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OPINION
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Alice Cuddy and Chhay Channyda
T
ORTURE and ill-treatment are
rife in Cambodias police sta-
tions and prisons, with wom-
en, children and the mentally
ill among those targeted, and no signs
of the abuse subsiding, a new report
from rights group Licadho says.
Released today to mark Interna-
tional Day in Support of Victims of
Torture, the report references allega-
tions from more than 500 people of
abuses ranging from beatings to
threats of nail extraction and electric
shocks since Licadho began compil-
ing figures in 2008.
Its a figure the rights group says
does not begin to touch on the true
scale of the problem.
The abuse comes at the hands of
police and other security forces at the
point of arrest and during transit to
police stations. Once in prison,
inmates are not only subject to abuse
by guards but also by other inmates,
often under the direct order or with
the acquiescence of prison authori-
ties, the report states.
In the first four months of this year
alone, Licadho says it heard 49 allega-
tions of torture and ill-treatment.
In 2014, detainees were slapped,
kicked in the ribs and chest, and
beaten on the head and torso with
sticks and electro-shock batons.
Police officers stamped on detainees
hands and, in one case, covered a
mans head with a plastic bag whilst
he was lying on the floor, stamped on
his body and kicked him repeatedly
in the ribs, the report says.
As in previous years, one of the main
Behind closed cell doors
Police brutality not abating: report
Kevin Ponniah
THE ruling Cambodian Peoples Par-
ty is going all out to reform because
it recognises that failure to do so
would likely see the party lose the
next national election in 2018, Min-
ister of Commerce Sun Chanthol has
said in a speech to a prestigious US
think tank.
The recently appointed minister,
who along with Minister of Education
Hang Chuon Naron has been praised
by some as a reformist breaking the
mould set by his CPP elders, even
went as far as to say it was a positive
thing that the ruling party had lost
seats at last years July election.
Speaking at the Center for Strate-
gic and International Studies in
Washington, DC, on Monday,
Chanthol was asked how he could
prove that the government, despite
still being propped up by internation-
al aid, was undertaking serious eco-
nomic reform.
Put it this way: Last year, 2013, we
had the election. The ruling party lost
22 seats, OK? Before, they had 90 out
of 123 seats in the National Assembly
and we lost 22 seats . . . It was really a
wake-up call for the ruling party, so
we are going all out to reform, the
minister responded.
After citing specific reforms in his
own ministry, the Education Ministry
and others, Chanthol continued: If
we dont reform, [in] 2018 our party
might not win. Its a major wake-up
call for us and its a good thing for
Cambodia that the CPP, the ruling
party, lost some seats.
It shows that people want change,
people want reform and we listen, we
listen to the voters.
When asked how the government
could prove it was taking reform seri-
ously, Chanthol again returned to the
idea of political survival.
If you want to win the election in
2018 [and] to be relevant, you stick to
your reform agenda. Do it quick, do it
fast or else you will not be there.
But opposition leader Sam Rainsy
yesterday rejected the idea that the
CPP was committed to reforms,
describing the party as corrupt
beyond repair.
Its anything but a democratic
organisation capable of reforming
itself. Because corruption is inher-
ently intrinsic to the functioning of
Election a
wake-up
call for CPP
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other deceased UN peacekeeper last night. VIREAK MAI
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purposes of abuse was the forced extraction
of confessions or money, it adds.
This alarming testimony leaves us in no
doubt that Cambodian authorities are failing
in their responsibilities to prevent and pun-
ish acts of torture and ill-treatment, said
Licadho director Naly Pilorge.
But Chet Vanny, deputy police chief for
Battambang province, said he did not believe
that police in Cambodia ever coerced con-
fessions from suspects.
If a suspect doesnt confess and we have
evidence, we show it to him and just ask
repeatedly if he now confesses. Its not coer-
cion. As you know, this is a modern society
and there is no such thing as torture or vio-
lence happening during the questioning of
suspects, he said.
In the report, Licadho says it is not aware
of any successful prosecutions of law
enforcement officials for torture related
crimes in recent years, adding that the
number of administrative complaints and
investigations within prisons is also low.
Kuy Bunsorn, director general of the pris-
on department at the Ministry of Interior,
said that this was because torture and ill-
treatment were simply not an issue.
Im not really interested in their report.
Our government has worked hard to improve
prison conditions to follow national and
international laws, he said.
National Police spokesman Kirt Chan-
tharith could not be reached yesterday.
But, according to Licadho, while there
has clearly been significant progress
towards reducing levels of torture in Cam-
bodia in the decades since Khmer Rouge
rule, such progress appears to have stalled
completely in recent years.
The report notes that Cambodia has failed
to establish an independent National Pre-
ventative Mechanism to monitor and pre-
vent torture and ill-treatment in places of
detention as required under the Optional
Protocol to the United Nations Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
(OPCAT), which it ratified seven years ago.
And while levels of torture and ill-treat-
ment in Cambodia remain high avenues
for complaint are limited and . . . those
responsible for abuse are rarely punished,
the report says.
One of the most high-profile instances of
alleged abuse this year came from the 23
union leaders, workers and activists who
were violently arrested during deadly clash-
es at a garment strike in early January.
One of the 23, 31-year-old Yong Sam Orn,
told the Post yesterday of abuse and humil-
iation when he was taken to Kampong Cham
provinces remote Correctional Center 3
(CC3) prison following his arrest.
When we arrived at CC3, our clothes
were stripped. We were naked and [forced
to put] our hands behind our heads. [The
police] walked with batons behind us into
the rooms and we were forced to look at the
ground. We looked like animals. They
threatened us when we were walking, say-
ing that if we dared to look up, we would be
beaten, he said.
It is such an inhumane act . . . prisoners
are also humans.
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Locals still off-limits,
PM cautions casinos
Meas Sokchea

A
S CAMBODIAN mi-
grant workers return
in droves from Thai-
land through the ca-
sino-laden border town of Poi-
pet, Prime Minister Hun Sen
is warning gambling parlour
owners this does not mean a
jackpot for them.
Casinos in Phnom Penh
and along the border are not
for Khmer citizens, a post
dated on Sunday on a Face-
book page attributed to Hun
Sen says. Violating this law
can affect casinos licenses.
Interior Ministry spokesman
Khieu Sopheak yesterday at-
tested to the edicts validity.
The post goes on to call on
police in all provinces to crack
down on illegal online bet-
ting amid the World Cup, and
warned authorities who par-
ticipate in such activities to
stop immediately.
Gambling of all types, the Fa-
cebook post continues, splits
up families and is responsible
for myriad societal ills includ-
ing thievery and drugs.
When and how the gambling
crackdown would begin was
unclear, Sopheak said yester-
day, but allowing Cambodian
citizens who are legally barred
from entering the Kingdoms
casinos to play could see a
casinos licence nullied. We
know that there are a number
of Khmers playing at these ca-
sinos, Sopheak said. We have
nothing to do but to withdraw
their licences.
But tough rhetoric on gam-
bling is nothing new, said Yem
Ponharith, a spokesman for
the opposition Cambodia Na-
tional Rescue Party. The prime
minister issued a similar warn-
ing years ago, which never
came to fruition, he said.
However, Ponharith agreed
that gambling causes a number
of serious social problems.
These casinos are small, but
create consequences that are
seriously affecting society.
Ly Por You, owner of New
World Casino in Svay Rieng
provinces Bavet town, said
Cambodians are not allowed
in his casino, but acknowl-
edged that some try to sneak
in. If [a patron] is Cambodi-
an, [we] tell security to chase
them out, Por You said.
His vigilance would appear
to be rare. During visits to mul-
tiple casinos for a September
2012 story, Post reporters saw
no such enforcement, even
when identifying themselves as
Cambodians before playing.
Three men re-enact how they say they were detained by authorities after allegedly being
tortured in Ratanakkiris Lumphat district in February. ADHOC
Police brutality
not abating:
Licadho report
Election a wake-up call for Hun Sens CPP
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the CPP as it is, any real reform aimed at
promoting transparency and curbing
corruption would undermine the very
foundations of the regime, he said in an
email from Europe.
Sun Chanthol and some other Western-
educated government officials only form
the cosmetic but powerless face of the
regime, which more and more heavily
needs international assistance to cope
with its economic failure while main-
taining the absolute power of the old
guard of a more and more anachronistic
and dinosaur-like party.
Southeast Asia expert Peter Tan Keo,
however, said he believed Chanthol was
being personally sincere.
In theory, his attitude may be reflective
of the wider CPP. They cant afford another
blow at the elections, and Id hasten to
argue that the political cards are halfway
stacked against them, he said. In prac-
tice, however, Minister Suns ability to
implement widespread reform, working
against a ticking clock, is perhaps more
reflective of a new blood of reformers.
On Tuesday, UN rights envoy Surya Sub-
edi said the government appeared hesitant
to undertake real reforms in response to
last years watershed election. But Tan Keo
said its still too soon to make predictions
about the CPPs reform commitment given
they are expected to implement sweeping
changes in a deep sea of bureaucracy.
Phoak Kung, a senior research fellow at
the Cambodian Institute for Cooperation
and Peace, said that he believed the CPP
leadership deeply understands that it
will need to make serious reforms to win
in 2018.
He cautioned, however, that voters
should be realistic that they cannot achieve
reforms overnight.
Kim Sarom
THE Phnom Penh Municipal
Court handed down a two-year
suspended sentence yesterday
to a former police ofcer who
killed two people in a hit-and-
run earlier this year.
Prosecutor Im Mach said
that 30-year-old Keth Borey,
a former ofcer working with
the Ministry of Interior, was
ordered to serve just seven
months of the two-year sen-
tence. He was also ordered to
pay the families of the victims,
29-year-old San Phally and 28-
year-old Tit Vannak, $3,000.
The incident happened on
January 7, when Borey was
driving drunk on National Road
5 and collided with a motorbike
carrying two people travelling
in the opposite direction.
The case has been cited as a
rare instance of a hit-and-run
by a government employee
making it to trial.
Mach said the trial was at the
courts discretion.
Fatal hit-and-run lands
ex-cop short stay in jail
Any real reform aimed at . . .
curbing corruption would
undermine the very
foundations of the regime
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Sen David
AN ONGOING land dispute
may become more than just
an embittered ordeal for
three Khmer Krom villagers
after ofcials requested yes-
terday that a Takeo court levy
them huge nes.
According to representa-
tives from Borei Choslar dis-
tricts Sangkum Meanchey
village, they are only farming
barren land that under squat-
ters rights should legally be
theirs. But local sheries of-
cials want the 68 families
gone from property a 2008
law designated as a protected
wildlife area.
Vy Chan, 56, Vy May, 40, and
Sun Rum, 31, were all sum-
monsed to the court yesterday,
despite their pleas to delay the
trial until they could secure le-
gal representation.
The plaintiff demand 30
million riel [$7,416] from
each of us for destroying the
states rainforest. What a big
amount. How can we have
that kind of money? We are
so poor, Chan said.
The three villagers were
charged in April with illegally
occupying the sanctuary. They
told the Post that they were
coerced under fear of arrest
or retaliation to thumbprint a
statement saying they would
stop farming the disputed
area. Despite the statement,
none of the 68 villagers gave
up what they claim is their
only livelihood.
They asked why we con-
tinue to stay here even though
they warned us to leave. Its
because we have nowhere else
to go, Chan said.
Last month, the villagers
sent a letter to the provincial
governor requesting a social
land concession provide them
with just enough land to feed
their families. Yesterday, Gov-
ernor Lay Vannak said he had
no information about the re-
quest and that the sheries
administration was respon-
sible for the case.
Soa Kosal, deputy director
of the provincial sheries de-
partment, said the villagers
have ruined 50 of the sanctu-
arys 8,000 hectares.
They destroyed state rain-
forest in an area the govern-
ment had selected for conser-
vation, Kosal said.
He added that he did not
know where the villagers could
go if evicted, because ofcials
are still working on the case.
The trial is set to continue
on July 8.
Fines called for in case
against Khmer Krom
Legal return means long wait
Chhay Channyda

C
AMBODIAN work-
ers wishing to return
to Thailand via legal
channels will have to
wait for nearly two months to
obtain the paperwork and per-
mits needed, a document out-
lining new procedures reveals.
According to the document
agreed to by the Ministry of La-
bour and recruitment agencies
on Tuesday and obtained yes-
terday by the Post workers will
have to go through nine sepa-
rate stages as part of a proce-
dure facilitated by recruitment
agencies. The process will cost
a at fee of $49, sparing workers
onerous commission fees and
salary deductions that they had
to pay recruiters in the past.
But though the cost is com-
paratively low, the process
will take 53 working days a
period likely to put off many
workers who could instead
use brokers to get back over
the border illegally.
More than 220,000 migrants,
many of them undocumented,
have returned to the Kingdom
out of fear since the Thai mili-
tary seized power in a coup
last month.
Under new procedures, work-
ers will approach an approved
recruitment agency, which will
advertise licensed Thai compa-
nies that need labour.
The agency will then bring
the worker to the Labour Min-
istry to obtain a worker ID card,
which takes two days, before
going to the Ministry of Interior
to obtain a $4 passport, which
will take 20 days to process.
Numerous other procedures
ranging from three to 15 days
in waiting time include the
worker obtaining a Thai work
permit and nally a Thai visa.
Although the procedure
seems lengthy, the government
is allowing recruitment agen-
cies to facilitate much of the
process on behalf of workers,
said An Bun Hak, director of re-
cruiter Top Manpower.
We have the procedures
ready, but we have to wait for
the government to approve and
then we will commence, he
said, adding that workers could
start applying within days.
Labour Ministry spokes-
man Heng Sour could not be
reached for comment.
Though costs appear low,
workers have long been able
to pay bribes to cut down on
processing time, said Thai-
land-based migration expert
Andy Hall.
It just depends on whether
that process will continue or
not, he said. It shouldnt take
53 days. The reason it takes
53 days is because the ofcial
wants to get the money.
Cambodian migrants disembark from a police truck after arriving in Poipet from Thailand on Friday. AFP
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Laignee Barron
and Mom Kunthear
THE Ministry of Environment
yesterday shared its vision for a
greener, less-carbon-emitting,
climate-resilient Cambodia, but
presented few detailed steps to-
wards getting there, and even
fewer nancial particulars.
Cambodia is consistently
classied as one of the top 10
countries most vulnerable to
climate change . . . We must
reduce our vulnerability, im-
prove food, health and water
security, and turn to green
growth, Sum Thy, director of
the ministrys climate change
department, said during a dis-
semination workshop in the
capital yesterday.
He added that it will be
necessary to mobilise more
resources to implement our
strategies, without explaining
how it could be accomplished.
The 10-year strategic initia-
tive did not offer any further
nancial guidance. Though it
identies eight priority areas
and lays out ministries re-
sponsibilities, it stipulates no
budget requirements.
We dont have an estimated
total budget yet because its a
new document, but we expect
it will be a lot, Thy said.
The deputy director of the
climate change ofce, Tin Pon-
lock, said Cambodia has used a
cumulative total of $250 million
to battle climate change, most-
ly for donors pilot projects.
Ponlock has previously
blamed a lack of dedicated
capital for impeding the King-
doms climate change efforts,
a problem that the ministry
yesterday laid at the feet of
wealthier nations.
We dont have adequate sup-
port from developed countries,
which have a responsibility to
give funding to [least-devel-
oped countries] for mitigating
climate change, Thy said.
Climate change has already
taken a toll on Cambodia,
where the rainy season has
been delayed by more than a
month and the average tem-
perature has increased by 0.8
degrees Celsius. The effects
are expected to further am-
plify challenges like poverty,
drought and disease, and to
drastically affect nearly half of
the countrys communes.
Earlier this month, US cred-
it rating agency Standard &
Poors ranked Cambodia as
the country most vulnerable
to climate change due to over-
reliance on climate-sensitive
sectors like agriculture.
Climate change plan
sparse on particulars
Talks stay in neutral waters
Vong Sokheng
and Amelia Woodside
T
WO years after the ght over the
South China Sea reared its head
at the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations summit at Phnom
Penhs Peace Palace, the issue resurfaced
at the same venue yesterday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen held a private
meeting with Pham Quang Vinh, Viet-
nams deputy foreign minister, about the
status of the dispute, following Chinas
controversial decision to put a govern-
ment-owned drilling rig in contested wa-
ters last month.
Kao Kim Hourn, a spokesman for the
prime minister, told reporters the premier
had talked about the importance of ASE-
AN and of China, a country he described
as a comprehensive strategic partner to
the regional bloc.
Hun Sen also discussed the declaration
of conduct (DOC) for countries involved in
the South China Sea dispute, Kim Hourn
said, the nature of which divided ASEAN
during the 2012 summit, leading to accu-
sations Cambodia was siding with China
rather than its ASEAN co-members.
