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Daniel Pye
T
HE World Bank is con-
sidering granting $25
million in fresh loans
to Cambodia to fund
social land concessions. If the
project is approved, it could
mark the banks rst loans
since it suspended lending in
2011 when it pledged no new
funding until a resolution to
the Boeung Kak lake dispute
had been reached.
The project proposal, post-
ed to the banks website in late
August, came eight months af-
ter the US House of Represen-
tatives passed a spending bill
in which it asked the bank not
to re-engage with Cambodia
until the political deadlock
following the July 2013 elec-
tion had been resolved.
The ve-year Land Alloca-
tion for Social and Econom-
ic Development II project
(LASED II) would see $25 mil-
lion in loans from the banks
International Development
Association along with $2
million from the Cambodian
government fund 15 social
land concessions in Kratie,
Kampong Cham, Kampong
Chhnang, Kampong Thom,
Kampong Speu and Battam-
bang provinces.
Fourteen of the sites have
already been allocated $11.5
million from the bank and
$1.2 million from a German
fund under the first phase
of the project, which began
in 2008, while a new conces-
sion in Kampong Thom is
due to be added under the
second phase.
Dr Sareth Boramy, LASED II
project director with the Min-
istry of Land Management,
Urban Planning and Con-
struction, conrmed that the
project was up for discussion
in early October.
We are not sure yet about
[the details of] this project.
Its in the steps of preparation
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WORLD NEWS
UK vows to
catch evil
killers of
aid worker
General
arrested in
Thailand
Alice Ritchie
PRIME Minister David Cam-
eron vowed yesterday that Brit-
ain would do all it could to
catch the killers of a British aid
worker beheaded by the Islam-
ic State, which he condemned
as an act of pure evil.
In its third beheading of a
Western hostage in less than a
month, IS released a video late
on Saturday showing the exe-
cution of Briton David Haines
and threatening the life of
another British captive.
As President Barack Obama
offered US support for its ally
in grief, Cameron faced grow-
ing calls at home to commit
Britains military to Washing-
tons planned assault against
the jihadist group that has
seized parts of Syria and Iraq.
US Secretary of State John
Kerry was in Paris to push for a
broad international coalition
against IS, which has already
secured the backing of 10 Arab
states, including Saudi Arabia.
The bid was boosted yester-
day by Australias announce-
ment that it was deploying 600
troops to the region to join the
effort against what Prime Min-
ister Tony Abbott called a mur-
derous death cult.
France is hosting an interna-
tional conference on Iraq today,
and President Francois Hol-
landes office said the heinous
killing of Haines was another
reason why a global push
against IS was needed.
Cameron chaired a meeting
of the governments emergency
Cobra committee early yester-
day in response to the online
video, which he said showed a
Vong Sokheng
A SENIOR military official
wanted over the alleged dou-
ble murder of his mistress and
their daughter was charged by
the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court yesterday after being
arrested in Thailand on Satur-
day, according to Cambodias
National Police.
Major General Kim Mar-
intha, 57, fled the country to
Thailand in February after
being tipped off that a joint
task force was searching for
him in connection with the
grisly killings, which investiga-
tors believe occurred at the
headquarters of a bus com-
pany owned by Marintha.
He is suspected of dumping
the bodies of his mistress, Va
Dary, 27, and their 6-year-old
daughter, Kem Thavichda, by
the side of the road near Pech
Nil in Kampong Speu prov-
inces Phnom Sroch district on
February 15. The bodies were
found in an advanced state of
decomposition on March 20.
The arrest was made on
World Bank mulls new loans
Cambodian police escort Major General Kim
Marintha through a checkpoint in Banteay
Meanchey after Thai authorities handed the
suspect over on Saturday. PHOTO SUPPLIED
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Kim Marintha sits handcuffed as authorities check his personal possessions near Poipet Town in Banteay Meanchey on Saturday. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Two-star general brought in
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Saturday morning under the
cooperation between Cam-
bodian police and Thai po-
lice since they had joined the
investigation, a statement
posted to the National Polices
website yesterday said.
The arrest was made at the
border between Thailand and
Laos while he was waiting to
be processed to cross the bor-
der into Laos.
Phnom Penh Munici-
pal deputy prosecutor Keo
Socheat said the court had
yesterday charged Marintha
with voluntary murder.
The suspect was already
charged with voluntary mur-
der and will face life in prison
if he is found guilty, he said.
Police said the suspect had
been agged by Thailands im-
migration system as wanted
following his addition to the
International Criminal Po-
lice Organisations (Interpol)
wanted list earlier this month.
Police identied three sus-
pects Marintha, his son Kim
Seng Rithy and his son-in-law
Chea Samnang, 34, who was
arrested on August 9 in Preah
Sihanouk province.
Samnang had ed the capi-
tal after getting wind of the
investigation and was tracked
to Mondulkiri province by
police before his arrest near
Sihanoukville.
Seng Rithy is listed by In-
terpol as being charged with
hiding the bodies and using
illegal weapons. The where-
abouts of Marinthas son is
still unknown, and police are
continuing attempts to track
him down.
Brigadier General In Bora,
chief of the Ministry of In-
teriors Penal Police Depart-
ment, conrmed the arrest
had taken place but declined
to give further details as the
case was ongoing.
James McCabe, operations
manager at Phnom Penh-
based Child Protection Unit,
said Marintha had been hid-
ing out in the Thai resort
town Pattaya with another
mistress. He was arrested af-
ter trying to renew his visa at
the Laos border. He was then
taken to Bangkok, where In-
terior Ministry officials came
to escort him home under
armed guards.
Its a credit to the Cambo-
dian government and the joint
task force that, regardless of
who he is, the authorities have
made the arrest. And it shows
that you cannot get away with
murder, McCabe said.
As well as boasting high-
level political connections
to former Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces chief and cur-
rent Deputy Prime Minister
Ke Kim Yan, Marintha held
substantial business interests
in the Kingdom.
An owner of the GST Ex-
press Bus Company, he is
also director of the Rubber of
Friendship VC Company, the
Arra Best Corporation and
Fataco Corporation.
On September 4, police
raided the home of Marin-
thas ex-wife, Eang Kanet,
who claimed the couple had
divorced and she had not
seen the major general in a
long time.
Despite her denials, a po-
lice ofcer at the scene said
Marintha was thought to
have been a regular guest at
the property.
CORRECTION
An article in the September
12 edition headlined Capitals
committee of one incorrectly
stated that the citys procure-
ment committee was made up
of only one official. There are
seven on the committee, and
the opposition was protesting
the fact that one of its mem-
bers was not nominated.
Sen David and Charles Rollet
THREE local reporters ac-
cused of extortion were ar-
rested by the Anti-Corruption
Unit on Friday night as they
enjoyed a party at a restaurant
in Kampot.
It marks the rst time that
the ACU, usually seen as an
organisation that targets gov-
ernment ofcials, has arrested
journalists.
Im Chiva, deputy police chief
of Kampot province, said de-
tails on the case were unclear.
I do not know in detail
whether they extorted money
or who they extorted from be-
cause this case is being investi-
gated by the ACU, he said.
The journalists Sor Sunly,
a reporter for Hang Meas TV
and Kampuchea Thmey, Tol
Hok Ly, a reporter for TV 9, and
a man known as Sovann who
works for Apsara TV have
been sent to Phnom Penh for
questioning.
Om Yentieng, head of the
ACU, only briey answered
his phone to say he was busy
questioning a suspect.
Meas Rithy, deputy director
of Hang Meas TV, did not re-
spond to calls but told a local
newspaper he was surprised
the ACU arrested one of the
networks reporters in Kampot,
although he was not aware of
any updates on the case.
I support the ACUs arrest
of our reporter in Kampot if he
committed anything illegal,
which is against the journal-
ism code, he said.
On Tuesday last week, Om
Yentieng said to reporters
during a meeting between
the ACU and the private sec-
tor that 700 to 800 corruption
complaints had been led to
the ACU so far in 2014, an in-
crease from previous years.
Yentieng said that the ACU
was cracking down hard
on corruption and had ar-
rested many people, includ-
ing eight judicial officials.
Preap Kol, head of Transpar-
ency International in Cambo-
dia, said the journalists arrest
was within the ACUs rights,
although arresting local TV re-
porters could be seen as avoid-
ing going after bigger sh.
Based on the Anti-Corrup-
tion Law the ACU can arrest
anyone from any profession as
long as the case involves cor-
ruption, Kol said. But people
might wish to see the ACU fo-
cus more on big cases involv-
ing senior public ofcials.
The ACU itself came under
re last week after Transpar-
ency International released
a report about corruption in
Cambodia which slammed
the countrys judicial and law
enforcement sectors and rat-
ed anti-corruption efforts as
weak, receiving a low score
of 34/100.
According to the report, the
Kingdoms anti-corruption
bodies, referred to collectively
as the Anti-Corruption Insti-
tution, or ACI, requires con-
siderable development in a
number of areas.
The closeness of the ACI to
the Prime Minister and ruling
party curtails the ability of
the ACI to function indepen-
dently, it adds.
The institutions score in the
sub-category of practical in-
dependence was zero.
Pa Ngoun Teng, executive
director of the Cambodia Cen-
tre for Independent Media,
said he had not yet heard of
the case of the three journal-
ists, but said that one of the
major obstacles to media free-
dom in the country involved
cases where the courts are
not independent. However,
corruption among journalists
was not unheard of.
There are some who are
professional, but there are
some involved in corrup-
tion [and] that is bad for
Cambodia.
Anti-Corruption Unit
makes rst arrests of
journalists in Kampot
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Axe attack leaves three
dead in Preah Vihear
Pech Sotheary
THREE family members were
hacked to death with an axe
yesterday by a drunken dis-
tant relative at their home in
Preah Vihear province, offi-
cials have said.
Nguon Neam, an official
with Preah Vihear provinces
Chey Sen district police
department, said the victims
returned home from worship-
ing at a local pagoda at around
5am when Vut Bunthoeun, a
distant relative who lived in
the same village in Khyong
commune, came into the
property drunk and armed
with an axe.
According to Neam, after
entering the house, Bunthoe-
un attacked 39-year-old Chen
Ten, striking him multiple
times. When Tens parents,
66-year-old Chen Taing and
73-year-old Meas Im, tried to
intervene, he turned the axe
on them.
After slaughtering them, the
perpetrator did not run away.
He used blankets and mos-
quito nets to wrap the bodies
up and walked around the
house. Police surrounded [the
property] and picked him up
at the scene, Neam said.
Following the arrest, Chen
Te, a son and brother of the
victims, said that he was
shocked by the murder of his
family, who he said had regu-
larly given Bunthoeun money
and food.
The assailant came to live
[in the village] and had meals
with my family for a few years
and they did not have any
problems, he said. At dawn I
was told by villagers that he
attacked my parents and they
called police for help, but they
were unable to help them on
time, he said.
Keo Chamroeun, Preah
Vihear deputy provincial
police chief, told the Post that
Bunthoeun was drunk and
aggressive at the time of
his arrest.
When we detained him, he
was drunk like a madman.
After the murders, he stayed
inside the victims house and
we surrounded [the property]
. . . If we went into the house,
we would be axed, he said.
Chamroeun added that
Bunthoeun would be sent to
court today.
Lor Chan, a provincial coor-
dinator at rights group Adhoc,
said the incident was unprec-
edented in the province,
which he said had only seen
single murders in the past.
High crime for high fashion
Kim Sarom
S
ECURITY guards at
Roo Hsing Garment
Co in Phnom Penhs
Russey Keo district al-
legedly made off with some
20,000 pairs of high-end
jeans on Saturday after in-
capacitating their fellow
guards by drugging their
coffee, the factorys manage-
ment said yesterday.
Lak Daramony, administra-
tion manager at Roo Hsing,
which produces jeans for
brands like Levis and H&M,
said yesterday that the jeans
had been ready for export,
and that the total retail cost of
the stolen garments was close
to $1 million.
The six guards who said
they had been drugged were
taken to hospital.
I do not know whether the
factory will launch a com-
plaint against the security
guard company, since both
sides have a contract with
each other. The factorys at-
torney has not arrived yet at
this moment, she said.
Twelve security guards from
the ESP Security company
were covering the factory early
on Saturday morning, Dara-
mony said. At about 12am,
the suspects bought coffee
for six of the guards, allegedly
drugging the coffee in the
process. The six passed out
shortly thereafter, while the
other two guards who were
not purportedly drugged, fell
asleep of their own accord.
Daramony said that secu-
rity camera footage showed
the four guards using a truck
to take the jeans off the
premises at about 2am on
Saturday morning.
Hun Hean, chief of police in
Tuol Sangke commune, where
Roo Hsing is located, said that
police were working on track-
ing down the suspects who
he declined to name but
that police wouldnt pursue
any action against the security
company unless the factory
failed to reach an agreement
with them.
I know that the representa-
tive of private security com-
pany came to the factory, but
I do not know about this be-
cause I am busy with [other
duties], but we have noted it
already, he said.
Russey Keo district police
said yesterday that the secu-
rity guards who fell asleep, as
well as those who were alleg-
edly drugged, would be called
in for questioning. ESP Secu-
rity could not be reached for
comment yesterday.
People are seen at the entrance to Roo Hsing Garment Co in Phnom Penhs Russey Keo district yesterday,
where nearly $1 million worth of clothing was stolen over the weekend. VIREAK MAI
Sean Teehan and Mom Kunthear
L
ABOUR union leaders
charged with crimes
stemming from violent
demonstrations during
a 10-day nationwide garment
worker strike in December and
January say they will protest
this week supporting a mini-
mum wage raise.
Collective Union of Movement
of Workers president Pav Sina,
who was ordered by Phnom
Penh Municipal Court investi-
gating judge Chea Sokheng not
to participate in demonstrations
while the case is being investi-
gated, will ignore the injunction,
he said yesterday.
I am not afraid or worried of
being arrested, Sina, who will
also be under court supervision
until his trial, said.
Sina and ve other union
leaders have been charged
with several crimes, includ-
ing intentional violence. The
charges are connected to the
strike, which came to a sudden
end on January 3, when mili-
tary authorities shot at least
ve demonstrators dead.
Today and Tuesday 18 union
leaders and advocates will
meet to discuss a mass protest
planned for Wednesday. Gar-
ment workers will demon-
strate in front of their individ-
ual factories, demanding the
minimum monthly wage be
raised from $100 to $177 next
year, Sina said.
Charges against the lead-
ers of six independent unions
are meant to derail their wage
campaign, which will ofcially
begin on Wednesday, said Ath
Thorn, president of Coalition
of Cambodian Apparel Work-
ers Democratic Union. Thorn
is also charged and due in court
on Thursday for questioning.
We know they want us not to
do the campaign on the 17th of
September, but we will still do
it, Thorn said yesterday.
Investigating charges against
the union leaders for a months-
old court complaint led by
Garment Manufacturers As-
sociation in Cambodia just
as wage talks ramp up seems
intentional, said Dave Welsh,
country director for labour
rights group Solidarity Center.
The government is using this
as a protective mechanism,
Welsh said. It keeps a cloud
over all these union leaders
who are involved.
However, GMAC secretary-
general Ken Loo said GMAC
was not interested in negotiat-
ing on its offer of $110 a month,
but would comply if the govern-
ment chose a different gure.
Taing Vida
AFTER enjoying life on the
outside for more than two
years, an escapee from Bat-
tambang Provincial Prison was
caught on Saturday morning,
police said.
Nou Poline, 32, was one of
five prisoners who made a run
for it in April of 2012 after
being moved into a minimum-
security room at the prison
reserved for the sick.
The men had lung infec-
tions, a provincial military
police official said at the time,
and their loud coughing was
disturbing other prisoners.
Poline did not travel far, see-
ing as he was arrested in the
same province. Chet Vanny,
deputy police commissioner
in Battambang, said Poline
was caught at 8am on Saturday
morning in the provinces Kors
Kralor district.
Police have investigated
and looked for this guy since
2012, but then in the last few
days we heard from villagers
that he stayed around here so
we could capture him again,
he explained.
None of the others who ini-
tially escaped have been
caught, but police are still
looking for them, Vanny said.
They are Keo Long, 28,
Nhong Ry, 40, Sam Sophat, 33,
and Chhun Vuth, 22. Poline
and Long were sentenced for
robbery, while Ry, Sophat and
Vuth were in for murder.
The court first handed Poline
10 years in 2004, and he was
less than two years away from
serving out his time when he
went on the lam. Now, he will
face fresh charges for escap-
ing, Vanny said.
The 2012 caper marked the
second time that year that
convicts in the more than
1,100-inmate facility had man-
aged to bypass the walls, bars
and guards.
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Wage protests still on
A garment worker holds a sign in Phnom Penh last year during a
protest demanding a higher minimum wage. VIREAK MAI
Battambang escapee nabbed
Villagers vow to sue over threat
Phak Seangly
THREE villagers from Preah
Vihear involved in a land dispute
with agro-industrial firm FP
Malaysia say they plan on suing
a soldier employed by the com-
pany who they say shot in the air
at least six times to threaten
them to stop protesting.
