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N WHAT may be the largest docu-
mented case of timber laundering
in recent Cambodian history, one
of the countrys most powerful
tycoons, Try Pheap, allegedly made
more than $220 million in unreported
profit by illegally logging rosewood over
a three-year period in the Cardamom
Mountains, official figures suggest.
The evidence was included in an
unpublished 2012 report by a major
international conservation group, a
leaked copy of which was obtained by
the Post. The report provides the first
substantial documentation of large-
scale illegal logging by the Try Pheap
Group of Companies.
According to the findings, which
were never released publicly due to the
gravity of the allegations, Pheaps MDS
Import Export Company, owned by his
wife, Mao Mom, used permits for clear-
ing timber within the Stung Atay
hydropower dam reservoir and three
concessions in the 330,000-hectare
Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary as
cover to move protected rosewood
felled outside those areas.
The report concludes that Pheap
transported more than 16,000 cubic
The calculus of logging
A leaked report shows staggering illegal logging prots by Try Pheaps company
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A truck hauls allegedly illegally logged timber up a river bank after it was of loaded from a transport boat in Stung Trengs Siem Pang district last month. HENG CHIVOAN
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
Drug arrests
up, seizures
on decline
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
THE number of drug arrests,
including those of foreign
nationals, is up this year, but
total drug seizures are barely
over a third of what they were last
year, say the National Police.
From January to September
2014, police made 564 drug raids
leading to the arrest of 1,345 peo-
ple, including 44 foreigners and
almost 200 women, said Lieuten-
ant Chhay Kim Kheun, National
Police chief of staff. Over the
same period in 2013, police made
1,200 drug arrests, which includ-
ed 32 foreigners.
Drug confiscations fell over the
same period, from more than 94
kilograms to slightly under 34
kilograms this year, according to
General Khieu Saman, director
of the anti-drug police unit.
In the past nine months, police
netted 15.7 kilograms of meth-
amphetamine powder, 10.9 kilo-
grams of marijuana, 7.5 kilograms
of cocaine, almost 0.3 kilograms
of heroin and over 3,000 kilo-
grams of safrole oil, used in the
production of ecstasy.
Lieutenant Kheun said that
police have worked hard to
combat and reduce drug traf-
ficking, drug production and
drug use in Cambodia.
Taing Vida
P
RIME Minister Hun
Sen yesterday sang the
praises of Cambodias
rst gold medallist
in 44 years suggesting Sorn
Seavmeys achievement was
the only thing Cambodia can
brag about as the Kingdoms
Olympic Committee warned
of bogus Facebook accounts in
her name soliciting money.
After Seavmey, 19, took rst in
taekwondo at the Asian Games
in South Korea on October 3,
Hun Sen yesterday commend-
ed her achievement at a gradu-
ation ceremony for Cambodia
University of Specialties at Koh
Pich yesterday.
Its no small achievement
to win a gold medal against 45
countries, said the Prime Min-
ister, who is granting the athlete
$30,000, a motorbike, an iPad, a
computer, an automatic pass for
the grade 12 exam and $1,500
per year in congratulations.
For those who could not . . .
praise this achievement, please
stay silent, Hun Sen said, re-
ferring to people criticising
the gifts. This is the only thing
Cambodia can brag about.
The comments came on the
same day that the National
Olympic Committee of Cambo-
dia released a statement warn-
ing that multiple Facebook ac-
counts have been created by
scam artists purporting to be
Seavmey asking for donations
for nonexistent charities.
The accounts contain phone
numbers donors can use to
set up appointments and con-
tribute to the fake funds, said
Vath Chamroeun, the Olym-
pic Committees secretary.
Based on current observa-
tion, there have been Face-
book accounts established
identifying them as belonging
to Seavmey for money solicit-
ing purposes, Chamroeun
said. We are monitoring those
thieves, and we have already
prepared lawyers for legal coun-
seling for victims complaints.
Seavmey said the Sorn
Seavmey Foundation which
donates to the Cambodian Red
Cross, Kantha Bopha childrens
hospitals and others is the
only charitable organisation in
her name.
I have not used Facebook for
several days now and have not
created a page for fundraising,
Seavmey said.
As PM brags,
scammers try
to strike gold
Buddhist institute rewind
Meas Sokchea

SEEKING to allay fears that the
government is allowing casino
operator NagaCorp to overrun
the Buddhist Institute, Minis-
ter of Cults and Religion Min
Khin yesterday claimed that
any structures that have been
built by the casino operator
on institute land would now
be removed.
After nearly three hours of
questioning by the National
Assemblys Commission on
Religion, Khin claimed that
construction had been put to
a halt. For the Buddhist In-
stitute, we are not renting [the
land], or selling it, or [allowing]
any development, he told re-
porters after the closed-door
questioning. And as for re-
moving [construction], we are
organising the procedure to
dismantle soon."
Now I would like to tell all of
you that we are stopping [this
construction] right away, Khin
also said.
The construction site at-
tracted protesters after parts
of the institutes walls were
demolished earlier this year
to make way for the nearby
casino. In May, the govern-
ment said that it had only al-
lowed NagaCorp to build an
electrical substation on the
institutes land to power a
new hotel across the road.
But last month, the Post re-
vealed that the company had
told investors of plans to build
another hotel directly on the
institutes site.
According to Yem Ponharith,
an opposition lawmaker and
head of the commission on
religion, the substation would
now also be relocated.
He said that the institute
would hopefully be refurbished
instead, to restore its past glory.
We will go and look with
our own eyes and request [the
government] to help the Min-
istry of Cults and Religion to
be given enough budget to
help the institute grow, Pon-
harith said.
According to a recording of
yesterdays questioning, Khin
told lawmakers that NagaCorp
had not paid any money to use
the institutes land while con-
structing developments in the
immediate vicinity.
There is no rent. [Naga] has
borrowed [our land]. There is
[just] a borrowing agreement
for them to keep construction
materials, motorbikes and cars
[on institute land], he said.
This response earned a re-
buke from Ponharith, who
questioned why a highly prof-
itable casino company was not
paying for use of the land.
NagaWorld declined to com-
ment before press time.
Heavy machinery operates on a construction site next to the Buddhist
Institute in Phnom Penh in June. CHARLOTTE PERT
Sorn Seavmey celebrates after winning gold during the 17th Asian
Games in Incheon, South Korea. AFP
This is the only
thing Cambodia
can brag about
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
Fraud case
judge says
no to bail
World Bank deects claims
Kim Sarom
CAMBODIAN-AMERICAN busi-
nessman San Richer who is
accused of helping defraud an
investor out of $1 million wont
be released on bail, Phnom Penh
Municipal Court judge In Vanvi-
bol announced yesterday.
Richer is one of four suspects
including Sichan Siv, a former
United States envoy to the UN
who allegedly solicited a $1
million investment in a rice
export start-up from local busi-
nesswoman Eng Lykong, only
to disappear after accepting
the money.
Sichan and fellow suspects
Thomas Willems and William
Nojay are believed to have left
the country.
Reached by phone yesterday,
Lykong said that she supported
the courts decision.
I appreciate this . . . [because]
if the court let the suspect out
on bail, the suspect will be able
to escape since he has dual
nationalities, she said.
Lykong is seeking the return of
her $1 million, and a further
$200,000 in damages.
Richer declined to answer
journalists questions after the
hearing.
Laignee Barron
A
S 10 cities around the
world stage protests
denouncing the World
Banks agriculture
investments today, the organisa-
tion has responded to accusa-
tions that its policies have helped
fuel land grabs in Cambodia.
The UN-associated financier
is under fire for findings, includ-
ing by its own internal inspec-
tors, that its $35 billion worth of
investments in developing coun-
tries have done little to alleviate
poverty, and instead may help
undermine the livelihoods of
rural communities.
The World Bank Group shares
concerns over large-scale land
acquisitions anywhere and
believes securing access to land
for poor people around the globe
is critical for development, the
bank told the Post by email. All
World Bank Group initiatives are
designed to end extreme pov-
erty and boost shared prosperity
around the world.
But in Cambodia, protesting
communities locked in land dis-
putes with foreign investors and
local elites point to the bank as a
catalyst for their eviction.
It also helps to shape the invest-
ment climate in countries like
Cambodia. Bank-backed reforms
in 2003 included cuts on certain
import duties, renewable land
leases of up to 99 years and no
price controls on goods or serv-
ices produced by investors,
according to Anuradha Mittal,
policy director at the Oakland
Institute, an environmental think
tank. A decade later, 76 per cent
of Cambodias arable land is in
the hands of concessionaires.
The World Bank Group
opposes speculative land invest-
ments or acquisitions which take
advantage of weak institutions
in developing countries or which
disregard principles of responsi-
ble agricultural investment,
the bank said.
However, the banks private
sector arm, the International
Finance Corporation, has also
been linked to land takeovers.
Vietnamese rubber giant Hong
Anh Gai Lai (HAGL), for exam-
ple, has received $16.4 million
in funding from IFC through
intermediary Dragon Capital.
The rubber company, which
allegedly holds more than five
times the legal limit of econom-
ic land concessions, stands
accused of land grabbing, log-
ging outside its property, sexual
assault, using child labour and
destroying state property. HAGLs
operations in Ratanakkiri have
been suspended until the end of
November amid a pending
World Bank investigation.
Villagers walk through a cleared forest inside a HAGL rubber plantation in Ratanakkiri last year. HAGLs
operations in Ratanakkiri have been suspended due to a pending World Bank investigation. GLOBAL WITNESS
Long wait over
Two B Kak
protesters
to get land
T
WO protesters from the
Boeung Kak lake commu-
nity are weeks away from
long-awaited land titles after City
Hall ofcials yesterday measured
plots for them amid a small crowd
of angry former residents.
Nget Khun, a well-known land-
rights activist in her seventies
who has been imprisoned and
beaten numerous times while
ghting for a land title, said she
was pleased authorities were
recognising her right to live at the
site. However, she has no inten-
tions of returning to a quiet life.
I wont stop protesting
until City Hall resolves the land
disputes for all the families in
Boeung Kak, she said.
About 20 people who accepted
$8,500 to relocate years ago and
now say that compensation was
inadequate protested in front of
the land measurers yesterday.
Kim Vanny, the second protest-
er to see her land measured, said
it was time to end her activism.
Ive done it for many years. Im
exhausted. Ill now think about
how to earn money to support
[my family], she said.
Forty other families still await
titles at Boeung Kak, the commu-
nity says. KHOUTHSOPHAKCHAKRYA
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Reports reveal staggering
prots from illegal logging
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metres of rosewood out of the Carda-
moms in southwestern Cambodia
using the permits to clear the dam site,
despite an estimated reservoir zone
stock of just 1,000 cubic metres.
Based on data on Pheaps sales col-
lected by the Forestry Administration
MDS bought the wood from brokers
and sold it for $20,000 per cubic
metre to Vietnam and China the
report says a realistic estimate of
his illegal profits from the operation
would be $227 million.
On the evidence of the reviewed
licences, the MDS Company has . . .
taken 16,135 [cubic metres] of rose-
wood out of the OSom inundation
zone. This figure is a conservative esti-
mate of the total amount of rosewood
taken out as it is for transport through
the Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary
only, the report says, referring to the
reservoir area.
Officials have claimed the logging
was legal, pointing to Pheaps licence
to clear the dam site, but what they
could not account for is the sheer
amount of timber taken out of the
Cardamoms by MDS.
If they said that profit is illegal, I
dont understand, said Thun Sarath,
cabinet chief at the Ministry of Agri-
culture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Kranoung wars
A short distance away from OSom,
on a pitch black August night in Pur-
sat provinces Kravanh district, a Post
reporter was chased along narrow
dirt tracks by men on motorbikes
armed with assault rifles, who locals
said worked for MDS and had been
tipped off to the arrival of journalists
by a network of spies whose job it is
to protect brokers who are working
for Pheap.
The reporter had found a camp
where dozens of workers were felling
rosewood. Known locally as kranoung,
rosewood is considered critically
endangered in Cambodia, while the
countrys forestry laws list it as a legal-
ly protected species.
According to UK-based environ-
mental watchdog the Environmental
Investigations Agency, soaring demand
for the wood in China and Vietnam has
fuelled its continued exploitation and
effectively allowed Pheap to use his
connections to sidestep legal con-
straints in what could be a billion-
dollar black-market trade.
Conservationists have long docu-
mented and opposed the attempts
to exploit the Cardamoms rosewood
stocks, considered a stronghold for
the species.
But countering the conservationists
work and the long-time resistance of
indigenous communities that rely on
the forests are organised criminal
nexuses controlling the trade,
according to the government-com-
missioned 2005 Independent Forest
Sector Review.
At the centre of this trade lies OSom
district, which straddles the Central
Cardamoms Protected Forest and the
Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, a
haven for the illegal timber trail since
the Khmer Rouge controlled the log-
ging roads to Thailand.
Between the Stung Atay and Russey
Chrum hydropower dams lay some of
the largest estimated stocks of rose-
wood left in the country, according to
the report.
Pheap signed the logging contract
for the Atay dam reservoir zone
covering less than 5,000 hectares
with the China Yunnan Corporation
on February 16, 2007, it says, and in
March 2009, the Council of Ministers
issued a directive confirming that
the contract had been granted to
MDS. That May, MDS was given the
go-ahead to log in the area, with the
proviso that the timber must not
be exported.
Timber trading brokers set up busi-
nesses under the protection of MDS-
employed . . . soldiers next to the MDS
compound in [OSom], the report
notes. Logging roads went into the
[protected areas] rather than the inun-
dation zone.
In April 2010, the Ministry of Envi-
ronment clamped down on the trade,
setting up a checkpoint to monitor
every truck and catalogue how much
timber came out of the area.
That December, MDS was award-
ed two economic land concessions
(ELCs) in the Samkos sanctuarys
conservation zone, and later a fur-
ther concession near the Thai bor-
der in Thmor Da district. With Envi-
ronment Mi ni st r y rangers
monitoring the road out of the Atay
dam site, the report notes, MDS
began to use the Samkos conces-
sions to launder the wood.
While some rosewood [was] taken
out under company licences under
the assumption that it is being taken
from the hydropower dam inundation
zone, other timber is also being taken
directly to illegal furniture factories
who quickly transform it to furniture
which is legally allowed to be export-
ed, the report says. In 2011, Prime
Minister [Hun Sen] visited the area, at
which time MDS and the brokers cov-
ered up all stockpiles of rosewood and
hid illegally logged timber.
Pheaps wife, Mao Mom, declined
to comment on the evidence. Eang
Sophaleth, spokesman for Hun Sen
and a secretary of state at the Agri-
culture Ministry, declined to com-
ment. Its not in my jurisdiction. I
would advise you to contact the FA,
he said, referring to the Forestry
Administration. Chheng Kimsun,
director of the FA, did not respond to
requests for comment.
Numerous attempts to seek com-
ment from Try Pheap representatives
were unsuccessful.
