Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: March 2017

Friday, 31 March 2017

Redress for Borei Keila decided, City Hall says

Borei Keila residents wait outside City Hall yesterday in Phnom Penh. Sokha Pin

31 Mar, 2017 Touch Sokha

About 30 Borei Keila villagers representing 32 families gathered at Phnom Penh City Hall yesterday to follow up on previous demands for compensation, while authorities said a decision on each application has been made.

“They said they will solve our problem, but they have cheated us . . . They promised to pay us if we weren’t given a home in Borei Keila since the end of 2016 until now. [But] there is no sign of a solution,” villager Pouk Sophin said to reporters outside of City Hall.

City Hall spokesman Met Measpheakdey said that the municipal authorities have reached a decision on all the applications and will announce the results soon, but declined to elaborate.

“We evaluated each case based on the documents they have submitted to us; our committee has evaluated correctly,” he said.

A statue of a revolver with a knotted barrel near Phnom Penh’s Japanese Friendship Bridge. The statue was inaugurated in 1999 to symbolise government efforts to get rid of illegal weapons. GARYCYCLES8/Flickr

31 Mar, 2017 Cristina Maza

The stockpile of weapons left over from decades of war in Cambodia was greatly reduced by a European-led project that exchanged arms for bespoke development projects, according to a new report authored by one of the project participants.

Robin Poultan, an academic whose research focuses on small arms, helped develop a project for the EU’s Assistance on Curbing Small Arms (EUASAC) that was implemented in Cambodia from 1999 to 2006. In a new account published by the Virginia Commonwealth University, Poultan describes how the project succeeded in having around 143,000 weapons destroyed by “flames of peace”.

“In Cambodia, we literally exchanged weapons for development projects chosen by the villagers,” Poultan wrote. “[But] collecting weapons is pointless unless there is a favourable political context that allows disarmament to bring peace. It was the politics behind our EU-ASAC programme that made [weapons for development] successful.”

Two repatriated Cambodian nationals leave Phnom Penh International Airport last year after being trafficked to China to be sold as brides. Vireak Mai

31 Mar, 2017 Martin de Bourmont

Cambodian and Vietnamese authorities this week repatriated three women who were in Ho Chi Minh City about to be trafficked to China.

A Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement on Wednesday reported that three Cambodian women were repatriated from Vietnam that morning. The women from Takeo, Prey Veng and Kandal provinces were being trafficked to China by a “broker” to marry Chinese men.

The women, said Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Chum Sounry, were in a Ho Chi Minh City guesthouse “to wait for the arrangement of their trip to China”. He said the rescue was the product of cooperation between the Cambodian consulate in Ho Chi Minh City and Vietnamese authorities.

According to Kim Chenda, chief of the National Police’s anti-human trafficking department, Vietnam and Myanmar are increasingly used as transit countries for brokers trafficking Cambodian brides to China as a result of increased cooperation between Chinese and Cambodian authorities.

“The border is so long, [brokers] can use many ways” to avoid facing border authorities, said Chenda.

លោក ប៉ា ងួនទៀង នាយកប្រតិបត្តិនៃប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយឯករាជ្យ(CCIM) លើកឡើងពីរចំនុចថា "កម្ពុជាមិនមែនជារបស់គណបក្សណានោះទេជារបស់សាធារណៈ " "ស្ថាប័នរដ្ឋ មន្ទីរក្រសួង អីទាំងអស់ហ្នឹងមិនមែនជារបស់រដ្ឋទេជារបស់សាធារណៈ"

អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិរកឃើញមាត្រារឹតត្បិតជាច្រើនក្នុងច្បាប់ស្តីពីគណបក្សនយោបាយ

31 មិនា 2017
ហ៊ុល រស្មី
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លោកស្រី Wan Hea Lee (ឆ្វេង) តំណាងប្រចាំប្រទេសនៃការិយាល័យឧត្ដមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិទទួលបន្ទុកសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនៅកម្ពុជា ហៅកាត់ថា OHCHR ស្តាប់លោកប្រាក់ សុខុន រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការបរទេសកម្ពុជា នៅក្នុងអំឡុងកិច្ចប្រជុំមួយនៅរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។ (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

ការិយាល័យឧត្តមស្នងការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិទទួលបន្ទុកសិទ្ធិមនុស្សនៅប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ហៅកាត់ថា OHCHR កាលពីថ្ងៃពុធ បានចេញសេចក្តីវិភាគអំពីវិសោធនកម្មច្បាប់ស្តីអំពីគណបក្សនយោបោយដ៏ចម្រូងចម្រាស។

ភ្នំពេញ —

សេចក្តីវិភាគដែលមានកម្រាស់៣២ទំព័រនេះធ្វើឡើង ដើម្បីបង្ហាញចំណុចរឹតត្បិតនានាដែលនឹងធ្វើឲ្យរាំងស្ទះដល់សេរីភាពរបស់គណបក្សនយោបាយក្នុងការអនុវត្តសិទ្ធិនយោបាយរបស់ខ្លួនដោយសេរី។

