ្យ​យល់​ខុស​ចំពោះ​ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្ន្ត​​​ឃុំ​​​សង្ក្ត់​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​២០១៧។

ប្សិទ䮒ភព​​​ធ䮜ើ​ការ​ងររបស់​រដ䮋្ភិបល។ ក្ុម​​​អង្គការ​​​មិន​​​ម្ន​​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​​ដ្ល​​​ឃ្ល្ំ​​​ គ.ជ.ប.​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ត្ូវ​​​បន​​​បង្កើត​​​ឡើ ង​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ខ្ ​​​ “ លោក​​​​បន​ថ䮛្ង​​​​​​​​ថ​ មន䮏្ី​មួយចំនួន​តូច​ណា​​​​​​ មើ ល​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្ន្ត​​​បន​​​សំដ្ ង​​​ការ​​​ព្ួយ​​​ ម្ស​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​២០១៥​​​ដោយ​​​មន​​​តំណាង​​​ស䮘ើ​​​គ្ន្​​​

នោះ​មនច្តនរុញឲ្យខ្ល្ច​ រោច​ឲ្យ​ឆៅ។ បរម䮗​​​ចំពោះ​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដ្ល​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថ​ជ​ការ​​​ មក​​​ពី​​​គណបក្ស​​​កាន់​​​អំណាច​និង​​​គណបក្ស​​​

ហើ យតមការស្្វជ្្វ​ខ䮛ះ​គឺជ​មនុស្ស​ ពន្យារ​​​ព្ល​​​ដ្ល​​​មិន​​​អាច​​​ពន្យល់​​​បន​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ ប្ឆំង​​​​បន䮑្ប់​​​ពីមន​​​​កិច្ច​​​ព្ម​​​ព្ៀង​​​មួយ​​​

របស់បក្ស​ផ្ស្ង​គ្ចង់ធ䮜ើរឿងហ䮓ឹងដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​ ការ​​​ាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​បង្កើត​​​បញ្ជី​​​ឈ្ម្ះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ ដ្ ល​​​បន​​​បញ្ចប់​​​ភព​​​ចលាចល​​​ផ䮓្ក​​​នយោ​​​

រដ䮋បល​របស់យើងខូចឈ្ម្ះ។​មនបក្ស​នយោ​​​​​​​ ឆ្ន្ត​​​ជតិ​​​​ដោយ​​​មន​​​កង䮜ល់​​​ខ្ល្ច​​​ក្្ង​​​គណៈ​​​ បយ​​​រយៈ​​​ព្ល​​​មួយ​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​ជុំ​​​វិញ​​​ការ​​​សង្ស័យ​​​ថ​​​​

បយ​ខ䮛ះបនប្ើប្្ស់នូវមនុស្ស​ដ្ល​ខ䮛ួន​​​ាត់​​ កម្ម្ធិការ​​​ជតិ​​​រៀប​​​ចំ​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្ន្ត​​​​(គ.ជ.ប.)​​​​ មន​​​ការ​​​លួច​​​បន䮛ំសន䮛ឹកឆ្ន្ត​​អំឡុង​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​

តំងនៅក䮓ុងរដ䮋បលសធរណៈ​ដើម្បី​បំផ្ល្ញ​​​​ តទៅទំព័បន្ទាប់ ” ក្រ្តិ៍ឈ្ម្ះន្​មន្䮏ីរដ䮋បលសធរណៈ​ ។ តុលាការ​សាកសួរ​ម្ចាស់​ហាង​ធ䮜ើសក់​​ជុំវិញ​ករណី​សាី​កំណាន់​លោក​កឹម​សុខា​ លោក​បន䮏​​ថ​មន䮏្ី​​"ល្អៗ​"​​ត្ូវ​សុើប​អង្ក្ត​​​​

មន䮏្ី​ដ្ ល​លោក​ចោទ​ប្កាន់​​​ថ​​​ឃុប​ឃិត​​ អ៊ូច សូនី ធនី​​​​​ភ䮓ំព្ ញ​​កាល​​​ពី​ម្សិល​​​មិញ​​​​​ដើ ម្បី​ឆ䮛ើយ​ “ ប្ឆំង​រដ䮋្ភិបល​។​​ ខ䮉ុំសូមស䮓ើ​ឲ្យ​មន្䮏ី​ដ្ល​​​​ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី បំភ䮛ឺ​​អំពីរឿង​រា៉្វ​​ស䮓្ហា​​​​​​ដ្ល​​​មនការ​ចោទ​​​

ល្អៗ​ាប់ខ䮛ួនអាម​នុស្ស​ហ䮓ឹង​ដើម្បី​ផ䮏ន䮑្​ទោស​​​ ម្ច្ស់​ហាង​ធ䮜ើសក់​ដ្ ល​​​ជ​​​កន䮛្ង​​​​ស្ី​​​ ប្កាន់​​​​ន្ះ​​​។ ” ហើយ​សង​ភពស្អ្តស្អំ​សម្្ប់​យើង​វិញ​ ។ កំណាន់​ម្ន្ក់​ក䮓ុង​ចំណម​ស្ីកំណាន់​​របស់​ លោក​កឹម​សុខ​​ប្ឈម​ការ​សុើប​អង្ក្ត​

ការ​អត䮐្ធិប្បាយ​​ប្ប​ន្ះ​​​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​ឡើង​​​ស្ប​ លោក​កឹម​សុខ​អនុ​ប្ធន​គណបក្ស​ប្ឆំង​​​​​ ដោយ​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​䞶ក់​ទង​​ខ្ស្​អាត់​សំឡ្ង​​

ព្ ល​​​អង្គភព​​​ប្ឆំង​​​អំពើ ពុករលួយ​​​ាត់​​​ ត្ូវ​​​បន​​​គ្​​​និយាយ​​​​ថ​បន​ជួប​អ䮓ក​នយោបយ​​​​ ដ្ល​បន​ប្ក​ធ្ល្យ​​តម​ប្ព័ន䮒អីុន​ធឺណិត​

វិធន​ការ​​គគ្ឹក​​​​​​​​​គគ្្ង​​​​​​ភ្ល្មៗ​​គួរ​ឲ្យ​ភ䮉្ក់​ផ្អើល​ រូបន្ះ​ខណៈលាប​ថ្ន្ំសក់​ឱ្យ​គត់​​​​​នោះ​​​បន​ កាលពី​ខ្ ​មុនដ្ លតម​ចោទថ​លោក​​​​បន​

ដោយកាល​ពី​សប䮊្ហ៍​មុន​បន​ាប់​ខ䮛ួន​ប្ធន​ បង្ហ្ញ​ខ䮛ួន​នៅ​ចំពោះ​មុខ​​សលា​ដំបូង​រាជ​ និយាយ​ជមួយ​​ស្ីកំណាន់​របស់លោក​​រួម​​​ តទៅទំព័១៥ តទៅទំព័១៦

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១៤ ខោមបូឌា​ ដោលី ថ្ងៃ​​​ពុធ​​​​ទី៦​ខៃ​មៃសា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

បញ្ជី​​​ឈ្មោះ​​​អ្នក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នោត​​...​ ពនោយារ​​​ពោល​​​ម䮏ង​​​ហើយ​​​ម䮏ង​​​ទៀត​​​។ គ.ជ.ប.​​​លើ ក​​​ឡើ ង​​​ថា​ខ䮛ួន​​​មន​​​បំណង​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ លោក ​​​បន ​​​មន បោ សស ន៍​​​ថា​" ដំ បូ ង​​​ បង្កើត​​​​​​បញ្ជីឈ䮘ោះអ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​អោ ឡិច​​​

ឆ䮓ោត​​​ជោើសតំង​តំណាង​​​រាស䮏ោ​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​២០១៣។​ ឡើយ​​​​​​​យើង​​​មន​​​គមោោង​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​​​​​​​ តោូនិក​​​​​​ទំង​​​សោុង​​​ចាប់​​​ពី​​​ចំណុច​​​សូនោយឡើងវិញ​​​​

ចាប់​​​តំង​​​ពី​​​ពោល​​​នោះ​​​មក​​​​ការ​​​បង្កើត​​​បញ្ជី​​​ ឆ䮓ោត​​​ចាប់​​​ពី​​​ខោ​​​មីន​ទៅ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏ោ​គមោោង​​​នោះ​​​ ដោយ​​​បោើ​​​ការ​​​កំណត់​​​រូប​​​ថត​​​​និង​​​ស䮓ោម​​​មោោម​​​

ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ដោយ​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​ពី​​​ បន​​​កន䮛ង​​​ផុត​​​។​បន䮑ោប់​​​មក​​​យើង​​​មន​​​គមោោង​​​ ដោ​តម​​​វិធី​​​សស䮏ោ​​​ជីវមតោ​​​ដើមោបី​​​ចៀស​​​វាង​​​

ចំណុច​សូនោយ​ឡើង​វិញ​​​​គឺ​​​ជា​​​កាតព䮜កិច䮅​​​ដ៏​​​សំខន់​​​ នៅ​​​ខោ ​​​ឧសភា​​​...​​​ប៉ុន䮏ោ​វា​​​ដូច​​​ជា​​​លឿ ​​​ន​​​ពោ ក​​​ ភាព​​​ចមោូង​​​ចមោោសដោល​​​បន​​​​​​កើត​​​ឡើង​​​មុន

សមោោប់​​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​​បុ៉ន䮏ោ​លោក​គល់​​​​បញ្ញោ​​​​នយក​​​​​​ ហើ យ​​​​ហោ តុ​​​ដូច䮓ោះ​​​វា​​​មិន​​​អាច​​​ទៅ​​​រួច​​​ទោ ​​​។​​​​ និ ង ​​​កោោយ ​​​​​​ការ ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោ ត​​​ជាតិ ​​​២០ ១៣​​​​

បោតិបត䮏ិ​​​នោ ​​​គណៈ ​​​កម䮘ការ​​​​​ដើ មោបី​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ អ៊ី ចឹ ង ​​​យើ ង ​​​​គោោង ​​​​​​ម䮏 ង ​​​ទៀ ត ​​​នៅក䮓ុ ង​ខោ ​​​ ដោ ល​​​ពោ ល​​​នោះ​​​បន​​​បោើ​​​បោោស់​​​បញ្ជី​​​ដោ ល​​​

ឆ䮓ោត​​​ដោយ​​​សោ រី​និង​យុត䮏ិធម៌​នៅ​​​កម䮖ុជា​​​​ កក្កដ"។ ភាគ​​​ចោើន​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​ដោយ​​​ដោ​​​។​

(ខុមហ䮜ោោល)​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​មោសិល​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮐ោម​​​ថា​"បើ ​​​នៅខោ ​​​កក្កដ បញ្ហោ​​​ធំៗ​​​​ទក់ទិន​​​នឹង​​​បញ្ជី​​​ទំង​​​នោះ​​​​តោូវ​​​

មិញ​​​ថា​"សម䮖័ន䮒​​​កំណោ​​​ទមោង់​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​" នៅ​​​តោ​​​មិន​​​អាច​​​ទៅ​​​រួច​​​​យើង​​​នឹង​​​មន​​​គមោោង​​​ បន​​​ទទួល​​​ស្គោល់​នៅ​ពោល​​​នោះ​​​ដោយ​​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​

ដោល​ជា​​​សម䮖័ន䮒​​​​​មួយ​​​តោូវ​​​បន​​​បង្កើត​​​ឡើង​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​ នៅ​​​ខោ​​​សីហា​​​​ហើយ​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​គិត​​​ថា​ខោ​​​សីហា​​​​គឺ​​​ជា​​​ ចាស់​​​ដោ ល​បន​​គូស​​​បញ្ជោក់​​​ថា​មន​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​

ឆ䮓ោំ​២០១៣​ដោយមន​​​​អង្គការ​​​មិន​​​មោន​​​រដ្ឋោភិ​​​ ខោ​​​ដោល​បោហោល​ជាលោង​មន​ការ​ផ្លោស់ប䮏ូរ​​​​ "ខ䮘ោច​​​"បោហោល​​​២៧០.០០០​​​នក់​​​ដោយ​ភាគ​​​

បល​​​ចំនួន​​​១២ចូលរួម​​​​នោះ​​មន​​​ការ​​​ពោួយ​​​ ហើយ​"។ ចោើន​​​ចុះឈ䮘ោះ​ជាន់​​​​​​គ䮓ោ​​​​និង​អាច​មនការ​​​បត់​​​

បរម䮗​​​អំពី​​​ការដោ ល​​​មិនមនការ​​​​រីក​​​ចមោើន​​​ លោក​កោវ​មនោ​បន​​​ទទួល​​​ស្គោល់​​​ថា​ថ䮄ោ​​​ ឈ䮘ោះ​​​មួយ​លន​​​បន䮐ោម​​ពី​​​បញ្ជី​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​

ទៅមុខ​​​​។ ចាប់​​​ផើ䮏ើម​​​ណា​​​មួយ​​​​​​ដោល​​​យឺ​​​តជាង​​​ខោ​​​សីហា​​​គឺ​​​ បោះ​​​​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​។

លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បោសសន៍​​​ថា​"សមោោប់​​​ វា​​​កៀក​​​ទៅ​​​នឹង​​​ថ䮄ោ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​ពោក​​​ហើយ​​​។ ចាប់​​​តំង​​​ពី​​​ពោ ល​​​នោះ​​​មក​​​​ស䮐ោប័ន​​​បោះ​​​

ការ​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​​​​​​​លើកដំបូង​​​​​ពួក​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​ថ䮛ោង​​​ថា​"នៅ​​​មន​​​ពោ ល​​​គោប់​​​ ឆ䮓ោត​​​ដោល​​​​​​មន​​​តោ​​​សមជិក​​​មក​​​ពី​​​​​​​​​គណបកោស​​​

គោ ​​​និយយ​​​ថា​នឹង​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​នៅ​​​ខោ ​​​ឧសភា​​​ គោោន់​​​នៅ​​​ឡើយ​​​​​​​ប៉ុន䮏ោ​ វា​​​ជា​​​ការ​​​ល្អ​​​បើ​​​ការ​​​​​ចុះ​​​ បោជាជនកម䮖ុជា​​​តោូវ​​​បន​​​រម្លោយ​​​ចោល​​​ដោយ​​​