Koy Chamroeun, 25, told the
Post that company representa-
tive and soldier Sok Arun called
him and two other villagers to FP
Malaysias district office on
August 31 and tried to persuade
them to drop their protests in
exchange for $200 a month.
He tried to bribe us to work
for the company so we would
stop the protests and receive
salaries. But we disagreed,
Chamroeun said.
The refusal allegedly made Sok
Arun furious, and he shot six
times in the air as the villagers
were making their way home.
Sok Arun threatened that if
someone stood against him, he
will shoot them in the head and
pay only $5,000 in compensa-
tion, Chamroeun continued
The villagers filed a complaint
with the Preah Vihear office of
rights group Adhoc on Friday
demanding 18 million riel
($4,500) in compensation from
the soldier.
According to an ID card which
the villagers and Adhoc upload-
ed to Facebook, Sok Arun is a
lieutenant in the military.
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One mans overtime is
another man overboard
ALL work and no play made
one Koh Kong man an angry
employee, police said. The
30-year-old fisherman was
arrested on Monday after
allegedly attacking a co-work-
er whose schedule was lighter
than his, giving him less time
to relax. Enraged, and likely
tired, he went after the co-
worker while he was sleeping
on their boat and pushed him
into the water, police said.
Another worker saved the man
from drowning. Police caught
the suspect trying to escape on
another boat, and he was sent
to court. KAMPUCHEA THMEY

Thiefs failure to breathe
in water ruins escape
IN ANOTHER water-related
incident, a 30-year-old man
was arrested in Por Sen Chey
district on Saturday after trying
to hide from the police in a
lake. The man, suspected of
trying to steal a motorbike at
knifepoint, was thwarted by
the victims neighbours.
Scared, the man jumped into a
nearby lake. Police arrived,
waited for him to get out,
made the arrest and sent him
to court. KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Massage parlour bust
lands six under arrest
SIX people were arrested in
Kandal provinces Saang dis-
trict on Saturday on suspicion
of operating a brothel, police
said. According to authorities,
the suspects advertised the
business as a massage par-
lour, but in fact, they were
allegedly selling much more
than rub-downs. Female staff
reportedly told police about
the operation after the raid.
They were released, but the
suspects were sent to court.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY
Drug duo try to cop deal
with unwanted clientele
AN UNDERCOVER operation
netted the police two suspect-
ed drug dealers yesterday.
in Tbong Khmum provinces
Tbong Khmum district.
Police, dressed as civilians
and pretending to be drug
addicts, approached two
women aged 25 and 35, and
tried to cop a hit. The pair fell
for it, and were quickly arrest-
ed by the undercover officers,
who then found 20 packages
of drugs on the suspects.
They allegedly confessed and
were sent to court. DEUM APIL
Mini-tractor proves to
be unsuitable racing car
VILLAGERS were given some
unexpected post-prayer rest on
Friday when their decision to
head home at full throttle
earned them a brief stay in
hospital. Following early-morn-
ing Pchum Ben prayers in Pai-
lin province, the group of
around eight villagers threw
caution to the wind and put
their mini-tractor into top
speed. But things came to a
hasty halt when the tractor
overturned into a gutter, police
said. After a brief stay in hospi-
tal, all were discharged and
with the tractor impounded, it
will be slow strolls from now
on. POSTSTAFF

Translated by Sen David
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World Bank considering new loans
only . . . This is a new phase so
were not sure [how it will pro-
ceed] yet, he said.
The proposal gives the esti-
mated date of approval by the
banks board of directors as
December 11.
The bank announced the
suspension of all new loans
to Cambodia in August 2011
with then-country director
Annette Dixon saying at the
time that until an agreement
is reached with the residents
of Boeung Kak . . . we do not
expect to provide any new
lending to Cambodia.
The suspension came on the
heels of an 18-month investi-
gation by the banks internal
auditor, which in 2011 found
that its land-titling project
unfairly denied Boeung Kak
families their rights after po-
litically connected developer
Shukaku Inc was leased the
land in 2007 and families were
forcibly evicted.
The families have sought
compensation from the
bank in line with its resettle-
ment policy, but the bank
has responded by saying it
is unable to process their re-
quests because the Cambo-
dian government is unwill-
ing to co-operate.
Since the announcement
of the suspension of loans,
the bank has disbursed
more than $7.15 million to
the original LASED project,
according to its website,
which lists 11 active proj-
ects in Cambodia.
A World Bank spokesman
said via email that it had not
formally re-engaged with
Cambodia.
No new project has been
presented to our Board. In the
meantime, we continue to do
analytical and other technical
work on Cambodia, he said.
But in an interview with the
Post in December, World Bank
country director Ulrich Zach-
au said the lender had begun
a process of engagement and
would continue talking [to]
and consulting the Boeung
Kak community.
Tep Vanny, a prominent
representative of the Boeung
Kak families, said that the
community would be very
upset if new loans were
made without a resolution to
their dispute.
We have not had a response
from the US Embassy related
to our petition submitted last
week calling on US senators to
pressure the World Bank not
to restart lending, she said.
Eang Vuthy, executive direc-
tor of Equitable Cambodia,
said any proposed new loans
would have to go through a
process of consultation with
communities displaced by the
Boeung Kak development.
The [Boeung Kak lake] case
is still outstanding, and if there
is agreement, the conditions
should be included in the
[proposal], he said. There
should be prior consultation
with the affected communi-
ties. The [Boeung Kak] com-
munity strongly . . . stated that
the BKL issue needs to be ad-
dressed. And [until] now it has
not been fully addressed.
Sia Phearum, director of
the Housing Rights Task
Force, said that while he did
not oppose new loans in gen-
eral, they needed to be tied
to a resolution of the Boeung
Kak dispute.
I would not reject the new
loans, but the World Bank
needs to seek a resolution for
Boeung Kak. Especially for
the . . . farmers, more than
3,000 [of whom] are affected
by the World Banks proj-
ects, he said.
Cheam Pe A, the LASED II
project coordinator from the
Ministry of Interior, and the
World Banks team leader for
the project, Mudita Cham-
roeun, could not be reached
for comment.
Sophal Ear, associate pro-
fessor of diplomacy and world
affairs at Occidental College
in Los Angeles, yesterday crit-
icised the plans to offer new
loans to Cambodia.
The Bank has wanted to
resume new lending (never-
mind the fact that it was ne
funneling new money into
old loans all along) for a long
time in Cambodia, he said in
an email. The Bank has never
been able to exact much if any
reform from Cambodia in the
past whether it be forestry or
governance. I dont imagine it
will be different now.
Vanny of the Boeung Kak
community said she had met
personally with a group of
US senators and World Bank
President Jim Yong Kim twice
in the past two years.
The bank president rec-
ognised its mistake in not
monitoring their fund . . .
They promised to postpone
their fund until the Cambo-
dian government resolved
the problem for our commu-
nity, she said.
If the bank provides the
new loans to Cambodia to
fund social land concessions
it means that they are joining
with the corrupt government
of Cambodia to grab land
from the poor.
A Boeung Kak lake community activist holds a letter addressing their
concerns at the US Embassy in Phnom Penh earlier this month. ELI MEIXLER
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Business
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Sri Lankan
rm buys
local MFI
Eddie Morton
US-BASED investment bank
Developing World Markets
Asset Management (DWM) has
sold the controlling stake in
Cambodias fifth-largest micro-
finance institution, Thaneakea
Phum Cambodia (TPC).
A statement issued on Friday
says DWM sold a 55 per cent
equity stake in TPC to LOLC
Micro Investments (LOMI), a
subsidiary of publicly listed Sri
Lankan financial services con-
glomerate Lanka Orix Leasing
Company. DWM will retain a 37
per cent stake in TPC.
TPCs employee association
also sold its 4.5 per cent stake
in the company to LOMI, taking
the buyers controlling share to
60 per cent. The deals received
regulatory approval from Cam-
bodian and Sri Lankan author-
ities earlier this month.
Though it has made signifi-
cant strides in recent years,
Cambodias financial services
sector remains underdevel-
oped, Ravi Tissera, director
and CEO of LOMI said. There
is a large opportunity for inno-
vative financial services firms
to increase their impact across
the country, and we look for-
ward to working with TPCs
management and employees
to provide sustainable financial
services that improve the lives
of clients.
Bun Mony, chairman of the
Cambodian Microfinance
Association welcomed the
purchase.
All the time there are banks
from places like Hong Kong,
Korea, Taiwan and Japan look-
ing at the industry . . . I guess the
high density of companies now
in the sector about 42 or so
could be a minor concern for
them, however, Mony said.
But this is good news. LOMI
has lots of experience to share
with TPC.
Trafc passes the Sonatra Securities ofce yesterday in Phnom Penh. The stock brokerage rm has decided to suspend operation for one year starting next month. ELI MEIXLER
Sonatra takes one year hiatus
Hor Kimsay
L
OCAL stock broker-
age company Sonatra
Securities has an-
nounced it will com-
pletely dilute its books and
put a halt on all business ac-
tivities from October 1.
In a press release posted on
Sonatras website last week,
the rm stated without an
explanation that it was sus-
pending all operations for 12
months and that all securities
will be returned to investors.
Therefore Sonatra Securi-
ties PLC will stop receiving
orders from clients, close cli-
ent accounts and client mon-
ey accounts, and give back
clients the securities, funds
and other properties by Sep-
tember 29, 2014.
The company stated that it
will remain contactable for
clients for up to two-weeks af-
ter all business activities and
accounts have been closed.
While no precise reasons
have been provided for
Sonatras suspension of op-
erations, Sok Dara, deputy
director-general of Securities
and Exchange Commission
Cambodia (SECC), told the
Post the securities rm in-
tended to use the 12-month
hiatus to undertake a com-
plete restructuring.
Dara was condent that
Sonatras decision would not
negatively affect the Cambo-
dian Stock Exchange.
The companys suspen-
sion, or stop operation, has
so far not put any unforeseen
pressure or had a negative af-
fect on the market and listed
stocks, he said.
Soleil Lamun, deputy di-
rector of market operations
department of Cambodia Se-
curities Exchange (CSX), ral-
lied Daras condence saying
Sonatras decision would not
hamper investor sentiment in
the market.
Sonatras clients also have
accounts in other securities
rms. So without Sonatra
they will keep trading using
accounts in other securities,
he explained.
Sonatras announcement
marks the second securities
outt to shut down its opera-
tions in the past 18 months
after Sacombank Securities
Cambodia a subsidiary of
the Vietnamese nancial in-
stitution Sacombank com-
pletely dissolved its client
base and business operations
in March last year.
Svay Hay, president and
CEO of Acleda Securities said
his rm had received numer-
ous requests for stock broking
services since Sonatra made
the announcement earlier
this month.
Investors are not worried
because they can instead use
services from our company or
others when securities rms
decide to install a suspension
plan, Hay said.
Sonatra Securities could not
be reached for comment.
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Cushion the blow
Japans Abe
asks for $47M
for stimulus
P
RIME Minister Shinzo
Abe will need a 5 trillion
yen ($47 billion) scal
stimulus package to cush-
ion the impact of a further
increase in Japans sales
tax, a survey by Bloomberg
News shows.
The median from estimates
of 13 economists in the
survey is similar to the extra
spending Abe prepared for the
earlier bump in the levy to 8
percent in April.
Finance Minister Taro Aso
has indicated the government
will prepare a back-up plan
to bolster the worlds third-
biggest economy as specula-
tion mounts that stimulus will
be needed before a planned
hike in the tax to 10 per cent in
October next year.
Japans economy contracted
by the most in more than ve
years in the second quarter
after the April move.
The estimate of 5 trillion
yen is higher than the esti-
mate of 3 trillion in a previous
poll in July, conducted before
the worse-than-expected se-
cond quarter gross domestic
product data was released.
BLOOMBERG
Business
8
Output data test Lis resolve
C
HINAS industrial
output rose at the
weakest pace since
the global nancial
crisis and xed-asset invest-
ment growth trailed projec-
tions, adding to evidence the
worlds second-biggest econo-
my is losing momentum.
Factory production rose 6.9
per cent from a year earlier in
August, the National Bureau
of Statistics said on Friday in
Beijing, compared with 9 per
cent in July and the 8.8 per
cent median estimate in a
Bloomberg News survey. Re-
tail sales gained 11.9 per cent
and xed-asset investment in
the January-August period in-
creased 16.5 per cent.
The data signal the impact
of Chinas property slump on
the economy is deepening,
with the decline in home sales
accelerating last month and
electricity output falling for
the rst time since 2009. The
slowdown will test Premier Li
Keqiangs reluctance to spur
growth with monetary stimu-
lus, as risks multiply to his
2014 expansion goal.
Li should be worried if hes
serious about meeting his 7.5
target, said Liu Li-Gang, chief
Greater China economist at
Australia & New Zealand Bank-
ing Group Ltd in Hong Kong.
For the sake of his credibility,
he may want to use further
policy levers to achieve his tar-
get, such as lowering reserve
requirements for the countrys
largest banks, Liu said.
State-owned commercial
lenders are the main source
of funding for Chinas indus-
trial sector, Liu said. If they
dont extend more credit its
difcult to see any reacceler-
ation in growth for the rest of
the year. ANZ estimates the
year-on-year increase in gross
domestic product may slip to
6.5 per cent to 7 per cent in
the third quarter if September
data are also weak. Growth
was 7.5 per cent in the April-
June period.
Industrial-output growth
was below all 51 estimates
in a Bloomberg survey, with
projections ranging from 8.5
per cent to 10 per cent. It was
the slowest single-month pace
outside of the Lunar New Year
holiday period of January and
February since December
2008, based on previously re-
ported gures compiled by
Bloomberg.
Growth in retail sales com-
pared with the 12.1 per cent
median projection of analysts
surveyed by Bloomberg. The
median estimate for expan-
sion in January-August xed-
asset investment excluding
rural households was 16.9 per
cent, after a 17 per cent gain in
the rst seven months.
This is really bad, said
Kevin Lai, senior economist
with Daiwa Capital Markets
in Hong Kong. The economy
continues to slow down de-
spite the fact that there has
been some policy easing, and
the data conrm what import
growth has been telling us.
Imports fell for a second
straight month in August and
manufacturing expansion
slowed, gures showed earlier
this month. Data from Sou-
Fun Holdings Ltd, operator of
an online real-estate portal,
showed home prices fell for a
fourth month in August, based
on a survey of 100 cities.
In a speech at the World Eco-
nomic Forum in the northern
Chinese city of Tianjin on
September 10, Premier Li said
the government wont be dis-
tracted by short-term uctua-
tions in individual economic
indicators and will maintain
its focus on structural adjust-
ments and dealing with long-
term issues. BLOOMBERG
Amid signs of a slowdown in the Chinese economy, Premier Li Keqiang
faces a test of his reluctance to use monetary stimulus. BLOOMBERG
Mexico fines China firm
$1.1M for eco damage
MEXICAN authorities imposed
on Friday a $1.1 million fine
against a controversial and
massive Chinese shopping
centre project for causing
damages to the ecosystem
near the Caribbean resort of
Cancun. The $180 million
project, financed by the
Chinamex company, has been
criticised by environmentalists
because 418 hectares out of
the total 557 on which the mall
is to be built is located on land
designated as a nature
reserve. AFP
Sinopec sells off retail
unit stake for $17.5B
CHINA Petroleum &
Chemical Corp, Asias top
refiner, agreed to sell a 107
billion yuan ($17.5 billion)
stake in its retail business to a
group of investors including
China Life Insurance Co
Sinopec, as the company is
known, said the unit will sell a
combined 29.99 per cent
stake to 25 investors
including Fosun International
Ltd, run by billionaire Guo
Guang-chang. China Life will
buy 10 billion yuan of shares
while gas supplier ENN
Energy Holdings Ltd has
committed to buying 4 billion
yuan of shares, Sinopec
announced in a Shanghai
stock exchange filing
yesterday. BLOOMBERG
HSBC to pay $550M to
end US mortgage claims
HSBC Holdings Plc will pay
$550 million to resolve
accusations of misconduct in
its handling of mortgage
securities sold to taxpayers
before the financial crisis. The
US unit of the London-based
lender, HSBC North America
Holdings Inc, reached the deal
to end Federal Housing
Finance Agency claims that
the firm sold faulty mortgage
bonds to Fannie Mae and
Freddie Mac from 2005 to
2007, the bank said on Friday.
Fannie Mae will receive $176
million and Freddie Mac will
get $374 million the FHFA
said. BLOOMBERG
Pharma giant Bayer in
contempt over probiotic
THE US government accused
Bayer of making scientifically
unproven statements about
the health benefits of a
popular probiotic on Friday,
claiming the German
pharmaceutical giant was in
contempt of court. In a filing
lodged in New Jersey, the
Justice Department requested
a fine of $25,000 per day
against Bayer, alleging it had
breached a 2007 judgement
against the firm over a similar
issue involving another
product. The Justice
Department filing sought to
halt consumers continuing
loss. AFP
Markets
9
Business
RECESSION-HIT Argentines
are ocking to buy dollars,
nervous over the governments
latest debt default and pres-
sure from the business com-
munity to devalue the peso for
the second time this year.
