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Thursday, june 11, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL former cambodian Kingdom’s rice Google Maps to employees in korea exports to East display virus to get compensation Timor set to roll transit alerts national – page 2 business – page 6 world – page 9 Four die from suspected rice wine poisoning

Khouth Sophak Chakrya pet districts brought the herbal rice Chamnoam commune; Mai Kong, 36, too much alcohol in the herbal rice gating and have removed the Tang wine known as Tang Kuoy to drink from Monkol Borei district’s Banteay wine, but it could not be proved. Kuoy brand from all markets in the FOUR men died and 12 others had and it turned out to be poisonous. Neang commune; Neth Bros, 22, from “According to the patients, the province. They have also temporarily symptoms of headaches, dizziness and “Because the poison was so strong, Malai district’s Boeung Beng com- symptoms were caused by food poi- banned the trafficking and selling of all nausea in a suspected case of alcohol four men died and 12 others are being mune; and Chhorn Chhoeun, 32, from soning. However, the herbal rice wine types of herbal rice wines to prevent poisoning, a Banteay Meanchey offi- treated by doctors from the Cambo- Malai district’s O’Sampoar commune. is suspected to be the main reason. spreading poison to other districts and cial said on Wednesday. dia-Japan Friendship hospital and Doctors did not confirm whether the All 16 patients drank it,” he said. provinces in the country, he said. Provincial administration director the Poipet provincial referral hospi- poison was from the herbal rice wine. The remaining wine and blood “This kind of herbal rice wine most- Chhoeun Kraiyong told The Post that tal,” he said. Banteay Meanchey provincial Depart- samples were sent to the Ministry of ly sells in areas that have construc- the group of construction workers He identified the diseased as Khlaing ment of Health director Le Chan Sang- Health’s laboratory in Phnom Penh. tion workers and garment factory from Malai, Mongkol Borei and Poi- Chetra, 28, from Monkol Borei district’s vat said it was suspected that there was Meanwhile, authorities are investi- workers,” he added. Check-up fees set for incoming foreigners Long Kimmarita passengers should pay the fees directly to the service provider. HE Ministry of Econo- “The Ministry of Health shall my and Finance has collaborate with relevant par- determined its Covid- ties to install a bank kiosk in 19 testing fees for the arrival and departure halls incomingT foreigners who are of the airport to enable the quarantined or treated at hos- travellers to make bank trans- pitals in the Kingdom. actions,” he said. The fees vary significantly in Pornmoniroth added that price, from $5 to $1500 foreign patients treated at depending on the service. state hospitals will be required The ministry also requested to buy local insurance. Up in flames that foreigners who test posi- Insurance companies will be Rescue workers recover a body after an explosion at a well run by state-owned Oil India Ltd in Tinsukia, the northeastern state of Assam, on Wednesday. Two workers have been found dead near the site of a huge fire ignited by gas that has been spewing from an oil field in India for two weeks.AFP tive for Covid-19 purchase allowed to set up kiosks at arrival local health insurance. gates to streamline the process. In a letter sent to Minister of He added that an online Health Mam Bun Heng on Mon- platform is also being devel- day, finance minister Aun Porn- oped to allow travellers to moniroth said foreign passen- remotely deposit funds to pay Europe urges better pandemic plan gers would be required to pay at fees and withdraw any remain- least $160 for testing, transporta- ing balance. He said services EUROPE’S most powerful and German Chancellor than seven million infections. nearly 70,000 deaths. tion, accommodation and food. provided by state entities countries urged the EU to bet- Angela Merkel wrote in a let- The US recorded 819 deaths Brazil’s health ministry cited Foreign travellers arriving on involving fees and insurance ter prepare for the next pan- ter and policy paper to the in the past 24 hours, bringing figures late on Tuesday indicat- planes with a confirmed Cov- payments will be of the best demic after chaotic responses EU’s top official. its own grisly toll to more than ing the death toll had risen by id-19 patient will be required quality, without exception. to the coronavirus, as Moscow Europe has been the hardest- 111,000 out of 1.9 million cases 1,272 to over 38,400 killed by the to quarantine at a hotel or Bun Heng told The Post on emerged from lockdown hit continent with nearly – leaving it the country hardest virus – the third highest toll in the health centre and pay at least Wednesday that the finance despite Russia still being in the 185,000 people killed, and the hit by the pandemic in terms of world after the US and Britain. $180 for each service. ministry’s requests were being grip of a surging epidemic. leaders said a lack of coordina- both the number of fatalities President Jair Bolsonaro’s A health certificate will cost considered and some had There should be a “common tion had left nations short of and the number of cases. government had stopped pub- $30. Patients requiring treat- already been approved. European approach” to chal- crucial medical equipment And the crisis continued to lishing the total number of ment or emergency services He added that Acleda Bank lenges like Covid-19 in future, when the coronavirus arrived. escalate in Latin America, virus deaths on Friday, saying will be billed up to $1,500. Plc and Canadia Bank Plc will leaders including French Worldwide, Covid-19 deaths which by late on Tuesday had Pornmoniroth said foreign be spearheading the effort. President Emmanuel Macron have passed 407,000, with more almost 1.4 million cases and Continued – page 9

THE PHNOM PENH POST Gov’t shells out $100M National News for suspended workers Inside page 5 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com National Bus crash kills two in Oddar Meanchey

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TWO boys were killed and 22 passengers injured when a bus veered off the road on Wednes- day and crashed into trees in Anlong Veng commune, in Oddar Meanchey province’s Anlong Veng district. District police chief Sim Vannak said the boys were aged two and three. He said the Thet Sun Ou Transport Co Ltd bus was carrying 24 pas- sengers from Phnom Penh to Anlong Veng district. “The bus was travelling at night time and the driver was very sleepy. He nodded off and suddenly went off the road. All the victims were taken to hos- pital, while the bus is being retained at the Anlong Veng police station,” he said. Commune police chief Vong Tan on Wednesday said officers had sent the injured to the district referral hospital for treatment. Thet Sun Ou Transport direc- tor Kean Thet declined to com- ment on the accident. But one of the firm’s ticketing employees who declined to be named said on Wednesday that Thet had travelled to the prov- ince to look into the accident. “The company director has gone to work on this problem, Balancing act but I don’t know the facts,” he A woman inspects a stack of watermelons in Preah Dak commune, in Siem Reap province’s Banteay Srei district. HONG MENEA said before declining to com- ment further. Sar Kheng tasks officials Former employees in Korea to jot down internal issues Voun Dara The minister noted that he had re- to receive insurance claims ceived many public suggestions and MINISTER of Interior Sar Kheng complaints on his Facebook page. Long Kimmarita has advised ministry officials to He said some of the problems create an official list of problems referenced by the public have HE Human Resources De- within the ministry and prepare been solved, while others had velopment Service of Korea solutions for them. been sent to relevant units but re- (HRDK) in Cambodia has He made the remarks while mained unsolved. told 1,615 Cambodians who leading a meeting on Tuesday to He said he expects each unit to haveT worked in South Korea to apply review the ministry’s General Sec- heed public criticisms and bring for the withdrawal of their insurance retariat 2020 action plan at the the situation under control. claims which was withheld by the Council of Ministers in Phnom Inspection and audit groups, he government during their employ- Penh. The meeting was attended said, must refrain from being bias ment. by secretaries and under-secretar- while investigating issues. The announcement read: “Please ies of state, the inspector general, “Officials who receive state sala- check and verify that your name is on director- generals, deputy police ries must adhere to the principle the list to apply for the withdrawal of chiefs and relevant officials. that they serve the people with a your insurance claims. You will need “[We] must gather the issues spirit of responsibility. They must to attach a copy of your passport and concerning the ministry and solve put national interests first and photograph, and provide your per- them, no matter where they come then they can avert inaction, irreg- sonal bank account number in your from. We must not leave any mat- ularities and injustice,” he said. application. If you are not on the list, ters behind,” he said. The minister added that the please contact our staff.” He cited various complaints Tuesday meeting was part of an Pech Sipav, an HRDK insurance offi- from the ministry level, the sub- effort to implement public admin- cial, told The Post on Wednesday that national level, administrative istration reforms and that this was the amount of money to be refunded Pech Sipav, an HRDK insurance official, said the amount of money to be refunded varies units and the National Police force the first time the ministry created varies depending on how long each depending on how long each worker was employed. HRDK CAMBODIA units concerning irregularities in action plans for each of its units. worker was employed. management. The deputy director of monitor- “The money is available to all workers, can be withdrawn every year. had not withdrawn any insurance mon- He said the problems will be ing at rights group Licadho Am regardless of whether they lived in South He hopes the announcement will ey since returning to Cambodia. He said solved by the inspector general Sam Ath welcomed the move. Korea legally or illegally. The money has be widely disseminated. he thought he would not be able to get in collaboration with the general “Some cases and problems sub- been kept for them,” he said. “The withdrawal is a bit slow be- the money back because he waited too departments involved in each mitted to the ministry have been Sipav said as of this month, there cause some workers have not re- long to fill out an application. matter. solved but the local authorities are 1,615 Cambodians on the list who ceived the information. We request “I knew they had withheld my He suggested using the media as a couldn’t solve all of them. are eligible to apply for the insurance that workers who used to work in Ko- money, but I had no idea I could still way to bring the problems to light. “Sometimes, cases are buried, money. But he said only 10 to 15 per rea send their passports to the centre get it back after two years. I wasn’t ex- “We can gather information par- creating a backlog that frustrates cent of the workers have completed and if there’s money to be withdrawn, pecting to get this money but it will tially on media and social media. the public. We have seen citizens the application form. we will inform them.” help me and my family a lot. I’ll also Some pieces of information from protesting to demand solutions as He added that some workers are un- Neang Tong, who worked in Korea in be able to save some money to start a these sources are true and we must they have lost confidence in the aware of the insurance money, which 2017, told The Post on Wednesday he small business one day,” he said. not overlook them,” he said. authorities,” he said. THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 3 National Germany Cambodians in M’sia offered flight $14.6M aid Niem Chheng

