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FTER a series of govern-
ment crackdowns on pro-
tests in Cambodia at least
one of which was known to
involve an elite RCAF unit a leading
rights group yesterday lambasted the
US for providing training to the coun-
trys abusive armed forces.
In a statement released yesterday,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) hit
out at US military forces for provid-
ing training that would assist Cam-
bodias military in government
crackdowns on the political oppo-
sition and civil society activists.
The statement further suggests
that the joint exercises may be in
violation of US law, an assertion
strongly denied by the US Embassy
in Phnom Penh yesterday.
The training took place last month
as part of Angkor Sentinel, an annu-
al joint exercise between the Royal
Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF)
and the US military.
According to HRW, videos and pho-
tographs posted on Facebook show
evidence of training exercises that
may violate US congressional fund-
ing requirements for military training
and other forms of security assistance
except in limited areas of global
health, food security, humanitarian
demining programs, human rights
training for the Royal Cambodian
Armed Forces, or to enhance mari-
time security capabilities.
You have cases where there are
people charging across fields with
guns storming buildings, kicking
down doors. It is forbidden; it is
against the law, Phil Robertson,
deputy director of HRWs Asia divi-
sion, told the Post yesterday.
I dont think they were actually
even hiding it, he said.
One of the photographs, under the
caption a proper vehicle search
technique in an urban environ-
ment, shows a Cambodian soldier
stopping a vehicle by standing in
front of it with his assault rifle aimed
at the windshield.
[The] US Congress significantly
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Training under fire
Boonradom Chitradon
THAILANDS army chief imposed martial law
yesterday after months of deadly anti-govern-
ment protests caused political paralysis, but
insisted the intervention did not amount to yet
another military coup.
Gun-toting troops fanned out after martial
law was declared in a dawn broadcast, as Gen-
eral Prayut Chan-O-Cha evoked century-old
legislation that confers far-reaching powers on
the armed forces to act in an emergency.
But he left the caretaker civilian government
in office and later invited the countrys warring
political factions to sit down for talks, as the
United States, the European Union, Japan and
Southeast Asian neighbours urged Thailand to
stay on a democratic track and resolve its dif-
ferences peacefully.
Soldiers and military vehicles were seen in
the heart of the capitals retail and hotel district.
Troops were also positioned at TV stations
where broadcasts were suspended under
sweeping censorship orders, although regular
Thais appeared largely unfazed.
The dismissal of prime minister Yingluck
Shinawatra earlier this month in a controversial
court ruling has stoked tensions in the kingdom,
which has endured years of political turmoil.
Red shirt supporters of Yingluck and her
brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who was
deposed as premier in a 2006 coup, have
warned of the threat of civil war if power is
handed to an unelected leader, as the oppo-
sition protesters demand.
Thaksin, who lives abroad to avoid a jail term
for corruption, said on Twitter that the imposi-
tion of martial law was expected but must not
destroy democracy.
The backdrop is a nearly decadelong struggle
pitting a royalist establishment backed by parts
of the military, judiciary and the Bangkok-based
elite against Thaksins billionaire family, which
has traditionally enjoyed strong support among
poor and rural voters in the north.
New York-based Human Rights Watch brand-
ed the imposition of martial law a de facto
coup, voicing alarm at the impact on freedom
of expression.
It was not immediately clear how the inter-
vention of the generals traditionally seen as
staunch defenders of the monarchy would
Martial law
declared in
Thailand
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restricted US military assistance . . . May-
be somebody didnt get the memo, but
this is outside the law, Robertson said.
Our view is that this training is inap-
propriate and there should be an investi-
gation and explanation.
However, US Embassy spokesman
Sean McIntosh said: Angkor Sentinels
2014 activities were conducted in full
compliance with all applicable US laws
and regulations.
No Congressionally-restricted funds
were used in support of the exercise, he
said by email yesterday.
Asked about the specic training Cam-
bodian soldiers were given, McIntosh said
exercises included activities in support
of humanitarian assistance and disas-
ter relief, such as battalion staff training,
engineering exchanges, medical train-
ing, and preparation for United Nations
peacekeeping missions.
The photos posted by the US military
on Facebook show Cambodians being
trained to respond properly to the threat
of improvised explosive devices, a persis-
tent danger in Cambodias peacekeeping
operations throughout the world.
General Eth Sarath, head of military
training for the RCAF, said HRWs accusa-
tions were unfounded.
The training is the military coopera-
tion between the US and Cambodia that
we do every year. [HRW] are speaking
without facts and . . . reason. We dont lis-
ten to them; it is not the truth, he said.
Since the election last July, Cambodia
has seen a number of violent crackdowns
on opposition and labour demonstra-
tions at the hands of government security
forces, which have resulted in dozens of
injuries and at least six deaths. An addi-
tional protester who sustained head in-
juries during a garment wage protest on
January 3 died this week.
While the military units that took part
in Angkor Sentinel 2014 have not been
made public, HRW said that footage of
a Cambodian ofcer in a red beret at
the closing ceremony of the event could
implicate the Army Paratrooper Special
Forces Brigade 911.
Brigade 911 was responsible for violent-
ly clearing protesters outside the South
Korean-owned Yakjin garment factory
during a wage strike on January 2.
Chap Pheakdey, commander of the 911
commando unit, hung up when called to
conrm his units participation.
McIntosh said yesterday that no mem-
bers of Brigade 911 were involved in
the training. He also dismissed claims
that members of the gendarmerie
were present.
All Cambodian individuals and mili-
tary units that participated in Angkor
Sentinel 2014 were thoroughly vetted
in compliance with the Leahy Amend-
ment, which requires the Department
of State to ensure there is no cred-
ible information suggesting participat-
ing individuals or military units have
committed gross violations of human
rights, he said.
Ou Virak, chairman of the Cambodian
Center for Human Rights, said the accu-
sations raised wider questions about for-
eign military assistance.
The important question to ask is does
it contribute to human rights violations
or does it help ght them? ADDITIONAL RE-
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Soldiers take part in an exercise demonstrating proper vehicle search technique in an urban
environment during Angkor Sentinel 14 last month. FACEBOOK
May Titthara, Buth Reaksmey
Kongkea and Sean Teehan
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HEN union lead-
er Vorn Pov was
nally allowed to
give testimony
yesterday on the third day of
the trial of 23 men arrested
during a garment strike in Jan-
uary, he found himself cut off
by an attorney ordering him
to answer only the exact ques-
tion he was being asked.
I want to answer completely,
so you can nd justice for me,
the Independent Democracy
of Informal Economy Associa-
tion (IDEA) president said at
Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
The exchange was indicative
of the stance judges and pros-
ecutors took towards the work-
ers and unionists charged with
crimes ranging from incite-
ment to intentional violence.
Answers by four defendants
arrested during a protest at
Yakjin Garment factory on
January 2 were repeatedly cut
off by judge Keo Mony and
prosecutor Ly Sophanna yes-
terday on the grounds that
they were irrelevant.
In courtroom two, judge
Leang Samnath agreed with
the prosecution that its wit-
nesses testifying against 13
men charged over a protest
on January 3 when authori-
ties shot dead at least four
people needed limited cross
examination.
Four high-prole activists
charged with incitement in the
Yakjin case all told stories of
being attacked for no reason.
I said I wasnt a protester,
but [soldiers] said you are a
disturbance, and beat me,
said Sokun Sombath Piseth of
the Center for Labor Rights of
Cambodia. His arm was bro-
ken that day. I didnt do any-
thing wrong . . . the soldiers
broke the law.
Sophanna quickly interject-
ed, reminding attorney Sam
Sokong that his client was the
one on trial.
Similar exchanges occurred
during questioning of Boeung
Kak activist Chan Puthisak
and Coalition of Cambodian
Farmer Community coordina-
tor Theng Savoeun.
As 22 military police ofcers
took the stand, prosecutor
Top Chhunlong asked judge
Samnath to restrict defence
attorneys from questioning
them about allegations of
beating defendants.
The accused did not le
complaints against the police
alleging beatings, Chhunlong
said. I would like to ask the
judge not to allow the defence
to raise questions related to
beatings or torture.
Samnath agreed and banned
the line of questioning.
Mony denied requests from
Sokong to enter certain pho-
tographs into evidence, telling
them the court will later view
a video that will show events
covered in the photographs.
We regret the judges con-
sistent warnings to the de-
fence and the prosecutors
objections to evidence, Am
Sam Ath, senior investigator
at rights group Licadho, said.
This will impair justice for
the accused.
All but one of 23 witnesses
for the prosecution testied in
the case of 13 charged in the
Veng Sreng protest yesterday.
Proceedings will continue
today at 8am.
Defendants
cut off as 23s
trial goes on
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Worker rights stack up poorly
Shane Worrell

C
AMBODIA is one of
the worst countries
in the world to work
in, according to an
International Trade Union
Confederation report released
on Monday.
The 2014 ITUC Global Rights
Index which focuses on the
extent to which workers rights
such as freedom of associa-
tion, collective bargaining and
freedom to strike are respected
says Cambodia is worse than
Iraq, Myanmar and Pakistan
when it comes to violations.
Following the deadly shoot-
ing by government forces of at
least four people during a gar-
ment strike in January, Cambo-
dia has been given a 5 rating
and is considered to offer no
guarantee of rights, putting
it in the unenviable company
of Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh
and Zimbabwe.
While the legislation may
spell out certain rights, work-
ers have effectively no access to
these rights and are therefore
exposed to autocratic regimes
and unfair labour practices,
the report says of the rating.
Only a rating of 5+, re-
served for countries such as
Syria and the Central African
Republic, where rule of law
has completely broken down,
is considered worse. However,
even in countries in that cat-
egory, rights are considered
no more limited than in those
with a 5 rating.
Contributing signicantly to
Cambodias poor ranking were
the fatal shootings on Veng
Sreng Boulevard on January 3.
For police to kill, beat and
arrest workers in brazen viola-
tion of the fundamental right
to freedom of association is ex-
tremely troubling and must be
condemned, the report says.
Other issues spelled out in-
clude chronic overtime, poor
factory conditions and exces-
sive use of xed-duration con-
tracts in the garment sector.
The ITUC says that it draws
its information from the
worlds most comprehensive
database of violations of work-
ers rights.
Its afliates in Cambodia in-
clude the Coalition of Cambo-
dian Apparel Workers Demo-
cratic Union, Rong Chhuns
Cambodian Confederation of
Unions and the Cambodia Con-
federation of Trade Unions.
Government spokesman
Phay Siphan dismissed the
ndings yesterday, saying the
report had been compiled by
people outside Cambodia.
The facts are completely
different, he said, adding that
the Kingdom was not by any
stretch of the imagination the
worst country to work in. I
disagree [with the report].
Garment Manufacturers As-
sociation in Cambodia secre-
tary-general Ken Loo was not
available to comment.
Garment workers cheer and chant on Phnom Penhs Veng Sreng Boulevard in January during a protest
demanding the industrys minimum wage be raised to $160 a month. PHA LINA
Cheang Sokha
OPPOSITION to Australias
proposal to send refugees to
Cambodia is growing, with the
Australian Greens immigra-
tion spokeswoman yesterday
saying the party would try to
block it in the Senate.
Sarah Hanson-Young told
The Sydney Morning Herald
that Cambodia would be a
fundamentally unacceptable
place for Australia to dump its
refugees. In an interview with
the Post, Hanson-Young said
there would be no guarantees
that money given to Cambo-
dia as part of the deal would
be spent on refugee care.
I dont believe [the plan is]
in the Cambodian govern-
ments interest, and I dont
believe [its] in the Cambodian
peoples interest, she said.
A statement posted yester-
day on what is purported to be
Prime Minister Hun Sens Fa-
cebook page has further sug-
gested that Cambodia may be
close to signing off on the deal
to resettle more than 1,000 ref-
ugees from Australias Nauru
island detention centre.
Cambodia will sign a mem-
orandum of understanding
with Australia in order to help
the refugees, who are already
interviewed, in the near fu-
ture, the post reads.
Eang Sophalleth, a personal
adviser to Hun Sen, would
not comment yesterday on
whether the page is ofcial.
Ofcials with the Council
of Ministers and the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs declined to
comment yesterday morning
after a meeting of a working
group tasked with assessing
Australias proposal and draft-
ing a counter-proposal.
Scott Morrison, Australias
immigration minister, told
ABC Radio yesterday that
discussions were ongoing
but that there is still some
distance to travel and we are
travelling that distance.
The interview also included
perhaps the rst admission
from Australia that it would in-
clude money changing hands.
Australia can help Cam-
bodia care for the refugees,
Morrison said, by providing
support both nancially and
with expertise to ensure the
resettlement program can be
well implemented.
He dismissed concerns that
money for the deal would be
pilfered, saying, we are not
in the business of lining the
pockets of ofcials. ADDITIONAL
REPORTING BY DAVID BOYLE
As Oz proposal nears,
opposition mounting
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Pagoda killing
Man arrested
in murder,
rape of nun
A
MAN who has allegedly
confessed to raping and
killing an elderly nun at a
pagoda in Battambangs Phnom
Prek district on Monday night
was sent to the provincial court
yesterday.
Chhet Vanny, the provincial
police chief, said 22-year-old
Savet Kemhab will be charged
with rape and murder.
The suspect clearly com-
mitted the crime and he will be
punished, because what he did
was a cruel and unacceptable
act, he said.
Phnom Prek district police chief
Song Sopheak said Kemhab lived
in the same pagoda as his alleged
victim, 77-year-old Vy Ny, in Buor
commune.
The pair had no prior relation-
ship, but on the night of the at-
tack, Kemhab was inebriated and
entered the hut where Ny was
sleeping, Sopheak said. Hearing
screams, others rushed to the
scene and saw Kemhab eeing.
He was later found hiding in the
pagoda by police.
After examining the victims
body, police have concluded that
Ny was strangled in order to stop
her from screaming, Sopheak
said. KIMSAROM
Lightning
kills two
in Bbang
Mom Kunthear
A BATTAMBANG woman and
teen were both struck and
killed by lightning in two differ-
ent districts on Monday, police
said yesterday.
A 28-year-old woman from
Rokak Kiri district was taken to
the commune hospital after
she was killed by a lightning
strike, according to Keo Vichet,
a district police officer.
The victim, Sem Sarim, was
killed by lightning while she
was staying under her house to
avoid the rain, he said, adding
that one cow nearby the wom-
ans house was also killed.
On the same day in Battam-
bang town, Deoun Sean Hai,
14, was killed while trying to
catch frogs in a rice field.
Keo Vichet said that while the
government reminds people to
take precautions during storms,
even those who stay in their
homes are at risk.
Cambodia continues to have
one of the worlds highest rates
of lightning deaths. The gov-
ernment says more than 30
people have died so far this
year. In 2013, in the same peri-
od, 35 people were killed in
lightning storms.
Minister to address beatings
Kevin Ponniah and Mom Kunthear

M
INISTER of In-
formation Khieu
Kanharith has
pledged to meet
with Daun Penh District Gov-
ernor Sok Sambath to discuss
the targeting of journalists by
hired district security guards,
said UNESCO country rep-
resentative Anne Lemaistre,
who met with the minister
on Friday.
The minister is also keen on
working with UNESCO and the
UN human rights ofce to or-
ganise safety training for jour-
nalists, possibly using the In-
formation Ministry as a venue,
she told the Post yesterday.
Kanharith could not be
reached yesterday to conrm
whether he had set up a meet-
ing with Sambath.
When asked whether he had
been contacted by the minis-
ter, Sambath said I dont know
about that, before hanging up.
His deputy, Sok Penh Vuth,
who is often seen taking a
hands-on role directing guards
during crackdowns, said the
district authority had not met
with Kanharith nor received a
letter from him.
Untrained security guards
employed by the district have
been used extensively to con
trol demonstrations and en-
force protests bans, particularly
in the vicinity of Freedom Park,
since last Julys national elec-
tion. Recently, they have begun
singling out journalists and
those with cameras for attack.
On May 4, the Information
Ministry ofcially condemned
the harassment of journalists
in a statement.
Lemaistre said she met with
Kanharith on Friday, because
he was unable to attend World
Press Freedom day events on
May 3.
We wanted to attract the at-
tention of the minister on the
facts . . . that a very specic,
targeted [group] of security
guards from the municipal-
ity have been identied by the
journalists. And so our plea
to the minister was to have a
meeting with the governor of
Daun Penh district. And the
minister agreed, she said.
He was very clear, he said:
Im going to meet the journal-
ists this afternoon, Im going
to send a letter to the gover-
nor, Im going to talk to the
governor. So we went out very
happy.
The Post was unable to ver-
ify if Kanhariths meeting with
journalists occurred.
UNESCO was also consider-
ing the purchase of protective
equipment, such as gas masks,
protective vests and helmets,
for Cambodian journalists, Le-
maistre said.
The Cambodian Center for
Independent Media said yes-
terday that it had sent a letter
to City Hall asking authorities
to stop attacks against journal-
ists and for Daun Penh ofcials
to publicly apologise for past
incidents.
Cambodian Center also wrote
to Minister of Justice Ang
Vongvathana asking for an in-
vestigation into the case of Lay
Samean, who reports for its
Voice of Democracy radio ser-
vice and required surgery after
being beaten at an opposition
rally earlier this month.
The organisation will le a
complaint to the municipal
court next week, it said.
Security personnel try to take a camera from a member of the media
earlier this month near Phnom Penhs Freedom Park after he took
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Deadlock talks
Rainsy says
CNRP wants
to negotiate
T
HE opposition Cam-
bodia National Rescue
Party will seek to restart
negotiations with the Cambo-
dian Peoples Party today in
a renewed effort to break the
longstanding political dead-
lock, CNRP leader Sam Rainsy
announced last night.
In a statement, Rainsy said
he had spoken to Deputy
Prime Minister and Interior
Minister Sar Kheng to inform
him that CNRP lawmaker-
elects would be contacting
CPP officials today.
We hope to reach a com-
prehensive agreement soon
in order to break the current
political stalemate. The CNRP
delegation will come up with
a proposal to detail the main
points stated in the draft joint
statement, which contains
principles already agreed
upon by the two parties.
When reached last night,
Rainsy said the CNRP would
first seek to nail down
concrete proposals and
formulas [on] how to make
the new [National Election
Committee] work effectively.
He declined to comment
further. KEVINPONNIAH
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China gives
$150M to
Cambodia
Stuart White
PRIME Minister Hun Sen will
be bringing home nearly $150
million in grants and soft loans
from his latest trip to China,
where he is attending the Con-
ference on Interaction and
Confidence Building Measures
in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai.
According to state media,
China pledged some $112 mil-
lion in grants and $32 million
more in concessional loans to
go towards developing Cambo-
dias spotty infrastructure
ahead of the Southeast Asian
Games, which the Kingdom
will host in 2023.
But given the current South
China Sea dispute between
major trade partners China and
Vietnam, accepting the Chinese
funding could put Cambodia in
the difficult position of a man
with two wives tasked with
keeping both happy, political
analyst Kem Ley said.
Because on the one hand,
Cambodia needs to support
Vietnam, because we have a
long history, but on the other,
Cambodia needs to support
China [in its] One China [poli-
cy] and in the South China
Sea, he said.
Meth on rise in Kingdom: UN
Amelia Woodside

