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Charges brought in Dutch murder case
NATIONAL NEWS
Meas Sokchea and Sean Teehan
DAYS after authorities repeatedly
cracked down on demonstrations,
opposition party supporters staged a
rolling rally across Phnom Penh yester-
day, filling up roads for hours and
blocking major intersections.
About 500 people with tuk-tuks and
motorbikes gathered at the Cambo-
dia National Rescue Party headquar-
ters in the capitals Meanchey district
in the afternoon before taking to their
vehicles, from which they blasted the
partys anthem and shouted slogans
over megaphones. Thousands of
CNRP supporters also marched in
Kampong Cham province earlier in
the day.
Change or no change? members in
Phnom Penh shouted as they rolled
down the streets of several districts yes-
terday. Change number four to
number seven, they said, referencing
the CPP and CNRPs respective num-
bers on election ballots last July.
Opposition party members held
the rallies less than a week after pub-
lic gatherings were banned in the
capital during the May 1-16 council
election campaign.
A mass of CNRP supporters in
Phnom Penh followed lawmaker Yim
Sovann, as members physically
blocked people at major intersections
from breaking up the rally and the
group sped through traffic lights and
snarled traffic.
The public is not content; they dont
like it because traffic is always heavy,
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay
Siphan said. But in some cases, [CNRP
members] dont respect that.
Siphan last night said the demonstra-
tion was allowed to occur because it did
not interfere with public order.
Only a handful of police were seen
on the streets during the roughly four-
hour rally, a stark contrast to the reac-
tion to demonstrations held last Thurs-
day and Friday, when Daun Penh
district security guards beat a number
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Civil war nears
as 3,000 attack
HQ in Odessa
MORE than 3,000 pro-Russian mili-
tants stormed the police headquarters
in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa
yesterday, where 42 people died in
clashes three days ago.
A reporter on the scene said the
crowd shouted fascists, fascists as
they attacked the building, demand-
ing the release of some of their number
arrested during the clashes.
In a bid to calm the crowd, police
freed one of the detained pro-Rus-
sians, who emerged to cheers of well
played from the protesters.
The protesters, some of them
armed with batons, had made it into
an interior courtyard.
Odessa, a scenic Black Sea port
home to more than 1 million people,
was still in shock after running battles
on Friday between pro-Russians and
pro-Kiev protesters culminated in an
inferno that left 38 dead.
Two days of chaos and violence in
east and southeast Ukraine appeared
on Saturday to be pushing the country
ever closer to civil war, as the death
Vong Sokheng and Alice Cuddy
F
OR months now, Daun Penh
district security forces, identifi-
able by their dark blue
uniforms, black motorbike
helmets and merciless truncheon
swinging, have been unleashed on pro-
testers, opposition and otherwise, as the
all-too-willing enforcers of government-
approved crackdowns.
But as district forces have begun
targeting more journalists during their
attacks in recent days, the government
is speaking out for the first time
against them, though without con-
demning their earlier violence against
the opposition and other civilians.
In a statement released yesterday, the
Ministry of Information condemned
police and private security forces for
threatening, intimidating, seizing
material and insulting local and for-
eign journalists.
[The ministry] considers those acts
a serious violation of press freedom in
the Kingdom of Cambodia, says the
statement, which has no signature but
bears the stamp of the ministry.
The ministry would like all rele-
vant parties to cooperate and imple-
ment the rights, role and duty in proper
accordance with the principles of a
multi-party democracy as stated in the
Constitution, the ministry wrote.
The condemnation follows the vio-
lent suppression of Labour Day dem-
onstrations on Thursday. At least three
journalists were among those injured
by Daun Penh district security guards,
according to the Overseas Press Club
of Cambodia.
The following day, the first of the
council election campaign period, sev-
eral journalists were again targeted.
One of those injured in the violence
was Voice of Democracy reporter Lay
Samean, who suffered a broken cheek-
bone after being beaten by security.
Speaking yesterday, VOD media direc-
tor Nop Vy said the ministry statement
was nothing more than rhetoric.
I think that if the government really
had a strong will to prevent the violence
against journalists [it would take] real
measures to bring those security forces
and authorities to the court, Vy said.
We have many pictures of the [per-
petrators] and we can identify [them].
We wondered why the government
Security dressed down
Rebuke lacks real measures
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CNRP holds
a citywide
rolling rally
Cambodia National Rescue Party supporters drive cars and motorbikes over Phnom Penhs Monivong Bridge
yesterday during a campaign rally for council elections. PHA LINA
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Government sites
hit by Anonymous
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea,
Laignee Barron and Cheang Sokha
R
ETALIATING against
the recent arrests of
four members, hack-
tivist group Anony-
mous Cambodia ramped up its
revenge campaign this week-
end, hacking into nine differ-
ent websites, according to the
groups Facebook page.
The slew of cyber attacks in-
cluded the Royal Gendarmerie
website, the Ministry of Na-
tional Defense website and the
governments Computer Emer-
gency Response Team.
Free our comrades! the
hacking group demanded in a
statement yesterday. We are not
a small group of people residing
in Cambodia for you to ignore,
we are [an] organised, globally
active collective of like-minded
individuals and our message to
you is clear, we declare war . . .
The local wing of the inter-
national hacking association
vowed to topple the govern-
ment of Cambodia after an
eight-month investigation by
the National Police and the US
Federal Bureau of Investigation
led to the arrest of two 21-year-
old members last month.
On Thursday, two more hack-
ers were arrested after they
shut down the Anti-Corruption
Units website for more than
two hours on April 29.
A police statement named
SETEC students Bun King Mon-
gkolpanha and Chu Songheng
as the suspects arrested early
in April, but ACU president Om
Yentieng declined to identify the
two recently arrested members.
They used the name Game-
Over-xX23xX to attack and de-
stroy ACUs data and website,
he said.
The suspects are being held
at the Ministry of Interior for
further questioning, according
to Chhay Sinarith, director of
the ministrys internal security
department. Anonymous also
hacked the military polices web-
site on Friday, spokesman Kheng
Tito said.
I dont think their group has
many people, and we will wipe
it out, he said.
No one has yet been pros-
ecuted in Cambodia for hack-
ing. But that could soon change
with the Cybercrimes Draft
Law, which, after the govern-
ment began putting it together
in 2012, may be taken up by the
National Assembly today.
CNRPs rolling rally
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of people. The municipality
notified the public of the ban
via its website on Tuesday. An
announcement on the site
said city Governor Pa
Socheatvong informed offi-
cials from all of Phnom Penhs
nine districts that public
assemblies were banned.
After CNRP president Sam
Rainsy and vice president Kem
Sokha held an International
Labour Day demonstration,
where about 1,500 gathered at
the Naga Bridge, across from
Freedom Park, helmeted Daun
Penh security guards seemingly
picked people out at random
and beat them with clubs. At
least five people were injured.
Several people, including at
least two journalists, were
injured the next day after secu-
rity guards and riot police
cracked down on a gathering
at the same location for a
planned opposition party
demonstration.
Rainsy and Sokha both
attended the rally in Kampong
Cham yesterday, where sup-
porters took a similar approach
to campaigning for the council
election, despite what was
described as a large number of
military police blocking them
from entering market areas.
The Cambodia National Res-
cue Party will rule the govern-
ment soon, Sokha said at the
Kampong Cham march. Dur-
ing the election in 2013, the
National Rescue Party won in
Phnom Penh, so a Cambodia
National Rescue Party member
should be Phnom Penh munic-
ipalitys governor.
Addressing the crowd in Kam-
pong Cham, Rainsy brought up
the issue of land grabbing.
Our past disputes are not
important; now we must join to
save our nation, Rainsy said.
Peoples farmland is being
grabbed and we must solve that.
Our forests are also being
destroyed, peoples lives are
being ruined.
Bavet strike ends at all but 2 factories
Mom Kunthear
NEARLY all the factories in special econom-
ic zones (SEZs) across Svay Riengs Bavet
town reopened over the weekend, ending a
strike in which workers failed to coax
employers into paying them a $50 bonus.
Pol Samphors, a garment worker at the
Kingmaker factory in the Manhattan SEZ,
said yesterday that management brought
the more than 3,000 employees back into the
fold by agreeing to pay half-day wages for
shifts that went unfilled since April 21, the
day they started striking.
We did not get anything after protesting
for more than a week, she said. It wasnt
immediately clear how many other factories
besides Kingmaker struck similar deals to
pay employees half-day wages.
Thousands of workers commenced strik-
ing in mid-April, after Khmer New Year, when
they learned that at least one factory had
given workers a $50 bonus for not striking.
The strikes quickly expanded, drawing work-
ers from three SEZs in Bavet. One man was
charged with property destruction.
Kem Chamreoun, a legal officer for the
Collective Union of Movement of Workers,
said yesterday that only two factories were
still experiencing protests.
Has Bunthy, director of the provincial
labour department, said some workers were
still holding out for the half-day wage com-
promise, and about 10 per cent of workers
at the Best Way factory still had not
returned.
Opposition supporters drive through the streets of Phnom Penh during a
campaign rally for council elections yesterday. HONG MENEA
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would not be able to arrest and
punish in accordance with
the law . . . but we found that
the government has taken no
legal action against those secu-
rity forces.
Freedom Houses press free-
dom report for 2013, which was
released last week, categorises
Cambodia as not free, placing
it 147th out of 197 countries
and territories.
Violent and unpunished
crackdowns by Daun Penh dis-
trict security guards have
become more frequent since
men matching their description
dismantled a Cambodia Nation-
al Rescue Party protest camp at
Freedom Park on January 4.
The taking down of the camp
came a day after military police
killed at least four garment
workers in response to a mass
strike outside an industrial park
in Phnom Penh. Guards have
also detained demonstrators.
In March, at least 10 Boeung
Kak protesters were harmed
during violent clashes with the
unit, and last month another
10 people were injured when
about 30 district security
guards attacked a peaceful
crowd of journalists, NGO
workers and supporters of
opposition lawmaker-elect Mu
Sochua after she ran into the
middle of Freedom Park.
Little is known about the
makeup of the helmeted dis-
trict security forces.
In January, City Hall spokes-
man Long Dimanche said
many of the guards were men
who had received no formal
government security training.
But the municipality, he added,
had the Ministry of Interiors
permission to select people to
protect public order.
In recent days, the force has
been deployed in large num-
bers to implement a newly
reinforced ban on public
assembly in Phnom Penh.
Rights groups yesterday said
more needs to be done to
address civilian casualties.
The key is prosecution. If the
Daun Penh district security
guards are so irresponsible and
brutal . . . then why does City Hall
continue to use them? said Ou
Virak, chairman of the Cambo-
dian Center for Human Rights.
I dont blame the Ministry of
Information for just talking
about journalists, but the vio-
lence is quite unjustifiable . . .
What about the Ministry of Jus-
tice and the Ministry of Interior?
We expect more from them.
Neil Loughlin, a technical
adviser with rights group Adhoc,
agreed: Adhoc welcomes the
moves by the Ministry of Infor-
mation [to condemn attacks on
journalists] but the problem is
much wider than this. Daun
Penh district security forces
have repeatedly attacked pro-
testers and bystanders. We
would like to remind the gov-
ernment of the right to freedom
of assembly.
Dimanche said he had not
seen the statement and would
consult with Phnom Penh Gov-
ernor Pa Socheatvong.
Daun Penh District Governor
Sok Sambath hung up on a Post
reporter, while deputy gover-
nor Sok Penh Vuth who has
led some of the attacks could
not be reached.
Rights group slams
judiciary legislation
Stuart White
H
UMAN Rights Watch
yesterday called on
the government to
withdraw three
seriously substandard draft
laws on the Kingdoms judici-
ary, saying that passing them in
their current form would erad-
icate any separation between
the judicial and executive
branches of government.
The three laws, which were
recently approved by the Coun-
cil of Ministers [a]fter years of
outrageous foot-dragging,
would give the minister of jus-
tice an inordinate amount of
power, allowing the ruling
Cambodian Peoples Party to
cement what is widely per-
ceived to be its control of Cam-
bodias courts, HRW said in a
statement yesterday.
The Cambodian government
has made annual promises to
the Cambodian people and
donors to take steps to establish
an independent judiciary, but
has utterly failed to keep them,
HRW Asia director Brad Adams
says in the statement. By enact-
ing laws empowering the justice
minister over the judiciarys rul-
ing body, [Prime Minister] Hun
Sen can formalize his de
facto power over the courts.
Under the constitution, the
Supreme Council of Magistracy
is charged with overseeing judg-
es and defending the judicial
branch from outside influence.
But should the new laws go
into effect, the justice minister
and other representatives of the
ministry would hold key posi-
tions on the Supreme Council
of Magistracy, raising concerns
that the councils decisions
could be politically influenced.
In its statement, HRW went
on to call for the laws to be
withdrawn at least until they
can be adequately subject[ed]
to public comment, a step the
government has already called
unnecessary, and that opposi-
tion Cambodia National Res-
cue Party lawmaker-elect Son
Chhay yesterday called unlike-
ly, given that the current parlia-
ment is just a rubber stamp.
Legal expert and Cambodian
Defenders Project executive
director Sok Sam Oeun yester-
day echoed HRWs misgivings
about the laws. The Supreme
Council of Magistracy cannot
protect the independence of
the judiciary, he said.
CPP lawmakers Chheang Vun
and Cheam Yeap could not be
reached for comment.
District security guards beat a man with batons at Phnom Penhs Freedom Park on Friday. HENG CHIVOAN
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Charges in Beerdsen murder
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A
SUSPECT arrested
last week for the mur-
der of Dutch national
Daphna Beerdsen
was charged on Saturday in
Phnom Penh Municipal Court,
a court ofcial has said.
The suspect, 35-year-old
Chea Pin, was charged with
intentional murder with ag-
gravating circumstances at the
court of rst instance, Heang
Sopheak, the courts vice pros-
ecutor, said on Saturday.
Pin has since been remand-
ed in custody and is awaiting
trial at Prey Sar prison after the
investigating judge issued a
detention warrant for him.
I have charged him with
intentional murder with ag-
gravated circumstances. He
has now been sent to Prey Sar
prison, Sopheak said.
The suspect a homeless
man living in Wat Than pago-
da near the house where Beer-
dsen, 31, was killed on April 28
was arrested on Tuesday.
Pin stands accused of enter-
ing Beerdsens home in Cham-
karmon district and attempt-
ing to steal a bicycle.
When Beerdsen shouted for
help, the suspect lashed out
with a screwdriver, fatally stab-
bing her six times, ofcials say.
Her 19-month-old daughter,
Dana, was seriously injured in
the attack and was airlifted to
Bangkok on April 29.
The child was still under
observation following at least
three operations aimed at re-
ducing swelling in her brain,
according to a spokesman for
Bangkok General, where she is
being treated.
She is still in the intensive
care unit, a hospital spokes-
man said yesterday, adding
that he could not divulge fur-
ther information.
Police, meanwhile, coun-
tered suggestions that there
may be more behind the mur-
der by pointing to property be-
longing to Beerdsen they say
was stolen by the suspect.
[Pin] was arrested based on
real proof after police saw the
victims property, and cons-
cated the victims laptop [Pin]
had sold to a pawn shop in
Phnom Penh, said Brigadier
General Chuon Narin, deputy
chief of Phnom Penh munici-
pal police. And he has also
confessed about his crime.
If he is found guilty, he
could be facing a life sentence
in prison, he added. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY DANIEL PYE
Chea Pin, who confessed to the brutal killing of Dutch national Daphna Beerdsen, is escorted by police of-
cers outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday. KOAM CHANRASMEY
Military might
Soldiers put
end to Veng
Sreng strike
S
OLDIERS used force on
Friday to end a strike
at a garment factory on
Veng Sreng Boulevard, where
demands included a lunch bo-
nus of 2,000 riel and an end to
forced overtime, workers and
union ofcials said yesterday.
Cheng Sophavy, an officer
at the Collective Union of Mo-
vement of Workers (CUMW),
said that about 100 employees
at Pemir Garment agreed to
return to work today after
military personnel threatened
them at the factory gates
on Friday.
Paramilitary forces from
Brigade 70 on Friday came to
disperse workers protesting in
front of the factory, Sophavy
said. They did not settle with
workers; they deployed para-
military forces instead. They do
so to discourage us and force
us back to work.
Worker representative Chan
Saban, 21, said: We protested
without any brute force, so
using soldiers to crack down is
not right.
Neither the factory nor the
military brigade could be
reached for comment. CHHAY
CHHANYDA
Journalists
remains
examined
Cheang Sokha
THE investigation into the
death of Canadian journalist
and author Dave Walker con-
tinued over the weekend, with
remains believed to be his tak-
en to a Siem Reap hospital for
closer examination, provincial
immigration police chief Chao
Mao Vireak said yesterday.
The official of the Canadian
Embassy from Bangkok and
[Walkers familys] lawyer are
cooperating with Cambodian
police, Mao Vireak said. We
dont [yet] have any clue [as to
the cause] of his death.
Walker went missing on Feb-
ruary 14. His remains were
found on Wednesday evening by
two boys near Angkor Thom.
In an interview on Canadian
television, journalist Peter Vron-
sky, a friend of Walker, main-
tained that Walker had a rela-
tionship with Canadas
intelligence agency, advising
them on the possibility of Khmer
Rouge war criminals entering
Canada along with refugees in
the 1980s. He went on to say that
a returned refugee suspected of
involvement in Walkers disap-
pearance was a senior Cambo-
dian police officer.

In brief
Women freed in raid
TWO Chinese men and a
Cambodian woman will be
questioned in court over
accusations they were
planning to traffic seven young
women to China for marriage,
police said on Saturday.
Lieutenant Colonel Keo Thea,
chief of Phnom Penhs anti-
human trafficking and juvenile
protection unit, said the three
were arrested during a raid
that freed seven women, aged
20 to 27, from a home in Tuol
Kork district. The suspects
have been accused of violating
human trafficking and sexual
exploitation law and will be
questioned in court today. BUTH
REAKSMEY KONGKEA
ACU arrests ex-official
THE Anti-Corruption Unit
arrested a former director of
the inspection department at
the Ministry of Posts and
Telecommunications on
Saturday for allegedly
embezzling hundreds of
thousands of dollars, according
to Colonel Pol Khemra at the
Ministry of Interior. Chem
Sangvar, the ex-director of the
inspection department, was
then charged with
embezzlement, according to a
clerk who declined to be
named. ACU head Om Yentieng
could not be reached for
comment. BUTHREAKSMEY KONGKEA
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
One-man crime wave
ends in teens arrest
THE arrest of an 18-year-old
on Saturday may have the
knock-on effect of solving a
number of open robbery cas-
es in the capital. Police said
they caught the teen red-
handed as he was stripping a
parked moto for parts in
Chamkarmon district. Grilled
at the station, the suspect
began confessing to a verita-
ble one-man crime wave of
robberies, among them, the
pistol-whipping of a karaoke
hostess. NOKORWAT
Mans actions nothing
but daylight burglary
IT TAKES a brave man, or an
exceedingly desperate one, to
attempt a daylight burglary,
but one man felt up to the
task on Saturday in Kandals
Takhmao town. With the
homes owner present but
napping, the 21-year-old
began working his way
through the house, pocketing
an iPhone and some cash
before heading for the door.