ហើយ​​​បន䮑ោប់​​​មក​​​និយយ​​​ថា​មិន​​​អាច​​​ទៅរួច​​​ ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អាច​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​មុន​​​ខោ​​​កញ្ញោ​​​​ហោតុ​​​ដូច䮓ោះ​​​ ជំនួស​​​ដោយ​​​ស䮐ោប័ន​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ដោល​​​មន​​​សមជិក​​​៤​​​

ទោ​​​​បោហោលជា​​​អាច​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​នៅ​​​ខោ​​​កក្កដ​​។​​​​ យើង​​​អាច​​​មន​​​ពោល​​​សមោោក​​​ខ䮛ះ​​​ៗ​​​។​បោសិន​​​ រូប​​​មក​​​ពី​​​គណបកោស​​​បោជាជនកម䮖ុជា​និង​​​៤​​រូប​​​

បន䮑ោប់​​​មក​​​ទៀត​​​ពួក​​​គោ​​​និយយ​​​ថា​​​​វា​​​ក៏​​​មិន​​​អាច​​​ បើ​​​យើង​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ខោ​​​កញ្ញោ​យើង​​​នឹង​​​ មក​​​ពី​​​គណបកោស​​​សង្គោោះ​​​ជាតិ​​​​រីឯ​​​លោក​​​​ហងោស​​​​

ទៅ​​​រួច​​​ដោរ​បោហោល​​​នៅ​​​ខោសីហា​ឬ​​​ខោ​​​កញ្ញោ"។​​​ រវល់​​​ខ្លោំង​​​​គឺ​​​មន​​​ន័យ​​​ថា​បោហោល​​​ជា​​​យើង​​​ ពុទ䮒ោ​ដោ លជា​​​សមជិក​​​អពោយាកោឹតទី​​​៩​និង​​

លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮐ោម​​​ថា​"ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​នៅ​​​ខោ ​​​ តោូវ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ការ​​ពោញ​​​មួយ​​​សប䮏ោហ៍​​​​​ដោយ​​​គ䮘ោន​​​​​​ថ䮄ោ​​​ ដោលជា​​​​​​អតីត​​​អ䮓ក​​អង្កោត​​​ការណ៍​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​

កញ្ញោ​​​អាច​​​​​​មន​​​បញ្ហោ​​​។​បោសិន​​​បើ​​​យើង​​​​​​សន䮘ត​​​ ឈប់​​​សមោោក​​​"។ តោូវ​​​​​​បនជោើស​​​រីស​​​ដោយ​​​គណបកោស​​​ទំង​​​ពីរ​​​។​​​

ថា​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​កោុម​​​បោឹកោសា​​​ឃុំ​​​សង្កោត់​​​​​​នឹង​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮐ោម​​​ថា​ការ​​​កំណត់​​​ជា​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ការ​​​ ទោះជាយ៉ោ ង ​ណា​​បោ ធន​​​រដ្ឋ ​​​បល ​​​នោ ​​​​

ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​នៅ​​​ខោ​​​កក្កដ​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​២០១៧​​​នោះ​​​ហើយ​​​​​​​ សមោោប់​​​ថ䮄ោ​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​នឹង​​​បញ䮅ោញ​​​ឲោយ​​​ដឹង​​​ គ.ជ.ប.​​​​នៅ​​​តោ ​​​ដដោ ល​​។​លោក​​​​ទោ ព​នីថា​​​

យើង​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​នៅ​​​ នៅក䮓ុងខោនោះ​​បន䮑ោប់​​​ពី​​​បុណោយ​​​ចូល​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​ខ䮘ោរ​​​រួច​​​ ដោ ល ​​​ជា​​​អគ្គ លោ ខធិ ការ ​​​​និង ​​​ធ្លោ ប់ ​​​ជា​​​អ䮓 ក​​​

ខោ ​​​កញ្ញោ​​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​២០១៦​​​​វា​​​នឹង​​​មន​​​ការ​​​លំបក​​ ដោយ​​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​​​តោូវ​​​ជួប​​​បោជុំ​គ䮓ោ​​​មុនគោ​ដើមោបី​​​ ឃោស​​​ន​​​ឲោយ​​​គណបកោស​​​បោជាជន​ក​​​ម䮖ុជា​​​តោូវ​​​

ខ្លោំង​​​​សមោោប់​​​ការ​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ដើមោបី​ឲោយ​​​​​​​​​ទទួល​​​ អនុម័ត​​​ចោបាប់​និង​​​បទបោបញ្ញត䮏ិ​សមោោប់​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ បន​​​តោ ង​​​តំង​​​​​​ឲោយ​​​កាន់​​​មុខ​​​តំណោ ង​​​ដដោ ល​

បនអ䮓ក​​​មនសិទ䮒ិ​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​​រហូតដល់​១០​​​ ឆ䮓ោត​​​។ បោកប​​​​​​​​​ដោយ​​​ភាព​​​ចមោូង​​​ចមោោស​​​​ទោះ​​​បី​​​ជា​​​

លន​​​នក់​​​នោះ​"។ គោ​​​មិន​​​ទន់​​​ចោបាស់​​​ទោ​​​ថា​តើ​​​ពោល​​​ណា​​​ដោល​​​​​​ រង​​​ការ​​​រិះ​​​គន់​​​ចំពោះ​​​ការ​​​គោប់​​​គោង​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​

ទំង​​​លោក​សិុក​ប៊ុនហុក​បោធន​​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​​ ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​ឃុំ​​​សង្កោត់​​​​​​នឹ​​​ង​​​តោូវ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើ ង​​​ អំឡុង​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​២០១៣​​​ក៏​​​ដោយ​​​។​

និង​​​លោក​ហងោស​ពុទ䮒ោ​ដោល​​​ជា​​​អ䮓ក​​​នំ​​​ពាកោយ​​​សុទ䮒 ​​​ ឡើយ​​​។​​​កាល​​​ពីលើក​​​​មុនៗ​​​​​គោ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​នៅ​​​ ការ​​​បង្កើត​​​​​​បញ្ជី​​​ឈ䮘ោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​មិន​​​

តោ​​​មិន​​​អាច​​​ទក់​​​ទង​​​បន​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​មោសិល​​​មិញ។ ខោ​​​កុម䮗ៈ​​​ឆ䮓ោំ២០០២​ខោ​​​មោស​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​២០០៧​និង​​​ មោន​​​ជា​​​បោតិបត䮏ិការ​ដោល​​​ចំណាយ​​​បោោក់​​​អស់​​​

ទោះ​​​ជា​​​យ៉ោង​​​ណា​លោក​ខន​កោវ​​​មនោ​​​ ខោ​​​មិថុន​​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​២០១២​​​។​ខោ​​​កុម䮗ៈ​ឬ​​​ខោ​​​កក្កដ​គឺ​​​ជា​​​​​​ តិច​​​នោះ​​​ទោ​​​​ដោយ​​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​បន​​​លោលក​​​ទុក​​​

បោធន​​​ផ䮓ោក​​​ទំនក់​​​ទំនង​​​នោ​​​គ.ជ.ប.​​​​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ ខោ​​​ដោល​​​​​​ស័ក䮏ិសម​​​បំផុត​​​សមោោប់​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​២០១៧​​​។​​​ បោោក់​​​ចំនួន​​​២៨​​​លន​​​ដុល្លោរ​​​​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ថវិកា​​​ជាតិ​​​

ឡើង​​​ថា​បញ្ហោ​​​ពាក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​ការ​​​ទទួល​​​បន​​​សម䮗ោរ​​​ពី​​​ ​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​​​ជោើស​​​តំង​​​តំណាង​​​រាស䮏ោ​​​ សមោោប់​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​នោះ​​​​​​​​​​ពោល​​​គឺ​​​កើ ន​​​ឡើ ង​​​៧៦៣​​​

អឺរ៉ុប​​​​និងការ​​​​​​សរសោរ​​​ចោបាប់​​​សមោោប់​​​ដំណើរ​ លើក​​​កោោយ​​​​គោោង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​នៅ​​​ខោ​​​កក្កដ​​​​ ភាគ​​​​​​រយ​​​ពី​​​ឆ䮓ោំ​​​មុន​​​​និងបោោក់​​​​បោហោ ល​​​១១​​​

ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ោត​គឺជា​​​កត䮏ោដោលធ䮜ើ​​​ឲោយ​​​មន​​​ការ​​​ ឆ䮓ោំ​​​២០១៨​​​។ តទៅទំព័១៥ ថ្ងៃ​​​ពុធ​​​​ទី៦​ខៃ​មៃសា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខែមបូឌា ដែលី ១៥

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ... តំង​ធ្លេក់​​លើ​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏េី​។​ ខូច​​ប៉ុន​​​ចានគោ​ម។​ឯណា​សំ​​ពិសិដ䮋?​​​​​មន​​​ភ䮓េក​​​​​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ លោក​​​​​​​​បន​​​​​​​​​​​​ថ䮛េង​​​​​​​​​​​​​ទៅ​​​កាន់​​​​​​​រដ䮋​មន䮏េី​​​ដេ ល​​ មើល​​ផ䮛ួវ​ទេ​វុើ?​ហ្អះ!​លោ​ក​ឯង​មន​ភ䮓េក​​​មើល​​​​​

ការិយល័យ​មួយ​រូប​នៅ​កេសួង​ការ​បរទេស​​​​​ ចូល​​​​រួម​​​ក䮓ុង​​ពិធី​នោះ​​ថា​"​ផ䮑ុយ​​ទៅ​​វិញ​​​​អស់​ ផ䮛ូវ​​​​អត់?​និយយ​​តេង់ៗ​ជា​មួយ​​គ្នេ​ត​ហ䮘ង។ ” ទាក់​​​​​​ទិន​​​​​​ការ​​​គេ បន䮛ំ​​​ហើ យ​នៅសប䮊េហ៍​នេះ​ លោក​​ខ䮛ះ​​បំពាន​សិទ䮒ិ​​ខ䮉ុំ​​ទៅ​ទៀត​។​ម៉េច​បន​​ខ䮉ុំ​​​​ តំង​​ពី​​លោក​​ឯង​ឡើង​មក​គឺ​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​​玶​យ៉េប់ ។

បន​ឃាត់​ខ䮛ួន​​ឯកអគ្គរជទូត​កម䮖ុជា​​​បេចាំ​នៅ​ ថា​​​បំពាន​​សិទ䮒ិ?​​តេ​​​ខ䮉ុំ​​​សុ​ខចិត䮏​​ឱេយ​បំពាន​​​​​​​ដើមេបី​​ខ䮉ុំ​​ ទាក់​​​​​​ទិន​​​​​​បញ្ហេ​​​នេះ​លោក​សំ​ពិសិដ䮋​មិន​

បេទេស​កូរ៉េ​ខង​តេបូង​​​ដើមេបី​​សកសួរ​ពាក់​ព័ន䮒​ សេូប​​​យក​​​នូវ​ធតុ​​​ចូល​​។​​រដ䮋​មន䮏េី​​ខ䮛ះ​​បេរ​ជា​​ អាច​ទាក់​ទង​សុំ​ការ​បំភ䮛ឺ​បន​ទេ។

អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​។​ លើ ក​សំណូម​​ពរ​​តេ ង​តំង​​តេ ​​ខ䮉ុំ​ក៏​​នៅ​តេ ​​ លោក​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏េី​ក៏​បន​បញ្ជេ​ឲេយ​បង្កើត​​​

លោក​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏េី​​ក៏​​​​បន​​​​​ឆ䮛ៀត​ឱកាស​ គោរព​​​ដោយ​សរ​តេ ​​ថា​អស់​លោក​ជា​​​អ䮓ក​​ គណៈកម䮘ការ​មួយ​​​​​​ដឹកនំ​ដោយ​មន䮏េី​សល​ ” នេះ​​ដើមេបី​​​រិះគន់​ខ្លេំងៗ​ទៅ​លើ​អ䮓ក​​ធ䮜ើ​អត䮐េ​ ស្គេល់​​​មនុសេស ។ រជធនី​ភ䮓ំពេ ញ​​​ដើ មេបី​ដក​ទីតំង​មួយ​ចំនួន​​

ធិបេបាយ​នយោបយ​មិន​បញ䮅េញ​ឈ្មេះដេល​​ លោក​ហ៊ុន​សេន​បន​រិះគន់​ខ្លេំងៗ​​ចំពោះ​​​​ ដេ ល​​បេជាពលរដ䮋​បន​កាន់​កាប់​ជាយូរ​មក​

ធ䮜ើ​ឲេយ​លោក​ខឹង​ចំពោះ​ការ​ឆ䮛ើយ​តប​​​មិនសូវ​ ការ​អនុវត䮏​ការ​ងរ​របស់​លោក​ សំ​ ពិសិដ䮋​ ​ ហើយ​ចេញពី​​​បញ䮇ី​សរពើពន䮒​​ដី​រដ䮋​។​

សទរ​របស់​​​​​​ពួកគេ​​​​​​ទៅ​​​នឹង​​​​ការ​រុះរើ​គណៈ​រដ䮋​ បេធន​​មន䮑ីរ​សធរណការ​​និង​ដឹកជញ䮇ូន​រជ​ លោក​មន​បេសសន៍​​​ដោយ​​មិន​បញ䮅េញ​​ “ មន䮏េី​គួរ​ឲេយ​ភ្䮉ាក់ផ្អើល​ដេល​តេូវ​បន​បេកាស​ ធនី​ភ䮓ំពេញ​ដេល​ហក់​ដូច​ជា​ផ䮑ុយ​​សេឡះ​ពី​​ ឈ្មេះ​​តំបន់​​ជាក់​លក់​ណាមួយ​ថា​ ពួក​គត់​​

កាលពី​ខេ​មុន​និង​អនុម័ត​ដោយ​រដ䮋​​សភា​កាល​​​ពី​ អ䮜ី​​ដេ ល​លោក​បន​លើ ក​ឡើ ង​មុននេះ ​ថា រស់​នៅ​​​​​​​៣០​ ​ឆ្នេំ​ហើយ​ហ䮓ឹង​​ហ្អះ​ ហើយ​​​នៅ​

