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A Daun Penh district security guard lies
on the ground after being severely beaten
by protesters during a demonstration at
Phnom Penhs Freedom Park yesterday.
HENGCHIVOAN
Alice Cuddy, Meas Sokchea
and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
A
NOTHER chapter of con-
frontation and violence was
written at Phnom Penhs
Freedom Park yesterday
only this time the by now familiar
narrative was ipped on its head.
When the smoke cleared, it was
Daun Penh district security guards,
not protesters, who led into local
hospitals, while a quartet of opposi-
tion politicians was in police custody
facing potential incitement charges.
Mu Sochua, Keo Phirom and Men
Sothavarin were all initially detained
inside the heavily fortied Freedom
Park during a morning demonstra-
tion on Naga Bridge that saw pro-
testers savagely attack the security
guards traditionally the all-too-will-
ing enforcers of government-ap-
proved crackdowns who attempted
to forcefully disperse them.
The trio was taken to the police sta-
tion, where Ho Vann, another Cam-
bodia National Rescue Party politi-
cian, was also detained after showing
up later in the day.
A crowd of protesters, journalists
and rights observers gathered at the
police station after the arrests, while
about 50 armed police ensured they
kept their distance from the gates.
Military police spokesman Kheng
Tito and other sources told the Post
late last night that the accused CNRP
members were still being held at the
Tables violently turned
CNRP pols detained as security thrashed
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THE PHNOM PENH POST JULY 16, 2014
Police cordon off a section of grassland last week where the remains of
a police chief were found in Kampong Cham. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Kim Sarom
THREE shermen have been
arrested in connection with
the grisly murder of a com-
mune police chief and were
interrogated yesterday at the
Kampong Cham Provincial
Court, police and court of-
cials have said.
The trio was arrested on
Monday and is suspected
of having murdered Chan
Sophal, the 48-year-old police
chief of Srey Santhor districts
Svay Por commune, who was
out investigating illegal sh-
ing in nearby Mekong wet-
lands when he disappeared
on June 21.
His remains were found on
Friday morning with what ap-
peared to be knife wounds to
the forehead and temple, ac-
cording to district police.
Chem Senghong, the provin-
cial deputy police chief, said
he had nished investigating
the case and forwarded his
ndings to the provincial court
yesterday, where the suspects
were questioned.
Court prosecutor Huot
Vuthy declined to comment
in detail: I can say nothing
since the suspects were only
sent to the court this morning
and the court is still working
on this case.
Srey Santhor district police
chief Kheng Sreng said the
suspects: Hom Heurn, 43; Soy
Seurn, 50; and Pho Phal, 44,
are farmers and shermen
who all live in Por village in
Svay Por commune.
Police seized a machete, a
phone and a jacket stained
with blood from Seurns home,
but the suspects have not con-
fessed to the murder, he said.
Authorities located the men
by tracing a phone number
that Sophal had received on
the day he went missing.
Soy Seurn called the vic-
tim, but we do not know what
they talked about. Then the
victim disappeared after he
went to the wetlands, Sreng
said, adding that police be-
lieve that more suspects in-
volved in the murder are still
on the run.
Five days before he disap-
peared, Sophal had inter-
cepted and seized the gear of
illegal shermen about 10 ki-
lometresm away from the Por
village, Sreng said, although
the men escaped. Sophal re-
turned to the same area, the
Boueng Krachab wetlands,
the day he disappeared.
Probe sees 3 arrested
in police chiefs death
Justice still eludes fishermen
Laignee Barron and Sen David
F
OR more than two years, Sao Thy*
was forced to work 20-hour days
on a shing vessel in Senegal,
abandoned there by a recruitment
agency that had promised him landscap-
ing employment in Thailand.
Thy was beaten, starved and forced to
continue working even after being bitten
by a shark. The only money that he and
his family saw from the arrangement was
the $400 he had to borrow to pay the now
infamous recruitment scammer Giant
Ocean International Fishery Co.
Thy is just one of the 179 identied
survivors among what NGOs estimate
to be 1,000 Cambodian men sold by Gi-
ant Ocean to overseas shing vessels. But
even after a two-year investigation and 96
victim complaints led to a conviction in
April of the six Taiwanese nationals run-
ning Giant Ocean, none of the trafcked
men have seen court-ordered compensa-
tion. And the government yesterday gave
them little reason to hope they would ever
see any of their withheld wages, even if the
ongoing appeal ends in their favour.
At a human-trafcking workshop in
the capital, Ministry of Justice ofcials
told victims that if they ever wanted
their earnings they would have to nd
the money themselves, suggesting they
should rst le a court order to freeze Gi-
ant Oceans $100,000 guaranty deposit in
the National Bank.
If that is not enough money for their
compensation, then the plaintiff needs
to go and search for the accuseds prop-
erties in Cambodia to see if they have
sizeable assets and then make a report
to the court, said Phnom Penh judge
Chea Sokheng.
Ofcials yesterday also offered no
clear details on how they intend to nd
the remaining victims.
We suspect there are more victims, we
just dont know how many or where they
are yet, said Ith Rady, an undersecretary
of state at the Ministry of Justice.
Chiv Phally, deputy director of the In-
terior Ministrys Anti-Human Trafck-
ing and Juvenile Protection Department,
added no further specics, noting only
that all relevant people need to come to-
gether to nd the other survivors, many
of whom may remain trapped at sea. And
for repatriated victims, the government
didnt have any more promising news.
We do not have the budget to follow-
up with or provide support to the reinte-
grated workers, said Kim Hong, a direc-
tor at the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Meanwhile, Thy, who now farms chick-
ens, said he had asked the court for $5,000,
but no longer expects to see it.
I do not want to waste any more of my
time, he said.
*Real name has been changed for pri-
vacy reasons.
Fishermen repatriated from Thailand at Phnom Penh International Airport last year. VIREAKMAI
Soy Seurn called the
victim, but we do not
know what they
talked about
Rocket goes off
Explosion in
Pursat hurts
eight people
A
N OLD rocket seri-
ously injured at least
eight people when it
exploded in Pursat province
yesterday, after a child found
the missile and used it as a toy
with a relative in his village.
Three women, three
men and two children all
related are being treated at
the provincial hospital after
the child took the unexplo-
ded ordnance (UXO) to the
familys Stung Thmey village
home, in Pursats Veal Veng
district, said district police
chief Thea Leng.
The children were playing
under the house when it
exploded, Leng said. The
blast was extremely loud
and shocked neighbouring
villagers.
Data from the Cambodian
Mine Action Center showed
that 89 people were killed by
landmines and UXO in the first
six months of this year.
Most landmine and UXO
deaths occur in the Kingdoms
northwestern provinces,
where defeated Khmer Rouge
cadres fought the government
during civil war in the 1980s
and 1990s. KIM SAROM
National
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China to help review crash
May Titthara
and Daniel Pye

C
HINESE aviation
experts will be dis-
patched to Cam-
bodia to collect the
black box from a Z-9 helicop-
ter that crashed during a train-
ing exercise on Monday, killing
four out of ve crew members,
according to a senior ofcer
for the Kindoms Air Force.
Air Force Commander Soe-
ung Samnang said yesterday
that specialists from China
would arrive in the capital as
early as today to collect the
device, which was retrieved
from the wreckage during a re-
covery operation overseen by
Minister of Defence Tea Banh.
We cannot open the black
box on our own. It may be sent
to the factory where it was
made, Samnang said.
He added that the govern-
ment would set up a commis-
sion of inquiry to nd out what
caused the deaths of the four
military ofcers.
Two generals were among
the dead: Brigadier General
Eang Vannarith, who head-
ed the Air Forces training
school, and Major General
Ouk Bunnaha, deputy com-
mander of the helicopter
unit. Two pilots, Major Thorn
Vandy and Major Kham Bun-
nan, were also killed.
Speaking after all four
bodies were pulled from the
water on Monday evening,
Defence Minister Tea Banh
said strong wind could have
caused the craft to surge for-
ward from the edge of a cliff
overlooking a disused sand
quarry ooded with rainwater.
Scientically, the wind can
whirl strongly in the area, but
we are waiting to check the re-
sults from the black box before
drawing conclusions, he said.
He added that the craft was
on a training mission at the
site in the capitals Dangkor
district when it failed to land.
Videos taken by witnesses
showed the craft attempting to
land at the edge of the quarry
before accelerating nose-rst
over the edge and spiralling
into its depths.
The Chinese-built Z-9 heli-
copter was part of a batch of
12 Z-9s that were bought by
Cambodia in November last
year using a $195 million loan
from China.
The sole survivor of the
deadly crash, Air Force cadet
Cheng Sok Sambo, was con-
tinuing to receive treatment
yesterday at Phnom Penhs
Calmette Hospital.
His unlikely escape from
the plummeting aircraft was
a case of luck rather than a
last-minute jump as was ear-
lier suggested, according to
his cousin Sorl Serey, who was
looking after Sok Sambo at the
hospital yesterday.
The junior ofcer was still
strapped rmly into his seat
when he hit the water, he said.
He told us that he did not
jump out of the helicopter and
he did not know what pushed
him out. Soon after the crash,
he appeared out of the water,
and then he swiftly swam out
and survived, Serey said.
He added that his cousin
was unable to eat or speak due
to a facial injury he sustained
in the fall and was being fed
through a tube.
At Pochentong Air Force
Base on Russian Boulevard
yesterday, Post reporters
were barred from entering a
military funeral held for the
four dead.
Cambodian military personnel retrieve pieces of wreckage from the water on the outskirts of Phnom Penh
after a Z-9 helicopter crashed. PHA LINA
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municipal police headquarters.
A fifth CNRP lawmaker-elect, Real
Camerin, is also wanted for arrest,
party whip Son Chhay said.
Why dont [police] summon secu-
rity forces who have always beaten peo-
ple for questioning? Chhay added.
According to Chhay, Phnom Penh
Municipal Police Chief Chuon Sovann
told him that the lawmakers-elect
were arrested following complaints
from injured Daun Penh security
guards and said that the case could
become complicated if they are
charged with incitement.
While Chhay was allowed to enter the
police station yesterday afternoon, he
was not permitted to see his colleagues
or the complaints filed against them.
Sovann could not be reached for
comment yesterday, while deputy
police chief Chuon Narin declined to
answer a Post reporters questions.
Speaking on the phone yesterday
evening, Camerin said he was not con-
cerned about the arrest warrant and
was still in Phnom Penh.
He said that yesterdays violence
from CNRP supporters was the back-
lash from regular beatings from the
security guards.
I did not use violence, the third hand
[security guards] have beaten people
many times and people have kept
patient, but this time they could not
keep calm, they fought back, he said.
The morning began peacefully, as
more than 200 opposition supporters
gathered on Naga Bridge at about 8am
to show solidarity with the Cambodia
National Rescue Partys campaign to
free Freedom Park.
But at about 8:30am, after a group
hung a banner on the razor wire sur-
rounding the park, 30 to 40 baton-
wielding security guards were
unleashed and began pulling down the
sign while forcefully attempting to dis-
perse the demonstration.
Addressing the crowd, Sochua con-
demned the violence. All this is evi-
dence . . . We know batons come from
the securitys hand, she said.
Daun Penh security guards, who offi-
cials have previously admitted are
untrained and essentially function as
thugs-for-hire, have been used exten-
sively to crack down on protests in the
Freedom Park area since last years
national election.
However, yesterday, the tables were
turned. After the violence broke out, the
district security guards attempted to
flee the scene, as protesters chased
them away from the park.
Post reporters witnessed numerous
guards being isolated and beaten by
the crowd.
After stripping one security guard,
the crowd burned his clothes on the
street.
In a moment captured on video, one
guard was seen lying unconscious on
the ground, before having a rock
smashed against his head.
When an ambulance arrived, protest-
ers blocked it from reaching the scene
and turned it away.
Speaking to the Post at Calmette
Hospital at about 12pm yesterday,
Daun Penh District Governor Kouch
Chamroeun said protesters had used
bricks, wooden sticks and plastic pipes
filled with concrete to attack district
security guards and officials, injuring
about 40 in total.
While most sustained only light inju-
ries, two guards with possibly life-
threatening head injuries remained in
intensive care, Chamroeun said.
Yesterday evening, a Calmette Hos-
pital official who declined to be named
said that three guards had suffered
serious head injuries but that all had
now regained consciousness.
He said that 19 others with less seri-
ous injuries remained in hospital and
that 17 had been discharged after
receiving treatment.
An incensed Sok Penh Vuth, the Daun
Penh deputy governor who is often
seen during crackdowns directing
guards to attack protesters sometimes
using violence himself said that he
was personally assaulted.
The protesters had come prepared
with rocks, sticks and pipes with con-
crete inside. They rushed to beat me
and many other civilian officials and
security guards while we were trying to
get them to end their protest and go
home, he said.
We did not receive any order to
crackdown . . . and I had no baton when
they beat me.
Daun Penh security guard Ouk Kong-
kea, 28, told the Post from a hospital
bed that protesters had overwhelmed
the guards.
The group of protesters were so
many more than us, and they used
sticks and rocks to beat and throw at
us while we were choking on the tear
gas that the police used to stop them
from being violent, he explained.
I have just been wounded a little bit
on my hands and shoulders.
Sorm Sochhoeun, 34, a security guard
from the districts Phsar Chas com-
mune, vowed revenge.
I had no baton or wooden stick in
my hand to defend myself when they
beat me. I was hit on the shoulders and
was brutally kicked in the forehead, he
said, lying on a hospital bed with band-
ages wrapped around his head.
I promise that I will beat them in
revenge if they ever return to protest
here again, he said.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu
Sopheak told the Post that the accused
CNRP members would be responsi-
ble if any of the victims die.
Shortly after the violence, the CNRP
released a statement demanding the
release of the elected lawmakers with-
out condition, calling for the barri-
cades to be removed from Freedom
Park and saying it supported non-vi-
olent demonstrations.
In a statement yesterday, City Hall
condemned the illegal gathering.
The gathering led to grave violence
and the competent authorities were
forced to disperse them to normalize
security, safety and public order . . . City
Hall would like to appeal to the com-
petent authorities and institutions
concerned to continue investigating
and determine the targets of the per-
petrators and those who are respon-
sible . . . and bring them to justice, the
statement said.
But Nay Vanda, rights group Adhocs
deputy chief human rights investigator,
said that, based on his organisations
observations, the security forces had
started the violence.
Ou Virak, chairman at the Cambo-
dian Center for Human Rights, said
yesterday that the only thing surprising
about the violence from protesters was
how long it had taken.
Im completely surprised that it has
taken this long for a violent reaction
from the CNRP supporters or the peo-
ple frustrated by the governments
response to expression, he said.
You look at the injustice [in society],
there must be a lot of frustrated and
angry people out there . . . the security
forces have not been behaving them-
selves anyway, and theyve pretty much
acted as thugs as well. Its pretty upset-
ting to see how this has all played out.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KEVIN PONNIAH, CHEANG
SOKHA AND DANIEL QUINLAN
National
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Protesters face off against Daun Penh district security personnel yesterday at Phnom Penhs Freedom Park after a demonstration turned violent. VIREAK MAI
Tables are
turned at
protest
People escort a member of Daun Penh district security to safety after he was badly beaten by protesters during a demonstration at
Freedom Park yesterday. HENG CHIVOAN
CNRP lawmakers-elect are escorted by military police after they were removed from
their car for questioning yesterday. VIREAK MAI
Trouble in paradise
Beach area
violent, says
US Embassy
T
HE US Embassy has
warned Americans to
stay vigilant and take
precautions in Sihanoukville
after what it said had been an
increase in violent attacks
In a security message re-
leased yesterday, the embassy
said several US citizens have
been attacked and injured in
separate recent incidents in
the Ochheuteal Beach area,
with one person suffering
serious knife wounds.
US citizens are advised
to avoid the beach bars on
Ochheuteal Beach in the
evening hours due to the
potential for gang activity and
an increased prevalence of
drugs and unprovoked violence
against foreigners, it said.
But Kol Phally, the Preah
Sihanouk deputy police com-
missioner, said crimes against
foreigners remained rare.
Teng Kha, director of the
provincial tourism department,
said tourist numbers were up
20 per cent in the first half of
this year. If there were lots of
crime, then people would not
come to visit, he said. CHEANG
SOKHA AND KEVIN PONNIAH
National
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Ex-nance
manager
gets prison
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
A MICROFINANCE companys
former marketing manager was
sentenced to one year in prison
yesterday and ordered to pay
back more than $80,000 after
being found guilty of stealing
cash from his employer.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court
Judge Y Thavareak said Hang
Socheath, 35, who worked at
Boeung Baitang, a locally owned
company, had stolen more than
$80,000 and gambled it away at
casinos in Phnom Penh.
I sentence him to one year in
prison, fine him 2 million riel
[$500], order him to return
$81,250 to the plaintiff and pay
$5,000, Thavareak said.
Socheath, the judge added,
had been charged after a com-
plaint from Boeung Baitangs
director on January 21.
Socheath, whose role at the
company included handling
money, could not be reached for
comment yesterday. When the
accused appeared in court on
July 2, he confessed, saying a
gambling addiction had driven
him to steal the money.
I was addicted . . . I took it to
play games in casinos in Phnom
Penh, he said.
Workers block airport road
Mom Kunthear
W
ORKERS at Ocean
Garment factory
ramped up their
protest yesterday
against managers who have
ignored an Arbitration Council
ruling in the employees favour.
About 1,000 demonstrators
from the Por Sen Chey district
factory blocked Russian Boule-
vard, a main road near Phnom
Penh International Airport.
They vowed to return today
and continue the protest until
Ocean abides by the councils
ruling last week that they must
pay workers full wages during a
factory closure.
