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THAILAND URGED
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LIBEL SUIT
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Meas Sokchea and Kevin Ponniah
L
ESS than a week before
the first anniversary of
last Julys disputed
national election, Prime
Minister Hun Sen and opposi-
tion leader Sam Rainsy will sit
face to face this morning for
final talks aimed at ending the
longest post-election stale-
mate in Cambodian history.
Eight Cambodia National
Rescue Party politicians and
officials, who have been labelled
political hostages by some
rights groups, remain behind
bars after a protest they led
turned violent last week.
Rainsy, who arrived on Satur-
day from Europe, has told sup-
porters that only a meeting with
Hun Sen can set them free and
defuse political tension.
But both parties say they want
to go further and finally end the
deadlock that has seen opposi-
tion lawmakers ride out a record
boycott of parliament.
In the spirit of national rec-
onciliation and national unity,
based on respect of national
interests and the people, the
Cambodian Peoples Party and
Cambodia National Rescue
Party have agreed together to
resolve and end the critical
post-election crisis, a joint
statement from the parties
released late on Sunday says.
Eight members from each
party will attend the talks, with
Hun Sen, Deputy Prime Minister
Sar Kheng and First Vice Chair-
man of the Senate Say Chhum
leading the CPP side.
The CNRP side will be led by
Rainsy, party deputy leader
Kem Sokha and senior official
Pol Ham.
The basis for the talks will be
an agreement made by Rainsy
and Hun Sen the last time a deal
Mai Yaghi
WASHINGTON and the
United Nations demanded
an immediate ceasefire
in Gaza yesterday as Israel
pressed a blistering assault
on the enclave, pushing
the Palestinian death toll
to 514.
As world efforts to end
the fighting gathered pace,
Israel said it killed 10
Hamas militants in an
early-morning gun battle
after they entered south-
ern Israel through cross-
border tunnels.
At an urgent meeting in
Gaza, the UN Security
Council urged an immedi-
ate cessation of hostilities
in a call echoed by US Pres-
ident Barack Obama in a
telephone conversation
with Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu.
With growing concern
over the number of civilian
deaths, both US Secretary
of State John Kerry and UN
chief Ban Ki-moon headed
to Cairo for ceasefire talks,
which have so far been
rejected by the Islamist
Hamas movement.
Following the deadliest
day in Gaza in more than
five years, in which at least
140 Palestinians were
killed, medics pulled
another 45 bodies from the
rubble early yesterday,
emergency services spokes-
man Ashraf al-Qudra said.
And 20 more people were
killed in a series of strikes
across Gaza.
In the latest incident,
tank shelling of a hospital
Calls for
truce as
Gaza toll
tops 500
Hopes high for resolution
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Buddhist monks hold a banner and ags as they march through the streets of Phnom Penh yesterday morning during a protest demanding an apology to the Khmer
Krom people. VIREAK MAI
Krom complaint
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Toddler lifted
up from well
Phak Seangly

A
TODDLER in Ra-
tanakkiri provinces
Banlung town had a
brush with death on
Saturday when he fell down a
33-metre-deep well.
Twenty-seven-month-old
Menh Ly was playing with a
friend next to his mother, 22-
year-old Sok Heng, when he
fell down the shaft on Satur-
day afternoon, his uncle, Hen
Samnang, said yesterday.
He climbed up a wooden
board covering the well to
play and accidentally fell into
it, he said.
According to Samnang, who
arrived at the scene following
the accident, people gathered
were too frightened to answer
Lys calls for help.
We were panicked and
shocked to death when we saw
him inside the well. He cried
Mum, Papa, but we didnt
dare climb down to help him
by ourselves, he said, adding
that the water in the well was
more than a metre deep.
After about 20 minutes, a
motodop came to the rescue.
The motodop said my
nephews stomach was full
of water . . . He climbed down
the well and tied a scarf [to
Ly] and carried him up,
Samnang said.
The family gave the motodop
$100 in thanks, he added.
Hing Phan Sokunthea, a doc-
tor at Ratanakkiri provincial
hospital where Ly was checked
in after the accident, said there
was no long-term damage.
He is in good health. He just
got slightly injured on his skin
and returned home, he said.
Laban Siek commune police
chief Bunheng said Saturdays
incident was the rst recorded
in his commune.
Earlier this month, three peo-
ple died at the bottom of a well
in Kratie province after trying
to save a drowning dog, while
in June, seven people died in a
similar incident in Siem Reap
province after the father of a
poor family dropped 3,000 riel
($0.75) and a lighter into a well,
leading others to follow.
In both cases, police and
health ofcials attributed the
deaths to the wells low level
of oxygen.
Mom Kunthear
and Laignee Barron
CAMBODIAS six-month ma-
laria report may have jumped
to erroneous conclusions,
leaving ofcials yesterday
to concede that mixed and
matched gures from the past
two years potentially created
overly positive results.
Released on Saturday, the
latest numbers from the Na-
tional Malaria Centre show a
drop in fatalities and a 20 per
cent decline in documented
cases from January to June
over the same period in 2013.
But centre technical direc-
tor Chum Vannarith said the
comparison may merit a sec-
ond consideration.
The data compiled for last
year seems to be for the rst
seven months of 2013, not the
rst six, he said, adding that
any mistakes will soon be
checked and altered.
Vannarith maintained, how-
ever, that the ve deaths and
15,982 cases recorded so far in
2014 still reect a continuation
of the positive trend. In 2010,
103,000 infections caused 151
deaths, but numbers have
been dwindling since.
Malaria statistics awed
High hopes for deadlock discussions
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appeared nigh in early April.
At that time, a lengthy phone
call between the pair led to an
agreement in principle to a
February 2018 National Assem-
bly election, a February 2017
commune election and the
creation of a new, independent
National Election Committee.
They also agreed to the CNRP
receiving a number of top
assembly positions six of 13
standing committee slots
when it ends its boycott, which
started in September.
But no deal was ever inked,
and at the time Hun Sen accused
Kem Sokha, who was abroad, of
being obstinate and holding
back an agreement because he
opposed moving the election
up just five months.
Rainsy then denied any
agreement had been made
with the premier, insisting that
he and Sokha were like one
person who could not be split
and that the party would hold
out for an election at least a
year ahead of schedule.
But as he posted the joint
statement on his Facebook
page late on Sunday night,
Rainsy explicitly referred to the
February 2018 election date as
being part of the basis for
todays discussions.
Despite numerous calls,
Sokha could not be reached for
comment yesterday, while
Rainsy declined to comment
ahead of the talks.
However, Sokhas daughter,
CNRP deputy public affairs head
Kem Monovithya, insisted that
the official statement said noth-
ing about the election date or
what we will be talking about.
Talks havent started yet, so
there cant be agreement, she
said, declining to comment on
Rainsys post.
Meach Sovannara, head of
the CNRPs information depart-
ment, denied that there was
any internal disagreement as to
what was on the table.
There is no [controversy].
Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha
are only one person. After
both leaders had a discussion,
the decision was sent to the
permanent committee for
approval, he said.
Opposition whip Son Chhay
added that the election date was
of secondary importance. We
put all our effort to have an elec-
tion [that is] fully independent.
That is the main concern. If we
can get that, it would be a great
achievement for the country.
Other issues on the table
include media and parliamen-
tary reform, though Hun Sen
has already agreed to grant a
TV licence to an opposition-
aligned operator.
On Saturday, Sokha said the
party would also propose a new
3-3-3 formula regarding even
representation of members of
the new NEC during talks.
A fundamental disagreement
between the parties in past sit-
downs has related to the com-
position of the committee,
specifically how many mem-
bers of parliament should be
required to approve it.
The new proposal would
involve the NECs nine mem-
bers being split between the
CNRP, the CPP and civil society
groups, meaning that nobody
would be able to control it.
We want an NEC which does
not serve any party, Sokha said
in a Facebook post.
This is a proposal of the
Cambodia National Rescue
Party that is very reasonable and
can inspire confidence. Civil
society knows about electoral
issues and they can join us.
Prum Sokha, secretary of state
at the Interior Ministry and a
CPP negotiator, declined to
comment on specifics of what
would be discussed today.
What he [Sokha] said is up to
him. We do not yet say. We will
negotiate based on the agree-
ments previously made between
the two parties, especially the
agreement on April 9 between
Samdech Techo Hun Sen and
Excellency Sam Rainsy.
Separately, a group of 30 civil
society groups yesterday held a
press conference to condemn
the continued detention of
seven CNRP lawmakers-elect
and a party activist as com-
pletely politically motivated.
The arrest of opposition
lawmakers-elect and their
activists is to use them as hos-
tages for negotiations, said
Ny Chakrya, head of human
rights and legal aid at rights
group Adhoc.
If the negotiation can find a
political solution, I think the
state of freedom of expression
will normalise and armed forc-
es will be withdrawn from Free-
dom Park. And the judicial
system will be able to set free
the detainees.
Political analyst Kem Ley also
called the politicians at Prey Sar
prison a bargaining chip that
had tipped the balance of pow-
er at the negotiating table firm-
ly in the CPPs favour.
I think [the detainees] will be
released on bail and then put
through the court system and
maybe get a pardon from the
King. Its just a political game that
[the CPP] has always done.
But senior CPP lawmaker
Cheam Yeap said that whether
the politicians were released or
not would depend solely on
the court, as the ruling party
has no control over it.
Which article states that the
court is under the CPP? We
cannot do anything. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY MAY TITTHARA, ALICE CUD-
DY AND BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA
CNRP lawmakers-elect Mu Sochua (centre right) and Keo Phirom (centre left) are detained and escorted by
military police last week in Phnom Penh after a rally at Freedom Park turned violent. VIREAK MAI
Villagers in court
Prey Lang
land activists
deny charge
F
OREST activists ac-
cused of destroying
private property told a
court hearing in Kampong
Thom province yesterday that
they were acting to protect
mainland Southeast Asias
largest evergreen forest from
illegal logging.
In 2011, businesswoman Ol
Ratha pressed charges against
the defendants for allegedly
uprooting a 1-hectare cassava
plantation she owned.
But a lawyer for the nine
defendants Mao Thea, 37;
Meas Koeung, 20; Meas Vann,
25; Prom Suy, 68; Hem Hay,
25; Nuon Kin, 40; Duong Chay,
45; Sao Korn, 50; and Chheang
Vuthy, 39 told Kampong
Thom Provincial Court that
there was no evidence to sup-
port the plaintiffs accusations.
They [the defendants] just
monitored the logging in Prey
Lang and there is no evidence
supporting claims they up-
rooted her [Rathas] cassava,
the lawyer said.
Rathas lawyer, Huy Mang,
dismissed the villagers
claims. A verdict is due on
August 5. CHHAY CHHANYDA
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Krom march on missions
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Mom Kunthear
H
UNDREDS of monks, youths
and other Kampuchea Krom
activists beat a path around
Phnom Penh yesterday, deliv-
ering to six foreign embassies before -
nally being rebuffed by the Vietnamese a
petition calling for the recognition of the
true history of Kampuchea Krom.
Yesterdays demonstration was born out
of the outcry over comments made by a
Vietnamese Embassy ofcial last month
that Kampuchea Krom a portion of
southern Vietnam once held by the Ang-
korian empire had not been granted to
Vietnam by French colonial administra-
tors in the 1940s but had been part of Viet-
nam for a very long time.
The petition delivered to the French,
British, US, European, Russian and Chi-
nese embassies yesterday, called on Viet-
nam to acknowledge that the territory had
indeed once belonged to Cambodia.
There is no historian denying that
Kampuchea Krom is Cambodias terri-
tory, the petition reads. Every statement
that fakes history and intends to induce
violence or to show racism, we cannot ac-
cept that.
According to Thach Setha, president of
the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Commu-
nity, the Vietnamese diplomats state-
ment about Kampuchea Krom intends
to look down on Cambodian people as a
stupid race.
We all cannot accept this disdain and
we demand a public apology in written
form, he added.
The Vietnamese Embassy declined to
accept the petition. Demonstration or-
ganisers initially promised to camp in
front of the embassy until the petition was
received but ultimately decided to leave,
with plans to restart the demonstration at
8am today.
The atmosphere at yesterdays pro-
test was initially tense, coming as it did
on the back of recent demonstrations
at which authorities dispatched baton-
wielding informal security personnel
against participants.
Protester Krouch Chanry vowed to ght
back if authorities resorted to violence.
I am a human being, so I also feel pain,
he said. I cannot allow them to beat me
like an animal.
However, despite the circuitous protest
route along some of the capitals busiest
streets, confrontations with authorities
were practically nonexistent. Even after
demonstrators arriving at the Vietnam-
ese Embassy surged through a rst line
of barriers, police manning a second line
remained calm.
Vietnamese Embassy spokesman Trung
Van Thong, who made the offending com-
ments, could not be reached yesterday,
but said earlier this month that he was
not interested in the calls for an apology.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY STUART WHITE
Hundreds of Buddhist monks, students and members of the public clog a road as they listen to a
speech during a Khmer Krom protest yesterday in Phnom Penh. ELI MEIXLER
Sochua off
limits to US
Embassy
Alice Cuddy
DESPITE multiple requests,
the US Embassy has not been
given access to visit dual citi-
zen Mu Sochua since her arrest
last Tuesday, officials said yes-
terday.
Consular officers attempted
to visit Mu Sochua the evening
she was arrested but were not
permitted to see her and mul-
tiple requests for access since
her detention at Prey Sar pris-
on have not yet been granted,
US Embassy spokesman John
Simmons told the Post.
According to the Vienna
Convention, which Cambodia
acceded to in 2006, consular
officers shall have the right
to visit a national of the send-
ing State who is in prison,
custody or detention, to con-
verse and correspond with
him and to arrange for his
legal representation.
Council of Ministers spokes-
man Phay Siphan said he had
no idea why the embassy
had not yet been granted
access and referred questions
to the municipal court.
Court officials could not
be reached for comment
yesterday.
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DESPERATE to cut down on il-
legal logging, Kampong Thom
forestry ofcials are trying out a
new strategy: disarming loggers
before they can get to the trees
by cracking down on chainsaw
dealers and other sellers of
equipment used to fell trees.
On Sunday night, the Baray
district police raided a shop-
house in Kampong Thmor
commune.
From the front, the business
looked like an average moto
repair garage, but in the back,
ofcials discovered hundreds
of hidden saws and other log-
ging equipment.
Those tools were being sold
to the illegal loggers of our for-
est, said Soth Mary, chief of
the provincial forestry admin-
istration ofce.
The owners of the shop dis-
appeared before the court-
approved raid, so police were
unable to question the sellers
or identify the owners of the
equipment.
But in the absence of any
defence for the hidden hard-
ware, the ofcials conscated
the whole stock, counting 102
tools, including 25 chainsaws
and 52 lines of chain.
Selling chainsaws is not an
illegal or punishable offence
in the Kingdom, but Mary
emphasised that addressing
logging through the vendors
was a potentially viable way
to inhibit the illegal timber
trade, adding that similar in-
vestigations would soon occur
throughout the province.
If we want to combat ille-
gal logging effectively, we also
have to raid the businesses
that sell to illegal loggers. This
way the loggers will not be able
to destroy the forest, he said.
Nhem Sitha, investigating of-
cial of rights group Adhoc in
Kampong Thom, agreed that
waging a battle against equip-
ment suppliers might lead to
more effective results against
the logging scourge.
Everyone can buy and sell
chainsaws, but if the selling is
related to any illegal offence
such as illegal logging, I think
that raiding is the right deci-
sion, he said.
According to a Ministry of
Agriculture report released
earlier this month, more than
1,000 forestry and wildlife of-
fences were intercepted dur-
ing the rst six months of 2014,
leading to the seizure of nearly
3,000 cubic metres of timber
and more than 1,000 hectares
of forest land nationwide.
To ght illegal logging,
ofcials seek out saws
Journalists
accused of
extorting
authorities
Pech Sotheary
MILITARY police in Stung Treng
provinces Sesan distict arrested
three journalists and one of their
wives yesterday for allegedly
attempting to extort money from
military police officers they
believed to be transporting ille-
gal timber, police and the rights
group Adhoc said.
According to Adhoc coordi-
nator Huor Sam Ol, those
arrested were Neaka Reach
Newspaper publisher Kim
Sovananrith, 41; his wife, Try
Chenda, 32; and reporters Kim
Khoeun, 28, and Mom Mun, 54,
who worked for the publica-
tions Cheat Khmer and Sang-
kum Khmer, respectively.
The four were passing through
Stung Treng on their way to
Phnom Penh when they saw
military police officers trans-
porting wood they believed to be
contraband, Sam Ol said. They
then allegedly stopped the men
and asked for money in exchange
for not publishing a story.
The case will be sent to court,
and the four are charged with
extortion, Sam Ol said.
Eav Sameth, deputy chief of
the Stung Treng Provincial Crim-
inal Police Office, said the jour-
nalists had demanded $500, but
what the journalists thought was
illegal timber was actually for
building a house. He added that
they were scheduled to appear
in court today.
Adhocs Sam Ol urged inves-
tigators not to base the case
solely on the word of military
police officers involved.
Massage shop owner jailed
Acid attack leaves 3 injured
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
PHNOM Penh Municipal Court
yesterday sentenced a former
Chamkarmon district massage
shop owner to two years and
six months in prison for pro-
curement of prostitution, but
reduced the sentence by a year
due to the defendants person-
al circumstances.
Try Tech, 45, operated 168
Massage Shop in the districts
Tuol Tompoung II commune
when he was arrested in Janu-
ary and accused of allowing his
employees to provide more
than massages to customers.
Lieutenant Colonel Keo
Thea, chief of the Municipal
Anti-Human Trafficking and
Juvenile Protection Unit, said
police raided the shop on the
afternoon of January 23, find-
ing a number of used and
unused condoms in the mas-
sage rooms.
Controversy about present-
ing condoms as evidence has
existed since the passage of a
2008 law on human trafficking
and sexual exploitation, which
ramped up a crackdown on
brothels and seemed to over-
ride a previous policy that
favoured condom use over
prosecution.
In this case, five women were
detained. But after being edu-
cated by police, they were let
go. Tech has denied knowledge
of his employees alleged
actions, but the court was not
convinced.
Based on the hearing, the
court has found that Try Tech
was guilty. So the court has sen-
tenced him to two years and six
months, said Judge Chuon
Soreasy yesterday, reducing the
sentence by a year because Tech
was a first-time offender with a
number of children to support
and he had promised to not
commit any new offences.
The verdict also bans him
from ever running a massage
business again.
Tech and his defence lawyer
could not be reached for com-
ment yesterday. During his
trial on June 24, however, Tech
said he was unaware his
employees engaged in sexual
activity with customers, despite
the presence of condoms.
I did not allow my massage
girls to have sex with clients in
the shop, he said.
Mom Kunthear
AFTER more than half a year with only one acid
attack recorded in Cambodia, police in Banteay
Meancheys Poipet town are at a loss to explain
an incident yesterday in which three women
were allegedly doused with the chemical while
eating noodles at a local market.
Vy Vireak, police chief of Poipet commune,
where the attack was witnessed by vendors, said
that he went down to the scene, but the apparent
targets had disappeared. He went to private clin-
ics and hospitals, also with no luck.
The people reported to me about the acid case,
which happened in Akoak market in Poipet com-
mune, and there were three people injured, one
among them seriously, he said. We are seeking
to arrest the suspect, Vireak said. According to
the noodle seller in the market . . . they have never
seen the victims before. They do not know where
the victims came from.
Vireak said he could not offer a motive for the
attack, though the majority of them are caused
by jealousy taken to the extreme. Since he cant
locate the victims, he speculated they had sought
treatment outside of a hospital, he added.
We will continue to [search for] them again
tomorrow, he said.
Erin Bourgois, project manager for the Cam-
bodian Acid Survivors Charity, said its not unu-
sual for victims to make themselves scarce.
A lot of people fear retribution from the per-
petrator, so they dont come out, she said.
Acid attacks in Cambodia have been on the
decline down 82 per cent since 2010, according
to the charity and Bourgois attributes the dip
to the passage of a law in 2011 that introduced
tougher penalties for those convicted along with
new efforts to regulate the acid market.
A lot of high profile sentences were passed
down, she said. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHARLES
ROLLET
I did not allow my
massage girls to
have sex with
clients in the shop
Im a victim: accused trafficker
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
P
HNOM Penh Munici-
pal Court yesterday
heard the case of two
alleged human trafck-
ers, one of whom told the court
that she herself had been a vic-
tim of trafcking just last year.
Presiding judge Kor Vandy
said Cambodian national Neth
Sokly and her Chinese hus-
band, Tao Yue Hong, were ac-
cused of participating in the
trafcking of a dozen Cambo-
dian women to China under
the pretence that they would
nd jobs as garment workers
there in 2013, only to sell them
to older Chinese husbands.
With this work, they took a
commission of $400 from each
[bride], he said, adding the
couple was charged with un-
lawful recruitment for exploi-
tation, and the act of selling or
buying a person for cross-bor-
der transfer.
Prosecutor Ly Sophana said
Sokly and Tao who allegedly
were involved in trafcking
from their home in Shanghai
had been arrested on July 5,
2013, at Phnom Penh Interna-
tional Airport while on a trip
to visit Soklys parents. The ar-
rests, he said, were based on
complaints from four alleged
victims, most of whom are still
in China.
In China, they sold the vic-
tims for a price of $10,000 up
to $15,000 to marry Chinese
men, he said.
According to Sophana, six
others were charged for their
alleged involvement but are
still at large.
One 23-year-old victim said
she and two others had been
recruited by a Cambodian fe-
male broker and were met at
the airport in Shanghai by Sokly
and Tao.
Later, [the trafckers] held
our passports and brought
us to be sold into marriage to
old Chinese men in Shang-
hai, she continued, adding
that she had been involved
in three such marriages but
was sent away each time after
she proved unable to bear the
abuse she suffered.
To compensate for my dam-
ages and the loss of my honour,
I demand $40,000 in compen-
sation, she said.
Another victim, 20, said she
was seeking $20,000.
At the hearing, Sokly told the
court she had been trafcked
to China herself and that
while she had been involved
in collecting the women at
the airport, she had never sold
anyone, only accepting a com-
mission from another broker
for interpretation and travel
services.
Verdicts in the case are due
on August 14.
Tao Yue Hong covers his face as he walks into Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday to attend a hearing
about his alleged involvement in human trafcking. HONG MENEA
Strike for a song
Employees
waste time
on phones
A
BOUT 500 garment
workers whose bosses
have complained that
they spend too much of their
working day talking on the
phone and listening to music
protested outside their Kam-
pong Speu factory yesterday,
demanding better working
conditions.
Workers began the strike
at the Teng Xun factory at
about 8am, with a list of six
demands, including that tax
not be deducted from their
wages, lunch bonuses be paid
for working on Saturdays and
Sundays, medical certificates
be recognised and permis-
sion be granted for them to
bring phones into factories,
worker Sun Vannak said.
The workers will continue
protesting until we reach a
solution, he said.
Cheav Sokheng, chief admi-
nistrator at the factory, said
the demand for wages not to
be taxed was impossible,
while a ban on phones on the
factory floor was unlikely to
be lifted due to the workers
propensity to call friends and
listen to music. PECH SOTHEARY
National
6
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
Reunited with my moto
and it feels so good
NOT all blotter stories have
unhappy endings. A 20-year-
old university student in
Phnom Penhs Tuol Kork dis-
trict was reunited with his
motorbike after it was stolen
while he was enjoying lunch
at home. The suspect, 34,
unsuccessfully tried to sell
the bike and parked it at a
clinic. But the owner spotted
his moto and called the
police, who reunited him with
his ride and arrested the sus-
pect. KOH SANTEPHEAP
Telco employees bluff
their way into house
IN AN embarrassing callout,
two men were arrested on
Sunday for attempting to steal
copper telephone wire by
impersonating mobile com-
pany employees. The men,
aged 21 and 22, lied their way
into a persons house, but the
homeowner suspected a
scam and called the authori-
ties. As soon as the police
arrived, the pair confessed to
trying to steal the cable,
which they planned on selling.
DEUM AMPIL
Sellers remorse over
motorbike gets violent
WHAT seemed like a routine
motorbike purchase led to a
30-year-old mans brutal
beating in Phnom Penhs Por
Sen Chey district on Friday.
Police said the suspect, 23,
lured the victim away from
home by offering to buy back a
bike he had sold to him the
week before. When the victim
arrived, the suspect and four
henchmen attacked him with
stones and sticks. Police
arrested one suspect in Daun
Penh district and are looking
for the others. KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Police officer accused
of using force in dispute
A POLICEMAN and more than
10 of his accomplices appear
to have savagely beaten a
family in Takeo provinces
Tramkork district after an
argument between them
turned violent on Sunday. The
officer and his posse attacked
the five family members, aged
between 30 and 53, with a
gun, stones and sticks,
escaping when district police
intervened. The family filed a
complaint demanding $5,000
and legal action against the
policeman. The police did not
know the motive behind the
argument. NOKORWAT
Timber theft suspects
leave one man behind
ITS going down, theyre
stealing timber until
theyre caught. Three men
who broke into a timber stor-
age facility at 4am in Battam-
bang town were busted by
police, who arrested one
25-year-old, while the other
two, aged 23 and 27, escaped
into the darkness. The arrest-
ee confessed that the wood-
stealing trio had broken in
twice before. Police sent the
arrested man to court and
are on the lookout for the
escapees. NOKORWAT
Translated by Phak Seangly
POLICE
BLOTTER
Two detained over shooting
Phak Seangly