ថ䮄េ​ច័ន䮑។​ មន​តេ​មន䮏េី​មកពី​គណបកេស​ផេសេង​ប៉ុណ្ណេះ​ តេ​​​ស䮐ិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​បញ䮇ី​សរពើ​ពន䮒​​​របស់​​រដ䮋​។​​បន䮑េប់​ “ លោក​​​ថ䮛េង​ថា​ ​​​នៅ​​សេុក​​ខ䮘េរ​​​​ឥឡូវ​ខ䮉ុំ​​អត់​ ដេល​ធ䮜ើ​ឲេយ​​សធរណជន​គិត​មិន​ល្អ​​មក​លើ​ ពី​​​ស䮏េប់ហើយ​​​​​ហ៊ុន​សេន​សុំ​​​បេកាស​នៅ​​​​ថ䮄េ​​​

បេើ​ពាកេយ​​​ថា​​​​អ䮓​ក​​​វិភាគ​​​​ទៀ ត​ទេ ​មន​​​អ䮓ក​​​​​​ខ䮛ះ​​​​​​​ រដ䮋េភិបល​។ នេះ​ថា​សុំ​​​តេ​មួយ​មុខ​​​ទេ​គឺ​សុំ​​​​កុំ​​​តេ​​ទន䮑េេន​​ចូល​​​​ ‘ និយយ​​​​ថា​ ដោះដូរ​ ​ឬមិន​​​ដោះ​​ដូរ​​គឺ​​玶​​មិន​​ លោក​​​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​ "​ខ䮉ុំ​មន​ការ​​​​ងឿង​​​​​​ បើ​​ទន䮑េេន​​​ចូល​​​គឺ​អាហ䮓ឹង​​ដឹង​តេ​​រឿង​រ៉េវ​​​ដល់​​​​ ” សំខន់​​ទេ​ពេេះ​​​ទី​​​បំផុត​​អំណាច​​​​​មក​​បេមូល​​​ផ䮏ុំ​​ ឆ䮄ល់​​មួយ​​ដេល​​សុំ​និយយ​ជា​​​សធ​រណៈ​​​​​​តេ​​​​ តុលការ​​ហើយ ។ ’ ” សមេេប់​មនុសេស​ម្នេក់ គឺ​​សំដៅ​មក​​លើ​​ខ䮉ុំ​ ។ ម䮏ង​​រឿ​​ង​គឺ​​តេង់​ថា​​អាផ䮛ូវ​​​ចេះ​តេ​ធ䮜ើ​វុើ​តេ​តេង់​​​​ ទាក់​​​ទិន​​​​​​បញ្ហេ​​​នេះ​លោក​ឡុង​​ឌីម៉ង់​អ䮓ក​

លោក​​​​​គូស​បញ្ជេក់​ថា​អ䮓ក​ធ䮜ើ​អត䮐េធិបេបាយ​​ ជួស​ជុល​玶​មិន​​សូវ​ជួស​​ជុល។​​​តើ​ភ䮓េក​មន​​​​​បន​​​ នំពាកេយ​សល​រជធនី​​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​​​​

ទាំង​នោះ​យល់​​​​ខុស​​ទាំង​សេុង​​ពីពេេះ​ធតុ​​ពិត​​​​ មើល​​​​​​ទេ​អាផ䮛ូ​​វ​​នេះ?​ពេល​​​​ខ䮛ះ​​ទាល់​តេ​​ខ䮉ុំ​ហៅ​​​​​​​​​​ ដោយ​​​​​​សរ​​​玶​​​​​​​​​​​​ឆប់​​​​​​​​​រហ័ស​​​ពេក​​​លោក​មិន​អាច​

លោក​បន​ផ䮊ល់​ឆន䮑េនុសិទ䮒ិ​ឲេយ​​​​រដ䮋មន䮏េី​​ស䮓ើ​សុំ​ ទូរ​ស័ព䮑​​រកអភិបល​​កេុង​ថា​​ ណេ!​ ​អា​ផ䮛ូវ​​​​​​អា​​ និយយ​បន​ទេ​ថា​​​តើ​​​​មន​​​​​​​​​ប៉ុន្មេនទីតំង​​​​ដេល​​

ជេើសរើស​រដ䮋លេខធិការ​​និង​អនុរដ䮋​លេខ​ កន䮛េង​នេះ​​​玶​​​អញ䮅េះ​​玶​​អញ䮅ុះ​​​ទាល់​​តេ​​បេេប់​។​​​​ រងប៉ះពាល់​ដោយសរ​​បទបញ្ជេ​របស់​លោក​

ធិការ​ដោយ​ខ䮛ួន​ឯង​​ហើយ​ទីបំផុត​ការ​តេង​ កន䮛េង​ខ䮛ះ​​​ថ䮄េ​​​ហ䮓ឹង​玶​​​​​ខូច​ប៉ុន​​​ចាន​​ចង្កឹះ​ស្អេក​玶​​ ហ៊ុន​សេន៕​សខុ មុ ​

បញ្ជី ឈ្មែះ អ្នក បោះ ឆ្នែត ... លោក​​​បន​​​សរសេ រ​​​បន䮏​​​ថា​"ការ​​​ពនេយារ​​​ ទាន់​​​មន​​​អត䮏​​​សញ្ញេណ​​​ប័ណ䮎​​​នៅ​​​ឡើ យ​​​ទេ ​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៤ ពេល​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ការ​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​ដំណើរ​​​ការ​​​នេះ​​​​គឺ​​​ ហើយ​​​ដំណើរ​​​ការ​​​នេះ​​​យឺត​​​យ៉េវ​​​ណាស់​​​"។

លន​​​​​​ដុល្លេរ​​​ទៀត​ដេល​សហភាព​​​អឺរ៉ុប​​​បន​​​​ ដោយ​​​សរ​​​តេ​​​ភាព​​​ចាំ​​​បច់​​​ដើមេបី​​​ធនឲេយបន​​​​​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮐េម​​​ថា​"ដំណើ រការ​​​​នេះ ​​​

សនេយា​​​ផ䮏ល់ឲេយ​កាល​​​ពី​​​ឆ្នេំ​​​មុន​​។ ថា​មន​​​ការ​​​រៀប​​​ចំ​​​គេប់​​​គេេន់​​​សមេេប់​​​ដំណើរ​​​ បន​​​ពនេយារ​​​ពេល​​​ជា​​​ចេើន​​​លើក​​​ចេើន​​​ស​​​ហើយ​​​​​​​​​ GeorgeEdgar លោក​​​​ចច​អេ ដហ្គេ​( )​​​​ ការ​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ្មេះ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏េ​ក៏​​​សមេេប់​​​ការ​​​បង្កើត​​​បេព័ន䮒​​​ យើ ង​​​មិន​​​ដឹង​​​ថា​មនអ䮜ី​​​​​​កើ ត​​​ឡើ ង​​​ចំពោះ​​​

ឯកអគ្គ​​​រដ䮋​​​ទូត​​​សហភាព​អឺរ៉ុប​​​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ ដំណើ រ​​​ការ​​​ចុង​​​កេេយ​​​ដើ មេបី​​​បង្កើត​​​បញ䮇ី​​​ គ.ជ.ប.​​​ទេ​។យើង​​​នឹង​​​មិន​​​ជេៀត​​​ជេេក​​​ចូល​​​

កាល​​​ពី​​​មេសិលមិញ​​​ថា​លោក​​​មន​​​ព័ត៌មន​​​ថ䮘ី​ៗ​​​ ឈ្មេះ​​​បោះឆ្នេត​​​ដ៏​ចេបាស់លស់​​​មួយ​​​ផង​​​ដេរ​​​"។ ក䮓ុង​​​ការ​​​ងរ​​​របស់​​​ពួក​​​គេ​​​ទេ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏េ​បើ​​​ពួកគេ​​​

បំផុត​​​អំពី​​​ការ​​​រៀប​​​ចំ​​​ការ​​​ចុះឈ្មេះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ ប៉ុន䮏េ​លោក​យឹម​សវុណ䮎​អ䮓ក​​​នំ​​​ពាកេយ​​​គណ​​​​​​ ពនេយារ​​​ពេល​​​ម䮏ង​​​ហើយ​​​ម䮏ង​​​ទៀត​​​​អ៊ីចឹង​​​​យើង​​​

ឆ្នេត​​​​ហើ យ​​​មិន​​​មន​​​ការ​​​ពេួយ​​​បរម䮗​​​​​​ដូច​​​ បកេស​​​សង្គេេះ​​​ជាតិ​បន​​​​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​​​​គណ​​​ នឹង​​​ពេយាយម​​​ស䮜េង​​​រក​​​ព័ត៌មន​​​"។

លោក​គល់​​​​បញ្ញេ​​​​​ទេ​​​។ បកេស​​​បេឆំង​​​ក៏​​មនការបរម䮗​ដេរ​​​ចំពោះ​​​​​​ការ​​​ លោក​ គល់​ បញ្ញេ​ បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​​​​ទៀត​​​

លោក​​​បន​​​សរសេរ​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​អីុម៉េល​​​មួយ​​​ ពនេយារ​​​ពេល​​​ម䮏ង​​​ហើយ​​​ម䮏ង​​​ទៀត​​​នេះ​​​។ ថា​គ.ជ.ប.​គួរ​​​តេ​​​បញ䮅េញ​​​ថ䮄េ​​​បរិច䮆េទ​​​ដេល​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​​​​

ថា​"សហភាព​​​អឺរ៉ុប​​​ជឿ​​​ជាក់​​​ថា​គ.ជ.ប.​​​នឹង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​បេសសន៍​​​ថា​"玶​​​គឺ​​​ជា​​​ការ​​​ គិត​​​ថា​អាច​​​បេេកដ​​​បេជា​​​​​​​​​ឲេយ​​​បន​​​ឆប់​​​​ទោះ​​​បី​​​

ការ ​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ្មេះ ​​​អ䮓 ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នេ ត ​​​ដោយ ​​​មន​​​ ពេួយ​​​បរម䮗​​​មួយ​​​ដ៏​​​ធំ​​​។​ពួកគេ​​​គួរ​​​តេ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​រឿង​​​ ជា​​​玶​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​នៅ​​​ខេ​​​កញ្ញេ​​​ក៏​​​ដោយ​​​។​ លោក​​​

ពេល​​​វេល​​​សល់​គេប់​​​គេេន់​​​ដើមេបី​​​បង្កើត​​​បញ䮇ី​​​ េនះ​​​ឲេយ​​​បន​​​ឆប់​​​តម​​​ដេល​​​អាច​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ទៅ​​​បន។​​​ បន​​​មនបេសសន៍​​​ថា​"​​​ការ​​​ចុះ​​​ឈ្មេះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​

ឈ្មេះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នេត​​​ឲេយ​​​សេបតម​​​ចេបាប់​​និង​​​ ដូច​​​ដេរ​​យើង​​​​​​​ដឹង​​​សេេប់​​​ហើយ​​​ថា​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ មន​​​សិទ䮒ិ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នេត​​​ជាង​​​១០​​​លន​​​នក់​​​​គឺ​​​ជា​​​

ទាន់​​​ពេ ល​​​វេ ល​​​សមេេប់​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្នេត​​​ឆ្នេំ​​​ ឆ្នេត​​​ឃុំ​​​សង្កេត់​​​អាច​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​នៅ​​​ខេ​​​កុម䮗ៈ​ ឬ​​ បេតិបត䮏ិការ​​​ដ៏​​​ធំ​​​​​​​ហើយ​​​គ.ជ.ប.តេូវ​​​តេ​ធ䮜ើ​​​តម​​​​​​

២០១៧"។ ខេ ​​​កក្កដ​ឆ្នេំ​​​២០១៧។​ពល​​​រដ䮋​​​ខ䮛ះ​​​នៅមិន​​​ កាល​​​វិភាគ​​"៕សយ៊ុ ឈាង​ ១៦ ខាមបូឌា​ ដាលី ថ្ងៃ​​​ពុធ​​​​ទី៦​ខៃ​មៃសា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

អាជ្ញាធរ​បន្ទាសកាុម​អ្នក​តវ៉ា​ចំពោះ​​​អំពើ​​​ហិងាសា​ទោះ​ជ​មន​ការ​វយ​ដំ​ពី​សំណាក់​សន្តិសុខ​

ឃួន ណារីម មួក​​​​សុវត䮐ិភាព​​​​​​ពណ៌​​​ស​​​មន​កាបាំង​បិទមុខ​ជិត​​​​​​​បាន​​​ លោក​ផា​សុីផាន​អ䮓ក​​​នំ​​​ពាកាយ​​​រដ䮋ាភិបាល​​​ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី ដល់​​​​​​មន䮏ាី​​​សហជីព​​​រូប​​​នះ​​​​ចំ​លើ ​​​​​ភ䮓ាក​​​ខាង​​​ បាន​​​មន​​​បាសសន៍ថា​កាុម​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ា​​​គួរ​​​តា ​​​

បើ ​ទោះជ​​​ភ័ស䮏ុ​​​តង​​​វីដា អូ​​​ឃ䮛ីប​​​បង្ហាញ​​​ ឆ䮜ាង​​បណ្តាល​​​​​​ឲាយ​​បាក​ឈាម។ ស䮏ាប់​​​នៅ​​​ពាល​​​ពួក​​​គត់​តាូវ​សុំ​​​ឲាយ​​​ចាក​​​ចាញ​​​។

ថា​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​រដ䮋ាភិបាល​​​បាន​​​វយសកម្ម​​​ជន​​​​​​ អំឡុង​ការ​​​តវ៉ា​​​លោក​គឹម​វុត䮐ា​បាធន​​​ លោក​​​បាន​​​និយយ​​ពី​កាុម​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​ថា​ពួក​​​គា​​​

សហជីព​​​កា​​រ​​​ងរ​​​ពីរ​​​រូប​​​ក䮓ុង​​​រាជ​​​ធនីភ䮓ំពា ញ​​​ សន䮏ិសុខ​​​​​​បាន​​​មន​​​កំហឹង​​​ដោយ​​​សាាក​​​ដក់​​​ មន​​​ភារកិច䮅​​​គាប់​​​គាង​​​កាុម​​​មនុសាស​​​។​បាសិន​​​បើ​​​​​​