HE Cambodian Embassy in agreement Malaysia has notified Cam- bodians working and study- ing there who missed their endorsed AprilT 7 flight home to contact Malay- sian Airlines to arrange a new flight Niem Chheng on June 16. The embassy announced on Fa- THE Council for the Develop- cebook on Tuesday that the flight ment of Cambodia (CDC) and would be scheduled if there were the German embassy in enough passengers. Phnom Penh co-signed the “The company reserves the right to Cambodia-Germany Techni- delay the flight if there are not enough cal Cooperation Agreement passengers to cover costs. Each of the 2019, which provided $14.6 143 passengers should contact the million in aid to support four airline or the embassy,” it said. development projects. Ly Ha, the councillor of labour af- The signing ceremony was fairs at the embassy, confirmed to attended by CDC Senior Minis- The Post on Tuesday that the embas- ter Chin Bun Sean and German sy had informed the 143 passengers Ambassador Christian Berger. about the upcoming flight. The projects funded by the Ha said workers and students who aid include identification of return to Cambodia will first receive poor households, social health a health inspection by Malaysian au- protection, regional economic thorities to check for Covid-19. development and a study and Ly Kea, one of the workers who missed expert fund. The projects will the April 7 flight, said she was happy Cambodians stranded in Malaysia can arrange a new flight home on June 16. cambodian embassy in Malaysia be implemented by the Ger- and ready to return to her home prov- She said she received support from jobs here [Malaysia] while my children quarantine at home, while those ar- man international develop- ince of Kampong Cham next week. Cambodians in Malaysia as well as need support in Cambodia,” she said. riving with a Covid-19 patient must ment agency Deutsche Ges- Kea used to work in Malaysia for the embassy while out of work. The The Ministry of Health said on May be isolated at quarantine centre ad- ellschaft fur Internationale two years. She headed back to Ma- ticket she bought for her April 7 flight 20 that all passengers entering Cambo- ministered by the ministry. Zusammenarbeit GmbH in laysia early this year but had been cost 1,200 ringgit ($280) and she will dia must be quarantined for 14 days. Ministry spokesperson Or Vandine collaboration with Cambodian unemployed for months due to the be able to use it for the June 16 flight. Passengers on flights without a could not be reached for comment ministries, agencies and sub- Covid-19 pandemic. “I am delighted because there aren’t confirmed Covid-19 case can self- on Wednesday. national administrations. The signed agreement reflect- ed the commitments agreed upon during the last inter-gov- ernment negotiations, which took place on May 14-15 last Australia, Kingdom discuss mutual assistance year in Berlin, Germany. It provided the legal basis for Niem Chheng of any foreign military bases support for vulnerable groups the implementation of projects within its sovereign territory. and cushioning the economic in the three priority sectors MINISTER of Foreign Affairs According to the ministry, impacts of the pandemic,” the such as public health and and International Coopera- Payne also expressed interest spokesperson said. social protection, rural devel- tion Prak Sokhonn informed in promoting women’s affairs The embassy added it had opment and governance as his Australian counterpart in the Kingdom, while Sok- worked through local partner- articulated in the National Marise Payne, who is also honn highlighted Cambodia’s ships that empower Cambo- Strategic Development Plan, Minister for Women, on Tues- intention to organise an event dians to respond to Covid-19 according to the press day that Cambodia welcomed on women in peace and se- in a coordinated and impact- release. all countries to practice joint curity on the sidelines of the ful manner. “This continued bilateral military drills. 13th Asia-Europe Summit and The assistance included development cooperation will In a press release, the minis- other possible cooperation on support to the Ministry of become an important pillar try said the two also expressed women empowerment. Health to purchase new am- that not only strengthens dip- their gratitude for mutual as- The Australian embassy in bulances and strengthen lomatic relations between the sistance in the fight against Cambodia declined to com- disease surveillance and re- two countries but contributes the Covid-19 pandemic. Sok- ment on the conversation be- sponse, helping update the to achieving the sustainable, honn also acknowledged his tween the two ministers. But its database of the poorest Cam- inclusive and equitable socio- appreciation for Australia’s spokesperson did emphasise bodian families so they can economic development of financial and technical assis- Australia’s assistance to Cam- receive cash transfers from the Cambodia,” it noted. tance in the health sector. bodia in response to Covid-19. government, and providing The press release added that “Recalling their last meet- Foreign minister Prak Sokhonn and his Australian counterpart Marise “The Australian government access to clean piped water Germany has pledged a total Payne. cambodian foreign ministry ing in September last year plans to provide approximate- for up to one million Cambo- amount of $55 million. Since in New York, Sokhonn reas- and combating human and He also reiterated that Chi- ly A$65 million [$45.5 million] dians. Australian officials had the beginning of bilateral sured his counterpart that all drug trafficking,” the press re- na does not possess any mili- in development assistance also worked with local NGOs cooperation in 1994, Germany foreign nations are invited to lease said. tary base in the Ream Sea in for Cambodia over the next and the Ministry of Women’s has provided both technical conduct military exercises Sokhonn said he also wel- Preah Sihanouk province. He year. This assistance will sup- Affairs to ensure those affect- and financial support of in Cambodia. Joint military comed joint infantry drills, reassured Payne of Cambo- port Cambodia’s Covid-19 re- ed by gender-based violence approximately $670 million to drills can include patrolling especially those involving di- dia’s constitutional principle sponse and recovery, including continue to access services Cambodia. the sea, counter-terrorism saster management. of not allowing the presence through the health response, and safe shelter. In March this year, the Ger- man government had also pro- vided $1.76 million to support Cambodia’s Covid-19 emer- gency response plan. Mondulkiri environment official accused of hiding timber The German embassy told The Post on Wednesday that at Khorn Savi He reported it to environ- The Post could not con- the 2019 negotiations, the two mental official Chab Kosal who tact Kosal for comment on countries agreed upon the RESIDENTS of a forest com- said the timbers did not belong Wednesday. framework for bilateral devel- munity in Mondulkiri province to the environmental office. Provincial Department of opment cooperation for the have accused an environmen- Thon then reported it to Environment director Keo So- next two years. Negotiations tal official of hiding timber the village chief and a deputy pheak said residents do not are always followed by so- in the forest after he stopped district chief, who advised the have the right to keep the tim- called Technical Cooperation them from retaining the wood residents to collect the timber ber and only environmental Agreements, which define spe- in their community until they to keep at the community, but officials have this privilege. cific technical cooperation can identify the owner. Kosal disagreed. The timbers were kept at the projects and are legally bind- Sokha Thon, a member of the “When we were about to environment office, he added. ing agreements under interna- forest community in Andoung take the timber, he stopped “According to the law, resi- tional law. Kraloeng village, in O’Raing dis- us because he said he was the dents cannot keep the timber. The spokesman said the next trict’s Sen Monorom commune, owner. He took the timbers to Environmental officials do not round of governmental nego- told The Post on Wednesday his office,” Thon said. let citizens take timber as it is tiations on bilateral cooperation that three residents visited a He said there were about illegal. They are not expert of- will take place next year. waterfall the previous day and 10 planks, measuring 2m in ficials. We decided to keep the found planks of timber hidden length. Some were 10cm thick timber at our office to find out www.phnompenhpost.com in the forest around 100m from and some others 30cm to whether it belongs to Kosal or check the post website for breaking news villagers’ houses. 60cm thick. someone else,” he said. An environmental official is accused of hoarding timber. facebook 4 THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com National Man bags cobra, dies from venomous bite Kim Sarom and Long Kimmarita tor Khlok Huot told The Post on Tuesday that the number A MAN was killed by a co- of snake bites in his province bra he trapped in a jungle has decreased, although they in Preah Vihear province on are still a daily occurrence. Monday after the venomous He said cobras are fierce an- snake bit him on the hand. imals, but there are medicines The victim, 37-year-old to treat their poisonous bites. Yearm Tak, lived in Samlanh He urged citizens to remain village in Sangkum Thmei vigilant and protect them- district’s Phnom Tbeng I com- selves when entering forests mune, where the incident oc- and farms. curred, according to district “This decrease [in bites] is due police chief Chhuon Moeun. to the people’s rising awareness “He was a hunter, but he of the hazards. When they go didn’t know of any magic to to the rice fields or the forest, catch the snake,” he said. they are more careful. Tak is survived by his 30- “If they are bitten by a year-old wife Sreyna and two snake, they no longer seek children. out Khmer traditional heal- Citing Sreyna’s accounts, ers, they go to hospital for Ministry spokesperson Ros Soveacha said online exams and distance learning will continue until further notice. education ministry Moeun said Tak encountered treatment,” he said. the snake after returning from a mountain to look for wild ani- mals, fruits and leaves to sell. Students to take exams online Tak killed the cobra after it bit him. He then ran out Niem Chheng ity and are sustainable amid the structure to ensure that e- and focus on implementing of the forest carrying the Covid-19 pandemic, the min- learning and distance learning, health measures,” he said. snake, which was 3m long HE Ministry of Educa- istry will allow students to take as well as student evaluations, Cambodian Independent and weighed more than 3kg. tion, Youth and Sport the entrance and graduation take place with good quality”. Teachers’ Association presi- He searched for help and en- has approved higher exams online. Each institution Ministry spokesperson Ros dent Ouk Chhayavy said online countered someone named education entrance ex- must submit a proposal for the Soveacha told The Post on learning and exams are not as Trav at the foot of the moun- aminationsT and online gradu- ministry to review and assign Wednesday that the online good as direct interactions and tain, but died after exchang- ate exams while the date for the proctors,” the letter said. entrance exam and distance can lead to cheating. ing only a few words. grade 12 exam has yet to be set. As schools throughout the learning will continue until “Sometimes, students don’t do Trav then informed the vil- Minister Hang Chuon country remain closed due to further notice. the exam themselves but have lagers, who retrieved Tak’s Naron made the announce- the pandemic, the minister “The purpose of distance someone else do it for them body to prepare it for a tradi- ment in a letter dated June 8 said distance learning must learning is to continue edu- instead. This is what we have tional funeral. to the rectors and directors continue to be conducted in cation while [the ministry] seen in real exams before the He added that district au- of higher educational institu- an interactive way between joins with the government to pandemic. So for online exami- thorities contributed money The poisonous snake was 3m tions across the Kingdom. lecturers and students. prevent Covid-19. nation, it would be much easier for the funeral arrangements. long and weighed over 3kg. It was “To ensure that teaching and He said it is important to “es- “For now, all students should for students to have someone Oddar Meanchey provincial killed by its captor after it bit him. learning continue to have qual- tablish a clear management continue their online learning do it for them,” she said. Department of Health direc- facebook THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 5 National Gov’t shells out $100 million for Chinese construction firm to be dumped for suspended workers, re-training ‘shoddy work’ on NR7 Ry Sochan Voun Dara tor, technical advisers and re- lated parties to cooperate and HE Ministry of Labour THE Ministry of Public Works enhance the technical speci- and Vocational Train- and Transport has said it fications of the road. He said ing has allocated $60 will not release a certificate they must follow the contract million to $100 million approving the work of the and book of standards with- forT suspended workers and re- Chinese company building out exception. training programmes as part of the 164km National Road “If the road does not have its Covid-19 stimulus plan. 7 in Kratie and Tbong Kh- a standardised quality, the Ministry spokesperson Heng mum provinces if it does not ministry will not accept it. Sour told The Post on Wednes- change course and follow the The ministry will only accept day that 87,647 workers have proper building standards as a good quality road that lasts become unemployed follow- outlined in its contract. long. We will inspect all work- ing the closure of 199 factories. Its minister Sun Chanthol sites under the control of the From February 14 to June 9, made the warning as he led ministry,” he said. a total of 324 factories, which a delegation of technical ex- He added that the Korean employ 193,924 workers, sus- perts to inspect the road in company in charge of inspect- pended operations for 14 to Kratie on Wednesday and dis- ing the road construction qual- 60 days. However, more than covered technical problems. ity, Korea Consultants Interna- 50 per cent of employees have Representatives of the con- tional Co Ltd, has accepted that returned to work. struction firm and officials the road has problems and the “As of June 10, the govern- from the provincial public firm has agreed to fix them. ment has spent 11 billion riel works departments also at- “We could not accept how [$2.7 million] as compensation tended the inspection. they laid the tarmac and they for 126,457 workers. Together From February 14 to June 9, a total of 324 factories, which employ 193,924 workers, suspended operations The plan for the road con- agreed to do it again,” he said. for 14 to 60 days. HONG MENEA with the Ministry of Economy struction, which cost $36 mil- He advised the company and Finance, we are preparing factories) in the second round programme coordinator lord to reduce the rent then it lion, was separated into three to bulldoze areas where they the [next round of] allocation and 49,960 workers (165 fac- Khun Tharo told The Post on can help workers,” Tharo said. main worksites. The work was had laid 4cm of tarmac over for workers who submitted tories) in the third round. Wednesday that the govern- Besides the garment and expected to take 18 months and old roads instead of com- their application,” Sour said. Workers were paid in riel ment should have clear poli- tourism sectors, the govern- the Chinese company would pletely replacing them. Last month, the govern- and based on the number of cies to ease lending terms by ment should also cover other be responsible for its upkeep He added that a construc- ment said more than 17,000 days they were suspended. microfinance institutions in vulnerable sectors such as the for three years while a Korean tion plan for a bridge over the suspended workers in the For example, 61,750 riel ($15) order to reduce the debt bur- construction sector because company inspected its quality. Mekong River in Kratie prov- garment and tourism sectors was disbursed to each worker den on workers directly af- many workers have lost their Chanthol said 80 per cent of ince had been studied and will had been identified to re- whose employment contract fected by the suspension. jobs and they do not have so- the construction is complete. be open for bidding soon. ceive allocations in the fourth was suspended for seven to 10 “One of the important mea- cial protection. “The ministry will not re- He said the bridge will speed round of subsidies. days, 123,000 riel ($30) for 11 to sures is to ease their burden so “The informal economy, lease a certificate to the com- up travelling and the trans- In the first round, 33,231 20 days, and 164,000 riel ($40) they can pay utility bills and as well as the service sector, pany because there are some portation of products from workers from 111 factories for 21 days to a month. rent. If there is an adjustment especially the small-and me- technical problems related to Kratie to Kampong Thom received compensation, fol- Centre for Alliance of La- or discounts to utility bills, and dium-sized restaurants are the construction.” province as well as decrease lowed by 25,588 workers (67 bour and Human Rights a compromise from the land- equally at risk,” he said. He also advised the contrac- traffic jams and accidents. Ministry of Health refutes ‘false’ Vietnam virus reports Khorn Savi residing in Thuong Phuoc ambassador to Cambodia Vu commune, Hong Ngu district, Quang Minh said his govern- MINISTER of Health Mam Dong Thap province, which ment never confirmed that its Bun Heng on Wednesday borders Prey Veng province citizen who got Covid-19 had criticised Vietnam for its in Cambodia, tested positive come from Cambodia. claims based on a local news for Covid-19 on June 7. He said the news report did report that a Vietnamese The newspaper claimed the not state the time or location youth who tested positive for youth had been kept in quar- of the infection. Covid-19 had come from antine at a health centre after As of Wednesday, 125 out of Cambodia. arriving at the Thuong Phuoc the 126 Covid-19 patients in Bun Heng told The Post on border checkpoint from Cam- Cambodia have recovered. Wednesday that the Vietnam- bodia on May 25. He tested In Vietnam, 317 of its 332 ese youth did not travel from positive for Covid-19 as his Covid-19 patients had also Cambodia to Vietnam as quarantine was about to end. recovered, while the other 17 reported. VnExpress last month also remained hospitalised. He blamed the Vietnamese reported that another Viet- Both countries have report- government for not following namese man was infected ed no deaths due to Covid- the principal of sharing such with Covid-19 after leaving 19. information through the existing ASEAN framework. Vietnam didn’t provide “The Vietnamese side didn’t provide Cambodia with the Cambodia with the information information as to where the man departed from. Normal- as to where the man departed ly, we have the [ASEAN] com- from . . . it should not be reported munications systems to share information regarding the in a newspaper like this pandemic. The information should not be reported in a Siem Reap province for Viet- Last month, the Cambodian newspaper like this. nam. embassy in Vietnam informed “We have the information The Cambodian Ministry of Cambodian students, mili- systems to formally follow up Health denied the report and tary trainees and police that [on the disease] and provide said it gravely affected the Vietnam would allow them to information to each other so county’s efforts to contain return to their duties after we know who they [a poten- the pandemic. being kept in quarantine. tial Covid-19 patient] are, After the incident, the min- But Tay Ninh provincial where they’re staying and istry requested that the Viet- authorities said there was no where they travelled from,” namese side follow technical space left for Cambodian stu- he said. standards, principles and dents to be kept in quaran- The VnExpress online international regulations tine, while Vietnam’s Minis- newspaper on Monday quot- before reporting news about try of Education and Training ed the Vietnamese Ministry the virus to avoid affecting are looking at other potential of Health as saying that an Cambodia’s image. quarantine facilities near Tay 18-year-old Vietnamese youth In response, Vietnamese Ninh. 6 THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Business

