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Stuart White and Griff Tapper
QUESTIONS of judicial bias
have long dogged the Khmer
Rouge tribunal, often as a mat-
ter of legal and academic
debate. However, with the court
set to begin hearing evidence
of the Khmer Rouges policy of
forced marriage in the coming
weeks, that debate may take on
a distinctly personal tinge.
One of the trial chamber judg-
es tasked with impartially adju-
dicating that evidence is himself
a victim of forced marriage.
The information was revealed
by former judge Silvia Cart-
wright in a talk before the Wash-
ington, DC-based Aspen Insti-
tute last November, though her
remarks have risen to the fore
only recently thanks to a filing
from the Nuon Chea defence
that seeks to have them admit-
ted into evidence.
I know that other judges on
the bench one of them was
forced to marry his wife, Cart-
wright says in a video of her
remarks, noting that the judge,
whom she does not name,
didnt find the policy so differ-
ent from the prevailing culture
of arranged marriages, but
nonetheless counted himself
extraordinarily lucky in that
he recognised his assigned wife
from a neighbouring village.
Cartwright then goes on to
note that, despite their impartial
demeanour, the trial chambers
SCOTLAND voted yesterday
in an independence referen-
dum that could break up the
centuries-old United King-
dom and create Europes new-
est state since the collapse of
Yugoslavia.
Some 97 per cent of eligible
Scots nearly 4.3 million peo-
ple have registered to vote,
underscoring the passions that
the historic decision has ignited
across the nation.
In queues snaking outside
polling stations, voters spoke
emot i onal l y about t he
momentous choice they were
faced with.
Its an important day. This is
a decision which lasts forever,
which will impact my children,
said Charlotte Farish, 34, who
turned out early in Edinburgh
with her two children before tak-
ing them to school and heading
to work.
In Glasgow, 23-year-old Aid-
Intl judge
resparks
KRT bias
debate
Stay or go?
Scotland
votes on
UK future
Kevin Ponniah and Vong Sokheng
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RIME Minister Hun Sen yester-
day said he supported the
summoning of government
ministers for questioning by
National Assembly commissions, as it
allowed for problems between the rul-
ing and opposition parties to be solved
in parliament instead of in the streets.
But his conciliatory words came
amid opposition and civil society out-
cry over a recent circular from Nation-
al Assembly President Heng Samrin
that seemingly lays down restrictive
rules on those same commissions.
Political commentators say the rules
outlined in the circular, which was
published on September 12 but only
emerged publicly yesterday, could
effectively quash the oppositions
power in parliament.
According to the circular, the 10 com-
missions half of which are now head-
ed by the opposition under a July deal
struck with the ruling Cambodian Peo-
ples Party, but contain members of
both parties need internal agree-
ment before summoning ministers or
government representatives.
Commissions also need to ask Hun
Sen, via Samrin, to invite those called
before the assembly, rather than being
able to do so directly.
The circular also states they need
permission from Samrin before invit-
ing members of the public, civil soci-
ety groups or outside experts to the
The rules of engagement
Circular calls into question power of commissions to summons
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A piper leads a pro-Scottish independence
rally in the suburbs of Edinburgh yesterday
during Scotlands vote on independence.
AFP
Voices of despair from the desert kingdom
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THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
Daniel Pye
T
YCOON Try Pheap
has collected an es-
timated 1,500 cubic
metres of timber from
Forestry Administration of-
fices since the government in
July issued his companies per-
mission to confiscate waste
wood from their offices and
from the Ministry of Environ-
ment, according to prelimi-
nary government figures ob-
tained by the Post yesterday.
An unknown amount of
wood held at facilities run by
the Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries and the
Ministry of Environment was
given to Pheaps MDS Import
Export Company and MDS
Thmodar SEZ Company in
a letter from Prime Minister
Hun Sens cabinet on July 24.
The decision followed a
similar order in 2013, in which
Pheap paid about $3.4 million
for the right to collect nearly
5,000 cubic metres of luxury
timber from the Forestry Ad-
ministration.
More than 1,500 cubic me-
tres was conscated so far
since [the] order [was signed],
Forestry Admin istration direc-
tor Chheng Kimsun said, add-
ing that ofcial gures had not
yet been calculated.
Bun Uy, a secretary of state at
the Council of Ministers, issued
letters to the Ministry of Agri-
culture, Forestry and Fisheries
and Ministry of Environment
in late July, saying that Pheaps
rms had to destroy some of
the timber but were allowed to
export whatever remained.
While the wood was classi-
ed as waste wood by the
government in order to jus-
tify the handover, a signicant
portion of the timber held by
the Forestry Administration is
thought to be luxury-grade and
held as evidence in criminal
cases against illegal loggers.
Kimsun said that even after
the ofcial gures were col-
lated, the amount conscated
by Pheap was likely to rise as
more luxury wood was cons-
cated from loggers who travel
across the Dangrek Mountains
in northern Cambodia to ille-
gally log in Thailands forested
border regions.
Pheap rose to prominence
as a logging baron as Cambo-
dia switched in the early 2000s
from a policy of directly issuing
logging concessions to a con-
version program in which
economic land concessions
were granted to Cambodian
and foreign investors almost
exclusively in or adjacent to
heavily forested areas.
The concessions have come
under heavy criticism ever
since, amid allegations that
they have routinely been used
as a front for large-scale illegal
timber extraction.
In a report released earlier
this month, monitoring group
Forest Trends estimated that as
much as 90 per cent of timber
exports from Cambodia are
sourced illegally and the main
driver is the agro-industrial
conversion scheme.
In 2011, the government ac-
knowledged in a report pub-
lished by the Technical Work-
ing Group on Forestry that its
own conversion policy had
been the main cause of the
dramatic decline in forest cov-
er in recent years.
The available evidence . . .
demonstrates that most, if not
all, of the deforestation taking
place in Cambodia . . . is illegal
in some way, Forest Trends
said in the report.
Govt releases
data on timber
barons deal
Summons
circular
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assembly, and that no outsiders,
including media, may observe
the questioning of ministers.
But yesterday, Hun Sen deliv-
ered a more harmonious mes-
sage in public. Speaking at the
launch of the National Strategic
Development Plan for 2014-
2018, he said he supported the
questioning of ministers in par-
liament and told his underlings
to go without fear.
On Wednesday, Education
Minister Hang Chuon Naron
was questioned after being
summoned by a commission
led by the opposition Cambo-
dia National Rescue Party.
I want this process to con-
tinue. Every excellency does not
need to ask the prime minister
whether they can go or not, the
premier said.
When the National Assem-
blys commissions or the
National Assembly [as a body]
summons [a minister] for ques-
tioning, they have to go and
there is no need to ask the
prime minister how to answer
the questions.
Despite the premiers words,
the CNRP said the recent circu-
lar would compromise the
assemblys role as a place for
democratic debate.
According to this directive,
everything we [do], we have to
ask permission from the presi-
dent of the National Assembly,
and everybody knows the pres-
ident of the National Assembly
is a CPP leader, CNRP spokes-
man Yim Sovann said.
He added that the circular had
not been approved by the stand-
ing committee of parliament,
where the matter will be now
raised by CNRP members.
Political commentator and
Cambodian Center for Human
Rights chairman Ou Virak was
more scathing.
This has taken away any
hope that the opposition can
do anything in the parliament,
he said.
With the CNRP now having
power in the assembly, vague
internal parliamentary rules
were bound to be interpreted
in a very restrictive way by the
CPP, he added.
Even if the assembly presi-
dent did allow ministers to
be questioned, the fact that
this would occur behind
closed doors would render the
process useless to the public,
Virak said.
Whats the use if you embar-
rass them in front of four other
CPP members?
Koul Panha, executive direc-
tor at the Committee for Free
and Fair Elections (Comfrel),
said his organisation was stud-
ying the circular, which he said
gave Samrin CEO-like powers
in parliament.
This is really [giving] control
over the commissions power,
he said, adding that the CPP had
jumped the gun ahead of inter-
nal rule amendments meant to
be made by both parties.
They should talk before issu-
ing this circular. They promised
to do that, according to the
political [agreement].
A number of senior CPP law-
makers and assembly spokes-
people could not be reached for
comment yesterday. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY MEAS SOKCHEA
Lawmakers and senior ofcials attend a session of parliament at the National Assembly last year. A new
directive states that permission is needed to summons people for questioning. SRENG MENG SRUN
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Cambodian judges have
offered indications such as
growling of seeming disap-
proval of the Khmer Rouges
alleged crimes.
Though the Chea filing does
not mention the judges alleged
forced marriage, it contends
that Cartwrights remarks
demonstrate the inability of
Cambodian members of the
Trial Chamber to assess evi-
dence impartially without ref-
erence to their own personal
experience in Democratic
Kampuchea.
And while the idea of a victim
judging the guilt of his alleged
victimiser may, on its face,
sound like the definition of an
appearance of conflict of inter-
est, the situation recalls an old
and still-unsettled question in
the Cambodian context: Is
there any such thing as an
unbiased judge in a case in
which almost an entire coun-
trys population can be consid-
ered a victim?
According to tribunal moni-
tor Heather Ryan of the Open
Society Justice Initiative, at
least the appearance of neces-
sary impartiality is violated if a
judge is a victim of a crime that
is the subject of a trial.
But, she added via email, in
this case, it is a difficult analysis
because every Cambodian
judge could be considered a
victim of the KR crimes. The
analysis of bias has to look at
how close the relationship is
between the facts under con-
sideration and the judges
experience.
Khmer Rouge researcher
Youk Chhang, director of the
Documentation Center of
Cambodia, likewise sought
middle ground, saying that
such judges are not legally
qualified to judge impartially,
but also noted the question
depends on how close it is,
and how professionalism has
been impressed upon them.
The issue, he noted, has been
a matter of discussion for
almost two decades.
I was asked to do research
on judges, their background,
their education. So I was look-
ing through all the judges
around the country. Most of the
judges back then were victims
of the Khmer Rouge that was
back in 1995, 96, he said.
When this information we
researched was published,
there was a concern that none
of the Cambodian judges were
qualified [on the basis of
impartiality], so there was a
push for a purely internation-
al tribunal.
Ultimately, he continued,
internal court rules mandating
super majority decisions
requiring the assent of the
courts international judges
seemed to put the debate to
rest, at least in court.
Tribunal expert Anne Hein-
del, co-author of the book
Hybrid Justice, said that from a
legal standpoint, the internal
rules assumption of Cambo-
dian judges bias means the
court takes a narrow view of
legal challenges based on judg-
es alleged prejudice.
I dont believe the fact that a
judge was a victim of the crime
of forced marriage without
more (for example he was vic-
timized at a specific crime site
being discussed) would be
enough for his disqualification,
though it certainly raises
impartiality concerns, she said
in an email.
The political biases of the
Cambodian judges were known
from the beginning and rules
were drafted to minimize their
impact, making the entire con-
cept of appearance of bias to
a large extent meaningless at
the ECCC.
A request for comment on
the issue to the trial chambers
national-side judges was not
answered as of press time.
While the legal pitfalls behind
judges victimhood may have
been patched over by the inter-
nal rules, little can be done to
put to rest qualms over judges
inner reactions to the evidence
heard at the tribunal
As Cartwright says in the
same talk before the Aspen
Institute: Their experiences, I
dont know how they sit through
some of it.
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Intl judge resparks KRT bias debate
Judges (back row) stand before the pronouncement of the verdict in
case 002/01 at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
in August. ECCC
Sen David
PHNOM Penhs City Hall
warned tobacco companies
at a meeting yesterday to stop
outing a sub-decree which
prohibits all forms of tobacco
advertising, or else face closure
or nes.
The municipality said some
companies were skirting the
2011 sub-decree by using
more creative ways to sell their
products.
While the companies did stop
more visible forms of advertis-
ing on TV, radio, and billboards,
a municipality investigation re-
vealed that companies such as
Cambo, Cow Boy and Imperial
still advertise using restaurants,
promotion girls, tuk-tuks and
lucky draws, said Chan Sokun
Thea, director of the Inter-Sec-
tor ofce of the Phnom Penh
Municipality.
Mok Vansita, deputy city
governor, said those who keep
violating the sub-decree will be
ned or ordered to close down.
Our sub-decree was issued
in 2011 by the government,
but until now, the companies
have not obeyed. They did stop
advertising via TV, radio and
billboards but they kept using
shops, girls, transportation and
promotions to attract custom-
ers, she said.
Nge Mean Heng, deputy head
of the health department, said
that the companies must now
fully abide by the rules.
It is no longer the time to just
promote the sub-decree it is
time to implement it. The com-
panies must follow the govern-
ments sub-decree, he said.
According to Dr. Yel Dara-
vuth, a national ofcer for the
World Health Organizations
Tobacco Free Initiative, the
companies continued violat-
ing the order because theres
no ne, so they kept doing it.
