Anti-VN protests heat up

Protesters urge a boycott of Vietnamese products as they seek apology

Pech Sotheary, Alice Cuddy
and Charles Rollet
T
HE latest round of
Khmer Krom pro-
tests outside the Viet-
namese Embassy in
Phnom Penh kicked off over
the weekend. Participants set
re to ags and called for a na-
tionwide boycott of products
from the neighouring country,
raising fears of violence in the
coming days.
The rallies on Saturday and
yesterday, which attracted hun-
dreds of Khmer Krom, monks
and land dispute victims, were
part of a ve-day protest aimed
at demanding an apology from
Vietnam for controversial
comments made by a former
embassy spokesman.
In early June, erstwhile
spokesman Trung Van Thong
sparked a series of street pro-
tests when he told Radio Free
Asia that the former Kampu-
chea Krom provinces in the
Mekong Delta a sore spot for
Cambodian nationalists be-
longed to Vietnam long before
being ofcially ceded by colo-
nial power France in 1949.
While Van Thong was re-
moved from the post last
month the Vietnamese did
not cite his comments as the
reason for the reshufe pro-
testers yesterday were far
from pacied.
I will keep protesting un-
til an apology is made, said
Khmer Krom demonstrator
Em Bunthy.
Banners hung next to the
embassy echoed her threats.
Vietnamese are historical
thieves, so they must apologise
to Khmer people, one read.
For the second day run-
ning, protesters yesterday set
re to Vietnamese ags and
Laignee Barron
AFTER clinching a historic
victory this weekend in
South Korea, teenage taek-
wondo sensation Sorn
Seavmey may be in for an
unusual perk: a free pass on
the grade 12 national exam.
The 19-year-old, who
brought home gold from
the Asian Games, ending
Cambodias 44-year-medal
drought, was less fortunate
going up against the high-
stakes test in August; she
was among the 74 per cent
of grade 12 students who
flunked.
But unlike the rest of her
classmates, Seavmey might
not have to sit the second
round of the gruelling exam
next week in order to make
another attempt for her
diploma. The Ministry of
Education is considering
granting automatic passes to
six student athletes from the
Games, including Seavmey.
This is the first time in 44
years that Cambodia has
taken home a medal from
the Asian Games. It is a huge
honour for Cambodia, one
we want to reward, Minister
of Education Hang Chuon
Naron said. We want to
encourage young Cambodi-
ans to train; if we have no
policy to promote sports,
then we will force youth to
choose a different career
rather than pursuing ath-
letic talents.
But the academic prestige
that could soon be conferred
on the athletes is far from
their only reward. Seavmey,
who was scheduled to arrive
home from South Korea last
night, was expected to be
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Another
golden
perk for
Sorn?
A monk cheers as a Vietnamese
ag is burned in front of the
Vietnamese Embassy during a
Khmer Krom protest in Phnom
Penh yesterday. VIREAK MAI
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Cops sent
to ACU over
extortion
Phak Seangly
FOUR anti-economic crime
police officers with the Ministry
of Interior and two boat pilots
have been arrested and ques-
tioned by the Anti-Corruption
Unit over their alleged extortion
of millions of riel from the fish-
ermen on the Tonle Sap whom
they were charged with polic-
ing, ACU deputy chief Chhay
Savuth said yesterday.
Officers Chheang Leang Pov,
47, Mar Tayar, 54, Chea Kheng,
56, and Ytim Thana, 33, and
boat pilots Rith Nim Leang, 33,
and Kong Rith, 28, were arrest-
ed in Siem Reap province on
Wednesday following com-
plaints about the alleged extor-
tion from local fishermen,
Savuth said. The six were sent
to the ACU in Phnom Penh on
Thursday for questioning,
along with evidence in the form
of more than 4 million riel, two
rifles and a notebook with the
names of the fishermen.
Suos Narin, Siem Reap pro-
vincial investigator for rights
group Adhoc, said his organisa-
tion had received complaints
of such extortion and charac-
terised the arrests as reducing
impunity in Cambodia.
Another golden perk for Sorn?
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showered with gifts and cash
at a celebration feted by the
prime minister.
Teachers yesterday also
commended the high-school-
ers victory, but added that her
prizes should not extend to the
classroom, where honours are
merited through academic,
rather than physical, rigour.
If she is good at sports, then
they should give her a certi-
cate of sport, said Chi Heak,
a grade 12 teacher as the Wat
Phnom High School in the
capital. The ministry should
not let [athletes] pass the na-
tional exam automatically
. . . She must join the second
exam like the other students
who failed on their rst try.
But with a regimen that starts
at 5am and takes a chunk of
hours out of each day and
also includes travel outside
the country Seavmey and
her fellow national student
athletes are given little time
to hit the books or take one
of the government-sponsored
refresher courses.
Not many student athletes
are able to nish high school,
National Olympic Commit-
tee of Cambodia secretary-
general Vath Chamroeun said.
It takes intensive training to
compete at this level. One to
two months before a game,
theres absolutely no time for
anything else, and trying to
take something more on could
lead to injury.
Chamroeun suggested that
rather than automatic passes,
national athletes should re-
ceive concessions, like extra
exam points or tutoring so that
dropping out of school isnt the
only way to compete.
Sportswomen and sports-
men should be encouraged
to have a strong brain too,
he said.
For her part, the martial arts
champ took her victory and its
many prizes in humble stride.
I would ordinarily like to
pass the exams myself by my
own effort. However, if this is
the reward for my hard work
[for the Asian Games], I will
accept it, Seavmey told the
Post while travelling back
from Incheon on Sunday. WITH
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DAN RILEY
AND PECH SOTHEARY
Sorn Seavmey (right), who won a taekwondo gold medal at the Asian Games, stands with Cambodias ambas-
sador to South Korea, Suth Dina, at Incheon International Airport yesterday. NOCC/KEN GADAFFI
One to two months
before a game, theres
absolutely no time
for anything else
Cops seize guns
Hunters to
be sent back
over border
T
WO armed Thai natio-
nals were arrested by
the military yesterday
morning after allegedly ille-
gally entering Cambodian ter-
ritory in Preah Vihear province
to hunt animals, according to
military and police officials.
Sin La, 57, and Thak Vin,
39, from Thailands Si Saket
province, were handed over
to local police after they were
briefly detained by the army
shortly before 9am.
Two guns were confiscated
from the men and handed
over to the police.
Brigadier General Si Kiri,
the police commissioner
in Preah Vihear province,
said the men would not face
charges and his office would
contact Thai authorities to ar-
range for the men to be sent
back across the border.
The authorities will
release them when the Thai
authority comes to take
them, he said.
The arrests came less than
a week after Thai and Cambo-
dian soldiers near the Preah
Vihear temple had a brief
shootout during a routine
patrol. CHEANG SOKHA
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Khouth Sophak Chakrya
A GUARD charged with facili-
tating the escape of an inmate
from Kampong Chhnang Pro-
vincial Prison has been incar-
cerated at the very facility he
worked at, ofcials told the
Post yesterday.
Prak Vudy, Kampong Chh-
nang provincial police chief,
said 29-year-old Tep Chan-
makara was charged at the
provincial court on Saturday
with providing the means
for 30-year-old inmate Ear Tal
to escape.
The suspect has been de-
tained at the provincial prison
instead of the prisoner who he
helped, Vudy said.
Tal, who had already served
half of his ve-year sentence
for stealing a motorbike, broke
out of the jail on Tuesday eve-
ning by sawing the bars off of
his cells window.
When the Post spoke to of-
cials yesterday, Tal was still
at large.
At the scene of the escape,
in the prisons B1 cell, police
found the saw along with sev-
en scarves, a bamboo tube and
a basket, which Chanmakara
is accused of purchasing.
According to other prison-
ers, Chanmakara received
some money from Tal,
Vudy said.
Pao Vuthy, the director of
Kampong Chhnang prison,
said that he hoped the action
against Chanmakara would
help prevent further abetting
of breakouts.
It is being used as an ex-
ample for the prison guards
to stop helping the prisoners
from escaping.
We hope that after this case,
none of our prison guards will
do that again, he said.
Vuthy said Tals cellmate,
who also tried to escape on
Tuesday evening, had told po-
lice about Chanmakaras role
in the breakout.
He added that the damage
to the cells window was being
repaired yesterday.
Tals escape came just weeks
after two prisoners in Kampot
province ed to freedom af-
ter being taken 17 kilometres
away from the prison to help
construct a new building for
incarceration.
Rights group Licadho said
Tal was the sixth inmate it was
aware of who had escaped
from prison this year, com-
pared with three escapes re-
corded last year.
Meas Sokchea
O
PPOSITION Cam-
bodia National
Rescue Party dep-
uty president Kem
Sokha has proposed that new
rules be introduced in parlia-
ment that would see politi-
cians obliged to spend some
time each month working in
their constituencies.
If Sokhas proposed rules
were introduced, it would be
the rst time sitting politicians
have been required to dedi-
cate time to working where
they were elected.
Speaking to hundreds of
supporters in Battambang
province yesterday, Sokha,
who was recently installed as
deputy president of the Na-
tional Assembly, encouraged
lawmakers to spend more
time speaking to voters.
I would like to ask lawmak-
ers from both parties to have
a program each month at
least once a month where
they sit down and listen to
people [in their constituen-
cies], Sokha said. It should
be announced through the
media from day to day. All
lawmakers . . . will wait for
people in their ofces so if
they have problems they can
come and le complaints.
Koul Panha, executive di-
rector of the Committee For
Free and Fair Elections in
Cambodia (Comfrel), said he
had rst proposed the same
idea back in 2003, but his sug-
gestions had been ignored.
He blamed the lack of con-
stituency-level case work done
by sitting MPs on underfund-
ed provincial facilities, many
of which dont have basic
necessities such as furniture
and stationary.
Their ofces lack the bud-
get to arrange things so they
can do their work properly,
he said. This issue was raised
a long time ago, and I have
made these recommendations
since 2003. Lawmakers must
be on duty in their provincial
ofces, especially when par-
liament is in recess.
Most lawmakers, he added,
spent the vast majority of their
time in Phnom Penh.
Nhem Thavy, a Cambo-
dian Peoples Party lawmaker
and spokesman of the Na-
tional Assembly, could not be
reached for comment yester-
day. Chheang Vun, another
CPP lawmaker and who is the
spokesman for the assembly,
declined to comment.
Prison guard now an
inmate after jailbreak
Stay in the eld, Sokha says
Sam Rainsy, opposition leader and member of parliament for Kampong Cham, meets with residents in the
province last year while campaigning before national elections. HENG CHIVOAN
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stamped out the flames in a show of
rage.
Venerable Sin Hay, a Kampuchea
Krom monk from Stung Meanchey
pagoda, said he set the flags alight as
a way of making his demands heard.
But the bold statement, Hay said,
came at a high financial cost.
Burning the flags was not to do with
those who arranged the event I
spent $190 of my own money to pur-
chase the Vietnamese flags. We have
to do it by force, because of our nation-
alism in the country, he said.
The incident comes just two months
after Vietnam called for the Cambo-
dian government to take action when
protesters, in what it called a per-
verse act, set fire to its flag.
This time around, Cambodian offi-
cials told the Post they are still debat-
ing whether to intervene.
City Hall is considering whether
they are doing anything wrong We
have already informed them that those
who do anything illegal will be respon-
sible before the law, said Phnom Penh
Deputy Governor Khuong Sreng.
Council of Ministers spokesman
Phay Siphan said that the lack of any
specific rules on flag-burning was a
flaw in the law but urged demon-
strators to find a peaceful way of
making their demands.
Its kind of provocative; burning
somebodys flag is an insult, he said.
We are friends with Vietnam.
But Thach Setha, president of the
Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association,
which is leading the protests, said that
flag-burning was a normal way of
protesting across the world.
I believe the protest is non-violent;
Yuon used to burn Chinese flags and
Thais used to burn Cambodian ones,
he said, using a word for Vietnamese
often seen as derogatory.
Setha, who is also a member of the
opposition Cambodia National Res-
cue Party, added that the protests and
flag-burning would end when the Viet-
namese government publicly accept-
ed the protesters version of history.
If the government accept their mis-
takes gently, everything will be over,
he said. Until then, action, including
calls to boycott Vietnamese products,
would continue, he added.
The Vietnamese Embassy could not
be reached yesterday.
Less than two weeks after Setha
announced plans for the boycott, he
said it is already hitting Vietnamese
businesses hard.
We have received phone calls from
vendors who are selling Vietnamese
noodles saying that the appeal has
affected their business, but they are
not angry with us, he said.
Protesters yesterday told the Post
that they would be boycotting every-
thing from food to mobile networks
until an apology is made.
Ive decided not to use Metfone,
said one protester, referring to a Viet-
namese military-owned telecoms
company, which is widely used in
Cambodia.
Pou Nov, 39, a security guard at a
grocery store that sells a wide array of
Vietnamese products, said visitors
have plummeted by around 70 per cent
since the demonstrations started.
In the morning theres usually a lot
of people here but not [anymore], Nov
said.
Theyre scared [to come]. Theyre
not boycotting the store, he added.
According to Setha, student protest-
ers will today be divided into groups
to distribute leaflets across the capi-
tals markets further promoting the
boycott.
But concerns have been raised that if
plans go ahead to march to the markets,
as announced in a September 26 fun-
draising appeal signed by Setha, the
security forces could react violently.
Mao Pises, head of the Cambodian
Federation of Intellectuals and Stu-
dents and an activist for the Kam-
puchea Krom cause, said the govern-
ments response to marches in popular
markets such as Central, Russian or
ORussey would be far more heavy-
handed than their tolerant approach
at the embassy.
If the protests go to the market that
would be much more difficult, I think
the government would take violent
action, he said.
Ang Chanrith, executive director of
the Minority Rights Organization, said
that if the Vietnamese government
failed to find a way of appeasing the
demonstrators, Vietnamese across the
Kingdom could suffer.
The Vietnamese government needs
to think about this, otherwise it will
affect Vietnamese businessmen and
people, he said.
If there is not any solution, maybe
there will be violence, he added,
recalling the apparently racially moti-
vated mob killing of a Vietnamese-
Cambodian man in the capitals
Meanchey district in February.
Why not come to say something to
the protesters? Vietnam must find a
solution, he said. ADDITIONAL REPORTING
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A person wears stickers reading say no to Vietnam products and services yesterday in
Phnom Penh. VIREAKMAI
A monk spits on a Vietnamese ag as it burns in front of the Vietnamese Embassy during a protest yesterday in Phnom Penh. VIREAK MAI
Anti-Vietnam
protesters
urge boycott
Yuon used to burn
Chinese flags and Thais
used to burn
Cambodian ones
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Ministry slams Thai
army over shootings
Charles Rollet
THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs
has condemned the Thai mili-
tary for two separate shooting
incidents at the border that
left two Cambodians dead
and one injured within a
48-hour period.
The ministry stated that it
strongly protests the killing
of two suspected illegal loggers
by Thai soldiers on September
28. It also said that a gunre ex-
change that injured one Cam-
bodian and one Thai soldier
the next day gravely desecrates
the Cambodian territory.
The violence has led to re-
newed tensions between
Thailand and Cambodia over
its often-bloodied border.
This is a very tense moment
for both [Cambodia and Thai-
land], said Pou Sovachana,
research fellow at the Cambo-
dia Institute for Cooperation
and Peace.
The two countries have
made several diplomatic over-
tures to each other since a
military junta took over Thai-
land in May. Tensions, howev-
er, simmer below the surface
as Cambodians suspected
of sneaking into Thailand to
log rosewood continue to be
killed with impunity.
There are serious suspi-
cions held by many on both
sides of the border that Thai
security forces shoot rst and
ask questions later, but since
there is no credible investiga-
tion to nd out more, Thai-
land misses an opportunity to
clear its name, Human Rights
Watchs Asia director Phil Rob-
ertson said.
Calls to the Thai Foreign
Ministry and the Embassy of
Thailand in Phnom Penh went
unanswered.
Thailands Ministry of For-
eign Affairs has claimed that
no Cambodian loggers were
shot between January 1 and
September 2 of this year, de-
spite a report from the Cam-
bodian Ministry of Interior
that says 12 were killed in a
single day this March and 69
killed in 2013.
Ou Virak, chairman of the
Cambodian Center for Human
Rights, added that the King-
dom was itself far from blame-
less, because it pays scant at-
tention to its poorest and most
vulnerable those most likely
to join risky forays into Thai-
land to log luxury woods.
Theres never enough at-
tention paid to Cambodian
people unless theres money
involved.
P Vihear villagers reject offer
Sen David

T
HE provincial govern-
ment in Preah Vihear
is pushing ahead with
a compensation and
housing scheme for villagers
whose existing homes are in
the way of a cultural preserva-
tion area near the provinces
famous 11th-century temple.
But the villagers are reluctant
to accept the package, saying
the new location which is
partially inhabited by residents
who agreed to be relocated in
2009 is underdeveloped.
Chuch Phoeun, chairman
of the national Preah Vihear
temple authority, said that be-
cause the site was inscribed on
UNESCOs World Heritage list
in 2008, the government was
obliged to preserve the historic
grounds, which meant clear-
ing them of inhabitants.
It is the governments ob-
ligation to develop the area
around Preah Vihear to pro-
mote . . . conservation.
According to a statement
from the provincial authori-
ties, the affected families will
be relocated to the Samdech
Techo Eco-Village, about 10
kilometres from their homes
in Sra Em commune. They will
receive a new house, build-
ing materials, plots of farm-
land and cash compensation.
The offer, however, was not
suitable for 253 remaining
families, according to villager
Chan Sophea, 43.
Those new villages are
mined areas and are wild
[with] no infrastructure. We
still do not accept this, So-
phea said, reiterating the posi-
tion from 2011 when the same
plans were put forward.
Yon Sokun, 34, said the
homes of the families were not
in the way of the governments
plans like those of the previous
residents who moved in 2009,
and that the authority cheats
us to force us to move.
Om Mara, Preah Vihears
governor, said that infrastruc-
ture, such as a pagoda, streets,
a school and a health centre,
was waiting for the families.
All villagers, both in Svay
Chrom village and Ko Muoy
[area], are in the development
area, Mara said.
Residents from Ko Muoy
were relocated in 2009, but
these families are holding out.
The villagers in Ko Muoy
agreed to move but only 253
families in the Svay Chrom vil-
lage in Sra Em commune still do
not agree to move, he said.
People sit along ruins at Preah Vihear temple last year. The provincial government is planning the relocation
of residents to make way for cultural preservation around the temple complex. SCOTT HOWES
Laignee Barron and Taing Vida

D
ISSATISFIED with
recent minimal
wage hikes, teach-
ers gathered in
the capital yesterday to mark
World Teachers Day with a
long reiterated demand: sala-
ries commensurate with living
expenses.
The teachers petition-
delivering march was met by
hundreds of armed police-
men blocking off the prime
ministers house and the Min-
istry of Education, though
emissaries from the group
were permitted to submit the
document to both locations.
