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Envoys thank muted New Year festival Kingdom for Mom Kunthear directives banning certain ac- the virus continues to spread. social distancing measures 19 outbreak, which has seen tivities during the upcoming Sreng instructed the rel- would be prohibited. Playing cases jump to well over 2,000 Astrazeneca HE recent curfew Khmer New Year holiday. evant authorities to tighten with water guns in public is with 21 deaths as of March 5. and restrictions im- In Phnom Penh, governor up security, safety and public also banned. The New Year “We do need to find a way to Covid-19 jabs posed in the capital Khuong Sreng urged residents order in the city and to con- festival Songkran, he noted, break the chain of person-to- national – page 3 and other Covid-19 to stay home and refrain from tinue enforcing all Covid-19 would not be taking place at person transmission. I think hotspotsT were intended to travelling to other provinces. preventive measures during Wat Phnom as it had in past [the curfew] is an appropriate break the chain of trans- He noted that the 8pm-5am the celebration, which lasts years. measure. We will monitor the mission, Ministry of Health curfew scheduled to end on from April 14-16. Vandine of the health min- situation and reassess things spokeswoman Or Vandine April 14 could be extended The governor said all types istry said such restrictions are in two weeks’ time. said as municipal and pro- if people are careless in the of traditional games and warranted if the Kingdom is vincial authorities issued new lead-up to the holiday and gambling that conflict with to contain the ongoing Covid- Continued – page 2 Electronic, Prime Minister urges public to electrical buy, use more local products exports hit business – page 6 $755.34M Hin Pisei

CAMBODIA exported $755.34 mil- lion worth of electrical equipment and electronic components to inter- national markets in 2020, up 31.49 per cent compared to $574.44 mil- lion in 2019, according to the Minis- try of Commerce. Electrical equipment and elec- tronic components accounted for Maoist rebels 4.38 per cent of the country’s total exports in 2020, which were to the shoot dead 22 tune of $17.21537 billion. Even with Cambodia and the rest Indian security of the world put in a precarious situ- Rescuers retrieve a victim’s body in Nelemamadike village, East Flores, after torrential rains triggered floods and landslides in Indonesia and East Timor on Monday. BASARNAS/AFP ation by the Covid-19 outbreak, the forces: police Kingdom’s total exports remained in WORLD – Page 10 positive territory last year, the min- istry said in a March 29 statement. More than 90 dead in Indonesia, The ministry’s annual report revealed that total export value had risen by 16.72 per cent from $14.74874 billion in 2019. E Timor floods, dozens missing Cambodia Chamber of Com- merce vice-president Lim Heng told TROPICAL cyclone Seroja pounded The cyclone, which was picking up transformed into a mud pit. The Post on April 5 that exports of Indonesia and East Timor on April 5 strength as it moved toward the west In Indonesia’s remote East Flores mu- electrical equipment and electronic after torrential rains triggered floods coast of Australia, hampered efforts nicipality, torrents of mud washed over components enjoyed a surge last and landslides that have killed at least to reach trapped survivors. homes, bridges and roads, while strong year on the back of ongoing Sino-US 91 people and left dozens missing. Indonesia’s disaster agency said at waves have prevented search teams trade disputes which have prompt- Packing heavy winds and rain, the least 70 people have been killed, with from accessing the hardest-hit areas. ed industries to relocate from China Italian dogs storm heaped more misery on the another 70 missing. On Lembata, an island east of to the Kingdom. Southeast Asian nations after the disaster In East Timor, at least 21 people Flores, parts of some villages were Cambodia boasts business-friendly in training turned small communities into waste- have been killed according to an of- swept down a mountainside and car- investment laws, an abundance of lands of mud and uprooted trees and ficial in the tiny half-island nation of ried to the shore of the ocean. young workers, preferential tariffs on to sniff out forced thousands of people into shelters. 1.3 million that lies between Indone- Soon after flash floods began tear- exports to many countries and an over- Downpours are expected over the sia and Australia. ing into resident Basir Langoday’s all more favourable environment for coronavirus next day as the storm triggers off- Many of the deaths were in Timor’s district in the early morning, he heard investment and exports, he claimed. shore waves as high as 6m, Indone- inundated capital Dili, where the lifestyle – page 14 sia’s disaster agency said. front of the presidential palace was Continued – page 11 Continued – page 6

THE PHNOM PENH POST Don’t miss our NewJustice census ministry analysis setting reveals up SpecialNational Report dropmediation in domestic training migration team InsideInside page page 5 3 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com National Land clearing accusations PM congratulates Vietnam’s newly from 2008 under scrutiny elected president Voun Dara strong commitment to work- ing closely with President CAMBODIA is committed to [Phuc], especially to overcome consolidating its long-standing the unprecedented challenges relationship with Vietnam, caused by the Covid-19 pan- Prime Minister Hun Sen said in demic,” Hun Sen said. a letter congratulating the lat- He also exprssed to Phuc ter’s newly elected President how he nutured the tradition- Nguyen Xuan Phuc. al bond of frienship and Phuc, 66, was elected by Viet- enriched both nations during nam’s National Assembly on his term as prime minister. April 5 after he had served as This commitment contributed prime minister for five years. to peace, stability, sustainable “I believe that although we are development and prosperity now at different levels of develop- for both countries, the region ment, our partnership will remain and the world at large. strong and continue to develop Kin Phea, director of the deeper cooperation between our Royal Academy of Cambodia’s two countries,” Hun Sen said in International Relations Insti- his letter to Phuc on April 5. tute, said the countries’ mutu- He said this has shown the al relationship since 1979 has immense trust and confidence been one of good and tradi- that the Vietnamese commu- tional neighbours. nist party and people have in “As we can see in many docu- Phuc’s leadership. ments and the confirmation from He added that under Phuc’s the leaders of Cambodia and Viet- stewardship, Vietnam would nam – either at party or state make greater socio-econom- level – the two nations’ leaders ic progress toward achieving have always been determined to the goal of becoming a devel- strengthen friendship and coop- The forest land in question is located in Oral district. supplied oped country by 2045 and eration in all aspects,” he said. continue to thrive as an active Phea cautioned, however, that Long Kimmarita They will conduct an inves- by Heng and other officials. two places as state property, player in regional and inter- both nations must respect each tigation until April 9 on site in Hean denied the accusations on which I have been [falsely] national arenas. other’s sovereignty and territo- HE Ministry of Envi- Oral district of Kampong Speu at the time and petitioned accused of encroaching. The “I would like to reaffirm my rial integrity. ronment has sent a province. repeatedly to the higher au- official who made up this case team to investigate “We request that all relevant thorities for intervention in his and the accusations against land disputes at two ministries, units and local au- case. me must be punished in ac- locationsT covering over 100ha. thorities cooperate with and Hean told The Post on April cordance with the law,” Hean The disputes involve for- facilitate matters for the team 5 that he had heard about the said. mer deputy director of the being sent on this mission to investigation and the arrival Hean also added that the Phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctu- ensure that it is successful,” of the investigating team in property of corrupt officials ary Chhun Chhea Heng, who the letter said. Kampong Speu province. He should be confiscated, espe- years ago accused Chea Hean Reached on April 5, former said they questioned Heng cially in this case. – the director at the time of an sanctuary director Chhea and other people who were According to Hean, the for- anti-corruption NGO – of en- Heng – who is currently work- involved on April 5 and that est land in question is located croaching on forest land that ing as an official at the Kam- the team will question him on near O’Ancha River in Choam was sold in 2008, following pong Speu provincial environ- April 8 and then go to examine village of Tasal 1 commune Hean’s levelling of similar ac- ment department – declined the site the next day. and at Chrork Teak village of cusations against him. to comment. “I hope that the inspection Trapaing Chor commune, Prime Minister Hun Sen and Vietnam’s newly elected President Nguyen According to a letter dated Chea Hean was jailed in team will thoroughly investi- both in Oral district. Xuan Phuc. information ministry April 2 and signed by environ- 2008 for 34 months and 17 gate and make a clear report Environment ministry ment ministry undersecretary days after being accused of to the minister and correctly spokesman Neth Pheaktra of state Prum Sophy, the inves- encroachment and then sued interpret the existing rules. It’s declined to comment on the tigating team consists of four for defamation by Chhea not difficult to identify the per- case. PP curfew may extend officials led by the head of the Heng and other officials in re- petrators in this case. “Let expert officials finish inspection and law enforce- sponse to Hean’s prior accu- “I hope that the minister their investigative work first,” ment department, Ear Sokha. sations of similar wrongdoing will reclaim the land in these he said. for another two weeks

Continued from page 1 district police forces would be restricting travel for large “If the number of new infec- numbers of people. tions remains high, I will ask “People from Covid-19 high that the curfew be extended risk areas will be kept in quar- for another week or two weeks antine for 14 days at their re- until we achieve a break in spective homes or in quaran- transmission,” she said. tine centres as advised by the Vandine noted, however, health ministry,” he said. that given the current situa- In Kampong Chhnang prov- tion the country will not be ince, governor Chhour Chan- placed in lockdown because doeun urged local authorities Covid-19 cases have only to be on the lookout for any been traced to certain places. outsiders coming into the prov- In Kampong Thom province, ince from high risk locations. A governor Sok Lou issued a di- 14-day quarantine is required if rective which will be in effect they arrive in the province. for the period around Khmer Chandoeun called on peo- New Year from April 10-18. ple to send greetings to their “In order to guarantee the family members or relatives safety of citizens, public health online and to refrain from vis- and order as well as to mini- iting each other in person. mise the transmission of the On April 5 alone, the health coronavirus, the provincial ministry reported the country’s administration requests that 21st Covid-19 fatality and an- [on-site service for all busi- other 63 Covid-19 cases linked nesses selling food or drinks] to the February 20 community be suspended temporarily, outbreak, bringing the tally to though takeaway and delivery 2,222 with 1,230 recoveries. orders for food and drink are As of March 5, Cambodia still permitted,” he said. had recorded a total of 2,752 Lou said parties or gath- Covid-19 cases with 978 re- erings at natural, historical ceiving ongoing treatment and man-made resorts are and 21 confirmed deaths all banned and that town and from the disease. THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com 3 National Justice ministry setting up mediation training team

