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HALF-BAKED PIG FARM BUST
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KONNICHIWA, SIEM REAP
HEALTH [PAGE 18]
THE RISE OF POLIO
Two farmers say they grew
pot merely to keep their
swine plump and their soup
tasty
Twice-weekly ights between
Tokyo and Siem Reap on
Japans Asia Atlantic will
commence in July
WHO warns that polio has re-
emerged as a global health
emergency
SOME 100,000 pro-government red
shirts in Thailands northeast say
they are ready to descend on Bangkok
if and when the Constitutional Court
rules to the effect that Yingluck Shina-
watra must step down as caretaker
prime minister.
The red shirts in 20 northeastern
provinces are suspicious of the speed
at which the court is considering the
case, which determines Yinglucks
status as prime minister, according
to Anutin Tinnaraj, chairman of the
northeastern chapter of the pro-gov-
ernment group the United Front for
Democracy Against Dictatorship.
The court said it would hand down
the decision at noon today.
The premier appeared at the court
yesterday to deny the allegation,
filed by a group of senators who said
the then-national security chief
Thawil Pliensri was replaced after
Yinglucks 2011 election for the ben-
efit of her party.
But the courts president, Charoon
Intachan, said the nine-member
bench had heard enough evidence
and was ready to rule. The hearing
is over . . . the court has decided to
rule on May 7 at noon, he said.
The case, one of two potential
knockout legal moves against the
premiership, comes as Thailands
political crisis reaches a critical junc-
ture. Anti-government protesters are
Defendant Chan Puthisak outside Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday. Puthisak is one of 23 people on trial after being arrested in garment protests in January. PHA LINA
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea,
Sean Teehan and Chhay Channyda
E
ACH of the 23 defendants who
testified yesterday on charges
linked to the garment protests
in early January denied
involvement in the violent demon-
strations, while many said police beat
false statements out of them.
On the second full day of proceed-
ings for the trial of nearly two-dozen
people, judges and attorneys in two
Phnom Penh Municipal Court rooms
completed questioning of all but
three defendants. The cases are
scheduled to continue at 8am on
May 20.
The 23, as theyve come to be known
on social media and in public rallies in
support of them, were all arrested in
early January in a violent crackdown on
garment protests that were sparked by
the government announcing a lower-
than-desired minimum wage of $95 in
late December.
Ten of the defendants were arrested
on January 2 outside the South Kore-
an-owned Yakjin garment factory,
when protesters blocked a national
road. The next day, the rest of group
was swept up as part of a crackdown
in which military police fired on an
unruly demonstration outside Phnom
Penhs Canadia Industrial Park on
Veng Sreng Boulevard, killing at least
four people.
No one has been arrested or brought
to court over the shootings.
After the crackdown, the majority of
defendants spent nearly four months
in jail before all had their first day in
court on April 25, though much of it
was procedural. Proceedings yester-
day, however, involved far more testi-
mony, most of which conflicted with
official accounts.
They arrested me while I was riding
to Svay Rieng province to bring clothes
to my wife, who just delivered our
baby, said Ros Sophoan, 25, a gar-
ment and construction worker arrest-
ed on January 3. After arresting [and
beating] me, police ordered me to run;
police ran after me and beat me again,
like an animal.
Shortly after proceedings began yes-
terday, prosecutor Top Chhun Long
grilled 34-year-old defendant and
motodop Chea Sarath, asking him
why police found petrol on him when
they arrested him on Veng Sreng Boul-
evard after midnight on January 3; he
presented a glass bottle filled with
The 23 put police on trial
Testimony tells of cop-coerced confessions
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D-Day for
Yingluck as
reds ready
Death toll rises in Ukraine
WORLD NEWS
INSIDE P12
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Stuart White
W
ITH its campaign
for subnational
council elections
well under way,
the opposition Cambodia Na-
tional Rescue Party is putting
forth an optimistic message
about its prospects in the vote,
even going so far as to predict
that ruling party voters will
bolster its share of the ballots.
However, with decision-
making still concentrated at
the national level, some ob-
servers yesterday questioned
whether the party would be
able to wield any signicant
powers even if were to make
unprecedented inroads into
the countrys district, provin-
cial and municipal councils.
Given its modest gains in
2012s elections for commune
councillors who will be the
only voters in the subnational
election the CNRP is assured
of securing wider support on
May 18, and yesterday CNRP
president Sam Rainsy said
that this time, based on math,
we would control, even if no
[Cambodian Peoples Party
voter] changes sides, at least
six districts.
With the outpouring of oppo-
sition support in last years na-
tional elections, he said, many
councillors elected under the
CPP in 2012 must realise that
[their] voters have switched
sides, and vote accordingly.
Control at the district and
provincial levels would be a
rst for the opposition, and
the CNRPs rst [goal] is to
make local democracy vibrant,
to consult the people, Rainsy
said, particularly on matters
relating to the Kingdoms oft-
maligned land management
policies.
But according to Ngann
Chamroeun, deputy direc-
tor of the secretariat of the
National Committee for Sub-
National Democratic Devel-
opment, most land manage-
ment issues apart from the
approval of licences for small
construction projects are
still made at the national level,
while subnational councils
serve to listen to the needs of
the people.
Most commonly, they initi-
ate infrastructure projects like
rural road building, Chamroe-
un continued, but subnation-
al councils can also draft local
ordinances as long as they are
aligned with national laws, a
determination made by gov-
ernors, who are appointees
nominated by the minister
of interior.
Despite the CNRPs opti-
mism, political analyst Lao
Mong Hay said yesterday that
subnational councils wield very
little independent power, and,
at this stage, [are] more like the
creations of positions for retired
[ruling] party members.
They can pass resolutions,
but it depends very much on
the governors . . . who repre-
sent the central power, Mong
Hay said.
Councils also cant raise local
taxes, he said, so today [fund-
ing] all depends very much on
the central government.
Whats more, Mong Hay said,
the CNRPs numbers at the
commune level are not, alto-
gether, substantial the oppo-
sition holds 2,955 seats to the
CPPs nearly 8,300 and while
some CPP councillors may vote
with their changing constituen-
cies, not many will.
Preap Kol of Transparency
International Cambodia said
yesterday that the new coun-
cils independence may in part
depend on a political solution
at the national level trickling
down to the subnational level.
If the CNRP still refuses to take
their seats, and the political
dispute has not been settled by
the CPP and CNRP, thats going
to have an effect on the subna-
tional councils, he said.
CNRP bullish
on local polls
The 23 testify, put police on trial
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petrol in a large zip-lock bag
as evidence.
Chhun Long read an excerpt
from the police report submit-
ted to the court and signed
by Sarath that concluded he
was one of the people who in-
tended to throw Molotov cock-
tails at authorities. [Sarath]
received a bottle of gasoline
from a group of demonstrators
with orders to throw it at po-
lice, Chhun Long read aloud.
Sarath testied that police
actually arrested him at a near-
by petrol station as he lled
his motorbike tank. Allegedly
beaten at the scene and again
at the police station, Sarath
signed the police report to
avoid another assault, he said.
When one of Saraths de-
fence attorneys asked her cli-
ent about his injuries, Judge
Leang Sarath ordered her to
stick with questions related to
the charges. All the defendants
are facing charges ranging
from inciting violence to ag-
gravated intentional violence.
Like Sarath, 17-year-old Yon
Sok Chea asked the court to
use his direct account of events
in the early hours of January
3, rather than the contradic-
tory police report, after Ch-
hun Long inquired as to why
Sok Chea said he saw nobody
throwing rocks at police.
One of two defendants who
received bail, Sok Chea said
police broke his hand when
they detained him as he stood
in front of a residential build-
ing watching the chaos with
about 10 others. While arrest-
ing me, police used electric
batons and beat my arm and
head, Sok Chea said.
In courtroom two, where
the testimony from some of
the defendants arrested dur-
ing the demonstration outside
the Yakjin garment factory was
heard, one suspect also said
evidence had been falsied.
During proceedings for those
10 defendants, Sokun Som-
bath Piseth, 31, a networking
ofcer at the Center for Labor
Rights of Cambodia, said he
believed a photograph pur-
porting to show him leading a
group of protesters in front of
the factory was doctored.
Despite defence attorney
Sam Sokongs objection to the
new evidence, which he was
unaware of being entered into
court yesterday, Judge Keo
Mony allowed prosecutor Ly
Sophanna to use the picture.
I recognise its me in this
photo, but I dont recognise
the whole photo; I think its
been edited with Photoshop,
Sombath Piseth said in court,
pointing out that the photo
had no timestamp.
Three of the defendants in
the Yakjin trial have yet to tes-
tify, including Independent
Democracy of Informal Econ-
omy Association president
Vorn Pov, but Judge Sarath
heard from all 13 arrested on
Veng Sreng, and two police of-
cials on the victims list.
A separate case involving
two people arrested during a
November march-turned-riot
supporting a strike at SL Gar-
ment Processing wrapped up
yesterday. A verdict in that
case will be read May 30.
Kim Rithy, deputy chief of
the capitals Prampi Makara
district police intervention
unit, and Lay Vin, deputy chief
of the district polices public
order unit, each said they suf-
fered injuries at the hands of
Veng Sreng demonstrators.
Rithy, who said he suffered
permanent damage to his eye
from a projectile, is suing for 40
million riel ($10,000). Vin, who
said protesters dropping ob-
jects from a building injured his
shoulder and legs, is demand-
ing 20 million riel ($5,000).
Pointing out that demon-
strators early on January 3
used high-power ashlights
to blind police and quickly
blocked roads with trucks, Vin
said the tactics did not appear
to be the work of amateurs.
This was a clearly organised
group, Vin said.
Supporters of the 23 men on trial yesterday show their support outside
Phnom Penh Municipal Court. PHA LINA
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Laignee Barron
THE Ministry of Education,
Youth and Sport is plunging
public schools into the digi-
tal age with a new interactive
technology plan t with bells,
whistles and 3G applications,
light-years ahead of its mostly
dirt-oor school houses.
The ve-year, $1.3 million
project, developed and fund-
ed by Cellcard, will see Infor-
mation and Communications
Technology (ICT) Resource
Centres installed in 334 sec-
ondary schools.
The centres will each be have
broadband internet access and
three computers equipped
with mobile-phone-compati-
ble digital portals that include
digitised and searchable copies
of the curriculum, hundreds of
tutoring videos, an interactive
student forum, weekly updat-
ed entertainment and Candy
Crush-style educational games.
Its absolutely massive, no-
bodys ever done anything like
this in Cambodia before, and
Ive travelled around the world,
but never seen any educational
software or content at this level,
Cellcard CEO Ian Watson said.
Although Cambodia has one
of the lowest electrication
rates in the world, 3G and in-
ternet subscriptions are boom-
ing, and both the ministry and
Cellcard say they want to seek
out those comprising the fast-
est-growing market: teenagers.
There were 3.8 million Cam-
bodian web users in March,
up from just 178,142 in 2010,
according to the government,
and 3.5 million people had 3G
access last year.
Most of these kids are con-
stantly on their phones play-
ing games and watching You-
Tube videos, so we thought:
why not leverage their be-
haviour and use it as an edu-
cational opportunity to teach
them through games, Palani
Periakaruppan, Cellcards di-
rector of marketing, said.
But so far, the ICT centres are
planned for just 3 per cent of
schools, and though the interac-
tive digital portal will be acces-
sible through a free app, it will
require a Cellcard subscription.
Even without considering
technology, there are many dis-
crepancies in quality between
the urban and remote schools,
Education Minister Hang Chuon
Naron said. But we still need to
provide all the means we can for
our students to succeed, includ-
ing, wherever possible, growing
our IT capabilities and crossing
the digital divide.
Ministry plans to drag
schools into digital era
Govt backtracks on rally ban
Meas Sokchea
A
FTER days of de-
ance from the oppo-
sition against a ban
on public assembly,
the government issued or-
ders yesterday for opposition
rallies across the country to
be allowed to go ahead, of-
cials said.
Tep Nytha, secretary-general
of the National Election Com-
mittee (NEC), said the body
and the Interior Ministry had
sent letters to provincial and
municipal governors calling
on them not to stand in the
way of rallies or marches by
the Cambodia National Res-
cue Party.
This letter, we decided on
just now, and we have started
to send it [to the provinces].
Based on this letter the gover-
nors will make it easy [for the
CNRP to march], Nytha told
the Post yesterday.
The CNRP asked the Minis-
try of Interior for permission
to march in some provinces
and [the ministry] sent the
letters to those provinces. It
means that the ministry al-
lows the [CNRP to] march, but
it must cooperate, he said, re-
ferring to orders that include
limiting the numbers of sup-
porters rallying.
Nytha added that ofcials
in Phnom Penh had also been
asked not to interfere in oppo-
sition rallies.
Ofcials from the Interior
Ministry could not be reached
for comment.
Bans on public rallies had
previously been announced for
the duration of the campaign
period, which ends on May 16.
The CNRP has also deed
orders to refrain from verbally
attacking the Cambodian Peo-
ples Party. But Nytha said such
attacks would continue to be
tolerated as long as they did
not get personal.
If [any party] criticises the
political platform of the [op-
posing] party it is [allowed] . . .
but no insulting of individu-
als, he said.
Addressing a crowd of about
2,000 supporters in Kampong
Chhnang yesterday, CNRP
leader Sam Rainsy slammed
the CPP for the corruption and
poverty that exist under its rule.
Our youth have seen that our
countrys current leaders are
very weak because [Cambodia]
nowadays, under the ruling of
the Cambodian Peoples Party,
is the poorest compared to
neighbouring countries, [and
the] most corrupt, he said.
Our Khmer children have
gone to Thailand for jobs be-
cause Thailand is prosper-
ous . . . [Only the CNRP] is ar-
ranging . . . for all Cambodian
children to have proper jobs.
[Cambodian children] do not
need to leave the country to
work for pay in Thailand.
The CNRP is set to rally in
Phnom Penh today.
CNRP supporters rally through the streets of Phnom Penh on Monday. HENG CHIVOAN
National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Thai drug arrests
Ofcials to
call for lives
to be spared
C
AMBODIA will urge Thai
ofcials not to consider
the death penalty if two of
its nationals, who were arrested
on Sunday for allegedly smug-
gling drugs across the border
into Thailand, are found guilty of
charges against them, an ofcial
has revealed.
Neth Sary, a Cambodian
consular ofcial in Thailands Sa
Kaeo province, said the arrested
couple were being held in the
provincial prison awaiting their
trial. However, [for] this case,
we are suggesting [further]
investigation and [we are] trying
to negotiate with Thailand not
to evoke the death penalty on
them, he added.
Ban Beng, 20, and his wife,
27-year-old Huorn Sophal, were
arrested by Thai border police on
Sunday for allegedly smuggling
about 10,000 methamphetamine
pills and 100 grams of another
drug between the two countries,
according to Sary.
The drugs were being con-
cealed in Beng and Sophals
shoes, the ofcial revealed.
Thailand still hands down the
death penalty for some drug of-
fences. The most recent execu-
tions, however, were carried out
in 2009. KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA
Well-being
of women,
children up
Alice Cuddy
THE well-being of women and
children in Cambodia has
improved vastly in the past 15
years but still lags internation-
ally, according to a report
released by the nonprofit
organisation Save the Children
this week.
Cambodia ranked 132 out of
178 countries in the organisa-
tions 15th annual Mothers
Index. Despite the low score,
however, the country was
praised for improvements.
Since 2000, Cambodia has
managed to reduce both mater-
nal and child mortality by 64 per
cent, add three years to chil-
drens expected years of school-
ing, and almost tripled the share
of seats held by women in the
lower house of parliament.
But opposition lawmaker-
elect Mu Sochua said that more
needs to be done.
The report fails to say that 50
per cent of the children drop out
of school by grade 6 and that
only 40 per cent of the children
are functionally literate, she
said by email. She added that
elected females from the ruling
party do not stand up for wom-
ens issues.
Passports to be valid longer
Cheang Sokha

P
ASSPORTS issued to
Cambodians will soon
be valid for 10 years
instead of three, of-
cials at the Ministry of Interior
said yesterday.
General Mao Chandara,
head of the ministrys General
Directorate of Identication,
said that by July, the depart-
ment will begin to issue long-
awaited 10-year passports.
We are in the process of
[nalising the scheme], and it
will be ready in the next month
or two, he said. It will meet
international standards.
Currently, Cambodians can
only apply for a three-year
passport with the option of ex-
tending it for two years, twice.
The Ministry of Interior is-
sues ordinary passports, but
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
controls the issuance of ofcial
and diplomatic passports.
Ang Kim Eang, president of
the Cambodian Association of
Travel Agents, said this will en-
courage tourism in the region
and save people time.
When we integrated into
the Asean community, people
will need to have passports,
he said. IDs will be used
within the home countries
and passports will still be
used for overseas.
The ASEAN Economic Com-
munity is an economic group
due to be created in late 2015
to promote the free ow of
goods, trade and labour.
But Kim Eng raised concerns
over the price of the passports
the ministry has made no
indication that the $135 fee
will be lowered and the time
it takes the government to is-
sue them. Cambodia issues
the priciest passports in the
region, he said.
The central passport ofce
will also be moved from its cur-
rent location on Mao Tse Toung
Boulevard in Chamkarmon
district to Noroth commune,
Meanchey district, in an at-
tempt to ease the ow of traf-
c in the city centre.
The new location is a big-
ger space, said passport of-
cial Lep Toulors. People will
still easily be able to nd the
new place.
Last month, Cambodia
opened passport ofces along
its border with Thailand to
cut down on illegal migration.
In December 2012, Thailand
threatened to expel about
165,000 Cambodian workers
lacking proper documents.
Applicants gather outside the often-busy passport ofce in Phnom Penh. The government has announced it
will introduce passports that are valid for 10 years and relocate its ofce to Meanchey district. HENG CHIVOAN
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National
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Kim Sarom
THIRTEEN Vietnamese sh-
ermen detained by a shing
community in Kampot prov-
ince on Sunday morning were
deported back to their home
country yesterday, ofcials
have revealed.
Koy Khun Hour, Kampot
provincial governor, said yes-
terday that the men had been
handed over to Vietnam in ac-
cordance with a cross-border
shing territory agreement.
The shermen will not face
nes for encroaching on Cam-
bodian waters, he added, as
the authorities in Vietnams
Kieng Yeng province have re-
turned Cambodian shermen
without nes in the past.
Khun Hour added that it
was not clear whether the
men were apprehended in
Cambodian waters, as no
accurate maps exist of the
sea boundaries.
The maritime boundary
remains, if only technically,
in dispute, following treaties
signed by Prime Minister Hun
Sen which opposition sup-
porters often claim ceded Koh
Tral, known in Vietnamese as
Phu Quoc, to Vietnam.
Vietnamese
shermen
sent home
Prince to run
Ranariddhs
comeback
under way

P
RINCE Norodom Ranariddh
has ofcially registered his
new political faction, the
Community of Royalist Peoples
Party, as a contender in the next
national elections in 2018.
The partys new chief of cabinet,
Nop Sothearith, yesterday told the
Post he submitted the application
to run to the Ministry of Interior
on May 5.
I submitted an ofcial applica-
tion for the CRPP to the Ministry
of Interior on [Monday], and we
completed our application in ac-
cordance with the demands of the
Law on Political Parties, he said.
The CRPP, he added, has a long
way to go to challenge the two
major political parties the ruling
Cambodian Peoples Party and
the opposition Cambodia National
Rescue Party.
We have to ght when we ar-
rive in a boxing arena, even if we
dont know whether we will win
or lose, he said.
Ranariddh ruled in a coalition
government with Prime Minister
Hun Sen from 1993 to 1997 before
being ousted during days of
bloody street ghting.
But after so many years, the
prince has lost much credibility in
his political leadership, analyst
Chea Vannath said. VONG SOKHENG
Half-baked hog farm busted
Khouth Sophak Chakrya

