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Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
ON THE side of a well-traf-
ficked street in Phnom
Penhs Daun Penh district, a
man with a razor blade
bends over a small rectangle
of sheet metal overlaid with
a vinyl stencil.
As letters and numbers are
lifted away, the plate begins
to take on a familiar appear-
ance a line of Khmer script
at the top, followed by a five-
digit numeric sequence
below and RCAF at the bot-
tom, in a plain, bold font.
After a strafing of white
spray paint and a few min-
utes in the sun, the vinyl is
peeled away revealing a
standard Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces licence plate
on the militarys distinctive
blue-over-red background.
The cost, for any paying cus-
tomer with an interest in
buying it, is $6.25.
Driving a car bearing the
official insignia of the police
or military is punishable
Kevin Ponniah
CAMBODIA has again de-
ferred a litany of key recom-
mendations to improve its
human rights standing that
were proffered by other states
at a review earlier this year.
Back in front of the UN
Human Rights Council in
Geneva yesterday, the gov-
ernment also rejected four
recommendations it had ini-
tially accepted, a move which
an international rights fed-
eration described as unprec-
edented behaviour. Anoth-
er four previously agreed to
were deferred.
The decision now lowers
the number of accepted rec-
ommendations from 171 in
January, when the review
was held, to 163.
Every UN member state
must regularly undergo the
Universal Periodic Review
process, which sees other
states review its rights record
and offer specific recom-
mendations to improve it.
Cambodia was offered
205 recommendations at
its review in January and
was criticised at the time
for deferring 34 of them,
including lifting restric-
tions on peaceful demon-
strations, formulating clear
instructions on the use of
firearms by security forces
in line with human rights
standards and impartial-
ly investigating excessive
force used by authorities
against protesters.
Yesterday, as Januarys
review was formally adopted,
Cambodia chose to take
Vendors
with a
licence
to forge
Govt
defers
rights
advice
Laignee Barron
and Chhay Channyda
P
RIME Minister Hun Sen
yesterday had sharp
words for neighbouring
Thailand, criticising the
junta-led country for abusing
the rights of Cambodian work-
ers in what he called the largest-
ever repatriation effort seen by
the Kingdom.
Speaking at an event in the
capital attended by the Thai
ambassador, the premier said it
was a violation to return more
than 250,000 migrant workers
this month without prior notifi-
cation, and appealed to the junta
to release 13 Cambodians arrest-
ed for allegedly using fake visas.
I would like to ask [coup
leader] General Prayuth Chan-
ocha to drop all charges
against them, he said, adding
that the detained workers are
innocent of any wrongdoing,
but are themselves victims of
a scam after they paid for legal
visas only to receive fake doc-
uments instead.
The workers cannot read
Thai, so they didnt know if the
Junta action a violation
As border meet looms, PM nally speaks out on migrant situation
A man etches masking off
what will be a fake RCAF
number plate yesterday in
Phnom Penh. CHARLOTTE PERT
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under the Cambodian Penal
Code with a prison term rang-
ing from one month to one
year, and a fine of up to $500.
In fact, two men were sen-
tenced to three years in prison
earlier this month for imper-
sonating police officers after
being caught wearing a fake
police uniform, carrying a fake
gun and driving a motorbike
with fake police plates.
Nonetheless, fake plates can
be bought as easily as a Beware
of Dog sign, and business is as
brisk as ever in the trade, sellers
like Sambath*, a 10-year vet-
eran, said.
I think that although it
is an illegal business, it is a
good way to make money to
support my family, he said.
There are at least between
five and 10 people coming
every day to get fake number
plates to put on their motor-
bikes or cars from my place,
and on some good days there
are up to 30 people a day.
Sambath offers a range of
plates RCAF, military police,
National Police, civil servant,
NGO, press all of which cost
between $4.50 and $10.
As I have noticed, most of
the plate numbers that they
have ordered . . . are RCAF or
[military police] or National
Police, he said, adding that the
business did have a bit of over-
head. For the safety of busi-
ness, [every day] I have to pay
at least 10,000 riel [about $2.50]
to customs police and other
related police.
The motivations for buying
fake plates vary with the buy-
ers, but its no surprise that
price is one of them. The fees
for licensing vehicles have
proved controversial in the
past, with the high fees for
properly registering motor-
bikes leading demonstrators to
take to the streets and clash
with police in 2009.
One local businessman said
he recently paid $800 for an
untaxed, unregistered bike. The
same bike, if he had paid the
proper fees, would have cost
$2,000, he said. The perceived
impunity that comes with an
RCAF plate sweetened the deal,
he added.
The reason why I had the
RCAF number plate made to
put on my motorbike was
because it protects my motor-
bike from traffic police checks
or arrest, Vichea said.
When I put on the RCAF
number plate, the traffic
police will think that I am a
military officer or competent
authority, so they will not stop
and check my motorbike.
A 38-year-old motodop said
that avoiding police fines was a
chief motivation of his as well,
but that going through the
proper channels was too expen-
sive and time-consuming.
I pay only $5, and can get it
within a few hours, he said.
But if I apply or get an official
number plate from the Minis-
try of Public Works and Trans-
port, its very expensive $35,
and it takes 30 days.
But civilians trying to evade
the law arent the only ones
buying plates, as evidenced by
a man who identified himself
as a National Police officer as
he bought a fake National
Police plate.
Im getting a fake National
Police plate number because I
could not get an official police
plate from my police unit, he
said. I applied for it almost a
year ago, but I couldn't get one
because I have no money to
bribe the corrupt higher-rank-
ing supervisors.
I put the National Polices
plate on because I wanted to
show the public that I was a
policeman, he added.
Major General Him Yan, chief
of the Ministry of Interiors dis-
cipline department, and
Lieutenant General Kirth
Chantharith, spokesman for
the National Police, could not
be reached for comment on
the matter.
However, Captain Chuon
Samnang, a traffic police offic-
er at a checkpoint in Sen Sok
district, said that there were
simply too many vehicles for
police to check every one.
Indeed, the Ministry of Public
Works and Transport reported
last year that vehicle registra-
tions rose nearly 8 per cent
from 2011 to 2012 bringing
the total number of licensed
vehicles in the country to more
than two million. However,
observers said at the time that
even then, a large number of
vehicles were probably slipping
through cracks in the registra-
tion process.
Samnang, the traffic cop, said
that police typically only check
the veracity of a plate when
stopping a motorist for an
unrelated offence.
These days, our traffic police
do not properly check or con-
trol motorbikes or vehicles
number plates to see whether
they are real or fake while peo-
ple are driving down the road,
because there are so many
motos and cars, said Sam-
nang, the traffic cop. If we are
busy stopping and checking
them, it would cause more traf-
fic jams on the roads.
As long as that remains the
case, plate makers like Tuol Kork
districts Sopheak* will continue
to enjoy their day in the sun.
I think that this is a good
business to make money,
because no one dares do it, he
said. I think that as long as
there is no strict prevention
from the relevant authorities, I
will continue doing it forever.
*Names were changed to pro-
tect sources for this story
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A man cuts away masking from a fake RCAF number plate he is making at his workshop in Phnom Penh yesterday. CHARLOTTE PERT
Forged licence plates
big business in capital
Im getting a fake National Police
plate number because I could
not apply to get an official
police plate from my police unit
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Compromise of sorts on dam
Laignee Barron
I
N AN unexpected decision
yesterday, Lower Mekong
countries opened a two-
day meeting in Bangkok
by jointly agreeing a controver-
sial hydropower dam must un-
dergo regional consultation but
could continue construction.
Laoss delegation to the
Mekong River Commission
the intergovernmental body
responsible for facilitating
cooperation along the river
announced that it would yield
to neighbouring countries
demands and submit its Don
Sahong Hydropower Project
to further evaluation by mem-
ber countries.
The Lao government repre-
sentatives made it clear, how-
ever, that they were not will-
ing to halt construction on the
$300 million project located
less than 2 kilometres north
of Cambodia.
This is a problem, because
it means that the most inu-
ence the other countries can
hope to have is to provide in-
put on how it is built and what
sort of mitigation measures
are used, said Ame Trandem,
Southeast Asia program di-
rector at International Rivers.
But under international law,
affected countries have the
right to request more studies
and have a say in the project
before it moves forward.
Cambodia, Thailand and Viet-
nam have all requested that the
Don Sahongs Malaysian devel-
opers Mega First Corporation
Berhad postpone assembly
until transboundary impact as-
sessments could be conducted
to determine what kind of ef-
fects the dam may have on the
60 million residents relying on
the Mekong, as well as several
volatile migratory sh species.
But the developers have so far
not complied.
There are options to sustain-
ably manage the water resource
that will allow [the countries]
to meet power demands while
conserving the ecological integ-
rity of the Mekong, said Marc
Goichot, hydropower specialist
at World Wildlife Foundation.
We do not need to take incon-
siderable risks with Lower Me-
kong mainstream dams.
The Don Sahong is the
second of nine hydropower
dams that Laos plans to use
to boost its economy, which
is currently the smallest of the
ASEAN states.
Earlier this week, the Thai
courts accepted a lawsuit
against the rst of Laoss dams,
the 1,285-megawatt Xayaburi
dam, based in part on the
lack of scientic study proving
that it would not harm down-
stream villagers.
A man checks his shing nets in May at the proposed location of the Don Sahong Hydropower Project in
southern Laos. INTERNATIONAL RIVERS
CPP passes 3 more
laws without CNRP
Meas Sokchea

THE National Assembly,
which remains lled with only
ruling Cambodian Peoples
Party lawmakers due to the
oppositions boycott, passed
three laws in almost as many
hours yesterday, including a
key development plan that
will require an estimated
$26.58 billion in spending
and investment over the next
ve years.
The National Strategic De-
velopment Plan (NSDP) 2014-
2018, the governments guiding
policy document, was passed
unanimously by 65 ruling par-
ty lawmakers, along with a law
on legal cooperation between
Cambodia and Vietnam and
an extradition treaty with the
neighbouring country.
All laws were passed with
no substantive debate on the
oor of parliament. A few law-
makers did speak up, but only
to lambast the Cambodia Na-
tional Rescue Party for not be-
ing there.
Deputy CNRP leader Kem
Sokha reiterated the opposi-
tions stance that any laws
passed by parliament in partys
absence were meaningless.
This is a single-party par-
liament, an illegal parliament
and Im not interested, he
said yesterday.
Whatever the [CPP] wants
to pass it can go ahead and
do it because these laws are
all meaningless.
Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam
Yeap defended the bills being
passed, saying that all laws had
come under rigorous scrutiny.
I would like to tell everyone
that the Cambodian Peoples
Party is a party that examines
[laws] clearly. We have led the
country for 25 years, so before
submitting [laws] to [parlia-
ment] we invite ministers to
debate them, he said.
The NSDP was approved by
the Council of Ministers late
last month and has raised con-
cerns that its current estimat-
ed cost will saddle the country
with debt.
As the law was being read
yesterday, CPP lawmaker Suos
Yara stood to question Senior
Minister of Planning Chhay
Than about the plan, but not in
relation to its funding.
I would like to raise a ques-
tion to your excellency senior
minister and the working
group: Have you created and
prepared indicators [showing]
the risks caused by politicians
who were elected but have not
served the people?
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Govt dismisses advice on human rights
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those recommendations on
notice, rather than accepting
them, after having been given
almost five months to consider
their position and respond.
These recommendations are
noted and are under considera-
tion among the inter-ministeri-
al [sic] in order to make sure
they reflect the situation on the
ground and [are] in line with
national, regional situation,
Cambodia said in an addendum
to the UPR report.
Accepted recommendations
relate to issues including
improving detention condi-
tions, increased cooperation
with UN rights bodies, eliminat-
ing child labour, judicial reform
and the creation of a national
human rights body.
The government also accept-
ed some recommendations
related to freedom of expres-
sion, freedom of assembly and
protecting human rights de-
fenders, despite deferring others
that touch on similar themes.
Key donor states present at
the council yesterday voiced
disappointment with Cambo-
dias decision to defer so
many recommendations.
The US delegation criticised
Cambodias lack of respect for
freedom of assembly and the
harassment of trade union
activists, while noting with dis-
appointment that Cambodia
had not accepted its recom-
mendation to repeal or amend
certain articles of the Penal
Code relating to defamation.
The UK delegation said it
strongly encouraged the gov-
ernment to agree to its recom-
mendations that an urgent
review of economic land con-
cessions take place before the
current moratorium is lifted.
It also urged the government
to comply with another recom-
mendation to ensure the draft
cybercrime law does not curtail
freedom of expression.
According to Nicolas Agostini,
UN delegate for the Interna-
tional Federation for Human
Rights, which represents local
rights groups Adhoc and Licad-
ho, by un-accepting recom-
mendations it had previously
accepted, [Cambodia] is setting
a new low for the UPR.
By refusing to respond to rec-
ommendations to investigate
cases of use of excessive force
against protesters, including
killings, the Cambodian govern-
ment is unambiguously saying
that its officials and affiliates
can act with impunity, he said
in an email.
But Ney Samol, Cambodias
permanent representative to
the UN, said the acceptance of
163 recommendations reflects
further strong commitment and
seriousness that Cambodia has
made, [is making] and will con-
tinue to make towards the pro-
motion and protection of
human rights.
Soun Bunsak, executive sec-
retary of the Cambodian Human
Rights Action Committee, said
that he was somewhat optimis-
tic that the government, despite
deferring several recommenda-
tions, would make more of an
effort to implement them this
time around.
To me, I see that the ruling
party has been losing more
seats in the National Assembly,
so I think . . . they might try to
make the effective implementa-
tion of those recommendations
so that they can gain back pop-
ularity from the population.
In a statement, the Cambodian
Center for Human Rights said
the government appeared to be
taking a more realistic approach
this time, after failing to imple-
ment any of the recommenda-
tions it accepted in 2009.
That being said, it is within
the power of the Cambodian
government to put into effect all
of these recommendations; the
RGC just needs the political will
to do so, CCHR freedom of
expression project coordinator
Ramana Sorn said.
A journalist lies on the road after being beaten by municipal security
personnel near Phnom Penhs Freedom Park in May. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Alice Cuddy
A
US-BASED Cambo-
dian dissident who
has been labelled
a terrorist by the
government will face charg-
es of incitement at Phnom
Penh Municipal Court next
month, he and his lawyer
said yesterday.
Sourn Serey Ratha, the lead-
er of the Khmer People Power
Movement (KPPM), will go on
trial on July 9 for incitement
to commit a crime, his lawyer,
Sok Sam Ouen, told the Post.
According to Sam Ouen, the
charges relate to a case last
year involving handing out
leaets and owers.
In August 2013, four people
accused of distributing hun-
dreds of leaets encouraging
a military coup, allegedly un-
der the orders of Serey Ratha,
were arrested.
All denied the charges and
two of the defendants said
they had been arrested while
picking up owers they in-
tended to hand out to troops
posted around the city.
The four were released on
bail later that month and ac-
cording to Am Sam Ath, senior
investigator at rights group
Licadho, the charges were
dropped last September.
Ofcials at Phnom Penh
Municipal Court would not
conrm the details of Serey
Rathas case yesterday.
It is linked to national se-
curity so I havent been told
this information, court clerk
Heng Vireak said.
Ofcials at the Interior Min-
istry and National Police could
not be reached.
Serey Ratha, who is also
charged with treason in a
separate case, said that he was
unsure what the latest charges
related to and would not be
attending the trial.
If I attend, they will arrest
me, [and] then I will loss my
opportunity to . . . liberate my
country, he said by email.
Though Serey Ratha will not
be at the trial, he has written
a letter to the US Embassy
requesting that it send an
observer to monitor the case
and put more pressure on the
Cambodian government to . . .
free [him] without condition.
Sam Oeun said he received
a call from an embassy ofcial
yesterday asking questions
about the trial.
Court date for dissident
accused of incitement
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Pollution woes
Govt meets
with locals
about mine

O
FFICIALS from the
Ministry of Mines and
Energy yesterday met
with villagers in Ratanak-
kiri provinces Taveng district
about a gold mine they allege
violates the law and introduces
toxic chemicals into the nearby
Sesan River.
