All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 64 issue 5 Thursday, March 24, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents PM’s Facebook ‘Likes’ Real, Gov’t Declares By Khy sovuthy the cambodia daily Claims that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s recent spike in Facebook pop ularity is the result of purchas- ing “likes” from abroad are “com- pletely twisted,” the government’s National Counter-Terrorism Com- mittee concluded in a five-page re- port released yesterday. Since late January, the number of accounts that have liked the prime minister’s Facebook page has soared, with hundreds of thou- sands of those users based outside Cambodia, according to statistics collected from the web analytics site Socialbakers. Since passing the 2-million-like mark in mid-January, Mr. Hun Sen’s Reuters page has rapidly amassed likes from Police control entrances to the Brussels central train station yesterday following Tuesday's bomb attacks around the world, with his current in Brussels, which killed at least 31 and injured more than 200. tally at more than 3.37 million—well above opposition leader Sam Rain - sy’s total, which currently stands at Police ID Suspected Bombers in Brussels Blasts about 2.3 million. ReUteRS The death toll in the attacks on sels of a prime suspect in Novem- The most significant source of Belgian police identified two su - the Belgian capital, home to the ber’s Paris attacks. If confirmed, spected Islamic State group sui- Continued on page 2 E.U. institutions and NATO, rose the identifications would link the cide bombers captured on security to at least 31 with more than 200 Brussels blasts directly to the jailed cameras before they struck Brus- wounded, Health Minister Maggie Paris suspect, Salah Abdeslam. sels Airport on Tuesday in the first De Block said on VRT television. The attacks sent shockwaves of two attacks that also hit the city’s The Syrian-based Islamist mili- across Europe and around the metro, public broadcaster RTBF tant group claimed responsibility world, with authorities racing to said yesterday. four days after the arrest in Brus- Continued on page 22 Officials Use Gov’t Letterhead for Private Affairs By Kuch NareN clear up dangling electrical wires in ed to the page of the Cambodian aNd Buth Kimsay front of a restaurant he owns. branch of the Affiliated Network the cambodia daily A December 17 letter from Mr. for Social Accountability (ANSA), Ruling party lawmaker Chheang Vun to Posts and Telecommunica- an advocacy group focusing on Author Defends Omitting Vun yesterday denied any wrong- tions Minister Prak Sokhon, print - good governance. Identities of Current Officials doing after using his government ed on official National Assembly “As I have informed Your Ex- Page 5 position to compel the Ministry of letterhead, made the rounds on cellency Minister, my son and I cambodiadaily.com Post and Telecommunications to Facebook yesterday and was post - Continued on page 6

មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily thURSday, maRch 24, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS Kazakh Gov’t Offices Ban Phones nPop star Keshahas appealed a court decision that ties her to a recording ReUteRS WhatsApp mobile application” and contract with companies owned by music producer Dr. Luke, who she ASTANA, Kazakhstan - Kazakh offi- instructs public servants to use only has accused of rape, saying the ruling was akin to slavery. The “Tik Tok” cials and their visitors will have to basic mobile devices with no cam- singer has been seeking to nullify her six-album recording contract with leave their smartphones at the door eras or Internet access, two govern- her producer Dr. Luke, his associated record labels and Sony Music. But of government buildings starting ment sources told reporters. a judge in February declined to release her from the contract, prompting today in line with a new policy aimed The document was published by a #FreeKesha social media campaign and an outpouring of support from at preventing leaks of sensitive doc- a local news website. Leaked doc- big name singers including taylor swift, Kelly clarKsoN, lady gaga uments, a leaked document showed uments regularly appear in Kazakh and miley cyrus. Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, has earlier this month. media. Recent examples include denied allegations of rape and emotional abuse filed in a 2014 lawsuit and The memo cites “increasingly state-owned companies’ budget re- is countersuing. In court documents filed on Saturday, Kesha’s lawyer frequent cases of confidential infor- visions as well as a graphic video re- appealed the February decision, saying the court erred in finding that mation being leaked through the lated to a murder case. Kesha could record without interference from Gottwald. (Reuters)

Hun Sen of buying likes from “click Hun Sen and senior members of dence is just irrefutable that a large Likes... farms,” posting photographs and his cabinet, refutes these claims. portion of those ‘likes’ are actually graphics to his own Facebook page “The number of ‘likes’ were clar- fake or were actually purchased coNtiNued from page 1 explaining how such operations ified to be real supporters includ- from click-farms abroad,” he new likes is India, where the num- work. ing Cambodian people and sup - added. ber of users following Mr. Hun Sen “A significant number of those porters from abroad; no money “Thirdly, I challenge Hun Sen to has increased from just over 5,000 ‘likes’ were obtained by hiring poor was spent to buy ‘likes,’” states the file a defamation lawsuit against me in early February to more than and jobless people to create fake report, compiled by the commit- because I publicly maintain that he 387,000 as of yesterday, according Facebook accounts so as to provide tee’s technical information depart- is a Facebook cheater.” to Socialbakers. The premier has artificial ‘likes’ to Hun Sen,” Mr. Rain - ment and based on data from So- Members of the counterterrorism also seen a sharp increase in likes sy wrote in one post. “Most of the cialbakers and Fanpage Karma, a committee could not be reached from Thailand and the Philippines. people hired to do so are living in Facebook analytics site. yesterday. Mr. Rainsy has seized on the sta- India and the Philippines.” “If Samdech Techo Hun Sen A senior member of Mr. Hun tistics in an attempt to discredit the In its report released yesterday, buys likes to boost the number of Sen’s administration, however, pro - prime minister’s apparent online however, the counterterrorism com - supporters, or the number of page ceeded with a lawsuit related to a popularity. He has accused Mr. mittee, which is headed by Mr. likes of Samdech Techo are ghost separate claim made by Mr. Rainsy numbers without account owners that he had helped engineer the as alleged, Samdech Hun Sen’s page fake Facebook likes. would not have a lot of activity such Som Soeun, a minister attached as likes, comments and shares,” the to the prime minister, met for more report says. than an hour yesterday with Meas Dated Tuesday, the report con- Chanpiseth, a deputy prosecutor at cludes by blasting Mr. Rainsy for the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, sharing a Phnom Penh Post article for questioning over a lawsuit he with the head line “Only 20 per cent filed against Mr. Rainsy earlier this of PM’s recent Facebook ‘likes’ month. from Cambodia”— a statistic taken After the questioning, Mr. Soeun from the four weeks between early explained that he was compelled to February and early March. defend himself against accusations “The article is completely twist - that he had encouraged party mem- ed because, based on the data bers to generate fake likes as part of above, the result found that in Cam- the prime minister’s social media bodia there are more than 56.3 per- machine. charles Fox cent [of likes], equal to nearly 1.9 “Mr. Rainsy faked the informa- Divers from the Cambodian Mine Action Center secure a 500-pound million people. It is the opposite of tion. He was deceitful, saying that MK-82 bomb after removing it from the Tonle Sap river in Phnom what Sam Rainsy claimed,” it says, I am a person who advised the sup- Penh yesterday morning. disregarding the time period ana- porters and officials—including Divers Recover Deadly Ordnance From Tonle Sap lyzed in the article. civil servants, police and military— A team of divers from the Cambodian Mine Action Center’s (CMAC) “So Sam Rainsy’s claims are not to create fake Facebook accounts Salvage Dive Unit have recovered four artillery shells and a 500-pound true. It is only a political message to fake support for Samdech Prime aircraft bomb from the bed of the Tonle Sap River on the outskirts of to cheat the people who know Minister,” he said. Phnom Penh, the organization announced yesterday. The unit, which noth ing.” “That affects the honor of the was established by CMAC and the U.S.-funded Golden West Humani- Mr. Rainsy called the entire re- country’s leader, Samdech Prime tarian Foundation, was tipped off to the old ordnance when fishermen in port into question and challenged Minister, and my honor, because the city’s northern Prek Pnov district “caught them in their fishing nets Mr. Hun Sen to personally file a de - he used my message to attack Sam - and reported them directly to CMAC Dive Team during a community famation lawsuit against him. dech,” he said, referring to a mes- outreach event,” Golden West country director Allen Tan said in an email. “Firstly, I don’t see why an ‘Anti- sage he sent to party members en - Eleven divers arrived in the area on March 14 and subsequently recov- Terrorism Committee’ would have couraging them to drum up sup- ered four 105-mm artillery shells and a 500-pound MK82 aircraft bomb, anything to do with this relatively port for the premier’s Facebook Mr. Tan said, adding that the bomb was removed only yesterday morn- trivial issue of Facebook ‘likes,’” he page. ing. The operation was the second successful recovery effort by mem- said in an email. “I request that the court punish bers of the Salvage Dive Unit, after divers pulled a similar aircraft bomb “Secondly, if they really come to Sam Rainsy according to the law, from the bed of the Mekong River in Kandal province last year. Cambo- the conclusion that Hun Sen’s Face - and I demand 20 million riel [about dia’s rivers are littered with unexploded ordnance from U.S. ships that book ‘likes’ are all genuine (not $5,000] in compensation.” sank under fire while ferrying munitions from the Vietnamese border to fake and not bought), then they are (Additional reporting by Colin Phnom Penh during the Second Indochina War. (Ben Paviour) really unprofessional since the evi- Meyn) thursday, march 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal Math Behind PM’s Canceled ELCs Claim Still a Mystery By ZsomBor Peter that number—and land rights ture ministries together manage ed only about 50,000 hectares And Aun PheAP groups remain skeptical about all of Cambodia’s ELCs, which from eight ELCs. If the Environ - the cambodia daily where the land could come from. cov ered more than 2 million hec - ment Ministry has not taken back On Friday, it will have been a Deputy Prime Minister Bin tares of land until the review began. any more land, as Mr. Darith said, month since Prime Minister Hun Chhin, who headed the special In January 2015, the Enviro n - the Agriculture Ministry must Sen took the stage during the committee, claimed to know ment Ministry announced it had have taken back an additional open ing of the Environment Min - nothing. reclaimed a total of 127,000 hec- 823,000 hectares over the past year is try’s palatial new headquarters in “Why are you asking me? Don’t tares from 28 ELCs that were ei - if Mr. Hun Sen’s total is correct. Phnom Penh to announce that 1 ask me. I don’t know anything,” he ther canceled or, in a few cases, Rights groups remain dubious. mil lion hectares had been confis- said yesterday, before hanging up shrunk. Yesterday, Srun Darith, a “I do not see data [that] highlight cated from wayward landholders on a reporter. min istry adviser and deputy cabi- about which provinces, which and would be doled out to poor Van Sam Oeun, Mr. Chhin’s net chief, said the number had ELCs,” said Latt Ky, who monitors families. dep uty at the National Authority stayed about the same. land concessions for the NGO Ad - It was the culmination of a year- for Land Dispute Resolution, said At the Ministry of Agriculture, hoc. “It’s not specific, so it’s very long review of the country’s much- he did not know either, and had spokes man Eang Sophalleth, a per - hard for NGOs to assess.” cri ticized economic land conces- yet to see a full accounting of the 1 sonal assistant to Mr. Hun Sen, also Rights group Licadho has said sions (ELCs), blamed for forest mil lion hectares. said he had not seen an ac count ing the government could have come loss and forced evictions across “I think His Excellency Deputy of the 1 million hectares and called up with 1 million hectares if it the country, by an ad hoc commit- Prime Minister Bin Chhin proba- the figure “a rough number.” included old logging concessions. tee handpicked by the premier. bly has it, but I have never seen Mr. Sophalleth has for weeks But those were suspended more But the government still has not the document,” he said. “What I been promising a press confer- than a decade ago, and in his ex plained how Mr. Hun Sen came know is that most of the ELCs ence during which Agriculture speech last month Mr. Hun Sen up with his million-hectare total— were [canceled] by the Environ - Min is ter Ouk Rabun would ex - spe cifically referred to canceled fig ures for revoked concessions re - ment Ministry.” plain the math behind the 1 mil- ELCs. leased to date do not come close to The environment and agricul- lion hectares, but said yesterday Still, Sao Sopheap, the Environ - the ministry had its hands full with ment Ministry’s cabinet chief, other, more pressing matters. said there was no reason to doubt Villagers Intervene to Prevent “I do not have sufficient data the premier’s claim. be cause everything has been “I don’t think [there should be] Alleged Arrest in Land Dispute very busy with the drought and any skepticism because we have all oth er is sues,” he said. “It is more the documents,” he said before By Aun PheAP want ed to meet him,” she said. important.” add ing that he did not know where the cambodia daily “But when Mr. Chantha re fused In January 2015, the Agriculture the 1 million hectares came from, Villagers involved in a land dis- to go with them, they grab bed Ministry said it had reappropriat- either. pute in Preah Vihear province say him and brought him to the truck, police attempted to arrest one of and the people who were eat ing their representatives yesterday af - noodle soup in the coffee shop ter about 200 of them re turned to fought with the police and stop ped reclaim their land, while the district them from arresting him.” governor said he was only seeking Ms. Sophea said the district gov - to speak with the villagers. ernor came to the pagoda about Chan Sophea, 44, who was an hour later to meet with vil lagers among the families displaced from and examine the letter they had Choam Ksan district’s Svay Chrum brought, which was signed by In - vil lage in 2011, said the group had terior Minister Sar Kheng and ad - returned to their village from dressed to Deputy Prime Minister Phnom Penh on Tuesday after re - Bin Chhin, chairman of the Na - ceiving a letter they believed would tion al Authority for Land Dis pute al low them to reclaim the land, Reso lution, asking him to find a which is controlled by the Na tional solution for the families. Au thority for Preah Vihear. Mr. Kimseng confirmed that Yesterday morning, district po - he wanted to meet the three rep- lice arrived at about 6 a.m. at Sra resentatives to discuss the reason Em pagoda, where the families for the community’s return but were staying, and told three rep- said they had misinterpreted the resentatives, Kan Ngim, Keo Ne let ter supposedly allowing them and Kin Chantha, to come with to occupy the land. them to speak with district gover- “We did not allow those families nor Sea Kimseng—an order the to return to the land because I vil lagers re fused to follow for fear have not seen an official letter they would be arrested, Ms. So - prov ing that the families can re - phea said. turn to stay on their original land,” Soon after, police attempted to he said, add ing that he had not or - ap prehend Mr. Chantha when he dered police to arrest the villagers. left the pagoda to eat noodles, she “I did not order police to arrest said. the three representatives. But “I saw a truck with sirens stop in even if I had attempted to arrest front of the coffee shop at about 7 them, they would not be able to a.m., then about 10 police went es cape because they are staying into the shop and told Mr. Kin on my land,” he said, referring to Chan tha that the district governor the district. 4 The Cambodia daily thursday, march 24, 2016 NatioNal Lawmaker Requests UN Envoy Hunt for Farmer’s Killers Ends; Promote ‘Culture of Dialogue’ Four Men Charged With Murder By Kang Sothear ties to restore the “culture of dia- By Ben SoKhean tember 13, the bureau chief said, the cambodia daily logue,” a political truce meant to the cambodia daily citing the neighbor’s account. The U.N.’s human rights envoy bring civility to the political arena. The hunt for the killers of a farm - “He told police that before he to Cambodia yesterday met with The interparty peace collapsed late er whose body was found in a ca - went missing, the victim told him Eng Chhay Eang, an opposition last year when two CNRP lawmak- nal in Kompong Thom province that the suspects attempted to kill lawmaker who heads the Na tional ers were beaten outside the Na - more than two years ago ended him but did not succeed. The wit- Assembly’s human rights commis - tional Assembly and an arrest war- this week with the arrest and pros- ness said the victim told him that sion and requested the rapporteur’s rant was issued for opposition lead - ecution of four suspects, officials the suspects tried to use a rope to as sistance in rekindling positive re - er Sam Rainsy. said yesterday. hang him while he was fishing in lations with the ruling party. “At the end of the meeting, I Villagers found the bruised and a pond,” he said, noting that both In her second day of official meet - requested that she encourage the bloated body of Men Samnang, Mr. Len and Mr. Vy had spent ings, Rhona Smith met with Mr. leaders of both parties to strength- 38, floating face down in the canal time in prison for stealing cattle. Chhay Eang and eight other mem- en the culture of dialogue because in Baray district’s Krava commune Mr. Poeun said the neighbor did bers of the bipartisan commission sometimes we face difficulties in on September 16, 2013, three days not come to police sooner because to hear about its work. doing our work because it’s related after he was last seen at his home, he feared for his own safety. The CNRP lawmaker said he to politics,” Mr. Chhay Eang said. according to Chea Poeun, chief of “He thought he might be killed informed the special rapporteur He said he decided not to direct- the provincial police’s serious like Mr. Men Samang,” he said, that the commission had received ly bring up the case of Mr. Rainsy, crimes bureau. explaining that the neighbor con- more than 500 complaints in 2015, who is living in exile to avoid a two- Police were initially unable to tacted authorities after the suspects of which around 70 percent were year prison sentence for defaming identify any suspects but began in - had left the commune. related to land disputes, with most Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, vestigating the case with renewed “After a long investigation, yester - of the remainder related to the ju - or that of deputy opposition leader vigor late last year when a neigh- day we arrested the four guys in dif - dicial system. Kem Sokha, who was ousted as bor of Men Samnang provided dist - ferent places in the district,” Mr. “We discussed the work of the first vice president of the National rict police with new information, Phoeun said. All four denied involve - human rights committee, includ- Assembly in October, a move that Mr. Poeun said. ment in the murder, he added. ing the complaints the committee experts called illegal. The neighbor said that before his Khorn Sokol, director of the Kom - assists with, especially regarding “I did not talk about any of this, death, Men Samnang warned vil- pong Thom Provincial Court, said the land disputes and mechanisms be cause I think Rhona Smith lagers that a gang of men—Keng the men were charged and jailed to solve the complaints,” Mr. Chhay seemed to have talked with the Na - Len, 38; Ieng Oeung, 28; Soeung yesterday. Eang said. tional Assembly about them,” he Vy, 32; and Lok Thet, 36—were “I charged them with premedi- The lawmaker said he asked said, referring to a meeting she had stealing cattle in the area, he said. tated murder and also decided to Ms. Smith to use her position to try with Nguon Nhel, the acting As - In retaliation, the men attempt- send them to provincial prison,” to persuade the leaders of both par- sembly president, on Tuesday. ed to kill Men Samnang on Sep - he said. Police Officer, Friend Accused Of Pulling Gun on Sex Worker By Ben SoKhean police chief, said the police officer the cambodia daily involved in the altercation worked A police officer and his friend in Wat Phnom commune, naming were detained by military police him only as Vannak, 32, declining in Phnom Penh on Tuesday night to give the name of the oth er man. for allegedly pointing a gun at a “I asked them ‘Why did military prostitute who refused to accept po lice arrest you?’ They said ‘We the amount of money they were just argued with sex workers.’ And offering to have sex, officials said. then I scolded them ‘If you don’t The men had been drinking at a mess up, no one will arrest you, shop in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh please stop doing silly things like district when they went to purchase that,’” he said. sex from women working in front Mr. Sophal said district police of the Tonle Sap restaurant along chief Huot Chanyaran had decid- the riverside in Wat Phnom com- ed against sending the men to mune, according to Yin Sophal, dep - court because it was only a “minor uty district penal police chief. problem,” although he said the two Thorng Piseth, district military were still being detained as of last police commander, said the men night and Mr. Vannak risked be - were negotiating with a woman ing suspended for a month. when the police officer pulled a “We will not send them to the gun on her, prompting her to start court, but we will educate them and screaming. Military police officers make a contract with them not to in the area rushed to the scene and do that again,” he said, denying the arrested the men, he said. woman’s claim that Mr. Vannak “We transferred them to police, was armed. “He had no weapons.” please ask the police instead,” Mr. In January, the group Women’s Piseth said when asked if the pair Network for Unity released a report would be punished, adding that that found 80 percent of street- the woman had filed a complaint based sex workers it surveyed had following the incident. been physically “violated” by on- Mr. Sophal, the deputy penal duty police officers. thursday, marCh 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal

