All the News Without Fear or Favor The Cambodia Daily Volume 67 Issue 74 Thursday, April 13, 2017 2,000 riel/50 cents Leak Links Minister, PM’s Bodyguard Compound $337K infill project completed in 2014

By Sek Odom and Ben Paviour The Cambodia Daily A document leaked yesterday links Lim Kean Hor, minister of water resources and meteo- rology, to more than $330,000 worth of infill work done at the Kandal province compound of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s per- sonal bodyguard unit, with Mr. Reuters Kean Hor’s efforts, if not the A guide speaks inside the 170-meter Juche Tower in central Pyongyang yesterday, ahead of Saturday’s 105th dollar amount attached to them, anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founding father and grandfather of the current ruler. confirmed by senior members of the unit. A report dated April 9, 2014, Xi, Trump Discuss North Korean ‘Menace’ and posted yesterday on the Facebook page Thleay, or “leaks,” Reuters Trump, in an early morning since North Korea’s first nuclear appears to show Mr. Kean Hor note on Twitter, said the call test in 2006. updating Mr. Hun Sen and his beijing - Chinese President Xi with Xi, just days after they met The communication between wife Bun Rany on infilling work Jinping called for a peaceful res- in the U.S., was a “very good” the leaders underscored the he completed that year at the olution of rising tension on the discussion of the “menace of sense of urgency as tension esca- Toul Krasang bodyguard camp Korean Peninsula in a telephone North Korea.” The call came lates amid concern that reclusive in Takhmao City, which is said conversation with U.S. President as an influential state-run Chi- North Korea could soon conduct to host hundreds of troops loyal Donald Trump yesterday, as a nese newspaper warned that the a sixth nuclear test, or more mis- to the prime minister. U.S. aircraft carrier strike group Korean peninsula was the closest sile launches, and Trump’s threat Continued on page 2 steamed toward the region. it has been to a “military clash” Continued on page 18 Starvation Threatens Millions in War-Torn Nations

By Max Bearak But this year, South Sudan vere hunger, even in inhospita- and Laris Karklis slipped into famine, and Nigeria, ble climates, would be almost The Washington Post Somalia and Yemen are each on unthinkable without war. the verge of their own. Fam- Each of these four countries Our world produces enough ine now threatens 20 million is in a protracted conflict. While food to feed all its inhabitants. people—more than at any time humanitarian assistance can save When one region is suffering since World War II. As defined lives in the immediate term, severe hunger, global humani- by the U.N., famine occurs when none of the food crises can be tarian institutions, though often a region’s daily hunger-related solved in the long term without a Chosen by Angel, Banana cash-strapped, are theoretically death rate exceeds 2 per 10,000 semblance of peace. The threat Prices Rise for New Year capable of transporting food and people. of violence can limit or prohibit Page 5 averting catastrophe. The persistence of such se- Continued on page 20

The Daily Newspaper of Record Since 1993 cambodiadaily.com 2 National The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 Thousands of Election Body Workers Missing Weeks of Wages

By Phan Soumy announcement yesterday, but tional- and provincial-level work- hard and they are very patient, The Cambodia Daily offered no explanation. ers had been paid for February, even though the NEC couldn’t NEC spokesman Hang about half of all the contracted pay them on time,” he said. Tens of thousands of workers Puthea said the salaries for the workers, and that even they only An NEC official familiar with contracted by the government to roughly 90,000 workers were received their salaries on April 6. the problem, who spoke on condi- prepare Cambodia for the June handled by the Finance Min- He said the government had tion of anonymity because he was 4 commune elections, many of istry, which also hadn’t provid- hoped to catch up by the start of not authorized to comment to the whom are still waiting to be ed an explanation. He said the Khmer New Year, which begins media, said the committee has paid for work in February, will workers—whom the government on Friday and ends on Sunday. been late in getting employment have to wait for their March and started hiring in February at na- Despite the delays, Mr. Puthea records to the ministry because April salaries until after Khmer tional, provincial and commune said the workers were not slack- of workers who have quit or died. New Year. levels—should be paid in the ing and all preparations for the The official said the salaries The National Election middle of each month. poll would be completed on time. for March and April would total Committee (NEC) made the But Mr. Puthea said only na- “In fact, they are working very about $4 million.

The spokesman said he was financing appeared to be more with Thailand in Preah Vihear Bodyguard... not sure how Mr. Kean Hor had of an ethical question than a le- province. Continued from page 1 financed the work—whether he gal one—at least if the money Mr. Hun Sen’s bodyguard had possibly dipped into ministry came directly from Mr. Kean unit grew from a roughly 60- “To comply with the high coffers or paid for it himself. Hor personally. man security detail in the mid- advice of...Bun Rany Hun Sen, “I am not sure whether it “However, the National Au- 1990s into a loyalist force that I assigned a technical working was his own money or not,” he dit Authority should check the rivals the national military of group and some machinery to said, declining further comment. ministry’s budget whether it was Senegal in size, and is key to the transport dirt to infill a plot of Hing Bun Heang, head of the really not used by the minister for prime minister’s hold on power, land at Toul Krasang bodyguard unit, also confirmed the work that case,” he wrote in an email. according to political scientist camp,” the note says, using Ms. took place, but referred further Sorpong Peou, a professor of Lee Morgenbesser, of Australia’s Rany’s full name. questions to the minister. international security in Sophia Griffith University, in a paper “I would like to pay all ex- “Please ask him whether he University in Tokyo, in his 2000 published in February. penses,” it says. spent his own money,” he said. book “Intervention and Change Mr. Kean Hor was last swept Neither Mr. Kean Hor nor a If the document is accurate, in Cambodia: Towards Democ- up in scandal in 2007, when he Council of Ministers spokesman Mr. Kean Hor’s workers hauled racy?,” said the compound was told the National Assembly that could be reached to confirm the and leveled 23,487 truckloads believed to serve as a base for Australian mining company authenticity of the document, of dirt totaling 234,870 cubic between 1,000 and 1,400 troops BHP paid $2.5 million in “tea which was posted on a page that meters from 2013 to 2014. The as well as Russian-made military money”—a colloquial phrase has dumped a number of unflat- pricetag on the project was put trucks, tanks, armored personnel for bribes—to the government tering photographs, documents at $337,079. vehicles and a helicopter. to secure exploration rights in and other material related to the Satellite imagery from Goo- In June 2009, the compound northeast Cambodia. prime minister and his family. gle Earth shows what was in was rocked by a series of ex- Mr. Kean Hor told parlia- However, Ya Touch, a spokes- 2012 a green plot of land directly plosions that left two injured ment that the prime minister man for the prime minister’s elite northwest of the area labeled as and officials tightlipped. A lo- had called him from Australia bodyguard unit, confirmed that the bodyguard compound trans- cal village chief told reporters and urged him to use the money Mr. Kean Hor had contributed forming into a barren splotch of that the explosion occurred as to immediately get started on a to the infill work. brown by 2014. two truck drivers refueled a $2 million irrigation project in “He helped lots of things, es- San Chey, country director of truck filled with B-40 rockets Pursat province. pecially on infilling dirt here,” the NGO Affiliated Network for that was headed from the base “Samdech Prime Minister he said. Social Accountability, said the to Cambodia’s disputed border was really happy,” he said.

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By Zsombor Peter human rights office, which the The Cambodia Daily government has increasingly ac- cused of interfering in Cambo- The U.S. Embassy yesterday dia’s internal affairs. sent out an uncommonly biting Asked for comment, the retort to the government’s crit- office’s country director, Wan- icism of the U.S.’s presence in Hea Lee, said the government Cambodia, the latest salvo in a continued to misunderstand the growing diplomatic rift between office’s role, and the gulf that the two countries. exists between controversial On Tuesday, the Foreign new legislation widely seen Affairs Ministry, no stranger as targeting regime critics and to firing off sharp critiques of the standards of international the government’s detractors, human rights law. issued an unusually long and But Ms. Lee said she wel- rambling statement defending Hannah Hawkins/The Cambodia Daily comed the statement in the the long-ruling CPP on a host Wan-Hea Lee, country representative for the UN human rights office, hopes that “it will allow for of issues. speaks at a meeting with the government’s Human Rights Committee discussion on a constructive Titled “To Tell the Truth,” it in Phnom Penh in October. way forward on the many is- accuses Western governments, sues raised.” NGOs and journalists of se- Cambodian people and ensuring and national elections. Just this She encouraged the govern- cretly plotting and conspiring its upcoming elections are free month, the U.S. Embassy an- ment to set up “functional fo- to bring about the regime’s and fair,” said U.S. Embassy nounced that the government, rums” for resolving Cambodia’s downfall. While sweeping in spokesman David Josar in a without explanation, had indefi- problems, including the resus- its allegations, the ministry brief email. nitely suspended the mission of citation of a special working singles out a few it identified Cambodia has stepped up its a Navy unit specializing in hu- group between the government as the worst offenders—includ- criticism of the U.S. since Don- manitarian work in Cambodia. and its development partners, ing the U.S. ald Trump won the presidential Analysts say Cambodia’s focusing on land issues. In response, the U.S. Em- election late last year, mostly growing distance from—and “Every country is challenged bassy, which is typically more over war-era debt Washington is vitriol for—the U.S. is a direct to continuously find better ways patient with the Cambodian still calling on the government consequence of its growing ties to protect human rights, to rem- government’s rebukes, had an to repay, and which has since to China, which has showered edy violations when they occur, acerbic reaction. mounted to about $500 million. the country with investment, and to institutionalize an effec- “We encourage the govern- In January, Cambodia can- aid and loans free of the human tive human rights protection ment of Cambodia to expend celed its routine joint military rights conditions demanded by system with proper checks and less energy propagating un- exercises with the U.S. for the Washington. balances through independent founded conspiracy theories next two years, claiming it Tuesday’s statement from monitoring institutions,” she and instead devote its resources needed to focus its resources the Foreign Affairs Ministry said. “This applies to Cambodia to addressing the needs of the on the upcoming commune also criticized the U.N.’s local as well.” Jailed CNRP Commune Candidate Beaten Before Arrest, Wife Says

By Aun Pheap face, hit him on the head and Mr. Thoeun, 37, was struck While Mr. Yeata had said Mr. The Cambodia Daily pulled him down from the mo- on the head with the butt of a Sao was arrested for land-grab- torbike. Then they kneed him handgun while trying to stop bing on Sunday, he stated yes- An opposition commune in the chest,” Ms. Keam said, the alleged attackers from beat- terday that Mr. Sao was only councilor charged last week adding that her husband was ing Mr. Sao, Ms. Keam said. guilty of obstruction. However, with grabbing state land was then handcuffed and taken to Tep Yeata, head of the local Meas Vattana, deputy provincial beaten by district military po- the provincial police station. Forestry Administration can- court prosecutor, said on Sunday lice and forestry officials as they Mr. Sao was charged on Sat- tonment, yesterday denied that Mr. Sao was charged with arrested him and another man urday, along with villager Chan that Mr. Sao was beaten, but grabbing land. in Kompong Thom province, Thoeun, after attempting to acknowledged the assault on Mr. Thoeun was among 12 his wife said yesterday. prevent authorities from tearing Mr. Thoeun. He said the as- others accused of clearing and Noch Keam, 43, said she saw down 17 homes built without sault was justified because Mr. occupying the state land, Mr. five people attack her husband, permission on about 3 hectares Thoeun had obstructed efforts Yeata said. The arrests were Neth Sao, 64, a Sam Rainsy of state land, officials said. to remove the houses, which not political, he added. Party commune councilor run- Ms. Keam said she had sub- were eventually torn down. CNRP lawmaker Ke Sovann- ning as a CNRP candidate in mitted a letter to the provincial “We did not beat Mr. Neth aroth disagreed, however, saying the June election in Santuk court on Tuesday requesting the Sao during the operation, but I that the arrest of Mr. Sao—the district’s Kraya commune. release of her husband on bail. recognize that...[Mr. Thoeun] second candidate on the par- On Friday morning, “he “He did not obstruct author- was beaten because he bit the ty list for the commune—was was sitting on his motorbike ities like the forestry adminis- arm of an official,” Mr. Yeata “unfair because he did nothing and they punched him in the tration accused,” she said. said. wrong.” 4 National The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 Kim Sok Case ‘Pitied’ Factory Owner Expects No Penalties Poised to Move By Buth Kimsay with Meanchey district author- director for U.S.-based labor and Hannah Hawkins ities, including deputy district rights group Solidarity Center, The Cambodia Daily governor Dy Roth Khemarun— said the ministry’s attitude was To Trial Phase visited Ms. Kheng on Monday, a dangerous one. A woman speaking for the could not be reached yesterday. “I would say death and griev- By Sek Odom owners of an unregistered Phnom However, on Monday, Mr. ous bodily harm is even worse The Cambodia Daily Penh garment factory where two Sotha said they would not take for business,” he said. workers died in an explosion on “any direct action” against the Neth Mony Ponnaka, direc- The case of political fire- Saturday said yesterday that she factory and would only provide tor of the Phnom Penh depart- brand Kim Sok, who was jailed had tried to bribe officials who recommendations, despite blam- ment of industry and handicraft, in February for accusing a gov- turned up to investigate with ernment-affiliated “network” money, but they only accepted of orchestrating the murder of boxes of soy sauce. political analyst Kem Ley, is Ly Kheng, whose daughter “They accepted my soy sauce, but they didn’t ready to proceed to trial, the and son-in-law are the owners of accept my money because they pitied me as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court the Sepakam (Handicraft) Chan said yesterday. Sengheng factory, said that the victim too.” Investigating Judge Ros government would not be penal- —Ly Kheng, mother of factory owner Piseth said that preliminary izing the company, out of pity. investigations into Mr. Sok’s case “The ministry might not fine were completed last week, and [us], because they think this hap- ing the company—who he said yesterday said new rules for that both the defendant and the pened accidentally,” she said. had been operating illegally—for factories using boilers were in plaintiff, Prime Minister Hun “They know me—I have the explosion. the works, and the information Sen, had been informed of the been doing business for a long Mr. Sotha said his ministry would be disseminated after decision. time.... They forgave me because had never penalized a factory in the Khmer New Year holiday, “We closed the investigation I never did bad,” she said, adding the past, out of fear of hurting when the department would also a week ago, so we are now wait- that she had tried to offer the the garment industry. train workers in charge of the ing for both parties to see if they visiting officials monetary bribes, “As the ministry’s stance, equipment. want to submit more evidence but they only accepted boxes of we don’t want to cause diffi- “We are [still] learning what or submit a complaint on proce- soy sauce. culties for the private sector,” will be in the new guidelines,” dure,” Judge Piseth said. “They accepted my soy sauce, he said, adding that regular- he said. In a February 12 interview but they didn’t accept my money ly enforcing certain ministry Moeun Tola, executive di- with Radio Free Asia, Mr. Sok because they pitied me as the guidelines—such as checking rector of the labor rights group appeared to suggest the ruling victim too,” she said. that factories were following Central, recommended the new party was to blame for last year’s She did not know whether the industry standards—would guidelines include shorter gaps murder of Kem Ley. officials were from the Industry create a “disturbance.” between boiler inspections by A few days later, Mr. Sok re- and Handicrafts Ministry or the “We cannot visit frequently. It officials and the appointment of peated the claim, saying that he Labor Ministry. is not good. It will turn [out] to at least three to four certified believed a government-affiliated Ms. Kheng said the officials be a disturbance to the private boiler operators per factory. network was responsible for the who came to see her at her soy sector,” he said. (Additional reporting by Ouch slaying. sauce production factory, which William Conklin, country Sony) He was charged with defa- is located within the same com- mation and incitement to cause pound as the garment factory disorder and imprisoned. Mr. in Meanchey district’s Stung National Brief Hun Sen is suing him for more Meanchey commune, had ab- than $500,000. solved her and her children A bail request was rejected by of any responsibility for the Poipet Factory Gas Explosion Badly Injures Five the Appeal Court last month. In explosion. A kiln exploded at a South Korean-owned factory in Poipet a previous appeal hearing, Mr. Soeun Phal, a 27-year-old se- City’s Phsar Kandal commune on Tuesday night, seriously in- Sok said that representatives curity guard, and Kong Phanny, a juring a repairman and four workers, an official said yesterday. of the premier had visited him 61-year-old cleaner, died when a The repairman caused the explosion at SC Wado Component in prison and offered possible wood-fired steam generator at the (Cambodia), which manufactures hard disks, when he did not release if he wrote an apology, factory blew up after the guard, properly turn off a valve on a gas tank connected to the kiln before threatening to send him to a who did not know how to operate making repairs, commune police chief Mean Menghoung said. “dark prison” if he didn’t, a claim the machine, was apparently seen The gas leaked from the valve and exploded when it reached that the Interior Ministry has adding more wood to the fire. the kiln, seriously burning the five people, including the re- denied. The victims’ families have pairman and an Indian national, 38-year-old Morich Kras, Mr. Choung Chungy, Mr. Sok’s both been paid $3,000 in com- Menghoung said. Other workers tried unsuccessfully to put out lawyer, yesterday said he was pensation after signing letters the blaze by using fire extinguishers before a fire truck arrived, happy to proceed to trial. agreeing not to file complaints, he added. “The accident was caused by the carelessness of the “There is no complaint. If Ms. Kheng said. repairman,” he said. “He fixed it without checking it properly” the hearing is as fair as possible, Oum Sotha, spokesman for before he started to make repairs, he said. The victims were then that’s good for my client,” the Industry and Handicrafts sent to a nearby clinic, and later transferred to another hospital he said. Ministry, whose officials—along by relatives, he added. (Buth Kimsay) Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily National 5 Sokha Says Most Cambodians Looking for ‘Positive Change’