[Hun Sen reafrmed] . . . what ASEAN
has stated previously, [that] the problems
in the South China Sea should be resolved
peacefully this is the stance [of Cambo-
dia], Kim Hourn said.
Relations between Vietnam and China
have been tense since the drilling rig was
installed, leading to riots in Vietnam and
an exodus of Chinese nationals, many of
whom ed to Cambodia.
In a statement in Cambodian state me-
dia on Tuesday, Hul Phany, Cambodias
ambassador to Vietnam, was quoted sa
saying that the Kingdom wants to see
Vietnam and China resolve the sea bor-
der and island conicts peacefully with-
out resorting to violence.
Koy Kuong, spokesman at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, told the Post last week
that Cambodias position on the sea dis-
pute which also involves other ASEAN
states and Taiwan remained neutral.
We dont want to take sides with Viet-
nam or China, he said. The most im-
portant thing is that all parties respect the
DOC and continue talking peacefully.
Since December, China has given the
Kingdom upwards of $2.89 billion in
grants, interest-free loans and loans to
support hydropower projects, roads and
other development plans.
Dr Ian Storey, senior fellow at the Insti-
tute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singa-
pore, believes explicit public support for
one side over the other is unlikely any
time soon.
The government of Hun Sen will not
side with Vietnam over the South China
Sea dispute, as it would damage bilateral
relations with China, and that would al-
most certainly lead to a reduction in Chi-
nese economic aid to Cambodia.
A Chinese boat (left) allegedly rams a Vietnamese vessel in contested South China Sea waters
near a Chinese oil rig on Monday. AFP/VIETNAM MARITIME POLICE
Labour brawl
Ocean to stay
shuttered
until July 9
A
GARMENT factory will
prolong its monthlong
closure until at least
July 9, when the Arbitration
Council Foundation rules on a
case brought by its workers.
Ocean Garment factory
in Phnom Penhs Dangkor
district announced on May 24
that it would cease operations
until today, paying workers
$15 for the month. Em-
ployees balked at the amount,
demanding their full pay
during the downtime.
This case is already in the
hand of Arbitration Council,
and the workers still demand
100 per cent, said Pav Sina,
president of the Collective
Union of Movement of Wor-
kers (CUMW), after the council
heard the case yesterday.
Management has tried to
negotiate with workers, but
they have refused to accept
anything less than that, Ocean
deputy general manager
Salayddin Ahmed said.
Ocean was forced to stop
production when Gap Inc, the
factorys sole buyer, ceased
orders, citing unreliable deli-
veries due to frequent strikes.
SEANTEEHANANDMOMKUNTHEAR
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Truck and
bus collide,
injuring 13
Sen David
A DOZEN passengers and a bus
driver were injured yesterday
when the vehicle they were
travelling in collided with a
container truck in Kampong
Chnnang provinces Boribo dis-
trict, according to police.
Chea Bunthoeun, provincial
traffic police chief, said the Rith
Mony company bus and the
truck were travelling in oppo-
site directions when the crash
occurred, though the cause
is unclear.
The injured were rushed to
hospital, some in serious con-
dition, but no deaths have been
reported, he said.
We rushed to send them to
hospital immediately after the
Rith Mony company bus
crashed into a container
[truck]. We did not know who
is at fault, the bus company or
the container [truck].
Rith Mony was one of four
bus companies, including
Capital, Paramount Angkor
Express and GS, that were
issued warning letters by the
Ministry of Interior last year
because they were responsible
for the highest number of road
fatalities in 2012.
Evictees abandon new land
Phak Seangly
A
BOUT half the Koh
Kong province villag-
ers relocated to make
way for a Union De-
velopment Group resort proj-
ect have abandoned the new
homes provided for them, cit-
ing poor conditions and an in-
convenient location, a village
representative said yesterday.
More than 1,000 families liv-
ing in the provinces Botum
Sakor district were ordered to
leave their homes and relocate
to shabby wooden houses along
clay roads in a mountainous
area, far from their places of
employment and lacking waters
in which they can fish, said rep-
resentative Sok San, 56.
The homes are decayed; if
we had money wed fix it, but
we dont have money, so we
just stayed, San explained.
We dont know what to do
the company blocked the area
where we used to fish.
On Sunday, UN Office of the
High Commissioner for Human
Rights country director Wan-
Hea Lee visited Sans home,
around which more than 60
relocated villagers gathered to
tell her about problems with
the new living arrangement.
Lee heard from villagers such
as Hean Sophat, 45, who told
her that, because of his limited
financial resources, he was
forced to move into a decaying
wooden house with $800
in compensation.
We did see wooden houses,
Lee said last night. Some of
[the area] has forest land; it
needed to be cleared in order
to be in a condition to cultivate
plants, and they needed help
with that.
Elsewhere in Koh Kong, Dep-
uty Provincial Governor Phay
Thoun Phlam and a Chinese
representative of Beijing-based
Sinohydro Corp met with
about 100 villagers in Thmar
Bang district on Tuesday to
discuss plans for the contro-
versial Stung Cheay Areng
hydropower dam project.
[They] told villagers about
the Chinese companys plan to
study the effects [of the dam]
. . . and asked the villagers what
their concerns are, Toeu
Saban, Thmar Bang district
deputy governor, said.
If the study finds that the
project will produce more
problems than benefits, then it
will be dropped, he said.
The meeting came a day after
a new 30-soldier military pla-
toon was created in the area, an
act rights groups described as
an intimidation tactic.
But Saban claimed that it
had nothing to do with the
company. ADDITIONAL REPORTING
BY SEAN TEEHAN
A man washes clothes near his house in a relocation site built by Union Development Group in Koh Kong
provinces Botum Sakor district in March. SRENG MENG SRUN
Land dispute
Court gives
village chief
jail sentence

T
WO men, including a
local official, were sen-
tenced to a year in prison
on Tuesday for clearing priva-
tely owned land to construct
an office building in Siem Reap
nearly two years ago, their
lawyer said yesterday.
Village chief Than Som,
51, and Nhek Ork, 51, were
both convicted by the provin-
cial court despite their legal
representatives claims that
they were granted permission
to build by Siem Reap city
Governor Tep Bun Chhay.
The governor supported
the defence in a statement
submitted to the court in April,
which says both men had been
operating with his permission
to clear what all three believed
to be government property.
The owner of the disputed
area, Prom Lang, has yet to file
any complaints or charges, ac-
cording to Bun Chhay. But Som
and Ork have been ordered to
each pay $500 to the villager
who filed the initial complaint
in 2012, a decision their
lawyer said they would appeal.
Provincial deputy prosecutor
Chhou Sophanha could not be
reached. THIK KALIYANN
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
POLICE
BLOTTER
Home sweet tuk-tuk no
defence from burglars
EVEN on wheels, a mans home
is his castle, but that doesnt
always guarantee security. A
tuk-tuk driver found this out the
hard way when he climbed in
the back of his wheels on Tues-
day night and settled in for the
night, only to be robbed. Police
said the driver, who had
camped near a guesthouse in
Pursat town, had only just
dozed off when two men sur-
rounded him with knives and
demanded his money. The ter-
rified driver handed over his
savings $125 and the men
disappeared into the night on a
motorbike. KOHSANTEPHEAP

Youve been served . . .
with a restraining order
IN YET another example of peo-
ple losing their minds on the
dance floor, two gangs of thugs
were poised to slice each other
up with swords in the capital on
Tuesday after one man made
the sometimes fatal mistake of
making contact with another
mans shoes. Police arrived in
time to talk sense into the rival
gangs and convince them to lay
down their weapons before any-
one got hurt. Ten were arrested
and sent to court. KOHSANTEPHEAP
Instant karma as thief
arrested in pagoda
PERHAPS wanting to meditate
on why his attachment to desire
had caused him to steal a
motorbike, a 22-year-old thief
sought safety in a pagoda with
his new wheels on Tuesday.
Officers said the man had
pinched the ride from outside a
market in Kandal before being
the subject of a police chase. To
shake off his chasers, the man
made a quick turn into the tem-
ple, hoping it would prove a
place of refuge. But police wit-
nessed it all and soon arrested
him, proving karma can some-
times take effect almost imme-
diately. KOHSANTEAPHEAP
Man cant start his day
without coffee, flirting
COFFEE shops are the place to
get a buzz, but one mans expe-
rience in such an establishment
left him with a sore head. The
man, 32, fancying himself as a
Don Juan, strolled into the shop
in the capitals Tuol Kork district
on Tuesday. Liking the look of a
female customer, he had the
temerity to summon her over to
sit next to him. Unluckily for the
man, the woman was in the
company of her boyfriend, who
called on his friends to adminis-
ter a beating. The crew fled
when police arrived, leaving the
still dateless man to nurse his
wounds in hospital. DEUMAMPIL
Burglars high-tech
haul is short-lived
LUCK eventually ran out for a
group of burglars in Poipet on
Monday. After picking the right
house to break into and stum-
bling upon not one but five
computers, as well as cash and
other valuables, the crooks
thought they had struck gold.
Instead, they struck out as alert
neighbours caught wind of what
was going on and called police.
Officers arrived in time to catch
them as they emerged. KAM-
PUCHEATHMEY
Translated by Sen David
Bodies greeted by ceremony
Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Amelia Woodside

S
HROUDED in ags, the bodies of
two Cambodians deployed on a UN
peacekeeping mission in the West
African nation of Mali returned
to the Kingdom last night to a crowd of
nearly 100 civilians and men and women
in the armed services.
An hour before the plane landed at Phnom
Penh International Airport at 7:25pm, men
and women dressed in fatigues waited
alongside family members of Ny Nol, 32,
and Meak Sereyvatana, 26, who died from
suspected food poisoning on June 10.
Both men are good friends to our armed
forces . . . they were always friendly and
took care of their friends and co-workers.
We are very proud that they jointly served
us [Cambodia] and Malis people under
the United Nations, said Sem Sovanny,
director-general of the Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces National Centre for Peace-
keeping Forces, Mine and Explosive Rem-
nants of War Clearance.
The deaths mark the rst loss of Cambo-
dian soldiers in eight years of UN peace-
keeping missions, Sovanny added.
While the ofcial cause of death has yet
to be conrmed, Sovanny maintained last
night that both men died of food poisoning
and that authorities were waiting for the
results of the UN investigation.
Saffron robes dotted the crowd of solemn
men and women as the two wooden cas-
kets were escorted down a red carpet. Nols
body was transported to Kampong Thoms
Baray district and the body of Sereyvatana
will be taken to Phnom Penhs Wat Than
pagoda, family members said last night.
We requested through the government
that UN ofcials not perform an autopsy
on my sons body. We demanded the body
remain whole, because if some piece be-
comes lost he will not be reborn again, said
Sereyvatanas father Meak Timchenda, 42.
This is Cambodian culture, afrmed
his wife, Chan Pichery, 46, who last saw
her son three months ago.
Ny Taing In, 28, the younger brother of
Nol, reiterated his familys request that
Nols body be returned untouched.
My family did not ask for an autopsy,
but we did ask the government to inter-
vene and keep the body of my brother
whole, Taing In said.
Last week, a UN spokesman for the UN
mission, known as MINUSMA, conrmed
that Cambodian authorities had request-
ed autopsies not be performed.
As the bodies of the two men were shoul-
dered by their fellow countrymen, and the
sound of drumming grew louder, a cousin
of Nol quietly clasped her hands in the
rain as the skies opened.
We are very proud, Un Chhun Ieng,
27, said.
A portrait of a UN peacekeeper who died in Mali sits in front of his cofn at Phnom Penh Interna-
tional Airport last night. VIREAK MAI
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Business
Ten commandments: Govt lays out food standards
Chan Muyhong
MAKERS of food- and bever-
age-related products are for
the first time facing manda-
tory health regulations, with
the unveiling of 10 national
standards by the Ministry of
Industry and Handicraft.
The announcement comes
after the National Standard
Council, a government-run
committee, finally approved
the standards in May after two
years in the making.
The standards will be man-
datory for all fish, noodle,
beverage, soy sauce, cement,
safety helmet and plastic bot-
tle products, according to
government officials.
We have allowed a lot of
time for small- and medium-
size enterprises [SMEs] to [fol-
low their own] standards, [but]
it is time to think about con-
sumer safety by setting out this
compulsory standard, said
Chan Sopha, deputy director-
general of the Institute of
Standards, adding that local
authorities will actively enforce
the new regulations. Products
that dont meet the standards
may be banned from sale.
The rules, which vary from
product to product, are slated
to come into effect in mid-
August, according to Sopha.
Producers will need to sub-
mit an application to the Insti-
tute of Standards. Each will
then be assessed before a gov-
ernment official conducts an
on-site inspection of the pro-
ducers operations.
Meeting the new national
standards means that a prod-
uct is safe for consumers, he
added. These are the prod-
ucts that can compete and
be exported.
The private sector has been
invited by the government to
provide feedback on the new
rules in a consultation period
that will last 30 days.
Sen Sokly, manager of Khmer
Mekong Foods, said a compul-
sory approach was overdue.
It is a good measure from
the ministry. SMEs in Cambo-
dia do not focus much on pro-
ducing high-standard prod-
ucts. These standards will help
change the image of Cambo-
dian-made products, which
most people perceive as lack-
ing quality and standards,
she said.
Te Taing Por, president of
the Federation of Associa-
tions for Small and Medium
Enterprises of Cambodia,
said the government needed
to put more effort and
resources into promoting the
new regulations.
SMEs must understand the
standards and be able to
implement them according to
the requirements. If not, the
public sector is not working
with the private sector at all,
Taing Por said.
Over 1,000
arrested for
Cup betting
in Thailand
THAI police said yesterday that
they have arrested more than
1,000 people, including four for-
eigners, in a crackdown on illegal
betting during the World Cup.
The arrests come amid a
wider blitz on gambling by the
new junta in a bid to uphold
social order in Thailand, where
betting is largely banned, with
locals restricted to gambling
only on the state lottery or at a
handful of horse race meets.
Since the World Cup began
we have arrested 1,023 people
for illegal gambling on match-
es, the majority of whom are
punters, Police Major General
Chantavit Ramsut said.
Police have seized betting
slips totalling $525,000 during
raids since the Cup kicked off
in Brazil on June 12, he added.
Early on Tuesday police and
military officials arrested four
foreign nationals the first
nonresidents captured so far
in the crackdown on suspi-
cion of illegal betting at a sau-
na in downtown Bangkok,
Chantavit said.
Three of the suspects one a
Macau national and two from
Hong Kong were believed to
be bookmakers.
The fourth, a Malaysian, was
placing bets at the time of his
arrest, according to Chantavit.
If convicted of illegal gam-
bling, the suspects, all in their
50s, face a $60 fine and two
years in prison. They will also be
charged with working in Thai-
land illegally, Chantavit said.
The crackdown on organised
crime has seen raids on under-
ground casinos, dozens of
arrests and access to a number
of gambling websites blocked.
According to police figures,
nearly 3,800 people were
arrested across Thailand for
gambling during the last World
Cup in 2010. Around $4 million
was seized in cash, betting slips
and frozen in bank accounts.
BANGKOK POST
Customers purchase merchandise at a Target store in Chicago. The retail giant has cut orders from Cambodia, according to the commerce minister. BLOOMBERG
Strikes spur Target rollback
Daniel de Carteret
A
MERICAN retail gi-
ant Target is another
major brand scaling
back its sourcing
from Cambodia in response
to garment industry turmoil
here, Minister of Commerce
Sun Chanthol revealed dur-
ing a trade mission to the US.
In a wide-ranging speech
on Cambodias economy
at the Center for Strategic
and International Studies in
Washington DC on Monday,
the commerce minister said
Target had joined clothing
brand Levi Strauss in reduc-
ing orders following a deadly
apparel worker strike in ear-
ly January.
Levi Strauss reduced their
orders from Cambodia. Tar-
get also reduced their orders
from Cambodia, because they
are afraid of the labour unrest
and so on, said Chanthol,
who attends government
meetings with major brands
to address industry concerns.
At the nationwide strike on
January 2 and 3 calling for the
rise of the garment industrys
minimum wage to $160, ve
people were killed when secu-
rity forces opened re on pro-
testers with live ammunition.
But so far, since the inci-
dent in January, its practically
calm, safe, no issues, [though
it is] regrettable that the ve
workers were killed during
the violent demonstration,
Chanthol added.
It [the violence], is uncalled
for, from both sides.
Chanthol said the govern-
ment is working with the
International Labour Orga-
nization and the World Bank
to calculate the appropriate
minimum wage for the sec-
tor something which would
help defuse the turmoil in
the industry.
Neither Levi Strauss nor
Target responded to requests
for comment as of press time.