សេចក្តីវិភាគនោះបានឲ្យដឹងថា សុច្ចរឹតភាពនៃការបោះឆ្នោតនានានៅក្នុងលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យសេរីពហុបក្សមិនត្រូវបានធានាទេ ប្រសិនបើគណបក្សនយោបាយមិនអាចអនុវត្តសេរីភាពនៃការបញ្ចេញមតិ ក្នុងនោះមានសិទ្ធិក្នុងការស្វែងរក និងទទួលបានព័ត៌មានដែលមិនលម្អៀង។

រាល់គ្រប់គណបក្សនយោបាយទាំងអស់គួរធ្វើជាកាតាលីករ ដើម្បីពិភាក្សា និងសន្ទនានៅក្នុងសង្គមប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ។ ការណ៍នេះគួរត្រូវអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យពលរដ្ឋសម្តែងមតិដោយឯករាជ្យ និងគ្មានអំពើហិង្សា គ្មានការបង្ខិតបង្ខំ គ្មានការលួងលោម ឬក៏ការជ្រៀតជ្រែកក្នុងកិច្ចការផ្សេងទៀត។

CNRP president Kem Sokha places incense at a stupa memorialising the victims of a 1997 grenade attack on an opposition rally, during an anniversary ceremony yesterday in Phnom Penh. Hong Menea

Fri, 31 March 2017

Mean Sangha David and Meas Sokchea

As Buddhist chants resonated around Wat Botum Park yesterday, the CNRP marked the 20th anniversary of a grenade attack on a rally, led by former party president Sam Rainsy, that claimed at least 16 lives and injured scores, but has still yet to see perpetrators brought to justice.

At a small memorial adorned with flowers and incense sticks, Cambodia National Rescue Party officials, supporters, victims and their families were led in prayer by a dozen saffron-clad monks. Party leaders Kem Sokha, Eng Chhay Eang and Pol Ham lit candles at the memorial and made offerings for those killed in the attack on March 30, 1997.

The event, which has been organised over the past 20 years, makes an annual call for a thorough investigation into the attacks and to bring the still-unidentified perpetrators to justice.

ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃព្រមានវិធានការផ្លូវច្បាប់ បើសង្គ្រោះជាតិមិនរើសថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំខ្លួនឱ្យត្រូវតាមលក្ខន្តិកៈ

31 មិនា 2017
អ៊ិត សូធឿត
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លោក ប្រាក់ សំអឿន (ឆ្វេង) អគ្គនាយកដ្ឋាននៃអគ្គនាយកដ្ឋានរដ្ឋបាលក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ និងលោក ប៊ុន ហុន (ស្តាំ) អនុរដ្ឋលេខាធិការក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ក្នុងសន្និសីទសារព័ត៌មានស្តីពីសមាជវិសាមញ្ញរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។ (ហ៊ាន សុជាតា/VOA)

យោងតាមប្រការ៤៧នៃលក្ខន្តិកៈរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិដែលតម្កល់នៅក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ការជ្រើសតាំងលោកកឹម សុខា ជាប្រធានថ្មី និងអនុប្រធានថ្មី៣រូបទៀត គឺបំពានទៅនឹងប្រការ៤៧នៃលក្ខន្តិកៈរបស់គណបក្សនេះ ទាំងប្រការចាស់ និងប្រការថ្មី។

ភ្នំពេញ —

ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃអះអាងថា ក្រសួងនឹងចាត់វិធានការផ្លូវច្បាប់ជាបន្តបន្ទាប់លើគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ប្រសិនបើគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិនៅតែមិនគោរពតាមការណែនាំរបស់ក្រសួងដែលបានបញ្ជាក់ថា ការបោះឆ្នោតជ្រើសរើសប្រធាន និងអនុប្រធានថ្មីរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះនៅក្នុងសមាជនាពេលកន្លងទៅ គឺខុសនឹងលក្ខន្តិកៈរបស់គណបក្សនេះ។

Preah Vihear community members collect remains of dead fish after they asked Labour Ministry for intervention. Photo supplied

Thu, 30 March 2017

Sen David

Preah Vihear provincial authorities collected fish and water samples for examination on Monday after nearly a week of mass fish deaths in the Stung Sen river.

Ea Sokha, the director of the Preah Vihear environment department, said the fish began dying on March 24. Local authorities appealed to people living along the river to refrain from consuming or selling fish from the river.

Sokha said that the fish and water samples have been sent to a Phnom Penh laboratory for examination. “There are 3 to 4 tonnes of dead fish per day,” said Sokha, adding that the deaths continue to occur.

A man transports a trailer load of timber through Kratie province towards the Vietnam border last year. Photo supplied

Fri, 31 March 2017

Shaun Turton and Mech Dara

Cambodia and Laos share a border and a problem: vast swathes of their forests have been cut down, loaded on trucks and driven east to Vietnam and often sent onwards to China.