By Kuch Naren Tea Banh suggesting the word The Cambodia Daily was a symbol of revolution. CPP spokesman Sok Eysan yesterday Opposition leader Kem Sokha dismissed Mr. Sokha’s suggestion yesterday maintained that a that the populace was eager for majority of Cambodians are change, comparing the CNRP yearning for political change, a president to his now-exiled claim a ruling party spokesman predecessor. branded a lie. “The opposition party of Sam In a three-minute video up- Rainsy’s generation and now Kem loaded to his Facebook page Sokha’s generation—as the head ahead of Khmer New Year, Mr. of the opposition party—they Sokha said he believed the Cam- always say something contradict- bodian people were hungry for ing the truth,” Mr. Eysan said. “positive change.” “Thus, Mr. Sokha saying that “So, I call upon all Cambo- CNRP President Kem Sokha, left, poses with Australian foreign affairs most people want the change dian leaders and politicians, de- and trade official Philip Green in Canberra, Australia, yesterday, in a means that only a minority num- spite having different political photograph posted to Mr. Sokha’s Facebook page. ber wanted change,” he said. affiliations, to please contest In a claim commonly used the forthcoming elections by CNRP sits in a precarious po- ahead of elections. by the CPP, Mr. Eysan said the focusing on each party’s po- sition ahead of crucial commune The CNRP also recently Cambodian people were satis- litical platforms peacefully in elections in June. The Interior abandoned its elections slogan, fied with the performance of the order to build a better future Ministry has refused to acknowl- “Change commune chiefs who government because it brought for our country and people,” edge the opposition’s election serve the party with commune peace to Cambodia after decades said Mr. Sokha, who arrived of three new deputies after the chiefs who serve the people,” of war almost 20 years ago. in the Australian capital Can- February resignation of former after the CPP threatened to sue “I think that the most im- berra yesterday following a party president Sam Rainsy. The for incitement. portant thing here is the fact tour around New Zealand to government claims the process The ruling party claimed that the government of the ruling meet politicians and CNRP violated the party’s own bylaws, earlier this year that the word CPP has achieved many things supporters. while the opposition has accused “change” was a threat to nation- and people are enjoying peace,” The speech comes as the the ruling party of playing dirty al unity, with Defense Minister he said. Chosen by Angel for Bumper Crop, Banana Prices Rise for New Year

By Chhorn Phearun prayer, puncturing the base of a and Danielle Keeton-Olsen thick stem with a wooden skewer. The Cambodia Daily Mr. Sopheak brought 100 large leaves to sell for between Khmer New Year could bring 5,000 and 6,000 riel, or $1.25 a fruitful financial harvest for and $1.50. If he doesn’t sell all sellers of bananas—this year’s 100 trees before the holiday, he divinely selected crop—but will start the new year with a some vendors say their sales parched pocketbook. have not yet ripened. “Last year I sold a lot more Bananas were selected as than this year, and since this this year’s official product by year is my first day I’m not sure the angel Kemera Devi, who I’m going to sell a lot,” he said. brings in the new year, so sales Mr. Sary said he had sold only are expected to skyrocket, said 80 bunches of fruit by yesterday Lor Reaksmey, spokesman for Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily afternoon. the Agriculture Ministry. Bunches of bananas for sale at a Phnom Penh market yesterday “It’s not worth it unless you “The price depends on mar- sell it all, and for the last few ket demand, and with the belief cluding 35-year-old Seng Sary, ful than last year’s, in accordance days, it hasn’t been worth it,” that Kemera Devi eats bananas, bumped up their prices for the with the traditional soothsayer’s he said. definitely banana prices could holiday, from the everyday cost new year predictions. Despite their languid busi- increase,” he said. of about 2,000 riel, or about Last year, Cambodia harvest- ness, the vendors were in the Astrologer Im Borin, an al- $0.50, per bunch to between ed more than 98,000 tons of holiday spirit yesterday, joking manac author who foretells the $1 and $1.25, he said. bananas, the spokesman said. about selling green bananas of angel’s annual preference, has Mr. Reasmey did not know Upon arriving at Street 154 the popular namva breed that put in good words for oil and the specific amount of bananas from Kandal province yesterday, will ripen before the new year blood in previous years. sold during the first quarter of Ros Sopheak, 42, and his family weekend. A few banana vendors on this year, but said he expected began assembling banana leaves “The god only eats raw, un- Phnom Penh’s Street 154, in- the crop would be more bounti- into decorative trees used for ripe bananas,” Mr. Sary said. 6 National The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 Migrants Say Thai Authorities Charged for Deportation Rides

By Sek Odom ­Meanchey province, but was about $8 to $14. had worsened lately. Systemat- The Cambodia Daily uncertain where the migrants Moeun Tola, head of the ic solutions to migration issues had been working or what the labor rights group Central, were needed, he said. A group of four Cambodi- status of the case was. said corruption was endemic “This is only the symptom, an “illegal” migrants jailed in “I don’t want to comment on among both Cambodian and but we need to find the root Thailand say they were forced other countries,” he said yester- Thai immigration officials, and cause,” Mr. Tola said. to bribe authorities there to take day. But “probably it sometimes them back to Cambodia, officials happens.” said this week. He was not able to provide National Brief The men filed a complaint details about the men involved. last week in Thailand’s Sa Kaeo A Cambodian official in province, near the Cambodian Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province Suspected Dirty Drinking Water Hospitalizes 59 border, according to Sim Sam who works on border disputes Seventeen adults and 42 children from a village in Battambang Ath, chief of Poipet International involving nationals and Thai province were hospitalized with suspected poisoning on Tuesday Border Checkpoint. officials could not be reached. after possibly drinking contaminated water, a police official said “I heard from Thai border A migrant worker in Thai- yesterday. The 59 patients, all from Kroper Tbong village in Banan police that four Cambodian ille- land’s Chun Buri province district’s Phnom Sampov commune, were treated for vomiting gal migrants who were deported who referred to himself only and stomach pain at a local health center, said Mey Chhengly, the last week submitted a complaint as Samban said the practice of commune police chief. “The weather was really hot. Maybe they against Thai authorities for charging for deportation rides drank unboiled water, making them [ill],” he said. As of yesterday, charging money to transport was widespread. all 59 patients had been discharged from the health center, he them,” he said on Tuesday, add- “Sometimes when an ille- said, adding that they were all expected to make a full recovery. ing that the migrants claimed gal migrant doesn’t want to Mr. Chhengly said the high temperature, which he estimated to to have paid 400 baht, or about be detained for too long, they be about 39 or 40 degrees Celsius, was made worse by the village $11.50, for the ride. negotiate with Thai authorities being situated behind a mountain, which blocks wind and thus Mr. Sam Ath said the com- with offers of bribes to transport exacerbates the heat. Mr. Chhengly also said the area had seen plaint had been filed late last them to the border,” he said, heavy rainfall over the previous few days, reflecting a nationwide week in Aranyaprathet dis- saying the price typically ranged phenomenon that has led to record low temperatures and rainfall trict, near Cambodia’s Banteay between 300 and 500 baht, or in the run-up to Khmer New Year. (Phan Soumy) Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Business 7 50% 1.5M $2.15B low-range probability houses the South annual budget for a of an El Nino event African gov’t hopes South African gov’t Business occurring this year to build by 2019 housing program

Pacific Region Could Be Hit by El Nino as Soon as This Year

By Lucy Craymer The Wall Street Journal An El Nino weather phe- nomenon will likely occur again this year as the Pacific Ocean heats up, Australia’s weather bu- reau said on Tuesday, bringing potentially bad news for some of the world’s poorest regions in South and Southeast Asia. At the start of this year, fore- casters around the world were generally anticipating neutral weather conditions through December, given the intensity of last year’s La Nina weather pattern. Now, all models that Aus- tralia’s Bureau of Meteorology uses in forecasting the naturally occurring phenomenon indicate an El Nino will form this year or early next year. The agency noted that parts Reuters of the eastern Pacific Ocean A worker holds palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in Topoyo village in Mamuju, Indonesia, late last month. surface are already 1 degree Celsius warmer than previous tighten the supply-demand Palm oil prices hit their high- Center noted on its website that years. situation for [agricultural] est level in four years last year, is very unusual for an El Nino Government forecasters in commodities, especially soft while robusta coffee jumped to follow so closely after a La the U.S. and Japan also see an commodities,” Societe Gen- nearly 50 percent. Nina, which ended in January, increased risk of an El Nino erale recently said. The U.S. Climate Prediction and a previous El Nino. event, putting the likelihood Yet there remains no way at a minimum of 50 percent. to anticipate how severe the The U.S. Climate Prediction impact will be. Of the 27 El Business Brief Center is set to update its fore- Nino weather patterns observed cast today. since 1900, only 18 resulted in El Nino occurs when winds widespread droughts in Austra- Uber PR Head Resigns Amid Tumult, Scandal in the equatorial Pacific slow or lia, according to the country’s Uber Technologies is losing its communications chief in the reverse direction. That warms meteorology bureau. middle of a public-relations crisis for the ride-hailing company. water over a vast area, which The bureau also cautioned Rachel Whetstone, who joined Uber in 2015 from Alphabet Inc.’s in turn can upend weather that the models it uses for Google, where she also led communications and public policy, patterns around the world; it forecasting the weather phe- said in a statement on Tuesday she was leaving the company. typically reduces rainfall in nomenon have a lower accuracy She did not cite a reason. Whetstone couldn’t immediately be Australia and across parts of than at other times of the year. reached for comment. Jill Hazelbaker, Whetstone’s deputy, will southeast and southern Asia. Risks are exacerbated by the be taking over as senior vice president of policy and communi- As the probability of an El fact that much of Southeast Asia cations. Hazelbaker also reported to Whetstone at Google. “I am Nino this year rises, analysts is only just starting to recover incredibly proud of the team that we’ve built—and that just as have been highlighting the risks from the 2015 to 2016 event, when I left Google, a strong and brilliant woman will be taking for crops—particularly those which was one of the three my place,” Whetstone said in the statement. Her departure comes grown in Asia and Africa such most-severe on record. after a tumultuous couple of months for Uber, valued by investors as robusta coffee, sugar, cocoa It brought widespread at nearly $70 billion. The company is investigating allegations it and palm oil. drought to large parts of the tolerates sexual harassment, reviewing an internal program that Information related to when region, cutting production of was used to evade government officials and fighting a lawsuit exactly an El Nino might form coffee and palm. It also left by rival Alphabet that claims Uber stole proprietary self-driving is becoming critical “as it can sugar withering in paddocks. car technology. (WSJ) 8 Business The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 Wait for Homes Tests Political Loyalty of South Africa’s Poor