Daravuth said an upcom-
ing law to curb smoking in the
Kingdom is under discussion at
the ministerial level, and may
pass as soon as 2015.
The law would prohibit all to-
bacco advertisements on a na-
tional scale, and ban smoking
in public places such as bars
and restaurants as well.
I think this time it will be
better this time its not [just]
a sub-decree, its a law, said
Daravuth.
The tobacco companies pres-
ent at the meeting declined to
comment.
Tobacco rms told to
get in line by City Hall
APLE defends work on case
Alice Cuddy
and Khouth Sophak Chakrya

C
HILD rights groups
Action Pour Les En-
fants and Interna-
tional Justice Mis-
sion have said they carried
out a detailed and impartial
investigation into claims of
sexual abuse before remov-
ing six young boys from their
families against their parents
wishes last week.
In a statement defending
their work yesterday, which
followed a report on the case
in the Post, the two groups said
they had worked with the po-
lice to secure the arrest of the
Australian national accused
of abusing the children after
receiving reliable tips from
various concerned sources in
the community.
In the face of clear evidence
of a crime, and in order to en-
sure safety . . . [the Depart-
ment of Social Affairs, Veter-
ans and Youth Rehabilitation]
decided to temporarily place
the minors in knowledgeable
and safe recovery centers in
Phnom Penh, the statement
said. Social workers assisted
them in making an educated
decision about where the chil-
dren should be placed and
will support follow up with the
victims and their families.
Australian suspect George
Moussallie, 51, was arrested
on August 31 after being un-
der investigation by APLE
since 2009 when they noticed
suspicious, intimate rela-
tions with children he was
not related to. He is suspected
of sexually abusing the chil-
dren, who were then take into
protective custody.
The families were told about
the whereabouts of their chil-
dren and were encouraged to
contact them by telephone,
the statement says, adding
that three of them have al-
ready been returned.
But two of the mothers yes-
terday said they were still an-
gry about how they had been
treated by the authorities.
I dont believe the Austra-
lian man committed rape,
said Ny Chanthon, the mother
of two of the allegedly abused
boys. I feel angry with the
authorities that they detained
my children.
Chan Sreypao, whose son
was taken by the authori-
ties and who criticised their
handling of the case in an
interview with the Post, said
ofcials had visited her on
Tuesday in an attempt to pres-
sure her into ling complaints
against the alleged abuser.
We will not do that, because
the man helped to support us
before, she said.
The NGOs say this attitude
towards potential abusers who
groom children is widespread
and hard to overcome.
It saddens us to see such
a case. A common method
of child abusers is to take ad-
vantage of highly vulnerable
families and children, groom
them through building rela-
tionships of trust and provid-
ing for essential needs and
then exploiting that trust and
dependency by abusing the
children.
Two women sit at a stall on the riverside in Phnom Penh earlier this month after their children were taken
from them as part of an investigation into sexual abuse by an Australian man. HONG MENEA
Sean Teehan
ATH THORN, head of Cambo-
dias largest independent la-
bour union, was placed under
court supervision yesterday,
the second such prohibitive
order for the union leader.
A judge told Thorn, president
of the Coalition of Cambodian
Apparel Workers Democratic
Union (C.CAWDU), that he
cannot attend public demon-
strations, and must report to
police once per month, along
with other requirements.
The court also ordered Pav
Sina, head of the Collective
Union of Movement of Work-
ers, and Chea Mony, who
leads the Free Trade Union, to
also stay away from demon-
strations and check in under
the same timeline.
It is not fair, because we
have not done what [the Gar-
ment Manufacturers Asso-
ciation in Cambodia (GMAC)]
and the authorities have ac-
cused us of, Thorn said, re-
ferring to the organization
behind the complaint, which
was led on behalf of some
170 factories affected by a
nationwide garment worker
strike from late December to
early January of this year.
A total of six union lead-
ers are charged with several
crimes, including intentional
violence in aggravating cir-
cumstances, connected to the
strike, which led to the deaths
of at least ve people.
Charges against the union
members are baseless, be-
cause they accuse them of
committing acts at places they
were not present, said Dave
Welsh, country director of la-
bour rights group Solidarity
Center.
Courts are charging union
leaders with these crimes now
to give the government lever-
age during minimum wage
negotiations and ahead of the
decision on next years indus-
try oor wage, which is ex-
pected by the end of October,
Welsh said.
I think the basis for the
charges and the issue of super-
vision are farcical, he added.
Theyre purely political and
its being done in the event
that [the government decides
on] a minimum wage that is
not satisfactory to unions.
Thorn was already under
court supervision for a sepa-
rate case in which he is a de-
fendant, stemming from a
strike at SL Garment Process-
ing a few months before the
nationwide protests last year.
In that case, he is accused of
inciting violence that injured
the plaintiff, an SL security
guard. One bystandard was
killed by stray gunre from se-
curity forces during the strike.
The C.CAWDU president
already ignored the rst
court order on Wednesday,
when he led a small march
favouring a $177 minimum
wage next year.
Steer clear of protests,
unionist warned again
Our sub-decree was issued in
2011 by the government, but
until now, the companies
have not obeyed
Their experiences, I
dont know how
they sit through
some of it
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Panel members talk yesterday in Phnom Penh at the fourth Indepen-
dent Democracy of Informal Economy Association congress. VIREAK MAI
IDEAs iconic leader faces dissent at party congress
Pech Sotheary
MONTHS after Vorn Pov was released from
prison, a small number of members belong-
ing to his Independent Democracy of Infor-
mal Economy Association (IDEA) debated
yesterday whether to re-elect him as leader.
During IDEAs fourth congress, where 200
members chose Pov who was released
from prison in May after spending months
inside for his actions during a garment pro-
test in January a group of about 15 stood
outside the Community Legal Education
Center office in Phnom Penhs Dangkor
district calling for a postponement.
Theyve already selected IDEAs leader-
ship, said Sok Chhun Oeung, the unions
deputy president, who led the protesters.
There have been irregularities and breach-
es of trust; there are problems with holding
the congress now, so we ask for a delay.
IDEA held several meetings ahead of the
congress, Pov said, but it had become
apparent that Oeung wanted to split the
union. Pov accused Coalition of Cambo-
dian Apparel Workers Democratic Union
president Ath Thorn, vice president Kong
Athit and secretary-general Ek Sopheakdey
of encouraging the protest, adding that
Oeung simply wanted to be president.
Sok Chhun Oeung validated that he
would divide IDEA into two in September,
Pov said. Ath Thorn himself said if we did
not agree, then IDEA should walk out of the
[Cambodian Labour Confederation], of
which Thorn is president.
Thorn yesterday denied the allegation,
saying he was approached by Oeung and
floated the idea of splitting the union in two
as a method of conflict resolution.
Oeung yesterday said he would file a
motion with the Ministry of Interior to have
IDEA dissolved due to a failure to follow its
constitution.
Dave Welsh, country director for labour
rights group Solidarity Center, who spoke
at the congress, said afterwards that the
union which rose to international fame
when Pov was jailed along with 22 others
in connection with Januarys garment work-
er protests should be capitalising on its
newfound influence.
Hopefully, the internal strife can be put
aside. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SEAN TEEHAN
Phak Seangly
TWO illegal loggers were ar-
rested by a community pa-
trol in Prey Lang forest on
Wednesday, the Prey Lang
Community Network (PLCN)
said yesterday.
The pair was part of a group
of eight loggers seen by pa-
trollers in Kampong Thoms
Sandan district, but the rest
escaped, PLCN said.
Several cubic metres of wood
and a chain saw were seized.
As soon as they saw us, they
tried to escape into the forest.
But we managed to arrest two
of them, said Chhum Yin, one
of the patrollers.
The loggers allegedly con-
fessed that they had been em-
ployed to log in the protected
forest by a broker in Kampong
Cham, who promised $62 per
cubic metre of timber they de-
livered, he added.
Chan Chhoeun, the Dang
Kambeth commune council-
lor, said the pair were let go
after they signed a contract
promising not to log again in
the forest.
If they do it again, we will
take action in accordance with
the law. We will not tolerate
this a second time, he said
Rampant logging in Prey
Lang continues to threaten
the entire forest, according
to PLCN.
Prey Lang
activists
detain two
loggers
Voices of despair from S Arabia
Alice Cuddy and Chhay Channyda

A
BUSE, deceit and
slave labour were just
some of the allega-
tions that emerged
from Cambodian workers in
Saudi Arabia yesterday as talks
between the two nations over
a formal deal, which would see
thousands more sent there,
appeared to continue.
The complaints, voiced to
the Post over the phone from
Saudi Arabia, are the rst to
have emerged on such a scale
from the Middle Eastern king-
dom, notorious for its poor la-
bour conditions.
Kunthea*, 32, moved to Sau-
di Arabia about ve months
ago. Fed up with struggling to
exist on the meagre wage of a
Cambodian garment worker,
she was drawn to the country
by the prospect of a monthly
salary of $300 almost three
times higher than her earnings
at home.
Kunthea like two other mi-
grant workers the Post spoke
to moved to the country with
her husband after coming into
contact with a local Arab bro-
ker and his Cambodian trans-
lator, who promised jobs as a
cook and a driver with a Saudi
petrol company.
But the reality they faced
when they arrived was worlds
apart from the dream they
were sold.
Rather than being sent to
the petrol company, Kunthea
claims she and her husband
were sent to a family home
where she was immediately
put to work as a maid, while
her partner was appointed as
the familys private chauffer.
Despite being married,
Kunthea claims that she and
her husband were separated
and banned from sleeping in
the same room, eating meals
together or even speaking.
The boss did not allow me
to have any communication
at all with my husband . . . They
are such wicked and bad-
hearted people, she said.
Kunthea says her husband
was forced to sleep outside of
the house, while she worked
seven days a week looking af-
ter the familys three children.
With their boss holding on
to their passports, both felt
trapped. The couple began
communicating through let-
ters, passed secretly to each
other and written in their na-
tive Khmer.
But when the mother of the
house got wind of what they
were doing, she conscated
the letters.
After that, the situation be-
came more unbearable.
They insulted me with
many bad words; I could not
understand all of them . . . you
could say I was not equal to a
cat or dog, she said.
Two weeks ago, Kunthea and
her husband escaped from the
property. But without their
passports and with their for-
mer boss demanding $5,500
that he claims he gave to the
broker ahead of their arrival,
their future remains uncertain.
I would like to send my
message to all Cambodian
people: please dont come to
Saudi Arabia. This country is
very rich, but people are only
rich in money, not in heart. I
want no more high salary like
this, she said.
Two other workers the Post
spoke to yesterday, also tricked
by the same broker, told simi-
lar stories of mistreatment.
We were promised $900
per month for three months
probation and a raise of up to
$1,200 if we can work there. In
contrast, I got only about $300
per month and for the last
three months, I got no salary,
36-year-old Rith said.
Rith and ve other men were
employed by a construction
company and tasked with
driving cement trucks.
There was no violence, but
. . . we worked without a [break]
day and night like in the Khmer
Rouge period, he said.
After Rith and the other men
asked if they could return to
Cambodia, the boss began
withholding their salaries, de-
manding $2,500 before they
could go home.
One month ago, the group
ed and, in the absence of a
Cambodian diplomatic pres-
ence in the county, sought
help from the Thai Embassy.
An ofcial at the embassy
conrmed yesterday that the
six men will return to Cambo-
dia on Monday.
But the scars from their ex-
perience look set to remain
long after they have left the
desert kingdom.
Sokha, who is among those
returning next week, blamed
himself.
This is what happens to
greedy people like us . . . we are
cheated in Saudi Arabia. We
wanted a big salary, and we did
not care about the risk of being
trafcked, he said.
*Names of all migrant work-
ers have been changed to pro-
tect their identities
Foreign labourers work at a construction site in the Saudi capital Riyadh last year. AFP
National
6
Fool me once, shame
on you; fool me twice . . .
A POIPET town motodop on
Wednesday learned the hard
way that no good deed goes
unpunished. He was giving a
man a ride when the passen-
ger pled poverty and asked to
borrow money. Perhaps naively,
the motodop lent him $20. But
no sooner had the man taken
the motodops phone ostensi-
bly to get his contact informa-
tion so he could repay him the
man bolted with both the cash
and the phone. Police gave
chase, and the man hid in a
nearby house for three hours,
but was eventually ferreted out.
KAMPUCHEATHMEY
Border drug runners
snatched and carrying
POLICE in Banteay Meancheys
Malai district hit an unexpected
jackpot when they stopped four
men they suspected of trying to
illegally cross the Thai border
on Tuesday. After officers
detained the suspects, they dis-
covered that they were carrying
29 packages of drugs. The sus-
pects reportedly denied accusa-
tions that they were attempting
to illegally cross, however they
did own up to their intent to sell
the drugs. All four were sent to
court. DEUMAMPIL
Welcome to the jungle,
moto thieves tell cops
TWO men took to the jungle in
Kampot town on Wednesday in
a last-ditch effort to hang on to
a moto they were accused of
stealing. Police said the duo had
stolen a moto parked in front of
a house and were being pur-
sued by police when they took
an unexpected detour into the
forest to hide. Undeterred,
police plunged in right behind
them, and after five hours of
searching, finally managed to
find the suspects. KOH
SANTEPHEAP
Extracurricular activity
not OK with the police
COPS in Phnom Penhs Daun
Penh district on Wednesday
raided a shop where students
were gambling with their
futures in a very literal sense.
