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Issue NUMBER 2054
Successful People Read The Post
thursday, november 20, 2014
4000 RIEL
Assembly asks
about angkor
wat revenue
is has arms
for two more
years, un says
recipes for
that taste
of morocco
national page 6
world page 14
food page 18
Mother,
toddler
victims
of acid
UN calls
for probe
into NK
abuses
The United Nations has
adopted a landmark resolution condemning North
Korean
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abuses
and lay- Story > 2
ing the
groundwork for putting the
Pyongyang regime in the
dock for crimes against
humanity.
A resolution asking the
Security Council to refer
North Korea to the International Criminal Court
passed by a resounding vote
of 111 to 19 with 55 abstentions in a General Assembly
human rights committee.
North Korea reacted
angrily to the vote and
announced that it was
breaking off talks on
improving human rights
with the European Union,
which drafted the resolution with Japan.
The nonbinding measure will go to the full General Assembly for a vote
Mom Kunthear
A MOTHER and her 2-yearold daughter were seriously

injured in an acid attack yesterday morning in Takeo
provinces Kiri Vong district,
the third such attack this
year and first since July.
Police are currently on the
lookout for the brother-sister duo who allegedly
doused the pair in acid over
an unspecified business dispute, a departure from historical motives for attacks
such as jealousy.
According to district police
officer Koam Sotha, the
womans husband was also
injured in the scuffle, but
was not hit by any acid.
At 6:50am this morning,
the victims came to their
store in Tunlob market as
they do every day to prepare to sell their groceries.
When the husband was
preparing things at the
store, the suspect, who had
a store nearby, came and
argued with [him].
Sotha said they had
already argued a few days
ago, but he did not know
why they continued their
dispute yesterday.
While they were arguing
and fighting with each other,
the suspects sister took a big
container of acid and threw
it on the [mans wife] who
was feeding breakfast to her
daughter, seriously injuring
[them], he said.
The victims of the acid
attack are Moung Srey Mom,
31, the mother of Sok Met
Molita, 2, while the father,
Continued page 2
Rampal raided
Indian police stand guard at the main entrance of the ashram of self-styled godman Rampal Maharaj in Hisar, some 175
kilometres north of New Delhi yesterday. Police discovered five bodies after storming the ashram. AFp
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Continued page 13
Maid agreement looms

Migrant labour deals with Malaysia have rights groups concerned
Alice Cuddy
NDER an agreement
with Malaysia, Cambodian migrant
workers will be
allowed to hold onto their pass-
ports and copies of their contracts but will be banned from

any political activities, according to a draft version of the document obtained by the Post.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) is one of a pair
of long-awaited labour agreements with Malaysia, the details

of which the government has
sought to keep under wraps
ahead of their hoped-for signing at the end of the year.
The other covers domestic
workers, who were banned from

moving to the country in October 2011 amid mounting concerns over abuses, including
rape and starvation, which led
to multiple deaths.
According to Malaysian gov-
ernment data, there are currently 13,245 Cambodian workers in Malaysia, with more than
half (7,796) working as maids.
The agreement covering
Continued page 4
THE PHNOM PENH POST november 20, 2014
National
daughter hurt
Kingdom abstains on NK vote Mother,
in a Takeo acid attack
Joe Freeman
Continued from page 1
HE Cambodian delegation at the

UN has abstained from voting on
a historic resolution encouraging
international action on the abysmal state of human rights in the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the latest sign
of the complicated relationship between
the Kingdom and the Hermit Kingdom.
Though unbinding, the resolution
passed in New York City on Tuesday in
what was described as a heated debate
in a General Assembly committee supports forwarding to the Security Council an
extensive Commission of Inquiry released
by the UN earlier this year that details widespread abuses, including beatings, starvation, killings and a Gulag system of labour
camps in North Korea.
The resolution urges the Security Council to take action through the International
Criminal Court in The Hague and with targeted sanctions against those most responsible for the rights abuses. With China and
Russia, both of which have veto power, on
the council, however, it is unlikely to pass.
They were two of only 19 nations to vote
against the resolution, which North Korea
dismissed as groundless.
Other than the no votes and the 111 in
favour, there were 55 abstentions, of which
Cambodia was one. Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, posted a photo on Twitter of the voting board
and wrote Profile in cowardice, before
mentioning several countries that chose to
abstain.
Brad Adams, executive director of Human Rights Watchs Asia Division, said in an
People look at a notice board outside the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Embassy earlier this month in Phnom Penh. ELI MEIXLER
email that its hard to know what Cambodia had in mind with its middle of the road
choice, but either route puts the country in
an awkward position.
The situation in North Korea is as bad
as it gets, so its hard to vote no unless Hun
Sen wants to be seen as trying to protect the
worlds worst regime. He should have voted
yes like Thailand and the Philippines did,
Adams said. But voting yes suggests that
Hun Sen thinks the UN should be involved
in addressing abuses and impunity, which
hits close to home given the allegations
against him.
Lastly, Adams brought up the warm ties
between the late monarch Norodom Sihanouk and North Koreas government. These
ties were so strong that, in 1991, Sihanouk
granted the North Koreans a 20-year rentfree lease on their embassy in Phnom Penh,
which the Post reported earlier this month

is still being lived in long past the deals expiration date.
However, during the Vietnamese occupation, Sihanouk and the Khmer Rouge were
allied against Hun Sen and his Cambodian
Peoples Party (CPP), which might make the
ruling government more hesitant to side
outright, along with China and Russia, Sihanouks old friends.
Remember also that NK was a longtime
supporter of Sihanouk while he was fighting a war with the CPP in the 1980s, something Hun Sen probably hasnt forgotten.
When Cambodias Foreign Ministry
spokesman Koy Kuong was asked why the
delegation at the UN abstained, he said he
didnt know and would check.
Koy Kuong did not return calls seeking
further clarification.
31-year-old Luy Sovannaroth,

was lightly injured in the head
from the scuffle.
All were initially sent to Kiri
Vong Referral Hospital.
According to Sotha, police already know the identity of the two suspects: Beng
Meas, 28, and his sister, Beng
Leakhena, 22.
Both fled the scene afterwards and police are seeking
their arrest.
Police received this information late, so thats why the
suspects ran away to safety,
but we are investigating to arrest and punish them according to the law, Sotha said.
The victims family filed the
complaint to the police to
punish the suspects through
the law.
Pov Sokna, a staff member
of Kiri Vong Referral Hospital,
said yesterday that the Cambodian Acid Survivors Charity (CASC) came to take the
victims for treatment at the
Childrens Surgical Centre in
Phnom Penh, where many targets of attacks receive medical
care free of charge.
We estimate the burns at
44 per cent for the mother: on
her back, behind her leg, on

the side of the arms, and on
the side of her face, said Erin
Bourgois, project manager
for CASC.
Fortunately, the daughter
was only [burned] a little on
the face and the arms.
According to CASC, this is
the third attack so far this year,
bringing 2014s survivor tally
to four people. Last year, six
people were injured by three
acid attacks.
Fortunately, the
daughter was only
[burned] a little on
the face and ... arms
Although acid attacks are
devastating for survivors
who are often scarred for
life, incidents have declined
dramatically since the Acid
Law was passed in 2011
making acid attacks punishable by up to 30 years in
prison. NGOs, however, have
questioned how much of the
decrease is attributable to
the law considering the low
number of convictions.
The peak year for acid attacks was 2010, when 36 people were injured in 20 separate
incidents.
Northwest support weak for 003, 004

May Titthara
THE attendees of Khmer Rouge

tribunal public outreach sessions in Oddar Meanchey and
Battambang provinces over the
past few days some of them
former Khmer Rouge cadres
have spoken out against the
courts government opposed
cases 003 and 004.
In Sav Rith, governor of Battambangs Samlot district, said
yesterday that people in his district had said that the cases
which focus on five senior

regime officials were unnecessary.
After the fall of the regime in
1979, the Khmer Rouge continued fighting in the countrys
northwest for nearly two decades, and residents feared that
pushing ahead with the cases
could lead to fresh unrest, he
added. My opinion, and other
peoples, is that they do not have
to continue the cases, because
our country is peaceful, Sav
Rith said. Samlot district has
been peaceful less than 15 years,

so we do not want a new war.
Previous and current defendants Kaing Geuk Eav, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea all of
whom were sentenced to life in
prison were those responsible
for the regimes crimes, he said.
Sang Saroeun, a former Khmer
RougecadreinOddarMeancheys
Anlong Veng district, said he
himself feared prosecution. At
first they did only Case 002, but
now they need more cases. If
[they continue], we will be con-
victed. We are just small fish.

While he had put his past
behind him, Saroeun added, if
they want to continue [with the
cases], we will live in fear.
Tribunal public affairs head
Dim Sovannarom said that the
outreach sessions had attempted to explain to residents in the
former Khmer Rouge holdouts
that the court was limited to a set
number of cases, and that they
had nothing to fear.
But they are free to make their
comments.
The victim of an acid attack receives treatment at Kiri Vong District

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Welcome, class!
Polonsky
to teach biz
seminars
YCOON businessman Sergei Polonsky

remains a wanted man
in his native Russia, but that
has not stopped a stream of
aspiring entrepreneurs from
flocking to his private island
in Cambodia for a business
course titled The Big Game.
The first incarnation of his
training course on Saturday
involved about 30 people
mostly young foreigners in
beachwear who participated in intellectual and physical challenges on Koh Dek
Koul off the Sihanoukville
coast, according to Polonskys social media pages.
A spokeswoman for
Polonsky said yesterday that
the business course would
be the first of many on his
several islands, which the
tycoon has grand development plans for. We want
to develop the islands, the
spokeswoman reaffirmed
yesterday.
Polonksy is wanted in
Russia over a failed $176
million development project
in Moscow. In April, he won
a reprieve when Cambodias
Supreme Court decided not
to extradite him.
In July, Polonsky was granted a delay in an intentional
violence case involving boatmen in Sihanoukville waters
in late 2012. Following that
alleged incident, he spent
several months in pre-trial
detention. SHANE WORRELL
Complaints filed over blaze European

diplomats
concerned
by arrests
Thik Kaliyann
Siem Reap town
LL the families of the

four Cambodians who
died in a blaze at Siem
Reaps trendy Hip Hop
Club filed complaints to the
provincial court yesterday, said
Thorng Sakun, deputy Siem
Reap provincial police chief.
The families demanded
$3,000 to $4,000 in compensation, Sakun said, adding that
he had not thus far received
any complaints from the family of Tom Ricketson, the 32year-old Australian who was
the fires fifth victim.
Toms uncle James Ricketson
told the Post yesterday that
the opportunity to ask for
compensation has been offered, but that Toms brother,
who arrived in Cambodia yesterday, is still considering it.
[The family] might take it
as an act of solidarity with the
other [Cambodian] families,
said James, adding his nephews body would likely arrive
in Australia in a weeks time.
Police confirmed that the
blaze, which killed five people
and left two injured, was started
by faulty electrical wiring.
According to our investigators, the fire started in the
clubs ceiling. There was a
short circuit. The clubs owner
and the staff also said the fire
started on the ceiling where
there was a lot of electrical wiring, Sakun said.
Many people gathered in
front of the club yesterday
morning wondering whether
more people had died because
Kevin Ponniah
A police officer stands in a burnt out nightclub in Siem Reap province on Tuesday during an investigation into
the cause of the blaze on Tuesday that claimed five lives. Thik Kaliyann
there were still 20 motorbikes

left unattended in the clubs
vicinity, but Sakun said those
motorbikes belonged to authorities who came to inspect
the scene.
To those who are still suspicious about how many people exactly died in the blaze,
I would like to confirm only
five were killed by the fire and
two women are still staying in
hospital.
Art Sarath, who suffered serious injuries on both hands
and light burns on her face,
told the Post that on Tuesday
afternoon a representative of
the Hip Hop Club came to the
hospital to apologise and pay
for her medical expenses.

That was what I wanted
from them [the club], so I decided not to file a complaint,
she said.
All the bodies that were
found have now been identified. The deceased women are
Chea Sreyny, 32, Cheng Savien, 33, and Souen Savoun, 31,
while the two men are Cambodian Prum Phiron, 31, and
Ricketson.
The Hip Hop Club fire began
at 2:45am on Tuesday morning, and spurred accusations
that the club was ill-prepared
to deal with such an accident.
Siem Reap city governor So
Platong initially told reporters
Malaysia to
grant rights
to migrants
general workers includes several protections for Cambodians, including an eight-hour

working day, paid overtime and
at least one day off per week.
But it also prohibits workers from getting married while
under contract and from taking
part in any political activities
or activities of those connected
with political organisations in
Malaysia.
Only people between the
ages of 18 and 45 can move
to the country under the fiveyear agreement, and they must
possess basic knowledge of
Malaysian culture and social
practices as well as English- or
Malay-language skills.
According to the draft, workers
are obliged to give two months
notice or pay their employers
two months wages if they want
to cancel their contracts early.
They must also cover the travel
costs back to Cambodia.
The employer, however, is required to pay all outstanding
wages ... should [the worker] be
repatriated before completing
the contract period for whatsoever reason.
Despite the number of safeguards for migrant workers,
points of the MoU have raised
concerns.
A Cambodian maid, who was abused in Malaysia, arrives at Phnom Penh airport in 2012. Two draft MoUs
between Cambodia and Malaysia are being closely scrutinised to determine the extent to which they provide
safeguards for Cambodian migrant workers in Malaysia. phA LINA
Opposition lawmaker Mu
Sochua said that the ban on
political activity violates international agreements.
These laws also provide
equal rights to migrant workers
as the citizens and all workers
of the receiving country, she
said by email.
In South Korea, where tens of
thousands of Cambodian migrants work, Ambassador Suth
Dina came under fire earlier
this month for warning workers
there to avoid political activity.
Garment worker Mom Monita, leader of the newly formed
Cambodian Migrant Workers
Solidarity Network (CMWSN),
said the ban was unfair.
As well as encouraging work-
ers to have an awareness of

Malaysian politics, the network
hopes to engage migrants in
Cambodian politics, as it attempts to secure their right to
vote in the Kingdoms next national election.
Monita said the most pressing demands from CMWSNs
members are that they keep
their passports, [that] wages are
paid, and holiday is given. She
added that provisions detailing
what should happen in the case
of an abusive employer should
also be included.
While mainly an issue for
maids, other migrant workers
can also suffer from mistreatment, she said.
Labour Ministry spokesman
Heng Sour confirmed by text

that both MoUs were finalised
last week at the technical level
but did not respond to questions about details of the agreements.
Choub Narat, deputy directorgeneral of the ministrys Labour
Department, said the signing
ceremony for both MoUs is
planned for the end of the year.
Narat said he could not reveal
details about the agreements
yet.
An early draft of the contentious domestic worker MoU
was also obtained by the Post
this week.
The document says that domestic workers must be 21 to 45
years old and will be required to
the club only had one small

door, but backtracked on that
claim after the clubs co-owner
Lee Kong Vong insisted there
were four yesterday.
Sorry, I meant there was only
one front door, Platong said.
Kong Vong said the deaths
occurred despite staffs attempts to help.
Those injured and dead
were really so drunk they
could not control themselves,
one was in the bathroom and
one was asleep on the sofa.
Kong Vong said he was discussing funeral and compensation arrangements with the
families of the victims. Additional reporting by Cheang Sokha
undergo pre-departure training, which should encompass

sufficient knowledge of Malaysian laws, cultures and social
practices in addition to training
in domestic work.
A working group of Cambodian and Malaysian officials
will monitor the agreement and
a task force will oversee its implementation, according to the
draft. It adds that both Cambodia and Malaysia should observe the confidentiality and
secrecy of documents, information and other data received
or supplied to the Party while
the MoU is in force.
The draft says that any differences arising from the MoU will
be settled amicably between
the countries, and without
references to any third party or
international tribunal.
Various points in the draft
have been disputed, with lines
drawn through them.
One such clause says that
the monthly wage should be
determined by market forces,
which Malaysian employers
have previously advocated for.
A line referring to wages meeting the local minimum wage
standards was also highlighted
and crossed out.
Another disputed article says
that if maids run away from
their employers, their work permits will be revoked unless they
left because of factors relating
to their treatment by [their] employer such as being abused,
beaten or physically violated.
Also, while the employers
and domestic workers must
comply with Malaysian laws,
EUROPEAN diplomats called

on Interior Minister Sar Kheng
yesterday to express their concerns about the recent spate of
activist arrests, with the minister reportedly saying that he
believed a one-year sentence
speedily handed down to seven
Boeung Kak lake protesters last
week was rather heavy.
EU Ambassador JeanFranois Cautain said that he
and representatives of six European nations raised our concerns to DPM Sar Kheng on the
slow pace of the negotiations
on the electoral reform and the
recent wave of arrests.
Regarding the arrests, Cautain said that the ambassadors
told Kheng they shared the
view of UN rights envoy Surya
Subedi, who on Tuesday said
the courts were being used as
a tool of the executive.
Interior Ministry Secretary of
State Prum Sokha said Kheng
told the diplomats that the
arrests had no link to ongoing
election reform negotiations and
that separate cases involving
land activists, monks and opposition officials were not systematic or linked up to each other.
To him, he thinks that its a
little bit heavy for that case of
the ladies that [were arrested]
... he said the suspects should
go ahead with the Appeal
Court.
rules, regulations, policies and

directives, an article ordering
the same from Malaysian recruitment agencies has been
crossed out.
Either government can end
the agreement by giving three
months notice. But, significantly, contracts signed before
the termination of the MoU will
still stand.
Since the ban was introduced
in 2011, a number of domestic
workers have been trapped in
the country.
Rights activists have claimed
that the embassy has hampered its citizens attempts to
return home by exploiting a legal loophole that allows it to renew visas, which they say then
opens the door for the renewal
of work permits.
For the families of domestic
workers trapped in Malaysia,
news of the upcoming agreement raises major concerns.
Kheng Nhav said his 21-yearold daughter is still working in
Kuala Lumpur despite her visa
having expired.
She [has] wanted to come
back since her contract finished with her first boss two
years ago, but she was sent to
another boss who withheld her
passport so she could not come
back home, he said.
Nhav, who is desperate for his
daughter to return, said that the
new MoU wont change the way
Cambodian maids are treated.
Bad Malaysian bosses will
still mistreat their maids; they
dont care about the law. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHHAY CHANNYDA
AND SEN DAVID
Mother, son return to house