Ofcially, a dollar is worth
8.42 Argentine pesos. But it
takes 14.26 pesos to buy one
on the black market, a gap that
only shows signs of widening.
President Cristina Kirchner
has tried to persuade Argen-
tines to stop hoarding green-
backs and spend their pesos
instead. But her appeals have
largely fallen on deaf ears in a
country that still bears the scars
of its 2001 nancial crisis.
Limited to withdrawals of
$250 a day, Argentines ooded
the streets, venting their wrath
by banging pots and pans.
With ination at 30 per cent
and exports sagging, business-
es are pressuring Kirchner to
devalue the peso again, after
an 18-per cent devaluation in
January. We cant even export
a piece of candy. Argentina is
not competitive today, said
Hector Mendez, leader of the
largest employers organisa-
tion, the Argentine Industrial
Union. AFP
Argentina
facing fresh
devaluation
New sanctions on Russia
T
HE United States and
European Union hit
Russia with tough
new sanctions on Fri-
day in a coordinated riposte to
Moscows unacceptable be-
haviour in Ukraine despite a
fragile truce.
In some of the toughest mea-
sures yet to punish the Kremlin
for allegedly fomenting the in-
surgency, Washington targeted
Russias top bank Sberbank
which holds the deposits of
nearly half all Russian savers
and leading energy and tech-
nology companies.
These steps underscore the
continued resolve of the inter-
national community against
Russias aggression, said US
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew.
The fresh EU measures
were also aimed at major Rus-
sian energy, nance and de-
fence companies, including
oil giant Rosneft and famed
weapons manufacturer Ka-
lashnikov.
The 28-member bloc also
imposed asset freezes and visa
bans on a host of Russian g-
ures, including allies of Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin, as well as
rebels in Ukraine and Crimea,
a Ukrainian region that Russia
annexed.
The ruble sank to a historic
low and Moscow stock markets
fell, fearful of the impact on an
economy already teetering on
the brink of recession.
However, in what was seen
as a concession, Brussels
agreed to delay implementing
a trade deal with Ukraine that
is deeply opposed by Russia.
A dismissive Putin said that
the sanctions would not have
much of an effect and accused
the West of using them as an
instrument to destabilise in-
ternational relations.
EU nations nally approved
the measures after deep divi-
sions emerged in the wake of
the ceasere, with some wor-
ried about the effect on their
own economies of any repri-
sals by Moscow. Brussels will
reconsider the measures after
reviewing the truce at the end
of September.
Moscow has already threat-
ened to bar EU airlines from
its airspace, and has drawn
up a list targeting imports of
consumer goods and second-
hand cars from the West.
Brussels said Friday it would
delay until the end of 2015
implementation of a free trade
deal under the pact. This saves
Ukraine from facing immedi-
ate restrictions from Russia
and also placates Moscow,
which feared being ooded by
cheap EU goods. AFP
Sberbanks headquarters in Moscow. The US hit Russias Sberbank and leading energy and technology rms
with sanctions on Friday to punish Moscow for supporting separatist rebels in Ukraine. AFP
Business
10
Fixed Deposit Interest Rates
Cambodian
Financial Institutions
On Deposits
3 Months 6 Months 12 Months
Asof SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 USD RIEL USD RIEL USD RIEL
PRASAC 5.50% 6.50% 6.50% 7.50% 8.00% 9.75%
ABA Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
ACLEDA Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.75% 6.00% 5.00% 7.00%
ANZ Royal Bank 1.35% 3.50% 2.50% 4.00% 3.50% 5.50%
Bank of India 2.25% N/A 3.00% N/A 4.00% N/A
Cambodia Asia Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
Cambodia Mekong Bank 2.75% N/A 3.25% N/A 3.50% N/A
Cambodian Public Bank 1.75% N/A 2.75% N/A 3.50% N/A
Canadia Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.50% 6.00% 4.75% 7.00%
Maybank 2.25% N/A 3.25% N/A 4.25% N/A
MARUHAN Japan Bank 2.00% 2.00% 3.00% 3.00% 4.50% 4.50%
RHB Indochina Bank 2.75% 4.00% 3.50% 5.00% 4.75% 6.00%
SBC Bank 3.00% N/A 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A
Union Commercial Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
EUROPEAN nance minis-
ters struggled to agree a long
promised nancial transaction
tax on Saturday, with Germany
urging a watered-down version
amid resistance from France,
eager to protect its lucrative
derivatives trading sector.
The rst step will only be
small, thats unfortunately
true, said German Finance
Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble,
an inuential backer of the
scheme on the sidelines of Eu-
ropean Union minister talks.
Given the different situa-
tions in the different countries,
we will probably only agree on
a small rst step, but a small
rst step is better than none,
Schaeuble said.
Blamed for the nancial
crisis that sparked a global re-
cession, public anger in 2011
against bank traders ran high.
This pushed the European
Commission, backed by Ger-
many and France, to propose a
tax on nancial transactions.
The idea was inspired by the
Tobin Tax, named after Nobel
laureate James Tobin, who
proposed it back in the 1970s
as a means of reducing specu-
lation in the global markets
and redistributing Wall Street
prots to poor countries.
In the European version,
the proceeds would go to-
wards nancing future bail-
outs, sparing the taxpayer
from saving big banks caught
out by over-speculation.
Many member states led by
Britain, eager to protect its
City of London nancial hub,
opposed the scheme, leaving
11 countries including France
and Germany, to go it alone.
However, with public at-
tention turned away from
the crisis, some of those
countries, notably France,
have cooled to the idea, pre-
ferring to enact a watered-
down version that would be
less onerous on key types of
nancial trades.
Its easy to call for taxes on
things that dont matter to you,
a senior European ofcial said
referring to countries pushing
for a wide-ranging tax.
French Finance Minister
Michel Sapin insisted that
derivatives were still on the
table but that the priority
was to single out those that
posed the biggest risk and to
tax them, he said.
For now, there is little detail
on what the tax would entail,
but Sapin said the aim is to
have a proposal by the end of
the year.
In 2013, the Commission
oated a 0.1 per cent levy on
stock and bond trades and
0.01 per cent on the more
complex derivatives, which
it said would raise about 35
billion ($45 billion) a year.
The banking lobby has been
erce in its opposition to a
transaction tax.
Even when an FTT is intro-
duced in a limited number of
member states in the EU, its
effects will be detrimental to
the entire European econo-
my, the European Banking
Federation said in the runup
to the talks in Milan.
Despite this overwhelming
evidence against the merits
of an FTT, the plan remains
on the table, the lobby group
added. AFP
Europeans seen moving
towards watered-down
nancial transaction tax
Tim Cook, chief executive ofcer of Apple, unveils the Apple Watch at Flint Center, California, On September 9. BLOOMBERG
Swiss not watching Apple
A
PPLE may be known
for revolutionising
the world of music
and mobile phones,
but Switzerlands centuries-
old luxury watchmakers are
unimpressed with the US
technology giants latest foray
into their world.
I was expecting more. Im
a bit disappointed, luxury gi-
ant LVMHs watch guru and
industry legend Jean-Claude
Biver told AFP.
The Apple Watch, unveiled
last week after months of an-
ticipation, combines the per-
sonalised functionality that
made the brand famous into
a wearable computer that can
also connect to iPhones.
Chief Tim Cook said the
smartwatch, Apples rst new
product category launch since
visionary co-founder Steve
Jobs died in 2011, was the
next chapter in Apples story.
But Biver said the gadget,
which will be released early
next year, is not the revolu-
tionary product it claims to
be. The timepiece, with its
square touch-screen face and
curved edges, lacks sex ap-
peal and is too feminine, he
said. In fact, Biver told German
media last week: It looks like
it was designed by a student in
their rst semester.
The rm has meanwhile
been treading on the toes of
some top luxury brands, pluck-
ing the sales director from Tag
Heuer, a Swiss brand in the
LVMH stable, in addition to
former heads of Burberry and
Yves Saint Laurent.
Tag Heuer chief Stephane
Linder said he was surprised
at Apples heavy focus on sport
and health monitoring func-
tions, which arent even new to
the market.
Equipped with pulse sensors,
the smartwatch can monitor
heart rates and chart activity
levels along with the number
of calories burned in a day.
I thought they would go
in a less specialised direc-
tion, Linder told AFP, though
he added that he would pay
more attention when new
applications for the device
begin surfacing.
With pricing set to start at
$349, Apples watch will not be
playing in the same league as
the Swiss watchmakers who
dominate the luxury end of
the market. The sweet spot
for a top-end timepiece from
Tag Heuer is in the 1,000-7,000
Swiss francs ($1,070-$7,500)
range, with some models cost-
ing as much as 200,000 francs.
Other Swiss luxury brands
offer pieces priced well into
the millions.
Jerome Bloch, who heads the
mens fashion unit at Parisian
style agency Nelly Rodi, said
Swiss luxury watchmakers had
nothing to fear.
They dont have the same
target, he said, insisting that
comparing Apples new device
to many Swiss watch offerings
was like comparing a Mini
Cooper with an Aston Martin.
Biver agreed, insisting Apple
would have no impact on the
high-end.
Luxury is eternal, it is pe-
rennial. It is not something
that becomes worthless after
ve years, he said, stressing
that connected watches on the
other hand were doomed to
become obsolete. AFP
US seniors grapple with student debt
DECADES after their university days, an
increasing number of US seniors are still
struggling to pay off student loan debt,
according to a new report.
And for some retirees, that means small-
er Social Security checks sometimes the
only funds elderly Americans live off when
they leave the workforce.
For those aged 65 and older, the total
amount of federal student debt ballooned
more than six-fold from some $2.8 billion
in 2005 to about $18.2 billion in 2013, says
a Government Accountability Office report
released last week.
Thats a small fraction compared to the
$1 trillion in total federal student loan debt
held across all age groups.
But it can still hit cash-strapped seniors
hard since, according to the report, a cut of
the borrowers Social Security disability,
retirement, or survivor benefits can be
claimed to pay off the loan in question.
The GAO found that, from 2002 to 2013,
the number of people who saw their Social
Security benefits offset to pay such debt rose
five-fold from some 31,000 to 155,000.
In the 65 and older age group, that
number grew from approximately 6,000
to about 36,000 during the same time-
frame, representing roughly a 500 per
cent increase, it said.
While limits have been implemented on
the amount that monthly benefits can be
offset, the value of the amount protected
and retained by the borrower has fallen
below the poverty threshold, the GAO
report found.
It warned that student loan debt held by
seniors can be especially difficult to deal
with because, unlike other types of debt,
it generally cannot be discharged in bank-
ruptcy. AFP
When an FTT is introduced in
member states, its effects will be
detrimental to the entire
European economy
11 THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
World
SCORES of veterans of elite Is-
raeli intelligence division Unit
8200 rallied to its defence yes-
terday after 43 comrades said
they would no longer take part
in its injustices against mil-
lions of Palestinians.
The open letter, which was
sent to Israels political and
military leadership last week,
was one of the most high-pro-
le expressions of conscien-
tious objection in years.
The signatories reservists
and former members of 8200
said the intelligence collect-
ed by the unit was an integral
part of Israels military occu-
pation, and that they would
refuse to continue to serve.
They charged that informa-
tion gathered by Unit 8200 was
used by civilian intelligence
agencies to coerce Palestin-
ians uninvolved in militant
activity and urged other mem-
bers of the intelligence corps
to speak out against these
injustices and to take action to
bring them to an end.
But in a letter of reply yester-
day, 200 veterans of the unit
denounced their former com-
rades refusal to serve.
We wish to express shock,
disgust and complete disas-
sociation from the regrettable
letter that was written by our
comrades from the unit, they
wrote in the letter, excerpts of
which were published in the
top-selling Yediot Aharonot
newspaper.
Political refusal to serve has
no place anywhere, and par-
ticularly so in Unit 8200. The
moment we, as soldiers in the
reserves, are called to the ag,
we set aside our political in-
clinations and opinions, and
come to serve the state.
Commentators said that
the fact that the refuseniks
were members of one of Isra-
els most prestigious military
units made their conscien-
tious objection all the more
remarkable.
The Unit 8200 letter repre-
sents a watershed moment in
the expressions of military re-
fusal in recent decades, wrote
Shimon Shiffer in Yediot Aha-
ronot. This time, we are talking
about intelligence gatherers
who are refusing to spy on mil-
lions of Palestinians . . . about
refusal by the soldiers to resign
themselves to the day-to-day
reality in the territories.
Unit 8200 carries out
electronic communications
monitoring and surveillance,
similar to work performed
by the US National Security
Agency and Britains GCHQ.
The unit is one component
of the broader military intel-
ligence corps and shares in-
formation with Israels civilian
intelligence agencies.
The refuseniks letter drew
criticism from both the gov-
ernment and the opposition.
Defence Minister Moshe
Yaalon described it as a fool-
ish and offensive attempt to
harm the unit.
Opposition leader Isaac Her-
zog, himself a veteran of Unit
8200, said he opposed soldiers
refusing to serve. Im not say-
ing there are no mistakes. It is
certainly possible that there
were, he said. But there are
ways to complain and ensure
such claims are examined and
discussed, he said.
There are ways to effect
change . . . but not by encour-
aging and calling for a refusal
to serve or through publishing
damaging statements around
the world. AFP
Israeli intelligence
hits back at letter
from refuseniks
NK sentences American
to six years hard labour
Jung Ha-won

N
ORTH Koreas Su-
preme Court yes-
terday sentenced
US citizen Matthew
Miller to six years hard labour
for hostile acts, two weeks af-
ter he and two other detained
Americans had pleaded for
help from Washington.
Miller becomes the second
American serving a hard la-
bour prison term in the North
amid accusations that Pyong-
yang is using them to extract
political concessions from
Washington.
The 24-year-old was arrest-
ed in April after he allegedly
ripped up his visa at immigra-
tion and demanded asylum.
He committed acts hos-
tile to the [North] while en-
tering the territory of the
[North] under the guise of a
tourist last April, the state-
run KCNA news agency said
in announcing yesterdays
court ruling.
Pictures published by KCNA
showed a sombre-looking
Miller, dressed in a black
polo neck and black trousers,
sitting and standing in the
courtroom dock, anked by
two uniformed guards.
Plea for help
A photograph of the evi-
dence table showed what ap-
peared to be Millers ripped-
up visa, as well as his US
passport, a tablet computer
and a smartphone.
The verdict came after
Miller and the two other US
detainees, Kenneth Bae and
Jeffrey Fowle, pleaded for
Washingtons help in a tele-
vised interview with CNN in
Pyongyang.
My situation is very ur-
gent, Miller told CNN.
I think this interview is
my nal chance to push the
American government into
helping me, he added.
Bae, a Korean-American
described by Pyongyang as
a militant Christian evange-
list, was sentenced last year
to 15 years hard labour on
charges of seeking to topple
the Norths regime.
Fowle entered the North in
April and was detained after
reportedly leaving a Bible
at a hotel. His trial has been
announced but no date has
been set.
Washington has vowed to
leave no stone unturned in
efforts to free the trio and re-
peatedly urged Pyongyang to
release them.
Analysts say that Millers
trial is part of Pyongyangs
wider efforts to capture US
attention and force it to the
negotiating table.
The North probably knows
the US is too busy with bigger
crises in the Middle East and
other regions, Professor Yang
Moo-jin of Seouls University
of North Korean Studies said.
But what else does the
North have? This so-called
detainee diplomacy seems
to be the only leverage left for
them to catch US attention,
he said.
High-level US visit?
Washington has no diplo-
matic relations with Pyong-
yang and, in the past, North
Korea has released detained
Americans after visits by for-
mer presidents Bill Clinton
and Jimmy Carter.
The US special envoy for
North Korean human rights
issues, Robert King, has twice
tried to visit the North to se-
cure Baes release, only for
Pyongyang to cancel at the
last minute.
North Korea has, in recent
months, sought to push the
US into agreeing to resume
six-party talks on the Norths
nuclear program, but Wash-
ington insists Pyongyang must
rst show a tangible commit-
ment to denuclearisation.
Even if a high-level visitor
goes to North Korea, it is un-
likely that the Obama admin-
istration will allow the occa-
sion of the visit to broaden
the conversation to include
nuclear issues, said Scott
Snyder, director of US-Korea
policy at the Council on For-
eign Relations.
Millers trial was held a day
after North Korea published
a 53,000 word rebuttal of the
distorted views in a report
by a special UN human rights
commission six months ago
which listed violations so
severe as to amount to crimes
against humanity.
The rebuttal compiled by the
Norths Association for Human
Rights Studies insisted that
its people enjoyed genuine
human rights and that seri-
ous misunderstandings had
arisen because of fabricated
reports originating from hos-
tile nations like the US.