In a bid to stop the long-documented depletion of their natural resources, both countries last year announced export bans to their eastern neighbour. Their solutions, however, have delivered very different results, according to a recent report based on Vietnamese customs data by US-based NGO Forest Trends.

Relative to Cambodia, Laos has made huge inroads into curbing timber flowing out of its territory, the customs data show, a success that forestry analysts yesterday attributed to genuine political will from their recently elected premier, a relatively more disciplined bureaucracy and fewer familial ties between ruling elites and the timber trade.

Ministry of Interior Undersecretary of State Bun Honn speaks to the press about the legitimacy of the opposition’s new leadership yesterday in Phnom Penh. Hong Menea

Fri, 31 March 2017

Meas Sokchea

At a press conference yesterday, Interior Ministry officials continued to cite a bureaucratic justification for failing to formally recognise the opposition’s leadership, while swatting away questions about how to fix the problem and threatening “legal action” if it wasn’t solved.

While recognising that the CNRP party congress on March 2 was itself legitimate, the ministry continued to say that the elevation of Kem Sokha to president of the party and the selection of three new deputies at the extraordinary congress was not, as it conflicted with the party’s old statutes.

The party, however, updated its statutes at the same congress before electing its new leadership so that it would have a permanent president to sign the candidate lists for June’s commune elections, following the resignation of former president Sam Rainsy in mid-February.

Historian Steven Heder digs a bomb shelter alongside his wife Davy, (right) and Tony Malcom, an Australian teacher, (left) in 1974. Supplied/Colin Grafton

Fri, 31 March 2017

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

When Colin Grafton arrived in Phnom Penh as an English teacher in 1973, he had little knowledge of the unrest in the countryside that would soon engulf the capital. In virtual ignorance, he would witness the last days of Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge, and the photographs he took over the course of the next two years would go on to provide a rare record of everyday life in the capital before the fall.

“I arrived here in March 1973, [and] the first month or so was really peaceful,” Grafton says. “I arrived just at the beginning of the end – without knowing it at the time. That was the first time the Khmer Rouge got really near to the city during the dry season and of course [later] in 1974 in the first few months … they were bombarding the city.”

Putin Denies Russian Meddling: ‘Watch My Lips: No’

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SERGEI KARPUKHIN/REUTERS

Russian President Vladimir Putin again denied that his country waged an influence campaign targeting the 2016 U.S. election, telling reporters Thursday: “Watch my lips: No.” Putin mistakenly attributed the phrase to Ronald Reagan, but it was actually used by George H.W. Bush when he famously said, “read my lips: no new taxes.” (The claim famously ended up untrue, as new taxes were levied during his presidency.) Putin called the U.S. intelligence community’s assessment a “lie” aimed at pushing an agenda. “All those things are fictional, illusory, and provocations, lies. All these are used for domestic American political agendas. The anti-Russian card is played by different political forces inside the United States to trade on that and consolidate their positions inside,” Putin added.

Thursday, 30 March 2017

Japan signs deal to fund aid projects

A street view of National Road 5, that is among the projects being funded by Japan. Hong Menea

Thu, 30 March 2017

Andrew Nachemson

The Japanese ambassador is set to sign a new aid package today pledging about $140 million worth of support for various projects, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Funding will go to four projects: flood protection and drainage in Phnom Penh, the renovation of the Battambang Provincial Referral Hospital, the development of National Road 5 and the expansion of the water supply system in Kampong Thom.

“Japan is one of our most important partners and has significantly contributed to Cambodia’s economic, social, and infrastructure development. These projects are expected to improve Cambodia’s regional connectivity and to enhance peoples’ well-being,” the release reads.

Officials tally votes at a polling station in Phnom Penh following the 2012 commune elections. Heng Chivoan

Thu, 30 March 2017

Martin de Bourmont

About $170,000 remains to be found for a coalition of watchdogs and civil society observers known as the “situation room” to successfully monitor all of Cambodia’s 2017 commune elections for irregularities.

According to Kim Chhorn, a senior program coordinator at the elections watchdog Comfrel, each election observer costs $22. Of this sum, $2.50 goes towards purchasing a T-shirt and manual for the observer, $7.50 funds the observer’s training, $10 covers the observer’s election day expenses including food and travel, and $2 covers the cost of recruiting the observer.

Sam Kuntheamy of the elections monitor NICFEC, said that the European Union approved funding to ensure the presence of 12,000 observers, while private individuals donated nearly $20,000 to the coalition. Currently, Kuntheamy said, these funds, in addition to individuals who have decided to volunteer, places the number of observers at 14,500.

Hiring Patterns in Cambodia’s Garment Industry

March 29, 2017

By Menghun Kaing

asiafoundation.org

Despite the fact that Cambodia’s apparel industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country’s export revenue and employs an estimated 700,000 people, finding workers with the right skills remains a major challenge, according to The Asia Foundation’s new survey on recruitment practices in the garment industry in Cambodia.