The protesters repeated their
plea for $250 a month through
loud speakers and chants in
Wat Botum Park.
I cannot afford to live on a
teachers wage. If I did not also
work as a moto driver my fam-
ily would not survive; there
would not be enough money
for us to eat, said Doung
Socheattra, a Kampong Chh-
nang High School math
teacher who earns 500,000 riel
(about $125) per month and
2,600 riel (about $0.60) per ex-
tra hour taught.
More than two-thirds of the
nations public school teachers
have to take on a second job to
pay their bills, an independent
study last year found. As a re-
sult, many have to skip classes,
mark papers late or cut lesson
planning short.
About 20 per cent of my
classes I have to miss so that I
can work in the market. Its not
good for the students, but what
choice do I have? said Tea
Chumrath, a lower secondary
school teacher in Pursat.
Chumrath, whose husband
is also a teacher, said she has
to borrow $500 from the bank
every year in order to feed,
clothe and send her own ve
kids to school.
Every year we ask for a bet-
ter salary and usually [the Ed-
ucation Ministry] says theres
not enough budget, she said.
Education spending is set to
increase from 16 to 20 per cent
of the national budget next
year, but teachers yesterday
said the corresponding raises
announced last month are still
too little.
In the upcoming school year,
teachers will make between
550,000 riel (about $138) and
800,000 riel (about $200) de-
pending on their experience
level and what grades they
teach. Further raises for all
civil servants are expected to
be announced in December,
according to the education
minister.
National
6
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Theres no use crying,
fighting over spilt beer
A DRUNKEN argument over
spilled beer led two intoxicated
youngsters to take out their
anger on a local farmer in Kan-
dal provinces Ang Snuol dis-
trict yesterday. One of the two
attackers knocked over the
farmers drink, shattering the
glass. After the 22-year-old
farmer took offence, the two
suspects allegedly beat him
senseless, stabbing him in the
head with their moto key, police
said. The attackers made a
quick getaway, while the victim
was admitted to hospital with
serious injuries. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Gambler goes bust,
gets busted after theft
A GAMBLER rolled the dice with
his friendships when he alleg-
edly stole two of his friends
motorbikes and pawned them
for $2,000, which he then swiftly
lost at a gambling den in
Phnom Penhs Meanchey dis-
trict on Friday. After one of his
friends called him to meet so
she could buy the bike back,
police arrived to cuff the hap-
less addict. The suspect con-
fessed and was put in the cus-
tody of the court. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Mob defends motodop,
gives suspect beatdown
TWO alleged thieves messed
with the wrong motodop on
Saturday, leading to a predicta-
bly violent backlash from the
locals. One of the suspects, a
29-year-old garment worker,
was caught by a mob after he
and his friend pushed the
motodop off his bike and tried
to make a getaway. His friend
managed to evade the wrath of
the mob, but the garment
worker was beaten within an
inch of his life before police
intervened to calm the crowd
down. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Kampong Cham ex-cons
lapse into recidivism
THREE years in jail was not
quite long enough for two sus-
pected thieves in Kampong
Cham provinces Kampong
Siem district. Having already
served between two and three
years in the provincial prison
for drug dealing and theft, the
two men, aged 20 and 35,
struggled to find work and
allegedly resorted to stealing
motos once more on Friday.
Police found the pair holed up
in a rented apartment on Sat-
urday after a moto was report-
ed stolen. The men confessed,
police said, and were sent to
court. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Loose-lipped customer
sells out alleged dealer
A DEALER in Battambang
town on Friday got nicked
with several packages of
meth after the cops got wise
to the womans small-time
operation. The 30-year-old
said she could not find a job,
and sold drugs to make ends
meet. Her husband is also in
jail for drug dealing, accord-
ing to police. Military police
were led to the alleged dealer
by one of her customers.
Both were sent to court to
await sentencing. NOKORWAT
Translated by Phak Seangly
POLICE
BLOTTER
Tip and car
chase lead
to 6 arrests
Phak Seangly
SIX people were arrested and
sent to the Siem Reap Provincial
Court in two separate cases yes-
terday on suspicion of illegally
transporting more than 1,300
kilograms of high-grade rose-
wood to Vietnam, deputy pro-
vincial military police com-
mander Srey Yora said.
According to Yora, military
police stopped a car in Siem
Reaps Varin district that was
travelling from Oddar Meanchey
to Kampong Cham province on
Saturday afternoon.
After receiving a tip, we inter-
cepted the car and found 87
pieces of rosewood that
[weighed] 905 kilograms, and
arrested five in the car, Yora
said, naming Nhem Soeurn, 31;
Ly Ny, 30; Pak Kol, 47; Soy Siha,
28; and Sou Pheakdey, 28, as the
suspects.
On the same day, Siem Reap
authorities chased down a Toy-
ota carrying 40 pieces of rose-
wood and arrested the driver,
22-year-old Son Bunrith, said
Tea Kimsoth, director of Siem
Reaps Forestry Administration.
All the rosewood and the peo-
ple involved were sent to the
court, he said.
Slippery getaway
Man evades
capture in
snake bust

P
OLICE in Banteay
Meanchey conscated
about 40 snakes, including
endangered cobras, from a truck
on Saturday but failed to arrest
the man driving the truck, who
ed the scene.
After being told of the trucks
cargo by an informant, provincial
anti-economic crime ofcers
intercepted the vehicle in Banteay
Meancheys Sisophon town, Chab
Sopharith, provincial director of
the anti-economic crime unit, said
yesterday.
The middleman put the snakes
and cobras in a plastic bag, so we
did not dare to unpack the bag,
but we have handed it to the for-
est warden, Sopharith said.
The suspect ed the scene,
but police found a paratrooper
uniform with a badge in the truck.
Police are searching for the
suspect.
The informant told police he
believed the reptiles came from
the provinces Thma Puok district.
Authorities yesterday were
unclear of the suspects intended
destination.
Provincial Forestry Administra-
tion chief Chea Phally yesterday
said the snakes would be handed
to an NGO. KIMSAROM
People hold banners and signs as they march past Wat Botum yester-
day in Phnom Penh during a demonstration as part of World Teachers
Day. VIREAK MAI
Pay too low: teachers
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Business
Rice gures
disappoint
industry
gurehead
Chan Muyhong
THE latest rice export figures
have disappointed industry
representatives with a lower-
than-expected increase over
the first nine months.
A report from the Cambo-
dian Ministry of Agriculture
published Saturday shows
that from January to Septem-
ber, the Kingdom exported
about 270,000 tonnes of rice,
up 1.2 per cent from the same
nine-month period last
year.
Sok Puthyvuth, president of
the Cambodian Rice Federa-
tion, said the figure represents
only a slight improvement on
last year but that Thailands
stockpile selloff in late 2013
had impacted the market.
We expected a much better
number earlier this year, but
then we faced the overloaded
global rice market, so I expect
to see pretty much the same
growth as last year, he said.
During the nine-month peri-
od, September showed the
largest year-on-year jump,
with exports rising 20 per
cent.
Kim Savuth, president of
Khmer Food Company, one
the countrys biggest rice
exporters, said demand from
China and Malaysia had
driven up sales during Sep-
tember.
Orders from the EU coun-
tries remain pretty stable while
these two countries increased
their order, Savuth said.
Citing a recent import agree-
ment between the Cambodian
government and the state-
owned China National Cerials,
Oils and Foodstuffs Corpora-
tion last month, Savuth said
the Kingdoms rice industry
now relies heavily on Chinese
purchase orders.
Credit to hit $30B by 20: MSP
Eddie Morton

C
AMBODIAS outstanding
credit balances could more
than triple in size over the
next six years, according to a
report published by investment rm
Mekong Strategic Partners (MSP).
Driven by a nominal GDP growth
outlook of 11 per cent and contin-
ued nancial deepening the rising
number of people gaining access to
banking products and nance MSP
predicts that Cambodias outstanding
credit balances could swell to $30 bil-
lion by 2020, up from $8.5 billion at the
end of 2013.
Based on the level of GDP growth
and nancial deepening, we believe
that credit growth is likely to average at
least 15 per cent, and up to 20 per cent
out to 2020, the report states.
MSPs assessment of Cambodias
credit demands comes a month after
the Credit Bureau of Cambodia (CBC)
published their rst ever outlook. Tak-
ing into account only consumer credit
demands such as small loans the
CBC estimated outstanding credit bal-
ances to reach $14 billion by 2020, up
from a reported $5.7 billion in 2013.
However MSP says the CBCs assess-
ment was simply too low.
The CBCs credit growth estimate
was for consumer credit, and was
based on a linear function with credit
growing at just under $1.4 billion each
year. Credit growth however is expo-
nential, and to grow from $5.0 to $14.7
billion would imply annual growth of
16.6 per cent per annum, the MSP re-
port reads.
MSP warned that Cambodias com-
mercial banks will need to step-up
stafng and capital requirements if
they want to remain relevant by the
year 2020.
The National Bank of Cambodia
[NBC] will need to consider increasing
minimum capital, potentially to $75
million. Ideally this decision would be
made prior to 2017 if not earlier, with a
transition period to ensure banks have
adequate time to reach the new mini-
mum prior to 2020.
Currently, commercial banks in Cam-
bodia are required to have a minimum
of $37.5 million to operate.
MSP also called on the NBC to intro-
duce a loan-to-deposit ratio cap, po-
tentially limiting the amount of credit
banks can issue while also maintaining
healthy savings and deposits levels.
Grant Knuckey, CEO of ANZ Royal,
said while MSPs prediction is certainly
possible, it would pose signicant risks
for Cambodias still volatile economy.
You have to put the number in con-
text $30 billion of credit would equate
to approximately 120 to 130 per cent of
GDP by 2020, Knuckey told the Post
via email yesterday.
That level of debt would be very un-
healthy in a developing market, and
extremely risky. The better question
therefore, is whether there is any pru-
dential curb to prevent that happening
the unfortunate truth at this point is
that there really isnt, other than capital
adequacy levels at banks.
In Channy, CEO of Acleda Bank, is
doubtful about MSPs estimates, say-
ing outstanding credit balances are
more likely to reach $20 billion by 2020
still higher than the CBCs estimates
while also remaining below the coun-
trys GDP output.
This is certainly a warning sign
as Cambodia cannot sustain credit
growth that is higher than its gross
domestic product and output. We do
not have the diversified economy, or
diverse financial products to sup-
port such profound growth, Chan-
ny said.
Channy said the NBC would rst
need to permit interbank credit, allow-
ing commercial banks to transfer funds
between themselves quickly and at low
interest to support credit expansion or
sudden bank runs by clients.
But Cambodias future appetite for
credit may hinge on a much more
deep-seeded issue that is, the mis-
trust for the Cambodian riel and de-
pendency on the US dollar, which now
accounts for 85 per cent of Cambodias
economy. According to Jayan Menon,
lead economist at the Asian Develop-
ment Bank (ADB), the dependency on
the dollar is likely to hinder the rate of
nancial deepening in Cambodia.
Projecting long-term credit growth
must also address the dollarization is-
sue [and] it is unlikely that Cambodia
will be de-dollarised by 2020, Menon
said. Financial deepening will be
constrained by dollarization, leav-
ing the share of the unbanked higher
than it would otherwise be. Therefore,
credit growth is unlikely to be as high
as it is in countries where citizens
willingly hold the currency the gov-
ernment prints.
But Stephen Higgins, managing part-
ner of MSP and co-author of the report,
said he believed GDP will be well over $30
billion by 2020 on a nominal basis.
And the only way Credit to GDP
could be 120 -130 per cent would be if
nominal GDP growth fell to 6-7 per cent
(meaning that real GDP growth would
be around 2 per cent -3 percent). And
the Cambodian economy is starting to
diversify. While the garment sector is
important, were seeing more sophis-
ticated manufacturing coming in from
the likes of Minebea, and also a more
vibrant services sector with things like
Aeon Mall opening.
The National Bank of Cambodia did
not respond to the Posts requests for
comment.
A man checks his credit balance after withdrawing money at an ATM in Phnom Penh late last year. Cambodias outstanding credit bal-
ances could reach $30 billion by 2020. HONG MENEA
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$2.8 billion pumped into
Thai eco-car production
THAILANDS Board of
Investment (BoI) has approved
investment applications worth
nearly 90 billion baht ($2.8
billion), mainly for companies
making environmentally
friendly cars or involved in
renewable energy. The
investment is mainly for 18
large projects, with six worth a
combined 52.7 billion baht
slated for the second phase of
the eco-car scheme. Ford
Thailand will spend 18.2 billion
baht to make environmentally
friendly cars, with annual
production capacity of 180,000
vehicles and 2,000 engines.
BANGKOK POST
Hon Hai eyes expansion,
10,000 new engineers
TAIWAN tech giant Hon Hai
plans to boost its research and
development capabilities at its
headquarters, with founder
Terry Gou saying up to 5,000
engineers will be hired in two
years. Gou on Saturday
unveiled his vision outside
Taipei city, saying: We plan to
increase the number of
engineers by 5,000 in two years
and by 10,000 in five years.
Hon Hai, the parent company
of Foxconn in China, is the
worlds largest computer
components manufacturer and
assembles products for Apple
including the iPhone as
well as Sony and Nokia. AFP
Business
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Mekong River Commission
The role of MRC is to promote and coordinate sustainable management and development of water and related resources for
the countries mutual benet and the peoples well-being
MRC Secretariat is now recruiting a highly qualied candidate for the position of
Database Manager
Division/Section
Level
Work location
Contract type/ Duration
:
:
:
:
Information and Knowledge
Management Programme,
Technical Support Division
M-11
MRC Secretariat in Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Fixed-term Appointment / One year
contract renewal
Key Responsibilities:
Maintain and update MRCS- Information System databases, including
relational databases, geospatial, and hydromet data;
Manage and support systems: le & disk storages, access permissions,
operating systems - Windows & Linux, backups & recovery, servers,
networking, etc;
Manage Internet Portal, MekongInfo and Community sites;
Maintain and support GIS and Remote sensing systems including
ArcSDE, ArcIMS, ArcGIS, ERDAS, Ecognition, software and licenses;
Assist and support in database and web developments;
Support in establishment, implementation and update of MRCS-IS;
Procurement of IT equipment and inventory;
Make scripts for backup, le transfer, etc;
Assist in Training and Capacity building related to NIS, MRC-IS, web
portal, master catalogue and database related activities to MRC
programmes, NMCs and national Line agencies;
Support the establishment and maintenance of the National Information
System (NIS);
Support to the IKMP and other related programme on new application
development by using difference programming languages;
Keep update and improve the statistical tools and report for monitoring
of the MRC data portal, Mekong info and community site operation;
Development of different technical manual including for developer and
user of the MRC-IS;
Assist in publication of database related works;
Assist in data request, delivery and license agreement with users;
Facilitate and technical services provision to different MRC porgrammes
and member countries on database and IT related tasks;
Develop and maintain near real-time monitoring and early warning
system under IKMP;
Any other IT and Informatics related tasks.
Qualications/Requirements:
An advanced degree in IT, Informatics or similar, with at least ten
years of experience in system management, database design and
web application development, system supports and administrations in
Windows 2008/2003 and Linux CentOS servers, and ArcGIS/ArcSDE
license servers;
Strong Experience in construction and use of Relational databases;
Strong Experience in Web applications construction and maintenance;
Strong Experience in HTML, SQL, Java or other programming
languages;
Knowledge about data Quality Assurance / Quality Control Procedures;
Knowledge of Metadata standards like ISO19115/139, FGDC or Dublin
Core;
Knowledge on web map services and data portal development;
Experience in operating system development in the different IT
infrastructure and environments;
Good technical management, coordination and capacity building skills;
Knowledge about project management;
Knowledge about procurement;
Working familiarity within the Mekong region is preferred.
The Job Description and other information can be obtained from the MRC
website http://www.mrcmekong.org/working-with-mrc/mployment. Qualied female
candidates are encouraged to apply. Only short-listed candidates will be
notied.
Closing date for applications: 14 October 2014
Application procedures:
Only nationals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand and Vietnam are eligible to
apply. The application should include (i) a cover letter outlining clearly how the
candidate meets the requirements of the position, (ii) a detailed CV, and (iii) MRC
Personal History Form. The position title and section/division must be indicated
in the cover letter.
The application should be sent to the National Mekong Committee in the
applicants home country:
Cambodia National Mekong
Committee
P.O.Box 623, 364 Monivong Blvd.,
Sangkat Phsar Doerm Thkouv,
Khan Chamkar Mon, Phnom Penh,
Cambodia
Tel. (855-23) 216 514
Fax. (855-23) 218 506
E-mail: cnmcs@cnmc.gov.kh or
khom.sk@gmail.com
Lao National Mekong Committee
Khunbulom Road, Chantabouly
District, Vientiane, Lao PDR.
Tel. (856-21) 260 983 Fax. (856-
21) 260 984
E-mail: lnmcs@monre.gov.la
Thai National Mekong Committee
Department of Water Resources
180/3 Rama 6 Road, Soi Phibul
Watana Building
Phayathai, Bangkok 10400 Thailand
Tel. (66-2) 271 6165, 271 6620
Fax. (66-2) 298 6605
E-mail: tnmc@dwr.mail.go.th
Viet Nam National Mekong
Committee
23 Hang Tre, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
Tel. (84-4) 825 4785
Fax. (84-4) 825 6929
E-mail: vnmc.personnel@gmail.com
THEYRE not just
for sharing any
more: Facebook
and Twitter are
now looking to
play a bigger role in shopping.
Both major social networks
have unveiled plans to start
using buy buttons on their
sites, which could start having
an impact on social shopping
in the coming holiday season.
The idea of using social
networks such as Facebook
to promote e-commerce has
been around for some time,
but so far has failed to deliver
much. Facebook had some
short-lived programs for digi-
tal gifts and other programs
selling virtual goods via Face-
book games.
Social commerce, stem-
ming from reviews or refer-
rals from social networks, is
expected to hit $15 billion
by 2015, according to the re-
search rm Invesp.
Some analysts see a natural
connection between social
networks and shopping, since
users often discuss products
and brands in the messages.
Sharing is a fairly reliable
indicator of what people are
going to buy, says Andy Ste-
vens, head of strategy and
research for Share This, a
company which produces a
sharing button for
websites and anal-
yses social media
trends.
A study by Share
This found that among Mil-
lennials born in the 1980s or
1990s, 55 per cent will click on
content shared by their peers,
and often use these social me-
dia recommendations to de-
cide what to buy.
People are waking up to the
possibility that regular custom-
ers are using social networks
as part of the decision-making
process, Stevens said.
Until recently, social media
marketing has been mainly
about softer strategies such
as brand awareness, which are
difcult to measure.
A survey last month by mar-
keting rm DigitasLBi found
just 5 per cent of Americans
have made a purchase on a so-
cial media site, but that 20 per
cent would consider doing so.
