R 3508 E MB U N SSUE I MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent www.phnompenhpost.com 4000 RIEL HUNGARIAN MAN INFLATION RATE FRANCe’s MACRON: EXPOSES 90 TO STILL 3% DESPITE ‘It’s CLEAR BELARUS COVID IN S REAP ‘sagging ECONOMy’ LEADER Has to go’ NATIONAL – page 5 BUSINESS – page 6 WORLD – page 9 Chikungunya outbreak suspected in Kandal Long Kimmarita in a remote area bordering Prey Veng ing, another one, who we have required Among the nearly 6,000 suspected Minister of Health Mam Bun Heng province, far from health centres, while to undergo treatment. Some others cases reported through dengue sur- advised people to exercise caution AT LEAST 100 people in Prek Russey the road to the village is difficult to trav- were just suspected to have it, and veillance systems nationwide, more and eliminate all mosquito shelters commune’s Peam Sdey village in Kan- el on due to recent flooding. some had a rash, but it has healed.” than 80 per cent were from Siem Reap, around their homes. dal province’s Lvea Em district have Authorities have arranged for those In a Ministry of Health press release Takeo and Preah Vihear provinces. He also suggested people sleep in sought medical assistance since Satur- suspected of having chikungunya to published on Sunday, spokesperson Or Statistics showed that 54 per cent mosquito nets and wear clothes day and are suspected of being infect- stay in a pagoda hall. Vandine said that since the outbreak of the cases involved adults, 31 per which cover the skin. ed with the chikungunya disease, said Bunthoeun said: “I want to confirm of chikungunya in almost all provinces cent involved children over five and Mosquitoes thrive during the Kandal provincial Department of that these are cases of suspected ill- in August, there have been a total of 15 per cent involved children under rainy season and diseases can Health director Kuy Bunthoeun. nesses. We cannot say if it’s chikun- 5,998 suspected cases. five. Out of all the patients suspected spread easily if people don’t take Bunthoeun said 12 health workers gunya because we did not take sam- Chikungunya continues to spread of having chikungunya, 96 per cent precautions, he said. were sent to the village where they would ples to test. in some areas, while others that have have been cured while the remaining Chikungunya symptoms occur two be on standby to provide treatment to “Since Saturday night, there have experienced outbreaks have four per cent are receiving treatment to three days after someone is bitten by infected villagers. Peam Sdey is located been 14 people, and this Sunday morn- remained calm and manageable. at public hospitals. a female Aedes aegypti mosquito. GMAC sues EU court for withdrawing EBA scheme Niem Chheng alleged that the EU’s decision violates the principle of proportionality and the HE Garment Manufactur- requirement of consistency between ers Association in Cambo- the EU’s policies and activities. dia (GMAC) has filed a “The Commission allegedly failed complaint with the Euro- to properly assess the proportional- peanT Court of Justice, requesting ity of the partial temporary with- that the EU’s 20 per cent withdraw- drawal of Customs preferences for al of the Everything But Arms (EBA) the Cambodian garments, footwear scheme be annulled. and travel goods sectors,” GMAC GMAC based its complaint on two said. legal pleas and an alleged Customs The second plea alleged that there People’s hero code violation. was a violation of the applicant’s The rat named Magawa recently received a medal from the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) in England for locating 67 landmines and unexploded ordnance in Siem Reap and Preah Vihear provinces. APOPO STORY > 3 According to an EU journal, GMAC procedural rights due to the EC’s filed the complaint on July 16. failure to provide adequate reason- GMAC is being represented by law- ing pursuant to Article 296(2) TFEU, yers C Ziegler and S Monti. corresponding to a violation of the In its complaint, GMAC asked the right to good administration. Azerbaijan, Armenia on war footing court to annul the EC’s decision to GMAC secretary-general Ken Loo temporarily withdraw EBA benefits said on Sunday that the claim was BAKU and Yerevan put themselves on A major confrontation between the seven of its Armenian-controlled vil- because, while the export of 40 dif- made to oppose the decision to with- a war footing after heavy fighting ex-Soviet Caucasus neighbours lages, a claim Yerevan denied. ferent goods from Cambodia to the draw 20 per cent of the EBA scheme. erupted on Sunday between Azerbai- would draw in big regional players In a televised address to the nation EU is affected by the withdrawal