Unfortunately for our suspect,
the homeowner awoke and
his cries for help had the man
surrounded and detained by
neighbours. NOKORWAT
Cutting-edge response
puts motodop in prison
A MOTODOP and a food deliv-
ery man with a chippy history
seemingly took their feud to
its disturbing conclusion on
Saturday in Phnom Penhs
Chamkarmon district. Police
said the delivery man was
drinking beer with two friends
on the roadside when the
motodop pulled up. Why are
you staring at us like that?
one of the friends asked. The
answer came in the form of a
knife as motodop the stabbed
the delivery man three times
before fleeing. The assailant
was arrested that night.
NOKORWAT
Chain smoker tries out
some chain shoplifting
A LOCAL nicotine addict
thought she had her fix and
then some on Saturday only to
see her plans go up in smoke.
Police said the 26-year-old
woman entered a shop in the
capitals Prampi Makara dis-
trict, discreetly tossed a pack
of smokes in her purse, then
kept right on going until there
were 25 more in the burgeon-
ing bag. Apparently, taking 26
packs was less than discreet,
as a sales clerk caught on.
Police were called and arrest-
ed the woman. DEUM AMPIL

History comes back
to bite bike thieves
POLICE arrested a pair of
alleged motorbike thieves
some four months after the
robbery on Friday. According
to authorities, the January
robbery saw four men
approached by a trio as they
took shelter from the rain.
The suspects waved a gun,
threatening to shoot if they
called for help. The investiga-
tion came to a head over the
weekend in the capital as
police raided an apartment
and slapped the cuffs on two
of the three men. NOKORWAT
Translated by Phak Seangly
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locally incorporated First Home Plc, is the rst and only nance company in Cambodia specializing in housing nance for low
income Cambodian households.
As the company is growing, we are now seeking for qualied candidates to ll the following positons:
Mekong River Commission
The role of MRC is to promote and coordinate sustainable management and
development of water and related resources for the countries mutual benet
and the peoples well-being
MRC Secretariat is looking for a high calibre Riparian Professional Candidate
to ll the position of:
Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO)
Level M-15
The Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO) leads the MRC Secretariat; which has
two ofce locations in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia,
to become a world class, nancially secure, professional, international
organisation, serving Mekong countries to achieve the Basin Vision. It ensures
that the organisation actively works for the implementation of the MRC Mission
through all its programmes and activities.
The CEO is the strategic, structured, result-oriented, and neutral leader
responsible for inspiring the MRC Secretariat and other stakeholders to work
together to achieve a vision for a Mekong River Basin that is economically
prosperous, socially just and environmentally sound.
The CEO position is based at MRC Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The
application instructions and job description can be obtained at MRC website
http://www.mrcmekong.org/working-with-mrc/employment. Women are
encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be notied.
Closing date for applications: 16 May 2014
Only nationals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam are eligible
to apply. An expression of interest should be sent to the National Mekong
Committee of the applicants home country as per details below, with a
copy to MRC Secretariat addressed to Ms. Pinthong Thipphavongsa at
mrc@mrcmekong.org.
An expression of interest for the position should include the followings:
1. Personal Details 2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Candidates statement 4. MRC Personal History Form
Please nd detailed expression of interest in the Application Instructions
Cambodia National Mekong
Committee
P.O.Box 623, 364 Monivong Blvd.,
Sangkat Phsar Doerm Thkouv,
Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Tel. (855-23) 216 514
Fax. (855-23) 218 506
E-mail: cnmcs@cnmc.gov.kh or
khom.sk@gmail.com
Lao National Mekong Committee
Khunbulom Road, Chantabouly
District, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Tel. (856-21) 260 983 Fax. (856-21)
260 984
E-mail: lnmcs@monre.gov.la
Thai National Mekong Committee
Department of Water Resources
180/3 Rama 6 Road, Soi Phibul
Watana Building
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Tel. (66-2) 271 6165, 271 6620
Fax. (66-2) 298 6605
E-mail: tnmc@dwr.mail.go.th
Viet Nam National Mekong
Committee
23 Hang Tre, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel. (84-4) 825 4785
Fax. (84-4) 825 6929
E-mail: vnmc.personnel@gmail.com
Lucky Wednesday at home
Laignee Barron
and Chhay Channyda

A
FTER surviving an
attempted burial
last week, a new-
born with a cleft
lip and palate was released
from hospital in Svay Rieng
town and taken home by her
mother yesterday.
Nicknamed Lucky Wednes-
day by doctors after her mi-
raculous survival last week, the
baby, who was legally named
Kong Sokthida over the week-
end, barely made it through
her rst hours of life. She was
rescued on Wednesday from
beneath a pile of dirt at the
towns Prey Chhlak pagoda,
where her father, ashamed of
his rstborns malformed lip,
had allegedly left her to die.
She was saved when boys
from the pagoda heard her
mufed cries.
Despite the horric accusa-
tion against her husband 29-
year-old Kong Sokthy the ba-
bys mother yesterday pleaded
with police to free him from
jail, where he is being held and
facing charges of aggravated
attempted murder.
Im not angry with him, be-
cause he may have been in a
very bad mood to see the baby
like that, Heng Dany, 29, said.
I want him to be reunited
with me and our family. He
loves me and our family.
Dany claimed she did not
initially know her baby was
born with a cleft palate; she
hadnt had a chance to see her
daughter before her husband
left the delivery room with
their child.
Even after the baby was
rushed to hospital after being
rescued, Dany was still not
able to see her for two days, as
hospital staff feared the moth-
er might also harm her baby.
I was asking and crying and
begging to see my baby, but the
doctor did not trust me, even
though I knew nothing about
what my husband had done.
Dany was reunited with her
daughter on Friday. On Satur-
day, NGO Operation Smile visit-
ed them, bringing baby clothes
and demonstrating special
ways to nurse the infant, who
has trouble breastfeeding.
The baby is doing much bet-
ter now, said Dr Mok Theavy,
Operation Smiles medical
director. He added that Dany
was not aware that her baby
could have a free and relatively
simple corrective surgery. Op-
eration Smile plans to operate
on her cleft lip in July and on
her palate when she is at least
nine months old.
A newborn baby who was buried alive lies on the ground in Svay Rieng province on Wednesday after being
rescued. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Business
Deposits
rally after
election
outows
Hor Kimsay
SAVINGS levels at Cambodias
microfinance institutions
(MFIs) have recovered well
since the widespread with-
drawal that followed last Julys
disputed national election,
with more than $90 million
deposited in the first quarter of
this year.
The amount of deposits in
MFI accounts fell from $378
million in June 2013 to a low of
$365 million the following
quarter. Since then, deposits
have recovered strongly, reach-
ing $445 million at the end of
2013 and $536 million on
March 31 this year, according
to the Cambodian Microfi-
nance Association (CMA).
The Post reported in Novem-
ber that more than $600 million
flooded out of Cambodias
banking system during the
third quarter of 2013, after
panic set in following the dis-
puted election.
The ballot results triggered
allegations of foul play from the
opposition, which is still refus-
ing to take its seats in the
National Assembly.
Bun Mony, president of CMA,
and general manager at MFI
Sathapana Limited, said many
depositors have returned with
confidence.
Everything is becoming
normal and the amount of sav-
ing deposit in first quarter this
year has increased a lot com-
pared with previous quarters,
Mony said.
Microfinance institution
loans outstanding at the end of
the first quarter reached $1.51
billion, up from $1.32 billion at
the end of 2013.
Loan disbursements over the
first three months of this year
totalled $191 million.
Workers process and pack rice into bags at the Ibis Rice mill in Phnom Penh. The project has this year seen rice production hit a surplus for the rst time. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Ibis Rice exports on horizon
Eddie Morton

T
HE Wildlife Conser-
vation Society (WCS)
says its Ibis Rice proj-
ect has recorded a
production surplus for the rst
time in its ve-year history,
prompting a bid to export the
boutique product overseas.
Concentrated in Preah Vi-
hear province, Ibis Rice farm-
ers produced more than 435
tonnes of organically grown,
fragrant Malis rice during the
2013-14 harvest season, up
54 per cent from the previ-
ous season, according to a
WCS report.
The Ibis Rice project is op-
erated by NGO Sansom Mlup
Prey (SMP) and pays farmers
a premium of up to 150 riel
($0.03) per kilogram more
than other local buyers. In
return, farmers commit to
strict regulations barring
them from additional land
clearances, thereby protect-
ing surrounding wildlife areas
including the Kulen Promtep
Wildlife Sanctuary.
More than 300 farmers par-
ticipating in the Ibis Rice proj-
ect collectively earned upwards
of $12,400 more selling to the
wildlife-friendly project than
if they had sold paddy to local
buyers, the March update said.
The WCS estimates that 90
per cent of all participating
members adhere to the proj-
ects land clearance restric-
tions and that, in the past ve
years, habitat clearance rates
have been halved as a result.
Karen Nielsen, conserva-
tion livelihoods adviser for
the group, said that with the
positive 2013-14 harvest re-
sults, the WCS and SMP are
looking for exporters to ship
the rice to American and Eu-
ropean markets.
At the end of 2013, there was
a surplus for the very rst time,
which is good news . . . The new
challenge now is to nd more
markets for our increased vol-
umes, which are going to con-
tinue to grow, Nielsen said.
Unlike most consumer
products, Ibis Rices growth is
not driven by demand, though
its there. That being said,
there have been quite a num-
ber of queries from exporters,
she added.
Being an NGO, WCS is not
legally allowed to export prod-
ucts and needs to sell its prod-
uct to a third party exporter
to tap into off-shore markets.
Ibis Rice is currently sold lo-
cally to a handful of hotels and
the Lucky Supermarket chain.
Srey Chanty, an indepen-
dent economist specialising
in the agriculture sector, said
Ibis Rices efforts are honour-
able but that there would need
to be continued work to make
the most of the farmers re-
stricted cultivation area.
The NGO needs to address
the necessity for improved
productivity so farmers can
continue to provide for their
families without expanding
their lands, he said.
David Van, deputy general
secretary of the Alliance of
Rice Producers & Exporters
of Cambodia, commended
the Ibis Rice projects design;
however, he warned that it is
a tough export market for
small producers.
I would honestly say an
annual production of . . . less
than 500 tonnes is negligible,
Van said in an email.
Ibis format/approach is
far too small in cultivated
surface area and tonnage pro-
duced to be at anytime com-
mercially viable, he added,
citing the projects premium
buying stance as a potential
set back.
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Carrefour to leave India
CARREFOUR, the worlds
second-largest retailer, is
working on a plan to exit India,
media reports said on Saturday,
amid political uncertainty about
the future of multibrand retail in
the South Asian giant. The
reports come as the opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party, tipped
to win Indias marathon general
election, which winds up in mid-
May, said it opposes allowing
foreign direct investment in
multibrand retail. AFP
Ex-bank chief blocked
NIGERIAS ousted central bank
governor Lamido Sanusi said
yesterday that secret police
had seized his passport as he
tried to board a flight to
France, despite a court ruling
that an earlier seizure was
illegal. Sanusi was suspended
on February 20, less than four
months before his term was
set to expire, after accusing
the powerful state oil firm of
stealing nearly $20 billion of
public funds. AFP
No ECB rate cut for now
THE ECB is not expected to cut
interest rates this week, but
could start paving the way for
a possible move in June if
deflationary dangers persist,
analysts said. The bank has
held eurozone borrowing costs
at their current all-time low of
0.25 per cent since November
last year. AFP
Pfizer bid leaves bitter taste
T
HE attempt by US
drugs group Pzer to
buy Britains Astra-
Zeneca in the biggest-
ever foreign takeover of a UK
rm has agitated workers,
trade unions, politicians and
scientists across the UK.
Emotions run particularly
deep in the sleepy Kent town
of Sandwich where, three
years ago, Pzer closed its
world-renowned research lab
site of the discovery of Viagra
with the loss of more than
1,500 jobs.
Astrazeneca has rejected
Pzers latest, sweetened take-
over proposal, saying the 62.6
billion ($105.6 billion) offer
fails to appreciate the value of
the promising medicines it has
under development. The cash-
and-stock offer, which values
AstraZeneca at about 50 a
share, also still relies too heav-
ily on equity, AstraZeneca said
Pzer has pledged that its
proposed purchase of Astra-
Zeneca, the UKs second-big-
gest pharmaceutical company
after GlaxoSmithKline, will re-
sult in more British research,
more scientic breakthroughs
and more skilled UK jobs. Ian
Read, Pzers Scottish-born
chief executive, last week
promised the prime minister
that signicant undertakings
on research, jobs and invest-
ment, and said that key sci-
entic leadership would be
based here.
We all know thats bullshit,
said the manager of a once-
thriving cafe in Sandwichs
historic centre. They [Pzer]
had one of the best research
centres in the world here, and
they closed it. How can they
close down here and just three
years later say they are going to
invest in Britain? Why isnt the
prime minister asking that?
Mark Moorhouse, a town
councillor and chair of Sand-
wich Chamber of Commerce,
said the loss of Pzers sci-
entists was still very hard
felt, and that the day the US
company announced its exit
would be forever ingrained in
the local psyche. It was the
night of a council meeting to
celebrate Sandwichs selection
as the host of the 2011 Open
Championship. Imagine that:
the worlds most prestigious
golf competition coming to
this little town. It should have
been a fantastic party . . . but it
was like a morgue.
He said Pzers decision to
close its Sandwich facility,
which dated back 60 years,
was like a death sentence for
Sandwich and the area. It was
so tragic so much wonderful
science went on in there and
it was just closed. The site was
important for the town. You
are talking about 2,500 well-
paid scientists, who spent a lot
of money. There arent a lot of
well-paying jobs around here.
(Following public and politi-
cal outrage at the shutdown,
Pzer retained about 600 staff
at the Sandwich site.)
John Bragg, a former Pzer
scientist and former mayor
of Sandwich, who is currently
a town councillor, said it was
hugely odd that Pzer was
making a U-turn on British sci-
entic research so soon after
closing down his old lab. Bragg,
who set up Pzers rst non-US
lab in Sandwich in 1955, said:
I was very disappointed when
Pzer pulled out: it had a huge
effect on the town. Its quite a
paradox that now they want to
come back to Britain.
Pzers plan is for a com-
bined Pzer-Astra research
centre in Cambridge not
Sandwich, where its site has
been converted into a busi-
ness park.
David Cameron has asked
his top civil servants to look
for a way to make Pzer keep
its promise. US giant Kraft
reneged on a pledge to keep
a Cadbury factory in Bristol
open soon after it took over
the chocolate maker in 2010.
But Downing Street has
made it clear that the prime
minister is not about to in-
tervene in the deal, which is
viewed as a commercial trans-
action between the companies
and shareholders. And in any
case, the government has little
power over such deals: a pro-
posed Cadbury law to pro-
tect British business was re-
jected by the Takeover Panel.
Political heavyweights in-
cluding Lord Heseltine and
Lord Sainsbury have urged the
government to act. Heseltine
said last Friday: There are so
many issues about the science
base, the supply chains and
employment prospects that
ought to be explored. I dont
see any way this can be ad-
equately done unless the gov-
ernment has reserve powers.
Sainsbury called Pzers
promises meaningless and
urged Cameron to block the
deal. THE OBSERVER/BLOOMBERG
Business
8
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For some, Pzers bid to buy British drugmaker AstraZeneca has
reawakened bitter memories. BLOOMBERG
Lets y again
Abandoned
airport to
get revamp
A
DERELICT airport in
Yasothon province will
be reopened for com-
mercial services within two
years to respond to economic
growth in Thailands north-
east and Indochina.
The 8-square-kilometre site
has a 1,600-metre runway
and two buildings but has
been deserted for years, with
some land encroachment on
the land resulting.
Thailand has several under-
utilised or derelict airports
that took shape as vanity pro-
jects for lawmakers during the
boom years of the late1980s.
Somsak Sibunruang,
secretary-general of the
Mukdahan Chamber of Com-
merce, said the revamped
Loeng Nok Tha airport would
be able to support a 3,000-
metre-long runway to serve
larger airplanes.
Pamorn Chaosirikul,
chairman of the Mukdahan
Chamber of Commerce,
predicted that businesses
near the airport would start
to boom after the formation
of the ASEAN Economic Com-
munity at the end of next year.
BANGKOK POST
Markets
9
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Business
Oz warned of tough budget
T
HE Australian bud-
get later this month
will involve tough
decisions to put the
economy back on track, a se-
nior minister said yesterday as
a poll revealed a voter back-
lash against any new tax to
cut debt.
Australia has enjoyed more
than 20 years of annual growth,
sidestepping the worst of the
global nancial crisis due to a
mining boom fuelled by Asian
demand. But the government
elected in September has said
it is facing a decit of A$47 bil-
lion (US$43.6 billion) this s-
cal year due to the previous
Labor administration, and
that the debt will only mount
in coming years.
House Leader Christopher
Pyne refused to comment on
whether a new tax reportedly
under consideration to plug
the decit on workers earn-
ing more than A$80,000 a year
would be unveiled as part of
the budget on May 13.
I think they (Australians)
fully understand we have to
make the tough decisions nec-
essary . . . to get the economy
back on track again, he said.
They know it wont be easy
and it is important that every-
one shares in that burden of
repairing the damage Labor
did to the economy and to
the budget.
A poll in The Sunday Tele-
graph found 72 per cent of
voters felt that introducing the
levy would amount to a bro-
ken promise by Prime Minis-
try Tony Abbott, who before
the election had pledged no
new taxes.
Canberra said on Friday that
it wants to lift the pension en-
titlement age to 70 the high-
est in the developed world
by the year 2035 to help cope
with an ageing population.
Treasurer Joe Hockey said
the previous Labor govern-
ment planned to raise the age
from 65 to 67 in 2023 and the
Abbott administration wanted
to take it further by 2035.
Increasing the pension en-
titlement age to 70, we are in-
tending for that to occur in 21
years time, said Hockey, who
is due to hand down his rst
national budget on May 13.