USD / KHR USD / CAD USD / CNY USD / JPY USD / MYR USD / SGD USD / THB AUD / USD EUR / USD GBP / USD 4,100 1.3391 7.0638 107.36 4.2585 1.3849 31.15 0.6996 1.1369 1.2764 Joint $8M investment in P Sihanouk plant Thou Vireak to the Chinese market. At the signing ceremony, CAMBODIAN and Chinese Minister of Agriculture, For- investors have jointly invested estry and Fisheries Veng Sakhon about $8 million to build a fruit said China’s annual need for processing plant in Preah Siha- about eight million tonnes of nouk province. fresh mangoes provides con- Preah Sihanouk Provincial siderable opportunity to capi- Hall spokesman Kheang talise on the market. Phearum told The Post on Fresh mangoes are the sec- Wednesday that Shang Da Jian ond fruit to be officially per- Hui International Agriculture mitted for export to China Product and Logistic Co Ltd is after yellow bananas were in the process of constructing approved last year, he said. a fruit processing plant for At the same time, he also mango, cashew nuts, pineap- encouraged partnerships with ples and bananas in the prov- local and foreign investors from ince’s northernmost Kampong China to expand cultivation Seila district. areas and improve techniques Provincial governor Kuoch for sterilising crops and exter- Chamroeun told reporters on minating pests for export. Monday that he had led special- In January, Cambodia and GMAC secretary-general Ken Loo said the FTA with China will strongly stimulate the Kingdom’s export industry. heng chivoan ist officials and relevant author- South Korea signed an agree- ities to visit the plant recently, ment to allow Cambodia to and expressed his support. export mangoes directly through He said: “I will simplify all Hyundai Mao Legacy Co Ltd. China FTA to boost economy the procedures for the factory The Kingdom exported to operate because they can 44,099 tonnes of fresh mangoes May Kunmakara “Foreign direct investment sectors much more than the bodia can expect significant absorb mangoes and other during the first five months of is also expected to sharply garment sector,” said Loo. upside in the trade relations fruits from the people for this year, an increase of around HE Cambodia-China increase, which will be a key Anthony Galliano, the CEO of between the two countries. processing and that can con- 14,885 tonnes or 50.96 per cent Free Trade Agree- source of income and jobs for financial services firm Cambo- “But only if China expands it tribute to the economy.” compared to the same period ment (FTA), which is Cambodian people,” said the dia Investment Management Co appetite for Cambodia’s prod- Cambodia and China on last year, ministry data show. expected to be fina- ministry. Ltd, told The Post that the bilat- ucts beyond rice and consum- Tuesday officially agreed to Last year, it exported 58,162 lisedT by the end of the year will Garment Manufacturers As- eral opportunity is massive eco- er goods,” said Galliano. export 500,000 tonnes of fresh tonnes of fresh mangoes to six boost the Kingdom’s export sociation (GMAC) in Cambo- nomically for the Kingdom, but He said Cambodia needs to mangoes a year, paving the markets – Thailand, Vietnam, volume and also draw more dia secretary-general Ken Loo more of a long-term geopolitical diversify its export economy way for boosting the King- Singapore, France, Russia and investment in raw material told The Post that the FTA with strategic gambit for China. and the key trade benefit will dom’s agricultural crop exports Hong Kong. supplies and diversify the in- China will strongly stimulate He said: “Cambodia will ben- be Chinese foreign direct in- dustrial sector, analysts say. the Kingdom’s exports – not efit by playing a significant role vestment (FDI) with signifi- The third round of FTA negoti- only in the garment sector. in China’s expansion plans and cant investment in the King- ations has solved the remaining There will be a greater flow of influence in the region, primar- dom through infrastructure, issues in the agreement text and investment from China. ily through infrastructure invest- real estate, financial services, approved in principle the mar- “From what we read from ment, expansion of special eco- manufacturing and retail. ket access of goods and services. the Ministry of Commerce’s nomic zones, and by building “The attraction of an FTA for It is expected to be signed by the statement regarding the re- Cambodia’s manufacturing pro- China is more investment in end of the year, the Ministry of sults of the third round of duction base as an export hub to Cambodia rather than the ex- Commerce said on Tuesday. negotiations, exports from the US and the rest of the world. port of goods and services from “If the two country’s leaders Cambodia are set to increase “Presently, China’s economy Cambodia to China,” he said. approve the agreement text more than 20 per cent. is slowly recovering and Cam- The FTA is expected to boost and the market access that was “At the same time, we will see bodia is in the depths of the bilateral trade to $10 billion by proposed, exports from Cam- more investment into the raw struggling Covid-19 economy. 2023. Bilateral trade volume be- bodia are expected to grow material supply for garment, “As the world progressively tween the two countries reached more than the average growth footwear and travel goods, elec- returns to normal, and as free $7.4 billion in 2018, a 22 per cent rate of 20 per cent per year seen tronics and other industries . . . I trade agreements materialise increase compared to 2017’s $6.04 Provincial governor Kuoch Chamroeun visited the fruit processing plant in 2017, 2018 and 2019. believe the FTA will help other and are implemented, Cam- billion, ministry data show. recently and expressed his support. council of ministers East Timor rice exports ready to roll

Hin Pisei of rice for export to East Timor Cambodian rice exporters.” office for its rice-purchasing and has asked it for feedback.” He added that East Timor has companies in the Kingdom. CAMBODIA is prepared to He also urged East Timor’s never bought rice from Cam- He said he wanted the compa- export 30,000 tonnes of milled private sector to invest in a rice bodia and historically relied on nies to build warehouses, facto- rice to East Timor soon, which mill in the Kingdom. Vietnam to satisfy its demand. ries and silos as well as establish will open a promising new Lopes said East Timor is CRF board chairman Hun Lak purchasing channels to facilitate market for the rice sector. intent on importing rice from told The Post in April that East rice exports to East Timor. At an April 17 meeting with the Cambodia and added that East Timor had first offered to buy Rice export reports show that Green Trade Company, under Timor could export crops to rice from Cambodia to prevent in the first five months of this the Ministry of Commerce, and the Kingdom as well. a food shortage due to Covid-19. year, Cambodia exported the Cambodia Rice Federation He also mentioned that his The country has yet to specify an 356,097 tonnes of rice to the (CRF), Ambassador of East Timor country could provide 3,000 fuel amount. international market, a 42.34 to Cambodia Ermenegildo sector jobs to Cambodians. Lak said the government had per cent year-on-year increase. ‘Kupa’ Lopes proposed a plan for CRF president Song Saran requested East Timor to send Last year, the Kingdom the Kingdom to start exporting told The Post on Wednesday a letter to the Ministry of For- exported 250,172 tonnes of rice to East Timor. that Cambodia has enough eign Affairs and International rice worth $241 million. At a meeting with Lopes on white rice stockpiled to meet Cooperation outlining the East Timor imported 6,800 Tuesday, Minister of Commerce East Timor’s demand. specifications of their order. tonnes of rice in the first two Pan Sorasak said Cambodia was He said: “With the efforts of At a meeting with Lopes on months of this year, around now ready to start the project. the Cambodian government, May 27, Prime Minister Hun 5,000 tonnes less than the year- East Timor will soon begin importing Cambodian rice for the first time. He said: “Cambodia has we hope that East Timor will Sen said Cambodia wants East ago period, Port Authority of YOUSOS APDOULRASHIM already prepared 30,000 tonnes become a new strong market for Timor to set up a representative Timor-Leste data shows. THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 7 Business

