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All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia Daily Volume 67 Issue 30 Friday, February 10, 2017 2,000 riel/50 cents Malaria Death Count Drops to Just One in 2016

By Hannah Hawkins and Sek Odom The Cambodia Daily The number of malaria cases dropped by about 54 percent last year, with just one person dying from the mosquito-borne disease compared to 10 the previous year, according to the govern- ment’s latest annual malaria report. There was a significant drop from 51,262 cases in 2015 Reuters to 23,6327 reported last year, Buddhist monks and protesters march as a Malaysian NGO’s aid ship carrying food and emergency according to data released by supplies for Rohingya Muslims arrives at a port in Rangoon yesterday. Continued on page 6 With War-Era Debt Demands, US on Shaky Moral Ground million, saying that the money draft a deal that went unsigned he said, rubbing salt in the wound News Analysis was stained by the blood spilled as an officer at the U.S. Embassy by noting that Cambodia was By George Wright during a brutal U.S. bombing two decades ago. among only four countries in The Cambodia Daily campaign in border areas. “I come back; the issues re- arrears to the U.S.—the oth- But that didn’t stop U.S. main unsolved; and that num- ers being Sudan, Somalia and Prime Minister Hun Sen has Ambassador William Heidt from ber has grown to $500 million, Zimbabwe. made clear his belief that the stepping onto his proverbial soap- about. So to me, I think that is “I’m saying it’s in Cambodia’s U.S. has no grounds for lectur- box when asked about the loan unfortunate, I think that’s not interest not to look at the past, ing Cambodia about a war-era during a media roundtable last in Cambodia’s best interest to but to look at how to solve this debt that has ballooned to $500 week, noting that he had helped keep letting that grow forever,” Continued on page 7

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Running the Quotes of the Week Numbers “You destroyed us and demand us to pay the debt.” —CPP spokesman Sok Eysan, responding to U.S. Ambassador William Heidt’s call $500M for Cambodia to repay a $500 million loan from the 1970s

principal and interest “I see now the situation is messy and I’m feeling unwell.” Cambodia owes to the U.S. —Phnom Penh Municipal Court Presiding Judge Long Kesphirum, who adjourned from a loan dating back to the the latest hearing for Boeng Kak activist Tep Vanny after it descended into chaos Lon Nol regime in the 1970s “It’s game over.” 13 —Political analyst Lee Morgenbesser on the lack of tangible foreign support for democracy in Cambodia “I wish to recognize the truth that there are many people using chainsaws to cut League for Democracy Party down trees in some provinces, especially in Prey Lang.” members jailed in Kampot —Environment Minister Say Sam Al on seeking a ban on the import of chainsaws after being embroiled in a land dispute “I was the victim, but they have summoned me as a suspect.” —Land rights activist Chan Puthisak, who was summoned to court over a protest in which he was beaten and 49 injured by state security guards who have now accused him of attacking them out of 50, passports recovered From the Archives... February 9, 1999 after being stolen from an office building in Phnom Samlot Defectors Penh Welcomed Once Again samlot district, Battambang province - Deputy Prime Min- ister Sar Kheng on Monday wel- 538 comed defecting Khmer Rouge soldiers and families into the government fold for the second Cambodians living legally time, saying their reintegration is in the U.S. who have been the guarantee against the return of the Khmer Rouge. deported to Cambodia since But just over two years after 2002 after being convicted most of these former rebels went through a similar integration, of felonies, many of whom some cautioned they could still have never lived here return to the jungle once again if the political situation changes. “The second [integration] will possibly harder to do than 12,000 the first,” said Iem Phan...

condominiums expected In Other News to be completed next year Hun Sen Leads in Phnom Penh, on top of Delegation to China 8,000 this year, according to real estate services EU to Give company CBRE Group $4.4 Million in Humanitarian Aid Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 3 Three Kampot Police Officers Test Positive for Meth Use

By Khuon Narim employed for about a month. added. start drug testing, and Defense The Cambodia Daily Maj. Gen. Chanmathurith said Testing of officers in Preah Ministry spokesman General he had asked National Police Sihanouk province started six Chhum Socheat said the Royal Three police officers have and Interior Ministry officials months ago, said Major Gener- Cambodian Armed Forces was been demoted after testing to fire them. al Chuon Narin, the provincial also considering a plan to test positive for methamphetamine “If there are police who have police chief. soldiers. as Kampot province began drug- drugs in their bodies, we will Battambang provincial po- Drug testing of military po- testing officers yesterday, with take legal measures, and if they lice said they also intended to lice officers is already underway. other provinces saying they had are involved in drug trafficking, already started testing their po- we will send them to court,” lice officers or have plans to do so. he said. National Brief It follows the launch of the National Police spokesman government’s six-month anti Kirth Chantharith said there was -drug campaign on January 1. no national plan to drug-test Police Burn 20,000 Plants in Marijuana Village In the first month alone, 2,428 police, “but we are not prevent- Up to 70 percent of the population of a village in Takeo prov- people were arrested for drug-re- ing any provinces from testing ince are said to have been involved in growing 20,000 marijuana lated offenses, including 1,243 police officers for drugs.” plants that were burned by police, according to officials. “We suspected users, according to In Pailin province, police have destroyed 20,000 marijuana plants.... The owners have fled,” government figures. chief Brigadier General Chea said deputy provincial police chief So Phy. Police conducted the “We received information that Chandin said drug testing for raids in Kiri Vong district’s Preah Bat Chonchum commune, officers in our police force were officers began earlier this week. along the Vietnamese border, on Tuesday and Wednesday, he involved with drugs. We called “We are law enforcement of- said. Between 60 to 70 percent of the villagers were involved in them to test their urine, which ficials who cannot be involved growing the cannabis, Mr. Phy said, speculating the drugs may tested positive for drugs,” said with drugs,” he said. “We have to have been exported to Vietnam. “How are we going to arrest Major General Mao Chanmathu- clean ourselves first, then clean them all?” he asked. “Almost everyone in the village grows it.” rith, Kampot’s police chief. others.” Provincial police chief Ouk Samnang said the growers might have The three officers—Sar Sam- Any officers caught using been unaware they were breaking the law. “We will educate them bath, 25, Oeng Pheareak, 25, would be fired from their jobs that it is a drug that affects society,” he said. “If they continue to and Teng Bora, 22—have been and sent for rehabilitation, he grow it, we will proceed with legal procedures.” (Chhorn Phearun) 4 National The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017 Three Years On, Gov’t, EU Still at Odds Over Sugar Evictions

By Zsombor Peter and Van Roeun The Cambodia Daily Three years after starting work on a comprehensive com- pensation plan for thousands of families that accuse sugarcane plantation owners of stealing their land, the E.U. is urging the government to use independent experts to audit their claims in the face of persistent resistance from the prime minister. Hundreds of families from across four provinces journeyed to Phnom Penh last week with a petition urging Prime Minister Hun Sen to sign off on a plan—or terms of reference—for review- ing their claims. Exactly three years earlier, the government had agreed to start negotiating Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily those terms with the E.U., which Villagers from several provinces gather at Phnom Penh’s Wat Botum Park to petition Prime Minister Hun imports some of the country’s Sen for help in their land disputes with a number of sugarcane plantations last week. sugar, to ensure the claims were audited fairly and independently. The E.U. says the govern- said Mr. Hun Sen is now refusing to Since receiving the petition, ment has been sitting on the “If he ignores or refuses to sign was the product of their however, the prime minister’s terms since October 2015. sign, he seems not to want to collaboration. cabinet has said that Mr. Hun Asked for comment on Mr. help the people,” Mr. Sokha said. The E.U.’s sugar imports Sen won’t be signing the terms Chandara’s recent remarks, E.U. “They should cooperate with from Cambodia have plummeted because he wants the Land Ambassador George Edgar said the E.U. because...they can con- in the meantime, from a peak Management Ministry to review the terms remained the best duct fact-finding and find what of 64,800 tons in 2013—worth the families’ claims on its own. way forward. the communities need to solve $40.5 million—to 38,000 tons Mr. Hun Sen “will not sign “We have made clear to the the issue,” he added. “They have in 2014, and 3,400 tons the year because he wants lower officials Royal Government of Cambodia the expertise or skills to do it.” after that. The bloc imported from the Land Management our view that an assessment of The disputes have been fes- about 3,800 tons worth $2.2 mil- Ministry to do this job first,” Pal the claims related to sugarcane tering for years, driving many lion during the first 10 months Chandara, who typically handles [plantations] which has the families out of their homes— of last year, according to the land dispute complaints for the confidence of all stakeholders sometimes violently—and often latest figures available. cabinet, said last week. through the involvement of inde- into crippling debt. The families Despite the dropoff in exports Having the ministry audit pendent experts is the best way have repeatedly turned to a long to Europe, most of Cambodia’s the claims on its own, however, to reach a final resolution of the list of government agencies for sugarcane plantations continue effectively defeats the very pur- continuing community claims,” help, but to little avail. to operate, making the occasion- pose of the terms, which were he said. “We are awaiting a de- Tired of waiting on the gov- al, piecemeal compensation deal specifically meant to ensure a cision by the Royal Government ernment for a solution, they with some of the families. But transparent assessment with the on this matter.” teamed up with a group of NGOs the vast majority of families have help of independent experts and Even using the terms, a final in 2012 for a campaign urging yet to win back their land, or ongoing consultation with, and resolution for the families would companies and consumers abroad anything close to the compen- input from, NGOs and the fam- probably still be years off. to stop buying Cambodia’s “blood sation they believe they deserve. ilies themselves. Am Sokha, a case coordina- sugar.” They also tried persuad- Huoy Mai, who lost her home Asked again about the prime tor for the Community Legal ing the E.U. to end the duty-free and farm to a plantation in Od- minister’s reasons for rejecting Education Center, a local NGO access it grants Cambodia’s sugar dar Meanchey province, said the the terms this week, Mr. Chan- that has advocated on behalf of imports, which they argued was prime minister’s refusal to sign dara insisted that the govern- the families, said Mr. Hun Sen effectively subsidizing the own- off on the terms of reference that ment’s own people were best may be looking for a quick fix ers of the plantations evicting the E.U. helped craft left her with suited for the job. to the disputes to bolster his them, including CPP Senator little hope of a fair resolution. “We have already sent this to image on the campaign trail for Ly Yong Phat. “If the terms are not signed, the Land Management Ministry this year’s commune elections The E.U. refused. Instead, the disputes cannot be solved because it has its teams working or the national poll next year. it persuaded the government in and we will remain day labor- in every province. The ministry But a fair and lasting resolu- February 2014 to start work on ers,” she said yesterday. “If the has a clear mechanism to solve tion would need the continued what was to be a comprehen- petition is sent to the Land Man- this and it knows how to solve involvement of the E.U., as the sive compensation plan for the agement Ministry, we have no it,” he said. terms of reference require, he families. The terms of reference hope at all.” Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 5 ‘Journalists’ and Local Residents Face Off in Ratanakkiri

By Aun Pheap Shortly after a small collision porting a little wood to sell for demanding bribes in exchange The Cambodia Daily with a tractor, their two Toyota money to support their families for silence over logging. Camrys were swarmed by a group and earn a living.” District police chief Nou A group of journalists in of 10 people who emerged from “The villagers told us that Thorng said he was investigating Ratanakkiri province—licensed the surrounding forest, according six journalists always collected a complaint filed by the group as such but of uncertain authen- to Chan Sothea, deputy director money from them and gave it on the day of the attack. Vil- ticity—have accused villagers of the provincial information de- to Sok Sovan,” whom Mr. So- lagers were preparing their own of attacking their cars, while partment. The group set upon thea identified as the leader complaint, he said. the locals, in turn, have accused the windows with rocks, a ham- of the group and head of the Contacted yesterday, Kam- them of extortion. mer and a steel bar as the drivers publishing company Kampu- puchea Information’s Mr. Sovan Information Ministry spokes- and passengers fled unharmed chea Information. The seven said the group was acting on a man Ouk Kimseng said the min- into the woods, he said. so-called journalists supposedly tip that a local timber dealer istry was forming a committee “Our officials went to the worked for little-known outlets was moving his product on the to investigate complaints made area...but we couldn’t find the such as Thngay Nish Center and day of the attack. by seven people registered as perpetrators,” Mr. Sothea said. Khmer Democracy Information. Contrary to villagers’ claims, reporters who claimed that “The villagers told us that the Extortionists in far-flung “we did not ask for $200” from villagers attacked their cars as journalists always traveled in the provinces masquerading as the timber transporters, Mr. So- they traveled through Veun Sai area and extorted money from journalists for irregular period- van said. “We just took photos district on February 1. them when they were trans- icals are regularly accused of and walked back to the cars.” Official Accused of Seizing Protected Land to Grow Cashew Trees