Australia has no statutory
retirement age, but men have
been entitled to the pension at
age 65 and women at 60 since
it was introduced in 1908.
The country has long grap-
pled with how to plan for its
ageing population. In 2009
the then-government said it
would gradually push back
the age at which people could
claim the state pension to
defuse a demographic time-
bomb. AFP
Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced plans to raise Australias retirement age to 70 by 2035. BLOOMBERG
HUAWEI Technologies, Chi-
nas biggest maker of phone-
network equipment, is focus-
ing investments on countries
where it has been accepted,
because of lingering suspicions
in the US about its motives.
Right now we should not be
expending too much effort in
the United States as it might
take 10 or 20 years for them to
know that Huawei is a compa-
ny with integrity, founder Ren
Zhengfei said on Saturday. We
will accelerate efforts in coun-
tries that have accepted us.
Ren, 69, set up Huawei in
1987 after retiring from the
Chinese military in 1983. Since
then, he has built the company
into the worlds largest maker
of equipment for phone net-
works behind Ericsson, even
without access to the US tele-
communications market.
Even as it ghts cybersecuri-
ty fears that have restricted ac-
cess for its network equipment
in the US and Australia, the
company said last month its
sales will rise 77 per cent to $70
billion by 2018 by expanding
into smartphones, tablets and
cloud services. BLOOMBERG
Huawei to
shift focus
away from
dubious US
Business
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Fixed Deposit Interest Rates
Cambodian
Financial Institutions
On Deposits
3 Months 6 Months 12 Months
Asof APRIL 28, 2014 USD RIEL USD RIEL USD RIEL
PRASAC 5.50% 6.50% 6.50% 7.50% 8.00% 9.75%
ABA Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
ACLEDA Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.75% 6.00% 5.00% 7.00%
ANZ Royal Bank 1.35% 3.50% 2.50% 4.00% 3.50% 5.50%
Bank of India 2.25% N/A 3.00% N/A 4.00% N/A
Cambodia Asia Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
Cambodia Mekong Bank 2.75% N/A 3.25% N/A 3.50% N/A
Cambodian Public Bank 2.00% N/A 3.00% N/A 3.75% N/A
Canadia Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.50% 6.00% 4.75% 7.00%
Maybank 2.25% N/A 3.25% N/A 4.25% N/A
MARUHAN Japan Bank 2.00% 2.00% 3.00% 3.00% 4.50% 4.50%
RHB Indochina Bank 2.75% 4.00% 3.50% 5.00% 4.75% 6.00%
SBC Bank 3.00% N/A 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A
Union Commercial Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
An Indian silk worker weaves a sari on April 22. Craftsmen are warning that the Banarasi silk industry could be killed off unless Indias next
government steps in to save it. AFP
Indias silk weavers hang on
by a thread, pleading for help
I
TS saris have been a
byword for sartorial el-
egance for centuries and
even the Buddha was laid
to rest veiled in a brocade of
silk hand-woven in Indias ho-
liest city Varanasi, according to
local legend.
But bosses and craftsmen say
that the Banarasi silk industry
is hanging on by a thread and
could be killed off within a
generation by mass-produced
garments and Chinese com-
petition, unless Indias next
government steps in.
Ive been doing this job for
more than 40 years now and
my fathers and forefathers
were doing it for around 250
years before me, said Sardar
Hazullah as he wove a green
and gold sari on the ground
oor of his home in Varanasis
Old City. But it seems that it is
a dying art. Its only people like
me keeping it alive, the 65-
year-old added.
One of the oldest living cit-
ies in the world, Varanasi
(also known as Benares) is
famous for the quality of silk
products crafted by mainly
Muslim weavers in the citys
backstreets, where saris and
scarfs routinely take 15-20
days to make.
The nest creations can fetch
$10,000. Up until a decade ago,
around 100,000 hand looms
would crank away each day
but the number has more than
halved since then.
We have around 40,000 now,
the other 60,000 are sick, said
Amitabh, one of the citys lead-
ing garment exporters who
uses only one name.
When you talk about
Banarasi silk we can trace the
history back to the Lord Bud-
dha whose body was draped in
it. Its an art, its a culture, its a
heritage product, but its a dy-
ing art, he said.
The biggest problem for the
weavers is simple: counter-
parts who work in factories
can earn more than double
the money as they are both
paid, at least in part, on the
basis of how much cloth they
can stitch in a day.
If you work on a handloom
you get 200 rupees [$3] a day
but its around 500 if you work
with an electric loom, said
Amitabh. With a handloom
you get one metre [of cloth]
in a day and with machine-
loom its 10 metres. Its all
about quantity.
Its a problem acknowledged
by Sardars sons, who toil away
alongside their father on the
three handlooms in the fam-
ilys cramped workshop.
While proud of his craft,
Sardars 32-year-old son Fayaz
expects his three young sons
will work in the mechanised
sector when they come of age.
I want to stay doing this for
the rest of my life, he said as
he took a break from operat-
ing the intricate system of le-
vers and pulleys. What they
[his children] do will be up to
them of course but I am pretty
sure they will go electric. The
power sector is the future.
According to the Uttar
Pradesh state government,
the Varanasi hand-woven silk
industry is worth around $80
million each year to the local
economy, including $20 mil-
lion in exports.
Although the exact number
of powerlooms is not known,
the last ofcial gures in 2009
showed the number had in-
creased in the wider Varanasi
region from around 2,000 to
30,000 over the previous de-
cade. Adding to the crisis has
been a rise in imports of cheap
Chinese-made products and
of Chinese yarn which has
supplanted Indian-made fab-
ric in much of the country.
Now the Chinese imported
weaved thread has become the
backbone of Benares indus-
try, said another local indus-
try boss, Ratandeep Agarwal.
The Indian silk is gradu-
ally becoming more like an
art form, for a selected niche
audience which can afford it
while it is being replaced at
the mass market level by the
Chinese, he continued.
They are not just famous
abroad but are part of our cul-
ture, said Savitri Srivastava
who was buying several saris
for her daughters wedding.
It is considered auspicious
to give them as gifts for events
such as weddings or festivals.
Given the grim prognosis,
many in the industry are pin-
ning their hopes on Narendra
Modi, the man expected to
win Indias ongoing general
election and who is standing
in Varanasi.
Speaking in Varanasi last
month, he said that he was de-
termined to help the weavers.
The lives of weavers here
can be improved with steps
like branding, technology
upgrades and marketing,
Modi said.
If all these support mecha-
nisms can be put in place I
dont see any reason why our
weavers cant compete with
the Chinese.
Arvind Kejriwal, leader of
the Aam Aadmi anti-corrup-
tion party and who is standing
against Modi, has also made
the weavers plight a major
plank of his campaign.
Amitabh said that the in-
dustry needed a complete
revival package, before list-
ing a string of complaints
which included electricity
problems and multiple layers
of bureaucracy and taxation.
What we want is a level
playing eld, he added. AFP
Its an art, its a
culture, its a
heritage product,
but its a dying art.
Isabelle Wesselingh
FOUNDED under the tsars,
the Kvint brandy distillery
has survived three wars and
the upheavals of history from
Communist rule to the col-
lapse of the Soviet Union.
Today, the wine and spirit
producer operates from Trans-
dniestr, a breakaway region in
Moldova whose economy faces
a tough choice between Russia
and the European Union.
The pro-Russian strip of land
wedged between Ukraine and
the Dniestr river proclaimed
independence from Moldova
in 1990. Although it has not
been recognised by any state,
it has its own parliament, cur-
rency, and exists in a state of
de-facto independence after a
war that left 800 people dead.
Kvint was founded in 1897
and of course it lived through
all the ups and downs of histo-
ry in this region, Anna Kozyri-
na, the distillerys PR manager,
said in Tiraspol, the capital
of Transdniestr.
As tensions soar between
Russia and the West over
Ukraine, Kvint and the main
players of the Transdniestr
economy face nagging prob-
lems. The main challenge lies
with the association agree-
ment Moldova is due to sign in
June with the EU, a move the
pro-Kremlin authorities in Ti-
raspol ercely oppose.
What is happening in
Chisinau, these moves to-
wards the European Union are
counter-productive, the pres-
ident of Transdniestr, Yevgeny
Shevchuk, said.
He wants the enclave to
join the Kremlin-led Customs
Union, a nascent alliance at
the heart of Russian President
Vladimir Putins bid to extend
Moscows inuence.
The EU absorbs up to three-
quarters of the of goods pro-
duced in the enclave, com-
pared to between 15 to 20 per
cent exported to Russia, data
collected by EUBAM show.
Many European high-street
brands have their clothes pro-
duced in Transdniestr due to
the lower costs. The average
salary is 200 ($270) a month.
Tirotex, the local textile giant,
exports about 70 per cent of its
products, mainly to Europe.
Transdniestr has a lot to
gain from an association
agreement with the EU, the
head of the EU delegation in
Moldova, Pirkka Tapiola said
and he labelled accusations
that the deal which includes
a free trade agreement would
block access to markets in the
East as a myth.
But Russias inuence in
Moldova and Transdniestr ex-
tends beyond being an impor-
tant export market. Both are
heavily dependent on Russian
gas, tens of thousands of their
residents also currently work
in Russia, and with the rising
tensions in Ukraine, the gap
between the pro-European
government in Chisinau and
the pro-Russian separatists in
Tiraspol has widened.
At the moment, rms in the
Transdniestr strip are exempt
from EU custom duties like
any Moldovan company
even if Tiraspol imposes duties
on EU imports. But if the new
trade agreement comes into
force, goods from Transdniestr
could face heavier duties.
The risk for Transdniestr if
they refuse any kind of com-
promise with Moldova and
the EU is isolation, a source
close to the talks stressed.
But for ordinary citizens like
Yelena Rotari, a vegetable sell-
er at the Tiraspol market, there
are fears of what it could mean
for their livelihoods.
We were told that with the
EU we will not be able to sell
our products directly anymore,
we will have to sell them to su-
permarkets for a much lower
price, she says. AFP
Choice between Russia,
Europe poses dilemma
for a breakaway region
Gul Rahim

R
ESCUE teams aban-
doned the search for
survivors on Satur-
day after a landslide
buried a hillside village in
northern Afghanistan, kill-
ing at least 300 people under
a fast-moving tide of rock
and mud.
Local people and emer-
gency workers using shovels
tried in vain to nd victims
trapped under the massive
landslide that engulfed Aab
Bareek village in Badakh-
shan province. Ofcials said
that the nal death toll could
rise as high as 500 after Fri-
days disaster, updating ear-
lier information that 2,500
people were feared dead.
Based on our reports, 300
houses are under the de-
bris, Badakhshan Governor
Shah Waliullah Adeeb said
at the scene. We have a list
of around 300 people con-
rmed dead.
We cannot continue the
search and rescue operation
anymore, as the houses are un-
der metres of mud. We will of-
fer prayers for the victims and
make the area a mass grave.
Relief teams arrived at rst
light on Saturday to be con-
fronted by the enormous scale
of destruction and hundreds
of homeless families who had
spent a night in the open.
The rst gure [of 2,500
feared dead] that we an-
nounced was obtained from
local people, not from our
technical team, Gul Moham-
mad Bedar, the deputy gover-
nor of Badakhshan, said.
We think the death toll will
not rise beyond 500.
Many villagers were at Friday
prayers in two mosques when
they were entombed by the
torrent of debris, and a second
landslide hit people who had
rushed to assist those in need.
I have lost my sister, my
house was partially destroyed,
Noor Mohammad, 45, said.
We can not really get any-
one out of the debris. We have
lost hope of rescuing anyone.
Gul Bibi, 50, cried while she
sat in a tent with some female
relatives. We were at home
when the rst landslide hap-
pened, she said.
We left the house, but my
husband and son went back
inside, then the second one
hit. We have not been able to
nd them. We are devastated.
The landslide in the Argo
district of Badakhshan left lit-
tle evidence of the hundreds of
homes it swept away at about
midday (0730 GMT) after days
of heavy rain.
There is a very thick layer of
mud. It is very difcult for peo-
ple to take dead bodies out,
Sayed Abdullah Homayun
Dehqan, provincial director of
the Afghan National Disaster
Management Authority, said
at the site.
They have only been able to
nd the body of a woman and
a man. There is fear of another
landslide. Our assessment
team have seen a crack in a
nearby hill.
We have started distribut-
ing food . . . but we dont have
enough tents for all the 700
families who spent the night
outside. There are around
2,000 people women, chil-
dren, elders without homes.
President Hamid Karzai
expressed his condolences
to those affected, and an-
nounced a national day of
mourning yesterday.
Badakhshan is a remote,
mountainous province locat-
ed in northeast Afghanistan
bordering Tajikistan, China
and Pakistan.
It has been relatively peace-
ful since the US-led military
intervention began in 2001,
but has seen increasing Tali-
ban activity in recent years.
US President Barack Obama
described the deaths as an
awful tragedy and pledged to
help the relief effort.
The landslides follow recent
severe ooding in other parts
of northern Afghanistan, with
150 people dead and 67,000
people affected by oods in
Jowzjan, Faryab and Sar-e-Pul
provinces. AFP
11 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
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toll rose to 42 after a military
counter-offensive launched
by authorities in Kiev against
pro-Russia rebels.
An angry crowd confronted
police outside the trade union
building in Odessa, where
dozens of pro-Russia activists
died on Friday night in a blaze
started during clashes with
pro-Ukraine protesters. Fight-
ing continued in the east as
the Ukrainian army continued
to oust pro-Russia rebels.
Many in Ukraines east,
which has strong economic
and cultural ties with Russia,
say they now feel marginalised.
What began as small-scale un-
rest rapidly escalated into an
armed rebellion as pro-Russia
militia groups seized govern-
ment buildings. Kiev and its
Western allies have accused
the Kremlin of orchestrating
the chaos, which follows a
Putin-backed putsch that re-
sulted in Crimeas annexation
last month.
Slavyansk was quickly es-
tablished as the heartland of
the pro-Russia forces in the re-
gion. Armed men, led by self-
appointed mayor Vyacheslav
Ponomaryov, have controlled
the city, ringed by militia-
controlled road blockades, for
more than two weeks.
In Donetsk, Luhansk, Kos-
tinovka and Horlivka, rebels
have seized most of the state
security and administrative
buildings. Kidnappings and
murders have become com-
mon as law enforcement of-
cials defect to the rebels.
As the Ukrainian army
edged ever closer to the rebel
HQ in Slavyansk on Friday,
gunre echoed as ghting
raged in the areas surround-
ing the city. Local people
claim the Ukrainian army
shot at unarmed citizens who
formed a human chain near a
road blockade on the edge of
the village of Andreevka, only
a few miles from Slavyansk.
They are killing peaceful
people, said Igor, 29, a farm-
worker from the village who
was receiving treatment at the
Slavyansk hospital for a shrap-
nel injury he said he suffered
during the night assault.
Less than 24 hours after the
counter-terrorism assault
against the rebels began,
Ponomaryov announced the
release of seven OSCE of-
cials and their civilian transla-
tor, who were taken by bus to
Donetsk. The mayors spokes-
woman said the guests had
left without conditions.
After a brief hiatus, ght-
ing resumed around midday
on Saturday as the Ukrainian
army advanced in Krama-
torsk. In an attempt to coun-
ter the attack, lorries and
buses were used to fortify the
barricades and block Ukrai-
nian armoured personnel
carriers from entering the city
by road.
Local militia set tyre barri-
cades ablaze in a bid to create
a thick screen of black smoke
to hold back the Ukrainian
advance. Both sides shot at
each other intermittently for
several hours.
The spate of violence
prompted the Kremlin to warn
it was weighing up how to re-
spond as thousands of Rus-
sian troops massed along the
border. Putin has previously
said he would be prepared to
intervene if the interests of
compatriots in Ukraine were
under threat. AFP/THE GUARDIAN/
THE WASHINGTON POST
Civil war nears as 3,000
attack Odessa police HQ
Afghan rescuers pull at the carcass of a donkey as they search desperately for landslide survivors trapped
under mud in Badakhshan provinces Argo district on Saturday. AFP
Search called off after Afghanistan
landslide leaves at least 300 dead
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Job Posting: National Democratic Institute -- Evaluation Consultant(s)
TheNational Democratic Institutefor International Affairs (NDI) seeks the
services of a qualied evaluation team with expertise in the democracy and
governance sector to conduct a nal evaluation of a 5 year USAID funded
program. The evaluation team will assess the overall performance of the
program and the degree to which its key elements were effective in achieving
program objectives.
Responsibilities:
The evaluation team is responsible for:
Conducting the evaluation and developing a detailed evaluation design
including nalizing key and sub-questions,
Identifying subjects for interviews,
Designing and implementing focus groups, and
Finalizing data collection and analysis methods.
NDI will be involved with design, planning, and logistics, but the
evaluation team is required to provide signicant and overall leadership
and direction, as well as having the nal responsibility for the major
evaluation duties and deliverables.
Qualications:
Perfect uency in English, preferably a native English speaker;
At least 15-20 years working experience in nongovernmental or
bilateral organizations in the areas of democracy and governance; work
experience outside Cambodia a must;
A masters degree or PhD in a relevant eld from a foreign university;
Experience in election-related evaluations (observation, election laws/
regulations);
Excellent understanding of Cambodian politics;
Research design -- statistical research background (monitoring and
evaluation, polling, sampling) essential;
Excellent organizational, logistical, and writing skills (in English);
Strong teamwork and management skills.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their application and CV highlighting
relevant experience and technical proposal including budget to Max West
at mwest@ndi.org. Closing Date: May 15, 2014
The technical proposal should contain:
A written statement of interest and qualications (no more than ve 1.
pages in length) highlighting: prospective data collection options for this
program, including experience with each proposed approach; relevant
experience and thematic expertise of team members; the tasks each
member would fulll;
A current CV for each member of the evaluation team; 2.
At least two client references from past evaluation work; 3.
One example of a previous evaluation inception report written by a 4.
member of the team
One example of an assessment or evaluation report written by a member 5.
of theteam
Note: Only short-listed candidates will be notied for interview
CV and writing samples are not returnable
A detailed Terms of Reference is available
at http://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/d=113.
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Phone: (855) 12 777 482, (855) 23 223 403/4/5/6, CCC Box 59,
Email: jobs.cambodia@savethechildren.org / website:http://cambodia.savethechildren.net
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Save the Children is a child rights organization.This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in Save the Childrens work in Cambodia working
in partnership with the Government, NGOs and community members. Save the Children is looking for high quality motivated candidates to ll
in different positions in different areas across the country ofce.
