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HE deadlock is over.
Nearly a year after the dis-
puted July 2013 national elec-
tion, the opposition Cambodia
National Rescue Party yesterday agreed
to end its 10-month-long parliamen-
tary boycott and work together with
the ruling Cambodian Peoples Party
in the National
Assembly.
In return, the
blighted National
Election Commit-
tee which the CNRP has decried as
biased and a key reason for the irregu-
larities it says compromised the elec-
tion will be overhauled and made a
new constitutionally mandated insti-
tution with representatives of both
parties as members.
The CNRP will also gain a suite of top
positions in the 123-seat assembly
when it officially takes its 55 seats.
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said his
partys lawmakers-elect would be sworn
in early next week, possibly on Monday
the anniversary of the election.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Rainsy
emerged from a room at the Senate at
about 2pm yesterday after a five-hour
meeting. Smiling together, they shook
hands for the cameras, sending a clear
message that a tumultuous year of
street protests, threats, on-again off-
again talks and occasional violence
had ended through negotiations.
Both parties have agreed to work
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One year in the making
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy (left) and Prime Minister
Hun Sen shake hands in front of the Senate, where a
meeting to break the nations political deadlock took
place yesterday. HENG CHIVOAN
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together at parliamentary in-
stitutions in order to nd so-
lutions to the nations issues,
based on principles of democ-
racy and rule of law, a joint
agreement says.
The new talks were called
against a backdrop of threats
towards the opposition follow-
ing a violent protest last week
and the arrest of eight of its
members. All were released on
bail just hours after the agree-
ment was inked yesterday.
Hun Sen declined to answer
questions before leaving the
Senate, simply saying talks
had been successful.
In response to questions as
to whether he was happy with
the deal, Rainsy told reporters
the CNRP had no choice.
A very appropriate choice
is the end of the political crisis
and a tense situation, he said.
Later, he told the Post that his
party, which led massive post-
election street protests calling
for Hun Sen to step down and
an independent investigation
into the election, had mostly
got what they wanted.
What was the most impor-
tant is a new electoral com-
mission, where no party can
make whatever it wants. So its
now balanced. Its more trust-
worthy, and we can be more
condent that the next elec-
tion will better reect the will
of the people, he said.
Supporters who werent hap-
py about the compromises
should wait and see all the
details, Rainsy added.
We have to wait until it set-
tles down. And when it settles
and when people can assess
what each sentence and each
word means including the
missing words and sentences
that will be published later
they can understand that this
[presents] a lot of opportunity,
and it depends on the way we
work to take advantage of what
we have obtained.
His deputy, Kem Sokha, who
Hun Sen has painted as a hard-
liner, could not be reached.
The new election committee
will have four of its nine mem-
bers drawn from the CPP, four
from the CNRP and one mem-
ber requiring the consensus of
both parties, though how this
will work was not specied.
The nal candidates will
need to only be approved by
a 50-per-cent-plus-one ma-
jority of the assembly, a com-
promise made by the CNRP,
which previously demanded
two-thirds approval.
Four will be from the ruling
party, four have to be selected
from the other party sitting in
the National Assembly . . . The
other one has to be selected
based on agreement between
the two parties, the statement
says, adding that if new NEC
members cant be agreed on,
the current NEC will continue
its work.
The next election date has
yet to be set, though the basis
for yesterdays talks was an in-
principle agreement made
between Hun Sen and Rainsy
in April that included a Feb-
ruary 2018 National Assembly
election just ve months ear-
lier than scheduled.
The dates will be decided
after reforms among them a
new voter list and registry are
completed.
As part of the deal, the CNRP
will also gain the rst deputy
presidency of the National
Assembly, in addition to ve
of 10 commission chairman-
ships. However, the CPP will
still wield a majority on the
parliamentary standing com-
mittee through its presidency
and second deputy presiden-
cy positions.
What the CNRP has been
concerned about checks
and balances is now what
it has got. Because the power
[in parliament] will be equal,
Prum Sokha, a secretary of
state at the Interior Ministry
and a CPP negotiator, said at a
press conference yesterday.
Rainsy was not allowed to
run in last years election,
though he is able to swap in for
any of his partys lawmakers
and take the rst deputy presi-
dency position in parliament.
But yesterday, he said he was
not thinking about it.
In terms of commissions, ac-
cording to the agreement, the
CPP will head nance, bank-
ing and audits; home affairs
and national defence; foreign
affairs, international coopera-
tion and information; legisla-
tion; and public works, trans-
port, telecommunications,
industry and commerce.
The CNRP will chair human
rights and complaints; econo-
my, planning, investment, ag-
riculture, rural development
and water resources; educa-
tion, religious affairs, culture
and tourism; public health,
social work, labour and wom-
ens affairs; and the new inves-
tigation and anti-corruption
commission.
Internal rules of parliament
will also be changed to em-
power the opposition, though
no further details have been
released.
Cambodian Center for Hu-
man Rights chairman Ou Virak
said that given the vagueness
of the agreement in several
key areas, there will be a lot of
wrangling in the future.
I expect a lot of problems
from the NEC, [especially re-
garding] the one person who
has to be selected by the oth-
er parties.
He added that the deal was
only balanced in terms of
the NEC memberships.
Membership alone is not
the whole story for election re-
form. If you look at the election
problems, one is the tempo-
rary election IDs more than
half a million issued which
has barely anything to do with
the NEC . . . The devil will be in
the details, and they will con-
tinue to ght over the devil.
Laura Thornton, the resi-
dent director at the National
Democratic Institute, which
monitors elections and has
suggested key reforms, said
the agreement was very dis-
appointing.
Weve stood rmly behind
certain key positions that are
necessary in order to improve
the credibility of elections in
Cambodia, and I dont see those
reected in the statement. I
can only be hopeful they are
coming later, she said.
While there was no one size
ts all formula for election
bodies like the NEC, Thornton
continued, NDI had hoped
for some public involvement
or greater transparency or
openness about how members
of this body are selected.
A two-thirds formula to ap-
prove NEC members would
also be preferable, she said.
Other reforms that need to be
seen include taking the voter
registration process away from
elected commune councils
and fundamentally reforming
the NEC institutionally, aside
from just its members, Thorn-
ton added.
In response, Rainsy assured
observers that there are
many points not written in the
agreement that will be fur-
ther specied.
Koul Panha, executive di-
rector at election watchdog
Comfrel, said that while ques-
tions remained about more
detailed reforms, the appoint-
ment of NEC members from
political parties that win seats
would create condence in
the electoral system.
This is the start and not the
end of the reform. There is still
a long way to go. ADDITIONAL RE-
PORTING BY CHEANG SOKHA
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
A year in the making: CNRP, CPP strike a deal
Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures to journalists after his meeting with
the CNRP yesterday at the Senate in Phnom Penh. HENG CHIVOAN
Judge pushes on
Lawmakers
jailbreak
case heard

A
JUDGE in Kandal
province yesterday
heard evidence against
an opposition lawmaker-elect
accused of helping someone
escape from prison, despite
the accused requesting a
delay and having no lawyer
present, a rights group said.
Cambodia National Rescue
Party member Chan Cheng,
along with opposition-aligned
lawyer Choung Choungy, are
accused of aiding the jailbreak
of Meas Peng, a commune
councillor, in 2011.
At the time, judge Sin Virak
ordered Cheng be put under
the supervision of the court
but not jailed.
I think it is political pres-
sure, because it is an alleged
crime that happened more
than three years ago, Cheng
has previously said. He could
not make it to the hearing,
and had asked for a delay,
said his lawyer, Long Lun.
But Men Makara, provincial
coordinator for rights group
Adhoc, said judge Im Meng
heard the case yesterday.
Meng could not be reached
for comment. A verdict is due
on August 5. MAY TITTHARA
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Release quickly follows deal
Joe Freeman

A
JUBILANT crowd of
opposition support-
ers burst into cheers
yesterday afternoon
as seven Cambodia National
Rescue Party lawmakers-elect
and one party activist were
released on bail just hours af-
ter an announced rapproche-
ment between the CNRP and
the ruling Cambodian Peo-
ples Party.
They walked free through
exits separated by gender at
Prey Sar prison on the out-
skirts of Phnom Penh. Male
lawmakers-elect Ho Vann, Real
Camerin, Men Sothavarin, Keo
Phirom, Long Ry and Nuth
Romduol, along with activist
Oeun Narith, emerged rst to
hugs, tears and ower garlands
placed around their necks.
A heavy downpour threat-
ened to sour the mood, but it
had tapered off by the time the
detainees were released.
We did not do anything
wrong, said Ry, a lawmaker-
elect for Banteay Meanchey
province, who had grown a thin
beard in his short prison stint.
Moments later, senior op-
position leader Mu Sochua
appeared through a separate
exit. She thanked her support-
ers as well as the prisoners
she met while inside. Sochua
climbed into a car and gave
another short speech through
the sunroof.
Im proud. Im proud to
be a Cambodian woman and
you can see that the support
and desire of the Cambo-
dian people is nothing but
reconciliation and justice,
Sochua said, adding democ-
racy, true democracy, before
the car spirited her away.
The CNRP members were
arrested and hit with a range
of charges, including insur-
rection, in the days following
clashes on July 15 between op-
position demonstrators and
district security guards loyal
to the CPP at Freedom Park in
Phnom Penh, leaving several
guards and activists injured.
Though free on bail, the
eight still face an eventual
court hearing, municipal
court judge Keo Mony told the
Post yesterday.
I have allowed eight of them
to stay outside their detention,
temporarily, he said.
Ou Virak, chairman of the
Cambodia Center for Human
Rights, lamented the way the
courts were caught up in the
crisis. Its clear that the ruling
party can do whatever they
want with the court arrest
people, use them as a bar-
gaining chip and release them
at will.
The government has con-
sistently denied that the ar-
rests were a political tactic,
but they clearly sped up the
faltering negotiations.
Days after the court charged
the ofcials, opposition leader
Sam Rainsy cut short a trip to
Europe, returning home on
Saturday. He called for a reso-
lution to the deadlock that
set in after disputed elections
nearly a year ago. That resolu-
tion came yesterday, nally,
following a meeting of just a
few hours at the Senate.
On his Facebook page yes-
terday, Rainsy said the release
of the detainees was one of
the main points reached in
the comprehensive politi-
cal agreement, though it was
not mentioned in the ofcial
statement.
Standing outside the prison,
CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann
said he did not know where the
detainees were headed after
their ordeal. CNRP lawmaker-
elect Long Botta said earlier in
the afternoon that they would
all go to party headquarters.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY BUTH REAKS-
MEY KONGKEA, TAT OUDOM AND KEVIN
PONNIAH
Supporters greet Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker-elect Long Ry after his release on bail from
Phnom Penhs Prey Sar prison yesterday. VIREAK MAI
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Long wait over for rookie MPs
Sean Teehan, Charles Rollet
and Joe Freeman
A
S THE nation yesterday cele-
brated the end of a nearly year-
long political deadlock, Rotana
Pin, a rst-time lawmaker elect-
ed under the Cambodia National Rescue
Party umbrella, was quietly relishing
his partys chance to nally push back
against months of unchecked power.
Now its going to become a legal
parliament, and I think we have a new
weapon to work against the [Cambodian
Peoples Party] and limit them from what
they want to do, said Pin, who came
back to Cambodia to win a seat in parlia-
ment last July after spending nearly three
decades in the US.
We cannot control them, but we can
hold them back, he said.
The long-awaited agreement between
the two parties means about 20 rst-time
members will take their seats alongside
Pin, CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said.
In addition to ending a year of at times
excruciating political tension, Long
Botta has personal reasons to want to
get in the assembly.
Botta was appointed under the Noro-
dom Sihanouk and Lon Nol regimes of
the 1960s and 1970s, respectively. He ed
Phnom Penh just ve days before it fell to
the Khmer Rouge.
This couldnt keep [up] longer, Botta
said, referring to the boycott but noting
why the party felt it was necessary. [Im]
impatient of course, but I want to be sure
I have free hands to work.
Whether or not the party got what it
needed in the deal was an open question
for some lawmakers.
For Pin, the promised redistribution of
seats in the National Election Committee
made the holdout well worth it.
I think well make a lot of gains [if ]
we change the NEC, Pin said. So now
. . . we want to prepare ourselves for the
next election.
But while stopping short of criticising
his party as being too quick to accept its
rivals terms, freshman Prey Veng law-
maker Lagh Lachlittay said he worried the
deal may have been made too quickly.
[Joining Parliament happened] too
fast, Lachlittay said. But we cannot say
yet, because there are so many details to
gure out.
Despite his concerns, Lachlittay said
that he looked forward to more immedi-
ate change.
We will liberate Freedom Park thats
the rst thing, he said, referring to a pub-
lic gathering site known more for violence
and barricades since January.
Long Botta sits in his garden with his wife last year. The Cambodia National Rescue Party
lawmaker-elect will take a seat in the National Assembly for the rst time. KARA FOX
Laignee Barron
DECRIMINALISING sex work
could slash the worlds HIV
infections by a third or more,
according to a new study.
Published yesterday in
health journal The Lancet,
the paper says that punitive
treatment of sex workers can
elevate HIV acquisition and
transmission risks.
In Cambodia, which has
Southeast Asias highest rate of
HIV prevalence, sex work is a
central driver of the epidemic.
[C]riminalisation and stig-
ma deter access to condoms or
health services [and] continue
to hamper HIV prevention,
treatment, and care efforts,
the study says, adding that
more outreach is not enough.
Decriminalisation of sex
work would have the greatest
effect on the course of HIV ep-
idemics across all settings.
Worldwide, sex workers are
disproportionately affected
by HIV. Earlier this month, the
World Health Organization
found that female sex workers
were 14 times as likely as other
women to be infected.
While the Kingdom has
successfully reduced the rate
of HIV-positive adults from
2 per cent in 1998 to under
0.7 per cent, the rate for sex
workers hovers nearer 14 per
cent, according to the Na-
tional AIDS Authority.
On average, there are three
new infections each day, NAA
deputy director Tia Phalla said.
Legalisation is not the prob-
lem, the problem is . . . reach-
ing the high-risk populations.
But rights groups argue
and the study agrees that
infections among high-risk
groups like sex workers would
be a lot easier to nd and treat
if the trade werent driven un-
derground by the law.
Since 2008, more than 3,000
sex workers have been arrested
and detained by police, accord-
ing to Keo Tha of the Womens
Network for Unity. In several
instances, carrying condoms
led to the arrest, and condoms
have been used as evidence.
The owner[s] of massage
parlours and beer gardens are
too scared to stock condoms
now because theyre afraid po-
lice will use it against them,
said Mey Sovannara, commu-
nications ofcer at the Khmer
HIV/AIDs NGO Alliance. The
only option we have to speed
up the battle against the in-
fection is to legalise, not mar-
ginalise. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY
KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA
Easing sex trade laws
could lower HIV rate
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Eyes turn to legislation
passed without CNRP
Stuart White

A
FTER months of de-
crying the one-party
National Assembly
as illegitimate and
vowing to amend any awed
legislation passed during a
parliamentary boycott, the
Cambodia National Rescue
Party, by agreeing to take its
seats yesterday, is about to get
its chance.
In the roughly 10-month
period since the boycott be-
gan, several laws have sailed
through the Cambodian
Peoples Party-dominated As-
sembly, including many that
could hold vital interest for
the CNRP.
Three laws ostensibly aimed
at judicial reform were roundly
lambasted as undermining
the independence of the King-
doms courts. Two laws con-
cerning legal cooperation and
extradition with Vietnam are
sure to agitate party supporters
who fear Vietnamese inuence.
And one, the National Strategic
Development Plan 2014-2018,
will guide government policy
and spending for the rest of its
current mandate.
However, CNRP spokesman
Yim Sovann said yesterday that
while the party will review all
of the new legislation in due
course, the party will be taking
a wait and see approach.
This is work that we have to
do later on. We cannot nish a
lot of things in one night, So-
vann said.
The people make the laws
and the people can change
the laws. Its a matter of time.
Observers yesterday dif-
fered on whether such an
approach was wise. Political
analyst Chea Vannath, for
one, recommended that the
opposition try to take advan-
tage of its honeymoon with
the CPP while it lasts.
During that honeymoon, its
wiser not to tackle the legal is-
sues, but in the long range . . .
if they are patient, then the
CNRP might raise the issues
one by one, she said, warn-
ing that bolder moves might
curdle the relationship with
the ruling party.
An aggressive approach
doesnt work, Vannath added.
I hope that the CNRP is wise
enough not to rock the boat
when the boat is barely aoat.
Fellow analyst Kem Ley,
however, argued that the party
should make its push immedi-
ately, before the most contro-
versial laws are signed by the
King and put into effect.
They need to meet with all
the members of the commis-
sions; they need to call back
those laws, especially the [judi-
cial laws], he said. Dont wait
to amend it.
If the CPP refuses, he contin-
ued, the CNRP can use its new
parliamentary status to hold
public consultations.
The CNRP can show to
the people what is wrong and
what is right with the laws,
he said. The CPP will have no
choice. Theyll have to bring
those laws back to the Nation-
al Assembly.
The people make the laws and
the people can change the
laws. Its a matter of time
Krom protests end for now
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
and Pech Sotheary
TWO days of roadblocks in
front of the Vietnamese Em-
bassy by Kampuchea Krom
activists ended yesterday after
intervention from the Phnom
Penh municipality.
