Alice Cuddy, Chhay Channyda

and Mom Kunthear

W
HILE the smoke has
long cleared on Janu-
arys violent garment
strikes, for many of the
23 workers and unionists arrested and
tried on charges widely considered to
be baseless, the ordeal is far from over.
Nine months after security forces
used deadly violence to end strikes over
the minimum wage, many of the men
arrested, convicted and released with
suspended prison sentences months
later find themselves broke and out of
a job.
With new wage negotiations back on
the agenda and unions threatening
more large-scale demonstrations if
demands arent met some former
detainees claim they have been exclud-
ed from the garment sector altogether.
Twenty-two-year-old Lon San was
beaten and arrested on January 2. He
says he and his wife, both employees of
Sky 9 factory, were only watching the
strike action.
During the months that he languished
in prison, San claims that neither his
co-workers nor his bosses attempted to
contact him, and he was quietly dis-
missed from the factory.
Having applied for close to 20 jobs
since his release from prison, San says
he has been flatly rejected from all of
them.
Whenever I see phone contacts
hanging outside factories saying they
need workers I call the contact to ask for
a job. But when I tell them my name, it
seems like they know that I used to be
in prison and reply to me that they dont
need workers, he said.
Those factories, including my old
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THE Ministry of Commerce has
defended its solicitation of dona-
tions from private organisations as
voluntary, legal and a form of corpo-
rate social responsibility.
The ministrys response comes
after Post Weekend revealed on Sat-
urday, through leaked documents,
that the Garment Manufacturers
Association in Cambodia (GMAC)
made a cash contribution to the gov-
ernment totalling $5,000 and has
been paying membership fees for
senior government officials at an
exclusive country club.
The donation was made in
response to a request from the Min-
istry of Commerce to oknhas or
wealthy businessmen to support
troops in Preah Vihear. GMAC, too,
has defended the payment and says
that it regularly receives requests
from all ministries to donate to a
range of causes.
In an open letter posted on the
MoC Facebook page yesterday, Ken
Ratha, spokesman for the Ministry
of Commerce, said that GMACs pay-
ment to the government was part of
a corporate social responsibility
fund, and went exclusively towards
assisting troops serving along the
Thai border in Preah Vihear.
It is really a voluntary donation
from partner organizations, and
not even remotely related to illegal
donations or corruption, the let-
ter reads.
We would also like to clarify that
this type of donation is not detri-
mental to the public concern. No
exchange of money takes place
between the private sector and our
Ministry other than in a legal man-
ner and we have in cases of informal
fee abuse put into place aggressive
and bold reform measures at the
Ministry.
Ratha said via email yesterday that
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factory, rejected my applica-
tion because they know I am
one of the 23 people who was
arrested and detained in pris-
on, he said. I cant think of
other reasons than that I have
a criminal record for why I have
not been selected for a job. I
think factories might have
blacklisted me.
Since his imprisonment, San
says his financial troubles have
sunk to new depths.I have
become a housewife: I stay at
home to cook and look after the
children, but my wife works to
support the family. It is really
shameful for me, he said.
With the income generated by
his wifes factory job $130 a
month now used to support
the couple and Sans 80-year-old
grandmother, daily life has
become a constant struggle.
My rent is $35, plus $15 for
utilities, so we dont save much.
We dont have enough for spend-
ing on food, medicine and travel
when only my wife is working,
he said. I have no idea how to
make a living now.
Chea Samnang, an adminis-
trative manager at Sky 9 factory,
claimed yesterday Sans dismiss-
al had nothing to do with his
arrest, explaining it was factory
policy to dismiss workers who
had been absent for more than
six days without good reason.
He lost communication with
us for too long . . . so we deleted
his name from our factory. How-
ever, he was a temporary worker
at the time, he was not a contract
worker yet, he said, adding that
Sky 9 would consider employing
San in the future.
But Sans story is echoed by a
number of the workers impris-
oned in January, who say their
demands for $60 more a month
the current minimum wage is
$100 have left them with
nothing.
Ros Sophorn, 25, said yester-
day that his applications to more
than 20 factories since June have
also proved futile.
Ive applied for jobs with gar-
ment factories, but they say my
name was rejected because I was
detained in the prison and other
factories would not accept men
because they are afraid they will
start protests, he said. I think
my name was blacklisted, thats
why no factory accepts me.
Joel Preston, a consultant with
the Community Legal Education
Center (CLEC), said it was more
than possible that those arrest-
ed had been formally blacklisted
from factories because of their
involvement in the strike, adding
that the high-profile nature of
the case may have made these
workers a target.
There was not a drop of evi-
dence to suggest theyre guilty of
the crimes [for which they were
convicted] . . . It was just bad luck;
it could have happened to any-
one, he said.
Wu Menghuor, administrative
manager at the Tai Yang factory
in Kandal province, said he had
no specific policy against
employing those arrested in
January but, he admitted, the
former detainees would likely be
discriminated against simply
because they were men.
Our factory is not the kind to
care much about criminal
records, but to tell you the truth,
even in my factory, we rarely
employ men because they are
strong and they also think
strong, he said. Men like to pro-
test, so we dont want many men
to work here.
Other garment workers arrest-
ed in January said a lack of mon-
ey had forced them back to their
home provinces, where chances
of finding factory work are even
slimmer.
But even for those not in the
garment sector, life out of prison
has been a struggle.
Sokun Sambath Piseth, 32, was
working for an NGO when he
was arrested. After prison, Piseth
landed a short-term job, but has
since been unable to find work.
I can guess that because I
have a criminal record and am
still charged by the court, no one
will accept me, he said.
Piseth has become a central
figure among the 23, sharing
donations he receives among
the group.Sometimes I get $50
or $60 and sometimes I get up to
$120 per month from an Austral-
ian friend, so I share it with the
workers, giving them $5 or $10
each depending on who is in
need, he said. They still keep
in contact with me because I
help support them.
But the lack of jobs has also
created fractures in the once
united group.
A number of former detainees
told the Post that broken prom-
ises of jobs made by union
leader Vorn Pov arrested
alongside them in January had
led to division.
I always followed him every-
where, hoping to get a job as he
promised, but later on he went
quiet, so now Ive stopped fol-
lowing him as I have no money
to pay for gasoline or food, San
said.
Pov, president of the Inde-
pendent Democratic of Informal
Economic Association (IDEA),
the most high profile of those
detained, admitted that most
of the 23 are still unemployed
but said he could only help them
so much.
I used to tell them that I will
find jobs for them after we get
out of prison. I did not make
promises, I just told them . . . I am
still looking for jobs for them,
he said. I cant abandon them
because we used to suffer with
each other, and I still appeal to
any generous people to help
them, but it is difficult because
they dont want to help us every
time.
While Pov is still a regular at
the countrys protests, many of
the others say that if the current
calls for a $177 monthly mini-
mum wage are taken to the
streets, they will be reluctant to
join.
I am scared that those unions
who are involved with demand-
ing a higher wage will abandon
me again if I have a problem, so
I will not join the protests any-
more, San said.
Piseth said that while he would
not join another protest, he has
a dream of creating his own NGO
to help his former cellmates and
those still struggling to survive
on current wages.
I cant keep my eyes open
and see all the workers and poor
people have their rights violat-
ed, he said.
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Union leader Vorn Pov communicates with supporters as a prison truck takes him to court during his trial in May. HENG CHIVOAN
After prison, the23 are blacklisted
Meas Sokchea
WORKING groups from the
ruling and opposition parties
are expected today to finish
their work on a draft of the
new law on the organisation
and function of the National
Election Committee, Cam-
bodia National Rescue Party
working group head Kuoy
Bunroeun said yesterday.
Bunroeun said that 90 per
cent of the provisions in the
new law had been agreed
upon by both parties, and that
the remaining points of con-
tention would be passed up,
along with the mostly com-
pleted draft, to party leader-
ship.
There are ve or six more
points we have not agreed
upon yet, Bunroeun said, de-
clining to elaborate on what
the points were.
After party leaders are satis-
ed, he added, the law will go
on to the National Assemblys
legislation commission, which
has to approve the bill before
it moves to the oor for a gen-
eral vote something likely to
happen next month.
Phak Seangly
FOUR Vietnamese women claiming to be
working for a Vietnamese company at-
tempted to obtain residency papers re-
served for Cambodian citizens by bribing
authorities in Ratanakkiris Sre Angkrang
commune last week, police and an NGO
said yesterday.
The news comes as the government con-
tinues a foreigner census partly intended
to crack down on illegal workers.
They asked our authority to collude with
them to make residential documents, but
it is beyond our capacity and we cant do
that, said district police chief Phok Borin.
The women who were registered as
tourists and said they wanted to set up shop
selling food in the Kingdom were not ar-
rested. People seeking to work in Cambodia
must register with the Ministry of Interiors
immigration department.
Were looking for any ofces who com-
mit offences like this, Borin said.
According to commune clerk Puch Chin,
the four were not tourists but workers for
Hoang Anh Andong Meas, a Vietnamese
company that holds an economic land
concession (ELC) in the area.
Chhay Thy, Ratanakkiri coordinator for
rights group Adhoc, alleges that 100 to 200
Vietnamese workers stream into Ratanak-
kiri every day to work on ELCs.
They come here not for tourism, but
to work for the more than 10 Vietnamese
companies in this province, Thy said.
Thy claimed Vietnamese companies let
their workers come back after warning
them of upcoming inspections, adding that
some even attempt to obtain identity cards
to become Cambodians.
Tourists cannot work in Cambodia, Thy
said. It is against the law.
Besides destroying our natural resourc-
es, the companies are sending a ow of
Vietnamese into Cambodia.
Police chief Borin, however, said this was
the case for only a small minority and that
police would arrest fraudulent workers.
Since August, police have deported 34
Vietnamese people working illegally in
Ratanakkiri, but none of them were work-
ing in companies, said Chea Buntheoun,
deputy provincial police chief.
Finalised version of draft
NEC law nearly nished
Citizenship bribes offered: police
With SMFs
closure, donor
queries grow
Alice Cuddy and Sen David

T
HE disgraced Somaly
Mam Foundation
(SMF) announced
early on Saturday
morning that it had closed its
doors once and for all, leaving
long-term supporters with a
brief message of gratitude and
goodbyes.
Its closure came after years
of allegations, culminating in
a Newsweek report in May that
its founder and namesake had
lied about her own back-story
and those of some of the sup-
posed sex-trafcking victims
the organisation was created
to support.
As of September 30, we
ofcially ceased all opera-
tions, ended all grant fund-
ing, and permanently closed
our doors, an announcement
signed by SMFs former board
of directors reads.
The decision reected a
turnaround from an an-
nouncement in June, which
said the organisation would be
rebranding, renaming and re-
launching, but did not address
the reasons for this.
Following news of its closure,
SMFs website was promptly
shut down, and its former staffs
email accounts cancelled. But
with SMF no longer in exis-
tence, supporters and donors
have been left with a number of
unanswered questions.
Saturdays statement, which
fails to address the fate of those
formally in its care, calls on its
staff and supporters to direct
their support to the many out-
standing organisations that
are driven by transparency,
integrity and service . . . while
dedicated to the eradication of
trafcking and slavery.
But the announcement does
not make any reference to
where the thousands of dollars
donated by its supporters may
have gone.
On the former foundations
social media pages, donors
voiced their confusion and
contempt.
I am appalled that absolute-
ly no transparency, account-
ability or nancial statements
have been supplied by SMF to
donors like us, wrote one Fa-
cebook user.
Another asked: Which of
these other outstanding or-
ganisations will be given the
donations you received prior
to this announcement and
what measures are you taking
to soften the blow to the girls
and women this will impact?
In its statement in June, SMF
pledged that its full 2013 nan-
cial audit would be made pub-
lic before November 15, and,
in an email to the Post in April,
the organisation said that its
annual report would be made
public by the end of summer.
Former SMF staff did not
respond to requests for com-
ment yesterday.
Staff at Afesip, a local NGO
founded by Mam that lost
funding in the wake of the al-
legations, declined to com-
ment, while representatives of
the New Somaly Fund, an or-
ganisation created by friends
of Mam to raise donations to
sustain Afesips work, could
not be reached.
Other anti-trafcking NGOs
voiced concerns yesterday that
the closure of such a major or-
ganisation could hit the sector
hard.
I think that when a major
organisation closes, it will af-
fect small NGOs that will face
a greater burden of responsi-
bility, said Chan Saron, a case
support project manager with
Phnom Penh-based NGO
Chab Dai.
I am very sorry [it has
closed] because the founda-
tion helped so many trafck-
ing victims in Cambodia . . . It is
still a big issue.
I am very sorry [it has closed]
because the foundation helped
so many trafficking victims in
Cambodia
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Laignee Barron
CAMBODIA has the highest
prevalence of underweight
newborns among nearly 30
countries studied in a new
medical report.
But the untimely births of
too-small infants is attribut-
able more to the mothers
medical conditions than to
frequently scapegoated socio-
economic factors, according
to the study by Japans Nation-
al Center for Child Health and
Development.
Some 19 per cent of Cambo-
dias recorded hospital births re-
sulted in infants small for their
gestational age or the number
of weeks they were carried. The
rate was followed by Nepal at
17 per cent, then Palestine and
Japan. Afghanistan had the low-
est observed prevalence.
The premature, underweight
births were found to correlate
with illnesses aficting the
mothers, like pre-eclampsia
a high blood pressure condi-
tion that can lead to seizures
rather than development in-
dices. Around 31 per cent of the
preterm and too-small babies
delivered in Cambodian hos-
pitals were born to mothers ill
with pre-eclampsia or the more
severe form, eclampsia.
Pre-eclampsia and eclamp-
sia are one of the leading causes
of maternal deaths around the
world, not just in Cambodia,
said Dr Tung Rathavy, director
of the National Maternal and
Child Health Centre.
But while a countrys income
level may not be among the
risk factors causing premature
babies to be born too small, the
wealth component certainly
has much to do with whether
the mother and infant can sur-
vive to the babys rst birthday.
The quality of neonatal in-
tensive care is vital to prevent
mortality, the study stays.
But in Cambodia, where
the maternal mortality rate is
among the highest in the world
at an estimated 206 deaths per
1,000 births, just over half of
pregnant women receive the
four internationally recom-
mended doctor visits. And only
nine per cent of women typi-
cally see a doctor during their
check-up, while almost half did
not have requisite tests.
If headway is going to be
made on infant and maternal
deaths, access to and quality of
health care for pregnant wom-
en has to be improved, said
Mu Sochua, former Minister of
Womens Affairs and opposition
lawmaker.
Newborns weigh in at
comparably low levels
Refugee deal praised, again
Vong Sokheng

C
AMBODIAN Prime
Minister Hun Sen
and Australian For-
eign Minister Julie
Bishop met at the sidelines
of the Asia-Europe Summit
in Milan on Friday, doubling
down on their support for the
refugee deal signed in Cambo-
dia last month, despite heavy
criticism from human rights
groups.
Bishop expressed pro-
found thanks to Hun Sen for
strengthening bilateral co-
operation between the two
countries, said foreign affairs
attach to the prime minis-
ter Kao Kim Hourn at a press
brieng at the Phnom Penh
International Airport.
Hun Sen told Bishop the deal
was part of Cambodias inter-
national obligation as a sig-
natory to the United Nations
refugee convention and re-
lated protocols, stressing that
all refugees sent to Cambodia
must be volunteers, said Kim
Hourn, adding that there was
no exact date set for the arrival
of the refugees.
However, last month, sec-
retary of state at the Minis-
try of Foreign Affairs, Long
Visalo, told reporters that a
small group will likely arrive in
Phnom Penh by the end of this
year or early next year.
Sok Phal, director of the In-
terior Ministrys department
of immigration, said yester-
day that a date for refugees to
travel to Cambodia has yet to
be established.
We are waiting for Australia
to respond to us, Phal said.
Cambodian ofcials are
set to depart for the Repub-
lic of Nauru to nd refugees
who are willing to come to
the Kingdom for the ofcially
voluntary scheme, although
many on the remote Pacic is-
land have said they would not
take the step.
Earlier this month, some
refugees sewed their mouths
shut in an act of protest over
the deal.
On Saturday, hundreds
of demonstrators streamed
through Phnom Penh calling
for the agreement to be can-
celled.
They delivered petitions to
various governmental institu-
tions such as the National As-
sembly and protested in front
of the Australian Embassy.
Hun Sen also met with Thai-
lands Prime Minister General
Prayuth Chan-ocha during
the summit, discussing his
upcoming visit to the Cambo-
dia on October 30.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (right) speaks to Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (left) during a
meeting at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh in February this year. AFP
No end in sight for boycott
Joe Freeman and Taing Vida
DEFENCE teams representing
former Khmer Rouge leaders
Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan
in a new trial revolving around
genocide charges say their boy-
cott of the tribunal will continue
indefinitely.
The lawyers walked out of
court on Friday after their clients
read aloud statements con-
demning the alleged bias of the
judges who sentenced them to
life in prison in August, and
skewering the flawed rationale
behind the verdict.
Speaking to reporters at the
Foreign Correspondents Club in
Phnom Penh a day later, Anta
Guisse and Kong Sam Onn, who
represent former head of state
Khieu Samphan, and Victor
Koppe and Son Arun, the law-
yers for Brother No. 2 Nuon
Chea, elaborated on and reiter-
ated their clients wishes.
Both teams want fresh faces on
the bench, arguing that except
for one new judge, all presiding
over Case 002/02 which started
on Friday were behind the
guilty verdict in the first sub-
trial, making them biased. Sam-
phans team is also demanding
time to prepare an appeal.
We need to check more close-
ly because we have many docu-
ments to revise and thousands
of reference documents to
study, said Sam Onn, Samphans
Cambodian lawyer, adding that
early 2015 would be the right
time to continue the hearing.
Anta Guisse, Sam Ongs inter-
national counterpart, defended
the boycott, dismissing sugges-
tions that it was part of a delaying
strategy. She also told reporters
that she was unaware of what
actions the judges could take to
force the lawyers back into the
courtroom.
Ive just fought for the
rights of my client, Guisse
said. And if I cant be heard
for the rights of my client,
then I am not here to be just
a plant in the courtroom.
Victor Koppe, Cheas interna-
tional lawyer, said that Cambo-
dian law is quite clear about
what should happen after a dis-
qualification motion against
judges has been filed. The judg-
es have to step down, he said,
until a special panel which has
already been formed has
reached a decision. A delay of
one or two months would not
hurt the proceedings, he said.
How long this will continue,
depends on the Special Bench
which will decide on the dis-
qualification motion, Koppe
said in an email yesterday.
Asked when that might occur,
tribunal spokesman Lars Olsen
said in an email that it would be
in due course.
Though a management meet-
ing is expected to be held on
Tuesday to discuss the crisis, if
the defence continues to stay
away, evidentiary hearings can-
not proceed, according to Neth
Pheaktra, the Cambodian
spokesman for the court.
Based on the internal rule,
Case 002/02 will be unable to
continue if there is no presence
of the accused or the defense
lawyer.
Khieu Samphan (left) and Nuon Chea in court at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in August. ECCC
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Killer sought
Fisherman
finds lender
dead in canal
P
OLICE are investigating
the murder of a profes-
sional money lender after
his body was found wrapped in
plastic and weighed down with a
rock in a Siem Reap town canal,
ofcials said yesterday.
Duong Sokha, director of the
provincial crime unit, said the
body of victim Van Virak, 24, had
been discovered by a sherman
in Aranh Village on Friday.
The police found that the
victim had stab wounds to the
head, he said, adding that a
clear motive for the attack had
not yet been established.
Two shallow holes were also
found in the bodys chest, but
police concluded they had been
made accidentally by the sher-
man who found the body.
According to statements his
family made to police, Virak
disappeared at 7pm on October
14 while collecting money.
Police said they had little
to work with when it came to
nding the killer, but said they
would follow a number of pos-
sibilities.The most likely is that
the suspect owed the victim
money that he was not able to
pay back when the victim went
to demand it. KIM SAROM
Riverbanks falling in K Cham
Pech Sotheary

A
MID a recent spate of
riverbank collapses
in Kampong Cham
province that have
so far damaged three proper-
ties, authorities are advising the
owners of nearly 40 houses to
move their structures.
Yesterdays collapse in the
provinces Kampong Cham
commune destroyed the Khyol
Tonle restaurant in front of the
Mekong Hotel at about 6am,
said provincial deputy police
chief Khim Kimseng. Nobody
was in the restaurant.
The collapse left the road
cracked . . . [and] authorities
have put up barricades to pre-
vent trucks from crossing, but
small vehicles can, Kimseng
said of the road about ve me-
tres from the collapsed land.
Erosion ruined two uninhab-
ited houses along the river in
Kang Meas districts Soukong
commune on Friday and Sat-
urday nights, said district police
chief So Sarith, when a block of
land about 300 metres in length
fell into the river.
After hearing about the wash-
ing away of two houses and the
restaurant, provincial police co-
operated with local authorities,
warning some families to move
their houses and trying to help
some affected families recon-
struct their homes, said Kam-
pong Cham Provincial police
chief Pen Roth.