Voun Dara Am Sam Ath, deputy director for rights group Licadho, said THE Ministry of Justice is setting that in the past Cambodia had up a mediation training team to justice centres in some districts be made up of specialists from and towns where disputes could state institutions as well as na- be mediated and solved outside tional and international civil so- the courts, but he noted that it ciety organisations (CSOs). did not seem to help reduce the The team will then offer train- number of court cases. ing to officials at the local level in He said if the ministry’s plan how to implement dispute reso- works, it could reduce the court lution mechanisms to resolve case backlog and also decrease disputes outside of the courts. instances of revenge between Ministry spokesman Chin Mal- disputants and general discord in said on April 4 that the plan was from those holding grudges. hatched following a discussion on “As the mechanism is just being April 2 at the fourth consultative set up, we must wait and see the workshop via video conference results and its efficiency. Most with representatives from devel- importantly, those who medi- opment partners and more than ate disputes must take a training 40 local and international CSOs. course and understand the con- “We’ve already had some volun- text of the disputes they mediate teers. We plan to recruit eight to 10 in advance. And they must settle mediators from the justice ministry, them in an independent and im- government institutions and other partial manner,” he said. interested parties who are skilled Oxfam Cambodia project man- in mediation and are recognised at ager Phean Sophoan said the or- home and abroad,” he said. ganisation supported the initiative The mediation training team led by the justice ministry, saying it will prepare lesson plans, out- should draw from national and in- line teaching methods and write ternational expertise to inform the operational rules in advance of overall concept with an inclusive when the legal framework and consultation process. policies are officially announced. “The establishment of a pool of Malin said that community expertise in mediation is very im- mediation was a part of the jus- portant as it helps strengthen and tice ministry’s reform strategies enhance the quality of mediation that aim to clear the backlog of available for a system of alterna- court cases in Phnom Penh and tive dispute resolution,” she said. the provinces by year’s end. Sophoan said Oxfam is explor- The mediation mechanisms ing opportunities to continue Keep your eyes peeled would also continue as a long- working with the justice ministry term policy to prevent a reoccur- and other relevant institutions to A vegatable vendor takes a breather at Doeum Kor market in Phsar Doeum Kor commune of Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district. The Kingdom rence of backlogged court cases help pilot the use of alternative exported a total of 1,599,922.37 tonnes of the top 43 non-milled-rice agricultural products in the first two months of this year, up 55.27 per cent on a yearly basis. HEAN RANGSEY and to increase community har- dispute resolution in land and mony at the local level. natural resources conflicts. Diplomats thank Kingdom for Covid vaccines

Mom Kunthear Cambodia Eldeen Husaini woman Or Vandine – also the “The Ministry of Land Man- “If each ministry keeps tak- the vaccines would only cover Mohd Hashim sent a letter to chairwoman of the vaccina- agement, Urban Planning ing other people who are not 745,000 people. EVERAL foreign diplo- Minister of Health Mam Bun tion commission – reminded and Construction have now staff members to get the jab “If a department head fails mats stationed at em- Heng expressing his heartfelt the heads of the vaccination administered more vaccines we won’t have sufficient vac- to meet their set target, please bassies in Cambodia gratitude to him and Sokhonn sub-commissions in each than the total amount of cines to administer them to take responsibility for it in wrote letters of thanks for all of the vaccination as- ministry that they must not vaccines that they originally all civil servants,” she said. front of the prime minister toS Prime Minister Hun Sen sistance their ministries have permit anyone to be vacci- requested. This causes prob- She added that it is impor- because we can’t just be let- for providing AstraZeneca/ provided to Malaysia’s em- nated other than their own lems like a lack of vaccines to tant they pay close attention ting whoever we want in to Covishield Covid-19 vaccines bassy officials and their family ministry’s civil servants. provide second shots. because 1.5 million doses of get jabs,” she said. to their embassy’s staff. members. Minister of Foreign Affairs “The vaccination process and International Coopera- went very smoothly and it tion Prak Sokhonn wrote a was well organised. We truly letter to Hun Sen on April 4, appreciate your kind coop- informing him of the grati- eration. We look forward to tude expressed by the diplo- receiving our second doses of mats to Cambodia. the AstraZeneca vaccines in a “The Brunei embassy in few weeks,” the letter stated. Cambodia and diplomats The embassy of the Repub- from nations such as France, lic of Indonesia issued a simi- Vietnam, Indonesia and Ma- lar statement that said: “[We] laysia all deeply thank Sam- have the honour to commend dech Techo Prime Minister [Cambodia’s] generous provi- and the Royal Government of sion of vaccines, something Cambodia for providing their that truly reflects the genuine embassies with Covid-19 vac- efforts of the Royal Govern- cinations,” Sokhonn said. ment of Cambodia to fight the The Brunei embassy said Covid-19 pandemic through they believed Cambodia was international cooperation. perhaps the first country in “By providing these vaccina- the world to provide its dip- tions, Cambodia has set a good lomatic community with vac- example for how international cinations. communities should cooper- In a letter dated March 24 ate and work together to fight addressed to Sokhonn, the the pandemic,” the statement Brunei embassy wrote: “No read. one is safe until everyone is The health ministry said on safe during this trying time . . . March 5 that 140,773 people His Excellency [Hun Sen] was had now received Sinovac vac- true to his word. Cambodia is cines as part of the nationwide a small country, but one with a Covid-19 vaccination drive big heart. We are thankful.” that kicked off on April 1. Teachers are inoculated with Sinovac’s coronavirus jabs as part of a vaccination campaign at Kolap 1 Primary School in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh Malaysia’s ambassador to Health ministry spokes- district on Thursday. hong menea 4 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com National Storm sweeps through Poipet, PP police impound 165 vehicles, detain levelling market stalls, houses 12 curfew violators Khouth Sophak Chakrya Lay Samean people who have used the mas- T LEAST five people sage services and came into suffered minor inju- PHNOM Penh municipal po- contact with shop owners will ries while 16 houses lice had impounded 165 vehi- be sent to court. The staff will be and about 200 stalls cles and detained 12 people as educated and sent home. atA two markets in Banteay of April 4 for violating the two- According to Darith, local Meanchey province’s Poi- week, 8pm-5am curfew, im- authorities have instructed pet town were levelled after posed on April 2 in a bid to stop shop owners regarding Covid- a powerful storm struck on the spread of the coronavirus. 19 preventive measures, in- April 4. Por Sen Chey district gover- cluding the curfew, but some “The rainstorms were ter- nor Hem Darith told The Post ignored the regulations, ribly strong. Five people sus- on March 5 that authorities prompting the temporary clo- tained minor injuries, and had raided and closed a mas- sure of their businesses. there was much property sage parlour in Chaom Chao Phnom Penh municipal po- damage. Some 200 stalls at commune’s Trapeang Thle- lice spokesman San Sok Seiha Star Viga market and the night ung Bei village and arrested said that on the night of April market were destroyed and 16 houses collapsed,” Poipet Medical workers will take their town governor Keat Hol told The Post on April 5. samples for Covid-19 testing The provincial administra- and then they will be sent to tion has now sent forces and some materials such as zinc Prek Pnov quarantine centre and timber to help repair the houses and clear up the de- Soldiers clean up damage from strong wind in Banteay Meanchey province’s Poipet town on Sunday. supplied the 12 curfew violators. 4 alone, authorities confiscat- bris to prevent dangers. He said the 12 had been ed 10 vehicles – six cars and While intervening to repair edented rainstorms seriously town and provincial authori- to Banteay Ampil district po- sent to the district police four motorcycles. the houses in Sameakki Mean affected and damaged our ties brought along donations lice chief Khul Phin. headquarters for questioning Sok Seiha said in case of im- Chey village, commune chief houses and property,” he said. for distribution to victims. “The local authorities and and further legal procedures. poundment, the vehicle own- Phok Lorn told The Post that He added that police and One family received a box villagers have gathered to re- “Medical workers will take ers can contact their relatives to this was the strongest natu- personnel from Military Units of noodles, a carton of fish pair houses damaged by the samples from them for Covid- pick them up, but they are ad- ral disaster ever to hit the 513 and 514 as well as 50 vil- sauce, a carton of soy sauce rainstorms,” he said. 19 testing and then they will vised to inform the authorities commune. lage security guards in the and 25kg of milled rice. National Committee for Di- be sent to the Prek Pnov quar- beforehand as to who will do so “Our Poipet commune used province provided assistance Separately, rainstorms on saster Management spokes- antine centre on the outskirts because they could be stopped to suffer floods after it had to repair and build houses. April 4 hit Oddar Meanchey man Seak Vichet told The Post of the capital. for breaking the curfew. rained heavily. But we de- “On the morning of April 6, province, affecting eight that provinces hit the hardest “After 14 days of quarantine “Authorities have made an veloped and built a drainage the working group will con- houses in the communes of by rainstorms and lighting and if they test negative for exception. The owners can system to release rainwater. tinue to help repair 10 hous- Ampil and Beng in Banteay strikes early this year were Ban- Covid-19, they will be sent to make arrangements with au- The commune is no longer es,” he said. Ampil district. But no villag- teay Meanchey, Battambang court,” he said. thorities for their relatives to flooded. However, the unprec- Besides the repairs, the ers were in danger, according and Oddar Meanchey. But Darith noted that only the pick them up,” he said. THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com 5 National Koh Kong authorities look for land grabbers

Khouth Sophak Chakrya “Now, our working group is surveying the land on which A TECHNICAL working group residents are living or relying in Koh Kong province is in- on for their livelihoods to see specting state land in Sre Am- how much of it is land from bel district’s Chroy Svay and the Dong Peng multi-use area Boeung Preav communes and the Trapeang Preus com- on suspicions of illegal land munity area so that we can grabbing in the biodiversity follow up with administrative corridor and multi-use areas. measures,” he said. Provincial administration Provincial environment de- spokesman Sok Sothy said partment director Hun Mara- the working group had sur- dy said the technical working veyed and demarcated its group will compile a report on boundaries. the situation and send it to the Sothy said if illegal land provincial administration for grabbing is discovered the verification and a decision. group will search for the iden- “They are still working on tities of the suspects and take the case. We have not come to administrative measures or any conclusions yet,” he said. build a case against them to Marady added that officials A view of the Preah Monivong Bokor National Park entrance area in Kampot province. supplied send to the provincial court. were waiting for documents The inspection took place on from Sre Ambel district be- April 3 with the participation of cause only the local authori- officials from the environment ties could determine whether No date set for Bokor election deparment, land management there is any illegal land grab- department and the cadastral bing taking place. Nov Sivutha Bokor town was estab- istry of Interior have the right ation improves the election office as well as local authori- However, district governor lished through a sub-decree to run candidates in the elec- can be scheduled. ties and the Koh Kong provin- Hong Bros said there was no HE National Election on March 16. Its creation tion. But he noted that the “We have to be realistic cial court prosecutor. illegal land clearance at the Committee (NEC) required the communes of only eligible voters would be about the situation today. According to Sothy, the gov- location that the officials had said it was set to hold Boeung Touk, Koh Touch and the commune and district Perhaps we should consider a ernment had allocated plots of been inspecting and that vil- a council election for Prek Tnort be split from Teuk councilors. new way to vote such as con- land in these locations to lo- lagers there relied on the land theT newly established Bokor Chhou district and reassigned “In Bokor town, there are ducting [elections] online. cal residents but the working for their livelihoods because town in Kampot province, to the new town. three communes and the But it really depends on what group suspects that illegal land the area had long been allo- though no date has been set. NEC deputy secretary- councilors in these com- NEC decides on this issue,” clearance and occupation has cated to them. In a press relased dated general Som Soryda said on munes are the constituents for he said. recently occurred in the area. “Villagers tilled some of February 2, NEC said the law April 5 that by law the date the council election. Each po- Korn Savang, observation He said some had reportedly their fields in order to plant requires that an election be of council elections for Bokor litical party certaintly knows and advocacy coordinator for been trying to occupy state land new crops there. Because it held for any newly created town shall be set by the prime whether they have seats or not election watchdog COMFREL, illegally there while the provin- was in an area located near provincial, municipal, district minister at the request of the in these communes,” he said. said all elections must be con- cial authorities were occupied in the Dong Peng multi-use or commune council. interior minister. Government spokesman tested by political parties no the fight against Covid-19. They area, the authorities were The election must be held The election, he said, will Phay Siphan said that cur- matter the office. He added had allegedly filled-in creeks suspicious of the activity and no later than 240 days after be held only for Bokor town rently all of its resources were that whatever the solution is and mangrove forests with soil thought that there might be the new governing entity is and all political parties that tied up in the fight against must be aligned with the prin- and cleared forest land in pro- illegal land clearance or ille- established. are registered with the Min- Covid-19, but when the situ- ciples of democracy. tected conservation areas. gal occupation,” he said.