Chhay Channyda
Taing Vida
MOTHER and son

who went into hiding
on Tuesday say they
were made another
cash offer to vacate their homes
just hours after two of their family members were arrested over
their years-long land dispute.
Mok Seav Huong, 50, and her
son, Ly Bun Heang, 18, fled to a
safe place after Seav Huongs
husband Ly Srea Kheng, 60,
and daughter, Ly Seav Minh, 23,
were arrested on Tuesday.
However, instead of accepting an offer that could bring to
an end their battle with the politically connected Khun Sear
Import Export company, the
mother and son returned home
yesterday, vowing to fight on.
My loving husband and
daughter told me they are willing to stay in jail and they do
not need me to negotiate whatsoever, Seav Huong said. We
will live on our land not anywhere else.
Srea Kheng was arrested
at the family home in the
capitals Tuol Kork district
on Tuesday morning. Seav
Minh was arrested later that
day when trying to see him
at Phnom Penh Municipal
Court. Fearing his own arrest, Bun Heang fled on foot.
National
Foreign Ministry strikes
back at Subedi remarks
Mok Seav Huong stands at the entrance to her house earlier this year in Phnom Penh. Seav Huongs husband
and daughter were arrested on Tuesday and charged in court yesterday. PHA LINA
Norn Ony, a legal officer with

the Housing Rights Task Force,
said Srea Kheng and Seav Minh
had been charged in court yesterday for attacking the propertys legal owners. Court officials could not be reached.
The family has been fighting
eviction from their home in
Boeung Kak I commune since
2010, when the government
signed over ownership of their
land to the Khun Sear company, whose board includes Yim

Leang, director of Chea Sims
Bodyguard Unit. Leang declined to comment yesterday.
The family claims that company gangsters have repeatedly tried to intimidate them
into accepting compensation
to leave. Tactics have included
throwing snakes into their
house and assault, they say.
Though the mother and son

themselves feared arrest yesterday, they had returned home to
protect their house from being
destroyed, Ony said.
In talks with the company,
Srea Kheng has been steadfast
about staying in their home of
30 years, Ony said.
Other families have accepted
up to $80,000 to vacate property nearby.
FOREIGN Ministry spokesman

Koy Kuong yesterday defended
the independence of Cambodias judiciary following concerns raised by a UN official
about the whirlwind imprisonment of 11 activists arrested for
protesting last week.
Kuong accused UN Special
Rapporteur for Human Rights
Surya Subedi of making a habit
of wrongly characterising normal court decisions as rights violations, following a statement
Subedi released on Tuesday.
Professor Subedi has always urged Cambodia to follow the rule of law and for the
judiciary to be independent,
Kuong told reporters. But
every time the court does its
work, [Subedi] condemns it
as a human rights or freedom
of speech violation.
The court had its own procedures, Kuong added, and
made decisions that ensured
those who commit the crimes
receive the penalties.
Subedis office released a
statement on Tuesday accusing
the government of judicial harassment for political purposes.
The government, he said,
needed to respect the law and
the principle of judicial inde-
pendence, while the judiciary

should carry out its work independent of outside influence.
It saddens me to see the
courts being used again and
again as a tool of the executive, Subedi said.
His words were in response
to 10 land activists and one
monk being sentenced to one
year in prison little more than
24 hours after their arrests at
two protests in Phnom Penh
last week.
The timing in which these
individuals were arrested,
charged and convicted seem to
be all well calculated, he said,
who also raised concerns about
charges brought against 17 opposition members over violence in Freedom Park in July.
The treatment of the 11 and
the arrest of two other monks
in Phnom Penh last Wednesday has drawn heavy criticism.
Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker
Mu Sochua said yesterday that
Phnom Penh Municipal Court
had granted her and five other
opposition lawmakers permission to visit the activists in Prey
Sar prison.
We will tell them that we
support them and stand for
them as elected representatives, she said.
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Ordeal over
Fishermen
back from
Indonesia
WENTY Cambodian
fishermen who were
allegedly tricked into
illegally working on a Thai
fishing boat in Indonesia
were repatriated yesterday
afternoon. The men, aged 19
to 34, were saved after they
docked at an Indonesian harbour and managed to escape
their bosses to seek help.
Khan, one of the men who
arrived at Phnom Penh International Airport at about 4pm
yesterday, said the group had
been stuck in the middle of
the ocean for more than a year
without pay. We were treated
damn badly and worked without enough sleep, he said.
Before sending the 20
workers back home, the
Cambodian Embassy worked
with Thai officials to ensure
that they received payment
for their work, and asked the
International Organization
for Migration to provide each
of them with $1,000 to ease
the reintegration process,
according to Ministry of
Foreign Affairs spokesman
Koy Kuong.
The IOM also monitored
and checked their health
before they came back home,
he said. PECH SOTHEARY
NA questions Angkor revenue

Vong Sokheng
Ill-favoured favour puts

would-be dealer away
Tourists wander through Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap earlier this year.
But given the number of

other responsibilities that fall
under his ministrys purview,
taking over ticket sales at Angkor Wat is not a desired task,
Khon said.
The National Assemblys
tourism commission demanded the Tourism Ministry to take control of the selling of tickets at Angkor Wat;
but the ministry ... would
rather leave this to the Apsara Authority, Khon said.

However, the National Assemblys tourism commission insisted, so we will take
it under consideration.
Last year, 4.2 million tourists came to Cambodia, Khon
said, which earned private
industries such as hotels,
restaurants and transportation revenues of more than
hoNG MENEA
$2.5 billion and created about

500,000 jobs.
Projections show that by the
year 2020, Cambodia should
welcome between 7 million
and 8 million tourists, who will
bring about $5 billion to the
Kingdoms economy and create some 1 million jobs.
The Minister of Culture is
due at the Assembly for questioning on November 26.
Groups want Vietnam

border treaty scrapped
Meas Sokchea
Thai police take parcels for examination on Saturday night after DHL alerted police that they contained human parts of an infant. BANGKOK POST
Body part shippers sought

Sarah Taguian and Cheang Sokha
AT THE request of US officials,

immigration police are helping
search for two American men
who might be hiding in Cambodia after allegedly stealing
preserved human remains
from a Thai museum, police
said yesterday.
The Bangkok South Criminal
Court issued warrants on Tuesday for the arrests of Ryan
Edward McPherson, 31, and
Daniel Jamon Tanner, 33, who
are wanted in Thailand for theft
and false declarations violating
the countrys Customs Act.
McPherson and Tanner were
questioned by police after they
were named as the senders of
three macabre Las Vegas-bound
parcels. The packages contained

a human heart, a babys severed
head, a babys right foot and two
strips of tattooed human skin.
Immigration deputy director
Ouk Hay Seila said that Cambodian immigration police are on
the lookout for the suspects.
I have contacted my colleagues following the request of
US officials, Hay Seila said.
The men fled to Cambodia on
Sunday morning after being
questioned by police, passing
through a border checkpoint at
Sa Kaeo province, said Thai
national police deputy chief
Ruangsak Jritake.
McPherson and Tanner had
been released without charges
after police found they had no
criminal records.
Speedy collision sends

two drivers to hospital
TWO freshie boys didnt look

so cool on Tuesday after their
motorbike antics left them in
hospital. Police said the two
were zipping down Russian
Boulevard in opposite directions near the Vongkot Borey
pagoda when they slammed
into each other head-on. Neither party was wearing a helmet, and both, unsurprisingly,
were knocked unconscious
due to the head trauma. After
reviewing the scene, police
determined both drivers to be
at fault. They remain in hospital. kampuchea thmey
N A three-hour meeting
yesterday,
parliamentarians grilled Minister
of Tourism Thong Kong
about the lack of transparency surrounding Angkor Wats
ticket sales and the amount
shared with Cambodias national budget.
About 30 lawmakers and senior members of the ministry
met at the National Assembly
at the request of Nhem Ponharith, an opposition MP who
chairs the Assemblys commission of education, religious affairs, culture and tourism.
We spend a lot of money to
promote the tourism industry, Ponharith told reporters
after the meeting yesterday.
We want income from the
tourism industry to go into
the national budget properly
for the interest of national
development.
We should not allow a private company to earn free
benefits from selling tickets to
tourists at Angkor Wat.
Ticket sales are currently
handled by the Apsara Authority, a private contractor,
rather than by the ministry,
Khon said after the sit-down.
The agreement has long been
disparaged by critics, who say
the government isnt getting
its fair cut.
police
blotter
The search for the men

restarted on Monday following
confirmation from Bangkoks
Siriraj Hospital that the human
remains were stolen from their
medical museum.
Later, authorities discovered
that Tanner is awaiting trial for
drug trafficking in the US.
Warrants were distributed to
border checkpoints in Thailand
and neighbouring countries.
Thai police have enlisted the
help of Interpol, while the FBI is
looking at whether the tourists
broke any US laws.
If convicted, the men could
face up to five and a half years in
prison, or fines of about $15,500.
The US Embassy in Cambodia
declined to comment. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY THE BANGKOK POST
A GROUP of 15 civil society

organisations yesterday sent
open letters to all 123 members of the National Assembly
asking them to help get a controversial 2005 supplemental
border treaty with Vietnam
cancelled.
Rong Chhun, a unionist part
of the Cambodian Watchdog
Council, said yesterday that the
treaty had caused Cambodia to
lose territory to Vietnam.
Chhun recently led a delegation to the border in Svay
Rieng provinces Romduol
district.
We found many small bor-
der marker posts planted in

our territory. It is contrary to
what Prime Minister Hun Sen
claimed, that there would be
no planting in just [our land],
but rather on both sides.
While the opposition backed
the groups proposal that the
Constitutional Council be
asked to cancel the treaty, senior ruling party lawmaker
Chheang Vun said that civil
society cannot order the National Assembly.
Government
spokesman
Phay Siphan said the request
was politically motivated
and that the treaty guarantees
the rights of both countries to
review border affairs.
Man loses left leg after

UXO blast in province
Kim Sarom
A MAN was seriously injured in Battambang province

yesterday when he stepped on
an anti-personnel mine, causing it to explode, officials told
the Post.
Ly Buoy, Samlot district police chief, said that 31-year-old
Chhorn Sono was collecting
wood in a forest in Chork Rokar
village when the mine exploded early yesterday morning.
He was not a military man,
but he was hired to collect
wooden planks for renovating
a border outpost, he said.
Buoy added that Sono was
rushed to hospital. According

to the [hospital] report, he lost
his left leg and his right leg is
severely injured, he said.
Keo Pov, provincial coordinator of mines for the Cambodian
Mine Action Centre, said that
both of Sonos legs had been
damaged, but that he was lucky
to still be alive.
That kind of mine is capable
of destroying the [whole] lower
part of the body. The victim
could be dead if he was alone
in the forest, Pov said.
Two Cambodian deminers were killed in an explosion
while working in Battamang
earlier this year.
A MAN was arrested in Battambang provinces Ratanak

district for trying to do his
buddy a favour on Tuesday.
Police said they received a tip
that the man was up to no
good, and after stopping him,
sure enough, they found he
was carrying a small bag of
drugs. The man reportedly
confessed to packing the
merchandise, saying he had
bought it for $10 and was on
his way to sell it to his friend
when police stopped him.
Deum ampil
Police presence sets off

nerves and an accident
TWO men, made nervous by
the unwanted attention of
police, crashed their motorbike in Phnom Penhs
Meanchey district early yesterday morning. Police said
that the men were driving
down the road on a moto at
about 3am, when patrolling
police began following them.
Seeing they had picked up a
tail, the two sped up. They
soon lost control, however,
running into a tuk-tuk before
careening into a nearby wall.
One broke his arm, while the
other is still unconscious.
cambodia express news
Driver doesnt see hole

in road, falls off of bike
THE misbehaviour of a deputy

district security chief in Svay
Riengs Svay Tiep district
earned him a bump to the
head on Tuesday night, police
said. The man was allegedly
driving his motorbike while
drunk when he hit a small
pothole in the road. The bump
caused him to lose control of
the bike and sustain a nasty
knock to the head in the fall.
He is currently in hospital.
koh santepheap
Parked SUV was up to

no good, police allege
A COPS hunch paid off in

Ratanakkiri provinces
OYadav district on Tuesday
night. Police spotted a Toyota
Land Cruiser that struck
them as being a bit suspicious. Upon stopping the
vehicle, they found a samurai
sword, drug paraphernalia
and a slingshot and rocks.
Police confiscated the contraband, along with the car and
three mobile phones, and
sent the vehicles two occupants to court. Koh santepheap
Translated by Taing Vida
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Traders
suspended
at ANZ over
swap rates
Men demonstrate traditional rice farming methods in Phnom Penh on Tuesday as precursor for the sixth annual World Rice Conference.
hENG CHIVOAN
Kingdom needs better brand

G
Hor Kimsay and Eddie Morton
IVING Cambodia a
makeover was the
focus at the sixth
World Rice Conference, which was held yesterday
at Phnom Penhs Sofitel hotel.
Minister of Commerce Sun
Chanthol opened the days
events calling for better branding of the Kingdoms products
and investment environment.
We need to do two kinds of
branding. One is to do brand-
ing on products and another

one is to do branding on our
countrys image, Chanthol
explained.
Dont let others in the world
only know that Cambodia has
been victim to a genocide regime. Some people even ask if
they should be afraid of stepping on land mines when they
visit Cambodia. That is simply not the reality, so we need
to promote and improve our
countrys image.
Chanthol cited a 30-minute
Bloomberg television network program currently being made by production firm

i-Profile Cambodia. He said
that the program is aimed at
changing the Kingdoms image to a promising economy
ripe for investment.
I hope this project will be
finished next year and will
be hosted for two months on
Bloomberg to show the new
face of our country. It is not
like what they have seen back
in the 1970s.
According to figures from the

Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia's agriculture sector has
attracted just 10 per cent of the
country's approved investment
since 1994.
Sok Puthyvuth, president
of the Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) rallied the commerce ministers call for improving the Kingdoms image
in the global community and
improving on the sectors investment figures.
I know most of us have dif-
ferent questions and opinions

of Cambodian rice, but again,
it is all about branding, he
said. Cambodia produces
many types of rice. But the
key is to produce one simple,
singular brand for our rice so
it is easily recognisable on the
world stage.
The World Rice Conference,
which ends today, will include
the announcement of the winners of the Worlds Best Rice
awards of which Cambodia is
the reigning champion.
AUSTRALIA & New Zealand

Banking Group Ltd (ANZ) suspended seven traders amid an
investigation by regulators into
whether market participants
tried to influence Australias
benchmark interest rates.
ANZs internal review and the
investigation by the Australian
Securities & Investments Commission may not be complete
for some time, the bank said
yesterday. Since mid-2012,
ASIC has inquired into possible
manipulation of the bank-bill
swap rate, or BBSW, the local
equivalent of the London interbank offered rate, by 14 banks
that contributed prices to the
rate-setting process. ANZ has
not named the traders.
Banks across the globe have
paid billions of dollars in fines
and made legal provisions as
regulators probed the rigging
of foreign-exchange markets
and benchmark interest rates
including Libor. ASIC said in
July that traders from Royal
Bank of Scotland Group Plc
sought to manipulate the Australian benchmark, and in
January that traders from BNP
Paribas Sa tried to influence
the French lenders submissions on it.
Its a good opportunity for
ASIC to assert its authority
given its been criticised for not
doing enough on market
manipulation, said Martin
Smith, a senior market analyst
with Sydney-based research
firm East & Partners Pty. If the
misconduct is clear, ASIC needs
to act swiftly.
ANZ chief risk officer Nigel
Williams said the bank is taking the precaution of having
seven staff involved in markets
trading step down pending
completion of the investigation
into practices over a period
ending in 2013. bloomberg
Hitachi set to conduct feasibility study for new SEZ

Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi

announced plans yesterday for the
development of a new special economic zone south of Phnom Penh.
In a statement released yesterday,
Hitachi, one of Japans largest infrastructure developers, said it is partnering with Japans Forval Corporation, the Japan Development Institute
and Cambodian real estate developer
Heng Development to assess the
potential of a new economic zone in
Kandal province.
The four companies will conduct,
by June 2015, a feasibility study on
marketing, basic design, business
plan and other aspects, and conduct

a commercial viability assessment
based on the results of the study, the
statement reads.
If the study gives the project the
green light, construction on the economic zone will begin in July and will
take a year to complete according the
companys announcement.
Providing tax and administration
incentives to its occupants, the new
industrial zone would initially be
built over 1 million square metres
with the potential to triple in size in
the future.
The site is near national roads and
beltways, and offers good access to
Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City.
Hitachi expects the tenants of the

industrial park to be companies from
various Asian countries, as well as
Japanese companies, the statement
goes on to say.
Seang Chanheng, general director
The site is near national

roads and beltways, and
offers good access to
Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh
of Heng Development, the projects
Cambodian partner, told the Post
yesterday that negotiations have
been in plan with Hitachi for about
two years.
Although hopeful that the project
would come to fruition, Chanheng

cautioned that a thorough assessment
was required before a decision to proceed could be made.
Hitachi is one of the biggest companies in the world and it has many
investment partners, and we do want
Japanese companies [in Cambodia],
because Japanese companies that
come and set up shop, making products for the local and markets abroad,
they always produce goods of good
quality, she said.
Chanheng said a capital investment
figure for the zone would not be confirmed until the completion of the
feasibility study.
If it goes ahead, Hitachis industrial
park will join a growing list of special

economic zones in Cambodia, most
of which are located along the countrys borders. According to the Ministry of Commerce, 33 SEZs have
been approved and 11 are currently
in operation.
Hiroshi Suzuki, chief economist at
Business Research Institute for Cambodia, said that Japanese investment
in SEZs throughout the region had
already proven successful.
I believe that this type of investment could have a good success
based on the experiences in neighbouring countries such as Thailand
and Vietnam, he said referring to
the Hitachi proposal.
Business
HSBC caught in China
internet crackdown
CHINA has blocked access to
HSBCs banking portal and
several other websites in what
appears to be a new censorship campaign days before it
hosts a major internet industry conference. Greatfire.org, a
group that researches Chinese
internet censorship, said yesterday HSBC had been caught
up in a crackdown against socalled mirror sites which let users access censored sites such
as YouTube.
Greatfire.org said Beijing had
shut access to HSBCnet inside
China to block a pathway to
forbidden sites. This was a
deliberate attack on the websites that we have mirrored,
Charlie Smith, the pseudonym
of a Greatfire.org co-founder,
said via email.
He said it was startling
that authorities would disrupt
commerce, and risk provoking its own internet users, to
block access to forbidden sites
which received relatively light
traffic. I think that it is quite
revealing, said Smith. I think
it reveals a fundamental lack
of understanding of how connected China truly is to the
global internet.
In a separate move against
mirror sites, Chinese censors
also shut down EdgeCast, a
subsidiary of the US telecommunications company Verizon.

HSBC, one of the worlds biggest banks, makes two-thirds
of its profits in Asia, notably
Hong Kong. EdgeCast delivers
content and services for web
companies, including the Atlantic magazine and Mozilla,
the Firefox browser, as well as
cloud service to sites and apps
in China.
The attacks came in the
lead-up to the World Internet
Conference which is due to
open in eastern Zhejiang province on Wednesday, showcasing Chinas burgeoning role
in technology and internet
governance issues. Organised
by Chinas newly formed Cyberspace Administration, it is
expected to draw policymakers and senior industry figures,
including the chief executives
of Alibaba and and Baidu.
In a separate move last month
Chinese authorities blocked
access to HSBCs portal, to users within China, Greatfire.org
reported. The group said censors wanted to block Akami,
a content delivery network,
which it uses to host mirror
websites. HSBC uses an Akami
domain reserved for encrypted
websites. the guardian
Shell wins Indian court battle
NGLO-DUTCH energy giant Royal

Dutch Shell has won
a lengthy court battle
against Indian tax authorities,
marking a significant victory
for multinationals involved in
taxation wrangles in the country. The Bombay High Court
ruled in favour of Shell, whose
Indian unit had been accused
of under-pricing shares issued
to its parent firm by about 180billion rupees ($3 billion).
The company had challenged
a demand by Indian authorities for tax on the interest that
would have been earned. The
judges on Tuesday quashed
the income tax department order, a move Shell welcomed.
This is a positive outcome
which should provide a further
boost to the government initiatives to improve the investment climate, the company
said in a statement yesterday.
The amount demanded by
Indian tax authorities was not
immediately known and Shell
did not disclose the figure.
The government has not said
whether it will appeal the ruling.
The tax claim was one in a
string imposed by Indian authorities on foreign firms including HSBC, IBM and Nokia.
These suits, too, are now most
Shells tax victory this week is a boon for multinations in India.
likely to be resolved in a fashion similar to the Shell case,

experts say.
The ruling shows there are
viable legal remedies for investors in India. This restores confidence to a great extent, said
Girish Vanvari, co-head of tax
at KPMG in India.
Foreign companies allege
that Indian tax laws are sometimes applied in an uneven
and capricious manner, mak-
AFP
ing it difficult to do business in

the country.
A court ruled in October
in favour of Vodafone India,
which had been engaged in a
$490-million tax battle with authorities after they accused the
company of also underpricing
its shares in a rights-issue to its
British parent Vodafone Plc.
Vodafone, however, is still
battling a more than $2-billion
tax demand over its $10.7-bil-
lion purchase of Indian mobile operations in 2007 from

Hong Kong-based Hutchison
Whampoa.
Uncertainty about Indias
regulatory climate has dampened foreign investment interest at a time when the country
urgently needs funds to upgrade its dilapidated roads,
rails and other infrastructure
and spur economic growth.
Vikram Dhawan, equities
director at Mumbais Equentis
Capital, called the Shell ruling
a very positive development.
But Dhawan said the Indian
government now had to remove ambiguities surrounding
inward investment if more of
such suits that hurt investor
sentiment are to be avoided.
Foreign investors have been
disappointed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who
came to power in May promising to boost growth, has not
yet repealed a 2012 law that allows officials to tax companies
retroactively. So-called transfer
pricing the value at which
companies trade assets between units in different countries has become a major legal issue in India and in other
countries. Tax authorities often
contend that companies set
the prices for transferring assets for their own gain. AFP,
Employment Opportunity
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now looks forward to its fth generation as a leading health NGO,
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In line with this vision KHANA is now seeking a Cambodian national
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1. Senior Human Resource Ofcer (1 Position)
Key Responsibilities:
The post holder plays a vital role in coordinating and managing with
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Business
Accused in Petrobras
case to repay $165M
FIVE people accused in a corruption scandal at Brazils state
oil giant Petrobras have agreed
to return $165 million to the
public purse in plea bargains
with prosecutors, a newspaper
reported on Tuesday.
Globo daily said the five include Paulo Roberto Costa,
a jailed former Petrobras director who exposed the massive scope of the alleged payments to Brazilian politicians,
dubbed Operation Car Wash.
Globo said Costa has pledged
in writing to return $27 million,
most of which is parked in a
Swiss bank account, the report
said, citing sources close to the
investigation.
O Estado de Sao Paulo said
on Monday that another former Petrobras director, Pedro
Barusco, had agreed to pay
back $100 million.
The paper said $20 million
Barusco holds in a Swiss bank
account had been blocked.
Barusco is accused of having
been in cahoots with another
former director, Renato Duque,
who was arrested last week.
Currency dealer Alberto
Youssef, accused of money
laundering in the case, has
pledged to hand back some
$19.2 million and two businessmen from construction
firm Toyo Setal say they would

hand back a similar sum.
As much as $4 billion was allegedly paid to members of the
ruling Workers Party and other
politicians, between 2004 and
2012 to buy influence with
cash creamed off inflated
Petrobras contracts.
Petrobras vowed on Monday to do a better job policing
itself and to set up a compliance division as it struggles
to cope with the fallout of a
scandal which has wiped billions from its market value in
recent months.
Some of those arrested on
suspicion of corruption and
money-laundering include executives from some of Brazils
biggest construction firms.
Brazils President Dilma
Rousseff says she had no
knowledge of the kickback
scheme, even though senior
members of her ruling Workers
Party have been linked to it.
Nobody has been convicted
to date but dozens of arrests
have been made and Costa is
set to stand trial.
Rousseff, a former chair
of the Petrobras board, has
welcomed the investigation,
saying it could change Brazil
forever by ending a culture of
impunity. afp
Areva scraps financial targets
REVAS share price

plunged yesterday
after the struggling
French nuclear giant announced that it was
suspending its outlook for the
next two years.
As of 11:30am yesterday
(1030GMT) the value had
fallen 15.6 per cent to $12.83
in otherwise flat trading on the
CAC 40. Trading in the company 87 per cent owned by the
French state was suspended
on Tuesday after it announced
it was throwing its forecasts
out the window.
It said problems with cash
flow, the timetable for restarting Japanese reactors, pushedback plans for building new
reactors, and lacklustre conditions in France were behind its
decision.
According to the French
business magazine Challenges,
the government is considering
injecting $2.5 billion into the
company. It is also mulling the
creation of an entity to park
and externalise ultra-losing
activities, it said.
Arevas stock, which is at its
lowest since June 2012, had
been under pressure for several months and has lost half
its value since the beginning
of the year. It already dropped
20 per cent on August 1 when
French nuclear firm Areva has scrapped its financial forecasts for the next two years amid problems with
cash flow, the timetable for restarting Japanese reactors, and lacklustre conditions in France. afp
it announced a lower forecast

for 2014.
Worldwide, interest in nuclear power has cooled since
the March 2011 Fukushima
catastrophe in Japan.
The dumping of Arevas forecasts came as energy group
EDF confirmed that it would
delay until 2017 the launch
of a new-generation EPR reactor designed by Areva that
I. About EFG (Express Food Group) Co., Ltd
I. About EFG (Express Food Group) Co., Ltd

EFG (Express Food Group) Co., Ltd is the 1st leading international food franchise business in Cambodia
since 2004. Today EFG, The Pizza Company, BBQ-Chicken, Dairy Queen, Swensens and Costa Coee,
has been employing over 1,000 Cambodian for its 36 outlets in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanouk
Ville and Battambang.Due toour service meet 100% of customer needs and rapid growth business
expansion, we are currently seeking the competitive and dynamic candidates with relevant experiences
for following position:
II. Position Identication
:
Accounting Manager (1 Position)
Report to
Location
: CFO
: Head Oce-Phnom Penh
III. Main Duties & Responsibilities

Weekly cash Flow Forecast
Ensure AP paid on timely manner & AR collected
promptly
Develop the direct reports
Ensure all accounts are reconciled and property closed
Maintain the chart of account
Maintain an orderly accounting ling system
Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all
areas of the company
Issue timely and complete nancial statements
Coordinate the provision of information to
external auditors for the annual audit
Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt
covenants
Comply with government reporting requirements
Provide for a system of management cost reports
Provide nancial analyses as needed, in particular
for capital investment, pricing decisions, and
contract negotiations
Initiate the internal control to minimize risk
Performance other tasks provided by management.
expected until next year.

Analysts at French bank Societe Generale said the timing
of Arevas announcement was
surprising coming after it
published dismal third quarter sales figures. They said the
firm was at a high risk of a
credit downgrade to BB+, adding: It seems clear that Areva
will require a cash infusion in
the near term. afp
JOB OPPORTUNITY(Re-Advertising)
JOB OPPORTUNITY
Position Title
is under construction in the

northern French town of Flamanville.
Areva is undertaking a review of its strategic outlook
and mid-term funding plan,
which will be examined in the
framework of its governance,
it said in a statement.
Areva said that because of
operational delays some client payments could not be
Posting Date : 20 November, 2014

Closed Date : 06 December, 2014
IV. Jobs Requirements
Technical qualication
Bachelor degree in accounting, nance or
banking or related elds
3 years experiences in food industry is
preference
Working Capital management
IFRS application knowledge and nancial
reporting
Analytical thinking, problem solving, and
eective communication
Knowledge of accounting software
(Peachtree) & Advance excel
A highly self-motivated, committed and
honest individual; good communication and
facilitation skills
Personality qualication
Self starter, team player, high responsible,
and patient
Dynamic, friendly, and good interpersonal skill
Strong Willing to work in provinces or rural area
V. How to Apply
Interested candidate can submit a cover letter with expected salary and CV with current photo (4 X 6),
not later than December 06, 2014 to EFG-Human Resource Department as below address:
Address: No. 27, St. 134, Sangkat Mittapheap, Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh
- Tel: +855-(0) 23-88 34 88-9
- Fax: +855-(0)23-42 67 52
- Mobile: +855-(0)78-825 222
- E-mail: efgcareer@rmagroup.net
- Website: www.efg.com.kh
EFG (Express Food Group) Co., Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will
be contacted for interview. Application documents will not be returned.
EFG (Express Food Group) Co., Ltd is the 1st leading international food franchise business in Cambodia since 2004. Today
EFG, The Pizza Company, BBQ-Chicken, Dairy Queen, Swensens and Costa Coee, has been employing over 1,000
Cambodian for its 36 outlets in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap, Sihanouk Ville and Battambang.Due toour service meet 100% of
customer needs and rapid growth business expansion, we are currently seeking the competitive and dynamic candidates
with relevant experiences for following position:
II. Position Identication

Position Title : Senior Cost Controller (1 Position) Posting Date : 20 November, 2014
Report to
: Accounting Manager
Closed Date : 06 December, 2014
Location
: Head Oce-Phnom Penh
III. Main Duties & Responsibilities
IV. Jobs Requirements
- Develop the companys inventory management

strategy;
- Manage and maintain the companys material and
stocked product inventory;
- Manage and control perpetual inventory stock
counting/ inventory accuracy checks;
- Minimize overstocks and removal of obsolete/
redundant raw materials to maximize the availability
of working capital;
- Ensure that goods inward/stock control department
is well organized and controlled to eciently
support sales and the goals of the business;
- Ensure the incoming the product is receipted and
managed properly according to company procedure;
- Ensure the material are ready and available for sales
as and when required;
- Ensure that any material which is late or holding up
sales for whatever reason are chased and followed
up until received;
- Ensure sub-contract processes are received back;
- Provide routine management information on
inventory performance;
- Validate the cost of sale as part of the month end
close;
- Conduct analysis on cost of sale and material usage
variance in a weekly and monthly basis;
- Perform other duties as required by immediate Manager.
Technical qualication
- Bachelor degree in nance and accounting or related
elds;
- Ideally possess the relevant professional qualication
and/or suitable background experience in inventory
management or purchasing;
- Have detailed understanding of MRP and inventory
control/ management system;
- Strong analytical and problem solving;
- Experience continuous improvement;
- Possess excellent verbal and written communication
skills for a demanding and customer focused group
environment;
- Possess excellent personal organization and business
administration skills in accordance with modern best
practice methods;
- Possess the ability to work productively, eciently and
eectively with initiative and drive under tight timescales and
pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail and quality;
- Willing to learn new thing, improve and adapt.
Personality qualication
- Self starter, team player, high responsible and patient.
- Dynamic, friendly and good interpersonal skills.
V. How to Apply
Interested candidate can submit a cover letter with expected salary and CV with current photo (4 X 6), not later than
December 06, 2014 to EFG-Human Resource Department as below address:
Address: No. 27, St. 134, Sangkat Mittapheap, Khan 7 Makara, Phnom Penh.
- Tel: +855-(0) 23-88 34 88-9
- Fax: +855-(0)23-42 67 52
- Mobile: +855-(0)78-825 222/078 824 222
- E-mail: efgcareer@rmagroup.net
- Website: www.efg.com.kh
EFG (Express Food Group) Co., Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for
interview. Application documents will not be returned.
11
the phnom penh post november 20, 2014
Markets
Business
Boxing latest banking craze

G
ASPING for breath and

bleeding from a thick lip,
Nick Suicide Seto exits
the ring. But the pain of
defeat will be forgotten tomorrow
when he returns to work at a London
bank. I love winning, so it hurts, but
I hope the people enjoyed the show,
the 34-year-old said, trying to reassure his trembling wife.
In real life, Seto is a strategy manager at Lloyds Banking Group. But
at night, he becomes a fearless and
slightly reckless brawler. He is one
of a growing number of city workers who are ditching the tie and lacing up the gloves for white-collar
events after dark.
Born in New York, the practice came
to London in the early 2000s and
has since spread to other financial
centres such as Hong Kong and Singapore. Following a brief warm-up,
the combatants enter the lions den
accompanied by the booming music, scantily dressed ladies and raucous din usually reserved for world
title fights. They then battle for three
rounds, each lasting two minutes, in
the professional standard ring.
Its almost like being a professional boxer for a night, explained
Ross Adkin, organiser of the event at
York Hall, the fabled London venue
whose tobacco-stained walls and
creaking floorboards have hosted
fights for 85 years. Around 700 spectators pack the hall to cheer on their
friends, husbands and relatives, creating a febrile atmosphere throughout the nine bouts.
White-collar boxing is growing,
said Adkin, immaculately dressed in
Elite bankers battle it out at Londons York Hall. The trend has spread from New York
to London, Hong Kong and Singapore. AFP
a three-piece suit. Even banks organise their own in-house ones.