By ​Sek Odom plantation several years ago after ed some cashew nuts.” chief, but it’s a little bit outside The Cambodia Daily unlawfully taking the land. Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctu- the wildlife sanctuary,” he said. Mr. Sopheak said he was ary, a species-rich tropical forest “They exaggerated it. If I The agricultural director in preparing a formal request to spread over 292,690 hectares cleared the forest over many Mondolkiri province said he was Svay Sam Eang, the provincial in eastern Cambodia, is recog- years, why have they only tak- investigating a complaint that governor, to retake the land. The nized as a globally significant en action now?” accuses another government chief of Romnea commune in conservation area. Mr. Sarom was unable to con- official of seizing 40 hectares Sen Monorom City district was Mr. Sopheak said he visited firm when he bought the land or of land in the protected Keo among those who made the com- the site twice, but never found how much he paid, and said he Seima Wildlife Sanctuary and plaint against Mr. Sarom, he said. anyone there. He would refer did not have any documents to clearing it to grow cashews. “We inspected on Tuesday the case to the provincial court prove ownership. He countered Keo Sopheak, director of the after the village, commune au- if the land was found to have that other people were clearing province’s agricultural depart- thorities and community claimed been taken unlawfully, he said. the forest “day and night” and no ment, said yesterday that he had he had cleared a lot of forest in Reached yesterday, Mr. Sarom action was taken against them. been approached by villagers Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary,” insisted he bought the land legal- Neither the commune chief who contend that Yon Sarom, Mr. Sopheak said. “I think he is ly six years ago and denied that nor Mr. Sam Eang, the provin- director of the province’s ru- trying to occupy the land for a it fell within the protected area. cial governor, could be reached ral area department, set up a plantation. He has already plant- “I bought it from a village yesterday for comment. Appeal Court Affirms Rainsy’s Guilt in Facebook ‘Likes’ Case

By Ben Sokhean Mr. Rainsy claimed the mes- popular in Cambodia.” The proliferation of far-flung The Cambodia Daily sages proved a mass CPP effort “In the past, Sam Rainsy fans has led to accusations by to support the page via fake nicknamed himself ‘Facebook Mr. Rainsy and others that Mr. The Court of Appeal yester- Facebook accounts, an accusa- Prime Minister,’ but then he lost Hun Sen bought fans from “click day upheld a lower court decision tion shot down in a lower court’s his Facebook position,” he said, farms” that employ impoverished finding opposition leader Sam November ruling that found Mr. noting that Mr. Hun Sen’s page people overseas to create fake Rainsy guilty of defamation over Rainsy guilty of defamation. now has more than 6.8 million accounts and “like” pages. his claims that the ruling par- The November decision ‘likes.’ Mr. Rainsy’s defense attorney, ty ordered officials to buy fake ordering Mr. Rainsy to pay a Almost half of those sup- Sam Sokong, called yesterday’s “likes” for Prime Minister Hun fine of 10 million riel, or about porters come from countries decision “unacceptable” and said Sen’s Facebook page. $2,500, and compensation to Mr. like India, the Philippines and he would discuss next steps with The case centered on a Soeun of 15 million riel, or about even Brazil, which is home to his client. leaked message from govern- $3,750, was correct, Presiding almost 140,000 of the prime “I think his comment and post ment minister Som Soeun to Judge Samrith Sophal said yes- minister’s fans, according to the falls under freedom of expression other party officials ordering terday at the Appeal Court in web analytics site Socialbakers. that is enshrined in the Consti- them to encourage the page’s Phnom Penh. The prime minister’s page is the tution and international human popularity, which Mr. Rainsy Mr. Soeun cheered the ver- third-most liked Cambodian page rights law,” Mr. Sokong said. posted on his Facebook page dict, boasting that the prime if only domestic fans are counted, (Additional reporting by Ben on March 9. minister’s page is “the most according to the site. Paviour) 6 National The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017 Gov’t Delays Alleged Meth Peddler ID’d as Police Officer New Studies on By Ouch Sony Panharith, bureau chief in the er suspect, a Laotian man, he The Cambodia Daily Interior Ministry’s anti-drug added. “We are requesting to department, said on Wednesday. the Laos side to find out the Dams Backed The alleged leader of a drug Mr. Sophal, a second lieu- identity of the remaining sus- trafficking ring arrested with tenant, had attempted to sell pect,” he said. more than 2 kg of methamphet- the drugs to an undercover of- Mr. Phanith said Mr. Sophal By Kith Meng amine in Stung Treng province ficer, although he later claimed was being detained and would on Wednesday has been identi- the drugs did not belong to be sent to the court today. By Zsombor Peter fied as a provincial police officer. him, according to provincial Provincial police chief Mao The Cambodia Daily Officers went undercover anti-drug bureau chief Chem Dara yesterday denied that Mr. to arrest Em Sophal, a deputy Phanith. Sophal was a police officer, but The Mines and Energy Min- chief of the provincial police “He said [the drugs] be- his deputy, Sann Nimol, con- istry has yet to sign a memo- department’s immigration unit, longed to this person or that firmed the suspect’s position randum of understanding with after tracking him for more than person, but the important thing and said he had been an officer business mogul Kith Meng to a month, officials said. is where the evidence was found. for more than 10 years. undertake studies of three new A Toyota Hilux truck, a hand- Responsibility will be placed “We knew he was the sus- hydropower dams, more than gun and methamphetamine pills on that person,” Mr. Phanith pect a long time ago, but we three months after the Council worth $20,000, which weighed said yesterday. didn’t have any evidence,” Mr. of Ministers gave it permission 2.1 kg, were confiscated, Yin Police also identified anoth- Nimol said. to do so. In late October, the coun- cil sent the ministry a letter cases decreases,” Mr. Tuseo said he added. giving it the green light to Malaria... in an email yesterday, adding “By 2018, we will eliminate sign the memorandum for fea- Continued from page 1 that an “epidemic situation” malaria in seven provinces. By sibility and impact assessment the previous year contributed 2019, we will eliminate it in up studies of the three proposed the National Center for Parasi- to higher numbers. to 15 provinces, and by 2020 dams, including the Sambor tology, Entomology and Malaria Malaria is transmitted we will completely eliminate dam in Kratie province, which Control (CNM). through the bite of an Anoph- it in all 24 provinces,” he said. would be Cambodia’s first dam One malaria-prone province, eles mosquito. Yves Bourny, country di- on the main stream of the Me- Preah Vihear, has seen reported Symptoms, which include rector for the Malaria Con- kong River. cases of the disease drop to fever, chills, sweats, and nausea sortium, a nonprofit focusing The letter, obtained last zero, it said. and vomiting, can range from on the prevention, control and week, was the first confirma- In a press release, the Health mild to severe. If left untreat- treatment of the disease, said tion that Mr. Meng was backing Ministry attributed the success ed, it can cause organ failure the goal was achievable—to the projects. to last January’s roll out of the and death. an extent. This week, a spokesman Cambodia Malaria Elimination Siv Sovannaroth, technical “Elimination of malaria is for the ministry, Victor Jona, Action Framework (2016-2020), bureau chief for the national possible by 2020 or 2025, but said the memorandum had not which is part of the govern- malaria center, said a nation- in some provinces only,” he been signed “because at least ment’s larger goal of eliminating al mosquito net program also said in an email yesterday. “It we need to see the study by all malaria cases carried by the deserved some credit for last may take longer in other remote NHI [Natural Heritage Insti- parasite’s two main species by year’s plunge. provinces where people have tute] first.... We have to see 2025. He said millions of insecti- difficulties to access health the results first.” Mr. Jona did The target for wiping out the cide-dipped nets are given to services.” not say when the results would most dangerous malaria-carry- people living in vulnerable areas He said a decrease in cas- be ready. ing parasite is 2020. every three years, but the nets es had been reported not just According to International Malaria experts agreed the may have become less efficient across Cambodia, but the entire Rivers, a U.S.-based NGO, the efforts had apparently started by 2015, when they were set Southeast Asia region. ministry hired NHI, also based to pay off, but said other factors to be replaced. Chhay Saomony, deputy di- in the U.S., in 2013 to study likely played a part. “In 2016, we gave out 2.8 rector of the health department the feasibility of the Sambor Luciano Tuseo, who heads million nets to every household in Preah Vihear province, an dam at three proposed sizes: the World Health Organization’s in target villages, reaching 3.6 area that had been plagued by 1,363 megawatts, 1,703 MW (WHO) malaria program in million people,” he said, noting malaria for years, said elimi- and 2,000 MW. Cambodia, said a major reason that the current batch of nets nation program efforts com- The ministry and Mr. Meng for the dramatic decrease could would need replacing next year. bined with vigilant doctors are now considering building be the introduction last year of Mr. Sovannaroth also at- had brought reported cases it at 2,600 MW, which would a new drug, replacing another tributed last year’s extended in his province down to zero. make it the country’s largest one to which the disease had drought to the disease’s smaller “People have an understand- dam several times over. started to build up resistance. reach. ing of the past,” he said. Environmental protection Since February last year, Ar- “When there is more rain, There were 891 deaths groups worry that constructing tesunate-Mefloquine (ASMQ) there is more malaria—with caused by malaria in 1999, the dam would devastate the medication has been the first droughts, there could be a a figure that dropped to 608 Mekong River Basin’s fish stocks, line defense in the fight against drop in malaria.” the next year and has steadily which millions of Cambodians malaria. Elimination was on track to declined since, according to depend on to survive. “This can be the reason for be achieved by its target date, Health Ministry statistics. Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 7 Debt... Continued from page 1 because it’s important to Cam- bodia’s future,” the ambassador added. Days later, Mr. Hun Sen again raised the debt during one of his many public addresses.“Oh America, and U.S. President Donald Trump, how can this be? You attacked us, and demand that we give money. So I do not understand this point.” Although his grandstanding against foreign criticism—over US Marine Corps human rights abuses, political US warplanes drop bombs over Cambodia in 1973. jailings and corruption—is com- monplace and often dismissed, 1965, it is believed that the “The renewed American de- opposition, I believe, will not observers say that when it comes U.S. dropped 2.75 million tons mand for repayment of the debt support it because it’s afraid to money borrowed by the U.S.- of ordnance on more than 113,000 is very much in line with Presi- since it’s a subordinate of the backed Lon Nol regime, this time Cambodian sites. Estimates for dent Trump’s unsubstantiated U.S.,” the premier said. Mr. Hun Sen may have a point. the number of Cambodians who assertion that the United States Kem Monovithya, the oppo- Though the U.S. has refused lost their lives range from 5,000 is being taken advantage of by sition’s deputy director of pub- to entertain Mr. Hun Sen’s desire to more than half a million. countries all over the world,” Mr. lic affairs, said it was ultimately to write off the debt, others have Between 1972 and 1974, the Clymer said in an email. down to the U.S. to form its own noted the hypocrisy of the U.S. U.S. Department of Agriculture One of the consequences of position on the debt, but claimed demands—considering that it funded $274 million in purchases refusing to make repayments, the Cambodian government’s be- was U.S. bombs, meant to flush of U.S. cotton, rice and flour by Mr. Heidt noted, would be havior was not helping its cause. out Viet Cong forces in the east the Lon Nol regime, then an ally that it could lead to problems “It’s difficult to imagine the of Cambodia during the Second in the war to stem the spread of in borrowing from international U.S. would do a favor for a gov- Indochina War, that created the communism in Southeast Asia. financial institutions and com- ernment that is bashing the U.S., need for loans in the first place. The debt has almost doubled mercial markets. [is] corrupt and is increasingly “The U.S. government has due to interest accrued over the Miguel Chanco, the lead oppressive,” she said. never accepted legal responsibil- decades since. analyst in the Asean region for Asked how a prospective ity for the tremendous damage Song Chhang, an information the Economist Intelligence Unit, CNRP government would ap- it inflicted on civilians and the minister under Lon Nol who now agreed that Cambodia’s refusal proach the issue, Ms. Mono- country of Cambodia during the lives in California, recalled in a to service its overdue debt to the vithya said it would seek relief war,” said Elizabeth Becker, an recent Facebook post how the U.S. could “hamper its ability by “presenting how that relief American journalist and author campaign led to the regime’s to borrow cheaply from global would benefit Cambodia, for who covered the war—including desperate need for financial capital markets.” example, we would invest the the bombing campaign in 1973. assistance. “Cambodia’s rice While the U.S. could not nec- amount owed into our education “Presumably this is out of fear fields were carpet-bombed by essarily compel Cambodia to start sector if we don’t have to pay that the U.S. might have to pay the Americans while Communist making repayments, the Trump back to the U.S.” war reparations for the destruc- Khmer Rouge and Vietnamese administration could “certainly Despite the rhetoric of the tion and that former American roamed the countryside, recruit- apply pressure on other aspects U.S., David Chandler, a promi- officials might be sued,” she ing troops and killing government of their bilateral relationship,” he nent historian on Cambodia, said said, adding that plenty of the officials and soldiers,” he wrote. said, noting that it would be wary it was unrealistic to think that bombing went on without the “This was what hurt most of pushing Mr. Hun Sen further Mr. Hun Sen, who was fighting knowledge, much less the agree- food production in the country. into the arms of the Chinese. the Lon Nol regime with the ment, of Cambodian authorities. Over two million people left their “Whether or not Washington Khmer Rouge when the loans “To continue to hold the villages and food producing areas will apply such pressure diplomat- were delivered, would ever pay Cambodian government legally and took refuge in Phnom Penh, ically is another matter altogeth- them back. responsible for an old war debt the capital, for security reasons, er. I think that the U.S. would “Heidt has to put pressure as is hypocritical and immoral,” creating another dire need for be very reluctant to pressure he’s told to do,” Mr. Chandler she added. food for the Lon Nol government Cambodia to pay, as this would said in an email. If repayments were to be while its troops were fighting.” risk pushing the country deeper “But I think it is a pipe-dream made, Ms. Becker proposed Kenton Clymer, author of into China’s orbit,” he said. for anyone in the U.S. govern- that the U.S. should redistribute “The United States and Cam- In his speech earlier this ment to think that Hun Sen’s the money among Cambodian bodia, 1969-2000: A Troubled week, Mr. Hun Sen also used government will come up with communities whose lives were Relationship,” said Mr. Heidt’s the debt debate to paint the $500 million to repay a debt con- affected by the bombing. suggestion that Cambodia should opposition CNRP as a puppet tracted when Hun Sen himself “The U.S. owes Cambodia stop dwelling on the past was of the U.S. was at war with the people who much more in war debts that “not justified,” though the tough “I hope political parties in contracted the debt.” can’t be repaid in cash,” she said. talk over the debt fit with Mr. Cambodia will support the can- (Additional reporting by Kuch For eight years starting in Trump’s message to the world. cellation of the debt. But the Naren) 8 Friday Feature The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017

Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily Environment Minister Say Sam Al attends a questioning session at the National Assembly in Phnom Penh in November 2014. Tu r f Wa r The son of the ruling party’s No. 3 man is attempting to make his mark as environment minister, amid apparent machinations by rivals resisting change

By Aisha Down The Cambodia Daily

or Say Sam Al, Cambodia’s envi- “But when I traveled back, all along the percent of Cambodia’s land—about 7.3 ronment minister, it all started on road, I saw the positive signs, the maturity million hectares—under the jurisdiction the night of July 28, 2013. National of our people. We have built a middle class of his ministry. elections had been held that day, —which is what we want.” Fand he was, at the time, a public affairs It was this supposed middle class and The Land Grab official at the Council of Ministers. For its demands, he said, that set his course his party, in those evening hours, things for the years to come—he leapfrogged Watching the progress of Cambodia’s were not looking good. department directors and secretaries of Environmental Code—termed by those “I was driving back from Kompong Cham state to become one of a few new faces drafting it as the most “dramatic piece of to meet Chea Sophara, to meet Samdech appointed to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s human rights legislation ever enacted in Heng Samrin,” he said, speaking of senior cabinet after the election, along with the Cambodia,” setting up new grievance mech- ruling party politicians—who, like him, education, finance and commerce ministers. anisms and new management systems for were on the list to become lawmakers in The newly affluent would expect basic protected areas while drawing millions of the province —gathering in Phnom Penh services: sewage treatment and clean streets. additional hectares of land under the En- to await the ballot results. Those in rural areas were sick and tired of vironment Ministry—an obvious question “We’d kind of anticipated it,” he said, illegal logging, land insecurity, and their arises: How is Mr. Sam Al getting away referring to the narrowing of results in lifestyles and livelihoods being lost along with it? the CPP’s contest against a newly unified the way, he said. Another question, perhaps the one that opposition. (Mr. Sam Al did not end up These were the challenges he had in should be asked first: Can Mr. Sam Al get filling one of the ruling party’s eight seats mind when, three years later, he and a it done, given the government’s remarkable in Kompong Cham.) team of lawyers drew a map that put 40 track record of allowing the environment Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Friday Feature 9

—forests, rivers, lakes, mountains—to be has been plundered to the point that the would focus on conservation, and the Ag- destroyed for profit? financial gains are finally outweighed by riculture Ministry on investment. An important factor to answering these the political damage. That the real reason But with the government having launched questions is his father, Say Chhum, one of Mr. Sam Al has been granted such a long a crackdown on illegal logging since last the most powerful politicians in the country leash to stop the bleeding is because the year—a campaign impressive in rhetoric as the vice president and secretary-general loot has already been stolen and sold off, but without any arrests to show for it—and of the ruling CPP, and president of the with money resting safely in the bank. a freeze on the granting of new ELCs in Senate. Mr. Sam Al has made powerful Rangers in Ratanakkiri’s Virachey Na- effect since 2012, managing agriculture enemies since becoming a minister, he tional Park, perhaps the hardest-to-access “investments” has lost much of its luster, claims, but someone with his pedigree is corner of Cambodia, said as early as mid-2015 whether revenue comes through the col- unlikely to be found floating face-down in that all kra nhung, the Siamese rosewood lection of fees for inspections or from the the Tonle Bassac. that sells at tens of thousands of dollars widely acknowledged regime of kickbacks The Code has been in the works for per cubic meter, was gone. and bribes paid by illegal logging syndicates. more than four years, going through several Thnong and beng—two other luxu- It’s something that hasn’t gone unnoticed drafts before finally being completed last ry-grade species—soon followed, they said. by conservation NGOs and those who work month. Amid the hype from Mr. Sam Al And while rural residents of the north still with the department. and the attorneys working with him, there cut down second- and third-tier wood— “I think it’s been really tough,” said Tracy are some who are hesitant to celebrate. some going for hundreds of dollars per cubic Farrell, director of Conservation Interna- Bun Thai, a monitor for rights group Li- meter—it becomes harder and harder to tional, commenting on the transition. “Now cadho in Ratanakkiri, has pointed out that imagine the tycoons Mr. Sam Al claims to the FA is left with a tricky mandate. What indigenous communities, long deprived of have staved off, Lim Bunna and Try Pheap, can they really do?” the communal land titles they are entitled wasting time and resources chasing more to, would only be permitted to co-manage timber. Mr. Pheap, for one, claims to have ‘Community’ Forests their land together with the ministry. exited the timber business and has diversified “If I buy a moto and you—the state—can into construction, petroleum, motorbikes, One answer is to grab the land back, take it back anytime you want, well, it’s pepper farms, rubber plantations and hotels. using any means available. The Environment not really my moto. We’re just borrowing Yet if Mr. Sam Al were merely laying Ministry was given control over protected land from the state,” Mr. Thai said. claim to unprofitable tracts of forest, it would areas, ranging from wildlife sanctuaries like For Mr. Sam Al, however, the Code be hard to explain why rival government Kompong Speu’s Phnom Aural to nation- is an attempt to realize the will of the agencies are trying so hard to claw them al parks, like Ratanakkiri’s Virachey. But people. Elections are coming, after all, back, or hold on to what they have. within these protected areas live indigenous and illegal logging and land grabs by the communities who rely on the forest for their powerful have been smeared across the The Old Guard livelihoods—harvesting products such as newspapers for years, dragging well-known wild honey and yellow resin to varnish boats. names through the dirt, repeatedly and The mandate of the Forestry Administra- To ensure the protection of these for- often for good reason. tion (FA)—part of the Agriculture Ministry ests, communities are allowed to apply for “I’ve been telling my boss all along,” said —was tattered by administrative changes last community forest titles. Mr. Sam Al, speaking to a group of local and year. A jurisdictional swap saw the Environ- That process is under the control of international high school students about ment Ministry take over all protected lands in the Forestry Administration, and, as late Cambodia’s environmental issues at a recent Cambodia, and the Forestry Administration as February of last year, attempts to get a event hosted by the ministry. “These are received, in return, oversight of economic title were expensive, laborious and often the problems that we have to face.... This land concessions (ELCs)—massive tracts futile. Village chiefs and minority advocates is our window of opportunity.” of land leased to companies ostensibly for in Mondolkiri, having applied for titles for There’s another possibility, however— industrial-scale agriculture projects. years, said the administration preferred to that the window of opportunity to protect In announcing the trade, Mr. Hun Sen give land to concessions and companies the environment is opening only because it delineated roles: The Environment Ministry that would offer more revenue.

National Military Police Global Witness Police, military police and forestry officials inspect logs on the China An excavator moves dirt on the economic land concession of Vietnam’s Dynamic rubber plantation in Kratie province in January last year. Hoang Anh Gia Lai rubber company in Ratanakkiri in 2013. 10 Friday Feature The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017

But a sudden breath of will—or maybe wind from the coming Code—seems to have shuffled the stack of old applications. Contacted earlier this month, Chheng Kim Sun, director of the FA, said that his adminis- tration planned to register 2 million hectares of community forests by 2029—whether communities had applied for them or not. “Some areas—we think they are not requested by the protected community, but we think that they could be potential forestry areas,” he said, explaining that the FA would register those as well. Asked if that would conflict with the Environment Ministry managing protected land, he said, “There will be no conflict with that.” “The forest community will manage their forest under a contract from the Forestry Administration.” It’s unclear yet if Mr. Kim Sun’s hopes will come to fruition. Prum Sovanna, a former employee of the FA in Mondolkiri now at the Environment Global Witness Ministry, said the FA was trying hard to Cleared forest inside the economic land concession of Hoang Anh Gia Lai rubber company in stake its claims in the province. Ratanakkiri in 2013 “They still want to work, they still want to manage these communities—to protect workshop. Farmers who attended it ex- is getting along just fine. them, to manage them and to have control.” pressed terror: The law said, among other “We are working to complement each However, he said, community forests in things, that they would be fined and their other,” laughed Eang Sophalleth, a spokes- protected areas would probably move to the land seized if they didn’t follow land-use man for the Ministry of Environment, when Environment Ministry’s jurisdiction under plans drafted by the ministry. asked about the role of the Forestry Ad- the new Code. And outside of protected As vague as the draft law was, Agricul- ministration under the new Environmental areas, he said, the FA would have little left. ture Minister Veng Sakhon promised at Code. “We are not competing.” “Maybe they’ll try to find other [land], the time that farmers had nothing to fear. “There’s no conflict with that,” said but there’s no forest left. More than 90 NGOs had educated people “unclearly,” Mr. Kim Sun of the FA, asked about the percent of what remains is under the En- he said. Meanwhile, protected land under Environmental Code. “There’s no conflict vironment Ministry.” the Environment Ministry would remain in the ministries.” “They’re not happy with the new ar- protected land, he promised. But elections are cyclical, while the land rangement,” he added. But Sek Sophorn of the Rights & Busi- will remain. The veneer of calm may be but ness Law Office, who has participated in a brief respite in an ongoing power shift. Broad Powers the consultations, said: “In the draft, there For Mr. Sam Al, the Agriculture Ministry is no zone that is protected” from being and what it stands for are remnants of the If existing legal means—like registering deemed “agriculture land.” party’s past. protected forest land back under the Ag- The biggest complaint from farmers was “For our team here, we represent the riculture Ministry’s control—fail, there is the speed of the process. They had been younger generation of the CPP,” he said late always the alternative of writing new laws. given almost no time to discuss the law or last year, gesturing around the opulent new In late December, a month after the understand how it would affect their lives. headquarters of his ministry, inaugurated final workshop of the Environmental Code, Complaints sent to the ministry have gone early last year. the Agriculture Ministry announced that ignored as workshops and draft sessions “We understood we’d make a lot of another law was ready for workshops: a barreled on. enemies.” draft Agricultural Land Law. Suddenly, just 12 days before the En- Mr. Sam Al’s vision of the future is catchy The law is vaguely framed, contradictory vironment Code was due to be finished, and clean, based on skilled industry, not to the Code and equally broad. Certain it seemed that the Agriculture Ministry agriculture. Cambodia will make “computer provisions of it, according to attorneys who was determined to rush their law, too, to chips,” not “potato chips.” He questions if attended the workshop, allow any land in completion. rubber, a mainstay of industrial planning, Cambodia to be declared “agricultural land” “The law is very useful,” said Mr. Sakhon, is a viable option. and put under the power of the Agriculture the agriculture minister, “and we need to So if he has his way and the Environ- Ministry. push it quickly.” ment Code comes into force, will the land Once declared “agricultural land,” the stay protected? ministry would evaluate the land based Making Nice “Only God knows,” said Mr. Sam Al, on its soil quality and other characteristics in an interview in November. to determine how best it should be used With the ruling party heading into a tense “The Ministry of Environment has had —cleared for cattle grazing, for example, series of elections—commune elections in a massive facelift,” said Conservation In- or logged to be planted with sugarcane. four months and the all-important national ternational’s Ms. Farrell. “What they talk Civil society groups representing about election a year after that—the CPP’s of- about is impressive. But they have a long 2,000 Cambodian farmers boycotted the ficial line is that everyone in government road ahead.” រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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៥០០​ លន​ដុល្ល្រ​ហើយ។​សម្្ប់​ខ䮉ុំ​យល់​ថា​​​ ទ​ី​១​ ខ្​​​មករ។​ ក䮓ុង​​រយៈ​ព្ល​១​​​ខ្​ដំបូង​ត្​​​ ព័ន䮒​ការ​ជួញដូរ​គ្ឿង​ញៀនទៀត​​​នោះ​​​​ យើង​​

វា​មិន​ម្ន​​ជារឿង​ល្អ​ទ្​​ខ䮉ុំគិត​ថា​​វា​មិន​ចំណ្ញ​​ ប៉ុណ្ណ្ះ​ មនុស្ស​២.៤២៨​នក់​ត្ូវ​បន​ចាប់​ នឹង​​បញ្ជូន​​ពួកគ្​ទៅកាន់​​​​តុលការត្ម䮏ង​​​​"។

ទ្​​សម្្ប់​កម្ពុជា​​​ទុក​ឱ្យ​បំណុល​ច្ះ​ត្កើន​ ខ䮛ួន​​​ពាក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​បទ​ល្មើស​គ្ឿង​ញៀន​​រួមមន​​ លោក​ គៀត​ ច័ន䮑ថារិទ䮒​ អ䮓ក​នំពាក្យ​នគរ​

ឡើង​រហូត​"​​ដោយ​លោក​​បន​គូស​បញ្ជ្ក់​ថា ១.២៤៣​នក់​​​ជាប់​​​​​សង្ស័យ​ថា​​បន​​​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​ បលជាតិ​​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​មិនមន​​ផ្ន​​​​

កម្ពុជា​​ស䮐ិត​ក䮓ុង​ចំណម​ប្ទ្ស​ត្​បួន​គត់​​ គ្ឿង​ញៀន​។ ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​រក​សរធាតុ​ញៀន​​​លើ​មន䮏្ី​នគរ​

ដ្លជំពាក់​​បំណុល​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​ក䮓ុង​នោះ​​​​ ឧត䮊មស្នីយ៍​ទោ​ម៉្​ច័ន䮑មធុរិទ䮒​ស䮓ងការ​ បលទូទាំង​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​ឡើយ។