In its report issued in Feb-
ruary, the UN Commission
on Inquiry into the Norths
rights record detailed a wide
range of systemic abuses in-
cluding murder, enslavement
and torture.
The commission, which
interviewed survivors of the
Norths notorious gulag sys-
tem and many other defec-
tors, concluded that many
of the violations constituted
crimes against humanity,
and suggested they could be
placed before the Interna-
tional Criminal Court.
The gravity, scale and na-
ture of these violations re-
vealed a state that does not
have any parallel in the con-
temporary world, it said.
The rebuttal published on
Saturday by the North said the
UN report was based on the
testimonies of human scum
who betrayed their homeland
and people. AFP
US citizen Miller Matthew Todd, who was sentenced to six years hard labour for hostile acts against
Pyongyang, at North Koreas Supreme Court in Pyongyang yesterday. AFP
A Palestinian woman points at an Israeli soldier. Veterans of the elite
Israeli intelligence division Unit 8200 rallied to its defence yesterday. AFP
World
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UK vows to catch evil killers of aid worker

despicable and appalling murder of
an innocent aid worker and an act of
pure evil.
The footage shows a masked IS
militant claiming the execution was
in retribution for Britains role in the
campaign against the group.
Britain has not joined US airstrikes
against IS in Iraq, but has begun
arming Kurdish peshmerga ghters
battling the militants in the north of
the country.
We will do everything in our power
to hunt down these murderers and
ensure they face justice, however long
it takes, Cameron said.
Obama slammed the latest kill-
ing as barbaric and said the US
stands shoulder to shoulder to-
night with our close friend and ally
in grief and resolve.
Two US journalists were murdered
in similar circumstances in recent
weeks in two videos posted online,
and Haines was threatened in the
last one showing the beheading of
reporter Steven Sotloff.
The Foreign Ofce in London said
the two and a half minute video re-
leased this weekend, entitled A Mes-
sage to the Allies of America, ap-
peared genuine.
It opens with a clip of Cameron out-
lining how Britain was working with the
Iraqi government to help arm Kurdish
ghters against these brutal extremist
militants, and to offer aid, diploma-
cy, and military help to pressure IS.
Haines then appears, dressed in an
orange jumpsuit, and identies him-
self before calmly explaining that he is
paying the price for Camerons policy.
The attacker who appears to be the
same man as in the previous two be-
heading videos tells Britain the alli-
ance with the US will accelerate your
destruction and will drag the British
people into another bloody and un-
winnable war.
At the end of the clip, the mili-
tant threatens to execute another
British captive, Alan Henning.
In a moving statement, Hainess
brother Mike paid tribute to a good
brother who he said was murdered
in cold blood.
He was, in the right mood, the life
and soul of the party and on other
times the most stubborn irritating
pain in the ass, he said, adding that
he would be missed terribly.
Haines, 44, was taken hostage in
Syria in March 2013 while work-
ing for French NGO ACTED, which
condemned his death as a barbaric
crime that cannot go unpunished.
The former head of the British
army, Richard Dannatt, piled pres-
sure on Cameron to take action.
If we do not confront and destroy
these Islamic State jihadi ghters
then their inuence will grow, their
condence will grow and the prob-
lem will get bigger, he told Sky
News television.
Obama on Wednesday set out
a strategy that would include air
strikes in Syria and expanded opera-
tions in Iraq, where US aircraft have
carried out more than 160 strikes
since early August.
Announcing that Aus-
tralia would deploy 600
troops to the United
Arab Emirates as part
of the US-led effort,
Abbott said that fur-
ther decisions were
needed before he
would commit to
combat operations
in Iraq. AFP
An screen grab taken from a video released by IS and identied by private terrorism monitor SITE
Intelligence Group on Saturday purportedly shows British aid worker David Haines before
being beheaded by a masked militant. AFP
World
13
Search on as three die in

Philippine ferry sinking
THREE people were killed as
rescuers searched for at least
three others still missing with
more than a hundred rescued
after a ferry sank in waters off
the central Philippines, the
government said yesterday. At
least 110 people have been
rescued after the sinking of the
Maharlika II ferry on Saturday
night, said President Benigno
Aquinos spokeswoman Abigail
Valte. There had been some
confusion over the number of
people aboard the vessel when
it went down but at least three
were still unaccounted for,
Valte said. She said the captain
had told the coast guard there
were 116 people on board
when the vessel went down in
bad weather, in contrast with
earlier reports that there were
only 84 passengers and crew
on the manifest. AFP
Indonesia arrests four

Turks over link to IS
INDONESIAS anti-terrorism
police have arrested four Turks
suspected of being linked to the
Islamic State militant group, a
spokesman said yesterday. The
elite Detachment 88 police
squad arrested the men, along
with three Indonesians Boy
Rafli Amar said. They are
Turkish, Amar said,
confirming the arrest and
adding that the men were
being investigated for their
connection to the group.
Indonesia is home to the
worlds biggest Muslim
population of about 225 million
and has long struggled with
terrorism. But a successful
clampdown in recent years has
seen the end of major deadly
attacks. Jakarta has estimated
that dozens of Indonesians
have travelled to Syria and Iraq
to fight and President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono said he
was concerned about their
return. AFP
Malaysian girl dies after

being flung from ride
AUSTRALIAN authorities are
investigating the death of a
Malaysian girl who was flung
like a doll from a spinning
ride at the Royal Adelaide Show
where showgoers laid flowers
for her on Saturday. The girl, 8,
who was reportedly visiting
Australia with her family, was
thrown from the AirMaxx 360
ride on Friday afternoon, South
Australian police said in a
statement. She was treated by
paramedics and taken to an
Adelaide hospital but died a
short time later, police said. AFP
World
14
Hot stuff
Smoke rises as lava ows from the crater of Mount Slamet volcano before dawn, as seen from Brebes town in Indonesias Central Java province on Friday. Indonesian authorities
have put the Mount Slamet volcano on the second-highest alert level after it erupted 38 times last week, spewing lava some 1,500 metres into the air. Authorities warned residents
to remain outside a 4-kilometre radius of the volcano. AFP
Pistorius plans money-spinning book
O
SCAR Pistorius plans to
write a book giving his ac-
count of what happened
when he shot dead his girl-
friend, Reeva Steenkamp, and his or-
deal in standing trial for her murder,
his manager said on Saturday.
The memoir could prove hugely lu-
crative for the Paralympian but also
prompt accusations that he is cash-
ing in on the killing of the 29-year-old
model and law graduate.
Pistorius was acquitted of murder at
the high court in Pretoria, South Afri-
ca, last week but convicted of culpable
homicide after shooting Steenkamp.
He was released on bail and will be
sentenced at a hearing that starts on
13 October.
As Steenkamps parents expressed
dismay at the verdict and headed home
to Port Elizabeth, Pistoriuss manager
and agent, Peet van Zyl, revealed that
the double amputee athlete intends to
put his side of the story on paper.
He will write his own book, he said.
Weve discussed it. Weve talked about
ideas and concepts. Im not going to
go into details now. Van Zyl said.
Should Pistorius receive a suspend-
ed sentence, as some experts predict,
he could also return to competition,
possibly even in time for the 2016
Olympics and Paralympics in Rio,
Van Zyl continued.
He is known to be regularly working
out to stay in good physical condition.
The International Paralympic Com-
mittee has said it will allow its most fa-
mous athlete to return to the sport.
Pistorius published an autobiog-
raphy, Blade Runner a reference to
his nickname due to his prosthetic
limbs ve years ago. But after that he
reached the pinnacle of the London
Olympics only to be author of his own
downfall when he killed Steenkamp at
his home in Pretoria on St Valentines
day last year.
A book about the shocking episode
could be a bestseller, enabling Pisto-
rius to restore personal nances that
have been exhausted by legal fees, but
also risk charges of exploiting the situ-
ation. OJ Simpson, the American actor
and sportsman cleared of murder after
another blockbuster trial in 1995, was
criticised for publishing a book en-
titled If I Did It, in which he hypotheti-
cally described how he would have
killed his ex-wife and her friend.
Pistorius has always maintained that
he mistook Steenkamp for an intruder
when he shot her four times. But her
parents, June and Barry Steenkamp,
said they did not fully believe his ac-
count of that night.
Ben Williams, books editor of South
Africas Sunday Times, said a book by
Pistorius could go either way. If you
do it right, you could have the sports
biography of the century. On the other
hand, hes not the most popular per-
son in some circles so you could have
a tremendous backlash that sinks the
book. Look what happened to Julian
Assanges autobiography.
As Pistorius contemplates the proj-
ect, other authors are racing to put
out books about a case that has cap-
tivated millions of people in South
Africa and around the world. Williams
said he is aware of half a dozen titles
from mainstream publishers plus in-
numerable self-published ebooks.
Few would be surprised if the nascent
Pistorius publishing industry leads to
a lm or TV dramatisation.
A contender is Chase Your Shadow:
the Trials of Oscar Pistorius, published
internationally in December. Its writer
John Carlin said: Ive had contracts
since a year ago, which tells you theres
a universality about this story. It is a
classic tragic heros fall.
Carlin, author of a biography of ten-
nis player Rafael Nadal, and of the
book Playing the Enemy about Nelson
Mandela and the 1995 rugby world
cup, which became the lm Invictus,
said he would be very surprised if Pis-
torius returns to the track.
I nd it extremely unlikely that hes
going to go back to what he was. What-
ever the outcome of the trial, the con-
troversy will linger on, as it did with
OJ Simpson. There are loads of people
who will think he killed Reeva deliber-
ately. If he turns up on athletics track
in Manchester or Dusseldorf or wher-
ever, there will be protesters with plac-
ards. THE GUARDIAN
Liberia sacks 10 officials
for leaving Ebola fight
LIBERIAS leader yesterday said
she had sacked 10 senior
government officials who defied
an order to return to the West
African nation to lead the fight
against the deadly Ebola
outbreak. President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf had told
ministers to return within a
week as part of a state-of-
emergency announcement on
August 6 to help fight for the
very survival of our state.
Liberia has been hit hard by the
Ebola epidemic, the worst in
history, which has killed more
than 2,400 people since it
erupted earlier this year,
according to the WHO. AFP
Uganda arrests Somali

Shabaab bombers: cops
UGANDAN police said
yesterday that suspected
Islamist al-Shabaab insurgents
arrested in weekend raids had
planned to carry out bomb
attacks, as the US embassy
said the immediate threat had
been countered. Police raids
on Saturday came two weeks
after Ugandan troops, fighting
in Somalia, reportedly provided
intelligence that helped US
special forces kill the
Shabaabs chief in a devastating
air strike. The US Embassy
yesterday lifted warnings to its
citizens to stay at home, but
said people should remain
vigilant. AFP
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Kiev points finger at rebels
Yulia Silina and
Oleksandr Savochenko

T
HE Ukrainian gov-
ernment accused
pro-Russian sepa-
ratists yesterday of
threatening a tenuous push
for peace as booming rounds
of heavy artillery re echoed
across the insurgent strong-
hold of Donetsk.
It said the rebels had been
intensifying their attacks
on government positions in
eastern Ukraine despite a
ceasere backed by Kiev and
Moscow nine days ago.
The terrorist actions are
threatening the realisation
of the Ukrainian presidents
[Petro Poroshenko] peace
plan, said National Security
and Defence Council spokes-
man Volodymyr Polyovy.
He also took aim at com-
ments by two rebel leaders
who both signed the 12-point
truce deal in Minsk on Sep-
tember 5, but who declared
on Sunday they were mere
observers at the talks.
Journalists reported the
sound of explosions and
incessant mortar re near
Donetsk airport where the
Ukrainian military said it had
driven back a major assault by
insurgent ghters on Friday.
The ceasere deal has
helped calm ve months of
ghting that killed more than
2,700 people and set off the
worst crisis in East-West rela-
tions since the Cold War.
Rebels and government
forces have since swapped
dozens of captives and condi-
tionally agreed to exchange 65
more prisoners from each side
later yesterday.
But the simmering crisis
has exposed layers of mis-
trust between both the West
and Moscow and between
the largely Russian-speaking
populations in the east of
Ukraine and the pro-Western
leaders in Kiev that may take
years to mend.
Ukrainian Prime Minister
Arseniy Yatsenyuk accused
Russian President Vladimir
Putin on Saturday of delib-
erately keeping Ukraine in a
state of war to create a frozen
conict in Russias backyard.
He wants to eliminate
Ukraine as an independent
country, Yatsenyuk told an
international forum in Kiev.
He wants to restore the So-
viet Union.
The West has been acting
to isolate Putin, now acting in
a much less predictable and
more aggressive manner than
at any point since his domes-
tic domination began 15 years
ago, and in turn pledged great-
er support for the pro-Western
leadership in Kiev.
Poroshenko heads to Wash-
ington this week to meet Pres-
ident Barack Obama, seeking
to secure a special status al-
liance with the United States
as he steers Ukraine further
out of Russias orbit.
Obama has rejected direct
military involvement but in-
stead unveiled increasingly
painful economic sanctions
on Moscow that together
with similar EU measures
effectively lock Russia out
of Western capital markets and
hamstring its oil industry.
Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov took particular
exception to the measures,
accusing Washington on Sat-
urday of trying to use the
crisis in Ukraine to break eco-
nomic ties between the EU
and Russia and force Europe
to buy US gas at much higher
prices. AFP
Pro-Russian militants patrol a road near a front line where shelling
continues, some 30 kilometres south of Donetsk yesterday. AFP
SWEDISH voters headed
to the polls in general elec-
tions yesterday, with the So-
cial Democrats poised to
reclaim power after eight
years in opposition and the
far right expected to make
historic gains.
The anti-immigration Swe-
den Democrats could double
their seats in parliament, as
a growing proportion of the
nation of 10 million express
frustration with an accelerat-
ing inux of refugees.
If opinion polls prove right,
Stefan Loefven, the stocky
leader of the Social Demo-
crats, looks set to become the
next prime minister, although
he could win by just a slim
margin.
The Social Democrats are
expected to try to form a co-
alition government with the
Greens and the former com-
munist Left Party.
But on the eve of the elec-
tion Loefven admitted the
Sweden Democrats could still
throw a spanner in the works,
telling Swedish news agency
TT on Saturday that they
could end up as kingmakers
in the new parliament. AFP
Sweden
heads to
the polls
Pilot turns Malaysia Air
flight around after defect
A MALAYSIA Airlines flight was
forced to turn around due to an
auto-pilot defect, landing safely
early Sunday, said the carrier
already reeling from the loss of
two planes this year. Flight
MH198 from Kuala Lumpur to
Hyderabad in India departed
late on Saturday, but the
Boeing 737-800 turned back
due to an auto-pilot defect. It
landed back in Malaysias
capital almost four hours later
after circling to burn fuel in the
air. The flight was rescheduled
to depart Kuala Lumpur
yesterday. Malaysia Airlines has
had a solid record until this
year, when it lost two Boeing
777-200s. AFP
Militant attack on fort

kills three in Pakistan
THREE paramilitary soldiers
were killed when a group of
militants launched a rocket
attack on a mountain fort in
Pakistans troubled northwest
early yesterday, security
officials said. The midnight
attack took place in the
Spinwam area of North
Waziristan tribal district on the
Afghan border, where the
military launched a major
offensive against the Taliban
and other insurgents in June.
Officials said both military and
paramilitary troops were inside
the well-protected fort at the
time. AFP
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BANGLADESHS highest court
yesterday rejected appeals by
opposition leader Khaleda
Zia, clearing the way for her to
stand trial on embezzlement
charges that could see her
jailed for life.
Zia, a two-time former prime
minister and leader of the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party
(BNP), went to the Supreme
Court to seek a suspension of
the proceedings, saying the
lower court judge who has
been hearing her cases was
appointed illegally.
But a Supreme Court bench
headed by chief justice Md
Muzammel Hossain dismissed
her appeals, allowing the trials
to go ahead in a special court
that deals with graft cases, her
lawyer Sanaullah Miah said.
But Attorney General Mah-
bubey Alam said Zias trial
could go ahead despite the
appeals. There is no bar for
running Khaleda Zias trial,
he said, adding that the ap-
peals were aimed at delaying
the proceedings.
Earlier the high court re-
jected similar appeals by Zia,
prompting her lawyers to
move to the highest court in
a last-ditch attempt to stop
the trials. Prosecutors have
accused Zias lawyers of time-
wasting, saying hearings in
the case have been delayed
dozens of times.
Zia and three of her aides are
accused of syphoning off 31.5
million taka (about $400,000)
from a charitable trust named
after her late husband Ziaur
Rahman, a former president
who was assassinated in 1981.
She is also accused of lead-
ing a group of ve people,
including her eldest son, in
embezzling 21.5 million taka
($277,000) funds which were
meant to go to an orphanage
set up in memory of her late
husband.