Siem Reap fisherman killed when stream bank collapses

Orm Bunthoeurn victim was left alone there still try- ing to catch fish because he hadn’t A MAN was killed on April 4 when caught enough that day,” he said. the banks of the O’Sangkat stream in Citing the victim’s father, Lam said Ta Siem commune’s Rohal village of Chem had covered the stream bed Siem Reap province’s Svay Leu dis- around a bamboo stump near the trict collapsed while he was fishing. banks with his net and was waiting District police chief Sun Eng told there at around 5:30pm when the The Post on April 5 that upon arrival banks suddenly collapsed. at the scene, officers determined His father saw what happened that it was an accident with no other and then reported the accident to apparent factors involved. the police and called in an excavator “The man was casting his net over to dig his son out from the mud of by the banks of the stream and it col- the collapsed banks. lapsed, killing him instantly,” he said. He added that forensic special- Commune chief Toeng Lam iden- ists had examined the body of the tified the man as Chak Chem, a 21- victim and noted that he had suf- year-old resident of Rohal village. fered severe lacerations to his face Before the incident, many other and other serious injuries from the residents had been casting their banks mud crushing him. nets near a bridge in the village from Lam said that since the case did 1:30pm to 5pm and then divided up not involve any criminal offence, the Police uproot 7,000 marijuana plants grown illegally in Mondulkiri province’s O’Raing district. police the fish they had caught before re- police had just written a report on turning home. what occurred and handed the body “The others went home and the over to his family for a funeral. M’Kiri marijuana farm busted

Orm Bunthoeurn According to a report from provin- us to inspect the locations, where cial anti-drug police, the marijuana we discovered marijuana. He [pro- MONDULKIRI provincial police on plants were grown at two locations vincial police chief] ordered us to April 4 found and destroyed nearly in the commune – the first is 15m by destroy the plants on site,” he said. 7,000 marijuana plants in O’Raing 120m and the second is 10m by 15m. Sophorn said police saw no one at district’s Sen Monorom commune. Police also seized two pumps, three the sites, but the next day they brought District police chief Van Danin hoes and other related evidence. in four people for questioning. said officers were questioning four Sum Sophorn, deputy provincial He said the four were landowners, suspects to identify other people in- police chief in charge of the anti- but the person who grew the mari- volved in the case. drug unit, said on April 5 that police juana was from Takeo province. “We are searching for the ringlead- inspected the two locations after re- The landowners, Sophorn said, er ... We are collecting information ceiving a tip-off. claimed the man had lied to them about from Bunong indigenous landown- “Villagers reported to police that the marijuana and convinced them to ers where the plants were grown,” they saw plants they had never seen grow the plants among their vegetables, Villagers search for the victim after the stream bank collapses. facebook he said without elaborating. before, so the police chief ordered saying they were profitable. 6 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com Business

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RIME Minister Hun Sen on April 1 appealed to Cambo- drive growth dians’ sense of patriotism to use more local products andP called on producers to provide in industry an extra dose of care in their opera- tions to win over consumers. Continued from page 1 The remark comes ahead of April 9, which is designated as a day to cel- “This is the main reason for the ebrate Cambodian-made products. uninterrupted growth in exports of Now in its fourth year, it will be held electrical equipment and electronic under the theme “Being united in buy- components from Cambodia to in- ing and using Khmer products is to be ternational markets, complement- united in enhancing national prestige”. ed by a rising trend of investment Hun Sen said the day was estab- in factories,” Heng said, noting the lished to inspire and encourage Cam- flurry of new projects approved by bodians to bear domestic products in the Council for the Development of mind and maintain support for them, Cambodia (CDC). hence fostering social development. CDC gave the nod to 10 such fac- The prime minister is also honor- tories in the first quarter of this year, ary chairman of the Council of Min- which the council notes will churn isters’ National Committee for the out items such as light bulbs, lamp Promotion of the One Village One parts, solar panels and electric Product (OVOP) Movement. grills. While advising against public events April 9 is designated as a day to celebrate Cambodian-made products. HENG CHIVOAN Hong Vanak, director of Interna- due to Covid-19, he stressed that the tional Economics at the Royal Acad- government still considers the day as and medium-sized enterprise (SME) each Saturday and Sunday, he said. OVOP committee and relevant institu- emy of Cambodia, chalked up the a crucial reminder to local producers sector play an important role in He noted that the Weekend Market tions to work with the private sector to jump in these exports as another to carefully balance quality, product boosting the national economy. initiative is part of the Accelerating organise online marketing campaigns successful case of economic diver- safety, packaging methods and pric- Only with popular support for lo- Inclusive Markets for Smallholders and bring local products to domestic sification that would bring in new es to improve and add value to their cal products can the domestic in- (AIMS) project implemented by the and international exhibitions, as well jobs, promote the acquisition of goods and gain a competitive advan- dustry grow, she said. ministry under the auspices of the as abroad through embassies. new skills for domestic workers and tage domestically and abroad. “I’d like to congratulate the gov- UN International Fund for Agricultur- He added that the committee foster development of the national Hun Sen likened the April 9 ob- ernment for always taking local al Development (IFAD) through the must work with Phnom Penh and economy. servation to the “beating of drums SMEs into account. The upcoming Ministry of Economy and Finance. the 24 provinces to draw up a list of “If production in the sector in- to awaken the consciousness of all [April 9] observance is part of the “Over the past year of launching local products with strong market- creases further down the line and the Cambodians to promote the use of promotion strategy for Cambodian the weekend markets, we’ve observed demand potential abroad, incorpo- companies coming in to invest are Cambodian products and the ‘Buy products,” Mom noted. that producers are bringing in loads of rate the items into the movement, all internationally renowned ones, I Cambodian Campaign’ in the spirit Ministry of Commerce spokesman money. In addition, they can partner periodically monitor and evaluate expect exports from the industry to of ‘Khmers help Khmers’”. Seang Thay said his ministry has set with merchants and supermarkets in progress, and mobilise investment thrive and expand going forward,” Keo Mom, the newly appointed up weekend community markets in Phnom Penh to sell vegetables and in a manner consistent with the Na- he said, noting that special economic president of Cambodia Women En- 16 provinces to promote local wares. free-range poultry wholesale to trad- tional Policy on the Promotion of zones were absorbing droves of new trepreneurs Association, told The Traders there sell vegetables, fruits, ers and markets,” Thay said. the One Village One Product Move- electrical equipment and electronic Post that products from the small fish and meat produced by farmers The prime minister has called on the ment 2016-2026. components plants. Commerce ministry posts 50.8% dip in revenue Thou Vireak related services pulled in over cline was largely due to a num- Business registration fees $2 million and more than ber of bureaucratic reforms. were reduced from 300,000 to THE Ministry of Commerce $76,932 came from other ser- “Since pretty recently, the 180,000 riel ($74.30 to $44.58) posted $12.7 million in rev- vices, the ministry said. ministry no longer requires for new enterprises, from enue for 2020, down by 50.83 Services provided by the exporters to apply for COs if 1,680,000 to 1,010,000 riel for per cent over $26.60 million in ministry’s Consumer Protec- importing countries do not re- non-enterprise companies and 2019, driven down by reduc- tion, Competition and Fraud quire them. This follows a glob- 40,000 to 25,000 for company- tions in business registration Repression Directorate-Gen- al trend to eliminate unneces- name reservation services. fees and an increasing number eral brought in $21,807 and sary documents,” he said. Thay said: “The three re- of merchants self-certifying revenue from trade fairs, exhi- Businesses registered as ex- cent [cuts] that the Ministry of their products’ origins. bitions and other such events porters are increasingly declar- Commerce has made are part Business registrations ac- clocked in at $10,492. ing the origins of their wares of the government’s sweeping counted for more than $4.75 It was not the first year that through self-certification sys- reforms aimed at facilitating million and the issuance of cer- the ministry reported such tems under various schemes trade, improving the business tificates of origin (CO), licences a decline – 2019 revenue and are less dependent on environment and trimming and the provision of related ser- dropped 50.6 per cent from a COs issued by the ministry, he unnecessary costs, slashing Revenue from trade fairs, exhibitions and other such events clocked in at vices totalled $5.79, the ministry year earlier. said, citing the EU’s Registered production costs, sharpening $10,492 last year. Two hundred Thai companies showcased their goods at said in its annual report. Ministry spokesman Seang Exporter (REX) system as a Cambodia’s competitive edge the Top Thai Brands 2020 expo at the Koh Pich Exhibition and Convention Trademark registration and Thay told The Post that the de- prime example. and ramping up exports.” Centre on February 6-9 last year. SINGJANUSONG NATTASAK VIA FACEBOOK THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com 7 Business VN’s Kien Giang eyes Airport investor: 2 years of growth new economic zone May Kunmakara A ceremony was held in Ha opment of industry, services, Tien city in the Vietnamese tourism, and infrastructure in uala Lumpur-listed Mekong Delta province of surrounding areas. Muhibbah Engineer- Kien Giang on April 2 to an- It should pave the way for ing (M) Bhd, which nounce the establishment of the expansion of the popula- owns a 21 per cent the Ha Tien Border-Gate Eco- tion along the shared border stakeK in Cambodia Airports, nomic Zone, the province’s with Cambodia, in order to expects two consecutive years only economic zone. foster economic, cultural, and of growth in 2021-2022 from Established under a decision defence-security exchanges its business in the Kingdom by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan between the two countries as Covid-19 vaccination cam- Phuc on August 5, the 1,600ha and boost Ha Tien city’s eco- paigns gather pace globally. economic zone spans five com- nomic growth, he said. MIDF Amanah Investment munes – Phao Dai, Dong Ho, To Investors will be given ex- Bank Bhd Research (MIDF Chau, Binh San and My Duc. emptions from import duties Research) noted that effective It consists of seven areas, and reductions on a number immunisation drives around including duty-free, tourism, of taxes and fees, for example the world would buoy the rate administrative, residential land lease and land use fees of recovery in airport traffic areas, an industrial park, and and corporate taxes, when and potentially bring higher the Ha Tien International setting up base at the Ha Tien earnings visibility for the group Border Gate, which leads to Border-Gate Economic Zone. from its concession business, the Prek Chak International The economic zone has online news portal Malaysia Border Gate on the Cambo- so far attracted 35 projects Reserve reported on April 1. dian side, and service areas. worth close to 4.4 trillion “We are of the view that Speaking at the event, Ha dong ($191.5 million) in total. the outlook of its 21 per cent Tien city’s People’s Commit- Kien Giang province bor- owned Cambodia Airports, tee chairman Le Quoc Anh ders Takeo province’s Kiri which predominantly consti- Foreign tourist arrivals at the Kingdom’s three international airports saw a significant 82.8 per cent drop in 2020, from 4,404,995 in 2019 to a mere 756,265. hENG CHIVOAN said he expects the new eco- Vong district and Kampot tute up to 70 per cent of the nomic zone will increase the province’s Banteay Meas and group’s earnings, is set to be the air traffic volume for the pecially in Cambodia with the improved yet due to concerns city’s attractiveness among Kampong Trach districts in on a gradual recovery over the group’s Cambodia airports. recent spikes [in confirmed over Covid-19 infections. So, both domestic and foreign Cambodia. VIET NAM NEWS/ASIA next two years on the back of To note, about one-third of infections], and the vaccine uncertainty remains and we investors and fuel the devel- NEWS NETWORK accelerated Covid-19 vacci- travellers to the airport are rollout is only at its early do hope that if the Covid-19 nation drive across the globe, [of] Chinese nationality. stage. Still, border restrictions vaccination rollout proves to especially China, the US and “Therefore, the earnings and mandatory quarantines be relatively effective, the in- Southeast Asia,” MIDF Re- recovery momentum for the have hampered air travel. dustry will show marked im- search said in a March 31 re- group is seen to be positive “Overall, as a group with a provements,” he said. port, according to Malaysia moving forward, banking on long-term vision, we remain Foreign tourist arrivals at Reserve. the rebound in airfare growth confident in the business and the Kingdom’s three inter- Cambodia Airports is the in the region and traffic vol- tourism opportunities of- national airports saw a sig- long-standing owner and ume at its Cambodia airports,” fered by Cambodia and that’s nificant 82.8 per cent drop in manager of Cambodia’s three Malaysia Reserve quoted why we have ensured that our 2020, from 4,404,995 in 2019 international airports – Phnom MIDF Research as saying. investments are on par with to a mere 756,265, data from Penh, Sihanouk and Siem Reap Cambodia Airports commu- the country’s development the Ministry of Tourism show. international airports. nications and public relations potential,” he said. On the Bursa Malaysia, The research house noted director Khek Norinda said it State Secretariat of Civil Avia- Muhibbah Engineering’s that there was likely to be was still too soon for predic- tion (SSCA) spokesman Sin share price rose two sen (0.48 a surge in international air tions on air traffic growth for Chansereyvutha told The Post US cents) or 1.87 per cent to travel once borders reopen, this year at the Kingdom’s in- last month that despite the close at 1.09 ringgit ($0.26) on especially among Chinese ternational airports as corona- availability of Covid-19 jabs in April 5 for a market capitali- passengers. virus cases continue to mount. the Kingdom, people remain sation of 526.96 million ring- Ha Tien city in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. “We postulate that this like- “The Covid-19 situation is vigilant and are reluctant to fly. git, with 1.95 million shares TIENPHONG.VN/VIET NAM NEWS ly phenomenon will improve very volatile globally and es- “The aviation sector has not traded. China, US should resolve issues through S Korea, China to build discussions, commerce ministry says 25ha smart agriculture