of He said the complaint was used jan and Armenian separatists, claiming Moscow and Ankara. earlier in the day, Azerbaijan Presi- 20 per cent of the EBA scheme, of as a last resort after other efforts military and civilian casualties on both Russia, France, Germany and the EU dent Ilham Aliyev vowed victory over the 40 items, white sugar with HS failed to reverse the EC’s decision. sides, including at least one child. swiftly urged an “immediate ceasefire”, Armenian forces. code 121293 is not among the goods The European Court of Justice The worst clashes since 2016 have while Pope Francis prayed for peace. “Our cause is just and we will win,” produced by GMAC members. said case file T-454/20 was sent to raised the spectre of a fresh war The Armenian defence ministry Aliyev said, repeating a famous Additionally, GMAC demanded the court on August 14, 2020. But a between arch-enemies Azerbaijan spokesman, Artsrun Hovhannisyan, quote from Soviet dictator Joseph that the EC pay for the handling of date has not been set to hear it. and Armenia which have been locked said intense fighting continued Stalin’s address at the outbreak of the case, according to the journal. Spokespersons for the EC and the for decades in a territorial dispute along the Karabakh frontline on World War II in Russia. GMAC made two other pleas con- over the Armenia-backed breakaway Sunday afternoon. cerning the EBA withdrawal. First, it CONTINUED – page 2 region of Nagorny Karabakh. Azerbaijan said it had captured CONTINUED – page 9 THE PHNOM PENH POST Cambodians returning to National Malaysia to pay hefty fees Inside page 4 2 THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 WWW.phnompenhpost.COM National PM warns of ‘new Cold War’ Ministry official suspended for Niem Chheng US and EU had interfered in the internal affairs of Cambo- RIME Minister Hun dia and established a double shooting at couple Sen said the possibil- standard against the Kingdom. ity of a so-called new Phea said: “They have spoken Soth Koemsoeun the noodle shop and the one Cold War has become a lot about human rights in Cam- who filed the complaint Pa significant concern and that bodia and used trade and politi- THE General Commissariat of expressed gratitude to minis- all countries have to reject out- cal sanctions on Cambodia. the National Police on Friday try leaders after hearing the right, any attempt to allow his- “The EU withdrew 20 per suspended the Ministry of Inte- news of Phinra’s suspension. tory to tragically repeat itself. cent of the Everything But Arms rior’s Anti-Terrorism Office “My family hasn’t settled the He made the remarks in a (EBA) scheme from Cambodia director Thlang Phinra following case outside the legal system. speech during 75th Session of as an existing example. But the a complaint from a couple whom We give authority to the court to the UN General Assembly on EU still works with Vietnam, he threatened with a gun. take measures,” Sokheng said. Saturday. which is a communist coun- On September 20, Phinra was The Post could not contact Speaking about the global try. They [the EU] don’t speak accused of brandishing a gun to Phnom Penh Municipal Court geopolitical landscape, he said about democracy, they think threaten the couple, who own a spokesperson Kuch Kimlong the longest period of stabil- only of their interests.” noodle shop in Boeung Kak II for comment on Sunday. ity and prosperity in modern Former Cambodia National commune, in the capital’s Tuol The complaint to the three times is being deeply shaken Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmaker Kork district. They filed a com- institutions on September 22 because the fundamental val- Ou Chanroth is of the view that plaint to the court, the ministry said Phinra cursed and threat- Prime Minister Hun Sen says a new ‘Cold War’ is a concern. HENG CHIVOAN ues underlying it as well as the a new Cold War started over the and the Bar Association of the ened to kill Sokheng and his core principles of internation- portion that it undermines one the most powerful countries last 10 years as a competition Kingdom of Cambodia. wife by taking out the gun al law are being flouted and no of the fundamental principles to stop threatening world between the US and China. Deputy National Police chief while they were having lunch longer respected. of the UN Charter – the right of peace and the survival of the Cambodia had suffered in Y Sokhy said on Sunday that with eight other friends. He observed that the trend people to self-determination planet as much as it is up to the past from Cold War influ- under the guidance of Nation- His family did not have any pre- of unilateralism and the ex- and national sovereignty.