R 3535 E MB U N SSUE I FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL Delay to Hun Sen in quarantine, cancer care ups COURT ISSUES cancels planned meet death risk ASSET FREEZE Long Kimmarita and other senior officials dur- the King and Queen Mother, bang and Banteay Meanchey, DELAYING cancer treatment ing his one-day visit in Cam- flood victims, as well as heads please forgive me for not join- by just a month can put ORDER FOR UN RIME Minister Hun bodia on Tuesday, tested pos- of states for the cancellation. ing in distributing rice seeds patients at a sharply greater Sen has cancelled itive for Covid-19 in the Thai “So, the King and Queen and relief donations. I will risk of dying, according to LISTED NAMES his visits and post- capital Bangkok. Mother, please forgive me for assign my representatives to research published on NATIONAL – PAGE 2 poned joining sev- In a Facebook post on No- not escorting you when you distribute them instead. Wednesday, the latest to Peral planned programmes to vember 4, the prime minister return from the People’s Re- “Please postpone the sound the alarm over the continue his quarantine. said even though he did not public of China and celebrate groundbreaking ceremony of Covid-19 pandemic’s impact The cancellation came after contract Covid-19, for the Independence Day on No- the 38-road renovation project on other health conditions. Hungarian Minister of For- safety of all, doctors required vember 9,” he said. in Siem Reap province, which Treatment delays happen eign Affairs and Trade Peter him to live in isolation for 14 “Brothers and sisters in the in normal times, but the Szijjarto, who met Hun Sen days. He made apologies to provinces of Pursat, Battam- CONTINUED – PAGE 2 spread of Covid-19 has caused unprecedented disruption to healthcare services. In a new study published in the “BMJ medical” jour- nal, researchers in the UK and Canada found that delays in treatment – wheth- KINgdom’s BIKES er for surgery, radiotherapy, or other treatments such as ROLLING ALL chemotherapy – for seven types of cancers had a sig- OVER, EXPORTS nificant impact on patient mortality. REACH $379M “There has never been a BUSINESS – PAGE 7 systematic attempt to look at all the evidence on what delays in different types of treatment mean for cancer patient outcomes,” said co- author Ajay Aggarwal, a clinical oncologist and Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “Because we know this is happening to cancer patients during the Covid- 19 pandemic it is essential BIDEN TAKES BIG to understand the real impact.” STEP TO WINNING The study found even a one-month postponement ELECTION, TRUMP could mean a patient had a six to 13 per cent higher risk CLAIMS FRAUD of dying. The longer the wait WORLD – PAGE 11 Paradise lost for treatment, the higher A man looks at damages caused by the passage of Hurricane Eta in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Wednesday. Hurricane Eta pummelled the risk. Nicaragua, killing two people there and one in neighbouring Honduras, while unleashing fierce winds and heavy downpours.AFP The authors described the findings, based on dozens of international studies published over the last two decades, as “sobering”. Fire races through Prey Veng market The research suggests that “for the majority of the major Khouth Sophak Chakrya estimate, the fire caused $1.08 Emergency Team visited the the house. We ran from the cancers and treatments million in damage,” he said. site to assist victims facing house with no time to spare. there is no ‘safe’ treatment A FIRE ripped through the Pea Reang district police temporary hardship. The destroyed property was delay”, Aggarwal said. Kampong Popil Market in Prey chief Long Bun Bunthoen told Chheng Kun, 39, said she worth over $50,000,” she said. Researchers estimated Veng province’s Kampong The Post the cause of the fire sells clothes and cosmetics at Grocer Sreng Pheng, 73, that a delay in surgery of 12 SCULPTOR BRINGS Popil commune on Wednes- is electrical malfunction at a the market. She told The Post said: “I did not take anything weeks for all patients with day night, causing more than motorcycle repair shop. There her home of 15 years was de- besides my wife getting out of breast cancer – during Cov- THE KINgdom’s $1 million in damage to shops were no deaths or injuries. stroyed by fire. the house. We are old and do id-19 lockdowns and their and dwellings. Samneang said it took fire- “My husband and three not have kids staying with us.” aftermath, for example – HIGHLY REVERED Commune chief Thoeng fighters from Prey Veng and kids were sleeping when we Prey Veng provincial gov- would, over the course of a Samneang told The Post on Kandal provinces and Phnom heard shouting that a fire was ernor Chea Somethy said he year, lead to 1,400 excess FIGURES TO LIFE Thursday the fire destroyed Penh three hours and 560cm coming. My husband and I had asked authorities to work deaths in the UK, 6,100 in 75 houses and shops. of water to put out the fire. did not think about anything together to help rebuild the the US, 700 in Canada, and LIFESTYLE – PAGE 14 “According to the initial police A Prey Veng Red Cross besides taking the kids from market. 