The workers will block the
road until we have a resolu-
tion, Houn Vanna, a repre-
sentative, said.
On May 24, Ocean manage-
ment announced the factory
would cease operations for
one month ending on June 26
and pay employees $15 for that
month. When the council made
its ruling a week ago, Ocean of-
fered to pay staff $50 for the pe-
riod it was closed.
The garment factory re-
mained shuttered yesterday.
About 60 accepted the offer,
said Collective Union of Move-
ment of Workers president
Pav Sina. But those protesting
yesterday seemed intent on
holding out. Its very hot, but
we will not move, protester
Pen Navy, 43, said. I took my
pot and dish; I will sleep on the
road if an acceptable resolu-
tion is not reached.
Vong Sovann, deputy secre-
tary general for the Ministry of
Labours Committee for the Set-
tlement of Strikes and Demon-
strations, called for calm as the
ministry steps in to mediate.
We are preparing to invite
the companys director to the
ministry, Sovann said. I want
all workers to remain calm
while we try to work this out.
By 4pm, protesters had
cleared the road.
A spokeswoman for the air-
port said she had not received
any complaints of customers
missing their ights, but could
not speak on behalf of airlines.
Workers at another Por Sen
Chey factory as well as one in
Kandal province also demon-
strated yesterday.
Kandal provinces Jan Leu
Garment employees began
a strike, demanding the fac-
tory provide rst aide and stop
forcing overtime work.
More than 1,000 workers at
Por Sen Cheys Sun Well Shoes
Co rallied in front of the fac-
tory, which refused to negotiate
with Workers Friendship Union
Federations secretary general.
Workers there are demanding
safety equipment and a $15 per
month travel bonus.
When I arrived at the fac-
tory, they refused to meet with
me, said the unions Phoung
Leakhena. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY
SEAN TEEHAN
Employees from Ocean Garment factory sit on the road with placards near Phnom Penh International Airport
yesterday, demanding the company pay their full monthly wage during its temporary closure. PHA LINA
Passing grade
Numbers up
after schools
retest pupils
M
ORE than 93,000
grade 12 students, or
just over 90 per cent,
have passed their semester
exams and will now move on
to the national exam, accord-
ing to Ros Salin, spokesman
for the Ministry of Education.
In August, the students will
face the last qualifier for their
diploma, and the only factor
considered for entry into the
Kingdoms colleges.
Last week, the number of
students taking the test was
thrown into question when
the ministry announced
re-examinations for all failed
students.
The decision came as a res-
ponse to 52 failing students
at Hun Sen Taing Kork High
School in Kampong Thom
who protested allegedly
unfair treatment. Among the
high schools 52 protesters, 29
managed to bump their score
to a pass.
Im happy to pass, but Im
still trying hard to memorise
lessons and practise more for
the upcoming national exam
because I know there will not
be another chance, said Chim
Sophal, 18. CHHAY CHANNYDA
Conditions to brothers
unconditional love
BLOOD may be thicker than
water, but apparently not as
thick as two suspected moto
thieves who allegedly sold the
ride of one of the thieves broth-
er for a long weekend of living
the high life. A 17-year-old sus-
pect borrowed his brothers bike
to meet his friend on Friday.
Realising they had no cash to
impress the local girls, he
pawned it and turned up at
home empty-handed a couple
of days later. Despite the sus-
pects pleas for out-of-court
settlement, he was arrested
along with his friend. NOKORWAT
Consequence for sweet
tooth worse than cavity
AN INNOCENT trip to the
sweetshop during a break from
classes ended with two stu-
dents being chased like hell for
leather through the streets by
a gang armed with sticks,
stones and a meat cleaver.
After failing to catch the sprint-
ing sweet-toothed duo, the
gang of 10 set about destroying
a bike they had left behind.
Police arrived and managed to
arrest three of the thugs while
the other seven made their
escape. Police suspect revenge
was the motive. NOKORWAT
Arm, memory of law
longer than thought
POLICE in Pursat provinces
Kandieng district might
appear idle to the untrained
eye, but their sedentary strat-
egy paid off this week when a
witless robber returned to the
scene of the crime. The
27-year-old suspect fled the
province in June 2012 after he
was accused of stealing a
sack full of mobile phones,
clothes and other personal
items from a villager. He con-
fessed to police after his
arrest on Monday saying hed
returned home thinking police
had forgotten all about his ill-
gotten loot. He was sent to
court. DEUM AMPIL

Small drug bust all in
a days work in Poipet
POIPET town police will have
to aim higher if theyre to bag
the big-shot drug runners.
Doing the rounds on Monday
night in the Bantaey
Meanchey province border
town, the cops searched two
men by the side of the road
and discovered they were
carrying drugs. A small bag
of meth was confiscated from
the men who said they used
the drug to relax after a long
days work. NOKORWAT
Moto brake problems
break teenagers leg
A TEENAGE boy left the scene
of a potentially deadly colli-
sion on Monday lucky to have
escaped with his life. The
14-year-old was pushing his
bicycle home across a junc-
tion when a moto careened at
speed into him. The two moto
riders escaped with only
minor injuries from the ensu-
ing fall, while the boy ended
up hospitalised with a badly
broken leg. The driver of the
moto said he was unable to
brake in time to avoid the
near-fatal crash. NOKORWAT
Translated by Phak Seangly
POLICE
BLOTTER
National
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EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Human Resources Specialist
TheU.S. Embassy in PhnomPenh is seeking an individual for the
Human Resources Specialist position in the Human Resources
Ofce.
The incumbent assists the Human Resources Ofcer (HRO) in
themanagement of theU.S. Direct Hireand Locally Employed
(LE) Staff human resources programs and serves as Contracting
Ofcer Representative for the LE Staff health insurance program.
S/he reports to the HRO, directly supervises ve employees, and
indirectly, threeothers.
Salary: Theannual salary rangefor this position is
USD19,168 29,711.
Required Qualications
Bachelors degreein Business Administration or Human 1.
Resources Management is required.
Fiveyears of progressively responsibleexperiencein the 2.
eld of human resources administration is required. Two years
of supervisory experienceis also required.
Level IV (Fluent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English and 3.
Khmer are required. Language prociency will be tested.
Must have excellent knowledge of applicable local labor 4.
and social security laws, as well as prevailing practices and
customs as they apply to compensation and other elements
of human resources management.
Excellent managerial and leadership skills arerequired. 5.
Must possess very good writing and verbal skills necessary
to discuss complex issues and to preparecomprehensive
written reports and recommendations on both general
matters as well as on controversial problems and issues. Must
possess ahigh degreeof analytical ability and interpersonal
skills.
Application Procedure
Theapplication deadlineis July 25, 2014. Interested candidates
must submit applications by email to RecruitmentPHP@state.gov
using the Universal Appli-cation for Employment as a
Locally Employed Staff or Family Member (DS-174) form.
The application form and complete details on this position
can be found at http://cambodia.usembassy.gov/employment_
opportunities.html.
Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have
the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible for
consideration.
AEA is calling for expressions of Interest (EoI) from Cambodia based
consultng rms, research organizatons, universites, academies,
insttutes, consultancies, and think tanks to conduct a baseline
survey for the project. The survey will entail questonnaire-based
interviews with at least 4800 households and local authorites
randomly selected from the 54 districts in 18 provinces. The expected
tasks include training enumerators, pilotng questonnaires provided
by AEA, data collecton, data entry and cleaning and analysis in
collaboraton with AEA team.The task is expected to be complete
within 8 to 10 weeks startng August 2014.
The closing date for submission is the 25 of July, 2014 at 5:00pm;
interested rms should submit their expression of interest by email,
mail or to the following address:
sonthara.kong@aide-et-acton.org and cc to
kadyf.bathily@aide-et-acton.org
At: CCOOSC program manager
PO Box 1370 # 29 St 294
TonleBassac, SangkatChamkarmorn, Phnom Penh
Note: This call is contngent on funding.
For more information please go to the link below:
http://aeai-sea.org/en/our_news/docs/EoI_CCOOSC_8714.docx
Invitaton for Expressions of Interest(Eol)
NGOs petition King over laws
Pech Sotheary
and Kevin Ponniah
C
IVIL society groups
made a last-ditch effort
yesterday to stop three
controversial judicial
laws from being officially prom-
ulgated by handing over peti-
tions to the Royal Palace asking
King Norodom Sihamoni not to
sign off on the bills.
The laws have passed the
National Assembly, Senate and
Constitutional Council, and now
only need royal assent.
Yesterday morning, more
than 100 monks, activists and
civil society representatives
handed over petitions signed by
118 groups to palace represent-
atives, who promised to pass
them on to the King.
They also petitioned at several
embassies, the World Bank and
the Asian Development Bank.
Separately, representatives of
the International Bar Associa-
tions Human Rights Institute
and Gabriela Knaul, the United
Nations Special Rapporteur on
the Independence of Judges and
Lawyers, held a forum to express
their deep concern about the
laws, which they say will under-
mine judicial independence.
I humbly appeal to the pow-
er of His Majesty the King, as the
guarantor of the independence
of the judiciary and of the well-
being of Cambodian society, do
not enact these draft laws in
their current form, said Knaul,
who is on an unofficial visit.
But government spokesman
Tith Sothea insisted the laws had
been thoroughly debated.
We cannot wait longer to sat-
isfy the civil society groups
which are always making criti-
cisms, he said.
New versions of Cambodian passports will cost $100 for adults and $80 for children, slightly less than the current amount, the Ministry of Interior
announced yesterday. The ministry, however, was less than forthcoming on when their promised $4 passports for migrant workers and overseas
students will become available. A provincial labour ofcial who declined to provide a name said the Ministry of Interior and Ministry of Labour
signed a directive on the new overseas documents on Monday. VIREAK MAI
Passport please
Chan Muyhong

T
HE early days were
tough going for Kim
Puthkiri and his
mushrooms.
In 2010, Puthkiri inherited a
5,000-square-metre mushroom
farm on the outskirts of Phnom
Penh from his brother, who had
been trained in South Korea
in the art of raising the broad-
topped oyster variety, a popular
Chinese soup ingredient.
New to mushroom farm-
ing, Puthkiri wanted to diver-
sify his produce, and raise the
more dense straw mushroom,
a bulbous fungus with greater
appeal in Cambodian cuisine.
We successfully grew oyster
mushrooms, but Cambodian
people do not like to eat oyster
mushrooms, they prefer straw
mushrooms. So we started to
grow straw mushrooms when
we did not even have the tech-
nique, he said.
An attempt to recruit an ag-
ricultural professional claim-
ing to be a straw mushroom
expert failed to kick start his
new venture. In just over a
year Puthkiri had acquired 10
mushroom houses, mount-
ing debts, but still no straw
mushrooms.
More than $40,000 was
spent building mushroom
houses. Raw materials were
gone, the staff was hopeless,
he explained.
It came to me that if I want
to be a success in this business,
I will have to be an expert my-
self. I talked to my wife, and
then sent her to study about
mushrooms in Thailand.
And the training was effec-
tive. While Puthkiri looks after
marketing and sales, his wife
Vireak Daliss, provides the
technical advice, and three
years on, they have built up
two oyster mushroom grow-
ing houses and 17 straw
mushroom growing houses,
that combined, produce more
than 3,000 kilograms of fun-
gus each month.
I have heard a lot about
farmers failing in growing
straw mushrooms. I too was
a failure in [the] straw mush-
room business the biggest
loser in Cambodia but I also
want to be the most success-
ful person [in] this business in
Cambodia. I see lots of oppor-
tunities for this straw mush-
room business, Puthkiri said.
Puthkiris mushrooms are
sold to Cambodian restau-
rants and organic vegetable
stores run by the Cambodia
Center for Study and Develop-
ment in Agriculture (CEDAC).
And just recently, Puthkiri
signed a contract to supply 50
kilograms of mushroom per
day to a Japanese food dis-
tributor servicing Japanese
restaurants in Cambodia.
And the expansion plans do
not end there.
Farmers can get mush-
room spawn from our farm to
grow, then they can sell it back
to me, then I export, he said
referring a mushroom extract
injected in to grain and used
to reproduce the fungi. This
way, farmers will be better off
by doing farming and at the
same time growing mush-
rooms, he said.
But there are still challenges
to overcome. Ofcial data are
difcult to come by, but the
government estimates that
about 60 per cent of Cambo-
dias vegetable supplies are
imported from Vietnam where
farmers are able to produce
higher yields at lower costs.
Its hard for our farmers to
sell their locally produced veg-
etable at a competitive price
compared to our neighbour-
ing countries due to the lack
of farming techniques and
higher production costs,
Som Loun, deputy director of
the Department of Horticul-
ture and Subsidiary Crops,
as the cost of production and
competition from neighbour-
ing Vietnam.
Despite the hurdles, Loun
is encouraged by pioneers in
the agriculture sector and is
welcoming of Puthkiris lo-
cally grown product.
Its good for farmers when
they have specic markets,
they will try to produce more,
and having a leader will help
facilitate connecting the mar-
ket with traders, he said.
Yang Saing Komar, director
of the Cambodian Center for
Study and Development in
Agriculture said mushroom
growing is still in its infancy
in Cambodia, and it is very
difcult to attract local pro-
ducers to take it up as it re-
quires delicate techniques
and special care.
The market for mushrooms
is big due to limited supply. If
they can keep the cost of pro-
duction a bit lower, they will be
able to compete with imported
mushrooms, he said.
Growing mushrooms is an
intricate process for beginners
according to Puthkiri. Mush-
room spawn is combined with
organic material such as straw
or saw dust, and then layered
in a tray before covering with
moss, to keep the fungi moist.
Puthkiri says it takes around
30 to 45 days before the mush-
rooms can be harvested.
Temperature too is critical in
achieving the greatest yields,
and Puthkiri plans to import
technology from Thailand to
help control his growing envi-
ronment as soon as his month-
ly harvest is large enough to
fund the upgrade.
My plan is to become the
biggest mushroom distributor
in Cambodia, for local mar-
kets and also for exports. We
are not planting mushrooms,
but diamonds, I often tell my
staff, he added.
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Big rm pays big bucks for kind coverage in Thailand
THE Thai media have come under the
spotlight following the release of a
report that claims that journalists
received monthly payments from a
food giant to boost its public image.
The report was uploaded on the
Thailand Information Centre For Civ-
il Rights and Investigative Journalism
(TCIJ) website on Monday morning.
The firm was not named by the TCIJ.
The report claimed the company
closely monitored social media and
paid several social media websites to
make sure negative news or comments
about the company did not appear.
Charoen Pokphand Foods Plc (CPF)
later admitted the report referred to its
public relations unit but said the report
had been doctored and distorted.
TCIJ director Suchada Jakpisut said
the centre obtained the report late last
year and had already verified the doc-
uments with many sources. She did
not say who compiled the report.
Among those allegedly receiving
monthly payments were 18 media
organisations and officials (all the
names were blacked out by the TCIJ)
on radio, TV and printed media.
The payments ranged between
10,000 and 250,000 baht ($310 to
$7,780) per month.
An unspecified organisation or
individual received in excess of
7.7 million baht ($239,000).
From the report, the TCIJ discovered
the company had developed a well-
planned strategy of approaching and
maintaining special ties with media
representatives. The report also indi-
cated that people from the firm would
visit senior TV officials to obtain
explanations if their stations broad-
cast negative reports about the firm.
Suchada said the report did con-
tain irregularities, citing the suicide
of a company staffer. The company
was said to have paid police officers
to make sure the companys name
did not appear in a report obtained
by the media.
Is this considered a kind of corrup-
tion? said Suchada.
Punninee Nanthapanich, senior vice
president of CPF, on Monday said in a
statement that payments to the
media are a common practice, similar
to buying advertising.
Those who released it may have mis-
understood original documents. The
companys PR department has been
working closely with media organisa-
tions and representatives.
Apart from payments to buy adver-
tising, the department also allocated
funds to sponsor activities initiated by
the media, including golfing events
and seminars. However, this did not
amount to much, she said.
We can confirm that we never paid
to buy the media to conceal or distort
news information, she said.
The National Press Council of Thai-
land and the News Broadcasting
Council of Thailand set up an inde-
pendent panel on Monday, headed by
former secretary-general of the
National Anti-Corruption Commis-
sion Klanarong Chantik to investigate
the matter. BANGKOK POST
An employee at Cambodian Mushroom Farm checks and maintains their mushroom crops last week on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. CHAN MUYHONG
Growing into the mushroom market
Airplane sales take off
as orders skyrocket
SMBC Aviation Capital, the
Japanese aircraft leasing
company, has signed an order
for 115 single-aisle A320
Airbus planes costing $11.7
billion at list prices, it said
yesterday. Also, US
planemaker Boeing said
yesterday that Air Lease
Corporation had ordered 26 of
its passenger jets in a deal
worth $3.9 billion. And, Chinas
BOC Aviation has ordered 43
Airbus single-aisle A320
passenger jets worth more
than $4.1 billion the European
planemaker said yesterday,
amid booming Asian demand
for air travel. Finally, European
aircraft maker Airbus
announced it had won orders
for its passenger planes from
leasing companies worth
about $25 billion at the
Farnborough airshow
yesterday concluding a good
week for the industry. AFP
Reynolds America set to
buy Lorillard for $27B
US TOBACCO giant Reynolds
American will buy smaller
rival Lorillard in a $27.4
billion cash-and-stock deal,
the companies said
yesterday. The combination
of the companies will create
a business with over $11
billion in revenues and about
$5 billion in operating
income. AFP
S
AMSUNG said on
Monday that it has
temporarily suspend-
ed business with one of
its suppliers in China over the
suspected use of child work-
ers, following criticism that its
monitoring of illegal labour
practices was ineffective.