កាល​​​ពីថ䮄ា​​​ច័ន䮑អំឡុង​​​ការ​​​តវ៉ា​​​បាឆំង​​ចាបាប់​​​ លោកសាី​យ៉ាង​សុភ័ណ䮌​បាធន​​​​សហជីព​​​ អ䮓ក​​​មិន​​​​​​ស䮏ាប់​​​តម​​​បញ្ជា​​​​​​របស់​​​ពួក​​​គា​​​ទា​​​​​​អ䮓ក​​​នឹង​​​

ស ហ ជី ព ​​​ថ្មី ​ក៏ ​​​ដោយ​​​​ក៏​​​កាលពីមាសិលមិញ ដាល​​​បដិសាធ​​​មិន​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​តម​​​បញ្ជា​​​របស់​​​គត់ឱាយ​ ទទួល​​​បាន​​​​​​នូវ​​​អ䮜ី​​​ដាល​​​អ䮓ក​​​ចង់​​​បាន​​​ហើយ​​​"។

អាជ្ញាធរ​​​បាន​​​បន䮑ាស​​​​មន䮏ាី​​​សហជីព​​​ចំពោះ​​​ការ​​​ ចាក​ចាញ​​​​។​បន䮑ាប់​​​ពី​​​លោក​​​សាី​យ៉ាង​​សុភ័ណ䮌 លោក​​​​ស៊ុត​ចិតា​​បាន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​​ការ​ដាល​

បាើ​​​អំពើ​​​ហិងាសា​​​នះ​ដារ​​​។ និយយ​​​ថា​"កំុ​​​ប៉ះ​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​"​លោក​គឹម​វុត䮐ា​បាន​​​​​​ចាប់​​​ ថា​កាុម​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ា​​​បាន​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​បាើ​​​អំពើ​​​ហិងាសា​​​

ខណៈ​​​ដាល​​​ពួកគា​​​បាន​​​ពាយាយម​​​បណ្តាញ​​​ ទាញ​ដា​​​គត់គាវាង​​​ឱាយ​ដួល​​​ទៅ​​នឹង​​​​ដី​​​។ មុន​​​នះ​មិន​សម​ហា តុ​សម​ផលឡើ យ​​​។​​​​

កាុម​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ា​​​ចាញ​​​ពី​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​នៅ​​​មុខ​​​រដ្ឋ​​​សភា​​​កាល​​​ លោក​គួច​ចំរីន​អភិបាល​​​ខណ䮌​​​ដូន​​​ពាញ​​​ លោក​​​បាន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​"វ​​​គួរ​​​ឲាយ​​​អស់​​​សំណើច​​​

ពី​​​ពាល​​​ពាឹក​​​​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​ខណ䮌​​​ដូន​​​ពាញ​​​បាន​​​ងក​​​ បាន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​មាសិល​​​មិញ​​​ថា​កាុម​​​អ䮓ក​​​ ដាល​​​ពួក​​​គា​​​អះ​​​អាង​​​​​​ថា​យើង​​​បាន​​​បាើ​​​អំពើ​​​

ទៅ​​​​​​បាើ​​វិធី​បាប​​​គឃ䮛ើន​​​​​​ដាលគា​តា​ងបាើ​អំឡុង​​​​​​​​​​​​ តវ៉ា​​​មន​​​កំហុស​​​។ ហិងាសា​​​មុន​​​នះ។​យើ ង​​​មន​​​ភ័ស䮏ុ​​​តង​​​ជ​​​

ការ​​​តវ៉ា​បន䮑ាប់​​​ពី​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ䮓ាត​​​ឆ䮓ាំ​​​២០១៣​​​​។ ដោយ​​​បដិសាធ​​​មិន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​​តើ​​​​​​​​​នរ​​​ណ​​​​​​​​​ វីដាអូ​​​​​​ឃ䮛ីប​​​ដាល​​​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​បាន​​​ដាញ​​​វយ​​​ពួក​​​

នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ករណីមួយ​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ថ䮄ា​​​ច័ន䮑​​​កាុម​សន䮏ិ​​​ ខ䮛ះ​​​នឹង​​​តាូវ​​​ដក់​​​ទោស​​​ទណ䮌​​​ចំពោះ​​​ហាតុ​ការណ៍​​​ យើ ង​​​។​លោក​​​បាន​​​និយយ​​​ថា​លោក​​​មន​​​

សុខ​​​បាន​​​ចាប់​​​មន䮏ាី​​​សហជីព​​​ឈ䮘ាះ​ស៊ុត​ចិតា​ នះ​​លោក​​​បាន​​​ថ䮛ាង​​​ថា​"កាុម​​​អ䮓ក​​​តវ៉ា​​​បាន​​​ គមាាង​​​​​​ដក់​​​ពាកាយ​​​បណ្តឹង​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ការ​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​

ហើយ​​​បាន​​​​​​ទាញ​​​គត់​​​ចាញ​​​ពី​​​កាុម​​​មនុសាស​​​។ បាើ​​​អំពើ ​​​ហិងាសា​​​មុន​​​។បាសិន​​​បើ ​​​យើ ង​​​ដក់​​​ ខណ䮌​​​​ដោយ​​​ចោទ​​​បាកាន់​​​ពួក​​​គា ​​​​ពីបទ​បាើ​​​

ដោយ​​​​​​ដា​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​​ស៊ុត​​ចិតា​​តាូវ​​​បាន​​​ ទោស​​​​យើង​​​តាូវ​​​ដក់​​​ទាំង​​​សង​​​ខាង​​​​ពីពាាះ​​​ អំពើ​​​ហិងាសា​​​ដោយ​​​ចាតន​​​៕សរនុ ​ Colin Meyn ចាប់​​​ទាញ​​​ទៅកាាយ​​​​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​ម䮓ាក់​​​ដាល​​​ពាក់​​​ ពួក​​​​​​គា​​​វយ​​​គ䮓ា​​​ទៅ​វិញ​ទៅមក​"។ (រាយការណ៍​​​បន䮐ាម​​​ដោយ​ )

តុលាការ​សាកសួរ​ម្ចាស់​ហាង... តរាទី​​ដាល​ហៅ​កាា​ថាសាីមុំ​បាន​សរសារ​ ទៀ ត​​នៅ​​​តា ​​​បាកាន់​ជំហរ​ដច់​ខាត​ថា​"​មិន​

តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ សរ​ដោយ​កំហឹង​​​អម​ដោយ​ខាសា​អាត់​សំឡាង​​​​ ឆ䮛ើយ​​ មិន​ឆ䮛ង​​និង​មិន​ឈ䮛ាះ"​ចំពោះ​ការ​

មន​កញ្ញា​ខឹម​​ចាន់តរាទី​អ䮓ក​ធ䮜ើសក់​ដា ល​​​​ ដាល​លាច​ធ䮛ាយ​ដំបូងគា​​​ឡើយ​​​​​​។ ចោទ​បាកាន់​ដា លពួកគា ​និយយ​ថា​តាូវ​

បាឈម​ការ​ចោទបាកាន់​ពី​បទ​ពា សាយាចារ​​​ លោក​សុជតិ​បាន​និយយ​ថា​"​ពី​មុនៗ​​ បាន​ធ䮜ើ​ឡើង​​ជ​សធរណៈ​​ដោយ​គណបកាស​

ជ​​​ដើម​​​។ នៅពាល​​សាីមុំ​​បាន​បាើ​ហ䮜ាស​ប៊ុក​រាល់​លើក​ បា ​ជ​ជ ន ​ក ម្ពុ ជ​​ជ​ការ ​វយ ​បា ហរ​

និយយ​នៅ​កាា​តុលាការ​កាលពី​មាសិល​​​ នង​សរសារ​អកាសរ​ខ្មារ​មិន​បាន​ល្អ​​ទា។​ នង​ នយោបាយ។

មិញ​លោក​ទួន​ សុជតិ​ ម្ចាស់​ហង​​កាត់​សក់​ បាន​សុំ​ឱាយ​អ䮓ក​ដទា ​ជួយ។​ប៉ុន䮏ា​នៅពា ល​ខ្ញុំ​​ ប៉ុន䮏ា​​ដោយ​កញ្ញា​ចាន់​តរាទី​​តាូវ​បាន​ Profile ខ្មារ​អង䮂រ​​ក䮓ុង​ខណ䮌ចំការ​មនបាននិយយ​ថា ឃើញ​​​បាូហ䮜ាល​​( )​នាះវមន​ការ​ សកសួរ​ដោយ​នគរបាល​បាឆំង​ភារវកម្ម​

លោក​បាន​ទទួលយក​កញ្ញា​ចាន់​តរាទី​​មក​ សរសារ​ល្អឥត​ខ្ចាះតាម䮏ង"។ និង​​តាូវ​បាន​កោះ​ហៅ​ឱាយ​បង្ហាញ​ខ䮛ួននៅ​

ធ䮜ើការ​រយៈពាល​មួយ​ឆ䮓ាំមក​ហើយ​​ប៉ុន䮏ា​​មិន​ លោក​សុជតិ​​បាន​បន䮐ាម​ថា​ លោក​មិន​ តុលាការ​កាលពី​ថ䮄ា​សុកា​​ដើមាបីសក​សួរ​​ពីបទ​​

ដាលកត់​សម្គាល់​ឃើញ​អ䮜ី​ប䮛ាក​​ពី​ទំនក់​ទំនង​ ដឹង​ថា​​តើ ​ការ​អះ ​អាង​​បាឆំង​លោក​​កឹម ពាសាយាចារ​​​លោក​សម​រងាសុី​មា​ដឹក​នំ​គណ​​​

របស់​នង​ជមួយ​លោក​កឹម​សុខា​ទា​។ សុខា​ពិត​ឬ​យ៉ាង​ណឡើយ​ប៉ុន䮏ា​លោក​ជឿ​ បកាស​​​​បាឆំង​​កាលពី​ថ䮄ាច័ន䮑​​បាន​សុំ​ឱាយ​លោក​​​

ដោយ​បង䮜ារ​សំណួរ​បន䮐ាម​ទៅ​កាន់​បទ​ ថា​ខាសាអាត់​សំឡាង​ដាល​លាច​ធ䮛ាយ​ពិត​ជ​ សាី​ មូរ​ សុខហួរ​​បាធន​កិច䮅​ការ​សធរណៈ​

សម䮗ាសន៍ដាល​លោក​បាន​ធ䮜ើ​កាលពីខាមុន បង្ហាញ​ពី​សំឡាង​លោក​ កឹម​ សុខា​ និង​កញ្ញា របស់​គណបកាស​សង្គាាះ​ជតិ​​ធ䮜ើ​អន䮏រាគមន៍​

លោក​​សុជតិ​បាន​មន​បាសសន៍​ថា​"​គត់​ ចាន់​តរាទី​​។ ដើមាបី​ការពារ​​ស䮏ាី​រូបនាះ។

មក​ម䮏ង​ម្កាល។​មួយ​ខាកន䮛ះ​ ឬ​មួយ​ខា​​គត់​ លោក​បាន​និយយ​ថា​"បញ្ហា​បុគ䮂លិក​​មន​ លោកសាី​មូរ​សុខហួរ​បាន​លើ កឡើ ង​

មក​ម䮏ង។​គត់​មក​កាត់​សក់​ហើ យ​ឱាយ​លាប​ ទំនក់​ទំន​ង​ជមួយ​នរណម䮓ាក់​​គឺ​​​មិនមាន​​​​តាឹម​​ តម​អីុម៉ាលកាលពី​មាសិលមិញ​ថា​លោកសាី

សក់​​តាប៉ុណ䮎ឹង​"។ តាជមួយ​លោក​កឹម​សុខា​​ឬ​ជមួយ​ភ្ញៀវ​​​​ផាសាង​​​​ និង​សម​ជិក​សភាផាសាង​ទៀត​​នឹង​ធ䮜ើ​អ䮜ី​ដាល​

នៅក䮓ុង​បទ​សម䮗ាសន៍​ជមួយ​វិទាយុ​អាសុី​ ឡើយ។​បាសិន​បើ​ពួកគា​​មន​ទំនក់​ទំនង​ ពួកគា ​អាច​ធ䮜ើ​បាន​​ដើ មាបី​ការ​ពារ​កញ្ញា​ចាន់​

សារី​បន䮑ាប់ពី​ការសន䮑នដាល​ថត​ទុក​​​តាូវ​បាន​​​​ ពួកគា​លាក់​បាំង​ខ្ញុំ​និង​​​​មិន​ឱាយ​ខ្ញុំដឹង​ឡើយ​​"។ តរាទី​​ពី​យុទ䮒នការ​បាឆំង​លោក​កឹម​សុខា​

