TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2014 Successful People Read The Post 4000 RIEL

I
S
S
U
E

N
U
M
B
E
R

1
9
7
7
THAILAND EYEING
HIGH-SPEED
TRAIN LINKS
BUSINESS PAGE 9
STUDENT
SURVIVORS OF
SEWOL TESTIFY
WORLD PAGE 12
SPRINGBOKS END
REIGN OF
ALL BLACKS
SPORT PAGE 22
Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye
LICADHO president Pung
Chhiv Kek has conditionally
accepted a position as the
ninth member of a reformed
election body following a
cross-party meeting yester-
day, paving the way for the
opposition to take its seats in
parliament a year after Cam-
bodias disputed election.
Kek, 71, said in a letter to
both parties yesterday that
she would accept the offer of
the consensus position if
the independence of the
overhauled National Election
Committee was assured.
I will implement the work
of the NEC independently
and neutrally, she said in the
letter. I will try to work based
on my ideals, according to
the constitution, for justice
for all people in Cambodia.
She also requested latitude
in the areas of fundraising
and recruitment for NEC
staff, while seeking to protect
the groups ability to act inde-
pendently by asking for
immunity. It was not
immediately clear if that
safeguard would resemble
existing parliamentary
immunity privileges enjoyed
by lawmakers.
I hope that members of
the NEC will receive the guar-
antee of immunity and the
autonomy to make decisions
and conduct its business,
she said. The NEC has the
right to recruit skilled and
expert staff and receive inde-
pendent donations and
other funding both locally
and overseas.
Kek, who gained a medical
Licadho
boss is
tapped
for NEC
Phak Seangly
A
ROYAL Cambodian
Armed Forces soldier
shot a 19-year-old
farmer dead in Preah
Vihear provinces Kulen district
on Sunday during a disagree-
ment over a neighbours appar-
ent land dispute, witnesses and
authorities said yesterday.
According to Srayorn com-
mune police chief Kim Sarien,
suspect Poeun Tash, 30, was
detained by villagers at the
scene on Sunday afternoon
after he allegedly shot Try
Chamroeun during a verbal
disagreement. Tash has been in
the custody of district police
since yesterday morning.
Pich Sokheng, 60, said she was
one of 13 villagers helping
Chamroeun plant soybeans on
his 2-hectare plot of land in Snar
Phar Em village on Sunday
when a soldier with a chainsaw
began cutting down a tree on
Land ght leads to death
RCAF soldier guns down teenager over disputed farmland
CONTINUED PAGE 2 CONTINUED PAGE 4
Brute force
STORY > 2 Clashes broke out yesterday between Daun Penh security guards and protesters from the Boeung Kak and Borei Keila communities. HONG MENEA
Khouth Sophak Chakrya

D
AUN Penh security
guards were back
on their City Hall
beat yesterday and
back to using violence against
protesters.
Guards used stun guns and
batons in a confrontation with
land-rights protesters outside
the Monivong Boulevard ofc-
es, leaving two women, both
from the Borei Keila commu-
nity, unconscious.
The violence came less than
two weeks after guards were
themselves beaten during an
opposition demonstration.
That incident led to the arrests
of opposition lawmakers, who
were released last Tuesday
when the political deadlock
over last years national elec-
tion was resolved.
Ee Sarom from NGO Sahma-
kum Teang Tnaut, said yester-
day that it was disappointing
to see that despite the resolu-
tion state violence, which be-
came a hallmark of the dead-
lock was continuing.
Theyre still using violence
against civilians, he said.
None of this helps these com-
munities nd a resolution to
their problems.
Protesters from Boeung Kak
and Borei Keila gathered in the
morning to demand City Hall
honour its promises to resolve
the years-long disputes.
Tensions ared, however,
when Boeung Kak activist
Chan Vuthisak, one of 23 peo-
ple arrested and tried during
the protests in early January,
taunted security guards.
A clash broke out after
guards attempted to detain
him among the crowd.
Violent and unpunished
crackdowns by the guards have
become more frequent since
men matching their descrip-
tion dismantled an opposition
protest camp in Freedom Park
on January 4.
As has been the case before,
the district security guards
yesterday were accompanied
by police who were not in-
volved in the clash. Some of
the guards were dressed in
their usual navy blue outts
and helmets.
Others that Post report-
ers have seen in that attire
before including one man
with a stun gun were wear-
ing beige and camouaged
clothing.
The women knocked un-
conscious, Prak Sipha, 45
and Khem Srey, 33, said upon
waking that their bodies felt
numb. They were taken to an
NGOs clinic.
Following the clash, City Hall
invited 10 representatives from
the communities in for talks.
Chhay Kemhorn, from Borei
Keila, said ofcials had told her
that they had delayed a resolu-
tion for villagers because of the
violence on July 15.
We are so disappointed . . .
That dispute had nothing to do
with us, she said, adding of-
cials had made a fresh offer to
set up a public forum about
their grievances on August 12.
City Hall spokesman Long Di-
manche said he had received
no information about yes-
terdays clash.
National
2 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
District guards back on beat
Teen farmer slain
Continued from page 1
her own soybean patch a short
distance away.
She and Chamroeuns young-
er sister went to ask the soldier
to stop, but he refused, saying
the land belonged to his boss,
Major Sun Horm.
Suddenly, the soldier made
a phone call, and then another
soldier armed with an AK rifle
came out of the forest, she
said, adding that the newcomer,
Tash, fired a shot in the air.
When Chamroeun saw what
was happening, she continued,
he and other villagers came
over to help.
They walked towards him,
asking the soldier to put the gun
down to have a talk, but he did
not, she said. Chamroeun
was about three metres away,
and the soldier shot him in the
left arm once, and then anoth-
er shot in chest, passing
through from the right to the
left, she added. He fell to the
ground covered with blood.
Other villagers then rushed
Tash, restrained him and turned
him over to police, said the vic-
tims aunt, Sros Vanna. The
other soldier at the scene fled.
Chamroeun was sent to the
commune health centre, but
pronounced dead on arrival.
The victims father, Svay Min,
69, said his and 10 other fami-
lies had cleared about 27 hec-
tares of forest for farming in the
area in 2011, and had never run
into trouble before. But last
week, he added, soldiers told
them they could no longer farm
there because the land belonged
to their superior, Major Sun
Horm of Unit 41, and the they
would have to leave the area.
A few days ago, the soldiers
threatened us, saying you all
will not abandon the land
unless one or two of you go
missing. They killed my son on
purpose, said Min, himself a
former soldier during the Siha-
nouk and Lon Nol regimes. It
is unspeakable.
The family yesterday filed a
complaint to commune police
yesterday demanding $25,000
in compensation, he said, and
has asked the court to punish
both the soldier and the com-
manding officer.
If no one ordered it, the sol-
dier would not dare to shoot
like this, Min said, while grim-
ly allowing that nothing can
make my son live again.
Contact information for Horm
could not be found yesterday,
but Meas Yoeun, the deputy
provincial military commander,
said that while he was not aware
of the case the court should take
action against the soldier if he
had committed the murder.
Provincial police chief Keo
Chamroeun said Tash was like-
ly to be sent to the provincial
court today and that he had
heard the soldiers were actu-
ally felling trees on land border-
ing the villagers plots when the
argument broke out.
The soldier said the villag-
ers wanted to grab and detain
him and kept walking towards
him, so he shot. It is a murder
case, but I do not know if it is
connected with a land dis-
pute, he said.
If the situation were related to
a land dispute, it would be rem-
iniscent of the 2012 shooting
death of a 14-year-old girl at the
hands of state security forces in
Kratie provinces Pro Ma village,
which was embroiled in a land
dispute with the agribusiness
company Casotim.
Adhoc senior investigator
Chan Soveth said the organisa-
tion would continue to investi-
gate, and noted that, despite an
ambitious land-titling program
and a moratorium on econom-
ic land concessions, land dis-
putes are still a hot issue for
Cambodian people.
Protesters try to revive a woman who was knocked unconscious during a clash with district security guards yesterday. HONG MENEA
None of this helps these
communities find
a resolution
Fire at garment factory kills 1, leaves workers fearful
Pech Sotheary
AN EARLY-MORNING blaze
killed one Chinese national
and injured three others at a
garment factory in Phnom
Penhs Por Sen Chey district
yesterday.
The fire that burned the
Chang Sheng factory to the
ground, killing clothing inspec-
tor, Zing Zangsun, 42 who
lived there was caused by an
electrical malfunction, said Net
Vatha, director of Phnom Penhs
fire department.
People should learn from
this fire, because it was mostly
caused by the factorys electri-
cal connection, Vatha said.
Electrical wires should be con-
nected correctly and fire extin-
guishers should be available for
protection.
About 80 per cent of the build-
ing was burned, he said.
Damage from the fire had not
been calculated as of yesterday,
said Hel Phalla, an administra-
tive staffer at Chang Sheng. But
Vatha estimated the loss to be
about $2 million, he said.
Security guard Sun Vanny
yesterday said he immediately
called the fire department at
about 4am when he saw smoke
coming through the crack of a
door, he told a Post reporter
yesterday.
Fire officials say the building
likely became fully engulfed
about an hour later.
Chin Ravy, a villager who lives
in and rents rooms out of a
house neighbouring the factory
said many of his tenants ran
away from the rental property
when they saw the fire next
door.
Nothing [at my house] was
damaged, but I am scared and
have packed my belongings
already, Ravy said yesterday
morning, as flames continued
to torch the factory. The people
who rent rooms in my house
just ran away, because they were
so scared.
While the approximately 900
employees who work for the
factory are reeling from the fire
and Zangsuns death, most are
also nervous about how this will
affect their monthly salary,
which is due in a few days, said
Lon Ry, a 47-year-old Chang
Sheng worker whose daughter
also works there.
I hope the factory thinks
about the employees salaries,
because [workers] will not have
enough money to pay their
housing and food expenses, Ry
said yesterday. But the factory
officials will meet us Tuesday.
After nearly 27 trucks put out
the fire, responding officials
removed two iron safes full of
money, Vatha said.
Because Chang Sheng is so
close to several other factories,
some will remain closed for a few
days while the acrid smoke clears
out from rooms and corridors,
said a worker at T&K, which
abuts the burned factory.
Considering the cause of the
fire, Dave Welsh, factory owners
and the government should be
more vigilant about fire safety,
especially in the countrys most
lucrative industry.
Theres a responsibility to
make sure that... [employees]
right to work in a safe envi-
ronment is upheld, Welsh
said. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SEAN
TEEHAN
A re crew rests after extinguising the blaze that destroyed the Chang
Sheng factory Phnom Penh yesterday. PHA LINA
Fireghters battle a blaze that burned a garment factory to the ground in the capitals Por Sen Chey district
yesterday. PHA LINA
National
3
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Bilateral meeting
Thai talks to
cover more
than temple
R
EPRESENTATIVES from
the Cambodian and
Thai militaries met in
Bangkok yesterday at the start
of a two-day visit intended to
strengthen bilateral ties.
The Cambodian delegation,
headed by Minister of Defence
Tea Banh, was greeted by
General Surasak Karnchana-
rat, permanent secretary of
Thailands Defence Ministry.
Banh said he will meet with
junta leader General Prayuth
Chan-ocha during the trip.
The most important thing is
to exchange military experien-
ces and renew cooperation to
ensure peace, he said, adding
that the delegation would
discuss the International
Court of Justices ruling over
Preah Vihear Temple, but that
it would not be the main focus.
In November, the court
unanimously ruled in favour of
Cambodian sovereignty over
the temple promontory but did
not establish ownership of a
small disputed area.
A representative of the Thai
Foreign Ministry said temple
talks could resume once
stability was established fol-
lowing the coup. VONG SOKHENG
National
4
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
WHO Cambodia is inviting applications for one position as
TEMPORARY SECRETARY
(Gender, Equity and Human Rights)
The World Health Organization has been providing technical support to the Government of the
Kingdom of Cambodia to support the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Womens Affairs
activities in implementing a study project on violation against women (VAW) in Cambodia. This
is a full-time position for 11 months beginning as soon as possible with a possibility of extension.
The incumbent will be part of the HSD Team and s/he is working closely with Gender, Equity and
Human Rights based in Phnom Penh. Applications from women are encouraged.
Deadline for applications: 01 August 2014
Terms of reference
A Temporary Secretary will provide the administrative and logistical supports as the following:
Screens and routes incoming mail, documents and reports to the supervisors with full 1.
background information; ensures its distribution and follow up on deadlines;
Arranges appointments and maintains supervisors calendar, receives visitors, places and 2.
screens telephone calls and answers queries with discretion;
Drafts routine non-technical correspondence based on written/verbal instructions from 3.
supervisors, prepares informal translations, takes notes at meetings;
Prepares and maintains daily arrangement for vehicle and driver; 4.
Assists in organizing routine administrative aspects of conferences, workshops and training 5.
courses including travel arrangements for the supervisors and performs liaison duties as
needed;
Keeps lists of names, addresses and telephone numbers of government ofcials, non- 6.
governmental partners, and other relevant agencies and individuals;
Maintains ofce records, lling and reference systems on various subjects; 7.
Assists in searching, compiling and maintaining information relevant to the programme; 8.
Assists Project Assistant in drafting agreements (DFCs, APWsetc.) and preparing procurement 9.
documents for bidding in accordance with WHO guidelines and procedures;
Assists Supervisor and Project Assistant in monitoring in-ow and outow programmes grants 10.
and allocating funds to the work plan for implementation;
Assists Supervisor and Project Assistant in preparing nancial reports to donors; 11.
Performs other related duties as and may be required 12.
Qualications required
Equivalent to completion of secondary education with thorough training in secretarial or
administrative duties.
Experience and skills
At least 3 years of progressively responsible secretarial or administrative work including one
year experience related to programme activities or similar duties.
Experiencein WHO and other international organizations is an advantage.
Fluent in written and spoken English and theCambodian/Khmer language.
Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Languages: Fluent in speaking, reading and writing English and Khmer.
Salary: Attractive remuneration package.
Interested applicants are required to send a CV to the WHO Representative Ofce before the
deadline. Smoking is not allowed in WHO premises.
The mission of WHO is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of
health.
For additional information and full ToR please contact the WHO ofce in Phnom Penh located at
177-179 Pasteur Street, by email under Postmaster.CAM@wpro.who.int, or by telephone under
(023)216610..
Licadho for NEC
Continued from page 1

degree in France with the
civil unrest of 1968 as a back-
drop, was one of 1,000 women
jointly nominated for the No-
bel Peace Prize in 2005 for her
commitment to human rights
in Cambodia.
Cambodia National Rescue
Party president Sam Rainsy
conrmed that the letter from
Kek outlining a set of condi-
tions for her to accept the job
had been received and that the
party had issued a response.
I have received her letter and
my vice president [Kem Sokha]
and I have replied to her, saying
that we will do our best with
the consensus to ensure that
her demands be met when she
fullls her duties, he said.
Rainsy and Sokha jointly
penned a reply to Kek yes-
terday, saying that the party
agreed to all of her demands.
In every circumstance, the
[Cambodia] National Rescue
Party would like to support
completely the proposals and
requests with spirit and con-
science for [Kek] to take the
high responsibility of guaran-
teeing the National Election
Committee as an indepen-
dent institution, which has
autonomy in making deci-
sions and other activities to
guarantee elections be free,
fair and just, the letter read.
Several Cambodian Peoples
Party ofcials declined to say
whether the ruling party had
accepted Keks conditions.
Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam
Yeap said Kek had been ap-
proached for the job after Hun
Sen met with Rainsy yesterday
prior to a session of parliament
called to approve Rainsy as an
elected member for a seat in
Kampong Cham province.
Before the extraordinary
session of the National Assem-
bly, Samdech Hun Sen spoke
with Excellency Sam Rainsy
and Excellency Kem Sokha for
about 10 minutes . . . and the
two leaders chose Mrs Pung
Chhiv Kek, he said.
The Cambodian League for
the Promotion and Defense
of Human Rights, known as
Licadho, was founded by Kek
in 1992 after she helped bro-
ker the Paris Peace Agreement
between Hun Sen and King
Norodom Sihanouk (then a
prince), ending the 1980s civil
war of the 1980s.
Kem Ley, a political analyst
and board member of the
Cambodian Center for Hu-
man Rights, was cautiously
optimistic about the decision.
I think Pung Kek so far
has helped the government
in terms of negotiations; she
performed well in terms of
human rights protection in
Cambodia, he said. For me,
it is at least better than before.
Its a reasonable choice. Its
good, but we need to still have
a national election.
Hun Sen and Rainsy last
week reached an accord end-
ing nearly a year of political
deadlock and opening the door
for the CNRP to end its boycott
of the National Assembly.
Opposition leaders had
maintained that they would
not enter parliament until the
ninth member of the NEC was
agreed upon and laws and
regulations governing how the
legislature and elections oper-
ate were amended.
Yesterdays announcement
brings this a step closer and
could result in the 55 elected
opposition members swear-
ing in before King Norodom
Sihamoni in the coming days.
Yeap said that a formal invi-
tation for the CNRP to attend
the swearing-in ceremony had
already been issued.
All 55 elected members of
the CNRP will go to the Royal
Palace to take the oath from
the King and high monks, he
said. They will become full
members of parliament.
Following Rainsys accep-
tance as an opposition law-
maker-elect, he told reporters
gathered at parliament that he
hoped a new phase of Cambo-
dian history had begun.
Today I am happy to tell
people that the political crisis in
Cambodia in principle and spir-
it is already over. There remain
a few procedures, which will be
completed soon, he said.
I hope it is a new phase in
our Cambodian history that
strengthens national unity in
order to defend our national
interests. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY
CHHEANG SOKHA AND ALICE CUDDY
Pung Chhiv Kek, president of rights group Licadho, has conditionally accepted the ninth position on what will
be an overhauled National Election Committee. HENG CHIVOAN
National
5
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Tied up with string
Bomb gifter
nabbed but
not named
A
SUSPECT has been
arrested in the case of a
man who left a grenade
in a gift box and delivered it
to a cafe in Phnom Pens Tuol
Kork district on Saturday.
Po Davy with the Phnom
Penh Municipal Military Police
declined yesterday to provide
the mans name as it involves
an ongoing investigation, but
said the suspects identity
would be revealed today.
Davy said the empty gre-
nade was packaged and then
given to a security guard in
front of Prime Cafe at 11am
on July 26 in Boeung Kak II
commune.
Soeun Bunthoeun, the 29-
year-old security guard who
received the package, said he
was standing in front of the
cafe when an unidentified man
told him to pass the package
to the shops owner. Suspec-
ting something, Bunthoeun
opened the box and discove-
red the grenade.
Khan Khunthith, a Boeung
Kak II police officer, said on
Sunday that police suspected
a recently fired supervisor was
the culprit. KIM SAROM
Locals block excavators
Sen David
MORE than 100 villagers in
Kampot provinces Chhouk dis-
trict gathered yesterday to stop
three excavators allegedly
owned by tycoon Chan Sotheas
agricultural company, which
village representatives accuse
of clearing more than 400 hec-
tares of their farmland.
Villager Chan Rith said that
the excavators were accompa-
nied by four company staffers
and two representatives of
local authorities, and that
the villagers had been told to
stop blocking the machinery
or face legal action from
the company.
Our farmland was destroyed
by them in just two days, he
said. The company did not
find a solution for us.
Meoun Ratana of the Coali-
tion of Cambodian Farmer
Community (CCFC) said that
the land being cleared was not
part of a concession granted to
Sotheas First Bio-Tech Agricul-
tural (Cambodia) Co Ltd a
concession thought to have
been cancelled in 2012.
Rather, he said, it was part
of what villagers character-
ised as a secret deal between
Trampaing Thlang commune
chief Prum Nhoy and the
agriculture company.
Photos of the documents fur-
nished by the CCFC seemed to
support the claim.
Nhoy, however, denied the
allegations.
It is not true. I did not have
the right to sell that land, which
was a big amount, he said.
The villagers should file a
complaint, not stand there to
stop the companys activity
like this, he continued.
Neither Sothea nor First Bio-
Tech could be reached for com-
ment yesterday.
Sean Teehan
INVESTIGATORS for the Na-
tional Social Security Fund
(NSSF) have found that two
recent deaths of garment sec-
tor workers were not related
to working conditions.
The NSSFs Sam Onn said
yesterday that investigations
into the deaths of Vorn Sitha,
39, and Nov Pas, 35, found
their causes of death were not
related to work.
Sitha was found dead at
Kandal provinces New Ar-
chid garment factory on July
19, while Pas died of a lung
disease at a hospital after
fainting at Sangwoo factory
in Kampong Speu less than a
week later.
If your company registers
with my organisation . . . then
[if staff members] have an ac-
cident or die, we are [nan-
cially] responsible, Onn said
on Sunday, declining then
and yesterday to say whether
families of Sitha or Pas would
be compensated.
NSSF ofcials told the Post
yesterday that family mem-
bers must le a formal re-
quest to receive copies of
the investigations. But Dave
Welsh, country director of
labour rights group Solidar-
ity Center, said yesterday that
he had never heard of such a
requirement.
The deaths seem to have
taken place too soon for in-
vestigators to have already
ruled out work conditions as
the cause of death in either
case, Welsh added. It seems
pretty quick.
Solidarity Center members
plan on meeting with family
and colleagues of the dead
workers today, Welsh said.
Moeun Tola, head of the la-
bour department at the Com-
munity Legal Education Cen-
ter, said his group would also
investigate the deaths.
Deaths not work related: NSSF
Workers at
Sun Well to
come back
Mom Kunthear
NEARLY 1,000 workers from the
Sun Well Shoes factory in
Phnom Penh are to return to
work today after protesting for
more than two weeks, officials
said, while four union members
have been summonsed to court
for questioning over the strike.
Seang Sambath, president of
the Worker Friendship Union
Federation, said yesterday that
a five-hour negotiation session
between union, company and
Ministry of Labour officials set-
tled the dispute.
The workers agreed to return
to work tomorrow because the
company accepted the points
that the workers demanded,
he said, adding that the deal
included providing protective
clothing such as gloves, and a
promise to pay half-wages for
the demonstration period.
But the row will continue, as
four union officials have been
summonsed to appear in court
today for questioning about a
factory complaint related to
property destruction during
the protest. Sun Well could not
be reached for comment.
Ocean duo faces new charges
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

