R 3411 E MB U N SSUE I THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL COMMISSION MULLS MINISTRY GETTING AT 91, MYANMAR REDUCED SENTENCE KINGDOM READY BODYBUILDER STILL FOR PRISONERS FOR DIGITALISATION GOING STRONG NATIONAL – page 3 BUSINEss – page 6 LIFESTYLE – PAGE 12 Man held for molesting grandchildren Virus-like Kim Sarom Lun told The Post on Wednesday the married and live separately. The sus- When the girl complained of pain syndrome arrest was made after a medical pect lives with his wife in the com- to her private part the next day, her PURSAT provincial anti-human examination found bruises on one of mune. Because one of his daughters mother grilled her before reporting trafficking police on Wednesday the girls’ private parts. “We are still lives nearby, her children always to the police and taking her to the hits French continued to question a 78-year-old questioning him and haven’t sent came to play at his house. hospital for a check-up. man who was arrested the previous him to court yet,” she said. Lun said the suspect always “We detained her grandfather after day for allegedly outraging the mod- Deputy district police chief Norng seduced his granddaughters with a medical examination,” Lun said. children esty of two of his underage grand- Sambath said the victims, aged eight money and cakes. And while the The man allegedly confessed to daughters in Phnom Kravanh dis- and 13, were siblings. eight-year-old was playing at his molesting the eight-year-old on sev- FRANCE has more than a doz- trict’s Leach commune. He said the suspect has nine daugh- house on Tuesday, the man allegedly eral occasions and raping the 13-year- en cases of children with Deputy provincial police chief Sim ters and two sons, all of whom are rubbed against her private part. old girl last year. inflammation around the heart, its health minister said on Wednesday, after Britain sounded an alarm about a new disease with possible links to the novel coronavirus. Olivier Veran said there was not enough evidence to con- Education programmes firm a link with the coronavi- rus sweeping the globe but France was taking the cases “very seriously”. Britain’s state-run National Health Service issued the alert at the weekend about a small elude two million students number of children presenting an unusual set of symptoms, Joshua Purushotman and Leakhena Khat including abdominal pain and inflammation that required OME two million students in admission to intensive care. rural areas cannot access the Cases have also been reported government’s recently launched in Italy, Spain and Switzerland, E-Learning and Distance Learn- Veran told Franceinfo news Sing programmes after schools in the radio, adding he had received Kingdom were ordered shut due to the an alert from Paris concerning Covid-19 pandemic. “about 15 children of all ages”. This is because the students either The French minister listed do not have smartphones [for E- the symptoms as fever, diges- Learning] or their households have tive problems and vascular not installed satellite dishes [for Dis- inflammation which can lead tance Learning] that allow them to re- to cardiac deficiency. ceive such broadcasts. “Fortunately, no child has When attempting to substantiate died from these complications this, Ministry of Education, Youth and which are fairly rare illnesses Sport spokesman Ros Soveacha de- that can come with inflamma- clined to confirm or deny the figure. tion of the heart,” Veran said. Instead, he said the ministry does Some of the cases “in France not have any plan as yet to help stu- as in England, but not all, have dents in rural areas to gain access to turned out to carry the corona- its learning programmes via smart- virus”, causing “some concern phones or television. and watchfulness”. “The ministry encourages students “I am taking this very seri- who cannot study through smart- ously. We have absolutely no phones and television to learn with medical explanation at this those who have such equipment. stage. “This means for families that do not “Is it an inflammatory reac- have televisions yet, the ministry en- tion which sets off a pre-exist- courages them to follow the educational ing condition in children who programmes at their neighbour’s hous- A UNESCO official estimates that only 1.23 million primary and secondary school students out of an average of three million would have this virus or is it another es with less than 10 people and practice benefit from the E-Learning and Distance Learning programmes initiated by the education ministry. AFP infectious disease? There are a hygiene measures in line with advice lot of questions.” from the Ministry of Health,” he said. people who do not have money? They their parents are poor and they need ie’. What they do not know, they still The minister urged interna- But that’s not good enough, says work hard to survive day-by-day, how to help them earn an income. will not know,” she said. tional and French experts to Cambodian Independent Teachers’ will they afford a television? “I think even though the ministr y is On March 14, the government or- gather as much data as possi- Association president Ouk Chhayavy. “The distance learning that the doing the right thing by encouraging dered all schools – from kindergartens ble to establish if a link can be “Not all students in rural areas have ministry wants students to access will E-Learning and Distance Learning, to university level – to shut down. made between the coronavi- televisions as we all know. Even I as fail because many of them cannot ac- the knowledge students receive is not Lessons were initially moved online, rus and the new symptoms, a teacher do not have a computer or cess it. And even if they can, they don’t even 20 per cent. Distance Learning “which until now had not been television at home. So what about have the encouragement to study as is like ‘taking a cow to watch a mov- CONTINUED – page 2 seen anywhere”. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST ASEAN seeks to mitigate National News virus impact on tourism Inside page 4 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST APRIL 30, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Call for CEO’s release in Siem Reap fraud case Long Kimmarita UNDREDS of rep- resentatives of some 2,000 fami- lies in Siem Reap Hprovince gathered again on Wednesday in front of the provincial court demanding a company owner return the money they had invested. The second protest came after Dim Suon Nat, the CEO of Enarita Development Co Ltd who has been detained in the fraud case, signed a let- ter on March 15 promising to return their investments once he is released. One of the protesters, who only gave her first name as Boramey, told The Post on Wednesday that in mid- March, the representatives also gathered in front of the court requesting Suon Nat’s release, but to no avail. The provincial court has said it would hear the case next month. The second protest came after Enarita Development owner Suon Nat signed a letter on March 15 promising to return their investments once he is released. FACEBOOK Boramey urged the court to expedite the case as Suon Nat no legal representation. No private lenders. told the protesters on Wednes- Suon Nat, 36, resides in es in the capital, Siem Reap had been detained for nine one dare interfere in his af- He wants the court to free day that the court would hear Phnom Penh Thmey com- and other provinces with months without a trial. fairs,” she said. Suon Nat so he can come for- the case on May 27. mune, in Phnom Penh’s Sen marketing managers in “We ask for Suon Nat’s re- Another protester who only ward to address the issue. “The court is not leaving Sok district. His company charge. lease because the court has gave his first name, Sopheak, “I beg Samdech [Prime Min- this case behind. You don’t had seven subsidiaries across The Siem Reap provincial detained him longer than said the more than 2,000 fam- ister Hun Sen] to seek justice know how complicated this the country and invested in court charged him with fraud what is allowed by law and ilies that had invested in the for the more than 2,000 fami- case is, but it will proceed several sectors including real and issuing fake cheques in nothing seems to be work- company are facing hardship lies,” he said. anyway. We will inform and estate, coffee, purified water July last year in a case that in- ing out. I don’t know why this as they need to repay loans Provincial court deputy summon relevant parties to and education. volved “millions of dollars” in case is complicated. He has with interests to banks and prosecutor Theng Samnang appear in court,” he said. The company had branch- the investment scheme. ‘My grandchildren will slowly become illiterate’ Continued from page 1 nel via Decho TV (DTV) which are not available to rural areas know where to send my grand- is owned by Cambodian DTV and only satellite television is children to study,” she said. and on April 19, the ministry Network Ltd, a subsidiary of the widely subscribed there. Yeurn said some of her signed a Memorandum of Thai Shin satellite company. Sovann also confirmed to grandchildren went to watch Understanding with the Minis- Information and broad- The Post that televisions in television with the neigh- try of Information to make casting director-general Phos rural areas “will not receive bours.