The South Korean electron-
ics giant launched an inves-
tigation into the Dongguan
Shinyang Electronics Co after
the rights group China Labour
Watch (CLW) reported the fac-
tory was employing workers
under the age of 16.
Following the investigation,
Samsung decided to tempo-
rarily suspend business with
the factory in question as it
found evidence of suspected
child labor at the worksite,
the company said in a state-
ment Furthermore, Samsung
will strengthen its hiring pro-
cess not only at its production
facilities but also at its suppli-
ers to prevent such case from
reoccurring, it said.
Samsung said the Chinese
authorities were also looking
into the case, and added that
if it was proved the factory
hired children illegally the
business suspension would
become permanent.
The company stressed that
it maintained a zero-toler-
ance policy on child labour
and conducted regular in-
spections of its suppliers to
ensure its implementation.
In its report, the New York-
based watchdog had cited
other violations at the same
factory, including unpaid
overtime wages, excessive
overtime and a lack of social
insurance and training.
Samsung said it had audited
Dongguan Shinyang Electron-
ics three times since 2013,
including an inspection last
month. The executive direc-
tor of China Labour Watch, Li
Qiang, challenged Samsungs
commitment, saying its moni-
toring system was ineffective.
Samsungs social respon-
sibility reports are just adver-
tisements, Li said. Samsung
has put its energy into audits
and the production of these
reports, but these things are
meant to appease investors
and do not have any real val-
ue for workers.
The worlds largest maker of
mobile phones and at-screen
TVs has more than 200 sup-
pliers in China and there have
been repeated allegation over
working practices in recent
years. A previous CLW report
published in 2012 claimed
workers at some plants were
required to put in excessive
overtime and could not sit
down while working.
It also reported that one sup-
plier, HEG Electronics in Hui-
zhou, had hired children aged
under 16. Samsung rejected
the child labour claim, saying
face-to-face ID checks had nor
revealed any such case.
However, the company did
acknowledge inadequate
practices including exces-
sive overtime and a system of
nes imposed for lateness.
As well as promising to cor-
rect the irregularities, Sam-
sung said all suppliers in China
would be monitored by a third
party audit program.
After years of record growth
spurred by surging smart-
phone sales, Samsung has
started to struggle in the face
of stiff competition par-
ticularly from Cheap Chinese
devices. The company said
earlier this month its sec-
ond-quarter operating prot
would plunge nearly 25 per
cent from a year ago. AFP
Business
8
CHINAS bank lending picked
up in June from May, the cen-
tral bank said yesterday, as
authorities accelerated infra-
structure investment to boost
the agging economy, but
analysts warned of a possible
debt bubble.
Domestic banks granted
1.08 trillion yuan ($174 bil-
lion) in new loans for June,
up from 870.8 billion yuan a
month earlier, the Peoples
Bank of China said in a
statement.
China has in recent months
rolled out a mini-stimulus
package, including targeted
monetary easing and speeding
up infrastructure spending, to
spur economic growth.
However, China Merchants
Bank analyst Liu Dongliang
wrote in a research note: On
the positive side, the massive
scale of credit . . . should pro-
vide a solid foundation for an
economic recovery.
Chinas economy expanded
7.7 per cent in 2013, the same
as 2012 the worst pace since
7.6 per cent in 1999. Chinas
ofcial growth target for this
year is 7.5 per cent, which is
also the same as last years
target. AFP
Lending up
amid China
measures
Samsung in labour scandal
Samsung has suspended one of its suppliers after China Labour Watch
found the factory was employing workers under the age of 16. AFP
Markets
9
Business
EBay tie-up Sothebys in
online art auction deal
HIGHBROW art house
Sothebys is opening a door to
the masses in an alliance with
internet age online market-
place eBay. The eBay website
will soon launch a revamped
market for art and collectibles,
featuring live auctions with
real-time bidding from around
the world. Sothebys was billed
as the virtual venues anchor
tenant. The collaboration will
begin with a series of live
auctions from Sothebys
headquarters located in New
York City. AFP
From bad to wurst for
German sausage firms
GERMAN sausage makers
have been fined a total 338
million ($460 million) for fixing
their prices to the retail sector
for many years, the national
competition watchdog said
yesterday. Numerous
statements and document-
ation prove that there was a
fundamental understanding
to agree regularly on
requests for price
increases, the Federal
Cartel Office said in a state-
ment. In all, 21 sausage
makers and 33 company
officials were fined, includ-
ing the Herta group, a sub-
sidiary of Swiss food giant
Nestle, the statement said.
The agreements were mostly
reached via hone calls. AFP
Business
10
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!
Position: Consultancy Service for Project Evaluation
General Description
This evaluation report is aimed to provide and share
lessons learnt of the Operations, ADPs and other interested
practitioners who working on ood recovery activity.The main
activities being implemented under project:
Restoration and rehabilitation of damaged small infrastructures: 1.
sidewalks, roads, latrines, culverts and soils lling
Promoting livelihoods through provision of dry and wet- 2.
seasonal rice seeds, cash crop production, vegetable seed,
chickens and ducks-raising
Capacity-building through provide the technical training 3.
orientations, exchange visits, reection workshops, etc. to
the affected HHs.
Requirements:
Identify and assess the effective interventions of the project 1.
made response to the ood affected communities/families.
Assess and measure the effectiveness of the coordination and 2.
cooperation among partners and government in emergency
response and recovery activities.
Measure and determine the impact of the ood affected 3.
families, communities and children involved and beneted in/
from recovery project.
To compile the ndings and draw the realistic and possible
recommendations for future implementation and emergency
response
Duration:The duration of the consultancy service
starting from 04 August to 04 Sept 2014
Position: Sponsorship Coordinator for Communications
and Publications
Location: Phnom Penh
General Description
To ensure the continued good reputation of World Vision
Cambodia Sponsorship Operations by building understanding
and support for sponsorship programmes through Annual
Progress Report, greeting card and Sponsorship 2.0; maintain
the goodwill of sponsors.
Support to improve donor/sponsor transformation by 1.
promoting a good understanding of Sponsorship Operations
for transformation as well as sponsorship programmes through
Annual Progress Report, greeting card and Sponsorship 2.0
Ensure ADPs have relevant IEC materials to promote 2.
understanding of sponsorship among children including RC,
their families, and community key partners; and materials to
be used for sponsor visits
Coordinate designing, printing and updating sponsorship 3.
materials/supplies as well as visual/audio clips for supporting
the implementation of Sponsorship Programming.
Requirements:
Bachelors degree in mass communications/journalism or 1.
English language
At least 2-year experience in communication and public 2.
relations or business advertisement/promotion
Experience in Media, story writing, photography and graphic 3.
design is advantage
English prociency and computer literacy Ms. Ofce 4.
Fully able to embrace organizational values and possess a 5.
high level of commitment towards the mission of WVC.
Position: Sponsorship Coordinator for Sponsorship 2.0
Location: Phnom Penh
General Description:
To ensure successful implementation of SPON 2.0 initiatives
[Child Greeting Video (CGV), Child Album Photo (CAP),
Community Album Photo (YAP), Community Introduction Video
(YIV), Childrens Special Moment Video (CSMV) and other
coming initiatives] in all Area Development Programmes with
all Support Ofces and products of SPON 2.0 are uploaded and
at least 95% pass the quality assurance as per the Partnership
guidelines and standards.
Ensure successful implementation of SPON 2.0 initiatives and 1.
associated supports are properly provided to sponsorship staff
and Area Development Programme team at all levels
Process, review and upload the products of SPON 2.0 2.
(CGV, CAP,YAP,YIV, CSMV) and submit to the Global
Centre with highest quality (at least 95% pass quality) in
accordance to Partnership guidelines and standards
Lead the associate team for training to new ADP team and 3.
sponsorship staff toward SPON 2.0 initiatives as per the
schedule agreed with the Global Centre.
Requirements:
Bachelors degree in Information Technology or computer 1.
science or related eld
At least 1 year experience in providing IT technical support, 2.
preferably with NGO context and environment
Experience with electronic or other telecommunication is 3.
an advantage
Good understanding of sponsorship business process, good 4.
understanding of child protection
English prociency and computer literacy in Ms. Ofce 5.
Fully able to embrace organizational values and possess a 6.
high level of commitment towards the mission of WVC.
An internatonal Christan child focused humanitarian organizaton
working with the poor and oppressed to promote human
transformaton and fullness of life for every child
Interested applicants should obtain an application form from WVC ofce or download from WVC Website
and submit a cover letter, Personal CV, and ONLY photocopies of relevant formal Education certicates
such as High School certicate, university degree, etc. : HR Department,World Vision Cambodia # 20, St.71,
Sangkat Tonle Basak, Khan Chamkamorn, Phnom Penh, P.O Box. 479 Tel: 023 216 052.
Website: www.worldvision.org.kh Email to: cam_recruitment@wvi.org.
GO GREEN! SAVE THE TREES!
SUBMIT ONLY PHOTOCOPIES OF UNIVERSITY DEGREES OR EQUIVALENTS ONLY
with your application.
DO NOT submit photocopies of other certicates.
Closing Date: 25 July 2014
Our Cambodia Ofce seeks energetic, result driven, change-oriented, creative and proactive service-minded Cambodians to join us.
BRICS set to launch rival bank
Laurent Thomet

L
EADERS of the BRICS
group of emerging
powers were due to
meet yesterday to
launch a new development
bank and a reserve fund seen
as counterweights to West-
ern-led nancial institutions.
Brazilian President Dilma
Rousseff hosted the leaders
of Russia, India, China and
South Africa in Fortaleza yes-
terday before holding talks
with South American leaders
today in Brasilia.
The summit will mark the
rst face-to-face meeting
between Indias new Hindu
nationalist Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and Chinese
President Xi Jinping.
For Russian President Vladi-
mir Putin, who visited Argen-
tina and Cuba before coming
to Brazil, the trip gives him a
chance to hammer home his
calls for a multipolar world
amid tensions with the West
over the Ukraine crisis.
Together we should think
about a system of measures
that would help prevent the
harassment of countries that
do not agree with some for-
eign policy decisions made by
the United States and their al-
lies, Putin told Russias ITAR-
TASS news agency.
Russia has been excluded
from the G-8 group of indus-
trialised powers as punish-
ment for its annexation of
Crimea and perceived med-
dling in Ukraine.
The United States is threat-
ening to impose new econom-
ic sanctions on Russia over
accusations that it is backing
pro-Moscow separatist rebels
in eastern Ukraine.
The summit comes as the
economies of some BRICS
countries, which together rep-
resent 40 per cent of the world
population and a fth of the
global economy, are cooling
down. Russia and Brazil are
expected to see growth of just
one per cent this year.
The ve emerging nations
unveiled in 2013 their plans to
create the bank, which aims
to rival the Washington-based
World Bank while the reserve
is seen as a mini-IMF.
The creation of the bank
will give a backbone to the
BRICS, which is not a formal
international organisation,
said Marcos Troyjo, Brazilian
director of BRICLab research
centre at New Yorks Colum-
bia University.
They are only taking their
rst steps towards a platform
for building consensus on in-
ternational agenda items such
as rules for international trade,
joint action at the UN or the
WTO, he told AFP, referring to
the World Trade Organization.
The new bank will have ini-
tial capital of $50 billion with
each country contributing
an equal share, while the re-
serve will have $100 billion at
its disposal.
The bank is key to foster
growth for the BRICS coun-
tries, Brazilian Industry and
Commerce Minister Mauro
Borges said.
For the fund, China will
make the biggest contribu-
tion, $41 billion, followed by
$18 billion from Brazil, India
and Russia and $5 billion from
South Africa.
Despite their agreement on
the need for a bank, the ve
countries are split on where it
should be headquartered.
Shanghai is seen as the
frontrunner to host the bank
but South Africa insists on
having it in Johannesburg.
New Delhi and Moscow are
the other candidates.
The ve nations are also ne-
gotiating who should hold the
banks rotating presidency
rst and the make-up of the
board. The talks in Fortaleza
will open a series of mara-
thon summits and bilateral
meetings in Brazil.
After the BRICS meet with
South American presidents in
Brasilia today, Xi will launch
the China-Latin America fo-
rum, highlighting Beijings
growing interests in a region
historically tied economically
to the United States. Xi will
then travel to Argentina, Ven-
ezuela and Cuba. AFP
German investor condence
declines for seventh month
Beijing wins trade battle with US
GERMAN investor confidence
dropped for a seventh con-
secutive month in July as slow-
er growth and geopolitical
risks weighed on the outlook
for Europes largest economy.
The ZEW Center for European
Economic Research in Man-
nheim said its index of investor
and analyst expectations
dropped to 27.1 from 29.8 in
June. Economists forecast a
decrease to 28.2, according to
the median of 36 estimates in a
Bloomberg News survey. The
gauge has dropped every
month since reaching a seven-
year high in December.
Industrial production fell for
a third month in May and fac-
tory orders slid more than
economists expected, in a sign
that growth slowed in the three
months through June. While the
Bundesbank predicts a strong-
er expansion in the current
quarter, political tensions in the
Middle East and Ukraine pose
downside risks to the global
economy Germany relies on as
an export nation.
Theres even a chance that
the economy stagnated in the
second quarter, and an escala-
tion in the Middle East would
of course affect Germany, said
Stefan Schneider, chief German
economist at Deutsche Bank Ag
in Frankfurt. But such an esca-
lation is an unlikely scenario
and generally speaking, the
German economy is still solid.
ZEWs measure for current con-
ditions fell to 61.8 in July from
67.7. The survey was conducted
between June 30 and July 14
among 238 analysts and insti-
tutional investorsThe euro
dropped after the report and
traded at $1.3599 at 11:02am
Frankfurt time.
Germany has experienced a
slight dent in economic activity
recently, said ZEW President
Clemens Fuest. The current
decrease of the ZEW indicator
of economic sentiment reflects
this sobering development. On
a general note, however, the
medium-term economic out-
look remains favourable.
Companies assessment of
their business outlook diverges.
While Porsche, the unit of
Volkswagen Ag making the 911
sports car, plans to increase
headcount by 1,000 employees
annually over the next five years,
Bilfinger SE said on July 1 that
full-year profit will decline.
The Bundesbank predicts
the German economy will
grow 1.9 Per cent this year, 2
per cent in 2015 and 1.8 Per
cent in 2016. BLOOMBERG
BEIJING won a key victory on Monday in a trade
dispute with Washington, as a WTO panel said
the United States was wrong to slap punitive
duties on a host of Chinese goods.
The battle covered an array of products includ-
ing paper, steel, tyres, magnets, chemicals,
kitchen fittings, flooring and wind turbines. The
United States had hit them with extra import
duties because it argued that they were being
dumped on its market to help Chinese compa-
nies grab business. China subsequently filed a
complaint over the measures at the World Trade
Organization in 2012.
A World Trade Organization dispute settle-
ment panel on Monday said that the US duties
were inconsistent with global rules.
We recommend that the United States bring
its measures into conformity with its
obligations,said the panel, which is made up
of independent trade and legal experts..
In a statement issued by its diplomats at the
WTO, Chinas Ministry of Commerce hailed the
decision, noting that the annual export value of
the affected products was around $7.2 billion.
Members have the right to impose extra duties
when goods are being dumped on them or sold
at below market prices to corner a share of busi-
ness unfairly. But hand in hand with that right,
they are obliged to prove that their domestic
producers are suffering as a result of dumping,
and that the duties are not simply being deployed
to protect them against foreign competitors.
Wrangling over dumping is common at the
WTO, whose panels can authorise retaliatory
trade measures against a guilty party that fails
to fall into line.
Washington has the right to appeal against the
ruling, which was the first in the case. AFP
Source : IMF/WorldBank
Summit in Brazil, July 15-17
The BRICS
GDP
current
GDP
per capita
$11,208
GDP growth, %
2013 2014
forecast
6,807
1,499
14,612
6,618
BRAZIL
200 million
Population
$2.25
trillion
1.0
2.3 2.3
SOUTH AFRICA
53 million
0.35
2.5
1.8
2.8
INDIA
1.25 billion
1.88
3.2
4.4
5.4
RUSSIA
144 million
2.10
3.4
1.5
2.0
CHINA
1.36 billion
9.24
7.7 7.7 7.5
2012
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29,683.97 25,228.65
5,070.82 1,362.47
6,834.04 2,012.72
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Item Unit Base Average (%)
Gasoline R 5250 5450 3.81 %
Diesel R 5100 5200 1.96 %
Petroleum R 5500 5500 0.00 %
Gas Chi 86000 76000 -11.63 %
Charcoal Baht 1200 1300 8.33 %
Energy
Construction equipment
Rice 1 R/Kg 2800 2780 -0.71 %
Rice 2 R/Kg 2200 2280 3.64 %
Paddy R/Kg 1800 1840 2.22 %
Peanuts R/Kg 8000 8100 1.25 %
Maize 2 R/Kg 2000 2080 4.00 %
Cashew nut R/Kg 4000 4220 5.50 %
Pepper R/Kg 40000 24000 -40.00 %
Beef R/Kg 33000 33600 1.82 %
Pork R/Kg 17000 18200 7.06 %
Mud Fish R/Kg 12000 12400 3.33 %
Chicken R/Kg 18000 20800 15.56 %
Duck R/Kg 13000 13100 0.77 %
Steel 12 R/Kg 3000 3100 3.33 %
Cement R/Sac 19000 19500 2.63 %
Food -Cereals -Vegetables - Fruits
Cambodian commodities
(Base rate taken on January 1, 2012)
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 100.24 -0.67 -0.66% 8:14:24
Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 105.94 -1.04 -0.97% 8:14:24
NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 4.14 0 -0.10% 8:14:07
RBOBGasoline USd/gal. 291.92 -0.59 -0.20% 8:14:38
NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal. 286.07 -1.22 -0.42% 8:13:50
ICEGasoil USD/MT 882.25 -1 -0.11% 8:13:55
COMMODITY UNITS PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE TIME(ET)
CBOT Rough Rice USD/cwt 12.92 0.02 0.16% 7:55:23
CME Lumber USD/tbf 336.6 -1.2 -0.36% 20:48:14
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Made in Germany brand
may be the real Cup winner
A
S GERMAN captain Philipp
Lahm raised the World
Cup trophy in Rios Mara-
cana stadium for a historic
fourth title, he and each of his team-
mates were $408,000 richer.