The province and Cambo-
dian Red Cross may give aid to
those people later, Roth said by
phone yesterday.
Falling land occurs naturally
on an annual basis, Sarith said,
and is not the result of human
intervention like dredging.
The collapses are natural
disasters, not because of sand
dredging, Sarith said. Every
year there are bank collapses
during the ood season and
during receding season.
In an effort to avoid others
losing their homes, authorities
helped move 15 houses from ar-
eas in four villages in danger of
collapses, Sarith said. They plan
on helping residents move 14
more, and have advised about
10 other families to move their
houses out of high risk areas.
Collapses are occurring be-
cause of changes in the water
current, said Mao Hank, direc-
tor of hydrology and river af-
fairs in the Ministry of Water
Resources and Meteorology.
Two houses and a restaurant were damaged in Kampong Cham town after a riverbank collapsed over the
weekend. The collapse was natural and not caused by sand dredging, say authorities. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Two killed
in boating
accident
Mom Kunthear
THE bodies of two sisters who
drowned after their boat col-
lided with a Vietnamese fish-
ing vessel were recovered at
sea on Saturday, according to
police.
The sisters, Ev Sokbhom, 43,
and Ev Sakhorn, 35, went fish-
ing near the Vietnamese bor-
der in the small hours of
Thursday with an unidentified
man, said Hanh Kea, police
chief of Kampot provinces
Kampong Trach district.
The boat, which had no
lights on, was hit, causing the
three to fall overboard.
Their boat was so dark,
which caused the Vietnamese
boat to hit it, Kea said.
While the man was saved by
the Vietnamese fishermen, the
sisters, who could not swim,
sank and drowned.
Their family did not file a
complaint, but were given 300
million dong (almost $15,000)
by the owner of the Vietnam-
ese boat.
Kea said he often told fisher-
men to be more careful.
Some listened to me and
some are still careless with
their job.
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Stuart White
P
LAYING down a urry
of social media ru-
mours, political analyst
Kem Ley yesterday said
he had no plan at all to start a
new political party, but none-
theless equivocated, adding
that members of his edgling
social accountability network
might someday go that route if
necessary.
We are now in the process
of consultation to nd a way to
create a sustainable social net-
work. Mostly we are aiming to
inuence the decision making,
not just for government reform
and public reform, but also in-
traparty reform, Ley said, refer-
ring to his newly conceived so-
cial network called Khmers
for Khmers which plans to
monitor the progress of reforms
and offer policy advice.
However, he continued, if the
current ruling and opposition
parties both of whom Ley said
were too closed off to input
continued to ignore civil soci-
etys recommendations, some
of those within his network
might take matters into their
own hands and spin off their
own party.
Maybe the members of the
social network will say, If we
give them the sh [and they
dont take it], then we will take it
for our good soup, he said.
That possibility, however, was
met with resistance in some
circles.
Cambodia National Rescue
Party deputy public affairs
head Kem Monovithya warned
against splintering Cambodias
reform-minded movement.
I believe this group overall
has good intention, attempting
to be a force to pressure CNRP
in standing up against the CPP,
she said in an email. In real-
ity, their actions so far or in the
form of a party in the near fu-
ture, will benet the CPP more
than helping the CNRP or de-
mocracy here. Division in op-
position has been key to CPPs
success for decades.
Cambodian actor Sophorn
Lary took to Facebook to also
call for unity among opposition
supporters, posting a video crit-
icising unnamed groups who
are trying to manipulate how
the [Cambodia National Rescue
Party] leads the country.
Ley, however, brushed aside
those concerns as pessimistic,
but acknowledged that perhaps
a bit of outside pressure would
goad the CNRP into becoming
a better force for change.
The more competition [be-
tween parties], the more quality
and the more benets for the
people, he said. If a good par-
ty or new party will come soon,
maybe the opposition will try to
review its internal rules and
be well prepared in the future.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TAING VIDA
Pech Sotheary
and Laignee Barron
NONE of the more than 5,000
independent observers recruited
for this years national exams had
background checks or their
identity verified before they were
allowed into testing centres, an
official said yesterday.
During this years newly re-
formed and cleaned-up grade
12 exam, the Anti-Corruption
Unit (ACU) was asked to mo-
bilise its own armed ofcers, as
well thousands of volunteer ob-
servers to help patrol the exam
sites. For the rst round of the
two-day test in August, more
than 2,000 volunteer observers
joined the ranks. At the second
iteration of the high-stakes,
diploma-qualifying test last
week, more than 3,200 observ-
ers signed on to help.
The Anti-Corruption Unit
did not ask for any background
information from the people
who wanted to be observers
because we had over 3,000 ob-
servers so we just selected those
who applied, said Ma Soyinda,
director of the units education
and prevention department.
In the rst exam, two indepen-
dent observers were dismissed
after they were caught trying to
take a picture of the exam with
their phones, and another two
were sent home for disrespect-
ing proctors, the ACU said.
At the second round, an inde-
pendent observer in Siem Reap
was dismissed for taking out
a smartphone, while another
caused trouble in the capital by
allegedly bringing unauthor-
ised bodyguards along.
If we dont clearly know [their]
background, I think they should
not be trusted to help ensure
the exams are corruption-free,
said Rong Chhun, president of
the Cambodian Independent
Teachers Association.
The lax recruitment methods
also resulted in a bungled list of
volunteers: the ACU dropped
the names of more than 30 reg-
istered observers just two days
before the tests second round,
according to social account-
ability group ANSA-EAP.
The ACUs selection process
for the independent observers
was unclear and not transpar-
ent, said San Chey, country
coordinator for ANSA-EAP. We
werent given a satisfactory ex-
planation for why the names
were dropped since there had
been no issues with our observ-
ers in the rst round. All [the
ACU] told us was that there had
been a technical issue and the
names were lost.
The Ministry of Education
yesterday said it had outsourced
the observer project to the Inte-
rior Ministrys unit.
We were not involved in the
process, said spokesman Ros
Salin, who added that he did
not necessarily think a lack of
background checks for exam
observers was problematic.
May Titthara
MINISTER of Interior Sar Kheng
has summonsed Kampong
Thom provincial police ac-
counting ofcial Chem Leakhe-
na for questioning related to al-
legations that he had pocketed
more than 30 million riel (about
$7,500) in pay raises intended
for promoted ofcers, according
to a letter obtained on Saturday.
The summons comes just
days after Sun Chanthy, a Kam-
pong Thom provincial council-
lor with the Cambodia National
Rescue Party, led a letter to
the Ministry of Interior and
Anti-Corruption Unit calling on
them to investigate reports of
corruption in the province.
The letter, however, was still
inadequate, Chanthy said,
because it didnt account for
wronged ofcers losses, and
indicated that only administra-
tive not legal action was be-
ing taken.
Kampong Thom Provincial
Police Chief Chou Sam An said
yesterday that Leakhena had
already been sent to Phnom
Penh, and wondered aloud as
to what connections the deputy
accounting chief had, given that
he had already been warned
three times about alleged cor-
rupt practices.
No background checks
on exam monitors: ACU
Ofcial summonsed
for pocketing raises
Analyst coy on party rumours
Political analyst Kem Ley outside the Court of Appeal in Phnom Penh in March. He has played down rumours that he is forming a political party. VIREAKMAI
Cybercrime laws status uncertain
Sean Teehan
A MINISTRY of Commerce offi-
cial said in a speech last week
that the controversial draft
cybercrime law was almost ready
to appear before the National
Assembly, though another gov-
ernment official dismissed this
yesterday.
At a conference on cyber secu-
rity attended by representatives
of the public and private sector,
including corporate officers
from Microsoft, Commerce Min-
istry Secretary of State Pan Sora-
sak said the draft law was near-
ing the final hurdle before being
implemented.
Cambodia is in the process of
finalising ... the cyber law, Sora-
sak told the room. It has been
reviewed by the Council of Min-
isters and its ready to be passed
on and to be adopted by the
National Assembly.
But the secretive draft law,
which was leaked to the public
in April, has not yet been
reviewed by the Council of Min-
isters, council spokesman Phay
Siphan said yesterday. In fact, the
council has yet to hold a meeting
about the draft or even see a fin-
ished version of it, he added.
We dont have anything to
finalise, Siphan said yesterday
when asked about Sorasaks
comment. So far, we dont have
anything thats official.
Sorasak could not be reached
for comment yesterday.
Siphan directed a Post report-
er to Ministry of Interior spokes-
man Khieu Sopheak to find out
how close the draft was to being
passed. Sopheak also could not
be reached.
When leaked to the public
about six months ago, articles
that set criminal penalties
including several years in prison
for online publications that
undermined the integrity of any
government agencies and con-
tent that devalues the moral of
family values concerned civil
society organisations.
Pech Pisey, director of pro-
grams for Transparency Interna-
tional, who said he thinks the
government should be more
open regarding the cybercrimes
draft, yesterday said they should
also have better communication
between ministries.
Its hard sometimes to make
any meaningful dialogue,
because they dont seem to know
whats going on between minis-
tries, Pisey said. ADDITIONALREPORT-
ING BY EDDIE MORTON
Its hard sometimes to have any
meaningful dialogue, because
they dont seem to know whats
going on between ministries
National
6
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Burglar tries to elevate
himself, falls to bottom
THIEVES dont get much more
audacious than the guy in Poi-
pet who carried a ladder up to
a womans window and used it
to climb in and steal two
smartphones over the week-
end. It was perhaps of little
surprise that the owner caught
the man in the act. Her cries
for help caused the burglar to
panic and fall from his ladder.
Neighbours intervened and the
suspect was taken away in
handcuffs with a bruised body
and ego. DEUMAMPIL
In police, crooks find
an interactive audience
THE list of crooks foolish
enough to commit their
crimes in front of the cops
grew a little longer over the
weekend. Three men, 30, 29
and 24, were arrested for tar-
geting a teenager riding his
motorbike home from a bar
on Saturday night. The trio
made a lunge for the victims
necklace, causing him to fall
flat on his face. Nearby police,
however, ensured the bandits
plummeted even further to
somewhere near rock-bottom
by arresting them and send-
ing them to court. KOH
SANTEPHEAP
Room free for a night,
mans possessions not
ITS never wise to bite the hand
that feeds or the person who
gives you a place to crash for
the night. A 19-year-old
learned this the hard way after
he stole money and jewellery
from a man who had taken him
in for the night when he visited
the capital from Kampong
Cham on Saturday. After his
guest had slept, supped and
left, the owner noticed valua-
bles missing and called the
police. Officers soon caught up
with the traveller and sent him
to court. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Speedsters not adept
at keeping low profile
PLAYING it cool with the cops
was not something three men
carrying an illegal firearm in
the capital on Saturday thought
to do. The trio, 25, 22 and 18,
were joyriding on a motorbike
and decided to ignore a red
light. When patrolling police
tried pulling them over, the
men upped their pace. The
officers were up for the chase,
however, and soon caught up
with the men and searched
them. A gun was found and the
three men were arrested and
later charged. DEUMAMPIL
Vicious beating leaves
man seriously injured
A SAVAGE attack left a man, 30,
seriously injured in Kratie town
on Friday night. Police said the
victim was walking home in the
dark when three men confront-
ed him and beat him up. The
man collapsed in front of his
house and the attackers fled.
The victim was taken to hospi-
tal. Police are yet to make an
arrest. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
Mekong River Commission
The role of MRC is to promote and coordinate sustainable management and development of water and
related resources for the countries mutual benet and the peoples well-being
MRC Secretariat is looking for a high calibre Riparian Professional Candidate to ll the position of:
Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO)
(Re-announcement)
Level M-15
The Chief Executive Ofcer (CEO) leads the MRC Secretariat; which has two ofce locations in Vientiane, Lao
PDR, and Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to become a world class, nancially secure, professional, international
organisation, serving Mekong countries to achieve the Basin Vision. It ensures that the organisation actively
works for the implementation of the MRC Mission through all its programmes and activities.
The CEO is the strategic, structured, result-oriented, and neutral leader responsible for inspiring the MRC
Secretariat and other stakeholders to work together to achieve a vision for a Mekong River Basin that is
economically prosperous, socially just and environmentally sound.
The CEO position is based at MRC Secretariat in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The application instructions and job
description can be obtained at MRC website http://www.mrcmekong.org/working-with-mrc/employment.
Candidates up to the age of 62 years old at the time of job transfer from the incumbent or the Ofce-
in-Charge in April 2015 may apply. Women are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be
notied.
Closing date for applications: 31 October 2014
Candidates who submitted applications on the rst round need not re-apply. Only nationals of Cambodia,
Lao PDR, Thailand and Viet Nam are eligible to apply. An expression of interest should be sent to the National
Mekong Committee of the applicants home country as per details below, with a copy to MRC Secretariat
addressed to Ms. Pinthong Thipphavongsa at mrcs@mrcmekong.org.
An expression of interest for the position should include the followings:
1. Personal Details 2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Candidates statement 4. MRC Personal History Form
Please nd detailed expression of interest in the Application Instructions
Cambodia National Mekong Committee
P.O.Box 623, 364 Monivong Blvd.,
Sangkat Phsar Doerm Thkouv, Khan Chamkar Mon,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel. (855-23) 216 514 Fax. (855-23) 218 506
E-mail: cnmcs@cnmc.gov.kh or
khom.sk@gmail.com
Lao National Mekong Committee
Khunbulom Road, Chantabouly District, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Tel. (856-21) 260 983 Fax. (856-21) 260 984
E-mail: lnmcs@monre.gov.la
Thai National Mekong Committee
Department of Water Resources
180/3 Rama 6 Road, Soi Phibul
Watana Building
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Tel. (66-2) 271 6165, 271 6620
Fax. (66-2) 298 6605
E-mail: tnmc@dwr.mail.go.th
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23 Hang Tre, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel. (84-4) 825 4785 Fax. (84-4) 825 6929
E-mail: vnmc.personnel@gmail.com
Ofcial Announcement
The 2015 YSEALI Civil Society
Development Fellows Program
for Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
U.S. Exchange Opportunity for Civil Society Professionals Ages 25-35
Cooperation Committee for Cambodia (CCC), together with the University
of Montana and the U.S. Embassy, is seeking English-speaking civil society
professionals for a professional development exchange program involving
ve-weeks in the U.S. The Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI)
Civil Society Development Fellows Program is designed to promote mutual
understanding, enhance leadership and professional skills, and build sustainable
partnerships between emerging leaders from foreign countries and the U.S.
24 successful applicants from Southeast Asia will participate in only one of the
following two groups: Group 1: Travels to the U.S.: April 28 June 6, 2015
Group 2: Travels to the U.S.: October 13 November 21, 2015
Program Funding: The U.S. government will cover all participant costs,
including international travel; travel and ground transportation in the U.S.; meals;
lodging; and cultural allowances. You may be expected to host U.S. participants at
your place of work, and the program. The Americans will be at no expense to you
or your organization.
The recruitment period is October 15 December 1 2014. Applicants must be
interestedinlearningto improveskillsandestablishinternational partnerships. For
more information and application form please contact to Mr. Chen Sochoeun, email:
sochoeun-chen@ccc-cambodia.orgor access to CCC website: http://www.ccc-cam-
bodia.org/index.php/2014-01-21-13-32-35/general-announcement/116
Royal celebrations
Thousands
expected
for Kings
anniversary
S
OME 20,000 people, senior
government ofcials and
Royal Cambodian Armed
Forces members among them,
are expected to gather in front of
the Royal Palace later this month
to celebrate the 10th anniversary
of King Norodom Sihamonis
coronation.
Festivities are scheduled to
take place on October 28 and 29,
Kem Gunawadh, director general
of television station TVK recently
posted on his Facebook page.
In addition to Cambodian
citizens, about 40 diplomats
from foreign embassies in the
capital will also participate in the
ceremony.
Unlike his father, the late
Norodom Sihanouk often cred-
ited with achieving Cambodian
independence from the French
Sihamoni has by and large kept
out of the public eye in the decade
he has spent as king.
Kong Sam Ol, chairman of
the National Committee for
Organizing National and Inter-
national Festivals, and Minister
of the Royal Palace could not be
reached for comment yesterday.
VONGSOKHENG
Temple skeleton a mystery
Khouth Sophak Chakrya

O
FFICIALS are
scratching their
heads over the ori-
gins of a skeleton
found at a remote temple in
Banteay Meanchey province,
with different theories about
its provenance competing
with each other.
The human remains were
found under a collapsed pile
of rock on Friday morning by
a repair team working at the
south entrance of Banteay
Chhmar temple, which dates
to the 12th and 13th century.
Ven Som Oun, Banteay Chh-
mar commune chief, said the
skeletons skull was cracked
and the frame positioned face
down.
Som Oun noted the lack of
clothing, as did Bun Rat, a local
farmer who said he thought it
once belonged to an ancient
people, because the skull is
big and the shins are big and
long [and] especially [because]
there are no clothes at all.
Mao Sokny, an ofcial with
the Ministry of Culture and
Fine Arts, said that Banteay
Chhmar has long been a hide-
out for insurgents. Nationalists
ghting the French sheltered
there, as did Khmer Rouge sol-
diers up until the mid 1990s.
The temple has also been loot-
ed extensively.
According to my conclu-
sion, the skeleton does not be-
long to the ancient people, but
it is the raiders, since the skull
is cracked. This crack might be
caused by the rock falling on
him while he was digging at
the entrance of this temple,
Sokny said.
Deab Chhun, the governor
of Thma Puok district, had his
own ideas. He used to help lo-
cate bodies of Vietnamese sol-
diers who fought the Khmer
Rouge in the late 1970s and
1980s. When he found them,
they still had on their uni-
forms.
I am not an expert, but I can
conclude that it is not the an-
cient people skeleton, and it
is also not the skeleton of the
people who died in the Khmer
Rouge war. But it might belong
to the Khmer Issarak who died
in the war against the French,
he said.
He said that the skeleton
would be kept at Banteay Chh-
mar Pagoda to wait for more
expert analysis.
Human remains found at Banteay Chhmar temple in Banteay Meanchey province on Friday morning. Wildly
different theories about the origins of the skeleton are being put forth. NATIONAL POLICE
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
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Festival to
boost Thai
tourism
10 per cent
Chadamas Chinmaneevong
THAILAND hopest to recover
lost tourism revenue with the
Loy Krathong festival. The
event is expected to draw more
than 660,000 visitors and gen-
erate tourism revenue of at
least 650 million baht (about
$20 million).
Vilaiwan Twichasri, deputy
governor for tourism products
and business at the Tourism
Authority of Thailand, said the
TAT expected tourism revenue
and tourist numbers to rise by
at least 10 per cent during Loy
Krathong this year amid a more
stable political environment.
Known as Thailands festival
of lights, Loy Krathong is cele-
brated by floating baskets of
candles and flowers on rivers
and waterways. It is observed on
the full-moon night of the 12th
Thai lunar month. This year the
holiday falls on November 6.
The TAT organised seven fes-
tival locations: Nakapirom Park
(Bangkok), Sukhothai, Chiang
Mai, Tak, Ayutthaya, Samut
Songkhram and Ratchaburi.
The TAT is counting on Loy
Krathong to boost tourism in
the fourth quarter after a slump
since early this year.
The Tourism and Sports Min-
istry aims for full-year tourism
revenue of 1.85 trillion baht,
down from its previous projec-
tion of 2 trillion. In the first nine
months of this year, internation-
al tourist arrivals in Thailand fell
by 10 per cent to 17.6 million
visitors as tourism revenue slid
7.6 per cent to 807 billion baht.
Vilaiwan said River Festival
2014 would attract domestic
and international travellers
from Asiatique the Riverfront
and hotels along the Chao
Phraya River. BANGKOK POST
Withdrawing money from an Acleda bank ATM last year. In Channy, CEO of Acleda said his rm has yet to face a legitimate cyber security threat. PHA LINA
Banks warned of cyber threat
Eddie Morton
C
AMBODIAS nan-
cial sector has been
urged to act quickly
to install stronger cy-
ber security protections amid
concerns over the countrys ap-
petite for counterfeit software.
Representatives from the
Cambodian government, Mi-
crosoft and the United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) headed a three-hour sem-
inar on cyber security threats
in Phnom Penh on Friday, all
calling for increased effort to
protect the Kingdoms banking
system.
The prevalence of pirated
software could be a real threat
to all institutions in Cambodia,
including those in the nancial
sector, Astrid Tuminez, Micro-
softs regional director of legal
and corporate affairs, said.
Citing a 2013 study by the In-
ternational Data Corporation
and the National University of
Singapore, which showed 84
per cent of new computers in
Thailand were infected with
viruses due to counterfeit soft-
ware, Tuminez said Cambo-
dian corporations risk losing
hundreds of thousands of dol-
lars if software is not purchased
from legitimate suppliers.
Fridays message was the
second such warning in less
than a year. In February, Mi-
chael Mudd, secretary-general
of the Asia-Pacic Open Com-
puting Alliance, said Cam-
bodian rms using pirated
software were at risk of being
blocked from exporting to the
US in an effort to combat in-
tellectual property theft.