A
SIAS insatiable de-
mand for meth-
amphetamine has
ratcheted up world-
wide production and led to
a tripling of seizures in the
past ve years, according to
the United Nations Ofce on
Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
and Cambodia is no anomaly
to the regional trend.
Released yesterday, the UN-
ODCs 2014 Global Synthetic
Drugs Assessment says that
Asia is the worlds largest mar-
ket for amphetamine-type
stimulants (ATS), and that
while Myanmar remains the
regional hub for ATS produc-
tion, including meth and ec-
stasy, the UNODC has traced
back a growing proportion of
seizures to labs in Cambodia.
The rise in ATS use and
trafcking is tied to the in-
crease in local production ev-
ident in the seizure of labs in
Cambodia. In 2006, the her-
oin supply temporarily dried
up in Cambodia because of
Thaksin [Shinawatra]s war on
drugs in northern Thailand,
David Harding, a technical
adviser for Friends Interna-
tional, said.
That was the beginning
of an accelerated rise in the
supply and consumption of
crystal methamphetamine
. . . a glut of crystal meth that
had not been affected by the
breakdown of traditional sup-
ply routes suggested that it
was homegrown.
Clay Nayton, a locally based
drug treatment ofcer with
the UNODC, said: In Cambo-
dia, ATS is still the most com-
monly used drug, but were
also seeing a rise in ketamine
use along the Thai and Laos
border, which is surprising.
Ketamine, a powerful tran-
quiliser nicknamed Special
K in the West, was rst discov-
ered in the Kingdom in 2001,
when a Singaporean national
was apprehended with ve ki-
lograms of powder strapped to
his body. UNDOCs new report
pinpoints Cambodia as one
of the countries where most
ketamine seized in coun-
tries world-wide is perceived
to originate.
The report also names Cam-
bodia as a key supplier of sa-
frole oil, a precursor for ecsta-
sy, with huge busts reported in
2011 and 2012.
Police ofcers catalogue paraphernalia thought to be have been used in drug production during a raid in
Kampong Speu provinces Phnom Sruoch district in 2012. HENG CHIVOAN
Thai soldiers prepare to patrol at the Army Club in Bangkok yesterday after Thailands army declared martial
law following months of sometimes deadly anti-government protests. AFP
Thai unrest shuts border gaps
Japanese, parties start talking
Broker sold teen girls virginity
Cheang Sokha
THAI authorities ordered all
unofficial border crossing
points in Banteay Meanchey
province to be closed yesterday
after the Thai army imposed
nationwide martial law.
All official, international
crossing points, including the
gates at Poipet, Malai and Boe-
ung Trakourn, remain open,
according to Banteay Meanchey
Governor Korsum Saroeut, who
said Thai officials had informed
him of the mandated closures
on Tuesday morning.
Security measures have been
increased on the Thai side of
the border and they added
more forces, he told the Post.
People who cross the border
into Thailand need proper doc-
uments, such as border pass or
passports to avoid problems.
According to Saroeut, the local
villagers and migrant workers
who normally travel across the
border unofficially and ille-
gally through corridor gates
would no longer be able to access
those informal crossing areas.
Kham Vannak, commander
of Border Infantry Police Unit
891 along the Thai border in
Banteay Meanchey, confirmed
that the corridor gates were
closed yesterday.
They did not say how long
the closure will last, he said,
adding that his border police
have barred villagers from
crossing illegally due to secu-
rity fears. We at the Cambo-
dian side have also strength-
ened our forces along the
border and are closely moni-
toring the situation.
At other, official border
checkpoints into Thailand,
including in Battambang,
Preah Vihear and Pailin, cross-
ings proceeded as usual yester-
day, though fewer corridor
gates exist and informal work-
ers cross in those provinces,
according to officials.
Chim Chamnan, chief of
Cambodian-Thai Border Rela-
tions Office in charge of cross-
ings in Pailin and Battambang
provinces, said his Thai coun-
terpart had not informed him
of any planned gate closures.
We still contact each other
normally and people can still
cross in and out, he said.
In Preah Vihear province, bor-
der security remained calm and
troops did not show any sign of
irregularity or reaction to the
martial law declaration yester-
day, according to Colonel Meas
Yoeun, deputy military com-
mander of the province.
Vong Sokheng and Stuart White
WORKING groups from both the
ruling party and the opposition
sat down with Japanese research-
ers exploring options for elec-
toral reform in Cambodia yester-
day, with both groups coming
away with a sunny outlook,
party representatives said.
Though electoral reform has
been on the table for months
during post-election talks
between the Cambodian Peo-
ples Party and the Cambodia
National Rescue Party which is
still boycotting parliament CPP
working group representative
Minister of Interior Sar Kheng
said yesterday that Japans
impartiality would ensure a fair
assessment, and could help
jump-start stalled negotiations.
My understanding is that
Japan has not taken sides with
any political party, and this
meeting was just to collect
ideas. Japan is helping Cambo-
dia; it is not helping one group
or political party, Kheng said,
without commenting on the
specifics of the discussion.
However, senior CPP lawmak-
er Cheam Yeap stressed that the
team came to research various
issues of electoral reform, not to
find a resolution to the current
political deadlock.
CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann
said the opposition had advo-
cated for National Election
Committee reform, a new voter
list, equal access to state media
and reform of the process for
settling election disputes.
The party also provided the
team of 10 Japanese govern-
ment officials and academics
with information on the alleged
irregularities that occurred in
last years still-disputed nation-
al election, he added.
Though many in the King-
dom have long called for the
reform of the electoral process,
Sovann said the fact that the
Japanese team was here at the
invitation of the CPP-led gov-
ernment was cause for opti-
mism this time around.
The CPP has the good will to
invite them to come to Cambo-
dia, so this is a common point
between the parties, he said.
Political analyst Kem Ley said
he too was optimistic, though
for different reasons.
With the spat between China
and Vietnam making it more
difficult for Cambodia to rely
on China to fill its funding
shortfalls, the Kingdom may be
forced to look to its longtime
development partners, namely
the West and Japan, he said.
So as I see it, the govern-
ment has to reform to move the
country forward.
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
TWO 14-year-old girls claim that their neigh-
bour trafficked them and sold their virginity in
Thailand, Banteay Meanchey provincial police
said yesterday.
The two Poipet town families filed a complaint
on May 17, alleging a local woman had kidnapped
their daughters and threatened to kill them if they
told anyone of the forced prostitution.
Eng Meng Om, deputy director of the anti-
human trafficking and juvenile protection unit
in Banteay Meanchey, said the suspect promised
the girls jobs as card dealers in Thailand, but
instead sold their virginity for $1,000 each.
Both girls told the Post they were promised
that they would earn $50 a day or more.
But when I arrived in Thailand on March 14,
she kept me at a guesthouse . . . She brought in
one Thai man and then went out, closing the
door, one of the alleged victims said, adding
that the man raped her, and after, the woman
gave her 8,000 baht ($266).
The other girl said a Cambodian businessman
paid $1,000 to have sex with her all day. The
suspect gave her 2,000 baht ($66) and warned
her if she told anyone, she and her family would
be killed.
The families claim not to have known any-
thing was amiss until the trafficker returned on
May 15 and asked for one of the daughters
again, but the daughter refused, initiating an
argument and confession.
On Monday, two days after filing the com-
plaint, one of the girls was beaten unconscious,
allegedly by the traffickers family.
According to police, the suspect has fled Poipet,
leaving her husband and children behind.
Entertainer sings like
a canary in questioning
IN ONE of the more unique
scams the Blotter has seen in
a while, a down-on-his-luck
singer was arrested on Mon-
day after returning a friends
moto a little worse for wear.
Police said the man, who sang
at a local restaurant, bor-
rowed his friends brand new
bike, then took it to a local
chop shop where the parts
were stripped and replaced
with secondhand ones. The
friend was in the dark until it
refused to start and he had a
mechanic check it out, reveal-
ing the ruse. After police were
called in, the crooner quickly
confessed. KOH SANTEPHEAP
Man careens into house
in serious moto accident
A MAN is recovering in hospi-
tal after a violent motorbike
accident on Monday that saw
him crash into the outer wall
of a house. Police said the
24-year-old was driving, sans
helmet, in the capitals Por
Sen Chey district when a pass-
ing moto clipped his handle-
bar, sending him careening
out of control and into the
house, rendering him uncon-
scious. The two men on the
passing moto received only
minor injuries. KOH SANTEPHEAP

Cleaver to hand to earn
more than slap on wrist
FOUR young men and alcohol
proved a predictable recipe for
violence on Sunday in Sen Sok
district. Police said the quartet
was making a racket when
two women emerged from a
nearby home asking them to
quiet down. Instead, the men
became enraged, and when
one threatened the older
womans niece with a cleaver,
she stepped in and received a
blow to her own hand. All four
men were arrested, with one
confessing to the attack and
the others professing their
innocence. KOH SANTEPHEAP
Meanchey mob means
business, beats suspect
A BROKEN moto lock nearly
resulted in broken bones
thanks to a quickly formed
posse on Monday. Police said
two men found an unattended
bike in the capitals Meanchey
district and quickly went to
work on the lock. The bikes
owner saw the attempt and
began shouting for help.
Unfortunately for the two, vil-
lagers were quick to respond,
beating one as the other high-
tailed it. While half the duo
escaped, it wont be for long as
the arrested thief quickly gave
up his buddy. RASMEI KAMPUCHEA
Graveyard shift almost
lands man in graveyard
THE late shift proved a peril-
ous one for a capital motodop
on Monday. Police said the
27-year-old was working a
Sen Sok district corner at
about 4am when six men on
three motorbikes materialised
and demanded his ride. After
punching him in the head and
knocking him down, one pro-
duced a pistol, which, predict-
ably, sealed the deal. Police
are now searching for the sus-
pects. RASMEI KAMPUCHEA
Translated by Sen David
POLICE
BLOTTER
National
6
Day of Anger
People burn incense and pay their respects as part of the annual Day of Anger at the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek yesterday. More than 1,000 people took part in a ceremony, which was
organised by the Phnom Penh municipality. Tunh Navy, 51, who lost six relatives to the regime, said she hoped the Khmer Rouge tribunal would expedite its proceedings to nd justice
for survivors and uncover the truth of what happened before more accused leaders die. PHA LINA
In brief
Norways KRT donation
shifted to national side
THE government of Norway
has agreed to let an April
donation of $1 million to the
international component of
the Khmer Rouge tribunal be
redirected to the courts
national component instead,
the tribunal announced
yesterday. In the announce-
ment, the court said that the
funds would go towards
covering the salaries of
national-side staffers,
something it has struggled
with in recent years. Acting
administration chief Tony
Kranh offered his profound
thanks for the contribution,
which he said would cover
salaries from April to June,
and called on more donors to
step forward with pledges to
cover the remainder of the
year. STUART WHITE
102-year-old Hungarian
dies in Preah Sihanouk
A 102-year-old Hungarian
woman died of natural causes
yesterday morning while
visiting her grandson in
Sihanoukville, according to
police. Ember Obonne arrived
in Cambodia on March 31 to
visit her grandson who lived
with his Cambodian wife in
Sihanoukville, said Chum
Sokhunthy, deputy chief of
Preah Sihanouk police.
Obonnes body was taken to
the provincial referral hospital
where doctors established a
natural cause of death. Her
family had her remains
cremated yesterday, police
said. KIM SAROM
Govt called on to save forests
Phak Seangly

V
ILLAGERS from for-
est communities in
nine provinces called
on the government
yesterday to take action after
alleging that the rich and
powerful are causing the
serious destruction of their
livelihoods.
The villagers, with the
support of two NGOs the
Childrens Development As-
sociation and Community
Peace-Building Networking
(CPN) raised concerns over
the destruction of their forests,
which they said were being
cleared by a combination of
powerful local businesses, sol-
diers and the authorities.
Sorn Siyan, a community
representative from Kratie
province, said that seven
community forests out of
11 registered since 2011,
covering more than 21,000
hectares, have been com-
pletely cleared.
The seven forests . . . were
cleared and taken away by
companies, the rich and the
powerful, who colluded with
the authorities, he said.
We, the local people whose
lives are dependant on the for-
est, are now facing food short-
ages, he added.
Sar Thlai, from Oddar
Meanchey province, alleged
that the authorities in Anlong
Veng district had used volun-
teers to measure land for mi-
grant families to be resettled,
despite the community having
registered the forest with the
Ministry of Agriculture, For-
estry and Fisheries.
A spokesman for the minis-
try declined to comment on
the case yesterday.
More than 2,000 [hectares]
of a 6,344-hectare commu-
nity forest was measured and
felled. They cleared the forest,
burning it down to plant rice.
It is a registered community
[forest], Thlai said.
The migrants, he added, had
also been employed by un-
known persons to clear areas
for individual locals.
Thlai is now preparing to le
the evidence of illegalities the
communities have collected
to the Forestry Administration
and the Anti-Corruption Unit.
Yim Phanna, Anlong Veng
district governor, and his dep-
uty chief, Nhem En, could not
be reached for comment.
Smean Boreyroth, deputy
director of CPN, said the au-
thorities had a lot to answer for
and should take action imme-
diately to curb the illegal log-
ging of community forests.
The authorities barely take
any action, while the forest of-
fences happen a lot, he said.
Every forest community has
had their forests cleared and is
confronting logging.
Thon Sarath, deputy chief
of the planning department at
the Agriculture Ministry, called
on the communities to notify
the ministry when they believe
their forests are being illegally
felled by land concessionaires.
The land concessions are
granted in dead forest, so the
community should inform the
government about the legali-
ties of their forest so we can
protect it, he said.
The ministry made a note
of the names of powerful
persons who are accused of
encroaching on community
forests and sent the list to pro-
vincial governors to investigate
the cases, he added.
Ethnic Kuoy villagers gather at a forest campsite in Preah Vihears Tbeng Meanchey district earlier this year
in an effort to stop the clearing of community land. HENG CHIVOAN
7 THE PHNOM PENH POST MAY 21, 2014
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Customs
agreement
gets green
light at NA
May Kunmakara
THE National Assembly
approved changes to the coun-
trys customs law yesterday, in
order to comply with Associa-
tion of Southeast Asian Nations
intergration standards.
The changes demand border
operations increase human
resources, reduce paperwork
and modernise procedures in
order to simplify border
exchange and facilitate trade
between member states.
The approved law amend-
ments also include stricter ter-
rorism and smuggling preven-
tion clauses. It states that
information can be directly
exchanged at the border
between ASEAN countries.
The implementation of
ASEAN [standards] on customs
will bring new opportunities
[to Cambodia], and will
strengthen control of imports,
exports, crossings, goods traf-
ficking, helping to prevent and
combat smuggling and prevent
terrorism, Cheam Yeab, a par-
liamentarian for the ruling
Cambodia Peoples Party, said.
Cambodian Finance Minister
Aun Porn Moniroth said the
approval marks another step
towards achieving integration
within the region.
I do believe that after the
approval, Cambodia will con-
tinue to implement and urge
integration into the region,
which encourages economic
growth, increasing revenues
and creating jobs for people,
he said.
Cambodia signed on to the
ASEAN agreement on customs
in March 2012 and has been hur-
ridly introducing a raft of reforms
since, as regional economic inte-
gration in 2015 edges closer.
Commuters pass by Acledas Monivong branch yesterday in Phnom Penh. Acleda Bank is the second organisation to gain membership to World Economic Forum. PHA LINA
Acleda joins WEF growth club
Eddie Morton

C
AMBODIAS largest
nancial institution,
Acleda Bank, has
been adopted into
the World Economic Forums
group of Global Growth Com-
panies (GGC), an exclusive
club made up of some of the
worlds fastest growing medi-
um-size rms.
The WEF yesterday an-
nounced that 20 companies
from the Asia-Pacic region
had been added to the list of
360, including six from Japan,
three from South Korea, two
from Vietnam and two from
Myanmar.
Rodolfo Lara Torres, direc-
tor and deputy head of Global
Growth Companies com-
munity at WEF, commended
Acleda on its consistent nan-
cial performance and its cor-
porate citizenship practices.
For example, it fully sub-
scribes to international con-
ventions which prohibit the
provision of credit to any ac-
tivities which might harm the
environment or jeopardise
human rights, Lara Torres
said. Acleda Bank is the only
Cambodian company to re-
ceive the award this year. Nev-
ertheless, the country displays
a dynamic business environ-
ment for small and medium
enterprises, and the Forum is
currently considering appli-
cations for the 2015 selection
process, he added.
The WEF is a Swiss nonprof-
it organisation boasting some
of the worlds largest rms,
including Microsoft and Fa-
cebook. Acleda Bank became
an ofcial member of the WEF
earlier this year, joining youth
engagement and employment
NGO Friends International as
the only Cambodian mem-
bers. On the WEFs list of Glob-
al Growth Companies, Acleda
joins the likes of information
technology rm Mozilla and
Vietnams largest nancial
services provider, BaoViet.
Companies wishing to join
the GCC must rst be invited
by existing members before
they undergo a review by the
WEF. The selection criteria
include having ve years of
above-average growth, being
a major industry inuence
within the rms home coun-
try and have a track record of
positive corporate citizenship.
In January, Acleda Bank re-
ported a prot of $18.3 million
at the end of the rst quarter
of this year, down slightly from
$18.8 million during the same
period in 2013.
It has, however seen four
years straight of prot increas-
es, from $26.6 million in 2010,
to $77.8 million last year.
So Phonnary, executive vice
president and group chief op-
erations ofcer of Acleda Bank
said the acceptance will as-
sist the bank in fostering new
partnerships and aid in off-
shore expansion plans.
We hope the new appoint-
ment will attract more inves-
tors to the company, and more
foreign rms to utilise our
banking services, Phonnary
said. Our customer base is
not only domestic, it is now
many foreigners.
Acleda Bank has subsidiar-
ies in Laos and Myanmar, and,
according to Phonnary, is ey-
ing expansion into China.
We are doing a feasibil-
ity study and plan into estab-
lishing branches in Southern
China, Phonnary said. It is
our long-term plan to expand
to China after we strengthen
our Myanmar operations,
she added.
Acleda bank started out as
a micro-nance NGO in 1993
with the nancial assistance
of the International Labour
Organisation and the UN.
In 2003 they were awarded a
commercial banking licesnse
and at the end of March Acle-
da had 251 branches through-
out Cambodia.
This year the bank began
handling government rev-
enues and expenditures, civil
servants payroll and the bank
now also accept tax payments
as part of the governments
public nance reforms.
CORRECTION
In an article dated May 20 titled
New rice body gets president,
the Post incorrectly named
Kim Savuth as the president of
the Cambodian Rice Exports
Association. Savuth is actually
the president of the Federation of
Cambodian Rice Exporters.
China puts limit on IPOs
CHINA plans to have about 100
initial public offerings from
June through the end of this
year, less than analyst
estimates, as the government
eases fears that a flood of new
share sales would weigh on the
stock market. The listings will
be spread over time to ensure
there are a similar number
each month, China Securities
Regulatory Commission
chairman Xiao Gang said. UBS
AG China strategist Chen Li
said the number was fewer
than the 350 to 400 share
offerings that he had expected.
This removes the uncertainty
in the market and investors can
prepare accordingly,
Everbright Securities analyst
Zeng Xianzhao said. BLOOMBERG
TPP talks to intensify
ASIA-PACIFIC trade ministers
said yesterday they would
intensify talks on a vast trans-
Pacific free trade agreement,
but offered no clue on when a
final accord would be reached.
At the end of a two-day
meeting in Singapore,
ministers and chief negotiators
of the 12 putative member
economies of the Trans-Pacific
Partnership remained divided
on key issues. We have
decided on a pathway of
intensified engagement over
the coming weeks on market
access and rules, they said in
a statement. AFP
Business
8
Credit downgrade risk
if budget fails: Abbott
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister
Tony Abbott warned yesterday
that the country could lose its
coveted AAA credit rating if
the tough measures in his gov-
ernments maiden budget are
not adopted.
The conservative leader, who
has suffered a plunge in voter
support over the massive
spending cuts outlined in last
weeks budget, said Australias
fundamental economic stand-
ing would be damaged if it lost
the confidence of the global
ratings agencies.
If these measures are blocked
by the Labor Party in the Senate,
our AAA credit rating is at risk
and if that goes, well, that does
all sorts of damage to our coun-
trys fundamental economic
standing, he said.
His comments follow top
Standard & Poors sovereign
analyst Craig Michaels telling
the Australian Financial Review
that the agency could reassess
its current outlook if sizeable
budget deficits were consid-
ered acceptable at the political
and the community level.
Were looking to see the gov-
ernment improve budget per-
formance over the next few
years, Michaels said.
S&P told AFP that the coun-
trys AAA rating was not imme-
diately at risk and that it main-
tained a stable outlook for
Australia, which means there is
a less than one-in-three chance
of a rating change in the next
two years.
Australia is one of only a
handful of nations to hold the
top rating, which indicates that
the country has an extremely
strong capacity to meet its
financial commitments.
By losing it, the nation would
be forced to pay higher interest
on its debt.
Abbott accused Labor
which has vowed to oppose
some of the budget cuts and tax
hikes, including a AUS$7
(US$6)payment to see the doc-
tor and raising the pension age
to 70 of leaving the countrys
finances in a mess.
The government is seeking to
narrow the deficit from its cur-
rent AUS$49.9 billion to
AUS$29.8 billion next year and
to reach a surplus around the
end of the decade by slashing
federal health and education
spending by AUS$80 billion.
Other budget measures
include a new temporary tax
on high earners, tightened
welfare and family benefits
and a reduction in foreign
aid by AUS$7.9 billion over five
years. AFP
Soviet-Sino role swap
C
HINA, which relied
on Soviet aid during
the era of Joseph Sta-
lin and Mao Zedong,
has turned the tables as Rus-
sian President Vladimir Putin
visits Shanghai.
The Russian leader started
a two-day visit to China yes-
terday, seeking to complete
an agreement on natural gas
supplies to the worlds second-
largest economy, held up for
more than a decade because
of a debate over the price. The
contract is nearly nalised,
Putin told Chinese media.
However, neither Putin nor
his Chinese counterpart Xi Jin-
ping gave any word on the deal
at their rst meeting in Shang-
hai yesterday.
Putin is looking to cement
ties with China as the conict
in Ukraine alienates him from
the US and its European allies.
The relationship with China,
Russias biggest trading part-
ner after the two-way volume
surged sevenfold in the past
decade to $94 billion last year,
is becoming even more impor-
tant as escalating sanctions
threaten to tip the economy
into recession.
As Russias relations with the
West deteriorate, its ties with
China will need to grow stron-
ger, Dmitri Trenin, director of
the Carnegie Moscow Center,
said. Beijing, rather than Mos-
cow, will be the senior power.
That role reversal is under-
scored by the disparity of the
two countries economic de-
velopment during the past 35
years. In 1979, as Deng Xiaop-
ing started an economic over-
haul, Chinas output was 40
per cent of the Soviet Russian
Republics the present-day
Russian Federation, according
to a study published this year
by the Center for European Re-
form. By 2010, Chinas econo-
my had become four times the
size of Russias, it said.
Russias eagerness to do
business with China marks yet
another turn in the tumultu-
ous history of the relationship
between the countries that
were once the leading powers
of the communist camp. While
Mao followed Stalins lead, the
two sides fell out after the So-
viet dictators death and even
fought a border war in 1969.
The lack of trust between the
two sides remained as their
ideological paths diverged,
until a rapprochement began
in the 1990s under late Rus-
sian President Boris Yeltsin.
Russia is touting the Putin visit
to China as a chance to cement
the relationship. BLOOMBERG
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
attend a signing ceremony in Shanghai yesterday. AFP
Ministry of Economy and Finance
Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project Additional
Financing
ADB Loan No. 3125-CAM (SF)
INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) FOR
GENDER SPECIALIST
(12 person-months, intermittently fromJ une 2014 to March 2017)