រួម​មន​ប្ទ្ស​ស៊ូដង់​ប្ទ្ស​សូម៉្លី​និង​ នគរ​បល​ខ្ត䮏​កំពត​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​​ ​ឧត䮊ម​ស្នីយ៍​គៀត​ ច័ន䮑ថារិទ䮒​ បនមន​

ប្ទ្ស​សុីមបវ៉្។ យើង​ទទួល​​​បន​ព័ត៌​​​មន​ថា​មន䮏្ី​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ជួរ​​​នគរ​ ប្សសន៍​ថា​ "ឥឡូវ​ន្ះ​យើងកំពុង​​​​ផ䮊្ត​

ឯកអគ្គរដ䮋ទូត​រូប​ន្ះ​បន​​លើក​ឡើង​បន䮐្ម​​​​ បល​របស់​​​យើង​​​ជាប់​ពាក់ព័ន䮒​ការ​​​ប្ើ​​​ប្្ស់​​​​ ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​រក​សរធាតុ​ញៀន​លើ​អ䮓ក​ទោស​...​​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់ តទៅទំព័រ១៣

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១២ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ថ្ងៃ​​​​សុក្រ​​​​ទី១០​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧

សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក​... លោកសេី​​ថ䮛េង​ថា​ "​បើតម​ការ​ប៉េន់ស្មេន​ លោក​ឆំង​សុង​អតីត​រដ䮋មន䮏េី​​​កេសួង​ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ នេះ​បេហេល​ជ​ដោយសរ​​​​ការ​ពេួយ​បរម䮗​ថា ព័ត៌មន​កេេម​របប​​លន់​នល់​ដេល​ពេល​

ទៀត​ថា​ "​ខ្ញុំ​​ហា៊ន​និយយ​ថា​ វា​មិន​ចំណេញ​ សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​​​បេហេល​ជ​តេូវ​​សង​សំណង​​​​​​ នេះ​កំពុង​រស់នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​រដ䮋​កាលីហ䮜័រញ៉េ​បន​

ទេ​​ដេល​កម䮖ុជ​កេឡេក​មើល​ទៅ​អតីតកាល​ សង្គេេម​សមេេប់ការ​បំផ䮛ិចបំផ្លេញ​​​​​និង​ខ្លេច​ បង្ហេះ​សរ​​​​ហ䮜េសប៊ុក​មួយ​កាលពី​ពេល​ថ䮘ីៗ​

ប៉ុន䮏េ​​​គួរ​តេ​សម䮛ឹង​រក​វិធី​ដោះ​សេេយ​​បញ្ហេ​នេះ​​​ អតីត​មន䮏េី​អាមេរិក​​​​តេូវ​គេ​ប䮊ឹង​"​ហើយ​ថា​​​ការ​ នេះ​រំឭក​ពី​មូលហេតុ​ដេល​យុទ䮒នការ​នេះ​​ធ䮜ើ​

វិញ​ពីពេេះ​វា​មន​សរៈសំខន់​សមេេប់​អន​គត​​​ ទម្លេក់គេេប់បេក​ជចេើន​​​បន​ធ䮜ើ​ឡើង​ដោយ​ ឱេយ​​របប​​លោក​ លន់​ នល់​ តេូវ​ការ​​ជំនួយ​

របស់​កម䮖ុជ​"។ គ្មេន​អ䮓ក​ដឹង​​ហើយ​​ភាគតិច​ណស់​ដេល​ថា ហិរញ䮉វត䮐ុ​យ៉េង​ខ្លេំង។

រយៈ​ពេល​ប៉ុន្មេន​ថ䮄េ​កេេយ​មក​លោក អាច​មន​ការ​ពេមពេៀង​ពី​អាជ្ញេធរ​កម䮖ុជ​។​ លោក​បន​សរសេរ​ថា​"​វាល​សេេ​របស់​

ហ៊ុន​ សេន​ បន​លើក​ឡើង​​​ពី​បញ្ហេ​បំណុល​ លោកសេី​បន​បន䮏​ថា​​"ការ​បន䮏​ាប់​ឱេយ​កម䮖ុជ​​​ កម䮖ុជ​​តេូវ​បន​​អាមេរិក​ទម្លេក់គេេប់បេក​យ៉េង​​​​

នេះ​​​ម䮊ង​ទៀត​​អំឡុង​​សុន䮑រកថា​​របស់​លោក​។ ទទួល​ខុស​តេូវ​តម​ផ䮛ូវ​ចេបាប់​​ចំពោះ​បំណុល​ ចេើន​​ខណៈ​​ខ䮘េរ​កេហម​កុម䮘ុយនីស䮏​និង​ពួក​

លោកបន​​ថ䮛េង​ថា​ "ឱ​​!​ ​អាមេរិក​​​និង​លោក ាស់​ក䮓ុង​សម័យ​សង្គេេម​គឺ​​ជ​ការ​​លក់​ពុត​ វៀតណម​​​ដើរ​​ចចេប់​នៅ​តំបន់​​​ជនបទ​​ដើមេបី​​

ដូណល់​​​​តេេំ​​បេធានធិបតី​សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​ តេបុត​​​​និង​អសីលធម៌"។ ជេើស​រើស​ទាហាន​និង​សម្លេប់​មន䮏េី​រដ䮋េភិបល​​​​​​​

ធ䮜ើ​បេប​នេះ​ម៉េច​កើត​​?​អ䮓ក​ឯង​វាយ​​បេហារ​ បេសិន​បើ​​​​មន​ការ​សង​បំណុល​​​មេន​លោកសេី ពេមទាំង​ទាហាន​​។​កត្តេ​នេះ​​ជ​អ䮜ី​ដេល​​ធ䮜ើ​ឱេយ​​

យើង​​ហើយ​មក​ទារ​​លុយ​ពី​យើង​​ទៀត​។​ដូច䮓េះ អេលីហេសាបេត​បេឃើ​​បន​ស䮓ើ​​​​ឱេយ​សហរដ䮋​ ប៉ះពាល់​​​ដល់​ផលិត​កម䮘​សេបៀង​ភាគចេើននៅ​

ខ្ញុំមិនយល់​ទេ​ចំណុច​នេះ​​"។ អាមេរិក​​យក​បេេក់​ទាំងនះ​ទៅ​ចេកាយ​​ ក䮓ុង​​បេទេស​។​បេជពលរដ䮋​ជង​២លន​នក់​

ទោះ​បី​ជ​ញឹកញប់​​លោក​ចេើន​តេ​បេឆំង​​​ ដល់​សហគមន៍នន​​នៅ​ក䮓ុងបេទេស​កម䮖ុជ​​ បន​ាក​ចេញពី​ភូមិ⾶ន​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​ និង​​តំបន់​

នឹង​ការ​រិះគន់របស់​បរទេស​ចំពោះ​ការ​រំលោភ​​​ ដេល​ជីវិត​រស់នៅ​របស់​ពួកគត់​​បន​រង​ផល​ ផលិត​សេបៀង​នន​​ហើយ​មក​ជេកកោន​នៅ​​​

សិទ䮒ិ​មនុសេស​ការ​ដក់គុក​នយោបយ​និង​អំពើ​ ប៉ះពាល់​ដោយ​សរ​ការ​ទម្លេក់គេេប់បេក។ រដ䮋ធានី​ភ䮓ំពេញ​ដោយ​សរ​​ហេតុផល​សន䮏ិសុខ​​​​

ពុករលួយ​​​ ដើមេបី​​ទាក់ទាញ​ការ​ាប់​អារម䮘ណ៍ លោកសេី​បន​មន​បេសសន៍​ថា​"​សហរដ䮋​ ជ​ហេតុ​ផល​មួយ​ទៀត​​ដេល​​ធ䮜ើ​ឱេយ​រដ䮋េភិបល​​​​

និង​​ជ​រឿយៗ​តេូវ​បន​គេ​ចេេន​ចោលក䮊ី​ក៏​ អាមេរិក​​​​ជំពាក់​កម䮖ុជ​​​ចេើន​​ជង​បំណុល​សង្គេេម​​​​​ លោក​លន់​នល់​តេូវ​ការ​សេបៀង​​អាហារ​​ាំបច់​​​​

លើកនេះ​​​លោក​ហ៊ុន​ សេន​ បេហេល​ជ​ ឆ្ងេយ​ណស់​​ដេល​មិន​អាច​​​ទូទាត់​សង​​ជ​សច់​​​ ខ្លេំង​​​ខណៈ​ទាហាន​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​កំពុង​បេយុទ䮒"។ Kenton Clymer និយយ​តេូវ។ បេេក់​​​បន​"។ លោក​​​ខេនថុន​ខ្លេយម័រ​( )​​

បើទោះ​បី​ជ​សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​​​មិនពេម​ សមេេប់រយៈពេល​៨ឆ្នេំ​ាប់ពី​ឆ្នេំ​១៩៦៥​​​ ជ​អ䮓ក​និពន䮒​សៀវភៅ​​​មន​ចំណងជើង​ថា​"​សហ​

ពិារណ​​គំនិត​របស់​លោក​ហ៊ុន​សេន​ដេល​ មក​ គេ​ជឿ​ថា​សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​បនទម្លេក់​ រដ䮋អាមេរិក​និងកម䮖ុជ១៩៦៩-២០០០​ ៖ The United States and ចង់​ឱេយលុប​បំណុល​នេះក䮊ី​ក៏​​មជេឈដ䮋េន​​ផេសេងៗ​​ អាវុធ​​​យុទ䮒ភណ䮌​​រហូត​ដល់ទៅ​​២,៧៥​​លន​ ទំនក់ទំនង​​​ដ៏មន​បញ្ហេ​​"​ Cambodia, 1969-2000: A Troubled Relationship” បន​​គូស​បញ្ជេក់​​ពី​​​ការ​លក់ពុត​​នេ​ការ​ទារ​បំណុល​​​​​​​​ តោន​​​​​​មក​លើ​ជង​១១៣​.០០០​​​ទីតំង​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​

របស់​សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​​​ពីពេេះ​ថា​អាមេរិក​ជ​​​ បេទេស​កម䮖ុជ​។​តមការប៉េន់​បេមណ​​ចំនួន​ បនមន​បេសសន៍​ថា​ ការ​​លើក​ឡើង​របស់​

អ䮓ក​ទម្លេក់​គេេប់បេក​​ដើមេបី​​បណ្ដេញ​កង​កម្លេំង​​​ បេជពលរដ䮋​កម䮖ុជ​ដេល​បន​បត់បង់​អាយុ​ លោក​វើលៀម​ហេដ​ថា​កម䮖ុជ​​គួរ​តេ​ឈប់​

វៀតកុង​​ឱេយ​ចេញពី​ភូមិ​​ភាគ​​​បូពា៌​​នេ​បេទេស​ ជីវិត​មន​​ចន្លេះពី​៥.០០០​នក់រហូត​ដល់​​ គិត​ឬនិយយ​​ពី​អតីតកាល​​នះគឺ​"មិន​សម​

កម䮖ុជ​​អំឡុង​សង្គេេម​ឥណ䮌ូចិន​​លើក​ទី២​​ដេល​​​ ជង​កន䮛ះ​លន​នក់​​​។​ េហតុផល​នះ​ទេ​"​ប៉ុន䮏េ​ការ​និយយ​​ខ្លេំង​ៗ​

បន​​ធ䮜ើ​ឱេយ​​តេូវ​ការ​​​​បេេក់​កម䮅ី​​​តំង​ពី​ដំបូង​។ ចន្លេះ​ពី​ឆ្នេំ​១៩៧២​ដល់​ឆ្នេំ​១៩៧៤​​កេសួង​​​ ជុំវិញ​បញ្ហេ​បំណុល​នេះ​គឺ​​សេប​គ្នេ​​យ៉េង​ខ្លេំង​ Eliza- លោកសេី​​​អេលីហេសាបេត​បេឃើ​( កសិកម䮘​​របស់​សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​បន​​ផ䮊ល់​​ជំនួយ​ ទៅ​នឹង​សរ​របស់​លោក​ដូណល់​តេេំ​​​បញ្ជូន​​ beth Becker )​​ជ​អ䮓ក​​កាសេត​​​និង​ជអ䮓ក​និពន䮒​ ហិរញ䮉វត䮐ុ​​២៧៤​លន​ដុល្លេរ​​​សមេេប់ការ​ទិញ​​ ទៅ​ពិភព​លោក​។​

អាមេរិក​​​ដេល​បន​ចុះផេសាយ​​និង​រៀប​រាប់​ កបេបាស​​អង្ករ​មេសៅមី​​របស់​សហរដ䮋​អាមេរិក​​​​​ លោក​បន​លើក​ឡើង​តម​រយៈ​សរ​អេឡិច​​

លម្អិត​​អំពី​សង្គេេម​​នេះ​រួមទាំង​យុទ䮒នការ​​ ដើមេបី​ផ្គត់ផ្គង់ដល់​របប​​លន់​នល់​​ដេល​ពេល​​ តេូនិក​ថា​ "​ការ​ទាមទារ​​ជ​ថ䮘ី​របស់​អាមេរិក​​​ឱេយ​

ទម្លេក់​គេេប់បេក​ក䮓ុង​ឆ្នេំ​១៩៧៣​ផង​បន​មន​ នះ​ជ​សម䮖ន䮒មិត䮏​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​សង្គេេម​ទប់​ស្កេត់​ សង​បំណុល​នេះ​គឺ​សេប​គ្នេ​ខ្លេំងមេនទេន​ទៅ​