By Gabriele Steinhauser and Nthabiseng Gamede The Wall Street Journal bloemfontein, South Africa - When construction trucks laden with bricks and mortar rolled along her dirt road on a sun- ny fall day, Patricia Makhetha thought she was about to receive something that has eluded gen- erations of black South Africans: her own house. That day was five-and-a-half years ago. Today, the gray fa- cade of what Makhetha hoped would be a home for her and her two children stands crumbling. During daylight hours, children use the rubble as a playground; after dark, teens gather to smoke nyaope, a concoction of heroin, rat poison and other chemicals. The local housing depart- Reuters ment hasn’t told her if the build- Demonstrators take part in a protest calling for the removal of South African President Jacob Zuma in ers will return. “They just tell Cape Town on Friday. me to be patient,” she said. Makhetha’s house-that-wasn’t tion found that the majority of now at about 54 million, around out fraudulent housing con- is a symptom of the governance the 14,769 houses contracted to 4 million rudimentary, one-story tracts in 2010 and 2011. The crisis now enveloping South Af- those named were never begun homes, often with solar panels department estimates damages rica’s ruling African National or, like Makhetha’s home, never on top, have transformed cities of about $36.4 million. Congress and roiling the conti- completed. and townships and handed many Mosebenzi Zwane, the pol- nent’s most developed economy Such allegations of fraud are of the poorest South Africans itician in charge of the depart- 23 years after the end of white sapping the trust of the ANC’s a durable asset to pass on to ment at the time the contracts minority rule. base of mostly black, and mostly younger generations. A right to were written, was appointed by Nelson Mandela’s ANC has poor, voters. adequate housing was enshrined Zuma in 2015 as South Africa’s sought to radically transform the The perception of corrup- in the 1996 constitution. mining minister. The office of South African economy through tion in the ranks of the ANC Yet many households are still Zwane, who wasn’t named in affirmative action and exten- “is a major political factor and waiting for RDP houses, some the filings, didn’t respond to a sive social policies, including a a major social factor.... It causes for over 20 years: The housing request for comment. housing program whose annual people to seriously not trust their department says it aims to build ​A spokeswoman for Free budget has climbed above $2.15 government,” said David Lewis, 1.5 million housing units by the State’s housing department said billion. executive director of Corruption end of 2019 in an effort to clear that increasing unemployment But the ANC’s ambitions Watch, the South African chapter the backlog. and urbanization had contrib- have been undermined by of Transparency International. Many people believe that uted to the backlog in the pro- allegations of corruption and An ANC spokeswoman corruption within the ANC vision of RDP houses and that patronage and controversies declined to comment on the has slowed the construction of the department w​ as following have consumed the presiden- examples cited in this article, new homes or transferred hous- strict procurement rules and cy of ANC leader Jacob Zuma, but said that “as the ANC, we es to the wrong people. Legal quality-assurance processes in including an internal revolt and have a standing position of zero follow-up to such suspicions is the construction of new homes. debt downgrades triggered by tolerance against corruption.” rare, and when it happens can Makhetha, who scrapes by his dismissal last month of his Zuma’s office and the national quickly be quashed. each month on about $100 she popular finance minister. Department of Human Settle- The suit filed in December makes from occasional work as In December, the Free State ments, which runs the housing by the Free State housing de- a maid and $52 in government province housing department in program, didn’t respond to re- partment says the department’s child benefits, said she no longer Bloemfontein accused 106 con- quests for comment. previous administration ignored believed the ANC’s promises of tractors and materials suppliers RDP houses—named after federal rules by failing to open a a better life, and had stopped of embezzling as much as $46 the reconstruction and develop- proper bidding process for con- voting. million meant for the construc- ment program that conceived tracts and paying contractors “When it is election time, tion of low-cost houses, according them in 1994, as the country before work was completed. the ANC is visible. They come to documents seen by reporters. was negotiating a new democ- The earlier administration, it to us and make empty promises A motion filed by the depart- racy—are among the most visible says, facing an order by South just to get our votes and then ment with the state’s High Court postapartheid social policies. Africa’s Finance Ministry to they forget about us after the says its own yearslong investiga- Since then, for a population return unspent funds, rushed elections,” she said. Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Business 9 Trump’s New Drug Czar May Threaten Marijuana Industry Congressman has called for ‘hospital-slash-prison’ for minor offenders, voted against protecting legalization

By Mark Magnier The Washington Post Republican U.S. House of Representatives member Tom Marino will be U.S. President Donald Trump’s drug czar, ac- cording to a report from CBS News. Marino’s congressional voting record betrays his hard- line stance on marijuana issues, and he recently said that he’d like to put nonviolent drug offenders in a “hospital-slash-prison.” As drug czar, Marino would oversee the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a branch of the White House that advises the president on drug policy issues. More than anything else, the office sets the tone of an administration’s drug policy. Under former U.S. President Barack Obama, for instance, the office publicly retired the Reuters phrase “war on drugs,” prefer- A variety of medicinal marijuana buds in jars are pictured at Los Angeles Patients & Caregivers Group ring rhetoric centered more on dispensary in West Hollywood, California, last year. public health than on criminal justice. measure to allow U.S. Veterans abuse treatment for nonviolent in a hospital-slash-prison would Whether that approach con- Affairs Department doctors to drug offenders. presumably include drug users tinues is unknown. recommend medical marijua- “One treatment option I have who are not necessarily drug Former drug czars from a na to their patients, as well as advocated for years would be abusers. Only about 21 percent more militant drug policy era against a separate measure to placing non-dealer, nonviolent of current marijuana users meet have been publicly agitating to loosen federal restrictions on drug abusers in a secured hos- diagnostic criteria for abuse or “bring back the war on drugs.” hemp, a non-psychoactive vari- pital-type setting under the dependence, for instance. The Trump’s attorney general, Jeff ant of the cannabis plant with constant care of health pro- other 79 percent do not need Sessions, is moving to put crim- potential industrial applications. fessionals,” he said at a hearing treatment for their drug use. inal justice back at the forefront Those votes place Marino last year. Marino acknowledged that of drug policy. well to the right of dozens of Marino appears to be in that his Republican House colleagues camp as well, but his views are who supported the measures. He unlikely to influence the admin- also voted against a measure that “Once [they] agree to plead guilty to possession, he istration’s policy in the same would loosen some restrictions or she will be placed in a...hospital-slash-prison.” ways Sessions’ views do. on CBD oil, a non-psychoactive That’s because the drug derivative of the cannabis plant —Republican representative Tom Marino czar’s office has traditionally that holds promise for treat- played a limited role in set- ing severe forms of childhood ting policy. Instead, it coor- epilepsy. “Once the person agrees to implementing such a policy dinates drug control strategy Asked about marijuana plead guilty to possession, he or nationwide would “take a lot and funding across the federal legalization last fall, Marino she will be placed in an intensive of money.” government. told a reporter that “the only treatment program until experts Whether he’ll push for such Still, with the selection way I would agree to consider determine that they should be a strategy as drug czar remains of Marino, another piece of legalizing marijuana is if we released under intense super- uncertain. Beyond that, the of- Trump’s drug control strategy had a really in depth-medical vision,” Marino explained. “If fice’s track record on meeting falls into place. In Congress, scientific study. If it does help this is accomplished, then the its drug policy goals is not the Marino voted multiple times people one way or another, then charges are dropped against that greatest. In 2010, the office set against a bipartisan measure produce it in pill form.” But, person. The charges are only a series of ambitious goals to re- to prevent the Justice Depart- he added, “I think it’s a states’ filed to have an incentive for duce overall drug use, overdoses ment from going after state-legal rights issue.” that person to enter the hos- and drugged-driving incidents. A medical marijuana businesses. As a congressman, Marino pital-slash-prison, if you want 2015 Government Accountabili- The measure ultimately passed. called for a national program of to call it.” ty Office report concluded that Similarly, he voted against a mandatory inpatient substance Forced inpatient treatment it failed to meet any of them. 10 Business The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 Airline CEO Apologizes as Ire Over Ejected Passenger Builds

By Susan Carey over Dao and other passengers I deeply regret this situation ment has launched a review of and Doug Cameron on the flight. Three other pas- arose, I also emphatically stand the incident, though this will The Wall Street Journal sengers were also told to leave behind all of you,” he wrote. only relate to United’s policy the flight to make room for Munoz “bent over too far to on overbooking and not the United Airlines CEO Oscar off-duty crew members need- support his employees,” said a treatment of Dao, according Munoz apologized on Tuesday ed at the plane’s destination source close to discussions this to congressional aides briefed for an altercation in which po- of Louisville, Kentucky. They week among United executives. on the matter. lice forcibly removed a passenger complied without incident. “I think he got bad advice. He Munoz pledged a review of from a flight in Chicago, seeking The stumble comes after probably listened to lawyers too United’s handling of overbooked belatedly to quell a worldwide Munoz spent the past year much,” the source said. flights and its interaction with furor. back on the job after a heart Some of United’s 15 direc- law enforcement agencies by The incident sparked outrage transplant, working to repair tors have discussed the airline’s April 30. “We are going to fix on social media, angered millions United’s often-fractious labor handling of the incident among what’s broken so this never in United’s fast-growing China relations after a troubled merger. themselves, the source said, happens again,” he said. market and drew condemnation His focus on improving customer and some have offered advice Dao’s rough treatment and on Capitol Hill. service and cajoling employees to Munoz. what he called Munoz’s tone “The truly horrific event that to work together had started Attorneys representing Dao deaf response threaten to cast occurred on this flight has elicit- to bear fruit. Employees were said on Tuesday that he was a pall over the whole U.S. ed many responses from all of us: optimistic and shares soared to still being treated at a Chicago air industry heading into the outrage, anger, disappointment,” an all-time high in December. hospital. critical summer travel season, Munoz wrote to employees on But this latest public relations “The family of Dr. Dao wants said Robert Haigh, a director Tuesday, two days after airport nightmare has thrown a cloud the world to know that they are at London-based consultancy police dragged Dr. David Dao over the airline’s efforts. very appreciative of the outpour- Brand Finance. off a flight. “I share all of those As video of Dao’s removal ing of prayers, concern and sup- “It’s one thing to show soli- sentiments, and one above all: went viral, Munoz on Monday port,” said one of the attorneys, darity with your workers, but the my deepest apologies for what said he regretted the need to Stephen Golan. “Currently, they attitude they seem to have tak- happened.” “re-accommodate” him and the are focused only on Dr. Dao’s en is just absolutely stunning,” It was an about-face for Mu- other passengers. Hours later, in medical care and treatment.” Haigh said. “It makes it seem noz after an initial response that an email to employees, he struck Dao, a doctor and com- their policy is so draconian.” seemed to defend his employees a more defensive tone. “While petitive poker player who has Investors reacted negatively practiced in Elizabethtown, to United’s handling of the crisis. Kentucky, south of Louisville, The company’s stock fell more earned a medical degree in Viet- than 4 percent at one point on nam in 1974 and was licensed Tuesday in very heavy trading, in Kentucky in 1983, according and ended down 1.1 percent at to records from the Kentucky $70.71, after Munoz apologized. Board of Medical Licensure. “I’m glad the company has The records also show a local made an unequivocal apology,” hospital administrator said that said one investor who owns mil- in 2002 Dao had been put on a lions of United shares. “It took “corrective action plan due to too long.” his disruptive behavior.” The The backlash spread to Chi- records noted he was subject to a na, where United is the leading referral for “anger management.” U.S. carrier and has a code-shar- A spokeswoman at the hospital ing relationship with Air China declined to comment further. Ltd., one of the country’s biggest Dao’s attorneys declined to airlines. The incident was the comment through a spokes- top trending topic on Chinese woman beyond their written microblogging service Weibo. statement. China’s huge population makes Public anger spread on the country an important growth Tuesday over United’s treat- market for United. The carrier ment of Dao. Members of the has pioneered a strategy of con- U.S. Congress asked the U.S. necting large cities in China’s Transportation Department to interior to the U.S. better protect passengers against Chicago’s aviation department being bumped from flights. A suspended an officer involved bipartisan group of four senators in Sunday’s incident. “While sent a letter on Tuesday asking they do have limited authority the commissioner of the Chicago to make an arrest, Sunday’s in- Department of Aviation for more cident was not within standard information on the incident and operating procedures nor will we the agency’s procedures. tolerate that kind of action,” the The Transportation Depart- department said in a statement. រាល់ដំណឹងទាំងអស់គ្មែនការភ័យខ្លែច ឬ លម្អៀង

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សង្ក្្ន䮏​​​​ដ្ល​​​ទស្សន៍ទាយ​​​ចំណង់​​​ចំណូល​​​ចិត䮏​​​ គណបក្ស​​​កាន់​​​អំណច​​​​ចាត់​​​ទុក​​​ថា​ជាការ​​​ ក្្យ​​​ព្ល​​​បំព្ញទស្សនកិច䮅​​​នៅប្ទ្ស​​

ប្ចាំ​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​របស់​​​ទ្ពធីត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​កន䮛ង​​ៗ​​​មក​បាន​​​ កុហក​​​។​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​វីដ្អូ​​​រយៈ​​​ព្ល​​​៣​​​នទី​​​ នូវ្ល​ស្ឡង់ដើម្បីជួប​​​ជាមួយ​​​អ䮓ក​​​នយោ​​​

និយយល្អ​​​អំពី​​​ទិន䮓ផល​​​​និង​​​នយោបាយ​​​។​ ដ្ល​​​បង្ហ្ះ​​​នៅលើ​​​ទំព័រ​​​ហ䮜្សប៊ុក​​​របស់​​​ បាយ​​​​និង​​​អ䮓ក​​​គ្្ំ​​​ទ្​​​គណបក្ស​​​សង្គ្្ះ​​​ជាតិ​​​

អ䮓ក​​​លក់​​​ច្ក​​​មួយ​​​ចំនួននៅតម​​​បណ្ត្យ​​​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់​