------National Briefs ------Rosewood Smugglers Arrested After Police Pursuit Two men were arrested in Oddar Meanchey province on Tuesday af- ter military police pursued their SUV from the nearby Thai border and found 51 pieces of rosewood in the back, officials said yesterday. Mao Thea, 34, the driver, and Phan Phorn, 35, the passenger, were appre- hended at about midday in the northwestern province’s Trapaing Prasat district, according to district military police commander Ly Darith. “Mil- itary police patrolling near the Cambodian-Thai border suspected that their vehicle was smuggling rosewood and tried to stop it,” Mr. Darith said. “But they didn’t stop, and we were forced to chase them,” he added, explaining that the 15-minute chase came to an end when the timber smugglers, traveling in a black Lexus SUV, stopped at a roadblock set up by military police. “They confessed that they were smuggling rosewood” from Preah Vihear province, he said. Khun Bunheng, head of the For- estry Administration’s Trapaing Prasat division, said 51 pieces of rose- ECCC wood weighing a total of 501 kg were seized from the back of the Lexus. Author Ysa Osman testifies at the Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday. He said the suspects were questioned at the Oddar Meanchey Provincial Court yesterday. (Saing Soenthrith) Author Defends Omitting the Factory Security Bosses Charged in Rape of Guard, 19 The Chinese head of security at a garment factory in Kandal province and his Cambodian counterpart at a sister factory next door were yester- Identities of Current Officials day charged and jailed over the rape of a teenage security guard on Sun- BY Peter FOrd Osman added that his requests to day afternoon. “This morning, we charged the Chinese man with rape thE Cambodia daily interview government officials and the Cambodian as an accomplice, and they were sent to the provin- Author Ysa Osman told the had been ignored. cial prison this afternoon,” said prosecutor Lim Sokuntha. Xieshao Xuan, Khmer Rouge tribunal yesterday Conceding that it was a “deli- chief of security at the Meng Yan factory in Kandal’s Sa’ang district, and that while the names of current cate, sensitive subject,” Mr. Koppe Yu Sopheak, his counterpart at the Meng Tong factory, both 27, were ar- government officials had come up pressed him on whether he thought rested on Monday after a 19-year-old guard told local police that Mr. in interviews for his two books Mr. Hun Sen, Mr. Samrin and Mr. Xieshao raped her in his office on Sunday when she rebuffed his ad- about Cham Muslims, he did not Bunchhoeun were responsible for vances. Mr. Sopheak had called her to the office at the Chinese man’s re- include them in the text. He attrib- crimes against humanity commit- quest and later forced her back inside the room when she walked away, she told police. While Mr. Sopheak corroborated this account under uted the omissions to a lack of evi- ted against the Cham. questioning at the provincial court yesterday morning, Mr. Xieshao said dence linking the officials to he only used his fingers to penetrate the teenager and denied the charge crimes committed against the eth- of rape, according to Mr. Sokuntha. (Sek Odom) nic group, rather than a fear of “I do not have the fear to repercussions. Man Jailed for Using Fake Passport to Withdraw $48K Mr. Osman faced questions do so, but my research A 38-year-old Congolese man was sent to Phnom Penh’s Prey Sar from the lawyers for Nuon Chea has its limits.” prison yesterday after being charged with using a fake document to with- and Khieu Samphan—who are on draw nearly $50,000 from Canadia Bank’s headquarters last week with a trial for charges including geno- —Ysa Osman, Belgian passport, police said. Kanzi Francis Olivier, 38, who arrived in cide in phase two of Case 002— authOr the country on March 3 posing as a tourist, used a forged Belgian pass- about the methodology he em- port to withdraw $48,000 at Canadia’s headquarters in Daun Penh dis- ployed while researching Cham trict on Friday and was arrested after attempting to withdraw more cash rebellions in what are now Kom- “I would like not to answer your at a bank branch in Tuol Kok district, according to police. Mr. Olivier was pong Cham and Tbong Khmum question, particularly in relation to charged with use of a forged public document at the Phnom Penh Mu- provinces. individuals who used to be working nicipal Court yesterday morning, then sent to prison to await trial, said According to a recent Human in Sector 21,” Mr. Osman said, re- Moeung Sopharith, deputy chief of the city’s serious crimes bureau. “He Rights Watch report, Khmer Rouge ferring to the area that became Kom- denies using a fake document, but the court has enough evidence to in- units under the command of Prime pong Cham and Tbong Khmum. culpate him,” he said. It is unclear why the suspect was not charged with Minister Hun Sen, National Assem- After deliberating with the tri- theft, and court officials could not be reached. Deputy municipal police bly President Heng Samrin and bunal’s other judges, Trial Cham- chief Lour Rabo said his officers initially identified Mr. Olivier as a Bel- CPP Senator Ouk Bunchhoeun ber President Nil Nonn said the au - gian national, but later found his real passport, from the Democratic Re- were involved in suppressing the thor had to answer the question if public of the Congo. (Ben Sokhean) uprisings. it fell within his field of expertise. “It seems that you did not wish “None of the people that I inter- to write down in your book, or give viewed expressly mentioned any testimony today, on who could of those names,” Mr. Osman said. be...behind the crimes,” Victor “They made indirect reference Koppe, a lawyer for Nuon Chea, that they were part of the leader- said to Mr. Osman. “Are you afraid ship of Sector 21.” to do so?” He then asked Mr. Koppe why “I do not have the fear to do so, he didn’t call the officials to testify but my research has its limits,” the before the court himself. author responded, explaining that “That is my favorite hobby, ask- the names of certain senior gov- ing [Heng Samrin] to be sum- ernment officials were mentioned moned,” Mr. Koppe replied with a by people he interviewed for his smile. books but that he never obtained The testimony of Mr. Osman, evidence tying them to the events who is also an analyst in the court’s he had written about. Office of the Co-Investigating Judg - Declining to name names, Mr. es, is due to conclude today. 6 The Cambodia daily ThurSDay, marCh 24, 2016 NatioNal After City Hall Snub, Borei Keila Evictees Ask UN for Help By Sek odom When no one came to accept The CamboDia Daily their petitions for about an hour, Former residents of Phnom the group went to the Phnom Penh Penh’s Borei Keila community office of the U.N.’s human rights yes terday handed petitions to the agency, where they were met out- U.N.’s human rights envoy to side by Rhona Smith, the U.N.’s Cam bodia, requesting that she in - special rapporteur on hu man rights tervene in their feud with authori- in Cambodia, who is on her second ties after they were snubbed by fact-finding mission to the country. City Hall earlier in the day. “I thank you for bringing it to my Before they were forcibly evicted attention, and I can assure you that in 2012, residents of the neighbor- I will also take this documentation hood in Prampi Makara district and consult with my colleagues were promised monetary compen- and Professor Subedi to get greater sation or an apartment in one of 10 information and follow closely what buildings that were to be construct- is happening in this case,” Ms. ed by the Phanimex company, Smith told the group, referring to which leased the land from the gov- Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily her predecessor, Surya Subedi. ernment. But only eight apartment An evictee from Phnom Penh's Borei Keila neighborhood holds up a Keang Leak, deputy governor of blocks were built, leaving more picture of Prime Minister Hun Sen's wife, Bun Rany, outside City Hall Prampi Makara district, said the than 300 families in limbo. yesterday. residents would be given compen- Although most of the families calling for compensation for the in pub lic, we would be compen- sation if they could provide docu- have now accepted compensation fam ilies left out of the deal, the sated with either a house or mon - mentation proving they were long- or replacement housing offered by rest re questing housing in one of ey be cause we have enough doc- term residents of the area. local officials, about 30 have been the eight build ings after rejecting umentation,” Ms. Setha said. “Everyone from Borei Keila offered nothing, said Som Setha, a an of fer of land about 45 km from “We believe authorities will help needs to show their documents if community representative. the ci ty center. us because they told us that if we they really want compensation,” Yesterday morning, about 20 “Our families were promised led protests, everyone would face he said. residents attempted to hand peti- by the district officials and the a fight with authorities, or ar rest, Municipal officials could not be tions to City Hall—half of them com pany that if we did not protest so we decided to wait,” she added. reached.

ple and passersby.” procession for the daughter of he said. Letterhead... ANSA country representative Kuy Sophal, a senior minister at “I have informed the administra- San Chey said Mr. Vun’s use of the Royal Palace. tion department about the mis- Continued from page 1 the letter was a clear example of Contacted yesterday, Mr. Chan - take,” he said. “They were so opened a restaurant on a plot of abuse of power. doeun, the governor, said there happy to be criticized and told to land: Number 1; National Assem- was nothing wrong with asking change.” bly Street; Tonle Bassac commune; his staff to send a wedding invita- Sam Chankea, provincial coor- Chamkar Mon district; Phnom “Opening a restaurant is tion, but conceded that they should dinator for rights group Adhoc, Penh municipality,” Mr. Vun a completely private not have sent it on government said the governor should take writes, referring to his res taurant stationery. more responsibility. “Midnight in Phnom Penh,” or matter, so he should have “The administration made a mis- “Using an administrative letter MIP, which he owns with his son. used private letterhead.” take by issuing an administrative with a stamp means it’s a threat to “In front of the restaurant there letter.... It was also my mistake be - join. He should not use the state’s —San Chey, are three electricity poles with tan- cause I was in a hurry and signed power to order someone to join a gled telephone and Internet cables anSa Country without reading; I am so sorry,” private event.” causing concern of possible dam- repreSentative age. Furthermore, one of the three ------National Brief ------poles is tilting and can fall down “Opening a restaurant is a com- any time on the restaurant and the pletely private matter, so he should US Congressmen Form House Caucus on Cambodia customers.” have used private letterhead,” he Two U.S. congressmen have formed a bipartisan caucus within the Contacted yesterday, Mr. Vun said. “National Assembly letter- House of Representatives that will focus on Cambodia’s “difficult politi- said the letter was genuine and he head should not be used be cause cal situation,” as well as bilateral relations. In a press release issued on saw nothing wrong with it. using letterhead with the Na tional Tuesday, congressmen Alan Lowenthal, a Democrat representing “It was not wrong to use that let- Assembly logo means us ing the in- Long Beach, California, home to the largest Cambodian community in terhead,” the CPP lawmaker said, fluence of the National As sembly the U.S., and Steve Chabot, a Republican representing Ohio, an - adding that the problem had been to influence the minister of post nounced the launch of the caucus. “I feel it is critical that Congress do duly taken care of. and telecommunications.” everything it can to ensure that the United States continues to serve as “I wrote because citizens asked Mr. Chey said the lawmaker’s a positive influence on Cambodia as it works to fully integrate into the a lawmaker to help, so it’s a nor- offense was hardly surprising, international community,” Mr. Lowenthal is quoted as saying. U.S. mal thing for a lawmaker like me however, citing another govern- Ambassador to Cambodia William Heidt addressed the first meeting of to intervene in this,” he said. “And ment letter circulated on Face- the caucus on March 17, the statement said. “While stressing the need my son is also a citizen.” book yesterday, used to invite a for more progress on democratic and judicial reforms, Ambassador “I’m not using my influence to prosecutor to a wedding event for Heidt sounded positive about the prospects for Cambodia’s young and pressure the telecoms minister. I an official’s daughter. growing population,” it said. Mu Sochua, an opposition lawmaker and was asking him to help,” Mr. Vun The March 21 letter from Kom- U.S. citizen, welcomed the caucus. “Human rights, rule of law and trade said. “If we let a tilting pole like that pong Chhnang provincial gover- are closely linked and I can predict that the Caucus will closely monitor stay, it could cause harm to local nor Chhoun Chandoeun, bearing the situation, especially following the U.S. ASEAN Summit in residents. And by coincidence, my a government stamp, invites pro - Sunnylands,” she said by email, referring to the February meeting be- son started a business there, so I vincial court prosecutor You Tith- tween U.S. President Barack Obama and regional leaders in California. did it out of concern for local peo- vathanak to a morning wedding (Colin Meyn) THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 7