T
WO members of a notorious re-
cruitment agency who have al-
ready been convicted of selling
Cambodians as forced labour-
ers yesterday faced additional charges of
human trafcking.
Lin Li-chen, also known as Lin Yu-shin
44, the jailed former general manager of
Giant Ocean International Fishery Co,
and her at-large husband Chen Chun-
mu, 49, were tried at Phnom Penh Mu-
nicipal Court.
The Taiwanese nationals are charged
with duping two Kampong Cham men
into working in slave-like conditions on a
shing boat in South Africa in 2010, ac-
cording to presiding judge Kor Vandy.
Giant Ocean received a licence to send
workers to Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and
Kuwait in 2010, according to the Ministry
of Labour. But rights groups assisting re-
patriated victims estimate the rm sent
as many as 1,000 men overseas to work as
shermen under deplorable conditions in
South Africa, Senegal, Fiji and Mauritius.
One of the two victims who led the
current lawsuit, Thean Otdom, 27, told
the court yesterday that he had applied to
Giant Ocean in May 2010 to work in Ma-
laysia. Two weeks after applying, he said,
he was recruited and promised $150 per
month plus bonuses.
But when I was on the ight, I was sent
to South Africa. And when I arrived at the
South African airport, I was received by an
unknown Chinese man and immediately
sent to work on a giant shing ship, he
said. While working at sea, I was always
beaten by the ships captains. They forced
men to work 24 hours a day, every day.
Otdom never saw any payment, but, un-
like many of the other Giant Ocean victims,
was able to escape after just a few months.
In April, six Giant Ocean employees,
including Lin and Chen, were sentenced
to 10 years imprisonment and ordered to
pay 128 victims unpaid wages as well as
damages. Only Lin, who led an appeal in
May, has been arrested.
If convicted in the current trial, Lin and
Chen could face an additional seven to 15
years in prison, according to the law on
human trafcking.
As in the previous lawsuit, Lin yester-
day denied having any managerial in-
volvement within the agency, which she
claims to have worked for as a translator,
though she speaks only Chinese.
I was not the owner of Giant Ocean In-
ternational Fishery. I was also a company
employee working for pay, she told the
court via translation yesterday.
The verdicts are due on August 13.
Lin Li-chen, general manager of Giant Ocean International, covers her face after a hearing at
Phnom Penh Municipal Court in February. SRENG MENG SRUN
Workers faint
Mysterious
smell lurks
in factory
A
FTER nearly 140
people fainted over the
weekend at a factory in
Kandal province, 50 more at
the same factory passed out
yesterday.
Sixplus Industry garment
factory had just reopened
after the weekend, but now
will remain closed until Wed-
nesday, said Moeun Chanthy,
president of the Free Trade
Union (FTU) at the factory.
Around 9am, employees
were working and some say a
strong smell began to fill the
workplace, Chanthy said.
Then they ran out, causing
some workers to faint.
Odour was also cited in the
139 faintings this weekend.
Sixplus administrative ma-
nager Kong Parnieth could
not be reached for comment.
But when officials from
FTU, the Ministry of Labour
and Sixplus came into the
workplace afterwards for an
inspection, none detected the
smell, Chanthy said.
We think the workers
were still worried from the
fainting over the weekend,
and the fear caused many to
faint. MOM KUNTHEAR
National
6
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Massage client claims
rubdown a shakedown
MANAGERS at a Kampong
Chhnang town massage par-
lour were arrested on Sunday
after customers told police
that their treatments had
been far from relaxing.
According to police, one cus-
tomer told them that when
he put his clothes back on
after a massage, he couldnt
find $200 that was in his
pocket. Others said they had
also lost money and jewellery
to the devious staff. Police
arrested those involved. KAM-
PUCHEA THMEY

Comical caper fails as
man falls from ladder
A BOTCHED burglary landed
a man from Kampong
Chhnang town in prison on
Sunday after an alleged
night-time burglary spree
was a little too loud. Police
said the 25-year-old suspect
used a ladder to climb
through the window of the
sleeping victim so that he
could nab two of her phones.
But on his way back down,
she awoke and screamed for
help, causing the man to fall
from the ladder. He was
quickly arrested. DEUM APIL
Market purchases not
your ordinary produce
THREE men in Kampong
Cham town learned on Sun-
day that illegal drugs are not
suitable stock for a weekend
market. Police said they
arrested the dealers in the
crowded town market after
they were spotted lurking
among the food and clothes
stalls dealing yama to a dodgy
customer. The sale was inter-
rupted when police arrested
the trio and sent them to
court. KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Suspect in hit-and-run
caught after foot chase
A DANGEROUS driver in Bat-
tambang provinces Sampov
Loun district almost escaped
the scene of a serious crash
on Sunday that left seven
injured. Police said the sus-
pect was speeding in a truck
when he crashed into a car
carrying the seven victims.
The man tried to make his
getaway on foot, leading to a
not-so-high-speed chase that
resulted in his arrest. KOH
SANTEPHEAP
Man cuts more than rug
at wedding in province
BAD dancing led to serious
injuries at a wedding in Pur-
sat town on Saturday when
one guests two left feet
destroyed the after-party.
Police said a fight began after
the terrible dancer trod on
the foot of another reveller.
Five people were injured in
the clashes and police were
called in to break up the
brawl. DEUM APIL
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
Conviction in grisly beating death
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A
DEPUTY village chief
from Phnom Penhs
Por Sen Chey district
was sentenced to 12
years in prison yesterday for
killing his superior.
Phnom Penh Municipal
Court judge Heng Kesaror con-
victed deputy chief of Trapaing
Anhchanh village, Sar Rim, 39,
for the murder of Chan Sophal,
54, the villages chief.
After the verdict was an-
nounced, Rim shouted that the
courts decision was wrong.
This is a great injustice,
Rim said. I was not the killer.
The grisly murder happened
nearly two years ago on Octo-
ber 12 under cover of a quiet
night in Trapaing Anhchanh
village. According to Colonel
Yim Sarann, chief of Por Sen
Chey district police, Sophal
had been driving his motor-
bike on the road when Rim
beat him to death with a stick.
He was in a dispute with the
victim about his duties in the
village. He wanted to become
the chief, Sarann said.
The deputy chief was arrest-
ed on August 17, 2013, after an
argument with his wife when
he allegedly threatened to kill
her if she told the police about
Sophals murder.
He threatened to kill his
wife as he had killed the village
chief. He told his wife that no
one would dare to arrest him
if he killed her, Sarann previ-
ously told the Post.
Rims wife reported the ght
to police, who arrested him
shortly afterwards.
Police knew that he killed
Sophal after he had an argu-
ment with his wife, where he
beat her and threatened to kill
her [and] told her that he killed
the village chief, Sarann said.
Rim had previously admit-
ted that his relationship with
his boss was strained, but
not enough to drive him to
murder.
I did not kill him. I do not
know who killed him. I saw his
body and his motorbike on the
road. I also reported it to the
police, he said
Catching
zzzs, sh
A capital dweller, clearly
prepared for any potential
rising of the Tonle Bassac
river, takes a snooze and
trusts his shing rod to
do the work for him on
Sunday. HONG MENEA
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Business
USD / JPY
101.8
USD / SGD
1.2415
USD /CNY
6.1857
USD / HKD
7.7498
USD / THB
31.79
AUD / USD
0.939
NZD / USD
0.854
EUR / USD
1.3428
GBP / USD
1.6974
Indicative Exchange Rates as of 28/7/2014. Please contact ANZ Royal Global Markets on 023 999 910 for real time rates.
USD / KHR
4,056
Govt gives telecom rms time to digest new draft law
Eddie Morton
THE MINISTRY of Posts and Telecom-
munications (MPTC) has postponed
a two-day meeting with telecom firms
to discuss a controversial draft law
leaked to the Post last week, which
details the governments plan to assert
control over the industry.
A representative from one telecom-
munications provider who wished to
remain anonymous said the meeting,
initially slated to take place yesterday
and today, had been pushed back
more than two weeks and is now
expected to take place on August 14
and 15.
We received notice of the post-
poned meeting to allow telecom firms
more time to digest the draft law, the
representative said.
Deputy director general of the
MPTC, Tol Gnac yesterday confirmed
that the two-day consultative meeting
had been delayed.
My colleagues have told me that
the meeting has been rescheduled,
Gnak said.
Gnak on Sunday returned from one-
week trip to Australia where he said
he met with the UNs International
Telecommunications Union (ITU)
and Australian telecommunications
authorities to discuss regulatory prac-
tice and security.
They wanted to share telecommu-
nications industry best practice with us
and discuss the new challenges arising
out of new technology and customer
products, he said about the weeklong
trip, declining to discuss any details of
the MPTCs new draft law.
The 31-page confidential draft docu-
ment, which was emailed to telecom-
munications firms last Wednesday,
illustrates the governments plan to re-
balance the industry by scrapping exist-
ing licenses and issuing new ones.
The draft law states that the govern-
ment can seize telecom company
systems to maintain the effective
security, national stability and public
order, and also bans private compa-
nies from operating both retail and
telecom infrastructure services in an
effort to segregate and potentially
nationalize the industry.
Infrastructure and telecom net-
work and other infrastructure that
supports the telecom sector, need to
be under the control of the Ministry
of Posts and Telecommunications as
according to the permanent regula-
tion, it states.
But separating infrastructure pro-
viders (cables, poles and antennas)
from service providers (mobile phone
and mobile internet data plans) either
voluntarily or through legislation is
not a new idea, according to Roy Vivek,
a telecommunications analyst with
global research firm, Ovum.
There are cases where we have seen
structural separation of operators in
markets with ongoing problems of a
competitive downstream retail mar-
ket, Vivek said, citing the example of
Telecom New Zealand, a previously
state-owned enterprise, which in 2011
separated its wholesale infrastructure
business from its retail business.
Network separation in telecom sec-
tor has been a taboo since there is a large
degree of vertical coordination between
services along the supply chain. There
are clear cost synergies to be realised if
services are provided to end user by a
vertically integrated operator.
But while the Cambodian govern-
ments plan might help to stabilise the
Kingdoms hyper-competitive indus-
try, which sees a constant undercut-
ting of service pricing and smaller
firms forced to lease infrastructure
from rivals, a regulatory approach
might not be the answer, Vivek said.
I think infrastructure separation is
an extreme regulatory step that may
help to ensure fair competition where
it affords greater freedom of choice for
consumers in a market otherwise
dominated by one operator. But, sim-
ply because a possible remedy is avail-
able does not mean it should always
be applied, he said.
Structural separation should only
be used when other regulatory options
have first proved inadequate, and after
a comprehensive cost/benefit analysis
has been conducted. Structural sepa-
ration may have profound effects on
investment, valuation, and systemic
operations, and would be an extreme-
ly difficult policy to reverse.
US-listed
education
provider
moves in
Daniel de Carteret
US-LISTED firm Nord Anglia
Education has taken over the
management of Northbridge
International School, the edu-
cation provider announced
earlier this month.
Nord Anglia, which cur-
rently operates 29 schools
stretching from the US to the
Middle East, to China, on July
10 took over the day-to-day
operations of Northbridge, an
international school owned
by Cambodian conglomerate
Royal Group.
What it does for North-
bridge school is it basically
puts it in their management,
and they are basically the best
in that class globally, said
Royal Group chief financial
officer Mark Hanna said.
Located in Northbridge
Communities, one of Phnom
Penhs oldest gated communi-
ties, the school currently has
about 500 students between
the age of 3 and 18 years old.
The Cambodian economy
is rapidly developing. For-
eign direct investment in the
country and increasing GDP
are driving a growing demand
for quality, private education
from both expat and local
fami l i es al i ke, George
Ghantous, the regi onal
managing director for the
Middle East and Southeast
Asia for Nord Anglia Educa-
tion, said in an emailed
statement yesterday.
Royal Group and Nord Anglia
both declined to reveal the
value of the deal.
Forestry revenues falling short
Chan Muyhong

