All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia daily Volume 66 Issue 14 Monday, November 21, 2016 2,000 riel/50 cents Director of Surrogacy Firm Arrested After Ban By Phan Soumy the cambodIa daIly Less than a month after a ban was announced on surrogate preg- nancies, an Australian and Cambo- dian nurse and Commerce Min- istry official were arrested by anti- human trafficking police in Phnom Penh on Friday evening for operat- ing a surrogacy clinic, officials said yesterday. Keo Thea, chief of the city’s anti- human trafficking bureau, said that Australian national Tammy Davis-Charles, 49, who is listed as director of the Fertility Solutions PGD clinic, was detained on Russ- ian Boulevard while she was trav- Reuters eling toward Phnom Penh Interna- Rescue workers search for survivors at the site of a train derailment in Pukhrayan, India, which killed at tional Airport after being moni- least 90 people and injured more than 150 others, yesterday. (Story on page 17) tored for 10 months. Two Cambodian nationals, Penh Rithy, 28, an officer at the Com- merce Ministry, and Samrithchan Park Was Accomplice in Graft: Prosecutors Chariya, 35, a nurse at the Phnom ReuteRs Park’s close friend Choi Soon-sil seong to a considerable degree,” Penh Referral Hospital, were de- SEOuL - South Korean prosecutors and former presidential aide An Lee said at a news conference. tained at separate locations in the said yesterday that they believed Chong-bum were charged with Jeong, also one of Park’s former capital earlier in the evening, he President Park Geun-hye was an abuse of power by pressuring com - aides, was indicted for leaking clas- said. accomplice in a corruption scandal panies to contribute funds to foun- sified information to Choi. “In this case, we conducted a pri- that has rocked her administra- dations at the center of the scandal, Park’s lawyer Yoo Yeong-ha re- mary investigation because we tion, in a heavy blow to her fight for said Lee Young-ryeol, head of the jected the asssertion that she was knew that there are ringleaders per- political survival. Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ involved, calling it an “imagina- suading women to be surrogates,” The prosecutors’ comments, Office. tion” and saying prosecutors “have Mr. Thea said, adding that Ms. which came as they indicted a “The special investigation team built a house of fantasy.” David-Charles was also suspected close friend of Park and two of her concluded that based on the evi- Presidential Blue House spokes - of faking documents, although he former aides, are likely to spur dence secured to date, the president man Jung Youn-kuk said the prose- declined to divulge details. stronger calls for her to step down was in complicity with Choi Soon-sil, cutors’ announcement was “deeply Continued on page 2 or be impeached. An Chong-bum and Je ong Ho- Continued on page 10 Fugitive Was Working With Australian Police By Janelle Retka Learn4Life school, in October of said in an August interview at the the cambodIa daIly last year. provincial prison. An Australian fugitive who recent- According to Mr. Eglitis, it was According to an exchange of ly finished a year-long prison sen- suspected that Mr. Scotcher’s actual emails between Mr. Eglitis and Pe- tence in Siem Reap province for identity was David Shom, an Aus- ter Sloan, a Western Australian Po- stealing a passport and camera while tralian fugitive and suspected pedo - lice Child Abuse Squad detective, posing as an Interpol agent was phile who fled the country almost the private investigator sent a copy working at the behest of an Aus- two decades ago, whom he was help- of Mr. Scotcher’s passport to Aus- tralian police detective, emails show. ing Australian police track down. tralian police in late September last Guido Eglitis, 69, a private inves- “Field reports went to the vari- year. Kem Sokha Says People, Not tigator who went by the alias James ous appropriate authorities back in “James, we have completed pre- Wall, Must Protect Borders An, was arrested and charged with Phnom Penh and Australia, and in liminary checks on the passport and Page 3 robbing British national David fact I’ve worked with Australian po- it appears that SCOTCHER is in fact cambodiadaily.com Scotcher, then the director of lice on a number of occasions,” he Continued on page 2

មានដំណឹងបែែសមែួលជាភាសាខ្មែរនៅខាងក្នុង The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 2 The Cambodia daily monday, noVembeR 21, 2016 ANd AlSo NEWSMAKERS Mo Fake Money, Mo Problems nRapper kanye weSthas come out in support of Republican President- elect donald tRumP, drawing boos and whistles from fans. West told ReuteRs agency said in a statement. u.S. and Peruvian agents have the audience at a concert in San Jose, California, on Thursday night that Fifty thousand fake euros were he didn’t vote in the November 8 u.S. presidential elections “but if I seized a record $30 million in coun- also seized and 48 people arrested in terfeit dollars in the biggest netting would have voted, I would have voted for Trump.” The rapper remained the raids, called Operation Sunset. quiet during the acrimonious 2016 election campaign while Hollywood of fake greenbacks ever by the Peru is the world’s largest man- stars and other music heavy hitters like Beyonce, katy PeRRy and u.S. Secret Service, the agency ufacturer and distributor of fake BRuce SPRingSteensupported Democrat hillaRy clinton. “I hate the said on Thursday. u.S. currency. Six counterfeit fact that because I’m a celebrity, everybody told me not to say that I The stash was discovered when plants were shut down, eight man- loved the debates,” West said, in videos of remarks posted by concert more than 1,500 Peruvian police, ufacturing presses were seized and goers on Twitter and YouTube. “I loved his [Trump’s] approach,” along with Secret Service agents, more than 1,600 printing plates and added West, who last year declared he was considering running for carried out searches and arrest negatives of denominations were u.S. president himself in 2020. (Reuters) warrants on Tuesday in Lima, the found, the Secret Service said.

bodians,” Mr. Thea said. “She per- internet. And thank you to the uni- dia,” he said. Surrogacy... suaded them to do the surrogacy verse for sending us Tammy.” Sam Everingham, director of and told them that there is no harm.” The arrests come after Health Australia-based advocacy group continued fRom Page 1 A meeting involving authorities Minister Mam Bunheng an- Families Through Surrogacy, “It’s like the work that our author- from the anti-human trafficking nounced a ban on surrogacy—part called on the Cambodian govern- ities do on cases where ringleaders unit, the justice and health min- of a wider proclamation officially re- ment to guarantee “the safe exit of persuade women to go to China,” he istries, the Australian Embassy and leased by the ministry—to repre- newborns and their new parents.” said of the surrogacy trade. pregnant surrogate mothers would sentatives of Cambodia’s medical “This is a clear message from Ms. Davis-Charles, who charges be held on Thursday to figure out community on October 31. the Cambodian authorities that clients around $50,000 for her serv- what to do next, Mr. Thea said. That decisions came shortly after they are serious about their recent ices, moved her business from Thai- “We have thought about the Justice Minister Ang Vong Vathana announcement of a ban on surro- land to Cambodia last year after the risks that could happen afterward. called for a law banning surrogate gacy arrangements,” Mr. Evering- military junta shut down surrogacy We have thought about them and pregnancies. The Health Ministry ham said in an email. clinics in the country, he said. already prepared for them,” he has clarified that the current ban will “unfortunately, the arrests of Ms “She has done many in Thai- said, adding that specific duties remain in place until a law regulat- Charles and others will be very wor- land,” he said. “When Thailand and responsibilities would be de- ing the practice comes into force. rying for the surrogates she has closed it down, she came to do it in cided during the meeting. Justice Ministry spokesman Chin employed and the many intended Cambodia.” Ms. Davis-Charles is set to be sent Malin said yesterday that the law, parents on her books—most of Five surrogate mothers have giv- to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court meant mainly to protect the Cambo- those being Australians,” he said. en birth to six children in Cambodia today while the two Cambodians dian surrogates and children, was “Cambodian surrogates may be this year after receiving payments were questioned at the court yester- being prepared, but he was unsure concerned for their own safety and from between $10,000 to $12,000 day and would return today, he said. when it would be ready. take matters into their own hands. through Ms. Davis-Charles’ com- The Fertility Solutions PGD web- “They are studying and learning The Cambodian government must pany, which had also made ar - site contains numerous positive tes- from experiences from other coun- immediately provide reassurance to range ments for about 20 surrogate timonials from clients, including one tries that have prepared this law and pregnant surrogates that they will mothers who are still pregnant, Mr. from February in which a couple how they enforce them and we are not be prosecuted.” Thea said. named Duncan and Erin are quoted going to see how we should prepare (Additional reporting by George “She said she helped poor Cam- as saying, “Thank goodness for the it to align with the context of Cambo- Wright)

that.” Mr. Eglitis, Sgt. Sloan said in an assist Mr. Eglitis during his Fugitive... The email conversation between email that the private investigator imprisonment. Mr. Eglitis and Sgt. Sloan, obtained was “working on his own instinct.” upon release, Mr. Eglitis was de- continued fRom Page 1 by The Cambodia Daily, suggests “Mostly he reported to Brian ported from Cambodia and allowed who he says he is,” Sergeant Sloan that is indeed the case. LITTLELY who would forward to travel to Bangkok, despite a 2014 wrote in an email about a week later. “Do you have record of Shom’s the information to me. Brian is a re- Interpol warrant for him over a 2007 According to Bryan Littlely, a for- fingerprints?” Mr. Eglitis wrote to porter I believe. I do not know what incident in which he attempted to mer Australian journalist who ini- Sgt. Sloan on October 5. “If so, I AN was doing in Cambodia. I was detain a man in Australia. Thai Inter- tially coordinated communication may be able to obtain prints from informed that he had sighting of pol officials arrested Mr. Eglitis on between police and Mr. Eglitis, and Scotcher for comparison.” who he believed was SHOM on Thursday and revoked his visa. He who declined to name the officers “WAPOL and INTERPOL hav- 21/9/2015,” he said. is expected to be extradited to Aus- involved, high-ranking officials had ing differing views on how this can “I am aware that once AN be- tralia in the coming days. up until that point been aware of the be achieved,” Sgt. Sloan respond- lieved he had sighted SHOM AFP According to Vern Pasfield, a work the private investigator was ed. “My thoughts are if you can ob- were made aware and were contin- childhood friend of Mr. Eglitis, em- doing on their behalf. tain something from SCOTCHER uing inquiries for WA [Western bassy officials in Bangkok recently After it was deemed that the pass- we will be able to compare with Australia] Police utilising their asked him to pay for the private in- port did not match to Mr. Shom, what is on our system for SHOM. own resources,” he added. vestigator’s flight home. however, “there’s no indication that WAPOL will not release the prints “AN was advised on 29/9/2015 “If he’s been incarcerated by he had clearance from the hierar- for Cambodia to do the compari- that the photographs forwarded to Australian police and they want chy” to request Mr. Eglitis to contin- son and INTERPOL want both me via LITTLEY were not a match him to face charges in Brisbane, ue pursuing Mr. Scotcher, he said sets and do it themselves.” for SHOM nor were the finger- why aren’t they paying his airfare? of the Australian police officer. “Bloody politics,” he added. prints obtained.” What’s happening there?” he said, “This fella, this copper, wasn’t Two and a half weeks later, Mr. After being sent the email ex- noting the normal practice of gov- convinced that all was lost with this Eglitis was charged with kidnapping change that shows the sergeant ernments paying to have convicts Scotcher. He requested Guido, and robbery after taking Mr. Scotch- continuing to discuss obtaining fin- returned to face prison time. James An, to get more evidence,” er’s camera to obtain fingerprints. gerprints from Mr. Eglitis after “He knew all the police, and the Mr. Littlely said. “James An was He was sent to Siem Reap provincial that date, Sgt. Sloan did not re- officials knew him,” he added. acting with the belief that he had prison, where he remained until his spond to further questions. “He’s just fallen foul to the system, the support of an Australian police release late last month. According to Mr. Littlely, Aus- and I think some people have tak- agency, and there’s evidence to Asked about his relationship with tralian authorities did little to en advantage of him.” monday, november 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 3 NatioNal Kem Sokha Says People, Not Wall, Must Protect Borders By Khuon narim der line that was a war field before the cambodia daily to become a developed area with Invoking U.S. President-elect markets and harmonization Donald Trump’s pledge to build a between people and people and wall on the border with Mexico, country and country, so he said deputy opposition leader Kem So - this after the CPP,” he said. kha said Cambodia could not Ou Virak, a political analyst afford such infrastructure, but still who has criticized the CNRP for must focus on securing the bor- falling back on anti-Vietnamese der with Vietnam. rhetoric to gain support, said the Mr. Sokha was speaking yes- border issue was a major concern terday to hundreds of youth ac - of the people, but needed to be tivists at the CNRP’s Phnom dis cussed in a way that did not Penh headquarters, where he fuel already widespread anti- told them to focus their cam- Vietnamese sentiment. paigning for upcoming elections “I think the border is an effec- on the CNRP’s plan to strengthen tive issue. It’s one of those issues border protection. The CNRP has Deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha, center, claps along with senior that the CPP finds very difficult to long campaigned against illegal lawmaker Tioulong Saumura, left, during a gathering with youth activists shake off because the CPP refus- Vietnamese immigration and at the CNRP's Phnom Penh headquarters yesterday, in a photograph es to discuss the history,” Mr. Vietnamese incursions into posted to Mr. Sokha's Facebook page. Virak said. Cambodia. “It all depends on how they being built in a white zone in Rat - Does any government in the world “We have to develop the bor- raise the issue, and from past anakkiri province. der by getting a lot of people to give loans to people without charg- campaigns they have been pretty “Please tell me: If they don’t live along the border. First, build ing an interest rate?” he said. “It is racist in their remarks and the boundary roads along the border; stop, what can we do?” the minis- the gamble of campaigning. It is things they said, so that’s danger- second, markets, pagodas, jobs, ter asked. “Do you want Cam - easy to say such things.” ous,” he said of the CNRP. factories and agriculture farm- bodia to start a war with Vietnam Mr. Eysan said that other parts “But also, while they raise the ing,” Mr. Sokha said. to stop the construction?” of Mr. Sokha’s border plans mir- issue of a secure border, it went The acting CNRP president said Mr. Sokha said yesterday that rored those of the CPP, which too far in the sense that they didn’t the opposition’s previous cam- there were more effective ways had already worked to turn war- have a concrete or reasonable pro- paigns criticizing the government’s for Cambodia to defend its land if torn areas into livable border posal for how to deal with it.” work defending the border— proper resources were devoted to towns. (Additional reporting by Colin focusing on ongoing Vietnamese the efforts, pointing to the fact “We worked to change the bor- Meyn) incursions—had failed to offer that many Thai and Vietnamese constructive solutions. citizens live relatively well along “We have attacked them, but their country’s borders. we don’t have new recommenda- “Why do a lot of their people tions, so we could not find nation- live on the border? They get al reunification,” he said. encouragement, enough water, The CNRP led various trips to job creation, loans without inter- disputed areas along the Viet - est rates,” Mr. Sokha said. namese border in the middle of “We have to provide agricultur- last year, prompting the govern- al technicians. Second, provide ment to release diplomatic notes capital free of interest rates or to Hanoi asking Vietnam to halt given at low interest rates. Third, construction or pull back from make sure to find a market for contested border sites. whoever lives along the border,” Prime Minister Hun Sen large- he added. ly silenced the campaign by Building a physical barrier ordering the arrest of opposition along the border, however, was Senator Hong Sok Hour in Aug - out of the question, Mr. Sokha ust last year and announcing that added, referencing the promise anyone claiming that the govern- from Mr. Trump to build a ment was using the wrong maps “impenetrable and beautiful” wall to define the border would face a to keep illegal Mexican immi- similar fate. grants out of the U.S. However, the issue has not “Our National Rescue Party gone away, and Border Affairs already has a policy: When we win Minister Var Kimhong made the the election to lead the country we remarkably frank admission last will protect the border—we don’t month that Cambodia was help- have money to build a wall like less in stopping Vietnam from Mr. Trump,” Mr. Sokha said. building in at least one “white Ruling party spokesman Sok zone,” areas that both countries Eysan said that some of Mr. have agreed to stay out of until Sokha’s suggestions for encour- they agree on the border line. aging better lives along the bor- “We asked them to stop, but der were absurd, and that the they did not listen to us,” Mr. CPP had already been imple- Kimhong said of a Vietnamese menting others. border guard office that was “It is the speech of a cheater. 4 The Cambodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 NatioNal Man Charged Singer Returns to TV 9 Years After Shooting By ouch sony With Setting the cambodia daily Pov Panhapich, a beloved sin - Grandchild ger and television host who was paralyzed when she was shot twice in February 2007, returned On Fire to television for the first time on By chhorn Phearun Friday with a performance on the cambodia daily Cambodia News Channel (CNC). A farmer in Kampot province Seated in a padded wheelchair was charged with premeditated with CNC hosts at her side, Ms. murder yesterday for setting fire to Panhapich smiled as she sang his one-month-old granddaughter “Traces of Love,” a song about a on Saturday morning in a murder- women sacrificing her life for the suicide attempt that resulted in her man she loves, only to be betrayed. Pov Panhapich performs on Cambodia News Channel on Friday night. death, officials said yesterday. “Wild flowers have only hon- Sun Sorn, 54, bought three liters esty to give for true love. Now, the During an interview after her per- don’t know where we will get the of gasoline and a lighter in prepa- flower has become wilted and de- formance on CNC, the singer said money from.” ration for the crime and locked cayed. You changed your heart, that she had spent some $200,000— Sok Khemarin, director of the himself and his granddaughter in making life a swim through the mostly from donations—on med- penal police department at the In- an upstairs bedroom at about 7 tears of karma,” she sang. ical treatment since the attack, terior Ministry, said that the shoot- a.m., according to Sokhun Chath, The shooting of Ms. Panhapich, and was not hopeful that she would ing of Ms. Panhapich was still be- chief of police in Kompong Trach carried out by a masked man on a ever walk again. ing investigated, or at least it would district’s Damnak Kantuot Khang motorbike as she was walking to “If we are lucky with a good be if anyone came forward with Choeung commune. an English class in Phnom Penh, chance, we can walk as natural, but new information. Holding the infant in his arms, came in the wake of similar shoot- if we are not lucky—as I am in such “We will keep investigating when he sparked a flame and lit the child ings of starlets, starting with the a serious condition like this—we the plaintiff or witnesses have any in- on fire, Mr. Chath said. brutal murder of Piseth Pilika in may be handicapped forever,” she formation; we will start working im- “He was angry with his daughter 1999. A number of the young said, adding that she was aware of mediately,” he said, adding that for having a baby without a hus- women were rumored to have some cutting-edge medical options catching the shooter was not easy. band,” he said, adding that the child’s been attacked by the jealous wives in Thailand. “With each murder case, we mother, Sok Mul, 23, was down- “They have more advanced cannot solve it immediately be- stairs when the incident occurred. of ruling party officials. technology and they can find ways cause the person who committed Having heard her daughter’s Ms. Panhapich’s case, like those cries, Ms. Mul ran upstairs, only to of the other performers, remains to treat us,” she said. “But we don’t it is also sophisticated,” he said. “It find smoke billowing from the unsolved. need to hope for that because we is a bit difficult.” closed door, he said. She immedi- ately alerted commune police, Gov’t: Asking for Thak Lany’s Return ‘Useless’ who arrived at about 8:15 a.m. “We knew that the baby was al- By ZsomBor Peter Though the prison sentence was “She had been trafficked by ready dead, so we changed our strat- the cambodia daily accompanied by an arrest warrant, some institution,” he said. “It is a egy for the safety of police,” he said, The Interior Ministry yesterday Interior Ministry spokes man Khi - trafficking case.” adding that Mr. Sorn was still alert. accused unspecified foreigners of eu Sopheak said yesterday that Cambodia has in the past asked “He was resisting. He threw “trafficking” opposition Senator Cambodia was unlikely to ask Swe- Interpol to issue a so-called inter- stones and other materials at po- Thak Lany to Sweden, but said it den to extradite the senator. national “red notice” for criminals lice,” Mr. Chath said, adding that the would be futile to ask Stockholm “It is useless,” he said of an ex- who have fled the country and standoff lasted for three hours. “We to send her back. tradition request. “If we ask them whom the government wants to threw three to four smoke grenades Ms. Lany, an opposition senator to bring [her] back, maybe their be sent back. into the house, and then we broke for the legacy Sam Rainsy Party, people will not follow our request.” But the head of Cambodia’s In- into the house through a wall.” fled Cambodia soon after Prime “What is important is we have terpol office, Pork Kolkoma, said According to a police report, Minister Hun Sen sued her in July convicted her in this country,” he yesterday that he was not aware of Mr. Sorn admitted to plans of over a speech in which she al- added. “She’ll come in time. The any plans to ask for a red notice for killing his granddaughter, but he legedly accused him of ordering arrest warrant is still valid.” Ms. Lany. also planned to die in the act. the July 10 assassination of popu- Days after filing his lawsuit, Mr. Ms. Lany was convicted based Koung Sam, chief of Phnom lar political analyst Kem Ley. Hun Sen said he had caught wind on a video clip purporting to show Domrei village, where the family The Phnom Penh Municipal of plans Ms. Lany was making to her accusing the prime minister of lived, said Mr. Sorn had a history Court convicted her in absentia of leave Cambodia and publicly Kem Ley’s murder in a speech to of unusual behavior. defamation and incitement on warned that she would be arrest- party supporters in Ratanakkiri “A few months ago, he ran to my Thursday and sentenced her to 18 ed if she tried. province. house saying that people were chas- ing him and trying to hack him, but months in jail. It remains unclear exactly how The senator denies making the there was nobody,” he said, specu- After Thursday’s verdict, Ms. the senator got out of the country. accusation and claims the record- lating that he was suffering from the Lany’s husband, Chhun Bun San, The Bangkok office of the U.N. ing was doctored. repercussions of trauma from serv- said that the U.N. had helped get High Commissioner for Refugees She is the fifth opposition law- ing as a Khmer Rouge soldier. his wife out of the country and that would neither confirm nor deny maker to be handed jail time by a Mr. Sorn was charged with pre- she had been granted political asy- that it helped, citing agency policy Cambodian court in the past year meditated murder yesterday and lum in Sweden. Sweden’s Migra- that bars it from commenting on in what the U.N. and U.S. have both was detained in the provincial tion Agency, which handles asy- individual cases. described as a politically motivated prison, according to deputy provin- lum requests, said Ms. Lany re- General Sopheak declined to legal assault on government critics cial prosecutor Khan Sophal. ceived a residence permit on Sep- name the U.N., but accused a “for- ahead of crucial elections. The crime is punishable by life tember 2, but declined to discuss eigner institution” of effectively (Additional reporting by Khuon imprisonment. her case further. smuggling her out of Cambodia. Narim) mondAy, november 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 5 NatioNal Housing Rights NGO Director ------National Briefs ------Thai Boss Fatally Shot Cambodian Cassava Worker Denies Illegally Seizing Land A 31-year-old Cambodian man working on a cassava farm in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province was shot in the head by his Thai boss on Friday night By Ben Sokhean allegedly approached land man- following a dispute, according to officials, who added that the body was re- the CAmbodiA dAily agement officials in Kompong turned to the country on Saturday night. “They had a verbal argument Sia Phearum, one of the coun- Speu and requested the names of with each other,” said an immigration police official who spoke on condi- try’s most outspoken advocates he and his aunt replace that of Ms. tion of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the media. against land-grabbing, found him- Phally on the land title. self denying claims of illegally seiz- “After the victim did not have the He said he did not know how many shots had been fired, the nature of the ing land after being charged earli- ability to pay back Khim Sokhim, dispute, whether the boss had been arrested or other details. A letter dat- er this month in a case in Kom- Sia Phearum asked the land man- ed Saturday from the Cambodian consulate office in Sa Kaeo asked au- pong Speu province. agement officials to cut the victim’s thorities at the border crossing to facilitate the transfer of Sar Ngi’s body Mr. Phearum is executive di- name and put their names instead back to his home province of Siem Reap. The letter added that the shoot- rector of the Housing Rights Task by claiming the victim had sold the ing took place on Friday at 9:00 p.m. The victim’s body was picked up by Force, an NGO that works on be- land to them,” the warrant reads. his relatives at Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet International Check- half of evictees or those threat- “Sia Phearum took that land ti- point on Saturday night and taken to his homeland in Angkor Chum dis- ened by eviction. tle to claim that it belonged to him trict’s Char Chhouk commune, the official added. (Phan Soumy) A warrant dated November 4 and and asked the victim to remove Police Seize Petrol Tanker Stuffed with Luxury Wood signed by Keo Sothea, chief prose- herself from the house and leave Five men were arrested in Siem Reap province yesterday after police cutor at the Kompong Speu Provin- the land,” it said. cial Court, alleges that Mr. Phearum Mr. Phearum denied any wrong - found several tons of luxury-grade wood hidden inside the hold of a petro- “forged public documents, used doing and claimed the case was be- leum tanker truck. Mom Bun Lim, head of the Forestry Administration’s forged public documents and ing brought against him after he re- Banteay Srei division, said authorities were tipped off to the contraband committed fraud” in Kong Pisey fused to sell the 8 by 16 meter plot of and asked the driver how much the truck weighed after pulling it over. He district between 2009 and 2016. land—which Ms. Phally’s father still said the driver and his co-pilot claimed 32 tons, far more than the 22 to 25 The plaintiff, Nuon Phally, claims lives on—to her. tons that the tankers usually weigh. They then opened up the tanker hold that Khim Sokhim, Mr. Phearum’s “[Ms. Phally] already trans- and found it packed with Siamese rosewood, a protected but prized species late aunt who died in August, con- ferred the land to my aunt in 2008,” that can fetch thousands of dollars per square meter. “First the police ar- fiscated land from her after she he said. “This is very unjust for me rested the two men. Then three more men came to negotiate [for the re- failed to pay back a loan. because I just inherited it from my lease of the wood], so the prosecutor ordered that they be arrested too,” Before Khim Sokhim died, she aunt. Why did the court issue a Mr. Bun Lim said. The men confessed that they were attempting to smug- gave the land to Mr. Phearum, the warrant to charge me? I think it’s a gle the wood from Oddar Meanchey province to Vietnam, he said, adding warrant states. Mr. Phearum then violation against me.” that they would be sent to court today to face charges. Tea Kimsoth, head of the Forestry Administration’s Siem Reap cantonment, estimated that the wood weighed seven to eight tons. (Chhorn Phearun) Commune Chief Questioned Over Birth Certificates The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has questioned a Phnom Penh com- mune chief over allegations that he accepted thousands of dollars to ille- gally approve a birth certificate for a Chinese national. ACU chairman Om Yentieng said yesterday that Yin Vuth, the chief of Chbar Ampov district’s Chbar Ampov II commune, was questioned by the unit on Friday. “Whether he issued the birth certificate or not, it’s his duty to lead officials in doing that. But we think it was involved with money,” he said. “We did not arrest him. We just asked him to show us the documents.” Mr. Yen- tieng declined to elaborate on the allegations, but said other officials would be questioned today to cross-check the commune chief’s answers. Mr. Vuth said he was accused of accepting $12,000 from a Chinese national named Chan Vanna for a fake birth certificate, but he denied taking a bribe or doing anything else illegal. He said he did sign off on a birth certificate