But despite the concern, lo-
cal banking representatives re-
mained condent that the in-
dustry was properly protected
against viruses and potential
cyber security threats.
In Channy, CEO of Cambo-
dias largest banking rm, Acle-
da Bank, said his rm has yet to
face a legitimate cyber security
threat and that the local nan-
cial industry as a whole was
adopting international stan-
dards to keep customer infor-
mation safe.
If you use the copy software,
you invite the risk, Channay
said. But I do not think any
bank is using this copy soft-
ware. The copy ones have a vi-
rus, and if you use that sort of
product, you place not only the
customer at risk, but also your
partner institutions, and the
bank itself.
According to Channy, Cam-
bodias banking industry does
not have an industry-wide strat-
egy to combat cyber threats.
Acleda Bank in December last
year spent some $10 million
on boosting its security mea-
sures including a full rollout of
data and transaction encryp-
tion software across some 267
branches and ofces in Cam-
bodia, Laos and Myanmar.
Charles Van, executive vice
president of Canadia Bank and
acting chairman of the Asso-
ciation of Banks in Cambodia,
similarly rallied Channys con-
dence, saying all registered
banking institutions in the King-
dom were operating secure,
non-counterfeit software.
All the banks have to make
sure all the info is strictly com-
ply with the industry require-
ments, he said. You may say
the Cambodias banking in-
dustry is young, but being so
young we can learn the latest
technologies very quickly and
we do not get hung up on old
processes.
Business
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Continued from page 1
GMACs $5,000 donation was
coupled with donations from
MoC staff, other factories and
companies, though the spokes-
man could not provide a full list
of the firms who contributed to
supporting the troops in Preah
Vihear.
The spokesman declined to
respond to the revelations that
GMAC was paying for senior
government officials country
club memberships.
Pech Pisey, director of pro-
grams for Transparency Inter-
national in Cambodia, said the
donations make clear the close
financial ties between Cambo-
dias public and private sectors.
It is a very common prac-
tice that any individual citizen
or business can and have the
right to donate to anyone,
without problems, Pisey said.
The MoC is right to claim it is
not wrong in the Cambodian
context that is a country
with no law to punish anyone
who donates to the govern-
ment, that allows this kind of
patronage system, and has
clear close networks between
government officials and pri-
vate organisations.
But continuing to allow such
a direct donation system poses
serious corruption concerns,
Pisey added.
There is no evidence in the
case of GMAC, but such a sys-
tem can certainly create an envi-
ronment where the business
community can use these dona-
tions to influence public offi-
cials, he said.
The patronage system has
to have its day. You cannot
have a country claiming to be
part of the global community
while having this network
jeopardising government deci-
sion making.
The opposition Cambodia
National Rescue Partys chief
whip, Son Chhay, said yester-
day that the longstanding prac-
tice of soliciting donations cre-
ated an unfair playing field for
businesses.
Of course these sorts of dona-
tions are open to corruption.
This is happening with a lot of
business big and small they
do not have to pay tax so they
pay in donations and as a result,
there is no real free market or
fair competition in Cambodia,
he said.
Chhay said that if the govern-
ment wanted to improve on the
countrys poor reputation for
corruption, it should be focus-
ing its efforts on collecting tax
revenues rather than soliciting
contributions from businesses.
It is better for the govern-
ment to stop this and apply a
higher practice. If they want to
clean up corruption truly, they
need to have other ways to gen-
erate revenue that are more sus-
tainable and more effective than
just letting companies give
donations, Chhay said.
Commerce claims that
donations not political
INDIA said on Saturday that it
was freeing diesel prices from
government control, marking
another step to ease the states
grip on the economy and pro-
pel reforms by the new pro-
business government. Prime
Minister Narendra Modis
administration also sharply
hiked natural gas prices to
spur exploration in the fuel-
import dependent nation.
Huge energy imports contrib-
ute to Indias trade decit.
The prices of diesel will be
market-determined at both
the retail and renery gate
level for all consumers and
move in tandem with inter-
national prices, the govern-
ment said in statement. The
step would benet consum-
ers due to greater competition
among oil companies and
more choices, it added.
The decision is providing a
llip to investor hopes that the
government may take more
steps to modernise Indias
economy and revive stum-
bling growth. However, the
jump in natural gas prices will
increase the cost of running
power stations and fertiliser
plants, and will raise cooking
gas costs and other prices, po-
tentially stoking ination.
The government had con-
trolled diesel prices using
subsidies under a program
intended to shield the poor
from soaring fuel prices. But
domestic fuel prices have now
exceeded global rates, allow-
ing reners to sell at a prot
and setting the stage for de-
regulation.
Indias central bank governor
Raghuram Rajan earlier in the
week had urged the govern-
ment to seize the opportu-
nity of the dramatic global fall
in energy prices to end diesel
subsidies. The move has been
long urged by economists to
reduce the giant subsidy bur-
den on the government and
help it close a gaping scal
spending decit. The previ-
ous Congress government had
launched the process of de-
regulating fuel prices by end-
ing controls on petrol prices.
The fall in Brent crude to
its lowest level since late 2010
has created room to sell diesel
without subsidies from state-
owned fuel companies. Diesel
represents more than 40 per
cent of Indias fuel.
The government has also
said it wants to direct subsi-
dies more carefully to help the
poor. AFP
Indian cabinet frees
up diesel, gas prices
Livestock law near approval
Chan Muyhong
A
DRAFT law on animal
health and produc-
tion is expected to be
approved by the De-
cember 2015 ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) deadline,
government ofcials say.
Soun Sothoeun, deputy di-
rector of animal health and
production at the Ministry of
Agriculture, said on Friday that
the new law had already been
drawn up and is in the Council
of Ministers.
The law includes better
management of livestock pro-
duction and health, protections
for consumer health and local
breeds to ensure a sustainable
livestock production in Cam-
bodia, he said.
It is important that Cambo-
dia adopt the law before AEC
arrives as import tariffs will be
lifted . . . and we improve the
health regulations of livestock
entering Cambodia.
According to Sothoeun, a
meeting to discuss and nalize
the law will be held this week
before being submitted to the
Senate for review. But while the
law nears nal approval, top in-
dustry representatives say they
have yet to be consulted on the
proposed regulation.
Srun Pov, president of the
Cambodian Pig Raising Asso-
ciation (CPRA), said he was not
even aware of the draft law.
It is good to have the law,
but please make sure the law
will help and encourage lo-
cal raisers to raise the animals
to the expected standard, he
said. Dont just come and close
down their business when stan-
dards arent met. Please explain
to us how to do it right.
Pov said loosely monitored
illegal imports of swine from
neighbouring nations had con-
tributed to the spread of disease
in Cambodian livestock and
rendered many local producers
bankrupt.
Mong Reththy, president and
CEO of Mong Reththy group,
which owns a pig raising facil-
ity in Preah Sihanouk province,
backed the call for improved
regulation, but he also said he
was yet to be consulted on the
proposed law.
I have long been supportive
of the law being established, but
they never make it, he said.It
will regulate better the import
of livestock from outside of the
country. Health monitoring of
livestock is still limited, causing
high risk of infectious disease to
our local livestock.
Pigs at a Cambodian pig farm in 2011. A draft law on animal health and production is expected to be approved
by the December 2015 Asean Economic Community deadline, government ofcials say. HENG CHIVOAN
If they want to clean up
corruption truly, they need
to have other ways to
generate revenue
Markets
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Business
Business
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Fixed Deposit Interest Rates
Cambodian
Financial Institutions
On Deposits
3 Months 6 Months 12 Months
Asof OCTOBER 17, 2014 USD RIEL USD RIEL USD RIEL
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People wearing traditional costumes plant rice atop a Tokyo buiilding. Rice maintains an important place in Japanese culture. AFP
Japans sacred rice farms
are rotting from the inside
Harumi Ozawa

S
HUICHI Yokota may be the future
of Japans struggling rice industry.
The 38-year-old is about half the
age of most growers and he relies
on cutting-edge technology to cultivate
vast paddy elds that eclipse the bulk
of the countrys rice plots. And Yokota
doesnt fear opening up to foreign com-
petition taboo in a place where rice is a
sacred cow that is protected by subsidies
and massive tariffs.
His farm in Ryugasaki, a community
north of Tokyo, has ballooned more than
ve-fold in 15 years into an operation
spanning 112 hectares almost 30 times
bigger than the tiny commercial rice elds
commonly found in the area.
This is simply the consequence of re-
tiring farmers asking me to cultivate their
rice paddies for them, Yokota said. I am
one of very few full-time farmers in this
area, and the people who were retiring
didnt have anyone in the family to con-
tinue growing rice. But they dont want to
sell the land.
While many of Japans farmers get by
with centuries-old farming methods,
Yokota and his colleagues share work-
load information and data such as tem-
perature and water levels monitored by
sensors installed in each paddy on their
smartphones.
Yokota may be an accidental giant
among rice growers, but some are betting
that people like him are the best hope for
xing an inefcient system, with wider
calls for a shake up of Japans cossetted ag-
ricultural sector.
Prices have tumbled as Japans rice con-
sumption has halved in 50 years, and there
are fears the sector is rotting from the in-
side despite or some say, because of de-
cades-old protectionism. Ageing farmers
are also facing fresh competition, with the
countrys largest supermarket chain Aeon
jumping into the rice business.
The situation is extremely serious this
is the dawn of a very difcult time, said
Yoshito Yamada, a 66-year-old farmer in
the northeastern city of Kitakata.
Whether it is a bed for a piece of raw
sh, an essential component of almost
every meal, or the key ingredient in mak-
ing sake, rice is Japans unparallelled staple
food and enjoys a revered status. Hun-
dreds of years ago it was a currency, a sym-
bol of wealth and power, and a ritual offer-
ing that still forms a key part of the native
Shinto religion, as well as tradition-bound
Sumo wrestling.
Nothing gets done here without rice,
said Sachiko Goto, head of the Tokyo Sushi
Academy, a chef-training school.
That reverence has translated into
strong protections for tiny plots tended
by families who inherited land through
generations resulting in a hefty premi-
um in stores. Tokyo has for decades sta-
bilised prices by controlling supply and
penalising over-production to protect
farmers a key voter base from vola-
tile world markets. This policy, known
as gentan and referring to small-scale
cultivation, effectively made rice farm-
ing a part-time job left to older relatives
while younger family members worked
in other sectors.
But, as with much of the greying na-
tion, many farmers are now retiring the
average is about 66 years old with few
interested in replacing them. That has left
some 400,000 hectares of farmland un-
used across the country, an area almost
twice the size of Tokyo.
What needs to be done is encourage
older farmers to retire and then gath-
er small pieces of land into one big lot
for someone capable like Yokota, said
Masayoshi Honma, an economics profes-
sor at Tokyo University.
It is estimated that ditching rice tariffs,
which can reach 778 per cent, would see
local prices fall by about 341 yen ($3.20)
per kilogram, according to Japans agri-
cultural ministry. An average ve-kilo-
gram bag in a Tokyo supermarket costs
between 1,500-2,000 yen, up to three
times a comparable bag in Sydney, Bang-
kok and Beijing.
Despite resistance to change by the
powerful agricultural lobby, some older
rice farmers such as Yamada blame the
subsidy system for a now stagnant sector.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year said
he would end production quotas from
2018 and abolish some cash handouts to
rice farmers while expanding other pay-
ments leading to claims the policy was
toothless. Despite his plan to shake up the
economy, Abe has avoided taking an axe
to rice tariffs that have long been seen as
untouchable.
The levies have kept imports of foreign
rice to a trickle 77 tonnes last year against
domestic production of eight million
and they remain a key stumbling block in
Tokyos trade talks, including the US-led
Trans-Pacic Partnership, a proposed 12-
nation free-trade bloc.
Yokota insists competition might be an
opportunity to tap new markets despite.
If our supply exceeds domestic con-
sumption, then we will bring it overseas,
he said. AFP
Rob Lever and Sophie Estienne
FOR years, the notion of on-
demand, anywhere television
has been slowly disrupting
the traditional pay TV indus-
try. Now it seems that stream-
ing video has hit a watershed
moment.
In the past week, HBO an-
nounced it would launch a
standalone streaming service
in 2015 to deliver hit shows
like Game of Thrones and Girls,
directly to viewers without a
cable or satellite subscription.
That was followed quickly by
CBS, which said it was offering
a web-only subscription ser-
vice, bypassing the cable, for
its shows like NCIS, as well as
its archive including Star Trek
and Twin Peaks.
Over the past few years, on-
line services like Netix, Hulu
and Amazon have been gaining
viewers at the expense of cable
and satellite services.But the
entry of content powerhouses
like HBO (a unit of Time War-
ner) and CBS change the land-
scape because they bring new
and popular shows that had
not been available on stream-
ing before, said James McQuiv-
ey at Forrester Research.
It doesnt necessarily can-
nibalise the other streaming
experiences, but it creates a
new focus for the viewer be-
cause it has the hit series, and
that drives a lot of interest,
McQuivey said.
Jeffrey McCall, professor of
communication at DePauw
University, said these develop-
ments show the industry is in-
creasingly moving toward the
on-demand model. Were not
there yet, but these announce-
ments show we are headed in
that direction, McCall said.
For CBS and HBO, theres
no need to deal with cable
companies. When they put
their content over the internet,
they can reach consumers on
their own terms, he added.
This means an acceleration
in cord cutters in the cable
industry and could force the
providers to break up the ex-
pensive bundles consumers
are forced to buy when they
want popular channels like
HBO or sports channel ESPN,
said McCall.
Roger Kay at Endpoint Tech-
nologies said the new trend
is scaring the carriers such
as Comcast, the dominant
cable provider, which fears
the hugely protable cable
system will turn into dumb
pipes. Theres going to be a
recomposition of video con-
tent distribution . . . separating
the pipe from the content,
Kay said.
According to the research
rm SNL Kagan, US cable and
other traditional pay TV rms
lost some two million custom-
ers in 2013. Roughly 84 per cent
of US households subscribe to
pay TV, according to Leicht-
man Research, but that has
been slowly falling since 2010.
Leichtman surveys shows 22
per cent of those who move
dont get a pay TV subscription
at their new residence, with 11
per cent of those without a ca-
ble or satellite package saying
they can manage with digital
services like Netix.
McQuivey said one thing
holding back the move to on-
line TV is the availability of live
sports such as NFL football
and NBA basketball.As long as
people cant get sports any oth-
er way, they will keep the ex-
isting pay TV model, he said.
The pay TV model will decline
a little more sharply but it is
not going to disappear.
However, McQuivey said over
time, the industry will adapt
to give consumers what they
want. They want to watch the
best program on the device
they want when they want to
watch, said McQuivey. AFP
With new entrants,
streaming TV sees
watershed moment
11 THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
World
Critical
moment
for HK
protests
PRO-DEMOCRACY protesters
yesterday accused police of
using excessive force against
them after violent clashes in
Hong Kong, as a senior politi-
cian said weeks of rallies have
reached a critical moment.
Dozens of police with riot
gear pushed into a crowd of
angry demonstrators in the
Mong Kok district early yester-
day, striking at them repeat-
edly with batons.
Twenty people were injured
in a fourth night of clashes
between protesters demand-
ing free elections for the semi-
autonomous Chinese city, and
police trying to restore traffic
to the major Mong Kok thor-
oughfare they have brought to
a standstill.
The spike in violence comes
after three weeks of largely
peaceful pro-democracy ral-
lies and road blockades that
have paralysed key parts of the
Asian financial hub.
At a press conference at the
Mong Kok camp yesterday,
organisers blasted police for a
response that left some demon-
strators with head wounds, frac-
tures and bruising, with others
carried away on stretchers.
If this goes on, one day
there may be someone who
loses his life or gets seriously
injured then the situation
in Hong Kong will get out of
control, said activist Lam
Cheuk-ting.
Police said in a statement
they used minimum force as
protesters suddenly attempt-
ed to charge cordon lines.
Talks between student pro-
test leaders and government
officials are still set to go ahead
on Tuesday despite the clashes
but with little common
ground between the two sides,
there are slim hopes of a break-
through.
China insists that candidates
for the 2017 vote for Hong
Kongs leader must be approved
by a pro-Beijing committee a
condition which the protesters
dismiss as fake democracy.
But Hong Kongs current
leader Leung Chun-ying has
warned that Chinese authori-
ties have no intention of back-
ing down. THE GUARDIAN
Ukraine, Russia see imminent end to gas war
UKRAINE and Russia stood on the verge
yesterday of resolving their latest gas war
in time to keep the war-scarred nation
and EU clients warm through the winter
months.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
said he and Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin had reached a price deal
at high-stakes talks in Milan on Friday
that otherwise focused on the six-month
pro-Kremlin revolt convulsing the ex-
Soviet states separatist east.
Two meetings mediated by German
Chancellor Angela Merkel and French
President Francois Hollande as well as
a brief exchange on their own marked
the two leaders most in-depth dialogue
since Poroshenkos May election.
The tense day broke up without Putin
meeting EU hopes that he would
denounce the separatist leadership elec-
tion that pro-Russian militants intend
to stage on November 2, a week after
parliamentary polls in Ukraine.
But Poroshenko said the meetings
produced the broad outlines of a deal
that could see Russia halt the gas supply
cutoff it began in June its third in less
than 10 years.
Kiev had branded the cut a form of
economic aggression aimed at punish-
ing the new pro-Western leaders for
their February ouster of a Kremlin-
backed president and a decision to sign
a landmark EU trade and political asso-
ciation pact.
Poroshenko told the nation late Sat-
urday that he had made sure in Milan
that their homes would stay warm
through the bitter winter season a cru-
cial promise to make ahead of next Sun-
days crunch general election.
Ukraine will have gas. Ukraine will
have heat, Poroshenko said in a pre-
recorded television interview.
He said a more detailed protocol
agreement due to be completed by Tues-
day will see Ukraine meet Russias
demand and pay $385 per 1,000 cubic
metres of gas for deliveries guaranteed
through the end of March.
Poroshenko said he and the two Euro-
pean leaders had pressed Russia to
lower that rate to $325 per 1,000 cubic
metres for summer months in which
energy demand drops.
The Russian side insists on $385 for
the whole year, said Poroshenko.
The chief spokesman for Russias
state-held gas giant Gazprom confirmed
that the two sides had found an interim
price solution.
But he added that Ukraine still dis-
puted the amount of money it owed
Moscow for unpaid deliveries and that
no formal agreement had yet been
reached. A new deals signing depends
on other factors including the payment
of debts, spokesman Sergei Kuprianov
told AFP.
These will be discussed in Brussels
on Tuesday, Kuprianov said. AFP
Jihadists take losses in Kobane
K
URDISH forces in the
Syrian town of Ko-
bane repulsed a new
attempt by Islamic
State ghters to cut off the bor-
der with Turkey on Saturday as
troops battled the jihadists in
neighbouring Iraq.
It came as the US military
said it had unleashed 25 more
airstrikes in Syria and Iraq
since Friday, hitting Islamic
State (IS) jihadists and oil in-
frastructure they control.
But while Washington said
it saw encouraging signs, it
warned the raids might not
prevent the fall of Kobane, and
its priority remained the cam-
paign against IS in Iraq.
Despite a wave of coali-
tion airstrikes, Iraqi forces are
struggling to regain and hold
ground from jihadists.
As ghting raged, Iraqi MPs
nally agreed on the choices of
defence and interior ministers
to spearhead the pushback, in
a moved welcomed as a very
positive step forward by US
Secretary of State John Kerry.
Heavy IS mortar re hit the
Syrian side of the border cross-
ing with Turkey which is the
Kurdish ghters sole avenue
for resupply and the
only escape
route for re-
maining civil-
ians, Kurdish
ofcial Idris Nas-
sen told AFP.
At least three
rounds crashed
onto Turkeys side
of the bor- der, one of
them near
a hill where
the Turkish army is deployed,
an AFP correspondent at the
scene said.
The jihadists launched a erce
attack from the east towards
the border gate before being
pushed back, Nassen said.
IS suffered heavy losses in
the ghting and was forced
to send in reinforcements,
the Syrian Observatory for
Human Rights said. The
jihadists lost 21 of their
people to airstrikes and
14 in ground ghting on
Friday, the Britain-based
monitoring group said.
The Kurds lost three of
their ghters.
UN Syria envoy
Staffan de Mis-
tura warned
earlier this
month that about 12,000 civil-
ians remained in and around
Kobane and risked massacre
if the jihadists cut off the border.
Overnight coalition airstrikes
on IS targets elsewhere in Syria
killed 10 civilians, said Obser-
vatory, which has a network of
sources inside the country.
Of 15 airstrikes in Syria
since Friday, 12 were aimed
at degrading and destroying
their oil producing, collecting,
storage and transportation in-
frastructure, the US Central
Command said. Three other
strikes in Syria hit two IS ght-
ing positions near Kobane and
a military camp in mainly jiha-
dist-held Raqa province.
The US commander over-
seeing the air war hailed en-
couraging signs in the de-
fence of Kobane but said the
town could still fall and Iraq
remained the priority.
Iraq is our main effort and it
has to be, and the things that
were doing right now in Syria
are being done primarily to
shape the conditions in Iraq,
said General Lloyd Austin.