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Department of Higher Education Department of Higher Education Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project (HEQCIP) Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project (HEQCIP) Credit No. 4796-KH; Grant: No. H607-KH Credit No. 4796-KH; Grant: No. H607-KH Request for Expressions of Interest Request for Expressions of Interest National Consultant to Develop an application for importing data on results National Consultant to Analyze and Modify the existing of scholarships selection to the Higher Education Management Information Higher Education Scholarships Selection System System of the Department of Higher Education. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has received a Credit of The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has received a Credit of US$11.5 million and a Grant of US$11.5 million from the International Development US$11.5 million and a Grant of US$11.5 million from the International Development Association towards the cost of the Higher Education Quality and Capacity Association towards the cost of the Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project (HEQCIP). Part of the proceeds will be used for procurement Improvement Project (HEQCIP). Part of the proceeds will be used for procurement of goods, related services and consulting services. The MoEYS is now seeking a of goods, related services and consulting services. The MoEYS is now seeking National Consultant to develop an application for importing data on results of a National Consultant to Analyze and Modify the existing Higher Education scholarships selection to the Higher Education Management Information System Scholarships Selection System. The post is for seven (07) months starting as soon of the Department of Higher Education. The contract is initially for seven (07) as possible. months, starting as soon as possible. Key Tasks Key Tasks Specific outputs include but may be not be limited to the following: Specific outputs include but may be not be limited to the following: Study the DHE’s Network Infrastructure Study the procedures of DHE’s scholarship selection • DHE Network Infrastructure Analysis and Design • Analyze the current procedure used by Department of Higher Education • Analyse the current network infrastructure used in DHE in both data collection and scholarship allocation • Design/re-structure the infrastructure to make sure that the software can run smoothly and quickly over the network. • Communicate with HEMIS team to produce a solution to allow importing data to the HEMIS. Preparing Network Infrastructure • Produce effective and efficient solution/algorithm to accommodate the • Based on the analysis and design, work with DHE team to make sure all development of all the applications needed for this project. required equipment are available. • Implement the new infrastructure Develop core application data architecture and development framework • Test the infrastructure and modify if needed. • Design database structure to support Client-Server architecture Develop Module for Importing Scholarship and Application for Data Entry • Develop a core application architecture (development framework) to ac- • Module for importing student scholarship data from each High School to commodate the development of the whole project ready for scholarship selection process • Application for entry and modify students info with history of editing is Develop an application for data entry and data exchange module recorded • Build an application for high school administrators to enter students’ • Module for reporting according to DHE processes scholarship information • Create a Data exchange module to gather scholarship data from the High Develop Scholarship Selection Database School applications and from the Department of General Education for • Develop Scholarship Selection Database process with new technology to high school data entry applications. fully support client-server architect and algorithm to automatically select scholarship students. Develop an application to generate reports and results of the student selection Develop an application that allow importing of data directly to HEMIS for • Study and Develop application to generate reports and print them based further usage of DHE as well as the data exchange for importing data from on the DHE result announcement process national high school. • Data exchange module for importing data from Department of General Design a tool for importing all scholarship data (scholarship offers, specialties Education high school examination score etc.) and applications from the old database into the new one and build an • Data exchange module for exporting data from scholarship selection into application for DHE to manage or search scholarship information. HEMIS for further use • Import all data from existing database into new system Develop applications modules to generate reports for data imported from • Design an application for managing scholarship data old database and generate scholarship booklet for each academic year. • Develop an application module to generate reports for statistics based on Test, deploy, and train DHE staffs to use the system DHE processes • Test the application with DHE staff and correct any errors that may exist • Develop an application module for printing scholarship booklets based on • Deploy the application to DHE computers data in the database for each academic year • Train DHE staff to use the application and diagnose errors if occur Test, deploy, and train DHE staffs to use the system • Test the application with DHE staff and correct any errors that may exist Qualifications and Experience Required • Deploy the application to DHE computers 1. A minimum of a Master degree or equivalent in an IT related field • Train DHE staff to use the application and diagnose errors if occur 2. At least 3 years experience in data base development and reporting procedures. Experience in Scholarship entry will be an advantage Qualifications and Experience Required 3. A minimum of 3 years professional experience in system development and 1. A minimum of a Master degree or equivalent in an IT related field system analysis 2. At least 3 years experience in data base development and reporting procedures. Experience in Scholarship entry will be an advantage 4. Demonstrated ability to work productively as part of a team 3. A minimum of 3 years professional experience in system development and 5. Fluent in Khmer and English system analysis How to apply 4. Demonstrated ability to work productively as part of a team 5. Fluent in Khmer and English Expressions of interest should include specific reference to the Consultant’s ability How to apply to meet the criteria in the full Terms of Reference which can be obtained from the Expressions of interest should include specific reference to the Consultant’s ability Project Manager at the address shown below. to meet the criteria in the full Terms of Reference which can be obtained from the Applicants are asked to supply: Project Manager at the address shown below. A covering letter in which relevant skills and experience are specifically listed against Applicants are asked to supply: A covering letter in which relevant skills and experience are specifically listed against each of the selection criteria. each of the selection criteria. The Consultant will be selected using the Individual Consultant method in accordance The Consultant will be selected using the Individual Consultant method in with procedures set out in the Procurement Manual for Externally Financed accordance with procedures set out in the Procurement Manual for Externally Projects/ Programs in Cambodia issued under Sub-Decree 14 dated February 26, Financed Projects/ Programs in Cambodia issued under Sub-Decree 14 dated 2007 on Promulgating of the Standard Procedure for Implementing the World Bank February 26, 2007 on Promulgating of the Standard Procedure for Implementing and the Asian Development Bank Assisted Projects, and Section V of the World the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank Assisted Projects, and Section V Bank’s Consultant Guidelines May 2004, revised October 2006 and May 2010. of the World Bank’s Consultant Guidelines May 2004, revised October 2006 and May 2010. All applications should be sent to reach the address below by17.00 (local time in Cambodia) on April 7, 2016 All applications should be sent to reach the address below by17.00 (local time in to: The Project Manager, Higher Education Quality Cambodia) on April 7, 2016 to: The Project Manager, Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project, Project Procurement Unit Office, Department nd and Capacity Improvement Project, Project Procurement Unit Office, Department of Higher Education, 169, Norodom Boulevard, 2 Floor. Telephone + 855 ( 0 ) of Higher Education, 169, Norodom Boulevard, 2nd Floor. Telephone + 855 ( 0 ) 12 62 88 44 Fax: +855 ( 0 ) 23 72 65 13 Enquiries and applications by e mail are 12 62 88 44 Fax: +855 ( 0 ) 23 72 65 13 Enquiries and applications by e mail are also accepted. Please send to Mr. Sao Thou via email: [email protected] also accepted. Please send to Mr. Sao Thou via email: [email protected] 8 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 regional Burma Wants to Push Equality, US Marks Indonesian Islamic Rural Development, Revenue State Group Backer ‘Terrorist’ ReuteRs sarong as he sat in a modest room ReuteRs engaging in any transactions with NaypyIDaW - Burma’s first freely at the government guesthouse. WaSHINgTON - The u.S. on Tues- Santoso,” the department said in a elected Cabinet in more than half a kyaw Win faces the daunting day slapped a special terrorist des- statement. century will focus on income equal- task of improving the finances of a ignation on Indonesia’s most high- It said Santoso was the leader of ity, rural development and boost- country which, for five decades, profile backer of the Islamic State the mujahidin Indonesia Timur, a ing budget revenue, the finance was beset by wayward policy deci- militant group, blocking any u.S. group already on the State Depart- minister-elect said in his first inter- sions and scant foreign invest- assets he might have, banning ment’s SDgT list, that had been view since being picked for the job. ment under a junta that stifled eco- dealings with him by americans responsible for numerous killings Democracy figurehead aung nomic reform. and opening the way for u.S. law- and kidnappings in Indonesia over San Suu kyi’s party on Tuesday an- enforcement action against him. the past few years. nounced the makeup of its Cabi- The State Department said San- “Today’s action notifies the u.S. net, which officially takes power on “These people are poor toso, a militant in poso in central public and the international com- april 1. and do not have enough Sulawesi who has been on the run munity that Santoso is actively en- It is led by president-elect Htin for more than three years, had gaged in terrorism,” the depart- kyaw, a confidant hand-picked income. So they are our been added to its list of Specially ment said. by Suu kyi because the junta- first priority.” Designated global Terrorists. San - It said the terrorist designation drafted constitution bars her from toso, like many in Indonesia, goes enabled “coordinated action across —Kyaw win, the presidency. by one name. the u.S. government and with our Before his appointment to lead finance minister-elect “as a result of this designation, international partners to disrupt the the ministry of planning and Fi- for Burma all property subject to u.S. juris- activities of terrorists, including by nance, kyaw Win, 68, had served diction in which Santoso has any denying them access to the u.S. fi- as a lawmaker in Suu kyi’s Na- The military regime handed interest is blocked and u.S. per- nancial system and enabling u.S. tional league for Democracy, over to a semi-civilian government sons are generally prohibited from law enforcement actions.” which won a historic election in in 2011, which ushered in a series November. of economic and political reforms. The former Finance ministry The International monetary Malaysia’s Mahathir Sues PM official holds degrees in econom- Fund cautioned Burma in Septem- ics and has advised the NlD on ber that without reforms, which Najib, Alleges Abuse of Power economic policy for the last two could lower growth in the short years. term, the country risked a run on ReuteRs the minister said. “If we check income distribu- its foreign exchange reserves, kuala lumpur - Former malaysian mahathir was joined in the law- tion, most of it goes to a small num- which cover just three months of prime minister mahathir moha - suit by khairuddin bin abu Has- ber of people,” kyaw Win said, add - imports. mad filed a suit against scandal- san and anina binti Saadudin, for- ing that looking only at a country’s kyaw Win said that rather than plagued prime minister Najib mer members of the united malay gross domestic product was not looking for savings through tax razak yesterday, alleging corrup- National Organization which Na- the right way to assess its econo - hikes, the NlD would try to close tion and abuse of power, his lawyers jib heads. mic health or otherwise. loopholes to boost budget revenue. said, the latest salvo in his efforts to mahathir has repeatedly called “Seventy percent of the popula- “people think we will increase remove Najib from office. for Najib to quit. He joined an anti- tion live in rural areas. These people taxes, but that’s not true. We will Najib has come under criticism government protest last year, where are poor and do not have enough in- try to find gaps and fix them with- over allegations of corruption linked he called for a “people’s power” come. So they are our first priority,” out increasing taxes,” he said. to the debt-laden state fund 1malay - move ment to topple Najib. kyaw Win said. Echoing Suu kyi’s tough stance sia Development Berhad (1mDB) On march 4, he joined hands He called agriculture the “life - during the election campaign, and deposits into his private ac- with long-standing foes, including blood” of the countryside and kyaw Win said the government counts worth around $680 million. the party of the jailed anwar Ibra - pledged to focus on improving would also focus on corruption. He has denied any wrongdoing, him, to crank up pressure on Na- electricity and transportation in “We have to make civil servants maintaining that he did not use jib to stand down. rural areas. realize that they need to work for the funds for personal gain and The plaintiffs in yesterday’s suit The minister-elect cut an unas- the people. I can promise that tal- this year he was cleared of any are seeking exemplary damages suming figure, sporting a gray ented people will get suitable posi- criminal offense or corruption. from Najib to the government of polo shirt and a dark Burmese tions,” kyaw Win said. mahathir accused Najib in the $650 million and aggravated dam- lawsuit of the “corrupt practice of ages of $10.5 million—equal to the ca rrying out various steps that amounts that were allegedly de- were actively and deliberately tak- posited into Najib’s bank account. en in bad faith...to obstruct, inter- mahathir’s lawyer, Haniff kha- fere, impede and derail the various tri, said it would take three months investigations and inquiries which for the court to decide if the case were being conducted by various would be heard. legal enforcement agencies.” “We don’t go with empty hands, He also accused Najib of de- [we] have material, witnesses and stroying “the rule of law and the we are confident of the outcome,” sanctity of the provision of our fed- he said. eral constitution.” But political analysts weren’t op- Najib’s office did not immediate- timistic. “The real impact is very ly reply to requests seeking com- limited in the sense of legal terms,” ment. But the minister of commu- said Ibrahim Suffian, director of in- nications in Najib’s government dependent opinion polling firm said mahathir’s accusations were merdeka Center. “This is going to false. “He is clutching at straws.... be battle that is drawn out for a mahathir has run out of options,” longer period.” ThuRsday, maRCh 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 regional Vietnamese Girl Burned by US Napalm Now Helps Americans ReuTeRs will Ambassador. new york - kim Phuc is known “I can help people living with ha- around the world for a photograph tred and bitterness,” she said. taken of her as a child, naked and Phuc said there was a time crying as she ran down a road in when she could not bear to look at South Vietnam, burned by napalm the famous picture a war photora- dropped by the U.S. Air Force, pher took of her at age 9, an image clouds of dark smoke rising be- that became a poignant icon for hind her. the conflict’s suffering and rav- now 52, Phuc is working with a aged victims. new charity called restoring He- now, she said, looking at the roes to help provide medical treat- picture makes her feel thankful. ment to members and veterans of “I realized that picture is a pow- those same U.S. military forces. erful gift for me to work for peace, The twist of fate is far from lost to help people,” she said. on Phuc after decades of pain “That picture makes awareness from burns suffered from napalm Tommy Japan/Creative Commons to everyone to stop the war, to stop dropped on a pagoda where she An image of Life magazine from December 29, 1972, featuring Kim fighting.” and her family were hiding dur- Phuc restoring Heroes is focusing ing the Vietnam war in 1972. 65 percent of Phuc’s body, she said. on a form of laser therapy that restoring Heroes is targeting said her recovery was emotional “I was a little child, innocent. I Phuc has undergone to help with first responders and members of and spiritual as well as physical, as didn’t do anything wrong.” scarring, pain and range of motion the military who have suffered she learned how to forgive. Her religious faith has helped on her shoulder where napalm traumatic burns and scarring, “Living with hate and bitterness her to count her blessings and use clung to her skin and ignited. such as wounds caused by impro- almost killed me many times,” she her experience to help others, she The laser treatment promotes vised explosive devices. said. said. elasticity of the skin and the growth The importance of forgiveness “when I learned to forgive all Phuc moved to Cuba from Viet- of collagen that acts as a cushion is Phuc’s contribution to healing those who caused my suffering, nam, and now lives near Toronto. when amputees are being fitted them. that was like heaven on earth for She and her husband, a social work - with prosthetics, said Carol novak, “everyone needs help,” Phuc me.” er, have two sons. founder of restoring Heroes. said in an interview when restor- She found forgiveness when She created her own charity, working for now in Miami, the ing Heroes was launched this she found Christianity, she said. www.kimfoundation.com, to help charity aims to help 10,000 victims month. “Before, I would ask, ‘why me? children who are victims of war, in the next three years, novak while the napalm left burns on why did I have to suffer?’” she and also served as a Unesco Good- said. 10 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 regional China Vaccine Scandal Stokes Anger and Sparks 37 Arrests ReuteRs until now. istry as saying it had not found market and raise exports. sHAngHAI - A widening scandal The government has said the any spike in abnormal reactions some parents also went online over illegal vaccine sales in China vaccines themselves were real, al- to inoculations. to vent their anger. One mother has sparked anger and drawn crit- though traded illegally. The World Health Organiza- said she wanted to take her child icism from the government over The issue of regulation, from tion said in a statement that im- out of China to escape “poisoned glaring loopholes in the regulation food and drugs to online sales, has properly stored or expired vac- milk, gutter oil and ineffective of the world’s second-largest med- become increasingly contentious cines rarely cause a toxic reaction vaccines.” icine market. in China as it looks to cast off a rep- and the most common risk is that gutter oil refers to sub-standard, Police detained 37 people in utation for poor quality and safety. they are ineffective. recycled cooking oil. shandong province, official news However, regulators such as nonetheless, the case— centered “It seems every day we are be- agency Xinhua said yesterday, af- the Food and drug Administra- on a mother and daughter illegal - ing swindled with something,” ter a nearly $90 million black mar- tion have pointed to a lack of re- ly sell ing vaccines to re-sellers she wrote on China’s sina Weibo ket vaccine ring was exposed over sources and personnel to ade- around the country— raises ques- website, using the online handle the past week. quately regulate their sectors. tions about regulators, even as “sunziyue.” The vaccines, including ones The vaccine case drew ire from China vows to boost its domestic “no one is coming to sort it out.” against meningitis, rabies and oth- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who er illnesses, are suspected of be- said regulatory bodies—including ing sold in dozens of provinces the CFdA, Health Ministry and around China since 2011. police—needed to work more in The scandal has stirred angry tandem, and that “dereliction of debate, casting a shadow over gov- duty” would not be tolerated. ernment ambitions to bolster the “This vaccine safety case has domestic drug industry and un- drawn close attention, and shows derlining the challenge it faces to there are many gaps in terms of regulate a widespread and frag- regulation,” Li said in a statement mented medicine supply chain. posted on the central government’s “We don’t know if our children website late on Tuesday. have properly had the vaccine or ‘Swindled Every Day’ whether it is ineffective or even if they are at risk,” said Zhang Jieqi, some people said the case 32, who works at a tourism com- echoed a scandal in 2008 when pany in the city of Chengdu and milk tainted with the industrial has a child under 2 years old. chemical melamine led to the Reuters she said she was angry that the deaths of six infants and made A villager rows a bamboo raft along a flooded street in Taohua village case, which started early last year, thousands sick. after strong rainfalls in Meizhou, Guangdong Province, China, this had not been made public widely Xinhua cited the Health Min- week. World Bank Approves a Loan China’s S China Sea Activities For Beijing Clean-Air Projects ‘Counterproductive’: Australia ReuteRs percent by 2020. ReuteRs The Chinese government last sHAngHAI - The World Bank has The money will help companies sydney - Australian Prime Minis- month expressed displeasure with approved a $500 million loan to in Beijing, Hebei, Tianjin and ter Malcolm Turnbull yesterday Australia’s new defense spend ing Chi na to support financing proj- neighboring areas that are taking called China’s military deploy- plan. ects to help control air pollution in action to tackle air pollution under ments on the south China sea China has repeatedly accused and around Beijing. a prevention and control plan “counterproductive,” an unusually the U.s. of militarizing the south The money is part of a broader adopted by China’s Cabinet, the forceful rebuke against the coun- China sea with its freedom of nav- program expected to reach $1.4 state Council, such as reducing try’s biggest trading partner. igation patrols in the region and billion for “green financing” over coal consumption and lowering Australia has consistently sup- boosting of military alliances with the next six years that includes emissions. ported U.s.-led freedom of naviga- countries like the Philippines. another half-billion dollars from Beijing-based Hua Xia Bank will tion activities in the south China In February, Chinese Foreign Hua Xia Bank Co. Ltd. and $400 establish a green Finance center sea, where Beijing has been add - Minister Wang yi said his coun- million in equity contributions and pilot innovative financing mod - ing reclamation to islands and try’s south China sea military de- from sub-borrowers, the World els and products, it said. reefs in waters claimed by several ployments were no different from Bank said. Beijing frequently features near regional countries. U.s. deployments on Hawaii. China suffers from severe air the top of the list of China’s most The U.s. has accused China of Tensions between China and its pollution and is the world’s largest polluted cities as emissions from raising tensions in the south Chi- neighbors Vietnam, Malaysia, emitter of greenhouse gases, such vehicles and heavy industry com- na sea by its apparent deployment Brunei, the Philippines and Tai- as carbon dioxide. bine with weather conditions to of surface-to-air missiles on a dis- wan over sovereignty in the south some 70 percent of its electrici- raise smog levels. The worst bouts puted island, a move China has China sea have risen after China ty comes from coal-fired power of air pollution tend to coincide neither confirmed nor denied. embarked on significant reclama- plants, which are a major source of with periods of low wind. “They are...counterproductive, tions on disputed islands and reefs greenhouse gases. For Beijing and its surround- regardless of the legal merits, on in the area. The country aims to reduce its ings, the government has set a tar- which we do not express a view It has become embroiled in mar- reliance on fossil fuels by increas- get for 2020 of reducing pollution nor make a claim,” Turnbull said itime scuffles with Indonesia and ing the share of nuclear, hydro, by 40 percent from 2013 levels. in a speech in sydney, referring to the Phillipines in the past week. wind and solar power, with the China also aims to pass a soil pol- China’s military deployments. China claims most of the sea, goal of cutting emissions of major lution law next year to tackle a prob- Turnbull is expected to visit Chi- through which more than $5 tril- pollutants in the power sector 60 lem that lacks specific legislation. na next month. lion in trade passes every year. THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 11

Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport Kingdom of Cambodia Invitation for Bids Department of Higher Education Trade Development Support Program (Grant No. TF093573) Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project Supply and Installation of Office Equipment for MOC, TTRI, DIPR and ACF (HEQCIP) Ref. TDSP/2016/146 1. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has received a grant from the European Union, Credit No. 4796-KH; Grant: No. H607-KH DANIDA and UNIDO, managed by the World Bank toward the cost of Trade Development Support Program (TDSP), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this grant to payments Request for Expressions of Interest under the Contract for Supply and Installation of Office Equipment (Ref. TDSP/2016/146) National Consultant to Integrate the Higher Education Results 2. The Ministry of Commerce, Trade Development Support Program now invites sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for: Based Monitoring and Evaluation System into the Higher Lot 1: Desktop and Laptop Education Management Information System (HEMIS) No. Item Unit Qty 1 Desktop Set 81 2 UPS Unit 81 The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) has received 3 Laptop Unit 6 a Credit of US$11.5 million and a Grant of US$11.5 million from the Lot 2: Audio Conference Systems 1 Small Audio Conference System Set 1 International Development Association towards the cost of the Higher 2 Large Audio Conference System Set 1 Education Quality and Capacity Improvement Project (HEQCIP). Lot 3: Video Conference System, Smart TV, Camcorder 1 Video Conference System Set 1 Part of the proceeds will be used for procurement of goods, related 2 Smart TV 55" Unit 7 3 Camcorder Unit 1 services and consulting services. The MoEYS is now seeking a National 4 Tripod Unit 1 Consultant to Integrate the Higher Education Results Based Monitoring Lot 4: Photocopier, Projector, Printer and Misc. 1 Photocopier (35 ppm) Unit 1 and Evaluation System into the Higher Education Management 2 Photocopier (25 ppm) Unit 7 Information System (HEMIS. The contract is initially for four (04) 3 LCD Projector Unit 8 4 Portable Projection Screen Unit 5 months, starting as soon as possible. 5 Motorized Projection Screen Unit 2 6 Color Laser Printer (dnw) Unit 1 Key Tasks 7 B&W Laser Printer (dnw) Unit 15 8 Laser Pointer Unit 2 9 Portable HDD (2TB) Unit 3 Specific outputs include but may be not be limited to the following: 10 Digital Whiteboard Unit 1 Lot 5: Servers and Network Accessories 1. Study the Operations Manual of the Higher Education Results 1 Blade Server Unit 1 2 Rack Server Unit 2 based M&E system 3 Server Cooling System Set 1 2. Create an application which enables Higher Education Institutions 4 Router/VPN System Unit 1 5 SSL E-Signature Certificate Unit 3 link the data they send to the DHE (in Excel) with the HEMIS 6 Switch (16 ports) Unit 6 7 Windows Server Standard 2012 (5 CALs) Unit 1 system. 8 Network Cable Cat6 Set 3 3. Create a reporting application so that all the outcome and output 9 RJ45 Cat6 Connector Set 3 10 Rack 42U Unit 1 indicators from the Results Based M&E system data are automatically 11 HDMI to VGA Cable (8m) Unit 2 analyzed, linked, and cross referenced within the HEMIS system 12 HDMI to HDMI Cable (8m) Unit 2 13 VGA to VGA Cable (8m) Unit 2 so that comprehensive report can be generated. 14 VGA Matrix Switcher Splitter Amplifier Multiplier Unit 1 4. Create a user manual 15 Speaker Set 3 Interested bidders may bid for one or more lots. The bid evaluation and contract award 5. Train the relevant DHE staff on how to use the system in accordance will be done on lot-wise basis. with the manual 3. Procurement will be conducted through National Competitive Bidding Procedures and under the laws and regulations governing public procurement within the Kingdom of Cambodia. Qualifications and Experience Required 4. This invitation is open to all bidders. 5. Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from Ministry of Commerce, 1. Minimum Masters Degree in an IT related field Department of International Cooperation, Attn: Mr. Long Kemvichet, Chief of Procurement, Email: [email protected]; and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address 2. Minimum 3 years in data base development and programming given below from 8:30am to 5:00pm. 3. Minimum 3 years professional experience in system development 6. Qualification requirements include: and system analysis a) The Bidder has satisfactorily completed at least two contracts for supply of similar goods in the preceding three years of not less than 50% of the bid price in each contract. 4. Demonstrated ability to work productively as part of a team b) That the Bidder has completed contracts in the total cumulative amount equal to at 5. Fluent in Khmer and English least two times the value of the bid price in the preceding two years. c) The Manufacturer of the offered goods, if a different entity from the Bidder, has experience of at least 3 years in the manufacturing of similar goods. How to apply d) The Bidder has availability of liquid assets through either: i. access to a line of credit or cash in bank account of an amount at least 50% of the Expressions of interest should include specific reference to the bid price, net of other contractual commitments; or ii. credit terms with vendors specifically for the goods to be supplied under the Consultant’s ability to meet the criteria in the full Terms of Reference contract, and valid for at least 6 months after the deadline date for submission of which can be obtained from the Project Manager at the address bids specified in ITB Clause 21. shown below. Complete qualification requirements can be found in ITB sub-clause 14.2 of the bidding documents 7. A complete set of Bidding Documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders Applicants are asked to supply: on the submission of a written application to the address given below and upon payment of a non-refundable fee USD32.00. The method of payment will be made by cash. The Bidding Documents shall be collected in person. Other than payment of the non-refundable fee A covering letter in which relevant skills and experience are specifically specified above, there shall be no other conditions for purchase of the bidding documents. listed against each of the selection criteria. 8. In case of any difficulty in purchase of the bidding documents, interested parties may contact in writing to Mr. Chhieng Pich, TDSP Project Director, Ministry of Commerce, Trade The Consultant will be selected using the Individual Consultant Development Support Program, Tel: 023 866 063, Email: [email protected] and also send a copy of the communication to: method in accordance with procedures set out in the Procurement a. Director, Department of Investment and Debt Management, Ministry of Economy and Manual for Externally Financed Projects/ Programs in Cambodia Finance, New Building 2nd Floor, Street 92, Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, Cambodia b. Dr. Lan Van Nguyen, TDSP Task Team Leader, World Bank Cambodia Office, Norodom issued under Sub-Decree 14 dated February 26, 2007 on Promulgating Blvd., Phnom Penh. Email: [email protected] of the Standard Procedure for Implementing the World Bank and the 9. Bids must be delivered to the address given below at or before 22 April 2016 at 4:00PM (local time). Late bids will be rejected. Bids will be opened in the presence of the Bidders' Asian Development Bank Assisted Projects, and Section V of the World representatives and the project's beneficiaries from the concerned local community who Bank’s Consultant Guidelines May 2004, revised October 2006 and choose to attend shall be allowed to be present in person at the address given below at May 2010. 22 April 2016 at 4:00PM (local time). 10. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid-Securing Declaration as described in the Instructions All applications should be sent to reach the address below by to Bidders. 11. The Royal Government of Cambodia and/or the Development Partner will respectively declare 17.00 (local time in Cambodia) on April 7, 2016 to: The Project a bidder ineligible either indefinitely or for a stated period of time, to be awarded a contract financed by the Royal Government of Cambodia and/or the Development Partner respectively, Manager, Higher Education Quality and Capacity Improvement if it at any time determines that the bidder has engaged in corrupt or fraudulent, coercive, Project, Project Procurement Unit Office, Department of Higher collusive or obstructive practices in competing for or in executing a contract. Education, 169, Norodom Boulevard, nd2 Floor. Telephone + 855 ( 0 ) 12. The address(es) referred to above is: Ministry of Commerce, Department of International Cooperation, Trade Development Support Program. #19-61, MoC Road (113B), Russian 12 62 88 44 Fax: +855 ( 0 ) 23 72 65 13 Enquiries and applications by Federation Blvd., Phum Teuk Thla, Sangkat Teuk Thla, Khan Sen Sok, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. e mail are also accepted. Please send to Mr. Sao Thou via email: Tel: 023 866 064. Attn: Mr. Long Kemvichet, Chief of Procurement. Email: [email protected]; cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] 12 The Cambodia daily THUrSDAy, MArcH 24, 2016 regional Mongolia Pulls Out of North Angry Parents in Japan Protest Korea Oil Deal Amid Pressure Serious Shortage of Daycare KorEA JooNgANg DAIly which stopped running in 2009, in rEUTErS urgency ahead of a July upper A Mongolian oil company re- order to push for economic devel- TOKyO - Mika Kiyokawa would love house election. cently decided to withdraw from opment. The deal with Mongolia, to have a third child but has aban- Kiyokawa visited 24 daycare North Korea, a South Korean gov- begun almost three years ago, was doned the idea—because finding centers before landing a place for ernment source said, amid grow- taken as evidence that North Ko- daycare for the two boys she al- her first child more than 30 min- ing pressure from the internation- rea was seeking further invest- ready has was so much trouble she utes from home. al community after North Korea ment partners in addition to China. doesn’t want to go through it again. “I want another child but find- recently conducted nuclear tests However, the North Korean gov - The 34-year-old Japanese office ing daycare was so tough that I and long-range missile launches. ernment continually delayed the worker is one of the women Jap - won’t,” Kiyokawa said at a meet- HBOil JSC, an oil trading and inland oil development project, anese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ing between lawmakers and des- refinery company based in Ulaan- failing to provide reasonable ex- has pledged to mobilize in the work- perate parents demanding more baatar, Mongolia, acquired 20 per- planations. Mongolia may there- force through his “Wom enomics” daycare, many with wriggling cent of the North Korean entity fore have concluded that there policy to boost the economy, but a babes in arms. Sungri refinery in June 2013, val- was no practical benefit to continu- severe shortage of daycare is ham- “And with women having so ued at roughly $10 million. In May ing the project. pering the drive—and igniting criti- much trouble with child care, a com- 2014, the company opened a joint Bilateral ties between the two cism of Abe just months before an pany choosing between a wom an venture in Pyongyang. countries recently turned bitter election. and a man will of course hire a The ex-communist country es- when Mongolian President Tsa - The daycare shortage is also man from the start, perpetuating tablished bilateral ties with the khiagiin Elbegdorj said Mongolia frustrating efforts to boost Japan’s inequality.” North in 1948, but after this recent could not endure the North’s ty - rock-bottom birth rate, another Opposition from neighbors fear- decision, the already impover- ranny forever, a remark made dur- plank of Abe’s platform. ing noise makes building new cen- ished North Korea will be further ing his speech at Kim Il Sung Uni- The long-festering issue burst ters difficult, while salaries lan- isolated from the international versity in Pyongyang at the end of into public consciousness last guish, making it hard to attract community. October 2013. month after an anonymous blog enough staff. Daycare workers in “Mongolia is sending a mes- “No tyranny lasts forever. It is post by a woman went viral, set- Tokyo averaged $18,884 in 2013, sage to North Korea: don’t fall the desire of the people to live free, ting off protests and petition drives government data shows. down the wrong path,” said Nam that is the eternal power,” the pres- calling for change. Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party Sung-wook, professor at Korea ident said in his speech. “My child didn’t get into day- has made “a new support system Uni versity’s Department of North After his remarks, North Kore- care,” she wrote. “Die, Japan!” for children and child-raising” part Korean Studies. an leader Kim Jong Un expressed Abe initially dismissed the blog, of its campaign platform while the North Korea formerly attracted disappointment and refused to but public anger and media cover- opposition Democratic Party has foreign investment to resume op- hold meetings with the Mongo- age prompted him to promise to proposed a bill to raise daycare erations of the Sungri refinery, lian president. address the problem with greater worker salaries. Uproar as Textbook Approved Saying Okinawa Reliant on US THE ASAHI SHIMBUN and the large concentration of U.S. Prefectural officials in Okinawa, military bases in the southern- Japan, expressed outrage over a most prefecture. It also touches government-approved high school upon the plan to relocate the U.S. social studies textbook that sug- Marine Corps Air Station Futen- gested the Okinawa economy is ma, now in Ginowan, in central excessively dependent on U.S. mil- Okinawa prefecture, to Nago, also itary bases. in the prefecture. “The contents differ from the The column mentions payments views held by the prefectural and of rent for use of base land and con- central governments,” a high- sumer spending by those with the ranking Okinawa government of- U.S. military. Kyodo ficial said. “Rather than a misun- “The level of dependence of the Justin Castellanos, a seaman at the US Navy's Camp Schwab in derstanding of the facts, it ap- prefectural economy on the bases Japan's southernmost prefecture Okinawa, was sent to prosecutors on proaches the level of a vicious ru- is extremely high,” it says. “The March 14 over the alleged rape of a Japanese woman. mor. We have to wonder if the Ed- Japanese government is also pay- Arrested US Sailor Admits to Okinawa Rape Charge ucation Ministry conducted a thor- ing Okinawa prefecture a huge NAHA, Japan - A U.S. Navy sailor arrested on suspicion of raping a ough screening.” amount in economic promotion Japanese woman in Okinawa has admitted to the charge, having ini- Teikoku-Shoin Co., publisher of funds as a virtual exchange for al- tially denied it, investigative sources said yesterday. Justin Castel- the textbook, is considering filing lowing the bases to continue to re- lanos, 24, a seaman at the U.S. Marines’ Camp Schwab in northern a request to revise the question- main there.” Okinawa, was arrested on March 13 on suspicion of raping the able contents. The textbook is The current social studies text- woman in her 40s at a hotel in the prefectural capital of Naha early that scheduled to be used in courses book published by the company morning. Police allege Castellanos took the woman, a tourist from about modern society taught at has no such passages. The new southwestern Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture, into his room after finding high school from the 2017 school textbook was approved by the Ed- her asleep in a hotel corridor and raped her there. The suspect and year. A boxed column titled “Oki- ucation Ministry’s screening com- the woman were both staying at the hotel but were not acquainted, nawa and U.S. military bases,” mittee on March 18 with no rec- the police said. The alleged rape has stirred protests by thousands of which takes up about two-thirds of ommendation for revisions. people in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in a page in the textbook, explains © 2016 The Asahi Shimbun Japan. (Kyodo) the current situation of Okinawa Company រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