AFF Suzuki Cup for a man by that name in 2013, but was presented with all the necessary Chan Vathanaka takes the ball around Malaysia's goalkeeper to identification by the commune clerk. “I saw that there were enough docu- open the scoring in Cambodia's 3-2 loss in Rangoon yesterday. ments,” he said. “He had a family book and a residence certificate. He has Cambodia Squanders Two Leads Against Malaysia a Khmer name, Chan Vanna, and was born in the 1960s.” (Ben Sokhean) The Cambodian national football team were left wondering how they walked off the turf at Rangoon’s Thuwanna Stadium yesterday empty- handed after twice throwing away leads in a 3-2 loss to Malaysia in the 2016 AFF Suzuki Cup Group B opener. Cambodia’s forward Chan Vathanaka was the star of the show once again, scoring twice and con- stantly threatening the Malaysian back four. With just seven minutes gone, Vathanaka sprinted clear of the Malaysian defense, who all stopped in their tracks to appeal for an offside that wasn’t given. Vathana- ka clumsily managed to take the ball around the Malaysian keeper to poke it into an open net. Malaysia’s Syazwan Zainon equalized with a clin- ical turn-and-shot in the 37th minute to make it honors even at half-time. There was little doubt about Vathanaka’s second as he ran onto a lobbed pass, cut inside on his left boot with two defenders blocking his path be- fore emphatically slotting the ball into the net. Despite looking as if a shock victory was in the cards, Amri Yahyah spoiled the Cambodian par- ty. The Malaysian captain scored twice in quick succession, first by side footing into an open net after some sloppy Cambodian defending allowed him to glide into the box with ease. (George Wright) 6 The Cambodia daily monday, novembeR 21, 2016 regional Burma Denies Accounts of Rohingyas Fleeing State ReuteRs rangoon - Burma’s state media on Saturday denied Bangladesh bor- der guards’ accounts of rohingya Muslims fleeing conflict at home by trying to cross into the north- ern neighbor. a commanding officer of Border guard Bangladesh said on Friday his staff provided food and medi- cine to 82 people, including wom en and children, attempting to leave Burma, but turned them back from the frontier. Two boats with 86 peo- ple were pushed back on Tuesday. State-run English language news - Reuters paper global new Light of Myan- Volunteers fumigate a street in Rangoon on Friday. mar said on Saturday that a newly created information task force had found the reports to be untrue. Burma Struggles to Prepare for Zika Outbreak “an inquiry into re ports...that ReuteRs nearly 200 people fleeing Myan- such institution in the country. amine the women. mar had been arrested and re- rangoon - Burma is largely unpre- “I wanted to ask doctors some at a hastily called news confer- pulsed yesterday by Bang ladesh pared for an outbreak of Zika, ex- questions about Zika, but they are ence after the first case of Zika in perts say, with the health ministry border guards has been found to very busy because they have to Burma was confirmed, Dr. Soe slashing anti-virus measures due be false,” the newspaper said, using see many pregnant women at the Lwin nyein, who heads public to lack of funds, overworked doc- another name for Burma. same time,” said San San aye, 42. health department at the Ministry tors skipping check-ups and preg- She had heard about Zika from a Soldiers have flooded the north of Health, has urged women to nant women saying they are in the friend, but was unsure how it could avoid pregnancies in the next six of rakhine state, along Burma’s dark about the dangers. affect her pregnancy. months. frontier with Bangladesh, re - Zika has spread to some 60 Burma is struggling to shed the The statement has confused spond ing to attacks by alleged countries and territories since the legacy of nearly 50 years of junta some Burmese health care spe- Muslim militants on border posts current outbreak was identified rule that has left its economy and cialists, who said they did not un- on october 9. Sixty-nine suspect- last year in Brazil, raising alarm public services—especially health derstand the reasoning behind ed insurgents and 17 members of over the rare birth defect micro- care and education—in tatters. the recommendation, and wheth - the security forces have been cephaly, as well as other neurolog- It has only 0.6 physicians per er it meant no more Zika cases killed since the violence began, ac- ical disorders it can cause in in- 1,000 people, according to the were expected after the six-month cording to official reports. fants and adults. WHo, six times fewer than Kaza- period. Earlier this month, Burma de- The World Health organiza- khstan. Total expenditure on Than Htun aung said medical nied accusations by rohingya peo- tion’s Burma country head, Dr. health stands at $20.3 per person, specialists were trained about Zika ple that its military had killed peo- Jorge Luna, warned Burma was about 18 times less than Thailand, guidelines last week. “During the ple fleeing the conflict, which has likely to experience more cases of and dilapidated and overcrowded training, we told them how to give displaced up to 30,000 people. the mosquito-borne virus that has hospitals often lack basic supplies. instructions to patients on how to rohingya residents have told spread quickly in the region, with a reporter visiting the rangoon avoid sexually transmitting Zika.” reporters that hundreds have tried the number of infections doubling hospital did not see any stickers or But in rangoon, Dr. Tun Lwin, to flee to Bangladesh after fighting in Vietnam and 33 fresh cases con- signs posted alerting or explaining who heads the regional public intensified a week ago. The U.n. firmed in Thailand this week.. Zika to the women. Health care health authority, said Zika was not refugee agency has said the bor- Burma detected its first Zika- workers said they did not know the priority, compared with some- der should be kept open for peo- infected patient more than two how to educate patients about the times fatal dengue fever and other ple fleeing violence. weeks ago, prompting pledges of virus. mosquito-borne diseases. The conflict is the biggest test increased monitoring and stepped at smaller public hospitals nurs- He said the regional govern- for nobel Peace Prize winner aung up mosquito-prevention measures. es often carry out check-ups in- ment did not provide funds to local San Suu Kyi since becoming Bur- But more than a dozen inter- stead of specialist doctors, who staff to carry out public health cam- ma’s de facto leader seven months views with pregnant women, doc- sometimes do not turn up for paigns about the virus, but some ago, laying bare her lack of over- tors in public hospitals and gov- scheduled appointments, report - staff members campaigned spend- sight over the military, which has ernment officials show the coun- ers found when visiting two town- ing their own money. been accused of human rights vio- try of 51.5 million is struggling to ship-level hospitals on rangoon’s The Ministry of Health’s Than lations against ethnic minorities in inform the public about the virus outskirts. Htun aung said measures to con- the past. or prevent it from spreading. Dr. Than Htun aung, in charge trol mosquitoes in cities were pro- The global new Light of Myan- on a recent afternoon, more of Zika emergency response and gressing slowly because of a lack mar said the government planned than 100 pregnant women waited - international relations at the Min- of staff and funding. to create an investigation commis- some standing for more than istry of Health, said a shortage of He added the government want - sion to look into the “violent attacks three hours—in noisy, crowded doctors meant they could not al- ed to test all pregnant wom en, trav- in Maungtaw,” the region in rak - corridors of the rangoon Central ways attend appointments. He elers, and foreigners, but “we do hine at the center of the unrest. Women’s Hospital, the largest said nurses were qualified to ex- not have the budget.” monday, novembeR 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 7 regional Meeting Putin, Duterte Rails Against Western ‘Hypocrisy’ ReuteRs tween Russia and the Philippines. blasted the U.S. and its Western al- sist if you are allied with them that manila - Philippine President Ro- Duterte responded with similar lies for taking the lead in wars he they follow you.” drigo Duterte lashed out at West- words and then chided Western said had ultimately failed. Duterte has spoken of his admi- ern “bullying” and “hypo crisy” powers, particularly the U.S., for “They seem to start a war but ration for Chinese President Xi during his first meeting with Russ- intervening in conflicts for their are afraid to go to war. That is Jinping and also for the leadership ian counterpart Vladimir Putin own national interest and cajoling what’s wrong with america and of Putin. and said when it came to alliances, others to side with them. the other,” he said. in an interview with al Jazeera the U.S. could not be trusted. Duterte’s overtures to Russia “They were waging war in so broadcast on Thurs day, he de- in talks with Putin during an are similar to those he made to many places, in Vietnam, in af - scribed Putin as sincere, and joked asia-Pacific summit in lima, Peru, China, until recently a bitter rival. ghanistan and in iraq.... They in- that he had a “hillbilly” style. Du terte held nothing back in his He is now praising Beijing and views about major powers, such tapping it for investment in a stun------Regional Brief ------as the U.S. ning about-face that has un nerved This suggests he is sticking to a region wary of a Chi nese hege- Manila Tries to Nab Bandits as Two Snatched at Sea his guns on realigning foreign pol- mony taking shape in Southeast manila - masked gunmen kidnapped two indonesian fishermen in waters icy away from Washington, de- asia. off eastern malaysia and military units were on alert to intercept them as spite his warm words for incom- The mercurial former mayor in- they headed towards the southern Philippines, the army said yesterdau. ing U.S. President Donald Trump. sists the shift is his pursuit of an in- Five men snatched the two fishermen late on Saturday from a malaysian- “Historically, i have been identi- dependent foreign policy, but that registered fishing trawler off Sabah. The army suspects the incident could fied with the Western world. it has come with repeated threats be the work of abu Sayyaf rebels. “The gunmen and their victims sped off was good until it lasted,” he told and verbal tirades against the U.S., towards the southern Philippines,” army spokesman major Filemon Tan the Russian leader. for decades a staunch ally, investor told reporters, adding that ground and naval units were trying to intercept “and of late, i see a lot of these and donor. the assailants. abu Sayyaf operates in the Sulu archipelago close to Western nations bullying small Prior to leaving for Peru, Du - malaysia and was founded with a separatist agenda, pledging allegiance na tions. and not only that, they terte said he might follow Russia to the islamic State militant group and al-Qaida. But it is better known for are into so much hypocrisy,” he and withdraw from the interna- its lucrative acts of banditry and piracy that have not abated, even as Philip- said, according to a transcript of tional Criminal Court because of pine troops step up offensives to dismantle the network. Philippine Presi- Sat urday’s meeting provided by Western criticism of his deadly dent Rodrigo Duterte discussed the maritime threat of abu Sayyaf with his office. war on drugs. He said if Russia malaysian Prime minister najib Razak recently, agreeing to cooperate to Putin congratulated Duterte on and China decided to create a stop the kidnapping. abu Sayyaf’s tactics are brutal, decapitating hostages his may election win and said he “new order” in the world, he would when ransom demands are not met. They are holding 22 captives, in- had done a lot in a very short time be first to join. cluding a Dutch, a German, a South Korean, five malaysians, two in- to build trust and confidence be- in his talk with Putin, Duterte donesians, six Vietnamese and six Filipinos. (Reuters) 8 The Cambodia daily monday, novembeR 21, 2016 regional Malaysian Protesters March Against Prime Minister Najib