DigitasLBi chief executive
Tony Weisman said that the
amount spent on social shop-
ping could hit $56 billion if 20
per cent of Americans par-
ticipate. But he noted that
concerns holding back social
commerce include security
around nancial data, privacy,
and a seamless buying pro-
cess. AFP
#BuyThis: Social media
intros social shopping
Sonys hi-res hopes
A
QUARTER of a cen-
tury after the Walk-
man made music
portable and turned
Sony into a household name
around the world, the compa-
ny is hoping to set the agenda
again with high-res audio.
The Japanese tech giant,
which recently warned it was
expecting a $2.14 billion an-
nual loss this year, is betting
that music of superior quality
to compact discs is about to
leave the niche world of au-
diophiles and go mainstream.
Its exactly one year since
we put the rst high-resolu-
tion audio players on the mar-
ket and they have been very
popular, Sonys head of audio
Ichiro Takagi said last week.
Now the rm wants to push
the accelerator on the high-res
product line, he said.
Audio purists have long com-
plained that digitised music
has to be compressed so much
to t into the standard mp3 le
format that it sounds far re-
moved from how the musician
or studio engineer intended.
A lot of data is lost in the
compression, especially when
compared with analogue
formats like the vinyl record
which is enjoying a revival
despite the ubiquity of music
on smartphones.
In contrast, high-res digi-
tal music has a sampling fre-
quency the amount of times
every second that the data is
encoded around four times
that of a CD.
This means that more musi-
cal detail is captured, resulting
in a far richer sound provid-
ed the player is able to handle
the higher quality, which most
smartphones today cannot.
Its closer to the original re-
cording and technically supe-
rior to a CD, Sony audio devel-
oper Masanori Sugiyama said.
High-res audio products
may have only been available
in Japan for one year, but they
already account for over a fth
of Sonys audio sales in Japan,
the company says.
It wants to increase this gure
to 30 per cent by next spring.
Sonys worldwide audio and
video sales totalled 400 bil-
lion ($3.9 billion) last year. It is
aiming for 20 per cent of global
audio sales to come from high-
res products in a few years.
And the company believes
there is no shortage in Japan
of customers prepared to shell
out 75,000 ($700) for a top-
of-the-range NW-ZX1 Walk-
man. AFP
Sonys portable A-series Walkman is designed to play CD-quality
hi-res audio a technology the electronics giant is banking on. AFP
FACEBOOK STEPS UP WAR
AGAINST FAKE LIKES
F
ACEBOOK said it has
stepped up its battle
against spammers who
promise to deliver likes to
its members, and warned
users on using such scams.
The worlds most popular
social network said that to
date, it had obtained legal
judgments of nearly $2 billion
against fraudulent activities. It
was not clear how much of
that was actually collected
Facebooks moves appeared
to counter concerns that
users including politicians
and companies selling
products are buying likes
to make them appear more
popular. And it is targeting a
cottage industry which seeks
to deliver these results to
Facebook members, often
promising 10,000 likes or
more for a fee.
Site integrity engineer Matt
Jones said that Facebook if
necessary takes spammers
to court to remind would-be
offenders that we will fight
back to prevent abuse on our
platform. AFP
Bernankes blues
Former Fed
chief cant
renance
B
EN Bernanke has said
the mortgage market is
so tight that even he is
having a hard time renancing
his own home loan.
The former Federal Reserve
chairman, speaking at a
conference in Chicago, told
moderator Mark Zandi of
Moodys Analytics just be-
tween the two of us that I
recently tried to renance my
mortgage and I was unsuc-
cessful in doing so.
When the audience laughed,
Bernanke said, Im not mak-
ing that up.
I think its entirely possible
that lenders may have gone
a little bit too far on mortgage
credit conditions, he said.
Bernanke said that the
market for rst-time home
buyer was not what it should
be as the economy in gen-
eral strengthens.
The housing area is one
area where regulation has
not yet got it right, Bernanke
said. I think the tightness of
mortgage credit, lending is
still probably excessive.
Bernanke has already
renanced twice, according to
land records. BLOOMBERG
Stefan Nicola

I
N GERMANY, home of
Oktoberfest and a ve-
century-old brewing law,
beer consumption has
been on an unstoppable de-
cline, prompting Europes big-
gest producer of the beverage
to turn to an unlikely place for
help: the United States.
Oliver Lemke has been mak-
ing trips to the US learning how
craft brewers grabbed a sizable
portion of the nations market.
Lemke, who says his American
counterparts have taught him
to be bolder and experiment
with new categories, is now
expanding his Berlin brewery
as the trend reaches Germany,
where the number of micro
breweries has increased by
more than 30 per cent since
2005 to about 670.
We Germans were con-
vinced were making the
worlds best beer but mean-
while, beer diversity suffered,
Lemke said. Craft brewing is a
lucrative and interesting niche
and it was a mistake not to do
it earlier.
Germany, home to the
worlds oldest active brewery
started by Bavarian monks a
thousand years ago, is syn-
onymous with beer and the
countrys 8 billion ($10 bil-
lion) industry.
Yet consumption and out-
put in Germany has declined
for the past seven years.
In response, German brew-
eries are looking to put the
buzz back in beer by follow-
ing the lead of the US, where
Boston Beer Co Inc, which
sells the Samuel Adams brand,
was one of the instigators of a
craft beer boom that started in
the late 1970s and picked up
steam in the past ve years.
Craft brewers accounted for
14 per cent of the $100 billion
US market last year, according
to the Brewers Association, an
industry group based in Boul-
der, Colorado.
In Germany, craft beers
have been long absent from
the market thats dominated
by pilseners until now.
Craft beers are a new trend
in Germany that is growing
rapidly, said Elisabeth Meyer-
Renschhausen, a sociology
professor at Berlins Free Uni-
versity who specialises in the
history of eating and drinking.
Its highly popular especially
with young urban consumers
who value the local footprint
of these products.
One reason Germany has
been slow to embrace some-
thing thats well-established
elsewhere may be the coun-
trys Reinheitsgebot, or pu-
rity law, drafted in 1516. To
this day, a brewer cant call his
product beer if he doesnt ad-
here to it.
While foreign producers
can add ingredients such as
rice or sugar, Germans must
make beer with just four items:
malted barley, hops, water and
yeast. Most craft brewers in
Germany, including Lemke,
produce their drinks after the
purity law.
With a wider choice of
other beverages to buy, beer
has lost some of its status.
The average German drinks
about 107 litres (28.3 gal-
lons) of beer a year, down
from more than 140 litres in
1991, according to the Barth
Group. That puts the country
third in the world, after the
Czech Republic and Austria.
Americans drink about 75
litres a year.
Gaining traction with craft
beer may still be an uphill
struggle. Micro breweries
produce just 1 per cent of
German output, according
to DBB, the German brewers
association. BLOOMBERG
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Business
Career Opportunities in Sihanoukville
Applications are sought fromcustomer orientated and motivated individuals who would like a career with one of the
worlds packaging leaders, CROWN Beverage Cans Sihanoukville Limited. Part of CROWN Asia operations, we are a
manufacturing plant producing aluminumbeverage cans & ends in Cambodia.
In this regard we are looking for candidates of suitable caliber to join us and to build a local teamthat will provide world-class
products and service to our international customer base. Qualied candidates are invited to apply for the following positions.
Sales/Planning Manager 1. Sihanoukville
Main duties:
Monthly, weekly and daily capacity planning
Review and approval of new label designs
Generate production work order to the production
department based on sales forecast and customer;
Handle customer complaints, customer satisfaction
surveys and monthly customer meetings
Handle sales orders
Obtain customer conrmation on packaging statements
Periodic customer site visits and reports
Actively participate and support improvement programs
Requirements:
Degree in Business Administration or Marketing
Major
5 years sales experience with proven track record
with multinational company
Good command of Khmer & English, both written
& spoken (Chinese is as advantage)
Strong knowledge of sales planning and costing
preferably in beverage industry
Some technical knowledge for production process
and quality assurance
Good communication skills and analytical skills
Quality Assurance (QA) Manager 2. Sihanoukville
Main duties:
Lead QA teamto promote plant quality system;
Establish and maintain QA and facility to meet
customer requirements;
Monitor and control can manufacture processes to
meet required specications;
Administer CAR system for internal rejection of nished
products including cans and ends;
Support and facilitate customer on-line proong for new
design approval;
Conduct regular process audits to ensure compliance
with quality procedures;
Update specications/parameters in SPC network
programproperly.
Requirements:
5 years technical bias course
Minimum 3 years experience in management /
supervisory role
Good knowledge in ISO System, i.e. sampling
theory and quality control
Good technical knowledge in manufacturing
Good computer skill in compiling reports and
presentations
Good written and spoken English
Self motivated teamplayer
Logistics/Purchasing Ofcer 3. Sihanoukville
Main duties:
Handle local purchases and overseas sourcing of
spare parts
Track & coordinate with the suppliers & transporters to
ensure the shipment arrives on schedule.
Monitor and analysis stock of materials
Responsible for the preparation and process purchase
orders and documents in accordance to the company
policies and procedure
Maintain an updated record of purchasing data in the
system.
Prepare monthly consignment report and conrm to
supplier.
Requirements:
Degree/Diploma in accounting, business
administration or/and related elds
Minimum3 years experience in procurement,
logistics/ shipping management in manufacturing
industry
Conscientious, highly motivated with good initiative
Familiar with SUN and/or other accounting systems
Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Ability to work well in a teamenvironment
Warehouse Group Leader 4. Sihanoukville
Main duties:
Assist Warehouse Supervisor in supervising
warehouses activities
Properly organize warehouse to ensure all materials
are readily accessible, countable and identiable
Ensure that delivery pallet tickets be posted into
systemtimely and properly
Coordinate with transportation contractors to ensure
the timely and efcient dispatch of nished goods
Requirements:
Degree in accounting or related eld
1-2 year experience in warehouse handling with
industrial or manufacturing environment
Good command of Khmer & English, both written
& spoken
Able to drive Forklift and do logistic planning
Able to work under pressure and meet deadlines
Computer literacy
Interested applicants meeting the above requirements should submittheir resume with cover letter specifying the applied position
no later than 20 October 2014 to the following address. Applications are encouraged to applythru belowaddress or email.
Email: A. HR-Cambodia@crowncork.com.sg
CROWN Beverage Cans Sihanoukville Limited B.
National 4, Phum1, Sangkat 1, Sihanoukville,
CROWN Beverage Cans (Cambodia) Limited C.
Veng Sreng Road, Sangkat ChoamChau, Khan
Posenchey Phnom Penh
NOTE: For applicant who is currently working or staying in Phnom Penh, please submit your applications to CROWN
Phnom Penh (address C above) and interviews can be also conducted at CROWN Plant in Phnom Penh.
German beer goes American
German brewers hope to make up for falling beer sales with new varieties of craft beer. BLOOMBERG
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Fixed Deposit Interest Rates
Cambodian
Financial Institutions
On Deposits
3 Months 6 Months 12 Months
Asof SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 USD RIEL USD RIEL USD RIEL
PRASAC 5.50% 6.50% 6.50% 7.50% 8.00% 9.75%
ABA Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
ACLEDA Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.75% 6.00% 5.00% 7.00%
ANZ Royal Bank 1.35% 3.50% 2.50% 4.00% 3.50% 5.50%
Bank of India 2.25% N/A 3.00% N/A 4.00% N/A
Cambodia Asia Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
Cambodia Mekong Bank 2.75% N/A 3.25% N/A 3.50% N/A
Cambodian Public Bank 1.75% N/A 2.75% N/A 3.50% N/A
Canadia Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.50% 6.00% 4.75% 7.00%
Maybank 2.25% N/A 3.25% N/A 4.25% N/A
MARUHAN Japan Bank 2.00% 2.00% 3.00% 3.00% 4.50% 4.50%
RHB Indochina Bank 2.75% 4.00% 3.50% 5.00% 4.75% 6.00%
SBC Bank 3.00% N/A 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A
Union Commercial Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
THE World Banks staff associ-
ation has called for a meeting
with President Jim Yong Kim
citing a climate of fear and
confusion and unhappiness
over bonuses granted to select
top ofcials.
Kim has issued a public
meeting for this morning to
address the concerns fol-
lowing a staff association
memo asking him to discuss
issues related to reforms he
has instituted since becom-
ing the bank president two
years ago.
The internal memo, ob-
tained by AFP on Friday, was
circulated ahead of an annual
gathering of bank members
and staff in Washington DC
next week.
The text cited major frus-
tration over bonuses to se-
nior management leading the
cost-cutting exercise current-
ly underway [and] insufcient
budgets to deliver projects.
It also pointed to a lack of
communications from man-
agement on the global prac-
tices moving forward, and
the overall climate of fear and
confusion that is permeating
the corridors.
The association, repre-
senting a workforce of about
10,000, requested a townhall
meeting with Kim in order
to convey staff frustrations
and confusion to him directly
without lter.
Staff need to see and hear
from President Kim now
and have their concerns ad-
dressed, it added.
The poverty-ghting insti-
tution has been riled by news
that, despite Kims efforts to
cut spending, certain senior
ofcials have received gener-
ous bonuses.
A key gure involved in the
Bank restructuring, chief -
nancial ofcer Bertrand Ba-
dre, received a $94,000 bonus
for scal year 2014, in addi-
tion to his net annual salary of
about $380,000.
A source close to the bank
told AFP that Badre was also
granted an initial premium of
nearly $95,000, paid in install-
ments, when he was recruited
in March 2013.
However, the bank said the
sum hadnt appeared in its
last nancial report because
recruitment premiums have
never been included in the
disclosure for any member of
executive management.
After an anonymous yer on
the issue circulated earlier this
week, about 200 staff assem-
bled in the main hall of World
Bank headquarters in Wash-
ington on Thursday, accord-
ing to the staff association.
Kim, who was nominat-
ed by US President Barack
Obama, launched a sweep-
ing reorganisation aimed at
cutting $5 billion in annual
expenditures by $400 million
over three years, including
possible staff cuts.
The reorganisation also
comes as the World Bank faces
a challenge to serving develop-
ing country clients from the
new development-focused
BRICS bank being launched
by Brazil, Russia, China, India
and South Africa. AFP
World Bank staff press
Kim over allegations
of selective bonuses
Thailand to retake rice crown
Amelie Bottollier-Depois

T
WO years after los-
ing its place as the
worlds biggest rice
exporter, Thailand is
eyeing a return to the top spot
as the impact of a bungled
subsidy scheme eases and it
sells cheaper grain to a grate-
ful global market.
The subsidy, which offered
farmers up to 50 per cent
above market rates for their
rice, helped former premier
Yingluck Shinawatra win the
rural votes she needed to take
ofce in 2011.
But it also sent tremors
through the world market be-
fore spectacularly unravelling,
leaving Thailand with around
18 million tonnes of over-
priced rice and Yingluck skew-
ered by a corruption charge.
Thailand was pushed off
the top spot by India in 2012,
as buyers hit back at the
countrys attempt to fund
the costly subsidy by driv-
ing up global prices through
grain hoarding.
India and Vietnam moved
swiftly to gobble up Thailands
crumbling market share, with
the Indian government rapidly
releasing more of their own
rice for export.
Thailands junta, which
seized power in May, ended
the rice scheme soon after the
coup and is ogging stockpiles
to soften the price of Thai rice
to around $450 a tonne com-
parable to India and Vietnam.
Many now predict that the
kingdoms industry is again set
to surge.
Im sure we can get back
our world title this year, said
Chookiat Ophaswongse, hon-
orary president of the Thai
Rice Exporters Association.
From January until Sep-
tember 2, the kingdom sold
7 million tonnes of the grain
already more than for the
whole of 2013 according
to Chookiat.
It should sell 10 million
tonnes by the end of the year,
as experts call for farmers to
focus on producing higher
quality strains of rice.
Darren Cooper, senior
economist at the London-
based International Grains
Council, said it is quite pos-
sible [Thailand] could edge
out India in 2014, explain-
ing the kingdom has already
begun to reclaim portions of
the key African market it lost
such as Nigeria, Ivory Coast
and Ghana.
The real story will be next
year when I think Thailand
will be easily the world biggest
exporter, he said.
Much also depends on In-
dia, Cooper added, after New
Delhi ooded lower premium
rice to the export market to
offset the retreat of the Thai
grain and avert a feared global
food crisis.
Thailands military rulers are
talking tough on the kingdoms
subsidy culture, including rice
and other major exports such
as rubber.
They have paid most of the
farmers, hundreds of whom
took to the streets, after they
were left out of pocket as banks
refused to lend cash to Ying-
lucks stricken administration
to keep the scheme going.
But to wean farmers off
handouts they are focus-
ing on lowering production
costs, including fertilisers and
machinery.
The junta has requested the
co-operation of suppliers to
cut costs, said Paitoon Urai-
rong, deputy director general
of the rice department at the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives.
It is a request companies
have agreed to do, he said,
emphasising the need for
farmers to grow premium rice
rather than the lower quality
grains of the last few years.
While the loss of large state
handouts is upsetting farmers,
some experts say greater ef-
ciency is to be welcomed.
Its much healthier to as-
sist farmers by providing in-
put subsidies like seeds and
other agricultural input, said
Hiroyuki Konuma, regional
representative for Asia and the
Pacic for the UN Food and
Agriculture Organization.
Hiroyuki also lauded a shift
towards grains with higher
market prices such as jasmine
and organic rice.
Critics pilloried Yinglucks
agship rice policy for damag-
ing Thailands biggest export
by paying farmers for large
harvests irrespective of the
quality of their product.
To the protesters who occu-
pied Bangkoks streets for the
months in the run-up to Mays
coup, the policy was a cynical
act of populism which tapped
state nances purely to shore
up Yinglucks rural base in the
north and northeast.
Yingluck was found guilty of
negligence linked to the scheme
and now could face impeach-
ment proceedings that may see
her banned from politics.
But she denies wrongdo-
ing and insists the policy was
a well-intentioned attempt to
raise the income of Thailands
rural poor that was scuppered
by her political rivals.
Now, the juntas stance
on subsidy is sending jitters
across the countryside.
The proposal to slash pro-
duction costs is not enough,
says Prasit Boonchoei, presi-
dent of the Rice Farmers As-
sociation. According to him,
farmers need to invest an
average of 6,500 baht ($200)
per rai (1,600 square metres)
to produce 800 kilograms
of rice.
That harvest is worth be-
tween 7,000 to 8,000 baht, well
below a decent 10,000 baht re-
turn, he explains.
This week the junta offered
one-off cash payments of
around 1,000 baht per rai to
ease farmers woes, but the
maximum payment of 15,000
baht falls well short of the
guaranteed income from the
rice subsidy.
From his farm in Nakhon
Pathom province, near Bang-
kok, Praneet Pinthin says the
end of the subsidy has forced
to him to withdraw his $4,600
savings to cover rising costs.