Positions Available and Qualications:
Health and Nutrition Specialist, 1 position based in Phnom Penh
The Purpose of the Role
The purpose of this position is to provide technical support in the area of health and nutrition to all program teams and governmental and non-
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services. The Health and Nutrition Specialist contributes to the development of a rights based Save the Children Cambodia country strategic
plan, provides input in monitoring and evaluation, programme design, proposal development and advocacy. The Health and Nutrition Specialist
will provide capacity building (such as training, mentoring, and advice), documentation, and opportunities for sharing and learning.The Health and
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Qualications
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Ability to positively inuence cross departmental and cross sector working
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Strong facilitation and presentation skills
Training, capacity building, coaching, and mentoring skills
Excellent IT [Microsoft Ofce] skills
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AN AUSTRALIAN journalist
with satellite news channel
Al Jazeera on trial in Egypt on
Saturday described his ordeal
as a massive injustice, af-
ter spending more than four
months in jail.
The award-winning Peter
Greste is on trial with 19 co-
defendants, including ve Al
Jazeera journalists, for alleg-
edly defaming the country and
ties to the blacklisted Muslim
Brotherhood.
Saturdays hearing coincid-
ed with World Press Freedom
Day. We recognise the signi-
cance of the coincidence of
this trial falling on World Press
Freedom Day. This is a very
clear message, Greste said
from a caged dock at the court
in Cairo.
The Peabody Award-win-
ning journalist, who previ-
ously worked with the BBC,
also branded the trial a mas-
sive injustice, regardless of the
outcome.
Most of the defendants are
being tried in absentia.
The Al Jazeera journalists in
the dock along with Greste are
the Qatar-owned broadcasters
English channel Cairo bureau
chief Mohamed Fahmy and
producer Baher Mohamed.
Following the hearing,
which the judge adjourned to
May 15, a court extended the
detention of another jailed Al
Jazeera journalist arrested in
August for a further 45 days.
Abdullah Elshamy, a jour-
nalist with the broadcasters
Arabic network, has been on
hunger strike since January,
according to his family.
I havent seen my lawyer.
We are 15 people in a cell of 12
square metres, Elshamy said.
Police arrested him on Au-
gust 14 when they dispersed
two protest camps in Cairo
demanding the reinstatement
of deposed Islamist president
Mohamed Morsi, killing hun-
dreds of people in clashes.
Elshamy has been held with-
out formal charges.
The trial of the journalists
comes against the backdrop
of strained relations between
Cairo and Qatar, which sup-
ports Morsis Muslim Brother-
hood movement.
In a letter from prison pub-
lished on Friday, Mohamed
Fahmy said he was on trial for
doing his job. I write you this
letter on World Press Freedom
Day from my cell after 126
days of incarceration for do-
ing nothing more than the job
I love, wrote the Canadian-
Egyptian dual citizen. AFP
Aussie journo on trial
denounces injustice
Jihadist battle sparks exodus
T
ENS of thousands
of Syrians ed inter-
jihadist ghting in
the east as rebels on
Saturday neared a nal deal
with the government to with-
draw from their last besieged
strongholds in Homs.
Some 60,000 Syrians have
ed from three towns since
Wednesday to escape ght-
ing between the al-Qaeda-
afliated al-Nusra Front and
the Islamic State of Iraq and
the Levant (ISIL), the Syrian
Observatory for Human
Rights said.
Meanwhile, talks on the
rebel withdrawal from Homs
once dubbed the capital
of the revolution entered
their nal phase, a day after a
ceasere began in the strate-
gic central city, which has seen
some of the heaviest ghting
of Syrias civil war.
A rebel pullout would hand
Assad complete control of the
city and deal a major symbolic
blow to the uprising, which be-
gan in March 2011 with mass
rallies calling for democratic
change but escalated into an
insurgency when the regime
launched a brutal crackdown.
Talks to rid the city of arms
and of armed men . . . are on-
going and we are near the
end, said Provincial Governor
Talal al-Barazi. Abul Harith al-
Khalidi, the rebel tasked with
negotiating the deal, said the
talks are being held in tan-
dem with negotiations to free
a group of pro-regime Iranian
ofcers held by rebels in the
northern city of Aleppo.
We want to stop this blood-
bath, he said.
Only a handful of neighbour-
hoods surrounding the now
destroyed Old City remain in
rebel hands, after a series of
massive army offensives start-
ing in February 2012.
The vast majority of some
1,500 people still trapped in
the Old City are ghters, but
the rebel-held Al-Waer neigh-
bourhood is home to hun-
dreds of thousands of civil-
ians, many of them displaced
from fallen rebel bastions.
Barazi said the deal will be
applied rst in the Old City,
then in Al-Waer. The goal is to
reach a peaceful solution that
brings back security and gov-
ernment institutions.
The impending defeat in
Homs came as ghting ared
between the two jihadist
groups in the eastern Deir
Ezzor province, following
months of battles pitting Is-
lamist and moderate rebels
against ISIL, which is accused
of kidnapping, torturing and
killing opponents.
The Observatory said three
towns Busayra, Abriha and
al-Zir had been virtually
emptied of their inhabitants,
and that both groups had
torched several homes. It said
at least 62 militants had been
killed in four days of ghting.
Elsewhere in Syria, the army
advanced around Aleppo and
took control of the road lead-
ing to the airport, according to
a security source.
Aleppos rebel areas have
been under a massive aerial
offensive since mid-Decem-
ber that has killed hundreds of
people mainly civilians and
forced thousands to ee.
Rebel mortar attacks Satur-
day on Aleppo struck a hos-
pital, killing 12 people, and
Aleppo University, wounding
22 civilians, mainly students,
according to the SANA state
news agency. Mortar rounds
also hit Damascus, killing
three people, SANA said.
Three soldiers were killed in
a car bombing in southwest-
ern Damascus, the Observa-
tory said.
But the army, backed by Leb-
anese Shia Hezbollah ghters,
made gains east of the capital,
advancing into the rebel-held
town of Mleiha after several
weeks of daily bombardment,
it said. AFP
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City
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Al-Waer
Yemeni army kills 37
suspected al-Qaeda
YEMENS army killed 37
al-Qaeda suspects and
wounded dozens yesterday as
part of a major offensive
launched last week, the Defence
Ministry said. On Friday, soldiers
backed by warplanes killed five
suspected al-Qaeda militants in
the same area. The offensive
has gathered pace, resulting in
the deaths of 67 militants and
more than 24 soldiers. Hours
ahead of yesterdays raid, state
news agency Saba reported that
army reinforcements had been
dispatched to deal with
al-Qaeda. Washington
considers the Yemen-based
AQAP the deadliest branch of
al-Qaedas global network. AFP
Fire attack politician dies
AN INDIAN politician hugged
during a television election
debate by a human torch has
died of burn injuries, the family
said on Saturday. The politician
died late on Friday in hospital,
his family said, after suffering
burns to 75 per cent of his body
when a member of the audience
doused himself in petrol and
grabbed him. The local leader of
the Bahujan Samaj Party,
Kamruzzama Fauji, and his
attacker were engulfed in
flames in front of the horrified
audience as the television
debate was being recorded for
broadcast later. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Adams detention sparks rally
H
UNDREDS of
supporters of de-
tained republican
leader Gerry Ad-
ams rallied in Belfast on Sat-
urday after Northern Ireland
police obtained an extension
to quiz him over a notorious
IRA murder.
With tensions rising, his
Sinn Fein party warned it
could review its support for
police in the British province,
where thousands of people
died during decades of Cath-
olic-Protestant unrest.
The government rejected
accusations that the arrest of
Adams, the public face of the
republican movement, was
politically motivated.
Adams, 65, presented him-
self at a police station late on
Wednesday and was arrested
for questioning over the mur-
der of Jean McConville, a wid-
owed mother of 10, in 1972.
McConvilles children wat-
ched as she was dragged
screaming from their home
after the IRA accused her of
being an informer. She was
later found shot in the back
of the head.
Detectives were on Friday
granted an extra 48 hours
until yesterday night to ques-
tion Adams, after the previ-
ous deadline to charge or
release him expired, the Po-
lice Service of Northern Ire-
land (PSNI) said.
A source close to Adams
told the BBC that the political
leader was being questioned
for 17 hours a day.
Senior members of Sinn
Fein on Saturday led a group
of around 400 supporters at
the unveiling of a huge mural
of Adams the peacemaker
in his former constituency
in the Catholic stronghold of
Falls Road, Belfast.
Sinn Fein, the political wing
of the now-defunct IRA, wants
Northern Ireland to leave the
United Kingdom and join the
Republic of Ireland to the
south. Adams played a lead-
ing role in the Northern Ire-
land peace process.
Deputy First Minister Mar-
tin McGuinness, the top Sinn
Fein gure in the power-shar-
ing government in Belfast,
blamed an embittered rump
of the old RUC [Royal Ulster
Constabulary] for Adamss
continued detention.
The widely criticised RUC
was the police force in North-
ern Ireland from 1922 to 2001.
Allegations contained in
books and newspaper articles
which the PSNI are present-
ing to Gerry as evidence that
he was in the IRA in the 1970s
have been around for 40 years,
he told the rally. But they are
only now trying to use these.
Is this not political policing?
This is a replay of the failed
effort in 1978 to charge Gerry
with membership [of the IRA].
Sinn Feins negotiations strat-
egy succeeded in achieving
new policing arrangements,
but we always knew there re-
mained within the PSNI an
embittered rump of the old
RUC. These people want to
settle old scores, whatever the
political cost.
A PSNI spokesman said: It
is the polices duty to make
relevant inquiries, interview
those with information, ar-
rest and question suspects,
he explained, adding that
the force was committed to
treating everyone equally
before the law.
Republican support for
the reformed Police Service
of Northern Ireland (PSNI)
which replaced the RUC
was a key part of the peace
process launched by the 1998
Good Friday agreement.
The accords largely brought
an end to violence in North-
ern Ireland but sporadic at-
tacks continue, blamed on
dissident republicans op-
posed to the peace process,
and communal unrest erupts
from time to time. AFP
Areas of a mural of Gerry Adams are repainted after green paint was
thrown at it overnight on Falls Road, Belfast, yesterday. AFP
Zuma vows
economy
is priority
SOUTH African President Jacob
Zuma pledged yesterday that
giving non-whites more eco-
nomic power will be a priority
if his ANC is returned to power
in this weeks poll. Speaking at
a rally of more than 90,000 peo-
ple, Zuma said economic
transformation will be a key
priority in the next administra-
tion after Wednesdays vote.
Zuma said his government
would strengthen enforcement
of employment rules designed
to give black South Africans
more control of business.
Successful implementation
will open more opportunities
for African, Indian and Col-
oured people as well as women,
the youth and persons with dis-
ability, as we reverse the apart-
heid legacy, he said.
Much of South Africas indus-
trial and financial sectors
remain dominated by whites,
despite rules supporting black
business. South Africa is more
unequal today than it was at
the advent of democracy in
1994, despite the emergence of
a black middle class.
The ANC is expected to win
more than 60 per cent of the
vote, thanks in large part to its
anti-apartheid history. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Notce of Invitaton to Tender for
Constructon of School
We are seeking a constructon company to build a new and modern
school which is being designed on a 3-hectare plot of land at Prek Ho,
Kandal Province.
The school will consist of three separate buildings and the total
built-in area is approximately 15,000sqm. Constructon is expected
to commence in mid/late 2014 with completon by late 2016 or early
2017.
In order to be qualied, constructon companies must have successfully
completed, in the last ve years (2008 - 2013), at least three projects
of a similar nature and complexity with each individual project value in
excess of $1,000,000USD (one million USD) within Cambodia.
Companies who are interested in this project can submit Their
Company Proles to the Project Architects address as shown below by
no later than Sat 17th May 2014.
The Tender Brieng will be held on Fri 23rd May 2014 at 2:00pm sharp
in Phnom Penh. Further instructons will be given to the partes once
their proles have been assessed.
Project Architect: Yianko Associates
4
th
Floor, No.60 Preah Monivong Boulevard,
Sangkat Wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tel: +855 (0)23 430 596
E-mail: yiankoassociates@online.com.kh
DAI is an employee-owned global development company that has worked
withthousands of local businesses andcivil society organizations (CSOs) in
Cambodiaover thepast 30 years. DAI is seeking candidates for our newest
Cambodiaproject. Development Innovationswill work withcivil society and
technology entrepreneurs to catalyze social innovation through new media
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Lab Manager (Full-time)
Thelabmanager will beresponsiblefor overseeingthelogisticsof Development
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labmembers, andcontributingto thetechnical results of theproject. Duties
and responsibilities fall under three broad categories for administration/
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meet the following qualications are urged to apply:
Bachelor or equivalent degreefromanaccreditedcollegeor university
A minimum of ve years of professional and relevant experience
Project management skillsandability to managemultiplethingsat once
Experience managing facilities and events
Experience with community building
Well organized, goodwithdeadlinesandself-starter
Exposure to ICT technology and software development desirable
Goodattentionto detail anddemonstratesinitiative
Enjoysworkingwithtechnology andinterest indesignthinking.
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills essential
Fluency inEnglish(bothwrittenandoral) isdesirable
Fluency inKhmer isessential
Lab Manager (Part-time/Weekends)
Theweekendlabmanager will beresponsiblefor thesametasksasthefull-time
labmanager, but will managethelabonSaturdaysandSundaysfrom9AM- 6
PM. The Lab Manager (Part-time Weekends) should meet the qualications
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The lab ofcer will be responsible for overseeing the successful running of
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Abbott cancels trip to Indonesia
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Tony Abbott
on Saturday cancelled a trip to Indonesia
amid reports that an asylum seeker turn-
back operation was under way that could
renew tensions between the neighbours.
Abbotts office confirmed he no longer
intended to travel to Bali on Tuesday for a
meeting with Indonesian President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono but declined to go
into the reasons for putting off the visit,
which had been seen as a thawing of ties
tested by recent rows over espionage and
Australias controversial refugee policies.
The prime minister was hoping to
attend the Open Government Partnership
conference in Bali next week at the invita-
tion of His Excellency President Yudhoyo-
no. The prime minister is grateful for the
invitation, a spokesman for Abbott said.
Unfortunately the prime minister is
unable to attend at this time and he hopes
to visit Indonesia to meet with the presi-
dent at a mutually convenient time.
It would have been Abbotts first trip to
Indonesia since damaging revelations in
November that Australian spies attempt-
ed in 2009 to tap the phones of Yudhoyo-
no, his wife and other members of his
inner circle.
Jakarta reacted furiously to the news,
recalling its ambassador and halting coop-
eration in key areas including defence and
people-smuggling. Tensions were further
inflamed by Canberras military-led crack-
down on asylum seekers making their way
to Australia by boat from Indonesia.
According to the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation next weeks fence-mending
trip was cancelled due to a people-smug-
gling vessel being intercepted in the sea
corridor between the two countries under
the Operation Sovereign Borders policy,
where boats are turned back to Indonesia
when it is safe to do so.
Citing government sources, the ABC said
there were fears the mission would be an
embarrassment to Yudhoyono if Abbotts
visit went ahead. The Australian govern-
ment refuses to confirm or disclose details
of its refugee turnback operations for secu-
rity reasons. AFP
TORTURE, alleged ill treat-
ment of hill tribes people and
deaths in custody were among
issues raised last week when
Thailand was questioned by
United Nations experts on the
quality of justice during a two-
day peer review.
After a year of delay to pres-
ent its mandatory report on
the governments compliance
with the terms of the UN Con-
vention Against Torture (CAT),
the Thai government nally
submitted its report on justice
and legal immunity before a
panel of 10 experts. Signato-
ries to the UN convention are
required to submit the human
rights report every four years.
The panel imparted advice
on a range of human rights
and immunity cases, includ-
ing the alleged ill-treatment
of hill tribes people and the
Rohingya boat people at the
hands of some authorities.
Angkhana Neelapaijit, chair-
woman of the Working Group
on Peace and a civil society
delegate present at the Ge-
neva meeting, said the UN
panel took serious note of
human rights issues raised by
Thai NGOs, which presented
their own information on hu-
man rights cases alongside
the governments report. Thai
representatives told the panel
that authorities were working
on nding solutions to issues
raised in the reports.
The UN experts repeatedly
questioned Thailand over
claims it did not do enough
to improve the quality of its
justice system and eliminate
impunity clauses in various
special laws.
They said it was hard to be-
lieve only three police were
being prosecuted in torture-
related lawsuits despite the
ling of hundreds of human
rights complaints since Thai-
land joined CAT ve years ago.
A reported 800 deaths in
connement in Thailand dur-
ing the past ve years was
a cause for concern, panel
members said. They said
NGOs should be allowed to
make unannounced visits the
nations 194 prisons.
Police Colonel Naras
Savestanan, director-general
of the Rights and Liberties
Protection Department, said
there were legitimate concerns
about the disappearance of
the Karen rights activist Porla-
jee Billy Rakchongcharoen.
But authorities could not press
charges against anyone until
his whereabouts were known,
he said. BANGKOK POST
UN experts question
Thailand over torture
Attacks see 33 Muslims killed
I
NDIAN soldiers in ar-
moured trucks patrolled
streets in northeast As-
sam yesterday after 33
Muslims were killed in car-
nage that police blamed on
tribal separatists, as tensions
remained high.
Thousands of families
have ed their homes after
separatists went on the ram-
page in two districts of the
restive tea-growing region,
shooting dead Muslims in-
cluding women and children
as they slept.
The violence comes during
the nal stretch of the coun-
trys mammoth general elec-
tion, which has seen religious
and ethnic tensions are and
in which Hindu nationalist
hardliner Narendra Modi was
expected to win.
Police have blamed indig-
enous Bodo tribesmen for
the violence on Thursday and
Friday evenings in the region
where Muslims have migrated
from across the border with
impoverished Bangladesh.
Police said the death toll
rose overnight Saturday to 33
after a child died of her inju-
ries in a hospital in the states
main city of Guwahati.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun
Gogoi said those responsible
would be punished as secu-
rity forces including federal
soldiers fanned out across
Baksa and neighbouring
Kokrajhar district to prevent
further clashes.
We are taking stern mea-
sures and have so far ar-
rested more than 30 people,
Gogoi said.
The victims were Muslim
migrants whose community
has been locked in staggered
land disputes with Bodos in
the remote state that borders
Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Local media reported Bodos
targeted Muslims as punish-
ment for failing to support
their candidate at the multi-
phased election, but this could
not be conrmed. Voting in
Assam ended on April 24.
Modi, frontrunner for prime
minister, from the Bharatiya
Janata Party, said last week
that illegal immigrants from
Bangladesh should pack their
bags if he came to power at
the polls, whose results are
announced on May 16.