ReuteRs kuala lumpur - Tens of thousands of protesters, undeterred by the arrests of opposition leaders, marched in malaysia’s capital on Saturday demanding that prime minister Najib razak step down. protesters clad in yellow shirts marched through the heart of kuala lumpur, bringing traffic to a standstill in several tourist spots and wrapping up peacefully in front of the iconic petronas Twin Towers after an initial plan to assemble at Independence Square was thwart ed by police. Najib has faced criticism since the Wall Street Journal reported last year that around $700 million from state fund 1malaysia Development Berhad was divert- ed into the personal bank account of the prime minister. Najib ran into further trouble when lawsuits filed by the u.S. Justice Department in July said over $3.5 billion was stolen from Reuters 1mDB, which was founded by Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad arrives to speak at a rally to pro-democracy Najib, and that some of those group Bersih during a 1MDB protest, calling for Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak to resign, in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. funds flowed into the accounts of “malaysian Official 1,” whom u.S. country! We are not here to tear the Twin Towers. street protests. and malaysian officials have iden- down the government, we’re “let him come and arrest us all. Fears of clashes between Ber - tified as Najib. here to strengthen it,” Bersih We will stand up for our leaders sih and a pro-Najib group called The demonstration is unlikely deputy chair Shahrul aman including maria Chin who has red Shirts mounted earlier this to shake the prime minister, who Shaari told the crowds gathered been arrested for the wrong rea- week after the latter threatened to has denied any wrongdoing and at the National mosque. sons,” said 91-year-old mahathir. target Bersih supporters, though weathered the crisis, consolidat- Najib has taken steps that critics muhyiddin Yassin—the former no major clashes were reported ing power by cracking down on say aim to limit discussion of the deputy premier who was sacked on Saturday. dissenters. scandal, such as sacking a de puty and now leads a new party chaired The pro-Najib group also ral- Eleven activists and opposition prime minister, replacing the attor- by mahathir—was also present, lied on Saturday and police esti- leaders were arrested on Friday ney general, suspending news - leading the crowds in chants of mated that about 2,500 support- and at least two more were papers and blocking websites. “Step down Najib!” ers of Najib turned up. detained at the rally. The deputy Najib retains significant sup- “Our country is being gov- Jamal Yunos, an umNO mem- prime minister ahmad Zahid port within umNO and from the erned by clowns and crooks. So ber and leader of the red Shirts, Hamidi said there could be more long-ruling Barisan Nasional I’m here to protest against our was arrested on Friday. He had arrests in the coming days. coalition. prime minister,” said the artist warned of a repeat of racial riots maria Chin abdullah, the chair Turnout was lower than a simi- reza before being arrested. in 1969 that killed hundreds in of pro-democracy group Bersih lar rally last year, with police say- azalina Othman Said, a minis- clashes between malays and eth- that organized the rally, was ing that about 15,500 Bersih sup- ter in the prime minister’s De - nic Chinese. detained under malaysia’s Se - porters took part, while news por- partment, on Saturday said it was Ethnic Chinese and Indian curity Offenses (Special meas - tal malaysiakini estimated the unlawful for any party to try to minorities formed the bulk of the ures) act, or Sosma, her law yers unseat an elected government via Bersih rally, similar to last year. said. The law was introduced in number was closer to 40,000. as 2012 to protect the country from many as 200,000 people showed security and extremist threats. up last year at one point. laurent meillan, acting region- police had said the rally is ille- al representative of the u.N. gal and that they would not hesi- Human rights Office in tate to use tear gas or water can- Southeast asia, said the use of non if things got out of hand. Sosma was very concerning. State news agency Bernama said “Security legislation should not about 7,000 police officers would be used against peaceful demon- be on duty near the protest areas. strators. We call for the immedi- Still, spirits were high among ate and unconditional release of those that gathered, with drums maria Chin abdullah and other heard along with speeches, songs activists,” meillan said. and chants by participants calling another Bersih leader, Hisha - for a clean malaysia and people muddin rais, and artist Fahmi power. reza were also arrested. Former malaysian premier ma - “We are not here to bring hathir mohamad, Najib’s fiercest down the country. We love this critic, joined protesters in front of monday, novembeR 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 9 regional Burma Training Program for Non-Muslim Police Stokes Fears ReuteRs usually required. He said his vil- sittwe, Burma - ever since deadly lage of 100 houses in northern attacks by alleged Muslim mili- Rakhine was close to a Muslim set - tants in Burma’s troubled north- tlement of 500 homes. western Rakhine state, Myint Lwin “i have some Muslim friends, says he has been unable to sleep at they are not bad people, and we night. As rumors spread of fresh vi- have no problems,” he said. olence, even the sound of dogs But many Muslims say the auxil- barking frightened him. iary programme was likely to wors- “No one in the village has had en the distrust and fear between the enough sleep since last month,” two communities. said Myint Lwin, an ethnic Rakhine “we don’t dare to go out on the Buddhist from a Muslim-majority street. if they found us, they would village in the north of the state. “we accuse us of being insurgents,” were scared when we heard peo- said a Rohingya teacher from ple shouting and dogs barking in northern Rakhine, who asked not the middle of the night.” to be named because he was afraid the 18-year-old motorbike taxi Reuters of repercussions. driver is one of 116 civilians to sign Ethnic Rakhine men attend a police training course for participants in in Buddhist Rakhine communi- up for a new auxiliary police force a civilian force that will be deployed in the north of Rakhine state, in ties the fear is just as palpable. some in Rakhine state, part of the re- Sittwe, Burma, on November 15. living in the Muslim-majority north sponse by authorities to the latest living in Rakhine state who are de- fight ethnic insurgencies else- said the auxiliary police recruit- spasm of violence that began with nied citizenship in Burma, where where in Burma, some observers ment comes too little and too late. attacks on border police posts that many regard them as illegal immi- fear the move will sharpen tensions “the police training is useless,” killed nine officers on October 9. grants from Bangladesh. between the two communities. Kyaw win said from a village where Human rights monitors say arm- “the ethnic Rakhine asked the “this is a recipe for rights abuses some 1,200 Rohingya houses out- ing and training non-Muslims will government to protect them in the against the Rohingya,” said Phil lead to further bloodshed in the di- number the 40 ethnic Rak hine vided state, but Myint Lwin sees it Muslim-majority region,” said Rak - Robertson, deputy director of Hu- households. He urged the govern- as necessary for self-defense. hine state police chief sein Lwin. “if man Rights watch’s Asia division. ment to reinforce with militias “these Muslims are trying to we have enough police force, we Not all the recruits voiced hostil- with weapons rather than police. abuse our Buddhist women and can give them more security.” ity towards Muslims. Kyaw san “we don’t know what would hap- people, so i want to protect our coun- He said the recruits would help win, 29, said he had always want- pen in the future,” he said. “we can try from them,” he told reporters. protect residents from what the ed to join the police, but had not get killed any time because we are sixty-nine suspected insurgents government has described as a achieved the level of education surrounded by Muslims.” and 17 members of the security Rohingya Muslim militant group, forces have been killed, according estimated to be 400-strong, that to official reports, since a military has been blamed for the October crackdown began last month along 9 attacks. “these Muslims never Burma’s frontier with Bangladesh. follow the laws,” sein Lwin said. it is the most serious unrest in “they are trying to seize land and the state since hundreds were extend their territory in northern killed in communal clashes be- Rakhine and kill Rakhine ethnics.” tween Muslims and ethnic Rak - the state-run Global New Light hine Buddhists in 2012. of Myanmar reported that apart Residents and rights advocates from the special training for new have also accused security forces police recruits, “healthy Rakhine of killing and raping civilians and women” and wives of members of setting fire to homes in the area, the security forces had received where the vast majority of resi- military training in January. dents are Rohingya Muslims. the the auxiliary force will come government of Burmese leader under the control of the border po- Aung san suu Kyi and the army lice. After an 18-month stint on the reject the accusations. there have border, the recruits will be de- been no reports of insurgent at- ployed to police stations close to tacks on Buddhist civilians. their hometowns. they will be Chanting an oath of loyalty to the paid a $115 monthly, a salary many state, the new recruits began an ac- recruits said was less than they celerated training program in the earned as civilians. state capital sittwe this week. Most- “i don’t care about salary,” said ly Rakhine Buddhists in their early than Lwin Oo, a 24-year-old wait- 20s, in 16 weeks they will be de- er from the northern Buthidaung ployed guarding border posts in township who failed a college en- the tense north. the training is two trance exam—a requirement to months shorter than the program join the regular police. undertaken by regular police and “i dislike the Muslims who try the recruits did not have to meet to intimidate our country. that is the usual entrance criteria such as one of the reasons why i want to educational attainment standards become a policeman.” and minimum height. while officials have said the aux- Only citizens were eligible, ex- iliary police recruits are not a new cluding the 1.1 million Rohingyas “people’s militia,” like those that 10 The Cambodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 regional in February 2018. Park... “Then, the only option that is left for politicians given the wors- continued from page 1 ening public sentiment is im- regrettable.” peachment,” he said. “The special investigation team Park has resisted calls to resign made a claim as if the president over the scandal, but has publicly has committed a grave crime apologized twice, saying that it when it announced the result of its was caused by her shortcomings investigation,” jung said. and that she had sought help from “The announcement is not truth the business community in the be- at all and but a house of cards built lief it would benefit the economy, on repeated imagination and spec- not for personal gain. ulation that completely ignores ob- The indictments had been ex- jective evidence.” pected. Choi has been accused of Park cannot be indicted because conspiring with An to exert im- she has constitutional immunity, proper pressure on dozens of the prosecutor Lee said, but added: country’s biggest conglomerates “We will continue to investigate the to help raise $65.59 million on be- president,” without elaborating. half of two non-profit foundations Under the constitution, a sitting she controlled, according to the president cannot be indicted un- prosecutors. less on charges of treason, but the Park has been rocked by allega- conclusion by the prosecutors that tions that Choi used her ties to the Park was involved in the case president to meddle in state affairs prompted fresh calls from opposi- and wield improper influence. Her tion parties for her to step down. aides An and jeong both stepped The main opposition Democrat- down late last month as the crisis ic Party and the centrist People’s deepened. Party said Park will face impeach- Hundreds of thousands of peo- ment proceedings if she refuses to ple took to the streets of Seoul on resign. but they stopped short of Saturday in the fourth straight saying they would immediately weekend of protests against Park, initiate such a move. in the biggest public demonstra- Analysts said the prosecutors’ tions the country has seen since comments about Park’s role in- the 1980s. creased the prospect that she Park has pledged to cooperate would face impeachment. in the investigation, but pushed “it provided a legal basis for im- back on the prosecutors’ plan to peachment proceedings, not only question her last week. her moral and political liabilities,” South Korea’s parliament has said Kim jun-seok, a political sci- approved a bill to appoint a special ence professor at Dongguk Uni- prosecutor, who will take over versity in Seoul. from state prosecutors and con- Park is unlikely to voluntarily duct a separate and a more wide- step down because she would lose reaching probe. The special pros- immunity against prosecution, ecutor is expected to begin work Kim said. Her five-year term ends next month.

------Regional Brief ------Xi Urges Nations to Keep S China Sea Issues Bilateral beijing - China’s President Xi jinping, in separate meetings with the lead- ers of the Philippines and Vietnam, said disputes over the South China Sea should be resolved bilaterally, state media reported yesterday. The comments underscore beijing’s opposition to involving other countries or international organizations in the maritime territorial dispute, where claimants to the waters also include Malaysia, brunei and Taiwan. ex- perts say China prefers a “divide and conquer” tactic over allowing its op- ponents to group together. beijing has also repeatedly blamed the U.S. for stirring up trouble in the South China Sea, and opposes an arbitration tribunal’s july ruling in favor of the Philippines, rejecting China’s claims to economic rights across large swaths of the waters. During a meeting in Peru, Xi told Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte “to actively mull maritime cooperation and promote positive interaction on the sea,” turn- ing the South China Sea into “an opportunity for bilateral friendly coop- eration,” said the official Xinhua news Agency. That sentiment was echoed by Duterte, Xinhua reported. The Philippines president has over- seen a rapid improvement of previously frosty relations between the two countries since taking office in june. The Philippines “is willing to prop- erly address maritime issues with China through dialogue and consulta- tion,” Xinhua said. (Reuters) monday, november 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 11 regional China Uses Old Fears to Justify Stricter Internet Regulations reuters in favor of Republican candidate Jared Ragland, senior director of and “pragmatism” in a speech on wuzhen, China - China’s ambi- Donald Trump. policy for the Asia-Pacific region at digital globalization. The following tions to tighten up regulation of Over the last year, China has software lobbyist group BSA. day, regulators ruled to block the the internet have found a second formalized a series of internet con- “we don’t think it would be help- company’s site in Russia, a coun- wind due to perennial threats— trols, including a controversial cy- ful to start treating it like a public try that also champions cyber terrorism and fake news. bersecurity law passed earlier this utility that can be walled off behind sovereignty. Chinese officials and business month, rules that overseas busi- borders.” China’s top tech firms also ral- leaders speaking at the third world ness groups say could block for- China’s new cyber law, which lied behind Beijing at the event, Internet Conference held in wu - eign firms from the market. comes into effect in June next year, pointing to the role of social media zhen last week called for more rigid Some fear such controls could, has sparked concerns of heavy- in Trump’s election as a cautionary cyber governance, pointing to the however, hinder Chinese growth handed surveillance and local data tale in the fight against fake news. ability of militants to organize on- and innovation. storage requirements. China’s in- Ma huateng, the chairman and line and the spread of false news The wuzhen conference, held ternet regulator says the law does chief executive of Tencent hold- items during the recent u.S. elec- annually, gave a glimpse of Chi- not target foreign firms and is de- ings, which oversees China’s most tion as signs that cyberspace had na’s tougher new stance; in past signed to mitigate cyberterrorism popular social networking app, become dangerous and unwieldy. years attendees were given unfet- threats to “critical infrastructure.” weChat, said Trump’s win sent an Ren Xianling, the vice minister tered access to websites normally u.n. officials attending the con- “alarm” to the global community of China’s top internet authority, blocked by China’s “Great Fire- ference are also currently weigh- about the dangers of fake news, a said on Thursday that the process wall,” including Google and Face- ing the possibility of a multilateral view echoed by other executives was akin to “installing brakes on a book, but not this year. cyberterrorism treaty, though a at the event. car before driving on the road.” Chinese President Xi Jinping ad- stalemate over the definition of cy- “[Trump’s popularity] rein- Ren, number two at the Cyber- dressed the conference in a short berterrorism has hampered ef- forces wariness about how much space Administration of China, video speech on wednesday, re- forts, a u.n. officer told reporters. freedom should be allowed in the recommended using identifica- peating a message to respect “cy- Despite the recent regulatory use of the internet in China,” says tion systems for netizens who post ber sovereignty”—the imposition chill, several leading foreign tech Jingdong Yuan, an associate pro- fake news and rumors, so they of government controls over cy- firms joined the conference, in- fessor at Sydney university spe- could “reward and punish” them. berspace within China’s borders. cluding representatives from cializing in Asia-Pacific Security. The comments come as u.S. Cyber sovereignty is seen as a di- Face book, International Business Controls can have downsides social networks Facebook and rect challenge to the u.S.-led view, Machines, Qualcomm and Tesla for innovation, however. Twitter face a backlash over their which encourages nongovernment Motors. Baidu, which held the first pub- role in the spread of false and ma- stakeholders to take the lead in gov- On Thursday, Reid hoffman, lic trial of its autonomous cars in licious information generated by erning specific internet industries. chair man and co-founder of wuzhen, has met with roadblocks users, which some say helped “The value of the internet Linked In, a professional network- due to recent restrictions on au- sway the u.S. presidential election comes from its flexibility,” said ing site, praised China’s “hustle” tonomous vehicles. 12 The Cambodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 regional Refugee in Australia Sets Fire to Self, Injures Dozens reuters sydney - A man suspected of start- ing a fire in an Australian bank on Friday that injured 27 people has been identified as an asylum-seeker, angering far-right groups and adding to an increasingly heated national debate over immigration. six people were taken to hospi- tal in critical condition after the 21- year-old suspect walked into a Mel- bourne branch of Commonwealth Bank of Australia and lit an accel- erant, setting himself and the of- fice on fire, Victoria Police said, adding the man was also in seri- ous condition. reuters - Far-right anti-Muslim groups US President Barack Obama meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday. have seized on the arson attack to call for a ban on refugees entering the country. They rallied in the China Flexes Muscles as US Trade Deal Falters city yesterday to celebrate Repub- lic donald Trump’s U.s. presiden- reuters “China will not shut its door to the kets for our exports, the better.” tial election victory. LIMA, Peru - Chinese President Xi outside world but open more,” Xi new Zealand Prime Minister Political debate around Aus- Jinping pledged to open the econ- said in a keynote address at APeC. John Key said the U.s. was an im- tralia’s hard-line asylum-seeker omy further on saturday as lead- “We’re going to...make sure the portant partner in the region, but policy has been heated recently. ers of Asia-Pacific countries fruits of development are shared.” China would fill the void if Trump Asylum-seekers who arrive in Aus- sought new free-trade options fol- Chinese attendance at the backs away from free trade. tralian waters by boat are intercept- lowing donald Trump’s election APeC meeting was its largest ever despite China’s overtures, some ed and sent to detention centers on as U.s. president on promises to and regional delegates said China APeC members were determined Manus Island in Papua new Guinea scrap or renegotiate trade deals. would take the lead on trade if the to press on with TPP and held out and nauru in the south Pacific. All eyes were on China at this U.s. turned toward protectionism. hopes the U.s. would still show The detention camps have been year’s APeC summit in Lima, Peru The Obama administration has leadership on trade. heavily criticized by human rights just over a week after Trump’s sur- warned that the RCeP would not “Our geopolitical position is with groups over allegations of sys- prise victory in the U.s. dashed include strong protections for the U.s., obviously,” Mexican Pres- temic abuses of the detainees and hopes of the largest-ever U.s.-pro- workers, the environment or intel- ident enrique Pena nieto said. incidents of self harm. Last month, posed trade deal, the Trans-Pacific lectual property. “That’s where our eyes are set and the rights group Amnesty Interna- Partnership, coming to fruition. Obama said the U.s. worked to that’s what we are working for.” tional released a scathing report, U.s. President Barack Obama include labor provisions in a U.s.- Pena nieto said the nAFTA calling Australia’s detention sys- has championed the TPP as a way Peru free trade agreement to lift pact between the U.s., Mexico tem “elaborate and cruel.” to counter China’s rise, but he has wages and standards for Peruvian and Canada should be “modern- Victoria’s state Premier daniel now stopped trying to win con- workers. ized,” noting that issues relating to Andrews said yesterday that there gressional approval for the deal “That’s the kind of attitude that labor rules and the environment signed by 12 economies in the was no political motivation in- we want to try to promote in...the were among those that could be Americas and Asia-Pacific, exclud- years going forward, and my hope included in such talks—two areas volved in the attack on the bank. ing China. Without U.s. approval, is that that policy will continue.” Mexico had believed it could up- “It is not a commentary, and it the current agreement cannot be The leaders had confirmed the date with the U.s. via TPP. oughtn’t to be used as a political implemented. economic and strategic importance Mexico wants to harness Cana- weapon by anybody who finds Trump campaigned against the of the agreement, Japanese deputy dian support for nAFTA and TPP, fault with any of the policy settings TPP and the north American Free Chief Cabinet secretary Kotaro and after a meeting between Pena we have at the moment,” The Age Trade Agreement as bad for the nogami said after the meeting. nieto and Canada’s Prime Minis- newspaper quoted Andrews as U.s. He said he would scrap the With the fate of the TPP uncer- ter Justin Trudeau, Mexico’s gov- saying. TPP and threatened tariffs for im- tain, China’s talks on RCeP, which ernment said in a statement the Habib Habib, from the Aus- ports from China and Mexico. include Australia, India and more pair agreed their countries should tralian Burmese Rohingya Orga- Following a meeting with Oba- than a dozen other countries, are keep working together “to pro- nization, said the man alleged to ma, Xi said Beijing’s relationship seen as perhaps the only path to mote north America as a compet- have carried out the attack was a with Washington was at a “hinge the broader Free Trade Area of the itive and prosperous region.” Rohingya asylum-seeker. moment” and called for a smooth Asia-Pacific that APeC aspires to. several APeC members said it The man, who had spent time at transition. “It’s a more traditional trade was too soon to write off support an immigration detention on Xi has been selling an alternate deal, reducing tariffs on goods and from Trump on TPP. Christmas Island, was suffering vision for regional trade by pro- services. It’s not as far reaching as “Barack Obama was not a sup- men tal and financial problems, he moting the Beijing-backed Re- the TPP,” Australian Prime Minis- porter of the TPP when he be- said. A federal government source gional Comprehensive economic ter Malcolm Turnbull told re- came elected and he’s leaving of- confirmed to reporters the man ar- Partnership, which currently ex- porters of RCeP. But “the more fice as one of its greatest advo- rived in Australia by boat in 2013. cludes the Americas. access we can get to more mar- cates,” Australia’s Turnbull said. រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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ជាតិ​ដើម្បី​​ពង្ឹងករ​ករ​ពារ​នៅ​តាម​ព្ំដ្ន។​​​ ព្មលើ​ខ្ស្​បន䮑្ត់​ព្ំដ្នរួច​រាល់​​។ លោក​សុខ​ឥសន​​អ䮓ក​នំពាក្យ​គណ​បក្ស​

គណបក្ស​សង䮂្្ះជាតិ​បន​ធ䮜ើ​យុទ䮒នករ​ប្ឆំង​​​​​ ​លោក​ វ៉្​គឹមហុង​ បន​និយយ​​កលពី​ កន់អំណច​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​ករ​លើក​

ករ​ធ䮜ើ​អន䮏្ប្វ្សន៍​ខុស​ច្បាប់​របស់​​​ជនជាតិ​ សប䮊្ហ៍​មុន​អំពី​ប៉ុស䮏ិ៍​យម​​​នៅ​តាម​​ព្ំដ្ន​ ឡើង​របស់លោក​កឹម​សុខា​​​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​​មន​ករ​

វៀតណម​​​និង​ករ​លុកលុយ​របស់​វៀត​ណម​​ វៀតណម​ដ្លកំពុង​សងសង់​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​តំបន់​ រស់​នៅ​កន់ត្​ប្សើរ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដ្យ​

ចូលក䮓ុង​ប្ទ្ស​កម្ពុជាជាយូរ​មក​ហើយ​​។ ស​​ក䮓ុង​ខ្ត䮏​រតនគិរី​ថា​"​​យើង​បន​ស䮓ើ​ឱ្យ​ពួក​គ្​ ព្ំដ្ន​នះ​គឺមិន​សមហ្តុ​សមផលឡើយ​

លោក​កឹម​សុខា​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា បញ្ឈប់​ប៉ុន䮏្​ពួកគ្​មិន​ស䮊្ប់យើង​ទ្"។​ ហើយថា​គណបក្ស​ប្ជាជន​កម្ពុជា​បន​អនុវត䮏​​​

"​យើង​ត្ូវ​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ព្ំដ្ន​​ដោយ​ករ​​ឱ្យ​មន​ លោក​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​សួរ​ថា​"​សូម​ប្្ប់​​ខ䮉ុំមក​មើល​​​ ផ្ន​ករ​ផ្ស្ងៗ​ទៀត​រួច​ហើយ។

ប្ជាជន​​ច្ើន​រស់​នៅ​តាមព្ំដ្ន​។​ទី១​ បើ​ពួកគ្​មិន​ឈប់​តើ​យើង​​អាច​ធ䮜ើ​អ䮜ី​បន?​ លោក​បន​ថ䮛្ង​ថា​"​វ​ជា​សម䮊ី​របស់​អ䮓ក​

សងសង់​ផ䮛ូវ​នៅ​តាមព្ំដ្ន។​ទី២​ផ​្សារ​​វត䮏​ តើ​អ䮓ក​​ចង់​ឱ្យ​កម្ពុជាចាប់​ផ䮏ើម​សង䮂្្ម​ជាមួយ​ បោក​ប្្ស់។​តើ​រដ䮋្ភិបល​ណ​ក䮓ុង​ពិភព​ ” អារាម​​ករ​ងរ​​រោងចក្​និង​​ករ​ធ䮜ើ​កសិកម្ម​"។ វៀតណម​ដើម្បី​បញ្ឈប់ករ​សងសង់​ឬ​? ។ លោក​​​ផ䮊ល់​ប្្ក់​កម䮅ី​​ឱ្យ​ប្ជាជន​ដោយមិន​

ប្ធាន​ស䮊ីទី​គណបក្ស​សង䮂្្ះ​ជាតិ​រូប​ ​ដោយ​ចង្អុល​បង្ហ្ញ​ទៅ​នឹង​​​​ហ្តុ​ពិត​ យកករ​​​ប្្ក់​នះ?។​វ​ជា​ល្ប្ង​ន្ករ​ធ䮜ើ​

ន្ះ​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា​យុទ䮒នករ​មុនៗ​​ ដ្លថា​​ប្ជាជន​ថ្​​និង​វៀត​ណម​​​​ជាច្ើន​ យុទ䮒នករ។​ករ​និយយ​ពី​បញ្ហ្​ទាំងន្ះ​​វ​

របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្ឆំង​​​ដ្ល​រិះគន់​​កិច䮅ករ​ រស់​បន​ល្អ​ប្សើរ​​តាម​បណ្ដ្យ​ព្ំដ្ន​​ន្​ ងយ​ស្ួ​លទ្"។

របស់​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​ដ្ល​និយយ​​ករ​ពារ​ព្ំដ្ន​​​​​ ប្ទ្សរបស់​ពួកគ្​នះ​លោក​កឹម​សុខា លោក​សុខ​ ឥសន​ បន​ថ䮛្ង​ថា​ ផ䮓្ក​

ដោយ​​ផ䮊្ត​លើ​ករបន䮏​លុកលុយ​របស់​វៀត​ បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​​កលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​ថា​​​មន​ ផ្ស្ង​ទៀត​ន្​ផ្នករព្ំដ្ន​របស់លោក