Following a meeting with
government ofcials and
brands including Puma, H&M,
Gap and Levi Strauss on May
26, IndustriALL Global Union
general secretary Jyrki Raina
said that one of the countrys
major brands had already cut
orders from factories in the
Kingdom by 50 per cent.
Chanthols comments on
Monday support previous
media reports suggesting that
company is Levi Strauss.
Since the January protest,
overtime has slowed across
the industry due to buyers
decreasing orders in Cam-
bodia, according to Garment
Manufacturers Association in
Cambodia secretary-general
Ken Loo.
I feel that this scale-back is
not a problem yet, Loo said.
I think they [buyers] will
want to continue to source
from Cambodia if we can
provide them with stability,
so that is what we have been
trying to do.
Loo said that Target was
not among the biggest buy-
ers in Cambodia but was still
a signicant contributor to
the industry.
Ath Thorn, president of
the Coalition of Cambodian
Apparel Workers Demo-
cratic Union, said that it is
the governments lack of re-
sponse to buyers requests
for fairer treatment of work-
ers that is resulting in a loss
of business.
The issues have not been
resolved, despite the 23 de-
tained demonstrators being
released; the other remain-
ing issues in the industry
have not been resolved, so
they [factories] have started
to reduce their production,
Thorn said.
Now, they [buyers] have
set a deadline for the govern-
ment from now on until Oc-
tober. If the remaining issues
have not been ironed out,
they will stop their produc-
tion here. ADDITIONAL REPORTING
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CORRECTION
In the June 24 article Gambling
on Change, due to an edit-
ing error the Post incorrectly
published that online gambling
operators were legally permit-
ted in Cambodia. It is illegal for
online gambling sites to operate
in the Kingdom.
Business
8
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Chinas plane demand
surges amid turbulence
Bill Savadove
A
LREADY Asias big-
gest aircraft buyer,
China is developing
its own passenger
planes and building scores
of airports. But its aviation
expansion faces turbulence
from slowing growth and in-
adequate infrastructure.
As the countrys carri-
ers spend billions on jets to
serve a growing middle class
taking to the skies in ever-
increasing numbers, pas-
sengers face constant delays
and longer ight times owing
to military limits on airspace
and poor management.
Three of the mainlands
airports are among the
worlds 20 busiest, with Bei-
jing in global second place
on 78 million passengers a
year, behind only Atlanta in
the United States.
At the same time, Beijing
was worst in the world for
delays last year with only 18
per cent of ights on time,
according to the website
ightstats.com.
China is scrambling to ad-
dress the rapid growth in
demand by ramping up in-
vestments in aviation infra-
structure.
The countrys airlines car-
ried 350 million passengers
last year, up nearly 11 per
cent from 2012, ofcial g-
ures show, and the countrys
civil aviation authority said
it will have more than 230
airports by 2015, up from 193
last year.
China Eastern agreed to buy
80 of US aircraft maker Boe-
ings 737 jets, valued at more
than $8 billion, earlier this
month after Europes Airbus
won a similar-sized order
from China Southern. Re-
gional outt Shandong Air-
lines and yet-to-be-launched
budget operator 9 Air took 50
Boeing 737s each.
We see Chinese urbanisa-
tion at record levels. Chinese
GDP [gross domestic prod-
uct], its still at very good lev-
els. Domestic consumption is
growing, said Jose Eduardo
Costas, senior vice president
for market intelligence at Bra-
zil aircraft maker Embraer.
All these are very positive
drivers, he said.
But he added that infra-
structure and air space autho-
risation in China may [still]
continue to be a bottleneck.
Expansion in Chinas econo-
my, the worlds second largest,
is slowing. Chinese Premier Li
Keqiang in March announced
a GDP growth target of
around 7.5 per cent for this
year, below 2013s actual g-
ure of 7.7 per cent.
GDP growth has often
been a very close correlation
to growth in air travel, said
Mark Clarkson, business de-
velopment director for Asia-
Pacic for aviation intelli-
gence, schedules and data
provider OAG.
Although there is fairly
steady growth [in airline seat
capacity], undoubtedly, that
growth has slowed in recent
months.
At the same time, much-
publicised government aus-
terity measures and a cor-
ruption crackdown have hit
airlines as ofcials slashed
travel, and authorities or-
dered state-owned companies
which include the nations
three biggest carriers to start
paying the government higher
dividends. AFP
Japans biotechnology venture Euglena president Mitsuru Izumo (top
right) and automaker Isuzu Motors president Susumu Hosoi display
euglena in a ask at Isuzus headquarters in Tokyo on yesterday as
they announced they had develop the worlds rst bio-fuel made from
euglena called Deusel. Isuzus diesel bus can run with the fuel Deusel
with the next generation bio-fuel to be commercialised in 2018. AFP
Fuelling green ambitions
Short changed
Fare not fair
as Thailand
battles cabs
T
HE National Council for
Peace and Order (NCPO)
says its efforts to regulate
taxi services in Bangkok and sur-
rounding provinces will begin to
take shape in two months.
Addressing 113 taxi coopera-
tives and 13 booking centres
on Tuesday, Major General
Nirandorn Samutsakhon, who
heads the military juntas task
force in charge of regulating
taxi services and stamping out
extortion rackets, outlined the
plan as city police say measures
will be carried out next month
at ve selected hotspots located
around the capital.
Meanwhile, Suvarnabhumi
airport director Raweewan
Netarakavesana said on Tuesday
the airport expected to nish
installing an electronic taxi-
queuing system by August.
When the new system is
installed, passengers will be able
to book a taxi simply by pressing
a button and receiving a ticket.
The ticket will include informa-
tion such as the full name of
the taxi driver and the licence
plate number of the taxi, which
could be useful in the event that
a complaint needs to be made.
BANGKOK POST
Markets
9
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Business
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On morning of the 24
th
of J une 2014, more than a thousand guests from the APAC Region gathered at the ancient city of Siem Reap, also home to the famous Angkor
Wat, to witness the inaugural ceremony for the Oasis Integrated Resort Project, an integrated tourism resort development spearheaded by Hong Kong based company
Cheung Sheng Global Holdings.
Chairman of Cheung Sheng, Mr. J erome Ang, led the groups ten directors to launch the project, and announced both the construction and operation plans for the
project. Mr. Ang mentioned, The Oasis Integrated Resort will bring about a new angle in retail and services industry here, to bring out the local avours and work
out products and services to appeal to foreigners and Locals alike.
It is true that the city of Siem Reap has boomed due to the restoration and opening of the Angkor Wat and its surrounding relics, and now sees an annual visitor rate
increase of more than 20% per annum. J ust last year, foreign and local tourists amounted to some 4.5 million people.
The boom of the industry has had many positive spillover effects, especially for the services, marketing and retail industry. These talent reliant industries have
consequently led to the importing of many foreign talents, managerial level and above, who have little options for spending and entertainment, despite their high
grossing jobs.
The Oasis Integrated Resort aims to take advantage of this market gap, by bringing local delicacies which are cheap and affordable into the Marche-Style food hub.
Other components such as a 112 room hotel, retail areas for uniquely Cambodian goods, a SPA and a KTV, will spark up the nightlife of the city, where people have
few choices of entertainment during their free time.
The project is set to start full scale operations in J anuary 2015.
Cheung Sheng kick-starts construction for SiemReaps First Integrated Tourism Resort

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MICROSOFT on Tuesday opted
for the Android operating
system from arch rival Google
for its new Nokia smartphone,
in a move aimed at regaining
momentum in the competitive
mobile sector. Microsoft said
the Nokia X2 was designed to
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people to the mobile Internet
and cloud services. The
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French statistics reveal
grim economic forecast
FRANCES state statistics
agency dealt a blow to
President Francois Hollandes
government on Tuesday as it
said the economy would grow
less then predicted this year
and unemployment would
continue to rise. INSEE said
the French economy would
grow by only 0.7 per cent this
year, lower than a government
prediction of 1 per cent. It said
unemployment would rise in
the second quarter by 0.1 point
to 9.8 per cent and stay at that
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Hollandes deeply unpopular
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Business
10
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
South African miners
back to work after deal
THOUSANDS of miners on
South Africas platinum belt
streamed back to work yester-
day after reaching a wage deal
with leading global producers
that ended a crippling five-
month strike.
Workers at Anglo America
Platinum (Amplats), Impala
Platinum and Lonmin started
making their way to the mines
outside Rustenburg from as
early as 5.00am (0300 GMT),
setting the northwestern town
abuzz for the first time in sev-
eral months.
I feel like a new employee
all over again, said Andries
Phala. Im glad the strike is
over. Im also happy that our
return will make a small dif-
ference in our wages, said
Phala, who has worked at Lon-
min for 14 years.
Outside Lonmins Rowland
shaft, workers formed a queue
stretching for a kilometre,
waiting to be let in. More work-
ers were still trickling in after
sunrise, some in full under-
ground mining gear, with hard
hats and reflective overalls.
But production was not
expected to resume soon, as
the workers first have to
undergo essential medical and
safety procedures after months
of stoppages.
Companies reported a com-
bined loss of 24 billion rand
($2.27 billion) in earnings and
said workers lost 10.6 billion
rand in wages, as a result of the
longest mining strike in South
Africas history.
Being without income was
difficult for everyone, every-
thing stood still. This bit of an
increase will definitely moti-
vate us to work harder, said an
underground employee at one
of Anglo American Platinum
mines. We also deserve our
share in the wealth of this coun-
try, he added.
The wage deal signed by the
three companies on Tuesday
will see the lowest paid workers
whose basic salary is less than
12,500 rand ($1,180) increase by
1,000 rand ($95) a month for
two years and by 950 rand in the
third year.
Workers had demanded that
basic wages be increased to
12,500 rand which would have
doubled the income for many.
The union representing the
workers, the Association of
Mineworkers and Construction
Union acknowledged that not
all workers would reach a
12,500 rand basic wage under
the new three-year deal, but
has described the strike as a
victory. AFP
US opens door for oil
T
HE US will allow two
companies to export
unrened oil for the
rst time in four de-
cades, taking steps to break
a ban on crude exports, the
Wall Street Journal reported
on Tuesday.
The Commerce Depart-
ment will permit the two Tex-
as-based companies to export
the ultra-light condensate,
which has grown in supply
due to the boom in fracking-
based exploration and pro-
duction of natural gas.
With relatively minimal
processing, oil shipments
could begin as early as Au-
gust, according to one indus-
try executive involved in the
matter, the Journal said.
Pressure has been build-
ing for a year for the govern-
ment to end the 1970s ban on
exports, an energy security
measure long seen crucial in
a country heavily dependent
on oil imports to meet do-
mestic needs.
But the surge in production
from shale-based deposits
in areas like North Dakota
and Texas, made possible
by advances in hydraulic
fracturing technology, has
sharply reduced the need for
imports and created regional
surpluses.
That has given rise to indus-
try pressure to allow exports
from areas like the Gulf of
Mexico, even as the country
imports crude through east
coast ports.
Some resistance has come
from reners and consumer
advocates who fear that com-
peting with export markets
for the crude could drive up
prices, and eventually raise
the cost of fuel to consumers.
Still, despite pressure in
Congress and from the indus-
try, the ban on crude exports
has not been lifted. The Com-
merce Department instead
made a special ruling to allow
the export of condensate on
the grounds that it has been
processed enough to qualify
it for export, even if it has not
been rened.
The US already exports
large volumes of rened oil
products.
The Journal said the two
companies receiving permits
to export condensate are
Pioneer Natural Resources of
Irving, Texas, and Enterprise
Products Partners of Hous-
ton. AFP
Trucks sit at the fuelling pumps of a gas station in Illinois on June 17.
The US is allowing two companies to export oil for the rst time since
the 1970s. BLOOMBERG
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Business
Juliet Michel

T
WENTY-FIVE pigs mill
around in open pens on
a tiny farm in Woodward,
Iowa. They are fat, robust
and are being raised to make them
taste of rye whiskey.
Small-batch distillery Templeton
Rye is feeding them the mash used in
making its American whiskey, hop-
ing that the rich taste of the grain will
grab consumers attention.
Templeton is especially long on
rye, with more than 90 per cent of its
mash coming from the high-protein
grain, and malted barley for the re-
mainder. The spent mash is folded
into the pig feed, making up 20 per
cent of the ingredients, as advised by
a swine nutrition specialist.
The pigs have seemingly taken a
liking to it, digging into their feed
with happy grunts and snorts.
It smells very good, almost like
candy, said Scott Bush, founder and
president of Templeton Rye Spirits.
The distillery has chosen for the
test the Duroc breed, known for its
succulence and heavy muscling.
Bush said the pigs were nearly at
their ideal weight for eating: 210
pounds (95 kilograms), with just a
few weeks to go before heading to
the slaughterhouse.
How much mash is going to af-
fect that taste, we dont know yet,
he explained.
The possibility that a whiff of
whiskey will arise from ham, ribs or
chops has whetted the appetites of
scores of pork lovers: The distillery
has received about 200 orders, from
four countries.
Some of the orders for the 25 pigs
were accompanied by long letters
explaining why the customer de-
sired the pig.
Pigs will be shipped with head
and feet to customers paying $699
per animal, Bush said.
Aron Mackevicius, the executive
chef at the 7M Grill in Omaha, Ne-
braska, is one of them. He enthusias-
tically described how he will cut up
the pig and create a special menu,
from appetizer to dessert.
My family has a bakery and one
of the specialties is the bacon bun,
a small, slightly sweet bread stuffed
with bacon, he said.
When I rst heard about the proj-
ect I was excited that somebody was
taking such a bold move, a very in-
triguing concept, he said.
According to Bush, the idea sprang
up one night as the team chatted
over glasses of Templeton Rye.
All of us are from Iowa, the num-
ber-one pork producing state in the
country, said Bush.
But we also go all around the
country to these gastro-culinary
events, and the culinary world is still
dominated by wine.
But it is changing, especially with
whiskey. The idea was that we are go-
ing to ask chefs to pair the pigs with
cocktails of Templeton Rye.
Their whiskey is based on the rec-
ipe used by bootleggers in the tiny
town of Templeton during Prohibi-
tion, the nearly 14-year period when
alcoholic beverages were banned
nationwide starting in 1920.
Templeton Rye was the beverage of
choice of Chicago mobster and boot-
legger Al Capone, Bush said.
As it was illegal there are not a lot
of documents, but a lot of oral his-
tory, he said, including from Ca-
pones great-niece.
Capone mostly sold Canadian
whisky but what he was drinking
with friends was Templeton Rye.
It is this heritage the distillery
wants to share, extending it through
the pigs-to-plate project.
The project is break-even for the
company but above all is more of
an experiment, Bush said, leaving
the door open to try again. AFP
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Pigging out on a whiskey diet
Scott Bush, president of the Templeton Rye Distillery feeds his pigs on June 17
(above). Bush is feeding them with mash from their own Templeton Rye Whiskey they
produce at the distillery in an attempt to make the meat taste like whiskey (right). AFP
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World
Hundreds
held after
passenger
jet shot at
PAKISTANI police yesterday
arrested hundreds of people
after gunmen opened fire on a
passenger plane during its
landing approach, as fighter
jets hit militant targets in
the latest round of an anti-
Taliban offensive.
The attack at Peshawar air-
port in the countrys northwest
killed a woman passenger and
wounded two crew and will
raise further questions about
aircraft safety in Pakistan.
The Pakistan International
Airlines (PIA) flight, landing in
Peshawar from Riyadh in Sau-
di Arabia, came under fire late
on Tuesday as it descended
with more than 170 passen-
gers on board.
There was no immediate
claim of responsibility but
attention turned to the Paki-
stani Taliban, who have prom-
ised a bloody response to the
armys assault on their strong-
holds in North Waziristan.
Authorities said the Airbus
A310 landed safely but a catas-
trophe was only narrowly
avoided when it was hit by
eight AK-47 bullets from the
unidentified attackers.
PIA spokesman Mashud
Tajwar said the plane was
between 200 and 300 feet (60
to 100 metres) off the ground
when it was hit.
The shots were fired from
outside the airport. One lady
passenger and two stewards
were wounded; the woman
later died in the hospital,
Tajwar said. He said the reason
for the firing was not yet clear
but that the airline had not
received any threats.
In response to the incident,
Emirates cancelled a flight to
Peshawar yesterday, while Air
Arabia and Etihad Airways
diverted planes to Islamabad.
Police conducted search
operations through Peshawar
and arrested more than 200
suspects in connection with
the incident, according to
senior police official Najeeb
Ur Rehman.
Police commandos and
sniffer dogs are taking part in
the operation that is still going
on, he added. Mass arrests are
commonplace in the after-
math of major terror incidents
in Pakistan, but most suspects
are often let go quickly.