Protesters led by the Khmer
Kampuchea Krom Communi-
ty and the Federation of Cam-
bodian Intellectuals and Stu-
dents had been demanding an
ofcial apology from the em-
bassy after a spokesman there
said that Kampuchea Krom a
portion of southern Vietnam
home to many ethnic Khmer
had belonged to Vietnam for
a very long time.
While embassy ofcials nev-
er received the demonstrators
petition calling for the apol-
ogy, Phnom Penh municipal
authorities did, promising to
pass it on to the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs, which would,
in turn, pass it to the Vietnam-
ese government, representa-
tives of the activists and the
municipality said.
After two hours of nego-
tiations with leaders from
the two organisations, mu-
nicipality spokesman Long
Dimanche accepted the pe-
tition from demonstrators in
front of the Vietnamese Em-
bassy, before saying: Please,
all of you, stop protesting.
Mao Pises, head of the Fed-
eration of Cambodian Intel-
lectuals and Students, said
that authorities had two weeks
to secure a response.
The reply is a public apol-
ogy in written form to Cambo-
dian people for what their se-
nior ofcial has stated, [which]
fakes the history. If there is not
a reply, a new big protest will
be set up again, Pises said.
Part of the controversy over
the Vietnamese ofcials re-
marks stemmed from the as-
sertion that Kampuchea Krom
had been part of Vietnam long
before it was ofcially de-
clared as such by Indochinas
colonial ruler, France, in 1949.
As such, Khmer Kampu-
chea Krom Community leader
Thach Setha yesterday also
demanded the French con-
rm clearly about giving Kam-
puchea Krom territory to Viet-
nam in order to avoid Vietnam
faking history again.
Despite the municipalitys
offer, many outside the em-
bassy were still unsatised.
One small group later dis-
avowed by organisers burned
a Vietnamese ag and photos
of Vietnamese communist
icon Ho Chi Minh.
Embassy spokesman Trung
Van Thong, who made the com-
ments at the heart of the furore,
has said he is not interested in
the calls for an apology.
Buddhist monks protest at a blockade near the Vietnamese Embassy in
Phnom Penh yesterday. ELI MEIXLER
Mom Kunthear

P
OLICE in Banteay
Meancheys Poipet
town are searching
for the perpetrator of
an acid attack who the victim
so far refuses to identify.
Thirty-year-old Tang Mouy
Chou was doused with acid
on Monday afternoon while
she was eating noodles for
lunch at a market.
Chou, who is currently re-
covering at Mongkol Borei
hospital, suffered burns to
20 per cent of her body and
was hit on her head and arm
in the attack, according to
the hospitals director, Ch-
anyuthy Thynavuth. Her
condition is not critical.
Police do not know the ex-
act motive behind the attack.
We are trying to get more
information from her, but we
suspect it is because of a love
triangle, said Um Sophal,
Poipet town police chief.
Sophal said three other per-
ople received light injuries
during the attack, but that
they are ne now.
Three people were burned
a little by the acid because
they were near the victim,
so the acid spread to them,
Sophal said.
Thynavuth said Chou was
the only victim sent to his
hospital on Monday evening,
and that she is not talking to
anyone about her attacker.
Vy Vireak of Poipet com-
mune police could not be
reached for comment on the
incident yesterday.
Erin Bourgois, project
manager for the Cambodian
Acid Survivors Charity, said
on Monday that the attacks
are commonly caused by a
breakdown in relationships
and that some victims do not
identify their attackers out of
fear of reprisal.
Recovery can be a long
process, Bourgois said. We
have survivors who were at-
tacked 10 years ago who we
still see today.
Three acid attacks were
recorded in 2013, an 83 per
cent reduction from the peak
year of 2010.
The only other acid attack in
Cambodia this year occurred
in April, when a woman al-
legedly doused her husband
with acid for threatening to
divorce her. ADDITONAL REPORTING
BY CHARLES ROLLET
National
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Former cop questioned
over murder of judge
HANG Vuthy, an imprisoned
former high-ranking police
officer and ally of disgraced
ex-municipal police chief
Heng Pov, was yesterday
questioned in court over the
murder of a judge in 2005.
Vuthy, who is being held at
Prey Sar prison, was also
quizzed over a prison break
and the attempted murder
of a military commander, a
newspaper publisher and a
senior official at Electricite
du Cambodge crimes
dating as far back as 1998.
Vuthy was previously
convicted in absentia and
sentenced to 60 years in
prison, but requested a
retrial after turning himself
in more than two years ago.
The investigating judge has
completed his questioning
this morning, court clerk
Nim Theara said, declining
to comment on the prospect
of a retrial. BUTH REAKSMEY
KONGKEA
Anti-drug cop arrested
in Thailand over meth
A POLICE officer combating
drugs in Battambang has
been arrested across the
border in Thailand, accused
of possessing almost 3,000
yama tablets. Sao Chanthy,
from Kamrieng district, was
detained by Thai authorities
over the weekend, said
Chhor Keurn, district deputy
police chief. I do not know
whether he has been dealing
drugs or not before, he said.
According to Chet Vanny,
Battambang deputy police
chief, Cambodian authorities
have launched their own
investigation into whether
the accused was involved in
trafficking the metham-
phetamine. [Officials] are
contacting Thai authorities. If
the investigation shows that
he is [innocent], we can ask
Thai authorities to send him
back. Cambodian police
have travelled to Thailand in
response to the arrest,
officials added. KIM SAROM
Anonymous hacked us:
Hun Manys youth group
THE Union of Youth
Federations of Cambodia
(UYFC), led by Hun Many,
Prime Minister Hun Sens
son, is claiming that one of its
Facebook pages was hacked
by international hactivist
group Anonymous. In a
statement made public
yesterday, UYFC accuses
Anonymous of hacking the
page for political reasons.
They entered the account,
changed the password and
posted a number of political
[messages] in order to
defame the Prey Veng UYFC,
the statement says, adding it
wants legal action to be taken
against the hacking group. A
number of pages for
Anonymous, however, were
not claiming responsibility for
the hacking yesterday and its
members could not be
reached. Several youths
allegedly linked to
Anonymous Cambodias
branch have been arrested
this year and accused of
hacking. VONG SOKHENG
One of the three victims of an acid attack rests in bed after receiving treatment for her wounds yesterday in
Banteay Meancheys Poipet town. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Market re
razes some
250 stalls
Mom Kunthear
NEARLY 250 stalls in a private
market were destroyed in a sus-
pected electrical fire in Battam-
bang provinces Phnom Prek
district on Monday night, police
said yesterday.
District police chief Song
Sopheak said 244 stalls were
burned down after an electrical
fire in a centrally located stall
spread to others. According to
Sopheak, no one was injured in
the blaze because the fire began
at night.
It happened at 11:30pm on
Monday night, and people liv-
ing near the market tried to put
the fire out, but they could not
help, he said.
We used 18 fire engines
from the provincial police sta-
tion and many fire engines
from Thailand, because it was
close to the Thai border, so
they helped to put out the fire,
he continued.
Sopheak said he did not know
the exact cost of the damage.
Authorities and Red Cross
officials have distributed
some aid to affected ven-
dors, and police dont believe
the fire to have been an act of
arson, he said.
Eddie Morton
and Daniel de Carteret
C
AMBODIAs busi-
ness community
welcomed the news
yesterday that the
countys longest-ever parlia-
mentary deadlock had come
to an end a resolution inves-
tors say will help ease fears of
political instability.
The ruling Cambodian Peo-
ples Party and the opposition
Cambodia National Rescue
Party yesterday struck a deal
that will see the CNRP take its
seats in the National Assembly
as early as next week, after its
lawmakers-elect are ofcially
sworn in.
With the big news this af-
ternoon, Cambodia will win
back all listed stability and of
course will attract more inves-
tors who currently are wait-
ing, In Channy, CEO of Cam-
bodias largest nancial rm,
Acleda Bank, said after hearing
yesterdays announcement.
The CPP was declared the
winner in last Julys national
elections, claiming 68 seats
to the oppositions 55. The
CNRP immediately rejected
the results alleging wide-
spread election irregularities
before boycotting the open-
ing of the National Assembly
in September.
Channy said the political un-
certainty that ensued damp-
ened interest in Cambodia as
an investment destination.
Before any investment de-
cision or expansion of invest-
ment, investors always rely
on three aspects of stability:
political, economic and so-
cial. Before the general elec-
tion in 2013, Cambodia used
to have all three of these sta-
bilities. But after the election
in 2013, Cambodia nearly lost
its political stability entirely,
he said.
Since the onset of the dead-
lock, Acledas deposits have
grown markedly, up 40 per
cent, while loans have seen
slower growth of about 23 per
cent, indicating that business
was less inclined to spend.
The political conict of
the past 12 months has dis-
couraged investors from ag-
gressively investing, choosing
instead to place their savings
and deposits with the bank,
Channy said.
Chris Hobden, surveyor for
global commercial real estate
rm CBRE, echoed that senti-
ment yesterday.
Whilst regionally Cambo-
dia remains comparatively
politically stable, the ongo-
ing deadlock between the
CPP and the CNRP has evi-
dently been detrimental to
foreign investment, he said,
adding that it was too early
to predict how signicant
an impact yesterdays break-
through would have on foreign
direct investment.
ANZ Royal CEO Grant
Knuckey saw the investment
tap opening again on the back
of the resolution, which he
said would have positive rami-
cations for economy at large.
The main impact will be on
condence, and hence invest-
ment and hiring decisions,
he said.
That should feed through
over time to consumption and
the broader economy.
While foreign investors may
have been more reserved in
their commitment during the
yearlong period of uncertainty,
it has been business as usual
for the day-to-day operations
of most smaller-scale compa-
nies, according to Te Taing Por,
president of the Federation of
Association for Small and Me-
dium Enterprises.
Taing Por welcomed the
pact, however, believing it
will encourage SMEs which
make up the majority of the
countrys businesses to ex-
pand their existing activities.
Before [yesterdays deci-
sion], we needed to think
about our production and
the political situation, as the
disagreement gave us a little
concern, he said. But now,
we can just concentrate on
our production.
Accounting for more than
70 per cent of Cambodias ex-
ports and employing roughly
600,000 people, the garment
sector stands to be one of the
rst industries to see gains
from political stability.
Its a good sign for every-
body; for potential investors,
for existing investors the
whole package, Ken Loo,
secretary-general of the Gar-
ment Manufacturers Asso-
ciation of Cambodia (GMAC),
said. Investors need stability
and this should be construed
as a step in the right direc-
tion, he said.
The CNRP had been ac-
tive in engaging workers and
unions throughout the indus-
trys minimum wage dispute.
Asked if the oppositions move
to the National Assembly
would impact ongoing wage
negotiations, Loo was ada-
mant it would not.
The CNRP has been in the
background shouting num-
bers and gures, but that is
more towards the ruling party
as a government more than
employers, he said.
Meanwhile, in Cambodias
rice sector, which directly or
indirectly provides income
to more than 80 per cent of
the countrys population, of-
cials too said yesterdays an-
nouncement was a positive
starting point, but warned
there was still a lot of work to
be done.
David Van, acting secretary-
general for the Cambodia Rice
Federation, said he hoped
the agreement would bring
greater accountability of par-
liamentary leaders and en-
courage further debate over
laws that impact the economy
before they are passed.
The rice sector is pleased
with the political deadlock
being unlocked and looks for-
ward to working with all sides
of the political spectrum to
improve farmers livelihoods
and improve the performance
of the industry, he said in an
emailed statement.
Following last years election,
the Ministry of Commerce
announced a raft of reforms
targeting corruption and red
tape. Aimed at boosting in-
vestor condence, changes
ranged from the automation
of export procedures to public
sector employee bonus initia-
tives designed to curb corrup-
tion and nepotism.
Delivering on those reforms
should be high on the parlia-
ments list of objectives in or-
der to foster business con-
dence, said Clint OConnell, a
tax partner with Phnom Penh-
based VDB Loi.
We understand that the
government has already em-
barked on a large reform pro-
gram, which encompasses
most government depart-
ments post-election 2013,
OConnell said. It is hoped
that including more input in
the lawmaking process will
only serve to strengthen these
reforms, he added.
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Price woes fuel corn farmers fears of lackluster sales
Chan Muyhong
CORN farmers and dealers in the
countrys northwestern provinces fear
a decline in sales this season as local
storage facilities become increasingly
scarce and demand from Thai import-
ers declines.
Khun Thorn, president of Ta Sdar
Samky Farmer Community in Battam-
bang province, told the Post yesterday
that corn prices had sunk to 600 riel
per kilogram this year, down 40 per
cent from 1,000 riel last year.
Thorn said the price slump was a
result of importing processes in Thai-
land becoming stricter and fewer peo-
ple operating storage facilities.
There used to be a local middle-
man with big silos who would buy all
the harvest from our farmers. Now
they do not buy from us because
exporting to Thailand has become
stricter, she said.
Farmers are very worried now as
the harvesting period has begun. We
[farmers] have taken loans from the
bank, but do not know where to sell
our corn.
Figures from the Battambang, Pailin
and Bantey Meanchey provincial agri-
cultural departments show Battam-
bang is leading Cambodias corn pro-
duction with a cultivation area of
more than 27,250 hectares. On aver-
age, farmers are producing up to 4
tonnes of corn per hectare.
Sarun Chanthu, a corn dealer in
neighbouring Bantey Meanchey prov-
ince who sells on average 1,000 tonnes
of corn a year to Thai traders, said he
has not received one order from Thai
buyers since January.
I do not buy any corn to stock due
to fear of loss as there are no orders. It
is not a good business for me, but I
think it is harder for farmers because
they get loans from the bank to fund
their plantations, he said.
Meas Leun, a corn grower in Pailin
province, said farmers in his area are
facing similar concerns.
With no proper facility to keep the
harvested corn, farmers have no
choice other than to sell at whatever
price is offered, he said.
Jiranan Wongmongkol, the Thai
Embassys foreign trade promotion
director in Phnom Penh, could not
pinpoint the cause for the declines
and assured farmers that Thailand
had not enforced any ban on imports
of agricultural products.
Regarding demand, it is really up
to traders if they need more or less
corn, she said.
Last month, the Ministry of Com-
merce vowed to uncover more mar-
kets for Cambodian products such as
rice, cassava and corn to help reduce
price fluctuations caused by the
Kingdoms dependency on neigh-
bouring countries.
The Ministry of Commerce did not
respond to requests for comment.
An employee works at the front desk of the Cambodia Securities Exchange last month. The business sector is looking to a more stable economy
with the political deadlock coming to an end. HONG MENEA
Deadlock end lifts business spirits
Business
8
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REGIONAL POLICY ADVISOR SEMIL
Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and
Learning around the System of Rice Intensication (SRI)
in the Lower Mekong River Basin (SEMIL)
Sustaining and Enhancing the Momentum for Innovation and Learning around the System
of Rice Intensication (SRI) in the Lower Mekong River Basin is an European Union funded
project led by the Asian Institute of Technology with partner agencies Oxfam, and FAO/Regional
plus associate support from Cornell University and University of Queens land. The project seeks
to stimulate local innovation amongst smallholder farmers reliant on rain-fed agriculture, so that
they can improve and sustain their productivity and food security. The project extends across
Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos PDR.
At this time, Oxfam is seeking to engage a Policy Advisor to address public and private policy
environments and practices that affect smallholder farmers and small-scale agriculture in the
context of food security and climate change in the Lower Mekong River Basin countries. The
post will undertake policy advocacy and communication activities supported by the project.
The role is to lead on the design and delivery an advocacy strategy to match the expectations
of this unique program across the four countries. This will include oversight of a series of critical
research pieces, cultivation of alliances with like-minded organizations and stakeholders. It will
require strategic thinking and being able to build exciting new and enduring networks across a
range of sectors, stakeholders and professions so that the right message is heard in the right
place. It will also require you to demonstrate the condence to be the spokesperson for the
program agenda when needed.
The Regional Policy Advisor SEMIL will be based in the Phnom Penh or Hanoi ofce while travelling
to Thailand and Laos PDR as needed. The post attracts a competitive salary package. For full
details of this job write to eastasia@oxfamamerica.org please quote Application for Regional
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Women and regional nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
Deadline for the Application is Monday, 4 August 2014.
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diversity and gender equality within our organization. We absolutely need
women and people from diverse groups to apply for this position.
Malaysia Airlines to go
private or go bankrupt
Elfe Chew and Kyunghee Park
M
ALAYSIA Airlines,
reeling from its
second disaster
in four months, is
likely near the end of its days
as a publicly traded company.
The company plans to pres-
ent a revival plan to its state-
run parent, Khazanah Nasion-
al, this week, people familiar
with the matter said, asking
not to be identied. The op-
tions range from Khazanah
taking Malaysia Airlines pri-
vate to bankruptcy, according
to one of the people, with both
routes involving a delisting.
The airline says its focus is
on the victims and families
of Flight 17, while the loss of
537 lives and two planes since
March is straining the carriers
ability to stay in business.
Even a month before the latest
disaster, Khazanah was esti-
mating that the unprotable
airline only had enough funds
to last it about a year.
They dont have the luxury
of time, said Mohshin Aziz,
an analyst at Malayan Banking
in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysian Air doesnt have
a huge balance sheet. Its still
struggling from perception
issues. We will probably see
drastic measures.