ផ䮛ូ វ ល្ ខ ​​​​១៥ ៤ ​​​​​​​​​​ក䮓ុ ង ​​​នះ​​​រួម ​​​មាន ​​​លោក​ រដ្ឋមន្តែី ចំណាយ ៣៣៧.០០០ដុល្លែរ លើ គមែែង ចាក់ដី សង់ បន្ទែយ អង្គរកែស ស្ង​​​​សារី​​​​អាយុ​៣៥ឆ្ន្ំ​​ជា​​​ដើម​​​​បាន​​​ដំឡើង​​​ BEN PAVIOUR ថ䮛្​​​សម្្ប់​​​វិធី​​​បុណ្យ​​​ចូល​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​ថ្មី​​​ន្ះ​​​​ពី​​​តម䮛្​​​ សេក ឧត្ដម និង ស䮐ិត​ក䮓ុង​ខ្ត䮏​កណ្ត្ល។ ខែមបូឌា ដែលី ប្ហ្ល​​​២.០០០រៀល​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ថ䮄្ធម្មត​​​រហូត​​​ ​​​ស្ចក䮏ី​​​រយ​​​ការណ៍​​​​​​​​​​​​​មួយ​ចុះ​ថ䮄្ទី​៩​ខ្ម្សា​​

ដល់​​​​​​ចន្ល្ះ​​​ពី​​​​​​៤.០០០រៀល​​​​ដល់​​​៥.០០០​​​ ឯកសារ​មួយ​ដ្ល​​​​​ប្កធ្ល្យ​កាល​ពី​ម្សិល​​​ ឆ្ន្ំ​២០១៤​និង​​បង្ហ្ះ​កាលពី​ម្សិលមិញ​លើ​ Thleay” រៀល​​​សម្្ប់​​​ច្ក​​​មួយ​​​ស䮓ិត​​​។ មិញ​​​​លត​​​ត្ដាង​​​ថា​ លោក​ លឹម​ គាន​ហោ ទំព័រ​ហ䮜្សប៊ុកមានឈ្ម្ះ​ថា​"​​ (ធ្ល្យ)​​​​

​​​លោក​ឡោ​រស្មី​មិន​​​ដឹង​​​​​អំពី​​​ចំនួន​​​ច្ក​​​ជាក់​​​ រដ្ឋមន䮏្ី​ក្សួង​ធនធនទឹក​និង​ឧតុនិយម​​បាន​ បង្ហ្ញ​​​​ពីសកម្ម​​​ភាព​​​​​​​​​​​​លោក​​លឹម​គានហោ​ធ䮜ើ​

លក់​​​ដ្ល​​​លក់​​​បាន​​​អំឡុង​​​ត្ីមាស​​​ដំបូង​​​ន្​​​ ចំណយ​ថវិកា​​​​​​រហូត​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ដល់​​​​​​​​​ទៅ​​​​​​​ជាង​៣៣០.០០០​​​ បច䮅ុប្បន䮓ភាព​ប្្ប់លោក​ហ៊ុន​ ស្ន​ និង​

ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ន្ះ​​​ឡើយ​ប៉ុន䮏្​ថា​លោក​​​គិត​ថា​ដំណំច្​​​ក​​​​​​ ដុល្ល្រ​​លើ​គម្្ង​ចាក់ដី​​បំព្ញ​​​​​​​​​នៅ​​បន្ទ្យ​​ លោកស្ី​ ប៊ុន​រ៉្នី​ ​អំពី​ការ​ងរ​ចាក់​ដី​ដ្ល​​

ន្ះ​​​នឹង​​​មាន​​​ចំនួន​​​ច្ើន​​​ជាង​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​មុន​​​​ដោយ​​​ អង្គរក្ស​របស់​លោក​នយករដ្ឋមន䮏្ី​​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​ លោក​​បាន​​បំព្ញ​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​ឆ្ន្ំ​នះ​នៅ​បន្ទ្យ​ តទៅទំព័របន្ទាប់​ តទៅទំព័រ១៣

កាសែតបែចាំថ្ងែដ៏លែបីលែបាញតាំងពីឆ្នែំ១៩៩៣ ១២ ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ខែមបូឌា​ដែលី ថ្ងៃព្ហស្បតិ៍ទី១៣ខៃមៃសាឆ្នៃំ២០១៧

លោក​កឹម​សុខា​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​... ថា​ល្ង​​​ល្បិច​​​ដ៏​​​គំរក់​​​​នៅមុន​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្ន្ត​​​។ ប្ឆំង​​​ចាប់​​​តាំង​​​ពី​​​ជំនន់​​​​សម​រង្សុី​​រហូតដល់​​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ ថ䮘ីៗ​​​ន្ះ​​​គណបក្ស​​​សង្គ្្ះ​​​ជាតិ​​​​​ក៏​​​បន​​​ ជំនន់​​​​កឹម​សុខ​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ព្ល​​​ចប䮅ុប្បន䮓​​​​ក䮓ុង​នម​ជា​​​

នះ​​​​​​បន​​​មន​​​ប្សសន៍​​​ថា​​​​"ដូច䮓្ះ​​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​សូម​​​អំ家វ​​​ បោះ​​​បង់​​​ចោល ​​​家ក្យ ​​​ស្ល្ក ​​​យុទ䮒 នការ​​​ ប្ធាន​​​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ឆំង​​​​ពួក​​​គ្​​​ត្ង​​​ត្​​​

នវ​​​ដល់​​​អ䮓ក​​​ដឹក​​​នំ​​​​និ​​​ងអ䮓ក​​​នយោបយ​​​ខ䮘្រ​​​ទាំង​​​ ឃោស​​​ន​"ដូរ​​​ម្ឃុំ​​​បម្ើ​​​បក្ស​​​​ដក់​​​ម្ឃុំ​​​ និយាយ​​​ផ䮑ុយ​​​ពី​​​ការ​​​​​ពិត​​​"។

អស់​ទោះ​​​បី​​​ជាមន​​​និន្ន្ការ​​​នយោ​​​បយ​​​ខុស​​​ បម្ើ​​​រាស䮏្"​របស់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ផង​​​ដ្រ​​​​បន្ទ្ប់​​​ពី​​​គណ​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​បន䮐្ម​​​ថា​"ដូច䮓្ះ​​​លោក​កឹម​​​​

គ្ន្​​​ក៏ដោយ​សូម​​​ប្កួត​​​ប្ជ្ង​​​គ្ន្​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​​​​ បក្ស​​​ប្ជា​​​ជន​​​កម䮖ុជា​​​គំរាម​​​ប䮏ឹង​​​ពី​​​បទ​​​ញុះញង់​​​។ សុខ​​​​និយាយ​​​ថា​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ភគ​​​ច្ើន​​​ចង់​​​ឲ្យ​​​មន​​​

ឆ្ន្ត​​​ន​​​ព្ល​​​ខង​​​មុខ​​​ន្ះ​​​ផ្ត្ត​​​លើ​​​គោល​​​ គណបក្ស​​​កាន់អំណច​​​ន្ះបន​​​អះ​​​អាង​​​ ការ​​​ផ្ល្ស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​មនន័យ​​​ថា​មន​មនុស្ស​​​ត្​​​មួយ​​​

នយោបយ​​​​​​រៀង​​​ៗ​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ដោយ​​​សន䮏ិ​​​វិធី​​​​​​​ដើម្បី​​​ កាល​​​ពី​​​ដើម​​​ឆ្ន្​​​ំ​​​ន្ះ​​​ថា​ 家ក្យ​"ផ្ល្ស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​"​ គឺជា​​​ ភគ​​​តូច​​​ប៉ុណ្ណ្ះ​​​ចង់​​​បន​​​ការ​​​ផ្ល្ស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​"។

កសង​​​អនគត​​​កាល​​​​​​មួយ​​​ដ៏​​​ប្សើរ​​​សម្្ប់​​​ ការ​​​គំរាម​​​កំហ្ង​​​ដល់​​​ការ​​​ឯកភព​​​ជាតិ​​​​ដោយ​​​ នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ការ​​​អះអាង​​​ដ្ល​​​ជា​​​ធម䮘តា​​​ធ䮜ើ​

ប្ទ្ស​​​ជាតិ​និង​​​ប្ជា​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ខ䮘្រ​​​យើង​​​"។​ លោក​ទៀ​បញ់​​​​រដ្ឋ​​​មន䮏្ីក្សួង​​​ការ家រ​​​ជាតិ​​​ ឡើង​​​​​​​ដោយ​​​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ជាជន​​​កម䮖ុជា​​​នះ​​​​​​​

សុន䮑រកថា​​​ន្ះ​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​ឡើង​​​ស្ប​​​ព្ល​​​​​​គណ​​​ បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា​家ក្យ​​​ន្ះ​​​ជា​​​និមិត䮏រូបន្​​​ លោក​សុខ​ឥសន​បន​​​លើកឡើង​​​ថា​ប្ជា​​​

បក្ស​​​សង្គ្្ះ​​​ជាតិ​​​​កំពុង​​​ស䮐ិត​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ជំហរ​​​មិន​​​ បដិវត䮏​ន៍​ហើយ​​​មិន​​​គួរ​​​យក​​​មក​​​ប្ើ​​​ប្្ស់​​​ ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ខ䮘្រ​​​មន​​​ការ​​​ព្ញ​​​ចិត䮏​​​ចំពោះ​​​​​​ការ​​​

ប្្កដ​​​ប្ជា​​​​​​មុន​​​ការ​​​បោះ​​​ឆ្ន្ត​​​ឃុំ​​​សង្ក្ត់​​​ដ៏​​​ នះ​​​ឡើយ។​ បំព្ញ​​​ការ​​​ងរ​​​របស់​​​រដ្ឋ្ភិបល​ដោយសរ​​​

សំខន់​​​នៅ​​​ខ្មិថុន។​ក្សួង​​​មហាផ䮑្​​​បន​​​ លោក​សុខ​ឥសន​អ䮓កនំ家ក្យ​​​គណបក្ស​​​ រដ្ឋ្ភិបល​​​បន​​​នំ​​​សុខ​​​សន䮏ិភព​​​ជូន​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​

បដិស្ធ​​​មិនទទួល​​​ស្គ្ល់​​​អនុប្ធាន​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ចំនួន​​​៣​​​ ប្ជាជនកម䮖ុជា​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ម្សិលមិញ​បន​​​ច្្ន​​​ ជាតិ​​ជិត​​​២០​​​​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​មក​​​​​​ហើយ​​​​​​​បន្ទ្ប់​​​ពី​​​មន​​​សង្គ្្ម​​​​​​

រូប​​​ដ្ល​​​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ឆំង​​​បន​​​ជ្ើស​​​រីស​​​ ចោល​ការ​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​របស់​​​លោក​ កឹម​ សុខ​​​ រាប់​​​ទសវត្សរ៍។

បន្ទ្ប់​​​ពី​​​លោក​ សម​ រង្សុី​អតីត​​​ប្ធាន​​​គណ​​​ ដ្ល​​​ថា​ប្ជា​​​ពល​​​រដ្ឋ​​​ចង់​​​ឲ្យ​​​មនការ​​​ផ្ល្ស់​​​ប䮏ូរ​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​ប្សសន៍​​​ថា​"ខ្ញុំ​​​គិត​​​ថា​​​​

បក្ស​​​ន្ះ​​​បន​​​លា​​​ល្ង​​​ពី​​​តំណ្ង​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ខ្​​​ ដោយ​​​ប្ៀបធៀប​​​ប្ធាន​​​គណបក្ស​​​សង្គ្្ះ​​​ រឿង​​​សំខន់​​​​​​បំផុត​​​នៅ​​​ទី​​​ន្ះ​​​គឺ​​​​​​ការ​​​ពិត​​​ដ្ល​​​ថា

កុម䮗ៈ​​​ឡើយ​​​។រដ្ឋ្ភិបល​​​អះអាង​​​ថា​ដំណើរ​​​ ជាតិ​​​រូប​​​ន្ះ​​​​ទៅ​​​នឹង​​​អ䮓ក​​​កាន់​​​តំណ្ង​​​មុន​​​ រដ្ឋ្ភិបល​​​ដឹក​​​នំ​​​ដោយ​​​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ជាជន​​​

ការ​​​ន្ះ​​​រំលោភ​​​លើ​​​បទ​​​បញ្ជ្​​​ផ䮑្​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​ផ្ល្ល់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ លោក​​​ដ្ល​​​ឥឡូវ​​​កំពុង​​​រស់​​​នៅ​​​ក្្​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​ កម䮖ុជា​​​​​​បន​​​បង䮀ើត​សមិទ䮒ផល​​​ជាច្ើន​​​​ហើយ​​​

របស់​​​គណបក្ស​​​ន្ះ​​​​ខណៈ​​​គណបក្ស​​​ប្ឆំង​​​ បន្ទ្ប់ពី​​​និរទ្ស​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​ឯង​​​។ ប្ជា​​​ពល​​​ព្ញ​​​ចិត䮏​​​​​​​​​សន䮏ិភព​​​​និង​​​លទ䮒ផល​​​

បន ​​​ចោទ ​​​ប្កាន់​​​គណ ប ក្ស​​​កាន់​​​អំណច​​​ លោក​​​បន​​​មន​​​ប្សសន៍​​​ថា​ "គណបក្ស​​​ ដ្ល​​​សម្្ច​​​បន​​​"៕សយ៊ុ ⎶ង​

ដោយ​​​សារ​​​តែ​​​ទែពធីតា​​​... ១០០​​​​​​សម្្ប់​លក់​​​ចន្ល្ះ​​​ពី​​​​​​៥.០០០​​​រៀល​​​ ឡើយ​​​ទ្​​​​​​​ទាល់ត្​​​លក់​​​ដច់អស់​​​បន​​​ចំណ្ញ​​​

តមកពីទំព័រ១១ ទៅ​​​៦.០០០​​​រៀល​​​ក䮓ុង​​​១បយសី​។​ប្សិន​​​បើ​​​ ហើយ​​​សម្្ប់​​​ពីរ​​​បីថ䮄្​​​កន䮛ង​​​មក​​​ន្ះ​​​​មិន​​​ទាន់​​​