The audience is predominantly
white, male, smartly dressed and
loud, many looking like extras from
the Hollywood movie The Wolf of
Wall Street, while the testosteronedriven atmosphere is evocative of
the trading floor.
The evening begins at the bar and
after a few pints the blood is pumping. There are a few of us here tonight saying that maybe next time its
our turn, said one spectator, financial adviser Alistair Holmes.
At the same time, Frank The Tank
OCallaghan was preparing backstage, nervously fiddling with his
mobile phone. Im very emotionally

engaged, as my [pregnant] wife is 10
days overdue, he confessed.
A former soldier now working in telecoms, he began boxing
eight months ago. Since then he
has shunned alcohol and woken
at five every morning to make the
hour-long journey from his home
in Brighton, on the south coast, to
train in London. For him, boxing is
a way to keep fit, presents a personal
challenge and provides the opportunity to blow off steam.
Our dad died in August, he explained. His passing away was part
of the reason I do this. I turned 45, I
had to do something. Boxing has a
different dynamic to a marathon or

triathlon, and I really enjoy it.
Tonight, more than 60 of
OCallaghans supporters are in the
room, including colleagues, friends
and his extremely tense brother
Phil. His wife is at home waiting for
the new arrival. She is a little bit worried there were a couple of tears last
night, he admitted.
OCallaghan is under no illusions
that boxing hurts, and the risk was
underlined when a white-collar boxer died in the ring during an event in
Nottingham in June.
Following the tragedy, the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC)
repeated its warning against such
bouts. But Adkin shrugged off the
warnings, saying that the professional sport was also grappling with
similar problems. Professional boxing also gets a lot of pressure; doctors
come out quite often saying it should
be banned. They unnecessarily distance themselves from the amateur
stuff trying to save their own skin,
he said. This is three, two-minute
rounds using headguards ... the context is safer than pro boxing.
The evening at York Hall ends with
a few bruises and a broken nose. It
went well, said Adkin.
Seto may have lost but is delighted with the experience, not least
because he has lost a few pounds.
However, he has promised his wife
that his next challenge will be less
violent. By contrast OCallaghan,
who celebrated as though winning
a World Championship belt, vowed
to keep on fighting after the birth of
his child. AFP
Markets
Thailand
Vietnam
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1100
Ho Chi Minh Stock Index, Nov 18

700
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1,053.86
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KRX 100 Index, Nov 18

5000
588.35
Philippines
PSEI- Philippine Se Idx, Nov 18

7500
4750
7125
4500
6750
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4000
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4,094.77
7,269.49
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Malaysia
FTSE Straits Times Index, Nov 18

4000
FTSEBursa Malaysia KLCI, Nov 18

1900
3500
1800
3000
1700
2500
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2000
1500
3,334.56
Hong Kong
1,824.39
China
Hang Seng Index, Nov 18

26000
CSI 300 Index, Nov 18

3000
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2500
21500
2250
20000
2000
23,373.31
Japan
Nikkei 225, Nov 18

18000
2,537.22
Taiwan
Taiwan Taiex Index, Nov 18

10000
17250
9625
16500
9250
15750
8875
15000
8500
17,288.75
8,963.24
Laos Composite Index, Nov 18

1500
Jakarta Composite Index, Nov 18

6000
Laos
Indonesia
1350
5500
1200
5000
1050
4500
900
4000
1,415.14
International commodities
Cambodian commodities
Energy
(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
Commodity
Units
Price
Crude Oil (WTI)
USD/bbl.
74.41
Crude Oil (Brent)
India
USD/bbl.
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu
Change % Change Time(ET)
-0.27%
4:23:31
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78.69
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4:23:04
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Rice 1
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ICE Gasoil
USD/MT
698
0.00%
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12.02
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23:20:32
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318.7
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BSE Sensex 30 Index, Nov 18

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Karachi 100 Index, Nov 18

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31,945.94
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6000
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HR Manager
The HR Manager will maintain and enhance the Schools human resource
mission and objectives, through strategic planning, and evaluating employee
relations, human resources policies, practices and procedures. The HR
Manager will be responsible for reviewing support staff structures in order to
develop and implement a strong Performance Management regime which will
support and reward School support staff as well as assisting all departments
in the development of their staff. The HR Manager will have responsibility for
School Administration Ofce Management including the obtaining of visas and
work permits for expatriate staff.
Position requires:
Bachelors Degree and Post Graduate Diploma or Masters Degree in
Human Resources.
Excellent written and business English and Khmer.
4 years of relevant experience in HR Management
2 years of working with a multi-national/international organization.
Experience in the development of Human Resources and organizational
change
Policies, Performance Management and appraisal development.
Director
12
World
Clashes as
protesters
try to enter
legislature
Hong Kong police clashed
with pro-democracy demonstrators yesterday after a small
group tried to break into the
citys legislature, as splits
emerged within the movement
before the expected clearance
of protest camps.
The clashes were sparked
when around a dozen masked
protesters smashed their way
through a side entrance of the
Legislative Council (LegCo)
building in the early hours,
using metal barricades as battering rams.
Around 100 police then
moved to disperse the front
lines of hundreds of protesters
in helmets and waving umbrellas, a symbol of their movement. Officers used pepper
spray and batons in an angry
confrontation.
Police said three officers
were injured during the scuffles and six arrests made.
The government of the semiautonomous Chinese city said
severe damage was caused,
and joined police in condemning the violence. The incident
was widely reported on the
Chinese mainland.
At least one demonstrator
managed to get into the building, according to the Apple
Daily newspaper.
Protesters have been camped
on three major Hong Kong
roads for more than seven
weeks, demanding a free vote
for the citys next leader. But
public support has ebbed as the
weeks pass with little progress.
Beijing insists that candidates for the 2017 vote for the
citys top post must be vetted
by a loyalist committee an
arrangement the protesters
say will ensure the election of
a pro-Beijing stooge.
Authorities moved on Tuesday to take down some barricades at the main protest camp,
near the legislative building in
the downtown Admiralty district, after a court granted an
order to remove obstructions.
The break-in was the clearest sign yet that a small faction
of protesters want to ramp up
rather than scale down action
after the court-backed bailiffs
action at Admiralty.
The execution of a second
injunction ordering the clearance of a protest site in the
Mongkok district on Hong
Kongs Kowloon peninsula is
expected within days. Although
that area is smaller, it has been
the focal point of violence
between police, protesters and
opponents of the demonstrators in the last few weeks.
After the latest confrontation,
protest leaders said their movement was committed to nonviolence, while a pro-democrat
legislator said he believed the
group was not representative of
the majority. AFP
Six dead after ashram stormed

Sajjad Hussain
olice discovered five bodies

yesterday after storming the
ashram of a wanted guru in
northern India where thousands of followers have been holed
up for days, as a sixth supporter died
in hospital.
The authorities made the discovery a day after they forced their way
into the heavily guarded ashram,
northeast of New Delhi, where they
believe self-styled godman Rampal Maharaj, who is wanted on murder charges, is still hiding.
They found the bodies of four women and one 18-month-old child, director general of police SN Vashisht
said. The child appeared to have died
of natural causes but it was unclear
how or when the four women lost
their lives, he said.
Another woman apparently suffering from a heart condition died after
being taken to the hospital, Vashisht
told reporters.
All of the dead bodies have been
sent to the hospital where they will
undergo a post-mortem to ascertain
what was the exact cause of their
deaths, he said.
Indian riot police on Tuesday
stormed the ashram, which has been
guarded by hundreds of followers for
days after a court ordered the arrest of
their guru on charges including conspiracy to murder.
Police used water cannon and tear
gas on the followers, who were armed
with stones, petrol bombs and other
weapons, officers and television footage showed.
Human shields
Thousands of followers poured out
of the ashram overnight on Tuesday,
but police said they believed another
5,000 were still inside the inner sections of the compound sprawled over
4.8 hectares (12 acres).
We have already saved around
Indian followers leave the ashram of self-styled godman Rampal Maharaj in Hisar, some 175 kilometres (108 miles) north of New
Delhi, yesterday. AFP
10,000 lives and around another 5,000

people are inside. We will save their
lives and arrest the wanted man,
Vashisht said.
Some who fled claimed that they
had been held inside against their
will, while police claimed they had
been used as human shields to protect the guru.
What started as a trickle hasnt yet
stopped and we have dropped off
around 10,000 people at nearby bus
and train stations, assistant police
superintendent Jashandeep Singh
said of the followers.
The people who left the ashram
mostly said that they were being
held against their will, as a shield for
the guru against any police action,
Singh said from outside the ashram
in Barwala town.
Police said they were checking those

leaving the ashram in case Rampal,
who considers himself an incarnation
of the 15th-century mystic poet Kabir,
was hiding in the crowd.
Police are seeking Rampals arrest
after he repeatedly refused court orders to appear to answer charges including conspiracy to murder, inciting mobs and contempt of court.
They accuse Rampal of ordering his
disciples to fire on villagers during
clashes in 2006 in which one person
was killed and scores injured.
Rampal, an engineer by trade whose
website says the charges against him
are false, says his disciples must
obey his instructions and may not
worship traditional gods or engage in
unnecessary charity.
Several supporters said they had
to fight their way out of the ashram,

while others said they lost their children in the melee.
I cant trace my daughter who was
with me inside the ashram ... I somehow came out of the complex, but am
very worried about her, Roop Rani
told Hindi news channel ABP.
India has been rocked by several scandals involving immensely
popular godmen, mostly Hindu
ascetics who claim to possess mystical powers. Last year one, Asaram
Bapu, was charged with sexually assaulting a schoolgirl.
For many Indians, gurus play an integral role in daily life. They say they
offer a pathway to enlightenment in
return for spiritual devotion and often
give donations to ashrams, temples
and charity projects. AFP
Tough Israeli response risks backfire

Tuesdays deadly attack
on a Jerusalem synagogue
marked a new level in the violence plaguing the city but a
tough Israeli response could
trigger further escalation,
experts say.
After two Palestinians burst
into the synagogue armed
with a gun and meat cleavers,
killing four worshippers and
wounding nine other people,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged a harsh response to the brutal murders.
Israel has already progressively upped security in and
around the Holy City after
a series of deadly incidents
involving lone Palestinian
attackers.
Political and security analyst Daniel Nisman said
there was likely to be a bigger deployment of police
and border police throughout Jerusalem and even talk
of deploying the army in the
annexed eastern sector.
Theres other talk of bringing the IDF [army] into east

Jerusalem neighbourhoods,
but that hasnt been confirmed or approved, he said.
The city has been on edge
since the summer with almost nightly clashes in Arab
east Jerusalem and a growing number of deadly attacks
that began in August as Israel
pressed a deadly 50-day offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Lone wolf problem

Nisman said the latest attack had ramped up tensions
even more.
To stop these attacks, the
only thing you can really do
is to close off those [east Jerusalem] neighbourhoods,
but thats a double-edged
sword, he said.
You could risk increasing tensions with the people
there, the majority of whom
dont want an escalation.
Mark Heller, a political
analyst at the Institute for

National Security Studies in
Israel (INSS), said that cracking down would be difficult.
There is no magic solution.
Theres not much you can do
against lone wolf attackers
who wake up in the morning
and decide all of a sudden to
act, he said.
The government will
undoubtedly toughen its
stance, but this will not solve
the problem.
One recourse is razing the
homes of the perpetrators, as
pledged by Netanyahu earlier
this month in the wake of two
deadly attacks in which Palestinians rammed their cars into
groups of pedestrians, killing
four Israelis and wounding
more than a dozen.
Before Tuesdays attack, the
homes of four east Jerusalem Palestinians involved in
anti-Israeli attacks were earmarked for demolition.
The third-floor apartment
of the family of Abdelrahman

Shaludi, who deliberately
rammed his car into pedestrians last month, killing a
young woman and a baby,
was demolished yesterday.
Shaludi was shot by police
as he fled the scene after his
October 22 rampage, later dying of his wounds.
The demolition of homes
has been condemned by rights
groups and even the army has
said such retribution may be
counter-productive.
Kobi Michael, another expert at the INSS, said that the
situation was on a knife edge.
Everyones nerves are
frayed. This event has the
potential of being a game
changer, he said.
He said Israel had already
put in place a large number
of measures greater law
enforcement, harsher legislation against stonethrowers, interrogations, planned
house demolitions and it
was unclear whether it would

do any more. There are limits
to what you can do, he said.
The more security forces
you have then the more friction and chance of attacks
which could lead to an escalation neither side wants,
he added.
Both the United States and
Russia strongly condemned
the synagogue attack but
urged restraint.
At this sensitive moment
in Jerusalem, it is all the
more important for Israeli
and Palestinian leaders and
ordinary citizens to work cooperatively together to lower
tensions, reject violence and
seek a path forward towards
peace, US President Barack
Obama said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry urged the two sides to
take urgent measures to rein
in extremists, whose actions
threaten to explode the situation entirely. AFP
13
World
UN calls for probe into NK abuses

next month. But it remains an open

question whether the Security Council will follow up on the resolution and
seek to refer North Korea to the ICC,
with China Pyongyangs main ally
and Russia widely expected to oppose
such a move.
Both China and Russia voted
against the resolution on Tuesday
along with Cuba, Iran, Syria, Belarus,
Venezuela, Uzbekistan and Sudan,
who complained that the measure
unfairly targeted North Korea.
However, an amendment presented
by Cuba to scrap the key provisions
on asking the Security Council to
consider referring North Korea to the
Hague-based ICC, was defeated.
North Korea reacts angrily

Co-sponsored by more than 60 countries, the resolution drew heavily on
the work of a UN inquiry which concluded in a 400-page report released in
February that North Korea was committing human rights abuses without
parallel in the contemporary world.
The year-long inquiry heard testimony from North Korean exiles and
documented a vast network of harsh
prison camps holding up to 120,000
people along with cases of torture,
summary executions and rape.
Responsibility for these violations
lies at the highest level of the secretive
state, according to the inquiry led by
Australian judge Michael Kirby, who
The UN has adopted a resolution condemning North Korean rights abuses that paves the
way for putting the Pyongyang regime in the dock for crimes against humanity. AFP
concluded that the atrocities amounted to crimes against humanity.

North
Koreas
representative
warned of far-reaching consequences over the vote, and in particular
declared that it was now compelled
not to refrain any further from conducting nuclear tests.
The sponsors and supporters of
the draft resolution should be held
responsible for all the consequences
as they are the ones who have destroyed the opportunity and conditions for human rights cooperation,
said Sin So Ho.
North Korea had launched a diplo-
matic offensive in recent months to

prevent the resolution from moving
forward, meeting for the first time with
the UN rights rapporteur and extending an invitation for him to visit.
In the final days of intense diplomacy over the text, the European Union
introduced a minor amendment welcoming Pyongyangs offer to allow the
fact-finding mission and talks with the
UN rights office.
In an apparent move to prevent
the measure from going any further,
North Korea dispatched a senior official, Choe Ryong-Hae, to Moscow for
talks with President Vladimir Putin,
whose country holds veto power in

the Security Council.
Human rights groups welcomed the
outcome of the vote. Many said it puts
pressure on the 15-member council
to follow up with action on accountability from the North Korean regime.
Todays General Assembly resolution affirms the need for a tribunal
to address the North Korean governments unspeakable crimes, said
Human Rights Watch director Kenneth Roth.
The Security Council should follow up by referring North Korea to
the International Criminal Court
to investigate the long list of crimes
against humanity.
Finally, the UN has sent the message
today that North Korean rulers who
starve and enslave their own people
must be held accountable, said Hillel
Neuer, executive director of UN Watch,
a Genevabased organisation.
This is a powerful boost to millions
of victims suffering in what is arguably
the worst situation of human rights
abuse on the planet, he said.
UN Watch quoted North Korean defector Ahn Myeong Cheol who said the
resolution will have an impact in his
country as the people there will learn
that their leader is a criminal.
The resolution makes no mention
of North Koreas supreme leader Kim
Jong-un, but notes the UN inquiry
finding that the highest level of the
state holds responsibility for the
rights abuses. AFP
Suu Kyi party cannot

change constitution
AUNG San Suu Kyis opposition

party admitted yesterday it
cannot win its fight to change
a constitution that bars her
from Myanmars presidency,
after authorities ruled out
charter amendments before
2015 elections. Nyan Win,
spokesman for her National
League for Democracy, said
an army veto in parliament
meant the NLD could not
prevail in its efforts to
overhaul the constitution.
Calculate the ratio
mathematically. We cannot
win [the fight to change key
sections of the constitution],
Nyan Win said, listing both the
clause that bars Suu Kyi and
the one that gives the military
the final say on constituional
amendments. afp
Woman held in Japans

latest black widow case
A 67-year-old woman was

arrested yesterday on
suspicion of poisoning her
husband with cyanide, as it
emerged six former partners
had already died, in Japans
latest apparent black widow
case. Chisako Kakehi has
been the beneficiary of a
combined 800 million (US$6.8
million) over the past two
decades, Jiji Press said,
insurance money and other
assets she received after the
seven mens deaths. afp
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World
Four dead in massive

snowstorm in NY state
IS has arms to fight for two years: UN
Rebel leader challenges