ផាសព䮜ផាសាយ​ជ​សធរណៈ​លោក​សុជតិ​បាន​ រហូត​មក​ទល់​ពាល​នាះ​​លោក​កឹម​សុខា ប៉ុន䮏ា​​មិន​បាន​ផ䮏ល់​ព័ត៌​​មន​​ជក់​លាក់​ទា៕​​សរនុ ​ Alex Willemyns លើ ក​ឡើ ង​ថា​លោក​មិន​ជឿ ​ថា​កញ្ញា​ចាន់​ និង​សមជិក​គណបកាស​សង្គាាះ​ជតិ​ផាសា ង​ (រាយការណ៍​បន䮐ាម​ដោយ​ ) wednesday, april 6, 2016 The Cambodia daily 17 18 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 6, 2016 InternatIonal Report of Children Trafficked to UK Alarms Nepal, India reuters “we have no proof now. if any three children for the reporter to roadside restaurants or small tex- new dehli/kathmandu, nepal - proof is found out during investiga- choose from, claiming he had tile and embroidery workshops. nepal and india expressed alarm tion, we will bring those in volved sup plied mostly nepali boys to many women and girls are sold yes terday over a report that chil- in the crime to justice. there is no rich families in the u.k. into brothels. dren as young as 10 from both question of leaving them without “take a nepalese to england. experts say the risks of being countries were being sold as do- punishment,” he added. they are good people. they are ex ploited are even greater after mestic slaves to rich families in an official from india’s home good at doing all the housework disasters when homes, jobs and the u.k. for $7,525 each. min istry said the government was and they’re very good cooks. no livelihoods are lost. an investigation by u.k. news- try ing to tackle the “menace” of traf- one is going to come after you,” Earthquake Impact paper the Sun suggested that ficking “with all seriousness.” he was quoted as saying. gangs operating in the north in - “it is a known fact that children “india is flooded with boys. ne - earthquakes that struck nepal dian state of Punjab were preying from poor families are trafficked pal has been destroyed and all in april and may of last year on destitute indian children, as from states such as Bihar and ut - the nepalese are here. we go to killed some 8,800 people, left hun- well as nepali children who mi - tar Pradesh bordering nepal. the the poor parents, we talk to them, dreds of thousands of families grated to india after earthquakes last devastating earthquake in we do a deal,” he added. home less and raised concerns hit their country last year. nepal has added to this problem,” South asia is the fastest- among rights groups that traffick- the article published on mon - said the official, who did not want growing and second-largest re - ing rings would take advantage of day prompted British home Sec - to be named. gion for hu man trafficking in the the vulnerable. retary theresa may to call for a he said cases of human traffick- world, after east asia, according to nepali officials say more than po lice investigation into the alle- ing were possible in Punjab the u.n. Office for drugs and 40,000 children either lost their gations of child trafficking—“a where drug trafficking is a prob- Crime. par ents, were injured, or were truly abhorrent crime”—and ac- lem, and that the same gangs india, alone, is home to almost placed in a precarious situation tion against perpetrators. could be involved in buying and half the world’s 36 million slaves, ac - fol lowing the disaster. Government officials in nepal selling children as well. cording to the 2015 Global Slav ery authorities launched cam- and india said they were aware index produced by the australia- paigns to raise anti-trafficking “Take a Nepalese” hu man trafficking was common, based walk Free Foundation. awareness in 22 districts border- especially after natural disasters, the Sun’s investigation was car - thousands of children, mostly ing india and alerted police and but were surprised victims were ried out by an undercover re porter from poor rural areas, are taken child rights ac tivists to remain being sent as far away as the u.k. posing as a wealthy British-indian to cities every year by gangs who vigilant against the prominent “we have already instructed po- visiting the city of Jalandhar and sell them into bonded labor or child exploitation. lice to investigate this. this is very looking for a child worker to take hire them out to unscrupulous Over the last year, nepali offi- serious,” Yadav koirala, spokes- back to the u.k. employers. cials say they intercepted 400 chil- man for nepal’s home min istry, it quotes a trader called mak - many end up as domestic dren moving in groups without said. khan Singh, who had lined up work ers or laborers in brick kilns, their parents. MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2015 The CAMBODIA DAILY 19

Invitation For Bid INVITATION FOR BID Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries wishes to purchase UPLC and Supported Equipment for Animal Health CIU wishes to purchase One Vehicle (Pick Up/ Double Cab) 1. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC), has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary 1. The Royal Government of Cambodia has received a loan from the Asian (ISPH) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this ADB Loan No. 2873-CAM (SF) to payments under the Contract Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of the Improved Sanitary and The Supply of UPLC and Supported Equipment for Animal Health CIU, IFB No. Phytosanitary (ISPH) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade NCB/001/2016. Project, ADB Loan No. 2873-CAM (SF) and it intends to apply part of the 2. The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries now invites sealed bids from eligible proceeds of this ADB Loan No. 2873-CAM (SF) to payments under the and qualified bidders for The Supply of UPLC and Supported Equipment for Animal Health Contract for the Supply of One Vehicle (Pick Up/ Double Cab), IFB: CIU at DAHP for the Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary (ISPH) 001/2016. Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade Project at the Office of the Project Management Unit, 2nd Floor of the General Inspectorate Building, Ministry of Agriculture, 2. Interested qualified eligible suppliers are invited to obtain a copy of the Forestry and Fisheries, #200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. bidding documents free-of-charge from the address given below by 3. Procurement will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding (NCB) Procedures as specified in the RGC Procurement Manual dated May 2012 and under the laws and submitting a written application. Except for the submission of a written regulations governing public procurement within the Kingdom of Cambodia. application, there shall be no other conditions for obtaining the bidding 4. This invitation is open to all eligible bidders from eligible source countries as described in documents. the Bidding Document. 3. To be considered eligible and qualified a bidder must: 5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the Project Management Unit and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given under point 11 below during i) Be from an ADB member country. official government working hours from 8.00 AM to12.00 AM and 2.00 PM to 5.00 PM. ii) Have completed at least two contracts for supply of similar goods 6. Qualification requirements include: in the preceding 3 years of not less than 50% of the bid price in each (a) copies of original documents defining the constitution or legal status, place of registration, and principal place of business evidencing legal status in an eligible source contract. country as defined in GCC Sub-Clause 6.1 iii) Have completed contracts with a total cumulative value equal to at In the case of a Bidder offering to supply goods under the contract which the Bidder least two times the value of the bid price in the preceding 2 years. did not manufacture or otherwise produce, the Bidder has been duly authorized by the goods’ Manufacturer or producer to supply the goods in Cambodia; iv) Not be under any notice of disbarment issued by the Government or (b) The Bidder shall furnish documentary evidence that its meets the following experience the ADB. and financial requirements: (1) that the Bidder has satisfactorily completed at least two contracts for supply of 4. Bids must be delivered to the address given below at or before 03:00PM similar goods in the preceding three years of not less than 50% of the bid price in on April 26, 2016. Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in public each contract. immediately thereafter at the address given below in the presence of the (2) that the Manufacturer of the offered goods, if a different entity from the Bidder, Bidders' representatives and the project's beneficiaries from the concerned has experience of at least 3 years in the manufacturing of similar goods. (3) that the Bidder has availability of liquid assets through either: (format (i) and (ii)) local community who choose to attend shall be allowed to be present in a. access to a line of credit or cash in bank account of an amount at least 50% of person. the bid price, net of other contractual commitments; (a) OR 5. The Purchaser shall award the Contract to the Bidder whose offer has been b. credit terms with vendors specifically for the goods to be supplied under the determined to be the lowest evaluated bid and is substantially responsive contract, and valid for at least 6 months after the deadline date for submission to the Bidding Documents, provided further that the Bidder is determined of bids specified in ITB Clause 21. to be qualified to perform the Contract satisfactorily. (c) Sub-contractors’ qualifications shall not be taken into account in establishing the Bidder’s qualifications to perform the contract. 6. All bids must be accompanied by a bid securing declaration as described (d) that, in the case of a Bidder not doing business within Cambodia, the Bidder is or will be (if awarded the contract) represented by an Agent in Cambodia equipped and able in the bidding documents, any bid not accompanied by one will be rejected to carry out the Supplier’s maintenance, repair, and spare parts stocking obligations as non-compliant. prescribed in the Conditions of Contract and/or Technical Specifications; (e) authority to seek references from the Bidder’s bankers and 7. In case of any difficulty in obtaining the bidding documents, interested (f) that the Bidder meets any additional qualification criteria listed in BDS. parties may contact in writing Mr. Prak Thaveak Amida, Deputy Secretary 7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English language may be purchased by interested General, Project Manager, ISPH Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and bidders on the submission of a written Application to the address given below and upon Fisheries, 200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Phone No: payment of a non-refundable fee $50 in US Dollars or its equivalent in Cambodian Riel 017 227746, Email: [email protected] being 202,150 Riels. The method of payment will be by cashier’s check. The Bidding Documents will be sent by airmail for delivery outside of Cambodia and by courier for local And also send a copy of the communication to: Mr. Yen Sothea, Deputy delivery or may be collected in person at the discretion of the bidder. Other than payment Chief, Office of Multilateral Cooperation 1, Department of Cooperation of the non-refundable fee specified above, there shall be no other conditions for purchase of the bidding documents. 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The address referred to above is Trade Facilitation: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary Attention: Mr. Sea Visalrath (SPS) Handling in Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Trade Project at the Office of the Procurement Officer Project Management Unit, 2nd Floor, General Inspectorate Building, Ministry of Agriculture, Cell Phone: (+855) 12 778893 Forestry and Fisheries, #200, Preah Norodom Blvd, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Attention: Email address: [email protected] (or) Mr. Sea Visalrath, Procurement Officer, Cell Phone: (+855) 12 77 88 93, Email address: [email protected] (or) [email protected] [email protected] 20 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 6, 2016 InternatIonal Gunbattles Rock Brazzaville After Disputed Congo Election reuters wark of stability in a turbulent re - or their supporters were involved later headed towards the nearby brazzaville, republic of the Con - gion. State-run television on Mon - in this affair but...investigations Kingouari neighborhood, where go - Gunbattles shook the cap ital of day broadcast images of damage are under way,” Moungalla said isolated gunfire persisted into the the republic of the Congo on Mon - from the fighting alongside re - on state television early in the afternoon. day, shattering a relative calm that mind ers of Congo’s violent past. afternoon. The Constitutional Court con- had followed Con go lese Pres ident The fighting between security Opposition leader Guy-brice firmed Sassou Nguesso’s victory Denis Sassou Ngues so’s re-election forces and unidentified gunmen Par fait Kolelas, whose father led on Monday evening in a state- in a disputed vote last month. was some of the worst to hit braz - the Ninjas during the civil war, ment read on state television. Former members of the “Nin ja” zaville since 1997, when Sassou came second in the election. The at least 18 people were killed militia that fought Sassou Ngues - Nguesso returned to power after Nin jas signed a peace accord by security forces during opposi- so in a 1997 civil war raided and months of urban warfare be tween with the government in 2003 after tion demonstrations against the set alight military, police and local rival militia groups in the cap ital. years of sporadic clashes, though ref erendum changes. government offices, but the at tacks He had previously ruled the coun - ri valries persist along regional Opposition candidates say the have been contained, gov ern ment try from 1979 until 1992, when he and ethnic lines. March vote was fraudulent and spokesman Thierry Moun galla lost an election. Kolelas was not involved in the have called for a campaign of civil said. Sassou Nguesso won re-election la test violence, an aide said. res - dis obedience. a general strike last Gunfire had died down by mid- on March 20 after pushing through idents of southern neighborhoods week held in southern braz zaville af ternoon as security forces constitutional changes in an Oc- said that they had seen armed was ignored in the north of the city, blocked access to southern braz - tober referendum to re move age men in civilian attire but could not where Sassou Nguesso is popular. za ville, where exchanges of heavy- and term limits that would have say whether they were in deed for- The U.S. State Department caliber fire between police and prevented him from standing mer Ninja militiamen. said after the election it had re - unidentified fighters broke out again. Opposition supporters are frus- ceived nu merous reports of irreg- around 3 a.m., witnesses said. Some residents of southern trated in the wake of the election ularities and criticized the govern- The government did not say braz zaville who had taken shelter by Sassou Nguesso’s unwavering ment’s decision to cut all telecom- whether anyone was killed in the in churches in the center and stranglehold on power. Young pro - munications, including internet fighting. Thousands of residents north of the city on Monday said testers chanted “Sassou, leave!” ser vices, during voting and for streamed north, many carrying they feared a resurgence of fight- and erected barricades in south ern days afterwards. their possessions on their heads. ing after the government cast sus- brazzaville’s Makele ke le neighbor- Congo’s election has been close- Sassou Nguesso, who has ruled picion on the losing candidates in hood as fighting raged in the ly watched across africa, where the oil-producing central af rican the election. morning. several long-ruling presidents are country for 32 of the past 37 years, “The government...does not Dozens of heavily-armed re - seeking to stay on be yond constitu- regularly presents himself as a bul- yet have proof that the candidates publican Guard troops and police tionally mandated term limits. Saudi Arabia Cuts Aid From Lebanon, Marking a Bitter Divorce reuters it would leave Hezbollah, and by mea s ures in government,” Saudi The group has fought for Pres - beirUT/riYaDH, Saudi arabia - The extension the group’s backers in Fo reign Minister adel al-Jubeir ident bashar al-assad in Syria’s waspish cartoon in a Saudi-owned Tehran, more dominant than they said last month. five-year conflict and riyadh has newspaper summed up the anger have ever been in volatile leb anon, beyond that, Saudi arabia be - accused it of intervention as far be hind Saudi arabia’s decision to a Middle east banking and trade lieves Hezbollah also projects afield as Yemen on Saudi arabia’s can cel billions of dollars in mili- center that is also home to more power—and iranian influence— southern border, accusations tary aid and suspend decades of than a million Syrian refugees. well beyond lebanon’s borders. Hezbollah denies. en gagement in lebanon’s fraught The abrupt Saudi action in Feb - pol itics. “The State of lebanon: ruary was triggered by lebanon’s ap ril Fool,” it read. failure to join other arab govern- Curfew Declared in SE Turkey Published on the same day that ments in condemning attacks a Saudi-owned television news three months ago on the Saudi Town as Fresh Clashes Erupt channel shut down its leb anese em bassy in Tehran. operations, Friday’s cartoon was The early release from a leb - reuters in Silopi, local authorities de - the latest sign of a falling out anese jail of a former minister, DiYarbaKir, Turkey - Turkey de - clared a curfew from 4:30 a.m. in which began in January and has con victed of smuggling explo- clared a curfew in the southeastern an announcement by loudspeak- become increasingly embittered. sives in a plot allegedly supported town of Silopi yesterday after Kurd - er from mosque minarets and po - The cartoon’s stinging mes- by the iranian-allied Syrian au - ish militants launched a rock et at - lice vehicles, witnesses said. sage, that the lebanese govern- thorities, suggested to riyadh tack on an armored po lice ve hicle, in the town of Nusaybin near ment is a fictitious joke, reflects that lebanon’s judiciary was also killing one officer and wound ing the Syrian border, which has been Sau di arabia’s conviction that the now beholden to its enemies. four, security sources said. under curfew for three weeks, a Shi ite group Hezbollah, backed Saudi arabia spearheaded ef - Witnesses said gunfire rang PKK rocket attack killed an army by riyadh’s regional rival iran, forts to get Gulf arab states and out in the town, near the iraqi major and another officer on Mon - now pulls the strings in beirut. the arab league to designate Hez - bor der, through the night while day, security sources said. but the Saudi response, cutting bollah a terrorist organization, clash es erupted elsewhere in the They said two police officers $3 billion in military aid and an other which led to reports of leb anese main ly Kurdish southeast, which were wounded in a bomb attack $1 billion to the security services, nationals being forced to leave is suffering the worst violence in on their armoured vehicle on Mon - appeared self-defeating to many Gulf countries because of al leged two decades after conflict flared day in the lice district of Di yar - lebanese—by weakening the Hezbollah links. up last July. bakir province. army, a counterbalance to Hez - lebanon says it is unable to Peace talks with the jailed lead - More than 40,000 people have bollah, it leaves the Shiite group con firm any expulsions, but politi- er of the Kurdistan Workers Par - been killed in the conflict since even stronger. cians in beirut are taking the re - ty (PKK) militant group collapsed the PKK took up arms in 1984. “by default we’re abandoning ports seriously. last year and on Monday Turkish The group, which says it is fight- leb anon to iran,” said a senior eu - What troubles Saudi arabia is Pres ident recep Tayyip erdogan ing for autonomy for Kurds, is ropean diplomat. “it’s a big blow to “a militia that is classified as a ter- ruled out reviving them, vowing des ignated a terrorist organiza- lebanon.” rorist group is now hijacking to stamp out the insurgency. tion by Turkey, the U.S. and e.U. wednesday, april 6, 2016 The Cambodia daily 21 InternatIonal Poland Risks Human Rights Germany Should Back Austria Lawsuit Over Court Reform Border Control, Minister Says reuters a...com plaint or application to the reuters On Saturday, Austria’s defense WArSAW - The paralysis in Po land’s eu ro pean Court of Human rights berlin - Germany should support min ister told a German newspa- constitutional court puts War saw in Stras bourg may arrive,” the Aus tria in stemming an expected per it plans to deploy soldiers at at risk of a lawsuit in the eu ropean Coun cil of europe’s secretary- increase in migrants trying to get the brenner Pass to help with Court of Human rights, the head general, Thorbjoern Jagland, told to northern europe by sending bor der protection, migrant regis- of the rights body the Council of report ers in Warsaw. po lice to help control the bren- trations, the humanitarian effort europe said on Monday. The european Court of Hu man ner border with italy, German and deportations. Poland’s euroskeptic law and rights is run by the 47-member Trans port Minister Alexander border clampdowns imposed by Jus tice (PiS) party has faced grow - state Council of europe. Do brindt said yesterday. countries along the main mi grant ing pressure from the e.U., U.S. in March, the pan-european Dobrindt, a member of the ba - route northward from Greece and other bodies since it swept to rights body said the Polish re - varian Christian Social Union through the balkans, in cluding power in the bloc’s larg est eastern forms could endanger “not only which has sharply criticized Ger - Aus tria, have helped sharp ly re - member state in Oc tober and in - the rule of law but also the func- man Chancellor Angela Merkel’s duce the number of new arrivals in creased controls on me dia and tioning of the democratic sys- open-door refugee policy, said the Germany, which took in over one oth er institutions. tem,” recommending the govern- move would send a signal that million people last year. The conservatives have enact- ment recognize the constitutional Ger many was not prepared to but many politicians believe that ed a law increasing the number of court’s ruling on its legislation. wel come all migrants with open the numbers will rise again once judges required to make rulings While the opinion of the rights arms. migrants try alternative routes, for on the Constitutional Tribunal body is not binding, it will carry “Germany could contribute and example by crossing by sea to italy and changing the order in which weight at the e.U. Commission, support Austrian efforts at the from libya in north Af rica or from cases are heard. which has begun a process to brenner [Pass] with manpower,” Albania in the balkans. Critics say the changes have monitor the rule of law in Poland Do brindt told the Muench ner Mer - Dobrindt said Germany could made it difficult for judges to re - that could end up with Warsaw kurnewspaper. not rely on its neighbors to man- view new legislation—let alone be ing suspended from voting in Merkel has been critical of age to protect borders against the chal lenge it—and the court itself the e.U. tighter border controls and is in - flow of migrants. has struck them down as uncon- To prepare for the discussion stead banking on a e.U.-Turkey “We must show that we are stitutional. The government has with Poland’s e.U. peers expected deal that took effect on Monday, also prepared and are in a position re fused to recognize that ruling, to start today, the Commission’s giving Ankara political and fi - to do the same,” he said, add ing ef fectively putting it in legal limbo. first vice president, Frans Tim - nancial benefits in return for tak- that Germany needed to send a “The concern is that if the mer mans, planned to travel to ing back refugees and migrants sig nal that it did not have an “un - constitutional crisis continues, War saw yesterday. who have crossed to Greece. conditional culture of welcome.” 22 The Cambodia daily wednesday, apRil 6, 2016 InternatIonal Brazil Attorney General Urges Congress to Halt Impeachment ReuteRs in ner circle, alleges that rousseff brasilia - brazil’s attorney general de liberately manipulated budget - urged a congressional committee ary accounts to boost her 2014 re- on Monday to dismiss impeach- election campaign. ment charges against brazili- Cardozo, rousseff’s former jus- an President Dilma rousseff, say- tice minister, denied allegations ing there is no legal basis for the that lending from state banks to proceedings. the federal government was used Jose Eduardo Cardozo, the gov - to fund social programs. The tes- ernment’s main legal advisor, told timony by the attorney general, members of Congress that the de - ap pointed in March, is the latest cision by lower house speaker Ed - step in a process that started with uardo Cunha to accept the im - Cun ha’s acceptance of impeach- peachment request was motivat- ment charges in December. ed by Cunha’s desire for political The committee will recom- re venge against rousseff, his bit- mend to the lower house wheth - ter political rival. er there are grounds to impeach “The impeachment process was Reuters rous seff. The full house would - compromised from the start and Anti government demonstrators attend a protest against Brazil's then vote on the committee’s de - President Dilma Rousseff in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Monday. as such it is invalid,” Cardozo said, cision, which could happen as telling lawmakers that to conclude mid dle of an economic crisis and business-friendly policies under soon as mid-april. the impeachment would be to “rip a bribery scandal at state-run oil her substitute, Vice President Mi - if the impeachment passes the up the constitution.” com pany Petrobras that has chel Temer. lower house, rousseff would be The hearing came just weeks shak en brazil’s political establish- The opposition’s impeachment suspended for up to six months ahead of a vote that could sus- ment. Markets favor rousseff’s re quest, which is not formally tied while facing trial in the senate, pend rousseff from office in the ouster on hopes it could usher in to the graft probe threatening her making Temer acting president.

