Covid-19 Aid Extended for Tourism, Aviation Sectors

R 3478 E MB U N SSUE I MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL UNION LEADER PHILIppINE GOV’T STUDY SAYS LOSS CHARGED FOR URGED TO LOCK OF HABITAT ‘driving INCITEMENT MANILA BACK AGAIN MASS extinction’ NATIONAL – page 3 WORLD – page 10 LIFESTYLE – PAGE 14 Doctor Covid-19 aid extended for pays off patient’s tourism, aviation sectors family Thou Vireak registered airlines are eligible for it. monitor the status of Covid-19 and istry, the government plans to mobi- The government will also make the the regional and global economic lise a total of $1.164 billion to help Kim Sarom HE government has extended $40 payments to suspended employees and financial situations to examine restore and boost business viability the minimum tax exemption for in tourism-related businesses, includ- and evaluate the impact of Covid-19 during and after Covid-19. A DOCTOR in Svay Rieng prov- the aviation sector and renewed ing hotels, guesthouses, restaurants on key sectors of the economy. Of that amount, $500 million will be ince may face legal action after monthly tax exemptions for the and travel agencies registered with “[It will be] updating and preparing disbursed as loans to small and me- a patient he prescribed medi- tourismT industry, which has been hard the General Department of Taxation the necessary additional measures to dium-sized enterprises (SMEs), $300 cine to on Thursday morning hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. and based in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, stabilise economic activity as well as million will be set aside for the State- died just hours later. Approved on Friday, this is part of Preah Sihanouk, Kep and Kampot stimulate economic growth after the owned Small and Medium Enterprise The victim, Pheng Saran, its fifth round of stimulus measures provinces or Bavet and Poipet towns. Covid-19 crisis,” it said. Bank of Cambodia (SME Bank) and 42, was a resident of Svay aimed at reviving economic growth. It called on employers to offer them Ministry of Economy and Finance Agricultural and Rural Development Chrum commune’s Khnor The tax exemptions will apply in Au- additional perks on a voluntary basis. spokesman Meas Soksensan told The Khang Tbong village and gust and September. All domestic- “The government will regularly Post on Sunday that through the min- CONTINUED – page 6 leaves behind a wife and three sons. Commune police chief Yin Chenda said relatives of the victim filed a complaint with Vietnam police which he forwarded to the Svay Chrum district police station. The case has been sent to provincial police, where it chalks up awaits further action. Chenda said on Thursday morning, Saran suffered from five Covid heartburn while eating break- fast. He visited Hor Savanna, a doctor in Svay Rieng town’s fatalities Chek commune. Sovanna prescribed six med- TWO more people have died icines for Saran to take over in Vietnam of Covid-19 related seven days, Chenda said. At complications, bringing the 9:20am, Saran took his first tally to five fatalities, Deputy dose. At 11am, Saran started Minister of Health Nguyen feeling heartburn symptoms Truong Son said on Sunday. and suffering convulsions. The latest deaths are an Relatives massaged his hands 86-year-old woman from and legs until he passed away Quang Nam province and an at 12pm. 83-year-old woman from Dan- The provincial police’s seri- ang. Both had underlying ous crime bureau chief Kim health conditions. Lay on Sunday said Sovanna The 86-year-old was suffer- had compensated the family ing from chronic kidney failure of the victim. and heart problems and was “That doctor paid money to being treated at Danang Der- compensate the victim’s wife. matology Hospital and then But I don’t know how much,” moved to Danang Hospital. he said. From July 18 she began to Svay Rieng town deputy show signs of fever and was police chief Mao Sokhon told transferred to several other The Post on Sunday that hospitals before finally slip- Sovanna didn’t attempt to flee ping into a coma on August 1 after the incident. while being treated at Hue “I know that he compensat- Central Hospital. ed the wife. I don’t know how On Sunday she stopped much, but both sides recon- breathing and was pronounced ciled,” he said. dead at 5:30am. The cause of Village chief Som Chhoeun death was announced as acute Narcotics haul said a seven-day memorial service for Saran commenced CONTINUED – page 10 Two cross-border drug traffickers were arrested on July 26 with 200kg of methamphetamine. POLICE STORY > 5 on Sunday morning. THE PHNOM PENH POST Provinces on alert as Vietnam’s National News coronavirus fight intensifies