On Sunday, Muslims in
Baksa were refusing to bury
18 of those killed, in a pro-
test against authorities whom
they blame for failing to pro-
tect them.
Right now we are sitting
in the open with 18 bodies in
front of us, said Laqul Is-
lam, president of the All Ben-
gali Muslim Students Union.
We will continue with
our protest and not perform
the funeral until and unless
the chief minister person-
ally visits the spot, he said in
Narayanguri village, some 210
kilometres west of Guwahati.
Police blamed the attacks
on the outlawed National
Democratic Front of Bodola-
nd, which has been demand-
ing a separate homeland
for decades, but the group
has denied it was behind
the violence.
Seventeen people were killed
in clashes in the same region
in January and thousands of
others ed their homes for
fear of further attacks.
In 2012, ethnic clashes in the
same area claimed about 100
lives and displaced more than
400,000 people. AFP
Indian villagers on Saturday mourn the deaths of relatives killed by
tribal separatists in the village of Narayanguri in Assam state. AFP
15
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World
Mombasa twin
attacks kill three
A
T LEAST three
people were killed
and several others
wounded on Satur-
day in twin attacks in Kenyas
restive coastal city of Mom-
basa, ofcials said.
One blast occurred in the
busy Mwembe Tayari area of
the city centre, and the other
close to a well-known beach
hotel, the Reef Hotel, in the
Nyali area of the city.
The Kenyan Interior Min-
istry said three people
were killed and around 15
wounded in Mwembe Tayari
after one or more grenades
were thrown into a crowded
passenger bus that had just
arrived from the capital
Nairobi.
The ministry also said an
improvised explosive device,
or IED, went off at the gate of
the Reef Hotel, although no
casualties were reported. The
hotels management said all
its staff and guests were safe.
We had two incidents: one
at the bus station where three
people have lost their lives. In
the second incident that oc-
curred near a hotel in Nyali
there were no casualties, a
police ofcial said.
There was no immediate
claim of responsibility, al-
though the city has been on
high alert for possible attacks
by Somalias Shebaab rebels
or local Islamist militants.
Muslim-majority Mom-
basa, a port city that is one
of the main gateways to east
Africa as well as a popular
tourist destination, has been
hit by sporadic unrest in re-
cent months.
The city has been rocked
by a string of attacks or at-
tempted attacks, with secu-
rity forces engaged in a major
and controversial crackdown
against Islamists suspected
of being connected to neigh-
bouring Somalias al-Qaeda-
linked Shebaab rebels.
Kenya has been targeted by
Shebaab since it sent troops
to war-torn Somalia in 2011.
Kenyan troops are still posted
in southern Somalia as part of
an African Union force sup-
porting the countrys fragile
internationally-backed gov-
ernment. The Islamist group
claimed responsibility for the
high-prole attack on Nai-
robis Westgate shopping mall
last year in which at least 67
people were killed. AFP
Mission accomplished
A member of the Sudanese military ashes the sign for victory as a convoy of six vehicles carrying illegal
migrants including women and children who were abandoned in the desert by human trafckers arrives in
the northern Sudanese city of Dongola after a journey of hundreds of kilometres following their rescue on
the Sudanese Libyan frontier by troops from both countries on Saturday. Sudanese ofcials announced the
rescue on Wednesday, saying trafckers had dumped their victims in the border regions scorching desert,
where 10 died. Troops initially found about 300 hungry and thirsty victims, but they later came across even
more. The total number rescued is 600, rst 309, and then they found another 300, Abdul Latif Abdullah,
the Sudanese Armed Forces commander in Dongola, said. AFP
Doubt cast
on Sudan
peace talks
THE leader of South Sudans
rebels Riek Machar has cast
doubt on the prospect of immi-
nent face-to-face talks with
President Salva Kiir despite
pressure from the United
States, a report said yesterday.
The independent Sudan Trib-
une website said it interviewed
Machar in a rebel-held part of
the country after a visit to the
region by US Secretary of State
John Kerry, who brandished the
threat of sanctions if either Kiir
or Machar fail to end the four-
month-old civil war.
But the website quoted
Machar as saying he was
unhappy with Kerrys calls for
direct talks between the two
leaders and the formation of a
transitional government in the
country, which only won inde-
pendence in 2011.
I asked [Kerry] what would
be the purpose of transitional
government? It would not be
workable without a program to
implement before elections
come, Machar said. We need
to have a peace agreement first
with a new constitution. Putting
transitional government first is
not realistic, he said, adding
that face-to-face talks may be
counter-productive. AFP
World
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Love of ink: history of tattoos traced
Kim Willsher

O
NCE considered the
mark of an under-
class of criminals,
prostitutes, bikers,
seafarers and those inhabiting
the margins of society, the tat-
too is now la mode. Charlize
Theron has a sh on her leg
and a ower on her foot; Ange-
lina Jolie and David Beckham
have too many to mention.
The fashion had its early ex-
ponents: George Orwell had
bright blue knuckle spots;
Teddy Roosevelt bore the fam-
ily crest on his chest; and leg-
end has it that, after the battle
of Hastings, Harold IIs body
was identiable only by the
tattoos over his heart of his
wifes name, Edith, and the
word England.
Even Winston Churchills
mother had a snake on her
wrist (easily covered with a
bracelet), while Britains war-
time leader is reported to have
had an anchor on his forearm.
A new exhibition opening
tomorrow at Pariss museum
of indigenous arts, the Mu-
see du Quai Branly, explores
the long history of tattooing
and how it developed from a
sign of exclusion and a rep-
resentation of a crude but
bold subculture into what the
curators say is a popular artis-
tic movement.
It also explores its spread
around the globe from Ta-
hiti and the Maoris of New
Zealand to Japan, China, the
Americas and Europe. Today,
an estimated 20 per cent of
young French people and
nearly 25 per cent of American
youngsters have tattoos.
The practice of marking hu-
man skin dates back well over
5,000 years, according to re-
searchers, who say the remains
of Otzi, the Neolithic iceman
found in 1991 on a mountain
between Austria and Italy,
bore 57 markings, including
a cross on the back of the left
knee. Mummies found in Sibe-
ria and Egypt from more than
2,000 years ago were tattooed
with animals and monsters.
The Ainu, western Asian no-
mads, introduced the tradition
to Japan. Tattoos were often
more than just decoration. In
Borneo, a womans tattoo in-
dicated her skill: if her symbol
showed that she was a weaver,
her status was increased.
The positioning of tattoos
has also been important. Dec-
orations around wrist and n-
gers were thought to ward off
evil spirits and disease. Tattoos
also signied membership of
a tribe, clan or society. Danes,
Saxons and Norse peoples tat-
tooed their family crests, but
after the Norman conquest it
fell out of fashion.
The word tattoo, and wider
interest in the practice, is at-
tributed to the voyages of
Captain James Cook in the
late 1700s. His science of-
cer and botanist, Sir Joseph
Banks, who joined him on his
rst voyage on the Endeavour
to Brazil, Tahiti and Australia
from 1768 to 1771 returned
to England with a tattoo. In
Polynesia, Banks observed na-
tives using bone and shell cut
into sharp teeth to penetrate
the skin as part of their tatau,
the Samoan word for mark.
Banks was puzzled by the
custom. Everyone is marked
thus in different parts of his
body accordingly maybe to his
humour or different circum-
stances of his life, he wrote.
What can be sufcient in-
ducement to suffer so much
pain is difcult to say; not one
Indian (though I have asked
hundreds) would ever give me
the least reason for it . . . pos-
sibly superstition may have
something to do with it. Noth-
ing else in my opinion could
be a sufcient cause for so ap-
parently absurd a custom.
Cook later brought back a
tattooed South Sea islander
known as Omai, who was pa-
raded before King George.
Many of Cooks crew returned
with tattoos, and this sparked
the tradition for European
sailors, as well as the lower and
criminal classes, to get them.
In the early 19th century, it
was estimated that 90 per cent
of Royal Navy sailors had a tat-
too. A turtle signied that the
sailor had crossed the equator,
an anchor the Atlantic, a drag-
on that he had gone east.
Tattooing has not always
been a matter of choice. In
Russia under the tsars and lat-
er the Soviets, prisoners were
marked according to their
crime and sentence. The Nazis
tattooed concentration camp
inmates with a number.
The Paris exhibition is cu-
rated by journalists Anne &
Julien (they never give their
surnames), who edit the bilin-
gual art revue Hey! and have
spent more than 18 months
pulling it together. The 300-
plus exhibits include photo-
graphs, tools, skulls, statues
and even pieces of human
skin showing tattoos.
Artistic advice was given by
Frances tattooer-to-the-stars,
a man called Tin-Tin, who
counts Jean-Paul Gaultier,
Philippe Starck and Yannick
Noah among his VIP clientele.
Tattooing is part of the
common heritage of most of
humanity, Julien said. We
wanted to do this exhibition
for a long time because we feel
its important to show that tat-
tooing has a real history and is
a pure product of humanity.
Theres not a place in the
world where mankind has
been that has not used tat-
tooing . . . Its both artisan and
artistic. In the past there was
a fear of tattoos and people
would hide them. Today at-
titudes have changed. People
used to do it because they
wanted to identify themselves
as different to make a state-
ment, but today its become
fashionable and the oppo-
site holds true. People want
to be different so they dont
want tattoos.
The fashion is moving away
from portraiture and symbol-
ism to abstract designs. Its an
art movement thats develop-
ing and changing all the time,
Julien said. THE OBSERVER
A tattooist works on a mans head on the rst day of the second Mondial
du Tatouage international tattoo convention in Paris on March 7. AFP
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T
ERRORISTS from a religious
cult so reactionary you dont
have to stretch the language
too far to describe it as fascis-
tic attack a school. The assault on a
civilian target, filled with non-com-
batant children, has a grotesque logic
behind it. They call themselves Boko
Haram, which translates as Western
education is forbidden. The sect
regards learning as oppression. They
will stop all teaching that conflicts
with a holy book from the seventh
century and accounts of doubtful
provenance on the life and sayings of
their prophet written hundreds of
years after he died.
A desire for sexual supremacy
accompanies their loathing of knowl-
edge. They take 220 schoolgirls as
slaves and force them to convert to
their version of Islam. They either
rape them or sell them on for $10 or
so to new masters. The girls are the
victims of slavery, child abuse and
forced marriage. Their captors are by
extension slavers and rapists.
As you can see, English does not
lack plain words to describe the foul-
ness of the crimes in Nigeria, and no
doubt they would be used in the high-
ly improbable event of Western sol-
diers seizing and selling women.
Yet read parts of the press and you
enter a world of euphemism. They
have not been enslaved but abduct-
ed or kidnapped, as if they will be
released when the parties have nego-
tiated a mutually acceptable ransom.
Writers are typing with one eye over
their shoulder, watching their backs to
make sure that no one can accuse
them of demonising the other.
Turn from todays papers to the the-
oretical pages of left-wing journals
and you find that the grounds for
understanding Boko Haram more and
condemning it less were prepared last
year. Without fully endorsing Boko
Haram, of course, socialists explained
that it finds resonance in the hearts
of many poor and dispossessed peo-
ple, who are revolted by the corrup-
tion and flamboyant lifestyle of the
elites. Islamism is recast as a rational
reaction to corruption and the global
oppression of neoliberalism, one of
those conveniently vague labels that
can mean just about anything.
Once, right-wing newspapers or
ultra-Catholic or orthodox Jewish
writers would have been the least
concerned about the subjugation of
women and the most willing to find
excuses for religious persecution. But
with the reliability of a speaking clock,
it is left-wing writers of the 21st centu-
ry who seek to minimise violent reac-
tion if and only if the reactionaries
are anti-Western. (They speak out
against the lesser crimes of the US
religious right without a thought for
their own double standards.)
The mechanical denunciation of
the West, wrote the French political
theorist Pascal Bruckner in 2010, for-
bids the Western bloc, which is eter-
nally guilty, to judge or combat other
systems, other states, other religions.
Our past crimes command us to keep
our mouths closed. He might have
been writing today, so persistent is the
belief the West is the root cause of the
only oppression worth mentioning.
But the appearance that nothing has
changed is deceptive. It was always
absurd, and in its own way racist, to
blame the problems of the world on
the West. Leftists came to resemble
American neoconservatives. The US
right, or an element of it, thought
American military power could solve
any ill. The left, or an element of it,
talked as if the West was responsible
for all ills. Both were self-obsessed.
Both believed that the West remained
the motor of history while the rest of
humanity were bit players.
The most grievous offence was the
failure of solidarity. You cannot ally
with what liberal forces there are in
any country from Afghanistan to
Zimbabwe if your are blaming their
oppression on colonialism, neoliber-
alism or any other -ism. You will
end up excusing your comrades
enemies instead.
If occidentalism was absurd in the
past, its preposterous now. Boko Har-
am is not reacting to Western inter-
vention in Nigeria, for there is none.
The only way you can pretend the
West is to blame is by agreeing that
knowledge is Western knowledge,
rather than the property of the entire
human race, and that the education of
girls is Western cultural imperialism
a road that leads you to nihilism as
soon as you step down it.
Meanwhile, we are moving faster
than anyone expected to a new age in
which China will be the worlds largest
economy. For the first time since the
18th century, the dominant power will
not allow internal opposition or the
Chinese equivalent of the campaigns
on behalf of the victims of its foreign
policy that we saw in Britain, France
and the US in the last 200 years. We
have not begun to understand the
turn for the worse the cause of human
rights is taking as empires shift.
On the few occasions Western left-
ists feel they have to justify them-
selves, they say they must dedicate
their energies to challenging what
they can change. They cannot influ-
ence the Taliban or Boko Haram, but
can lobby their own governments.
Even if you take these explanations at
face value and I dont they have a
Tory feel to them. Until recently, it was
conservatives, not leftists, who said
that charity begins at home and
quarrels in faraway countries were no
concern of ours.
Peter Singer, a great radical philoso-
pher, made the old distinction clear
with a thought experiment. Imagine
you are passing a shallow pond and
see a child going under. You know that
if you save the child you will ruin your
clothes. Should you wade in? Of
course you should, everyone replies:
It would be obscene to put your
desire to save spending $50 on a new
outfit before the life of a child.
Why then, asks Singer, do you not
give money you can afford to spare to
save the life a child in Africa?
The majority of conservatives say
the deaths of children they know
nothing of are not their business. Left-
ists, and again I accept I am generalis-
ing, revolt against such parochialism.
Yet when it comes to violence against
civilians and, most notably, the denial
of womens rights, they change the
conversation to anything except the
deeds of the criminals in front them.
The girl can drown or be enslaved and
raped. They have more pressing con-
cerns. THE OBSERVER
Comment
Nick Cohen
They have been enslaved
A Nigerian man carries a placard during a rally in Lagos on Thursday demanding the release of schoolgirls taken by Boko Haram Islamists
more than two weeks ago. AFP
Nick Cohen is a columnist for the Observer and
New Statesman.
In brief
Movie on Strauss-Kahn
affair to hit web soon
TO THE French, the dramatic
fall from grace of presidential
hopeful Dominique Strauss-
Kahn on charges of sexually
assaulting a New York hotel
maid was the affair of the
century. And now they can
watch the film due to be
released straight to the
internet and available for 7.
Three years on, the sordid
affair involving the ex-IMF
chief is to resurface in a movie,
Welcome to New York, starring
Grard Depardieu, released
this month in the middle of the
Cannes film festival. The
timing is deliberate. The film
failed to find funding in France
after, producers say, the
politicians supporters closed
ranks, and did not make it on
to the official festival
selections. THE OBSERVER
Francis Bacon fever
flares anew in NYC
HYPE over Francis Bacon,
whose work fetched a record
price last year, is set to hit
fever pitch when a new
triptych goes under the
hammer next week at
Christies. With greater
numbers of buyers interested
in works from the post-1945
era, attention once again is
turning to Bacon, whose
Three Studies for a Portrait
of John Edwards (1984) will
go on the block on May 13 for
an estimated $75 million. It is
a portrait of Bacons Three
Studies of Lucian Freud sold
for $142.4 million in New
York last year, smashing the
world record for the most
expensive piece of art ever
auctioned. AFP
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Lifestyle
Publishing history: read all
about it at Bangkok museum
Pichaya Svasti

H
OUSED in the
building of the
Press Association of
Thailand in Bang-
kok, the Thai Press Museum is
not all that well known among
Thais, even journalists. Estab-
lished more than two decades
ago, the museum is a great
place to discover the evolution
of journalism in the country
and changes to the publishing
industry in Thailand.
Stepping inside, visitors
are greeted by old pictures
of Thai royalty, along with
speeches relating to journal-
ism. The next room features
the permanent exhibition on
the history and development
of Thai publishing and news-
papers. The very rst publica-
tions produced in Thai were
religious booklets, printed in
1836 by American missionary
Dr Dan Beach Bradley. Bradley
ordered printing presses and
Thai printing blocks from Sin-
gapore and later established
a publishing house at the
mouth of Bangkok Yai Canal in
the same year. The publishing
house produced many Thai
books, including the rst Thai
textbook, Chindamanee.
The Thai Press Museum
divides the development of
journalism in Thailand into
six periods: the times of abso-
lute monarchy, the early times
of democracy (1932-1957),
the age of dictatorship (1958-
1969), the early days of free-
dom (1969-1973), the age of
too much freedom (1973-1976)
and the times of administrative
reform (1976-present).
The rst Thai-language
newspaper, Bangkok Recorder,
was published by Bradley ev-
ery two weeks for a year start-
ing from July 4, 1824, and again
from 1864 until 1867. The rst
English-language newspaper
in Thailand was Bangkok Cal-
endar, published from 1847
until 1850. Thailands rst of-
cial newspaper was Ratchakij-
janubeksa, which ran for a year
from March 15, 1858. Publish-
ing was resumed in 1874 dur-
ing the reign of King Rama V
and has continued until the
present day.
A highlight of this exhibition
is a replicated setting from an
editorial department of a news-
paper; complete with wax g-
ures of an owner and editor, a
reporter and a typesetter work-
ing with old-style equipment.
In the early days of journal-
ism in Thailand, the publisher
was usually also the editor and
was responsible for perform-
ing both tasks as well as the
laying out of a newspaper and
perhaps some news report-
ing. Reporters were required to
write all types of news as well
as work as photographers.
The museum also chronicles
the evolution of the newspaper
industry in Thailand alongside
advancements in printing
technology and the impact of
many of the processes later
becoming computerised.
The second part of the mu-
seum examines the role that
Thai newspapers play in poli-
tics, economics and society.