China and the US should re- disputes are on tariffs or complex in Pocheon solve each other’s legitimate some other issues, as long as concerns through dialogue the two parties are open to A massive agriculture com- From South Korea, Doosan and consultation on the basis dialogue and consultation, plex will be developed in Fuel Cell, CJ OliveNetworks of mutual respect and equal there is still hope of avoiding Pocheon of South Korea’s and Shinhan Bank will join the treatment, the Ministry of imposing tariffs unilaterally.” Gyeonggi province as part of a project. The three companies Commerce said on April 1. He said China’s anti-dump- joint project between Korean signed a memorandum of un- Ministry spokesman Gao ing measures against Aus- and Chinese industry players, derstanding during a ceremo- Feng said: “As the world’s two tralian wines are as per es- the Korea-China Private Eco- ny held on April 3 to invest in largest economies, the es- tablished legal procedure, as nomic Association announced the development of the agri- sence of economic and trade evidence from the probe has on April 4. culture complex. relations between China and demonstrated that dumping The agriculture com- Doosan Fuel Cell would of- the US is mutually beneficial and subsidies occurred in the plex, which would sit on a fer the company’s hydrogen and win-win.” case of Australian wines. 250,000sqm parcel of land, technologies that can be used China always opposes unilat- Speaking about the Suez has been designed as an eco- in smart farms, housing and erally imposing tariffs, because Canal blockage, Gao said Chi- friendly town comprising other facilities in the complex. that is not good for it, the US, or A US cargo ship docks at the Qingdao Port in China’s Shandong province. na will work with other na- smart farms, hydrogen fuel CJ OliveNetworks will utilise the world, he said, comment- CHINA DAILY tions to smooth cross-border cell generators, logistics sys- its information and communi- ing on recent remarks by the procedures and WTO rules. Chinese wine industry, Gao logistics issues so as to ensure tems and housing with leisure cation technologies to provide new US trade representative. China decided to impose said. the stability of the global in- facilities. solutions that use artificial US trade representative anti-dumping duties ranging Tu Xinquan, professor and dustrial and supply chains. The private companies from intelligence, big data analyt- Katherine Tai told the Wall from 116.2 per cent to 218.4 dean of the China Institute for As traffic in the Suez Canal two countries would invest a ics and Internet of Things fea- Street Journal that the US per cent on Australian wine WTO Studies at the University slowly returns to normalcy, total of 80 billion won ($70.8 tures. Shinhan Bank would be is not ready to lift tariffs on for a period of five years, start- of International Business and China should pay close at- million) in the project that in charge of the project’s finan- Chinese imports in the near ing on March 28. Australian Economics in Beijing, said Chi- tention to follow-up develop- the Korea-China Private Eco- cial affairs. future, but might be open to wines had been subsidised na has always been faithful to ments, he said. nomic Association and local Chinese agriculture compa- trade negotiations. and sold below market price. multilateralism and free trade. Although the Suez Canal real estate firm Mega Time nies and investment firms will Responding to queries The subsidy rate is between The country is very cau- blockage has affected ship- Holdings-Mega Farm Village be joining the project and ex- about media statements that 6.3 per cent and 6.4 per cent, tious in imposing anti-dump- ments of some Chinese en- initiated in 2019. change technologies with the Australia is planning to seek and to avoid double taxation, ing duties, he said, adding terprises, and caused fluc- The complex in Pocheon South Korean firms, the asso- the World Trade Organisa- China has decided not to im- that it would be good if China tuations to a certain extent in is the first collaborative agri- ciation said. tion’s (WTO) intervention in pose anti-subsidy tax. and the US resolve disputes related freight rates, the im- culture project between the The project is expected to the wine issue, Gao said, anti- Investigations have shown through dialogue and consul- pact on China’s foreign trade South Korean and Chinese create some 2,000 new jobs, dumping duties on Australian that dumping of imported tations based on mutual re- is sudden, short-term, and governments and private according to Mega Time Hold- wine were imposed in accor- Australian wines had caused spect and equal treatment. limited, said Gao. CHINA DAILY/ firms, according to the asso- ings-Mega Farm Village. THE dance with the country’s legal substantial damages to the Tu said: “No matter, if the ASIA NEWS NETWORK ciation. KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK 8 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com Business Paris: Air France deal struck with EU LG quits HE French govern- ment on April 3 said mobile it has reached a deal with the European CTommission (EC) allowing it to inject fresh money into business flagship airline Air France, whose finances are creaking LG Electronics, South Ko- under the impact of corona- rea’s second-largest appliance virus restrictions. firm after Samsung, is closing The agreement follows weeks down its mobile phone busi- of negotiations with the EU’s ex- ness, the company said on ecutive, which must ensure that April 5, after the division lost state aid does not give compa- billions in recent years. nies an unfair advantage. The firm was once consid- “We have an outline agree- ered a pioneer of the Android ment with European Com- operating system, collaborat- missioner Margrethe Vestager ing with Google on the Nexus about new financial aid for series in the early 2010s. Air France,” finance minister But it has long struggled to Bruno Le Maire said on the increase sales, entering the RTL/LCI/Le Figaro political market late and facing tough broadcast Le Grand Jury. competition from emerging Air France, of which the cheaper Chinese rivals such French government owns 14.3 as Huawei. per cent, will have to give up It was regularly listed among “a certain number” of slots at the world’s top 10 smartphone Orly, Paris’s second-largest air- Air France already received billions in state aid and needs more as the outlook remains bleak. AFP manufacturers but according port after Charles de Gaulle, in to tracker Counterpoint the return for the green light from up, but said it would be fewer government but could not national champions, and is gling economy with massive last time it recorded a global Brussels, Le Maire said. than the 24 that the Commis- “predict the timing or out- often backed by the EC. spending, is now expected to market share of three per cent sion had initially asked for. come of these contacts”. Although the Irish airline lost reach nine per cent of gross or more was in the second ‘Tough’ negotiations The French government According to EU rules, the its legal case against state aid domestic product (GDP) in quarter of 2018. Air France posted a €7.1 bil- has already given “a lot of spokesperson said, any govern- for the French carrier – as well 2021, Le Maire said. The unit has recorded loss- lion ($8.4 billion) loss in 2020 as help” to Air France to weather ment granting more than €250 as for Scandinavia’s SAS carri- This compares with an 8.5 es for 23 consecutive quarters its business, like that of the rest the Covid crisis with an initial million in aid to a company er – it has argued that any ad- per cent estimate included in since 2015, with the cumula- of the world’s airlines, suffered sum of €7.0 billion and would with “significant market power” ditional help should be made the government’s 2021 bud- tive deficit reaching about from restrictions which all but “not sign a blank cheque” this had to propose additional mea- contingent on Air France ced- get plan, and a three per cent five trillion won ($4.4 billion) grounded global air traffic. time around, Le Maire said. sures to safeguard competition. ing airport capacity. deficit limit that EU members by the end of last year. Le Maire would not be Any fresh capital for Air Ryanair – Europe’s biggest must usually respect but have The division has “failed to drawn on the amount of new ‘Strategic’ France will be scrutinised not airline in terms of ridership – is swept aside as they deal with produce results” amid “in- funds to be given Air France, “There are tens of thou- only by the EU, but also by the also seeking to undo Germany’s Covid-19. tensifying price competition saying this was part of dis- sands of jobs involved. Air carrier’s competitors which massive bailout of Lufthansa Economic growth is now among major competitors in cussions to be held with the France is strategic for our want to make sure that the in the EU courts as well as likely to come in at 5.0 per the entry-level mobile phone airline, whose board needs to country,” he said. playing field remains level. schemes in Spain, the Nether- cent this year and not 6.0 as market”, the company said in vote on the deal and was to But the carrier must be- lands, Denmark and Portugal. projected earlier, he said. a statement. meet on April 5. come more competitive and Ryanair is watching The Air France plan comes as The government last week The decision will enable the Le Maire said the agreement continue to reduce CO2 emis- Rival airline Ryanair, whose France faces rising deficits and extended Covid restrictions firm to “focus resources in with the Commission was sions, he said. criticism of help for legacy debt because of a weaker eco- to cover the entire country growth areas such as electric “very good news for Air France “The taxpayer is making an airlines often finds a sympa- nomic rebound than hoped. and said they would remain vehicle components”, robotics and for the whole French avia- effort, and Air France must thetic ear at the EC, has lam- in place for at least a month and smart homes, it added. tion sector”, adding that nego- also make an effort,” Le Maire basted previous French state Growth weakens as France undergoes a third LG reportedly held talks with tiations had been “tough”. added. aid for Air France, saying it The annual deficit, which wave of the pandemic which Vietnam’s Vingroup over a po- The minister declined to An EC spokesperson on distorts competition. has spiralled as President Em- has seen daily new cases surge tential sale, but it broke down say how many slots at Orly April 4 said the executive was Ryanair has long railed manuel Macron’s government to 40,000, around double their over price differences, accord- Air France would have to give in contact with the French against the support given to tries to prop up the strug- level a month ago. AFP ing to local reports. AFP Singapore companies face higher insurance premiums SINGAPOREAN businesses are now Kenneth Loo, executive director forking out higher premiums for and chief operating officer of Straits some insurance policies, with those Construction, said premiums have more exposed to the pandemic “gone up quite significantly” in the bearing the brunt of the impact. construction sector. Insurers told The Straits Times “In general, there are a lot of per- that premiums for several business formance bonds and other insur- insurance plans have risen due to ance that firms take on as part of Covid-19 risks, private hospital us- their processes. The perception of age and medical inflation. the risk factor is high because with Great Eastern said the premiums borders closed, there are not enough for certain classes of insurance have workers in the market,” he said. risen by up to 30 per cent, or these Loo has observed that many small policies might have had a reduced and medium-sized enterprises sum insured and limit of liability. (SME) in the construction sector These include work injury compen- face difficulty proceeding with their sation, public liability and profes- projects “as they are unable to afford sional indemnity. the higher premiums arising from a “Industries most impacted are greater perceived risk of default”. those whose employees have higher Apart from premiums, the pan- exposure to Covid-19, for example, demic has also changed the way in- where employees have interaction surers are doing business. with people serving SHN [stay-home Most already provide Covid-19 notice] or quarantine,” it added. Some support through measures such as examples could include firms in the relief funds, coverage and cash ben- hospitality and construction sectors. efits for hospitalisation due to the An Aviva spokesman said premiums virus and vaccination side effects. for business insurance have been ris- The extent of the increase in insurance premiums for employee benefits in Singapore is difficult to generalise across industries as it depends on the coverage purchased by each company. THE STRAITS TIMES Insurers such as AXA and Income ing, with the group health portfolio also offer Covid-19 coverage with accounting for most of the increase. AIA Singapore said insurance pre- as it depends on the coverage pur- employee benefits was even last their travel insurance. “With medical inflation and over- miums for employee benefits rose chased by each company, added year across various industries, with Although travel remains limited, consumption, healthcare costs have by five to 10 per cent last month AIA, which has 1.2 million workers more employers keen to add Covid- AXA said it expects the take-up of been rising, which impacted the compared with January last year, on employee benefits insurance 19 benefits to coverage for staff. travel insurance to be higher in the underwriting performance of the driven by private hospital utilisation plans through their employers. The price hike could add to the future due to greater awareness about portfolio as the amount of claims and medical inflation. Susan Ong, NTUC Income’s gener- woes of companies that are still try- the need to be protected against paid out exceeds the amount that The extent of the increase is dif- al manager for corporate business, ing to regain their footing amid the Covid-19 while travelling. THE STRAITS we have priced for.” ficult to generalise across industries said the rise in premiums for group economic downturn. TIMES (SINGAPORE)/ASIA NEWS NETWORK THE PHNOM PENH POST APRIL 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com 9