T
WO men have been
arrested over the
shooting of a Mon-
dulkiri forestry of-
cial earlier this month.
One of the suspects is the
editor of a local newspaper
and the other has been ac-
cused of illegal logging.
Heng Chantra, 44, a deputy
forestry ofcial in Sen Mo-
norom town, was shot three
times, injuring his left arm.
Police allege that on the
night of July 4, Chantra was
on patrol in his car when he
stopped two men: Len Komrey,
37, who is allegedly involved
in the illegal logging trade, and
Pum Peurn, 48, editor-in-chief
of Angkor Borei News.
Komrey then asked Chan-
tra who he was and where
he was from, according to
Sou Sovann, Mondulkiri pro-
vincial deputy police chief
in charge of central justice.
Chantra replied that he was a
forestry police ofcer.
Suddenly, Len Komrey
stepped backward for a few
steps and took out a gun,
shooting three times at Chan-
tra and injuring him in the left
arm before escaping in his
own car with his accomplice,
Sovann explained.
It is an intentional shooting
and the suspects were using
an illegal weapon.
The pair ed the scene af-
ter ofcers patrolling the area
with Chantra red shots back
at them, said Kep Kort, pro-
vincial forestry administra-
tion director.
Komrey was arrested on Fri-
day in Tbong Khmum prov-
ince, while Peurn was arrested
on Sunday in Phnom Penh.
The suspects claimed they
shot the victim because they
were angry he had addressed
them without lowering his car
doors window.
This explanation is not ac-
ceptable, Sovann said. We
think it is connected with our
crackdown on illegal logging.
Sou Sovichea, provincial
deputy prosecutor, said the
two men were sent to court
yesterday afternoon. By then
the court had already closed,
however, so they were de-
tained for another night in po-
lice custody and will be ques-
tioned today.
Chantra is recovering from
his wound at home.
A man is arrested in relation to the shooting of a forestry ofcial earlier this month. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Myanmar booze importers, govt at impasse over reform
FAKE or untaxed alcohol and tobacco
products are swamping the market
in Myanmar as the Ministry of Com-
merce and importers face an impasse
over planned import reform, indus-
try sources say.
The Internal Revenue Department
announced this month that it would
crack down on untaxed, illegally
imported and fake goods that are
available at wholesale markets like
Yuzana Plaza and Mingalar Market.
Minister for Commerce Win Myint
promised traders that they would be
allowed to legally import wine, alco-
holic beverages and tobacco prod-
ucts during a series of meetings in
late June with companies such as
City Mart, Gamone Pwint, Star
Mart, Sein Gay Har and others. The
minister also told importers that tax
and duty rates would be adjusted.
Director for Illegal Trade Preven-
tion and Supervision Control Com-
mittee Tin Ye Win said that the min-
istry will give permission to import
as soon as importers accept two
conditions: that they have respon-
sibility to pay the duties owed on
goods already imported and in
warehouses, and that they fully
comply with the new tax policy
when it is introduced.
Tin Ye Win said the ministry hopes
to encourage the biggest importers to
form an agreement to import spe-
cific brands, with shipments logged
to allow the authorities to easily locate
fake products and tax evaders.
None of the big importers have
agreed to this policy, he said, even
though they say they want import tax
reform urgently. Smaller dealers also
want import licences because they
want to import products, but in small
batches, not for the whole market.
The Myanmar Times was unable to
reach the Myanmar Retailers Asso-
ciation for comment.
The alcohol and tobacco impasse
developed in spectacular fashion in
late 2013, with raids conducted on
City Mart and Quarto Products two
of the best-known importers and
suppliers. Since then, the govern-
ment has not provided new licences
for liquor shops or suppliers following
an outcry in parliament over the pro-
fusion of liquor shops in major cities.
The Ministry of Home Affairs also
increased annual licence fees by
nearly 50 per cent early this year.
The tightening of the liquor sale
and distribution market produced
familiar results said Tin Ye Win.
Customs duties for imported alco-
hol stands at about 40 per cent, while
the Internal Revenue Department
also levies a tax. However, officials
from the Ministry of Finance and the
Ministry of Commerce have said they
are looking at adjusting taxes in line
with other ASEAN countries.
The association has already pro-
posed that imported liquor be sold
for no less than $6 a bottle, while local
producers should raise their prices to
5,000 kyat a bottle, he said.
We dont oppose imports as some
people think we do but we just want
the market to be monitored closely,
he went on to say.
Zaw Moe Win, a spokesperson for
the Myanmar Liquor Association,
said some small producers make fake
goods by purchasing empty bottles
from restaurants, filling them with
locally made liquor and applying
stickers, corks or lids from Thailand
and China to complete the forgery.
The most common fakes are scotch
whiskeys: Johnny Walker Red, Black
and Blue Label bottles, as well as
High Commissioner.
He said genuine High Commission-
er should sell at wholesale for about
5,000 kyat ($5) a bottle, while the fake
is 3,500 kyat, and a genuine bottle
retails close to 7,000 kyat, he added.
THE MYANMAR TIMES
US candy
maker eyes
factory in
Cambodia
May Kunmakara
APRATI Foods, a subsidiary
of United States-based candy
maker American Licorice, has
set its sights on a factory in
Cambodia, a Ministry of
Commerce official told the
Post yesterday.
Ken Ratha, spokesman at the
ministry, said yesterday that
Aprati officials recently met
with Minister of Commerce
Sun Chanthol and disclosed
plans to invest $2 million to
$3 million in a confectionary-
manufacturing plant.
The candy factory, Ratha
added, would employ up to
50 workers.
Under the plan, they will
produce firstly to supply the
domestic market and then
they will make exports around
the region, he said.
Ratha could not confirm
when construction on the fac-
tory would start.
Cherene Scherbinske, man-
aging director at Aprati Foods
in Cambodia, declined to
reveal any further details yes-
terday as the deal was not
yet finalised.
The news of Apratis inten-
tion to invest comes just weeks
after the commerce minister
returned from a five-day trade
mission to the United States
with US Ambassador to Cam-
bodia William Todd to pro-
mote Cambodia as a destina-
tion for foreign investment.
Their [Apratis] presence
here will be an attraction to
other US companies to come
to our country, Ratha said.
We will assist and facilitate
any procedure in order to let
their investment be success-
ful, he added.
Collection containers hang from rubber trees at a plantation in Kampong Chams Memot district in March. HENG CHIVOAN
Price drop spurs rubber plea
Hor Kimsay

