Nat'l Body Finds 40% of Abortions Illegal
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Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL China to Nat’l body finds 40% get tough on foreign of abortions illegal teachers COVID-19 IMPACT Long Kimmarita by unlicensed practitioners. service providers and the women died while five mil- CHINA on Tuesday issued draft ON POOR SHOWN The figures were revealed women who seek their as- lion suffered short-term or rules to toughen oversight of HE National Mater- at a three-day workshop or- sistance from the disrepute permanent disabilities due to hundreds of thousands of for- IN NEW SURVEY nal and Child Health ganised by the Reproductive that weighs them down. improper abortions, she said. eign teachers who could be Centre (NMCHC) Health Association of Cam- Cambodia Midwives As- NMCHC deputy president fired for acts such as “words NATIONAL – page 4 said seven per cent bodia (RHAC) and funded sociation president Chhay Pich Sothy told The Post on and deeds” considered harmful ofT Cambodian women of by the Safe Abortion Action Sveng Chea Ath said at the Wednesday that abortions to the country’s sovereignty. reproductive age have had an Fund (SAAF) to destigmatise workshop that over 21 mil- are not against the law. Foreign teachers will also be abortion in the past five abortions. lion women in the world had However, he said all women banned from “illegally engag- years, and 40 per cent of the The proposed goal was to unsafe abortions in 2011. ing in religious education or procedures were performed rescue legitimate abortion About 50,000 of those CONTINUED – page 2 preaching”, according to the guidelines drawn up by the education, foreign, public secu- rity and science ministries. The rules have been submitted for public comments until August 21 before final approval. In recent years Beijing has tried to make China’s education THAILAND SET TO system more patriotic, elimi- nating what it perceives to be GIFT 140KM RAIL immoral foreign influences. The new guidelines would TO CAMBODIA require teachers to undergo at BUSINESS – page 6 least 20 hours of training on top- ics such as the Chinese constitu- tion and teachers’ ethics when they take up employment. They follow a spate of deten- tions of foreign teachers in recent years for sex and drug abuse. The guidelines say teachers should be fired for such crimi- nal offences. Those found to be violating the rules must be reported to educational authorities. The guidelines also require OZ POSTS RECORD all foreign teachers to possess a bachelor’s degree or higher, NUMBER OF NEW at least two years of teaching experience and relevant lan- COVID INFECTIONS guage teaching qualifications. Nesting croc Schools that illegally hire WORLD – PAGE 10 Siamese crocodiles are critically endangered animals which only exist in Southeast Asia. There are estimated to be fewer than 500 of them foreign teachers without the in the world, with many living in Cambodia. FAUNA & FLORA INTERNATIONAL right qualifications or approv- al, or mislead the public about teachers’ qualifications, can be fined up to 10,000 yuan ($1,400) per teacher. Man hacks wife, dumps body in pond Teaching in China can be a lucrative career path for for- Kim Sarom and his wife, Srun Chantrea, them to help find her. District police called in the eigners, especially if they are 29. She was a nurse at a pri- After a while, the suspect suspect and Chantrea’s father young graduates. A KAMPONG Thom man was vate clinic. The couple had walked towards a pond behind for questioning at the police Demand for foreign English arrested on Tuesday on two sons and a daughter. The the house about 60m away. station until 2pm, and the teachers in particular remains charges of hacking his wife to police have sent the case to Having found the body, the father was allowed to return robust, and many command LOCAL CINEMAS death and throwing her body the provincial court. suspect reported it to police home. salaries that are much higher into a pond behind a house That same day, a police and doctors arrived at the The officer said the suspect than average teachers. TO REOPEN WITH in Prasat Balang district’s Sala official who asked not to be scene to carry out a forensic confessed to killing his wife More than 400,000 foreign Visay commune. named said the suspect told investigation. They conclud- during an argument. Having teachers were working in China, ‘NEW NORMAL’ Provincial police chief Chea neighbours and Chantrea’s ed that Chantrea had been killed her, he threw her into a 2017 survey by State media Poeun on Wednesday said relatives on Tuesday that she hacked in the neck with a the pond behind the house found, but only one third were LIFESTYLE – page 13 the suspect is 30 years old had gone missing and asked machete. and returned home. employed legally. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST LOW MEKONG RIVER WATER LEVEL STIRS PUBLIC CONCERNS NATIONAL – page 2 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Tonle Sap River yet to reverse Police put ‘gov’t’ Niem Chheng water level in the lower parts [of the river] and makes the impostors on show ISHERMEN and fish- water flow slower,” he said. ery conservationists Ministry of Water Resource are concerned about and Meteorology spokesman to warn citizens low Mekong River wa- Chan Yutha said on Wednesday Fter levels which have prevent- that the indicator which signi- Kim Sarom Tbong Khmum province. ed the annual reversal of the fies the reversal of the Tonle Sap Mony and Somaly were Tonle Sap River’s water flow, River’s flow is when the water TBONG Khmum provincial sued by their victims. Tbong an important event which level of the Chaktomuk River police on Tuesday held a press Khmum provincial police in- eventually fills the Tone Sap reaches 7m, which usually oc- conference accompanied by vestigated the case and de- Lake with water and fish. curs from June to October. two criminals convicted of tained the two in early July. Some parts of the lake are He said the lower water lev- impersonating high-ranking The provincial court con- drier than they’ve ever been els in the Mekong River this officials to remind the public victed and sentenced them to during the rainy season. year were caused by last year’s to be wary of scammers. prison, Sok Kao said. Chak Choeun, a fisherman El Nino effects and this year’s The suspects, 65-year-old Citing Mony, Sok Kao said in Stoung district’s Peam Bang When less water flows into Tonle Sap Lake, it increases poison levels infrequent rainfall. male Suon Mony and his assis- that he posed as the secretary commune in Kampong Thom and affects fish species. FRESH NEWS Yutha said typhoons play tant, 36-year-old female Khorn or deputy secretary of different province, has been fishing in fish, and people from Stoung banned for the breeding season. a role in the water levels as Somaly, were previously sent to ministries, while Somaly would the area for years. But now, he district would often travel to “The water levels of the Me- well, and their scarcity in Asia the provincial prison for their pretend to be his secretary. is facing a severe lack of fish. fish there. Although the area kong should be higher than this year has contributed to crimes, which included cheat- Mony would ask victims to In the past, he used to catch is now dry, there are still peo- they are now. Tonle Sap wet- prolonging the dry season. ing lower-ranking officials out send money to Somaly and around 6kg of fish per day and ple along the dock, waiting land areas should be filled However, frequent rains are of money in exchange for fake when they received it, the part- sold them for about $7. Now for their fortunes to change. with water, enabling fish to expected in mid-August. promotions and raises. ners in crime would escape. In he catches only one or 2kg. He said they may disappear breed and move to the Me- Savath said many govern- Provincial deputy police total, they defrauded officials “This year, it is dried up. I soon due to the dry spell. kong River,” he said. ments blame climate change for chief Chak Sok Kao said on of tens of thousands of dollars. cannot catch anything. There “Some people left to work Savath said this is the sec- low water levels. But the hydro Wednesday that Mony, the The scheme worked for was water here last year, but in garment factories or con- ond consecutive year the wa- dams along the Mekong River mastermind behind the many years, Sok Kao said. there is nothing now. Some struction in Phnom Penh. No ter flow reversal of the Tonle cannot be ignored, he said. scheme, was from Svay Rieng He said the pair had been fishermen have left to work in one will force us to leave Tonle Sap River has been late. When “We accept that climate district’s Check commune in imprisoned once before for construction and some have Sap Lake. We will leave by our- less water flows into Tonle Sap [change] is one of the fac- Svay Rieng province and Som- the same crime and contin- gone searching for fish deep- selves if the situation remains Lake, it increases poison levels tors. But if the dams had not lay was from Tbong Khmum ued their operation upon er in Tonle Sap Lake.