The relationship between the illegal
logging trade, the government and
conservationists is complicated. In
2009, Ouk Kimsan, the man appoint-
ed by the Forestry Administration to
ensure Pheap did not abuse his licence
to transport the timber from the Atay
dam, was arrested for attempting to
take two trucks laden with illegal tim-
ber to Vietnam.
Ouk Kimsan worked for [Conserva-
tion International] and [the Forestry
Administration] and facilitated the
licences for the company to export
rosewood from the Stung Atay hydro-
power dam inundation zone that MDS
has the contract to clear. He was jailed
in Koh Kong but is now out and work-
ing as a senior director in MDS Export
and Import, the report says. Kimsan
could not be reached for comment
this week.
Marcus Hardtke, a long-time sup-
porter of the late forest activist Chut
Wutty, who was gunned down in 2012
while investigating illegal logging in the
Cardamoms, said the Atay case study
was just the tip of the iceberg.
The [Try Pheap] logging cartel has
expanded, and their operations can
be found in all provinces with valuable
timber resources. It has become a key
driver of large-scale illegal logging,
he said. The nature of these opera-
tions shows that they have support
from the highest level in government.
The cartel has become untouchable,
with the relevant authorities acting
more like subcontractors than regu-
lating agencies.
Rise of a tycoon
Little is known of Pheaps early days
before he rose to become one of Cam-
bodias most powerful mandarins. In
August 2004, he was granted the title
of okhna, a Khmer word historian
David Chandler has said is derived
from the Sanskrit for the Hindu god
Shiva, but which now carries a
$100,000 price tag a payment made
in donations to development
projects linked to the ruling Cambo-
dian Peoples Party.
In 2005, Pheap went into business
with arguably the countrys most pow-
erful tycoon, Senator Lao Meng Khin,
and forged ties with Cambodias mili-
tary leadership.
Meng Khin and Pheap are listed as
directors of an iron mining company
on the border between Stung Treng
and Preah Vihear provinces Hong-
fu-Try Pheap Mining Development
Construction which is part owned
by former RCAF commander Gen-
eral Pol Saroeun and a state-owned
Chinese firm.
As well as forming close business
ties with Chinese investors, Pheap has
also cultivated strong relationships
with Vietnamese companies and the
leadership of the CPP.
In 2009, MDS was granted a licence
to clear-fell a concession granted to
Singaporean firm HLH Group, which
has previously been linked to Hun
Sens sister, Hun Sen Ny. Shortly after
the deal was penned, Pheap was made
an adviser to Hun Sen with the rank
of secretary of state, according to a
government decree.
Despite having two concessions in
Mondulkiri province cancelled in
January 2011 due to lack of invest-
ment, just a month later, Pheap was
granted two 70-year leases covering
18,855 hectares in Virachey National
Park in Cambodias remote northeast,
an area between the Laos and Vietnam
borders known as the Dragons Tail,
where he later built a casino.
In early 2011, Pheap donated cash
and goods worth more than $130,000
to Environment Ministry staff and the
local CPP branch in the Boeung Per
Wildlife Sanctuary in Preah Vihear
province and was granted a rubber
concession there shortly afterwards.
Last year, the Post reported that Kim-
san the former CI official in charge of
keeping tabs on Pheaps logging in the
Cardamoms had taken over as head
of Pheaps operations in Boeung Per.
Land of development
In Stung Treng provinces Siem Pang
district last month, a logger working
for Pheap had just arrived and set up
camp under a tarpaulin amid the
hammering rain. Resting gingerly on
a crutch supporting his missing leg,
which he lost fighting for the Khmer
Rouge, the 57-year-old logger from
Takeo province said he has followed
Pheaps brokers for years, having just
moved from Pursats OSom district.
I have been working on logging
since the Khmer Rouge regime, he
said.
The logger, who requested anonym-
ity, was one of a vanguard of anar-
chic workers the Post witnessed
arriving in Siem Pang last month sev-
eral sharing the back of trucks bearing
the logo of the Try Pheap Group who
each day sell their haul to brokers
working for Pheap.
On the road into the district, Post
reporters passed dozens of trucks
bearing the code used by Pheaps
companies, which smoothes their
passage through any checkpoints they
might encounter 1168 a Chinese
lucky number said to mean the
road to good fortune.
The road used by Pheaps trucks was
built with Chinese aid money but has
since lost its surface under the weight
of the hulking vehicles and is now lit-
tle more than a slippery river of mud.
MDS had assigned several tractors to
patrol the road and dig out the trucks
that get stuck. One of Pheaps drivers
told the Post he had been stranded on
Try Pheap poses for a photograph earlier this year at one of his economic land
concessions in Preah Vihear while wearing a shirt adorned with a Cambodian Peoples
Party emblem. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Three Try Pheap company trucks loaded with lumber try to negotiate a mud road in Siem Pangs Thma Keo commune. HENG CHIVOAN
the remote stretch of road with his
over-laden lorry of thnong wood
another protected species for two
days and nights.
Villagers, loggers and local officials
told the Post that Pheap had emptied
their villages of men, who spend eve-
ry day journeying across the Srepok
River to log thnoung in the reservoir
of the Lower Sesan II dam, where
Pheap has also allegedly been laun-
dering timber from logging operations
in Ratanakkiri province, according to
forest campaigners and locals.
The Post followed several of Pheaps
trucks from Siem Pang to an MDS
holding area nearby and also wit-
nessed several of the trucks parked in
the grounds of an under-construction
luxury hotel in Stung Treng town that
the tycoon is building.
By the side of the river in Siem Pang,
a stout woman was busy organising
the latest load of thnong to be taken
to the MDS collection point down the
road, ready for the companys vehi-
cles to arrive at nightfall.
We work very hard, but we have
to pay the [police] officers, too, or
they will arrest us, she said. But if I
dont do that business, someone
from outside will come to do it, so
we have to join to destroy the trees
with Try Pheap.
Over the past two years, Pheap has
been granted several licences to col-
lect and transport timber across the
country, making him the preferred
bidder at government auctions,
according to a conservationist who
requested anonymity.
We see a drive to monopolise the
trade in luxury timber, with FA crack-
downs on independent operators,
Hardtke said. As the rosewood stands
are largely exhausted, the [Try Pheap]
cartel has switched to other species,
like thnong, and will continue down
the species list until Cambodias
remaining forests are reduced to
shrubbery.
In February and March 2013, Pheap
was given the rights to collect all tim-
ber logged in ELCs in Ratanakkiri
province and to establish yellow vine
processing plants in the Atay dam
area. Then, in April, Hun Sen praised
Pheap for donating nearly $250,000
to build a Buddhist temple in the
prime ministers home commune of
Jiro in Kampong Cham province. The
next month, he won a contract to
transport all timber from ELCs in 15
provinces and the concession for the
casino in Ratanakkiri.
More than 1 million hectares of land
was granted to foreign and local com-
panies through ELCs during the last
CPP government an area twice the
size of Brunei with most clustered
near the countrys largest remaining
forest reserves. The Forestry Admin-
istration told investors last year that
local demand for timber would con-
tinue to rise until 2018.
A European Union delegate, who
co-chairs the Technical Working
Group on Forestry Reform, said
Pheaps licences, which are up for
review next month, had been dis-
cussed at the past two meetings.
They addressed the issue of the
licences for the collection of timber
and the licences given to some com-
panies to buy timber from other
ELCs, the EU said in a statement.
The EU strongly believes transpar-
ency in the attribution of public mar-
kets, including ELCs and timber, is a
key element of good governance.
Pheap was granted a $3.4 million
licence to confiscate almost 5,000
cubic metres of mostly luxury wood
from the FA about $700 per cubic
metre last year. Using his conces-
sions in Ratanakkiri, Pheap was
accused of illegally exporting large
amounts of luxury wood from con-
cessions owned by Vietnamese sub-
sidiaries of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai
Company, better known as HAGL.
Pheap got a new licence to destroy
all remaining waste wood in FA and
Ministry of Environment offices and
permission to keep what remains
earlier this year. Most of the wood
taken by Pheap so far estimated at
more than 1,500 cubic metres is
thought to be luxury species.
This policy of collecting confis-
cated timber is a rather old trick in
the region to circumvent legal and
policy frameworks, said Hardtke. In
the past, the Cambodian government
issued old log collection permits,
meaning theres no cutting involved,
just the collection of previously felled
trees. Needless to say, it was abused
for years, covering several hundred
thousand [cubic metres].
In its 2000 Structural Adjustment
Credit assessment, the World Bank
called Cambodias forests the coun-
trys most developmentally impor-
tant natural resource.
But a damning indictment of donor
institutions inability to curtail illegal
logging, a 2013 World Bank investiga-
tion, found that $4.1 billion of its glo-
bal investments in forestry over the
past 10 years have done little to ben-
efit local communities in developing
countries. The bank, which declined
to comment, is now considering
funding land concessions in Cambo-
dia once more, after a three-year
moratorium on loans.
Despite the mounting evidence
of illegality in the forestry sector,
officials are seemingly oblivious or
unwilling to offer any practical
solutions.
At the opening of a sugar factory in
Kampong Speu province in 2012, Hun
Sen praised the economic progress
the government had nurtured since
the civil war. We have transformed
this pitiful land, he said, soaked in
blood and tears in the past into a land
of development.
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Allegedly illegally-logged timber litters a river bank in Stung Trengs Siem Pang district last month as it waits to be transported to a stock pile. HENG CHIVOAN
Rosewood exported from OSom by MDS - licence data from 2010/2011 and estimate for 2009.
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
Cockfighting crowd at
unescapable heights
NEXT time youre off to bet on
roosters killing each other,
avoid the first floor. Cockfight-
ing aficionados fled the scene
as soon as police raided a ring
in a house in Kandals Saang
district on Tuesday, but the five
men and two women on the
first floor didnt have time to
escape and were arrested on
the spot. Police seized 10
motorbikes and five cocks, but
released the lucky seven after
they promised to never do it
again. DEUMAMPIL
Boys will be boys, sure,
but violence means jail
TWENTYSOMETHINGS, right?
Four youths aged between 20
and 25 were arrested for get-
ting rough in a nightclub and
destroying an opposing gang
members motorbike in Svay
Rieng town on Tuesday. Police
said the two gangs had such
bad blood between them that
they started fighting as soon as
they spotted each other at the
club, with one destroying the
bike in revenge. Police inter-
vened and arrested four, but
some managed to escape.
DEUMAMPIL
Masked gang beats man
on way home from wat
A MAN was ganged up on and
beaten up by 10 masked men
as he was on his way back
home from a pagoda in Kam-
pong Cham town on Tuesday.
The man, 29, said he had no
clue why the group, who
seemed to be in their twen-
ties, set upon him. Police are
looking for the perps, who all
escaped, while the victim was
sent to hospital. KAMPUCHEA
THMEY
Plantation no haven
from necklace thieves
A WOMAN, 30, was arrested in
Kampong Chhnang town on
Wednesday for snatching
another womans necklace as
she was working on a planta-
tion. The unsuspecting victim,
29, had been walking around
when the necklace was
snatched from her, with the
alleged thief running off into
the wilderness. But police
found the necklace and arrest-
ed the suspected perp, who
confessed and was sent to
court. DEUMAMPIL
Pair attacked trying
to break up axe brawl
LOVING thy neighbour doesnt
seem a popular concept in
Banteay Meancheys Poipet
town. A group of neighbours
who were attacking each other
with stones and axes turned on
a man, 40, and his nephew, 19,
after they tried to break up the
violent dispute on Wednesday.
The angry neighbours beat up
the potential peacemakers and
escaped, while the pair was
sent to hospital. Police remain
on the lookout for the suspects.
KOHSANTEPHEAP
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
The Australian Embassy invites applications from suitably qualied
individuals for a position of Team Leader for 3i: Investing In
Infrastructure program (long-term adviser), which is available now.
Funded by the Australian Government, 3i is a program designed to
promote and catalyse business growth in the infrastructure sector of
Cambodia. It will partner with the private sector to expand household
and business access to utilities and other services.
The monthly remuneration is based on the Adviser Remuneration
Framework of the Australian Aid Program, Discipline Category D, Job
Level 4. The Adviser support costs and allowance will be determined
during contract negotiations.
Selection Criteria
Essential:
Ten or more years professional experience in a relevant eld
such as international development, economics, infrastructure,
engineering, or private sector/business development
Academic qualications in a relevant eld
Experience in program/project leadership and management,
including excellent skills in managing multi-cultural teams and
working in a cross-cultural environment
Demonstrated success in supporting private sector development
or working with the private sector within an aid program
Knowledge of or experience in infrastructure development
Knowledge of or experience in implementing aid programs using
market-based approaches, like the Making Markets Work for the
Poor (M4P) or value-chain approaches
Desirable:
Experience working in Cambodia or other countries in
Southeast Asia
Familiarity with private equity and/or social impact investment
funds
Applications must include:
A statement (maximum 3 pages) addressing the selection criteria,
including all 6 of the essential selection criteria
A current resume setting out employment and educational history
Full contact details
Name and contact details of two referees who have recent
knowledge of the applicants work performance
A full job description of the position can be obtained from the Australian
Embassys website http://www.cambodia.embassy.gov.au and a draft
Program Design Document for 3i can be obtained from the following
web page http://aid.dfat.gov.au/apps/businessnotications/Pages/
default.aspx
Applications should be emailed to Tokyo.Bak@dfat.gov.au or mailed to
the following address:
Tokyo Bak, Senior Program Manager, Development Cooperation
Australian Embassy
No 16B, National Assembly Street, Phnom Penh
Ref: Team Leader for 3i: Investing In Infrastructure program
Applications close 5:00pm Friday 24 October 2014
AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY
JOB VACANCY
Team Leader for 3i: Investing In
Infrastructure program
JOB OPPORTUNITY
RMA Group has been in Cambodia since 1992. We are well known as dealer of agriculture, excavator,
power generator and heavy equipment and ataumotve. RMA is an equal-employment-opportunity
employer in Cambodia. We oer a friendly working environment, opportunites for advancement, and
benets for outstanding performers at all levels. We are now looking for dynamic candidates to ll the
following positons:
Truck Sales Manager 01 Positons

RESPONSIBILITIES
Dene the product strategy,planning, executon sale and tracking of direct mail and package -
insert campaigns for products
Providing the sales team with the necessary technical expertse to enable them to sell the -
truck
Set-up, manage and improve standards and procedures within the team -
Ensure working practces are well dened and operatonal with minimal disrupton using -
technology to improve eciency as appropriate
Manage the team and individual performance, technical and skills development -
Encourage open communicaton between team members, suggestng and driving forward -
ideas about how the team can work more eectvely together
Execute sales plan to target agricultural prospects with a view to on-going relatonships as a -
key supplier
Preparaton of sales forecasts & budgets to meet targets -
Strive for best practces in customer satsfacton & support with regular updates to -
management
Monitor customers technical requirements and feed informaton back to technical manager -
Achieve Sales KPIs. -
REQUIREMENT
At least bachelor degree level in Mining, Mechanical Engineering, and or Business/Commerce -
Minimum of 5-year experiences in sales management and small sales force management in -
heavy equipment, especially truck sales. Experiences within automotve is also considered
Experience in working for/with Major Internatonal Mining/Constructon Companies or OEM -
supplier
Ability to interact eectvely with people in various functons and at all levels of the -
organizaton.