It has all gone, he told AFP,
adding he was now in debt
which the new payout will not
ease. AFP
Thailand hopes to beat India as the worlds largest rice exporter, a position it lost in 2012. AFP
World Bank President Jim Yong
Kim is under re. BLOOMBERG
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World
HK citizens
divided as
deadline to
clear looms
PRO-DEMOCRACY demon-
strators stood divided over
whether to withdraw from pro-
test sites across Hong Kong
yesterday, hours before a gov-
ernment deadline to clear key
roads they have blockaded for
the last week.
Embattled Chief Executive
Leung Chun-ying said his
administration was determined
to take all necessary actions to
restore social order and pave
the way for government staff to
resume work by this morning.
Protest group Occupy Cen-
tral said demonstrators would
leave the secondary Mong Kok
site yesterday to reinforce the
main rallying point near gov-
ernment offices across the har-
bour, and would also allow
access to a blockaded road near
the downtown headquarters in
the Admiralty district.
But the announcement was
not backed up by defiant stu-
dent groups, the key force
behind the demonstrations.
Scholarism, led by 17-year-
old activist Joshua Wong, and
the Hong Kong Federation of
Students both issued state-
ments stating they had not told
supporters to relocate to the
main site.
I am staying here to protect
this area. I think that we have
to do something, said Bosco
Leung, a 21-year-old student
who said he was angry at per-
ceived police inaction against
violence directed at protesters
in Mong Kok. We dont have a
clear leader here.
Around 1,000 protesters
remained in the shopping dis-
trict on the Kowloon peninsula
by 8pm (1200 GMT), where
protesters have faced off with
police and anti-democracy agi-
tators from the citys triad mobs
over the weekend.
The protesters are demand-
ing the right to nominate who
can run as Hong Kongs next
leader in 2017 elections.
Leung, who was voted into
office by 689 people on a pro-
Beijing committee numbering
just 1,200 two years ago, issued
an ominous warning if the pro-
tests are not ended.
The situation may probably
evolve into a state beyond con-
trol, and will have serious con-
sequences to public safety and
social order, he said. AFP
Mexico probes possible student mass grave
AUTHORITIES are investigating wheth-
er several bodies found in clandestine
graves in southern Mexico are those of
43 students who disappeared after a
deadly police shooting last week.
The pits were found on Saturday on a
hill in a community outside Iguala, the
town where the students were last seen
and where witnesses say municipal police
officers whisked several of them away.
Inaky Blanco, chief prosecutor for
the violence-plagued state of Guerrero,
declined to say how many bodies were
buried in the pits outside Iguala, which
is located 200 kilometers (125 miles)
south of Mexico City.
We still cant talk about an exact
number of bodies. We are still working
at the site, Blanco told a news confer-
ence in the state capital, Chilpancingo.
However, two police officers at the
scene in the community of Pueblo Viejo
told AFP that at least 15 bodies were
exhumed from the site, which was cor-
doned off and guarded by scores of
troops and police.
Juan Lopez Villanueva, an official from
the National Human Rights Commis-
sion, said that six pits were found up a
steep hill probably inaccessible by car.
Four forensic services vans left for the
morgue late on Thursday carrying body
bags. Authorities are conducting DNA
analysis to identify the victims.
The graves were found after some of
the 30 suspects detained in the case
told authorities about their location,
Blanco said. The detainees include 22
police officers and gang members.
If the students are in those pits, it
would be one of the worst slaughters
that Mexico has witnessed since the
drug war intensified in 2006, leaving
80,000 people dead to date.
The students from a teacher training
college disappeared last weekend
after Iguala police officers shot at
buses that the group had seized to
return home after holding fundraising
activities on September 26. Three stu-
dents were killed.
Another three people died when
police and suspected gang members
shot at another bus carrying football
players on the outskirts of town.
A survivor said i that the officers took
away 30 to 40 students in patrol cars.
Blanco said investigators had con-
firmed suspicions that a criminal organ-
isation, the Guerreros Unidos, was
involved in last weeks crimes and that
local police officers belong to the gang.
Authorities have issued an arrest war-
rant for Igualas mayor, who has fled.
Governor Angel Aguirre appealed for
calm in his state, which is mired in
poverty, gang violence and social
unrest. AFP
Briton executed as airstrikes
fail to halt IS Kobane march
B
RITAIN united in re-
vulsion on Saturday at
the beheading of aid
worker Alan Henning
claimed by Islamic State jihad-
ists, as the imam at his home
citys main mosque hailed a
local and national hero.
Prime Minister David Cam-
eron led tributes to the 47-
year-old taxi driver who trav-
elled to Syria to deliver aid and
whose murder was claimed by
the IS group in a graphic video
released late on Friday.
Henning left his wife and
two teenage children in Man-
chester, northwest England,
last December to drive in an aid
convoy for Syrians displaced by
war when he was kidnapped.
He reportedly had Aid4Syria
tattooed on his arm.
His family said they were
numb with grief while Brit-
ish Muslims spoke out to con-
demn the killing.
Alan Henning was our local
and national hero, said Imam
Asim Hussain of Manchester
Central Mosque. We will re-
member him as a tireless and
seless humanitarian aid
worker whose only concern
was to help people in need.
He added: The killing of
Alan Henning was a cowardly
and criminal act of appalling
brutality by a group who do
not represent Islam at all and
in fact are an insult to the Is-
lamic faith.
The Muslim Council of Brit-
ain, the countrys biggest Mus-
lim umbrella organisation,
said his murder was a despi-
cable and offensive act.
News of Hennings murder
came three weeks after a video
showing the beheading of an-
other British aid worker, David
Haines, was released.
Henning is the fourth West-
ern hostage murdered by IS
militants since August.
As the ghting raged on,
IS ghters have pushed to
within little more than a mile
of the centre of the city of Ko-
bani, undeterred by Western
airstrikes which are proving
ineffective, a leading Kurdish
ofcial in the city has said.
Fighting between the Is-
lamist militants and Syrian
Kurds continued unabated de-
spite another volley of coali-
tion airstrikes in and around
the Kobani enclave, Idris Nas-
san, Kobanis foreign affairs
minister, told the Guardian.
There are erce clashes
between ISIS and YPG [Peo-
ples Defence Corps] ghters,
at the moment mainly to the
southeast of the city. ISIS now
stands at 2 kilometres from
the city centre, Nassan told
the Guardian. I can hear the
bombs and shells here.
According to Nassan, the sit-
uation was under control for
now, but he underlined that
airstrikes had not deterred a
further IS advance.
Airstrikes alone are really
not enough to defeat ISIS in
Kobani, he stressed. They
are besieging the city on three
sides, and ghter jets simply
cannot hit each and every ISIS
ghter on the ground.
He added that ISIS had
adapted their tactics to mili-
tary strikes from the air. Each
time a jet approaches they
leave their open positions,
they scatter and hide. What we
really need is ground support.
We need heavy weapons and
ammunition in order to fend
them off and defeat them.
We are calling on the inter-
national community to help us
defend Kobani, said Nassan.
Mr Muslims trip to Ankara is
part of that call. Since Turkey
agreed to join the internation-
al coalition to ght ISIS, we ask
them to help us, too.
Nassan said there were no
evacuation plans for the mo-
ment: Many people have left
Kobani now. But there are
still thousands of civilians in-
side the city.
If ISIS takes Kobani, they
will be right on the border
with Turkey. This concerns
not only us, but Turkey, too.
AFP/GUARDIAN
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Ain al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds; an image taken from a
video allegedly shows British hostage Alan Henning dressed in orange, on his knees, in a desert landscape
as an Islamic State masked militant threatens to execute him as his next victim on September 13. AFP
World
12
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
PRASAC MFI Ltd., is a micronance institution, which is providing sustainable
nancial services such as loans, deposits, and other nancial products for 25
provinces and city. PRASAC is currently seeking for the qualied Cambodian
candidates to ll the position as below:
Interested and qualied applicants should be submitted their CV and cover
letter to Personnel Department by e-mail: honey@prasac.com.kh .For more
details information, please feel free to contact us via telephone: 023 220 102,
website: www.prasac.com.kh. Applications will not be returned. Only short-
listed candidates will be notied and contacted for an interview.
Position: Manager of Legal Unit,
1 position
Report to: VP & Manager of
Corporate Strategy
and Business Plan
Job Location: Head Ofce Deadline: October 10, 2014
at 4:00 PM
Main Duties and Responsibilities Key Selection Criteriaand Qualification
Ensure business activities are
conducted in conformity with
all applicable laws, regulations,
internal policies and procedures;
Serve as liaison for local and
foreign regulators, legal bodies as
well as maintaining relationships
with relevant legal bodies and
trade associations;
Ensure local and foreign regulatory
permissions for PRASAC business
operation;
Provide legal advice on commercial,
financial, civil, agreement and
corporate matters related to
PRASAC businesses operation;
Participate in negotiating, reviewing
and drafting any required
agreement in the loan, rentals,
pr ocur ements and ot her
agreements related business
oper at i on;
Manage the legal aspects of the
PRASAC shareholdings and carry
out activities (render opinions on
activities relates to the Articles
of Association and corporate
governance matters);
Deal conict resolution between
staff, PRASAC and relevant local
authorities and also including
court resolution;
Perform other tasks required by
Corporate Strategy and Business
Plan Manager
Educational background in Master
degree in law and management,
risk management
Minimum of ve years experience
with in law firm preferably
including a combination of
banking, regulatory, consultancy,
professional
A general knowledge and
understanding of banking, as
well as legislation, rules and
regulations impacting banking.
Good computer literacy knowledge
of MS offices, MS Outlook,
internet, e-mail,).
Ability to communicate effectively,
verbally and in writing, to clearly
express logically reasoned ideas.
Knowledge of sourcing infor-
mation (including internet).
Fluency in spoken and written
English.
High personal integrity, morality
and prudence.
High motivation and ability to
perform tasks without super-
vision.
Good interpersonal skill and
ability to work in a team spirit.
Job Announcement
Transparency Internatonal is the global civil society organizaton leading the ght
against corrupton. Transparency Internatonal Cambodia (TI Cambodia) is an ocial
Natonal Contact of Transparency Internatonal. The mission of TI Cambodia is to
work together with individuals and insttutons at all levels to promote integrity and
reduce corrupton in Cambodia. TI Cambodia is currently looking for exceptonal
candidates to full the positons as detailed below:
1. Research and Advocacy Program Assistant
Positon Summary:Provide administratve, logistc and research supports to the
implementaton of a program in-line with Goal 1 of the organizaton to achieve
program goals and strategic objectves as stated in the Program Proposal. Goal 1:
To diagnose corrupton issues and use ndings as a reference to stmulate more
informed debates and formulate further ant-corrupton projects.
Essental Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Bachelor degree in Politcal Science, Public Administraton, Law, Public Aairs,
Internatonal Relatons or another subject relevant to the work of TI Cambodia;
At least 2 years of experience in providing administratve and logistcal supports,
preferably in the eld of governance, advocacy and ant-corrupton including
some experience in conductng studies and research;
Possess good knowledge and understanding of the logistc and administratve
supports, procurements, translaton and interpretaton;
Very good communicatons and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build
and maintain relatonships with people from diverse backgrounds;
Sound knowledge of and commitment to the promoton of integrity, good
governance and ant-corrupton;
Be passionate and commited to achieve TI Cambodias mission and goals and a
commitment to TI Cambodias core values;
Ability to work independently, under pressure and with high level of commitment to
ensure all outputs are achieved on tme and to a high standard;
Fluent in English and Khmer with a proven ability to communicate both verbally
and in writng.
2. Research and Advocacy Program Intern
Positon Summary:
To assist with the implementaton of program in-line with Goal 1 of the organizaton
to achieve program goals and strategic objectves as stated in the Program Proposal.
Goal 1: To diagnose corrupton issues and use ndings as a reference to stmulate
more informed debates and formulate further ant-corrupton projects.
Essental Knowledge, Experience and Skills
Fresh graduate or student studying for a Bachelor degree in Politcal Science,
Public Administraton, Law, Public Aairs, Internatonal Relatons, Media and
Communicaton or another subject relevant to the work of TI Cambodia;
Excellent communicatons and interpersonal skills, including the ability to build
and maintain relatonships with people from diverse backgrounds;
Previous experience in research / with an internatonal non-governmental
organizaton desirable;
General computer skills, including Microsof Word, Excel, PowerPoint and
Internet search;
Commitment to the promoton of integrity, good governance and ant-corrupton;
Be passionate and commited to achieve TI Cambodias mission and goals and a
commitment to TI Cambodias core values;
Ability to work independently, under pressure and with high level of commitment
to ensure all outputs are achieved on tme and to a high standard;
Highly procient in English and Khmer.
The detailed positon descriptons are available on our website: tcambodia.org/
index.php/whoweare/workwithus. Interested candidates are invited to submit a
cover leter clearly indicatng the post ttle, and addressing the recruitment criteria
along with a current CV to recruitment@tcambodia.org by 20
th
October, 2014 before
17:00 p.m.
Acompettve salary is given according to experience and qualicatons plus additonal
benet package according to TI Cambodia HR policy. TI Cambodia is commited to
achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, natonality and culture. Individuals
from all backgrounds, women and persons with disabilites are equally encouraged
to apply. All applicatons will be treated with the strictest condence. Only short-
listed candidates will be contacted for interview.
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
PRASAC MFI Ltd., is a micronance institution, which is providing sustainable
nancial services such as loans, deposits, and other nancial products for 25
provinces and city. PRASAC is currently seeking for the qualied Cambodian
candidates to ll the position as below:
Interested and qualied applicants should be submitted their CV and cover
letter to Personnel Department by e-mail: honey@prasac.com.kh .For more
details information, please feel free to contact us via telephone: 023 220 102,
website: www.prasac.com.kh. Applications will not be returned. Only short-
listed candidates will be notied and contacted for an interview.
Position: Manager of Compliance
Unit, 1 position
Report to: VP & Manager of
Corporate Strategy
and Business Plan
Job Location: Head Ofce,
Phnom Penh
Deadline: October 10, 2014
at 4:00 PM
Main Duties and Responsibilities Key Selection Criteriaand Qualification
Identify and assess the main
compliance risk issues facing
thePRASAC and the plans to
manage them;
Repor t pr ompt l y t o t he
Execut i ve committee on any
materialcompliance failures
(e.g. failures that may attract a
signicant risk of legal orregu-
latory sanctions, material nancial
loss, or loss to reputation);
Establish and continuously
improve a consistent operating
framework for the identication,
management, monitoring and
reporting of Compliance risks and
issues;
Responsible for ensuring that the
operating framework meets internal
and External requirements espe-
cially rules and regulations of
NBC;
Ensure that internal policies do
not contravene current and/or
proposed legislation, rules and
regulations;
Evaluate new laws and regulations
and stay abreast of all legislative
and regulatory developments
both locally and globally that
might have an impact on the
PRASAC business operation;
Perform other tasks required by
Corporate Strategy and Business
Plan Manager.
Educational background in Master
degree in law and management,
risk management;
Minimum of ve years experience
in compliance preferably including
a combination of banking, regulatory,
consultancy, professional;
A general knowledge and under-
standing of banking, as well as
legislation, rules and regulations
impacting banking;
Good computer literacy know-
ledge of MS Word, MS Excel and
MS Outlook;
Ability to communicate effectively,
verbally and in writing, to clearly
express logically reasoned ideas;
Fluency in spoken and written
English;
Ability to think clearly and asses
matters quickly and to solve
problems;
Knowledge of sourcing information
(including internet);
High personal integrity, morality
and prudence;
High motivation and ability to
perform tasks without supervision;
Good interpersonal skill and
ability to work in a team spirit;
SOMALI troops backed by
African peacekeepers yester-
day recaptured the last major
port held by the Shebab, a key
source of revenue for the Isla-
mist militia, ofcials said.
The army is in full control
of the port of Barawe, 200 ki-
lometres southwest of Moga-
dishu, the Somali military of-
cial Abdi Mire said.
The situation is calm, the
militiamen had ed before the
forces reached the town, said
provincial Governor Abdukadir
Mohamed Nur. They could
not put up resistance and have
emptied their positions.
The Shebab, al-Qaedas main
afliate in Africa, exported
charcoal through Barawe to
Gulf countries, earning $25
million a year from the trade
according to UN estimates.
The fall of Barawe is a major
new blow to the Shebab one
month after their supreme
leader Ahmed Abdi Godane
was killed in a US drone and
aircraft strike.
The Shebab have vowed to
avenge his death and continue
their ght to topple the coun-
trys internationally backed
government. AFP
Somalian
army take
back port
Brazilians vote for next president
A
FTER a topsy-turvy
campaign, Brazil
went to the polls in
the presidential elec-
tion yesterday, with incumbent
Dilma Rousseff headed for a
likely runoff against one of two
challengers promising very
different brands of change.
The telenovela-like drama of
the race a candidates death
in a ery plane crash, a poor
maids rise to the cusp of the
presidency, a seedy oil scandal
continued down to the wire.
On the eve of the vote, Ma-
rina Silva, the environmental-
ist whose meteoric rise once
looked unstoppable, slipped
to third place behind business-
world favorite Aecio Neves.
Three polls released on Sat-
urday gave Silva, a one-time
maid and rubber-tapper who
has vowed to be multiracial
Brazils rst poor, black presi-
dent, between 21 per cent and
24 per cent of the vote, trailing
Neves (24-27 per cent) and
Rousseff (41-46 per cent).
But the race for the second
spot in a likely October 26 run-
off was too close to call, with
the gap between Neves and
Silva less than the two-per-
centage-point margin of error
in all three polls.
Either candidate would
face an uphill battle to unseat
Rousseff, Brazils rst woman
president, who led the prob-
able second-round race by a
more than ve-point margin
against both.
The election, the closest in a
generation for Latin Americas
largest democracy, is widely
seen as a referendum on 12
years of government by Rous-
seffs Workers Party (PT).
The sprawling country is di-
vided between voters loyal to
the PT for launching landmark
social programs while presid-
ing over an economic boom in
the 2000s and those calling for
an end to the corruption scan-
dals, poor public services and
four years of disappointing
growth tainting Rousseff.
PT social programs have
helped 40 million Brazilians
escape poverty in the past 12
years.
But Rousseff, 66, has presid-
ed over an economic slowdown
and, as of January, a recession,
as well as million-strong pro-
tests last year against corrup-
tion and widely disdained
public education, healthcare
and transport.
Rousseff, a former guerrilla
who was jailed and tortured
for ghting the countrys
1964-85 dictatorship, has also
been battered in recent weeks
by a corruption scandal im-
plicating dozens of politicians
mainly her allies at state-
owned oil giant Petrobras.
The campaign was upended
on August 13 when then-third-
place-candidate Eduardo
Campos of the Socialist Party
died in a plane crash.
Silva, his 56-year-old run-
ning mate, swooped into the
race with a promise to bring a
new politics to Brazil.