T
HE government will
consider introducing
tax incentives to help
rubber farmers re-
coup losses following dramatic
declines in exports and in the
commoditys price worldwide.
Ly Phalla, director-general of
the Ministry of Agriculture, For-
estry and Fisheries rubber
department, said he is consid-
ering a range of solutions to
assist farmers and encourage
future production including
tax breaks.
I am thinking of suggestions
designed to help our farmers
that I can tell the government,
Phalla said. Maybe we will pro-
vide a tax incentive so that it
can help our farmers recoup
their declines.
Globally, rubber prices sank
28 per cent in the first six
months of the year. The decline
has spurred neighbouring
countries to launch similar
initiatives. Among them is
Malaysia, which on Friday
announced a $3.3 million cash
handout to the countrys
221,000 rubber farmers.
The price of rubber has
declined globally, not only in
Cambodia alone. While the
government is not able to inter-
vene in the price of rubber, we
can still create other mecha-
nisms to encourage farmers to
continue their production,
Phalla said.
Excluding exports from com-
panies located in economic
land concessions, the King-
dom recorded an 18 per cent
fall in rubber exports during
the first half of the year, accord-
ing to Agriculture Ministry fig-
ures. Exports totalled 7,600
tonnes as of June 30, down
from 9,330 tonnes at the same
time last year.
Lim Heng, vice president of
rubber production company
An Mardy Group, said that the
decline was due wholly to the
sharp global decline in rubber
prices, which in turn deterred
some growers from producing
at all.
Some companies arent
releasing their rubber and are
just stockpiling it. Some farm-
ers completely suspend their
harvest because they cannot
compensate for production
costs, Heng said, adding that
rubber prices had fallen from
as much as $3,000 per tonne
last year to about $1,600 per
tonne recently.
Farmers that have mature
rubber trees can at least make
a small profit at the current
price, however those who
have young trees cannot make
any profit.
Oul Kunthy, a farmer in
Tmong Khmum province with
6 hectares of rubber planta-
tion, said that he has grim con-
cerns for his familys future
and called on the government
for assistance.
We are so worried and we
want [the] government to help
to stabilise the price of rubber,
he said.
We are not worried about
our product or our planting
technique. We already know
how to produce it. But we need
a good price.
We dont oppose imports
. . . we just want the market
to be monitored closely
Business
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
MCDONALDS Corp and Yum!
Brands Inc halted buying meat
products from a Shanghai
supplier while authorities in-
vestigate allegations that the
company sold chicken and
beef past its expiration date.
McDonalds has asked all its
outlets to stop using products
from Shanghai Husi Food Co,
according to statements on
the companies ofcial Chi-
nese microblog on Sunday.
Yum! Brands KFC and Pizza
Hut restaurants did the same,
Yum said in a separate microb-
log statement. Both restaurant
chains said the move would
result in shortages of some
menu items.
Shanghai authorities sus-
pended operations at Shang-
hai Husi on the same day the
local Dragon TV channel re-
ported that Husi workers were
repackaging and selling chick-
en and beef that had exceeded
its sell-by date. The allegations
renew concerns about food in
China following abuses that
have included lacing baby for-
mula with melamine, a com-
pound used in plastics, and fox
DNA found in donkey meat.
This is the second time in
less than two years the two
fast-food chains have been hit
by a food safety issue involving
Chinese suppliers. In Decem-
ber 2012, Shanghai authorities
said tests conducted from 2010
to 2011 by a third-party agency
found high antibiotics levels in
eight batches of chicken sup-
plied to Yum by Liuhe Group
Co. The company also sup-
plied McDonalds in China at
the time.
Municipal food-and-drug
authorities asked all compa-
nies sourcing from Shanghai
Husi to remove its products
from sale, according to the
regulator.
Dragon TV said reporters
who entered Shanghai Husi
factories saw evidence that
past-due chicken and beef
were repackaged and given a
shelf life of another year.
China is seeking to
strengthen food safety in the
country by increasing penal-
ties for violations, more food-
safety information scrutiny
and by raising compensation
for consumers in a new draft
law. BLOOMBERG
TAIWANS export orders in
June rose 10.6 per cent year-
on-year to a 17-month high,
largely boosted by continuing
strong demand for electronic
products, the government said
yesterday.
Export orders totalled $38.82
billion in June after the highest
on-year increase since 17.9 per
cent growth posted in January
2013, and were also up 2.1 per
cent from the previous month,
the ministry of economic af-
fairs said in a statement.
Orders for electronic items
surged 17 per cent on-year to
$9.79 billion as demand for
mobile devices continued to
grow and spurred business for
the semiconductor and DRAM
sectors, the ministry said.
Export orders those led
to manufacturers one or two
months ahead of delivery are
a key indicator for the islands
export-reliant economy.
Export orders from main-
land China and Hong Kong,
Taiwans leading overseas
market, rose 14.5 per cent on-
year to $10.21 billion, of which
orders for electronic items saw
the largest increase of 31.5 per
cent, the ministry said.
Orders from other major
markets last month were also
up year-on-year. US orders
climbed 6.7 per cent to $9.41
billion while those from Eu-
rope rose 15.2 per cent to $6.86
billion over a year earlier.
The economy grew 3.04
per cent in the rst quarter,
slightly better than was ex-
pected. Full-year growth for
2014 was estimated to be 2.98
per cent. AFP
McDonalds, Yum suspend
meat supplier in Shanghai
Mobile phone demand
drives Taiwan exports
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (left) shakes hand with Chinas President Xi Jinping during a meeting in Caracas on Sunday. AFP
Chinas Xi visits Venezuela
with energy deals in sight
C
HINESE President
Xi Jinping was set
to meet the head of
Venezuelas National
Assembly yesterday and sign
agreements that will tie his
energy-hungry country to the
South American oil-rich state.
Xis meeting with Diosdado
Cabello comes on the last day
of his two-day visit, and after
he and President Nicolas Ma-
duro agreed to increase ties
between their countries to the
level of comprehensive stra-
tegic partnership.
Xi and Maduro also agreed
to intensify nancial cooper-
ation and increase coopera-
tion in the eld of energy, Xi
said to the press on Sunday.
Maduro in turn praised Chi-
na at the event as the most
important emerging economic
power in the 21st century.
China is the second-largest
market for Venezuelan oil
after the United States, with
an average daily volume of
640,000 barrels in part to
pay off Venezuelas $17 billion
debt with Beijing.
The trade partners aim to in-
crease the exports in the com-
ing years to one million barrels
a day. Bilateral trade between
China and Venezuela has been
steadily rising, exceeding $20
billion in 2012.
Xi hopes to deepen ties with
Venezuela just as its ties with
the United States the regions
traditional political and eco-
nomic powerhouse are at
a low point. Washington and
Caracas have not exchanged
ambassadors since 2010. Re-
lations, which suffered dur-
ing the leadership of late
president Hugo Chavez, have
not improved under his suc-
cessor, Maduro.
The Chinese leaders charm
offensive earlier took him to
Brazil and Argentina seeking
to secure new bilateral trade
deals, particularly for coveted
raw materials.
Xi travelled to Brazil in mid-
July for a summit of the BRICS
group of emerging powers
Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa and South
American presidents.
The gathering saw the coun-
tries agree to launch a New
Development Bank to fund
infrastructure projects in de-
veloping nations as well as an
emergency reserve, drawing
praise from Latin American
leaders who see them as alter-
natives to Western-dominated
nancial institutions.
After the summit, Xi signed
deals with Brazil, met with re-
gional leaders and proposed a
$20 billion infrastructure fund
that highlights Beijings grow-
ing interests in the region.
Xi then went to Argentina
for a three-day visit, where he
and President Cristina Kirch-
ner signed more than 20 trade
deals in hydropower, marine
and rail industries worth $7
billion. The two nations also
announced a deal to help Ar-
gentina build its fourth nucle-
ar plant.
Beijing will contribute $4.4
billion toward the construc-
tion of two hydroelectric dams
in Argentinas southern Santa
Cruz province and an addi-
tional $2.1 billion to remodel
strategic rail transportation
for carrying goods.
Later yesterday Xi was due
to head to longtime com-
munist ally Cuba, where he
was to announce plans to
build a factory producing
biosensors for monitoring
the blood of diabetics and
other patients suffering from
chronic illness, Cuban media
reported. AFP
Australian mining magnate mulls Fairfax takeover bid
AUSTRALIAS richest person, mining
magnate Gina Rinehart, is considering
taking over respected media firm Fair-
fax out of frustration at its direction, a
report yesterday.
Rinehart is already a major share-
holder in the newspaper, radio and
digital company which publishes The
Sydney Morning Herald, The Austral-
ian Financial Review and The Age in
Melbourne.
But rival The Australian newspaper,
which is owned by Rupert Murdochs
News Corporation, reported yesterday
that Rinehart had approached busi-
ness associates for suggestions on who
could better manage Fairfax if she
decided to take it over.
It is frustrating for Gina, who has
had enormous success in business, to
be watching one of her more public
investments going so badly, an
unnamed source told the paper.
The Australian said Rinehart, who
has a 14.99 per cent stake in Fairfax,
would be more likely to take over the
company if she could find an executive
who could improve its earnings.
She genuinely wants the company
to do well and needs people who can
go in and fix it, the source said.
Theres a question over how long
she can tolerate seeing Fairfax heading
the way its going without taking action
or getting out.
Although a major shareholder, Rine-
hart has been unable to secure a seat
on the Fairfax board for herself. Fairfax
chairman Roger Corbett has however
allowed businessman Jack Cowin, the
founder and chairman of Competitive
Foods Australia and a friend of Rine-
harts, a place on the board.
Rineharts A$20.01 billion (US$18.8
billion) fortune stems from her late
fathers iron ore firm which she took
over in 1992 and which she is credited
with expanding in Western Australia
and Queensland.
She surprised when she entered the
media sector in late 2010, taking stakes
in commercial television station Ten
Network and Fairfax.
However, these have been lean
years for the media sector, with Fair-
fax in 2012 announcing it was sacking
hundreds of staff and putting its
newspapers behind a paywall as it
struggled with the transition to dig-
ital given sliding print advertising
and circulation revenues.
Last August, Fairfax posted a
A$16.4 million annual loss a big
reversal of the A$2.7 billion loss seen
in the previous financial year, but
not enough to stop the company
proposing axing 70 more jobs in
May, prompting journalists go on a
24-hour strike. AFP
Gina Rhinehart is considering a takeover of Fairfax out of frustration at the direction
the media company is going in. AFP
Markets
9
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
Business
May Kunmakara
WORK is set to begin this
week to reconstruct the rail-
way bridge linking Cambodia
to Thailand, a government of-
cial conrmed yesterday.
The 80-metre-long bridge
at the border town of Poipet,
will connect Cambodias yet-
to-be fully restored north-
ern railway line to the Thai
province of Sa Kaew, Kouso-
um Saroeuth, the newly ap-
pointed governor of Banteay
Meanchey said yesterday.
This bridge will not take
too much time [to repair]
as the Thai side has already
prepared everything, so they
will just come to replace the
old one, he said, adding that
work on the bridge will begin
on Friday and is expected to
be completed in October.
The 256-kilometre south-
ern line, linking Phnom
Penh with the port of Siha-
noukville, began operating
with a small number of trains
in December. But, the 337-
kilometre northern line, con-
necting Phnom Penh with
Poipet is still yet to be fully
completed.
Saroeuth said that of the 48-
kilometre link between Poipet
and Sisophon the provincial
capital of Banteay Meanchey
just 6 kilometers leading
up to the bridge required
rebuilding. However, a lack
of funding had delayed the
repairs and nance to com-
plete this section had still
not been attained.
The $143 million Cambo-
dian railway project has had
problems with cost over-runs
as well as the displacement
and relocation of families liv-
ing along the lines route.
An internal audit report on
the projects largest lender,
the Asian Development Bank,
released in February, revealed
mass failings by the bank to
ensure the proper relocation
of thousands of families af-
fected by the project.
The ADB is working with the
government to implement a
compensation plan for those
who have been relocated to
make way for the railway de-
velopment.
Meanwhile, the Bangkok
Post yesterday reported that
Thailands military regime,
currently governing the coun-
try, had approved ve new
special economic zones, two
of which will be located close
to the Cambodian provinces
of Banteay Meanchey and
Koh Kong.
Thai-Cambodia train
bridge to be upgraded
Thai Airways is target of reform
T
HAI Airways Interna-
tional Pcl has racked
up four quarters of
losses due to declin-
ing ticket sales, high operat-
ing costs and ruthless com-
petition. Boardroom ghts
have also led to slow decision-
making and a lack of coherent
strategy, sources in the com-
pany say.
The junta led by General Pr-
ayuth Chan-ocha has told the
chief of the Royal Thai Air Force
to x the airline. Air Chief Mar-
shall Prajin Juntong, who also
oversees economic matters for
the military government, said
on Friday a detailed restruc-
turing plan aimed at return-
ing the carrier to prot will be
considered by the board at a
meeting on Thursday.
The success or failure of Air
Chief Marshall Prajin, who has
little practical experience in
running a business, will have
wider implications for the gov-
ernment. The junta needs to
assure foreign investors of its
ability to manage the economy
and that it is not out to merely
weed out allies of previous
prime ministers.
You are right in noting that
Prajin is a military man with
little experience in running a
company, Monthon Satchu-
korn, a spokesman for the Thai
Air Force and a aide to the air
chief marshall said
Prajin is a man whom he
[the junta leader] can trust,
Mr Monthon said.
Air Chief Marshall Prajin,
who declined to be inter-
viewed for this report, will be
chairing the upcoming meet-
ing with a smaller board this
week. Five members have re-
signed since the junta came to
power, reducing the board to
10 members.
Among the ve who left was
Ampon Kittiampon, who had
been accused by the Thai Air-
ways union of interfering with
management and inuencing
executives with whom he had
close ties with. Mr Ampon,
who resigned as chairman
in March but had remained
on the board, has denied any
wrongdoing.
Air Chief Marshall Prajin
said the restructuring of Thai
Airways will proceed in two
phases, with the rst focus-
ing on boosting the efciency
of services and their quality.
Cost-cutting will kick in during
the second phase.
The carrier shoulders too
many expenses, such as pay-
ing taxes for employees who
started working for the airline
before 2004, Piyasvasti Am-
ranand, a former president of
the airline, told Reuters.
Thai Air has a malicious
cancer inside the body, Mr
Piyasvasti said. It has to be
cured from the inside.
Mr Piyasvasti, sacked by Ms
Yinglucks government in June
2012, took the helm at the
airline in October 2009. The
former energy minister was
credited for turning around
the carrier, which swung back
to a prot in 2009-2012.
A deteriorating bottom line
has prompted investors to
dump the airlines shares. Thai
Airways market value has
dropped by a third in the past
year to below $1 billion.
Passenger trafc plunged 25
per cent on year in May when
the military seized power. Thai
Airways, which has exten-
sive routes to Europe and the
rest of Asia, is due to report
its earnings for the April-June
quarter next month.
For 2014, the 54-year old air-
line is expected to post a net
loss of 8 billion baht ($250.6
million) compared with a
12 billion baht loss last year,
Thomson Reuters SmartEsti-
mates says. BANGKOK POST
Air Chief Marshall Prajin Juntong will be tasked with overseeing the
revival of Thai Airways International. BLOOMBERG
Road6A, KienKhleangVillage, SangkatChroyChangvar,
KhanRusseiKeo, PhnomPenhPO
Box: 467, Tel: (855) 23430942,
Website: www.ic-vic.org
Veterans International Cambodia (VIC)
A Project of The International Center
Job Announcement
Veterans International Cambodia (VIC) is a project of The International Center, an international non-prot NGO and currently is
getting its own license to become a local NGO.VIC vision is to increasethecapacity of PWDsandtheir familiesto lead, active,
productive and fullling lives.
VIC has beenreceivingthemainfundfromUSAID andother donors to runthethreemainprograms includingcenter based
rehabilitation, community based rehabilitation, and professional capacity development. Thecenter based rehabilitation is the
mainprogramof VIC to providetherehabilitationservicesto CambodianPWDsincollaborationwithgovernment (Ministry of
Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation-MoSVY) and other national and international NGOs. VIC has handed over
themanagement of thethreecentersto MoSVY sinceJ anuary 2013after signingthe3yearsMoU withMoSVY inDecember
2012. VIC buildsrelationshipandcollaborationwithMoSVY throughPersonswithDisabilitiesFoundation(PWDF) inorder to
manageandsustainthefunctionof thethreephysical rehabilitationcentersinKienKhleang, Prey VengandKratieProvinces.
VIC is seekingfor aProgram Managerto manageandensurethat thethreemainprograms of VIC arewell operatedtowards
theexpected outcomes and outputs of thestrategic and annual work plan. TheProgramManager will beoneof thesenior
management staff of VIC andhe/shewill bedirectly supervisedandunder themanagement of theCountry Representative.
RESPONSIBILITIES/ TASKS:
Programming
EnsureVIC programsrunsmoothly andresponsiblefor reviewingandmonitoringtheimplementationof theAnnual Work 1.
Plan implementation in working closely with the Program Assistant,Finance Ofcer, PRC Managers, and technical staff.
Ensure the effective and efcient implementation of the strategic plan and annual work plan for the three project centers to 2.
maintainthequality of rehabilitationservices, includingCenter BasedactivitiesandCBR program.
Responsible for implementing the annual P&O/PT and CBR workshops in coordination with, KK, KT and PV PRC 3.
managers, technical coordinator, technical staff , andadministrativestaff.
Responsible for coordinating with NGOs and Government agencies in the eld of rehabilitation. 4.
In consultation with the CR, PRC Managers and technical staff, identify training needs for PRC staff and oversee all 5.
trainingcomponentsfor technical andothers.
Collect, collate, andanalyzethecenter spot check andtheimpact indicator every quarter. 6.
Ensurequality servicesby randomly check somePWDscaseseither center or community every quarter. 7.
Responsiblefor communicatingwithvolunteer providersandmanagevolunteerswork withinthethreecenters. 8.
Administration
Provide the Country Representative with timely reports on programming and administration of the project, as well as 9.
reportsfor donorsinvolvedinthesupport of theVIC programs.
Responsiblefor VIC patient databasemanagement, statisticsreports, indicator performancetoolsincoordinationwithPRC 10.
managersandProgramAssistant.
Collect andcollateFriday report, monthly report, quarterly report, andsubmit to Country Representative. 11.
Andany other work designatedby theCountry Representative
QUALIFICATIONS and SKILLS REQUIRED:
DegreeinProsthetic, physiotherapy, HealthScience, or Management withat least 4years experienceinmanagement
level or Bachelor degreewithor at least 8years experienceinrehabilitationlevel equivalent
Commitment to Rightsbasedapproach to peoplewithdisabilities
Strongskillsinproject planning, monitoringandevaluation
Excellent interpersonal, communicationskills, buildingrelationshipwithnational andinternational partners, government,
NGOs or public authorities.
Good ability in developing training and providing coaching for capacity building
Knowledgeandexperienceinproject/programmanagement relatedto rehabilitationeither center or communities
Ability to do report writingandanalyzingthedataor statistic effectively
Computer andcommunicationtechnology literate (Epidata, SPSS arepreferable)
Highly developedskillsinEnglishlanguage.
Excellent skillsinreport writing
Highly developedskillsinEnglishlanguage.
Interestedapplicantsshouldsubmit aCV andcoveringletter to Mr. KeoRithy, aCountry Representativeof VIC,
Tel: 011728702, Email:rithy@vic.org.khor krithy@theintlcenter.orgat KienKhleangvillage, SangkatChroyChangvar, Khan
RusseiKeo, PhnomPenhby August 01, 2014 at 17:00 PM. Theapplicationwill not bereturned.
Personswithdisabilitiesandwomenarestrongly encouragedtoapply. Only shortlistedcandidateswill becontactedfor aninterview.
Job Announcement
The Phnom Penh Post is an independent media company in Cambodia and is seeking a fulltime qualied
candidate to ll a position as follows:
Mar keting Executive: 1 position
Duties and responsibilities:
To createmaking campaign and incentive
To drivecirculation across thechannel
To extend and optimize distribution network
To takeplan and incentiveto reinforceall thebranches notoriety of thecompany
To monitoring and report on circulation
Management of supply/sales gures based on internal budgets;
Working closely with Distribution Manager to ensure smooth operations daily;
Drive circulation growth through sound trade marketing plans;
Liaising with the production department to ensure transition of newspaper from printer to newsstand;
Updating various weekly and monthly internal reports;
Overseeing the operations of the Bike squad and sustaining growth in sales;
Developing small project proposals targeting direct consumers;
Ad hoc work issued by the Circulation Director.
Job requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Sales & Marketing or an equivalent degree
At least 2 years experience in Sales & Marketing
Very good in Khmer and English, Speaking and Writing
Pleasant personality , positiveattitudeand open minded
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Self condent and hardworking
Computer literacy -MS word, Excel
Interested candidates are requested to submit a covering letter, expected salary and detailed CVs with current
photos, not later than 5:00 p.m. Of July 31, 2014 to Human Resources & Administration Department.
Present address: Phnom Penh Center, building F,Unit:888, 8th oor, Corner Sihanouk & Sothearos Blvd,
Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh.
Tel: +855- (0) 23 214 311-17
Fax: +855-(0)23-214 318
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Post Media Co., Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for
interview. Application documents will not be returned.
www.postkhmer.com
Successful People Read The Post.
Tesco exec stands down
following profit warning
BRITAINS biggest retailer,
Tesco, said yesterday that chief
executive Philip Clarke will
step down later this year from
the troubled supermarket
giant, which has also issued a
profits warning. Clarke, 54,
who has been at the helm for
three years, will be replaced in
October by outsider and
Unilever director Dave Lewis,
Tesco said in a statement, as
the embattled group struggles
with what it described as
challenging trading
conditions. Tesco faces fierce
competition in Britain from
German-owned discounters
Aldi and Lidl, as well as from
traditional supermarket rivals
comprising Wal-Mart division
Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons
and Waitrose. AFP
Russian steel producer
sells plants to US firms
RUSSIAN steel giant Severstal
yesterday announced the sale
of its North American plants to
US companies for a total of
$2.3 billion (1.7 billion).
Severstal is selling Severstal
Columbus (Mississippi) to Steel
Dynamics and Severstal
Dearborn (Michigan) to AK
Steel Corporation, the
company said. AK Steel
announced separately that its
acquisition was worth $700
million. The sale would be
completed by year-end 2014,
Severstals statement said.
Severstal specialises in making
steel for the auto sector and
household goods. It is
controlled by billionaire Alexei
Mordashov. AFP
Business
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
UK to open
probe into
FX rigging
UK PROSECUTORS are prepar-
ing to open a criminal investi-
gation into alleged manipula-
tion of foreign-exchange
benchmarks, a person with
knowledge of the matter said.
The Serious Fraud Office
could announce the investiga-
tion as soon as this week, the
person said, asking not to be
named because the move
isnt public.
We are receiving and exam-
ining complex data on this
topic, the SFO said on Sunday.
If and when we open a crimi-
nal investigation, that decision
will be announced.
Authorities around the world
have been investigating wheth-
er traders rigged the $5.3 tril-
lion-a-day currency market
after the UK Financial Conduct
Authority said in June 2013 that
it was looking into the matter.
Prosecutors are scrutinising
allegations that dealers at the
worlds biggest banks traded
ahead of their clients and col-
luded to rig the WM/Reuters
rate, a benchmark that pension
funds and money managers
use to determine what they pay
for foreign currencies.
Citigroup Inc, Deutsche Bank
Ag and Barclays Plc have said
they are cooperating with the
foreign-exchange investiga-
tions. Spokesmen for Citigroup,
Barclays, Deutsche Bank and
UBS declined to comment on
the probes. AFP
Plummeting profits for Philips
E
LECTRICAL appliance
group Philips reported
a setback in its switch
to focus on health
care technologies yesterday,
revealing that overall net prot
slumped by nearly a quarter in
the last three months.
But the group said that its
traditional lighting business,
driven increasingly by ener-
gy-efcient LED technology,
was doing well.
Group second-quarter prot
fell by 23 per cent to 243 mil-
lion ($329 million) from the
equivalent gure last year, and
the group warned that trading
conditions for the whole of this
year would be difcult.
Overall sales fell by 5 per cent
to 5.3 billion.
Group operating prot was
415 million, representing
nearly 8 per cent of sales.
In the second quarter we
continued to face headwinds,
including ongoing softness in
certain markets, unfavourable
currency exchange rates and
the voluntary suspension of
production at our health care
facility in Cleveland, chief ex-
ecutive Frans van Houten said
in a statement.
Philips, a household name
around the world for home
appliances, has a strategy
to focus more on advanced
lighting technology and on
medical technology where
margins are strong and less
vulnerable to competition
from emerging markets.
Last year, Philips announced
the sale of its lifestyle enter-
tainment branch, which makes
stereos and DVD players, after
selling its troubled TV-making
arm in 2012.
But sales by the health care
division fell by 4 per cent in
the quarter, and the group
suffered from a decision to
suspend temporarily produc-
tion at a factory making medi-
cal scanners at Cleveland in
the United States after the US
Food and Drug Administra-
tion found shortcomings in
quality control.
The group had reported the
medical sales fall at the begin-
ning of July. Underlying per-
formance by the division as
measured by earnings before
interest, tax, and amortisation
(Ebita) amounted to 225 mil-
lion, showing a margin of 10
per cent of sales down from 18
per cent a year earlier.
Commenting on the health
care division, Van Houten
said: In the second quarter,
we continued to see results of
our focus to win large-scale
multi-year partnerships such
as the recently announced
agreement with New Karo-
linska Hospital in Solna, Swe-
den designed to structurally
improve patient care at lower
and more predictable costs.
The group expected deliver-
ies from the factory in Cleve-
land to be resumed gradually
in the third quarter. He said
that in light of this and the re-
cent strong equipment order
intake in China and Europe,
the group expected perfor-
mance to improve towards the
end of the second half.
Philips two weeks ago an-
nounced a change in the
management structure at the
health care division, its biggest
division, after disappointing
prot. Managers will now re-
port directly to the CEO after
the exit of Deborah DiSanzo,
who had overseen the division
for two years.
But 2014 is expected to be
a challenging year overall,
he said.
At the end of June, the
group announced that it was
creating a separate company
for some of its lighting activi-
ties, notably in the auto and
mobile phone sectors, and
it said that this activity was
beneting from demand for
energy efciency.
Sales by all lighting activi-
ties rose by 1 per cent on a
12-month comparison, but
sales of products based on
light-emitting diodes (LED)
had surged by 43 per cent, and
now accounted for 36 per cent
of total lighting sales from
25.per cent at the same time
last year.
Founded in 1891, the com-
pany employs 112,000 people
worldwide. BLOOMBERG/AFP
An engineer works on the body coil of an MRI machine at the Philips
Healthcare production facility in Best, Holland. BLOOMBERG
Markets
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Laos Composite Index, Jul 18 Jakarta Composite Index, Jul 18
BSE Sensex 30 Index, Jul 18 Karachi 100 Index, Jul 18
S&P/ASX 200 Index, Jul 18 NZX 50 Index, Jul 18
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Item Unit Base Average (%)
Gasoline R 5250 5450 3.81 %
Diesel R 5100 5200 1.96 %
Petroleum R 5500 5500 0.00 %
Gas Chi 86000 76000 -11.63 %
Charcoal Baht 1200 1300 8.33 %
Energy
Construction equipment
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Rice 1 R/Kg 2800 2780 -0.71 %
Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
Food -Cereals -Vegetables - Fruits
Cambodian commodities
(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 103.39 0.26 0.25% 4:51:22
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 107.4 0.16 0.15% 4:51:20
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.88 -0.07 -1.72% 4:52:09
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 287.63 1.6 0.56% 4:50:53
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 285.6 1.08 0.38% 4:50:44
ICEGasoil USD/MT 881 -3 -0.34% 4:50:45
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 13.08 -0.05 -0.34% 4:42:51
CME Lumber USD/tbf 325.9 1.9 0.59% 17:00:00
Life after the cruise tragedy
W
HEN the ship horns
sound out today on
Italys Giglio Island, the
wrecked Costa Concor-
dia cruise ship will set sail in a sol-
emn nal adieu after a tragedy at sea
which transformed this sleepy Eden
into an international salvage site.
The liner crashed in January 2012,
toppling onto its side and sparking
a panicked evacuation of the 4,229
people from 70 countries on board
many of whom were sitting down for
supper on the rst night of a Medi-
terranean cruise.
Wet and scared, many were taken
in by locals who fed and clothed
them or spent the night in the local
parish church drying themselves
with the priests vestments.
The rusting hulk twice the size of
the Titanic has been stranded on
Giglio ever since, scaring off holiday-
makers but attracting divers and en-
gineers from all over the world who
have spent 30 months on an unprec-
edented project to right, reoat and
remove the ship for scrapping.
Life on the island changed over-
night, Giglios mayor, Sergio Ortelli,
said. Instead of tourists in ip-ops
and swimming costumes, we had
men in hard hats, life vests and dirty
overalls at the portside cafes and res-
taurants, he said.
Hundreds of workers shuttled
back and forth daily from salvage
platforms and tug boats to the port,
where they could drink in the morn-
ing after a night shift or relax with a
game of fussball after dinner.
Grinning British, Dutch, Italian,
Spanish and US engineers in their
grey and orange overalls stare down
from the walls of restaurants, photo-
graphed in bear hugs with the own-
ers or tucking into steaming plates of
seafood pasta.
The accident nally put Giglio on
the map, said Gertraud Lang Schild-
berger, an Austrian-born 71-year-old
who has lived on the island with her
Italian husband since 1968 and runs
an apartment rental company.
These young men who speak all
kinds of languages have internation-
alised the locals, even changing what
we eat and drink. Some restaurants
added foreign dishes to the menu
and we got special beers and liquors
in for them, she said.
The local economy got a boost as
well: hotels, restaurants, shops and
bars which used to open from March
to October for the tourist season
stayed open all year around.
But not everyone has proted.
The number of holidaymakers has
dropped 25 per cent in the two sea-
sons since the shipwreck, to 115,289
people last summer.
Lush green paths dotted with fruit
trees and wild owers along the hill-
sides are now largely abandoned,
and locals say a premium diving site
has been ruined.
Right underneath the crash site
there is an underwater grotto which
glows red when you illuminate it.
Scuba divers came all year around
to see it, but it will be years before
whatever is left can be visited, bar-
man Cristiano said.
Ship owner Costa Crociere, Eu-
ropes biggest cruise operator, has
promised to clean up the shipwreck
site and return the island to its origi-
nal condition.
The battered ship leaves behind
a legacy of scientic discoveries of
enormous importance, from studies
into little-known species to a unique
look at the impact of such an acci-
dent on marine life, he said.
The technological advances made
during the unprecedented salvage
from new underwater drilling tech-
niques to the worlds largest com-
puter model, used to simulate the
reoating process will go on show in
a new multimedia centre on Giglio.
Italian salvage expert Neri, which
helped remove the fuel from the
beached Concordia in the wake of
the disaster, is dedicating a statue
to the island of a man gazing out
to sea holding a boat a homage
to the 32 people who died in the di-
saster, as well as those the islanders
helped save.
Divers from the US-Italian part-
nership Titan Micoperi, which
raised the ship, will be the last to go,
after removing the scaffolding from
the sea bed.
Some may be back: heavily tat-
tooed master diver Yurgi Bean, who
has worked on oil and gas platforms
in Egypt, Iraq and Mexico, said he
loved the life on Giglio so much he
has requested residency on the sun-
drenched island.
He is one of many cheerful, strap-
ping workers Lang Schildberger
will miss.
Well be crying tears into the sea
when they go, she said, her eyes
brimming at the thought. AFP
An aerial view of the reoated wreck of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off Giglio
Island. The wreckage is due to be dragged away today. AFP
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12 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
World
Tehran is
complying
with nuke
deal: UN
IRAN has eliminated all its
most sensitive nuclear mate-
rial in line with an interim deal
struck with world powers, a
new UN atomic agency report
showed yesterday.
Days after a deadline to
reach a lasting nuclear deal
was pushed back four months,
the International Atomic Ener-
gy Agency (IAEA) said Iran was
continuing to comply with its
international commitments,
in a report seen by AFP.
Under a Geneva agreement
with world powers reached in
November, the Islamic Rep-
ublic vowed to freeze
certain nuclear activities
for six months in return for
some relief from hard-hitting
sanctions.
As of the July 20 deadline,
Tehran had indeed cut half of
its stock of 20-per-cent
enriched uranium down to
five-per-cent purity, while the
rest has been converted into
uranium oxide, the IAEA said.
Tehran has also refrained
from enriching above the five-
per-cent level at any of its nucle-
ar facilities, the report said.
This was a significant step
towards alleviating interna-
tional fears that Tehran may be
seeking to build a bomb, as the
West has long believed and
Iran has long denied.
Last week, Washington
acknowledged that Irans track
record over the last six months
. . . has been surprisingly
favourable.
Since January, Tehran has
consistently stuck to its obliga-
tions as laid out under the
November interim deal.
While uranium must be
enriched to 90 per cent to
make a bomb, enriching to 20
per cent purity levels is just a
short step from producing
weapons-grade material.
Five per cent enriched ura-
nium, on the other hand, is
commonly used in nuclear
power reactors.
Iran has always insisted its
nuclear program is solely for
peaceful purposes, and that its
enriched uranium was meant
as fuel for its nuclear power
plant in Bushehr and for oth-
ers to come.
The IAEA report came after
Iran and the so-called P5+1
the five permanent members
of the UN Security Council
plus Germany agreed to give
themselves until November 24
to reach a lasting nuclear
agreement.
The initial deadline had
been July 20.
But after a sixth round of
marathon talks in Vienna, lead
negotiator and EU foreign
policy chief Catherine Ashton
said early Saturday that sig-
nificant gaps on some core
issues remained, although
there had been tangible
progress. AFP
Fighting resumes as Russia
says Ukraine jet near MH17
R
USSIA yesterday said its ight
records show that a Ukraini-
an ghter jet was ying close
to the Malaysian passenger
airliner just before it crashed and that
Kiev was operating radar stations used
for missile systems.
Moscow also denied supplying
Ukrainian separatists with Buk mis-
sile systems or any other weapons, as
it sought to head off international ac-
cusations it was responsible for the
downing of the Malaysian plane with
298 people on board. Armed with a
number of slides, charts and images,
two high-ranking ofcials of Russias
General Staff laid out a case against
Ukraine at a specially called brieng.
Lieutenant-General Andrei Kar-
topolov said the Malaysian plane
strayed north of its planned route,
adding that a Ukrainian SU-25 ghter
jet, which is typically equipped with
air-to-air missiles, had been recorded
in the proximity of the Boeing 777.
The Malaysian plane deviated from
its route to the north . . . the maximum
deviation was 14 kilometres, he said.
An altitude gain was recorded for
a Ukrainian armed forces plane, he
told the brieng. Its distance from the
Malaysian Boeing was three to ve ki-
lometres, he said, noting that the SU-
25 is capable of reaching a height of
10,000 metres for a brief time.
With what aim was a military plane
ying along a civilian aviation route
practically at the same time and at the
same ight level as a passenger liner?
said Kartopolov. We would like to re-
ceive an answer to this question.
He also said that the Russian de-
fence ministry detected unusual activ-
ity from radar stations that are used to
operate missile systems on the day of
the tragedy.
From [Thursday] the intensity of
the operation of Ukrainian radar sta-
tions increased to the maximum,
Kartopolov said. He said seven radar
stations were operating close to the
area of the disaster last Tuesday, eight
on Wednesday and nine on the day of
the crash, Thursday. After the crash,
just four radar stations were operating
in the area on Friday and just two on
Saturday, he added, citing data.
Kartopolov insisted Russia had not
supplied Ukrainian separatists with
Buk missile systems or any other
weapons. I want to stress that Russia
did not give the rebels Buk missile sys-
tems or any other kinds of weapons or
military hardware, he said.
Meanwhile, as Dutch forensic experts
arrived at the scene of the MH17 crash
yesterday and promised that the train
being loaded with the victims bodies
would be moved before the end of the
day, heavy ghting broke out between
the Ukrainian army and rebels on the
outskirts of Donetsk, the main regional
city and hub of the insurgency.
There has been widespread interna-
tional anger that the rebels have failed
to allow proper access to the crash site
to investigators, and suspicions that
they have seized the black boxes and
are attempting to destroy evidence.
But it was the Ukrainian army that
seemed intent on disrupting expert
work yesterday, as they apparently
launched an offensive against rebel
positions close to Donetsk railway sta-
tion, as well as in other towns across
the region.
There is work on clearing ap-
proaches to the city, on destroying
checkpoints of the terrorists. If there
are explosions in the middle of the
city, then it is not Ukrainian soldiers,
said Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for
Ukraines National Security Council.
Adding to the chaos, Lysenko denied
the Ukrainian army was responsible
for explosions in central Donetsk but
said a self-organised group of parti-
sans could be engaging the rebels.
We have strict orders not to use air
strikes and artillery in the city. If there
is ghting in the city, we have informa-
tion that there is a small self-organised
group who are ghting with the terror-
ists, he said.
Vladislav Seleznev, spokesman for
Ukraines anti-terror operation, said
the action was a planned offensive
to push rebels away from Donetsk
airport, and insisted that aviation and
artillery were not being used against
civilian residences.
However, there were reports of civil-
ian casualties. One 18-storey build-
ing was seen where a shell had hit the
courtyard, smashing all the windows
on the rst nine oors and destroying
parked cars.
Trucks of rebels could be seen
travelling past the railway station as
reinforcements, and gunre and artil-
lery were audible. One rebel ghter
claimed the Ukrainians had tried to
take the area around the station with
tanks and the rebels were ghting
back. AFP/THE GUARDIAN
Pro-Russian militants drive tanks in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk yesterday. Terried civilians ed as intense clashes between
Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian rebels left at least three people dead on the outskirts of Donetsk. AFP
Battle for Libya airport leaves at least 47 dead
ISLAMIST-LED militiamen
have stepped up their assault
on Libyas main airport, con-
trolled by rival fighters, which
the Health Ministry said yes-
terday had left at least 47 dead
in a week.
The fighting, which erupted
on July 13 and shut Tripoli JIn-
ternational Airport, also
injured 120 people, according
to figures for the week until
Saturday.
The European Union con-
demned a fresh outbreak of
violence on Sunday, two days
after the collapse of a truce
with the militia controlling the
airport, which left five civilians
dead according to local
media.
A coalition of militias led by
Islamist fighters launched an
assault on the airport on Sun-
day, with clashes later spreading
along the road to the capital.
By Sunday evening, fighting
had subsided around the air-
port, security official Al-Jilani
al-Dahesh said, but clashes
continued in the western
suburbs of the capital, wit-
nesses said.
The airport was attacked
this morning with mortar
rounds, rockets and tank fire,
Al-Dahesh said. It was the
most intense bombardment
so far.
Dahesh said the militia
which controls the airport
based in Zintan, southwest of
the capital, and seen by Islam-
ists as the armed wing of liber-
als within the government
responded with heavy fire.
Islamist militias have been
joined by other armed groups,
including the powerful Mis-
rata Brigades, which played a
key role in the 2011 UN-backed
revolt that toppled and killed
strongman Moamer Gaddafi.
The fighting has halted all
flights and caused extensive
damage to planes and airport
infrastructure, with aviation
officials saying Tripoli airport
could be closed for months.
Pictures posted on social
media showed a Libyan
Airlines plane on fire as plumes
of smoke billowed over the
airport.
The carrier said on its Face-
book page that one aircraft, a
Bombardier CRJ900, was
destroyed. Another aircraft, an
Airbus A330, was also later
reported to have been
destroyed by fire.
Loud explosions were heard
in the city centre, 25 kilome-
tres away, as battles raged
along the airport road with
rockets striking nearby
homes.
At least five civilians were
killed in the Qasr Bin Ghashir
neighbourhood, Mohamed
Abderrahman, from the local
town council, told private tel-
evision channel Al-Nabaa.
The rival sides are among
several heavily armed militias
that have held sway in the oil-
producing North African nation
for the past three years.
Relentless violence across
Libya this year including a
war against Islamists in the
east launched by a rogue gen-
eral has sparked fears of all-
out civil war. On Thursday,
Foreign Minister Mohamed
Abdelaziz pleaded for UN help
to build up Libyas army and
police force and to protect
vital sites, including the air-
port and oil installations.
The fighting mirrors a deadly
power struggle between liber-
als and Islamists in the
General National Congress,
Libyas parliament and top
political authority.
A new parliament was elect-
ed last month after the GNC
was repeatedly accused of try-
ing to monopolise power.
Results of the vote had been
due to be announced on Sun-
day, but the electoral commis-
sion announced a delay until
yesterday. AFP
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US, UN demand truce as Gaza toll tops 500
Continued from page 1
in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza
killed ve people.
And a family of nine was killed in
the southern city of Rafah, seven of
them children, he said.
As the diplomatic efforts gathered
steam, hundreds of people could
be seen ooding out of the north-
ern town of Beit Hanun, a day after
many thousands ed an intensive
Israeli bombardment of the eastern
district of Shejaiya.
On Sunday, at least 72 people
were killed in Shejaiya during a
punishing Israeli operation which
reduced much of the district to
rubble and left charred bodies ly-
ing in the streets.
Since the Israeli operation began
on July 8, huge numbers of Gazans
have ed their homes, with more
than 85,000 people taking shelter in
67 schools run by UNRWA, the UN
agency for Palestinian refugees, a
spokesman said.
By yesterday morning, a UN
school on the outskirts of Shejaiya
was packed with people seeking
shelter, many sleeping in the cor-
ridors, a correspondent said.
And in Gaza Citys Shifa hospi-
tal, several families could be seen
sleeping in gardens in the hope
that they would be safe from the
Israeli bombing.
Meanwhile, in southern Israel, the
military said troops had killed more
than 10 Hamas militants who man-
aged to cross the border through
tunnels. It said there were two ter-
rorist squads, one of which was hit
by an air strike
Military radio said that the sec-
ond squad engaged in a erce gun
battle with troops in which several
soldiers were wounded, without
giving further details.
On Sunday, 13 Israeli soldiers
were killed inside Gaza, raising
to 18 the total number of soldiers
killed since a ground operation be-
gan late on Thursday.
That represented the armys heavi-
est losses in eight years and left
Israel in mourning.
The attack was claimed by Hamas
militants from the Ezzedine al-
Qassam Brigades, which said it had
carried out an operation behind
enemy lines in response to the mas-
sacre in Shejaiya.
Late on Sunday, the Qassam Bri-
gades claimed it had captured an Is-
raeli soldier it named as Shaul Aaron
in a report that the army said it was
checking, but which Israels UN am-
bassador said was untrue.
As the UN chief sought to advance
regional plans for a ceasere, Ku-
waits highest-ranking diplomat
pushed him to rally world support
to end Israels dangerous aggres-
sion in Gaza at talks in Kuwait City.
Ban was expected to arrive in
Cairo later yesterday, ahead of the
arrival of Kerry.
Elsewhere in the region, Hamas
leader Khaled Meshaal was to meet
Palestinian president Mahmud Ab-
bas in the Qatari capital for talks on
a ceasere, ofcials said.
So far, ceasere proposals have
been rejected by Hamas, which has
laid out a long list of demands it
wants Israel to agree to, including an
end to its blockade of Gaza and the
release of scores of prisoners.
Despite rising concern over the
number of civilian casualties, Ne-
tanyahu has blamed Hamas for us-
ing innocent civilians as human
shields and insisted the military
operation had very strong support
from the international community.
Although Israel said on Sunday
that it was expanding its ground
operation to destroy cross-border
tunnels, Defence Minister Moshe
Yaalon suggested the mission could
be accomplished within days.
There was no let-up in rocket and
mortar re by Gaza militants yes-
terday with 40 hitting Israel, one
striking the greater Tel Aviv area,
and another 11 shot down, the
army said. AFP
Civilians ee in eastern Shejaiya on Sunday. At least 40 people were killed and nearly 400 wounded in Israeli shelling of Gazas
northeastern Shejaiya district over the course of that night, medics said. AFP
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14
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Iraq suicide bomber
was Australian teen
AN 18-YEAR-OLD Australian
man was behind a deadly
suicide bomb attack in Iraq last
week, authorities said yester-
day, with Attorney-General
George Brandis calling it a
disturbing development. The
blast on Thursday near a mosque
in Baghdad left several dead,
including the teenager, who left
Melbourne for the region last
year. Reports said the Islamic
State militant group named
him as Abu Bakr al-Australi,
with Brandiss office confirming
he was Australian. AFP
Ten held in China after