Good in communicaton with the clients by the phone or face to face -
Ability to travel alone or with team to the provinces or others urban areas -
Good English & Khmer, writen & spoken. Thai & Chinese languages would also be considered -
Candidate with experiences in similar industries would be advantage -
A good package will be oered with basic salary plus commission and annual bonus -
Interested candidates are required to send their CV and cover leter to RMA (Cambodia) Co., Ltd
head oce address: #27, St. 134, SangkatMitapheap, Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, or e-mail:
piseth.s@rmagroup.net orcontact to Tel: 023-883-488, Only short-listed candidates will be invited for
an interview.
Deadline: 30 October 2014
Bail denied
in KPPM
T-shirt case
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
THREE men arrested for their
alleged involvement in distrib-
uting T-shirts for the govern-
ment-opposed Khmer People
Power Movement (KPPM) had
their bail requests denied yes-
terday by the Phnom Penh Mu-
nicipal Court after more than 16
months in pre-trial detention.
Presiding judge Top Chhun-
heng said Serey Bunlong, 30,
Seng Sokmeng, 31, and Um
Phirum, 28, had been charged
with treason for their reported
role in distributing the shirts
which admonished citizens not
to vote in an election that is
not free and fair in Phnom
Penh, Poipet and Takeo prov-
ince in 2013.
Defence lawyer Sok Sam
Oeun said his clients prolonged
detention was tantamount to a
sentence without trial. Whats
more, he added, they were just
involved in wearing and dis-
tributing T-shirts, which were
obtained from a politician.
Bunlong denied belonging
to the KPPM, saying he had
simply met head Sourn Serey
Ratha when he visited Poipet
and asked for help distributing
T-shirts.
Missing maids sought
Sen David

P
RESSURE is mount-
ing on the Ministry of
Labour to ensure that
Cambodian maids
trapped in Malaysia are repa-
triated, as the president of the
National Assembly lodged
a second complaint yester-
day urging the return of four
workers.
A letter sent to Labour Min-
ister Ith Sam Heng, signed by
National Assembly President
Heng Samrin and opposition
lawmaker Ky Vandara, calls
for the ministry to ensure that
the recruitment agencies that
sent the four workers to Ma-
laysia nd them and secure
their return.
Vandara said the letter fol-
lowed complaints from the
workers families, who claim
their loved ones are forced to
work as much as 19 hours a day
without pay.
Their employer will not al-
low them to come back, Van-
dara said.
The four maids Yem Sroy,
Soy Sokha, Sok Sarn and Pok
Sonat have been in Malaysia
for between one and ve years
and were sent there by three
separate agencies.
A moratorium was introduced
on sending maids to Malaysia
in October 2011 amid mount-
ing concerns over abuses.
Speaking yesterday, Sokhas
husband, Om Sopheak, said he
was unaware of the ban when
his wife told him last year that
she was being sent to Malaysia
with recruitment rm MLC.
According to Sopheak, his
wife traveled to Malaysia in a
company car. The last time he
spoke to her, Sopheak said his
wife did not know which city
or province she was in.
She told me she cannot
endure working there and she
wanted to come back, but her
employer would not allow it,
he said.
Representatives of MLC
could not be reached.
Yesterdays complaint
came a day after Samrin and
CNRP lawmaker Men Sotha-
rin wrote a letter to Samheng
calling for the return of an-
other maid, Kem Chanthy,
who was sent there in 2010 by
VC Manpower.
Labour Ministry spokes-
man Heng Sour could not be
reached for comment.
In August, he said that an
agreement to reopen a pipeline
of maids to Malaysia would be
delayed until a deal is reached
on a second agreement regard-
ing other migrant workers.
Migrant workers hide their faces at Phnom Penh International Airport
in 2012 after they were repatriated from Malaysia. PHA LINA
Round two

Thousands
sign up for
nal re-test

M
ORE than 68,000 grade
12 students have signed
up for a second and nal
shot at the high stakes national
exam next Monday, the Ministry
of Education, Youth and Sport re-
ported. Thats all of the students
who failed and most who failed
to show up for the rst round
in August.
Thirteen students have been
banned from the second round
after they were caught trying
to cheat, or have someone else
cheat for them. Students who
passed round one but want a bet-
ter score are also ineligible.
Students, teachers and the
ministry are all hoping Augusts
dismal results wont be repeated.
Only 25.7 per cent of students
nabbed a passing score on the
initial test, and even among the
passing candidates, many failed
at least one of the seven subjects.
Eager to appease anxious
parents and anxious universities
with seats to ll, the ministry has
been plying test-takers with re-
fresher courses and preparatory
material to boost scores. For
hard-working students, we have
high hopes for their success,
said Ros Salin, Education Ministry
spokesman. LAIGNEE BARRON
Chan Muyhong and
Daniel de Carteret
P
RIME Minister Hun
Sen announced yester-
day that the minimum
income tax threshold
will be raised to $200.
Under current law, taxable
income kicks in for anyone
earning over $125 per month.
Speaking at a university gradu-
ation ceremony in Phnom
Penh yesterday, the Prime
Minister said this would be
raised to the $200 mark when
the 2015 budget law is passed
later this month.
There has been an initiative
from the Ministry of Economy
and Finance to reduce the
number of tax payers, Hun
Sen said yesterday, referring to
low income earners. There-
fore, those whose salary is at
800,000 riels ($200) will be
obligated to salary tax. Under
800,000 riels will not be obli-
gated to salary tax, he said.
The announcement comes
just a week after the General
Tax Department held a semi-
nar with garment union rep-
resentatives advising them of
their tax obligations as they
seek a raise to the current $100
minimum wage which would
move them closer to the mini-
mum threshold.
GTD director Kong Vibol
said last Wednesday that the
government would not move
away from the $125 threshold,
which has been in place since
1997, as the state revenues
were needed to invest in public
infrastructure.
But, the Prime Minister said
yesterday despite losing state
revenues, the rise would ben-
et some of Cambodias lowest
paid. With this [raise], govern-
ment will lose $10 million of in-
come [this year]. However, it is
not a big deal, because our civil
servants and garment workers
will now not be obligated to
pay tax, he said.
The Prime Minister remind-
ed the audience of students
that salary tax is still a require-
ment in any country.
The decision to raise the in-
come tax limit was applauded
yesterday by the Cambodia
National Rescue Party chief
whip Son Chhay. In many
countries, the wage that is not
taxable is an income that gives
people enough to live a com-
fortable living, he said.
But the government should
not be framing this decision as
lost revenues when hundreds
of millions goes missing each
year from state coffers, Chhay
said. Ghost workers receiving
an income from the state and
tycoons not paying their tax
dues where just a few examples
Chhay said.
To allow the poor to be tax
free by just letting go of $10
million is nothing, he said.
Ath Thon, head of the Coali-
tion of Cambodian Apparel
Workers Democratic Union,
also welcomed the increase,
but said with a rise to the min-
imum wage in the garment
sector due soon, an income
tax-free limit of $250 was more
appropriate.
It is good for now that gov-
ernment has raise[d] it up to
800,000 riels ($200), but we are
asking for $177 as minimum
wage, and $177 plus over-time
wages will achieve $200. It
means garment workers will
have an obligation to pay tax
soon after the minimum wage
reaches $177, he said.
The president of the Cam-
bodian Independent Teacher
Association, Rong Chhun, said
yesterday it was good that the
government was revising the
tax bracket, but cautioned the
devil was in the details.
I hope they do it clearly on
whether the threshold is calcu-
lated on the minimum wage,
or based salary, or if it includes
other benets, Chhun said.
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Business
Income tax threshold raised
A worker performs quality control checks on an item of clothing in a garment factory on the outskirts of Phnom Penh earlier this year. Prime
Minister Hun Sen has announced that the minimum tax threshold will be raised to $200. VIREAK MAI
Factories
up but new
jobs on the
decline
Hor Kimsay
DESPITE a noticeable increase
in the number of factory regis-
trations during the first nine
months of the year, new job-
creation has declined, according
to the latest government data.
Figures from the Ministry of
Industry and Handicraft released
yesterday showed that 149 fac-
tories registered during the nine-
month period ending Septem-
ber 30. The total represents a 21
per cent increase on the same
period last year.
But while it would seem that
more factories means more
jobs, new job-creation figures
released by the ministry at the
same time show a decline of
about 18 per cent between Jan-
uary and September.
Minister of Ministry of Indus-
try and Handicrafts Cham
Prasidh said the new factories
were largely expansions of exist-
ing operations in Cambodia.
They [factory owners], dont
want to put all their eggs in the
same basket, he said. Some
factories, when they grow bigger,
dont want to have all their
investment in one place. So they
divide their operations into to
smaller factories.
The governments report
explained that the decreasing
number of new jobs was due to
those new, smaller factories
consolidating their workforce
and moving into less labour-
intensive operations such as
food processing and product
assembly.
Cheat Khemera, senior officer
of the Garment Manufacturers
Association in Cambodia, said
that his association receives
about five new factory registra-
tions per month.
There are still new factories
coming to invest, but at the same
time some factories are also leav-
ing, he said.
I hope they do it clearly on
whether the threshold is
calculated on the minimum
wage, or based salary
Markets
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
Business
Eddie Morton
NagaCorp, owner of Phnom
Penhs only licensed casino,
NagaWorld, has issued a
statement reassuring inves-
tors of its gaming licence and
monopoly status over the
countrys capital city.
The statement, issued on
behalf of the chairman of
NagaCorps board, Timothy
McNally, states that through
a wholly-owned subsidiary
called Ariston Bhd, NagaCorp
continues to possess a casino
licence that is valid for a pe-
riod of 70 years.
The board of directors
of NagaCorp Ltd has noted,
whether with an intention to
cause trouble or not, some
questions on the Companys
exclusivity rights, the state-
ment reads.
The licence grants Ariston
the right to conduct casino
gaming activities in Cambo-
dia for a period of 70 years
from January 2, 1995, with an
additional exclusive right to
operate a casino in Phnom
Penh and the area within a ra-
dius of 200 kilometres of the
city until 2035, the statement
goes on to say.
NagaCorps monopoly li-
cence, the likes of which have
not been replicated for any
other casinos in the country,
does not encompass areas
along the Cambodia-Vietnam
border, Bokor Mountain or
Sihanoukville.
The Company has recently
sought, and received, formal
written conrmation from
the Ministry of Economy
and Finance of Cambodia
in September 2014 that the
government has re-afrmed
that Ariston continues to en-
joy the Exclusivity, and that
this will, indeed, run until
the end of 2035, the state-
ment continues.
The Company has every
faith in the Royal Government
of Cambodias ability to assist
the Group in the enforcement
of its rights.
A Spokesman from the de-
partment of gaming at the
Ministry of Economy and
Finance, Ros Phirun, con-
rmed that Naga had con-
tacted the government for
the conrmation.
Phirun added that no other
companies had been apply-
ing to establish casino busi-
nesses within the licence area
and that even if they do, they
would not be allowed.
NagaCorp reassures
investors over licence
Italy rice row not on agenda
Eddie Morton
P
RIME Minister Hun
Sen and more than 50
other heads of state
from Asia and Europe
will meet next week as part of
the tenth Asia-Europe Meeting
Summit (ASEM).
Held from October 16 to 17
in Milan, Italy, the biennial
summit will this year focus on
strengthening economic ties
between the two regions, which
together represent some 60 per
cent of the worlds population
and about half of global GDP.
Cambodia is not a big
country, it is a relatively small
country, but in such a forum
it is a country equal to all the
others, Alain Vandersmissen,
charge daffaires at the Euro-
pean Delegation to Cambodia,
said yesterday.
That can really give to Cam-
bodia an amplication of its
role, ideas and representation.
And I would guess that this is
important for the Cambodian
government in the context of
the ASEAN Economic Com-
munity 2015.
The summit, which is be-
ing hosted by the Italian gov-
ernment, comes just days af-
ter Confagricoltura Novara,
Italys peak body for farmers
and agricultural production,
issued yet another call to the
EU to trim Cambodias Every-
thing But Arms (EBA) import
preferences.
Paola Battioli, head of the
farmers union, said on October
2 on the global rice industry
website, Oryza.com, that up
to 100,000 hectares of Euro-
pean rice growing area could
be abandoned if the EU does
not put a stop to zero-duty rice
imports from Cambodia.
There is no way a European
farmer can face competition
with incoming rice of Cambo-
dian Indica, Battiolli said.
Italian Long B milled rice has
a production cost of 550 ($693)
per tonne. To be competitive,
it should cost no more than
430 ($542) per tonne, and this
means bankruptcy for farmers.
The Oryza report states that
EU imports of Cambodian rice
increased 60 per cent between
September 2013 and August this
year, totalling 245,000 tonnes.
In response to mounting
pressure from that countrys
agricultural sector, the Italian
government in July submitted
a complaint to the EU Commis-
sion over Cambodias allegedly
unfair EBA preferences.
When asked if Cambodia
and Italy would discuss the
complaint during the ASEM
Summit, the local EU Delega-
tions representative, Vander-
smissen said it was not on the
summits agenda.
What happens in the cor-
ridors, I have no idea, Vander-
smissen said.
A rice farmer checks his immerged plantation of rice near Vercelli, northern Italy, earlier this year. AFP
ATTRACTING $2.5 billion of for-
eign investment during the rst
half of this year alone, Cam-
bodias construction sector has
been repeatedly agged as the
next growth engine for the King-
doms economy. However the
boom has fuelled fears of a con-
struction bubble and invest-
ment volatility. Thierry Loustau
is the managing director of con-
struction rm LBL Internation-
al. With 250 projects completed
over the past 22 years, Loustau is
well aware of the challenges fac-
ing the sector.
Is construction Cambodias next
big engine for growth?
It is denitely true. We have
seen, after 22 years, all the ups
and downs that have happened
in this country. Over the past
ve or six years, however, con-
struction has really boomed
and I do not see any reason that
it wont continue for at least a
couple more years. Mainly, this
growth is clearly seen in Phnom
Penh. This city is growing in a
vertical way, and I cannot de-
cide whether this is good or not,
but it is certainly the trend.
What then is your ideal vision
for Phnom Penh?
I guess it would be to keep the
historical parts of Phnom Penh
I really think it is a jewel of
Asia. Equally, I think the infra-
structure has not yet been done
to support this kind of high-rise
development. I would prefer
that the historical parts stay the
way they are and new develop-
ments, instead, sit just outside
of the central area.
In Bangkok, for example, the
nancial district has been built
outside of the historical parts
of the city. And that was really
pushed forward by the citys de-
velopment of infrastructure
and public transport. I think
that would be a nice solution
for Phnom Penh instead of this
congested historical centre.