Meanwhile, Pakistani air
force jets hit suspected militant
hideouts in the North Waziris-
tan tribal district bordering
Afghanistan yesterday in the
11th day of an offensive
launched after the Karachi air-
port attack and aimed at elim-
inating Taliban strongholds.
The latest bombings hit tar-
gets in the Khushali Khel, Tori
Khel and Khaisor areas of the
district, killing 15 suspected
militants and injuring seven,
multiple security officials
said. AFP
Rescue
mission
Indian rescuers attend to the
dead and injured next to the over-
turned carriages of the Rajdhani
Express train in Saran district
of Indias Bihar state yesterday.
Four people were killed when the
train derailed in eastern India
yesterday, the latest in a series
of deadly disasters to blight the
countrys dilapidated rail net-
work. While the rail board initially
pointed the nger of blame at
Maoist insurgents, police and
government ofcials said that
there was no reason to suspect
sabotage. AFP
US cuts more aid to Thailand
Shaun Tandom

T
HE United States said on
Tuesday that it has suspended
more assistance to Thailand
in response to a military coup
and was considering moving a major
regional exercise out of the kingdom.
Washington has blocked $4.7 million
in security-related aid to Thailand,
which accounts for roughly half of its
$10.5 million in annual assistance to
the longtime ally, State Department
ofcial Scot Marciel said in testimony
to Congress.
The US swiftly rebuked Thailands
military after it deed warnings not to
intervene in the political chaos. The
State Department announced it had
frozen $3.5 million in aid just one day
after the May 22 coup.
The additionally suspended assis-
tance has included a US-sponsored
rearms training program for the Thai
police and a study trip to the United
States for senior Thai police ofcers,
another US ofcial said.
Marciel said that the US was also
considering moving next years Cobra
Gold one of the largest US military
exercises and a key element in the su-
perpowers strategy of pivoting power
to Asia. The US and Thailand have held
the annual exercises together since
1980, this year involving some 13,000
participants from US-friendly nations
across the region.
Well certainly be looking at it very
closely. It will depend partly on what
happens on the ground there, Marciel
said in response to a question.
Representative Steve Chabot, the
chair of the House Foreign Affairs
subcommittee on Asia, said that exer-
cises in Thailand could clearly send
the wrong message to Thailand and
around the world in light of the re-
pressive nature of the junta.
Chabot called on President Barack
Obamas administration to study mov-
ing the 2015 round of the exercises,
generally held early each year, to Dar-
win, Australia, where some 2,500 US
Marines are deploying as part of a piv-
ot towards Asia.
Thailand has been in turmoil since
2006 when the military overthrew
elected premier Thaksin Shinawatra, a
billionaire-turned-populist champion
of the poor who has shaken Bangkoks
royalist elite and its allies in the army.
The military has clamped down
harder with the latest coup. Army chief
Prayuth Chan-ocha has suspended the
constitution, assumed sweeping pow-
ers and smothered dissent.
While some supporters of the royalist
yellow shirt protest movement have
called for changes to dilute the role of
elections, Marciel said he believed that
Thais broadly supported democracy.
If Thailand does not restore freedoms
and allow elections, over time there
will be more and more Thai people
who will look for opportunities to ex-
press their unhappiness, Marciel said.
[I] cant really put a time frame on
it, but I do think the majority of Thai
people have made clear they want de-
mocracy and certainly thats our view
as well, he said.
Marciel downplayed lawmakers
fears that China which unlike West-
ern nations and Thailands neighbours
has not criticised the coup would
seize on the US shunning of the king-
dom, saying the crisis was rooted in
domestic factors. I dont think theres
any outside power that has undue in-
uence in Thailand, including us or
China, Marciel said.
The rm line on Thailand contrasts
sharply with the US approach to Egypt.
Washington carefully avoided calling
last years ouster of elected Islamist
president Mohamed Morsi a coup and
said last week it had unfrozen $572
million in military aid after ex-army
chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won an elec-
tion. AFP
Iraq PM rejects unity govt as jihadists bolstered
IRAQS premier rejected form-
ing a salvation government to
confront jihadists whose
sweeping offensive in the
country was bolstered yester-
day when al-Qaedas Syrian
franchise pledged loyalty to
them at a border town.
NATO was due to hold key
discussions yesterday on Iraq,
where the UN says nearly 1,100
people have been killed as
insurgents led by the jihadist
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS) overran swathes of land
north and west of Baghdad
this month.
US military advisers landed
in Baghdad but Washington
has refused Baghdads request
for airstrikes in a bid to repel
the onslaught, which has dis-
placed hundreds of thousands,
alarmed world leaders and put
Iraqs Shia prime minister,
Nuri al-Maliki, under pressure
at home and abroad.
In a televised speech less
than a week before parliament
is to convene following April
30 elections, Maliki ruled out
forming a national salvation
government to confront the
crisis, describing it as a coup
against the constitution and
the political process.
It is an attempt by those
who are against the constitu-
tion to eliminate the young
democratic process and steal
the votes of the voters, said
Maliki, whose bloc won by far
the most seats in the polls but
fell short of a majority.
His remarks came after US
Secretary of State John Kerry
spent two days in Baghdad
and the autonomous Kurdish
capital Arbil pushing Iraqi
leaders to unite to see off the
militant onslaught. Washing-
tons support will be intense,
sustained, and if Iraqs leaders
take the necessary steps to
bring the country together, it
will be effective, said Kerry,
who was in Brussels for the
NATO meeting.
US President Barack Obama,
however, has so far refrained
from carrying out airstrikes
on the insurgents as urged
by Maliki.
Washington has stopped
short of calling for Maliki to go,
but there is little doubt it feels
he has squandered the oppor-
tunity to rebuild Iraq since
American troops withdrew.
Kerry is to hold back-to-back
meetings today with Gulf allies
in Paris to brief them on his
talks in Iraq and discuss Syrias
three-year conflict.
Also yesterday, the premiers
security spokesman said US
advisers had begun meeting
with Iraqi commanders,
adding that: We hope that
there will be a true [US] inter-
vention in order to offer real
help for Iraq.
The first of up to 300 US
military advisers began their
mission to help the Iraqi army
on Tuesday, but the Pentagon
said they were not taking on a
combat role.
Their primary task was to
evaluate Baghdads forces, the
Pentagon said, adding the US
had expanded its surveillance
flights over Iraq, and was con-
ducting 30-35 sorties daily.
The US advisers come with
the Iraqi military performing
better after wilting in the initial
stages of the militant onslaught,
which began late on June 9.
They fought off insurgent
attacks on a major air base yes-
terday, after repelling assaults
on Iraqs biggest oil refinery
and a key western town.
Militants and security forces
clashed periodically overnight,
but government troops main-
tained control of the Balad air
base, said a tribal leader and a
security official. Malikis secu-
rity spokesman says hundreds
of soldiers have been killed
since the offensive began.
In a move bolstering their
strength, al-Qaedas Syrian
branch, the al-Nusra Front,
pledged allegiance to ISIS at the
tinderbox town of Albu Kamal
on the Iraq-Syria border.
The move clears the way for
a joint push to take control of
both sides of the frontier
between eastern Syria and
western Iraq, and removes a
threat to ISIS. AFP
World
13
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
LAWYERS for Julian Assange
have called for controversial
telephone evidence to be re-
leased as they made a fresh
attempt to break the dead-
lock in the rape case brought
four years ago against the
WikiLeaks founder.
Filing a challenge to the
prosecution in the Swedish
courts, lawyers for Assange
who last week marked the
second anniversary of his
asylum in Ecuadors embassy
in London said a recent re-
vision to Swedish law requires
evidence held by the prosecu-
tion to be made available to
the defence.
Text messages sent by the
two women plaintiffs were
seen by defence lawyers in
2010, but copies of the mes-
sages were not issued to
them. Assange has claimed
that text messages sent by
one of his accusers show that
she was ambiguous about his
arrest and even opposed to it.
The messages strongly
suggest that there is no ba-
sis for the arrest and they are
thus vital so [Assange] can ef-
fectively tackle the arrest war-
rant, the lawyers say in docu-
ments led with Stockholm
district court on Tuesday.
The court said the request
would be assessed within a few
days by judge Bertil Sundin,
who declined to comment.
The Swedish detention order
that Assange is challenging re-
quires him to be extradited
to Sweden to face question-
ing over the alleged rape and
sexual assault of two women
there in August 2010. Assange
claims cooperation with the
British and Swedish authori-
ties would expose him to an
ongoing criminal investiga-
tion by the US Department of
Justice into WikiLeaks.
Swedens code of judicial
procedure was updated on
June 1 to conform with EU
law, and now includes a provi-
sion that anyone arrested has
the right to be made aware of
facts forming the basis for
the decision to arrest.
The new law gives us more
power, said Per Samuelson,
another lawyer for Assange
in Stockholm.
Swedish legal opinion has
swung against the prosecu-
tors decision not to travel to
London to interview Assange,
with Anne Ramberg, head of
the Bar Association, calling
the current impasse a circus.
The Swedish prosecutor de-
clined a request to comment.
THE GUARDIAN
Assange makes bid to
break rape deadlock
Kiev looks to Putin to save truce
U
KRAINES new
Western-backed
leader sought ur-
gent talks with
Russian President Vladimir
Putin yesterday after separat-
ist rebels shot down an army
helicopter despite orders
from their own commander
to observe a fragile truce.
The death of nine service-
men outside the pro-Russian
stronghold city of Slavyansk
and loss of two other soldiers
in militia attacks prompted
Ukrainian President Petro Po-
roshenko to threaten to un-
leash a powerful new military
campaign in the east.
A wave of shelling was heard
being launched by Ukrainian
forces who have effectively
surrounded the devastated
city of nearly 120,000 yester-
day morning. Their push was
met with extended rounds of
anti-aircraft and heavy ma-
chine gun re that echoed
through deserted city streets.
This is the calm before the
storm that begins once the
ceasere ends, said a rebel
simply known to his unit as
Oleksandr the Soldier.
Poroshenkos warning dealt
a crushing blow to hopes of
the sides mediating an end to
11 weeks of ghting that has
killed more than 435 people
and brought the former So-
viet nation to the brink of
collapse. Kievs temporary
ceasere was picked up by
separatist commanders on
Monday but was due to ex-
pire on Friday morning after
just one round of inconclu-
sive and indirect talks.
Putin urged both sides to
extend the truce and further
asked senators to revoke his
March 1 authorisation to in-
vade his western neighbour
in a self-proclaimed bid to
protect ethnic Russians
from the nationalists now
in power in Kiev. Russias
rubber-stamp upper cham-
ber approved Putins request
yesterday in a 153-1 vote.
But Kiev and Washington
still accuse Putin of covertly
arming the rebels in retalia-
tion for the February ousting
of a pro-Russian administra-
tion that abruptly ditched an
historic EU agreement and
preferred closer ties with
Moscow instead.
Poroshenko will sign the
nal chapters of that pact in
Brussels on Friday despite the
strong likelihood that Russia
will follow up a cut in gas de-
liveries it imposed on June 16
with new trade restrictions.
The Ukrainian leader now
hopes German Chancellor An-
gela Merkel and French Presi-
dent Francois Hollande will
join him on a conference call
to Putin that could decide the
immediate faith of diplomatic
efforts to resolve the crisis.
The crumbling hopes for a
quick solution will also con-
front NATO foreign ministers
when they huddle in Brussels
amid pleas from former So-
viet satellite nations for the
alliance to beef up its military
presence along Russias west-
ern frontier.
NATO chief Anders Fogh
Rasmussen noted that the
alliance intended to review
our relations with Russia and
decide what to do next.
I regret to say that we see
no signs that Russia is re-
specting its international
commitments, NATOs top
civilian ofcial said.
The White House said it was
encouraged both by Putins
latest steps and the rebels
acceptance of Poroshenkos
temporary ceasere.
But the Mi-8 helicopters
downing on Tuesday under-
scores the limited control
Russia and senior rebel lead-
ers have over some militia
units that are apparently op-
erating according to their own
rules on the battleeld. AFP
The wreckage of a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter lies in a eld near the
small town of Krasnoarmeysk, outside of Slavyansk yesterday. AFP
Afghan troops fight 800
Taliban in five-day battle
MORE than 800 Taliban
insurgents have launched a
major offensive in southern
Afghanistan to try to gain
territory recently vacated by US
troops, officials said yesterday,
with 40 civilians killed in five
days of fighting. About 100
Taliban have died, according to
the interior ministry, in clashes
that erupted as Afghanistan
wrestles with a political crisis,
with Abdullah Abdullah alleging
massive fraud by his poll rival
Ashraf Ghani in the June 14
election to choose a successor
to Hamid Karzai. On Tuesday,
the UN said it had stepped in to
help broker an end to the stand-
off, hosting talks between
Abdullah and the Independent
Election Commission. AFP
Libya votes in election
hoping to end chaos
LIBYANS were voting yesterday
in a legislative election the
authorities hope will end
political turmoil and deadly
violence that has gripped the
country since the ousting of
dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Security was tight around some
polling stations in the capital,
while totally absent at others.
Voters were choosing from
among 1,628 candidates. Polling
was to end at 8pm, and final
results are expected in several
days, according to electoral
officials. AFP
Backward steps
Moonwalk
record set
in Thailand
A
16-YEAR-OLD set a
new record for the
longest moonwalk with
a distance of 1.2 kilometres in
Thailands Pattaya on Tuesday
evening.
Niwat Otthon, a performer
at the Mimosa Pattaya enter-
tainment venue, set the re-
cord in the Moonwalk Michael
Jackson event organised by
the Ripleys Believe It or Not!
museum in Pattaya.
The teenager started his
effort in front of the Central
Festival Pattaya Beach shop-
ping mall and kept moving
backwards in the moonwalk
style popularised by late king
of pop Michael Jackson on
the road along Pattaya beach
towards Walking Street.
Pattaya officials guarded
his record-setting route and
tourists cheered him along
the way.
Somporn Narksuetrong,
operator of the Ripleys in Pat-
taya gave a moonwalk record
certificate to the young man.
She said the activity was
planned to entertain tourists
in Thailands resort town
of Pattaya during the low
season. BANGKOK POST
World
14
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Husband of Sudanese apostate
says his fearful family wants out
Russian gang boss nabbed by Thais
THE American husband of a Sudanese Chris-
tian woman cleared by a court of apostasy but
facing death threats from extremist Muslims
said yesterday that they are fearful and want to
leave Sudan.
We are worried. Thats why we want to get out
of here as soon as possible, Daniel Wani said
from a Khartoum police station where his wife,
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, 26, is being ques-
tioned. Police are investigating the authenticity
of her travel documents after authorities stopped
the family from leaving Sudan following an
annulment of her apostasy death sentence.
They were trying to travel to Washington, DC,
said Wani.
We are supposed to be there, he said, insisting
there is nothing wrong with the documents.
Ishag was detained by national security
agents at Khartoum airport, despite the pres-
ence of US Embassy diplomats who were
escorting them, Wani said. The family and its
two children, including a baby girl born while
Ishag was on death row, were moved to the
police station later on Tuesday.
A lower-court judge sentenced Ishag to death
for apostasy on May 15, in a case that raised
questions of religious freedom and sparked an
outcry from Western governments and rights
groups. An appeal court freed her on Monday
from the prison where she had been detained
with her children, but she immediately went
into hiding because of the death threats.
Nobody knows how long the investigation
will take, one of Ishags lawyers, Mohanad Mus-
tafa said, adding that she was not under arrest.
Kau Nak, charge daffaires at the South Suda-
nese Embassy in Khartoum, also insisted Ishags
papers are valid. Im the one who issued that
travel document to her, Kau Nak said. My
signature is on the back of the document.
He said neither the police nor any other offi-
cial had contacted him about its authenticity.
It is a normal document we give to our citizens
when they are returning home. We gave that to
her and her kids, Kau Nak said, explaining that
Ishag is entitled to the document because her
husband and children are South Sudanese.
In Washington on Tuesday, State Department
spokeswoman Marie Harf downplayed the inci-
dent and said US officials would work with
Khartoum to ensure the family would soon be
on its way. AFP
A RUSSIAN crime boss who led
a gang blamed for the murder
of around 60 people during the
lawless period following the fall
of the Soviet Union has been
captured in Thailand, local
authorities said yesterday.
Alexander Matusov, who
arrived in Thailand in 2009,
was paraded in front of the
media, two days after he was
detained by Thai police on
Monday south of Bangkok.
At the time of his arrest the
burly 52-year-old was in pos-
session of a false passport and
had acquired a retirement
visa, according to immigra-
tion officials.
Russia slipped into chaos as
its communist system col-
lapsed at the start of the 1990s.
Kidnappings and execution-
style killings were rife as rival
groups competed over busi-
ness interests.