R
IGHTS groups have
called on the gov-
ernment to increase
tax rates for logging
companies amid the latest do-
mestic revenue gures.
According to the Ministry
for Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries, timber exports pro-
duced $9.4 million in govern-
ment tax revenue during the
rst half of the year, up 28 per
cent from $7.3 million during
the same period in 2013.
Hout Punleu, an ofcial
from the forestry department,
said the income recorded in
the governments books is
largely generated from log-
ging companies located with-
in economic land concessions
for legally cut rattan palms
and the sale of repossessed il-
legally logged timber.
The Ministry of Agricultures
2012 annual report shows 16
companies have valid licences
to collect and export timber.
Ouch Leng, director of the
Human Rights Task Force, said
the governments tax gures
are too low and does not re-
ect the reality of the logging
industrys revenues.
Just one company exports
at least $15 million worth of
timber per day. If I simply cal-
culate that over the space of
a year, then the governments
total tax benet from the in-
dustry is so low, he said.
Leng urged the government
to increase private companies
tax obligation from the current
5 per cent to 30 per cent.
The income from forestry
budget earned in the last few
years has not contributed to
national development. We are
losing money for the national
budget and at the same time
losing timber in the forest, and
people remain poor, he said.
Logging and deforestation
in Cambodia has long been a
point of controversy with hu-
man rights and environmental
abuses and land grabbing reg-
ularly featuring in the main-
stream media. Satellite maps
released by Open Develop-
ment Cambodia in December
show a decrease in total forest
coverage from 60.18 per cent
to 46.33 per cent from 2009
to 2013. Though this rate is
disputed by the government,
which includes agricultural
crops in its estimate of for-
estry cover.
Srey Chanthy, an indepen-
dent economic analyst, said
the domestic revenue record-
ed by the government is low.
The income from forestry
into national budget these
years have contributed not
so much to national develop-
ment if we look at the number.
It would give better long-term
economic benet to Cam-
bodia if the forest is kept un-
touched, he said.
Chanthy add that by dimin-
ishing the Kingdoms forests,
the country also becomes
more susceptible to the im-
pact of climate change.
More deforestation results
in less rain and shallower wa-
ter resources, which will make
agriculture production cost
higher for farmers, he said.
A villager stands with her baby in a logged area in Keo Seima district in Mondulkiri province. HOHENG CHIVOAN
Simply because a possible
remedy is available does
not mean it should always
be applied
Top Indian power firm
buys hydropower plants
INDIAS Reliance Power will
buy three hydropower plants
from Jaiprakash Power
Ventures for an undisclosed
sum to cut its dependance on
coal, the firm said yesterday.
The deal will make Reliance
Power controlled by
billionaire Anil Ambani, the
younger brother of Indias
richest man Mukesh Ambani
the largest private provider
of hydroelectric power in
India, the firms statement
said. The companies did not
disclose the details, but one
source said Reliance would
pay about $2 billion. AFP
Samsung delays new
Tizen smartphone
SAMSUNG Electronics said
yesterday that it would
postpone the roll-out of its
new smartphone based on
Tizen, a home-grown
operating system aimed at
breaking away from Googles
Android system. Samsung
said that the launch was
being pushed back in order
to further enhance the
Tizen ecosystem. AFP
Business
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Nissan reports surging profit
J
APANS second-biggest
carmaker, Nissan Motor
Co, reported prot that
surpassed analysts esti-
mates as deliveries increased
in China and the US, its two
biggest markets.
Net income rose 37 per cent
to 112.1 billion yen ($1.1 bil-
lion) in the April-June quarter,
beating the 84.3 billion yen av-
erage of 14 analyst estimates
compiled by Bloomberg. The
Yokohama-based automaker
maintained its prot forecast.
The prot increase may
signal CEO Carlos Ghosn is
gaining traction after making
dozens of executive changes
in November to improve ex-
ecution and cut incentives in
the US Deliveries have out-
paced Honda Motor Co and
Toyota Motor Corp in the US
and China this year, as Nissan
chases its targets of 8 per cent
operating margin and global
market share.
In terms of their full-year
plan, they are pretty much
on track, said Kota Yuzawa,
an auto analyst at Goldman
Sachs Group Inc in Tokyo.
Their China sales are quite
strong this year.
Operating prot in the quar-
ter rose 13 per cent to 122.6
billion yen, beating analysts
estimate of 114.2 billion. Sales
rose 10 per cent to 2.47 trillion
yen, compared with the ana-
lysts estimate of 2.41 trillion.
In China, where Nissan is the
biggest Japanese automaker,
sales rose 21 per cent in the
quarter to 283,000 units, boost-
ed by the X-Trail SUV. Nissan is
targeting to gain a 10 per cent
share of the market in China,
which accounts for a quarter
of the automakers sales by vol-
ume. The company has said it
expects to sell more than 1.4
million units this year in the
worlds largest car market.
While sales are expanding in
China and the US, Nissan has
to grapple with start up costs
with new plants in emerg-
ing markets. The carmaker
opened its second plant in
Thailand this month and will
start production at its fourth
plant in China later this year.
Back in Japan, operating prof-
it fell to 56.9 billion yen from
74.8 billion yen last year. Nis-
sans domestic deliveries fell in
the April-June quarter after the
rst consumption tax increase
in the country since 1997.
The growth in prot was
helped by Nissans premium
Inniti brand, where rst-
half sales rose 30 per cent to
a record. Deliveries in China
more than doubled from a
year earlier.
Nissan forecasts global de-
liveries will climb 8.9 per cent
to 5.65 million vehicles this s-
cal year, representing a global
market share of 6.7 per cent, it
said in May. Revenue will rise
3 per cent to 10.79 trillion yen,
while operating prot will gain
7 per cent to 535 billion yen,
the company said.
The automaker rose 0.8 per
cent to 1,001.5 yen at the close
of Tokyo trading yesterday,
before it announced earn-
ings. The stock rose 13 per
cent this year, compared with
a 4.7 per cent decline for the
benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock
Average. The stock has 13
buys, 15 holds and 1 sell, ac-
cording to data compiled by
Bloomberg.
Encouraging demand for
new products, benets from
recent plant investments, and
improving market conditions
in North America, China and
Europe combined to lift both
revenues and prots, Ghosn
said. Nissan is well placed
to deliver on its outlook given
our continued product of-
fensive along with measures
to enhance competitiveness,
build market share and the
ongoing benets of our Alli-
ance strategy. BLOOMBERG
McDonalds ips its burgers in China
Australia approves huge India-backed monster mine
MCDONALDS outlets across China have
yanked their flagship burgers from the
menu, the company said yesterday, as the
American owner of a key supplier embroiled
in an expired meat scandal offered con-
sumers a personal apology.
Authorities in Shanghai last week shut
a plant owned by privately held OSI Group
after a television report alleging it mixed
out-of-date meat with fresh product.
Police later detained five officials from
the OSI subsidiary which operated it,
Shanghai Husi Food Co.
McDonalds, one of the factorys many
customers in China, has stopped using
food from all OSI plants in the country
after listening to voices from all parties,
it said in a statement.
Some restaurants in China have there-
fore experienced shortages of some prod-
ucts, it added, but gave no details.
It did not say whether the chain had iden-
tified any food using expired meat.
McDonalds has more than 2,000 restau-
rants in China, according to its website.
Some outlets in Shanghai and Beijing
pulled Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets and
other items off the menu.
An operator from the McDonalds
national delivery hotline said yesterday
that beef and chicken items were unavail-
able in the Shanghai area, though fish and
pork could be ordered.
We have stopped selling all products
related to Husi for food safety. Products
affected mainly used beef and chicken,
he explained.
At a McDonalds in central Beijing, coun-
ter staff told customers that the branch
only had the Filet-O-Fish sandwich.
At every cash register, there were signs in
both Chinese and English reading: We
regret to let you know that currently we will
only be able to provide a limited menu at
our restaurant.
The OSI Shanghai factorys customers in
China included McDonalds, KFC, Pizza
Hut, coffee chain Starbucks, Burger King,
7-Eleven convenience stores and Papa
Johns Pizza, according to the companies.
The owner of OSI Group based in Auro-
ra, Illinois apologised in person to Chi-
nese consumers at a news conference in
Shanghai yesterday.
What happened at Husi Shanghai was
completely unacceptable and I hope that
you will accept my personal and most sin-
cere apology I am very, very sorry, chair-
man and chief executive officer Sheldon
Lavin said. We accept that there must be
some consequences and we take respon-
sibility for the actions of those individuals
working for our company. AFP
AUSTRALIA has approved a massive
coal mine that could ultimately pro-
vide electricity for up to 100 million
Indians, angering environmentalists,
who warned yesterday it may threaten
the Great Barrier Reef.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt
said approval for Indian firm Adanis
A$16.5 billion (US$15.5 billion) Car-
michael coal mine and rail project in
Queensland state was subject to 36
conditions.
The absolute strictest of condi-
tions have been imposed to ensure
the protection of the environment,
with a specific focus on the protec-
tion of groundwater, he explained in
a statement.
The development proposes open-
cut and underground coal mining
some 160 kilometres northwest of
Clermont in central Queensland, as
well as a 189-kilometre rail link. It is
forecast to produce 60 million tonnes
of thermal coal a year for export.
State officials say that the project,
which could potentially be the larg-
est coal mine in Australia and one of
the largest in the world, will play a
pivotal role in opening up Queens-
lands resource-rich Galilee Basin.
It is also expected to contribute
A$2.97 billion to the Queensland econ-
omy each year and generate thou-
sands of jobs.
It is estimated the project will pro-
vide electricity for up to 100 million
people in India, Hunt said.
Australias exports are heavily
dependent on mining, and Trade Min-
ister Andrew Robb said the project
demonstrated the potential for the
resources sector to drive the economy
But conservationists criticised the
approval which plans to ship the coal
from the mine through Abbot Point on
the Great Barrier Reef coast. Adani
won approval for a major coal port
expansion at Abbot Point in December
which allows it to dredge three million
cubic metres of material from the sea-
bed so freighters can dock.
Ben Pearson from the organisation
Greenpeace Australia Pacific said the
decision to approve the monster
mine given concerns about climate
change was appalling.
You cant ignore the fact that it is
also a mine which, if it went ahead,
would impact on the Great Barrier
Reef World Heritage area and thats
because of course to get that coal out
you have to build a new coal export
terminal at Abbot Point, he said.
The Australian Conservation Foun-
dation said the approval was bad
news for water resources, wildlife
and the global effort to tackle climate
change.
The project would also take billions
of litres of water from underground
aquifers, creating problems for farm-
ers, and destroy part of the remaining
habitat of the endangered black-
throated finch, it said. AFP
ITS game on in China, as Mi-
crosoft Corps Xbox One be-
comes the rst entertainment
console to hit the market after
the end of a 13-year ban.
Microsoft yesterday began
taking orders for its new game
console from online retailer
JD.com Inc via Tencent Hold-
ings Ltds mobile-messaging
applications. The pair of Chi-
nese internet companies hold
exclusive rights to pre-sell the
locally made Xbox One until
July 30, JD.com said in a news
release. The console is slated
to ship nationwide this com-
ing September.
Microsoft was the industrys
rst big player to start produc-
tion in the country after the
Chinese government last year
allowed console sales in the
new Shanghai free-trade zone
and opened up an estimated
$10 billion market.
The rst Xbox didnt even
exist in 2000, when the Com-
munist Party banned game
systems over concerns that
they would be bad for kids. It
was released a year later.
Game consoles were in-
cluded on the list of items that
were to be liberalised before
Shanghais free-trade zone be-
fore its creation last Septem-
ber. BLOOMBERG
Xbox One to become
rst console in China
Nissan has reported soaring prots on the back of rising sales in the
Chinese and American markets. Net income rose by 37 per cent in the
last quarter. BLOOMBERG
Trade deficit expected
to widen in Myanmar
MYANMARS trade deficit will
likely continue widening for
two years as the government
promotes infrastructure
development and vehicle sales,
requiring more imports, said
Ministry of Commerce director
Win Myint. Imports are
expected to grow at double the
pace as exports in the 2014-15
fiscal year, even as petroleum
exports pick up, he said. From
April 1 to mid-July, imports
totalled $4.2 billion, with
exports hitting $2.6 billion
with half that coming from
natural gas, according to
ministry data. THE MYANMAR TIMES
Thailands jobless rate
increases to 1.1 per cent
UNEMPLOYMENT continued
rising in June, going up to 1.1
per cent, with university
graduates making up the
largest group of jobless.
During the month, 448,000
were without jobs, up 220,000
year-on-year and 86,000 from
the previous month,
Viboondhat Sudhantanakit,
director general of the
National Statistical Office,
said yesterday. Of the total,
203,000 were first-time job
seekers. Of the total
unemployed, 130,000 were in
the service and trade sector,
70,000 in the manufacturing
sector and 45,000 in the farm
sector. BANGKOK POST
Markets
9
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Business
Thailand
exports up
by 3.9 pct
EXPORTS rose 3.9 per cent in
June year-on-year, with a total
value of $19.842 billion, and the
Commerce Ministry is predict-
ing even better results in the
second half of 2014.
Nantawan Sakuntanaga,
director-general of the Interna-
tional Trade Promotion Depart-
ment, said export figures in June
reversed a contraction of 2.14
per cent in May, amid improv-
ing signs for exports. Imports in
June totalled $18.049 billion,
contracting by 14.03 per cent
resulting in a trade surplus of
$1.793 billion for the month.
With the rise of June exports,
the second quarter showed
resumed growth of 0.3 per
cent, compared to the same
quarter in previous year. Thai-
land has experienced export
contractions over four quar-
ters prior to the last quarter of
April to June 2014.
For the six-month period,
Thailand shipped a total of
$112.7 billion worth of goods,
down 0.35 per cent from the
same period last year.
The country imported
$112.47 billion, dropped 14 per
cent. As the result, Thailand
has a trade surplus of $230
million. BANGKOK POST
NCPO eyes high-speed train
T
HE National Council
for Peace and Order
(NCPO) has ordered
the Ofce of Trans-
port and Trafc Policy and
Planning to conduct a feasibil-
ity study for a high-speed train
project from Laem Chabang
port to Nong Khai province, a
route expected to benet the
countrys trade.
According to a source famil-
iar with the matter, the route
will connect to high-speed
train lines in Laos and southern
China, improving trade in ASE-
AN. The source said the Chi-
nese government will shoulder
all the investment cost for the
high-speed trains in Laos.
The Laem Chabang port-
Nong Khai route was not origi-
nally included in the Yingluck
Shinawatra governments
2-trillion-baht ($62.8 billion)
infrastructure plan, which was
reshufed by the junta.
The earlier plan called for
four high-speed lines: from
Suvarnabhumi airport to Ray-
ong province for 221 kilome-
tres, from Bangkok to Chiang
Mai for 745 kilometres, from
Bangkok to Nong Khai for 615
kilometres and from Bangkok
to Padang Besar in Malay-
sia for 9,282 kilometres. The
routes were estimated to cost
780 billion baht.
The entire investment proj-
ect will be divided into three
phases. The rst phase runs
from 2014 to 2015, the second
from 2016 to 2017 and the last
phase from 2018 to 2022. The
scheme will run nine years.
Even with the NCPO mak-
ing a huge investment in in-
frastructure development, the
source said public debt will
not exceed 50 per cent of GDP,
within the scal sustainability
framework set by the Finance
Ministry. The framework has
a ceiling of 60 per cent of GDP.
The NCPO still hopes to reach
a balanced budget by 2017, the
source said.
The Public Debt Manage-
ment Ofce plans to seek fund-
ing from several sources for the
infrastructure. Apart from the
scal budget and loans, the
ofce intends to use public-
private partnerships or infra-
structure funds for funding.
However, some project own-
ers such as the Highways De-
partment are reluctant, saying
its project is not attractive to
the private sector for invest-
ment. The State Railway of
Thailand, the owner of the
dual-track rail project, said it is
ready to invest. BANGKOK POST
A Bangkok Mass Transit SkyTrain travels on an elevated track in central Bangkok. The NCPO is conducting a
feasibility study for a high-speed train, which could improve trade links across ASEAN. BLOOMBERG
Angela Monaghan
RISING house prices, the pros-
pect of higher interest rates,
and difficulty in raising a
deposit are rapidly putting
people off buying a house
according to Halifax.
A survey by the lender identi-
fied a sharp drop in the number
of people who felt that it would
be a good time to buy a house
over the next 12 months to 5
per cent in the second quarter,
from 34 per cent in the first
quarter. The trend was most
pronounced in the property
hotspots of London and the
south east.
It was the latest sign that ele-
ments of the UK housing mar-
ket are cooling, following a
drop in mortgage approvals
and applications, and a fall in
buyer inquiries in London in
recent weeks.
Despite those signs, Halifax
said seven in 10 people in Brit-
ain think house prices will rise
over the next year.
This would continue a trend
which saw the annual rate of
growth in prices rising to 8.8
per cent in June, according to
the lenders own data.
While the appetite for buy-
ing waned in the second, quar-
ter, members of the public
were more optimistic about
selling property.
Of those surveyed, 57 per
cent felt it would be a good
time to sell over the next 12
months, compared with 32
per cent who felt it would be
a bad time.
Craig McKinlay, mortgages
director at Halifax, said: Over
the past two years consumer
confidence has continued to
grow, however it appears that
weve reached a tipping point
with the equilibrium between
buyers and sellers much more
out of sync.
The results highlight the
regional variations as now
people believe that its a good
time to sell but not buy,
particularly in London and
the southeast where house
price expectations are gener-
ally higher and buyers appear
to be less inclined to rush into
a buying a property as we
have seen over the past 12
months, McKinlay said. THE
GUARDIAN
Business
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Russia told to pay $50B over Yukos
James Pheby

F
ORMER majority owners of
Yukos Oil Co said they won a
landmark $50 billion award
against Russia for the con-
scation of what was once the na-
tions largest oil company.
The Permanent Court of Arbitra-
tion in The Hague ruled that Rus-
sia is liable to pay almost half of the
$103 billion plus interest sought
by the companys former owners,
Tim Osborne, head of GML Ltd, the
former holding company of Yukos,
told reporters in London yesterday.
The ruling found that the cam-
paign waged against Yukos was
politically motivated, Osborne
was quoted as saying.
The multibillion-dollar award
against Russia marks a fresh head-
ache for President Vladimir Putin,
whos facing intensifying US and Eu-
ropean sanctions aimed at forcing
him to resolve the deadly conict in
neighboring Ukraine.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Rus-
sias richest man with a fortune of
$15 billion when he was CEO and
the main owner of Yukos, was freed
in December under an amnesty
after serving a decade in Russian
prison camps. He says the charges
against him were revenge for his
nancing of opposition parties,
which the Kremlin denies.
Collecting the damages is likely
to involve years of legal wrangling,
according to Yukoss former chief
legal counselor, Dmitry Gololobov.
Russia will refuse to pay and seizing
Russian state assets abroad will be a
difcult task, he said.
Russia has the money to hire
the best international lawyers,
who wont give up without a ght,
Gololobov said by email before the
ruling was announced. So the Yu-
kos affair could easily go on for an-
other 10 years.
Putins government dismantled
Yukos from 2004-2007 after impos-
ing $27 billion in tax charges. Most
of its former assets were acquired
in a series of forced auctions by
state-run OAO Rosneft, which is
the worlds largest publicly traded
oil company by output.
Russia will have the opportunity
to appeal the ruling, Foreign Min-
ister Sergei Lavrov said. Russia
will use all available legal means
to defend its position, Lavrov said
yesterday at a televised news brief-
ing in Moscow.
Khodorkovsky, who is currently liv-
ing in Switzerland, said that he isnt
entitled to any part of the damages
because he transferred his Yukos
stake to fellow shareholder Leonid
Nevzlin to protect the company
when he became a target of the
Russian courts.
Nevzlin is benecial owner of
slightly more than 70 per cent of
GML, while four other partners
Platon Lebedev, Mikhail Brudno,
Vladimir Dubov and Vasily Shakh-
novsky each have a little less than
7.5 per cent. GML used to own 60
per cent of Yukos.
GML led the lawsuit back in
2007 under the Energy Charter
Treaty, an international agreement
that in part regulates investments
in the energy industry, which Rus-
sia signed but never ratied. The
Hague tribunal ruled in 2009 that
it would hear the case.
The Yukos plaintiffs will have the
right to go to arbitration courts in
about 100 countries that are party
to the 1958 New York Convention
to enforce the ruling, according to
Gus Van Harten, a professor spe-
cialising in arbitration at York Uni-
versitys Osgoode Hall Law School
in Canada.
Because it will be hard to seize
Russian government assets, which
are mostly protected by diplomatic
immunity, state companies such as
Rosneft and natural gas exporter
OAO Gazprom could be targeted,
he said.
Claudia Annacker, a partner with
US law rm Cleary Gottlieb Steen
& Hamilton who has been repre-
senting Russia in the Yukos lawsuit,
didnt immediately respond to an
emailed request for comment. Ros-
neft declined to comment.
Another ruling by the European
Court of Human Rights on a $38
billion claim led by ex-Yukos man-
agement that would benet all for-
mer shareholders may also come
this year. BLOOMBERG
A man walks past the logo of oil giant Yukos at its Moscow headquarters. Russia has
been ordered to pay shareholders of Yukos a record $50 billion in compensation over
its seizure of the one-time oil giant. AFP
Danone in medical unit talks
Bank survey suggests UK property market is cooling
Spains nationalised Bankia sees
prots jump after revenue boost
DANONE rose as much as 2.6 per cent after
reports that the French yogurt maker is in talks
to sell its medical-nutrition unit to Hospira Inc,
a transaction that could raise funds for acqui-
sitions to bolster growth.
Danone and Hospira, a maker of injectable
drugs, continue to negotiate a deal for the unit,
according to a person familiar with the matter.
Lake Forest, Illinois-based Hospira appears to be
the most likely buyer for the Danone business,
which makes products including the Nutrison
tube-feeding system for people whose diets are
restricted by illness, the person said.
The worlds largest yogurt maker has been try-
ing to sell the unit for months. Danone earlier
held talks with potential buyers including Nestle
Sa and Fresenius Se about the business, which
could be valued at more than 3 billion ($4 bil-
lion), Bloomberg News reported in May.
A sale may give Danone funds for acquisitions
to bolster its growth prospects, said Patrik Lang,
an analyst at Julius Baer Group Ltd, citing Mead
Johnson Nutrition Co as a possible purchase.
Danones first-half adjusted operating profit
dropped 20 per cent as milk prices rose 18 per-
cent, the company said last week. An acquisition
of Mead Johnson would bolster the baby-food
business of Danone, which competes with Nes-
tle Sa. Glenview, Illinois-based Mead Johnson
has a market value of $19 billion.
Bloomberg News reported Danones medical-
nutrition unit was for sale in May and valued at
more than 3 billion, citing people familiar with
the situation. Bloomberg also previously report-
ed that Danone had been in talks with Nestle and
Fresenius SE regarding a sale of the unit.
The Financial Times reported that the Hos-
pira talks on its website on Sunday, saying the
potential $5 billion stock-and-cash deal would
allow the US company to relocate its tax base
to France in a deal commonly known as a tax
inversion. The newspaper also said its unclear
if Nestle and Fresenius are still interested in
the business. BLOOMBERG
BANKIA Sa, the nationalised
lender that Spains govern-
ment is selling back to inves-
tors in a sign of the countrys
recovery, said that profit more
than doubled as revenue
soared and bad loans and
costs decreased.
Net income increased to
432 million ($580 million) in
the first half from 200 million
a year earlier, the Valencia,
Spain-based lender said in a
filing to regulators yesterday.
Earnings beat the 393 mil-
lion-mean estimate in a
Bloomberg survey taken of
nine analysts.
Losses linked to real estate at
BFA-Bankia, a banking group
forged from a merger of savings
banks led by Caja Madrid,
pushed Spain into taking a 41
billion European bailout to
prop up lenders in 2012. The
government sold a 7.5 per cent
stake in Bankia to investors in
February in a first step to
recoup state funds used to res-
cue the lender.
The bank will probably seek
3 billion in new long-term
loans from the European Cen-
tral Bank, chief financial officer
Leopoldo Alvear said at a news
conference yesterday.
The lending program was
among stimulus measures
that were announced by the
ECB last month in an effort to
loosen credit and prevent
deflation. Bankia shares rose
1.3 per cent to 1.5 at 10:38 am
in Madrid.
Net interest income, or the
difference between what a
bank charges for loans and
pays for funding, rose to 1.43
billion from 1.09 billion a year
ago, Bankia said.
Administrative costs fell to
795 million from 888 mil-
lion after the bank shrank its
workforce and closed branch-
es in order to comply with the
terms of European aid. Bad
loans as a share of total loans
dropped to 14.03 per cent from
14.65 per cent in December.
BLOOMBERG
RUSSIA TO USE
ALL OPTIONS
R
ussia will use every means to
defend itself after the
arbitration court in the Hague
ordered it to pay $50 billion
compensation to Yukos
shareholders, Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov said yesterday.
Energy giant Rosneft, which
acquired the assets of Yukos after
the jailing of its founder Mikhail
Khodorkovsky, said that all its
dealings were lawful.
Lavrov responded to an initial
report of the verdict yesterday
morning at a briefing, saying: It
goes without saying that Russia, the
agencies that represent Russia in
this case, will use all the legal
options it has to uphold its position.
Rosneft said in a statement that it
considers that all its deals in
acquiring Yukoss former assets and
also all its other actions towards
Yukos were fully lawful and were
carried out according to the
legislation in force.
The state-held oil giant, which is
targeted by US sanctions over
Ukraine, said that it does not
consider that the company could be
issued any demands due to the
published ruling or that the ruling
could have a negative effect on the
commercial activities or assets of
the company. Yukos was sold off in
opaque auctions to state companies
led by Rosneft. AFP
A Halifax survey shows that the housing market is cooling in the UK
due to rising prices, the prospect of rising interest rates and difculty in
raising a deposit. BLOOMBERG
Russia has the money to
hire the best international
lawyers . . . So the Yukos
affair could easily go on for
another 10 years
Markets
11
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Business
International commodities
Energy
Agriculture
Markets
800
875
950
1025
1100
500
550
600
650
700
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
18000
19750
21500
23250
25000
2000
2250
2500
2750
3000
14000
14500
15000
15500
16000
9000
9250
9500
9750
10000
Thailand Vietnam
Singapore Malaysia
Hong Kong China
Japan Taiwan
Thai Set 50 Index, Jul 25
FTSE Straits Times Index, Jul 25 FTSE BursaMalaysiaKLCI, Jul 25
Hang Seng Index, Jul 25 CSI 300 Index, Jul 25
Nikkei 225, Jul 25 Taiwan Taiex Index, Jul 25
Ho Chi Minh Stock Index, Jul 25
15,529.40
2,323.90 24,428.63
1,877.34 3,350.17
589.45 1,028.27
9,420.18
1600
1725
1850
1975
2100
5500
5875
6250
6625
7000
900
1050
1200
1350
1500
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
20000
21500
23000
24500
26000
28000
28750
29500
30250
31000
4500
4875
5250
5625
6000
4500
4750
5000
5250
5500
South Korea Philippines
Laos Indonesia
India Pakistan
Australia New Zealand
KOSPI Index, Jul 25 PSEI - Philippine Se Idx, Jul 25
Laos Composite Index, Jul 25 Jakarta Composite Index, Jul 25
BSE Sensex 30 Index, Jul 25 Karachi 100 Index, Jul 25
S&P/ASX 200 Index, Jul 25 NZX 50 Index, Jul 25
5,577.39
30,314.07 25,991.23
5,088.80 1,375.06
6,850.47 2,048.81
5,187.14
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Gasoline R 5250 5450 3.81 %
Diesel R 5100 5200 1.96 %
Petroleum R 5500 5500 0.00 %
Gas Chi 86000 76000 -11.63 %
Charcoal Baht 1200 1300 8.33 %
Energy
Construction equipment
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Rice 1 R/Kg 2800 2780 -0.71 %
Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
Food -Cereals -Vegetables - Fruits
Cambodian commodities
(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 101.35 -0.74 -0.72% 8:42:23
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 107.49 -0.9 -0.83% 8:41:44
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 3.8 0.02 0.53% 8:41:41
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 284.96 -1.57 -0.55% 8:42:40
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 289.42 -2.15 -0.74% 8:40:41
ICEGasoil USD/MT 894.25 -0.5 -0.06% 8:42:21
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 12.89 -0.05 -0.39% 8:37:54
CME Lumber USD/tbf 325.5 -0.3 -0.09% 16:07:45
Under Spains Google Fee law,
aggregators must pay publishers
S
PAIN was where the right
to be forgotten began, with
the European Commission
recently ruling that individu-
als can demand that Google remove
unfavorable links about them from
search results. Now a new copyright
law is stirring controversy in the
country and is part of a bigger Euro-
pean debate about Internet rules.
Last week, Spain passed a law
requiring news aggregators such
as Google News to pay publishers
a fee if they link to their content.
Supporters of the law, nicknamed
the Google Fee, say it will prevent
copyright infringements.
Aggregators that dont compensate
publishers for using content could
be ned 30,000 to 300,000 ($40,393
to $403,932). Websites risk being
blocked if they do not comply, even if
they are hosted in other countries.
In its blog, local news aggregation
site Meneame said that although it
makes money by linking to stories
published by others, its not enough
to cover the fees required under the
law. The publishers, meanwhile,
make more from their relationship,
the site said. Every unique visit de-
rived from Meneame drives revenue
for the linked news site that is almost
20 times more than the revenue per-
ceived by Meneame, they say.
It is unclear whether the law applies
only to news aggregators like Google
News, or whether social networks
like Facebook and Twitter could also
be affected. Spains Culture, Educa-
tion and Sports Ministry said social
networks wont be affected.
But lawyer Carlos Sanchez Almey-
da argues that the law could affect
social networks. The biggest in Spain
are Facebook and Tuenti, where us-
ers spend an average of more than
four hours a day, an hour more than
the average American. Almeyda also
said blogs, forums and Wikipedia
might also be charged for uploading
or linking to copyrighted content.
Bloggers and social media fans pro-
tested online with the hashtags #En-
laceLibre (Free links) and #Todos-
contraelcanon (Everybody against
the fee). Many of them warned that
this is may be the end of the free in-
ternet and that social media may dis-
appear in Spain if users are no longer
allowed to share stories produced by
somebody else.
Some reporters also joined the
debate, arguing that media outlets
wont benet from link removals as
news sites are likely to see less traf-
c referred from aggregators. The
fact that an aggregator links to our
stories, whether they are charged or
not for doing so, always benets us,
freelance journalist Carlos Otto said.
In its ofcial blog, Google Spain
said that publishers can choose not
to appear on Google News. In spite
of this, it is worth mentioning that we
received much more requests [from
publishers] to be included in Google
News instead of to be excluded, be-
cause many publishers can tell the
advantage of having their content
discovered by new readers.
Supporters of the Spanish law, in-
cluding government and large pub-
lishers, say the law only targets major
corporations that make a prot from
linking to content. Most of the rev-
enue from online advertising goes
to Google, rather than to publishers
that create the content, they say.
This [law] wont affect the end user
or the blogger, but big search engines
that make a commercial use, the
Association of Spains Newspapers
(AEDE) said.
Without this law, aggregators could
deprive citizens of free, high-quality
information online, Jose Maria Ber-
gareche, president of AEDE, said.
Over the past few years, European
countries, including France, Ger-
many and Belgium, have also been
debating copyright regulations. In
Germany, aggregators can link to
stories for free but must pay a fee
for displaying signicant amount of
the content. In France, publishers
last year reached an agreement with
Google: The tech giant created a 60
million fund to help news companies
expand their digital units. Belgium
was more drastic: Google was forbid-
den to distribute written stories and
photographs created by media com-
panies. THE WASHINGTON POST
Google Inc Chrome and Google+ pillows sit in the reception area of the search giants
ofce in Washington, DC. BLOOMBERG
Fertility Clinic of Cambodia (FCC) is the first to be Fertility
Clinic offering state-of-the-art services in assisted conception and
womens health in Cambodia.
An exciting full-time opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated
and qualified HR & Adm. Manager and Chief Accountant. As a
leading provider of private fertility services we require candidates
to have outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, as
well as the ability to offer exceptional patient care at all times.