Kiev president to a duel
new report prepared for

the UN Security Council warns that the militant
group known as the Islamic
State group (Is), possesses sufficient
reserves of small arms, ammunition
and vehicles to wage its war for Syria
and Iraq for up to two years.
The size and breadth of the Is arsenal provides the group with durable
mobility, range and a limited defense
against low-flying aircraft. Even if the
US-led bombing campaign continues to destroy the groups vehicles
and heavier weapons, the UN report
states, it cannot mitigate the effect of
the significant volume of light weapons IS possesses.
Those weapons are sufficient to allow [IS] to continue fighting at current
levels for six months to two years,
the UN report finds, making IS not
only the worlds best-funded terrorist
group but among its best armed.
Is, along with its former rival turned
occasional tactical ally the al-Nusra
Front, are sufficiently armed to threaten the region even without territory,
the report concludes.
The report, months in the making,
recommends the UN implement new
steps to cut off ISs access to money
and guns. The IS arsenal, according
to the UN assessment, includes T-55
and T-72 tanks; US-manufactured
Humvees; machine guns; short-range
anti-aircraft artillery, including shoulder-mounted rockets captured from
Iraqi and Syrian military stocks; and
extensive supplies of ammunition.
A massive early season

snowstorm pounded the Buffalo
city area in western New York
state overnight on Tuesday,
dumping record snowfalls and
killing four people, US
authorities said. There was even
the unusual phenomenon of
thundersnow in which snow
falls instead of rain during a
storm. Many areas south of
Buffalo were hit with up to 1.8
metres in less than 24 hours.
The snowfall was expected to
continue. Some parts of our
county are going to receive a
years worth of snowfall in three
days, Erie county executive
Mark Poloncarz said. afp
A rebel leader in east Ukraine

yesterday challenged President
Petro Poroshenko to a duel,
claiming it could bring peace to
the war-torn region. Igor
Plotnitsky, the 50-year-old
leader of the self-proclaimed
Lugansk Peoples Republic,
wrote an open letter to
Poroshenko suggesting the
nation could even watch the duel
on live TV. What is the point of
hatred, killing people, destroying
the economy and towns? It
would be better to resolve it with
an honest duel and save, at the
cost of ones life, the lives of
millions, he wrote. AFP
An image grab from a video released on Sunday shows alleged members of IS group
preparing to behead at least 15 men described as Syrian military personnel. AFP
One member state, not named in the

report, contends that IS maintains a
motor pool of 250 captured vehicles.
Much of the IS weapons stocks, particularly state of the art weaponry
stolen from the US-backed Iraqi military, was unused before IS seized
it, the report finds. But some of the
relatively complex weapons may be
too much of a challenge for IS to effectively wield or maintain.
Earlier this year, speculation focussed on ISs potential ability to produce chemical weapons after it seized
Iraqi facilities that had contributed to
Saddam Husseins illicit weapons programs, but the UN report casts doubt
on the likelihood that IS possesses the
capability to fully exploit material it

might have seized.
Nor does the UN report believe that
IS can manufacture its own chemical
or other weapons of mass destruction.
But at least one anonymous member state has provided information
about chemicals and poison-coated
metal balls placed inside ISs homemade bombs to maximise damage.
In October, Kurdish forces defending the Syrian town of Kobani from
IS reported cases of skin blistering,
burning eyes and difficulty breathingafter the detonation of an IS bomb.
The UN Security Council was expected to take up consideration of the
report yesterday.
The report recommends the UN

adopt new sanctions designed to disrupt the well-financed ISs economic
health. Significant among them is a
call for states bordering IS territory to
promptly seize all oil tanker trucks
and their loads going in or out.
While the report warns that IS has
alternate revenue sources, and does
not predict that truck seizures can
eliminate ISs oil smuggling money, it
holds out hope that raising the costs
to smuggling networks and trucking companies will deter them from
bringing Isis oil to market.
To combat ISs ability to resupply its
weapons stocks and launder money,
the report recommends the UN mandate that no aircraft originating from
IS-held territory can land on airstrips
in member states, and to prohibit
flights into IS-held territory. Exemptions would be made for humanitarian relief planes.
The report comes on the heels of an
October report to the Security Council
assessing that 15,000 fighters from 80
countries have flooded into Syria and
Iraq to fight alongside IS and other
militant groups.
While still months off, the US has indicated it will intensify its fight against
IS, primarily in Iraq. After doubling
the US troop commitment there, defense officials have said the US will
bolster 12 Iraqi and Kurdish brigades,
and may even join in the Iraqi fighting for key terrain, such as the borderlands between Syria and Iraq or the
city of Mosul. the guardian
Putin to US envoy: Dont

meddle in Russian affairs
Minimum Wage is not total take-home wage
What are the components of Cambodian garment workers wage?
How much total take-home wage will a worker be able to earn?
US$128 is not the total take-home wage a worker will receive. US$128 is just the Minimum Wage set by the law. This means a worker,
regardless of where they are from or just starting the job and having no skill at all, will be entitled to enjoy the basic wage of US$128
the lowest after 2 months of probation.
In reality, wage has many components such as: basic wage (at least equal to the set minimum wage), transport and accommodation
allowance (required by the law), attendance bonus (required by the law), seniority bonus(required by the law), production target
bonus, skill bonus or position bonus, overtime pay and overtime meal allowance and other allowances provided according to respective
factories policy. The total monthly take-home wage is not US$128 if the worker has fully worked every working day of each month.
A) Calculation of monthly wage on the basis of normal 8-hr work per day for the lowest position worker
Basic wage
US$128/month (at least equal to the minimum wage)
Attendance bonus
US$10/month (the lowest amount required by the law)
Transport and accommodation allowance
US$7/month (the lowest amount required by the law)
Total
US$145/month
In real practice, about half of all the factories provide attendance bonus and transport and accommodation allowance above the
amount required by the law. On the basis of normal 8-hr work per day, the lowest position worker thus can earn the total
take-home wage between US$145 and US$150, be it a cleaner, gardener, security guard, sewing operator, ironing or packing
worker.
B) Overtime work (on voluntary basis and 2 hours max/day)
- Hourly rate for overtime work = US$0.92 (on the basis of US$128 basic wage)
- Overtime pay for 2 hours/day for one month = US$48
- Overtime meal allowance per month = US$13 (US$0.50 per day x 26 days)
C) Total monthly wage calculation of a combined point A and B
Wage in point A
US$145 - 150
Overtime pay for 2 hours/day for one month
US$48
Overtime meal allowance per month
US$13
Total
US$206 -211/month
Additional Note:
1) The following benets and incentives are yet to be included in the total monthly wage in point C above:
- Seniority bonus (required by the law as follows)
Year of seniority
Amount received in US dollar per month
1
0
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
9
9
10
10
11
11
Production target incentive provided by factories is estimated at between US$20 and US$40 on average, especially for those
working on piece-rate basis.
- Skill bonus or position bonus
2) All workers are also entitled to work-related accident and occupational disease (disease resulting from work) as well as medical
health insurance (general diseases, even not resulting from work) to be effective from January 2015.
D) Conclusion
Starting from January 2015, the total monthly take-home wage a worker will be able to earn is between US$225 and
US$250.
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President Vladimir Putin

urged Washingtons new envoy yesterday not to interfere
in Russias affairs as he accepted credentials from US
ambassador John Tefft amid
raging tensions.
We are ready for practical
cooperation with American
partners along various directions guided by the principles
of respect for each others interests, equal rights and noninterference into domestic
affairs, Putin said.
He spoke at the Kremlin
where Tefft, Washingtons new
ambassador to Russia, presented his letter of credence
along with envoys from several other countries including
North Korea.
Tefft known for backing
the pro-Western aspirations
of former Soviet states succeeded Michael McFaul, who
abruptly quit his post in February after just two years on
the job.
Tefft served as US ambassador to Ukraine from 2009
to 2013 and was Washingtons
representative in Georgia
during its five-day war with
Russia in 2008.
His predecessor McFaul, a
Stanford university professor,
frequently sparked Russias
fury with critical comments
on Twitter and meetings with
Russian opposition activists.
Cold War-era rivals Russia and the United States are
locked in a tug-of-war over
the fate of ex-Soviet republic
Ukraine, with Washington imposing sanctions and US President Barack Obama branding
Moscows actions over Ukraine
a threat to the world.
Meeting with his support-
US Ambassador to Russia John

Tefft presents his credentials to
Vladimir Putin yesterday. AFP
ers on Tuesday, Putin claimed

the United States wanted to
subjugate Russia but would
never succeed.
They want to subdue us,
want to solve their problems
at our expense, the Russian
president said.
No one in history ever
managed to do this to Russia,
and no one ever will.
In a fresh sign of mounting
Russia-West tensions, Putin
at the weekend faced scorn
from Western leaders at a G20
summit in Australia which he
left early.
In unusually blunt remarks
on Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said
Russias aggression against
Ukraine threatened Europes
peaceful order.
In an apparent effort to
calm tensions, Putin said on
Tuesday no one in the West
wanted to see an escalation.
No one wants to ramp up
tensions in the world, trust
me, and they in the United
States do not want this really,
I mean the general public, citizens. So everything will sort
itself out, he said. AFP
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World
Senate rejects Keystone by one vote

Michael Mathes
he US Senate rejected by a single

vote on Tuesday a
bill that would have
approved construction of the
Keystone XL pipeline to bring
crude oil to Gulf coast refineries from Canadas controversial tar sands.
Rejection of the $5.3 billion
project came by the narrowest of margins and Republicans immediately vowed to
approve the bill early in 2015
when the new Congress convenes with them in control of
the next Senate.
Tuesdays upper chamber vote relieves President
Barack Obama at least for
now of the potential headache of vetoing the measure,
as he recently has signalled
several times over the past
week that he might do.
Supporters of the long-delayed project, a top Republican energy priority that has
become a political football,
came up one vote short of the
60 needed for approval in the
100-member chamber.
Many of the 45 Republicans who supported the
bill, as well as some of the 14
Democrats who voted with
them, described Keystone

XL as a no-brainer that
would generate thousands of
jobs and improve American
energy independence.
But critics, led by Senate
Democrat Barbara Boxer,
fiercely oppose the initiative
over concerns that it would
harm the environment.
Top Republican Senator
Mitch McConnell said afterwards: Senate Democrats
once again stood in the way

of a shovel-ready jobs project
that would help thousands
of Americans find work a
remarkable stance after an
election in which the American people sent a clear message to Congress, to approve
serious policies.
But once the 114th Congress convenes, the Senate
will act again on this important legislation, and I look
forward to the new Republican majority taking up and

passing the Keystone jobs bill
early in the New Year.
TransCanada, the company
behind the pipeline, was similarly buoyant.
We will continue to push
for reason over gridlock,
common sense over symbolism and solid science over
rhetoric to approve Keystone
XL and unlock its benefits
for America, chief executive
Russ Girling said.
The rejection was a victory
for environmental groups and
their supporters, including
Boxer, the California senator
who led Democratic opposition to the pipeline.
Boxer, who warned of tarsand poison and misery
afflicting American communities, stood on the Senate
floor before a photograph of
Chinese men wearing face
masks under a grey haze.
I remember the days in Los
Angeles when the air looked
like this, Boxer said. I dont
want it to look like what it
looks like in China.
After the vote she said the
bills opponents stood up
for what is right protecting
the health of families and the
health of the planet.
Congressional Republicans
have long pushed the Obama
administration to lift its hold
on the corporate-funded
project, which remains under extended review some six
years after permit requests
were submitted.
The pipeline easily passed
the
Republican-controlled
House of Representatives last
week, as it has done several
times before.
The 59-41 Senate vote, the
most contentious action in
the chamber since Republicans roared to victory in the
midterm elections earlier this
month, came down to the
wire, with supporters scrambling in vain for a final Democrat to sign on.
Congress is not nor
should it be in the business
of legislating the approval or
disapproval of a construction
project, independent Senator Angus King said of the
pipeline that would transport
830,000 barrels of oil a day
from Alberta province to US
refineries.
Jobs versus environment

Keystones
progress
is
closely monitored in Canada,
where government officials
and TransCanada have said
the project would provide an

economic boon.
The US State Department,
which has authority over Keystone because of its international link, released a review
in January finding that carbon emissions would not be
significant.
Obama has said he would
only approve Keystone if it
was shown to have minimal
carbon emissions impact.
Critics argue that tar-sand bitumen is some of the worlds
dirtiest oil.
But Republicans tout Keystones generation of 40,000
temporary
construction
jobs. The State Department
says only 35 permanent jobs
will result.
Republicans gained at least
seven Senate seats in their
midterm romp, and when the
new Congress convenes with
McConnell at the helm in
the Senate, they should have
votes to pass Keystone.
The vote marked disaster
for Keystones main Democratic backer, Senator Mary
Landrieu, the Senate Energy
Committee chair who is facing a tough December 6 runoff in Louisiana where she
wants to be seen as breaking
Washington gridlock.
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Cambodia still needs to do more to better the lives of children, including improved sanitation and nutrition.
UNICEF
A better Cambodia for children

Comment
Rana Flowers
ll children have one thing

in common: their rights.
The right to life, health, education, protection and play
are all fundamental childrens rights
that were acknowledged for the first
time on a global scale 25 years ago,
with the Convention on the Rights of
the Child (CRC). In this document,
the world agreed to protect the rights
of our children: the next generation
of parents and leaders.
Since its creation in 1989, the CRC
has inspired changes that have
improved the lives of millions of
children around the world; data
demonstrate that remarkable
progress has been achieved on childrens rights since the convention
was adopted in Cambodia in 1992.
However, it is also true to say that
progress is uneven and, while we
celebrate the 25th anniversary of the
CRC, we are reminded that much
remains to be done to ensure that all
children can enjoy their full rights.
We can see good advances in education, child survival and HIV/AIDS:
more girls and boys are enrolled in
primary school than ever before (98
per cent); fewer children die before
their fifth birthday compared with 25

years ago (reducing from 116 to 40 live
births per 1,000 between 1990 and
2012); the number of people affected
by HIV has dropped to 0.7 per cent;
and access to improved water sources
in Cambodia has increased from 22
per cent in 1990 to 71 per cent today.
But we need to do more. We need to
do more to keep children safe within
families and away from residential
care (since 1989, the number of residential care facillities has increased,
with 11,865 children in orphanages as
of 2013); to keep children protected
from disease through improved nutrition and sanitation (chronic malnutrition is still high, with 40 per cent of
children under 5 years of age stunted
and 28 per cent underweight); and to
keep children nurtured in their early
years of life to ensure they are breastfed, properly stimulated and supported in their healthy growth.
So, is Cambodia a better place for
children now than it was 25 years ago?
The answer is a resounding yes. But
we still have some way to go to ensure
that all rights for all children is a
government priority recognising the
value of this investment because children deserve it and because it will
contribute to the future economic
growth of Cambodia. Differences
remain striking in this country
between rural and urban areas, for

children with a disability or for those
children left behind when parents
migrate, as well as between wealthier
and poorer families.
As Cambodia is on its way to
becoming a middle-income country,
what will the next 25 years bring? We
know so much more today than 25
years ago about how children develop and in particular how their brain
develops. We know what is good for
brain development good nutrition,
sanitation and hygiene, stimulation,
protection from abuse. We must
acknowledge the interdependence of
nutrition and sanitation: poor
hygiene and diseases like diarrhoea
are some of the main causes of malnutrition, as a result of loss in nutrients and poor assimilation of food;
we cannot eliminate childrens malnutrition without ensuring that children have access to good nutrients,
as well as to toilets, and that they
wash their hands with soap.
At the same time, the more we learn
about how the brain is negatively
affected by the environment in which
children grow, the stronger the evidence that we must promote zero tolerance to violence and neglect and
why children should not be placed in
institutions, except as a very last
resort, and children under 3 never.
There is a growing body of evidence

that shows not only does the brain not
develop fully in children in institutions but parts of the brain actually
die and much of this is not reversible.
The next 25 years will bring greater
awareness of the importance of adequately investing in the vital early
years of life, since investment in early
childhood is proving the foundation
for a population capable to promote
the development of its own country.
Middle income status suggests less
donor dependence and an increase in
government investment in crucial
areas of nutrition, health, education
and providing the most disadvantaged with social protection measures
such as conditional cash transfers to
keep children in families, in quality
schools, well-fed and out of institutions so that Cambodias children
become the skilled population who
can power the economy of the future.
This anniversary reminds us of the
opportunity and honour we have to
serve the children and women of
Cambodia to fulfil their rights. The
vision of the CRC can only be achieved
if all childrens rights are realised,
including the most disadvantaged. We
must leave no child behind.
Rana Flowers is the UNICEF representative
in Cambodia.
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Lifestyle
The Gate director: The film is Paddington
sex content
part of my communist trilogy controversy
A bear in hot water
Will Jackson
rench
director
Rgis Wargnier described his new film,
The Gate, as the concluding part of his communist utopia trilogy, ahead of
the Cambodian premiere in
Phnom Penh last night.
Wargnier said the trilogy
began 22 years ago with his
Academy
Award-winning
1992 film Indochine, a love
story set against the backdrop
of colonial Vietnam from the
1930s to the 1950s.
The Gate, which screened
at Aeon Malls Major Cineplex
last night, is a semifictional
dramatisation of the memoir
of anthropologist Franois
Bizot who was captured by
the Khmer Rouge in 1971.
Bizot developed a relationship with his interrogator Kaing Guek Eav, better known as
Comrade Duch, who eventually released the Frenchman
after being convinced he was
not a spy.
The films are very different, he said. Indochine was
wide and a long feature, an
epic movie, quite melodramatic, and this one is more
tight, straight and more focusing on the relationship
between two guys, a French
man and Cambodian man.
But there is also a common
historical background which
is the revolutionary utopia of
communism.
In Indochine we could see
in the background the start
of the revolution based on
communist dogma. Then I
directed a movie called EastWest which was showing how
to deal with life when communism is dictating life in
A still from The Gate, which tells the story of a Frenchman imprisoned by Khmer Rouge cadres.
the former USSR. And number three is utopia turned to

tragedy, which is the Khmer
Rouge.
So I would say its a trilogy. And this one of course
is number three. And I would
say [that in each the focus is]
closer and closer on the people. So its a very different feel,
its a very special one, based
on these two guys.
A co-production between
Frances Gaumont Film Company and Cambodias Bophana Production, the film
was filmed in Cambodia stars
up-and-coming French actor
Raphael Personnaz as Bizot
and first time French actor
Phoeung Kompheak as Duch.
Last nights premiere was
attended by the Cambodian cast and crew as well
photo supplied
as government officials and