The gang kidnapped busi-
nessmen and civil servants for
ransom, according to a state-
ment released by Thai immi-
gration officials. The gang
was involved in murdering
more than 60 people in Mos-
cow, Dagestan and Saint
Petersburg, the statement
said, adding that Matusov will
sent back to Russia for trial.
The gang operated from the
mid-1990s until 2008, becom-
ing the most dangerous gang
in Russia, Russian Embassy
vice consul Alexey Falunin
said. Matusov was the leader
of this group, Falunin said,
adding he was the only gang
member to escape the country
while the rest of his group had
been rounded up.
Thailands deputy national
police chief, Wuthi Liptapal-
lop, said the case had cast light
on foreigners living in Thai-
land on retirement visas.
We will probably have to
check if they have committed
any crimes in other countries,
he added. AFP
Taiwan rages at Chinese visit
C
HINAS most se-
nior ofcial ever to
visit Taiwan met his
counterpart yester-
day to discuss setting up li-
aison ofces, sparking angry
confrontations between pro-
independence protesters and
riot police.
The four-day visit by Zhang
Zhijun, director of the Tai-
wan Affairs Ofce, comes as
a further sign of warming ties
between the former bitter ri-
vals, despite vocal opposition
from those opposed to forg-
ing closer ties with Beijing.
Zhang, who holds minister-
level status, arrived at Taoyu-
an airport in the north of
this island around noon and
met his Taiwanese counter-
part Wang Yu-chi, chairman
of Taiwans Mainland Affairs
Council, later in the day.
The two previously met in
Chinas eastern city of Nan-
jing in February in the rst
government-to-government
talks since Taiwan and the
mainland split 65 years ago
after a brutal civil war.
Yesterdays visit marks the
most senior-level talks be-
tween the two sides to take
place in Taiwan. Hailing the
historic nature of the visit,
Zhang said: It took less than
three hours to y from Beijing
to Taiwan, but the step took
65 years.
Wang described the visit as
of signicance. But he also
called on Beijing to take into
account the multiple views
within Taiwan over its relation-
ship with the mainland, urg-
ing Zhang to listen carefully
to the voices of Taiwan people,
appreciate their lifestyle and
respect their choices.
While Taiwan has a vibrant
and growing business rela-
tionship with China, many
Taiwanese are concerned
about any role the mainland
an authoritarian one-party
state would have on their
democracy should relations
continue to warm. Oppo-
nents in Taiwan have accused
the government of trading
Taiwans national interest to
Beijing in exchange for mar-
ginal economic benets.
Ahead of the discussions,
demonstrators tried to break
through security barriers out-
side the hotel where Wang
and Zhang were to meet and
clashed with riot police.
We strongly oppose the
Wang-Zhang meeting, which
is illegal while the government
has yet to come up with a law
to supervise the contact,
Lin Fei-fan, leader of an anti-
Beijing protest group, said.
During the protest dozens of
demonstrators, mostly young
students, chanted: Taiwans
future decided by Taiwan.
Dozens of pro-indepen-
dence and pro-unication
activists also clashed in the
airport.
Moves by Mas administra-
tion to further embrace China
have also been hampered by
massive student-led protests
in Taipei earlier this year.
In an apparent reference to
those protests, Zhang said:
It would have been hard to
imagine that this visit could
have been done in the rst
half of this year.
Analysts say the meeting
represents a further step to-
wards normalising ties be-
tween Taiwan and the Chi-
nese mainland.
The two sides split in 1949 at
the end of a brutal civil war are
still technically at war despite
tensions easing markedly
since 2008 when Ma Ying-jeou
of the China-friendly Kuom-
intang came to power.
But despite the warmer ties,
Beijing opposes the island
participating in international
organisations as a sovereign
state and considers Taiwan to
be a part of China awaiting re-
unication. AFP
Student protest leader Chen Wei-ting and a group of slogan-chanting
demonstrators clash with riot police yesterday. AFP
15
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
World
Chinas conservationists at cross-porpoises
Tom Hancock

C
HINAS river por-
poises are rarer than
pandas, but sher-
men ghting to save
them have been snared by a
net of blackmail allegations,
highlighting uncertainties
faced by the countrys emerg-
ing environmentalists.
Fewer than 1,000 nless
porpoises grey dolphin-like
animals with a hint of a grin
on their bulbous faces are
thought to remain in and
around Chinas vast Yangtze
River, which carves through
the centre of the country.
The porpoises are social and
pick up on human emotions
like children would, said Hao
Yujiang, researcher at Chinas
Institute of Hydrobiology.
They are the last mammals
alive in the Yangtze, and they
are a warning about the dire
state of the river.
The numbers have de-
creased very quickly, added
Hao, who blames the de-
cline on rampant oversh-
ing sometimes with elec-
tric charges pollution from
industry and sand-dredging
ships trapping the animals in
their propellers.
The government has
pledged to protect those re-
maining, but environmental-
ists accuse local agencies of
collusion with local industry.
If the Yangtze porpoise is
not delicious, why should we
protect it? state-broadcaster
CCTV quoted a local ofcial
as saying last year.
Now the detentions of citi-
zens seeking to protect the
species are a demonstration
of the difculties facing grass-
roots environmentalists in
China, whose numbers have
swelled as citizens deal with
an environmental hangover
from decades of breakneck
economic growth. With a
bright orange life jacket and
coat labelled River Porpoise
Protection Society shield-
ing him from driving rain, Liu
Bo scans the vast waters of
Dongting Lake where he pa-
trols daily for the animals.
When a ash of grey appears
between choppy waves, Lius
face lights up with excitement.
Theres one! he says pointing
out from the edge of his small
red vessel. When we see the
porpoises, we feel like weve
achieved something.
Liu, 34, was one of a band of
shermen who got together in
2010 to monitor the mammals
and inform authorities of oth-
ers seen breaking shing bans.
Years ago, the porpoises
would surround our boats and
chase us like little children,
Liu said. We want to make
sure our grandchildren can
see the porpoises. When Im
old I can proudly say I helped
protect them.
But sailing has not been
smooth. Two of Lius col-
leagues He Daming and Li
Jinsong were detained in
March on charges of black-
mailing local shermen.
State-run media said that
one had confessed threaten-
ing to report a local to authori-
ties unless he was paid a 10,000
yuan fee ($1,600). Li remains in
detention, while He is on the
run from authorities leaving
his wife Chen Yun distraught.
He looked after the por-
poises every day out of love,
not for money, she said, hold-
ing a pair of his shoes, tattered
from daily lake inspections.
Several local environmen-
talists said that Li and He were
framed by Xu Yaping a well-
connected journalist from the
local Communist Party news-
paper, who took over the pa-
trol team in 2011.
Tensions had ared between
Xu and He, and last year the
latter established a breakaway
porpoise protection group.
Xus assistant, surnamed
Wang, hung up the phone
when called.
An associate who asked not
to be named denied the accu-
sations, adding that Xu is well
known man of culture and a
ne calligrapher with excel-
lent connections.
Though any groups seen to
challenge the ruling Commu-
nist Party are strictly banned,
non-governmental or civil so-
ciety organisations covering
less political areas have seen
rapid growth in recent years.
Both Xus and Hes groups
beneted from an easing last
year of restrictions on regis-
tration for non-governmental
groups that saw 19,000 organ-
isations register in 2013 alone,
according to state-media.
You can see that the local
government supported the
dolphin protection groups
by allowing them to register,
showing their trust, said Feng
Yongfeng, a Beijing-based
environmental commenta-
tor. The problems stem from
internal issues between the
groups, and Xu Yapings con-
nections have allowed him to
make things worse.
Several Chinese charities
have been hit by scandal in
recent years, stoking a lack of
trust in the sector that analysts
blame for low donations.
Just 10 per cent of Chinese
people donated money to char-
ity last year, according to the
US-based Charities Aid Foun-
dation. China lacks a national
legal framework for charities,
leaving them vulnerable to al-
legations of corruption.
The arrests have made por-
poise patroller Liu Bo cau-
tious, and he refuses to call
authorities using his own
name when he spots illegal
shing on the lake.
Our families tell us, dont go
out on the lake, because youll
be arrested, he said, adding:
If people like us dont step
up to protect the porpoise, no
one else will. AFP
Small fish, shrimp
squid, octopus
Diet
Yangtze finless porpoise
N. phocaenoides asiaorientalis
Population
Fewer than 1,000
Characteristics
Grey dolphin-like animal with a hint
of a grin on bulbous face
Does not have external ears; hears when
sound reverberates through head, throat,
jaw and acoustic fat pads
Has spade-shaped teeth
Usually in groups of 2-3 individuals
Increases in vessel traffic, pollution
and habitat degradation
Incidental catch in fishing gear
Major threats
Widespread sand mining of
river and lake beds, and banks
IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species:
Critically endangered
Size comparison
Source : WHOI/IUCN/
China government/AFP Photo/
WWW/Michel Gunther
Rarer than pandas
Chinas finless porpoise
240 km
Three
Gorges
Dam
Shanghai
Yangtze river
BEIJING
Habitat:
The porpoise are thought
to remain in and around the
vast river
Dongting
Lake
Poyang
Lake
Chongqing
Kunming
Lhasa
The nless porpoise is known as
the river pig by locals. AFP
Karim Abou Merhi

A
HUNCH by a young Leba-
nese security ofcer pre-
vented a potential massacre
as scores of people watched
a World Cup match in Beirut, but it
also cost his own life. The intuition
and bravery of 20-year-old General
Security Agency inspector Abdel Ka-
rim Hodroj meant he was hailed as a
hero on Tuesday.
Hodroj had been driving home
late on Monday with a colleague, Ali
Jaber, when they saw a white Mer-
cedes driving against the trafc ow
towards the cafe, a senior General
Security ofcial said.
At the time the south Beirut cafe
was packed with scores of people
watching the Brazil-Cameroon
clash. The vehicle stopped in the
middle of the road, and a man got
out. [Hodroj and Jaber] stopped
him and questioned him. The man
said his car key was broken, and he
couldnt drive any more, the ofcial
said on condition of anonymity.
The two ofcers were immediately
on guard in a country where car
bombings are common, and south
Beirut heartland of Lebanons
Hezbollah organisation has been a
frequent target.
Jaber went to the closest army
checkpoint to report his suspicions,
while Hodroj stayed to ensure the
man did not get away, the ofcial
said. Jaber was 30 metres away when
the explosion happened, he added.
Hodroj was killed, and Jaber and
several bystanders were wounded.
The densely populated Shia neigh-
bourhood of Shiyah was in shock on
Tuesday, as Hodrojs 47-year-old fa-
ther Fadel received condolences at a
hall in the Two Martyrs Cemetery.
Your son is a hero, one visitor
told the bereaved shopkeeper whose
eyes were red with tears as he chain-
smoked to help him cope with the
pain and muttered God keep you
to mourners. He saved the neigh-
bourhood. He saved us from a mas-
sacre. We consider him a hero. We are
proud of him, Hodrojs uncle said.
Hodroj was the sole fatality of the
car bombing that the ofcial Nation-
al News Agency said also wounded
12 people.
Some 200 people were watching
the match. Abdel Karim [Hodroj]
loved football and was impatient
to watch his favourite team Italy
play Uruguay on Tuesday, his uncle
said.He was so young. We should
have been organising his wedding,
not his funeral ceremony.
The pain of loss was especially dif-
cult to bear for Hodrojs father, Fadel
Abdel Karim was his only son.
A photograph at the funeral de-
picted a young man with black hair,
ne features and smiling mischie-
vous eyes. He joined the General Se-
curity Agency just 18 months before
he died. An inspector, he worked in
its IT department.
Elie, who studied with Hodroj,
said: Everyone liked him. He loved
life, and was enthusiastic about his
work. His uncle added: He loved
to joke, and put everyone at ease.
Anyone hed meet would soon feel
he was an old friend.
Hodrojs black-clad mother and
her two sisters sat in another room,
mourning their loss. The family is
from the Shia village of Bazuriyeh in
southern Lebanon.
The explosion that killed Hodroj
took place at midnight Beirut time
(2100 GMT on Monday), at the en-
trance to the Shiyah district.
An AFP photographer saw sev-
eral cars ablaze as remen fought to
douse the ames and ambulances
ferried the wounded to hospital.
The attack came just three days
after a suicide bombing in the east
of Lebanon killed one person and
wounded around 30.
The war against terror is being
fought all across the world. In Leba-
non, there are sleeper cells. When
the conditions are there like in
Iraq or when the political situation
is especially unstable in Lebanon,
the cells wake up, a high-ranking
General Security ofcial said.
The ofcial also said the US intelli-
gence services had warned Lebanon
that new terror strikes were immi-
nent. All the countrys security ser-
vices were mobilised to try to stop
them, he said.
Southern Beirut, a stronghold of
Lebanons Shia movement Hezbol-
lah, has been targeted by attacks for
months. Most of the attacks were
claimed by Sunni extremists who
said they were because Hezbollah
sent thousands of ghters into neigh-
bouring Syria to support President
Assads forces battling rebels. AFP
World
16
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
A RUSSIAN fast food chain
claims to have taken a slice
out of the competition by be-
coming the rst to offer pizza
delivery by drone.
Dodo Pizza in the north-
ern Russian city of Syktyvkar
posted a video online over the
weekend showing the rst air-
drops of pizzas to customers
and promised the service was
not just a one-time PR stunt.
We already sold six pizzas
in one and a half hours using
a drone, it is a real business
model, manager Ilya Fara-
fonov said. You should see
the faces of people when their
pizza arrives from the sky, its
like magic, he added.
In the video, a pizza agent
in an orange vest dispatched
to a local park is shown taking
orders from a gaggle of hun-
gry students. Moments later,
a tiny copter hones into view
and lowers a pizza to the cus-
tomers on a piece of extend-
ing rope. People didnt want
to order pizza before, but now
they do, Farafonov said.
The fast food chain hopes
to expand delivery by drone
to 18 other Russian cities,
ying pizzas to beaches and
university campuses.
The only snag in the new
delivery method is that the
destination and route of each
drone ight has to be carefully
planned and preapproved by
authorities, Farafonov said.
Although other chains, such
as Dominos in the UK and a
company in India, have pre-
viously attempted to deliver
pizza by drone, Farafonov
said these had never devel-
oped into real delivery.
Last year retail giant Ama-
zon announced it was looking
into delivering its packages by
drone and several ompanies
already use the unmanned
aircraft to distribute their
products. AFP
Pie in the sky: Russian
chain the rst to offer
pizza delivery by drone
Keep off the algae
A woman walks on an algae-covered beach in Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong province, on Monday as another round of algae growth hit the
waters off the city. Authorities in Qingdao have been dealing with huge growth of algae for seven years in a row ever since 2008, with the largest
bloom covering an area of 28,900 square kilometres appearing in 2013, when ofcials in the city used bulldozers to remove 7,335 tonnes of
the growth from beaches, according to the Xinhua news agency. The algae, called Enteromorpha prolifera, is not toxic to humans or animals.
However the carpet on the surface can dramatically change the ecology of the environment beneath it. It blocks sunlight from entering the ocean
and sucks oxygen from the water suffocating marine life. University of Cambridge and EnAlgae Project researcher Dr Brenda Parker said in 2013
that the algal bloom may well be linked to industrial pollution. AFP
Officer prevents massacre at cost of own life
Six aws in the case against jailed Al Jazeera journalists
THREE Al Jazeera journalists
were jailed in Egypt this week
for endangering Egyptian
national security and the
countrys Foreign Ministry
insists that due process was
adhered to in their trial.
But the Guardian the only
newspaper to attend and report
on each of the trials 13 sessions
witnessed a litany of flaws. As
Amnesty International, who
also observed every session,
notes: the prosecution failed
to produce a single shred of
solid evidence.
Retraction of key prosecution
claims
The prosecutions claim that
the journalists had endangered
national security rested on the
testimony of a committee of
experts from state television,
who made the assertion in
writing before the trial began.
But under cross-examination
in the trials 10th hearing, the
committees three representa-
tives admitted they did not
know whether the journalists
work had endangered national
security collapsing the pros-
ecutions case, and raising the
question of whether the com-
mittee had written their own
report in the first place.
Irrelevant evidence
To prove that the journalists
had fabricated news, prosecu-
tors presented dozens of videos
and recordings taken from
various hard drives and phones
owned by the defendants that
had no relevance either to
Egypt or Al Jazeera.
Presented during the trials
fifth, sixth and ninth sessions,
these included footage of trot-
ting horses by Sky News Arabia,
a BBC documentary about
Somalia, a song by the Austral-
ian musician Gotye, a program
about sheep farming, a Kenyan
press conference, and photos
of the family of Australian Peter
Greste, one of the defendants.