The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic multidisci-
plinary team, working to provide excellent patient-centered care
for individuals and couples in all aspects of fertility treatment
and womens health. If you would like to be considered for this
role, please send an up to date CV with your expected salary to
samnanghor@gmail.com by 9th August, 2014.
12 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
World
A woman weeps at a rally for victims of the Sewol ferry disaster in Seoul on Friday. The rally, 100 days after the tragedy, drew thousands of people pushing demands for an independent inquiry into the sinking. AFP
Student survivors of Sewol testify
Lull in Gaza fighting as US, UN up pressure for truce
Ed Jones
S
TUDENT survivors
of South Koreas ferry
disaster testied at
the murder trial of the
captain and crew yesterday,
recalling how they were left
to fend for themselves in the
sinking vessel.
One recalled orders for her
and her classmates to stay put
being relayed over and over
until the ferry had listed so far
that the door to their cabin
was above their heads.
Another described watching
a wave sweep her classmates
back inside the sinking boat.
The actual trial is taking
place in the southern city of
Gwangju, but the judges and
lawyers decamped to a court
in Ansan city, south of Seoul,
for a special two-day session
with the 17 students who
agreed to testify.
Police cordons blocked pub-
lic access to the district court
as the students all from An-
sans Dawon High School ar-
rived in a red mini-bus and
were escorted into the build-
ing by a tight phalanx of po-
lice ofcers.
Although they were offered
the option of testifying by
video from a nearby room,
ve of the six female students
involved in yesterdays morn-
ing session chose to give their
testimony in the courtroom.
The student who took
the video option described
how passengers suddenly
slid to one side as the ferry
listed heavily.
The internal tannoy an-
nouncement said we should
put our life vest on and stay
put, she was quoted as saying
by a pool reporter in the court,
adding that the message was
given repeatedly.
Of the 476 people on board
the 6,825-tonne Sewol pas-
senger ferry when it capsized
on April 16 off the southern
coast, 325 were Dawon High
School pupils on an organ-
ised outing.
Only 75 students survived.
The female student said
they had obeyed the order not
to move until water started
coming through the window
of their cabin which, by now,
was under their feet.
The door was above our
heads. We had our lifejackets
on and the president of our
class suggested we wait until
we could oat upwards and
then escape, she said.
Eventually some classmates
managed to clamber up xed
furniture. They pulled the oth-
ers up and out as the waters
inside rose.
Another witness, who testi-
ed in the courtroom, said
that at no time was she or
those who escaped with her
helped by any crew.
As the ferry keeled over to
one side, she said a group of
them managed to move along
a now horizontal stairwell to-
wards an escape hatch.
At the moment she jumped
out, a sea swell swept over
their escape route.
There were many class-
mates in the corridor and
most of them were swept back
into the ship, she recalled.
I sometimes think about
those friends . . . dream about
them, she added.
Despite the tremendous
trauma of their experience,
the teenage witnesses spoke
calmly and clearly.
The tragedy, and in particu-
lar the loss of so many young
lives, rocked South Korea with
an overwhelming sense of col-
lective shock and grief.
Sewol captain Lee Joon-seok
and three senior crew mem-
bers are accused of homicide
through wilful negligence
a charge that can carry the
death penalty.
Eleven other crew are being
tried on lesser violations of
maritime law.
The bulk of the charges
against the crew arise from the
fact that Lee and the others
chose to abandon ship while
hundreds of people were still
trapped inside.
The nal death toll was just
over 300.
Lee and his crew were pub-
licly vilied in the wake of the
tragedy, and there have been
some expressions of concern
about how fair their trial can
be with emotions still run-
ning so high.
The sinking triggered a
nationwide manhunt for a
fugitive businessman, Yoo
Byung-eun, who headed the
family which owned the com-
pany operating the Sewol.
Police said last week that a
badly decomposed body recov-
ered six weeks ago from a eld
had been identied as Yoos.
His son, Yoo Dae-Kyun, 44, was
arrested on Friday. AFP
FIGHTING subsided in war-torn
Gaza yesterday at the start of the
Muslim holiday of Eid as world pow-
ers ramped up pressure on the war-
ring sides to immediately end their
21-day confrontation.
Following increasingly urgent calls
by the UN and the US for an imme-
diate ceasere, a senior source in the
West Bank said Palestinian president
Mahmud Abbas was heading to Cairo
along with representatives of Hamas
for fresh peace talks.
Abbas is forming a Palestinian
delegation including Hamas and Is-
lamic jihad representatives to meet
Egyptian leaders and discuss a halt
to Israels aggression against Gaza,
the source said, without saying when
the talks would take place.
Earlier, US President Barack Obama
phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu to demand an im-
mediate, unconditional humanitar-
ian ceasere, in a call echoed hours
later by the UN Security Council.
As diplomatic efforts intensied
to broker an end to the bloodletting,
which has claimed over a thousand
lives, both sides appeared to have
settled into an undeclared cease-
re arrangement with the skies over
Gaza mostly quiet.
Military spokesman General Moti
Almoz described the calm as an
unlimited lull but warned that the
army was ready to resume its activity
at any time.
The army said two rockets had
struck Israel since midnight, while
in Gaza an AFP correspondent con-
rmed there had been no overnight
airstrikes, though sporadic raids
resumed in the afternoon with a
4-year-old boy and another per-
son killed by tank shelling near the
northern town of Jabaliya.
Another three succumbed to their
wounds overnight, raising the death
toll in Gaza to 1,037.
There was little mood for celebra-
tion in Gaza City as the three-day fes-
tival of Eid that ends the holy fasting
month of Ramadan got under way.
Several hundred people arrived
for early-morning prayers at the Al-
Omari mosque, bowing and solemn-
ly whispering their worship. Instead
of going to feast with relatives, most
went straight home while others went
to pay their respects to the dead.
Among them was Ahed Shamali,
whose 16-year-old son was killed by
a tank shell several days ago. He was
just a kid, he said, standing by the
grave. This is the Eid of the martyrs.
After the destruction and war
weve seen here, theres no Eid for us
now, said a 44-year-old man who
gave his name only as Issa. AFP
World
13 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014