Flight 17 was en route to
Kuala Lumpur from Amster-
dam carrying 298 passengers
and crew on July 17, when it
was shot down over eastern
Ukraine. The disaster occurred
four months after Flight 370
disappeared with 239 people
aboard, leading to the longest
search for a missing plane in
modern aviation history.
The Wall Street Journal, cit-
ing unidentied sources, re-
ported that Khazanah was
increasingly leaning towards
taking the carrier private.
Our focus during this very
challenging time is to work
with the emergency respond-
ers and authorities and mo-
bilize full support to provide
all possible care to the fam-
ily members of those onboard
MH17, Malaysia Airlines said
in an emailed response to
queries about the revival plan.
This is not the right time to
address this question.
Shares of Malaysia Airlines,
rated sell by 13 of 15 analysts
tracked by Bloomberg, have
fallen 34 per cent in Kuala
Lumpur trading this year.
For Khazanah, privatising
Malaysia Airlines could mean
the fund would need to buy
the 31 per cent it doesnt own
in the company, a stake valued
at about 1 billion ringgit ($315
million) based on the stocks
latest closing price.
If they do go through with
this privatisation, they will be
killing a few birds with one
stone, said Terence Fan, an
assistant professor at Singa-
pore Management University,
who researches the aviation
business. They can make the
cash ow, maybe have some
thorough strategic change and
use this as a chance to rebrand
themselves.
Hugh Dunleavy, the airlines
director of commercial op-
erations, had in May ruled out
a bankruptcy.
Options also include rene-
gotiations with the labour
union, according to someone
familiar with the matter.
Losses at the Subang-based
airline widened to 443.4 mil-
lion ringgit in the January-
to-March period, the most in
nine quarters, as travel agents
in China stopped selling the
carriers tickets after the dis-
appearance of MH370 and as
competition intensied.
Analysts are projecting loss-
es to persist at least through
2016, according to data com-
piled by Bloomberg.
The airline carried 3.1 per
cent fewer passengers in June
from a year earlier, and lled
77 per cent of its seats, down
from 84 per cent a year earlier.
The airline may also modify
plans for future plane orders.
Even the strongest air-
lines would be falling on their
knees on these two incidents,
Mohshin at Malayan Banking
said. BLOOMBERG
Messages for the victims of MH17 hang outside a Kuala Lumpur shopping mall on Monday. BLOOMBERG Source : Bursamalaysia.com
Jan 1
2014
0.16 ringit
0.20
0.24
0.28
0.32 0.32
0.36
Oct 17
2013
July 23
2013
1 year
March 8
MH370
disappears
July 17
MH17
crash
Malaysia Airlines shares
Air Mandalay orders
six MRJ90 aircraft
AIR Mandalay has placed an
order with Mitsubishi Aircraft
Corporation for six MRJ90
aircraft, becoming the first
Asian carrier outside to Japan
to order the jet, which is being
jointly developed with Toyota.
The deal, which also gives Air
Mandalay a purchase option
for an additional four MRJ90,
was signed at the Farnborough
Airshow in Britain and could
be worth as much as $400
million. THE MYANMAR TIMES
Thai Finance Ministry
sees tax revenue crash
THAILANDS Finance Ministry
forecasts revenue collection
will fall 160 billion baht ($5
billion) short of its target this
fiscal year. Finance permanent
secretary Rungson Sriworasat
said of the total that the
Revenue Department is
expected to miss its target by
100 billion baht, the Customs
Department by 40 billion and
the Excise Department by 20
billion. The budget for fiscal
2014 ending September 30
stands at 2.525 trillion baht,
with revenue collection of
2.275 trillion, leaving a deficit
of 250 billion. Revenue
collection for the first nine
months was 6.6 per cent below
target at 1.55 trillion baht. The
low collection was blamed on
an overestimated excise tax on
diesel. BANGKOK POST
Markets
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Business
THAILANDS Charoen Pok-
phand Foods is planning to
roll out up to 500 quick-ser-
vice Thai restaurants in Aus-
tralia, a market it sees as ripe
for a fast-food explosion, re-
ports said yesterday.
The food arm of Thailands
largest agriculture-based
company also plans to ex-
pand into the booming ready-
to-eat meals segment as its
Australian investments grow
to more than A$200 million
(US$188 million) over the
next ve years.
The best-practice model
for restaurants and franchis-
es globally is in Australia,
regional general manager
Richard Lovell told The Aus-
tralian newspaper ahead of
the opening of the companys
rst restaurant in the country,
1000Wat, in Melbourne.
Over the next four years our
target is 300 to 500 stores with
a modern Thai, fast-food, great
value-for-money offering,
Lovell said. After 28 years
experience in Thailand and
following our expansions into
markets like India, Vietnam,
Cambodia and Myanmar, we
want to grow our fast-food
concept in Australia. AFP
Thailands
CP aims at
Aus market
Ashes to ashes, rice to dust
T
HAI authorities said
they were disap-
pointed to nd that
a substantial portion
of rice at the Marketing Or-
ganisation for Farmers (MOF)
facility in Chachoengsaos Ph-
anom Sarakham district had
deteriorated, spoiled and been
eaten by weevils.
Inspector-general of the In-
terior Ministry Wasiwa Sasi-
samit said the MOF had been
storing 88,005 sacks of govern-
ment rice since 2012. The in-
spection team, which included
soldiers from the 111th Infan-
try Regiment, arrived to nd a
scattered pile of rice sacks that
supposedly contained 5 per
cent broken white rice.
Inspectors ordered the bags
restacked so they could be
counted. As workers did so,
some sacks broke open, shoot-
ing dusty clouds of what used
to be rice into the air. It was
then that the ofcials noticed
how many of the bags seemed
atter than normal.
As inspectors moved further
inside the warehouse, they
found plenty of rice dust, dead
weevils and bug waste cover-
ing many sacks and the oor.
Similar damage was notice-
able in another pile of 1,792
sacks of 25per cent broken
white rice.
Boromwit Waruprapha, dep-
uty commander of the 111th
Infantry Regiment, planned
to le a complaint with local
police, but members of the in-
spection team convinced him
to wait for a quality test and
calculation of how much rice
was damaged.
The discovery is only the lat-
est chapter in rice-pledging
schemes disastrous history.
The program, cooked up by
the Pheu Thai Party and for-
mer prime minister Yingluck
Shinawatra, paid farmers 50
per cent above market rates
for rice in an attempt to bolster
the partys popularity in rural
areas and distort the interna-
tional rice market.
The result was government
losses of 500 million baht,
rampant corruption and, ul-
timately, tens of thousands of
sacks of wasted rice.
The National Anti-Corrup-
tion Commission on Friday
recommended that prosecu-
tors indict Yingluck for derelic-
tion of duty in failing to halt
the rice scheme.
After assuming power, the
National Council for Peace
and Order ordered a check
of the quality and quantity
of government rice stocks.
About 100 inspection teams
are checking stockpiles na-
tionwide, a task not expected
to conclude until September.
Boromwit said that soldiers
earlier had inspected the ware-
house and found rotten rice,
so they had locked the MOF
facility until ministry ofcials
could examine it yesterday.
The same depot made head-
lines last year after local cassa-
va farmer reported the strong
odour of weevil waste emanat-
ing from the warehouse.
A Senate rice subcommittee
had even visited the warehouse
and found rice dust damaged
by weevils and insect waste on
the oor.
Warehouse staff, addressing
concerns about missing rice,
said good-quality rice had
been sold, but that other stock
dating back to 2012 had deteri-
orated. Thus, the Interior Min-
istrys Wasiwa said, rice may
not have been stolen. It had
simply been eaten by weevils.
BANGKOK POST
A worker stands by sacks of rice in a warehouse at the Srikobsub rice
mill in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand. BLOOMBERG
CHINESE President Xi Jinping signed a raft
of oil and mineral deals with Venezuela on
Monday, his latest stop on a Latin Ameri-
can tour showcasing Chinas growing influ-
ence in the region.
During his four-country visit to what is
often considered Americas backyard, Xi
has reached out to resource-rich countries
such as Venezuela and Argentina at a time
when they are often shunned by the Unit-
ed States and Europe.
The deals spanned a range of sectors
from oil to infrastructure and included $4
billion for a joint development fund, $691
million to explore Venezuelas gold and
copper reserves and an agreement to
develop the countries third joint satellite.
Venezuela has become one of the top
countries for Chinese investment . . . our
seventh oil supplier and fourth Latin Amer-
ican trade partner, Xi said in Caracas.
The Venezuela visit comes after the Chi-
nese leader agreed to an $11 billion cur-
rency swap with Argentina and extended
much-needed investment to President
Cristina Kirchner, whose cash-strapped
government, locked out of capital markets
since defaulting on its debt in 2001, is star-
ing down the threat of another default.
Xi kicked off his tour last week by propos-
ing a new $20 billion infrastructure fund for
Latin America, underlining the fast-growing
Asian giants interest in the region.
He also launched a new $50-billon devel-
opment bank along with the other emerg-
ing powers of the so-called BRICS group
Brazil, Russia, India and South Africa.
China, the second-largest market for
Venezuelan oil after the United States,
pays for its average 640,000 daily barrels
in part by writing down the $17-billion
debt Caracas owes it.
Both countries have said they want to
increase oil exports to one million barrels
a day in the coming years.
Chinese trade with Latin America has
grown rapidly in recent years, reaching
$261.6 billion in 2013. China is now the
second-largest trading partner of many
countries, including Argentina and Cuba,
and has been Brazils largest since 2009.
In 1990, China ranked just 17th on the
list of Latin American export destinations.
Beijing has also ramped up investment in
Latin America to about 20 percent of its
total foreign direct investment of $90 bil-
lion last year. AFP
BRITAINS fraud agency has
revealed it has launched a crim-
inal probe on Monday into alle-
gations of price rigging in for-
eign exchange markets.
The investigation into fraud-
ulent conduct comes after EU,
British and US, and other regu-
lators have levied huge fines on
some of the worlds biggest
banks and investment houses
for manipulating financial mar-
kets worth trillions of dollars.
The director of the Serious
Fraud Office has [yesterday]
opened a criminal investigation
into allegations of fraudulent
conduct in the foreign exchange
market, it said in a statement,
without giving further details.
Reports said the investigation
was expected to centre on
whether traders personally
benefitted from manipulating
foreign exchange market
benchmarks.
The Serious Fraud Office had
previously said that it was look-
ing at complex evidence
before deciding whether to
launch an inquiry.
Barclays, HSBC and Royal
Bank of Scotland have all con-
firmed that they are part of the
ongoing forex market investi-
gations.
Deutsche Bank, Swiss lender
UBS and US pair Citi and
JPMorgan Chase have also
revealed that they are co-op-
erating with regulators over
the affair.
London is a world hub for
foreign-exchange trading and
in June Britains government,
the Bank of England and finan-
cial regulators proposed intro-
ducing legislation to punish
any rigging of the market with
criminal sanctions.
The legislation was an exten-
sion of new laws regulating
the interbank Libor rate,
which is used to calculate the
price of a vast range of loans
and other debt instruments
worth trillions. Some traders
have been found guilty of
manipulating the Libor and
Britain has already threatened
prison for those found guilty
of rigging it.
Bank of England governor
Mark Carney has said the
impact of foreign exchange
market abuse could be even
more significant for the indus-
try than the Libor scandal.
Speaking to a panel of British
lawmakers in March, he said:
This is extremely serious . . . as
serious as Libor, if not more so,
because this goes to the heart
of the integrity of markets and
we have to establish the integ-
rity of markets. AFP
Mexican senate votes to
open up gas industry
MEXICOS senate has
approved legislation to
implement a historic
constitutional reform that
would open up the countrys oil
and gas industry to foreign
investment for the first time
since back in 1938. In an 85-26
vote, lawmakers passed the
last of four packages of laws
on Monday to end the
monopoly held by state oil
company Pemex for 75 years
in the exploration and
exploitation of energy
resources. AFP
Panamas economy to
grow by 7 pct: officials
PANAMAS economy will
expand by as much as 7 per
cent this year, thanks in large
part to revenue from its
signature inter-oceanic canal,
officials said on Monday. The
Central American nations
coffers get an injection of
about $1 billion every year
from the canal, according to
the Economy Ministry. Officials
said they expect growth of
between 6.5 per cent and 7 per
cent for 2014. The small
nation, with a population of 3.8
million chalked up 8.4 per
cent growth in 2013. AFP
French ad firm Publicis
reports profit plunge
FRENCH advertising giant
Publicis reported a big profit
fall yesterday and was cautious
about its outlook this year,
causing its shares to fall
sharply. Net profit for the first
half of the year fell by 16.9 per
cent to $351 million, weighed
down by the strength of the
euro. AFP
Business
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
A SCANDAL involving ex-
pired meat sold by a China
unit of US food supplier OSI
Group spread to Japan yes-
terday, as McDonalds con-
rmed that the now-shut
factory provided Chicken
McNuggets to its restaurants.
Shanghai authorities on
Sunday shut an OSI plant a
supplier to McDonalds and
KFC in China for mixing out-
of-date meat with fresh prod-
uct, relabelling expired goods
and other quality problems.
A Tokyo-based spokesman
for McDonalds Japan said the
restaurant chain had sourced
about 20 percent of its McNug-
gets from the Shanghai factory,
and had suspended sales of its
product since on Monday.
Around 500 of McDonalds
restaurants in Japan, a sixth
of the total, had temporar-
ily stopped selling McNuggets
while the company obtained
alternative supplies, he added.
Chinese police were ques-
tioning several employees
of the OSI subsidiary, which is
called Shanghai Husi Food Co.,
in the case, the Shanghai Daily
newspaper said. Police could
not be reached for comment.
Separately, the China Food
and Drug Administration had
ordered an investigation of
OSIs factories nationwide, ac-
cording to a statement.
OSIs Shanghai factory, set
up in 1996, has more than 500
workers with ve production
lines for items including pork,
beef and chicken, according to
the groups website.
The US company said on
Monday that it was appalled
by the allegations while an-
nouncing it had formed a team
to investigate.
McDonalds in China said it
had immediately stopped
using the factorys products
while restaurant operator Yum
said separately its KFC and
Pizza Hut establishments had
also halted use of meat from
the Shanghai plant.
US coffee chain Starbucks
conrmed it was supplied
chicken by the factory, but had
removed the product from 12
provinces and a major mu-
nicipality in China. Burger
King, another customer, said
it had removed the meat from
its restaurants.
In an editorial, Chinas
state-run Global Times news-
paper took aim at McDonalds
and Yum for failing to super-
vise their suppliers.
Famous international
brands have not adopted a
dedicated attitude toward
Chinese consumers, said
the newspaper, known for its
nationalistic editorial stance.
Perhaps they believed the
Chinese market is a rough
place, and that service that is
just good enough can work in
China. AFP
Japan hit by Chinese
expired meat scandal
Chinas Xi inks Venezuela energy deals
Eyeing big banks, UK opens FX probe
Credit Suisse posts huge loss
Jeffrey Vogeli
and Elena Logutenkova
C
REDIT Suisse Group
Ag said it will exit
commodities trad-
ing as a $2.6 billion
ne to settle a US tax investi-
gation pushed the Swiss bank
to its biggest quarterly loss
since 2008.
The banks net loss in the sec-
ond quarter was 700 million
Swiss francs ($779 million),
compared with a prot of 1.05
billion francs a year earlier and
a 691-million-franc estimate
from analysts. Zurich-based
Credit Suisse posted higher-
than-forecast earnings at the
investment bank and lower
prot in wealth management
even as it attracted more net
new money from rich clients
than analysts had estimated.
CEO Brady Dougan is re-
porting a second quarterly loss
in less than a year as Credit Su-
isse grapples with regulatory
probes. Analysts and investors
have said Credit Suisse should
shrink its investment bank
more decisively and focus on
wealth management to boost
returns and shore up capital
that was hurt by the US ne.
The decision to exit com-
modities was probably taken
mainly in the light of the capi-
tal weakness, said Dirk Beck-
er, a Frankfurt-based analyst
with Kepler Cheuvreux. The
results in the quarter werent
that bad, with investment
banking surprising on the
upside. The only really nega-
tive development was the
drop in wealth management
gross margin.
The settlement in May for
helping Americans evade
taxes raised questions among
investors about Credit Suisses
nancial strength as the ne
pushed its ratio of capital to
risk-weighted assets for the
rst quarter to the lowest level
among 16 global investment
banks tracked by Bloomberg
Intelligence. The bank aims to
boost that capital ratio to more
than 10 per cent by the end of
the year from 9.5 per cent at
the end of June.
Before yesterday, the stock
had dropped 4.3 per cent this
year, compared with a 2.9 per
cent decline for the Bloomberg
Europe Banks and Financial
Services Index.
Global investment banks
are pulling back from com-
modities trading as regula-
tions tighten and revenue
slides. Deutsche Bank AG said
in December that it would exit
dedicated energy, agriculture,
dry bulk and base metals trad-
ing. Barclays Plc said in April it
would withdraw from most of
its commodities activities. JP-
Morgan Chase & Co agreed to
sell its physical commodities
unit to Mercuria Energy Group
Ltd for $3.5 billion in March.