In Baghdad, MPs on Saturday
approved defence and interior
ministers after weeks of delay.
Khaled al-Obaidi, a Sunni who
was named defence minister,
was a senior ofcer in the air
force of ousted dictator Sad-
dam Hussein.
The American secretary of
state congratulated Iraqs Prime
Minister Haidar al-Abadi.
We had a very positive step
forward in Iraq today, said
Kerry. These were critical po-
sitions to be lled, in order to
assist with organising the ef-
fort against the IS.
On Saturday, Spain an-
nounced it would begin train-
ing Iraqi forces later this year
to battle Islamic State ghters.
Iraqi government troops are
battling IS on two fronts in
the Anbar provincial capital
of Ramadi, west of Baghdad,
and near Tikrit, Saddams
hometown. Ramadi is in a
shrinking patch of territory
in the predominantly Sunni
Arab province where forces
loyal to the Shiite-led govern-
ment still hold ground, and
its loss would be a major blow
for Baghdad.
On Friday and Saturday, 10
airstrikes targeted IS in Iraq,
including ve near the strate-
gic Mosul Dam, north of Bagh-
dad, the US military said.
But security in the capital also
remains a problem with bomb-
ings killing nearly 50 people in
the past two days alone.
The UN Security Council
on Friday unanimously called
for increased support for the
Baghdad government in the
face of the vicious string of
suicide, vehicle-borne and
other attacks in the capital.
The IS jihadists have com-
mitted a wave of atrocities in-
cluding massacres of minority
civilians and captured soldiers,
and beheadings of Western aid
workers and journalists.
Meanwhile, two IS ghters,
one just 15, were executed
after being captured near Ko-
bane by Arab allies of its Kurd-
ish defenders, the monitoring
group said. AFP
A US Air Force B1-B bomber plane ies above the Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, on
Saturday. Washington has warned international efforts may not prevent the fall of the city. AFP
World
12
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
NORTH and South Korean
troops yesterday briey ex-
changed re inside the demilt-
arised zone that traverses the
divided peninsula, the Souths
defence ministry said.
It was the second exchange of
re across the land border this
month, after the two rivals trad-
ed heavy machine gun rounds
on October 10. There were no
reports of any casualties.
A defence ministry ofcial
said the incident occurred when
a South Korean border patrol
spotted Northern troops ap-
proaching the Military Demar-
cation Line that runs through
the centre of the DMZ.
Verbal warnings were is-
sued by loudspeaker and then
warning shots were red, the
ofcial said. The North Kore-
ans then opened re on our
troops who returned re, he
said, adding that the exchange
lasted about 10 minutes.
North Korea, heavily sanc-
tioned by the United Nations
for its missile and nuclear tests,
is technically still at war with
the South after the 1950-53
Korean War ended in a truce,
not a peace treaty. AFP
Border re
exchanged
at Korean
DMZ
Modis party tightens grip
with thumping poll wins
P
RIME Minister Naren-
dra Modis right-wing
party snatched elec-
tion victory on Sun-
day in two key Indian states,
tightening its grip on power
after storming to government
nationally ve months ago.
Modis Hindu-nationalist
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
was leading in Maharashtra, of
which nancial hub Mumbai
is the capital, streaks ahead of
its centre-left rival Congress
party which has ruled the
western state for 15 years.
BJP will denitely form the
government in Maharashtra,
a triumphant BJP state presi-
dent Devendra Fadnavis told
reporters in Mumbai, ashing
a victory sign, as vote count-
ing continued.
Celebrations erupted at BJP
headquarters in Mumbai,
with supporters lighting re
crackers, feeding each other
sweets, throwing ower pet-
als and shouting long live
mother India.
The BJP also won in north-
ern Haryana, which borders
New Delhi, handing the once-
powerful Congress a humili-
ating defeat after its 10-year
rule of the state.
The defeat was yet another
blow for the ailing Congress,
whose Gandhi dynasty has
produced three prime minis-
ters, following its thumping
loss to the BJP at the national
polls in May.
Like the Congress earlier
got the mandate, now the BJP
got the mandate and will form
the government, despondent
outgoing Haryana chief min-
ister BS Hooda told reporters.
Modi, a popular leader and
ery orator, campaigned dog-
gedly for the elections held
last week and the victories
are likely to encourage him
to push ahead with promised
reforms, some of which could
prove unpopular.
The nationalist leader won
in a landslide at national
polls on a pledge to revive
the ailing economy and clean
up endemic corruption, but
many of the reforms are yet to
be introduced.
On the eve of the results,
Modis government lifted con-
trols on diesel prices, aiming
to give market forces greater
inuence on the economy,
attract investment and cut
subsidies.
Success for the BJP would
also strengthen its power in
the national parliaments
upper house, crucial for the
passing of contentious laws.
The BJP currently lacks a ma-
jority in that chamber whose
composition is based on seats
won in regional assemblies.
Delhi-based political ana-
lyst Samir Saran said the vic-
tories allow greater space
to Modi to accelerate his re-
forms agenda.
In many ways the results
signify the continuing rejec-
tion of the brand of politics
on offer from the Congress
and its allies at the centre
and in the states, Saran,
senior fellow at Observer
Research Foundation think
tank, said. AFP
Indian musicians and supporters dance in front of a portrait of Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during celebrations outside the BJP
party ofce following state elections in Mumbai yesterday. AFP
Cyber threat
UK threatens
web trolls
with jail
P
EOPLE found guilty of
internet trolling in the
UK could be jailed for up
to two years under proposals
outlined on Sunday, following
a number of high-prole case
of abuse on Twitter.
Justice Secretary Chris
Grayling told the Mail on Sun-
day newspaper: This is a law
to combat cruelty . . . and to
take a stand against a baying
cyber-mob.
There has been increasing
concern in Britain about the
scourge of internet trolls,
who post hate-lled mes-
sages on social media, often
threatening their targets.
The parents of missing
girl Madeleine McCann are
among the most recent vic-
tims, and last month a man
was jailed for 18 weeks for
what prosecutors described
as a campaign of hatred
against a female lawmaker.
These internet trolls are
cowards who are poisoning
our national life. No one would
permit such venom in person,
so there should be no place for
it on social media, Grayling
said. Thats why we are deter-
mined to quadruple the cur-
rent six-month sentence. AFP
World
13
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Catholic officials step back from more
open language on gays and divorcees
A
MAJOR meeting Pope
Francis convened
to help the Catholic
Church improve its
outreach to diverse modern
families ended Saturday with a
summary paper that removed
earlier, revolutionary language
that cited the value of same-
sex and divorced families.
Critics of the pope were cele-
brating Saturday, with conser-
vative Catholics cheering the
reafrmation that God prefers
the traditional family.
The two-week meeting in
Rome hadnt been expected to
result in changes to traditional
doctrine, but the rare sight
of cardinals from around the
world debating matters such
as whether same-sex cou-
ples can be called partners
oored many Catholics. More
liberal Catholics said that it
was a victory for the church to
even have such conversations,
though many expressed disap-
pointment with the paper.
The language of compromise
was eviscerated from Mon-
days summary, said Patrick
Hornbeck, chair of theology at
Fordham University, a Catholic
institution. The bishops who
were more prophetic and pro-
gressive have found themselves
drowned out by a chorus of
hesitation and concern.
Saturdays summary re-
ected deep divisions in
the worlds largest Christian
church as it tries to regain a
connection with 21st century
families while sticking to its
doctrines. Traditional bish-
ops had spoken angrily in the
past few days against the more
open language in Mondays
draft document, saying it was
a betrayal and heretical. Some
said the church could eventu-
ally be headed for division.
The Synod on the Family
was meant to launch a year of
discussion and lead to another
gathering in 2015, when pos-
sible changes to teaching and
practice will be made.
In a 10-minute speech at
the end of the closed meeting,
Pope Francis sought to walk a
middle line. He said the church
can neither throw stones at
sinners nor be too accommo-
dating to a worldly spirit. He
was given a ve-minute stand-
ing ovation, according to the
Vatican press ofce.
Some longtime Vatican-
watchers saw reports of bit-
ter politics inside the synod
as a proxy for feelings about
Francis. The pope approved
the small group of top clergy
which included Washingtons
Archbishop Donald Wuerl
who on Monday released the
mid-meeting summary paper,
which said the church must
turn respectfully to people in
relationships it once labelled
disordered, such as unmar-
ried couples who live together
or same-sex couples who are
raising children.
The document at times used
language that echoed a thera-
peutic, self-help style: people
must take care of themselves,
to know their inner being, and
to live in greater harmony with
their emotions and sentiments.
The backlash from conserva-
tives was swift. The message
that has gone out is not true,
South African Cardinal Wilfrid
Napier told reporters Tuesday.
I certainly hope that this
document will be set aside
completely and there will be
an effort made to present the
churchs true teaching and
pastoral practice, said Ameri-
can Cardinal Raymond Burke,
head of the Vaticans high
court. AFP
The Synod on the Family convened by Pope Francis on Saturday approved a balanced nal document, after
several amendments. There was no consensus on a possible opening of the church to the gay and divorced. AFP
Iraq PM to visit Iran for
talks on fight against IS
IRAQI Prime Minister Haidar
al-Abadi is to visit Iran today for
talks on Baghdads battle
against the Islamic State group,
which holds swathes of the
country, his office said. The one-
day trip is part of Abadis bid to
unite the efforts of the region
and the world to help Iraq in its
war against the terrorist group,
it said in a statement issued
yesterday.The visit also aims to
strengthen cooperation between
the two neighbours in the fields
of energy, and housing and
construction. Iraq is fighting to
push back IS, which overran
much of the countrys Sunni
Arab heartland in a lightning
offensive in June. AFP
German student dies
in plunge in Malaysia
A GERMAN student has died
after falling into a steep ravine at
a waterfall on a popular
Malaysian resort island, police
said yesterday. The 24-year-old
died at the scene on Saturday
after slipping while trying to take
photos on Langkawi island in
the countrys north, said local
police chief Harrith Kam
Abdullah. It was raining and so
it was slippery. He sustained
injuries at the back of his head,
he said. The man was studying
at a university in Kuala Lumpur
and had travelled to the island
with a group of other students,
Harrith added. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
NIGERIAS military said Friday it has reached a
cease-fire with Boko Haram and that the Islam-
ist militant group indicated it is willing to discuss
the release of more than 200 schoolgirls it
abducted in April.
A cease-fire agreement has been concluded
between the Federal Government of Nigeria and
the Jamatu Ahlis Sunna Li Daawa Wal Jihad,
Chief of Defence Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh
said Friday in an emailed statement, referring
to Boko Haram. I have accordingly directed the
service chiefs to ensure immediate compliance
with this development.
Boko Haram, which means Western educa-
tion is a sin, has waged a five-year campaign
mainly in Nigerias northeast to to impose Islam-
ic law in Africas biggest economy and top oil
producer. In that time, it has killed more than
13,000 people, President Goodluck Jonathan
said last month.
The kidnapping of the schoolgirls in the town
of Chibok sparked international outrage and
pledges of support to find them by countries
including the United States and Britain.
Boko Haram said the schoolgirls and other
people in their captivity are alive and well, Nige-
rian government spokesman Mike Omeri said in
a separate statement from Abuja, the capital.
Clement Nwankwo, executive director of the
Abuja-based Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre,
said the cease-fire announcement may be linked
to general elections in February. Jonathan hasnt
said whether he will seek re-election as a candi-
date of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
This is coming only a few days before the
possibility of Jonathan announcing his candi-
dature for elections, Nwankwo said by phone
from Abuja. So for me, its a question whether
this is not propaganda of preparing to announce
his candidature an election gimmick.
Dominic Simonis, analyst at the UK-based risk
advisory company Maplecroft, said the
announcement should be treated with caution.
THE WASHINGTON POST
C
OUNTRIES across the world
scrambled on Saturday to
stem a deadly Ebola out-
break that UN ofcials warn
is getting worse as New Yorks main
JFK airport prepared to screen travel-
lers from epidemic-hit West Africa.
Aid agency Oxfam said Ebola could
become the denitive humanitar-
ian disaster of our generation, as
US President Barack Obama urged
against hysteria in the face of the
growing crisis.
Oxfam, which works in the two
worst-hit countries Liberia and Si-
erra Leone on Saturday called for
more troops, funding and medical
staff to be sent to tackle the West Afri-
can epicentre of the epidemic.
Chief executive Mark Goldring
warned that the world was in the eye
of a storm.
We cannot allow Ebola to immo-
bilise us in fear, but . . . countries that
have failed to commit troops, doctors
and enough funding are in danger of
costing lives, he said.
The worst-ever outbreak of the
deadly virus has so far killed more
than 4,500 people, mainly in Guinea,
Liberia and Sierra Leone, but isolated
cases have now begun to appear in
Europe and the United States.
A global appeal
The Ebola crisis could become
the denitive humanitarian disaster
of our generation, a spokesperson
for the British-based charity said as
it appealed for EU foreign ministers
meeting in Luxembourg on Monday
to do more.
Obamas warning about hysteria
came a day after the World Bank said
the battle against the disease was
being lost and as the US president
named an Ebola czar to coordinate
Washingtons response.
In Sierra Leone, Defence Minis-
ter Alfred Paolo Conteh was put in
charge of the ght against the disease
as the death toll there rose to 1,200.
In a statement, President Ernest
Bai Koroma said the defence minister
would with immediate effect head a
new national Ebola response centre.
A global UN appeal for nearly $1 bil-
lion to ght the spread of the disease
has so far fallen short, but a spokes-
man told AFP more money was com-
ing in daily.
Out of $988 million requested a
month ago, the UN said Saturday
$385.9 million had already been
given by a slew of governments and
agencies, with a further $225.8 mil-
lion promised.
It has been encouraging to see the
amount and the speed with which
these amounts have been commit-
ted, said Jens Laerke, spokesman
for the UNs humanitarian ofce
(OCHA).
But the total was still some way off,
Laerke said. Nobodys smiling in this
crisis, so Im not going to go out and
clap my hands and say every-
thing is going ne, because its
not, he told AFP.

Panic growing
As panic and Ebola scares
spread, Obama called for pa-
tience and perspective.
This is a serious disease,
but we cant give in to hyste-
ria or fear because that only
makes it harder to get people
the accurate information they
need. We have to be guided by
the science, Obama said.
Friday saw a number of
false alarms in the United States as
fears grew, including at the Pentagon,
where an entrance was closed after a
woman vomited in a parking lot. US
authorities later found no evidence
that she had contracted Ebola.
Meanwhile, US media reported on
overzealous action taken by some
communities, including a group of
Mississippi parents who pulled their
kids from school because the princi-
pal had recently travelled to Zambia
a southern African country far from
the Ebola crisis in West Africa.
The US where a Liberian man died
from Ebola on October 8 and two
American nurses who treated him
have tested positive was not seeing
an outbreak or epidemic, Obama
stressed. More isolated cases in the
country were possible, he conceded.
But we know how to wage this ght.
The US president played down the
idea of a travel ban from West Africa.
Trying to seal off an entire region
of the world if that were even pos-
sible could actually make the situ-
ation worse.

Losing the battle
Obamas call for calm was in stark
contrast to World Bank chief Jim Yong
Kim, who warned Friday that we are
losing the battle. He blamed a lack of
international solidarity in efforts to
stem the epidemic.
Certain countries are only worried
about their own borders, he told re-
porters in Paris, as leaders in Wash-
ington and beyond grapple for a co-
ordinated response to the outbreak.
Airports in several countries were
taking passengers temperatures in a
bid to detect Ebola carriers, although
experts have expressed doubts about
the effectiveness of the checks.
France on Saturday started carrying
out health checks on Air France passen-
gers arriving from Guinea, where the
epidemic began in December, while
a cabin crew union called for a halt to
ights from Conakry altogether.
One 40-year-old passenger was
taken to a Paris hospital with a sus-
pected fever but ofcials later said
she was not suffering from vomiting
or diarrhoea.
Meanwhile, a woman was taken to
a military hospital close to Paris on
Saturday suffering from abdominal
pain and fever, but there was no con-
rmation of her condition.
The United States, Britain and Can-
ada have already launched screen-
ings at airports for passengers from
Ebola-hit zones. The EU is reviewing
the matter.
As of October 14, 4,555 people have
died from Ebola out of a total of 9,216
cases registered in seven countries,
the WHO said. AFP
Nurse Nina Pham lies in her hospital bed at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospi-
tal in Dallas, Texas. Pham contracted Ebola after treating a patient. AFP
Ebola is disaster of our generation
Cease-fire with Boko Haram
Islamists reached: Nigeria
Smuggled ivory seized in Saudi: media
AUTHORITIES in Saudi Arabia
say they have seized half a
tonne of ivory being smuggled
from Africa to East Asia.
Customs agents at King Kha-
led International Airport in
Riyadh intercepted the ship-
ment, which was in transit, the
official SPA news agency said
on Saturday.
They found 588 pieces of dif-
ferent shapes and sizes weigh-
ing about 490 kilograms (1,078
pounds) hidden in the luggage
of a passenger on a flight from
an African country to east Asia,
it said, without elaborating.
A 1989 ban on the ivory trade
has not stopped criminal gangs
seeking to exploit a continued
demand for tusks in Asia.
Poaching of African rhinos is
increasing to meet demand
from Asia, where the horn has
long been used in traditional
medicines for a variety of ail-
ments, including fever and
rheumatism.
Thousands of elephants are
also killed every year for their
tusks, which are prized espe-
cially in China for use in decora-
tions and trinkets. AFP
Honeymoon hitman dies in South Africa
A MAN convicted of killing Brit-
ish businessman Shrien
Dewanis bride has died in a
South African prison, officials
said Saturday, days after
Dewani himself went on trial
for her murder.
Xolile Mngeni, who was serv-
ing a life sentence for shooting
Anni Dewani while she was on
honeymoon in Cape Town in
2010, had been diagnosed with
a brain tumour.
Prosecutors allege the Briton
hired Mngeni to kill his wife in
a staged hijacking, but the
killer was unlikely to have been
called as a witness against
Dewani because of his illness.
One of Mngenis accomplices,
Mziwamadoda Qwabe, has
already told the Cape Town High
Court that Dewanis taxi driver
had contacted him and told him
there was a husband who want-
ed his wife to be killed.
Qwabe is serving 25 years for
his part in the murder, while
the taxi driver, Zola Tongo, was
sentenced to 18 years. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
How a mountain pass turned into a graveyard
T
HOUSANDS of foreign-
ers come to Nepal in Octo-
ber with one goal cross a
mountain pass in a grueling
three-week adventure in the Himala-
yas. This week, one of most gorgeous
passes in Nepal turned into a grave-
yard, claiming the lives of 32 trekkers
from several countries.
For decades, October has been
the best month to trek along the An-
napurna Circuit, one of the most
popular mountain trails in Nepal and
one that requires crossing the Tho-
rung La Pass at an altitude of 5,416
meters. Thats 17,769 feet.
On Tuesday, a snowstorm hit sev-
eral points along the circuit, killing
trekkers and porters who were cross-
ing the pass, according to the Nepali
Times. Dozens are still missing in
whats become one of the deadliest
Himalayan incidents in a country that
is still recovering from the tragedy of
an avalanche that killed 16 Sherpas
last spring on Mount Everest.
Although trekking the Annapurna
Circuit to cross the Thorung La Pass
may not be as grueling an adventure
as climbing Everest, it is certainly not
easy and without risks. Most peo-
ple who attempt to cross
the pass do not require any training,
but the potential for acute altitude
sickness remains, and it has killed
both foreigners and locals. However,
the deaths of so many trekkers on this
route was unprecedented, as thou-
sands of foreigners usually attempt
to trek the circuit in October, which
is considered a favorable month for
climbing and is not generally known
for severe weather that would create
dangerous conditions.
Weather and the trail along the An-
napurna Circuit were clear, with very
little snow until Saturday (Kaphle
crossed the Thorung La Pass that
morning with two friends, and may-
be 100 more crossed through that
day). But a cyclone that made landfall
in India on Sunday changed things
overnight. By that time, hundreds of
trekkers were already high up in the
mountains, with very limited or al-
most no access to telephones or news
to monitor weather reports.
As search-and-rescue missions
continue Friday, here is what we
know:
Number of conrmed killed: 32
Number of bodies recovered: 21
Number of trekkers rescued: 259
Number unaccounted for: 85
Countries whose citizens were
killed during the trek: Canada, Nepal,
India, Israel, Poland, Slovakia.
Based on the latest report out
of Kathmandu, 85 of the 345 trek-
kers who registered at a checkpoint
Monday en route to the two closest
camps before the pass Yak Kharka
and Thorung Phedi had not made it
to the other side. About 100 trekkers
were said to have left the nal base
camp, also known as High Camp,
which provides food and accommo-
dation the night before trekkers begin
a sharp, three-hour ascent of about
700 meters to cross the pass.