Garment workers having lunch at a factory in Phnom Penh. Despite the fact that Cambodia’s apparel industry accounts for nearly 80 percent of the country’s export revenue, finding workers with the right skills remains a major challenge. Photo/Flickr user ILO in Asia and the Pacific

Based on online and phone interviews with human resource managers from 52 garment factories in and around Phnom Penh, the survey found that, in addition to technical skills like sewing or quality control, leadership skills such as supervising and team leading were the most difficult to fill. For example, when asked what positions take the longest time to fill, 45 percent of respondents said sewing, 43 percent said supervisor, and 36 percent cited team leader.

The most commonly cited method for finding workers is selecting workers from in front of the factory, with 98 percent of respondents using this method. Taking referrals from existing workers is the second most common way recruiters find workers (81 percent).

Cambodia’s Government On Board With Opposition Congress: CNRP

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CNRP Lawmaker Eng Chhai Eang speaks to reporters after a meeting at the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh, March 29, 2017.

RFA

Cambodia’s government has no objections to the results of an extraordinary congress held by the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) earlier this month to appoint new leadership, the CNRP said Wednesday.

However, the country’s Ministry of Interior appeared to contradict the claim, saying the CNRP would be held to existing by-laws it was found in violation of last week and making no mention of the ministry’s stance on the March 2 extraordinary congress.

In a statement released after a meeting between CNRP lawmaker Eng Chhai Eang and director-general of the Ministry of Interior’s General Directorate of Administration Prak Sam Oeun, the opposition party said the ministry “acknowledges the process of the CNRP extraordinary congress” and “does not object to the amendment of Articles 45 and 47 of the CNRP’s statute.”

Cambodian opposition figure sentenced again

FILE PHOTO: Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy delivers a speech to members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) at a hotel in metro Manila, Philippines June 29, 2016. REUTERS/Romeo Ranoco/File Photo

Cambodia's exiled former opposition leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to an additional 20 months in prison for defamation, on top of a previous five-year term.

Opponents of Prime Minister Hun Sen accuse him of using defamation cases and other tactics to marginalize rivals ahead of local elections in June and a general election next year.

The case against Sam Rainsy had been brought by Hun Sen himself over a radio interview in which he alleged "state authorities" were behind last year's killing of a government critic, Kem Ley.

អ្នកវិភាគ៖ បក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិនឹងមានភាពធូរស្រាល ខណៈក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃទទួលស្គាល់សមាជ

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ភ្នំពេញ ៖ អ្នកវិភាគដែលតាមដានស្ថានការណ៍នយោបាយនៅកម្ពុជាមានប្រសាសន៍ថា ស្ថានភាពបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ នាពេលនេះ មានភាពល្អប្រសើរជាងមុន បន្ទាប់ពីមានកិច្ចចរចារវាងតំណាងក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ និងតំណាងបក្សសង្គ្រោះ ជាតិ។ នេះបើតាមអ្នកវិភាគដែលបានផ្តល់បទសម្ភាសន៍ឱ្យវិទ្យុស្រ្តីនៅថ្ងៃទី ៣០ ខែមីនា ឆ្នំា២០១៧។

លោក កឹម សុខា ជួបអ្នកកាំទ្រ។

បន្ទាប់ពីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃបានចេញលិខិតមួយទៅឱ្យគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិឱ្យកែប្រែនៅពាក្យស្លោកថាដូរមេឃុំបម្រើបក្ស ដាក់មេឃុំបម្រើរាស្រ្ត និងលើកទ្បើងថា ការធ្វើសមាជរបស់បក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិខុសលក្ខន្តិកៈនោះ ភាគីទំាងពីរបានជួបចចារ គ្នាកាលពីរសៀលថ្ងៃទី ២៩ ខែមីនា។

កិច្ចពិភាក្សានេះធ្វើទ្បើងដោយតំណាងបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិចំនួន ៥ រូប និងតំណាងក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃចំនួន ៣រូប។ ជំនួបរវាងថ្នាក់ ដឹកនាំទាំងពីរនេះចំណាយពេលជាង ១ ម៉ោង ដែលមានចំណុចមួយវិជ្ជមាន និងចំនុចអវិជ្ជមាន។

Police officials seize and destroy 89 marijuana plants after being tipped off by locals on Tuesday in Pailin province. Photo supplied

Thu, 30 March 2017

Phak Seangly and Phak Seangly

A farmer was arrested on Tuesday and detained for a day at the Pailin provincial police station for allegedly growing about 90 marijuana plants and sharing the bounty with some young villagers. He was released yesterday afternoon.

Sala Krao district police and village security guards descended on the marijuana patch in O’Andong commune on Tuesday morning after they were tipped-off by locals.

Nhek Thol, district police chief, said 89 marijuana plants – some of them not yet fully grown – were found around the home of 54 year-old Miel Pun.

“Those marijuana plants are grown among other plants such as citronella, herbs and bamboo bushes. We found them and uprooted them,” he said, and adding that fewer than 20 were mature, and that three were found already harvested and dried.