A well-known environ-
mentalist and member of
the countrys surging Evan-
gelical Christian commu-
nity, she drew support from
both religious conservatives
and the left and was initially
projected to beat Rousseff in
a runoff.
Neves, 54, a former gover-
nor from the powerful Social
Democratic Party (PSDB)
with a reputation as a playboy,
meanwhile faded into a dis-
tant third place.
But the PT and PSDB, the
parties that have ruled Bra-
zil for the past 20 years, have
since used their well-oiled
electoral machines to cut into
Silvas lead.
Silva, who grew up in pov-
erty in the Amazon before
learning to read as a teen
the start of a rise to become
an activist, senator and en-
vironment minister con-
demned negative campaign-
ing by her adversaries as she
held her last rally on Saturday
in Sao Paulo.
Neves and Rousseff mean-
while traded barbs as they
held rival rallies in Belo Hori-
zonte, where the incumbent
grew up and Neves served as
Minas Gerais state governor
for two terms.
Rousseff was registered to
vote yesterday in the southern
city of Porto Alegre.
Neves will stay in Belo Hori-
zonte, and Silva will vote in
Acre in the Amazon.
Some 142.8 million vot-
ers will cast their ballots in
the polls, which open at 8am
(1100 GMT).
First results are expected late
in the evening.
Voters are also electing 27
state governors, 513 congress-
men and 1,069 regional law-
makers, as well as a third of the
senate. AFP
Brazilian President and presidential candidate for the Workers Party,
Dilma Rousseff (centre) attends a rally on Saturday. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Sweden
recognises
Palestine
ISRAEL has hit out at Swedens
newly elected prime minister,
Stefan Loefven, over his deci-
sion to recognise a Palestinian
state.
Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman said that he regrets
that the new prime minister
was in a hurry to make state-
ments on Swedens position
regarding recognition of a Pal-
estinian state, apparently
before he had time even to
study the issue in depth, Lie-
bermans office quoted him as
saying, in a statement issued
late on Saturday.
It added that Swedens
ambassador to Israel, Carl
Magnus Nesser, will be invit-
ed for a talk at the foreign min-
istry in Jerusalem, but did not
say when.
Prime Minister Loefven
needs to understand that no
statement or act by an external
party can be a substitute for
direct negotiations between
the sides, the statement said.
Social Democrat leader Loe-
fven who won last months
general election said on Fri-
day that his country wanted
to bolster a two-state solution
to the Israeli-Palestinian con-
flict. AFP
N Korea aides surprise South
A
SHOCK visit by
North Korean leader
Kim Jong-uns closest
aides to South Korea
has opened a high-level com-
munication between the two
rivals that has been missing for
years, analysts said yesterday.
Whether it is a line of com-
munication that will endure or
produce lasting results remains
to be seen, but Saturdays visit
by a trio of top-ranking of-
cials provided an opportunity
that few saw coming.
Its huge, said Andrei
Lankov, a professor of Korean
Studies at Kookmin University
in Seoul. Apart from anything
else, the level was pretty much
unprecedented in terms of
previous delegations to the
South, Lankov said. Essen-
tially it provided a direct line to
Kim Jong-un.
It was led by Hwang Pyong-
So, a newly elected vice chair-
man of the nuclear-armed
Norths powerful National
Defence Commission who is
widely seen as Kim Jong-uns
number two. Accompanying
him was another Kim con-
dante Choe Ryong-hae and
Kim Yang-gon, a top ruling
party secretary with responsi-
bility for South Korean affairs.
The sudden visit was all the
more surprising for coming af-
ter months of military tensions
and vicious personal attacks in
the Norths state media against
South Korean President Park
Geun-hye.
Seoul was only informed on
Friday of the trip, which was
ostensibly made to coincide
with the closing ceremony of
the Asian Games in the South
Korean port city of Incheon.
This was clearly no pro
forma visit. It was a very big
deal indeed, said John Delury,
a North Korea expert at Yonsei
University in Seoul. If you are
Park Geun-hye and you want a
credible channel to the leader-
ship in Pyongyang, then this is
your dream team.
One immediate impact
was an agreement to resume
a high-level dialogue that
has been in limbo for seven
months. The last round in
February had resulted in the
North hosting a rare reunion
for families separated by the
1950-53 Korean War.
South Koreas Park did not
meet the North Korea delega-
tion. The Unication Ministry
said that she had wanted to,
but their tight schedule ruled
out a visit to the presidential
Blue House. AFP
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won (left) shakes hands with Choe Ryong-hae, a top secretary of
the Norths ruling Workers Party of North Korea, before the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games. Top
North Korean ofcials made an extremely rare visit to South Korea for talks yesterday. AFP
Battleships
US navy to
deploy robot
patrol boats
T
HE US Navy says it will soon
use armed, robotic patrol
boats with no sailors on
board to escort and defend war-
ships moving through sensitive
sea lanes.
The technology, adapted from
NASAs rovers on Mars, will
transform how the American
navy operates and is sure to raise
fresh questions and concerns
about the widening role of robots
in warfare.
The Ofce of Naval Research
yesterday released the results of
what it called an unprecedented
demonstration in August involving
13 robotic patrol craft escorting
a ship along the James River in
Virginia.
In a simulated scenario, ve of
the robotic patrol boats guarded
a larger ship, while eight others
were ordered to investigate a
suspicious vessel. The unmanned
patrol boats then encircled and
swarmed the target, enabling
the mother ship to move safely
through the area.
The demonstration, conducted
over two weeks, was designed
to replicate a transit through a
strait, naval research chief Rear
Admiral Matthew Klunder told
reporters in a recent brieng. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Financial Specialist
The U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh is seeking an individual for the
Financial Specialist position in the Financial Management Ofce.
The incumbent reports to the Financial Management Ofcer (FMO)
and serves as an advisor to the FMO and Management Ofcer, and
assumes charge of the Financial Management Ofce in their absences.
Thejobholder directs Financestaff regarding the$18 million in managed
funds across nineserviced agencies and over $8 million in non-service
funds disbursed by the Finance team. S/he provides guidance and
assistance in the preparation of all nancial reports and other documents
required by theDepartment of Stateor associated agencies represented at
Post. S/he formally trains Finance staff in budget formulation, Financial
Plan and Budget Execution, and accounts for the Financial Management
Section. The jobholder directly supervisesthree employees, and indirectly
four others.
Grade/Salary: -FSN-10; FP-5 (Steps 5 through 14)/USD 19,168
29,711 annually (full-performance level)
-FSN-9; FP-5 (Steps 1 through 4)/USD 14,618
22,652 annually (training level)
Required Qualications
Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or 1.
Business Administration is required.
Full-performance level 2. : Seven years of progressive
work experience with a minimum of ve years in budget
and nancial management, and one year of supervisory
experiencearerequired.
Training level: Seven years of progressivework experience
with a minimum of ve years in budget and nancial
management is required.
Level IV (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English and 3.
Khmer are required. Language prociency will be tested.
Formulating, monitoring and reporting budgets skills are 4.
required.
Excellent administrativeand analytical skills. Good 5.
interpersonal and supervisory skills, good attention to detail,
ability to work under pressure, ability to articulate complex
issues, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to
effectively utilize computer and nancial software.
Application Procedure
The application deadline is October 14, 2014. Interested candidates
must submit applications by email to RecruitmentPHP@state.gov using
theUniversal Application for Employment as aLocally Employed Staff
or Family Member (DS-174) form. The application form and complete
details on this position can befound at http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/
employment_opportunities.html.
Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have the required
work and/or residency permits to beeligiblefor consideration.
Employment Oppor tunities
Gender Specialist
Suppor ting Forests and Biodiver sity Project
Winrock Inter national is seekinganexperienceGender Specialist to jointhe
USAID Suppor ting Forests and Biodiver sity Project (SFB) in Cambodia.
Thepositionisavailableimmediately andwill bebasedintheProjectsRegional
Ofce in Kampong Thom. The Gender Specialist will work in the two forest
landscapes located across the ve provinces, Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear,
Stung Treng, Kratie, and Mondulkiri.
Winrock International is a non-prot organization that works with people around
the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and
sustainnatural resources.
The USAID Suppor ting Forests and Biodiver sity Projectsgoal isto improve
conservationandgovernanceof theEasternPlains andPrey LangLandscapes
to mitigate climate change and conserve biodiversity. The Project improves
participationof communitiesinforest management decisionsandbuildscapacity
of community members and government ofcers to better manage resources and
conservebiodiversity.
Responsibilities and Tasks
The Gender Specialist provides practical solutions and support the Project.
Specic tasks include:
Contributeto thedevelopment of theSFB projects gender mainstreaming
strategy.
Provide technical advice to empower women, ethnic minorities and other
disadvantagedgroups to ensurethat their needs andinterests areaddressed
withintheframework of theprojectstargets.
Participateinproject activities inamanner thanincreases theparticipation
of women and vulnerable groups in decision-making at local and sub-
national levels.
Promote the integration of gender perspectives into relevant capacity
buildingandlearninginitiativesfacilitatedthroughtheproject.
Design communication materials with gender-related messages and
approachesto beusedto promotebehavior change.
Cooperate with the M&E Specialist to ensure that collected data is
disaggregated by sex and project progress is measured from a gender
perspectivebasedongender-responsiveindicators
Otherstasksasmight beassignedby SFB management.
Qualications and Skills
Candidates should meet the following requirements:
Education: Bachelors and preferably Masters Degree in Public Management,
Economics, Finance Development and Gender Studies, or related
areasof study.
Exper ience: Five or more years of relevant experience in implementing
technical assistance projects in the areas of Gender Mainstreaming
and/or Gender Empowerment in a team environment. USAID
experienceishighly desirable.
To Apply
Send your CV and cover letter describing why you are qualied for this position
to the SFB Project Ofce: Phnom Penh Center, Building F, Room 588, Sothearos
Blvd, Phnom Penh, or by email to infosfb@winrock.or g
Theclosingdatefor submittingapplicationsisOctober 14, 2014.
Winrock International is an equal opportunity employer. Men and women
areencouraged to apply for this position. Only short-listed candidates will be
contacted.

Haitis dictator Duvalier
dies of heart attack, 63
HAITIS former dictator Jean-
Claude Baby Doc Duvalier,
who ruled the impoverished
Caribbean nation with an iron
fist from 1971 until his ouster
in 1986, died on Saturday of a
heart attack. He was 63. The
death of Baby Doc, as he was
commonly known, marks the
end of a dark chapter for a
desperate country plundered
first by his ruthless father
Francois Papa Doc Duvalier,
a physician-turned-populist
politician before being
further ravaged by his son. An
estimated 30,000 people were
killed during the reign of the
Duvalier father and son, rights
activists say. AFP
Borisov expected to
win as Bulgaria votes
BULGARIANS headed for the
polling booth yesterday in
elections expected to result in
a remarkable comeback for
strongman Boyko Borisov,
less than two years after
mass protests in the EUs
poorest member caused his
resignation. Time will tell
however whether the right-
wing former bodyguard will
be able to implement painful
reforms and restore voters
tattered trust in democracy by
tackling rampant corruption,
organised crime and
cronyism. AFP
A BRITISH headteacher who
was held hostage by militants
in Libya for ve months has
been released.
David Bolam, the principal
at the now-closed Interna-
tional School Benghazi, was
abducted while out on a shop-
ping trip in May.
He was reunited with his
family in the UK on Thursday
after local political factions
secured his release. The For-
eign Ofce conrmed that it
was not involved in the ne-
gotiations.
Bolam, 53, from Craven
Arms, Shropshire, had been
held captive for ve months
in Libya but his abduction
was not reported at the re-
quest of the Foreign Ofce
and his family.
Ged OConnor Challis, who
worked with the English teach-
er at the International School
until he left with his wife, Siob-
han, in December 2013, said
Bolam was single-minded
and stubborn and that he had
decided to stay in the country
despite growing violence.
He told the BBC he had spo-
ken to Bolam on the phone on
the morning he was abducted
and had later been told by
school staff that one of the lo-
cal militias had grabbed David
as he went out shopping.
OConnor Challis said many
teachers had left the school
after a massive gunght in
November 2013 and the fatal
shooting of teacher Ronnie
Smith the following month.
Bolam, however, decided to
stay because he believed in
what he was doing.
He is single-minded and
stubborn, OConnor Challis
said of Bolam. He is a very
bright person. He is an Eng-
lish teacher one of the best
I have ever met.
It is not known which mili-
tant group was holding Bolam,
but the video was claimed to
have been released by a group
that called itself Jeish al-Islam
(Army of Islam).
However, the SITE intelli-
gence rm, which monitors ji-
hadist groups on the internet,
could not verify the militants
behind the video when it was
released.
The Foreign Ofce said: We
are glad that David Bolam is
safe and well after his ordeal,
and that he has been reunited
with his family. We have been
supporting his family since
he was taken. We do not com-
ment on the detail of hostage
cases. The family have asked
for privacy. THE GUARDIAN
British teacher Bolam is
freed by Libyan captors
Turning the page
Pope Francis yesterday launched a major review of Catholic teaching on the family that could lead to change
in the Churchs attitude towards marriage, cohabitation and divorce. An extraordinary synod, or meeting, of
nearly 200 bishops from around the world and a sprinkling of lay people will, for the next two weeks, address
the huge gulf between what the Church currently says on these issues and what tens of millions of believers
actually do. In an address to tens of thousands of believers on the eve of the synod opening, Francis urged
participants to lend an ear to the rhythm of our time and to soak themselves in the odour of modern life.
Francis has underlined where he stands by personally marrying couples who had lived together in sin prior
to their weddings and by baptising a child born to parents married outside of the church. AFP
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All time in Local.
Training for an unforgiving disease
J
EAN-SEBASTIEN Lerolle peels
off the head-to-toe body suit
the yellow and white plastic
hallmark of the worlds desper-
ate battle against Ebola and his
green nurse scrubs are drenched
from sweat.
For 20 minutes, Lerolle traipsed
ghost-like through this medical tent
dressed in the suit that will allow him
to treat patients dying from the dis-
ease, without, hopefully, catching the
virus himself.
But Lerolle, a French nurse and
volunteer for Doctors without Bor-
ders (MSF), is not yet in the 40-de-
grees-Celsius tropics of Sierra Leone,
but under a tent on a vacant lot in
central Brussels, in training with 40
others about to set off to the ever-
widening pockets of west Africa dev-
astated by Ebola.
On this site, as yellow trucks move
rubble from a construction dig near-
by, the organisation has scrambled
together a replica of treatment cen-
tres it built virtually overnight in Li-
beria, Sierra Leone and Guinea the
hot spots of an Ebola outbreak that
has infected more than 7,000 people
and killed about half of them.
The news from two days ago is
that I will manage the triage team
at a rural hospital in Sierra Leone,
Lerolle said, his smiling face betray-
ing a glimpse of worry about what
awaits him.
Ill be the focal point between the
Ebola response centre and the hospi-
tal where other patients continue to
need treatment, he said.
Triage, the sorting of patients ac-
cording to their needs, takes on a
whole new meaning where Lerolle
is headed.
In Sierra Leone, at sunrise, hospi-
tal workers open clinic doors to nd
writhing patients in need of a place
to die without infecting loved ones
and neighbours. The charity Save The
Children says ve people contract
Ebola every hour in the country.
But little of this is discussed, at
least overtly, on this sunny morning
in Belgium.
MSF has been central to the re-
sponse against Ebola since it broke
earlier this year, doing all it can to
manage the emergency from a leafy
Belgian suburb less than a kilometre
from this construction site.
The charity has more than four de-
cades experience of rushing head rst
into the worst the world can offer.
But the furious and as yet un-
stoppable spread of Ebola, and the
morgue-full of men, women and chil-
dren it kills everyday, is an experience
even the most hard-eyed veteran has
trouble bearing.
There will be a before and after
Ebola for MSF that is certain, said
Catherine Bachy, coordinator for this
makeshift training site and a rare vet-
eran of treating Ebola, having been
involved in the smaller outbreaks,
notably in Uganda in 2007.
We have to be frank from the start,
we hide nothing, Bachy said, as vol-
unteers took a lunch break a few me-
ters away, quietly taking in the sun-
shine before another session.
Everything about the training is
counterintuitive for these health
practitioners who were always taught
to rst go towards a patient and not
keep them at distance.
Here, you have to rst make sure
that you yourself are safe, then go to
the patient. No mission will have pro-
vided that experience, Bachy said.
Maria Ivanova, a sanitary and hy-
giene specialist, is a week away from
working in Monrovia, the Liberian
capital, a city under siege by Ebola.
Normally the mood at trainings is
lighter than this. Here you feel the ap-
prehension, the tension and its true
none of us are at ease, she said.
We have procedures, protocols
and we must apply them to the let-
ter, she added. Mistakes just arent
an option. That is what I try to tell
myself. That it will be OK.
As she speaks, a volunteer struggles
to kick off the body suit while wearing
bulky plastic boots, a scene worthy of
slapstick comedy if it were not for the
risks at stake.
Usually, the easiest is to undress,
Bachy said. In this case its the most
challenging because at this mo-
ment, the risk of contamination is at
its highest.
The risk is real. The WHO said that
as of October 1, 382 health care work-
ers had developed the disease work-
ing in west Africa and 216 had died
from it.
Charities, and now governments,
are scrambling for personnel to staff
the missions where accompanying
death, and not treatment, is for now
the most pressing need.
MSF, with 268 international staff
and 2,900 nationals on the ground,
said it is stretched to the limit and in
some cases, has rejected government
cash, urging states to send medical
teams instead.
The hardest is that so much of the
work will be relief, end-of-life care,
and in the end very little treatment,
Ivanova said.
The hardest is realising that this is
a disease that doesnt forgive. AFP
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to being sent to help ght the deadly virus in Africa, in Brussels last week. AFP
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ZOOKEEPERS in Japan have
abandoned a years-long at-
tempt to have two spotted hy-
enas mate and reproduce as
both turned out to be male.
The Maruyama Zoo in Sap-
poro, northern Japan, said in a
statement this week that it was
gifted the animals as a male
and female couple in October
2010 from a zoo in the South
Korean twin city of Daejon.
We have attempted to house
them together for breeding
many times but they often
fought against each other and
never engaged themselves
in breeding behaviour, the
statement said.
Kami, the supposedly
female hyena now 5
years old, has shown
no estrus symptoms
after reaching
sexual maturity,
prompting the
zoo to put it and
its 6-year-old
partner Kamutori to sex tests.
We have determined that
the two animals are both male
after conducting ultrasound
imaging and hormone tests
on them under anaesthesia,
the statement said.
The zoo explained that it is
extremely difcult to deter-
mine the sex of a spotted hy-
ena from the appearance of its
external genitalia.
We still plan to obtain a fe-
male spotted hyena for breed-
ing with either Kami or Kamu-
tori, the statement
said. AFP
Zoo wastes years trying
to mate male hyenas
Man who exposed Laos campaign dies
Matt Schudel
F
RED Branfman, the
rst person to draw
public attention to a
previously unknown
US bombing campaign inside
Laos during the Vietnam War
and who later became a lead-
ing antiwar activist in Wash-
ington, died on September
24 at a medical facility in Bu-
dapest, where he had lived for
several years. He was 72.