S’pore condo resales Four-star hotel in PP greenlit prices remain steady Thou Vireak RESALE prices for non-landed highest transacted price for a NVESTMENT continues private homes in Singapore resale unit last month came to pour into Cambodia’s held steady last month de- from an apartment at Nassim tourism sector and hos- spite another plunge in sales Park Residences, which went for pitality industry, setting volume during the second S$10.6 million (US$7.6 million). Ian optimistic mood that the month of the circuit breaker In the city fringes, the most Kingdom will soon welcome period, flash figures from real expensive sale was a unit at back international visitors. estate portal SRX Property The Seafront on Meyer resold The Council for the Devel- showed on Tuesday. for S$2.95 million. In the out- opment of Cambodia (CDC) About 171 units were resold lying areas, the highest trans- has approved local company last month, similar to levels acted price was for a unit at Sun and Moon Hotel Co Ltd’s seen during the financial crisis Kovan Melody, which went $35.2 million four-star hotel of 2009. This volume is a 43 per for S$1.8 million. project in Phnom Penh. cent decrease from the 300 units Sun noted that 18 luxury The hotel will comprise 200 resold in April, SRX figures show. apartments were resold for S$10 rooms and is expected to cre- Last month’s resale volume million and above this year, of ate 535 jobs, the CDC said in a is also 80 per cent lower than which three changed hands dur- press release on Wednesday. in May last year, and 83.1 per ing the circuit breaker period. It is located in Chamkarmon cent off the five-year average Aside from the third floor district’s Tonle Bassac com- volume for the month of May. unit at Nassim Park Residenc- mune on the northeast corner Overall, last month’s prices es which was sold on May 4, of Norodom and Monivong finished 0.1 per cent higher the other two units are also in boulevards just north of the than in April. Year-on-year, the Orchard Road area. Monivong Bridge, which they were 0.6 per cent lower They comprise a high- crosses the Bassac river and than May last year. floor unit at Ardmore Park, connects Monivong Boulevard Areas in Singapore saw a mix which sold for S$27.7 million to National Road 1 in Chbar of price changes as the rest of or S$3,163 per square foot Ampov district to the east. the central region (RCR) or city (US$24,500 per sqm) on April Ann Sothida, the managing fringes increased by 1.7 per 24, as well as a unit at The director of CBRE Cambodia, The hotel will comprise 200 rooms and is expected to create 535 jobs. SUN AND MOON HOTEL CO LTD cent, while prices in the core Claymore, which went for the local affiliate of US com- central region (CCR) or prime S$17 million or S$3,456 per mercial real estate services and “I think it [the project] The ministry has licensed a development sector. districts fell by 0.2 per cent, square foot on April 13. investment firm CBRE Group comes at the right time. And total of 2,044 hotel businesses It said the Ministry of Land and the outside of central re- A SRX indicator measuring Inc, on Wednesday said the in- when the hotel market re- in Cambodia, 343 of which op- Management, Urban Planning gion (OCR) fell by 0.5 per cent. how much a buyer is overpaying vestment will improve the hos- bounds after the Covid-19 erate in Phnom Penh, he said. and Construction issued con- Christine Sun, head of re- (positive value) or underpaying pitality industry’s readiness for crisis, there will be no barriers He expressed his optimism struction permits to 728 proj- search and consultancy at Or- (negative value) for a property the expected surge in overseas for the company to expand in that in “the long-term, we will ects in the first two months – up angeTee and Tie Pte Ltd, noted based on its computer-gener- visitors post-Covid-19. the market, given its profes- be back to normal for tourists 28.1 per cent from 568 in the that the sharp fall in volume ated market value saw a S$1,000 She said this is the com- sional experience. It will be after the Covid-19 situation year-ago period – covering a to- indicates that the resale mar- increase compared to April. pany’s second Western-style very successful,” she said. subsides.” tal of 4.2 million square metres, ket could be highly dependent The data for the overall trans- luxury hotel in the city centre, Ministry of Tourism spokes- In mid-April, the Ministry of up 34 per cent year-on-year. on physical house viewings. action over X-value (TOX) in- after Sun and Moon Urban man Top Sopheak told The Post Economy and Finance said the The total investment in the Looking ahead, ERA Realty cludes only districts with more Hotel on the southeast corner on Wednesday that the invest- value of approved construction Kingdom’s construction sec- head of research and consul- than 10 resale transactions. of the intersection of Street ment would further stimulate projects skyrocketed 47 per cent tor reached $11.43 billion last tancy Nicholas Mak predicts A S$0 TOX means buyers are 136 with Street 15, in Daun development in the tourism year-on-year to $1.996 billion in year, up 98.74 per cent com- that resale transaction volume getting units at the estimated Penh district’s Phsar Kandal I sector, despite the crippling ef- the first two months of this year, pared to 2018’s $5.31 billion, in June will likely vary between market value. commune. fects of the pandemic. fuelled mainly by the housing said a land ministry report. 150 and 300 units, similar to in TOX for last month in- April and last month, as buy- creased to negative S$10,000. ers and agents are still not al- The highest median TOX lowed to inspect the homes. was recorded in district 1’s He said: “However, there Boat Quay/Raffles Place/Ma- could be a growing group of rina areas at negative S$2,100, Hanoi lists homes for foreign owners buyers and sellers waiting for followed by district 14’s Eu- the day that the restrictions nos/Geylang/Paya Lebar ar- THE Hanoi Department of position and great potential are further lifted. eas at negative S$12,600. Construction has listed 22 for tourism development, “The accumulation of pent- District 15’s East Coast/Ma- commercial housing projects, while real estate is competi- up demand could lead to a jump rine Parade posted the low- some complete and some tively priced and profitable. in transaction volume when the est median TOX at negative under construction, where for- For instance, data from market participants are once S$40,000, followed by district eigners can own homes. Savills Vietnam Co Ltd, the again allowed to freely visit and 18’s Pasir Ris/Tampines at neg- They include four projects in Vietnamese unit of the UK- view properties for sale.” ative S$13,000. THE STRAITS TIMES Ha Dong district, like Van Phu- based real estate services pro- SRX data also shows that the (SINGAPORE)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Invest Investment JSC’s Terra An vider, shows that the price of Hung project, Military Petro- new houses in Ho Chi Minh chemical JSC’s housing project in City averages $5,500-6,500 per Kien Hung Ward and Capitaland- sqm. Overall, apartment pric- Hoang Thanh apartment, com- es in both Ho Chi Minh City Hainan says will not mercial and service complex. and Hanoi are still lower than Long Bien district has three regional markets such as Kua- allow free rein to realty projects, including a high-end la Lumpur and Bangkok. apartment building in the Sai The state should increase the THE Chinese island province tal protection,” Liu added. Dong New Urban Area and the foreign ownership caps in apart- of Hainan will strictly control During the past few years, Plaschem apartment, com- ment projects to attract capital, real estate industry develop- Hainan has put the brakes on mercial and office complex. Foreigners can own homes in Van Phu-Invest Investment JSC’s Terra increase market transparency ment and will not be “a pro- the real estate boom, taking An Hung project in Hanoi’s Ha Dong district. SUPPLIED Thanh Xuan district has two and stimulate socio-economic cessing plant for property effective measures to cool the projects, the Stellar Garden month, Vietnam’s capital city zingnews.vn that foreigners’ development, said Hoang. projects”, Party chief Liu Ci- property market in the prov- Apartment Complex and Nguy- also listed 26 other commer- demand for real estate in the He also said this proposal gui said on Monday. ince. Since 2015, the province en Tuan DLC Complex Project. cial housing projects where country is increasing, espe- should not be considered a Liu told a news conference has suspended land approvals Hoang Mai district has the foreigners can buy homes. cially for high-end apartments short-term solution to restore in Beijing that Hainan will for housing. And it also took Rose Tower project, while Hoai Currently, foreigners in Viet- and resorts. the property market in the post- develop the estate industry measures in 2018 to restrict Duc district has two projects in nam can own up to 30 per cent Foreigners with large Covid-19 pandemic era but within its resources and envi- non-native residents from the Nam An Khanh urban area. of apartments in some amounts of capital are not should be a long-term solution. ronmental capability. buying homes on the island. In addition, there are other projects, but demand has far really interested in middle- This would increase liquid- “Hainan rejects being a pro- That same day, officials and projects in Nam Tu Liem, Cau exceeded this level. class and affordable products ity and reduce inventories in cessing plant for real estate experts told a separate news Giay, Ba Dinh, Bac Tu Liem Therefore, the Vietnam Real like Vietnamese people, said the market, said Savills Viet- projects,” Liu said. “The amount conference that China is plan- and Gia Lam districts, such as Estate Brokers Association has Hoang. Therefore, they will not nam director of Ho Chi Minh of our land is limited, and we’ve ning a package of preferential the Hanoi Paragon Project in proposed the government compete with local people in City residential sales Nguyen already learned a lesson.” policies to build Hainan prov- Cau Giay and an office, com- consider increasing the for- the apartment market as prod- Khanh Duy. “We should not build a mod- ince into a globally influential mercial and residential com- eign ownership cap in high- ucts targeting the two groups However, the state must con- ern industrial development and high-quality free trade plex in Ba Dinh, reported the end apartment projects of customers are different. sider carefully because it can mode that relies on a single port, which will serve as a new Kinh Te Do Thi (Urban Econ- Vietnam Real Estate Brokers Vietnam is an attractive des- affect Vietnamese people’s industry. While pursuing eco- growth engine for both the na- omy) newspaper. Association deputy secretary- tination for foreigners due to market shares, he cautioned. nomic growth, we should also tion and the global economy. From November until last general Tran Minh Hoang told its favourable geographical VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK pay attention to environmen- CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK thursday, june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com

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However, critics say the funeralT on Tuesday, with poi- However, the government was death rate is being under-re- gnant tributes and calls for forced into a U-turn by a ported and accuse officials of justice for the 46-year-old Af- Supreme Court ruling on Mon- rushing to lift restrictions for rican American whose death day that it must return to the old political reasons. “touched the world” and ig- format, which government crit- In further signs that a new nor- nited global protests against ics said is more transparent. mal is taking hold in Europe, police brutality and racism. On Tuesday Peru, second officials in Spain said mask- Politicians, civil rights activ- only to Brazil as the region’s wearing in public would be com- ists and celebrities joined in worst-hit country, announced pulsory until an effective treat- sharing memories of the man it had passed 200,000 cases of ment or vaccine can be found. they called a “gentle giant” af- the virus, adding more than Britain, which on Tuesday ter his golden casket was car- 4,000 cases in a single day. announced its death toll had ried into the sanctuary by six In Nicaragua, at least eight passed 50,000, has imposed a pallbearers in masks, as a row public health doctors were two-week quarantine for any- of police officers stood at at- sacked for criticising the lack of one coming into the country, tention and saluted. a serious response to the crisis British nationals included. Civil rights leader Al Sharp- from the government of Presi- ton delivered a fierce eulogy, dent Daniel Ortega, an inde- Life-saving lockdowns punctuated by the deep chords pendent medical body said. The World Health Organisation of a church organ, in which Nicaragua has been criti- (WHO) has warned that compla- he accused President Donald cised for an almost complete cency is the biggest threat in Trump of showing indifference absence of measures to con- countries where the pandemic over Floyd’s death, and sending tain the virus. seems to have abated. police a signal of impunity. Globally, it does not appear “We are fighting wicked- Europe’s Exit to be abating at all – the WHO ness in high places!” Sharp- Despite Europe’s dire record, said a record number of new ton thundered, uttering the most countries on the conti- coronavirus cases were record- phrase over and over as he Civil rights leader Al Sharpton delivered a fierce eulogy at George Floyd’s funeral on Tuesday, punctuated by nent continued to exit their ed worldwide on Monday, the accused Trump of “schem- the deep chords of a church organ. POOL/AFP punishing lockdowns on Tues- majority of them in South Asia ing on how you can spin the day, with Cyprus welcoming and the Americas. story rather than how you can for black life is the same as rest until we get justice.” place by his mother’s grave. its first tourist flights in almost Underlining the warning, achieve justice. the price for white life, we’re Floyd died on May 25 as On the way to the Houston three months and French offi- deaths and infections continue “You sit now trying to figure going to keep coming back to a white Minneapolis officer Memorial Gardens cemetery, cials announcing the Eiffel to climb sharply in India even as out how you’re going to stop these situations over and over pressed a knee into his neck for the cortege passed hundreds Tower will reopen on June 25. the government lifted some curbs the protest, rather than how again,” the preacher told The almost nine minutes, his pleas of well-wishers who chanted Residents of the Moscow after a 10-week lockdown. you’re going to stop the bru- Fountain of Praise Church in of “I can’t breathe” becoming a Floyd’s name. “Rest in power” flocked to parks after officials Authorities in the capital tality,” he said, charging: “The southern Houston. rallying cry for protesters. was scrawled in blue chalk on lifted restrictions in place Delhi warned on Tuesday that signals that we’re sending is Though the occasion was His death has come to em- the road, while one held up since March 30, even though cases in the city could shoot up that if you are in law enforce- solemn, the church echoed body fractured relations be- a sign saying: “We will never 8,595 new cases were regis- almost 20 times to more than ment, that the law doesn’t ap- with music and words of tween communities of colour forget.” tered in Russia on Tuesday and 500,000 in the coming weeks. ply to you.” fond remembrance for a man and police in the US and be- Some 500 guests – all the death toll passed 6,000. The disease emerged late Acknowledging the pres- whose savage death galva- yond as tens of thousands of masked due the coronavi- “It’s nice out and there are a last year before sweeping the ence of the parents of previ- nised a movement. protesters have taken to the rus pandemic – were at the lot of people on the streets,” globe, subjecting billions to ous victims of police violence Sharpton said: “Even in a pan- streets. funeral, including actors said marketing manager Olga some form of lockdown that – including Eric Garner, Both- demic, people are walking out The Fountain of Praise was Channing Tatum and Jamie Ivanova, walking in the Russian paralysed economies. am Jean and Michael Brown in the streets not even follow- the final stage in a series of Foxx, filmmaker Tyler Perry, capital. “It’s a beautiful day, in Those restrictions prevented – Sharpton said they “know ing social distancing because ceremonies before Floyd’s singer Ne-Yo and boxing every sense of the word.” 3.1 million deaths in 11 Euro- better than anyone else the you’ve touched the world. coffin was conveyed by horse- champion Floyd Mayweath- Russia has the third-highest pean countries alone, said an pain” of the Floyd family. “And as we lay you to rest drawn carriage in the early er who is reportedly paying number of confirmed infections Imperial College London study “Until we know the price today, the movement won’t evening to his final resting all expenses. AFP in the world after the US and Bra- published on Monday. AFP Google Maps to display coronavirus-related transit alerts A NEW version of Google’s mapping worn, or crowds are expected. and federal governments or from service being rolled out will display Nagarajan said: “Having this infor- their websites. pandemic-related transit alerts and mation before and during your trip “And we are actively working with let people know when buses or trains is critical for both essential workers other agencies around the world to might be crowded. who need to safely navigate to work bring even more of this helpful data Updated versions of the free app for and will become more important for to users in Google Maps.” smartphones powered by Apple or everyone as countries around the Google last year added predictions Google-backed Android software will world begin to reopen.” about public transit crowds to Maps, also let drivers know about Covid-19 The transit alerts are rolling out in and early this year marked its 15th checkpoints or restrictions on their Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, anniversary with enhanced details routes. Britain, Colombia, France, India, about transit services. “We’re introducing features to help Mexico, Netherlands, Spain, Thailand Nagarajan said: “You can easily see you easily find important informa- and the US where information from the times when a transit station is his- tion if you need to venture out, local transit agencies is available. torically more or less busy to plan your whether it’s by car or public transpor- Nagarajan said people using Maps to trip accordingly or you can look at live tation,” Google Maps product man- navigate to medical facilities or Covid- data showing how busy it is right now agement director Ramesh Nagarajan 19 testing centres will be shown remind- compared to its usual level of activity. said in a blog post. ers to verify eligibility and guidelines “Rolling out over the next several Alerts about Covid-19 checkpoint to avoid being turned away. weeks, these capabilities are powered notifications are to begin with cross- Alerts for those travelling to medi- by aggregated and anonymised data ings between the US and Canada or cal facilities will be available in Indo- from users who have opted in.” Mexico. nesia, Israel, the Philippines, South Google has more than one billion When people use Maps for trips by Korea and the US starting this week. monthly active users for its app, and public transit, Google will provide avail- Nagarajan said: “We’re showing has mapped more than 220 countries able information regarding whether these alerts where we’ve received and territories and offers live traffic schedules are limited, masks must be authoritative data from local, state updates in 171 countries. AFP A new version of Google’s mapping service will display pandemic-related transit alerts. AFP 10 THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com ASEAN Philippine anti-terror bill in Duterte’s hands