The exhibition features a col-
lection of old black and white
photos, as well as old news-
paper clippings and political
cartoon. Various monumental
moments in Thai history are
recorded in the museum, in-
cluding the transition from ab-
solute monarchy to democra-
cy and political and economic
crises throughout the ages.
The third and nal section in
the museum is dedicated to the
contributions that the kings of
Thailand have played in the de-
velopment of newspapers and
their roles as editors and pub-
lishers in Thailand. Included in
the exhibition is a statue of King
Rama IV, or King Mongkut, who
was the rst editor-in-chief for
Ratchakijjanubeksa, Thailands
rst ofcial newspaper.
His grandson King Rama
VI was also inuential in the
press industry in Thailand,
and wrote many articles under
several pen names.
This section also contains
the biographies of 10 im-
portant Thai editors, widely
revered as role models for
journalists, including Prince
Wanwaithayakorn Krom
Muen Narathip Pongpraphan;
Krom Muen Pitthayalarp Pru-
etiyalongkorn, whose pen
name is Nor Mor Sor; Kukrit
Pramoj; Chalerm Wuthikosit
(Chalermwut); Sathian Phan-
thurangsi; Tor Wor Sor Wan-
napho (Thianwan); Malai
Chupinit (Mor Chupinit); and
Issara Amantakul.
The Thai Press Museum is
open from 10am-5pm, Mon-
day through Friday. Advance
booking is required. Admission
is free. For more information,
visit www.thaipressasso.org/
museum.php. BANGKOK POST
Wax gures of an owner/editor, a reporter and a typesetter at the Thai Press Museum. BANGKOK POST
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Workers show off the baby pandas at the Chengdu Panda Research
Base in June 2012. AFP
Panda paradise
in Chinas city
of Chengdu
Hadley Freeman
L
ATE last year, I found
myself waiting on a
bench, waiting for my
date. Id been excited
about this meeting for weeks,
telling all my friends about it
ever since it was conrmed.
Really, Id been waiting for this
all my adult life. But what, I
suddenly worried, if he doesnt
like me? I shufed nervously
in my plastic blue scrubs and
then the door opened and a
woman beckoned me in. He
was ready to see me.
I should probably admit at
this point that I was not having
a romantic assignation; I was
not even waiting for another
human being. Rather, I was at
the Chengdu Panda Research
Base in central China, which
is also known as the holy land
among panda fans.
And pandas do have a huge
fan base: a YouTube video of
pandas on a slide has, at time
of writing, attracted more than
6.3 million views since it was
posted 18 months ago.
Admittedly, there are many
things to do in Chengdu be-
sides look at pandas. Set on
the western edge of the Si-
chuan Basin, Chengdu is a
thriving, but pretty, mega-
city, where tourist attractions
alternate between the very
old (the beautiful Wenshu
Buddhist monastery) and
the ultra-modern (the New
Century Global Centre, the
worlds largest building by
oor area).
Eighty per cent of the
worlds pandas live in Sich-
uan province. The Chengdu
Panda Research Base, one of
the best-known and respect-
ed panda conservation cen-
tres in the world, comes with
some pleasing statistics of its
own: it currently houses more
than 80 pandas and is a mere
10 kilometres from downtown
Chengdu.
The pandas have 240-odd
hectares of parkland in which
to scamper. And while the
centre is very much a tour-
ist destination (dont go on a
national holiday or you will
nd yourself ghting for space
with what seems like the rest
of China), it is primarily a con-
servation and breeding centre.
The pandas I saw, mostly black
and white ones but some little
red ones, too, all looked well
cared-for, plump and relaxed,
happily playing with members
of staff (another tip: go in the
morning to see the feeding).
After watching the bears loll
around and lumber about
and those do seem to be the
two main forms of panda ac-
tion I joined the long but
fast-moving queue to peer
into the nursery at the litter of
three-week-old cubs. Lying in
their cot, they were so small
and sweet I had to shove my
hands in my pockets to stop
myself stealing one.
Just next to the main enclo-
sure is a little villa where, for
a fairly hefty fee, about 95
($160), you can hold a panda.
As far as I know, this is the only
place in the world where you
can do this: I would have paid
three times that. The one-
year-old I already thought of
as my panda was sitting on
a wooden bench, like a small
round emperor upon a throne,
chewing on bamboo.
I nervously sat down and
immediately felt his heft
and warmth as he leaned up
against me. He continued to
munch his bamboo thought-
fully and soon turned slowly,
sweetly towards me and I
looked into his panda face.
We had our moment. I had my
Panda Watch. And, as an expe-
rience, it was more than com-
pelling and rich. THE GUARDIAN
Entertainment
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Thinking caps
Fridays solution Fridays solution
ACROSS
1 Sites of abs and pecs
5 Italian bills
10 Big wine container
14 Vet text
15 Like the game, to Holmes
16 Ubiquitous plant
17 When your alarm might ring next
20 Hockey venue
21 They cause stiff arms?
22 Poetic black
25 Engine with 8-Down
26 Room furnishing
29 Borns partner
31 Required
35 Country lodge
36 Esaus dad
38 Arid
39 Thoroughly
43 Kind of bean
44 Font flourish
45 Tokyo, once
46 Casts out from the body
49 One kind of starter
50 Johnny in gray
51 Color lightly
53 Svelte
55 Vientiane resident
58 Musical bridge
62 Anonymous trio
65 Cookie brand
66 Wrote bad checks
67 Scent detector
68 Quaker leader William
69 Condescending one
70 Jabberwocky opener
DOWN
1 Videotape format, once
2 Olfactory trigger
3 Coin smaller than a penny
4 Thing in a sling
5 Anvil setting
6 E.T.s craft
7 Handles the oars
8 Get-up-and-go
9 Swiped
10 Most shrewd
11 Got off a horse
12 Mamas boys
13 Brewery unit
18 Potters Peter
19 Hoarfrost
23 Approximately
24 Tide types
26 Hunters weapon
27 Strip of gear
28 Lawn dwarf
30 Calendar features
32 Block
33 Destroy bit by bit
34 Disband
37 Apple centers
40 Prehistoric mammal
41 Als boss, once
42 Aloof
47 A marmoset
48 Small incisions
52 ___ Care of Business (1974 hit)
54 Stood for
55 Handed-down tales
56 Call from the pews
57 Western alliance
59 Swell
60 Bear, to a skygazer
61 Head set
62 Mountain part
63 The Matrix character
64 Banned insecticide
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LEGEND CINEMA
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the
modern world and battles a new threat from old
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Cartoon movie. Its a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel
and their three kids after theyre hurtled from Rio
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fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel,
and meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his
father-in-law.
City Mall: 9:20pm
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A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was
convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was
committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
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BRICK MANSIONS
An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous
neighborhood thats surrounded by a containment
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down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the
entire city.
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Bingo @ SoulTEAse
Bringing bingo back. Anyone with a
passion for bingo or even if its just
a casual interest might check out
this night at the Street 240 cafe,
SoulTEAse.
SoulTEAse, #55, Street 240. 6:30pm
Franglish @ Plantation
Brush up on your French or English
language skills with Franglish at the
Plantation Hotel. Designed for people
who are uent in one langage and can
speak a little of the other.
The Plantation, #28 Street 184. 6:30pm
TV PICKS
Check out Nerd Night at Code Red tonight to see shortre presentations on a wide range of topics. ANNA CLARE
Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert in Beautiful
Creatures. BLOOMBERG
Development Innovations
Mobile Monday (MoMo) is a global
network of monthly events where
people who work and are interested in
the mobile sector meet to network and
discuss topics of interest.
Development Innovations, #296,
Street 271. 5:30pm
Nerd Night @
Code Red
Inspired by the world renowned Pecha
Kucha presentation format, Nerd
Night is an exhibition of local talent
and ideas. Todays topics include
Berlin and cuttlesh.
Code Red, opposite Naga World, close
to Koh Pich bridge, 7:30pm.
9:40am - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MANS
CHEST: Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy
Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Joness service, as
other friends and foes seek the heart for their own
agenda as well. FOX MOVIES
12:10pm - BEAUTIFUL CREATURES: Ethan longs to
escape his small Southern town. He meets a mysterious
new girl, Lena. Together, they uncover dark secrets
about their respective families, their history and their
town. FOX MOVIES
3:55pm - DREDD: In a violent, futuristic city where
the police have the authority to act as judge, jury and
executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down
a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
With Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby and Lena Headley. FOX
MOVIES
Lifestyle
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
22
Socheata and Sontery
Social Life Team
On Saturday April 26 French wine and spirits company Pernod
Ricard invited world-renowed feng shui master Albert Ee to
conduct a special session at Sotel Phnom Penh Phokeethra,
attended by 18 successful women and men in business. Albert
Ee, who is Malaysian and from Kuala Lumper, has practised feng
shui for more than 23 years and been featured in many maga-
zines and newspapers. He has also held seminars for employees
of Citibank, Christian Dior, Hewlett Packard and Microsoft.
Photos by Hong Menea.
On April 25 RMA Cambodia celebrated the arrival of the Range Rover Sport with a party at Sotel Phnom Penh Pho-
keethra. British ambassador Bill Longhurst gave a speech to mark the occasion, as did Rami Sharaf, CEO of RMA Cambo-
dia. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.
Grand opening of Legend
Cinema @ TK Avenue
Range Rover Sport launch
@ Sotel Phnom Penh Phokeethra
Mol Vibol, director at VNV Asia International, Nom
Sotheary, vice president at VNV Asia Nation Inter-
national and Len Tan from ICE Electronics.
Phalla Outdam and Nou Chandy.
Natha Gan, representative ofce manager at Per-
nord Ricard and Albert Ee.
Jean-France Tain, managing director at Radio
France International, and Hang Samrang, chairman
& CEO at Potential.
Khuon Sethisak poses beside a bottle of
Chivas.
Natha Gan, representative ofce manager at Pernod Ricard,
Sapor Rendall, Albert Ee and Ban Dara.
Albert Ee, feng shui
expert.
Simon Choo, distribution at Westec Media, Nareth
Ung, MPAC, and Paul Chron, account manager at
Diamond Brown. Ly Por Heang, Chrea Sereipanha, Kiry Keoreasey.
Chhaweth Kiv from Legend Cinemas, Hor Hab, managing di-
rector of G.Gear, Sok Piseth, from G.Gear and Jon Hearring,
general manager of Toy&Me.
Hem Sophana, account director at Moon
Media and Bun Chandararath, sales and
marketing at TOYOTA Group.
Bill Longhurst, the British ambassador to Cambo-
dia, gives a speech at the event. Leang Vann Vadhana and Ny Maren. Rami Sharaf, CEO of RMA Cambodia, and his wife. Two MCs at the event.
A group of guests at Sotel Phnom Penh Phokeethra.
Aphivath Keat and Seng Phirun. Neak Rohany, Soeun Somma and Lep Salida.
Te Song, CEO of Legend Cinemas.
Phoeurg Sackona, minister of Culture and Fine
Arts.
Feng shui session @
Sotel Phnom Penh
Chhim Sreyneang
Social Life Manager
Lifestyle
23
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Legend Cinemas held the grand opening of their new venue at TK
Avenue on April 25. The guestlist included representatives of local
businesses as well as cinephiles and fans of Legend. Many seles
were taken even before the ribbon-cutting and special screening of
The Amazing Spiderman 2. The second branch of Legend Cinema,
the venue has three big screens. Photos by Hong Menea.
Huawei Cambodia introduced
their new smartphone, Honor C,
on April 30 at their Phnom Penh
showroom. The event,
attended by brand ambas-
sador Meas Soksophea,
showed off the phone,
which has internet, an 8MB
camera, an HD screen as
well as longlife battery. The
model is priced at $220 in
Cambodia.
Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.
Arts organisation Cambodian Living Arts opened a new exhibition on April 30 featur-
ing pottery made by villagers from Kampong Chhnang province. The show, Chhnang!
illustrates how potters, helped by a Japanese organisation, have combined modern and
Angkorian techniques to create a successful product. Both Cambodians and expats at-
tended the launch, and watched a traditional dance performance afterwards. Photos by
Chhim Sreyneang.
Chhnang! exhibition @ Cambodian Living Arts
Huawei staff with brand ambassador Meas Soksophea.
Pily Wong, CEO at Hong Hiep Cambodia, Kelly Wong, Solyna Chan, and Steven
Path, founder and CEO at PathMazing.
Sreyneng Oug and Ith Kongchana.
Taing Pov, business development
manager at Posh Edition Fashion
Group.
Song Seng, project manager of Cambodia Living Arts.
Maud Yakovleff, Anne Claire Langlois.
Michelle Foster, Marie Odile Emond, country direc-
tor of UNAIDS, and Ake Hiroshi, project coordina-
tor from Cambodia Traditional Pottery Project.
Junko Kanehiro, Yukie Yamazaki, managing direc-
tor of Cambodia Joho Service.
Sath Sour, Pich Rothvoleak.
Guests look at the exhibition.
Huawei launch Honor
3C @Huawei showroom
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Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014
Athletes compete at
third CCC Aquathlon
PARTICIPANTS in the 2014 CCC
Aquathlon splashed and dashed
their way around the
Cambodian Country Club on
Saturday morning for the
annual athletic competitions
third edition. Hem Thon Ponleu
and his niece Hem Thon Vithiny,
both two-time Cambodian
swimming representatives at
the Olympics, topped the
podiums in the mens and
womens 18-30 years old
classes. Ponleu completed the
six-lap course, which totaled a
350-metre swim and 4,800m
run, in 26 minutes, 3.65
seconds, while Vithiny set a time
of 33:16:73. Phon Phirum,
stable-mate of Vithiny at Rithy
Sen Club, won the male U18
division in 15:52:14, which
involved a 150m swim and a
4,800 run. Met Mariyan grabbed
gold in the female U18 event
over the same distance by
finishing in 18:19:69. The over-
35 category (250m swim,
4,000m run) saw Frenchman
and CCC team member Patrick
Cabaves triumph in 25:11:49.
YEUNPONLOK, TRANSLATEDBY CHENG
SERYRITH
Fernandes successfully
defends ONE FC title
A SOLD-OUT crowd at the Mall
of Asia Arena in Manila were
treating on Friday to an
unforgettable night of mixed
martial arts action at ONE FC:
Rise of Heroes. The 10-bout
card culminated in a
successful ONE FC bantam-
weight world title defence for
Brazils Bibiano Fernandes,
who displayed both grappling
and striking superiority en
route to a unanimous decision
win over Masakatsu Ueda of
Japan. Filipino fans were given
even bigger reasons to cheer
with all five fighters winning
their respective bouts
including a points victory for
Eduard Folayang against
Japans Kotestu Boku and a
third round stoppage in favour
of female cage fighter Ana
Julaton over Aya Saeid Saber
of Egypt. DAN RILEY
League to name CEO
to oversee LA Clippers
NBA OFFICIALS said on
Saturday the league will name
a chief executive officer for the
Los Angeles Clippers following
a lifetime ban imposed upon
owner Donald Sterling for
racist remarks. The league will
consult with current
management of the Clippers
in naming the new person who
will supervise the clubs
activities, a statement from the
NBA said. The best way to
ensure the stability of the team
during this difficult situation is
to move quickly and install a
CEO to oversee the Clippers
organization, said NBA
executive vice president of
communications Mike Bass.
The process of identifying that
individual is under way. Sterling
was banned for life and fined
$2.5 million, the maximum
allowable under NBA rules, by
NBA commissioner Adam Silver
last week after recordings of
racist comments made by
Sterling were made public.
Billionaire Sterling told his
girlfriend that he did not want
her bringing black people to
Clippers games or post photos
of herself with black people on
social media websites. AFP
Thunder roll past Grizzlies
T
HE Oklahoma City Thunder
punched their ticket to the
second round of the NBA
playoffs on Saturday with a
dominant 120-109 triumph over the
Memphis Grizzlies.
Russell Westbrook notched his sec-
ond triple-double of the series with
27 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds
and Kevin Durant scored a game-high
33 points for the Thunder which
won the best-of-seven Western Con-
ference rst-round series four games
to three.
The Grizzlies, missing the suspend-
ed Zach Randolph and with Mike
Conley nursing a sore hamstring,
gave it all they had, taking a 36-27
lead after the rst quarter and lead-
ing by as many as 11 in the second
period before the Thunder inexora-
bly asserted themselves.
Durant, expected to be named the
NBA Most Valuable Player next week,
was a perfect ve-for-ve from three
point range and pulled down eight re-
bounds in the victory.
Marc Gasol led Memphis with 24
points and six assists and Conley
battled through his injury to score 20
points with nine assists.
Both added four steals, but the Griz-
zlies just couldnt stop the Thunder.
The Grizzlies had led the series 3-2,
but missed their chance to advance
when they dropped game six in Mem-
phis. Randolph, who led the Grizzlies
in scoring with 18.9 points per game
in the series, was suspended for game
seven after punching Thunder rookie
Steven Adams late in Thursdays loss.
Paul George scored 30 points and the
top-seeded Indiana Pacers, pushed to
the brink of elimination, beat Atlanta
92-80 Saturday to reach the second
round of the NBA playoffs.
The Pacers, who had the best record
in the Eastern Conference to claim a
home-court edge all the way into the
NBA Finals, had to win the last two
games of their best-of-seven series to
advance 4-3 over the only team in the
playoffs with a losing regular-season
record. Indiana, which pushed Miami
to seven games in last years East nals
before losing, will face the Washington
Wizards in the second round.
This was a long series, George said.
Were happy to get over this hump
and get ready for the next task, which
is preparing for the Wizards.
Were ready for those guys. This is
going to be just as tough a matchup.
We have to put this one to rest.
Were happy to continue on our jour-
ney but we have to get ready and get
the rst one.
George set a career playoff high in
points and also grabbed 11 rebounds
while Lance Stephenson added 19
points and 15 rebounds for Indiana.
Roy Hibbert and George hill each had
13 points for the Pacers, who also had
12 rebounds from David West.
I felt I had a hot hand, George
said. Once my mid-range started to
go, I really felt condent coming off
screens and shooting the ball.
Long-range sharpshooter Kyle Ko-
rver led Atlanta with 19 points on a
night when the Hawks set an NBA
playoff game record with 44 3-point
attempts, but connected on only 11
shots from behind the arc.
We know how to execute. We have
to learn to win. Thats the next step for
us, Korver said. We will look back on
a couple of games in this series that
we could have won.
Atlanta failed to become the sixth
bottom seed to topple a top seed in
the rst round of the NBA playoffs. The
Pacers back-to-back wins in games six
and seven were the only such wins in
the series.
Nobody expected us to be here. No-
body expected us to push it to seven
games, said Atlantas Paul Millsap.
Everyone else thinks we overachieved.
We think we underachieved.