T
WO farmers avoided
criminal charges af-
ter convincing police
that 240 large can-
nabis plants discovered on
their adjoining eggplant farms
in Kampong Cham province
were being grown only to
help keep their pigs plump,
free of disease and to make
their soups taste better.
After discovering the crops
on the properties of neigh-
bours Ly Dieng, 75, and Seng
Boeun, 50, on Monday, police
burned all 240 plants, Santhor
district police chief Kheng
Sreng said.
[Police] pulled the plants
from the ground and destroyed
them at the scene, he said.
Despite the size of the haul
and the penalties that the cul-
tivation of such drugs carry,
the two farmers were not
charged with any crime.
This was because they did
not understand the law and
were primarily mixing the can-
nabis with pig feed rather than
selling it, deputy district gover-
nor Sim Kong told the Post.
However, the authori-
ties have educated them and
asked them to thumbprint
a document saying they will
stop growing cannabis from
this point on, Kong said, add-
ing that the pair would be ar-
rested and sent to court if they
broke their agreement.
Boeun, who grew about 200
of the plants in question, said
he had never sold drugs and
had grown cannabis only with
the physical condition of his
pigs in mind.
I mix it with pig food to
make them fat quickly and
prevent diseases, he said.
Similarly, Dieng said she had
not cultivated the cannabis for
any commercial gain.
Dieng admitted, however,
that she and her family rath-
er than the farms pigs used
the cannabis, but only by oc-
casionally adding it to a soup
to give it some extra avour.
From now on, I vow not to
grow it, and I will tell my chil-
dren to stop growing it, because
it is banned under the law, she
said. The authorities told me
that grass is an addictive thing
that affects our health when we
use it more and more.
Police ofcials did not es-
timate the street value of the
plants seized from the two
properties, but said they sus-
pect other farmers in the area
have similar crops.
Police in Kampong Chams Santhor district burn marijuana plants discovered on adjacent farming plots on
Monday. The farmers involved escaped prosecution, claiming it was strictly for pig feed. PHOTO SUPPLIED
The $2,000 question:
Whats inside the box?
IT WAS hardly the work of a
criminal mastermind, but a
fraudster in Phnom Penh
managed to persuade a cou-
ple to pay $2,000 for a box he
assured them contained $1
million in cash. The man,
working with an accomplice,
deceived the clueless pair into
handing over their savings for
the box which actually con-
tained only a 100-riel note
during an exchange in Daun
Penh district. The thrill of so
easily tricking his victims
quickly wore off when the man
was arrested. His accomplice
escaped. KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Helmeted and helping
out the cops for good
SEVERAL motodops staked
their own claim for auxiliary
police officer status in the
capitals Chamkarmon district
on Monday. Upon seeing two
men break the locks of some
parked motorbikes and get
the wheels turning on a
speedy getaway, the moto-
dops sprung into action, join-
ing police in a thrilling chase
that ended in the thieves
arrest. The two offenders,
aged 34 and 36, confessed.
KOHSANTEPHEAP
Robbers pick the wrong
target a police officer
IT PAYS to choose your targets
wisely. This was wisdom two
men in the capitals Daun
Penh district were oblivious to
when they decided to steal a
wallet and a mobile phone
from a police officer. The duo
followed the cop to a secluded
area on a motorbike and
snatched the items from his
hands. The officer called for
back-up, a chase ensued and
the two men, both 20, were
arrested after crashing their
bike in a fit of panic. NOKORWAT
Criminal on the run
stops to put up his feet
GETTING as far away as you
can from the scene of the
crime is something that has
still not caught on among
Cambodias criminal commu-
nity. Upon stealing a car in the
early hours of Monday, a
35-year-old drove it to a park-
ing lot and proceeded to check
into a nearby guesthouse. By
the time he awoke, the owner
had reported the theft to
police, who traced the car to
the parking lot and found a
witness who had seen the
thief retire to the guesthouse.
Breakfast was left uneaten
as an arrest was made.
KOH SANTEPHEAP
Literally a hit-and-run
as driver flees his car
ANOTHER suspected drunk
driver seriously injured a
motorcyclist yesterday, drag-
ging the victims bike 50
metres along a street in the
capitals Daun Penh district
before abandoning his car.
Police said the car was being
driven in a way that suggested
its driver had enjoyed a large
night out before crashing into
the motorcyclist, 30, knocking
him out. Police seized the car
and the motorbike for further
investigation. DEUM AMPIL
Translated by Phak Seangly
POLICE
BLOTTER
National
6
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Job Posting: National Democratic Institute -- Evaluation Consultant(s)
TheNational Democratic Institutefor International Affairs (NDI) seeks the
services of a qualied evaluation team with expertise in the democracy and
governance sector to conduct a nal evaluation of a 5 year USAID funded
program. The evaluation team will assess the overall performance of the
program and the degree to which its key elements were effective in achieving
program objectives.
Responsibilities:
The evaluation team is responsible for:
Conducting the evaluation and developing a detailed evaluation design
including nalizing key and sub-questions,
Identifying subjects for interviews,
Designing and implementing focus groups, and
Finalizing data collection and analysis methods.
NDI will be involved with design, planning, and logistics, but the
evaluation team is required to provide signicant and overall leadership
and direction, as well as having the nal responsibility for the major
evaluation duties and deliverables.
Qualications:
Perfect uency in English, preferably a native English speaker;
At least 15-20 years working experience in nongovernmental or
bilateral organizations in the areas of democracy and governance; work
experience outside Cambodia a must;
A masters degree or PhD in a relevant eld from a foreign university;
Experience in election-related evaluations (observation, election laws/
regulations);
Excellent understanding of Cambodian politics;
Research design -- statistical research background (monitoring and
evaluation, polling, sampling) essential;
Excellent organizational, logistical, and writing skills (in English);
Strong teamwork and management skills.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send their application and CV highlighting
relevant experience and technical proposal including budget to Max West
at mwest@ndi.org. Closing Date: May 15, 2014
The technical proposal should contain:
A written statement of interest and qualications (no more than ve 1.
pages in length) highlighting: prospective data collection options for this
program, including experience with each proposed approach; relevant
experience and thematic expertise of team members; the tasks each
member would fulll;
A current CV for each member of the evaluation team; 2.
At least two client references from past evaluation work; 3.
One example of a previous evaluation inception report written by a 4.
member of the team
One example of an assessment or evaluation report written by a member 5.
of theteam
Note: Only short-listed candidates will be notied for interview
CV and writing samples are not returnable
A detailed Terms of Reference is available
at http://www.eval.org/p/cm/ld/d=113.
Logging ght
Villagers
conscate
bulldozer

T
EN villagers in Preah Vihear
province hijacked a bull-
dozer on Monday in an act
of retaliation against a company
allegedly responsible for clearing
about 200 hectares of community
forest in the provinces Rovieng
district, an ofcial said.
The community has stopped
this bulldozer from clearing the
area three times already, said
Chhuon Doeurn, 44, a chief in
Romny commune. Doeurn did not
know the companys name.
According to him, about 200
hectares of rubber trees, corn
and soybean plantations have
been decimated since last year
despite the government demar-
cating more than 2,000 hectares
of community forest in 2011.
Villagers are demanding the
unidentied company come
forward and sign a contract
promising to halt additional clear-
ing before they return the vehicle,
Lor Chann, provincial coordinator
for rights group Adhoc, said.
In January, more than 200
families led a complaint with the
provincial court against two em-
ployees of logging rm Try Pheap
who allegedly cleared 15 hectares
of community forest late last year
before being stopped by villagers.
PHAKSEANGLY
Bus company sues strikers
Mom Kunthear

A
FTER grappling with weeks of
on-again, off-again strikes, the
Phnom Penh Sorya Transpor-
tation bus rm has led com-
plaints against 20 former employees for
incitement, making threats and using the
company uniform without permission.
General manager Chan Sophanna said
yesterday that the company led the
complaints to Phnom Penh Municipal
Court late last month.
We sued them for using our company
uniform to protest and destroying our
company honour, incitement and mak-
ing threats, he said. They not only ille-
gally used the company uniform, but also
threatened other staff that refused to join
with them.
More than 60 workers went on strike
on April 3 ahead of the Khmer New Year
holiday. Following negotiations, Sorya
brought most workers back by agreeing
to end an unpopular policy of ning driv-
ers who transport people or goods with-
out a ticket.
But led by holdouts, workers who
changed their minds about returning and
those protesting against the laying off of
some employees after the rst strikes
protests ared back up after Khmer New
Year. The demonstrations cooled when
the Arbitration Council stepped in to me-
diate the dispute.
Sambath Vorn, a representative for the
newly conceived bus union, said yester-
day that only his vice president, Yem Kuy-
ba, and an activist, Thun Visal, have been
summonsed to appear on Friday. Both
were red by Sorya.
Vorn also dismissed the allegations
about threats and incitement.
Kuyba, the vice president, said yester-
day that he might request a suspension of
the hearing due to a scheduling conict.
The company red me, but I did not
accept. So Im still company staff and I
still have the right to wear the uniform,
he said.
Vorn said he and a company represen-
tative will meet on Thursday with the
Arbitration Council. He added that he is
condent about the case, saying nothing
wrong or illegal occurred.
We just demanded more wages, [bet-
ter] working conditions and the reinstate-
ment of 20 drivers, he said, referring to
the people who were red in addition to
12 others the company says quit.
We will gather and protest again if
we do not get justice from the Arbitra-
tion Council.
Employees of the Phnom Penh Sorya Transportation bus company protest for better working
conditions at a bus station in the capital last month. PHA LINA
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Project Management Specialist (Nutrition)
TheU.S. Embassy in PhnomPenh is seeking an individual for the
Project Management Specialist (Nutrition) position for the Ofce
of Public Health and Education (OPHE), USAID/Cambodia.
The Project Management Specialist for Nutrition provides
technical and programmatic expertise to USAID/Cambodia for
the design, development, and management of nutrition-related
programs, in thecontext of both health and food security. The
incumbent will be the primary USAID/Cambodia point of
contact for nutrition activities, and will beresponsibleto engage
and work with high-level Cambodian government counterparts as
well as other stakeholders in thesector.
Salary: Theannual salary rangefor this position is
USD 24,277 37,628.
Required Qualications
A Masters degreein Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Agriculture, 1.
Food Science, Public Administration, Governance, Inter-
national Relations, International Development, Business
Administration, Development Studies, Development
Management, Economics, Water, Sanitation, or Urban
Planning.
Five years of experience in development program/project 2.
design, planning, or implementation. At least threeyears of
work experiencemust bewith development stakeholders in
Cambodia, to includethehost government, international/local
non-governmental organizations, or other donor organizations
which contributeto nutrition-related activities.
Level IV (uent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English and 3.
Khmer are required. Language prociency will be tested.
Application Procedure
Theapplication deadlineis May 21, 2014. Interested candidates
must submit applications by email to RecruitmentPHP@state.gov
using theUniversal Application for Employment as a Locally
Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) form. The
application form and complete details on this position can
be found at http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/employment_
opportunities.html.
Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have
the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for
consideration.
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
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AAA takes
ight from
Japan to
Siem Reap
Hor Kimsay
ASIA Atlantic Airlines (AAA)
made its first flight from Tokyos
Narita International Airport to
Siem Reap on May 3 with more
than 260 tourists on board
and there are more to come.
AAA ran the test flight last
week before committing to two
flights per week starting in July,
and daily connections could
commence later this year,
according to the Minister of
Tourism Thong Khon.
The number of Japanese
visitors to Cambodia will
increase strongly in the future
after we link a direct flight serv-
ice, he said.
Khon said Japan Airlines ran
flights to and from Cambodia
until 2008, but suspended
them in early 2009 due to lag-
ging passenger numbers
brought on by the global finan-
cial crisis.
We have waited for this serv-
ice for long time. It will help our
business become busier, Ang
Kim Eang, president of Cam-
bodia Association of Travel
Agents said yesterday.
The AAA flight comes after
Prime Minister Hun Sen in Feb-
ruary announced a plan to
restart direct flights between
the two countries to boost
investment and tourism.
Japanese tourists visiting
Cambodia during the first
quarter of 2014 reached 66,900,
the Kingdoms fifth-largest
source of foriegn arrivals.
Momentum building for GTI
Eddie Morton
T
HE next stage of
Grand Twins Inter-
nationals (GTI) list-
ing on the Cambodia
Stock Exchange public sub-
scriptions has had a positive
response, according to the
head of one of the countrys
brokerage rms.
Svay Hay, CEO of Acleda Se-
curities, a registered broker for
GTI, said the subscription pro-
cess had attracted interest from
Taiwanese and Chinese inves-
tors over the past ve days.
We expect it to be over-
subscribed, both with unsuc-
cessful book-building appli-
cants and new applicants,
he said.
GTI will be the second com-
pany to go public on the CSX
since it commenced trading
in 2012 with the Phnom Penh
Water Supply Authoritys ini-
tial public offering.
Despite the long-awaited ar-
rival, however, Hay said devel-
oping an active, day-trading
culture in Cambodia would
depend mainly on the compa-
nies transparency and com-
munication with investors.
At this stage we can only think
they are long-term investors.
Short term [and day trading] will
really depend on how much and
how often the company releases
information, he said.
Stephen Hsu, CEO of Phnom
Penh Securities (PPS), GTIs
underwriter told the Post that
apart from awaiting payment
from foreign investors, the
open-to-the-public share sell
process was so far, so good,
without revealing further de-
tails about the progress.
Public subscriptions for the
GTI IPO are restricted to a
minimum purchase of no less
than 100 shares at $2.41 per
share. The subscriptions pro-
cess will end May 9, close to
three weeks ahead of the May
29 ofcial listing.
The public subscriptions of-
fering comes after the initial
book-building process, which
targeted large-scale individual
and institutional investors, was
nalised on April 24 and helped
set the nal share price.
According to underwriter
PPS ofcial book building re-
sults, more than 2.7 million of
the eight-million-share offer-
ing were successfully snapped
up by big investors.
Cambodian investor inter-
est in GTIs IPO was dwarfed
by off-shore interest with 92
foreigners now holding more
than 2.1 million shares in the
Taiwanese-owned garment
manufacturer.
Just 13 local applicants suc-
cessfully managed to acquire
233,000 shares in GTI.
Hsu refrained from identify-
ing the largest share holders
but did say they were primarily
from Taiwan, China and Japan.
Institutional investors, es-
pecially private equity funds,
are very interested in the com-
panys return, which is quite
a bit higher than investing in
other companies or bank de-
posits, he added, citing GTIs
price-to-earnings ratio (P/E)
the amount investors are
willing pay per share given the
companys prots.
Workers at Grand Twins International garment factory stitch material into garments in Phnom Penhs Por Sen Chey district in January. VIREAK MAI
Back in black
Strong sales
return wind
to HTC sails
T
AIWANS struggling
smartphone maker HTC
said yesterday that it
expects to swing to profitability
and double its revenues in the
three months to June, aided
by the good sales of its new
flagship cellphone.
HTC had a net loss of NT$1.88
billion (US$62.3 million) in the
first quarter, while sales hit a
five-year low of NT$33.1 billion.
But the company said it was
ready to usher in a brighter pic-
ture for the second quarter af-
ter what it said was the launch
of our critically acclaimed HTC
One (M8) in March.
For the first time, the HTC
One (M8) was launched with all
four major carriers in the US,
CEO Peter Chou said.
Revenue in the second-quar-
ter is forecast at a range of
NT$65 billion-NT$70 billion,
HTC said. But analysts have
cautioned against optimism,
saying it would be a long way
for HTC to regain ground.
Barclays analyst Dale Gai put
HTCs global smartphone mar-
ket share at an estimated 2 per
cent last year. The firm held a
4.6 per cent share of the global
smartphone market in 2012,
sharply down from 8.8 per cent
a year earlier. AFP
Business
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Ease speculation
to avoid bubble,
IMF tells Dubai
THE United Arab Emirates
should enact stronger meas-
ures to curb real-estate specu-
lation in Dubai to prevent an
unsustainable surge in prices,
the International Monetary
Fund said yesterday.
Its very hard to spot bubbles
until they burst, Masood
Ahmed, head of the IMFs Mid-
dle East and Central Asia
Department, said in an inter-
view in the Gulf Arab emirate.
There is evidence that prices
of real estate have been rising
at a very rapid pace over the
past 18 months.
Dubais recovery from the
verge of default in 2009 has
fuelled 35 per cent increase in
real estate prices last year,
according to broker Knight
Frank LLP. That has sparked
concerns that the emirate is at
risk of repeating the 2008 prop-
erty crash. Dubais benchmark
DFM General Index for stocks
has jumped 59 per cent this
year, the biggest rise among
more than 90 measures tracked
by Bloomberg globally.
The IMF comments came as
HSBC Holdings said its UAE
Purchasing Managers Index
rose to 58 in April, the highest
level in at least five years. The
UAE needs to ensure that the
excesses of the last cycle are
avoided, Dubai-based econo-
mist Simon Williams wrote
in a report released yesterday.
The PMI data show that
inflationary pressures continue
to build as wages rise and spare
capacity is taken up, Williams
wrote. Inflation may accelerate
to 5 per cent this year in Dubai
while asset prices will continue
to gain, he said. Inflation stood
at 2.2 per cent in December.
Mohamed Lahouel, chief
economist of Dubais Depart-
ment of Economic Develop-
ment, said at a joint news con-
ference with the IMF official
that property prices are
becoming unrealistic.
Sultan Bin Mejren, the head
of Dubais Land Department,
said in January that the emirate
plans to issue rules to control
speculation on properties sold
before theyre built.
Emaar Properties PJSC,
Dubais biggest developer,
banned the resale of incom-
plete properties before 40 per
cent of the value is paid. The
UAEs central bank has also
imposed restrictions on the
value of mortgages made avail-
able to foreign buyers.
While the IMF welcomes the
measures, we think its time to
consider what additional
actions could be taken to slow
down the increase in demand
that could be speculative,
Ahmed said without elaborat-
ing. BLOOMBERG
HK graft trial ensnares citys elite
Aaron Tam
T
WO of Hong Kongs
richest tycoons will go
on trial on Thursday
in the citys biggest
ever corruption case which
analysts say threatens to cast
an uncomfortable spotlight
on cosy ties between ofcials
and wealthy moguls.
Thomas and Raymond
Kwok, who jointly chair devel-
opment giant Sun Hung Kai
Properties, and Hong Kongs
former chief secretary Rafael
Hui were arrested in a major
swoop by the citys anti-graft
watchdog in March 2012.
The two brothers, ranked
fourth on the Forbes Hong
Kong 2014 rich list, were ac-
cused by the watchdog of
bribing Hui, who held the gov-
ernments second-highest po-
sition and is the most senior
ofcial ever arrested for graft.
They were among ve people
charged with eight offences
related to payments and un-
secured loans totalling HK$34
million (US$4.38 million). All
have pleaded not guilty.
Hui, 66, faces eight charges,
some of which relate to mis-
conduct in being favourably
disposed to Sun Hung Kai Prop-
erties . . . and Thomas Kwok
and Raymond Kwok while in
ofce in return for payments,
according to a Department of
Justice indictment.
Charges against Hui also re-
late to rent-free use of luxury
apartments and acceptance
of unsecured loans, the docu-
ment said.
Thomas Kwok, 62, faces
three charges of conspiracy to
commit misconduct in pub-
lic ofce, while his younger
brother Raymond, 60, has
been charged with four of-
fences, including furnishing
false information, according
to the document.
The case has shocked Hong
Kong, where Sun Hung Kai is
the biggest property devel-
oper by market capitalisation
and owns some of the citys
most iconic real estate.
The southern Chinese city
is seen as relatively graft-free
it was ranked the joint 15th
cleanest country or territory
in 2013 by global corruption
watchdog Transparency Inter-
national. However, the arrests
have revived discussion on
links between wealthy tycoons
and ofcials in the Asian -
nancial centre that have long
raised public suspicion.
This case will reinforce the
public perception that the
Hong Kong government has
been vulnerable to the pos-
sible inuence of the capitalist
class, Sonny Lo, head of So-
cial Sciences at the Hong Kong
Institute of Education said.
This case, whatever the re-
sult, will reinforce that public
perception of government-
business connections.
Tanrich Securities vice pres-
ident Jackson Wong said the
Kwok brothers case is a wake-
up call for all the tycoons in
Hong Kong.
Because Hong Kong ty-
coons are under heavy scru-
tiny right now, I dont think
they are going to do business
with a careless behaviour like
before, Jackson said.
Chinese business culture
is built on the system of per-
sonal connections, or guanxi,
Wong said, adding that some
tycoons may now avoid draw-
ing on favours from their
guanxi for fear of being seen
to break the law.
Sometimes theres a ne
line between corruption and
guanxi, he said.
Former Hong Kong chief ex-
ecutive Donald Tsang ended
his term in disgrace in June
2012 after admitting to ac-
cepting gifts from tycoons in
the form of trips on luxury
yachts and private jets.
And Hong Kong billion-
aire Joseph Lau was in March
found guilty of bribing a for-
mer minister in the gambling
enclave of Macau in an at-
tempt to purchase a prime de-
velopment site in the former
Portuguese colony.
Lau, who was not in Macau
for the sentencing, will un-
likely serve time as the two
Chinese cities do not have an
extradition agreement.
The Kwoks, who have an
estimated family wealth of
US$17.5 billion according to
Forbes, pleaded not guilty to
the corruption charges.
I believe I have not done
anything wrong and that the
Hong Kong judiciary system
is fair. I will ght the accusa-
tions and I hope it will prove
my innocence, Raymond
Kwok said after being charged
in July 2012.
The hearing will take place
at Hong Kongs High Court on
Thursday morning. AFP
The corruption case of Raymond Kwok (left) and Thomas Kwok (right) may spotlight the cosy ties between
Hong Kongs ofcials and moguls. AFP