Pretax prot at Credit Su-
isses investment bank was
steady at 752 million francs,
beating the 544-million-franc
average estimate of six ana-
lysts surveyed.
US banks posted better re-
sults than expected earlier
this month because of higher-
than-expected debt trading
revenue. All asset classes with-
in xed income stabilised or
improved in June compared to
April and May, JPMorgan ana-
lysts Kian Abouhossein and
Amit Ranjan said in a report
last week. The results of the US
banks are a positive read for
European investment banks,
they said.
Credit Suisse is the rst Eu-
ropean bank with large secu-
rities business to report sec-
ond-quarter earnings. UBS
AG and Deutsche Bank AG
are due to report earnings on
July 29, followed by Barclays
Plc a day later.
Credit Suisse took a charge of
1.6 billion francs in the quarter
after it became the rst global
bank in 10 years to plead guilty
to a crime in a US courtroom.
The bank last posted a loss
for the fourth quarter of 2013,
amounting to 476 million
francs, after booking charges
for settling lawsuits over mort-
gages sold to Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac and increasing
provisions for the US tax case.
The US ne pushed down
Credit Suisses capital ratio,
a key measure of nancial
strength, to 9.3 per cent at the
end of the rst quarter from 10
per cent. BLOOMBERG
Credit Suisse has posted its biggest quarterly loss in six years. The Swiss bank has also announced that it is
exiting the commodity trade. BLOOMBERG
Markets
11
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Business
International commodities
Energy
Agriculture
Markets
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875
950
1025
1100
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Thailand Vietnam
Singapore Malaysia
Hong Kong China
Japan Taiwan
Thai Set 50 Index, Jul 21
FTSE Straits Times Index, Jul 21 FTSE BursaMalaysiaKLCI, Jul 21
Hang Seng Index, Jul 21 CSI 300 Index, Jul 21
Nikkei 225, Jul 21 Taiwan Taiex Index, Jul 21
Ho Chi Minh Stock Index, Jul 21
15,343.28
2,192.70 23,782.11
1,871.36 3,318.08
597.98 1,022.02
9,499.36
1600
1725
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5250
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South Korea Philippines
Laos Indonesia
India Pakistan
Australia New Zealand
KOSPI Index, Jul 21 PSEI - Philippine Se Idx, Jul 21
Laos Composite Index, Jul 21 Jakarta Composite Index, Jul 21
BSE Sensex 30 Index, Jul 21 Karachi 100 Index, Jul 21
S&P/ASX 200 Index, Jul 21 NZX 50 Index, Jul 21
5,543.29
30,401.32 25,910.08
5,083.84 1,371.18
6,869.94 2,028.93
5,133.87
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Gasoline R 5250 5450 3.81 %
Diesel R 5100 5200 1.96 %
Petroleum R 5500 5500 0.00 %
Gas Chi 86000 76000 -11.63 %
Charcoal Baht 1200 1300 8.33 %
Energy
Construction equipment
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Rice 1 R/Kg 2800 2780 -0.71 %
Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
Food -Cereals -Vegetables - Fruits
Cambodian commodities
(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 105.16 0.57 0.54% 4:31:39
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 107.93 0.25 0.23% 4:41:31
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.85 0 0.08% 4:42:00
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 290.78 1.64 0.57% 4:35:41
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 286.68 0.8 0.28% 4:41:00
ICEGasoil USD/MT 885 5.5 0.63% 4:41:11
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 13 0.02 0.15% 4:08:21
CME Lumber USD/tbf 327.8 1.5 0.46% 21:55:08
Why chicken beats beef
B
EEF is by far the most costly
protein when it comes to
the environmental dam-
age wreaked by feeding and
raising cattle, according to a study
released on Monday.
Beef requires 28 times more land
than the average total needed to
produce either dairy, eggs, poultry
or pork, the research in the Proceed-
ings of the National Academy of Sci-
ences said. Raising beef also requires
11 times more irrigation water than
other proteins, according to re-
searchers at Bard College in New
York, Yale University in Connecticut
and the Weizmann Institute of Sci-
ence in Rehovot, Israel.
Beef spews far more pollution
into the environment, producing
ve times as many greenhouse gas
emissions and six times the reactive
nitrogen from fertiliser compared to
the other proteins, the study found.
Beef is consistently the least re-
source-efcient of the ve animal
categories, according to the study,
which said on average beef was about
10 times as costly as other proteins.
Beef also makes up about seven
percent of all consumed calories in
the US diet, it said.
To most effectively cut back on
these environmental costs, the au-
thors recommended minimising
beef consumption.
Raising livestock for food is a prac-
tice that contributes to one fth of
global greenhouse gas emissions,
and also pollutes water and inter-
feres with biodiversity, according to
the study authors.
The study was based on a de-
cades worth of data on land, irriga-
tion water, and fertilizer from the
US Department of Agriculture, the
Department of the Interior, and the
Department of Energy.
Researchers used the 2000-2010
data to calculate the amount of re-
sources needed to produce animal
feed for each edible livestock.
About every 10 calories fed to
poultry or pork accounted for one
calorie consumed by humans. This
ratio was nearly four times higher for
beef. Poultry, pork, eggs and dairy all
added up to similar costs, while beef
was consistently the outlier.
They did not include sh in their
study due to lack of data on feed use
and the relatively small portion of
calories (0.5 per cent) it makes up in
the average American diet.
Representatives of the US beef in-
dustry questioned the methodology
of the study, and said environmental
improvements have been made in
recent years.
The PNAS study represents a
gross oversimplication of the com-
plex systems that make up the beef
value chain, Kim Stackhouse from
the National Cattlemens Beef Asso-
ciation said. The fact is the US beef
industry produces beef with lower
greenhouse gas emissions than any
other country.
According to Amy Dickie, who
led a study in April on agricultural
strategies for cutting back on global
warming, the ndings are in line
with recent research that has shown
the high greehhouse gases involved
in beef production.
I am glad to see that the authors
also considered water, nutrient, and
land use which are all important re-
sources and are intensively used by
beef and dairy cattle, said Dickie,
who works for the consulting rm
California Environmental Associates.
This information needs to get
into the public domain so that peo-
ple understand the consequences of
their diet choices. AFP
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T
HE reform-minded
governor of Jakarta,
Joko Widodo, has
convincingly won
Indonesias closely fought
presidential race against a
controversial former general
with deep roots in the era of
strongman Suharto, nal re-
sults showed yesterday.
Widodo, who will be Indo-
nesias rst president without
some kind of link to the auto-
cratic past, won 53 per cent
of the vote to Prabowo Subi-
antos 47 per cent, according
to gures from the election
commission in the worlds
third-biggest democracy.
The news came after a dra-
matic nal day to the countrys
most divisive election period
since the end of the Suharto
era in 1998, with Prabowo an-
grily accusing Widodos team
of committing fraud and an-
nouncing his withdrawal from
the presidential race.
Widodos victory caps a me-
teoric rise for the former fur-
niture exporter, who was born
in a riverbank slum and won
legions of fans with his com-
mon touch during his time as
Jakarta governor.
It will be welcomed by in-
vestors who hope the 53-year-
old can breathe new life into
Southeast Asias biggest econ-
omy after a recent slowdown.
Investors had been jittery
about a potential win for
Prabowo, a gure from the
old guard with a chequered
human rights record.
Social media was already
abuzz with comments con-
gratulating Widodo, nick-
named Jokowi, on his victory.
Indonesia will be a better
nation under Jokowi, God
bless, wrote one Twitter
user with the name Pretty-
inpink69.
But there was an equal
amount of anger directed at
Prabowo who has admitted
the abduction of democracy
activists back in the 1990s and
used to be married to one of
Suhartos daughters for his
refusal to concede defeat. Al-
most bored to death watching
cry baby Prabowo whining,
tweeted Husein Soebagyo.
The 62-year-old had been
widely expected to challenge
the result in the Constitu-
tional Court if he lost, but
before the nal results were
made public a spokesman
for his team said this was no
longer an option since they
had withdrawn from the
whole process.
The decision removes the
prospect of prolonged po-
litical deadlock because the
court would not have ruled
until the end of August.
Speaking to reporters earlier
in Jakarta, Prabowo claimed
there had been a massive,
structured and systematic
fraud in the 2014 elections.
Widodo, however, insisted
that everything was trans-
parent, everything was
open during the election in
the worlds most populous
Muslim-majority nation.
Independent analysts have
said the poll has been largely
free and fair.
It was not clear what Prabo-
wos next step might be fol-
lowing his defeat.
Tensions rose sharply after
election day as each side ac-
cused the other of seeking to
tamper with the votes during
the lengthy counting process
across the worlds biggest ar-
chipelago nation.
There were fears the ten-
sion could spark unrest in a
country that was hit by re-
peated outbreaks of violence
before Suhartos downfall,
and more than 250,000 po-
lice were deployed across the
country yesterday.
However, by early evening
there were no reports of ma-
jor demonstrations or unrest.
Despite Prabowos repeat-
ed accusations the coalition
backing him appeared to be
falling apart in recent days,
with several key members re-
portedly conceding defeat.
Even President Susilo Bam-
bang Yudhoyono hinted on
Monday that the ex-general
should accept the result if he
loses, saying: Conceding de-
feat is noble.
Widodo was the long-time
favourite to become presi-
dent. But a huge poll lead he
held for months dwindled to
single digits during the most
divisive election campaign
of Indonesias short demo-
cratic era.
Nevertheless unofcial tal-
lies released by reliable poll-
ing agencies on election day
showed him with a decisive
lead, and the nal results were
in line with these counts.
The ofcial results showed
Widodo had received 53.15
per cent of the vote, more
than 70 million votes. This
compared to 46.85 per cent of
the vote for Prabowo, who re-
ceived over 62 million votes.
Widodo will be inaugurated
as president in October, when
Yudhoyono steps down after
a decade in power. AFP
12 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
World
Syria rebels
press bid
to push out
IS jihadists
REBELS have expelled jihad-
ists from four areas in the
Damascus region, after having
lost territory to the Islamic
State (IS) in the north and east
of Syria, a monitoring group
said on Monday.
IS, meanwhile, has started
selling Syrian oil to Iraqi busi-
nessmen, according to the
Syrian Obser vator y for
Human Rights.
On the diplomatic front, For-
eign Minister Walid Muallem
told his Russian counterpart
he was certain of the regimes
victory in Syrias civil war,
thanks mainly to support
from Moscow.
Syrias unwavering confi-
dence in its victory is thanks
to its peoples resistance, and
to the support of its friends,
especially Russia, Muallem
was quoted as saying.
Despite being besieged by
government troops, rebels
have expelled the Islamic
State from four areas in the
Damascus region in a drive
launched three weeks ago,
the Observatory and rebel
sources said.
The monitoring group said
clashes were ongoing in other
areas south of Damascus.
IS was initially welcomed as
a potential ally in the armed
revolt, however the opposi-
tion, including Islamists, has
now turned against the
radical group.
The Observatory said IS
fighters have been expelled
from Mesraba and Maydaa,
two towns in the Eastern
Ghouta of Damascus.
They had also been forced
out of Yalda and Beit Sahem.
The expelled jihadists fled
to Al-Hajar Al-Aswad, Tada-
mon and Qadam in southern
Damascus, where they have
a strong presence, said
Observatory director Rami
Abdel Rahman.
On Monday, fighting between
rebels and jihadists broke out
in the battered neighbour-
hoods of Al-Hajar Al-Aswad
and Qadam, he said.
A rebel spokesman in
Damascus province confirmed
the reports. For us, there was
no choice but to fight IS, said
Captain Abdel Rahman al-
Shami, a spokesman for the
rebel Army of Islam, spear-
heading the offensive in the
Damascus area.
It was in self-defence. We
are in a suffocating [regime]
siege. We are fighting the
regime, while IS is shooting us
in the back, Shami said.
Now, they no longer have
any official bases in Eastern
Ghouta. But we are chasing the
remnants of IS, he said.
Ever since Syrias revolt
morphed into an armed rebel-
lion, the Eastern Ghouta area
has remained outside the
regimes control. AFP
Dutch to lead international MH17 crash probe
MALAYSIA yesterday said it would sec-
urely hold the black boxes of crashed
flight MH17 before handing them over
to an international investigation team,
to be led by the Netherlands.
Pro-Russian rebels controlling the
eastern Ukraine crash site of the Malay-
sia Airlines Boeing 777 had handed
over the black boxes, which record
cockpit activity and flight data, to
Malaysian officials following intense
international pressure.
The Malaysian team have taken cus-
tody of the black boxes, which appear
to be in good condition, Prime Min-
ister Najib Razak said, referring to offi-
cials sent to Ukraine in the aftermath
of the disaster.
They will be held securely in Malay-
sian custody while the international
investigation team is being formal-
ised, he said.
At that time, we will pass the black
boxes to the international investiga-
tion team for further analysis.
Flight MH17 was carrying 298 peo-
ple, including 193 from the Nether-
lands, with all on board killed. The jet
is believed to have been downed by a
surface-to-air missile.
Netherlands Prime Minister Mark
Rutte confirmed yesterday that his
country would lead the crash investiga-
tion, which normally would have fallen
to Ukraine even though it does not con-
trol the area around the crash site.
The first bodies from the crash site
will be flown to the Netherlands today,
Rutte said, where their identification
could take months.
Najibs comments yesterday came less
than a day after he announced a break-
through deal with separatists from the
self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples
Republic, following direct negotiations.
The separatists currently stand accused
by the US and some other nations of
bringing down the aircraft, allegedly
with a missile supplied by Russia.
Malaysias deal with the rebels capped
an official response praised at home as
swift and clear, in contrast to the gov-
ernments widely mocked handling of
missing flight MH370 in March.
Earlier yesterday hundreds of Malay-
sians protested outside the Russian and
Ukrainian embassies to denounce the
downing of Flight MH17 and demand
the perpetrators be brought to justice.
About 300 people, most of them wear-
ing black shirts reading Justice for
MH17, gathered in front of the two
embassies to hand over a memoran-
dum calling on Ukraine, Russia and
the United Nations to get to the bottom
of the disaster.
We wont take this sitting down. Its
our national carrier, 44 of our citizens
were murdered, said Zaidel Baharud-
din, a member of the ruling United
Malays National Organisation, one of
the organisers of the protests. AFP
Widodo wins Indonesia poll
Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo gestures with his running mate Jusuf Kalla after delivering a
speech at Tugu Proklamasi square in Jakarta on July 9. AFP
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS: PASSENGER PLANES SHOT DOWN
A
viation history is littered
with civilian planes that
were shot from the sky,
intentionally or not, by
military weapons. Malaysia
Flight 17 was cruising at
33,000 feet, more than half a
mile higher than Mount
Everest, when a missile hit it
July 17. And the missiles
range is believed to be more
than twice that high.
Here are some notorious
tragedies that resulted when
passenger planes were
caught in military crosshairs:
1,500 feet. Air Rhodesia
Flight 825. Zimbabwe
Peoples Revolutionary Army
guerillas hit the left wing with
a missile soon after the
Vickers Viscount took off from
Kariba in 1978. The plane
tumbled during an emergency
landing in a field, and 38 of
the 56 on board died.
Guerrillas shot 10 more on
the ground. Eight survived.
3,000 feet. Libyan Air Lines
Flight 114. Israeli jets fired at
the Boeing 727, which had
strayed from its flight path
and entered into Israeli
airspace on its journey from
Tripoli to Benghazi and Cairo
in 1973. The plane crash-
landed in the desert and five
of the 113 onboard survived,
including a co-pilot.
9,000 feet. Cathay Pacific
Airways C-54. Chinese
fighters thought the DC-4 was
on a military mission and shot
it down near Hainan islandas
it flew from Bangkok to Hong
KOng in 1954. Ten of the 19 on
board died.
35,000 feet. Korean Air
Lines 902. Soviet fighters shot
at the Seoul-bound Boeing
707 near Murmansk In 1978,
and an exploding missile
damaged a wing. The pilot
landed the plane on a frozen
lake and just two of the 109
aboard died.
36,000 feet. Siberia Airlines
Flight 1812. Ukraine
mistakenly shot down the
Tupolev Tu-154 over the Black
Sea in 2001, killing 78, with a
missile fired during air
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EXTREME weather caused
by Typhoon Rammasun has
killed 27 people in Vietnam,
with the storm unleashing
ash oods, landslides and
lightning strikes, authorities
said yesterday.
Heavy rain ooded 7,200
houses and 4,200 hect-
ares of cropland, with the
north of the country worst
hit, the national ood and
storm control committee
said. The cost of the dam-
age was estimated at around
$6 million.
Rammasun meaning
Thunder God in Thai had
earlier barrelled through
the Philippines and then hit
southern China, killing more
than 100 people and wreck-
ing over 111,000 homes.
It was the most power-
ful storm to strike Chinas
southern areas since 1973,
the countrys National Me-
teorological Center said, and
brought torrential rains.
The typhoon then weak-
ened into a low-pressure area
as it tracked along the China-
Vietnam border.
In 2013 Vietnam was hit by
15 storms including Typhoon
Haiyan, which killed 313 peo-
ple and caused an estimated
$1.4 billion worth of damage,
according to the authorities.
Meanwhile, Typhoon Mat-
mo churned towards Taiwan
yesterday, picking up strength
with thousands of tourists
evacuated from outlying is-
lands as weather forecast-
ers warned of possible ash
oods and landslides.