Zia, who has been excused
from attending the trial, has
called the charges politically
motivated and aimed at de-
stroying the BNP, which has
vowed to topple the govern-
ment of her arch rival Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The 69-year-old leader was
charged just weeks after Ha-
sina was re-elected in a Janu-
ary 5 general election which
the centre-right BNP and its
18 opposition allies boycotted
and denounced as a farce.
The charges date back to
Zias last term as premier from
2001 to 2006 and can carry
a life sentence, prosecutors
have said. AFP
Zia loses court graft
battle in Bangladesh
Thai soldiers in Bangkok on April 10, 2010. A probe into the ve people arrested last week for their alleged
role in the 2010 protest violence was sidelined by political interference, a source has claimed. AFP
Criticism over Thai
arrest stunt mounts
A
N EARLIER probe
by Thailands De-
partment of Special
Investigation into
the ve people arrested last
week for their alleged role in
the 2010 protest violence was
sidelined by political interfer-
ence, a source at the agency
has claimed.
It comes amid mounting
criticism of the police han-
dling of the arrests, with rights
groups labelling a press con-
ference in which the suspects
were forced to dress in black
paramilitary attire as a public-
ity stunt likely to rob them of
the chance of a fair trial.
The DSI source said the
agency has les on all of the
alleged men in black, but
the probe ground to a halt
when the Yingluck Shinawa-
tra government was elected
in July 2011.
A powerful politician in the
since-deposed government
laid out a guideline for the DSI
that the so-called men in black
did not exist and there was no
armed element, the source al-
leged. The source also claimed
the DSI investigators probing
the case were replaced.
The Criminal Court yester-
day granted a police request to
detain the ve suspects Kit-
tisak Soomsri, 45; Chamnan
Phakeechai, 45; Preecha Yuyen,
24; Ronnarit Suricha, 33; and a
39-year-old woman, Punika
Chusri for another 12 days,
after the 48-hour maximum
detention period expired.
DSI director-general Chatch-
awal Suksomjit said on Satur-
day that the agency would ask
to take over the case because
it is currently responsible for
handling cases involving the
2010 political violence.
An activist group called
Peoples Information Centre
on the April-May 2010 Crack-
down Impact (PIC) has issued
a statement urging the public
not to be misled by the ar-
rests. It acknowledged the ap-
pearance of men in black on
April 10, 2010, but said there
was no compelling evidence
linking them to the nine deaths
on Din So Road.
Three of the four military
casualties, which included a
general, a colonel and a depu-
ty chief-of-staff of the 2nd In-
fantry Division at the time, on
Din So Road were as a result
of grenade blasts, according
to the ndings of an inquest,
not from gunre as claimed
by police on Thursday.
The public must not be
lured into the false conclusion
that the men in black were re-
sponsible for all of the deaths
on that night, the group said.
It also said Kittisak, one of
the suspect, was mentioned
in a Human Rights Watch
report released on Tuesday
that he had been detained
by soldiers in Bangkok since
September 5, nearly a week
before he was presented at
the police press conference
on Thursday. A warrant for
his arrest was issued on Sep-
tember 10.
Sunai Phasuk, a Human
Rights Watch representative
in Thailand, said yesterday
that the police presentation of
the ve suspects have misled
the public into believing they
were guilty.
Whether they are the per-
petrators or not should be
proved in the court, not in an
orchestrated manner that pre-
empts the court procedures,
Sunai said.
He noted that at least three
of the suspects were taken
away and detained secretly
and without charge by the mil-
itary before Thursdays press
conference.
Following the arrests last
week, police accused Kritsuda
Khunasen, a red-shirt activist,
of nancing the suspects.
Kritsuda, who is currently
living in exile after that she had
been tortured while in military
custody following the May
22 coup, posted a video clip
yesterday to defend herself
against the accusations.
Police said they tracked the
suspects after following Kit-
tisak. Soldiers remembered
him from when he and the
others allegedly rode in a
van past an army Humvee on
April 11, 2010. A subsequent
investigation put police on
the trail of the other sus-
pects, they said. Police are
hunting two more suspects.
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Scientists identify first swimming dinosaur
Kerry Sheridan

T
HERE once was a di-
nosaur, bigger than a
T rex, that swam with
the sharks and ate
them for dinner.
The rst evidence that a
erce and well-known meat-
munching dinosaur, Spino-
saurus aegyptiacus, was
adapted for both land and
water was featured in the US
journal Science last week.
Picture a giant hybrid of a
duck and a crocodile that lived
95 million years ago, sloshing
through rivers and feasting
on prehistoric sharks, sawsh
and lungsh.
The 20-tonne beast boasted
a crest on its back, akin to
a boats sail, held aloft with
spines as tall as an average
human. Its long tail, narrow
hips and paddle-shaped feet
likely helped the 15-metre
creature move through the
water with ease, experts said.
Spinosaurus also had
dense bones to help control
its buoyancy in water, and
a long snout with high-set
nostrils that could allow
easy breathing while par-
tially submerged.
Taken together, these fea-
tures strongly suggest that
Spinosaurus was the rst di-
nosaur that spent a signi-
cant amount of time in the
water, said lead author Nizar
Ibrahim, a paleontologist at
the University of Chicago.
The 2001 movie Jurassic
Park III features a scene in
which a Spinosaurus attacks
a Tyrannosaurus rex and
snaps the legendary carni-
vores neck.
Scientists have long known
that the scene was not ac-
curate. T rex lived in North
America some 30 million
years after Spinosaurus dis-
appeared, and Spinosaurus
bones have been unearthed
only in Africa.
But Paul Sereno, a paleon-
tologist and co-author of the
study also from the University
of Chicago, said the latest re-
search casts even more doubt
on that Hollywood portrayal.
I think that we have to face
the fact that the Jurassic Park
folks have to go back to the
drawing board on Spinosau-
rus, Sereno said.
The evidence suggests
that it could not balance for
a long period of time on its
hind limbs.
Sereno said the Spinosau-
rus appeared to have bodily
adaptions showing transitions
from a land-based predator to
a semi-aquatic predator.
Bones from the predators
skull, vertebra, pelvis and
limbs were found last year
along an old riverbank in the
Sahara desert, in the Kem Kem
beds of eastern Morocco.
The discovery was a boon
to paleontologists, who have
had little to study when it
came to Spinosaurus even
though it was rst identied
from bones found in Egypt in
1912 by German paleontolo-
gist Ernst Freiherr Stromer
von Reichenbach.
That collection was de-
stroyed during World War
II. In 1944, British airplanes
bombed the Munich museum
where they were kept.
However, not all experts
are convinced that the latest
ndings show a swimming
dinosaur.
Ken Carpenter, director and
curator of paleontology at the
Prehistoric Museum in Price,
Utah, said waters in the region
might not have been deep
enough for it to truly swim.
The rivers in the land of
Spinosaurus were small and
undoubtedly shallow . . . hip
deep at most, Carpenter said.
As for the anatomical evi-
dence, there are lots of alter-
native hypotheses to explain
the oddities, he added.
The high placement of the
nostrils occurs in other dino-
saurs. Such an occurrence was
once used as evidence that Di-
plodocus was aquatic.
Diplodocus was a massive,
long-necked plant-eating di-
nosaur that lived about 150
million years ago.
That idea has since been
dropped in part because ev-
idence of large, deep bodies
of water are missing from
the formation Diplodocus
is found in, Carpenter said.
Researchers who worked
on the paper said it is still
unclear exactly how the dino-
saur swam, or what its motion
looked like in the water.
Its a half-duck, half-croc-
odile. We dont have anything
alive that looks like this ani-
mal that we can use alone as
a model, Sereno said.
It makes it particularly in-
teresting to gure out in the
future what it was doing.
An exhibition featuring a
life-sized model of the Spino-
saurus (below) opened to the
public at the National Geo-
graphic Museum in Washing-
ton, DC, on Friday. AFP
Paleontoligist Paul Sereno discusses a full-sized Spinosaurus model in
a new exhibition at the National Geographic Museum last week. AFP
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HERES an air of tragedy
about President Barack
Obama. He wants to chart a
new course pivot to the
Pacific, end the long decade of war,
do nation-building at home but the
old worlds most derelict, dysfunc-
tional quarters keep pulling him back
in. Now, in the cruellest irony, the
gusts are pulling him back to the very
land where he least wants to set foot
again, the war zone that he spent
most of his first term leaving: Iraq.
We will not get dragged into anoth-
er ground war in Iraq, he insisted in
his televised speech on Wednesday
night. Instead, this will be a war
where others mainly Iraqi soldiers
fight on the ground, while American
advisers devise the battle plans and
American pilots pummel the enemy
with missiles and bombs.
Still, one could be excused for feel-
ing a spasm of dread as the speech
spilled forth. I wouldnt be surprised if
the president himself heaved a sigh
while he wrote it.
That said, the policy that he out-
lined his strategy to degrade and
ultimately destroy the terrorist group
known as ISIS is as reasonable, and
has as much chance of succeeding, as
any that might be conceived.
There are two big new elements in
this policy: First, airstrikes will no
longer be restricted to areas where
ISIS poses a threat to US personnel.
Instead, they can strafe and bomb
ISIS targets anywhere in Iraq, coordi-
nating the strikes with assaults on the
ground by Iraqi soldiers, militias, or
Kurdish peshmerga.
Second, these airstrikes will take
out ISIS jihadists not only in Iraq but
also across the border in Syria. A sen-
ior official stressed that this part of
the policy is not as open-ended as the
speech makes it seem. Obama is well
aware that airstrikes alone dont pro-
duce victory. They need to be syn-
chronised with ground assaults. And
for now, there are no ground forces in
Syria that can beat back ISIS.
So, at least initially, US airstrikes in
Syria will be clustered along the Iraqi
border, to keep ISIS jihadists from
moving back and forth between the
countries or from seeking safe haven
in much the same way that drones
were fired at northwest Pakistan to
deny safe haven to Taliban whod
been fighting in Afghanistan.
However, these airstrikes will even-
tually expand across Syria. Another
part of Obamas strategy (and he did
outline this in his speech) is to train
and equip the Free Syrian Army, the
more moderate militiamen currently
being squeezed both by ISIS and Syri-
an President Bashar Assad. (Theyll
be trained by special forces on a base
in Saudi Arabia.)
Once theyre trained and armed, the
FSA will return to Syria and with the
help of US airstrikes take back their
own territory from ISIS.
Obamas plan also calls for a wide
coalition of European, Arab and Mus-
lim countries to join the fight. ISIS is
an extremist Sunni movement, so its
especially vital to get predominantly
Sunni nations involved to demon-
strate this is not an American war or a
sectarian war of Sunnis versus Shiites.
(For this reason, Obama is loath to
bring Iran or Assads Syria both Shi-
ite regimes into the alliance. They
too deeply hate ISIS, but the Saudis
and other Sunni leaders might not
enter the fight if it looks like theyre
supporting Iran. What arrangements
are made with Iran or Syria behind
the scenes is another matter.)
Obama, never prone to hype, made
clear in his speech that the ISIS jihad-
ists dont yet pose as big a threat as al-
Qaeda did 13 years ago, on the eve of
the World Trade Center attacks. But
they are on a rampage, amassing for-
tunes, acquiring arsenals, led by com-
petent commanders (many of them
Saddam Husseins former generals),
playing on anti-Shiite (and anti-West-
ern) sentiment among Sunni radicals.
If they are allowed to take over Iraq
and Syria, its fair to ask if Jordan and
Saudi Arabia might be next. They are
also recruiting European jihadists,
who have passports that let them
travel across the continent and into
the United States. Clearly, they do
pose a threat. This cannot and should
not be principally Americas fight; but
the fact is, America is the only coun-
try that can coordinate the coalition
provide the intelligence, logistics, and
accurate airstrikes needed to win.
So, the cause is just, and Obamas
plan sounds reasonable, even
nuanced. What could go wrong? Well,
as anyone whos studied the region
(and the cavalier predictions made,
time and again, by Westerners who go
to war there), everything.
Obama made very clear that this
battle requires active participation
by the Saudis, Turks and Europeans.
But the roles and missions havent
yet been outlined; the commitments
arent quite carved in concrete. The
plan has a chance of succeeding in
Iraq because the new government,
formed by Haider al-Abadi, seems
inclusive, embraced by Sunnis and
Shiites, for the moment but it could
fall apart with the bombing of a sin-
gle mosque or a marketplace, and
then what? Will it look like the
Americans are advising and bomb-
ing on behalf of a Shiite regime?
Will the other Sunni nations back
away, fearing the association?
As for Syria, the endgame is unclear.
If the Free Syrian Army cant get its act
together, despite all efforts, will
Obama step back from that terrain
and focus again on Iraq or will he be
tempted to escalate and take on more
of the fight alone from the air? Obama
is allergic to mission creep (and
thats good), but he has said that this
war will go on for a while; his advisers
were recently quoted as saying at
least three years. Where will the next
president take the fight? To draw a
Vietnam analogy (which, granted,
should not be stretched too far), will
he or she be Lyndon B Johnson to
Obamas John F Kennedy? (JFK sent
only advisers to Vietnam, refusing to
deploy combat forces.)
Meanwhile, Obama is doing as
close to the right thing as the mess of
the Mideast allows. And maybe hell
pull it off. But all tragedy is enmeshed
with noble causes and good inten-
tions; it wouldnt be tragedy without
them it would only be farce. This
battle is not a farce. It will take mas-
sive political effort, delicate diploma-
cy, and enormous luck to ward off
tragedy. Its worth a try. SLATE
Comment
Fred Kaplan
President Obama at war
Fred Kaplan is the author of The Insurgents:
David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the
American Way of War and 1959: The Year
Everything Changed.
On the eve of the 13th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US, President Barack Obama delivers a prime-time
speech to America outlining the countrys plan to denigrate the Islamic State. AFP
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Lifestyle
Flowers that are pretty enough to eat
JUST as summer follows spring, fruit fol-
lows flower, and this is the fruiting time of
year in my garden.
But lets not jump the gun.
You wouldnt by any chance have any
edible flowers, would you? asked my visit-
ing chef friend Joshua McFadden as he set
about fixing a celebratory meal. As it turned
out, I did. Wandering among both edibles
and ornamentals, we found a solid dozen.
Some had long passed their major show but
still offered scattered blooms to nectar-
hungry bees. Because they are so beautiful,
flowers make wonderful garnishes for food
and often add flavour as well.
Those from culinary herbs, suffused with
powerful essential oils, make the strongest
statement on the tongue. The last yellow
umbels on my bolted dill tasted dill-like, the
purple-blue catmint minty. Even better
were the oreganos. Both the purple-flow-
ered and white-flowered kind had a fine
mint flavour. Sages showy purple-blue flo-
rets, to Joshuas delight, were as potent as
its leaves. Late-blooming garlic chives
sported little white starbursts perched
above nascent garlic bulblets, each one an
explosion of pungency. There was even a
lone oniony chive blossom.
Many flowers carry a hefty load of nectar,
adding another dimension to their flavours.
Anise hyssops lavender-blue spikes, near-
ing the end of their bloom, were licorice
candy. Tiny, exquisite lavender florets were
sweet, too, but followed by a heavy burst of
lavender flavour. Im not sure how some-
thing can taste just the way it smells, but
the two senses are certainly allied. In any
case, Im glad those florets make a visual
impact when sprinkled over a salad, because
tastewise, a few of them go a long way.
We found some broccoli plants that had
gone to seed, erupting in bouquets of yellow
blooms. They had a faint, rather bland
brassica taste, as would any blossoms from
the cabbage tribe, but gave a big sugar hit.
Scarlet runner bean flowers, on the other
hand, though faintly beany on the tongue,
lacked sweetness. No matter. Most people
grow the plant for the look of its stupendous
floral sprays, a favourite of hummingbirds.
Its great as a garnish, too.
The rose is not often thought of as an
edible, but our Rosa rugosa hedges are
laden with fruits bright orange hips the
size of jumbo olives that many cooks prize
for jellies. The few lingering blooms taste
sweet, with a delicate rosiness, and make
especially fine garnishes for desserts.
My Fairy roses still have a few clusters of
tiny pink flowers, and these are a bit sweet,
but nothing compared with the rugosas.
Ive saved my favourite for last. My peren-
nial borders rely on a display of daylily vari-
eties chosen for their late bloom. Apart from
the huge squash blossoms from which I
make tasty, cheese-stuffed fritters, these are
the largest edible flowers I use. The colour-
ful petals are sweet and crisp, and could
be a salad all by themselves, not to men-
tion the stars of an all-edible-flower bou-
quet. THE WASHINGTON POST
Last Days in Vietnam:
a story of courage, pride
O
NE of the most
memorable scenes
from The Unknown
Known, Errol Mor-
riss unsettling portrait of for-
mer defense secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, was the now-iconic
shot of American servicemen
pushing helicopters overboard
during the evacuation of Saigon
in 1975, while Rumsfeld said,
Some things work out, some
things dont. That footage,
overlaid with what amounted
to Rumsfelds rhetorical equiv-
alent of a what-are-ya-gonna-
do shrug, seemed to encapsu-
late so much about hubris and
self-deception.