Australia holds rates
steady at record low
AUSTRALIAS central bank left
its benchmark interest rate
unchanged at a record low as
slowing inflation and
anticipated cuts to government
spending give policymakers
room to support economic
growth. Governor Glenn
Stevens and his board kept the
overnight cash-rate target at
2.5 per cent and reiterated
borrowing costs are likely to
remain steady for a period.
The Reserve Bank of Australia
noted improvement in
indicators for the labour
market, in one of few changes
from last months statement.
A pick-up in housing and
resilient employment indicate
the central banks 2.25
percentage points of rate cuts
from late 2011 through August
are helping avoid a growth
gap as mining investment
wanes. BLOOMBERG
Service disruption costs
Spore telecom $4.8M
SINGAPORES telecom
regulator yesterday fined
Singapore Telecommunications
(SingTel) a record S$6 million
(US$4.8 million) for nine days of
service disruption that followed
a fire at one of its facilities last
year. The Infocomm
Development Authority said
SingTel and two other telecom-
linked firms did not fulfil their
obligations to customers after
the fire at a suburban
telephone exchange on October
9. The fine is the highest ever
handed to a Singapore telecom
firm, according to local media.
Around 270,000 telecom and
TV consumers, including
residential users, government
agencies and businesses,
were affected by the
disruption. AFP
Gilles van Kote
P
UBLIC health scan-
dals are reported al-
most weekly by the
media in Vietnam. The
public is beginning to take no-
tice and so are farmers, includ-
ing Tran Van Dao, a market
gardener and a member of a
cooperative in Van Duc, a vil-
lage on the edge of Hanoi.
The cooperatives produce is
certied by VietGAP mean-
ing good agricultural practices.
Launched in 2008, this certi-
cation system requires farmers
to keep a record of all the pes-
ticides and fertilisers they use.
Yearly checks are supposed
to be carried out. But it is not
proper organic farming.
The difference from a
farmer whos not certied is
that I can only use authorised
substances and I also have to
leave at least two weeks be-
tween the last treatment and
the harvest, Tran says, as he
inspects his plot.
To meet demand from the
emerging middle classes and
new big retailers, agriculture
is starting to adopt minimal
standards for environmental
protection and public health.
In the 1990s a government
healthy vegetables scheme
was set up that ensured stan-
dards for water, air and soil
quality. With certied veg-
etables, the environment is
protected, output is steadier
and prices higher, says Minh
Nguyen Van, deputy head of
the Van Duc cooperative.
But gains are slight. A cer-
tied cabbage may fetch 24
cents a kilo, compared with 19
cents for an ordinary cabbage.
Only subsidised farmers
groups can afford the cost
of certication, which is
equivalent to $850 a hectare.
The Hanoi City Council paid
for the Van Duc Co-op to get
their registration.
Supervision of farming is still
fairly haphazard and sanctions
almost nonexistent.
We dont analyse every-
thing, because the tests cost
too much, particularly for in-
secticides, says Nguyen Thi
Tan Lo, an economist at the
Fruit and Vegetable Research
Institute, which works in part-
nership with Frances Centre
for International Co-operation
on Farming Research for De-
velopment (Cirad).
Often the results come
through after the produce has
been sold and consumed.
Poor supervision, coupled
with overuse of pesticides and
fertilisers, remain key prob-
lems, but in the past two years
the government has prioritised
improving farming standards.
There is growing awareness
and increasing public demand
for safe food, says Philippe
Girard, regional head of Cirad.
This is a big challenge. On
the world market Vietnam
has chosen to concentrate on
high-volume output, low pric-
es and only mediocre quality,
Girard says.
Vietnam is the worlds third-
largest source of aquaculture
products, specialising in prawn
and catsh. But claims of ex-
cess use of antibiotics, includ-
ing some banned elsewhere,
have led many importers to
stop buying from Vietnam.
Some aquafarms use meal
mixed with antibiotics, often
imported from China, with-
out knowing what it really
contains. They say they use it
as long as it works, then move
on to another product, says
Samira Sarter, a specialist in
food microbiology at Cirad.
Theyre pushing the limits
all the time, Girard adds. A
poultry farmer, rather than
reporting a sick animal to the
authorities, will try to sell it
before it dies. Its a problem of
poverty. THE GUARDIAN
Markets
9
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Business
Daniel de Carteret
DESPITE Vietnamese state-
owned companies withdraw-
ing funding from projects
outside of their core business,
the $20 million expansion of
the Vietnamese-backed Cho
Ray Phnom Penh Hospital re-
mains on track, the hospitals
head said yesterday.
In July 2012 the Vietnam-
ese government requested
that state-owned enterprises
withdraw investment in non-
core business elds prior to
2015. Reports from Vietnam-
ese media last week cited Cho
Ray Phnom Penh Hospital as
a project to be affected by the
funding curbs.
The hospitals key investor,
Ho Chi Minh City Medical In-
vestment Joint Stock Compa-
ny (MECO), is under funding
pressure from its shareholder
companies whose main busi-
ness interests lay outside of
health investment, accord-
ing to an April 28 report from
the Saigon Times.
Nguyen Hoang Nam, gener-
al director of Cho Ray Phnom
Penh told the Post yesterday
that he met with both MECO
and local investor Sokimex
last week and was advised
that the second phase of de-
velopment, which will see
the hospital grow by an ad-
ditional 300 beds, would be
fully funded.
The plan is still the same,
nothing has changed, Hoang
Nam said.
Both partners have agreed
that we will start the second
phase.
Tran Manh Tiep, Second
Secretary at the Vietnamese
Embassy conrmed his gov-
ernments investment direc-
tive on Monday, but declined
to comment on the extent to
which the order would im-
pact Cambodian projects.
Here is the problem to be
solved, he said in an email.
With an initial investment
of $42 million, construction
of Cho Ray Hospital com-
menced in 2010 and began
operating in January this year
with 200 beds.
Commencement of the sec-
ond phase of the project to
expand to 500 beds is expect-
ed to be announced shortly,
the hospitals general director
said yesterday.
Vietnamese funding
curbs will not delay
hospital development
Vietnams healthy demand
Vendors sell produce outside Hanois Dong Xuan Market. BLOOMBERG
#ImpulseBuy: Twitter,
Amazon teaming up
Sarah Frier
T
WITTER has signed a
deal with Amazon to
let users shop directly
from posts on its mi-
croblogging service, part of a
push by the struggling com-
pany to add e-commerce op-
tions for advertisers.
When product links appear
in a tweet, US customers can
add the items to their Amazon
shopping carts by replying
to the post with the hashtag
#AmazonCart, the companies
said yesterday in a statement.
While Twitter wont get a
cut of individual sales, Ama-
zon will increase spending on
Twitter advertising products,
said a person with knowledge
of the matter, who asked not
to be identied because terms
arent public.
Twitter has been seeking to
woo advertisers and retailers
by adding tools to help them
reach its 255 million users.
By enabling e-commerce,
Twitter is aiming to keep con-
sumers on its site for longer
and learn more about their
interests and shopping hab-
its valuable information for
advertisers, which contribute
the bulk of the rms revenue.
The company has been ex-
ploring adding direct shop-
ping options on the site, and
last year hired former Ticket-
master executive Nathan Hub-
bard as head of commerce to
bolster its efforts. In an inter-
view last week, chief executive
ofcer Dick Costolo said shop-
ping on the site would have
the same real-time feel as the
rest of the Twitter experience.
I think about our commerce
opportunity as commerce in
the moment, Costolo said
after the San Francisco-based
company reported earnings.
The company has been nd-
ing it difcult to win the trust
of investors. Last Wednesday,
its shares nished at their low-
est level since the companys
November Wall Street debut.
Twitter reported a $132.4
million loss for the rst quar-
ter, or 23 cents per share.
Julie Law, a spokeswoman
at Amazon, declined to com-
ment on the terms of the deal,
as did Jim Prosser, a spokes-
man for Twitter.
Amazon, the worlds largest
online retailer, is working to
take advantage of potential
customers impulse-buying
habits by making it easy to add
items to their shopping carts
without ever visiting Amazon.
com. Last month, the com-
pany unveiled a new device
called Dash that customers
can use to add items to their
online shopping lists by scan-
ning barcodes or speaking the
name of the product.
Amazon and Twitter users
must connect their accounts
on the two websites to enable
the new service, and the shop-
ping tweets will be shared
publicly in Twitter feeds if the
users account is unlocked,
Seattle-based Amazon said on
its website. The items wont
be purchased until users go to
their Amazon shopping carts
to complete the transactions.
About 480 million shares
from Twitter insiders will be-
come eligible for sale today for
the rst time since the social-
media rms IPO. Thats more
than four times the current
amount available for trad-
ing, though some of Twitters
biggest investors said they
plan to hang on to the stock.
BLOOMBERG/AFP

France says no to GEs

Alstom takeover offer
THE French government on
Monday rejected a bid by US
industrial giant General Electric
for Alstoms energy business,
calling for a balanced
partnership that could include
a rail deal. In its current form,
we can unfortunately not agree
to the propositions you have
made, resting only on the
acquisition of Alstoms activities
in the energy sector, Economy
Minister Arnaud Montebourg
said in a letter to GE chief Jeff
Immelt. The US behemoth has
been vying for Alstoms energy
assets with German giant
Siemens in a politically
sensitive bidding war over the
French engineering group,
which employs 18,000 staff in
the country. AFP
Samsungs Apple fine
to stay around $120M
JURORS on Monday held the
line on its $119.6 million
damages award to Apple in its
latest patent battle with
smartphone rival Samsung in
Silicon Valley. Jury members
who had been asked by the
judge to fill in a missing royalty
amount due to Apple for a
Samsung smartphone found to
infringe did so, while adjusting
downward some other figures
to leave the overall award
about the same as declared on
Friday, when the verdict was
announced. AFP
Business
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
MINES ADVISORY GROUP
CAMBODIA
JOB OPPORTUNITY
The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) is a humanitarian organisation clearing the remnants of conict for the benet of
communities worldwide. MAG is co-laureate of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize. MAG has been working in the eld of
Humanitarian Mine Action in Cambodia since 1992.
MAG is now seeking applications from suitably qualied and experienced Cambodian Nationals to ll the following
positions:
Human Resources Coordinator 1.
(1 post based in Phnom Penh)
Main responsibilities:
The Human Resources Coordinator will be -
responsible for providing a full range of human
resources management services in support of the
Programme.
Develop human resources policies in compliance -
with MAG rules and regulations.
Ensure the effective planning and utilisation of -
human resources.
Interpret and apply MAG rules, regulations, -
procedures and policies governing human
resources management.
Ensure the development and implementation of -
a comprehensive human resources management
programwithin delegated authority to increase cost
efciency, quality and efcient use of resources.
Preparing training plans and budgets. -
Collect and maintain attendance sheets of Phnom -
Penh Staffs and update dependent les by following
the labour law
Make sure that employment contracts, personnel -
les and staff lists for all MAG staff are properly
maintained and updated on time.
Qualications and experience required:
University degree in human resources management -
or related elds.
A minimum of 5 years experience of Human -
Resources Management
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines -
Strong interpersonal and analytical skills -
Excellent written and spoken English. -
Computer skill, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, -
Access and Outlook.
Possess a high standard of moral and ethical -
character
Commitment to the guiding principles of MAG -
Senior Base Ofcer (1 post based in 2.
Battambang)
Main Responsibilities:
This function primarily relates to the maintenance of -
the supply chain under the direction of the Support
Services Manager.
Run the support functions of Battambang Base -
and ensure quality on time support is provided to
Technical Operations.
Ensure that all support systems and procedures -
are implemented and that sound donor compliant
practices and procedures are adhered to.
Ensure full compliance with MAG Cambodia Support -
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Proactively manage and supervise the AA, SK, DTs, -
Receptionist and base drivers to ensure high levels
of performance and productivity.
Through the SSM, ensure that all Base staffs are fully -
aware of wider programme issues and developments
and information about MAG globally.
Work in close cooperation with and support the -
Finance Manager/ Senior Finance Ofcer in
monitoring Battambang Bases ofce costs and
expenditure.
Qualications and experience required:
At least 3 years experiences in the eld of -
Administration
Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines -
Excellent written and spoken English. -
Computer skill, MS Word, Excel, Power Point, -
Access and Outlook.
Possess a high standard of moral and ethical -
character
Commitment to the guiding principles of MAG -
How to apply: Interested candidates are requested to submit a Cover Letter and CV to:
E-mail: hro-pnp@mag.org.kh or below addresses
1. MAG Phnom Penh: MAG-Cambodia P.O. BOX: 1111, # 29, Street 222, Sangkat Boeung Raing, Khan Daun
Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2. MAG Battambang: #99, Group 10, Romchek 4 Village, Rattanak Commune, Battambang District
(Near Net Yang High School)
Application Deadline: Friday, 16
th
May 2014 at 5:00PM
All applications will be retained in MAG and only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interview.
Making a meal of it
A Sri Lankan butcher reads a newspaper as he waits for customers at a
market in Wattala yesterday. Sri Lankas economy recorded growth of
over 8 per cent for two straight years after government troops crushed
separatist Tamil Tiger rebels in 2009, but the pace has slowed in the
last two years. AFP
Markets
11
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FTSE Straits Times Index, May 5 FTSE BursaMalaysiaKLCI, May 5
Hang Seng Index, May 5 CSI 300 Index, May 5
Nikkei 225, May 5 Taiwan Taiex Index, May 5
Ho Chi Minh Stock Index, May 5
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2,157.33 21,976.33
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KOSPI Index, May 5 PSEI - Philippine Se Idx, May 5
Laos Composite Index, May 5 Jakarta Composite Index, May 5
BSE Sensex 30 Index, May 5 Karachi 100 Index, May 5
S&P/ASX 200 Index, May 5 NZX 50 Index, May 5
5,481.38
28,362.99 22,492.36
4,834.47 1,291.78
6,765.93 1,959.44
5,174.90
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Gasoline R 5250 5450 3.81 %
Diesel R 5100 5200 1.96 %
Petroleum R 5500 5500 0.00 %
Gas Chi 86000 76000 -11.63 %
Charcoal Baht 1200 1300 8.33 %
Energy
Construction equipment
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Rice 1 R/Kg 2800 2780 -0.71 %
Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Item Unit Base Average (%)
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
Food -Cereals -Vegetables - Fruits
Cambodian commodities
(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
Heres a tip: dont leave one
Juliette Michel