The prosecution also claimed
that videos and photos clearly
taken from the phone of
Mohamed Fahmy, Al Jazeeras
bureau chief, had instead been
sourced from Grestes. Its
obvious the prosecutors have
not even looked at our videos,
Greste said at the time.
Irrelevant defendants
In attempt to create a greater
sense of conspiracy, prosecu-
tors added several people with
no connection to Al Jazeera to
the trial. One was Rena Netjes,
a Dutch freelancer whose only
crime was to have tea with
Mohamed Fahmy a few days
before his arrest. Netjes man-
aged to leave the country with-
out being arrested partly
thanks to how prosecutors got
her name and passport number
wrong in court documents. A
group of six students and activ-
ists were not so lucky.
The six were included in the
case despite never having pre-
viously met the Al Jazeera
defendants. They were initial-
ly told they were being arrest-
ed on other spurious charges
and only later, as an after-
thought, added to the Al
Jazeera case.
Incomprehensible evidence
Much of the evidence against
the students consisted of
recordings, allegedly taken
from their person, that were
almost entirely unintelligible.
The most incriminating fea-
tured someone telling a police-
man that they would kill them
but the context was unclear
and the speaker was unknown.
In a second clip, someone
could be made out saying that
they were paid by Al Jazeeras
Arabic wing to send footage to
the channel. But these aside,
the recordings were inscrutable
often just walls of sound.
Even Judge Mohamed
Nagui could not hear them.
If anyone understands, said
Nagui, who often wore sun-
glasses in court, please let us
know, because we dont
understand either.
Unremarkable evidence
Prosecutors did submit
some intelligible evidence:
footage of Al Jazeera English
interviews with Egyptian
political figures.
Presumably, this was to show
the channels bias. But if any-
thing, it did the opposite: Al
Jazeera reporters were seen
meeting figures from across
the political spectrum rang-
ing from Muslim Brotherhood
leaders to the Brother-
hoods fiercest enemies and
cheerleaders of the groups
persecution.
Prevention of defence law-
yers from accessing evidence
Prosecutors repeatedly
blocked defence lawyers from
viewing the entire collection
of videos that supposedly
proved the journalists guilt.
Some were shown in court, but
others were viewed in private
only by the judge without the
knowledge of lawyers.
When lawyers did try to view
them later, they claimed they
were told by prosecutors to
pay 1.2 million Egyptian
pounds ($170,000) an unaf-
fordable sum. AFP
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A
T THE two major border
crossings of Poipet in
Banteay Meanchey and
Cham Yeam in Koh Kong, the
Thai immigration polices caged
trucks discharged their loads of illegal
Cambodian migrant workers. Such
deliveries must have been frequent if
not daily, but apparently Cambodian
authorities had little concern. That
was before this trickle suddenly
became a flood, an exodus, following
the Thai military juntas announce-
ment of its migrant labour policy and
the subsequent crackdown on illegal
migrant workers. To date, over
200,000 Cambodian migrant workers
have returned home.
There has been, however, no such
exodus of migrants from Myanmar,
whose number is bigger by far.
According to official pre-crackdown
Thai figures, cited by the Bangkok
Post on June 19, Thailand had a
migrant worker population of 2.23
million, composed of 1.74 million
Burmese, 395,000 Cambodians and
96,000 Laotians. In this total, there
were 1.82 million illegal migrants.
The Irrawaddy newspaper on June
16 said the heavy crackdown . . . has
so far mostly targeted Cambodian
workers, and quoted an official of a
Myanmar employment agency as say-
ing that there is no big crackdown on
Burmese immigrant workers like on
Cambodians. On June 19, the same
newspaper reported that 1,000 Bur-
mese workers alone in Mae Sot [bor-
dering Myanmar] have been arrested
and deported since early June.
The crackdown on illegal migrant
workers brings into the open the
ineptitude on either side of the bor-
der. Successive Thai governments
have failed to regulate the recruit-
ment of such workers to ensure their
orderly and legal entry, or to cooper-
ate with neighbouring countries over
this matter.
Through corruption or otherwise,
they have condoned the work of
smugglers, traffickers and brokers of
such workers. Also at play is employ-
ers connivance to have cheap and
docile illegal labour.
The Thai military junta could and
should have asserted its control of
illegal migrants in a more orderly
manner, through phased legalisation
of their stay and work or orderly
deportation, in cooperation with the
concerned governments so as to
ensure no harm was done to the
interests of employers or Thailands
relations with its neighbours.
The ineptitude of the Cambodian
government is perhaps more telling.
It has failed to ensure that its citizens
have proper documents before they
travel despite their frequent ignomin-
ious deportations at the countrys
doorsteps. The government has failed
to get successive Thai governments to
cooperate in controlling and combat-
ing the trafficking and smuggling of
its people to work in Thailand, to reg-
ulate their recruitment in Cambodia
and their employment and stay in
Thailand, and to secure for them full
protection while out there.
It is doubtful whether Cambodias
diplomatic mission in Bangkok has
kept itself updated on developments
in Thailand, including those affecting
Cambodian nationals there, and act-
ed upon these promptly to protect
them. Diplomats seem to have failed
to promote among Cambodian work-
ers there the creation of associations
for mutual assistance or to make
themselves accessible to Thai immi-
gration officials.
Burmese migrant workers seem to
fare better when they have such asso-
ciations, and their embassy in Bang-
kok promptly installed a hotline for
them during the crackdown.
One needs to appreciate though the
difficulties for Cambodia in establish-
ing good relations with Thailand. In
the first place, Cambodia has to cope
with a neighbour that seems to have
the domineering attitude of a big
brother. A sense of Thai superiority
was enhanced further as Cambodia
was torn apart and weakened by con-
tinuous war and internal strife, and
while Thailand is a big labour market
and an important source of food and
manufactured goods for its citizens.
Secondly, there is historical enmity
between the two countries, enmity
that in recent years has been stoked
by a series of developments, such as
attacks by Cambodian demonstrators
on the Thai Embassy and Thai busi-
nesses in January 2003 after a local
newspaper falsely accused a Thai
actress of claiming that Angkor Wat
belonged to her country. Another
example is the Thai occupation of
Preah Vihears surrounding areas in
2008 and the ensuing conflict, fol-
lowed by further Thai incursions into
Cambodian territory.
Thirdly, over recent years, the Cam-
bodian government has failed to
establish good relations with the
whole spectrum of political forces in
Thailand. It has established good
but more personal relations and
actually sided with the political
machine of former Thai prime minis-
ter Thaksin Shinawatra, which other
political operatives have stiffly
opposed and which the current mili-
tary junta has ousted from power.
All these failures and weaknesses
must have been in the calculation of
the Thai military junta when it target-
ed its crackdown more on Cambodi-
an migrants and dispensed with the
nicety of diplomatic communication
with the Cambodian government
over its migrant labour policy.
Cambodia, nevertheless, needs to
stoically bear the consequences of
this particular Thai action. It must
prove its ability to reintegrate and
look after its unfortunate citizens
the best it can.
French philosopher and historian
Ernest Renan said shared suffering
unites more than joy. Cambodian
leaders could and should use these
mass deportations to build national
unity by first reaching out to one
another to resolve the present polit-
ical impasse arising from the 2013
elections, and by calling upon citi-
zens to participate in the national
dialogue that surrounds this issue.
How such distress can be relieved is
a test of the character of a nation,
and Cambodia needs to prove it can
and shall pass this test well.
Next, the same leaders should sit
down together to look into the coun-
trys foreign policy, especially its
relationships with neighbouring
countries. Over recent years this pol-
icy has failed. It should be over-
hauled and those responsible for
it replaced.
Comment
Lao Mong Hay
The ineptitude at the border
Cambodian migrant workers stand on the back of military trucks in Poipet as they wait to travel to their home provinces after crossing
back over the border from Thailand. AFP
Lao Mong Hay is a political analyst.
18
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Lifestyle
In brief
Like a Rolling Stone
manuscript sells for $2m
A DRAFT of one of the most
popular songs of all time, Bob
Dylans Like a Rolling Stone,
sold Tuesday for $2 million,
which the auction house called
a world record for a popular
music manuscript. A working
draft of the finished song in
Dylans own hand went to an
unidentified bidder at Sothe-
bys. The selling price, $2.045
million, included a buyers
premium. The manuscript is
the only known surviving draft
of the final lyrics for this
transformative rock anthem,
Sothebys said. THEGUARDIAN
George Lucas to build
museum in Chicago
STAR Wars creator George
Lucas has selected Chicago to
build his museum of art and
movie memorabilia. A
spokesman for Chicago mayor
Rahm Emanuel confirmed the
decision on Tuesday. There
were no immediate details
about the decision by the film-
maker. But the choice is a
major victory for Emanuel and
the city, which was competing
with San Francisco. San Fran-
cisco had made a hearty push
for the museum. Mayor Ed Lee
had banners reading George
Lucas, please build your
museum in San Francisco for
the world to enjoy hung Friday
at city hall. THEGUARDIAN
Story of survivors translated
to boost Cambodian literacy
Eloise Florence

T
HE Khmer edition of
a book that follows
musician and Cambo-
dian Living Arts (CLA)
founder Arn Chorn-Pond dur-
ing the Khmer Rouge era was
launched yesterday.
The translation of Patricia
McCormicks Never Fall Down
was organised by CLA and fund-
ed by the US State Department.
Yesterdays event took place at
Pannasastra University and
included a talk by Var Sam Ath,
who edited the Khmer edition,
as well as CLA and US State
Department representatives
and Pond himself.
The purpose of the event was
to encourage young Cambodi-
ans to read and write, Sam
Ath said.
I hope this book will help
young Cambodians gain more
knowledge of the real situation
of the Khmer Rouge period of
history, and the importance of
Khmer culture, because this
book gives value to people, as
well as the culture in this coun-
try, he said.
Sam Ath, who is president of
the Khmer Writers Association,
added that connecting with
Cambodian youth through
books can be a challenge.
Because of the rise of mod-
ern technologies, [young peo-
ple] are not interested in read-
ing books, he said, adding that
yesterdays event could expose
nonreaders to different stories,
which might encourage them to
start reading more.
Never Fall Down tells the
story of Ponds ordeal in a Khmer
Rouge labour camp for children,
where he ended up playing
propaganda songs on a flute for
the soldiers. He was taught by
music master Yoeun Mek, who
he said saved his life many
times, before being forced to
become a child soldier against
the Vietnamese army.
Pond said he was thrilled to
be able to share his story with
more of his fellow Cambodians.
Its like a lifetime dream,
he said.
Following his ordeal, Pond
escaped to Thailand and was
adopted in the United States. He
returned to Cambodia in the
mid-1990s, when he found
Master Mek in Battambang. It
was a meeting that would
inspire him to start the Cambo-
dian Master Performers Pro-
gram, which later became
Cambodian Living Arts, an
organisation dedicated to reviv-
ing and developing arts and
culture in the Kingdom.
Pond, who doesnt know his
exact age but believes he is
approximately 50 years old, said
that his journey proves the
capability of human resilience.
I made something out of that
story. I dont dwell on that story.
Ive been focusing on helping
others. Hopefully many of them
will read it and focus on helping
others as well, he said, speak-
ing of young Cambodians.
Sam Ath agreed that the book
shows people how they can over-
come obstacles to bring about
change. It shows human life
experience he can survive from
those dark things, he said.
Following the book launch,
attendees, who were mostly stu-
dents, were asked to discuss
change-making on Facebook,
using the hashtag #NeverFall-
Down.
Pond said that he hoped his
story and the event would not
only encourage young Cambo-
dians to read and write, but also
to understand the power of
Khmer culture, which was dev-
astated during the Khmer Rouge
era.
The New York Times said
that I am saving music, but I say
music saved me! he said.
The arts saved me in the first
place. I just keep coming back
to Cambodia to hopefully con-
tribute to my art, and hopefully
it can save others lives too.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY VANDY
MUONG.
Ratatouille ride tops EU investment year
DISNEYLAND Paris recently unveiled a ride based
on its animated film Ratatouille, topping off a
record year for investment in Europes theme parks
with the regions most expensive attraction ever.
Visitors to Ratatouille: The Adventure are made
to feel they have shrunk to the size of Disneys
gourmet rat Remy as he scurries around a giant
kitchen, chased by his nemesis from the film,
Chef Skinner.
Seated in their own rat-mobile, they are
plunged into the cold of a huge fridge, con-
fronted with a fish 7.5 metres long and a ham
weighing a tonne but luckily the oven isnt
quite so realistic.
Euro Disney spent more than 150 million
($204 million) on the ride inspired by the adven-
tures of Pixar character Remy, a rat with a remark-
able sense of smell who ends up as a chef in one
of Pariss top restaurants.
Outside, the park has also created an entire
Parisian quartier, including the 370-seat
Bistrot Chez Remy, that will, of course,
serve ratatouille.
It isnt the only European theme park to rachet
up spending in 2014.
An unprecedented 500 million were invest-
ed in theme parks, attractions and shows in the
region this year.
In April, Germanys Europa Park, Europes
number two after Disneyland with almost five
million visitors last year, launched its largest
indoor attraction since it opened: The Kingdom
of the Minimoys Arthur, developed with French
film director Luc Besson.
The Puy du Fou medieval theme park in Vend-
ee, France, also invested 20 million this year on
new rides, decorations and a new four-star hotel,
double what it spent in 2013.
This is not an arms race, Dominique Hummel,
head of Futuroscope, told AFP. The park, near
Poitiers in central France, spent six million euros
on a time machine ride, which launched just
before Christmas.
Europe has a total of 300 parks, concentrated
mainly in Britain, France, Germany and
Spain. AFP
Disney executive inaugurate the new attraction based on the animated
lm Ratatouille at Disneyland Paris earlier this month. AFP
Arn Chorn-Pond, whose story is told in Patricia McCormicks Never Fall Down. CHEAN LONG
Send up the Clowns
FBI calls for
dismissal of
ICP lawsuit
T
HE US Federal Bureau
of Investigation wants a
case brought against it
by horrorcore rap duo Insane
Clown Posse dismissed on
the grounds the group should
have no right to sue.
Joseph Bruce and Joseph
Utsler of the Michigan act
filed a suit against the FBI in
January, claiming the decision
by the the US Justice Depart-
ment and the FBI to classify
their loyal fans known as
Juggalos as members of
a loosely organised hybrid
gang was unwarranted and
unlawful and had led to fans
being harrassed. They were
backed in the suit by the the
American Civil Liberties Union.