Saturdays games were among a re-
cord ve game sevens in the opening
round of the NBA playoffs.
The total already matches the league
record for the most seventh games in
all rounds in any playoff year. AFP
Kevin Durant (top left) and Serge Ibaka (top right) of the Oklahoma City Thunder battle with Tony Allen (bottom left) and Marc Gasol of the
Memphis Grizzlies during Game Seven of their Western Conference quarter-nals at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City. AFP
California Chrome wins Kentucky Derby
CALIFORNIA Chrome swept to
victory in the 140th Kentucky
Derby on Saturday, powering
away in the closing stretch to
win the first leg of US flat rac-
ings Triple Crown.
Jockey Victor Espinoza took
the pre-race favorite past Uncle
Sigh and Chitu at the top of the
stretch and easily held off the
rest of the 19-horse field for his
fifth consecutive victory.
It was Espinozas second vic-
tory in the $2 million, 1 1/4-
mile Run for the Roses. He
piloted War Emblem to the win
in 2002.
It also made 77-year-old Art
Sherman the oldest trainer to
saddle a KentuckyDerby win-
ner surpassing Charlie Whit-
tingham, who conditioned a
winner at the age of 76.
I thought he rode him per-
fect, Sherman said of Espino-
za who had been aboard
California Chrome for his four
impressive victories leading
into the Derby.
I never gave him any
instructions, Sherman said. I
said You know this horse, go
for it.
Espinoza said he wasnt sure
why he and California Chrome
have become such a formida-
ble pair.
I dont mess with him too
much, Espinoza said. He
knows his job.
Made the early 5-2 favourite
at Wednesdays draw, California
Chrome went off at 2-1 and he
justified his favourites status as
he pulled away toward the line
at Churchill Downs, opening a
gap of several lengths.
He finished comfortably as
Dallas Stewart-trained long-
shot Commanding Curve
roared through under jockey
Shaun Bridgmohan to seize
second, 1 3/4 lengths behind.
Danza, trained by Todd
Pletcher and ridden by Joe
Bravo, was third and second
choice Wicked Strong was
fourth.
For Sherman, it was a trium-
phant return to the Kentucky
Derby 59 years after he accom-
panied legendary 1955 winner
Swaps to the race as a teen-
aged stable hand.
Sherman, who went on to a
riding career before taking up
training, hadnt been connect-
ed to a Kentucky Derby runner
since.
I tell you, he gave me the
biggest thrill I ever had in my
life, Sherman said.
When I went over to Swapss
grave the other day, I said a lit-
tle prayer, and it came true,
he added.
Night Of Thunder shocks
Night Of Thunder sprang a
massive shock in the English
2000 Guineas at Newmarket on
Saturday, the 40-1 outsider
upsetting hot favourite King-
man and the much-vaunted
Australia.
Ridden by Kieren Fallon,
Night Of Thunder was a first
classic winner for trainer Rich-
ard Hannon Jr in his first sea-
son since taking over from his
father.
Fallons mount veered
towards the stands rail in the
closing stages but still had
enough left in the tank to deny
6-4 favourite Kingman by half
a length and 5-2 second
favourite Australia (a head fur-
ther back).
Fallon, claiming his first Brit-
ish Classic since Alexandrovas
2006 Oaks victory, said: I
thought hed given it away, but
hes a good horse and hope-
fully he can continue.
The 2000 Guineas, the first of
the five British classics, was
touted as a high level renewal
with five unbeaten colts in the
14-runner field.
One of those was Kingman
who was aiming to emulate the
mighty Frankel by adding this
to a warm-up win in the Green-
ham Stakes at Newbury. AFP
Jockey Victor Espinoza celebrates atop of California Chrome after cross-
ing the nish line to win the 140th running of the Kentucky Derby. AFP
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 5, 2014 25
Felipe Aguilar of Chile hits a shot during the nal round of The Championship golf tournament at Laguna National in Singapore yesterday. Aguilar eagled his last hole to overhaul Anders Hansen and seize victory. AFP
Aguilars perfect finish seals win
C
HILES Felipe Agui-
lar saved the best
for last when he
stormed home with
a birdie-eagle nish to win
The Championship at La-
guna National in Singapore
yesterday.
The Chileans stunning n-
ish was for all to see when he
raced home in just 28 shots
to win with a spectacular
10-under-par 62 at the $1.5
million event that is jointly
sanctioned by the Asian Tour
and European Tour.
Korean-American David
Lipsky came up short by one
and had to settle for second
place alongside overnight
leader Anders Hansen of
Denmark after carding a 65,
while Indias Rahil Gangjee
savoured one of his best n-
ishes in recent years by sign-
ing off with a similar 65 to
take fourth place.
Aguilar once again showed
his knack for winning in Asia
as his previous victory before
The Championship came in
2008 in Indonesia.
I like playing in the heat
more than the cold, and with
my wrist injury the heat has
helped me, said the Chilean.
He wrote off his own chanc-
es after an outward-34 but
started believing in himself
when he went on an astonish-
ing birdie blitz after the turn.
I did not think I could
win in the morning as I was
only two-under-par after the
front-nine and they were a lit-
tle far away. But then I started
making birdie, birdie on the
back-nine and the spirit came
back, said Aguilar.
After his birdie run that got
him to 19-under through 15
holes, Aguilar knew he need-
ed a superlative effort to catch
Hansen who was still holding
a two-shot lead then.
I told my caddie on nine if
I can get going on the back-
nine, I could do some damage
and it ended up happening,
said Aguilar.
The Chileans magical show
started when he sunk a 10-ft
birdie putt at the par-three
17th and closed in dramatic
fashion when he holed his
approach for eagle at the last
for a winning total of 22-un-
der-par 266.
On the 17th green I told my
caddie if I make a birdie on
18, I might put some pressure
on the leader and he said you
might make two. I looked at
him and he said that the way
Im hitting the ball I might
make two and I did. Its very,
very special, said the 39-
year-old Chilean.
Lipskys wait for his second
win on the regions premier
Tour was prolonged despite
his best efforts to end his two-
year title drought.
I was still trying to do ev-
erything I can to win even on
the last hole. I played really
well this week. I only had four
bogeys in four rounds and 23
birdies and 1 eagle in total. Ill
take that any week for sure,
said Lipsky.
While he missed out on his
grandstand nish this week,
Lipsky believes he will be
back in contention following
another top-10 nish on the
Asian Tour.
My game is in good shape
now and Im playing very
well. I denitely gained a lot
of experience from this week,
said the 25-year-old.
Gangjees determination
to end his decade-long title
drought on the Asian Tour
showed when he raced home
with an unforgettable in-
ward-31.
After an outward-34, the
Indian parred the next four
holes before a urry of birdies
starting from the par-four 14
saw him close with a 65 that
was to be his best score for
the week.
The last few holes went by
in a hurry. My heart was beat-
ing fast on the 17th tee when
I hit that six-iron. It ended on
the edge of the green and did
not move from there. I kept
myself in it and it was a bonus
that the putt went in. I think
this is my best nish so far and
my best four round score ever,
said Gangjee. THE ASIAN TOUR
Rafael Nadal out to dispel doubts in Madrid Masters
WORLD number one Rafael Nadal
heads into the Madrid Masters this
week in the unusual position of search-
ing for his first title on the European
clay this season.
The 13-time Grand Slam champion
has dominated on the surface through-
out his career, including an incredible
stretch last season which included
wins in Barcelona, Madrid, Rome and
finally an eighth French Open title at
Roland Garros.
However, Nadal has so far struggled
this year to bounce back from a back
injury that hampered him in losing the
Australian Open final to Stanislas
Wawrinka in January.
His slump has included surprise
defeats to compatriots David Ferrer
and Nicolas Almagro at the Monte
Carlo Masters and Barcelona Open
respectively in recent weeks.
Yet, he is hoping home advantage
will help him recapture his best form
and a fourth title in Madrid.
Spain is my country and every
time I play in any tournament here it
is something special. The crowd
always make a big difference here,
said Nadal.
Nadal, however, could be dethroned
at the top of the world rankings by
Novak Djokovic this week should he
fail to reach the quarter-finals and
the Serb goes on to win for the second
time in Madrid.
Djokovic has also had injury prob-
lems himself recently due to a right
wrist injury.
The world number two admitted
after losing to Roger Federer in the
semi-finals in Monte Carlo that he
expected not to play tennis for
some time.
However, he will be returning to
action just two weeks later in an effort
to build up some momentum ahead
of his attempt to complete the Grand
Slam in Paris.
The in-form Swiss duo of Federer
and Wawrinka would appear to pose
the major threat to Nadal and Djoko-
vic. Wawrinka made the final in the
Spanish capital last year before being
swept aside by Nadal, but will be full
of confidence after securing his first
Masters title in Monte Carlo to go with
his maiden Grand Slam in Australia.
Federer has undergone a resurgence
too in recent months under the tute-
lage of Stefan Edberg and is a three-
time winner in Madrid, including
twice since it became a clay court tour-
nament in 2009.
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray
also returns to action for the first time
in a month since failing to propel Great
Britain into the semi-finals of the
Davis Cup and the world number eight
will be after some valuable ranking
points to boost his seeding ahead of
the French Open.
On the womens side Serena Wil-
liams returns to defend the title she
has won for the past two years. The
17-time Grand Slam champion has
taken over a month off citing tiredness
after suffering a shock second round
defeat to Jana Cepelova on the green
clay of Charleston.
However, worryingly for her compe-
tition in Madrid, the world number
one insisted she is feeling fresh ahead
of her assault on the red clay over the
European stretch.
Im so much better. I took so much
time off and I needed it, she admitted
on Friday.
I had just been playing for such a
long time non-stop. It was actually
really good for me to get that off. I feel
really good and very positive, and I
think thats what matters most.
Williams will start off against a qual-
ifier with the tie of the opening round
coming on the other side of the draw
as third seed Agnieszka Radwanska
faces Australian Open semi-finalist
Eugenie Bouchard.
Also in that half of the draw, second
seed and Australian Open champion
Li Na faces Kirsten Flipkins, whilst last
years finalist Maria Sharapova meets
Klara Koukalova. AFP The King of Clay Rafael Nadal has yet to win a title on the red surface this season. AFP
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Mariners Iwakuma
wins his season debut
JAPANESE pitcher Hisashi
Iwakuma won his Major
League Baseball season debut
on Saturday, pitching 6 2/3
innings to help the Seattle
Mariners beat the host
Houston Astros 9-8. Iwakuma
missed more than a month at
the start of the season with a
torn extensor tendon in his
right middle finger, but was
activated hours before the
game so he could take the
mound. The 33-year-old right-
hander, who finished third in
last years American League
Cy Young Award voting,
allowed four runs on six hits
while striking out three
Houston batters. Iwakuma
threw 56 of his 81 pitches for
strikes and helped stake the
Mariners to a 9-2 lead entering
the seventh inning before the
Astros rallied late. AFP
Saracens sweat on
Mako Vunipola fitness
SARACENS face an anxious wait
before discovering if England
prop Mako Vunipola will be fit for
the Premiership play-offs and
the European Cup final.
Vunipola went off with a
hamstring strain just seven
minutes into Saracens 44-20
Premiership win at home to
strugglers Worcester on
Saturday. Afterwards, Saracens
coach Mark McCall insisted the
regular-season English
Premiership table-toppers had
simply withdrawn the 23-year-
old front row as a precautionary
measure ahead of their play-off
semi-final in a fortnight. Sarries
also face defending champions
Toulon in the European Cup
final in Cardiff on May 24.
Meanwhile Saracens and
England fly-half Owen Farrell
was again unable to kick at goal
following a foot injury, full-back
Alex Goode again taking the
shots at the post. AFP
Suarez Navarros third
time lucky in Portugal
CARLA Suarez Navarro made it
third time lucky at the Portugal
Open on Saturday, finally lifting
the title after losing the last two
finals. The Spanish top seed
beat Russias Svetlana
Kuznetsova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in two
hours, 10 minutes for her first
career trophy after finishing on
the losing side in her first five
finals. Im very happy that Ive
finally won a title, said the
champion. I was nervous
today, its not easy playing here.
On match point I was only
thinking about putting the ball
in. It felt really good when it was
all over. This was a very special
day for me, my most special
moment so far. AFP
Marsh named as chief
Australia selector
TEST great Rod Marsh will head
up a restructured Australian
selection panel featuring
newcomer Mark Waugh and
former chief selector Trevor
Hohns, Cricket Australia said on
Friday. Marsh was endorsed by
CAs board of directors as a
replacement for John Inverarity,
70, who has stood down after
two-and-a-half years in charge.
CA said Marsh will move to a
full-time role leading a panel
that includes national coach
Darren Lehmann, former Test
and one day international star
Waugh and Hohns, with Andy
Bichel departing. AFP
Selby sees off
Robertson to
reach the final
M
ARK Selby held his nerve
to beat Australias Neil
Robertson 17-15 in a
hard-fought World Cham-
pionship semi-nal on Saturday.
Selby now faces two-time defending
champion Ronnie OSullivan, bidding
for a sixth world title in total, in a best
of 35-frame nal that got under way at
Shefelds Crucible Theatre in north-
ern England yesterday.
It took Selby, a losing nalist against
John Higgins seven years ago, some 12
hours to defeat 2010 world champion
Robertson, whereas OSullivan had al-
ready given himself a day off by easing
past Barry Hawkins 17-7 on Friday.
Heading into Saturdays nal ses-
sion Selby and Robertson were all
square at 12-12. Left-hander Robert-
son went 13-13 up only for Selby to
win four of the next ve frames, with
breaks of 79, 77 and 54 taking him to
within sight of victory.
However, Robertson kept Selby wait-
ing with a break of 108 his 10th cen-
tury of the tournament, extending the
Melbourne-born cuemans record of
hundreds in a professional tour sea-
son to 103.
But thoughts the match might go to
a deciding frame evaporated soon af-
terwards when Selby made a break of
74 to set up an all-English nal with
OSullivan.
Thats got to be up there with the
standard of any semi-nal thats ever
been played here, Robertson said af-
ter a defeat that saw him relinquish
the world number one ranking to Ding
Junhui, despite the Chinese players
rst round loss in Shefeld.
Marks played the best Ive seen him
play. He played some fantastic stuff.
However, Robertson was unsure
if Selby could now claim a maiden
world title given OSullivans record in
world nals.
Ronnies a genius
He just doesnt lose nals, Robert-
son said, before adding: If Mark can
play the way he did against me Ron-
nie is more clinical than me so itll be
interesting to see how the match pans
out then hes got every chance of
competing with him.
So much depends on how much
rest Mark can get.
Selby, well aware of the dangers of
fatigue, insisted: I dont feel too bad
at the moment. Im sure I wont sleep
because of all the adrenaline but Im
going to go out there in the nal and
enjoy it.
Ronnies a genius and doesnt
fear anyone. Hes played some great
snooker in patches and hes missed
a few balls and people havent pun-
ished him.
I know Ill get my chances, but its a
matter of whether I take them or not.
OSullivan, speaking earlier this
week, hailed Selbys battling qualities.
Marks the toughest competitor on
tour, said OSullivan.
He can take the game at his pace
and if you step up the pace hes a play-
er who is a predator and he can score
heavily as well.
OSullivan would match Steve Davis
and Ray Reardons mark of six world
titles were he to defeat Selby in a nal
that will be played to a nish tonight.
Victory would leave The Rocket only
one short of Stephen Hendrys modern
era record of seven world titles.
The Scot was the last player to win
three successive world titles, achieving
ve in a row between 1992-96.
Im just buzzing to be playing and
enjoying it, OSullivan said after his
win over Hawkins.
To get to three nals in a row having
already won two if youd have told me
that three years ago it wouldve never
entered my thoughts I could do it.
Ive still got one more match to
play so I cant afford to get all excited,
OSullivan insisted. AFP
Malk Selby will face fellow Englishman Ronnie OSullivan in the World Snooker nal. AFP
Giro takes road to Belfast, misses turn for US
EYEBROWS will be raised this
week when the Giro dItalia
starts in Belfast and heads for
Italy via the Armagh Coast,
Dundalk, Dublin and a lengthy
air transfer. But bizarre as it
may sound, this will be build-
ing on a long tradition in the
race that cycling fans con-
sider second only to the Tour
de France.
The 1973 Giro featured a Bel-
gian start, and meandered into
its homeland via Germany,
Luxembourg, France and Swit-
zerland, a series of stages
immortalised in the classic film
Stars and Watercarriers.
The Giro adopted foreign
partenze later than its French
counterpart 1965 against
1954 for the Tour but in recent
years they have become more
common as the Italian race
strives to build its fanbase
abroad in the same way that
the Tour has managed.
The road to Belfast has taken
the Giro via Athens in 1996,
Holland in 2002 and 2010, Bel-
gium in 2006, and Herning,
Denmark, in 2012, but the final
leg actually began in, of all
places, the United States.
The Giros start in Ireland was
inspired by an abortive attempt
to have the race visit Washing-
ton, DC, a Holy Grail which
major Tour organisers have
flirted with for many years but
none have actually clasped.
Nothing came of that, but
one of the middlemen involved
was Darach McQuaid, the
brother of the then Interna-
tional Cycling Union president,
Pat McQuaid, who had helped
to organise the Tour de Frances
visit to Dublin in 1998.
The McQuaid connection
was inevitable, as Irelands
leading cycling family have
run a plethora of professional
cycling events there, including
the Nissan Classic from 1985
to 1992, and a second Tour of
Ireland from 2007-09. Not sur-
prisingly, it all got Darach
McQuaid thinking. I had a
conversation with Enda Ken-
ny, the Taoiseach, MacQuaid
explained. He was in Wash-
ington for St Patricks Day and
so was I. When I cornered him
at the White House, he said he
liked the idea.
That was one element;
another was the resurgence in
the Northern Irish economy
after the peace process, and in
particular the opening of the
Titanic centre in 2012. Show-
case events were needed, and
the Giro is one such.
The total outlay is about 6
million ($8.32 million) to host
the Giro but the expectation is
that, as is always the case with
foreign Grand Tour starts, that
will be recouped by inward
tourist traffic, both in the short
and longer term.
There is also a political mes-
sage in that this is a cross-bor-
der event; in Ireland, where the
conflict spilled over into fraught
questions of whether cycling in
the North should be affiliated
to London or Dublin, that fact
has a significance of its own.
The most radical conse-
quence of the Belfast parten-
za, in actual cycling terms, is
that the race will begin this
Friday evening, rather than on
the Saturday as is usual, to
allow for the extra days travel
that is needed to get the race
back to Italy.