Taveng District Governor
Muong Pang said he ordered
the companies that operate
the mine one Chinese, the
other Vietnamese to halt
work in April to no avail.
One company was licensed
to dredge sand, but not to
mine, he said.
The [mine department]
authorities promised the
villagers they will take action,
Pang said. I ask the villagers
to please not worry about this.
Tram Thaim, who was visited
by the governor and ministry
officials at his home along
the Sesan, said time is of the
essence in stopping work at
the mine.
We have waited a long
time. We need the company to
stop their activity in this river,
because it affects all residents
health, Thaim said during the
visit. SEN DAVID
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Despite jail,
village chief
retains title
Thik Kaliyann
Siem Reap town
A VILLAGE chief in Siem Reap
who was sentenced on Tuesday
to a year in prison for levelling
private property to construct
an office building will retain his
position at least until his
appeal hearing is over, a com-
mune official said yesterday.
Thang Som, 51, Phnom Krom
village chief in Siem Reap dis-
tricts Siem Riep commune,
and Nhek Ork, 51, were con-
victed by the provincial court,
despite allegedly receiving per-
mission from Siem Reap Gov-
ernor Tep Bun Chhay to build
on the land.
If the Court of Appeal inves-
tigates and still convicts him
[Som] to one year in jail, we will
tell him to step down, Oum
Chat, Siem Reap commune
chief, said.
Prom Lang, the landowner,
has yet to file any complaint,
while Som and Ork have each
been ordered to pay $500 to the
complainant, Mary Puth.
The dispute began in 2012
when Puth filed a complaint
claiming the men destroyed
trees on property she had been
tending for five years.
Evictees take protest to ADB
Khouth Sophak Chakrya

H
UNDREDS of vil-
lagers from Bat-
tambang, Banteay
Meanchey and
Preah Sihanouk provinces
joined evictees from the capi-
tal yesterday to protest in front
of the Asian Development
Banks ofce in Phnom Penh.
The demonstrators led ob-
jections over their treatment
as a result of the ADB-funded
$143 million restoration of
the countrys railway system,
which has seen them evicted
from their homes and left
many worse off by relocation.
Right now, the roads around
our house ood in the rainy
season because there is no
drainage system, Chho Savon,
from Poipet, said of his new
village. We have taken loans
to build our houses at the new
site, so we need the ADB to pay
for infrastructure.
Protesters held banners yes-
terday demanding necessary
schools, health centres, infra-
structure and drainage sys-
tems in their communities.
Families began moving out
of their homes to make way for
the project in 2010.
Rights groups say resettle-
ment plans were awed from
the very beginning.
A scathing report from
the ADBs internal watch-
dog released earlier this year
slammed the bank for fail-
ing to ensure resettlement
carried out by the govern-
ment with oversight from the
bank complied with its own
internal safeguards.
Families have said that, in
addition to poor facilities at
relocation sites, they werent
paid adequately to account for
lost income while moving and
that payments did not account
for ination. Many say they fell
into debt as a result.
Lim Chek, a 46-year-old
community representative
from Sihanoukville, said
the ADB promised to have a
meeting with villagers about
its plans to remedy the situ-
ation. Instead, he said, gov-
ernment ministries simply
mailed the board-approved
action plan to residents.
But Eric Sidgwick, ADBs
country director, pledged yes-
terday that the bank would
consult with affected families.
We acknowledged receipt
of the petition letter and com-
ments received from represen-
tatives of affected households,
and agreed to have further
consultations with them with
a view to addressing the con-
cerns raised.
A building marked for destruction sits beside a rail line near Samrong Estate in February after villagers
were relocated from their homes for an ADB-funded railway rehabilitation project. HONG MENEA
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Discreet burglary ends
in plain-as-day beating
A KAMPONG Speu man is no
doubt reconsidering the value
of a hundred dollars after a
recent robbery attempt went
desperately awry. Police said
the 24-year-old had taken
advantage of an unlocked door
to make his way into the Odong
district home on Wednesday
and grab the cash. Unfortu-
nately for our burglar, the
sleeping resident awoke and
sounded the alarm, one quickly
responded to by overenthusias-
tic neighbours, who pum-
melled the thief within an inch
of his life. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Cat burglars poison
two dogs, steal tractor
A VILLAGE chief is mourning
the death of his dogs and the
loss of his homemade tractor
after a particularly cruel rob-
bery in Poipet on Wednesday.
Police said the victims two
dogs were fed poisoned meat
in the dead of night, silencing
their potential barks and allow-
ing the thief (or thieves) to
abscond with the tractor. Cops
say myriad suspects exist in the
border town. DEUMAMPIL
Swords at dawn after
student stares at rival
LIKE something out of the
worlds worst Kurosawa film, a
pair of students in Battambang
town faced off on Wednesday in
a fight with samurai swords.
The pre-planned duel shook
students up enough that they
called police in to break it up,
but not before a fair amount of
blood was spilled. The would-
be victor in the duel was
caught whilst trying to escape
and explained he was angry at
the other student for looking
at his face in class, while the
other explained they were both
gangsters. DEUMAMPIL
Seven-of-a-kind show
their hands, pay price
SEVEN motodops in Pursat
town have seen the light when
it comes to gambling, after
local police saw theirs first.
Police said that the card-play-
ing septet were indulging in
some illegal cards and decided
to illuminate matters to keep
the game going as night fell.
Spying the light under a tree,
patrolling cops sped down the
quiet street and raided the
game. Police managed to
arrest five, with two disappear-
ing into the night. Six motos
were also confiscated, which
helped leverage pledges to stop
gambling. KAMPUCHEATHMEY
Borrowed wheels end
up sold for cash again
A DRUNKENLY-LOANED moto
was, perhaps unsurprisingly for
blotter readers, never returned,
leading to an arrest on
Wednesday in the capitals
Daun Penh district. Police said
the bike in question had been
loaned to a 22-year-old class-
mate after a night of drinking at
a party. Five days later, the vic-
tim realised the bike was not
coming back and filed a com-
plaint. Upon arrest, the one-
time school chum admitted he
had sold the scooter and pock-
eted the cash. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
CHIP MONG GROUP
VACANCIES
Chip Mong Group Ltd is engaged in a portfolio of diversiied
businesses from the supply of building materials to the
manufacturing and distribution of consumer and beverage
products in Cambodia. To cope with our rapid expansion, we are
looking for the following positions:
Recruitment Supervisor 1.
Account Payable 2.
Supervisor
Treasury Supervisor 3.
Logistics Supervisor 4.
Plant Supervisor 5.
Concrete
Secretary 6.
Recruitment Oficer 7.
Administrative Oficer 8.
(1 Logistic , 1 Finance)
Stock Oficer 9.
GPS Controller 10.
Local Purchasing Oficer 11.
Oversea Purchasing Oficer 12.
(1 Chinese speaking and 1
Thai speaking)
Sales Project Oficer 13.
Chinese speaking
Sales Admin Oficer 14.
Sales Oficer 15.
Telemarketing Oficer 16.
Sales Representatives 17.
(Phnom Penh, Siem Reap,
Kampong Som, Takeo,
Kampong Chhnang)
Project SalesCoordinator 18.
Project Sales Engineer 19.
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A PACKAGING factory is back
in business, opening its doors
after about 200 former em-
ployees stopped blocking ship-
ments, which they had been
doing since Saturday.
Factory management at Harta
Packing Industries acquiesced
to a negotiation session with
the group, which has been pro-
testing against the company for
allegedly not paying seniority
bonuses out when the factory
changed ownership.
Our factory wants to go
on with our business and the
court process is too slow, So
Pheakdey, a manager at the
factory, said yesterday. Thats
why the company decided to
negotiate out of the court sys-
tem with the workers by taking
all the problems and put on the
table to nd resolution.
Sar Bora, a, Harta produc-
tion manager and president of
the Workers Friendship Union
there, said strikers will continue
unless seniority bonuses are
paid and complaints led in
court dropped.
If the company rejects our
terms, we will start blocking the
gate again, Bora said.
Factory reopens amid strike
PM speaks out on migrant situation
Continued from page 1
visa was fake or not, he added,
ahead of a meeting today
between high-ranking officials
from the two governments on
the Thai side of the border.
The prime minister had, until
yesterday, stayed quiet regard-
ing the sudden, mass exodus of
Cambodian workers from Thai-
land. He revealed, however, that
he has been communicating
with General Prayuth through
letters, and was informed ear-
lier this month that Thailand
was enforcing migrant worker
policies to curb human traf-
ficking, though there was no
intention to use force or to
expel the migrants.
The premier also tried to lend
a positive note to the situation,
calling it an opportunity to turn
illegal status into more secure
legal work overseas.
Last week, the Ministry of
Labour and Vocational Training
announced that it would pro-
vide workers and students with
$4 passports, and also recently
banned recruitment agencies
from charging workers any
commission fee. The new, yet-
to-be-implemented, legalisa-
tion process will cost $49 and
involve a two-and-a-half month
waiting period as all documents
are procured.
Its a good measure in theory,
but its not going to work, said
political analyst Kem Ley. It
doesnt take into account indi-
rect costs or opportunity costs,
like to travel [to one of two pass-
port offices in the country] and
housing costs while the workers
wait, during which they will be
losing income by not working.
Hun Sen said yesterday that
he hopes to resolve such issues
by opening a passport office in
every province, though did not
elaborate on how or when that
could be accomplished.
The opposition denigrated
the governments efforts how-
ever, faulting the head of state
for talking loudly but not talking
more concrete steps to assist the
workers, especially the 13 who
could face trial in Thailand.
By just announcing his posi-
tion, hes not actually doing any-
thing, opposition lawmaker
Son Chhay said yesterday. As the
leader of the country, the prime
minister is responsible for get-
ting [the jailed workers] home.
Chhay added that there are
many diplomatic channels
available, recalling that when
Thailand has taken issue with
Cambodia in the past, they
closed the border.
Hun Sen showed no interest
in retaliating however, and both
countries have maintained they
are cooperating over the bilat-
eral issue. Senior officials from
both governments are set to
meet today for a press confer-
ence on the Thai side of the
Poipet-Aranyaprathet border,
and the prime minister said he
expects an envoy from Thailand
to visit Phnom Penh on July 1.
Addressing the workers yes-
terday, Hun Sen told them that
they do not have to go abroad
for jobs.
Although wages here are
lower than what you earn in
Thailand, if you compare to fees
you spend to get illegally to
Thailand, it is not so much less,
he said, adding that working in
our country is safer.
On Wednesday, the National
Employment Agency put out a
statement advertising 16,146
vacant jobs largely in the gar-
ment sector, aiming to prove the
government could in fact
employ the recently returned
migrant workers.
There are probably enough
jobs if you include all the avail-
ability in the agriculture and
construction sectors, said
Hong Choeun, director gen-
eral of the agency.
Choeun also refuted yester-
day the workers claims that
they make too little in Cambo-
dia to afford to live.
Not all unskilled Cambodian
workers go to Thailand, so they
must earn enough, he said.
Thailand was like a goldrush of
people, because they heard they
could make more money, but
now the goldrush is over.
Migrant workers wait in trucks at the border in Poipet to be transported home earlier this month. VIREAK MAI

This week in biz
Casinos, online betting
operators face reform
THE Cambodian government
this week confirmed it is
drafting a series of changes
to the Kingdoms gaming laws
to draw major players from
Macau and the US and
potentially create a new tax
base from the growing, illegal
online betting industry. A
government spokesman said
the changes would impose
stricter and more transparent
demands on gaming
operators and could be
finalised as early as this year.
Young population spurs
boom for wedding biz
THE exuberant wedding
industry in Phnom Penh is
booming. With more than
11,800 weddings celebrated
across the capital during 2013
alone, almost double 2012s
total of 6,380, business
owners and analysts say the
colourful industrys growth is
due to Cambodians rising
affluence and an increase in
young people moving to the
capital city.
Target lowers orders in
wake of January strikes
AMERICAN retailer Target is
scaling back its sourcing from
Cambodia, Minister of
Commerce Sun Chanthol said
during a trade mission to the
US earlier this week. Target
joins clothing brand Levi
Strauss in having reduced
orders following a deadly
apparel worker strike in early
January, Chanthol said.
Govt announces strict
food, drink standards
FROM August all food- and
beverage-related products
will face mandatory health
regulations. The government
late last week unveiled 10
national standards which will
be compulsory for all fish,
noodle, beverage, soy sauce,
cement, safety helmet and
plastic bottle producers to
follow, and which will be
enforced by police.
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
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Telecoms warned over ID lapse
May Kunmakara

S
ENIOR government of-
cials yesterday issued
a stern warning to the
countrys largest mo-
bile operators, claiming they
handed out SIM cards to mi-
grant workers returning from
Thailand without getting their
proper identication.
According to deputy na-
tional police commissioner
Chhay Sinarith, Metphone,
Smart and Cellcard started
giving out the donation pack-
ages, which included SIM
cards with free credit, to mi-
grants eeing Thailand in fear
of a crackdown by the military
junta about two weeks ago.
We found that a lot of SIM
cards had been sold or given
away without identifying the
subscribers, Sinarith said.
Of course, we do recognise
their [mobile operators] gen-
erosity, but they have to make
sure that those given a SIM
card have been properly iden-
tied, otherwise this will make
trouble in society, because
they can use the [unidenti-
ed] SIM to make explosive
devices, he said.
Government ofcials held
a meeting with the telcos
yesterday at National Police
headquarters in Phnom Penh.
Sinarith said the mobile oper-
ators were given two weeks to
attain proper documentation
from the SIM card recipients
or take action to terminate the
new subscriber accounts.
We ordered them [mobile
operators] to send an SMS
notication, voice message or
use whatever means neces-
sary to contact those people
who were given the SIMs
[and] demand that they pro-
vide documents proving their
identity, the deputy police
commissioner said.
Smart CEO Thomas Hundt
yesterday denied any wrong-
doing. He said that his compa-
nys identication processes
remained stringent and that
every person had his or her ID
card photographed before re-
ceiving a SIM card.
As a general practice and
also in this case, Smart is very
strict, and for this reason [SIM
cards] are only being handed
out with an ID card, he said.
Cellcard, however, admitted
that in a rush to help return-
ing migrants, some people
were signed up to the mobile
provider without presenting
proper identication.
There may have been in-
stances where due to the de-
mand for Cellcard sims full id
was not provided, Cellcard
CEO Ian Watson, said via text
message yesterday.
[I]n these exceptional cases
we [will] retrospectively get ID.
We have spoken to all of all our
sale team to ensure full adher-
ence to the ID requirements.
He added that this was not
common practice for the rm.
Of the three mobile opera-
tors, Vietnamese-owned rm
Metphone handed out the
most SIM cards at 12,000. Cell-
card gave out about 7,000 and
Smart about 2,000, according
to Sinarith.
Metfone could not be
reached for comment.
Cambodian migrant workers arrive in the border city of Poipet after crossing the Thai border into Banteay
Meanchey province earlier this month. WVIREAK MAI
VietJet looking to take to skies in September
THE Thai offshoot of Vietnams no-frills
airline VietJet Air plans to start com-
mercial service in September.
The targeted launch of Thai VietJet Air
is in line with the progress made in
securing an air operators certificate and
other required operating permits from
Thailands Civil Aviation Department as
well as the reviving travel business out-
look in the post-coup era.
The political situation in our country
has been improving and thus given us
much more confidence to start com-
mercial service in early September,
Thai VietJet founder Somphong Sook-
sanguan told the Bangkok Post.
The prolonged political turmoil,
which peaked in the first five months of
this year, prompted several startup air-
lines in Thailand to delay their launch-
es as the civil unrest took its toll on
travel demand, particularly from for-
eign travellers who were advised not to
visit the country.
Thai VietJets business plan includ-
ing network coverage and marketing
strategy is being finalised, while near-
ly 60 staff including about 10 pilots
have already been recruited, Som-
phong said.