But with Last Days in Viet-
nam, lmmaker Rory Kennedy
goes deeper into the reality be-
hind the image, turning it from
a symbol of loss into a portrait
of courage and pride. Theres
still no question that those -
nal days and hours in Saigon,
when thousands of US opera-
tives and South Vietnamese
clamoured to escape an en-
croaching North Vietnamese
army, were fraught with pain,
even betrayal. But in this judi-
cious, moving account of that
episode, Kennedy illuminates
the human and humane
responses to the situation that
have hitherto been forgotten
or lost to history entirely.
Using archival footage and
present-day interviews, Ken-
nedy effectively plunges view-
ers back into the years follow-
ing the 1973 peace accords,
when between 5,000 and 7,000
US military advisers and dip-
lomats were still in South Viet-
nam. Although one condition
of the accords was that Amer-
ica would come to its allys aid
in the event of an incursion
from the north, the resignation
of President Richard Nixon
made that a moot point. When
the South indeed become vul-
nerable, a war-weary Congress
and the US populace they
represented put the kibosh on
more aid, either for military
support or an evacuation.
That left the Americans on
the ground, who were led by
Ambassador Graham Mar-
tin, described in the lm as
a courtly gentleman who felt
honour-bound not to aban-
don his post nor to panic the
South Vietnamese people with
whom he had come to feel
strong allegiance. While Mar-
tin held rm against evacua-
tion as the North Vietnamese
troops headed toward Saigon,
his military aides came up with
a black op strategy, whereby
they secretly got their South
Vietnamese allies and their
families out of the country by
boats, planes and any subter-
fuge necessary.
In Kennedys scrupulous,
adroit hands, Last Days in
Vietnam plays like a wartime
thriller, with heroes engag-
ing in jaw-dropping feats of
ingenuity and derring do. The
most shocking episode takes
place on the Kirk, one of the
US ships that was standing
by to accept refugees as they
were helicoptered into the
harbour off Saigon. As Ken-
nedy makes clear, those cop-
ters were being shoved off the
deck not as a gesture of giv-
ing up, but to make room for
more people.
Last Days in Vietnam, at
its core, is about moral cour-
age the bravery to confront
the question of who goes
and who gets left behind, as
retired Army colonel Stuart
Herrington puts it. Within the
context of a war perceived
through the scrim of so much
misgiving and moral outrage,
Kennedy nds heroes who
were willing to ask that tough
question, and put everything
on the line to answer it. THE
WASHINGTON POST
A CIA employee helps Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long
Street, a half mile from the US Embassy. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Edible owers from Barbara Damroschs
garden. THE WASHINGTON POST
Science to the
rescue of art
VINCENT van Goghs Sunow-
ers are losing their yellow cheer
and the unsettling apricot ho-
rizon in Edvard Munchs The
Scream is turning a dull ivory.
Some of our most treasured
paintings are fading, warn
experts who would like more
money for the use of sophis-
ticated technology to capture
the masters original palettes
before the works are unrecog-
nisably blighted.
Our cultural heritage is suf-
fering from a disease, Robert
van Langh, director of con-
servation and restoration at
Amsterdams Rijksmuseum,
told AFP in Paris this week.
These priceless icons of our
culture are deteriorating, he
said. And the amount spent
on conserving them should
be multiplied by 10.
Van Langh was speaking on
the sidelines of a conference
on the use of synchrotron
radiation technology in art
conservation at the molecular
level. Synchrotrons, stadium-
sized machines that produce
beams of bright X-ray light,
are used to analyse the degra-
dation of artworks gracing the
museums of the world.
Much more science is need-
ed to understand the chemi-
cal reactions that cause colour
changes in canvases, in order
to stop them, said Jennifer
Mass, an art conservationist
from Winterthur Museum in
Delaware, who also attended
the meeting.
There are heaps of research-
ers ready to do this work, but
very little money.
Understanding the degener-
ative process would allow mu-
seums to display the precious
works in the appropriate
light and atmosphere.
But technology
would also allow dig-
ital reconstruction
of original pieces, as
they were envisaged
by their creators, for
posterity.
The goal is
more preservation
than restoration,
said Mass, add-
ing that restorers
would only in very
rare cases touch
up the original work of an art-
ist. Experts already know that
the iconic still life Sunowers
is browner today than when
van Gogh captured it on can-
vas in 1888.
It turns out the Dutch Im-
pressionist painter had opted
for industrial pigments, then
new on the market, for his
yellows, according to Belgian
chemist Koen Janssens of the
University of Antwerp.
Exposed to air, the yellow in
cadmium, also used by Munch
for his 1910 work The Scream,
loses its brightness, while
ultraviolet light, as from the
Sun, turns it brown. Janssens
has also worked on van Goghs
famous Flowers in a Blue Vase,
which has suffered a similar
fate but for a different reason.
In this case, it was a varnish
applied after the artists death
that became cracked and fad-
ed over time, obscuring the
picture underneath.
Synthetic pigments like
cadmium yellow, emerald
green and zinc yellow some
of which can start losing
their depth of colour in only
20 years were also popular
among other Impressionists
of the 19th century and paint-
ers of the early 20th like Henri
Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
The works from this period
are therefore more at risk of
fading than those by the an-
cient masters, said Mass.
They are not exempt, though
for his blue hues the 17th
centurys Rembrandt van Rijn
used smalt, a type of ground-
up glass with a tendency to
turn grey over time. Accord-
ing to Janssens, a further role
of science could be to beat the
drum for art conservation.
As researchers, we
are working on a sim-
ulation that will al-
low us to show what
certain artworks will
look like in 50 years,
if nothing is done,
he said.
If we dont act,
future generations
will not see these
artworks in the
same way that we
are, warned van
Langh. AFP
A gallery supervisor posing in front of two versions of Dutch artist
Vincent van Goghs Sunowers paintings at the National Gallery in
London. AFP
W
HAT is wilder-
ness? The wilder-
ness is wild and
untamed natu-
ral, without changes made by
humans. When the rst native
people lived in North America,
the wilderness was their home.
As colonists arrived, the wilder-
ness beyond their settlements
was an unknown, maybe even
scary place, but it beckoned
them to explore.
As settlers moved west,
towns, rail-
roads and
industry fol-
lowed. Now,
more than
400 years af-
ter those rst
settlers ar-
rived, many
of our truly
wild places
have disap-
peared.
Thats why,
50 years ago
this month,
people rec-
ognised the
importance
of preserv-
ing wilder-
ness areas for
future gen-
erations. The
Wilderness Act of 1964, passed
by US Congress and signed by
president Lyndon B Johnson,
now applies to more than 750
federally protected natural
places throughout the country.
The act states, A wilderness
. . . is hereby recognized as an
area where . . . man himself is a
visitor who does not remain.
Why protect? Theres noth-
ing wrong with development.
We need roads, homes, ofces,
schools, hospitals, stores and
airports. And we want them
built in pretty surroundings.
If were not careful, though,
our remaining wild canyons,
deserts, waterways and forests
could be reduced, little by little,
by noise, concrete and steel.
The Wilderness Act ensures
that some of these magnicent
areas will remain shaped more
by the forces of nature than by
human hands and machines.
Rules governing these wil-
derness areas preserve them
for animal and plant habitats
as well as
recreation,
educati on
and science.
Leo Hoff-
man, 10,
who prac-
tised wilder-
ness skills in
a Virginia
s u m m e r
camp, said,
If you just
look at na-
ture and
conserve it,
its better
and more
fun for ev-
eryone. He
has a point.
One way
to con-
serve it is to
leave no trace. That means
enjoy natural areas, but when
you leave, take out anything
you brought in. And, anything
growing and living there stays.
Thats a starting point. But
go further: leave an area better
than you found it. Just because
you didnt drop that food wrap-
per or soda can on your path
doesnt mean you cant pick it
up to dispose of it properly.
As rangers often say: Leave
only footprints and take only
photos. THE WASHINGTON POST
Travel
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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE
FROM PHNOM PENH TO PHNOM PENH
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
PHNOMPENH- BANGKOK BANGKOK- PHNOMPENH
K6 720 Daily 12:05 01:10 K6 721 Daily 02:25 03:30
PG 930 Daily 13:20 14:30 PG 939 Daily 11:20 12:30
PG 938 Daily 06:20 07:30 PG 931 Daily 08:10 09:25
PG 932 Daily 10:15 11:25 TG 580 Daily 07:55 09:05
TG 581 Daily 10:05 11:10 PG 933 Daily 13:20 14:30
PG 934 Daily 15:20 16:30 FD 606 Daily 15:00 16:20
FD 607 Daily 17:05 18:15 PG 935 Daily 17:10 18:20
PG 936 Daily 19:10 20:20 TG 584 Daily 18:25 19:40
TG 585 Daily 20:40 21:45 PG 937 Daily 21:20 22:30
PHNOMPENH- BEIJING BEIJING- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 16:05 CZ 323 Daily 14:30 20:50
PHNOMPENH- DOHA( ViaHCMC) DOHA- PHNOMPENH( ViaHCMC)
QR 965 Daily 16:30 23:05 QR 964 Daily 01:00 15:05
PHNOMPENH- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 11:40 CZ 6059 2.4.7 12:00 13:45
CZ 6060 2.4.7 14:45 18:10 CZ 323 Daily 19:05 20:50
PHNOMPENH- HANOI HANOI - PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 20:35 VN 841 Daily 09:40 13:00
PHNOMPENH- HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY- PHNOMPENH
QR 965 Daily 16:30 17:30 QR 964 Daily 14:05 15:05
VN 841 Daily 14:00 14:45 VN 920 Daily 15:50 16:30
VN 3856 Daily 19:20 20:05 VN 3857 Daily 18:00 18:45
PHNOMPENH- HONGKONG HONGKONG- PHNOMPENH
KA 207 1.2.4.7 11:25 15:05 KA 208 1.2.4.6.7 08:50 10:25
KA 207 6 11:45 22:25 KA 206 3.5.7 14:30 16:05
KA 209 1 18:30 22:05 KA 206 1 15:25 17:00
KA 209 3.5.7 17:25 21:00 KA 206 2 15:50 17:25
KA 205 2 19:00 22:35 - - - -
PHNOMPENH- INCHEON INCHEON- PHNOMPENH
KE 690 Daily 23:40 06:40 KE 689 Daily 18:30 22:20
OZ 740 Daily 23:50 06:50 OZ 739 Daily 19:10 22:50
PHNOMPENH- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- PHNOMPENH
AK 1473 Daily 08:35 11:20 AK 1474 Daily 15:15 16:00
MH 755 Daily 11:10 14:00 MH 754 Daily 09:30 10:20
MH 763 Daily 17:10 20:00 MH 762 Daily 3:20 4:10
PHNOMPENH- PARIS PHNOMPENH- PARIS
AF 273 2 20:05 06:05 AF 273 2 20:05 06:05
PHNOMPENH- SHANGHAI SHANGHAI - PHNOMPENH
FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:50 23:05 FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:30 22:40
PHNOMPENH- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE-PHNOMPENH
MI 601 1.3.5.6.7 09:30 12:30 MI 602 1.3.5.6.7 07:40 08:40
MI 622 2.4 12:20 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 11:25
3K 594 1234..7 15:25 18:20 3K 593 Daily 13:30 14:40
3K 594 ....56. 15:25 18:10 - - - -
MI 607 Daily 18:10 21:10 MI 608 Daily 16:20 17:15
2817 1.3 16:40 19:40 2816 1.3 15:00 15:50
2817 2.4.5 09:10 12:00 2816 2.4.5 07:20 08:10
2817 6 14:50 17:50 2816 6 13:00 14:00
2817 7 13:20 16:10 2816 7 11:30 12:30
PHNOMPENH-TAIPEI TAIPEI - PHNOMPENH
CI 862 Daily 10:50 15:20 CI 861 Daily 07:30 09:50
BR 266 Daily 12:45 17:05 BR 265 Daily 09:10 11:35
PHNOMPENH- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 18:50 VN 841 Daily 11:30 13:00
QV 920 Daily 17:50 19:10 QV 921 Daily 11:45 13:15
PHNOMPENH- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1.3.6 13:30 14:55 8M 401 1.3.6 08:20 10:45
SIEMREAP- PHNOMPENH
8M 401 1.3.6 11:45 12:30
SIEMREAP- BANGKOK BANGKOK- SIEMREAP
K6 700 Daily 12:50 2:00 K6 701 Daily 02:55 04:05
PG 924 Daily 09:45 11:00 PG 903 Daily 08:00 09:10
PG 906 Daily 12:20 13:35 PG 905 Daily 10:35 11:45
PG 914 Daily 15:50 17:00 PG 913 Daily 14:05 15:15
PG 908 Daily 19:05 20:10 PG 907 Daily 17:20 18:15
PG 910 Daily 20:30 21:45 PG 909 Daily 18:45 19:55
SIEMREAP- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- SIEMREAP
CZ 3054 2.4.6 11:25 15:35 CZ 3053 2.4.6 08:45 10:30
CZ 3054 1.3.5.7 19:25 23:20 CZ 3053 1.3.5.7 16:35 18:30
SIEMREAP-HANOI HANOI - SIEMREAP
K6 850 Daily 06:50 08:30 K6 851 Daily 19:30 21:15
VN 868 1.2.3.5.6 12:40 15:35 VN 843 Daily 15:25 17:10
VN 842 Daily 18:05 19:45 VN 845 Daily 17:05 18:50
VN 844 Daily 19:45 21:25 VN 845 Daily 17:45 19:30
VN 800 Daily 21:00 22:40 VN 801 Daily 18:20 20:00
SIEMREAP-HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY-SIEMREAP
VN 3818 Daily 11:10 12:30 VN 3809 Daily 09:15 10:35
VN 826 Daily 13:30 14:40 VN 827 Daily 11:35 12:35
VN 3820 Daily 17:45 18:45 VN 3821 Daily 15:55 16:55
VN 828 Daily 18:20 19:20 VN 829 Daily 16:20 17:40
VN 3822 Daily 21:35 22:35 VN 3823 Daily 19:45 20:45
SIEMREAP- INCHEON INCHEON- SIEMREAP
KE 688 Daily 23:15 06:10 KE 687 Daily 18:30 22:15
OZ 738 Daily 23:40 07:10 OZ 737 Daily 19:20 22:40
SIEMREAP- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- SIEMREAP
AK 281 Daily 08:35 11:35 AK 280 Daily 06:50 07:50
MH 765 3.5.7 14:15 17:25 MH 764 3.5.7 12:10 13:15
FLY DIRECT TOMYANMARMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
YANGON- PHNOMPENH PHNOMPENH- YANGON
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SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217, Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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2 Thu, 14:00 - Fri 22:00 1 Call/week
HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG
(HPH-TXGKEL)
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MEARSK (MCC)
(4 calls/moth)
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SGN-SHV-LZP-SGN
- HKG-OSA-TYO-KOB
- BUS-SGH-YAT-SGN
- SIN-SHV-TPP-SIN
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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)
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APL
(4 calls/month)
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COTS
(2 calls/month)
Irregula 2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)
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Air Asia (AK)
Room T6, PP International
Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555
Fax: 023 890 071
www.airasia.com
Cambodia Angkor Air (K6)
PP Ofce, #206A, Preah
Norodom Blvd, Tonle Bassac
+855 23 6666 786, 788, 789,
+855 23 21 25 64
Fax:+855 23-22 41 64
www.cambodiaangkorair.com
E: helpdesk@angkor-air.com
Qatar Airways (Newaddress)
VattanacCapital Tower, Level7,
No.66, PreahMonivongBlvd,
Sangkat wat Phnom, KhanDaun
Penh. PP, P: (023) 963800.
E: pnhres@kh.qatarairways.com
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#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
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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
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5J - CEBU Airways. MH - Malaysia Airlines 2 Tuesday
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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
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This ight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information,
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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
K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55 K6 131 1-3-5 11:20 12:20
The Four Peaks wilderness area in Arizona has one of the states
densest populations of black bears. THE WASHINGTON POST
Taking a visit to
the wilderness
I
F YOU had an emergency in a wilderness area, how
would you find water, get food, create shelter or protect
yourself from bad weather? Recently, a group of campers
considered these questions at a Wilderness Survival Camp
at Hidden Pond Nature Center in Virginia.
Patrick Kelleher, 12, and Thomas Karabelas, 12, built a
shelter weaving together leaves, branches and other debris
found on the ground. After testing the shelter with a hose
and a leaf blower, they decided it was strong enough to
survive rain and wind.
Campers learned how animals use camouflage and how
to make fish hooks from thorns, use rescue signals and find
things they could eat.
These kids may never find themselves in an emergency,
but they enjoyed the challenges and the opportunity to get
that wilderness feeling, said Max Duer, 10. In the park, he
said, there are lots of trees and greenery and lots of
animals if you just pay attention. THE WASHINGTONPOST
MAKING ANIMAL PRINTS
Find animal tracks in a
nearby park, woods or maybe
your own back yard. (This is
sometimes easier just after it
rains.)