VIPs.
A jet-lagged Wargnier flew
from France on Tuesday just
to attend the film screening
last night and planned to fly
straight back today to attend
another film festival.
We really meant to be
here, he said. Its not a duty
its a pleasure. We realised
the movie with them, all to-
gether, so its fair enough to

be here to show the film to
the people who worked on it,
actors, technicians, co-producers. They were all really of
great help.
The Gate will screen again
as part of the Cambodian
International Film Festival
which runs from December
5 to 10. See cambodia-iff.com
for more details.
ritains film classification board said

yesterday that it has
removed a warning that
the new Paddington
movie contains mild
sex references after
the creator of the muchloved childrens character
expressed shock at the
advice.
Michael Bond, the 88year-old author of the
books charting the adventures of the marmaladeloving bear, said he was
totally amazed at any
suggestion of sexual content in the film, in which he
has a cameo.
Id be very upset. I might
not sleep well tonight. I
cant imagine what the sex
references are. It doesnt
enter into it with the books,
certainly, he told the Daily
Mail newspaper.
The British Board of Film
Classification (BBFC) has given the film, which opens next
week, a PG or Parental
Guidance rating, meaning it
may not be suitable for very
young children.
It cited dangerous behaviour, such as when Paddington hides in a fridge in the
film, and mild threat, when
a villain threatens to kill and
stuff the bear.
The mild sex references
include a comic sequence
where a man flirts with
another man disguised as a
woman, while the classification also warns of mild bad
language. However, following a minor media uproar, the
BBFC confirmed yesterday
that it had removed the reference to sexual content on its
consumer advice in favour of
innuendo. afp
Marley-branded marijuana will soon be available in US

Its fair to say that Bob Marley probably could not have imagined that 33
years after his death, his name would
be lent to what is about to be the newest entrant to the burgeoning legal
marijuana market.
The reggae icon was perhaps the
most prominent and outspoken advocate of the drug throughout his life and
at the height of his fame. He viewed
it as a spiritual and creative force that
was probably more likely to be legalised by Christs government than
governments here on Earth.
But times have changed in a big
way. Look no further than Tuesdays
announcement by Marleys family that
it plans to piggyback on successful efforts to legalise marijuana in the United States and elsewhere by introducing
a new brand of marijuana products
bearing the late singers name.
Marley Natural is being launched
by Privateer Holdings, a cannabis industry investment firm, and products
will reach the market in late 2015.

My dad would be so happy to see
people understanding the healing
power of the herb, Marleys daughter Cedella Marley said in a news release. He viewed the herb as something spiritual that could awaken our
well-being, deepen our reflection,
connect us to nature and liberate our
creativity.
Marley Natural is an authentic
way to honour his legacy by adding
his voice to the conversation about
cannabis and helping end the social
harms caused by prohibition, she

added. It will offer organically grown
heirloom Jamaican marijuana strains,
in keeping with Marleys preference for
high-quality marijuana grown without
the use of fertiliser. And it will be available in jurisdictions that allow recreational or medicinal marijuana sales.
The brand also plans to offer cannabis- and hemp-infused products such
as lotions and sun-repair creams.
Marley reportedly smoked as much
as a pound of marijuana per week.
But at the time of his intense fame in
the US and around the world, he was
viewed as a nonconformist symbol.
Marley has become even more of
a global icon and brand in the years
since his death, but that its now happening in a world in which marijuana
is decriminalised in some places is
something even he didnt foresee.
Legalise herb? Boy, I jus don know.
Its kinda legalised already, he noted
in a 1976 interview with High Times.
He was referring to the widespread

use and cultivation of marijuana in
Jamaica, where the drug has actually
been illegal for over 100 years.
And change is coming there, too.
In late September, the Jamaican
government announced that it is
considering support for a proposal
to decriminalise possession of small
amounts of what Marley and Rastafarians called the holy herb if it is being
used for medicinal, and eventually, religious purposes. That is a direct result
of the loosening of legalisation laws in
some US states _ though marijuana remains an illegal schedule I substance
under federal law.
Over the years, critics of harsh
marijuana laws have argued that
the penalties have done little to
stamp out organised crime associated with the trafficking of black
market drugs, including marijuana,
through the island.
And of course, there is potentially
huge financial upside, as the investment firm Privateer Holdings has

sought to demonstrate with its recent business ventures in the marijuana space.
The time has come to provide an
opportunity for Jamaicans to benefit from the marijuana industry,
said Kingstons mayor Angela Brown
Burke recently, according to the Associated Press.
According to a release, the Marley
brand will have an unspecified philanthropic component to ensure that
families and communities who have
been harmed by prohibition have the
opportunity to benefit from the new,
legal cannabis economy, the companys announcement said.
My husband believed the herb was
a natural and positive part of life and
he felt it was important to the world,
Marleys wife, Rita, said in a statement. He looked forward to this day.
the washington post
18
Food
Moroccan tea, the true

measure of hospitality
Jeff Koehler
FEW winters ago in Rabat, while

working on a book about Moroccan
food, I went to spend the morning
cooking with the family of a friend.
There had been a mix-up over the address,
and we were getting a late start on four elaborate, long-cooking dishes that would be our
lunch. But instead of heading straight into
the kitchen and getting to work on the leg of
lamb, handful of kid goat shoulders and pair
of plump chickens awaiting us, I was ushered
into the formal sitting room for mint tea.
My host brewed the tea without hurry,
eventually pouring it back and forth between
the pot and a glass as the flavours blended
and bloomed and the liquid turned golden
amber. Once she tasted the perfect balance of strength, sweetness and mintiness,
she held the silver teapot high and poured
it out into small, ornately patterned glasses
rimmed in gold.
Only after a leisurely second cup and too

many almond-filled cookies and intricate
pastries, steeped in honey and sprinkled
with sesame seeds, did we move from the
divans and plump silken cushions and into
the kitchen.
Ive experienced dozens such scenes in
the 15 years I have been travelling in Morocco, but this is the one I remembered
recently in Tangier: I was sitting in Cafe
de Paris with a friend on a drizzly morning over what else? the vert a la menthe (atay bil naanaa in Moroccan Arabic).
The importance of offering guests tea is
so fundamental to Moroccan hospitality, I
remarked, that it had come to be the very
symbol of it for me.
Not offering tea is a sign a sign of ...
my companion said, unable to find a strong
enough sentiment in English. You must, he
finally blurted out. It is in the blood. Its in
the culture. the washington post
Sweet couscous
Mint tea
Couscous grains become extra fluffy when

you spend a few extra minutes prepping
them, as is done in this dessert recipe. Serve
with mint tea, as is the custom. Serves eight.
4 servings. Technically, this is a tisane, not a true tea. Use a good-quality loose-leaf
tea for best flavour.
Ingredients
3 1/2 cups water, preferably filtered
Level 2 teaspoons loose-leaf gunpowder green tea (may substitute Dragon Well
green tea)
1 cup packed fresh mint leaves (may substitute a blend of mint and other fresh
herbs), plus sprigs for garnish
2 tablespoons sugar, or more as needed
Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
2 2/3 cups warm water
1 1/3 cups fine-grain plain, dried couscous
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, at
room temperature
1/2 cup confectioners sugar, plus more for
optional garnish
1/8 teaspoon orange flower water
Scant 1/2 cup golden raisins
Ground cinnamon, for garnish
8 to 12 large pitted dates, preferably Medjool, for garnish
Scant 1/2 cup skinned/sliced or slivered
almonds, toasted, for garnish.
4 cups cold whole milk
Steps: Bring the water to a rolling boil, in either a teakettle or saucepan over high
heat; keep it at a boil while you make the tea.
Place the tea leaves in a teapot. Pour 1/2 cup of the boiling water over
them. Let the teapot sit for 10 seconds, then swirl it for 5 seconds. Pour
out that water, using a strainer as needed to make sure none of the leaves
escape.
Pour another 1/2 cup of the boiling water into the teapot, immediately swirl it,
then pour it out, making sure none of the leaves escape.
Fill the teapot with the remaining 2 1/2 cups boiling water. Add the cup of fresh
mint leaves; use a spoon to press them down gently. Sprinkle in the sugar. Cover and
let steep for 2 minutes.
Pour out a glass of tea, then return it to the pot; repeat that step two or three more
times to dissolve the sugar and blend the flavours. Taste for sweetness and strength,
adding sugar if needed and/or steeping a bit longer.
Pour the tea through a strainer into small, clear tea glasses. Garnish with the
mint sprigs, and serve.
Moroccan Lamb
This potent, super-savory lamb dish is typical in Sale, Morocco, a walled medieval city. Generous chunks of lamb or kid goat are rubbed in a salty garlic paste
and ground cumin, and cooked until nearly falling off the bone. Then and this
is what makes the dish stand out ground coriander seed and olive oil are
added to the pot, and the sauce is reduced until it is thick and dark, bold and a bit
salty. The recipe comes from a Rabat cook who insists on serving the meat with
a pot of mint tea. The tea aids digestion and adds to the perfect combination of
flavours. Makes six servings. Serve with plenty of bread.
Ingredients
One 3 1/2 -pound
bone-in leg of lamb, cut
into 8 to 10 pieces.
10 medium garlic
cloves
2 teaspoons sea salt
2 tablespoons ground
cumin
2 1/2 cups water, or
Steps: Rinse the lamb and pat it dry;

place the pieces in a large mixing bowl.
Use a mortar and pestle to pound
the garlic and salt into a smooth paste;
rub this paste evenly all over the lamb.
Sprinkle with half of the cumin, then
rub it into the meat. Turn the pieces,
sprinkle with the remaining cumin and
repeat the rubbing step.
Transfer to a large, heavy pot, Dutch
oven or flameproof casserole with a
snug-fitting lid. Pour the water into the
(empty) mixing bowl, swirl to pick up
any remaining spices, then pour into the
pot. Cover and cook over medium-low
heat until the meat is very tender and
comes away easily from the bone, about
1 1/2 hours, moving the meat from time
more as needed
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons ground
coriander
Mint tea, for serving
to time to keep it from sticking. Add a

bit of water if needed to keep the sauce
loose.
Stir in the oil and coriander; cook
uncovered over medium heat until the
liquid has evaporated and the sauce is
thick and dark, about 20 minutes, stirring a few times to make sure the meat
is covered.
Place the meat on a serving dish or
in a tagine, and cover with the sauce.
Serve with the mint tea.
Nutrition per serving: 390 calories, 40g
protein, 3g carbohydrates, 23g fat, 6g
saturated fat, 120mg cholesterol, 1,220
mg sodium, 2g dietary fibre
Steps: Stir the sea salt into the warm water

in a liquid measuring cup until the salt has
dissolved. Place the couscous in a wide, shallow bowl and sprinkle it evenly with the salted
water. Let it sit for 15 minutes, undisturbed,
then check the grains; they should be tender
and not mushy.
Use your hands to work in the butter, sugar
and orange flower water until they have effectively disappeared, then blend in the raisins.
Use your hands to mound the couscous on
a serving dish without packing it tightly or
pressing it down. Sprinkle with the cinnamon
and a little extra sugar, if desired, or use the
two to create thin, decorative lines starting
from the top of the mound. Arrange the dates
and almonds around or on the couscous.
Serve with bowls of the milk, for spooning
over individual portions.
Toast the nuts in a small dry skillet over
medium-low heat for several minutes until
evenly and lightly browned, shaking the pan
as needed to keep them from scorching.
Nutrition per serving: 290 calories, 8g protein, 43g carbohydrates, 10g fat, 6g saturated
fat, 25mg cholesterol, 55mg sodium, 2g
dietary fiber, 19g sugar
19
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SIEM REAP - MANILA

5J 258
TO PHNOM PENH
Dep
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PHNOM PENH - BANGKOK
Flighs
Days
2.4.7
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Arrival
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22:15
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1, 6, 7
14:35
15:45
10:40
15:20
MI 622
2.4
08:40
09:50
MI 630
12:25
15:40
MI 616
10:40
11:50
MI 615
12:45
16:05
MI 636
3, 2
13:55
17:40
MI 636
3, 2
18:30
21:35
MI 630
07:55
11:35
MI 617
18:35
21:55
MI 618
16:35
17:45
3K 598
.2....7
15:35
18:40
3K 597
.2....7
13:45
14:50
...4...
15:35
18:30
3K 597
...4...
13:45
14:50
K6 721
Daily
02:25
03:30
PG 930
Daily
13:20
14:30
PG 939
Daily
11:20
12:30
PG 938
Daily
06:20
07:30
PG 931
Daily
08:10
09:25
PG 932
Daily
10:15
11:25
TG 580
Daily
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09:05
TG 581
Daily
10:05
11:10
PG 933
Daily
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14:30
PG 934
Daily
15:20
16:30
FD 606
Daily
15:00
16:20
FD 607
Daily
17:05
18:15
PG 935
Daily
17:10
18:20
3K 598
PG 936
Daily
19:10
20:20
TG 584
Daily
18:25
19:40
SIEM REAP - VIENTIANE
TG 585
Daily
20:40
21:45
PG 937
Daily
21:20
22:30
QV 522
16:05
CZ 323
Daily
2.4.5.7
VIENTIANE - SIEM REAP

10:05
13:00
SIEM REAP - YANGON
14:30
20:50
21:30
2.4
01:10
08:00
19:45
1, 6, 7
12:05
Daily
2.4.7
SINGAPORE - SIEM REAP
MI 622
Daily
BEIJING - PHNOM PENH
5J 257
MI 633
K6 720
CZ 324
02:11
SIEM REAP - SINGAPORE
BANGKOK - PHNOM PENH
PHNOM PENH - BEIJING
MANILA - SIEM REAP

22:30
8M 402
1. 5
QV 512
2.4.5.7
06:30
09:25
17:05
19:15
YANGON - SIEM REAP

20:15
21:25
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1. 5
PHNOM PENH - DOHA ( Via HCMC)
DOHA - PHNOM PENH ( Via HCMC)
PREAH SIHANOUK - SIEM REAP
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1-3-5
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23:05
PHNOM PENH - GUANGZHOU
Daily
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15:05
GUANGZHOU - PHNOM PENH
CZ 324
Daily
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11:40
CZ 6059
2.4.7
12:00
13:45
CZ 6060
2.4.7
14:45
18:10
CZ 323
Daily
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20:50
09:40
13:00
PHNOM PENH - HANOI

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Hawa Mahal, the Palace of the Winds in Jaipur, India, is located dangerously close to a new metro line, say archaelogists. afp
HONG KONG - PHNOM PENH
KA 207
1.2.4.7
11:25
15:05
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1.2.4.6.7 08:50
10:25
KA 207
11:45
22:25
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3.5.7
14:30
16:05
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18:30
22:05
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15:25
17:00
AIRLINES CODE
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3.5.7
17:25
21:00
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15:50
17:25
2817 - 16 Tigerairways
KA - Dragon Air
1 Monday
KA 205
19:00
22:35
5J - CEBU Airways.
MH - Malaysia Airlines
2 Tuesday
PHNOM PENH - INCHEON
INCHEON - PHNOM PENH
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MI - SilkAir
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KE 690
Daily
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06:40
KE 689
Daily
18:30
22:20
BR - EVA Airways
OZ - Asiana Airlines
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OZ 740
Daily
23:50
06:50
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Daily
19:10
22:50
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PG - Bangkok Airways
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QR - Qatar Airways
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FD - Thai Air Asia
QV - Lao Airlines
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FM - Shanghai Air
SQ - Singapore Airlines
K6- Cambodia Angkor Air
TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines
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Daily
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11:20
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Daily
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16:00
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Daily
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14:00
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Daily
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10:20
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Daily
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20:00
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4:10
PHNOM PENH- PARIS