reling away money. it ap peared see and understand what i can say tied to a Panamanian shell com- Panama... the reports were being cen sored and can’t. i am simply afraid to be pany in the papers, the consorti - on the Chinese mainland. interviewed.” um reported. He is already under continued from page 1 iceland’s Prime Minister sig - On Monday, the Kremlin dis- investigation on suspicion of tax The ability to move and stash mun dur Gunnlaugsson rejected missed the allegations as part of a evasion in spain, where he plays. money secretly is the key weapon op position calls to resign after his smear campaign targeting Putin. Mossack Fonseca, the law in any prosperous illicit business. wife’s name surfaced in the re - Khulubuse Zuma, the nephew firm, denied wrongdoing and is - it allows tyrants to loot nations, ty - leased documents. of south african President Jacob sued a statement saying that the coons to rob consumers. Two of Mexico’s leading televi- Zu ma, appeared in the Panama information ricocheting around laundered money is the fuel sion executives were among those Pa pers because of interests in oil the planet was full of inaccuracies that keeps organized crime, smug - named, along with a major con- fields in the Democratic republic and that its industry practices are glers and drug cartels running struction tycoon, Juan arman do of Congo through an offshore misunderstood. smoothly and profitably. Hinojosa Cantu, whose work for com pany in the british Virgin is - “The facts are these: While we The Panama Papers could pro- Mexican President Enrique Pena lands. The deal was made several may have been the victim of a da ta vide investigative leads to authori- Nieto already sparked allegations years ago amid suggestions he breach, nothing we’ve seen in this ties as well as journalists for months of corruption. There was no imme- might have received favor it ism illegally obtained cache of doc u - if not years. diate response from Hinojosa. through his uncle. The young er ments suggests we’ve done any- The international Consortium France and australia immedi- Zuma de nied wrongdoing in the thing illegal, and that’s very much of investigative Journalists, which ately opened investigations into deal then and asserted now there in keeping with the global rep - took the lead in examining and pos sible money-laundering and was nothing new in the latest utation we’ve built over the past 40 pub lishing the trove of more than tax evasion. reports. years of doing business the right 11 million documents dating to italy’s tax agency plans to re - in Pakistan, an already embat- way, right here in Pana ma,” the 1977, said the information ap - quest access to the names in the tled Prime Minister Nawaz sharif statement said. peared to show that the Pana ma n - Pan ama Papers as it prepares to found himself on the defensive af - “Obvi ously, no one likes to have i an law firm Mossack Fonseca es - launch its own inquiry. There are ter the documents alleged that their property stolen, and we in - tablished shell companies and off- about 1,000 italians listed, accord- three of his children maintained tend to do whatever we can to en - shore accounts to help hun dreds ing to the magazine l’Espresso, off shore companies in the british sure the guilty parties are brought of people move their money. which helped sift through the Vir gin islands that they use to to justice,” it added. Twelve current or former top leaked data. own half a dozen properties over- Transparency international, a gov ernment leaders, 61 of their as - as for Putin, the russian presi- looking london’s Hyde Park. sha - nonprofit organization that studies so ciates, other politicians and thou - dent, associates were reportedly rif himself was not implicated, and corruption, whistle-blowing and sands of businesses are named in tied to more than $2 billion in se cret his government defended the chil- secret financial practices glo bally, the documents, the group said. an loans. The associates include ser - dren’s property arrangements. praised the document dump for anonymous source first leaked the gei roldugin, an unassuming cellist in yet another twist involving the “shedding light into the murky papers to the sueddeutsche Zeit - described as Putin’s best friend. scandal-plagued FiFa organization, world of secret offshore com - ung newspaper in Munich last “The evidence in the files sug- which governs worldwide football, panies.” Companies can in cor - year, and it in turn shared them gests roldugin is acting as a the documents revealed a business porate in the U.s. without re veal - with a number of outlets. front man for a network of Putin relationship between a mem ber of ing sources of money. From russia to China, from ice - loyalists—and perhaps for Putin the group’s ethics com mittee and “it’s not just the Virgin islands land to argentina, the revelations him self,” iCiJsaid. three men indicted on charges of and Panama where kleptocrats were explosive. “Honestly speaking, i can’t com - paying bribes and other misdeeds, and criminals go to launder their There was no official reaction in ment on this,” roldugin was quot- iCiJsaid. il licit wealth,” said shruti shah, China to allegations that relatives ed as saying in the russian news- Meanwhile, football’s best play- vice president of Transparency of President Xi Jinping were squir- paper Novaya Gazeta. “i have to er, the argentine lionel Messi, is international’s U.s. chapter. The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 6, 2016 business 23 Briefing Vietnamese Startups Are Stepping to the Fore By James Hookway age has improved in recent years. But they show Vietnam’s am bi - The wall sTreeT journal Local programmers and devel- tion to follow a technology-oriented IMF Urges Action to hanoi - in 1988, a team of Vietnam - opers already are stepping up their growth path set by the likes of Boost Global Economy ese technicians secured their first game. More than 100,000 business- South Korea and Taiwan. Vietnam WaShinGTon - The international deal to make computers for Rus - es registered websites in 2013, ac - al ready has much in its favor, Binh Mon etary Fund urged major econ - sia’s academy of Sciences. one of cording to Vietnam’s Ministry of says, despite its focus so far on omies yesterday to take “decisive their early machines is still on dis- information and Communications’ manufacturing. action” to shore up weakening glob - play here in hanoi, surrounded by latest data, up 170 percent from its high school students ranked al growth, warning that its outlook hollywood-style imprints of the the previous year. 12th in the world in science and appears bleaker due to a contin- build team’s hands, buttocks and Bkav Corp., an antivirus-software mathematics in an oECD survey ued slowdown of the Chinese econ - other body parts. developer, is moving into consum - last year, compared with the U.S.’ omy and low oil prices. “overall, “We were wild in those days, er electronics, launching a Vietnam- ranking of 28th. the global outlook has weakened crazy,” said Truong Gia Binh, one built mobile phone to compete with Even though the country has the further over the last six months,” of the lead designers on the team. existing Samsung and apple inc.’s innovation and skills to produce Lagarde said ahead of next week’s Today, the company created by models. more homegrown companies, it has meeting in Washington of finance that group of technicians, FPT, is Dong nguyen, the developer of to do a better job of marketing it self ministers and central bank chiefs one of Vietnam’s leading firms with the “Flappy Bird” smartphone to bring in more venture capital in - from the Group of 20 major econo - nearly 27,000 employees and a rev- game, is back, too. he plans to re - vestment, Binh said. mies. as uncertainties remain about enue of nearly $1.8 billion in 2014. lease a series of new mobile games Google parent alphabet inc. re - world economic potential, many The emergence of FPT and oth - later this year. among other things, cently announced plans to train an alysts expect the iMF to revise er domestic companies points to FPT plans to bid for a 4G cellular li - 1,400 engineers in the country as downward the global growth pro- the growth of new, innovative pri- cense in Vietnam and has set aside part of a social outreach effort. Goo - jection for this year in the next vate businesses in Vietnam, a little some $50 million a year to acquire gle CEo Sundar Pichai visited the World Economic outlook report understood aspect of the country’s or invest in startups in the U.S. oth - country in De cem ber and attend- due out next week. iMF said the move from a Soviet-era backwater er projects include a new online ed a forum with Vietnamese tech global economy would grow 3.4 to an economic growth story. teaching platform called FUniX entrepreneurs. he said local start - per cent in terms of real GDP in an Foreign investors often look at that matches mentors with students ups could achieve global success es timate released in January. “Glob - the country as a place where they to produce a new generation of soft - in large part due to rising internet al trade has slowed and financial can pay low wages and rents, and ware developers to augment the use and a strong en trepreneurial stability risks have increased—with churn out sweatpants or mobile ris ing number of graduates from culture. Pichai said he didn’t see the recent market turmoil partly phones cheaper than China or oth - FPT’s privately-funded university. any reason why Vietnamese com - reflecting lower confidence in the er low-cost hubs. and they are right. Vietnam’s booming e-commerce panies couldn’t follow their coun - ef fectiveness of policies,” Lagarde a wave of garment makers have market had revenues of $4 billion terparts in india and China. said. She called on major econo mies moved here in recent years. last year compared with $700 million “i think it is just a matter of time, to implement “decisive action” such at the same time, multinational in 2012 and is prompting creation and i think many of you are already as stimulus with bold fiscal spend- technology companies like Sam - of companies such as hotdeal.vn, working on something like that,” ing and monetary easing. (Kyodo) sung and intel Corp. have also set an online marketplace. Pichai said. up large fabrication units. Sam - not all of these ventures are Vietnam has also eased laws al - Asean Finance Ministers sung’s top-of-the-line smartphones work ing out as planned though. lowing for faster registration of Work Toward Integration and other electronic gadgets now Bkav withdrew demonstration new technology companies. BanGKoK - Finance ministers and account for over a tenth of Vietnam’s mod els of its Bphone last year af - “We’re a knowledge culture. central bank governors from asean exports, contributing to a 5.6 per- ter local reviewers identified some Con fucius, Buddhism and Tao ism have agreed to make efforts toward cent rise in its economic growth rate problems; new, improved models have made us that,” Binh said, nod - realizing financial integration in the in 2015, the highest in years. are now available and the compa- ding to increasing proficiency in region by 2025, according to a joint now, domestic startups and pri - ny also is branching out into wear - math and science in Vietnam ese statement adopted Monday. Dur - vate companies are looking to es - ables such as smartwatches. Bkav schools. “We have to make the ing meetings in Vientiane, rep re - cape the shadow of these foreign declined to comment. most of that.” sentatives from the 10 member technology firms and the com mu - states of asean welcomed the nist country’s large state sector, and launch late last year of the asean establish a name for themselves. Economic Community and pledged “We’ve already confirmed that to promote financial inclusion and Vietnam is a destination for invest - stability based on a blueprint for the ment. Samsung, intel, Foxconn and coming decade for the aEC. “The nokia have shown that,” said Binh, aSEan economy grew by 4.4 per - chairman of FPT, which is develop - cent in 2015, despite challenges in ing cloud-computing software with the global economy,” the state ment General Electric Co. and counts said. The represen tatives not ed that com panies such as aT&T inc. despite “downside risks arising among its clients. from external factors,” the re gion Gartner inc. now ranks Vietnam would work on maintaining eco- among the top five providers of nomic growth and promot ing finan - i.T. outsourcing services in asia cial stability this year by put ting in —alongside China, india, the Phil - place “ap propriate monetary, fiscal ippines and Sri Lanka—up from and ma croprudential policies.” They 30th place in 2010. af firmed continued efforts to ward lib - The consultancy described the eralizing financial services and de - country, in a survey released in Feb - Reuters A man carries sacks of rice on his head at a food market in Metro veloping capital markets as pillars ruary, as a low-cost option for in - Manila, Philippines, yesterday. for realizing integration. (Kyodo) ternational firms where English us - 24 The CamBodia daily Wednesday, apRiL 6, 2016 Business US Tries to Stop Firms Giving Up Citizenship for Lower Taxes By Renae meRle have increased its size. The big - the Washington post gest was when the former Actavis The U.S. Treasury Department bought Allergan. on Mon day took aim at compa nies Under the new rules, stock that moving their headquarters over- Allergan has issued within the seas to lower their tax bills, issuing past three years to acquire U.S. aggressive new rules intended to companies wouldn’t be included make such moves less profitable in the calculations. and throwing a potential wrench Pfizer is reviewing the Treasury into Pfizer’s recent $160 billion pro- Department’s announcement, Joan posed deal to combine with