I
N THE United States, customers
are expected to add an extra 10
to 20 per cent to their tab at the
end of a meal, but some restau-
rants are forgoing these tips.
Leaving a gratuity is de rigueur
when dining out because pay for res-
taurant servers is so low.
While the US federal minimum
wage is $7.25 an hour, wait staff can
legally be paid as little as $2.13 in
some places. In New York, one of
the most expensive US cities, sala-
ries for waiters start at lowly wage of
$5.00 per hour.
For wait staff, tips help bolster pay
in line with other restaurant workers
who dont receive gratuities.
However there is a new trend: Riki
Restaurant in New York is one of a
growing number of establishments
eliminating tips by customers by tak-
ing the unusual step of paying their
staff higher wages.
Riki Restaurant is now a non-tip-
ping establishment, read notices at
the popular Japanese eatery. Tip-
ping is not required nor expected.
The no-tip policy is being adopted
especially by some upscale restau-
rants where clients are less price sen-
sitive, said Michael Lynn, a professor
at Cornell Universitys School of Ho-
tel Administration.
However, one of the downsides of
the no-tipping policy is the sticker
shock that the customers some-
times suffer when perusing the
menu items that have tips already
factored into the prices.
It makes a restaurant look more
expensive than a restaurant that has
15 per cent lower prices, but expects
tips, said Lynn, who specialises
a professor at Cornell Universitys
School of Hotel Administration in
issues related to marketing and con-
sumer behaviour.
Folding tips into the meal tab has
the benet however of protecting
waiters from being shortchanged by
the occasional tight-sted diner.
Gabriel Frem, owner of the up-
scale Brand 158 restaurant in the
Los Angeles suburb of Glendale,
also sees his establishments no-
tipping policy as a way to protect
staff from the whims of diners.
We interview and hire our em-
ployees, not the guest, and we expect
to pay them, and be responsible for
their actions, he said.
If they do great, we keep them,
and if they dont, we let them go.
We dont want their pay to be at
the mercy of a guests random cal-
culation, based on unpredictable
factors.
As it turns out, tipping can vary
wildly from guest to guest, not al-
ways because of the quality of the
table service, but sometimes due to
factors such as personal tastes.
Some patrons withhold tips be-
cause they feel the server was not
sufciently cheerful (I dont like
her smile).
Others do so because they didnt
particularly care for the food even if
a meals preparation is not under the
control of the wait staff.
Its also a problem, Frem said, if
workers dont know how much in-
come they can count on from week
to week.
We want to ensure that they can
pay their bills, he said.
Some managers say greater pay se-
curity in tip-less restaurant reduces
turnover and improves morale.
The tipless restaurant is still a long
way from becoming the norm, but
some New Yorkers are beginning to
warm to the idea.
At rst, I really thought that if a
waiter was rude, I would want my
discontent to be reected in their
tip, said Noel Warren, a young New
Yorker who said that he dines out at
least twice a week.
But then I thought, why would a
waiter be disrespectful in the rst
place? Probably because he or she
has lost faith that customers are
going to tip well so why put in
any effort?
Warren mused that it might in
fact be fairer to take the decision
about tips out of the ckle hands of
restaurant patrons which might
even improve the table service that
patrons expect in the rst place.
If they were properly compen-
sated for their work, they might treat
their customers better, Warren said.
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A waiter places meals down during lunchtime at the Petrie Court Cafe in New York.
Some restaurants in the US are eliminating tips and increasing wages. BLOOMBERG
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recipient to receivegrant fromPR/NCHADS on behalf of theGlobal
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM)/SSF for
HIV/AIDS Component. The NAA invite applications from qualied
and experienced candidates to apply for theposition of:
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full detailed Termof Reference(TOR) for thepost beforesubmission
of the application. The full TOR can be requested from the SR ofce
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knowledge of TOR will not be accepted.
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letter, by 19 May 2014 at 17:00 pm with attention to:
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12 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
World
Diver dies
at S Korea
ferry site
A DIVER died yesterday while
working at the scene of South
Koreas ferry disaster, as inves-
tigators disclosed that the ship
was carrying nearly four times
its legal limit of cargo.
Lee Gwang-wook, 53, suf-
fered breathing difficulties after
reaching a depth of 25 metres
(82 feet), said coastguard
spokesman Ko Myung-suk. The
53-year-old, who was making
his first dive at the scene, lost
consciousness and was pro-
nounced dead in hospital.
Lee lost contact with surface
controllers after five minutes in
the water. His air hose was
found entangled with other
lines, a coastguard official was
quoted as saying by Yonhap
news agency.
He was a veteran diver, who
used to work up to 60 metres
below the surface, his brother-
in-law Kim Hyun-Chul told
journalists, adding Lee had no
health problems.
He was the first victim among
scores of divers engaged in the
grim and dangerous task of
finding and retrieving bodies
from the sunken ship, while
fighting strong currents and
low visibility in silty water.
Some 10 others have received
treatment for exhaustion and
decompression sickness since
the operation began.
It has been 20 days since the
Sewol capsized and sank with
476 people on board most of
them schoolchildren off the
southwest coast. The con-
firmed death toll rose to 264
yesterday afternoon, while 38
people remain missing.
Yonhap, citing investigators,
said yesterday that the ferry
was overloaded on 139 out of
its 241 voyages between the
western port of Incheon and
the southern resort island of
Jeju since beginning the service
in March last year.
When disaster struck it was
carrying 3,608 tonnes of cargo
more than half its own weight
including 108 vehicles, the
news agency quoted investiga-
tors as saying. The legal limit,
according to Yonhap, was 987
tonnes.
The ferry was carrying just
580 tonnes of ballast water
only 37 per cent of the legal
requirement in order to carry
more cargo. This made the ship
dangerously unbalanced, Yon-
hap said, citing investigators.
All 15 of the surviving crew
including the captain who were
responsible for sailing the ferry
are in custody, facing charges
including negligence and
abandoning passengers.
Prosecutors also arrested
three officials from the ferry
operator Chonghaejin Marine
Co last week on charges of
loading the ferry well beyond
its legal limit.
Investigators said on Monday
that the crew had failed to alert
passengers to the imminent
danger for 40 minutes after
sending distress signals. AFP
D-Day for Yingluck as 100,000 red shirts ready
Continued from page 1
still massed on Bangkoks streets
although in diminished numbers and
Yinglucks supporters are also threaten-
ing to rally to defend her.
I didnt violate any laws, I didnt
receive any benefit from the appoint-
ment, a composed Yingluck told the
court. Under the constitution forged
after a 2006 coup that ousted Yinglucks
billionaire brother Thaksin Shinawatra
as premier such an offence could lead
to her removal.
The court could also extend its verdict
to cabinet members who endorsed the
decision to remove Thawil, potentially
dislodging a layer of ruling party deci-
sion-makers with ties to Thaksin, who
lives overseas to avoid jail for corruption
convictions.
Pro-government red shirts have
vowed to defend Yingluck from being
toppled and any decision to remove the
premier will kindle fears of deadly
clashes between rival political sides.
At least 25 people have died and hun-
dreds more have been wounded in
political violence linked to the six-
month protests.
If Yingluck alone is dismissed then a
deputy prime minister can replace her
until a new government is formed
through elections.
But observers say a ruling to sack
Yingluck and her cabinet could send the
kingdom into uncharted territory.
Thailand will enter a legal limbo,
according to Paul Chambers, director
of research at the Institute of South East
Asian Affairs at Chiang Mai University.
There will be no cabinet, prime
minister and no lower house. Only the
Senate.
The Thai Senate is part appointed,
part elected and it is unclear which side
of the political divide holds sway over
the chamber which could be given a
role in appointing a new premier.
The Constitutional Court, which over-
sees cases of violations of Thailands
charter rewritten in the wake of Thak-
sins removal, has played a key role in
recent chapters of Thai politics.
Critics accuse it of rushing through
Yinglucks case and allege previous rul-
ings show that it is politically biased
against the Shinawatras.
In 2008, the court forced two Thaksin-
linked prime ministers from office.
It also annulled a February election
called by Yingluck to shore-up her flag-
ging administration, citing widespread
disruption by opposition protesters.
The chairman of the pro-government
red shirts accused the court of being
bent on overthrowing democracy.
We red shirts will not allow any
undemocratic change, Jatuporn
Prompan added, confirming a mass
rally in the suburbs of Bangkok for
Saturday.
The backdrop to the current crisis is
an eight-year political rupture since
Thaksin was booted out of office by an
army coup. The kingdom has become
fractured since then.
Street protests, sparked by a bungled
bid to push through an amnesty that
could have allowed Thaksin to return,
have so far failed to force Yingluck from
office. Yingluck has also been charged
by the National Anti-Corruption Com-
mission (NACC) with neglect of duty
in connection with a costly rice sub-
sidy scheme that critics say fomented
rampant corruption.
If indicted on those charges, Yingluck
would be suspended from office and
face an impeachment vote in the upper
house that could lead to a five-year ban
from politics. BANGKOK POST/AFP
Death toll rises in Ukraine
T
HE death toll from a
military offensive in
a ashpoint town in
east Ukraine rose to
at least 34, ofcials said yes-
terday, amid fresh warnings of
civil war and the shutdown of
a major airport in the region.
Chaos and the risk of civil
war are now looming in
Ukraine, said French President
Francois Hollande, reecting a
frantic European push under
way for a diplomatic solution
before it is too late.
There are fears that Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
could yet order an invasion
into his former Soviet neigh-
bour under the guise of a
peacekeeping mission.
But the US general com-
manding NATOs military
operations, Philip Breed-
love, said Russian special
forces the West believes are
already deployed covertly
may be able to accomplish
[Putins] objectives in east-
ern Ukraine without the
need to send in troops.
Kiev and its Western back-
ers see Moscows main aims
as making sure Ukraines east
holds a planned referen-
dum on Sunday calling for
autonomy, and sabotaging
all possibility of a nationwide
presidential election two
weeks later.
With those deadlines tick-
ing closer, Ukraines authori-
ties on Monday stepped up
their offensive to crush reb-
els holed up in Slavyansk, a
ashpoint town of more than
110,000 people that is the epi-
centre of the insurgency.
Four of our ghters were
killed and 20 were wounded
there in erce ghting on
Monday, Interior Minister Ar-
sen Avakov said on his ofcial
Facebook page. According to
our estimates over 30 terror-
ists were killed and dozens
were wounded, he said.
In a sign of how well-armed
and trained the pro-Russian
ghters are, on Monday they
shot down a helicopter gun-
ship near the town their
third since the assault on the
town began last week.
Ukraines interim president
Oleksandr Turchynov, mean-
while, appointed his acting
army chief permanently to
the post. He has already put
his armed forces on combat
alert and brought back con-
scription in preparation for a
possible Russian invasion.
He has said that Moscows
meddling means war is in ef-
fect being waged against us.
Separately yesterday, all
ights in and out of Donetsk
a regional industrial hub of
over a million people were
suspended, according to air-
port authorities, who gave no
reason for the action.
Russia, which belatedly
owned up to deploying its
military to Crimea ahead of
that regions own hastily or-
ganised independence refer-
endum, continues to deny its
special forces are active in east
Ukraine. Instead it says the
insurgency there is a sponta-
neous rejection of the Ukrai-
nian government that came
to power in February, after
Kiev street protests forced out
the pro-Kremlin president.
And it accuses the Ukrainian
authorities of waging war on
their own people.
Russian state media, seen in
east Ukraine, constantly refer
to the new administration as
being run by fascists who
embrace a Nazi-style ideol-
ogy. That propaganda has
struck a nerve in the south-
ern port city of Odessa, where
dozens of pro-Russian activ-
ists died in a horric re last
Friday started during clashes
with pro-Ukrainian militants,
some of whom were ultrana-
tionalist extremists. Funerals
took place yesterday for those
killed in the violence.
The Nazi evocations will also
likely come to the fore on Fri-
day, when Ukraine like Rus-
sia observes a holiday com-
memorating the Soviet victory
over wartime Germany.
Putin, according to Russian
reports, could make a trium-
phant visit to annexed Crimea
on that day, after overseeing
a parade of Russian military
might on the Red Square in
Moscow. With violence and
divisions deepening, the West
is pulling out all stops to avert
open war.
The US and the EU are ex-
erting some sanctions pres-
sure on targeted individuals
and rms in Russia.
Washington says they will be
expanded to punishment of
whole sectors of Russias slow-
ing economy if Ukraines May
25 presidential election is pre-
vented from taking place.
Moscow has said such a poll
would be absurd given the
spiralling violence.
There would be chaos and
the risk of civil war if the
vote does not take place, the
French president said yester-
day in a joint television and
radio interview.
Thirty foreign ministers
including from Russia and
Ukraine were discussing
the escalating violence at a
Council of Europe meeting in
Vienna yesterday.
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrai-
nian counterpart were in the
Austrian capital, along with
Britains William Hague.
Lavrov yesterday down-
played prospects for a second
Geneva peace conference on
Ukraine, calling instead for a
joint East-West push for na-
tional dialogue.
Lavrov said such a gathering
would achieve little as long as
an April 17 agreement from
the rst Geneva talks has not
been implemented, and while
separatists are excluded from
the process.
To convene in this format
again, when the opposition to
Kiev regime is absent from the
negotiating table, that would
hardly add anything, Lavrov
told reporters in Vienna after
the gathering of the Council
of Europe.
Instead Lavrov called for a
national dialogue in the for-
mer Soviet republic, where
Ukrainian armed forces are
attempting to win back con-
trol of several eastern towns
from pro-Russian separatist
militants.
Let us not tear Ukraine
apart between East and West
and [let us] unite our efforts
and help start the dialogue
that will lead to the agree-
ing of practical steps on the
implementation of all agree-
ments and declarations,
Lavrov said.
But only Ukrainians them-
selves can take those practical
steps . . . But unfortunately,
so far our Western partners
are not ready to agree for the
southeast to take part in a
national dialogue on equal
terms. AFP
Relatives mourn during the funeral yesterday of pro-Ukrainian supporter Andrei Biryukov, 36, who was
shot four days ago during violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian militants. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
One dead, 23 injured
in Thai quake: ofcial
AN ELDERLY woman died and
23 other people were injured
after a strong earthquake
shook northern Thailand, an
official said yesterday, as after-
shocks continued to rattle the
mountainous region popular
with tourists.
The 83-year-old woman
died when a wall in her house
collapsed after the 6.0-magni-
tude struck quake on Monday
afternoon, according to an
official at the Disaster Preven-
tion and Mitigation Depart-
ment in Bangkok.
Twenty-three people were
also injured in separate inci-
dents caused by the quake,
the official told AFP, without
giving further details.
The quake, which struck at
a shallow depth of just 7.4
kilometres (4.5 miles), had its
epicentre in the remote Phan
district of Chiang Rai prov-
ince, geologists said, and was
felt hundreds of miles to the
south in Bangkok and even in
Myanmars commercial cap-
ital Yangon.
Since last evening [Mon-
day] there were six large after-
shocks with a magnitude
between 5.0 to 5.9 and the last
was this morning, Burin
Wechbunthung, of the Mete-
orological Department told
AFP, adding there were a dozen
smaller tremors.
Residents on Monday said
that they had seen cracked
building facades, broken shop
windows and damage to roads,
while power was cut for sev-
eral hours in Phan.
The highland area is a
remote retreat near the bor-
der with Myanmar and Laos
that is a popular destination
with foreign visitors.
The quake was felt in the
tourist hub city of Chiang Mai
160 kilometres (100 miles)
southwest of Chiang Rai and
as far away as Bangkok, 800
kilometres to the south, where
tall buildings shook for
several seconds.
Major earthquakes are rare
in Thailand, although tremors
often strike the north of
the country.
A 6.8-magnitude quake hit
Myanmars eastern state of
Shan in March 2011, leaving
dozens dead near the border
with Thailand and Laos and
reducing homes and govern-
ment buildings to rubble.
The area hit in 2011 is close
to Chiang Rai and prompted
the then-government to call
for a review of Thailands pre-
paredness for a major seismic
event. AFP
Six wounded in China attack
S
IX people were
wounded in a knife at-
tack at a Chinese train
station yesterday, af-
ter a string of violent episodes
at transport hubs authorities
blame on terrorists from the
restive region of Xinjiang.
Chinese media reports said
there were as many as four at-
tackers in white caps often
donned by Muslims at the
station in the southern city
of Guangzhou.
But police said later that
there was only one and did
not offer any details on attire.
The suspect was shot and
taken to a hospital, Guang-
zhou police said on its ofcial
account on Sina Weibo, a Chi-
nese version of Twitter.
Police also said that there
were no foreigners among
the victims, all of whom were
hospitalised.
The incident comes less than
a week after a stabbing spree
and explosion on the opposite
side of the country left two at-
tackers and a civilian dead,
and 79 people wounded, at a
railway station in Urumqi.
That city is the capital of
Xinjiang, home to the mostly
Muslim Uighur minority. Last
weeks blast came as Presi-
dent Xi Jinping was wrapping
up an inspection tour of the
volatile region, during which
he called for a strike-rst
strategy to ght terrorism.
The battle to combat
violence and terrorism will
not allow even a moment of
slackness, and decisive ac-
tions must be taken to reso-
lutely suppress the terrorists
rampant momentum, Xi
said in comments published
last week by the ofcial Xin-
hua news agency.
Yesterdays incident also
follows a March attack at a
train station in the south-
western city of Kunming.
Machete-wielding attackers
killed 29 people there and
wounded 143 in what many
in China have dubbed the
countrys 9/11.
Authorities blamed both
the Kunming and Urumqi
incidents on terrorists from
Xinjiang whom they say are
linked to overseas extremist
networks. Foreign ministry
spokeswoman Hua Chuny-
ing declined to speculate on
who was responsible for the
Guangzhou attack.
Whoever carried out this
violent action and for whatev-
er reason, they will be brought
into justice because these are
criminal acts, she said.
Chinas government will
take strong action to safe-
guard the life and property of
Chinese people.
Rohan Gunaratna, profes-
sor of security studies at Nan-
yang Technological Univer-
sity in Singapore, said: The
scale of violence in Xinjiang
has steadfastly increased and
now it is spilling over to other
parts of China.
China faces now a very sig-
nicant and a really sustained
threat from terrorism.
The attack came as a train ar-
rived at the station from Kun-
ming, the Guangzhou-based
Southern Metropolis Daily re-
ported. It cited eyewitnesses
as saying several young men
wielding machetes about half
a metre long and wearing
white clothing and hats began
slashing at the passengers as
they left the station.
Mao Shoulong, a profes-
sor at the school of public
administration and policy at
Renmin University in Beijing,
said authorities were likely to
impose increased vigilance
across the country.
This is an important test
for the government, he said.
It has to rmly crack down
on terrorism while imposing
policies aimed at easing fears
and suspicions of Uighurs, he
added. AFP
Members of a Chinese SWAT team stand guard on the square outside
the Guangzhou railway station yesterday. AFP
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Channel hopper
French save
makeshift
raft migrant
F
RENCH coast rescuers
said they had saved a
23-year-old Afghan
trying to cross the Channel on
a makeshift raft on Monday
using a bedsheet as a sail.
The youth, who had fashio-
ned the raft with strips of
wood and canvas, with a table
leg serving as a mast, was
rescued off Sangatte near
Calais, an official said.
The man, who had started
developing hypothermia,
was first disappointed and
then glad at being rescued,
said Bernard Barron, the
head of the coast rescue
service in Calais.
Its very rare that rescuers
intervene at sea to pick up
migrants, he said, as human
traffickers did not normally
allow people to travel alone.
Because of the strong cur-
rents and winds, it would have
been impossible for him to
cross to Britain, Barron said.
According to local officials,
there are about 400 illegal
immigrants at any time in nor-
thern France hoping to enter
Britain illegally. AFP