The Juggalos are fighting
for the basic American right
to freely express who they
are, to gather and share their
appreciation of music, and
to discuss issues that are
important to them without fear
of being unfairly targeted and
harassed by police, Michael
Steinberg of the Michigan
ACLU said when the case was
brought. Branding hundreds
of thousands of music fans as
gang members based on the
acts of a few individuals defies
logic and violates our most
cherished of constitutional
rights. THEGUARDIAN
Travel
19
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SCHEDULE
FROM PHNOM PENH TO PHNOM PENH
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PHNOMPENH- BANGKOK BANGKOK- PHNOMPENH
K6 720 Daily 12:05 01:10 K6 721 Daily 02:25 03:30
PG 938 Daily 06:40 08:15 PG 931 Daily 07:55 09:05
PG 932 Daily 09:55 11:10 TG 580 Daily 07:55 09:05
TG 581 Daily 10:05 11:10 PG 933 Daily 13:30 14:40
PG 934 Daily 15:30 16:40 FD 3616 Daily 15:15 16:20
FD 3617 Daily 17:05 18:15 PG 935 Daily 17:30 18:40
PG 936 Daily 19:30 20:40 TG 584 Daily 18:25 19:40
TG 585 Daily 20:40 21:45 PG 937 Daily 20:15 21:50
PHNOMPENH- BEIJING BEIJING- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 16:05 CZ 323 Daily 14:30 20:50
PHNOMPENH- DOHA( ViaHCMC) DOHA- PHNOMPENH( ViaHCMC)
QR 965 Daily 16:30 23:05 QR 964 Daily 01:00 15:05
PHNOMPENH- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- PHNOMPENH
CZ 324 Daily 08:00 11:40 CZ 6059 2.4.7 12:00 13:45
CZ 6060 2.4.7 14:45 18:10 CZ 323 Daily 19:05 20:50
PHNOMPENH- HANOI HANOI - PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 20:35 VN 841 Daily 09:40 13:00
PHNOMPENH- HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY- PHNOMPENH
QR 965 Daily 16:30 17:30 QR 964 Daily 14:05 15:05
VN 841 Daily 14:00 14:45 VN 920 Daily 15:50 16:30
VN 3856 Daily 19:20 20:05 VN 3857 Daily 18:00 18:45
PHNOMPENH- HONGKONG HONGKONG- PHNOMPENH
KA 207 1.2.4.7 11:25 15:05 KA 208 1.2.4.6.7 08:50 10:25
KA 207 6 11:45 22:25 KA 206 3.5.7 14:30 16:05
KA 209 1 18:30 22:05 KA 206 1 15:25 17:00
KA 209 3.5.7 17:25 21:00 KA 206 2 15:50 17:25
KA 205 2 19:00 22:35 - - - -
PHNOMPENH- INCHEON INCHEON- PHNOMPENH
KE 690 Daily 23:40 06:40 KE 689 Daily 18:30 22:20
OZ 740 Daily 23:50 06:50 OZ 739 Daily 19:10 22:50
PHNOMPENH- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- PHNOMPENH
AK 1473 Daily 08:35 11:20 AK 1474 Daily 15:15 16:00
MH 755 Daily 11:10 14:00 MH 754 Daily 09:30 10:20
MH 763 Daily 17:10 20:00 MH 762 Daily 3:20 4:10
PHNOMPENH- PARIS PHNOMPENH- PARIS
AF 273 2 20:05 06:05 AF 273 2 20:05 06:05
PHNOMPENH- SHANGHAI SHANGHAI - PHNOMPENH
FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:50 23:05 FM 833 2.3.4.5.7 19:30 22:40
PHNOMPENH- SINGAPORE SINGAPORE-PHNOMPENH
MI 601 1.3.5.6.7 09:30 12:30 MI 602 1.3.5.6.7 07:40 08:40
MI 622 2.4 12:20 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 11:25
3K 594 1234..7 15:25 18:20 3K 593 Daily 13:30 14:40
3K 594 ....56. 15:25 18:10 - - - -
MI 607 Daily 18:10 21:10 MI 608 Daily 16:20 17:15
2817 1.3 16:40 19:40 2816 1.3 15:00 15:50
2817 2.4.5 09:10 12:00 2816 2.4.5 07:20 08:10
2817 6 14:50 17:50 2816 6 13:00 14:00
2817 7 13:20 16:10 2816 7 11:30 12:30
PHNOMPENH-TAIPEI TAIPEI - PHNOMPENH
BR 266 Daily 12:45 17:05 BR 265 Daily 09:10 11:35
PHNOMPENH- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- PHNOMPENH
VN 840 Daily 17:30 18:50 VN 841 Daily 11:30 13:00
QV 920 Daily 17:50 19:10 QV 921 Daily 11:45 13:15
PHNOMPENH- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1.3.6 13:30 14:55 8M 401 1.3.6 08:20 10:45
SIEMREAP- PHNOMPENH
8M 401 1.3.6 11:45 12:30
SIEMREAP- BANGKOK BANGKOK- SIEMREAP
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
K6 700 Daily 12:50 2:00 K6 701 Daily 02:55 04:05
PG 924 Daily 09:45 11:10 PG 903 Daily 08:00 09:00
PG 906 Daily 13:15 14:40 PG 905 Daily 11:35 12:45
PG 914 Daily 15:20 16:45 PG 913 Daily 13:35 14:35
PG 908 Daily 18:50 20:15 PG 907 Daily 17:00 18:10
PG 910 Daily 20:30 21:55 PG 909 Daily 18:45 19:55
SIEMREAP- GUANGZHOU GUANGZHOU- SIEMREAP
CZ 3054 2.4.6 11:25 15:35 CZ 3053 2.4.6 08:45 10:30
CZ 3054 1.3.5.7 19:25 23:20 CZ 3053 1.3.5.7 16:35 18:30
SIEMREAP-HANOI HANOI - SIEMREAP
K6 850 Daily 06:50 08:30 K6 851 Daily 19:30 21:15
VN 868 1.2.3.5.6 12:40 15:35 VN 843 Daily 15:25 17:10
VN 842 Daily 18:05 19:45 VN 845 Daily 17:05 18:50
VN 844 Daily 19:45 21:25 VN 845 Daily 17:45 19:30
VN 800 Daily 21:00 22:40 VN 801 Daily 18:20 20:00
SIEMREAP-HOCHI MINHCITY HOCHI MINHCITY-SIEMREAP
VN 3818 Daily 11:10 12:30 VN 3809 Daily 09:15 10:35
VN 826 Daily 13:30 14:40 VN 827 Daily 11:35 12:35
VN 3820 Daily 17:45 18:45 VN 3821 Daily 15:55 16:55
VN 828 Daily 18:20 19:20 VN 829 Daily 16:20 17:40
VN 3822 Daily 21:35 22:35 VN 3823 Daily 19:45 20:45
SIEMREAP- INCHEON INCHEON- SIEMREAP
KE 688 Daily 23:15 06:10 KE 687 Daily 18:30 22:15
OZ 738 Daily 23:40 07:10 OZ 737 Daily 19:20 22:40
SIEMREAP- KUALALUMPUR KUALALUMPUR- SIEMREAP
AK 281 Daily 08:35 11:35 AK 280 Daily 06:50 07:50
MH 765 3.5.7 14:15 17:25 MH 764 3.5.7 12:10 13:15
SIEMREAP- MANILA MANILA- SIEMREAP
5J 258 2.4.7 22:30 02:11 5J 257 2.4.7 19:45 21:30
FLY DIRECT TOMYANMARMONDAY, WEDNESDAY &SATURDAY
YANGON- PHNOMPENH PHNOM PENH - YANGON
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HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG
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HCM-SHV-LZP-HCM-
NBO-SGH-OSA-KOB-
BUS-SGH-HGK-CHM
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St.217, Sk.Orussey4, Kh.
7Makara, 023 881 178 /77-
718-333. Fax:+855 23-886-677
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VattanacCapital Tower, Level7,
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Sangkat wat Phnom, KhanDaun
Penh. PP, P: (023) 963800.
E: pnhres@kh.qatarairways.com
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Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara,
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Center, Monivong Blvd,PP
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Phnom Penh: No. 333B
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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
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MI 636 3, 2 18:30 21:35 MI 630 5 07:55 11:35
MI 617 5 18:35 21:55 MI 618 5 16:35 17:45
3K 598 .2....7 15:35 18:40 3K 597 .2....7 13:45 14:50
3K 598 ...4... 15:35 18:30 3K 597 ...4... 13:45 14:50
SIEMREAP- VIENTIANE VIENTIANE- SIEMREAP
QV 522 2.4.5.7 10:05 13:00 QV 512 2.4.5.7 06:30 09:25
SIEMREAP- YANGON YANGON- SIEMREAP
8M 402 1. 5 20:15 21:25 8M 401 1. 5 17:05 19:15
PREAHSIHANOUK- SIEMREAP SIEMREAP- PREAHSIHANOUK
Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival
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I ate my heart
out in San Fran
Stacy Adimando

T
HERES a reason San Francisco isnt known as the city
that never sleeps: Locals prefer to take advantage of
early mornings in the picturesque Bay Area. But thanks
to a crop of new restaurants and bars, night owls can
rest assured that theres plenty to eat, drink, and do into the wee
hours of the morning. BLOOMBERG/PHOTOS SUPPLIED
Rened bar bites from an
award-winning chef at Alta
Though James Beard
Awardwinning chef Daniel
Pattersons new joint seems
exclusive (its located behind
an unmarked door), the res-
taurant is as warm and con-
vivial as a neighbors house.
Though the fare here is rela-
tively casual, Pattersons air
for creativity is on display and
the late-night menu (served
until 2am) is as inventive as
what youd sample at dinner.
The crunchy, chicharrone-like
beef tendon puffs are highly
addictive, and worth the trip
alone. altaca.co
Sample spicy curries and
crab noodles at Kin Khao
The buzz is high for this idio-
syncratic Thai joint: Opened by
restaurant-biz newcomer Pim
Techamuanvivit (whos Bang-
kok born and bred), the eatery
features riffs on traditional
Thai dishes like rabbit curry
and chicken fat rice. Tucked
into the bottom oor of the
Parc 55 hotel until recently,
something of a restaurant des-
ert the bare-bones dining
room makes for an excellent
last stop. Dishes like crab rice
noodles and duck-egg salad
are ideal drinking food, but the
spice-averse should be careful.
kinkhao.com
A classic bar gets a modern
update at Tosca Cafe
Celeb chef duo April Bloom-
eld and Ken Friedman (of
NYCs Spotted Pig and the
John Dory) resurrected this
historic 93-year-old bar with
a revamped food and cock-
tail menu. Bloomeld puts
a seasonal spin on Italian
plates both small and large,
including a pickly, piquant
giardiniere, rustic meatballs
and red sauce, and tuna con-
serva with radishes and ber-
gamot. As you nosh, take in
the lovingly restored details,
such as vintage murals and
straw-cased Chianti bottles.
toscacafesf.com
Pair mini-golf with comfort
food at Urban Putt
Putt-putt and beer isnt a
new pairing, but this brand-
new mini-golf bar (which is
open until 2am) has a hy-
perlocal bent: Each of its 14
holes was developed with the
help of local artists and engi-
neers, and incorporates me-
chanical elements. Upstairs,
the 70-seat dining room that
serves comfort food crowd-
pleasers like plump fried
chicken thighs. And on either
oor, enjoy a cocktail pro-
gram by mixology legends
Scott Baird and Josh Harris.
urbanputt.com
Entertainment
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 The kings of We Three Kings
5 ___ Time, Next Year
9 Electric bill listing
14 First familys home
15 Wading bird
16 Kind of spray
17 Newborn boxful
20 Chicago team
21 Cut-rate event
22 Homicide detectives request
25 Silly Putty container
26 Short and snappy
28 Peepers
32 Nothing to write home about
37 Become used (to)
38 Its full of worship songs
41 UCLA player
42 Wedges task
43 Mini-play
44 Very, very thin
46 Former Chinese chairman
47 Develops on a vine
53 Like a noted son
58 True inner self
59 Where reading materials are
chosen
62 Offer ones two cents
63 Dirty coat?
64 Glasses piece
65 Annoying ones
66 Quashes
67 Christian Science founder
DOWN
1 Purlie star Moore
2 Its bid
3 Gain access to
4 Freshman course word
5 Honorific for McCartney
6 Actress Olivia d___
7 Offend
8 Catches sight of
9 Disengage, in a way
10 Easy dupes
11 ___ Minor
12 Isle of Man man
13 It may follow something
18 Gift to be skeptical of
19 Impulse
23 Without women
24 Abominable Snowman
27 Reconnaissance, to the British
military
28 Difficult duty
29 Word with job or hour
30 Con ___ (vivaciously)
31 Religious offshoot
32 Priestly garb
33 Quaint dagger
34 Pincushion alternative
35 Go cold turkey
36 Vase with a footed base
37 Bad little boy
39 Beg pardon ...
40 The euro replaced it
44 Multigenerational story
45 Raspy
46 Swampy areas
48 Road crews supply
49 I give!
50 Bugged or vexed
51 Correct, as text
52 Full of vim and vinegar
53 Alka-Seltzer sound
54 Opportune
55 Escalator developer
56 Bumper boo-boo
57 Capital of Rhone
60 Atlantic catch
61 Neutral possessive
ON FIRE
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LEGEND CINEMA
22 JUMP STREET
After making their way through high school, big
changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko
when they go deep undercover at a local college.
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13 SINS
A cryptic phone call sets off a dangerous game of
risks for Elliot, a down-on-his luck salesman. The
game promises increasing rewards for completing 13
tasks, each more sinister than the last.
City Mall: 3:50pm, 10:15pm
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4 KINGS
Khmer film.
City Mall: 12:20pm, 4:55pm, 7:05pm
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EDGE OF TOMORROW
An officer finds himself caught in a time loop in a war
with an alien race. His skills increase as he faces the
same brutal combat scenarios, and his union with a
special forces warrior gets him closer and closer to
defeating the enemy.
City Mall: 10am, 7:55pm
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HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
When Hiccup and Toothless discover an ice cave that
is home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the
mysterious Dragon Rider, they find themselves at the
center of a battle to protect the peace.
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THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share a love
that sweeps them on a journey. Their relationship
is all the more miraculous given that Hazels other
constant companion is an oxygen tank, Gus jokes
about his prosthetic leg, and they met and fell in love
at a cancer support group.
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9:40pm
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NOW SHOWING
Music @ Cabaret
Latin Bossa Nova will play jazz at Cabaret
in a modern setting with a bar and patio.
A selection of wines and cigars will be on
sale.
Cabaret Restaurant, #159 Street 154. 8pm
Exhibition @ Romeet
In Hour Seyhas third exhibition at Romeet
Contemporary Art Space, he paints a dark
fairytale of the countryside of Cambodia.
The exhibitions title, A Frog in the Well,
alludes to the Cambodian proverb Kong
Keb Knong Ondong. It is used to
encourage open-mindedness.
Seyhas work includes gems, embryos and
particles all unxed.
Romeet Gallery, #34E1 Street 178. 6:30pm
Poetry @ Java
This months open stage poetry night will
feature three readers and a unique
theatrical excerpt. After the featured
readers, the stage opens up to anyone
who would like to read. There will then
be a lucky draw.
Java Cafe and Gallery, #56 Sihanouk
Boulevard. 7pm
TV PICKS
8:20am - LIFE OF PI: A young man who survives a disaster
at sea is hurtled into an epic journey. While cast away, he
forms an unexpected connection with another survivor:
a fearsome Bengal tiger. FOX MOVIES
12:05pm - THE MATRIX RELOADED: Neo and the rebel
leaders estimate that they have 72 hours until 250,000
probes discover Zion and destroy it and its inhabitants.
During this, Neo must decide how he can save Trinity
from a dark fate in his dreams. HBO
9pm - LES MISERABLES: In 19th-century France, Jean
Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the
ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees
to care for a factory workers daughter. The decision
changes their lives forever. HBO
9:50pm - TRANCE: An art auctioneer who has become
mixed up with criminals partners with a hypnotherapist
in order to recover a lost painting. FOX MOVIES
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Keanu Reeves stars in The Matrix Reloaded. AFP
Videos @ Equinox
Equinox will show locally-produced
music videos that showcase work by
modern Cambodian artists. They will
be screened on a big screen with a
1,500 watt sound system.
Equinox, #3A Street 278. 9pm

Sen Rady set to fight Laoss
Tharng Bang for CBF title
POPULAR Apsara Kun Khmer Club
fighter Sen Rady will face Laotian
opponent Tharng Bang, in a 57kg
Cambodian Boxing Federation title
bout today in Takeo provincial town, to
be broadcast live on Apsara TV. Tharng
Bang has a feared left kick, touted as
the best along the Mekong River, and
he holds a 65-10-5 record including 16
victories inside the distance. He has
previously beaten Cambodias Em
Lithou but was edged by Yen Dina. Sen
Rady told the Post: Its hard to predict
a winner in this fight because I know
[Tharng Bang] is good, but I will try my
best to secure the title. The match
will be followed by a 65kg contest
between Royal Cambodian Armed
Forces Clubs Phal Sophat (126-20-4)
and young Chinese prospect Xie Wei,
who has won 29 of his 32 fights with 20
by way of knockout. CHHORNNORN,
TRANSLATEDBY CHENGSERYRITH
Captain Cook vows not to quit
ALASTAIR Cook was adamant he would
never quit as England captain after
the side suffered a fresh series reverse
by a desperately narrow margin against
Sri Lanka at Headingley on Tuesday. It
seemed England might escape with
both a drawn match and series as No
11 James Anderson defied Sri Lankas
bowlers for some 20 overs. But with
just two balls left in the match, he
couldnt evade a well-directed
Shaminda Eranga bouncer and was
caught at leg gully with Moeen Ali,
whod kept Sri Lanka at bay for six-and-
half hours on 108 not out at the other
end his maiden Test tonne. AFP
Sport
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
21
LeBron James dumps the
Heat deal for free agency
NBA SUPERSTAR LeBron
James told the Miami Heat on
Tuesday that he will exercise
an early termination option
in his contract and become a
free agent.
Richie Paul, Jamess agent,
told the team of his clients
decision, which came ahead of
a deadline next Monday to
decide whether or not to opt
out of the last two years of his
Miami contract.
Heat president Pat Riley
claimed the move was not a
surprise and that he looks for-
ward to new contract talks with
the NBAs biggest current star.
I was informed this morning
of his intentions, Riley said in
a statement. We fully expected
LeBron to opt-out and exercise
his free agent rights, so this
does not come as a surprise.
The move does not prevent
James from re-signing with
the Heat, and could give the
club greater flexibility to add
talent and remain within NBA
salary cap rules.
We look forward to sitting
down with LeBron and his
representatives and talking
about our future together,
Riley said.
James, who was set to make
$20 million next season, won
his first career NBA titles with
the Heat in 2012 and 2013. He
also led Miami to the NBA
Finals in 2011, when Dallas beat
the Heat, and this year, when
Miami lost to San Antonio.