The reward from Germanys DFB
football association for bringing the
prize to Berlin is a small price to pay
compared with the lip the Ger-
man economy may get as the victory
draws shoppers to the Made in Ger-
many brand.
Made in Germany denitely ap-
preciates in value with success,
Christian Boellhoff, managing direc-
tor of Prognos in Berlin, said in an in-
terview. It has a strengthening inu-
ence on German exports.
Germany is the worlds third-larg-
est exporter, behind China and the
US. Consignments from Mercedes-
Benz cars to Puma sporting apparel
drove the sale of German goods and
services abroad to 1.09 trillion last
year, according to data supplied by
the Federal Statistics Ofce.
Adidas, as the ofcial sponsor of
Germany and its contender Argen-
tina, had a head start going into Sun-
days duel as the most visible brand
in the nal, CEO Herbert Hainer said
in a statement last week.
The match ended 1-0 in Ger-
manys favour, crowning Joachim
Loews eight-year reign as the na-
tional coach.
Psychologically it has a posi-
tive effect on self-condence, said
Boellhoff. While you cant calculate
this in detail, it can have a positive
inuence on work motivation and
condence in producing quality.
World Cup victories have coincided
with periods of economic prosperity
in Germany in the past. The 1954 de-
feat of Hungary in Bern marked the
start of the countrys postwar politi-
cal and economic recovery, boosting
the morale of a defeated nation.
The 1974 winners medal came at
the dawn of another economic resur-
gence, and the year before Germany
became one of the founding nations
of the Group of Six industrialised
countries, which was subsequently
extended to include Canada and
Russia. The 1990 nal in Rome, also
against Argentina, came eight months
after the Berlin Wall came down.
Its true that in the three years af-
ter 1990, the German economy grew
very strongly, but the reason was re-
unication, explained Boellhoff,
referring to the merger of East and
West Germany on October 3, 1990.
We have to differentiate between
causality and correlation, he said.
Sunday nights victory marks the
rst for a united Germany. No coun-
try has made it to more World Cup
nals eight although Brazil holds
the record for titles, with ve to Ger-
manys four. Regardless of the sport-
ing success, the German economy is
heading towards a period of prosper-
ity with the beckoning of the golden
2020s, Boellhoff said.
Germany is the only country of
the largest economies in Europe that
is in a really strong situation right
now, he said. This can improve even
more when its neighbours gradually
emerge from the crisis, and this will
happen in the next few years.
German growth accelerated more
than forecast in the rst quarter,
propelled by domestic demand and
a construction boom. The Bundes-
bank, in June, raised its forecast for
the economy, predicting gross do-
mestic product will increase by 1.9
per cent this year, higher than the 1.7
per cent it predicted in May.
Over the years, we have generated
our growth largely through industry
and exports, Boellhoff said.
This is now feeding into peoples
incomes and that means private
consumption is contributing more
to growth than has been the case up
to now. This will come to the fore in
2017 to 2018 and will continue until
the end of the 2020s. BLOOMBERG
Ofcial World Cup shirts, manufactured by Puma, on display inside the Puma concept
store outlet at the companys headquarters in Herzogenaurach, Germany. BLOOMBERG
World
Libya mulls
world help
as violence
intensies
LIBYAS government said
yesterday that it was consid-
ering calling for internation-
al assistance to help re-es-
tablish security after deadly
clashes closed Tripoli air-
port, severing air links with
the outside world.
On Monday, the UN
announced it was evacuating
its remaining staff from Libya
because of the deteriorating
security situation.
With liberal and Islamist
militias locked in a brutal pow-
er struggle, the countrys main
international airport came
under renewed attack late on
Monday, for the second con-
secutive day.
Dozens of rockets includ-
ing one that hit a stationary
plane were fired, killing a
security guard and wounding
six others, officials said.
The airport had already
been shut down for at least
three days after the Zintan
militia which controls it was
attacked by Islamist fighters
on Sunday.
Al-Jilani al-Dahech, a secu-
rity official at Tripoli airport,
said that the control tower was
hit, along with an aircraft
belonging to private Libyan
carrier Buraq Airlines.
Shortly after the latest attack
the government said it was
looking into the possibility
of making an appeal for inter-
national forces on the ground
to re-establish security and
help the government impose
its authority.
The statement from a
spokesman added that the
forces would help protect civil-
ians, prevent anarchy and
allow the government to build
up the army and police.
NATO warplanes helped to
overthrow dictator Moamer
Kadhafi in 2011, sparking a
power struggle between rival
armed groups that has wracked
the oil-rich state.
Sundays Tripoli airport
attack was claimed by Islamist
militias determined to oust the
Zintan group from key sites it
controls south of the capital,
including the airport.
At least 10 aircraft of Libyas
main carriers Afriqiyah Air-
ways and Libyan Airlines were
damaged in the fighting, a
security official said.
The attack was beaten off,
but there were also clashes at
other Zintan-controlled sites
for several hours, notably on
the road to the airport.
The disciplined Zintan mili-
tia has sided with well-armed
forces loyal to renegade former
general Khalifa Haftar who
launched an offensive against
Islamist militias in second city
Benghazi in mid-May.
Eastern Libya, particularly its
main city Benghazi and the hill
town of Derna, have become
jihadist strongholds. AFP
HK leader calls for patriotic political reform
HONG Kongs leader yesterday called
for limited electoral change despite
mass pro-democracy protests, saying
in a report to China that voters want a
patriotic chief executive.
Discontent has flared in the semi-
autonomous Chinese city over what is
seen as increasing interference by Bei-
jing, notably its insistence that it vet
candidates before the next leadership
election in 2017.
Chief executive Leung Chun-ying said
in the report, submitted to Chinas
National Peoples Congress (NPC) or
parliament, that there is a need to
amend the method for selecting the CE
[chief executive] in 2017 in order to
attain the aim of universal suffrage.
Currently the leader is chosen by a
1,200-strong pro-Beijing committee.
China says voters can elect the next
chief executive but candidates must
be picked by a nominating committee
raising fears among democracy
advocates that only pro-Beijing figures
will be allowed.
Leung saying he was citing findings
of an official public consultation period
on reform said mainstream opinion
believed that a nominating committee
should choose candidates, in line with
the citys mini-constitution known as
the Basic Law.
Reflecting another Chinese stipula-
tion, he added that the community
generally agrees that the CE should be
a person who loves the Country and
loves Hong Kong.
Pro-democracy activists are pushing
for the public to select candidates,
which China has ruled out.
Campaign group Occupy Central and
its allies have said they will take over the
Central business district if public nom-
ination is refused.
An informal poll organised by Occupy
in June saw almost 800,000 choose from
three options, all of which included
public nomination of candidates.
A pro-democracy march on July 1
attracted tens of thousands.
The former British colony was hand-
ed back to China in 1997 under an
agreement which guaranteed rights
such as freedom of speech and an inde-
pendent judiciary.
Pro-democracy lawmaker Frederick
Fung said that he felt angry about
yesterdays report.
It does not fully reflect the yearnings
of the Hong Kong people, he said.
Democratic Party chairwoman Emi-
ly Lau said: Our fear is that if Beijing
is misled by inaccurate information,
then they may make some very wrong
decisions.
Activist Johnson Yeung said the gov-
ernment had ignored the huge consen-
sus of Hong Kong people and . . . selec-
tively listened to opinions from the
pro-government groups.
Leung insisted the report reflected a
variety of views.
He admitted there were divergent
opinions on how the next leader should
be elected, including considerable
views that civil nomination should be
included.
But he added that professional bod-
ies of the legal sector and other mem-
bers of the public had said that would
not be in line with the Basic Law.
Leungs report has been sent to Chi-
nas NPC Standing Committee, which
meets next month and must approve
any reforms.
There were angry scenes in Hong
Kongs legislature Tuesday when the
governments number two, Carrie Lam,
announced the findings of the public
consultation which polled more than
120,000 individuals and groups.
Radical lawmaker Leung Kwok-
hung threw an inf latable hammer
and a birdcage with the words civil
nomination written in Chinese
inside it towards Lam.
Another radical lawmaker Albert
Chan ripped up a copy of the report,
shouting Fake report, fake consulta-
tion! as he was removed.
The submission of Leungs report is
the first in a five-step process on elec-
toral reform.
The Standing Committee of the
National Peoples Congress has final say
on whether to revise the election meth-
ods of Hong Kong SARs chief executive
in 2017 and its Legislative Council in
2016 the website of state news agency
Xinhua cited the NPC as saying yester-
day, after receiving the report. AFP
Twenty dead, scores injured
in crash on Moscow metro
Maria Antonova
and Anna Smolchenko
T
WENTY people died
and scores more
were hurt after a train
derailed in Moscows
packed metro during rush
hour yesterday in the worst
accident to hit one of the
worlds busiest subways.
Russian television de-
scribed scenes of chaos and
panic on the capital citys
famed system, saying passen-
gers fell like dominoes when
the train braked abruptly and
three carriages derailed.
President Vladimir Putin,
who is currently on a trip to
Brazil, was informed of the
tragedy that put a huge strain
on the city of some 12 million
and snarled trafc on its no-
toriously clogged roads amid
a heatwave.
Sirens wailed as dozens
of ambulances rushed to
the scene to help treat the
wounded and helicopters
buzzed overhead to evacu-
ate those with the most seri-
ous injuries, AFP journalists
said at the scene outside the
deep Park Pobedy metro sta-
tion in western Moscow.
Nineteen people perished
at the scene and another pas-
senger died from her injuries
in hospital, a Health Ministry
spokesman said in televised
remarks, adding that nearly
130 people were hospitalised.
Rescue teams were work-
ing to free about ve people
believed to be stuck in a train
underground, Moscow depu-
ty mayor Pyotr Biryukov told
journalists at the scene.
There are those whove
been trapped, they are show-
ing signs of life, he said.
Around half of those who were
hospitalised were in a serious
condition, authorities said.
I thought it was the end,
one passenger said on televi-
sion. We were trapped and
only got out through a mira-
cle. There were lots of injured.
Various injuries: heads, legs.
Passengers said smoke
quickly spread through the
carriages and rescue workers
treated them with oxygen.
The accident took place as
temperatures outside soared
to 28 degrees Celsius.
Authorities said it would
take 24 hours to deal with the
aftermath of the accident.
As news of the crash spread,
the hashtag #metro quickly
become one of the most pop-
ular on Twitter in Russia.
Awitness, a young man in a
polo shirt, said on television:
I got into the carriage and
after about 20 seconds, the
light went out and the train
was just pulled apart. I was
just thrown into the centre of
the carriage.
Panic erupted, he told
Life News television.
We climbed out of the car-
riages and we saw a block-
age, men took hammers and
pliers and broke it down and
we walked on. The train was
smashed, the chassis was
just pulled apart.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sob-
yanin rushed to the scene and
pledged to do everything pos-
sible to help the victims.
What happened is one of
the most major accidents of
recent times, he said.
Television footage showed
rescue workers carrying
bloodied passengers away on
stretchers, while paramedics
treated some on nearby grass
verges. Sobbing people, some
with bandages around their
heads, were shown seated on
chairs outside the metro.
Citing preliminary infor-
mation, the Investigative
Committee said the accident
happened due to the train
braking abruptly because of
a false alarm triggered by a
supply voltage dip.
An inquiry has now been
opened into the accident,
the committees represen-
tative, Roman Syomushkin,
told reporters.
This is the most serious
man-made disaster in the
Moscow underground in its
entire history, infrastruc-
ture expert Alexei Khazbiyev
explained. It is the most
serious accident apart from
terrorist attacks.
He slammed authorities for
not doing enough to mod-
ernise the overcrowded metro
system, stressing that it could
not cope with the current
passenger trafc.
We are paying for poor-
quality and dangerous ser-
vices, he said.
Opened under Stalin in
1935, Moscows ornate metro
is considered to be one of the
worlds busiest and carries
some nine million people
every day.
The train derailed between
Park Pobedy and Slavyansky
Boulevard metro stations on
the blue line.
Moscows deepest station,
Park Pobedy opened 2003,
while Slavyansky Boulevard
opened ve years later.
In the last serious accident
on the Moscow metro in 1982,
eight people died when an es-
calator broke down. AFP
Rescuers work on a derailed subway train in a tunnel between Park Pobedy and Slavyansky Boulevard
stations in Moscow yesterday. AFP
World
13

Planes in near miss at
Danang airport, Vietnam
TWO planes nearly collided at
an airport in central Vietnam
after a young intern was left in
charge of directing a busy
runway, aviation authorities
said. An air traffic controller who
left the trainee to supervise the
runway at Danang on June 27
has been suspended and his
aviation license has been
revoked, the Civil Aviation
Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)
said. The incident seriously
threatened aviation safety. If it
had not been spotted in a timely
manner, it would have led to an
accident, a CAAV statement
said. The intern instructed a
Jetstar Pacific plane to take off
from the same runway where a
Vietnam Airlines plane had just
landed, according to state
media. The planes came within
350 metres of each other and it
was only after the Vietnam
Airlines pilot informed air traffic
control that his plane was still
on the runway that the intern
realised the mistake, the Tuoi
Tre newspaper said. The intern
will not be given an air traffic
control licence for at least a year
and will have to undergo further
training. AFP
The Church of England

allows women bishops
THE Church of England
overcame bitter divisions on
Monday to vote in favour of
allowing female bishops for the
first time in its nearly 500-year
history. The decision reverses a
previous shock rejection in 2012
and comes after intensive
diplomacy by Archbishop of
Canterbury Justin Welby.
Cheers erupted in the hall at the
Church of England General
Synod in York, northern
England, as the measure
passed. The first women
bishops could now be appointed
before the end of the year. AFP
Hague resigns British

foreign secretary role
BRITAINS William Hague
announced his surprise
resignation as foreign secretary
on Monday, in a deep shake-up
of the Conservative-led
government 10 months from a
general election. Tonight I am
standing down as Foreign
Secretary after four years to
serve as Leader of the House of
Commons, Hague, a former
leader of the Conservative Party
wrote on Twitter, saying he
would stand down as a member
of parliament at the May 2015
election. The reshuffle, much
wider than expected, ousted
roughly a dozen from the
cabinet and drew the battle-
lines for the next years general
election, purging the
government of several veterans
and reflecting a shift to the right
in the Conservative Party. AFP
Bergdahl reports for
duty and a desk job: US
AN AMERICAN soldier who
was held captive by Afghan
insurgents for nearly five years
returned to regular military
duty on Monday and will be
taking a desk job, the
Pentagon said. Following his
release on May 31 in a swap
with the Taliban, Sergeant
Bowe Bergdahl underwent
medical exams and counseling
at a military hospital in San
Antonio, Texas, to prepare him
for reintegration into the
army. AFP
GERMAN politicians are con-
sidering a return to using
manual typewriters for sensi-
tive documents in the wake of
the US surveillance scandal.
The head of the Bundestags
parliamentary inquiry into
NSA activity in Germany said
in an interview with the Mor-
genmagazin TV program that
he and his colleagues were
seriously thinking of ditching
email completely.
Asked: Are you consider-
ing typewriters? by the inter-
viewer on Monday night, the
Christian Democrat politican
Patrick Sensburg said: As a
matter of fact, we have and
not electronic models either.
Really?, the surprised in-
terviewer checked. Yes, no
joke, Sensburg responded.
During the continuing row
over alleged US spying opera-
tions in Germany, there had
been speculation that the CIA
may have actively targeted the
Bundestags NSA inquiry com-
mittee. Unlike other inquiry
committees, we are investi-
gating an ongoing situation,
said Sensburg..
Last year, the Russian gov-
ernment reportedly took
similar measures in response
to proof of NSA spying, as re-
vealed by whistleblower Ed-
ward Snowden. The federal
guard service, a powerful body
tasked with protecting Rus-
sias highest-ranking ofcials,
put in an order for 20 Triumph
Adler typewriters, which cre-
ate unique handwriting, that
allows its source to be traced.
According to German me-
dia, revelations about digital
surveillance have triggered a
fundamental rethink about
how the government con-
ducts its communications.
Above all, people are trying
to stay away from technology
whenever they can, wrote Die
Welt. THE GUARDIAN.
German MPs may use
typewriters to stop spies
Afghan market blast kills 89
A SUICIDE attacker killed 89
people when he detonated a
car filled with explosives in a
crowded bazaar in eastern
Afghanistan, the bloodiest
insurgent attack on civilians for
several years.
Dozens more were injured in
a blast so big it brought down
the roofs of shops lining the
roads, trapping shopkeepers
and customers in the rubble.
A man in a Toyota SUV was
identified by police as a poten-
tial attacker, but when they
ordered him to stop for checks,
he set off the bomb, the dep-
uty provincial police chief,
Nasar Ahmad, told the Guard-
ian. He said all but two of the
victims were civilians.
There are 89 dead, and 42
injured, said the defence
ministry spokesman, General
Zahir Azimi.
The army sent two helicop-
ters, ambulances and a unit of
several hundred soldiers to
Urgun district to assist in dig-
ging out victims and evacuat-
ing the wounded to the provin-
cial capital, Sharana.
