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Quarantine Centre Planned, New Covid Case Confirmed R 3494 E MB U N SSUE I TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL UNIONS, GMAC AND S KOREA FIRM SOWS TRUMP CAMPAIGNS MINISTRY SET FOR PESTICIDE/FERTILISER ON ‘law and order’ WAGE NEGOTIATION PROJECT PLANS AS PROTESTS RAGE NATIONAL – page 3 BUSINESS – page 7 WORLD – PAGE 10 Outcry after Quarantine centre planned, French teen murdered by new Covid case confirmed serial rapist A REPEAT offender has con- Khorn Savi the Ministry of Education, Youth and tors to stand by in case patients are Neither health minister Mam Bun fessed to raping and murder- Sport. not well. The four buildings are ex- Heng nor Sambath could be reached ing a 15-year-old girl in the HNOM PENH municipal gov- “Schools will reopen soon. We can pected to be completed soon. for further comment about the new eastern French city of Nantes, ernor Khuong Sreng said the no longer use them as quarantine Passengers from overseas were al- centre on Tuesday. sparking outrage and calls for city and the Ministry of Health centres,” he said. lowed to travel to the Kingdom from Director of Cambodia Communi- tougher release rules. are working together to build Phnom Penh Municipal Coun- May 20. Since then, more than 40,000 cable Disease Control Department Ly Firefighters found the teen- Pa primary quarantine centre in north- cil chairman Pa Socheatvong said passengers have been quarantined Sovann declined to comment. ager’s body 10 days ago in a ern Prek Pnov district. The centre will some hotels are also not happy and 146 were confirmed Covid-19 Meanwhile, the health ministry burning, empty flat under ren- have four buildings and a capacity for with the authorities using their positive. on Monday released an announce- ovation. The 45-year-old sus- 800 to 900 people. properties. The passengers were either sent to ment advising citizens to increase pect strangled her with a cable, Sreng told The Post on Monday the Citing health ministry secretary the four schools in Phnom Penh, the cautiousness during the upcoming then started the fire to cover his decision was made because schools of state York Sambath, Fresh News quarantine centre at the Air Force tracks, prosecutors said. in the capital are being returned to reported that there will also be doc- base, or hotels, Sambath said. CONTINUED – page 5 The attacker spent 18 years in prison for nine rapes, three attempted rapes and a sexual assault. He was released in 2016. “The justice system is cor- rupted by the far left and its culture of excuses,” deputy- Fire ravages B’bang historic market head of the far-right National Rally party, Jordan Bardella, told Khouth Sophak Chakrya LCI television on Monday. “When you represent a threat A MASSIVE fire tore through the Bat- for French society, as was the tambang Central Market (Phsar Nath) case, you should not be allowed on Sunday night, damaging at least 33 to leave prison,” Bardella said. stalls and severely affecting 44 more. Rachida Dati, justice minister An electrical failure was attributed from 2007 to 2009 under presi- to the fire, which quickly spread to dent Nicolas Sarkozy, told Europe grocery stores and stalls selling dishes 1 radio: “These kinds of criminals and clothes. No one was injured, pro- must not be left to go free.” vincial governor Pheng Sethy said. Dati put into place a preven- The authorities are working to clean tive detention system in 2008, up the market, which is a heritage site. according to which an indi- Sethy said the extent of the damage vidual remains detained – even has not yet been assessed. after they have finished serving “The immediate task now is to clean their prison sentence – if they up the market and restore the environ- are considered dangerous. ment. We have worked to dismantle Critics say the system poses and transport the burnt waste from legal and fundamental rights the market and establish security to problems as it amounts to prevent theft, which would lead to imprisoning people for crimes more losses for vendors,” he said. that have not been committed. Provincial deputy governor Soeum No recent element indicated Bunrith, who has been assigned to that the suspect might re-of- estimate the impact of the fire, told fend, Nantes deputy prosecutor The Post a joint commission has Yvon Ollivier said on Saturday. decided to remove all the stores locat- After leaving prison, the sus- ed around the entrance of the market pect moved, got a job and to restore the environment. found a partner. He saw a psy- “The damaged goods have caused a chotherapist once every two bad smell, affecting the environment months, Ollivier said. and public health, which needs to be The suspect was arrested on cleaned immediately,” he said. Saturday and currently being Built in 1937 and considered a historical