The cause was amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, or ALS, said
his wife, Zsuzsanna Berkovits
Branfman.
Fred Branfman, who was
born in New York, moved to
Laos, a landlocked nation bor-
dering Vietnam, as an educa-
tion adviser in 1967. He was
uent in the Laotian language
and began to hear reports
from refugees who had been
driven from their villages by
relentless bombing attacks.
He visited the refugee camps
and learned that thousands of
Laotians had been killed. The
picturesque Plain of Jars, a
region dotted with giant, hol-
lowed-out stone receptacles,
had been reduced to ruins.
I interviewed over 2,000
people, Branfman said in The
Most Secret Place on Earth, a
2008 documentary, and every
single one told the same story.
Refugees made drawings of
the destruction, which depict-
ed US warplanes ying over-
head and dropping munitions
from the sky. The toll on local
residents, animals and vegeta-
tion was immense.
Investigations by Branfman
and others revealed that a se-
cret CIA-built air base in Laos
was, in effect, the busiest air-
port in the world. Bombing
missions were carried out over
Vietnam, but much of the ord-
nance was dropped on Laos in
an effort to disrupt Viet Cong
supply routes.
The Ho Chi Minh Trail, used
by North Vietnam to supply
Viet Cong ghters in South
Vietnam, ran through the area,
which was also roamed by
communist guerrillas known
as the Pathet Lao.
To Branfman, however, noth-
ing could justify the human
cost. He rst made his dis-
coveries in 1969 and was de-
ported from Laos in 1971 un-
der pressure from the United
States Embassy, according to
a Harpers article by journalist
Christopher Hitchens.
Writing in the New York
Times in 1971, after his return
to the United States, Branf-
man described what Laotian
refugees had told him:
Each, without exception,
said that his village had been to-
tally leveled by bombing. Each,
without exception, said that
he had spent months or even
years on end hiding in holes or
trenches dug into foothills.
The refugees say that the
bombing began in 1964.
At a Senate hearing in April
1971, Branfman said: There is
a good deal of evidence to sug-
gest that the United States has
been carrying out the most
protracted bombing of civil-
ian targets in history.
A subsequent Washington
Post investigation concluded:
By the admission of Ameri-
can ofcials closely associ-
ated with the war there, Laos
has been the most heavily
bombed country in the his-
tory of aerial warfare.
It was later determined that
the US dropped more bombs
on Laos in the 1960s and 1970s
than on Germany and Japan
combined during World War
II. Branfman edited a collec-
tion of writings and artworks
by Laotian refugees, Voices
from the Plain of Jars (1972),
which highlighted the devas-
tation of the air war in Laos.
In Washington, Branfman
founded the Indochina Re-
source Center, an information
service that was allied with the
antiwar movement.
He made no secret, jour-
nalist Les Whitten wrote in the
Washington Post in 1974, of
where his heart was: on his left
sleeve, armband high.
In 1972, he organised a star-
studded antiwar demonstra-
tion at the US Capitol. Those
arrested included singer Judy
Collins, Dr Benjamin Spock,
leftist scholar Noam Chomsky,
painter Larry Rivers, theatrical
producer Joseph Papp and
writer Garry Wills.
Fred was brilliant, said
William Goodfellow, execu-
tive director of the Center
for International Policy, who
worked with Branfman in
the 1970s. He was one of the
intellectual lights of the anti-
war movement.
Fredrick Robert Branfman
was born March 18, 1942, in
New York City. His father was
a textile executive.
Branfman received a bache-
lors degree in political science
from the University of Chicago
in 1964 and a masters degree
in education from Harvard
University in 1965.
He spent time on an Israeli
kibbutz as an undergradu-
ate and, from 1965 to 1967,
worked as a teacher in Tan-
zania. He received a draft de-
ferment to teach and advise
educators in Laos, beginning
in 1967.
In the mid-1970s, Branfman
moved to California, where he
was active in the solar energy
movement. Branfman was
a research director for Cali-
fornia Governor Jerry Brown
from 1979 to 1983 and helped
coordinate the states outreach
to the early high-tech pioneers
of Silicon Valley.
In 1990, after the death of
his father, Branfman abruptly
changed the direction of his
life. He embarked on a pro-
longed spiritual exploration
that led him to study various
religious traditions around the
world and to become an advo-
cate for death with dignity.
He was known for having al-
most no possessions beyond
a laptop computer and a cell-
phone. He settled in Budapest
about ve years ago.
In recent years, Branfman
returned several times to Laos,
where he spoke with survivors
of the bombings and walked
among the craters that now
mark the Plain of Jars. THE WASH-
INGTON POST
American helicopters land at Khe Sanh base on the Laos border on February 1, 1971. AFP
Each said that his village had
been totally leveled . . . that he
had spent months or even
years on end hiding in holes
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Which species can we afford to lose?
Tracy McVeigh
T
HE threatened ex-
tinction of the tiger in
India, the perilous ex-
istence of the orang-
utan in Indonesia, the plight
of the panda: these are wildlife
emergencies with which we
have become familiar. They
are well-loved animals that no
one wants to see disappear.
But now scientists fear the real
impact of declining wildlife
could be closer to home, with
the threat to creatures such as
ladybirds posing the harshest
danger to biodiversity.
Climate change, declining
numbers of animals, rising
numbers of humans and the
rapid rate of species extinc-
tion mean a growing number
of scientists now declare us to
be in the Anthropocene the
geological age of extinction
when humans nally domi-
nate the ecosystems.
Last week a report from
WWF, the Living Planet Index
2014, seemed to conrm that
grim picture with statistics on
the worlds wildlife popula-
tion which showed a dramatic
reduction in numbers across
countless species. The LPI
showed the number of verte-
brates had declined by 52 per
cent over four decades. Biodi-
versity loss has now reached
critical levels. Some popula-
tions of mammals, birds, rep-
tiles and amphibians have suf-
fered even bigger losses, with
freshwater species declining by
76 per cent in the same period.
But its the creatures that
provide the most natural
capital or ecosystem ser-
vices that are getting many
scientists really worried.
Three-quarters of the worlds
food production is thought to
depend on bees and other
pollinators such as hoveries.
Never mind how cute a panda
is or how stunning a tiger, its
worms that are grinding up
our waste and taking it deep
into the soil to turn into nu-
trients, bats that are catching
mosquitoes and keeping ma-
laria rates down. A study in
North America has valued the
loss of pest control from ongo-
ing bat declines at more than
$22 billion in lost agricultural
productivity.
Its the loss of the common
species that will impact on
people. Not so much the rarer
creatures, because by the very
nature of their rarity were not
reliant on them in such an ob-
vious way, said Dr Nick Isaac,
a macroecologist at the NERC
Centre for Ecology & Hydrol-
ogy in Oxfordshire. He says
that recent work he and col-
leagues have been doing sug-
gests that Britains insects and
other invertebrates are declin-
ing just as fast as vertebrates,
with serious consequences
for humanity.
The really interesting thing
about this work is that we are
learning that its not just about
the numbers of species going
extinct, but the actual num-
bers in a population; thats the
beginning of a fundamental
shift in our understanding.
He pointed to the fact that
between 23 per cent and 36
per cent of all birds, mam-
mals and amphibians used
for food or medicine are now
threatened with extinction.
In many parts of the world,
wild-animal food sources are
a critical part of the diet, par-
ticularly for the poor.
The blame, most
agree, sits with un-
sustainable human
consumption that
is damaging eco-
systems, creating
climate change and
destroying habitats
at a far faster rate
than previously thought. But
this time its not just the big
cuddly mammals we have
to worry about losing but the
smaller, less visible creatures
upon which we depend in-
sects, creepy-crawlies and
even worms. They might not
be facing immediate extinc-
tion, but a decline in their
numbers will affect us all.
Humans, said TV naturalist
Sir David Attenborough last
year, are a plague on earth,
but the WWF is hopeful,
claiming there is still time to
turn things
a r ound.
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H
ERES the trouble with
mainstream political par-
ties adopting the policies
of xenophobic or isola-
tionist insurgents to win back votes:
You cant cherry-pick such things.
You become them.
This is happening to Britains Con-
servative Party, the leader of which,
Prime Minister David Cameron, is
so anxious to stop defections to the
UK Independence Party ahead of
elections next year that he is mim-
icking its polices.
First came his promise to hold a
referendum by 2017 on whether to
leave the European Union. Now
there is the proposal, set out today
by Secretary of State for Justice Chris
Grayling, to give the European Court
of Human Rights in Strasbourg,
France, an ultimatum: Either allow
Britain to ignore the courts judg-
ments when it wants or Britain will
withdraw from its jurisdiction alto-
gether. Cameron says hell make that
ultimatum if he wins a majority in
elections next year. That amounts to
a memo to Tory voters: If you are
considering a switch to UKIP, dont,
because sticking with us will get
UKIP policies enacted.
The European Court of Human
Rights is the judicial arm of the
Council of Europe, which Britain
helped establish after World War II. It
isnt part of the EU; rather, it enforces
the European Convention on Human
Rights in 47 countries, from Dublin
to Vladivostok. One founder, Winston
Churchill, said the goal was to create
a united Europe whose moral con-
cepts will be able to win the respect
and recognition of mankind, and to
ensure peace on the continent.
The court has become the best tool
available for extending the rule of law
into countries that dont have it, pro-
viding ordinary citizens around
Europe with recourse from bad court
decisions, politicised courts
and neglectful or tyranni-
cal governments. Here
are a few examples of
what the court does:
A family in Turkey
alleges that the state
failed in its duty to
protect their daughter.
After 16 years of beat-
ings by her husband
and three restraining
orders t hat werent
enforced, she asked to be
taken into a protective
shelter but was refused
on grounds that she
had children to look
after. Her husband
then shot and killed her. The case is in
its early stages.
The head of an opposition party
in Azerbaijan said he had been kid-
napped, tortured and threatened
with rape by masked police, after
his party complained of fraud in the
countrys 2003 presidential elec-
tion. The court ruled against the
Azeri state.
In 2011, the court found against
Britain for holding a British citi-
zen in jail without charge in Iraq
for three years. Britains intelli-
gence services suspected him of
conspiring to attack British
forces around Basra.
UKIP and many Tories
say, with justification,
that the court in Stras-
bourg has mission
crept far beyond the
original purpose of
countering any resur-
gence of totalitarian-
ism that Churchill
envisaged. It now
deals with eve-
rything from
sexual dis-
crimination
to the depor-
tation of
alleged terror-
ists, showing how different the
world is today from the 1950s. They
are particularly incensed by rulings
that overruled British law to insist
prisoners have the right to vote and
restricted the states ability to
deport suspected terrorists.
Graylings ultimatum, however, is
disingenuous. The Council of
Europe and its court could not pos-
sibly give Britain a special dispensa-
tion to ignore rulings, so he is simply
signalling intent to withdraw. Thats
problematic, too, because leaving a
treaty requires the consent of the
other parties, and the other signato-
ries wouldnt agree to that, either.
Leaving an international conven-
tion is pretty much impossible, says
Matt Qvortrup, a constitutional law-
yer at Kings College London. Only
North Korea has done so when they
illegally withdrew from the Non-
Proliferation Treaty.
Of course, Britain could join
North Korea and ignore its treaty
obligations. Britain has among the
best legal systems in the world and
leaving the court in Strasbourg
would make only a marginal differ-
ence to Britons, whose fundamental
rights would remain protected. The
main effect would be to open the
door for authoritarian regimes to
leave, too, and finally be rid of a
pesky foreign court that stands in
judgment over their systematic
abuses of law and power.
Russian President Vladimir Putin,
for example, said last month that his
country might leave the court,
which in his view merely fulfils
some kind of political function. His
only hesitation was caused by
uncertainty over whether Russia has
the legal right to leave he appar-
ently has read his 1969 Vienna Con-
vention on the Law of Treaties better
than Grayling. With a British prece-
dent in place, though, Putins hesita-
tion would vanish.
Arguably, the European Court of
Human Rights court has never been
so needed since the immediate
post-war years as it is now, when
authoritarians and ultra-national-
ists are on the rise throughout
Europe and the norms and institu-
tions of the post-Cold War interna-
tional order are under threat.
Churchill was no European federal-
ist, yet he was a strategic thinker. I
suspect he would have considered
his 2014 Conservative successors to
be myopic. BLOOMBERG
Churchill would be ashamed
French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira delivers a speech in 2013 in Strasbourg, France, during an audience for the reassembly of the
European Court of Human Rights. AFP
Comment
Marc Champion
Marc Champion writes editorials on inter-
national affairs for Bloomberg View.
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Lifestyle
Jura Koncius
BUNNY Williams was so excited
about doing an accessory collection
with Ballard Designs, she shipped
some of her favourite treasures to
them so they could be re-created.
The 120 pieces that Williams
designed, from linens to tableware to
holiday decorations, are featured
online and in the October issue of the
Ballard Designs catalogue currently
being mailed to more than 60 million
customers.
Williams, one of New Yorks top inte-
rior designers, is known as a taste-
maker, gardener and entertainer from
her books, her timeless interiors and
lots of spreads in Elle Decor, House
Beautiful and Architectural Digest.
With 40 years in the design business,
from a job with Parish-Hadley Associ-
ates to forming her own company in
1988, Williams, 69, clearly has an eye
for a stylish and functional home
accessory. She owns Treillage, a New
York garden furniture and ornament
shop, with her husband, antiques
dealer John Rosselli.
I spoke with Williams last week
about the new collection.
How did you decide what pieces
you wanted to include?
A lot of ideas came from personal
things I have and things I use all the
time, such as a casserole dish with
a rattan holder or salt-and-pepper
holders that look like a tiny bucket
and a spoon.
You have a lot of blue and white.
What do you think is so enduring
about that colour combination?
Somebody once told me that one
of the reasons blue and white is
always so popular is that there isnt
really any blue food. Think about
how ancient that look is. It was one
of the earliest colours of china ever
painted. You never get tired of the
clarity of blue and white. It looks
great in any style of home, tradi-
tional or modern. I have always
loved it, and my husband has a huge
collection of it. It is very much a part
of my life. The blue and white Ive
done is in the same colouring of
18th-century blue and white, so it
would work well with that or be fine
with the all-white contemporary
china people already own.
Do you have favourites from your
Ballard line?
I love the silver woven basket that
perfectly fits an ice cream contain-
er for serving at the table. I think it
looks so chic. You can also put a pot
of ivy in it. I have two of them that I
use on a long table. I think the faux
tortoise-shell hurricanes look hand-
made. I put little lights in them
sometimes. The little pagodas would
look magical on a holiday table.
What has changed about decorat-
ing in your lifetime?
Many people today want to live
more casually. Decorating is less for-
mal, and people want to eat in a big
kitchen and want big family rooms.
The lifestyle has to ref lect their
homes and how they function. Many
are happy to make some pasta and
eat it in the kitchen, not in the dining
room. So how you decorate a room
today for them is different since you
will use more informal fabrics and
figure out the best seating arrange-
ments for how they will use a room.
What surprises you about design-
ing today?
Many young people know less
about design and decorating. Years
ago, people were inquisitive about
their possessions; they had a curios-
ity about them. When I was first mar-
ried I furnished my house from tag
sales and thrift shops. Today, people
go to Restoration Hardware; many
homes look exactly alike. They dont
want antiques, a house full of brown
furniture. Somebody asked me
recently, How am I going to get my
children to like my old furniture? I
said, Take away the tchotchkes and
re-cover the furniture in white can-
vas. Put down a sisal rug. Everything
will look different. People are spend-
ing so much money on not very good
reproductions and junky furniture
when they can go and buy a nice
18th-century piece for so much less.
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P
APER craft and ori-
gami give us the joy
of creating 3-D gures
from at sheets of pa-
per. Cutting, pasting and fold-
ing can create works so elabo-
rate that people who see them
cannot believe they are only
made of paper.
Workshops for creating such
elaborate works have been
held in various places.
For example, at Vogue
Gakuen Cos Shinsaibashi
school in Osaka, 3-D artist
Miho Akiyama has been hold-
ing paper craft workshops
once a month since April.
Participants cut various ani-
mals out of paper according to
the patterns printed on colour
drawing sheets that Akiyama
prepares. They then make hip-
pos, whale sharks and other
animals. In the workshop in
August, ve made crocodiles.
Each participant cuts the
face, the body and other parts
out of the green pattern sheets
and assembled them. To curve
the face and the tail to their lik-
ing, the participants created
a small slit in the paper and
glued the parts together, fol-
lowing Akiyamas instructions.
I encourage participants to
create their own version of the
work, rather than just following
my samples, Akiyama said.
Participants put a lot of en-
ergy into designing ornaments
featured on the back of the
crocodile, choosing the colour
of the eyes and making the
teeth in any shape they want.
Is this mouth too wide
open? one asks, while anoth-
er asks, Where should I put
the eyes?
Their crocodiles were com-
pleted in about two hours.
The one made by Ayako Oku-
no, a homemaker in Osaka, has
small houses on its back.
I wanted to make a work
that inspires a story in the peo-
ple who see it, Okuno said.
Akiyama said: Participants
turn their ideas into shapes
that can be made using paper
while exaggerating whatever
characteristics they want to ex-
aggerate. Its fun.
The school is seeking partici-
pants in a series of six work-
shops that will start in later
this month.
The website Creative Park
managed by Canon Inc in
Tokyo provides about 1,000
patterns for paper craft free
of charge. People can down-
load their favourite pattern
to their computer and print
it out. Manuals describing
how to assemble the work
are also provided.
A variety of patterns are
available to meet the tastes of
various ages, including Himeji
Castle and other grand build-
ings that are time- and energy-
consuming to make, a rabbit
with cute drooping ears and a
treasure ship meant to bring
good luck.
In origami, many new fold-
ing methods and techniques
have been devised.
Some local chapters of the
Tokyo-based Nippon Origami
Association offer events and
classes as part of efforts to pro-
mote the art of origami.
The associations 11 chap-
ters in Kyoto prefecture inde-
pendently hold classes. One
of them, Clover Origami Club,
attracts about 10 people to its
class held on the rst Thursday
each month. They learn how to
make works newly created by
origami artists rather than tra-
ditional works such as cranes,
ships and balloons.
At the class held on Sep-
tember 4, Kayoko Matsui, an
instructor of the association,
taught the class how to make
an accessory holder in the
design of a sunower and a
savings box in the shape of
rabbit. Matsui demonstrated
how to fold by using a large
origami sheet while giving
instructions, such as You
need to put a tight crease in
the paper.
The participants followed
the instructions for their works
by using various folding and
sculpting techniques, like mak-
ing a small tuck in the corner
and expanding a sac-like part.