ថ្ងោ​​ពោហសោបតិ៍​​ទី២៤​ខោ​មីនា​ឆ្នោំ២០១៦ The Cambodia daily េខមបូឌា​ េដលី ១៣ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាកាស​ថា​​Like ទំព័រ​​​​​​ ហ䮜ាសប៊ុក​ផ䮛ុវ​ការ​​របស់លោក​ ហ៊ុន​សាន​​​គឺ​ជា​​Likeពិត​​បាាកដ ឃី សុវុឌ្ឍី ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី

គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​បាឆំង​ភារវកម្ម​​

របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​​បាន​ធ䮜ើ​ការ​សន䮓ិដ្ឋាន​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​

របាយ​ការណ៍​មួយ​កមាាស់​៥ទំព័រ​​ចាញ​ផាសាយ​

កាលពី​មាសិលមិញ​ថា​ការ​អះអាង​​​​​​​ថា​​​​ការ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​កើន​​

ឡើង​​​​​​​​​បាជាបាិយភាពរបស់​លោក​នាយក​

រដ្ឋមន䮏ាី​ ហ៊ុន​ សាន​ ​​​តាម​ហ䮜ាសប៊ុក​កាលពី​ “Like” ពាល​ថ្មីៗ​នាះ​បាន​ពី​ការ​ទិញ​​ (ចូល​ចិត䮏)​​​​​ Charles Fox ពី​បរទាស​នោះ​"មិន​មាន​ជា​ការ​ពិត​ឡើយ​​ ​កោុម​អ្នក​មុជ​ទឹក​​មកពី​​អង្គភាព​​មុជទឹក​សង្គោោះ​​​នោ​អង្គការ​​CMAC តោៀម​ទាញ​គោោប់​បោក​​MK82​មួយ​គោោប់​ទម្ងន់​ជាង​ ហើយ​វា​ជា​ការ​បាឌិត​"។ ២០០​គីឡូ​កោោម​ចោញពី​ទន្លោសាប​​ក្នុង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពោញ​កាលពី​មោសិលមិញ​។

ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ចុង​ខា​មករា​មក​ចំនួន​គណនី​ Like ចម្ងល់​​​ជុំវិញ​ការអះអាង​របស់លោក​​ហ៊ុន​​សាន​​​នៅ​តា​អាថ៌កំបាំង​ ហ䮜ាសប៊ុក​​ដាល​ចុច​​ ​ទំព័រ​ហ䮜ាសប៊ុក​ផ䮛ូវ​ការ​​​​ Zsomber Peter របស់​លោក​នាយករដ្ឋមន䮏ាី​​​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​​​​​ និង អូន ភាព ចាក​​ជូន​គាួសរ​កាីកា​រួចមក​​នោះ​។ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី យ៉ាង​​​​ឆប់​រហ័ស​​​ដោយរាប់​សាន​​​នា​​​​អ䮓ក​បាើ​ ការ​ពិនិតាយ​ឡើងវិញ​រយៈពាល​មួយ​ឆ្នាំ​របស់​​​​

បាាស់​​គណនី​​​​​​ទាំង​​​នោះ​​មន​មូលដ្ឋាន​នៅ​ គិត​តាឹមថ䮄ាសុកា​វា​នឹង​មន​រយៈពាល​មួយ​​​ គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ចំពោះកិច䮅​ដាល​បង䮀ើត​​ឡើង​

បរទាស​​នាះ​បើ​យោង​តាម​ស䮐ិតិ​​បាមូល​បានពី​​ ខា ហើ យ​​ចាប់តាំងពី​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន䮏ាី​ ដោយ​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន䮏ាី​លើ ​ដី​សមាបទាន​​​ Socialbakers ដាល​​ជា​គាហទំព័រ​​វិភាគ​​​​​​បណ្ដាញ​ ហ៊ុន​សាន​បាន​ឡើង​ថ䮛ាង​សុន䮑រកថា​អំឡុង​ សាដ្ឋកិច䮅​នៅទូទាំង​បាទាស​ដាលរង​ការ​រិះ​គន់​​​

ទំនាក់ទំនង​សង䮂ម​។​ ពិធីសម្ពាធ​ទីស្នាក់ការ​ថ្មី​របស់​កាសួង​បរិស្ថាន​ ខ្លាំងដោយ​សរ​វា​ធ䮜ើ​ឲាយ​បាត់បង់ពាាឈើ​និង​​​​មន​​​ Like ចាប់​តាំង​ពីចំនួន​ កើន​​​​​​ឡើង​​​លើស​ នៅក䮓ុង​រាជ​ធនី​ភ䮓ំពាញ​​ដើមាបី​បាកាស​ថា​ ដី​ ការ​បណ្តាញ​ចាញ​ដោយ​បង䮁ំ​នៅទូទាំង​បាទាស​​​​​​​

២លាន​កាលពី​​ពាក់​កណ្ដាល​ខា ​មករា​ទំព័រ​​​​ ទំហំ​១លាន​ហិកតា​តាូវ​បាន​ដកហូត​ពី​ម្ចាស់​ នោះ​​បានឈានដល់ទីបញ្ចាប់​ហើយ។​

ហ䮜ាស​​​ប៊ុក​​​របស់​លោក​ហ៊ុន​សាន​​បាមូល​ ដីសមាប​ទាន​សាដ្ឋកិច䮅​​ហើយនឹងតាូវយកទៅ​ ប៉ុន䮏ា​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នៅមិនទាន់ពនាយល់​ថា​តើ​ Like បាន​​ យ៉ាង​ឆប់​រហ័ស​ពី​ជុំវិញ​ពិភព​លោក​ តទៅទំព័១៥ Like ដោយ​​ចំនួន​​ សរុប​របស់​លោក​នាពាល​ មន្តាី​ខ䮛ះ​បាើ​បាាស់​លិខិត​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដើមាបី​ដោះ​សាាយ​​បញ្ហា​ផ្ទាល់​ខ䮛ួន​ បច䮅ុបាបន䮓​មន​ជាង​៣,៣៧​លាន​​ពោល​​​​​​គឺ​ចាើន​ Like ជាង​ចំនួន​​ សរុប​របស់​លោក​ សម​ រងាសុី គុច ណារ៉្ន និង ប៊ុត គឹមសាយ ដាល​លោក​គាប់​គាង។ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី បាធន​គណបកាស​បាឆំង​ ​ដាល​បច䮅ុបាបន䮓​មន​ លិខិត​ចុះ​ថ䮄ាទី​១៧​ខា​ធ䮓ូរបស់លោក​​ឈាង​​

ចំនួន​បាហាល​២,៣លាន​។​ កាល​ពី​មាសិលមិញ​លោក​ឈាង​​វុន​សម​ វុន​ផ្ញើ​ជូន​លោក​បាាក់​សុខុន​រដ្ឋមន䮏ាី​កាសួង​

យោង​តាម​គា ហទំព័រ​​វិភាគ​​​​​​​ខង​​​​​​លើ ​​​​​​​​​​​ឲាយ​ ជិក​សភា​គណបកាស​កាន់​អំណច​បាន​បដិសាធ​ បាាសណីយ៍​ និង​ទូរគមនាគមន៍​​ពាីន​លើ​កាបាល​​​​​ Like ដឹង​ថា​បាភព​​សំខន់​បំផុត​នា​​ ថ្មី​ទាំង​នាះ​​ ថា​លោក​មិន​បាន​ធ䮜ើ​អ䮜ី​ខុស​​ទា​កាាយ​ពាល​​ លិខិត​ផ䮛ូវការ​របស់​រដ្ឋសភា​​មន​ការ​ចាក​រំលាក​​​​​​

គឺ​បាទាស​ឥណ្ឌា​​ដាល​ចំនួន​​អ䮓ក​បាើ​បាាស់​ បាើ​បាាស់​តួនាទីក䮓ុង​​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បង䮁ំឱាយ​កាសួង​ តៗគ្នា​តាម​ហ䮜ាស​ប៊ុក​កាលពី​មាសិលមិញ​ហើយ​

បណ្ដាញ​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​សង䮂ម​​គំទា​លោក​ ហ៊ុន បាា​ស​ណីយ៍​និង​ទូរគមនាគមន៍​​រុះរើ​ខាសា​ភ䮛ើង​ តាូវ​បាន​បង្ហាះ​ទៅក䮓ុង​​ផាច​របស់​​សម្ព័ន䮒​គណ​ ANSA សាន​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ពី​ជាង​៥.០០០​នាក់​ ដាលធ្លាក់រយីង​រយោង​នៅ​មុខ​​ភោ​ជនីយដ្ឋាន​​​ នាយាយ​​​​​​​​ភាព​សង䮂ម​កម្ពុជា​​( )​ជា​កាុម​តស៊ូ​ តទៅទំព័បន្ទាប់ តទៅទំព័១៥

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១៤ ខាមបូឌា​ ដាលី ថ្ងៃ​​ពៃហសៃបតិ៍​​ទី២៤​ខៃ​មីនា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

Like រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាកាស​ថា​... តែជោហ៊ុនសែនទិញ ដើមែបីបង䮀ើនចំនួន ពែែះខ䮉៊ំអះអាងជសាធារណៈថគត់ជអ䮓ក Like តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ អ䮓កគំទែឬចំនួនអ䮓ក ទំព័រហ䮜ែសប៊ុករបស់ បោកបែែស់តាមហ䮜ែសប៊ុក"។

កលពីដើមខែកុម䮗ៈដល់៣៨៧.០០០គិតមក សម䮊ែចតែជោគឺជចំនួនខ្មែចដែលគ្មែនម្ចែស់ សមជិកជចែើនរូបនែគណៈកម្មែធិករ

ទល់មែសិលមិញ។លោកនយករដ䮋មន䮏ែីក៏ទទួល គណនីដូចករចោទបែកន់មែននោះម៉䮛ែះទំព័រ ជតិបែឆាំងភែរវកម䮘មិនអាចទាក់ទងបានទែ Like បាន កើនឡើងខ្លែំងដែរពីបែទែសថែនិង របស់សម䮏ែចហ៊ុនសែនគ្មែនសកម䮘ភាពចែើន កលពីមែសិលមិញ។ទោះជយ៉ែងណសម Like Comment Share ” បែទែសហ䮜ីលីពីន។ ទែដូចជ និង ជដើម ។ ជិកជន់ខ䮖ស់មួយរូបរបស់រដ䮋បាលរបស់លោក

លោក សម រងែស៊ី បានផ䮊ែតលើស䮐ិតិទាំង របាយករណ៍ចុះកលបរិច䮆ែទថ䮄ែអង្គែរនែះ ហ៊ុនសែនបានបន䮏រឿងក䮊ីទាក់ទិនករអះអាង

នែះនៅក䮓៊ងយុទ䮒នករមួយដើមែបីបង䮁ូចបែជ បានសន䮓ិដ䮋ែនបញ䮅ប់ដោយកររិះគន់លោក ដោយឡែកមួយរបស់លោកសមរងែស៊ីថ Like បែិយភាពតាមបណ្ដែញទំនក់ទំនងសង䮂មរបស់ សមរងែស៊ីខ្លែំងៗចំពោះករចែករំលែកអត䮐បទ គត់ជអ䮓កជួយរៀបចំករ ហ䮜ែសប៊ុក

លោកនយករដ䮋មន䮏ែី។បែធានគណបកែសបែឆាំង មួយចុះផែសាយដោយកសែតភ䮓ំពែញប៉ុស䮏ិ៍អម ក䮛ែងក្លែយទាំងនោះ។ Like រូបនែះចោទបែកន់លោកហ៊ុនសែនថបាន ដោយចំណងជើងថ" ទំព័រហ䮜ែសប៊ុកដែល លោកសោមសឿនរដ䮋មន䮏ែីបែតិភូអម Like “Click Farm” ទិញ ពី ហើយបានបង្ហែះ លោកហ៊ុនសែនទទួលបានថ䮘ីៗនែះមនតែ នយករដ䮋មន䮏ែីបានជួបជមួយលោក មស

រូបថតនិងកែែហ䮜ិកលើទំព័រហ䮜ែសប៊ុករបស់ ២០ភាគរយទែមកពីកម䮖៊ជ"ជស䮐ិតិមួយដែល ច័ន䮑ពិសិដ䮋ពែះរាជអាជ䮉ែរងអមសាលាដំបូង

លោកដើ មែបីពនែយល់ពីរបៀ បបែតិបត䮏ិករ គែសែង់ពីដើមខែកុម䮗ៈដល់ដើមខែមីន។ រាជធានីភ䮓ំពែញរយៈពែលជង១ម៉ែងកល

បែបនែះដំណើរករ។ របាយករណ៍របស់គណៈកម្មែធិករនែះ ពីមែសិលមិញសមែែប់ករសាកសួរពាក់ព័ន䮒

លោកសមរងែស៊ីបានសរសែរក䮓៊ងសារ មនខ䮛ឹមសារដូច䮓ែះថ"ករចែញផែសាយនែះជ រឿងក䮊ីមួយដែលលោកបានប䮊ឹងលោកសម Like បង្ហែះមួយថ"មួយចំនួនធំនែ ទាំងនោះ ករមួលបង្កែច់ទាំងសែុងពីពែែះផ្អែកតាម រងែស៊ីកលពីថ䮄ែទី១០ខែមីន។

ទទួលបានតាមរយៈករជួលបែជជនកែីកែ ទិន䮓ន័យខងលើ លទ䮒ផលរកឃើញថ នៅ បន្ទែប់ពីករសាកសួរលោកសោមសឿន [ Like] និងគ្មែនករងរឲែយបង䮀ើតគណនីហ䮜ែសប៊ុក បែទែសកម䮖៊ជមនជង៥៦,៣ភាគរយ បានបកសែែយថលោកតែូវបង䮁ំចិត䮏ករពារ Like ក䮛ែងក្លែយដើមែបីផ䮊ល់ សិបែបនិម䮘ិតដល់ គឺជិតស䮘ើមនុសែស១,៩លាននក់គឺវាផ䮑៊យពីអ䮜ី ខ䮛ួនពីករចោទបែកន់ថលោកបានជំរុញឲែយ Like លោកហ៊ុនសែន។មនុសែសភាគចែើនដែល ដែលសមរងែស៊ីបានអះអាង"។ សមជិកបកែសជចែើននក់បង䮀ើត ក䮛ែងក្លែយ

គែជួលឲែយធ䮜ើដូច䮓ែះ កំពុងរស់នៅឥណ្ឌែ និង របាយករណ៍បានសន䮓ិដ䮋ែនថ"ដូច䮓ែះករ ដែលជផ䮓ែកមួយនែយន䮏ករបណ្ដែញទំនក់

ហ䮜ីលីពីន"។ អះអាងរបស់លោកសមរងែស៊ីមិនពិតទែវាគែែន់ ទំនងសង䮂មរបស់លោកនយករដ䮋មន䮏ែី។

ទោះជយ៉ែងណក䮓៊ងរបាយករណ៍របស់ តែជសារនយោបាយមួយដើមែបីបោកបែែស់ លោកថ䮛ែងថ"លោកសមរងែស៊ីបានក䮛ែង

ខ䮛ួនចែញផែសាយកលពីមែសិលមិញគណៈកម្មែធិ បែជពលរដ䮋ដែលមិនដឹងអីប៉ុណ្ណែះ"។ ព័ត៌មន។គត់ជមនុសែសបោកបែែស់ដែល

ករជតិបែឆាំងភែរវកម䮘ដែលមនលោកហ៊ុន លោកសមរងែស៊ីបានចាត់ទុករបាយករណ៍ និយយថខ䮉៊ំជអ䮓កណែនំឲែយអ䮓កគំទែមន䮏ែី

សែនជបែធាន និងសមជិកជន់ខ䮖ស់នែ ទាំងមូលនែះថគួរឲែយសងែស័យហើយបានបបួល ក䮓៊ងនោះមនមន䮏ែីសុីវិលនគរបាលនិងយោធា

គណៈរដ䮋មន䮏ែីរបស់លោកបានចែែនចោល លោកហ៊ុនសែនឲែយប䮊ឹងរូបលោកពីបទបរិហារ ផងឲែយបង䮀ើតគណនីហ䮜ែសប៊ុកក䮛ែងក្លែយដើមែបី

ករអះអាងទាំងនែះ។ កែរ្ដិ៍។លោកបានលើកឡើងតាមរយៈសារ បន䮛ំករគំទែសមែែប់សម䮊ែចនយករដ䮋មន䮏ែី"។

របាយករណ៍ដែលបែមូលចងកែងដោយ អែឡិចតែូនិកថ"ទី១ខ䮉៊ំមិនយល់ថហែតុអី លោកមនបែសាសន៍សំដៅដល់សារមួយ

នយកដ䮋ែនព័ត៌មនបច䮅ែកវិទែយានែគណៈកម្មែធិ គណៈកម្មែធិករបែឆាំងភែរវកម䮘លូកដែពាក់ ដែលលោកផ䮉ើទៅសមជិកបកែសដើមែបីជំរុញ Like ករជតិបែឆាំងភែរវកម䮘និងផ្អែកលើទិន䮓ន័យ ព័ន䮒បញ្ហែតូចតាចរឿង ហ䮜ែសប៊ុកនែះ ឲែយពួកគែជួយគំទែសមែែប់ទំព័រហ䮜ែសប៊ុករបស់ Socialbakers Like បានពី និងគែហទំព័រវិភាគហ䮜ែសប៊ុក ទែ។ទី២បើគែសន䮓ិដ䮋ែនថករ ហ䮜ែសប៊ុក លោកនយករដ䮋មន䮏ែីថ"វាប៉ះពាល់ដល់កិត䮏ិយស Fanpage Karma មួយទៀតឈ្មែះថ លើក របស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ពិតទាំងអស់(មិន ថ្នែក់ដឹកនំបែទែសគឺសម䮊ែចនយករដ䮋មន䮏ែីនិង Like ឡើងថ"ចំនួន ទាំងនែះតែូវបានបញ្ជែក់ ក䮛ែងក្លែយនិងមិនទិញ)អ៊ីចឹងពួកគែពិតជ កិត䮏ិយសរបស់ខ䮉៊ំពីពែែះគត់បានបែើសាររបស់