ណម​នះ​​មិន​បន​​ផ䮏ល់​​ដំណះ​ស្្យ​​​​​ក䮓ុង​ មធ្យោបយ​ដ្ល​មន​ប្សិទ䮒ភាពជាង​ន្ះ​ កឹម​សុខា​ឆ䮛ុះ​បញ䮅្ំង​ឱ្យ​ឃើញពី​ផ្នករ​​របស់​

ន័យ​ស䮐្បន​ឡើយ។ សម្្ប់កម្ពុជា​ក䮓ុង​ករ​ករ​ពារ​ទឹក​ដី​របស់ខ䮛ួន​ គណបក្សប្ជាជន​កម្ពុជា​​ដ្ល​បន​ធ䮜ើ​ករ​​រួច​

លោក​បន​ថ䮛្ង​ថា​"​​យើង​បន​វយ​ប្ហារ​​​ ប្សិន​បើ​​​មន​ករ​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​​​ធនធាន​ត្ឹម​ ទៅ​ហើយ​ដើម្បី​ប្្ក្ល្យ​​តំប​ន់ដ្ល​ហ្ក​

ពួកគ្​​​ប៉ុន䮏្​យើងមិនមន​អនុសសន៍​ថ្មីទ្ ត្ូវ​​សម្្ប់កិច䮅​ខិត​ខំ​ប្​ឹង​ប្្ង​ន្ះ។ ហួរ​ដោយ​សង䮂្្មទៅ​ជាទីប្ជុំជន​ព្ំដ្ន​

ដូច䮓្ះ​យើង​មិន​អាច​ស䮜្ង​រក​ករ​បង្ួប​បង្ួម​​ លោក​កឹម​សុខា​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា ដ្ល​អាច​រស់នៅ​បន​។

ជាតិ​បន​ឡើយ​"។ "​ហ្តុអ䮜ី​បន​ជា​ប្ជាជនរបស់ពួកគ្​ជា​ច្ើន​​​​​​ លោក​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍ថា​ "​យើង​បន​

គណបក្ស​សង䮂្្ះ​ជាតិ​បន​​ដឹកនំករ​ធ䮜ើ​​ រស់នៅ​តាម​ព្ំដ្ន​?​​ពួកគ្​ទទួលបន​​ករ​ ប្្ក្ល្យ​​ខ្ស្បន䮑្ត់​ដ្ន​ដ្ល​ជា​សមរភូមិ​

ដំណើរមុន​ៗ​ទៅ​កន់​តំបន់​ដ្ល​មន​វិវទ​នៅ​​ ជំរុញ​ទឹក​ចិត䮏​​ មន​ទឹក​គ្ប់គ្្ន់​​​ ករ​បង្កើត​ សង䮂្្ម​ពីមុន​​ទៅ​ជា​តំបន់​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​​ដោយ​

តាម​ព្ំដ្ន​វៀតណម​កលពី​ពាក់កណ្ដ្ល​ ករ​ងរ​​និង​ករ​​​ផ䮊ល់​ប្្ក់​កម䮅ី​​ដោយ​គ្ម្ន​ករ​ មន​​ទីផ្សារ​និង​សុខដុម​នីយកម្ម​​រវង​ប្ជាជន​

ឆ្ន្ំ​២០១៥​ ​ដោយ​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​រដ䮋្ភិបល​​​​ច្ញ​ ប្្ក់​"។ និង​ប្ជាជន​រវង​ប្ទ្ស​និង​ប្ទ្ស​​ដូច䮓្ះ​​​

កំណត់ទូត​​ទៅ​ក្ុង​ហាណូយ​សុំ​ឱ្យ​វៀត​ណម​ ​លោក​បន​បន䮐្ម​ថា​ "​យើង​ត្ូវ​ផ䮊ល់​​អ䮓ក​ គត់​បន​និយយ​ពី​ផ្នករ​ន្ះ​តាម​គណបក្ស​​​

ផ្អ្កករ​សងសង់​​​ឬ​ដក​ថយច្ញពី​តំបន់​ បច䮅្កទ្ស​កសិកម្ម​។​ទី២​​ផ䮊ល់​​ទុន​ដោយ​គ្ម្ន​​​​ ប្ជាជន​កម្ពុជា​"។

ព្ំដ្ន​ដ្ល​មន​​ទំនស់​ន្ះ​​។ ករ​ប្្ក់​ឬ​ផ䮊ល់​​​ទុន​ដោយ​មន​ករ​ប្្ក់​ទាប​។​​​ លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​​អ䮓ក​វិភាគ​នយោបយ​ដ្ល​

​លោក​នយក​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​ហ៊ុន​ ស្ន​ ​បន​​​ ទី៣​​ត្ូវ​ធ䮜ើ​ឱ្យ​ប្្កដ​ថា​ស䮜្ងរក​ទីផ្សារ​សម្្ប់​​​ បន​រិះគន់​គណបក្ស​សង䮂្្ះ​ជាតិ​ចំពោះ​ករ​​

បំបិទ​សំឡ្ង​​យុទ䮒នករ​ន្ះ​​ដោយ​បញ䮇្​ឱ្យ​ អ​䮓ក​ដ្ល​រស់​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដ្យ​ព្ំដ្ន​"។ ពឹង​ផ្អ្ក​​​លើ​ករ​ប្ើ​វោហារសស䮏្​ប្ឆំង​

ចាប់ខ䮛ួន​លោក​ហុង​សុខហួរ​សមជិក​ព្ឹទ䮒​ លោក​កឹម​សុខា​បន䮐្ម​ថា​ទោះ​យ៉្ង​​​ណ វៀតណម​ដើម្បី​ទទួល​បន​គំទ្​នះ​បន​

សភា​គណបក្ស​ប្ឆំង​កលពី​ខ្​សីហា​ឆ្ន្ំម​ុន​ ករ​សងសង់​​​​របំងជាក់ស䮏្ង​​នៅ​តាម​​ព្ំដ្ន​​​ មន​ប្ស​សន៍​ថា​​បញ្ហ្​ព្ំដ្ន​គឺ​ជា​កង䮜ល់​ដ៏ធ​​ំ​​

ដោយ​ប្កស​ថា​នរណ​ដ្លអះអាង​ថា ពិតជាមិន​អាច​ទៅរួច​ទ្​​ដោយ​លោកសំដៅ​ របស់​ប្ជាពលរដ䮋​ប៉ុន䮏្​​​ចាំបច់​ត្ូវ​​ពិភាក្សា​​

រដ䮋្ភិបល​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់ផ្នទីមិនត្ឹម​ត្ូវ​ ដល់​ករ​សន្យោ​​របស់​លោក​ដូណល់​ត្្ំ​ថា​ នៅ​ក䮓ុង​មធ្យោបយ​ដ្លមិនបញ䮆្ះ​វោ​ហារ​

ដើម្បី​កំណត់​ព្ំដ្ននះ​​នឹង​ប្ឈម​ជោគ​ នឹង​សងសង់​កំផ្ង​"​ដ្ល​មិន​អាច​ជ្ៀត​ សស䮏្​ប្ឆំង​វៀតណម​​ដ្ល​បន​រាល​ដល​​

វសន​ស្ដៀង​គ្ន្​ន្ះ​។ ចូល​បន​ ហើយ​ស្ស់ស្អ្ត​"​ ដើម្បី​កុំ​ឱ្យ​ជន​ រួច​ទៅ​ហើយ​នះ​"។

ប៉ុន䮏្បញ្ហ្​ន្ះ​មិន​​​បន​ស䮄ប់ស䮄្ត់​ទ្​ហើយ​​ អន䮏្ប្វ្សន៍​មុិកសុីកូ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​​ចូល​​ក䮓ុង​ លោក​អ៊ូ​វីរៈ​បន​ថ䮛្ង​ថា​"​ខ䮉ុំគិត​ថា​ព្ំដ្ន​​​

លោក​វ៉្​គឹមហុង​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​ទទួល​បន䮑ុកកិច䮅ករ​ សហរដ䮋អាម្រិក​។ គឺ​ជា​បញ្ហ្​​​ដ៏មន​ប្សិទ䮒ភាព​​​វ​ជា​បញ្ហ្​មួយ​​

ព្ំដ្ន​បន​សរភាព​ដោយ​ត្ង់​គួរ​ឱ្យ​កត់​ លោក​កឹម​សុខា​បន​មន​ប្សសន៍​ថា ក䮓ុង​​ចំណម​បញ្ហ្​ដ្ល​គណបក្ស​ប្ជាជន​

សម䮂្ល់មួយ​កលពី​សប䮊្ហ៍​មុន​ថា​ប្ទ្ស​ "​គណបក្ស​សង䮂្្ះ​ជាតិ​មន​គោល​នយោ​ កម្ពុជា​​លំបក​ដោះស្្យ​​ពីព្្ះ​គណបក្ស​

កម្ពុជា​គ្ម្នពំនឹង​ក䮓ុង​ករ​រារាំង​វៀតណម​មិន​ បយ​​​រួច​ហើយ​គឺ​ថានៅ​ព្ល​យើង​ឈ䮓ះ​ឆ្ន្ត​​​​​​ ប្ជាជន​មិន​ព្ម​ពិភាក្សា​អំពី​ប្វត䮏ិ​សស䮏្​"។ តមកពីទំព័រ១៥ ឱ្យ​សងសង់​​អ䮜ី​យ៉្ង​ហោច​ណស់​មួយ​នៅ​ ដឹកនំ​ប្ទ្ស​​យើង​នឹង​ករ​ពារ​ព្ំដ្នយើង​​​ ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទទី២១ខៃវិច្ឆិកាឆ្នៃំ២០១៦ ខេមបូឌា ដេលី ១៥

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ នគរ បាល បេឆាំង ការ ជួញ ដូរ ... ព្ហស្បតិ៍​​​ដើម្បី​​​​​​គិត​​​គូ​​​ថ​តើ​​​នឹងត្ូវ​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​អ䮜ី​​​ យុត䮏ិធម៌​​​បាន​​​លើកឡើង​​​ថ​ច្បាប់​​​ន្ះ​​​​​​ដ្ល​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ បន䮑្ប់​​​មក​​​ទៀត​​​។ បង䮀ើត​​​ឡើង​​​ដើម្បី​​​ករ​​​ពារ​​​អ䮓ក​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​

ឯកសរ​​​ផង​​​ដ្រ​​​​ប៉ុន䮏្​លោក​​​បាន​​​បដិស្ធ​​​មិន​​​ លោក​​​បាន​​​ថ䮛្ង​​​ថ​"យើង​​​បាន​​​គិត​​​គូ​​រ​អំពី​​​ ជន​​​ជតិ​​​ខ䮘្រ​និង​​​ទារក​​កំពុង​​​ត្​​​តាក់​​​ត្ង​​​ប៉ុន䮏្​​​​

រៀប​​​រាប់​​​លម្អិត​​​នះ​​​ឡើយ​​​។ បញ្ហ្​​​ប្ឈម​​​ដ្ល​​​អាច​​​កើត​​​មន​​​នៅ​​​ព្ល​​​ លោក​​​មិន​​​ដឹង​​​ថ​ព្ល​​​ណា​​​នឹង​រួច​​​រាល់​​​នះ​​​

លោក​​​បាន​​​ថ䮛្ង​ទាក់​​​ទិន​​​នឹង​​​ជំនួញ​​​​ពពោះ​​​ ក្្យ​​​។​យើង​​​គិត​​​គូ​​​រអំពី​​​ពួក​​​គត់​​​​និង​បាន​​​ ឡើយ​​​។

ជំនួស​​​ថ​"វា​​​ដូច​​​ករងារ​ដ្ល​អាជ្ញ្ធរ​​​របស់​​​ រៀប​​​ចំ​​​រួច​​​​ហើយ​សម្្ប់​​​ពួក​​​គត់​​​ផង"។​​​​ លោក​​​បាន​​​មន​​​ប្សសន៍​​​ថ​"គ្​​​កំពុង​​​

យើង​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​​លើ​ករណីនន​​ដ្ល​ម្ខ្ល្ង​​​​​​​​បញ䮅ុះ​​​​​​ លោក​​​បាន​​​បន䮐្ម​​​ថ​តួនទី​ជក់​​​លក់​​​​និង​​​ករ​​​ ត្​​​សិក្សា​​​​និង​​​រៀន​​​សូ​​​ត្​​​បទ​​​ពិសោធន៍​​​ពី​​​

បញ䮅ូល​​​ស䮏្ី​​​ឲ្យ​​​ទៅធ䮜ើ​​​ករ​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​ ទទួល​​​ខុស​​​ត្ូវ​​​នឹង​​​ត្ូវ​​​សម្្ច​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​កិច䮅​​​ ប្ទ្ស​​​ផ្ស្ង​​​ៗ​​​ដ្ល​​​បាន​​​តាក់​​​ត្ង​​​ច្បាប់​​​ន្ះ​​​ Tammy Davis-Charles ចិនដ្រ​​​"។ ប្ជុំ​​​ន្ះ​​​។អ䮓ក​ស្ី​​​​ នឹង​​​ រួចហើយ​​​​​ហើយ​​​ថ​តើ​​​ពួក​​​គ្​​​អនុវត䮏​​​ប្ប​​​ Tammy Davis-Charles អ䮓ក​ស្ី​ ដ្ល​​​យក​​​ ត្ូវ​​​បញ䮇ូន​​​ទៅ​​​សល​​​ដំបូង​​​រាជធនីភ䮓ំព្ញ​​​ ម៉្ច​​​​ ហើយ​​​​ថ​ តើ​​​យើង​​​គួរ​​​តាក់​​​ត្ង​​​យ៉្ង​​​

ថ䮛្​​​ស្វា​ពី​​​អតិថិជន​​​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ប្ហ្ល​​​៥០.០០០​​​​​​ នៅ​​​ថ䮄្​​​ន្ះ​​​​រីឯ​​​ជនជតិ​​​​ខ䮘្រ​​​ពីរនក់​​​​​​ត្ូវ​​​បាន​​​ ដូចម䮏្ច​​​ដើម្បី​​​ឲ្យ​​​ស្ប​​​តាម​​​បរិបទ​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​"។ Sam Everingham ដុល្ល្រ​​​បាន​​​ផ្ល្ស់​​​អាជីវកម䮘​​​របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​​ពី​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​ សក​​​សួរ​​​នៅ​​​សល​​​ដំបូង​​​កល​​​ពី​​​ម្សិល​​​មិញ​​​​ លោក​ ប្ធន​​​អង䮂ករ​​​ Families Through Surrogacy ថ្​​​មក​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​កល​​​ពី​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​មុន​​​​បន䮑្ប់​​​ពី​​​រដ្ឋ្ភិ​​​ ហើយ​​​នឹង​​​ត្ឡប់​​​មក​​​វិញនៅ​​​ថ䮄្​​​ន្ះ​​​។ តស៊ូ​​​មតិ​ ដ្ល​​​

បាល​​​យោធ​​​បិទ​​​គ䮛ីនិក​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​​​ គ្​​​ហទំព័រ​​​របស់​មន䮑ីរ​​​សម្្ក​​​ព្យាបាល​​​ មន​​​មូល​​​ដ្ឋ្ន​​​នៅ​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​អូស䮏្្លី​​​​​​​បាន​​​អំពាវ​​​​​​ Fertility Solutions PGD ប្ទ្ស​​​ន្ះ​​​។ ន្ះ​​​មន​​​​​​សក䮁ី​​​កម䮘​​​​​​ នវ​​​ឲ្យ​​​រដ្ឋ្ភិបាល​​​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​ធន​​​​"សុវត䮐ិភព​​​ជូន​​​​

លោក​​​បាន​​​មន​​ប្សសន៍​​​ថ​"គត់ធ្ល្ប់​​​​ វិជ䮇មន​​​មួយ​​​ចំនួន​​​ពី​​​អតិថិជន​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​នះ​​​មន​​​ ទារក​​​ទើប​​​កើត​​​​និង​​​ឪពុក​​​ម䮏្យ​​​ថ䮘ី​​​របស់​​​ពួក​​​គ្​​​"។

បាន​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​ស្វា​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​ជ​​​ច្ើន​​​មក​​​ហើយ​​​​​​ មួយ​​​​​​ចុះ​​​កល​​​បរិច䮆្ទ​​​នៅខ្​​​កុម䮗ៈ​ដ្ល​​​ប䮏ី​​​ លោក​​​​​​បាន​​​លើកឡើង​​​តាម​​​អីុម៉្ល​​​ថ​"​​​ន្ះ​​​​​​ Duncan Erin ក䮓ុ​​​ងប្ទ្ស​​​ថ្។​ព្ល​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​ថ្​​​បិទ​​​ស្វា​​​ ប្ពន䮒​​​មួយ​​​គូ​​​ឈ្ម្ះ​ និង​ ត្ូវ​​​ ជ​​​ស​​រ​​​មួយបញ្ជ្ក់​​​យ៉្ង​​​ច្បាស់​​​ពី​​​​អាជ្ញ្ធ​​​រ​​​

ន្ះ​​​​​គត់​​​បាន​​​ផ្ល្ស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​មក​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​​​​វិញម䮏ង​"។ បាន​​​ដក​​​ស្ង់​​​សម䮏ី​មក​​​ថ​"អរគុណ​​​ព្ះ​​​ជ​​​ កម䮖ុជថ​​​​ពួក​​​គ្​​​កំពុង​​​អនុវត䮏​​​យ៉្ង​​​តឹង​​​រឹុង​​​លើ​​​

នយ ករិយល័យ​រូបន្ះ​បាន ​ឲ្យដឹង​​​ ម្ច្ស់​​​ហើយ​​​ដ្ល​​​ប្ទាន​​​គ្ហទំព័រ​​​ន្ះ​​​ ស្ចក䮏ី​​​ប្កស​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ព្ល​​​ថ䮘ីៗ​​​ស䮏ី​​​អំពី​​​​បម្្ម​​​​

ទៀត​​​ថ​​ម䮏្យ​​​ដ្ល​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​ចំនួន​​​៥​​​នក់​​​ ហើយ​​​សូម​​​អរគុណ​​​ដល់​​​ពិភព​​​លោកហើយ​​​​ លើ​​​ករ​​​រៀប​​​ចំ​​​ស្វាពពោះជំនួស​​​"។ Tammy បាន​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​កំណើត​​​ឲ្យ​​​កូន​​​ចំនួន​​​៦​​​នក់​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ ដ្ល​​​បញ䮇ូន​​​​ មក​​​ឲ្យ​​​យើង​​​"។ លោក​​​បាន​​​បន䮐្ម​​​ថ"ជ​​​អកុសល​​​ករ​​​ចាប់​​​ Tammy Davis-Charles ប្ទ្ស​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ន្ះ​បន䮑្ប់​​​ពី​​​ទទួល​​​បាន​​​ ករ​​​ចាប់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ទាំង​​​ន្ះ​​​កើត​​​មន​​​ឡើង​​​បន䮑្ប់​​​​​​ ខ䮛ួន​​អ䮓ក​ស្ី​​​​ និង​​​អ䮓ក​​​​​​

ប្្ក់​​​ចន្ល្ះ​​​ពី​១០.០០​​​០​​​ដុល្ល្រ​ដល់​​​១២.០០០​​​​​​ ពី​​​លោក​ម៉ម​ប៊ុនហ្ង​​​​រដ䮋​​​មន䮏្ីក្សួង​​​សុខភិ​​​ ផ្ស្ង​​​ៗ​​​ទៀត​​​​នឹង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឲ្យ​​​អ䮓ក​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​ដ្ល​​​​​​ Tammy ដុល្ល្រ​​​តាម​​​រយៈ​​​គ䮛ីនិក​​​របស់​​​អ䮓ក​ស្ី​ បាល ​​​​​​បាន ​​​ប្កស ​​​បម្្ម​​​លើ​​​ករ ​​​ពពោះ​​​ អ䮓ក​​​​​​ស្ីជួល​​​​​​​និង​​​អ䮓ក​​​​​​ដ្ល​​​ចង់​​​ក្ល្យ​​​ជ​​​ឪពុក​​​ Davis-Charles ​​​ដ្ល​​​ក៏​​​បាន​​​រៀប​​​ចំឲ្យ​ម䮏្យ​២០​​​ ជំនួស​​​​ដ្ល​​​ជ​​​ផ䮓្ក​​​ន្​​​ស្ចក䮏ី​​​ប្កស​​​ទូទៅ​​​ ម䮏្យ​​​ជ​​​ច្ើន​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​បញ䮇ី​​​របស់​​​អ䮓ក​ស្ី​​​មន​​​

នក់​​​ផ្ស្ង​​​ទៀត​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​ដោយ​​​​ឥឡូវ​​​ ច្ញ ​​​ជ​​​ផ䮛ូ វ ​​​ករ ​​​ដោយ ​​​ក្សួង ​​​​​​​​​ទៅ​​​កន់​​​ ករ​​​ព្ួយ​​​បារម䮗​​​យ៉្ង​​​ខ្ល្ំង​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​នះ​​​ភគ​​​ច្ើន​​​

កំពុង​​​មនផ䮑្​​​ពោះ​ទៅហើយ​ផង​​​ដ្រ​។ តំណាង​​សហគមន៍​​​វ្ជ䮇សស䮏្​​​កម䮖ុជ​​​កល​​​ពី​​​ ន្​​​អ䮓ក​​​ទាំង​​​ន្ះ​​​គឺជ​ជន​​​ជតិ​​​អូស䮏្្លី​​​"។