According to police, a man was
operating an online gambling
den catering to the students of
an adjacent high school. Acting
on a complaint filed by a neigh-
bour, police raided the shop,
finding 15 uniformed students
gambling inside. The dens pro-
prietor managed to escape,
and the students were released
after signing a contract swear-
ing off gambling in the future.
KAMPUCHEATHMEY
Trucker tries and fails
hit-and-run, police say
A TRUCK driver was arrested in
Phnom Penhs Chamkarmon
district on Wednesday after
allegedly injuring six people in a
drunken hit-and-run. Police
said the man was driving down
the street when he ploughed
into three motorbikes, crushing
them and leaving their six pas-
sengers all seriously injured.
The man sped on, however, until
police finally caught up and
found him to be blind drunk.
The man was sent to court.
DEUMAMPIL
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
Fifteen years for killer
PM backs Obama on IS
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
PHNOM Penh Municipal Court
sentenced a purported drug
addict to 15 years in prison yes-
terday for murdering a 7-year-
old boy last year during a bur-
glary and dumping his body in
the Mekong River.
Presiding judge Ly Lipmeng
also ordered defendant Hum
Rom, 26, to pay 10 million riel
($2,500) in compensation to the
victims family.
The court sentences him to
15 years on charges of inten-
tional murder with aggravating
circumstances, he said.
Veng Chak, Russey Keo dis-
tricts Chroy Changvar com-
mune police chief, said that
Rom, a drug user, had broken
into the victims home last
November while his parents
were at work. He was stealing
the familys valuables when the
young boy tried to stop him.
Rom then beat the boy
unconscious and threw his
body in the Mekong before
fleeing. The body was found
floating in the river a day later,
and Rom was arrested the day
after that.
Rom could not be reached
for comment yesterday.
Vong Sokheng
PRIME Minister Hun Sen yes-
terday offered his symbolic
support to President Barack
Obama as the United States
gathers a coalition to ramp up
its campaign against the Islam-
ic State militant group.
I would like to affirm that for
Cambodias stance on [IS], we
would like to participate [by
offering] political will for coop-
eration in the fight against [IS]
after the announcement [of the
expanded campaign] by
Obama, Hun Sen told hundreds
of government officials at the
launch of the National Strategic
Development Plan 2014-2018.
We have no ability to par-
ticipate by sending our forces
to fight directly, but we have the
heart to support the destruc-
tion of all terrorist groups, not
only [IS], he continued.
He added that Cambodia
would do its best to prevent ter-
rorists from using the Kingdom
as a refuge or source of financ-
ing, and that it continues to
condemn the brutal murder of
American and British journal-
ists by the group.
Activists from Boeung Kak Lake hold signs during a protest in Phnom Penh yesterday, calling for the World
Bank to reconsider a potential loan of $25 million for the development of land concessions. CHARLOTTE PERT
BK to bank: no loans
Khouth Sophak Chakrya

V
ILLAGERS displaced
by Cambodian Peo-
ples Party Senator
Lao Meng Khins de-
velopment project at Phnom
Penhs Boeung Kak Lake have
called on the World Bank not
to issue new loans until they
have been offered adequate
compensation.
The villagers marched to the
ofce of the World Bank after
hearing that the institution
was considering loaning $25
million to fund the develop-
ment of 15 social land conces-
sions across the country.
Forty families say that they
had not received compensa-
tion or a just resolution in
their dispute, after being forc-
ibly relocated under a World
Bank-supported scheme to
develop the lake area.
We want to see the bank
take responsibility for the vic-
tims in the Boeung Kak com-
munity, community repre-
sentative Duong Chhert, 54,
told the Post.
Another villager, Phan Ch-
hunret, said she was con-
cerned that the new loans
would not include conditions
linked to a resolution of the
Boeung Kak dispute.
We are very concerned if
this bank agrees to offer the
new loans to the Cambodian
government without any clear
conditions that urge them to
nish our land dispute in the
Boeung Kak area, she said.
Spokesman Bou Saroeun
said the bank had not issued
any new loans since a freeze
took effect in December 2010 in
response to the forced eviction
of Boeung Kak residents.
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7 THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
Business
Tourism
expo to
showcase
Cambodia
Chan Muyhong
THE 37th Pacific Asia Travel
Association Travel Mart opened
on Wednesday night at Phnom
Penhs Diamond Island.
The annual event brings
together tourism businesses
from across the globe, with
many firms from the Asia-Pa-
cific region from Cambodia
to Myanmar and even Guam
showcasing their countries
tourism attractions, while
operators worldwide scout the
opportunities on offer.
This years event has drawn
nearly 1,000 delegates from 58
countries, according to Min-
ister of Tourism Thong Khon.
The event will not only be a
milestone for the tourism
industry in Cambodia and a
move to promote Cambodia as
a world-class tourism destina-
tion, but will also showcase the
countrys peace and political
stability along with its stand-
ardised tourism services and
facilities. Khon said.
The three-day showcase, co-
organised by the Pacific Asia
Travel Association (PATA), is
expected to cost more than $1
million, Thoun Sinan, presi-
dent of the associations Cam-
bodian chapter, which helped
organise the event, told the Post
in August.
Sinan said yesterday that the
event would help promote
Cambodia as a tourist desti-
nation and attract greater
investment for the industry.
Everyone knows about
Cambodia, but we want people
to not only know about Cam-
bodia, but to experience Cam-
bodia first-hand, he said.
Last years PTM was held in
Chengdu, China. It hosted
some 550 tourism industry
stalls and about 473 buyer del-
egates, according to PATA.
Containers are stacked at the Port of Bangkok. Thailand and China have agreed to restart a forum aimed at boosting trade and investment between the countries. BLOOMBERG
China, Thailand revive forum
T
HAILAND and China
yesterday agreed to re-
vive a forum aimed at
boosting mutual trade
and investment as Beijing con-
tinues to court the kingdom.
Chinese Ambassador to
Thailand Ning Fukui and
Deputy Prime Minister Pridi-
yathorn Devakula reached
the agreement to restart the
Thai-Chinese Committee for
Economic Cooperation. The
forum was launched by the
Thaksin Shinawatra govern-
ment in 2003 but laid mori-
bund for more than a decade.
The rst meeting with the
Thai government will be host-
ed in Beijing, with Bangkok
organising the following ses-
sion, Pridiyathorn said.
The Beijing talks will focus on
Thai exports to China prin-
cipally agriculture products
such as rice and rubber and
future Chinese investment in
Thailand, he said. Yesterdays
meeting did not broach hot
topics like high-speed rail and
or details of schemes to sell
rice and rubber to China.
Thai exports to China in-
creased 12 per cent this year
from 2 per cent 15 years ago,
while Thailand is among the
top investment destinations
for the Chinese.
The new agreement comes
as China pushes to deepen
ties with Thailands new gov-
ernment. Chinese investors
were among the rst to meet
with General Prayuth Chan-
ocha after he seized power
from the Pheu Thai Party-led
government on May 22.
Under pressure from West-
ern countries to restore de-
mocracy and general elec-
tions, the junta has welcomed
the Chinese, who have avoid-
ed coup-related issues, call-
ing it an Thai internal matter.
Pridiyathorn praised Chinas
stance on Thailand, saying
yesterday that Beijing never
showed bias against the coup
in Thailand.
China was Thailands top
export destinations this year,
with trade worth 465 billion
baht ($14.4 billion) from Janu-
ary to July 7, according to the
Commerce Ministry. Thai ex-
ports to China accounted for
11 per cent of total exports.
China also ranked rst in
two-way trade between Thai-
land and other countries, ac-
counting for 1,158 billion baht,
or 13 per cent, in the same pe-
riod, the ministry says.
Pridiyathorn noted, how-
ever, that Thailand had not
committed to all the projects
that China was proposing.
Thailand will consider
investment projects from
China that we need, he said.
We need to screen those that
are appropriate for the coun-
trys future development.
BANGKOK POST
Thailand will
consider investment
projects from China
that we need
Markets
8
Business
Modi secures $20B Xi pledge
I
NDIAN Prime Minis-
ter Narendra Modi won
a pledge from Chinese
President Xi Jinping to
invest $20 billion as the lead-
ers sought to adjust their lop-
sided trade relationship and
resolve a are-up on their dis-
puted border.
The leaders of the worlds
two most populous countries
yesterday announced a ve-
year plan in which Beijing is
to invest $20 billion to help
reduce Indias largest trade
decit with China its largest
with any single country. China
will also help set up indus-
trial parks in the Indian states
of Maharashtra and Gujarat,
which Modi ran before taking
power in May.
We agreed that our eco-
nomic relations do not do
justice to our potential, Modi
said at a joint brieng with Xi
in New Delhi yesterday. Modi
said he received assurances
that China would take steps
to address a worsening trade
balance between the nations
and improve market access for
Indian companies.
Modi has secured more than
$50 billion in nancial assis-
tance this month from China
and Japan as he seeks help
from Asias biggest economies
to revive Indias growth. At the
same time, hes sought to deter
China from asserting control
over disputed land along their
mountainous border, where
competing claims risk leading
to a clash that hinders closer
economic ties.
Whatever the trade or com-
mercial progress, there is al-
ways a glass ceiling between
India and China because of
strategic and security dissi-
dence derived from territorial
disputes, said C Uday Bhaskar,
a fellow at the Society for Poli-
cy Studies in New Delhi.
Even as Xi is here, theres
troop movement on the bor-
der. If theres a silver lining,
its that Xi is reiterating a point
that no shot will be red in an-
ger, otherwise youre piercing
the ozone layer of security.
About 500 Indian troops are
engaged in a standoff with a
similar number of Chinese
soldiers in the border region of
Ladakh, according to an Indian
army ofcer who asked not to
be named. Thats up from 100
troops on each side earlier. Lo-
cal meetings between the two
sides to resolve the issue were
called off, the ofcer said.
Modi yesterday called on Xi
to clarify the border in the area
while pushing for an early set-
tlement of the issue. Xi said
that border issues could be
solved through friendly con-
sultations and dont affect the
overall relationship.
China is Indias largest com-
mercial partner, and also ac-
counts for its biggest trade def-
icit. While bilateral commerce
exceeded $68.5 billion last year,
India posted a trade shortfall of
$34.4 billion on imports of Chi-
nese-made heavy machinery,
telecom equipment and home
appliances, according to data
compiled by Bloomberg.
The agreements included
deals for development of rail-
ways, pharmaceuticals, peace-
ful use of outer space and
eased restrictions on crossing
a border point for pilgrimages
to Hindu religious sites.
Indian and Chinese com-
panies signed 24 agreements
valued at $3.43 billion in sec-
tors including aircraft leas-
ing and nancing, telecom,
chemicals, wind power com-
ponents, textiles and sea-
food, the Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and
Industry said in a statement
yesterday. BLOOMBERG
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
shakes hands after issuing a joint statement in New Delhi. BLOOMBERG
Eddie Morton
CAMBODIA has missed out on
the Philippine governments
latest rice import tender for
not being able to meet the de-
livery date.
The Philippines National
Food Authority (NFA) declared
the results of its 500,000-tonne
offer on Monday.
Under the government-to-
government agreement, the
NFA has granted Thailand a
300,000-tonne import deal
and Vietnam the remaining
200,000 tonnes, both at a rate
of $475 per tonne.
David Van, executive di-
rector of rice-exporting rm
Boost Riche Cambodia, was
not surprised at the result and
said further expertise in large-
scale international commod-
ity trades was needed before
the Kingdom could cater to
such an order.
Vessel chartering is a tricky
business as any wrong calcu-
lation in loading or discharg-
ing rates for any given type of
vessel . . . could ruin all your
margins and even bankrupt a
company if the vessel is stuck
at the discharge port longer
than anticipated, he said.
Hor Kimsay
CAMBODIA will seek to raise
$26.8 billion of investment
over the next ve years to
achieve its 7 per cent year-
on-year GDP growth targets,
according to the National
Strategic Development Plan
2014-2018 released yesterday.
Some $3.9 billion is to be
spent in agriculture. The in-
dustrial sector, which includes
mining, manufacturing, oil
and gas and electricity, is slat-
ed for $12.8 billion, and $10
billion will be for services like
tourism, transport, commu-
nications and public admin-
istration. Half of the capital is
to be raised domestically, with
the other half to come from
foreign investment.