S Sudan rebel chief to
attend peace talks: Ban
SOUTH Sudans rebel chief Riek
Machar has said he will attend
direct talks with President Salva
Kiir to end a four-month long
civil war, UN Secretary General
Ban Ki-moon said yesterday.
Ban, who is visiting war-torn
South Sudan, told reporters that
Machar promised he will be
present at talks in the Ethiopian
capital. Bans comments came
moments after he spoke to the
rebel chief via satellite
telephone in his remote bush
hideout. Kiir has already
promised to attend talks with
his arch-rival, and Ban said the
meeting had been tentatively
scheduled for Friday, although
the date may be pushed back as
Machar has said it will take time
for him to travel there. Machar,
who was forced to flee into the
remote bush near the border
with Ethiopia after a major
government assault captured
his former headquarters at the
weekend, pledged to do all he
could to attend, Ban said. AFP
Saudi Arabia dismantles
terror group: ministry
SAUDI Arabia has dismantled a
terrorist organisation that was
plotting attacks against
government installations and
foreign interests, the interior
ministry announced yesterday.
Authorities have arrested 62
suspected members of the
group, among them were three
foreigners. Those arrested
include 35 Saudis who had
previously been detained on
security-related allegations and
released, it said. Members of
the organisation have links with
extremist elements in Syria and
Yemen, it said, adding that
authorities are still hunting
down 44 others whose names
have been submitted to Interpol.
Its statement said suspicious
activities on social networks
had facilitated the arrests,
without giving further details. AFP
AT LEAST 30 Syrian soldiers
were killed by the explosion
of a powerful bomb in a long
tunnel that scores of rebels
spent weeks digging under a
checkpoint, a monitor said
yesterday.
Around 30 regime forc-
es were killed . . . in a blast
[on Monday] in which sev-
eral tons of explosives were
planted in a tunnel beneath a
checkpoint on the northeast-
ern outskirts of the town of
Maaret al-Numan, the Syr-
ian Observatory for Human
Rights said.
A video posted online by
Syrias biggest rebel alliance,
the Islamic Front, showed an
enormous explosion ripping
open the ground and throw-
ing huge quanties of earth
and debris dozens of metres
into the air.
A rebel in Idlib province said
via the internet that 60 rebels
had spent 50 days digging the
tunnel. After the explosion,
the ghters raided the check-
point, which was composed
of three buildings, said the
rebel, who identied himself
as Abu Leila.
Opposition ghters have
regularly made use of tunnels
to facilitate their movement
and to attack government fa-
cilities, setting off explosive
charges under checkpoints
and headquarters.
Rami Abdel Rahman, di-
rector of the Britain-based
Observatory, said the check-
point was one of the lines
of defence for the Wadi Deif
military base, one of the last
regime strongholds in Idlib.
Rebels have been trying for
more than a year to capture
Wadi Deif and the nearby
Hamadiyeh military base, but
the regime has thus far re-
pulsed their attacks. AFP
Huge bomb in tunnel
kills 30 Syrian troops
U-2 spy plane causes LA
air trafc control to crash
A U-2 spy plane caused the air
traffic control for LA and a wide
surrounding area to crash,
leading to hundreds of services
being grounded, authorities
have revealed. Controllers had
to resort to emergency back-up
procedures, calling each other
manually to keep track of
planes already flying in the
busy airspace while the system
was rebooted and fixed.
The Cold War-era U2 plane
flies at a high altitude, around
60,000 feet (18,000 metres)
under visual flight rules. The
Federal Aviation Administra-
tion said the computer per-
ceived the plane as a low-alti-
tude operation and began
frantically trying to reroute it
down to 10,000 feet while keep-
ing other planes out of its way.
The number of adjustments
this required to the routes of
other planes overwhelmed the
software, the FAA said. [It]
used a large amount of availa-
ble memory and interrupted
the computers other flight-
processing functions, the FAA
said in a statement. The com-
puter involved was part of a
system known as Eram.
A Pentagon spokesman con-
firmed that the U-2 had flown
over southern California last
Wednesday as part of a routine
training mission but said he
could not confirm that it was
responsible for the computer
glitch. The U-2 filed all the
proper flight plan paperwork
and was conducting its opera-
tion in accordance with those
filings, said army Colonel
Steve Warren. It was not unu-
sual for the plane to be flying
over the area and the incident
had not prompted the military
to change the way it conducted
such operations, Warren said.
When the system failed air
traffic controllers in southern
California had to call counter-
parts at neighbouring centres
to update them on each planes
flight plan, said Nate Pair, the
president for Los Angeles Cent-
er of the National Air Traffic
Controllers Association.
The FAA said it had changed
the way flight plans were logged
in such cases to make sure it
would not happen again. The
FAA resolved the issue within
an hour and then immediately
adjusted the system to now
require specific altitude infor-
mation for each flight plan,
said Lynn Lunsford, an FAA
spokesman, adding that the
computer had also been given
more memory for processing
flights. The fault was not caused
by any signal from the planes
sophisticated equipment, the
FAA said. THE GUARDIAN
Nigeria gunmen free hostages, keep Dutch trio
NIGER Delta gunmen have released two
Nigerians they kidnapped two days ago,
but kept three Dutch nationals who
were abducted at the same time, one of
those freed tweeted yesterday.
Environmental activist Sunny Ofehe
tweeted that he and another kidnap
victim were released in the creek of
Niger Delta last night by gunmen! The
other 3 colleagues are yet to be freed.
In a statement released later in
Nigeria, the Amsterdam-based Nige-
rian activist Ofehe said the group was
seized after armed men in a dinghy
approached their boat, shooting spo-
radically into the air.
The gunmen yelled Keep your faces
down, if you make a single sound, we
will shoot you, Ofehe said.
The militants were looking specifi-
cally for the Dutch nationals, yelling we
want the white men before taking the
trio away separately on a dinghy.
Ofehe said three Dutch nationals, two
men and a woman, were kidnapped in
Nigerias oil producing region while
returning from inspecting a hospital
built by US oil giant Chevron.
Dutch and Nigerian authorities con-
firmed the kidnapping.
Ofehe said he and another Nether-
lands-based Nigerian were also abducted.
They were blindfolded and eventually
taken to an unknown location where
they were later abandoned.
Before the kidnappers released them,
they told us to leave the Niger Delta
region if we want to remain alive.
I appeal to the kidnappers to please
release the other members of my
team, Ofehe said.
Scores of foreigners have been
abducted in the southern Niger Delta
region, home to Africas largest oil
industry, with many released on pay-
ment of a ransom.
The gunmen told Ofehe that they
were doing it for the money, that they
didnt have jobs, that the oil companies
active in the region were not hiring
locals and as a consequence, they were
forced to do this.
Nigerian police said that the kidnap-
pers had made a ransom demand for
Ofehe, but it was not clear if his release
was linked to any payment. AFP
Sisi: Brotherhood will not exist with me
Louisa Loveluck
E
GYPTS former army
chief Abdel Fattah al-
Sisi said on Monday
night that the Muslim
Brotherhood the group he
removed from power last year
will not exist if he is elected
president later this month.
The comments, in an inter-
view broadcast on two Egyp-
tian television stations, were
the clearest indication yet
that there was no prospect for
political reconciliation with
the Islamist group that pro-
pelled Mohamed Morsi to the
presidency in 2012.
There will be nothing
called the Muslim Brother-
hood during my tenure, Sisi
said on Egypts privately-
owned CBC and ONTV televi-
sion channels.
The Brotherhood has been
subject to an aggressive state-
led crackdown in the months
since Morsis overthrow. The
movement was blacklisted
as a terrorist organisation on
Christmas Day and continues
to be blamed for bomb at-
tacks across Egypt, although
many have been claimed by
militant groups, including
the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar
Beit el Maqdis.
Sisi said he had survived
two assassination attempts
in the months since Morsis
ousting in July last year.
The former eld marshals
claims appeared to vindicate
the tight security measures
that have dominated his cam-
paign. Instead of taking to the
campaign trail like his sole
opponent, Nasserist can-
didate Hamdeen Sabbahi,
Sisi will reportedly be send-
ing emissaries to his rallies
across the country.
A kingmaker in Egypts
post-Morsi politics, Sisi re-
mains a prime target for a
domestic militant insurgency
which has targeted the army
and police force in retaliation
for their roles in Morsis over-
throw and their subsequent
crackdown against the Broth-
erhood and other political
opponents.
Egypts presidential elec-
tions, scheduled for 26-27
May, will take place against a
backdrop of deep societal di-
visions. At least 16,000 peo-
ple have been imprisoned
and more than 2,500 killed
in the crackdown.
Yet Sisi remains popular,
with many Egyptians argu-
ing that he is the only leader
capable of restoring security
and enough condence to
steady the countrys faltering
economy. He is expected to
win by a landslide.
During the course of
the interview, Sisi also ad-
dressed allegations, often
levelled by critics, that his
ascent to power was part of a
long-term plan.
I took the side of millions
not because I was interested
in power, he said, claiming
that he had only taken the
decision to run for president
in late February after a public
show of support from Egypts
supreme council for the
armed forces. He has cast his
decision as a patriotic duty
that was necessary to rescue
the nation.
Highlighting the series of
challenges that Egypts next
president must face, Sisi said
his priorities in power would
be security and stability.
He described Egypts high
rate of unemployment as
shameful.
According to a recent survey
by the Egyptian polling centre
Baseera, 72 per cent of those
who intend to vote in the elec-
tions say they will back Sisi,
with two per cent supporting
Sabahi. THE GUARDIAN
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi arrives for a meeting with Russias President Vladimir Putin in Novo-Ogaryovo, outside
Moscow, on February 13. AFP
15
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Environment
Invasion of albino snakes threatens Gran Canaria wildlife
INVASIVE species experts will gather
in Gran Canaria this week to offer their
advice on how best to control an albi-
no variety of a popular pet snake
whose population has exploded
across the island in recent years, dec-
imating local bird and lizard species.
Originally brought to the island as
pets, the albino California king snakes
were set loose or escaped decades ago,
said Ramon Gallo, a biologist who is
spearheading the effort to control the
population through a project called
LIFE+Lampropeltis.
In the absence of natural predators,
the king snakes have multiplied. In the
past eight years, more than 2,000 of
the snakes have been captured, and
thousands more are thought to be liv-
ing underground, Gallo said.
The snakes pose little danger to
humans, but are avid predators, feed-
ing on birds, rodents and even young
rabbits. Particularly concerning for
researchers is the snakes taste for the
Gran Canaria giant lizard, a species
found only on the island. A recent
comparison of the lizard population
in areas with snakes and areas without
showed a ratio of 1:10, he said. Its an
outrage. This could push the lizard
to extinction.
So far their growth has been con-
tained to two areas, of about 25 square
miles, in the east and northwestern
part of the island.
There are daily sightings in La Sola-
na, one of the communities most
affected, resident Auxi Lopez said.
Theyre long and slim, probably
about one and a half metres or so. But
this year, she added, weve noticed
that theyre a little bigger.
The snakes were first spotted in the
area about 20 years ago, she said, and
about 70 per cent of the residents are
still very afraid of them. Its some-
thing that never existed here before.
Maybe you would see the occasional
small snake, but not like this.
Residents trade tales of being bitten,
although Lopez was quick to add that
the injuries have never been serious.
More disturbing, she said, is the liquid
emitted by the king snakes when
threatened. It smells horrendous, its
terrible and disgusting.
Residents have stumbled across the
snakes in their homes, on their patios
and in their gardens. Lots of residents
who keep birds in their homes have
found snakes in the cages. They open
them get inside and eat the birds.
This weeks gathering of experts on
the island is part of a four-year project
aiming at halving the snake popula-
tion. Launched in 2011 and slated to
cost more than $1.4 million, the project
also includes the training of dogs and
hawks to snare the snakes as well as
more than 200 workshops to teach
locals about the king snakes.
One of the main challenges is deter-
mining exactly how many snakes
there are on the island, said Robert
Reed, US Geological Survey biologist
travelling to Gran Canaria this week.
As the snakes spend most of their time
underground, the depressing reality
of most invasive snake populations is
that even if youre successful enough
to catch hundreds of them, that prob-
ably means that there are far more out
there than youre comfortable with.
A telling detail, he said, is that most
of the snakes on the island are albinos,
a quality prized in the pet trade but
rare among wild populations because
they are spotted easily by predators.
The continued dominance of
the albino variety suggests that the
snakes have few predators on the
island, ruling out any natural solution
to this problem.
Eradicating the species from Gran
Canaria is likely out of the question at
this point, stressed Californian Brian
Hinds. After 35 years spent capturing
and photographing the king snakes in
their native habitat, hes travelling to
Gran Canaria this week with one mes-
sage: Strike hard and strike fast or the
snakes will take over 70 per cent of
the island.
This was the only invasion of king
snakes he had ever heard of. If it gets
any more out of control, it just will
become a daunting and unforgiving
task that will require a small army.
THE GUARDIAN
Brazils chainsaw queen takes on environmentalists
Jonathan Watts
O
UTSIDE the po-
litical hothouse of
Brasilia, there are
probably few who
can name the head of Brazils
powerful agricultural lobby,
yet the woman in question,
Katia Abreu, is rapidly becom-
ing the countrys most inter-
esting, important and dan-
gerous politician.
The senator and rancher is
blamed by many for the recent
rise in Amazon deforestation.
Her support in parliament
and in an acerbic newspa-
per column for more roads
through the Amazon, congres-
sional control over demarca-
tion of indigenous reserves,
more efcient monocultures
and genetically modied ter-
minator seeds has earned her
the wrath of environmentalists
who have called her Miss De-
forestation, chainsaw queen
and the face of evil.
Abreu is deant, saying she
is preparing to run for presi-
dent one day and wants to
help Brazil overtake the US as
the worlds biggest food pro-
ducer. Running for president
is not a plan it is fate. Im get-
ting ready for that, preparing
in case it is my destiny, she
said. Criticism from radical
environmentalists is the best
form of endorsement. It gives
me satisfaction. It shows I am
on the right track and playing
the right role.
A psychology graduate who
took over a ranch after her
husband died in 1987, Abreu
has become the staunchest
defender of agribusiness in
Brazil. She heads the Con-
federation of Agriculture and
Livestock and leads its politi-
cal lobby, which claims more
than 250 senators and mem-
bers of congress.
Her main objective is to boost
agricultural output, which ac-
counts for a big (23 per cent)
and growing share of Brazils
economy. Harvests of soy and
other products have surged in
recent years, putting the coun-
try according to Abreu on
course to surpass the US even
without further deforestation.
We have all the essential ele-
ments: abundant water, ad-
vanced technology and plenty
of land for production. We can
become number one without
cutting down trees.
Her bullish business mes-
sage is underpinned by ag-
waving nationalism and at-
tacks on any group accused
of trying to slow the growth
of Brazilian agriculture. This
includes environmentalists,
indigenous groups and land-
less peasants, all of whom she
alleged without evidence
were working for foreign in-
terests. I dont have concrete
proof of this but I get a very
strong impression that this is
the case, she said.
Abreus uncompromising
rhetoric and style are remi-
niscent of Margaret Thatcher.
When this is mentioned to
the congresswoman, her face
lights up.
Thank you! Margaret
Thatcher had one of the great-
est liberal political minds. She
built a set of principles that
changed the world. Im only
sorry that I didnt have the op-
portunity to meet her.
Like Thatcher in the 1980s,
Abreu is engaged in a poten-
tially world-changing struggle.
While the British prime min-
isters battle against the min-
ers in the 1980s ushered in a
period of social division and
runaway capitalism, Abreu is
taking on the environmental
movement with enormous
potential consequences for
the global climate and food
supply. She appears to be
winning. As the economy has
become more dependent on
agribusiness, the inuence
of its lobby in parliament has
increased to the point where it
can almost make or break the
government agenda.
Abreu said its success was
partly a result of the lifestyle
improvements the industry
has given to Brazilian people.
Forty years ago, the average
Brazilian spent 50 per cent
of his or her income on food.
Now the proportion is about
18 per cent .
The situation looked very
different a decade ago, when
former environment minister
Marina Silva introduced a se-
ries of measures that slowed
deforestation and promised
more territory for indigenous
groups and landless peasants.
Abreu said the tables had
turned. For many years, envi-
ronmentalism reached an ex-
treme pitch and we in the agri-
business sector were treated
like criminals, she said, but
now our agribusiness sec-
tor can inuence the choice
of kings and queens in Brazil.
In the past, we only exercised
economic inuence. Now we
also have political power.
In the presidential election
in October, Abreu said she
would back the incumbent,
Dilma Rousseff, who she de-
scribed as more interested in
agriculture than her prede-
cessor, Lula da Silva.
Although they are ostensibly
on opposite sides of the ideo-
logical divide, Abreu said she
was willing to work with Rous-
seff for a price: I just want her
to be willing to understand
our situation, to have a grasp
of the problems that the ag-
riculture sector faces, and to
help solve those problems so
we can keep growing and so
that Brazil can be number one
for food production.
That is likely to mean fur-
ther erosion of indigenous
rights, weaker environmental
laws and loser restrictions on
genetically modied termi-
nator seeds all of which are
currently being pushed in
congress by Abreus lobby.
We cannot rest on our lau-
rels. There are many things
holding back progress the
environmental issue, the In-
dian issue and more. But even
with these problems we keep
producing high levels of pro-
ductivity. Imagine how high it
might be without those obsta-
cles, she said. THE GUARDIAN
Dinner
is served
A common mynah bird
(Acridotheres tristis) feeds
her baby in a nest on a hot
afternoon in Bhubaneswar,
India on Sunday. The common
myna is native to Asia and
is an important motif in
Indian culture. AFP
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T
HE verdict in the biggest
Occupy-related criminal case
in New York City, that of Ceci-
ly McMillan, came down on
Monday afternoon. As disturbing as it
is that she was found guilty of felony
assault against officer Grantley Bovell,
the circumstances of her trial reflect
an even more disturbing reality that
of normalised police violence, dispro-
portionately punitive sentences
(McMillan faces seven years in prison)
and a penal system based on anything
but justice. While this is nothing new
for the over-policed communities of
New York City, what happened to
McMillan reveals just how powerful
and unrestrained a massive police
force can be in fighting back against
the very people with whom it is
charged to protect.
McMillan was one of roughly 70
protesters arrested on March 17, 2012.
She and hundreds of other activists,
along with journalists like me, had
gathered in Zuccotti Park to mark the
six-month anniversary of the start of
Occupy Wall Street. It was four
months after the New York Police
Department had evicted the Occupy
encampment from the park in a mass
of violent arrests.
When the police moved in to the
park that night, in formation and with
batons, to arrest a massive number of
protesters, the chaos was terrifying.
Bovell claimed that McMillan elbowed
him in the face as he attempted to
arrest her, and McMillan and her
defence team claim that Bovell
grabbed her right breast from behind,
causing her to instinctively react.
But the jury didnt hear anything
about the police violence that took
place in Zuccotti Park that night. They
didnt hear about what happened
there on November 15, 2011, when
the park was first cleared. The vio-
lence experienced by Occupy protest-
ers throughout its entirety was exclud-
ed from the courtroom. The narrative
the jury did hear was tightly control-
led by what the judge allowed and
Judge Ronald Zweibel consistently
ruled that any larger context of what
was happening around McMillan at
the time of the arrest (let alone Bovells
own history of violence) was irrelevant
to the scope of the trial.
In the trial, physical evidence was
considered suspect, but the testimony
of the police was cast as infallible.
Despite photographs of her bruised
body, including her right breast, the
prosecution cast doubt upon McMil-
lans allegations of being injured by
the police all while Bovell repeatedly
identified the wrong eye when testify-
ing as to how McMillan injured him.
And not only was Bovells document-
ed history of violent behaviour
deemed irrelevant by the judge, but so
were the allegations of his violent
behaviour that very same night.
To the jury, the hundreds of police
batons, helmets, fists and flex cuffs
out on March 17 were invisible ren-
dering McMillans elbow the most
powerful weapon on display, at least
insofar as the jury was concerned.
That hyper-selective retelling of
events to the jury mirrored the broad-
er popular narrative of OWS. The
breathtaking violence displayed by
the NYPD throughout Occupy Wall
Street has not only been normalised,
but entirely justified so much so that
it doesnt even bear mentioning.
After police cleared the park that
night, many of the remaining protest-
ers went on a spontaneous march,
during which cops slammed a street
medics head into a glass door so hard
the glass splintered. It is the only
instance of which I know throughout
New York Citys Occupy movement
where a window was broken.
Still, it is the protesters who are
remembered as destructive and cha-
otic. It is Cecily McMillan who went
on trial for assault but not Bovell or
any of his colleagues despite the
thousands of photographs and videos
providing irrefutable evidence that
protesters, journalists and legal
observers alike were shoved, punched,
kicked, tackled and beaten over the
head. That mindset was on display
during the jury-selection process at
McMillans trial, when juror after juror
had to be dismissed because of out-
right bias against the Occupy move-
ment and any of its participants.
Its impossible to understand the
whole story by just looking at one pic-
ture, even if its McMillans of her inju-
ries. But that is exactly what the jury
in McMillans case was asked to do.
They were presented a close-up of
Cecily McMillans elbow, but not of
Bovell, and asked to determine who
was violent.
This is, of course, how police bru-
tality is presented to the public every
day, if it is presented it at all: an angry
cop here, a controversial protester
here, a police commissioner who
says the violence of the NYPD is old
news. But it wasnt one bruised or
broken civilian body or one cop with
a documented history of violence.
Instead, it was one after another after
another, a collage that presented a
more comprehensive picture one of
exceptionally unexceptional violence
that most of America has already
accepted. THE GUARDIAN
Comment
Molly Knefel
USs acceptance of cop violence
An Occupy Wall Street protester is arrested by police during a rally in New York on September 17, 2012 to mark the movements one-year anniversary. The violence against Occupy
protesters was widespread and well-photographed. So why has one nonviolent protester been convicted of assaulting an ofcer? AFP
Molly Knefel is a journalist and co-host of the
daily political podcast Radio Dispatch.
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Lifestyle Lifestyle
In brief
Jay Leno latest to shun
Brunei-owned hotels
US TELEVISION star Jay Leno on
Monday joined a growing list of
celebrities vowing to boycott a luxury
hotel chain linked to Bruneis sultan
after he introduced a controversial
Islamic penal code in his country.
Bruneis all-powerful Sultan
Hassanal Bolkiah announced last
Wednesday that he would push
ahead with sharia, or Islamic law,
that will eventually include tough
penalties such as death by stoning.
Former late-night talk show host
Leno, speaking at a small protest
outside the sultan-owned Beverly
Hills Hotel, said: What is this, Berlin,
1933? This doesnt seem far off what
happened in the Holocaust. Come on
people, its 2014. Evil flourishes when
good people do nothing. AFP
Gaga fans unhappy that
NBA may trump concert
THE Little Monsters found
themselves pitted against the
Washington Wizards on Monday, and
the results were as surreal as you
would imagine. I swear yall better
not postpone or cancel the lady gaga
concert for a basketball game or you
will have riots, tweeted one Little
Monster, as Lady Gaga fans are
known, when a possible conflict
emerged between a National
Basketball Association playoff game
and a Gaga show at Verizon Center
on May 15. I dont care who you are
do not reschedule the Lady Gaga
concert it will ruin your reputation
trust me, another fan wrote on
Twitter. The NBA announced on
Saturday that if the Wizards and
Indiana Pacers havent settled their
best-of-seven second-round series
before May 15, Game 6 would be
played that night at Verizon Center.
This isnt a regular Washington
concern in May; the long-suffering
Wizards are in the second round of
the NBA playoffs for just the second
time since 1982. THEWASHINGTONPOST
Sleater-Kinney, REM, Nirvana,
members create supergroup
Members of REM, Nirvana and
Sleater-Kinney appear to have joined
forces for a new supergroup. After
making their live debut last week, the
rock n roll luminaries are reportedly
working together at a studio in
Portland, Oregon, under the name
Super-Earth. The tentative cast was
unveiled via Twitter. Sleater-Kinneys
Corin Tucker, REM co-founder Peter
Buck, Fastbacks guitarist Kurt Bloch,
King Crimsons Bill Rieflin, Nirvana
bassist Krist Novoselic and Minus
Fives Scott McCaughey. Super-Earth
played their first concert on April 30
at a lounge in Portland. The groups
style was described by the Oregonian
as speedy and loud less punk-
rock than power-pop, but always
knife-sharp. THE GUARDIAN
On Thailands Koh Phangan,
islands strays get some TLC
HK lmmaker reects the citys souring mood
Daniel James