សរ​​​ហោរា​​​ទស្សន៍ទាយ​​​ថា​ទ្ពធីតា​​​សយ​​​ គត់​​​លក់​​​បយសី​មិន​​​អស់​​​​​​ទាំង​​​១០០​​​​​​ន្ះមុន​​​ បន​​​ប្្ក់​​​ចំណ្ញ​​​​ទ្​​​"។

ច្ក​​​នៅ​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ន្ះ​​​។ ចូល​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ទ្​​គត់​នឹង​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ដោយ​​​មន​ ​​​​​​ទោះ​​​បី​​​ជា​​​ការ​​​លក់​​​ដូរ​​​មិនទាន់​​​ដច់​​​ខ្ល្ំង​​​ក៏​​​

​អ䮓ក ​​​នំ家ក្យ ​​​រូប ន្​​​ះ​​​បន ​លើក ឡើង​ ប្្ក់ត្បន䮏ិច​បន䮏ួច​ប៉ុណ្ណ្ះ​​​​។ ដោយ​ក៏​​​អ䮓ក​​​លក់​​​ដូរ​​​នៅ​​​ត្​​​មន​​​អារម䮘ណ៍​​​

ទៀតថា​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​មុន​​​​​​កម䮖ុជា​​​ប្មូល​​​ផល​​​ច្ក​​​ គត់​​​​បន ​​​និយាយ ​​​ថា​"កាល ​​​ពី​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​មុន​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​ សប្បាយ​​​នឹង​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ថ䮘ីន្ះ​​​ដដ្ល​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ម្សិល​​​

បន​​​​​​ជាង​​​៩៨.០០០​​​តោន​​​។ លក់បន​​​ច្ើន​​​ជាង​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ន្ះ​​​​ហើយ​​​ដោយ​​​សរ​​​ មិញ​​​​​​​ដោយ​​នំគ្ន្​​​​និយាយ​​​ល្ងអំពីការ​លក់​​​

ព្លធ䮜ើ​​​ដំណើរ​​​ទៅដល់​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ល្ខ​១៥៤​​​ ត្​​​ជា​​​ថ䮄្​​​ដំបូង​​​របស់​​​ខ្ញុំ​អ៊ីចឹង​​​ខ្ញុំ​​​មិន​​​ទាន់​​​ដឹង​​​ ច្ក​​​ណំវ៉្​​​ខ䮅ី​​របស់ខ䮛ួន​​​​ដ្ល​​​​​​​​នឹង​​​ទំ​នៅ​​​មុន​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ថ䮘ី​​​

ពីខ្ត䮏​​​កណ្ត្ល​​​កាល​​​ពី​​​ម្សិលមិញ​ ​​​លោក​ ​​​រស់​​​​ ច្បាស់​​​ទ្​​​ថា​លក់​​​ដច់​​​​​​ឬមិន​​​ដច់​​​នះ​​"។ ចូល​មក​​​ដល់​​​នៅ​ចុង​​​សប្ត្ហ៍​​​។​​​​

សុភ័គ​ អាយុ​​​៤២​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​និង​​​គ្ួសរ​​​របស់​​​លោក​​​ អ䮓ក​​​លក់​​​ដូរ​​​ម្ន្ក់​​​ទៀត​​​តាម​​​បណ្ត្យ​​​ផ䮛ូវ​​​ ខណៈ​​​អ䮓ក​​​លក់​​​នៅ​ក្ប្រ​​​​​​នំគ្ន្​​​សើច​​​ព្ល​​​​​​

បន​​​ចាប់​​​ផ䮏ើម​​​យក​​​ចង្ក្ក់​​​​​​ដោត​​​ស䮛ឹក​​​ច្ក​​​ភ្ជ្ប់​​​ ដដ្ល​​​​ន្ះ​​​​ឈ្ម្ះ​សរី​បន​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​ថា ផ䮛្ច្ក​​​នៅ​​​家ស​​​ព្ញ​​​នៅឡើយ​នះ​​លោក​​​​

នឹង​​​ដើម​​​ច្ក​​​​​​ធ䮜ើ​​​បយសី​​​​លក់​​​សម្្ប់​​​ស្ន​​​ គត់​​​​លក់​​​បន​​​ច្ក​​​ត្ឹម​​​ត្​​​៨០​​​ស䮓ិត​​​ប៉ុណ្ណ្ះ​​​​​​​ សរី​បន​​​និយាយ​​​​​​ថា​"ទ្វតា​​​សយ​​​ត្​​​ច្ក​​​ខ䮅ី​​​

ទទួល​ទ្ពធីតា​ក䮓ុង​​​ឆ្ន្ំ​​​ថ䮘ី​​​ន្ះ​​​។​ បើ​​​គិត​​​ត្ឹម​​​រសៀល​​​ម្សិលមិញ។ ទ្​​​"​៕

លោក​រស់​សុភ័គ​បន​​​ធ䮜ើ​បយសី​ប្ហ្ល​​​​​​​​​ គត់​បន​​​និយាយ​​​ថា​"មិនទាន់​​​ចំណ្ញ​​​នៅ​​​​​​ សយ៊ុ ⎶ង​ ថ្ងៃព្ហស្បតិ៍ទី១៣ខៃមៃសាឆ្នៃំ២០១៧ ខេមបូឌា​ដេលី ព័ត៌មានជាតិ ១៣

រដ្ឋមន្តេី​ចំណាយ​​​​​​... ប្សិនបើ​ឯកសារ​​​​​​ខាង​​​​​​​​​​​​លើ​​​​​​​ន្ះ​​​​​​​ពិត​​​​​​​​​ជ​​​​​​​​​​​​​ កលពី​ខ្មិថុន​ឆ䮓្ំ​២០០៩​បន䮑្យ​ន្ះ​​​ តមកពីទំព័រ១១ ត្ឹមត្ូវ​ម្ន​​​​នះ​​​បាន​​​ស្ចក䮏ី​​​​​​ថា​​​​កម䮘ករ​របស់​​​ បាន​កក្ើក​ដោយ​សារ​ករ​ផ䮑ុះ​​​​​​​គ្្ប់​​​ផ䮑ួនៗគ䮓្​​​​​​

អង្គរក្ស​ទួលក្សាំង​ ក្ុងតខ䮘្​ដ្ល​មន​ លោក​​លឹម​គនហោ​បាន​ចាក់​បំព្ញ​ដី​ចំនួន​ បណ្ដ្ល​​​​​​​​​​​​ឲ្យ​​​​​​​​​មនុស្ស​​​ពីរ​​​នក់​​​​​​​​​​​​រង​​​របួស​​​​ប៉ុន䮏្​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​មន䮏្ី​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

ទាហន​រប់ពាន់​​​​​​​នក់​ដ្ល​ស䮘្ះ​ត្ង់​នឹង​លោក​​​ ២៣.៤៨៧​រថយន䮏សរុប​​២៣៤.៨៧០​ម៉្ត្​គ​ូប​​​​​ បាន​​​​​​​​​បិទ​​​ជិត​​​​​​ឈឹង។​ប្ធន​ភូមិ​ម䮓្ក់​​​​​​​នៅ​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​

នយករដ䮋មន䮏្ី​រស់​​​​​​នៅ​​​​​​ទី​​​នះ។ ចាប់​​​​​​​ពី​ឆ䮓្ំ២០១៣​ ដល់​ឆ䮓្ំ​ឆ䮓្ំ​២០១៤។​ ករ​ មូល​​​​​​​​​ដ䮋្ន​​​បាន​ប្្ប់ក្ុម​អ䮓ក​យក​ព័ត៌មន​ថា

ស្ចក䮏ី​​​​​​រយ​​​ករណ៍​​​​​​ន្ះ​លើកឡើង​ថា​​"តប​​ ចំណយ​លើ​គម្្ង​​​ន្ះ​មន​ទំហំទឹកប្្ក់​ ករ​ផ䮑ុះ​​​នះ​​​​​​បាន​កើត​ឡើង​ខណៈ​​​​​​​​ព្ល​​​​​​អ䮓ក​បើក​​​

តមករណ្នំ​​ដ៏ខ䮖ង់ខ䮖ស់​របស់លោក​ជំទាវ​ ៣៣៧.០៧៩ដុល្ល្រ​។ រថយន䮏​​​​​​ធុន​​​​​​ធំ​​​​​​​ពីរ​នក់​កំពុង​​​​​​​​​​​​ចាក់​សាំង​រថយន䮏​​​​ Google Earth B-40 ប៊ុន​រ៉្នី​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​ខ䮉ុំ​បាន​ចាត់តំង​ក្ុមករ​ រូបភព​ផ្ក្យរណប​​ពី​ បង្ហ្ញ​​​​​​​​​ថា​​ មួយ​​​​​​​​​​​​គ្ឿង​​​​​​​​​​​​ដ្ល​ផ䮑ុក​​​​​​​ព្ញ​​​​​​ទៅ​ដោយ​​រ៉ុក្ក្ត​​ ​​​

ងរ​បច្ច្កទ្ស​មួយ​ក្ុម​និង​គ្ឿងចក្​មួយ​ ដ​ី​​​​​​មួយ​​​​​​​​​កន䮛្ងនៅ​​​​​​ភគ​ពាយព្យ​​ន្​តំបន់​បន䮑្យ​​ ដឹក​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ច្ញ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បន䮑្យ​ន្ះ​​​​ឆ䮖្ះ​​​​​​ទៅ​កន់​ព្ំដ្ន​​​​

ចំនួន​​​​​​​ឲ្យ​​​​​​​ដឹកដី​​ចាក់​បំព្ញ​​​​​​​​​​​​​ដី​មួយ​កន䮛្ង​នៅ​ អង្គរក្ស​ន្ះ​​​ដ្ល​​​​​​កល​​​​​​ពី​​​​​​​​​ឆ䮓្ំ​​​២០១២​​​ធ្ល្ប់​​​ត្​​​​​​​​ ព្ះវិហរ​របស់​កម䮖ុជ​​ដ្ល​​​​​​មន​​​​​​​​​​ជម្ល្ះ​​​​​​ជ​​​​​​

បន䮑្យអង្គរក្ស​ទួលក្សាំង។​ខ䮉ុំ​សុំ​​​​ច្ញ​ករ​ មន​​​ពណ៌​​​​​​ប្តង​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បាន​ប្្ក្ល្យ​ទៅ​ជ​​​ពណ៌​ មួយ​​​​​​​​​​​​​ប្ទ្សថ្។​

ចំណយ​​ទាំង​អស់"។ ត䮓្ត​យ៉្ង​សះក្ក្្ះ​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​​ឆ䮓្ំ​២០១៤។ ​​​អង្គ​​​ភព​​​​​​កង​អង្គរក្ស​របស់លោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​​​

ទាំង​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​លោក​លឹម​គនហោ​និង​អ䮓កនំ​ពាក្យ​​​​​​​​ លោក​សន​ជ័យ​នយកប្ចាំប្ទ្ស​ន្​ បាន​​រីក​កន់​​​ត្​​​​​​​​​ធំ​​​ពី​​​​​​​​កង​​​​​​សន䮏ិសុខ​ដ្ល​មន​គ䮓្​

ទីស䮏ីករ​​​គណៈរដ䮋មន䮏្ី​មិន​អាច​ទាក់ទង​សុំ​ករ​ អង្គករ​​​​​​​​​មិនម្ន​រដ䮋្ភិបាល​ដ្ល​​មន​ឈ䮘្ះ​ ប្ហ្ល​៦០នក់​នៅ​ទសវត្សរ៍​ឆ䮓្ំ​១៩៨០​

បញ្ជ្ក់​​​​​​បាន​​​​​​​​​ទ្​​​​​​​​​​​​អំពីភព​ត្ឹម​ត្ូវ​ន្​ឯកសារ​​ ថា​បណ្ដ្ញរួបរួម​​ដើម្បី​គណន្យ្យ​ភព​សង្គម​​​​ ក្ល្យ​​​​ជ​កង​កម្ល្ំង​ឯកទ្ស​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ដ៏​​​​​​​ស䮘្ះស䮘័គ្​​

បង្ហ្ះ​លើ​ទំព័រ​​​ហ䮜្ស​​​ប៊ុក​​​​​​​​​​​​ដ្ល​មន​រូបថត​ បាន​មន​ប្សាសន៍​​​​​​​ថា​អ䮜ី​​​​​​ដ្ល​​​​​​​​​​​​គួរ​​​​​​ឲ្យ​​​​​​​​​ចោទ​​​ជ​​​​​​​​​ ដ្លមន​​ទំហំ​ស䮘ើ​យោធជតិ​របស់​ប្ទ្ស​

មិន​​​គួរ​ឱ្យ​ចាប់​អារម䮘ណ៍​​​​​និង​​​ឯកសារ​​​​មួយ​​​​​​ចំនួន​​ សំណួរ​​​​​​​​​ទាក់​​​​​​​​​​​​ទិន​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ករ​​​​​​ផ䮏ល់​​​ថវិក​​​ន្ះ​​ពាក់​​​ព័ន䮒​​​​ ស្ន្ហ្គ្ល់​សូម៉្លី​ឬ​សំប៊ី​ហើយ​​វា​សំខាន់​​​

ព្ម​​​ទាំង​​​​​​​ព័ត៌មន​ផ្ស្ង​ទៀត​​ពាក់ព័ន䮒​លោក​ សីល​ធម៌​​​ច្ើន​​​​​​ជង​​​​​​​​​​ផ䮛ូវ​ច្បាប់​ប្សិន​​​បើ​​​​​​​​​លុយ​​​ ណស់​​​​​​​សម្្ប់​​​​ករ​​​ក䮊្ប់​អំណច​របស់​​លោក​

នយករដ䮋មន䮏្ី​និងគ្ួសារ​​របស់លោក​​​​​​​​​​​​។​ ទាំង​​​នះ​​​​​​​​​​​​ជ​​​​​​​​​​​​លុយ​​​​​​ផ䮑្ល់​​​​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​របស់​​​​​​លោក​​លឹម​ ​ នយករដ䮋មន䮏្ី​​ន្ះ​បើយោង​តម​​​​ប្សាសន៍​​​