Referring to the global eco-
nomic downturn and the un-
predictability of natural disas-
ters, Prime Minister Hun Sen
stressed the importance yes-
terday of nancial planning.
Even if [these events occur],
based on the plan of the na-
tional development strategy,
the [government] can achieve
good results, especially ensur-
ing a stable life for the people
of Cambodia, he said.
Cambodia
misses out
on rice bid
Plan targets
$26.8B in
investment
9
Business

This week in biz
Sonatra announces it
will take a year hiatus
LOCAL stock brokerage
company Sonatra Securities
has announced it will dilute its
books and put a halt on all
business activities from Octo-
ber 1. In a press release, the
rm stated without an explan-
ation that it was suspending all
operations for 12 months and
that all securities will be
returned. The company stated
that it will remain contactable
for clients for up to two-weeks
after all business activities and
accounts have been closed.
Naga gambles on China
MORE details have emerged of
casino operator NagaCorps
effort to target the Chinese
gamblers, with the release of
an investor conference call
transcript. In the 19-page
transcript, NagaCorp CFO Philip
Lee states the rm is on the
verge of launching an airline in
partnership with state-owned
China International Travel
Services and under the lessor
name Bassaka Air. According to
Lee, NagaCorp purchased two
Airbus A320s and one Gulf-
stream 450. Through Bassaka
Air, the aircraft will be used
exclusively to y in gamblers
from mainland China and
Macau, in an effort to increase
VIP junket patronage at the
NagaWorld casino.
Brokers break down barriers
MGA Asia Insurance Broker a subsid-
iary of MGA Australia was ofcially
established in Cambodia on August 28,
operating as an insurance broker rm.
MGA Cambodia a joint-venture in-
vestment between MGA Australia and
local investors has 11 people including
its management team. The companys
chairman, John R George, talked to the
Posts Hor Kimsay about the operations
of the new rm.
Why did you come to do business as an
insurance broker in Cambodia?
The Cambodian insurance broker-
age business is worth around $44 mil-
lion and we predict that in the next
three or four years, this will double. We
hope MGA Cambodia will be able to
be a part of that, helping the insurance
industry provide services to business-
es and people. It is quite opportunity
for us.
Your ofce in Cambodia is the rst MGA
ofce in Southeast Asia. Why did you
choose Cambodia as the rst place in
the region?
Yes, this is the rst subsidiary of MGA
Australia that has an ofce in Southeast
Asia. If I go to Hong Kong, Singapore or
Thailand, there are many brokers there.
Coming here, we are the only relatively
big rm in the market. It is the best way
for us to grow.
Why should we have an insurance bro-
kerage rm?
It is important to have a brokerage
rm which plays a role like the middle-
man to negotiate and offer a reasonable
price for both the client and insurance
company. The most important thing is
the claiming process. We, the broker,
negotiate with insurers to provide ad-
equate compensation to the clients.
What is your policy on service charges?
We dont charge service fees from our
clients as only the insurance compa-
nies are obligated to pay the fee to the
broker, which must follow the regula-
tions laid down by the authorities.
What is the difference between buying
insurance from a broker and directly
from insurance company?
Buying insurance from a broker, a
client can receive a better policy with
us at a reasonable price. A broker can
clarify the contract is suitable for them
and brokers also assist in the claiming
processes.
Are insurance rms staff and work-
load decreasing due to the growth of
insurance brokers?
Because we run a business that re-
places the insurance companies, they
dont have to do as many things any-
more. So that is very true, it isnt neces-
sary for them to have a large number of
employees.
Why do insurance companies need to
cooperate with you?
We negotiate with insurance com-
panies. We are not working to repre-
sent only one company, but we oper-
ate on behalf of our client to secure
the best insurance possible for both
parties. We work with insurance com-
panies for the mutual benet of them
and the client.
Cambodians have a limited under-
standing of the advantage of having
insurance. Is it a challenge?
Of course it is a challenge. But over
the next few years it will become ob-
vious. Cambodias average income is
increasing and they have more assets.
They work hard to get it so they need to
protect it. We have seen new buildings
going up everywhere. This growth, we
want to be a part of that growth.
This interview has been edited for
length
John George, the international chairman for MGA Asia Insurance Broker, talks to the Post
in his ofce in Phnom Penh earlier this month. PHA LINA
Amazon unveils its new
Kindle and Fire tablets
AMAZON.COM on Wednesday
expanded its array of tablets
and Kindle e-readers, capping
its lineup with a new flagship
Fire HDX model boasting
stunning display and Dolby
Atmos sound. The tablet
started at $379 and could be
ordered at Amazon.com, with
shipping of each of its new
devices to begin in October.
Amazon also introduced new
Fire HD tablets with 6- or
7-inch screens with starting
prices of $99 and $139
respectively. A new Kindle
Voyage, billed as the thinnest,
most advanced version to
date, was priced at $199, and
an improved basic Kindle
model was introduced with a
$79 price. AFP
EasyJet buys 27 A320s
for $2B from Airbus
BRITISH no-frills airline
easyJet said yesterday it had
finalised a deal to buy 27
single-aisle A320 jets worth
$2.05 billion at list prices from
European aircraft maker
Airbus. The group also plans
to raise its shareholder
dividend payout. EasyJet has
reached agreement with
Airbus to exercise existing
purchase rights over 27
current generation A320
aircraft for delivery between
2015 and 2018, the airline
said in a statement. AFP
Markets
10
Business
S Sudan in
foreigner
ban U-turn
THE government in war-torn
South Sudan said on Wednes-
day it would expel foreign
workers, reversing a policy
announcement made the pre-
vious day that caused a storm
of protests from aid agencies
and neighbouring countries.
According to the UN, 1.3 mil-
lion people have been displaced
internally, and many of them
are dependent on free food,
shelter and health care deliv-
ered by a network of interna-
tional aid groups.
Overturning an earlier order,
Foreign Minister Barnaba
Marial Benjamin stressed that
the government is not expel-
ling any foreign worker in
South Sudan.
On Tuesday the government
published a decree ordering
NGOs, private companies,
hotels, banks, insurance, tele-
communications and petrole-
um companies to notify all
aliens working with them in all
positions to cease working
within a month.
It said the resulting vacan-
cies, ranging from reception-
ists to company directors,
should be filled by govern-
ment-vetted South Sudanese
nationals. AFP
Tycoon arrest rocks Russia
T
HE arrest of a top bil-
lionaire sent shock-
waves through Rus-
sias business and
political circles on Wednesday
and prompted fears of a state-
orchestrated asset grab similar
to the prosecution of ex-ty-
coon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
The Investigative Commit-
tee, which reports directly to
President Vladimir Putin, an-
nounced late on Tuesday that
Vladimir Yevtushenkov had
been placed under house ar-
rest and was being investi-
gated for money laundering
linked to an oil deal.
The detention triggered
comparisons to the prosecu-
tion of Khodorkovsky, once
Russias richest man and head
of the now-defunct Yukos oil
rm, who spent a decade in
jail in what his supporters say
was revenge for challenging
the Kremlin.
Observers said Yevtushen-
kovs arrest marked a water-
shed for Russian business as it
signals that even tycoons loyal
to the Kremlin are no longer
immune from prosecution.
The probe centres on how
his holding acquired oil com-
pany Bashneft and comes af-
ter speculation that Russias
biggest oil producer Rosneft
run by Putins loyal lieutenant
Igor Sechin was keen to get
its hands on the company.
Sistemas chairman Rus-
sias 15th-wealthiest man with
a fortune of $9 billion, accord-
ing to Forbes is required to
wear an electronic bracelet, a
spokeswoman for the prison
service said.
The bespectacled 65-year-
old tycoon has been placed
under house arrest until mid-
November in his country resi-
dence outside Moscow and is
banned from using the Inter-
net, added a spokeswoman
for Moscows Basmanny court
which ordered his detention.
Sistema is a vast holding
which has major interests in
the countrys biggest mobile
telephone company MTS and
a range of other assets.
The Investigative Commit-
tee said it had launched the
probe because it had suf-
cient grounds to believe
Yevtushenkov was involved in
the legalisation of property ac-
quired by criminal means.
Sistema said the accusation
was without foundation.
The high-prole detention
stunned economists, who
said it was a fresh blow to an
economy battered by Western
sanctions, capital ight and a
looming recession.
The house arrest of a busi-
nessman of such level is ab-
solutely unprecedented, said
Sergei Guriyev, the former
dean of Moscows New Eco-
nomic School who ed Russia
last year after coming under
pressure from investigators
over a case linked to Yukos.
The most dangerous thing
for investors is that they no
longer understand the rules
of the game, Guriyev, now
professor of economics at
Paris-based Sciences Po, told
AFP in written remarks.
What seemed impossible,
now happens every day.
We have a really bad feeling
about this, an aide to a senior
Russian ofcial was quoted
as saying by Russian media.
This all makes us think of a
second Yukos case.
This is even not a racket,
this is simply daylight rob-
bery, former deputy nance
minister and economist Ser-
gei Aleksashenko said. An oil
company in Russia is too at-
tractive a business not to pique
the interest of people close to
the authorities. AFP
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APAN said on Wednesday it would
file a plan by the end of the year
for the resumption of its contro-
versial Antarctic whaling pro-
gram, ruled invalid by the UNs highest
court in March.
Tokyos representative to the Inter-
national Whaling Commissions (IWC)
65th meeting, Joji Morishita, said his
country would be open and transpar-
ent in its bid, and file a new plan by
late 2014.
The countrys Antarctic hunt has
dominated a disputed agenda for the
commissions first meeting since the
International Court of Justice found
in March that Japan abused a scien-
tific exemption to a commercial
whaling ban to hunt the cetaceans for
their meat.
Japan cancelled its 2014-15 Antarctic
hunt after the ruling, but has said it
intends to resume research whaling
in 2015-16.
It killed more than 250 minke whales
in the Antarctic in the 2013-14 season
and 103 the previous year.
It also conducts hunts in the name
of science in the Northwest Pacific,
where it killed 132 whales in 2013,
and off the Japanese coast, where it
caught 92.
Morishita insisted Japan would
abide by the ICJ ruling which
imposed a number of conditions on
the use of lethal
r e s e a r c h
methods.
These i ncl uded
whether the design and
implementation of any research pro-
gramme is reasonable . . . the scale of
a programs use of lethal sampling, the
methodology used, target sample
sizes and actual takes, the research
programmes time frames and scien-
tific output, he told the conference.
In the meantime, Japan will go to
Antarctica this season to con-
duct its pro-
gram with
n o n - l e t h a l
means, said delegation
spokesman Glenn Inwood.
Japan has no formal bid before the
commission, but was forced into the
spotlight by a New Zealand proposal
that no permits be issued for whaling
research in future without proof of
scientific necessity.
As countries debated the wording of
the resolution on Wednesday, conser-
vation group Humane Society Inter-
national rejected a compromise that
dilutes the ICJ decision.
Japan is bound to honour the ICJ
decision. The IWC should expect no
less, the organisations Kitty Block,
attending the meeting as an observer,
told AFP.
Though it would be frowned upon,
nothing actually prevents Japan from
whaling even if the commissions sci-
entific committee fails to give it the
green light.
All of Japans previous research pro-
grammes have been communicated
to the IWC scientific committee, the
IWC itself and the global public in a
transparent manner, Japans alternate
commissioner Hideki Moronuki
told AFP.
Japan will continue to take this
approach in the future. One of the
major challenges will be informing the
global public on the importance of
science-driven marine mammal man-
agement . . . and Japans aspirations
for sustainable hunting of whales
for food.
Other contentious issues yet to be
settled include a proposal for the cre-
ation of a whale sanctuary in the South
Atlantic, and a bid by Japan to be
allowed small-scale commercial whal-
ing off its own coast.
Iceland, meanwhile, came under fire
from several countries for breaking a
ban on commercial hunting.
Iceland is well known as a conser-
vationist country, but I am deeply dis-
appointed with Iceland for continuing
whaling, said US commissioner Ryan
Wulff. We urge Iceland to seriously
reconsider commercial whaling.
Iceland and Norway issue commer-
cial permits under objections or res-
ervations registered against the IWCs
whaling ban.
Of more than 1,600 whales killed in
total in 2013, Norway took 594 and
Iceland 169. AFP
Japan to file research whaling plan
A mother whale and her calf are dragged on board a Japanese ship after being
harpooned in Antarctic in 2008. AFP
A
USTRALIAS largest ever
counter-terrorism raids yes-
terday detained 15 people
and foiled an alleged plot
by Islamic State jihadists to conduct
demonstration killings, includ-
ing beheading a random member of
the public.
A major pre-dawn operation was
carried out across Sydney and Bris-
bane by more than 800 ofcers acting
on some 25 search warrants. One per-
son has so far been charged with seri-
ous terrorism-related offences.
At least one gun was seized, along
with a sword.
Omarjan Azari, 22, appeared in a
Sydney court and was remanded in
custody, charged with planning a ter-
rorist act, which prosecutors alleged
was designed to shock, horrify and
terrify the community.