K
OH Phangan, an island best
known for its infamous full
moon parties, perhaps
doesnt strike one as the
most likely place for an animal shel-
ter. However, Phangan Animal Care
for Strays (Pacs) has now been oper-
ating for more than 12 years.
Run by Westerners, Pacs takes care
of the islands stray animal popula-
tion, but its use of sterilisation and its
focus on strays have not always been
supported or understood by locals.
Pacs is run by a small team of per-
manent staff, but relies mainly on
volunteers for its day-to-day activi-
ties. The dedication of these animal
lovers is admirable, as they work long
hours for little compensation. The
work isnt glamorous, much of the day
lled with activities such as de-tick-
ing, cleaning kennels and medicating
the animals. Some of the animals are
found in truly terrible shape, many
suffering from severe skin conditions
and badly infected wounds.
While nursing care for sick and
wounded animals is the main focus of
the shelter, surgery is also performed
when vets are available to volunteer.
To help control the islands stray pop-
ulation, the centre tries to sterilise as
many dogs as possible, and also has a
rabies vaccination program. The or-
ganisation is funded solely through
donations, and as such, fundraising
and maintaining rapport with the lo-
cals is crucial. This isnt always easy.
According to the director of Pacs,
Laura Taylor, the locals dont always
understand their motivation: Many
of the local people think were crazy.
Why come all the way over here to
treat these street dogs? If there was a
centre for stray rats in London, youd
think the person running it was nuts.
Most Thai people have been brought
up with stray dogs causing problems,
and the idea of treating them, let
alone loving and caring for them, is as
foreign as the people doing it.
Partly, this different view can be at-
tributed to religion. For Buddhists, a
stray dog may be facing its punish-
ment for having been a bad person in
a previous life. Moreover, Buddhist be-
liefs, which generally appear to favour
letting nature take its own course, are
opposed to methods such as sterilisa-
tion and euthanasia. Poisoning stray
animal populations, which would
seemingly also contradict Buddhist
beliefs, is still an accepted method
of dealing with the problem in many
rural areas, and Pacs deals with these
cases on a regular basis.
There are also economic factors,
as there may simply not be enough
resources to care for all these crea-
tures. However, on Koh Phangan, ac-
ceptance of these methods of treating
strays is growing due to the shelters
efforts, as inhabitants are increasingly
seeing the benets of sterilisation and
vaccination programs. The vets on the
island who treat owned animals often
donate supplies and a private clinic
now gives Pacs animals free care.
Pacs works hard on maintaining
its visibility, with large-scale opera-
tions for example, a sterilisation
drive treating more than 100 animals
on the islands Hat Rin beach allow-
ing people to see what the organisa-
tion does and how it benets them.
Maintaining a social media presence
is a crucial communication channel;
all new incoming cases are immedi-
ately posted on Facebook.
Most importantly, though, just
talking to people and showing them
around the facilities is leading to in-
creased acceptance. Interestingly, the
religious community is now lending
its support to Pacs, with the islands
monks promoting sterilisation as an
alternative to traditional methods of
culling stray animal populations.
With fewer stray dogs on the is-
lands streets these days, most of the
inhabitants are now happy to have
the organisation around, many even
bringing in sick and wounded strays
themselves. Functioning purely on
donations and local support, and
largely reliant on volunteers, the Pacs
seems to have found an effective, sus-
tainable and increasingly accepted
way of handling Koh Phangans stray
dog problem. BANGKOK POST
Phangan Animal Care for Strays has been caring for Koh Phangans stray population for more than 12 years. AFP
The cast of Hong Kong director Fruit Chans The Midnight After. Chan attributes the
thrillers success to its willingness to take on questions about modern Hong Kong. AFP
THE director of a post-apocalyptic
thriller that has taken Hong Kongs box
office by storm says the film has struck
a chord in a city grappling with its
identity under Chinese rule.
People are getting very angry about
the government. This film is their
voice, said Fruit Chan, whose The
Midnight After has so far collected
more than HK$20 million (US$2.6 mil-
lion) at the local box office, making
back four times its budget.
The horror-comedy is a return to
form for one of Hong Kongs few com-
mercially successful independent
directors, boasting typical Chan ingre-
dients of ultra-violence and distinctly
local, black humour. Adapted from an
online novel, The Midnight After plac-
es a group of people in a mini-bus late
at night. When the bus emerges from
Hong Kongs Lion Rock Tunnel, they
find the streets deserted after an unex-
plained calamity hits the city.
The film is rich with allusions to cur-
rent events in Hong Kong, and is one
of a handful of recent movies tapping
into a sense of collective confusion
and rising anger over where the terri-
tory is headed.
After Hong Kong joined China,
many things have changed in our
town, said Chan. I follow very close-
ly what is happening, and thats why
I included in my film elements that
certainly have to do with politics, the
director said.
The mood has soured since the 1997
British handover. Protests are frequent
amid fears Beijing will row back on
promises the city will see a transition
to universal suffrage by 2017.
This has been coupled with a tide of
anti-mainland sentiment as Hong
Kong experiences an influx of about
40 million visitors from across the bor-
der every year, pressuring services and
space in a territory of seven million.
Chan references both issues in the
movie, which makes subtle jibes at the
leadership of unpopular Hong Kong
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying and
touches on a perceived marginalisa-
tion of Hong Kongers within their own
city, where a soaring property market
is out of reach for many. AFP
Health
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Nina Larson

T
HE World Health Organiza-
tion warned on Monday that
polio has re-emerged as a
public health emergency,
after new cases of the crippling dis-
ease began surfacing and spreading
across borders from countries like
Syria and Pakistan.
The conditions for a public health
emergency of international concern
have been met, WHO assistant di-
rector general Bruce Aylward told
reporters in Geneva following crisis
talks on the virus long thought to be
on the road to extinction.
If unchecked, this situation could
result in failure to eradicate globally
one of the worlds most serious vac-
cine-preventable diseases, he said.
Between January and April this year
usually considered the low season
for polio transmission three new
importations of the virus were de-
tected, from Pakistan to Afghanistan,
Syria to Iraq and Cameroon to Equa-
torial Guinea, WHO said.
A coordinated international re-
sponse is deemed essential to stop
the international spread, Aylward
went on to say.
Polio, a crippling and potentially
fatal viral disease that mainly affects
children under the age of ve, has
come close to being beaten as the re-
sult of a 25-year effort.
Today, the virus is considered en-
demic in only three countries: Af-
ghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
And last year, 417 cases were de-
tected globally, and so far this year
there have been 74 cases, 59 of them
in Pakistan, Aylward said.
Although the infection rates re-
main tiny compared to previous
decades, Aylward stressed that until
the virus is completely exterminat-
ed, it is going to spread internation-
ally, and it is going to nd and paral-
yse susceptible kids.
There is always a risk that if the
virus is reintroduced to a polio-
free area, it could become endemic
again, he said, warning that without
eradication, it could become en-
demic again in the entire world.
WHO was especially alarmed that
the recent cross-border spread of the
disease came during the traditional
low season, warning that the situ-
ation could deteriorate as the high
season begins in May.
Considering that this happened in
the low season, this poses now a very
real threat to the global eradication
efforts, said Helen Rees, who serves
on the WHO polio research commit-
tee. The move to categorise polio as
a public health emergency of inter-
national concern shows how seri-
ously the UN health body treats an
increase in numbers.
The only other time this categorisa-
tion has been used was at the begin-
ning of the H1N1 swine u pandem-
ic in 2009, WHO spokesman Gregory
Hartl said.
The WHO called on Pakistan, Cam-
eroon and Syria, seen as posing the
greatest risk of exporting wild po-
lio virus, to ensure all residents and
long-term visitors receive a polio vac-
cine between four weeks and a year
before travelling abroad.
For urgent travel, at least one vac-
cine dose should be given before de-
parture, according to the emergency
committee, which also called for all
travellers to be issued certicates
proving they have been immunised.
The same measures should be en-
couraged in Afghanistan, Equatorial
Guinea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Somalia and
Nigeria, which have reported cases
but are not currently exporting po-
lio, the WHO said, calling for them
to remain in place until a year has
passed without new exports of the
disease. AFP
Polio now a public health emergency
An Afghan health worker administers a polio vaccination to a child outside of Jalalabad in Nangarhar province on Saturday. The World Health Organization has declared an emergency due to the disease spreading. AFP
Coca-Cola and Pepsi to remove much criticised ingredient
COCA-COLA Co, the worlds
largest beverage maker, plans
to remove brominated vegeta-
ble oil from all its US drinks by
the end of this year, abandon-
ing an ingredient that has been
targeted by food activists.
The additive, known as BVO,
will be taken out of both ready-
to-drink beverages and foun-
tain-machine formulas, Coca-
Cola spokesman Josh Gold said
yesterday. BVO is used as a sta-
biliser in drinks like Powerade,
helping prevent ingredients
from separating. PepsiCo Inc,
after removing BVO from Gato-
rade last year, said that it too is
replacing the additive in the rest
of its lineup.
BVO has drawn criticism on
social media and online forums
such as Change.org, where
Sarah Kavanagh, a teenager
from Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
garnered thousands of signa-
tures lobbying against it. The
US Food and Drug Administra-
tion lets drink companies use
BVO at up to 15 parts per mil-
lion, though the agency
dropped it from its Generally
Recognized as Safe list of food
ingredients in 1970.
Health concerns about BVO
stem from its use of bromide,
the element found in bromi-
nated flame retardants, accord-
ing to the Mayo Clinic.
Coca-Cola, based in Atlanta,
Georgia, will switch to using
sucrose acetate isobutyrate or
glycerol ester of rosin either
alone or in combination.
Two varieties of Cokes Pow-
erade sports drink fruit punch
and strawberry lemonade
have already transitioned to
glycerol ester of rosin, Gold
revealed in his statement.
On Change.org, Kavanagh
says she started her campaign
after learning that BVO has
been banned in Europe and
Japan and became more con-
cerned when she learned the
ingredient was in drinks sold at
her school.
At PepsiCo, BVO has been
used in Mountain Dew and
Amp Energy drinks, in addition
to Gatorade.
We regularly evaluate our
formulas and ingredients to
ensure they comply with all
regulations and meet the high
quality standards our consum-
ers expect, Jeff Dahncke, a
spokesman for the Purchase,
New York-based company, said
in a statement.
We removed BVO from
Gatorade in 2013 in response
to our consumers and since
that time we have been active-
ly working to remove it from
the rest of our product portfo-
lio. BLOOMBERG
A delivery man unloads a crate of Coca-Cola in Mexico City. The drinks company is to remove brominated
vegetable oil from its drink following criticism from food activists. BLOOMBERG
Travel
19
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Brazils World
Cup: read this
before you go
The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro. The stadium is to host seven
games in the coming World Cup. BLOOMBERG
Onnucha Hutasingh
W
ITH the final
batch of 2014
World Cup tick-
ets just released,
avid footie fans are beginning
the countdown to the big
event. Considering that games
will be held in 12 Brazilian cit-
ies, including Rio de Janeiro
and Sao Paolo, and some visi-
tors may be hitting more than
one match during the month-
long tourney, we asked Paul
Irvine, one of Conde Nast
Travelers top travel specialists
(and a Rio resident for the past
11 years), for his essential Bra-
zilian travel tips.
Get your visa early
Youll need to visit your local
Brazilian consulate and present
plenty of documents (includ-
ing your flight confirmation
and your passport) to obtain
the visa. Irvine recommends
starting the process at least
three weeks before youre set
to travel. But theres good news
for World Cup spectators: If
you have World Cup tickets,
youll get your temporary visa
for free theyre giving that as
a bonus, Irvine says. Be pre-
pared to present some confir-
mation of your ticket purchase
to get that freebie.
Dont try to see every city in
one trip
You may think itll be easy to
see Rio de Janeiro, the Amazon
rainforest and a World Cup
match all in one go, but thats
not the case. His suggestion: If
you want to visit multiple cities,
only plan to do two or three in
one visit.
Learn the public transporta-
tion systems ahead of time
Once youre at your destina-
tion, youll need to figure out
how to get around. Dont walk
around, and dont drive around
Brazil, full stop, Irvine says. As
he explains, Brazilian traffic is
not only hectic, but full of
unspoken rules. Plus, many
Brazilian cities arent pedestri-
an-friendly, so the best thing to
do is get acquainted with the
public transportation system of
the city youre staying in.
Change currency before your
trip, or use credit cards
Dollars arent accepted any-
where in Brazil, so if you plan
on using real (the countrys cur-
rency), either get it changed
beforehand, or plan on using
your credit or ATM card. But if
you visit an ATM, be aware of
the surroundings. One of the
most targeted ATMs in terms of
cloning cards are at airports,
Irvine notes. He also recom-
mends having smaller bills on
hand, especially if youre in a
rural area where it may be hard-
er to break a 50 or 100 real bill.
Dont sit on a beach towel
(and other etiquette tips)
According to Irvine, Brazilian
culture isnt wildly different
from the West, but a little effort
will help you fit in a bit better.
If you can get a few phrases of
Portuguese down, itll go a long
way, he advises. Just the
basics: Hello, goodbye, thank
you, my name is. Brazilians are
very, very forgiving if you get
[the language] wrong. It also
helps to know local customs:
You dont need to add an addi-
tional tip on restaurant bills; sit
on a chair, not your towel, at the
beach; dont slam car doors;
and since Brazilian events typ-
ically start much later than
advised, dont get too uptight
about punctuality.
And one very important thing
to remember: Its samba, not
salsa, Irvine says. If you go to
a samba club, dont just sit
there. Brazilians love it when
you have a go at their national
dance. BLOOMBERG
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE
FROM PHNOM PENH TO PHNOM PENH
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PHNOMPENH- BANGKOK BANGKOK- PHNOMPENH
K6 720 Daily 12:05 01:10 K6 721 Daily 02:25 03:30
PG 938 Daily 06:40 08:15 PG 931 Daily 07:55 09:05
PG 932 Daily 09:55 11:10 TG 580 Daily 07:55 09:05
TG 581 Daily 10:05 11:10 PG 933 Daily 13:30 14:40
PG 934 Daily 15:30 16:40 FD 3616 Daily 15:15 16:20
FD 3617 Daily 17:05 18:15 PG 935 Daily 17:30 18:40
PG 936 Daily 19:30 20:40 TG 584 Daily 18:25 19:40
TG 585 Daily 20:40 21:45 PG 937 Daily 20:15 21:50
PHNOMPENH- BEIJING BEIJING- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 16:05 CZ 323 Daily 14:30 20:50
PHNOMPENH- DOHA( ViaHCMC) DOHA- PHNOMPENH( ViaHCMC)
QR 965 Daily 16:30 23:05 QR 964 Daily 01:00 15:05
QR 967 12...6. 22:40 05:20+1 QR 966 12...6. 07:25 20:50
PHNOMPENH- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 11:40 CZ 6059 2.4.7 12:00 13:45
CZ 6060 2.4.7 14:45 18:10 CZ 323 Daily 19:05 20:50
PHNOMPENH- HANOI HANOI - PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 20:35 VN 841 Daily 09:40 13:00
PHNOMPENH- HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY- PHNOMPENH
QR 965 Daily 16:30 17:30 QR 964 Daily 14:05 15:05
QR 967 12...6. 22:40 23:40 QR 966 12...6. 19:50 20:50
VN 841 Daily 14:00 14:45 VN 920 Daily 15:50 16:30
VN 3856 Daily 19:20 20:05 VN 3857 Daily 18:00 18:45
PHNOMPENH- HONGKONG HONGKONG- PHNOMPENH
KA 207 1.2.4.7 11:25 15:05 KA 208 1.2.4.6.7 08:50 10:25
KA 207 6 11:45 22:25 KA 206 3.5.7 14:30 16:05
KA 209 1 18:30 22:05 KA 206 1 15:25 17:00
KA 209 3.5.7 17:25 21:00 KA 206 2 15:50 17:25
KA 205 2 19:00 22:35 - - - -
PHNOMPENH- INCHEON INCHEON- PHNOMPENH
KE 690 Daily 23:40 06:40 KE 689 Daily 18:30 22:20
OZ 740 Daily 23:50 06:50 OZ 739 Daily 19:10 22:50
PHNOMPENH- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- PHNOMPENH
AK 1473 Daily 08:35 11:20 AK 1474 Daily 15:15 16:00
MH 755 Daily 11:10 14:00 MH 754 Daily 09:30 10:20
MH 763 Daily 17:10 20:00 MH 762 Daily 3:20 4:10
PHNOMPENH- PARIS PHNOMPENH- PARIS
AF 273 2 20:05 06:05 AF 273 2 20:05 06:05
PHNOMPENH- SHANGHAI SHANGHAI - PHNOMPENH
FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:50 23:05 FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:30 22:40
PHNOMPENH- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE-PHNOMPENH
MI 601 1.3.5.6.7 09:30 12:30 MI 602 1.3.5.6.7 07:40 08:40
MI 622 2.4 12:20 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 11:25
3K 594 1234..7 15:25 18:20 3K 593 Daily 13:30 14:40
3K 594 ....56. 15:25 18:10 - - - -
MI 607 Daily 18:10 21:10 MI 608 Daily 16:20 17:15
2817 1.3 16:40 19:40 2816 1.3 15:00 15:50
2817 2.4.5 09:10 12:00 2816 2.4.5 07:20 08:10
2817 6 14:50 17:50 2816 6 13:00 14:00
2817 7 13:20 16:10 2816 7 11:30 12:30
PHNOMPENH-TAIPEI TAIPEI - PHNOMPENH
BR 266 Daily 12:45 17:05 BR 265 Daily 09:10 11:35
PHNOMPENH- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 18:50 VN 841 Daily 11:30 13:00
QV 920 Daily 17:50 19:10 QV 921 Daily 11:45 13:15
PHNOMPENH- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1.3.6 13:30 14:55 8M 401 1.3.6 08:20 10:45
SIEMREAP- PHNOMPENH
8M 401 1.3.6 11:45 12:30
SIEMREAP- BANGKOK BANGKOK- SIEMREAP
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 700 Daily 12:50 2:00 K6 701 Daily 02:55 04:05
PG 924 Daily 09:45 11:10 PG 903 Daily 08:00 09:00
PG 906 Daily 13:15 14:40 PG 905 Daily 11:35 12:45
PG 914 Daily 15:20 16:45 PG 913 Daily 13:35 14:35
PG 908 Daily 18:50 20:15 PG 907 Daily 17:00 18:10
PG 910 Daily 20:30 21:55 PG 909 Daily 18:45 19:55
SIEMREAP- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- SIEMREAP
CZ 3054 2.4.6 11:25 15:35 CZ 3053 2.4.6 08:45 10:30
CZ 3054 1.3.5.7 19:25 23:20 CZ 3053 1.3.5.7 16:35 18:30
SIEMREAP-HANOI HANOI - SIEMREAP
K6 850 Daily 06:50 08:30 K6 851 Daily 19:30 21:15
VN 868 1.2.3.5.6 12:40 15:35 VN 843 Daily 15:25 17:10
VN 842 Daily 18:05 19:45 VN 845 Daily 17:05 18:50
VN 844 Daily 19:45 21:25 VN 845 Daily 17:45 19:30
VN 800 Daily 21:00 22:40 VN 801 Daily 18:20 20:00
SIEMREAP-HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY-SIEMREAP
VN 3818 Daily 11:10 12:30 VN 3809 Daily 09:15 10:35
VN 826 Daily 13:30 14:40 VN 827 Daily 11:35 12:35
VN 3820 Daily 17:45 18:45 VN 3821 Daily 15:55 16:55
VN 828 Daily 18:20 19:20 VN 829 Daily 16:20 17:40
VN 3822 Daily 21:35 22:35 VN 3823 Daily 19:45 20:45
SIEMREAP- INCHEON INCHEON- SIEMREAP
KE 688 Daily 23:15 06:10 KE 687 Daily 18:30 22:15
OZ 738 Daily 23:40 07:10 OZ 737 Daily 19:20 22:40
SIEMREAP- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- SIEMREAP
AK 281 Daily 08:35 11:35 AK 280 Daily 06:50 07:50
MH 765 3.5.7 14:15 17:25 MH 764 3.5.7 12:10 13:15
FLY DIRECT TOMYANMARMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
YANGON- PHNOMPENH PHNOM PENH - YANGON
FLY DIRECT TOSIEMREAPMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON - SIEM REAP
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Tel 023 881 178 | Fax 023 886 677 | www.maiair.com
REGULAR SHIPPING LINES SCHEDULES
CALLING PORT ROTATION
LINE CALLING SCHEDULES FREEQUENCY ROTATIONPORTS
RCL
(12calls/moth)
1 Wed, 08:00 - Thu 16:00 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN
2 Thu, 14:00 - Fri 22:00 1 Call/week
HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG
(HPH-TXGKEL)
3 Fri, 20:00 - Sat 23:59 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN
MEARSK (MCC)
(4 calls/moth)
1 Th, 08:00 - 20:00 1 Call/week
SGN-SHV-LZP-SGN
- HKG-OSA-TYO-KOB
- BUS-SGH-YAT-SGN
- SIN-SHV-TPP-SIN
2 Fri, 22:00- Sun 00:01 1 Call/week
SITC (BEN LINE
(4 calls/onth)
Sun 09:00-23:00 1 Call/week
HCM-SHV-LZP-HCM-
NBO-SGH-OSA-KOB-
BUS-SGH-HGK-CHM
ITL (ACL)
(4 calls/month)
Sat 06:00 - Sun 08:00 1 Call/week SGZ-SHV-SIN-SGZ
APL
(4 calls/month)
Fri, 08:00 - Sun, 06:00 1 call/week SIN-SHV-SIN
COTS
(2 calls/month)
Irregula 2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)
34 call/month
BUS= Busan, Korea
HKG= HongKong
kao=Kaoshiung, Taiwan ROC
Kob= Kebe, Japan
KUN= Kuantan, Malaysia
LZP= Leam Chabang, Thailand
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OSA= Osaka, Japan
SGN= Saigon, Vietnam
SGZ= Songkhla, Thailand
SHV= Sihanoukville Port Cambodia
SIN= Singapore
TPP= TanjungPelapas, Malaysia
TYO= Tokyo, Japan
TXG= Taichung, Taiwan
YAT= Yantian, China
YOK= Yokohama, Japan
AIRLINES
Air Asia (AK)
Room T6, PP International
Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555
Fax: 023 890 071
www.airasia.com
Cambodia Angkor Air (K6)
PP Ofce, #90+92+94Eo,
St.217, Sk.Orussey4, Kh.
7Makara, 023 881 178 /77-
718-333. Fax:+855 23-886-677
www.cambodiaangkorair.com
E: mai@royalaviationexpert.com
Qatar Airways
No. 296 Blvd. Mao Tse Toung
(St. 245), Ground oor,
Intercontinental Hotel PP
Tel: +23 42 40 12/13/14
www.qatarairways.com
MyanmarAirwaysInternational
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217,
Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677
www.maiair.com
Dragon Air (KA)
#168, Monireth, PP
Tel: 023 424 300
Fax: 023 424 304
www.dragonair.com/kh
Tiger airways
G. oor, Regency square,
Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205,
Sk Chamkarmorn, PP
Tel: (855) 95 969 888
(855) 23 5515 888/5525888
E: info@cambodiaairlines.net