pponents of the Philip- judicial power” under the 1987 Con- stead address and focus on the press- pine’s new anti-terrorism stitution, while the 14 to 24-day de- ing needs and concerns of the Filipino bill may have to wait for tention without charges violated the people amid the Covid-19 crisis.” up to 30 days before they three-day preventive detention limit Castro noted the “hasty transmit- canO take the next legal step against the under the Constitution. tal” of the bill to Malacanang despite proposed law. “That’s why in our Constitution, the withdrawal of support by a grow- But some of them are appealing to there are checks and balances. Law ing number of lawmakers. Several President Rodrigo Duterte to veto the enforcers should not get to decide House members changed their votes entire measure or parts of it that are who can be arrested. That [authority] from “yes” to “abstain”, while 15 others deemed unconstitutional. is given to the judiciary, an indepen- withdrew as co-authors of the bill. Presidential spokesperson Harry dent coequal body,” said Cayosa. The ecclesial body of the Catholic Roque said the Malacanang Presiden- If the president signs the anti-ter- Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines tial Palace on Tuesday received the en- rorism law as it is, “we have no other (CBCP), which coordinates neighbour- rolled copy of the bill signed by both recourse but to bring to the Supreme hood-based faith communities in the speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Sen- Court the constitutional issues that parishes all over the country, also voiced ate president Vicente Sotto III. need to be decided”, he said in a tele- opposition to the bill as “a deflection or “We have a 30-day period to review, vision interview. deviation from the life issues”, espe- either to veto or to sign the bill. Other- Other groups plan to take the same cially the Covid-19 pandemic. wise, if the president does not act on it, legal action. “The trauma inflicted by the pan- it will become law,” said Roque. Malacanang will study the bill’s provisions and officials would advise the president Cayosa said “in the hands of an abu- demic on the poor and the margina- He assured the public that Mala- regarding any unconstitutional provisions that would warrant a veto. STR/AFP sive government, it is possible” that lised is immense and they do not need canang would carefully study the bill’s government critics who make com- another law to add to that nor repress provisions and officials would advise Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) and the He noted that in rallies against the ments on Facebook or join a peaceful their dissatisfaction of what they are the president regarding any uncon- DoJ will be tasked with promulgating, bill, the people were protesting against rally will be branded as terrorists by going through,” said a statement stitutional provisions that would war- the parameters within which the law warrantless arrests. But such arrests the ATC, which is composed of several signed by Malaybalay Bishop Jose Ca- rant a veto. will be implemented and enforced, in are currently allowed and in the anti- Cabinet members. bantan, chair of the CBCP Basic Eccle- The House committees on public order to erase any latitude for misap- terror bill, authorities are required to He said the bill criminalised “mere sial Community. order and national security adopted plication or abuse,” said Guevarra. report the arrests to the courts and the suspicion, mere planning” of terrorist He said government efforts must fo- Senate Bill No 1083, which senators Senator Panfilo Lacson, who spon- Commission on Human Rights, said activities as an offence called “inciting cus on giving priority to the economic approved in February, as House Bill sored the Senate bill, said the Philip- Lacson. to commit terrorism”. recovery of its people, particularly No 6875 on May 29. Duterte certified pines needed the proposed “stronger” Opponents of the bill had warned Under the country’s criminal law, those who lost their jobs. the proposed law as urgent on June anti-terror law to replace the Human that it might be used to curb freedom mere intention without execution is not The proposed anti-terrorism law 1. Two days later, the House voted on Security Act of 2007 to prevent the of expression and silence critics of the considered a crime, he pointed out. would also undermine the continu- third and final reading to pass the bill. country from becoming a haven for government. “[Under the anti-terrorism law] ing struggle of the indigenous peoples Secretary of Justice Menardo Gue- terrorists. One group, the Integrated Bar of the one can be arrested for guilt by as- (IPs) and pressing ecological concerns, varra said the Department of Justice Because of the weakness in the cur- Philippines (IBP), on Tuesday urged sociation,” Cayosa said. A member of said Cabantan. (DoJ) would need about 15 days for its rent law, the country has become the Duterte to veto its “constitutionally a group designated as a terrorist or- “What the IPs need are laws that will own review of the proposed law. “laboratory” of groups like the Islamic questionable” provisions. ganisation, even without any involve- truly respond to their unduly neglected “As in the past, we shall focus on is- State and the Jemaah Islamiyah, he It said the measure gave judicial ment in any terrorism plan or activity, sociocultural concerns like land prob- sues of constitutionality,” he told re- said. powers to the ATC, which could order may still be arrested and held without lems, human rights violations, et cet- porters on Tuesday. Lacson said in an interview with dzRH the surveillance or arrest of a suspect charges for up to 24 days. era, that continue to cause them social “Should the anti-terror bill be en- radio: “Our people are being blinded and his detention for up to 24 days ACT Teachers Representative France unrest and poverty, and not laws that acted into law, the DoJ will endeavour by efforts of the critics to poison their without charges. Castro urged the president to junk the will further degrade them nor oppor- to define more clearly, in the imple- minds, to the point that the informa- IBP president Domingo Cayosa Jr proposed law. “We challenge [Duterte] tunities to use and abuse them,” said menting rules and regulations that the tion they are saying is inaccurate.” said such authority “is exclusively a to veto the anti-terror bill, and to in- the bishop. PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ANN Vietnam considering flights from ‘safe’ areas, says Phuc Vietnamese Prime Minister The Ministry of Transport was particularly when for nearly Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Tuesday asked to direct the organisations two months, the country had said there would be no limit on of such repatriation flights. gone without any community the number of flights that bring For commercial flights, Phuc transmission of the virus. Vietnamese people home or assigned the National Steering “The top priority of Viet- foreigners to the country as long Committee on Covid-19 Preven- nam’s fight against Covid-19 is as they meet regulated criteria. tion and Control to announce to make Vietnam safe to devel- Phuc also allowed the reo- safe areas with no cases of new op sustainably in the ‘new nor- pening of bars and karaoke Covid-19 for 30 days. mal’,” he said. venues after they were closed The Steering Committee Secondly, Vietnam’s govern- in the end of March. would continue to instruct, ment has followed the Politbu- Chairing a government meet- manage and conduct quar- ro’s direction on focusing on ing on Tuesday on Covid-19 pre- antine for all people who are domestic socio-economic vention and control, he said eligible to enter Vietnam at development first. Vietnam would create favoura- ble conditions for foreign experts, The top priority of Vietnam’s investors and skilled workers to enter the country, seeking invest- fight against Covid-19 is to ment opportunities and jobs. make Vietnam safe to develop He asked the ministries of transport and foreign affairs to sustainably in the ‘new normal’ suggest suitable routes and flights. this time. At the same time, Phuc said, People’s Committees of prov- Phuc said: “Vietnam cannot Vietnam was also prepared to inces and cities were asked to close the border completely but open for integration and con- arrange quarantine areas, pick- would not open the border tinue developing into the world’s ing up and hosting the guests when we have not identified safe destination. as well as offering proper med- other countries’ level of safety.” He said that there was no ical tests as regulated. Also at the meeting, he room for neglect or carelessness The ministries of Finance; agreed to the reopening of at this time, especially along and Health would work on bars and karaoke venues borders of road, sea, air and at current regulations of Vietnam which have been suspended border gates. to propose quarantine fees, since the end of March to con- By Wednesday, Vietnam con- particularly medical costs to tain the pandemic. firmed 332 Covid-19 cases, of ensure the state budget. However, the Ministry of Pub- which, 316 recovered, account- The prime minister would lic Security was asked to tighten ing for 95.2 per cent. Of the 16 decide on the issue at a later its inspection to avoid violations active cases, three cases tested date. that are said to usually occur at negative for Sars-CoV-2 once To Vietnamese citizens who such sites, for example illegally while two others tested nega- are living overseas and want to narcotic use and trade. tive for the coronavirus at least return to Vietnam, Phuc asked Phuc said at the meeting that twice. the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to Vietnam’s achievements in Of all Covid-19 cases in Viet- publicise detailed criteria and Covid-19 prevention and con- nam, 192 cases were imported. open registration. trol were much appreciated, VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 11 Opinion