I enjoyed origami as a child,
and I began attending the class
in April because I wanted to
feel the joy I had felt back then,
said Yasuo Yano, 77, one of the
participants. Ive been capti-
vated by how much fun it is to
change the shape of square pa-
per. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
An accessory holder in the shape of sunower and other works made
at an origami workshop in Kyoto. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Finding your creative side in origami
Setting a table with interior designer Bunny Williams
People compare paper craft crocodiles they produced in a workshop in Osaka run by Japanese artist Miho
Akiyama, standing at far left. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Part of the Bunny Williams collection for Ballard Designs. COURTESY OF BALLARD DESIGNS
Aria of expertise
Courtney
Love gets an
opera-tunity
R
OCK star Courtney
Love is going to star in
an opera.
The opera is a new pro-
duction called Kansas City
Choir Boy by composer Todd
Almond. Before you start
envisioning Love in elaborate
corsets and all manner of dra-
matic swishy togs, belting out
arias in Italian, cool it a bit.
Almonds opera is a contem-
porary marriage of pop and
opera, really.
When I say opera, I dont
mean its in an operatic style,
Almond said. I mean it in
the sense that its a group of
songs that tell a story. I write
musicals, I write plays and I
write what I call opera.
Whatever the case, Love will
carry Kansas City Choir Boy
with Almond there are only
two characters.
It became a piece about a
man and a woman in love in
the Midwest, Almond told the
Times. But then the woman
sees something on the hori-
zon that makes her realise
that she has a greater destiny,
and she follows that.
Well, it seems a fitting role
for Love, who is nothing if not
dramatic. THEWASHINGTONPOST
Travel
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B
ATTLES over curry
sometimes called
a national food in
Japan, along with
ramen noodles are being
fought in Tokyo. Curry res-
taurants go head to head, and
events to revitalise areas are
actively organised.
In November 2013, at the
Kanda Curry Grand Prix held
in Tokyos Chiyoda ward, a
mouth-watering aroma rose
from a huge pot in which cur-
ry sauce was simmering, and
dishes of curry with rice and
naan bread were passed out.
The number of restaurants
and stores with curry on their
menus has increased to more
than 300, which led to the area
being dubbed a curry town.
The area started the curry
contest in 2011, hoping to
boost customer trafc since
the number of customers.
Masaru Hiura, 35, the owner
of curry restaurant Hinoya,
took part in the 2013 contest,
thinking, I want to make it
into the top spot this year.
It is said that in Kanda,
where many universities are
located, curry has become
popular as a casual dish be-
cause students can eat it
holding a spoon in one hand
and a book in the other. The
area has many restaurants
that are well-known among
curry fans, such as Kyoeido,
which was established in 1924
and is popular for its brown-
black Sumatra curry; Bondy
known for its European-style
curry; Ethiopia, where cus-
tomers can choose curry from
70 spiciness levels, and soup
curry restaurant Odori.
There used to be only a few
curry restaurants in Kanda,
and curry was a menu item
casually ordered at cafes and
diners at prices between 200
(about $1.84) and 500. How-
ever, European curry at Bon-
dy, which opened in 1978, was
priced at 880 at that time,
and now is offered at 1,480.
Though the curry store had a
hard time attracting custom-
ers at rst, half a year later, it
became a popular restaurant
that constantly has a long line
of customers.
Hajime Takayama, 67, who
runs a secondhand bookstore
and owns the building that
houses the restaurant, said:
Bondy served authentic curry,
the likes of which had never
been tasted [around here].
Since then the number of curry
restaurants started to increase.
In the 1990s, more and more
stores began selling curry
partly due to a boom in eth-
nic curries such as Indian and
Thai ones. At a cuisine event
at an autumn festival held in
Chiyoda Ward in 2010, which
led to the start of the curry
grand prix, people rushed to
the curry booths. Takuya Na-
kamata, 44, who was involved
in the event, and is now the di-
rector of the curry grand prix,
was surprised at currys power
to attract so many people.
Hiura started Hinoya with
his parents in 2011 in Yushi-
ma, in Tokyos Bunkyo ward.
With popularity of curry grow-
ing, he opened the seven-seat
Kanda outlet near Kanda Sta-
tion half a year later.
His curry recipe was in-
spired by the avour of the
curry made by his grand-
mother, who died six years
ago at the age of 79. Her curry
features thick, old-fashioned
sauce made with wheat our.
Hiura said: The taste of my
grandmothers curry was fa-
miliar since my childhood,
but when I ate curry dishes at
various places, I realised my
grandmothers curry was the
best. I wanted to try my curry
in the battleground area and
know how people would re-
spond to it.
However, at the grand prix
in 2012, in which he took part
for the rst time, the Indian
curry restaurant Mandara
won the grand prize and Hi-
noya nished in fourth place.
Though Hiura repeatedly
tried to improve his curry,
he had difculty creating his
ideal avour. When he hap-
pened to add a kind of spice
which he had never used, the
chef succeeded in making his
curry overwhelmingly rich.
In the following years con-
test in 2013, Hinoya survived
an online vote that chose 15
restaurants from a pool of 52
candidates to advance to the
nal round. Judging at the
event was conducted by cus-
tomers who could taste cur-
ries from any of the nalists at
a festival venue.
During the three-day event,
about 2,500 people ate Hi-
noyas curry. Hinoya captured
about 2,400 votes for best res-
taurant by a margin of more
than 700 votes.
I was sure that people
would appreciate my curry. I
will keep improving the old-
fashioned Japanese curry, Hi-
ura said. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
In Tokyo, curry
wars heating up
Masaru Hiura, owner of Hinoya, which won the grand prize in the Kanda
Curry Grand Prix 2013, puts a soft-boiled egg on a dish of curry at his
shop in Tokyo. THE YOMIURI SHIMBUN
Entertainment
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THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Thinking caps
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LEGEND CINEMA
LUCY
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns
the tables on her captors and transforms into a
merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
City Mall: 5:55pm
Tuol Kork: 11:15am
THE NOVEMBER MAN
An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very
personal mission and finds himself pitted against his
former pupil in a deadly game involving high level
CIA officials and the Russian president-elect. Starring
Pierce Brosnan.
City Mall: 9:55pm
Tuol Kork: 9:55pm
Meanchey: 7:35pm
THE EQUALIZER
A man believes he has put his mysterious past
behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning
a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl
under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters,
he cant stand idly by he has to help her. Starring
Denzel Washington.
City Mall: 11:50am, 4:45pm, 9:30pm
Tuol Kork: 2:10pm, 9:25pm
Meanchey: 4:25pm, 9:20pm
THE MAZE RUNNER
Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his
memory is erased, soon learning theyre all trapped
in a maze that will require him to join forces with
fellow runners for a shot at escape.
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PLATINUM CINEPLEX
THE EQUALIZER
(See above)
6:10pm
THE MAZE RUNNER
(See above)
4pm, 7:45pm
NOW SHOWING
Zumba @ Rose Garden
Dance tness based on samba, salsa,
merengue, martial arts and belly
dancing. Ideal for cardiovascular
tness and weight loss. The fee is
$10.
Rose Garden Clubhouse, Building B,
Floor 5B, Norodom Boulevard. 6pm
Pizza @ Show Box
The Katy Peri Peri Peri Chicken and
Pizza chefs serve their wood-red
pizza from their mobile kitchen in
front of Show Box. Reggae music will
be played all night.
Show Box, #11 Street 330. 6pm
Open Mic @ Slur Bar
Graham Cain, the musical comedian,
hosts an open mic night for any
customer who wishes to perform. A
free drink will be given to every
performer.
Slur Bar, #28 Street 172.
9:15pm
Adults Ballet @
Central School of Ballet
The class is structured to provide
students with a rm foundation in
technique, and is intended for those
who danced when they were younger
or are experienced in another genre.
Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh,
#10 Street 183. 7:15pm
ACROSS
1 Under siege
6 Environmental problem
10 Kaffiyeh wearer
14 Old cry before Read all about it!
15 Sandwich fish
16 Anti-attacker spray
17 You may see some with periph-
eral vision
20 20 hundredweight
21 Thousands of years
22 Defensive ditches
23 Cautionary data-entry acronym
24 Hamsters, often
25 In the ___ (likely to happen)
28 Gorillas in the ___
29 Book balancer, briefly
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35 Yellowish brown
37 No matter what
40 Sports facility
41 Block, as a bill
42 South American empire of yore
43 Physicists unit
44 Its now or never time
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50 Exit, to Barnum
53 Daily fare
54 Aspen runner
57 Once-promising failures
60 Actions on shirtsleeves
61 Private or general, e.g.
62 About-face
63 Hosts request
64 Boot tips
65 Bellows
DOWN
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2 Worlds Fair, for one
3 Ollies partner in old comedy
4 Get it wrong
5 Adopt, as a stray
6 Testimony taker
7 Dishevel, as hair
8 Yoko who married Lennon
9 Missteps
10 Out of place
11 Dipstick wipers
12 Result of too much exercise
13 Casino transactions
18 Hanks Big keyboard dance
partner
19 Games of chance
23 Assumed as fact
24 Furnace light
25 Movie award
26 Botanists expertise
27 Widely known and esteemed
28 Put it where your mouth is
29 Trousers material
30 U.K. cents
31 Fields of study
34 A long, backless sofa
36 Long March site
38 Relish-tray item
39 Powerful projectile
45 Barren area
47 Round Table king
48 Far from spiffy
49 Porkers patter
50 Juvenile newt
51 Excessive supply
52 Muffin starter
53 Wine counterpart
54 Went around in circles
55 Go-___ (kids vehicle)
56 Places to overnight
58 ___ Tome and Principe
59 Airport listing, for short
BRIGHT IDEAS
TV PICKS
Ballerinas perform Don Quixote at Londons Royal Opera House. BLOOMBERG
Ben Afeck stars in Argo. BLOOMBERG

10:05am SPIDER-MAN 2: Peter Parker is beset with
troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a
brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius. HBO
12:10pm ARGO: Following the capture of the US
Embassy in Iran by student protesters in 1979, a CIA
agent must pose as a Hollywood producer to rescue six
embassy workers who managed to escape. HBO
4:20pm HYDE PARK ON HUDSON: The story of the
love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret
Daisy Suckley, centred around the weekend in 1939
when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom
visited upstate New York. HBO
11:30pm THE BLING RING: A group of fame-obsessed
teenagers use the internet to track celebrities
whereabouts in order to rob their homes. HBO
Lifestyle
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
22
Sontery and Engly
Social Life Team
Phnom Penh Designers Week 2014
@ The Plantation Urban resort
Tourism Malaysia Networking Dinner
@ Sotel Phnom Penh Phooketra
Soap Ke, Marie Anna Abrera and Don Protasio
Klaus Lengefeld, Sector Leader of Sustainable
Development Through Tourism at GIZ, and An-
thony Wong, Group Managing Director at PMP
Last month, the
founders of the biannual
Phnom Penh Designers
Week showcased their
fashion for the Artistic-
Vision show. This three-
day event, which took
place from September 25
through September 27
at The Plantation Urban
Resort and Spa, featured
10 designers presenting
their latest collections.
Although the rst day
was interrupted by a
rain shower, the mod-
els proceeded down the
runway unfazed while
the guests cheered and
snapped photos.
Last month, Tour-
ism Malaysia held
a networking dinner
at Sotel Phnom Penh
Phokeethra. Hosted
by Dat Haji Azinzan
Noordin, Deputy
Director General of
Tourism Malaysia, the
event promoted Ma-
laysian tourism to the
Cambodian market. Many guests from local travel agencies, and even some Cambodian
celebrities, attended this networking dinner. The event was accompanied by a musical
performance and a lucky draw. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang.
Kevin Tan, Executive Director at Mekong Dis-
covery Co, Ltd; Huy Chhin Outbound Manager at
Mekong Discovery Co, Ltd; Ho Vandy, Adviser at
Cambodia G-PSF; and Kim Nou
Guests from the travel agency
Razaidi Abd Rahim, Senior Assistant Director of
Communications and Publicity at Malaysia Tour-
ism Promotion Board
Ryan Drewe Taylor, Brandon Lee and Khin Elena
Heang Setha, Mona Hard and Ravy Loch
Renee Heilman and Kathryn
Gina Aledhill and Jack Wills
Stephanie Larvor, Romain Le Ho, Dominique Tricoire
Remy, Fleur and Emilien Nary Ung, Anabella and Coralie.
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Chhim Sreyneang
Social Life Manager
Lifestyle
23
Grand Opening LOccitane
@ Vattanac Capital
Hennessy Artistry Cambo-
dia @ NagaWorld
Andre Hoffmann, CEO of LOccitane Pacic
Banaul Sokrakphivorn, Head of Business Devel-
opment and Public Affairs
Marya Na and Mariya Na
The audience cheered the companys team and partners at the reception
Dina Lay and Dineth
Lay
Cosmetics and beauty product
brand LOccitane en Provence of-
cially opened its second shop in
the Kingdom at Vattanac Capital.
LOccitane skin care products fea-
ture the Immortelle ower from
Corsica, which is said to help
smooth wrinkles and make the skin
rm. The opening saw French Am-
bassador Jean-Claude Poimboeuf
attend the ribbon cutting with An-
dre Hoffmann, CEO of LOccitane
Pacic. After the ceremony, VIPs
guests enjoyed a reception of
cocktails. The brands other shop
is in Aeon Mall. Photos by Chhim
Sreyneang.
On September 19, Hennessy hosted a press conference at NagaWorld to announce the
Hennessy Artistry Cambodia 2014: The Global Art of Mixing party. With this glamorous
annual event set to take place at Diamond Island City Hall, the organisers promised an el-
evated experience by blending the luxurious cognac with a night of the right sort of music,
style, culture and people. The press conference marked the rst in a series of Hennessy
Club events that will culminate with the nal party on December 12, which is invite-only.
Started in 2006, Hennessy Artistry parties take place around the globe in an effort to as-
sociate the cognac with a sophisticated clubbing vibe. Previous parties in Cambodia have
featured DJs from across Asia-Pacic. Photos by Hong Menea.
The Hennessy X.O Dinner is a series of
dinner parties created for true connois-
seurs of the worlds largest cognac brand
and for those who aim to learn more.
Hosted by brand ambassador Jean-Michel
Cochet last week at Rafes Hotel Le Royal,
the event featured ve-star cuisine paired
with the drink in order to promote knowl-
edge, understanding and appreciation for
Hennessy. Originally created by Maurice
Hennessy in 1870, X.O, which stands for
extra old, is among the brands most fa-
mous products and is said to have a fruity
taste with a hint of cocoa.
Jean-Michel Cochet, brand ambassador
Hennessy X.O Dinner at Rafes Hotel Le Royal
The Hennessy team with singers
Ouk Sokunkanha, singer Sokun Nisa, singer
Hennessy X.O@ Le
Rafes
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24
Sport
Lewis Hamilton wins in wet
Japan as Bianchi hospitalised
C
HAMPIONSHIP leader
Lewis Hamilton won a wet
Japanese Formula One
Grand Prix from Mercedes
team-mate Nico Rosberg yesterday
in a chaotic nish after the race was
red-agged.
The Britons dashing victory
was overshadowed, however, af-
ter Frenchman Jules Bianchi was
rushed to hospital unconscious af-
ter a crash which brought the rain-
hit race to premature halt.
Hamilton ducked superbly inside
erce rival Rosberg on the 29th lap
and stormed away to win at Su-
zuka for the rst time and increase
his advantage over the German to
10 points with four rounds left this
season. Reigning world champion
Sebastian Vettel nished third for
Red Bull.
What a day, Hamilton told re-
porters. I had a lot more pace that
Nico and its not a very easy circuit to
follow on but fortunately I was able
to get quite close, particularly in the
last corner. I was condent with the
balance of the car and stuck it out.
After that I was attacking, attack-
ing and then I could take differ-
ent lines and manage it differently.
Obviously it didnt nish the way I
would have hoped and my prayers
are with Jules and his family.
Typhoon rains had been forecast
for yesterdays race and it began
behind the safety car, only for the
drivers to be called back to the pits
minutes later.
The safety car came onto the
track again after 44 laps following
Bianchis shunt and the race was
suspended two laps later with the
rain getting heavier and the light
rapidly deteriorating.
Celebrations were muted on the
podium with news already having
ltered through of Bianchis crash.
The early halt came as little sur-
prise after German Adrian Sutil
smashed his Sauber into a wall, Bi-
anchis Marussia was then involved
in a collision with a recovery ve-
hicle, prompting the safety car and
medical car to appear and the race
to be stopped seven laps early.
Sutil witnessed Bianchis crash at
close quarters after sliding out at
the same bend.
I had aquaplaning at that cor-
ner, he said. The rain got worse
and worse, the visibility got less
and less. One lap later, Jules came
around and had the same spin
there, and that was it. It was more
or less the same crash, but the out-
come was different.
Hamilton, the 2008 world champi-
on, produced one of the overtaking
moves of the season when he dar-
ingly passed Rosberg on the outside
of turn one and stormed away to
claim his eighth victory of 2014 and
the 30th victory of his career.
All in all, Lewis did a better job to-
day and deserves to win, said Ros-
berg, who struggled with over-steer
throughout the race. Second place
is damage limitation for me. Tak-
ing everything into consideration
tricky conditions, seven points lost
to Lewis, there is worse than that.
Vettel, the four-time defending
title holder, who announced on Sat-
urday he would leave Red Bull at the
end of the season, made the podium
for the second race in a row but
only his fourth of the year ahead
of Australian teammate Daniel Ric-
ciardo. AFP
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton (right) leads teammate Nico Rosberg during the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix in Suzuka yesterday. AFP
Buriram on the fast track for Formula One races
UP TO 70,000 people descend-
ed on Buriram over the week-
end as Thailands first motor
circuit capable of hosting F1
racing opened its doors.
Locals said they hoped mot-
orsports could revitalise the
economy of the northeastern
province as the Chang Interna-
tional Circuit (CIC) was
unveiled to the international
community.
Today is the day that Thai-
land declares its potential and
capability to provide the high-
est standard of racing circuit
to the world, said Newin
Chidchob, the former cabinet
minister behind the project.
Today is history.
Newin, who also owns foot-
ball club Buriram United, start-
ed building the 2 billion baht
($61.3 million) circuit in March
last year. The project took just
422 days to complete, setting a
record speed for constructing
a world-class circuit of this
kind, he claimed.
Motorsport and motorcy-
cling governing bodies the FIA
and FIM have certified the cir-
cuit in their highest grades.
This means the venue can hold
the two organisations top
competitions, Formula One
and MotoGP.
The circuit occupies 1,200
rai (192 hectares) in Muang
district and can accommo-
date a maximum of 50,000
spectators.
Newin hatched the project to
attract international motor-
sport events to Thailand and
boost visitors to Buriram, as
part of his plan to make the
northeastern province one of
the most popular tourist attrac-
tions in the country.