Aller- Campion, a company spokeswom - gen and become an Irish company. an, told Bloomberg. “We won’t spec - This is the third round of rules ulate on any potential impact until the administration of U.S. Pres ident the review is completed,” she said. Barack Obama has issued over the Business leaders have said that last two years to stop the flow of so- companies have few choices as called inversions, in which U.S. long as the U.S. corporate tax rate firms are technically bought by for- remains the highest in the devel- eign firms to reduce U.S. taxes. Reuters oped world, at 35 percent. The department’s latest batch Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange below screens displaying Lawmakers and the Obama ad - of rules would make more difficult the Pfizer logo shortly after the opening bell in New York last month. ministration have struggled to come a practice known as “earnings strip - companies to avoid taxes through firm Shearman & Sterling. “These up with a solution for inversion. In ping” that enables companies to earnings stripping,” said Treasury rules are expansive and will take his latest budget proposal, Obama lower their taxable U.S. profits. Us - Secretary Jacob Lew. some time to digest, but they ap - calls for imposing a 19 percent tax ing this strategy, the U.S. subsi - So far, the agency’s efforts have pear intended to make recently an - on foreign profits—significantly diary of the inverted company can had limited effect and it is unclear nounced inversions awaiting com- lower than the current rate. But take on a loan from its foreign par- whether the latest rules will be pletion such as Pfizer more chal- there is little political momentum ent company. The interest pay- much more successful. lenging from a U.S. tax standpoint,” to address the issue during the 2016 ments on that debt can then be de - Pressure on the Obama adminis- Bambino said. presidential election cycle and Re - ducted from the U.S. company’s tration began to build last year Currently, in order to escape publicans and Democrats remain tax able income and is taxable at a when pharmaceutical giant Pfizer some of the restrictions that Con - split on an approach. low rate in the country in which announced its deal with Botox mak - gress and Treasury have put in Republican Lloyd Doggett, who the inverted firm is based. er Allergan that would move its place to stop inversions, the share - along with other lawmakers has Earnings stripping is typically headquarters to Ireland. The Pfizer- holders of the U.S. company must been pressing the Treasury Depart - one of the most attractive parts of Allergan deal is the largest inver- own less than 60 percent of the ment to act on the issue, said he was an inversion and the Treasury De - sion ever and is expected to save combined company. Pfizer’s share - pleased the department had issued partment wants to make the proc - the firm up to $35 billion in taxes. holders would own 56 percent of new regulations. “While this tax ess more onerous. It is unclear whether the new the combined company, for exam - guid ance is not as thorough as it “Today, we are announcing addi- rules will impact that deal, but they ple. But that is in part because Al - should be, I hope...it will discour age tional actions to further rein in in - could, said Laurence Bambino, a tax lergen has completed previous ac - serial inverters like Allergan and versions and reduce the ability of attorney at New York-based law quisitions of U.S. companies that thereby the Pfizer merger,” he said. Amazon Takes On PayPal With Payments-Processing Service By James Rufus KoRen —Canadian firm Shopify, French Square—plus a $0.30 fee. helped make Amazon a jug gernaut Los angeLes times company PrestaShop and Japan’s Michael Pachter, an analyst at and a threat to offline businesses. More shoppers in the U.S. could Future Shop Co.—though more are Los Angeles brokerage Wedbush As Amazon Payments expands, soon have an easier way to pay on- listed on Amazon’s website. Securities, said those additional it’s not clear if online merchants line: instead of using a credit card, The program could make Ama - fees are attractive to Amazon be - will see the same threat or if they’ll simply typing in their Amazon.com zon Payments an option for hun- cause it doesn’t have to build any- see any more value in the service, user name and password. dreds of thousands of online mer- thing new to get them. said Colin Sebastian, an analyst The giant Seattle retailer Mon - chants. Shopify alone reports its “They are merely leveraging the with brokerage Robert Baird. day announced an expansion of its platform is home to more than infrastructure they built for them- “I believe there are still...con- Amazon Payments service as the 240,000 stores. selves,” Pachter said. flicts that may exist with allowing company takes on other payment For merchants, allowing cus - Amazon has tried unsuccess- Ama zon to see transaction data,” middlemen, including PayPal and tom ers to pay using only their fully to expand its payments busi- he said. Apple Pay. Amazon.com account information ness before. In 2014, it launched Another challenge is that mer- Online retailers can already use could make checking out quicker Amazon Local Register, a physi- chants already have plenty of pay- Amazon Payments, allowing cus- and easier, potentially leading to cal card reader that hooked up to ment options, such as allowing cus- tomers to check out by entering additional sales. Southwest Airlines smartphones and tablets. tomers to enter their own payment their Amazon.com account informa- in February announced that it was Aimed at operators of small brick- information and letting them check tion instead of their names, address- adding the Pay with Amazon op - and-mortar retailers, the product out with their PayPal accounts. es and payment information. tion for in-flight Wi-Fi and entertain- was a direct competitor to Square, And Google, with its Android Pay But the expanded program will ment purchases, citing convenience which offers a card reader that at - service, and Apple, with Apple Pay, make “Pay with Amazon” an option as a key attraction. taches to mobile devices. But the are aggressively pushing their own for sellers who set up their websites For Amazon, more sales proc - product failed to take off, and Ama - payment systems. through e-commerce platforms cre - essed through Amazon Payments zon scrapped it late last year. “It may still be an uphill battle ated by companies that help mostly means more revenue. Some merchants expressed con - for Amazon payments to gain a lot smaller merchants build and run Amazon charges merchants 2.9 cern that using Amazon Local Reg - more traction with merchants.... their online stores. percent of each transaction—a bit ister would let Amazon see what Amazon does have a lot of custom - In its announcement, Amazon more than the 2.75 percent charged their customers were buying—the ers who may wish to use Amazon named three participating platforms by San Francisco payments firm same kind of data that has al ready Payments,” Baird said. wednesday, april 6, 2016 The CamBodia daily 25 Business IMF Says China Worries to Weigh on Global Stocks More Often By William mauldin global expansion, twists and turns contributing to equity-market across a global portfolio on bad The wall sTreeT journal of the world’s second-largest econo- spill overs, particularly those be - days. “We need better surveillance Major emerging markets, led my often appear to be more conse- tween emerging and developed of mutual funds and their resilience by China, are increasingly likely quential on Wall Street than what is economies. to shocks,” Gelos said. to spread fear to financial markets happening on U.S. main streets. “China’s spillovers to emerging But that doesn’t explain all of the and lead to poor stock performance “We do see China as unique so markets will increase in the next contagion, some of which comes in the U.S. and other developed far, in terms of news about its eco- few years,” Gelos said. from the day-to-day decisions of mil - countries, the International Mone- nomic performance affecting mar- Another emerging trend is the lions of individual investors. “The tary Fund said Monday. kets elsewhere,” said Gaston Ge - profusion of international mutual increase in spillovers in the post- Equity-market spillovers to ad - los, the IMF division chief for mon - funds that allow investors in devel- crisis period cannot be fully ex - vanced economies coming from etary and capital markets who led oped countries to invest in emerg- plained by the variables included,” leading emerging markets have the report published Monday on ing markets and redeem shares the IMF said in the report. risen 28 percent since the 2008 fi - global financial market stability. nancial crisis, according to the IMF’s Market contagion between de - cambodia securities exchange calculations. The movements of all veloped and emerging markets ap - Tuesday, April 5, 2016 nations’ equity markets in 2015 were pears to be growing. Sometimes, 80 percent attributable to markets in there is a fundamental connection, Index Value Change Open High Low Volume CSX 385.52 -4.01 389.53 389.53 385.52 1,317 other countries, compared with a 50 such as when commodity produc- Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume percent linkage in 1995. ers’ stocks decline on days when PPWSA 4,860 0 0 0 0 0 China’s financial system has rela- China’s industrial giants swoon, Grand Twins 3,920 -180 3,920 3,920 3,920 1,117 tively small direct linkages to econ - the report says. PPAP 5,440 0 5,440 5,440 5,440 200 omies such as the U.S., compared Many investors remember trad- with the banking and financial ties ing days such as January 7, when foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE of other big economies such as Ja - the Shanghai Composite Index ¥/US$ ...... 110.501 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.3569 pan’s. Meanwhile, exports make up plunged 7 percent, triggering de - £/US$ ...... 0.7048 Euro/US$ ...... 0.8795 a relatively small part of the U.S. clines in equity indexes in the U.S., AU$/US$...... 1.3269 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,159.77 HK$/US$ ...... 7.7562 ThaiB//US$ ...... 35.30 economy, so worries about China’s Japan, Australia and South Korea. SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9574 Riel/US$ ...... 4,020 economic health shouldn’t sink the In January, the Dow industrials had outlook for most U.S. companies. their worst month since August, local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE But the IMF found that China another month soured by China LOCAL gOLd Type (O’ruSSeI mArkeT) buyIng SeLLIng 26.67 damlung are appears to have a special ability to concerns. Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,475...... 1,485 equal to 1 kg trigger market moves in other coun - The IMF identifies stronger Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,475...... 1,485 tries based on the release of eco- trade linkages and “increased mar- 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,455...... 1,465 nomic news and data. With a fragile ket integration” as global trends 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,415...... 1,425 26 The Cambodia daily wednesday, april 6, 2016 OpiniOn Panama Papers Can Only Clean Up So Much Corruption By RoBeRt CyRan Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaug - there are limits to the latest reve- a surprise. and Kevin aLLison sson, for example, had one in lations. Countries with compara- Western financial institutions reuters which he and his wife allegedly tively solid legal systems and may have the most to lose. UBS he Panama Papers can held stakes in financial institu- multiple checks on the powerful and Credit Suisse agreed in re - only clean up so much. A tions as he was negotiating with will be motivated to use the docu- cent years to pay large sums to T leak of more than 11 mil- them. The country’s opposition ments to strike at those implicat- settle accusations of helping rich lion documents from Mossack parties have called on him to ed. Opaque and more corrupt clients evade U.S. taxes. That sug- Fonseca, a law firm in the Central resign. Other elected officials countries and groups won’t. gests that any banks tangled up in American nation, has kicked off a may struggle to explain the size Australia, for one, already has this new scandal can expect sharp global offshore tax hunt. At least of their offshore accounts. said it is investigating hundreds of sanctions if they are found to have one world leader is already under Modern technology gives whis - people named in the documents. fallen foul of the law. Swedish au - fire and others could be dam- tle blowers asymmetric power. The Wobbly and murky regimes like thorities are already probing alle- aged, too. The impact may be controversial Penta gon Papers that those in Ukraine may suffer some gations that lender Nordea hel - limited, however, in the least in 1971 revealed the U.S.’ decades- consequences, too. China, howev- ped some clients set up offshore dem ocratic regimes. long role in Indochina contained er, where some high-level officials accounts in tax havens. Far-flung accounts used to cir- thousands of pages. To move the have been implicated, has a histo- That would further scrub shady cumvent tax bills are sometimes 2.6 terabytes of data in the Panama ry of blocking webpages so its citi- areas of comparatively clean perfectly legal, but also often leak back then would have in - zens may not even hear of the nations and organizations. For the cater to questionable and unscru - volved nearly 1,000 trucks. Mossack Fonseca news. Any sig- truly bad actors, Panama probably p ulous activity. Icelandic Prime Despite the scale, however, nificant fallout in Russia would be won’t do jack. Despite Pending Referendum, UK Is Not EU’s Weak Link