Do you fear a bubble is loom-
ing for Cambodias construction
industry?
I dont foresee any bubble.
What Phnom Penh is seeing is
a normal trend for any Asian
city and we are so, so late to
start moving on construction
that there will be room for
more development for a while
to come. We have talked about
this bubble for a very long
time years even. I remember
several years ago when many
people were building Chinese-
style townhouses everywhere,
people were saying, Oh this
will cause a bubble. Who will
be living in all these places?
But today we discover every-
thing is full.
Today, yes, sure, we can see
some projects are struggling as
everything builds up. But I must
say that if something is done
well, it will do well. It is like the
restaurant industry if it is a
good restaurant, it will survive.
Where is all the money for this
construction coming from?
In the beginning we were
working mainly with foreign
investors. After 1998-2000 there
were a lot more local develop-
ers. But today, I would say con-
servatively that we work with an
equal share of both local and
foreign developers. The ma-
jority of foreign developers are
regional players of course,
we are in Southeast Asia so it
is quite normal that most of
the investment comes from
China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia
and Singapore.
It is important to have good,
reliable companies coming in.
Investors today, compared to
six years ago, are big, publicly-
listed and experienced rms
like Oxley, Hong Kong Land
or Parkson. These are serious
people who are here for the
long term.
Is there a shortage of skilled
workers in construction?
There are two elements to this
discussion; the engineers and
architects, and then the wider
labour force. I must say that at
the level of engineers and archi-
tects, I have never had a prob-
lem nding qualied staff here
in Cambodia.
For the work force, I can say
now that I have no complaints
either. I really think this is only
a question of supervision. We
all have the same workers in
the region Myanmar, Thai-
land, Vietnam, etc. We cannot
say that Cambodians arent as
good or are less productive. The
only thing for us is supervision
of the workers and making sure
the projects and the workers are
moving in the right direction at
the right pace.
In terms of numbers, at rst
when construction really start-
ed to kick off, yes it was a bit
difcult to nd enough staff at
certain times we would oper-
ate with about 30 per cent less
workers than we needed. But
more recently, as workers are
returning from Thailand, I can
say that we have absolutely
no more problems to nd the
workers we need.
And what about the safety of
the workers? Who is respon-
sible for improving that?
We do need industry-wide
rules and laws rst and then
enforcement to make sure
they are being followed across
the board. Investors also need
to make sure they are adopt-
ing best practices. But we need
to go step by step. Not be too
ambitious in the beginning
and start with basic safety pre-
cautions, otherwise this could
affect badly the construction
sector with discrimination on
some companies following
standards and some not.
This interview has been
edited for length
11
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
Business
Construction boom not a bubble
Thierry Loustau, managing director of LBL International, talks to the
Post from his ofce in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. EDDIE MORTON

This week in biz
PM Hun Sen wants
energy price review
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has
called on his government to
review electricity pricing for
industrial consumption in a
bid to increase Cambodias
attractiveness as an
investment destination. Hun
Sen remained confident that
despite still relatively high
electricity costs compared to
neighbouring countries,
progress was being made to
increase Cambodias
competitiveness in attracting
foreign investment. From
now to 2018, electricity tariffs
will not increase, but will
gradually decrease, the
prime minister pledged.
Kingdoms economy is
lagging, says IBC
THE International Business
Chamber of Cambodias (IBC)
two-day investment
conference came to a close
on Tuesday with the Minister
of Commerce Sun Chanthol
urging a room full of industry
representatives to buy into the
Kingdoms economy.
Discussions ranged from
monetary policy to labour
force, and across the vast field
of discussion, one universal
message was that
infrastructure and skills
shortages are holding the
Kingdom back.
Markets
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Business
Eurozone outlook bleakens
T
HE outlook for the
eurozone darkened
yesterday as top think
tanks slashed their
forecasts for German growth
traditionally the blocs eco-
nomic engine for both this
year and next.
And the institutes urged the
German government to aban-
don its austerity mantra and
boost public spending to kick-
start growth, just as a number
of countries led by France have
long argued, and as new show-
down on economic policy in
the eurozone looms.
The four institutes Ifo in
Munich, DIW in Berlin, RWI in
Essen and IHW in Halle pre-
dicted in their widely-watched
half-yearly report that the Ger-
man economy would grow by
just 1.3 per cent in 2014 and
1.2 per cent in 2015.
That is much lower than the
1.9 per cent and 2 per cent they
had previously expected.
And they argued instead of
always trying to balance its
books, Berlin should ramp up
investment in the public sec-
tor as a way of reigniting the
agging economy.
Economic growth in Ger-
many has cooled noticeably,
said the institutes, whose
reports are used by the gov-
ernment as a basis for its
own economic forecasts.
Earlier this week, both the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF) and the Organisation
for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD)
warned about a loss of mo-
mentum in the eurozone
recovery as the German eco-
nomic engine stalled.
After gross domestic prod-
uct contracted in the second
quarter and likely stagnated in
the third quarter, the econom-
ic engine is nding it difcult
to get going, the report said.
The German economy is
stagnating. And theres no in-
dication for the moment that
that will change before the end
of the year, DIW economist
Ferdinand Fichtner said.
A policy of easy money, as
currently practised by the Eu-
ropean Central Bank, was not
the cure-all for Europes prob-
lems, the institutes argued.
Monetary policy is trying
its best to stimulate the euro-
zone economy and interest
rates are very low in Germany
as a result. However, the latest
raft of measures are unlikely
to provide any additional im-
pulses for the economy, the
institutes warned, referring to
the ECBs contested plans to
buy bonds and other assets
in order to inject cash into the
economy. The onus was there-
fore on governments. And
Berlin should increase spend-
ing in the public sector, the ex-
perts believed.
The government isnt mak-
ing sufcient use of the margin
for nancial manoeuvre with
regard to investment, such as
in infrastructure, said DIWs
Fichtner. On the spending
side, public spending should
be increased in those areas
which can potentially boost
growth, the institutes said.
The institutes call for in-
creased public spending will
please Germanys eurozone
partners, such as France,
which are arguing for a relax-
ation of the single currency
blocs budget rules, despite
erce resistance from Berlin.
At an informal meeting of
EU leaders in Milan earlier this
week, French President Fran-
cois Hollande threw down the
gauntlet to German Chancellor
Angela Merkel by saying instead
of further austerity measures
to trim Frances budget decit,
the rules should be eased to
reverse agging growth across
the eurozone. AFP
A German ag ies behind a European Union ag on top of Germanys
parliament building in Berlin. Germany, the blocs economic engine, has
had its growth forecast slashed by top think tanks. BLOOMBERG
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HTC unveils
new sele
smartphone
T
AIWAN-BASED HTC on
Wednesday unveiled its
newest smartphone with
high-resolution cameras on both
sides to appeal to people who
take sele pictures.
The HTC Desire Eye, includes
13-megapixel cameras on both
the front and back.
Desire Eye is fully equipped
for those who love to take great
photos, videos and seles, an
HTC statement said.
The new phone will be sold in
the United States through AT&T.
HTC also launched an oddly
shaped camera that departs from
the box shape, designed instead
with a round periscope-like ap-
pearance, which can t in ones
hand.
HTC said the cameras design
featured a sensor which automat-
ically activated the device when-
ever it was picked up, eliminating
the need for a power button. The
company said it plans to introduce
live streaming with the camera
through Google-owned YouTube
in the near future.
HTC swung to a prot in the
third quarter, but revenue contin-
ued to decline owing to sluggish
sales amid strong competition
from cheap Chinese models. AFP
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Construction equipment
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Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
Food -Cereals -Vegetables - Fruits
Cambodian commodities
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COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 87.71 0.4 0.46% 5:16:05
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 91.61 0.23 0.25% 5:16:21
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.86 0.01 0.18% 5:16:00
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 231.07 -0.77 -0.33% 5:16:11
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 257.3 -0.29 -0.11% 5:17:02
ICEGasoil USD/MT 774.75 2 0.26% 5:15:42
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 12.61 -0.02 -0.12% 4:15:00
CME Lumber USD/tbf 346.8 0.7 0.20% 21:50:53
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N A Tokyo karaoke booth thick
with cigarette smoke, Shinsuke
Chibas eyes bulge as the 41-year-
old rips into an enthusiastic, if
somewhat misjudged, rendition of the
Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK.
Jacket folded neatly on his briefcase
and necktie loosened only slightly,
insurance broker Chiba is no Johnny
Rotten, but earns hearty applause
from his workmates nonetheless,
before passing the microphone with
a bow and raising his beer glass with
a drunken leer.
Chibas party of five fit the stereo-
type of the salaryman to a tee, guz-
zling beers and smoking at a furious
pace as the clock ticked towards the
last train on a rainy Thursday night.
Japans identikit corporate samurai
are cultural shorthand for the world
of work, an army of back office grafters
that swelled as the countrys post-war
economic miracle took shape.
They squeeze daily onto famously
crammed rush-hour trains to work
lengthy shifts at the office 12 hours
or more is not uncommon not dar-
ing to leave before their managers.
The salaryman is Japans favourite
figure of mirth, said Jeff Kingston,
director of Asian Studies at Temple
University Japan. Theyre the sad, fat
punching-bag, but in some ways
theyre admired. They are the foot sol-
diers of Japan Inc.
The one-time paragon of modern
Japan came of age in the booming era
of the 1980s.
Back then, men graduating from a
half-decent university could be
almost certain of finding a good job.
They would trade a lifetime of loy-
alty for a solid career path where
promotions and pay rises came with
time served.
But then the bubble burst and
Japans economy floundered. Hiring
programs were trimmed. Salaries
were frozen, but the overtime stacked
up as firms tried to get more bang for
their buck.
More than two decades on, lifetime
contracts are the exception.
Nowadays, even some graduates
from top universities struggle to find
a full-time, permanent job; instead,
they do the same job as their tenured
colleagues, but with little security and
lower wages.
However, says Kingston, its a two-
way street, and for some younger
Japanese the toll exacted on their
fathers and grandfathers is giving
them pause for thought.
They are much more zealous
about guarding their private life and
not allowing the job to take over, he
said. Corporate Japan has broken
the social contract. Why make all
the sacrifice if its not going to be
reciprocated?
And the sacrifices for the hard-slog-
ging salaryman can be big.
Japans Labour Ministry keep statis-
tics on the number of lives claimed by
karoshi death from overwork eve-
ry year.
There is clearly a correlation
between overwork and depression,
and alcoholism and depression, said
Kingston. Society was long in denial
about these problems. All that has
changed in the last decade or so. Peo-
ple are recognising that untreated
mental health issues are a major fac-
tor in the high suicide rate.
There are more than 21 suicides per
100,000 people in Japan, according to
figures from the Organisation for Eco-
nomic Cooperation and Develop-
ment, against a group-wide average
of less than 13.
Todays salarymen are wondering
perhaps if theyve become the lost
tribe the tribe facing extinction with
job security under siege, said King-
ston. Theyre the ones who arent
being paid overtime, their incomes
are declining, their lifestyle has been
downsized.
The hard-drinking and long-hours
culture among salarymen is cited as
one of the reasons Japan has relative-
ly few women in the workforce.
While Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
has promised to boost their number,
critics say no amount of legislation
will make a difference if mothers
cannot get home to their children
because they are expected to stay
late at the office.
Drinking helps us relax, chuckled
54-year-old bank employee Kiyoshi
Hamada, sporting the classic bar-
code comb-over of thinning hair, and
nibbling on chicken gizzards at a tra-
ditional izakaya restaurant.
Its always been hard work, but its
even more of a slog now. Putting work
before family is strangely Japanese
maybe. AFP
The footsoldiers of Japan Inc
An employee rubs his face at Tokyo Forex Ueda Harlows currency ofces in Tokyo.
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World
Thai PM in
Myanmar
for rst trip
overseas
THAI Prime Minister Prayuth
Chan-ocha arrived in Myanmar
yesterday in his first overseas
foray since taking power in a
coup, as he seeks to redouble
economic ties with the king-
doms emerging neighbour.
The Thai junta ruler is set for
talks with fellow former-gener-
al President Thein Sein, who
swapped his uniform three
years ago for civilian clothes as
Myanmar shrugged off full
military rule.
Prayuth is chasing interna-
tional legitimacy for an admin-
istration which has suspended
Thailands democracy and
imposed sweeping curbs on
dissent since toppling the elect-
ed government on May 22.
Before departing for the
Myanmar capital Naypyidaw,
the premier said he would
broach a wide range of topics
during the visit from strength-
ening regional body ASEAN to
migration.
We have to reduce distrust
and contain small problems,
reduce red tape, reduce border
conflicts, Prayuth said at
Bangkoks military airport.
Over the last year the politi-
cal situation has made it diffi-
cult for Thailand to play its
previous role in international
relations, he said.
Officials said the murder of
two British tourists on a Thai
resort island is also likely to be
high on the agenda after two
Myanmar nationals were
charged with rape and murder
last week over the crime.
Reports in Myanmar media
have said the suspects told a
lawyer that they confessed to
the crime under duress, prompt-
ing rights groups to demand a
probe into their treatment.
Thai authorities deny using
the pair as scapegoats in a case
that has turned a spotlight on
the darker side to the Land of
Smiles, and tarnished its repu-
tation as a tourist paradise.
Thein Sein will ask about the
two arrested Myanmar workers
whom have been accused of
murder, a senior official from
the presidents office said.
Another official confirmed
that Prayuth had landed in
Naypyidaw and would hold a
meeting with Thein Sein before
dining with the Myanmar
leader. AFP
Airports screen
for Ebola cases
as worries grow
Turkey rejects solo ground action, IS advances
W
ORRIES over the world-
wide spread of Ebola
grew yesterday after
three more health work-
ers were quarantined in Spain and
North America threw up border con-
trols at main ports of arrival from the
plagued African states.
The United States and Canada an-
nounced new screening measures at
major airport hubs to check travellers
for symptoms of the deadly disease,
and pressure grew for other nations
to follow their lead.
US ofcials ordered increased
screening at ve major airports in-
cluding in New York, Washington,
Chicago, Atlanta and New Jersey.
The Madrid hospital treating in-
fected Spanish auxiliary nurse, Teresa
Romero, also announced her condi-
tion had worsened yesterday.
Romero, the rst person known to
have been infected with Ebola outside
of Africa, has said she may have caught
the deadly virus after touching her face
with an infected glove after cleaning
the Madrid hospital room of an elderly
Spanish missionary.
The man, who contracted Ebola in
West Africa, later died.
Three more health workers in Ma-
drid were admitted to hospital for
monitoring for Ebola late on Wednes-
day, including a hospital emergency
room doctor who attended Romero.
EU ofcials have rushed to reassure
citizens Europe is well armed to pre-
vent an Ebola epidemic, but experts
pointed to some gaps in public health
systems that could be called upon to
ward off contagion of the fever.
The majority of big countries
have equipped themselves with the
required measures, but the mesh in
the net is still too loose to exclude er-
rors, said professor Nathan Clumeck,
a specialist in infectious diseases at a
Brussels hospital.