bus crash that killed 43
CHINESE authorities yesterday
detained 10 people after 43 died
in a horrific weekend accident
when a van carrying
inflammable liquid hit a bus on
a motorway, state media said.
Police detained the group as
part of an investigation into the
illegal transportation of
hazardous chemicals, a report
by official news agency Xinhua
said. The collision in central
Hunan province on Saturday
triggered a fire and explosion
which destroyed five vehicles, it
said. AFP
Men on motorbike kill

four in Kenya, medic says
AT LEAST four people were
killed in the Kenyan coastal city
of Mombasa on Sunday in an
attack by armed men on a
motorbike, according to medical
sources. Another eight people
were wounded in the shooting,
said the same source. Earlier,
the police said there had been
two fatalities. At 8:30pm
people on a motorbike shot and
killed two people and injured
two others in the area of
Soweto, Mombasas chief of
police Robert Kitur said. He
added that the identity of the
killers was not yet known. No
one has claimed responsibility
for the shooting. AFP
Taiwan student facing

firing squad for killings
TAIWANESE prosecutors
yesterday said that they were
seeking the death penalty for a
man accused of killing four
people and wounding nearly two
dozen others in a stabbing spree
on the Taipei subway. Cheng
Chieh, a 21-year-old college
student, was charged with four
accounts of murder and 22
accounts of attempted murder
for the fatal attack on May 21.
Executions are carried out in
Taiwan by a single shot to the
heart from the back or, if the
prisoner agrees to donate their
organs, a bullet to the back of
the head. AFP
Squalid Mexico abuse