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Egyptian foreign minister tary activity surrounding Clashes between Ven- Sameh Shoukry told Egyptian Ukraine,” Borrell tweeted ezuela’s military and armed media: “These negotiations after a phone call with groups have occurred near represent the last chance that Ukrainian foreign minister the border with Colombia the three countries must seize Dmytro Kuleba. since March 21. to reach an accord.” “Unwavering EU support Venezuela is preparing “to ask He said the accord should for Ukraine’s sovereignty for immediate emergency aid allow the Grand Ethiopian Re- and territorial integrity.” from the UN . . . to defuse mine- naissance Dam (GERD) to be Borrell said he would fields left by these illegal groups filled in time to begin opera- hold further talks on the of murderers and drug traffick- tions in the coming months, issue with Kiev’s top diplo- ers from Colombia”, Venezuelan before the next rains. mat and foreign ministers President Nicolas Maduro said The dispute over the GERD, from the EU’s 27 nations in a televised speech. built across the Blue Nile, has at a meeting later this According to Caracas’ offi- been simmering for around a month. cial toll, 15 people – six Ven- decade. Ukraine this week ac- ezuelan soldiers and nine Democratic Republic of Con- cused Russia of massing members of the armed groups go (DRC) President Felix Tsh- thousands of military per- described as “terrorists” by isekedi, who became chairman sonnel on its northern and authorities – were killed on of the African Union in Febru- eastern borders as well as April 4, while the Venezuelan ary, urged the foreign minis- on the Crimean peninsula military posted photos of ar- ters as he opened the talks “to annexed by Moscow in tillery fire on Twitter. launch a new dynamic”. 2014. More than 30 people have “I ask you all to make a fresh The Kremlin did not deny also been arrested, and weap- start, to open one or several the recent troop move- ons, explosives and drugs windows of hope, to seize ev- ments, but insisted that seized since the start of the ery opportunity,” he said. Moscow was “not threat- fighting intended, according He welcomed the willing- ening anyone”. to Caracas, to prevent Colom- ness of the participants “to The reports of a buildup bian armed groups settled seek African solutions for Af- have swirled amid an es- along the border from enter- rican problems together”. calation of armed clashes ing Venezuelan territory. Egypt and Sudan this month along the front line “We have dislodged [these Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a broadcast message at Miraflores Presidential Palace called on Kinshasa to steer ef- in Caracas on Sunday. VENEZUELAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE/AFP between Ukraine’s forces groups] from several camps. forts to relaunch negotiations and Russian-backed They left a mined territory Security sources in Colombia their struggle, while also mix- Venezuelan opposition leader on the contested dam. separatists in the east of behind . . . We have lost sever- say the “armed groups” are dis- ing with and battling drug- Juan Guaido as his country’s in- For Tshisekedi, “The hu- the country. al soldiers with these mines,” sidents of the now-disbanded traffickers in lawless areas of terim president in 2019. man dimension must be at The long-simmering Maduro said. Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, including close to Bogota has also long ac- the heart of these tripartite conflict has claimed more The socialist leader again Colombia (FARC) rebel group. the Venezuelan border. cused Venezuela of shielding negotiations.” than 13,000 lives since accused the groups of ties “to The FARC signed a historic Maduro has acknowledged members of FARC and armed The people of all three 2014, according to the UN. the Colombian army and the peace agreement with Bogota that it was possible the groups rebel group ELN on its soil, a countries have a right to Western leaders – includ- government of Ivan Duque”, in 2016 to end a half century were FARC dissidents. charge Maduro denies. water, food and health, he ing new US President Joe the Colombian president. of armed conflict. Diplomatic relations between More than 3,000 people stressed. Biden – have said they are “They are dressed as guerril- But some guerrilla fight- the neighbouring South Ameri- have fled to Colombia since US ambassador to DRC standing by Ukraine. AFP las to serve the drug traffick- ers refused to join the peace can nations have been nonexis- the fighting broke out, ac- Mike Hammer attended the ing routes,” Maduro added. process and have continued tent since Colombia recognised cording to Bogota. AFP start of the talks, which were set to wrap up on April 5. The Nile, the world’s longest river, is a lifeline supplying both water and electricity to Maoist rebels ‘shoot dead’ 22 Indian security forces the 10 countries it crosses. Upstream Ethiopia says hy- TWENTY-two Indian police run hospitals in Bijapur and assured him of “all the necessary droelectric power produced and paramilitary forces were Chhattisgarh’s capital city help” from the national govern- by the GERD will be vital to killed and 30 others wounded Raipur. ment against the militants. meet the energy needs of its in a gun battle with Maoist rebels More than a dozen others The toll was the worst for 110 million people. in a central Indian state, police remained missing, he said, Indian security forces battling Egypt, which depends on said on April 4, in the deadliest adding that an unknown the far-left guerrillas since the Nile for about 97 per cent ambush of its kind in four years. number of Maoists were also 2017, when 25 police comman- of its irrigation and drinking Some 2,000 security person- killed in the encounter. dos were killed in an attack. water, sees the dam as an ex- nel were on the hunt for a Mao- Juneja said the rebels looted Seventeen police from a istential threat. ist rebel leader in Bijapur district weapons, ammunition, uni- commando patrol were killed Sudan, also downstream, in Chhattisgarh state on April 3 forms and shoes from the secu- in an attack by more than 300 fears its own dams will be when they were ambushed, a rity forces who were killed. armed rebels in Chhattisgarh compromised if Ethiopia pro- police officer said. The death toll could rise fur- in March last year. ceeds with filling the GERD “So far it is confirmed that 22 ther, another senior police offic- Sixteen commandos were before a deal is reached. security personnel were er in Bijapur district said. also killed in the western state On March 30, Egyptian killed,” Chhattisgarh police’s Prime Minister Narendra of Maharashtra in the lead-up President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi additional director-general Modi tweeted that the “sacri- to India’s election in 2019, in a stressed his country’s concerns, Ashok Juneja said of the almost fices of the brave martyrs will bomb attack that was blamed warning: “Nobody will be per- three-hour battle in the Maoist never be forgotten”, while home on the Maoists. mitted to take a single drop of rebel stronghold. minister Amit Shah wrote on The militants – who say they Egypt’s water, otherwise the re- “The search operation is still Twitter that India would “con- are fighting for rural people gion will fall into unimaginable underway and the exact figure tinue our fight against these and the poor – have battled instability.” AFP will be known . . . late Sunday enemies of peace & progress”. government forces across Members of Indian security forces carry the coffin of one of their www.phnompenhpost.com colleagues who died following a gun battle with Maoist rebels, at the [April 4] evening.” Chhattisgarh Chief Minister eastern India since the 1960s. The injured personnel were Bhupesh Baghel wrote on Face- Thousands have been killed check the post website Central Reserve Police Force’s Jagdalpur camp in Bijapur district of for breaking news India’s Chhattisgarh state on Sunday. SUPPLIED/AFP admitted to two government- book on April 4 that Shah had in the fighting. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com 11 Asean VN’s pandemic response leader, ex-PM sworn in as president he man behind Vietnam’s The country is run by the Commu- successful handling of the nist Party of Vietnam and officially led coronavirus pandemic, by the party general secretary, presi- Nguyen Xuan Phuc, was for- dent and prime minister, with key mallyT sworn in as president in Hanoi decisions made by the 18-member on Monday. politburo. Phuc, 66, was Vietnam’s prime min- Vietnam is in the midst of its twice-a- Former Vietnamese prime minister and newly elected President Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) takes an oath during the National Assembly’s spring session in Hanoi. VIETNAM NEWS AGENCY/AFP ister for the last five years, a period in decade leadership transition, with 76- which the economy boomed, and year-old Nguyen Phu Trong re-elected the position of the president”. be the second-ranked member in the turbulent administration of Donald his government’s Covid-19 response in January as party general secretary, After his swearing in, Phuc told the party which makes a strong case for Trump” will stand him in good stead won plaudits at home and abroad. the most important of the three roles. nation he was “lucky and honoured” him to claim the general secretary for his foreign affairs responsibilities Following secret voting on April Phuc was the only candidate nom- to be given the position, which is now post if Mr Trong has to step down ear- as president. 5, Phuc scored the maximum votes inated for president, as Trong – who only second to Trong in the power es- lier than expected,” Giang said. Phuc was due to designate a suc- among the almost 500-member Na- had held the presidency since 2018 calator. Rumours have swirled in recent cessor for the prime ministerial role tional Assembly. after the sudden death of his prede- Politburo leaders are usually ex- years about Trong’s health after he later on April 5. “This is his well-deserved award,” cessor – stepped down. pected to retire at 65, but Vietnam has took a month-long absence in 2019. Sources said the position will be said Nguyen Khac Giang, a Vietnam- The National Assembly said ear- bent the age rules for both of them. According to Giang, Phuc’s expe- given to Pham Minh Chinh, 62, a ese politics expert from New Zealand’s lier this was “the first time ever a Although the presidency is largely rience of “well managing Vietnam’s former deputy minister of public Victoria University of Wellington. prime minister was nominated to a ceremonial role, “Mr Phuc will now relationship with the US under the security. AFP Pope salutes Myanmar youth as protesters decorate Easter eggs

Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar has been gripped Security forces have sought “I am praying for Myanmar’s was also shot.” on April 4 that it will not halt Myanmar decorated boiled by turmoil since a February 1 to quell a mass uprising with current situation to get back to A 30-year-old protester was gas production in coup-hit eggs on April 4, as Pope Francis coup ousted civilian leader lethal force and the death toll democracy.” also killed in the early hours of Myanmar. in his Easter message expressed Aung San Suu Kyi and derailed reached 564 as of late on April Delivering his Easter mes- April 4 morning in northern CEO Patrick Pouyanne said solidarity with the country’s the country’s tentative transi- 4, according to local monitor- sage at the St Peter’s Basilica on Kachin state. Total has a duty to stay the youth. tion to democracy. ing group Assistance Asso- April 4, Pope Francis singled An eyewitness said: “They course. ciation for Political Prison- out Myanmar youth “commit- shot him at the roadside. He “Can a company like Total ers. ted to supporting democracy was wounded and died later. decide to cut off the electricity On Easter, decorated eggs and making their voices heard They took away his dead body supply to millions of people – became the latest emblem of peacefully, in the knowledge this morning at 6am.” and in so doing, disrupt the resistance as scores of Myanmar that hatred can be dispelled The military junta insists operation of hospitals, busi- protesters painted political only by love”. security forces are “exercising nesses?” he told the Journal du messages on them and left them Myanmar’s most senior Cath- utmost restraint”, as they Dimanche. on neighbours’ doorsteps. olic, Cardinal Charles Bo, also respond to the protests, state- Pouyanne said he was “out- Pictures posted on social shared an Easter message on run newspaper Myawady raged by the repression” in media showed eggs adorned Twitter: “Jesus has risen: Hal- reported on April 4. Myanmar but would refuse to with images of Suu Kyi and lelujah – Myanmar will rise In Pyay, a town in Bago “act to the detriment of our three-finger salutes – a protest again!” region, people plastered pho- local employees and the Bur- gesture – while others said Protesters also hit the streets tos of Myanmar children killed mese population who are “save our people” and “democ- again on April 4, some carrying since early February on a bill- already suffering so much”. racy”. flags and riding motorbikes. board and on fences. The military-controlled A Yangon-based protester In Pyinmana, a town in Nay- Myanmar Oil and Gas Enter- said: “I am Buddhist but I have pyidaw region, security forces Total to stay prise has partnerships with joined this campaign because opened fire on demonstrators. While foreign companies Total and US rival Chevron and A Myanmar migrant living in Thailand holds a portrait of detained civilian have faced growing calls to leader Aung San Suu Kyi while she and others hold up mobile phone lights it is easy to get a hold of eggs. I A resident said: “A man who generates annual revenues of during a night protest in Chiang Mai on Sunday against the military coup in spent almost one hour decorat- was in the walking crowd got sever ties with the junta, French around $1 billion from the sale their homeland. AFP ing my eggs. hit and killed. Another one energy giant Total announced of natural gas. AFP

Dozens missing, thousands evacuated in Indonesia, East Timor

Continued from page 1 east end of the archipelago. are missing,” Bethan said. “I understand the deep sorrow In Lembata, local officials were screams for help from a nearby suffered by our brothers and sisters forced to deploy heavy equipment home covered in rubble. because of this disaster,” he said in a to reopen the roads. “There were four of them inside. nationwide address. Images from the island showed Three survived but the other one barefoot locals wading through mud didn’t make it,” he told reporters. ‘Medicine, food, blankets’ and past collapsed houses to evacu- Langoday and his friends scram- Across the region, residents have ate victims on makeshift stretchers. bled to try and save the trapped man flocked to temporary shelters or Fatal landslides and flash floods before he was crushed to death. taken refuge in what was left of their are common across the Indonesian “He said ‘hurry, I can’t hold on any homes. archipelago during the rainy season. longer,” Langoday added. “The evacuees are spread out. There January saw flash floods hit the In- Juna Witak, another Lembata are hundreds in each sub-district but donesian town of Sumedang in West resident, joined his family at a local many others are staying at home,” Java, killing 40 people. hospital where they wept over the said Alfons Hada Bethan, head of the And last September, at least 11 corpse of his mother who was killed East Flores disaster agency. “They people were killed in landslides on in a flash flood Sunday. Her body need medicine, food, blankets.” Borneo. was found by the seashore. Some 2,500 people had been evac- The disaster agency has estimated “There was a rumbling sound and uated in East Timor, with several that 125 million Indonesians – near- the floods swept away homes, ev- thousand more in Indonesia. ly half of the country’s population – erything,” Witak said. Pounding rains challenged efforts live in areas at risk of landslides. Indonesian President Joko Wido- to find any survivors. The disasters are often caused by Residents stand along the water’s edge by damaged homes after heavy rains and do expressed “deepest condolences” “We suspect many people are deforestation, according to environ- strong winds lashed East Timor’s capital Dili overnight causing extensive flooding over the devastation in the south- buried but it’s not clear how many mentalists. AFP on Sunday. AFP 12 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com Opinion

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Retired South Korean professor Han Min-hong looks at his 21-year-old self-driving car in front of his office in Professor Han explains a specialist warning system for autonomous vehicles under development at his office Yongin, south of Seoul. AFP in Yongin. AFP The road not taken: S Korea’s self-driving prof ecades before the race he and his team “had an enormous Now, Elon Musk’s electric car firm sight, that was certainly not a wise firm’s current offerings are effective- to build a self-driving car passion as it was something oth- Tesla is a $600-billion behemoth, decision.” ly comparable to his 1990s work. became a multi-billion- ers hadn’t done yet, something that while Han’s Chumdancha is a small “As Tesla is regarded as the best car dollar contest between hadn’t come out in the world yet”. company in Yongin, south of Seoul, Musk challenge in the world, if there is a chance, I techD giants such as Tesla and Google, At the time, South Korea was more where he and one other employee Korea University describes Han would like to compare our technol- a South Korean professor built an focused on heavy industry, such as still develop specialist warning sys- as “a pioneer and hero in the global ogy to theirs.” autonomous vehicle and test-drove steel and shipbuilding, with the aver- tems for autonomous vehicles. field of artificial intelligence”, who He suggested a challenge on the it across the country – only for his age Korean not yet familiar with mo- Musk is a “tremendous and out- is known for developing the South’s Bugak Skyway, a twisting, narrow research to be consigned to the bile phones. standing” person, Han said. “He first automotive navigation system road that runs over a mountain in scrapheap. The country was yet to become the came up with his own, firm vision and a mini-helicopter seen as a pre- northern Seoul. Han Min-hong, now 79, success- tech powerhouse it is today, and was based on what others were doing, cursor to modern-day drones, as well “Of course Tesla’s invested a lot of fully tested his self-driving car on the still pursuing imitation rather than in- and that is really incredible.” as his autonomous vehicle work. money in testing, so it might be much roads of Seoul in 1993 – a decade be- novation. On one occasion, Han was But Han’s invention could have He is seen in the South as a genius better when it comes to sophistica- fore Tesla was even founded. told: “Why develop a new technology paved the way for South Korea to ahead of his time – the 1990s footage tion,” he said. “But there shouldn’t Two years later, it drove 300km when you can always pay for it?” dominate the industry, he added has been viewed more than 1.5 mil- be much difference when it comes from the capital to the southern port Han’s projects were seen as dan- regretfully. lion times since it was posted to You- down to basic functionality.” of Busan, on the most heavily-trav- gerous. He was once asked how Raj Rajkumar, an engineering pro- Tube in February. Even so, Han believes there are lim- elled expressway in South Korea. much he was paying for his life in- fessor at Carnegie Mellon Universi- Self-driving vehicles are a major its to what self-driving technology Footage from the period shows the surance, he said, and whether his ty’s Robotics Institute, who reviewed technological battleground for to- can achieve, and that true autonomy car barrelling down a highway, with wife was aware of “these crazy ac- the 1990s footage for AFP, said it “ap- day’s automakers, with technology is beyond reach. no one behind the wheel. A 386-chip- tivities of yours?” pears to be on par with some of the giants like Google parent Alphabet Neural networks do not have the powered desktop computer, com- But Han was so convinced of his best work on autonomous vehicles spending billions of dollars in a mar- flexibility of humans when faced plete with monitor and keyboard, is cars’ safety that he rarely wore a during that period”. ket that is supposed to fuel vehicle with a novel situation that is not in placed on the passenger seat. Han seat belt – and has never had life “The professor and a colleague are sales. their programming, he said, pre- is sitting in the back, waving at the insurance. not even in the driver’s seat – very Tesla said last year it was “very dicting that self-driving vehicles will camera. Even so, unable to see much in- bold, confident but very risky thing close” to achieving Level 5 autono- largely be used to transport goods “It felt extraordinary,” said the af- vestment potential, the government to do,” he added. mous driving technology – which in- rather than people. fable inventor. eventually cut funding to his research “It is unfortunate that funding dicates essentially total autonomy. “Computers and humans are not “The workload was very heavy,” but at Korea University. for that project was cut. In hind- But Han insists the American the same,” he added. AFP Japanese airline offers up worst part of flight for $540

AIRLINE food might be one of The experience came com- the first Asian airline to offer the last things people are miss- plete with crew announce- meals aboard grounded planes ing during the pandemic, but ments, according to the com- to travel-starved customers. one Japanese carrier has cus- pany, with meals served in Hundreds of travel-starved tomers flocking to sample cabin seats, though seatbelts diners ate lunch and watched luxury in-flight meals on its were not required. seat-back films on two parked parked planes. Demand appears strong, Singapore Airlines jets in Octo- Foie gras, crabmeat mousse despite the prices – 59,800 ber last year, with tickets sell- and wagyu beef fillet are all on yen for first-class meals and ing for up to Sg$642 ($470). the menu aboard aircraft 29,800 yen for a business class Like airlines around the belonging to Japan’s All Nip- offering. world, ANA has been hit hard pon Airways – for a cool 59,800 “The tickets for the restaurant by coronavirus-related travel yen ($540). sold out in a day,” a spokes- restrictions. The airline launched its “res- woman said on Thursday, and In January it upheld its fore- taurant with wings” for just a the company now plans an cast for a record $4.9 billion single day on Wednesday, but additional 11 dates. net loss this financial year to with demand proving sky-high, The airline said it could March 2021, compared with they are now planning to extend the service further if 27.6 billion yen in net profit expand the offering. virus restrictions are not the previous year. The restaurant offered either tightened. ANA Holdings’ nine-month first class or business class The “restaurant” already net loss came to 309.6 billion meals usually served on inter- observes virus measures, using yen ($3 billion) – also a record national flights, with “passen- only 60 seats on the plane to – and a sharp drop from the gers” boarding a Boeing 777 at ensure customers can main- 86.4 billion yen in profit it Tokyo’s Haneda airport hold- tain some distance between logged during the same April- A customer has his meal on a parked plane at Haneda airport in Tokyo. Japanese carrier ALL Nippon Airways ing tickets designed to look like them. December period last year. (ANA) has customers flocking to sample luxury in-flight meals on its parked planes.AFP boarding passes. The Japanese carrier is not AFP 14 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com Lifestyle Thinking caps