Date of Issuance: 21
st
May 2014
The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has received a Loan from 1.
the Asian Development Bank (ADB) towards the cost of Flood Damage
Emergency Reconstruction Project Additional Financing (FDERP-
AF), executed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and
implemented by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT);
Ministry of Rural Development (MRD); and Ministry of Water Resources
and Meteorology (MOWRAM).
MEF intends to apply a portion of the funds to the provision of a Gender 2.
Specialist and is seeking EOI, consisting of Letter of Application (clearly
stating the availability) and ADB-format CV from suitable qualied and
experienced consultants for the provision of this service.
The overall objective of the assignment for the Gender Specialist is 3.
to ensure: (i) successfully implementation, monitoring and reporting of
the project gender action plan (GAP); (ii) provide capacity building on
gender issues to the project staff and contractors; (iii) orientation on
GAP implementation to the stakeholders; (iv) develop monitoring and
sex-disaggregated data collection systemfor GAP; (v) ensure that EA
and IAs are able to prepare GAP progress reports; (vi) assist EA and
IA to monitoring and reporting of the GAP implementation; and (vii)
create opportunity for on the-job training for IAs gender focal points
through meeting, training, coaching, eld monitoring and preparing
GAP progress report.
The recruitment will be conducted in accordance with the ADB Guideline 4.
on the Use of Consultants (March 2013, and as amended fromtime to
time).
Interested consultants may obtain further information of the TORs 5.
from ADB website: http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/ood-
damage-emergency-reconstruction-project-additional-nancing-pam
or requesting fromFDERP-AF Project Coordination and Management
Unit (PCMU), E-mail: sokthearith_yi@mef.gov.kh.
The submission deadline is: 5:00 PM on 28 6.
th
May 2014.
The address for the submission is: H.E. Pen Thirong, Deputy Director 7.
General, General Department of Budget, Ministry of Economy and
Finance, Building A, 2
nd
Floor, Street 92, PhnomPenh, CAMBODIA;
Fax: (855) 23 428 424.
In case of any difculty in obtaining the TORs, the consultants may 8.
contact in writing to: H.E. Pen Thirong, Deputy Director General, General
Department of Budget, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Building
A, 2
nd
Floor, Street 92, PhnomPenh, CAMBODIA; Fax: (855) 23 428
424; Email: thirong_pen@mef.gov.kh and also send a copy to: Mr. Yi
Sokthearith, Department of Investment and Debt Management, Ministry
of Economy and Finance, Building A, 2
nd
Floor, Street 92 Sangkat Wat
Phnom, Khan Daun Penh, PhnomPenh, Cambodia; Fax: (855) 23 428
424; Email: sokthearith_yi@mef.gov.kh and Mr. Long Piseth, Senior
Project Ofcer, ADB-Cambodia Resident Mission, No. 29 Suramarith
Blvd (Street 268), Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, P.O. Box
2436, PhnomPenh, Cambodia; Tel: (855) 23 215805/806; Fax: (855)
23 215807 ; Email: plong@adb.org.
Vacancy Announcement
Cambodian National Researcher of
D&D Reform and Development Plan
PILAC2 Project
TheProject for Capacity Development for Implementing theOrganic Law
at Capital and Provincial Level (PILAC 2) of the NCDD with thesupport
of the J apan International Cooperation Agency (J ICA) contributes to the
advancement of the decentralization and de-concentration (D&D) reform
through establishing the capacity to formulate the ve-year development
plans and three-year investment programs at the provincial level. The
duration of the project is ve (5) years from March 2010 to March 2015.
Vacancy of National Research Assistant of Public Administration
JICA-PILAC 2 team is looking for a qualied person for the position of
National Researcher of D&D Reformand Development Plan at provincial
level. The person will assist J apanese experts and project teammembers
from the Ministry of Interior and other ministries in conducting the research
on D&D Reformand Development Plan at provincial level, and coordinating
PILAC2 activities with other development partners. Thepersons with the
following qualications will be considered. Highly motivated and young
persons with the master or higher degree in relevant elds are encouraged
to apply.
Qualications of candidates:
Holder of master or higher degree in public administration, law, public
nance, development policy, development studies or other relevant
elds. It is advantageous if an applicant has the degree of overseas
university, particularly, in English-speaking countries.
Excellent English skills in conversation, reading and business writings.
Submission of English certicate such as TOEFL or TOEIC is highly
appreciated.
Experiencein research or work for thepublic sector or other relevant
organizations.
Experienceor knowledgeof thepublic sector and local administration.
Excellent interpersonal andcommunicationskillsasateammember
Thepersonwho cantravel to countrysidealonefor researchandsurvey
Computer literate(Word, Excel, PowerPoint, internet, and E-mail)
Strong commitment to assigned tasks is required
Application
Application packages including CV written in English, an English
certicate (if available), and letter of interest must be sent to the
following e-mail address by 31st May, 2014.
E-mail: PILAC2@ezecom.com.kh
Note
Only selected applicants will becontacted for interviews.
Application packages will not bereturned to applicants.
JICA-PILAC2 Ofce, Building of General Department of Local Admi-
nistration in Ministry of Interior, Preah Norodom Blvd, Khan Chamcar
Mon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, [Tel/Fax] 023-720-063
PILAC2 Project
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
Financial Analyst
The U.S. Embassy in PhnomPenh is seeking an individual
for the Financial Analyst position for the Ofce of
Financial Management (OFM), USAID/Cambodia.
The Financial Analyst performs a wide range of nancial
analyses necessary for the effective and efcient
management and control of the USAID programfunds.
Other position duties include the conduct of audit reviews;
assisting in the determination of nancial feasibility
of development projects and in the design of internal
management controls. The incumbent will be responsible
to collect and present facts and recommendations clearly
and concisely.
Salar y: The annual salary range for this position is
USD 19,168 29,711.
Required Qualications
Bachelors degree in Accounting, Financial 1.
Management, Auditing, or Economics.
Five years of experience in professional accounting, 2.
auditing or nance.
Level IV (uent) Speaking/Reading/Writing English 3.
and Khmer are required. Language prociency will
be tested.
Application Procedure
The application deadline is June 2, 2014. Interested
candidates must submit applications by email to
RecruitmentPHP@state.gov using the Universal
Application for Employment as a Locally Employed Staff
or Family Member (DS-174) form. The application form
and complete details on this position can befound at http://
cambodia.usembassy.gov/employment_opportunities.html.
Note: All Ordinarily Resident (OR) applicants must have
the required work and/or residency permits to be eligible
for consideration.
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Business
Fraud trial
of tycoon
opens in
Vietnam
A HANOI court yesterday began
the fraud trial of one of the
countrys top banking tycoons,
in a multimillion-dollar scandal
that shocked the nations already
ailing financial markets.
Nguyen Duc Kien, 50, is
accused of fraud, tax evasion,
illegal trade and deliberate
wrongdoing causing serious
consequences, according to
the indictment read at the
Hanoi court.
Kien, a multimillionaire,
went on trial with eight other
defendants, all top bankers at
the Asia Commercial Bank,
which counts global banking
giant Standard Chartered as
one of its strategic partners.
According to the indictment,
Kien a shareholder in some of
Vietnams largest financial
institutions and a founder of
ACB and his accomplices
caused losses of $67 million
through illegal cross-bank
deposits and investments.
Most of the cash vanished
when Kien ordered his staff to
make deposits at the Vietnam
Joint Stock Commercial Bank
for Industry and Trade (Viet-
inbank). An employee from
that bank has already been
given life in prison for fraud.
Kien told the court yesterday
he would take responsibility
for things he may have done, but
rejected the full indictment. He
said it was incorrect and not
in accordance with the law.
Prosecutors also accused
Kien of forging documents to
defraud the top steel-making
firm Hoa Phat Group of $12.5
million. AFP
MYANMAR has met over half
of its target reforms for the
ASEAN Economic Communi-
ty, though more still needs to
be done, Minister of National
Planning and Economic De-
velopment (MNPED) Kan Zaw
has said.
Reaching 100 per cent im-
plementation of all targets
ahead of the AECs launch at
the end of 2015 will be impos-
sible, he said.
[December 2015] will be the
time for raising the curtain for
the AEC, but more work must
be done to reach the target,
he said, estimating between
50 and 60 per cent of required
reforms are complete.
Myanmar has nished its
overall review of what needs
to be done but is still look-
ing at ensuring areas such as
transportation, ports, cus-
toms and labour rules meet
AEC standards. As a less-de-
veloped country, Myanmar
will also require assistance to
meet the standards and an
extended timeline to meet all
the requirements.
ASEAN members have set
out the AECs four key char-
acteristics as a single market
area, a competitive economic
region, equitable economic
development and a region in-
tegrated into the global econo-
my. A large number of reforms
are required from many coun-
tries in the 10-member ASEAN
bloc. We will be able to reach
the AEC target even if there
are some weak points, Kan
Zaw said.
ASEAN secretary-general Le
Young Minh said that he be-
lieved about 80 per cent of ac-
tions required by all 10 ASEAN
member states have been tak-
en, but least-developed Cam-
bodia, Laos, Myanmar and
Vietnam may need until 2018
to complete the reforms.
It would be good to get ev-
erything done by 2015, but we
have until 2018, ASEAN ex-
pert Daw Than Than Lin said.
Its a range of times to nish
rather than a deadline.
President Thein Sein said
in his opening address at the
summit that Myanmar in-
tended to use its position as
chair of ASEAN to promote
economic development.
This year, it is important to
take action to promote devel-
opment and competition for
products among ASEAN coun-
tries, he said, adding that
boosting SMEs is critical for
Myanmar as they make up 69
per cent of the countrys total
business. THE MYANMAR TIMES
Myanmar wont reach
ASEAN goals by 2015
Thai events rattling nerves
Miwa Suzuki

T
HE baht dropped the
most in two months
and Japan, Thailands
biggest investor, ex-
pressed grave concerns
yesterday after the army im-
posed martial law as multi-
national rms monitored the
events nervously.
Meanwhile, Bangkoks bus-
tling night life and James Bond
Island near Phuket already
shunned by tourists amid po-
litical turmoil are bracing
for empty cash registers. Visi-
tors to the country may fall 5
per cent this year, the biggest
drop since 2009, as the US and
Hong Kong governments tell
their people to be cautious
while travelling to the nation.
Foreigners arriving in Thai-
land already dropped 4.9 per
cent in the rst four months
of 2014 from a year earlier to
8.62 million, according to the
Department of Tourism.
After months of anti-govern-
ment protests, generals yes-
terday ordered forces onto the
streets of Bangkok and troops
were positioned at television
stations as the army said the
media would be censored.
But despite the crisis which
saw Southeast Asias second-
biggest economy shrink 0.6
per cent in January-March
analysts said the economy
could bounce back.
We have grave concerns
about the situation in Thai-
land, Japans chief cabinet
secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
Nearly 4,000 Japanese rms
operate in Thailand, think-
tank Teikoku Databank said
in February, with investments
the Bank of Thailand said were
worth $6.89 billion in 2013
half of the total inward invest-
ment. That gure is more than
the next three biggest inves-
tors combined.
Honda said it has postponed
the April 2015 opening date for
a new Thai factory due to the
uncertain business climate.
Toyota, the worlds biggest
automaker, also said it was
watching events carefully
sentiments echoed by Nissan.
Market reaction to yester-
days events was tempered.
Thai stocks ended 1.13 per
cent lower, while the baht
weakened as much as 0.6 per
cent, the biggest intraday loss
since March 20
Analysts said the economy
was largely immune to shocks
the nation has long been
nicknamed Teon Thailand
for its record of economic re-
silience in the face of political
upheaval. AFP/BANGKOK POST
Soldiers keep watch from a military vehicle while stationed outside the Royal Thai Police headquarters as
trafc drives past in central Bangkok yesterday. BLOOMBERG
Habitat for Humanity Internatonal (HFHI) is a global nonprot
housing organizaton bringing people together to build homes,
communites and hope. Habitat has served an estmated
270,000 families in the Asia-Pacic region, where Habitat has
been actve since 1983.
We are currently seeking a commited professional to ll the
role of Chief Finance Ocer (CFO) in our Cambodia Branch
Oce. The successful candidate shall lead the development
of the country programs capacity to deliver the objectves set
forth for the Finance Unit in support of HFHI Cambodias short and
long term objectves. The CFO is reportng to the Natonal Director
of HFHI-Cambodia and accountable for leading the Finance Team
in managing the organizatons nancial and accountng policies,
systems and processes, tax and regulatory requirements, payroll
systems and processes and internal controls, ongoing nancial
modeling and annual business plan. This positon provides
leadership and coaching to the Finance Team.
Required Skills:
Advanced knowledge and experience with accountng and/
or nancial management sofware (e.g., SUN System, Quick
Books, etc), and MS Oce applicatons.
Broad nancial management skills to direct nancial
planning, accountng, internal control and loan portolio
management needs of the country program
Proven capacity to interact and negotate with
internatonal partners, government ocials, corporate
partners and grassroots partners
Good command English, both verbal and writen, Khmer
language an asset
Proven integrity and good character especially in
the stewardship of resources, transparency and
accountability
Cross-cultural management experience
At least 3 years of experience as a senior manager
in a similar size NGO or company, overseeing mult-
departmental responsibilites including administratons,
HR and nance.
Knowledge of Cambodia nancial and tax regulatons,
especially those pertaining to non-governmental or not-
for-prot organizatons
Previous experience managing grants or contracts with
external funding agencies, such as the World Bank,
USAID, AUSAID, etc. is an advantage.
Please send your resume and cover leter to ap_myhr@habitat.org
before 30 May.
For complete details of the positon, you may visit
www.habitat.org/asiapacic/ap
Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships are the Australian Governments internationally competitive,
merit-based scholarships, providing opportunities to undertake study, research and professional
development in Australia.
Endeavour scholarships and fellowships are also available for Australians to undertake research and
professional development in Cambodia.
For more information please visit the Endeavour website at:
https://aei.gov.au/Scholarships-and-Fellowships
Citizens of Cambodia are encouraged to apply for:
Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarships
Eligible programs: Masters and PhD
Duration: up to 2 years for Masters and up to 4 years for PhD
Value: up to AUD140,500 for Masters and up to AUD272,500 for PhD
Endeavour Vocational Education and Training (VET) Scholarships
Eligible programs: Australian Diploma or Advanced Diploma
Duration: up to 2.5 years (including pre-course English, if required)
Value: up to AUD131,000
Endeavour Research Fellowships
Eligible programs: research in Australia towards a Master or PhD degree of Cambodian
university; or postdoctoral research
Duration: 4 6 months
Endeavour Executive Fellowships
Eligible program: professional development attachments
Duration: 1 4 months
Features of the Endeavour scholarships and fellowships:
No age limitation
Open to all elds of study
On-line application
Individual case managers in Australia to provide support throughout the award
*INFORMATION SESSIONS: On the scholarship scheme and the application process will be
held at
14:30pm, 26 May 2014 at Royal University of Phnom Penh in Institute of Foreign Languages (IFL)
Building G (Russian Federation Boulevard, Toul Kork, Phnom Penh)
09:00am, 27 May 2014, at Royal University of Agriculture in the Auditorium (Dongkor District,Phnom Penh)
14:00pm, 28 May 2014 at ACE Siem Reap Campus in the Auditorium (#432 Wat Bo Village,
Salakamreuk Commune, Siem Reap)
To register for one of the above Information Sessions, please visit IDP Education (Cambodia) website
at (www.cambodia.idp.com).
Applications for Endeavour Scholarships and Fellowships 2015 close on 30 June 2014.
Contact:
Australian Education International, Australian Embassy in Hanoi
Tel; 04 37740 139; Email: endeavour@education.gov.au
Endeavour Scholarships and
Fellowships 2015 Round
C
REDIT Suisse plead-
ed guilty and was
ned $2.6 billion on
Monday for helping
Americans avoid taxes, the
rst time in 20 years a major
bank has been punished on
US criminal charges.
American authorities said
that the brazen Swiss bank,
one of the worlds largest
wealth managers, helped
thousands of rich people hide
money in accounts under
false names and in fake foun-
dations for decades.
In one case, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the bank had
been used to hide money from
US tax collectors for more than
a century.
In a negotiated deal, Credit
Suisse admitted guilt on one
felony criminal charge of con-
spiracy to aid tax evasion. As
part of the deal it can con-
tinue operating in the United
States without fear of losing
its licence.
This case shows that no
nancial institution, no mat-
ter its size or global reach, is
above the law, US Attorney
General Eric Holder said.
When a bank engages in
misconduct that is this bra-
zen, it should expect that the
Justice Department will pur-
sue criminal prosecution to
the fullest extent possible, as
has happened here.
The single charge led in
the federal district court in Al-
exandria, Virginia said Credit
Suisse did unlawfully, vol-
untarily, intentionally, and
knowingly conspire to help
US citizens prepare and le
false income tax returns.
The Justice Department
said the Swiss bank helped
people hide incomes in sham
nominee accounts, destroyed
account records and hand-
delivered money from the ac-
counts to help clients avoid
paying taxes.
Hundreds of Credit Suisse
employees, including at the
manager level, conspired to
help tax cheats, US Attorney
Dana Boente said, accusing
the bank of going to elabo-
rate lengths.
Credit Suisse conrmed the
terms of the deal in a state-
ment, with bank chief Brady
Dougan saying: We deeply
regret the past misconduct
that led to this settlement.
The ne is the largest so far
in a sweeping, years-long US
push to force Switzerland to
stop serving as a tax haven.
Thirteen other Swiss banks
have been targeted in similar
probes, and 100 others have
been pressed to cooperate
with US authorities and pay
penalties for helping clients
avoid US tax laws.
Eight Credit Suisse em-
ployees have been indicted,
and two have pleaded guilty,
though none of them are
top executives.
Switzerland said on Monday
that it received news of the
Credit Suisse settlement with
satisfaction.
US ofcials said the effort
has persuaded 43,000 US tax-
payers to disclose offshore
assets and pay more than $6
billion in back taxes.
The $2.6 billion the bank has
agreed to pay includes $1.8 bil-
lion in nes and restitution to
the Internal Revenue Service.
In addition, the bank will
pay $715 million to the nan-
cial services regulator of New
York, where the bank is pri-
marily licensed, and $100 mil-
lion to the Federal Reserve.
The case stood as a warning
to US tax payers, as well as to
major nancial institutions.
US justice authorities have
been under great criticism for
not prosecuting large banks
especially for acts that led to
the 2008 nancial crash. AFP
Business
10
US Attorney General Eric Holder announces in Washington on Monday
that Credit Suisse AG has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to aid and assist
US taxpayers in ling false income tax returns. AFP
Suisse fined $2.6B for felony
UK ination pressures pay
Battle on to stop fair trade coffee disease
THE UK rate of inflation rose
for the first time in almost a
year in April after consumers
paid more to travel over the
popular Easter period.
Annual inflation measured
by the consumer prices index
rose to 1.8 per cent from 1.6 per
cent in March, also pushed
higher by petrol prices.
It was the first rise in inflation
in 10 months, and economists
had forecast a smaller increase
to 1.7 per cent.
The figures from the Office
for National Statistics showed
that inflation is once again out-
pacing wage growth, with the
latest available data showing
average pay rises of 1.7 per cent
in the three months to March.
The month-on-month figure
between February and March
showed an increase in earnings
of just 1 per cent.
Pay had finally caught up
with inflation in recent months,
following a prolonged period
of real wage falls since 2008.
The April inflation figure threat-
ens to reignite fears that a cost-
of-living crisis is not yet over.
The Trade Union Congress
general secretary, Frances
OGrady, said: Last month we
were told the living standards
crisis was over. Yet one month
later real wages are falling
again. Even on a measure that
excludes the cost of housing,
prices are rising faster than
wage packets.
It will be years before work-
ers even recover the earnings
they have lost since 2008, let
alone start to feel any better
off, OGrady added.
However, Samuel Tombs, UK
economist at Capital Econom-
ics described Aprils rise in
inflation as a blip.
He said: The rise in UK con-
sumer price inflation in April
should not be seen as a sign
that the economic recovery is
causing underlying price pres-
sures to build.
Instead, the increase in CPI
inflation from 1.6 per cent to
1.8 per cent in April almost
entirely reflects the impact of
the later timing of Easter, which
fell in April this year but in
March last year.
The biggest driver of the rise
in inflation was higher trans-
port costs as air fares and sea
fares increased as people trav-
elled over Easter. Air fares
jumped 18 per cent while sea
travel costs rose 22 per cent.
Petrol prices also contributed
to the higher inflation rate, as
unchanged prices in April com-
pares with a fall in the same
month last year. The rises were
enough to offset a 0.5 per cent
fall in food prices.
Despite the increase in infla-
tion in April it was the fourth
month that the annual rate was
below the Bank of Englands 2
per cent target. The last period
of below target inflation was
more than four years ago.
The BOEs latest forecasts
published last week suggested
inflation will remain close to the
2 per cent target over the next
few years. With a lack of infla-
tionary pressure, the banks gov-
ernor, Mark Carney, reiterated
that the bank would be in no
rush to raise interest rates on
hold at 0.5 per cent since March
2009 with the first rise most
likely around the time of the
general election in the second
half of 2015. THE GUARDIAN
THE US government announced on
Monday a new $5 million effort to fight
a disease savaging Central Americas
fair trade coffee bean harvest and
pressuring the price of a morning cup.
The US Agency for International
Development said the outbreak of cof-
fee rust has caused $1 billion in damage
in Central and South America and the
Caribbean since 2012 and threatens a
half-million jobs.
It said a new partnership with Texas
A&M Universitys World Coffee Research
institute to eliminate coffee rust and
shore up farmers livelihoods would
also ensure farmers do not turn to pro-
ducing lucrative drug crops.
Coffee rust threatens more than your
morning coffee it affects jobs, busi-
nesses, and the security of millions
across the Americas, USAID Associate
Administrator Mark Feierstein said.
We must tackle this outbreak to
ensure farmers and labourers have
stable incomes, dont start growing
illicit crops, or be forced to migrate
because they can no longer support
their families.
According to World Coffee Research,
the rust fungus first showed up in Ara-
bica plants in Guatemala in 2010 and
accelerated two years later, with some
evidence that global warming has ena-
bled the fungus to spread.
Crop yields have fallen 30 per cent in
Guatemala and 20 per cent more wide-
ly in Central America and Jamaica,
according to data from the regional
association Promecafe. USAID Admin-
istrator Rajiv Shah said the disease is
also threatening the larger Arabica
crops of Peru and Colombia, where the
agency has supported the development
of fair trade coffee.
About 500,000 are at risk because of
coffee rust, he said. Peru and Colom-
bia expect the worst is yet to come.
The program with Texas A&M will
develop rust-resistant, high-value coffee
strains and help introduce them around
the region, and also develop methods to
control the spread of the fungus.
Major US coffee vendors Starbucks,
Peets Coffee & Tea and Keurig Green
Mountain depend on the Latin Ameri-
can producers for a significant portion
of their beans, paying higher prices than
those for commodity beans under fair
trade arrangements to ensure reasonable
livelihoods for small farmers. AFP
ONE of Californias worst
droughts in decades could
cost the US states farmers
$1.7 billion, a study warned on
Monday, a week after alarm-
ingly early wildres forced tens
of thousands of homeowners
to evacuate.
The drought could leave
14,500 workers without jobs
in Californias Central Valley,
known as Americas food bas-
ket for providing vast supplies
of fruit, vegetables and meat.
The new study, by the Uni-
versity of Californias Davis
Center for Watershed Scienc-
es, found that farmers in the
Central Valley would get only
two-thirds of their normal
river water this year.
Some six per cent of irrigated
cropland will have to lie fallow,
while groundwater pumping
will cost $450 million, more
than a quarter of the estimated
$1.7 billion the drought will
cost the farming industry.
Without access to ground-
water, this years drought
would be truly devastating to
farms and cities throughout
California, Jay Lund, director
of the Center for Watershed
Sciences, said.
The Central Valley, which
runs for about 700 kilometres
south to north, is the richest
food-producing region in the
world, it said. Much of Amer-
icas fresh fruits, nuts and veg-
etables are grown on its 28,000
square kilometres of irrigated
farmland.
The research conrms
where emergency drought as-
sistance will be needed most,
said Karen Ross of the Califor-
nia Department of Food and
Agriculture, which co-funded
the research.
Californias drought the
third year in a row with well
below average rainfall has
also extended the annual
wildre season through the
winter, rather than seeing a
seasonal lull. Last week nearly
a dozen wildres erupted in
San Diego county, forcing
tens of thousands of residents
to ee. AFP
USs food basket faces
a $1.7 billion drought
Epic fail
Happy Meal
marketing
gets scary