homes owner is freed
THE owner of Mexicos La Gran
Familia home Rosa del
Carmen Verduzco, an
octogenarian known as Mama
Rosa, on Saturday had all
charges against her dropped.
However, six of the eight
workers who had been arrested
with her were jailed, local media
reported. At least one of those
detained has confessed to
sexual abuse, investigation
spokesman Tomas Zeron said,
adding that some of the children
at the shelter reportedly
suffered physical abuse such as
beatings or were kept in
isolation with little food. AFP
Afghan poll count hits problems
Thais urged to drop slavery libel case
F
OUR days after Af-
ghanistan began a
massive audit of mil-
lions of votes cast in
the run-off presidential elec-
tion, disagreements and a
shortage of observers have
slowed progress.
The audit of all 8.1 million
ballots cast in the June 14 run-
off round was agreed by rival
candidates Abdullah Abdullah
and Ashraf Ghani, following a
deal brokered by US Secretary
of State John Kerry.
The bitter impasse over the
vote to succeed President
Hamid Karzai, following Ab-
dullahs claims of massive
fraud, had plunged Afghani-
stan into crisis and raised
fears of a return to the ethnic
violence of the 1990s.
The audit began on Thurs-
day and the Independent
Election Commission (IEC)
said last week it was planned
to take about three weeks,
with teams working in two
shifts auditing around 1,000
ballot boxes a day.
But with only 435 ballot box-
es checked since Thursday,
the exercise is expected to take
longer than planned.
The process has been slow-
er than expected. There are
not enough international ob-
servers, the IEC was not ready
for the process [when it was
announced], it is a new expe-
rience for them, Fahim Naee-
mi, spokesman for a group
called Free and Fair Election
Forum of Afghanistan, said.
There are no criteria for the
invalidation of unclean votes.
They can audit, but they can-
not invalidate votes yet.
On Saturday the checking
was briey suspended by a
dispute over a batch of poten-
tially spoilt ballots. The con-
tested ballot papers, whose
number and origin were not
specied, were deemed void
by one candidates team as
they lacked a full name and
signature, according to an
IEC spokesman.
The disagreement was on
signatures on data forms, a
candidate claimed they were
not properly signed, spokes-
man Noor Mohammad Noor
told reporters.
As a result, the audit was
suspended on Saturday eve-
ning until mid-afternoon on
Sunday when agreement was
reached, according to the IEC.
In these kind of exercises,
it isnt unexpected that there
may be some teething prob-
lems, said spokesman Ari
Gaitanis of the UN Assistance
Mission in Afghanistan.
The main thing is that the
campaigns are still engaged
and talking with each other on
how to go forward. The UN
encourages both campaigns
to maintain this spirit of coop-
eration, he added.
The auditing at IEC head-
quarters is being watched by
hundreds of national and in-
ternational auditors including
candidates agents, local elec-
tion monitors, UN and Euro-
pean Union observers.
The audit is aimed at ending
a political crisis that threat-
ened to widen ethnic ssures
as foreign troops prepare to
withdraw by the end of the
year. Abdullah draws his sup-
port from Tajiks and other
northern Afghan groups, while
Ghani is backed by Pashtun
tribes of the south and east.
According to the Guardian,
the countrys voting patterns
are driven in many rural ar-
eas by tribal, ethnic or other
group loyalties that can make
it harder to spot or isolate
fraud. So while in most elec-
tions observers would be
highly suspicious of a ballot
box with perhaps 95 per cent
of votes cast for one candidate
and just 5 per cent for the oth-
er, in many areas of Afghani-
stan this could be a legitimate
reection of local sentiment.
There are around 23,000 bal-
lot boxes needing to be audit-
ed. They are being transported
by the Afghan army and NATO
forces to the capital where
they will be examined at 100
verication stations. AFP
AN INTERNATIONAL workers union
has declared the Thai government to
be on trial in an impending defa-
mation case against a British human
rights defender who exposed alleged
modern-day slavery in its canned
fruit and shing industry.
The International Transport Work-
ers Federation (ITF) has demanded
that all charges against Andy Hall,
33, be dropped immediately, and
described the trial due in Septem-
ber as a national and international
embarrassment.
Thailands Natural Fruit Company
led civil and criminal cases against
Hall earlier this year after he exposed
alleged labour and human rights
abuses, including violence against
employees, forced overtime, the use
of underage labour and the consca-
tion of passports of Burmese migrant
workers. He published his ndings in
a report called Cheap has a high price
for the Finnish NGO Finnwatch in
January last year and was hit with the
libel suit one month later.
In May, separate defamation charg-
es were led by the same company
over an Al Jazeera interview about
migrant workers rights. Hall faces up
to 5.8 million ($9.9 million) in dam-
ages and a two-year prison sentence
if found guilty.
The Thai government has defended
the Natural Fruit Company and its
case, saying the rm had a right to
sue Hall and that he was allowed to
defend himself under Thai law, ac-
cording to FreshFruitPortal.com. In a
statement, the Thai Embassy in Lon-
don said it had full condence in
Thailands judicial system.
A government inspection of the com-
pany premises reportedly took place a
week after Halls report was published.
No instances of child labour were said
to be uncovered. Finnwatch defended
its research ndings and wrote in a let-
ter to the Thai ambassador to the UK,
Pasan Tepara: Thai ofcials report
states that there are undocumented
workers working at the factory. Ac-
cording to Thai legislation, hiring un-
documented migrants is illegal.
ITFs acting general secretary, Steve
Cotton, said Hall should be praised,
not prosecuted for his expose on
working conditions in the fruit
company and added: Thailands at-
torney general must act now to disal-
low this case, which is an example of
blatant victimisation of someone for
no greater crime than telling an unac-
ceptable truth.
ITF president Paddy Crumlin added
that, Thailand itself is on trial. If ever
a country needed to allow defenders
of human rights to identify problems,
its this one.
Thailand was recently downgraded
to the lowest ranking on the US gov-
ernments human trafcking index
for alleged rampant abuses in various
industries including shing, construc-
tion and canning. THE GUARDIAN
NATO-led US soldiers take note of sealed ballot boxes in Nangarhar provinces Jalalabad City on Sunday. AFP
A ROLLER-SKATING instruc-
tor was due in court yesterday
over the alleged rape of a 6-
year-old student that sparked
protests from outraged par-
ents, an ofcial in the Indian
city of Bangalore said.
The 30-year-old instructor
at a top private school in Ban-
galore was arrested on Sunday
over the alleged assault on the
premises earlier this month,
the citys police chief said.
Police also seized a laptop
containing child pornography
from the instructor, who had
worked at the school since
2011, commissioner Raghav-
endra Auradkar said.
He is married and has a
3-year-old child. We will pro-
duce him in the local court
and seek custody for further
investigation, Auradkar said.
Angry parents have held a
series of protests in Banga-
lore over the incident, as India
struggles to rebuild its bat-
tered reputation over levels of
sexual violence in the country.
Police said the girl had com-
plained of the July 2 attack to
a teacher. But her parents only
learned of the incident a week
later when she shared details
with them. The child was alleg-
edly assaulted in a classroom
at the school, a top fee-paying
institution favoured by local
politicians and businessmen.
The instructor supervised
roller-skating activities for the
students as part of the schools
sports program. AFP
Instructor to appear in
court over child rape
China defends Hawaii spy ship
BEIJING has defended its dis-
patch of a spy ship to interna-
tional waters off Hawaii, near
where Chinese vessels are tak-
ing part in a US-led naval exer-
cise for the first time, reports
said yesterday.
The Defence Ministry said
the vessels activities are in line
with international law, report-
ed the Global Times, which is
close to the Communist Party.
Reports in the US quoted the
US Navy saying that a Chinese
surveillance vessel had been
found operating near the loca-
tion of the Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) naval exercises,
viewed by analysts as one step
toward potentially repairing
ties at a time of heightened
US-China tensions.
Four ships of the Peoples Lib-
eration Army Navy with an esti-
mated 1,100 sailors on board
a missile destroyer, missile
frigate, supply ship and hospi-
tal ship are officially taking
part in the RIMPAC exercises,
which began last month.
But China and the US have
found themselves increasingly
at odds as Beijing seeks to
assert its claim to disputed ter-
ritory in the East and South
China Seas and as Washington
seeks to shore up its influence
in the region.
Chinas dispatch of the sur-
veillance ship is a reminder
that relations remain fraught
between the Asian giant and
western superpower.
The Peoples Liberation
Army ships operation in waters
outside the territorial seas of
other countries is in line with
international law and interna-
tional practice, the Chinese
Defence Ministry said.
The Chinese side respect the
rights of maritime countries in
accordance with international
laws, but also wishes relevant
countries could respect the
rights Chinese ships are enti-
tled to enjoy by law, it added.
US officials have affirmed
that the ship is operating legally.
Previously, Washington has
accused Beijing of harassing
US ships operating in interna-
tional waters of the South
China Sea. In 2009, tensions
spiked after five Chinese ships
surrounded and nearly col-
lided with a US Navy surveil-
lance ship off south China.
More recently, Washington
last December issued a formal
protest after the USS Cowpens
warship was forced to manoeu-
vre to avoid a collision with a
Chinese naval vessel in the
same waters. AFP
15
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World
All aboard
Central American immigrants in Arriaga, Mexicos Chiapas state, climb onto a cargo train known as La Bestia (the Beast) in an attempt to reach
the Mexico-US border last week. AFP
CHINAS ruling Communist
Party has demanded govern-
ment ofcials be prevented
from being disoriented and
losing themselves to the in-
uence of Western ideals, a
newspaper with close ties to
the party reported yesterday.
A recent circular from the
partys powerful Organisation
Department insists that the
ofcials reconrm their faith
in socialism with Chinese
characteristics through an
emphasis on deepened edu-
cation in Marxist principles,
the Global Times tabloid said.
Western ideals included con-
stitutional democracy, univer-
sal values and civil society, the
report said, though other in-
uences such as superstition
and religion should also be
guarded against, it added.
According to the report, the
circular also requires Commu-
nist Party schools and insti-
tutes to emphasise traditional
Chinese culture in their teach-
ing, stressing that ofcials
must protect Chinas spiritual
independence and shun be-
coming a yes-man for West-
ern moral values.
The Global Times also said
that a long-term mechanism
for education should be set up
to deal with the problem.
The huge party, which was
founded 93 years ago and has
ruled China since 1949, peri-
odically undergoes ideological
spasms, often when it is in the
midst of intense internal polit-
ical disputes or when leaders
feel China is under threat.
President Xi Jinping has
vowed to restore China to
greatness and is simultane-
ously pushing a much-publi-
cised campaign to cleanse the
party of corruption.
The party, the largest in
the world, gained 1.56 mil-
lion members last year, it an-
nounced last month, though
growth in membership slowed
from 2012. The party had 86.7
million members at the end
of 2013, the Organisation De-
partment said more than the
population of Germany. AFP
China Communist Party
in ideology crackdown
Dutch Indonesia apology opens old wounds
Archaeologists discover Roman free choice cemetery
Olivia Rondonuwu