An instructor poses with his sniffer dog during an experimental training protocol to detect Covid-19 through sweat at the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital in Rome on March 31. AFP Italian dogs training to sniff out Covid-19

t WAS Harlock’s first day “A dog, using their olfactory She called the study the at coronavirus training senses, would take 30 seconds first based on collaboration school and she already maximum.” between laboratory research showed promise. Dogs, with their sensitive and field experimentation. IThe one-year-old German noses packed with receptors, For now during the train- Shepherd’s task on the morn- are increasingly being used ing phase, biological samples ing of March 31 was simply to to detect human diseases, come from patients with cor- place her slightly wet nose on including cancer, diabetes or onavirus inside the hospital. “GOODBYE!” a black tube. Parkinson’s. After the dogs can reliably ACROSS 54 Start bawling 26 Classic dress style “Sniff,” encouraged her Since the coronavirus pan- recognise the disease, the 1 Having moxie 61 Break one’s spirit 27 Varnish component trainer, Massimiliano Mac- demic hit, researchers in project will focus on patients 6 “As ___ instructions” 62 “Capital” attachment 29 Accumulate era, who was quick to reward countries around the world at a drive-through testing 9 Graf rival, once 63 Counter a point 30 Feverish conditions his furry student with treats including Finland, Germany, centre on the campus. 14 Exiled elephant 64 Express sorrow 31 ’40s jazz style whenever nose met tube. France and the United Arab Those willing to participate 15 Barbary beast 65 ’60s war zone, informally 32 Pretentious, as a display “She’s already got it!” he Emirates have launched sniff- will turn over a gauze sample 16 Helpful, as a tool 66 Family-reunion attendee 34 Baseball judge added, smiling at his protege, er dog trials. of their sweat, which will be 17 Awesome hotel lobbies 67 Jittery 35 Champagne sample part of a team of dogs learn- But some scientists believe placed inside a metal recep- 18 “Spare” bone 68 Gal’s counterpart 37 Words from the bride and groom ing how to sniff out Covid-19. such testing has not yet been tacle inside the testing room 19 Small tree 69 Classroom units 38 Here-there link 40 Calyx component The project, which began widely adopted by authori- to be sniffed by the dogs. 20 Colorful part of the decor DOWN 41 Famished 10 days ago at Rome’s Cam- ties in part because of a lack of The results will be com- 23 Schmuck 1 Lingerie catalog items 46 Symptom of a wheel pus Bio-Medico University peer-reviewed literature. pared with those of a molecu- 24 “What’s ___?” 2 Campus recruiting grp. misalignment Hospital, involves training lar nasal swab performed on 25 Leave scratches on 3 City on the Yamuna River 47 One billion years, geologically dogs to detect the presence of Work is play each patient. 28 Maine or Montana 4 They’re taken to the cleaners 49 “The ___ Bride” (Rimsky-Korsak- coronavirus in human sweat. Macera’s company Security- For now, Harlock the Ger- 30 Lawyers’ grp. 5 Tract of wasteland ov opera) If found to be reliable, it Dogs has six pups in the pro- man Shepherd is just having 33 Severe colic 6 Pet shop squawker 7 Like some proportions 50 Pretty, in Dundee could prove a faster and gramme, among them Roma. fun inside the small make- 36 Avoid work 8 Present an opposing view 52 King novel (with “The”) cheaper method of detection The four-year-old Dutch shift testing room, blissfully 39 Prove positively 9 Japanese fish dish 53 Spine-tingling 42 Small scraps in crowd situations, whether Shepherd was outfitted in unaware of the potential im- 10 Small, decorative cases 54 Defunct Russian parliament 43 Some sandwich cookies a football match or rock con- her uniform, a turquoise and portance of her work and that 11 Airport pickup 55 Knowing, as a secret 44 Commandments count cert, say those working on the black harness proclaiming the of her four-legged colleagues. 12 Spirited quality 56 Censor’s target 45 Out-of-fashion project. dog’s Covid-fighting role. “They can’t wait to come in 13 Moments, for short 57 Jacob’s twin 48 Secret agent “If we have 1,000 people we “The first part of the dog in the morning,” Macera said 21 German spa town Bad ___ 58 Quite a while 49 Lift over snow have to screen with an antigen training is getting them to of his dogs. 22 Peanut cover 59 The usual run of things 51 Gardener’s need swab, it would take us about recognise the volatile organic “Their work is play. These 25 Central area 60 Catches sight of 20 minutes for each person,” compounds that characterise guys are already experts, they said Massimo Ciccozzi, a pro- the Covid disease,” said Silvia do it with a certain natural- Monday’s solution fessor of epidemiology at the Angeletti, the hospital’s lab ness and the youngest ones university. director. are starting.” AFP