We rescued 67 trekkers today, of
which 45 were foreigners, said De-
vendra Lamichhane, chief district of-
cer in Manang, on Thursday. Many
trekkers who had already crossed
the pass are still said to be missing as
Nepals army and private helicopters
continue search-and-rescue mis-
sions. Some private helicopter com-
panies are also leading such missions
in other affected districts, where lo-
cals and trekkers have been reported
missing in the blizzard.
According to Captain Siddhartha
Gurung of Simrik Airlines, private he-
licopters have own to Nar Phu village
in Manang, from where bodies were
recovered, while search missions con-
tinue on the Thorung La Pass, Tilicho
Lake and Mount Dhaulagiri.
Almost no one is now left
exposed outside, but
there could be some
stranded in tea
houses and
hotels, he said in an interview.
On Friday, the Nepalese army
rescued 39 more people who were
stranded near the pass after the bliz-
zard. Three more bodies were also
recovered.
Kunda Dixit, editor of the Nepali
Times, writes that blizzards and ava-
lanches in the high Himalayas are not
uncommon and can prove disastrous
during the post-monsoon season that
brings cyclones and typhoons in the
Bay of Bengal. THE WASHINGTON POST
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Cambodia is invitng applicatons for one positon as
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The World Health Organizaton has been providing technical support to the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia to
support the Ministry of Health (MoH) actvites. To strengthen communicable disease surveillance in partcular, Applied
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In coordinaton with the Cambodian Applied Epidemiology Training (AET) management team, prepare the annual work a.
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Deep space snowball has close shave with Mars
A
COMET the size of a small
mountain was scheduled to
skim past Mars, and NASA
hopes its spacecraft will be
able to photograph the once-in-a-
million-years encounter.
The comet, known as Siding Spring
(C/2013 A1), is set to hurtle past Mars
at a close distance of about 141,600
kilometres. The closest pass was ex-
pected to happen yesterday at 18:27
GMT.
Astronomers do not expect it will
come any where near colliding with
Mars, but they do hope it will be close
enough to reveal clues about the ori-
gins of the solar system.
That is because the comet is be-
lieved to have originated billions of
years ago in the Oort Cloud, a distant
region of space at the outskirts of the
solar system.
Comets such as C/2013 A1 are
essentially dirty icy snowballs with
rocks and dust embedded in frozen
gasses, said Dan Brown, an astrono-
my expert at Nottingham Trent Uni-
versity. It is on its rst run towards
the center of our solar system and
its material is virtually unchanged by
the rays of the sun and can give us an
insight to the material composition
of our early solar system 4.6 billion
years ago.
The comet is ying through space
at a breakneck speed of 122,400 miles
per hour. Another interesting thing
about the comet, about a mile wide
in diametre, is that it is only about as
solid as a pile of talcum powder. NASA
has maneuvered its Mars orbiters to
the far side so they wont be damaged
by the comets high-speed debris.
Even as the Mars Reconnaissance
Orbiter, Mars Odyssey and MAVEN
have been repositioned to avoid
hazardous dust, scientists hope they
will be able to capture a trove of
data about the yby for Earthlings to
study.
NASAs two rovers, Curiosity and
Opportunity, will turn their cameras
skyward and send back pictures of
the comets pass in the coming days,
weeks and months, the US space
agency said.
The orbiters will keep a close eye
on the show, said Rebecca Johnson,
editor of StarDate magazine.
Theyll study the comet itself,
which is a small chunk of ice and rock.
Theyll also study the cloud of gas and
dust around the comet, as well as its
long tail, she said.And theyll mea-
sure how the gas and dust interact
with the Martian atmosphere.
The comet has travelled more than
one million years to make its rst pass
by Mars, and will not return for an-
other million years, after it completes
its next long loop around the sun.
The comet was discovered by Rob-
ert McNaught at Australias Siding
Spring Observatory in January 2013.
Its yby of Mars is not likely to be
visible to sky watchers on Earth.
But the encounter is of great inter-
est to scientists, particularly since
there are so many spacecraft on and
around Mars to record it.
As it zips toward the sun, it gives
scientists a chance to see a relic from
the distant past a snowball that pre-
serves the same ingredients that gave
birth to our own world, said John-
son. AFP
Above, an artists concept illustration by NASA depicts the Comet Siding Spring (2013 A1) and Mars. AFP
Fears are growing that children in
Europe falling prey to traffickers
THOUSANDS of migrant chil-
dren are disappearing after ar-
riving in mainland Europe, trig-
gering concerns that they are
falling prey to child trafcking
and forced labour.
Of some 12,164 unaccom-
panied minors who arrived
in Italy from north Africa this
year, about one-third have
vanished from foster homes
and government shelters with
the authorities warning they
are likely to face sexual and
labour exploitation if left un-
protected.
Hundreds of children, main-
ly from Egypt, Eritrea and So-
malia, are arriving on Italys
shores every month. In Cata-
nia, on the eastern coast of
Sicily, local NGOs say that Eri-
trean children have begun to
be kidnapped from parks and
train stations.
Most of the Eritrean children
refuse to be identied by the au-
thorities on arrival in the coun-
try because the Dublin Con-
vention doesnt allow them to
claim asylum in other countries
if they have been registered in
Italy, says Elvira Iovino, direc-
tor of Centro Astalli, a migrants
shelter in Catania.
Under Italian law, children
arriving in the country without
their family should come under
the care of the state; they should
rst be housed in emergency
shelters, then moved to foster
homes.
In the Sicilian town of Au-
gusta, which has been the land-
ing point for more than 4,000
of the 12,164 migrant children
who have arrived in Italy so far
this year, local authorities say
they simply cant cope with the
numbers of children for whom
they are becoming responsible.
Recently we had 1,500
people arriving at our port in
one night 250 of these were
children, says Francesco
Puglisi, the commissioner in
Augusta responsible for im-
migration. Here we just dont
have the structures to give the
right protection to such large
numbers.
Conditions at the Scuola
Verde rst aid centre, Augustas
only emergency shelter for
migrant children has the fa-
cilities to support 20 children,
but there are as many as 150
housed there. Minors who were
supposed to be relocated after
48 hours are at the centre four
or ve months later.
According to migrant rights
activists, many children who
escape, or are lured out of emer-
gency shelters or foster homes
by the promise of employment,
end up working in conditions
of forced labour, packing boxes
of tomatoes in basements or
greenhouses in Sicily.
Others head for cities and
towns across Italy. The Guard-
ian followed the trail of mi-
grant children from Sicily to
Rome, where young Egyptian
teenagers were found work-
ing for a few euros an hour
at the train station and fruit
and vegetable markets. Some
said they were told by their
trafckers where to nd work
to pay off their debts before
they left for Europe; others
received instructions on their
arrival in Sicily.
Mariella Chiaramonte, chief
of the police station in Tivoli,
near Rome, says, There is a
connection between those
who trafc the children to Italy
and those who employ them
at the markets, so we are plan-
ning an investigation to estab-
lish these links. THE GUARDIAN
Four of a group of 71 African refugees arrested in Spain in June 2004. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
World
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR
CAMBODIA COMMUNITY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PARTNERSHIP (CCJAP)
INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)
The Cambodia Community Justce Assistance Partnership (CCJAP) contnues the support that Australia has provided over the 1.
past 17 years in the criminal justce sector in Cambodia; the assistance has moved from being donor-driven and insttutonally
focused to an increasingly community oriented and locally owned and administered program of support to provide communites
with equitable access to justce.
Goal: Prosperous, safe and secure communites in Cambodia
Purpose: Contribute to building safer communites and reducing overcrowding in prisons
End-of-program outcomes:
OCM1. The justce system is managed for more eectve pre-trial arrangements, use of non-custodial sentencing and
improved prisons
OCM2. Women, youth and children are safer and communites have less crime
OCM3. Communites, police, courts and prisons use evidence to support management
In supportng the CNP to increasingly use the informaton to support management and provide the evidence for policy and
budget strategic plans, the Natonal Management Board (NMB) has approved through its 2014-2015 work plan the provision
of network security protecton equipment to protect crime data system.
We invite sealed bids from eligible bidders for the provision of Network Security Equipment and Lightning Protecton system 2.
for 25 Provincial Police Commissariats (PPCS) and General Commissariat of Natonal Police (GCNP). The sealed bids are divided
into two categories:
Network Security Equipment to connect DPLC between 25 PPCs and GCNP A.
Lightning Protecton system B.
Lightning Enterprise ESE System NFC for GCNP: 2 units a.
Lightning Protecton Classic Rod for 25 PPCs: 25 units b.
Product Protect Power AC Atack from Lightning: 2 units for GCNP and 25 units for PPCs c.
Note: All item supplies are to be provided with exempton from all taxes.
Procurement Method will be conducted through Natonal Compettve Bidding (NCB) procedures consistent with: 3.
Royal Government of Cambodia: Procurement Manual for Externally Financed Projects/Programs in Cambodia,
September 2005 and,
Government of Australia: Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines.
Interested qualied eligible bidders are invited to obtain a copy of the bidding documents free-of-charge from the following 4.
email address: maosochan@ccjap.org by submitng an applicaton and providing electronic copy of their current company legal
certcaton (Ministry of commerce; Ministry of Economic and Finance; Ministry of Posts and Telecommunicatons and Patent
year 2013 and 2014), there shall be no other conditon for obtaining the bidding documents.
To be considered eligible applicants must: 5.
Be a legally consttuted rm - copies of original documents dening the consttuton or legal status, place of registraton,
and principle place of business shall be submited with the bid (for Network Security Equipment)
Not be under any notce of disbarment issued by the Government, The ADB, World Bank or other projects.
Bids must be delivered to the address given below at or before 6. 14:30 hours on 04 November 2014. Late bids will be rejected.
Bids will be opened in public immediately thereafer at the address given below in the presence of the Bidders representatves
and the projects beneciaries. Bidders representatves who choose to atend shall be allowed to be present in person.
All bids must be accompanied by a bid securing declaraton, as described in the bidding documents, any bid not accompanied 7.
by one will be rejected as non-compliant.
The bidding process is as follows: 8.
Start of bid document distributon: 08:00 hrs, 20 October 2014
Deadline for Submission: 14:30 hrs, 04 November 2014
Please indicate if you wish to bid for Network Security Equipment or Lightning Protecton system. 9.
The address referred to above where properly sealed and stamped bid must be addressed is as follow: 10.
To: Lt.Gen. Kirth Chantharith
Deputy Commissioner General of Natonal Police, as Project Director;
Chairman of Procurement Commitee;
Ministry of Interior,
Address:CCJAP Oce, 2
nd
oor of the Department of Local Administraton (DOLA building)
Norodom Boulevard,
Phone & Fax: 023 726 207,
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For more informaton, please contact 012 300 610/ 012 203 368 11.
Going, going ...
Rare white
rhino dies
in Kenya
O
NE of the last northern
white rhinos on the
planet has died in a
reserve in Kenya, leaving the
sub-species on the verge of
extinction.
The male, called Suni,
was probably the last male
capable of breeding, accord-
ing to Dvur Kralove zoo in the
Czech Republic, where the
rhino was born in 1980.
There are only six of the
rare rhinos left, having been
hunted by poachers in Africa
for their horns.
The Czech zoo is the only
one in the world to have
succeeded in breeding the
sub-species in captivity.
Suni who is thought to
have died from natural causes
was one of two males
and two females from Dvur
Kralove zoo reintroduced into
the wild in Kenya in 2009, in
an operation dubbed the last
chance of survival. AFP
A new chance for climate deal
A
MONTH after world
leaders pledged to
curb the threat of cli-
mate change, their
words will be put to the test
when talks for a new global pact
resume in Bonn this week.
Negotiators will gather from
today, tasked with ironing out
differences over how to save
Earth from potentially cata-
strophic climate damage.
The six-day meeting must lay
the groundwork for the annual
round of ministerial-level UN
talks in Lima in December.
In turn, the Lima forum has
to pave the way to a pact in
Paris in December 2015, unit-
ing 195 nations, rich and poor.
Theres so much that needs
to be done . . . if were to remain
on track for an ambitious agree-
ment in Paris which meets the
needs of those countries most
vulnerable to climate change,
Ronny Jumeau, spokesman
for the Alliance of Small Island
States told AFP.
A special summit in New York
in September, called by UN
chief Ban Ki-moon, marked
the biggest climate gathering
since Copenhagen in 2009.
Heads of state and govern-
ment queued to renew vows to
seal the 2015 deal.
Taking effect from 2020, the
accord would seek to limit glob-
al warming to 2 degrees Celsius
over pre-industrial levels and
channel hundreds of billions of
dollars in aid to poor states.
The UNs Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change says
that on current trends, the plan-
et could be up to 4.8 C warmer
by 2100 and sea levels up to 82
centimetres higher.
Conict, hunger, oods and
homelessness would be the
likely result, and risks of con-
ict amplify as nations joust
over resources.
Another scientic team, the
Global Carbon Project, report-
ed in September that carbon
dioxide (CO2) emissions from
fossil fuels and cement pro-
duction grew by 2.3 per cent
in 2013 to a record 36 billion
tonnes. It predicted a 2.5 per
cent rise for 2014.
Yet nations have squabbled
for more than two decades
over how to share emissions
curbs, which requires a costly
shift away from fossil fuels to
cleaner energy use.
The New York meeting has
revived political interest in this
process. But, say analysts, many
technicalities, some nightmar-
ishly complex, remain.
What will be the pacts status
under international law? How
will it be binding? Will there be
sanctions for countries who
fail to meet their targets? And
who will monitor compliance
and measure if the global ef-
fort is falling short?
The German talks will be the
rst chance to discuss a rough
22-page outline drawn up by
working group leaders and dis-
tributed for scrutiny in July.
In Bonn, we will start un-
derstanding where everybody
stands, what are the potential
obstacles, and what are the
points people agree on, said
Seyni Nafo, an African bloc
spokesman.
The meeting must also start
narrowing down what data
countries must provide when
submitting emissions pledges,
including whether they should
include nancing commit-
ments. The goal is to have
these pledges on the table by
the end of 2015s rst quarter.
Countries are working on
their contributions right now
and they need to know what
information has to be con-
tained in what they put for-
ward, said Alden Meyer of the
US-based Union of Concerned
Scientists.
But the topic will likely see
negotiators return to a sore
point: whether rich countries
should have tougher targets
because of their longer history
of burning fossil fuels.
Developed nations point the
nger in turn at fast-growing
emerging giants, especially
China, the worlds largest car-
bon emitter. It accounted for
28 per cent of fossil-fuel CO2
emissions in 2013, and India
for another 7 per cent.
According to the Global Car-
bon Project, in 1990, 62 per
cent of global emissions came
from rich countries and 34 per
cent in developing countries; in
2013, 58 per cent of emissions
came from developing econo-
mies, and 36 per cent rich ones.
And then there is the question
of climate aid, a test of good
faith for developing countries.
Rich nations promised in 2009
to help channel up to $100 bil-
lion per year by 2020.
It looks like international
momentum to deliver is -
nally building, said Jumeau,
adding: We call on the world
to ensure the opportunity is
not lost in Lima and the road
to Paris. AFP
A dried up bed of the Po River, which ows 652 kilometres eastward
across northern Italy, from Monviso in the Cottian Alps to the Adriatic
Sea near Venice. AFP
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J
OKO Widodo hasnt even been
sworn in as Indonesias president
yet, and already hes a failure.
No, Im not betting against the
young outsider who, Barack Obama-
style, rode a wave of excitement and
voter enthusiasm to the top job in
the worlds fourth-most populous
nation. Regional leaders and inves-
tors alike want Widodo to succeed in
raising the living standards of his
250 million citizens, 26 per cent of
whom are under 15. But its worth
tempering wildly inflated expecta-
tions for the incoming president,
given how determined his opposi-
tion appears to be.
No one would understand Widodos
dilemma better than the US presi-
dent to whom hes often compared.
The parallels with Obama are strik-
ing. Both are self-made men from
modest upbringings. Both energised
a new, wired generation of voters
with their charisma and common-
man appeal. Each has had to over-
come mean-spirited smear cam-
paigns: Obama for allegedly being a
Muslim, Widodo for allegedly not
being one. And like Obama when he
was inaugurated in 2009, the relative-
ly inexperienced Widodo confronts
grave doubts about whether he has
the strength and the skill to trans-
form Indonesias status quo.
The evidence thus far is worrying.
The man Widodo defeated in the
July elections former Suharto-era
general Prabowo Subianto at first
refused to concede. Ever since, hes
seemed bent on undercutting Wido-
do in any way he can. Subianto has
cobbled together a coalition in par-
liament that outnumbers the presi-
dents supporters. Even before
todays presidential inauguration,
the legislature changed rules to
allow that opposition coalition to
dominate key leadership positions.
In the most striking blow, legislators
voted to overturn the system of
direct local elections established
after the fall of Suharto in 1998 the
very reform that allowed a maverick
like Widodo, a former furniture
salesman, to become a small-town
mayor and then governor of Jakarta
before running for president.
Subiantos petulance brings to
mind Senate Republican leader
Mitch McConnell. In 2010, McCon-
nell flatly declared that his partys
priority would be to hold Obama to
one term. That meant scuttling the
presidents every priority, no matter
how punitive the consequences for
the American people.
In Indonesia, many in the opposi-
tion are driven as well by fears that
Widodos reforms and anti-graft
efforts might threaten the perks and
privileges theyve traditionally
enjoyed. Much of the Suharto-era
system remained intact even after
the dictators ouster and is reassert-
ing its power now. Or, as the Econo-
mist magazine put it in a recent
headline: The Empire Strikes Back.
Prabowo histrionics could have
their uses. Much as Obama often suc-
ceeds by stepping back and letting the
Republicans trip over their own ideo-
logical militancy, the popular Widodo
might want to let his enemies score
some own goals. The reversal of direct
elections, and earlier efforts to make it
harder to pursue corruption charges
against parliament members, are
highly unpopular with voters.
His style is far more appealing to
Indonesians, and Prabowo is wear-
ing out his welcome as a sore loser
and spoiler, says Jeff Kingston, head
of Asian studies at the Tokyo campus
of Temple University. The new presi-
dent, in Kingstons words, may just
need to get out of Prabowos way as
he alienates voters. Above all, Wido-
do needs to stick to his guns. Nobel
laureate Paul Krugman is probably
right that history will be kind to
Obama, who overhauled health
care, avoided a full-blown depres-
sion and put climate change firmly
on Washingtons agenda.
Widodos popularity doesnt just
stem from his down-to-earth per-
sonality but from his track record of
delivering results. He needs to
achieve more such victories as
quickly as possible. Logical places to
focus include: eliminating the struc-
tural inefficiencies that fan infla-
tion; cutting red tape; attacking
graft; making Indonesia a bigger link
in Asias supply chain by reducing
trade barriers and increasing manu-
facturing jobs; and setting a time-
line to scrap subsidies that are over-
whelming the budget. Widodo has
promised to put experts and techno-
crats in charge of these reforms
rather than political hacks, and he
should keep his word.
Granted, that wont be easy not
with even allies like former presi-
dent Megawati Soekarnoputri,
Widodos own party head, interfer-
ing with cabinet picks. But Widodos
five-year term will decide whether
Indonesia marches forward toward a
brighter future or lurches backward.
He should pay heed to Obamas
example as he sets out. BLOOMBERG
The Indonesian Obama
President-elect Joko Widodo (centre) and defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto walk together for a meeting in Jakarta last week. AFP
William Pesek is a Bloomberg View col-
umnist based in Tokyo.
Comment
William Pesek
Bennett Murray

C
AMBODIAS edgling ama-
teur photography scene
came out in full force for the
fourth annual Canon Pho-
toMarathon.
With 800 participants using their
digital cameras to try to capture the
best photos of the bunch, the Koh
Pich Building G auditorium was
packed last evening with hopefuls
anticipating the results.
Jessica Lim, the Asian Coordina-
tor for the Angkor Photo Festival and
PhotoMarathon jurist, said she was
impressed by the turnout.
Its great to see so many Cambodi-
ans who are so interested in photog-
raphy that they are willing to spend
their entire Sunday on this, she said,
adding that the queue for registration
began at 6:30am.
The contest, which was divided into
three rounds, each with a different
theme, began at 9am. Upon learn-
ing the theme, which was kept secret
prior to the start, the participants had
three hours to nd the single best
shot they could around the city. After
submitting their favourite picture,
they were told of the next theme and
went out yet again.
The rules required that all photos be
taken on the day of the competition
and that the photos be untouched
with digital software memory cards
meta-data was analysed to ensure
compliance.
Kong Sangvar Cesare, a 24-year-
old business manager at Askap Gold
Investment, decided to partner with
two of his friends to nd the best
image to represent hope, the nal
theme.
So far we have found two pictures
one of owers oating on the sur-
face of water with the reection of
sunshine, and one of a smile, but we
captured only half of the mouth, he
said outside the Koh Pich auditorium
as the competition approached its
end.
Phat Sopheak, a 28-year-old project
organiser at the election watchdog
NGO Comfrel, was also contemplat-
ing which picture to submit after re-
turning from his three-hour shoot.
When they told the topic, I thought
of one man or woman looking into
the picture, and the picture showing
development, he said, adding that
he did not nd quite the right shot for
his vision.