បេសសន៍​ថា​"រដ䮋េភិបល​សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​ ការ​រាល​ដល​នេលទ䮒ិ​កុម䮘ុយនីស䮏​នៅ​អាសុី​ នឹង​ការ​​អះអាង​​មិនពិត​របស់​​បេធានធិបតី​

មិន​ដេល​ទទួល​ខុស​តេូវ​តម​ផ䮛ូវ​ចេបាប់​ចំពោះ​ អាគ䮓េយ៍។​បំណុល​នេះ​បនកើន​ឡើង​ស䮑ើរ​ តេេំ​ ​ដេល​លើកឡើង​ថា​ សហរដ䮋អាមេរិក​​​

ការ​ខូចខត​ដ៏ធំធេង​ដេល​ខ䮛ួន​បន​បង្ក​ឡើង​ទៅ​​​​​ តេពីរ​ដង​​ដោយ​សរ​តេ​ការ​បេេក់​បង្គរ​​(ការ​ កំពុង​​តេូវ​បន​​បណ្ដេ​បេទេស​ជុំវិញ​ពិភព​លោក​​​​

លើ​ជន​សុីវិល​និង​​បេទេស​កម䮖ុជ​​​អំឡុង​​ពេល​ បេេក់​​តេួត​ដេលមិន​បន​សង​)​រយៈពេល​​ កេង​ចំណេញ​"។​

សង្គេេម​នះ​ទេ"។ ជចេើន​​ទសវតេសរ៍​​ាប់​តំងពីពេលនះមក​។ តទៅទំព័រ១៣ ថ្ងៃ​​​​សុក្រ​​​​ទី១០​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ១៣

សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក​... ន្ះ​តាម​រយៈ​ការ​ទូត​ឬ​ក៏អត់​នោះ​​​គឺជា​រឿង​ ព្ល​សួរ​ថា​តើ​រដ䮋្ភិបល​ដ្ល​ដឹកនំ​ តមកពីទំព័រ១២ មួយ​ទៀត​។​ខ្ញុំ​យល់​ថា​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​នឹង​ ដោយ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជាតិ​នឹង​ដោះ​ស្្យ​​​

លោក​វីលៀម​ហ្ដ​បន​គូស​បញ្ជ្ក់​ថា មន​ការ​ស䮑្ក់​ស䮑ើរ​ខ្ល្ំង​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ការ​​ដក់​សម្ព្ធ​​​​ បញ្ហ្​ន្ះ​ប្ប​ណ​កញ្ញ្​​​​ឆ䮛ើយ​ថា​​​​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​​

"​ផល​ វិបក​​​មួយ​​ន្​ការ​មិន​ព្ម​​សង​បំណុល​​​គឺ​ ឱ្យ​​កម្ពុជា​សង​បំណុល​​ពីព្្ះ​ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ប្ប​ ន្ះ​នឹង​​ស䮜្ង​រក​ជំនួយ​តាម​រយៈ​​"ការ​បង្ហ្ញ​​

ថា​​វ​អាច​នំ​ឱ្យ​មន​បញ្ហ្​លំបក​​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ការ​ខ្ចី​​ ន្ះ​អាច​​រុញច្្ន​​ប្ទ្ស​ន្ះ​ឱ្យ​​ងក​ទៅ​ ថា​​​ជំនួយ​នោះ​នឹង​ផ䮊ល់​អត䮐ប្យោជន៍​ដល់​កម្ពុជា​​​​​​​

ឥណទាន​​ពី​​បណ្ដ្​គ្ឹះស䮐្ន​ហិរញ䮉វត䮐ុ​អន䮏រ​ជាតិ រក​​ប្ទ្ស​ចិន​​​កាន់​ត្ខ្ល្ំង​"។​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ប្ប​ណ​ឧទាហរណ៍​​យើង​នឹង​​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​លុយ​​​

និងទីផ្សារ​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​នន"។ នៅ​ក䮓ុង​សុន䮑រកថា​របស់​លោក​នៅ​សប䮊្ហ៍​ ដ្លជំពាក់​​នោះ​ទៅ​​វិនិយោគ​លើ​វិស័យ​អប់រំ​​​ Miguel Chanco លោក​​មីហ䮂្ល​​ឆ្នកូ​( )​​ ន្ះ​លោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​ក៏​បន​​​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​​បញ្ហ្​ របស់យើង​ប្សិនបើ​យើង​​មិន​ចាំបច់​សង​

អ䮓ក​វិភាគ​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​​នៅ​​តំបន់​អាស៊្ន​​ឱ្យ​​ក្ុម​ហ៊ុន​​​​ បំណុល​ន្ះ​​​ដើម្បី​លបពណ៌​​​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​​​​​ បំណុល​​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​វិញ។​

ផ䮊ល់​ស្វ​ព្យាករណ៍​​និង​ប្ឹក្សា​យោបល់​តាម​ ជាតិ​ថា​ជា​​អាយ៉ង​របស់​សហរដ䮋​អាម្រិក។ ថ䮜ី​បើ​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​​​បន​​បញ្ច្ញ​វោហារ​​

រយៈ​ការ​​ស្្វជ្្វ​និង​ការ​វិភាគ​​​ដ្ល​មន​ លោក​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ សស䮏្​​​យ៉្ង​ណ​ក䮊ី​ក៏​លោក​​ដ្វិឌ​ឆាណ䮌ល័រ Economist Intelligence Unit ឈ្ម្ះ​ថា​ ​បន​ ដូច䮓្ះ​ថា​ "​ខ្ញុំ​សង្ឃឹម​ថា​ គណបក្ស​នយោបយ​ អ䮓ក​​ប្វត䮏ិសស䮏្​កម្ពុជា​​​ដ៏​ល្ចធ្ល្​​បន​មន​

យល់​ស្ប​ថា​ការ​បដិស្ធ​របស់​កម្ពុជា​​មិន​​ នៅ​កម្ពុជា​នឹង​គាំទ្​ការ​លុប​ចោល​បំណុល​ ប្សសន៍​ថា​ ​វ​មិន​សម​ហ្តុ​ផល​ទ្​​ដ្ល​​​

សង​បំណុល​ដ្ល​ហួស​ព្ល​កំណត់​​​ដល់​សហ​ ន្ះ​ ប៉ុន䮏្​​ខ្ញុំ​ជឿ​ថា​ ​គណបក្ស​ប្ឆាំង​នឹងមិន​ គិត​ថា​លោក​​ ហ៊ុន​ ស្ន​ ដ្ល​បន​​​រួម​ដ្​

រដ䮋អាម្រិក​​អាច​​​"​殶殶ំង​​សមត䮐ភាព​របស់ខ䮛ួន​ គាំទ្​ទ្​​​​ព្្ះ​វ​ខ្ល្ច​ព្្ះ​វ​​ស䮊្ប់​បង្គ្ប់​​ ជាមួយ​​ខ្ម្រ​ក្ហម​ប្យុទ䮒​​នឹង​របប​​លន់​នល់​​

នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ការ​ខ្ចី​​ការ​​ប្្ក់​ទាប​ពី​បណ្ដ្​ទីផ្សារ​​ អាម្រិក​"។ នៅ​ព្ល​កម្ពុជា​ទទួល​បន​​ប្្ក់​កម្ចី​ន្ះ​​នឹង​

មូល​ធន​​ពិភព​លោក​"។ ​កញ្ញ្​កឹម​ មនោវិទ្យា​​អនុប្ធាន​កិច្ច​ការ​ សង​បំណុល​អាម្រិក​​វិញ​។​

លោក​​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​ខណៈ​សហ​ សធារណៈ​ន្​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​ជាតិ​បន​ លោក​បន​លើក​ឡើង​តាម​រយៈ​សរ​អ្ឡិច​​

រដ䮋អាម្រិក​មិន​អាច​​​បង䮁ំ​​ឱ្យ​កម្ពុជា​ចាប់​ផ䮊ើម​ លើក​​​ឡើង​ថា​ចុង​ក្្យ​​វ​ស䮐ិត​នៅ​លើ​សហ​​​​ ត្ូនិក​ថា​"​លោក​​ហ្ដ​ត្ូវ​ត្ដក់សម្ព្ធ​នៅ​​​

សង​សំណង​បន​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​របស់លោក​ត្្ំ រដ䮋​អាម្រិក​​​ប្កាន់ជំហរ​ផ䮑្ល់​ខ䮛ួន​ទាក់ទិន​​ ព្ល​​​លោក​ទទួល​​​បញ្ជ្​​ឱ្យ​ធ䮜ើ​ប្បន្ះ។​ប៉ុន䮏្​​

"ពិត​ជា​អាច​​ដក់​សម្ព្ធ​លើ​​ទិដ䮋ភាព​ផ្ស្ងៗ​​ បំណុល​ន្ះ​ប៉ុន䮏្​​បន​បញ្ជ្ក់​ថា​ឥរិយបថ​ ខ្ញុំយល់ថា​វ​ជា​ការ​​យល់សប䮏ិ​សម្្ប់​​​អ䮓ក​​​នៅ​

ន្ទំនក់​ទំនង​ទ䮜្ភាគី​​របស់​​​​ប្ទ្ស​ទាំង​ពីរ​" របស់​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​កម្ពុជា​​មិន​អាច​​ជួយ​​ដល់​ ក䮓ុង​ជួរ​រដ䮋្ភិបល​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​ដ្ល​គិត​ថា​​​

ប៉ុន䮏្​បនគូស​បញ្ជ្ក់​ថា​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​​​នឹង​ បុព䮜ហ្តុ​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​បន​ឡើយ។​ រដ䮋្ភិបល​របស់​លោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​នឹង​រក​លុយ​​​

ប្ុង​ប្យ័ត䮓​ចំពោះ​​ការ​​រុញច្្ន​លោក​ហ៊ុន កញ្ញ្​បន​បន䮏​ថា​"​វ​ពិបក​នឹង​​ស្ម្​ណស់​​ បន​​៥០០លន​ដុល្ល្រ​​មក​សង​បំណុល​​​ទាំង​​​​លោក​​​

ស្ន​ឱ្យ​ងកទៅ​រក​ចិនកាន់​ត្​ខ្ល្ំង​។​ ថា​សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​នឹង​ជួយ​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​ដ្ល​​ ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​ខ䮛ួន​ឯង​ធ䮜ើ​សង្គ្្ម​​ច្បាំង​​​​ជាមួយ​អ䮓ក​

លោក​បន​បន䮐្ម​ថា​"​ត្ង់​ថា​​​រដ䮋្ភិបល​ រិះគន់​អាម្រិក​​​ពុក​រលួយ​​និង​គាប​សង䮀ត់​​​​កាន់​ ដ្ល​ចុះ​កិច្ច​សន្យា​​​បំណុលន្ះ"៕​សខុ មុ ​

ក្ុង​វ៉្សុីនតោន​​នឹង​ប្ើ​​ប្្ស់សម្ព្ធប្ប​ ត្​ខ្ល្ំង​"។ (殶យការណ៍​បន䮐្ម​ដោយ​គុច​ណរ៉្ន)

នគរ​បាល​ខេត្ត​កំពត​... មន䮏្ី​អនុវត䮏​​ន៍​ច​្បាប់​​មិន​ត្ូវ​ឱ្យ​ជាប់​ពាក់ព​័ន䮒​ មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​ពួកគ្​ក៏មន​បំណងចាប់​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១១ នឹង​សរធាតុ​ញៀន​ឡើយ​។​យើង​ត្ូវ​ដុស​​​ ផ䮏ើម​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​​រក​សរធាតុ​ញៀន​ផង​ដ្រ​​ហើយ​​​​

ដើម្បី​បំប្ក​ពួកគ្​ច្ញពី​អ䮓ក​ទោស​ផ្ស្ង​ ក្អ្ល​ខ䮛ួនឯង​​​​​សិន​​ចាំទៅដុស​​​​អ䮓ក​ដទ្​"។ ឧត䮊ម​ស្នីយ៍​ឈុំ​សុជាតិ​អ䮓ក​នំពាក្យ​ក្សួង​

ទៀត​ ដ្ល​មិន​​មន​សរធាតុ​​​ញៀន​។​ ប៉ុន䮏្​ លោក​បន​បន䮐្ម​ថា​ មន䮏្ី​នគរ​បល​ណ​ ការ​ពារ​​​ជាតិ​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​ មន䮏្ី​​​កង​​

យើង​​មិន​​ហាមឃាត​​​់​​​ខ្ត䮏​ផ្ស្ងៗ​ទៀត​​​មិន​ឱ្យ​​ ដ្ល​រកឃើញ​ថា​បន​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់គ្ឿង​ញៀន​​​​ យោធពល​ខ្មរភូមិន䮑​ក៏​កំពុងពិចារណ​​​ធ䮜ើ​

ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​រក​សរ​​​ធាតុញៀន​លើ​មន䮏្ី​នគរ​បល​​​ នឹង​ត្ូវ​បណ្ដ្ញ​ច្ញពី​ការ​ងរ​ហើយ​បញ្ជូន​​​ ត្ស䮏​រក​សរ​​​ធាតុ​ញៀន​លើ​​​ទាហាន​​​ផង​ដ្រ​។

របស់​ខ䮛ួន​​​នោះ​​​ឡើយ​​​"។ ទៅ​​មណ䮌ល​បន្សាបគ្ឿងញៀន។ ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​រក​សរធាតុ​ញៀន​លើមន䮏្ី​​​

នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ខ្ត䮏​ប៉្លិន​ឯណោះ​វិញ​ឧត䮊ម​ ឧត䮊ម​ស្នីយ៍​ទោ​ជួន​ ណរិន​ ស䮓ងការ​ កង​殶ជអាវុធ​ហត䮐​កំពុង​​​​​ដំណើរការ​​​ហើយ។