The airline is most likely to begin with
flights from Bangkoks Suvarnabhumi
airport to Chiang Mai and Phuket,
where flight slot allocations are limited
due to heavy air traffic.
There will be two aircraft both Air-
bus 320-200 single-aisle jets operat-
ing Thai VietJets routes this year, and
more will be added later when the
operation expands.
The jets will come from VietJet Air,
which owns 49 per cent of Thai VietJet,
with the remaining 51 per cent owned
by Kannithi Aviation, part of the Kan-
nithi conglomerate, whose core port-
folio lies in debt-collecting firm Kan-
nithi Co and also includes commuter
airline Kan Air.
Kannithi Aviation and VietJet Air
formed the partnership to set up Thai
VietJet last June, and early this year it
said the new airline would take to the
skies in mid-2014.
Thai VietJets entry will intensify com-
petition in the highly contested low-
cost airline market in Thailand, which
is predominantly controlled by two
major operators Thai AirAsia and Nok
Air. It will also consolidate the position
of VietJet Air, which has been operating
regular flights between Suvarnabhumi
airport and Ho Chi Minh City and
Hanoi since last year using A320 jets.
BANGKOK POST
Pawn shops have been on the
rise considerably since the Min-
istry of Economy and Finance
approved licences for their
operation in 2009. Cash U Up
has been a licensed operator
since 2010, when an initial $
2.5 million investment helped
open their rst branch on Si-
hanouk Boulevard in Phnom
Penh. Sear Rithy, chairman of
Cash U Up, sat down with the
Posts Chan Muyhong to talk
about the development of the
pawn shop industry over the
past ve years.
Why did you open a pawn shop
in the rst place?
Cash U Up was established
at a time when the banking
and nancial sector was still
not very widespread. It was
difcult for customers who
needed urgent cash. Anyone
who comes in to our store
with collateral will be able to
walk away with cash in less
than 5 minutes.
The collateral can be jewel-
lery, cars and motorbike and
even a land title, which does
not exceed $ 5,000. Pawn shops
help people who are in need of
fast cash when the bank of -
nancial institutions cannot.
How is Cash U Up doing in the
market?
We have seen a lot of prog-
ress. Cash U Up now has two
branches in Phnom Penh,
one in Sihanoukville, one in
Siem Reap and two in Ban-
teay Meanchey. We are plan-
ning to establish three more
in Phnom Penh. Each ad-
ditional branch requires an
investment of between $1
million and $2.5 million. The
total investment of Cash U
Up now has reached almost
$10 million and our prots
each year has increased from
15 to 20 per cent.
What were the challenges in
opening such a business?
Those coming to Cash U Up
are mostly Cambodians who
run small businesses and
who need urgent cash to help
business operation. Actu-
ally, the word pawn shop in
Cambodia is very sensitive. In
Cambodia, people feel embar-
rassed to enter a pawn shop,
but they feel proud when they
walk into a bank. It was a big
challenge for us when we rst
started as a licensed pawn
shop. There were customers
who would ring us up so that
they can enter through our
ofces back door and even
customers who would call us
to meet outside of the pawn
shop. That is why we have
tried to set up our shop to
look more like a bank. Now
we have seen a little change
in peoples perception.
Currently, how many pawn
shops have licences and how
many pawn shops do not have
a licence?
As far as I know, there are
less than six pawn shops that
have licences to give out large
amounts of cash while there
are many pawn shops that
are allowed to give out small-
er amounts. Pawn shops with
licences comply with the laws
of Ministry of Economy and
Finance. We do not do any-
thing that violates the law.
We obtain collateral properly
only items that have not
been stolen. We do not take in
collateral does not come with
adequate documentation. For
jewellery, if there isnt a certif-
icate telling us who it belongs
to, the only thing we can do is
to check the customers iden-
tity to see if they have a prop-
er address or job. In addition
to that, we have to report to
the authorities once a month
on what type of collateral we
take in, in order to remain
transparent.
The pawn shops that have
no licence will take any collat-
eral, even without proper doc-
umentation. Customers there
also face a high risk of not get-
ting their collateral back too.
Do pawn shops have a role
to play in the wider nancial
spectrum?
Licensed pawn shops have
been helping to smooth out
the nancial sector. We have
seen a growing number of
commercial banks and micro-
nance institutions, but each
institution has different re-
quirements for customers to
meet before they can take a
loan and those requirements
take a long time. For pawn
shops, customers can get cash
immediately as long as they
come in with collateral and
then they pay it back within
a certain amount of time. We
do not question them on how
much they earn per month.
What are the requirements to
pawn something?
Generally, for jewellery, we
give around 70 to 85 per cent
of the property value, which
we have evaluated. But for
a car or motorcycle we offer
only 60 to 65 per cent. We give
four months for customers
to get their collateral back,
with an interest rate of about
one to ve per cent. We also
accept the land title as col-
lateral, but the value cannot
exceed $5,000.
What are the risks involved in
the business?
There are many risks in-
volved in adjusted docu-
ments, fraudulent documents
of used cars and motorbike,
falsied gold and diamond
certicates. There have also
been cases where clients have
not been able to redeem the
collateral from us.
We manage the risks aris-
ing from the loss of the col-
lateral by giving back only
60 per cent of the collateral
value and giving just enough
time for customers to pay the
money and get their collat-
eral back. We do not want the
customers collateral, we only
want the interest from the
money. We try to nd every
way for customers to redeem
their property.
This article has been edited for
length and clarity.
Markets
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
Business
Philippines debates easing rice-import restraints
Karl Lester M. Yap
THE Philippines is considering eas-
ing rice-import curbs as Asias sec-
ond-biggest buyer battles record-
high domestic prices and seeks to
limit losses at a state agency, Eco-
nomic Planning Secretary Arsenio
Balisacan said.
Policy-makers will consider a pro-
posal next month to adopt a free mar-
ket and allow private traders to import
as much rice as they want, Balisacan,
56, said in an interview in his office in
Manila on Wednesday. The govern-
ment would instead collect tariffs on
the imports, he said.
We need to get our trade policy
right to address rising rice prices,
Balisacan said. Our approach in
restricting rice imports without an
adequate assurance that local rice
production would be sufficient to
meet demand was the main factor
that led to higher prices, he said.
President Benigno Aquino is seek-
ing to curb inflation, which is run-
ning at the fastest pace since Novem-
ber 2011, boosted by the higher cost
of rice, a staple food source in the
Southeast Asian nation.
Debt at the National Food Author-
ity, which subsidises farmers by buy-
ing their rice at higher prices, will
probably climb to 180 billion pesos
($4.1 billion) by the end of 2016 with-
out any changes to the program,
Aquino said, or twice the nations
defence budget this year, according
to Bloomberg calculations.
Moving to a free market allows the
government to plug its cash leaks
stemming from rice subsidies, said
Jonathan Ravelas, chief market strate-
gist at BDO Unibank Inc in Manila. It
also provides more market access for
people to buy rice.
The government had planned to
import one million metric tonnes of
rice this year, including 200,000 tonnes
secured last year after Super Typhoon
Haiyan struck in November. Sepa-
rately, it allowed private traders in
February to buy 163,000 tonnes of rice
from overseas.
Consumer prices climbed 4.5 per
cent in May from a year earlier. Retail
prices of well-milled rice rose 20 per
cent from a year earlier to a record as
of the second week of June, according
to the Philippine Statistics Authority.
Thats in contrast to the price of Thai
5 per cent broken white rice, an Asian
benchmark, which has tumbled 26
per cent in the past year as the Thai
government accelerated sales of
stockpiles to make payments to
farmers. Thai reserves have more
than doubled to almost 14 million
tonnes from 5.6 million tonnes in the
2010-2011 crop year prior to the start
of the governments rice purchase
program, according to data from the
US Department of Agriculture.
Restrictions on rice imports had
encouraged smuggling, and the coun-
trys Bureau of Customs has stepped
up efforts to clamp down on the
release of illegal rice shipments since
Commissioner Sunny Sevilla took
office in December.
The Philippines, the largest
importer of rice in Southeast Asia
and the biggest buyer in Asia after
China, may import two million
tonnes this year and 1.8 million
tonnes in 2015, according to USDA
estimates. India, the top shipper,
exported 10.48 million tonnes in
2013, with Thailand at 6.72 million
tonnes and Vietnam at 6.7 million
tonnes, according to USDA data.
Officials around the region have
come under pressure to control rising
food prices and curb the cost of living.
India will offload five million tonnes
of rice, about a quarter of its state
stockpiles, at subsidised rates to check
price gains, Food Minister Ram Vilas
Paswan said last week. BLOOMBERG
Pawn shop rise proves a quick fix
Sear Rithy Chairman of Cash U Up talks to the Post from his ofce in
Phnom Penh earlier this month. HENG CHIVOAN
Markets
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
Business
NY sues Barclays over dark pool
In South Africa, 220,000 metalworkers set to strike
NEW York prosecutors sued
British bank Barclays for
fraud Wednesday, saying it
ran a dark pool securities
trading operation to the ben-
efit of predatory high-fre-
quency traders.
Attorney General Eric Schnei-
derman said Barclays promised
clients it would protect them
from aggressive high-speed
trading firms in the dark pools
but at the same time took steps
that benefited these firms.
The facts alleged in our com-
plaint show that Barclays dem-
onstrated a disturbing disregard
for its investors in a systematic
pattern of fraud and deceit,
Schneiderman said. Barclays
grew its dark pool by telling
investors they were diving into
safe waters. According to the
lawsuit, Barclays dark pool was
full of predators there at Bar-
clays invitation.
A Barclays spokesman said
the British banking giant was
cooperating with Schneider-
man, the top prosecutor for
New York state.
We take these allegations
very seriously, he added. Bar-
clays has been cooperating
with the New York attorney
general and the SEC and has
been examining this matter
internally. The spokesman
stressed that the integrity of
the markets is a top priority of
Barclays.
The suit comes amid criti-
cism that high-frequency trad-
ers skim profits from clients
who order a stock at one price,
only to end up paying more
than the quoted amount after
the high-frequency firm pushes
up the price through a series of
lightning-quick transactions.
Such aggressive manoeuvre
are often characterised as pred-
ator behaviour.
Schneiderman said Barclays
heavily promoted to its clients
a liquidity profiling surveil-
lance service it said would
identify and hold accountable
traders who engaged in preda-
tory practices. But Barclays
has not prohibited any traders
from participating in its dark
pool, regardless of how preda-
tory they were.
Schneiderman said Barclays
gave high-frequency traders
systematic advantages over
others in the pool and falsely
underreported the number of
aggressive high-frequency trad-
ers in the dark pool. Transac-
tions on dark pools take place
on a private stock trading plat-
form where there is little pre-
trade pricing transparency.
Concerns about high-speed
trading rose on the public agen-
da after author Michael Lewis
in March argued in a best-sell-
ing book that markets were
rigged in favour of high-speed
traders. AFP
Paul Burkhardt
MORE than 220,000 members of the
National Union of Metalworkers of
South Africa, the countrys biggest
labour group, will strike over wages next
month, crippling steelmaking and engi-
neering companies.
The unions National Executive
Committee has agreed to the decision
from our members to embark on an
indefinite strike action, beginning July
1, Numsa Deputy General Secretary
Karl Cloete told reporters in Johan-
nesburg yesterday. This was not an
easy decision, but a painful one, not
taken with a pinch of salt, since the
principle of no work, no pay will be
held by the greedy bosses.
South Africa is reeling from a five-
month strike by more than 70,000
platinum workers that ended this
week, costing them and the worlds
three largest producers of the metal
more than 34 billion rand ($3.4 billion)
in lost revenue and wages. The dead-
lock pushed the economy into contrac-
tion in the first three months of this year
as mining production plunged. Com-
panies that will be affected by Numsas
include the Industrial Development
Corps Scaw Metals, Bell Equipment Ltd
and Reunert Ltds CBI.
The union represents more than
330,000 workers, more than half of
those employed in metals and engi-
neering, according to Numsa. Wage
talks between employer groups in the
metals and engineering industry and
the union started three months ago
under the auspices of the Metal and
Engineering Bargaining Council. They
ended in deadlock on Wednesday.
One of the groups, the Steel and Engi-
neering Industries Federation of South-
ern Africa, deeply regrets the fact that
all its concerted efforts to avoid a strike
in the ailing sector have come to
naught, Seifsa Chief Executive Officer
Kaizer Nyatsumba said in a statement
on Wednesday. The organisation repre-
sents 27 independent employer asso-
ciations in the industry.
The companies have tabled a three-
year deal including increases of as much
as 8 per cent in the first year, Seifsa said.
Unions including Numsa lowered their
demands to 12 per cent this week from
15 per cent .
I plead that we work together to pre-
serve jobs and to grow the metals and
engineering sector in South Africa,
Nyatsumba said. Let us give those
companies that continue to operate in
the metals and engineering sector an
opportunity to survive and fight anoth-
er day in this ultracompetitive, low-
margin environment. BLOOMBERG
China loans backed by fraud
C
HINAS chief audi-
tor discovered 94.4
billion yuan ($15.2
billion) of loans
backed by falsied gold trans-
actions, adding to signs of
possible fraud in commodities
nancing deals.
Twenty-ve bullion proces-
sors made a combined prot
of more than 900 million yuan
by using the loans to take ad-
vantage of the difference be-
tween onshore and offshore
interest rates, and the appre-
ciation of Chinese currency,
according a report on the Na-
tional Audit Ofces website.
China is the biggest producer
and consumer of gold.
Public security authorities
are also probing alleged fraud
at Qingdao Port where the
same stockpiles of copper and
aluminium may have been
pledged multiple times as col-
lateral for loans.
As much as 1,000 tonnes of
gold may be tied up in nanc-
ing deals in China, in which
commodities including met-
als and agricultural products
are used to get credit amid re-
strictions on lending, accord-
ing to World Gold Council es-
timates through 2013.
This is the rst ofcial con-
rmation of what many peo-
ple have suspected for a long
time that gold is widely used
in Chinese commodity nanc-
ing deals, said Liu Xu, a senior
analyst at Capital Futures Co.
in Beijing. Any scaling back
by banks of gold-backed -
nancing deals might lead to a
short-term reduction in Chi-
nese imports and also spur
some sales by companies
looking to repay lenders.
Gold traded below a two-
month high yesterday as in-
vestors weighed the outlook
for the US economy that
shrank in the rst quarter by
the most in ve years.
Bullion for immediate de-
livery traded at $1,316.70 an
ounce by 1:07pm Beijing time
from $1,319.18 on Wednes-
day, according to Bloomberg
generic pricing. The metal
climbed to $1,325.95 on June
24, the highest since April 15.
The global ow of gold from
west to east thats helped to
make China the worlds larg-
est user will probably last for
as long two decades as ris-
ing incomes spur demand,
according to the China Gold
Association.
Mark To, head of research at
Wing Fung Financial Group
in Hong Kong, said the audit
ofces report is unlikely to
have a signicant impact on
the underlying demand for
gold in China.
Steps by the Chinese gov-
ernment to rein in credit and
ination by raising borrow-
ing costs since 2010 created a
surge in the use of commodi-
ties as a means of getting ac-
cess to cash from abroad.
These deals are worth $81
billion to $160 billion, accord-
ing to projections by Goldman
Sachs Group Inc., accounting
for as much as 31 percent of
the nations short-term, for-
eign currency loans.
The National Audit Ofces
report was delivered by its
chief, Liu Jiayi, at a National
Peoples Congress meeting
June 24 and posted on the of-
ces website. The report cov-
ers a period beginning in 2012
and doesnt specify an end
date. It doesnt identify com-
panies or banks.
An ofcial in the media de-
partment of the audit ofce
asked for inquiries to be faxed
when contacted yesterday.
There was no immediate re-
sponse to faxed questions.
The investigation at Qingdao
focuses on a company called
Decheng Mining and its
owner, Singaporean national
Chen Jihong, according to
two bankers assisting with
the probe by public security
ofcials. Jihong has been de-
tained, according to Singa-
pores Foreign Ministry.
He is also involved in a sep-
arate inquiry in northwest-
ern Gansu province, said the
bankers, who asked not to be
identied because theyre not
authorised to speak publicly.