The three themes, which also in-
cluded generations and expres-
sions of Phnom Penh, were intended
to be open-ended to allow for maxi-
mum creative exibility, said Tan Li-
wen, Regional Marketing Manager
for I-Click Canon, which organised
the contest.
We asked participants to be cre-
ative and we also asked participants
to take time after they had taken the
pictures to come back early to go
through all their pictures and choose
the best, she said.
The contest was divided into the
open group for adults and the
student group for minors, with the
youngest participant only nine years
old. In addition to camera kit prizes,
the top three adult winners of each
theme will attend a photo clinic at
next months Angkor Photo Festival
in Siem Reap where they will com-
pete yet again for the chance to at-
tend a Canon photo clinic in Japan
next January.
Lim, who returned to the festival for
the third time to judge, said she has
noticed an improvement from past
years.
I feel like more people are trying to
do more candid photos now, which is
a nice change, she said, adding that
she also noticed an increase in photo
quality throughout the day of the
competition.
Jerry Thai, a local professional pho-
tographer who also served as a judge,
said that he hopes his country will
continue to improve its photography
skills for next years competition.
He said: I would say that right now
Cambodia is growing photography
in terms of technical skills but in
terms of artistic [technique] it is go-
ing up but still not enough. Hopefully
next year, everything will be much
better.
Ultimately, said Liwen, the contest
is all about promoting the craft with-
in the Kingdom.
All along we have been very persis-
tant in wanting to promote photogra-
phy culture in Cambodia, she said.
The open category winners for the
Phnom Penh Expression theme were
Patrick Kooijman in rst place, Arik S.
Mintorogo in second place and Jake
Akitch Almeida in third place, while
the student winners were Veal Chan-
raksmey in rst place, Chhunka Da-
vid in second place and Chan Mony
Odom in third place.
The open category winners for the
Generation theme were Sun Vandy
in rst place, Vong Sopheak in sec-
ond place and Heng Chhengngarv in
third place, while the student winners
were Chhunka David in rst place,
Nun Sonisa in second place and Lay
Bunleng in third place.
The open category winners for the
Hope theme were Sao Siha in rst
place, Leng Sodina in second place
and Si Eng Hai in third place, while
the student winners were Veal Chan-
raksmey in rst place, Heng Puthyrak
in second place and Chet Bomey in
third place.
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Lifestyle
Big turnout
for Canons
photo contest
The rst place photo of the Generations theme. SUN VANDY
The rst place photo of the Expressions of Phnom Penh theme. PATRICK KOOIJMAN
In Japan, new sakes promoted to young drinkers
THIS years sake brewing season has
begun, and newly harvested rice is
being shipped across Japan. Although
Japanese sake has a deep-rooted
image as a drink for middle-aged and
elderly men, new varieties have
appeared on the market in recent
years, with sparkling sake and sake
cocktails especially popular among
young people and women.
There are just over 1,700 sake brewer-
ies in the nation, each producing a
distinctive product. Domestic ship-
ments of sake have been on the decline,
down 60 per cent since 1993.
However, the popularity of sake
among women and young people has
been gradually rising.
According to the Internal Affairs and
Communications Ministrys household
expenditure survey in 2013, spending
on sake has increased 90 per cent from
2011 in households with at least two
people and in which the head of the
household is in his or her 20s. Among
households in which the head of the
household is in his or her 30s, spending
increased 20 per cent from 2011.
A sake-tasting event exclusively for
women was held in Tokyo on Septem-
ber 27. About 1,000 participants vis-
ited the booths of the 25 sake brewer-
ies and enjoyed tasting their products.
Tatsuya Kawagoe, a famous chef of
Italian cuisine, presented cooking
recipes at the festive event that go well
with sake.
The Japan Sake and Shochu Makers
Association has also held seminars for
women since 2005. Participants learn
the history of sake and brewing meth-
ods, and can also visit breweries to
observe the production processes and
taste sake.
The association has sometimes had
to choose participants by lottery
because applicants exceeded capac-
ity. A conspicuous number of the par-
ticipants were in their 30s, it said.
Sake breweries are also offering
fashionable products that are easier
to drink, including sparkling sake.
Many of the new products are sweet,
and their alcoholic content is lower
than that of conventional sake, which
is generally about 15 per cent.
Takara Shuzo Co released sparkling
sake in autumn 2013 across the nation.
A 300-mililitre bottle of the brand,
called is priced at about 475 yen, or
about $4.50, not including consump-
tion tax.
The brands alcoholic content is 5
percent, the same level as that of beer.
Company officials said the sparkling
sake has a strong acidic flavour, and
so is suitable as an aperitif or to drink
together with chocolates and other
rich sweets. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
A sake-tasting event on September 27 in Tokyo. New varieties of sake are being pro-
moted to appeal to younger drinkers. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Kotaro Numata

R
EASONABLY priced
guesthouses in Tokyo
have been attracting
travellers from over-
seas since Tokyo won the bid
to host the 2020 Olympics and
Paralympics.
Such accommodations are
popular among foreign visi-
tors as they provide a relax-
ing atmosphere where it is
easy to communicate with
other travel-
lers as well
as locals,
a l t h o u g h
s h a r e d
rooms, lava-
tories and
shower facili-
ties are the
norm.
Guesthouse
toco. in the
Shitaya dis-
trict in Tokyo,
opened four
years ago in
a renovated
90-year-ol d
t r adi t i onal
private house.
A Japanese-
style garden
outside the
veranda of the
wooden house
creates the at-
mosphere of
Japans good old days.
Though guests must share
rooms, lavatories and show-
er facilities, the cost is afford-
able, starting from 2,700 yen
(about $25) per night. As the
living room includes a mini-
bar that opens at 7pm every
night, guests can enjoy chat-
ting with other guests and
Japanese locals who visit the
bar lounge.
Guesthouse owner Takuya
Kirimura, 29, said: About
80 per cent of our guests are
foreigners. Talking with local
residents who come to drink
at the bar provides a source of
pleasure for them.
Another popular guest-
house is Khaosan World
Asakusa Ryokan & Hostel
in the Nishi-Asakusa district
of Tokyo. As the renovated
building was formerly a love
hotel constructed during
the economic bubble years,
the guesthouse has inten-
tionally maintained some
rooms with their amorous
atmosphere.
The cost of
such rooms,
which are pop-
ular among
tourists, starts
from 2,200 yen
(about $20)
per person.
G e n e r a l
manager Ma-
sahiko Mago-
me, 32, said:
[Not only
guests, but]
most of our
staff are back-
packers who
go travelling
on holidays.
Thats why
we can be a
little out of
the box in
the services
we offer to
guests.
One of the guests, Chris-
tian Curz, 30, a graphic de-
signer from Mexico, said
with a smile that the guest-
house is reasonable and
unique with friendly staff
members, adding that he
plans to tell his friends and
family members about the
charming accommodation
in Tokyo. Such guesthouses,
which many locals have not
heard of, may give foreign
travelers a chance to know
the real Tokyo. THE YOMIURI
SHIMBUN
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TG 581 Daily 10:05 11:10 PG 933 Daily 13:20 14:30
PG 934 Daily 15:20 16:30 FD 606 Daily 15:00 16:20
FD 607 Daily 17:05 18:15 PG 935 Daily 17:10 18:20
PG 936 Daily 19:10 20:20 TG 584 Daily 18:25 19:40
TG 585 Daily 20:40 21:45 PG 937 Daily 21:20 22:30
PHNOMPENH- BEIJING BEIJING- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 16:05 CZ 323 Daily 14:30 20:50
PHNOMPENH- DOHA( ViaHCMC) DOHA- PHNOMPENH( ViaHCMC)
QR 965 Daily 16:30 23:05 QR 964 Daily 01:00 15:05
PHNOMPENH- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 11:40 CZ 6059 2.4.7 12:00 13:45
CZ 6060 2.4.7 14:45 18:10 CZ 323 Daily 19:05 20:50
PHNOMPENH- HANOI HANOI - PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 20:35 VN 841 Daily 09:40 13:00
PHNOMPENH- HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY- PHNOMPENH
QR 965 Daily 16:30 17:30 QR 964 Daily 14:05 15:05
VN 841 Daily 14:00 14:45 VN 920 Daily 15:50 16:30
VN 3856 Daily 19:20 20:05 VN 3857 Daily 18:00 18:45
PHNOMPENH- HONGKONG HONGKONG- PHNOMPENH
KA 207 1.2.4.7 11:25 15:05 KA 208 1.2.4.6.7 08:50 10:25
KA 207 6 11:45 22:25 KA 206 3.5.7 14:30 16:05
KA 209 1 18:30 22:05 KA 206 1 15:25 17:00
KA 209 3.5.7 17:25 21:00 KA 206 2 15:50 17:25
KA 205 2 19:00 22:35 - - - -
PHNOMPENH- INCHEON INCHEON- PHNOMPENH
KE 690 Daily 23:40 06:40 KE 689 Daily 18:30 22:20
OZ 740 Daily 23:50 06:50 OZ 739 Daily 19:10 22:50
PHNOMPENH- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- PHNOMPENH
AK 1473 Daily 08:35 11:20 AK 1474 Daily 15:15 16:00
MH 755 Daily 11:10 14:00 MH 754 Daily 09:30 10:20
MH 763 Daily 17:10 20:00 MH 762 Daily 3:20 4:10
PHNOMPENH- PARIS PHNOMPENH- PARIS
AF 273 2 20:05 06:05 AF 273 2 20:05 06:05
PHNOMPENH- SHANGHAI SHANGHAI - PHNOMPENH
FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:50 23:05 FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:30 22:40
PHNOMPENH- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE-PHNOMPENH
MI 601 1.3.5.6.7 09:30 12:30 MI 602 1.3.5.6.7 07:40 08:40
MI 622 2.4 12:20 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 11:25
3K 594 1234..7 15:25 18:20 3K 593 Daily 13:30 14:40
3K 594 ....56. 15:25 18:10 - - - -
MI 607 Daily 18:10 21:10 MI 608 Daily 16:20 17:15
2817 1.3 16:40 19:40 2816 1.3 15:00 15:50
2817 2.4.5 09:10 12:00 2816 2.4.5 07:20 08:10
2817 6 14:50 17:50 2816 6 13:00 14:00
2817 7 13:20 16:10 2816 7 11:30 12:30
PHNOMPENH-TAIPEI TAIPEI - PHNOMPENH
CI 862 Daily 10:50 15:20 CI 861 Daily 07:30 09:50
BR 266 Daily 12:45 17:05 BR 265 Daily 09:10 11:35
PHNOMPENH- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 18:50 VN 841 Daily 11:30 13:00
QV 920 Daily 17:50 19:10 QV 921 Daily 11:45 13:15
PHNOMPENH- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1.3.6 13:30 14:55 8M 401 1.3.6 08:20 10:45
SIEMREAP- PHNOMPENH
8M 401 1.3.6 11:45 12:30
SIEMREAP- BANGKOK BANGKOK- SIEMREAP
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 700 Daily 12:50 2:00 K6 701 Daily 02:55 04:05
PG 924 Daily 09:45 11:00 PG 903 Daily 08:00 09:10
PG 906 Daily 12:20 13:35 PG 905 Daily 10:35 11:45
PG 914 Daily 15:50 17:00 PG 913 Daily 14:05 15:15
PG 908 Daily 19:05 20:10 PG 907 Daily 17:20 18:15
PG 910 Daily 20:30 21:45 PG 909 Daily 18:45 19:55
SIEMREAP- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- SIEMREAP
CZ 3054 2.4.6 11:25 15:35 CZ 3053 2.4.6 08:45 10:30
CZ 3054 1.3.5.7 19:25 23:20 CZ 3053 1.3.5.7 16:35 18:30
SIEMREAP-HANOI HANOI - SIEMREAP
K6 850 Daily 06:50 08:30 K6 851 Daily 19:30 21:15
VN 868 1.2.3.5.6 12:40 15:35 VN 843 Daily 15:25 17:10
VN 842 Daily 18:05 19:45 VN 845 Daily 17:05 18:50
VN 844 Daily 19:45 21:25 VN 845 Daily 17:45 19:30
VN 800 Daily 21:00 22:40 VN 801 Daily 18:20 20:00
SIEMREAP-HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY-SIEMREAP
VN 3818 Daily 11:10 12:30 VN 3809 Daily 09:15 10:35
VN 826 Daily 13:30 14:40 VN 827 Daily 11:35 12:35
VN 3820 Daily 17:45 18:45 VN 3821 Daily 15:55 16:55
VN 828 Daily 18:20 19:20 VN 829 Daily 16:20 17:40
VN 3822 Daily 21:35 22:35 VN 3823 Daily 19:45 20:45
SIEMREAP- INCHEON INCHEON- SIEMREAP
KE 688 Daily 23:15 06:10 KE 687 Daily 18:30 22:15
OZ 738 Daily 23:40 07:10 OZ 737 Daily 19:20 22:40
SIEMREAP- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- SIEMREAP
AK 281 Daily 08:35 11:35 AK 280 Daily 06:50 07:50
MH 765 3.5.7 14:15 17:25 MH 764 3.5.7 12:10 13:15
FLY DIRECT TOMYANMARMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
YANGON- PHNOMPENH PHNOM PENH - YANGON
FLY DIRECT TOSIEMREAPMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON - SIEM REAP
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217, Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Tel 023 881 178 | Fax 023 886 677 | www.maiair.com
REGULAR SHIPPING LINES SCHEDULES
CALLING PORT ROTATION
LINE CALLING SCHEDULES FREEQUENCY ROTATIONPORTS
RCL
(12calls/moth)
1 Wed, 08:00 - Thu 16:00 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN
2 Thu, 14:00 - Fri 22:00 1 Call/week
HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG
(HPH-TXGKEL)
3 Fri, 20:00 - Sat 23:59 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN
MEARSK (MCC)
(4 calls/moth)
1 Th, 08:00 - 20:00 1 Call/week
SGN-SHV-LZP-SGN
- HKG-OSA-TYO-KOB
- BUS-SGH-YAT-SGN
- SIN-SHV-TPP-SIN
2 Fri, 22:00- Sun 00:01 1 Call/week
SITC (BEN LINE
(4 calls/onth)
Sun 09:00-23:00 1 Call/week
HCM-SHV-LZP-HCM-
NBO-SGH-OSA-KOB-
BUS-SGH-HGK-CHM
ITL (ACL)
(4 calls/month)
Sat 06:00 - Sun 08:00 1 Call/week SGZ-SHV-SIN-SGZ
APL
(4 calls/month)
Fri, 08:00 - Sun, 06:00 1 call/week SIN-SHV-SIN
COTS
(2 calls/month)
Irregula 2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)
34 call/month
BUS= Busan, Korea
HKG= HongKong
kao=Kaoshiung, Taiwan ROC
Kob= Kebe, Japan
KUN= Kuantan, Malaysia
LZP= Leam Chabang, Thailand
NBO= Ningbo, China
OSA= Osaka, Japan
SGN= Saigon, Vietnam
SGZ= Songkhla, Thailand
SHV= Sihanoukville Port Cambodia
SIN= Singapore
TPP= TanjungPelapas, Malaysia
TYO= Tokyo, Japan
TXG= Taichung, Taiwan
YAT= Yantian, China
YOK= Yokohama, Japan
AIRLINES
Air Asia (AK)
Room T6, PP International
Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555
Fax: 023 890 071
www.airasia.com
Cambodia Angkor Air (K6)
PP Ofce, #206A, Preah
Norodom Blvd, Tonle Bassac
+855 23 6666 786, 788, 789,
+855 23 21 25 64
Fax:+855 23-22 41 64
www.cambodiaangkorair.com
E: helpdesk@angkor-air.com
Qatar Airways (Newaddress)
VattanacCapital Tower, Level7,
No.66, PreahMonivongBlvd,
Sangkat wat Phnom, KhanDaun
Penh. PP, P: (023) 963800.
E: pnhres@kh.qatarairways.com
MyanmarAirwaysInternational
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217,
Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677
www.maiair.com
Dragon Air (KA)
#168, Monireth, PP
Tel: 023 424 300
Fax: 023 424 304
www.dragonair.com/kh
Tiger airways
G. oor, Regency square,
Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205,
Sk Chamkarmorn, PP
Tel: (855) 95 969 888
(855) 23 5515 888/5525888
E: info@cambodiaairlines.net


Koreanair (KE)
Room.F3-R03, Intelligent Ofce
Center, Monivong Blvd,PP
Tel: (855) 23 224 047-9
www.koreanair.com
Cebu Pacic (5J)
Phnom Penh: No. 333B
Monivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161
SiemReap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd.
Tel: 063 965487
E-mail: cebuair@ptm-travel.com
www.cebupacicair.com
SilkAir (MI)
Regency C,Unit 2-4, Tumnorb
Teuk, Chamkarmorn
Phnom Penh
Tel:023 988 629
www.silkair.com
AIRLINES CODE COLOUR CODE
2817 - 16 Tigerairways KA - Dragon Air 1 Monday
5J - CEBU Airways. MH - Malaysia Airlines 2 Tuesday
AK - Air Asia MI - SilkAir 3 Wednesday
BR - EVA Airways OZ - Asiana Airlines 4 Thursday
CI - China Airlines PG - Bangkok Airways 5 Friday
CZ - China Southern QR - Qatar Airways 6 Saturday
FD - Thai Air Asia QV - Lao Airlines 7 Sunday
FM - Shanghai Air SQ - Singapore Airlines
K6- Cambodia Angkor Air TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines
This ight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information,
please contact direct to airline or a travel agent for ight schedule information.
SIEMREAP- MANILA MANILA- SIEMREAP
5J 258 2.4.7 22:30 02:11 5J 257 2.4.7 19:45 21:30
SIEMREAP- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE- SIEMREAP
MI 633 1, 6, 7 16:35 22:15 MI 633 1, 6, 7 14:35 15:45
MI 622 2.4 10:40 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 09:50
MI 630 5 12:25 15:40 MI 616 7 10:40 11:50
MI 615 7 12:45 16:05 MI 636 3, 2 13:55 17:40
MI 636 3, 2 18:30 21:35 MI 630 5 07:55 11:35
MI 617 5 18:35 21:55 MI 618 5 16:35 17:45
3K 598 .2....7 15:35 18:40 3K 597 .2....7 13:45 14:50
3K 598 ...4... 15:35 18:30 3K 597 ...4... 13:45 14:50
SIEMREAP- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- SIEMREAP
QV 522 2.4.5.7 10:05 13:00 QV 512 2.4.5.7 06:30 09:25
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1. 5 20:15 21:25 8M 401 1. 5 17:05 19:15
PREAHSIHANOUK- SIEMREAP SIEMREAP- PREAHSIHANOUK
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55 K6 131 1-3-5 11:20 12:20
Guesthouse toco. in Tokyo is located in a traditional 90-year-old
house, and offers dorm rooms for visitors. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Guesthouses
in Tokyo draw
foreign visitors
Getting there
Getting to Tokyo from
Phnom Penh is tricky, but
your best bet is to y Drag-
on Air to Hong Kong, and
connect via Cathay Pacic.
China Eastern also offers
cheap ights with a layover
in Shanghai.
Staying there
toco. Price: 2700 yen a night.
Email: toco@backpackersja-
pan.co.jp. Website: http://
backpackersjapan.co.jp. Sh-
itaya, Taito-ku, Tokyo.
Khaosan World Asakusa
Ryokan & Hostel Price: Start-
ing from 2200 yen per per-
son. Email: world@khaosan-
tokyo.com. Website: www.
khaosan-tokyo.com. Nishi
Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Entertainment
21
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Thinking caps
Saturdays solution Saturdays solution
LEGEND CINEMA
ANNABELLE
A couple begin to experience terrifying supernatural
occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after
their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
City Mall: 9:25am, 1:30pm, 3:35pm, 7:40pm
Tuol Kork: 9:15am, 11:05am, 1:20pm, 3:25pm,
7:30pm
Meanchey: 9:20am, 11:40am, 1:30pm, 3:25pm,
9:45pm
THE GOOD LIE
Sudanese refugees given the chance to resettle in
America arrive in Kansas, where their encounter with
employment agency counselor forever changes all
of their lives.
City Mall: 4:10pm, 9:15pm
Tuol Kork: 9:45pm
Meanchey: 6:50pm
THE EQUALIZER
A man believes he has put his mysterious past
behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning
a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl
under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters,
he cant stand idly by he has to help her. Starring
Denzel Washington.
City Mall: 6:25pm
Tuol Kork: 9:35pm
Meanchey: 9:05pm
THE MAZE RUNNER
Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his
memory is erased, soon learning theyre all trapped
in a maze that will require him to join forces with
fellow runners for a shot at escape.
City Mall: 11:05am
Tuol Kork: 1:10pm, 7:35pm
Meanchey: 1:45pm
THE PACT II
A woman who is plagued by nightmares involving
a serial killer learns her dreams have a horrifying
connection to the real world.