ស្នីយ៍​ត្ី​ជា​ ចាន់ឌីន​ ស䮓ងការ​​​នគរបល​​​ នគរ​បល​ខ្ត䮏​ព្ះសីហនុ​បនមន​ប្ស​សន៍​​​ ឧត䮊ម​ស្នីយ៍​ត្ី​អ្ង​​ហុី​អ䮓ក​នំពាក្យ​កង​殶ជ​​

ខ្ត䮏​​​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​រក​ ថា​ ​ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​​រក​​​សរធាតុ​​​ញៀន​លើ​មន䮏្ី​​​ អាវុធហត䮐​លើ​ផ䮑្​ប្ទ្ស​​មន​ប្ស​សន៍​​ថា

សរធាតុញៀន​លើ​មន䮏្ី​​របស់​ខ䮛ួន​បន​ចាប់​ នគរ​បល​ក䮓ុង​ក្ុង​ព្ះសីហនុ​បន​ចាប់​ផ䮊ើម​​ "​មន䮏្ី​​កង​殶ជអាវុធហត䮐​៧​រូប​ត្ូវ​បន​​បណ្ដ្ញ​​​​​

ផ䮊ើម​កាលពី​ដើម​សប䮊្ហ៍​ន្ះ​។ ៦​ខ្​មក​ហើយ។​ ច្ញ​​​ពីការ​ងរ​​​បន䮑្ប់ពី​​ធ䮜ើ​ត្ស䮏​រក​​​ឃើញ​ថា

លោក​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​"​យើង​​ជា​ ចំណ្ក​​​នគរ​បល​​ខ្ត䮏​បត់ដំបង​​វិញ​​​បន​ ពួកគ្​មន​សរធាតុ​ញៀន"៕ សរនុ ​ ១៤ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី ថ្ងៃ​​​​សុក្រ​​​​ទី១០​ខៃកុម្ភៈ​ឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Business 15

“This year we want...everyone to follow the new law.” Business —Cambodia telecommunications regulator spokesman Im Vutha

Mobile Firms Told to Pay Up—Or Else

By Hang Sokunthea and Danielle Keeton-Olsen The Cambodia Daily Cambodia’s mobile phone companies have been ordered to report their revenue and pay their taxes to the Posts and Tele- communications Ministry before the end of the month or face public shaming. Im Vutha, spokesman for the Telecommunications Regulator of Cambodia, said the announce- ment was made to compel mobile phone companies to pay taxes Reuters introduced in the new telecom- A screen displays the stock price of Twitter above the New York Stock Exchange last month. munications law passed in 2015. The government is currently ask- ing mobile companies to fully pay Twitter Inc Struggles Despite New Relevance their taxes from last year, he said. “This year we want to make By Deepa Seetharaman sation costs, Twitter posted said in an earnings call yesterday it more official to comply with and Ezequiel Minaya adjusted earnings of $0.16 per morning. “While we may not the new telecom law introduced The Wall Street Journal share, compared with the av- be currently meeting everyone’s and everyone to follow the new erage analyst estimate of $0.12 growth expectations, there is law,” Mr. Vutha said. Twitter Inc. sits at the center cents per share. one thing that continues to grow According to the official state- of U.S. politics like no other Last year, Twitter became and outpace our peers: Twitter’s ment, released on the regula- company right now—and yet more relevant than ever thanks influence and impact.” tor’s Facebook page yesterday, the social media service can’t to now-U.S. President Donald Politics aside, the fourth the ministry will use television seem to profit from it. Trump’s frequent use of the quarter capped a turbulent and radio to name and shame Yesterday, the company re- platform. During the presiden- year for the social media ser- mobile operators that have not ported its 10th straight quarter tial race, Trump often took to vice, which faced a botched complied by February 28. of slowing revenue growth, up Twitter to air his foreign-policy potential acquisition, growing If a mobile operator continues just 0.9 percent year over year. plans and lash out against critics criticism over lax abuse policies to evade payment, the ministry Its average monthly active us- in the Democratic Party and and the departure of more than a said it would take legal action, ers totaled 319 million for the the media. His constant use of dozen top executives, including which could include freezing quarter, up 2 million from the Twitter has continued since his its chief operating and technolo- company bank accounts, sus- previous quarter. inauguration. gy officers. In October, Twitter pending or revoking business Revenue in the fourth quar- Trump is likely drawing a new said it would slash 9 percent of licenses, or filing lawsuits. ter, when political conversation breed of “passive, non-tweeting” its workforce, part of a broader Smart Axiata, for one, has paid and debate gave it new rele- users to the service, according to effort to focus more on profit- all it owes to the Cambodian vance, was $717.2 million, below SunTrust analyst Rodney Hull. ability than growth. government, said Jonathan Yap, analysts’ expectations of $740.1 Other analysts say daily use of Dorsey faces an array of oth- the company’s head of corporate million, according to reporters. Twitter is on the rise, which er challenges, including stiffer and regulatory affairs, in a state- For the quarter, Twitter re- could buoy Twitter’s revenue in competition for ad dollars from ment. The company paid $56 corded a net loss of $167.1 million, the second half of this year as Facebook, Pinterest and Snap, million in taxes in 2015, it said. or $0.23 a share, compared with more of those people encounter expected to go public this year. Mr. Vutha said he could not a loss of $90.2 million, or $0.13, and potentially click on ads they Data firm eMarketer expects disclose the amount telecommu- a year earlier. see on the service. Twitter’s share of the online ad nications companies owe, as he Excluding certain expenses “The whole world is watch- market to shrink slightly to 1.1 does not oversee tax collection. such as stock-based compen- ing Twitter,” CEO Jack Dorsey percent this year. 16 Business The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017 Hollywood to Renegotiate Terms on Crucial Chinese Market

By Eric Schwartzel The rest goes to state-backed to the Chinese market.” The country recently passed a “film The Wall Street Journal distributors and theaters. Most MPAA added: “We look forward industry promotion law” that other markets offer studios more to working with the adminis- goes into effect next month. los angeles - Hollywood will generous splits, with 40 percent tration to continue building on The legislation promotes in- soon have its first chance in being the international average. this progress.” vestment in movies, instructs five years to change the terms The 2012 agreement raised U.S. President Donald actors to follow a strict moral of doing business in China, a the number of foreign movies Trump’s election victory put code and says foreign films that politically fraught opportunity that could be imported on a rev- the negotiation work on pause, “[hurt] national feelings” won’t for studios to reap billions more enue-sharing basis to 34 in any since a number of top-ranking be accepted for release. from their most important for- given year, up from 20. Those 34 USTR jobs remain unfilled. China enforces several other eign market. slots have been enough to cover Trump’s pledge to review requirements to give its local The current U.S. agreement most high-profile studio releas- China trade policies casts a long productions an upper hand, on releasing films in China—a es, said several executives who shadow on the talks. Some exec- and studios want those stric- sweeping set of terms dictating don’t see raising the quota as a utives are worried that Chinese tures re-examined in the trade the number of releases, market- top priority of the renegotiation. President Xi Jinping’s represen- negotiations. ing restrictions and the percent- Besides, they said, Chinese tatives could use the Hollywood For starters, studios have their age of ticket sales that flows back authorities have already been negotiations as retaliation for eye on changing rules that allow to the studios—was announced flexible with the quota when Trump’s rhetoric against long- Chinese authorities to “stack” on February 17, 2012, with au- the pressure is on to show year- standing political and economic Western movies and release sev- thorities agreeing to renegotiate over-year growth. Last year, the deals between the two countries. eral on the same day, which can the terms in five years. country let in 39 titles on a rev- Xi negotiated the current cannibalize ticket sales. Any deal struck this year will enue-sharing basis, a majority of quota when he visited the U.S. Studios have also grown likely cover a period in which which came from Hollywood’s as China’s vice president in 2012. annoyed with blackout periods China surpasses North Amer- six major studios, adding five His trip, which included taking that forbid Hollywood movies ica as the world’s No.1 movie extra movies toward the end in a Los Angeles Lakers game during holidays and other popular market. The stakes couldn’t be of the year to boost the box of- with California Governor Jerry moviegoing times in China, and higher for Hollywood, which is fice. Analysts in China say an Brown and Hollywood power executives say they want more counting on China’s growth to expansion this year is likely, too. broker Jeffrey Katzenberg, advance notice when Chinese pick up the slack of a stagnat- No other major foreign doubled as an introduction for authorities date a film for release. ing domestic market and falling market’s box-office terms are U.S. authorities. Then-U.S. Vice The rise in online streaming home-entertainment revenue. negotiated by top-ranking gov- President Joe Biden represented since the last negotiations makes Government officials and ernment officials, but China has the U.S. in the talks. it likely that China’s restrictions industry representatives have become so dominant that studios China’s efforts to expand its on television and video-on-de- begun preliminary work on the have no choice but to play by its own film industry will also play mand services will also be on negotiations, which come amid rules. China’s box office grew a role in the negotiations. The the table, Prewitt said. mounting political uncertainty to about $6.6 billion last year between the U.S. and China. from $2.7 billion in 2012. The During the last negotiation, stu- North American box office has Cambodia Securities Exchange dio chiefs focused on increasing stayed relatively flat in recent Thursday, February 9, 2017 the number of movies allowed years and reached $11.4 billion into China each year. This time last year. Index Value Change Open High Low Volume around, they are looking beyond To tap the Chinese market, CSX 351.38 +0.91 350.47 351.38 350.47 20 that quota to Chinese marketing Hollywood must submit films for restrictions, distribution rules approval by state censors, some- Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume and ticket-revenue splits that times editing out objectionable PPWSA 4,120 0 - 4,120 4,120 0 they say have kneecapped their content at their request, and wait Grand Twins 4,100 0 - 4,100 4,100 0 ability to make money in the to hear when a movie will be PPAP 5,300 +100 5,300 5,300 5,300 20 market. released, sometimes receiving PPSP 2,790 0 - 2,790 2,790 0 In the past five years, China only a couple of weeks’ notice. has become a first-tier theatrical The IFTA has been working Foreign Exchange Source: Ly Hour Exchange marketplace that still adheres with the U.S. Trade Representa- to developing-market terms, tive office on this year’s review ¥/US$ ...... 112.291 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.4145 said Jean Prewitt, CEO of the since last summer, in preparation £/US$ �������������������������������������0.7955 Euro/US$ �������������������������������0.9358. Independent Film and Televi- for formal talks between the AU$/US$ �������������������������������1.3072 SKoreaW/US$ ���������������������1,143.30 sion Alliance, a trade associa- U.S. and Chinese authorities HK$/US$ ������������������������������� 7.7573 ThaiB/US$ ����������������������������� 35.00 tion for independent production starting in late spring or early SwissF/US$ �������������������������� 0.9964 Riel/US$ ��������������������������������� 4,030 companies. summer, Prewitt said. “I think it’s time it opened The Motion Picture Asso- Local Gold Source: Ly Hour Exchange up,” she said. ciation of America, which rep- U.S. studios’ top priority in resents the six major studios and Gold Type (O’Russei Market) Buying Selling the talks, according to several ex- weighs in on the USTR talks, Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,490...... 1,500 ecutives, is increasing their share said in a statement that the 2012 Kilo ($/damlung)...... 1,490...... 1,500 of Chinese box-office receipts agreement “provided American 99% ($/damlung)...... 1,470...... 1,480 from the current 25 percent. businesses with greater access 97% ($/damlung)...... 1,430...... 1,440 Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Regional 17

“So many [new arrivals] talk about a killed husband, a slaughtered uncle.... Where are all the men?” Regional —UN official in Bangladesh