Local lenders and foreign
banks including Standard
Chartered Plc, Citigroup Inc.
and Standard Bank Group
said they are reviewing po-
tential fallout from any lend-
ing linked to Qingdao.
The Chinese agency that
stockpiles strategic com-
modities is checking to en-
sure its copper purchases are
free of collateral risks while
the customs authorities have
issued new rules to help pre-
vent goods being pledged
multiple times as collateral,
people with direct knowl-
edge of these matters said
previously. BLOOMBERG
One-kilogram gold ingots are displayed in Beijing. Over $15 billion in
Chinese loans was backed by falsied gold transactions. BLOOMBERG
Samsung, LG launch

rival smartwatches
SOUTH Koreas Samsung and
LG yesterday launched rival
smartwatches powered by
Googles new software as they
jostle to lead an increasingly
competitive market for
wearable devices seen as the
mobile industrys next growth
booster. Samsungs Gear Live
and LGs G Watch both
powered by Android Wear
are the first devices to adopt
the new Google software
specifically designed for
wearables. G Watch LGs first
smartwatch is also equipped
with voice recognition service
and can perform simple tasks
including checking email,
sending text messages and
carrying out an online search
at users voice command. AFP
Talks under way in
Argentinas debt row
TALKS between Argentina and
holdout hedge fund bond-
holders are under way as the
South American country seeks
to avoid defaulting on its debt,
though no resolution has yet
been reached. Argentine
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof
was in New York to discuss his
countrys debt situation with
representatives of the Group of
77 developing nations plus
China. Argentina wants to keep
servicing its restructured debt,
but it is not being allowed to do
so, Kicillof said on Wednesday.
It is a bizarre. . . case because
we are being forced to accept
certain conditions that
endanger not just the debt
servicing but the entire
economy they endanger our
country as a whole. AFP
Japan giant Rakuten
teams up with AirAsia
JAPANS top e-commerce site
operator Rakuten will enter
the air travel business by
allying with Asias biggest
budget carrier, Malaysia-
based AirAsia, a report said
yesterday. Public broadcaster
NHK said talks were being
held with the aim of Rakuten
getting a stake of around
15-19 per cent for a little more
than $9.8 million. AFP
A Barclays logo sits inside a bank branch (left) near the headquarters of
Barclays Plc in Canary Wharf, England. BLOOMBERG
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Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 113.91 -0.09 -0.08% 4:03:38
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 4.58 0.03 0.66% 3:51:20
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 309.32 0.05 0.02% 4:04:17
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 302.74 -0.24 -0.08% 4:04:17
ICEGasoil USD/MT 932.75 0.5 0.05% 4:03:44
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 13.69 0.02 0.11% 1:47:29
CME Lumber USD/tbf 336 0.2 0.06% 21:36:41
Matt Townsend
C
J CHU is a retailers night-
mare. The 24-year-old asso-
ciate for a private-equity
firm does 99 per cent of his
shopping online even toothpaste.
Hed rather buy groceries on the web
than walk to the supermarket.
Convenience and free time is
something I value, said Chu, who
works for Bridge Growth Partners
Llc in New York. Ordering online
just makes more sense.
Chu is an extreme case. Yet mil-
lions of Americans like him are
abandoning stores faster than exec-
utives predicted, pushing the indus-
try to a precipice.
Traditional retailers, for the first
time ever in 2014, will generate half
their sales growth on the web, accord-
ing to Stifel Financial Corp. That
means about $18 billion in new rev-
enue generated this year will come
from online purchases, an analysis of
US Census data shows.
The stampede online will only
accelerate as 80 million US millen-
nials start families, buying homes
and filling them with stuff. Mobile
shopping is giving e-commerce
another boost.
Next month, Amazon Inc will
begin selling a smartphone that will
allow shoppers to scan a product in
a mall and purchase it from the com-
panys online store, giving retailers
another reason to fear their most
potent web rival.
Its widely accepted that traditional
chains must mesh physical and online
stores into a seamless shopping expe-
rience, but nobody is doing it well,
said Anne Zybowski, vice president for
retail insights at Kantar Retail in Bos-
ton. There isnt any best-in-class
because nobody is there yet.
E-commerce has been doubling in
size about every five years, a pace that
is very likely to accelerate. While the
web accounts for only 10 per cent of
total US retail sales, in such categories
as computers, online sales have
reached more than a third of the total.
Products once deemed relatively
web-proof furniture, daily necessi-
ties are moving online.
Millennials, the second-largest US
generation after their baby boomer
parents, will only make life harder for
traditional retailers. These arent your
mall rats of yore. In a study from ad
agency DDB Worldwide, 40 per cent
of men and 33 per cent of women in
the age group say buying everything
online would be ideal.
More than a third of millennials
already say that they rarely or never
go to an enclosed mall, according to
a study last year by the Urban Land
Institute, a nonprofit focused on
responsible land use. As many as 60
per cent seldom visit apparel-focused
department store chains like J.C. Pen-
ney Co. Meanwhile, about half spend
an hour or more a day shopping or
browsing online, the group said.
Take Jorie Goldberg for example.
A 32-year-old from Vernon Hills, Illi-
nois who says she shops on the web
at least once a day and has become
an even bigger devotee since becom-
ing a parent three years ago. Like
many Americans, she shops online
less for the deals than for the con-
venience and superior service.
The fact that I can do it sitting on
the couch watching TV, its just inval-
uable, said Goldberg, a product
manager at Learning Resources Inc,
which makes educational toys. Its a
lot better then schlepping a kid to a
store and wasting time.
Retailers from Best Buy Co to Nor-
dstrom Inc have often cited one-on-
one customer service as a competi-
tive advantage, the reason shoppers
should frequent their stores. Yet tra-
ditional chains are losing that edge
to the web, too.
A decade ago, Nordstrom topped
the National Retail Federations
customer-service rankings. By 2011,
the onetime champ of making
customers feel special, had sunk to
10th place behind Amazon, Zap-
pos and Overstock.
It used to be a high-touch, person-
alised thing, one person to another,
Peter Nordstrom, the chains mer-
chandising chief, told students in
April at the Fashion Institute of Tech-
nology in New York.
Now customers value speed and
convenience. That never used to be
part of the equation. It was a giant
wake-up call . . . That if we didnt make
that part of our core competency, we
were doomed. BLOOMBERG
Missing millennials hurt malls
A general view of Amazons Fullment Centre in Peterborough, England, where
orders are packaged and sent to consumers following online purchase. AFP
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I
RAQI Prime Minister
Nuri al-Maliki yesterday
conceded political mea-
sures were needed along-
side military action to repel a
Sunni insurgent offensive that
has overrun swathes of Iraq
and threatens to tear it apart.
His remarks came during a
meeting with visiting UK For-
eign Secretary William Hague,
who reiterated Western calls
for Iraqi leaders to unite in the
face of a militant onslaught
that has killed more than 1,000
people and displaced more
than half a million.
On the ground, ghters
continued to target key towns
and infrastructure but se-
curity forces appeared to be
performing better than in the
initial days of the advance,
when they largely wilted.
Powerful Shia cleric Mo-
qtada al-Sadr, meanwhile,
vowed to shake the ground
under the feet of the advanc-
ing Sunni militants, risking
ratcheting up already-high
sectarian tensions.
We should proceed in two
parallel tracks, Maliki told
visiting British Foreign Secre-
tary William Hague, accord-
ing to a statement issued by
the premiers ofce.
The rst one is work on the
ground and military opera-
tions against terrorists and
their gatherings, he said.
The second one is follow-
ing up on the political pro-
cess and holding a meeting of
the parliament [on time] and
electing a head of parliament
and a president and forming
the government.
Maliki has thus far pub-
licly focused on a military re-
sponse to the two-week crisis,
and his latest comments were
his clearest yet regarding nd-
ing a political solution.
Earlier in an interview with
the BBC, Maliki said the Syr-
ian air force had carried out
air strikes against militants on
the Syrian side of the Al-Qaim
border crossing. He added
that Iraq had purchased sev-
eral used Sukhoi ghter jets
from Belarus and Russia.
The Iraqi leader said that
while Baghdad did not re-
quest the Syrian strikes, he
welcomed any such move
against militants led by the
jihadist Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIS). The New
York Times reported, mean-
while, that predominantly
Shia Iran is ying surveillance
drones over Iraq and sending
military equipment to help
Baghdad in its ght against
the Sunni insurgents.
Iraq has appealed for US air
strikes against the insurgents,
but Washington has so far of-
fered only up to 300 military
advisers, the rst of whom
have begun working in Bagh-
dad. The Syrian strikes came
after ISIS-led insurgents took
control of the town of Al-
Qaim on the Iraqi side of the
frontier, providing them with
a strategic route into conict-
hit Syria, where the jihadist
group is also active.
In a televised speech from
the Shia shrine city of Najaf,
powerful cleric Sadr vowed
to shake the ground under
the feet of the militants.
He said foreign powers
and especially forces of the
occupier and regional states
should take their hands off
the country, referring to the
US and Iraqs neighbours.
In an apparent effort to re-
strain worsening sectarian
tensions, however, Sadr insist-
ed that the militants did not
represent Iraqi Sunnis, whom
he said had suffered margin-
alisation and exclusion.
Iraqs agging security forc-
es were swept aside by the
initial insurgent push, but
have since begun regrouping,
although they have yet to take
back control of major cities
lost to militants.
Central government forces
pulled out of several ethni-
cally divided areas of Iraq,
including northern oil city
Kirkuk, enabling Kurdish
forces to take de facto con-
trol, but at the risk of stoking
longstanding tensions.
Kurdish regional president
Massud Barzani toured Kirkuk
yesterday, in his rst visit since
the takeover, to inspect Kurd-
ish forces deployed to defend
the city against the militants
to its west and south.
Government forces have,
however, fought off insurgent
attacks on a major air base
and a key western town, after
earlier repelling assaults on
Iraqs biggest oil renery.
And yesterday dozens of
soldiers were helicoptered
into the militant-held city of
Tikrit, the rst major counter-
offensive on the city in several
days. AFP
12 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
World
US warns
Russia as
Kiev to sign
EU accord
THE US warned Russia yester-
day that it had only hours to
prove it was helping disarm
Ukrainian insurgents whose
separatist drive has reopened
a Cold War-style chasm in
East-West ties.
US Secretary of State John
Kerrys warning came a day
before Ukraines President
Petro Poroshenko signs the
final chapters of a historic EU
accord that nudges his coun-
try toward eventual member-
ship and pulls it firmly out of
Russias reach.
Poroshenko also intends to
get German Chancellor Ange-
la Merkel and French President
Francois Hollande to join him
for a second round of tele-
phone diplomacy with Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
in two days.
Putin came under intense
pressure from both European
leaders and US President
Barack Obama on Wednesday
to rein in separatist fighters
over who he denies exerting
control. Obama said that
sweeping economic sanctions
were imminent unless the
Kremlin stopped the flow of
weapons and militants across
the border.
US Secretary of State John
Kerry was even more explicit
in Paris yesterday following
talks with French counterpart
Laurent Fabius.
We are in full agreement
that it is critical for Russia to
show in the next hours, liter-
ally, that theyre moving to
help disarm the separatists, to
encourage them to disarm, to
call on them to lay down their
weapons and to begin to
become part of a legitimate
process, Kerry said.
The State Department add-
ed that sanctions would also
be discussed by EU leaders
today when they sign the full
Association Agreement with
Ukraine that was ditched by
t he ousted pro-Russian
president in November and
now lies at the heart of the
raging crisis.
The punitive steps under
deliberation would target
Russias financial and defence
sectors at a time when its
export-dependent economy
is on the verge of slipping into
another recession.
US media reports said one
particularly painful step under
consideration would prohibit
the export of technology that
could help Russia explore for
oil and gas in the Arctic a
major ambition of powerful
state-held energy firms.
But 11 weeks of fighting that
has already claimed more than
435 lives and brought facto-
ries in Ukraines economi-
cally vital eastern rustbelt to
a virtual standstill continued
yesterday despite the cease-
fire agreement. AFP
Iraq PM welcomes Syria ISIS attack
Highly likely MH370 crashed on autopilot
MALAYSIA Airlines flight MH370 was
almost certainly on autopilot when it
ran out of fuel and crashed, with the
crew likely unresponsive, Australian
officials said yesterday, announcing
the search for wreckage would shift
further south.
Investigators have been grappling
with the mystery of the Boeing 777s
disappearance on March 8 with 239
people on board, spending months
scouring the Indian Ocean in vain.
An expert group has reviewed all the
existing information and Australian
Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss
said it was now highly, highly likely
that the aircraft was on autopilot
when it went down.
Otherwise it could not have fol-
lowed the orderly path that has been
identified through the satellite sight-
ings, he told reporters. Martin Dolan,
commissioner of the Australian Trans-
port Safety Bureau (ATSB), which is
leading the search, agreed.
Certainly for its path across the Indi-
an Ocean we are confident that the air-
craft was operating on autopilot until it
went out of fuel, he said. He quantified
this by saying the experts assessed that
the plane flew in a straight line, accord-
ing to the electronic handshakes it
periodically exchanged with satellites.
No trace of the plane has been found
despite an extensive Australian-led
search deep in the Indian Ocean, where
Malaysia believes it crashed.
But a 64-page report into the disap-
pearance by the ATSB released yester-
day said the most likely scenario was
the pilots and crew suffered from
hypoxia, or lack of oxygen, where a
plane loses air pressure at high altitude.
Hypoxia can cause confusion, halluci-
nations, poor judgement and eventu-
ally unconsciousness and death.
ATSB said the final stages of the
unresponsive crew/hypoxia event type
appeared to best fit the available evi-
dence for the final period of MH370s
flight when it was heading in a gener-
ally southerly direction.
A review of the data has now identi-
fied a new area, covering up to 60,000
square kilometres in the southern
Indian Ocean, where an underwater
search will start in August and take up
to 12 months.
The new area is around 1,800 kilo-
metres (1,100 miles) west of Perth and
had previously been subject to an aer-
ial search, which found no debris. Truss
said he was optimistic that this site
is the best available and most likely
place where the aircraft is resting.
Until now, the most intensive search
had been with a mini-submarine in a
zone further north, where pings
believed to be from the planes black
box flight recorders were detected.
That area has now been ruled out as
the final resting place of MH370. The
source of the noises is unknown.
Before the new underwater search
can begin, the ocean floor, which is up
to five kilometres deep, needs to be
mapped. Two ships Fugro Equator
and Zhu Kezhen are currently survey-
ing the area before a contractor begins
the intensive undersea probe.
Truss said that Australia was cur-
rently tendering for a company to take
control of the search, while Malaysia
was set to hire additional equipment
such as a towed side-scan sonar, a
multi-beam echo sounder and a sub
bottom profiler for the underwater
survey. AFP
Highly
ammable
A policeman stands guard as piles
of seized drugs burn after being
set on re during a ceremony to
mark the UNs International Day
against Drug Abuse and Illicit
Trafcking in Yangon yesterday.
Ofcials from both Thailand and
Myanmar were to torch tonnes of
seized narcotics to mark the UN
drugs day as the body launches
its global annual report into drug
use and trafcking. AFP
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
World
13
Rights groups cautious

on Myanmar law moves
RIGHTS groups yesterday gave a
lukewarm welcome to tweaks
to a harsh protest law in
Myanmar, criticising authorities
for keeping powers to control
demonstrations. The
amendments were signed by
President Thein Sein on
Tuesday, as he seeks to show
his reform-minded
administration is tolerant of
some forms of dissent. The
revised law halves the jail terms
for those who breach the peace
at rallies to a year, while people
who protest without permission
face six months in jail, again half
the previous tariff. AFP
Park keeps ferry PM
AFTER two failed attempts to
appoint a new prime minister,
South Korean President Park
Geun-hye announced yesterday
her agonised decision to retain
the incumbent who resigned
over Aprils ferry disaster. In an
effort to assuage criticism of the
governments emergency
response, Chung Hong-won
resigned just 10 days after the
Sewol passenger ferry sank on
April 16 with the loss of 300
lives. Park accepted his
resignation, but Chung was
asked to remain in the job until
a successor was found a task
that turned into an
embarrassing debacle for the
president. AFP
Thai army to appoint assembly
Boonradom Chitradon
T
HAILANDS army rulers will
appoint a national assembly
stacked with military ofcers
to pick an interim govern-
ment leader, ofcials said yesterday, as
they seek to retain their inuence over
the kingdoms political transition.