building, the market has 551 stalls and 210 other small sales locations. FIRE POLICE DEpaRTMENT The commission urged the State-run held in detention. energy utility to reconnect the electric- study and reorganise the water supply study and assess the impact on the qual- Bunrith said the market has 551 An investigation by France’s ity network in accordance with techni- network and set up fire hydrants in and ity of construction of this market. This is stalls and 210 other small sales loca- General Inspection of Justice, cal standards because in the past, the around the market to prevent fires. in order to renovate in accordance with tions. Firefighters used more than 40 which monitors the work of management of the electricity network “Our group has cooperated with the technical standards and style of French trucks of water on the blaze, which the judiciary, is underway to in the market was privately owned. Department of Land Management, Urban heritage buildings,” Bunrith said. reignited twice. The fire, which started determine whether the indi- The commission also called on the Planning and Construction and the The market was built in 1937 and around 5:30pm was finally extin- vidual had been monitored Battambang Water Supply Authority to Department of Culture and Fine Arts to widely considered a historical building. guished at 3:30am. properly since prison. AFP MRC, Facebook launch THE PHNOM PENH POST National News flood warning system Inside page 2 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Ministry urged to test milk formula across Kingdom Long Kimmarita children,” he said. “[These products] can en- THE Council for Agricul- danger the health and devel- tural and Rural Development opment of babies and chil- (CARD) has requested the Min- dren. I support the action istry of Commerce analyse iron taken by the commerce min- and zinc levels in all powdered istry and relevant institutions milk products in Cambodia. and request they take strict The request came after measures against the compa- the ministry found Nutrilatt nies,” he said. powdered milk formula had The ministry’s General De- far lower iron and zinc levels partment of Consumer Pro- than written on the product tection, Competition and label and does not meet Co- Fraud Prevention (CamCon- dex standards. trol) held a meeting on Au- CARD chairman Yim Chhay- gust 26 attended by Nutrilatt ly sent a letter to commerce representatives, families of minister Pan Sorasak on Mon- victims and civil society or- day asking for support. ganisations to check the re- Chhayly said he hoped Nut- sults of lab findings. rilatt Master LM Co Ltd, which The findings showed Nutri- imports the baby formula, will latt iron levels were not at a lev- obey Cambodian law and fol- el claimed by the firm. Nutrilatt low international standards to said it contested the result. promote food safety. Ministry spokesman Seang The deficiencies can impact Thay said on Monday Chhay- The MRC estimated that the average annual cost of flood damage in the Lower Mekong Basin was approximately $60-70 million. HONG MENEA the growth and development of ly’s request was in line with the babies and children, he said. ministry’s current measure. Chhayly requested the “Our activities are not only ministry analyse the levels of aimed at dairy products. We iron and zinc powdered milk check all products. But this MRC and Facebook launch sold by various companies dairy product is a new matter throughout the country. and we are finding problems. “I have attentively moni- “The ministry detected iron tored the scientific results. I deficiency, but the firm said it robust flood warning system am extremely worried about is not a deficiency. So, we will the impacts on the mental discuss to find a solution to Niem Chheng age annual cost of flood damage in the be shared on Facebook’s platform. and physical development of this matter,” he said. Lower Mekong Basin was approximate- Facebook will also train relevant officials HE Mekong River Commission ly $60-70 million, with Cambodia and from the four MRC member countries – Secretariat (MRC) announced Vietnam accounting for approximately Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand – on Monday that it has joined two-thirds of the total. on how to use different digital tools to com- Facebook in launching an ini- It said drought events in the Low Me- municate effectively and quickly during Ttiative aimed at providing timely flood kong Basin had increased in frequency and after a disaster, the press release said. warnings and drought information to and severity in the past decades and this Dr Anoulak Kittikhoun, the MRC chief riverside communities and governments trend is expected to continue. The basin strategy and partnership officer, said: “We in the Lower Mekong region.
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