Notable concerns, he said, were
countries which have endured the big-
gest public spending cuts, like Greece
and Spain, and where staff and re-
sources are lacking.
Germany took in a third UN employ-
ee infected with Ebola yesterday a Su-
danese doctor who had been working
in Liberia, and was admitted to a clinic
in the eastern city of Leipzig.
Meanwhile, an Australian woman,
who recently returned from working
with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone,
was being assessed in Brisbane for the
disease, which has no known cure and
kills nearly half of all infected.
The worlds largest outbreak of Ebola
has killed 3,865 people out of 8,033 in-
fected so far this year, mainly in Libe-
ria, Sierra Leone and Guinea, accord-
ing to the World Health Organizations
latest count.
Questions over Spains handling
of the affair have been raised after it
emerged that the nurse, Romero, be-
gan to feel ill on September 29 while
on leave after treating the missionar-
ies, but she was not admitted to hospi-
tal until seven days later.
One of the doctors who rst attended
her at a hospital at Alcorcon on the out-
skirts of Madrid, Juan Manuel Parra,
complained in a report published yes-
terday in daily newspapers El Pais and
El Mundo that the sleeves of his protec-
tive suit were too short.
He said he learned that Romero had
tested positive for Ebola through the
media, and said the patient spent hours
at the hospital in poor health waiting to
be transferred to the Madrid hospital
where she works and which is specially
equipped to deal with Ebola cases.
Parra described her health status at
the time as unstable, with a high risk of
complications and the need for round-
the-clock attention, with diarrhoea, se-
cretion, vomit and menstruation.
He was admitted to Madrids La Paz-
Carlos III hospital for monitoring for
Ebola late on Wednesday along with
another doctor and a nurse, the hospi-
tal said in a statement.
In total there are now six people in
quarantine at the hospital, but only
Romero has been diagnosed with
Ebola. AFP
TURKEY rejected sending in
troops on its own against ji-
hadists as advancing Islamic
State ghters seized control
of a third of the Syrian border
town of Kobane yesterday.
Despite intensied US-led
airstrikes, IS militants cap-
tured more ground in over-
night ghting that left dozens
dead, as calls grew for ground
action to support Kobanes be-
leaguered Kurdish defenders.
But after talks with NATO
chief Jens Stoltenberg, Turkish
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavu-
soglu said Ankara could not be
expected to act alone. Its not
realistic to expect that Turkey
will lead a ground operation
on its own, he said.
Ankara has come under
pressure over its inaction as
the jihadists advance on its
doorstep, with protests in
Kurdish areas in Turkey spark-
ing clashes that claimed at
least 22 lives and forced au-
thorities to declare a curfew in
six provinces.
Kobane, where Kurdish mi-
litia have been holding out
against a three-week siege
by the jihadists, has become
a crucial battleground in the
ght against IS.
With tens of thousands of
refugees, local residents and
the global media gathered
just across the border in Tur-
key, its conquest would be a
highly visible symbolic vic-
tory for the extremists.
The US-led coalition carried
out at least four fresh strikes
early yesterday, an AFP report-
er across the border in Turkey
said, as it continued a urry of
bombing raids on IS positions
in and around the town.
At least 20 coalition bomb-
ing raids have hit near Ko-
bane since Tuesday.
Airstrikes are not helpful
alone. We need heavy weap-
onry and tanks to support a
ground operation, 37-year-
old Azad, a refugee from Ko-
bane, said on the border. If
weapons are sent, civilians
would also join Kurdish ght-
ers to defend the town.
Street battles have been
raging in Kobane since the ji-
hadists breached its defences
earlier this week. IS ghters
pulled out of some areas on
Wednesday but have since
renewed their offensive and
seized more ground, a moni-
toring group said.
Despite erce resistance
from the Kurdish forces, IS ad-
vanced during the night and
controls more than a third of
Kobane, said Rami Abdel Rah-
man, director of the Syrian Ob-
servatory for Human Rights.
Meanwhile, a priest kid-
napped by al-Qaeda-linked
rebels in northwestern Syria
was released yesterday, the
Franciscan Order said, days af-
ter his abduction alongside 20
other Christians. AFP
A man holding a placard that reads How many more must die? outside the Carlos III
hospital in Madrid on Wednesday demanding Spanish minister Ana Mato resign. AFP
A
LIBERIAN man who was the first
person to be diagnosed with
Ebola outside Africa has died in a
Texas hospital, officials said on
Wednesday.
It is with profound sadness and
heartfelt disappointment that we inform
you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan
this morning, said a statement from
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dallas spokesman Wendell Watson.
Mr Duncan succumbed to an
insidious disease, Ebola. He fought
courageously in this battle.
The Texas health care system came
under heavy criticism for initially turning
Duncan away when he first sought care
on September 25. Duncan was sent
home even after he reported Ebola-like
symptoms and said he had recently
travelled from Liberia, the hardest-hit
nation in the current outbreak. AFP
EBOLA PATIENT IN TEXAS DIES
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World
15
A WOMAN missing for more
than two weeks in a rug-
ged Australian rainforest has
stumbled out alive after sur-
viving a chase by a crocodile
and eating small sh, ofcials
and reports said yesterday.
Shannon Fraser, 30, went
missing on September 21 near
the remote Josephine Falls
in Queensland state after be-
coming disorientated, wear-
ing just leggings, a shirt and
ip ops.
She was spotted by a ba-
nana farmer on Wednesday,
covered in cuts, welts, bruises
and insect bites, the Brisbane
Courier-Mail reported.
Shes lost lots of weight, shes
covered in cuts and scratches,
but shes in good spirits, her
brother Dylan Fraser told the
newspaper. Reports said she
lost nearly 17 kilograms (37
pounds) during her ordeal.
The Courier-Mail said Fraser
told her family that she came
face-to-face with a giant cas-
sowary ightless bird, and got
chased by a 2-metre (6.5 feet)
freshwater crocodile.
A report by ABC News said
Fraser was dehydrated and so
severely sunburnt she had to
repeatedly submerge herself
in a stream during her ordeal
to cope with the pain.
Police conrmed the moth-
er-of-three had been found,
and said they were surprised
their search failed to nd her.
Can I say the methodolo-
gies that are employed in that
search operation are tried and
proven and extremely sound,
Inspector Rhys Newton said.
I am convinced that there
was an extremely high prob-
ability of locating that missing
person had she been in that
area that we were searching.
Her brother Dylan told na-
tional radio that his sister
cried herself to sleep for 16
nights, but the thought of her
children made her persevere
each day to reach safety.
She just stayed strong, and
made it out, he said.
Her partner Heath Cassady,
who reported her missing and
helped in the fruitless search
effort, said he was overjoyed
that she was back safely.
Her whole body is scarred
and peeling, shes been
through a lot, he said. It is
amazing shes still alive.
Fraser remains in hospital
in a stable condition, an ABC
News report said late yester-
day, adding that Cassady re-
vealed she had proposed to
him just two days before she
went missing. AFP
Oz woman survives 17
days lost in rainforest
C
RUNCH talks be-
tween Hong Kong
democracy protest-
ers and the govern-
ment were called off yesterday
just hours after demonstrators
vowed to ratchet up their occu-
pation of key parts of the city if
their demands were not met.
The collapse of the talks due
to take place today plunges
the vital nancial hub into
fresh crisis with protesters
refusing to retreat from their
barricades and an equally in-
transigent government reject-
ing further negotiations.
Hopes of a breakthrough
were dashed yesterday eve-
ning as Chief Secretary Car-
rie Lam, the citys number
two leader, announced the
government was pulling out
of talks with the Hong Kong
Federation of Students, one
of the leading protest groups.
The basis for construc-
tive dialogue has been un-
dermined. Its impossible to
have a constructive meeting
tomorrow, she said.
Lams announcement came
merely hours after a coalition
of pro-democracy leaders had
gathered at the main protest
site and vowed to increase
their civil disobedience cam-
paign if the talks broke down.
Student leaders late yester-
day urged ofcials to return
to the negotiation table, label-
ling the government response
an international joke.
Pro-democracy lawmakers
also threw their weight behind
the protests yesterday saying
they would use their powers
to disrupt the workings of the
Hong Kong government in-
side the citys legislative coun-
cil, its highest governing body,
by gridlocking the committees
they currently control.
Hong Kong has entered
an era of disobedience and
non-cooperation, pro-de-
mocracy leader Alan Leong
told crowds.
The threat was issued as
Chief Executive Leung Chun-
ying came under pressure
to explain why he kept large
payments from an Australian
company secret with pro-
democracy lawmakers saying
they would try to impeach
him. Fairfax Media reported
on Wednesday that Leung
received two payments to-
talling HK$50 million ($6.5
million) from Australian en-
gineering rm UGL during a
deal struck in December 2011
months before the chief ex-
ecutive took ofce, but a week
after he announced his can-
didacy. At the time UGL was
purchasing the insolvent
property services rm DTZ,
where Leung was a director
and chairman of its regional
operations.
It agreed to pay Leung over
the next two years not to com-
pete with them, and the con-
tract signed by him showed
he agreed to act as an adviser
from time to time. Opposi-
tion lawmakers expressed
their dismay that Leung did
not declare the payments to
the Hong Kong public once he
became leader in July 2012.
It boils down to a huge in-
tegrity problem, pro-democ-
racy lawmaker Claudia Mo
said. Can you imagine [Ba-
rack] Obama being a consul-
tant of some company while
being a political leader?
Leungs ofce has said that
he was under no legal obliga-
tion to declare the earnings
and that he had not worked
for UGL since becoming chief
executive.
Leong said his group of 23
pro-democracy lawmakers in
the 70-seat legislative council
were planning to le an im-
peachment order against the
chief executive following the
emergence of the deal.
We are gathering the evi-
dence and working on the
draft. We will move the motion
in the Legco when the draft is
ready, Leong said. AFP
Protesters gather outside the ofces of the Independent Commission
Against Corruption in Hong Kong yesterday. AFP
Hong Kong talks are suspended
Annie Banerji
I
NDIA told Pakistan yesterday
to stop its shelling in disputed
Kashmir, warning it will make
such attacks unaffordable, as
the death toll from this weeks cross-
border violence the worst in years
rose to 17.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley ac-
cused Pakistan of instigating the tit-
for-tat shelling that began on Sunday
and has forced tens of thousands of
civilians living on both sides of the
border to ee their homes.
If Pakistan persists with this ad-
venturism, our forces will make cost
of this adventurism unaffordable for
it, Jaitley said in New Delhi.
Pakistan should stop this unpro-
voked ring and shelling if it wants
peace on the border.
The Pakistani army on Thurs-
day conrmed ve more civilians
had died on its side of the disputed
northern Kashmir region and east-
ern Punjab province, doubling the
toll to 10.
Seven civilians have died in India.
Regional police chief Rajesh Kumar
said yesterday that ring from both
sides had continued into the early
hours of the morning.
Tens of thousands of people have
ed their homes, he added.
The nuclear-armed neighbours
have traded blame for the cross-
border strikes, which began during
Eid ul-Adha celebrations in the pre-
dominantly Muslim region.
Pakistans Defence Minister Kha-
waja Asif said his country was fully
capable of responding bettingly to
Indian aggression but urged India
to exercise caution.
We do not want the situation on
the borders of two nuclear neigh-
bours to escalate into confronta-
tion, he added.
The latest crisis is being closely
watched for signs that Indias new
right-wing nationalist government
will take a more hardline approach
to Pakistan.
India, which has an estimated
500,000 troops deployed in its part
of the disputed region, called off
peace talks last month after Paki-
stan consulted with Indian Kashmiri
separatists.
New Prime Minister Narendra Modi
said on a visit to New York last month
that Pakistan needed to show more
seriousness to resume dialogue be-
tween the historic adversaries.
Yestersday Jaitley justied the In-
dian ring by saying his country had
a duty to defend its people, as he
accused Pakistan of trying to pre-
cipitate tension where none exists.
Kashmir is divided between India
and Pakistan but both lay claim to
the scenic Himalayan region.
Fighting between Indian forces
and rebels seeking independence or
a merger of the territory with Paki-
stan has killed tens of thousands
mostly civilians since 1989.
The two countries have gone to
war over the territory twice, in 1947
and 1965, and fought a smaller scal-
er conict in 1999.
Violence has fallen in the region
since 2004, when the countries be-
gan a peace process a year after
signing a ceasere agreement.
While the agreement has largely
held, minor clashes occur regularly
along their disputed border known
as the Line of Control (LoC) as well
as along the internationally recogn-
ised frontier dividing Indian Kashmir
from Pakistans Punjab province.
Indian security sources say this
weeks shelling has occurred along
the internationally recognised bor-
der as well as the LoC.
Ajai Sahni, executive director at
the Institute of Conict Manage-
ment think-tank in Delhi, down-
played the signicance of the lat-
est exchanges of re, which he said
were an annual ritual.
For [Pakistan], it is basically
seen as a last opportunity to push
through as many inltrators as pos-
sible before the onset of the bone-
chilling winters, he said.
India has long accused Pakistan of
violating the ceasere pact to try to
push armed rebels into the scenic
Himalayan state from across the de-
facto border.
Pakistan maintains that it does its
best to prevent incursions into In-
dia-administered Kashmir. AFP
Kerry, Lavrov to meet in Paris

with Ukraine, Syria on agenda
US SECRETARY of State John Kerry will
meet his Russian counterpart Sergei
Lavrov next week in Paris with issues
from Ukraine to Syria set to top the
agenda. State Department
spokeswoman Jen Psaki confirmed the
two men would meet in the French
capital, after Kerry first attends talks in
Cairo on Sunday on rebuilding the Gaza
Strip following the 50-day war with
Israel. The meeting will come amid
efforts by Western countries to
maintain a September 5 ceasefire deal
in Ukraine which has been
systematically breached in the countrys
east. Kerry warned again Wednesday
that if Moscow does not withdraw its
forces from eastern Ukraine more US
and EU sanctions could follow. AFP
MH17 victim found with

oxygen mask: Dutch FM
ONE of the people on the Malaysia
Airlines flight MH17 shot down in
Ukraine in July was found wearing an
oxygen mask, the Dutch foreign
minister and prosecutors said, raising
the possibility some passengers might
have known their plane was doomed.
Somebody was discovered wearing an
oxygen mask and had time to put it on,
Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans
told a talk show on national television
late on Wednesday. Dutch prosecutors
confirmed yesterday they were
investigating after the oxygen mask was
discovered draped around the persons
neck. How and when the mask ended
up around the victims neck is unknown,
the prosecutors stressed. None of the
other victims of the crash was wearing
an oxygen mask, they added. AFP
Scuffles in Madrid as Spanish

Ebola victims dog put down
THE dog of a Spanish nurse infected
with Ebola in Madrid was put down on
Wednesday by health authorities who
feared it could spread the deadly
disease, despite a campaign to spare
him by animal rights activists.