In the rst real hint of the shape the
politically fraught countrys next ad-
ministration may take, army sources
said that the military will select the
200 assembly members and that the
junta itself will not be dissolved.
We have learned our lesson. By
pushing power in other peoples
hands, they may not do what we ex-
pect them to do, said an ofcial un-
der the condition of anonymity.
The kingdoms generals are keen to
avoid ceding as much power to the in-
terim government as they did follow-
ing the last coup in 2006.
Earlier this month junta chief Gen-
eral Prayuth Chan-ocha said the
regime would set up an interim gov-
ernment by September to oversee
political reforms, including crafting
a new constitution, followed by elec-
tions in about a years time.
Pro-coup demonstrators have called
for reforms that would rid the country
of the inuence of the Shinawatra fam-
ily, whose political parties continually
win during elections but are loathed by
much of the countrys powerful elite.
The junta known formally as the
National Council for Peace and Order
(NCPO) has now nished drafting
an interim constitution, according to
the military ofcial. The comments
were conrmed by another army
source who also requested anonymity.
The interim constitution is com-
plete . . . The NCPOs powers will re-
main different from the 2006 coup
when the military lost power after
establishing an interim govern-
ment, the source said.
The ofcials did not specify the exact
balance of power between the junta
and the planned interim government.
The remarks came as a Thai oppo-
sition alliance set up to counter the
coup-making junta said yesterday
that it would establish an ofcial base
in a Western country by next month.
Thailands junta has muzzled dissent,
summoning and detaining hundreds
of people, the majority linked with the
deposed government of ex-premier
Yingluck Shinawatra and her adminis-
trations red shirt supporters.
The new anti-coup Organisation
of Free Thais for Human Rights and
Democracy is in talks with several
countries in the West over setting up
headquarters, spokesman Jakrapob
Penkair told reporters in Hong Kong.
Prayuth, who is due to retire as army
chief in September, has not ruled out
becoming prime minister himself.
He also has not revealed whether
the cabinet, handpicked by the pre-
mier, would be made up of civilians
or military personnel.
A committee to draft political re-
forms will also be appointed by the
junta and comprise of 250 members,
the sources said. The junta claims that
Thailand needs a strong military to
help steady the country after months
of violent protests between opposing
political camps.
In a BBC interview yesterday, a se-
nior Thai general rejected reports the
army had been planning a coup for
several years in a bid to rid the king-
dom of the inuence of controversial
former premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
So far as I know there was no ad-
vanced planning, because if it were
planned that would be illegitimate,
Lieutenant General Chatchalerm Chal-
ermsukh said. If youre wondering
why [the coup] happened so smoothly,
that was because forces were already
deployed in [Bangkok], he claimed.
His comments came after local
media reported that Suthep Thaug-
suban, the leader of mass protests
which crippled the former admin-
istration, said he had been advising
Prayuth on how to tackle Thaksin
since 2010. AFP
Thai junta chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks at a meeting with business people at
Army headquarters in Bangkok on June 19. AFP
Chinas dissidents get paid holidays
but accompanied by state minders
S Korea withholds suicide note of shooter
AS TOP Communist leaders
gathered in Beijing, veteran
Chinese political activist He
Depu was obliged to leave
town for an all-expenses-
paid holiday to the tropical
island of Hainan, complete
with police escorts.
It is an unusual method of
muzzling dissent, but He is
one of dozens of campaign-
ers who rights groups say have
been forced on vacation
sometimes featuring luxurious
hotels beside sun-drenched
beaches, trips to tourist sites
and lavish dinners courtesy
of the authorities.
It happens so often that dis-
sidents have coined a phrase
for it: being travelled.
He, 57, had not been charged
with any crime, but ofcers
took him 2,300 kilometres
(1,400 miles) to Hainan for 10
days to ensure he was not in
the capital for this years an-
nual meeting of Chinas legis-
lature, he said.
Two policemen accompa-
nied him, his wife and another
dissident for dips in the ocean
and visits to a large Buddha
statue, he said. We had a pret-
ty good time because a decent
amount of money was spent
on the trip. The local govern-
ment paid for everything.
Altogether eight activists said
they had been forced on holi-
day in recent years.
Every time there is an im-
portant national event Im
taken on vacation, said Xu
Xiangyu, who has long cam-
paigned against ofcials she
accuses of demolishing her
house without compensation.
In 2011 police and court
staff announced they and her
family were going on a trip to
Hainan a place of internal
exile for criminals, disgraced
ofcials and renegade poets
as early as the Tang dynasty
of 618-907.
Chinas ruling Communist
Party keeps a tight grip on
power, frequently detaining
those who speak out against
government abuses. Over the
past decade domestic security
spending has soared, regularly
exceeding Beijings declared
military outlays.
It has built a vast stabil-
ity maintenance apparatus
and President Xi Jinping has
sought to further stie dissent
since his 2012 ascension to the
top of the ruling party.
State-enforced travel spiked
this year ahead of the 25th an-
niversary of the Tiananmen
Square crackdown where the
army killed hundreds of pro-
testers on June 4. According
to US-based advocacy group
Human Rights in China, 15
people were taken on forced
vacations beforehand.
Chinas Foreign Ministry of-
ten says that detained activ-
ists are treated according to
the law. The Public Security
Ministry did not respond to a
request for comment.
Wang Rongwen, a long-time
petitioner from Sichuan in the
southwest, had her third trip
ahead of the Tiananmen anni-
versary, with six ofcials tak-
ing her to the majestic peaks
of the Tiantai mountains.
During the Communist
Partys 2012 Congress she was
brought to a hotel that boasts
a chandeliered restaurant,
marble-oored lobby and
king-sized beds. But she did
not enjoy the experiences.
Being travelled is no better
than being in a moving jail,
she said. AFP
THE South Korean military refused yester-
day to release the suicide note of a
soldier who killed five comrades, as spec-
ulation mounted that his shooting spree
was triggered by bullying on his barracks.
The 22-year-old sergeant, surnamed
Lim, was captured alive on Monday after
a 24-hour standoff with thousands of
troops ended when he shot himself in the
chest. Two days before he had opened fire
on members of his own unit at a guard
post near the tense border with North
Korea, killing five and wounding seven.
Before his unsuccessful suicide attempt,
the cornered Lim wrote a note which the
Defense Ministry said it was withholding
at the request of the families of the sol-
diers who were killed.
They said it would be good to disclose
it fully after our investigation verifies all
the related facts, ministry spokesman Kim
Min-seok said. Kim has already indicated
that Lim expressed regret for his actions,
but media reports say the note also detailed
how bullying drove him to despair.
Bullying in the armed forces is a sensitive
issue in South Korea, where the vast major-
ity of personnel are those serving their
mandatory two-year military service.
Mistreatment of fresh conscripts used to
be rampant and was blamed for a number
of suicides and similar shooting sprees in
the past. Measures have been taken to
stamp out the practice, but experts say
those who struggle to adapt to military life
are often isolated and humiliated.
Media reports have suggested the fami-
lies of Lims victims want the note withheld
because its contents might reflect badly
on their sons.
Several newspapers cited unspecified
sources as saying Lim had detailed the
bullying he suffered, with the JoongAng
Ilbo saying he compared himself to a
squashed insect.
The Dong-A Ilbo said Lim wrote it would
have been difficult for anyone if they
were in my situation.
Defense minister Kim Kwan-Jin had
annoyed the victims families by hinting
on Wednesday that bullying had been a
factor. It is one of several issues we are
paying attention to, he said in a meeting
with lawmakers. AFP
Consultancy Announcement
Program Evaluaton
The NGO Forum on Cambodia is a membership organizaton consistng
of local and internatonal NGOs. It exists to coordinate and equip
members, networks of NGOs, and other civil society organizatons to
actvely engage in policy dialogue, debate, and advocacy with and for
poor and vulnerable people in Cambodia.
The NGO Forum on Cambodia has implemented programs actvites
based on the 6-year strategic plan 2012-2017. Following by the 3-year
acton plan 2012-2014 has been developed and implemented to ensure
eectve and ecient programs implementaton and contributon to
the long-term goal of the organizaton as stated in 6-year strategic plan
2012-2017.
The 2014 is the end of the 3-year acton plan 2012-2014 and mid-
term of the 6-year strategic plan 2012-2017. To ensure the quality
of programs implementaton, the NGO Forum is seeking a qualied
consultant team to conduct a Programs Evaluaton to evaluate the
achievements of the NGO Forum acton plan 2012-2014, which consists
of Environment, Development Issues, Research Informaton Center
and Land and Livelihoods program, provide recommendatons, as well
as lessons learnt. The results will contribute to the design of the next
3-year acton plan 2015-2017.
The evaluaton will cover all program components of the NGO Forum on
Cambodia such as Development Issues Program, Environment Program,
Land and Livelihood Program, Research and Informaton Centre, plus
gender mainstreaming in these programs. Furthermore, to study the
eectve communicaton approaches toward advocacy.
The Evaluaton Coordinator will have: proven experience in NGO
evaluaton; a degree in a development-related eld, preferably at
Masters level or higher; Proven experience evaluaton on strategic
advocacy of key development issues, environment, and land
management; In dept knowledge of NGOFs 4 programs; at least ten
years experience in development work, preferably including experience
in Cambodia; at least ve years experience in advocacy or NGO
networking; strong cross-cultural understanding; excellent listening
skills; excellent analytcal skills; and excellent writng skills in English.
The Local Consultant will have: proven experience and expertse in
conductng evaluatons and surveys; good English-Khmer translaton
skills; a good understanding of the NGO community in Cambodia,
specically civil society networks and membership organizatons; and
strong analytcal and communicaton skills.
Qualied and interested consultant teams shall submit CVs, Cover leter
(previous program evaluaton experiences), Proposal, and Budget to the
NGO Forum via e-mail: job@ngoforum.org.kh no later than 10
th
July 2014
(5:00 pm). For more details about the NGO Forum and ToR please visit our
website: www.ngoforum.org.kh. Only short-listed team will be contacted.
POLISH Prime Minister Donald Tusk
on Wednesday survived a vote of con-
fidence in his coalition amid a high-
profile bugging scandal that has
prompted calls for his centre-right gov-
ernment to resign.
Tusks two-party governing coalition
scored backing from 237 MPs, with 203
against and no abstentions in the 460-
member parliament in the vote, which
he called earlier on Wednesday after
leaked exchanges between top officials
whipped up a political storm in this
central European heavyweight.
Without this mandate, I will not be
effective, the government will not be
able to clarify the bugging affair in a
satisfactory manner and keep a handle
on state interests, he told parliament
after requesting the vote.
The Polish news magazine Wprost
first dropped a bomb when it released
a secret recording of the central bank
chief purportedly telling the interior
minister he would support the govern-
ments economic policy if the then-fi-
nance minister resigned.
The weekly has since released tran-
scripts of other juicy exchanges, includ-
ing one in which Foreign Minister
Radoslaw Sikorski allegedly calls
Polands US ties worthless and blasts
British Prime Minister David Cameron
as incompetent on EU affairs.
Sikorski, Polands top diplomat, who
burnished his credentials in the Ukraine
crisis, has always been outspoken and
difficult partner for the US, despite also
being determinedly pro-American.
Poland recently floated the 51-year-
old to succeed Catherine Ashton,
whose term as European Union foreign
policy chief ends this year. But the
leaked remarks could undermine
his ambitions.
The pro-European Sikorski, who is
known for his hawkishness on Russia,
allegedly said Camerons concessions
to eurosceptics showed his incompe-
tence in EU affairs.
He should have said f off and
tried to convince people and isolate
the others [eurosceptics]. But instead,
he provided them with the means to
humiliate him, he is heard telling Ros-
towski in the recording, purportedly
made in a Warsaw restaurant earlier
this year.
Its either a very poorly thought out
move or, not for the first time, his
incompetence in EU affairs.
He also characterised Warsaws alli-
ance with the US as worthless . . . even
harmful because it gives Poland a false
sense of security, according to the
recordings, which were apparently
made by waiters.
Complete bullshit! Well enter into
conflict with Germany, with Russia,
and well think everything is fine
because we gave the Americans a blow
job. Suckers. Complete suckers.
Sikorski has blasted the recordings
as an attack on the government by an
organised criminal group. The private
conversations allegedly took place at
chic Warsaw restaurants over the last
18 months.
The opposition immediately called
on Tusk to resign, but he has refused,
calling the leaks an attempted coup
detat that is aimed at destabilising
Poland at a time of crisis in neighbour-
ing Ukraine.
The bugging scandal has already
resulted in charges against a restau-
rant manager and waiter prompting
some to label the affair Waitergate
on social media. A millionaire Polish
businessman who deals in the coal
sector with Russia has also been
detained, prompting speculation that
Moscow is behind the leaks.
Tusk himself hinted at the possibility
on Wednesday. I dont know which
alphabet was used to write this sce-
nario, but I have no doubt as to who
could benefit from it, he told parlia-
ment in a possible reference to Russias
Cyrillic alphabet. AFP
Freed apostasy woman
is freed again in Sudan
A SUDANESE Christian woman
detained while trying to leave
the country after having a death
sentence for apostasy lifted has
been released again. Eman
Abdul-Rahman, the lawyer for
Meriam Ibrahim, told media that
police freed her after lobbying by
foreign diplomats. Ibrahim was
detained at the Khartoum
airport on Tuesday over claims
she tried using false travel
documents to flee the country.
Ibrahims death sentence for
apostasy for marrying a
Christian man was thrown out
by a court on Monday. POSTSTAFF
Jailed Al Jazeera journo
makes Egypt donation
THE imprisoned Al Jazeera
English journalist Mohamed
Fahmy has donated more than
$2,000 to the Egyptian state, in
what his family says is an
attempt to change local
perceptions of his case. Fahmy,
a Canadian-Egyptian ex-CNN
journalist, has given 15,000
Egyptian pounds (about $2,093)
to a new fund established by the
Egyptian government that
solicits donations from citizens
who want to help Egypts ailing
economy. Egypts president,
Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, has said he
will donate half his wealth to
the fund. Adel Fahmy,
Mohameds younger brother,
said: Were trying to make his
case resonate more locally. His
patriotism in making this
donation is separate from his
anger at the verdict. AFP
Nigerian locked up for
saying he is an atheist
A NIGERIAN man has been
incarcerated in a mental
health institution by his family
after saying he had lost his
belief in God. Mubarak Bala, 29,
is said to have been forcibly
medicated for insanity for
nearly two weeks, despite a
doctors opinion that he has no
psychological problems.
Campaigners are calling for his
release and say the case
highlights the fact that atheists
are a persecuted minority in
many African countries.
THEGUARDIAN
He has lift off
Shoeless, so
helicoptered

off mountain
A
CLIMBER who had
his shoes stolen at a
refuge on Mont Blanc,
Europes highest mountain,
had to be rescued by helicop-
ter this week, police said.
Mountain rescue authori-
ties from Chamonix, on Mont
Blanc, came to the mans aide
as he was left helpless at the
Gouter refuge, which stands
nearly 4,000 metres (13,000
feet) above sea level.
When we find people in
that situation, we extract
them by helicopter. We dont
leave them in their socks. Its
pretty dangerous, explained
mountain rescue chief Jean-
Baptiste Estachy.
The Gouter refuge is on the
route used by most climbers
as they ascend Mont Blanc.
The return requires several
hours walking through snow
down into the valley. AFP
World
14 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
Secret files show US ignored torture
A
GRIM picture of
the US and Britains
legacy in Iraq has
been revealed in a
massive leak of American
military documents that de-
tail torture, summary execu-
tions and war crimes.