The team time trial from the
Titanic centre to Donegal
Square via Stormont is brief at
just 21.7km, and will establish
an initial pecking order.
Stage two is more significant,
a 218km loop northwards
along the Antrim Coast road,
past the Giants Causeway and
Rathlin Island, before return-
ing south to Belfast through
Ballymena. It is almost bound
to end in a mass sprint finish,
as is Sundays slightly shorter
run southwards from Armagh
to Dublin.
This is not the first time that
Ireland has hosted a major Tour
start. The Grand Dpart in
Dublin in 1998 has been
described by Darach McQuaid
as a disaster, although it was
a popular success. That Tour is
infamous for a major drugs
scandal but in a purely Irish
context it failed to relaunch the
sport, which had dipped com-
mercially after the golden era
in the 1980s which included
Stephen Roches Giro win.
Irish cycling is in a better
place now. McQuaid is opti-
mistic a professional Tour of
Ireland can be relaunched on
the back of the Giro start; crit-
ically, the Giro has three home
riders in its field. Two of them,
Daniel Martin who has a
realistic if outside chance of
tilting for overall victory and
Nicolas Roche, who leads the
Saxo-Tinkoff team, can be
expected to make their mark
before the Giro finishes in Tri-
este on June 1.
Philip Deignan, who rides for
Team Sky, shone in 2009 when
he won a stage in the Tour of
Spain, and is now on the come-
back trail. Sadly, the Giro will
not include the most exciting
Irish talent of the moment, the
sprinter Sam Bennett; he has
won two major professional
races this year at the tender age
of 23, but his NetApp-Endura
team has not been invited to
the Giro. THE GUARDIAN
Daniel Martin, one of three Irish riders in the Giro dItalia, has a realistic
if outside chance of tilting for overall victory. AFP
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Napoli chief denies ultra
decided Cup final kickoff
NAPOLI president Aurelio De
Laurentiis denied claims that a
hard-line ultra fan effectively
decided that a violence-marred
Italian Cup final against
Fiorentina at Romes Olympic
Stadium should be played on
Saturday. However De
Laurentiis admitted that talks
held just before kickoff
between a leading ultra
supporter, club captain Marek
Hamsik and police were a
sign of responsibility that
allowed the match to take
place. The Cup final, won 3-1
by Napoli, was marred by pre-
match shootings and episodes
of violence, with reports from
domestic news agency ANSA
claiming three Napoli
supporters suffered gunshot
wounds while another from
Rome was hospitalised. AFP
Deposed Liverpool out
to keep pace at Palace
HAVING seen Manchester City
seize the initiative in the Premier
League title race, Liverpool have
no option but to win when they
visit Crystal Palace tonight.
Liverpools title challenge was
compromised by their 2-0 loss
at home to Chelsea last
weekend and they were
knocked off the summit on
Saturday when City won 3-2 at
Everton. Citys success at
Goodison Park means that they
will be practically assured of
claiming the title if they win their
last two games, both of which
are at home, against Aston Villa
and West Ham United. AFP
Fan killed after Brazil
second-tier league game
JUST 40 days before the country
hosts the World Cup, the ugly
side of Brazilian football was on
view on Saturday after a fan died
when he was struck by a toilet
bowl thrown following a match
in the host city of Recife.
Second-tier side Santa Cruz had
drawn with visiting Parana late
on Friday when violence erupted
outside the Arruda stadium,
across town from a brand new
World Cup venue. AFP
Svay Rieng fall short in AFC
Presidents Cup, Naga go top
Dan Riley

S
VAY Rieng were eliminated from
the 2014 AFC Presidents Cup
on Saturday after succumb-
ing to their second successive
defeat in as many Group C matches
in Mongolia.
Having lost 6-3 to Nepalese club
Manang Marshyangdi on Thursday
night at the MFF Football Centre in
Ulan Bator, the Metfone C-League
champions again struggled to contend
with their regional rivals, slumping to a
3-1 defeat by host side Erchim.
Perhaps unbelievably, the Cambo-
dians suffered yet another own-goal
blunder inside the rst 10 minutes, this
time by defender Nen Sothearoth.
Svay Rieng captain Prak Mony Odom
quickly managed to drag things level,
but Erchims teenage forward Gal-
erdene Soyol-Erdene pushed the home
side back in front with a strike on
35 minutes.
The 18-year-old Mongolian then sent
the 3,600-strong crowd into raptures
with a strike on the stroke of half time.
A barren second half tainted only with
the sending off of Svay Riengs Suon
Veasna for a second booking meant
Erchim completed their nations rst
victory in an AFC competition.
Erchim and Manang will play to-
night from 4pm Cambodian time to
decide who will top Group C, with both
already conrmed to advance to the
nals stage in late September at a loca-
tion yet to be conrmed.
Svay Rieng, meanwhile, will return
home and immediately start prepara-
tions for the 2014 RHB Singapore Cup,
which kicks off its own preliminary
stage on May 25.
A draw held on Saturday saw Svay
Rieng pitted against Albirex Niigata,
the Japanese S.League franchise which
also has a team based in Cambodia.
The Singapore outt, however, has
more impressive credentials, having
nished runners-up in the 2011 edi-
tion of the Cup and ending fth in
last years S.League standings behind
fourth-placed Home United.
2013 Samdech Hun Sen Cup win-
ners Naga Corp will face off with Home
United, who are the reigning Singapore
Cup champions and record six-time
holders of the prestigious trophy.
Dates and venues for the eight pre-
liminary-round games in Singapore are
to be conrmed, with quarter-nals
and semi-nals leading up to the nal
on November 8.
Other foreign clubs brought into this
years Cup campaign include Global FC
and Loyola Meralco Sparks, both from
the Philippines, as well as SHB Cham-
pasak FC from Laos.
Back in Cambodia, the Metfone C-
League clashes over the weekend saw
Naga rise emphatically to the top of
the table with a 5-0 spanking of West-
ern University at the Olympic Stadium
last night.
Recently acquired Guinean striker
Barry Lelouma claimed the match ball
for his rousing hat-trick while team-
mates Teab Vathanak and Choun Chum
also got their names on the scoresheet.
Naga vaulted over casino-backed ri-
vals Phnom Penh Crown into rst place
on 23 points, although Crown have the
chance to retake the lead by beating
Svay Rieng by more than three goals in
their postponed league encounter on
May 21.
Earlier yesterday, Boueng Ket Rub-
ber Field momentarily scaled the MCL
summit with a 2-0 victory over Build
Bright United that took them past the
2012 champions on 21 points.
Mohammed Tijani put the Kampong
Cham side in front on 15 minutes and
goal machine Khoun Laboravy dou-
bled the advantage six minutes later.
Saturdays game heralded a pair of
1-0 wins at the Old Stadium, with Asia
Europe University edging National Po-
lice Commissary thanks to a 78th-min-
ute strike from Sary Matnorotin, while
Kirivong Sok Sen Chey began their
comeback from a poor season so far
with a solitary winner on 25 minutes
by In Vichheka.
At the Olympic Stadium, TriAsia
Phnom Penh overcame a stoic Ministry
of Nation Defence 3-2 to cement their
place in the top half of the table.
Kihara Masakazu opened the scoring
early on and Soung Virak added anoth-
er for TriAsia after 13 minutes.
The Army team struck back either
side of the half-hour mark through a
wonder goal from Pum Tola and an
equaliser by Poeu Phearith. However,
Masakuza had the last say in the mat-
ter, sealing all three points with his sec-
ond of the day on 73 minutes. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING MY CHHORN NORN
Boeung Ket Rubber Fields Chan Vathanaka (left) hits a shot at goal past Build Bright Uniteds Phlong Chanthou during their Metfone
C-League game at the Olympic Stadium yesterday. SRENG MENG SRUN
Sunderland face ght over lenient punishment
THE Premier League is facing
the possibility of a legal battle
with three of their own clubs
after it emerged that Cardiff
City, Norwich City and Fulham
have joined forces and instruct-
ed lawyers to fight the contro-
versial decision not to dock
Sunderland points for fielding
an ineligible player.
The Observer can reveal that
the first steps have been taken
by a self-appointed Gang of
Three to initiate proceedings
about the way Sunderland
were let off with a six-figure
fine despite fielding Ji Dong-
won in four league games,
spread over seven weeks, ear-
lier this season. Norwich and
Cardiff have enlisted Fulhams
support to challenge the
league, and a legal letter has
been sent on behalf of the three
clubs arguing that the offence
was serious enough to merit a
points deduction.
Sunderlands 1-0 win at Man-
chester United on Saturday
helped to relegate Fulham and
Cardiff, and leaves the north-
east club on a brilliant run of
form, three points above third-
from-bottom Norwich and on
the verge of completing what
Gus Poyet has described as a
miracle escape.
However, there is now the
distinct threat of a legal fight
continuing into the summer if
Sunderlands remarkable
sequence of results also
including a 2-1 win at Chelsea
and a 2-2 draw at Manchester
City finishes with them secur-
ing their top-flight status. The
three clubs taking on the league
are demanding a review of the
Ji case. If that request is turned
down, there is the strong
chance that whichever club
finishes 18th will sue.
League Two side AFC Wim-
bledon have just been docked
three points for fielding an
ineligible player and the law-
yers for Norwich, Cardiff and
Fulham have put together a
lengthy list of cases in which
other clubs have broken the
rules in similar positions and
lost points as a result.
Their argument is that Sun-
derland have been treated as
an exception, whereas there is
a clear history of evidence
going down the leagues that
this offence ought to merit
more than a fine.
Altrincham are the extreme
example, docked 18 points in
2006 after signing a player,
James Robinson, from Accring-
ton Stanley without realising he
had never received interna-
tional clearance after a previ-
ous spell in Iceland. In the vast
majority of cases, the punish-
ment has been a three-point
deduction.
Demanding an explanation
about why the authorities
tried to keep the Sunderland
case quiet, the legal letter
argues that it is unjust that
another club might be rele-
gated because of the leniency
shown to Poyets team, and
highlights the vast sums of
money that would be forfeited
by a club dropping into the
Championship.
The lawyers also note that
Poyet has admitted being sur-
prised the punishment was not
heavier, and that Sunderlands
manager has stated publicly
that Southampton should have
been awarded the victory when
Ji played in the 1-1 draw at St
Marys in August.
Ji played in three other league
fixtures against Fulham, Crys-
tal Palace and Manchester
United. Sunderland lost all of
them, which was one of the fac-
tors in the leagues decision-
making, along with the fact that
the club had reported their own
mistake at the first opportunity.
THE GUARDIAN
South Korean striker Ji Dong-won played four Premier League games
for Sunderland, three of which were lost. AFP
English Premier League
West Ham 2 Tottenham 0
Aston Villa 3 Hull 1
Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0
Stoke 4 Fulham 1
Swansea 0 Southampton 1
Spanish La Liga
Barcelona 2 Getafe 2
Malaga 0 Elche 1
Osasuna 0 Celta de Vigo 2
Real Valladolid 1 Espanyol 0
On Friday
R Vallecano 0 Athl Bilbao 3
German Bundesliga
Nrnberg 0 Hannover 2
B Dortmund 3 Hoffenheim 2
B Mgladbach 3 Mainz 1
E Braunschweig 0 Augsburg 1
E Frankfurt 0 B Leverkusen 2
Hamburg 1 Bayern Munich 4
Freiburg 0 Schalke 2
W Bremen 2 Hertha Berlin 0
Stuttgart 1 Wolfsburg 2
French Ligue 1
On Friday
Bastia 1 Lille 1
SATURDAYS RESULTS
English Premier League
Crystal Palace v Liverpool
2am
Spanish La Liga
Real Sociedad v Granada 3am
Italian Serie A
Lazio v Verona 12am
Juventus v Atalanta 2am
TONIGHTS FIXTURES
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Sport
Mayweather weathers Maidana
storm to win by majority decision
Kevin Mitchell

F
LOYD Mayweather saw off
a hurricane in Las Vegas, a
rough night to end a chaotic
week. He was cut early and
battered for several of the 12 rounds
as Marcos Maidana rolled towards
him with little regard for his own
safety, but Mayweather did what he
always does: he found a way to win.
The Amercians self-belief and his
unbeaten record remain intact
he had the audacity to have notes
bearing the statistic 46-0 scattered
over the crowd before the rst bell
and he has the Argentinians WBA
welterweight belt to add to the one
he already looks after on behalf of
the WBC.
But the aura has diminished every
so slightly, to the point where Brit-
ains Amir Khan who dropped and
outpointed the former world cham-
pion Luis Collazo of the US earlier
in his welterweight debut and rst
ght at the MGM is now a credible
opponent. He ought to be, given he
beat Maidana in 2010.
A true champion can make ad-
justments, Mayweather said, a hail
of Latino boos drowning out his vic-
tory speech. I got cracked early by a
headbutt over my eye, and couldnt
see properly. If the fans want see it
again, we can do it again.
Maidana, clearly unimpressed,
said: Other ghters gave him too
much respect and didnt go toe-to-
toe with him. Ill give him a rematch
because I won the ght. Im not
scared of him.
Indeed, so rousing a performance
did Maidana produce, a lot of ght-
ers will now fancy their chances
against Mayweather and that
makes any of his three remaining
ghts on his Showtime contract all
the more intriguing. He is, at last,
beatable.
The judges gave him a majority
win by margins of 114-114, 117-111
and 116-112. I scored it for him
116-114, with the third and the
eighth rounds shared, and the lat-
ter of those two could have gone to
Mayweather.
It was always going to be a col-
lision of the crude and the clever
but nobody outside Argentina could
have predicted with condence that
Maidana would give the nest de-
fensive boxer of modern times so
much sustained hell.
Maidana and his shrewd trainer
Robert Garcia made no secret of his
ght plan beforehand: come out
swinging that overhand right and
hope to knock Mayweather out. Well,
he tried. And he tried. Mayweather
also promised an unreserved battle
and, whether or not he really want-
ed to do that, he had little choice in
a rst round as tough as any he has
endured in his career.
Showtime announced Maidanas
dressing-room weight as 165lbs
(74.8kg), with Mayweather on the
148lbs welterweight limit, just as he
had been at the weigh-in, which is
extraordinary on both counts.
If Mayweathers strategy was to
start World War III he was setting
a record for blows to the back of
the head after three rounds May-
weather had said he welcomed an
opponent bringing his best as it
might force him to nally produce
his A game, self-aggrandisement not
that far from the truth; he had won
all but a couple of his 45 previous
bouts in cruise control.
In the third, he got a 10-9 under
his belt and was back in business.
In the fourth, Maidana still had not
found his manners. He was warned
for elbowing Mayweather, who now
was complaining regularly, and he
hit him low out of the referees line
of vision. In between the argy-bargy,
he landed enough decent shots to
take the round and leave a cut above
his rattled opponents right eye, a
rare sight indeed.
Mayweathers renowned defen-
sive skills were under serious as-
sault again in the fth, and he was
getting caught with crude punches
that brought a steady roar from the
packed arenas loud Latino audience
on Cinco de Mayo weekend.
Approaching the half-way stage,
Mayweather knew he was in one
of the toughest ghts of his life,
up there with those against Miguel
Cotto and Jos Luis Castillo and
he found some championship
form, whipping in left hooks and
long rights that hurt and bamboo-
zled Maidana.
The boxing lesson continued in the
seventh, and those parts of the crowd
rendered silent for the rst part of
the entertainment, encouraged
their man with the familiar chants of
USA! USA!
His condence restored, May-
weather now looked like the master
boxer who schooled Saul Alvarez and
Robert Guerrero, dominant, sneering
and utterly irresistible.
Maidana still had re in his eyes,
but blood around his left eye and
maybe a doubt or two implanted at
last in his mind. He bore in regard-
less and corralled Mayweather on
the ropes, letting go a barrage of un-
punished blows to the back of the
head, and one below the belt. That
apart, he earned a share of the points
in the eighth.
Having earned Mayweathers re-
spect and full attention, Maidana
now discovered what it was like to be
on the end of what the great man de-
scribed as his A game, which did not
stop him going forward and straight
into a hail of sharp, hurtful blows to
head and body.
The Maidana tank rumbled on in
the 10th, and the sniper Mayweather
received him with appreciation and
interest, rattling his rock-like head
time and again with jabs and hooks.
He put a full stop to the session with
a long right.
With six minutes left, Maidana
surely knew he had to do what he said
he would do at the start: knock Floyd
Mayweather out. And, as everyone
else has discovered, that is not only
easier said that done, it requires tak-
ing awful risks. Tormented and angry,
he barrelled Mayweather through the
ropes, and gave him a whack in the
ribs while he had his back turned and
was trying to get to his feet.
Still chasing that knockout, Maid-
ana landed a cracking right at the
start of the 12th and Mayweather
had to go into survival mode rather
than the grandstand nish he most
certainly wanted. Ducking, swaying
and countering, he back-pedalled
to the ropes, his familiar refuge, and
retaliated when he saw the inevita-
ble gaps. Both raised their arms, but
the victory went the way most sane
analysts thought it would.
Mayweather said Maidana was a
true champion, true competitor and
a hell of a ghter. He added, He
was rugged, a tough guy. Everybody
used to seeing me dominate. People
saying, Whats wrong with Floyd?
I think tonight we gave everybody
the excitement they want. If he feels
he won? September. He can get it
again. Absolutely. I could have made
the ght a lot easier if I wanted to.
Did those rights hurt? Hes a strong
ghter. I came in at 148, he came in
at 165.
He said he objected to the type
of gloves Maidana wanted to use
because he did not think they were
safe. When its all said and done,
we already fought. But Im in this to
protect the boxers. A lot of them n-
ish their careers without any money
because they cant articulate or even
count anymore.
Im a mentally strong person,
though. Ive never done anything
but box. Thats the difference be-
tween me and any other ghter I
can make adjustments.
Referring to the one score of 114-
114, he said, Im not going to com-
plain about how the judges judge
the ght. Theyre not always right.
He turned to Maidana and said,
Youre a great ghter, great champi-
on. You have a beautiful family. But
next time, dont hit me in the dick.
As for next time, Mayweather said,
I dont know what Im going to do
for my next ght yet. But I always
nd a way to win. Theres no way to
break the May-Vinci code.
The night ended badly for some
spectators. Advised that a crowd
crush outside the press conference
had injured several people, Rich-
ard Schaefer, the chief executive
of Golden Boy Promotions, said:
If anything happened, the MGM
will investigate, and their security.
They are well equipped to handle
big ghts, so I am surprised to hear
that. THE GUARDIAN
Floyd Mayweather Jr (right) of the US slams a right to the face of Marcos Maidana from Argentina during their WBCWBA unication title bout at The MGM Grand, Las Vegas. AFP