The track was christened
with the holding of its first
race on Saturday the Bur-
iram United Super GT.
Buriram Tourism and Hotels
Society estimating a turnout of
more than 70,000 domestic and
international visitors over the
weekend, expected to generate
more than 200 million baht for
the local economy.
The Bangkok Post yesterday
surveyed six large hotels and
was told that the majority of
hotel rooms in the city were
fully booked from Thursday
until yesterday.
The grandstands were almost
full on Saturday, with large
numbers of local people in
attendance, despite the scorch-
ing heat.
Buriram people feel like
they have part ownership of
the CIC, which will be a gath-
ering place for local people
from now on, said Buriram
native Sanong Charoensiri,
as he bought his entry ticket
and souvenir T-shirt at
the circuit.
Ive never been interested
in motorsports before because
its so far removed from my
reality. But now its in my
home town, I want to be a part
of the history.
Newin was also the driving
force behind Thailands larg-
est football stadium, which
was completed in 2011 and
stands alongside the CIC site.
The FIFA-certified stadium is
home to his Buriram Untied
football club.
Sanong said the price of land
in the area has gone up since
the stadium opened, benefit-
ing local hotels and tourism.
He believes the CIC will also
bring a financial boost.
Were pleased to have the
circuit because it helps develop
our home town, said Tham-
masuth Tongsuth, 45. Buriram
used to have nothing.
Siton Rianthaisong, 47, a
farmer from Burirams Phut-
thaisong district, said local vil-
lagers and headmen from out-
side the town were invited by
Newin to visit the CIC on
Thursday. I believe that it will
bring many good things to
Buriram, he said.
However, some villagers liv-
ing outside Burirams Muang
district told the Bangkok Post
yesterday that they could not
afford the cost of entry to the
circuit 500 baht for one day
and 750 baht for two days.
Newin plans to organise sev-
eral motorsport events at the
circuit including the World
Superbike Championship in
March next year.
He has said that he wants the
CIC to be the No 1 circuit
in Asia.
The businessman last year
signed a two-year contract
worth 120 million baht to bring
Japans Super GT series to the
race course.
The circuit is the 27th in the
world capable of accommo-
dating F1 the fastest road
course racing competition in
the world.
It encompasses 12 bends on
its 4.6km track, designed to
support maximum speeds of
315kph. BANGKOK POST
Sport
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Belts blast brings
Giants marathon win
BRANDON Belt smashed a solo
home run in the 18th inning
Saturday to power San
Francisco over Washington 2-1
in the longest playoff game in
Major League Baseball history.
Winning the marathon
encounter, which ended just
after midnight, gave the Giants a
2-0 lead in the best-of-five
National League Division Series
and San Francisco can
complete a sweep with a home
victory in game three tonight.
The winner of the series will
face either the Los Angeles
Dodgers or St Louis Cardinals
for the National League title and
a World Series berth. The
winner of the series will face
either the Los Angeles Dodgers
or St Louis Cardinals for the
National League title and a
World Series berth. Matt
Kemps leadoff home run in the
bottom of the eighth inning lifted
the Dodgers to a 3-2 win over
the Cardinals that knotted their
series at one game each. AFP
Nishikori, Sharapova
win Open titles in Asia
KEI Nishikori won the Japan
Open title for the second time
in three years on Sunday as he
defeated Milos Raonic 7-6
(7/5), 4-6, 6-4 in the final. US
Open finalist Nishikori added
the trophy to one he also took
over the Canadian in 2012 at
the Ariake Colosseum. Play
was held under the closed roof
of the venue as rains from an
approaching typhoon fell. The
title was the second is as many
weeks for top Japanese player
Nishikori, who also won in
Kuala Lumpur last weekend. It
was the fourth time this
season the pair have played,
with Nishikori winning three of
the encounters. Meanwhile,
Maria Sharapova overcame a
fierce challenge from Petra
Kvitova to win the China Open,
her first title since she claimed
victory at Roland Garros
earlier this year. It was a
battling performance from the
Russian world number four,
who will rise to number two in
the rankings following her
hard-fought 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win
in Beijing, Kvitovas first loss in
nine games. AFP
Watson offers regrets,
takes blame for defeat
US RYDER Cup captain Tom
Watson said on Saturday he
takes full blame for the
Americans latest loss to Europe
last weekend at Gleneagles and
regrets communication woes
with his players. In an open
letter released following an
ESPN report of a contentious
meeting with players ahead of
the final day of the biennial team
golf showdown, Watson said he
had spoken with Phil Mickelson
about the stars criticism after
the US defeat and they had a
better understanding of each
others perspective as a result.
The bottom line is this. I was
their captain. In hindsight
whatever mistakes that were
made were mine. And I take
complete and full
responsibility for them,
Watson said. Mickelsons
remarks came after Watson
ripped players and dismissed
a gift to him, ESPN reported,
citing unnamed sources who
were at the meeting of the US
team, which would lose 16 1/2
to 11 1/2 to Europe. AFP
Dream win for
NSK over CBL
leaders Pate
H S Manjunath

T
HE form book was turned
upside down in the Angkor
Beer Cambodian Basketball
League on Saturday at the
Olympic Stadium Indoor Arena as
a youthful NSK Dream, desperate
to grab a place in the playoffs, up-
set the table-topping Pate 310 with a
frenetic 60-58 overtime win.
The ninth-ranked Dream, who
were just below the eight-team cut-
off for the next phase when they
took the court, nearly sealed a win
moments before regulation time
ended, when they scored with the
game tied at 52. But that basket was
disallowed for a foul called before
the shot was taken.
In the ensuing extra period, Pate
had their snout in front briefly be-
fore the man of the hour, Phorn
Rithysak, who had led the Dream
onslaught all the way, produced
crucial baskets to make sure that his
sides hope of making it to the post-
season was kept alive.
With Kim Ran scoring the first four
points and Sok Tour one in over-
time, Pate led by five but Rithysak
responded with two free throw con-
versions and two drive-in baskets to
give Dream a one-point lead with 20
seconds to play.
When Pate fouled Rithysak to stop
the clock, he sank one more from
the foul line but Ouch Phanat could
make nothing out of the possession
for the table toppers.
Earlier in the game, Dream had
caught Pate by surprise with their
intense defense in the first quarter.
Though Pate came out of the ses-
sion even at 18, by half time they still
trailed by six points.
A hard-fought third quarter saw
Dream grimly hold on to their lead,
which Pate managed to cut it down
to five.
Dream had the initiative for most
of the final quarter, but inside the
last 60 seconds, Pate drew level fol-
lowing Adam Tayyabas basket and
bonus free throw. But what the side
had not reckoned at the time was
Rithysaks impending final punch.
Splash of Paints
Davies Paints maintained their rich
vein of form by beating the Mekong
Tigers 82-76 in the days second x-
ture. While the Paints ticked off their
sixth straight win after their opening
round loss to the Emperors, the Tigers
tasted their third defeat after winning
the rst four games of the season.
Tigers stayed ahead in the first
three quarters, though their half
time lead of four points trickled
down to just one at the beginning of
the final 10 minutes of the contest.
It was obvious that the Tigers were
losing momentum just as the Paints
were working their way up.
It came as no surprise that Janno
Cunanan and Aimar Sabayo, two
players who have considerably
bolstered the Paints firepower, got
going after Jason Mercados three-
pointer had tied the scores at 62.
Several turnovers on the top of
lead scorer Sok Samnang returning
to the bench with cramps two min-
utes from time added to Tigers mis-
ery after Cunanan had come up with
two lay-ups in a row and Sabayo
chipped in with a nice basket to give
Paints a winning lead.
Score Summaries
NSK Dream 60 (Phorn Rithysak 24,
Bo Sochetra 10, Chanchan Borey 8)
Pate 310 58 (Sok Tour 16 , Ouch Phanat
8 , Taing Pengkuy 7)
Davies Paints 82 (Aimar Sabayo 26,
Janno Cunanan 18, John Cornito 13)
Mekong Tigers 76 (Sok Samnang 31,
Seath Socheat 16, Pheng Darath 14)
Dexter Arcenas of Davies Paints (front right) goes up for a shot during a CBL game against
the Mekong Tigers on Saturday at the Olympic Stadium Indoor Arena. SRENG MENG SRUN
Argentina beat Australia for rst Championship win
ARGENTINA defeated Aus-
tralia 21-17 after trailing by 14
points during the first half to
achieve a first Rugby Champi-
onship win on Saturday.
The Pumas debuted in the
southern hemisphere com-
petition during 2012 and lost
16 and drew one of their pre-
vious matches against Aus-
tralia, New Zealand and
South Africa.
Australia had three players
yellow carded and were
repeatedly penalised by Welsh
referee Nigel Owens.
Defeat completed a night-
mare week for the Wallabies
with star back Kurtley Beale
dropped from the squad after
a row with an official during a
flight from South Africa.
The match had no bearing on
the final Championship stand-
ings with New Zealand finish-
ing top on 22 points despite a
27-25 loss in South Africa ear-
lier on Saturday.
The Springboks came sec-
ond with 19 points, Australia
third with 11 and Argentina
last for the third consecutive
season with seven.
Burgess inspires Rabbitohs
English forward Sam Burgess
played one of the most coura-
geous games in Australian
rugby league history with a
serious facial injury to inspire
South Sydney to their first title
in 43 years on Sunday.
The Rabbitohs, who were
kicked out of the league and
fought their way back through
the courts 12 years ago, won a
brutal National Rugby League
grand final 30-6 over the Can-
terbury Bulldogs at Sydneys
Olympic stadium.
Burgess, who is leaving the
NRL to play rugby union with
Bath in England, suffered a
probable broken cheekbone in
a clash of heads with fellow
English Test forward James Gra-
ham in the opening hit-up of
the match.
Burgess played through the
premiership decider with a
swollen right eye to lead the
Rabbitohs to their 21st premier-
ship title and was named the
Clive Churchill Medal winner
as player of the match.
It feels like Ive cracked my
eye-ball in the first tackle, but I
just played on adrenaline and
my teammates talked me
through it, Burgess said.
Im pretty sure Im going to
be sore tomorrow but I would
do it all over again, its a feeling
you cant replicate
Im thankful to be in this
position and Im humbled to
play with a team like I have
this year.
Oscar-winning Hollywood
actor Russell Crowe, who owns
the club, said: Its deep satis-
faction, but this is a team sport
and theres been a lot of people
involved over the last nine
years and a lot of effort has
gone in.
Its a grand reward for eve-
rybody who stepped up to the
plate and decided we werent
going to put up with South
Sydney being a losing club
any more.
Souths only led 6-0 at half-
time in a ferocious contest
before the Bulldogs draw level
nine minutes after the restart.
But the Rabbitohs finished
the better before a massive
83,833 crowd and scored three
tries in the final seven minutes
to claim victory. AFP
Australias Israel Folau dives over Argentinas Joaquin Tuculet during their Rugby Championship match at
Malvinas Argentinas stadium in Mendoza on Saturday. AFP
Man City boss Pellegrini
wants more from Toure
MANCHESTER City manager
Manuel Pellegrini has urged
Yaya Toure to build on his
performance against Aston
Villa after he notched his first
goal of the season in their 2-0
victory. The Ivory Coast
midfielder has started the
season slowly, but looked like
something back to his best as
City kept the pressure up on
Premier League leaders
Chelsea. City had, however,
been frustrated for large
periods of the game at Villa
Park against a disciplined and
organised home defence. That
was until Toure, who scored 24
goals in all competitions for
City last season, put City
ahead at Villa Park in the 82nd
minute with a confident finish
before Sergio Aguero made
the points safe late on. AFP
Messi, Neymar on
target in Barca win
BARCELONA recovered from
their midweek defeat to Paris
Saint-Germain as goals from
Lionel Messi and Neymar
handed them a comfortable
2-0 win away to nine-man
Rayo Vallecano on Saturday.
Valencia remained just two
points behind the Catalans at
the top of the table with a 3-1
win over champions Atletico
Madrid thanks to three goals
in the opening 13 minutes. AFP
Guardiola happy with
ever-improving Bayern
PEP Guardiola says Bayern
Munich are improving from
game to game after opening a
four-point lead in the
Bundesliga on the back of
their perfect Champions
League record. Bayern
secured their second
Champions League win on
Tuesday with a 1-0 win at
CSKA Moscow then enjoyed a
4-0 romp at home to Hanover
96 in the German league on
Saturday with Robert
Lewandowski and Arjen
Robben both scoring twice.
Bayern were rarely troubled at
home and dominated Hanover
even with Thomas Mueller and
World Cup winner Mario
Goetze left on the bench, as
well as Germany star Bastian
Schweinsteiger out injured. AFP
26
THE PHNOM PENH POST OCTOBER 6, 2014
Sport
Records, rows at Asian Games
A
SIAS athletes put on world-
class performances and Chi-
na stepped towards the 2016
Olympics but controversy
was never far away at an engrossing
Asian Games.
Between the Gangnam Style open-
ing ceremony and Saturdays spectac-
ular close, 17 world records fell and
dozens of potential Olympic champi-
ons were unearthed.
China topped the medals table with
151 golds, some way short of their re-
cord 199 in 2010 but easily enough to
keep them top of Asias Olympics for
the ninth time in a row.
A rare visit by a high-ranking North
Korean delegation for Saturdays clos-
ing ceremony warmed Korean ties
and indicated that Pyongyangs lead-
ers enjoyed their teams performance.
But away from the Games suc-
cesses, doping, sexual harassment,
problems with the ofciating and
even theft hogged the headlines in
Incheon. And with swathes of empty
seats testament to an indifferent pub-
lic reaction, the events legacy stands
in question in what is now South Ko-
reas most indebted city.
Pop phenomenon Psy brought a
dour opening ceremony to life with
his hit Gangnam Style, heralding the
start of 15 days of competition in 49
widespread venues in Incheon.
Two sexual harassment cases in
the build-up to the tournament had
brought swift condemnation and
saw an Iranian football ofcial sent
home.
Qatars womens basketball team
were at the centre of a storm when
they were ordered off the court
for not removing their hijab head-
scarves, which are against rules set
by the sports world body.
This is an insult to us, they did not
respect our religion, Qatar forward
Refaa Morjan Mohammed told AFP.
Boxing rules were also in the spotlight
when Indian boxer Sarita Devi tearfully
refused her lightweight bronze medal
in protest at the judging.
The Philippines and Mongolia,
who were also on the end of some
questionable decisions, promised to
take up the problem with the Inter-
national Boxing Association.
In athletics, there was confusion
as teenager Ruth Jebet was disquali-
ed from steeplechase gold as she
was about to step onto the victory
podium, before being reinstated on
appeal the following day.
Longer stride
Chinas gold medal count was its
lowest since Busan 2002, and the
team was also rocked by a positive
drugs test to three-time hammer
champion Zhang Wenxiu.
But swimmers Sun Yang and Ye Shi-
wen underlined their superiority and
hurdler Xie Wenjuns 110 metres win
highlighted some promising perfor-
mances in athletics.
Qatars Nigerian-origin Femi
Ogunode set a new Asian record of
9.93sec in the 100m and also won
the 200m, highlighting a rich haul of
medals by African-born athletes rep-
resenting Gulf states.
I think its unfair because they are
taller and have a longer stride, mens
100m silver medallist Su Bingtian of
China told AFP.
South Korea were slow to come to
the party but a thrilling mens foot-
ball win over North Korea in the dy-
ing seconds of extra-time brought
the Asian Games biggest crowd to
its feet.
The hosts star rhythmic gymnast
Son Yeon-jae also delivered gold late
in week two, making up for failures by
swimmer Park Tae-hwan and God of
Vault Yang Hak-seon.
North Koreas athletes set ve
weightlifting world records and won
11 golds overall all accompanied by
praise for their leader Kim Jong-un
to nish seventh on the table.
Among the six doping cases, Ma-
laysia fought bitterly against the dis-
qualication of wushu gold-medallist
Tai Cheau Xuen before eventually
conceding defeat.
Ex-Soviet state Kazakhstan nished
fourth on the medals table behind
China, South Korea and Japan, and
ahead of Iran, helped by six golds in
mens boxing.
Perhaps the strangest episode con-
cerned Japanese swimmer Naoya To-
mita, who swiped a photographers
US$7,500 camera from the Incheon
pool deck. It happened in a ash,
an act of impulse like the devil got
a hold of him, said chef de mission
Tsuyoshi Aoki. AFP
Corporate sides line up for league kick off
Dan Riley
THE PP Premier League, a
5-a-side corporate football
competition, is set to kick off
its the inaugural edition Tues-
day night from 7pm at the 3G
playing field.
Eight teams have signed up
to compete: ACE, Cellcard,
CTN/MyTV, Infinity, Naga-
World, Wing, Vattanac Proper-
ties and Schindler.
It really is great to get some
of the biggest companies in
Phnom Penh vying to be win-
ners of this prestigious tourna-
ment, Jimmy Campbell, man-
aging director of league
organisers Excel Events, told
the Post.
It gives the players an oppor-
tunity to represent their com-
panies and play in a friendly
and competitive atmosphere.
The teams competing are
already sending messages to
each other on social media
saying how excited they are
to be involved in the PP Pre-
mier League. We plan for this
to be an annual event and
hope it grows with more
teams next year.
Sides will face each other
once during the preliminary
phase. The top four will then
progress to semifinal knock-
out rounds of the PP Premier
Trophy, while the bottom four
teams will vie for the Commu-
nity Cup.
All teams will be presented
with participation awards, with
winners collecting the trophy
and gold medals. Other prizes
will be a runners-up trophy
with silver medals, and bronze
medals for third place.
Top goal scorer, best player
and a fair play award will also
be up for grabs, according to
the organisers.
CTN will broadcast a weekly
round-up of the action and
results.
Representatives from some of the teams involved in the 2014 PP Premier League competition line up behind
tournament trophies during a press conference last week. SRENG MENG SRUN
Fireworks light up the sky at the end of the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games at The Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in South Korea on Saturday. AFP
English Premier League
Hull 2 Crystal Palace 0
Leicester 2 Burnley 2
Liverpool 2 West Brom 1
Sunderland 3 Stoke 1
Swansea 2 Newcastle 2
Spanish La Liga
Eibar 3 Levante 3
Almeria 2 Elche 2
Malaga 2 Granada 1
On Friday
Getafe 1 Cordoba 1
German Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 2
Paderborn 2
Bor Dortmund 0 Hamburg 1
Werder Bremen 1 Freiburg 1
Hoffenheim 2 Schalke 1
E Frankfurt 3 FC Kln 2
On Friday
Hertha Berlin 3 Stuttgart 2
Italian Serie A
Verona 1 Cagliari 0
AC Milan 2 Chievo 0
French Ligue 1
Caen 1 Marseille 2
Bastia 0 Lorient 2
Evian TG 3 Metz 0
Nice 1 Montpellier 1
Rennes 2 Lens 0
On Friday
Reims 1 Bordeaux 0
SATURDAYS RESULTS
Sport
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