លោក​​​បាន​​​មន​​​ប្សសន៍​​​ថ​ "គត់​​​បាន​​​ ថ䮄្​​​ទី​​​៣១​​​ខ្​​​តុល។ លោក​​​បាន​​​មន​​​ប្សសន៍​​​បន䮐្ម​​​ទៀត​​​ថ

និយយ​​​ថ​គត់​​​ជួយ​​​ពល​​​រដ䮋​​​ខ䮘្រ​​​ក្ីក្​​​​គត់​​​ ស្ចក䮏ី​​​សម្្ច​​​នះ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​បន䮑្ប់​ពី​​​ "អ䮓ក​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​ជន​​​ជតិ​​​ខ䮘្រ​​​ប្ហ្ល​​​ជ​​​

បាន​​​បញ䮅ុះ​​​បញ䮅ូល​​​ពួក​​​គ្​​​ឲ្យ​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​​ លោក​អង䮂​វង្សវឌ្ឍាន​រដ䮋​​​មន䮏្ី​​​ក្សួង​​​យុត䮏ិ​​​ ព្ួយបារម䮗​​​ចំពោះ​​​សុវត䮐ិភព​ផ䮑្ល់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​​និង​​​

ហើយ​​​​​​ប្្ប់​​​ពួក​​​គ្​​​ថ​គ្ម្ន​​​ផល​​​ប៉ះពាល់​​​ទ្​​​"។​ ធម៌​​​អំពាវ​​​នវ​​​សំុ​​​ឲ្យ​​​ច្ញ​​​ច្បាប់​​​ហាម​​​មិន​​​ឲ្យ​​​ ដោះ​​​ស្្យ​​​បញ្ហ្​​​ដោយ​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ឯង​​​។​​​រដ្ឋ្ភិបាល​​​

កិច䮅​​​ប្ជុំ​​​ដ្ល​​​មន​​​ករ​​​ចូល​​​រួម​​​ដោយ​​​អាជ្ញ្ធរ​​​ មន​​​ករ​​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​។​ក្សួង​​​សុខភិបាល​​​ កម䮖ុជ​​​ត្ូវ​​​ត្​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​ករ​​​ធន​​​ភ្ល្ម​​​ៗ​​​ចំពោះ​​​អ䮓ក​​​

មក​​​ពី​​​អង䮂ភព​​​ប្ឆំង​​​ករ​​​ជួញ​​​ដូរ​​​មនុស្ស​​​ បាន​​​បញ្ជ្ក់​ជក់​​​លក់ថ​បម្្មក䮓ុង​​​ព្ល​​​ ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​ដ្ល​កំពុង​​​មនផ䮑្​​​ពោះ​​​​​​ថ​ ពួក​​​

ក្សួង​​​យុត䮏ិធម៌​ក្សួង​​សុខភិបាល​​​​ស䮐្ន​​​ទូត​​​ បច䮅ុប្បន䮓​​​នៅ​​​ត្​​​អនុវត䮏​​​​រហូតដល់​​​​ច្បាប់​​​​​​គ្ប់​​​ គ្​​​នឹង​​​មិន​​​ត្ូវ​​​បាន​​​ផ䮏ន䮑្ទោស​​​នះ​​​ឡើយ​​​"៕​​​

អូស䮏្្លី​​​​និង​​​​ម䮏្យ​​​​​​​​​ពពោះ​​​ជំនួស​​​​​​ដ្ល​ឥឡូវ​​​ គ្ង​ប្តិ​​​បត䮏ិករ​​​ន្ះ​​​ចូល​​​ជ​​​ធរមន​​​។ ស៊ុយ⎶ង George Wright កំពុង​​​មន​​​ផ䮑្​​​ពោះ​​​នះ​​​​នឹង​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​នៅ​​​ថ䮄្​​​ លោក​ជិន​ម៉្លីន​អ䮓ក​​​នំពាក្យ​​​​​ក្សួង​​​ (រាយករណ៍​​​បន䮐្ម​​​ដោយ​ )​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

លោក កឹម សុខា ៖ ... យុទ䮒នករ​កន䮛ង​មក​ដ្លពួក​គ្​មនករ​ប្កន់​​​ ឡើង​ពី​បញ្ហ្​​​ករ​ពារ​​ព្​​ំដ្ន​​វា​ហួស​ពី​ព្ំដ្ន​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៤ ជតិ​សសន៍​ខ្ល្ំង​​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ករ​លើក​ឡើង​​​របស់​ ព្្ះ​​​​ពួកគ្​មិនមន​​សំណើ​រឹងមំ​​ឬ​សម​

លោក​បាន​និយយ​ដល់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្្ះ​​​ ខ䮛ួន​​និង​​បញ្ហ្​មួយ​ចំនួន​ដ្ល​ពួកគ្​បាន​​និយយ​​ ហ្តុ​​​​ផល​​​ពី​របៀប​ដ្ល​ត្ូវ​ដោះស្្យ​​

ជតិ​ថ​​"​បញ្ហ្​ទាំង​អស់​អាស្័យលើ​​ថ​​តើ​​ ដូច䮓្ះ​​វា​គ្្ះ​ថ្ន្ក់ណាស់​"។​ ឡើយ​"៕​សរុន​ Colin Meyn ពួកគ្​លើក​ឡើង​ពី​បញ្ហ្​ន្ះ​ដូចម䮊្ច​និង​ពី​ លោក​​បន䮐្ម​ថ​"ប៉ុន䮏្​​ព្ល​ពួកគ្​លើក​ (រាយករណ៍​បន䮐្ម​ដោយ​ )​​​​​ ១៦ ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទទី២១ខៃវិច្ឆិកាឆ្នៃំ២០១៦

ព័ត៌មានជាតិ

ពៅ​​បញ្ញាពាជា​បង្ហាញ​មុខ... ករណី​របស់​កញ្ញែ​ពៅ​​បញ្ញែពែជែ​ដូច​ ទំនើប​និងជឿន​លឿន​ហើយ​គែ​អាច​ស䮜ែង​ តមកពីទំព័រ១៣ ករណី​របស់​តារផែសែង​ៗ​ទៀត​ដែរ​នៅ​មិន​ រក​វិធី​ᾶចែើន​ដើមែបី​ពែយាបាល​យើង។​តែ​

តែការ​កែបត់​។ ទាន់តែូវបាន​ដោះ​សែែយ​នៅឡើយទែ​​។ យើង​មិន​ចំបាច់​សងែឃឹម​ពី​រឿង​ហ䮓ឹងទែ​ពែែះ​

កញ្ញែ​បាន​ចែៀង​​ថា​ "​ឱផ្កែ​ពែែ​​មន​តែ​ភក䮊ី​​ អំឡុង​បទ​សម䮗ែសន៍​បន䮑ែប់ពី​ការ​សម䮏ែង​ យើង​មិនដឹង​ថា​ទៅរក​លុយ​ពីណាឡើយ"។

បូᾶ​​​ស䮓ែហ៍​ពិត​ឥឡូវ​ផ្កែ​សែពោន​រុះរោយ​​​ នៅ​ទូរទសែសន៍​សុី​អិន​​សុី​អ䮓ក​ចមែៀង​រូប​​​នែះ​​​ លោក​សុខ​ខែមរិន䮑ែ​បែធាន​នយកដ䮋ែន​

កែៀម​ស䮜ិត​បង​បែែចិត䮏​​ធ䮜ើ​ឱែយ​ជីវិត​ហែល​ទឹក​ បាន ​និយយ ​ថា​ក ញ្ញែ​​បាន ​ចំណាយ ​បែែក់​ នគរបាល​ពែហ្មទណ䮌​​នែ​កែសួង​មហាផ䮑ែ​​

ភ䮓ែកកម្ម​"។ បែហែល២០០.០០០ដុល្លែរ​​ដែលភគចែើន​ បានមន​បែសសន៍​ថា​ការ​បាញ់​បែហារ​កញ្ញែ​

ការ ​បាញ់​បែហារ ​លើ​កញ្ញែ​ពៅ​ប ញ្ញែ​​​ បាន​មក​ពី​ការ​បរិច្ចែគ​លើ​ការ​ពែយាបាល​​ចប់​ ពៅ​បញ្ញែពែជែ​​​កំពុង​បន䮏​សុើប​អង្កែត​​​ឬ​យ៉ែង​​​​

ពែជែ​​​​ដែល​ᾶ​ស䮓ែដែ​របស់​​ជន​​បិទមុខ​ម䮓ែក់​​ជិះ​ តាំងពី​ការ​វាយ​បែហារ​មក​ហើយ​គ䮘ែន​សងែឃឹម ហោច​ណាស់​​ នឹង​ធ䮜ើ​ការ​ភ្លែមៗ​​ បើ​​នរណា​

ម៉ូតូ​មក​បាញ់​បែហារ​​ខណៈ​នង​កំពុង​ដើរ​ទៅ​ ថា​នឹង​អាចដើរ​បាន​វិញ​ឡើយ។ មន​ព័ត៌មន​ថ្មី។

កាន់​​សល​រៀង​អង់គ䮛ែស​មួយ​​​កន䮛ែង​​​​ក​䮓ុង​រជ​​​ កញ្ញែ​បាន​និយយ​ថា​"​បើ​យើង​មន​សំណាង​ ​លោក​បាន​ថ䮛ែងថា​"​យើង​កំពុងបន䮏​សុើប​

ធានី​ភ䮓ំពែញ​នោះ​កើត​ឡើង​​​បន䮑ែប់ពី​មន​ការ​ រួមផែសំ​នឹង​​ឱកាស​ល្អ​នោះ​ យើង​អាច​ដើរ​បាន​ អង្កែត​​​​នៅពែល​ដើម​ចោទ​​​ឬ​សកែសី​មន​ព័ត៌​​​

បាញ់​បែហារ​​​សែដៀងៗគ䮓ែ​លើ​តារ​​មួយ​ចំនួន​​​​​​​​​​ ដូច​ធម្មតាវិញ​​តែបើ​យើងគ䮘ែនសំណាង​ពែែះ​​​​ មន​ណាមួយ​យើង​ចប់​ផ䮏ើម​​ធ䮜ើការ​ភ្លែម"។

ផែសែង​ទៀត​ដោយ​ចប់​ផ䮊ើម​​ពី​ការ​ធ䮜ើ​ឃាត​​ ខ䮉ុំ​ស䮐ិត​ក䮓ុង​ស䮐ែនភព​ធ䮄ន់ធ䮄រ​ដូច​នែះ​យើង​ លោក​បាន​បន䮐ែម​ថា​ការ​ចប់​ជន​ដែដល់​មិន​

យ៉ែង​ពែែផែសែ​លើ​​អ䮓កសែី​ពិសិដ䮋​ពិលីកា​នៅ​ បែហែល​ᾶ​ពិការ​រហូត​ហើយ"។​កញ្ញែបាន​ ងាយ​សែួល​ទែ។​លោកមន​បែសសន៍​ថា​"​

ក䮓ុង​ឆ䮓ែំ​១៩៩៩។​​​ស䮏ែី​ក្មែងៗ​មួយ​ចំនួន​តែូវ​បាន​​​​ បន䮐ែម​ថា​កញ្ញែដឹង​ពី​ជមែើ​ស​នែការ​ពែយាបាល​ ករណី​មនុសែស​ឃាត​នីមួួយ​ៗ​​យើង​មិន​អាច​​

គែ​​និយយ​​ចចម​អារ៉ែម​តៗ​គ䮓ែ​ថា​រង​ការ​វាយ​ ជឿន​លឿន​និង​ទំនើប​មួយ​ចំនួន​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ ដោះ​​​សែែយ​​​​​បាន​ភ្លែម​ៗ​ទែ​ពីពែែះ​​អ䮓ក​ដែល​​​

បែហារ​​ពី​​បែពន䮒​ដែល​មន​ការ​បែចណ䮌​របស់​ បែទែស​ថែ។ បាន​​​​បែពែឹត䮏​អំពើ​នែះ​​ក៏​មន​ជំនញខ្ពស់​ដែរ។​​​

មន䮏ែី​គណបកែស​​មក​ពី​គណបកែស​កាន់​អំណាច​។​ កញ្ញែបាននិយយ​ថា​"​គែ​មន​បច䮅ែកវិទែយា​ វា​លំបាកណាស់"៕ស៊ុយ⎶ង​និង​សរុន​​​​ Volume 15, Issue 349 Monday, November 21, 2016

The Cambodia daily English Weekly çöìönEÚºCÁk‰WÑö‹kXö“lˆ ö Fill in the Blank Idioms

Choose the word that best WHeN HeLL FReezeS OVeR - Used to describe an incredi- completes each sentence. bly unlikely occurence. 1.) Their request was straightforward. They I’ll be a billionaire when hell freezes over. wanted a title to their land, some 2,600 hectares, on which—as a community—they planted brown upland rice, _____ buffalo to their gods UP IN THe AIR - To be undecided. and buried their dead. I don’t know what to study at university; my major is up in

a. ate b. told the air. c. dreamed d. sacrificed WALK ON eggSHeLLS - To be very careful. 2.) However, Krolah village—one of four indigenous communities to receive titles this My crazy neighbor keeps yelling at me when I practice my year—no longer looks like it did in 1998. instrument. I have to walk on eggshells around her. Most of the forest now _____ of low brush and patches of cassava.

a. has b. majority c. consists d. looks Antonyms

3.) Logging trucks roar by on the main road Pick the antonym—the opposite—of the word in parentheses. after dark, _____ timber from the lower reach- es of Virachey National Park to National Road 1.) As the second day of Phnom Penh’s Water Festival unfolded on Monday afternoon, 7, the northeastern artery to Vietnam. this was the consensus inside the shaded awnings of a Ministry of Tourism tent set up a. buying b. selling (exclusively) to welcome foreign festival-goers. c. hauling d. having a. primarily b. probably c. only d. weirdly

4.) The trees, which the villagers used for fire- 2.) The Dutch backpacker said he found it “a little discriminatory” that most wood, for the lodgepoles of their houses and Cambodians were stuck in the sun while he got a (prime) perch. as shelter for their spirits and ghosts, are all a. even b. high c. shady d. good but _____.

a. gone b. not 3.) Meanwhile, foreigners who (stray) into the mobs and midday heat of the riverside c. sold d. to quickly find themselves ushered into the plush white seats of the northernmost tent. a. wander b. run c. look d. fall 5) “Whoever had power and money—they took the trees,” said Ly Sam Oeun, a commu- 4.) “I don’t understand it at all, but they seem (enthusiastic),” the 66-year-old British nity organizer in Krolah. “But the land _____.” retiree said from his seat under the ministry’s awning. a. bored b. excited c. nifty d. drunk a. stay b. remains c. smells d. cannot

Answers Answers Fill in the Blank: Antonyms: 1.) d, 2.) c, 3.) c, 4.) a, 5.) b 1.) c. only, 2.) d. good, 3.) a. wander, 4.) b. excited page 2 Monday, November 21, 2016

WORD SCRAMBLE Target Unscramble each set of mixed-up letters, one letter in each space, to form ordinary words. e i S REtOfS t A i 1._____ b l i How many words of two letters or more can CEOAN you make from the above letters? in each 2. ___ word, each letter can be used only once. there must be at least one nine-letter word in your list. the answers will be in uMOiANtN next week’s edition. 3.______targets: 8: good 12: very good 20 or more: excellent iERRv last week’s answers: 4. __ _ objectify, befit, bite, byte, cite, city, coif, cote, foci, jibe, joey, obey, obit, bet, bio, bit, bot, boy, bye, cob, cot, coy, fet, fib, fit, ice, icy, jet, jib, joe, jot, joy, obe, Now arrange the letters in the circles to find oft, toe, tie, toy, yet, be, by, to the answer, as suggested in the following clue:

Hint: the environment all around us. Wise Words Answer: ______

“Racism should never have happened and so you don’t get a RiDDLE cookie for reducing it.” Are you clever enough to figure out this “i am angry. We should all be angry. Anger has a long history of mental puzzle? bringing about positive change.”

“Of course i am not worried about intimidating men. the type of •What tastes better than it smells? man who will be intimidated by me is exactly the type of man i have no interest in.”

“Culture does not make people. People make culture. if it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.”

Answers “My own definition is a feminist is a man or a woman who says, yes, there’s a problem with gender as it is today and we must fix Word Scramble it, we must do better. All of us, women and men, must do better.”

1.) forest, 2.) ocean, 3.) mountain, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.) river; Answer: Nature Nigerian author 1977 - Riddle: A tongue. Monday, November 21, 2016 page 3

Select the part that is not the Synonyms: Pick the word or phrase that most acceptable form in standard written english. closely matches the meaning of the word or phrase in parentheses. 1.) in a move activists (a. fearing) could endanger thousands of Cambodian (b. children), thailand 1.) After four years and five drafts, environmental groups (c. plans) to reduce the number of children of illegal will have one last chance to make their voices heard on migrants (d. living) in the country to zero by 2020, what will become the most broad-ranging and aggres- sive environmental law Cambodia has ever (enacted.) according to a newspaper report. a. considered b. implemented 2.) thailand is the (a. top) destination (b. for) c. written d. rejected Cambodians (c. seeking) work abroad, with the thai Ministry of Labor tallying 681,571 laborers in November 2.) the final draft is due to be put before Environment 2014, most of (d. who)lack full documentation. Minister Say Sam Al on December 25, said Brian Rohan, a lawyer with vishnu Law Group, the public interest law 3.) Waranont Pitiwan, deputy permanent secretary firm (drafting)the code. (a. at) the Labor Ministry, told the Bangkok Post that a. writing b. reading the government (b. was) planning several measures to c. fighting d. helping reduce the more (c. then) 118,000 children who (d. came) with their parents from Cambodia, Laos and 3.) While much of the framework set forth in the code Burma to work in the informal thai labor market seeks to give unprecedented power to local communities to manage and protect their land, many nongovernment 4.) the measures (a. include)“ending the registration of groups and rural residents said they had either never illegal migrant workers” in favor of one-to-one agree- heard of it or were (skeptical) that it would change ments with individual countries, (b. forcing) migrants anything. home (c. at)the end of their contracts, encouraging birth a. trusting b. sure control among migrants and (d. curbed) illegal migra- c. doubtful d. aghast tion itself, the newspaper reported.

5.) “So far, children of migrants (a. does)not have access 4.) Among the litany of environmental issues that the rul- ing CPP has been slow in addressing, deforestation and to school,” (b. said)Moeun tola, head of the labor rights land grabbing—both linked to upper (echelons) of mili- group Central. “it’s very dangerous for them, because tary and government—have left some of the deepest children are (c. kept) in the house or dorms (d. while) wounds across the country. their parents are going to work.” a. heights b. regions c. bosses d. sections 6.) When hundreds of thousands of Cambodians (a. fled) thailand in 2014 (b. due to) fears of violence there, chil- dren’s NGO World vision (c. said) that many children 5.) Suy Jih is among countless Cambodians who feel (d. become)separated from their families in the chaos. betrayed. in 2012, he and two other villagers began a petition for a community land title, seeking legal (control) over nearly 3,000 hectares that yielded rice, fuel and firewood for some 500 Bunong families includ- ing his own.