The Taliban denied responsi-
bility for the attack, with
spokesman Zabihullah Muja-
hid saying the group con-
demned the killing of innocent
people. However, they have
previously denied a role in
attacks or killings that provoked
popular disgust.
Civilian casualties hit record
levels in the first six months of
this year, the UN recently
warned, with insurgents
responsible for more than
three-quarters of the deaths
and injuries.
The attack in eastern Afghan-
istan is the deadliest suicide
bombing since at least 2008,
when dozens were killed in an
assassination attempt at a
packed dog fight.
Hours before the bazaar
attack a remotely detonated
bomb hit a minibus carrying
staff from the presidential pal-
ace to work. Two were killed
and five injured. THE GUARDIAN
Kiev warns of Russian invasion, sets truce talks
UKRAINES Western-backed leaders
yesterday invited pro-Kremlin insur-
gents to a video-conference aimed at
halting spiralling violence and what
Kiev has warned was an imminent inva-
sion by thousands of Russian troops.
Kiev sharply raised the stakes in
Europes most explosive crisis in dec-
ades by declaring on Monday that a
Ukrainian transport plane downed in
the eastern conflict zone had been hit
by a rocket fired from the Russian side
of the frontier between the two ex-So-
viet states. Russia has not publicly
responded to the charge.
A Kremlin spokesman on Monday
had dismissed a Moscow newspaper
report that Russia was weighing up tar-
geted retaliatory strikes against Ukraine
as complete nonsense.
But NATO said Russia had behaved in
a highly destabilising manner by beef-
ing up its military presence along the
Ukrainian border to 12,000 troops.
A top Ukrainian general went a step
further late on Monday by telling a live
television audience in Kiev that he
feared a Russian invasion was immi-
nent. Ukraine, like never before, stands
on the cusp of a wide-scale aggression
from our current northern border,
National Security and Defence Council
Deputy Secretary Mykhaylo Koval.
Koval said the Kremlin had parked
22,000 troops in the annexed Black Sea
peninsula of Crimea and had other
units stretching from the north-central
region of Chernigiv to the southeastern
edge of the Russian-Ukranian border.
Ukrainian President Petro Porosh-
enkos office said Foreign Minister Pav-
lo Klimkin had presented photo and
video evidence of Russia covertly sup-
plying the fighters with weapons and
armoured vehicles.
The border became the conicts new
frontline after rebels last week evacu-
ated a host of towns and cities that they
had held since early April in the coal
mining region of Donetsk.
The militias have since concentrated
their forces around the cities of Donetsk
and Lugansk both capitals of their own
Peoples Republics and are hoping
for new weapons deliveries to revive
their campaign.
Witnesses in Donetsk said they had
seen the insurgents dispatch four tanks
and eight armoured transport vehicles
towards Lugansk to help repel an inten-
sifying air and artillery push by Kiev
forces on the city of 420,000 people.
As to the crew of the downed plane,
the Ukrainian military said yesterday
that it had rescued four crew mem-
bers, while two more were being held
by insurgents and another two still
missing. AFP
Israel renews strikes after truce rejected
I
SRAEL resumed a pun-
ishing air campaign
against Gaza yesterday
after its Islamist foe
Hamas rejected a six-hour
truce and red dozens of
rockets over the border.
The renewed strikes killed
one person in southern Gaza,
raising the toll in eight days of
violence to 193, medics said.
In an early morning vote,
Israels Security Cabinet said
it would accept an Egyptian
ceasere plan which went into
effect at 0600 GMT, despite
Hamas rejecting the initiative.
But the calm was short-
lived, with sirens sending
tens of thousands running
for cover along Israels Medi-
terranean coast as militants
red rockets at the densely
populated plain.
The truce proposal, which
Cairo laid out late on Mon-
day, won US support, but
Hamas, whose militants
have red more than 1,000
rockets into Israel, ruled out
any end to the ghting with-
out a full agreement.
One Hamas leader said the
movement had not yet for-
mulated an ofcial position
on the proposal, but rockets
continued to be red after the
0600 GMT deadline.
By 1200 GMT, Israel an-
nounced it was resuming its
operation. Tensions were also
high on Israels other borders.
Overnight, three rockets hit
in and around the southern
resort city of Eilat wedged be-
tween Jordan and Egypt.
Another red from Leba-
non struck just outside the
northern coastal town of
Nahariya, the army said. A
rocket red from the Syrian
Golan Heights also struck the
Israeli-occupied sector of the
strategic plateau, prompting
the air force to launch a pre-
dawn strike, killing four peo-
ple, the Syrian Observatory
for Human Rights said.
As the violence resumed, Is-
raeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu warned Hamas
that the Jewish state would
not hesitate to resume its
punishing campaign in and
around Gaza. We responded
positively to the Egyptian
proposal to give a chance to
deal with the demilitarisation
of Gaza, Netanyahu said, re-
ferring to Hamass arsenal of
missiles and rockets.
But if Hamas doesnt ac-
cept the ceasere proposal
and thats how it seems at this
point in time Israel will have
all the international legitima-
cy to broaden its military ac-
tivity in order to achieve the
necessary quiet.
Cairos initiative was made
after Washington warned Is-
rael against a launching a
ground offensive in Gaza,
where troops and armour have
massed along the border.
We are encouraged that
Egypt has made a proposal
to accomplish this goal that
we hope can restore the calm
that we are seeking, said US
President Barack Obama, as
Secretary of State John Kerry
warned of the great risks of
any new escalation.
German Foreign Minister
Frank-Walter Steinmeier also
urged Hamas to accept the
Egyptian proposal, accusing
the Islamists of holding the
people of Gaza hostage.
And Israeli President Shi-
mon Peres said a ceasere
must mean an end to rocket
re on Israel.
We all wish to lower the
ames, we want an end to
the ghting and we hope to
see it soon. But there can be
no compromise with terror.
A ceasere must be on these
terms no more rockets, no
more terror.
But Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the
blame entirely on Israel ac-
cusing it of carrying out state
terrorism and a massacre
of Palestinians in Gaza.
Israels Security Cabinet ap-
proved the Egyptian proposal
by six votes to two, ordering
the military to halt its re.
Israels leadership has di-
rected our forces to suspend
strikes in Gaza, the army
tweeted. If Hamas res at Isra-
el, we will respond with force.
On the ground, Gazas
streets were a little busier than
in previous days, with people
taking advantage of the uni-
lateral ceasere to escape
their homes and stock up on
provisions.
Overnight, a Hamas ofcial
said there would be no truce
without a fully edged deal,
and hours later, the move-
ment said it had not been
consulted. Because we were
excluded from the consulta-
tions for this [truce] initiative,
we are not obliged to abide by
it, a statement said.
However, a top Hamas of-
cial said the movement had
not yet formulated a position
on the proposal. AFP
Palestinian men inspect their destroyed house following an Israeli air
strike in Gaza City yesterday. AFP
A mangled car sits on top of a tractor at the scene of a suicide attack at
a market in Afghanistans Urgun district yesterday. AFP
CHINAS neighbours are
increasingly anxious that Bei-
jings maritime disputes with
countries like Vietnam and the
Philippines will lead to mili-
tary conflict, a US research
group said on Monday.
Even in China itself, polling
showed that 62 per cent of the
public worried that territorial
disputes between China and its
neighbours could lead to con-
flict, according to a broad study
conducted in 44 countries by
the Pew Research Center.
This year in all 11 Asian
nations polled, roughly half or
more say they are concerned
that territorial disputes
between China and its neigh-
bours will lead to a military
conflict, the study finds.
At 93 per cent, Filipinos were
most concerned, followed by
the Japanese at 85 per cent,
Vietnamese at 84 per cent and
South Koreans at 83 per cent,
according to Pew.
Beijing and Hanoi in par-
ticular are embroiled in an
increasingly heated territorial
row, the latest chapter of which
was sparked by Chinas posi-
tioning of a major oil rig in
waters claimed by Vietnam.
But the Asian giant has also
seen tensions rise with Japan
and the Philippines, both of
which claim Beijing has taken
inappropriate steps in the East
and South China Seas, where
claims of several island chains
are under dispute.
According to the report,
Japan, the Philippines and Viet-
nam see China as the greatest
threat, while China as well as
Malaysia and Pakistan list the
US as the biggest threat.
Every other Asian nation
surveyed, including Bangla-
desh, India, Indonesia and
Thailand, see the US as their
greatest ally although Indo-
nesia also sees America as its
greatest threat.
Among citizens of the 44
nations surveyed, 40 per cent
said they believe the US was
the worlds present-day super-
power, compared to 49 per
cent who said so in 2008.
The number who considered
China the leading super power,
meanwhile, rose from 19 per
cent six years ago to 31 per
cent today.
Fifty per cent of respondents
said China would eventually
replace or has already replaced
the US in that role, compared
to just 32 per cent who said
China would never do so.
Across the nations surveyed,
excluding China, 49 per cent of
people expressed a favourable
opinion of China, compared to
32 per cent unfavourable.
Meanwhile, US President
Barack Obama told his Chinese
counterpart Xi Jinping on Mon-
day that he was determined to
constructively manage the
growing differences between
their nations, at a time of high
tensions in the Pacific region.
In a telephone call, Obama
and Xi also discussed the inter-
national effort to reach a deal
on Irans nuclear program in
Vienna and the need to ensure
North Korea complies with
demands for it to dismantle its
nuclear program, the White
House said.
The conversation took place
after the annual US and China
Strategic and Economic Dia-
logue between high ranking
officials on both sides in Bei-
jing last week.
The talks apparently did lit-
tle more than paper over ris-
ing US-China differences
including on trade and cyber
hacking.
The White House statement
said, however, that the dia-
logue had yielded important
progress. Obama also told Xi
that he was looking forward
to seeing him at the Asia
Pacific Economic Coopera-
tion (APEC) forum in Beijing
in November. AFP

SK: mockery sparked
soldiers killing spree
A SOUTH Korean conscript who
went on a deadly shooting
rampage last month was
humiliated by fellow soldiers
who mocked him and drew
cartoons depicting him as
SpongeBob SquarePants,
military officials said yesterday,
announcing the result of a
formal probe into the case. The
22-year-old sergeant surnamed
Lim opened fire on members of
his own unit at a guard post
near the border with the North
on June 21, killing five and
wounding seven. AFP
Oz bushfire survivors in

record class action win
SURVIVORS of a devastating
2009 bushfire in Australia won a
nearly A$500 million (US$470
million) payout yesterday in the
biggest class action settlement
in the nations history. The
Kilmore East blaze was the
largest of the Black Saturday
February 2009 fires in southern
Victoria that killed 173 and razed
more than 2,000 homes. More
than 10,000 people joined the
action against SP AusNet over
the inferno, which killed 119
people and caused A$1 billion in
damage. Lead plaintiff Carol
Matthews, whose son Sam, 22,
burned to death, claimed the
companys equipment ignited
the blaze, with lawyers arguing
the resulting fire was entirely
preventable AFP
Blue move?
Protest after
vagina artist

is arrested
J
APANESE police have
arrested a Tokyo artist
on obscenity charges for
distributing data that allowed
recipients to make 3D prints of
her vagina, sparking protests
over what supporters said was
an attack on free expression.
Megumi Igarashi, 42,was ar-
rested after emailing the data
to 30 people who answered a
crowd-funding request for her
recent artistic venture: a kayak
inspired on her genitalia. The
artist was arrested on Satur-
day for distributing data that
could create an obscene shape
through a 3D printer, police
said yesterday.
Before her arrest, Igarashi
in detention yesterday had
collected about 1 million yen
($9,800) through an internet
crowd funding site, unnamed
police said.
Media reports said Igarashi
denied the allegations. She
pointed out that she had not
sent images of her vagina in
return for money and did not
recognise the data as obscene.
If convicted, Igarashi could
get two years jail or a fine up
to 2.5 million yen, according to
her lawyer. AFP/THEGUARDIAN
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A China Coast Guard ship uses water cannon on a Vietnamese ship in
disputed waters in the South China Sea on May 2. AFP
Asia fears China armed conict
over maritime claims, study says
Filipinos flee as typhoon hits
T
HOUSANDS of peo-
ple ed their homes
and ships sheltered
from heavy seas in
the Philippines yesterday as
the rst major storm of the
rainy season strengthened
into a typhoon.
Typhoon Rammasun was
set to strike the Bicol region in
the east of the country at 6pm,
with Manila and other heavily
populated areas also expected
to be hit early today, the state
weather service said.
We are preparing for the
worst . . . it is critical we nish
the evacuations, said Rafa-
elito Alejandro, civil defence
chief of Bicol, an impover-
ished farming and shing re-
gion of 5.4 million people.
About 6,000 residents had
already moved to evacuation
centres, with authorities aim-
ing to have another 39,000
take shelter before the ty-
phoon hits, he said.
If we can nish the evacu-
ation, then its just a waiting
game to see what happens,
Alejandro said by telephone.
The Philippines is hit by
about 20 major storms a year,
many of them deadly. The
Southeast Asian archipelago
is often the rst major land-
mass to be hit after the storms
build above the warm Pacic
Ocean waters.
In November last year, Su-
per Typhoon Haiyan brought
the strongest winds ever re-
corded on land to the central
Philippines, killing up to 7,300
people in one of the nations
worst ever natural disasters.
Rammasun will be the rst
to make landfall since this
years rainy season began in
June, and authorities as well
as local media were seeking
to ensure all potentially im-
pacted communities were
well informed and prepared.
The state weather service up-
graded Rammasun overnight
Monday from a tropical storm
into a typhoon as its wind
speeds built over the Pacic.
Rammasun, which is Thai
for God of Thunder, is ex-
pected to have gusts of up to
180 kilometres an hour when
it makes landfall, according
to the US militarys Joint Ty-
phoon Warning Center.
Its eye was about 190 kilo-
metres southeast of Legazpi,
Bicols largest city, at 9am
(0100 GMT), the Philippine
weather service said.
After Bicol, it is forecast
to pass over Manila, around
350 kilometres northwest of
Legazpi, and its more than 12
million residents this morn-
ing, according to the weather
service.
The coastguard shut down
domestic shipping across Bi-
col, leaving more than 1,600
ferry passengers stranded,
coastguard operations ofcer
Hernani Aldeola said from
Legazpi. AFP
Residents ride on a truck as they are evacuated by authorities from the approaching Typhoon Rammasun in
Legazpi City, southeast of Manila yesterday. AFP
Damian Carrington
T
HE rising trade in cheetahs
for luxury pets in the Middle
East is helping to drive criti-
cal populations of the wild
cats to extinction, according to new
research. The report also reveals the
gruesome toll of the trade, with up to
two-thirds of the cheetah cubs be-
ing smuggled across the war-torn
Horn of Africa dying en route. How-
ever, the nations at both ends of the
trade have now agreed that urgent
action is needed.
Cheetahs have lost about 90 per
cent of their population over the past
century as their huge ranges in Africa
and Asia have been taken over by
farmland. Fewer than 10,000 remain
and numbers are falling. There is an
ancient tradition of using trained
cheetahs as royal hunting animals
in Africa but, more recently, a grow-
ing demand for status-symbol pets
in the Gulf states has further re-
duced populations.
Cheetahs are unusually easy to
tame, especially as cubs, and the re-
port found instances in Gulf states of
them riding as car passengers, being
walked on leads and even being exer-
cised on treadmills. Other evidence
showed cheetahs pacing around
living rooms and tussling with their
owners, including young children.
This whole trade had not been ap-
preciated by the public or by the con-
servation world, said Nick Mitchell,
who contributed to the report for the
Convention on the Trade in Endan-
gered Species (CITES), the rst com-
prehensive overview of the cheetah
trade. If we do not act now on the
trade and land-use change, then we
can be certainly losing sub-popula-
tions in a few years.
Cheetahs do not breed easily in
captivity and the Gulf pet trade is
supplied by animals snatched from
wild in the Horn of Africa. The dis-
tinct sub-species living there num-
bers about 2,500. The animals are
trafcked by boat from Somalia to
Yemen and then by road into the
Gulf states including Saudi Arabia.
[A] huge number of cheetahs ap-
pear to die in transit, said Mitchell,
who is the eastern African coordina-
tor of the Rangewide Conservation
Programme for Cheetah and Afri-
can Wild Dogs, a joint project of the
Zoological Society of London and the
Wildlife Conservation Fund.
For sure, we are talking about very
poor people in the Horn of Africa and
they are not too worried about the
welfare of the animals. Seizures of
cheetah cubs often number 30 cubs,
with 50 to 70 per cent dying en route.
There is also a demand for cheetah-
skin shoes in Sudan, where they are
considered to confer high-status.
Even more threatened is the chee-
tah sub-species in Iran, where just 40
to 100 survive and may also be en-
dangered by the pet trade. Another
seriously threatened sub-species
lives in north and west Africa, num-
bering fewer than 250. Here the main
threat is from demand for skins for
clothing and for bones and body
parts used in traditional medicine
and magic rituals.
Mitchell said he was cautiously
optimistic that a new CITES work-
ing group, set up in response to the
reports revelations, would curb the
illegal trade in cheetahs with bet-
ter law enforcement. The countries
were told you cannot ignore it: this is
being monitored, he said
David Morgan, head of science at
CITES, said: Middle eastern coun-
tries spoke up very clearly and this
has been a positive development.
Qatar, the Emirates, Kuwait all recog-
nised the problem.
Morgan said the demand for en-
dangered species, including big cats,
was showing a trend from health to
wealth, ie a growing emphasis on
status symbols over traditional med-
icines. Many Asian countries still
want the trade in medicinal prod-
ucts, but the more show-off element
seems to be rising, he said.
It comes with the rising economies
of these countries and that drives up
demand. But there are so very few
animals left in the wild that they can-
not afford a big rise in demand.