Inside page 4 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST AUGUST 3, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Police injured in land dispute, four detained Voun Dara prosecutor who placed them under judicial supervision. REAH Sihanouk po- Phearum said Smael was a lice continued to member of Saleh’s group and question four sus- the Department of Environment pects on Sunday in had filed a case against him. Pconnection with using ma- Phearum said Saleh and his chinery to clear land in the people are still clearing land in Ream National Park area and the area of Ream National Park. assaulting authorities. “Our provincial authorities Preah Sihanouk Provin- have already identified this cial Hall spokesman Kheang group. The case of Sen Saleh Phearum told The Post on and his group is in the pro- Sunday that police forces at- cess of being decided by the tempted to stop a group of court and the authorities,” about 20 people using bull- Phearum said. dozers to clear land in Prey Phearum warned people Nop district’s Ream com- not to be deceived by the in- mune, Smach Deng village. citement of San Saleh and The group led by Sman Sman Smael. Smael, a Khmer-Muslim “Please withdraw immedi- man, turned violent and four ately to avoid legal action. The officers were injured. “Smael provincial administration will led a violent attack on our take legal action without any authorities. We arrested four exception,” Phearum said. people,” Phearum said. Adhoc Preah Sihanouk pro- Phearum said that since vincial coordinator Cheap So- 2017, a group led by 58-year- theary said most of the people old Khmer-Muslim Sen Saleh, protesting over the land were a farmer living in Prey Nop dis- Khmer-Muslims who had set- trict’s Ream commune, Smach tled there during 2016-2017. Melting away Deng village, have been clear- “In the past, we have come A worker donning a pair of sunglasses welds a metal rod at a shop along National Road 5 in Russey Keo district’s Tuol Sangke commune in the capital. HENG CHIVOAN ing forest land in the area of to a resolution with the peo- Ream National Park. ple to stop settling on land Later, the Department of in Ream National Park by Environment filed a case providing State land instead. against Sen Saleh and his However, the people refused, people and sent them to the claiming that the land was Vietnam ‘committed’ to withdrawing Preah Sihanouk provincial too small,” Sotheary said. illegal border tents after pandemic Niem Chheng NATIONAL Border Committee chairman Va Kimhong met with his Vietnamese counterpart on Saturday to discuss several Viet- namese tents that are still erected on unsettled borderlands. The meeting was held in Vietnam’s Moc Bai interna- Clashes between Preah Sihanouk authorities and residents over land tional checkpoint. issues in Sihanoukville’s Prey Nop district. FaceBOOK Kimhong said: “We only dis- cussed the tents [Vietnam] erected. I don’t want to elabo- rate on it now as we are still in the process of discussions.” Last week, Cambodia Border Affairs Committee vice-chair- ƳɌɔɳ ȥƅ ˊȻȷɮɍɌ ɯɊɆƷƟȻƳɌƸɆɽǕɌɊƗɀɿperson Koy Pisey took to Face- �រអ��ើញ ចូលរ�ម ប��ញ �រ�ប់�រម�ណ៍ ɳɍˊƳɌɳȼȻɵɂƚ əɆȲɌɀɿɴɑžɅƙǋɊɵȼ bookFingerp rintot D eclarifyvices the situation �ើ �រ��ញ�� ឧបករណ៍ �� ន � �ម�� (Fingerprint Devices) regarding the tents. 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GDI ƙȴɆɽƙƵɅɽ ɳɒˊɋǋɅȷɸǁɆɽǕɊƗɌɀɿ ɑɮɊɊȲɃɃɯɍɋȲɈʂɁɾǋɅPisey ɅɩȶɈɩɅɩɁƘɡȲǒɌɑ said VietnamƙǋɆɽ ɆƷƟȻƳɌƸɆɽhas com- ��័យ��តុ��ះ សូម ��ុមហ៊ុន ឬ តំ�ង ��ក�យ ឧបករណ៍ �� ន ��ម�� ǕɌɊƗɀɿ ɳǷƳɌ ɩǌɍʂɋɔȶƀƳɌ KHANA ɳɌȢȶǍɍɽɳǋɻȶɳɄƛˊƳɌ ɈɪɳǋɻȶʘƙɈɫȲȼɍɽɳǋɻȶmitted to removingʔ:ʓʐǆɃɪɌɳɑȢɍ the tents ʆ province. Only nine of the 24 especially in their community. do not remove their tents, the ��ល �ន លក�ណៈសម��ត�ិ ��ប់��ន់ �ើយ �ន ចំ�ប់ � ម�រណ៍ សូម មក ទទួល once the pandemic is over. tents were built on the 12km- “They made phone calls to Cambodian authorities will x ƳɌƽȲɽǉȲƘɆƷƟȻƳɌƸɆɽǕɌɊƗɀɿ ƙɁȪɎǊƅɆɽɊȲƺɊɯɋɅɮɎɡȲǒɌɳǌȶɣƘǇɅƙȴɆɽƙƵɅɽǂɊƳɌ យក ព័ត៌�ន និង ពិនិត�� ឯក�រ ស��ប់ ប��ញ �រ�ប់�រម�ណ៍ � �រ��ល័យ អង�- “We, and border affairs lead- long disputed border area. our district and commune respond according to the law. � រ KHANA �ៀង�ល់ ��ង ��ើ�រ ពី ��ងɴɀǆɸ ៨ ��ឹកɌɯȷɳɇƇˊɊȲǕɑɋƽƊɅȼɮȷƴȶɳƙƳɊ ដល់ ��ង ៤:៣០ �ទី រ�ៀល ʈ។ ers, especially Samdech Techo Local authorities of the two administration telling us that Kin Phea, the director of the �រ�ក់ �ក�� ប��ញ �រ�ប់�រម�ណ៍ ��វ ��ប់ មក� មួយ នូវ ឯក�រ �ង [Hun Sen] have devoted our countries had communicated they faced challenges and they International Relations Insti- ȴɀɺȲɊƗƳɌɍɃƑȲɊƗɌɆɑɽɔȶƀƳɌ KHANA ឱ��ន ��ប់��ន់ �ម �រ��ំ រួច ��ើមក �សយ��ន ដូច�ង��ម ៖ lives to protecting the country often on the mater, he said.

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