The court heard he was instructed in
a recent phone call by the most senior
Australian member of Islamic State,
Afghan-born Mohammad Baryalei, to
commit the atrocity.
Prosecutor Michael Allnutt alleged
the plan involved the random selec-
tion of persons to rather gruesomely
execute on camera and involved an
unusual level of fanaticism.
The ABC said the video was then
to be sent back to ISs media unit in
the Middle East, where it would be
released to the public. The jihadists
have in recent weeks broadcast video
footage of three foreign nationals be-
ing beheaded in Syria.
The raids, which spanned multiple
suburbs, came barely a week after
Australia boosted the terror threat
level to high for the rst time in a
decade on growing concern about
militants returning from ghting in
Iraq and Syria.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he
had been briefed on intelligence that
public beheadings had been ordered
by IS militants.
Thats the intelligence we received,
he said, prompting comparisons to
the murder of British soldier Lee Rig-
by, who was hacked to death in a ran-
dom attack on a street in England last
year by two Muslim converts.
The exhortations, quite direct
exhortations, were coming from an
Australian who is apparently quite
senior in ISIL to networks of support
back in Australia to conduct demon-
stration killings here in this country,
the prime minister added. So this is
not just suspicion; this is intent, and
thats why the police and security
agencies decided to act in the way
they have.
The Australian government believes
up to 60 Australians are ghting along-
side jihadists for IS, while another 100
were actively working to support the
movement at home.
These people, I regret to say, do not
hate us for what we do, they hate us
for who we are and how we live. Thats
what makes us a target, Abbott said.
Its important our police and secu-
rity organisations be one step ahead
of them and this morning they were.
The latest raids followed the arrests
in Brisbane last week of two people
who were charged with allegedly re-
cruiting, funding and sending jihadist
ghters to Syria.
One of the men was allegedly plan-
ning on-shore terrorist action,
Queensland Premier Campbell New-
man said yesterday, without giving
further details.
And, on Wednesday, a Sydney-
based money transfer business was
shut down amid concerns it was be-
ing used to funnel funds to the Middle
East to nance terrorism. AFP
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China state
media: was
envoy a spy
for Japan?
A CHINESE state-run news-
paper yesterday urged Beijing
to say whether its ambassa-
dor to Iceland was a spy fol-
lowing reports he had been
held for leaking intelligence
to Japan, while authorities
said they had no informa-
tion on the matter.
The editorial by the Global
Times newspaper, which is
run by the ruling Communist
Partys mouthpiece the Peo-
ples Daily, throws a rare of-
cial spotlight on such cases.
Envoy Ma Jisheng left Ice-
land mysteriously in January
and has not been replaced,
with Beijing only telling Reyk-
javik that he was unable to
return for personal reasons,
according to the Icelandic for-
eign ministry. The embassy
website contains a link titled
CV of Ambassador, but the
resulting page is blank.
Mas name has also been re-
moved from the embassys di-
rectory listing on the Chinese
foreign ministry homepage.
In its editorial, the Global
Times urged Beijing to clear
the air, citing the need to raise
public awareness of espionage
risks. Few spying cases involv-
ing Chinese ofcials have
been reported in the domestic
media, it said.
In actuality, reporting such
incidents will educate many
people by letting them know
how close those manipula-
tors of overseas intelligence
agencies are to us, the news-
paper said.
Hong Kongs Ming Pao daily,
citing US-based Chinese-lan-
guage website Mingjing News,
reported that Ma and his wife
were suspected of giving
state secrets to Japan and were
arrested [in early February] by
the Ministry of State Security.
Ma was a high-ranking diplo-
mat in Japan from 2004 to 2008.
His disappearance comes as a
US congressional panel is lob-
bing its own espionage accusa-
tions against Beijing.
According to a report released
on Wednesday by the US Sen-
ate Armed Services Committee,
Beijing-linked hackers carried
out at least 50 cyberattacks on
US defence contractors
between 2012 and 2013, poten-
tially compromising military
operations. AFP
Australia foils Islamic State
demonstration killings plot
Forensic experts collect evidence from a house in the Guildford area of Sydney yesterday. AFP
US SET TO AID SYRIA REBELS AS JIHADISTS ADVANCE
W
ASHINGTON yesterday
was set to approve plans
to train and arm Syrian rebels
against the Islamic State
group, as jihadist fighters
gained ground in the north of
the country.
The US Senate was expected
to back a plan, approved by the
House of Representatives on
Wednesday, to train and equip
moderate rebels in Syria, a key
part of the anti-IS strategy.
Who exactly will benefit from
the program is unclear, as the
rebels battling President
Bashar al-Assad lack a clear
command structure and range
from secular nationalists to
al-Qaeda-backed extremists.
But President Barack Obama
hailed the House approval as
an important step forward,
and Senate leaders were
confident it would pass
yesterday for his signature.
Obama met military
commanders on Wednesday
and, in a speech at MacDill Air
Force Base in Florida, insisted
the jihadists would be defeated.
Our reach is long. If you
threaten America, you will find
no safe haven. We will find you
eventually, Obama said, also
standing firm on his pledge that
a US ground combat mission is
not on the cards.
IS fighters hold significant
territory in Syria and seized
large areas of Iraq in a lightning
offensive in June, declaring a
cross-border caliphate and
imposing their brutal
interpretation of Islamic law.
IS has carried out widespread
atrocities, including crucifixions
and reportedly selling women
into slavery, and in recent
weeks beheaded two US
reporters and a British aid
worker in chilling online videos.
Yesterday, a monitoring group
said IS fighters had seized a
string of villages as they closed
in on Syrias third-largest
Kurdish town of Ain al-Arab.
In the past 24 hours, IS
fighters have launched a huge
offensive and seized at least 16
villages to the east and west of
Kobane, said Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights
head Rami Abdel Rahman,
using the Kurdish name for Ain
al-Arab.
The IS is using heavy
weaponry, its artillery and
tanks, Rahman said, adding
that thousands of Kurdish
fighters defending the town
on the Turkish border were
being encircled.
The US estimates that IS has
20,000 to 31,000 fighters,
including many foreigners, and
there are concerns that
returning jihadists could carry
out attacks in Western
countries. AFP
World
13
AS SCOTS prepare to vote, the
Loch Ness monsters thoughts
remain typically shrouded in
mystery and there are fears
that he may have already
made up his mind.
Nessie has given locals in
northern Scotland the hee-
bie-jeebies for centuries, but
there was mild panic when a
photograph appeared to show
the aquatic giant frolicking in
a lake south of the border, 317
kilometres from home.
The snap, taken at Lake
Windermere in northern Eng-
lands Lake District, is open to
interpretation but could show
a dinosaur-like creature with
a long neck and humped back
swimming near the shore.
Brushing off suggestions
that the photo may not be
completely reliable, the Daily
Mail presented the photo-
graph last week as proof the
reclusive long-time Scottish
resident was voting with his
ippers in a blow for the
Yes vote.
For the Daily Star, the
sighting suggested that
the countrys most famous
animal might have already
made up its mind.
But Tony Harmsworth,
monster expert and author
of Loch Ness Understood, said
the rumours are obviously
not true.
For a start, Windermere
does not boast the creature
comforts of home, explained
Harmsworth. Lake Wind-
ermere is not as deep, not as
large, not as cold, does not
have the same food chain and
has far more boat trafc, so I
dont think Nessie would be
too happy there, he said.
Also, Nessie is not a po-
litical animal, and is more
preoccupied with tradition-
al beastly pursuits, Harms-
worth said.
But this neutrality has
been called into question by
another photograph show-
ing the legendary monster
forming the word NO with
his tail, although it seems
doubtful that the snap in
question will stand up to fo-
rensic assessment.
Steve Feltham, self-declared
full-time Loch Ness Monster
hunter since 1991, slammed
the reports as a desperate
attempt by the national news-
papers to paint the Yes cam-
paign as a negative thing.
I would have thought
Nessie would actually be in
favour of independence for
Loch Ness. Its the only world
he knows, he said. AFP
Nessie leaves Scots
guessing his decision
Aye or nae: Scotland decides
Aidan Ford said: I felt dif-
ferent today than in most of
the previous votes. I might be
making a difference and my
vote counts.
After months when it looked
like the independence camp
could not win, a surge in sup-
port in the nal two weeks has
left pollsters warning the out-
come is too close to call.
One of Scotlands most fa-
mous sportsmen, tennis star
Andy Murray, appeared to
lend his support to separa-
tion in a last-minute tweet
accusing the No campaign
of negativity.
Lets do this! wrote Mur-
ray, who no longer lives in
Scotland, echoing a slogan
raised by pro-independence
First Minister Alex Salmond in
a nal ery campaign speech.
British newspapers quickly
made the statement a top
story and 12,000 people re-
tweeted the message, includ-
ing Salmond.
We can take our future into
our own hands, Salmond said
after voting in the village of
Strichen in a farming region in
northeast Scotland where he
is the local lawmaker.
Weve got the chance to
build a more prosperous
economy but also a fairer so-
ciety, the Scottish National
Party (SNP) leader said.
If Scots vote Yes, it would
end a union dating back to
1707, could force Cameron to
resign and might raise serious
questions about Britains sta-
tus on the international stage.
Financial markets have been
volatile for days on uncertain-
ty over the outcome, which is
being watched closely around
the world.
The force of the Yes cam-
paign has encouraged sepa-
ratist movements, such as
Catalans in Spain, while a
number of Britains allies have
urged the Scots not to leave.
The question for voters at
Scotlands more than 5,000
polling stations is Should
Scotland be an independent
country? and they are asked
to mark either Yes or No.
Polls close at 2100 GMT
(3am Cambodian time) and
the result is expected on the
Friday morning.
From the windows of peo-
ples homes to stands on street
corners, lapel badges and
even cupcakes, support for
the Yes campaign has been
more visible than for No in
many parts of Scotland.
But the No camp insists
that many voters opposed to
independence have simply not
made their voices heard yet.
The silent majority will be
silent no more. We will not
have this, said Britains for-
mer prime minister Gordon
Brown, who is Scottish, in a
passionate appeal at a Glas-
gow rally on the nal day of
campaigning.
The nal opinion polls put
the No camp slightly ahead,
but there remain many unde-
cided voters whose decision
will be crucial.
Debate has focused on the
economy, including what cur-
rency an independent Scot-
land would use and whether
its North Sea oil wealth would
help make it a richer nation.
Questions over whether an
independent Scotland could
be a member of the Europe-
an Union and how long this
would take to negotiate have
also surfaced repeatedly. Even
if there is a No vote, Scot-
land is set to be handed new
authority over areas like tax
and welfare, which Brown
says could amount to effec-
tive home rule.
The status quo is gone,
Cameron said in his nal
campaign speech on Mon-
day in Scotland. There is no
going back to the way things
were. A vote for No means
real change. AFP
Voters walk outside a polling station in Edinburgh yesterday, during
Scotlands independence referendum. AFP
T
HAILANDS junta
chief apologised yes-
terday for suggest-
ing tourists in bikinis
could be more vulnerable
to attack, comments which
caused an international outcry
following the brutal murder of
two British holidaymakers.
Prayuth Chan-ocha, also the
prime minister, on Wednes-
day drew condemnation after
questioning the safety of fe-
male tourists in the kingdom
in off-the-cuff comments to
government ofcials.
The remarks came just two
days after the battered bodies
of British tourists David Miller,
24, and Hannah Witheridge,
23, were found on the south-
ern resort island of Koh Tao.
They think our country is
beautiful and is safe so they
can do whatever they want,
they can wear bikinis and walk
everywhere, Prayuth said.
But can they be safe in bi-
kinis . . . unless they are not
beautiful?
In a rare public moment of
contrition from the tough-
talking army chief, Prayut
said he did not mean to cause
distress. Im sorry it hurt peo-
ple, Prayuth said at a hastily
convened press conference in
Bangkok.
I didnt intend to insult or
criticise anyone. I just warned
that sometimes people have to
be careful . . . today Thailand
is safe except there are some
bad guys like anywhere in
the world.
Meanwhile, distraught re-
latives of Witheridge broke
down in tears and hugged
each other ahead of a police
brieng in Bangkok yester-
day, as the hunt for the killers
of the British pair continued
to draw a blank.
Yesterday, police contin-
ued to hunt for clues on the
small, normally laidback div-
ing island of Koh Tao as post-
mortem examinations of the
victims bodies in Bangkok did
not nd any DNA links to 12
people they have questioned
so far.
Those include two of Millers
British friends who were asked
to stay in Bangkok pending
forensic results and several
Myanmar migrant workers.
The British men were now
free to return home, regional
police commander Panya Ma-
man said.
Experts tested traces of se-
men and a hair found at the
crime scene but could not nd
a match.