ថជអ䮓កគំទែពិតបែែកដក䮓៊ងនោះរួមមន គ្មែនវិជ្ជែជីវៈឡើយដោយសារថភ័ស䮏៊តាង ខ䮉៊ំដើមែបីវាយបែហារសម䮊ែច។ខ䮉៊ំស䮓ើឲែយតុលាករ

ទាំងពលរដ䮋ខ䮘ែរនិងអ䮓កគំទែមកពីបរទែស បែែកដមិនអាចបែកែកបានដែលថមួយភាគ ផ䮊ន្ទែទោសលោកសមរងែស៊ីតាមចែបាប់ហើយ Like ផងដែរហើយមិនបានចំណយបែែក់ដើមែបី ធំនែ ទាំងនោះពិតជក䮛ែងក្លែយឬទិញពី ទាមទារសំណងជំងឺចិត䮏២០លានរៀល"៕ Like click-farms ទិញ ទែ"។ នៅកែែបែទែស។ទី៣ខ䮉៊ំបបួល សខុ មុ នងិ នតិ  Colin Meyn របាយករណ៍នែះបានបន䮏ថ"បើសម䮊ែច លោកហ៊ុនសែនឲែយប䮊ឹងខ䮉៊ំពីបទបរិហារកែរ្ដិ៍ (រាយករណ៍បន䮐ែមដោយ ) ថ្ងៃ​​ពៃហសៃបតិ៍​​ទី២៤​ខៃ​មីនា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខាមបូឌា​ ដាលី ១៥

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

មន្តាី​​ខ្លះ​​បាើ​បាាស់​លិខិត​... រដ្ឋម្នាក់ដារ"។ ពាះរាជអាជ្ញាអមសលាដំបូងខាត䮏ទៅចូល តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ លោកឈាងវុនបានមនបាសសន៍ថ រួមពិធីហាជំនូនពាលពាឹកក䮓ុងពិធីរៀប មតិអភិបាលកិច䮅ល្អ។ "ខ្ញុំមិនបានបាើឥទ䮒ិពលរបស់ខ្ញុំដើ មាបីដក់ អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍កូនសាីលោក គុយ សុផល Midnight ដោយសំដៅដល់ភោជនីយដ䮋ាន  សម្ពាធទៅលើរដ្ឋមន䮏ាីកាសួងបាាសណីយ៍ ទាសរដ្ឋមន䮏ាីទទួលបន䮑ុកកិច䮅ការទូទៅពាះ របស់លោកនៅក䮓ុងរាជធានីភ䮓ំពាញដាល និងទូរគមនាគមន៍ឡើយ។ខ្ញុំបានសុំឱាយគត់ បរមរាជវំង។ លោកគាប់គាងជមួយកូនបាុសរបស់លោក ជួយ។បាសិនបើយើងបណ្តាយឱាយបង្គាល នៅពាលទាក់ទងកាលពីមាសិលមិញលោក នោះលោកឈាងវុនបានសរសារថ"ដូច ភ䮛ើងទាាតដូចនាះវអាចបង䮀គាាះថ្នាក់ដល់ អភិបាលខាត䮏ឈួរច័ន䮑ឌឿនបានមនបាស ខ្ញុំបានជមាាបជូនឯកឧត䮏មរដ្ឋមន䮏ាីហើយខ្ញុំ បាជពលរដ្ឋក䮓ុងមូលដ䮋ាន។ហើ យដោយ សន៍ថគ្មានអ䮜ីទាស់ខុសទាក䮓ុងការឱាយបុគ䮂លិក និងកូនបាុសរបស់ខ្ញុំបានបើកភោជនីយដ䮋ាន ការគប់ជួនគ្នាកូនបាុសរបស់ខ្ញុំបានចាប់ផ䮏ើម របស់លោកផ្ញើលិខិតអញ្ជើញភ្ញៀវចូលរួម មួយនៅលើ ដីឡូត៍លា ខ១ផ䮛ូវរដ្ឋសភជតិ របររកសុីនៅទីនោះដារដូច䮓ាះខ្ញុំបានធ䮜ើរឿង ពិធីអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍នោះប៉ុន䮏ាលោកបានទទួល សង្កាត់ទន䮛ាបាសក់ខណ䮌ចំការមន រាជធានី នាះដោយសរការបារម䮗ដល់បាជពលរដ្ឋ ស្គាល់ថគាមិនគួរផ្ញើលិខិតដោយមនកាបាល ភ䮓ំពាញ"។ ក䮓ុងមូលដ䮋ាននិងអ䮓កដើរកាត់"។ លិខិតរដ䮋ាភិបាលឡើយ។ លោកបន䮐ាមថ"នៅមុខភោជនីយដ䮋ាន លោក សនជ័យ តំណាងបាចាំបាទាស លោកបានថ䮛ាងថ"រដ្ឋបាលមនកំហុស ANSA មនបង្គាលភ䮛ើងបីដើ មដា លមនខាសា ទូរ របស់ បានមនបាសសន៍ថការបាើ ដោយការចា ញលិខិតរដ្ឋបាល...។វក៏ជ ស័ព䮑និងខាសាអីុនធឺណិតខ䮜ាត់ខ䮜ាងចាូងចាាង បាាស់កាបាលលិខិតរបស់លោក ឈាង វុន កំហុសរបស់ខ្ញុំផងដារពីពាាះខ្ញុំបាញាប់ពាក ជហាតុឲាយមនការបារម䮗ពីគាាះថ្នាក់ដាល ជឧទាហរណ៍ចាបាស់កាឡា តពីការរំលោភ ហើយបានចុះហត䮐លាខដោយមិនបានអាន អាចកើតមនឡើងជយថហាតុ។លើសពី អំណាច។ ខ្ញុំសោកស䮏ាយខ䮛ាំងណាស់"។ នាះទៅទៀតបង្គាលភ䮛ើងមួយក䮓ុងចំណម លោកបានថ䮛ាងថ"ការបើកភោជនីយដ䮋ាន លោកបានមនបាសសន៍ថ "ខ្ញុំបានជូន បង្គាលភ䮛ើងទាំងបីបានទាាតគ្មានជំហរដាល គឺជបញ䮠ាឯកជនសុទ䮒សធដូច䮓ាះគត់គួរបាើ ដំណឹងទៅនាយកដ䮋ានរដ្ឋបាលអំពីកំហុស ខ្ញុំយល់ថអាចដួលរលំនៅពា លណាមួយក៏ កាបាលលិខិតឯកជន។ គត់មិនគួរបាើកាបាល នាះហើយ។ពួកគារីករាយក䮓ុងការទទួលបាន បានមកលើភោជនីយដ䮋ាននិងភ្ញៀវផងដារ"។ លិខិតរដ្ឋសភទាពីពាាះការបាើកាបាលលិខិត ការរិះគន់ហើយបានបាាប់ឱាយប䮏ូរ"។ នៅពាលទាក់ទងកាលពីមាសិលមិញលោក ដោយមនរូបសញ្ញារដ្ឋសភមនន័យថការ លោក សំ ចាន់គ អ䮓កសមាបសមាួល ឈាងវុនបានមនបាសសន៍ថលិខិតនាះ បាើឥទ䮒ិពលរបស់រដ្ឋសភដើមាបីជះឥទ䮒ិពល អង䮂ការសិទ䮒ិមនុសាសអាដហុកបាចាំខាត䮏នាះ ជលិខិតពិតបាាកដហើយថលោកមិនឃើញ ទៅលើរដ្ឋមន䮏ាីកាសួងបាាសណីយ៍និងទូរ បានមនបាសសន៍ថលោកអភិបាលខាត䮏 ថមនការទាស់ខុសអ䮜ីឡើយ។ គមនាគមន៍"។ គួរទទួលខុសតាូវបន䮐ាមទៀត។ សមជិកសភគណបកាសបាជជនកម䮖ុជ ដោយលើកឡើងពីលិខិតរដ䮋ាភិបាលមួយ លោកបានថ䮛ាងថ"វជការមិនតាឹមតាូវ រូបនាះបានមនបាសសន៍ថ"វមិនទាស់ខុស ទៀតដាលបង䮠ាះលើទំព័រហ䮜ាសប៊ុកកាលពី ទាដាលលោកអភិបាលចាញលិខិតរដ្ឋបាល អ䮜ីទាក䮓ុងការបាើបាាស់កាបាលលិខិតនោះ"ដោយ មាសិលមិញដើមាបីអញ្ជើញពាះរាជអាជ្ញាមួយ ដោយមនតាាផ្ញើលិខិតអញ្ជើញភ្ញៀវមក លោកបានបន䮐ាមថ បញ䮠ានាះតាូវបានយក រូបចូលរួមពិធីអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍កូនសាីរបស់ ចូលរួមពិធីឯកជន"។ ចិត䮏ទុកដក់តាឹមតាូវ។ មន䮏ាីម្នាក់លោកសនជ័យបានមនបាសសន៍ លោកបានមនបាសសន៍បន䮐ាមទៀ ត លោកបានថ䮛ាងថ"ខ្ញុំបានសរសារលិខិត ថបទល䮘ើសរបស់សមជិកសភរូបនាះគួរ ថ "ការបាើបាាស់លិខិតរដ្ឋបាលដោយមន នាះ ពាាះបាជពលរដ្ឋសុំឱាយសមជិកសភ ឱាយភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលមានទាន។ តាា មនន័យថ វជការគំរាមឱាយចូលរួម។ ជួយដូច䮓ាះហើយវជរឿងធម䮘តាទាសមាាប់ លិខិតចុះថ䮄ាទី២១ខា មីនារបស់លោក គត់មិនគួរបាើអំណាចរបស់រដ្ឋបញ្ជាឱាយ សមជិកសភដូចខ្ញុំក䮓ុងការធ䮜ើអន䮏រាគមន៍ក䮓ុង ឈួរ ច័ន䮑ឌឿន អភិបាលខាត䮏កំពង់ឆ្នាំងមន នរណាម្នាក់មកចូលរួមក䮓ុងពិធីលក䮁ណៈឯកជន បញ䮠ានាះ។ហើយកូនបាុសរបស់ខ្ញុំក៏ជពល តាារដ䮋ាភិបាលអញ្ជើញលោកយូទិតាយវឌាឍនៈ ឡើយ"៕សរនុ 

ចម្ងល់​ជុំវិញ​កា​រ​អះអាង​... ដឹកនាំគណៈកម្មាធិការពិសាសនាះបានលើក នាះនៅឡើយទា។"ខ្ញុំគិតថឯកឧត䮏មឧប តមកពីទំព័រ ១៣ ឡើងថលោកមិនដឹងឡើយ។ នាយករដ្ឋមន䮏ាីប៊ិនឈិនបាហាលជមន លោកហ៊ុនសានបានរកឃើញតួលាខសរុប លោកបានមនបាសសន៍កាលពីមាសិលមិញ ឯកសរនាះប៉ុន䮏ាខ្ញុំមិនដាលបានឃើញឯក មួយលានហិកតានាះតាមរបៀបណានៅ មុនពាលដក់ទូរស័ព䮑របស់អ䮓កយកព័ត៌មន សរនាះទា។អ䮜ីដាលខ្ញុំបានដឹងគឺតាឹមតា ឡើយទាពាាះតួលាខនាដីសមាបទានដាល ម្នាក់ចុះថ "ហាតុអ䮜ីបានជលោកឯងសួរខ្ញុំ? ថដីសមាបទានសា ដ្ឋកិច䮅ភគចាើនតាូវបាន តាូវបានដកហូតមកទល់នឹងពាលនាះមិន កុំសួរខ្ញុំខ្ញុំអត់ដឹងទា"។ កាសួងបរិស䮐ានលុបចោល"។ ទាន់កៀកទៅនឹងតួលាខនាះឡើយហើយ លោកវ៉ាន់សំអឿនអនុបាធានអាជ្ញាធរ កាសួងបរិស䮐ាននិងកាសួងកសិកម䮘ជ អង䮂ការសិទ䮒ិដីធ䮛ីនៅតាមនមន䮑ិលថតើដី ជតិដោះសាាយវិវទដីធ䮛ីបានលើកឡើងថ អ䮓កគាប់គាងដីសមាបទានសាដ្ឋកិច䮅ទាំងអស់ ទាំងនាះបានមកពីណា។ លោកក៏មិនដឹងដា រហើ យមិនទាន់ឃើ ញ ដាលគាបដណ្តប់លើផ䮑ាដីជង២លានហិកតា លោកឧបនាយករដ្ឋមន䮏ាីប៊ិនឈិនដាល ឯកសរពាញលាញនាដីទំហំ១លានហិកតា តទៅទំព័រ ១៦ ១៦ ខេមបូឌា​ ដេលី ថ្ងៃ​​ពៃហសៃបតិ៍​​ទី២៤​ខៃ​មីនា​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

ចម្ងល់​ជុំវិញ​កា​រ​អះអាង​... [ ] កសិកម្ម​នឹងពនេយល់​អំពីចម䮄ល់​នៅ​ពីកេេយ​ដី​ មិន​បនឃើញ​ទិន䮓ន័យ ​ដេល​ បង្ហេញ​​ថា​តើ​ តមកពីទំព័រ ១៥ ទំហំ​១លាន​ហិកតា​នេះ​ប៉ុន䮏េ​កាលពី​មេសិល​មិញ​​​​​ ខេត䮏​ណាខ䮛ះ​​និង​ថាតើ​ដីសមេបទាន​សេដ្ឋកិច䮅​

នៅទូទាំង​បេទេស​​​រហូត​ដល់​មន​ការ​ពិនិតេយ​ លោក​បន​លើកឡើង​ថា​កេសួង​របស់លោក​ ណាខ䮛ះ​នោះ​ឡើយ។​វាមិន​ចេបាស់លាស់​សោះ​​ ឡើង​វិញ​ដោយ​គណៈ​​កម្មេធិការ​ពិសេស​។​ ជាប់រវល់​ខ្លេំង​នឹងរឿង​ផេសេង​ជាចេើន​ដេល​ ហេតុ​ដូច䮓េះ​​វា​មនការ​លំបកណាស់សមេេប់​ កាលពីខេមករ​ឆ្នេំ​២០១៥​កេសួង​បរិស䮐េន​​​ តេូវ​​​​​ដោះសេេយ​បន䮑េន់។ អង䮂ការ​ក䮓ុងការ​វាយ​តម䮛េ"។ បនបេកាស​ថា​ខ䮛ួន​បន​ដក​ហូត​មកវិញ​នូវ​ដី​ លោក​មនបេសសន៍ថា​"​ខ្ញុំ​គ្មេន​ទិន䮓ន័យ​​​​ ចំណេកឯ​​អង䮂ការ​សិទ䮒ិមនុសេស​លីកាដូ​បន​​ សរុប​ទំហំ​​១២៧.០០០ហិកតា​ពី​ដីសមេបទាន​ គេប់គេេន់ទេ​ដោយសរតេ​​ជាប់​រវល់​ខ្លេំង​នឹង​​​ លើកឡើង​ថា​រដ្ឋេភិបល​អាច​រកឃើញ​តួលេខ​​​​ សេដ្ឋកិច䮅​ចំនួន​២៨កន䮛េង​​ដេល​តេូវ​បន​លុប​ គេេះ​រំង​ស䮄ួត​និង​បញ្ហេ​ផេសេង​ៗទៀត​ពេេះ​ ១លាន​ហិកតា​​បេសិន​បើ​រប់បញ䮅ូល​ដីសមេបទាន​​​​​​​​​ ចោល​​ឬ​នៅក䮓ុង​ករណី​ខ䮛ះ​កាត់​បន䮐យ​ទំហំ។​​ វា​សំខន់ជាង"។ កាប់ឈើចាស់​។​ប៉ុន䮏េ​ដីសមេបទាន​ទាំងនោះ​ កាលពី​មេសិលមិញ​លោក​ស៊េុន​ដរិទ䮒​ទីបេឹកេសា​ កាលពីខេមករ​ឆ្នេំ​២០១៥​កេសួង​កសិកម្ម​​​ តេូវ​បនផ្អេក​​ជាង​មួយ​ទសវតេសរ៍កន䮛ង​មក​​ហើយ កេសួង​​​និង​ជា​នយរង​ខុទ䮑កាល័យ​បន​លើក​ បនលើក​ឡើង​ថា​​ខ䮛ួន​ដក​ហូត​បន​តេឹមតេ​ ហើយនៅ​ក䮓ុង​សុន䮑រកថា​របស់ខ䮛ួន​កាល​​​​ពី​ខេ​មុន​ ឡើង​ថា​តួលេខ​នេះ​នៅតេ​ដដេល។ បេហេល​៥០.០០០ហិកតា​ប៉ុណ្ណេះ​ពី​ដី​ លោក​​ហ៊ុន​សេន​បន​សំដៅ​ដល់​ដី​សមេបទាន​​​​ នៅឯកេសួង​កសិកម្ម​ឯណះវិញ​​លោក សមេបទាន​សេដ្ឋកិច䮅​ចំនួន​៨កន䮛េង។​បេសិន​ សេដ្ឋកិច䮅​ដេល​តេូវ​បន​លុប​ចោល​។​ អៀង​ សុផល䮛េត​ អ䮓កនំពាកេយកេសួង​នេះ​ បើ កេសួង​បរិស䮐េន​មិន​បន​ដក​ហូត​យក​​ដី​ ទោះយ៉េងណា​លោក​សៅ​សុភាព​​នយ​ និង​ជាជំនួយការ​ផ䮑េល់​របស់លោក​​ហ៊ុន​សេន បន䮐េម​ណាមួយដូច​លោក​​សេ៊ុន​ដរិទ䮒​ បន​​ ខុទ䮑កាល័យ​កេសួង​បរិស䮐េន​បន​លើកឡើង​ថា ក៏បន​លើកឡើង​ផងដេរ​ថា​លោកក៏មិន​បន​ លើកឡើង​នោះ​អុីចឹង​កេសួង​កសិកម្ម​ដច់​ គ្មេន​ហេតុ​ផល​អ䮜ី​តេូវ​មន​មន䮑ិល​ចំពោះ​ការ​ ឃើញ​​ឯកសរ​នេដីទំហំ​១លាន​ហិកតា​នេះ​ ខត​តេូវ​ដក​ហូត​ដី​ទំហំ​៨២៣.០០០ហិកតា​ អះ​អាង​របស់លោក​នយក​រដ្ឋមន䮏េីឡើយ។ ដេរ​ ហើយ​បន​ចាត់ទុក​តួលេខនេះថា​ ជា​ បន䮐េម​នឆ្នេំកន䮛ងមក​​​ទើប​តួលេខ​សរុប​របស់​​ លោក​បន​លើកឡើង​ថា​"​ខ្ញុំ​គិត​ថា​មិនគួរ​ "តួលេខ​បេហេលបេហេល"។​ លោក​​ហ៊ុន​សេន​​តេឹមតេូវ។ មន​ការ​សងេស័យ​ណាមួយ​នោះទេ​ពេេះ​យើង​​​​ លោក​អៀង​សុផល䮛េត​បន​សនេយា​ជាចេើន​​​​​ អង䮂ការ​សិទ䮒ិមនុសេស​នៅតេ​មន​មន䮑ិល​។​ មន​ឯកសរ​ទាំង​អស់​"។​លោក​បន​បន䮐េមថា សប䮏េហ៍មក​ហើយ​ថា​នឹង​រៀប​ចំ​​សន䮓ិសីទ​​​​កាសេត​​​​ លោក​​ឡាត់​គី​ដេល​ជាអ䮓ក​ឃ្លេំមើល​ដី​សមេប​ទាន​​​ លោក​ក៏មិនដឹងថា​តើ​ដីទំហំ​១​លាន​ហិកតា​ មួយ​ដេល​លោក​ អ៊ុក​រ៉េប៊ុន​ រដ្ឋមន䮏េី​កេសួង​ បេចាំ​អង䮂ការ​អាដហុក​បន​លើកឡើង​ថា​ "​ខ្ញុំ​ នោះ​បនមក​ពី​ទីណានោះ​ដេរ៕​សយ៊ុ ឈាង thursday, march 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 17 T H U R s D A Y Classifieds Buy, Sell, Trade, Jobs, Educati on, Events, Services ... For Sale Architecture is looking for a job. Can speak Chinese and English. Can design Artwork, Construction TOP QUALITY TRANsLATION Plans, Landscape-architecture, and Visa Case Consultation TOTAL DENTAL CARE sINCE 1997 Model Design. Tel: 093 81 61 62 Highly Recommended Implant A Honest Lady is Looking For a Job Where Quality meets Freshness Locally & Internationally Orthodontics as cook and nanny. Can cook all kinds * Fluidized-bed (hot air) Coffee Roaster #12 Street 222, Phnom Penh Cosmetic VeneersCrowns & Bridges of western food and can making * Grade 1 Arabica & Robusta coffee Tel: 023 214 142 / 012 925 789 (CAD/CAM) a nice coffee. Tel: 010 857 100 beans from Cambodia, Laos, and [email protected] Children Dentistry WANTED A JOB As COOk Vietnam www.firstclass.com.kh Periodontic (GBR - GTR) Can cook western & Asian food. * Barista Training and Espresso FLORA sPA Dentists, Oversea Trained : Many year of experience. Machine Maintenance Special promotion 25% off Denmark, Australia, English speaking. 016 71 88 85 Three Corner Coffee Roaster (Body scrub, Facial, Khmer herbal, Japan, Germany ExPERIENCE OF CLEANER #15A, Street 160, Sangkat Toeuk Laak II, and hot stone massage). In House Dental Laboratory for 10 years. Can speak English a little Khan Toul Kork Phnom Penh, Cambodia. From 16. March to 10. April. 2016 Phnom Penh: #193, St. 208 Tel: 096 5348 008 Contact: Phnom Penh (855) 078 800 213 #36, Street 294, BKK 1, Phnom Penh Tel: 023 212 909 ms. HEm sOkHA Is LOOkING FOR | Siem Reap (855) 078 800 214 Tel: 023 217 999, 012 27 53 35 012 665 533 (Emergency) a job as Nanny and cleaner. Email: [email protected] | [email protected] Many years of experience [email protected] Siem Reap: #545, Tel: 077 824 016 Real Estate National Road 6A LOOkING FOR A JOB As Tel: 063 76 76 18 HAVING BUDGET CONCERNs? Cook, Cleaner, and Nanny H/P: 099 395 682 Can cook Western and Asian food. Fabulous Prices! @ LOTUS CAmBODIA’s mOsT ADVANCED [email protected] Many years of experience with foreigner. Villa Serviced Apt; & Office Dental Hospital www.imiclinic.com Tel: 077 575523 Located@Central City, 24hrs ISO certified GRAPHIC ROOTs I need a job as sale Security. Fully Serviced, www.roomchang.com Design, Print, Web, Multimedia many year experience in sale at Mfone. furnished, free internet service [email protected] 023 210 712/ 092 97 92 95 English speaking & Computer literate. No 5, St 81. Ph: 012 805 633 Main Hospital: #4, St. 184, www.graphicroots.net Contact: 016 385616 Em: [email protected] Phsar Thmey 3, Phnom Penh www.lotusvilla-apartments.com Tel: 023 211 338 / Mob: 011 811 338 Events FOR sALE Rose Condo Branch: #10, Block 252, WALkABOUT HOTEL A house with land of 710m2 Bassac Garden City, Chamkamorn, Joker Draw tickets from 3pm: on Street 58 Phnom Penh, www.yp.com.kh Tel: 023 723 338 / Mob: 070 811 338 This Friday-Jackpot 100m from Hanoi Rd. THE sIEm REAP ANGkOR VIsITORs $1239 + $500 Party Call: 016 850 498 / 081 631 361 Guide. Next edition, ad close date: Every week-any Ace wins $1000 Khmer-English-Chinese-Thai 30 Mar 16. Issue date: 25 Apr 16 any king wins $250 Tel: 016 779900 / 012 779900 More prices such as $200 Services AmERICAN sTANDARD WORk [email protected] draft beer, T-shirt, 2 hands American Licensed Dentist massage at Angel Spa Frank W. Cho, DDS American trained implant Phnom Penh Center, North Building Dentist, Mak Makara, DDS Ground Floor, Office 011, C Cleaning Solution Most of materials from USA Preah Sihanouk C Pest Control Solution ⊥ #3E0, St. 289, Tuol kok, PP mEETs EVERY WEEk Sothearos Blvds., Tonle Bassac, C Bedbugs / Insects Killing 023 884 234, 092 622 402 Kanji Restaurant C Termite Management Phnom Penh - PO Box: 981 1st Floor Meeting Room [email protected] C Repair and Maintenance Tel.: 023 217 545 / 023 987 792 Adjacent to Almond Hotel, www.adcpp.com C Equipment & Supplies Mob.: 078 863 545 Sothearos Blvd ) 012978296 / 0977979196 Fax: 023 217 542 Every Friday 12:15 - 1:30 [email protected] Job Wanted Newcomers Welcome www.pyramidtranslate.com BOOk YOUR TICkETs NOW ON: HOUsE kEEPING ( PART-TImE ) Call: Peter Gray on 092 658 900 CAmBODIA CAR RENTAL Tel: 023 231 555 Can Speak, read and write good English. or Jacques Quibel on 089 727 062 Lexus LX470, Lexus RX300, Range Rover Email: [email protected] 6 years experience with foreigner. for more information Angkor Castle Travel: 017 666 806 www.bayonairlines.com Tel: 092 49 13 53 / 098 84 64 84 www.rotaryclubpp.org

