R 3392 E MB U N SSUE I FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL No word on state of emergency Niem Chheng law, which was approved priorities, the NA’s Standing “In line with measures laid on Thursday, Peng Long told and 11 articles, the draft law by the Council of Ministers’ Committee will postpone out by the government and The Post that the NA had not stipulates a maximum 10- HE National Assembly Standing Committee chaired them,” he said. WHO to curb the spread of received the bill. year imprisonment for any- (NA) said it will post- by Prime Minister Hun Sen NA spokesperson Leng Peng Covid-19, the Standing Com- He said the NA will hold a one caught breaking it. pone all unnecessary on Tuesday. Long also issued a statement mittee has decided not to session on the draft law with The bill sets out formali- meetings in line with In his speech posted on the saying the legislative body invite lawmakers, or local caution amid the coronavi- ties, procedures and terms guidanceT from the Ministry of NA website, president Heng had held several extraordinary and international guests to rus outbreak. He declined to for a declaration of a state Health and the World Health Samrin said the fourth parlia- sessions over the past three attend the fourth session’s elaborate on how the NA will of emergency if the country Organisation (WHO) amid the ment session in the 6th legis- months, having passed nine opening,” he said. discuss the bill, saying only runs into danger. Covid-19 pandemic. lative mandate was due to be- laws and approved the gov- It was unclear as to when that a session through video It aims to maintain national However, it did not say gin on Thursday but has been ernment’s Cabinet reshuffle. and how the NA would de- conferencing is not allowed security and public order, when or how it will debate the delayed due to the outbreak. But the NA’s fourth session bate the state of emergency under Cambodian law. “state of emergency” draft “For meetings that are not has been postponed, he said. draft law. As of press time Consisting of five chapters CONTINUED – pAGE 2 Duterte tells police to kill violators of lockdown PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has told security forces to shoot dead anyone causing “trouble” in areas locked down due to the coro- navirus pandemic. About half the country’s roughly 110 million people are currently under quarantine – including mil- lions in deep poverty, left jobless by tough restrictions on movement. “My orders are to the police and military, also village officials, that if there is trouble or the situation aris- es that people fight and your lives are on the line, shoot them dead. The Philippines has so far detected 2,311 cases and reported 96 deaths, but it has only begun ramping up test- ing and so the number of confirmed infections is expected to keep rising. Duterte, who came to power in a landslide 2016 election victory, is Safe distance known internationally for his foul- mouthed tirades and a deadly crack- A vegetable vendor sets up her stall on a marked area on the floor maintaining social distancing at a bus stand during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a down on drugs, which is overwhelm- preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, in Chennai, India, on Thursday. AFP ingly supported by Filipinos. The president’s latest comments drew an immediate rebuke from rights groups who urged the govern- ment to provide much-needed relief supplies instead of issuing threats of Men in court for attacking fathers violence. “It is deeply alarming that President Kim Sarom Citing the victim’s relatives, Lon old father with a bamboo stick, caus- to be a drunkard. A urine test showed no Duterte has extended a policy of said the son is a drug addict and had ing serious injuries, on Tuesday. addictive substance. shoot-to-kill … Deadly, unchecked A MAN was sent to court on Wednes- been treated at a drug rehabilita- Provincial court spokesman Un “The victim sustained serious inju- force should never be referred to as a day after being arrested for slitting tion centre in Phnom Penh from Sovantheany said on Thursday that ries and was hospitalised,” he said. method to respond to an emergency his father’s throat, causing serious December to February this year. Chen Hay, 23, was charged under Citing the victim’s relatives, he said such as the Covid-19 pandemic,” injuries, in Kandal province’s Mok While confessing to the crime, Yany Article 218 of the Criminal Code. Hay attacked his father out of anger after Amnesty International Philippines Kampoul district. told police during questioning that he “His case has been sent to the being scolded for drinking too much. said in a statement. District police chief Ek Lon said did not realise he was attacking his investigating judge for further legal He hit Chen with a bamboo stick, injur- Philippine National Police Chief Him Yany, a 27-year-old Cambo- father. “I am handling this case as procedures,” he said. ing his left armpit and backbone. Archie Gamboa said on Thursday dian Muslim, attacked his 70-year- attempted murder,” Lon said. Sre Ambel district deputy police Borey said the suspect did not flee that officers would not begin shoot- old father with a cleaver while he In a separate case in Koh Kong prov- chief Keo Borey said Hay lived with the scene and was later arrested. ing troublemakers dead. was asleep. “He sustained a very ince, a man has been charged with his father, Nin Chen, in Sre Ambel “His family reported the case to the “Probably the president just over- deep cut. His throat vessels were intentional violence with aggravating district’s Chroy Svay commune. police. He always causes violence in emphasised on implementing the law cut off almost entirely,” he said. circumstances after hitting his 53-year- He said Hay is unemployed and known the family,” he said. in this time of crisis,” he said. AFP Are the Kingdom’s measures Don’t miss our Special Report enough to overcome Covid-19? Inside page 6-7 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST APRIL 3, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Law a ‘vital tool’ to Prey Lang forest promoted contain pandemic Soth Koemsoeun Continued from page 1 of Health reported a new case HE USAID Greening of infection in Preah Siha- Prey Lang Project re- lives and health of the peo- nouk province, bringing the cently presented its ple, properties and the total to 110 in the Kingdom, three month report environment. 30 of them are women. Tfor the year detailing how it has Kin Phea, the director of the The latest case was found been supporting the govern- Royal Academy of Cambodia’s in a 58-year-old Cambodian ment to promote community International Relations Insti- man who had been in direct livelihoods, developing strate- tute, said the postponement contact with the more than 30 gic plans for forests, recruiting was a good decision. But he virus-infected French tourists community groups and train- said the state of emergency at a hotel in Sihanoukville. ing rangers. bill could become law next The ministry said so far 34 According to a USAID Fa- week at the latest. people have recovered. The cebook post on Monday, the “I think the National As- latest patients to have recov- Greening Prey Lang Proj- sembly and Senate won’t need ered included a man in Siem ect has provided training to much time to approve it, and Reap who recently returned strengthen the capability of it could come out next week from a religious gathering in rangers in collaboration with because this is a vital law. Malaysia and a Belgian na- the Ministry of Environment, “It’s a tool to be used when the tional in Phnom Penh. Both and conducted a training risks of a disease outbreak are were discharged from hospi- course on patrol techniques high. A province, region, or town tal on Thursday. and law enforcement. can be placed under a state of Seven of the French tourists The USAID project offers The projects also provides training courses on patrol techniques and law enforcement. USAID GREENING PREY LANG emergency when we have the who have been quarantined training courses on creating law in hand. Otherwise, we can- and treated at the hotel in Si- tourism programmes. It also programme for the Prey Lang resources, boosting the local promised by the project to not impose a ban on the public. hanoukville have also recov- supports the community pro- Extended Landscape, which economy, increasing incomes, conduct patrols three times a The government must make it ered and are waiting to return tected areas, installs bound- introduced mobile data stor- and stopping their dependence month. But it was so little that readily available when the situ- home, the ministry said. ary demarcation poles and age and demonstrates how on traditional occupations. the money could not support ation warrants it,” he said. Despite a notable number supports the Forestry Admin- to monitor conservation area Pheaktra said the project forest patrol trips. She requested But Phea said even if the bill of recoveries in the Kingdom, istration to develop a strategic management to the ministry would prevent them from log- support for hiking equipment is passed next week, he was of WHO country director Li Ai- plan for the community for- and support tourism develop- ging and hunting by participat- and more money to reduce the the view that it would not be lan urged caution in a tweet.