The recent CITES summit, which
ended on Friday in Switzerland, also
acted on the elephant poaching cri-
sis. Thailand has been given a last
warning. Morgan said. They have
been put on notice that they have to
put their house in order or there will
be consequences.
Unless it acts on its domestic ivory
trade, a key part of the ivory chain
from Africa to China, Thailand will
be barred from trade in all wildlife
covered by the international CITES
agreement, including the lucrative
orchid and cacti trades.
Interpol estimates the illegal wild-
life trade to be worth $10-20 billion a
year, the fourth most lucrative black
market after drugs, people trafcking
and arms smuggling. It is already at a
scale where it harms people and na-
tions, especially in Africa, with CITES
secretary-general John Scanlon say-
ing in 2013: It increasingly involves
organised crime syndicates, and in
some cases rebel militia. This poses
a serious threat to the stability and
economy of affected countries and
robs them of their natural resources.
They must be stopped.
He said: The UN Security Coun-
cil have linked the Lords Resistance
Army to ivory smuggling in the Dem-
ocratic Republic of the Congo, while
al-Qaedas al-Shabaab group has
been linked to illegal ivory in Soma-
lia. THE GUARDIAN
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Wild cheetahs on brink from smuggling: report
Cheetahs are being sought after as status-symbol pets in the Middle East, fuelling the
illegal trade in smuggling cubs from the wild. Fewer than 10,000 remain in the wild. AFP
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T
HE 2000 ballot melodrama
in Florida pitting George W
Bush against Al Gore may
seem like a lifetime ago and
a world away from Indonesia. But the
country is bracing for an election-re-
sult battle that could lead to pro-
longed legal challenges, mass pro-
tests and doubts about democratic
legitimacy that could set back South-
east Asias biggest economy.
Suharto-era general Prabowo
Subianto isnt buying early counts
pointing to a victory for Jakarta Gov-
ernor Joko Widodo, whos known was
Jokowi. A sample of vote-counting by
pollsters (which have proved accu-
rate in elections for 10 years now)
shows Jokowi won by between 2 and
6 percentage points. Prabowo claims
tallies from companies that canvass
for him show that he won the July 9
contest. The onus is now on the Gen-
eral Elections Commissions mem-
bers to do a more credible job than
Florida in determining the victor.
Thats just the problem in a nation
struggling to move beyond the ram-
pant graft, opacity and backroom
dealing 16 years after the ouster of
dictator Suharto, who for a time was
Prabowos father-in-law. The solu-
tion? Outgoing President Susilo Bam-
bang Yudhoyono must step up and
ensure the ballot recount is fair, open
and beyond reproach. A firm and
transparent display of leadership
would crown his legacy as a reformer.
Letting this critical moment descend
into farce would tarnish that reputa-
tion and Indonesias, too.
Yudhoyono, himself a former gen-
eral, turned Indonesia away from the
failed-state trajectory Suharto placed
it on. His own transformation began
in 2004, six years after massive dem-
onstrations forced out Suharto. He
surrounded himself with capable
technocrats, reined in the military,
clamped down on corruption,
tamped down Islamic extremism and
repaired the national balance sheet,
earning investment-grade ratings.
Although Yudhoyonos second term
that began in 2009 has been less
impressive, he solidified Indonesian
democracy and remains generally
well-liked. He risks losing all if he
allows this vote to be subverted,
bought or cast in doubt in any signifi-
cant way. It isnt a reach to say that
this election is turning into more of a
test for Yudhoyono than for Prabowo
or Jokowi.
Yudhoyono is clearly setting him-
self up as a regional thought leader
when he leaves office in October. In
recent years, hes made a point of
rubbing shoulders with the Davos
set, penning op-eds for newspapers
around the globe and speaking out
on everything from income inequali-
ty to events in the Middle East to
Myanmars Muslim Rohingha
minority. Asia could use an elder
statesman of Yudhoyonos calibre.
Not since Lee Kuan Yews heyday in
Singapore has Asia had a charismatic
spokesman for the region.
But before Yudhoyono can be a
power broker, he must avoid botching
his succession. In the twilight of his
presidency, Yudhoyono has looked
indecisive, as corruption charges
implicate some of his own partys top
officials. He also faces a perception
problem for supporting Prabowo over
the fresh-faced Jokowi, who would be
the first leader without direct ties to
the Suharto kleptocracy.
Its telling that a majority of the
roughly 140 million votes cast appear
to have gone to the political outsider.
Jokowis focus is on cutting the red
tape that breeds inefficiency and
fuels corruption. He favours empow-
ering small-business owners over the
tycoons pining for the bad old days of
cronyism. It may sound like small
beer, but Jokowis moves to simplify
the process of procuring business
permits and licenes in Jakarta since
October 2012 sent shock waves
through the political establishment.
The priority for Indonesias next
leader isnt flexing muscles or pound-
ing podiums something at which
Prabowo excels but strengthening
government institutions. The best
way to do that is by recruiting politi-
cal outsiders to oversee ministries
and the corrupt bureaucracies that
dominate them. Only by tapping tal-
ent outside the Suharto universe can
Indonesia make its government more
attuned to the needs of the tens of
millions living in abject poverty.
The election commission is expect-
ed to announce its official count July
on 22. Its up to Yudhoyono to safe-
guard the process from meddling
and the ballot controversies of the
Bush-Gore variety. Opportunities for
shenanigans abound, given Indone-
sias geographic expanse its an
archipelago of 17,000 islands and
the fact its only been a democracy for
16 years and faces a steep technologi-
cal learning curve.
If Yudhoyono manages to ensure
that the vote was fair and credible, he
has the opportunity to become an
international statesman. If he sits
back and allows Prabowo to steal this
election, protests will flare up and
history may remember Yudhoyono as
little more than a holdover from
Suhartos clique. BLOOMBERG
Comment
William Pesek
Yudhoyono can save Indonesia
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left) with rst lady Ani Yudhoyono display their inked ngers after voting on July 9. To ensure his legacy, Yudhoyono must ensure
the vote counting is fair and credible. AFP
William Pesek is a Bloomberg View col-
umnist based in Tokyo.
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In brief
Cambodia comes top at
Portugal short film fest
FRENCH Cambodian
filmmaker Davy Chous
Cambodia 2099 has won Best
Film at Portugals prestigious
short film festival, Curtas Vila
do Conde. The short film is
set on Koh Pich in Phnom
Penh and follows a group of
friends as they discuss their
dreams for the future. Curtas
Vila do Conde is an esteemed
film festival which celebrated
its 22nd edition at Teatro
Municipal this year. The
festival focuses on shorts but
showcases many genres, in
honour of the Italian director
Michelangelo Antonioni.
MEGAN BROWNRIGG
US comic icon Archie
dies saving gay friend
US COMIC book character
Archie Andrews will die this
week taking a bullet intended
for a gay friend, publishers
said Monday, calling it a
fitting turning point for the
iconic brand. In the new issue
Wednesday of Life with
Archie, the famous red-head
saves the life of newly-
elected Senator Kevin Keller,
introduced as the first openly
gay character in the comic in
2010. The Death of Archie is
the biggest story in Archie
Comics history and a major
milestone for comics,
period, said Archie Comics
publisher Jon Goldwater in a
press release. Archie dies as
he lived a hero,
representing the best in all of
us added the co-chairman
of Archie Comics, the long-
running comic book series
best known for its
wholesome all-American
teenage characters. AFP
Nadine Gordimer, 90,
dies in Johannesburg
SOUTH Africa mourned one
of its literary giants on
Monday, with the death at 90
of Nadine Gordimer, a Nobel
laureate praised for
remaining politically and
intellectually courageous
until the end.Gordimer died
peacefully in her sleep at her
home in Johannesburg on
Sunday, her family said. THE
GUARDIAN
Israeli filmmakers
stand up for Gaza
A GROUP of Israeli
filmmakers have issued a
joint statement condemning
the current Israeli military
action against Palestinian
targets in Gaza, and the
attacks by Hamas on Israel.
At a press conference during
the Jerusalem film festival,
the likes of Keren Yedaya and
Shira Geffen read out the
names of children who had
been killed in the Israeli
missile attacks of recent days.
In their statement, they said:
Children living in Gaza today
are our partners in peace
tomorrow. The killing and
horror we inflict only push any
diplomatic solution further
away. THE GUARDIAN
Self-defence class promises
to teach skills for street life
Eloise Florence

Y
ESIM Berkman Hardy
never saw the person
who attacked her,
grabbing her from be-
hind outside a gym on a busy
street in Phnom Penh. I was
out of breath and I panicked
and I couldnt shout, she re-
called last week, at a new self-
defence class in the capital.
The 39-year-old, who works
at an embassy, managed to es-
cape after she surrendered her
purse. But the attack prompted
her to sign up for Grace Pro-
tection, an unusual form of
martial arts that incorporates
psychology being taught this
month at Phnom Penh Com-
munity College.
Focusing on de-escalation of
conict rather than attack, the
program teaches students to re-
solve potentially dangerous situ-
ations without violence, or using
only simple strikes if necessary.
The second session, of three,
takes place on Thursday night.
Scottish-Australian martial
arts instructor Bruce Robert-
son, who developed the style
himself, also teaches simple
actions often forgotten in the
panic of an attack.
It basically works through
principles of teaching you
about yourself, and what you
need to actually survive, said
Robertson.
For example, taking a deep
breath allows victims to scream
for help rather than freeze, he
explained.
After studying in Japan for 25
years, Robertson initially devel-
oped Grace Protection to teach
to street youth in the country.
He then began teaching drug
rehab patients, psychiatric pa-
tients and the homeless in Syd-
ney, Australia.
The instructor later recog-
nised the need for a program
that could be taught to com-
munity outreach workers head-
ing in to potentially dangerous
situations. He began teaching
psychologists, social workers,
NGO workers and anybody
whos working with anyone
who might pose a risk.
In Phnom Penh, both the
US and EU embassies have re-
cently reported a rise in petty
crime, with statistics compiled
by European countries show-
ing a jump of more than 100 per
cent since 2011.
One attendee of last weeks
class, which attracted both ex-
pats and locals, was a former
UN worker who has worked
across Asia and Africa. He said
he decided to learn to defend
himself after hearing stories of
street attacks.
Im not going to wait for what
has happened to many to hap-
pen [to me], he said. Taking a
self-defence course is just like
learning Khmer, its just part of
the street life, realistically.
While demonstrating a few
simple strikes and defence
stances, the rst session last
Thursday focused on the psy-
chology of self-protection, ex-
ploring awareness, relaxation
and taking advantage of natural
reactions to fear.
The following two sessions
will be more physical, but Rob-
ertson stressed that self defence
is 90 per cent in the mind.
Embassy worker Berkman
Hardy said she is hopeful the
course will help her face any
more dangerous scenarios that
come her way.
Im not . . . expecting myself
to ght or attack, I just want to
be able to get out of the situa-
tion, she said.
Art show blends natures of human, animal
Chelsea Chapman
ARE we human, are we animal
or are we both? asked Kosal
Khiev, ahead of the opening of
German cultural centre Meta
Houses newest exhibition, Ani-
mals, last night.
The show, which runs until
August 5, features abstract
interpretations of the role of
animals in society by a collec-
tion of international and Cam-
bodian artists.
A painting of a bright red bird
and a giant woven dragon are
a couple of the colourful and
unusual interpretations fea-
tured in the show.
According to Myley Rattle,
who curated the exhibition,
Animals asks both the artist
and viewer to interpret the
idea of the animal companion,
how it is perceived in contem-
porary society and its relation-
ship with humanity.
The artists have utilised a
variety of styles to address the
topic, including an interactive
animal, wire sculptures, sten-
cils, and colourful, wild and
wacky paintings.
The exhibit, which was previ-
ously shown at Street 330 bar
Show Box, managed by Rattle,
was inspired by the Contempo-
rary Arts and Music (CAM)
Projects.
CAM is a weekly workshop
held at Showbox that encour-
ages young Cambodians to get
involved in the arts.
The exhibition has since
incorporated more Cambodian
and international artists
through the fostering of art at
Show Box.
We wanted to showcase the
work of some of the artists,
even if they dont think its
worth showing its important
to get their names out, said
Myles.
Artist and spoken word poet
Khiev was born in a Thai refu-
gee camp before immigrating
to the US.
He was deported back to
Cambodia, a country he had
never known, at the age of 30
after spending more than a
decade in jail.
While in jail he discovered
the beauty of spoken word and
began to use art to learn about
himself and life around him.
This exhibition is about
bringing the human and the
animal counterparts together,
in a sense of how can we find
that balance, that harmony,
Khiev explained.
Rattle and his co-organiser,
Josh Page, will follow the exhi-
bition with a variety of events
including poetry nights and
discussions at both Meta House
and Show Box.
Animals runs until August 5
at Meta House. The centre is
located at #37 Sothearos Boul-
evard. Entry is free.
A wire sculpture of an elephant sits in front of a painting by Kosal Khiev
ahead of the opening of Animals at Meta House. ELI MEIXLER
Scottish-Australian instructor Bruce Robertson leads a martial arts class in Phnom Penh last week. CHARLOTTE PERT
Health
18
HIV scare
in OZ after
diagnosis
of worker
AUSTRALIAN authorities were
yesterday urging 399 people in
eastern Victoria state to have
an HIV test after a health care
worker was diagnosed with the
virus that causes AIDS.
The Victorian Department of
Health said it had conducted a
thorough investigation and was
following up with patients who
had contact with the worker.
This is entirely precautionary
as there are no reports of any
patient contracting HIV from
the health care worker, it said
in a statement. But we are err-
ing on the side of caution and
recommending a blood test to
rule out the presence of HIV.
One woman, who spoke on
public radio without giving her
full name, said she had felt sick
in the stomach after receiving
a letter from the health depart-
ment urging her to have a test.
I dont know where I got it
because its all very secret at the
moment, she said.
Authorities said the chances
of infection passing from the
health care worker to a patient
were very low.
As I understand it, the latest
numbers are, of the 399, con-
tact has been made with 248,
88 have had tests and all of
those tests have been nega-
tive, state Health Minister
David Davis told reporters.
Officials cannot name the
health worker or the proce-
dures they were involved in or
where they took place.
What I can say is a health
professional was detected with
HIV, they have ceased practis-
ing, Davis said.
HIV is a blood-borne virus
spread through unsafe sex with
an infected person and blood-
to-blood incidents such as nee-
dle stick injuries. AFP
Alzheimers onset delay gives
doctors hope for a prevention
T
HE onset of Alzheim-
ers begins later in life
now than 30 years ago
in developed nations,
according to researchers who
tie the change to more educa-
tion and better heart health.
The study, in Framingham,
Massachusetts, is one of sever-
al looking at the demographics
of Alzheimers at the Alzheim-
ers Association International
Conference held this week in
Copenhagen. In total, they
suggest the extent of a persons
schooling and their cardiovas-
cular health are key factors in
trimming risk. In the Framing-
ham study, later onset came
only in those with at least a
high school education, the re-
searchers found, and was more
pronounced in women.
One trial in Finland suggest-
ed the body can be conditioned
to hold off mental decline with
exercising, good food choices
and cognitive training. As pro-
posed pharmaceutical inter-
ventions for the disease have
largely failed, the results offer
some hope, researchers said.
Theres actually something
you can do to try and prevent
or delay the disease, and thats
just to take care of your cardio-
vascular health and stay men-
tally active, especially during
mid-life, explained Claudia
Satizabal, lead researcher in
the multi-generational study
of residents of Framing-
ham, ongoing since 1975.
The ndings are especially
important in countries like
the US, where the population
is aging. By 2030, there will be
72.1 million Americans older
than 65, more than double the
number in 2000, according to
federal health statistics. The
percentage of the population
in this age group will grow to
19 per cent in 2030 from 12.4
per cent in 2000.
The US government pledged
$45 million in added funding
for Alzheimers in September.
The bulk of that will go for a
prevention trial of an experi-
mental medicine for healthy
older adults with a genetic pre-
disposition to the illness. Now,
no remedies are marketed that
can slow or treat the disease,
only drugs to ease symptoms.
In the Framingham study,
researchers dened four non-
overlapping time windows
across 30 years and studied
new cases of dementia in par-
ticipants aged 60 or older.
After adjusting for age and
gender, the investigators found
that new cases dropped 22
per cent from the rst win-
dow to the second as onset
was pushed back to a later age
group. They fell 38 per cent in
the third time window and 44
per cent in the fourth.
Other reports presented also
found that the rates of new de-
mentia cases had lowered over
time for certain age groups in
developed nations including
in Germany, the Netherlands,
Sweden and the UK.
Still, Kenneth Langa, a pro-
fessor of internal medicine at
Ann Arbor-based University
of Michigan who conducted
a review of Alzheimers stud-
ies, cautioned in a telephone
interview that any gains
achieved in recent years may
be threatened by the grow-
ing incidence of diabetes and
obesity, both diseases that af-
fect heart health.
Over the next twenty years
the balance of growth in obesi-
ty and diabetes versus decreas-
ing risk from better control
of blood pressure will be very
important for societal trends in
dementia, he said.
In the US, Alzheimers may
be the nations third-most
deadly killer after heart dis-
ease and cancer, according
to a report at the meeting by
the Rush University Medical
Center in Chicago in March.
There are more than ve mil-
lion Americans living with
Alzheimers, a mind-robbing
illness that kills people when
it impairs parts of the brain
that control basic functions
like breathing and swallowing.
BLOOMBERG
An Alzheimers patient sits on her bed in a hospital in Tokyo. The onset of the disease in the developed world
begins later in life than it did three decades ago. AFP
DR Congo city struggling with water shortages
GOMA, a city in eastern Democratic
Republic of Congo, sits by one of the
worlds largest freshwater reservoirs
and has some of Africas heaviest annu-
al rainfall, yet it is a thirsty place.