500 in Australia. AFP Relaxing policies, fixing quirks to Don’t miss our Special Report rouse a sleeping tourism sector Inside page 8-9 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST NOVEMBER 6, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National Students quarantining Assets frozen Int’l buyers urged to by court for after meeting delegates those on UN Continued from page 1 a total of 628 people, who were sanctions list in contact with the Hungarian order from Kingdom had originally been scheduled minister, had their samples HE Phnom Penh Munici- for November 16 to a later date. tested at Institut Pasteur du Mom Kunthear pal Court has issued an “The heads of states, ASEAN Cambodge. Their tests proved Torder to freeze the assets governments and all relevant negative for Covid-19. INISTRY of La- of individuals and entities who partners, please forgive me “The ministry is identify- bour and Vo- were named on the UN Security for not joining the [planned] ing the contacts and inform- cational Train- Council’s sanctions list follow- meeting. I will assign repre- ing the public when it gets a ing spokesman ing a request from the Ministry sentatives to join it from No- series of results of analytic MHeng Sour has called on in- of Justice. vember 12-15, 2020. Though samples,” it said. ternational buyers to contin- Ministry spokesman Chin I can’t leave my house, I will Meanwhile, the Ministry of ue purchasing products from Malin told The Post on Novem- still carry out work to exam- Education, Youth and Sport Cambodia to help improve ber 4 that the court’s order ine, approve and sign various announced on November 4 workers’ living standards and was an implementation of legal documents for the govern- that educational establish- working conditions. procedure based on the new law ment,” he said. ments whose individuals or Sour was speaking at a recently passed by the National The prime minister added students had been in contact workshop under the theme Assembly on the anti-financing he would take time during with the Hungarian delegates “Developing joint plans for of proliferation of weapons of quarantine to exercise at a had to delay studying for 14 sustainability of compliance mass destruction. residence compound and days. They also have to self- with laws in the sectors of “In the UN Security Council not allow people to visit. He quarantine for 14 days. garment, textile, footwear and resolution, Cambodia is re- said he had instructed gov- Online learning programmes travel goods and handbags”. quired to freeze the assets Labour ministry spokesman Heng Sour wants international buyers to of individuals and entities on ernment officials, provincial of those establishments still The workshop was hosted continue purchasing products from Cambodia. LABOUR MINISTRY governors and commanders proceed as normal, it said. by International Labour Or- the UN Security Council’s of the armed forces to report “The schools’ boards of ganisation – Better Facto- “The labour ministry and cient goods from factories. sanctions list. to him and ask his opinion on management, staff, students, ries Cambodia (ILO-BFC) in GMAC are of the same view Cambodian Labour Confed- “Based on the new law on state affairs. parents and guardians at the Phnom Penh on Wednesday. that ensuring the sustain- eration (CLC) president Ath anti-financing of the prolifera- “This is the best way for above-mentioned educa- Participants included repre- ability of compliance with the Thorn said it was normal that tion of lethal weapons, the jus- safety and health for all. I tional establishments have to sentatives from ministries, in- labour law and international labour ministry officials re- tice ministry has informed the would like to thank compa- exercise heightened caution stitutions, national and inter- working standards is what we quest buyers to continue buy- court of the list of sanctioned triots at home and abroad and continue to monitor their national organisations, trade need to promote. ing goods from Cambodia. individuals and entities in the for feeling concerned about health. unions, factories and enter- “We informed buyers that “It is for safety and protect- decision of the UN Security my health and sending well “In the case that any of them prises in the sectors of gar- they have to continue sup- ing workers.