Mix a batch of plaster of Paris
according to directions.
Pour slowly into the footprint,
spreading the plaster beyond
the edges.
Let it dry for at least 30
minutes, then slowly, carefully
lift the plaster. Wash gently. THE
WASHINGTON POST
Entertainment
21
Thinking caps
Saturdays solution Saturdays solution
LEGEND CINEMA
LUCY
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns
the tables on her captors and transforms into a
merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
City Mall: 1:35pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 10pm
Tuol Kork: 9:30am, 1:40pm, 4:05pm, 7:55pm
Meanchey: 9:30am, 12:10pm, 1:40pm, 6pm, 7:55pm
IF I STAY
Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a
car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-
body experience, she must decide whether to wake
up and live a life far different than she had imagined.
City Mall: 1:10pm, 7:45pm
Tuol Kork: 11:25am, 2:15pm, 9:50pm
Meanchey: 11:35am, 3:35pm
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Light-years from Earth and 26 years after being
abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target
of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by
Ronan the Accuser.
Tuol Kork: 9:35pm
INTO THE STORM
Storm trackers, thrill-seekers, and everyday
townspeople document an unprecedented
onslaught of tornadoes touching down in the town
of Silverton.
City Mall: 11:15am
Tuol Kork: 6pm
MINUSCULE: VALLEY OF THE LOST ANTS
In a peaceful forest, the remains of a picnic trigger a
ruthless war between rival ant colonies, which are
both obsessed with gaining control of a prized box of
sugar cubes. Amid the struggle, a ladybug befriends
a black ant and helps him save the colony from the
red ants.
City Mall: 3:50pm
Tuol Kork: 9:25am
Meanchey: 4:45pm
PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE
When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and
he may never race again, he becomes a firefighter.
City Mall: 11:20am
NOW SHOWING
Zumba @ Rose Garden
Dance tness based on samba, salsa,
merengue, martial arts and belly
dancing. Ideal for cardiovascular
tness and weight loss. The fee is
$10.
Rose Garden Clubhouse, Building B,
Floor 5B, Norodom Boulevard. 6pm
Pizza @ Show Box
The Katy Peri Peri Peri Chicken and
Pizza chefs serve their wood-red
pizza from their mobile kitchen in
front of Show Box. Reggae music will
be played all night.
Show Box, #11 Street 330. 6pm
Open Mic @ Slur Bar
Graham Cain, the musical comedian,
hosts an open mic night for any
customer who wishes to perform. A
free drink will be given to every
performer.
Slur Bar, #28 Street 172.
9:15pm
Adults Ballet @
Central School of Ballet
The class is structured to provide a rm
foundation in technique and
vocabulary. It is mainly designed for
people looking for a refresher course or
have experience in another dance style.
Central School of Ballet Phnom Penh,
#10 Street 183. 7:15pm
ACROSS
1 Diamond Head island
5 Small amount of 23-Across
8 Fragrant rose oil
13 Architects handiwork
14 It comes to a point
15 Bath sponge (Var.)
16 British lord
17 Appraise
18 Succeed
19 Late-night movie fare, sometimes
22 Byproduct of cheesemaking
23 Toothpaste type
24 Treat
27 Pardon ___ dust (renovation
sign)
29 Early birds?
33 Intestinal tract division
34 Spirally threaded tack
36 Dig in!
37 Point out
40 Loudness increaser, of a sort
41 Some bean plants (Var.)
42 One-masted sailboat
43 Eh
45 Home office locale, perhaps
46 Some trees
47 You stink!
49 Half a picker-upper
50 Marathoners injuries
58 Nigerian monetary unit
59 Beetle, Jaguar or Mustang
60 Bang-up
61 Under an assumed name, briefly
62 ___-Team
63 Hardly genteel
64 Get in touch, in a way
65 Be mistaken
66 Newsroom fixture
DOWN
1 Energy cartel, in brief
2 Controversial apple spray
3 Hounds quarry
4 Illicit
5 Anne Franks writing
6 A chip, at times
7 Grievance, slangily
8 Kelp beds, essentially
9 Fife sound
10 Vegetarian staple
11 Whence some worship
12 Broiled just a bit
14 ___ words were never spoken
20 A Childs Christmas in Wales
poet
21 Snowy bird
24 12-point types
25 Locale of a famous last stand
26 Dog park noises
27 Body of salt water
28 Fancy-footed vases
30 Columbus called it home
31 Florida athlete
32 Some airport landings
34 Lid lump
35 Certain bison
38 Bustles
39 Theyre hardly revolutionary
44 Moon of Uranus
46 Apres-ski beverage
48 Inedible orange
49 Idaho product, informally
50 Cut, as coupons
51 Trigonometric term
52 Puerto ___
53 Inescapable outcome
54 Essen basin
55 Philandering fellow
56 Concludes
57 Run for, as public office
PLAY IT UP
TV PICKS
The adult ballet lesson at Central School of Ballet is intended as a refresher course. AFP
Vin Diesel stars in Fast and Furious 6. AFP

11am - FAST AND FURIOUS 6: Hobbs has Dom and
Brian reassemble their crew in order to take down
a mastermind who commands an organisation of
mercenary drivers across 12 countries. HBO
3pm - CLUELESS: A rich high school student in Beverly
Hills tries to boost a new pupils popularity, but reckons
without affairs of the heart getting in the way. HBO
4:40pm - MONSTERS, INC: Monsters generate their
citys power by scaring children, but they are terribly
afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so
when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley finds
his world disrupted. HBO
10pm - SIX BULLETS: An ex-mercenary known for
finding missing children is hired by a mixed martial arts
fighter whose daughter has been kidnapped. HBO
Lifestyle
22
Sontery and Engly
Social Life Team
Smart and Universal Music
Group announce an exclu-
sive partnership @ Sotel
On September 6, Ladies Magazine launched its September
issue at Fashion Live Lounge, where it invited loyal custom-
ers and guests from other companies in town. Guests wore
chic threads that were mostly black in colour. This event also
featured a live catwalk showcase of designer Em Riems col-
lection, followed by drinking and dancing. Guests were also
given an issue of the September issue of Ladies Magazine.
Photos by Hong Menea
On September 10, Universal Music Group and the countrys second-largest mobile opera-
tor, Smart Axiata, announced the introduction of a broad range of products and services
featuring the worlds best-known international artists. Smart will exclusively distribute
and resell Universal Music content in Cambodia and offer sub-licensing arrangements
to all interested parties to use, broadcast or resell in Cambodia. Smart will also offer
10 free Smart Tunes (caller back ring tones) to all subscribers until the end of
September, and subscribers can choose to continue the service by paying
30 cents per Smart Tune. Smart also celebrated its ve year anniversary
with an awesome night of music and entertainment to bring world-class
music to Cambodia. A lot of guests attended and enjoyed special cov-
ers of Rihanna, J e n- nifer Lopez, Psy, Nicki Minaj and
L a d y Gaga. Photos by Hong Menea and
Chhim Sreyneang
DJ Buffy and Skyler Ros
Chantup Desabaedya, managing director at Draft Ad-
vertising; Som Sanorn B; and Chan Ratha Naksambo
Peuh Nana and Rabbit, both of Amed Clinic.
Michael Melicado and Catherne
Yoro, sales and marketing manager
Marion Fourres and Catherne Yoro, sales and
marketing manager
Sovannary Key, Sok Peng Heang and Lina Kim
Launch of Ladies Maga-
zine September Issue
@ FashionTV Live
Jasmin, Balazs Maar and Melinda
Alex Danoch; Leakhena Cheth; Cheat Chankanika, communication and community relations manager
at ANZ Bank; Oliver; and Zack
Dinara Nazarmatova and Toffer Briones
Nga Nganva; Laiky Lina, assistant sales manager
of Grand Phnom Penh Golf Club; and Thon Thalin
Khem David of Prasac and Thorng Pich Ponleu
Nicolas Trinquier, account manager; Lennart
Jansen, account director of Brains Communication
Bopha Cheat and Mathieu Van Rijn, forestry of-
cer of Food & Agriculture Organization
Anthony Galliano, Brak Bopha
Peter Balba; Ingrid Ren, marketing director of
China Comservice; and Andrey Kuzin, chief tech-
nical ofcer of Smart Axiata.
Chan Lek Wei, GM of Campu Lonpac Insurance;
Ong Ming Teck, deputy GM of Cambodian Public
Bank; PiBee Sun, agency director; and Phillip Tay,
managing director of Tequila
Chhim Sreyneang
Social Life Manager
Lifestyle
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Mid-Autumn @ Himawari Hotel
Singapore Club Cambodia (SCC) celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival at Himawari Ho-
tel Apartments on September 6. The Sunower ballroom was beautifully decorated with
Chinese lanterns and lled with classical Chinese music, adding to the cheerful and fes-
tive mood. Approximately 100 guests donning Chinese attire attended this event.
Guests indulged in a spread of Singaporean and Western food at a buffet. A quiz test-
ing the guests knowledge of Mid-Autumn Festival was conducted as part of the games.
The nale was a beautiful human light up of the letters SCC in the Garden Terrace
of Himawari Hotel Apartments. Set against the riverfront view, it was a breath-taking
sight. It was an eventful Mid-Autumn Fes- tival celebration for SCC as all guests
walked home with a freshly baked moon- cake by Himawari Hotel Apartments,
among other door gifts, to commemo- rate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Andrew Tay
Mok Yeow Seng, Frahms Ang and Van Voren of
V-Construction
Holly Rose Goh, Benjamin Lee and Serene Lee
Choy Wui Cheng; Lim Wui Siong, facility manager
at PFS; Tian Thuy Vi; and Daniel Chua, national
sales manager at DHL Express
Sok Thary of LSH and Seng Putheary of Posh
Dominic Teo, head of operations at Phillip Bank;
Han Peng Kwang, general manager at Phillip
Bank; and Michael Kwek SK, chief executive of-
cer at DEAM.
Joyee Lee; Joy Tan; Puspa JT Thanruman,
national director at Education Life International
Cambodia; and Sheela Naidu
Mao Phalla; Alicia Lim, assistant director at Hi-
mawari Hotel; and Nicole Jeanette Phoon.
Soni, Vy Lin and Daneth
Hurry Martin IV, sales and marketing manager
at Oxley World Bridge; Nancy Chan; and Wendy
Gwen Tan
Em Riem, designer Pich Lang Jarkra Phong and Hung Chin Dalin Kong and Soum Chamrong
Marin and Chan Ratha Naksambo
Hout Somarina, Duong Davith and Roo
Falin and Sek Kanchana
Chan Phalla and Chan Phally
24
Sport

Battambang Police
blast to volleyball glory
THE 2014 Leo Cup of Volleyball
concluded on Saturday evening
at the indoor hall of Olympic
Stadium with Battambang
Police team triumphing over
Ministry of Interior 3-1 in the
final of the blue ribband event,
the Hun Sen Cup. Victory
granted the Battambang team
the top cash prize of 40 million
riel ($10,000), while the runners
up collected 20 million riel. Prey
Veng Youth Club won 8 million
riel after overcoming Military
Camp 3 in the third place play-
off. On Friday, the second tier
Leo Cup competition wrapped
up with Kampot Police
Department beating their
Kampong Cham counterparts
3-1 to win 12 million riel.
Kampong Cham received 6
million riel, third place finisher
Smach Deng 1 got 4 million riel
and Battambang Youth took
home 2 million riel. CHHORNNORN,
TRANSLATEDBY CHENGSERYRITH
Ogier leads VW podium
sweep in Rally Australia
FRENCH world champion
Sebastien Ogier led a podium
clean sweep as Volkswagen
claimed their second
consecutive World Rally
Championship manufacturers
title in Australia yesterday. Ogier
held off Finnish teammate Jari-
Matti Latvala to win the three-
day Rally Australia gravel event
by 6.8 seconds. Norwegian
Andreas Mikkelsen completed
the podium lockout for
Volkswagen in third, a further
1min 11.2sec behind. It was
Ogiers 22nd career win and his
sixth of the season, edging him
closer to a second consecutive
drivers title. Ogier leads Latvala
by 50 points with three rounds
remaining and he is in position
to clinch the world title at his
home rally next month. AFP
Norman almost severs
hand with chainsaw
GOLF great Greg Norman said
he was recovering in a US
hospital yesterday after almost
cutting off his hand with a
chainsaw. Australias former
world number 1 posted a photo
to Instagram of himself lying in
a hospital bed with his left arm
heavily bandaged. Norman, 59,
issued a warning alongside the
photo and suggested he had
come close to severing one of
his hands. Working with a
chainsaw ALWAYS be respectful
of the unexpected. I was one
lucky man today. Damaged, but
not down & out. Still have left
hand, Norman tweeted. AFP
France claim first world
basketball podium finish
FRANCE claimed their first-
ever podium finish at the
Basketball World Cup on
Saturday beating Lithuania
95-93 in a third-place thriller.
Nicolas Batum paced the
French with 27 points and
Joffrey Lauvergne and Thomas
Heurtel both added 13 points,
as Les Bleus improved on their
previous best fourth place in
1954. It was also a rematch of
the 2013 EuroBasket final, won
by France. AFP
ATLANTA Hawks chief ex-
ecutive Steve Koonin posted
an apology letter on the NBA
teams website on Saturday,
a week after a racism scandal
erupted around the Hawks
owner and general manager.
Employees will undergo
diversity training and a chief
diversity ofcer will be hired,
Koonin said, as the team tries
to rebuild its reputation.
Hawks co-owner Bruce Lev-
enson announced last week-
end that he would sell his con-
trolling interest in the Hawks
in the wake of a 2012 email in
which he said, among other
things, that the black crowd
scared away the whites.
Last Monday, the probe that
led to Levensons decision was
found to have started last June
after general manager Danny
Ferry made racist remarks
about African-born British
NBA star Luol Deng during
a conference call discussing
potential Hawks free agent
options.
Ferry said Deng has a little
African in him and added,
hes like a guy who would
have a nice store out front and
sell you counterfeit stuff out of
the back.
That led to Ferry taking an
indenite leave of absence
and many calls for his ring,
notably by retired NBA legend
Magic Johnson.
Ferry said that he was only
reading remarks made on var-
ious scouting reports, while
NBA commissioner Adam
Silver said that context kept it
from rising to the same level
as the April racist comments
that led to a life ban for then-
Los Angeles Clippers owner
Donald Sterling and a sale of
the team.
Koonin appealed to Hawks
supporters to cheer for the
players even as he made his
apology for allowing an atmo-
sphere where racist remarks
could be tolerated.
We are very sorry, Koonins
letter began. Over the course
of the last week, the Hawks
have let down our players, our
employees, our fans and the
city we love.
Our shortcoming have been
broadly shared including
how we have failed to operate
well internally and externally.
It has been humbling and,
while we have read, seen and
come to know many things
about ourselves, our learnings
have just begun.
Koonin said the Hawks
would reach out to commu-
nity leaders, many of whom
he offended Wednesday with
the last-minute cancelling of a
scheduled meeting.
We ask our fans to continue
to support our players as we
all learn through this process
we should not punish them,
Koonin said. We aim to win as
a collective team both on and
off the court.
Koonin said the scandal
went much deeper than the
remarks that have caused a
public outcry. Our short-
comings are beyond a sin-
gle e-mail, a single person
or a single event, Koonin
said. AFP
Hawks apologise
over racism row
Martial art
exhibition
A hapkido student jumps over nine
of his clubmates in a demonstra-
tion during the in Martial Arts
Night at the National Olympic
Committee of Cambodia on Satur-
day. The three-hour event, which
included performances of tech-
niques in 11 different martial arts
from across Asia, was organised by
the Cambodian Martial Arts Games
Committee. The weapons demon-
stration competition was won by
a visiting South Korean group of
tong-Il moo do students. A vovinam
team came second and a bokator
squad came third. The Cambodian
martial art of bokator took gold in
the team self-defence demonstra-
tion section, with taekwondo ITF
capturing silver and vovinam the
bronze. SRENGMENGSRUN
ONE FC show a hit
Dan Riley
T
HE ONE Fight-
ing Championship
mixed martial arts
card, Rise of the King-
dom, which packed Koh Pich
Theatre on Friday night, was
a showcase of top-notch cage
action, leaving the thousands
of fans in attendance and
many more watching the live
broadcast on local channel
MyTV with a thirst for more.
Its a dream to watch this
big event, 30-year-old Tang
Pov, who had travelled down
from his native Ratanakiri
province, told the Post.
The ticket price is a bit ex-
pensive, but its acceptable
because people around the
world want to see it. The or-
ganisation of the event was
amazing with great music. I
feel so excited, he added.
Nung Sal, 35, also enjoyed
the event.
I will come again if [ONE
FC] organises another event
in Cambodia. It was attrac-
tive, like the other ONE FC
events held in other coun-
tries, he said.