Protesters trying to save the dog, a
mixed breed mutt named Excalibur,
scuffled with police as they attempted
to stop health department officials from
removing the animal from the nurse
Teresa Romeros apartment on the
outskirts of the Spanish capital. Two
people were injured as officers carried
away some of the dozens of activists
who blocked a white veterinary van
from entering the gated complex where
the apartment is located, according to a
photographer at the scene. AFP
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Students wearing white masks with
the mouths covered demonstrate
last Wednesday in Barcelona against
Spains constitutional court ruling
blocking Catalonia from holding
an independence referendum. The
Catalan government said this week
it will decide by Wednesday whether
ornot to push ahead with a contested
referendum on separation from
Spain called for November 9. Spains
conservative government says the
referendum is unconstitutional and
the countrys Constitutional Court
has suspended it while it deliber-
ates on its legality, a process that
could take years. Asked after which
date it would become impossible for
the Catalan government to properly
prepare the referendum, Catalan
government spokesman Francesc
Homs said: Around October 13, 14 or
15. AFP
India issues Kashmir warning
Masks of
deance
Simon Valmary

L
IKE most of the staff at this
east Ukrainian morgue,
Olga Georgiyevna takes
sedatives to numb the hor-
ror of seeing the bodies pile up. The
ceasere deal has done nothing to
make her job easier.
I know Im crazy to still work
here, the nurse says, her eyes well-
ing with tears in the central hospital
of Ukraines largest rebel-held city of
Donetsk. We all are.
Despite a truce signed by Kiev and
pro-Russian insurgents on Septem-
ber 5, bodies are still being brought
in daily.
On Monday there were 13 civil-
ians. On Tuesday there were 11. Today
nine, says forensic department head
Dmitry Kalashnikov.
Five civilians were killed on Wedned-
say during intensied shelling in the
eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, lo-
cal authorities said yesterday.
The United Nations said on Wednes-
day that up to 331 people may have
died between the deals signing and
Monday three times the gure re-
ported by Kiev.
In a room on the lower oor of Ka-
linin Hospital, 15 bodies are piled up,
while others are on stretchers await-
ing examination.
A regular day, Mikhail Zoloto, a
medical examiner with 21 years of
experience, sighs behind his tinted
glasses. Its one thing to see soldiers
die, they made a choice. But to see ci-
vilians or children . . .
With ghting intensifying across the
region in recent days, the hospital has
installed three refrigerator trucks near
the entrance.
Since the windows were blown out
in late August, the putrid smell from
the trucks creeps into the building
through the plastic sheets installed in
their place.
For me, working in an ofce, the
hard part is not physical but emo-
tional, Kalashnikov said. I go
quickly to the neurology department
and take pills. But for the person-
nel, its difcult both physically and
emotionally.
At the entrance, a dozen people
soldiers, a young couple, and several
elderly residents are waiting to be
attended to.
Its worst at the reception, says
nurse Georgiyevna.
Here the people tell their stories,
crying. Three days ago, a young man
came . . . His family had come from
Israel to the wedding of one of his
daughters. He had to step out for a
minute, and while he was away, the
wedding was shelled.
Georgiyevna, 55, has worked at the
morgue for 30 years. She pours sev-
eral drops of a sedative into her mug:
Since mid-July, I cant do without it.
For months she has worked almost
every day, witnessing the bodies of
the victims of peak summer ght-
ing, the remains of foreigners killed
when their Malaysian airliner was
shot down over rebel territory in Ju
ly, and now the civilians slain in the
post-truce clashes.
Like the rest of her colleagues among
the 24-strong staff, she received a sal-
ary for September, but not for June,
July or August.
On August 24, she considered not
showing up, but then a shell landed
on the morgue.
The roof was hit and there were 40
dead coming in, so I went. I feel re-
sponsible to these families.
We dont get any counselling, Zo-
loto, the medical examiner, says. I try
to clear my head on my way home.
You have no choice, otherwise you
can go crazy.
Georgiyevna agrees.
We are all a little mad here, she
says. You see mothers whose chil-
dren were killed, and all they ask for is
more weapons and better bulletproof
vests [for the army]. They dont ask to
stop the war. AFP
Morgue staff numb pain of war
A member of staff walks from a hospital morgue that was hit and damaged amid shelling
in the rebel-held east Ukrainian city of Donetsk on August 24. AFP
British police launch
witchcraft campaign
BRITISH police on Wednesday
launched a public awareness
campaign to combat abuse
against children said to be
possessed by evil spirits as
figures showed a rise in
reported cases. The
Metropolitan Police in London
said it had received 27 reports
of abuse over the past year, up
from 19 in 2012, including
instances of children being
dunked in a bath, being swung
around by the feet and having
their head banged. Sharpe said
that most cases came from
African Christian and Muslim
communities. The issue came
to light following a series of
horrific cases. AFP
Tiger released by Putin
crosses over to China
AN ENDANGERED Siberian
tiger released into the wild by
Vladimir Putin has become
Russias latest export to China,
after the beast wandered over
the border in search of a meal,
Chinese state-run media said
yesterday. The animal, named
Kuzya, was among three
Siberian tigers set free by the
Russian president in May and
crossed a river forming the
border between the two
countries, Xinhua reported.
Local officials said Kuzya would
have no shortage of food in his
new home, adding: We can
release cattle to feed it. AFP
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Beaten Silvas party set

to back Neves in Brazil
THE party of beaten Brazil
presidential candidate Marina
Silva indicated on Wednesday
that it will back Social Democrat
challenger Aecio Neves in his
run-off battle against incumbent
Dilma Rousseff. Amid reports
that the Socialist Party, on
whose ticket environmentalist
Silva was eliminated in last
Sundays poll, was split, one of
its leaders her running mate
Beto Albuquerque indicated
most of its lawmakers preferred
Neves. Neves said: There is a
clear feeling of change in Brazil
and my candidature is the only
one responding to that. Three
other parties, including the
Greens, who Silva stood for in
2010, earlier said they would
back Neves. AFP
Moonshine kills 21 in
Pakistan Eid holidays
PAKISTANI officials said on
Wednesday that 21 people in the
city of Karachi had died after
drinking homemade liquor
during the Eid holidays,
highlighting the dangers of
moonshine in a country where
Muslims are barred from
drinking. The deaths occurred in
the low-income Landhi and
Korangi neighbourhoods of the
southern city. The majority of
the victims were Muslims
celebrating the three-day public
holiday over Eid ul-Adha. AFP
Asian cave art spurs origins rethink
Ocean acidification raises alarm
Ape-peal court hears chimp rights case
T
HE silhouette of a hand on
a cave wall in Indonesia
is 40,000 years old, show-
ing that Europe was not the
birthplace of art as long believed, re-
searchers said on Wednesday.
Created by spraying reddish paint
around an open hand pressed against
rock, the stencil was made about the
same time and possibly before early
humans were leaving artwork on cave
walls around Europe that was long
thought to be the rst in the world.
In the same cave on the Indonesian
island of Sulawesi, a painting of a pig
was dated to about 35,000 years ago,
the Indonesian and Australian team
reported in the journal Nature.
The discovery, they said, throws up
two theories, both of which challenge
the conventional wisdom around the
history of human artistic expression.
Art either arose independently but
simultaneously in different parts of
the world or was brought by Homo
sapiens when he left Africa for a world-
wide odyssey. Europeans cant exclu-
sively claim to be the rst to develop
an abstract mind anymore, Anthony
Dosseto of Australias University of
Wollongong said.
They need to share this, at least, with
the early inhabitants of Indonesia.
Anthropologists consider rock art to
be an indicator of the onset of abstract
thinking the ability to reect on ideas
and events.
Dosseto and a team dated 12 hand
stencils and two animal likenesses
found at seven cave sites on the Indo-
nesian island of Sulawesi.
The ancient images were discovered
more than 50 years ago, but had never
been accurately dated.
It had been widely assumed that
anything older than 10,000 years
would have eroded away in the tropi-
cal climate.
The team measured the radioactive
decay of trace amounts of uranium
found in small stalactite-like calcite
growths called cave popcorn that
had formed a layer less than 10 mil-
limetres thick over the art.
The method produced minimum
estimates for the works ages, and the
pieces could in fact be much older,
said the team.
The stencil is now ofcially the old-
est known specimen of the hand sil-
houette art form, they reported.
And the depiction of a fat-bellied
babirusa pig deer, its four legs, head,
tail and lines of hair still clearly visible,
is one of the earliest known depic-
tions of an animal, if not the earliest.
It can now be demonstrated that
humans were producing rock art
about 40,000 years ago at opposite
ends of the Pleistocene Eurasian
world, the team wrote.
The previous oldest cave art was
from El Castillo cave in northern
Spain, including a hand stencil dated
37,300 years ago, according to Wil
Roebroeks of Leiden University, who
wrote a comment on the study.
The oldest known animal painting
was of a charcoal rhino in the Chau-
vet Cave in France, dated to 35,300 to
38,827 years ago. Traces of red paint
about 36,000 to 41,000 years old were
found in Fumane, Italy.
Chris Stringer, a palaeontologist at
Britains Natural History Museum,
said the new data suggested that early
humans were already artists when
they spread out of Africa tens of thou-
sands of years ago.
I think some of the art in Australia
will also eventually be dated to this
very early time, he said in a video
distributed by Nature.
The ndings stress the great rel-
evance of Asia, and especially South-
east Asia, for the study of human evo-
lution, Roebroeks added.
Compared with Europe, Asia has
seen little eldwork, and new nds will
keep on challenging what we think we
know about human evolution. AFP
OCEAN acidication has
risen by a quarter since pre-
industrial times as a result of
rising carbon emissions, cast-
ing a shadow over the seas as
a future source of food, scien-
tists warned on Wednesday.
In the past two centuries, the
seas acidity has risen 26 per
cent, mirroring the propor-
tion of carbon dioxide it ab-
sorbs from the air, they said in
a report to the UN Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD)
meeting in South Korea.
Rising acidity will have
damaging consequences for
shellsh, corals and other
calcium-making organisms
which play a vital part in the
food web, they said.
It is now nearly inevitable
that within 50 to 100 years,
continued anthropogenic
[man-made] carbon dioxide
emissions will further in-
crease ocean acidity to levels
that will have widespread
impacts . . . on marine organ-
isms and ecosystems and the
goods and services they pro-
vide, they said.
Acidication may already be
affecting shellsh farms in the
northwestern United States,
they said. The report, authored
by 30 experts, was released at
a conference in Pyeongchang
of the CBD, an offshoot of the
1992 Rio Earth Summit.
The 102-page document,
based on a review of hundreds
of published studies, said the
oceans pH level was falling
a benchmark of rising acidity
and the consequences would
be enduring.
Recovery from a major de-
crease in ocean pH takes many
thousands of years, it said.
The scientists pointed to a
mysterious mass extinction
from natural causes called
the Paleo-Eocene Thermal
Maximum, which occurred
around 56 million years ago.
The fossil record suggests
it took around 100,000 years
for calcifying organisms to
recover from the acidica-
tion shock.
The experts sounded a spe-
cial warning for tropical coral
reefs, whose health is already
affected by warmer seas. The
risks are of great concern,
since the livelihoods of around
400 million people depend on
such habitats, they said.
The report said ocean acidi-
cation was as complex as it
was important, yet there were
many knowledge gaps.
It pointed to likely changes
in the ecosystem as some
species benetted from the
change while others were
hit, and shifts in the oceans
chemistry that, in turn, may
even add to warming above
the surface.
The scale and importance
of these effects are not yet well
understood, it warned. AFP
A NEW York State appeals court on
Wednesday heard arguments on wheth-
er chimpanzees held in captivity should
be recognised as legal persons entitled
to live in freedom.
Animal charity The Nonhuman Rights
Project is petitioning courts to move
four chimpanzees held in connement
in New York state to a sanctuary to live
out the remainder of their days.
Law, science and history prove that
chimps have characteristics including
self-consciousness and empathy that es-
tablish personhood and the correspond-
ing right to liberty, the group argues.
It is important to note we are not trying
to give human rights to chimpanzees,
the charity argues on its website. We
are advocating for chimpanzee rights for
chimpanzees, beginning with the funda-
mental legal right to bodily liberty.
Lower courts last year threw out the
cases. On Wednesday, a higher court in
state capital Albany heard the rst ap-
peal, of a chimpanzee called Tommy.
The charity says Tommy is being held
captive in solitary connement in a
small, dank, cement cage in a dark shed
in temperatures 40 degrees below his
native land in Africa.
He is unable to do the things natural
to chimpanzees. He cannot build a nest,
socialise with others of his own kind or
forage for food, it writes on its website.
Last year, his owner Patrick Lavery told
local newspaper Times Union that he
likes being by himself and has a televi-
sion, cable and stereo for entertainment.
The charity said that it was allowed
more than double its allotted 10 min-
utes to argue its case and that it was
pleased with Wednesdays oral ar-
gument, which was presented to
a packed courtroom.
Lavery reportedly waived his
right to make an argument to the
appeals judges.
A decision is not expected for
another four to six weeks, the
charity said.
Appeals will also be heard on behalf
of three other chimps Kiko, deaf and
living in a private home, and Hercules
and Leo, owned by a research centre
and used in locomotion experiments
on Long Island.
The Nonhuman Rights Project says
Kiko is partially or totally deaf because
of abuse suffered on the set of a Tarzan
movie before being acquired by his cur-
rent owners. AFP

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I
T HAS all the makings
of a radical rant. Thirty-
eight paintings by Win-
ston Churchill have been
offered to the nation in lieu of
death duties, after the death of
his daughter in May. So once
again the rich nd a loophole
in the system. Churchills de-
scendents get to palm off his
chocolate box daubs, pretty-
pretty pieces of amateur im-
pressionism on a credulous
country and walk away cash in
pocket while ordinary people
struggle to make ends meet.
But before ring off that blast
against Churchill-worship and
the easy breaks that seem to fall
so readily to the upper crust,
hold on a minute. This looks
like a reasonable offer. It is not
exactly the Picasso donation.
Then again, without Churchill
the painter of Guernica might
have spent decades rather
than three years passively re-
sisting a Nazi empire.
OK hero worship. What is
Churchills true place in histo-
ry? Was he the war hero we were
taught to revere? Historians are
sceptical about many of his
policies and strategies during
World War II. He was impulsive
and romantic. Again and again
he got it wrong from his vi-
sion of attacking Nazi Europe
via Scandinavia to his obses-
sion with the Mediterranean
as Hitlers soft underbelly. On
the home front, his total failure
to read the progressive mood
of wartime Britain led to La-
bours victory in 1945. Is it time
for the cigar smoke of patriotic
myth to be blown away?
No. Churchills paintings
may not stand among the great
artworks of the 20th century,
but they tell us a lot about why
he was such a unique leader.
His political genius lay in the
very creativity that the paint-
ings quietly embody. His love
of painting was just one outlet
for a genuine artistic side that
was quite at odds with conven-
tional politics.
Churchill did not take up
painting as a stunt. He started
when he was 40, painting regu-
larly from the 1920s onwards.