A
BDUL Khalik remembers
vividly the moment almost
seven decades ago he saw
his father being driven away
from their remote Indonesian village
by Dutch soldiers to be executed.
He said to me, Go home, son, but
I refused, recalled the 75-year-old,
his eyes focused somewhere in the
distant past, during an interview in
Bulukumba district on the central
island of Sulawesi.
His father was shot dead the next
day, one of thousands killed by the
Dutch army during the 1940s war of
independence as Indonesia fought
to shake off colonial rule.
This was during a 1946-47 op-
eration by the Dutch to reassert
control in Sulawesi after they were
almost driven out one of the dark-
est episodes of the independence
war, which saw thousands of sus-
pected rebel ghters killed.
After some widows won compen-
sation last year, the Netherlands
apologised for all summary execu-
tions carried out during the inde-
pendence struggle and said it would
pay out to other surviving partners
of those killed.
But far from turning the page on a
dark chapter, the renewed attention
on Dutch atrocities committed at the
end of a more than three-century oc-
cupation of the archipelago has only
fuelled calls for more to be done.
Khalik and others are now de-
manding that the victims children
not just the widows receive com-
pensation and have taken their case
to court in the Netherlands. A hear-
ing on their case is to take place in
The Hague in August.
It is not fair. The arrests are the
same, the imprisonment the same,
the shooting the same, the events
the same, so why do the children
get different treatment? said Kha-
lik, adding that he would share any
money with his 32 grandchildren
and one great grandchild.
Shaah Paturusi, an 82-year-old
who lost her father and brother on
Sulawesi, added: I want justice
from the Dutch, because the pain
of losing a father is equal to if not
worse than losing a husband.
A notorious Dutch forces captain,
Raymond Westerling, masterminded
the campaign on Sulawesi, a large is-
land made up of four peninsulas with
a rugged, mountainous interior.
Dutch forces would surround vil-
lages and then weed out suspected
enemy ghters before killing them
without trial.
There is strong disagreement
over the number that died during
the months-long campaign, with
some in Indonesia claiming that up
to 40,000 were killed, although his-
torical studies have put the gure at
3,000 to 4,000.
The operation proved hugely con-
troversial and Westerling was re-
lieved of his duties in 1948, although
he never faced trial for war crimes.
For the older generation on Su-
lawesi, memories are still raw.
Khalik recalled his father and oth-
ers were piled up in a truck like
animals before being driven away
although the older man still man-
aged to wave goodbye to his son as
the vehicle drove off. The next day
my father was taken from prison,
chained up with eight others and
they were all executed, he said.
Liesbeth Zegveld, a Dutch human
rights lawyer who has won compen-
sation for Indonesian widows, is also
representing some of the children.
She is hopeful of success but
warned it might not be easy because
time was running out, as many seek-
ing redress were already elderly.
The state tries to pay out as little
as possible by taking time with all
these claims, asking questions and
questions, time and time again,
she said.
Jeffry Pondaag, from a Dutch-
based foundation run by Indone-
sians helping those seeking com-
pensation, said that in addition to
money they wanted the Dutch be
more open about the darker side of
colonial rule. We will ght for the
Dutch government to explain to their
people that what they did to Indone-
sia was wrong, Pondaag said.
However, a Dutch government
statement insisted that Jakarta and
The Hague had drawn a line under
this part of their shared history.
The Dutch government has re-
peatedly expressed its deep regret
for the painful way in which the
Netherlands and Indonesia sepa-
rated, the statement said.
Diplomatic relations between Ja-
karta and The Hague are generally
good and the Dutch colonial period
belongs to bygone era as far as most
younger Indonesians are concerned.
But some in the older genera-
tion still harbour resentment about
a period that began when traders
from the Netherlands arrived at the
end of the 16th century. They seized
much of the archipelago, before the
Dutch state took over in the early
19th century. It was only after Japa-
nese occupation in World War II that
Indonesia declared independence,
on August 17, 1945.
The Dutch sought to regain con-
trol, sparking the bloody war of in-
dependence that lasted until 1949,
when the Netherlands recognised
Indonesia as a sovereign state.
Some widows have already been
compensated. Ten who brought le-
gal action in the Netherlands over
the Sulawesi campaign received
money ahead of last years apology.
Others whose husbands died in a
1947 massacre in Rawagede, on the
main island of Java, have also re-
ceived compensation.
The Dutch government in August
last year said other widows with
similar claims had two years to ap-
ply for compensation. But money
does not always bring closure.
We have forgiven the Dutch, but
when I received the money, I had
mixed feelings, said Andi Aisyah,
a wheelchair-bound woman in her
90s, whose husband was killed on
Sulawesi. The pain that was long
buried returned. AFP
ARCHAEOLOGISTS in Italy
have uncovered a cemetery
in the 2,700-year-old ancient
port of Rome where they be-
lieve the variety of tombs
found reects the bustling
towns multicultural nature.
Ostia was a town that was
always very open, very dy-
namic, said Paola Germoni,
director of the sprawling site
Italys third most visited after
the Colosseum and Pompeii.
What is original is that there
are different types of funeral
rites: burials and cremations,
she said this week.
The contrasts are all the
more startling as the tombs
found are all from a single
family in the Roman sense,
in other words very extended,
Germoni said.
The discovery is the lat-
est surprise at Ostia after
archaeologists in April said
that new walls found showed
the town was in fact 35 per
cent bigger than previously
thought, making it larger than
ancient Pompeii.
Ostia, which was founded
in the seventh century BC
and is believed to have cov-
ered an area of 85 hectares,
was once at the estuary of the
Tiber River and is now about
3 kilometres from the sea be-
cause of silting.
The place where the lat-
est burials were found is in a
15,000-square-metre park close
to a Renaissance castle on the
edge of the main excavated
area of the town, which had
docks, warehouses, apartment
houses and its own theatre.
The port was founded by
Ancus Marcius, the fourth
king of Rome, to provide his
growing city with access to
the sea, ensuring it would
be supplied with our and
salt, and to prevent enemy
ships from going up the Tiber.
Around a dozen tombs have
been found so far at the site,
some of them including lead
tablets with inscriptions con-
taining curses to ward off po-
tential looters.
The cemetery shows the
free choice that everyone
had with their own body
a freedom people no lon-
ger had in the Christian era
when burial became the
norm, Germoni said.
The latest excavations,
which began in 2012, have also
revealed an aristocratic home
with a polychromatic oor.
Thirty students from the
American Institute for Roman
Culture are also taking part
and could be seen at work
under the cypress trees next
to the ancient basalt-block
Roman road that once con-
nected Ostia to the capital.
Hailing from Canada, Swit-
zerland and the US, the bud-
ding archaeologists were
spending a few weeks in
Rome on the dig as part of
their studies.
Its a dig that is very rich in
different experiences, said
Darius Arya, a US archaeolo-
gist who heads the institute.
They are discovering res-
toration work but also a more
anthropological approach
with excavations of tombs,
he said.
Among the students at the
dig was Michal Ann Morrison
from Austin, Texas, who is
completing a degree in reli-
gious studies.
You get to deal with tangible
objects from history, which is
really exciting, she said.
I worked as the artefact
intern for this year and its an
exciting position because you
get to get your hands on all
the coolest stuff. AFP
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HEN the United
Nations Transitional
Authority in Cambodia
(UNTAC) came in early
1992 to keep the peace negotiated
under the Paris Peace Agreements,
administer the country and organ-
ise the election of a Constituent
Assembly, the Supreme National
Council of Cambodia (SNC), then
representing the Kingdom, met in
the Royal Palace. It was the councils
first meeting in the country.
At the opening, then-SNC chair-
man Prince Sihanouk lamented his
independent nations loss of ability
to govern itself and expressed
shame that foreigners had come
to do it. The other council members,
all from the then-four warring fac-
tions, concurred.
UNTAC left in September 1993
when Cambodia had a new constitu-
tion and a new government. The
country regained its independence
and sovereignty. Help of all kinds
came forth from all over the world to
rebuild the shattered nation. But,
ever since, one scandal after another
has brought this nation into disre-
pute. The root cause of all these scan-
dals are simple: cheating and lying
manifested in the form of corruption
and violation of human rights.
Upon its departure, UNTAC left
behind some of its equipment for
the new Cambodian government.
But government officials handled it
like highway robbers. This high-
way robbery was followed by a
major scandal at the Cambodian
Mine Action Centre, where cor-
ruption, theft and nepotism was
uncovered (1999); by misuse of
World Bank funds in a project to
demobilise 30,000 soldiers (2003);
by the theft of $1.2 million of World
Food Programme aid (2004); and
by misuse of World Bank funds in
seven projects implemented coun-
trywide by the ministries of land
management, rural development,
public works and transport, and
industry (2006).
The scandals did not end there.
Not long after its opening in 2007,
the Khmer Rouge tribunal, which
the UN helped establish, was hit by
allegations of corruption, including
an elaborate kickback system in
which employees pay a portion of
their monthly salaries to govern-
ment officials in exchange for
employment.
In 2011, a serious case of graft was
uncovered at the Ministry of Social
Affairs, with more than $5 million
stolen from the pensions of dead and
retired civil servants. Just last year,
the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis and Malaria uncovered
what was alleged to be massive
bribe-taking inside the Ministry of
Health, which handled its funds.
Health officials were accused of tak-
ing more than $400,000 in bribes to
secure contracts for overseas mos-
quito net suppliers, and of over-
charging an NGO by nearly $21,000.
Cheating and lying are pervasive.
Apart from corruption, there is, for
instance, cheating in exams and
committing perjury under oath at
the Khmer Rouge tribunal. Lies and
untruth have recently been uncov-
ered in the harrowing stories of sex
slavery in Cambodia.
Somaly Mam was telling the world
of her and others supposed experi-
ences as sex slaves in her noble cru-
sade against sex trafficking a cru-
sade that shot her to international
fame. It was recently discovered that
some of those stories, including her
own, or parts of them, were not true.
She resigned from the US-registered
Somaly Mam Foundation.
It is said that a fish rots from the
head down, and this proverb seems
to apply in Cambodia, when leaders
do not even keep their oath of office.
Before taking office, Cambodian
parliamentarians and members of
the new cabinet take a solemn vow
in the Royal Palace in front of the
King, the two Buddhist patriarchs
and divine protectors of the throne.
They pledge, among other things,
not to resort to violence to resolve
national or international disputes;
to combat all forms of corruption;
not to exploit national interests for
themselves, their families, their
clans or parties; and to respect
human rights.
Deeds have not been matched
with such words when corruption
and nepotism are omnipresent;
when, for instance, the armies of the
then-two ruling parties, Funcinpec
and the Cambodian Peoples Party,
fought for two days in what is known
as the 1997 coup; when violence was
used to crack down on peaceful
demonstrators in January this year;
when the countrys natural resourc-
es have been exploited by and for the
benefit of the rich and powerful;
when the human rights situation has
remained bad and the country is
still under what amounts to the UN
human rights trusteeship, with an
office of the UN High Commissioner
for Human Rights in the country
and a UN special rapporteur for
human rights oversight.
The wrongdoings mentioned
above are but the tip of the iceberg.
Nevertheless, they show that Cam-
bodians have a character flaw that
can stereotype them as untrustwor-
thy people, unfit for positions of
responsibility. Action must now be
taken to correct this flaw. To begin
with, Cambodian leaders must now
set a high standard of morality, keep
their oath, honour their internation-
al human rights obligations and
make their words more truthful so
as to make themselves trustworthy.
They must develop a system of moral
values for the country. Apart from
helping to improve the character of
Cambodians and their stereotype,
and the reputation of the nation,
these moral values will help make
the rulers law enforcement task eas-
ier and more effective. For, as French
sociologist Emile Durkheim said,
when mores [morality] are suffi-
cient, laws are unnecessary; when
mores are insufficient, laws are
unenforceable.
Comment
Lao Mong Hay
A nation of liars and cheats?
Garment factory workers protest on Veng Sreng Boulevard on the outskirts of Phnom Penh in January, demanding that the industrys
minimum wage be raised to $160 per month. PHA LINA
Lao Mong Hay is a political analyst.
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Lifestyle Lifestyle
In brief
Steven Seagal dropped
from Estonian music fest
STEVEN Seagal created
controversy last week in the
Baltic nation of Estonia, but not
for his cinematic efforts. The
actor, better known for his
Hollywood tough guy roles is
also, it transpires, a blues singer
and guitar player. But his
attempts to bring his musical
talent to Estonia has gone down
badly in a country that has a
fraught history with its eastern
neighbour Russia, as Seagal
has been vocal in his support of
the Russian president, Vladimir
Putin, and his annexation of the
Crimean peninsula. The
announcement of Seagals
headlining slot at a blues festival
held in August in the western
town of Haapsalu was met with
a swift outcry, with Estonian
rock singer Tnis Magi calling
for a boycott. Estonias foreign
minister, Urmas Paet, told the
Tallinn daily Delfi: Steven
Seagal has become active in
politics in the last few months in
a manner not befitting a world
which honours states based on
the rule of law. THEGUARDIAN
Israeli filmmakers call
for end to Gaza conflict
A GROUP of Israeli filmmakers
have issued a joint statement
condemning the current Israeli
military action against
Palestinian targets in Gaza, and
the attacks by Hamas on Israel.
At a press conference during the
Jerusalem film festival, the likes
of Keren Yedaya and Shira
Geffen read out the names of
children +killed in the Israeli
missile attacks of recent days.
They said it was not an act of
provocation, its natural to give
them a name and remember . . .
Children living in Gaza today are
our partners in peace tomorrow.
The killing and horror we inflict
only push any diplomatic
solution further away. Yedaya
was in tears as she described
being the mother of two kids
who suffer from the fear and
panic of the threat of the
missiles. THEGUARDIAN
Stunt guru, actor Panna
Rittikrai dies at age 53
THAILANDS acclaimed martial
arts action choreographer and
film director Panna Rittikrai
died from liver disease and
acute renal failure in hospital
on Sunday afternoon. He was
53. The Khon Kaen native and
father of two starred in count-
less action films over more
than two decades of a career
as an actor, stuntman, fight
choreographer and director,
before gaining recognition for
Ong-Bak in 2003. He is known
as the martial arts master of,
and the man behind the
making of, action superstar
Thatchakorn Tony Jaa
Yeerum. BANGKOKPOST
London, Berlin join forces for WWI centenary
SIMON Rattle has conducted an
unprecedented collaboration of
the London Symphony Orchestra
and the Berlin Philharmonic,
recorded for a multinational World
War I event near Mons in Belgium
to be attended by Prime Minister
David Cameron and members of
the British royal family.
The commemoration at the St
Symphorien military cemetery is
one of three big events taking place
on August 4 the centenary of the
declaration of war and the only
one with cultural content.
Nicholas Kenyon, managing
director of the Barbican and the
events creative consultant, said the
theme would be that those who
met in war now meet in peace.
The cemetery is a final resting
place for soldiers from both sides
of the conflict. Because of this
unique situation, with the British
and German graves, the natural
thing was to try to bring together
British and German musicians,
Kenyon said.
Rattle chose two works for the
LSO and Berlin Phil to record: the
last movement of Brahmss Ger-
man Requiem and George Butter-
worths A Shropshire Lad. The latter
is laden with symbolism as Butter-
worth himself died in the trenches.
The piece was first conducted in
1913 by the great Hungarian con-
ductor Arthur Nikisch, who led
both the LSO and the Berlin Phil in
the years leading up to the war.
Because the cemetery is so small,
the music has had to be prerecord-
ed, but there will be a live choir
consisting of 30 British and 30 Ger-
man singers. They will perform a
new commission by Howard
Goodall accompanied by brass
players from both nations.
The other musical highlights will
be a solo Bach cello suite, played
by the German cellist Jan Vogler,
and a song written and performed
by a small group of British children
who have been working with
Gareth Malone.
There wont be a dry eye in the
house, Kenyon said.
The Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, along with Prince Harry,
will represent the royal family in
the audience, while Germanys
chief representative will be the
president, Joachim Gauck.
Kenyon said it had been fascinat-
ing to watch players from the
orchestras coming together.
There were little problems, like
they dont play at exactly the same
pitch. There were little adjust-
ments to be made, but everybody
made them and it was perfect.
THE GUARDIAN
Another score for rockers Kiss
A
FTER years of sticking
its logo on all man-
ner of T-shirts, dolls,
drinkware and acces-
sories, the rock band Kiss has
stamped it on an entire arena
football team as well.
And the creation of the Los
Angeles Kiss Arena Football
League team did not go undoc-
umented a reality show about
the effort, 4th and Loud, pre-
mieres August 12 on the US
cable network AMC.
It wasnt crass commercialism
that motivated the fire-breath-
ing band, though.
The bands irrepressible Gene
Simmons, he of the tongue and
blood-spitting, says he was fill-
ing a civic need.
Los Angeles is the number
one media city in America and
it doesnt have football? he
asked rhetorically in a Beverly
Hills hotel restaurant where he
was doing promotion for the
reality show. Youre kidding me.
So opportunity knocks, you
answer the door and you give
people bang for the buck.
That bang includes, he says,
the blasting brand of hard rock
that put the still-active band on
the map 40 years ago and more.
We have guys who rappel from
the ceiling, we have extreme
bikers, rock bands, pyrotech-
nics, girls in cages, he says.
Looking somewhat more sub-
dued out of his kabuki makeup
and studded codpiece he wears
on stage, Simmons, in a dark
suit and sunglasses, resembled
at 64 a dour mob boss.
With band co-founder Paul
Stanley, 62, adorned with a
flowing scarf and an open shirt,
the pair came to sell the TV crit-
ics press tour on the show.
We wanted to create some-
thing that was very much keep-
ing with Kiss, says Stanley. We
want to envelop you and pum-
mel you.
The show-biz aspect is some-
thing natural to sports, Sim-
mons says. A long time ago,
people figured out in boxing
that it wasnt just about the box-
ing; they put girls up there car-
rying the [round] numbers out
there. Who gets the biggest
hand, the boxers or the girl car-
rying the number?
One might expect Kiss to go
sleazy into Lingerie Football
League territory, perhaps or
even bigger, since Los Angeles
does not have a National Foot-
ball League team. But that
would take years, if it happened
at all, Simmons says. Creating
an AFL team was easier. Eight
or nine months ago, there was
no LA Kiss thats how fast it
happened, he says.
And from the beginning, real-
ity-TV cameras were part of the
proposition.
Sure. It takes the same amount
to make cents as it does dollars,
Simmons says. So if youre going
to do something, go big or go
home. We dont do anything
small. Whether its our shows,
our licensing and merchandis-
ing, our restaurant chain, what-
ever it is, you got to do big.
He calls 4th and Loud more of
a documentary than a reality
show. The fact of the matter is,
the show is not built around us,
he says. You are going to meet
some very, very interesting
characters and stars in their
own right that we want to come
to the forefront.
They include the additional
owners, longtime Kiss manager
Doc McGhee, managing part-
ner and owner Brett Bouchy
and president and owner
Schuyler Hoversten.
As telegenic as the new team
might be, the team hasnt had
the best inaugural season under
Coach Bob McMillen. With
three wins in its first 16 games,
it was not quite at the bottom of
the AFLs West Division.
Weve had some not-stellar
games and we are scrutinised
much more than other teams
because of who we are, Stanley
says. But that being said, by
next season we should be
smooth sailing.
Still, the band doesnt get
involved in the life of the team
leaving the recruiting, training
and playing to the managers
and coaches, and keeping Kiss
separate from the players except
for the uniforms and logos.
A suggestion in the show that
players also wear Kiss makeup
was nixed by the band.
First you have to earn it,
Simmons said of the war paint.
A more overriding concern was
that it would run in the players
eyes as they perspired.
The band, in the midst of a
North American tour is rounded
out by lead guitarist Tommy
Thayer and drummer Eric Sing-
er, who have been with the band
for more than a decade.
It was originators Ace Frehley
and Peter Criss who joined Sim-
mons and Stanley when Kiss
was inaugurated into the Rock
and Roll Hall of Fame this
spring. But because Simmons
and Stanley wanted to perform
with the current lineup rather
than the original, the band
didnt play at all.
We just went up and said
thank you, Simmons says. Criss
and Frehley clearly were equal-
ly important as we were in mak-
ing the band. But if they would
have been in the band still, it
would have destroyed the band.
Not everybody is designed to be
a marathon runner. Some peo-
ple are just shooting stars.
Being in the band from the
beginning is not a birthright,
Stanley said. If you are compro-
mised by drugs and alcohol, he
added, then you no longer
deserve to wear the uniform.
THE WASHINGTON POST
Gene Simmons (centre left) and Paul Stanley (centre right) are in the middle of all things Kiss, including the reality show 4th and Loud. THEWASHINGTONPOST
Simon Rattle (left) has conducted an unprecedented
collaboration of the London Symphony Orchestra and the
Berlin Philharmonic. AFP
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3K 594 1234..7 15:25 18:20 3K 593 Daily 13:30 14:40
3K 594 ....56. 15:25 18:10 - - - -
MI 607 Daily 18:10 21:10 MI 608 Daily 16:20 17:15
2817 1.3 16:40 19:40 2816 1.3 15:00 15:50
2817 2.4.5 09:10 12:00 2816 2.4.5 07:20 08:10
2817 6 14:50 17:50 2816 6 13:00 14:00
2817 7 13:20 16:10 2816 7 11:30 12:30
PHNOMPENH-TAIPEI TAIPEI - PHNOMPENH
BR 266 Daily 12:45 17:05 BR 265 Daily 09:10 11:35
PHNOMPENH- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 18:50 VN 841 Daily 11:30 13:00
QV 920 Daily 17:50 19:10 QV 921 Daily 11:45 13:15
PHNOMPENH- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1.3.6 13:30 14:55 8M 401 1.3.6 08:20 10:45
SIEMREAP- PHNOMPENH
8M 401 1.3.6 11:45 12:30
SIEMREAP- BANGKOK BANGKOK- SIEMREAP
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 700 Daily 12:50 2:00 K6 701 Daily 02:55 04:05
PG 924 Daily 09:45 11:10 PG 903 Daily 08:00 09:00
PG 906 Daily 13:15 14:40 PG 905 Daily 11:35 12:45
PG 914 Daily 15:20 16:45 PG 913 Daily 13:35 14:35
PG 908 Daily 18:50 20:15 PG 907 Daily 17:00 18:10
PG 910 Daily 20:30 21:55 PG 909 Daily 18:45 19:55
SIEMREAP- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- SIEMREAP
CZ 3054 2.4.6 11:25 15:35 CZ 3053 2.4.6 08:45 10:30
CZ 3054 1.3.5.7 19:25 23:20 CZ 3053 1.3.5.7 16:35 18:30
SIEMREAP-HANOI HANOI - SIEMREAP
K6 850 Daily 06:50 08:30 K6 851 Daily 19:30 21:15
VN 868 1.2.3.5.6 12:40 15:35 VN 843 Daily 15:25 17:10
VN 842 Daily 18:05 19:45 VN 845 Daily 17:05 18:50
VN 844 Daily 19:45 21:25 VN 845 Daily 17:45 19:30
VN 800 Daily 21:00 22:40 VN 801 Daily 18:20 20:00
SIEMREAP-HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY-SIEMREAP
VN 3818 Daily 11:10 12:30 VN 3809 Daily 09:15 10:35
VN 826 Daily 13:30 14:40 VN 827 Daily 11:35 12:35
VN 3820 Daily 17:45 18:45 VN 3821 Daily 15:55 16:55
VN 828 Daily 18:20 19:20 VN 829 Daily 16:20 17:40
VN 3822 Daily 21:35 22:35 VN 3823 Daily 19:45 20:45
SIEMREAP- INCHEON INCHEON- SIEMREAP
KE 688 Daily 23:15 06:10 KE 687 Daily 18:30 22:15
OZ 738 Daily 23:40 07:10 OZ 737 Daily 19:20 22:40
SIEMREAP- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- SIEMREAP
AK 281 Daily 08:35 11:35 AK 280 Daily 06:50 07:50
MH 765 3.5.7 14:15 17:25 MH 764 3.5.7 12:10 13:15
SIEMREAP- MANILA MANILA- SIEMREAP
5J 258 2.4.7 22:30 02:11 5J 257 2.4.7 19:45 21:30
FLY DIRECT TOMYANMARMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
YANGON- PHNOMPENH PHNOM PENH - YANGON
FLY DIRECT TOSIEMREAPMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON - SIEM REAP
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217, Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tel 023 881 178 | Fax 023 886 677 | www.maiair.com
REGULAR SHIPPING LINES SCHEDULES
CALLING PORT ROTATION
LINE CALLING SCHEDULES FREEQUENCY ROTATIONPORTS
RCL
(12calls/moth)
1 Wed, 08:00 - Thu 16:00 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN
2 Thu, 14:00 - Fri 22:00 1 Call/week
HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG
(HPH-TXGKEL)
3 Fri, 20:00 - Sat 23:59 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN
MEARSK (MCC)
(4 calls/moth)
1 Th, 08:00 - 20:00 1 Call/week
SGN-SHV-LZP-SGN
- HKG-OSA-TYO-KOB
- BUS-SGH-YAT-SGN
- SIN-SHV-TPP-SIN
2 Fri, 22:00- Sun 00:01 1 Call/week
SITC (BEN LINE
(4 calls/onth)
Sun 09:00-23:00 1 Call/week
HCM-SHV-LZP-HCM-
NBO-SGH-OSA-KOB-
BUS-SGH-HGK-CHM
ITL (ACL)
(4 calls/month)
Sat 06:00 - Sun 08:00 1 Call/week SGZ-SHV-SIN-SGZ
APL
(4 calls/month)
Fri, 08:00 - Sun, 06:00 1 call/week SIN-SHV-SIN
COTS
(2 calls/month)
Irregula 2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)
34 call/month
BUS= Busan, Korea
HKG= HongKong
kao=Kaoshiung, Taiwan ROC
Kob= Kebe, Japan
KUN= Kuantan, Malaysia
LZP= Leam Chabang, Thailand
NBO= Ningbo, China
OSA= Osaka, Japan
SGN= Saigon, Vietnam
SGZ= Songkhla, Thailand
SHV= Sihanoukville Port Cambodia
SIN= Singapore
TPP= TanjungPelapas, Malaysia
TYO= Tokyo, Japan
TXG= Taichung, Taiwan
YAT= Yantian, China
YOK= Yokohama, Japan
AIRLINES
Air Asia (AK)
Room T6, PP International
Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555
Fax: 023 890 071
www.airasia.com
Cambodia Angkor Air (K6)
PP Ofce, #90+92+94Eo,
St.217, Sk.Orussey4, Kh.
7Makara, 023 881 178 /77-
718-333. Fax:+855 23-886-677
www.cambodiaangkorair.com
E: mai@royalaviationexpert.com
Qatar Airways (Newaddress)
VattanacCapital Tower, Level7,
No.66, PreahMonivongBlvd,
Sangkat wat Phnom, KhanDaun
Penh. PP, P: (023) 963800.
E: pnhres@kh.qatarairways.com
MyanmarAirwaysInternational
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217,
Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677
www.maiair.com
Dragon Air (KA)
#168, Monireth, PP
Tel: 023 424 300
Fax: 023 424 304
www.dragonair.com/kh
Tiger airways
G. oor, Regency square,
Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205,
Sk Chamkarmorn, PP
Tel: (855) 95 969 888
(855) 23 5515 888/5525888
E: info@cambodiaairlines.net


Koreanair (KE)
Room.F3-R03, Intelligent Ofce
Center, Monivong Blvd,PP
Tel: (855) 23 224 047-9
www.koreanair.com
Cebu Pacic (5J)
Phnom Penh: No. 333B
Monivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161
SiemReap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd.
Tel: 063 965487
E-mail: cebuair@ptm-travel.com
www.cebupacicair.com
SilkAir (MI)
Regency C,Unit 2-4, Tumnorb
Teuk, Chamkarmorn
Phnom Penh
Tel:023 988 629
www.silkair.com
AIRLINES CODE COLOUR CODE
2817 - 16 Tigerairways KA - Dragon Air 1 Monday
5J - CEBU Airways. MH - Malaysia Airlines 2 Tuesday
AK - Air Asia MI - SilkAir 3 Wednesday
BR - EVA Airways OZ - Asiana Airlines 4 Thursday
CI - China Airlines PG - Bangkok Airways 5 Friday
CZ - China Southern QR - Qatar Airways 6 Saturday
FD - Thai Air Asia QV - Lao Airlines 7 Sunday
FM - Shanghai Air SQ - Singapore Airlines
K6- Cambodia Angkor Air TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines
This ight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information,
please contact direct to airline or a travel agent for ight schedule information.
SIEMREAP- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE- SIEMREAP
MI 633 1, 6, 7 16:35 22:15 MI 633 1, 6, 7 14:35 15:45
MI 622 2.4 10:40 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 09:50
MI 630 5 12:25 15:40 MI 616 7 10:40 11:50
MI 615 7 12:45 16:05 MI 636 3, 2 13:55 17:40
MI 636 3, 2 18:30 21:35 MI 630 5 07:55 11:35
MI 617 5 18:35 21:55 MI 618 5 16:35 17:45
3K 598 .2....7 15:35 18:40 3K 597 .2....7 13:45 14:50
3K 598 ...4... 15:35 18:30 3K 597 ...4... 13:45 14:50
SIEMREAP- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- SIEMREAP
QV 522 2.4.5.7 10:05 13:00 QV 512 2.4.5.7 06:30 09:25
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1. 5 20:15 21:25 8M 401 1. 5 17:05 19:15
PREAHSIHANOUK- SIEMREAP SIEMREAP- PREAHSIHANOUK
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55 K6 131 1-3-5 11:20 12:20
The Danish island of Bornholm has developed a culinary scene that
punches well above its weight. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Bornholms
cuisine is no
red herring
Lars Eriksen