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Select the part 1.) a. fear, 2.) d. whom, 3.) c. than, 4.) d. curbing, 5.) a. do, 6.) d. became Synonyms 1.) b, 2.) a, 3.) c, 4.) d, 5.) b, •traNSlated NewS FrOm The Cambodia daily (previOuS iSSueS)

Customs Official Guilty Of Soliciting មន្តាី​នាយកដ្ឋានគយនិងរដ្ឋាករ​ម្នាក់​មនទោសពីបទ​ Kickbacks ទទួល​សំណូក​ lion riel, or about $2,000, as By Ben Sokhean ដោយ បែន សុខហ៊ែន the cambodia daily well as the $72,000 in com- An official from the Fi- pensation to the state. ខាមបូឌា​ដាលី nance Ministry’s customs “The court decided to sen- មន䮏ែីម្នែក់មកពីនយកដ䮋ែនគយនិងរដ䮋ែករនែកែសួងសែដ្ឋកិច្ច និងហិរញ្ញវត䮐ុតែូវ and excise department was tence Ung Chea Veng, 42, to បានផ䮏ន្ទែទោសកាលពីមែសិលមិញឲែយជាប់ពន䮒នគរ រយៈពែលពីរឆ្នែំពីបទទទួល sentenced yesterday to two two years in prison but [he] សំណូកពីកែុមហ៊ុនបរទែសក䮓ុងការរត់ឯកសរមួយចំនួនពាក់ព័ន䮒ការនំចូល ប៉ុន䮏ែ years in prison after being will serve only one year and convicted of taking kick- the rest will be suspended,” នឹងអនុវត䮏ទោសតែពាក់កណ្តែលប៉ុណ្ណែះ។ backs from foreign compa- Judge Vandy said, without លោក អឹុង ជាវែងបែធានការិយាល័យវិនិយោគមិនមែនកាត់ដែរនែនយកដ䮋ែន nies to process import docu- elaborating on why the នែះតែូវបានឃាត់ខ䮛ួននៅសណ្ឋែគរមួយក䮓ុងរាជធានីភ䮓ំពែញដោយមន䮏ែីអង្គភព ments—but will serve only sentence was halved. បែឆំងអំពើពុករលួយកាលពីខែកក្កដ បន្ទែប់ពីតែូវបានចោទបែកាន់ពីទទទួល half the term. Mr. Chea Veng was put សំណូក។ Ung Chea Veng, chief of under surveillance after លោក អឹុង ជាវែង សរភពថា បានទទួលសំណូកជាទឹកបែែក់ចំនួន ៤.៩៩០ the de partment’s non-gar- numerous foreign compa- ដុល្លែរ ក䮓ុងការរត់ឯកសរមួយចំនួន ហើយយល់ពែមបង់បែែក់សំណងចំនួន ment investment bureau, nies lodged complaints with ៧២.០០០ដុល្លែរ។ ក䮓ុងសវនការនៅសលដំបូងរាជធានីភ䮓ំពែញកាលពីដើមខែ was detained at a Phnom the ACU, the agency said. នែះ មែធាវីរបស់លោកបានស䮓ើសុំឱែយមនការអត់ឱន ដោយអះអាងថា កូនក䮏ីរបស់ Penh hotel by Anti-Corrup- While under surveillance, លោកលង់ខ䮛ួនដោយសរការភ䮛ើតភ䮛ើន។ tion Unit (ACU) officials in Mr. Chea Veng was caught លោក កោ វណ䮌ី ចៅកែមបែធានកែុមបែឹកែសាជំនុំជមែះបានបែកាសកាលពី July after being accused of taking three separate bribes, មែសិលមិញថា លោក អឹុង ជាវែង ដែលមិនបានបង្ហែញខ䮛ួនក䮓ុងតុលការជាលើកទី២ soliciting bribes. the judge added. បន្ទែប់ពីត្អួញត្អែរថា មនជំងឺនោះ តែូវបានផ䮏ន្ទែទោសឲែយជាប់ពន䮒នគររយៈពែល Mr. Chea Veng confessed “He received three en- ពីរឆ្នែំពីបទ “វីតិកែម”។ ចៅកែមរូបនែះក៏បានសមែែចពិន័យជាទឹកបែែក់ចំនួន to ac cepting $4,990 for pro- velopes. The first envelope ៨លនរៀល(បែហែល ២.០០០ដុល្លែរ) និងបានបង䮂ែប់ឲែយសងរដ្ឋចំនួន ៧២.០០០ cessing documents and had $800, the sec ond enve- ដុល្លែរ។ agreed to pay $72,000 in com- lope had $50 and the third ចៅកែម កោ វណ䮌ី បានមនបែសសន៍ថា “តុលការបានសមែែចផ䮏ន្ទែទោស pensation. In a hearing at the envelope had $40,” Judge លោក អឹុង ជាវែង អាយុ ៤២ឆ្នែំ ឲែយជាប់ពន䮒នគររយៈពែលពីរឆ្នែំ ប៉ុន䮏ែនឹងអនុវត䮏 Phnom Penh Municipal Van dy said. ទោសតែមួយឆ្នែំប៉ុណ្ណែះ ហើយទោសដែលនៅសល់នឹងតែូវពែយួរ” ដោយលោក Court earlier this month, his Mr. Chea Veng was given មិនបាននិយាយលម្អិតពីមូលហែតុដែលទោសនែះតែូវកាត់បន䮐យពាក់កណ្តែលនោះ lawyer pleaded for lenien- one month to appeal the ឡើយ។ cy, claiming his client had verdict. ទីភ្នែក់ងរនែះបានឱែយដឹងថា លោក អឹុង ជាវែង តែូវបានដក់ឱែយស䮐ិតនៅកែែម been lured by the “extrava- Contacted by phone, his ការតាមដន បន្ទែប់ពីកែុមហ៊ុនបរទែសមួយចំនួនបានដក់ពាកែយបណ្តឹងទៅអង្គភព gance” of modern life. lawyer, Chhun Vinita, who បែឆំងអំពើពុករលួយដោយចោទបែកាន់គត់ពីបទទទួលសំណូក។ Presiding Judge Kor also did not at tend yester- ចៅកែមរូបនែះបានបន䮐ែមថា ខណៈស䮐ិតកែែមការតាមដន លោក អឹុង ជាវែង Vandy an nounced yesterday day’s hearing, reiterated that Mr. Chea Veng—who តែូវបានតាមទាន់ទទួលបែែក់សំណូកចំនួនបីដច់ដោយឡែកពីគ្នែ។ that his client had already “ failed to turn up in court admitted to wrongdoing. ចៅកែម កោ វណ䮌ី បានមនបែសសន៍ថា គត់ទទួលបានសែែមសំបុតែបី។ for a second time after com- “My client already made សែែមសំបុតែទី១ មនលុយ ៨០០ដុល្លែរ ហើយសែែមសំបុតែទី២ មនលុយ ” plaining of illness—was sen- an ad mission and he also ac- ៥០ដុល្លែរ ចំណែកសែែមសំបុតែទី៣ មនលុយ ៤០ដុល្លែរ ។ លោក អឹុង ជាវែង tenced to two years in prison knowledged his mistake, so តែូវបានទុកពែលមួយខែដើមែបីប䮏ឹងទាស់នឹងសលកែមនែះ។ for “misappropriation of pub- it’s the court’s decision,” Mr. នៅពែលទាក់ទងតាមទូរស័ព䮑លោក ឈុន វីនីតា មែធាវីរបស់គត់ដែលក៏មិន lic funds.” The judge also Vinita said. “He re grets what មនវត䮏មននៅសវនការកាលពីមែសិលមិញដែរនោះ បានលើកឡើងជាថ្មីថា កូន handed him a fine of 8 mil- happened.” ក䮏ីរបស់លោកបានសរភពរួចហើយចំពោះទោសកំហុសនោះ។ លោក ឈុន វីនីតា បានបន䮐ែមថា “កូនក䮏ីរបស់ខ្ញុំបានសរភពរួចហើយ ហើយ excise (n.) ​រដ្ឋាករ គត់ក៏បានទទួលស䮂ែល់កំហុសរបស់ខ䮛ួនផងដែរ ដូច䮓ែះវាជាសែចក䮏ីសមែែចរបស់ kickback (n.) សំណូក,​បាាក់សគុណ តុលការ។ គត់សោកស្តែយណស់អំពីអ䮜ីដែលបានកើតឡើង”៕ សរុន plead (v.) សំុ,​អង䮜រ leniency (n.) ការអត់ឱន,​ការអនុគាាះ • NOteS extravagance (n.) ភ䮛ើតភ䮛ើន,​ហុឺហា turn up (phr. v.) បង្ហាញខ䮛ួន the english weekly is prepared by: elaborating (gerund) និយាយល្អិតល្អន់,​និយាយលម្អិត Brendan O’Byrne halve (v.) បន្ថយពាក់កណ្ដាល associate: surveillance (n.) ការតាមដន,​ការឃ្លាំមើល Kim Chan lodge (v.) ដក់ The Cambodia daily • No. 7, Street 228 reiterate (v.) លើកឡើងជាថ្មី PhNom PeNh, Cambodia • tel: 855-23-426-602 monday, november 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 17 InternatIonal US Building At Least 90 Killed in Indian Train Derailment reuters “Suddenly I could feel that the India’s creaking railway system is Projects in nEW dElHI - at least 90 people were carriage was overturning. I imme- the world’s fourth largest, ferrying killed and 150 injured when sever- diately held the metal rod near the more than 20 million people each al carriages of an Indian express bathroom door,” said Faizal khan day, but it has a poor safety record, Kabul Lost train derailed in northern uttar who was traveling with his wife with thousands of people dying in Pradesh yesterday, with the toll and two children, all of whom sur- accidents every year, including in $85 Million set to rise amid a desperate scram- vived the accident. frequent train derailments. ble to locate survivors from the reuters Two senior police officials in derailments and accidents have mangled wreck, senior railway of- kanpur said that their teams have been a frequent occurrence, in- kabul - Stalled luxury hotel and ficials said. been able to pull out about 60 cluding an incident in uttar apartment projects next to the u.S. Fourteen cars of the train, trav- Embassy in the afghan capital bodies from the badly damaged Pradesh—India’s most populous may have lost american taxpayers eling between the northeastern train carriages. state—in March last year that $85 million and left the partially city of Patna and the central city of “Our aim is to rush all the in- killed 39 people. Heavy rains in constructed buildings as security Indore, were thrown off track in jured to the hospital in the next the eastern state of andhra Pra - threats, a u.S. government watch- Pukhrayan, 65 kilometers south two hours and we are seeking help desh in 2005 caused a train to de- dog said on Thursday. of kanpur city, according to rail- from private hospitals,” said addi- rail, with some carriages plunging The projects were partially fund- way officials. tional director-general daljeet into a river, killing more than 100 ed by the Overseas Private Invest- Television footage showed bad- Singh Choudhary. people. ment Corporation, a u.S. govern- ly mangled blue carriages, with buses are being pressed into Indian Prime Minister naren- ment agency for foreign investment. crowds of people and police on top service to help passengers com- dra Modi, who started out selling but both now appear to have of the wreckage searching for sur- plete their journey, Singh said. tea outside a train station, has been abandoned in a climate of in- vivors. One car was almost lying The death count is likely to rise promised to modernize India’s creasing concern over security, ac- on its side, and appeared to have as rescuers look through the railways and build high-speed en- cording to a letter to OPIC from been completely torn apart. wreckage, according to witnesses gines befitting asia’s third-largest the Special Inspector General for Rescue officials with yellow hel- and officials. economy. afghanistan Reconstruction. mets were working their way “I can see bodies lying near the by some analysts’ estimates, a suicide bomb attack on through the crowds, carrying vic- tracks; everyone is in a state of the railways need $293.34 billion Wednesday killed four people in tims from the mangled wreckage shock. There is no water or food of investment by 2020, and India is kabul, illustrating the precarious as teams struggled to remove the for us,” said Rajdeep Tanwar, a turning to partnerships with pri- security involving not only the Is- derailed wagons from the tracks, survivor. vate companies and seeking loans lamic State militant group and a Tal- one of the main transportation Suresh Prabhu, India’s railways from other countries to modern- iban insurgency, but also a wider routes for goods and passengers minister, said in a tweet that the ize its network. breakdown in law and order as gov- in northern India. government would immediately last year, Japan agreed to pro- ernment control has weakened. “Still many more passengers investigate the causes of the de- vide $12 billion of soft loans to “The $85 million in loans is are trapped,” anil Saxena, a senior railment and promised account- build India’s first bullet train. gone, the buildings were never railway official in new delhi told ability with the “strictest possible Yesterday, Modi took to Twitter completed and are uninhabitable, reporters. action.” to express his condolences. and the u.S. Embassy is now The packed train, operated by Prabhu said the government “anguished beyond words on forced to provide security for the the Indian government, derailed would offer $5,133 to families of the loss of lives due to the derail- site at additional cost to u.S. tax- in the early hours of yesterday the dead, as well as $733 in case of ing of the Patna-Indore express. payers,” the letter said, accusing when more than 500 passengers grievous injury and $366 in case of My thoughts are with the be- the developer of possible fraud were sleeping, survivors said. simple injury. reaved families,” Modi said. and OPIC of lax oversight. Ground was first broken for the hotel in 2004 by then-afghan Presi- dent Hamid karzai, with the project financed in part by an OPIC loan of $40 million that u.S. officials at the time called the “largest u.S. private investment in afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban” in 2001. It was initially to be run by Hyatt International Corporation and fin- ished in 18 months, according to news reports at the time, but that never happened. by 2007, a group of companies received a new loan of $60 million to complete the hotel and Marriott International had agreed to man- age it, the letter said. In 2013, construction was drag- ging on, but the developer promised it would be complete by the end of the year and OPIC approved the dis- bursement of the last funding, the SIGaR reported in the letter. To this day the hulking building sits empty, overlooking the u.S. Embassy which pays an untold reuters amount of money to secure the A view of a derailed train in Kanpur, in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, in this still image taken from structure, according to the SIGaR. video footage recorded yesterday 18 The Cambodia daily monday, novembeR 21, 2016 InternatIonal Angela Merkel Will Seek 4th Term As Chancellor ReuteRs berlin - German Chancellor An- gela Merkel yesterday confirmed that she will seek a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, ending months of specula- tion over whether one of the world’s most powerful women wants to run again after 11 years in office. The 62-year-old conservative is widely seen as a stabilizing force in europe at a time of uncertainty af- ter the U.K.’s vote to leave the e.U. and the election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president. Yesterday afternoon, Merkel met with other leaders of her Chris- Reuters tian Democrats party in berlin to A woman stands near a curtain in a polling booth in the first round of the French center-right presidential prepare for a party conference next primary election in Bordeaux, France, yesterday. month, the last before the election. Merkel called a news conference for 6 p.m. local time, a sign that was French Conservative Presidential Vote Begins interpreted by many politicians ReuteRs slash the cost of government— deepen rifts between France’s sec- and the media that she had made PAriS - Conservative presidential tough sells in a country where pro- ular state and religious minorities. up her mind. hopefuls in France were set to face posals for market-oriented reform but Juppe has struggled to A pragmatist, Merkel has steered the judgment of voters in a prima- often arouse protests. rouse the passions of voters and europe’s biggest economy through ry race yesterday, with the victor “i’m tagged with a liberal label all the momentum was against the financial crisis and the eurozone looking likely to win the presiden- as one would once, in the Middle him on the eve of the vote. debt crisis and has won respect in- cy in next spring’s election against Ages, paint crosses on the doors “France needs far-reaching and ternationally—U.S. President ba - a resurgent far-right. of lepers,” Fillon told a rally in radical reforms,” Juppe told sup- rack Obama on Thursday de- With the French left in disarray Paris on Friday, drawing laughter. porters in the northern city of lille. scribed her as an “outstanding” ally. under the deeply unpopular “but i’m just a pragmatist.” “but be careful of going too far, we However, her decision last year French President Francois Hol- For weeks, the bruising cam- must remain credible.” to open Germany’s borders to lande, opinion polls suggest that paign battle focused on the duel An admirer of late U.K. Prime about 900,000 migrants, mostly the center-right presidential nomi- between Juppe and Sarkozy. The Minister Margaret Thatcher, Fil- from war zones in the Middle east, nee will meet and defeat the na- two men present very different lon headed Sarkozy’s conserva- angered many voters and hit her tional Front’s euroskeptic, anti- policy platforms to counter the tive government between 2007 personal ratings. immigration leader Marine le Pen populist tsunami that threatens and 2012. He promises cost cut- Her party has slumped in region- in a runoff for the elysee palace mainstream parties in europe. ting on a scale to which his rivals al elections in the last year while next year. Against a backdrop of deadly do not dare commit in a country support for the anti-immigrant Al- even so, after the U.K.’s shock militant attacks on home soil and with one of europe’s highest pub- ternative for Germany has swelled. “brexit” vote and Donald Trump’s europe’s migrant crisis, Sarkozy, lic spending levels. in September, after a heavy de- surprise U.S. election win, the 61, styles himself as the voice of Much will depend on turnout at feat for the CDU in a berlin state French presidential vote is shap- France’s “silent majority.” the 10,228 polling stations. it is the election, Merkel surprised the ing up to be another test of strength He vows to ban the Muslim veil first center-right primary in which country by saying she wished she between weakened main stream from public universities and burki- anyone who pays about $2 and could turn the clock back on the parties and rising populist forces. nis from beaches and wants to signs a paper of allegiance to the migrant crisis, though she stopped Former French Prime Minister renegotiate e.U. treaties, reining party’s values can vote. short of saying her policy was a Alain Juppe, a moderate conserva- in the powers of the european Juppe needs a high turnout be- mistake. tive, had appeared firmly on track Commission and reforming the yond core party supporters to win. Merkel, who grew up in Commu- to win the nomination of les Schengen free-travel zone. A runoff will be held next Sunday nist east Germany, is something of re publicains party. but over the At a rally in the southern city of if, as expected, none of the seven a loner. A physicist who only be- past week, the contest has trans- nimes on Friday he warned of a candidates wins more than 50 per- came involved in politics after the fall formed into a nail-biting three-horse France whose “identity and unity cent of the vote. of the berlin Wall in 1989, she is race. are threatened.” An ifop-Fiducial survey on seen as a talented negotiator, but Juppe has lost his lead in opin- “Political islam is doing battle Thursday forecast an evenly split has also shown a ruthless streak. ion polls to a last-minute surge by against our values. There’s no vote if Juppe and Fillon go head-to- A Protestant woman in a mainly another former premier, Francois room for compromise,” he said, head in a second round. Fillon Catholic and male-dominated par- Fillon. latest surveys show the speaking in a region that has pro- would comfortably beat Sarkozy, ty, at least when she became its two now running neck-and neck duced one of the far-right’s two the survey showed. leader in 2000, Merkel never built with former president nicolas national Assembly lawmakers. Should Sarkozy or Fillon em - up a regional power base, but over Sarkozy. Juppe, 71, has sought to galva- erge as her conservative oppo- the years she has rid herself of her Fillon promises to do away with nize the political center-right, re- nent, polls and analysts suggest, main male rivals and has no obvi- the 35-hour working week, cut half jecting the “suicidal” identity poli- le Pen’s electoral prospects would ous successor. a million public sector jobs and tics of Sarkozy that he says will improve. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2016 The CAMBODIA DAILY 19 20 The Cambodia daily monday, novembeR 21, 2016 InternatIonal Far From Mosul, Islamic State Close to Defeat in Libya’s Sirte ReuteRs sirte, Libya - After six months of heavy fighting, Libyan forces have advanced so deep into the strate- gic city of sirte that they can pick out the tunisian and egyptian ac- cents of their islamic state militant group enemies as they trade in- sults over the front line. Victory is imminent on this re- mote front of the war against i.s., with the last few militants staging a last stand in a small area of just one square kilometer, U.s. and Libyan officials say. But the battle has been long and hard, and holds lessons for U.s.- backed forces trying to force i.s. out of the much larger iraqi city of Mosul more than 2,500 km away. “We faced unbelievable resis- tance. they won’t leave their posts even when houses are collapsing on them,” said Osama issa, a 37-year- old businessman fighting with Lib - yan forces in Ghiza, the last neigh- Reuters borhood of sirte that i.s. holds. A member of the Libyan forces aims his weapon as others take cover inside a house on the front line of “they know they will die any- fighting with Islamic State group militants in Ghiza Bahriya district in Sirte, Libya, earlier this month. way so they fight well.” Defeat in sirte will damage i.s.’s Africa. Just as in iraq and syria, mili- sniper fire crackled as Qat’s brig - civilians who fought Qaddafi and ability to show it is expanding glob- tant commanders began to impose ade kept watch though holes in returned to help against i.s.— ally and deprive it of a foothold out- their strict vision on sirte, banning walls, and occasional shells whis- students, mechanics and former side iraq and syria. Losing it and shisha pipe smoking and forcing tled overhead. army officers among them. Mosul in quick succession would women to wear all-covering robes. Another brigade armed with “Maybe it will take a week or two dent its morale and possibly its Later, they enslaved migrant AK-47 assault rifles—some of from what i can see now [to end ability to recruit followers. women, imposed taxes and meted them older men in uniform, oth- i.s.’s resistance in sirte],” said salah But the militants in sirte have in- out punishments such as public ers students in jeans and flip-flop Al Houti, 22, a student fighting with flicted heavy losses on the Libyan whippings and crucifixions. shoes—prepared to flush out a the Libyan forces. “they stocked fighters—at least 660 have been Forces from the nearby city of sniper holed up nearby. supplies and food underground.” killed and 3,000 wounded—and Misrata, aligned with the U.N.- i.s. leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Libyan commanders say their held out longer than expected. backed government in the capital called this month for jihadis to trav- advance has been slowed by casu- they have proven their skills in tripoli, started the military offen- el to Libya. it was not his first call for alties and a lack of ammunition, guerrilla warfare, shown the vul- sive to recapture sirte in May after Libya recruit—tunisians, sudan - and complain they received none nerability of advancing forces that i.s. threatened their security. ese and egyptian fighters fought in of the night vision equipment and lack expertise in urban warfare the last jihadis are holding out the city. But sirte as a base is other weaponry they asked their and highlighted the limited effec- in the Ghiza neighborhood of the finished. allies for to deal with snipers. tiveness of airstrikes when front Mediterranean port city, using im- “sirte was supposed to be a fall- Fears about trapped civilians, at lines are so close. provised tunnels, booby traps and back from iraq and syria. that’s times used as hostages, have in- the battle has also underlined snipers. now gone,” said Geoff Porter at creased caution about airstrikes the importance of trapping fight- Hiding among collapsed roof - North Africa risk Consulting. and shelling. ers during battle because many tops and in rubble-packed streets “strategically, the islamic state “it has been the same situation as have escaped from sirte—a Lib - in Ghiza, they have sand-filled could point to sirte and tell its fol- in iraq and syria. they [i.s.] are us- yan commander put the number fridges and tunnels that provide lowers that it really was global and ing tunnels and using civilians as at 400—and are now staging at- protection against shelling and growing. it can’t do that anymore.” human shields,” Misrata intelli- tacks behind frontlines with in- airstrikes. Misrata intelligence officials say gence chief Brig. Mohamed Gnai- creasingly sophisticated bombs. the Libyan forces have been there were once 2,500 militants in dy said. Growing rivalry between the backed by hundreds of U.s. air - sirte, the majority of them foreign “they are professional fighters. various factions in the Libyan strikes and helicopter raids, and jihadis. their objective is to kill as many of forces also serves as a warning to small teams of U.s. and U.K. mili- sirte is now largely deserted. us as possible.” the diverse groups fighting i.s. in tary advisers. they are now using No life has returned to the outer Libyan commanders hope vic- Mosul: the end of the battle may soviet-era tanks to blast paths districts of a city of 80,000 resi- tory in sirte will remove the threat bring political chaos and the risk through rubble as they go from dents, where buildings are pock- of i.s. across the whole country. of new military conflicts. house to house, trying to end the marked with shell craters and bul- But the fighters who escaped i.s. gradually took over sirte militants’ resistance. let holes. before sirte was completely sur- from early last year, taking advan- “We hear them at night shouting Few signs of i.s.’s rule remain. rounded are still a threat. some tage of the chaos in Libya since the to us, telling us they are coming for A large Libyan national flag now may have fled south, potentially start of a civil war in which long- us,” said Asruf el Qat, a student fight- flies at the Zafaran roundabout, reinforcing links between i.s. and time ruler Muammar el-Qaddafi ing in the rubble of Ghiza’s many where militants once crucified vic- militant groups in the arid sahel was overthrown in 2011. collapsed villas. “it’s snipers, and tims. i.s. tax symbols are still region, including Nigeria’s Boko sirte, Qaddafi’s former home- landmines. We advance; they throw spray-painted on shop walls. Haram, and al-Qaida in the islam- town, became its main base in North grenades. it’s a dirty war.” the Libyan forces are mostly ic Maghreb. monday, november 21, 2016 The Cambodia daily 21 InternatIonal All Hospitals in Eastern Aleppo Out of Action After Airstrikes reuters ing 97 in the city’s besieged east- pitals have been damaged by moon’s successor Antonio] Guter- beirut - All hospitals in Syria’s be- ern sector, the observatory added. airstrikes and helicopter barrel res is in office,” the diplomat said. sieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo Warplanes, artillery and heli- bombs in recent days, including both russia and Assad’s gov- are out of service after days of heavy copters continued bombarding direct hits on the buildings. ernment have denied deliberately airstrikes, its health directorate and eastern Aleppo on Saturday, hit- “the united States again joins targeting hospitals and other civil- the World Health Organization ting many of its densely populated our partners...in demanding the ian infrastructure during the war, said, though a war monitor said residential districts, the observato- immediate cessation of these bom- which began in 2011 and was some were still functioning. ry said. there were intense clash- bardments and calling on russia joined by russia’s air force in Sep- White House national security es in the bustan al-basha district, to immediately de-escalate vio- tember last year. adviser Susan rice said the u.S. con- it added. lence and facilitate humanitarian russia unilaterally called a demned “in the strongest terms” “this destruction of infrastruc- aid and access for the Syrian peo- cease-fire late last month and said the latest airstrikes against hospitals ture essential to life leaves the be- ple,” rice said in a statement. on Saturday it was now only strik- and urged russia, an ally of Syrian sieged, resolute people, including u.K. Foreign Secretary boris ing against groups that are not President bashar al-Assad, to take all children and elderly men and Johnson tweeted that reports of also observing it. rebel groups in steps to halt the violence. women, without any health facili- airstrikes hitting civilians and hospi- Aleppo have all said they do not intense airstrikes have battered ties offering life-saving treat- tals in east Aleppo were “sickening” recognize the russian cease-fire. the eastern part of the city since ment...leaving them to die,” said and called for a return to diplomacy. the charity Doctors Without tuesday, when the Syrian army Aleppo’s health directorate in a However, with the u.S. await- borders said in a message there and its allies resumed operations statement sent to reporters late on ing the inauguration in late Janu- had been more than 30 hits on after a pause lasting weeks. they Friday by an opposition official. ary of President-elect Donald hospitals in eastern Aleppo since launched ground attacks against elizabeth Hoff, the WHO repre- trump, who has been critical of early July. “Doctors are few and insurgent positions on Friday. sentative in Syria, said on Satur- Washington’s Syria policy without medical supplies are depleted, the war monitor, the u.K.- day that a u.N.-led group of aid laying out detailed plans himself, with no possibility of sending based Syrian Observatory for Hu- agencies based over the border in diplomatic efforts appear stalled. more supplies in,” it said. man rights, said 48 people, in- turkey “confirmed today that all Staffan de Mistura, the special en- Health and rescue workers cluding at least five children, had hospitals in eastern Aleppo are out voy of the u.N. secretary-general, have previously been able to bring been killed in eastern Aleppo on of service.” was set to meet Syrian Foreign Min- damaged hospitals back into oper- Saturday by dozens of airstrikes the monitoring group said ister Walid al-Moalem in Damascus ation, but a lack of supplies is mak- and barrel bombs and dozens of some hospitals were still operat- yesterday after recent talks in ing that harder. artillery rounds. ing in besieged parts of Aleppo, turkey and iran, another diplomat the Syrian war pits Assad and that brings the number of peo- but said many residents were said. his allies russia, iran and Shiite ple killed by the increased bom- frightened to use them because of “He will push on Aleppo, perhaps militias against Sunni rebels in- bardment of Aleppo and the sur- the heavy shelling. on a cease-fire, but on the political cluding groups supported by the rounding countryside over the Medical sources, residents and file there won’t be anything until u.S., turkey, the Gulf monarchies past five days to about 180, includ- rebels in eastern Aleppo say hos- [u.N. Secretary-General ban Ki- and also jihadi groups. 22 The Cambodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 InternatIonal Mexico Mulls Labor, Environment Rules for NAFTA Update reuters countries, to address issues such liMa, Peru - Mexico could include as labor standards and the envi- labor and environmental rules in ronment with the U.S. talks over modernizing a trade However, trump was highly crit- deal between the U.S. and Mex - ical of the tPP during his election ico, President enrique Pena nieto campaign and policymakers are said on Saturday as he seeks to doubtful whether it will be ratified avoid a stand-off with U.S. by the U.S. Congress under him. President-elect donald trump. Without U.S. ratification, tPP trump has threatened to ditch cannot take effect as the deal cur- the 1994 north american Free rently stands, although Mexico’s trade agreement that binds the government has said it and five U.S., Canada and Mexico if he other signatories aim to press on cannot renegotiate it in favor of with it regardless. the U.S., arguing it has led to a Mexican economy Minister loss in manufacturing jobs. ildefonso Guajardo has said he the new York real estate mag- does not believe trump will scrap nate has also threatened to slap naFta, but also put forward the reuters hefty tariffs on Mexican-made Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto attends a meeting at the APEC idea of adding additional chapters goods, sparking anxiety south of (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday. to the accord. the U.S. border because Mexico Mexico’s government and its currently sends four-fifths of its renegotiating it. ed in naFta, just to mention business leaders are eager to make goods exports to the U.S. that meant looking at issues some chapters that could be the case to trump that the U.S.’s Mexico’s government has that were not contemplated when included in this modernization,” economic integration with Mexico made clear it is willing to talk to the treaty was signed more than Pena nieto said. and the latter’s lower cost base has trump about naFta, and Pena two decades ago, he noted. Before trump’s surprise win, made all of north america more nieto said during the asia-Pacific “there are elements that could Mexico had been hoping to use competitive on the global stage. economic Cooperation summit be included, issues to do with the the trans-Pacific Partnership, a to break up naFta, they in lima that he was in favor of environment... the labor issue is wider accord between the argue, would be to damage both modernizing the trade treaty, not one i think that wasn’t incorporat- naFta members and nine other the U.S. and Mexican economies. Colombia’s President to Allow Congress to Debate Peace Deal reuters would first consult with the FarC “approval is a very important property rights and detailing more BoGota - Colombian President leadership, but said he agreed step within the process, and we fully how the rebels would be con- juan Manuel Santos said on Sat- with the revised agreement being have listened with much attention fined in rural areas for crimes com- ur day he will allow the new peace discussed by lawmakers. to the opinions of those who say mitted during the war. accord with Marxist rebels to be Former President alvaro Uri - that Congress is the best route it did not include the biggest debated in Congress before it is be, who spearheaded opposition for approval,” Santos said. proposals made by those who approved and passed into law. to the original accord, had asked More than 220,000 people have rejected the deal, such as prison Colombia’s government this that the new accord be discussed been killed during the half-century terms for rebel leaders and ban- week published a revised peace in Congress. conflict and millions displaced as ning them from public office. deal with the revolutionary “i agree that the discussions the government battled FarC, Santos wants to unite the divided armed Forces of Colombia should move to Congress, and right-wing paramilitary groups nation behind the new accord after (FarC) in a bid to build support to we will do so next week, on Wed - and other Marxist rebels. the original deeply split Colom - end a 52-year war, after the origi- nesday,” Santos said in a televised the expanded and highly techni- bians between those worried that nal draft was rejected last month in address. cal 310-page new document made the FarC would not be punished a referendum amid objections it He did not say how the new only small modifications to the orig- and others hopeful the deal would was too favorable to the rebels. deal would be approved, but it inal text, such as clarifying private cement an end to violence. Santos, who won the nobel seems likely it will be ratified in Peace Prize last month for his Congress rather than via another efforts to end the war, said he plebiscite.