Monday’s solution

A sniffer dog takes part in an experimental training protocol to detect Covid-19 through sweat at the Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital in Rome on March 31. AFP THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com 15 Sport Bordeaux, Racing give Salah can silence critics France 5 clubs in last 8 Bordeaux-BEGLES beat Bris- Sheedy closed the gap with a tol 36-17 in the European penalty but Bordeaux-Begles Champions Cup round-of-16 locked up the victory in the last on Sunday to give France five 10 minutes, even though lock after Real Madrid game teams in the last eight of the Cyril Cazeaux was shown a yel- competition. low card in the 77th minute. ohamed Salah They will host Racing 92, South African hooker Joseph can silence the who earlier ran in seven tries Dweba touched down with 10 critics who ques- against Edinburgh in a 56-3 minutes left and Nans Ducuing tion his loyalty romp, in one of two all-French ran back an interception for a Mto Liverpool by avenging the quarter-finals next weekend. final try with a minute left. most painful moment of his In the other, Clermont will In Paris, after a couple of career when the Egypt star fac- host Toulouse. early scares, Racing, coming es Real Madrid in the Champi- A fifth French team, La off two straight losses in the ons League quarter-finals on Rochelle, will be at home to Top 14 and without suspended Tuesday. Sale. Scotland star Finn Russell, Salah sparked howls of in- Defending champions Exe- took control. dignation among Liverpool ter, who came from 14 points “Really proud effort from our fans recently when he refused behind to beat Lyon on Satur- boys today,” Racing fullback to rule out the possibility of day, will meet Leinster, who Kurtley Beale told British playing for a Spanish club in were given a walkover against broadcaster BT Sport. “Great the future. Toulon on Friday after a Covid- way to turn round from a dis- The fact that Salah was speak- 19 positive in the French club’s appointing loss in the Top 14 ing to Madrid-based news- squad. last week.” paper Marca at the time only In Bordeaux, the English Pre- Hooker Camille Chat crashed increased speculation that he miership leaders started over under the posts for the first was laying the groundwork for strongly when winger Henry Racing try after 28 minutes. a move to Real Madrid. Purdy touched down after sev- Five minutes before the “I hope to be able to play for en minutes. break, Racing carved Edin- many more years. Why not? Fly-half Callum Sheedy burgh open with pace, power No one knows what’s going missed the conversion. and slick handling. to happen in the future, so Although he kicked three pen- Centre Virimi Vakatawa drew maybe one day, yes. It’s not up alties before half-time his a defender and flipped a back- to me,” Salah said when asked Liverpool’s midfielder Mohamed Salah (centre) jumps over a challenge from Arsenal’s defender Gabriel counterpart, France interna- handed pass to the surging if he was keen to try Spanish (right) during the English Premier League football match on Saturday. AFP tional Matthieu Jalibert, had No.8 Jordan Joseph on the football. put the home team ahead by wing. Salah’s flirtatious response The cynics support their one in Saturday’s 3-0 win at following a clash with Sergio half-time with five penalties. He passed inside to Louis was similar to the one he gave claims by highlighting Salah’s Arsenal – shows what a threat Ramos. Jalibert then burrowed over Dupichot and the centre imme- to another Spanish outlet in occasional spats with Liv- he carries. Salah had suffered a dis- the line from close range to add diately flipped the ball on to December when questioned erpool forward Sadio Mane With 120 goals in 193 appear- located shoulder that would a try six minutes into the sec- scrum-half Maxime Machen- about a potential La Liga when he shoots rather than ances in all competitions since hamper him at the World ond half. aud who trotted over for a try. move. passing to a better placed joining from Roma in 2017, Cup later that year, with some Purdy came close to a quick Joseph bludgeoned over “I think Madrid and Barce- teammate. Salah is rightly ranked among claiming Ramos had deliber- reply, but Romain Buros after 64 minutes to start a lona are two top clubs,” he They also point to Salah’s Liverpool’s all-time greats. ately exacerbated the injury stripped the ball as the Bristol burst of five tries in the final told AS. sulky response to being sub- But the 28-year-old’s place with the way he dragged the winger went to touch down. 16 minutes. AFP Whether either Real or Bar- stituted during the defeat in the hearts of Kopites might Egyptian to the turf. celona could afford to buy against Chelsea in March, and not be so secure. “Let’s just say that I have Salah amid the current finan- his reported frustration at be- Michael Owen and Steve special motivation to win cial difficulties caused by the ing ignored for the Liverpool McManaman – both local he- the tie and go through to the coronavirus pandemic re- captaincy in the absence of the roes at Liverpool at the time – semi-finals,” Salah told Marca mains to be seen. injured Jordan Henderson. were never so fondly regarded about the Real reunion. But for a club whose sup- after swapping Anfield for Ironically, Real captain Ra- porters pride themselves on Real revenge mission Real’s Bernabeu. mos is expected to miss both their passionate and unflinch- Of course, Salah could Inspiring Liverpool to a re- legs of the quarter-final with a ing loyalty to the Liverpool rightly mention that Liverpool venge victory against Real in calf injury. cause, Salah’s refusal to rule might well have failed to win a rematch of the 2018 Cham- Ramos’s absence is a major out a switch to Spain was a either the Champions League pions League final won by boost for Liverpool as they careless own goal. in 2019 or the Premier League the Spanish club would go seek to salvage a miserable It tapped into the long- last season without his goals some way to appeasing the season by winning a seventh standing suspicion among a and sublime skills. doubters. European Cup. section of Liverpool’s fanbase Even this season, with Liv- That bitter 3-1 loss in Kiev If Salah can play a leading that Salah, whose contract erpool in the midst of a failed remains a personal nadir for role in making that dream runs until 2023, is motivated title defence marred by seem- Salah, who was in tears on come true, his commitment by personal glory rather than ingly endless injuries, Salah’s the pitch after being forced to might not be questioned quite Bordeaux’ centre Remi Lamerat in action during the European Rugby team success. haul of 26 goals – including come off with a first half injury so often. AFP Champions Cup round-of-16 rugby union match on Sunday. AFP Morris scores 22 as LA Clippers thrash Lakers The Los Angeles Clippers handed Los Angeles Lakers. Luke Kennard tallied 15 was the only starter to finish in shots in the paint.” hopes a much needed boost at didn’t have to lean heavily on The Clippers got a game-high points off the bench and guard double figures Sunday for the The loss of James and Davis United Center arena. their superstar duo against 22 points from Marcus Morris Rajon Rondo made his Clip- Lakers, who are without the has jolted the Lakers season. Thaddeus Young had 12 the defending NBA champi- while all-stars Kawhi Leonard pers’ debut, playing 13 min- injured LeBron James and James has been out two weeks points, Patrick Williams scored ons on Sunday, getting help and Paul George finished with utes in the win which comes Anthony Davis. nursing a right, high-ankle 11 and Daniel Theis added 10 from their supporting cast in 19 and 16 points respectively at in the middle of a nine-game Reserve Montrezl Harrell sprain suffered on March 20 for the Bulls, who overcame a a 104-86 rout of the short- Staples Centre arena. homestand. scored a team high 19 for the against the Atlanta Hawks. slow start with a spirited sec- “We were great defensively. Lakers who have lost six of their Davis has missed over two doz- ond quarter in which they out- We set the tone early. We were last 11 games. en games this season, the last 22 scored the Nets 32-18. physical and we got into bod- due to a strained right calf. Without injured starters Kev- ies,” said Clippers coach Daunting road trip They tried to fill the void by in Durant and James Harden, Tyronn Lue. It doesn’t get any easier for signing centre Andre Drum- the Nets looked out of sorts in Kennard and Terance Mann the Lakers. Sunday’s defeat was mond, but he has not played having their four-game win have stepped in nicely to fill the their final home game before since injuring his toe in his streak halted. They dropped to void left by an injury to starting embarking on a five-game road Laker debut last Wednesday. 34-16 on the season. guard Patrick Beverley. Mann trip that begins Tuesday against Elsewhere, Zach LaVine The Nets had six players in finished with seven points. the Toronto Raptors, who scored a game-high 25 points double-figure scoring includ- Lue was pleased with what he crushed Golden State by 53 as the Chicago Bulls snapped a ing Kyrie Irving, who finished saw from Rondo who finished points, 130-77 on Friday. six-game losing skid with a 115- with 24 points and a season with two points and two steals “We didn’t handle their 107 win over the under-manned high 15 assists. in limited playing time. defensive pressure well at Brooklyn Nets in Chicago. Jeff Green came off the bench “He going to be good for us all,” said Lakers coach Frank Tomas Satoransky finished to score 21 points while LaMa- in the long run. He makes the Vogel of the Clippers. “We had with 19 points and 11 assists, rcus Aldridge and Joe Harris game easier. It is just good to a tough shooting night. Tough centre Nikola Vucevic tallied 22 scored 11 points apiece and LA Clippers Paul George dribbles during the first half against the see him out there,” Lue said. shooting night at the rim, points and 13 rebounds for the Blake Griffin and Bruce Brown Brooklyn Nets on February 2, 2021. AFP Marc Gasol with 11 points missed nine layups and 21 Bulls who gave their playoff each had 10. AFP 16 THE PHNOM PENH POST april 6, 2021 www.phnompenhpost.com Sport Man Utd come from behind to defeat Brighton anchester United his second league goal of the season. came from behind to United’s chances of chasing down beat Brighton 2-1 on City look forlorn with the runaway Sunday to cut Man- league leaders needing just 11 points Mchester City’s lead at the top of the from their remaining seven games to Premier League to 14 points, while seal a third title in four years. Tottenham’s top-four challenge suf- But victory opened up an 11-point fered a setback as Joe Willock’s late cushion for the Red Devils over fifth- strike rescued a 2-2 draw for lowly placed Tottenham and Liverpool in Newcastle. their quest to qualify for next season’s Not for the first time this season, Champions League. United needed a second-half fight- “It’s a long way up [to City], but we back after a dismal first 45 minutes to want to consolidate second place,” Manchester United’s striker Marcus Rashford scores his team’s first goal past Brighton’s goalkeeper Robert Sanchez (right) during take all three points thanks to goals said Solskjaer. the English Premier League football match against Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday. AFP from Marcus Rashford and Mason Spurs were left to rue letting anoth- Greenwood. er lead slip away at St. James’ Park. with so many individual defensive mis- the drop zone when Aleksandar took a huge step towards survival by Danny Welbeck deservedly opened Jose Mourinho’s side were just five takes that we made,” Mourinho said. Mitrovic pounced on a loose pass by coming from 2-0 down to beat Burn- the scoring for the Seagulls against his minutes away from moving into Asked why Tottenham have strug- Tyrone Mings to score his first league ley 3-2. old club before Lewis Dunk hit the fourth place thanks to Harry Kane’s gled to hold onto leads when his teams goal since September. Chris Wood’s penalty and Matej crossbar for the visitors. first-half double. have been so solid defensively in the Villa had looked devoid of ideas Vydra’s strike gave the visitors a dream However, Brighton also repeated Joelinton had put Newcastle ahead past, Mourinho replied: “Same coach, without talisman Jack Grealish due to start inside 28 minutes. the story of their season as they failed and Steve Bruce’s men were rewarded different players. injury. But Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side hit back to make the most of their dominance for a much-improved performance “The Premier League is hard and is But Dean Smith’s men suddenly impressively as Stuart Armstrong and before the break. when on-loan Arsenal midfielder Wil- high-level football, and when in some sparked into life to score three times Danny Ings scored before half-time. Rashford slotted home an equaliser lock smashed in off the underside of actions you don’t show that you in the final 12 minutes. Nathan Redmond bagged the 66th- on 62 minutes from Bruno Fernandes’s the bar five minutes from time. belong to that high level of football, Egyptian winger Trezeguet came off minute winner when he volleyed pass to reward United’s marked Tottenham edge ahead of Liverpool it’s difficult.” the bench to score twice in three min- home from Theo Walcott’s cross. improvement. on goal difference but are still two Willock’s goal could prove invaluable utes to turn the game around. After only their second league win Fernandes was involved again for the points behind fourth-placed Chelsea for fourth-bottom Newcastle as they Ollie Watkins then tapped home in 13 games, FA Cup semi-finalists winner as his cross was volleyed back with eight games left. moved three points clear of Fulham, from Bertrand Traore’s cross to round Southampton are three points above across goal by Paul Pogba and into the “I’m frustrated. We needed to win the who were beaten 3-1 at Aston Villa. off the scoring. Burnley, who sit seven points ahead path of Greenwood to head home just match. We created some instability Fulham looked set to move out of Earlier on Sunday, Southampton of Fulham. AFP Off for a Big Mac: Quartararo triumphs at NBA’s Bucks sign Jrue Doha MotoGP, Zarco makes French double Holiday to deal worth Fabio Quartararo of Yamaha Martin was visibly delight- won the Doha MotoGP on Sun- ed with the result, describing reported $135 million day with French compatriot it as “a difficult race – I am a The NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks sive Team honoree has Johann Zarco of Ducati-Pramac rookie!” have signed guard Jrue Holiday appeared in 38 games and is finishing second. “I think I did a really mature to a contract extension worth a averaging 17.0 points, 5.4 Spanish rookie Jorge Martin, race. The passing was so diffi- reported $135 million over four assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.82 the teammate of Zarco, was cult, if it was another rider years. steals in 31.7 minutes per third after starting the race on [than Zarco] I would have taken The Bucks said on Sunday game. pole position. him back for sure. they had agreed to a multi-year He missed seven games after It was the first time two “I’m happy with third posi- extension with Holiday, the testing positive for Covid-19 in French riders had been on the tion, my first podium finish.” guard declining his player February. podium in the sport’s elite class Britain’s Sam Lowes won his option for the 2021-22 season. Since March 20, Holiday has since 1954 when Pierre Mon- second Moto2 race in Qatar in ESPN, citing Holiday’s agent, averaged 23.3 points on 58.7 neret won and Jacques Collot as many weeks. reported the financial terms of per cent shooting, 7.3 assists, was third on home soil in Completing 20 laps in 39 the max extension which 4.8 rebounds and 1.9 steals in Reims. minutes 52.702 seconds, includes bonuses that could his last eight games. Quartararo joked modestly Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Fabio Quartararo (right) and Monster Kalex-rider Lowes pipped Aus- make it worth $160 million. The announcement comes a Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Vinales drive during the Moto GP that he “will enjoy the moment Grand Prix of Doha on Sunday. AFP tralia’s Remy Gardner by 0.190 Holiday arrived in Milwaukee day after Holiday scored a sea- with a nice McDonald’s tonight” seconds. from the New Orleans Pelicans son-high 33 points with 11 following his win. half a race he had the pace – but Valentino Rossi, the seven- Spain’s Raul Fernandez fin- in November as part of a four- assists and seven rebounds in “It is easy to say I’ve not won I was still able to stay behind time MotoGP world champion, ished third, 3.371 seconds off team trade. the Bucks’ 129-128 victory over a lot of races – but wow!” he him,” Zarco said. was 16th on the Yamaha-SRT, the pace. The two-time All-NBA Defen- the Sacramento Kings. AFP added. “He was so clean in the style. after starting in 21st place, the “The wind was there so it was “I came from eighth, the pace It was this situation in four laps Italian’s worst ever qualifying easy to stay behind but when I and track were totally different to the end, Fabio came in the performance. got to the front it was hard to from the fourth practice and right place to overtake Jorge. Italy’s Francesco Bagnaia, on pull away because of the wind,” warm-up. “I tried to overtake Fabio but a Ducati, defending world Lowes said. “I always dreamed to win in I could not pass him. champion Joan Mir of Spain on Spanish teenager Pedro Qatar, unfortunately I was not “I’m so happy for both of them a Suzuki, South Africa’s Brad Acosta defied the odds to win the first [this season].” – victory of a French rider and Binder, of KTM, Australia’s Jack the Moto3 race after starting Zarco’s second-place finish podium for a teammate.” Miller, on a Ducati, and Span- in the pit lane following a was enough to put him on top Spain’s Alex Rins, on a Suzuki, ish Aprilia rider Aleix Espargaro penalty. of the world championship and Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales, completed the top 10. It was the 16-year-old KTM after two rounds. the winner of the season-open- Miller had a second ninth- rider’s first world champion- He has 40 points with Quar- ing Qatar MotoGP on the same place finish in as many weeks ship victory, having finished tararo in second, just four Losail track last week, filled out despite a strong showing in free second in the season-opening points behind. the top five. practice, with a bump with Mir Qatar Grand Prix last week. Vinales had an eventful race dominating his race. He beat Binder into second ‘Happy for both of them’ after a poor start and his frus- The two exchanged words place and leads the South Afri- “I was pretty happy that Jorge tration was visible after the heatedly for the duration of the can by nine points in the early Jrue Holiday (centre) of the Milwaukee Bucks shoots against De’Aaron [Martin] took the pace, after chequered flag fell. subsequent straight. riders’ standings. AFP Fox (behind) of the Sacramento Kings on Saturday. AFP