Almost 400,000 secret US
army eld reports have been
passed to a number of other
international media organisa-
tions via the whistleblowing
website WikiLeaks.
The electronic archive is
believed to emanate from the
same dissident US army intel-
ligence analyst who earlier this
year is alleged to have leaked a
smaller tranche of 90,000 logs
chronicling bloody encoun-
ters and civilian killings in the
Afghan war.
The new logs detail how:
US authorities failed to in-
vestigate hundreds of reports
of abuse, torture, rape and
even murder by Iraqi police
and soldiers whose conduct
appears to be systematic and
normally unpunished.
A US helicopter gunship
involved in a notorious Bagh-
dad incident had previously
killed Iraqi insurgents after
they tried to surrender.
More than 15,000 civil-
ians died in previously un-
known incidents. US and UK
ofcials have insisted that no
ofcial record of civilian ca-
sualties exists, however the
logs record 66,081 noncom-
batant deaths out of a total of
109,000 fatalities.
The numerous reports of
detainee abuse, often sup-
ported by medical evidence,
describe prisoners shack-
led, blindfolded and hung
by wrists or ankles, and sub-
jected to whipping, punching,
kicking or electric shocks. Six
reports end with a detainees
apparent death.
As recently as December
the Americans were passed
a video apparently showing
Iraqi army ofcers executing
a prisoner in Tal Afar, north-
ern Iraq. The log states: The
footage shows approximately
12 Iraqi army soldiers. Ten IA
soldiers were talking to one
another while two soldiers
held the detainee. The de-
tainee had his hands bound
. . . The footage shows the IA
soldiers moving the detainee
into the street, pushing him
to the ground, punching him
and shooting him.
The report named at least
one perpetrator and was
passed to coalition forces.
But the logs reveal that the
coalition has a formal policy
of ignoring such allegations.
They record no investigation
is necessary and simply pass
reports to the same Iraqi units
implicated in the violence.
By contrast, all allegations
involving coalition forces are
subject to formal inquiries.
Some cases of alleged abuse
by UK and US troops are also
detailed in the logs.
In two Iraqi cases postmor-
tems revealed evidence of
death by torture. On August
27, 2009 a US medical ofcer
found bruises and burns as
well as visible injuries to the
head, arm, torso, legs and
neck on the body of one man
claimed by police to have
killed himself. On December
3, 2008 another detainee, said
by police to have died of bad
kidneys, was found to have
evidence of some type of un-
known surgical procedure on
[his] abdomen.
A Pentagon spokesman told
the New York Times this week
that under its procedure,
when reports of Iraqi abuse
were received the US mili-
tary noties the responsible
government of Iraq agency or
ministry for investigation and
follow-up.
The logs also illustrate the
readiness of US forces to un-
leash lethal force. In one chill-
ing incident they detail how
an Apache helicopter gunship
gunned down two men in
February 2007.
The suspected insurgents
had been trying to surren-
der but a lawyer back at base
told the pilots: You cannot
surrender to an aircraft. The
Apache, callsign Crazyhorse
18, was the same unit and he-
licopter based at Camp Taji
outside Baghdad that later
that year, in July, mistakenly
killed two Reuters employees
and wounded two children in
the streets of Baghdad.
Iraq Body Count, the Lon-
don-based group that moni-
tors civilian casualties, says it
has identied around 15,000
previously unknown civilian
deaths from the data con-
tained in the leaked war logs.
WikiLeaks says it is posting
online the entire set of 400,000
Iraq eld reports in deance
of the Pentagon. The whistle-
blowing activists say they have
deleted all names from the
documents that might result
in reprisals. They were accused
by the US military of possibly
having blood on their hands
over the previous Afghan re-
lease by redacting too few
names. But the military recent-
ly conceded that no harm had
been identied.
Condemning this fresh leak,
however, the Pentagon said:
This security breach could
very well get our troops and
those they are ghting with
killed. Our enemies will mine
this information looking for
insights into how we operate,
cultivate sources and react in
combat situations, even the
capability of our equipment.
THE GUARDIAN
US soldiers from the 82nd airborne division secure the area during a
mission in southern Baghdad on August 10, 2003. AFP
UKs Cameron headed for defeat in EU posts battle
Polish PM survives bugging-scandal condence vote
BRITAINS David Cameron
headed for defeat at an EU
summit yesterday after being
abandoned by his allies in a
battle to block the nomination
of Jean-Claude Juncker as
European Commission chief.
European Union leaders
gather at the World War I kill-
ing fields of Ypres in Belgium
to kick off two days of fiery
talks in what is the most bitter
dispute seen in Europe since
the height of the euro crisis.
After commemorating the
start of the 1914-18 war, the 28
heads of state and government
will hold an informal dinner to
set the blocs new five-year
policies, with the Juncker row
officially banned yesterday,
but the atmosphere expected
to be strained.
With tensions high between
Cameron and his European
peers, European Council
president Herman Van
Rompuy is to issue a state-
ment after the dinner.
After posing in a rowing-
boat just two weeks ago with
anti-Juncker allies the Dutch
and Swedish premiers,
Cameron saw the pair aban-
don the cause on the eve of
the summit.
We will support Junckers
candidacy, the Dutch prime
minister, Mark Rutte, told
parliament shortly after Prime
Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt
made a similar statement
before a Swedish parliament
committee.
As for Germanys Angela
Merkel, who was also in the
boat and originally reticent
over the choice of centre-right
Juncker, she too has since
changed her tune.
Even centre-left leaders have
backed Junckers contentious
candidacy, leaving Cameron
with a single known ally at the
summit table Hungarys
much-criticised Viktor Orban.
It is another embarrassing
blow for Cameron after his
apology to parliament on
Wednesday for hiring former
tabloid editor Andy Coulson,
who has been convicted of
phone hacking, saw him
rebuked by the judge for speak-
ing out about the case.
Cameron said it had been the
wrong decision to make the
News of the World editor his
media chief in 2007, though
denied ignoring warnings
about Coulsons activities at
the tabloid, which Rupert Mur-
doch shut down in disgrace in
July 2011.
The judge at the Old Bailey
court reprimanded Cameron
for making his first apology for
Coulsons appointment soon
after Coulson was convicted for
hacking on Tuesday but before
the bribery verdicts came.
Judge John Saunders said he
had rejected a request by Coul-
sons lawyers to halt proceed-
ings on the basis jurors might
be influenced by the premiers
views. But he added: That
does not mean that I am not
concerned about what has
happened in this case. AFP
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
World
15
Russias hostility to probing gulag past
Max Delany
T
HE rights group running
Russias only museum in a
preserved former Soviet la-
bour camp warns that the
facility is facing closure as authorities
grow increasingly hostile to exploring
the countrys totalitarian past.
The Perm-36 museum named af-
ter the notorious prison camp where
it is housed has seen operations
grind to a halt after local authorities
cut off key funding without expla-
nation, the nongovernmental or-
ganisation Memorial said.
Visits are not taking place, elec-
tricity to the museum is cut and all
the employees have been put on
unpaid leave for an undetermined
period, said Robert Latypov, head
of the local branch of Memorial, one
of Russias most prominent human
rights organisations. If the museum
closes then it will be a harbinger of
the arrival of an ideological dictator-
ship, Latypov said.
Under President Vladimir Putin,
Russia has increasingly taken on the
mantle of the Soviet Union and prides
itself on its victories while downplay-
ing the millions of deaths under
Stalins forced industrialisation, col-
lectivisation and prison camps.
Perm-36, the penal colony located
about 70 kilometres (44 miles) from
the Urals city of Perm, in particular
housed many political prisoners
convicted for anti-Soviet views as
recently as the 1980s.
Putin, himself a proud former agent
of the dreaded KGB security services,
has voiced opposition to debate on
history and is overseeing the creation
of a single school history textbook to
be used by the education system.
The potential closing of the mu-
seum has sparked widespread out-
rage, with some 40,000 people sign-
ing an online petition in support of
the institution. Perm-36 [museum]
became famous throughout the
entire globe, the petition says. Its
very existence was proof that Russia
is moving forward and abandoning
its totalitarian legacy forever.
Surrounded by the original guard
towers and barbed wire, the mu-
seum, almost alone in Russia, docu-
ments the history of Communist-era
repression from the Stalinist terror
through the 1970s repression of dis-
sidents by the KGB.
Visitors to the monument which
was established in 1992 shortly after
the collapse of the Soviet Union
could tour the grim cells and dormi-
tories that housed political prison-
ers for some 40 years.
First revealed to the world by au-
thors such as Alexander Solzhen-
itsyn, the Soviets vast network of
gulags stretched across the former
empire and left millions dead. The
word gulag a Russian acronym for
main camp and prison directorate
has become synonymous in all lan-
guages with brutal detention camps.
Rights group Memorial, which was
originally set up by dissidents to help
rehabilitate former political prison-
ers, has faced pressure by authorities
under a controversial law that forces
NGOs receiving funding from abroad
to register as foreign agents.
At the beginning of June pro-
Kremlin television channel NTV
broadcast a report titled The Fifth
Column that lashed out at the Perm-
36 museum as pro-fascist and
highlighted funds it said the group
had received from the US.
The aim of the museum was to
teach the youth that . . . Ukrainian
fascists are not as bad as the his-
tory books say, NTV alleged, tying
the criticism to the crisis raging in
neighbouring Ukraine.
Latypov of Memorial called the
lm characteristic of the trend in
the policies of the authorities now
looking for internal enemies.
Even if regional authorities do not
close the museum, he said, it will
likely be demoted from a communi-
ty-run forum for national dialogue
about the Soviet legacy to a museum
about the local region. AFP
Men unload stones at the White Sea-Baltic Sea Canal, which was built by forced labor
from gulags. Thousands died during its construction.. BLOOMBERG
A survivor of Stalins gulags wearing his
prison uniform participates in a rally on
March 5, 1989 in Moscow on the 36th
anniversary of Stalins death. AFP
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T
HE conviction of Andy Coul-
son, UK Prime Minister Dav-
id Camerons former spin
doctor, for hacking private
telephones when he was a newspaper
editor triggered a furious attack on
the government in Parliament yester-
day. That was inevitable the opposi-
tion smells blood. The focus of the
assault, however, is misplaced.
Cameron is being reproached for
wilful negligence in hiring a law-
breaker for a job that requires a top
security clearance. Like Coulsons co-
defendant Rebekah Brooks, who was
acquitted of phone-hacking charges
on Tuesday, the premier will probably
dodge those claims. Nevertheless, he
is guilty of something else: perpetu-
ating a recent custom of bringing the
ugly culture of the UKs powerful tab-
loid media into the government.
Tony Blair started it. As Labour
leader, he hired Alastair Campbell
from the Daily Mirror to help his par-
ty and later his government manipu-
late the media in particular the tab-
loids. Talented and aggressive,
Campbell excelled at the job. He
helped Blair cultivate political sup-
port from Rupert Murdoch and his
media empire, which includes the
countrys biggest-selling papers, the
Sun and the News of the World, which
each had circulations exceeding 3.5
million at the time.
While still in the opposition, Cam-
eron followed Blairs example by hir-
ing Coulson after the journalist
resigned as editor of the News of the
World in 2007. Cameron wanted
someone from Murdochs stables to
swing the right-wing media away
from Labour and behind him. Mur-
doch then had reservations about the
Torys new leader because of Cam-
erons social liberalism.
Brooks, who at the time was the
editor of the Sun and a friend of both
Blair and Cameron, has said she was
instrumental in persuading Murdoch
to back Cameron. When the Conserv-
atives won elections in 2010, Cam-
eron brought Coulson to Downing
Street despite news stories claiming
he had overseen illegal phone hack-
ing while at the News of the World.
The Labour Party now wants to
show that Cameron deliberately had
Coulson submit to a lesser security
clearance than his six predecessors
for fear of what would be found.
Cameron gave a spirited defence
against those allegations yesterday
and will no doubt survive the chal-
lenge, but theres more to the scandal
than the question of a security test.
Hiring men like Coulson to run
interference with the media has end-
ed badly more than once. Campbell
eventually resigned because he had
become a magnet for negative cover-
age after allegations that he had
sexed up intelligence to help Blair
sell the 2003 invasion of Iraq, allega-
tions Campbell has always denied.
Damien McBride, media adviser to
Camerons immediate predecessor,
Gordon Brown, also had to resign. He
wasnt a former journalist, but he took
Campbells aggressive style even fur-
ther and has since written a memoir
proudly describing his techniques for
lying to the media. His tenure ended
after he was caught trying to set up a
website called Red Rag, on which he
planned to post fabricated rumours
of sexual and other misdoings by
Conservative politicians for the tab-
loids to pick up.
Then came Coulson, who had to
resign over the phone-hacking allega-
tions and has now been convicted.
By the 1990s, British politicians felt
at the mercy of the UKs often vicious
and ethics-free tabloid media, so they
hired men who understood the cul-
ture to make it work for them. These
advisers were smart and able, but
their contributions only deepened
the corruption of the tabloids and
brought it inside the government. The
increasingly close connections
among tabloid editors, politicians
and police epitomised by Coulson
and Camerons horse-riding friend-
ship with Brooks and her husband
bred a sense of collusion.
Public trust in the UK government,
police and media has suffered as a
result. Coulson will now take his pun-
ishment. Let him also be the last
Downing Street spin doctor hired
from the tabloids to win their sup-
port. BLOOMBERG
Comment
Marc Champion
Downing Street and the media
Andy Coulson, a former editor of News of the World and ex-press chief of UK Prime Minister David Cameron, was convicted this week for his role in phone hacking. BLOOMBERG
Marc Champion writes editorials on inter-
national affairs for Bloomberg Views.
Hiring men like Andy Coulson
to run interference with the media
has ended badly more than once
I
F YOU think that young
people seem to be spend-
ing more of their time
face to screen than face
to face, youre probably right.
And a lot of that screen time
seems to involve reading or
writing English that duznt look
quite lyk it shld.
Its not surprising that many
teachers, parents, and young
people themselves feel con-
cerned about this constant ex-
posure to nonstandard written
English. It seems quite plau-
sible that frequently seeing to/
too written as 2, or people writ-
ten as ppl, might mean that
these kinds of spellings could
start to creep into students
formal writing.
Fortunately, in recent years,
the research has returned a
fairly robust conclusion. Rather
than spoiling childrens spell-
ing, exposure to textisms (the
abbreviated spellings of text
messages) is actually associ-
ated with better literacy skills.
However, there has been
less research on textisms that
represent not the respelling of
individual words but violations
of grammatical conventions.
capitals get ignored, theres no
apostrophes in sight, and sen-
tences get separated not by
standard punctuation marks,
but by ironical laughter lol or
expressions of emotion
If its OK to write im com-
ing sarah!!! when texting, how
will younger children learn, or
older children remember, to
use the conventions of gram-
matical English writing?
Researchers looked at young
peoples text messaging and
grammar over the course of a
year. We worked with 243 par-
ticipants from primary school,
high school and university in
the Coventry area.
The young people provided
researchers with copies of all
the text messages that theyd
sent in the past two days. The
messages were then analysed
for their violations of standard
English grammar. The three
most common types of viola-
tion were:
omission of capitalisa-
tion and punctuation (hi how
are you)
omission of words (com-
mon in casual speech but not
standard writing, as in: am go-
ing out now. want to come?)
unconventional punctua-
tion (using multiple punctua-
tion marks (??!!!), emoticons,
kisses (xxx) and initialisms (lol)
in place of normal punctuation
Less common but also pres-
ent were word-level grammati-
cal violations, including appar-
ently deliberate violations such
as is you and does they, and
word reductions such as haf-
ta and tryna for have to,
trying to.
The participants also com-
pleted a set of tasks to assess
their formal grammatical and
spelling skills. One year later,
we asked the same students to
complete parallel forms of the
same grammatical and spell-
ing tasks.
Overall, researchers found no
evidence that the use of gram-
matical violations in text mes-
sages is consistently related to
poorer grammatical or spell-
ing skills in school students.