UN Officials Say at Least 1,000 Rohingya Killed in Burma

Reuters According to refugees’ ac- counts provided to reporters cox’s bazar, Bangladesh - More in camps in Bangladesh over than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims the past two weeks, the army may have been killed in a Bur- intensified its offensive in mese army crackdown, accord- northern Rakhine in mid-No- ing to two senior U.N. officials vember, unleashing what the dealing with refugees fleeing the OHCHR report described as violence, suggesting the death a “calculated policy of terror” toll has been a far greater than after an incident in which several previously reported. hundred Rohingya attacked an The officials, from two sep- outnumbered group of soldiers, arate U.N. agencies working in killing an officer. Bangladesh, where nearly 70,000 The OHCHR report de- Rohingya have fled in recent tails deaths in random firings, months, said they were con- Reuters including from helicopters and cerned that the outside world Rohingya refugees visit a community health care center at Kutupalang grenades; targeted killings of had not fully grasped the se- Unregistered Refugee Camp, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Sunday. imams and teachers, slitting of verity of the crisis unfolding in throats with knives and locking Burma’s Rakhine State. In addition to the information what has been happening in Bur- people inside burning houses. “The talk until now has the two U.N. officials gave jour- ma is extremely difficult as the Reporters have heard similar been of hundreds of deaths. nalists, a report released by the military has cut off access to accounts from refugees in camps This is probably an underesti- U.N. Office of the High Com- northwestern Rakhine. located in Bangladesh. mation—we could be looking missioner for Human Rights on The OHCHR report cited The OHCHR report says at thousands,” said one of the Friday gave accounts of mass supporting evidence including that the vast majority of the new officials, speaking on condition killings and gang rapes by troops wounds sustained by refugees Rohingya refugees were women of anonymity. Both officials, in in northwestern Burma in re- and satellite imagery showing and children, raising questions separate interviews, cited the cent months, which it said prob- destruction of villages. about the fate of the men left weight of testimony gathered ably constituted crimes against A second senior U.N. official behind, U.N. officials said. by their agencies from refugees humanity. told reporters that the report only “Boys and men between the over the past four months for The Burmese government described “the tip of the iceberg.” age of 17 and 45 were particularly concluding that the death toll led by Aung San Suu Kyi said The OHCHR report was targeted, as they are considered likely exceeded 1,000. last week it would investigate based on interviews with 220 to be strong and seen as a po- Burma’s presidential spokes- the allegations in the report. It people, the majority of whom tential threat to the army and man, Zaw Htay, said the latest has previously denied almost said they knew of people who authorities,” it said, adding that reports from military command- all accusations of killings, rapes had been killed or disappeared. many accounts describe men of ers were that fewer than 100 and arson. Reporters have also reviewed that age being rounded up and people have been killed in a But mounting evidence of a separate, internal U.N. analysis taken away with their hands tied counterinsurgency operation atrocities by the army puts using a much larger sample size. behind their backs or heads. against Rohingya militants who Suu Kyi, who has no control In this unpublished report, Zaw Htay said the police and attacked police border posts in over the armed forces under a based on interviews with fami- army were doing their jobs in October. constitution written by the pre- lies comprising more than 1,750 making arrests. Asked about the U.N. offi- vious military government, in a refugees, there were 182 reports Burmese authorities have giv- cials’ comments that the dead difficult position, Burma-based of killings of people just in the en little information about how could number more than 1,000, diplomats say. interviewee’s home village, and many may have been detained, he said: “Their number is much The Nobel Peace Prize win- 186 reports of people from their although prison officials told a greater than our figure. We have ner has been criticized in the village disappearing, more than U.N. human rights envoy last to check on the ground.” West for her silence on the issue, 10 percent in both cases. month that they were holding About 1.1 million Rohingya undermining the goodwill she The U.N. says 69,000 people about 450 people. Muslims live in apartheid-like built up as a democracy cham- have crossed the border since “If you look at the new ar- conditions in northwestern pion under years of junta rule October, so if the proportion rivals—the majority are wom- Burma, where they are denied and threatening international reporting people killed or miss- en—so many of them talk about citizenship. Many in Bud- support. Challenging the gener- ing among all the refugees was a killed husband, a slaughtered dhist-majority Burma regard als, however, could put Burma’s consistent with those in the re- uncle or a missing brother,” said them as illegal immigrants from democratic transition at risk. port the total number would the first U.N. official. “Where Bangladesh. Independent verification of run into the thousands. are all the men?” 18 International The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017

“We’ve seen a historic vote tonight. A big majority for getting on with our exit from the E.U.” International —Brexit minister David Davis Page 19 Pentagon Leader’s New Role: Turning Down Heat on Trump

By Missy Ryan The Washington Post As U.S. President Donald Trump’s new Pentagon chief, James Mattis, has a long list of tasks ahead, including devising a more aggressive campaign to combat the Islamic State mili- tant group and restoring military readiness after years of budget cuts. But a few weeks into his tenure, the retired general’s most visible role has been of a differ- ent sort: soothing Americans and allies unnerved by the president and some of his top advisers. Mattis, wrapping up a visit to Japan and South Korea last week, carried a message of con- stancy and restraint on many of the foreign policy issues whose fate has generated anxiety since Trump’s election. Reuters In Seoul, Mattis told South US Defense Secretary James Mattis waits to welcome Canada’s Minister of National Defense Harjit Sajjan Korean leaders that the U.S. at the Pentagon in Washington on Monday. would maintain a tough stance on North Korea, predicting a last- course set by Trump’s campaign virtually his entire career. Al- to defer to Mattis on issues such ing partnership despite Trump’s statements, or stay broadly within though he appears to share the as whether the U.S. should em- repeated questioning of the two the borders of established U.S. alarm that senior White House ploy waterboarding on detainees. countries’ military alliance. In foreign policy. “Trump may tweet officials see in potential threats In his confirmation hearing, he Tokyo, he said the U.S. would up a storm, but if there is little or from Iran’s missile program and suggested a less friendly attitude stick to a mutual defense treaty, no connectivity to what happens North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, toward Russia than the president allaying Japanese officials’ con- on the ground, they may start his path has been shaped by has espoused and stressed the cerns about whether the U.S. discounting it,” he said. different forces. importance of NATO, despite will continue its backing in a While he has been held up His affinity for working with Trump’s questions about the territorial dispute with China. by Trump critics as a bulwark allies is a product of his experi- alliance’s relevance. He also acted to stanch spec- against the president’s whims ence in the NATO mission in “Secretary Mattis has found ulation that the U.S., as White and praised by supporters for Afghanistan and the first Gulf a way to reaffirm alliances with- House officials suggested, might his military record, it’s not yet War. As head of U.S. Central out disagreeing explicitly with act precipitously against per- clear as the rest of Trump’s cab- Command (Centcom), he con- his commander-in-chief,” said ceived threats from China and inet moves into place what sway ferred closely with Arab nations Michael O’Hanlon, a scholar at Iran, saying that military steps Mattis will ultimately hold in about terrorism and Iran’s ac- the Brookings Institution. were not required. This week, shaping major decisions. tions in the region, and oversaw The president’s apparent Mattis spoke with Mexican de- But Mattis, who has already the U.S. military’s exit from Iraq support for Mattis’s military fense leaders, highlighting coop- shown himself willing to dis- in 2011. judgment may enhance the eration in the wake of Trump’s agree with the president’s prefer- His views on Iran were shaped new secretary’s standing in high-profile feud with Mexican ences, now occupies a key posi- by the 1983 bombing of the Ma- internal discussions or with President Enrqiue Pena Nieto. tion in the cabinet of a man with rine barracks in Lebanon. Mat- allies, potentially putting the Derek Chollet, who was a little foreign policy experience. tis’s hawkish approach to Tehran Pentagon boss in a position sim- senior Pentagon official under Unlike Trump and some of his eventually alienated him from ilar to that of former Defense former U.S. President Barack White House advisers, including some in the Obama White House Secretary Robert Gates, who Obama, said that allies were Stephen Bannon and son-in- before he left Centcom in 2013. wielded significant influence in monitoring Mattis’s statements law Jared Kushner, Mattis has Trump, who has surrounded policy debates under Obama, for clues about whether the new worked within the U.S. military himself with former generals, has sometimes to the frustration of administration would follow a and security establishment for already shown that he is willing the White House, Chollet said. Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily International 19 UK’s May Wins Approval From Commons to Trigger Brexit

Reuters David Davis. “A big majority for May’s deadline at the end of next is surging,” said SNP lawmaker getting on with negotiating our month. Joanna Cherry.As the final votes london - U.K. Prime Minister exit from the E.U. and a strong, At times rancorous, the de- were being counted, SNP law- Theresa May won approval from new partnership with its member bate exposed two major fault makers sang Beethoven’s “Ode parliament’s lower chamber on states.” lines running through the U.K.’s to Joy”—the E.U.’s anthem—in Wednesday to trigger the U.K.’s After surviving a minor rebel- post-referendum politics: the the debating chamber. exit from the E.U., defeating at- lion from within May’s Conser- disconnect between strongly The law has also become a tempts by pro-E.U. lawmakers to vative Party that had threatened pro-E.U. Scotland and the rest conduit for frustrations within attach extra conditions to her plan to undermine her authority and of the country, and the division the Labour Party, which has split to start exit talks next month. negotiating strategy, the law was over Europe in the opposition over whether it should support Lawmakers in the House of passed without amendment and Labour Party. May’s vision of Brexit or try to Commons voted 494 to 122 in on schedule. An opinion poll indicated block it to secure a different deal. favor of legislation giving May That raised expectations that on Wednesday that support for Labour’s support is divided the right to trigger Brexit, ending the bill will enjoy an equally Scottish independence had risen between more prosperous urban days of intense debate. The bill smooth passage in the unelected since May came out last month in constituencies that generally fa- now needs the approval of the House of Lords, when its jour- favor of the U.K. making a clean vored staying in the E.U. and upper chamber, in which May ney there begins in earnest on break when it leaves the E.U. declining industrial areas that does not have a majority, before February 20. The government Scottish National Party law- strongly backed Brexit. To com- it becomes law. wants to complete the legislative makers repeatedly said in parlia- plicate things further, many pro- The victory marks a signifi- process by March 7. ment they were being denied a E.U. Labour lawmakers represent cant step toward starting what Sources close to discussions voice in the Brexit process, which anti-E.U. areas. is expected to be a complex and in the upper chamber said they was fueling demand for another Dozens of Labour lawmakers difficult two-year negotiation expected peers to keep pushing independence referendum. voted against the bill, defying with the E.U. on issues such as for parliament to have more say “The barracking by govern- their leader Jeremy Corbyn, who trade, immigration and security during the negotiating process. ment members and the prevent- said they should support the law that will redraw the U.K.’s role One source said that could mean ing of SNP MPs from speaking even though their attempts to in the world. a one-week delay to the law’s in this House play right into our amend it had failed. Several “We’ve seen a historic vote final approval, but neither ex- hands and result in headlines say- members of Corbyn’s policy tonight,” said Brexit minister pected the process to endanger ing that support for independence team resigned over the issue. 20 What’s On The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017

Calendar Friday What’s On • Performance: Sovanna Phum Art Association will perform traditional Khmer dance and shadow puppet theater with live music. Starts at 7 p.m. at #166 St. 99.

Saturday

• Cinema: “The Crocodile Man” is a 1979 Khmer film based on Angkorian legends about a man who turns into a crocodile. Starts at 6:30 p.m. at Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center, #64 St. 200. • Film Festival Insight: Head down to Meta House on Satur- day for a special event offering insight into the Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, an annual Omar Havana competition organized by the film collective Kon Khmer Koun Khmer. There will be a range of selected short films by a variety Nepal Endures of different filmmakers to enjoy. Spanish photojournalist Omar Havana focuses his work on what he calls “humanitarian Starts at 6:30 p.m. at Meta photography”—using images to improve the lives of those in need. Now based in Phnom House, #37 Sothearos Blvd. Free Penh, Mr. Havana was living in Kathmandu in 2015 when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked entrance. the Nepalese capital, killing over 8,000 people. A collection of his photos documenting the immediate and long-term aftermath of the disaster are on display at Meta House as part Sunday of the launch of his new book “Endurance.” Born of Mr. Havana’s “frustration of seeing the world forgetting about Nepal,” the book is his way of honoring the spirit of the Nepali • Meeting: Al-Anon is a free people. Stop by if you’re interested in Nepal or want to learn more about the quake’s dev- meeting with other friends and astation and the country’s slow recovery. Runs through February, Meta House, #37 Sothearos relatives of alcoholics who come Blvd., Phnom Penh. together to solve com­mon prob- lems. Starts at 10 a.m. at Jai­kon Cafe, St. 184.

Tuesday Get Riel A few hours at the Startup Fair of a Wealth • Charity Run: Couple Run Building Marketing event could be a wallet-en- is a Valentine’s Day running riching activity for Phnom Penh’s aspiring en- event aiming to raise money trepreneurs. Organizers of the two-day fair, for the Kantha Bopha hospital which is being touted as the first of its kind, and the National Committee intend to provide useful tips and a networking of Athletics, while at the same platform for attendees. Would-be Cambodian time promoting Valentine’s Day entrepreneurs will also get a chance to showcase in Cambodia. Starts at 8 a.m. at their ideas to investors and potential partners. Olympic Stadium, Charles de Executives from Sabay Digital Corporation, Gaulle Blvd. Tickets cost $9, and Metfone and Ocean Technology are among come with a variety of compli- those offering financial and marketing insights. mentary gifts. Admission to the Startup Fair on February 16 and 17 is free and open to the public, but Ongoing you’ll need to pay to attend any of the eight seminars being held, covering various aspects • Exhibition: “The Fantastic of business and how to become an entrepre- and Surreal Cyberworlds” by the neur, with an entrance fee of $15 for students Tokyo-based 1234 Graphic Art and $25 for staff and business owners. Sokha Collective. Open daily at the Phnom Hotel and Residence, Street Keo Chenda. Continued on opposite page Creative Commons For more information or to register go to wealth- buildingcambodia.com Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily What’s On 21