Interior Minister Sar Kheng speaks at the closing of the annual NACD meeting yesterday in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina

Thu, 30 March 2017

Mech Dara and Andrew Nachemson

Interior Minister Sar Kheng yesterday appealed to the international community for aid in Cambodia’s drug war, while the country’s anti-drug chief continued to call for local officials to be given the authority to force drug users into compulsory “treatment centres” without a trial.

Speaking at the last day of the National Authority for Combating Drugs’ annual meeting, chairman Ke Kim Yan responded directly to an article yesterday in The Post in which an independent drug expert said his proposed policy would violate human rights. “We do not violate the people’s rights,” Kim Yan said yesterday. He asserted that “authorities” have the right within the law to force drug users to get treatment.

Twenty years after deadly grenade attack, threat of political violence remains

Bereaved relatives of Chaet Doung Daravudh, a KNP member who was killed in the March 30 grenade attack, gather around his widow, Vout Varun (centre), as they make their way to a temple for the funeral on April 2, 1997. David Van Der Veen/AFP

Thu, 30 March 2017

Erin Handley and Ananth Baliga

Twenty years ago today, some 200 members of the Khmer National Party led by long-time opposition figure Sam Rainsy gathered at a rally in Wat Botum Park to call for an independent judiciary.

Rainsy, who later recalled he hadn’t been feeling well that day, said this week that he remembered little of his speech, which he delivered off the cuff. What he, and the rest of the people assembled, remembered from that day were the four deafening blasts that ripped through the crowd just as he finished speaking.

The explosions were from four grenades lobbed by still-unknown assailants, which killed at least 16, wounded more than 100 and knocked nearly everyone present to the ground.

Rainsy narrowly escaped the blast after his bodyguard, Han Many, jumped on him, shielding him from the explosion and flying shrapnel. Many later died from his injuries.

“What can I say? I feel like I owe my life to him,” Rainsy, who recently resigned as the opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party’s president, said in an interview this week.

Khmer Circle: Under the Hun Sen regime, Cambodia can forget issues like Koh Tral, border encroachments, deforestation [satellite images show alarming rate of forest loss, and timber export to Vietnam doubled last year despite ‘crackdowns’], and development of any kind as state organs such as the ministry of interior, the ACU, police authorities etc. are preoccupied with waging wars on land grab victims, snooping on opposition politicians’ phone conversations and their private affairs, filing ‘defamation’ lawsuits against anyone who airs opinions about anything that contradict the official versions of an event, harassing the opposition party over internal party bylaws that should be regarded as falling strictly within that party’s internal private sphere...

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Prime Minister Hun Sen and Deputy Prime Minister Sar Kheng vote to ammend the Political Party Law at the National Assembly last month in Phnom Penh. Photo supplied

Thu, 30 March 2017

Shaun Turton

The United Nation’s human rights office in Cambodia yesterday jumped into the political fray, deeming controversial amendments to the Law on Political Parties in breach of the Kingdom’s constitution and international human rights law.

In a 32-page legal analysis, released online, the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) stated the legislative changes, hastily drafted by the Cambodian People’s Party and swiftly approved by parliament in February, included “vague” language and “excessive” restrictions. The amendments, widely seen as aimed at the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, allow authorities to dissolve parties for threatening “national unity”, the “security of the state” or making “serious mistakes”.

KrisEnergy employees attach a rock bit to a drilling shaft at an oil platform. Randolph Yost

Thu, 30 March 2017

Kali Kotoski

Executives at Singapore-listed energy firm KrisEnergy Ltd say they have settled terms with the Cambodian government and are ready to sign a long-awaited production-sharing agreement that would pave the way for the first-ever extraction of petroleum from Cambodian territorial waters.

Kelvin Tang, KrisEnergy’s chief operating officer and president of its Cambodia operations, said yesterday that a contract has been finalised that will govern the extraction of offshore oil and gas from the Block A oil field in the Gulf of Thailand. KrisEnergy holds a 95 percent stake in the 4,709-square-kilometre offshore block, while the Cambodian government holds the remaining 5 percent.

A vendor in Beijing stands behind a map of China that includes an insert showing China’s so-called ‘Nine-Dash Line’, which defines its claims in the South China Sea. AFP

Thu, 30 March 2017

Cristina Maza

Chinese and ASEAN representatives are meeting in Siem Reap to begin hammering out a code of conduct for the highly contested South China Sea.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Chum Sounry said Cambodia was hosting the director-general-level meeting yesterday and today.

China has openly dismissed an international tribunal’s determination that the sea’s rocky outcrops cannot be used as the basis for territorial claims, though ASEAN members such as Vietnam and the Philippines, both of which are embroiled in the territorial disputes with China, applauded the decision. While the disputes persist, Beijing has consistently expressed interest in finalising a code of conduct for the region among its neighbours.