A
NEW McDonalds Corp
character named Happy is
inspiring a different emo-
tion among Twitter users: fear.
The box-shaped creature with
Gumby-like arms, eyes that pop
out of the top of his head and a
gaping mouth lled with large
teeth was intended to market
healthier Happy Meals for kids.
But so far its mainly drawn alarm
and ridicule on social media.
Since debuting on Twitter
on Monday, Happy has elicited
responses such as I think Im
going to have nightmares, What
the [expletive] is that creature?
and THAT! is scary! A video
featuring Happy was posted to the
McDonalds Facebook, drawing
more scorn: Epic fail, I regret
watching this and This makes
me crave Burger King.
McDonalds hopes the charac-
ter gets a friendlier reaction from
children. The mascot is about
bringing more fun and excitement
to kids meals, including eating
wholesome food choices like low-
fat yogurt, McDonalds said in a
statement. BLOOMBERG

OECD goes strong in Q1
ECONOMIC growth in Japan,
Germany and Britain picked
up strongly in the first
quarter of the year, leading
output in advanced countries
which slowed down overall,
the latest OECD data showed
yesterday. But the US
economy, the biggest in the
world, flagged and France
also turned in a lagging
performance. Over a full
year, Britain led top
economies, growing by 3.1
per cent, far outpacing the
OECD average. AFP
GoPro looks to go public
THE firm behind GoPro
cameras used to capture
sports action from players
perspectives filed on Monday
to raise $100 million in a
public stock offering. Silicon
Valley-based GoPro didnt
disclose how it planned to
price shares, but did reveal
that it is already profitable,
making a net income of $60.6
million last year, with revenue
jumping 87 per cent to $985.7
million. AFP/BLOOMBERG
SA mine strikers fired
THE worlds third-largest
platinum producer Lonmin
has announced the firing of
235 workers who had been on
strike for four months one of
the longest in South Africas
history. Company spokesman
Happy Nkhoma said those
fired were essential services
workers who were not allowed
to down tools under an
agreement with the
Association of Mineworkers
and Construction Union. AFP
Happy might be too scary. TWITTER
A Nicaraguan coffee grower shows a rust
blighted coffee plant. AFP
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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)
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The unknown father of Google
Daniele Lepido

M
ASSIMO Marchiori
could have been one
of the wealthiest Sili-
con Valley billionaires.
Instead, he earns $3,000 a month
as a professor of computer science
and mathematics at the University
of Padua, Italy.
It was 17 years ago that he showed
the world his internet search engine.
Sitting in the audience at an internet
conference in Santa Clara, Califor-
nia, when Marchiori unveiled the
breakthrough, was a student, four
years younger than the speaker, who
listened with rapt attention. That
guy was Larry Page, and he hadnt
yet invented Google with his Stan-
ford University friend Sergey Brin.
Marchioris project was called Hy-
per Search, a system able to scan the
web with a level of accuracy never
seen before.
Hyper Search was based on an
innovative algorithm many devel-
opers consider to be an inspira-
tion for PageRank, Googles magic
formula that sorts web pages by
counting the number and qual-
ity of links to each from around
the internet.
Before Marchioris project, tools
that aimed to bring order to the cha-
os of cyberspace were classied us-
ing textual information and not their
web-structure, which naturally in-
cludes links.
When I nished my presenta-
tion, a gentle boy approached me
saying he found it very interesting,
Marchiori says in a phone interview.
The boy was Page, who then spent
the entire day with Marchiori, dis-
cussing the future and the potential
of internet. When it was time to say
goodbye, Page told his new Italian
friend: Man, I would like to develop
your idea further, according to Mar-
chiori. Page kept his promise.
After the speech, Marchiori re-
turned home in the hopes of realis-
ing his ambitious design.
When I came back to Italy, I asked
the university for 20,000 [$27,000]
to develop a search engine, but in-
stead, they nanced a project about
the history of copper metallurgy in
Italy, he says.
Meanwhile, Page received his rst
check for $100,000 from Andy Bech-
tolsheim, one of the co-founders of
Sun Microsystems.
A spokeswoman for Google in Mi-
lan declined to comment.
Marchiori looked for a research
job in Italian academia but opted to
move to the US instead. At the Mas-
sachusetts Institute of Technology,
he spent seven years working with
Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the
World Wide Web.
Two years ago, Marchiori began
working on a new kind of search en-
gine called Volunia. This was a so-
cial search-based network designed
to share interests and queries using
a three-dimensional interface.
The results of the search were de-
livered to the user as digital maps
with buildings, streets and high-
ways, similar in appearance to the
game SimCity.
The most relevant responses were
represented, for example, as the tall-
est skyscrapers. Users who had post-
ed the same question were linked by
virtual streets.
Volunia opped after a sharehold-
er dispute led to a lawsuit. Marchiori
says he retains the patent rights and
plans to soon retrieve the source
code from a liquidator in Milan.
He expects to open-source the
project and release it to developers
for free. Pieces of Volunia could be
useful for devising new algorithms
or creating large-scale messaging
networks, he says.
Marchiori, now 44, says he isnt
jealous of Pages success.
I am happy to have in some way
contributed to Googles birth, he
says. Larry and Sergey have had the
immense persistence to transform
an idea into an industrial project
changing everyones lives.
Marchiori lives alone in a small
apartment close to Venice, where he
was born. He drives an 11-year-old
car, which he likes to tinker with in
his spare time.
I didnt and dont really care
where I live, Marchiori says. Just
give me an internet connection
and, above all, some time to think.
BLOOMBERG
Massimo Marchiori displays his Volunia social search platform. Marchiori beat Google
to a unique internet search engine and then gave the idea away. AFP
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B
EIJING summoned
the US ambassador
and accused Wash-
ington of double
standards yesterday as a dip-
lomatic row escalated over
the unprecedented indict-
ment of ve Chinese military
ofcers for cyber-espionage.
The worlds top two econo-
mies have long been at log-
gerheads over hacking and
Chinas defence ministry de-
nounced Washingtons alle-
gations as a pure fabrication
by the US, a move to mislead
the public based on ulterior
motives.
From WikiLeaks to the
Snowden case, US hypocrisy
and double standards regard-
ing the issue of cyber-security
have long been abundantly
clear, the ministry said in a
statement on its website.
China also summoned US
ambassador Max Baucus to
lodge a solemn representa-
tion over the indictment,
suspended cooperation with
the US on cyber-security is-
sues and banned the use of
Microsofts Windows 8 oper-
ating system on all new gov-
ernment computers.
Beijings furious response
came one day after the US
charged ve members of a
shadowy Chinese military
unit with allegedly hacking US
companies for trade secrets.
In the rst-ever prosecution
of state actors over cyber-espi-
onage, a federal grand jury in-
dicted the ve on charges they
broke into US computers to
benet Chinese state-owned
companies, leading to job
losses in the US in the steel,
solar and other industries.
Cyber-spying has long been
a major sticking point in rela-
tions but Washingtons move
marked a major escalation in
the dispute.
Analysts said the US was
unlikely to be able to put the
men on trial but the indict-
ments were an attempt to ap-
ply public pressure on China
over the issue.
US prosecutors said the
ve ofcers belonged to Unit
61398 of the Peoples Libera-
tion Army.
A report last year by US se-
curity rm Mandiant said the
unit had thousands of work-
ers operating from a nonde-
script, 12-storey building on
the outskirts of Shanghai to
pilfer intellectual property
and government secrets.
The grand jury indicted
each of the ve on 31 counts,
which each carry up to 15
years in prison.
US Attorney General Eric
Holder called on China to
hand over the men for trial
in Pittsburgh and said the
United States would use all
the means that are available
to us should it refuse.
President Barack Obamas
administration will not tol-
erate actions by any nation
that seek to illegally sabo-
tage American companies
and undermine the integrity
of fair competition, Holder
told reporters.
Chinas foreign ministry re-
jected the US indictment as
absurd and suspended the
activities of a bilateral cyber
working group.
Its formation was an-
nounced last year by US Sec-
retary of State John Kerry, but
analysts said there had been
little progress on the issue
and Washington had prob-
ably decided to change tack.
I think the US, they prob-
ably realised theyre not going
to get any cooperation from
the Chinese, so they wanted
to take things into their own
hands, Hoo Tiang Boon, a
China expert at the S. Rajarat-
nam School of International
Studies in Singapore, said.
The fact that the case was
the rst of its kind made Bei-
jings reaction difcult to an-
ticipate, he said.
But he noted: The US has
been frustrated with the Chi-
nese for quite some time, es-
pecially over cyber-security.
It really sends a message to
the Chinese to say, Look, we
can actually identify the ac-
tual individuals. Its a pretty
calibrated move, because it
basically means that these
ve individuals, they cant
travel anywhere around the
world to places where there
are extradition treaties with
the United States, he added.
China itself regularly seeks
to use legalistic routes to
pursue its interests, as in its
proclamation of a so-called
nine-dash line to justify its
territorial claims over much of
the South China Sea.
James Brown, a military fel-
low at the Lowy Institute for
International Policy in Sydney,
said that by trying to move the
cyber-espionage debate into
the legal realm, the US was
taking a page out of Chinas
playbook.
Beijing has in the past ac-
cused the US of hypocrisy
on cyber-spying and foreign
ministry spokesman Hong
Lei said yesterday: It is the
US who has launched cyber-
surveillance and wire-tapping
against individuals, compa-
nies and institutions of many
countries around the world.
China is a victim of this.
Leaks by former government
contractor Edward Snowden
have alleged widespread US
snooping in China including
into telecom giant Huawei
which has itself been the ob-
ject of security allegations.
Xinhua cited data from an
ofcial Chinese network cen-
tre as showing that from mid-
March to mid-May, a total of
2,077 Trojan horse networks
or botnet servers in the US di-
rectly controlled 1.18 million
host computers in China.
Hoo said Beijing and Wash-
ington see cyber-espionage
differently.
I think all along the Obama
administration has been try-
ing to demonstrate that spying
for national security purposes
is fair game, he said. But if
you do it for commercial in-
terests, thats a different story
altogether: thats intellectual
property theft. AFP
World
Forced labour
turns $150B
in prots: ILO
FROM sex workers to farm
hands and maids, millions of
forced labourers around the
world generate $150 billion in
illegal profits for their bosses
every year, the UNs labour
agency said yesterday.
Nearly 21 million men, wom-
en and children are locked in
forced labour many coerced
into working as prostitutes,
trafficked, or held in debt bond-
age and working in slave-like
conditions, according to the
International Labour Organi-
zation (ILO).
Some 18.7 million people
forced to toil in the private sec-
tor rake in $150.2 billion each
year for the people exploiting
them, the ILO said in a report.
Two thirds of that, or $99 bil-
lion, is from sexual exploitation
and the rest from forced eco-
nomic exploitation, such as
domestic work and agriculture,
according to the report, based
on data from 2012.
Unscrupulous employers
and criminals reap huge profits
from the . . . forced labour, the
UN agency said, warning the
problem risked growing in
extent and profitability.
A further 2.2 million people
are thought to be forced to
work for the state, including
some in prisons and by the
military. Among the victims
5.5 million of them children
many dont earn anything,
Beate Andrees, head of the
ILOs program for combatting
forced labour, said in Geneva.
Asia-Pacific is home to more
than half of forced workers
worldwide, around 11.7 million
people, who generate $51.8 bil-
lion each year for their exploit-
ative employers.
Africa is next with 3.7 million
forced labourers, followed by
Latin America and the Carib-
bean, with 1.8 million.
Developed economies, where
an estimated 1.5 million people
are forced to work but their
services are more valuable,
make the second-highest prof-
it, with ruthless bosses there
jointly making $46.9 billion
from illegal workers.
An estimated 600,000 are also
forced to work in the Middle
East, the report showed.
Andrees pointed out that
progress had been made in
reining in state-imposed forced
labour, but stressed that we
must now focus on the socio-
economic factors that make
people vulnerable to forced
labour in the private sector.
ILO expert Corinne Vargha
said the groups Forced Labour
Convention from 1930, which
mainly addresses the issue of
state-coerced labour, may not
be completely up to the task.
A protocol widening the con-
vention to target forced labour
in the private sector, with a
range of prevention, protection
and compensation measures,
is set to be discussed during
the ILOs next general assem-
bly in Geneva from May 28 to
June 12. AFP
China accuses US of hypocrisy
Thailands army chief imposes martial law
Continued from page 1
affect the balance in the long-running
power struggle. The government offi-
cially remained in office, and Gen-
eral Prayut presented himself as a
mediator.
We are in the process of inviting
both sides to talk but at the minute the
situation is still not normal . . . thats
why I have had to invoke martial law,
he told reporters. The military will not
tolerate any more loss of lives.
Martial law allows the army to ban
public gatherings, restrict peoples
movements, conduct searches, impose
curfews and detain suspects for up to
seven days. Thailand has been without
a fully functioning government since
December, disrupting government
spending, spooking investors and
deterring foreign tourists.
The United States, a key ally of Thai-
land, said the use of martial law must
be temporary and urged all parties to
respect democratic principles. The
European Union urged the kingdom
to set a clear timetable for early elec-
tions and establish as soon as possible
a fully functioning government with
democratic legitimacy.
Southeast Asias second-biggest
economy is sliding towards recession
and Japan, whose companies have
some of the biggest foreign investment
in Thailand, also expressed grave con-
cerns at the unfolding crisis.
The early-hours announcement on
military-run television said martial law
had been invoked to restore peace and
order for people from all sides after
nearly seven months of protests that
have left 28 people dead and hundreds
wounded.
This is not a coup, it said. The pub-
lic do not need to panic but can still live
their lives as normal. Despite the assur-
ances, concerns a military takeover was
under way were fuelled by the troop
presence and the censorship of media
in the interests of national security.
I think what we are looking at is a
prelude to a coup. That is for sure. It is
all part of a plot to create a situation of
ungovernability to legitimise this
move, said Pavin Chachavalpongpun
from the Centre for Southeast Asian
Studies at Japans Kyoto University.
Prime Minister Niwattumrong Boon-
songpaisan, who replaced Yingluck,
urged the army to act within the con-
stitution and called on the generals to
follow a peaceful path.
Anti-government demonstrators,
who forced the annulment of elections
in February and had vowed a final bat-
tle in coming days to topple the prime
minister, called off a march that had
been planned for yesterday.
On the streets of the capital, where a
military crackdown on pro-Thaksin red
shirts protests in 2010 under the previ-
ous government left dozens dead, life
mostly went on as usual.
Thais have become accustomed to
political upheaval, although there was
confusion and nervousness over how
the crisis will unfold. I dont know
what else well have to face in the
future. Whether martial law will be
helpful or not I cant say because its
only the first day, said Chitra Hiranrat,
49, as she waited for a motorcycle taxi
to go to work.
Later yesterday, Thailands caretaker
Prime Minister Niwattumrong called
for fresh polls to be held on August 3
in a bid to end the nations political
turmoil, after the military imposed
martial law across the kingdom.
Niwattumrong told reporters that the
government had written to the Thai
Election Commission proposing the
new date for polls and hoped to sub-
mit a royal decree next week for the
king to endorse a new national vote.
The premier backed the decision to
introduce martial law, saying it could
help the proposed election take place,
and added that the government would
engage in reforms before the election
without giving further details.
Anti-government protesters bidding
to topple Niwattumrongs government
have said there cannot be a new elec-
tion without loosely defined reforms
targeting the dominance of billionaire
former premier Thaksin. AFP
This combination of images released by the FBI on Monday shows ve Chinese hacking suspects. The
United States on Monday charged ve members of a shadowy Chinese military unit for allegedly hacking
US companies for trade secrets, infuriating Beijing, which suspended cooperation on cyber issues. AFP
World
13
AN OCCUPY Wall Street activ-
ist has been sentenced to three
months in jail for assaulting a
New York police ofcer as he
led her out of a protest.
Cecily McMillan, who had
been facing a maximum sen-
tence of seven years, was told
on Monday morning by Judge
Ronald Zweibel that she
must take responsibility for
her conduct.
McMillan, 25, received a
three-month jail sentence
to be followed by commu-
nity service and ve years of
probation.
Her lawyers expect her to
serve two-thirds of the sen-
tence. She will also receive
credit for the two weeks she
has been remanded at Rikers
Island since being convicted.
McMillan was earlier this
month found guilty of deliber-
ately elbowing ofcer Grantley
Bovell in the face at a demon-
stration in Manhattans Zuc-
cotti Park in March 2012. He
suffered a black eye and spent
two weeks off work with head-
aches and sensitivity to light.
McMillan insisted through-
out her trial that she swung
her arm instinctively after
having one of her breasts
grabbed from behind.
Reading a prepared speech,
she told the judge that she
lived by the law of love. She
said: Violence is not permit-
ted. This being the law that I
live by, I can say with certainty
that I am innocent of the
crime I have been convicted
of. She apologised for what
she called this accident.
However, in a sharply critical
statement to the judge, assis-
tant district attorney Shanda
Strain said McMillan had not
only physically assaulted the
police ofcer but also falsely
accused this police ofcers
character both inside and out-
side of this courtroom.
McMillans felony convic-
tion for second-degree assault
is believed to be the most se-
rious against any of the hun-
dreds of members of Occupy
who were prosecuted for of-
fences around protests after
the movement began in 2011.
McMillans attorney, Martin
Stolar pointed out to the judge
that following McMillans con-
viction, nine of the 12 jurors
in her trial wrote to Zweibel,
asking him not to send her to
prison and to show leniency.
Their letter was followed by
similar requests from mem-
bers of the New York City
Council and prominent pop
musicians. THE GUARDIAN
Occupy activist gets
three months in jail
Hate preacher found guilty
Karen McVeigh