If you have an upcoming event you would like to be featured here next 1961 Coworking and Art Space, #211 Osaphear St., Siem Reap. week, drop us a message at [email protected] Runs through Wednesday. • Exhibition: “Sampot civilise” is an exhibition by Chan Dany, one of the major movers of the Cambodian art scene. Starts at 6:30 p.m. at Plantation Hotel, Film Fest Insight #28 St. 184. Runs through Avid indie film fans should consider head- Sunday. ing down to Meta House on Saturday for a • Exhibition: “There’s A special screening by the folks behind the Ghost In My House: Drawings Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, an annual and Paper Cuts” features recent competition organized by the Kon Khmer works by artist Philip Faulks. At Koun Khmer film collective. Eight short films Java Cafe, #56 Sihanouk Blvd., from the competition’s finalists last year will Phnom Penh. Open daily from 7 be screened back-to-back, starting at about a.m. Runs through February 28. 7 p.m. Later in the evening, nine powerful • Exhibition Opening: shorts produced for last year’s Chaktomuk “Enigmatic” by American artist Film Project, which tasked filmmakers with Grace Gutekanst tries to depict a exploring the theme of human trafficking, will “miniscule splash” of the infinite be shown. After the film screenings, there will complexity of Cambodia. At the be a live Q&A with eight of the filmmakers InterContinental Hotel, #296 plus representatives of Winrock International, Mao Tse Toung Blvd. a nonprofit organization, that sponsored the project along with USAID. Entrance is free, Religious Services but space is limited, so reserve a spot by booking ahead at filminsight.eventbrite.com • Anglican Church: Khmer Starts at 6:30 p.m., Meta House, #37 Sothearos at 8 a.m. and English at 10 a.m., Chaktomuk Short Film Festival/Facebook Blvd., Phnom Penh. Sundays at #21 St. 294. • Baha’i Prayer: 9 a.m. Sundays at National Baha’i Center, #15 St. 566. 012 814 390 Staff Recommendation • Bethany Baptist Church: English at 9 a.m. Sundays; Sun- day School at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. at #19 St. 310. 012 942 248 • Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Thursdays at 6 p.m. at #196B St. 122. 092 297 629 • Bilingual Christian Service: 8:30 a.m. Sundays at New Born Church, #3 St. 432. 011 852 654, 012 825 696 • Buddhist Meditation: 6 p.m. Saturdays, Mondays and Thurs- days and 8:30 a.m. Sundays at Wat Langka. 012 482 215 • Catholic Mass: English at 5 p.m. Saturdays; French at 9 a.m. Sundays. Services in English at Monkey Maya Ream Beach #20 St. 71; French at #1788B National Route 5. • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Khmer at 8 Prek Chak Beach a.m., English at 10 a.m. Sundays When people head to Sihanoukville for some sand and surf, many look no further than the at #267 St. 63. 023 214 081. beaches at O’Chheuteal or O’Tres. But this coastal city has much more to offer when it comes • International Christian to fun in the sun. The remote Prek Chak beach provides an unspoiled stretch of sand right Fellowship: 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the heart of Ream National Park. With a new expanded dirt road through the jungle, the Sundays at ICF Center, #19/21 beach is now accessible by both cars and motorbikes. About 13 km from the airport, the first St. 330. 012 796 083. 9 km on paved roads, Prek Chak beach offers crystal clear water for swimming. Personally, • Kabbalat Shabbat Services: what I like most about Prek Chak is that you can stroll on a quiet untouched beach or switch From 6 p.m. Fridays at Chabad it up and do some jungle trekking. The beach can also be reached by boat from O’Tres beach. Jewish Center of Cambodia, For overnight stays, there’s just one choice of accommodation right now provided by Monkey #419 Sisowath Quay. Maya with a dorm or bungalows with sea views. (Phan Soumy) 22 Crossword The Cambodia Daily Friday, February 10, 2017

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12 Fine-tune 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 18 Smell ___ 20 Work ___ 48 49 50 51 52 53 21 Promising words 22 Darwin’s ship to the Galapagos 54 55 56 57 58

23 “I’ve had enough ribs, so may 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 I have ___, please?” 25 Acapulco article 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 26 One way to pay bills 27 “We’re shorthanded today. 73 74 75 ___ right over?” 76 77 78 79 80 81 29 25 Across, here 31 Feed the kitty 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 32 Love Story composer Francis 33 UFO fragment? 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 34 Beatles tune, “Things ___ Today” 97 98 99 100 101 36 Tinseltown Turner 39 Defense org. 102 103 104 105 106 107 43 A Florida beach 45 Isadora’s undoing 108 109 110 111 112 113 48 Idyllic settings 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 50 Awkward fellow 52 Fenced-off area 124 125 126 127 128 53 Less sanguine 54 “I’d like you to meet my friends, ___” 129 130 131 132 57 Kidnapping “army” of the ’70s 133 134 135 136 58 Hit the ice 59 In demand 60 Stable child 124 Teeming 19 Babes’ hangout? 87 Breezed through 61 In-between word 126 Tango number 24 Auto grp. 89 Was up on 63 Jetliner types 128 “Doc, I’ve got a ___ 28 Nightline network 91 Robin Cook book 65 Egglike in my neck” 30 Brain pain 93 Tuber with turkey 66 Fizzy quaffs 129 Actress Gless 35 Venomous ones 95 Nightcap 68 Ear trouble 130 Enjoy entrees 36 Poland’s Walesa 96 Frees from a fastener 71 Ominous carriage 131 “That ___” (common signoff) 37 Type of com mit tee 99 Kidder and Fonteyn 73 ___ for the FBI (Eskimo exposé?) 132 Agitated state 38 “Peachy keen!” 104 Japanese theater 76 Alabama city 133 Agree 40 Pierce portrayer 106 Sand bars 78 Dress down 134 AMA members 41 Inaudible, as TV volume 109 Describes 79 Meager 135 Prison units 42 ___ Town 111 Rudimentary 82 Jacques who directed The Um brellas 136 Joan, to Olivia 44 Instance, in France 113 Green and Smith of Cherbourg 46 Do laces again 114 Largemouth catch 83 Flock member DOWN 47 Mr. Friendly or Mr. Rogers 115 Safety org. 85 Jesse Jackson title: abbr. 1 Sop up rays 49 Trip to the big game 118 Wall St. abbr. 86 Can’t stand 2 Dies ___ 51 Mover’s rental 119 Sea between Kazakhstan 88 Holy vessel 3 ___ Yankees 55 Cash register button and Uzbekistan 90 I, Robot author’s first name 4 An alarm bell, not a poison 56 Before it happened, in Latin 120 Till item 92 Crafty 5 “___ hollers ...” 62 Renounce 121 Often customized vehicles 122 Four, on old clocks 94 “My car? Why, it’s a Dodge ___!” 6 Most important 64 Takes care of 123 Wee workers 97 Hawaiian crooner 7 Gardner who created a lawyer 67 “At Chub Boy’s, our big 125 Unknown Richard 98 Wander 8 One of the sauruses portions never ___” 127 The killing field 100 Knowing 9 Party pooper 69 Column guide, in typing 101 Insinuatingly nasty 10 Commotion 70 Pepper, for one: abbr. Last week’s solution 102 Per ___ (a year) 11 Arthur Conan Doyle saga, 72 Way in 103 Pope’s An Essay ___ with The 74 Editors’ environs 105 Some profs 12 Singer Lane and others 75 Go over old arguments * PUZZLE FANS ! * 107 Backstage folks 13 Susan of L.A. Law 76 Eensy-weensy particle For info on Merl's 108 Like a bump ___ 14 Recruiter: “Why don’t ___ 77 “Oh, brother! Not a Sunday crossword 110 Stick up out of the Army?” chance!” anthologies, visit 112 2001 computer 15 “Are ___ it up or do it right 80 Low point www.sundaycrosswords.com 114 He won Wimbledon five straight times this time?” 81 Exchange 116 Ms. Hogg of Texas 16 Open a “boil-in-a-bag” 82 ___ double take Puzzle © 2017 by M. Reagle 117 “Flat tire, eh? Your wife’s never ___” 17 Communications combiner 84 Stretched out Friday, February 10, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Opinion 23 US Must Prepare for Job Losses Caused by Tech Tsunami

By Ed Hess will displaced workers be able U.S. will adapt to the coming U.S. and the world. The Washington Post to keep up with the pace of technology tsunami must start Jobs at risk include a diverse advancing technologies? now. We are talking about a ma- range of service and professional .S. manufacturing These issues should be front jor societal challenge—preserva- positions. Retail and fast-food job losses to China and center on the president’s tion of the American Dream—as jobs will be almost entirely au- and Mexico were a agenda. Planning for how the well as the future of work in the tomated. Manual laborers and major theme of U.S. construction workers will be UPresident Donald Trump’s elec- replaced by robots; long-haul tion campaign, and Trump has truck drivers by self-driving followed up on his promise to trucks; accountants, clerks, pressure manufacturers to keep paralegals, telemarketers and jobs in the U.S. rather than send customer-service reps by arti- them abroad. Already, he has jaw- ficial intelligence; and security boned automakers Ford, General guards by robots and drones. Motors, Toyota and Fiat Chrysler Even professionals in the fields and heating and cooling manu- of accounting, law, finance, con- facturer Carrier into keeping and sulting, journalism and medicine creating jobs in the U.S. are at risk of losing their jobs What he hasn’t yet ad- to smart machines. dressed—but should—is the What jobs will be secure? looming technology tsunami that Well, that will change as tech- will hit the U.S. job market over nology advances. For now, the the next five to 15 years and like- consensus is that humans will be ly destroy tens of millions of jobs needed to perform those tasks due to automation by artificial that require higher-order critical intelligence, 3-D manufacturing, thinking, innovation, creativi- advanced robotics and driverless ty, high emotional engagement vehicles—among other emerging with other humans and trade technologies. The best research skills requiring real-time prob- to date indicates that 47 percent The Cambodia Daily lem-solving and manual dexter- of all U.S. jobs are likely to be Bernard Krisher, Publisher ity. Humans will need to excel replaced by technology over the Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher at doing those things that are, next 10 to 15 years, more than Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief for now, uniquely human. Good 80 million in all, according to Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor will no longer be good enough. Chansy Chhorn, News Editor the Bank of England. Michael Dickison, Deputy Managing Editor We need to begin planning Think back to the human Kate Ginn, Deputy Managing Editor for what is coming. Our political misery in the U.S. during the Van Roeun, Senior Editor leaders need to embrace this financial recession when unem- challenge. Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, ployment hit 10 percent. Triple Feature Editor; Aisha Down, Hannah Hawkins, Sonia Kohlbacher, Brendan We need to begin preparing that. Or even quintuple it. We as O’Byrne, Ben Paviour, Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, Laurence ourselves, our families and our a society and as individuals are Stevens, Matt Surrusco, George Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch nation by mastering those skills Naren, Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang not ready for anything like that. Sothear, Ben Sokhean, Hang Sokunthea, Phan Soumy, Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; that technology cannot replace. This upheaval has the potential Siv Channa, Photographer; Tan Kimtin, Web Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, We need to rethink human ex- of being as disruptive for us now Copy Editor; Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som Sarun, Tem cellence for the Smart Machine Sokhom, Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; Kevin as the Industrial Revolution was Doyle, James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors Age. for our ancestors. Ed Hess is a professor of busi- Techno-optimists tell us to Douglas Steele, General Manager ness administration at the Darden Chea Borom, Business Manager; Eam Sopheap, Operations Manager; Sok Chamroeun, relax—don’t worry, technology Tang Sokchamrouen, Sales Representatives; Chan Vincent, Art Director; Chhun Sinath, School of Business at the University will produce lots of new jobs just Collections Director; Chap Pireak, Circulation Manager; Khun Silen, Designer; Song of Virginia and co-author of the new like it did during the Industrial Raksa, Business Assistant; Som Phay, Chief Technical Director; Scott Harlow, Matthew book “Humility Is the New Smart: Revolution. History will repeat Rosin, Jason Wik, Technical Advisers; Adam Lincoln Steele, Director of Future Planning Rethinking Human Excellence in itself, they say. Well, not so fast. The Cambodia Daily is an independent newspaper dedicated to strengthening the Smart Machine Age.” a free press and training journalists. 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By Natalia Drozdiak of which could be undone by tion, from online advertising to because the agreement is based and Sam Schechner Trump with the stroke of a pen. cloud computing, executives say. on other assurances made by the The Wall Street Journal “We are watching with some More than 1,700 firms use Obama administration, not the measure of anxiety,” said a se- Privacy Shield, including Al- Privacy Act. The ability of companies to nior staffer at one U.S. tech firm phabet’s Google, Microsoft and Privacy Shield went into ef- transfer everything from payroll that uses the mechanism, called many other smaller companies. fect last year, after the E.U.’s files to social media posts to the Privacy Shield. All types of companies transfer top court overturned a previous U.S. from Europe could be in So far, the Trump administra- personal information to the U.S. framework in 2015 because of jeopardy, tech executives and tion has given no indication that for business reasons, but free data concerns over mass surveillance European officials worry, should it aims to exit from the Privacy flows are particularly important by U.S. intelligence agencies. the administration of U.S. Pres- Shield agreement. But some wor- for tech companies, which typ- A crucial piece of Privacy ident Donald Trump consider ry Trump’s pledges to toughen ically handle large sets of data. Shield depends on Obama’s removing existing privacy pro- the U.S.’s approach to national Some tech executives say presidential policy directive tections for Europeans. security, specifically in contrast they think the Trump admin- 28, which mandates that U.S. Strict privacy laws in the E.U. with Europe, could conflict with istration’s pro-business tilt will intelligence agencies, when they allow companies to store personal the framework’s assurances to lead it to support Privacy Shield, collect personal information, information about Europeans on protect Europeans against in- because it helps U.S. firms do must recognize that all indi- U.S. soil only if the companies discriminate mass surveillance. business in the E.U. viduals have a right to privacy, commit to guaranteeing Euro- The White House didn’t re- But concerns rose among regardless of their nationality pean levels of privacy protection. spond to a request for comment. tech executives and Europe- or where they reside. But one of the main legal In the absence of clear guid- an officials in late January after Companies have other legal mechanisms to do so, agreed ance from the White House, the Trump signed an executive order mechanisms apart from Privacy between the U.S. and E.U. last fragile foundation of the agree- that excludes individuals who Shield that they can use to avoid year and used by almost 2,000 ment is creating new uncertainty are not U.S. citizens or lawful legal problems when sending firms, is underpinned legally by for businesses, some executives permanent residents from the data to U.S. data centers. But written assurances and a presi- say. Any interruption to E.U.- protections of the U.S.’s Priva- those methods, such as using dential directive enacted under U.S. data flows would upend cy Act. E.U. officials and tech model contractual language that the administration of former U.S. billions of dollars of business lawyers quickly said the order is preapproved by the E.U., are President Barack Obama—much that traffics personal informa- wouldn’t affect Privacy Shield more cumbersome.