Every Tuesday and Thursday $1 per line (4.3cm-wide column, 28 characters ambodia aily include spaces), $12 - $15 per logo. The C d Deadline Friday & Tuesday for next issue. Payment in advance. #7 Street 228, Classifieds Phnom Penh. Tel: (855-23) 218-127 (information only, not placement) 18 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 InternatIonal Islamic State Claims Stabbing of Christian in Bangladesh ReuteRs responsibility for killing hussein “We have started an investiga- its top leaders were hanged in DhAKA - the islamic State group Ali Sarkar in Kurigram, north of tion into the murder. So far, we 2007, was behind the recent claimed responsibility for stab- Dhaka. have not found any militant link.” attacks. bing a Chris tian to death in the group reported on twitter Five men were picked up for Dozens of Jamaat-ul-muja - Bangladesh as a “lesson to oth- that a “security detachment” questioning, he said. hideen members have been ar - ers,” an online group that moni- killed the “preacher” to be a “les- Over the last few months, i.S. rested and at least five killed in tors extremist activity said, the lat- son to others.” has claimed responsibility for the shootouts since November, as se - est killing declared by the militant police said the 68-year-old vic- killings of two foreigners, attacks curity forces have stepped up a group in the muslim-majority tim converted to Christianity on members of minority muslim crackdown on militants seeking nation. from islam in 1999 but was not a sects and other religious groups, to make the moderate muslim the South Asian country has preacher. but the government has denied nation of 160 million a Shariah- seen a surge in islamist violence Kurigram district police chief that the group has a presence in bas ed state. in which liberal activists, mem- tobarak ullah said three attackers Bang ladesh. in 2005, the Jamaat-ul-muja - bers of minority muslim sects stabbed him while he was having police say home-grown mili- hideen set off nearly 500 bombs and other religious groups have his morning walk on tuesday. tant group Jamaat-ul-mujahideen, almost simultaneously on a single been targeted. “they left the scene exploding which was founded in Bang - day. Sub sequent suicide attacks the u.S.-based SitE intel - crude bombs to create panic,” ull - ladesh in 1998 and was thought on courts killed 25 people and ligence Group said i.S. claimed ah said. to have been lying low since six of injured hundreds. Domestic Violence in Bhutan: ‘Refusing Sex, Burning Dinner’ ReuteRs Another victim of violence at “there are a lot of women out the National Commission for thimpu, Bhutan - Sonam Zangmo home, retired schoolteacher me - there who need help,” she said. Women and Children and the endured abuse at the hands of wang Zam, 49, left her husband “We help them come forward wom en and child protection unit her husband for two years before after 20 years of marriage. and get counseling and legal of the Bhutan police have intro- finally walking out on him after her husband was a jobless al - assistance,” she said, adding at duced an emergency number for the birth of her daughter. coholic and would hit her and her times they also help couples to reporting violence. “he used to lay his hands on children regularly. She decided to reconcile. Speaking at an international me at every opportunity,” said the throw him out one night after he the NGO says it receives half Women’s Day event in phuen - 28-year-old Bhutanese woman, threatened to beat her with an a dozen complaints of violence tsholing this month, the queen who is now bringing up her iron rod. against women every day, due to mother Sangay Choden Wang - “i lived with him in the hope he daughter alone. growing awareness of the prob- chuck, founder of Renew, told the would change, but he never did,” She is happier as a single par- lem. it deals with cases of assault, audience: “it is your duty to show ent, she says, even though she said Zam who now lives with her sexual harassment, child labor, son, daughter-in-law and grand- and tell your sons that wom en earns just $100 a month working sexual exploitation, physical ab - deserve respect and love and children in the capital, thimphu. use and rape. at a resort in Bumthang district in should never be abused.” central Bhutan. her husband has tried to con- in 2014 alone, Renew refer red the influential mother of King “there were no better op tions,” vince her to take him back but more than 50 cases to the high Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wang - Zangmo said. “i want my daugh- she has refused. court, and the group curren tly ter to have a good life.” Since the non-governmental houses 132 domestic violence vic- chuck said sexual and gender- But without drastic changes in organization Respect, Educate, tims in shelters. based violence were on the rise in attitudes toward women in the Nurture and Empower Women “many women know about the Bhutan, with children bearing the tiny himalayan nation wedged was established in 2004, more service we provide, and many are brunt of the abuse. between China and india, it is than 4,000 cases of gender-based coming forward,” said Renew’s prime minister Lyonchoen likely her daughter will also suffer violence have been reported. But director pema Gyelsten. tsher ing tobgay has promised domestic abuse. many more go unreported in the he said that the most common strict implementation of the 2013 A national health survey in country of around 780,000 people. com plaints are physical abuse, Domestic Violence prevention Act, 2012 revealed 74 percent of wom - Renew’s more than 2,400 vol- including wife and maid battery, as well as increasing representa- en in the majority Buddhist coun- unteers work across the kingdom followed by emotional abuse, ne - tion of women in parliament, and try had been victims of physical to raise awareness and offer infor- glect, abandonment and extra- promoting women’s participation violence. mation about domestic violence marital affairs. in society, economics and politics. Another survey from Bhutan’s and sexual health, and provide National Statistics Bureau re - support and shelter to families vealed that 68 percent of Bhut - who have suffered abuse. anese women believe a man is “Violence against women is a justified in beating his wife if she serious health, mental and hum - neglects the children, argues with an rights issue,” said 28-year-old her husband, refuses sex or burns Rinzin Lhamo, a teacher who vol- the dinner. unteers with Renew in the town the findings were a wake-up call phuents holing. in a society that enshrines non- “We must stand up together discrimination in its constitution, now to secure the future of our and through its Gross National daughters.” happiness Commission prior- Apart from giving counseling itizes the happiness of its citizens, and providing protection, Lhamo taking into account factors other teaches victims of domestic vio- than economic well-being. lence tailoring, baking and bam- “it is surprising and shocking,” boo basket making to boost their said Karma tshiteem, secretary incomes. Reuters of the happiness commission, Another volunteer, Ambika The Shaheen-III misille is displayed during the Pakistan Day parade in formed in 2008. “the attitude is Neo paney, herself a victim of Islamabad, Pakistan, yesterday. A portrait of Pakistan's national poet totally inconsistent with Buddhist domestic abuse, has worked with Allama Muhammad Iqbal is seen in the background. teachings.” Renew for more than 10 years. thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 19 InternatIonal Zimbabwean ‘Wizard’ Conjures Bumper Crop in Hard Drought ReuteRs ICRISaT’s director-general. gavu, Zimbabwe - among his Switching to more resilient neighbors, Phillip Tshuma, 67, is crops is crucial because “climate considered a wizard who com- change is hitting us hard and mands the rains with the help of fast,” he said. goblins. How else could he grow The current drought in Zim - a bumper crop of maize, sor - bab we is one of the worst the ghum, millet and peanuts in a sea- country has seen in a quarter cen- son when many farmers in tury. More than 3 million Zim - Zimbabwe have written off their babweans are facing hunger after crops? conditions have cut the maize In truth, the farmer from gavu, crop in half. a village about 450 km north of Zimbabwe has declared a na - Bulawayo, can’t control the wea - tional disaster and is appealing for th er. But he can predict it fairly $1.6 billion in food aid. accurately. a recent study by the Research using a well-worn record book, Program on Climate Change, a green plastic rain gauge and a agri culture and Food Security mobile phone on which he re - says glo bal warming will continue ceives climate-related information to affect sta ple food crops like via SMS, Tshuma makes farming bananas, mai ze and beans in Sub- decisions based on the weather Saharan africa unless farmers patterns in his area, including learn to adapt. when to plant, how to till the soil The study suggests 30 percent and how much fertilizer to apply. of Sub-Saharan africa’s maize- Tshuma is one of a thousand growing areas need to switch to small-scale famers in southern different crops within the next Zimbabwe benefiting from a pro- decade. ject called Climate Smart ag - “Climate change is reducing riculture: Combating the El Nino the viability of maize production Phenomenon. The project is part and, increasingly, we are envisag- of the nation’s plan to strengthen ing that semi-arid regions of early-warning systems for risks to Zimbabwe could only be growing agriculture from climate change drought-tolerant grains in the and related weath er problems. near future,” Danisile Hikwa, Last season, Tshuma and his principal director of the agri - wife Simnai harvested 1.5 tons of culture Ministry’s department of millet, one ton of sorghum, and a research and specialist services, quarter ton of groundnuts. This told farmers in Hwange district season he expects his harvest to recently. double, despite a drought that In gavu, Tshuma has already has slashed neighbors’ maize seen the benefits of changing crops. how he farms. after joining the ag - “This year I have done so ri culture adaptation project when much better in my fields than it first started three years ago, he some of my neighbors that some now earns an average of $300 per people say I am irrigating my season from selling his farm crops or I have goblins who work crops once he has fed his family. magic. But that is not true,” He has cut back on growing Tshuma said. maize and now harvests enough With $30,000 of funding from sorghum and millet to sell to his the International Crops Research neighbors and a small grain proc - Institute for the Semi-arid Tro - essing plant run by farmers that pics, the project helps farmers grow and market products made improve their harvests while cut- from drought-tolerant crops. ting their costs. It teaches them to Tshuma is so convinced about mulch fields to save water, to the need to adapt that he is men- plant crops in dugout basins filled toring 20 farmers through one of with manure, to plant different 50 climate field schools run partly types of crops together in a field by ICRISaT in Hwange district. and to use fertilizer in small doses He admits some of his neigh- just where it is needed. bors have been reluctant to adopt It also aims to convince farm- the changes, particularly because ers to swap traditional crops for of the labor involved in digging more drought-tolerant ones, no basins. easy feat as maize is a diet staple. But his success is winning “Sorghum and millet are not them over, he said. only climate smart but nutritional- “Millet and sorghum are the ly smart. We call them smart crops for survival in this time of foods because they are good for drought,” he said. “Farmers have us, [and] good for the environ- to work hard to survive —it is not ment,” said Da v id Bergvinson, magic.” 20 The Cambodia daily ThURSdAy, mARch 24, 2016 InternatIonal Anger, Finger-Pointing in Middle East After Brussels Bombing By NaBih Bulos in Syria, Western countries Hezbollah, both which have dis- nous phenomena of terrorism and aNd amro hassaN have helped prop up rebel fac- patched thousands of fighters to its economic, financial and ideolog- LoS AngELES TimES tions, especially those operating bolster the Syrian government’s ical foundations be carried out.” aMMan, Jordan - the deadly at - under the opposition’s Free Syrian flagging troops. Saudi arabia recently came un - tacks on brussels brought swift army, describing them as “moder- Hezbollah issued a biting state- der fire for what are seen as its condemnation across the Middle ate” groups that seek to overthrow ment blaming “the exacerbation links to extremist groups, includ- east, but some countries seized assad’s government while reject- of the danger of the takfiri terror- ing al-Qaida and the islamic State the moment to criticize the West ing islamic extremism. ist groups, which [leaves] no group. Critics point to government for adhering to policies they said the Syrian government consid- place in the world...safe from its ad herence to a strict, austere inter- had planted the seeds for such acts ers the rebels to be terrorists who evil and crimes—crimes that are pretation of Sharia or islamic law of terrorism. do the business of assad’s in ter - derived from its black venom known as Wahhabism. the doc- Syria’s embattled government, national and regional enemies, es - toward humanity.” trine, which includes harsh punish- locked in a five-year fight against pecially Saudi arabia, which has it blamed “the takfiri bombers ments that include crucifixions, rebels seeking to topple Pres i - provided money and weapons to and the regional and international amputations and beheadings, has dent bashar al-assad, said the at - the opposition. forces that stand behind them” for also been applied by i.S. in areas tacks confirmed “anew that ter- “Syria renews the call to [rein] the terrorism erupting around the under its control. rorism has no borders.” in the behavior of the countries world. Saudi Foreign Minister adel Ju - the attacks, a source with the that sponsor [terrorism] and force Hossian Jaber ansari, a spokes - bair said in a tweet tuesday that For eign Ministry was quoted as them to stop giving any form of man for the iranian For eign Min - “the terrorist acts in brussels and say ing, represented “the inevitable support to the terrorist groups to istry, said the repetition of the other countries around the world result of wrong policies and sym- preserve regional and internation- blasts, shootings and suicide at - will only increase our unity to pathy with terrorism to achieve al peace and stability,” the source tacks underscored that terrorism counter terrorism and eradicate cer tain agendas and legitimizing it said in a veiled dig at Saudi arabia. is a common threat throughout it.” by describing some terrorist the sentiment was echoed by the world and that “it is necessary the egyptian government con- groups as moderate,” the spokes - assad’s regional allies, iran and that comprehensive and integrat- demned the attack, calling it an person said. the lebanese Shiite militant group ed confrontations against the omi- “appalling incident.” Iranians Exasperated as US Sanctions Frustrate Business Deals REUTERS moved the sanctions on paper,” he lenders based elsewhere are not said, but so far no deals have been Dubai/lOnDOn - More than two said in an address on Sun day, com - covered by this ban, problems re - concluded. months after international nu - plaining that international fi nan cial main. Chief among these are rules “if the banking situation stays as clear sanctions on iran were sup- transactions faced problems be - prohibiting transactions in dollars today, definitely we shall be facing posed to have ended, frustration cause banks “fear the ameri cans.” —the world’s main business cur - problems for the payments,” said is deepening that few trade deals Many nuclear-related sanctions rency—from being pro cessed Mostofi, who also chairs the in - are going through as foreign did end when the 2015 nuclear through the u.S. financial system. vest ment Com mission at the iran banks shy away from processing deal was implemented on Janu - the iranian business commu- Chamber of Commerce. transactions with the country. ary 17, including measures im - nity believes the u.S. has failed to the u.S. treasury, which is re - iranian hopes of rapidly ending posed by the e.u. and rules allow- spell out exactly what is permit- sponsible for enforcing sanctions the country’s economic isolation ing u.S. authorities to go after for- ted and what is not, leading to the on iran, gave no immediate re - are fading as particularly euro - eign companies and individuals uncertainty that makes interna- sponse to a request for comment. pean banks—some of which dealing with iran. tional banks reluctant to pro - iranians based in Dubai, histori- have already been hit by hit huge agreements on a number of cess iranian-linked transactions. cally one of iran’s main trading part - u.S. fines for sanctions busting— major contracts have been an - “We have to try to put pressure ners, complain they cannot get let- fear falling foul of the many other nounced with great fanfare, with on america to make this issue ters of credit to finance deals with restrictions imposed by Washing - tehran hoping relief from the crip - clear. Otherwise, removing the their home country, while others ton that remain in force. pling sanctions will lead to billions sanc tions does not mean any- have even had their company bank Supreme leader ayatollah ali of dollars in trade and investment, thing,” said Ferial Mostofi, chair accounts closed in recent weeks. Khamenei has accused the u.S. reviving the economy and rais - of privately owned iranian project the problems are also compli- of foot-dragging following the offi- ing iranians’ living standards. management firm KDD Group. cating iran’s plans to sell more oil, cial implementation in January of How ever, significant sums have KDD Group, which is active in as well as recover up to $100 bil- a nuclear deal with major powers. yet to start flowing. sectors including iron, steel and lion in assets that had been frozen “the americans have not acted u.S. banks are still forbidden to mining, has noticed greater busi- by the sanctions in foreign bank on their promises and [only] re - do business with iran, and while ness interest from abroad, she accounts.