Koreanair (KE)
Room.F3-R03, Intelligent Ofce
Center, Monivong Blvd,PP
Tel: (855) 23 224 047-9
www.koreanair.com
Cebu Pacic (5J)
Phnom Penh: No. 333B
Monivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161
SiemReap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd.
Tel: 063 965487
E-mail: cebuair@ptm-travel.com
www.cebupacicair.com
SilkAir (MI)
Regency C,Unit 2-4, Tumnorb
Teuk, Chamkarmorn
Phnom Penh
Tel:023 988 629
www.silkair.com
AIRLINES CODE COLOUR CODE
2817 - 16 Tigerairways KA - Dragon Air 1 Monday
5J - CEBU Airways. MH - Malaysia Airlines 2 Tuesday
AK - Air Asia MI - SilkAir 3 Wednesday
BR - EVA Airways OZ - Asiana Airlines 4 Thursday
CI - China Airlines PG - Bangkok Airways 5 Friday
CZ - China Southern QR - Qatar Airways 6 Saturday
FD - Thai Air Asia QV - Lao Airlines 7 Sunday
FM - Shanghai Air SQ - Singapore Airlines
K6- Cambodia Angkor Air TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines
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SIEMREAP- MANILA MANILA- SIEMREAP
5J 258 2.4.7 22:30 02:11 5J 257 2.4.7 19:45 21:30
SIEMREAP- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE- SIEMREAP
MI 633 1, 6, 7 16:35 22:15 MI 633 1, 6, 7 14:35 15:45
MI 622 2.4 10:40 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 09:50
MI 630 5 12:25 15:40 MI 616 7 10:40 11:50
MI 615 7 12:45 16:05 MI 636 3, 2 13:55 17:40
MI 636 3, 2 18:30 21:35 MI 630 5 07:55 11:35
MI 617 5 18:35 21:55 MI 618 5 16:35 17:45
3K 598 .2....7 15:35 18:40 3K 597 .2....7 13:45 14:50
3K 598 ...4... 15:35 18:30 3K 597 ...4... 13:45 14:50
SIEMREAP- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- SIEMREAP
QV 522 2.4.5.7 10:05 13:00 QV 512 2.4.5.7 06:30 09:25
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1. 5 20:15 21:25 8M 401 1. 5 17:05 19:15
PREAHSIHANOUK- SIEMREAP SIEMREAP- PREAHSIHANOUK
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55 K6 131 1-3-5 11:20 12:20
Entertainment
20
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
LEGEND CINEMA
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER
In this 2014 American superhero film, Steve Rogers
struggles to embrace his role in the modern world
and battles a new threat from old history: the Soviet
agent known as the Winter Soldier. Starring Chris
Evans, Samuel L Jackson and Scarlett Johansson.
City Mall: 7pm
Tuol Kork: 9:05pm
RIO 2
An animated adventure. Its a jungle out there for
Blu, Jewel and their three kids after theyre hurtled
from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon.
As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the
vengeful Nigel. With the voices of Jesse Eisenberg
and Anne Hathaway.
City Mall: 11:20am
Tuol Kork: 9:25pm
OCULUS
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was
convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was
committed by a supernatural phenomenon. Stars
Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites and Katee Sackhoff
in lead roles.
City Mall: 7:50pm
Toul Kork: 1:15pm, 7:40pm
PLATINUM CINEPLEX
OCULUS
(See above.)
9:20am, 1:10pm
RIO 2
(See above.)
3pm
BRICK MANSIONS
An undercover Detroit cop navigates a dangerous
neighbourhood thats surrounded by a containment
wall with the help of an ex-con in order to bring
down a crime lord and his plot to devastate the
entire city. The film features Paul Walker, David Belle
and RZA.
1pm, 4:50pm, 6:30pm, 8:35pm
NOW SHOWING
Salsa @ The Groove
New to salsa? The Groove is oering
a class for beginners. This is the
ideal time to start if youve ever been
curious about getting involved.
Followed by a salsa party.
The Groove, #1C Street 282. 9:30pm
Exhibition @ CLA
Chhnang! exhibition will tell the story
of traditional pottery-making in
Kampong Chhnang, and how the
practice is adapting to nd a place in
the modern world.
Cambodian Living Arts, 128-G9
Sothearos Boulevard. All day
TV PICKS
Catch the circus tonight at 6pm. PHOTOSUPPLIED
A scene from The Lone Ranger. BLOOMBERG
Art @ The Building
During his residency with Sa Sa Art
Projects, artist Than Sok investigated
Buddhist monastic robes and
experimented with their materiality.
Now, he opens his studio to the public.
The White Building, Sothearos
Boulevard, second oor. 6pm
Circus @ the National
Circus School
A rare opportunity to see Phare, the
Cambodian Circus in Phnom Penh.
Phare, who are based in Battambang,
will perform an hourlong show called
Eclipse.
Big top of the National Circus School,
opposite the National Assembly. 6pm
1:10pm - DODGE BALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY:
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball
tournament in order to save their cherished local gym
from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
FOX MOVIES
2:45pm - PARENTAL GUIDANCE: Artie and Diane agree
to look after their three grandkids when their type-A
helicopter parents need to leave town for work.
Problems arise when the kids 21st-century behaviour
collides with Artie and Dianes old-school methods.
FOX MOVIES
10:10pm - THE LONE RANGER: Native American warrior
Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John
Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice. Stars:
Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William Fichtner.
FOX MOVIES
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Brazil discoverer Cabral
6 Plant prop
10 Valuables protector
14 Hard-to-get-into schools
15 Cornell or Pound
16 Cake layer
17 Churches establish them abroad
20 Swiss peak
21 Dubai VIP
22 Band worn during mourning
23 Boston Marathon month
25 Newspaper section
26 Realty measure
28 Afternoon drink servers
32 Partner of Lois or Lewis
34 The Sultan of Swat
35 Fancy dresser
38 Suit request
42 View finder?
43 Require
44 Weight units
45 Second-century astronomer
48 Cream lump
49 Bangkok citizen
51 Gasped with delight
53 Disreputable lenders
55 Food-thickening starch
56 Execs degree
59 Lost on the battlefield
62 Do ___ others ...
63 Flow slow
64 Like a raw diamond
65 West Side Story extra
66 Dutch South African
67 Keeps in the manuscript
DOWN
1 Fine cotton
2 Like Satan
3 Entirely unalike
4 Domicile (Abbr.)
5 American dogwood
6 Suffering from dementia
7 One spelling for an old Russian
ruler
8 Make a blooper
9 Writer Angelou
10 Treads heavily
11 Way to the altar
12 Wined and dined
13 Once, formerly
18 Forget to include
19 Fast or march, sometimes
24 Prefix with scope
26 Wile E.s favorite firm
27 Surfeit with excess
29 Humble home
30 Missile platform
31 Kimono tie
33 Heyerdahls raft
35 Meadow residents
36 Capital of Norway
37 Check this out!
39 Classic introduction?
40 ___ Aviv
41 Club for knights
45 Person of the cloth
46 Whiny type
47 Activity on a mat
49 To ___ own self be true
50 It makes waste
52 Conjurers first word?
53 Salacious stuff
54 Highbrow
55 L or XL
57 Ring match
58 Kitchen pests
60 Mush
61 Blast maker
NICE YOUNG LADY
Tuesdays solution Tuesdays solution
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
21

Beating Landy matters
more than mile record
SIXTY years since becoming the
first man to run a mile in under
four minutes, Roger Bannister
has said defeating Australias
John Landy to win Common-
wealth Games gold was a
greater achievement. It was at
the Iffley Road track in Oxford
that Bannister achieved
sporting immortality by running
a mile in a time of three
minutes 59.4 seconds on May
6, 1954. But defeating Landy
who had lowered the mile mark
just 46 days after the Britons
record-breaking feat at the
1954 Commonwealth Games in
Vancouver was the superior
feat in Bannisters opinion. I
think that racing in the
Olympics and Commonwealths
is more important than
breaking records, Bannister
said, with the current mile
world record held by Moroccos
Hicham El Guerrouj in a time of
3:43.13. AFP
NRL investigating an
alleged Hurrell sex tape
AUSTRALIAS National Rugby
League (NRL) was yesterday
investigating the apparent
online leak of a sex tape
involving New Zealand War-
riors player Konrad Hurrell and
a well-known Kiwi actress.
Embarrassingly for the NRL,
the scandal comes as it cele-
brates Women in League
week ahead of Mothers Day on
Sunday. The video reportedly
shows Hurrell, 22, and actress
Teuila Blakely engaged in a sex
act while the player is driving a
car. AFP
Hurricanes dump coach
after missing playoffs
CAROLINA Hurricanes vice
president Ron Francis made
his first major move after a
week in the National Hockey
League post, firing coach Kirk
Muller and two of his assistants
on Monday. Francis, who spent
most of his playing career with
Carolina after helping
Pittsburgh win Stanley Cup
crowns in 1991 and 1992,
replaced Jim Rutherford as the
Hurricanes top decision maker
last week. In three seasons as
coach of the Hurricanes, Muller
went 80-80-27. It was his first
stint in the NHL as a head
coach. Meanwhile, Sidney
Crosby broke the longest
scoring slump of his career and
the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins
beat the New York Rangers 2-0
on Monday for a 2-1 lead in
their play-off series. AFP
Frances Caveman
announces retirement
ICONIC former French rugby
international Sebastien
Chabal, popularly known as
the Caveman, announced on
Monday that he will retire next
weekend. The 36-year-old
Chabal won 62 caps for France
as a powerhouse lock and
back row forward, and his last
act will come on Sunday when
he turns out a final time for
Lyon, which he has helped seal
promotion from the ProD2 to
the Top 14. On Sunday I will
call a halt to my career as a
rugby player and a high-level
sportsman, Chabal said. I
realise how lucky Ive been,
and to have the opportunity to
call it a day with a title and
finish the mission for which I
came: helping Lyon win
promotion. AFP
Clippers steamroll Thunder, Wizrards win
CHRIS Paul scored 17 of his 32
points in the first quarter on
Monday as the Los Angeles
Clippers routed Oklahoma City
122-105 in their NBA playoff
series opener.
The Clippers seized control
early and never let up, leading
by as many as 29 points en
route to the triumph that gave
them a 1-0 lead in the best-of-
seven Western Conference
second-round series.
Paul shook off a right ham-
string injury and sprained left
thumb, connecting on his first
eight three-point attempts and
missing only two of his 14 shots
from the field overall.
He threw in 10 assists for good
measure as the Clippers showed
no hangover from a tough sev-
en-game first-round tussle with
Golden State, which was played
in the shadow of the contro-
versy over racially charged
comments by Clippers owner
Donald Sterling that got the
80-year-old billionaire banned
for life from all NBA activities.
The Clippers shot a sizzling
54.9 per cent from the field and
connected on 15 of 29 from
three-point range.
Blake Griffin scored 23 points
while Jamal Crawford contrib-
uted 17 points off the bench.
The Thunder, who were com-
ing off their own punishing
seven-game series against the
Memphis Grizzlies, received
characteristically strong out-
ings from Kevin Durant and
Russell Westbrook.
Westbrook scored a team-
high 29 points while Durant
widely expected to be named
the leagues Most Valuable Play-
er this week added 25 for
Oklahoma City, who will look to
rebound when they host game
two tonight.
Paul said the Clippers would
have to put their big win behind
them by then.
We dont go into game two
with a 17 point lead, he said.
Wizards top Pacers
Bradley Beal scored a game-
high 25 points and Trevor Ariza
added 22 as the well-rested
Washington Wizards beat top-
seeded Indiana 102-96 on
Monday to open their NBA
playoff series.
The Wizards improved to 4-0
on the road in this postseason
as they seized the lead in the
best-of-seven Eastern Confer-
ence second-round series.
Beal added seven rebounds,
seven assists and five steals and
Ariza connected on six of six
attempts from three-point
range for the Wizards, who
hadnt played since wrapping
up a 4-1 first-round series win
over Chicago on April 29.
The Pacers, meanwhile,
needed seven games to get past
Atlanta, advancing with a game-
seven win on Saturday. They
host game two tonight. AFP
Blake Grifn of the Los Angeles Clippers dunks during game one of their
Western Conference seminals against the Oklahoma City Thunder. AFP
Ping-pong extends reach
T
ABLE tennis bosses fear Chi-
nas dominance is potentially
ruinous, but the sports new
street cred, a kaleidoscope of
participating countries and its capac-
ity for diplomacy underline its broad
reach and potential.
At the world team championships in
Tokyo, which ended on Monday, more
than 800 players took part, aged from
12 to 55 and from countries ranging
from notorious trouble spots to hon-
eymoon havens.
Amid the constant click-clack of
balls, Ukrainians and Russian players
maintained friendly relations, North
and South Koreans practised together
and Palestinians played a few feet
away from the Israeli team.
Players from the Seychelles, the In-
dian Ocean holiday paradise, are rising
through the international ranks and a
13-year-old Puerto Rican schoolgirl is
the games newest sensation.
Underlining its status as one of the
worlds most popular sports, the In-
ternational Table Tennis Federation
(ITTF) has 220 members more than
football body FIFA.
High-prole devotees include the
Obamas, Britains Duchess Kate and
pops enfant terrible Justin Bieber, while
a new Susan Sarandon comedy Ping
Pong Summer is the latest Hollywood
movie to jump on the bandwagon.
It may lack sex appeal with its sensi-
ble shorts and haircuts, but table ten-
nishas played an important role in de-
fusing political tension, and Ukraines
players told AFP they hoped it could
do so once more as crisis deepens in
their country.
We worry if tomorrow well wake up
and not be Ukraine anymore wheth-
er well be Russia, and we dont want
that, said Tetyana Bilenko, fearful of
the escalating violence.
Were good friends with the Rus-
sian players and well never ght but
we dont speak about politics. Im sure
sport can bring people together and
hope it will help bring peace.
Ping-pong diplomacy famously
facilitated one of the most signicant
political breakthroughs of the Cold
War era in 1971 when an American
team played in China, paving the way
for President Richard Nixons historic
visit a year later.
In the American comedy Seinfeld,
lead character Jerry once quipped: I
wouldve been friends with Stalin if he
had a ping-pong table.
Such universal fondness for table
tennis, which began as a parlour game
in 19th century Britain, is mirrored in
its popularity worldwide.
But despite the wide enjoyment
of the sport , one country China
remains rmly in control, exerting
dominance once described as dev-
astating for the sport by ITTF chief
Adham Sharara.
And the Chinese, winners of nearly
every Olympic title over the past 20
years, reinforced their supremacy by
retaining both their mens and wom-
ens titles in Mondays nals.
Rapid progress
Elsewhere Seychelles players were
ghting for Commonwealth Games
spots in Tokyo and the Indian Ocean
nation has made rapid progress since
the 1980s, topping the regions rank-
ings in womens singles.
When the sport started we had
three balls for 12 players, said federa-
tion boss Francis Remie.
We had to watch those balls like a
hawk. Table tennis is a safe sport and
parents put their kids into it feeling
sure they will grow up to be disci-
plined citizens.
Already a celebrity in Puerto Rico and
a YouTube hit, the pint-sized Adriana
Diaz offered a tantalising glimpse of
the sports future as she joyfully swat-
ted the ball around.
Table tennis is good because it can
keep children away from drugs and
alcohol, she said, her hair in bunches
and braces on her teeth. I love the
travel. But when I go to China to train
I take things like cookies, spaghetti and
cornakes.
Inevitably the Tokyo championships,
beamed live to more than 100 coun-
tries, brought together countries politi-
cally at odds with one another.
South Koreas players, wearing black
armbands in memory of last months
ferry disaster, suggested relations with
the bellicose North could be improved
through sport.
The players know each other, we
practise together and are quite friend-
ly, said Seo Hyo-won, agreeing that
peering at each other over a net beats
a political stare-down. I do think its
possible table tennis can bring us clos-
er. I hope so.
North Koreas delegation were not for
defrosting, however, and stony-faced
coaches and minders ordered play-
ers not to speak about the South, with
whom the communist state remains
technically at war.
Unrelated to the tournament, in the
park adjacent to the Tokyo venue, a
John Lennon lookalike sang Give Peace
a Chance as teams inside the arena did
battle.
But the harsh realities were never far
away.
We cant train normally or live nor-
mally, said Palestinian player Nader
Qasem. If rockets are red, our gyms
get damaged. AFP
Liu Shiwen of China returns the ball towards Sayaka Hirano of Japan during their womens singles nal match of the 2014 World Team
Table Tennis Championships in Tokyo on Monday. AFP
22 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Sport