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EDITORIAL PERSONNEL EDITORIAL PERSONNEL Opinion Publisher & Chief Executive Offi cer Andrew Sheng Publisher & Chief Executive Offi cer Ly Tayseng Ly Tayseng Executive Editor-in-Chief Executive Editor-in-Chief Joshua Purushotman N JANUARY 49 BC, Julius Caesar Joshua Purushotman Managing Editor Post Khmer crossed the Rubicon river with Managing Editor Post Khmer Sam Rith his 13th Legion and marched Deputy Chief of Staff into Rome, effectively ending its Sam Rith Phak Seangly IRepublican period and opening the Deputy Chief of Staff Business Editor Phak Seangly way to Imperial Rome. “Crossing the May Kunmakara Business Editor Rubicon” was so pivotal that today it Deputy Business Editor May Kunmakara means a decision which marks a Sangeetha Amarthalingam Deputy Business Editor point of no return. Deputy Head of Lifestyle Desk Sorn Sarath We are certainly in an epoch where Pan Simala facts are stranger than fiction. What is Deputy Head of Lifestyle Desk Senior Reporters unfolding before our eyes today defies Pan Simala Meas Sokchea, Niem Chheng imagination. Order has become disor- Senior Reporters Reporters der. The world has become a reality Meas Sokchea, Niem Chheng Khouth Sophak Chakrya, Kim Sarom, Long show in which anything is possible. Reporters Kimmarita, Khorn Savi, Hin Pisei, Soth Every day, we get tweets and action Khouth Sophak Chakrya, Kim Sarom, Long Koemsoeun, Voun Dara, Sous Yamy,Soung from the White House in language and Kimmarita, Khorn Savi, Hin Pisei, Soth Sovanny, Thou Vireak, Ry Sochan comments that defies credibility. Koemsoeun, Voun Dara, Sous Yamy,Soung Photographers Since Trump’s election in 2016, we Sovanny, Heng Chivoan, Hong Menea have experienced the most severe Web Editor Ry Sochan pandemic since the 1918 Spanish flu, Leang Phannara Photographers the warmest years in recorded histo- Webmasters ry, the sharpest recession and unem- Heng Chivoan, Hong Menea Sous Chanthy, Pang Vichea ployment levels since the 1930s, the Web Editor SIEM REAP BUREAU longest US stock market bull run Leang Phannara Offi ce Manager The unconscionable killing of African American George Floyd by the police has sparked a raging fire of protests that has also led to (2013-2020), the largest central bank Webmasters Sophearith Blondeel violence and rioting, with more than 9,300 arrested so far. AFP monetary expansion in living history, Sous Chanthy, Pang Vichea PRODUCTION & PRINTING the lowest interest rates ever record- shape the balance of power in her African American George Floyd by SIEM the REAP BUREAUfully the dire implications of using the Head of Desktop Publishing ed and the largest protest levels in favour. Leadership is hers to lose. police has sparked a raging fire ofOffi pro ce -Managermilitary on its own citizens. Nhim Sokphyrak the US since 1968. Trump may not be But what few could imagine was tests that has also led to violenceSophearith and BlondeelSenior US military leaders have Desktop Publishing responsible for everything, but it how mismanagement of the pandem- rioting, with more than 9,300 arrested warned immediately of this threat. An Suon Savatdy, Chum Sokunthy, Danh Borath PRODUCTION & PRINTING happened under his watch. ic has opened up all the ills and weak- so far. “I can’t breathe” has become angry and appalled former US defence Tep Thoeun Thyda, Tim Borith, Than Veasna Head of Desktop Publishing The August US Council of Foreign nesses of the US economy and society. the watchword of protest. secretary General Jim Mattis rebuked Nhim Sokphyrak Relations is so concerned that it has So far, the official GDP growth But this week, in a speech in which his former boss, that “troops taking that HEAD OFFICE published a report on “The End of numbers are -6.8 per cent for the first Trump called protestors “profession-Desktop Publishingsame oath [to defend the Constitution] World Order and American Foreign quarter for China, minus five per al anarchists, violent mobs, or, arson-Suon Savatdy, wouldChum Sokunthy, be ordered Danh Borath under any circum- Policy”. Since the Second World War, cent for US, but in the second quar- ists, looters, criminals and AntifaTep and Thoeun Thyda,stance Tim Borith, to violate Than Veasna the constitutional the US has led a multilateral world ter, when the lockdown truly became others”, he threatened that “if the city rights of their fellow citizens – much less Post Media Co, Ltd. order underwritten by unchallenged effective, the quarterly growth esti- or state refuses to take the actions HEAD OFFICEto provide a bizarre photo op for the The Elements Condominium Level 7, US military might and economic/ mates range from -15 to -25 per cent, that are necessary to defend the life elected commander-in-chief, with mili- Hun Sen Boulevard, Phum Prek Talong, financial power. with the Federal Reserve Bank of and property of their residence, then tary leadership standing alongside”. 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Sound advice by the US Council on Thenh Rithy, 087 888 854 Thenh Rithy tains a leading edge in science, tech- matter of months, the US would suffer Since the US civil war (1861-1865), Foreign Relations to restore world Circulation Supervisor nology, education, management skills over 40 million unemployed and over US troops have been used more in ADMINISTRATION order, or for that matter by anyone Nou Chanthy, 096 999 2828 and military power. The US accounts 100,000 deaths. Recall that the US fighting abroad than at home. Admin & HR Managerelse, would have no effect prior to the Yim Veasna, 015 814 499 for 40 per cent of the world’s stock and went on a 19-year war against terror- In 1871, then-President UlyssesPich Grant Socheat November 2020 presidential elections. ADMINISTRATION bond markets in terms of market capi- ism when 9/11 caused a mere 2,996 applied the Act to fight the Ku KluxAssistants Klan to AdminUntil & HR then, Manager anything is possible. Admin & HR Manager talisation. 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Krom region, Kien Giang Equipped with an electronic is also known by its Khmer chessboard, cosmonauts Ana- name Kramuon Sar. toly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner Witnessing children and played in zero gravity against adults in Binh An commune 30-year-old Russian former travelling bumpy roads covered child prodigy Sergei Karyakin. in wild grass and passing over The game was broadcast live slippery footbridges to schools, and ended in a draw after Phung decided to make the about 15 minutes. roads easier to traverse. It was organised by the Ros- Phung said: “Traffic was not cosmos State Corporation for convenient at all while the pri- Space Activities and the Rus- mary school was more than sian Chess Federation to cel- 4km and the secondary school ebrate the 50th anniversary of was 5km away from the centre the first Space-Earth game of of the commune. It took them chess played on June 9, 1970. a lot of time to travel around.” “It’s a huge honour for us not He started building the first to lose to a grandmaster,” bridge connecting the two Ivanishin said, while Vagner sides of a canal in Xa Xiem added that US astronauts on hamlet in 2005. the ISS watched the game and He learned to design the gave tips. bridge and called upon Bud- Karyakin, who played from dhist followers to help with Monk Ha Van Phung (first, left) walks on the bridge he and Buddhist followers designed and built in Xa Xiem hamlet, Binh An commune in the Moscow’s Museum of Cosmo- building it, meaning con- Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS nautics, said he was jittery struction costs were kept to a during the game and could not minimum. thorities and citizens. Danh So Ri Gia, head of the fall asleep until 4am on the It was the first concrete The commune’s People’s Fatherland Front Commit- night before the match. bridge in the hamlet. Committee donated 300 mil- tee of Xa Xiem hamlet said “They played well,” he said. To date, four concrete bridg- lion dong to build the bridges. Phung created solidarity “I can say that the human brain es and thousands of metres of By doing the work themselves, among local people and au- functions very well in space, roads worth more than one Phung and the Buddhist follow- thorities by building infra- and I have seen this today.” billion dong ($43,000) have ers managed to return 100 mil- structure in the commune. At the age of 12 years and been built to help local people lion dong to the committee. Nguyen Hung Tuan, vice- seven months, Karyakin travel conveniently and safely. The money, he said, was chairman of the commune’s became the world’s youngest Phung was born and raised returned to help other dis- People’s Committee, said ever grandmaster. in Xa Xiem hamlet. Like most advantaged hamlets in the Phung was very enthusiastic Ivanishin, Vagner and US of his peers, he had to work in commune. in rural transport work and astronaut Chris Cassidy the fields to earn a living. Apart from building roads, teaching the Khmer language arrived on the ISS in April. At the age of 18, he be- Phung and local Buddhist to children in the summer. On May 31, they were joined by came a monk and decided followers give poor students He also helped encourage US astronauts Bob Behnken and to spend his life performing rice and school equipment. local people to work hard and Doug Hurley on the first manned good deeds. During summer holidays, escape poverty. private flight to the ISS. In 2004, Phung was ap- he opens a Khmer language Now, only 52 out of 418 Space Exploration Technolo- pointed abbot of Xa Xiem Cu class to teach 200 local resi- households in the area are con- gies Corp (SpaceX) made history Pagoda. Phung thought it was dents in the hamlet to pre- sidered as living in poverty. by becoming the world’s first time to raise his idea about serve their culture. Phung has been awarded commercial company to send the cement bridges and roads Phung also donated 3,000sqm many certificates of merit for Monk Ha Van Phung, the abbot of the Khmer Xa Xiem Cu Pagoda, has humans to the ISS, leading Rus- in the hamlet, a move warmly of land from the pagoda to build his contribution to society. VIET been honoured for his contribution to his local community. VIETNAM NEWS sia to lose its long-held monop- welcomed by both local au- a primary school for children. NAM NEWS/ASIA NEWS NETWORK AGENCY/VIET NAM NEWS oly on space travel. AFP Decade-long treasure hunt in Rockies finally over A decade-long hunt for “The guy who found it does people who looked for his treas- troversy, with a Chicago real treasure hidden in the Rocky not want his name mentioned. ure became obsessed, quitting estate lawyer declaring she Mountains that drew in He’s from back East,” he told their jobs to dedicate themselves was filing an injunction against 350,000 seekers and is believed the Santa Fe New Mexican to the search or even dying in the claimant because she said to have cost five lives has end- newspaper, noting that the their wilderness quest. she had solved the puzzle but ed with someone finally find had been confirmed with One treasure hunter plum- her answer had been hacked. uncovering the chest, the man a photograph. meted 500 feet down a slope Other treasure hunters were who designed the riddle said. Fenn, a former Vietnam War in Yellowstone National Park, sceptical over the timing of the Forrest Fenn, a Santa Fe fighter pilot who went on to while another was found dead announcement, coming so writer and artefacts dealer, become an art dealer and on the bank of a river he had recently after the lawsuit, said he hid $1 million in the author, said he had packed the been rafting down to look for while others were dubious western mountains in 2010 bronze chest with gold dust, the hidden stash. there had even been any treas- and offered clues to its where- expensive rubies and emeralds, At least one man sued Fenn ure in the first place. abouts in a 24-line poem pub- rare coins and even pre-Co- for allegedly publishing mis- Fenn said he had mixed feel- lished in his autobiography lumbian animal figures, worth leading clues and demanded ings now that the adventure he the same year. a total of $1 million dollars. $1.5 million in compensation, had crafted was over. Fenn, now 89, confirmed that He said he launched the chal- a case that was thrown out in “I don’t know, I feel halfway someone has found the treas- lenge to encourage people to February, said the newspaper. kind of glad, halfway kind of sad Hundreds of thousands of treasure hunters attempted to locate the ure but declined to say who the explore the West, but some of It added that even the alleged because the chase is over,” he prize hidden in the Rocky Mountains by writer Forrest Fenn. AFP successful hunter was. the hundreds of thousands of discovery was dogged by con- told the New Mexican. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 13 Lifestyle Gone with the Wind removed from HBO one with the Wind second-degree murder. most-watched on US televi- was removed from Author of 12 Years A Slave sion but have come under the HBO Max John Ridley said in a Los An- scrutiny. streaming platform geles Times op-ed on Monday Civil rights group Color of onG Tuesday, as mass protests that Gone with the Wind must Change, which campaigned against racism and police be removed as it “doesn’t just against the show for its depic- brutality prompt television ‘fall short’ with regard to rep- tion of suspects and alleged networks to reassess their of- resentation” but ignores the masking of racism in police ferings. horrors of slavery and per- forces, welcomed the news The multiple Oscar-winning petuates “some of the most on Tuesday. US Civil War epic released in painful stereotypes of people Its president Rashad Rob- 1939 remains the highest- of colour”. inson tweeted: “For 30 years, grossing movie of all time The company said the film #COPS has normalized in- adjusted for inflation, but its will return to the recently justice and misrepresented depiction of contented slaves launched streaming platform crime, policing and race . . . and heroic slaveholders has at a later date, along with a But it’s far from the only crime garnered criticism. discussion of its historical TV show to do so.” An HBO Max spokesperson context. Dan Taberski, whose pod- said in a statement: “Gone No edits will be made, “be- cast Running from Cops With The Wind is a product cause to do otherwise would claimed the show allowed of its time and depicts some be the same as claiming these police to remove unflattering of the ethnic and racial prej- prejudices never existed”. material during editing, said udices that have, unfortu- “If we are to create a more he was “hopeful its cancella- nately, been commonplace in just, equitable and inclusive fu- tion 31 years later is a sign of American society. ture, we must first acknowledge positive change to come”. “These racist depictions and understand our history.” Popular reality cop show were wrong then and are Live PD has also been re- wrong today, and we felt that ‘Normalised injustice’ moved from schedules, while to keep this title up without an Meanwhile on Tuesday, Jessica Alba-starring scripted explanation and a denounce- long-running reality series procedural LA’s Finest saw its ment of those depictions Cops was cancelled by Para- season premiere delayed on would be irresponsible.” mount Network. Monday. Demonstrations have swept The show followed real-life And in the UK, the BBC said the US since the May 25 killing US officers on duty for over it had pulled sketch show of African American George three decades, but had been Little Britain – which fea- Floyd while in police custody, accused of glamorising as- tures scenes where white ac- with calls growing for police re- pects of policing and distort- tors wear makeup to portray form and the broader removal ing issues such as race. characters from other ethnic of symbols of a racist legacy, A network spokesperson backgrounds – from its iPlay- including monuments to the told US media on Tuesday: er streaming service. slave-holding Confederacy. “Cops is not on the Para- A spokesperson for the na- Floyd died on May 25 as mount Network and we don’t tional broadcaster on Tuesday a white Minneapolis officer have any current or future said: “Times have changed pressed a knee into his neck plans for it to return.” since Little Britain first aired for almost nine minutes. The Police shows – both reality so it is not currently available officer has been charged with and scripted – are among the on BBC iPlayer.” AFP The classic US Civil War epic has been removed from HBO as racial tensions rise. AFP Uproar as Uganda plans to dam famous Nile waterfall THE boat edged as close as along the Nile have dried up tion of Uganda tourism, then possible to the deafening surge and vanished in recent decades you kill the whole industry.” of water roaring over Mur- in the wake of major hydro- chison Falls, giving tourists a power ventures in Uganda, Power struggle hair-raising shot of one of which sources 80 per cent of its The pristine landscape has Africa’s awesome and terrify- electricity from its rivers. been marred by wide roads and ing natural spectacles. The most recent was Karuma, construction as other energy Tens of thousands visit a once-grand cascade at the and infrastructure projects northwest Uganda every year entrance to Murchison Falls have encroached on the park. to marvel as the force of the National Park. A mammoth French multinational integrat- Nile crashes into a jungle-clad 840MW plant slated for Ayago, ed oil and gas company Total ravine. But a proposal to build another set of falls further SA has an oil field venture in the a hydroelectric dam nearby inside the park, could become park’s western reaches. has caused an uproar, and Uganda’s largest hydro plant. Kris Erard, a Belgian tourist debate over the merits of Uganda Tour Operators and return visitor to Uganda, development at all costs. Organisation vice-president hoped any prospective hydro- “I don’t agree with putting a Benedict Ntale said: “We have power project would bring eco- dam on the Murchison Falls, lost so much. We can’t lose eve- nomic benefits to the region and although I agree with the efforts rything . . . Why don’t we spare its people, but was sceptical. at looking for development this particular one? Are we “As long as the locals take investments in whichever area going to dot the entire Nile advantage of it, I’m all for it,” that might be,” said Ugandan with dams?” he told AFP at Murchison Falls tourist Paolo Kyama after gap- Tourism is Uganda’s biggest National Park. ing at the 43m cascade. earner of foreign exchange, Just 26 per cent of Ugandans are Murchison Falls provides a hair-raising shot of one of Africa’s most awesome natural spectacles. AFP “And reasons for my reserva- and the industry generates connected to the nation’s electric- tions about Murchison is that sustained protest by tourism So everything must be backed The amended plan makes close to 10 per cent of gross ity grid – a figure the government it is a very unique tourist operators, green activists and up by science,” said Minister little difference to opponents domestic product (GDP). hopes to triple by 2040. attraction.” local communities. of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiq- of the project, who say the two Murchison Falls National But critics say there are oth- The government announced The government said the uities Godfrey Kiwanda of the falls are interconnected, and Park attracted 75,000 tourists er ways to generate power that late in November it would allow new proposal looks at dam- policy reversal. damming either risks the in 2016, making it the second- are less controversial or poten- an international consortium to ming Uhuru Falls, a smaller “What made cabinet rescind health of the ecosystem and its most visited protected area in tially harmful than damming explore the feasibility of a cascade nearby, not Murchison its position of just not saying no? tourist appeal. the country. the celebrated waterfalls. 360MW hydro plant in Mur- Falls as originally envisioned. It was basically that let’s back It would be a far cry from the It served as the backdrop for Ntale said: “What we are say- chison Falls National Park, a pro- Uhuru Falls is adjacent to our no or yes with science.” Grand Ethiopian Renaissance the 1951 Hollywood adventure ing is that there are other tected zone boasting wetlands Murchison Falls on the Victoria Dam, a gigantic project on the classic The African Queen star- sources of energy today. Tech- of international importance. Nile, separated by a narrow Disappearing falls Blue Nile that when completed ring Humphrey Bogart and nologies are changing, every- The decision stunned conser- rocky strip. It was formed in 1962 The feasibility study will be led will be capable of producing Katharine Hepburn, helping thing is improving. vationists, who just three months when powerful floods cut a sec- by Bonang Power and Energy 6,000MW, and is fiercely resisted put it on the map. “So why don’t we look at earlier had been celebrating after ond channel just upstream. (Pty) Ltd, a little-known South by Egypt, which fears its water Ntale said: “When you touch those other alternatives for the government abandoned the “We cannot just say no, or African company that was supply could be at stake. Murchison Falls, or you take power generation, so we can contentious project following a yes, without a feasibility study. enlisted for the first proposal. But waterfalls elsewhere Murchison Falls out of the equa- preserve the falls.” AFP 14 THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Lifestyle Whale that won heart Thinking caps of Canada found dead