With no arrests and an ap-
parent lack of new leads, it is
unclear where the police in-
vestigation can turn after near-
ly four days scouring sparsely
populated Koh Tao. AFP
World
14 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 30, 2014
A TEAM of BBC journalists
was assaulted in southern
Russia while researching a
story about soldiers being
killed at the Ukraine border,
the company said yesterday
after lodging a protest with
Russian authorities.
The three reporters were
working in the southern city
of Astrakhan when they were
assaulted by unidentied
men in a coordinated attack,
BBC said in a statement.
Our staff were badly beat-
en, their camera destroyed
and then taken, the state-
ment said.
BBC spokesman James
Hardy added separately: All
are OK. The cameraman is
continuing to receive treat-
ment for concussion and
other injuries.
After the assault the journal-
ists were questioned at a police
station. They later discovered
that recording equipment
which was in their vehicle, at
the police station had been
electronically wiped.
The incident is clearly part
of a coordinated attempt to
stop accredited news jour-
nalists reporting a legitimate
news story, the BBC said,
calling for a thorough probe.
Astrakhan police spokes-
man Pyotr Rusanov told
Russian news agencies that
authorities had launched an
inquiry into a robbery and
were looking for assailants.
Russia has enforced a virtual
blackout on any information
concerning the deployment
of regular troops to Ukraine.
Rights campaigners have
said at least 200 Russian ser-
vicemen might have died in
ghting between pro-Russia
separatists and Kiev forces
has claimed nearly 2,900 lives
since April.
Russian military command-
ers have told families that
their husbands and sons par-
ticipate in military drills close
to the Ukrainian border but
some admitted in private con-
versations that soldiers had
been sent outside Russia.
Several journalists covering
the story have been attacked
or harassed in recent weeks.
Last month Lev Shlosberg,
a local opposition lawmaker
and journalist in the western
city of Pskov was hospitalised
with head and eye injuries af-
ter an attack by three uniden-
tied men.
Shlosberg was one of the
rst people to report on the
deployment of local para-
troopers to Ukraine. AFP
BBC journalists badly
beaten in south Russia
Thai PM sorry for remark
Thailands junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha makes a traditional greeting
as he leaves a press conference in Bangkok yesterday. AFP
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Pilot test the materials and incorporate changes as needed; 4.
Finalize the draft package for review by UNICEF Cambodia, MoEYS and relevant 5.
partners;
Finalize the package by incorporate comments by UNICEF Cambodia, MoEYS and 6.
relevant partners;
Once the training package has been nalized and produced, conduct a 5-day training of 7.
core trainers at the national level;
Provide ongoing technical support and help facilitate training of DTMTs and schools 8.
selected for the pilot phase of the program;
Prepare a nal report on the overall process of the development of the materials and training 9.
of core trainers, DTMTs and teachers and school senior leaders (documentation).
Duration of Contract:
90 working days within November 2014 and May 2015
Submission of Applications:
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the title and vacancy number and all required documentation as detailed in the ToR.
Information on required qualications, submission of proposals and complete Terms of
Reference are available at http://www.unicef.org/cambodia/overview_20966.html
Deadline for receipt of applications is Friday 10, October2014 17:00
(GMT + 7 hours)
Obama and Poroshenko

meet as peace hopes rise
UKRAINES leader Petro
Poroshenko was to meet with
US President Barack Obama
yesterday, amid hopes Kievs
conflict with pro-Russian rebels
may end after Moscow hailed an
offer of self-rule for the
separatists. The autonomy offer
was drawn up under a peace
plan backed by both Kiev and
Moscow 12 days ago that has
eased but not halted deadly
violence around insurgent
strongholds in eastern Ukraine.
Moscow, echoing comments by
both Washington and the
European Union, said it was a
step in the right direction
towards ending a conflict that
has killed almost 2,900 people
and sent East-West tensions
spiralling. AFP
Three arrested in Chile

metro station bombing
TWO men and a woman were
arrested early yesterday on
suspicion of involvement in a
recent attack on a subway
station in the Chilean capital,
police said. Fourteen people
were wounded when a
homemade bomb rocked a food
court inside the packed
Santiago station at lunch time
on September 8. According to a
probe carried out by the police
and prosecutors, the three
suspects were allegedly
involved in the placement of
the bomb. AFP
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that Ministry intends to supply local
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Sanitation and Hygiene Programmes.
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European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) funding for the Water, Sanita-
tion and Hygiene sector of Cambodia as follows:
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in the community with village-level Afridev pump
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community with Vn6 pumps
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and disinfection of boreholes with village-level
(community) Afridev pump
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cleaning and disinfecting boreholes with VN6 community 25
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More people displaced by
natural disasters than war
Suzanne Goldenberg
T
WICE as many people now
lose their homes to natural
disasters as in the 1970s,
and more people move into
harms way each year, a study by
the Norwegian Refugee Council
has found.
Basically, the combination of
mega natural disasters and hun-
dreds of smaller natural di-
sasters massively displaces
people in many
more countries
than the countries
that have war and
conict, said Jan
Egeland, secretary
of the refugee council.
He said that he hoped the
ndings would prod leaders
meeting at a United Nations cli-
mate summit next week to work
to protect populations from more
disaster-prone future under cli-
mate change.
Last year was in some ways an
anomaly because so many people
were driven out of their homes by
war. In some years, 10 times as
many people lose their homes to
natural disasters.
Natural disasters are underesti-
mated as a scourge that is hitting
tens of millions of people every year,
Egeland said.
On average, 27 million people a
year lost their homes to natural di-
sasters over the last decade. In 2010,
that number rose to 42 million.
While mega-disasters
such as the devastat-
ing Typhoon Hai-
yan in the Philip-
pines attract
internation-
al attention,
the losses due
to smaller-
scale storms
and ooding
often go unre-
corded. A storm surge
from Typhoon Haiyan
was capable of de-
stroying a home
in seconds.
The global
gure for those
d i s p l a c e d
by disasters
could even be
higher, Ege-
land said.
Those liv-
ing in de-
vel opi ng
countries
are most at
risk. The study found that more than
80 per cent of those displaced over
the last ve years lived in Asia.
That pattern held last year as well,
when nearly 19 million of the 22 mil-
lion displaced lived in Asia.
In many instances, local people
do not have time to recover from a
disaster before a new one hits, the
study found.
In the Philippines last year, some
5.8 million people lost their homes
because of a constellation of disas-
ters. Typhoon Haiyan alone dis-
placed some 4.1 million, with others
forced out by Typhoon Trami and
an earthquake.
Africa also saw widespread caused
displacement by rainy season ood-
ing in Niger, Chad, Sudan and South
Sudan. America did not go unspared,
with nearly 220,000 people losing their
homes to tornadoes in Oklahoma.
The risk of such disasters is also
rising, outpacing population growth
and even rapid urbanisation. The
global population has doubled since
the 1970s, but the urban population
has tripled since that time.
The mass migration from coun-
tryside to cities is putting more and
more people at risk especially in
Asias mega-cities, which are the
most disaster prone.
Africa, where populations are ex-
pected to double by 2050, also faces
increasing risk.
These vast urban areas become
traps when a natural disaster hits,
Egeland said.
People are crammed together and
there is no escape. They live in river
deltas, they live on hurricane beach-
es, they live along river beds that are
easily ooded, they live where there
are mudslides, and so on.
Scientists predict a rise in such ex-
treme weather events in a future un-
der climate change.
Better early warning systems in
some countries, such as Bangladesh,
have succeeded in keeping people
safe during such storms. But they are
still at risk of losing all they own.
We are now better at saving
lives, but we are not able to save
their homes and their livelihoods
so they become destitute, he said.
THE GUARDIAN
A father and daughter sit next to cargo ships washed ashore by Super Typhoon
Haiyan in the Philippines on February 14, more than three months after the storm
hit; right, a Kashmiri woman makes her way through oodwaters in Srinagar on
September 10. AFP
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ACK Ma isnt exaggerating
when he sells his e-commerce
colossus Alibaba as the every-
thing company. The ever-ex-
panding tech giant, which is on
track for one of the largest initial
public offerings in history today,
has so many tentacles in so many
industries that it can easily strangle
small- to mid-size competitors.
Youd think Chinese antitrust regu-
lators who have recently targeted
foreign companies such as Micro-
soft and Toyota would be sniffing
around homegrown Alibaba, too.
Fat chance. The Communist Party
loves a Chinese success story and
Mas tale has global investors ask-
ing: Mark Zuckerberg, who? That,
however, illustrates the problem
with all the Alibaba hype.
Mas been allowed to build a near-
monopoly online only because the
regime has allowed him to do so.
When Ma describes Alibabas prior-
ities as customers first, employees
second and investors third, one
cant help but assume the first
group includes his party benefac-
tors in Beijing. Heres my question
to all those hedge funds and insti-
tutional investors lining up to
throw money at Ma in exchange for
precious shares: How can they trust
Chairman Mas pledges when the
spirit of Chairman Mao so obvious-
ly dominates the room?
Would-be investors are accepting
not just Alibabas unusual partner-
ship structure (which puts Ma firm-
ly in the drivers seat), but Chinas
limits on foreign ownership, its
institutionalised opacity, predilec-
tion for censorship and disrespect
for intellectual-property norms.
This surrender to the whims of a
government that could pounce on
Ma at the slightest misstep is just
one of three reasons why I wouldnt
put my money into Alibaba.
An equally big worry is the shaky
Chinese economy. To me, China
feels like a bubble no less than dot-
coms did in the late 1990s. Back
then, shares in any internet compa-
ny that went public carrying a
.com suffix soared, regardless of
whether punters understood their
business models or not. China.com
is an economy that most figure
cant lose. Hence Alibabas over-
whelming appeal: The company
offers one-stop shopping for inves-
tors looking to tap into Chinas ris-
ing middle class. With one stock,
you can ride the rocket of growth in
retail, social media, banking, enter-
tainment, travel you name it.
Alibabas IPO may represent the
top tick of Chinas growth story,
however. President Xi Jinpings
pledge to shift from excessive
investment and exports to services
will require markedly slower
growth for the next few years. At the
moment, Xi is struggling just to
meet this years 7.5 per cent growth
target; this week, the central bank
rushed to inject another $81 billion
into Chinas biggest banks to keep
them lending.
China is now experiencing the
weakest industrial-output growth
since the 2008 global crisis, as well
as waning retail sales and invest-
ment activity. August saw a 40 per
cent plunge in the broadest meas-
ure of new credit. As gross domestic
product slows, so does the middle
classs ability to buy all the goods
sold on Alibaba. And if China suf-
fers a bad-debt crisis as some ana-
lysts fear, the prospects for profit
will grow darker than ever.
Finally, rising inequality threat-
ens to shrink middle-class ambi-
tions. Chinas Gini coefficient, a
measure of inequality, almost dou-
bled between 1980 and 2010. This
year, income inequality in China
surpassed that of the United States,
reaching severe levels, according
to the University of Michigan. Such
a trajectory, officials fear, could fan
social instability.
Ultimately, Alibabas promise
rests on the idea that hundreds of
millions of Chinese will continue
to grow richer by the year and will
consume like Americans as they
do. But that depends on many
things, including whether the gov-
ernment can curtail corruption,
which is concentrating wealth
among Chinas elites, as well as the
role of giant state-owned enter-
prises, which stymie innovation. It
will require the development of a
vibrant services sector that can
create good jobs. All of this is far
from certain.
When it comes to made-in-China
success stories, Ma is as good as it
gets. Investors cant get enough of
his improbable journey from Eng-
lish teacher to Chinas richest man.
But when you own a share of Aliba-
ba, youre placing your trust in
much more than a 49-year-old busi-
nessman. Youre really betting on
an opaque political system that has
a monopoly on whether he will be
allowed to succeed. BLOOMBERG
Why Alibaba hype could end in tears
Those who invest in Alibaba arent just putting their faith in teacher-turned-businessman Jack Ma they are trusting the whims of the corrupt Communist Party. BLOOMBERG
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William Pesek
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1 Seafood serving
5 Narcs discovery
10 Trans-Siberian railroad stop
14 Pre-migraine sensation
15 Major blood line
16 Liver
production
17 Get involved
20 Base shade?
21 Possibly will decline to
22 Tiny
diving bird
25 Set of two
26 PCs brain
29 It may creep out of the locker
room
31 Wakes
35 Period too long to measure
36 Birth-based
38 Certain soda
39 Some embassy personnel
43 Kubla Khans continent
44 The N
of UNCF
45 Get in the game
46 You cant keep it forever
49 Wicked look
50 Cunning trio?
51 Talked-about times
53 Collecting Soc. Sec.
55 End-to-end measures
58 Camels
pit stops
62 Champion ropers
hopeful destination
65 Quite a while
66 Middle East chieftain (Var.)
67 Move like
a moth
68 Adding column
69 Swamp reed
70 Hairy mystery
DOWN
1 Wine container
2 Yankee legend
3 Domingo offering
4 Stands behind
5 Put into words
6 Not a moment ___ soon!
7 Jack-in-the-pulpits family
8 Las Vegas feature
9 Planes home
10 Block
11 Way of conducting oneself
12 Thin cut
13 This guys a doll
18 Geisha garb
19 River through Pittsburgh
23 Dutch hard cheese
24 Wagnerian character
26 Moth-repelling wood
27 Pageant- judging criterion
28 Take off, as a brooch
30 Badger relative
32 Italian white wine
33 Like North Pole workers
34 Theyre occasionally cracked
37 Feline hybrid
40 This does not impress the boss
41 Canadas largest Indian tribe
42 Not entirely
47 Jasons vessel
48 Wood-shaping machines
52 Guilty feeling
54 First name of a cartoon duck
55 Private theater section
56 Garden of good and Eve?
57 Childs winter vehicle
59 Shoppers magnet
60 Throw off, as light
61 Pharaoh after Rameses I
62 Pied Paper follower
63 Pants part
64 Some freighter cargo
RAISING CANE
Thursdays solution Thursdays solution
O
BSESSED Friends
fans on Wednesday
mobbed a pop-up
replica of the cof-
feehouse from the hit comedy
series, some even camping out
overnight for some free java
and a dose of nostalgia.