He is a model to amateur
painters because he took his
hobby seriously without ever
claiming it was more than what
it was. He defended his enthu-
siasm as a form of relaxation
and a way of being happy.
Yet in Churchills case the
bright jollity of his landscapes
was just one release for a deep-
er re. He really was an art-
ist in his own way. Churchills
imagination was unleashed by
the battle of Britain into ights
of oratory that rank with the
greatest poems and plays in
the English language.
Hitler too was an artist or
thought he was. Hitlers failure
to become a painter in pre-1914
Vienna was put behind him as
he shaped German art after
1933, ostracising modernists as
degenerates and promoting
grandiose art. Leni Riefenstahls
lms endure nightmarishly as
Hitlers aesthetic legacy.
Churchills genius was to
ght such fascist fantasies
with an art of leadership. At his
birthplace, Blenheim Palace, I
recently gawped at the maroon
velvet romper suit he slept in
during the war, so he was ready
to get up, already dressed,
in any emergency. This kind
of aestheticism reveals the
colourful soul hidden within
his gentle paintings a deeply,
even eccentrically imaginative
character.
At Blenheim, you can see why
young Winston grew up to be a
war leader. The house and its
grounds constitute a shrine to
the rst Duke of Marlborough,
who put Britain on the road
to power by defeating France
at the battle of Blenheim. A
column to Marlborough rises
from the soft English elds. It
is sublime and yet in his own
art and life, Churchill rejected
the sublime, that sensation be-
loved of fascists everywhere.
He painted sweet scenes,
carefully observed landscapes.
These paintings should not
be dismissed for they embody
his democratic world view. Po-
litical theorists argue over the
meaning of liberty. There is in
Western political thought, as
the historian JGA Pocock has
revealed, a counter-tradition
that sees true liberty as active,
not passive. To be free in this
republican tradition is to be an
engaged citizen.
But in reality, the most pre-
cious liberties have got a lot to
do with being left alone to enjoy
private life. Churchills paint-
ings manifest a true enjoyment
of simple private existence the
least ostentatious, most basic
pleasures of democracy. These
are truly liberal paintings. They
symbolise the survival of de-
mocracy in the 1940s. It is fatu-
ous to deny Churchills hero-
ism, and it would be churlish
for the nation to turn down
these precious relics of a great
man. THE GUARDIAN
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Piece of history?
6 Idaho exports, informally
11 Animation collectible
14 Boxing venue
15 Lofty nest
16 Historic time
17 Leader
19 Safety device
20 Penny
21 Climbing plant
23 Tapioca plant
27 Hot-dish supports
29 Projecting bay windows
30 Picnic staple
31 Kind of wave
32 Provide quarters for
33 Before, before
36 Caddies bagful
37 Brief letter-ending
38 14-Across seating
39 Hearty brew
40 Cries like a baby
41 Clean feathers with the tongue
42 North Polelike
44 Leisure pants
45 Radiate or shine
47 Three-syllable poetic foot
48 Aero-dynamic
49 Command to a dog
50 Amniotic ___
51 Deleting letters, in a way
58 Met display
59 Pond scum, e.g.
60 Apres-ski drink
61 Nods indication
62 Indian yogurt dish
63 Dweeb
DOWN
1 Brits air arm
2 Miscalculate
3 Zodiac lion
4 Bed-and-breakfast, e.g.
5 Relative of a boo
6 Place to sweat it out
7 ___ up (confined)
8 Coffeepot for a crowd
9 Parcheesi cube
10 Submissive
11 Arrangement on the table
12 Put up, as a building
13 Plasterwork backers
18 Cranks up the V-8
22 Victim of temptation
23 Word with terra-
24 Disney mermaid
25 Unintended consequences
26 Caspian and others
27 Guided trips
28 Lady Sings the Blues star
30 Was capable of
32 Mandel of TV
34 Exudes unpleasantly
35 ___ & Young (accounting firm)
37 Safecracker, in slang
38 Skeet launcher
40 Place to buy ice cream
41 Make believe, on stage
43 Have regrets
44 Click, as the fingers
45 English exam finale, sometimes
46 Danger signal
47 Bewildered
49 32-card bidding game
52 Carte or mode word
53 Film special effects technique
54 Cud chewer
55 Hotel freebie
56 Easter predecessor?
57 Space between
PLACE MAT
Thursdays solution Thursdays solution
It would be churlish for UK
to turn down Churchills art
A Sothebys employee poses with a painting titled Churchills Marrakech
by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. AFP
Lifestyle
21
THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
People are people
Depeche
Modes album
from a brothel
D
EPECHE Modes new
live album will feature
an acoustic session re-
corded inside a Berlin brothel
in footage shot by celebrated
rock photographer and direc-
tor Anton Corbijn.
The British synthpop giants
said Wednesday they will re-
lease a CD/DVD package titled
Live in Berlin, which features
two hours of footage filmed
in the German capital during
their 32-nation tour.
Along with concert footage
from the 02 World arena in
Berlin, the album due out
November 17 will feature an
acoustic set recorded at Salon
Bel Ami, a famous high-end
brothel known for its plush
decor. The brothel closed in
2011 when its owner was sent
to prison for tax fraud.
Corbijn said in a statement
that Depeche Mode enjoyed
a strong following in Berlin,
which is renowned for its
electronic music scene.
Berlin has a special place in
the hearts of Depeche Mode,
said the Dutch photographer,
who came to prominence in
part through his pictures that
captured the darkness of Joy
Division. AFP
In brief
Hawking guest vocalist
on new Floyd album
PINK Floyds first studio
album in two decades will be
without estranged
ex-member Roger Waters,
but one vocalist from the last
record is staying on physicist
Stephen Hawking. Song
credits leaked of Pink Floyds
The Endless River, out in
November, list a song with
the acclaimed scientist titled
Talkin Hawkin. Hawking,
who is paralyzed due to
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
also appeared on the con-
ceptual rock legends last
album, The Division Bell. On
the 1994 albums song Keep
Talking, Hawkings comput-
erised voice begins by saying:
For millions of years, man-
kind lived just like the ani-
mals. Then something hap-
pened which unleashed the
power of our imagination. AFP
Tunisia suspends show
for glorifying terrorism
TUNISIAS audiovisual
regulator said on Wednesday
that it was suspending a tele-
vision program for one month
for glorifying terrorism after a
guest boasted of his friendship
with a wanted jihadist leader.
The regulatory body, HAICA,
said it had decided to suspend
the broadcast and repeat of the
program Only for Those Who
Dare for one month and
ordered the private station
Al-Hiwar Attounsi to withdraw
it from its website and social
media pages. AFP
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Its advisable to pace yourself in the Hotel Monteleones revolving
Carousel Bar in New Orleans. THE WASHINGTON POST
Drinking in
the scenery in
New Orleans
M. Carrie Allen
I
TS just past 7am in the
French Quarter, a July
morning turning steamy,
and on the sidewalk ahead
on Bourbon Street, theres
a man having some trouble
walking. Hell go a few paces,
then stop for a long moment
to lean in a doorway, before
continuing on.
Drunks like him are a familiar
sight almost every time I walk
down Bourbon Street during
my week-long trip. They peak
near midnight, stumbling from
one neon bar to the next, tak-
ing advantage of the permis-
siveness that has long made
New Orleanss lax drinking cul-
ture: No laws dictate when bars
must close, and its perfectly
OK to carry your drink in a
non-breakable go-cup.
And yet, despite what
people think, New Orleans is
the home of civilised drink-
ing, says Ann Tuennerman,
founder of the annual Tales
of the Cocktail conference
here. People have a cocktail
at lunch, a glass of wine every
day . . . Its not about quantity,
its about quality.
Its a myth that the cocktail
was invented in New Orleans.
But the city is the birthplace of
some of the earliest and most
lasting drinks, and it has done
plenty over the decades to pre-
serve the art. The craft cocktail
movement has made its mark
here, but in truth the cock-
tail tradition in New Orleans
never died out, says Abigail
Gullo, bar chef at SoBou. The
Pimms Cup, the Bloody Mary,
the French 75, the classic dai-
quiri they were still being
made in New Orleans when
the rest of the country kind of
slipped into the dark ages of
Zima and mixed drinks.
Part of what the city has
done for the cocktail it has
done by not doing: It hasnt
followed passing trends. New
Orleans was always in its own
bubble, says Chris Hannah,
bartender at the French 75 Bar
in Arnauds Restaurant.
And yet, if you dont get
away from the Bourbon Street
madness, youre liable to miss
much of what makes New Or-
leans these days one of the n-
est cities in America to drink
in. The go-cups and the lack
of a mandated closing hour,
which many a tourist takes
as an excuse to go insane, are
seen differently by locals.
Its the ow, Hannah says. If
Im in one bar and my friend
says theyre at another one,
I just get my drink, put it in a
cup and pay up and walk to
the next bar, he says. And
its nice to make Sazeracs in a
city that still kind of looks the
same as when the drink was
invented.
You should drink a classic
Sazerac here. Once made with
cognac, the drink is now made
with a base of rye whiskey but
preserves the history of the
citys early inhabitants with
its rinse of absinthe and the
famous bitters developed here
by Creole apothecary Antoine
Peychaud. Its a sip of history,
and the citys ofcial cocktail.
One evening I visit Cure, a
beautiful bar in the Uptown
area with a menu of sophisti-
cated, creative cocktails made
with herbs, oral extracts and
complex bitters. I end up go-
ing old school, splurging on a
$17 Last Word made with oak-
aged Chartreuse. Its so good it
makes me lonely; its too good
to keep to myself.
If a good drink is your only
aim, though, you dont need to
leave the Quarter. At Kingsh,
I bury my face in the plume of
mint topping a beautiful julep
and watch the sky crack open
and the gutters turn into rivers
outside the window. Lunching
within the yellowed walls of
Napoleon House, I watch the
bartender pour two Pimms
Cups at a time, moving pre-
cisely through steps that re-
sult in the best version of the
drink Ive had. At SoBou, I sip
a Georgia OKeeffe, a tart pink
beauty made of hibiscus and
honeysuckle vodka.
From its beginnings as a
French colony, New Orleans
has had a reputation for ap-
preciating a good drink. When
France turned the colony over
to the Spanish to settle a debt
back in the 1700s, Spain pro-
claimed that there would be
no further trade with France.
Riots soon followed. And what
were people yelling for the
loudest? Their good Bordeaux
wine. THE WASHINGTON POST
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25 THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
MMA
Lisita eyes return to baddest best
Dan Riley

O
NE FIGHTING
Cha mpi o ns hi p
claws its way back
to Kuala Lumpur
on October 17 with a nine-
bout mixed martial arts card
stacked heavy with predatory
cage ghters.
The main event of the night,
entitled Roar of Tigers at the
iconic Stadium Putra, is a tan-
talising featherweight match-
up between Ruthless Rob
Lisita (14-6) of Australia and
top Russian prospect Marat
Gafurov (9-0).
Lisita also headlined ONE
FCs inaugural card in Taiwan
on July 11, coming away on
the losing end of one of the
ghts of the year against Eric
Kelly of the Philippines.
The blood-soaked battle
saw Kelly execute a rear naked
choke near the end of round
two to surprise his Australian
foe and claim the rst ONE
FC Warrior Bonus and its
US$50,000 cash reward.
Lisita, however, appears
unperturbed by the outcome,
vying to return to redress the
balance in his upcoming bout
in Malaysia.
[Kelly] got that money for
surviving against the baddest
man in the division, Lisita
told the Post. When I take out
this undefeated Russian they
wont be able to deny me that
bonus. It sucks to lose but it
feels great to be home in the
ONE FC cage.
If you live in the past you
live with regret, if you live in
the future you have fear. [I]
live in the here and now and
am enjoying every moment
of my life, he went on to say.
The 31-year-old from Syd-
ney holds his training camps
at Phuket Top Team on the
famed Thai holiday island,
which keeps him away from
his wife and three young
daughters Mia (10), Elizabeth
(6) and Amelia (seven weeks).
My religion gives me faith
and courage that God will
protect me from any man but
. . . it doesnt make it easier to
be away from my family, said
Lisita, noting that increased
prize money would allow
them to be together full time.
Whilst admitting that he is
yet to show his true ability in
the cage, Lisita assures he is
ready to claim the limelight.
Im in the main event be-
cause Im the most exciting
ghter in ONE FC. I dont
talk the talk but walk the
walk. Im bringing Ruthless
2.0, he said.
I keep getting labelled as a
brawler, but Im the best boxer
in ONE FC. Tell me whos bet-
ter and Ill prove you wrong.
His next chance to do just
that will be against 29-year-
old Dagestan native Marata
Gafurov who is making his
debut at ONE FC after blaz-
ing a trail through European
promotions.
[Gafurov]s undefeated, he
likes to hold on to his oppo-
nents and I think he will try
the same to me. But this is
ONE FC and we arent in his
hometown, said Lisita.
Asia is my backyard and
the way ONE FC is judged,
they reward striking and go-
ing for the nish, which suits
me and the fans very well. I
dont think [referee] Yuji Shi-
mada will let him try to stall,
but I have been working so
hard that no matter what he
tries, hes gonna feel the pow-
er of my punches.
Lisita is also looking to
make the most of the meteor-
ic rise of the continents larg-
est MMA organisation.
ONE FC has changed MMA
in Asia. Its true combat so itll
keep growing, and I will be the
biggest star outside of Ameri-
ca very soon. ONE FC is with-
out a doubt the best show Ive
fought on and I chose them
because to me, its the best
show in the world, he said.
ONE FC: Roar of Tigers will
be broadcast live on local sta-
tion MyTV from 6pm Cambo-
dian time.
Lion City battles added
Three more bouts were an-
nounced on Wednesday for
the ONE FC: Battle of Lions
ght night slated for the Sin-
gapore Indoor Stadium on
November 7.
Two featherweight clashes
will see Filipino Cary Bullos
(7-1) face off against Major
Overall (5-1) of the US and
hometown hero Amir Khan
(1-1) take on Pakistans Waqar
Umar (3-1).
Meanwhile, female Sin-
gaporean newcomer Kirstie
Gannaway is to face fellow
MMA debutant Adek Omar of
Malaysia.
The ONE FC middleweight
world champion will be
crowned for the rst time in
the main event in Singapore
when BJJ master Leandro
Ataides (7-0) of Brazil meets
Kazakhstan rising star Igor
Svirid (9-1).
Australias Rob Lisita (left) holds Eric Kelly of the Philippines leg as they grapple during ONE FC War of Dragons in Taipei on July 11. ONEFC.COM Lisita says he is the baddest man in the featherweight division. ONEFC.COM
Rugby kids to
play on Hong
Kong beach
Dan Riley
A
GROUP of 12 hearing-
impaired youngsters from
local grassroots rugby or-
ganisation Kampuchea
Balopp set off yesterday morning
for an inspiring weekend tour of
Hong Kong, where they will play
two tag rugby games on the sands
of the picturesque Repulse Bay.