Matmo, packing gusts of up
to 173 kilometres per hour, is
the rst tropical storm to hit
the island this year and is ex-
pected to make landfall on the
northeast coast early yester-
day, the Central Weather Bu-
reau said.
From now on until tomor-
row, mountainous areas in the
north and east are forecast to
receive severe rainfall of up
to one metre, he said.
People living in the moun-
tainous areas ought to take
precautions against pos-
sible landslides and, as ash
ooding may happen, people
should stay away from low-
lying areas.
Fourteen people were killed
and 11 others are still missing
after mudslides swept through
two villages in southwest Chi-
na on Monday following days
of heavy rain, state news agen-
cy Xinhua reported. AFP
Extreme weather
kills 27 in Vietnam
UN, US push Gaza truce efforts
T
HE UNs chief and
Washingtons top
diplomat were hold-
ing a urry of meet-
ings in Cairo yesterday to
push for an end to violence
in Gaza that has killed more
than 590 Palestinians.
As the conict entered
its third week, neither side
showed any sign of willing-
ness to pull back, with Is-
rael pursuing a relentless
campaign of shelling and
air strikes, and militants hit-
ting back with rocket re and
erce attacks on troops oper-
ating on the ground.
Israel said it will not halt its
re in Gaza until it nishes an
operation aimed at destroy-
ing tunnels used by militants
for cross-border attacks, a se-
nior minister said yesterday.
As world efforts to broker
a ceasere gathered speed,
Israeli Justice Minister Tzipi
Livni also ruled out any accep-
tance of the unacceptable
demands laid out by Hamas as
a condition for halting its re.
She said the question of
an immediate ceasere with
Hamas was not going to hap-
pen at this stage.
First of all, it wont hap-
pen before we really nish
the tunnels project, which
was laid out as a strategic ob-
jective, she told Ynet news
website, referring to a major
operation that started on the
evening of July 17.
Second, it wont happen in
a way in which Hamass com-
pletely unacceptable condi-
tions are met, because it just
wont, she said.
Until now, Hamas is pre-
senting demands that have
no chance of being accepted
by anyone not by us, not
by Abu Mazen [an informal
name for Palestinian presi-
dent Mahmud Abbas], not by
the Egyptians and not by the
Americans, she said.
In a situation where Hamas
says Give us everything or the
ghting will continue, well,
then the ghting will contin-
ue, she said.
Gaza medics say the Pal-
estinian dead include many
women and children, while 27
of the 29 Israeli victims were
soldiers killed since a ground
assault began late on July 17.
Israeli conrmed one of
its soldier was missing, and
named him as Sergeant Oron
Shaul, 21, of the Golani bri-
gade, the Guardian reported.
Yesterday morning, civil de-
fence crews with a crane were
parked outside the Salam
building in Gaza City, which
was hit in an Israeli air strike
on Monday. The tower blocks
top ve oors had collapsed
onto its bottom four oors.
The leg of a person was vis-
ible from the street, lying on
a piece of rubble caked with
streams of dried blood.
World powers have urged
Hamas to accept an Egyptian-
brokered ceasere and stop
raining rockets into Israel
from the Gaza Strip, demands
it has so far resisted.
As the diplomatic push
gathered steam, Hamas lead-
er Khaled Meshaal and Pales-
tinian President Mahmud
Abbas held talks in Doha,
pledging to work together
for a ceasere and to lift the
blockade on Gaza.
Hamas and Abbas agreed
all Palestinian factions should
work as a team towards a
ceasere, Azzam al-Ahmed,
a senior ofcial in Abbass Fa-
tah party, said after Mondays
meeting.
It was decided that there
should be a ceasere rst, and
we will continue discussions
with Egypt and all regional
and international sides until
we crystallise the content of a
nal peace agreement.
A senior Hamas ofcial,
however, said the movement
was insisting on a full agree-
ment before it ceased ring.
AFP
A Palestinian boy sweeps the ground outside a destroyed mosque
yesterday, after an overnight Israeli military strike. AFP

Thai coup chief to meet
king on new constitution
THAILANDS junta chief was to
meet the king yesterday to win
approval for an interim
constitution to map out year-
long political reforms expected
to curb the influence of fugitive
ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra.
It will be the first time King
Bhumibol Adulyadej, 86, has
granted an audience to General
Prayuth Chan-ocha since the
military seized power two
months ago. Prayuth has ruled
out holding elections until
around October 2015, despite
appeals from the US and EU for
a return to a democratic path.
The interim constitution, not yet
published, is expected to give an
indication of how the military
plans to run the country. AFP
Four foreigners killed
in Kabul suicide attack
A TALIBAN suicide attacker
riding a motorbike killed at least
four foreigners in a compound
in Kabul yesterday, police said,
in the latest blast to rock the
capital during an impasse over
presidential election results. The
attack hit close to Kabul airport,
which was targeted last week.
The nationalities and jobs of the
victims was not known. There
was no immediate comment
from NATOs International
Security Assistance Force,
which is winding down its
mission after a 13-year war
against the Taliban. AFP
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Marathon attacks conviction
A US jury on Monday returned
the first conviction over the
2013 Boston Marathon
attacks, finding a friend of the
prime suspect guilty of
obstructing the investigation
into the bombings.
Azamat Tazhayakov, 20, was
convicted of obstruction and
conspiracy over taking a back-
pack from alleged bomber
Dzhokhar Tsarnaevs college
dorm room in the days after
the attacks.
He faces up to 20 years when
sentenced on October 16,
although legal experts say he
could be deported straight
away or serve as little as three
years before being deported.
The seven-man and five-
woman jury returned the ver-
dict against the student from
Kazakhstan after deliberating
for less than two full days after
a two-week trial in Boston.
He is the first of three former
students to stand trial, accused
of interfering with the investi-
gation to protect Dzhokhar
Tsarnaev while he was on the
run from the FBI.
Twin bombs planted at the
marathon finish line killed
three people and injured 264
on April 15, 2013, in an attack
allegedly carried out by
Chechen brothers Dzhokhar
and Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Dzhokhar is due to stand
trial in November he is
accused of 30 federal charges
and could face the death pen-
alty if convicted. Police shot
dead his older brother Tamer-
lan after the attacks.
US Attorney Carmen Ortiz
thanked members of the gov-
ernment team and the jury for
securing the conviction. I
want to thank the jury for their
careful attention and services
in this matter, she said.
Defence lawyers said they
would appeal, claiming it was
very difficult to get an objec-
tive juror in a city still reeling
from widespread horror and
revulsion over the attacks.
It is a brutal day for all of us.
It is somewhat of a surprising
verdict, defence attorney Mat-
thew Myers said. Trying a case
in the middle of a bombed-out
city, it is very difficult to get a
juror who is objective. Well
push for the most lenient sen-
tence, he added.
Prosecutors said that a
month before the attacks
Tazhayakov heard Tsarnaev
boast during a meal with
friends of being able to make a
bomb and saying that it would
be good to die as a martyr.
Tazhayakov went to Tsar-
naevs dorm room to remove
incriminating evidence shortly
after the FBI released images
of the suspects on April 18.
Prosecutors said Tsarnaev
texted the defendant while on
the run, saying, if you want to
go to my room and take whats
there. Tazhayakov replied: Ha
Ha :). A laptop was taken from
the room and tossed in a
dumpster, recovered after
a two-day FBI landfill search. A
backpack containing gunpow-
der residue and fireworks was
also from Tsarnaevs room.
The defence portrayed their
client who was aged 19 at the
time as an innocent youth
caught up in events because of
his friend, and painted a pic-
ture of foolhardiness rather
than criminal intent.
Two other friends of Tsar-
naev Dias Kadyrbayev and
Robel Phillipos are facing
charges in connection with
the case. The men were stu-
dents at the University of Mas-
sachusetts, Dartmouth and
formed a bond as Russian
speakers. AFP
Cops identify ferry tycoons body
Park Chan-kyong
S
OUTH Korean police an-
nounced yesterday that a badly
decomposed body found last
month had been identied as
that of the fugitive tycoon whose fam-
ily owned the ferry which sank in April
with the loss of 300 lives.
Yoo Byung-eun had been the target
of an unprecedented, months-long
manhunt involving tens of thousands
of police ofcers and army troops. The
body was found nearly six weeks ago
on June 12, lying in a eld just outside
the city of Suncheon, 300 kilometres
south of Seoul.
Discovered by a local resident, it
was in an advanced stage of decom-
position and the match with Yoo was
only made after a DNA test.
After weeks of technical treatment,
forensic experts eventually managed
to lift a print from one of the index
ngers that conrmed Yoos identity.
Suncheon police chief Woo Hyung-
ho told reporters the body was too
decomposed to ascertain the cause of
death, although several empty bottles
of alcohol were found at the scene.
We do not know yet whether it was
homicide or suicide, he said. We are
hoping more detailed forensic analy-
sis will shed light on this and the exact
time of death. He added that a toxi-
cology test was being carried out.
The police had been widely criti-
cised for failing to capture Yoo and
Woo acknowledged that investigators
had also been slow in connecting the
body with the fugitive businessman.
It was found just a few kilometres
from a villa Yoo was known to have
used, and next to the corpse was a
bag containing an autobiography Yoo
wrote in prison in the 1990s.
We admit that . . . the investigations
on his belongings were imperfect,
Woo said. We could have identied
him far earlier if we had worked more
actively, he added.
Woos frankness was apparently
not appreciated by his superiors and
shortly after the press brieng it was
announced he had been removed
from his post as police chief.
Yoo was the patriarch of the fam-
ily behind Chonghaejin Marine Co,
which owned and operated the Sewol
ferry that sank on April 16 with 476
people on board, including 325 high
school children. The number of con-
rmed dead currently stands at 294,
with 10 victims still unaccounted for.
A summons was issued for Yoo shortly
after the sinking, but he refused to
surrender to police, eventually going
on the run. A reward of 500 million
won ($490,000) was offered for infor-
mation leading to his capture, and 100
million won for that of his eldest son,
Yoo Dae-kyun, who is still at large.
Yoo had no direct stake in Chong-
haejin, but his children and close
aides control it through a complex
web of holding companies. He was
wanted for questioning on possible
charges of embezzlement and crimi-
nal negligence, related to lax safety
standards and regulatory violations.
Many of Yoos family members have
been arrested, including his wife and
his brother. A daughter is ghting an
extradition bid from Paris.
Earlier this month, South Korean
prosecutors led embezzlement
charges against his 71-year-old wife,
Kwon Yun-ja. The charges were unre-
lated to the ferry sinking, and involved
the alleged embezzlement of money
from a splinter religious group, the
Evangelical Baptist Church, estab-
lished by Kwons father.
In June, thousands of police ofcers
had conducted a raid on the churchs
main complex south of Seoul.
In 1992, Yoo was sentenced to four
years in prison on fraud charges re-
lated to the misuse of church funds.
Despite the forensic evidence
gathered by the police, the churchs
followers refused to believe the body
found in Suncheon was Yoos.
The body was too decomposed to
be his, said church spokesman Lee
Tae-jong, who was also suspicious
about the alcohol found at the scene.
Chairman Yoo seldom drinks, Lee
told the YTN news channel.
I suspect this is a trap laid by po-
lice in their efforts to capture him, he
added. AFP
Reporters look at the spot yesterday where a body conrmed as that of Yoo Byung-eun, a
fugitive tycoon wanted over Aprils Sewol ferry disaster, was found a month earlier. AFP
First responders rush to where two explosions occurred along the nal
stretch of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. BLOOMBERG
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World

Texas set to send 1,000
troops to Mexico border
TEXAS Governor Rick Perry on
Monday announced plans to
send 1,000 military reservists
to the states border with
Mexico, to tackle a surge in
immigrant children flooding
into the US. Perry, a Republi-
can seen as a potential candi-
date in the 2016 presidential
race, has taken a hard line
against immigrant children
seeking to enter the US from
Central America. He warned of
a monumental tragedy if
they are not sent back as soon
as possible. Some 57,000
unaccompanied minors from
Central America have crossed
the southwestern US frontier
since October, many arriving in
Texas. AFP
One dead, 80 injured in

S Korea train collision
TWO South Korean passenger
trains collided yesterday on an
eastern coastal track, killing
one person and injuring around
80 more, local media said. It
was the latest in a series of
accidents that have made
public transport safety a hot-
button issue following the
Sewol ferry disaster in April
that killed around 300 people.
The Yonhap news agency said
the force of the collision, which
occurred shortly before 6pm,
caused one of the trains to
derail. AFP
FBI paid for terror acts: report
Chantal Valery

T
HE US Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation encouraged and
sometimes even paid Muslims
to commit terrorist acts dur-
ing numerous sting operations after the
9/11 attacks, a human rights group said
in a report published on Monday.
Far from protecting Americans, in-
cluding American Muslims, from the
threat of terrorism, the policies docu-
mented in this report have diverted
law enforcement from pursuing real
threats, said the report by Human
Rights Watch.
Aided by Columbia University Law
Schools Human Rights Institute, Hu-
man Rights Watch examined 27 cases
from investigation through trial, in-
terviewing 215 people, including
those charged or convicted in terror-
ism cases, their relatives, defence law-
yers, prosecutors and judges.
In some cases the FBI may have
created terrorists out of law-abiding
individuals by suggesting the idea of
taking terrorist action or encouraging
the target to act, the report said.
In the cases reviewed, half the con-
victions resulted from a sting opera-
tion, and in 30 per cent of those cases
the undercover agent played an active
role in the plot.
Americans have been told that
their government is keeping them
safe by preventing and prosecuting
terrorism inside the US, said An-
drea Prasow, the rights groups dep-
uty Washington director. But take a
closer look and you realise that many
of these people would never have
committed a crime if not for law en-
forcement encouraging, pressuring
and sometimes paying them to com-
mit terrorist acts.
US Attorney General Eric Holder
has strongly defended the FBI under-
cover operations as essential in ght-
ing terrorism.
These operations are conducted
with extraordinary care and preci-
sion, ensuring that law enforcement
ofcials are accountable for the steps
they take and that suspects are nei-
ther entrapped nor denied legal pro-
tections, Holder said on July 8 during
a visit to Norway.
The HRW report, however, cites the
case of four Muslim converts from
Newburgh, New York, who were ac-
cused of planning to blow up syna-
gogues and attack a US military base.
A judge in that case said the gov-
ernment came up with the crime,
provided the means, and removed
all relevant obstacles, and had, in
the process, made a terrorist out of
a man whose buffoonery is posi-
tively Shakespearean in scope, the
report said.
The rights group charged that the
FBI often targets vulnerable peo-
ple, with mental problems or low
intelligence.
It pointed to the case of Rezwan Fer-
daus, who was sentenced to 17 years
in prison at age 27 for wanting to at-
tack the Pentagon and Congress with
mini-drones loaded with explosives.
An FBI agent told Ferdauss father
that his son obviously had mental
health problems, the report said. But
that didnt stop an undercover agent
from conceiving the plot in its entirety,
it said.
The US government should stop
treating American Muslims as
terrorists-in-waiting, the report
concluded.
Mike German, a former FBI agent
now with the Brennan Center, said
FBI counterterrorism excesses were
a source of concern concerns that
they both violate privacy and civil
liberties, and arent effective in ad-
dressing real threats.
But JM Berger, a national security
expert, said law enforcement faces a
dilemma: it cant just ignore tips or
reports about people talking about
wanting to commit a terrorist action
or seeking support for one.
The question is how to sort out
which cases merit investigation and
which do not, he said.
US Attorney General Eric Holder (right) and FBI Director Robert Mueller announce a
foiled plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US and bomb the embassies of Saudi
Arabia and Israel in Washington, DC, in October 2011. AFP
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More and more they also focus on
national security and sovereignty
tensions, including those in the
South China Sea.
The European Union supports the
Association of Southeast Asian
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integrating the regions economies
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It is little wonder that our societies
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worlds two biggest initiatives for
promoting regional integration. We
have worked to advance peace and
security at home and abroad for
almost four decades.
Economic ties between us have
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the biggest foreign investor in
ASEAN close to a third of all for-
eign investment comes from the EU.
With the prospect of economic inte-
gration in ASEAN, these numbers
are likely to increase even further.
The depth of our economic ties
inspired us to reap the benefits of
closer ties in other areas. Two years
ago in Brunei, foreign ministers
from both regions decided to take
EU-ASEAN cooperation to a new lev-
el, making it more political and
more ambitious.
More than any other ASEAN part-
ner, the EU is wholly committed to
promoting peace through regional
integration instead of power politics.
We know better than anyone else
about the strategic imperative of
shaping regional solutions, and we
also know how difficult it is to reach
them. Thats why sharing experienc-
es and best practices is such a central
part of the EU-ASEAN partnership.
It should be common sense to con-
front challenges that transcend bor-
ders, such as climate change and
maritime security. In a world where
we increasingly rely on each other to
sustain prosperous and safe socie-
ties, it is also a strategic necessity.
Today, conflict, terrorism or crime in
one part of the globe can influence
the well-being of societies in anoth-
er. Our solution is simple: when
countries act together they are
stronger and more resilient.
When foreign ministers meet in
Brussels next week they will focus
on taking three concrete steps. Our
first priority is connectivity deep-
ening the connection between and
within our societies. We want to
invest more in transport, education
and communication to bring people
together to learn, travel and
exchange ideas.