Although omitting capitals
and punctuation was associ-
ated with poorer later spelling
in primary school, the other
signicant relationships were
positive. Primary and high
school students use of un-
grammatical word forms (eg,
does you), and high school
students omission of capitals
and punctuation, and use of
word reductions (eg, gonna)
were all associated with better
spelling development.
The results tie in with previ-
ous work on literacy skills and
text messaging. In their school
years, students are consolidat-
ing their knowledge of written
language. Playing around
with language in the informal
setting of texting provides the
chance to practise alternative
ways of linking sounds and let-
ters (Hey, I could write thanks
as thanx!), an ability that is
well known to underlie strong
reading and spelling skills.
Furthermore, trying out un-
conventional ways of combin-
ing words (you is the best),
saving space while maintaining
meaning (I going now), or
adding emotion (yay!!! ) encour-
ages children to engage with the
very grammatical conventions
that theyre transgressing. THE
WASHINGTON POST
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Kind of lettuce
5 Respectful form of address
10 Single dance move?
13 Exotic berry
14 Ancient city NW of Carthage
15 Egg on
16 Uses the ocean for a garbage can
19 Monopolize
20 Used a scope
21 Repetitive learning styles
22 Tendency to sin
24 Obscure
25 Planet of the ___
26 Gummy
28 The Sound of Music backdrop
30 Great destruction
31 Supporting vote
34 Fall deeply in love
38 Photo ___ (media events)
39 Bed sheet material
40 Says When?
41 Symbol of strength
42 Check this out!
44 Certain Balkan
46 Sara Teasdale, e.g.
49 Accuseds need
50 In pieces
52 Frat letter
53 Something that cant be undone
56 Affirm
57 Old Western choker
58 Work the land
59 Absolutely!
60 Pet tag datum
61 Sort
DOWN
1 Scrub in the tub
2 Athenas blood
3 Certain charts
4 Brief life story
5 The Doors When the ___ Over
6 Mote
7 Deliberate loss, to a boxer
8 Breezed through, as a test
9 Fold, spindle or mutilate
10 Cousin of a raccoon
11 Sheiks women
12 Tosses in
15 Oh boy!
17 Decline
18 Like some births
23 Nave neighbor
24 Crude, unpleasant person
26 Chairmans need
27 Bakery appliance
28 Its ___! (thumbs-up reply)
29 Chop off, as branches
30 Improve, as a skill
31 24 hours ago
32 Animal that bugles
33 Beast of burden
35 Star in Aquila
36 Nutritional regimen
37 ___ of Eden
41 ___ as a judge
42 Baggage handler
43 Brother of Cain and Abel
44 Piece of Latin percussion
45 Marriage and others
46 Break down, in a way
47 Astute
48 Amiens is its capital
49 Not home
50 Acknowledge
51 Hacienda drudge
54 Lennons wife
55 Little lizard
OUT FROM UNDER
Thursdays solution Thursdays solution
Texting isnt really ruining
young peoples grammar
Research has shown that exposure to textisms is associated with
better literacy skill. AFP
Lifestyle
17
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
Twitter treasure
Police bar
Hidden Cash
hunt in Paris
A
MERICAN philanthro-
pist Jason Buzi will not
be allowed to stage his
quirky @HiddenCash treasure
hunt in Paris at the weekend,
police said on Wednesday.
The distribution of money
in public is forbidden by
French criminal law and pu-
nishable by six months in jail
and a 30,000 ($40,000) fine,
police said in a letter to Buzi, a
wealthy real estate investor.
The internet-driven treasure
hunts have participants track
down the envelopes using
clues posted on Twitter with
the handle @HiddenCash.
The Paris police recalled a
similar event in the French
capital in 2009, staged by a
private company, that led to
public disorder after it had to
be called off at the last minute.
@HiddenCash hunts have
taken place in US cities
including San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Las Vegas, New York
and Houston. The Paris edition
had been set for Saturday.
Buzi and a group of anony-
mous friends, who have given
to charity in the past, came
up with the treasure hunts as
something a bit more fun. AFP
In brief
Miss Piggy was meant
to be delicate and lovely
SHES the iconic porcine
superstar, a glamorous karate-
chopping, high-maintenance
diva, and a pioneer of cross-
species romance but, as a
hand-written note from
Muppets creator Jim Henson
currently up for auction along
with two early Polaroids shows,
it all could have been so
different for Miss Piggy and
Kermit.Back in 1974, Henson
had her pegged as part of a
very different double bill for a
guest spot on a Herb Albert
television special: The Pigs
Piggy Lee and Hamilton Pigg.
She is delicate and lovely He
is cigar smoking epitome of
grossness, he notes. Not sure
if the artiste weve come to
know and love would have put
up with that, but Miss Piggy
would be pleased with the
market price: the starting bid is
$20,000. THEGUARDIAN
September date set for
singer Chris Brown trial
HIP-HOP star Chris Brown is to
stand trial on September 8 for
allegedly hitting a fan outside a
Washington hotel after lawyers
failed to agree on a plea bargain.
The Grammy-winning R&B
artist was charged with
misdemeanour assault after an
altercation outside a hip hotel
in the US capital with a fan who
wanted a photo with him. At the
time, Brown, 25, was still on
probation following his 2009
conviction for assaulting his
then-girlfriend, pop diva
Rihanna. Defense lawyer Mark
Geragos told reporters that as
part of a plea bargain,
prosecutors wanted Brown to
read aloud a statement of facts
that wasnt true. He didnt
elaborate. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014
20
Vicky Baker
I
TAKE my shoes off at the
door and enter a living
room where everything
is coloured blood red: the
carpet, the sofa, the cushions,
the cabinets, the paintings
on the wall. At the far end,
a pitch-black corridor leads
past a trail of spilt red paint,
where a sudden spotlight
shines on a wonky washbasin
and a gushing stream of wa-
ter red water.
Cildo Meireles Red Shift is
playful, somewhat sinister
and was once briey loaned
to the Tate Modern in London.
But what does it all mean? I
have no idea. I contemplate
it for a moment as I go back
outside, blinking in the bright
Brazilian sunshine, sur-
rounded again by subtropi-
cal foliage and owers. Then
I unfold my map again to pick
the next experience.
This is Inhotim, a giant
open-air art gallery set amid
500,000 acres of botanical gar-
dens in southeast Brazil, two
hours from World Cup city
Belo Horizonte. Its grounds
are dotted with sculptures,
art pavilions and over 4,000
plant species.
On arrival, you are given a
map that shows the attrac-
tions, spread far and wide, and
then you pick your route. You
can either get around on foot
or, for a about 5 ($8.50) per
person, in a chauffered golf
cart. Either way, youll never
see it all; some art enthusiasts
buy multiday passes.
The Centro de Arte Con-
temporanea Inhotim was
founded by mining magnate
Bernardo Paz and designed
by the late landscape artist
Roberto Burle Marx, Pazs
friend. It opened to the pub-
lic in 2006. The collection is
a mix of works from Brazilian
and international artists, in-
cluding Olafur Eliasson, Doug
Aitken, Vik Muniz, Anish Ka-
poor and Adriana Varejao.
Many of the pavilions are
works of art in themselves
one resembles an igloo, anoth-
er a oating block of concrete.
And the exhibits range from
the mesmerising (a labyrinth
of mirrors camouaged into
the forest so well that saucer-
sized butteries keep bashing
into the glass) to the absurd (a
row of garden hoes).
Much of it is interactive, too.
On a hillside clearing you can
spin Olafur Eliassons kalei-
doscopic telescope around to
look at the trees. In another
room, theres a pool of water in
the centre, where a sign I pre-
sume to be a caution turns out
to be an invitation to swim.
There are also a variety of res-
taurants, from hotdog kiosks
to a chic bistro and a pay-per-
kilo Brazilian buffet.
Inhotim has been called an
art zoo, a cultural Disneyland,
and, tenuously, a Jurassic Park
for contemporary art. Its also
a money pit. Paz employs
over 1,000 staff and says keep-
ing it open costs him around
500,000 every month. Ticket
sales (priced 5 to 8 per head)
make minimal returns espe-
cially as theres free entry on
Tuesdays, a deliberate move
to ensure it stays accessible to
locals and students.
The long-term plan is to turn
it into a destination in itself,
with an 80-room luxury hotel
and spa in the pipeline and
more resorts planned. New
pavilions are currently under
construction and the park
seems to be realising only a
fraction of its potential.
Of those 500,000 acres, only
110 make up the current net-
work of trails. Paz, having
sold his mining company to
a Chinese investor in 2010 for
$1.2bn, should have the funds
to prop it up for a good while
yet. And even if that remains
an uphill battle, as invest-
ments go, it has much greater
prospects than a $300m foot-
ball stadium in the middle of
the Amazon. THE GUARDIAN
Brazils gallery
Inhotim an art
lovers dream
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014 21

Marquez heads to Dutch
MotoGP race in top form
THE historic TT Assen, the only
MotoGP race held on a Satur-
day, runs out this weekend in
the Netherlands with Honda
Repsol Teams Marc Marquez
looking to extend his incredible
start to the season with an
eighth straight victory from pole.
Assen, known as the Cathedral,
is also the only venue on the
calendar to have hosted a Grand
Prix every single season since
the World Championship was
inaugurated in 1949. Saturdays
main race gets under way at
7pm Cambodian time. DANRILEY
Azarenka limps out of
Wimbledon tournament
FORMER world number one
and double Australian Open
champion Victoria Azarenka
was knocked out of
Wimbledon on Wednesday,
losing in the second round to
Serbias Bojana Jovanovski.
Eighth-seeded Azarenka lost
6-3, 3-6, 7-5 to the world
number 45. Azarenka, twice a
Wimbledon semifinalist, had
only returned to action at
Eastbourne last week
following a three-month lay-off
caused by a left foot injury. AFP
South Africa tap U20
star for Scotland start
SOUTH African coach Heyneke
Meyer has selected world junior
player of the year and baby Bok
star fly-half Handre Pollard to
start for his first Test cap against
Scotland on Saturday. Pollard,
who led South Africa to runners-
up spot in the recent U20 World
Championship in New Zealand,
will start at number 10 in a side
that sees five other changes
from that which narrowly beat
Wales 31-30 last week. Our
plans had always been to try a
few new combinations this
week against Scotland and Im
looking forward to see the
guys grab their opportunities,
said Meyer. AFP
Djokovic survives some
friendly fire in London
TOP seed Novak Djokovic
survived a testing Centre Court
examination at the hands of
close friend and veteran serve-
and-volleyer Radek Stepanek to
reach the Wimbledon third
round on Wednesday. Djokovic,
the 2011 champion, carved out a
6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (7/5)
victory over the 35-year-old
Czech who has now lost 11 of
the pairs 12 meetings.
Meanwhile, defending champion
Andy Murray handed out a
tough Wimbledon lesson to
Slovenias Blaz Rola, a former
US college champion, coasting
to a 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 win over a
grasscourt rookie playing just
the 10th match of his career. AFP
Nevada Hall of Fame set
to induct boxer Holyfield
FORMER undisputed heavy-
weight world champion Evan-
der Holyfield has announced
he will travel to Las Vegas for
his induction into the Nevada
Boxing Hall of Fame on
August 9. The Real Deal
Holyfield will be among 18 of
boxings finest, including his
one-time rival George
Foreman and iconic Roberto
Duran, to be feted at the
second annual NVBHOF
Induction Ceremony and
Dinner at the Cohiba
Ballroom in the New Tropi-
cana, Las Vegas. DAN RILEY
ICC chief Srinivasans conscience clear
CONTROVERSIAL Indian cricket chief
N Srinivasan said his conscience was
clear after being elected yesterday as
the new ICC chairman at the world
bodys annual conference.
The powerful industrialist was
appointed despite being suspended by
Indias Supreme Court as the countrys
top cricket official after being named in
a damning report into corruption alle-
gations in the Indian Premier League.
His ascension to the top job follows
changes last February to the govern-
ance of the ICC, which handed the
majority of power and revenues to the
sports big three nations India, Aus-
tralia and England.
Under the new structure, an ICC
executive committee has been formed,
chaired by Cricket Australia head Wally
Edwards, with Englands Giles Clarke
heading up the finance and commercial
affairs committee.
Srinivasan, 69, denied he was not a fit
and proper person to become the first
chairman of the ICC, which was previ-
ously headed by a president.
He said that instead of being sus-
pended he voluntarily stepped down
while the corruption claims were being
looked into by the Board of Control for
Cricket in India.
Now as far as I am concerned I have
done nothing wrong, he told a media
conference in Melbourne where the
annual meeting was held.
There is no wrong-doing on my part
and therefore my conscience is very
clear that there is no taint on me and
whatever investigations will take its
course, reports will come out.
I believe that some of the criticism is
unfair to me and its not well-founded.
One must judge me by results. Its the
first day. I have just been elected.
One has to wait and see as to what
is the effect I have on the ICC before
you make that call.
Srinivasan was among 13 people
named in the IPL corruption allega-
tions.
The IPL Twenty20 competition has
been embroiled in allegations of illegal
betting and spot-fixing, including
against Srinivasans son-in-law Guru-
nath Meiyappan, who was the team
principal of the Chennai Super Kings.
There are some charges against
him [Meiyappan]. He has to defend
himself in court, its a question of
whether its going to be proved or not,
Srinivasan said.
But thats up to him. This is a ques-
tion about me.
I think you have to wait until every-
thing is clear. At the end of day if noth-
ing is proved, I think all this comment
would have been unfair.
Srinivasan denied the ICC had an
image problem, with an inquiry cur-
rently under way into corruption that
has rocked world cricket.
I cant accept that cricket has an
image problem, he said. There may
have been some instances. Rare instanc-
es, few and far between. AFP
CEF vaults to regional fame
H S Manjunath
T
HE Cambodian
Equestrian Fed-
eration has scored
a unique rst in
Southeast Asia by introduc-
ing vaulting, which equates to
gymnastics on a horses bare-
back performed by individu-
als or teams and is one of the
10 disciplines recognised by
the International Federation
for Equestrian Sports (FEI).
Vaulting, the origins of which
date back thousands of years
to acrobatic entertainment at
circuses, owes its present pol-
ished and modernised version
to postwar Germany.
It is a happy coincidence
that the new technical direc-
tor, Rainer Greiss, is German.
The CEF appointed him a
month after former national
coach Kathy Lovatt left early
this year.
Greiss is the one who has
added this exciting novelty to
the existing activities, such as
jumping, dressage, pony care,
stable hygiene and recreation-
al riding.
Modern vaulting shaped
up as an initiative to intro-
duce children to a horse park
and activities that would help
them get over the initial fear
of horses and give them a bet-
ter feel and balance when they
are up on a horses back.
This is precisely what we
want to do. It is pure basics. We
are not looking for instant suc-
cess it takes years to master
these vaulting routines, Gre-
iss told the Post. But vaulting
has so many complimen-
tary skills. It helps balance, it
helps control, condence.
Some of his wards per-
formed a few vaulting tricks
for the gathered media at the
Cambodian Country Club
horse park on Sunday.
Greiss had a successful ca-
reer in telecommunications.
His last corporate gig was as
the head of the product mar-
keting for data services for one
of Germanys biggest mobile
phone operators, Vodafone.
But once he bid goodbye after
10 years in that job in 2001, it
has been horses and nothing
but horses.
Quickly making a mark as a
trainer in the equestrian busi-
ness, he acquired a second
highest degree from the Ger-
man Equestrian Federation,
adding a few more academic
qualications in show jump-
ing. He jumped when he got
the offer from the CEF and
could not wait long enough to
discuss the possible introduc-
tion of vaulting with the Fed-
erations secretary-general,
Tep Mona, herself an accom-
plished show jumping rider.
We are not looking for
anything spectacular. We will
go slow and steady. We have
identied a few riders as our
vaulting team who are learn-
ing basic lessons. We expect
two or three schools to join
us. Probably, we will have a
better picture to present in
a years time, the German
trainer said.
We need at least half a
dozen horses more, the big
ones, to the 23 we have here.
Our focus will continue to be
show jumping and dressage,
strengthening our national
team, making our mark in re-
gional competitions.