Most of the citys one million resi-
dents, living close to the shores of Lake
Kivu, have to struggle every day to fetch
water home. From daybreak, an end-
less stream of cyclists heads to the lake
and back, filling battered containers
with as much water as they can carry.
In a makeshift shelter, health worker
Fedeline Kabuhu tries to ensure that
no container leaves without a dose of
chlorine, which she injects with a
syringe to make sure the water resi-
dents collect is potable.
The people drink this water. They
do everything with it, the 46-year-old
French charity worker said.
A single cyclist can transport up to
120 litres to be sold on to private water
stores. At a rate of 10 trips to the lake a
day, the carriers can expect to earn up
to $10 between dawn and dusk.
But by the end of one morning it
started to rain and water collector Lam-
bert Biriko decided to call it a day.
Today is ruined, he said, adding that
residents would use rain water instead
and wont buy anything from us.
Located on the border with Rwan-
da, Goma is the capital of DR Congos
North Kivu province, which has been
wracked by bloody unrest for more
than 20 years.
In those two decades, the citys pop-
ulation has exploded, swelled by an
influx of refugees from neighbouring
Rwanda and Burundi as well as local
Congolese seeking shelter from
marauding armed bands.
At the Sports Circle roundabout in
the centre of Goma, an old woman
washed herself in a puddle next to a
pump where lorries fill up with water
before transporting it to other neigh-
bourhoods.
Fiston Mugisho, 20, is unemployed
and spends the day washing the few
motor-taxis that want to stop. He has
to buy water from the cyclists each day
or walk to another neighbourhood
where houses hooked up to the main
grid sell what comes out of their taps.
But you dont always find water,
Mugisho said. Even for those proper-
ties that do enjoy running water, the
supply is frequently cut.
As in many other parts of DR Congo
the worlds least developed country
according to the United Nations the
people of Goma have learned to fend
for themselves after decades of gov-
ernment neglect.
The lack of basic infrastructure has
given rise to the Lucha (Fight for
Change) protest movement. A shortage
of water, electricity and opportunities
for work shows a problem of govern-
ance and a lack of seriousness,
according to Micheline Mwendike, a
member of the apolitical body.
Alongside other organisations, she
said, Lucha gathered 3,500 signatures
for a petition demanding that provin-
cial Governor Julien Paluku commit to
connecting Goma to the water supply
and publish a plan to bring water to
the entire city.
Backed by regional segments of the
political opposition, Lucha is gaining
momentum as it accuses authorities
of using the insecurity as an excuse
for inaction.
The movement stages regular pro-
tests and has harnessed the power of
social media, using Facebook and the
Twitter hashtag #GomaNeedsWater.
Deogratias Kizibisha, the North Kivu
director of public water distribution
firm Regideso, said that 45 per cent of
Goma residents are connected to the
central supply. Lucha claims the real
rate is closer to 20 per cent.
Jean-Pierre Kambere is a nurse in
Birere, Gomas poorest slum.
Adding chlorine is not enough to
make water gathered from Lake Kivu
safe to drink, he said.
Every week patients come to us with
diarrhoea or fever caused by drinking
polluted water, Kambere added.
Not far from the health centre, Joe-
lle, a frail woman of 20, crouched at a
public tap, bent double under the
weight of the container strapped to
her back with a scarf.
Its not normal to live like this, she
said. The authorities need to provide
water to every home. AFP
UNDERESTIMATED IN DEVELOPING NATIONS
A
LZHEIMERS Disease
International revised their global
estimate of people with dementia
to 44 million people from 36
million, based on a review of studies
presented yesterday at the Alzheimers
Association International Conference in
Copenhagen. In Colombia, Alzheimers
prevalence may be underestimated by as
much as 50 per cent, according to a study
by Yuri Takeuchi of the Universidad Icesi.
Without accurate data, policy makers will
think its not a problem, and it can impact
service planning, said Marc Wortmann,
executive director of Alzheimers Disease
International. In some developing nations,
basic misunderstandings abound,
Wortmann said. About 59 per cent of
people worldwide believe that Alzheimers
disease is a typical part of aging,
according to a survey. In China, 80 per
cent of those surveyed thought it was
typical, compared to 37 per cent in the
UK. The disease can take a toll on both
the patients and their families, affected by
cultural attitudes. In Asia, family tend to
be the caregivers, and training and
support can make it less stressful for the
family, Wortmann said. In some African
countries including Ghana and Nigeria,
its quite common for people with
Alzheimers to be put in witch camps out
of the community because the community
thinks theyre possessed. BLOOMBERG
A displaced Congolese child peers out from a makeshift shower on Monday at the
Bulengo camp for internally displaced persons outside of Goma. AFP
Travel
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Participants of a leg of the windsurng World Cup sailing at Turkmenistans
new Caspian Sea resort of Avaza earlier this month. BLOOMBERG
Making waves
in Turkmenistan
B
ETTER known for its
inhospitable desert
plains than beach
breaks, isolated ex-So-
viet Turkmenistan this month
welcomed an unlikely group of
visitors: a sun-tanned crop of
the worlds top windsurfers.
Bordering Iran and Afghani-
stan, the energy-rich Central
Asian country played host to
a leg of the windsurng World
Cup at a sparkling new Cas-
pian Sea resort that authorities
hope can turn the once hermit
state into a water sports hub.
International competitors
bobbed and weaved through
the foaming surf as their sails
glistened in the sweltering
heat an unfamiliar sight in a
nation that until 2006 was cut
off from the rest of the world
by the eccentric two-decade
rule of former dictator Sapar-
murat Niyazov.
This is such a chance for
me! said a joyous Orazmy-
rat Arnamammedov, one of
only a handful of windsurfers
in Turkmenistan. Its happi-
ness for me to take part in a
competition with sportsmen
who are known around the
world, the 32-year-old sports
instructor told AFP.
Turkmenistan is on a drive to
promote itself as a destination
for sports, adventure travel
and even beach holidays in a
bid to boost tourist numbers
from the current 15,000 visi-
tors per year.
Holding world-class wind-
surng competitions will
be a signicant step, taking
Turkmenistan to a new level,
President Gurbanguly Berdy-
mukhamedov said at the
opening of the PWA World Cup
windsurng event.
Turkmen ofcials said hold-
ing sporting championships is
part of the governments plan
to develop tourism.
Next year the country will
host the world championship
in belt wrestling a traditional
form of the sport in Novem-
ber and the 2017 Asian Indoor-
Martial Arts Games.
The sprawling Caspian Sea
town of Avaza, which hosted
the windsurng competition
from its 16 kilometres of beach,
is a key part of that plan.
By 2020 Ashgabat hopes to
transform the desert resort,
whose name means singing
wave in Turkmen, into a vast
complex that can compete
with Turkeys huge southwest-
ern sea resort of Antalya.
Avaza has every chance
of becoming a major attrac-
tion for tourists, both from
neighbouring countries and
also from overseas, Berdy-
mukhamedov said.
In this part of the Caspian,
the water is exceptionally clean
and there are good beaches
and a mild climate.
Since work started in 2007, six
hotels and other accommoda-
tion for some 7,000 visitors has
been built by mainly Turkish
rms at a cost of around $2 bil-
lion. But the resort where US
pop star Jennifer Lopez was
jetted in to perform last sum-
mer is set to grow into a vast
complex with at least 60 hotels,
as well as rest homes, cottages
and camp sites, that the state
tourism committee boasts will
be up to world standards.
An articial river runs
through the town and a new
airport has been opened in the
nearby city of Turkmenbashi.
A winter sports stadium with
an ice rink and a 2,000 seat Pal-
ace of Congress are also in the
pipeline, with the total price
tag for the development ex-
pected to hit $7 billion.
But some locals are not con-
vinced that the Turkmen resort
can bring in the crowds.
A weeks package holiday
for international visitors costs
around $1,500, said Mukhamet
Begliyev, who works at a pri-
vate travel agency.
Even if someone rich
enough turns up, what do we
have to offer except the sea and
the hotels? The entertainment
sphere isnt developed at Avaza
at the moment, Begliyev said.
The international airport
in Turkmenbashi so far only
accepts domestic ights and
getting a visa to the country
is still a major hurdle. For the
moment that means the resort
is largely attracting domestic
holidaymakers, although Turk-
menistans low wages mean it
is beyond the means of many.
For 28-year-old Gozel Ak-
hundova from Dashoguz, a
city in the countrys north,
even a brief stay in an Avaza
hotel at $70 a night was an ex-
pensive treat.
Well only spend three days
here. If it was cheaper, wed
stay longer, she said.
And the edgling resort still
has a long way to go to com-
pete with more established
holiday spots.
Why should I go to Avaza,
when there is Antalya? asked
Akhmet, a 22-year-old stu-
dent in Ashgabat who said he
planned to holiday in Turkish
city this summer. The service
is good, theres plenty of fun ac-
tivities and its cheap. AFP
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THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Hazel and Gus are two teenagers who share an
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a love that sweeps them on a journey. Their
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and they met and fell in love at a cancer sup-
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Why not practise yoga during your lunchtime? BLOOMBERG
Jacki Weaver and Robert DeNiro star in Silver Linings Play-
book. BLOOMBERG
Trivia @ The Willow
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Thinking caps
ACROSS
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6 Wile E. Coyotes supplier
10 Stand for a statue
14 Ancient Roman senate
15 Front of a boat
16 Striking solo
17 Oct. 31 tradition
20 Like some living rooms
21 Like first, second or third
22 Cakewalks
25 Stray calf
26 Anatomical sac
30 Ones special field
32 Helicopterlike vehicle
35 Chinese nut (Var.)
41 Happy as a lark, for one
43 Avenue crosser, sometimes
44 Pairs socks incorrectly
45 Islamic holy man
47 Sheet-music symbol
48 Beach at Normandy
53 Warfare opponent
56 Kitchen furniture
58 Denmark city
63 TNT
66 White House employee
67 Evening hour
68 Sorority letter
69 Wedding couple?
70 Got a hole in one
71 Extreme passion
DOWN
1 Hamlet quintet
2 Spiritual adviser
3 ___ go bragh
4 Shaving mishap
5 Care attachment
6 Moist mo.
7 Old-style computer screen
8 Bummed out
9 Beautiful jug
10 Backyard part
11 Challengers problem gasket
12 Mount that Moses climbed
13 Birdie beater
18 Lennons wife
19 Increase (with to)
23 Harpo or Karl
24 Broadway stage worker
26 Broadway stage hit
27 Mongol tent
28 Cookery direction
29 Big bag
31 Bitter brews
33 Gosh!
34 Legendary creature
36 Alcohol chaser?
37 Romanov dynasty member (Var.)
38 Write a ticket
39 Does a farm job
40 Pt. of MIT
42 Winter coating
46 Like liters and grams
48 Not quite an ennead
49 Curie or Antoinette
50 Stand fast
51 Cheryl or Gregory
52 Musician DiFranco
54 Nixon met him in China
55 Big Three conference site
57 Volcano in Italy
59 German industrial region
60 Pay attention to
61 Do ___ others as ...
62 Lightly blacken
64 Common tip jar bill
65 Actor Danson
THREE-PEAT
Tuesdays solution Tuesdays solution
Sport
Broken leg ends Contadors Tour
V
INCENZO Nibali won
Mondays Bastille Day 10th
stage of the Tour de France
to reclaim the leaders yel-
low jersey as two-time former win-
ner Alberto Contador abandoned
the race with a broken leg.
Nibali overhauled lone escapee
Joaquim Rodriguez in the nal
kilometre to win the stage by 15
seconds from Frenchman Thibaut
Pinot, with Spaniard Alejandro
Valverde third at 20 seconds.
That put Nibali back into the
race lead, having relinquished it
for a single day to home favourite
Tony Gallopin, who came home
4:46 down to drop to fifth overall at
3:12 back.
Today I felt good, I had good legs,
the team worked hard. I knew the
last 3km were the toughest so thats
where I accelerated, said Nibali.
I thought Purito [Rodriguez]
would follow me, but he gave up in
nal metres. I knew it would be a
very tough day, but Im very happy.
Australian Richie Porte is second
overall at 2:23 after nishing sev-
enth on the stage while Valverde is
up to third at 2:47.
I think I was the only one to re-
spond to Nibalis attack at the end,
Porte told ITV4.
He has enough time already so
you have to react, but I couldnt
stay with him.
Yet the biggest news of the day
came halfway through the stage as
the Tour lost its second star per-
former in under a week.
Following the withdrawal of
reigning champion Chris Froome
last Wednesday after breaking his
left wrist and right hand in a suc-
cession of crashes over two days, it
was Contadors turn to fall badly.
Contador headed straight to the
medical bus when he arrived at the
nish line for an X-ray.
Alberto has a broken tibia. Its not
a bad fracture but he needs surgery,
the Spaniards Tinkoff-Saxo team
boss Bjarne Riis told journalists.
Hes in a lot of pain and is getting
stitches. Mentally hes destroyed, of
course. He was in the shape of his
life. This was his Tour.
Nibali said he had been lucky to
avoid the Spaniard when he fell. The
Italian said for a few seconds he was
scared that he would go down too.
I was behind him but I avoided
it, said Nibali. It was a descent, he
had been behind me and I had left
two or three metres space in front to
be careful.
He came past me and I would
have followed him because there
was a climb coming up but the mo-
ment he passed me, I dont know
how, but he fell in front of me.
It was incredible, he rolled
around on the ground. We were go-
ing at 60kph.
The 31-year-old Spaniards knee
was bleeding profusely and although
he continued after receiving lengthy
treatment from the race doctor, he
lasted only another 15km before
climbing off his bike and into a team
car as the tears started to ow.
Just before that hed received a
consoling hug from Australian Mi-
chael Rogers, his chief lieutenant.
I sincerely say that it is a shame that
Contador is out, added Porte.
I hope Alberto is OK. It is going to
change the dynamics of the race. It
would have been a different nish if
Tinkoff-Saxo were there.
Wiggins to stay at Team Sky
Bradley Wiggins has revealed he
will be staying at Team Sky next year
and has given up any hope of riding
the Tour de France as a contender.
Speaking from Treviso where he
was taking part in the Pinarello
Marathon the bicycle manufactur-
er also supply Sky with their bikes
Wiggins admitted his Tour days
were probably numbered, even as a
domestique.
And the rst-ever British Tour de
France winner, in 2012, said he has
other goals now, including breaking
the hour world record and winning
Paris-Roubaix.
Its true, Im thinking about it [the
hour record]. Not this year but Ill try
next year, he said.
And Ill do it on these [Pinarello]
bikes because Im going to stay
at Sky.
Wiggins is coming to the end of
his current contract at Sky and af-
ter he was left off the team to ride
this years Tour, there was specula-
tion that he would look for a ride
elsewhere.
But instead he has simply decided
to recalibrate his goals.
And one of those might be to ride
the Giro dItalia next year.
If Sky dont take me to the Tour,
Ill come here, he said, although
stipulating he doesnt expect to be
riding for the overall victory.
My time as a Grand Tour rider is
over. Of course Ill ride some more,
but not to win them. AFP
Tinkoff-Saxo cycling team manager Bjarne Riis (right) raises his hand to Spanish rider Alberto Contador as he rides after a fall dur-
ing the 10th stage of the 2014 Tour de France between Mulhouse and La Planche des Belles Filles ski resort, eastern France. AFP
South Africas Amla set for historic Test
HASHIM Amla will make history
today when he takes the field as
South Africas first permanent
nonwhite skipper, helming a team
in transition after the retirements
of Test greats Graeme Smith and
Jacques Kallis.
Amla, a devout Muslim, was
named captain last month after
Smith retired from international
cricket, signalling the end of an era
which saw him lead out the Pro-
teas a record-breaking 109 times
over 10 years.
Thirty-one-year-old Amla is the
first nonwhite player to captain the
Test side in a full-time capacity
Ashwell Prince has skippered on a
stand-in basis.
His appointment was seen in
race-conscious South Africa as evi-
dence that cricket there is serious
about racial transformation.
A two-Test series against Sri
Lanka in Galle starting today is
Amlas first assignment as South
Africa look to rebuild in the
absence of Smith, all-rounder
Kallis and experienced wicket-
keeper Mark Boucher.
Amla, who has often shied away
from the public eye, has urged
patience, saying it will take time for
a successful new side to gel.
Its a newish team with a few
new names. It took the previous
team a few years before we found
a winning combination, said
Amla, who smashed two centuries
in the three-match one-day series
against Sri Lanka.
It will be naive to think it
wont take time before we find
another winning combination,
he cautioned, adding that not
many teams go to Sri Lanka and
dominate.
The visitors go into the Tests on
the back of their maiden ODI series
victory in Sri Lanka, having won
the third and final game in Ham-
bantota on Saturday to clinch the
three-match series 2-1.
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Math-
ewss form has improved since tak-
ing charge of the team last Febru-
ary and with the ever-dependable
Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar
Sangakkara alongside him, the
home team are a strong outfit.
We normally do perform well
under pressure. Its just a matter of
absorbing it, said Mathews.
Weve done pretty well in the
past six months and I hope the
team will continue to do so, the
27-year-old added.
The hosts will draw confidence
from their last outing at home
against South Africa in 2006 which
saw them win 2-0, including a mas-
sive innings-and-153-run victory
in the first Test.
South Africa will be looking to
reclaim their number one Test
ranking from Australia while the
hosts are keen to improve their
sixth spot.
The visitors can only climb to the
top of the charts if they clinch the
series 2-0.
Any Test team wants to be
ranked number one, said Amla.
Weve had that privilege but
having lost it is a fair reflection of
how we have played. We havent
played our best cricket over the
last year or so.