Dr Beat Richner speaks to the press at the inauguration of Kantha Bopha 1 hospital in September 1992. Photo supplied

Thu, 30 March 2017

Niem Chheng and Yesenia Amaro

Doctor Beat Richner, the prominent Swiss-born doctor credited with resurrecting the Kantha Bopha Children’s Hospitals – which have treated millions of patients free of charge since 1992 – stepped down from his more than two-decade role of managing the hospitals, citing a serious illness.

The board of the Kantha Bopha Foundation in Zurich, Switzerland, on Tuesday announced that Richner, 70, was being treated at a hospital in Switzerland.

Dr Denis Laurent, Kantha Bopha’s deputy director, confirmed that Peter Studer, vice president of the foundation’s board, has assumed responsibilities as interim head of the hospitals. Laurent declined to comment on the specifics of Richner’s illness or his current medical condition.

“We have already informed the government and the Ministry of Health, and we have no reason to stop anything,” Laurent said. “Kantha Bopha will stay exactly the same.”

Trump Approval Rating Hits New Low

CARLOS BARRIA/REUTERS

President Trump’s approval rating hit a new low following his and the Republican Party’s failure to pass a bill repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. According to Gallup’s newest daily poll, the president now has a 35-percent job approval, his lowest since taking office three months ago. Trump’s approval rating has been uniquely low throughout his tenure this far, peaking at 46 percent shortly after he was inaugurated.

Sam Rainsy handed jail time in defamation case against PM

Sam Rainsy talks to the media after a meeting in Phnom Penh in 2015.

Thu, 30 March 2017

Niem Chheng

Former CNRP president Sam Rainsy was slapped with yet another conviction this morning after the Phnom Penh Municipal Court found him guilty of incitement and defamation for alleging last year that political commentator Kem Ley’s death was “state-backed terrorism”.

The conviction, which coincides with the 20th anniversary of the grenade attack on a rally led by Rainsy, was handed down by judge Y Thavrak, who sentenced Rainsy to one year and eight months in prison along with a 10 million riel fine (about $2,500). Rainsy will also have to pay a symbolic punitive fine of 100 riel to Hun Sen.

“Sam Rainsy is convicted to 20 months and fined 10 million riel for defamation in public and incitement to cause social disorder,” said court spokesman Ly Sophanna, after the ruling.

POLITICAL IDEALS - the roles played by social institutions and democracy [re-post]

A hug of encouragement from Michelle Obama during her brief visit to Siem Reap for the poor of Cambodia, but the country's "PM" is known to have pinned the blame on the impoverished for failing themselves, and on another occasion - with an air of exasperation and ridicule - publicly chided them for demanding too much! ["What more do you want?"]. Having been at the receiving end of such incomprehensible ridicule herself, the First Lady may now be wishing she could have hugged the girls longer in heart-felt solidarity and maternal affection; dished out some no-nonsense advice on tackling bullying in their small national political backyard ... School of Vice - image: washingtonpost.com

by Bertrand Russell

“Few men seem to realize how many of the evils from which we suffer are wholly unnecessary, and that they could be abolished by a united effort within a few years. If a majority in every civilized country so desired, we could, within twenty years, abolish all abject poverty, quite half the illness in the world, the whole economic slavery which binds down nine tenths of our population; we could fill the world with beauty and joy, and secure the reign of universal peace. It is only because men are apathetic that this is not achieved, only because imagination is sluggish, and what always has been is regarded as what always must be. With good-will, generosity, intelligence, these things could be brought about.”

Institutions, and especially economic systems, have a profound influence in molding the characters of men and women. They may encourage adventure and hope, or timidity and the pursuit of safety. They may open men's minds to great possibilities, or close them against everything but the risk of obscure misfortune. They may make a man's happiness depend upon what he adds to the general possessions of the world, or upon what he can secure for himself of the private goods in which others cannot share. Modern capitalism forces the wrong decision of these alternatives upon all who are not heroic or exceptionally fortunate.

Commuters pass by the front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka March 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ashikur Rahman/File Photo

The heist of $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank's account at the New York Federal Reserve last year was "state-sponsored," an FBI officer in the Philippines, who has been involved in the investigations, said on Wednesday.

Lamont Siller, the legal attache at the U.S. embassy, did not elaborate but his comments in a speech in Manila are a strong signal that authorities in the United States are close to naming who carried out one of the world's biggest cyber heists.

Last week, officials in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity, blamed North Korea.

"We all know the Bangladesh Bank heist, this is just one example of a state-sponsored attack that was done on the banking sector," Siller told a cyber security forum.

NGOs lay out plans for election

Comfrel head Koul Panha speaks at a press conference on the upcoming elections yesterday in Phnom Penh. Heng Chivoan

Wed, 29 March 2017

Lay Samean

A coalition of watchdogs and other civil society groups yesterday announced their intention to form a “situation room” for the 2017 commune elections in order to monitor the voting process for irregularities.

The Electoral Reform Alliance (ERA), made up of 30 local and international groups, created a similar headquarters for the 2013 national election.