------International Brief ------Police Helicopter Crashes, Kills 4, After Rio Shootout rio de janeiro - a police helicopter in rio de janeiro crashed Saturday evening, according to local media reports, killing four officers after a day of intense firefights between law enforcement and suspected crimi- nals in the slum known as City of God. it was not immediately clear whether the helicopter had been hit by gunfire or whether another fac- tor caused it to go down. Crime and violence have rebounded across rio, just months after Brazil’s second-biggest city hosted the 2016 olympics. an economic recession, rising unemployment and over- stretched public finances have emboldened criminal groups in areas like City of God, one of the best known of the city’s so-called favelas, sprawling slums that stretch across vast suburbs and climb up the Reuters scenic hillsides of central rio. in recent years, police had successfully Maria Aida Rodriguez of Guatemala and her sister Norma Rodriguez pushed out drug traffickers and other gangs from many favelas. Still, embrace upon reuniting after 37 years, on Saturday. Maria Aida crime is now worsening just as the state government, responsible for left the family home in Guatemala to try to reach the US through most security across a region of more than 16 million people, faces an Mexico but had been unable to reach her destination, and had lost expected budget shortfall of about $5.91 billion. (Reuters) contact with her family since then. The Cambodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 business 23 Briefing Shell Fights Suits Over Oil Spills in Nigeria By Sarah Kent Pkha Rumdoul Slips From the wall street journal Top; Marketing Blamed LONDON - Royal Dutch Shell PLC After a three-year run at the top, is fighting lawsuits this coming Cambodia’s premium jasmine rice week in London and the Nether - slipped a notch, as a panel of lands over its environmental judges at the World Rice Con - record in Nigeria, highlighting ference in Chiang Mai voted Thai - the quagmire of problems the land’s Hom Mali the world’s best energy company faces there as it rice, with Cambodia’s Pkha Rum - tries to pivot away from the West doul coming in second. Offic ials African nation. were quick to pin the blame on The oil-rich Niger Delta has marketing. “I think [second place] generated billions of dollars for is still good, because we all already Shell over the past 60 years, but know that Thailand has promoted the company’s operations have its rice for more than 50 years,” said been plagued by sabotage, theft Hun Lak, vice president of the and oil spills that ravaged the Cambo dian Rice Federation (CRF). local environment. Creative Commons “How ever, we are happy that the Though Nigeria was one of its A wetlands in the Niger Delta decimated by a Shell oil spill world has started to know Cam - most prolific regions for crude bodia’s rice as being ranked first or production last year, Shell has Court, scheduled to begin on costly, it’s time consuming, and second place.” Pkha Rum doul, a sold off tracts of onshore oil fields. Tuesday, represent an early test asking courts unfamiliar with the heritage grain known for its quality Its new focus—sealed with the for cases brought by the commu- reality on the ground in Nigeria and fragrance, won first place in mammoth $50 billion acquisition nity of Ogale and a group from does nothing to address the very the competition in 2012, 2013 and of BG Group PLC this year—is the Bille kingdom. The commu- real problems they’re facing like 2014, when the conference was deep-water wells off the coasts of nities are hoping to hold Shell oil theft, criminality and illegal held in Phnom Penh, and didn’t the U.S. and Brazil and a historic accountable for environmental refining,” a spokeswoman for join the competition last year, shift toward natural gas that puts damage they claim has been SPDC said. according to the CRF. Mr. Lak it at the forefront of oil companies caused by spills from infrastruc- But the communities and their added that next year, Cambo dia offering a more climate-friendly ture operated by Shell’s Nigerian lawyers say seeking justice in would again host the World Rice image to investors. subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Nigeria won’t hold Shell responsi- Conference, saying it had been The flurry of lawsuits Shell is Development Co. of Nigeria Ltd., ble for the actions of its subsidiary too busy to do so last year. The facing for oil spills from its Ni - or SPDC. and is extraordinarily difficult. It CRF and government ministries gerian operations are a legacy of Shell is expected to argue that can take decades for cases to have struggled to take advantage decades of drilling that now carry only the subsidiary should be wind their way through the court of the international recognition by financial and reputational risks at held liable and that the cases system with no relief for land poi- putting forward a single export should be heard in Nigeria, soned by oil spills, barren fishing brand for luxury Cambodian rice. a time when the company is con- SPDC’s base and where the inci- creeks and the foul water that While the brand Angkor Malis tending with the slump in oil was developed with the help of a prices. dents took place. runs from their pumps, they say. French advertising agency earlier The hearings in London’s High “This litigation is divisive, it’s Continued on page 25 this year, it has yet to be market- ed or exported abroad. (Kang Sothear) As Dollar Climbs, Asian Exporters Wary of Trump reuters Trump’s spending and tax plans tectionism in the U.S. could have China’s Sinochem Boss TOkyO/SeOUL - Asian currency poli- will lead to higher interest rates. a significant impact on Asian Dismisses Trump Policies cymakers are worried that the “Weaker currencies will give an economies,” Fitch Ratings said in LIMA, Peru - Global business lead- strengthening of the dollar on excuse for Trump to blame Asian a report. ers meeting in Lima think propos- expectations of U.S. President-elect countries, particularly China, for “Disruption to trade between als by U.S. President-elect Donald Donald Trump’s fiscal policies manipulating exchange rates,” a China and the U.S. would have Trump to build a wall along the could be used by his administration Japanese official with knowledge ramifications for the region,” Mexican border and hike tariffs on as a stick to beat them with on of currency policy told reporters. Fitch said, adding they expected Chinese imports are unlikely to trade protectionist grounds. Asia’s trade surpluses with the the new administration would happen, said the head of China’s China, Japan, South korea and U.S. were firmly in Trump’s sights pursue incremental measures, state-run Sino chem on Friday. “We Taiwan are already on the U.S. during the election campaign. U.S. such as raising more trade dis- worried a bit on the incoming U.S. Treasury’s monitoring list, along government data shows China ran pute cases at the World Trade Presi dent Donald Trump, and his with Germany and Switzerland, a surplus last year of $366 billion, Organization. policies, but I think we basically having met some of the condi- while Japan had a surplus of $69 bil- The U.S. Treasury currently agree we don’t think he will really tions to be labeled a currency lion, South korea $28 billion, and monitors three conditions to de - build a wall between Mexico and manipulator, and are wary of the Taiwan $15 billion. clare a country a currency manip- the U.S, and we don’t think he will criteria being changed to make it Trump said he would label ulator; running a significant trade really in crease import duties on easier. China a currency manipulator on surplus; running a material cur- Chinese products,” Ning Gaoning The dollar’s post-election his first day in office, allowing him rent account surplus; and persis- told journalists on the sidelines of a surge, which has taken it to eight- to slap 45 percent across-the- tent one-sided foreign ex change conference of Pacific rim econo - year highs against China’s yuan board tariffs on its exports, and intervention. mies. Ning said he remained opti- and 5 and a half month highs accused other Asian nations of The surplus levels and degree mistic that Trump’s words were lit- against Japan’s yen this week, has unfair trade practices. of intervention that trigger those tle more than rhetoric. (Reuters) been driven by views that “A major shift toward trade pro- Continued on page 24 24 The CamBodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 Business Activist Investors Start Searching for Targets in Australia by Vera sproThen ry FTI Consulting said last month. London-based hedge fund Met - companies have their legal home, the wall street journal “There’s more activists for a age Capital Ltd. criticized AMP shareholders typically don’t have a SydNEy - Long ignored by corpo- fixed number of targets and that Capital for allowing a closed-end right to call a special meeting. rate raiders, Australia is taking its leads to a willingness to look at fund investing in Chinese equities Sandon Capital, a Sydney- place on the global map of share- other jurisdictions,” said Steven —the AMP Capital China Growth based activist fund that manages holder activism. Balet, a managing director at FTI. Fund—to trade at steep dis- around $51 million, said it often Hedge funds from London, Australia—along with Canada counts for years despite charging feels like “the mosquito bite on Hong Kong, Boston and Sydney and the U.K.—is one of the most millions of dollars in performance the back of an elephant” when waged a campaign against AMP attractive foreign targets for ac - fees. agitating against underperform- Capital Funds Management earlier tivist funds, FTI said. Large They demanded a share buy- ing companies, most recently this year that required Austra lia’s investment banks, including back. When AMP refused, Paris against BlueScope Steel Ltd. and Supreme Court to weigh in. Ultim - Gold man Sachs, Credit Suisse decided to play hardball. He Fleetwood Corp., which sells ately, sustained activist pressure and J.P. Morgan, now offer bought more shares and called transportable homes for mining won out and the AMP Capital activism-defense services in an extraordinary general meet- sites and trailer parks. China Growth Fund—once valued Australia. ing. When the battle went to “Companies that haven’t got at $339 million—was liquidated. Activists commonly search for court, he flew to Sydney from their house in order are naturally Experts predict more corpo- undervalued assets, buy minority Lon don and rented an office at at risk,” said Leibler, the lawyer. rate raids will follow. Many Aus- stakes and agitate for change to the heart of his opponent: AMP More and more of the country’s tralian companies look vulnerable make a short-term gain, earning Capital headquarters. largest listed companies are seek- at the end of a long commodities them the nickname “corporate AMP said it considered more ing advice on how to fend off boom and legal hurdles to shake raiders.” than 40 ideas to improve the activists, he added. up corporate boards there are distressed debt funds, which are fund’s performance but believed Still, activists face hurdles. In comparably low. hunting for deals in Australia amid many options, including a buy- 2014, Connecticut-based hedge “Australian corporate boards rising bad debts, are also gaining back, to be unworkable. A big fund Lone Star Value Manage - are scared,” said Jeremy Leibler, sway over boards. Gram ercy prob lem: how to repatriate mon - ment failed to gain control of of law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler Funds Management, a distressed- ey quickly from China. Australia-listed oil-and-gas explor- in Melbourne. debt investor based in Connec - “We always acted in the best er Antares Energy Ltd. because Global activist investors are ticut, became the third-largest interests of all unit holders in the local shareholders refused to run ning out of targets in coun- unit holder in AMP Capi tal’s Chi - fund,” said Adam Tindall, AMP back its efforts. tries such as the U.S., forcing na fund this year. Capital’s chairman. “Ultimately, Geoff Wilson, who runs Sydney- them to adopt different tactics or Many investors involved in the the weight of institutional unit based Wilson Asset Manage - chase opportunities in new mar- AMP Capital campaign call them- holders meant the proposal to ment, made a handsome profit kets like Australia. The number selves reluctant activists, ready to wind up the fund succeeded.” for about 24,000 clients by piggy- of companies under attack world- fight in public only when efforts The fund’s liquidation is set to backing on the AMP campaign, wide has more than tripled to 628 to engage company directors fail. deliver returns of up to 30 percent but he said that he would have in the five years through last year “When we see a case where to shareholders, including the ac - preferred the fund to continue for and nearly two-thirds of them there’s value, we set out to unlock tivist bloc. one main reason. were U.S.-based, said London- it. And in the case of AMP China In Australia, anyone holding 5 “We like a short-term gain, like based research group Activist we decided that it was worth percent of a company’s listed equi- any type of gain,” said Wilson. Insight. rolling up our sleeves to fight for ty can call an extraordinary gener- “But if you’re looking for a listed Activist campaigns outside the change,” said Nick Paris, a direc- al meeting. That compares to 10 investment company that gives U.S. have more than quadrupled tor at Hong-Kong-based hedge percent or more in many U.S. you exposure to China, there since 2010 and could exceed 300 fund LIM Advisors. states. In delaware, where more aren’t any left in Australia. To me this year, New york based adviso- Early last year, Paris and than half of publicly traded U.S. that’s a disappointment.”