We have some exciting
prospects in the wings and
overall I am very optimistic
about Cambodias future,
added Greiss.
Mona told the Post: From
the federations perspective,
we are delighted that Greiss
introduced this novelty. It is
benecial on so many fronts.
Competitively we may be
years away, but its positive im-
pact on other equestrian skills
is priceless.
We keep talking about rid-
ers, skills and competitions.
But what about the poor
horses who serve us for so
long and so faithfully. One of
the biggest and most reward-
ing advantages from vault-
ing is that we can give retired
horses a second life.
Meanwhile, the CEF has
opened its new Pony Club at
the CCC stables to inculcate
in young riders the value of
pony care.
Around 20 youngsters who
are now part of this club will
have to take care of the ponies
they ride on a day-to-day ba-
sis. In Monas words, it creates
a better bond between the
rider and pony for which ten-
derly care is so vital.
Vaulting competitions con-
sist of compulsory and cho-
reographed freestyle exercises
in tune with music.
The compulsory ones are
mount, basic seat, ag, mill,
scissors, stand and ank.
Each exercise is scored on
a scale from 0 to 10. Horses
also receive a score and are
judged on the quality of their
movement and behaviour.
Vaulting the basics
Vaulters compete in team
and individual freestyles (pre-
viously known as a Kur). An
individual Kur is a one-min-
ute freestyle and team is of
four minutes. They are both
choreographed to music.
A typical routine for a child
or begginner teenager or adult
will more likely contain varia-
tions on simple kneels and
planks. Teams also carry, lift,
or even toss another vaulter
in the air.
Judging is based on tech-
nique, performance, form,
difculty, balance, secu-
rity and consideration of the
horse, which is also scored.
Vaulting horses are not
saddled, but wear a surcingle
(or a roller) and a thick back
pad. The surcingle has special
handles that aid the vaulter
in performing certain moves
as well as leather loops called
Cossack stirrups. The horse
wears a bridle and side reins.
The lunge line is usually at-
tached to the inside bit ring.
CEF technical director Rainer Greiss (right) has introduced vaulting to
the disciplines practised by the Federations members. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Cambodian Equestrian Federation members perform vaulting tricks at the Cambodian Country Club horse park
on Sunday. The CEF is the rst such federation in Southeast Asia to add the discipline to its activities. PHOTOSUPPLIED

Yongmudo looks to kick off
its practice in Cambodia
THE governing body of Yongmudo, a
South Korean martial art founded in
1953, is looking to introduce the
discipline in the Kingdom.
International Yongmudo Federation
president Kyung Bae Ki made a visit
on Wednesday to the National
Olympic Committee of Cambodia
headquarters, where he urged NOCC
secretary-general Vath Chamroeun to
support its practice in Cambodia. Vath
Chamroeun told the Post: We would
like to welcome this new martial art,
which is similar to taekwondo but
also includes grappling techniques, in
Cambodia as long as their federation
helps provide coaches, equipment
and a suitable training venue. CHHORN
NORN, TRANSLATED BY CHENG SERYRITH
Scottish fly-half Dan Parks
calls time on rugby career
FLY-HALF Dan Parks, who won 67
caps for Scotland, on Wednesday
announced his retirement from rugby.
Born in Australia, but qualifying for
Scotland duty through a maternal
grandfather from Ayrshire, Parks won
his caps in an eight-year international
career that ended when he stepped
down from Test rugby during the 2012
Six Nations tournament. Best-known
for his kicking abilities, Parks notably
played for Scotland in the 2007 and
2011 World Cups. On the club level,
he joined Glasgow in 2003, and then
had spells with Cardiff Blues and
latterly Connacht. I feel incredibly
fortunate to have been able to play a
sport which I love for over 11 years as
a professional, he said. AFP
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Sport
Chinese rider
to make Tour de
France history
J
I CHENG is set to make his-
tory as the rst Chinese rider on
the Tour de France after being
named in the Team Giant-Shi-
mano for the gruelling event.
The 26-year-old became the rst
Chinese to ride in a Grand Tour
when he completed the Spanish
Vuelta in 2012, later going on to
compete in the Giro dItalia a year
later, although he failed to nish.
When we started working with
him as a young talented rider back
in 2008 we made a long-term plan
and this has seen him develop into
the highest level of the sport and
we see him now playing an impor-
tant factor in the sprint formations,
Giant-Shimano coach Rudi Kemna
said of having Ji in the team.
Having Cheng in the team as the
rst Chinese rider ever to ride the
Tour de France will be huge for him
and his country and we look forward
to seeing the impact this has on the
globalisation of the sport.
The team has targeted a goal of
winning a stage and for this has de-
veloped two sprint formations, the
rst revolving around Marcel Kittel
and the second around John Degen-
kolb. During stages that are not suit-
ed to either sprint formations, riders
will have opportunities to go on the
offensive in the breakaways.
Kemna said of the selection: It is
always hard picking a selection for
the Tour, and especially so this year
when we have so many riders all at
near enough the same level and ca-
pable of bringing a lot to the team.
With the team we have selected
we have a strong group well balanced
to race as well as possible towards
our main objective winning a stage
of the Tour.
The way we are heading in to the
Tour is the way that I like to start a
race with a team full of condence
and with clear goals. I am looking
forward to going to the Tour and
showing the world who Team Giant-
Shimano is.
Giro stage winner Ulissi fails test
Italian rider Diego Ulissi, who won
two stages of this years Giro dItalia,
failed a drugs test during the race,
his team Lampre conrmed on
Wednesday.
The 24-year-old returned a posi-
tive test for salbutamol, a drug used
to treat asthma, during the 11th stage
on May 21 at Savone. Lampre said
that Ulissi had revealed to testers
at the time that he had two puffs of
ventolin containing salbutamol as
well as paracetamol, following a fall
during the stage.
The Tuscan rider has been sus-
pended by his team pending the
analysis of his B sample. Ulissi
strongly rejects the presence of such
a large amount of salbutamol, the
team said in a statement.
Riders are permitted to use the
drug for medical purposes below a
certain threshold, but Ulissis sample
contained almost twice the permit-
ted concentration. AFP
Team Giant-Shimano rider Ji Cheng will this year become the rst Chinese person to
compete in the Tour de France cycling race. AFP
23
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 27, 2014

Yokohama chief builds
bridges with TriAsia
YOKOHAMA F Marinos club
president Hikasa Yoshiri paid a
visit on Wednesday to a
training session of Metfone
C-League club TriAsia to help
foster relations between the
sides. Yokohama have won the
J-League three times in their
history and last year came
runners-up while triumphing
in the domestic Emperors
Cup. Yoshiri told the Post it
was his first time in Cambodia,
and welcomed the chance to
share experiences with TriAsia
head coach and compatriot
Daisuke Yoshioka. CHHORN NORN,
TRANSLATED BY CHENG SERYRITH
More magic from Messi
as Argentina march on
LIONEL Messi lit up the World
Cup again on Wednesday to
inspire Argentina as France and
Switzerland both booked their
places in the last 16. Argentina
captain Messi bagged his third
consecutive man-of-the-match
award after scoring twice as the
South American giants beat
Nigeria 3-2 to top Group F.
Nigeria advanced to the second
round for the first time since
1998 despite the loss after
Bosnia defeated Iran 3-1 in
Salvador. Argentina will now play
Group E runners-up
Switzerland in Sao Paulo next
Tuesday while Nigeria meet
France in Brasilia on Monday.
Ten-man Ecuador held France
to a 0-0 draw at the Maracana
on Wednesday but Didier
Deschamps side still topped
Group E. Through luck,
determination, bad finishing
and excellent goalkeeping by
Alexander Dominguez,
Ecuador resisted even after
captain Antonio Valencia was
ordered off early in the second
half for a studs-up challenge
on Lucas Digne. Switzerlands
3-0 win over Honduras in the
groups other game gave them
second place. AFP
Helena Costa: I was
being sidelined by men
HELENA Costa walked out of
her job as Frances first woman
to lead a professional mens
football team after male
colleagues sidelined her and left
her convinced she was just a
face to attract publicity, she
claimed on Wednesday. In a
statement in her native
Portuguese, Costa said she
arrived at the second-division
club Clermont Foot 63 to
discover new players had been
signed and friendly matches
arranged without her
knowledge. Costa claimed that
when she questioned this in
emails to Olivier Chavanon,
adviser to the club president
Claude Michy, he at first failed to
reply, then sent an email saying:
Youre tiring me with your
messages. Costa said: There
were a series of events that no
trainer would tolerate and a
total lack of respect as well as
amateurism. When I tried to get
in touch with Olivier Chavanon,
he declined to reply to emails
and messages. THEGUARDIAN
H S Manjunath
WITH the momentum clearly
behind them, Phnom Penh
Crown take on TriAsia at the
Olympic Stadium tomorrow,
focused on retaining their
ve-point lead in the Metfone
C-League standings over their
closest challengers, Boeung
Ket Rubber Field.
Crown had it easy against
Albirex Niigata last week,
though the two goals that
the bottom-of-the-table for-
eign franchise managed to
sneak in should have given
the four-time champions as
many reasons to be more
watchful of the much stron-
ger TriAsia, who have rufed
quite a few illustrious feath-
ers this season.
A victory would leave Crown
in an impregnable position
and barring unthinkable hor-
rors in the next set of games
will bestow them the title rights
with something to spare.
In the days rst xture,
Build Bright United will face
Ministry of National Defence,
who surprised several pundits
by going down to Kirivong Sok
Sen Chey last week.
Realistically, Crowns only
threat are Boeung Ket, though
the Kampong Cham-based
club are still ve points adrift.
The runners-up last year have
been served a tough test at the
Olympic Stadium on Sunday
when they meet Asia Europe
University, generally seen as
the team that has been ght-
ing the hardest this season.
Boeung Kets only hope of
getting the winning numbers
right will solely depend on how
well the stars align in their fa-
vour. Whichever way the 2012
winners look at the equation,
there are two paths that lead
in the right direction.
One is for them to keep win-
ning, which is attainable. The
second, more implausible one
is for Crown to stumble badly.
Two teams who are loitering
at the wrong end of the stand-
ings, Western University and
Albirex Niigata, will bring Sun-
days action to close.
Weekend Fixtures
At Olympic Stadium
Saturday June 28
BBU v MND 3:30pm
PP Crown v TriAsia 6pm
Sunday June 29
Boeung Ket v AEU 3:30pm
Western University v
Albirex Niigata 6pm
Crown look to cement
summit stranglehold
Japan eye up Aguirre
JAPANS football bosses turned
their attention yesterday to the
hunt for a new coach after
Alberto Zaccheroni resigned in
the wake of a winless World
Cup, with media reports sug-
gesting ex-Mexico chief Javier
Aguirre was in the frame.
The Japan Football Associa-
tion has already started nego-
tiations with the Mexican vet-
eran, who led his nation to the
last 16 twice, in 2002 and 2010,
the Sports Nippon said in its
online edition.
Japan went to Brazil brimful
of confidence after an easy
qualifying campaign, with pre-
dictions they would reach the
quarter-finals and even a sug-
gestion from talismanic for-
ward Keisuke Honda that the
Blue Samurai could win
the competition.
But the Asian champions
never really fired, and their best
result was a spiritless 0-0 draw
against Greece.
Less than 24 hours after a 4-1
walloping by Colombia, Zac-
cheroni fell on his sword, bring-
ing down the curtain on a four-
year reign.
Sports Nippon said that
despite the failure in Brazil, the
team needs to stick to the path
the Italian tactician put them
on, emphasising speed and
intensity, and is looking for a
successor with a similar style.
Aguirre, 55, has a long career
coaching in Europe, particu-
larly in Spain, directing clubs
such as RCD Espanyol, CA
Osasuna and Atletico Madrid.
JFA executive director [Hiro-
mi] Hara, who will take com-
mand in handpicking the suc-
cessor, worships the soccer in
Spain, which makes Aguirre a
perfect candidate, the Sports
Nippon said.
The Daily Sports Online,
meanwhile, reported Japan has
already approached Jose Peker-
man, the coach of Columbias
national team, who handed the
team their drubbing on Tues-
day in Cuiaba.
Zaccheroni, 61, announced
his resignation on Wednesday
and said he took full responsi-
bility for the Asian champions
exit from Brazil with no win.
His contract was due to expire
after the tournament but his
resignation leaves Japan need-
ing to bed in a new coach
quickly before their Asian Cup
defence in January. AFP
The Japan Football Association have made moves to employ former Mexico
coach Javier Aguirre following the resignation of Alberto Zaccheroni. AFP
Scolari happy to buck trend
F
ANS and commentators alike
may be delighting at the ava-
lanche of goals lighting up the
World Cup, but Brazil coach
Luiz Felipe Scolari has vowed to make
his side more defensive.
Scolaris team may have beaten
Croatia 3-1 and Cameroon 4-1 on
their way to winning Group A, but the
hosts have not convinced and are cer-
tainly not set out to attack in the way
the likes of France and Germany are.
It is hardly a surprise Scolari is a
pragmatist and his conservative tac-
tics will not change now that the tour-
nament is heading into the straight
knockout phase, which will surely see
more teams play with greater caution.
Now we need to commit fewer mis-
takes, Scolari said as he looked ahead
to tomorrows last-16 tie against Chile
in Belo Horizonte.
In the group stage you can get away
with slipping up once as long as you
win your other two matches. Now you
cant afford to because one goal can
decide a match.
Scolari and the hosts, however, have
been an exception to the often chaotic
rule at this World Cup.
At the end of Mondays action, includ-
ing the host nations 4-1 win against
Cameroon in Brasilia that took them
through to the last 16, a total of 108
goals had been scored in 36 matches.
That is an average of precisely three
per game, a giddy gure that has not
been reached since the 1958 nals
in Sweden.
Matches have sometimes been
characterised by poor defending, but
above all teams are playing with an at-
tacking intent that was not witnessed
in South Africa four years ago, when
the average number of goals per game
was just 2.27.
The attacking, error-strewn foot-
ball on display has gone down well
with fans.
Across the country, fans have been
captivated by a tournament that, as
the group stage draws to a conclu-
sion, has so far been the most exciting
in a generation.
Even in Brasilia, the soulless mod-
ern capital of Brazil and a city with no
genuine footballing tradition, World
Cup fever has taken hold, with fans
ooding to matches at the stunning
National Stadium.
Yet the feel-good factor does not ex-
tend to the Brazil coach.
Scolari stubbornly refuses to change
the way his side plays despite criticism
from the Brazilian press, and he has
so far stayed loyal to underperform-
ing players such as Paulinho and Fred,
preferring instead to send out a settled
team along the lines that which won
last years Confederations Cup.
The performance of Fernandinho
after he came on as a half-time sub-
stitute for Paulinho against Camer-
oon means the Manchester City mid-
elder might force his way into the
team against Chile, but Scolari will
certainly not make sweeping changes
in personnel.
And the coach will not change his
teams style, as he recognises that Bra-
zils strength is their central defence,
where Thiago Silva and David Luiz are
ably shielded by Luiz Gustavo.
That, and the attacking genius of
Neymar, who is to Brazil what Lionel
Messi has been to Argentina.
There have been some amazing
results that show how much football
has changed, Scolari said. It is very
even now. The Argentina-Iran game
showed what can happen if you have
one player [Messi] capable of making
the difference.
Brazils stuttering start meant this
was the rst World Cup since 1978 in
which they did not win both of their
rst two matches, but they have ful-
lled their primary objective in reach-
ing the last 16.
Scolari will feel justied and will
keep faith in his tactics as a meeting
with Jorge Sampaolis Chile, with their
unorthodox system, high pressing
and constant attacking movement,
looks set to be a fascinating clash of
styles. AFP
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari gestures to his midelder Luiz Gustavo during their Group A match against Cameroon. AFP
World Cup - Round of 16
Saturday June 28
Brazil v Chile 11pm
Sunday June 29
Colombia v Uruguay 3am
Netherlands v Mexico 11pm
Monday June 30
Costa Rica v Greece 3am
WEEKEND FIXTURES