Koul Panha, head of the elections watchdog Comfrel, said the coalition will observe the voting itself and will also monitor campaigning, the independence of the National Election Committee (NEC) and the heavily criticised recent amendments to the Law on Political Parties, among other factors. “Whether the election is fair cannot be determined only on the election day, but other factors have to be looked at as well,” he said.

Golden memories ... អនុស្សាវរីយ៍មាស

តុលាការអាមេរិកលើកពេលសវនាការសំណុំរឿងពាក់ព័ន្ធលោក ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត

ដោយ តាំង សារ៉ាដា
2017-03-28

មេបញ្ជាការរងកងទ័ពជើងគោក និងជានាយរងសេនាធិការចម្រុះនៃកងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ លោក ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត ផ្ដល់បទសម្ភាសន៍មុនចាកចេញពីកម្ពុជា ទៅប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលី នៅថ្ងៃទី៦ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦។ RFA/Sorn Chanratha
RFA/Sorn Chanratha

តុលាការសហព័ន្ធរបស់សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ក្នុងទីក្រុងឡុងប៊ិច (Long Beach) រដ្ឋកាលីហ្វ័រញ៉ា (California) លើកពេលសវនាការបង្ហាញអង្គហេតុ និងភស្តុតាង ករណីបង្ករបួសស្នាមលើស្មៀនរត់ការឯកសាររបស់តុលាការឈ្មោះ ផល ហេយស៍ (Paul Hayes) ដោយក្រុមអង្គរក្សលោក ហ៊ុន ម៉ាណែត ពីថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែមីនា ទៅថ្ងៃទី១៣ ខែមេសា ខាងមុខវិញ។

ជនជាតិវៀតណាមនៅកំពង់ឆ្នាំងខ្លះមិនចង់ឡើងរស់នៅលើគោក

ដោយ ជិន ជេដ្ឋា
2017-03-29

ផ្ទះបណ្ដែតទឹកដែលភាគច្រើនជាជនជាតិវៀតណាម នៅតំបន់ផ្សារក្រោម ក្រុងកំពង់ឆ្នាំង ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង។ រូបថតថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។ RFA/Chin Chetha

ផ្ទះបណ្ដែតទឹកដែលភាគច្រើនជាជនជាតិវៀតណាម នៅតំបន់ផ្សារក្រោម ក្រុងកំពង់ឆ្នាំង ខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង។ រូបថតថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។ RFA/Chin Chetha
RFA/Chin Chetha

ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍វៀតណាម ដែលស្នាក់នៅលើផ្ទៃបឹងទន្លេសាប ក្នុងខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង ខ្លះ អល់អែកមិនចង់ឡើងរស់នៅលើគោកតាមការអំពាវនាវរបស់អាជ្ញាធរកម្ពុជា។ មន្ត្រីអង្គការការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សក្រៅរដ្ឋាភិបាល ស្វាគមន៍វិធានការបន្លាស់ទីអ្នកភូមិបណ្ដែតទឹករាប់ពាន់គ្រួសារឲ្យឡើងរស់នៅលើគោកនៅពេលនេះ ដើម្បីបញ្ចៀសការបញ្ហាបំពុលទឹក និងប៉ះពាល់ធនធានមច្ឆាជាតិ។

អាជ្ញាធរខេត្តកំពង់ឆ្នាំង កំពុងចលនាឲ្យអ្នកភូមិបណ្ដែតទឹក ដែលភាគច្រើនជាជនជាតិវៀតណាម នៅតំបន់ផ្សារក្រោម ឆ្នុកទ្រូ និងតំបន់កំពង់ប្រាសាទ ឲ្យឡើងរស់នៅលើគោកតាមលទ្ធភាពផ្សេងៗ។ ប៉ុន្តែអ្នកភូមិភាគច្រើនត្អូញត្អែរថា ពួកគេមិនអាចរកទិញ ឬជួលដីសម្រាប់រស់នៅនោះទេ ម្យ៉ាងពួកគេមានជីវភាពក្រីក្រ ពឹងផ្អែកលើមុខរបរនេសាទតិចតួច និងខ្លះធ្វើជាកម្មករតាមទូកនេសាទប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

វៀតណាម៧នាក់ទៀតនិងខ្មែរ២នាក់ត្រូវប៉ូលិសឃាត់ខ្លួនពីបទកាប់ឈើដោយខុសច្បាប់

ដោយ រដ្ឋា វិសាល
2017-03-29

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សហគមន៍ភូមិឃ្វែង ឃុំយ៉ាទុង ស្រុកអូរយ៉ាដាវ ខេត្តរតនគិរី ចុះល្បាតព្រៃនៅចំណុចអូរតាង៉ត ជិតប៉ុស្តិ៍តម្រួតការពារព្រំដែនខ្មែរ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៩ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។