A
NEW York jury con-
victed British hate
preacher Abu Hamza
on 11 kidnapping and
terrorism charges on Monday,
opening the way for a judge to
impose what will almost cer-
tainly be a life sentence.
The hook-handed imam,
who became a tabloid bogey-
man in Britain after morphing
into an anti-American preach-
er at the Finsbury Park mosque
in north London, showed no
reaction as the guilty verdict
was returned on all counts fol-
lowing a four-week trial.
Judge Katherine Forrest
will return to the Manhattan
courtroom on September 9 to
sentence Abu Hamza, 56, and
wrap up what was the second
high-prole terror trial in New
York in three months.
Campaigners will seize on
the trial as further proof that
US terror cases could be tried
more effectively in civilian
courts as pressure builds to
close the Guantanamo Bay
prison camp. In March, an-
other New York jury found
Osama bin Ladens son-in-law
and former al-Qaeda spokes-
man, Suleiman Abu Ghaith,
guilty in a lightning-quick trial
a year after his arrest.
With each efciently de-
livered guilty verdict against
a top al-Qaeda-linked gure,
the debate over how to best
seek justice in these cases is
quietly being put to rest, said
Attorney General Eric Holder.
Mustafa Kamel Mustafa,
better known in Britain as Abu
Hamza al-Masri, was charged
with the 1998 abduction of
Western tourists in Yemen,
providing material support to
al-Qaeda, assisting the Taliban
and sending terror recruits to
Afghanistan.
Of the 16 tourists that were
kidnapped, four were killed.
It took the 12-member jury
just 12 hours over two days to
reach the unanimous verdict.
One member of the jury,
who did not want to disclose
his identity, said they tried to
follow the judges guidelines in
reaching a verdict.
The Yemen counts were eas-
ier to decide, the juror said,
describing Abu Hamzas views
on 9/11 as very disturbing.
Abu Hamzas defence law-
yer Jeremy Schneider vowed
to appeal, questioning the
speed of the jurys delibera-
tions and said they had fo-
cused on his words, not on
his acts.
In the hostage-taking, Abu
Hamza was found guilty of
providing the Islamist kid-
nappers with a satellite
phone, acting as an interme-
diary and dispensing advice
by telephone from home.
The jury also convicted
him of trying to set up a ter-
ror training camp in Oregon
in 1999 and, from his London
base, of promoting violent ji-
had on a global scale.
Blind in one eye and with
both hands blown off by an
explosives experiment in Pak-
istan, he compared himself to
Irish republican leader Gerry
Adams and spoke of his love
for Osama bin Laden, the al-
Qaeda mastermind killed by
US forces in May 2011.
He denied all the charges,
though he acknowledged
he occasionally used strong
words in his sermons and -
ery speeches numerous ex-
tracts of which were played
for the jury.
Prosecutors wrapped up
their case last week, saying the
evidence against Abu Hamza
was simply overwhelming.
Abu Hamza, an Egyptian-
born father-of-nine and an
engineer by training, joined
Finsbury Park mosque in
1997, where he preached vit-
riolic sermons, in particular
against the US. THE GUARDIAN
British imam Abu Hamza was found guilty by a New York court on 11
kidnapping and terrorism charges on Monday. AFP
World
14

Five are killed in train
collision near Moscow
AT LEAST five people were killed
and 45 injured yesterday after
parts of a freight train derailed
and collided with a passenger
train south of Moscow, officials
said. Fifteen of the injured were
in serious condition, the
emergencies ministry said. A
ministry official said the
accident occurred around
12:30pm local time between the
towns of Bekasovo and Naro-
Fominsk, about 80 kilometres
(50 miles) southwest of Moscow,
as the passenger train was
travelling from the Russian
capital to Moldovas capital
Chisinau. The official said that
there had been 394 passengers
on the train. A picture released
by the ministry showed one side
of the passenger train
completely torn away, with
passengers emerging from the
wreckage. AFP
Turkey charges mining
firm CEO over disaster
TURKEY has charged three
more people with manslaughter
over the countrys worst mining
disaster, including the CEO of
the company operating the pit,
reports said yesterday. Can
Gurkan, chief executive of
mining company Soma Komur,
general manager Ramazan
Dogru and a technician were the
latest to face manslaughter
charges over the disaster that
claimed 301 lives, the private
NTV television said. A total of
eight officials from Soma
Komur have now been charged
over last Tuesdays accident.
The private Dogan news agency
reported that police were also
looking for the owner of the
firms mother company Soma
Holding, Alp Gurkan, for
questioning. Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed
yesterday that the accident
would not be covered up and
would be thoroughly
investigated. AFP
Row escalates
Petitioner
shot dead by
cops: report

C
HINESE police red 12
shots at a petitioner, killing
him and sparking accusa-
tions they overreacted, state-run
media reported yesterday.
Fang Jiushu had gone to a local
government ofce to complain
at being detained in a row over
compensation for his house and
land, which have had an electricity
transmission line built through
them, the Beijing News reported.
His lorry carried a wreath and
signs reading black jail, it said.
Two ofcers tried to drag him
from the drivers seat, and he
waved a 50-centimetre-long knife
in the air, it quoted witness Guan
Yuchun as saying. He did not
injure anyone, she added.
Fang started up his vehicle,
prompting police to open re. An
ofcer smashed the window to
shoot into the cab three times,
Guan said. Authorities in the
southwestern province of Yunnan
said Fang was attempting to drive
into a crowd and three people
were injured.
But witnesses said the vehicle
was moving at walking pace and
the three were only hurt after he
was shot and lost control. AFP
General gains control of airbase
CIA: No more vaccination campaigns in spy ops
L
IBYAS fragile gov-
ernment faced a
spreading armed re-
bellion on Monday
when an air force base in the
east of the country joined up
with a renegade former gen-
eral who is pledged to ght-
ing Islamist militants.
Fears of a confrontation be-
tween rival groups mounted
when the commander of the
Tobruk air base announced
he was putting it under the
command of Khalifa Hiftar,
a US-linked gure said to
have been behind an attack
on the parliament in Tripoli
during weekend ghting
which left about 80 people
dead and 160 injured.
Most of the casualties were
in Benghazi, Libyas second
city, where Hiftars men at-
tacked Ansar al-Sharia, a fun-
damentalist organisation that
has been designated by the
US as a terrorist group.
The former general, who de-
fected to the US in the 1980s,
took part in the NATO-backed
uprising against former presi-
dent Muammar Gadda in
2011, but says the parliament
in Tripoli lacks legitimacy. He
has insisted he is not trying
overthrow the government but
to ght terrorists.
Residents described Tripoli
as tense but calm on Monday,
however Saudi Arabia said it
was closing its embassy, Tu-
nisia and Algeria announced
they were sending reinforce-
ments to their borders with
Libya, and Algeria recalled oil
workers on security grounds.
Libya has been in a state
of turmoil for months, with
armed groups compounding
the problems of a government
struggling to acquire legitima-
cy and impose its authority.
A planned new constitution
remains unwritten and the
country has had three prime
ministers since March. Little
progress has been made on
security, democracy or eco-
nomic recovery.
The gunmen who attacked
the parliament belonged to
brigades based in the western
Zintan area, who are known
for their opposition to Isla-
mist groups.
Hiftar sits at the head of a
loose coalition of tribal and
army forces united by little
more than opposition to the
Islamist-led congress. He en-
joys solid support in the east-
ern province of Cyrenaica and
in the west both crucial be-
cause these are the oil-produc-
ing areas that have mounted a
10-month oil blockade that
has strangled state nances.
Months of behind-the-
scenes negotiation with tribal
militias and the army paved
the way for his coordinated
operation by army and air
force units against Islamist
militias in Benghazi and the
storming of congress by Zin-
tans militias.
Growing momentum for
Hiftar may be privately wel-
comed by the government,
which on Monday asked par-
liament to suspend its work
until the next general election
after an impending vote on
the 2014 budget and to rerun
the controversial election of a
new premier who is deemed
favourable to the Islamists.
The crisis has exposed the
countrys deep divisions but
it is hard to predict what will
happen next. When Gadda
fell, the different militias did
not share a vision of how the
country should evolve, Qatar
Univeristy professor Youcef
Bouandel told Al-Jazeera. All
the signs are that it is a failed
state. The signs are that the
violence is going to continue.
Washington has viewed the
growing power of Islamists in
Libya with alarm, especially
the kidnapping of the Jordani-
an ambassador in Tripoli, and
his release in return for Jordan
freeing a Libyan in jail on ter-
rorism offences.
The CIA and Pentagon are
likely to welcome Hiftars in-
tervention, and drones have
been much in evidence in Lib-
yas skies this past week.
But the state department is
wary of supporting Hiftar if he
follows the Egyptian model of
moving away from democracy
by replacing an Islamist gov-
ernment with military dicta-
torship. THE GUARDIAN
THREE years after the CIA used an
immunisation survey as a cover in its
hunt for Osama bin Laden, the White
House has promised that the agency
will never again use a vaccination
campaign in its operations, an ofcial
said on Monday.
Responding to a letter from the
deans of 12 US public health schools,
Lisa Monaco, the assistant to the
president for homeland security and
counterterrorism, informed them last
week that the CIA will no longer con-
duct such campaigns, White House
spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said.
The deans wrote to President Ba-
rack Obama in January 2013 to pro-
test the precedent set when the CIA
used Shakil Afridi, a Pakistani sur-
geon, to seek information about bin
Laden under the guise of conducting
a hepatitis immunisation survey in
the northwest city where the al-Qaeda
leader was later killed in a raid.
The goal of the immunisation sur-
vey was to obtain uid containing
DNA from relatives living near the
bin Laden residence. The effort failed,
and Afridi was convicted of treason in
Pakistan. He has been sentenced to 23
years in prison.
This disguising of an intelligence-
gathering effort as a humanitarian
public health service has resulted in
serious collateral consequences that
affect the public health community,
the deans wrote.
The administrations response on
Friday said that under CIA policy, es-
tablished by CIA director John Bren-
nan in August 2013, the Agency will
make no operational use of vaccina-
tion programs, which includes vacci-
nation workers.
The letter also said the agency will
not seek to obtain or exploit DNA
or other genetic material acquired
through such programs.
A CIA spokesman said that Brennan
took seriously the concerns raised by
the public health community.
International aid organisations
were forced to move some of their
staff members out of Pakistan, and
some health workers were killed in a
backlash against a polio vaccination
effort. Attacks have continued spo-
radically. Last year, 83 new polio cases
were reported in Pakistan, more than
in Afghanistan or Nigeria, the other
countries where it is endemic.
Two weeks ago, the World Health
Organization declared the spread of
polio to several countries to be a glob-
al health emergency. It was only the
second time the WHO has made such
an announcement since rules allow-
ing such designations were adopted
by the organisation in 2007.
One of the deans, Lynn Goldman of
the Milken Institute School of Public
Health at George Washington Univer-
sity, said she was pleased the White
House took their concerns seriously.
People involved as vaccination
workers need to be able to do their
work safely. They need to be protected
by all people globally, she said.
Referring to the CIA pledge, she
said: I think this is a very important
commitment. All we can do is hope
they will honor that commitment.
The clearer the delineation that
exists between the intelligence and
humanitarian operations, the better,
said Sam Worthington, chief executive
of InterAction, a Washington-based
coalition of relief and development
organisations.
Afridi was not an employee of a hu-
manitarian organisation, but such
groups were suspected of being in-
volved in intelligence after revelations
about Afridi and the bin Laden raid.
That is exactly the type of thing we
deny, and we do not want to be asso-
ciated with any of this going forward,
Worthington said.
Local health ofcials in Pakistan
have said the incident caused Paki-
stanis to start hating the polio teams.
It has become extremely challenging,
Worthington said, to eradicate the
crippling disease, especially in areas
controlled by insurgents, where neu-
trality and clear focus on the disease
are key.
The WHO said current polio out-
breaks across at least 10 countries in
Asia, Africa and the Middle East are
an extraordinary event that requires
a coordinated international response.
It identied Pakistan, Syria and Cam-
eroon as having allowed the virus to
spread beyond their borders and rec-
ommended that those governments
require citizens to obtain a certicate
proving they have been vaccinated for
polio before travelling abroad.
Asked why it took 16 months for
the White House to respond to the
deans, a senior administration ofcial
said the government rarely discusses
intelligence matters. But this was a
unique case that required deliberate
thought and review on our end before
we made such a statement publicly,
the ofcial said. THE WASHINGTON POST
Retired Libyan general Khalifa Hiftar speaks at a press conference in the
town of Abyar, 70 kilometres southwest of Bengahzi, on Saturday. AFP
MALAYSIAS aviation authority
and British company Inmarsat
said yesterday that they would
release satellite data used to
narrow the search for miss-
ing ight MH370 down to the
southern Indian Ocean.
Family members of the 239
people on board the Malaysia
Airlines plane had demanded
that raw satellite data be made
public for independent analy-
sis after an initial undersea
search found no wreckage.
All parties are working for
the release of the data com-
munication logs and the tech-
nical description of the analy-
sis for public consumption,
Malaysias Department of Civil
Aviation and Inmarsat said.
The statement did not say
when the data would be made
available. It stressed that sat-
ellite data was just one of sev-
eral elements being examined
by investigators.
Malaysian authorities have
been tight-lipped on details,
saying they can only divulge
information once it has been
veried and when its release
will not affect the ongoing in-
vestigation. AFP
Flight MH370 satellite
data set to be released
Tuareg rebels free 30 hostages
AROUND 30 hostages kid-
napped by Tuareg rebels in a
deadly siege at government
offices in northern Mali were
released on Monday, the Unit-
ed Nations said.
The civil servants had been
held since Saturday, when
eight Malian soldiers and 28
insurgents were killed as the
two sides exchanged fire out-
side the regional governors
headquarters in the rebel
stronghold of Kidal.
We have just taken back
around 30 hostages. They are
in not bad condition. Two are
very tired, an official from
MINUSMA, the UN peace-
keeping force in Mali, said.
There were no immediate
details on any negotiations
behind the release, or confir-
mation that every hostage had
been freed.
They are between 28 and 30
hostages. They are in the hands
of the MINUSMA, a humani-
tarian source who participated
in the handover said.
The announcement came
soon after it emerged that Mali
had sent 1,500 troops to restore
government control in Kidal,
the bastion of Malis Tuareg
separatist movement.
Fifteen hundred Malian sol-
diers arrived in Kidal in the last
24 hours. They are continuing
to come, a foreign military
source said. They have come
with weapons and luggage,
many people and many weap-
ons, the source added.
A defence ministry official
confirmed the information,
saying the figure was set to
rise. Our soldiers will defend
the country, by force, if neces-
sary, he said.
Prime Minister Moussa
Mara, who was in Kidal over
the weekend as part of a first
visit to the restive north since
his appointment, said on Sun-
day that terrorists had
declared war on Mali.
We will mobilise the
resources to fight this war,
Mara said. AFP
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World
Oxen art
A woman leads a buffalo onto a stage during a buffalo bodypainting competition in Jiangcheng county, in Chinas Yunnan province, on Sunday.
Artists from eight countries painted buffaloes to compete for a 100,000 yuan ($16,042) prize during the competition. AFP
ANTARCTICA is shedding 160
billion tonnes of ice into the
ocean every year twice the
amount of a few years ago,
according to new satellite
observations. The ice loss is
adding to the rising sea levels
driven by climate change and
even east Antarctica is now
losing ice.
The new revelation follows
the announcement last week
that the collapse of the west-
ern Antarctica ice sheet has
already begun and is unstop-
pable, although it may take
many centuries to complete.
Global warming is pushing
up sea levels by melting the
worlds major ice caps and
by warming and expanding
oceans waters. The loss of the
entire western Antarctica ice
sheet would eventually cause
up to 4 metres (13 feet) of sea-
level rise, devastating low-
lying and coastal areas around
the world.
The new data, published
in journal Geophysical Re-
search Letters, comes from
the European Space Agencys
CryoSat-2 satellite, which was
launched in 2010.
It shows that the western
Antarctica ice sheet is where
87 per cent of the lost ice is
being shed, with the east Ant-
arctic and the Antarctic Pen-
insula shedding the rest. The
data collected from 2010-2013
was compared to that from
2005-2010.
The satellite measures
changes in the height of the
ice and covers virtually the
whole of the frozen continent,
far more of than previous al-
timeter missions.
CryoSat-2 collected ve
times more data than before
in the crucial coastal regions
where ice losses are concen-
trated and found key glaciers
were losing many metres in
height every year. The Pine Is-
land, Thwaites and Smith Gla-
ciers in west Antarctica were
losing between 4 metres and 8
metres annually.
The increased thinning we
have detected in west Ant-
arctica is a worrying devel-
opment, said University of
Leeds professor Andrew Shep-
herd, who led the study. It
adds concrete evidence that
dramatic changes are under
way in this part of our planet.
THE GUARDIAN
Doubling of Antarctic ice
loss revealed by satellite
The two undecillion dollar man and other optimists
Gun cops may down arms over collusion
Stuart Heritage