Aruba frees Venezuelan
wanted by US for drugs
ARUBA on Sunday freed a
Venezuelan ex-military
intelligence chief wanted in
the US on drug trafficking
charges, stating that he had
diplomatic immunity. Retired
major general Hugo Carvajal,
who was arrested on
Wednesday, flew home and
was greeted with a hug by
President Nicolas Maduro at a
Socialist Party meeting in
Caracas. Carvajal, who had
been awaiting confirmation as
Venezuelas consul in Aruba,
has been on a US Treasury
blacklist since 2008 for
alleged links to the leftist
FARC group. AFP
Freak lightning storm
in California kills man
AT LEAST one person was
killed and up to eight others
injured on Sunday when freak
lightning struck the bustling
Venice Beach of southern
California, officials said. The
fatal victim, an unidentified
man in his 20s, died as he
was being rushed from the
beach to the hospital after the
lightning struck, Larry Dietz
at the Los Angeles Coroners
Department said. Witnesses
on the beach described
scenes of panic as the sky
darkened and lightning
erupted seemingly out of
nowhere, accompanied by
thunder and rain. AFP
Battle to control
MH17 crash site
Female suicide bomber kills three in Nigera
T
HE Ukrainian army has seized
control of part of the vast
crash site of Malaysia Airlines
ight MH17, pro-Russia reb-
els said yesterday.
The Ukrainians have taken over
a part of the crash site, said Vladi-
mir Antyufeev, self-styled rst dep-
uty prime minister of the Donetsk
Peoples Republic. Ukraines military
said its troops are battling separatist
ghters for control of a string of towns
around the impact site and had en-
tered the town of Shakhtarsk, some
10 kilometres from the scene.
The rebels, accused by Ukraine and
its Western allies of shooting down
MH17 on July 17, have kept a close
guard over the crash site as interna-
tional anger has grown over possible
evidence tampering.
A team of unarmed Dutch and Aus-
tralian police were forced by heavy
ghting to abandon attempts to reach
the crash site, where the remains of
some of the 298 people killed in the di-
saster remain rotting in the sun.
But Antyufeev lashed out at Kiev for
launching the attack on the site de-
spite the planned visit by international
experts and said government shelling
was destroying parts of the site where
fragments of the plane are located.
The advances by Kiev forces around
the crash site come as the government
claims a string of government victories
across the wider region that could see
the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk
cut off from the Russian border.
Antyufeev admitted that the rebel
forces increasingly have their backs to
the wall and that the military situation
on the ground is very complicated, it
is not a secret.
Meanwhile, Navi Pillay, United Na-
tions High Commissioner for Human
Rights, said the shooting down of
MH17 may amount to a war crime.
Every effort will be made to ensure
that anyone committing serious vio-
lations of international law including
war crimes will be brought to justice,
no matter who they are, Pillay said in
an emailed statement. AFP/BLOOMBERG
A FEMALE suicide bomber
killed three people and in-
jured seven others yesterday
in Nigerias Kano city, after
weekend violence blamed on
Boko Haram forced authori-
ties to cancel festivities mark-
ing a major Muslim holiday.
The attacker with explosives
concealed under her clothes
targeted women who had
lined up to buy kerosene at a
petrol station in the Hotoro
area on the outskirts of Kano,
Nigerias second largest city.
While there was no imme-
diate claim of responsibility,
Boko Haram, the extremist
group blamed for killing more
than 10,000 people in Nigeria
since 2009, was likely to be
held responsible.
Mondays bombing which
followed two separate blasts
on Sunday, gave further indi-
cation that the Islamists are
seeking to increase attacks
outside their stronghold in the
remote northeast by sowing
chaos in key urban centres.
Two attacks in northern
Cameroon on Sunday killed at
least 15 people, with the wife
of the countrys deputy prime
minister, Amadou Ali, among
a dozen people reportedly
kidnapped, according to secu-
rity sources.
The dramatic raids in the
Kolofata region a haven
for Boko Haram follow the
deaths of several Cameroonian
soldiers and gendarmes in two
attacks blamed on the militants
on Thursday and Friday. AFP
A Ukrainian family leave their home after shelling as pro-Russian militants block the way
behind Dutch and Australian forensic teams heading to the MH17 crash site. AFP
World
14
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
www.postkhmer.com
Successful People Read The Post.
INDEPENDENT | INTELLIGENT | IN-DEPTH | INSPIRATIONAL
Job Announcement
ThePost Mediais an independent mediacompany in Cambodia, its newly-madeweekend publications,
English-languagePost Weekend and Khmer-languageCambodia Weekend are a rst for Cambodia,
both in terms of style and content, and are designed for our readers weekend-reading leisure, is seeking
for a fulltime qualied candidate to ll a position as below:
Sales Executive: 1 position
Duties and responsibilities:
To act as the company sales representative for the Post Weekend and Cambodia Weekend
display ad
To prospect for clients and generate revenue
To build and maintain positive relationship with customers before and after sales service.
To collect the customers feedback/complain and keep up to date with competitors status on
theground
To consult with clients for good designing advice and media planning
To meet or exceed monthly and quarterly sales target
To perform other tasks as required by manager.
Job requirements:
Enjoy meeting people and be a self-motivated, energetic, committed, excellent inter-personal,
presentation and communication skills
Work as a team with positive, resourceful and sales driven attitude
University qualication in business or sales and marketing related subjects
At least 2 years of experiences in sales or marketing position
Sales experienceand good understanding in mediaor mediaagency will bean advantage
Good English speaking and writing
Ableto work under pressureand meet deadline
Interested candidates are requested to submit a covering letter, expected salary and detailed CVs with
current photos, not later than 5:00 p.m. of August 10, 2014 to Human Resources & Administration
Department.
Present address: Phnom Penh Center, building F,Unit:888, 8th oor, Corner Sihanouk & Sothearos
Blvd, Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh.
Tel: +855- (0) 23 214 311-17
Fax: +855-(0)23-214 318
E-mail: jobs@phnompenhpost.com
www.phnompenhpost.com
Post Media Co., Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted
for interview. Application documents will not be returned.
Job Announcement
The Phnom Penh Post is an independent media company in Cambodia and is seeking a fulltime qualied
candidate to ll a position as follows:
Mar keting Executive: 1 position
Duties and responsibilities:
To createmaking campaign and incentive
To drivecirculation across thechannel
To extend and optimize distribution network
To takeplan and incentiveto reinforceall thebranches notoriety of thecompany
To monitoring and report on circulation
Management of supply/sales gures based on internal budgets;
Working closely with Distribution Manager to ensure smooth operations daily;
Drive circulation growth through sound trade marketing plans;
Liaising with the production department to ensure transition of newspaper from printer to newsstand;
Updating various weekly and monthly internal reports;
Overseeing the operations of the Bike squad and sustaining growth in sales;
Developing small project proposals targeting direct consumers;
Ad hoc work issued by the Circulation Director.
Job requirements:
Bachelors Degree in Sales & Marketing or an equivalent degree
At least 2 years experience in Sales & Marketing
Very good in Khmer and English, Speaking and Writing
Pleasant personality , positiveattitudeand open minded
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Self condent and hardworking
Computer literacy -MS word, Excel
Interested candidates are requested to submit a covering letter, expected salary and detailed CVs with current
photos, not later than 5:00 p.m. Of July 31, 2014 to Human Resources & Administration Department.
Present address: Phnom Penh Center, building F,Unit:888, 8th oor, Corner Sihanouk & Sothearos Blvd,
Sangkat Tonle Bassac, Khan Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh.
Tel: +855- (0) 23 214 311-17
Fax: +855-(0)23-214 318
E-mail: jobs@phnompenhpost.com
www.phnompenhpost.com
Post Media Co., Ltd is an equal opportunity employer. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for
interview. Application documents will not be returned.
www.postkhmer.com
Successful People Read The Post.
Suthep in court,
deaths in south
S
UTHEP Thaugsuban, the re-
brand leader of months-long
street protests that preceded
Thailands latest coup, ap-
peared in court yesterday to deny a
murder charge over a bloody crack-
down on opposition red shirt sup-
porters four years ago.
Suthep was deputy prime minister of
the then-ruling Democrat Party during
the 2010 crackdown, which left more
than 90 people dead and hundreds
more wounded in Bangkok.
There were deaths and injuries
caused by live bullets during the crack-
down ordered by the defendant, a
judge, whose name was withheld, said,
reading out the charge.
I deny it, Suthep said, sporting a
shaven head and the orange robes of
a Buddhist monk after a stint in the
clergy earlier this month. Many Thai
men enter monkhood at some time
during their lives in the overwhelm-
ingly Buddhist nation.
Suthep has kept a relatively low pro-
le since the Thai junta banned politi-
cal activities.
Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vej-
jajiva, premier during the crackdown,
appeared alongside his former deputy
in court but remained silent. He has al-
ready denied a murder charge.
The judge ordered the pair to return
on August 28 for the next hearing in
their joint trial.
Under Abhisits government, scores
of protesters died in street clashes in
the capital in 2010 between mostly
unarmed red shirt demonstrators and
security forces ring live rounds.
Also yesterday, an Election Commis-
sion source said that former premier
Yingluck Shinawatra and eight other
politicians and police are being ac-
cused of abusing authority by taking
trips around the country before Febru-
arys later-nullied election.
EC investigators allege that Ying-
luck, seven former cabinet ministers
and then-national police general Adul
Saengsingkaew violated the 2007 con-
stitution by using public funds to cam-
paign for ofce, the high-placed source
probing the case said.
The eight joined her in one or more
trips in Bangkok and to other prov-
inces when Yingluck led the caretaker
government, according to the source,
who said that the trips violated Section
181 of the previous constitution. That
section states that an outgoing cabinet
shall not exploit the States resources
or manpower in a way that affect the
results of the next election.
Grenade attack kills girl, 10,
Meanwhile, a 10-year-old girl died
in a grenade blast while four oth-
ers including a soldier were killed
in a shootout hours later in Thai-
lands war-torn deep south, ofcials
said yesterday.
The girl was killed after suspected
Muslim rebels, who are ghting for
greater autonomy from the Thai state,
detonated a grenade near a mosque in
Pattani province late on Sunday.
She died later at a hospital, police
commander Panya Karawanan, of
Saiburi district, said, adding that ve
teenage girls and two military rang-
ers the apparent target of the attack
were also wounded.
A gun ght yesterday morning in a
so-called security red zone in neigh-
bouring Narathiwat province left one
soldier and three suspected rebels
dead, marring the start of the Muslim
Eid festival which marks the end of
the Ramadan fasting season.
One soldier was killed at the scene,
three gunmen were also killed a po-
liceman was seriously injured, Narong
Tongkhaw of Rueso Police said. He
added that the wounded policeman
was a Muslim on his way home for Eid.
Narathiwat is one of three southern-
most Thai provinces bordering Malay-
sia aficted by a decadelong insurgen-
cy. More than 6,100 people have been
killed in near-daily bombings and
shootings in the Muslim-majority re-
gion since 2004. AFP/BANGKOK POST
Bomb squad members inspect damaged vehicles after a bomb attack outside a hotel in
Thailands Betong district on Saturday. AFP
Big words
Well blow
up the White
House: NK
A
TOP-RANKING North
Korean military ofcial
has threatened a nuclear
strike on the White House and
Pentagon after accusing Wash-
ington of raising military tensions
on the Korean Peninsula.
The threat came from Hwang
Pyong-so, director of the militarys
General Political Bureau, during
a speech to a large military rally
in Pyongyang on Sunday on the
anniversary of the armistice that
ended the 1950-53 Korean War.
Hwang, who holds the rank
of vice marshal in the Korean
Peoples Army, said a recent
series of South Korea-US military
drills, one of which included the
deployment of a nuclear-powered
US aircraft carrier, had ramped
up tensions.
If the US imperialists threaten
our sovereignty and survival . . .
our troops will re our nuclear-
armed rockets at the White House
and the Pentagon the sources of
all evil, Hwang said.
It is not the rst time that North
Koreas bellicose rhetoric has in-
cluded threats of nuclear strikes
on the US, but most experts
believe it is still a long way from
developing a viable interconti-
nental ballistic missile with the
required range. AFP
15
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
World
55 miles
of terror
Australia Zoo vet-
erinary nurse Robyn
Kriel holds Timber-
wolf the koala, who is
lucky to be alive after
surviving what must
have been a terrifying
88-kilometre ride
down a busy Austra-
lian freeway clinging
to the bottom of a
car. The 4-year-old
male, who survived
with nothing more
than a torn nail, was
struck by the vehicle
near Maryborough
in Queensland state.
AFP
Adventurer who crossed the
Atlantic by raft in his 80s dies
Martin Weil
ANTHONY Smith, a British
author, explorer and inveter-
ate adventurer who in his mid-
80s against the advice of
well-meaning doubters voy-
aged across the Atlantic Ocean
on a sail-powered raft, died
July 7 at a hospital in Oxford,
England. He was 88.
Trained in science at Oxford
University, Smith was a sailor,
pilot and balloonist. He trav-
elled the length of Africa in
both directions by motorcycle.
He was seen frequently on tel-
evision and was a correspond-
ent for British newspapers, and
more than two dozen books
carry his name as author.
But the voyage he planned in
his 80s led people to question
his sanity.
Other people use that word,
mad, all the time, he said after
his crossing. But I was deter-
mined, he said. So I just went
ahead and did it.
Smiths five children, he told
an interviewer, were not total-
ly cooperative.
His raft was named Antiki, a
reference to Thor Heyerdahls
Kon-Tiki, which made a cele-
brated Pacific Ocean voyage in
1947. Crew members for Smiths
expedition were recruited
through an advertisement
seeking older people who were
serious adventurers only.
Smith and his crew of three
Andrew Bainbridge, David Hil-
dred and John Russell, none
younger than 56 set sail from
the Canary Islands on January
30, 2011.
No great sailing skill was
demanded of those aboard the
Antiki, which measured about
6 by 12 metres and rested on an
array of plastic pipes. The raft
had no motor and was powered
by a single sail.
You dont have to do much,
Smith said of navigating his
craft. The wind and the cur-
rent take you.
Not without hardships and
hazards, however.
In the first week, the rafts two
rudders broke. After about
three weeks, the supply of fresh
food was gone. In 10 weeks,
wind, current and the whim of
the waves took Smith from the
Canary Islands, off the African
coast, to the Caribbean island
of St Martin, which he reached
on April 6 after more than two
months at sea.
Raft travel was slow-going.
Sailing day and night, Smith
and his crew made their way
across the ocean at about 3.8
kilometres per hour.
Because Smith missed his
original destination of Eleu-
thera in the Bahamas, he
embarked on a second trip in
2012, sailing from St Martin to
Eleuthera with a crew of two
women and three men.
His voyage was inspired by
his interest in a World War
II story of survival at sea.
After their ship was sunk,
two British sailors drifted
across the Atlantic in an 5.5-
metre boat for 70 days before
landing at Eleuthera.
That whole story fascinated
me, Smith said. As a young
man, lack of funds kept him
from trying to duplicate the
voyage, and later it was job
responsibilities.
Finally, he said, when he
became very much older, the
idea of a raft voyage still
gripped him.
Mourning for a lost youth
was not for him. Am I sup-
posed to potter about, pruning
roses and admiring pretty
girls? he asked. Or should I do
something to justify my exist-
ence? THE WASHINGTON POST
Asteroids bad timing killed dinos
Told in telegraphs: Tsars reluctant march to war
Ian Sample