We also want to work together
more closely on maritime coopera-
tion. Safe and secure seas in South-
east Asia are a prerequisite for a sta-
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also important to the EU, which con-
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question of sovereignty. We believe
that all territorial disputes should be
settled peacefully in a spirit of coop-
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keeping our ports safe to sustainably
managing our resources. For exam-
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fishing and marine conservation,
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policies that could inspire ASEAN
countries as they grapple with simi-
lar challenges. By translating shared
experiences into practical coopera-
tion, we will make an important
contribution to regional security
and prosperity.
Our third priority is development
cooperation with ASEAN. The EU
has decided to more than double
development aid to ASEAN coun-
tries to eradicate poverty and
sustain dynamic economies in
Southeast Asia.
The EU and ASEAN are also invest-
ing in the future of our societies by
linking our younger generations.
Every year, more than 4,000 students
and scholars from ASEAN come to
the EU. They will be an important
part of the drive for innovation and
growth for generations to come.
Four decades of cooperation have
made the EU and ASEAN natural
partners. As ministers gather in
Brussels, they know that together
the EU and ASEAN have achieved a
lot. They also know that there is even
more work to be done.
Comment
Jean-Franois Cautain
EU, ASEAN: natural partners
The foreign ministers of the 28 member states of the European Union and the 10 states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will meet today in Brussels. BLOOMBERG
Jean-Franois Cautain is the ambassador
of the European Union to the Kingdom of
Cambodia.
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Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle Lifestyle
In brief
Downey Jr tops list of
highest-paid actors
ROBERT Downey Jr has topped
Forbes magazines annual list
of the highest paid actors for
the second year in a row. The
49-year-old star of the Iron
Man and Avengers films made
an estimated $75 million over
the past year, beating rivals
Dwayne Johnson, Bradley
Cooper, Chris Hemsworth and
Leonardo DiCaprio. Much of
Downey Jrs wealth Forbes
estimates his earnings to be
almost identical to last years
came from his work for Marvel
Studios as superhero Iron Man.
In particular, the comic book
movie sequel Iron Man 3 took in
$1.2 billion globally last year.
THEGUARDIAN
Chinese propagandists
create fake tweeters
BEIJING has created at least
100 fake Twitter accounts to
spread propaganda about Tibet
and other Chinese concerns, a
campaign group said. The
social networking site is
blocked within China, but Free
Tibet said it had identified
around 100 accounts many of
them bearing Western names,
usually a combination of two
forenames as undoubtedly
fake, adding there could be
hundreds more. They are
dedicated to circulating Chinas
message on Tibet and other
issues such as the restive
region of Xinjiang, home to
largely Muslim Uyghurs, the
London-based group said. AFP
Piano from Casablanca
to go under the hammer
THE iconic piano from romance
classic Casablanca goes on
sale at auction in New York in
November, the highlight of
more than two dozen
collectors items from the
fabled war-time classic. A
stunning Ingrid Berman,
cajoles Dooley Wilson into
singing As Time Goes By before
a moody Humphrey Bogart
storms over to find his ex-lover
sitting in his nightclub. Wilsons
character Sam first played the
song on the piano for Bogarts
character Rick and Bergmans
Ilsa when they fell in love in
Paris as Nazi troops advanced
on the French capital. AFP
A visit to Thailands Muslim
enclave of Ramkhamhaeng
I
T IS the nal week of Ra-
madan, the Islamic holy
month of fasting. During
the day, one of Ramkham-
haengs busiest roads, Soi 53,
is still devoid of activities. But
come sunset, as the muezzin
calls for evening prayer from
the nearby mosque and an-
nounces the time of the fast-
breaking meal, the soi comes
alive and the air lls with chat-
ter and aroma of food and tea.
The area of Ramkhamhaeng
University is a student hub
and a predominantly Muslim
enclave. Due to the vicinitys
strong Islamic inuence, it has
become a magnet for thou-
sands of students from south-
ern Thailand.
The southern lifestyle can
be seen in the students who
hang out after class at tea stalls
along Khlong Saen Saep, while
an open-air market offers a
nice selection of homemade
southern dishes that attract a
sizeable crowd each day.
Most of the action during Ra-
madan starts an hour prior to
the breaking of the fast, when
residents block a narrow back
alley to purchase food to be
eaten in the ensuing hour.
At the heart of this Muslim
community is Jami-ul-Islam
Mosque, which was built more
than a century ago. Muslims
from Pattani province rst be-
gan building communities in
and around Ramkhamhaeng
from the early 1920s. Today,
the mosque is surrounded by
a handful of dormitories cater-
ing largely to Muslim students.
At a time when the violence
in the south puts Islam in a
bad light and fosters tensions
between communities, life in
Ramkhamhaeng is testament
to the belief in diversity.
Imam Sookry Sanguan
Chimhiran, who led Jami-ul-
Islam Mosque for 27 years pri-
or to his retirement a few years
ago, explains how the mosque
was a refuge for the rst wave
of Muslim students coming to
the capital because it is where
they felt a sense of belonging
and received spiritual teach-
ing. The month of Ramadan,
he says, makes this all the more
important because Muslims
are required to focus on prayer,
fasting, charity-giving and self-
accountability. Fast-forward to
the present and one observes
young Muslims continuing to
make Ramkhamhaeng their
place of abode and education.
One of the biggest reasons
Muslim parents allow their
children to study at Ramkham-
haeng University is because a
trusted acquaintance has con-
vinced them that it is the best
option for their son or daugh-
ter, Imam Sookry says.
Most parents are religious,
so they are glad to hear that
there is a mosque to help
their children. In fact, we en-
courage our young people to
use the mosque not just for
prayer, but also for study. We
never ask for monetary help.
When our youngsters gradu-
ate and go on to hold impor-
tant roles in the private and
government sectors in the
south, they never forget their
humble beginnings.
During a candid moment,
Imam Sookry, who is in his 80s,
speaks fondly about how, un-
like today, Muslims and Bud-
dhists lived in harmony with
each other. He blames politics
for being behind the divisions
we now see in society.
I still keep in touch with a
Buddhist schoolfriend, who
is a senior monk. Despite the
unrest between Muslims and
Buddhists we see in the south,
he often tells me that nothing
has changed between us.
Sithisak Hemnin is a fourth-
year student at Ramkham-
haeng University, who volun-
teers at the mosque. While he
nds living in a predominant-
ly Muslim enclave has benets
like eating and keeping up
with his faith, there is a darker
side that makes him disheart-
ened. The 24-year-old said he
is sometimes discriminated
against. During political ten-
sions in November last year,
which resulted in deaths on
Ramkhamhaeng Universitys
campus, he said that Mus-
lim students were the rst to
be blamed.
Without an investigation,
authorities thought Muslim
students were behind the un-
rest. There was a climate of fear
that made most of us stay in our
rooms that day said Sithisak,
who is from Phangnga.
Narathiwat-born Nionsori
Waidoloe, a second-year stu-
dent at Ramkhamhaeng Uni-
versity, said he opted to hang
out with his Muslim friends if
others ignored him, and after
graduation he hopes to return
to his home province to help
bring about positive change.
For too long, Thai Muslims
in the south have felt that they
have been treated unfairly by
the government. These nega-
tive feelings run deep.
As the political situation
continues to improve by the
day, I believe it is the young
generation of Muslims, who
have had the opportunity to
study in Bangkok, who should
spearhead efforts to bring
about unity. We want to be
seen as being as much Thai as
people of other faiths who live
in this country. We condemn
all forms of violence and acts
of terrorism, and pledge our al-
legiance to the father of our na-
tion, said the aspiring teacher.
Nionsori said that despite
being away from family, he
thinks of Ramkhamhaeng as
his second home.
I do not have to go in search
of halal food because I get it in
a number of food stalls man-
aged by Thai Muslims. Also, my
dorm is close to the mosque,
which gives me a chance to
keep close to my faith.
However, during the month
of Ramadan, a period of fasting
and spiritual reection, I would
prefer to be at home because
there are less vices to contend
with. Bangkok, with its many
temptations, can bring out the
worst in a person.
I miss my family when I
am away from them. They are
afraid that I might go astray
and tell me to study hard for a
bright future.
As the call to prayer from the
mosque is sounded, Nionsori
leaves to break his fast.
Hell nish college in two
years, when hell leave Bang-
koks Little South to start a
future in his hometown as a
new batch of students arrive
at Ramkamhaeng to nurture
their hopes and face the chal-
lenges of a big city.
Ramadan will soon end, but
the bittersweet memory of the
southern children will contin-
ue. BANGKOK POST
Neighbours adds Indigenous actor to cast
NEIGHBOURS is to add an Indigenous
Australian actor to its main cast for
the first time in its 29-year history.
Meyne Wyatt will make his debut as
Nate Kinski in an episode of the soap
opera to be shown in Australia on
August 13. His character has a link to
Ramsay Street mainstay Susan
Kennedy, who was married to Kinskis
uncle in the show.
While Indigenous actor Tony Briggs
appeared on Neighbours in 1987,
Wyatt will be the first Indigenous Aus-
tralian to join the main cast of the
show, which is set in the fictional Mel-
bourne suburb of Erinsborough.
The 24-year-old was born in the
remote Western Australian city of Kal-
goorlie. He took up acting while at
boarding school and has appeared on
stage and in films, including Tim Win-
tons The Turning and Strangerland,
which also stars Nicole Kidman and
Guy Pearce.
Neighbours is the longest-running
drama series on Australian television
and one of the countrys most success-
ful TV exports, but it has been criti-
cised for its overwhelmingly white
cast. A storyline in 1993 involved the
Lim family, of Asian background,
being accused of eating another fam-
ilys pet dog.
It was not until 2011 that the first
family of Indian background entered
the all-white street. The arrival of the
Kapoors provoked some viewers to
complain it was un-Australian.
Susan Bower, a writer and producer
for Neighbours, claimed she wanted
to move a Lebanese Muslim family
into Ramsay Street at the same time,
but the production company felt it
might be too much too soon.
Jason Herbison, the series produc-
er, said Wyatt was an exceptional
young actor. We feel very privileged
to have him join our regular cast, he
said. From his first audition, we
knew we had found the best actor for
the role.
While cultural diversity is definite-
ly important, in cases where we dont
need a specific ethnic background,
our brief to agents is to put forward
their best people and that was the case
for this character.
Channel Ten, the shows Australian
broadcaster, said Neighbours has
always nurtured and supported young
talent and we are thrilled that Meyne
is joining the team.
Wyatt, who has relocated to Mel-
bourne to rub shoulders with after-
noon TV favourites Lou Carpenter and
Karl Kennedy played by Tom Oliver
and Alan Fletcher said: Playing
footy was usually the first preference
at school so I was in a very small group
who pursued acting, although I still
managed to play footy, which I enjoyed
too. THE GUARDIAN
Due to the vicinitys strong Islamic inuence, Ramkhamhaeng University has become a magnet for thousands
of students from southern Thailand. AFP
AIDS Conference
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Fresh hope for kick and kill cure
T
HE elusive quest for
an HIV cure received
a boost at the world
AIDS conference yes-
terday as scientists said they
had forced the virus out of
a hiding place where it had
lurked after being suppressed
by drugs.
The experiment, carried out
with six HIV-infected volun-
teers, is an important advance
in the so-called kick and kill
approach for a cure, they said.
The technique aims to force
the human immunodecien-
cy virus from its last redoubt
after it is beaten back by anti-
retroviral drugs.
These drugs can bring HIV
in the blood to below detect-
able levels, enabling sick pa-
tients to return, almost mi-
raculously, to normal life. But
the therapy has to be taken
every day, is costly and carries
potential side effects.
If the drugs are stopped, HIV
usually rebounds within a few
weeks and starts once more
to infect other immune cells,
exposing the body to opportu-
nistic microbes.
So scientists, for the last
three years, have focused
on ways to kick HIV out of
its bolthole and then kill the
hideaway cells.
In a presentation given
at the International AIDS
Conference in Melbourne,
researchers from Aarhus Uni-
versity in Denmark described
a step forward in the rst stage
of this process.
Six patients who were on an-
tiretrovirals took an anti-can-
cer drug called romidepsin,
which prompted virus pro-
duction in HIV-infected cells
to crank up to between 2.1
and 3.9 times above normal.
In ve patients, the level of vi-
rus in the blood increased to
measurable levels, an impor-
tant threshold.
The pilot study sought only
to see if it was possible to
ush out the hiding virus and
make it detectable.
Further work will show
whether all the remaining
virus was exposed this way.
And a way has to be found
to destroy the holdout cells
where HIV reproduces after
waking up.
We have now shown that
we can activate a hibernating
virus with romidepsin and
that the activated virus moves
into the bloodstream in large
amounts, lead researcher Ole
Schmeltz Sogaard said.
This is a step in the right di-
rection but there is a long way
to go and many obstacles to
overcome before we can start
talking about a cure.
Seen through a microscope,
the reactivated virus leaves
a trace on the outside of in-
fected CD4 immune cells as
it returns to the bloodstream,
he said. The hope is that this
tiny smear, rather like a n-
gerprint at a crime scene, can
be spotted by so-called killer
T-cells, the immune systems
heavy armour.
The researchers now hope to
combine romidepsin to wake
up the dormant HIV and then
use a vaccine called vacc-4x to
prime T-cells to recognise and
then destroy the bolthole.
The six volunteers did not
suffer any major side effects
from romidepsin, apart from
known complaints such as
passing fatigue and nausea,
and the lymphoma drug did
not interfere with their anti-
retrovirals.
Cure research suffered a big
disappointment in the run-
up to the 2014 AIDS forum
with the news that a strategic
prong delivering a power-
ful dose of antiretrovirals at
a very early stage of infection
is unlikely to work.
Hopes had centred on an
American infant known as
the Mississippi Baby, who
was born with HIV. She was
given drugs immediately at
birth and the treatment con-
tinued for 18 months, when
physicians lost track of her.
When doctors next checked
her ve months later, they
found no sign of the virus.
Now, though, it has been
found that after the child
had lived for 27 months
without HIV and drugs, the
virus has bounced back.
Research on lab monkeys
published on Sunday in the
journal Nature suggests HIVs
haven, formally called the res-
ervoir, is established within
days of infection.
On Monday, scientists at
Temple University in Phila-
delphia reported using an en-
zyme to snip out HIV genes
from infected human cells
in a lab dish, a useful but still
very early contribution to-
wards a cure. AFP
Circumcision campaign gets boost after major trials
A CAMPAIGN to encourage circumcision
among men in sub-Saharan Africa to help
protect them against the AIDS virus was
backed by new research on Monday showing
that men who have had the operation are
unlikely to engage in unprotected sex.
Three major trials have previously shown
that, for heterosexual men, male circumcision
reduces the risk of contracting HIV by as much
as 60 per cent a finding that has prompted
the UNs World Health Organization (WHO)
to recommend it as a voluntary prevention
option, to be used along with the condom.
However, some experts have warned that
circumcised men, believing themselves to
be shielded, are likely to become more pro-
miscuous after the operation, and less likely
to wear a condom.
The new study, coinciding with the 20th
International AIDS Conference in Melbourne,
took a long look at this argument and found
no evidence to support it.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers
questioned more than 3,000 men aged 18-35
in Kenyas Nyanza province who had just been
briefed about the option of circumcision and
advised on safe sex and testing for HIV.
At the start of the study, half of those
enrolled decided to be circumcised, while
the others chose to remain uncircumcised.
They were asked about their sex life, with
follow-up questions every six months over
the following two years.
During this period, sexual activity increased
in both groups, especially among those aged
18-24, the investigators found.
But risky sex such as having multiple part-
ners or having intercourse in exchange for
providing money or gifts declined, while the
use of condoms rose.
Just as revealing was self-perception.
Men who were circumcised often believed
they had lessened their risk of acquiring HIV.
Thirty per cent considered themselves high-
risk before circumcision, while just 14 per cent
considered themselves so after. Among those
who decided not to be circumcised, 24 per cent
considered themselves high-risk at the studys
start, and 21 per cent still did at the end.
But the different perceptions did not trans-
late into different behaviour, sex-wise.