ទោះជ​​​យ៉្ងណ​លោក​យ៉្​ទូច​អ䮓កនំ​ គនហោ។​​។ របស់​​​​​​​​​អ䮓ក​វិទ្យាសាស䮏្​នយោបាយ​លី​ម័រហ្គិន​ Lee Morgenbesser ពាក្យ​អង្គភព​​​​កង​​​អង្គរក្ស​របស់លោក​នយក​​​​​​ នៅ​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​សារ​អ្ឡិចត្ូនិក​មួយ​​លោក​​​បាន​​​​​​​​​​​ ប្ស័រ​( )​នៅ​សាកល​វិទ្យា​ Griffith University រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​​បាន​បញ្ជ្ក់​ថា​លោក​លឹម​គនហោ សរស្រ​​​​​​ថា​"​ទោះ​ជយ៉្ង​ណ​អាជ䮉្ធរ​សវន​​​ ល័យ​​ ក䮓ុង​ប្ទ្ស​អូស䮏្្លី​ ​

ពិតជបាន​រួមចំណ្ក​​ដល់​ករ​ងរ​ចាក់​បំព្ញ​​ កម䮘​ជតិ​​គួរ​ត្​ពិនិត្យមើល​ថវិក​របស់​ក្សួង​ ដ្ល​​​​​​បាន​​​​​​​​​​​​លើក​​​ឡើង​​​​​​​​​​តម​រយៈ​របាយករណ៍​

ដីន្ះ​ម្ន។​លោក​​​​​មន​​​​​​ប្សាសន៍​​​​​​​​​ថា​"គត់​ ថា​តើ​លោក​រដ䮋មន䮏្ី​ពិតជ​មិន​បាន​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​​​ មួយ​​​​ចុះ​​​​ផ្សាយ​កលពី​ខ្​កុម䮗ៈ។​

បាន​ជួយ​​​​​​​​​ច្ើន​​​​ណស់​ជ​​​​ពិស្ស​ករ​ចាក់បំព្ញ​​​​ វា​សម្្ប់ករណី​នះម្ន​​​​​​​​​​​​ឬ​ក៏អត់​​​"។ លោក​ លឹម​ គនហោ​ ដ្ល​ជ​ម្ច្ស់​

ដី​នៅ​ទីន្ះ​"។ ​​​សូម​​​​​​​​​​​​បញ្ជ្ក់​​​ថា​ បន䮑្យ​​​​កង​​​​​​​​​អង្គរក្ស​របស់​ ខ្ស្ក្វាត់​ខ䮘្​ផ䮓្ក​ក្បាច់គុណ​ករ៉្ត្​បាន​​​​​​​​​​​​

អ䮓កនំពាក្យ​ដដ្ល​​ថ䮛្ង​ថា​ លោក​មិន​​​​​​​​​ លោក​ហ៊ុន​ស្ន​បាន​ក្ល្យ​ជ​ប្ភព​ន្ពាក្យ​​​​ ជប់​​​​​​​​​ពាក់​​​​​​​​​ព័ន䮒​​​​​​​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​​​​​​​​រឿង​អាស្ូចុង​ក្្យ​នៅ​

ដឹង​​​ច្បាស់​​​​​​​​​​​​​ទ្ថា​តើ​លោក​ លឹម​ គនហោ​ ​​​​​ ចចាមអារ៉្ម​ជយូរ​មក​ហើយ​។ ឆ䮓្ំ​២០០៧​​នៅព្លលោក​​ប្្ប់​រដ䮋សភ​ថា Sorpong Peou) BHP ចំណយ​​​​​​ប្្ក់​​​ផ䮑្ល់​​​ខ䮛ួន​​​​​​​ឬ​​​ក៏​​​​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​​ថវិក​ លោក​សឺប៉ង់​ពីអុឹ​( សាស䮏្្​ ក្ុមហ៊ុន​រ៉្​​ របស់​អូស䮏្្លី​បាន​បង់​​"លុយ​​​

របស់​ក្សួង​​​​​​​​នៅ​​​​​​ក䮓ុង​​​ករ​​​​​​ជួយ​​​​​​​​​ដល់​​​​​​គម្្ង​​​​​​​​ ចារ្យ​ផ䮓្ក​សន䮏ិសុខ​អន䮏រជតិ​នៅ​​សាកលវិទ្យា​ ទឹកត្​"​២,៥លន​ដុល្ល្រ​ឱ្យ​ទៅ​រដ䮋្ភិបាល​ Sophia University ន្ះ។​មុន​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ព្ល​​​​បដិស្ធ​មិន​ធ䮜ើ​អត䮐្ធិប្បាយ​ ល័យ​​ ​ក䮓ុង​ទីក្ុង​តូក្យូ​ដ្ល​​​​​​​​​ ដើម្បី​ទទួល​បាន​សិទ䮒ិ​រុករក​​រ៉្​នៅ​ក䮓ុង​ប្ទ្ស​

បន䮐្មទៀត​ លោក​លើកឡើង​ថា​ "​ខ䮉ុំ​មិន​ ជ​​​​​​​​​​​​អ䮓ក​​​​​​និពន䮒​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​សៀវភៅ​​​​​មួយ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ក្បាល​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​មន​ចំណង​ កម䮖ុជ​នភគឦសាន​។

ប្្កដ​​ថាវា​ជ​ថវិក​ផ䮑្ល់​ខ䮛ួន​​​​របស់​​​​​​គត់​​​​​​​​​​ ឬ​ក៏​ ជើង​ថា​"ករ​អន䮏រគមន៍​​និង​ករ​ផ្ល្ស់ប䮊ូរ​នៅ​ លោក​​​​ប្្ប់​សភ​ថា​លោក​នយក​រដ䮋​​មន䮏្ី​​​ ” អត់​​​​​​ទ្​​​"។ កម䮖ុជ​៖​ ឆ䮖្ះ​ទៅរក​លទ䮒ិប្ជធិប​ត្យ្យ? បាន​​​ទូរស័ព䮑​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ហៅ​​​​​​​​​​​​លោក​ពី​​​ប្ទ្ស​​​​​​​​​​អូស䮏្្លី​ (Intervention and Change in Cambodia: Towards លោក​ ហុីង​ ប៊ុនហៀង​ ប្ធន​អង្គភព​ ហើយ​បាន​ជំរុញ​ឱ្យ​លោក​ប្ើ​ប្្ស់​ថវិក​ Democracy?) កង​អង្គរក្ស​​ក៏​បាន​បញ្ជ្ក់​ពី​ករ​ងរ​ន្ះ​ដ្រ ដ្ល​​​​​​​​​បាន​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​បោះ​​​ពុម䮖​​​​​​​​​ផ្សាយ​​​​​​កល​​​​​​ពី​​​​​​ ន្ះ​ភ្ល្មៗ​ដើម្បី​ចាប់​ផ䮊ើមគម្្ង​ធរ​សាស䮏្​​​

ប៉ុន䮏្​បាន​បង䮜្រ​សំណួរ​បន䮐្ម​ទៀត​ទៅ​លោក​ ឆ䮓្ំ​​​​​​២០០០​មន​ប្សាសន៍​ថា​បន䮑្យ​ន្ះ​​​​​​​​​​​​ដក់​​​​​​​ មួយ​​​ដ្ល​មន​ទំហំទឹកប្្ក់​២លន​ដុល្ល្រ​​​​​​

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“[India has] indulged the 14th Dalai Lama and certain India officials to express political theories that provoke China.” Regional —Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang Page 18 Jakarta’s Christian Governor, Muslim Rival in Tight Election

Reuters Nearly 90 percent of Indo- nesia’s 250 million population jakarta - The Christian governor is Muslim, but the country of Jakarta, Basuki “Ahok” Tja- recognizes six religions and is haja Purnama, and his Muslim home to sizeable communities opponent are neck and neck of Christians, Hindus and those in the race to lead Indonesia’s adhering to traditional beliefs. capital, an opinion poll showed The state ideology, Pancasila, yesterday, a week ahead of the enshrines religious diversity in hard-fought vote. an officially secular system. The election campaign— Purnama, who is Jakarta’s first which has been among the most ethnic Chinese and Christian divisive in the city’s history—has governor, offended Muslim been marred by religious and eth- groups when he made comments nic tension over the blasphemy last year about his opponents’ trial of the incumbent Purnama, Reuters use of the Quran. who is accused of insulting Islam. Jakarta’s governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama walks inside the Since then, Muslims led by Purnama has been allowed to courtroom during his blasphemy trial at the auditorium of the hard-line groups have held mass campaign in the election despite Agriculture Ministry in Jakarta on Tuesday. rallies to call for Purnama to be his trial and prosecutors had been sacked, and to urge voters not expected on Tuesday to call for Purnama was on 46.9 percent majority to win. to elect a non-Muslim. him to be jailed. of the sample vote, trailing his Pollster Saiful Mujani Re- The rallies have raised con- Instead, judges agreed to a rival Anies Baswedan by 1 per- search Center said the survey cerns about growing religious request by prosecutors to post- centage point in one of the first of 800 respondents showed Bas- intolerance. pone the hearing to April 20, a opinion polls published since the wedan enjoyed support primarily Purnama has apologized for day after the election for city two candidates made it through because of his Islamic faith, while his comments and denied any governor because of security a first-round election in mid-Feb- Purnama was popular due to his wrongdoing. He faces up to four concerns. ruary. A candidate needs a simple record in office. years in prison if found guilty. A Third of Indonesian Women Suffer Violence, Gov’t Data Shows

Reuters us,” said Annette Robertson, women in Indonesia, the world’s The UNFPA, which has head of the U.N. Population fourth-most populous nation. helped the government carry out jakarta - One-third of Indone- Fund (UNFPA) in Indonesia. Women’s groups in the the survey, urged action from sian women have faced physical The issue of violence against country have long said a lack of authorities and communities, or sexual violence, according to women hit the headlines in In- comprehensive data hampered saying failure to act could cost new government data, prompt- donesia last year after a school- education and prevention of vio- the country, including through ing calls by a U.N. agency for girl was gang-raped and mur- lence, making it harder to reflect productivity losses. urgent action to protect women. dered, sparking public uproar the prevalence of the crime. Robertson cited a previous The government’s first na- and leading to the introduction The government is due to study in Vietnam which showed tional survey on violence against of tougher punishments for sex release further findings and women survivors of violence women showed 33 percent of offenders. analysis of the survey in June. earned 35 percent less than women aged between 15 and “Violence against women is Indonesia was ranked 88th women who are not abused. 64— about 26 million people— a human rights violation and out of 144 countries in the World “Silence and non-action are said they have faced abuse in rooted in gender inequality. It Economic Forum’s 2016 Gen- not an option. The stakes are their lives. deprives women and girls of the der Gap Index after scoring high,” she said. Cases of violence are most chance to enjoy a dignified life poorly on economic participa- Globally, 1 in 3 women common among women who and present and future oppor- tion, education and political experience physical or sexual have received higher education tunities to live up to their full empowerment. violence, according to the U.N. and those who live in urban area, potential,” Robertson said. While Indonesia’s economy women’s agency. according to the survey released The government’s survey has raced ahead over the past Women who have been late last month. has been welcomed by wom- decade, critics say old-fashioned physically or sexually abused “The survey findings are so- en’s rights campaigners as a social attitudes persist and wom- are more likely to have an abor- bering. It shows that violence way to tackle and address the en are often subject to scrutiny tion, experience depression and against women occurs around root causes of violence against about their behavior. contract HIV, the group said. Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Regional 17 Militant Behind Executions Killed, Philippines Army Says

Reuters Ano said the situation in Bo- hol, far from Abu Sayyaf’s island manila - A leader of a militant strongholds in the south, was now group who was directly involved “back to normal” even as security in the kidnap and execution of forces chased down other fighters Canadian and German nation- involved in the gun battle. als was among those killed by The clash happened after the Philippine troops during a clash U.S., Canadian, Australian and on a resort island this week, the British embassies warned citi- military said yesterday. zens about kidnappings during Troops killed at least six the holiday and advised against members of the Islamic State travel to Central Visayas, which militant group-linked Abu Sayyaf includes Cebu and Bohol. during the firefight on the pop- The military has declared ular tourist island of Bohol on all-out war with Abu Sayyaf on Tuesday, suffering four casualties. the islands of Jolo and Basilan, The military has recovered but is hamstrung by the militant the body of Muamar Askali, also group’s presence among large ci- known as Abu Rami, a former vilian communities. spokesman for Abu Sayyaf, a Abu Sayyaf has its roots in group well known for extortion, separatism, but its activities are piracy and kidnaps for ransom. mostly banditry and piracy and Armed Forces chief of staff it has invested the profits of its Gen. Eduardo Ano described business in modern weapons and Abu Rami as “a very notorious fast boats. Abu Sayyaf leader” responsible The military has struggled for several atrocities. to curb the piracy, with the The group last year beheaded group’s boats difficult to detect Canadians John Ridsdel and Rob- when they target slow-moving ert Hall. Elderly German Jurgen trawlers. Indonesian, Malaysian Kantner suffered the same fate and Vietnamese vessels are fre- in February when a $600,000 quently targeted and their crews ransom demand was not met. abducted, and the government Ano said Abu Rami was “try- has sought international help to ing to make a name of his own” patrol the Sulu Sea. and had risen to become one The government also says of Abu Sayyaf’s top leaders. He it has credible intelligence was involved in what the army that some Abu Sayyaf leaders said was a thwarted attempt to are in contact with I.S. with a kidnap tourists in Bohol during view to establishing a presence Holy Week in the mainly Roman in the mainly Muslim southern Catholic nation. Philippines.