D
INOSAURS might
have survived the
catastrophic impact
that ended their
reign had the devastating as-
teroid that slammed into the
Earth arrived at a more con-
venient time, a scientist has
claimed. As a result humans
would probably not exist.
The violent collision 66 mil-
lion years ago, which occurred
in the area that is now Mexico,
triggered tsunamis across the
oceans, caused powerful earth-
quakes and released enough
heat to start many res.
Material thrown into the air
descended as acid rain, and
also blocked the suns warmth,
cooling the Earth temporar-
ily, perhaps by tens of degrees
Celsius. A thick blanket of dust
that was thrown up darkened
the globe, affecting plants and
other photosynthesising life.
The devastation wrought by
the impact almost certainly
explains the sudden death of
the land-based dinosaurs, ac-
cording to a fresh analysis of
the latest data.
But one scientist on the team
said the beasts might have pre-
vailed had the asteroid struck
earlier or later than it did.
Steve Brusatte, a palaeontol-
ogist at Edinburgh University,
was in an international team of
researchers who reviewed the
evidence on dinosaur extinc-
tion. The group looked at work
done on prehistoric climate
and temperatures, changes in
sea levels, volcanic activity and
biodiversity, before reaching a
consensus that the asteroid
was the prime culprit.
The asteroid almost cer-
tainly did it, but it just so hap-
pened to hit at a bad time when
dinosaur ecosystems had been
weakened by a loss of diversi-
ty, Brusatte said. If the aster-
oid had hit a few million years
earlier, or a few million years
later, then dinosaurs probably
wouldnt have gone extinct.
The scientists report, pub-
lished in Biological Reviews,
found that while, largely, the
dinosaurs were faring well
at the time of the asteroid
impact, the big plant-eating
types, including the horned
triceratops and duck-billed
dinosaurs, had suffered a loss
of biodiversity.
The loss of biodiversity in
plant-eating dinosaurs left
fewer animals at the bottom
of the food chain for larger
beasts to prey on.
The decline made those
ecosystems at the very end of
the Cretaceous [period], when
the asteroid hit, considerably
more vulnerable to collapse
than those ecosystems that
existed even a few million
years before, Brusatte said.
There is strong reason to be-
lieve that if the asteroid had
hit a few million years earlier
dinosaurs would have been
better able to cope.
Dinosaur biodiversity rose
and fell throughout their time
on Earth over 150 million years.
Brusatte said he suspected that
given a few million years more
the large plant-eaters would
have recovered again, making
the ecosystem more able to
withstand a massive impact.
The asteroid, which had a di-
ameter of about 10 kilometres,
struck the Yucatan peninsula
and left a crater, now known as
the Chicxulub, measuring 20
kilometres deep and 200 kilo-
metres wide.
The collision wiped out
about 80 per cent of the Earths
species alive on Earth at the
time. The nonavian dinosaurs
were killed off completely, but
others survived and became
the direct ancestors of birds.
Though devastating for the
dinosaurs, the asteroid strike
cleared the way for other ani-
mals to gain ground and thrive
on the planet. THE GUARDIAN
AFTER a week of failed diplomacy,
dithering and doubt, tsar Nicholas II
ordered Russias armies to mobilise
on July 30, 1914. There would be no
turning back from a decision that set
Europe on a course to war.
At 6pm the order was telegraphed
across the vast empire, the prewar
borders of which reached deep into
central Europe, as red posters appeal-
ing to Russian patriots were plastered
up in towns and villages.
Joyous street rallies broke out in
support of the call to arms, with na-
tionalist fervour still high two days
later when the German Emperor Wil-
helm II responded by declaring war
on his Russian cousin.
Only the tsar, with his German
origins, is against the war, the liberal
journalist Mikhail Lemke mused in
his diary at the time.
Over the past four days the two
sovereigns Willy and Nicky as
they nicknamed each other had
been trading telegrams in a last-ditch
bid to save peace, even as their army
chiefs readied for battle.
On July 29, a day after Austria-Hun-
gary declared war on Russias Slavic
ally Serbia, Nicholas sent a rst mes-
sage pledging his affection to his Ger-
man cousin and urging him to stop
Viennas march to war.
I foresee that very soon I shall be
overwhelmed by the pressure forced
upon me and be forced to take ex-
treme measures which will lead to
war, he warned.
Wilhelm pleaded with his cousin
the tsar to stay out of the brewing Eu-
ropean conict in the name of their
hearty and tender friendship.
But Nicholas admitted he was
powerless to reverse Russias military
march, despite the warning that a
mobilisation would be a casus belli
for Germanys military leaders.
The tsars German cousin was not
alone in warning him of the impend-
ing bloodbath.
At home too, the inuential adviser
to the imperial family, Grigori Raspu-
tin, urged him not to enter a conict
that will be the end of us all. But the
pressure from his civil and military
advisors was too strong, and the ruler
ultimately bowed to their will sign-
ing the order to mobilise on July 29,
then withdrawing it, before conrm-
ing it again on July 30.
On the evening of August 1, Willy
declared war on Nicky and the hor-
ror foretold by the courteous cousins
had begun. At 6:30pm, we went to
mass. Upon our return we were in-
formed that Germany had declared
war on us, Nicholas recorded in his
diary that day.
The next day the tsar blessed his
armies in St Petersburg the Ger-
man-sounding name of which was
promptly changed to Petrograd, as a
red-up mob vandalised Berlins em-
bassy in the city.
Bells rang out all day as crowds
ocked to church in support of the
Russian troops.
The war against Germany is popu-
lar with the military, with the civil ser-
vice, the intelligentsia and with lead-
ing industrialists, the war minister
at the time, Vladimir Sukhomlinov,
recorded in his memoirs.
Three years later, World War I had
precipitated the Russian Revolution,
unseated the three-century Romanov
dynasty and exacted a terrible price
in blood, with two million Russians
dead. AFP
Opinion
16
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
EDITORIALPERSONNEL
Publisher
Chris Dawe
Editor-in-Chief
ChadWilliams
ManagingEditor
ShaneWorrell
Editor-in-Chief Post Khmer
Kay Kimsong
ManagingEditorPost Khmer
SamRith
Chief of Staff
CheangSokha
DeputyChief of Staff
Chhay Channyda
National Assignment Editor
JoeFreeman
Digital MediaDirector
DavidBoyle
DeputyNewsEditor
VongSokheng
BusinessEditorPost Khmer
May Kunmakara
PropertyEditor
Pisei Hin
ForeignNewsEditor
JoeCurtin
SportsEditor
DanRiley
PictureEditor
Scott Howes
Lifestyleand7DaysEditor
Poppy McPherson
DeputyHeadof LifestyleDesk
PanSimala
Chief Sub-editor
Michael Philips
Sub-editors
Laignee Barron, Daniel de Carteret, Alice
Cuddy, Will Jackson, Eddie Morton, Bennett
Murray, Kevin Ponniah, Daniel Pye, Charles
Rollet, Shane Rothery, Sean Teehan, Sam
Wheeler, Stuart White
Reporters
KhouthSophakChakrya, SenDavid, Hor Kim-
say, ButhReaksmey Kongkea, MomKunthear,
KimSarom, PhakSeangly, Meas Sokchea, Pech
Sotheary, ChhimSreyneang, May Titthara
Photographers
HengChivoan, PhaLina, HongMenea, Vireak
Mai, CharlottePert, SrengMengSrun
WebEditor
LeangPhannara
Webmasters
UongRatana, HorngPengly
SIEMREAPBUREAU
BureauChief
Peter Olszewski
OfceManager
ThikSkaline
DistributionManager
SengSech
Reporters
ThikKaliyann, MirandaGlasser
MarketingExecutive
SophearithBlondeel
PRODUCTION&PRINTING
Headof DesktopPublishing
NhimSokphyrak
DesktopPublishing
SuonSavatdy, ChumSokunthy, AimValinda,
DanhBorath
GRAPHICDESIGNER
TepThoeunThyda, Hasoh, Borin, Meng
HEADOFFICE
Post Media Co, Ltd.
888, Building F, 8th oor,
PhnomPenh Center,
Cnr Sothearos &Sihanouk Blvd,
Chamkarmon, PhnomPenh, Cambodia
Tel: 023 214 311, 0214 311-017
Fax: 023 214 318
SIEMREAP
No 629, Street 6 DangkumCommune
Tel: 063 966 290, Fax: 063 966 590
Chief ExecutiveOfcer
Chris Dawe
SALESDEPARTMENT
National SalesDirector
BoromChea
Account Directors
ChapNarith
Post KhmerSalesManager
TounChanreaksmey
Digital SalesManager
Soy Sontery
CIRCULATION&DISTRIBUTION
CirculationDirector
SopheaKalvinHeng
CirculationSupervisor
Chally, Rithy
DistributionManager
Meas Thy
ADMINISTRATION
HRManager
PichSocheat
HRExecutive
NeangSopheap
AssistantstoHRManager
Lay Sopanha
Financial Director
HeangTangmeng
Chief Accountant
SrenVicheka
Treasurers
SokSophorn, YonSovannara, CheamSopheak
ITManager
SengNak, VongOun
TOCONTACTUS
newsroom@phnompenhpost.com
advertising@phnompenhpost.com
subscription@phnompenhpost.com
webmaster@phnompenhpost.com
www.phnompenhpost.com
Post MediaCo, Ltd
The Phnom Penh Post is wholly owned
and printed by Post Media Co Ltd. The title
The Phnom Penh Post in either English or
Khmer languages, its associated logos or
devices and the contents of this publica-
tion may not be reproduced in whole or in
part without the written consent of Post
Media Co Ltd.
www.phnompenhpost.com
www.phnompenhpost.com
T
HE end of the boycott of the
National Assembly by the
Cambodia National Rescue
Party is a welcome develop-
ment. The fact that both parties
were able to finally come to the
table and settle their disagreements
should be welcomed. However, we
cannot become complacent just
because Cambodias political crisis
has been signed away with a prom-
ise of reform of the National Elec-
tion Commission.
Electoral reform is important in
any country where election irregu-
larities have been noted, and it is
crucial to Cambodias democratic
development no one can deny that.
But electoral reform alone will not
solve Cambodias other crisis: the
human rights crisis.
Over the past year, the human
rights situation has continued to
deteriorate, with peoples funda-
mental rights and freedoms being
slowly stripped away. We must
ensure that we keep this at the fore-
front and that we push both politi-
cal parties to work towards greater
protection of human rights.
So as we welcome the end of the
political deadlock, we cannot forget
that there still has been no satisfac-
tory investigation into why so many
people were killed and injured by
security forces during protests and
why victims of police violence are
being denied their right to justice.
We cannot forget that journalists
continue to be targeted for reporting
on controversial stories on a daily
basis; that defamation suits are
repeatedly used to silence those who
dare to speak out; and that online
freedom is increasingly at risk.
We cannot forget that across Cam-
bodia, women, the LGBT communi-
ty and minorities are discriminated
against in their communities and by
the authorities; that the shockingly
high rate of violence against women
continues to keep them from reach-
ing their potential.
We cannot forget that Cambodias
judiciary continues to bend to the
Cambodian Peoples Partys politi-
cal interests, which may be exacer-
bated by the three recently passed
laws on judicial reform; that all too
often, courts of law are used to pro-
tect the wealthy and powerful, and
all too rarely to render justice.
We cannot forget that garment fac-
tory workers are still not earning
enough to be able to live in dignity;
that employers continue to take
advantage of poorly worded labour
and union laws and of weak enforce-
ment mechanisms to maintain
deplorable working conditions and
violate union rights.
We cannot forget that thousands
of Cambodians have been evicted
from their land to make way for
commercial and development
projects that they will most likely
not benefit from; that those who
have been evicted are still waiting
for real compensation and solutions.
Forgetting that this human rights
crisis is very much alive and well will
only enable those who benefit from
it to continue violating human rights
with impunity. It will continue to
hold Cambodias development back,
as the majority of the population
continues to see little or even no
improvements in their living condi-
tions or in their ability to benefit
from Cambodias economic growth.
None of this means that we should
forget electoral reform. But we
should remember that electoral
reform is not just about replacing the
NECs members its also about
reforming the way that political par-
ties campaign, so that elections
become about policies as opposed to
rhetoric. Its also about eradicating
corruption to ensure that voter lists
cannot be altered to suit political
interests and that legitimate voters
are not turned away at the polls.
As we reflect on the political deal
that has just been made, we must
remember that there is still so much
to be done to ensure that Cambodia
becomes a place where the protec-
tion of human rights becomes a real-
ity and not just a dream, and that
democracy finally takes hold. We
must pressure both political parties
to work together towards ending this
human rights crisis. We must ensure
that they work with civil society to
ensure that new laws, new policies
and new institutions are designed to
safeguard human rights and not to
erode them further. Only when our
legal framework is strengthened and
the rule of law made a national pri-
ority will we see an improvement.
Comment
Chak Sopheap
Human rights, lest we forget
Mam Sonando (centre), the owner of the independent Beehive radio station and a prominent government critic, and other activists run as military police ofcers disperse a
demonstration in Phnom Penh in January. AFP
Chak Sopheap is the executive director of
the Cambodian Center for Human Rights.
17
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Lifestyle Lifestyle
In brief
No show for N Korean
defector artist in China
AN ART exhibition in China by a
North Korean defector has
been cancelled, gallery staff
said yesterday, with reports
saying the show had been
dismantled on official orders.
Sun Mu, who slipped out of
North Korea in 1998 and uses a
pseudonym because of
concerns for his safety, paints
satirical imitations of
Pyongyangs propaganda
imagery. An exhibition of his
works had been due to open at
the Yuan Dian gallery at the
weekend, but China is nuclear-
armed Pyongyangs key
diplomatic backer and aid
provider, even if their
relationship has been strained
by the antics of leader Kim
Jong-un. AFP
X-Files Duchovny stars
in patriotic Russian ad
US ACTOR David Duchovny has
stirred up a storm of debate in
Russia by appearing in an
ultra-patriotic beer ad in which
he fantasises about being
Russian. The X-Files and
Californication star appears in
a glossy ad for a Russian beer
brand that is inspired by his
eastern European origins.
There is another country,
where I got my family name
from, and sometimes I wonder,
what if things turned out
differently, what if I were
Russian? the actor says in the
ad posted on YouTube. AFP
New Doctor Who series
opener to hit cinemas
PETER Capaldi will materialise
in cinemas around the world
next month as his first outing
as the latest incarnation of
Doctor Who is broadcast
simultaneously on BBC1 and
the big screen. The first
feature-length episode of the
new series, titled Deep Breath,
will be beamed to screens
around the globe from 23
August to allow fans to share in
the new Doctors debut. It
follows international cinema
broadcasts at 1,500 venues last
year for the 50th anniversary
edition of the show, which
proved a huge box office draw.
THEGUARDIAN
Beatlemaniacs, Beliebers and
Directioners: why they scream
W
HEN One Direc-
tion performs on
the North Ameri-
can leg of their
Where We Are tour starting in
August, youll have to squint
your ears to hear the boy bands
hits amid a more ancient and
fascinating sound: the empty-
ing of adolescent lungs.
Obviously, there will be
screaming high-decibel, high-
pitch swells that push hard on
the eardrums and then harder,
towards the surreal. Its an ab-
stract sound that JC Chasez
has had years to ponder as a
member of the multiplatinum
juggernaut N Sync.
Sound is energy, Chasez
says. And the entire room is
producing sound, not just the
people on stage, so when the
entire room is resonating with
every human being producing,
its a very exciting feeling.
Surely. But whats behind that
feeling? Why do young women
assembled at pop concerts ex-
press their collective ecstasy
with the most alarming sound
available to their bodies? Why
do they scream?
In some ways, todays young
fans are simply imitating the
ritualised shrieks of the gen-
erations that preceded them,
from the Beatlemaniacs to the
Beliebers. And while todays
tween screams arent reserved
exclusively for young male
heartthrobs, concerts by Miley
Cyrus and Taylor Swift dont
seem to generate quite the
same sonic fervour.
Since the splashdown of Elvis
in 1956, the American media
has often characterised the din
of young female fans gathered
in the presence of a pop idol as
hysteria a description that
denigrates their musical en-
gagement, according to a 2003
article written by Australian re-
searcher Sarah Baker.
Not only do these scream-
ing, crushing bodies animate
these spaces, Baker writes,
but they also make the pop
experience feel intensely real
for both the girls involved and
the wider public.
So when the lights go down
at a 21st-century boy band re-
vue, we arent hearing a help-
less, hysteric howl. Were hear-
ing a complex expression of
individualism and collectivity.
When men cry at a sports
event, its very similar to the
screaming that takes place at a
One Direction concert, says Ra-
chel Simmons. It wouldnt be
OK for men to do that anywhere
else. But the sporting event
sanctions that behaviour.
Simmons is the author of The
Curse of the Good Girl, a book
in which she argues that young
women are unfairly asked to
squeeze into an impossible
mould of politeness and that a
concert is a unique event that
gives girls the rare opportunity
to break out of those roles.
In their day-to-day, non-
concert-going lives, girls dont
have a lot of permission to
scream, she says. A concert
offers an oasis from the daily
rules about being good girls.
Screaming is a way to con-
trol a situation, says Michelle
Janning, a professor of so-
ciology at Whitman College
in Walla Walla, Washington.
When youre a kid, and a girl,
you dont have control. Young
people dont have a loud voice
in society, so screaming in this
kind of space is a way to have a
voice. Literally.
Janning also believes that
girls have felt an expectation
to scream ever since Beatlema-
nia spread across the land in
1964. Were constantly being
socialised to see crowds of girls
screaming at rock stars, Jan-
ning says. So were following
the crowd, doing what weve
seen other people do.
Both Janning and Simmons
agree that concert scream-
ing ultimately provides girls
a chance to express their in-
dividuality while reinforcing
their place in the larger group.
Adolescent girls are really
invested in the acceptance of
their peers, Simmons says.
But theres a competitive
element to fandom and fan-
girling and screaming is an
expression of that fandom. So
girls are doing it not only to as-
sert their passion for the band,
but to compete with each oth-
er and to signal to each other
that, This is what I care about.
Its part competition, but partly
a way to connect.
Whether its an expression of
excitement or pleasure or an-
guish, screaming is ultimately
a form of communication
and its fundamental message
is almost always the same:
Over here!
But somewhere between
childhood and adulthood,
those screams cool into shouts,
cheers and other forms of hol-
lering we see more commonly
in the expressive crowd.
For reunited boy bands,
though, the scream will always
be the barometer of success.
You have to know how to
bring every side of the building
to the same decibel level, says
Michael Bivins, the 45-year-old
vocalist currently on tour with
the reunited 1980s boy band
New Edition. Its scientic, in
a sense. If there isnt scream-
ing, theres disappointment.
In the summer of 2014 near-
ly 30 years after the release of
the groups signature hit, Cool
It Now New Editions original
fans are now middle-aged, but
theyre still coming out to see
the band. The ritual remains,
even if it sounds different.
Their voices are bigger!
Bivins says. But its still the
same feeling. Theyre scream-
ing for the same parts they were
screaming for when we were
kids. THE WASHINGTON POST
The dahlia: a beautiful ower that pleases any gardener
MY CHILDHOOD friend Leandro Nun-
ez, who lives in San Francisco, and his
wife, Dana, went strolling with their
granddaughter Emilia at the Golden
Gate Park near their home last week.
Dahlias were in bloom, and the proud
grandparents sent me a photo of beau-
tiful Emilia posing among the gorgeous
flowers. Dahlia is the official flower of
San Francisco, and every year the boun-
tiful flowers attract visitors from far and
near during their peak blooming time
from June to September.
Native to the mountainous regions of
Mexico, where it was called cocoxochitl
by the Aztecs, the dahlia has a very
peculiar history. In 1789, Vicente Cer-
vantes, the director of the botanical
garden at Mexico City, sent tubers to
Abbe Antonio Jose Cavanilles, director
of the Escorial Royal Gardens in Madrid.
Cavanilles managed to make the plants
bloom, and named them in honour of
Swedish botanist Anders Dahl. How-
ever, he was interested not in the flowers
but in the tubers, which he thought
might be edible like the potato. The
plants, however, became the envy
among those who saw their flowers at
the Escorial gardens.
Frances emperor Napoleon Bona-
parte procured some tubers for his wife
Josephine, who managed to success-
fully grow them in her garden at Mal-
maison. She was extremely jealous of
her collection, caring for them herself,
until she had so many of them that it
was necessary to hire a gardener spe-
cially to look after the precious plants.
Cocoxochitl, regarded as a weed in
Mexico, had thus come very far, thanks
to travellers and plant lovers.
A member of the Asteraceae or Com-
positae family of plants that include the
aster, chrysanthemum, daisy, sunflow-
er and zinnia, the dahlia comprises 35
species and hundreds of cultivars, with
flowers in a wide variety of colours and
sizes. Surprisingly, it has never really
caught up with other flowering plants
like the rose. At first this was attributed
to its Thai name, rak rae, which means
unstable love.
The dahlia has many good qualities
that are difficult to ignore, and modern
plant lovers must count their blessings
that they do not have to spend a fortune
to obtain it. It is easy to grow, whether
from tubers or from seed, with failures
usually occurring from over attention
rather than neglect.
This does not mean that the plant will
thrive on bad treatment but too much
water or shade will surely kill it. It pre-
fers a sunny place and therefore should
not be planted in the shade or near big
trees. Well-drained loamy soil mixed
with manure or compost is also neces-
sary to keep it thriving, and given ordi-
nary attention will bloom in abundance
and its lovely flowers can be enjoyed for
weeks. BANGKOK POST
French fans wait for the Beatles during a concert in France at Palais des Sports in Paris, on June 20, 1965. AFP
A dahlia at the Mughal gardens of
Presidential Palace in New Delhi. AFP
Travel
18
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE
FROM PHNOM PENH TO PHNOM PENH
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
PHNOMPENH- BANGKOK BANGKOK- PHNOMPENH
K6 720 Daily 12:05 01:10 K6 721 Daily 02:25 03:30
PG 930 Daily 13:20 14:30 PG 939 Daily 11:20 12:30
PG 938 Daily 06:20 07:30 PG 931 Daily 08:10 09:25
PG 932 Daily 10:15 11:25 TG 580 Daily 07:55 09:05
TG 581 Daily 10:05 11:10 PG 933 Daily 13:20 14:30
PG 934 Daily 15:20 16:30 FD 3616 Daily 15:15 16:20
FD 3617 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
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
SIEMREAP- MANILA MANILA- SIEMREAP
5J 258 2.4.7 22:30 02:11 5J 257 2.4.7 19:45 21:30
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- 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
Street vendors sell caterpillars in the Ngaba district of Kinshasa on
July 9. In Kinshasas Gambela market, shoppers can nd insects for
every occasion crushed, boiled or fried. AFP
How would
you like your
bugs done?
I
N KINSHASAS Gambela
market shoppers can nd
insects for every occasion
from unctuous white
weevil larvae for fancy din-
ners to crispy caterpillars and
snacky termites that stick in
your teeth.
They may be an unbeatably
cheap source of protein, but
DR Congos many insect con-
noisseurs insist they also have
real gastronomic value. And
the crowds pressing around
the insect sellers at the market
show that the Congolese cant
get enough of them crushed,
boiled or fried.
The caterpillars and the
other insects we eat are very
rich in protein, said Maguy
Manase, a market vendor.
Caterpillars are sold living,
dried or boiled up into a kind
of porridge. Pyramids of them
are piled up on old wooden
stalls or on the ground in the
huge market. Termites, how-
ever, are only sold alive, ladled
fresh into customers bags.
There are grasshoppers too,
when they are in season.
Prices vary wildly from one
type of insect to the next. Elise
Yawakana has treated herself
to six fat larvae at 1,000 Con-
golese francs ($1.10) each.
For the woman in her 60s,
they were worth it for a spe-
cial menu or a luxury meal. A
plastic cup full of caterpillars,
on the other hand, will set you
back only 1,500 francs.
Ninety per cent of the DR
Congos population live on
less than $1.25 a day, accord-
ing to the United Nations.
Caterpillars are better than
fresh meat, declared Marie
Nzumba, who has been selling
them for 15 years.
Conscious of insects high
nutritional value, the DR Con-
go government has been en-
couraging families to include
insects in their childrens diet.
The Boyambi health centre
in the capital, run by the Salva-
tion Army, even offers courses
on how to cook insects.
Nurse Emilie Kizayako Mp-
iedi encourages mothers to
supplement the diets of their
breastfed babies after six
months with a porridge made
from caterpillar our.
With more than half of all
children under 5 in the DR
Congo suffering from either
chronic or acute malnutrition,
according to the World Food
Programme, insects could be
a key part of the solution.
Caterpillars are within ev-
eryones budget, but that does
not mean that they, or insects
in general, are the food of the
poor, the nurse said.
One in three people across
the world already eat insects,
a recent report by the UN
Food and Agriculture Organi-
sation found, encouraging
the consumption of insects
to respond to problems of
food security.
Edible insects contain high-
quality proteins, vitamins and
amino acids, the report said,
urging the development of in-
sect farms.
For the moment in the DR
Congo, insects are harvested
directly from the wild, mostly
from the jungles of Bandundu
and Equator provinces in the
west of the country.
And people eat them just
because they like the taste,
said Bonaventure, a smiling
driver, as he munched his way
through a plate of insects in a
Kinshasa cafe. Its good. I pre-
fer insects to meat, he said.
Whatever the caterpillar
recipe, whether the bugs are
smothered in mwambe (pea-
nut sauce), served with veg-
etables or fried with tomatoes,
Bonaventure loves them all.
Lots of roadside food stalls
and shacks serve chillied in-
sects to spice up fufu, the
stodgy Congolese staple of
corn meal and manioc.
And its great party food, said
restaurateur Ginette Ngandu,
adding that her customers of-
ten place their caterpillar or-
ders in advance. AFP
TV PICKS

2:15pm - IRON MAN 3: When Tony Starks world is torn
apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he
starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retributon. FOX
MOVIES
4:25pm - EPIC: A teenager fnds herself transported to
a deep forest setng where a batle between the forces
of good and the forces of evil is taking place. She bands
together with a rag-tag group of characters in order to
save their world - and ours. Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Josh
Hutcherson, Beyonc Knowles. FOX MOVIES
6:10pm - PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS: In order
to restore their dying safe haven, the son of Poseidon
and his friends embark on a quest to the Sea of Monsters
to fnd the mythical Golden Fleece while trying to stop an
ancient evil from rising. FOX MOVIES
8pm - NOW YOU SEE ME: An FBI agent and an Interpol
detectve track a team of illusionists who pull of bank
heists during their performances and reward their
audiences with the money. Stars: Jesse Eisenberg,
Common, Mark Rufalo. FOX MOVIES
Thinking caps Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Small fight
5 Creeping ground cover
10 Thing to beat
14 Bowed, in a symphony
15 First name among hoteliers
16 Roof repair site
17 Publication every 168 hours?
20 Shoppers binge
21 Soft Italian cheese
22 Wine valley
25 Reggae star Peter
26 B-movie lead-pumper
29 Affirmative motions
31 Soundly defeat
35 Ex-heavyweight champ
36 Flaps
38 Go ___
bigger things
39 It changes its taste every 168
hours?
43 ___ song (cheaply)
44 Nymph of Greek myth
45 British brew
46 Where to find fans
49 Warm
and cozy
50 Sunshine unit
51 Nosh pit?
53 Honey-tongued
55 Manhattan feature
58 Blunder
62 Theyre busy every 168 hours?
65 Ocean eagle
66 Reclusive Garbo
67 Sarajevo resident
68 Chorus member
69 Pull-over sound
70 Sea urchins snack
DOWN
1 Jig and band
2 Get ready for surgery
3 PC maker
4 Subway riders need, once
5 On the ___ (secretly)
6 Poets dusk
7 No slacker
8 Drive crazy
9 Good-luck animal
10 Prison section
11 Not merely paying attention
12 Iris place
13 Debussys La ___
18 Rough shed
19 Elegant and fashionable
23 Impoverished
24 After-market item
26 Hooks for landing fish
27 Apportion
28 Royal headgear
30 Some Ikea purchases
32 Lend ___ (listen)
33 Inscribed stone slab
34 Obviously contrived
37 Police operation
40 Dick and Jerry
41 What semis do
42 More nervous
47 Printers direction
48 Arrows mates
52 Large lemur
54 Like a cool fall morning
55 Transfusion fluids
56 Kesey and Griffey
57 Fancy water-
pourer
59 Function
or position
DAY AFTER DAY
Mondays solution Mondays solution

LEGEND CINEMA
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
An automobile mechanic and his daughter make
a discovery that brings the Autobots, Decepti-
cons and a paranoid government official down
on them. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz
and Jack Reynor.
City Mall: 9:05pm
Tuol Kork: 11:20am, 9:20pm
MY HOUSE
Khmer film.
City Mall: 9:10am, 1:15pm, 5:50pm, 7:15pm
Tuol Kork: 11:25am, 5:50pm
EARTH TO ECHO
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted
messages, a group of kids embark on an adven-
ture with an alien who needs their help.
City Mall: 11:05am
Tuol Kork: 9:15am
EARTH TO ECHO
After receiving a bizarre series of encrypted
messages, a group of kids embarks on an adven-
ture with an alien who needs their help.
City Mall: 11:20am
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
In the wake of a disaster that changed the
world, the genetically evolving apes find them-
selves at a critical point with the human race.
City Mall:9:10am, 2:05pm, 4:40pm, 7:30pm
Tuol Kork: 9:10am, 2pm, 7pm, 9:35pm
PLATINUM CINEPLEX
DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
(See above)
9:30am, 11:50am, 2:10pm, 6:10pm, 8:30pm
ICE MAN
The true story of Richard Kuklinski, the notori-
ous contract killer and family man. When finally
arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters
have any clue about his real profession.
4:30pm
Yoga refresher @ Yoga
Phnom Penh
Teams can accumulate points just for
playing and win prizes at the end of
the season. Weekly prizes are
featured as well. $1 per person, and
the winning team will take it all.
Gym Bar, #42 Street 178. 5:30pm
NOW SHOWING
The folk at Cocina Cartel make their tacos with homemade corn tortillas. BLOOMBERG
Robert Downey Jr and Gwenyth Paltrow star in Iron
Man 3. BLOOMBERG
Customers can get one taco free with
each purchase of a cocktail every
Tuesday. All of the tacos use corn
tortillas that are made from scratch
and are prepared in authentic taqueria
style in Cocinas kitchen.
Cocina Cartel, #198b Street 19. All day
Taco Tuesday @
Cocina Cartel
Quiz night @ Gym Bar
+++
Art @ Meta House
Take part in a lunchtime yoga class.
They will organise food delivery from
ARTillery before the class and it will be
delivered by the time youve nished.
Yoga Phnom Penh, #39 Street 21.
12:15pm
Animals exhibition at the German
cultural centre. Follows artists from ve
countries giving their perspectives on
animals.
Meta House, Sothearos Boulevard.
All day
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Entertainment
19
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29 , 2014 20
VERYNICE/NEWVILLAFORRENT
$1800/Month Tonle Basac Area
Big Living room, Wester Kitchen
4Bedroom, Furnished, Terrace
Nice Garden Good for Resident
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
SWIMMING POOL VILLA FOR
Rent $3500/Month in Daun
Penh Area
1Living room, 6Bedroom, 6Baths
Some Furniture, Very Good Place
Ofce or Resident, Quiet Place
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697