AF 273
PHNOM PENH - PARIS

20:05
06:05
AF 273
23:05
FM 833
PHNOM PENH - SHANGHAI

FM 833
2.3.4.5.7
19:50
20:05
06:05
SHANGHAI - PHNOM PENH
PHNOM PENH - SINGAPORE
2.3.4.5.7 19:30
1.3.5.6.7
09:30 12:30
MI 602
1.3.5.6.7 07:40
08:40
MI 622
2.4
12:20
15:20
MI 622
2.4
08:40
11:25
3K 594
1234..7
15:25
18:20
3K 593
Daily
13:30
14:40
3K 594
....56.
15:25
18:10
MI 607
Daily
18:10
21:10
MI 608
Daily
16:20
17:15
2817
1.3
16:40
19:40
2816
1.3
15:00
15:50
2817
2.4.5
09:10
12:00
2816
2.4.5
07:20
08:10
2817
14:50
17:50
2816
13:00
14:00
2817
13:20
16:10
2816
11:30
12:30
TAIPEI - PHNOM PENH
PHNOM PENH -TAIPEI

CI 862
Daily
10:50
15:20
CI 861
Daily
07:30
09:50
BR 266
Daily
12:45
17:05
BR 265
Daily
09:10
11:35
PHNOM PENH - VIENTIANE

Daily
17:30
18:50
VN 841
Daily
11:30
13:00
QV 920
Daily
17:50
19:10
QV 921
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11:45
13:15
08:20
10:45
PHNOM PENH - YANGON
YANGON - SIEM REAP

13:30
14:55
8M 401
1.3.6
SIEM REAP - PHNOM PENH

8M 401
1.3.6
11:45
Air Asia (AK)

Room T6, PP International
Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555
Fax: 023 890 071
www.airasia.com
Cambodia Angkor Air (K6)

PP Office, #206A, Preah
Norodom Blvd, Tonle Bassac
+855 23 6666 786, 788, 789,
+855 23 21 25 64
Fax:+855 23-22 41 64
www.cambodiaangkorair.com
E: helpdesk@angkor-air.com
Koreanair (KE)
Room.F3-R03, Intelligent Office
Myanmar Airways International Center, Monivong Blvd,PP
Tel: (855) 23 224 047-9
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217,
www.koreanair.com
Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677
www.maiair.com
Dragon Air (KA)

#168, Monireth, PP
Tel: 023 424 300
Fax: 023 424 304
www.dragonair.com/kh
Cebu Pacific (5J)

Phnom Penh: No. 333B
Monivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161
Siem Reap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd.
Tel: 063 965487
E-mail: cebuair@ptm-travel.com
www.cebupacificair.com
Tiger airways
G. floor, Regency square,
Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205,
Sk Chamkarmorn, PP
Tel: (855) 95 969 888
(855) 23 5515 888/5525888
E: info@cambodiaairlines.net
SilkAir (MI)
Regency C,Unit 2-4,Tumnorb
Teuk, Chamkarmorn
Phnom Penh
Tel:023 988 629
www.silkair.com
VIENTIANE - PHNOM PENH
VN 840
1.3.6
AIRLINES
22:40
SINGAPORE - PHNOM PENH
MI 601
8M 402
This flight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information,
please contact direct to airline or a travel agent for flight schedule information.
12:30
SIEM REAP - BANGKOK
Qatar Airways (New address)

Vattanac Capital Tower, Level7,
No.66, Preah Monivong Blvd,
Sangkat wat Phnom, Khan Daun
Penh. PP, P: (023) 96 38 00.
E: pnhres@kh.qatarairways.com
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Indias historic
Pink City at risk
S SHE expertly leads

tourists past honking
cars and rickshaws to
a majestic dusty-pink
palace, Sunita Sharma voices
fears for the northeastern Indian citys historic landmarks
as a new transport link looms
large. Authorities are building
an underground metro near
the Hawa Mahal or the Palace of the Winds in Jaipurs
old city, a bustling place that
blends historic charm with the
allure of ancient royalty and
draws millions of domestic
and foreign visitors.
But archaeologists as well as
tourist guides like Sharma fear
the multimillion-dollar project
will disturb the foundations of
the monuments, built in the
1700s by the all-powerful Maharaja rulers. Jaipur is known
worldwide by these monuments, and if any loss occurs,
the grandeur and architectural
heritage can never be revived,
Sharma told AFP.
Tunnelling in the old city is
expected to start next month
for the project, which authorities hail as a much-needed
upgrade of infrastructure in
the Pink City, capital of the
desert state of Rajasthan. The
Jaipur Metro Rail Corporation
(JMRC), which is spearheading the multi-year project with
a loan from the Asian Development Bank and state government funding, denies the
monuments are under threat
from tunnelling or from eventual vibrations from the trains.
An environmental impact
assessment report was prepared a year ago which said
that the vibrations created
during the boring and operation of the metro would not be
of a level which can harm any
structure, JMRC chairman N
C Goel said.
But some are not convinced,
arguing it is almost impossible
to guarantee centuries-old
buildings will not be weakened
by modern-day construction
underneath. Todays engineers can guarantee strong
foundations of a building they
are constructing today, but not

those of a structure which was
built 200 years back, archaeologist Rima Hooja said. The
government should reconsider
whether they want to create a
facility at the cost of heritage.
One of the metro stations is
set to be built at a market that
lies just 100 metres from the
palace. The tunnel will pass
near the neighbouring UNESCO heritage-listed Jantar Mantar site, with its giant astronomical instruments carved
from sandstone.
Even slight damage to the
20-odd instruments, designed
to observe astronomical positions with the naked eye, would
be a great loss, said Hooja.
Known as Indias first
planned city, Jaipur was built
in 1727 on a grid system with a
fort, palace and other impressive buildings. Construction
was overseen by the Maharaja
ruler Sawai Jai Singh II, who
had a keen interest in architecture and astronomy.
Its thick perimeter walls and
imposing entrance gates drew
merchants from around the
country who settled in the new
city to ply their trade in relative
safety. Designed in the form
of the crown of the Hindu god
Krishna, the five-storey palace has more than 900 small
windows. Decorated with intricate latticework, they were
designed to allow ladies of the
royal court to sit and observe
everyday life in the street below without being seen.
Archaeologist Akshya Jagdhari said he was concerned
that damage to some of the
monuments may not be immediately noticed, but could have
terrible consequences if left
unattended. He also pointed
to the recent discovery at one
of the proposed railway stations of a buried structure that
he believes may date back to
when the city was built. This
shows that the city has many
such ancient structures not
only above ground but below
the ground too, which need to
be preserved, he said. afp
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Swing @ Code Red
THE BABADOOK
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her
husband, battles with her sons fear of a monster
lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister
presence all around her.
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Code Red opens early a night for a

departure of its usual diet of electronic
beats. All are welcome to attend a night of
classic, 1930s-style swing on the
nightclubs dance floor.
BIG HERO 6
The special bond that develops between plus-sized
inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada,
who team up with a group of friends to form a band
of high-tech heroes.
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EXISTS
A group of friends who venture into the remote
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Witch Project.
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In the near future, Earth has been devastated by
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and extreme changes in climate. To avoid human
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habitable planet that will sustain humanity.
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Participants will learn old favourites such

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Drag Show @ Pontoon

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Poetry @ Meta House
Swing Dancers in Nashville, Tennessee. Lessons at Code Red are $5. AFP
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8:30am - CHICKEN RUN: A cocky American rooster finds

himself at an English chicken farm where the hens fear
imminent slaughter. After taking a fancy to one of the
hens, he tells the chickens he can teach them to escape
by flying. But chickens, of course, are flightless. HBO
11:55am - 42: The story of baseball player Jackie
Robinson, who made civil rights history in 1947 when
he became the first African American admitted to Major
League Baseball. FOX MOVIES
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school girl learns the rules of prep school hierarchy when
she loses her standing in the popular crowd by dating the
wrong boy. HBO
Chadwick Boseman plays Jackie Robinson in 42.
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Alabama teenager Sean Boswell becomes a major
competitor in the world of drift racing after moving
in with his father in Tokyo to avoid a jail sentence in
America. HBO
The final reading for English poet John

Gartland on his ASEAN tour, who is the
author of the poetry collection book
Gravitys Fool. He will be supported with
guitar music from Christopher Minko, the
front man of local dark folk band Krom.
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Sport
LPGA revamps major,

adds event, hikes purse
Next years LPGA season will

feature a revamped major
tournament, a new event and a
US$4 million boost in total prize
money, tour commissioner
Mike Whan announced on
Tuesday. Ahead of todays start
of the season-ending LPGA
Titleholders tournament, Whan
revealed the 33-event schedule
for 2015 that includes a new
opener in Florida and a new
name and sponsor for the first
major of the year. The former
Dinah Shore tournament, a
major known since 2002 as the
Kraft Nabisco Championship,
will now be called the AllNippon Airways Inspiration, with
a 25 per cent purse boost to $2.5
million. The event will remain at
Mission Hills Country Club in
Rancho Mirage, California, and
still be staged the week before
the first mens major event of
the year, the Masters at Augusta
National. AFP
Magnussen at odds
over training regime
Adrian Peterson (left) of the Minnesota Vikings looks to get past a member of the St Louis Rams defence during their NFL game on September 7. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on
Tuesday suspended Peterson without pay for at least the remainder of the 2014 season. AFP
Viking players support Adrian

Peterson in suspension saga
M
innesota
Vikings team-mates
came to the support of star running back Adrian Peterson
on Tuesday after he was suspended for the remainder of
the NFL season by commissioner Roger Goodell.
Peterson has been sidelined since the season opener while being paid on a special exemption list during a
legal fight on a felony injury
to a child charge for striking
his son with a tree branch,
leaving him with cuts, welts

and bruises.
A plea deal to a lesser charge
earlier this month allowed Peterson to avoid jail time and
he hoped it would expedite
his return to the NFL.
But Peterson skipped a
hearing on the matter with
the league last week and on
Tuesday was issued a ban
for the final six games of the
season after being accused
by Goodell of showing no
meaningful remorse.
I couldnt disagree more
with the ruling, said Vikings

fullback Jerome Felton, the
lead backfield blocker for Peterson when he ran for 2,097
yards in 2012. Im disappointed all the way around.
Vikings receiver Cordarrelle
Peterson backed Peterson
as well, saying, We all know
Adrian is not a bad person.
You just cant judge a man
because he whooped his child.
Everybody gets raised differently and everybody grows up
differently. Adrian was probably raised in a household
where he got whooped all the

time, so he probably thought
that was the thing to do to his
child if your child gets out of
hand. He done paid the price
already, and I feel like the
league, theyre stepping out of
hand with it. I feel like theyre
doing too much.
A last effort to force Peterson back into the Vikings
lineup failed on Tuesday
when an arbitrator ruled for
the league in a union grievance saying Peterson accepted missing games while
being paid only with the understanding that he would be

allowed to return once the
court fight ran its course.
The NFL said Peterson cannot be reinstated before April
15 and the speed of his return
would depend upon his therapy work with April Kuchuk,
an instructor in the New York
University Department of Psychiatry. While Peterson has
met with another psychologist, that person, the NFL says,
does not have a background in
child abuse. AFP
Lakers beat Hawks as Bryant hits career milestone
Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers heads off the court after the game against the
Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. AFP
Kobe Bryant scored 28 points and

passed the 32,000-point mark for his
NBA career on Tuesday to spark the
Los Angeles Lakers over the host
Atlanta Hawks 114-109.
The Lakers, who snapped a fourgame losing streak, recorded their first
road triumph of the season and only
their second triumph in 11 starts while
the Hawks fell to 5-5 in the early stages of the campaign with their first loss
in five home games.
NBA scoring leader Bryant made
10-of-18 shots a nd added four
rebounds, three assists and a steal
for the Lakers, finishing on 32,001
points with a 3-point play off his final
jump shot.
The total puts Bryant 291 points
behind Michael Jordan for third on the
all-time NBA scoring list.
The Lakers welcomed back Nick
Young, who had been sidelined so far
this season with a torn right thumb
ligament. Young scored 17 points off

the bench while Carlos Boozer added
20 points and 10 rebounds and Jeremy
Lin contributed 15 points and a gamehigh 10 assists for the Lakers.
Paul Millsap scored 29 points to
lead the Hawks, who also had 23
points from Jeff Teague and 15 points
from Al Horford.
The Lakers led 67-52 at half-time
but Atlanta scored the first 13 points
of the second half only to falter and
never move ahead of Los Angeles the
rest of the way.
A left-handed running shot fell for
Bryant to put the Lakers ahead 105100 with 2:25 to play and after two Kyle
Korver free throws for Atlanta, Bryant
made the key 3-point play.
The Lakers, who had been the only
Western Conference club without a
road victory, opened a three-game
road swing that includes visits to Houston and Dallas. AFP
Swimming Australia said

yesterday it does not endorse
James Magnussens new
training program but will
continue to provide the world
champion swimmer with
financial support. Magnussen,
23, a two-time 100-metres
freestyle world champion, ended
his four-year partnership with
coach Brant Best in September
and is training under untested
young coaches Mitch and Lach
Falvey as he prepares for the
2016 Rio Olympics. Magnussen,
known as The Missile, has
been at loggerheads with
Swimming Australias head
coach Jacco Verhaeren and
high performance director
Michael Scott over his plans to
train under the Falvey brothers
in Sydney. AFP
Flanker Dan Lydiate gets

Wales dual contract offer
Wales flanker Dan Lydiate

was one of 12 players offered a
new national dual contract by
the Welsh Rugby Union on
Tuesday. After months of bitter
wrangling, the WRU and Wales
four professional regions
agreed on a way forward for the
club game in the Principality in
September. Wales captain Sam
Warburton already has such a
dual contract, with the aim to
ensure other leading players
stay at home and play for one of
the regions while pursuing their
international careers. AFP
IRB formally changes

name to World Rugby
The International Rugby Board,

the global governing body for
the 15-a-side code, formally
changed its name to World
Rugby on Tuesday at the
conclusion of its two-day
conference in London.
Explaining the reason for the
change, World Rugby chairman
Bernard Lapasset said:
Todays launch embodies our
mission statement to grow the
global rugby family beyond our
traditional family and fan base
and reflects the federations
evolution from rugby regulator
to rugby inspirer. What was the
International Rugby Football
Board was founded in 1886 by
the Irish, Scottish and Welsh
rugby unions before England
joined in 1890, with the initial
name change to the IRB
coming in 1998. AFP
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Tennis
Russias Igoshin
scalps second seed
Kern of Germany
H
H S Manjunath
ard-serving Russian
Alexander Igoshin sent
second-seeded
Robin
Kern of Germany packing in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 to cause
the biggest flutter of the day, even as
top-seeded Johan Sebastien Tatlot,
Frances best junior this year, survived a first-set scare to wear down
South Koreas Nam Hyun Woo 5-7,
7-6, 6-1 in the second round of the
US$10,000 ITF Cambodian Futures
for the GLF Open at the National
Tennis Center yesterday.
In a clash between two big men
with booming serves to match, some
precision returns by Igoshin went
well with his power play as he broke
his German adversary four times in
all while losing his own serve only
once. Kern, a popular winner of the
Cambodian F3 back in 2012, could
hardly keep pace with the Russian
as he began to dictate the tempo of
the rallies on his terms.
As if to highlight the strong presence in this event of players from

South Korea, who carry with them
the reputation of being circuithardened toughies, Nam Hyun
Woo was giving the top-seed Tatlot
a hard time in the first set.
The 18-year-old Tatlot, who
picked up two Futures singles titles
this year, was outshone by Nam,
who took the first set with relative
comfort and continued the good
work to be well within range of upsetting Tatlots applecart.
However, the Koreans hopes began to fade once Tatlot got down to
the serious business of getting his
teeth into the second set, managing to drive it to a tie-break which
he won with great assurance.
With the momentum behind
him, Tatlot went on to make short
work of Nam in the decider to set
up a quarter-final meeting with
eighth-seeded Ouyang Bowen
of China, who scored a 6-4, 6-2
win over an error-prone Wishaya
Trongcharoenchaikul of Thailand.
Where Nam failed to take a seeded
player out, his fellow countryman
Kim Young Seok succeeded in doing just that. The talented lefthander slammed the door shut on
fifth-seeded Christopher Rungkat
of Indonesia 6-1, 7-6.
After a first set blowout, Rungkat
did well to rally around in the second to force a tie-break, but that
was as far as he could go or was allowed to by Kim.
In a long-drawn affair, South Korean Kim Seong Kwan overturned a
first set loss to down Ken Onoda of
Japan 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, while Lim Yong
Kyu beat his Korean compatriot
Cho Soon Jae 6-3, 6-4.
In another all-Korean clash, sixthseeded Song Min Kyu beat Kang
Byung Kook 6-3, 6-2.
The last result from the mens singles second round yesterday was a
6-1, 6-2 smashing of Japans Hiroki
Horikiri by the third seed Karunuday Singh of India.
South Korea's Kim Young Seok plays a shot against Indonesia's Christopher Rungkat
during their second round match of the GLF Open at the NTC yesterday. SRENG MENG SRUN
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Football
England trump foes Scotland