Hun Sen Cup Duathlon
event slated for June 1
FOLLOWING hot on the wet
heels of a successful
Aquathlon event last weekend,
the Cambodian Triathlon
Federation (CTF) will host its
third Duathlon running and
cycling race on June 1 at
Diamond Island. The event,
rebranded this year as the
Samdech Techo Hun Sen Cup,
is being held in cooperation
with the National Olympic
Committee of Cambodia
(NOCC), the Ministry of
Information, the Cambodian
Vehicle Federation (CVF) and
the Phnom Penh municipality.
It will also help mark the
International Day for
Protection of Children.
According to CTF secretary-
general Ngin Panha, there will
be two age categories (U18
and 18-40) for athletes of both
genders to compete in, while
the over 40s will be male only.
The U18 and over 40s races
feature a run of 2.5 kilometres
followed by a ride of 10km and
then another 2.5km run. The
18-40 section involves a 5km
run, 20km ride and 2.5km run.
Registrations can be made at
the NOCC and the CVF
headquarters until May 28,
with an entrance fee set at
10,000 riel ($2.50) for locals
and 40,000 riel for foreigners.
Student entrants will not be
charged and all participants
receive a T-shirt and free
drinks and food. For more
details, phone 012 797 944,
016 911 745 or 015 822 566.
YEUN PONLOK, TRANSLATED BY CHENG
SERYRITH
Leo Cup preparing for
Sihanoukville qualifiers
THE 2014 Leo Cup national
volleyball competition swings
its way into Sihanoukville this
week with eight teams looking
to grab one of the two places
on offer in the finals round. A
draw held on Monday saw the
fixtures list laid out for the six
days of action, which began
yesterday at the Sea Dragon
Club. CHHORN NORN, TRANSLATED BY
CHENG SERYRITH
Blustery conditions
create tight finishes
STRONG winds delivered a
fitting finale to the 10th
anniversary Top of the Gulf
Regatta off the coast of Pattaya,
Thailand on Monday. Oi! had the
lead IRC 1 class from the
beginning and the 1-3 scoreline
on the final day saw Peter
Ahern and his crew win the
yachting trophy at their first
attempt. Despite Oi! winning all
of the five races in the division,
just seconds separated the
boats at times. IRC 2 was a
closer battle between two
Singapore boats, Windsikher
and Foxy Lady VI, and the all-
Japanese crew on Karasu.
Some exciting startline action
and tactical racing saw Foxy
Lady VI win the last two races of
the Regatta and secure the
class win by a single point from
Karasu. Souay 1 put in a strong
final-day performance to win
the two races in IRC 3. However,
it was not enough to displace Hi
Jinks, who beat them by a
single point to be crowned class
winners. In Cruising, boats
traded places throughout the
Regatta and the last race was
the decider. Amanda edged out
Windstar to take the class title
by a single point. BANGKOKPOST
SEVERAL businesses in Thai-
land are crying foul about the
impact of the monthslong
political stalemate, and the lo-
cal golf equipment market is
no exception, with operators
complaining their sales are
hard hit by the crisis.
Thanayos Tubtim, manager
of the Sports Mall Golf depart-
ment of the Mall Group, said
the golf market has been feel-
ing the pinch from political
protests, which seem unlikely
to end in the foreseeable fu-
ture. Sports Mall sales have
dropped by about 10 per cent
or 50 million-60 million baht
[$1.55 billion-1.86 million],
he said. If the sales of other
shops outside the Mall Group
are included, the gures may
amount to 1 billion baht, as
golf equipment and accesso-
ries are luxury goods that po-
tential buyers may skip when
sentiment is not positive.
Nisarat Chaimongkolchai,
marketing manager of Tay-
lorMade-Adidas Golf, said
the worldwide golf industry
has been sluggish since 2013
because of the global eco-
nomic slowdown. But the po-
litical problems in Thailand
mean the industry has been
affected more than its neigh-
bours, she said. The protests
started in November, the be-
ginning of the high season
for golf and tourism.
Our sales at Paragon, Em-
porium and Thaniya malls
dropped drastically, she said.
Usually our revenues rely
heavily on these three lo-
cations. However, she still
holds out hope sales will im-
prove in the third and fourth
quarters once the political
conict eases.
Nantaka Atamasirikul, mar-
keting assistant at Callaway
Golf (Thailand), said the com-
panys sales fell by almost 30
per cent during the nal quar-
ter of last year and rst quarter
of this year.
Thailands golf equipment,
apparel and shoes industry
are estimated at 1.5 billion-2
billion baht, making up 13
per cent of the total projected
sporting goods and equip-
ment market of some 14 bil-
lion to 15 billion baht.
While equipment companies
are struggling, golf courses are
still welcoming golfers. Sarinee
Leksuwan, manager at Panya
Indra Golf Club in Bangkok,
said golf courses were hardly
affected. The impact was low-
er than expected, as most golf
courses are not located close to
protest sites, he said.
Kulton Meesommont, chair-
man of the East Coast Golf
Courses Management Associ-
ation, said courses in Eastern
Thailand still enjoy and wel-
come a great number of golf-
ers during the last six months.
BANGKOK POST
Golf market revenue
hit by Thai protests
Tiger return uncertain
WORLD number one Tiger
Woods said on Monday that
he is making slow progress
recovering from surgery for a
pinched nerve and unsure
when he will make his return
to golf.
Woods updated his status in
a blog posting on his website,
saying he remains sore after
the operation and regrets not
being able to defend his US
PGA Players Championship
title this week in Florida.
Its tough to miss any tour-
nament, but especially one
thats so important to the
players and where Im defend-
ing, Woods said.
Woods has been unable to
resume his workout regimen
because of the March 31 oper-
ation, which kept him from
playing in last months Masters,
the first major of the year.
My recovery from micro-
discectomy surgery for a
pinched nerve in my back is
coming along, but its a very
slow process, Woods said.
Im still sore, not from the
procedure itself but the inci-
sion. I just need to get back to
my day-to-day activities and
thats it.
Woods, a 14-time major
champion chasing the all-
time record of 18 won by Jack
Nicklaus, cast doubt upon his
ability to play in next months
US Open at Pinehurst, North
Carolina, in listing potential
time-tables for his return.
As for my return to golf, I
really dont know, Woods
said. Im doing everything I
can and listening to my doc-
tors and working on a strength
program and then we just
have to see how my back is.
Some people heal up in
three months, some people
take four months, some peo-
ple take longer. I just dont
know.
The earliest of those spans
would bring him back in time
for the British Open at the
Royal Liverpool Golf Club,
where Woods has won before.
The latest of those time frames
would have him missing all four
of the seasons majors, including
the PGA Championship at Val-
halla, where he has also won a
major.
I hope to be back sometime
this summer, but I just dont
know when, Woods said.
There are a lot of big tourna-
ments coming up.
I havent used a sand wedge
yet. Ive just done putting and
chip-and-runs using the same
length of motion. I havent
really rotated yet.
As far as taking a full swing,
I have conference calls with
my doctors every couple of
weeks to see how my progress
is and just kind of chart it out
from there. Its tedious
because its little rehab stuff,
but you still have to do it.
AFP
Tiger Woods says he has been putting and chipping using the same length
of motion but has yet to rotate with a club in hand following surgery. AFP
AGR to host
Faldo Series
on July 11-14
H S Manjunath
S
IR Nick Faldos global junior
golf development initiative,
the Faldo Series, which was
launched 18 years ago, re-
turns to Cambodia on July 11-14
at Siem Reaps Angkor Golf Resort,
which ranks among one of the best
courses the six-time Major winner
has designed all round the world.
In 2012, the Kingdom was brought
into the Faldo Series network, which
involves 40 tournaments in 30 coun-
tries worldwide with more than 7,000
young golfers taking part each year.
The different category winners
from each leg will gather for the
grand nale at Mission Hills Golf
Club in the southern Chinese city of
Shenzhen in March next year.
Amateur golfers aged between 12
and 21 are eligible to play to the Fal-
do Series event, which has a handi-
cap limit of 28. The last date for en-
tries is July 5.
Boys and girls born between 1993
and 2002 of any nationality can enter
for a fee of $70.
We are delighted to continue our
partnership with the Faldo Series
Asia event and host the Cambodian
qualifying leg, Angkor Golf Resort
director of golf David Baron told the
Post yesterday.
Supporting any form of junior golf
is an underlying goal of ours. The
eld will be made up of international
junior players from the [Asia-Pacic]
region and hopefully we can see an
increased number of local partici-
pants this year.
Baron is a member of the British
PGA, who spends much of his spare
time conducting free coaching classes
for juniors and students in Siem Reap.
I have strong hopes that one or
both of our leading Cambodian play-
ers can make the breakthrough this
year and qualify for the grand nal,
said Baron. This would be a timely
reward for the effort that they have
put into their games.
One such player is Sokha Mony,
who was a member of the trium-
phant Cambodia team at the recently
held FCC Nations Cup.
Baron noted that this year, the Ang-
kor Golf Resort would also be inviting
Cambodian juniors to take part in an
unofcial age category in order for
them to gain valuable experience.
The grassroots clinic will also con-
tinue. This is where we invite several
local schools along to enjoy an intro-
duction to golf, he added.
For entry details for the Faldo Se-
ries in Cambodia, phone 063 767 688
or email info@angkor-golf.com or go
to www.angkor-golf.com.
Sim You Wei of Malaysia hits a bunker shot during the Cambodian leg of the 2012 Faldo
Series at the Angkor Golf Resort in Siem Reap. SRENG MENG SRUN
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
23
Gareth Bale out of Real
Madrid visit to Valladolid
WELSH winger Gareth Bale will
miss Real Madrids crucial La
Liga trip to relegation
threatened Valladolid tonight.
Coach Carlo Ancelotti said Bale
suffered a knock in his sides
2-2 draw with Valencia on
Sunday, which left Real five
points behind leaders Atletico
Madrid but with a game in
hand. Cristiano Ronaldo scored
a sensational backheeled
stoppage time equaliser in that
game to keep Madrid in the
hunt and Ancelotti also
confirmed the Portuguese will
start despite not taking full part
in training yesterday. The match
will kick off at 2am Cambodian
time. AFP
Van Gaal to offer Giggs
senior coaching role
LOUIS van Gaal is expected to
offer Ryan Giggs a senior
position on his coaching staff if
the Dutchman is, as also
expected, named as the new
permanent Manchester United
manager. Doubt over whether
Patrick Kluivert, one of Van
Gaals assistants as Holland
manager, will join the 62-year-
old at Old Trafford offers Giggs
the opportunity to be, in effect,
the No 2 on the new
management team. Although
Kluivert has never had this role
when working with Van Gaal
Danny Blind occupies it for the
Netherlands the former
Barcelona striker was thought
to be in the running to do so at
United. THE GUARDIAN
Suspect detained after
Brazil soccer death
BRAZILIAN police said on
Monday they had arrested a
man suspected of killing a
man after a football match by
hurling a toilet bowl at him.
Everton Felipe Santana, 23
was arrested on suspicion he
threw the bowl which killed
Paulo Ricardo Gomes da Silva,
26, outside the Arruda stadium
on Friday in the World Cup
host city of Recife. Da Silva
died after fans clashed outside
the stadium on the other side
of town from the brand new
Pernambuco Arena which will
be used for World Cup action
in Recife. AFP
2014 World Cup fans
told of dangers in Brazil
STICK together; dont accept
drinks from strangers; dont
visit favelas and dont forget
the mosquito repellent. Thats
just some of the consular
advice being offered to foreign
football fans heading to the
World Cup in Brazil next
month. The advice for fans
from the United States,
England, Germany and
Argentina comes as Brazil
races to be ready for the
tournament against a
backdrop of social unrest over
the cost of the event, poor
public services and crime.
Much of the worst violence is
concentrated in slum districts
known as favelas, where
so-called police pacification
units have been battling drug
traffickers and crime gangs.
AFP
Spanish La Liga
Real Sociedad 1 Granada 1
Italian Serie A
Lazio 3 Verona 3
Juventus 1 Atalanta 0
MONDAYS RESULTS
PSG aim to wrap up title, Ranieri eyes new deal
PARIS Saint-Germain come into
tonights fixture at home to beaten cup
finalists Rennes with one clear aim:
sewing up the Ligue 1 title.
The big-spending Parisians could
have already snared a fourth Ligue 1
crown but a draw at Sochaux on April
27 saw them miss out.
However, it has allowed them the
chance of sealing the title at their Parc
des Princes home, which will undoubt-
edly have a party atmosphere tonight
should PSG prove successful.
And adding to the festive feel, star
striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is in line
to make his return from a hamstring
strain.
There is no reason to assume the game
will go any other way against a Rennes
side who lost 2-0 to Guingamp in Satur-
days French Cup final, but who are
fighting for their lives, sitting just three
points above the relegation zone.
PSG have had an extra few days off
after this fixture was postponed from
the weekend as Rennes were involved
in the Cup final.
But that has not meant things have
been plain-sailing, with press specula-
tion claiming that record signing Edin-
son Cavani could be bound for the Eng-
lish Premier League with both
Manchester United and Chelsea moot-
ed as possible destinations
There has also been talk of AC Milan
legend Paolo Maldini becoming the
clubs new sporting director, a post that
has been empty this season following
Brazilian Leonardos departure in June
after he was handed a lengthy 12-month
ban for barging a referee.
The French champions have not com-
mented on the rumour, preferring to
focus on tonights match, but Maldini
himself told BeIN SPORTS, who are
owned by the same Qatari family that
owns PSG, that the club does not need
him, nor a sporting director.
Meanwhile, things are not entirely
tranquil at PSGs only remaining title
rivals Monaco.
Despite a stunning first season back
in the French top flight, in which they
are guaranteed a top two finish and
consequently a place in next seasons
Champions League group stages
there remains uncertainty over coach
Claudio Ranieris future, with just one
year left on his contract.
Not that Ranieri seems worried.
I think this week I will speak [with
club officials] to set up a meeting, said
the Italian.
Now that were assured of second
place, things should speed up.
But the more time that passes, the
more sure I am of one thing, although
Ill keep that to myself.
What is certain is that I will be
coaching next season, he added some-
what ambiguously.
However, he was keen to remind his
bosses just how well he thinks he has
done this season.
I have a contract [until June 2015].
The management know what Ive done,
weve had a great season, he said.
I think Ive done a very, very, very
good job this season! Its not easy to
come up from the second division and
have the season weve had.
Barring an unlikely turnaround,
Monaco will finish second.
They host Guingamp, themselves
desperate for points as they sit just
one point above the relegation plac-
es, tonight but trail PSG by eight
points with just three games remain-
ing. And as PSG have a vastly supe-
rior goal difference (+15) Monaco
would almost certainly need to win
their remaining three games and see
PSG lose all three of theirs in order to
snatch the title, something Ranieri is
not banking on. AFP
Tonights Fixtures
Monaco v Guingamp 12am
Paris St-Germain v Rennes 2am
Paris St-Germain goal machine Zlatan Ibrahimovic is expected to return from injury
tonight to help his side clinch the French Ligue 1 title. AFP
Title beckons for Man City
L
IVERPOOLS extraor-
dinary 3-3 draw at
Crystal Palace means
that Manchester City
can close to within touch-
ing distance of the Premier
League title by beating Aston
Villa tonight.
With the top two neck-and-
neck on 80 points and with
two games to play each, City
were braced for a repeat of the
2012 campaign, when they
pipped Manchester United to
the title on goal difference on
the nal day.
However, Liverpools late
capitulation at Selhurst Park
on Monday, when they let
a 3-0 lead slip in the last 11
minutes, means that City now
effectively need only four
points to regain the title.
Both their last matches
are at home, with West Ham
United following Villa to the
Etihad Stadium on Sunday,
and with a goal difference of
+59 to Liverpools +50, they
can afford to drop two points
and still nish on top.
City midelder Samir Nasri
was unable to contain his
delight at Liverpools slip-
up, tweeting shortly after the
game: What a game, what a
league. I love Crystal Palace
so much. Now our turn to do
the job.
While both Aston Villa and
West Ham now have nothing
to play for this season, Yaya
Toure has warned his City
team-mates not to take them
lightly.
Both Aston Villa and West
Ham are sharp and will come
to just enjoy the games, but
we have a league to play for,
said the Ivorian midelder.
I hope we complete the
job, but it depends how sharp
we are, how we prepare men-
tally and physically.
Our target was always to
win something, but for us the
League Cup is not enough. The
Premier League was always
our target, so now we need
to be at our optimum levels
when Aston Villa come to our
stadium on Wednesday.
He added: We denitely
expect to win it. As a team at
the top, you always expect to
win. We have worked so hard
this year and, if we dont win,
it would be a massive disap-
pointment for us, for the fans
and for the club as well.
Toure has declared himself
t after being substituted
during the second half of Sat-
urdays 3-2 win at Everton.
City also hope that Sergio
Aguero will be able to lead
the line against Villa despite
having gone off due to a groin
complaint in the rst half of
Saturdays game.
The Argentine left the fray
in the 28th minute at Goodi-
son Park, but he subsequently
took to Twitter to reveal that
his substitution had merely
been a precaution.
Villa also have concerns
over the tness of a key for-
ward, after Gabriel Agbonla-
hor was forced off during the
3-1 defeat of Hull City on Sat-
urday with a knee problem.
Norwich Citys 0-0 draw at
Chelsea on Sunday means
that Villa are now safe from
relegation, but the club con-
tinue to be dogged by uncer-
tainty over the future of man-
ager Paul Lambert.
Villas American owner
Randy Lerner is due to make
an announcement on his own
position at the club shortly
and Lambert says that his
fate could be closely tied to
Lerners.
Asked if he would be staying
at Villa Park, Lambert replied:
I hope so. That is what I want
to do, but youll know when
the chairman says what he is
going to do.
The next step is for the
chairman to come out and
say. We had to get over the
line and then the chairman
will come out and say what
he will.
You would love to do it. It
is a brilliant club to drive on.
Thats why I said the most
important thing for this club
was to stay in this league.
Villa won this seasons re-
verse xture in September
3-2 thanks to a 75th-minute
goal by Andreas Weimann,
but they have not won at the
Etihad in the league since a
2-0 success in April 2007.
Suarez equals goal record
Luis Suarez equalled the
Premier League goal-scoring
record for a 38-game season
as the Liverpool forward net-
ted his 31st goal of the cam-
paign against Crystal Palace
on Monday.
Suarezs second half strike
at Selhurst Park drew him
level with the previous mark
set by Cristiano Ronaldo and
Alan Shearer.
Shearer scored 31 times for
Blackburn in 1995-96, while
Portugal star Ronaldo, now
at Real Madrid, chalked up
31 for Manchester United in
2007-08.
Suarezs milestone also
meant Liverpool have scored
three or more goals in a new
Premier League record 21
games this season. AFP
Tonights Fixtures
Man City v Aston Villa
1:45am
Sunderland v West Brom
1:45am
Aston Villas Libor Kozak (centre) and Karim El Ahmadi (right) vie with Manchester Citys Samir Nasri during
their English Premier League match on September 28, 2013. AFP
24 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 7, 2014
Sport
Selby wins World
Championship
M
ARK Selby took
an 18-14 victory
against two-time
defending cham-
pion Ronnie OSullivan in the
World Championship nal at
Shefelds Crucible Theatre
on Monday.
Victory in the all-English
clash saw Selby, who was 10-5
down, win his rst world title
after losing in the 2007 nal.
For OSullivan, a ve-time
world champion in all, this
was his rst defeat in snook-
ers showpiece match.
Selby sealed victory in an of-
ten gruelling contest by hold-
ing his nerve to clear all the
colours in the 32nd frame.
It was amazing. It could not
be better, Selby told the BBC.
Theres no better way than
beating Ronnie in the nal.
I dug in, I did not play pretty
snooker early on but as it wore
on I thought I did well.
It was a tough day yester-
day [Sunday] and the last two
games were huge. To get back
into 10-7 gave me a chance.
Its not really sunk in but my
father passed away when I was
16 and I always said I wanted
to win the world title for him.
Meanwhile, a sporting
OSullivan said: I want to con-
gratulate Mark on a fantastic
tournament hes been the best
player over 17 days, that was
tough he had me in all sorts
of trouble. In the end I was
numb as he was too strong
and tough.
The miss on the pink was
big, but the black at 10-5 was
more important. The match
was more about safety so it
was not about one missed ball.
I have no complaints.
Ive never been in such
a good place, Ive enjoyed
these last 17 days. Maybe I
would have thrown in the
towel a few years ago but I
tried my hardest.
This success for Selby, now
the new world number one,
saw him avoid an unwanted
hat-trick of defeats in the -
nals of snookers three ma-
jor tournaments this season,
having lost to Australias Neil
Robertson the man he de-
feated in his Crucible semi-
nal in the climax of the
UK Championship and going
down 10-4 to OSullivan at the
culmination of the Masters.
Selby is renowned as one
of the grittiest players on
the professional circuit and
showed his match-toughness
as he came from 8-3 and then
10-5 down on Sunday.
Trailing 10-7 overnight,
he won Mondays rst three
frames and squared the
match at 10-10 with a break
of 74.
OSullivan was well short of
the form that sees him rou-
tinely described as the most
naturally talented player top-
class snooker has known.
The Rocket missed what
would have been a frame-
winning pink to the middle
pocket, his power pot rat-
tling the jaws before bounc-
ing out and Selby, showing
plenty of composure, made
the most of his chance to go
12-11 ahead leading into the
concluding session.
The interval gave OSullivan
the chance to consult with
sports psychiatrist Dr Steve
Peters, whom he credits for re-
vitalising his career, but it was
Selby who proved the stronger
come the nish. AFP
Englands Mark Selby celebrates after potting the nal black to win the 2014 World Snooker Championship
nal against compatriot Ronnie OSullivan (background) at Shefelds Crucible Theatre. AFP