T
HE Danish island of
Bornholm is a geo-
graphical deviation
in the Baltic Sea. Its
closer to Germany, Sweden
and Poland than to the rest
of Denmark, and occasion-
ally gets demoted to a box
in the corner of the country
map. But Bornholm holds a
central place in Danish hearts
as a treasured holiday spot:
it enjoys more hours of sun-
shine than anywhere else in
the country, and has a dra-
matic rocky coast with some
ne sandy beaches. To round
things off, it has developed a
culinary scene that punches
well above its weight.
This is thanks, in large part,
to an abundance of rst-rate
local producers and restau-
rants. Places such as Stam-
mershalle Badehotel on the
north coast and Kadeau in the
south have catapulted Born-
holm into Danish gastrono-
mys premier league.
Each summer, the island
plays host to a cooking com-
petition that sees some of
Denmarks best chefs arrive
to show off their culinary
skills. Sol over Gudhjem liter-
ally translates as sun over
Gods home, and is named
after the picturesque shing
port where the competition
takes place. Its also the name
of the traditional smoked her-
ring dish for which the island
is famous. Bornholms oldest
smokehouse is in Gudhjem,
one of the harbour towns on
the north coast, where doz-
ens of herring are speared,
dried for 90 minutes and then
smoked over alder wood until
they turn golden.
It has to be served the old-
fashioned way, on freshly
baked rye bread, with chives
and raw egg yolk on top, said
Ole, manning the ovens in the
smokehouse. Thats the way
to do it.
Further up the coast, the
twin towns of Sandvig and
Allinge are home to fewer
than 2,000 people in winter,
but Allinge becomes a bus-
tling hub during the summer.
Crowds ock to the Gaest-
giveren inn, the small garden
stage of which has become a
popular summer venue for
Danish pop stars. Concerts are
preceded by a barbecue of lo-
cally sourced produce.
But it is ne-dining restau-
rant Kadeau that has really
trained the culinary spotlight
on the island. A former beach
pavilion amid dunes on the
south coast, its cuisine is very
new Nordic langoustines in
a rich bouillon of shrimp and
seaweed; slow-cooked egg
yolk with pureed black trum-
pet mushrooms and porridge
of local grains; smoked mack-
erel with hemp.
Once summer is over, the
chefs pack their pickled Born-
holm produce and head to
Copenhagen, where their out-
post has won a Michelin star.
I nd the nature on Born-
holm immensely inspiring,
head chef Nicolai Norregaard
said. Rocky coasts, dunes,
beaches, forests and meadows
are all on your doorstep.
Also on the doorstep is the
small farm shop Hallegard in
Ostermarie, where the home-
made sausages and cured
meats would give any Medi-
terranean butcher a run for
its money.
Bornholm may not look like
much sitting in that small box
on the map, but its producers
and chefs have made it an in-
triguing outpost in the Nordic
culinary landscape. And it has
cemented the Danes love af-
fair with the sunshine island.
THE GUARDIAN
TV PICKS

10:40am - GROWN UPS: Afer their high school
basketball coach passes away, fve good friends and
former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday
weekend. FOX MOVIES
12:25pm - THE HOST: When an unseen enemy threatens
mankind by taking over their bodies and erasing their
memories, Melanie will risk everything to protect the
people she cares most about, proving that love can
conquer all in a dangerous new world. FOX MOVIES
4:15pm - THE PROPOSAL: A pushy boss forces her young
assistant to marry her in order to keep her visa status in
the US and avoid deportaton to Canada. FOX MOVIES
8pm - MR BEANS HOLIDAY: Mr Bean wins a trip to
Cannes where he unwitngly separates a young boy from
his father and must help the two come back together.
FOX MOVIES
ICE AGE - THE MELTDOWN: Manny, Sid and Diego
discover that the Ice Age is coming to an end, and join
everybody for a journey to higher ground. FOX MOVIES
Thinking caps Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Bamboo-eater
6 Close call
11 Faux ___
14 Words following bend or lend
15 Ankle bone
16 Tiny terror
17 Some glands
19 IRS hiree
20 Television innovator John
21 Engaged in a diatribe
23 Weightlifting units
26 Need for a new arrival
28 ___ welcome!
29 Midafternoon, on a sundial
30 Gallery contents
32 Bauxite and others
33 Dungeons & Dragons monster
34 Type of mathematical function
38 Meteorite remains
40 Slightly tart apple
43 Empty shells in the kitchen
45 It follows status?
46 Fitted with footwear
48 Masculine pronoun
49 Vessel with a spigot
50 Drug-yielding plants
52 Difficult to grasp
55 Be atop the standings
56 Girls short sock
58 A bit eccentric
60 Shad-to-be?
61 A sorry state
66 Increasingly rare PC part
67 Bind, as a fowl
68 Recycled metal
69 Supermans letter
70 Taste or smell
71 Fraternity letter
DOWN
1 Fare for the toothless
2 Young Darth Vaders nickname
3 Butterfly catcher
4 Paints roughly
5 Opera highlight
6 Drummer Ringo
7 Kind of arrest
8 Great heavyweight
9 Remorseful one
10 Certain homework assignment
11 Visually attractive
12 Unit of electric current
13 Bidding card game
18 Tiny spasm
22 Wild West loop
23 Quite a card
24 Michael Collins land
25 Some thieves
27 Concocts
31 Pain in the neck
34 Little Jack Horners dessert
35 Seven-year affliction
36 Like campfire stories
37 The newly-elected
39 Kind of basin or wave
41 Invisible atmosphere
42 Home for some lilies
44 Not worth keeping
46 Rare
47 A-students classification
51 Clan units
53 Set free
54 This Ones For ___
55 Type of mob
57 Michelin product
59 Wordless summons
62 252-gallon barrel
63 Palindromic preposition
64 Took a chair
65 Health-and-beauty center
3.14 X 6
Mondays solution Mondays solution

LEGEND CINEMA
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
An automobile mechanic and his daughter make
a discovery that brings the Autobots, Decepti-
cons and a paranoid government official down
on them. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz
and Jack Reynor.
City Mall: 9:15am, 1:15pm, 9:05pm
Tuol Kork: 11:20am, 1:35pm, 6:40pm, 9pm
MY HOUSE
Khmer film.
City Mall: 9:25am, 1:15pm, 3:10pm
Tuol Kork: 9:25am, 1:35pm, 4:40pm, 5:55pm
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave
that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons
and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two find
themselves at the centre of a battle. Starring
Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler.
City Mall: 11:05am
Tuol Kork: 9:15am
EARTH TO ECHO
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted
messages, a group of kids embarks on an adven-
ture with an alien who needs their help.
City Mall: 11:20am
Tuol Kork: 4:45pm
PLATINUM CINEPLEX
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
(See above)
8pm
EARTH TO ECHO
(See above)
1:30pm, 4:40pm
THE PURGE: ANARCHY
A young couple works to survive on the streets
after their car breaks down right as the annual
purge commences. Starring Frank Grillo, Car-
men Ejogo and Zach Gilford.
4:20pm, 8:40pm
Yoga refresher @ Yoga
Phnom Penh
Teams can accumulate points just for
playing and win prizes at the end of
the season. Weekly prizes are
featured as well. $1 per person, and
the winning team will take it all.
Gym Bar, #42 Street 178. 5:30pm
NOW SHOWING
The folk at Cocina Cartel make their tacos with homemade corn tortillas. BLOOMBERG
Actor Rowan Atkinson stars in Mr Beans Holiday,
which airs tonight on Fox Movies. BLOOMBERG
Customers can get one taco free with
each purchase of a cocktail every
Tuesday. All of the tacos use corn
tortillas that are made from scratch
and are prepared in authentic taqueria
style in Cocinas kitchen.
Cocina Cartel, #198b Street 19. All day
Taco Tuesday @
Cocina Cartel
Quiz night @ Gym Bar
+++
Art @ Meta House
Take part in a lunchtime yoga class.
They will organise food delivery from
ARTillery before the class and it will be
delivered by the time youve nished.
Yoga Phnom Penh, #39 Street 21.
12:15pm
Animals exhibition at the German
cultural centre. Follows artists from ve
countries giving their perspectives on
animals.
Meta House, Sothearos Boulevard.
All day
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
Entertainment
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SWIMMING POOL APARTMENT
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Tompoung 1-Land 15m x 25m
Sale:$750,000 on road 9m, good
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More Information Tel: 012 939 958
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1BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR
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WESTERN ROOFTOP POOL
Western Rooftop Pool Apartment
for Rent LocatedinBKKI, 01&02&03
bed, roof toppool andgym, openliving
room, fully andmodernfurnished,
westernkitchen, nicebalcony, safety
area, goodconditionfor living.
Price: 1,200-US$1,800-2,000/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in BKKI, 01-02 bed ,
Large living room, fully and modern
furnished, modern kitchen, nice
balcony, roof top gym, very good
condition for living
Price: US$1,200-US$1,400/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
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WESTERN ROOFTOP POOL
Apartment for Rent Located in
BKKI, 02 bedrooms, roof top pool
and gym, open living room, fully
and modern furnished, western
kitchen, nice balcony, wooden
oor, very safety area, very good for
living . Price: 1,100/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

WESTERN POOL APARTMENT
For Rent Located in BKKI, 03 bed,
very nice pool and gym, open and
big living room, fully and modern
furnished, western kitchen, big
balcony, safety area, good for living
.Price: 2,400/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in Daun Penh area,
01-02-03 bed, nice living room,
fully & modern furnished, modern
kitchen, nice balcony, gym and big
parking, very good condition for
living.Price: $700-$1,200-$1,800/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in south of Russian
Market, 01-02 bedrooms, large
living room, fully and modern
furnished, modern kitchen, lots of
light, nice balcony, very good
condition for living, big parking.
Price: US$600-US$850/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
WESTERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in BKKI, 1-2-3 bed,
large living room, fully and modern
furnished, western kitchen, very
big balcony, very quiet and safety
area, big parking lots, good
condition for living.
Price: $800-US$1,200-$2,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
WESTERN SWIMMING POOL
Apartment for Rent Located in Wat
Phnom, 01&02&03 bed, big pool
and gym, open living room, fully
and modern furnished, western
kitchen, nice balcony, very safety
area, very good condition for living .
Price: 1,00-$1,200-1,500/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
COLONIAL STYLE APARTMENT
for Rent Located a long riverside,
02 bedrooms, elevator, open living
room, fully and classic furnished,
nice kitchen, nice and big balcony,
river view, very safety area, very
good condition for living.1,800/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

BRAND NEW MODERN
Apartment For Rent BKK1, 01-02-
03&Penthouse, Real Modern interior
designed, large living room,light,
and modern furniture, western
Kitchen, roof top pool &gym
$1,500-2,000-3,500-4,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

MODERN POOL APARTMENT
For Rent Located at Daun Penh
Area, 01-02-03 bed, modern design
& lots of light, open living room, fully
and modern furnished, western
kitchen, very nice balcony, very nice
pool and gym, condition for living.
Price: $1,300-1,700-2,200/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00


MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent BKK1, 01-02 Bedrooms, very
nice interior designed, large living
room, very light, fully and modern
furniture, western kitchen, very
good condition for living, quiet &
safe.Price: $800-1,400/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located near independent
monument, 02 bedrooms, open
living room and kitchen, fully and
modern furnished, very safety area,
very quiet, very good condition for
living. Price: USD770/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BRAND NEW MODERN VILLA
For Rent In Bassak Garden City, 05
bedrooms, large living room, very
modern designed, some furniture,
western kitchen, nice balcony, big
parking and playground, safety.
Price: US$4,500/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
TRADITIONAL WOODEN HOUSE
For Rent At Chhroy Changeva area,
river view, ground oor, 03bed,
fully furnished, very lights, western
kitchen, very safety and quite, very
nice garden, very good condition
for living. Price: $1,700/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
COLONIAL GARDEN VILLA FOR
Rent DaunPenhareaandvery close
toIndependent Monument, 05bedro,
largelivingroom, real colonial design,
somefurniture, westernkitchen, very
quiet &safe. thebest locationfor
residence.Price: $4,500/m
Tel: 092232623/ 081230000
www.towncityrealestate.com
TRADITIONAL VILLA WITH
Many Tree For Rent At BKKI,
05bedrooms, some furnished very
nice and clean kitchen, very safety
and quite, very nice trees, very
good condition for living and ofce.
Price: US$2,700/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
TRADITIONAL SMALL VILLA
For Rent At BKKI, 03bedrooms,
some furnished, very nice and
clean kitchen, very safety, very nice
trees, very good condition for
living and ofce.
Price: US$2,500/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

MODERN VILLA FOR RENT
In Bassak Garden City, 03 bed, large
living room, very modern designed,
somefurniture, kitchen, nicebalcony,
big parking and playground, very
safety, The best location for
residence.Price: $3,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
MODERN SWIMMING POOL
Villa For Rent In North bridge area,
05 bed plus 01 ofce room, large
living room, very nice design, fully
and modern furnished, nice pool
and garden, western kitchen, nice
balcony, Price: US$3,000/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN VILLA FOR RENT
In Bassak Garden City, 03 bed,
large living room, very modern
designed, some furniture, western
kitchen, nice balcony, big parking
and playground, very safety, The
best location for residence.
Price: US$2,500/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
NICE VILLA FOR RENT
At Tonle Bassak area,
04bedrooms, some furnished,
western kitchen, very safety, very
nice trees, very good condition for
living and ofce.
Price: US$1,800/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
COLONIAL WOODEN HOUSE
For Rent In Daun Penh, 03
bedrooms, some furnished, very
nice and clean kitchen, very safety,
very nice garden and many trees,
very good condition for living.
Price: US$3,000/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN-CLASSIC RENOVATED
Apt For Rent At Tonle Bassak area,
01-03bed , some furnished, western
kitchen, very safety and very quiet,
very nice trees, very good condition
for living. Price: $1,000- $2,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

NICE VILLA FOR RENT
At BKKI, 03bedrooms, some
furnished, very niceandcleankitchen,
very safety, very nicetrees, very good
conditionfor livingandoffice.
Price: US$2,000/month
Tel: 092232623/ 081230000
www.towncityrealestate.com

TRADITIONAL 1ST FLOOR VILLA
For Rent Near Independent
Monument, 03 bedrooms, very
big and open living room, western
kitchen, big balcony, very good for
residence, very quiet and safety
area. Price: US$800/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

1ST FLOOR VILLA FOR RENT
Located in Daun Penh area (close
to Independent Monument), 03 bed
, large living room, very nice design,
some furnished, nice kitchen, quiet
& safe. very big balcony and trees,
the best location for residence
Price: $1,000/m per sqm.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in BKKI, 01 bedroom,
open living room and kitchen, fully
and modern furnished, very safety
area, very quiet,
very good condition for living.
Price: USD750/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in Tonle Bassak area
(close to BKKI), 01 bedroom, open
living room and kitchen, fully and
modern furnished, very safety area,
very quiet, very good condition for
living. Price: 450/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT
LocatedalongNorodomBlvd, 100to
1700sqm, bigparkinglot, bigelevator,
bigstaircase, 24hsecurity andmany
facilitiesaround.
Price: US$12- $14/monthper sqm.
Tel: 092232623/ 081230000
www.towncityrealestate.com

OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT
Located a long Norodom Blvd,
400 sqm , parking lot, big
elevator, big staircase, 24h
security and many facilities
around.
Price: US $15/month per sqm.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BRAND NEW FACTORY FOR
Rent A long road No 04 (Factory
zone), Size: 6600 sqm, electricity
and water are connected, very
standard quality, good environ-
ment, very easy to nd workers...
Price: US$1.8/sqm
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BRAND NEW FACTORY FOR
Rent A long road No 04 (Factory
zone), Size: 6600 sqm, electricity
and water are connected, very
standard quality, good environment,
very easy to nd workers...
Price: US$1.8/sqm
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BUILDING FOR RENT
located in on the main street, size:
12x28m and US$15000 per month,
05 stories, very good for school,
banks, micronance, and other
business purpose, big parking lot.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT
located in on the main street,
200 plus and $15/sqm per month,
big parking lot.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
22 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
Sport
Triathlon coach course
gets under way at NOCC
THE Triathlon Federation of
Cambodia on Sunday launched
an eight-day secondary-level
coach training course, funded
by the Olympic Solidarity
program of the International
Olympic Committee, at the
National Olympic Committee
of Cambodia headquarters.
International Triathlon Union
coach Franz Studer of South
Africa has been sent by the
IOC to lead the course, which
has 25 participants from 17
athletics clubs and
associations, according to
NOCC secretary-general Vath
Chamroeun. Skills in the
three disciplines of
swimming, cycling and
running will be instructed in
both theory and practice
around the National Sports
Complex [by Studer], Vath
Chamroeun said. YEUN PONLOK,
TRANSLATED BY CHENG SERYRITH
Last-hole birdie gives
teen Ko fourth LPGA title
NEW Zealand teen Lydia Ko
birdied the 18th hole Sunday
for a one-stroke victory over
Ryu So-Yeon to win the $1.4
million Marathon Classic and
capture her fourth career
LPGA title. South Korean-born
Ko fired a 6-under par 65 in
the final round to finish 72
holes on 15-under 269 and
become the youngest LPGA
player to reach $1 million in
prize money at only age 17. I
hit the ball well and gave
myself a lot of opportunities,
Ko said. You have good
chances when you get the ball
on the green. AFP
Tomic downs Karlovic
to clinch Bogota title
AUSTRALIAS Bernard Tomic
claimed his second career title
and secured a return to the
world top 100 on Sunday when
he beat defending champion
Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 7-6
(7/4) in the Colombia Open
final. The 21-year-old Tomic,
whose rollercoaster career
took another twist when he
split with global management
company IMG last week, defied
the 39 aces of Karlovic to take
victory in two hours and 13
minutes. It was his second
tour-level title, adding to a
2013 triumph at the Sydney
International. Meanwhile,
Argentinas world number 46
Leonardo Mayer captured his
first ATP title on Sunday when
he fought back to defeat top
seeded Spaniard David Ferrer,
6-7 (3/7), 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) in the
Hamburg final. AFP
Wozniacki routs Vinci to
take victory in Istanbul
TOP-SEED Caroline Wozniacki
won her first title of the year
and 22nd of her career on
Sunday when she defeated
second-seeded Italian Roberta
Vinci 6-1, 6-1 in the Istanbul
WTA final. The former world
number one has now won a
WTA title every year for the
last seven years, winning her
first three in 2008, three more
in 2009, six in 2010, six in 2011,
two in 2012, one in 2013 and
now one in 2014. Im happy to
have won my 22nd WTA title
its a great feeling. Im happy
how the final went today. I
served well and pushed her
around the court, and I really
dictated the match,
Wozniacki said. AFP
Life is sweet for Rosberg
W
ORLD championship
leader Nico Rosberg
completed the happi-
est two weeks of his life
on Sunday when he won the German
Grand Prix.
On a day of home celebrations, Ros-
berg cruised to an accomplished vic-
tory for Mercedes to increase his lead
ahead of Mercedes teammate Lewis
Hamilton in this years championship
to 14 points.
Its fantastic, Rosberg said. Its an
amazing feeling to win at home. Its a
very special day. This weekend with
pole and the win is awesome.
I didnt expect such a big advantage
in the race.
Rosberg added that he had one wor-
rying moment during his steady drive
to victory.
It came when Adrian Sutil spun and
stalled his Force India on the start-n-
ish straight, a mishap that threatened
a return of the Safety Car and the loss
of his carefully built advantage.
I denitely got a bit worried when
I saw Sutil out there, as I thought it
would be an SC, he said.
That would have made it more dif-
cult. But it was a great nish for me
in the end.
The 29-year-old German, son of
original ying Finn and 1982 champi-
on Keke Rosberg, came home a com-
fortable winner 20.7 seconds ahead of
Valtteri Bottas of Williams at the end
of an enthralling 67-lap contest.
It was the Williams teams 300th
podium nish in Formula One and
conrmed their recovery from a long
period in the doldrums as a front-run-
ning outt again. They were among
seven Mercedes powered teams in the
top 10.
Hamilton came home third just
1.8 seconds behind Bottas, ahead of
defending four time champion Se-
bastian Vettel of Red Bull, two-time
champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari
and Australian Daniel Ricciardo, in
the second Red Bull.
Rosbergs win, also his rst podium
appearance at a German race, came
after a week in which he married his
long-term girlfriend Vivian Sibold,
signed an extended contract with
Mercedes and celebrated Germanys
World Cup victory.
It was his fourth win of the season
and the seventh of his career, but even
such joyful supremacy was overshad-
owed in an incident-lled race by the
bold passing pace of Hamilton, who
started 20th on the grid following his
crash in qualifying.
The Englishman delivered a thrilling
series of moves on his way through
the eld, but in the end was unable to
grab second place in the closing laps
as Bottas hung on.
I feel really happy to be third time
in a row on podium, said Bottas, who
was third in Austria and second at Sil-
verstone two weeks ago.
It was not easy and required input
from all the engineers. Thanks to all
the fans. I saw many Finnish ags so
thank you.
Bottas also became the rst Wil-
liams driver to record three succes-
sive podium nishes since Juan Pablo
Montoya in 2003.
Hamilton was left not knowing if he
should laugh or cry.
I had great fun. I did as good as I
could. It was hard to get through the
pack safely and I had a little bit of a
collision with Jenson [Button], Ham-
ilton said.
I thought he was going to open
the door which he has done a couple
of times lately, but that was my bad
judgement. It was hard to overtake so
Im glad to get some points today.
Another German, Nico Hulken-
berg of Force India, nished seventh
ahead of Button and his McLaren
teammate, Kevin Magnussen, and
Sergio Perez, who nished 10th in the
second Force India.
Rosberg now has 190 points and
leads Hamilton on 176 by 14 points
while Bottass brilliant effort helped
Williams overtake Ferrari in the con-
structors championship, rising to
third behind Mercedes and Red Bull.
The race was lled with spectacle
from rst to last, starting with an
opening lap collision that saw Mag-
nussen collide with Felipe Massa at
the opening corner, pitching Massa
upside down in his Williams before
his car barrel-rolled to a halt.
It was Massas third opening lap
elimination this year. AFP
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg celebrates after winning the German F1 Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring racing circuit on Sunday. AFP
Nibali insists hes learnt from past mistakes
VINCENZO Nibali says he is a
more mature rider than he was
the last couple of years and
insists he is well placed to secure
a first Tour de France success.
The Italian leads Spaniard
Alejandro Valverde by 4 min-
utes and 37 seconds with six
stages left, including three in
the Pyrenees, but as he has so
far gained time on his rivals on
every uphill finish, he looks
almost certain to keep the yel-
low jersey all the way to the
Champs Elysees.
But he has been burnt before
and is determined not to come
up short again.
Two years ago Nibali was
challenging British pair Bradley
Wiggins and Chris Froome for
the Tour victory but he lost so
much time in the time trials
that he couldnt compete, fin-
ishing third overall.
He finished 6:19 behind
Wiggins but 5:56 of that was
lost in races against the clock.
These last few years Ive
learnt a lot in every big race that
every second counts, you can
never take anything for grant-
ed, said the Astana rider ahead
of yesterdays second and final
rest day.
These first two weeks have
gone quite well, the team
have worked really hard, I felt
really good and havent had a
bad day.
In the last three years
Ive worked on the time trial,
particularly my position, work-
ing on the track, and weve
found solutions.
Even last year in the Giro it
was important and I tried not
to lose too much time because
its fundamental.
Two years ago I lost a huge
amount of time [at the Tour] in
the time trial so I tried to
improve that.
Last year he led the Vuelta a
Espana for 14 stages but was
overhauled two stages before
the finish by American rider
Chris Horner.
The Sicilian says that was
partly because he was tired
at the end of a long season,
during which he had won the
Giro dItalia.
I learnt that you have to try
to manage the race in a better
way, also with the team because
its very important, the
29-year-old said.
But the Vuelta came in a dif-
ferent period of the season. I
had the Giro in my legs after a
whole season at a high level. I
didnt feel as strong as I did at
the Giro.
Here I come into it with bet-
ter preparation, Ive been
improving steadily throughout
the season with the aim to reach
my peak at the Tour de France,
and thats the way its been.
Nibali echoed the thoughts
of many when saying he was
happy yesterdays rest day
came after what has so far been
a brutal Tour with a multitude
of problems to overcome.
Not everyone managed that
with all three former winners
on the start line Froome,
Alberto Contador and Andy
Schleck long crashed out,
alongside sprinter Mark Cav-
endish. AFP
Italys Vincenzo Nibali, in the overall leaders yellow jersey, rides ahead of Spains Alejandro Valverde during
the 14th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. AFP
Chelsea set to
re-sign Drogba
for year deal
D
IDIER Drogbas return to
Chelsea on a one-year-con-
tract could be conrmed
this week, according to re-
ports in France, with the Ivory Coast
striker then set to be offered a coach-
ing role at Stamford Bridge when he
retires from playing.
Drogba is currently a free agent after
his 18-month contract at Galatasaray
came to an end at the conclusion of
the Turkish Super Lig season.
Chelseas attacking options have
been bolstered by the signing of Di-
ego Costa from Atletico Madrid and
the return of Romelu Lukaku from a
season on loan at Everton, despite
the Belgians future remaining un-
certain, but Jose Mourinho enjoys a
strong relationship with Drogba hav-
ing signed the 36-year-old from Mar-
seille in 2004 during his rst spell in
charge at Stamford Bridge and, ac-
cording to LEquipe, he is ready to
bring him back to the club for a sec-
ond spell, with the sale of Demba Ba
to Besiktas last week for 4.7 million
($8.03 million) having freed up a
place in the squad.
Drogba won three Premier League
titles, four FA Cups and the Cham-
pions League with Chelsea, scoring
157 goals during his eight-year spell
in southwest London, culminating
in scoring the equaliser and the win-
ning penalty in the 2012 Champions
League nal. He had a brief spell
in Shanghai before signing for Gal-
atasaray in January 2013. Juventus are
among other clubs to have registered
their interest in the player.
Newcastle play for MH17 victims
Newcastle United manager Alan
Pardew yesterday dedicated the clubs
preseason tour of New Zealand to two
supporters who died on Malaysia Air-
lines Flight MH17.
Britons John Alder and Liam
Sweeney were en route to New Zea-
land to watch the club in a preseason
tournament when their plane was ap-
parently shot down by pro-Russian
rebels over eastern Ukraine, killing
298 people.
Its an unbelievable event thats
happened. We feel for their families,
in particular, Pardew told reporters
in Dunedin, where Newcastle will
play Australian A-League side Sydney
FC today.
Pardew said his players were dev-
astated that two dedicated fans had
lost their lives travelling to a football
match. None of us would be sitting
here if it wasnt for our fans, he said.
Owners and managers come and
go as players do, but the fans are al-
ways there and these two guys in par-
ticular, the lengths they were going to
come here has bought home just how
important they are to us.
Newcastle will wear black arm-
bands and observe a minutes silence
before both matches of their New
Zealand tour in memory of Sweeney,
28, and Alder, 63. The English Premier
League club said Alder had barely
missed a single Newcastle game in
almost 50 years.
Pardew said Newcastle aimed to put
on a show in the four-team tourna-
ment, which also features West Ham
and Wellington Phoenix.
Its important we represent our-
selves in the right manner, especial-
ly in light of losing John and Liam,
he said.
We need to conduct ourselves well
on the pitch and off the pitch, and get
some strong results. Thats what they
would have wanted. THE GUARDIAN/AFP
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
23
Beoung Ket bash BBU
10-5, Naga Corp win
IN QUITE farcical scenes at the
Olympic Stadium on Sunday,
2012 Metfone C-League
winners Boeung Ket Rubber
Field put 10 goals past Hun Sen
Cup finalists Build Bright
United while conceding five. In
what may well have been a bad
day for the local bookmakers,
Kampong Thom-based Boeung
Ket, who were already assured
of a runner-up spot for the
second season in a row, and
University-backed BBU, who
will finish no lower than
seventh, played out the rugby
score in front of bemused fans.
In Sundays evening fixture,
Naga Corp maintained their
one-point advantage over
fourth-placed Svay Rieng, going
into the final round this
weekend with a 2-1 victory over
Western University, who have
secured survival and will finish
tenth in the standings. DANRILEY
Foreigners choose to
abandon Ukraine clubs
AT LEAST seven foreign
players for two top Ukrainian
football teams have refused to
return to the country as
tensions mount after the
Malaysia Airlines crash, media
reported on Sunday. Six
players for champions
Shakhtar Donetsk players and
an Argentine with Metalist
Kharkiv are too worried for
their safety, the reports said.
The six Donetsk players
refused to fly back to Ukraine
after their side were beaten
4-1 by Lyon in a friendly
Saturday in the French town of
Annecy, ITAR-TASS news
agency said. It named five of
the players as Brazilians Alex
Teixeira, Fred, Douglas Costa,
Dentinho and Argentine
Facundo Ferreyra. AFP
Celtic out to clear first
Euro hurdle at rugby HQ
SCOTTISH champions Celtic
will look to wrap up their
Champions League second
qualifying-round tie against
Icelandic side KR Reykjavik in
the unfamiliar surroundings of
Murrayfield tonight. Celtic hold
a slender 1-0 advantage ahead
of the return leg which will be
played in Edinburgh at the
home of Scottish rugby with
Celtic Park out of commission
due to the Commonwealth
Games. Debutant Callum
McGregor struck an 84th-
minute winner for the Hoops
in the Icelandic capital a week
ago as new boss Ronny Deila
made a winning start to his
tenure after replacing Neil
Lennon last month. AFP
Exeter lift silverware in
Rio centennial rematch
ENGLISH fourth-tier side Exeter
City lifted silverware in Rio on
Sunday as they played a
rematch of Brazils first ever
international encounter. The
minnows from southwestern
England, who have never played
even in the second division,
played out a scoreless tie with
hosts Fluminense, who fielded
their U23 side at the same
stadium which hosted their first
encounter on July 21, 1914. As
the visitors, Exeter, who had two
goals ruled out for offside while
their rivals hit the bar, were
awarded the Marcos Carneiro
de Mendonca Cup, named after
Brazils first goalkeeper, who
also played for Fluminense. AFP
Didier Drogbas return to Chelsea on a one-year-contract could be conrmed this week. AFP
We tried but were slipping, says Neymar
SIFTING through the ruins of
Brazils World Cup campaign,
star player Neymar says his
team strove hard for glory,
but other countries have
moved ahead and they must
catch up.
While refusing to pin the
blame on former handler Luiz
Felipe Scolari, Neymar also
warned young players to
beware the damage some
coaches could do to young
players development.
In an exclusive interview
with Globo television broad-
cast on Sunday, the 22-year-
old said Brazil deserved at best
seven out of 10 for a Cup show-
ing which ended with a 7-1
semifinal mauling by champi-
ons Germany.
Asked why Brazil failed Ney-
mar said that there were
simply things that could not
be explained.
We cried because it was our
childhood dream [to win it]
and had fought hard to get to
where we were.
He added that he believed
he would have chosen the
same 23 players as Scolari
for the roster but insisted
Brazil must realise it has
fallen down the pecking ord-
er and has no automatic right
to success.
I think Brazilian football is
behind. Its behind Germany
and Spain. Weve slipped
behind and we have to be man
enough to admit it.
The Barcelona star was
forced to watch the semifinal
from his coastal home in Sao
Paulo state after he suffered a
fractured vertebrae during the
quarterfinal with Colombia.
In that game, he was clat-
tered in the back by Juan
Camilo Zuniga in a move that
had nothing to do with foot-
ball, though he accepted the
Colombians later apology.
Forced onto the sidelines,
Neymar said there was no par-
ticular reason why Brazils
campaign suddenly crashed
around them.
There was no particular
mistake made by the Selecao.
I am not someone who under-
stands a huge amount about
tactics, he said.
And he refused to blame Sco-
lari, Brazils 2002 World Cup-
winning coach who resigned
after the tournament.
I had a leader [who was]
one of the best Brazilian
coaches Ive had, he said.
Neymar insisted the team
was sharp from training.
We always trained, he said.
We gave our all.
He did indicate, however,
that the intensity of training
in Brazil could be lower than
in Europe.
You train more, but some-
times you train with less
determination. Thats how
Brazilians are.
Neymar revealed he felt
some coaching of youngsters
in the game was harmful, such
as when they are told on occa-
sion to get the ball onto their
stronger foot.
The information passed
onto a player is important you
have to ask why a player did
[something in error].
I almost learned things
wrongly. The ball would come
to my left leg. The coach
would say to switch it onto
my right foot to kick as I am
right-handed.
So then my father correct-
ed that and said, no, if the ball
comes to your left leg then
you hit it with your left.
Neymar said he would seek to
fulfil his World Cup dream in
four years time in Russia.
Already a father from a previ-
ous relationship, Neymar
claimed that, at 22, it was too
early to be thinking of marrying
his 18-year-old flame, actress
Bruna Marquezine. AFP
Brazil forward Neymar celebrates scoring during a Group A football match between Brazil and Croatia at the
Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo during the 2014 FIFA World Cup on Sunday. AFP
24 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 22, 2014
Sport
McIlroy wins Open
from Garcia, Fowler
I
T WAS appropriate that Tiger Woods
was long gone from the premises by
the time Rory McIlroy stepped on to
Royal Liverpools rst tee on Sunday.
A new age of golf, with McIlroy as the
star, was endorsed by his claiming of
the 143rd Open Championship. A sport
that is so in need of heroes and poster
boys to compensate for Woodss fall
from grace has one in the form of a bar-
mans son from Hollywood.
Not only is McIlroy the box ofce
golfer of his generation, he has a proven
ability to achieve results in any com-
pany. His signicance should never be
underestimated; this young man plays
with a air and uency that sets him
apart from his peers.
On a course where Woods swatted aside
all before him in 2006, McIlroy provided
an imperious front-running performance
from the moment he signed for an open-
ing round of 66. He closed with a 71 for a
two-stroke victory, amid spine-tingling
scenes of celebration that illustrated the
popularity of McIlroys triumph.
McIlroys day four was not nearly as
spectacular as what had come before, but
it did not have to be. It is a tribute to the
new holder of the Claret Jug that no on-
looker truly had cause to believe he could
be upstaged. This was gritty stuff, just
when McIlroy needed it.
Rorys redemption is complete. His toils
of 2013 pale into irrelevance in the con-
text of a career that has now yielded three-
quarters of a grand slam of majors. McIl-
roy is only 25. Only Woods and the great
Jack Nicklaus had, like McIlroy, won three
majors by this juncture in their lives.
They said this would be the major McIl-
roy would struggle to win, that his high
ball ight and fondness for aggression
would never prevail on a links course.
When McIlroy struggled throughout so
much of last year, it was even claimed his
earlier success should not have been re-
garded as a sign of things to come.
How he has comprehensively dismissed
such notions; it is inconceivable McIlroy
will not enter the pantheon of golng leg-
ends by adding the Masters to his title col-
lection at some point.
Such matters are for the future. In the
present, McIlroy has been catapulted to
No 2 in the world rankings. Only Adam
Scott lies between McIlroy and a return to
top spot. Northern Ireland has provided
two Open champions in four years, after
Darren Clarke in 2011.
McIlroys father, Gerry, is 100,000 ($171
million) richer after having the foresight
to bet on the 15-year-old Rory winning an
Open before he turned 26.
It was McIlroys tearful mother, Rosie,
who was beckoned on to the 18th green
after the nal putt had been tapped in.
Dad was not far behind.
Whether on account of a mental bar-
rier or simple carelessness, Sergio Garcas
major wait goes on.
His tame putt for birdie one hole from
home, when he had one last chance to
scare McIlroy, was the most frustrating as-
pect of Garcias day.
Rickie Fowler became only the third
player in history not to win an Open de-
spite four rounds in the 60s. McIlroys
Sunday playing partner signed for a 67,
which secured a tie for second with Garca
at an aggregate of 15 under par.
Adam Scott departed Merseyside with
a smile after his 66. The Australians dou-
ble bogey on the seventh proved a rare
aberration; Scott tied for fth alongside
his compatriot Marc Leishman. Jim Fu-
ryk was fourth on his own, having taken
just 65 Sunday shots.
McIlroy was to stand on the 18th tee
holding a three-shot lead, with Garcia yet
to make his birdie. McIlroy also held an
iron; this was no time for recklessness.
Moments later, he made the famous
and acclaimed walk that every young
golfer should dream of. McIlroys style
and success has inspired them, which
highlights the wider benet of his historic
victory. THE GUARDIAN
Northern Irelands Rory McIlroy looks at the Claret Jug after winning the 2014 British Open Golf
Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Course in Hoylake, northwest England on Sunday. AFP
French national rugby players
hurt in machete, sabre attack
A DOZEN armed men at-
tacked French rugby union
internationals Aurelien Roug-
erie, Julien Pierre and Ben-
jamin Kayser with machetes
as they walked back to their
hotel at night, their club said
on Sunday.
Pierre, who with Rougerie
was in the French team that
lost the 2011 Rugby World Cup
nal, was to undergo surgery
on deep cuts to his hip, the
ASM Clermont club said.
All three were rushed to
hospital after the attack in the
southern town of Millau, but
none of their injuries were life-
threatening, the club said.
As they walked back to
their hotel overnight Satur-
day, a group of players was
assaulted by a dozen people
carrying weapons includ-
ing machetes, sabres, the
club said.
The players were briey
staying in Millau on their way
to a training camp.
Police said the incident took
place at around 3am after the
players went to a nightclub,
where they may have rowed
with other revellers.
Jean-Marc Lhermet, ASM
Clermonts sporting director,
said the attack was as unex-
pected as it was brutal.
No one was expecting that.
The evening had gone re-
ally well, he said, adding that
Kayser and Rougerie were
due to leave hospital on Sun-
day evening after sustaining
injuries on their arms.
No one was immediately de-
tained. The club one of the
best in France denounced an
extremely violent incident.
The entire club is deeply
shocked and outraged by
these acts and will bring all
the necessary support to lo-
cal authorities who have
launched a probe, it said.
Rougerie, 33, is Clermonts
captain and has 77 caps for
France. Kayser, 29, has played
24 times for France and Pierre,
33, has 27 caps. AFP