By John LLoyd est point in the European con- field through medieval and ing this transformation. The party reuters struction—for obvious reasons, Renaissance times, were then now growing in power is the Five he drama of the E.U. can’t and a deeper one. subject to stronger powers, taking Star movement of the comedian yet be called a tragedy, One of the obvious reasons is advantage of disunity and domi- Beppe Grillo, which started T but it’s shaping up that its public debt: At over $2 trillion, nating parts of the peninsula. seven years ago as an internet- way. What started out as the sal- it is second only to Greece in Unity was, and still is, promot- based protest wave. It now seems vation of a continent from the hor- these dismal stakes. Another is ed as overthrowing the foreign to be evolving into a populist-cum rors of the first half of its 20th cen- the weakness of Italian banks, domination. But its effect was a anti-corruption force, deeply tury is now—after decades of opti- which are burdened with bad country internally divided, a skeptical of the need for the mistic proclamations of lofty debt of some $350 billion. It can south sullen in the face of north- euro—which Grillo has called “an growth—toiling miserably merely be managed, say the financial au - ern imperialism, a politics anti-democratic straitjacket”—and to exist. Dramatic tragedy is the thorities, as long as growth con- that could only work through even the E.U. itself. Its chances of collapse of high status and ambi- tinues to increase. At present, ho - endless compromises and in - winning are promising; those of tion: The E.U. grasped at great- wever, it’s slowing. creas ing corruption. When other becoming the necessary force for ness, achiev ed much—and is Italian Prime Minister Matteo states, often with much inter nal system change, slim. now close to losing all. Renzi, a man of public optimism, strife, reorganized to adapt to The solution implicitly favored The most obvious challenges seems to have passed on his global changes, Italy devalued. by many politicians, and explicitly from within come, first, from the upbeat view to the people of his When its membership of the by the intelligentsia, has been British, who may well leave after nation, but not to the statistics. An euro made that impossible, Silvio that what is beyond Rome’s com- a referendum in June. Informed analysis in January noted that Berlusconi while prime minister petence can be achieved in Brus - opinion, which had been comfort- Renzi’s sunniness “appears to kept the show on the road sels: Italy’s official posture of ably sure that fear or inertia have got through to most Italians, through subsidies with the aid of eager Europeanism is a reflection would ensure continued mem- but this does not solve the chroni- a tax rate that was one of the of that. But anyone who expects bership, is now alarmed that cally weak productivity and eco- highest in Europe. Brussels to achieve anything of threats of mass immigration, ter- nomic bottlenecks that have Renzi, trying to push the Italian the scale required has not attend- rorism and economic turbulence crimped its growth for two boulder up the Seven Hills of ed to the events of the last two mean out is winning over in. decades.” To set the seal on Rome, has this as a legacy— years. The commentator Wolf - But smaller nations are pesky gloom, the analysis quotes the using the E.U. both as a punch- gang Munchau, a strong E.U. too. Hungary is in what seems a Deutsche Bank economist ing bag when it opposes him and supporter, has excoriated the frozen posture of enmity to the Marco Stringa as saying that as what Graziano calls “a bogey- E.U.’s futile “muddling through” liberal ideals and practices of the “Every year [Italy] grows be low man at the gates,” forcing neces- crises, and concluded that it has Union it clamored to join. To only the eurozone average, and if you sary change. “de stroyed public confidence in a slightly lesser degree, so is are always below the average you The deeper danger to the E.U. the E.U. and in the very idea of Poland, seen since its 2004 acces- have a problem.” lies here. The obvious problems Euro pean integration.” sion to the Union as the most suc- But here’s the deeper problem, are great enough, demanding Italy faces mountains too large cessful of the post-communist pointed up in a recent study by both boldness, which Renzi has, to climb: a resurgent political entrants. Greece still trembles on Italian scholar Manlio Gra ziano. and skill, which he may not. The movement which wants to be rid the brink of a new collapse. His “The Failure of Italian larger changes are not only those of the euro; and time running out Yet a still larger, and hidden, Nationhood” has been greeted as of forcing a self-absorbed political for a prime minister in a hurry, challenge comes from the state “one of the...most serious at - class to face up to its responsibili- without sufficient political allies. that was one of the founding six tempts to grapple with the coun- ties, but to confront a population Ever-closer union could only nations and has consistently been try’s first 150 years.” with the need for systemic and work where the states uniting most enthusiastic for ever-closer Graziano—to cut his intricate personal change, both profound were capable of providing both a union. That state is Italy, a world analysis to the bone—believes and long lasting. national and a supranational polit- soft power for its art and culture, that the hetero gen eous nation- It’s quite possible that the ical class to accomplish ambitious its flair in design, its cuisine, its states of the peninsula, which country can’t produce a political goals. Where neither exists, beauty. Italy is perhaps the weak- showed such creativity in every party, or class, capable of achiev- these goals dissolve. WEDNESDAy, APRIL 6, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 27 OpiniOn For the Climate, Forget Fuel Economy, Focus on Land Use By Sa l i m Fu r t h If the 2025 standards come into maybe $3,800 a car is not too steep by less than two hun dredths of a LOS ANGELES TIMES effect unaltered, we expect the for them. But even the Ob ama degree by 2100. Using that projec- aving led and won the cost to reach $7,200 or more per administration predicted that tion, we can compare costs and fight in the 1960s and vehicle. The gas savings are sim- CAFE standards will have a negli- benefits. Re ducing the global tem- H 1970s to reduce air pollu- ply too small to offset the expense gible effect on global warming. perature as the administration pre- tion from automobiles, Cali - of the high-efficiency engines. Specifically, the administration esti- dicted would create a benefit equal fornia’s road regulators turned But what about the upside? mated that the standards imple- to 0.0065 percent of world income, their sights on a more ambitious Many Americans are willing to pay mented through Model Year 2016 according to a widely-used model goal: curbing global warming at for environmental benefits, and will lower the global temperature of climate impact. But CAFE’s cur- the tailpipe through high fuel- rent cost to U.S. consumers is al - economy standards. ady 0.054 percent of world income, But powerful evidence shows about 8 times larger. that these standards are costly Although California’s Clean and have almost no impact on the Cars Standard is not binding—it environment. has been superseded by federal The federal government has set regulation—the legislature should fuel economy standards since the repeal it anyway to send a mes- 1970s. Back in 2002, California pro- sage that this approach is not posed stricter rules for vehicles work ing as promised. We were sold within its borders, and several told stricter fuel efficiency stan- other states followed suit. Worried dards would help the environment that a fractured market would cre- and actually save consumers ate a headache for automakers, money. Instead, we’re getting a former U.S. President George W. truly tiny CO2 benefit (presum- Bush prevented California from ably, though it’s too small to mea- implementing the law. But in 2007, sure) and massive costs. And, Bush signed a bill that effectively unlike pollution controls, fuel- took the state’s proposal nation- economy standards are not impor- wide, mandating a fleet average of tant to maintaining air quality. 14.5 kilometers per liter by 2020. In Of course, one particular fail- 2012—again thanks in part to pres- ure does not mean it’s impossible sure from California—Pre sident to reduce the overall vehicular Obama raised the bar, mandating The Ca mbo d ia d a ily contribution to climate change. that the average reach 15.2 km per Bernard Krisher, Publisher Rather than trying to make car liter by 2017 and 22.7 km per liter Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher trips more efficient, governments by 2025. could help citizens reduce their Colin Meyn, Editor in Chief Under the national Corporate - - reliance on long daily commutes. Average Fuel Economy standard, Ben Woods, Executive Editor One smart reform: better land regulators assess a vehicle’s fuel Chhorn Chansy, Managing Editor use policy. Let’s take Los Angeles economy on a sliding scale based Janelle Kohnert, Deputy Managing Editor as an example. Despite a strong on size. Regulators impose fines on Van Roeun, Senior Editor history of environmentalism and an automaker if its mix of vehicles Julia Wallace, Editor-at-Large weather that is the envy of the does not meet the size-adjusted world, the built environment in standards on average. As a result, Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Amanda King, Night Editor; Alex Willemyns, Politics Editor; Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Matt Blomberg, Michael Los Angeles makes it unrealistic manufacturers have redes ig ned Dickison, Aisha Down, Peter Ford, Sonia Kohlbacher, Taylor O'Connell, Tej Parikh, Zsombor for most people to walk to work. their fleets to use much more Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Perversely, sprawl is encour- expensive, lighter engines that Naren, Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, aged by environmental review burn only a little less fuel. Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Ben Paviour, Web Editor; boards and neighborhood preser- Before the 2007 CAFE stan- Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; vation campaigns. To allow dards were implemented (from Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, denser, environmentally con- 2009 to 2012), three independent Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, scious construction, Sacramento teams of economists and engi- James Kanter, Simon Marks, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors should repeal the “private right of neers estimated the financial im - Douglas Steele, General Manager and General Counsel action” in the California Environ - pact for car owners. Unlike the Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chap Pireak, Circulation Manager; mental Quality Act. The provision Obama administration, which Sany Sinary, Sok Chamroeun, Business Development; Khun Silen, allows anonymous front groups to optimistically projected that the Tang Sokchamreoun, Design Staff; Chhun Sinath, Collection Director; tie up construction projects in Song Raksa, Receptionist; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; strict regulations and fines would Scott Harlow, Matthew Rosin, Jason Wik, Technical Advisers; court, dissuading developers from save consumers more on gas than Adam Lincoln Steele, Director of Future Planning investing in the first place. Los they cost to implement, the teams Angeles should also streamline its The Cambodia Daily is an independent newspaper dedicated to strengthening a forecasted net per-vehicle con - free press and training journalists. Published six times a week in Phnom Penh. permitting processes and write sumer costs of $3,800 or more. 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The I saw Amy Winehouse once, as I license), where you could catch now the homes of millionaires. smell of grilling chicken fills the air took a shortcut on a back road in Paul Weller or Keith Richards play - From here, the walk to the top as traders flirt with tourists in the Camden, the edgy London neigh- ing a spontaneous session, or of Primrose Hill is steep—but the street-food market in Camden borhood where the singer was Amy playing drinking games with whole of London lies below you, West Yard. once a regular fixture. She was pos- the Gallagher brothers (Oasis) or showing this city of contrasts, At the heart of the market, I ing for photos with a young girl. with the White Stripes. from skyscrapers to St. Paul’s. passed a familiar figure, the skirt Happy, smiling for the camera, Mike said he hung out with Amy spent a happy summer lin- way too short, the hair piled high. pleased to make someone’s day. Amy occasionally at the Hawley gering in this park with Blake The bronze statue is the bor- I was reminded of that sighting Arms. He didn’t know her well, Fielder-Civil, her on-and-off love, ough’s official tribute to Amy, when “Amy”—Asif Kapadia’s but they were acquaintances who as photos from the time testify. Camden’s favorite daughter. heartbreaking documentary moved in the same circles. “A We circled back along the Re - I wandered on past the Cam - about Winehouse, a lost girl with lovely girl, but fame got to her,” he gent’s Canal towpath, admiring den Tube station, avoiding the an incredible voice—took home said sadly. the colorful houseboats and grand sea of tourists milling around psy - the Oscar for best documentary Camden’s music history begins Georgian townhouses, to the che delic shop fronts. feature last month. with the Roundhouse, which was heart of Camden. The minute you slip away from I have lived and worked around built in 1846 as a roundtable rail- With a misty eye, Mike pointed High Street, Camden sheds a lay - Camden for the past 15 years. We way repair shed. When trains out the music venue Dingwalls er to reveal its true self. Unpre ten - shared the same streets. She was became too big, it was converted and recounted his tale of how a tious, brassy...just like Amy. found dead in her home here—a into a gin warehouse. It fell into boozy night out led to his singing I looked for other artistic trib- victim of alcohol poisoning at 27. disrepair after World War II but a duet with Morrissey of the utes to Amy. Her portrait can be But Camden’s musical reputa- was revived as an arts center in Smiths. found on a pub wall on Parkway, tion didn’t begin with Amy. the 1960s. Pink Floyd played an Camden is the spiritual home in a doorway on Camden Road Intrigued by the borough’s mu - early concert here, with Paul Mc - of London’s punks. Latter-day and surrounded by rubbish bags sical legacy, I signed up for a walk- Cartney and Mick Jagger in the punk rockers still dress in tartan on a wall on Camden Street. ing tour in the company of Mike audience. They were followed by and leather and hang out on the I found myself outside her O’Hara, a guide with Unseen Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, hun- bridge at the lock, charging tour - home on Camden Square. The Tours, a not-for-profit social enter- dreds of other hip bands and ists a quid for a photo of a menac- house showed no trace of her. A prise that engages formerly home- more recently Lady Gaga and ing grimace. tree across the road was covered less people to escort tourists Phar rell Williams. The market resembles a Mo - in a bamboo coat in an attempt to around their patch of London. We crossed the railway bridge roccan souk, all passageways and protect its bark from tributes, but Mike’s tour began at the Chalk into the “village,” an area of Re - stalls selling vintage vinyl and bric- fans only climbed higher to leave Farm Tube station, with tales of gent’s Park Road lined with trees a-brac. Starlings roost noisily in messages. A tatty fake rose hint- all-night jam sessions at the Ma - and large Georgian villas. Houses the willows around the lock, hop- ed at her promise snatched away.