Local media speculated that the whale may have been struck by a cargo ship or ran aground in shallow waters. AFP

YOUNG humpback The giant creature had been Local media, citing experts, whale that swam up seen last week swimming in speculated that the whale may one of Canada’s ma- the Saint Lawrence river, div- have been struck by a cargo jor rivers, delighting ing against the backdrop of the ship or ran aground in shallow MontrealersA who packed the Montreal skyline. waters. shores for a glimpse of the The two- to three-year-old Humpback whales live near first of the species in local cetacean had appeared healthy both the Arctic and Antarctic, waters, has died. from a distance, and scientists with adults growing up to 17m The pilot of a passing com- hoped it would head back to the and weighing up to 40 tonnes. mercial ship spotted a “whale estuary and the Gulf of Saint Law- Each pod spends the sum- carcass” near Varennes in Que- rence, more than 400km away. mer near the poles and travels “GO FOR IT” bec province, about 20km east The pilot of the boat, who dis- to tropical areas in their of Montreal, Marie-Eve Muller covered the carcass, told Radio respective hemispheres dur- ACROSS 49 DiMaggio and Louis 11 One with a handle of the Quebec Emergency Net- Canada he had not “seen any ing the winter to breed. 1 Momma’s mate 51 “The Wizard of Oz” character 12 Twangy, as a voice work for Marine Mammals blood or deformation”, which The Montreal visitor was 6 After-shower powders 52 Winter hours in NYC 13 Feudal lord in Scotland (RQUMM) said on Tuesday. would indicate the possibility of likely led astray while chasing 11 Wrecking-ball alternative 53 Designed 18 Goes in The body was towed by the a collision with a ship. prey, or made a navigation 14 Plaque or trophy 56 Docile riding horse of old 23 Archaeological dig sites Canadian fisheries department A team comprised of RQUMM, error, Muller said on Sunday. 15 “Walk ___ in my shoes” 58 Belg. was in it 24 Lowermost ship deck to Sorel, 80km east of Montreal, federal fisheries and University It was the first humpback whale 16 Cheerleader’s sound 59 112.5 degrees away from S 25 Apparel for one in a gang where it was lifted onto shore of Montreal veterinary medi- to be observed in these parts. 17 It may be stuffed with packages 60 Winnerless game 26 Make a bust? with the help of a giant crane. cine officials was headed to the “There have previously been 19 “God Bless the ___” (Lee Green- 61 Terr. now divided into two states 28 Carpets Muller said: “It is very likely site “to learn more”. reports of minke whales or bel- wood hit) 62 It’s usually on track? 31 Gush that it is the same whale observed A necropsy has been planned uga whales, but never for this 20 Fox’s home 68 Rd. counterpart 35 Boy Scout contingent 69 Lost, or a place to be lost 37 Wipe, as a blackboard near Montreal a few days ago.” to determine the cause of death. species,” said RQUMM. AFP 21 An unfinished figure eight? 22 Corn container, sometimes 70 Handbook 38 Irascible 23 Brockovich portrayer 71 Tennis call 40 Detroit football player 27 Emulate a diamond 72 Geneva’s lake 42 French fries are made from it 29 Paranormal showman Geller 73 Kind of bath salts 45 Prevailing US dictionary Merriam-Webster 30 3,600ths of hrs. DOWN 47 Colorful autumn display 32 Vertical board behind a wall 1 Part of a dog’s paw 50 House on the Hill 33 Type or kind 2 Verb in IOU 53 “Put the ___ to the metal!” 34 What Etna can do 3 Chum 54 Exit the premises will update its ‘racism’ definition 36 Everglades bird 4 Fall preceder? 55 Voltaire’s religion 39 Christmas carol 5 Unfavorable 57 Angry and impatient THE US reference dictionary Merriam-Webster 41 Drink impolitely 6 Paving material 63 Herd’s hangout will change its definition of the word ‘racism’ 43 Camelot address 7 Irving, Smart or Carter 64 Did more than walked at the suggestion of a young black woman, who 44 Bit of mistletoe 8 Cat’s nine 65 Sue Grafton’s “___ for Corpse” wanted it to better reflect the oppression of 46 Evidence 9 They may help obtain closure 66 Uproar people of colour. 48 ___ in victory 10 Able to feel 67 Radiation measure Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, contacted Merriam- Wednesday’s solution Webster, which has published its dictionaries since 1847, to propose updating the term. “I basically told them that they need to include that there’s a systematic oppression upon a group of people,” she told the local CBS affiliate KMOV. “It’s not just, ‘Oh, I don’t like someone.’” Merriam-Webster’s editorial manager Peter Sokolowski confirmed to AFP that the definition would be modified after Mitchum’s request. The dictionary currently offers three defini- tions of racism, and Sokolowski said that the second definition touches on Mitchum’s point – but that “we will make that even more clear in our next release”. In the current version of the second defini- Wednesday’s solution tion, racism is “a doctrine or political pro- gramme based on the assumption of racism Kennedy Mitchum, a recent graduate of Drake and designed to execute its principles”, and “a University in Iowa, contacted Merriam-Webster to political or social system founded on racism”. propose updating the term. NERINX HALL VIA FACEBOOK Sokolowski said: “This is the kind of continu- caused in failing to address this issue sooner,” said ous revision that is part of the work of keeping the editor, according to a message published by the dictionary up to date, based on rigorous Drake University and retweeted by Mitchum. criteria and research we employ in order to The Merriam-Webster site, where the defini- describe the language as it is actually used.” tions are available for free, had nearly 50 million One of the dictionary’s editors told Mitchum unique visitors last month, data from the web that the definitions of other words “related to analytics services provider SimilarWeb show. racism or have racial connotations” would also Merriam-Webster’s Twitter account has also be updated, without specifying which ones. become a viral hit in recent years, with Buzzfeed “We apologise for the harm and offense we have calling it “the sassiest dictionary on Twitter”. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com 15 Sport UFC to host events on Abu Dhabi ‘Fight Island’