UNUSUALLY litigious people
of Earth, its time to up your
game. After being bitten by
a dog on a bus and then,
worse, having his photo taken
without permission during
treatment a man named An-
ton Purisima is currently suing
the City of New York and other
defendants for $2,000,000,000,
000,000,000,000,000,000,000,
000, or two undecillion dol-
lars more money than actu-
ally exists on the planet.
But dont be disheartened.
Purisima might have beaten
you to ling the worlds larg-
est ever lawsuit, but there are
other stupid lawsuit titles that
you can still win. Why not try
to beat these?
Most precedent-setting lawsuit
Amount: $2.7 million
An 80-year-old woman
called Stella Liebeck made
history by suing McDonalds
after dropping a coffee in her
lap and scalding her thighs
and groin. As a result, the
Stella Awards highlighting
frivolous lawsuits was initi-
ated, and all companies must
treat us like idiots by printing
Warning: contents hot signs
on everything.
Most expensive reaction to
missing trousers
Amount: $67 million
In 2005, an administrative
judge in the District of Colum-
bia had a suit dry-cleaned.
When the trousers went miss-
ing, because the shop had
a satisfaction guaranteed
sign in the window, he sued
for $67 million in compensa-
tion for the suit, legal fees, car
hire and emotional distress.
He later reduced the amount
to $54 million, but still lost.
Most desperate attempt to win
money from a celebrity
Amount: $832 million
In 2006, Allen Heckard at-
tempted to sue Michael Jor-
dan and Nike for $416 mililon
each, all because Michael
Jordan looked like him. So
much so, in fact, that Heckard
claimed he couldnt ride pub-
lic transport or eat in restau-
rants without being mistaken
for Jordan, who is 6 inches
taller than Heckard and looks
nothing like him.
Most desperate attempt to win
money from a movie studio
Amount: undisclosed
In 2008, The Dark Knight
became a worldwide smash,
much to the chagrin of the
mayor of a Turkish city called
Batman, who attempted to sue
Warner Bros for using its name
without permission. There is
only one Batman in the world,
the mayor said, wrongly.
Most unsuccessfully misdi-
rected anger
Amount: $50,000
In 2004, Marcy Meckler left
a shopping centre in Illinois,
was attacked by a squirrel
and tried to sue the centre for
$50,000 for encouraging the
squirrel and not warning cus-
tomers that squirrels live out-
side sometimes.
Most successful misdirected
anger
Amount: $1.5 million
In 2005, Michelle Knepper
had liposuction by a derma-
tologist she picked from a
phonebook. There were com-
plications, so she sued the
phone company for making
the book in the rst place. She
won $1.2 million from them,
and her husband an addi-
tional $375,000. THE GUARDIAN
Vikram Dodd
A
BRITISH police chief has
said more than half of
his forces armed ofcers
could stop carrying weap-
ons because of plans by the police
watchdog to ban them from confer-
ring with each other as they write up
statements following a shooting.
Commander Neil Basu, Scotland
Yards head of armed policing, said
the Independent Police Complaints
Commission was being driven by a
desire to salvage its battered reputa-
tion. He said the plan would leave
ofcers feeling criminalised as
murder suspects for doing their
duty in tackling gun crime.
He said ofcers were likely to
withdraw cooperation from inves-
tigations into the police following
shootings and give no comment
answers to any questions.
Basus remark brings into the open
a seething row between the police
and its watchdog. The IPCC is acting
after years of criticism over ofcers
sitting with each other and confer-
ring after serious incidents as they
write up their statements. The po-
lice say conferring covers only the
lead-up to the use of force. Critics
including the high court say it is an
opportunity for collusion.
Basu said the IPCC was pander-
ing to a small minority who believed
marksmen were liars conspiring to
hide the truth by conferring. I think
that is based on the perception that
ofcers confer to lie, he said.
Basu said he feared that 50 to 65
per cent of his forces armed ofcers
would decide not to carry a weapon
any more. I think there is a very se-
rious risk that ofcers will no longer
volunteer for the role. More than
2,000 ofcers in the Met carry arms.
Basu said his ofcers opened re
rarely and showed professionalism
and restraint. This is not . . . about
paramilitary policing and death
squads, he said.
Under the IPCC plans, which cover
all forces in England and Wales, of-
cers would be separated from each
other where practical after serious
incidents such as a shooting, use
of a stun gun or a death in custody.
Ofcers would not be allowed to
talk to each other at any stage before
or while writing up their account,
according to the IPCCs proposals,
which the watchdog is consulting on.
They would also be expected to write
their full account before going off
duty, instead of the current system
where they have 48 hours to recover.
The police say the current system
means IPCC investigators get the
best evidence available.
The IPCC announced the propos-
als to stop the practice of conferring
after the Mark Duggan inquest the
shooting that sparked England-wide
riots in 2011. A jury found he was un-
armed when shot dead but that the
armed ofcer acted lawfully because
he believed Duggan was holding a
weapon. Days after the shooting, po-
lice ofcers sat in a room together for
eight hours writing their accounts.
Basu said a leading lawyer for armed
ofcers had warned they would re-
fuse to answer questions from the
IPCC if the watchdog insisted on
separating them after shootings.
No amount of fantastic Churchil-
ian leadership from me is going to
make an ofcer want to contribute
to an inquiry where they are being
made a suspect, he said. They will
be legally advised to make no com-
ment. Why wouldnt they, knowing
that the slightest mistake they make
. . . and they are potentially facing a
murder charge for doing their job?
Basu said separating ofcers after
an incident as traumatic as a shoot-
ing would increase their stress, leav-
ing them isolated at a time of their
greatest need.
A survey of rearms ofcers re-
leased last week found that eight in
10 lacked condence in the IPCCs
planned changes and two-thirds
in the Met would think seriously
about handing in their weapons if
the changes went ahead. Nine out
of 10 believe that having to make
a full statement after an incident
without having 48 hours to recover
would add to the stress they face
and say the changes would make
them feel like a criminal suspect.
Ofcers are already warned not to
confer about why they may have used
force and the actual use of force.
Basu said claims that the po-
lice and IPCC were too close were
laughable, and said the watchdog
was ghting for its survival.
The IPCCs director of investiga-
tions, Moir Stewart, a former senior
Met ofcer, said separating ofcers
where practical gave the public bet-
ter reassurance.
It adds integrity to their accounts
and protects them from accusations
of a cover-up or collusion, he said.
I believe that explainable incon-
sistencies are more credible than
unexplainable consistencies. The
proposals we have put forward as
part of our draft guidance will in-
crease public condence in the po-
lice version of events, and help en-
sure our investigations are as robust
and thorough as they can be.
The IPCC said it would consider
the police services views, and it
would be up to home secretary, The-
resa May, to decide whether or not
to approve the proposed statutory
guidelines. THE GUARDIAN
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EARLY 20 years ago, the
world came together in
Beijing for the Fourth
World Conference on
Women. There, 189 governments
(including Cambodias) adopted a
visionary roadmap for gender equali-
ty: the Beijing Declaration and Plat-
form for Action. More than 17,000
delegates and 30,000 activists pic-
tured a world where women and girls
had equal rights, freedom and oppor-
tunity in every sphere of life.
The Beijing Declaration and Plat-
form for Action remains the most
comprehensive global agreement on
womens empowerment and gender
equality. UN Women is launching a
yearlong campaign to re-energise the
vision laid out at the Beijing Womens
Conference. Our goal is straightfor-
ward: renewed commitment,
strengthened action and increased
resources to realise gender equality,
womens empowerment and human
rights. We call it Empowering Women,
Empowering Humanity: Picture It!
The Beijing Declaration laid out
actions to address 12 critical areas of
concern for women and girls across
the globe. Governments, the private
sector and other partners were urged
to reduce women and girls poverty,
ensure their right to access education
and training, safeguard their health
including their sexual and reproduc-
tive health, protect women and girls
from violence and discrimination,
ensure that technological advances
benefit all, and promote their full and
equal participation in society, politics,
and the economy.
Today we can celebrate progress.
More girls are going to school. More
women are working, getting elected
and assuming leadership positions.
But in all regions of the world, and in
all countries, women continue to face
discrimination. We see it every day. In
pay inequity and unequal opportuni-
ties at work, in stubbornly low repre-
sentation of women leaders in the
public and private sectors, in child
marriages and in the pandemic of
violence experienced by one in three
women globally a number greater
than the population of Europe.
Perhaps even more startling is the
fact that if the Beijing negotiations
occurred today, they would likely
result in a weaker agreement. We all
have a responsibility to keep pushing
ahead for full implementation,
because every time a woman or girl is
held back by discrimination or vio-
lence, humanity loses.
Since the Beijing Conference, irrefu-
table evidence has accumulated
showing that empowering women
empowers humanity. Picture it!
Countries with higher levels of gen-
der equality have higher economic
growth. Companies with more wom-
en on their boards have higher
returns to shareholders. Parliaments
with more women consider a broader
range of issues and adopt more legis-
lation on health, education, anti-dis-
crimination and child support. Peace
agreements forged by female and
male negotiators last longer and are
more stable.
Studies show that for every one
additional year of education for wom-
en, child mortality decreases by 9.5
per cent. Equalising access to
resources and services for women
farmers would boost output and
eliminate hunger for 150 million peo-
ple. A billion women will enter the
world economy in the next decade.
With equal opportunities, their
impact on our future prosperity will
be a global game-changer.
We must seize this once-in-a-gener-
ation opportunity to position gender
equality, womens rights and womens
empowerment at the centre of the
global agenda. It is the right thing to
do, and the best thing for humanity.
Men and boys, who have been
silent too long, are beginning to stand
up and speak out for the human
rights of women and girls through
initiatives like UN Womens #HeFor-
She campaign. We call on all men and
boys to join us!
Nearly two decades after Beijing, I
believe the world is ready to imple-
ment its vision of equality for men
and women. Today we launch a
Beijing+20 campaign that will focus
on progress, highlighting the champi-
ons of and effective work being done
for gender equality. Every country will
produce a report on the state of their
women and girls, 20 years on. The
campaign calls upon leaders and
ordinary people alike to recommit
and act to turn the vision of the Bei-
jing platform into reality.
From Sweden, where in June people
will gather to protect the human
rights of women and girls, to Septem-
bers Climate Summit in New York,
where women heads of state and
activists will assert womens role in
protecting our environment, to India,
where men and boys will make a
show of force for gender equality in
November. And on International
Womens Day on March 8, 2015, peo-
ple in every country will make their
voices heard for a better world.
Together we must achieve equality
between women and men. There is no
time to waste! Empowering women,
empowering humanity. Picture it!
Comment
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Empowering women: Picture it!
A UN security guard tries to stop a Venezuelan NGO delegate from reaching the stairs during a protest at a venue of the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995. The
delegates unfurled banners to demand stronger commitments from rich countries for resources to fund womens programs. AFP
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka is the executive
director of UN Women.
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Lifestyle Lifestyle
In brief
Radcliffe to star in film
based on Eggers novel
DANIEL Radcliffe looks set to
star in a big-screen adaptation
of the Dave Eggers novel You
Shall Know Our Velocity,
reports Screen. The Harry
Potter star is attached to
headline the comedy for
director Peter Sollett, who
made Nick and Norahs
Infinite Playlist. Short-story
writer Dave Eggers is a gifted
storyteller and we are thrilled
to be turning his hilarious yet
poignant story of two best
friends travelling the world
into a feature film, said
producer Michael Benaroya,
of International Film Trust.
THE GUARDIAN
Page fed up over Plant
nixing Zeppelin reunion
JIMMY Page has gone public
with his frustration over Robert
Plants refusal to reunite Led
Zeppelin, announcing that he is
fed up with the singers
games. I was told last year
that Robert Plant said he is
doing nothing in 2014, and what
do the other two guys think?
Page recently told the New York
Times. Well, he knows what
the other guys think. Everyone
would love to play more
concerts for the band. Hes just
playing games, and Im fed up
with it, to be honest with you.
THEGUARDIAN
Carels Foxcatcher role
catches Cannes acclaim
CRITICS were tipping Steve
Carell for an Oscar after the
first screening of Bennett
Millers movie Foxcatcher,
which features a radical
change of pace for Carell, best
known for mainstream
comedies such as The 40 Year
Old Virgin and Crazy Stupid
Love. In Foxcatcher he plays
John Eleuthere du Pont, an
idiosyncratic multimillionaire
who bankrolled the US
wrestling squad in the mid-
1990s. Ive never seen Steve
do anything that gave any
material evidence he could do
this, Miller said. THE GUARDIAN
Miss Thailand Universe
winner sparks outrage
MISS Universe Thailand
winner Weluree Fai
Ditsayabut on Monday
apologised publicly for her
inappropriate use of words
on social media and promised
to get in shape before going to
the international pageant. The
22-year-old actress was
crowned this years Miss
Universe Thailand on Saturday
night at the Royal Paragon
Hall. The result came as a
surprise to many viewers, as
the favourites were second-
placed Pimbongkod Ellie
Chankaew and runner-up
Sunnanipa Namphet
Krissanasuwan. According to a
Khaosod report, Fai posted on
Facebook in November
accusing pro-government red-
shirt supporters of being anti-
monarchist, and said that the
country would be cleaner
without them. BANGKOK POST
California dreamin: Me N
Ma Girls ready to hit it big
I
NTERNATIONALLY, vocal
group the Me N Ma Girls
used to get noticed, if at all,
because of the political
situation where they come
from. But thats something the
band is now working hard to
change. Its not that theyre not
proud of their country its in
their name, after all its just
that they want the focus to be
squarely on their music.
Kimi and I are working hard
on songs not only in the band
but also as solo singers, so peo-
ple around the world can know
us for our songs, not just for the
countrys political stories,
member Ah Moon said.
Kimi and Ah Moon are the
remaining two founding mem-
bers, after three left the group in
2013. Performing with back-up
dancers, theyre continuing to
carry the band forward. Its a
long way from Ah Moons birth-
place of Myitkyina, in Kachin
state, to Los Angeles, where she
finds herself now, but the band
has caught the eye of major tal-
ent scouts. Theyre now busy
recording tracks in LA at Para-
mount Studios for their first
international release, as yet
untitled. They say nine of the
tracks are almost complete.
Bandmate Kimi, from Kalay
in Chin state, moved to Yangon
in 2005 and graduated from
Dagon University. After gradu-
ation, I started learning basic
music theory at Grace Music
Institute, Kimi said.
When she applied to be part
of Tiger Girls the precursor of
Me N Ma Girls the now-27-
year-old couldnt have known
where it would lead: a chance to
follow the path blazed by her
musical idols Britney Spears
and Taylor Swift.
Tiger Girls was founded by
Australian Nicole May in 2010.
Under their first producer, Moe
Kyaw, they released their first
album, Year of the Tiger Girls,
in 2011. After the band split up
with their producer after a year
over contract disputes, the five
members Ah Moon, Kimi, Cha
Cha, Htike Htike and Wai Hnin
reformed with a new name.
Me N Ma Girls stand for
orphans, women and people
who are in need, especially from
Burma, said Ah Moon of the
wordplay of their name. We
also stand for the change. We
need to prove that Burmese girls
are capable of anything like
any other girls in the world.
The chance to prove that
came with their 2012 break-
through, when LA label Power
Music signed them in June to a
one-and-a-half-year contract,
which Ah Moon said they are
fully confident about despite
their past management trouble.
She called the big break a
chance from God.
Daniel Hubbert got involved
with the band via his friend Jeff
Mitchell, brother to US Ambas-
sador to Myanmar Derek Mitch-
ell, after seeing a video of the
band performing in a bar.
Things started taking off
quickly. After calls, and then a
meetings in real life, in 2013 the
group flew to LA in April to
record, then in June went to Sin-
gapore to perform for the Asian
music industry at the Music
Matters conference.
Unfortunately, the group
also faced challenges in stay-
ing together.
Not all members are created
equal in groups, Hubbert said.
They never are, not even in the
Beatles, who are the most
famous group of all time. Its
important to know the perfect
place so each member can best
serve the group.
Ah Moon and Kimi were
mature enough to understand
this, and were happy to cooper-
ate from the beginning.
But two others, he said,
werent able to carry their parts,
while another had challenges
with stage fright.
Things came to a boiling point
with one member after she
failed to turn up and left camera
crews waiting as the band was
attempting to shoot a video.
They signed a contract with
me and they have violated that
contract. I hate lawsuits and I
never want to hurt anyone. But
the way these girls acted is not
only unprofessional, its wrong,
Hubbert said.
Ah Moon said she tries not to
let professional fallouts override
their bond.
We are all like sisters, she
said. We went through hard
times together and had fun.
Now Im sad for them but that
is their choice. So I wish things
will turn out peacefully.
Despite the challenges, Girl
Strong earned a nomination
for Best Music Video at the VIMA
Music Awards in March a first
for a Myanmar band.
The first thing I always say
when people ask about these
girls is, They are musicians, he
said. THE MYANMAR TIMES
The Me N Ma Girls in 2012 before three of the members quit. The two remaining bandmates are preparing for their rst international release. AFP
Practice tai chi? Then you can handle China censors
DEALING with Beijings censors is much
like practising tai chi martial arts,
renowned Chinese director Jia Zhangke
said as he revealed his latest movie
project to be shot in his hometown . . .
and Australia.
In an interview with AFP, Jia on the jury
of this years Cannes Film Festival spoke
candidly about his difficult relationship
with censors in a country where his last
critically acclaimed movie, A Touch of Sin,
has yet to be released.
The filmmaker, who is under strict
orders not to talk about the festival itself
until the top Palme dOr prize is
announced on Saturday, explained that
he kept in regular touch with authorities
to give any future project of his a chance
of coming out in China.
Its not cooperation, its a form of con-
tact, he said.
You know tai chi? Only when you come
in contact with your opponent can he or
she feel your strength, he added, refer-
ring to the martial art, adepts of which
often stand on street corners in China,
making slow, controlled movements.
No director can give up the right and
opportunity to show their film in their
country. I have to spend a lot of time
and patience to keep talking with
them, he said.
Authorities in China maintain a tight
grip on political speech and frequently
block or delay the release of films deemed
to touch on sensitive issues.
Despite his best efforts, Jia failed to
persuade them to screen A Touch of Sin,
a bold movie that portrays China in the
throes of brutal change a damaged
society where corrupt officials, petty
criminals and greedy bosses from Hong
Kong and Taiwan hold sway.
The script for the film in the running
for Cannes top Palme dOr prize last year
had initially been approved in Beijing,
and Jia was hoping to bring the movie out
in November.
But then censors got cold feet, and he
is still waiting.
Were still in discussions, but there is
not much progress, he said. AFP
Chinese director and member of the feature lms jury Jia Zhangke poses on the
sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival in France on Monday. AFP
Health
18
MERS spreads as toll hits 173
S
AUDI health authori-
ties have reported new
deaths from the MERS
coronavirus, taking to
173 the overall number of fa-
talities from the disease in the
worlds worst-hit country as
the new cases of the virus are
diagnosed overseas.
Saudi Arabias health min-
istry says on its website that
ve more people there have
died, including a 28-year-old
woman in the port city of Jed-
dah, and a 32-year-old man in
northern Tabuk.
A woman aged 69 died in
Riyadh and a 55-year-old
man died in the city of Mecca,
home to Islams holiest site
which is visited by millions of
pilgrims each year.
A fth man, 59 died on Sun-
day in the western city of Taif.
The ministry said the total
numbers of infections has
reached 537 case.
Other nations including
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the
Netherlands, the United Arab
Emirates and the United
States have also recorded cas-
es, mostly in people who had
been to the desert kingdom.
MERS is considered a dead-
lier but less transmissible
cousin of the SARS virus that
appeared in Asia in 2003 and
infected 8,273 people, nine
per cent of whom died.
Like SARS, it appears to
cause a lung infection, with
patients suffering coughing,
breathing difculties and a
temperature. But MERS dif-
fers in that it also causes rapid
kidney failure.
An American who had con-
tact with an Indiana health
care worker infected with a
potentially lethal Middle East-
ern virus has been found to
have the disease, though he
had no symptoms and didnt
require medical care.
The latest US case, located in
Illinois, is the third conrmed
on American soil, the Centers
for Disease Control and Pre-
vention said in a statement.
The original US case of
Middle East Respiratory Syn-
drome coronavirus involved a
person who returned on April
24 from Saudi Arabia. That pa-
tient was successfully treated
in a US hospital and has since
been released.
The newest patient, whom
the CDC didnt identify, did
not seek or require medical
care, the agency said.
Local health ofcials in Illi-
nois have been monitoring the
new patients health daily since
May 3 as part of the CDCs re-
view of the outbreak, the agen-
cy said. The man met with the
Indiana patient twice since he
returned from Saudi Arabia.
The Illinois patient was rst
tested for MERS on May 5 and
results were negative. A subse-
quent test turned up positive
for MERS antibodies on May
16, though the man never re-
ported feeling sick and is still
feeling well, the CDC said.
The coronavirus has in-
fected 572 people worldwide,
according to the CDC and the
World Health Organization.
It was rst identied in Saudi
Arabia in 2012; its origin is un-
known and its not clear how it
spreads. Health care workers
who treat infected people and
others in close contact with
them appear to be at the high-
est risk of contracting it.
In addition to the Indiana
and Illinois patients, a 44-year-
old man in Orlando, Florida,
who arrived from Saudi Arabia
on May 1 was diagnosed with
MERS. He was admitted to Or-
landos Dr P Phillips hospital
on May 8.
He was in good condition
and continuing to improve,
the hospital said last week.
BLOOMBERG/AFP
Indian workers wear face masks as they touch a camel at their Saudi employers farm outside Riyadh. Saudi
Arabia has reported new cases of the MERS virus, taking the number of deaths from the disease to 173. AFP
Mass studies debunk link
between autism, vaccines
Michael Sa
THERE is no evidence whatso-
ever linking the development
of autism to childhood vac-
cines, research from the Uni-
versity of Sydney has shown.
The world-first analysis, pub-
lished in the journal Vaccine,
pooled all available studies on
links between autism and vac-
cines for diphtheria, tetanus,
whooping cough, as well as the
MMR shot for measles, mumps
and rubella.
The data covered more than
1.25 million children from the
US, the UK, Japan and Den-
mark, and found no risk of
autism associated with any of
the vaccines tested, or the ingre-
dients they contain, including
thimerosal and mercury.
The findings were saying
nothing. The odds ratio came
up null, null, null. That means
theres no connection, associ-
ate professor Guy Eslick, who
led the research, said. You
cant get better than that.
I hope it reaches a lot of
parents who are sitting on
the fence about whether to
vaccinate their kids. I hope it
helps to change their minds,
Eslick said.
No industry funding was
taken for the study.
Eslick said he hoped the find-
ings would put the final nail in
the coffin of the anti-vaccina-
tion movement, but said he
understood if some parents
whose children had developed
autism would remain sceptical.
Its an emotional topic . . . They
want reasons for why their
child is the way they are, and
the unfortunate thing is theyll
cling onto misinformation and
spurious studies.
Fears that childhood vac-
cines were linked to autism
was sparked by a 1998 article
co-written by Andrew Wake-
field in the British journal the
Lancet. The study was subse-
quently retracted and Wake-
field was deemed to have acted
dishonestly and irresponsi-
bly in his research.
An Australian group that has
campaigned against vaccina-
tions was ordered last Novem-
ber to change its name from the
Australian Vaccination Net-
work to the Australian Vaccina-
tion-Skeptics Network after a
tribunal ruled the original
name was misleading.
The organisation surren-
dered its charitable status in
March after a New South Wales
government probe found it was
spreading information that was
incorrect or presented in a
very selective manner.
Immunisation coverage in
Australia is generally high, but
about 75,000 children are still
not fully vaccinated. About
15,000 of these children have
been registered by their parents
as conscientious objectors.
Earlier this year the New
South Wales state government
issued an urgent reminder to
parents to vaccinate their chil-
dren after ongoing measles
outbreaks, including 26 cases
up to March 1. THE GUARDIAN
An examination of studies following more than a million children has
found no connection between vaccinations and autism. AFP
MERS MORE
WIDESPREAD
THAN FIRST
BELIEVED
T
HE deadly respiratory
virus that has spread
from Saudi Arabia around the
world has been found in
camels in Nigeria, Tunisia and
Ethiopia, showing the
pathogen is more widespread
than previously known. MERS
was found in almost all blood
samples taken from 358
dromedary camels in Nigeria
and 188 camels in Ethiopia,
according to a study published
online by the Emerging
Infectious Diseases journal. In
Tunisia, MERS was found in
54 per cent of adult camels,
and in all of the animals from
one southern province. The
findings add to previous
studies that have found the
virus in camels in Spains
Canary Islands and Egypt, as
well as in several nations on
the Arabian peninsula, and
suggest that there may be
undiagnosed human cases in
Africa, Netherlands
researchers wrote. The blood
samples were taken between
2009 and 2011, suggesting the
virus was circulating well
before 2012 when the first
human case was identified,
they said. BLOOMBERG
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The Montauk Point lighthouse, New York states oldest. PHOTO SUPPLIED
An adventure
through Long
Island history
Amanda Erickson