The 11 boys and one girl, aged 13-
17 years, are associated with Phnom
Penh-based childrens NGO Krousar
Thmey. None of them have ever trav-
elled abroad. The Hong Kong Rugby
Football Union is helping to spon-
sor the visit with HKRFU commu-
nity manager Robbie McRobbie as
its chief organiser.
The team will be accompanied
by a representative from Krousar
Thmey and lead by Kampuchea
Balopp program development
manager Jean-Baptiste Suberbie
and senior coach Dul Khemrin.
A two-match challenge against
a combined Chun Tok/Lutheran
outfit forms part of tomorrows
inaugural Hong Kong Beach
Sports Festival.
The two teams will be a mix of
boys and girls and theyll play the
tag variation of rugby which avoids
full contact. With some of the stu-
dents having expensive cochlea
implants tackling is not an option,
even on the soft sand of Repulse
Bay beach, a HKRFU press release
stated yesterday.
For those students who have the
more traditional removable hear-
ing aids this is not a barrier how-
ever, and several students have
gone on to join local clubs and
participate in the domestic rugby
leagues, it also said.
The Cambodian squad will spend
a morning at the Chun Tok school,
where the teachers have planned
a series of activities to Bridge the
Gap and give the students an op-
portunity to get to know each other
and build friendships.
The group will also enjoy some
of the sights and sounds of Hong
Kong by visiting Ocean Park before
tomorrows tournament.
[Its a] really good to chance for
the Krousar Thmey kids to visit
Hong Kong and see life outside of
Cambodia, and a good experience
to build their self confidence, said
Dul Khemrin.
Its great for them to meet kids
from other countries who share
the same impairments. Thanks for
Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
for the opportunity.
Suberbie added: For them to
represent their country and their
NGO is something they can be
proud if. All of the families of the
kids are very happy and proud.
They have overcome disabilities
and adversity, so we are send-
ing a good message the whole
community.
Taylor takes title over
limping Aussie Soliman
FORMER undisputed world champion
Jermain Taylor captured the
International Boxing Federation
middleweight title on Wednesday with
a unanimous decision over Australian
Sam Soliman, who finished 12 rounds
despite a right-leg injury. American
Taylor hung up his gloves for two
years after suffering bleeding in the
brain and losing four of five fights over
two years before returning to the ring
in 2011. But his comeback has been
controversial for health issues and
legal ones. Taylor is out of jail on bail
after being charged with two felonies
after allegedly shooting and wounding
his cousin during an August dispute.
But he achieved the crowning
moment of his ring return when
judges awarded the 36-year-old
American the verdict by scores of
116-111, 115-109 and 116-109. AFP
Biles leads US women to
second straight team title
SIMONE Biles led the United States
to win a second straight womens
team title at the world gymnastics
championships on Wednesday as she
geared up for her defence of the
individual all-around title. The 2012
Olympic champions collected 179.280
points through four apparatus events
with hosts China second on 172.587
and Russia third on 171.462. Romania
finished fourth on 170.963 as a near
capacity crowd roared on the home
team at the 4,000-seat Guangxi
Gymnasium in Nanning, a day after
China grabbed a record sixth straight
mens world team title. AFP
26
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
Sport
Mosquitoes look for buzz
China adds new elite tennis contest
H S Manjunath
THREE games with a huge
bearing on playoff seats are fea-
tured tomorrow in the Angkor
Beer Cambodian Basketball
League at the Olympic Stadium
Indoor Arena.
First up will be Sabay Tiger
Mosquitoes against Mekong
Tigers in a game of critical
importance for both sides.
Beset with injury problems,
the Mosquitoes have slithered
down to one defeat after anoth-
er following their opening
round victory and are now
occupying the first non-playoff
seat in the ninth position.
Taming the Tigers could be
a tall order but nothing but a
win could keep the Mosqui-
toes hopes alive.
After winning the first four
games of the season, the Tigers
lost the next three in a row to
top order teams by short mar-
gins and desperately need a win
to restore their confidence.
Davies Paints are on a roll
with Aimar Sabayo in top nick,
playing his part in the teams
six-game winning streak. The
team will run into a youthful
all-Cambodian NSK Dream,
who took the prize scalp of Pate
310 against all expectations
and odds.
The victory has now placed
NSK Dream in an eighth posi-
tion they ought to retain if they
are to make the next grade.
Several players from GL Con-
crete played last year for Pate
310, but the two have taken
completely different paths so
far this season. Concrete are at
the bottom of the pile without
a win while Pate, after briefly
enjoying the lead in the stand-
ings, are now a clear third. The
rivalry could be intense but it
is Concretes call to show that
they are better than where they
currently lie.
Tomorrows Schedule
Sabay Tiger Mosquitoes v
Mekong Tigers 2pm
NSK Dream v Davies Paints
4pm
GL Concrete v Pate 310 6pm
THE expansion of womens ten-
nis into Asia gathered pace yes-
terday when it was announced
that a new Womens Tennis
Association Elite Trophy Zhu-
hai will be played in southern
China next year.
The 12-player event will
replace the current Tourna-
ment of Champions, which
will be played in Sofia for the
last time later this month, and
feature players ranked from
ninth to 20th who fail to qual-
ify for the season-ending WTA
Tour Finals.
It will add to the six WTA tour-
level events on Chinese soil this
year, including new tourna-
ments in Hong Kong and
Wuhan, while Singapore is
hosting the WTA Tour Finals.
Zhuhai neighbours Macau,
close to Hong Kong, and the
city is completing a new pur-
pose-built tennis stadium to
host the US$2.15 million-purse
event from 2015-2019.
It promises to be an amaz-
ing player field, Peter John-
ston, the WTA managing direc-
tor of Asia-Pacific and Zhuhai
tournament director, said in a
statement.
The 12 players will compete
in a four-group round-robin
format with each group win-
ner reaching the semi-finals in
a similar format to the WTA
Tour Finals, which are sched-
uled for the preceding week.
Nadal crashes in Shanghai
Roger Federer joins Novak
Djokovic in the third round of
the Shanghai Masters after win-
ning by the skin of his teeth on
Wednesday, while Rafael Nadal
crashed on a day of shocks.
World number three Federer
will unseat second-placed
Nadal in the ATP rankings on
the back of his incredible vic-
tory. The Swiss player saved
five match points, including
three at a third set tie-break,
before converting his first
chance to seal a gripping 7-5,
3-6, 7-6 (9/7) victory against
Leonardo Mayer.
The 17-times Grand Slam
winner needed to draw on all
his years of experience to
remain level-headed as he
closed out the game, leaving his
Argentine opponent distraught
as he trudged off the court.
Second seed Nadal, mean-
while, battled the early stages
of appendicitis and a ruthless
Feliciano Lopez in his 6-3, 7-6
(8/6) opening game loss.
The current world number
two was diagnosed with
appendicitis on Sunday but
did not show any obvious signs
of suffering from it in the
match. AFP
Cambodian youngsters from the Krousar Thmey organisation will play tag rugby
games on the beach of Hong Kongs Repulse Bay tomorrow. BING GUAN
David Villa winter stint in the
A-League fuels excitement
SPANISH great David Villas 10-match
loan stint has galvanised his rebranded
Melbourne City club into one of the
favourites to land this seasons
Australian A-League title ahead of
todays kickoff. Villa, Spains all-time
leading goalscorer, will play with City,
formerly Melbourne Heart, between
October and December before linking
up with New York City in Major League
Soccer. Villa, 32, was the first major
signing announced by Melbourne
since they were bought by Manchester
City earlier this year. AFP
German FA to release film
about entire World Cup run
GERMANYS Brazil 2014 victory will be
shown on the silver screen next month
when the German Football Association
release a 90-minute film of their World
Cup triumph. Entitled Die Mannschaft
(The Team), the film goes behind the
scenes of the entire campaign from
their pre-tournament training camp in
South Tyrol to their dramatic extra-time
win over Argentina in the Rio. AFP
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014 27
Balotelli-less Italy move on
B
ORUSSIA Dortmund striker
Ciro Immobile insists absent
compatriot Mario Balotelli
wont be missed when new-
look Italy host Azerbaijan for the rst
of two Euro 2016 qualiers tonight.
Immobiles positive start to life
in the Bundesliga since joining the
German side from Torino has coin-
cided with a recall to the national
squad in the wake of a disastrous
World Cup campaign.
His impressive club form is in stark
contrast to that of Balotelli, who is
struggling to make an impact at Liv-
erpool since quitting AC Milan and
has fallen out of favour with new Italy
coach Antonio Conte.
Immobile is expected to start up
front alongside Sassuolo striker Si-
mone Zaza when Italy host Azerbai-
jan at the Stadio Barbera in Palermo.
Italy team manager Gabriele
Oriali says that the national team
selectors will maintain a revolving
door policy, but Immobile said the
current crop of players rightly de-
serve their selection.
There are other strikers here who
are playing very well. If theyre here,
its because they deserve to be, Im-
mobile told reporters at Italys Cover-
ciano training camp on Wednesday.
I know Mario very well. Hes a
good lad, but its the coach who
picks the squad.
Conte said earlier this week: Ma-
rio has started afresh, so its not easy.
I think we need to give him time to
settle at Liverpool. I make call-ups,
not exclusions. Those are two very
different things.
Immobile was part of the Italy
squad that failed to get past the rst
round in Brazil where Cesare Pran-
dellis side lost to Costa Rica and Uru-
guay having opened their campaign
by beating England.
Defender Leonardo Bonucci
complained last week that Italys
World Cup preparations suffered
because their team base was a
little too holiday-like.
However any thoughts of an easy
ride under Conte are likely to have
dissipated immediately after his
appointment.
Conte previously led Juventus to
three consecutive Serie A titles and
is known for his no-nonsense disci-
plinarian approach.
Indeed this steely attitude was in
evidence as he said that any bitter-
ness or tension still hanging over the
Juventus and Roma players after the
Turin side won their bad-tempered
Serie A game last weekend 3-2 was
to be left for afterwards. AFP
Weekend Fixtures
Saturday October 11
Latvia v Iceland 1:45am
Netherlands v Kazakhstan
1:45am
Turkey v Czech Rep 1:45am
Belgium v Andorra 1:45am
Cyprus v Israel 1:45am
Wales v Bosnia-Hercegovina
1:45am
Bulgaria v Croatia 1:45am
Italy v Azerbaijan 1:45am
Malta v Norway 1:45am
Rep of Ireland v Gibraltar 11pm
Scotland v Georgia 11pm
Romania v Hungary 11pm
Armenia v Serbia 11pm
Sunday October 12
Poland v Germany 1:45am
Finland v Greece 1:45am
Northern Ireland v Faroe Islands
1:45am
Albania v Denmark 1:45am
Ukraine v Macedonia 11pm
Estonia v England 11pm
Austria v Montenegro 11pm
Russia v Moldova 11pm
Monday October 13
Belarus v Slovakia 1:45am
Luxembourg v Spain 1:45am
Lithuania v Slovenia 1:45am
Sweden v Liechtenstein 1:45am
Italy forward Ciro Immobile (left) vies with Spain defender Raul Albiol during their
international friendly on March 5. AFP
Automobile in Cambodia
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Interview with Auto Show 2014 exhibitors
New luxury cars arrived in Cambodian market
Which driving school should be considered? Whats its requirements?
Interview with president of Cambodia automobile federation and presidents of car distributors
Interview with all car engine experts
Car price in Cambodia compared with neighbor countries and global market
Big motorbike market catching Cambodian youths interest
Start of luxurious bike selling in Phnom Penh
Knowing about usage, maintenances, check, prepare, lubricant change, spare parts
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Mexico v Honduras 8am
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Saturday October 11
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Argentina v Brazil 8:05pm
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WEEKEND FIXTURES
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 10, 2014
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Sport
Taiwan win lifts Cambodia spirits
H S Manjunath

T
HE Cambodian national
football team will be head-
ing to Laotian capital Vien-
tiane today for the 2014 AFF
Suzuki Cup qualiers beginning this
Sunday in jubilant mood after wind-
ing up their preparatory phase with
a 2-0 win over Taiwan in a warm-up
game away at the Taipei Municipal
Stadium on Wednesday evening.
The precociously talented Chan
Vathanaka struck both the goals to
trigger a positive vibe in the dress-
ing room, breaking a dry run in the
friendlies as coach Lee Tae Hoon
leads the Kingdoms campaign to
earn one of the two qualifying spots
for the tournament proper, to be
jointly hosted by Singapore and Viet-
nam later this year.
Last November, Cambodia had
lost international friendlies to Guam
(2-0) and Singapore (1-0). In their
latest tune up matches played away,
Cambodia were beaten 4-1 by Malay-
sia on September 20 and lost a tight
game 1-0 to Indonesia on September
25, with 30-year old Dutch born mid-
elder Raphael Maitimo producing
the only goal of the game.
Cambodia last qualied for the Su-
zuki Cup in 2009 under the steward-
ship of Prak Sovannara, who inter-
estingly made way after a short stint
with the national team in 2013 for the
return of South Korean Lee to serve a
second term.
The national side will take on Laos
on Sunday and will meet East Timor,
Myanmar and Brunei in that order as
ve of the regions lower-ranked teams
ght for the right to join the top ve in
this two-tier biennial tournament.
There were strong indications earli-
er this year that the qualifying rounds
could be scrapped to pave the way for
the lower ranked teams to be directly
involved in the competition. But the
concept never came to pass.
The national coach struck a cau-
tious note that the side should not be
carried away with Wednesdays result
but use the momentum to build on
the positives.
The coach, in his communications
with the countrys football federation,
is understood to have stressed the fact
that the friendlies mainly focused on
assessing the bench strength and
working out various combinations to
come up with the one that would be
most effective in Laos.
The South Korean tactician is be-
lieved to have expressed condence
that the work ethic among the play-
ers had markedly improved and the
team morale had never been higher.
I cannot recall a time when our
national team went out and played
so many friendlies and I am given
to understand that the preparations
had gone on well and I feel we have
better chance than ever to qualify,
Football Federation of Cambodia
spokesman May Tola told the Post
yesterday.
Grass to Astroturf
On the home front, the iconic
Olympic Stadium grass will be
ripped up to make way for an arti-
cial playing surface. The work on
the pitch is expected to begin soon
and will be completed sometime in
February next year.
Meanwhile, the FFC has an-
nounced that the rst phase of
the annual Samdech Hun Sen Cup
competition will begin from Janu-
ary 8, while the Metfone Cambo-
dian League will commence from
March 25.
Cambodian Schedule
Playing at the New Laos National
Stadium, Vientiane
Sunday October 12
Laos v Cambodia 6:30pm
Thursday October 16
East Timor v Cambodia 3:30pm
Saturday October 18
Cambodia v Myanmar 3:30pm
Playing at the Chao Anouvong Sta-
dium, Vientiane
Monday October 20
Cambodia v Brunei 5pm
Cambodia midelder Chan Vathanaka (left) scored twice on Wednesday during their
friendly xture away to Taiwan. SRENG MENG SRUN