SWIMMING POOL APARTMENT
for Rent Loc: near Russian Market
-$750/month, 1Bedroom, 1Bath
-$1000/month 2Bedroom, 2Bath
-$1300/month 3Bedroom, 2Bath
Big Livingroom All New Furniture
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
4BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR
Rent $1000/M near Independent
Monument, Free Internet, TV
1Living room 4Bedroom, 4Bath
Motor Parking, Fully Furnished
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
PENT-HOUSE APARTMENT
Rent: inTonleBasac, Roof SwimPool
$2900/Month Large Living room
3Bedroom, 3Bathroom, Western
Kitchen, Very Nice River Views
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
777 697
APARTMENT 4 RENT:
Swim-Pool in Tonle Basac, Roof
Swim Pool $750~$850/M for 1Bed
$1000~$1500/Month 2Bedroom
Big Living room, Western Kitchen
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697

BIG VILLA FOR RENT: 7BED
$2800/M in Daun Penh Area 1Living
room, 7Bedroom, 7Baths Some
Furniture, Good Place Ofce or
Resident, Quiet Place
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
4 BED WITH 4 BATH LOCATED
Daun Penh area, Basic furnished,
clean, nice kitchen, big living room,
nice pool, big parking.
Rent: $3500 /m Tel: 012 879 231
NICE VILLA FOR RENT
4 bed with bath located near BKKI
Market, fully furnished, clean,
western kitchen, big living room,
nice garden, big parking.
Rent: $2000 /m Tel: 012 879 231
BRAND NEW POOL APARTMENT
for rent 01-02-03 bed with bath,
furnished, clean, western kitchen,
big living room, parking, & safe, pool,
gym, include services. Rent:$1200-
2400-4000 /m Tel: 012 50 33 56
NICE APARTMENT FOR RENT
Beautiful 3 spacious bedrooms lo-
cated in BKKI area, big living room
open to the large balcony, airy.
Price : 2000/m. Tel: 012 50 33 56
FRENCH COLONIAL VILLA FOR
rent 4 bed with 3 bath located near
Independence, Basic furnished,
clean, nice kitchen, big living room,
big garden, and old style.
Rent: $4500 /m Tel: 012 879 231
SWIMMING POOL VILLA FOR
rent 3 beds - en-suit, available in
BKKI area, basic furniture nice
garden, big parking, western
kitchen. Price : $ 1500 per month.
012 503 356
1BR APARTMENT FOR RENT
:$250/m free wi,cable TV garbage
collection , on st 288 near Lucky
Super market Tel:089 36 32 06,
:Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com
2BR APARTMENT FOR RENT
:$600/m on st 178 near Royal, big
living room, western kitchen
massive balcony, big bathroom
with bath tube Tel:089 36 32 06,
:Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com
BRAND NEW 2BR APARTMENT
for rent:$700/m on st 294, free
wi,cable TV, garbage collection
Tel:089 36 32 06,
Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com

2BR APARTMENT FOR RENT
:$700/m on st 456 near Russian
market,free wi,cable TV, garbage
collection,24 hrs security guard,
Gym,2Baths,1 living room,1 kitchen
Tel:089 36 32 06,
Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com
2BR APARTMENT FOR RENT
:$600/m in BKK1 free wi,cable
TV,24 hrs security guard , car
parking,1kitchen,1 living
room,2bathrooms Tel:089 36 32 06,
Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com
MODERN FURNISHED
Apartment for rent Located near
Russian market,1BR:$550/m,
2BR:$800/m,1living room, 1kitchen
,open Balcony Tel:089 36 32 06,
Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com
1BR APARTMENT FOR RENT
:$250/m free wi,cable TV garbage
collection ,on st 288 near Lucky
Super market
Tel:089 36 32 06,
Yim@sunnyresidentrealty.com
WWW.Sunnyresidentrealty.com
RENT STYLISH OFFICE SPACE
100sqm to 400sqm, from 5$/sqm
Parking, 24hsecurity, elevator Spacious
5 meter high ceilings Lots of plants
& light + 60 sqm large balcony
Great view over Phnom Penh
012 869 111 yellow-tower.com
American Pacifc School High quality programs for
ESL: Preschool Gr8, Khmer: Kindergarten Gr6 and
Foreign teachers who are native speakers.
Register now for 2014 - 2015
Classes start: August 04, 2014
#100 St. Pasteur (St.51 St.200)
Tel: (855)23 214 825 (Khmer/English)
(855)15 716 727 (Khmer)
E-mail: ppapsacis@gmail.com
Web: www.aps.edu.kh
Our well established International Financial Company is looking for Dynamic
people to join us as MANAGEMENT TRAINEE. We provide up-to date system
that generates money by itself. Professional training will be given. Learn and
master the system. Successful candidates will be promoted for the post of MAR-
KETING MANAGER and be associated with the management to achieve all the
company target and goals.
REQUIREMENT
- University degree in any major (undergraduates are encouraged to apply)
- Good analytical mind and interest in Financial Market
Successful candidates will enjoy monthly income of $1000 and above (salary,
commission and bonuses).
Interested candidates please send resume and a recent photo by email before
30th July 2014.
Mr. Sareth TEP : E-mail: tep.sareth@gmail.com and mob: 017/86 867186,
Mr.Roth VONG: E-mail: rothbusiness.law@gmail.com and mob:010/12703780,
Address: 20/F Canadia Tower. No.315, Preah Monivong Blvd (93) corner of
Ang Duong (St.110), 12202, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
WE ARE LOOKING A DEMI-CHEF
for Spanish and Latin modernist
cuisine, cleaner, organized
leadership. Offer 150 + bonus +
service charge, 30 days holidays.
Possible speak English
Contact number 069373892( khmer )
Email: Florian@thelatinquarter.net
The Latin Quarter Restaurant
178 street, corner 19
LAND FOR SALE IN TOUL
Tompoung 1-Land 15m x 25m
Sale:$750,000 on road 9m, good
for build Apt 2-Land size 15m x
25m on Corner Sale: $980,000 on
main road: 12m
More Information Tel: 012 939 958
4BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR
Rent $1000/M near Independent
Monument, Free Internet, TV
1Living room 4Bedroom, 4Bath
Motor Parking, Fully Furnished
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
2BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR
Rent $500/M near Independent
Monument, 1Living room
2Bedroom, 2Bath, Furnished
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
1BEDROOM APARTMENT FOR
Rent $600/M near National Museum
1Living room, 1Bedrooms, 1Bath
Motor Parking, Fully Furnished
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
2BEDROOM APARTMENT RENT
$600/Month Western Style
near Independent Monument
2Bedroom, 2Bath, Furnished
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
SERVICE APARTMENT FOR
Rent $550/m 1Bedroom, 2Bath
Loc: BKK1 Area. Include Service
Internet, Cleaning, 1Car Parking
Contact to see Tel: 077 777 697
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29 , 2014 21
WESTERN ROOFTOP POOL
Western Rooftop Pool Apartment
for Rent LocatedinBKKI, 01&02&03
bed, roof toppool andgym, openliving
room, fully andmodernfurnished,
westernkitchen, nicebalcony, safety
area, goodconditionfor living.
Price: 1,200-US$1,800-2,000/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in BKKI, 01-02 bed ,
Large living room, fully and modern
furnished, modern kitchen, nice
balcony, roof top gym, very good
condition for living
Price: US$1,200-US$1,400/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
WESTERN ROOFTOP POOL
Apartment for Rent Located in
BKKI, 02 bedrooms, roof top pool
and gym, open living room, fully
and modern furnished, western
kitchen, nice balcony, wooden
oor, very safety area, very good for
living . Price: 1,100/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

WESTERN POOL APARTMENT
For Rent Located in BKKI, 03 bed,
very nice pool and gym, open and
big living room, fully and modern
furnished, western kitchen, big
balcony, safety area, good for living
.Price: 2,400/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in Daun Penh area,
01-02-03 bed, nice living room,
fully & modern furnished, modern
kitchen, nice balcony, gym and big
parking, very good condition for
living.Price: $700-$1,200-$1,800/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in south of Russian
Market, 01-02 bedrooms, large
living room, fully and modern
furnished, modern kitchen, lots of
light, nice balcony, very good
condition for living, big parking.
Price: US$600-US$850/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
WESTERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in BKKI, 1-2-3 bed,
large living room, fully and modern
furnished, western kitchen, very
big balcony, very quiet and safety
area, big parking lots, good
condition for living.
Price: $800-US$1,200-$2,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
WESTERN SWIMMING POOL
Apartment for Rent Located in Wat
Phnom, 01&02&03 bed, big pool
and gym, open living room, fully
and modern furnished, western
kitchen, nice balcony, very safety
area, very good condition for living .
Price: 1,00-$1,200-1,500/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
COLONIAL STYLE APARTMENT
for Rent Located a long riverside,
02 bedrooms, elevator, open living
room, fully and classic furnished,
nice kitchen, nice and big balcony,
river view, very safety area, very
good condition for living.1,800/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00

BRAND NEW MODERN
Apartment For Rent BKK1, 01-02-
03&Penthouse, Real Modern interior
designed, large living room,light,
and modern furniture, western
Kitchen, roof top pool &gym
$1,500-2,000-3,500-4,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00

MODERN POOL APARTMENT
For Rent Located at Daun Penh
Area, 01-02-03 bed, modern design
& lots of light, open living room, fully
and modern furnished, western
kitchen, very nice balcony, very nice
pool and gym, condition for living.
Price: $1,300-1,700-2,200/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00


MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent BKK1, 01-02 Bedrooms, very
nice interior designed, large living
room, very light, fully and modern
furniture, western kitchen, very
good condition for living, quiet &
safe.Price: $800-1,400/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located near independent
monument, 02 bedrooms, open
living room and kitchen, fully and
modern furnished, very safety area,
very quiet, very good condition for
living. Price: USD770/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BRAND NEW MODERN VILLA
For Rent In Bassak Garden City, 05
bedrooms, large living room, very
modern designed, some furniture,
western kitchen, nice balcony, big
parking and playground, safety.
Price: US$4,500/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
TRADITIONAL WOODEN HOUSE
For Rent At Chhroy Changeva area,
river view, ground oor, 03bed,
fully furnished, very lights, western
kitchen, very safety and quite, very
nice garden, very good condition
for living. Price: $1,700/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
COLONIAL GARDEN VILLA FOR
Rent DaunPenhareaandvery close
toIndependent Monument, 05bedro,
largelivingroom, real colonial design,
somefurniture, westernkitchen, very
quiet &safe. thebest locationfor
residence.Price: $4,500/m
Tel: 092232623/ 081230000
www.towncityrealestate.com
TRADITIONAL VILLA WITH
Many Tree For Rent At BKKI,
05bedrooms, some furnished very
nice and clean kitchen, very safety
and quite, very nice trees, very
good condition for living and ofce.
Price: US$2,700/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
TRADITIONAL SMALL VILLA
For Rent At BKKI, 03bedrooms,
some furnished, very nice and
clean kitchen, very safety, very nice
trees, very good condition for
living and ofce.
Price: US$2,500/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

MODERN VILLA FOR RENT
In Bassak Garden City, 03 bed, large
living room, very modern designed,
somefurniture, kitchen, nicebalcony,
big parking and playground, very
safety, The best location for
residence.Price: $3,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
MODERN SWIMMING POOL
Villa For Rent In North bridge area,
05 bed plus 01 ofce room, large
living room, very nice design, fully
and modern furnished, nice pool
and garden, western kitchen, nice
balcony, Price: US$3,000/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN VILLA FOR RENT
In Bassak Garden City, 03 bed,
large living room, very modern
designed, some furniture, western
kitchen, nice balcony, big parking
and playground, very safety, The
best location for residence.
Price: US$2,500/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
NICE VILLA FOR RENT
At Tonle Bassak area,
04bedrooms, some furnished,
western kitchen, very safety, very
nice trees, very good condition for
living and ofce.
Price: US$1,800/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
COLONIAL WOODEN HOUSE
For Rent In Daun Penh, 03
bedrooms, some furnished, very
nice and clean kitchen, very safety,
very nice garden and many trees,
very good condition for living.
Price: US$3,000/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN-CLASSIC RENOVATED
Apt For Rent At Tonle Bassak area,
01-03bed , some furnished, western
kitchen, very safety and very quiet,
very nice trees, very good condition
for living. Price: $1,000- $2,000/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

NICE VILLA FOR RENT
At BKKI, 03bedrooms, some
furnished, very niceandcleankitchen,
very safety, very nicetrees, very good
conditionfor livingandoffice.
Price: US$2,000/month
Tel: 092232623/ 081230000
www.towncityrealestate.com

TRADITIONAL 1ST FLOOR VILLA
For Rent Near Independent
Monument, 03 bedrooms, very
big and open living room, western
kitchen, big balcony, very good for
residence, very quiet and safety
area. Price: US$800/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

1ST FLOOR VILLA FOR RENT
Located in Daun Penh area (close
to Independent Monument), 03 bed
, large living room, very nice design,
some furnished, nice kitchen, quiet
& safe. very big balcony and trees,
the best location for residence
Price: $1,000/m per sqm.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in BKKI, 01 bedroom,
open living room and kitchen, fully
and modern furnished, very safety
area, very quiet,
very good condition for living.
Price: USD750/month
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
MODERN APARTMENT FOR
Rent Located in Tonle Bassak area
(close to BKKI), 01 bedroom, open
living room and kitchen, fully and
modern furnished, very safety area,
very quiet, very good condition for
living. Price: 450/m
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT
LocatedalongNorodomBlvd, 100to
1700sqm, bigparkinglot, bigelevator,
bigstaircase, 24hsecurity andmany
facilitiesaround.
Price: US$12- $14/monthper sqm.
Tel: 092232623/ 081230000
www.towncityrealestate.com

OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT
Located a long Norodom Blvd,
400 sqm , parking lot, big
elevator, big staircase, 24h
security and many facilities
around.
Price: US $15/month per sqm.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BRAND NEW FACTORY FOR
Rent A long road No 04 (Factory
zone), Size: 6600 sqm, electricity
and water are connected, very
standard quality, good environ-
ment, very easy to nd workers...
Price: US$1.8/sqm
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BRAND NEW FACTORY FOR
Rent A long road No 04 (Factory
zone), Size: 6600 sqm, electricity
and water are connected, very
standard quality, good environment,
very easy to nd workers...
Price: US$1.8/sqm
Tel: 092 23 26 23/081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
BUILDING FOR RENT
located in on the main street, size:
12x28m and US$15000 per month,
05 stories, very good for school,
banks, micronance, and other
business purpose, big parking lot.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com

OFFICE BUILDING FOR RENT
located in on the main street,
200 plus and $15/sqm per month,
big parking lot.
Tel: 092 23 26 23/ 081 23 00 00
www.towncityrealestate.com
22 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Sport

South Africa draw Test
to jump to number one
A GRITTY South African tail
fought off Sri Lankas spinners
to snatch a nerve-jangling draw
in the second Test and seal a
historic 1-0 series win. The
series victory propelled South
Africa to the top of the world
Test rankings ahead of Australia
and also ended their 21-year-
old jinx on the island. It was their
first series win in Sri Lanka
since 1993 when they first
toured the country and defeated
the hosts 1-0. South Africa had
won the opening Test in Galle by
153 runs. Chasing 369 to win,
the visitors were reeling at 148-8
but tailenders Vernon Philander
(27 not out) and Imran Tahir
(four not out) hung on in the final
nine overs to finish on 159-8. AFP
Kazakhstan wants to

host Tour de France
AFTER Kazakhstan won the
Tour de France, the Central
Asian state now wants to host
the Tour, a top official said
yesterday. Rejoicing after
Vincenzo Nibali of the
government-backed Astana
team clinched victory on
Sunday, Kairat Kelimbetov,
president of Kazakh Cycling,
said his country wants to host
the start of the race like
England did this year.
Kelimbetov, who is also head of
Kazakhstans central bank, said
the idea may seem a joke
now but his oil-rich country is
serious and is negotiating for a
chance before 2020. AFP
Mozo sinks winning putt

as Spain lift LPGA Crown
SPAIN swept four singles
matches on Sunday to capture
the inaugural LPGA
International Crown team
match-play title with Belen
Mozo sinking an eight-foot
birdie putt for the clinching
point. Mozos clutch birdie at
the par-5 16th hole defeated
Thailands Moriya Jutanugarn 3
and 2 to seal victory in the
global showdown of eight four-
woman teams. Mozos victory
meant the Spaniards could not
be overtaken for the title in the
two remaining matches, a fact
Mozo didnt know when she
made the putt and pumped her
fist in celebration. AFP
Rejuvenated Dan Carter

back for New Zealand
A REJUVENATED Dan Carter is
back in the All Blacks as one of
three additions to their squad
named yesterday for the Rugby
Championship, which starts
next month. Carter, who took
an extended break at the end of
last season, was recalled along
with Charles Piutau and Sam
Cane who missed the June
tour by England because of
injury. It is expected Carter will
immediately resume his
customary fly-half duties ahead
of Aaron Cruden, although he
has been used at inside centre
since his return to the
Canterbury Crusaders Super
15 side in recent weeks. AFP
Braves trio lead stellar