Countries that have been holding back on
implementing medical circumcision pro-
grams due to a lack of evidence regarding risk
compensation should have no concerns about
scaling-up programs, said lead scientist Nel-
li Westercamp in a press release issued by the
university. AFP
A man is tted with a circumcision device called PrePex in Mukono, Uganda. Efforts to promote circumcision among
men in sub-Saharan Africa to help protect them against AIDS has been backed by new research. AFP
A key challenge for curing
HIV is the presence of viral
reservoirs, infected immune
cells where the virus can lie
dormant for years, hidden
from ARVs or the immune
system
Scientists are now trying to
identify and attack these
reservoirs, one approach
being to use anti-cancer
drugs to flush out HIV
4 The DNA of the infected
cell now produces RNA and
proteins for new HIVs
HIV: the search for a cure
How the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attacks
Only known cure
How antiretrovirals (ARV) work
Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase
Inhibitors (NRTI) and
Non-Nucleoside RTIs (NNRTI)
stop the HIVs gene-copying
process
Entry inhibitors
stop the virus from entering
the host cell
Protease inhibitors prevent later
stages as new virus matures
Block the viruss
ability to replicate
The main treatment against the spread of HIV
There are different
types that work on
different parts of the
process
Patients take ARVs
in combination
(usually of three)
to counter the effect
of the virus mutating
to survive
American Timothy Brown is the only person believed
to have been cured of HIV infection
*Mutation on a white blood cell receptor,
appears to make people resistant to HIV, affects 1%
of European population
Diagnosed with HIV. Told he
probably had 2 years to live
Antiretroviral treatment becomes
available on global market
Remains free of both leukemia
and HIV
Diagnosed with leukemia
Leukemia returns
Leukemia returns again
Undergoes chemotherapy which
leads to pneumonia and sepsis,
nearly dies
Bone marrow transplant using stem
cells from a CCR5 mutation* donor
2nd bone marrow transplant
from same CCR5 mutation donor
Recovers with some
neurological problems
HIV no longer detected
1995
1996
2006
2007
2008
2012
Virus reservoirs Setback in hopes for a functional cure
Baby girl
born
HIV-positive,
to an
HIV-positive
mother
Given high doses
of ARV medication
30 hours after birth
Continuous
ARV
to this point
Re-tested,
shows
no sign
of virus
Tests positive:
decreased T-cells,
presence of HIV
antibodies
Negative
results
in
subsequent
testing
Now
responding
well to
antiretroviral
medication
2010 18 months 23 months 4 years old
The Mississippi baby was once believed cured of the virus
Source: CDC/WHO/UNAIDS/Avert.org/amfar.org/merckmanuals.com
HIV
1 Attacks the immune system
by invading white blood cells
known as CD4+ T cells
3 HIV DNA combines with
host cell DNA
5 Developing HIVs push
out of cell then break
free, host cell
eventually dies off
AIDS occurs when
CD4+ T cell count
falls below 200/mm
3
HIV is a retrovirus meaning it stores its
genetic material as RNA or ribonucleic acid
6 Working viruses
mature from raw materials,
circulate in blood,
find more CD4+ T cells
2 Virus builds DNA
inside the host cell from
genetic material stored
in its RNA
3
1
2
Travel
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Deutsche Lufthansa cabin crew show off the features of a rst-class
aircraft cabin at the ITB Berlin tourism fair. BLOOMBERG
Last-minute
upgrades: are
they worth it?
Christopher Elliott

J
UDITH Patrizzi did it. So
did Linda Petzler. They
said yes when their air-
line asked whether they
were interested in paying extra
for a premium seat just before
boarding a kind of offer thats
becoming increasingly com-
mon in the travel industry.
But their upgrade tales have
different outcomes, and they
serve as a guide to those of us
who might be tempted by a
pitch to move up to rst class,
upgrade into a suite or rent a
snazzier car at the last minute.
These upgrades are some-
times worth it, but not always.
Petzler, ying from London
to Dallas on American Airlines
recently, was met with an offer
to upgrade to business class
for $500. As a former gold-
level frequent ier, shed been
trying to secure an upgrade
weeks before her departure,
to no avail. The verdict? Well
worth it, she says.
Although the food wasnt
much of an improvement,
the extra room and the abil-
ity to use Americans Admiral
lounge in Heathrow made up
for it. It was a great deal, Pet-
zler says.
Patrizzi, who was going
from Rome to Boston on Ali-
talia, said she was offered a
business class seat for 189,
which seemed almost too
good to be true.
And wouldnt you know it?
It was.
She and her husband, Eu-
gene, were assigned bulkhead
seats in the premium econo-
my-class section.
The seats did not seem any
roomier to us than the seats we
have used in economy class on
other airlines, says Patrizzi.
The food was terrible. It was
denitely not worth it.
Such upgrades are almost
always a good deal for the
company, but they might not
always be a good deal for you.
In order to determine wheth-
er you should take advantage
of the next upgrade opportu-
nity, it helps to understand
whats happening behind the
scenes. Travel companies are
trying to do two things: First,
they want to make these up-
grade opportunities as un-
predictable as possible. If cus-
tomers can anticipate them,
then they might try to game
the system. Second, perhaps
more signicantly, they want
to target the right travellers.
Petzler is a good example.
Offering her a taste of the good
life on her trans-Atlantic ight,
at a fraction of the cost of a full-
fare ticket, might persuade her
to again go for the gold (as in
her former level of frequent-
ier status), where upgrades
are sometimes available.
The hard part about last-
minute upgrades is that you
feel as though you have to
make a fast decision. Is it re-
ally better? Patrizzi didnt
think her seat was much of
an improvement. Ditto for car
rental upgrades, which are the
most common last-minute of-
fers made. Is that sedan really
worth an extra $20 a day?
Patricia VanHooser, a gen-
eral manager for a pest control
rm in Kansas City, says she
imposes a spending limit on
her upgrades. If I can get an
upgrade for less than $50 on
a ight that is more than two
and a half hours, Ill take it,
she says. Once, she took a $35
offer to upgrade to rst class
on a red-eye from San Diego
to Atlanta.
When I landed, I got a
shower and went to work feel-
ing great, she says. So sleep
was the main consideration
on that ight.
These 11th-hour offers al-
most always sound attractive,
but they merit careful re-
search. Make a snap decision
only if you know the product
well, as Petzler or VanHooser
did. THE WASHINGTON POST
Entertainment
20
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014

LEGEND CINEMA
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
An automobile mechanic and his daughter make
a discovery that brings the Autobots, Decepti-
cons and a paranoid government official down
on them.
City Mall: 3:40pm, 6:30pm, 9pm
Tuol Kork: 9:25am, 1:30pm, 6:50pm, 9pm
THE PURGE: ANARCHY
A young couple works to survive on the streets
after their car breaks down right as the annual
purge commences.
City Mall: 11:20am, 1:30pm, 3:45pm, 7:50pm,
10pm
Tuol Kork: 9:30am, 2:30pm, 4:40pm, 7:50pm,
10pm
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave
that is home to hundreds of new wild dragons
and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two find
themselves at the centre of a battle. Starring
Jay Baruchel, Cate Blanchett and Gerard Butler.
City Mall: 9:35am
Tuol Kork: 11:20am
EARTH TO ECHO
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted
messages, a group of kids embark on an adven-
ture with an alien who needs their help.
City Mall: 2:10pm
Tuol Kork: 9:25am, 12:35pm
PLATINUM CINEPLEX
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
(See above)
1:40pm, 8pm
EARTH TO ECHO
(See above)
4:40pm
THE PURGE: ANARCHY
(See above)
4:25pm, 8:20pm
NOW SHOWING
Zumba @ K1 Gym
Zumba tness involves dance and
aerobic elements with a
choreography that incorporates
hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa,
merengue, mambo and martial arts.
K1 Fitness & Fight Factory, #131
Street 199. 6pm
DJ @ Riverhouse Lounge
DJ B-Boy Peanut plays deep and tech
house on Wicked Wednesdays.
Midnight madness features buy one
get one free after midnight. People
wearing red get free shots.
Riverhouse Lounge, #157 Sisowath
Quay. 8pm
TV PICKS
LCD Soundsystem play the Roskilde Festival in 2010. BILL EBBESEN
Robert Downey Jr stars as Tony Stark in 2013s Iron Man 3.
BLOOMBERG
Trivia @ The Willow
Enjoy quizzes? Want the opportunity to
win $100 in prize money? The Willow
hosts a weekly quiz every Wednesday
evening. $2 entry and teams should be
no bigger than seven people. Tables
ll up fast.
The Willow, #1 Street 21. 7:30pm
Film @ MetaHouse
Shut Up and Play the Hits documents
the nal concert by US alternative
band LCD Soundsystem.
The 2012 lm is part of MetaHouses
legendary Concerts series.
Meta House, #37 Sothearos
Boulevard. 9pm
11:15am - IRON MAN 3: When Tony Starks world is torn
apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he
starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. FOX
MOVIES
2:20pm - EPIC: A teenager finds herself transported to a
deep forest setting where a battle between the forces of
good and the forces of evil is taking place. FOX MOVIES
4:05pm - THE WOLVERINE: When Wolverine is summoned
to Japan by an old acquaintance, he is embroiled in a
conflict that forces him to confront his own demons. FOX
MOVIES
8pm - TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN: After the birth
of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in
order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts
the family in front of the Volturi. FOX MOVIES
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Fill-in at the office
5 Happen
10 Daily intake
14 Met piece
15 Sprang forth
16 Certain citrus
17 Floral lady?
20 Get ready for a dubbing
21 Camden Yards ennead
22 Tense
25 Email folder
26 Short life story?
29 Lamenters sound
31 Baseball card stat
35 Industrious creature
36 ___ forgiven (apology accepted)
38 Late bard Angelou
39 Directors place
43 Mimicry expert
44 One drawing a bead
45 Chad-to-Egypt dir.
46 Barbershop bands
49 Capri currency, once
50 Few and ___ between
51 Taboo temptation
53 Blitzing linebackers coup
55 Make confused
58 Lifting device
62 Childrens game
65 Sky bear
66 Undo
67 Sets of mathematical points
68 More than crave
69 Mississippi formation
70 Starter with ran
DOWN
1 It may be plain or sweet
2 Moran of Happy Days
3 Country ___ (great distance)
4 Check recipient
5 Muttonhead
6 Old PC display part
7 West Coast salmon
8 Cybercafe patrons
9 Critique, as a film
10 Like many employees
11 Inspect figures?
12 Flamenco cheers
13 Tinkerers initials
18 Hemingway hero
19 Top-rated
23 Doubloon material
24 1945 meeting site
26 Rum cakes
27 Fumble-fingered
28 This, that or the ___
30 Nothing, in Old Rome
32 Thief, in Yiddish
33 Scavenging canine
34 Stun gun cousin
37 Tournament round
40 Like a good alibi
41 Theyre delivered in shots
42 Christmas display
47 Rich mans game
48 Deceived by flattery
52 Really bizarre
54 Cute bear
55 Auger
56 Other
57 Indian dish (Var.)
59 Golden calf, e.g.
60 Min. components
61 The Jimi Hendrix Experience, e.g.
62 Entertainment
63 A New York minute?
64 Pasture
THE MIDDLE
Tuesdays solution Tuesdays solution
21 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Sport
2014 Leo Cup qualifier
hits off in Siem Reap
THE 2014 Leo Cup of Volleyball
began its fifth provincial
qualifying tournament
yesterday in Siem Reap to find
the remaining two teams to
progress to the finals round,
which will be held at Phnom
Penhs Beeline Arena from the
end of next month. Yesterdays
results from the Chon Long
Sports Club include 3-1
victories for Siem Reaps
Department of Education,
Youth and Sport and Siem Reap
Youth Club over Sorsor Sampor
High School and Kyo Sekvean
respectively. Meanwhile, King
Father High School hammered
Hun Sen Bakong High School
3-0. CHHORNNORN, TRANSLATEDBY
CHENGSERYRITH
Rugby charity launches
funding drive for film
LOCAL rugby development
charity Kampuchea Balopp
have launched a two-month
crowd-funding project on
fundraising website Indiegogo
to help finance part of the costs
for a proposed documentary on
the organisation led by French
company Frapadoc Produc-
tions. Kampuchea Balopp have
set a target of $15,000 to help
partially finance the film, which
will be published online and
will focus on the growth of the
womens rugby game in the
Kingdom, the development of
youth rugby and national team.
DANRILEY
Prior takes break from
England keeping duty
ENGLAND wicketkeeper Matt
Prior has decided to take a
break from international duty
for the rest of the season after
losing form due to a series of
injuries. Prior revealed his
decision to step away from
England action just hours after
his country slumped to a
95-run defeat in the second
Test against India at Lords on
Monday. The 32-year-old has
had a torrid season behind the
stumps and his rash dismissal,
unwisely hooking Ishant
Sharma, played a key role in
Englands second innings
collapse. He has dropped six
catches of varying difficulty this
season and with the bat he has
averaged just 25. AFP
Chisora forced to pull
out of Fury showdown
DERECK Chisora has
withdrawn from his European
heavyweight title showdown
with Tyson Fury in Manchester
after fracturing his hand during
a sparring session. Chisora
was set to meet Fury to contest
the European belt and the
vacant British title on Saturday,
but his injury means the fight
has had to be rescheduled, with
a new date to be announced
shortly. In a statement from
promoters, Chisora said: I
cant tell you how disappointed
I am to have to pull out of the
fight against Fury, but it is on
the advice of my specialist that I
have to do this. Im sorry for the
fans who will get to miss this
great fight between me and
Tyson this Saturday. AFP
Bolt and Farah headline
a stellar athletics line-up
J
AMAICAN sprint star
Usain Bolt and middle-
distance king Mo Farah
headline a stellar track
and eld line-up at the Com-
monwealth Games, which
start in Glasgow today.
Bolt, world record holder in
both the 100 and 200m as well
as double Olympic and world
champion, has consistently
said since his victories at the
Moscow worlds in 2013 that
the Commonwealths were
his goal, depending on coach
Glen Millss wishes.
So the strapping Jamaican,
arguably the biggest name
in world sport, will be in
Scotland to give the biggest
boost to an event that draws
competitors from 71 nations,
mainly former British colo-
nies, in 17 sports.
But Bolt, a six-time Olympic
gold medallist and making
his Commonwealth debut in
Glasgow, will likely compete
only in the 4x100m relay after
missing the Jamaican nation-
al championships.
I do not wish to take the
place of anyone who quali-
es this weekend in an indi-
vidual event but am available
for relay duty if the selectors
feel I can be an asset to the
Jamaican team in Glasgow,
said the 27-year-old, who has
missed proposed comeback
meets in Ostrava and Paris
because of a foot injury.
I have received lots of re-
quests, invitations and mes-
sages of support from my fans
in Scotland who are looking
forward to a great event.
What event Bolt will actual-
ly race remains to be known,
he himself having expressed
his desire to race his preferred
200m.
Track and eld will also
boast several other household
names, notably Farah, who
will compete for England.
The Somali-born double
Olympic and world 5,000 and
10,000m champion will be go-
ing for the double in Scotlands
biggest city after a troubled
season during which he has
suffered abdominal problems.
Farah had been undecided
about whether to compete
after nishing eighth in the
London Marathon.
But his presence, with the
10,000m nal on the opening
day, is a fantastic boost for
British sport in the wake of
the London Olympics, when
he won his rst gold in an
evening session during which
Greg Rutherford (long jump)
and Jessica Ennis (heptath-
lon) also triumphed.
UK Athletics performance
director Neil Black eased
fears over Farahs medical is-
sues, insisting last week: Mo
has had some challenges with
his health which have all been
dealt with and he is now phas-
ing back into full training.
He is really positive about
things and he is thinking opti-
mistically about the summer.
Other notable athletes on
show will include David Rud-
isha, Kenyas Olympic 800
metres champion and world
record holder, and New Zea-
lands Olympic and world shot
put champion Valerie Adams,
who is on an unbeaten streak
of 53 competitions.
Rudisha, on his way back
from injury, won the Diamond
League meet in Glasgow and
while not winning in Monaco
last week coming in sixth, his
sub-1:43 time indicates he will
be in Scotland for gold.
For Kenya, the long dis-
tance mens team is hoping to
end 12 years of frustration in
Glasgow.
After dominating both rac-
es at the 2002 Games in Man-
chester, Kenya have since
been overshadowed by their
Ugandan rivals in the past
two Commonwealth Games
in Australia and India.
They also lost the 2012 Lon-
don Olympics and 2013 world
championships 5,000m and
10,000m titles to Farah.
We lost the 5,000m and
10,000m in New Delhi four
years ago. We cannot make
a repeat of the same mistake
in Glasgow, Kenyas athletics
coach Boniface Tiren told AFP.
Bolts female teammates
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and
Veronica Campbell-Brown,
albeit the former solely in
the relay, will also be on show
at Hampden Park in what
promises to be one of the
best Commonwealth track
and eld line-ups in many a
year. AFP
Jamaicas Usain Bolt is racing in just one event, the 4x100m relay, at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. AFP
Changes afoot to make junior tennis stronger
H S Manjunath
TENNIS Cambodia will soon hit the
reset button on its Junior Tennis Ini-
tiative to incorporate several key rec-
ommendations made by Internation-
al Tennis Federation experts on
activity progressions, competitive for-
mats and result-oriented grassroots
development.
The reshaping of the all-encompass-
ing JTI, which includes Tennis 10s for
students and U12 and U14 programs for
emerging talent, follows new ideas that
were floated at the 6th JTI Coordinators
Workshop organised last week by the
world governing body in Bangkok for
the benefit of the Asian region.
Held at Thailands National Tennis
Centre, the four-day workshop comes
after five other similar drives in East
Africa, the Caribbean, West Africa,
Southern Africa and Central America.
Tennis Cambodias technical director
and national team coach Braen Aneiros
and head of junior development Mam
Phalkun were among the 24 coaches and
national JTI coordinators from 13 coun-
tries across Asia attending the workshop,
which was jointly directed by ITF devel-
opment officer for the region Suresh
Menon and ITF experts Tim Jones and
Mike Barrell.
On the opening day, the participants
were confined to a classroom where
Jones spoke at length on the challenges
that lay ahead and the ways and means
to deal with them effectively.
The whole of the second day and part
of the third saw Barrells comprehen-
sive presentations on Tennis 10s and
phased development through the red,
orange and green courts. The ITF
expert drew the attention of the coach-
es and coordinators to more efficient
competitive formats, which would
make the learning process for the
trainees that much better.