Reuters A soldier is carried inside a hospital after sustaining wounds in a fight with Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu, the Philippines, earlier this month. 18 Regional The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 ‘Menace’... Continued from page 1 of unilateral action to solve the problem. Trump ordered the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group to head to the Korean peninsula in an attempt to deter North Korea’s nuclear and long-range missile ambitions, which it is advancing in defiance of U.N. resolutions and sanctions. He pressed Xi to do more to curb North Korea’s nuclear pro- gram when the two leaders held their first face-to-face meeting in Florida last week. Trump said on Twitter on Tuesday that North Korea was “looking for trouble” and the U.S. would “solve the problem” with or without China’s help. Reuters Xi stressed in their telephone Men chat in central Pyongyang yesterday. call that China “is committed to the target of denuclearization its own security.” While widely a nuclear-armed Pyongyang,” it attack on North Korea and it on the peninsula, safeguarding read in China and run by the said. “Pyongyang should avoid would raise the issue with vis- peace and stability on the pen- ruling Communist Party’s official making mistakes at this time.” iting U.S. Secretary of State Rex insula, and advocates resolving People’s Daily, the Global Times The Global Times said if Tillerson, Russian media quoted problems through peaceful does not represent government North Korea made another Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei means,” Chinese state broad- policy. provocative move, “Chinese so- Ryabkov as saying. caster CCTV said. The newspaper noted ciety” might be willing to back Earlier yesterday, two sourc- Chinese Foreign Ministry Trump’s recent decision to unprecedented sanctions, “such es in Tokyo said Japan’s Navy spokesman Lu Kang, who said launch 59 Tomahawk missiles as restricting oil imports.” planned exercises with the Carl Trump had initiated the call, at a Syrian airfield in response North Korean state media Vinson carrier group in a joint urged everyone to lower the to a deadly gas attack last week. warned on Tuesday of a nuclear show of force. tension. “Not only is Washington attack on the U.S. at any sign of Japan’s Maritime Self De- “We hope that the relevant brimming with confidence and U.S. aggression. fence Force and the U.S. Navy parties do not adopt irresponsi- arrogance following the missile Officials from the North, in- could conduct helicopter landings ble actions. Under the current attacks on Syria, but Trump is cluding leader Kim Jong Un, have on each other’s ships, as well as circumstances, this is very dan- also willing to be regarded as a indicated an intercontinental bal- communication drills, they said. gerous,” Lu told reporters at a man who honors his promises,” listic missile test or something A senior Japanese diplomat regular press briefing. it said. similar could be coming. said it appeared the U.S. position China’s Global Times newspa- “The U.S. is making up its North Korea launched a long- was to put maximum pressure on per said in an editorial that North mind to stop the North from range rocket carrying a satellite North Korea to reach a solution Korea should halt any plan for conducting further nuclear tests. on April 13, 2012, marking the peacefully and diplomatically. nuclear and missile activities “for It doesn’t plan to coexist with anniversary of the birth of North “At least, if you consider over- Korea’s founding president Kim all things such as the fact that Il Sung. the U.S. government has not put Regional Brief Saturday will be the 105th out warnings to its citizens in anniversary of his birth. South Korea, I think the risk In the North Korean capital, at this point is not high,” said Dalai Lama ‘Provokes’ With Border Visit: China residents thronged boulevards on the diplomat, who declined to beijing - China yesterday denounced in the strongest terms yet a sunny spring morning, some be identified. a visit by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s spiritual leader, to a disputed practicing for a parade to be held South Korea’s acting pres- stretch on the China-India border, saying he had provoked China on the weekend, with no visible ident, Hwang Kyo-ahn, has by supporting India’s claim to the region. His week-long trip to sign of the tension. warned of “greater provocations” Arunachal Pradesh state, an eastern Himalayan region administered “So long as we are with our by North Korea and ordered the by India, but claimed by China as “southern Tibet,” has infuriated supreme leader Marshall Kim military to intensify monitoring. China, where the Nobel Peace laureate is considered a dangerous Jong Un we are not afraid of China’s Defence Ministry, in separatist. Indian officials have dismissed China’s criticism of the anything,” a woman who gave a one-line statement posted on Dalai Lama’s second visit to Arunachal Pradesh in eight years, her name as Ri Hyon Sim told its website, dismissed foreign saying he is a spiritual leader who has a devoted following in the journalists, who were escorted media reports about a build-up region. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said India by North Korean officials. of Chinese troops on its bor- had “indulged the 14th Dalai Lama and certain India officials to Russia has said it is worried der with North Korea as “pure express political theories that provoke China.” (Reuters) about the possibility of a U.S. fabrication.” Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily International 19

“You can feel it. Victory is within reach.” —Far-left French presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon International Page 22

Media Muzzled, Turkish Campaigners Seek Other Channels

Reuters a would-be sultan who brooks exhorting people to vote “no” leader of the main opposition little dissent. have emerged on social media. CHP, on Friday evening and was izmir, Turkey - Strolling down The vote is being held under In one video, which has had set to interview a spokesman for the quayside in Izmir, a liber- a state of emergency imposed close to 400,000 views on You- the HDP on Tuesday, a devel- al bastion on Turkey’s Aegean after a failed military coup nine Tube, a women’s group appeals to opment the party described on Coast, Kubilay Mutlu and his months ago, meaning there are listeners to use “power of laugh- its Twitter feed as “seemingly Street Orchestra sing of “the na- “substantive” limitations on free- ter” in a song whose name is a unbelievable.” ked emperor” and the collapse of dom of expression and assembly, play on the Turkish word for “no.” Such appearances are relative- sultanates in a bid to rally “no” according to the Venice Com- “They have the media, ly rare, all but drowned out by voters ahead of Sunday’s historic mission, a panel of legal experts meeting halls, municipalities the multiple speeches made each referendum. at the Council of Europe. and resources in their hands. day by Erdogan, Prime Minister With mainstream media Turkey has purged more than But stubbornly we try to touch Binali Yildirim and others broad- saturated by pro-government 113,000 people from the police, people on the streets, through cast live on all major networks. campaigning ahead of the vote judiciary, military and elsewhere social media,” said Dilara Yucete- According to a report by on broadening Turkish President since the coup attempt, and has pe, who was part of the project. the Unity for Democracy, an Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s powers, closed more than 130 media Another “no” video draws on opposition-affiliated organiza- those opposed to the changes are outlets. imagery from anti-government tion, live television broadcasts seeking alternative channels to The leaders of the pro-Kurd- demonstrations in 2013, when last month dedicated 169 hours get their message across. ish opposition HDP, parliament’s hundreds of thousands of people to Erdogan, 301.5 hours to the “No” supporters have com- third-largest party, have been took to the streets in what grew ruling AK Party and 15.5 hours plained of threats and bans from jailed over alleged links to Kurd- from a protest against the rede- to the nationalist MHP, which the authorities, and one orga- ish militants along with a dozen velopment of an Istanbul park supports the “yes” campaign. nization’s report said television of its members of parliament and into a broad show of defiance. The CHP had 45.5 hours of coverage of the “yes” campaign thousands of its other members. State broadcaster TRT in- coverage while the HDP had had been 10 times more exten- The HDP opposes the consti- terviewed Kemal Kilicdaroglu, none, the report said. sive than that of the opposition. tutional changes. “What we want to stress, “The increasingly impov- despite the pessimistic picture, erished and one-sided public International Brief is that ‘no’ is a very important debate that prevail in Turkey option. Let’s use our right to ob- at this point question the very ject,” said Mutlu, whose band possibility of holding a meaning- Ahmadinejad to Again Seek Iranian Presidency of teachers and students from ful, inclusive democratic refer- Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered a local university put their song endum campaign,” the Venice to run for the presidency again yesterday, in a surprise move that “One ‘no’ is enough” on YouTube. Commission said last month. could upset the balance in polls set for next month. Ahmadine- Sunday’s referendum will Turkish officials have said jad, a hard-liner, said in September that he wouldn’t run for the decide on the biggest change international observers are free presidency after Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Turkey’s system of gover- to monitor all aspects of the ref- advised him against it. He previously served as president between nance since the foundation of erendum and have repeatedly 2005 and 2013, a turbulent time for Iran’s relations with the world. the modern republic almost a rejected the notion that the Reporters saw Ahmadinejad signing up at the Interior Ministry in century ago, potentially replacing media is muzzled, saying that Tehran. His candidacy must be approved by the Guardian Council, its parliamentary system with an outlets shut down in the purges which vets candidates for political office and is overseen by Khame- executive presidency. were closed on terrorism-related nei. Ahmadinejad’s registration to run for presidency comes after Erdogan and his supporters charges, not for their journalism. Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line Iranian cleric, announced on Sunday say the change is needed to give Erdogan was quoted in Feb- he would run in the presidential election. Raisi, who is not widely Turkey stronger leadership at a ruary as saying there was more recognized as a politician, is close to Khamenei, which could help time of turbulence. Opponents press freedom in Turkey than in him pose a serious challenge to the incumbent, President Hassan fear increasingly authoritarian many Western countries. Rouhani. If approved to run, Ahmadinejad could split the hard- rule a president they cast as A stream of music videos line vote. (WSJ) 20 International The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017

camps have sprung up within Starvation... Nigeria, as well as across the Continued from page 1 borders in Niger and Cameroon. The population of the relatively aid workers’ access to affect- safe capital of Borno, Maiduguri, ed regions, and in some cases, has doubled because of the in- starvation may be a deliberate flux, and the city is now a hub war tactic. Entire generations for disease. Tens of thousands are at risk of lasting damage of Nigerians, meanwhile, have stemming from the vicious cy- set their sights north, across the cle of greed, hate, hunger and Sahara, toward Libya and ulti- violence that produces these mately Europe, attempting an famines. Children are always expensive and dangerous trip the most affected, as even those that many do not survive. who survive may be mentally Almost as many as those who and physically stunted for life. Reuters have fled Boko Haram-con- And while this article focuses on Women and children wait to be registered for UN-managed food trolled areas have stayed be- the four countries most imme- distribution in Thonyor, Leer state, South Sudan, in February. hind. Those people are most diately at risk, ongoing conflicts at risk of starvation, because in Congo, the Central African along sectarian and ideological according to aid agencies. Coali- their villages are inaccessible. Republic, Libya, Iraq, Syria and lines, and resulted more than tion officials, on the other hand, Nigeria’s military, even in Afghanistan have left millions 10,000 deaths. It has also dec- have argued that if they took cooperation with neighboring hungry in those places, too. imated Yemen’s economy. the port, they could ensure the countries and U.S. and U.K. In February, the U.N. de- Yemen was fragile before passage of aid without worrying advisers, has proved sorely clared a famine in South Sudan’s the war, but its currency, in- about arms smuggling. inadequate in rooting out the Mayendit and Leer counties. It dustry, transport infrastructure Either way, vast swaths of insurgency, although they have was the world’s first famine dec- and public services have all but Yemen are under constant bom- made some progress. When they laration since 2011, in Somalia. been destroyed in the past two bardment from the coalition, have succeeded in liberating But even in these two coun- years. Millions of people lack which has reduced markets, towns and villages from Boko ties, more people still die ev- jobs, and food and fuel prices factories, hospitals, roads and Haram, they often find residents ery day from bullets than from have shot through the roof. An bridges to rubble. Three quar- eating grass and insects because empty stomachs or disease. The estimated 17 million people, or ters of the residents of the city of that’s all that’s left. state the counties are in, Uni- 60 percent of the country’s pop- Taizz and its surrounding areas, Six years ago, more than a ty, has seen some of the most ulation, are in need of urgent for instance, are facing an emer- quarter of a million Somalis died ruthless violence since South humanitarian assistance; about gency food shortage because in a famine. The rains have now Sudan became an independent 7 million are living day-to-day, the area is effectively inacces- failed for two consecutive years country five years ago. enduring until they wither away. sible. Saudi Arabia maintains in parts of the country, and there Unity is the home state of The physical destruction has that it does all it can to avoid are growing fears of a repeat Riek Machar, former vice presi- mostly been the work of the civilian casualties, but human catastrophe. But droughts are dent and leader of a rebel army of Saudi Arabia-led coalition—ad- rights groups have documented common in Somalia and do not mostly ethnic Nuer people that vised and supplied by the U.S., countless strikes on seemingly always result in famine. The has been locked in violent con- U.K., and others—that has sided nonstrategic targets. common link between 2011 and frontations with South Sudan’s with Yemen’s Sunni president Yemen’s food crisis is expect- today is the continued presence army, controlled by President against the Houthis, an armed ed to deteriorate as internation- of al-Shabab, an armed group Salva Kiir of the Dinka ethnic Shiite militia that now controls al traders become less and less closely linked with al-Qaida. group, since 2013. Kiir’s army the capital, Sanaa, and much likely to do business in a country At this time of unprecedent- and allied militias have swept of the country’s western coast. without a functioning central ed need, the world’s biggest sup- through Unity time and again, One key piece of infra- bank and currency. The fate plier of humanitarian relief is razing and burning entire villag- structure that the coalition of millions also hangs on what getting ready for a major cutback. es, slaughtering and raping as has made near-inoperable is happens in Hodeida, which is Humanitarian aid makes up a they go. Thousands of people the Houthi-controlled port of likely to be the scene of a major tiny fraction of the U.S. gov- have drowned in the state’s Hodeida, Yemen’s largest and battle in the near future. ernment spending—less than rivers and swamps as they fled. most vital. Almost 90 percent of Boko Haram’s bloody reign of 1 percent—but U.S. President Those rivers and swamps Yemen’s food is imported, and terror in northeastern Nigeria’s Donald Trump administration’s would otherwise provide Uni- most of it came through Ho- Borno State has been so intense proposed budget would elimi- ty’s people with abundant fish deida. Saudi ships are currently over the past few years that aid nate much of it. Although the and water for irrigation. But re- enforcing a near-total blockade groups have struggled to even cuts would have to withstand lentless war renders just about of the port, arguing that they enter the region. Reliable data bipartisan opposition, the U.S. all aspects of daily life unsafe, can’t risk arms smuggling even on hunger is limited. Some aid State Department and the U.S. with people too afraid to leave though the U.N. inspects each workers speculate that Borno Agency for International Devel- home, fish, plant or trade. Even ship on arrival. may have already passed through opment could see their budgets fleeing can be risky. Many are Should the coalition move periods of famine, or may be in reduced by more than a third. eating grass and water lilies just to take Hodeida’s city and port one now. The U.N. had sought $4.4 to survive. militarily, it could shut off what The fighting has displaced billion by the end of last month Since 2015, Yemen has been trickle of food is left to Sanaa more than 3 million people, and for emergency hunger relief in a civil war. The fighting has and other highly populated in- left a previously fertile region operations, but raised barely a divided control of the country land areas, triggering a famine, desiccated and barren. Vast fraction of that. Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily International 21 The US Accuses Russia of Syria Chemical Attack ‘Cover Up’