class into Hall of Fame
BOBBY Cox, Greg Maddux and
Tom Glavine, who helped the
Atlanta Braves win 14 straight
division titles, led a stellar 2014
class into the Baseball Hall of
Fame on Sunday. Frank
Thomas, Tony La Russa and
Joe Torre were also honoured
at the Hall in Cooperstown. AFP
Chinas red lantern looking forward to break
Mercedes forced to rethink team orders
CHINESE rider Ji Cheng said he wants
to get away from cycling for a while after
completing the Tour de France on Sun-
day. Ji was a visible member of the pelo-
ton over the last three weeks, relishing
his role as the breakaway killer for his
Giant-Shimano team.
And although the 27-year-old did not
set the world alight with his perform-
ances, he did gain cult status over
3,659km of racing around France.
But hes had enough for this year.
Asked what he would do now, he said:
I have no idea. I will try to relax because
I got married but 20 days later I came
back to Europe for a training camp and
then racing and its been eight months
now since Ive been home. Thats really
long, I will try to relax and not think any
more about cycling.
Its not been easy for Ji, who was
expected to ride at the front of the pelo-
ton day after day to control breakaway
groups and ensure his Giant team would
be able to reel them in later so sprinter
Marcel Kittel could finish off his work.
Kittel won four stages in total while
another German sprinter, John
Degenkolb, finished second in two oth-
ers where the lumpy run-ins werent
suited to Kittels raw straight-line pow-
er. But Jis also had his own challenges
to overcome, having suffered from a
knee problem.
The hardest moments were just the
first week and the last week, he said.
The first week had more sprint stag-
es and we had more chances for victo-
ries so I was working hard to control the
group and working hard on the front.
That was a hard week, he said.
And the last week because I was
injured in the left knee. Already I wasnt
looking forward to the mountains
because of my injury. But the second
week was nice for me; I had more time
to enjoy the race.
Enjoyment would be a curious word
for a race that lasted more than 90
hours. And in Jis case, he rode for
more than six hours longer than win-
ner Vincenzo Nibali, in so doing man-
aging the biggest gap between first
and last since 1954.
Ji, who was 164th, also finished more
than 50 minutes behind the second last
finisher and crashed on the final stage
on the Champs Elysees, even suffering
the ignominy of being lapped by the
peloton as they completed eight circuits
of the famous avenue.
But every day he managed to get
inside the time limit.
And its not the first time hes com-
pleted a Grand Tour. He finished 175th
and last at the 2012 Vuelta a Espana,
although sickness prevented him from
completing last years Giro dItalia.
While the native of Harbin in the
northeast of China may be the Tours
lanterne rouge (red lantern the last
placed finisher), he at least finished,
which is more than 34 other starters
managed, among them defending
champion Chris Froome, Alberto Con-
tador and Mark Cavendish. All three
crashed out and Ji says thats one of the
risks in cycling.
In cycling sometimes dangerous
things can happen like a crash, or you
can get sick or have a fever, he said.
Its normal, last year at the Giro the
same thing happened to me. I got very
sick before stage five and couldnt start
it. Its really sad but its like this. Maybe
next year Ill have this situation. I was
pretty lucky really, I didnt crash or get
sick or anything.
Having made history as the first Chi-
nese rider to compete in the Tour, Ji said
he hopes to be a pioneer for his country-
men, but said it will take more than just
him to change things.
I hope so but a cycling project in the
country cannot be one man like me,
he said. Maybe I can show them some-
thing but I cannot change anything. I
hope they can see its possible to build
a team or train riders to be top profes-
sionals. Thats what I hope. AFP
MERCEDES are to review their
team orders policy after Sun-
days Hungarian Grand Prix,
with team chief Niki Lauda
backing Lewis Hamilton for
ignoring instructions to allow
Nico Rosberg to overtake.
Hamilton went on to finish
third and trim teammate Ros-
bergs lead in the champion-
ship from 14 points to 11 in a
race won by Australian Daniel
Ricciardo of Red Bull. Rosberg,
who started on pole and had a
different strategy, was fourth.
Lewis Hamilton said he was
very, very shocked to be
asked by his Mercedes team
to move over and allow team-
mate and title rival Nico Ros-
berg to pass him during Sun-
days tumultuous Hungarian
Grand Prix.
The incident, one of at least
two in which Mercedes tried
to persuade Hamilton to help
Rosberg, came after 47 laps of
a 70-laps race won by Aus-
tralian Daniel Ricciardo for
Red Bull.
Asked not to hold him up,
Hamilton replied: Ill let him
through if he gets closer . Im
not slowing down for Nico.
In turn, Rosberg asked via
radio: Why is he not letting me
through? In response he was
told: Hes had the message.
This situation persisted for
eight laps before Rosberg pitted
for tyres and a final charge.
But, according to Mercedes
motorsport boss Toto Wolff,
they can both expect to be dis-
turbed at the beach during the
sports August break by calls to
discuss a new protocol for
managing their duel for the
drivers crown.
At the beginning of the
season, it is easy to say these
are the rules and this is how
we are going to do it, but now
it is clear these two are fight-
ing for the world champion-
ship, Wolff explained.
Wolff spoke after Mercedes
non-executive chairman
Lauda had supported Hamil-
tons decision not to obey
repeated requests to allow
Rosberg through with more
than 20 laps remaining.
The team was under enor-
mous stress because the race
was a very difficult one, there
is no question, said Lauda, a
three-time winner of the driv-
ers championship.
In this stress, the team told
Lewis he should let Nico by
because he was on softer tyres
and has to come in anyway. If
[Rosberg] had been in the DRS
position, [Hamilton] would
have let him by.
But Nico never got that
close. Therefore, I do under-
stand that Lewis said Why?
Why should I stop now in the
middle of the circuit to let my
team colleague by?
He is fighting for the cham-
pionship. So, from my point
of view, Lewis was right. And
why the call came? This hap-
pened out of the panic and we
had to make up for what we
were losing.
Wolff said: We have a 170-
point advantage in the con-
structors championship and
maybe it is a moment of loos-
ening it all a bit, in agreement
with both of them. AFP
Springboks end All Blacks reign
S
OUTH Africa ended four-time
Commonwealth Games rugby
sevens champions New Zea-
lands unbeaten 30-match run
to take gold on Sunday, while Kenya
grabbed two titles on the opening day
of the athletics program.
The Springboks clinched a nail-bit-
ing 17-12 nal victory at a packed Ibrox
Stadium thanks to tries from Seabelo
Senatla (two) and Cecil Afrika, and a
conversion by Branco du Preez.
New Zealand, whose winning streak
stretched back to a Jonah Lomu-in-
spired side that won gold in Kuala Lum-
pur in 1998, scored two tries through
Sherwin Stowers and Joe Webber, with
Gillies Kaka nailing one conversion.
This feeling is the greatest, said
Afrika. We as South Africans are so
proud. Rugby is our national sport,
we always strive to be the best in the
world. The Commonwealth Games
is a one-off tournament. As a squad
we want to take this forward to the
Rio Olympics.
Australia took bronze with a 24-0
win over Samoa. Kenyas Caleb Ndiku
claimed a amboyant 5000m gold,
while compatriot Flomena Daniel won
the womens marathon title as athlet-
ics got under way without headliners
Usain Bolt and Mo Farah.
Ndiku, the world indoor 3000m
champion, made the most of the ab-
sence of injury-hit Olympic champion
Farah to win the rst gold medal on of-
fer at the Hampden Park track.
With his hair dyed gold in expecta-
tion of victory, Ndiku triumphed in
13min 12.07sec with teammate Isiah
Koech claiming silver in 13:14.06.
In the womens marathon, Dan-
iel, the winner in Paris this year, led
teammate Caroline Kilel to a con-
vincing Kenyan one-two.
Australian Michael Shelley pre-
vented a Kenyan marathon sweep by
producing a stunning nal 8km to win
gold, with Kenyas Stephen Chemlany
in second and Ugandas Abraham Kip-
limo taking bronze.
In the blue riband 100m, Nickel
Ashmeade, part of the gold medal-
winning Jamaican 4x100m relay team
from the Moscow worlds last year,
clocked 10.40sec to win his heat.
The weight of the Caribbean islands
expectations are resting squarely on
Ashmeades shoulders in the absence
of Bolt, who will compete solely in
the relay in Glasgow after an injury-
plagued season. Adam Gemili of Eng-
land timed an impressive 10.15sec, the
fastest qualifying time.
In the womens 100m heats, Ja-
maicas Veronica Campbell-Brown
looked slick in winning in 11.29sec
and she was joined in the semi-nals
by teammates Schillonie Calvert,
who clocked the same time in nailing
her heat, and Olympic silver medalist
Kerron Stewart (11.35sec).
Nigerias Blessing Okagbare headed
the qualifying times with 11.20sec.
In the pool, world 100m freestyle
champion James Magnussen added
the Commonwealth Games title to his
collection as Australia claimed four
more gold medals.
It was also another successful night
for England as Siobhan OConnor and
Fran Halsall secured gold in the 200m
individual medley and 50m buttery
respectively.
Magnussen edged out fellow Aus-
tralian Cameron McEvoy in a highly
anticipated clash, although the win-
ning time of 48:11sec didnt live up to
expectations.
There was more gold and silver for
Australia as Belinda Hocking held off
teammate Emily Seebohm to win the
womens 200m backstroke.
Ben Treffers and Mitch Larkin led
home a third Aussie one-two in the
mens 50m backstroke ahead of de-
fending champion Liam Tancock of
England in third.
And Australia made it four golds
from four in the relays as the mens
4x200m freestyle team held off an im-
pressive challenge by Scotland and
South Africa, who nished in second
and third respectively.
Australia nished top of the medal
table in track cycling as they claimed
another two golds. AFP
Cecil Afrika of South Africa scores a try in the rugby sevens gold medal match between
South Africa and New Zealand Games in Glasgow on Sunday. AFP
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
23

Saints defender Lovren
inks deal with Liverpool
CROATIAN international
defender Dejan Lovren has
signed a long-term deal with
Premier League side Liverpool
from Southampton, his new
club confirmed on Sunday. The
25-year-old becomes Brendan
Rodgers fifth signing of the
summer and the third from
Southampton, following striker
Rickie Lambert and midfielder
Adam Lallana. The deal is
reported to be worth an
estimated 20 million ($33.9
million). Lovren told the clubs
website: Its a dream come
true. Lovren, who joined
Southampton from Lyon for 8.5
million last summer, leaves St
Marys 12 months into a four-
year contract. AFP
Jovetic brace lifts City

over Milan in Friendly
ENGLISH Premier League
champions Manchester City
cruised to a 5-1 triumph over
Italys AC Milan on Sunday in a
weather-hit friendly at Heinz
Field, home of the NFLs
Pittsburgh Steelers. Manuel
Pellegrinis men stormed into
an early 2-0 lead thanks to
strikes from Stevan Jovetic in
the 11th minute and Scott
Sinclair in the 14th, the two
making the most of a Milan
defense that struggled with
Citys pace down the right flank.
Jesus Navas added a third on
23rd minutes. City added a
fourth after 26 minutes through
Nigerian teenager Kelechi
Iheanacho. Sulley Muntari
pulled one back for Milan
shortly before half-time, making
it 4-1 going into the break. In the
second half the English outfit
picked up where they had left off
Montenegro international
Jovetic making it 5-1 in the 58th.
Former City striker Mario
Balotelli came on for the second
half and had a goal ruled out for
offside. The match was part of
the International Champions
Cup, a collection of pre-season
matches featuring eight
European clubs. AFP
Schweinsteiger sorry

after Dortmund slur
GERMANYS World Cup-
winning midfielder Bastian
Schweinsteiger apologised
yesterday after footage emerged
of the Bayern Munich star
making derogatory comments
about Bundesliga rivals
Borussia Dortmund.
Schweinsteiger was filmed
saying: BVB, sons of bitches, a
line from a well-known Bayern
supporters song, several times
at a private party. The footage,
apparently filmed two days after
Germanys 1-0 victory over
Argentina in the World Cup final,
prompted Schweinsteiger to
issue an apology on his
Facebook page. I would like to
ask forgiveness from the fans,
officials and players of Borussia
Dortmund. Its a well-known
supporters song, but I didnt
intend to offend anyone,
Schweinsteiger said. AFP
United have headache

after Rafael groin strain
RAFAEL gave Manchester
United a headache yesterday by
returning home early from their
tour of the US with a groin
problem. With Uniteds league
opener at home to Swansea just
19 days away on August 16, they
find themselves short of a right-
back. THEGUARDIAN
Sreypov powers on, Ponlok gets off mark
H S Manjunath
THE third National Junior Tournament,
which concluded at the National Tennis
Center on Sunday, threw up several
surprises, shocks and breakthroughs,
but none of them had any impact on
rock-solid Hour Sreypov, who continues
to tower over the rest in her age group
and is unbeaten in tournament play for
well over a year.
The wonder girl from Boueng Khyang
raced to her ninth competition success,
taking out a gritty Sary Sodaney 7-6, 6-0
in the girls under-14 final.
The surprising bit in the whole con-
test was Sodaney driving the first set
to a tie-break and making her rival
work really hard to earn it. Though her
approach was more defensive,
Sodaney, who also made the final in
the previous tournament, managed to
keep Sreypov on her toes.
But once the first set was in her bag,
Sreypov was a different player on court
in the second as she skipped away to a
love set.
The boys under-14 final was a set-
back for Keps poster boy Sen Sophon
of Aspeca. The winner of the two pre-
vious tournaments, Sen Sophon met
his match in local hope Klang Ponlok,
who played well above himself to
record his maiden triumph after sev-
eral failed attempts.
The 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win for Ponlok was
a reward for his hard work in training
over the last few months. Gone were
the slew of unforced errors that used
to hamper his game.
Once he cut down on mistakes, Pon-
lok could shift the pressure on Sophon,
who was clearly less steadier than in
his previous performances. The two-
time champ was undone by some
clever drop shots and nice angles Pon-
lok came up with.
Victory for Ith Leakhana in the girls
under-18 event was a major break-
through in that for the first time she
emerged from the shadows of her
schoolmate and friend Cheng Chan-
neang, who had always enjoyed an
upper hand on the court
Leakhena, who won 6-3, 6-1, had
gone close to beating her friend quite
a few times in previous battles but
never managed it. That trend was bro-
ken once Leakhena took hold of the
match by driving Channeang out of her
comfort zone and exploiting the errors
that inevitably followed.
The boys under-18 final went along
predictable lines, with Chheang Van-
nasak beating his rival from Kep, Chay
Chen of Aspeca, 6-2, 6-0.
The boys under-12 category saw
Cheum Seyha beat the No 1 player in
his age group Leng Sarinreach for the
first time in several meetings. Seyha,
who won 6-4, 6-4, played smart and
steady while his rival aiming for outright
winners fell into a bundle of errors.
For the first time in junior competi-
tion, Tennis Cambodia introduced a
second tier in the under-12 class for
players who are still raw and not quite
ready to handle the livelier and bounc-
ier yellow ball.
Tagged as Flight B, the event was
played with green dot balls which are
25 per cent less pressurised. Nel Sam-
nang from Boueng Khyang defeated
Ngong San of Aspeca, Kep, 6-2,6-2 in
the final.
Players from Battambang took part
in the junior nationals for the first time
ever. Among the players from the prov-
ince who caught the eye was Mut, who
had been on a real tennis court only
once before. He put up a brave show
by making it to the Flight B semis after
upsetting the top seed in the quarter-
finals. He lost a close call in his semi
but was all the wiser for the thrilling
experience.
The six-event Junior national series is
jointly sponsored by Ezecom, Coca-
Cola and Hagar Restaurant, while the
Cambodian Country Club has lent addi-
tional support by allowing the use of the
club courts for competition.
Crown regain
league title in
winning style
H S Manjunath
P
HNOM Penh Crown
polished off their ti-
tle-winning Metfone
C League campaign
in style with a 2-1 victory over
Boeung Ket Rubber Field un-
der blazing lights at the Olym-
pic Stadium on Sunday.
The victory not only avenged
their rst-round defeat but
also sweetened regaining the
domestic football supremacy
they last commanded in 2011.
This was Crowns fth league
success in 12 years and their
third this decade.
For the second year in
succession, the 2012 champi-
ons, Boeung Ket, were forced
to play second ddle.
In the rst xture of the day,
2009 champions NagaCorp
routed bottom-of-the-table
Albirex Niigata 6-0 to nish
third in the standings.
The title race was all over
bar the shouting two weeks
ago after Crowns 1-0 victory
over Naga Corp gave them
an unassailable lead over hot
pursuers Boeung Ket.
Svay Rieng made a small
dent in Crowns pride last week
but coach Sam Shweingru-
bers men quickly recovered
their winning touch, despite
enduring the last 30 minutes
of the game with only 10 men
on the pitch.
Crowns attacking spear-
head George Bisan closed
in on an ill-judged Ly Ravy
backpass to give Crown an
early lead, though the second-
best scorer this season after
Svay Riengs Dzarma Bata
had to leave the pitch with
an injury a little while later.
Crown were more than hap-
py to enjoy that slender lead
during the break but there was
more cheer to follow soon af-
ter resumption.
A familiar set-piece scenar-
io was re-enacted when Adri-
ano Pellegrinos well-weight-
ed free-kick was turned in by
Odion Obaidin.
Amid growing desperation
came a glimmer of hope for
Boeung Ket when Crowns
Hong Pheng had to leave the
pitch after his second yellow
booking. Yet Crown stoutly
stood their ground.
Boeung Ket won a penalty
at the count of stoppage time
and Chan Vathanaka made
no mistake.
It was a goal that came far
too late to make any impres-
sion on Crown, however,
whose thoughts had by then
already turned to the impend-
ing celebrations.
Prize money and awards
Crown were awarded a
cash prize of 60 million riel
($15,000) for winning the
title. Second-placed Boeung
Ket got 46 million riel, while
third-placed Naga picked up
36 million riel.
It was a rewarding day for
Albirex Niigata despite the
rst foreign franchise to gure
in the Premier League ending
up at the bottom of the table.
The team bagged the fair play
trophy and 4 million riel.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Best Coach: Ung Kanyanith
(National Police)
Best Goalkeeper: Su Yathy
(Phnom Penh Crown)
Best Player: Chan Vathanaka
(Boeung Ket Rubber)
Top scorer: Dzarma Bata
(Svay Rieng) with 23 goals.
All the individual awards
carried a purse of 1.5 million
riel each.
Phnom Penh Crown captain Kouch Sokumpheak holds aloft the Metfone C-League trophy after a 2-1 victory
over Boeung Ket Rubber Field at Olympic Stadium on Sunday. SRENG MENG SRUN
Team P W D L F A GD P
1 Phnom Penh Crown 22 17 3 2 57 20 37 54
2 Boeung Ket Rubber Field 22 15 2 5 56 27 29 47
3 Naga Corp 22 11 7 4 41 18 23 40
4 Svay Rieng 22 11 6 5 54 26 28 39
5 Tri Asia Phnom Penh 22 10 4 8 33 22 11 34
6 National Police 22 7 7 8 32 29 3 28
7 Build Bright United 22 7 6 9 26 44 -18 27
8 Asia Europe University 22 6 8 8 35 48 -13 26
9 National Defence Ministry 22 5 8 9 28 38 -10 22
10 Western University 22 5 7 10 26 36 -10 22
11 Kirivong Sok Sen Chey 22 3 4 15 13 49 -36 13
12 Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh 22 2 4 16 25 69 -44 10
The third National Junior Tournament, which concluded at the National Tennis Center on
Sunday, threw up several surprises, shocks and breakthroughs. HS MANJUNATH
24 THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 29, 2014
Sport
Cook 95 fires England to strong position
Julian Guyer
E
NGLAND captain Alastair
Cook fell agonisingly short
of ending his barren spell
without a Test hundred as
he made 95 against India at South-
ampton on Sunday.
Cook, after winning the toss on
the rst day of the third Test, was
ve runs shy of his rst century at
this level in over a year when he got
a bottom edge trying to pull-sweep
left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja
and was caught behind by opposing
captain and India wicketkeeper Ma-
hendra Singh Dhoni.
In all Cook, faced 231 balls, in-
cluding nine fours, and batted for 10
minutes short of ve hours.
Together with Gary Ballance (104
not out) he put on 158 for the sec-
ond wicket. However, Cook should
have been out for 15 when he edged
India debutant paceman Pankaj
Singh only for third slip Jadeja to
drop the catch.
If youd have offered me that [95]
at the beginning of the day, of course
Id have taken it, said Cook, who
has now gone 28 innings since scor-
ing the last of his England record 25
Test hundreds.
Im disappointed because it adds
to the innings without a hundred,
but Ive batted OK and its nice to -
nally contribute.
I cant tell you how much I want-
ed to score a hundred, he added.
The support I have had through-
out this period, which Im not
through yet but its a little step in the
right direction, has been great.
When you dont score runs you
sit back in the dressing room and
you watch people do that and you
try to talk about it, you try to lead
from it but when you dont feel
youre doing anything personally
thats a hard place to be. At least
tonight I can feel I contributed,
he added.
At stumps, England were handily
placed at 247 for two with Ian Bell,
the other experienced batsman in
the side along with Cook, 16 not out.
Cook, assessing the overall state of
the match, said: Were in a good
position after day one. It was quite
slow at times because they bowled
defensively at us.
There are a lot of miles in their
legs but tomorrow [Monday] well
have to earn the right again and
hopefully accelerate later and put
some damage on the ball.
The last time Cook scored a Test
hundreds was against New Zealand
at Headingley in May last year.
Since then, he has made 733 Test
runs in 28 innings at an average of
just over 26, a sequence that has co-
incided with England not winning
their last 10 Tests their worst win-
less streak for 21 years.
Several former England skippers
urged Cook to resign as captain
in order to rediscover his form
with the bat. The latest to voice
that opinion was Kevin Pietersen,
whose tally of 23 Test hundreds
is second only to that of Cooks in
Englands all-time list.
Pietersen, however, praised Cooks
latest innings by telling his Twitter
followers on Sunday: Under the
amount of pressure Cook was un-
der, that was quite brilliant! Really
happy he got runs.
Gary Ballance and Ian Bell piled on
the runs to cement Englands strong
position in the second Test against
India at Southampton on Monday.
At lunch yesterday, England were
358 for three with Ballance falling
shortly before the break for a Test-
best 156. Together with Bell (68 not
out), Ballance put on 142 for the
third wicket. Joe Root was two not
out. AFP
England captain Alastair Cook hits a boundary on the rst day of the third Test
between England and India on Sunday. AFP