------International Brief ------Syrian Forces Reach Palmyra as Peace Talks Continue beirut - Syrian government forces and their allies pushed forward against islamic State group militants to reach the outskirts of the his- toric city of Palmyra yesterday, britain-based monitoring group the Syrian Observatory for Human rights said. Clashes raged around the town after government forces took control of most of a nearby hill with air cover from Syrian and russian warplanes, it said. the Syrian army is trying to recapture Palmyra, which i.S. seized in May, to open a road to the mostly i.S.-held eastern province of Deir al-Zor. Meanwhile, peace talks on the Syria conflict continued in Geneva, with Kremlin spokes- man Dmitry Peskov saying yesterday that the peace process was always set to be long and difficult, and it was too early to talk about patience running out on any side of the negotiations. Peskov was reply- Reuters ing to a question about whether russia would encourage the Syrian A currency exchange dealer counts US dollar banknotes at his shop in government delegation in Geneva to engage in substantive negotiations northern Tehran in January. about a political transition in Syria. (Reuters) ThURSday, maRch 24, 2016 The Cambodia daily 21 InternatIonal Trump, Clinton Win Big in US, Brazil’s Rousseff Pledges Never But Cruz, Sanders Show Fight To Resign Amid Political Crisis REUTERS Governor John Kasich. REUTERS the run-up to her 2014 re-election. WashinGTOn - U.s. republican Trump had the backing in ari - brasilia - brazilian President Dil ma The president could be suspend- front-runner Donald Trump swept zo na of Maricopa County sheriff rousseff said on Tuesday she will ed as soon as May if her support- to victory in arizona on Tuesday Joe arpaio, one of the most pro mi - not resign in the country’s worst ers do not block impeachment in but rival Ted Cruz showed some nent supporters of a crackdown political crisis in two dec ades, call- the lower house. fight with a win in Utah that gave on illegal immigrants. ing an opposition move to impeach recent corruption allegations and hope to establishment repub - The win furthered Trump’s ar - her a “coup d’etat” against democ- huge anti-government street pro - licans who fear Trump would lead gument that he will eventually win ratic rule because she had commit- tests have raised the odds of rous - the party to ruin in the presidential the republican presidential nom - ted no crime. seff being impeached, ending 13 election. ination and that the party should a corruption scandal that has years of leftist Workers’ Party rule. On the Democratic side, fa vo - rally around him. he won all of ari - reached her inner circle threat- The Petrobras graft investiga- rite hillary Clinton routed chal- zona’s 58 delegates. ened to implicate more people after tion has implicated dozens of pol - lenger bernie sanders in arizona Cruz, though, won big in Utah’s the country’s largest engineering iticians in rousseff’s coalition and to stretch her advantage in the caucuses, giving hope to those re - firm Odebrecht decided to cooper- led to the jailing of scores of execu- race for her party’s presidential publicans who fear Trump’s pro- ate with prosecutors investigating a tives in top engineering firms such nomination. posal to deport 11 million illegal huge political bribery scheme. as Odebrecht. Following po lice sanders, however, won contests im migrants and build a wall on the “i will never resign under any cir- raids on company offices on Tues - in Utah and idaho to bolster his U.s. border with Mexico would cumstances,” the embattled pres - day, Odebrecht said in a state ment case that he still has a chance de - guarantee a Democratic victory in ident said in a speech. “i have com- its executives targeted in the cor- spite Clinton’s big lead. the november 8 election. mitted no crime that would warrant ruption probe will seek plea bar- The nominating battles in ari - Clinton seized on the brussels at - shortening my term.” gain deals with prosecutors. zona and Utah, plus the Demo - tacks to argue that neither Trump rousseff called on brazil’s su - With her popularity at rock bot- cra tic contest in idaho, were over- nor Cruz can be trusted to lead the preme Court to remain impartial tom, the political survival of bra zil’s shadowed by attacks in brussels fight against islamic state militants. in the crisis that has threatened to first female president de pends on in which at least 30 people were Trump has called for a tempo- topple her government as oppo- her main coalition partner, the cen - killed and raised security con- rary ban on Muslims entering the nents seek her impeachment in trist brazilian Demo cratic Move - cerns among U.s. voters. U.s. and Cruz said he would send Congress. ment Party (PMDb). Growing Trump helped himself in ari zo - police patrols into Muslim neigh- Opposition parties launched im - numbers of lawmakers in the frac- na with a hard-line anti-immigration borhoods in the U.s. peachment proceedings against tious PMDb want the party to message and tough talk on is lamic “This is a time for america to rousseff for allegedly manipulat- leave her government, even as the militants to easily defeat Cruz, a lead, not cower,” Clinton said in ing government accounts to allow party may hold the deciding votes U.s. senator from Texas, and Ohio seattle during a victory speech. her government to spend more in on impeachment. 22 The Cambodia daily thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 InternatIonal UN Refuses to Assist Greece With ‘Detention’ of Refugees REutERs arrivals in greece who seek asy- gENEVA/LESBOS, greece - The lum on a fast track for processing. U.N. refugee agency dealt a blow But it also means those migrants to E.U. efforts to stem the biggest and refugees are kept in detention humanitarian crisis in genera- until their claims are assessed. tions on Tuesday, saying it would “Under the new provisions, no longer assist in the transfer of these so-called hotspots have now migrants and refugees arriving in become detention centers,” the greece to “detention centers.” UNHCR’s Melissa Fleming said. The E.U. reached a deal with “Accordingly, and in line with Turkey just days ago aimed at halt - UNHCR policy of opposing man - ing the flow of migrants across the datory detention, we have sus- sea to greece, but the UNHCR pended some of our activities at all said the deal was being premature- Reuters closed centers on the island.” A refugee looks on as a UNHCR volunteer checks on refugees and ly implemented without the re - Medical charity Doctors With - migrants rescued at open sea and waiting to be transferred to the quired safeguards in place. out Borders (MSF) said it was Moria registration center on Lesbos island, Greece, on Monday. It said migrants were being held pulling out of one center on the against their will at reception facili- island of Les bos “because the EU- ties on several greek islands, and Turkey deal is turning reception 26, whom prosecutors accuse of a it would not transport people there centers to de portation centers.” Blasts... key role in the November 13 Paris from the beaches and to and from “If we continued [at the center] attacks. ports. It will continue to provide we would be participants in a sys- continued from page 1 He was caught and has been speaking to investigators after a other services including counsel- tem we deem unfair and inhuman,” review security at airports and on shootout at an apartment in the ing to refugees, it said. the greek MSF branch wrote on public transport, and rekindled south of the city a week ago. It was The accord crafted by E.U. lead- Twitter. debate about European security unclear whether he had knowl- ers and Turkey specifically men- Those considered ineligible for cooperation and police methods. edge of the new attack or whether tions the UNHCR’s involvement, asylum will be sent back to Tur key RTBF, quoting a police source, accomplices may have feared po - although U.N. officials in ge neva starting April 4. For every Syrian re - named the suspected bombers as said they were not consulted on turned, another still in Turkey will Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, lice were closing in. I.S. said in a statement that “cal - that. be resettled directly in Eur ope, pe n - two brothers resident in Brussels iphate soldiers, strapped with sui- The deal, which took effect on alizing many who have spent their and known to the security ser- cide vests and carrying explosive Sunday, is aimed at putting new life savings trying to flee conflict. vices for crime. The newspaper DH said a third suspect seen with devices and machine guns” struck them before run ning away from Zaventem airport and Maelbeek the airport af ter the blasts was metro station. identified as Na jim Laachraoui, 25, It was not clear, however, that a man sought by police and direct- the attackers used vests. The sus- ly linked to Abdeslam. pects were photographed push- Khalid had rented under a false ing bags on trolleys, and witness- name the apartment in the city’s es said many of the airport dead Forest borough, where police hunt - and wounded were hit mostly in ing Abdeslam killed a gunman in the legs, possibly indicating blasts a raid last week, RTBF said. at floor level. Brussels police searched a Officials said the final death tolls house in the north of the city late remained uncertain from the car- into the night, turning up another nage in the morning rush hour, bomb, an I.S. flag and bomb-mak- around 8 a.m. at the airport and ing chemicals in an apartment in shortly after 9 a.m. on the metro. the borough of Schaerbeek. “A photograph of three male Local media said authorities had suspects was taken at Zaventem. followed a tip from a taxi driver Two of them seem to have com- who may have driven the bomb - mitted suicide attacks. The third, ers to the airport. wearing a light-colored jacket and a Investigators said they were hat, is actively being sought,” pros- focusing on a man in a hat who ecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said was caught on CCTV pushing a during a news conference. laden baggage trolley at the airport I.S. warned of “black days” for with two others they be lieved those fighting it in Syria and Iraq. were the bombers. An un used ex - Belgian warplanes have joined the plosive device was later found at coalition in the Middle East, but the airport, and the man, believed Brussels has long been a center of to be Laachraoui, was seen run- Islamist militancy. About 300 Bel - ning away from the terminal after gians are estimated to have fought the explosions. with Islamists in Syria, making the Security experts believe the country of 11 million the leading blasts, which killed about 20 people European exporter of fight ers. on a metro train running through “What we had feared has come the area that houses E.U. institu- to pass,” said Belgian Prime Min - tions, were probably in preparation ister Charles Michel, vowing to before Friday’s arrest of Abdeslam, face down the threat. The Cambodia daily thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 business 23 US Expands Tuna Rules to End Trade Dispute Briefing ReuteRs chael Froman said in a statement. tuna catch. WASHInGTon - The u.S. on Tues- “This rule elevates requirements mexico argued the agreements France Suspects 1st Mad day announced that tougher rules for tuna product from every other had cut dolphin deaths to minimal Cow Case in 12 Years for labeling mexican tuna imports region of the world,” he added. levels—below the thresholds al - PArIS - France has found a suspect - as “dolphin-safe” would be ex- mexico has been fighting for lowed in u.S. fisheries—and that ed case of bovine spongiform en - panded to the rest of the world in more than 20 years over rules that tuna from other regions did not cephalopathy in the northeastern a bid to end a long-running trade it argues have frozen its fishing face the same stringent tests, with region of Ardennes, the Farm min - dispute with mexico. industry out of a u.S. imported ship captains allowed to self-certify istry said Tuesday. If confirmed, it The World Trade organization canned tuna market worth $680 that no dolphins were harmed. would be the first case of bSe, com - last november upheld a ruling that million in 2014. mexico has about but mexican boats were sub- monly known as mad cow disease, the u.S. was discriminating against a 3.5 percent share. ject to more paperwork and some- in France since 2004. That could mexican tuna imports by applying Among the largest sources of times government observers to hit beef exports at a time when the tougher catch verification and u.S. canned Tuna imports in 2015 verify that no dolphins were harmed livestock farmers are already strug - documentation rules to mexican were Thailand, Vietnam, mauritius, in order to earn a u.S. “dolphin- gling. Samples of the 5-year-old fishing fleets in the tropical eastern Canada, ecuador, Fiji, China and safe” label. cow were sent to a reference labo- Pacific ocean. Indonesia, according to noAA’s After the WTo ruling against ratory in britain and test results Instead of loosening the rules na tional marine Fisheries data. the u.S.’ double-standard last year, were expected within eight to 10 on mexico, the national oceano - The clash arose because yellow - mexico earlier this month had re - graphic and Atmospheric Admin - days, a ministry official said. A new fin tuna swim with dolphins in the quested authority to impose retalia- istration published new rules that eastern tropical Pacific, where mex - tory tariffs against $472.3 million in mad cow disease case would like- raised the standards for all other ico’s fleet operates, using speed- imports of u.S. high-fructose corn ly change France’s official bSe risk countries. boats to herd the dolphins and large syrup. The WTo was due to con- level, assigned by the World or - “The united States champions purse seine nets to catch the tuna sider these tariffs yesterday. ganization for Animal Health (oIe). policies that protect dolphin popu- swimming beneath them. The Humane Society Interna tion - France regained the safest level, lations from fishing practices that millions of dolphins were killed al applauded the expanded verifi- “negligible risk,” last year as it endanger them, and today’s an - before international conservation cation and documentation rule, say - could demonstrate that the last in - nouncement of noAA’s interim fi - efforts set standards to protect ing it “elevates dolphin protections fected native animal was born more nal rule is a significant win in thatef - dol phins and put professional ob - while also insulating the ‘dolphin than 11 years before. Several coun - fort,” u.S. Trade representative mi - servers on ships to record each safe’ label from further challenge.” tries including South Africa, Saudi Ara bia, Vietnam and Singapore lift - ed embargos on French beef fol- ANZ Flags More Restructuring of Asia Business lowing the oIe decision. France’s ReuteRs InG, rbS and Societe Generale Panin is “not so active” at the mo - livestock sector is currently facing melbourne - Australia and new have scaled back operations in Asia ment, elliott said on Tuesday, con - a severe crisis, drawing protests Zealand banking Group flagged after failing to reach critical mass. firming reports that the sale has from farmers and prompting na- Tuesday a further restructuring Since taking the helm this year, hit a roadblock after the death of tional and e.u. aid schemes. The of its Asian business as Australia’s elliott has rejigged key leadership a key member of the family that pork and milk sectors are the worst no. 4 lender seeks to shift focus teams and has said AnZ would shift owns the biggest stake in the In - hit, as they are more vulnerable to a to areas where it can better exploit focus to areas where growth is fast - donesian lender. russian embargo and a drop in Chi - its potential. er and returns are attractive. Partnerships with other banks nese demand, but cattle farmers al - new Ceo Shayne elliott told a elliott’s predecessor mike Smith “are no longer as strategically im - so complain of difficult market con - business conference in melbourne kick-started the bank’s “super- portant as they used to be,” elliott ditions due to low prices. (Reuters) that the lender needs to “tighten” regional” strategy in 2007, but in ves - added. its Asia business that it has devel- tors have not embraced that strat - It was not clear when AnZ— Thai Regulator Aims to oped over the years, as a result of egy due to concerns Asia is distract- which needs to free up capital to Relaunch 4G Auction which the business might end up ing from the more profitable Aus - boost its finances—would be able bAnGKoK - Thailand’s telecoms reg- being smaller. tra lian home-lending business. to revive the sale process. AnZ’s ulator said yesterday it planned to AnZ, which has the most focus AnZ’s plans to sell its 39 per- stake is worth an estimated $450 hold another round of auction for on Asia among Australia’s major cent stake in Indonesia’s bank million. fourth generation mobile spectrum lenders, is reviewing its business in late June after Jasmine Interna - in the region in the face of an eco- tional Pcl. failed to pay an initial pay- nomic slowdown there and has ment for the mobile license. The exited what it dubs its “emerging regulator will review starting price corporate” business in Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia for the 900mHz spectrum in June and Taiwan. and existing operators including “For Asia...we’re at that point in True Corp., have the right to join the maturity where we’ve built this great auction, Takorn Tantasith, secretary- thing and now it’s just time for us general of the national broadcast - to tighten it up. It may result that at ing and Telecommunications Com - the end of the tightening up, Asia mission, told reporters. The regula- is a bit smaller than it is today but tor will hold a board meeting on that’s not the objective.” April 12 to approve the new sched- “What you build has to be of val - ule of auction plan, he said. broad - ue for your customers. That means band Internet company Jasmine they have to be prepared to pay failed to get financing for the li - for it and want to use it. otherwise, cense it won at $2.1 billion in an auc - what’s the point?” Reuters tion in December. (Reuters) other mid-sized lenders such as Office workers pass an ANZ bank sign in Sydney. 24 The CamBodia daily thuRsday, maRch 24, 2016 Business Coca-Cola Tweaks Business Model After Years of Slow Progress By Mike esterl over pricing and strategy. When the wall stReet jouRnal Coke acquired CCE’s U.S. assets Coca-Cola Co. has changed in 2010, CCE was already “a 25- course yet again on a basic part of year-old problem’’ because of in- its business model: how to con- adequate investments, Coke chief trol manufacturing and distribu- ex ecutive Muhtar kent recently tion without having to own them. told analysts. and this might be its last chance While Coke says it has made to get it right. significant headway and achieved after years of snail-paced prog - $350 million in annual cost savings, ress, the beverage giant is now the company has closed only about racing to sell off its U.S. manufac- one-tenth of the nearly 60 soda- turing and distribution operations making plants it owns, compared by next year so it can focus on its with about the third or half it had much more profitable concentrate- targeted, according to earlier esti- making business. mates by some senior executives. this wholesale divestment push Coke has invested in infrastruc- wasn’t exactly what Coke had in ture like the equipment to manu- mind when it acquired its largest Reuters facture smaller cans. Last year, it bottler for $12.3 billion six years ago. A detail of a can of Coca-Cola is seen in London. opened a new regional distribution It initially planned to re-franchise “the clock is ticking,’’ said Car - prodded by an activist investor— center in Memphis, replacing two delivery trucks and warehouses los Laboy, a beverage analyst at said last year it would transfer hun- older ones that required products to but hang on to its bottling plants. HSBC. dreds of restaurants to a publicly be shipped across the Mississippi the goal was to close some, mod- jettisoning asset-heavy opera- traded real-estate investment trust. river. It developed a common in- ernize others and create a national tions will have a major impact on Food companies, though, often formation technology platform to manufacturing footprint that would Coke. It estimates revenue will drop use distributors but keep produc- share with its partners and a nation- allow it to more quickly crank out to $28.5 billion from $44.3 billion in tion in-house to control quality and al product supply group. new products to satisfy consumers 2015 terms under the stepped-up their ability to launch new products. But more extensive changes with rapidly changing tastes. the U.S. divestments announced last PepsiCo Inc. has no plans to sell its proved difficult, in part because new structure was also aimed at month. Operating margin will jump two largest U.S. bottlers after acquir- about 25 percent of U.S. territory enabling it to negotiate directly to 34 percent from 23 and head ing them for $7.8 billion in 2010. remained in the hands of dozens with big retailers. count will shrink to 39,000 from Coke says smaller U.S. partners of small bottlers that weren’t inter- But Coke’s bottling partners 123,000 as capital-intensive facto- historically have been better dis- ested in selling or ceding control. didn’t want the trucks without the ries, warehouses and trucks come tributors because of their local fo - Coke has 68 bottlers in the U.S. factories. Last September, Coke off its balance sheet. cus, and that a new decision-making to day, compared with 73 in 2010. agreed to sell some U.S. plants. Even so, Standard & Poor’s rat - structure among bottlers en sures Now Coke is handing its distri- Last month, it said it would sell all ings Services cut Coke’s investment- manufacturing will now benefit from bution and manufacturing assets of them. grade credit rating by one notch to national scale. back to longtime bottling partners Its investors were getting im- aa- in late February, saying the as - “the marriage of national with led by North Carolina-based Coca- patient after the beverage giant set sales should lower the compa- local is the best of both worlds,’’ Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, missed profit targets the last two ny’s debt levels, but not enough to said Sandy Douglas, Coke’s North Hong kong’s Swire Pacific Ltd. and years, making it a possible acqui- keep its aa rating. american chief. alabama-based Coca-Cola Bottling sition target amid speculation that Coke isn’t alone in pursuing an It isn’t the first time Coke, whose Co. United. So far, Coke has signed beer-industry leader anheuser- asset-light strategy. Hotel operators main asset is its brands, has strug- deals with about 10 companies, re - Busch InBev Sa could try to buy like Marriott International Inc. have gled with the problem. Coke creat- franchising nearly half of its distri- the company in a few years. and taken properties off their books ed a giant U.S. bottler, Coca-Cola bution territory and 17 soda-making Coke management knows it has through franchise agreements or Enterprises, and retained a 49 per- plants. It announced last month it to get moving to avoid becoming management contracts in recent cent stake when it went public in would sell the rest by the end of an acquisition target. years. Darden restaurants Inc.— 1986. Yet Coke and CCE still clashed 2017. Indonesia Gov’t Seeks to Curb Use of Tax Havens by Companies ReuteRs “regarding the tax amnesty, among the biggest sources of for- them of avoiding taxes. jakarta - Indonesia hopes its plans these SPVs deposit their money eign direct investment into South - While those efforts might lift rev- for a tax amnesty will dissuade not in Indonesia. But they are cer- east asia’s largest economy. enue in the longer term, the govern- com panies from channeling prof- tainly 100 percent Indonesian in this also distorts Indonesia’s for- ment is counting on the tax amnes - its through overseas tax havens terms of ownership,” Brodjonegoro eign direct investment records, ty bill for a short-term boost, but it and shopping around for the most told foreign correspondents. Bro djonegoro said, making inward has been delayed until at least april advantageous tax treaties, its fi - “We’ll ask them to join the am - investment look larger than it actu- amid parliamentary wrangling. nance minister said yesterday. nesty first, but if they refuse, then ally is. the governmnent risks miss- Bambang Brodjonegoro said we’ll knock them,” he said. Shareholder loans and lending ing its revenue target by $18.95 bil- he suspected Indonesian firms of Brodjonegoro was quoted by from a parent company in a tax hav - lion this year without the amnes ty, setting up “special purpose vehi- the media as saying the tax au - en to its Indonesian subsidiary also Brodjonegoro said. Previously, he cles” to benefit both from tax treat - thority has identified 2,000 SPVs inflated Indonesia’s foreign debt fig- has said the amnesty could bring ies between Indonesia and other set up by Indonesian firms and ures, he said. in about $7.5 billion of additional countries, and from low tax rates 6,000 saving accounts in tax-haven In 2015, Indonesia issued a de - in come and broaden Indonesia’s in those countries. countries. cree tightening rules for tax de - tax base. the tax amnesty, which offers the British Virgin Islands and ductions based on offshore loans Yesterday, Brodjonegoro also hefty tax discounts to individuals the Cook Islands topped the list of in a bid to tackle such practices. said a decision on whether to lower and companies who declare con- countries favored by Indonesian this year, the government is al so the rate of corporate income tax cealed untaxed wealth, would allow firms for their SPVs, Brodjonegoro looking to impose a minimum tax would only be taken after the tax SPVs to declare or repatriate mon - said, and that has resulted in the on thousands of serial loss-making amnesty had been implemented ey stashed overseas. two tiny island nations becoming foreign companies, suspecting successfully. thursday, march 24, 2016 The CamBodia daily 25 Business Bangladesh Bank Weighs Suit Against New York Fed Over Hack reuters ley, requesting a private meeting the situation but has not comment- Fed, Maloney said she wanted to dhaka, Bangladesh - Bangladesh’s with bank staff to discuss the cyber ed on whether it will conduct its know why the bank treated the central bank has hired a U.S. law - fraud. own review. 30 transfers differently than the yer for a potential lawsuit against She said she wants to ask a se - Meanwhile, Bangladesh Bank other five. the Federal Reserve Bank of New ries of questions, including wheth - criticized the New York Fed in the The Bangladesh Bank interim York after hackers stole $81 mil- er it is appropriate to rely solely on incident report, which surfaced report also said the bank was con- lion from its account with the Fed, the Society for Worldwide Inter - Tuesday but was dated March 13. sidering “preparing the ground to according to an internal report by bank Financial Telecommunica - The report said the New York Fed make a legitimate claim for the loss the Bangladeshi bank. tion global bank messaging system allowed five of 35 fraudulent pay- of funds” against the New York Fed after the report surfaced Tues - to authenticate outgoing payments ment instructions to go through. “through a legal process.” day in the Bangladesh capital of from foreign central bank ac counts. “We view this as a major lapse,” a source at Bangladesh Bank dhaka, U.S. Representative Caro - her comments are the first sign Bangladesh Bank said in the report. confirmed the authenticity of the lyn Maloney called for a probe of that the attack could gain political In her letter to the New York report. last month’s cyberattack on Bang - traction in the U.S. The New York cambodia securities exchange la desh Bank. Fed has faced separate political crit - Wednesday, March 23, 2016 In one of the largest cyber heists icism since the financial crisis for in history, the hackers ordered the missteps and perceived conflicts Index Value Change Open High Low Volume New York Fed to transfer $81 mil- of interest in its role as the central CSX 385.96 0 385.96 385.96 385.96 410 lion from Bangladesh central bank bank’s top Wall Street regulator. Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume funds to accounts in the Philippines. “We fully intend to reach out to PPWSA 4,800 0 0 0 0 0 Grand Twins 4,060 0 0 0 0 “This brazen heist from the Bang - the congresswoman and will en - 0 PPAP 5,460 0 5,460 5,460 5,460 410 ladesh central bank’s account at deavor to address her questions,” the New York Fed threatens to un - a New York Fed spokeswoman foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE dermine the confidence that for- said Tuesday. eign central banks have in the Fed - The New York Fed, which holds ¥/US$ ...... 112.756 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.3670 £/US$ ...... 0.7075 Euro/US$ ...... 0.8936 eral Reserve and in the safety and the accounts of some 250 foreign AU$/US$...... 1.3231 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,164.95 soundness of international mone- central banks and governments, has HK$/US$ ...... 7.7546 ThaiB//US$ ...... 35.00 tary transactions,” Maloney, a New previously said very little publicly SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9745 Riel/US$ ...... 4,010 York democrat, said in a statement. about the heist, beyond a March 9 The U.S. FBI is helping investi- statement that the payments were local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE gate the heist, which led to the made in the usual way and that LOCaL gOLd type (O’ruSSeI Market) buyIng SeLLIng 26.67 damlung are ouster of Bangladesh’s central there was no evidence its systems Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,490...... 1,500 equal to 1 kg bank governor. were compromised. Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,490...... 1,500 Maloney also sent a letter to New The office of the Fed’s Investiga - 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,470...... 1,480 York Fed president William dud - tor General has said it is aware of 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,430...... 1,440 26 The Cambodia daily thursday, march 24, 2016 OpiniOn Birth Control and Obamacare Head Back to US Supreme Court editoriAl that they have religious ob jections Little Sisters of the Poor Home for argument that treats the conces- los angeles times to providing contraception cover- the Aged. Even filling out an ex - sion to houses of worship—which esterday, the U.S. Su preme age. The cost of birth-control cov- emp tion form is too much for tend to predominantly em ploy Court heard arguments in erage would then be assumed by them, they argue, because it au - mem bers of the faith—as proof Y yet another challenge to the insurance company or the thorizes insurers to do what they that con traceptive coverage for the implementation of the 2010 third-party administrator. won’t do—supply women with wom en isn’t important. Patient Protection and Af for dable What makes this dispute particu- contraceptives—which amounts The plaintiffs make another ar - Care Act, better known as Oba ma - larly intense is that some oppo- to “taking actions that violate their gument: that they can decide for care. Although the legal issues are nents believe the mandate extends sincerely held religious beliefs.” themselves whether signing a pa - complex, the case of Zubik vs. Bur - to drugs that effectively cause an That, they say, violates their per constitutes a “substantial bur- well can be summed up in an old abortion. Supporters of the man- rights under the Religious Free - den.” As they say in their brief: “If a say ing: “No good deed goes un - date disagree, noting that the dom Restoration Act of 1993, a law religious adherent sincerely be - punished.” The good deed in this “morning after pill” and similar passed by Congress to protect reli- lieves that taking a particular action case is the Obama administration’s emergency contraceptives do not gious freedom over and above would make him complicit in the decision to accommodate religious- work on women who have be - what the Supreme Court had held sin of another, then courts must ly affiliated employers who believe come pregnant. that the 1st Amendment guaran- defer to that belief.” This turns the birth control to be immoral. The accommodation being of - tees. Under the law, a “person”— Religious Freedom Restoration Under regulations promulgated fered the religious nonprofits is a later interpreted by the court to in - Act into a blank check. to enforce the ACA, health insur- gen erous compromise. In fact, the clude some for-profit corporations Finally, the plaintiffs suggest that ance plans must cover—with no Supreme Court cited it approving- —may be exempted from laws that the accommodation offered by the out-of-pocket costs—certain pre- ly in its 2014 decision granting a “substantially burden” the free ex - gov ernment is not the “least restric- ventive health services for wom - similar arrangement to Hobby ercise of religion. In such cases, the tive means” because there are oth - en, including all doctor-prescribed Lobby and other “closely held” government can compel compli- er ways to accomplish that objec- contraceptives approved by the for-profit companies. Writing for ance only if the law furthers a “com- tive, such as by having the govern- Food and Drug Admin i stra tion. the court, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. pelling governmental interest” and ment provide a refundable tax cred- But, recognizing that some reli- noted that “[Health and Human is the “least restrictive means” of it for contraceptives. But there is no gious groups oppose birth con- Services] has already devised and furthering that interest. guarantee that Congress would trol, the administration made two implemented a system that seeks Providing comprehensive pre- ever approve such a plan. concessions. to respect the religious liberty of ventive health care to women is The Religious Freedom Restor - Churches and other houses of religious nonprofit corporations ob viously a compelling interest, ation Act was a noble attempt to wor ship are completely exempted while ensuring that the employees but the plaintiffs try to cast doubt provide additional breathing room from the contraceptive require- of these entities have precisely the on that fact by noting that houses for religious freedom, and it was ment, while religious social-service same access to all FDA-approved of worship are totally exempt from enacted with bipartisan support. agencies—which employ peo ple contraceptives as employees of the contraceptive mandate, as are But the plaintiffs’ interpretation of of many and no religious beliefs— companies whose owners have no some insurance plans that pre date the law is extreme and unpersua- have been spared from financing religious objections to providing the ACA. If the government is will- sive. Were the court to accept it, contraceptives themselves. such coverage.” ing to make these ex ceptions, Congress would have good reason Instead, all they must do is inform But that’s not good enough for they ar gue, the interest must not to consider revising the statute or the government or their insurer the plaintiffs here, who include the be com pelling. That’s a per verse even repealing it. How to Take Out China’s Trash—the Largest Amount Worldwide By AdAm minter generates far more trash than it can cling markets that enabled the low that model. According to the korea joongang daily safely handle. Last year, scientists trade. More pertinently, in a slow- local government, they’ll actually henzhen, China’s high-tech determined that China was the lar - ing economy, manufacturers sim- exceed E.U. emission standards. boomtown, sprung a sur- gest contributor to the millions of ply can’t use everything that’s be - That’s worth cheering. But it S prise on its 12 million-plus tons of plastics that enter the ocean ing recycled. shouldn’t be the end of the discus- res idents this week. Construction ev ery year, via mismanaged (or not Landfilling still has its place, but sion. For incineration to gain wider has begun on three giant, state-of- managed) waste dumps. China’s drive to urbanize means acceptance, local governments will the-art incinerators to handle the Shenzhen might be ground zero that today’s remote garbage dump have to be more transparent. Wait - heaving tide of trash that the city for this problem. In 1979, the city is tomorrow’s urban nuisance. That ing to announce an incinerator pro- tosses out daily. One of the mega- generated 50 tons of solid waste a is what happened in Shen zhen, ject until after construction has burners—resembling a U.S. foot- day. Now, it’s generating 15,000 where one major landfill has been started—as Shenzhen did—does ball dome—will be the world’s tons a day. Its trash heap is grow- expanded six times and now abuts not help. To ensure that incinera- largest waste-to-energy plant when ing by 6.1 percent annually. That newly built apartment towers, tion doesn’t undermine recycling, it it opens in 2018. Far from being growth comes with risks, and not where residents understandably should be paired with so-called pay- ominous, however, that gi ant burn- just the environmental kind: In De - complain about the smell. to-throw programs, in which resi- er is good news for the town—and cember, dozens of people were That leaves incineration. In dents are taxed on the volume of for the environment. killed when an unlicensed landfill re cent years, incinerators have trash they’re tossing. Finally, the Thirty years ago, with middle- for construction debris collapsed. sparked protests and riots among government should use its consid- class consumers still rare, China Ideally, Shenzhen would recycle Chi nese concerned about their erable administrative power to en - didn’t have to contend with the its problems away. For decades, health and property values. They courage alternatives to the single- large volume of trash that affluent Chi nese scrap peddlers combed have a point: Historically, China’s use, unrecyclable packaging that’s societies generate. Today, Chi na ur ban streets for anything reusable trash incinerators have been envi- currently clogging China’s landfills throws out more stuff by weight and made a remarkable contribu- ronmentally hazardous. But lately, and waterways. than the U.S., making it the world’s tion to keeping cities clean. But the cities such as Shanghai have been There are no easy ways to take biggest trash generator. By 2025, ranks of migrant laborers who trying to emulate (and import) the out China’s trash. But burning is a the World Bank estimates it will flocked to that kind of work are advanced and environmentally sec - necessary step to addressing it. toss out 1.4 million tons of gar bage thinning. And city governments, ure waste-to-energy incinerators Adam Minter is an American daily—nearly triple its current rate. with an eye on property values, are that Europe and Japan rely on. The writ er based in Asia, where he covers The trouble is that China already pushing out the small-time recy- projects underway in Shenzhen fol- politics, culture, business and junk. THu RSDAy, MARCH 24, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 27 o pinio n Brussels Shows Europe’s Dysfunctional Security Approach By Da v i D i g n a t i u s ican failure than a Euro pean one. tion to contain the jihadis has left How could the U.S. and Eu - THE WASHINGTON POST The U.S. formed a global coali- a fragile Europe exposed to ter - rope develop a more effective he value of catastrophic tion to “degrade and ultimately rorism and social upheaval. U.S. stra tegy to combat I.S.? It would events is that they can de stroy” I.S. back in September President Barack Obama hopes be gin with truly shared intelli- T help people face up to 2014. This strategy hasn’t worked; that history will affirm his pru - gence and military command. Af - problems that are otherwise im - I.S.’ domain has shrunk in Iraq and dent policy, but this view is sure ly ter the shock of Pearl Harbor, the possible to address. Maybe this Syria but expanded elsewhere. harder to maintain after the Paris top leadership of the U.S. and will be the case with Tuesday’s The failure of the U.S.-led coali- and Brussels attacks. Brit ain gathered in Washington horrific attacks in Brussels. in December 1941 for the “Ar - Europe is facing a security cadia Conference.” Though re - threat that’s unprecedented in its membered for the personal bond mod ern history, at a time when be tween Franklin D. Roosevelt its common currency, border sec - and Winston Churchill, its great- urity and intelligence-sharing are est achievement was a unified all under severe stress. If Eu rope com mand that swept aside petty were a stock, a pragmatic in vest - jeal ousies within the U.S. and or would sell it, despite the sunk Brit ish militaries and between cost and sentimental attachment. the two nations. Once this al li - Without radical restructuring, it’s ance was struck, eventual victory an enterprise headed for failure. was inevitable, as Churchill said. The E.U. needs to reinvent its The obstacles to success against sec urity system. It needs to break I.S. are similar. The intelligence the stovepipes that prevent shar- services of European na tions vary ing information, enforcing bor- in competence and ag gressive - ders and protecting citizens. In ness. Experts say Brit ain and the months before Tuesday’s ter- France have strong spy agencies; rorist attacks in Brussels, “the Germany’s is competent but afraid system was blinking red,” as to level with its pub lic; the rest are George Tenet, the former CIA di - relatively weak, and there is no rector, famously described the Europe-wide spy agency. per iod before 9/11. Yet Belgium Europe wants more “product” (like pre-9/11 America) couldn’t from America’s intelligence Le vi a - con nect the dots. The Ca mbo d ia d a ily than, but less collection. Amer icans The jihadi wave rolling back to - Bernard Krisher, Publisher and Europeans sometimes act as ward Europe is dizzying: U.S. in - though they’re on different teams. Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher telligence agencies estimate that This was the path to Brussels. more than 38,000 foreign fighters Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief “There’s a general recognition have traveled to Iraq and Sy ria Ben Woods, Executive Editor among intelligence professionals since 2012. At least 5,000 of them Chhorn Chansy, Managing Editor that the services have to cooperate came from Europe, including Janelle Kohnert, Deputy Managing Editor more and that the U.S. should 1,700 from France, 760 from Van Roeun, Senior Editor take the lead in bringing them to - Britain, 760 from Germany and gether,” argues Michael Allen, for - Julia Wallace, Editor-at-Large 470 from Belgium, according to m er staff director of the House In - of ficial data collected by the Sou - Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; Amanda King, Night Editor; Alex Willemyns, Politics Editor; Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Matt Blomberg, Michael telligence Committee. fan Group, a security consulting Dickison, Aisha Down, Peter Ford, Sonia Kohlbacher, Taylor O'Connell, Tej Parikh, Zsombor Intelligence strategies that firm. Relative to its population, Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch worked against al-Qaida may not Bel gium spawned the largest Naren, Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, suc ceed this time. I.S. leaves few num ber of these fighters. Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Ben Paviour, Web Editor; digital signals. More “hu man intelli- Belgian authorities couldn’t Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; gence”—real spies dar ing to pene- find Salah Abdeslam, the logisti- Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem Sokhom, trate the enemy camp—is essen- cal planner of the November Par - Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin Doyle, tial, however risky. An other answer James Kanter, Simon Marks, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors is attacks, for more than 120 days may be the application of “machine —until they finally nabbed him Douglas Steele, General Manager and General Counsel learning” to big data sets to yield Friday a few blocks from where Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chap Pireak, Circulation Manager; essential leads: Who’s likely to be he grew up in the Arab enclave of Sany Sinary, Sok Chamroeun, Business Development; Khun Silen, recruited? What are likely targets? Mo lenbeek. He was hiding in Tang Sokchamreoun, Design Staff; Chhun Sinath, Collection Director; Song Raksa, Receptionist; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; What’s the best way to disrupt po - plain sight. But Belgium’s failure Scott Harlow, Matthew Rosin, Jason Wik, Technical Advisers; tential adversaries? was cooked into the system: The Adam Lincoln Steele, Director of Future Planning European intelligence services ji hadis move stealthily, and the The Cambodia Daily is an independent newspaper dedicated to strengthening a must combine forces with the U.S. Bel gians didn’t collect or share free press and training journalists. Published six times a week in Phnom Penh. and each other. The West needs a enough of the intelligence that The following organizations provide their news free of charge: The Asahi Shimbun, new Arcadia Con ference to build a was there. Authorities had al - The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times News Service, Kyodo News part nership to con tain I.S. as it lowed Molenbeek to become a For domestic subscription, send $15/month or $150/year to: The Cambodia Daily, 7 Street 228, Phnom Penh, Cambodia plots the next attacks. ha ven—more dangerous to Bel - Tel: 855-23-426-602/490; Fax: 855-23-426-573 gi um than even the jihadis’ sanc - Advertising & Subscriptions Tel: 855-23-218-127; 855-12-903-859; tuaries in Syria, Iraq and Libya. Email News: [email protected]; Email yo ur Ads: [email protected]; Americans, who are less ex - Publisher: [email protected] l Et t Er ! posed to the threat, may smugly Copyright 2016 by The Cambodia Daily. All rights reserved. The Cambodia Daily is protected [email protected] im agine they can wall themselves through trademark registration. No part of this periodical may be reproduced in print or Alllettersmustbesignedandincludeatele- off. But the Islamic State militant electronically, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without written permission from the publisher. phonenumberforverificationpurposes. group’s rampage is more an Amer - Printed by Entry Meas Printing House. Licensed in 1993 by the Ministry of Information. 28 The Cambodia daily thursday, march 24, 2016 Culture ‘I Will Survive,’ Other Recordings to Be Preserved Forever