A partnership deal between
ONE FC and business and en-
tertainment complex Naga-
World in May ensured at least
two international MMA cards
would be held in the King-
dom. The next one is slated
for sometime next year, with
a date yet to be conrmed.
Cambodian Mixed Martial
Arts Association president
Vath Chamroeun told the
Post: I am very happy that the
ONE FC ght card happened
here as it is educational and
inspirational to young people
starting to follow the sport.
Events like this will help local
ghters integrate better with
MMA from their traditional
kickboxing styles.
Now people here have ex-
perienced an MMA event like
this, I think they will enjoy the
next one here more.
Fridays Results
ONE FC yweight World Cham-
pionship bout: Adriano Moraes
defeats Geje Eustaquio by sub-
mission (guillotine choke) at
3:54 minutes of round 2
Lightweight bout: Caros Fodor
defeats Vincent Latoel by sub-
mission (rear naked choke) at
4:43 minutes of round 2
Cambodian Featherweight
Grand Prix Final: Sam Ang
Dun defeats Chan Rothana by
disqualication
Lightweight bout: Arnaud Le-
pont defeats Suasday Chau by
TKO (strikes) at 2:21 minutes
of round 1
Bantamweight bout: Sung
Ming Yen defeats Radeem
Rahman by unanimous deci-
sion
Featherweight bout: Amir
Khan defeats Jian Kai Chee by
KO at 2:25 minutes of round 1
Featherweight bout: Meas Meu
defeats Chan Heng by submis-
sion (rear naked choke) at 4:07
minutes of round 1
Grand Prix seminal: Sam
Ang Dun defeats Chin Heng by
TKO (strikes) at 2:34 minutes
of round 1
Grand Prix seminal: Chan
Rothana defeats Prak Chansin
by TKO (strikes) at 4:32 min-
utes of round 1
Catchweight 50KG bout:
Tharoth Sam defeats Vy Srey
Chai by Submission (armbar)
at 2:36 minutes of round 1. AD-
DITIONAL REPORTING BY H S MANJU-
NATH
Thousands of cage ghting fans packed out Koh Pich Theatre on Friday
to watch the ONE FC: Rise of the Kingdom MMA event. SCOTT HOWES
NFL
THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 25
League reviews Peterson child
abuse case, trial likely next year
M
INNESOTA Vikings star
running back Adrian
Peterson is likely to
face a trial on reckless
child injury charges next year, au-
thorities said Saturday as the NFL
reviewed the case.
Peterson, who has run for 10,115
yards in seven NFL seasons, was
deactivated for yesterdays Vikings
game against New England in part
so he could deal with the charges
against him, which could bring up
two two years in jail and a $10,000
fine.
Peterson surrendered himself
early on Saturday morning to Texas
authorities on charges of reckless or
negligent injury to a child and was
released on bail.
The incident stems from Peterson
disciplining his 4-year-old son with
switches from a tree, striking him
with enough force to leave damage
days later.
The NFL announced on Sat-
urday it would review Petersons
actions under its personal con-
duct policy. As such, it could be
considered domestic violence
and open to newer, harsher pen-
alties created last month by NFL
commissioner Roger Goodell.
Petersons scandal hit the worlds
richest sports league the same week
the league saw an uproar over star
rusher Ray Rice, who was red by
the Baltimore Ravens and banned
indenitely by the NFL after a video
was released showing him brutally
punching the woman who is now
his wife in a hotel elevator.
Phil Grant, an assistant district
attorney for Montgomery Coun-
ty in Texas where Peterson was
charged, said a trial was not likely
until next year.
Mr Peterson will make a court
appearance I assume sometime
within the next couple weeks,
Grant said.
This is still in its preliminary
stages so it will be several months
probably before this case is set for
trial. So we would look to maybe a
trial date in this matter sometime
next year.
That could allow Peterson to play
for the Vikings for the remainder of
the NFL season that began 10 days
ago, much the way Carolina defen-
sive end Greg Hardy still plays for
the Panthers while he appeals a
misdemeanor assault at a jury trial
set for November 17.
Peterson has said he was only
disciplining his child the way he
was as a child.
Obviously parents are entitled
to discipline their children as they
see fit, except when that disci-
pline exceeds what the communi-
ty would say is reasonable, Grant
said.
A grand jury having indicted
this case looked at the injuries that
were inflicted upon this child and
determined that that discipline
was not reasonable. AFP
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, widely considered to be the best at his position in the NFL, has been indicted on
charges of reckless or negligent injury to a child. AFP
26
Rugby
Michael Hooper (centre) of Australia tackles Juan Martin Fernandez Lobbe (right) of
Argentina during their Rugby Championship match on the Gold Coast on Saturday. AFP
Wallabies lose hooker
Polota-Nau for season
T
HE Wallabies hooker woes
intensied yesterday with
news that Tatafu Polota-
Nau is set to miss the rest
of the season and may need ankle
surgery.
Scans have shown Polota-Nau
suffered a syndesmosis (high ankle
sprain) injury in the rst half of Sat-
urdays 32-25 Rugby Championship
win over Argentina on the Gold
Coast and he faces two months on
the sidelines.
It is a major blow for both Aus-
tralia and the injury-plagued New
South Wales hooker, who was mak-
ing his return from a knee ligament
tear in his 50th Test match.
Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie,
who is also missing Stephen Moore
and Nathan Charles for the rest
of the year, will again be forced to
rely on fourth-string hooker James
Hanson for the September 27 Rug-
by Championship Test with South
Africa in Cape Town.
Im frustrated for him, McKen-
zie said. Youd love him to have a
clear run and just play football.
He did a great job coming off no
football for a while, thats why we
put him in there.
He was equipped to handle it,
and he has the experience and he
made a big difference.
The dilemma for the Wallabies
is whether to gamble on rushing
Polota-Nau back for the start of
the four-Test tour against England,
France, Ireland and Wales.
We dont think its surgical at the
moment but its clashing with that
[European tour] timetable so its
making it difcult, McKenzie said.
The question is whether it goes
to surgery or not, thats always go-
ing to be four weeks [recovery] just
to look inside, but were not at that
point yet.
McKenzie said he would take
three hookers on the two-Test tour
of South Africa and Argentina and
hopes to have Waratahs reserve
Tolu Latu back from a broken arm
to vie for a place with Saia Faingaa
and Josh Mann-Rea.
In a double blow from the desper-
ate win over the Pumas, winger Pe-
ter Betham is also in serious doubt
for Novembers European tour after
again injuring his broken foot.
Scans have detected a fracture,
but team ofcials said it is unclear
how bad the damage is. Betham
scored his rst Test try in the Wal-
labies win.
Betham joins Henry Speight
(hamstring) on the sidelines but ex-
perienced utility Adam Ashley-Coo-
per is expected back from a neck
problem to play against the Spring-
boks while Joe Tomane (hamstring)
is also now t again.
Springboks take positives from loss
The Springboks put a positive
spin on their narrow defeat to the
All Blacks in a bruising encounter
on Saturday, saying they learned
valuable lessons a year out from the
World Cup.
The 14-10 defeat in Wellington
all but ended the Springboks bid to
prevent the All Blacks claiming the
Rugby Championship trophy for a
third successive year.
It also came at a price, with
scrum-half Ruan Pienaar out for up
to eight weeks with knee ligament
damage and a question mark over
anker Francois Louw who suffered
an arm injury.
But in the plus column, coach
Heyneke Meyer saw a valuable re-
turn from his gamble to play 20-
year-old Handre Pollard and 21-
year-old Jan Serfontein against the
top side in the world.
He said it added to their grow-
ing player depth in the build-up to
the 2015 World Cup, which starts in
England next September. AFP
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 27
In the Special Report we will focus on:
xtracurricular activity with educational value such as music, art, dance and sport classes
The importance of playing with other children for the development of social skills with
Recreational activities for smart teenagers
compilation of activities children and parents can do together in and outside Phnom Penh
Who should advertise?
ducational and recreational institutions for children and teenagers
Toy and book shops
Shops for baby and toddler accessories
Family-friendly restaurants
To share story ideas:
Contact: Julius Thiemann / julius.thiemann@phnompenhpost.com / Tel: 093 203 430
Expanding your childs horizon Expanding your childs horizon
Get Smart! Get Smart!
Booking deadline : Wednesday, September 10, 2014
rtwork deadline : Friday, September 12, 2014
Publication date : Tuesday, September 19, 2014
The Phnom Penh Post is publishing a Special Report on intelligent
extracurricular activities for youngsters of all age groups
To advertise:
Contact: Toun Chanreaksmey / chanreaksmey.toun@phnompenhpost.com / Tel: 012 908 363
Siem Reap: Skaline / skaline.thik@phnompenhpost.com / Tel: 012 22 38 33
Note: Due to the big interest in the Smart Kids Special Report the publishing date
has been delayed from Tuesday, September 16, to Friday, September 19.
Chelseas patience rewarded
J
OSE Mourinho believes Diego Cos-
tas scintillating start to his Chelsea
career proves he was right to wait
for the Spain striker.
Costa returned from a hamstring in-
jury sustained on international duty to
score a hat-trick in the Blues 4-2 Pre-
mier League victory over Swansea at
Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
And with Costa already now up to
seven goals from his four opening
matches, Chelsea manager Mourinho
is delighted with the 32 million ($53.1
million) striker, who only arrived in
the close-season even though the west
Londoners have been searching for a
forward since last year.
Costas contribution against Swansea
left Chelsea as the only team to have
taken maximum points from their four
league games this season.
Chelsea now face Schalke at home in
the Champions League on Wednesday
with Mourinho hoping Costa provides
a similar performance, although he is
eager not to put too much pressure on
the 25-year-old.
If the team plays well he has to score
goals, Mourinho said. Seven goals in
four Premier League matches is maybe
too much, we cannot expect that after
eight matches he has 14 goals.
I think it is too much to ask but
the way he is playing and the team
is playing, if he keeps scoring a few
goals, a few goals give points and
points help the team to be in the top
part of the table.
He surprises me because seven
goals in four matches is something that
is not normal.
But hes comfortable in the team
and the team is built in a way that
we were waiting for a certain type of
striker.
And I think everyone knows Chel-
sea did the right thing by waiting
for him and not going to the market
in the summer of 2013 or January of
2014 just to buy a striker.
Swansea went ahead when Chelsea
captain John Terry diverted Neil Tay-
lors left-wing cross into his own net
on 11 minutes.
It was a lead Swansea merited, but
Costa equalised from a Cesc Fabregas
corner just before half-time.
He then added a further two goals
at 11-minute intervals by side-footing
in from Fabregas and Ramires passes
before he was replaced by French
striker Loic Remy, who then went on
to sweep in a debut goal from the
edge of the area.
On Remys cameo, Mourinho added:
Its a perfect debut. He scored on his
debut at Stamford Bridge in a goal that
is special at this stadium because there
are no away fans behind it.
Swansea still had time to restore a
measure of respectability to the score-
line that their rst-half performance
had merited when Jonjo Shelvey re-
duced their arrears four minutes from
the end.
It was a reality check for Swansea boss
Garry Monk after the three successive
wins that had brought his Manager of
the Month award for August.
I said it before the game; I think
theyll be there or thereabout and I
think theyll be champions, Monk
said of Chelsea.
The whole team is packed with
world class players that can cause
damage to you at any time and thats
obviously why they pay the money
that they pay to get the players.
Chelsea now look ahead to Wednes-
days Champions League tie and
Mourinho is wary of the opposition
that lie in wait, with Schalke, Maribor
and Sporting Lisbon making up their
group.
The group is more difcult than
people think, Mourinho said. Its not
because Im Portuguese but the Por-
tuguese teams are very difcult.
The Germans are the Germans and
Schalke improved a lot in relation to
the last season. Our group is difcult,
its hard. AFP
Chelseas Spanish striker Diego Costa (right) hits a shot past Swansea Citys Korean mid-
elder Ki Sung-Yueng during their English Premier League match at Stamford Bridge. AFP
English Premier League
Arsenal 2 Man City 2
Chelsea 4 Swansea 2
Crystal Palace 0 Burnley 0
Southampton 4 Newcastle 0
Stoke 0 Leicester 1
Sunderland 2 Tottenham 2
West Brom 0 Everton 2
Liverpool 0 Aston Villa 1
Spanish La Liga
Barcelona 2 Athletic Bilbao 0
Mlaga 0 Levante 0
Real Madrid 1 Atl Madrid 2
Celta de Vigo 2 R Sociedad 2
On Friday
Almeria 1 Cordoba 1
German Bundesliga
Bor Dortmund 3 Freiburg 1
Bayern Munich 2 Stuttgart 0
Hertha Berlin 1 Mainz 3
Paderborn 0 Cologne 0
Hoffenheim 1 Wolfsburg 1
Bor Mgladbach 4 Schalke 1
On Friday
B Leverkusen 3 W Bremen 3
Italian Serie A
Empoli 0 Roma 0
Juventus 2 Udinese 0
French Ligue 1
Rennes 1 Paris SG 1
Bastia 1 Lens 1
Montpellier 1 Lorient 0
Nice 1 Metz 0
Reims 2 Toulouse 0
St Etienne 1 Caen 0
On Friday
Lyon 2 Monaco 1
English Premier League
Hull v West Ham 2am
Spanish La Liga
Eibar v Depor Coruna 1:45am
Italian Serie A
Verona v Palermo 1:45am
SATURDAYS RESULTS
TONIGHTS FIXTURES
28
Sport
Mayweather wins Maidana rematch
C
HAMPION boxer Floyd
Mayweather ran his un-
beaten streak to 47 straight
ghts by beating Argentine
slugger Marcos Maidana by a unani-
mous decision in their bad-tempered
rematch Saturday.
Mayweather, who hasnt lost a ght
since the 1996 Olympics, successfully
defended his World Boxing Associa-
tion and World Boxing Council wel-
terweight belts and the WBC junior
middleweight belt.
He improved to 47-0 as two judges
scored it 116-111 and the third had it
115-112 for the champion.
I didnt stay on the ropes. That was
the difference, Mayweather said. I
felt I did better in the rst ght. This
ght I felt dry and dead.
Mayweather was a heavy favourite
coming into the MGM Grand Hotel
and Casino bout in Las Vegas after
winning their rst ght by a majority
decision in May.
At one point, referee Kenny Bay-
less stopped the ght and deducted a
point from Maidana in the 10th round
after he used his left forearm to push
back Mayweather, who dropped to
the canvas.
There is no love lost between the
two boxers, who accused each other
in the build-up to this ght of using
dirty tricks in their rst bout.
Both ghters used questionable
tactics over the course of the ght,
as Maidana appeared to bite the
champs hand in the eighth round
and Mayweather delivered a low
blow that buckled Maidana in the
11th.
For the second straight time, May-
weather boxing fans rushed and bat-
tled outside the MGM Grand Garden
Arena after the ght.
A stampede in May resulted in a
number of people being taken to hos-
pital with various injuries after being
trampled on and crushed against the
walls of the arena entrance.
Witnesses said Saturdays incident
also saw fans being knocked over
as people pushed their way into the
narrow corridor that leads out of the
entrance. There were no initial re-
ports of injuries.
Mayweather, 37, never allowed
Maidana (35-4, 31 KOs) to get into a
proper rhythm in the rematch, land-
ing the better right hands and coun-
terpunches. He connected on 102
power punches compared to just 82
for Maidana.
Mayweather complained bitterly
after the ght about Maidana alleg-
edly biting him on the left hand in
the eighth.
The two were in a clinch when
Mayweather pulled his hand back
sharply and complained to Bayless
that he was bitten. Bayless stepped
between them as Mayweather
pointed and yelled at Maidana.
He bit my f hand. He bit me,
Mayweather said to Bayless.
Mayweather said after the ght
was over that his hand bothered him
from the eighth round on.
I couldnt feel my hand the rest of
the ght, he said.
Maidana denied biting Mayweath-
er, saying it is not possible while
wearing a mouthguard.
He thinks I am a dog. But no, I
never bit him, Maidana said.
Mayweather will earn a minimum
$32 million for the ght while Maid-
anas purse is $3 million, double
what he got for the rst ght.
Maidana was given the rematch
after landing more punches on
Mayweather in the rst ght than
any other ghter. One judge scored
the May ght six rounds each.
Mayweather, who also heads up
his own ght promotion company,
criticised the judges and referee for
the rst ght. So organisers replaced
two of the three judges and brought
in Bayless, who had refereed four
previous Mayweather ghts.
Maidana came into the ght
much lighter than he did for the
rst bout when he gained almost 20
pounds (9 kilograms) between the
weigh-in and the ght. This time he
gained just 11 pounds, reaching 157
pounds.
Mayweathers game plan was to
stay off the ropes but his decision
to put Maidana in a bear hug every
time he couldnt slither out of trou-
ble only ended up making Maidana
more frustrated and angry. AFP
Floyd Mayweather Jr (right) throws a right to the face of Marcos Maidana during their WBC/WBA welterweight title ght in Las Vegas. AFP

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