Four fight cards will take place on July 11, 15, 18 and 25, and will include several championship bouts. GETTY IMAGES/AFP

MIXED martial arts supremo Dana White said on Tuesday his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) will stage a series of bouts on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi next month to ease travel headaches for international fighters. White told ESPN that the UFC would host four events on what he dubbed “Fight Island” because of coronavirus travel restrictions to the US which have complicated schedul- ing of international cards. The four fight cards will take place on July 11, 15, 18 and 25, and will include several championship bouts. UFC fighters will be housed in a “safe- ty zone” which is open only to athletes, Roger Federer holds the record for men’s Grand Slam singles titles and was last month named as the world’s highest-paid athlete. AFP coaches, UFC staff and personnel. White told ESPN: “We’re literally just going to Yas Island right now to pull off these fights, because the hardest thing to do right now is to get Roger Federer out of tennis until people into the country from other parts of the world. “And we are a true global business – we’re the only ones that are pulling off next year after second knee surgery live sports right now. And if I continue to do fights in the United States, I’m gonna WENTY-time Grand Slam to play at my highest level. the now cancelled grass court sea- for the first time since World War II. burn out all my American talent. tennis singles champion “I will be missing my fans and the son this month. His last tournament Federer, known for his elegant “So now we’ve got Yas Island ready Roger Federer on Wednes- tour dearly but I will look forward to match was on January 30 in the Aus- style of play, has got off lightly with to go – it’s set up.” day said he would be side- seeing everyone back on tour at the tralian Open semi-final, where he injuries during a career in which he Fighters will train in an octagon set linedT until next year after undergo- start of the 2021 season.” lost to eventual champion Djokovic. has won 103 singles titles, including up on the beach, White added. ing his second knee operation in a The announcement is likely to re- His last appearance on court was all four majors. UFC has held events in the UAE matter of months. new speculation about retirement in front of 51,954 fans – touted by or- He previously had arthroscopic before, staging a card on Yas Island in The 38-year-old Swiss said he needed for Federer, who holds the record ganisers as a world record for tennis surgery on his left knee – the first op- September last year. follow-up arthroscopic surgery “a few for men’s Grand Slam singles titles – at a charity match against Nadal in eration of his career – in early 2016, The UFC’s scheduling was thrown weeks ago” after undergoing a similar and was last month named as the Cape Town in early February. after suffering a freak injury while into disarray earlier this year as the keyhole procedure in February. world’s highest-paid athlete. Tennis ground to a halt in March running a bath for his daughters. Covid-19 crisis unfolded, with six Federer, whose last Grand Slam Federer, whose first major trophy because of the coronavirus and due But after failing to win a title that events in March, April and last month win was the 2018 Australian Open, was in 2003, lies just ahead of his to travel restrictions, the globetrotting year Federer returned strongly in all postponed. said he “experienced a setback dur- fierce rivals Rafael Nadal (19) and No- sport faces an uncertain route back. 2017, winning seven tournaments The circuit has since returned to ing [his] initial rehabilitation”. vak Djokovic (17) on the all-time list. In April, Federer said he was “devas- including the Australian Open and activity with a series of cards in Flor- He tweeted: “I plan to take the nec- After the initial operation Federer tated” when Wimbledon, where he has Wimbledon – his most prolific sea- ida and Las Vegas held behind closed essary time to be 100 percent ready had originally planned to return for won a record eight titles, was cancelled son in a decade. AFP doors. AFP Leverkusen end Saarbruecken’s German cup fairytale

SAARBRUECKEN’S unprece- in the driving seat from the get Bellarabi to smash home. dented German Cup run came go at Saarbruecken’s tiny, The defeat would have been to an end at the semi-finals on empty ground in southwest- heavier had Paulinho not Tuesday after a 3-0 defeat at ern Germany. missed several good chances the hands of Bundesliga outfit Kwasniok told British broad- to beat Saarbruecken’s impres- Bayer Leverkusen. caster Sky News: “We lost, that sive goalkeeper Daniel Batz, The fourth-tier side, whose is bad for our state of mind who saved five penalties in his last competitive match was in most of all. It bothered me that team’s quarter-final win over March, beat top-flight clubs we weren’t tough enough.” Duesseldorf and made some Cologne and Fortuna Dues- The away side were quickly good stops on Tuesday. seldorf on their way to becom- two ahead thanks to goals Leverkusen will now take on ing the first team from that from Moussa Diaby and either Bayern Munich or Ein- level to reach the last four of Lucas Alario within the first tracht Frankfurt, who face off the cup. 20 minutes. at the Allianz Arena on Wednes- Saarbruecken coach Lukas Both were set up by Kerem day, in the final on July 4. Kwasniok had said a place in Demirbay, whose pass for Leverkusen coach Peter the July final at Berlin’s Olym- Diaby’s opener in particular Posz told Sky: “I had no pic Stadium would be tanta- highlighted the gulf in class doubts, but you have to mount to the “rebirth of between the two teams. respect Saarbrucken. My boys Jesus”, but there was no mira- The hosts never recovered were focused, the game was cle on Tuesday. from those early blows, and over after the first two goals. They were comfortably dealt just before the hour mark “You don’t get many chanc- with by Leverkusen, who are Leverkusen struck a third, with es to play in a final. You play chasing a spot in next season’s Demirbay once again the man a final to win it. That will be Kerem Demirbay (left) set up three goals as Leverkusen ended Saarbruecken’s German Cup dream at the Champions League and were to lay on the decisive pass for the next task.” AFP semi-finals. pOOL/AFP 16 THE PHNOM PENH POST june 11, 2020 www.phnompenhpost.com Sport A new hope for Malyasian badminton is aptly a Lee EE Zii Jia’s charge up the until his retirement last year. badminton rankings Lee Zii Jia said: “From the be- has sparked hopes that ginning, everybody said I am Malaysia has found a the next Lee Chong Wei, that I successorL to the legendary Lee am going to replace him. Chong Wei – and someone who “It made me [feel] pressure can finally win the country a but now, slowly, I have become first Olympic gold. more mature . . . I am starting The 22-year-old jumped to to accept those pressures, and world No10 after establish- turn them into motivation.” ing himself in the sport’s elite The major disappointment in with some big-name scalps former world No1 Lee Chong at the start of this year before Wei’s glittering career was that Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia is charging up the badminton rankings and drawing comparisons to another Lee – legend Lee Chong Wei. AFP play was suspended because he failed to win badminton’s big- of the coronavirus. gest prizes, being beaten to gold said. “For me no pressure, just 2016 only to be defeated by Lee Zii Jia has an attacking ing last week as Malaysia’s re- He defeated China’s Olym- by his nemesis Lin Dan of China go and fight, and try my best.” China’s Chen, who a year earlier style but in recent matches strictions ease. pic champion Chen Long to in the 2008 and 2012 Olympic fi- had also relegated him to silver has shown more patience and Lee is concerned about the reach the semi-finals of the nals, and the World Champion- Packed calendar at the World Championships. consistency, such as during prospect of a frantic end to prestigious All England Open ships in 2011 and 2013. He has received advice “Their combination, I think, his 21-12, 21-18 victory over the year with a packed tour- in March, and beat China’s But Lee Zii Jia, despite the from the elder Lee, 37, and is is very good,” said Lee Zii Jia Chen in his first appearance nament calendar once com- ninth-ranked Shi Yuqi at the weight of expectation, is down- using the same two coaches of the backroom team of head the All England Open. petitive badminton resumes. Malaysia Masters in January. playing his chances of winning his compatriot did before the coach Hendrawan and assis- Like many athletes, he was “There will be many tour- But he remains relaxed about gold at the virus-delayed Tokyo 2016 Rio Olympics. tant Tey Seu Bock. not able to train for weeks due naments back-to-back. I have being touted as the heir to fel- Games next year, which would Lee Chong Wei, who retired “They have worked with Lee to the coronavirus lockdown. not been back on court may- low Malaysian Lee Chong Wei, be his first Olympics. last year after failing to regain Chong Wei for many years, But he and others stayed fit be three months,” he said. a three-time Olympic silver “I don’t think about it . . . I form following successful can- maybe they will share some by having training sessions “Maybe it takes me another medallist and one of the great- will just go and try my best cer treatment, made it to the experiences with me about via video-conferencing and three months to get back to est players of his generation to gain some experience,” he men’s singles finals in Rio in how he trained.” Lee resumed on-court train- normal.” AFP Stevenson dominates as boxing returns to Las Vegas UNDEFEATED Shakur Steven- but was still able to land solid “My people right now, they’re son of the US stopped Felix blows. protesting and there’s a lot going Caraballo with a punishing “I hit him with everything I on in our community, a lot of body shot in the sixth round could early. I wobbled him a people trying to stand up for on Tuesday to win the main bunch of times. He took a lot what’s right,” he said. “I couldn’t event of boxing’s first major of punishment, and I started really go out there and protest fight card since the start of the realising that head shots with them because I had a fight coronavirus outbreak. weren’t going to get him out of coming up and I didn’t want to The 22-year-old Stevenson here. So I started going to the risk catching corona. easily won the 10-round non- body more,” Stevenson said. “Now that the fight is over, I’ll title fight by delivering a dev- Stevenson, who is black, wore go out there and protest. Mask astating left hand to Carabal- a T-shirt reading “Black Lives Mat- up, gloved up, I’ll go out there lo’s rib cage for the knockdown ter” for his post-fight interview. and help my people out.” AFP at 1:31 of the sixth round. Stevenson, who is the World Boxing Organization feather- The Queensland Reds will host fierce rivals New South Wales Waratahs when play kicks off next month. AFP weight champion, completely dominated the Puerto Rican to improve to 14-0 with eight Super Rugby confirms July 3 start knockouts. There were no fans allowed AUSTRALIA’S domestic Super Melbourne Rebels the follow- and Australian Rules football into the MGM Grand Hotel Rugby competition will start ing night, July 4, in Canberra. will get back into action on and Casino conference centre on July 3, it was announced on The Perth-based Western Thursday. because of the ongoing Covid- Tuesday, after an agreement Force will have to wait a week Super Rugby will begin in New 19 pandemic. was reached with the sport’s before being welcomed back Zealand at the weekend with a “It’s a different atmosphere,” main broadcaster. from their two-year Super domestic “Aotearoa” competi- Stevenson said. “Losing the “The five-team competition, Rugby exile as they have an tion with full crowds after local weight was different. Training which features the four Austral- opening-round bye. Covid-19 cases were eradicated. in the gym was different. I ian Super Rugby teams plus the The original 15-team season Rugby Australia had been in couldn’t be around anybody. Western Force, will kick off on across five countries was tense talks with Fox Sports “Even when fighting and July 3 and will be contested over brought to a halt after seven about broadcasting the rest of there was no crowd was differ- 12 consecutive weekends,” Rug- rounds because of the corona- this season and beyond. ent. I would catch him with by Australia said in a statement. virus pandemic. Rugby Australia CEO Rob mean shots and there would The season will kick off with But with Australia seeing only a Clarke promised fans innovation be no ‘Ooohs’ or ‘Aaahs.’” all five teams on zero points handful of cases in the last week, and “a new brand of rugby”. Stevenson also forced Cara- when the Queensland Reds restrictions are being relaxed and Fox has held broadcast rights ballo to take a knee in the first host fierce rivals the New South sports are resuming. for 25 years, but it is not clear round. Wales Waratahs in Brisbane. The National Rugby League that deal will continue beyond Stevenson said he injured Undefeated featherweight champion Shakur Stevenson defeated Felix The ACT Brumbies will play the started at the end of last month this year. AFP his left hand in the fifth round Carabello in Vegas’ first return boxing match. GETTY IMAGES/AFP