Central Perk was the celluloid
coffee shop where Joey, Ross,
Rachel, Phoebe, Monica and
Chandler captivated millions
with tales of their revolving-
door love lives, work traumas,
makeups and breakups.
To mark the 20th anniversary
of the sitcom, sponsors opened
a mock-up of the coffee bar,
where New Yorkers and tour-
ists alike took photographs on
the orange sofa from the show,
shopped for souvenirs and got
free coffee.
Andres Pratts, 27, who works
at an animal hospital in Man-
hattan, said the queue was al-
ready down the block when he
arrived at 8am. Pratts is so ob-
sessed with the hit series that
he named his pet bulldog
Bing after the character
Chandler Bing and was
lining up to buy some
ground coffee.
Its beautiful. I love
how you can take a pic-
ture on the couch. I love
the memorabilia, he said.
Costumes worn by the
shows six main characters
are on display, along with the
coffee machine from the real
Central Perk cafe, pictures and
other props.
Lauren Greasley, 30, who
was on holiday with boyfriend
Richard from South Wales, said
it was the highlight of their
two-week US adventure so far.
Its great. Its really good. Its
cool, she said as she took pic-
tures of the sofa.
Fans dismissed any sugges-
tion that the show pre-inter-
net, pre-smartphone and in
some cases older than those
queuing to get in was in any
way outdated.
Laura Cameron, who
works in IT in Mel-
bourne, said it was
the highlight of her
stay in the Big Apple, al-
though her father Don
was less keen. The coffee
is pretty terrible, he said.
Brazilian au pairs Valva Fer-
nandes, 23, and Marilia Will-
rich, 22, took the morning off
work and said it was so excit-
ing to be able to sit on the sofa
from the show.
A representative from spon-
sor Eight OClock Coffee said
that more than 250 people had
been let in during the rst two
hours, and that a few ardent
fans even camped out over-
night on the sidewalk to be
rst in line.
This has exceeded all our
expectations, she said as staff
let in around 50 people at a
time, to prevent the cafe from
getting overcrowded.
The cafe will stay open until
October 18 on Lafayette and
Broome streets in SoHo, one
of New Yorks trendiest neigh-
bourhoods.
Actor James Michael Tyler,
who played the quirky blond
barista Gunther, will make
appearances throughout the
pop-up run.
The hit show, seen on US
television from 1994 to 2004,
won dozens of awards and
garnered global celebrity for
actors Jennifer Aniston, Matt
LeBlanc, David Schwimmer,
Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox
and Matthew Perry. AFP
Friends fans perk up at pop-up cafe
Tourists take photos outside a reproduction of the Central Perk coffee
shop from the hit US TV show Friends. AFP
Digital dating
Virtual BFs
at the Tokyo
Game Show
A
RE you disappointed by
the man in your life?
Tired of his stubbly chin
and the way he lies around the
house? Or would you just like
a boyfriend with cat ears?
The answer may be at the
Tokyo Game Show, in a booth
crammed full of the latest
romance simulation games,
where digital men offer
flowers and cookies at the drop
of a hat (and then pick the hat
up and tidy it away).
Voltage Romance Apps has
a range of games in which
players flirt with a fictional
handsome flatmate.
The free-to-download Room
Share Love Days does what
it says on the tin, and allows
the player to enjoy sharing
a home with a variety of cute
guys, a spokeswoman said.
These fictional flatmates
dont laze around on the sofa
or steal food from the fridge,
but instead present the player
with flowers on their return
home, don aprons to make
heart-shaped chocolates and
will kiss and cuddle at the
press of a button. AFP
CBS pulls Rihanna song
from football program
US TELEVISION network CBS
yanked the song Run This Town
from its Thursday Night
Football telecast for the rest of
the season after Rihanna, who
is featured on the track,
expressed anger with the
network on Twitter. CBS first
pulled the song last week,
saying it wouldnt set the right
tone given the ongoing
domestic violence scandal
involving former Baltimore
Ravens running back Ray Rice.
The network was going to bring
the song back until Rihanna
accused CBS of penalising her
with its decision. CBS you
pulled my song last week, now
you wanna slide it back in this
Thursday? NO, F*** you! Yall
are sad for penalizing me for
this, Rihanna said in a Twitter
posting. BLOOMBERG
Bangkok mall to host
three-day magician fest
RENOWNED magic masters will
dazzle Bangkok audiences at the
Megabangna World Magician
Festival 2014, which will take
place at Mega-bangna mall
beginning today through Sunday.
The event is being hailed as a
historic assembly of
internationally acclaimed
magicians and illusionists from
around the world. BANGKOKPOST
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THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 19 , 2014 19
Travel
20
Andrea Palasciano
L
AVISHLY frescoed
rooms in the houses
of the Roman emper-
or Augustus and his
wife, Livia, opened for the rst
time to the public yesterday,
following years of painstaking
restoration.
The houses on Romes Pala-
tine hill where the emperor
lived with his family reopened
after a 2.5 million ($3.2 mil-
lion) restoration to mark the
2,000th anniversary of Augus-
tuss death with previously
off-limits chambers on show
for the rst time.
From garlands of owers on
Pompeian red backgrounds to
majestic temples and scenes
of rural bliss, the rooms are
adorned with vividly
coloured frescoes,
many in an excep-
tional condition.
Restorers said
their task had been
a complex one, with
bad weather during
excavation threaten-
ing the prized relics of
a golden era in the
Eternal City.
We had to tackle
a host of problems
which were all con-
nected, from under-
ground grottos to sew-
ers and Im talking about a
sewer system stretching over
35 hectares, Mariarosaria Bar-
bera, Romes archaeological su-
perintendent, said.
To protect the site, tour-
ists have to book to join one
of three daily groups of up to
20 people who will be taken
around by a guide for a 15-
minute visit.
Cinzia Conti, head restorer,
said the plan was to allow peo-
ple to enjoy a more intimate,
more attentive exploration of
Augustuss spaces.
It will also mean we restor-
ers can keep an eye on and
evaluate the consequences of
the public walking through,
for example the dust on their
shoes and especially their
breath, she said.
Augustuss decision to build
his domus near a grotto where
Romans worshipped Romulus
one of the twins who legend
has it founded Rome was no
coincidence.
The complex was intended
to symbolise not only his
power but that of his wife and
adviser, Livia, who is said to
have wielded great inuence
over him and went on to play
an important role in Roman
politics after his death.
Looking at the houses, the
buildings he had built, we
understand he was a man of
power, of great strength, who
knew what went into making
a political man at
the head of such
a big empire,
Conti said. The
frescoes in Liv-
ias house in par-
ticular are one of
the most impor-
tant examples of
the periods style.
The founder of the
Roman Empire was
born Caius Octavius in
63 BC on the Palatine
hill. The great-neph-
ew of Julius Caesar, he
was adopted as his son
shortly before the latter
was assassinated.
Caius Octavius went on to
rule over Rome for 40 years,
during which the Republic
experienced an era of great
wealth and relative peace.
Livia, the love of his life, was
his third wife, whom he mar-
ried when she was pregnant
with her rst husbands child.
He adopted the baby, Tiberius,
who would succeed him after
his death.
As part of the 2,000-year cele-
brations, the Palatine Museum
has dedicated a room to Au-
gustus with objects connected
to his life on show. AFP
The emperors
new frescoes
Security guard stands inside a room at the House of Augustus on the
Palatine hill in Rome on Wednesday. AFP
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A visitor shoots pictures outside the House of Augustus. AFP

Vovinam athletes hit the
Olympic Stadium mats
THE 2014 National Vovinam
Championships kicked into
action yesterday at the indoor
hall of the Olympic Stadium,
with 94 participants hailing from
five clubs including Vovinam
Olympic, Wat Koh High School,
Children Rescue Organisation,
Samaki High School and
Tumnub Teuk. The competition,
which ends today, features
events in male and female
combat and performances of
individuals and groups with and
without weapons. CHHORNNORN,
TRANSLATEDBY CHENGSERYRITH
Aussie Miller to vault
from Moto3 to MotoGP
RISING Australian racer Jack
Miller will become the first rider
to move straight from Moto3 to
MotoGP in 2015, skipping the
Moto2 class completely, the
Australian Grand Prix Corpor-
ation said yesterday. Miller, who
leads the Moto3 world cham-
pionship by nine points, has
signed a deal to ride for LCR
Honda on a Honda RC213V-RS
bike. The 19-year-old, who is
currently with the Red Bull KTM
Ajo team, will ride alongside
experienced Briton Cal Crutch-
low at LCR next season. AFP
Cardinals bench player
after arrest for assault
WITH the NFL reeling from a
spate of violent off-field
incidents involving players, the
Arizona Cardinals benched
Jonathan Dwyer on Wednesday
after his arrest on suspicion of
assault. According to a Phoenix
police news release, detectives
from the departments Family
Investigations Bureau arrested
Dwyer in the wake of two
separate incidents allegedly
involving a 27-year-old woman
and 18-month-old child on
consecutive days in July at a
Phoenix residence. AFP
Adam Scott and caddie
Williams part ways
ADAM Scott says he has parted
ways with Steve Williams, the
caddie who helped him become
Australias first Masters
champion and pushed him to
golfs top ranking. New
Zealander Williams, 50,
formerly caddied for Greg
Norman and Tiger Woods. AFP
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 21
Triple jump champ serves time honing craft in Cuba
TEDDY Tamgho could have
been excused for taking it easy
after being handed a one-year
ban for missing three drugs
tests. But the world triple
jump champion is doing any-
thing but, pushing himself to
the limit in a five-week train-
ing camp in Cuba with coach
Ivan Pedroso.
Its more than 30 degrees
Celsius at 9 oclock in the morn-
ing its very, very tough, Tam-
gho tells AFP at Bacuranao
beach, close to Havana, big
droplets of sweat coursing
down his face after a 45-minute
training session under the
watchful eye of Pedroso.
But I need a bit of heat, to
feel good. I prefer that to going
training in the rain when its
10 degrees.
The 25-year-old reigning
world champion was handed
a one-year ban for missing
three out-of-competition dop-
ing tests by the French Athlet-
ics Federation (FFA) in June,
though there was no indica-
tion that he had deliberately
tried to avoid the tests.
And the Parisian jumper
sought a little bit of refuge in
Cuba, a country passionate
about sport. Cuba is a country
of athletics, in every discipline.
I came to impregnate myself a
little in this atmosphere, Tam-
gho said.
Its a school that has always
fascinated me, he told AFP
from the shade of a palm tree
on the white sandy beach.
In Cuba, Tamghos guides are
long jump legend Pedroso
(nine world titles and Olympic
gold medallist) and 2008 Olym-
pic 110m hurdles champion
and friend Dayron Robles.
The two Cubans look after
Tamgho, a fluent Spanish and
English speaker, giving him
lodgings and precious words of
advice. They show me that I
still have quite a lot of work to
do before being able to claim
to be an exceptional sports-
man, said Tamgho, whose
winning jump of 18.04m in the
Moscow worlds was the third
longest of all-time. Theres lots
for me still to do, starting by
winning an Olympic title.
Tamgho said his friends and
family had understood his
decision to seek temporary
refuge in Cuba.
I had to get away. I needed
to be on my own for a bit, to
prepare myself well before
coming back, he said, jok-
ingly bemoaning the rationed
and very expensive internet
access in Cuba.
Its also a good thing
because it allows me to be the
most detached possible. Its a
good disconnection. Its true
that people see me less on
Twitter! AFP
French triple jump world champion Teddy Tamgho trains in Bacuranao
beach, east of Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday. AFP
Afghan female taekwondo
fighter fears Taliban return
I
N A gym underneath a wedding
hall in Kabul, Laila Hossaini
shouts as she slams her st into
a punchbag at her nal training
session before heading to the Asian
Games in South Korea.