After the Heats last loss in the
NBA Finals, James said he
wanted time on vacation with
his family before considering
his future plans.
Draft features foreign talent
An injury to potential top
selection Joel Embiid of Cam-
eroon is just one of many ques-
tion marks facing NBA teams
as they try to find future stars
in todays draft.
A talent-laden 2014 draft
class includes a number of
promising international play-
ers, with 18-year-old Australian
guard Dante Exum perhaps the
most intriguing.
Unlike Embiid, who played
one year at the University of
Kansas before declaring for
the draft, Exum hasnt played
at a US college, lessening the
chance that the athletic and
intelligent 1.98 m youngster
will be taken with the first
overall pick by the Cleveland
Cavaliers.
Embiid, who broke the Jay-
hawks freshman record with 72
blocked shots and was the Big
12 conferences Defensive Play-
er of the Year for Kansas, had
been widely tipped as a likely
top pick before he needed sur-
gery last week that used two
screws to stabilise a stress frac-
ture in his right foot.
He had already missed the
national college championship
tournament because of a stress
fracture in his lower back and
despite his youth the injuries
are making teams think twice
about him.
Milwaukee Bucks co-owner
Marc Lasry whose team has
the second overall selection
ahead of the Philadelphia 76ers,
Orlando Magic and Utah Jazz
said on Monday it would be
hard to take Embiid.
Hes a phenomenal individ-
ual, Lasry said. But with the
injury, and how severe and how
long it will take him to recover,
I think for us today were going
to want someone who is going
to help us on day one. AFP
Healed Woods feeling good
T
IGER Woods returns to
competition today saying
he is pain free and healthy
for the rst time in two
years and is eager to add to his 14
major titles.
The 38-year-old American, side-
lined for three months following
back surgery to ease a pinched
nerve, begins his comeback at the
$6.5 million US PGA National at
Congressional Country Club in
Bethesda, Maryland.
Im actually probably ahead of
schedule, where everyone thought
I would be at, Woods said. It has
been a very, very long time, prob-
ably a good two years since Ive felt
this way.
Woods admitted on Tuesday that
he probably would not have re-
turned this week if it were not an
event that benets his charity foun-
dation, his original goal having been
to return in three weeks at the Brit-
ish Open at Royal Liverpool.
We all thought the British Open
would be my rst event back, but I
healed fast, said Woods, who cred-
ited his physical therapists and at-
tention to nutrition with speeding
his recovery.
Woods, who was toppled from atop
the world rankings last month and
is rated fth this week, says that de-
spite the nagging knee, leg and back
injuries that have bothered him in
recent years, he sees only minimal
risk of reinjuring himself by return-
ing sooner than rst planned.
Im going to get stronger as time
goes on, Woods said. The risk is
minimal, and just like it is with every
round we play, we can hit behind a
tree root and damage something...
Im no different in that regard.
Woods last lifted a major trophy at
the 2008 US Open. He conrmed that
he plans to resume his quest to pass
the all-time record of 18 major titles
won by Jack Nicklaus in the British
Open next month at Royal Liverpool,
where he won the Claret Jug in 2006.
This week, Woods is aiming at win-
ning his rst title in 13 months and
80th career PGA crown.
Expectations dont change.
Thats the ultimate goal, Woods
said. Its just that its going to be
a little bit harder this time. I just
havent had the amount of prep
and reps that I would like. But I am
good enough to play and I am go-
ing to give it a go.
Woods will tee off at the 10th hole
at 8:12am (7:12pm Cambodian time)
today alongside Australian Jason Day
and young US star Jordan Spieth,
both still seeking a rst major tri-
umph after runner-up nishes at the
Masters.
It will be the rst competitive
round for Woods since he red a 78,
the worst nal-round score of his pro
career, on June 9 at Doral, where he
struggled to bend over to pick the
ball out of the cup.
It has been an interesting road,
Woods said. This has been quite a
tedious little process but one where
I got to a point where I can play
competitive golf again and its pretty
exciting.
Woods said he painstakingly fol-
lowed exercise protocols and slowly
rebuilt his game, progressively hit-
ting 10 yards further when his condi-
tion allowed.
All the strengthening exercises Ive
done throughout the years have paid
off and have allowed me to get back
quicker and to get back to this point,
Woods said.
When you get treatment all the
time, its amazing what you can do.
Woods was able to swing fully with
a driver about two weeks ago and be-
gan to play practice rounds. AFP
Tiger Woods hits balls on the range on Tuesday in preparation for todays start to the
Quicken Loans National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Maryland. AFP
LeBron James will opt out of the nal two years of his contract with
the Miami Heat, making him a free agent after leading the franchise to
four straight nals appearances. AFP
Football
22 THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
South Koreans need spirit of 2002
S
TRUGGLING South Korea
will need to rediscover the
magical spirit of 2002 as they
ght to rescue their dismal
World Cup campaign against un-
beaten Belgium tonight.
After drawing with Russia and los-
ing 4-2 to Algeria, Group Hs bottom
side need to win big against already-
qualied Belgium if they are to stay
in the tournament.
Logic decrees the Koreans will
soon be following Japan home as
their attack has been largely tooth-
less so far, coupled with severe
problems in defence.
But coach Hong Myung-bo can
draw at least on his experiences at the
2002 tournament, when he was part
of the team that shocked the world by
reaching the seminals.
That year, the unquenchable desire
of Guus Hiddinks team and some fa-
vourable refereeing decisions helped
the Taeguk Warriors upset Portugal,
Italy and Spain.
This time around, things have been
different. The 1-1 draw with Russia
owed much to Igor Ankeevs goal-
keeping howler, and South Korea
were then taken apart by unfancied
Algeria.
Now we have to turn the page, said
Hong after the Algeria defeat. This
result is the reward for our prepara-
tion. We must prepare better for the
next game, its our only option.
On-loan Arsenal striker Park Chu-
Young remains goalless and Hong
had some choice words for his de-
fence after they conceded three in the
rst half against Algeria.
In South Koreas favour is that Bel-
gium, who are top of the table with
maximum points, are expected to rest
some of their rst-choice players.
Centre-back Thomas Vermael-
en looks set to miss out with a
hamstring strain but coach Marc
Wilmots may give more game time
to Chelseas Eden Hazard, who is yet
to hit top form.
I havent played well yet at this
World Cup but Ive made a differ-
ence and thats what the coach
has asked of me, Hazard said this
week. I understand that people
expect a lot of me and I know I can
do better.
Meanwhile, Algeria can make his-
tory tonight by qualifying for the
second round of the World Cup for
the rst time in four appearances
at the tournament when they face
Russia in Curitiba.
The Desert Foxes will be assured
of their place in the last 16 with a
win, but should also progress with
a draw so long as South Korea dont
beat Belgium.
Split loyalties for USA players
Usually when national anthems
are played at the World Cup, half the
stadium enjoys one and half likes the
other. Tonight, there will be a group
who are moved by both.
Midelder Jermaine Jones is one of
several USA players who will have split
allegiances. Jones will be playing Ger-
many, the country where he was born,
bred and played most of his football.
With both the anthems Ill close
my eyes, let everything go through
and then after I will try to make my
game, said the German-accented 32-
year-old. Jones played three friendlies
for Germany in 2008, but he switched
to the USA after being overlooked by
coach Joachim Loew for that years
European championship.
His origins are not unique. Ger-
man-Americans John Brooks, Fabi-
an Johnson, Timothy Chandler and
Julian Green are all included in the
squad led by Jurgen Klinsmann, the
ex-Germany player and coach.
Now Jones, whose superb strike
nearly earned the USA a famous win
over Portugal, will play a team includ-
ing German friends and acquaintances
as USA bid for the World Cups last 16.
I always say that Im proud of both
countries. I grew up in Germany and
they gave me a lot. I took my rst steps
there and I played my rst games and
rst leagues there, he said.
Im not going to say bad things
about Germany, I have a lot of friends
in Germany, added Jones. Every-
thing is good and everything hap-
pens for a reason.
Jones, the son of a US soldier and
German mother, has pledged not to
celebrate if he scores in Recife.
A win or tie will ensure the USA
progress. They still have an outside
chance of progressing if they lose. If
the game does end in a draw, both
Portugal and Ghana will be elimi-
nated. AFP
Tonights Fixtures
Portugal v Ghana 11pm
USA v Germany 11pm
Algeria v Russia 3am
South Korea v Belgium 3am
South Korea coach Hong Myung-Bo hopes to rediscover the country's magic of 2002 for their nal World Cup Group H game tonight. AFP
Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST JUNE 26, 2014
23

Zidane named coach of
Real Madrid feeder side
FRANCE legend Zinedine
Zidane has been appointed
coach for next season of Real
Madrids feeder team, third-
division side Castilla, the club
said yesterday. Zizou, who was
Carlo Ancelottis first squad
assistant coach this year, will
start a new stage of his career
at Real Madrid, Real Madrid
said in a statement, adding that
he was already working on
plans for the club. Zidane, 42,
played for Cannes, Bordeaux
and Juventus before joining
Real Madrid in 2001 and
retiring at the age of 34 after
the 2006 World Cup. AFP
Late penalty drama as
Greece oust Ivory Coast
GEORGIOS Samarass dramatic
injury-time penalty took Greece
into the World Cup last 16 for
the first time on Tuesday as
they grabbed a 2-1 win which
sent Ivory Coast crashing out.
Samaras, brought down by
Giovanni Sio in the 91st minute,
bravely stepped up to convert
past a flailing Boubacar Barry
before being mobbed by his
teammates. It proved the last
act of a thrilling Group C finale
which Greece had led following
Andreas Samariss strike near
half-time, before Wilfried Bony
equalised. AFP
Mondragon becomes
oldest player at W Cup
COLOMBIA goalkeeper Faryd
Mondragon became the oldest
footballer ever to play in a World
Cup on Tuesday, coming on in
the last few minutes in a cameo
appearance that sent the crowd
into raptures. With his side
leading 3-1 against Japan and
virtually certain of their third
straight victory in Group C, the
veteran was introduced by
coach Jose Pekerman in the
85th minute. At 43 years and
three days old he surpassed the
record of Cameroons Roger
Milla, who played in a World Cup
at 42 years and 39 days.
Colombia won 4-1. AFP
Desperation, deja vu as
England crash again
AS ENGLANDS beleaguered
players flew back to the United
Kingdom after another failed
World Cup campaign, the now
familiar post-tournament
narrative was gradually
beginning to take shape.
Previous failures have been
explained away with convenient
scapegoats David Beckhams
red card against Argentina in
1998; Fabio Capellos strict
regime in 2010 but in 2014,
consensus is still to emerge.
For captain Steven Gerrard,
England were betrayed by a
lack of composure, flooding
forward in pursuit of victory in
their decisive second game
against Uruguay and paying the
price in a 2-1 defeat. Wayne
Rooney said England needed
more nastiness and former
striker Gary Lineker claimed
the team had been
outnumbered in midfield due to
their 4-2-3-1 system, but for
manager Roy Hodgson, his
players were simply bettered by
marginally more accomplished
opponents. All I can say from
our point of view is that we
havent been that fortunate
here, he said after Englands
0-0 draw with surprise group
winners Costa Rica in Belo
Horizonte on Tuesday. AFP
New futsal tournament for corporate sides
Dan Riley
FRESH from a successful hosting of
their Phnom Penh 5s World Cup tour-
nament at the start of this month, Excel
Events is looking to launch a brand
new futsal competition targeted at the
capitals business community.
The Phnom Penh Premier League is
slated to run from September to
November at a venue to be announced
and is open to companies working in
and around Phnom Penh. Teams will
be restricted to 12 members, who
must all be employees of the company
they represent. The tournament offers
companies the chance to compete
against each other in a sporting environ-
ment, chief organiser Jimmy Campbell
said in a press release.
It gives companies an opportunity to
share in something unique and also
offers an opportunity to network and to
build lasting relationships in a com-
petitive but friendly [atmosphere].
Campbell said he hopes to attract
between eight and 12 sides. The first
teams to register qualify for an early-
bird bonus.
Five-a-side games of two 20-minute
halves will be played, with each side
facing each other once in the prelimi-
nary stage. With the results from these
games tabulated, teams will be split into
two play-off groups the top half to
contest the PP Premier League Trophy
and the bottom half vying for the PP
Premier Community Trophy.
There will be awards for the winner,
runners-up, fair play award, top goal
scorer and player of the tournament,
Campbell added.
Gold, silver and bronze medals
will be presented to the top three
teams. All teams will at least be
awarded with a participation award.
Local TV channel CTN are to run a
three-minute update on its weekly
sports magazine show with footage,
results and the league table after each
round of games.
For every week of the competition,
a representative of each team will be
interviewed for this segment to talk
about the teams performance.
Other promotions include the
printing of 300 match-day brochures
that will have profiles of all the teams,
the creation of a Facebook fan page
and weekly updates in the Post.
Uruguay forward Luis Suarez (left) holds his teeth after clashing with Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their Group D match at the Dunas Arena in Natal on Tuesday. AFP
FIFA opens proceedings
over Suarez bite in Brazil
F
IFA has opened disci-
plinary proceedings
against the Uruguay
striker Luis Suarez af-
ter he appeared to bite Italys
Giorgio Chiellini.
FIFA can conrm that dis-
ciplinary proceedings have
been opened against the play-
er Luis Suarez of Uruguay, the
body said in a statement. Su-
arez could face a ban of up to
24 matches if found guilty.
The incident occurred dur-
ing Uruguays 1-0 victory over
Italy, a result that knocked the
2006 champions out of the
World Cup. With the score at
0-0, Suarez leaned into Chiel-
lini before appearing to bite
his opponents shoulder.
Suarez was not punished by
the referee, however FIFA said
that the proceedings related
to any infringements which
have escaped the match of-
cials attention.
Earlier in the day, senior
FIFA ofcial Michel DHooge
told the BBC that biting is not
compatible with normal foot-
ball practice.
Jim Boyce, FIFAs vice presi-
dent and head of the bodys
referees committee, also took
a dim view of the incident. I
have watched the incident
several times on television.
There is no doubt Luis Suarez
is a fantastic footballer but,
once again, his actions have
left him open to severe criti-
cism, Boyce said.
FIFA must investigate the
incident seriously and take
whatever disciplinary action
deemed necessary.
Suarez defended himself on
Uruguayan television after
the match. These situations
happen on the pitch. We were
both just inside the area; he
struck me in the chest with his
shoulder and he hit me in the
eye as well, he said. These
are things that happen on the
pitch and you shouldnt attach
so much importance to them.
Im very happy to have quali-
ed. We are taking each game
as it comes. We know that
were in a difcult situation;
were at our limits now.
Some sources in Uruguay
believe he has been targeted
unfairly. The website of the
Uruguayan TV station Teneld
questioned whether the pres-
sure on Suarez was brought
about by the British media.
In the TV replay, as viewed
in the press area, it appears
that [Suarezs] face comes in
contact with Chiellini without
it being clear whether he bites
him as was claimed by those
especially the English who
were keen to play down Uru-
guays victory.
British reporters in the
press conference asked
[coach] Oscar Tabarez three
times asked about the inci-
dent, saying that: Suarez bit
Chiellini. Their intention was
FIFA should intervene and
expel Luisito [Suarez] from
the World Cup . . . It would be
good if these Englishmen,
who are concerned to have
Suarez suspended, remember
how they won the World Cup
in 1966 with a ball which was
not a goal.
Suarez has been involved
in two biting incidents in
the past. He was banned for
10 matches in 2013 for biting
Chelseas Branislav Ivanovic
and in 2010 while play-
ing for Ajax he was given a
seven-game suspension for
biting PSV Eindhovens Ot-
man Bakkal.
Tabarez lost his patience at
the questions and lashed out
at certain media for what he
suggested was the targeting of
the player.
This is a football World Cup,
its not about morality, cheap
morality, Tabarez said.
As we say in Uruguay, there
are people who are hiding be-
hind a tree waiting for some-
one to make a mistake.
Suarez, despite any mis-
takes he might have made, is
the preferred target of certain
media, of certain press, who
give him much more coverage
for an alleged error he might
have made rather than the
things for which he is really
in football.
Cesare Prandelli, the Italy
manager, tendered his res-
ignation in the aftermath of
what was a shattering defeat
and so did Giancarlo Abete,
the president of the Italian
Football Federation. Prandelli
said that he had not seen the
Suarez bite, only the marks
on Chiellinis shoulder, but he
had broader concerns.
He was furious at Rodriguezs
decision to send off the mid-
elder Claudio Marchisio for a
studs-up challenge on Edigio
Aravalo Rios in the 60th min-
ute. That did not deserve a
red card, Prandelli said. That
generated a second match al-
together. THE GUARDIAN