I
F YOU grow up on Long
Island, there are certain
inevitabilities. Manhat-
tan will always be the city;
trafc will always crawl. And if
its summer, youll always end
up at the beach.
I havent lived here for nearly
a decade. But Ive returned to
Long Islands South Fork (the
45-mile-long bottom n of
this sh-shaped suburban
enclave) to explore one of its
less-celebrated resources: the
hikes and nature preserves.
Michael Bottini, a writer and
naturalist focused on Long Is-
lands East End, estimates that
there are at least 250 miles of
hiking trails on the South Fork.
Some through beach dunes,
others through lush forests or
scraggly seawater plants.
Were on the hunt for the Ce-
dar Island Lighthouse, a two-
story structure that looks like
nothing so much as a haunted
Victorian sand castle.
The building, has a creepy
history. According to lo-
cal legend, its 19th-century
keeper, Charles Mulford, was
obsessed with peg legs and al-
legedly bought up and squir-
reled away every one in town.
A 1974 re charred his room
full of prosthetics. In 1934, the
lighthouse was purchased by
Phelan Beale, the husband of
Grey Gardenss Edith Beale.
It was passed to the county
park system in the 1960s.
The lighthouse stands at the
tip of a mile-long peninsula
in Cedar Point County Park, a
607-acre space rife with camp-
grounds and nature walks. To
get there, we amble along a
stretch of rocky beach, which
offers stunning views of Gar-
diners Bay and Shelter Island.
Afterward, we poke around
East Hampton, one of Long Is-
lands poshest Zip codes. Jerry
Seinfeld and Martha Stewart
have mansions here.
Next, we stop at Hither Hills
State Park. Theres little green-
ery here instead, campers
and walkers visit the moon-
like sand dunes to view the
ocean. Tree stumps jut out of
the sand, tombstones honor-
ing the once-lush forest.
We drive about 20 more
minutes to Camp Hero State
Park, on Long Islands east-
ernmost tip. The park began
as a Revolutionary War battle
site, and its rst lighthouse
(built in 1792) was intended to
keep track of potential British
invaders. During World War II,
the Army, worried about en-
croaching German U-boats,
built docks, seaplane hangars
and barracks.
Beyond the military his-
tory is a magical path through
dense forests. The winding
trail, barely wide enough for
one person, is overgrown on
both sides with brush and
prickly bushes. On a couple
of occasions, walkers venture
over rickety wooden bridges.
But every once in a while,
the path opens onto a grassy
bluff overlooking the ocean,
with spectacular cliffside
views of water as far as the eye
can see.
I look in vain for evidence of
the seals that make their home
here in the winter. I spy a sign
that shows what I think is seals
bouncing a toy on their noses.
On closer inspection, I realise
its a sign warning visitors to
stay away from the edge.
The views come reliably, and
eventually the trail spills out
onto a rocky beach, overlooked
by Montauk Point Lighthouse.
Its the oldest lighthouse in the
state, originally authorised by
George Washington.
After our adventure, were
back in trafc, watching sports
cars and minivans pull past on
their way to vacation homes. If
they spend all weekend on the
beach, Id be a little jealous.
But Id also think that they
dont know what theyre miss-
ing. THE WASHINGTON POST
Entertainment
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NEIGHBOURS
A couple with a newborn baby faces unexpected
difficulties when they are forced to live next to a
fraternity house.
City Mall: 11:25am, 3:30pm, 7:50pm
RIO 2
An animated adventure. Its a jungle out there for
Blu, Jewel and their three kids after theyre hurtled
from Rio de Janeiro to the wilds of the Amazon.
As Blu tries to fit in, he goes beak-to-beak with the
vengeful Nigel. With the voices of Jesse Eisenberg
and Anne Hathaway.
City Mall: 9:20am
Tuol Kork: 4:50pm
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2
Peter Parker runs the gauntlet as the mysterious
company Oscorp sends up a slew of supervillains
against him, impacting on his life. Starring Emma
Stone.
City Mall: 1:15pm, 6:20pm, 9:15pm
Tuol Kork: 9:20am, 2:10pm, 9:20pm
THE RAID 2
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes
undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans
to bring down the syndicate and uncover the
corruption within his police force.
City Mall: 9:05pm
Tuol Kork: 6:50pm
PLATINUM CINEPLEX
THE AMAZING SPIDERMAN 2
(See above.)
9:20am, 1:30pm, 8pm
WALK OF SHAME
A reporters dream of becoming a news anchor is
compromised after a one-night stand leaves her
stranded in downtown LA without a phone, car, ID or
money and only eight hours to make it to the most
important job interview of her life. With Elizabeth
Banks.
11:50am
NOW SHOWING
Salsa @ The Groove
New to salsa? The Groove is oering
a class for beginners. This is the
ideal time to start if youve ever been
curious about getting involved.
Followed by a salsa party.
The Groove, #1C Street 282. 9:30pm
Trivia @ The Willow
Try your luck at The Willows trivia
night. Its probably the citys biggest
quiz (they regularly pay out over $100
in prize money to the winning table)
but they dont take themselves too
seriously.
The Willow, #1 Street 21. 7:30pm
TV PICKS
A Kampong Chhnang villager moulds clay into pottery. Find out more at Cambodian Living Arts exhibition. PHOTOSUPPLIED
A scene from Safe Haven. BLOOMBERG
Chat @ Institut
On rst and third Wednesday of every
month, come and join the Caf
Polyglotte to practise your French and
any other language of your choice in a
friendly environment.
Institut Francais, 218 Street 184.
8:30pm
Chhnang! @ Cambodian
Living Arts
Through photos, videos and pottery,
Chhnang! explores the ancient
Angkorian practice of shaping clay a
craft that families still employ in
Kampong Chhnang province.
Cambodian Living Arts, 128-G9
Sothearos Boulevard. All day
1:50pm - SAFE HAVEN: A young woman with a
mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina,
where her bond with a widower forces her to confront
the dark secret that haunts her. FOX MOVIES
3:45pm - THE LONE RANGER: Native American warrior
Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John
Reid into a legend of justice. FOX MOVIES
8pm - 21 AND OVER: The night before his big medical
school interview, a promising student celebrates his
21st birthday with his two best friends. FOX MOVIES
9:30pm - SCARY MOVIE 5: A couple begin to
experience some unusual activity after bringing their
lost nieces and nephew home. With the help of home-
surveillance cameras, they learn theyre being stalked
by a nefarious demon. FOX MOVIES
Thinking caps
ACROSS
1 Ozone depleter, briefly
4 Exotic jelly flavor
9 Square or circle, e.g.
14 2016 Olympics city
15 Lowest deck on some ships
16 Class in Hindu society
17 Have ___ at (try)
18 Once more
19 It may have a cross to bear
20 Aggressive barterer
23 Unreasonably high
24 Big, clumsy guy
25 Tree with acorns
28 Web-footed rodent
32 Hypnotic state
34 Interject
37 The March King
39 Sexily suggestive
40 Monster film
44 Highway entrance or exit
45 Like the boondocks
46 Smidgen
47 He flew too close to the sun
50 Skin orifices
52 Cornelius of Soul Train
53 Titanic transmission
55 Raise, as a flag
59 Terrible-twos twins?
64 Helicopter sound
66 Au revoir
67 Tree juice
68 Prevention measurement
69 Emulates Dracula
70 Serpents prey
71 Actress Samantha
72 Steps that cross a fence
73 Word between two surnames
DOWN
1 Things may get stuck in these
2 Brawl
3 Australian aborigines call
4 Crossbar supporter
5 Primal desire
6 Wing-shaped
7 Tear up, as a check
8 Sleep disorder
9 Fishmongers tool
10 Revolutionary War patriot Nathan
11 Spacesuit donner
12 Sch. support org.
13 Bards always
21 EU predecessor
22 Fitting
26 Ghanas capital
27 ___ up (tense)
29 Singular or plural pronoun
30 Sound like a well-tuned engine
31 Deplete
33 Gallery display
34 Hard on the nose
35 Harsh Athenian lawgiver
36 Requiring much effort
38 Frizzy hairdo
41 Lending letters or tax mo.
42 Teacup handle
43 Tavern
48 Loan shark
49 Cry audibly
51 ___wester (rain hat)
54 Thick portions
56 Peer Gynt dramatist
57 Toil
58 Wigwam relative
60 Marine menace
61 Make a long story short
62 Long-tailed monkey
63 Tape spool
64 Misfortune
65 Warm squeeze
POETIC LICENSE
Tuesdays solution Tuesdays solution
Sport
21
THIS years Thailand Open
golf tournament has been can-
celled because of the ongoing
political trouble, organisers
conrmed on Monday.
Sanctioned by OneAsia and
the Japan Golf Tour Organisa-
tion, the US$1 million tour-
nament was initially planned
to take place in March but
was postponed after the gov-
ernment declared a state of
emergency.
With the political crisis and
the two circuits busy sched-
ules, the organisers found that
it was impossible to nd a new
date for the Thailand Open.
The Thailand Open is a
world-class tournament and
we want to hold it when the
environment is stable, Thai-
land Golf Association presi-
dent Rungsrid Luxsitanonda
stated.
It is difcult to nd a suit-
able date in late 2014 as the
golf calendar is busy during
that period.
Patrick Feizal Joyce, vice-
president of golf at promoter
World Sport Group, said that
it had been agreed by all rel-
evant parties to cancel this
years Thailand Open.
It is our hope that the tour-
nament will be staged next
year and we will work with the
TGA, the JGTO and OneAsia to
nd a suitable date, he said.
Organisers will continue to
monitor the situation with an
eye on staging the event in
early 2015.
Established back in 1965,
the Thailand Open is the old-
est golf tournament in the
country, and joined OneAsia
in 2010.
At last years edition at Thana
City Golf and Sports Club,
Prayad Marksaeng became
the third Thai to win the title
after Suthep Meesawat (1991)
and Boonchu Ruangkit (1992
and 2004).
The Thailand Open is the
latest golf tournament af-
fected by the political impasse
which started in November
with the Thailand Ladies Open
and Thailand Ladies Amateur
Open having been called off.
BANGKOK POST
Thailand Open cancelled
due to political instability
Lundqvist shines, Rangers take lead
HENRIK Lundqvist made 40
saves as the New York Rangers
defeated the Montreal Cana-
diens 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead in
their Eastern Conference final
series on Monday.
Ryan McDonagh, Martin St.
Louis and Rick Nash scored for
the Rangers, who also got two
assists from Derek Stepan at
the Bell Centre arena.
Were a hungry bunch right
now, weve got to keep push-
ing regardless of the situation
on the other side, St. Louis
said. We understand where
we are.
The win comes one day after
the entire Rangers team attend-
ed the funeral of St. Louis
mother, France, who died of a
heart attack on May 8.
The best-of-seven series
now heads back to New York.
The next two games will be
played at Madison Square
Garden, with game three set
for Thursday.
New York has won five con-
secutive National Hockey
League games since falling
behind 3-1 in their second
round series against Pitts-
burgh.
Montreal will have to try to
climb back into the series
without starting goaltender
Carey Price, who went down
with an injury in game one
and will miss the rest of the
series.
Price was hurt during a
heavy collision with New
Yorks Chris Kreider in the sec-
ond period of Saturdays one-
sided 7-2 Rangers win. New
York has outscored the Habs
10-3 in the series so far.
Price was replaced by Dus-
tin Tokarski, who allowed
three goals on 30 shots in his
playoff debut.
Max Pacioretty scored the
goal for the Canadiens.
To win a hockey game you
need breaks and some calls.
Right now we dont have those
breaks and we dont get those
calls, said Canadiens coach
Michel Therrien.
This is the 15th all-time play-
off series between these Origi-
nal Six franchises and first since
the opening round of the 1996
playoffs when New York won in
six games.
Pacioretty opened the scor-
ing 6:14 into the first period on
a lucky bounce for his fourth
goal of the playoffs.
But New York replied just 17
seconds later as McDonagh
threw the puck on net from the
left point and it hit off Cana-
diens forward Josh Gorges in
front before going into the net
to tie the game 1-1.
Nash scored the eventual
winner on a quick passing play
with 62 seconds left in the first
to give New York a 2-1 lead.
Derek Stepan passed the
puck from the slot to the left
wing for Kreider, who slid it
over to the right side where
Nash one-timed it home for
his second goal in as many
games. AFP
Henrik Lundqvist of the New York Rangers makes a save against the Montreal Canadiens during the third
period in Game Two of their NHL Eastern Conference Final at Bell Centre in Montreal on Monday. AFP
Spurs rout Thunder in opener
S
AN Antonio got their Western
Conference nal series off to
a good start with a dominat-
ing 122-105 home win over
Oklahoma City, behind a balanced
scoring attack and a shut-down de-
fence on Monday.
Tim Duncan paced the attack as
the all-star forward scored 27 points
for the Spurs, who lead the best-of-
seven NBA Western Conference nal
one game to none.
Duncan also chipped in seven
rebounds, while Manu Ginobili n-
ished with 18 points, connecting
on three-of-four shots from beyond
the arc.
Tony Parker, who sustained a left
hamstring strain in San Antonios
series-clinching game ve win over
Portland, tallied 14 points and 12
assists for the Spurs, who outscored
the Thunder 66-32 in the paint.
It was a great team win and ev-
erybody played well, said guard
Parker, of France. So hopefully we
can keep it going.
San Antonio coach Gregg Pop-
ovich said the injury didnt slow
Parker down.
He feels pretty good. Hes a little
winded probably, but he didnt seem
to have a problem with his leg, Pop-
ovich said.
Popovich said the Spurs did a
good job of staying calm and wait-
ing for the scoring chances to pres-
ent themselves.
You have to take what is given
you. Just play the game. Respect the
game and take advantage of that,
Popovich said.
Kevin Durant scored 28 points
and Russell Westbrook nished
with 25 points, seven assists and
ve boards for the Thunder, who
won all four meetings with the
Spurs during the regular season.
Parker said not allowing Durant or
Westbrook to dominate is the key to
beating the Thunder.
We are not going to stop them,
he said. We are just trying to con-
tain them and try to make every
shot hard for them. So far it is work-
ing. But we know they are going to
come back with lot more heart and
energy in game two.
The second game is scheduled to-
night in San Antonio.
The Spurs clamped down de-
fensively late in the third quarter
Monday. Westbrook hit a jump shot
with 5:09 left in the third to give the
Thunder a 76-75 lead and their rst
since leading 5-4 early in the open-
ing quarter.
But after Durant drained a jumper
of his own 30 seconds later, San An-
tonio turned up the intensity on the
defensive end.
The Spurs held Oklahoma City
to just one eld goal over the next
seven-plus minutes, turning a one-
point decit into a 13-point lead
early in the nal quarter.
Durants three-pointer just over
three minutes into the fourth
helped the Thunder get within 10
points, 95-85, but they failed to get
any closer the rest of the way as the
Spurs cruised to the win. AFP
Tim Duncan (right) of the San Antonio Spurs goes up for a shot against Nick Collison of the Oklahoma City Thunder during Game One of their NBA Western Conference Finals. AFP
Andre Stolz of Australia hits a drive
during the nal round of the 2011
Thailand Open golf tournament. AFP
Football

Registrations expected
to flood in for Duathlon
THE Cambodia Triathlon
Federation is preparing to host
its third Duathlon event, which
this year will be titled the
Samdech Techo Hun Sen Cup,
at Diamond Island on June 1.
During a press conference at
the Ministry of Information,
TFC secretary general Gnin
Panha told reporters that the
dual-discipline race had
already received approximately
300 registrations from various
athletics clubs and
associations, with another 300
expected to sign up soon.
Meanwhile, TFC president
Kong Rithy Chub noted that
their original maximum
number of participants had
been set at 400. Weve got
about 100 organising staff
members, so it will be alright,
he added. The U19 category
for both boys and girls will
feature a run of 2.5 kilometres,
a cycle ride of 10km and then
another run of 2.5km. The
18-40 class for men and
women will have a 5km run, a
21km ride and then a 2.5km
run. The over-40s mens race
will be competed over the
same distances as the U19
legs. YEUN PONLOK, TRANSLATED BY
CHENG SERYRITH
Beach volleyball teams
battle for Games berth
THE National Olympic
Committee of Cambodia, in
cooperation with the Cambodian
Volleyball Federation, will
launch a beach volleyball
competition this weekend at
Sihanoukvilles Ochheuteal
beach to help find a victorious
squad to send to the 17th Asian
Games, which is being held in
Incheon, South Korea, from
September 19 to October 4. The
event this Saturday and Sunday
will feature two national team
sides clashing with two
Sihanoukville teams. YEUN
PONLOK, TRANSLATEDBY CHENGSERYRITH
World body mulls over
new scoring system
BADMINTON could soon see a
new scoring system at the top
level to benefit television
coverage and make contests
more attractive for viewers, the
sports governing body said
yesterday. The Badminton World
Federation (BWF) will open
discussions on the subject this
weekend in New Delhi on the
sidelines of the ongoing mens
Thomas Cup and womens Uber
Cup team championships. The
BWF has already sounded out
the players on three alternate
options to replace the existing
system that has the winner
reaching 21 points, two points
clear of his opponent, in a best-
of-three game format. One
suggestion is to have two games
of 21 each with the decider, if
needed, played for 11 points.
Another format is 15 points for
each game, while a third
suggestion is to play five games
of nine points each. A difference
of two points will still be needed
for the winner. A change in the
scoring pattern is being
discussed for the first time
since 2006 when the 21-point
pattern was introduced. The
BWF plans to trial the selected
format at small tournaments
and seek feedback from
various stakeholders before it is
introduced at major events like
the world championships or
the Olympics. AFP
New Zealands Cairns denies Player X xing claims
NEW Zealand great Chris Cairns
denied match-fixing yesterday
after media reports named him
as Player X the alleged king-
pin of a corruption ring under
investigation by the Interna-
tional Cricket Council (ICC).
Black Caps captain Brendon
McCullum and former bats-
man Lou Vincent have both
told ICC investigators that
Player X approached them to
fix matches, according to
leaked testimony from the pair
which did not identify the mys-
tery recruiter.
Amid widespread specula-
tion, Cairns issued a statement
acknowledging his name was
being linked to Player X but said
he had no involvement in cor-
ruption or match fixing.
It is well known that the ICC/
ACSU [Anti-Corruption and
Security Unit] has been inves-
tigating allegations of corrup-
tion and my name has been
linked by others to these allega-
tions. I am being asked wheth-
er I am Player X, he said.
Based on the limited infor-
mation I have received during
this investigation, I believe it is
being alleged that I am that
player. These allegations against
me are a complete lie.
Cairns later clarified on Twit-
ter: I have not denied I am
Player X . . . but I reject the alle-
gations against me . . . Subtle I
know, but rather pertinent.
The New Zealand Herald
reported yesterday that multi-
ple sources had confirmed
Cairns was Player X.
McCullum testified that he
rejected Player Xs overtures in
2008, while Vincent has report-
edly agreed to provide evi-
dence about his part in a
match-fixing plot in a bid to
avoid prosecution.
Vincent described Player X
in his testimony as a world-
famous international, while
McCullum said he was a hero
who became a friend and had
offered him up to 107,000
(US$180,000) a match to
underperform.
Cairns has repeatedly denied
any wrongdoing and chal-
lenged the ICC to produce its
evidence so he can respond,
accusing the games governing
body of orchestrating media
leaks to smear his reputation.
The 43-year-old retired from
international cricket in 2004
after becoming one of only 12
players in Test history to score
the all-rounders double of 200
wickets and 3,000 runs.
In 2012, he won 90,000 in a
libel action against former Indi-
an Premier League chairman
Lalit Modi in London over a
tweet alleging he was involved
in match-fixing.
Cairns said he had already
proved in court that he was not
a match-fixer and urged peo-
ple to reserve judgement on
him until all facts were out in
the open.
I believe there are dark
forces at play. These forces
have long arms, deep pockets
and great influence, his state-
ment said.
I acknowledge that recently
I have upset some powerful
people in the world of cricket,
including raising my own con-
cerns about the state of the
game. I believe I am playing the
price for that now.
New Zealand Cricket (NZC)
has clarified that McCullum is
not under investigation for
match-fixing, while also
expressing dismay that his tes-
timony was made public and
calling on the ICC to investi-
gate how it was leaked to the
media. AFP Chris Cairns has denied being the high-prole gure at the centre of recent match-xing allegations. AFP
Four bouts
added to
Jakarta card
O
NE FIGHTING Champi-
onship has added four
more thrilling bouts to its
ONE FC: Era of Champi-
ons mixed martial arts card, which is
slated to pack out the state-of-the-art
Mata Elang International Stadium in
Jakarta on June 14.
Indonesian ght legends Yohan Mu-
lia Legowo and Zuli Silawanto will be
proudly ying the home ags when
they face ominous opponents in Ma-
laysias Ev Ting and Barbod of Iran re-
spectively.
An explosive yweight match up
between Filipino Geje Eustaquio and
Kentaro Watanabe of Japan and a clash
between Egyptian welterweight Mah-
moud Salama and Myanmars Aung
La N Sang have also been added.
Indonesian fans in attendance
and ONE FC fans watching all over
the world are in for an unforgettable
night of explosive world-class mixed
martial arts action, ONE FC CEO
Victor Cui stated in a press release
yesterday.
Legowo (7-2) grew up in Magelang,
central Java, and was exposed to all
forms of martial arts from a young
age. Since the age of nine, he has been
committed to mastering each one be-
fore progressing to the next.
The 33-year-old has earned acco-
lades in kickboxing, sanda and sub-
mission grappling, and a had a sus-
tained run in the now-defunct TPIFC
from 2002 to 2004, including a contest
against the undefeated compatriot
Fransino Tirta, another recent signing
by ONE FC.
Legowos career stalled in 2007
when he suffered a broken arm, but
he resiliently fought back to return to
cage action in 2010, vowing to make
up for lost time.
24-year-old Ev Ting (6-2) is regarded
as one of Malaysias top MMA ghters,
but also represents his adopted home
of New Zealand.
Having discovered the sport on the
internet, he had an undefeated stint
as an amateur in Auckland before
turning pro in 2011.
Silawanto (6-7) has more than 10
years of professional cage ghting ex-
perience. The Shark will look to bite
back after falling short against Malay-
sias Nik Harris in his previous ONE
FC bout last November.
The Indonesian has a diverse mar-
tial arts arsenal that includes kick-
boxing, pencak silat and submission
wrestling, and will garner the support
of the home crowd after a two-year
separation ghting abroad.
Barbod is a former taekwondo coach
who transitioned into Muay Thai and
eventually mixed martial arts. The
Iranian has travelled the globe ex-
tensively, including spending time in
South Korea, and has now settled into
a head coaching role in Malaysia.
A deadly striker with extremely fast
hands, he will have them full against
the likes of Silawanto.
La N Sang (14-9) will become the
rst mixed martial artist of Myanmar
descent to enter the ONE FC cage.
During studies in the US, he discov-
ered Brazilian jiu-jitsu and subse-
quently MMA. His nickname The
Burmese Python comes from his
constricting ability which has led him
to nine submission wins.
Salama (4-4) is a veteran of the
Egyptian MMA scene, having never
been defeated in his home country.
The 37-year-old boasts power in both
hands and will look to knock out his
Myanmar opponent in what repre-
sents a classic clash of striker against
grappler.
The bout was originally scheduled
to take place in ONE FC: Rise of He-
roes in Kuala Lumpur earlier this
month, but was postponed due to
visa issues.
Eustaquio (5-2) is a skilled yweight
who trains alongside fellow Filipinos
Eduard Folayang and Honorio Banar-
io at the renowned Team Lakay in the
high altitudes of Baguio City.
With his immense speed and agility,
the man they call Gravity is eyeing
a shot at the ONE FC yweight title
with an impressive victory on June
14. In his last outing six months ago,
Eustaquio dispatched compatriot Eu-
gene Toquero in convincing fashion.
Watanabe (10-4) is a Japanese y-
weight who will also be looking to
make a mark in the ONE FC division.
The 30-year-old has come through the
ranks of the Shooto organisation with
his signature lightning-quick strik-
ing style that has made him a favorite
among home-based fans.
The next ONE FC event, Honor &
Glory, is on May 30 at the Singapore
Indoor Stadium and will be headlined
by a welterweight meeting between
American wrestling star Ben Askren
(12-0), who visited Phnom Penh last
week, and Bakhtiyar Abbasov (11-2)
of Azerbaijan.
Indonesias Zuli Silawanto (right), pictured in his ght against Malaysias Nik Harris last
November, will be back in ONE FC cage action in Jakarta on June 14. ONEFC.COM
Football
23