For Hossaini, 28, the tournament will
be the biggest of her career in taekwon-
do a sport she took up as a young girl
when advised by doctors to exercise to
overcome chronic bronchitis.
She grew up in Iran after her fam-
ily ed Afghanistan during the Soviet
occupation of the 1980s, and they all
returned after the austere Taliban gov-
ernment in Kabul was ousted in 2001.
Hossaini won a silver medal at the
South Asian Games in 2010 and com-
peted in other international events.
But Hossaini fears that progress made
on womens rights in Afghanistan over
the past 13 years could be under threat,
and that the limited freedoms that al-
lowed her to pursue her love of tae-
kwondo could again disappear.
Of course, we have our concerns
not only me, but all the girls after
2014, if the Taliban make a comeback,
she told AFP.
The Taliban will not let us to do any-
thing, the achievements that we made
will be reversed, so we are all worried.
The US-led combat mission in
Afghanistan will end this year, and
violence is worsening nationwide as
foreign troops exit and Taliban insur-
gents launch fresh offensives against
Afghan soldiers and police.
Despite the end of Taliban rule,
women in ultra-conservative Muslim
Afghanistan are often restricted to the
house and are discouraged from play-
ing sport let alone practising martial
arts like taekwondo.
There were some objections by my
uncle and aunts families, until I won
my rst championship medal and
then they stopped objecting, said
Hossaini, dressed in white taekwondo
robes and headscarf.
My close family was always sup-
portive and now I am engaged. My -
ance is a kung-fu ghter and athlete,
so his family doesnt object.
For females doing sport, our big-
gest concern is nancial problems.
The economy is very weak and we do
not have a proper diet.
Some families oppose their daugh-
ters becoming athletes because, if
they are poor, they say that if our
daughter exercises and she is not fed
well, it will be bad for her.
At the basement gym, ve women
one wearing an all-enveloping black
niqab arrived and changed into
their taekwondo kit. They jogged to
warm up and then started strenuous
training drills.
For Hossaini, physical exercise and
the thrill of competition have been a
release from the restrictions of every-
day life in Kabul, and also from severe
health problems.
When we were living as refugees in
Iran, I got bronchitis and it made me
so ill that I could not walk, I was hos-
pitalised, she said.
I was limping when I walked, then
the doctor recommended me to exer-
cise. After the consultation of my par-
ents and brothers, they said taekwondo
sport would be good for me.
Now, I do not feel any pain from my
earlier problems.
Hossaini competed at the Asian
Games in 2010 in China, but she ad-
mitted she will face stiff opposition in
Incheon from Iran, China and the host
nation.
I am really pleased to visit Korea, to
see their culture and traditions, and
how they speak and how they dress,
she said.
I have some knowledge about Korea
through watching their movies, so now
I want to see the real place itself.
She will be one of 69 Afghan athletes
in Incheon, including seven compet-
ing in taekwondo the only sport in
which the country has won Olympic
medals. AFP
Afghanistans 2010 South Asian Games taekwondo silver medal winner Laila Hossaini
fears the effect it would have on her nations athletes if the Taliban return to power. AFP
National Football League
Buffalo v San Diego 12am
Cincinnati v Tennessee 12am
Cleveland v Baltimore 12am
Detroit v Green Bay 12am
Jville v Indianapolis 12am
N England v Oakland 12am
N Orleans v Minnesota 12am
NY Giants v Houston 12am
Philly v Washington 12am
St Louis v Dallas 12am
Arizona v S Francisco 3:05am
Miami v Kansas City 3:25am
Seattle v Denver 3:25am
SUNDAYS FIXTURES

Emerging star Adnan
boosts Iraq in Incheon
CAPTAIN Younus Mahmood said
Iraq could move forward with
confidence after emerging star
Ali Adnans double earned a 3-1
upset of defending Asian Games
champions Japan. Adnan, the
Asian young footballer of the
year, scored twice in the second
half to break a 1-1 deadlock at
half-time and place Iraq top of
Group D late on Wednesday. AFP
London favourite as
Euro 2020 final hosts
THE long wait to find out who
will host the 2020 European
Championship the first time
the event will be held in 13
countries simultaneously
ends today when UEFA meet in
Geneva, Switzerland. European
footballs governing body will
have to pick from 19 candidates,
stretching from Israel and Spain
to Azerbaijan and Wales. But
Londons Wembley already
looks the odds-on favourite to
host the semi-finals and final,
after German officials hinted
they might leave the 2020 event
to England and focus on a bid to
host Euro 2024 instead. For the
60th anniversary of the
European Championship, first
held in 1960, UEFA decided to
organise the tournament
across the whole continent. The
2020 experiment will be a one-
off event, however, with the
2024 tournament returning to
the single-host format. AFP
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The preparing of the 2
nd
Phnom Penh International Auto Show 2014 at Koh Pich
Interview with Auto Show 2014 exhibitors
New luxury cars arrived in Cambodian market
Which driving school should be considered? Whats its requirements?
Interview with president of Cambodia automobile federation and presidents of car distributors
Interview with all car engine experts
Car price in Cambodia compared with neighbor countries and global market
Big motorbike market catching Cambodian youths interest
Start of luxurious bike selling in Phnom Penh
Knowing about usage, maintenances, check, prepare, lubricant change, spare parts
and car-wash in raining season.
Published in Khmer language, inserted in
CambodiaWeekend or Kampuchea Chong Sabada
Costa injury issues
J
OSE Mourinho revealed
Diego Costa is current-
ly unable to play three
games in a week after
the Chelsea striker suffered a
hamstring injury while on in-
ternational duty with Spain.
Costa has made a blistering
start to his Chelsea career af-
ter a 32 million (US$53.1 mil-
lion) move from Atletico Ma-
drid and his impressive haul
of seven goals in four games,
including a hat-trick against
Swansea City on Saturday, had
lifted his new team to the top
of the Premier League table.
But the Brazil-born star sus-
tained a hamstring problem
during Spains friendly against
France earlier this month and
was forced to miss their Euro
2016 qualier against Mace-
donia as a result.
Now Mourinho says Costas
injury means he has to be
treated with extreme caution
to avoid aggravating it and
potentially losing him for a
long period.
The 25-year-old was left on
the bench for all but the last
18 minutes of Wednesdays 1-1
draw against Schalke in the
Champions League, with his
appearance coming too late to
break down the Germans ob-
durate rearguard action.
Costa has a problem and
he cant play at this moment
three matches in a week,
Mourinho said.
After playing on Saturday,
three days is not enough to re-
cover. It was not to protect him
for the game at Manchester
City on Sunday. Its because
today he was not in condition
to start the game.
He came to us in the sum-
mer and he was completely
ne. He had a problem with
the national team, now we
have the problem and we have
to resolve it as best we can.
I dont know how long this
will be the situation. We have
to manage it.
He went to the national
team in perfect condition and
came back injured.
It happened to Diego and
happened to players in so
many other national teams. I
dont need to be critical, it is
just the reality. AFP
Wednesdays Results
Bayern Munich 1 Man City 0
Roma 5 CSKA Moscow 1
Ajax 1 Paris SG 1
Barcelona 1 Apoel Nicosia 0
NK Maribor 1 Sporting Lisbon 1
Athletic Bilbao 0
Shakhtar Donetsk 0
FC Porto 6 BATE Borisov 0
Chelseas Diego Costa (centre) vies with Schalkes Chinedu Obasi (left) and
Kevin Prince Boateng during their UEFA Champions League match. AFP
English Premier League
Saturday September 20
QPR v Stoke 6:45pm
Aston Villa v Arsenal 9pm
Burnley v Sunderland 9pm
Newcastle v Hull 9pm
Swansea v Southampton
9pm
West Ham v Liverpool
11:30pm
Sunday September 21
Leicester v Man United
7:30pm
Tottenham v West Brom
7:30pm
Everton v Crystal Palace
10pm
Man City v Chelsea 10pm
Spanish La Liga
Elche v Eibar 2am
Deportivo de La Coruna v
Real Madrid 9pm
Athletic Bilbao v Granada
11pm
Sunday September 21
Atletico Madrid v
Celta de Vigo 1am
Espanyol v Malaga 3am
Real Sociedad v Almeria
5pm
Villarreal v Rayo Vallecano
10pm
Monday September 22
Cordoba v Sevilla 12am
Levante v Barcelona 2am
German Bundesliga
Freiburg v Hertha Berlin
1:30am
Augsburg v Werder Bremen
8:30pm
Schalke v Eintracht
Frankfurt 8:30pm
Hamburg v Bayern Munich
8:30pm
Paderborn v Hannover
8:30pm
Stuttgart v Hoffenheim
8:30pm
Mainz v Borussia Dortmund
11:30pm
Sunday September 21
Wolfsburg v
Bayer Leverkusen 8:30pm
Cologne v Borussia
Mnchengladbach 10:30pm
Italian Serie A
Cesena v Empoli 11pm
Sunday September 21
AC Milan v Juventus
1:45am
Chievo v Parma 5:30pm
Genoa v Lazio 8pm
Roma v Cagliari 8pm
Sassuolo v Sampdoria
8pm
Atalanta v Fiorentina
11pm
Udinese v Napoli 11pm
Monday September 22
Palermo v Inter Milan
1:45am
Torino v Verona 1:45am
French Ligue 1
Bordeaux v Evian TG
1:30am
Marseille v Rennes 10pm
Sunday September 21
Lorient v Reims 1am
Metz v Bastia 1am
Nantes v Nice 1am
Toulouse v Caen 1am
Lille v Montpellier 7pm
Lens v St Etienne 10pm
Monaco v Guingamp 10pm
Monday September 22
Paris SG v Lyon 2am
WEEKEND FIXTURES
23
Sport
Prost warns over F1 street fighters
A
LAIN Prost has warned Mer-
cedes to be ultra-careful in
their handling of the street-
ghting duel between Nico
Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton in this
weekends Singapore Grand Prix.
The four-time former world cham-
pion, who was embroiled in a similar
intrateam scrap with Ayrton Senna
when both raced for McLaren in the
late 1980s, said he felt Mercedes had
overreacted in previous races and
bowed to outside pressures.
As the heat intensies ahead of the
nal races of a gripping season domi-
nated by Mercedes, both men have
sought to avoid inaming a rivalry
that team chief Toto Wolff this week
described as like enemies.
Prost, however, believes such emo-
tive language has made the situation
worse. I dont think the team has
been 100 per cent right, said the
Frenchman.
In Hungary and in Spa, they were
not right, not 100 per cent. They
should react only to the facts and not
the consequences.
Acting in his role as an ambassador
for Renault, Prost added: The con-
sequence in Spa was very bad they
lost a race that they should not lose,
and for Lewis it was very bad.
Thats the consequence, but the
fact is almost nothing its just a
misjudgment. You cannot do that on
purpose because you know there is
a much better chance to break your
front wing and not cause a puncture.
That is stupid what I read, he has
done it on purpose its really ab-
solutely impossible, but then they
overreacted and everybody overre-
acted. That is the risk of this kind of
situation.
Very often it is not coming from
the drivers themselves, but from out-
side, and I was very surprised that
Toto [Wolff] and Niki [Lauda] they
almost attacked Nico. That could de-
stabilise the situation.
Until now they have done no mis-
takes, in my opinion. But here, now,
its going to be much more difcult.
After his dramatic victory at the
Italian Grand Prix, Hamilton remains
22 points adrift of Rosberg in the title
race, but he is determined to end
defending four-time champion Se-
bastian Vettels run of three straight
Singapore wins for Red Bull with his
second triumph in Singapore.
Hamilton now has 28 career victo-
ries after winning six this year and,
like Rosberg, relishes the chance to
race clean and fair with restricted
radio messages in the seasons only
night race.
Its crunch time now, he said.
Rosberg admitted that the Britons
recent surge of speed and form, cou-
pled with his previous experience of
title battles in 2007 and 2008, may
give him the edge. Its not a concern
for me, said Rosberg.
It might help him, yes, quite pos-
sibly having those experiences, but
its not something that I am too con-
cerned about.
Im focused on my own thing. He
is a strong competitor, he has his
strengths and weaknesses, but I con-
centrate on doing my job with my
team and getting the most out of it.
Rosberg added that he was very
disappointed with his performance
at Monza, where he missed his brak-
ing at the chicane to gift Hamilton the
lead and victory, but said he was not
feeling overwhelmed by pressure.
At the moment, I am enjoying the
moment more than I ever have in
the sport because I get to a race and
I have a car where I know I can be on
pole and I can win, he said.
Thats such a special experience
and also this condence that every
race we go to, we have this dominant
car. That just increases the enjoyment
factor even more.
Sundays race gets under way at
7pm Cambodian time. AFP
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain speeds around a corner during the 2013
Formula One Singapore Grand Prix. AFP
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