It is a proud thing to be ranked
number one. Foremost in my mind
is to try and get us back there.
The second and final Test will be
played in Colombo from July 24.
Jayawardene to retire
Star Sri Lankan batsman Mahe-
la Jayawardene said on Monday
that he would retire from Test
cricket after the series against
Pakistan in August, drawing the
curtain on an almost two decade-
long Test career.
Jayawardene, 37, who has been
a stalwart of the batting order
since making his debut against
India in 1997, said it was not an
easy decision but ultimately he
felt it was the right time to go.
It was not an easy decision to
make given that it has been a great
privilege and honour representing
my country during the past 18
years, Jayawardene said in a letter
to Sri Lanka Cricket. But I believe
this is the right time [to go].
Jayawardene is Test crickets
sixth-highest run-getter, amassing
11,493 runs in his stellar career and
ranking alongside fellow Sri Lanka
stalwart Kumar Sangakkara.
Jayawardene, a member of the
Sri Lankan team that achieved
last months surprise 1-0 Test win
in England, has played 145 Tests
and averages just over 50 with 33
centuries.
The right-hander retired from
Twenty20 internationals this April
but will still be available for one-
day international cricket.
Chief cricket selector and former
team-mate Sanath Jayasuriya said
Jayawardene wanted to concen-
trate on training for next years
World Cup in Australia and New
Zealand. AFP
Hashim Amla will become South Africas rst permanent
nonwhite skipper when his side takes the eld against
Sri Lanka today in Galle. AFP
Sport
Powell, Simpson free to
race after CAS appeals
JAMAICAN sprinters Asafa
Powell and Sherone Simpson
are free to race again after the
Court of Arbitration in Sport
(CAS) reduced their doping
bans on Monday. Powell, the
former 100m world record
holder, and Simpson were
both suspended for 18
months, but the bans were
reduced to six months on
appeal, leaving them free to
compete immediately, the CAS
announced. The pair were
suspended by a Jamaica Anti-
doping disciplinary panel after
testing positive for the banned
stimulant oxilofrine, which
they claimed had been taken
in a contaminated food
supplement. AFP
Globetrotters long-time
foe Klotz dies aged 93
LOUIS Red Klotz, who
assembled the teams that
spent decades losing to the
Harlem Globetrotters touring
comedy basketball squad, has
died at age 93, the famed team
announced on Monday. Klotz
spent more than six decades
organising such long-time
losers as the Washington
Generals, Boston Shamrocks
and New York Nationals to act
as comic foils for the trickster
Globetrotters in routines
played out on basketball
courts worldwide. But Klotz,
who died Saturday at his home
in New Jersey, was also an
NBA champion, helping the
Baltimore Bullets win the 1948
crown in only the leagues
second season of existence. It
was Klotz himself as a
50-year-old player-coach who
scored the winning basket in a
100-99 victory over the
Globetrotters on January 5,
1971 at Martin, Tennessee
the last of a rare few times
that one of his squads ever
managed to defeat the
Globetrotters over the teams
88-year history. AFP
Jeters farewell tour
sparks star-studded ad
FIVE-TIME World Series
champion Derek Jeters final
season for the New York
Yankees has sparked a star-
studded television commercial
in which various celebrities tip
their cap to the Yankees captain.
The commercial, released
Monday on the eve of Jeters
farewell appearance at the
Major League Baseball All-Star
Game, includes a Broadway
party assemblage of stars as
well as children and firefighters.
RE2PECT, the letter s being
replaced by Jeters jersey
number, features cap tipping by
golf star Tiger Woods, rap singer
Jay Z, NBA star Carmelo
Anthony and his New York
Knicks boss Phil Jackson, noted
NBA fan and movie director
Spike Lee, former New York
Mayor Rudy Giuliani, comedian
Billy Crystal and retired NBA
legend Michael Jordan, whose
Nike brand created the
advertisement. Grudgingly but
respectfully tipping their caps
were fans of the rival Boston
Red Sox and a group of New
York Mets players in uniform
but with their faces digitally
blurred. Jeter, a shortstop who
made his major league debut in
1995 and has never played for
another club, announced in
February that this season
would be his last. AFP
Big field for Angkor Open
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HIS years Angkor Amateur
Golf Open is set to get bigger
and better than ever before
with the August 9-10 event
at the Sir Nick Faldo-designed Ang-
kor Golf Resort in Siem Reap almost
fully subscribed, well before the entry
deadline two weeks from now.
The expected line-up of 128 players
will be a reection of the events grow-
ing popularity among international
amateur golf adventurers and Siem
Reaps global appeal as an exciting
tourism sport destination.
With a growing eld of interna-
tional players, it is important that we
continue to enhance the event each
year, and this year will be no differ-
ent, AGR director of golf David Baron
told the Post yesterday.
We are delighted to have teamed
up with a growing number of pres-
tigious sponsors and partners this
year, including our long-term, loyal
supporters.
We must express our gratitude to
Tiger Beer for once again being the
lead sponsor and exclusive beer dur-
ing the tournament and gala dinner.
This is something the competi-
tors very much look forward to, he
added.
Major golng brands such as Title-
ist and Taylormade have shown their
support this year along with Fenix
Golf and Malaysias leading golf retail
distributor Transview Golf, adding a
number of attractive prizes.
Johnnie Walker also makes a return
to the Cambodian golf scene by com-
ing forward to support the event.
The weekends star attraction will
be the return of the big hitting Aus-
tralian professional Scott Hend, who
nished second on the Asian Tour
money list last year.
After a good run on the Asian and
European tour, Hend will once again
challenge the risk for reward Faldo
course at AGR, sharing some golf time
and experience with the competitors.
Players can challenge the Australian
pro on par-3 holes and also benet
from his complimentary golf clinic.
The event will also be loaded with
fun and entertainment for the play-
ers. The AGR has teamed up with
the immensely talented and popular
Phare Cambodian Circus, whose art-
ists will showcase their skills during
the weekend.
On the top of this exciting show, the
players will also be treated to some
lilting music by one of the Kingdoms
most sought after eight-piece band,
CamboJam.
Australian professional golfer Scott Hend is set to be the star attraction at the Angkor Amateur Golf Open on August 9-10 at the Angkor Golf Resort in Siem Reap. AFP
Cespedes repeats as home run derby champ
OAKLAND As slugger Yoenis
Cespedesdefended his home
run derby title in dominating
style on Monday, joining Ken
Griffey as the only players to
win back-to-back crowns.
The 28-year-old Cuban
crushed Cincinnati Reds
infielder Todd Frazier 9-1 in
the final round at Target Field
stadium, the home of Major
League Baseballs Minnesota
Twins.
I just discovered recently
Ken Griffey Jr was the only
other player to win consecu-
tive titles and it was some-
thing that I wanted to accom-
plish, Cespedes said through
an interpreter.
I was able to get past the first
round, which allowed me to
breath and regather myself and
that allowed me to win this title
one more time.
Former Seattle Mariner
Griffey won the home run hit-
ting contest in 1998 and then
repeated in 1999.
Cespedes, who hit a total of
30 home runs, led off the final
round of the annual long ball
showcase, which was delayed
one hour at the start because
of rain. The former Cuban
national baseball team mem-
ber finished two homers shy of
his total in 2013.
His power display included a
home run that sailed 452 feet
into the outfield seats.
Cespedes stepped up to the
plate in the final round after
hitting 21 homers in the open-
ing rounds.
He became the fifth consecu-
tive American League player to
win the derby. Prince Fielder
was the last National League
player to take the title in 2009.
As third-base coach Mike
Gallego, who also threw to Ces-
pedes last year at New Yorks
Citi Field, pitched the home
run balls.
I think when the lights are
their brightest, the public is
watching more than ever and
it truly motivates me and it
makes me want to do my best
at all times, Cespedes said.
Frazier had his brother
Charlie pitch to him. Charlie
Frazier was a sixth round
draft pick but never made it
to the show.
This years event included a
change in the format and an
expanded field of competitors.
Some of the games best slug-
gers decided to skip this years
event. Mike Trout, Edwin
Encarnacion, Jose Abreu, Dav-
id Ortiz and Miguel Cabrera
decided not to take part for a
variety of reasons.
Of the three players who have
hit the longest home runs in
the league this season, Miami
Marlins Giancarlo Stanton was
the only one to compete on
Monday night. Stanton blasted
a 484-foot homer on April 4.
Trout hit the longest homer of
the season so far, a 486-foot
monster shot on June 27.
But there was still plenty of
pop in the event. With the
revised format, MLB wanted
to cut the number of swings
each batter was taking in the
early rounds so they reduced
the number of outs from 10
to seven, which meant less
wear and tear on the two
finalists. AFP
American League All-Star Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland As bats dur-
ing the Gillette Home Run Derby at Target Field on Monday. AFP
Football
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Australia book Belgium,
UAE, Qatar friendlies
AUSTRALIA has lined up
friendlies against Belgium,
UAE and Qatar to build on its
progress at the World Cup and
prepare for the 2015 Asian
Cup, officials said yesterday.
The Socceroos will play World
Cup quarterfinalists Belgium
away on September 4 before
taking on the United Arab
Emirates on October 10 and
Qatar four days later, with both
matches in the Middle East.
Football Federation Australia
said it was in negotiations for
the team to play a second
match in Europe during the
September FIFA international
window and two matches in
Australia in November. AFP
World Cup ticket exec
turns himself in: Brazil
A BRITISH World Cup ticketing
executive accused of
involvement with a scalping
network blamed for fraud
worth tens of millions of dollars
turned himself in on Monday
after a manhunt, authorities
said. Ray Whelan, a director of
FIFA partner Match Services,
who had left his Rio hotel
before police could detain him
last Thursday, surrendered to a
judge in the city, prosecutor
Marcus Kac told AFP. Police
confirmed Whelan, 64, had
been detained after turning
himself in to examining
magistrate Rosita Maria de
Oliveira Netto. Authorities had
been looking for Whelan after a
judge ordered him and 10 other
suspects to be held over a
World Cup ticket fraud involving
1,000 tickets per match alleged
to be worth tens of millions of
dollars. The group allegedly
began its activities at the 2002
World Cup. AFP
Everton legend Royle
returns to Goodison
FORMER Everton manager
Joe Royle has returned to
Goodison Park as part of
manager Roberto Martinezs
coaching staff. Royle has been
brought in to help young
players breaking through from
the Premier League sides
academy and Under-21 set-up
and he will also assist in
scouting and recruitment. The
65-year-old was a product of
the Everton youth system
himself and went on to score
119 goals in 275 appearances
for the club from 1966-74
before winning the FA Cup
during his three-year spell as
manager in the 1990s. AFP
Arsenals Wilshere
caught again with cig
JACK Wilshere faces fresh
questions over his off-field
habits after he was pictured
with a cigarette in his mouth
on holiday in the United States.
The pictures, published by the
Daily Mail, show the Arsenal
and England midfielder at a
pool party in Las Vegas with a
cigarette held to his lips by a
man who appears to be a
friend. In another photograph
Wilshere is holding a cigar.
Nine months ago Wilshere
was pictured with a cigarette
outside a London nightclub.
THE GUARDIAN
Manchester United announce
monumental deal with Adidas
E
NGLISH Premier
League giants Man-
chester United on
Monday announced
a record 10-year kit deal with
German sportswear group
Adidas worth 750 million
($1.28 billion dollars) after US
rivals Nike walked away from
the club.
The sponsorship switch
comes after Nike left the bar-
gaining table on July 8 when
Adidas agreed to more than
double Nikes current contract.
Manchester United PLC . . .
has reached a 10-year agree-
ment with Adidas for a global
technical sponsorship and
dual branded licensing deal
for a minimum guarantee of
750 million . . . beginning with
the 2015/2016 campaign, the
club said in a statement.
The clubs current 13-year
deal with Nike, worth 303 mil-
lion, is due to end in 2015 and
an exclusivity period enabling
the Oregon-based manufac-
turer to negotiate a new deal
recently expired.
Adidas group chief executive
Herbert Hainer said he was
excited to team up with . . .
one of the most successful and
most loved football clubs.
The record-breaking deal
dwarfs the 248 million eight-
year Adidas deal with Span-
ish team Real Madrid and the
30 million deal announced
between Puma and English
rivals Arsenal.
Our new partnership with
Manchester United clearly un-
derlines our leadership in foot-
ball and will help us to further
strengthen our position in key
markets around the world, he
said. At the same time, this
collaboration marks a mile-
stone for us when it comes to
merchandising potential.
The CEO said he expected
total sales to reach 1.5 billion
over the course of the deal.
Despite calling Manchester
United a great club with pas-
sionate fans, Nike revealed
last week it would not renew
its deal.
Any partnership with a
club or federation has to be
mutually benecial, and the
terms that were on offer for a
renewed contract did not rep-
resent good value for Nikes
shareholders, it said. We look
forward to a successful nal
season with the club.
Adidas also beat off compe-
tition from US manufacturers
Warrior and Under Armour
during the multipleparty talks.
The German manufacturer
last supplied Uniteds kits in
1992.
The club last week revealed
US carmaker Chevrolet as its
kit sponsor for the coming sea-
son in a deal worth a reported
53 million per year.
United is one of the most
recognisable football brands
globally and the club has won
62 trophies, including three
European Cups and a record
20 domestic titles, over 137
years. But the club are cur-
rently rebuilding following a
poor seventh-place nish in
the Premier League last sea-
son that saw manager David
Moyes lose his job, and fail-
ure to qualify for the lucrative
Champions League.
Netherlands manager Louis
van Gaal has been given re-
sponsibility of restoring Unit-
ed to the top level of European
football.
After leading the Dutch to
third place at the World Cup,
Van Gaal will have just two
days off before beginning work
at United later this week.
The 62-year-old will spend
time with his new players at
Uniteds Carrington training
ground before ying to the
United States for the clubs
preseason tour.
Despite the quick turn-
around after the World Cup,
the former Barcelona and Bay-
ern Munich boss cant wait to
get started.
That is no problem for me. I
dont need a holiday, van Gaal
told Uniteds website.
Its great to have such an ex-
citing challenge. To work daily
with young people is some-
thing that I dont need time off
to rest for. Im looking forward
to it. Ive only met two people
from the daily management at
the club, the chief scout and
the chief executive ofcer. Its
time that I get to know more
people at the club.
Van Gaal developed a strong
team spirit during his Neth-
erlands reign and he wants to
foster the same positive atmo-
sphere at Old Trafford.
I hope the group in Man-
chester will become like this
[Holland] one, he said. We
have to sing from the same
hymn sheet. AFP
English Premier League giants Manchester United on Monday announced a record 10-year kit deal with Ger-
man sportswear group Adidas worth 750 million (US$1.28 billion). AFP
Blatter gives World Cup 9.25 out of 10
FIFA PRESIDENT Sepp Blatter on Mon-
day lavished praise on the World Cup
in Brazil, saying it had been a very
special event.
What makes the World Cup so very
special this time is the quality of the
football, the intensity of the games,
said Blatter, adding FIFA gave the tour-
nament 9.25 out of 10.
This World Cup on the field of play
was exceptional, he added.
Blatter saluted the passion and inten-
sity of the 32 teams in the event, which
culminated in Germany beating Argen-
tina in the final on Sunday to win their
fourth title.
There was not one single match
which didnt have this intensity, Blatter
told reporters, while conceding that no
tournament could ever be perfect.
Its more than emotion and pas-
sion it is a drama, said Blatter, who
was presiding over his fifth World Cup
as the head of footballs world gov-
erning body.
He said that after an explosive first
phase, teams had become more tactical,
but that the tournament had been one
of the most attractive ever, with a joint
record 171 goals scored.
Blatter admitted he had been a
little bit surprised to see Argentine
star Lionel Messi selected as best
player after his fine early form tailed
off during the knockout stages, but
added his goals were decisive in
the group stage.
Blatter also said the event had been
notable for its spirit of fair play but said
football had to continue to strive ever
harder to erase racism.
Brazils Local Organizing Committee
said it calculated that some 700,000 for-
eign visitors had visited Brazil in June
alone 132 per cent more than the same
month last year when Brazil hosted the
eight-team Confederations Cup.
Prior to the World Cup, Brazil had pre-
dicted 600,000 foreign visitors for the
World Cup as a whole.
Deputy Sports Minister Luis Fern-
andes said one of the resons why the
event had gone so well, after initial
concerns at construction delays and
poor infrastructure, was strong inte-
gration between organisers and the
government.
In the months leading up to the
event, there had been widespread fears
that protests against the reported $11
billion cost of the Cup would mar the
competition.
Protests during the Confederations
Cup warm up in June of last year drew
a million people on to the streets.
Although there were sporadic march-
es, they drew small numbers of people
and could not take the gloss of a tourna-
ment widely praised as one of the best
in the World Cups 84-year history.
Police using tear gas and pepper
spray did break up one protest on Sun-
day that drew some 300 people to a
gathering near Rios Maracana stadium
hosting the final.
Amnesty International on Monday
duly complained about what it saw
as heavy-handed police tactics as
intimidation.
In a statement, Amnesty demanded
an independent investigation into the
many abuses committed by Brazilian
police against protestors during the
last weekend.
The violence meted out by the secu-
rity forces over the course of the World
Cup was excessive, unnecessary and a
direct threat to the right to peaceful pro-
test, said Atila Roque, Director of
Amnesty International Brazil.
Brazil, which will host the first Olym-
pic Games to be held in South America
in Rio in 20106, now hands the World
Cup torch to 2018 hosts Russia.
Alexey Sorokin, the CEO of the Russia
Organizing Committee, promised that,
while Brazil had set the bar high, his
nation would offer an unparalleled
atmosphere and an unforgettable
tournament. AFP
FIFA president Joseph Blatter gestures during a press conference at the Maracana
Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. AFP
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