By Michael o’sullivan clas sical composers Gustave ed clamoring for it—fueled largely band Cake from the same year, the washington post Mahl er and Robert and Clara by the promotion of a Stu dio 54 DJ which added a vulgarity to the “I Will Survive” will survive— Schu mann as well as the 1947 lyrics. forever. speech by former U.S. Secretary “I thought it was unnecessary The U.S. Library of Congress of State George Marshall an - “The song [is]...like a and a bit irresponsible to put pro- announced yesterday that it has nouncing the U.S.’ decision to family heirloom, and fanity in the song,” said Gaynor, add ed Gloria Gaynor’s anthem provide aid to a Europe ravaged who became a born-again Chris - and 24 other sound recordings of by World War II—a policy that now it’s like a family tian in the mid-1980s. “Nobody “cultural, artistic and/or historical became known as the Marshall heirloom of the family of needs to use that language.” sig nificance” to its National Re - Plan. Ep isodes from two radio The moment Gaynor knew cording Registry. The annual hon - shows were also feted: the long- the Unit ed States.” that “Survive” was different from or means that the best existing running com edy “Vic and Sade” —Gloria Gaynor, her other songs came in 1990, physical copy of the recording will and “Des tination Freedom,” a sinGer when a suicidal young woman be preserved at the li bra ry’s Pack - program that presented fictional- spoke to her after a concert. ard Campus for Au dio Vis ual Con - ized portraits of such notable “She’d been having a lot of prob- servation in Culpeper, Virginia. African Americans as Harriet named Richie Kaczor—that the lems; she’d been depressed,” Gay - Pop music selections this year Tubman and Jackie Robinson. song was reissued as the A-side. nor said, adding that the wom an range from the 1986 platinum- Reached at her home in New “The stations called the com pany,” told her the song saved her life. selling album “Master of Pup pets” Jer sey, Gaynor called the library’s as Gaynor recalls, “saying, ‘Where “That’s when it clicked—this is by the heavy metal band Me tallica selection of her 1978 monster hit is this song that people keep calling more than just a song.” to “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” “totally unexpected”—while also and asking us for?’ The record For Gaynor, the Library of Con - a sunny, chart-topping hit single ack nowledging that she knew she com pany had to say, with much gress honor simply acknowledges in 1911 for the vo cal group the had a hit on her hands even be fore cha grin, ‘You’ve got it already.’” what the world has already fig- Co lumbia Quartette (more com- the song, about a woman over - “Survive” has become a larger ured out. monly known as the Peerless coming a bad breakup, had been cultural phenomenon in the “The honor means that it will be Quartet). committed to vinyl. “I realized it years since its release, reinter- purposefully preserved,” she said, My, how tastes change. when I read the lyrics [by Freddie preted by numerous artists, and “whereas the song itself has kind Acting Librarian of Congress Perren and Dino Fekar is],” she appearing over the closing cred- of been accidentally preserved, David Mao selected the works said. Despite Gaynor’s faith in the its of the Oscar-nominated 2015 and passed down, without any from the recommendations of ex - material, the singer’s re c ord label, film “The Martian.” Gaynor’s per- real purpose, from generation to perts on the National Recording Polydor, insisted on re leasing “I sonal favorite cover version: generation. It’s like a family heir- Pres ervation Board and from nomi- Will Survive” as the B-side to the Chan tay Savage’s soulful, down- loom, and now it’s like a family nations submitted by the public. aptly named “Substitute.” tempo 1996 remake. Her least heirloom of the family of the Unit - The list also includes works by It wasn’t until radio stations start - loved? The version by the rock ed States.”