reporters. “The policies of President-elect Trump... Japanese Prime Minister Shin - Trump will be hard to match zo Abe on Thursday became the what he was promoting during “The policies of President- conTinued from page 23 first foreign leader to meet with his election campaign,” a Tai - elect Trump will be hard conditions could be changed, Trump since the election. Abe was wanese central bank official told how ever, making it easier to fall seeking clarity on a range of cam- reporters. to match what he was foul of the “manipulator” label. paign statements by the president- “For example, Trump in his promoting during his “With Republicans in control of elect, but would not disclose campaign had said he wanted election campaign.” Congress, we think a Trump ad - specifics of the conversation. Apple Inc. and other companies min istration would secure pas- China has warned Trump to repatriate their profits home. —Taiwanese bank official sage of legislation relaxing the cri- about putting up trade barriers, This could lead to a stronger U.S. teria,” ING chief Asia economist with Chinese President Xi Jinping dollar, which doesn’t seem to be there, not “stealing jobs.” Tim Condon said in a report. telling him last week that cooper- what Trump wants.” Indeed, should Trump want the South Korea is already bracing ation was “the only choice” for And with global markets dri- U.S.’s main trading partners to for tougher scrutiny under Trump relations between the world’s two ving the broad gains in the dollar, reverse their falling currencies, he and is anxious not to be tripped up largest economies. it is not clear what Asian econo - might have to aim for coordinated by any such rule changes. Part of the difficulty for policy- mies could do to stop their cur- action such as a repeat of the 1985 “We’re paying close attention makers in Asia trying to prepare rencies from weakening. Plaza Accord deal to stabilize cur- to make sure [South Korea] is for the new administration is that With dollar-selling intervention rates, the Japanese official said. not added to the list of ‘enhanced Trump spoke in broad terms to a not considered a realistic option, “That would be impossible, analysis’ or ‘currency manipula- domestic audience, but with no there is little Tokyo could do though, unless the dollar rises fur- tors,’ even if the rules are track record in public office to go except argue that Japan is a job ther to the point that draws sympa- strengthened,” a South Korean by, it is hard to gauge how or if that crea tor in the U.S., through thy from Japan and Europe,” the foreign exchange official told rhetoric will translate into policy. Japan ese companies operating official said. monday, november 21, 2016 The CamBodia daily 25 Business Tidal Power Firm Bets on Change in Indonesian Renewables reuters can stop burning coal,” AIr presi- and utilize 70 percent local content accelerating the global transfor- jAkArTA - A well-connected Indo - dent director Panji Adhikumoro in their turbines. mation from coal to cleaner ener- nesian marine renewable energy Soeharto told reporters. The turbines, which sit on the gy sources. Some of Indonesia’s com pany and Open Hydro, a unit OpenHydro, a company special- seabed, can cost up to $7 million biggest coal miners, such as of French state-owned naval izing in the design and manufac- each in Europe, a cost PT AIr state-owned Bukit Asam and Ad - defense company DCNS, aim to ture of marine turbines to generate plans to slash to as little as $4 mil- aro, are also diversifying into be the first to plug into the vast renewable energy from tidal lion, Soeharto said. renewables. un tapped tidal energy potential of streams, already has projects in ja p - “The only thing we can’t pro- “renewable energy is a must. the world’s biggest archipelago. an, the U.k., France and Canada. duce is the magnets—French It’s no longer an option. We don’t renewables have so far played The AIr and OpenHydro technology. Maybe in future we’ll have any choice,” recently ap - little part in Indonesia’s power model would appeal to renewable study this.” pointed Deputy Energy Minister sec tor, despite the country sitting energy investors because it is rel- Over the next three years, the Arcandra Tahar said at a forum in on the world’s biggest geother- atively inexpensive and low in two companies plan to develop up jakarta last week. mal reserves and being bathed in maintenance compared with oth - to 20 2-megawatt turbines in a While incentives will be need- sunshine, crowded out by an er renewables, said Soeharto, pilot tidal array in the Bali strait, ed to kickstart renewable devel- abundance of cheap coal and bur - grandchild of former Indonesian which will supply power directly opments in Indonesia, on a per- eaucratic bottlenecks. president Suharto. to state energy company Perta - kilowatt-hour basis they may But declining costs of renew- “We’re doing the investment mina, Soeharto said. already be cheaper than the able electricity and a new push by ourselves, with banks,” he said. According to a release on the diesel that many remote islands Indonesian President joko Wid - He did not say how much had DCNS website, the Indonesian currently rely on for power, Tahar odo to develop renewables in the been invested so far. project is targeted to reach 300 said. remote eastern parts of the archi- According to the partners, megawatts of installed capacity By assisting state electricity pelago are changing the picture. Indonesia has the potential for up by 2023. com pany Perusahaan Listrik With narrow straits straddling to 60 gigawatts of tidal power, Indonesia wants renewable Negara to develop renewable the Indian and Pacific oceans, more than Indonesia’s total elec- energy to make up around a energy, Indonesia could phase Indonesia has significant tidal tricity capacity of just over 50 gig - quarter of its total by 2025 from out diesel use and reduce its cost- power potential, and PT Arus awatts last year. around 5 percent now, though ly fuel subsidy bill, Tahar said, Indonesia raya and OpenHydro Land and permitting issues that critics have questioned its seri- adding that his office was making plan to build the country’s first often hold up power infrastructure ousness in meeting its climate this a priority over the next three such project. projects should be no obstacle for goals, and its overall plans to years. “This project is important for AIr, Soeharto said, referring to ramp up power production have “Our focus now is on providing Indonesia and the world so we plans to build a factory in Indonesia got off to a slow start. in centives and regulating prices Yet attitudes toward renewable that are acceptable to all sides,” energy among Asian investors Dadan kusdiana, secretary at the are changing as costs come down renewable Energy Directorate, Shell... “You cannot fight Shell in and environmental pressures told reporters. continuEd from paGE 23 mount, a Singapore-based hedge A spokesman for PLN said it Nigeria. Shell is Nigeria, fund manager told reporters. was “wide open” to developing “You cannot fight Shell in Over the past two years the hybrid power systems in remote Nigeria,” the king of Ogale, Nigeria is Shell.” cost of producing solar and areas, combining renewables Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi, —EmErE Godwin BEBE onshore wind power had begun with traditional generators to said in a telephone interview. okpaBi, kinG of oGalE to reach a level where it was com- guarantee electricity is available “Shell is Nigeria, Nigeria is Shell.” petitive with fossil fuels, below 10 24 hours a day. It is a point Shell has already cents per kilowatt hour, he said. “We have to be oriented so that contested in The Hague, where sation for spills caused by sabo- “It is beginning to happen.” we reduce the cost of electricity,” four Nigerian farmers and Friends tage or theft. It also points to ille- India and China, Indonesia’s PLN spokesman Made Supra - of the Earth successfully ap - gal refining, a source of pollution two biggest coal buyers, are teka told reporters. pealed a ruling that was largely in in the region that is unrelated to Shell’s favor last year, allowing the company’s infrastructure. them to pursue a case against the Shell also maintains that it cambodia securities exchange company in the Netherlands. The cleans up all oil spills, regardless Sunday, November 20, 2016 next hearing in the case is sched- of the cause. Index Value Change Open High Low Volume uled for Thursday. These are assertions that the CSX 331.74 - - - - - Last year, the company said it lawsuits in London and The Stock Value Change Open High Low Volume PPWSA 4,280 - - - - - experienced on average nine oil Hague challenge, claiming that Grand Twins 2,670 - - - - - spills a month caused by sabotage Shell has failed to properly clean PPAP 5,360 - - - - - or theft, with a handful of addition- up oil-spill sites years after oil PPSP 2,750 - - - - - al spills caused by operational oozed out of their pipes, and issues. An uptick in violence this hasn’t adequately protected pipe - foreign exchange Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE year has knocked important ex - lines where spills were caused by ¥/US$ ...... 110.886 Sing$/US$ ...... 1.4262 port terminals out of action for third-party damage. £/US$ ...... 0.81021 Euro/US$ ...... 0.9444 months at a time, though divest- The company has already paid AU$/US$...... 1.3631 SKoreaW/US$ ...... 1,181.1 HK$/US$ ...... 7.7571 ThaiB//US$...... 35.4 ments onshore have helped re - out roughly $80 million, to com- SwissF/US$ ...... 0.9892 Riel/US$ ...... 4,040 duce the overall number of spills pensate another Niger Delta-

Shell has recorded. based community in a settlement local gold Source: Ly Hour ExcHangE Shell blames the spills in the reached last year after they LOCaL gOLd type (O’ruSSeI market) buyINg SeLLINg 26.67 damlung are legal cases on third-party interfer- brought a separate lawsuit in equal to 1 kg Canadia ($/damlung)...... 1,460...... 1,470 ence, like sabotage and theft. London. In that instance, Shell Kilo ($/damlung) ...... 1,460...... 1,470 Under Nigerian law, the compa- admitted the spills were caused 99% ($/damlung) ...... 1,440...... 1,450 ny isn’t required to pay compen- by operational failures. 97% ($/damlung) ...... 1,400...... 1,410 26 The Cambodia daily monday, november 21, 2016 OpiniOn Democrats Should Not Support Trump’s Infrastructure Plan

By Ronald Klain ready be planned or even under- $137 billion. Yes, some economists Trump may modify the plan he re- The WashingTon PosT way. There’s no requirement that think more deficit spending will leased last month, and some Trump s the White House official the tax breaks be used for incre- boost growth. But you can be sure advisers are talking about sweeten- responsible for overseeing mental or otherwise expanded con- of this: In Trump’s hands, rising ing the deal by adding an “infra- A implementation of U.S. struction efforts; they could all go deficits will be weaponized to justify structure bank.” But even with such Pres ident Barack Obama’s infra- just to fatten the pockets of investors future cuts in health care, education an addition, the Trump plan would structure initiative, the 2009 Recov- in previously planned projects. and social programs. Just as David not be a reasonable compromise. ery Act, I’ve got a simple message Second, Trump’s plan isn’t really Stockman used deficits caused by After the disappointing election for Democrats who are embracing a jobs plan, either. Because the plan the Reagan tax cuts as a rationale to results, Democrats are looking for President-elect Donald Trump’s in- subsidizes investors, not projects; slash social programs three ways to connect with working-class frastructure plan: Don’t do it. It’s a because it funds tax breaks, not decades ago (the “starve the beast” voters—and Trump’s plan appears trap. Backing Trump’s plan is a mis- bridges; because there’s no require- theory), the deficits caused by to offer that. But when the plan is take in policy and political judgment ment that the projects be otherwise Trump’s infrastructure tax cuts will passed and those voters see that it they will regret, as did their Democ- unfunded, there is simply no guar- be used to justify cuts in programs. fattens investors’ and contractors’ ratic predecessors who voted for antee that the plan will produce any Fourth, the Trump plan will like- pockets (but not workers’), creates Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts in 1981 net new hiring. Investors may sim- ly come chock-full of policy changes few jobs, depresses wages and dam- and George W. Bush’s cuts in 2001. ply shift capital from unsubsidized that undermine core Democratic ages our environment, they will First, Trump’s plan is not really an projects to subsidized ones and principles. Buried inside the plan sour on it and turn against its back- infrastructure plan. It’s a tax-cut plan pocket the tax breaks on projects will be provisions to weaken prevail- ers. Democrats may lack the votes for utility-industry and construction- they would have funded anyway. ing wage protections on construc- to stop Trump’s plan, particularly if sector investors, and a massive cor- Contractors have no obligation to tion projects, undermining unions the Republicans use extraordinary porate welfare plan for contractors. hire new workers, or expand work- and ultimately eroding workers’ legislative vehicles or processes to The Trump plan doesn’t directly ers’ hours, to collect their $85 billion. earnings. Environmental rules are pass it. But Democrats should not fund new roads, bridges, water sys- To their credit, the plan’s authors almost certain to be gutted in the add their votes and credibility to this tems or airports, as did Hillary Clin- don’t call it a jobs plan; ironically, it is name of accelerating projects. poorly designed initiative. ton’s 2016 infrastructure proposal. Democrats looking to align with Some Democrats say they won’t Ronald Klain served as assistant Instead, Trump’s plan provides tax Trump who have given it that name. follow the Republican example of to U.S. President Barack Obama breaks to private-sector investors They should not fool themselves. 2009—when the Republican minor- and oversaw the team implementing who back profitable construction Third, because there is no pro- ity unanimously opposed the Re- the American Recovery and Renew- projects. These projects (such as posed funding mechanism for covery Act, even after negotiations al Act from 2009 to 2011. He was electrical grid modernization or en- Trump’s tax breaks, they will add to with them diverted one-third of the an adviser to Hillary Clinton in the ergy pipeline expansion) might al- the deficit—perhaps as much as plan to tax cuts. It is possible that 2016 campaign. The Intellectual Mind Behind Russia’s Aggressive Policies

By SohRaB ahmaRi last year over his alleged role in “vi- asking for an exchange of mutual Developing structures to replace The Wall sTreeT Journal olations of Ukraine’s sovereignty strategic respect between Wash- the old liberal international order is resident-elect Donald Trump and territorial integrity.” ington and Moscow. At stake is the the other half of Dugin’s philo- on Monday took one of his Trump’s election elated Dugin. U.S.’s political and military su- sophical project. In a post-liberal P first truly important calls as “For us, it is joy; it is happiness,” he premacy over a liberal internation- world, he says, the great powers the U.S.’s next commander in chief, said in a telephone interview last al order centuries in the making. would pursue “regional globaliza- and Russian President Vladimir week. “You must understand that “Liberalism”—by which Dugin tion” instead of “global globaliza- Putin was on the other end. Trump we consider Trump the American means individual rights and free tion.” The aim wouldn’t be to res- told the Russian supreme leader that Putin.” markets—“is globalist by its very na- urrect the pure nation-state “as it he seeks a “strong and enduring re- Correctly or not, Dugin views ture.” Since they were first pro- existed before globalization.” lationship” with Moscow, per the the president-elect as a kindred claimed by the philosophes of the Instead, there would be “bal- Kremlin readout. His promised re- spirit—a “conservative nationalist” Enlightenment and their followers in anced spaces of integration,” with reset with Moscow is on track. and “realist” who speaks Putin’s the U.S. colonies, liberal ideas have an Anglo-American sphere, a Euro- Rapprochement starts in Syria, language. “Two realists can better conquered the globe, and a succes- pean sphere as well as a Eurasian where the president-elect has wel- understand each other,” Dugin sion of liberal powers, most recently sphere that encompasses Russia, comed U.S.-Russian cooperation said of the two men. By realism the U.S., has overseen world order. Shiite Iran and parts of Eastern Eu- against the Islamic State militant Dugin means a worldview that em- Dugin equates liberalism with rope. If that latter sounds a bit like a group. That’s not a departure from phasizes “the sovereignty of na- moral license and spiritual poverty. sophisticated philosophical alibi for current policy, contrary to hysteria tions.” A realist Washington, he “Liberalism is totalitarianism,” he Putin’s imperial ambitions in the ter- on the left. Trump didn’t forge the says, “will focus on domestic affairs says, an invasive weed that Ortho- ritory between the Baltic and Black de facto alliance with Moscow in and leave in peace Europe and the dox Russia, forever poised between Seas, well, it is. But Dugin says the Syria; his predecessor did. But to Middle East.” East and West, must resist, and one Eurasian regional integration he en- avoid the missteps of the last reset, Take Ukraine and Syria. These the U.S. should stop trying to spread. visions needn’t be coercive. Trump would do well to under- two trouble spots “don’t enter into Such a development would rep- “Eurasianism is a defensive step stand the ideological vision that the immediate interests of the resent a passage from “unipolarity against a globalization applied by all shapes Kremlin strategy. U.S.,” he says. The implicit mes- to multipolarity,” he says. “All those the power of the U.S.,” he says. But if There is perhaps no better guide sage is that they do implicate Russ- who reject universalism and global- Washington were to step back, “we to Russian thinking today than the ian interests. A White House will- ization have an opening.... That is a can accomplish this more democrat- philosopher Alexander Dugin. ing to concede these areas would theological and metaphysical shift, ically.” And what about the bad mem- One of the main “ideologists” be- find a Russia where “there is no and we underestimate what is go- ories, in places like Poland and the hind Moscow’s aggressive foreign reason for anti-American feeling.” ing on.” It would be “a real shift in Baltic states, of the last time Russia policy, Dugin is an influential intel- Perhaps that sounds like music the balance of power.” In his book “integrated” its neighbors? Dugin lectual with ties to the Kremlin. He to the ears of some in Trump’s co- “The Fourth Political Theory,” says he’s sympathetic but that these has argued vociferously in favor of terie. But the incoming administra- Dugin puts it less delicately: “The nations must “adapt to multipolarity.” Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and tion should weigh the price associ- American Empire should be de- He adds: “There were also good the U.S. Treasury sanctioned him ated with such a deal. Dugin isn’t stroyed. And at one point, it will be.” memories.” MONDAy, NOVEMBER 21, 2016 The Ca mbo d ia d a il y 27 OpInIOn Loss of Public’s Trust in Media Could Harm US Democracy

By Ka t h l e e n Pa r Ke r coverage than his Democratic ri- well-known to anyone who’s been that propelled him to the top of the THE WASHINGTON POST val Hillary Clinton did, I would half awake, while Trump was es- heap. But he knew that media Of all the losers in this season of merely point out that correctly sentially new on the political stage. bashing was popular among his discontent, the mainstream media quoting the man was inherently Trump’s own criticism of the base and gave them what they top the list. I don’t say this lightly, negative. He said a lot of awful press was as trumped-up as many wanted. and I sincerely fear that loss of faith stuff and offered little of substance of his other campaign slogans, Also contributing to the grow- in journalism ultimately will cause to offset the headlines. Moreover, created to rile the crowd and de- ing distrust is the perceived blur- more harm to the nation than any the media have covered every fol- flect attention from, among other ring of news and opinion, which outside enemy could hope to. licle of Clinton’s scalp for 25 to 30 things, the fact that his manipula- can be a legitimate beef. Advocacy Only 18 percent of Americans years. Her flaws and failures are tion of the media was the engine journalism, in this opinion writer’s trust national news and just 22 per- view, belongs on the editorial and cent trust local news, according to op-ed pages, though many news the Pew Research Center. That organizations subscribe to the no- said, three-fourths of U.S. citizens tion that advancing a social cause think news organizations keep po- or, perhaps, derailing an unfit can- litical leaders in line, though about didate justifies aggressive, Page 1 the same percentage think the coverage, objectivity be damned. news media are biased. Thus, one shouldn’t wonder Not surprisingly, Republicans why so many have lost faith. It is more than Democrats think this worth noting, however, that when way. It hasn’t helped that Republi- a mainstream reporter or editor is can politicos and conservative ca- found to be deliberately dishon- ble and radio outlets have con- est, he or she is quickly dispatched vinced their constituents that the to the outer darkness. The same media are the enemy. It seems can’t be said of the alternative we’ve forgotten that the purpose of news world or of social media. On a newspaper, as Chicago Evening Facebook, “fake” news creator Post journalist and humorist Fin- Paul Horner recently marveled ley Peter Dunne put it in an 1893 that his viral, made-up stories column, is to comfort the afflicted helped get Trump elected. and afflict the comfortable. Fortunately, only 4 percent of Could there be a better reason Americans trust social media “a to give U.S. President-elect Don- lot” as a news source, and 30 per- ald Trump a rough ride? The Ca mbo d ia d a ily cent trust it “some,” according to Nevertheless, distrust of legiti- Bernard Krisher, Publisher Pew. But sometimes it’s hard to mate journalism is no joking mat- Deborah Krisher-Steele, Deputy Publisher tell fake from true, or advocacy ter. What happens to democracy from propaganda, and therein lies Colin Meyn, Editor-in-Chief when an uninformed, misin- Jodie DeJonge, Managing Editor perhaps the greatest challenge of formed or disinformed populace Chhorn Chansy, News Editor our time. tries to make sound decisions? Michael Dickison, Deputy Managing Editor What’s clear is that news con- sumers must be extra-vigilant in The simple and terrible answer is: Van Roeun, Senior Editor Democracy fails. selecting news sources, while also We’ve reached this critical junc- Barton Biggs, Editor Emeritus; Isobel Souster, Night Editor; Michelle Vachon, Feature Editor; being self-critical about those ture thanks largely to the digital rev- Hannah Hawkins, Weekend Editor; Aisha Down, Sonia Kohlbacher, Brendan O'Byrne, Ben choices. The mainstream media olution. Until relatively recently, Paviour, Zsombor Peter, Janelle Retka, Saing Soenthrith, Laurence Stevens, Matt Surrusco, George need to work harder at presenting most people relied on a limited num- Wright, Associate Editors; Buth Kimsay, Kuch Naren, Khuon Narim, Sek Odom, Aun Pheap, balanced reporting to rebuild Chhorn Phearun, Ouch Sony, Kang Sothear, Ben Sokhean, Hang Sokunthea, Phan Soumy, trust. And education programs ber of trusted news sources, which Khy Sovuthy, Reporters; Siv Channa, Photographer; Brian Leli, Web Editor; Tan Kimtin, Web provided a basis for what we re- Assistant; Phuon Chansereivuth, Copy Editor; Pol Meanith, Kim Chan, Senior Translators; Som aimed at teaching students how to ferred to as “common knowledge.” Sarun, Tem Sokhom, Sie Suychhieng, Translators; Nhor Bora, Dorn Darin, Typists; evaluate news, such as those cre- The country more or less also Kevin Doyle, James Kanter, Robin McDowell, Thomas Beller, Contributing Editors ated by the News Literacy Project, shared a set of common values. need greater public support and Today, of course, we have thou- Douglas Steele, General Manager an accelerated timeline. Chea Borom, Business Manager; Eam Sopheap, Operations Manager; Words to this effect from our next sands of news sources—millions if Sok Chamroeurn, Tang Sokchamreoun, Sales Representatives; you count social media. 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