City Mall: 9:45pm
Tuol Kork: 11:25am
Meanchey: 11:25am, 7:40pm
NOW SHOWING
Zumba @ Rose Garden
Dance tness based on samba, salsa,
merengue, martial arts and belly
dancing. Ideal for cardiovascular
tness and weight loss. The fee is
$10.
Rose Garden Clubhouse, Building B,
Floor 5B, Norodom Boulevard. 6pm
Pizza @ Show Box
The Katy Peri Peri Peri Chicken and
Pizza chefs serve their wood-red
pizza from their mobile kitchen in
front of Show Box. Reggae music will
be played all night.
Show Box, #11 Street 330. 6pm
Open Mic @ Slur Bar
Graham Cain, the musical comedian,
hosts an open mic night for any
customer who wishes to perform. A
free drink will be given to every
performer.
Slur Bar, #28 Street 172.
9:15pm
Adults Ballet @
Central School of Ballet
The class is structured to provide
students with a rm foundation in
technique, and is intended for those
who danced when they were younger
or are experienced in another genre.
Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh,
#10 Street 183. 7:15pm
ACROSS
1 Sugar bowl marchers
5 Data is displayed on it
10 Canyon edges
14 Plane reservation
15 ___ only (sans pictures)
16 Correct copy
17 One way to send stuff
20 Dazed and confused
21 Air raid alert
22 Drivers license datum
23 Fluorescent-lamp filler
25 Stars and Stripes land
27 Certain grad
30 Seance visitor
33 Snake in the grass,
metaphorically
34 Letters on some police jackets
37 Music selections
39 Understood
43 Nest with a view
44 Use some sense?
45 Tire-pressure letters
46 Emulate Spielberg
48 Marching together perfectly
51 Tokyo, once
52 Dote on too much
54 Paranormal ability
57 Cause of many yawns
59 Birth-related
63 Build things to last
66 Fishing need
67 Enjoyed enthusiastically
68 Annoying smell
69 Harvard rival
70 Reveals, as ones soul
71 Enthusiastic volunteers cry
DOWN
1 On the ocean
2 Bank-tellers call
3 Lights out music
4 Place for waders
5 Interstate sign
6 Rene of Hollywood
7 Introduce to the mix
8 Waterfront walk
9 Hide out indefinitely
10 Run the engine
11 April 13, e.g.
12 Boggy area
13 Mythological river
18 Make, as money
19 As originally placed
24 Long, deep cut
26 Jack-in-the-pulpits family
27 Coloraturas piece
28 Removed, as a tattoo
29 Early development sites?
30 Eyelid irritation
31 Lacking skill
32 Poke fun at
35 Float through the air
36 Was a consumer?
38 Cut with small strokes
40 Green land
41 Pulled dandelions
42 Bit of this and a bit of that
47 Discussion, briefly
49 1492 ship of note
50 A way to ski
52 Not as iffy
53 Arouse, as interest
54 Cable sports award
55 Colonnade for Zeno
56 Gloomy atmosphere
58 __ creature was stirring ...
60 Rip or neap
61 Physics class topic
62 Apollo played it
64 Word between
an old and new name
65 ___ and downs
WELL REPRESENTED
TV PICKS
Danish ballet dancer Johan Christensen. Classes in Phnom Penh are for experienced students. BLOOMBERG
Angelina Jolie stars in Tomb Raider. BLOOMBERG

9:55am TOMB RAIDER: Video game adventuress Lara
Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against
time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.
HBO
11:35am THE SOUND OF MUSIC: A woman leaves an
Austrian convent to become a governess to the children
of a Naval officer widower during the early days of the
Third Reich. HBO
1:45pm 2 GUNS: A DEA agent and a naval intelligence
officer find themselves on the run after a botched
attempt to infiltrate a drug cartel. HBO
5:40pm DADDY DAY CARE: Two men get laid off and
have to become stay-at-home dads when they cant
find jobs. This inspires them to open their own day-care
centre. HBO
The Hard
Rock Caf
marked its
e n t r a n c e
into the King-
dom with a
grand opening
at its Siem Reap
outlet complete
with VIP guests
and a red-car-
pet ceremony.
Located along
the Siem Reap
River in the
newly opened
Kings Road Vil-
lage in an old colo-
nial building, it is the
newest restaurant in
a company that in-
cludes 190 venues
across 58 countries.
It was originally
founded in London
in 1971 by American
expatriates Isaac Tigrett
and Peter Morton. It is currently headquar-
tered in Orlando, Florida, in the United
States. For the opening ceremony Ms Hun
Kim Leng gave a speech before destroying
an old guitar to ofcially christen the new
restaurant. The guests danced to live guitar
music and ate American food before re-
ceiving free T-shirts to take home. Photos
by Chhim Sreyneang.
Lifestyle
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
22
Sontery and Engly
Social Life Team
Grand Marnier Cocktail Party
Grand Opening @
Hard Rock
Cafe Angkor
Go On energy vodka @
Maison Saint Tropez
Zeus Club guests
Lim Sok, Kalyaney Nou and the Grand Mariner Cocktail Ambassador Adam Devermann.
Adam Devermann with guests tasting the Grand
Marnier Cocktail at FOX restaurant
On October 16,
Maison Saint Tro-
pez introduced the
imported Go On
drink from France.
Marketed as an
alcoholic en-
ergy drink,
Go On con-
tains vodka,
g u a r a n a ,
g i n s e n g
and ginger.
Many guests
took photographs
with models
dressed in the all-
white uniforms of
the French brand.
Photos by Hong
Menea.
Long Chorn; Khorl Pisey, sales consultant at
BMW; and Damien Gonon, co-owner of Coanna Inc
Khun Barang, area manager at Tous Les Tours
Brand; Kim, assistant director at CBM; Ngo Meng-
hourng; and Kim Sung Leang
Chiva, J-Hong and Richard Kouch
Nating, Chheng, Chansey Ke, Sapor Rendall and Kouy Chandanich
Vayuk, Joseph and Vichet
Chan Sinet and Chhom Sovannaron
Ngo Menghourng and Kim, assistant director at
CBM
Sina Vann
Lasszlo Fulop, senior consultant of retail services
at CBRE; Bearring Phang, chief executive ofcer
at Word Wide Investment Group Co, Ltd; Dick
Wong; and Kelvin Tan.
Hun Kimleang, the principle owner of Hard Rock
Caf Angkor
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Chhim Sreyneang
Social Life Manager
Lifestyle
23
Grand Marnier Cocktail Party
Marion Poutrel and Flore Hutchins
Guitar destroying ceremony
Aurore Bonnet; Benjamin Le Grand, general man-
ager at Hard Rock Cafe; and Arnaos Guerpillow
Guest enjoying the Grand Marnier cocktail at
Mango Mango
Grand Mariner featured its orange-avoured cognac liqueur in the presence of brand am-
bassador Adam Devermann. During the night, guests had a chance to taste the original
Grand Marnier Cocktail made by the brands cocktail expert. Flying all the way from New
York, Devermann spent two days in Cambodia for the Grand Mariner cocktail competi-
tion at Zeus Club, Mango Mango and FOX before continuing his trip to Shanghai, Aus-
tralia and New Zealand. Cocktails at the party included Grand O, Grand Cosmopolitan,
Grand Mojito, and Grand B52. Guests were also allowed to make their cocktails. Founded
in 1880 by Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle in France, Grand Mariner is made of cognac
brandy, orange bitters and sugar.
Cocktail competition at Zeus club
Adam Devermann teaching how to make cocktails
with the Grand Marnier at Fox restaurant
Shinya Miki and Murata Yoko
Mech Vothy, Salan Pisey, Mech Dyna and Saov
Sopanha
Asia Initiative Corporation (AIC) members
Rithy, Rami Sharaf and Eloi Courcouy
Special guests with the owner of Hard Rock Cambodia
Julie Chung, Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of
the United States of America
Em Socheat, Heng Dany, Chheng Srey Veasna and
In Sopheary
24
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Rossi triumphs at Phillip Island
I
TALIAN legend Valentino Rossi
won his rst Australian Mo-
toGP in nine years after world
champion Marc Marquez
crashed out while holding a big
lead at Phillip Island yesterday.
Rossi, one of the sports greats
with nine world championships
across all classes, swept to the
front when Marquez came off his
bike on the 19th lap, to beat home
teammate Jorge Lorenzo and Brit-
ains Bradley Smith in an all-Yama-
ha podium.
It was a popular victory for the
35-year-old Italian, who celebrat-
ed his 250th premier-class race
with his 82nd victory at one of his
favourite tracks.
It was Rossis sixth premier-class
win at Phillip Island and his rst
since 2005 to extend his phenom-
enal record to 15 podium nishes
in 18 trips to Australia.
Marquez, who clinched back-to-
back world titles last weekend in
Japan, had looked set comfortably
to win his rst MotoGP at Phillip
Island with a massive four-second
advantage on his dominant Repsol
Honda bike.
But the Spanish ace lost control
of his front wheel on lap 19 of the
27-lap race at the bottom of Lukey
Heights and crashed out unharmed,
leaving Rossi to take over and go on
to win by 10.836 seconds.
When I saw Marc crash it was a
surprise, and to finish first at Phil-
lip Island after my last victory here
in 2005 is a great achievement,
Rossi said.
I love this track and Ive won the
two most important world cham-
pionships of my career in 2001 and
2004.
I won again here in 2005 but I
have done a lot of podiums since
then and never won.
Rossis victory pushed him to an
eight-point lead over Lorenzo in the
ght for second place in the world
championship standings behind
Marquez, with two races remaining
at Sepang and Valencia.
I was focused on the second
place in the championship and I
am able to gain some points over
Jorge, but its so close with two rac-
es to the end, Rossi said.
Marquezs Spanish Repsol Hon-
da teammate Dani Pedrosa retired
from the race on lap seven after his
bike was hit in the rear by Andrea
Iannone, resulting in a buckled
rear wheel rim. He finished with
zero points.
Pedrosa, currently trailing Rossi
by 25 points in fourth spot, looks
to have lost his chance of nishing
second overall.
Rossi came off the third row of the
grid his worst qualifying position
since 12th at Assen in late June
and diced with Lorenzo for second
spot as Marquez extended his lead
with every lap.
But the race took a dramatic turn
when Marquez, looking set for his
12th GP triumph this season, lost
his front wheel and tumbled onto
the trackside grass, his race over.
As I had no pressure on me I tried
a different approach, pushing hard
from the start to try to open the larg-
est gap possible, Marquez said.
We were having a good race, right
up until the crash. It was a pity that
I went down at a time that I was not
riding on the limit or faster than the
lap before.
Last years winner Lorenzo was
critical of his Bridgestone tyres and
said he was lucky to nish the race.
Its a fantastic result for Yamaha,
its been a long time, but to be hon-
est Im very disappointed because
you work hard for the best set-up of
the bike. But sometimes you get this
type of tyres that are a complete di-
saster, he said.
Over the last few laps it was a dra-
ma just to stay on the bike in the fast
corners. But I managed to nish the
race and I was very lucky, its proba-
bly been my luckiest second place.
It was Smiths rst podium nish
in two seasons of MotoGP. Fellow
Briton Cal Crutchlow crashed out
on his Ducati while in second place
on the nal lap. AFP
Yamaha team MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi of Italy celebrates winning the Australian MotoGP Grand Prix at Phillip Island yesterday in his 250th premier-class race. AFP
Kim hosts dinner for Asiad stars
NORTH Korean leader Kim
Jong-Un hosted a banquet for
athletes who won gold medals
at the recent Asian Games in
South Korea, state media said
yesterday, marking his third
public appearance in a week
after an extended absence.
Kim praised the medallists for
proving the validity and vital-
ity of the partys plan for build-
ing a sports powerhouse, the
official Korean Central News
Agency reported.
North Korea took 11 gold
medals, 11 silver and 14 bronze
in its best Asian Games per-
formance since 1990, held in
the South Korean city of
Incheon from September 19 to
October 4.
Kim is known to be a big
sports fan, showering the coun-
trys star athletes with lavish
cars, awards and houses.
He is also reportedly a huge
follower of basketball and espe-
cially of the Chicago Bulls
former Bulls player Dennis
Rodman has made several con-
troversial trips to North Korea
to visit Kim, whom he calls a
personal friend.
The celebratory banquet,
believed to have been held on
Saturday, was also attended by
Kims wife as well as senior
military, party and government
officials, KCNA said.
Pictures published by state
media yesterday showed a smil-
ing Kim, a black cane in his left
hand, posing and talking with
players from the womens foot-
ball team.
Kim resurfaced earlier this
week after dropping out of the
public eye for nearly six weeks
an unexplained absence that
triggered frenzied speculation
about his health and his grip on
power.
Photographs from his first
appearance, believed to have
been last Monday, showed him
using a walking stick, backing
up reports that his disappear-
ance was the result of a leg
injury or condition.
On Friday, the ruling party
newspaper Rodong Sinmun ran
front page pictures of Kim,
aided by the same cane, inspect-
ing two high-rise apartment
complexes built for faculty
members of a university spe-
cialising in nuclear research.
The Kim dynasty has ruled
the isolated, Stalinist country
for more than six decades with
an iron fist and pervasive per-
sonality cult.
Since assuming power after
the death of his father Kim
Jong-Il in 2011, Kim Jong-Un
has cut a very public figure, with
state media showing him
engaged in a seemingly endless
series of field guidance trips
across the country.
South Korea said on Thursday
it would pay more than 70 per-
cent of the $700,000 costs
incurred by North Korea when
it took part in the Games in
Incheon.
The issue of subsidising the
Norths presence at the Games
became problematic ahead of
the event, when Seoul proposed
breaking with its custom of
supporting visiting sports
teams from the North.
In the end, an understanding
was reached that the South
would foot part of the bill,
though not all of it as in the
past. AFP
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un smiles as he inspects a newly-built
housing complex in Pyongyang last Tuesday. AFP
PERCY Harvin, who scored a
touchdown in Seattles Super
Bowl victory eight months
ago, was traded Saturday to
the New York Jets for a future
NFL Draft pick.
The deal came on the heels
of multiple reports of con-
icts involving Harvin in
recent months, one of them
with former Seattle receiver
Golden Tate that left the ex-
Seahawk with a black eye.
Harvin and Seattle receiver
Doug Baldwin were involved
in a pre-season incident in
August that ended with a cut
on Baldwins chin.
And Harvin apparently
decided not to re-enter the
game when asked in the
fourth quarter of a 30-23 loss
to Dallas last weekend, hav-
ing nished the game with
three catches for zero yards.
Although this was an ex-
tremely difcult decision,
we are constantly evaluating
our team and believe at this
time that this is in our best
interest to move the team
forward, Seahawks general
manager John Schneider
said. We thank Percy for his
efforts that contributed to
a Super Bowl 48 victory and
wish him well.
Harvin returned the sec-
ond-half kickoff 87 yards
for a touchdown in a 43-8
triumph over Denver in last
Februarys championship
matchup in suburban New
York at the same stadium
that Harvins Jets call home.
The Seahawks, 3-2, ob-
tained Harvin from Minne-
sota in 2013 but he under-
went hip surgery and played
only one regular-season
game before joining Seattles
playoff run.
In ve games this sea-
son, Harvin made 22 recep-
tions for 133 yards and ran
11 times for 92 yards and a
touchdown.
The Jets, 1-5, released vet-
eran receiver David Nelson
to make room for Harvin on
the roster.
Percy is a versatile, dy-
namic player who has been
productive on offence and
special teams, Jets general
manager John Idzik said. We
are excited about adding
him. AFP
Seahawks deal their Super
Bowl hero Harvin to Jets
Australian Scott Hend wins
Hong Kong Open in playoff
AUSTRALIAS Scott Hend won the $1.3
million Hong Kong Open yesterday,
overcoming a valiant effort by Filipino
Angelo Que in a playoff for the biggest
title of Hends career to date. The
41-year-old held his nerve on the first
extra hole, sinking a five-footer for par
and his first European Tour victory as
Que could only manage a bogey. Hend,
who has five Asian Tour wins to his
name, collected a winners cheque of
$216,660 and will now head to nearby
Macau where he is defending the title
he won there last year. AFP
India mulls serious action
as Windies abandon tour
Indias cricket chiefs could take
serious action against the West
Indies, including possibly refusing to
play a return series, for abandoning
their tour because of an internal
payment dispute, a top official said on
Saturday. The West Indies cut short the
tour of India on Friday even though a
fifth one-day international, a Twenty20
match and three Tests still remained to
be played. What has happened is very
disappointing and calls for serious
action, Board of Control for Cricket in
India [BCCI] secretary Sanjay Patel told
AFP. We want to take adequate
measures to ensure such a thing is not
repeated. AFP
San Francisco Giants headed
to the World Series again
TRAVIS Ishikawas walk-off ninth-
inning blast lifted the San Francisco
Giants to a 6-3 win over St Louis on
Thursday and into baseballs World
Series. Ishikawas three-run homer
gave San Francisco the victory in the
best-of-seven National League final
four games to one. The Giants will go to
the Kansas City Royals for game one of
the World Series on Tuesday. AFP
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014 25
Federer, Nadal
tackle extremes
in Switzerland
H
OME hero Roger Federer
and ailing Rafael Nadal
will be working to com-
pletely different agendas
when the Swiss Indoors begins today.
The event, which Basel-born Feder-
er has won ve times, marks the pen-
ultimate week of the points race to
the World Tour Finals in London, be-
ginning in just over three weeks.
The 33-year-old Federer is among
those already qualied, along with
Novak Djokovic, Nadal, Australian
Open winner Stan Wawrinka and US
Open champion Marin Cilic.
Federer, who has played the last
eight nals at the St Jakobshalle he
stands 37-3 at home looks to close
in on the year-end number one
ranking held by Djokovic.
Nadal, meanwhile, will be desper-
ately seeking some reassurance.
The nine-time French Open winner
has not played in Federers backyard
for a decade and missed last year with
fatigue after signing a three-year ap-
pearance fee contract in 2012 which
he has yet to start honouring.
Even with an appendix that will re-
quire surgery in the coming weeks,
the 28-year-old Spaniard looks
determined to at least make an at-
tempt at an appearance for Swiss
fans as he searches for his rst win
in the city after losses in 2003 and
2004.
Nadals camp says they will decide
with doctors after Basel whether or
not the world number three should
play Paris or go for surgery on his
painful appendix which he has
been treating with antibiotics.
Basel will be crucial in shak-
ing out the race for the remaining
places in the eld at the eight-man
World Tour Finals showpiece.
Federer begins in the first round
against Luxembourg veteran Gilles
Muller while Nadal takes on a
qualifier.
Third seed Wawrinka starts
against Mikhail Kukushkin of Ka-
zakhstan who was a seminalist in
Moscow on Saturday.
Milos Raonic takes the fourth
seeding with the Canadian hop-
ing to have recovered from illness
which compromised his last two
events, in Shanghai and Moscow.
He plays American Steve Johnson.
Fellow year-end contender Grig-
or Dimitrov is seeded fth ahead
of Ernests Gulbis, number seven
David Gofn and eighth seed Ivo
Karlovic.
Russian chief may appeal ban
Russias sports minister said on Sat-
urday that Russian Tennis Federation
chief Shamil Tarpischev may appeal
against the one-year ban imposed on
him for making derogatory remarks
against Serena and Venus Williams.
The ban and ne of $25,000 was an-
nounced on Friday by the Womens
Tennis Association (WTA) after Tarp-
ishchev had referred to the tennis
greats as the Williams brothers.
The WTA decision to ban him
is upsetting, sports minister Vi-
taly Mutko was quoted by ITAR-TASS
news agency as saying.
Tarpishchev is an authority in the
world of tennis. And Im very sorry
about this incident.
But we also need to understand
whether his words were interpreted
correctly and possibly to try to miti-
gate the WTA verdict.
Tarpishchev meanwhile refused to
make any comments on the case de-
spite calls for him to make a public
apology to the sisters.
The WTA sanction folowed re-
marks he made to a Russian televi-
sion chat show and which were seen
as questioning the gender of the
Williams sisters. AFP
Roger Federer is looking for his sixth title at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
Sport
Gafurov chokes out Lisita in KL
Dan Riley
R
USSIAN kickboxing champi-
on Marat Gafurov lived up to
his nickname of Cobra with
a venomous victory over top
Australian featherweight Rob Lisita
in the main event of ONE FC: Roar of
Tigers at a packed out Stadium Putra
in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
In the opening round, Gafurov
landed a kick to the head which stag-
gered Lisita and sent him tumbling to
the ground. The Russian immediate-
ly swarmed his opponent, taking the
Australians back and locking in a rear
naked choke that forced Lisita to tap
out at one minute eight seconds.
Gafurov extended his win streak to
ten bouts while Ruthless Rob Lisita
dropped to 14 wins and seven losses.
In an intense battle of talented light-
weights, hometown hero Peter Da-
vis grounded and pounded Vaughn
Donayre of the Philippines in the rst
round to pick up the TKO win.
Davis (9-3) and Donayre (7-3) wast-
ed no time with a torrid exchange of
strikes at the center of the cage.
When the ght hit the ground, the
Malaysian caught his rival in a guillo-
tine choke that almost ended things
early, but Donayre escaped. However,
he wound up underneath Davis, who
rained down a slew of strikes from full
mount, causing a halt to the contest.