Svay Rieng, Crown clash in
midweek league battle
REIGNING Metfone C-League
champions Svay Rieng take on table
toppers Phnom Penh Crown at the
Olympic Stadium from 3:30pm today.
Last years league winners are
currently wallowing in ninth place but
can catapult themselves into fifth with a
victory over their esteemed rivals. Svay
Rieng coach Sam Vandeth told the
Post: I dont think we can beat Crown
in this game, but we will try to make
things very hard for them. Striker
Dzarma Bata is a doubt through injury
for the holders, while midfielder
Chhoun Veasna is out due to his red
card in Mongolia during their AFC
Presidents Cup qualifier on May 3.
Crown, bolstered by the addition of
Australian star Adriano Pellegrini, will
look to continue the sterling form that
had them thrash AEU 9-1 over the
weekend. CHHORNNORN&DANRILEY
Trophyless Barcelona appoint
past player Enrique as coach
BARCELONA on Monday appointed
their former captain and outgoing Celta
Vigo manager Luis Enrique as their
new coach to replace Gerardo Martino
after a disappointing trophyless season,
the club said. Enrique, 44, scored 109
goals in 300 appearances for the
Catalan team in eight years after joining
from rivals Real Madrid in 1996, and
also had great success in three
seasons as Barca B coach. Now
Barcas board is betting on him
bringing the 2012-2013 title holders
back to glory after they ended this
season without a major trophy for the
first time in six years, forcing Martino to
quit after just one season in charge. As
part of the overhaul, Barcelona also
confirmed on Monday that 22-year-old
German international Marc-Andre Ter
Stegen will join them from Borussia
Monchengladbach next season,
replacing Spains Victor Valdes as first-
choice goalkeeper. AFP
Premier League chief is
contrite over sexist emails
ENGLISH Premier League chief
executive Richard Scudamore spoke of
his sincere contrition after it was
announced on Monday he wouldnt
lose his job for sending sexist emails.
Last week Britains Sunday Mirror
newspaper published leaked private
emails sent by Scudamore to a lawyer
friend which contained crude sexual
innuendos. Since then Scudamore, 54,
had faced a torrent of criticism, from
both inside and outside football. But a
meeting of Premier League clubs on
Monday decided against disciplinary
action after being told the emails did
include some inappropriate remarks
but that Scudamore had apologised.
Afterwards Scudamore, who vowed to
meet with fellow senior football figure
to demonstrate his commitment to the
womens game, said: Entering into
email exchanges of this nature was
wrong and the apology I have made is
sincere, as is the contrition I feel. AFP
Singapore swoops on illegal
betting ring before World Cup
SINGAPORE police said they have
arrested 18 people believed to be part
of a multi-million dollar illegal football
betting ring less than a month before
the World Cup starts. Preliminary
investigations revealed that the
suspects are believed to have received
illegal soccer bets amounting to an
estimated S$8 million (US$6.4 million)
in the past two weeks alone, the force
said in a statement released on its
website late on Monday. It did not
reveal the nationalities of the suspects,
16 women and two men, who were
detained during raids on Sunday and
Monday. Cash totalling S$1.4 million
as well as computers, mobile phones,
and documents detailing betting and
bank transaction records were seized
during the raid, police said. AFP
Indonesian striker dies after kick to stomach
AN INDONESIAN striker
playing in one of the coun-
trys top leagues has died
after a goalkeeper kicked
him in the stomach during
a recent match, a local offi-
cial said yesterday.
The death of Akli Fairuz,
27, is a further blow to the
reputation of Indonesian
football, which has been
beset by numerous prob-
lems in recent years, from
leadership tussles to foreign
players dying after com-
plaining of going unpaid.
Fairuz sustained serious
injuries after the challenge
during a game on May 10 in
Banda Aceh, on western
Sumatra island, said Mahfu-
din Nigara from the Indone-
sian Football Association.
Video footage showed the
player, from club Persiraja
Banda Aceh, run into the box
of the opposing team, PSAP
Sigli, to take a shot after the
ball rebounded off the goal-
keeper.
But the goalkeeper ran out
and kicked him in the stom-
ach as he took the shot,
knocking him to the
ground.
Akli was substituted imme-
diately but continued to
watch the match and was
only rushed to hospital later
when his condition wors-
ened, Nigara said.
Akli died due to a rupture
in his intestine on May 16
from the goalies kick, he
told AFP.
We are investigating the
case, but theres a suspicion
that treatment of his injury
on the pitch might have been
too slow.
He said that the football
association had set up a team
to investigate the incident.
Persiraja Banda Aceh and
PSAP Sigli are in the Liga
Indonesia Premier Division,
the countrys second-tier
division.
Indonesian football has
been struggling to recover
following a long-running
feud between two rival fed-
erations, which spawned
two top-tier divisions. The
two sides have now agreed
to unite.
The countrys football
chiefs also came in for criti-
cism over the deaths of a
Paraguayan and a Cameroo-
nian playing for Indonesian
clubs, who reportedly could
not afford medical treatment
after going unpaid for
months. AFP
Man United give Van Gaal
150m to win league title
Jamie Jackson
M
ANCHESTER United
expect Louis van Gaal
to win the Premier
League title next sea-
son and have given their new man-
ager a 150 million (US$252 million)
transfer fund to rebuild the squad
this summer.
Hollands current head coach is to
be unveiled at Old Trafford in July
after he has taken his country to the
World Cup and before Uniteds sum-
mer tour of the US, but on a dramatic
day for the 20-times champions it
also emerged that:
Ryan Giggs is to be Van Gaals No 2
but he has retired from playing after a
glittering career spanning 23 seasons
Paul Scholes, Phil Neville and Nicky
Butt have been left in the dark about
their futures on the backroom staff
United began speaking to Van Gaal
just 48 hours after David Moyes sack-
ing in April
Van Gaal has been challenged to
win United a 21st title in his rst
season with the vice-chairman, Ed
Woodward, sanctioning a sizeable
kitty to pursue targets that include
Southamptons Luke Shaw, Bayern
Munichs Arjen Robben and Toni
Kroos, and Borussia Dortmunds
Mats Hummels.
Following the dismal champi-
onship defence under Moyes that
ended with United in seventh place,
Van Gaal is condent he can again
make the club serious challengers
as the business end of next season is
entered, with a Champions League
berth the very least required.
Van Gaal has previously won titles
at Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar and
Bayern Munich, having also won the
European Cup with Ajax.
He said: It was always a wish for
me to work in the Premier League. To
work as a manager for Manchester
United, the biggest club in the world,
makes me very proud.
I have managed in games at Old
Trafford before and know what an
incredible arena Old Trafford is and
how passionate and knowledgeable
the fans are. This club has big ambi-
tions; I too have big ambitions. To-
gether Im sure we will make history.
Later he told the Dutch TV station
RTL that one of the reasons he was
chosen by United was for his record
in working with young players but
he added: The aim is to bring them
back to the No 1 position as soon as
possible, because thats where they
were under Sir Alex Ferguson.
Woodward said: In Louis van Gaal,
we have secured the services of one
of the outstanding managers in the
game today. He has achieved many
things in his career to date and Old
Trafford provides him with a tting
stage on which to write new chapters
in the Manchester United story.
His track-record of success in
winning leagues and cups across
Europe throughout his career makes
him the perfect choice for us. People
know him as a larger-than-life char-
acter but I have also been extreme-
ly impressed by his intelligence,
thoughtful approach to the role and
his diligence.
The executive co-chairman, Joel
Glazer, said: I am delighted that Lou-
is will be our next manager. He has an
outstanding pedigree as a coach, both
as a man who motivates his teams to
win trophies and as someone who
believes in giving young players a
chance to prove their worth.
There was a welcome from one
of his main rivals next season in the
form of Jose Mourinho, whom Van
Gaal appointed as his assistant at
Barcelona. He is a great football
manager and I am happy he joins me
in the same country and the Premier
League, the Chelsea manager said.
But more important than that, hes
a great guy, a great man, and I wish
him well.
Van Gaal said one of the rst con-
gratulatory text messages he re-
ceived was from Mourinho. He said
he was jealous of my list of clubs,
the Dutchman reported.
As Moyes was sacked on April 22
it took United four weeks to land
Van Gaal yet the 62-year-old was al-
ways the No 1 choice, having been
rst sounded out as the prospective
new manager two days after the
Scots sacking.
The delay is understood to have
been due to United wishing to re-
spect his current employer, the
Dutch Football Association.
There was also the future of Giggs
to consider but once it became clear
that Van Gaal would offer the Welsh-
man the role as his No 2, the Dutch-
man accepted after a meeting in
Noordwijk last week.
That is thought to have been the
third face-to-face encounter be-
tween Woodward and Van Gaal,
with Woodward delighted that the
40-year-old Giggs will remain on the
coaching staff.
Giggs said: I am thrilled to have
the chance to serve as assistant
manager. Louis van Gaal is a world-
class coach and I know I will learn a
lot about coaching from being able
to observe and contribute at such
close quarters.
Manchester United has been a
huge part of my life and Im delight-
ed to be able to continue that rela-
tionship in such a key role.
Although Marcel Bout and Frans
Hoek are also joining Van Gaals
coaching team the latter appoint-
ment as goalkeeping coach, so
Chris Woods departs the futures
of Scholes, Butt and Neville are still
to be decided.
United consider the three mem-
bers of the Class of 92 to be of great
value to the club, although none of
them have as yet been offered any
role in the backroom staff.
In an open letter published on
the clubs website, Giggs said of his
retirement: For me today is a new
chapter lled with many emotions
immense pride, sadness, but most of
all, excitement towards the future.
United fans I hope will share and
echo my belief that the club, the
management and owners, are do-
ing everything they can to return
this great club to where it belongs,
and I hope to be there every step of
the way. THE GUARDIAN
Dutchman Louis van Gaal has been told he is expected to win the Premier League title for Manchester United next season. AFP
Sport
Naga stays on as Davis Cup teams main sponsors
H S Manjunath
ENTERTAINMENT and gaming
sector leaders NagaWorld has
renewed its main sponsorship
of the Cambodian national ten-
nis team bound for Iran in
early June for this years Davis
Cup Asia/Oceania Group III
campaign, extending its part-
nership with the squad for the
third year running.
NagaWorld and the sports
governing body in the country,
Tennis Cambodia, first struck
an historic alliance in 2012,
leading to the Kingdoms spec-
tacular all-win success on Dav-
is Cup debut, which caught the
world headlines in the Qatari
capital Doha.
For a country of just 28 ten-
nis courts at the time, the pro-
motion from Group IV to III
as the newest member of the
132-strong Davis Cup family
was hailed as a unique
achievement.
The partnership strength-
ened further in Dubai last year
when Cambodia came back
from a shaky start to make the
four-team promotional play-
offs, in which they went down
gamely to Hong Kong but
proudly retained their Group
III status.
Every country in the world
takes pride in Davis Cup par-
ticipation. We have been with
the Cambodian team from the
start and we are happy with the
teams performance and feel
privileged to continue our sup-
port, NagaWorld vice presi-
dent of events and entertain-
ment Jerome Lee told the Post
yesterday.
We look forward to another
fruitful campaign and hope the
team returns from Iran clutch-
ing a Group II ticket.
Tennis Cambodia secretary-
general Tep Rithivit, who is also
the squads non-playing cap-
tain for the third season in a
row, said: Continuity is not just
a blessing, its reaffirmation of
faith which I see as our strength.
I am grateful to NagaWorld for
staying on board and support-
ing the team for the third year.
We are determined to build on
our gains in Doha and Dubai.
As part of its corporate
social responsibility, Naga-
World has been vigorously
pursuing promotion of sports
in Cambodia as a powerful
medium of social change and
youth empowerment.
Apart from its involvement
with the Davis Cup team and
Tennis Cambodias junior ten-
nis initiative, NagaWorld will
also continue its support for the
National Olympic Committee
of Cambodia by way of provid-
ing the countrys Asian Games
squad heading to Incheon,
South Korea, with practice and
competition apparel and gear.
Meanwhile, one of the tennis
squad members, Mam Pan-
hara, will arrive in Phnom Penh
today from the United States to
join teammates Bun Kenny,
Mam Phalkun and Long Sam-
neang. National coach Braen
Aneiros, who is currently on an
overseas trip, will be back to
take charge of the training ses-
sions by the end of this week.
The Post has reliably learnt
that the four-member team
along with coach Aneiros will
depart from Phnom Penh on
May 31 to Bangkok for a one-
week stint on clay courts at the
Asian Tennis Centre, just to get
a feel of the surface on which
they will play their Davis Cup
matches in Iran.
Non-playing captain Tep
Rithivit will join the rest in
Bangkok on June 5 and the
squad will leave for Tehran
the following day ahead of
the June 9 start of this years
cycle at the outdoor red clay
courts of the famed Enghelab
Sports Complex.
Preparation is the key to per-
formance and we are playing
this year on a surface our play-
ers are not used to. Clay is a
challenging surface. That is one
reason why we are spending
this important week trying to
get the best possible practice on
clay, said Tep Rithivit.
The eight competing teams
in Tehran for two promotional
tickets to next years Group II,
are Cambodia, Iran, Lebanon,
Malaysia, Singapore, Syria,
Turkmenistan and United Arab
Emirates.
At the end of the weeklong
series, two teams will move up
to Group II and two will go
down to Group IV next year.
NagaWorlds Jerome Lee (left) and Tennis Cambodia secretary-general
Tep Rithivit (right) stand with Australian tennis legend Pat Cash during
his visit to the Kingdom in September. PHOTO SUPPLIED
Wilkos influence is phenomenal
Robert Kitson
P
ERHAPS the most thought-
provoking tribute offered
to the soon-to-retire Jonny
Wilkinson came on Monday
from a coach who never actually
worked with him. Stuart Lancaster,
the man in charge of Englands fu-
ture, reckons the 2003 World Cup-
winning y-half changed the entire
game of rugby union, not necessar-
ily by what he did on the eld but by
how meticulously he prepared off it.
If that sounds slightly less rel-
evant than the avalanche of points
he scored, the trophies he helped
secure and the admirable code of
sportsmanship to which he always
stuck, Lancaster is absolutely spot-
on. It was Wilkinsons example, as
much as his deeds, which consis-
tently set him apart and made him
such a remarkable sporting gure.
Perhaps only Jonah Lomu and,
possibly, Brian ODriscoll have
transcended rugby in the past two
decades to quite the same degree.
For me he has changed the way the
game has been played but, more im-
portantly, changed the way in which
people prepare to play the game,
explained Lancaster.
His inuence on so many rugby
players across the world in that re-
spect is phenomenal. I cant actually
think of a rugby player who would
have had the same impact on the
sport as him.
The departing warrior and fre-
quently world-class worrier is not
quite nished yet, with Saturdays
Heineken Cup nal between Toulon
and Saracens to come in Cardiff he
will be 35 the following day and a
French Top 14 nal against Castres
in Paris on Saturday week.
It is not his habit to leave with a
job unsatisfactorily done, as he has
shown on countless occasions since
his rst appearance for Newcastle
way back in 1997.
He subsequently rattled up 1,246
Test points, second only to New
Zealands Dan Carter, prior to an-
nouncing his international retire-
ment after 91 caps for England.
Most will remember him for his
clench-palmed kicking and the
extra-time drop goal that broke
Australias hearts in Sydney in 2003
but it was his defensive appetite,
unprecedented for a y-half at the
time, which repeatedly staggered
his peers.
In an era when pre-match prepara-
tion still involved a refreshing pint or
three, he was personally never satis-
ed unless he felt he had done every-
thing in his power to maximise his
chances of performing to his best.
It was the detail and preparation
he did off the eld made him the
complete player, added Lancaster.
I know from coaching players who
have played in the same team as him
that it has had such an inuence. The
amount of times people have said to
me: I thought I was professional, I
thought I prepared well, I thought I
worked hard. He raised the bar to a
different level.
Such dedication, inevitably, came
at a price. Rarely has a soul been
more tortured for the sake of a mere
oval-shaped ball. A litany of inju-
ries did not help but, thankfully, his
move to the warmer climes of the
south of France has soothed both
body and mind.
It is a measure of how vastly ad-
mired he is across the Channel that
Toulons colourful owner, Mourad
Boudjellal, has asked the French
league authorities to retire his clubs
number 10 jersey as a mark of re-
spect. He has brought magic to this
club, said Boudjellal last month.
Those sort of guys are few and far
between. I hope when Wilkinson is
mentioned in future in the past tense
that he will be recognised for his
worth, which is colossal.
His value as an ambassadorial g-
ure will keep him rmly in the public
consciousness in the buildup to next
years Rugby World Cup in England
but, interestingly, Lancaster would
be happy to invite him into camp as
a mentor, if that role ever appeals to
Wilkinson in the future.
I wouldnt rule it out long-term,
whether it was working with age-
grade teams or certain individuals,
said Lancaster. I think it would be
incredible what he could offer young
players and senior players, too.
Once the next two demanding
weekends are out of the way, Wilkin-
son will certainly have plenty to re-
ect upon.
He has probably never played bet-
ter than he did against New Zealand
at Twickenham in 2002 but, inevita-
bly, it was the 2003 World Cup nal
that earned him his indelible place
in English sporting folklore.
Ive seen the highlights and key
moments but never sat down and
watched the match, he admitted
this season. Ive tried to preserve
the quality of the memories I have,
which are wrapped up in the feel,
the senses, the smell, noises and at-
mosphere. I dont think there will be
too much in the future that matches
it for sheer intensity.
Whatever he does with the rest of
his life, his country will be forever
grateful. THE GUARDIAN
English y-half Jonny Wilkinson nails the winning a drop kick goal during their 2003 Rugby World Cup nal against Australia at the
Olympic Park Stadium in Sydney. Wilkinson announced on Monday that he will retire at the end of this season. AFP

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