Reuters counts of Syrian government report says. Trump denied plans to in- aggression, including the in- Tillerson said Russia had tervene further in Syria. washington/moscow - The ad- cident in the village of Khan failed in its role as sponsor of “We’re not going into Syria,” ministration of U.S. President Sheikhoun, to sow doubt within a 2013 deal in which Assad he said in an interview with the Donald Trump on Tuesday ac- the international community. promised to give up chemical New York Post. “Our policy is cused Russia of trying to shield The U.S. launched 59 cruise weapons. the same; it hasn’t changed. Syria’s government from blame missiles at a Syrian airfield last Russia says the chemicals We’re not going into Syria.” for a deadly gas attack, as U.S. Thursday to retaliate after the that killed civilians last week A senior Trump adminis- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attack. The strikes thrust Trump, belonged to rebels, not Assad’s tration official called Putin’s conveyed a message to Moscow who came to power in January government, and accused the remarks part of a Russian “dis- condemning its support for Syr- calling for warmer ties with Rus- U.S. of an act of illegal aggres- information campaign.” ian President Bashar al-Assad. sia, and his administration into sion based on a false pretext. Western countries have been Trump, who has faced criti- confrontation with Moscow. Russian President Vladimir calling for Assad’s departure cism for lacking a broader strat- Chinese President Xi Jinping Putin said on Tuesday he be- since 2011, the start of a civil war egy to deal with the Syria crisis, told Trump in a telephone call lieved Washington planned more that has killed at least 400,000 insisted he has no plans to “go yesterday that “any use of chem- missile strikes, and that rebels people and created the world’s into” the war-torn country. ical weapons is unacceptable” were planning to stage chemical worst refugee crisis. Senior White House officials, and urged a political solution for weapons attacks to provoke them. Assad’s position on the bat- briefing reporters on condition of Syria, Chinese state broadcaster “We have information that tlefield became far stronger after anonymity, said Assad’s govern- CCTV said of the exchange. a similar provocation is being Russia joined the war to support ment carried out the April 4 sarin “[We] must persevere with prepared...in other parts of Syria him in 2015. The U.S. and its nerve gas attack on civilians in moving toward a political solu- including in the southern Da- allies are conducting airstrikes Syria’s Idlib province that killed tion for the Syria issue. It is very mascus suburbs where they are in Syria against the Islamic State 87 people, including many chil- important that the United Na- planning to again plant some militant group, but until last dren, to put pressure on rebels tions Security Council maintains substance and accuse the Syrian week Washington had avoid- making advances in the area. unity on the Syria issue. [I] hope authorities of using” chemical ed targeting forces of Assad’s Russia has defended the the Security Council can speak weapons, Putin said. government directly. Syrian leader against U.S. al- with a single voice,” CCTV cited legations that his forces carried Xi as saying. out the attack, saying there was Trump’s ambassador to the no evidence. Russia has blamed U.N., Nikki Haley, said on Syrian rebels. Tuesday that she thought Russia “It’s clear that the Russians knew about the chemical attack are trying to cover up what hap- in advance. “They didn’t look pened there,” one White House shocked. They didn’t look sur- official said. prised. They were so quick to White House spokesman defend. And then the evidence Sean Spicer later told reporters comes out, and we see exactly that the facts backed up the what it is and we know exactly U.S. version of events. “Russia what the environment was. Then is on an island when it comes to you realize,” she said on CNN. its support of Syria or its lack U.S. intelligence indicates the of, frankly, acknowledgment of chemical agent in the attack was what happened,” he said. delivered by Syrian Su-22 aircraft However, at the same brief- that took off from the Shayrat Reuters ing, Spicer drew criticism after airfield, according to a White Rescued migrants wait to disembark from a ship in Pozzallo on the he sought to underscore the House report given to reporters. island of Sicily, Italy, last week. ghastliness of the gas attack by In a four-page document, saying: “You had someone as the White House seeks to rebut Record Levels of Migrants Reach Italy, EU Says despicable as Hitler who didn’t many of Moscow’s claims about About 10,800 migrants reached Italy through the Mediter- even sink to using chemical the circumstances of the attack. ranean Sea last month, up by almost a fifth from February and weapons.” Nazi Germany used It says Syrian planes were in bringing the total to more than 24,000 people so far this year, gas chambers to kill millions the vicinity of Khan Sheikhoun the E.U.’s border guard agency Frontex said yesterday. Italy be- of Jews during the Holocaust. about 20 minutes before the at- came the main gateway to Europe for migrants from Africa after Spicer later apologized and tack and left shortly afterward. an E.U. deal with Turkey last year shut another Mediterranean said he should not have made the “Additionally, our information route that had mostly been used by refugees from the Middle comparison. “It was a mistake. indicates personnel historically East. The bloc took in about 1.6 million refugees and migrants I shouldn’t have done it and I associated with Syria’s chemical from 2014 to last year and has struggled to deal with the influx. won’t do it again,” Spicer told weapons program were at Shayrat Frontex said that, at 24,250 people, the arrivals in Italy so far CNN in an interview. “It was airfield in late March making this year are almost a third higher than in the same period of inappropriate and insensitive.” preparations for an upcoming 2016. Since the route leading from the Turkish shores to E.U. The White House officials attack in northern Syria, and member Greece has closed, however, the overall arrivals in the said Russia had frequently of- they were present at the airfield bloc in the first quarter of the year have been about two-thirds fered multiple, conflicting ac- on the day of the attack,” the lower than a year ago and stood at about 32,650 people. (Reuters) 22 International The Cambodia Daily Thursday, April 13, 2017 France’s Presidential Race Puts Far-Left Crusader in the Mix

By Joshua Robinson and William Horobin The Wall Street Journal fenain, France - Far-left fire- brand Jean-Luc Melenchon, campaigning as an antiglobalist champion of a forgotten working class, has surged into contention in France’s presidential election, transforming the contest into a four-way race. Strong performances in tele- vision debates and an ability to draw massive crowds with his promises of higher wages and fewer working hours has pro- pelled Melenchon into third place in some polls, ahead of conservative Francois Fillon and within striking distance of National Front leader Marine Le Pen and upstart centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron. Reuters “He brings something new, Jean-Luc Melenchon of the French far-left Parti de Gauche, a candidate for this year’s French presidential new ideas, compared to the can- election, delivers a speech during a political rally in Marseille, France, on Sunday. didates we’ve had for a number of years,” said Bruno Bastin, a six points behind Le Pen and of the campaign, although he reduce the retirement age. He 25-year-old working in his fam- Macron. The previous compa- scored only 11 percent in the would also abolish a new labor ily’s funeral parlor in Fenain, a rable poll in mid-March had actual vote. law, introduced last year by so- town in France’s deindustrial- Melenchon at only 12 percent. This time, the far-leftist who cialist President Francois Hol- ized north where Melenchon Benoit Hamon, the candidate rails against austerity and the lande, that gives companies more is hunting for votes. of the ruling Socialist Party, has E.U. has led a more innovative power to negotiate conditions The surge in support for fallen so far out of contention election campaign, using a holo- with workers. Melenchon, who dons a Mao that over the weekend he said gram of himself in February to Melenchon wants to pull jacket on the campaign trail, is he would vote for Melenchon in stage rallies simultaneously in France from the North Atlantic scrambling the math of an already the second round of the election. Paris and Lyon. He plans to re- Treaty Organization and radical- erratic French presidential elec- In a runoff against Le Pen, peat the stunt in seven locations ly overhaul Europe—points that tion campaign that has sidelined Melenchon would win with 57 at once for one of his final rallies overlap with the anti-Europe traditional political parties. percent of the vote, the Kan- before the first round of voting. platform of Le Pen. The changing landscape has tar Sofres-Onepoint survey The plan is aimed at bring- Melenchon says he would de- spooked investors. On Tuesday, projected. ing back voters who had written value the euro, restructure public the extra yield investors demand “Given Melenchon’s momen- him off. Thibault Ducrot, an debts, increase protectionism and to hold 10-year French govern- tum he could well become the unemployed 31-year-old from authorize the European Central ment debt over safe-haven Ger- biggest surprise of this volatile Lyon, said he had planned to Bank to lend directly to states. man bonds rose to nearly 0.75 election,” said Antonio Barroso, vote for the centrist Macron for If he doesn’t achieve those aims percentage point—nearing this an analyst at political-risk con- practical purposes, despite his in negotiations, Melenchon says year’s high, reached in mid-Feb- sultancy Teneo Intelligence. natural inclination to vote for he would implement a “Plan B” ruary—as they fled French assets. Melenchon is seeking to Melenchon. But now, “if he has a to pull France out of the euro, At a rally in Marseille on Sun- build momentum at his next chance to get through, I’d think impose capital controls and stop day, Melenchon told a crowd major rally yesterday in Lille, the about it,” Ducrot said. contributing to the E.U. budget. of about 70,000 that his rising northern bastion of the French Melenchon is running on a Melenchon’s surge has sur- popularity means he might left 40 km north of Fenain. His similar soak-the-rich program as prised his own supporters. advance beyond the April 23 message of restricting layoffs five years ago. He has pledged Mohamed Ben Nasr, a Melen- first-round vote to the decisive and handing power from share- to raise taxes on inheritance and chon-backing truck driver from runoff on May 7. holders to workers is expected capital, outlaw stock options and Lyon who has voted for the left in “You can hear it. You can feel to resonate in an area suffer- create a maximum wage by tax- every election since 1981, said last it. Victory is within reach,” Me- ing from plant closures and ing all income over the level of week he hated that the election lenchon said. deindustrialization. $423,000 a year. “seems decided in advance. The A nationally representative Melenchon already ran for For workers, Melenchon says ones we all like are in last place.” poll by Kantar Sofres-Onepoint president in 2012 after quitting he would grant a sixth week of But even as he spoke, the published Sunday showed Mel- the Socialist Party in 2008. Polls annual vacation, encourage a situation was changing. Ben enchon at 18 percent, overtaking at the time also showed his sup- four-day, 32-hour workweek, Nasr’s vote for Melenchon no Fillon at 17 percent and only port surging in the closing weeks raise the minimum wage and longer looks like a first-round Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Cambodia Daily Opinion 23 WikiLeaks Has the Same Mission as The Post and The Times

By Julian Assange or have the right to release it The media has a long history dence Journal-Bulletin’s release The Washington Post to the media. And we strive to of speaking truth to power with of former U.S. President Richard mitigate legitimate concerns, for purloined or leaked material— Nixon’s stolen tax returns; the n his last night in example by using redaction to Jack Anderson’s reporting on the New York Times’ publication of office, former U.S. protect the identities of at-risk CIA’s enlistment of the Mafia the stolen “Pentagon Papers”; President Dwight Ei- intelligence agents. to kill Fidel Castro; the Provi- and The Post’s tenacious re- senhower delivered porting of Watergate leaks, to Oa powerful farewell speech to name a few. I hope historians the nation—words so important place WikiLeaks’ publications that he’d spent a year and a half in this pantheon. 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By John Jurgensen final shows in May. and abdominal muscles to make to a crucible year in circus lore The Wall Street Journal As an alternative to exotic an- the little elephant walk, run and when Barnum & Bailey returned imals, Circus 1903 sent in the rear up. from a four-year tour in Europe The faux elephants of Circus puppets. The throwback show “There are weekly physio- and competed with the Ringling 1903 don’t make a mess or re- now touring the U.S.—in the- therapy sessions in the contract,” Bros. to regain supremacy. Ring- quire feeding. They get packed aters, not tents—features the said puppeteer Henry Maynard, ling bought its rival in 1907 and into crates to travel between cit- sorts of acts that flourished in describing the bodily stress on combined the outfits in 1919. ies and carry no ethical baggage. circus’s golden age, including a the people harnessed into the “At that time the circus was But they can stir up a crowd like contortionist, tightrope walkers elephants. During performances, really the form of entertainment the real thing. and brothers who juggle each oth- they use breathing to signal each in America. In one day, this tent When the big elephant Quee- er on their feet. The elephants, other and simulate elephantine city of 1,200 people would arrive nie lumbered onto a stage in however, come to life using mod- movements. “We’re trying to on 100 railroad cars. Factories Chicago recently, followed by a ern technology and techniques. create the illusion of weight.” would shut down and schools gamboling baby called Peanut, Queenie, modeled on the di- Made by the U.K. puppet would let out, not just for the the audience cooed and clapped mensions of the largest female shop Significant Object, the performance but also for the for the puppets as much as for African elephant on record, is elephants were designed by educational aspect,” said Chris the six humans operating them. built on a frame of plastic, wood some of the same people who Berry, a circus historian who Controversy over live perform- and metal, and covered in woolly created the equine stars of “War consulted on Circus 1903. ing elephants turned the biggest rope. Inside, three visible puppe- Horse.” Launched in 2007, the “Wild animals” were among symbol of the circus into a liabil- teers control the elephant’s move- Tony-winning play used dozens those traveling shows’ most ef- ity for traditional shows. Bowing ments: two of them walking on of three-person horse puppets fective promotional tools, a fact to pressure from animal-rights stilts as its legs, and one hoisting across multiple productions, and that holds true for Circus 1903, groups, the 146-year-old Ringling a pole that moves its head and spurred demand for big theatrical whose “magnificent elephants” Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Cir- ears. A fourth puppeteer plays animals in other shows. “‘War get top billing on fliers. cus removed elephants from its the elephant’s handler and also Horse’ started a lot of careers in “You can’t tell the story of shows last year. That hastened a operates its trunk. puppetry,” said Maynard, who the circus in America without decline in ticket sales, the com- Peanut, smaller and friskier, operated the head of the stallion elephants,” says magician David pany said, forcing the circus to has only one puppeteer inside Topthorn on London’s West End. Williamson, who plays the retro shut down completely after its on stilts, using his hands, feet The name Circus 1903 refers show’s ringmaster.