Malaysias Ev Ting (8-2) added a
headkick knockout to his stellar re-
cord with a triumph over Filipino
Edward Kelly (5-2), winning in the
second round of their featherweight
matchup.
After an uneventful rst round that
was spent primarily with both ght-
ers tangled and pressed up against
the cage wall, Ting abandoned his
grappling strategy to turn to strik-
ing and launched a quick head kick
that hit the mark, dropping Kelly in a
single shot. Ting condently walked
away as referee Yuji Shimada jumped
in to intervene.
Malaysias Ann Osman (2-1) con-
tinued her winning ways as she de-
feated Aya Saeid Saber (2-5) of Egypt
in the rst round, sending the crowd
into frenzied cheers.
Osman shot and scored on a take-
down after sizing up her strawweight
opponent, and once on the ground
she effortlessly transitioned from
side control into full mount, pour-
ing down a barrage of punches and
elbows from top position. With her
unstoppable ground and pound, Os-
man was awarded the victory via ref-
eree stoppage.
Bashir Ahmad (3-1), widely con-
sidered the father of Pakistani MMA,
came out of the gates looking to
strike as he took the ght straight
to Thai featherweight Tanaphong
Khunhankaew (5-4).
When the ght hit the oor,
Bashir overpowered Khunhankaew
after surviving a failed submission
attempt. He worked to take the
Thais back after which he sunk in a
deep rear naked choke, forcing the
tap out.
Former Lumpinee champion De-
jdamrong Sor Amnuaysirichokes
near-awless technique was on full
display as he needed less than two
rounds to dispose of Malaysian Saiful
Merican.
When the ght began, the two
Muay Thai specialists surprisingly
spent most of their time grinding it
out on the mat as Merican scored on
multiple takedown attempts. In the
second round, Amnuaysirichoke put
the pressure on the Malaysian with
his striking, winding up in full mount
after a furious scramble. Moments
later, he expertly transitioned into an
armbar, leaving Merican no choice
but to tap out.
Singaporean Stephen Langdown
scored an impressive TKO victory
over Malaysias Raymond Tan, bat-
tering the local ghter with a series of
well-placed strikes, capped off with
a vicious kick to the head in round
one. The referee jumped in to stop
the ght, much to the dismay of the
home fans.
Anatpong Bunrad of Thailand
made quick work of Marc Marcel-
linus in round one, dropping the
Malaysian with a front kick straight
to the abdomen. Bunrad followed
up with a swift kick to the head as
the referee immediately stepped in
to call a halt to the action, awarding
Bunrad the knockout.
Egyptian boxer Hisham Hiba
opened the show with a victory over
Barbod of Iran, winning by referee
stoppage in the second round.
The two ghters kicked off ONE FC:
Roar of Tigers with an even display of
striking and grappling. As soon as the
second stanza began, Hiba picked
up the pace with his boxing and was
able to trip his opposite number onto
the canvas, unleashing a barrage of
strikes on a defenseless Barbod and
causing the referee to call an end to
their bout.
Marat Gafurov (left) is announced as the winner of his bout against Rob Lisita at ONE FC: Roar of Tigers in Kuala Lumpur. ONEFC.COM
Golovkin KOs Rubio to keep title
WORLD Boxing Association
middleweight world cham-
pion Gennady Golovkin
stopped Mexicos Marco Anto-
nio Rubio in the second round
on Saturday at the StubHub
Center in Los Angeles to keep
his title, taking his 18th con-
secutive knockout triumph in
emphatic fashion.
The unbeaten 32-year-old
from Kazakhstan, a 2004 Olym-
pic silver medalist, improved to
31-0 with 28 knockouts, the lat-
est coming 79 seconds into the
second round and extending a
streak of victories inside the
distance that began in 2008.
I loved this fight, Golovkin
said. I dont like dancing. I like
to fight. This was a true fight. He
didnt step back.
Golovkin, defending his world
title for a 12th time, landed an
uppercut to stun Rubio and fin-
ished off the fight with a power-
ful overhand left. Rubio tried to
rise, but referee Jack Reiss
counted him out before he
made it back onto his feet.
Golovkin could be looking at
a unification showdown against
the winner of an expected fight
between World Boxing Council
champion Miguel Cotto and
Saul Canelo Alvarez.
I want to fight everybody,
Golovkin said. I think Cotto
next. Next year. Next fight.
Rubio had failed to make
weight for the fight, the 34-year-
old Mexican tipping the scales
1.8 pounds over the 160-pound
middleweight limit. As a result,
Rubio was not fighting for the
title, but could have dethroned
Golovkin and had the title
vacated. Rubio fell to 59-7 with
one draw.
Walters KOs Donaire for title
In the co-main event on Sat-
urday, undefeated Jamaican
Nicholas Walters knocked out
Filipino star Nonito Donaire
with one second remaining in
the sixth round to win the
World Boxing Association
featherweight title.
Walters landed a powerful
overhand right to the left tem-
ple that sent the champion
crumpling to the canvas, and
referee Raul Caiz counted out
Donaire at 2:59 of the sixth
round.
I invited him in and then I
caught him with that powerful
shot, Walters said. It was
tough work. Hes a super world
champion. He caught me [with]
a few shots early.
Donaire, who had never been
knocked down in his career,
was sent to the canvas for the
first time in the third round
before being sent down for
good. He knocked the [hell]
out of me, Donaire said. I was
at my best. I never trained this
hard. He came out as tough as
I thought he would be.
Walters, three years younger
than Donaire at 28, improved
to 25-0 with his 21st career
stoppage inside the distance in
his first world title bout.
Donaire, who fell to 33-3, said
he needed to re-evaluate his
career plans, potentially look-
ing to a lower weight class, after
being unable to cope with the
superior size of Walters, who
also opened a cut over the
champions right eye.
Ive got to go back to the
drawing board, Donaire said.
I just cant compete with guys
like Walters. He was overwhelm-
ing. I couldnt match his size
and his power.
Donaire had won titles at 112,
118 and 122 pounds (50.8, 53.5
and 55.3 kilograms) and was
defending for the first time the
WBA crown he won in May at
Macau over South African
Simpiwe Vetyeka.
Donaire was able to land a left
hook that stung Walters just
before the end of the second
round.
I got a little bit too confi-
dent, Walters said. He caught
me with a very good shot.
Boom.
I recuperated from the shot
just by walking to the corner. I
came out and I knew I had a job
to do and I went out and got
that job done.
The Caribbean fighter
answered by inflicting Donaires
first career knockdown with 30
seconds remaining in the third
round, slamming a right upper-
cut into the champions chin.
Walters opened a cut over
the right eye of Donaire in the
fourth round and used his
superior reach to effectively
jab and keep the Asian fighter
at a distance until the final
punch. AFP
Gennady Golovkin of Kazakhstan punches Marco Antonio Rubio of Mexico
in the second round of their WBC Interim Middleweight title bout. AFP
UNBEATEN world champion
Floyd Mayweather Jr is being
sued by two boxing brothers
involved in sparring sessions
shown in a television real-
ity show, according to court
documents.
The documents posted on-
line by Las Vegas television
station KTNV show that Sharif
Rahman and his older brother
Hasim Rahman Jr are suing
Mayweather, his edgling pro-
motional company and cable
telecaster Showtime over the
TV show designed to promote
Mayweathers last ght against
Marcos Maidana.
The brothers sons of
former heavyweight world
champion Hasim Rahman
claim battery, false impris-
onment and negligent hir-
ing and supervision, and say
they never consented to be
included in the All Access
shows telecast by Showtime
prior to the September 13
Maidana bout.
The lawsuit, led last Thurs-
day in Clark County District
Court in Las Vegas, claims that
Mayweather forced 18-year-
old Sharif Rahman to spar
against Britains Donovan
Cameron for several rounds
lasting ve to seven minutes
each, and that when Rahman
asked for shorter rounds the
request was denied.
When he tried to leave the
ring, Mayweather respond-
ed by telling Mr Cameron
and others that if Sharif left
the ring to beat his ass out-
side the ring, the plaintiffs
claim. Sharif feared for his
safety and was forced to con-
tinue to ght.
Hasim Rahman Jr, arriving
later at the gym, then fought
Cameron in a session that
lasted 31 minutes without a
break, with Mayweather and
others betting on the out-
come.
The All Access programs
had already caught the at-
tention of Nevada boxing
authorities.
The Nevada State Athletic
Commission called May-
weather, who was licensed as
a promoter in the state earlier
this year, to explain what ap-
peared to be potentially un-
safe practices.
They voiced concern about
the apparent 31-minute spar-
ring session, but Mayweather
told the commission that nei-
ther the ghts nor the betting
were real just as All Access
scenes that showed people
smoking marijuana at his
home were staged to portray
a lifestyle that would drum
up sales for the pay-per-view
Maidana ght.
The commission accepted
that explanation and no fur-
ther action was taken. AFP
Rahman brothers sue
Floyd Mayweather Jr
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014 27
Eights great for Koeman
as Saints march to rout
SOUTHAMPTON manager
Ronald Koeman said he was
in shock after his side
continued their outstanding
start to the season with an 8-0
thrashing of Sunderland at St
Marys. Prior to the campaign,
many pundits predicted the
Saints would struggle after
manager Mauricio Pochettino
joined Tottenham Hotspur
while key players such as Luke
Shaw, Rickie Lambert, Adam
Lallana, Dejan Lovren and
Calum Chambers also moved
to rival Premier League clubs.
But Koeman has done more
than stop the rot, with this
victory leaving Southampton
third in the table, with only
champions Manchester City
and leaders Chelsea above
them in the standings.
Graziano Pelles double, as
well as goals from Jack Cork,
Dusan Tadic, Victor Wanyama
and Sadio Mane, plus two
Sunderland own-goals, saw
Southampton to their biggest-
ever victory in English top-
flight football. AFP
Clasico is not decisive,
says Barca boss Enrique
BARCELONA coach Luis
Enrique has said his sides
meeting with Real Madrid next
weekend is too early to play a
decisive role in the La Liga title
race. The Catalans go into the
game at the Santiago
Bernabeu with a four-point
lead over Madrid after seeing
off Eibar 3-0 on Saturday
thanks to goals from Xavi,
Neymar and Lionel Messi.
However, Madrid are also full
of confidence having struck 32
times in winning their last
seven games in all
competitions, including a 5-0
thrashing of Levante on
Saturday. The ideal scenario
would be that Madrid had no
points and we had the points
we have, said Enrique. There
is such a long way to go it will
not be decisive. AFP
Cambodias Khoun Laboravy (centre) tries to shoot past Myanmar keeper Thiha Si Thu as Win Min Htut appeals for offside during their 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup qualier in Vientiane. KEMSOVANNA
Myanmar end Cambodias
Suzuki Cup qualification bid
H S Manjunath

C
AMBODIAS spirited
campaign in the 2014
AFF Suzuki Cup qual-
ifying rounds came
to a disappointing end follow-
ing a 1-0 defeat by Myanmar
on Saturday at the New Laos
Stadium in Vientiane.
A sensational 3-2 win from
two goals down over East
Timor last Thursday had kept
the Kingdoms chances alive,
but their second defeat in three
games meant that todays nal
xture against Brunei is only
of academic interest.
Midelder Kyaw Ko Kos
penalty in the 42nd minute
clinched the argument in fa-
vour of Myanmar, who are
assured of a place in next
months showpiece along
with Laos, who defeated
Timor Leste 2-0 in Saturdays
second xture for their third
straight win.
Myanmar and Laos face off
in the nal game of the com-
petition to decide the leader
of the group, the winner of
which will join Singapore,
Malaysia and Thailand in
Group B, while the runner-up
will move to Group A in the
company of Vietnam, Philip-
pines and Indonesia.
The 10th edition of the Su-
zuki Cup is being jointly host-
ed by Vietnam and defending
champions Singapore from
November 22 to December 20
at two venues in Hanoi and
two in Kallang.
Myanmar were rather slow
into their stride even as Cam-
bodia snatched the early ini-
tiative with Rous Samoeun,
Khun Laboravy and Ngoy Srin
having a crack at the goal.
The tide turned Myanmars
way just before half time
when Cambodian defender
Sok Sovan was penalised for
handling the ball. Kyaw calm-
ly went down the centre with
his spot kick as goalkeeper
Sou Yaty dived to his left.
Though Cambodia kept
plugging away for an equal-
iser, Myanmar were asserting
more control in the second
session and it took a great
effort by Sou Yaty to deprive
substitute Tin Win Aung of a
score deep into injury time
after having stoutly defended
attempts by Win Min Htut
and Kyaw.
Coach Raddy Avramovic,
who won the Suzuki Cup three
times with Singapore (in 2004,
2007 and 2012) before taking
up the Myanmar job, said after
the match that he was relieved
that the missed chances by his
players did not come back to
haunt the team.
I was expecting the game
to be tough because this Cam-
bodian side had been playing
a different style. In the end
we were lucky to do what we
needed to get this result, said
the coach.
In the face of another fruit-
less campaign during his term
at the helm of Cambodian
football, coach Lee Tae-hoon
tempered his frustration with
a praise for the sides valiant
effort.
We went all out to win
against a team that has never
missed a qualication beat
and has more depth and ex-
perience. We will continue to
take steps for improvement,
said the South Korean in his
post match comments.
Cambodias only qualica-
tion success was in 2008 dur-
ing Prak Sovannaras reign as
the national head coach.
Van Gaal eager for rst United away success
MANCHESTER United manager Louis
van Gaal believes his teams away form
is better than their record suggests as
they look for a first win on the road at
West Bromwich Albion tonight.
United have taken just two points
from their opening three Premier
League games away from Old Trafford
this season and threw away a two-goal
lead to lose 5-3 at Leicester on their last
trip almost a month ago.
But Van Gaal, whose side have recov-
ered from a poor start to the season to
climb to fifth place in the table ahead
of last nights matches, claims the points
they have amassed on their travels are
not a true reflection of the way they have
performed.
We played very good at Leicester
City, the Dutchman said. We gave it
away by certain circumstances you
can remember that.
But the other matches, we played
two draws and we could have also won
those matches, Van Gaal added.
We were the better team, we created
chances but we didnt score, he said.
So we have to wait and see if that ten-
dency is going through.
When it is not, OK it is not, but we
have to wait and see if that is true. We
start on Monday against West Brom-
wich Albion with a victory I hope.
United have also dropped points
away from home this season at Sunder-
land and Burnley, and may not find it
straight-forward at the Hawthorns, even
though Albion are in sight of the relega-
tion zone.
Difficult West Brom
The Midlands club beat Burnley 4-0
in their most recent home game and
their only defeat in four matches was a
2-1 loss at Liverpool just before the
international break.
I think West Brom are very difficult
to beat, especially at their home, Van
Gaal added. They are dangerous oppo-
nents. But no opponent in the Premier
League is easy to beat.
We have to start with a victory after
the international break because we
have won the last two games.
But West Brom did that too [recent-
ly], so they also want to win the match.
It wont be easy.
United have been helped lately by
an easing of their injury problems.
After missing up to 10 players at
various stages in the early weeks of the
season, only Antonio Valencia (ham-
string), Jonny Evans (ankle), Paddy
McNair (hamstring) and Jesse Lingard
(knee) are unavailable for Mondays
match, along with captain Wayne
Rooney, who will be serving the sec-
ond of a three-match ban.
Meanwhile, West Brom boss Alan
Irvine has said only an offer well in
excess of 15 million ($24 million)
would be enough to persuade them to
sell Saido Berahino.
The 21-year-old forward has starred
for club and country so far this sea-
son with five goals for the Baggies in
addition to reaching double figures
for Englands U21s en route to quali-
fication for next years European
Championship.
Several of Englands elite clubs have
been linked with Berahino Totten-
ham Hotspur being the latest and
Albion have by no means discouraged
bids after Irvine recently admitted
they would be prepared to cash in if
the price was right.
But he said: I would be absolutely
astonished if anyone could sign Saido
from us for 15 million.
It doesnt sound a lot. You look at
some of the fees going around in the
transfer market thats just been, every-
body seems to start at 7 million.
Ross McCormack went for 11 mil-
lion from one Championship club
[Leeds] to another [Fulham].
To me, 15 million doesnt sound
like a lot of money for a talented,
young, English player.
Chris Brunt (groin) has not trained
since returning from Northern Ireland
duty but is expected to be passed fit,
however Silvestre Varela (groin) remains
sidelined and Claudio Yacob will miss
the game for personal reasons.
Tonights game kicks off at 2am Cam-
bodian time. AFP
English Premier League
Man City 4 Tottenham 1
Arsenal 2 Hull 2
Burnley 1 West Ham 3
Crystal Palace 1 Chelsea 2
Everton 3 Aston Villa 0
Newcastle 1 Leicester 0
Spanish La Liga
Athl Bilbao 1 Celta de Vigo 1
Cordoba 1 Malaga 2
On Friday
Granada 0 Rayo Vallecano 1
German Bundesliga
FC Kln 2 Bor Dortmund 1
Mainz 2 Augsburg 1
Bayern Munich 6 W Bremen 0
Hannover 0 Bor Mgladbach 3
Freiburg 1 Wolfsburg 2
Stuttgart 3 Bayer Leverkusen 3
Schalke 2 Hertha Berlin 0
Italian Serie A
Roma 3 Chievo 0
Sassuolo 1 Juventus 1
French Ligue 1
Lorient 0 St Etienne 1
Lille 1 Guingamp 2
Metz 0 Rennes 0
Monaco 2 Evian TG 0
Nantes 1 Reims 1
Nice 0 Bastia 1
On Friday
Lens 1 Paris SG 3
SATURDAYS RESULTS
Spanish La Liga
Real Sociedad v Getafe
1:45am
Italian Serie A
Genoa v Empoli 1:45am
TONIGHTS FIXTURES
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 20, 2014
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A skateboader performs on a sculpture installed for the Urban Art Festival Arte Core at the Rio de Janeiro Museum of Modern Art on Saturday. The rst edition of Art Core will display street culture expressions such as
grafti, music and skateboading. AFP
Desperate search for new coach
of Wallabies after McKenzie exits
T
HE hunt was under way for a
new Wallabies coach yester-
day after the sensational res-
ignation of Ewen McKenzie
in the wake of a heartbreaking 29-28
loss to the All Blacks in Brisbane.
McKenzie dropped his bomb-
shell shortly after Malakai Fekitoas
last-gasp converted try clinched the
game for New Zealand in the nal
Bledisloe Cup Test.
McKenzies unexpected exit adds
to the turmoil engulng Australian
rugby in the fall-out over the Kurtley
Beale text scandal, and comes just
days before the Wallabies depart on
their European tour.
Australian Rugby Union chief Bill
Pulver has the pressing task of nd-
ing a replacement for McKenzie, with
Super Rugby-winning coach Michael
Cheika and former Springbok World
Cup-winning mentor Jake White
linked with the job.
Ive got a lot of work to do in the
next couple of days, Pulver told a
press conference in Brisbane yes-
terday.
The great challenge weve got is
the team leaves on Friday. I would
love to think weve a chance to nd
somebody that can actually get on
the plane with them.
Pulver said if that was not possible
then an interim coach would be ap-
pointed to get the Wallabies through
their ve-match tour in Europe
against the Barbarians, Wales, France,
Ireland and England next month.
Ive got a list of options in mind
and Ive got a lot of work to do [but] I
did not expect Ewen McKenzie to re-
sign yesterday, Pulver said.
I found out about it at 10am. Id
had no conversations with any other
coaches about this prospect.
At this point, I dont even know
who can get on a plane on Friday.
So next step for the rest of this day
is trying to understand where we sit
in terms of the options weve got and
trying to make some progress.
Players respect
Wallabies skipper Michael Hooper
denied reports that McKenzie was
forced out because of a lack of sup-
port from the playing group.
I dont think he lost the respect
of the players to be honest, Hooper
told the media conference.
Last nights game showed that he
didnt lose the respect of the players.
He really showed what hes worth
in the back end of the week. We
played for him, we played for every-
one in the staff, we played for every-
one as a group, so he didnt lose the
respect of the players.
Hooper said he respected McKen-
zies decision to abruptly walk out
after he was forced to deny specu-
lation last week of an intimate rela-
tionship with former team business
manager Di Patston, at the centre
of disciplinary proceedings facing
Beale.
Beale has been suspended fol-
lowing an on-ight argument with
Patston and claims that he sent of-
fensive text messages about her. She
has since quit the Wallabies set-up.
You have to respect his decision
as an individual. So hes got his rea-
sons for that and we respect those,
Hooper said.
After the game to come in and
nish like that and it was a blow to
hear about Ewen McKenzies depar-
ture after the match but we respect
his decision as an individual.
On behalf of the players, he has
done a lot for the players, so we wish
him all the best and thank him for
his contribution.
As a group, were united and we
are looking forward to the ve-week
tour that we have coming up this
Friday. AFP
Australian Rugby Union coach Ewen McKenzie reacts after his team lost against New
Zealand in their Bledisloe Cup rugby match in Brisbane on Saturday. AFP