On the concluding day, Menon
touched on players pathway, talent
spotting and high performance train-
ing for the most talented U12 and U14
players.
By way of practicals, the participants
were split into four groups and one from
each was chosen as the leader to run a
small competition.
The JTI workshop has very much
energised the participants and the
enthusiasm showed by them will no
doubt be taken back to their countries
and passed on to other coaches involved
in junior programs, said Menon.
Aneiros, meanwhile, said the work-
shop was very helpful while noting
that he and Phalkun would be making
changes in order to improve the King-
doms junior program.
We now have a clear sense of areas
that need change to get better results.
I strongly feel that our emphasis
should be on quality more than quan-
tity, he added.
Tennis Cambodia secretary-general
Tep Rithivit told the Post yesterday:
The wealth of knowledge that Braen
and Phalkun have brought back from
the workshop is so vital for Tennis
Cambodia and our coaching staff. I am
certain the positive changes that will
soon follow will strengthen our junior
and grassroots programs.
In order to share his workshop expe-
rience with the other Tennis Cambodia
coaches and to discuss future develop-
mental strategy, Aneiros will be con-
ducting a one-day coaches clinic on
August 2.
ITF experts Tim Jones (left) and Mike Barrell (right) stand with Tennis Cambodias Braen Anei-
ros and Mam Phalkun at the end of the JTI Coordinators Workshop in Bangkok. PHOTOSUPPLIED
22 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
Sport
Champions crowned in
public sporting event
THIRTEEN days of competitive
action in the 2014 General
Public Sport Championships,
open to local athletes and
clubs, concluded on Monday
with four champions emerging
from its four disciplines. The
football tournament saw Prey
Veng Youth Federation produce
a world class performance
against Cambodian College
Students Club to win 7-1 in the
final. The Education, Youth and
Sports Department of Phnom
Penh came third via a play-off.
Meanwhile in the basketball
event, EYS Department
downed their only opponents,
Cambodia College Students, to
clinch the title. A highly
popular athletics competition
had the Ministry of National
Defence club lay claim to the
most winners with three gold,
two silver and three bronze
medals. In the volleyball
section, EYS Department beat
Physical Education Institute
3-1 in the final. CHHORN NORN,
TRANSLATED BY CHENG SERYRITH
Costa withdraws from
Tour de France race
WORLD champion Rui Costa
of Portugal withdrew from the
Tour de France yesterday due
to pneumonia, his Lampre-
Merida team said in a
statement. Costa had been
13th in the standings at almost
13 minutes behind race leader
Vincenzo Nibali. His team said
hed been struggling with
bronchitis in the Alps before
Mondays rest day. AFP
Ex-All Blacks skipper
Skinner dead at 86
FORMER All Blacks captain
Kevin Skinner died on Monday
at his home in Auckland aged
86, the New Zealand Rugby
Union (NZRU) said. Kevin was a
much-admired player, regarded
by many as one of New
Zealands greatest props,
NZRU chairman Brent Impey
said. Skinner made his
international debut at 21 in 1949
and retired for the first time in
1954, but Impey said it was his
return to the game in 1956 that
earned him a place in New
Zealand rugby folklore. The
touring South Africans were 1-1
with the All Blacks and had
dominated the scrum before
Skinner was called in to take on
the Springbok pack. AFP
Cavendish back on his
bike after Le Tour crash
SIXTEEN days after the crash
that put him out of the Tour de
France, Mark Cavendish is back
on his bike but he is uncertain
when he will be racing again.
Cavendish made a rest-day
appearance at the Tour and said
he is determined to race before
the end of the season but does
not wish to compromise his
recovery. It seems that the
recovery is faster than we
hoped, said the sprinter,
speaking at a mussels and
beer party hosted by his
Omega Pharma-Quickstep
team against a backdrop of
ruined Cathar castles. The
shoulder joint has been pinned
to speed up his recovery but the
problem is the shoulder needs
to strengthen sufficiently to take
the impact should Cavendish
crash again after his return to
competition. He is certain to
miss the Commonwealth
Games. THEGUARDIAN
Malaysias Ann Osman (left) grapples with her trainer Aj Lias Mansour during a demonstration for girls from Agape International Missions at NagaWorld on July 3. SRENG MENG SRUN
Osman brought in to battle
Julaton on Dubai fight card
Dan Riley

W
HILE ONE Fight-
ing Champion-
ships inaugural
mixed martial arts
ght night in Dubai has been
toploaded with title bouts
four championship belts are
set to be brawled over on Au-
gust 29 a welcome addition
to the card is a match between
female cage ghters Ana Jula-
ton and Ann Osman.
Irina Mazepa was originally
scheduled to face Julaton at
ONE FC: Reign of Champi-
ons next month, but a train-
ing injury to the Russian has
opened the door for some
high-octane action between
two Asian antagonists.
Julaton (1-0) is an Ameri-
can-Filipina yweight who
has the distinction of having
stormed through the ranks to
claim the Womens IBA and
WBO Super Bantamweight
world boxing titles in just her
sixth and seventh profession-
al ghts respectively.
The 34-year-old, based out
of San Francisco, impressed
famed boxing trainer Freddie
Roach enough to allow her
to join his stable of ghters,
which includes Filipino leg-
end.
Nicknamed the Hurricane
and possessing lightning
quick striking skills, her box-
ing record stands at 13 wins,
two by knockout, four losses
and one draw.
Julaton is the holder of
black belts in both Bok Fu
Do, an aggressive Chinese
martial art which translates
as System of the White Ti-
ger, and taekwondo. Her
MMA debut at ONE FC: Rise
of Heroes on May 2 in front
of a raucous home crowd in
Manila was a successful one,
with a third-round stoppage
victory against Egypts Aya
Saeid Saber.
MMA is demanding, yet
very fun, Julaton told the Post
by email when asked about
her transition from boxing.
At the end of my ght in
Manila, [StarSports present-
er] Jason Chambers asked
me if I would make MMA
Full time and I told him, the
20,000 people at the Mall of
Asia Arena and the one bil-
lion viewers throughout the
world that I wouldnt be sur-
prised if I took the leap.
I love the martial arts and
ONE FC is the ultimate stage
to showcase how great of an
overall ghter you are.
The challenge of learning
new techniques, especially
those involved in ground-
work, is something the Fil-
ipina pugilist appears to have
taken in stride.
I look forward to surprising
[my opponents] with what Im
working on, she said.
Although I only have one
MMA ght under my belt,
spending over a decade in
boxing and ghting at a world
class level inspires me to try
new things . . . and make it my
own. My approach in MMA
will be different than what
some may expect.
Julaton also noted that
womens MMA has rivaled the
mens side in popularity the
same way tennis has, which
she describes as a great thing
for the sport.
Innovators like [ONE FC
CEO] Victor Cui understand
the business of combat sports.
The women of MMA are on re
in 2014! By next year, dont be
surprised if ONE FC becomes
No 1 in TV ratings as a sporting
event in all of Asia.
While boxing opportunities
will continue to come for the
Hurricane, including poten-
tial megaghts in Asia through
Top Rank Promotions CEO
Bob Arum, she keeps a sharp
focus on her Dubai task.
I plan on putting on my
best, showcasing my skills,
and bringing something new
in the cage, she said.
My last ght was exciting
as it was a toe-to-toe battle I
fought out of submission at-
tempts, attacked with body
slams, knees and elbows. For
this ght, I expect to bring the
same kind of excitement.
Ann Athena Osman (0-1),
meanwhile, told the Post she
was grateful and happy for
the August 29 call up.
I have always been hun-
gry to ght ever since my last
ght and I am just looking
forward to returning to ONE
FCs cage, she said.
The Malaysian, who lost her
previous ONE FC bout against
Sherylin Lim of Singapore last
October, is six years younger
than Julaton and usually four
and a half kilograms lighter.
I have agreed to ght in the
yweight division for this up-
coming ght in Dubai, which
is a weight class heavier than
my usual weight division of
strawweight. Nonetheless, I
took up the challenge and I am
ready to win this ght.
Osman visited Cambodia
earlier this month to join the
ght against sex trafcking,
meeting with girls at local NGO
Agape International Missions
and conducting a self-defence
seminar with her trainer AJ
Lias Mansour at NagaWorld.
She has since returned to
her training camp at Borneo
Tribal Squad gym in Sabah,
eastern Malaysia.
The organisations new in-
centive scheme for top per-
formers, initiated by Victor
Cui at ONE FCs rst event in
Taiwan on July 11, will again
be in play in Dubai.
It takes an exciting and
amazing show for the ght-
ers to win the ONE Warrior
Bonus of $50,000 and I can
just tell you that I wont be
delivering anything less than
that. Be ready for it, Osman
added.
Filipino American boxing champion Ana Julaton will look to add to her
winning introduction to MMA against Ann Osman in Dubai. HANZ LUSTRE
Crown U16s finish with
slender Chonburi defeat
PHNOM Penh Crown Academy
went down fighting in their
concluding Asia U16 Champions
Trophy Group B game on
Monday, losing 1-0 to hosts and
last years winners Chonburi FC.
Substitute Theeraphat Niyomrit
headed in the games only goal
for the Thai team just after the
half hour mark, with the keep-
ers at both ends tested on num-
erous occasions. The boys did
really well in terms of
defending, creating chances,
Crown coach Bouy Dary was
quoted as saying on the clubs
Facebook page. We didnt
score, but we played good foot-
ball, especially in the second
half. The Cambodians, who
were beaten 8-3 at home by
Chonburi last week, exit the
competition as a proud third
from the group with 13 points.
Chonburi edged Frenz United
Malaysia by a point to top the
table, and progress to face
Group A runners up Harimau
Muda of Malaysia on August
10. Frenz United will play PVF
Vietnam on August 9 in the
other semifinal first leg. DANRILEY
Cellcard Fantasy League
primed for new season
WANNABE Premier League
managers can start to put
together their squads for
another fiercely fought season
of the Cellcard Fantasy League
with the annual competition
getting renewed yesterday.
Teams from the previous
campaign will be automatically
added to the league, while new
teams and names changes
must be registered by email to
dan.riley@phnompenhpost.com
to ensure eligibility for prizes
from sponsors Cellcard. New
managers can join the league
after creating their team on
www.fantasy.premierleague.
com by using the code 282488-
75835. DANRILEY
Juventus sign Uniteds
Evra on two-year deal
JUVENTUS have confirmed
the signing of Patrice Evra on a
two-year deal from Man-
chester United for 1.2 million
($2.05 million), with the left-
back being paid around
55,000-a-week. A statement
from the Italian club said:
Juventus can today announce
that Patrice Evra has signed a
two-year contract with the
club after a fee of 1.2 million,
to be paid in two separate
instalments, was agreed with
Manchester United. A
further payment of 300,000
will be made to Manchester
United in the event of
Juventus qualifying for the
2015-16 Champions League.
THE GUARDIAN
Protesters planned Cup
final chaos, Brazil police
TIGHTLY organised groups of
protesters planned to bring
chaos to Rios streets during
the World Cup final with
guerrilla actions including
the use of homemade bombs,
Globo reported on Monday.
The news organisation said
police thwarted the planned
violence through a surveillance
operation that began last
September and included
interception of email and
phone calls. Police last week
arrested 23 of the alleged
ringleaders of World Cup-
related violence. AFP
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 23, 2014
23
Van Gaals Man United
debut leads US invasion
F
IFTY years after the Beatles
launched a British musical
invasion of America, English
football clubs are playing pre-
season matches in the United States
hoping to spark growth for the sport.
Premier League sides Manchester
United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liver-
pool, Arsenal and Manchester City
will combine to play 16 matches on
US soil in a follow on to strong Ameri-
can interest in the World Cup.
Football is growing here, particu-
larly after the World Cup, and every
time you come over you see its get-
ting bigger, Manchester United strik-
er Wayne Rooney told the teams web-
site. Its incredible to see the number
of fans who turn up to cheer us on.
The crowds will be really good.
More than 55,000 watched as hosts
Seattle drew 3-3 with Spurs in Satur-
days friendly, but the biggest and best
events are yet to come.
New manager Louis Van Gaal kicks
off his reign at Manchester United
this week when the Reds visit the Los
Angeles Galaxy, already in the middle
of their Major League Soccer season,
tonight to kick off their US tour. The
game kicks off at 9:30am Cambodian
time Thursday morning.
The 62-year-old Dutchman, who
replaced the sacked David Moyes,
guides United in the States after di-
recting the Netherlands to a third-
place nish at the World Cup earlier
this month, leaving barely a break in
between assignments.
Thats no problem for me. I dont
need a holiday, Van Gaal said. Its
great to have such an exciting chal-
lenge. To work daily with young people
is something that I dont need time off
to rest for. Im looking forward to it.
Ill do my best. Whether thats
enough for the fans, I will wait and
see. But I genuinely hope that will be
the case.
Manchester United, Liverpool and
Manchester City will play in the Inter-
national Champions Cup, a collection
of pre-season matches between top
European clubs all preparing for the
start of their domestic campaigns.
Manchester United will play AS
Roma on Saturday in Denver, meet
Inter Milan next Tuesday in Wash-
ington and face Real Madrid on Au-
gust 2 in suburban Detroit before a
sold-out Michigan Stadium crowd of
about 110,000, the largest US crowd
ever for the sport.
The USA had a good World Cup.
People are into their football out here,
and its vitally important we come
here, Liverpool all-time goals leader
Ian Rush told the clubs website.
To see so many English Premier
League teams here is a story in itself.
It tells you that football in the USA is
getting bigger and bigger.
More than 31 million people
watched Premier League matches as
part of a $250 million deal last sea-
son under a new US television con-
tract with US Olympic telecaster NBC
and World Cup ratings were strong in
America even beyond the US squads
march to the last 16.
Liverpool, run by the owners of Ma-
jor League Baseballs Boston Red Sox,
expect to play before 150,000 people
over their four matches.
United, owned by the Glazer family
that owns the NFLs Tampa Bay Buc-
caneers, could play in the Cup nal at
Miami on August 4, just 12 days before
opening the Premier League season at
Old Trafford against Swansea.
There are lots of benets, Man-
chester United assistant manager Ryan
Giggs said. Facilities are good. All the
lads love going to the States because
you can chill out in the day, do a bit
of shopping and relax when you have
a bit of down time. You dont get pes-
tered like you might in other places.
Its the rst US visit for United since
2011 and the travel group includes
Rooney, Japanese midelder Shinji
Kagawa, Spanish midelder Juan Mata
and Mexicos Javier Chicharito Her-
nandez, the Little Pea. AFP
New Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal says he is looking forward to their US tour despite having little of a holiday break since
he led the Netherlands to third place at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. AFP
Gerrard retires from international football
STEVEN Gerrard said he
agonised over the decision
to retire from international
football following Englands
dire World Cup campaign but
had to be selfish and quit to
preserve his club career with
Liverpool.
The 34-year-old announced
on Monday that he was calling
time on an England career of
14 years and 114 caps, the
third-highest total in the coun-
trys history.
Wayne Rooney, given a cool
reception by some England sup-
porters during the teams final
World Cup game against Costa
Rica, is among the frontrunners
to succeed Gerrard as captain,
with Roy Hodgson short of estab-
lished options for the Euro 2016
qualifying campaign.
Gerrards retirement was
widely anticipated after Eng-
land were consigned in Brazil
this summer to their quickest
World Cup exit, although the
Liverpool captain says he dis-
cussed the decision in depth
with Hodgson only recently.
Liverpools return to the Cham-
pions League, the midfielder
admitted, was a contributing
factor in ending his England
career. This has been a very
difficult decision, one of the
toughest Ive had to make in my
career, said Gerrard, third
behind Peter Shilton and Dav-
id Beckham in Englands all-
time appearance list.
I have agonised over this
since coming back from Brazil
and have spoken to family,
friends and people close to me
in the game before coming to
this point.
Most importantly Brendan
[Rodgers] has been fantastic
and obviously I have to look
after my body as much as pos-
sible to ensure I can give every-
thing when I take to the field.
To ensure I can keep play-
ing to a high level and giving
everything to Liverpool I
believe this is the right deci-
sion, and having Champions
League football back at
Anfield is another big factor
in my decision.
Gerrard claimed he remained
in great physical condition
and could play at international
level until later this year but
feared that would take a toll on
the next two, three, four years
of his club career.
He added: The most impor-
tant thing for me was not to
make an emotional decision or
rash decision. I was asked ques-
tions before, during and after
the World Cup to make a deci-
sion on my future and it wasnt
the right time.
The first time I spoke to Roy
properly was this week. I had
tried to have an initial chat with
him straight after the World
Cup, but I was too emotional to
talk to him; I was still very upset
with how the World Cup went.
Id have loved nothing better
than to carry on and continue
to fight for the England fans
moving forward, but there is a
time when youre a football
player where youve got to
make the right decision, when
youve got to be selfish.
Hodgson has now lost the
experience of Gerrard and Ash-
ley Cole in recent months and
admitted England would miss
the captains leadership qual-
ities during the Euro 2016
qualifying campaign.
Gerrard is to take up an
ambassadorial role with the
Football Association.
Wayne Rooney is the favour-
ite to succeed him as captain.
THE GUARDIAN
Liverpools Steven Gerrard has announced his retirement from interna-
tionals after 114 appearances for England. AFP