E
ngland notched up a 3-1

victory over old foes Scotland on Tuesday while world
champions Germany and
Portugal sealed last-gasp 1-0 wins
over Spain and Argentina respectively
in friendlies.
Wayne Rooney became Englands
third-highest goal-scorer outright as
Roy Hodgsons side defeated the Scots
to record a sixth successive victory.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain put England ahead at Celtic Park and Rooney
scored either side of a late Andy Robertson strike to chalk up his 45th and
46th international goals on his 101st
appearance.
It took the Manchester United striker clear of Jimmy Greaves, with whom
he had previously shared third place,
and left him three goals shy of Bobby
Charltons all-time record and two
goals behind Gary Lineker.
Ive always loved playing for England, said Rooney. Im on a good run
of goals and I hope that continues. If
that means I break the record then Ill
be delighted.
Cristiano Ronaldos latest duel with
Lionel Messi proved a damp squib as
the two superstars played for just 45
minutes of their match Old Trafford.
The 27th meeting between Portugal winger Ronaldo and Argentina
forward Messi had been billed as a
golden opportunity for the worlds
two best players to underline their
credentials for this years Ballon
Dor award.
But neither Barcelonas Messi nor
Real Madrids Ronaldo were anywhere
near their brilliant best, with the latter
especially anonymous on just his second return to Old Trafford since his
2009 move from Manchester United.
In the end, Portugal claimed only
their second win over Argentina, and
their first since 1972, thanks to Raphael Guerreiros diving header in
stoppage-time.
Germanys victory over Spain, the
team that preceded them as world
champions, came in a game between
two experimental sides thanks to a
90th-minute goal by Toni Kroos.
Controversy over the

awarding of the next two World
Cups took a fresh twist on
Tuesday as footballs world
governing body FIFA lodged a
criminal complaint over
possible misconduct by
individuals in connection with
the bids. FIFA president Sepp
Bladder has acted on the
advice of judge Hans-Joachim
Eckert, whose final summary
of the Garcia investigation
cleared Russia and Qatar to
host the 2018 and 2022
tournaments. The complaint
lodged with the Swiss attorney
general is the latest turn in a
saga that has rumbled on
since the tournaments were
controversially awarded to
both countries in December
2010. AFP
Parma face points loss

over unpaid wages
England striker Wayne Rooney (centre) scores their second goal during their international friendly against Scotland at Celtic Park in Glasgow. AFP
It was just what wed been hoping

for. Its been a big year and this was a
fine way to close it, Kroos said after
the game.
Spains substitute goalkeeper Kiko
Casilla was guilty of a howler, fumbling
Krooss innocuous-looking shot from
the edge of the area. Real Madrid keeper Iker Casillas had started for Spain
in his 160th international appearance,
but made way for his near namesake
Casilla with 20 minutes to go.
In a packed Ernst-Happel Stadium,
the Austrian fans thought they had got
off to the perfect start against Brazil,
but apparent goal-scorer Rubin Okotie
was yellow-carded for handling the ball
into the Brazilian net.
As it was, Brazil ended a disappointing year with a 2-1 win over Austria,
Paris Saint-Germain centre-back David
Luiz opening the scoring for the visitors
before Aleksandar Dragovic equalised
from the penalty spot, only for Roberto
Firminio to snatch the Brazilian winner
seven minutes from time.
This result wont make up for Brazils

humiliating 7-1 World Cup semi-final
defeat to eventual champions Germany on home soil in July, but will at least
send the Selecao into the new year with
a more positive vibe.
It was their sixth straight win since
the end of the World Cup but the first
goal they had conceded under coach
Dunga, who took over from Luis Felipe
Scolari after the global bonanza.
Dunga was delighted to see his gamble on new face Firmino paying off.
When I picked the squad and people asked me about Firmino I said he
has goals in him, he said.
In Genoa, a virtual second-choice
Italy side laboured to a narrow 1-0 win
over Albania.
The winning goal even had a touch
of fortune about it as Hamdi Salihi
diverted Stefano Okakas shot past
goalkeeper Etrit Berisha with seven
minutes left.
On his debut, Okaka, a second-half
substitute for Sebastian Giovinco,
Police swoop on Marseille

The president of Marseille
football club and two former
directors were taken in for
questioning on Tuesday as part
of a probe into transfers including that of top striker AndrePierre Gignac, sources close to
the investigation said. The
investigation, which includes
claims of extortion, money
laundering and associating
with criminals, began in 2011.
On Tuesday all relevant documents concerning the 2010
transfer of Gignac were seized
in a swoop at a club with a troubled history but which is currently top of Frances Ligue 1.
Vincent Labrune, the club
president, was taken into custody in Marseille along with the
clubs director-general Philippe
Perez and former president
Pape Diouf.
Another former president,
Jean-Claude Dassier, was being
held in Paris and a total of 10
people, including agents and
middlemen, were due to be
held overnight at the investigators headquarters.
The investigation is looking
into contentious money
transfers made in recent
years, sources close to the
investigation said. A police
FIFA criminal complaint

reignites World Cup row
source spoke of fraud linked

to several transfers.
The transfer of Gignac from
Toulouse in 2010 is part of the
probe, which is being overseen
by Frances organised and
financial crime squad. Several
current and former officials
from Marseille have already
been questioned in the affair,
and investigators have raided
the clubs offices and seized
documents in recent months.
However, the club released a
statement insisting that it was
previous management under
investigation rather than the
current regime.
The current questioning
relates to an investigation that
began two years ago revolving
notably around previous player
transfers, said a Marseille
statement, while adding that
the club had been collaborating
with investigators.
Sources close to the case said
there was enough material to
scrutinise the past and present
management of OM [Olympique Marseille] and the allegedly illegal transfers.
Those in custody will have to
explain themselves from top to
bottom, the source added.
Marseille have a sorry history
when it comes to corruption,

having lost their 1993 Ligue 1
title after being caught fixing
the result of a league match
against Valenciennes which
they won 1-0 so they could
keep players fresh for the
Champions League final, which
they won six days later against
AC Milan by the same score.
In an unrelated case on Tuesday, three second division club
presidents were among eight
people arrested in a matchfixing probe.
Nimes president Jean-Marc
Conrad and counterparts JeanFrancois Fortin of Caen, who
are now in Ligue 1, and Dijons
Olivier DallOglio were taken
into custody.
That affair surrounds the suspicion that the results of certain
second division matches last
season were manipulated to
help Nimes avoid relegation to
the third division, a source close
to the case said.
The case apparently revolves
around a betting ring led by
Nimess major shareholder
Serge Kasparian.
It is being investigated by the
SCCJ, a special body tasked
with regulating the betting and
gambling industry. AFP
was a rare bright spark for Italy.

For Albania, it was a case of so near
and yet so far, just a few days after
holding France to a 1-1 draw.
France meanwhile notched up a 1-0
victory over Sweden thanks to an 84thminute goal from Raphael Varane, and
Ireland beat the United States 4-1 in
further friendly action.
Two goals from Robbie Brady and
one each from Anthony Pilkington and
James McClean helped the Irish to victory, with Max Diskerud grabbing the
Americans sole goal. AFP
Tuesdays Results
Chile 1 Uruguay 2
Panama 0 Canada 0
Slovakia 2 Finland 1
Belarus 3 Mexico 2
Greece 0 Serbia 2
Slovenia 0 Colombia 1
Romania 2 Denmark 0
Hungary 1 Russia 2
Poland 2 Switzerland 2
Okazaki wonder goal gives

Japan edge over Australia
Japan striker Shinji Okazaki
scored with a swashbuckling
backheel as the Asian champions beat fierce rivals Australia
2-1 in a friendly on Tuesday.
Okazakis right-foot flick in
the 68th minute made it 2-0
to the home side in Osaka,
and was a goal which Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi
would have been proud of.
It also gave Japan breathing room and they needed
it, as Tim Cahill popped up to
score with a trademark header in extra time which would
otherwise have given the Socceroos a share of the spoils
before a potential meeting
at the Asian Cup in Australia
beginning on January 9.
Substitute Yasuyuki Konno
headed the Blue Samurai in
front after 61 minutes as Australias defence contrived to let
a Keisuke Honda corner travel
untouched to the back post.
Okazakis moment of magic
gave him a 40th international
goal before Cahill gave the
visitors a deserved consolation, though it came too late
to prevent Japan coach Javier
Aguirre recording back-toback wins for the first time
since taking over after the

World Cup.
Japan, who beat Australia
in the 2011 Asian Cup final
to lift the trophy for a record
fourth time, had thrashed
Honduras 6-0 last Friday after Aguirre brought back the
teams old guard in a bid to
stop the rot following a woeful run of form.
Despite the victory, the Mexican looked to be getting his
excuses in early before Japan
head Down Under to defend
their Asian title.
Its a building process, said
the former Espanyol manager.
We wanted to win both these
games and weve done that.
Australia are the Asian Cup
hosts so it will not be an easy
tournament for us to win.
The Socceroos could have
made life very uncomfortable
for Aguirre had a fine header
by Mathew Leckie not been
acrobatically tipped onto the
bar by goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima early on.
Japan had won just once in
four matches under Aguirre
before ripping apart sorry
Honduras a fortuitous 1-0
victory over Jamaica . AFP
Italian top-flight club Parma

said on Tuesday they expect to
be deducted points as
punishment for having been
late in paying salaries. The
club was barred from this
seasons Europa League due
to their financial problems,
despite having qualified
through their league position
last season. They finished that
campaign owing 300,000
(US$375,000). AFP
Modric facing three

months off with injury
Real Madrid midfielder Luka

Modric could be sidelined for
up to three months after
injuring his left thigh while
playing for Croatia in a 1-1
draw with Italy, his federation
confirmed on Tuesday. Modric
hobbled off just before the
half-hour mark of the Euro
2016 Group H qualifier at a
packed San Siro on Sunday
and was replaced by Inter
Milan midfielder Mateo
Kovacic. AFP
Man United at start of

something special
Manchester United
executive vice-chairman Ed
Woodward said on Tuesday the
club were at the start of
something special despite
announcing a near 10 per cent
drop in income in the first
quarter of the financial year
following the English giants
failure to qualify for this
seasons edition of Europes
elite Champions League.
Woodward also played down
the prospect of United
bolstering their squad during
the next transfer window in
January amid concerns that
manager Louis van Gaal needs
to improve his sides defence
in particular. Accounts
published by United on
Tuesday showed revenues for
the three months ending
September 30 at 88.7 million
(US$138.8 million), a decrease
of 9.9 per cent. The fall in
income could have been
greater but the cost of missing
out on European football has
been partly offset by an
increase in sponsorship
money as well as a reduced
wage bill at Old Trafford. AFP
Tuesdays Results
2014 PP Premier League
Vattanac Capital 2 Wing 5
Cellcard 8 Schindler 5
Infinity 2 ACE 5
Naga World 5 CTN/MyTV 4
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Sport
Doha to host 2019 world champs
T
he Qatari capital of Doha

was named host of the 2019
Athletics World Championships on Tuesday, just days
after the Gulf states football officials were cleared of corruption by
FIFA in their successful bid for the
2022 World Cup.
The International Association of
Athletics Federations (IAAF) announced Doha had beaten off Barcelona and Eugene, Oregon, for the
event after missing out to London
for the 2017 edition.
I am sure that in Doha we will
have a wonderful edition of the
World Championships, said IAAF
president Lamine Diack, saying the
three bids were the best presentations we have ever had.
Sheikh Saoud Bin Abdulrahman
Al Thani, the leader of the Doha bid
which saw off that of Eugene 15-12
in the second round of voting by the
IAAF after Barcelonas elimination,
added: Its a privilege and honour to
have the trust of the IAAF.
I am very delighted that these
championships are going to be for
the first time in the region. Im confident that with the help of the IAAF
we will organise one of the best world
championships.
Doha has proposed holding the
event in the unfavourable period
from September 29-October 6, with
marathons to be held in the evening,
in a bid to avoid the searingly hot
summer month of August, when the
championships are usually held.
The 2015 world championships
take place in Beijing from August 2230, while the London 2017 event is
also scheduled for August.
The issue of temperature has also
been a factor in the 2022 World Cup,
with a push to hold it in the winter
months, much to the disgruntlement
of the European leagues.
Controversial choice
Doha will also be a controversial
choice for track and field because
most athletics events are wrapped
up in early September, with the final
Athletes compete in the mens 3000m steeplechase at the IAAF Diamond League meet in Doha on May 9. The Qatari capital is set to host the 2019 Athletics World Championships.
Diamond League meet usually held

in Brussels on the first weekend of
the month, and just a sprinkling of
meets following that as athletes head
into the off-season before an all-important Olympic year.
Since successfully staging the 2006
Asian Games, Doha has fought hard
to become a world-renowned sports
event city. It held the 2010 World Indoor Athletics Championships, and
for several seasons the opening meet
of the Diamond League, in May.
It will also host the World Swimming Championships in December and in January the mens World
Handball Championships.
But there are sure to be doubts over

Dohas ability to fill a stadium for two
track and field sessions a day.
The athletics program in the 2006
Asian Games was very poorly attended, and even spectator support at the
three-hour-long Diamond League
meet, bringing together some of the
sports biggest names but now staged
in a compact inner-city stadium, is
far from fantastic.
Outspoken Welsh 400m hurdlers
Dai Greene, the 2011 world champion in sultry Daegu, expressed immediate concern over the weather, having trained there ahead of the 2010
Commonwealth Games.
Was in Doha as prep camp for Delhi 10. At training I overheated and
hyper ventilated then was carried off
the track. Spent next week in bed,
Greene tweeted.
Qatar has come under the media
microscope since winning the right
to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, with
doubts thrown up over corruption, its
human rights record and treatment
of its massive foreign workforce.
But the gas-rich state was cleared
by FIFA of corruption last Thursday,
world footballs governing body ruling out a re-vote for the tournament
despite widespread allegations of
wrongdoing.
AFP
However, the accusations seem

sure to linger as within hours of
FIFAs ethics committee publishing
a summary of US-based lawyer Michael Garcias report, Garcia himself said he would appeal against
the findings as they contained numerous materially incomplete and
erroneous representations of the
facts and conclusions detailed in
his investigation.
FIFA has defended its refusal
to publish Garcias report on the
grounds it would undermine a
promise to all those those who gave
evidence on condition of anonymity.
AFP
Treble-chasing Adam Scott

targets Masters not McIlroy
Adam Scott of Australia chips onto the 8th green during the WGC-HSBC
Champions Golf tournament in Shanghai on November 7. AFP
Adam Scott said yesterday he

was putting aside thoughts of
next weeks showdown with
world number one Rory McIlroy as he chases a third straight
win in this weeks Australian
Masters.
The Australian world number
two missed a chance for a perfect end to 2013 when he
bogeyed the final hole of last
years Australian Open at Royal
Sydney, with the Northern
Irishman holing a giant birdie
putt to win.
World golfs top two will
resume their rivalry in Sydney
next week, but first Scott will
defend his Australian Masters
title at Melbournes Metropolitan course, starting today.
Scott, the 2013 US Masters
champion, is vying to become

the first golfer to claim three
successive Australian Masters
gold jackets. His boyhood idol
and fellow countryman Greg
Norman won six Australian
Masters, but never more than
two in a row.
Its pretty easy for me to concentrate this week, Scott told
reporters. Ive got a lot on the
line and I can make my own little bit of history in the Australian Masters and hopefully win
three in a row and thats where
my heads at.
If I do that it will only put me
in better shape for next week so
Im only thinking about this
tournament and will have to
deal with Rory and all the other
guys next week. Ive still got a
thorn in my side about the Australian Open last year so it will

be fun to have another crack at
that, he added.
Scott arrived in Melbourne
last week for an extra round to
familiarise himself with the
Metropolitan, despite having
played the sand-belt course
about 10 times.
I certainly feel like Ive prepared well and Id love to keep
this good run going, he said. I
need to get my head around the
Metropolitan pretty quickly.
Scott will again be playing in
all of Australias big three endof-year tournaments the Masters, Open and Australian PGA
Championship.
While he stands out as the
major drawcard, others in the
Masters field include US PGA

Tour event-winning Americans
Kyle Stanley and Boo Weekley
and Australian contenders
Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby
and Robert Allenby.
The Masters, whose roll call
of past winners includes Norman, Ian Poulter (2011), Tiger
Woods (2009), Justin Rose
(2006) and Colin Montgomerie (2001), has fallen on hard
times with organisers unable
to entice leading international
stars to play.
Organisers are hoping that
flexible scheduling dates and
finding an overseas tour to cosanction their event will futureproof the 36-year-old Melbourne-based tournament.
AFP

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