សហគមន៍ភូមិឃ្វែង ឃុំយ៉ាទុង ស្រុកអូរយ៉ាដាវ ខេត្តរតនគិរី ចុះល្បាតព្រៃនៅចំណុចអូរតាង៉ត ជិតប៉ុស្តិ៍តម្រួតការពារព្រំដែនខ្មែរ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៩ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។
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សមត្ថកិច្ចនគរបាលខេត្តរតនគិរី ឃាត់ខ្លួនជនជាតិវៀតណាម ៧នាក់បន្ថែមទៀត ដែលបានឆ្លងដែនចូលកាប់ឈើក្នុងទឹកដីខ្មែរក្នុងស្រុកលំផាត់។ ក្នុងពេលជាមួយគ្នា សមត្ថកិច្ចក៏បានឃាត់ខ្លួនពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ ២នាក់ដែលជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធក្នុងការផ្តល់រថយន្តដឹកជញ្ជូនឈើទៅឲ្យជនជាតិវៀតណាម ទាំងនោះ។

អង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអាមេរិកជំរុញឱ្យ FBI ត្រឡប់ស៊ើបអង្កេតករណីគប់គ្រាប់បែក ៣០មីនា

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ភ្នំពេញ ៖ នាយកអង្គការសិទ្ធិមនុស្សរបស់សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក Human Rights-wacth បានទទូចឱ្យការិយាល័យស៊ើប អង្កេតសហព័ន្ធអាមេរិក FBI ត្រឡប់មកធ្វើការស៊ើបអង្កេតឡើងវិញ សំណុំឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្ម គប់គ្រាប់បែកនៅថ្ងៃ ៣០ មីនា ឆ្នាំ១៩៩៧ នៅខាងមុខ អតីតមន្ទីរដ្ឋសភាជាតិ។ តែសម្រាប់អ្នកនាំពាក្យបក្សកាន់អំណាចបានដាក់កំហុសនេះទៅលើ លោកសមរង្ស៊ី ។

រូបភាពសាច់ញាតិរបស់ជនគ្រោះក្នុងហេតុការណ៍គប់គ្រាប់បែកកាលពីថ្ងៃទី ៣០ មីនា ១៩៩៧ ទៅគោរពវិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធ។រូបភាពពីអាស៊ីសេរី(rfa)

ការគប់គ្រាប់ចំនួន៤គ្រាប់នៅពេលនោះ គឺទៅលើហ្វូងបាតុករ ដឹកនាំដោយលោកសម រង្ស៊ី ទាមទារឱ្យកែទម្រង់ប្រព័ន្ធ តុលាការនៅកម្ពុជា។ ក្នុងការវាយប្រហារនេះ បណ្តាលឱ្យមនុស្ស១៦ បានស្លាប់ និង របួសជាង១៥០នាក់។

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra ordered to pay more than $510m over decade-old controversy

By: Logan Connor - POSTED ON: March 29, 2017

Sea Globe

The fines stem from a 2006 deal Thaksin made that netted his family $1.9 billion

A Thai police officer and a revenue official put a tax form at the gate of coup-ousted and exiled former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s ex-wife’s house in Bangkok, Thailand, 28 March 2017. Photo: EPA/STRINGER THAILAND OUT

On Tuesday, Thai officials ordered the country’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to pay approximately $511m in taxes and fines from a decade-old controversy.

The issue stems from the sale of Shin Corporation, a telecommunications company founded by Thaksin, to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings in 2006. The deal, which brought the Shinawatra family $1.9 billion, invoked fury among those opposed to his government, and he was subsequently ousted in a 2006 military coup.

The bill was posted at Thaksin’s former home in Bangkok, where he lived before going into exile in 2008 to avoid prison over a graft conviction that he claims was politically motivated.

Environmental officers inspect and seize illegal timber last week in Kratie province. Photo supplied

Wed, 29 March 2017

Phak Seangly

An illegal logger was killed when a first-grade tree fell on him in a Kratie community forest whose chief has allegedly gone into hiding following accusations of being involved in forestry crimes.

Two men, including the deceased, Meng Chhun Heng, 34, were felling a sokrom tree in Prasat Prey Toek Khmao community forest, in Kampong Cham commune, according to local village chief Im Pov.

“The two of them covertly logged a sokrom tree, [measuring] 40 centimetres in diametre and 16 metres long,” he said. “While they were logging, their chainsaw’s blade got stuck, and the tree . . . broke, falling on the victim.”

HRW៖ ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃកំពុងយាយីបក្សប្រឆាំងតាមយន្តការឆ្កួតលីលា

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2017-03-29

លោក ហ្វីល រ៉ូប៊ឺតសុន (Phil Robertson) នាយករងនៃអង្គការឃ្លាំមើលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអន្តរជាតិ យូមែន រ៉ៃត៍ វ៉ច្ឆ (Human Rights Watch) ប្រចាំអាស៊ី ផ្ដល់បទសម្ភាសន៍ដល់វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី ស្ដីពីកម្ពុជា បញ្ជូនជនជាតិម៉ុងតាញ៉ា ទៅឲ្យប្រទេសវៀតណាម។ រូបថតខែមីនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥
Photo: RFA

ក្រុមអ្នកឃ្លាំមើលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអន្តរជាតិសម្ដែងក្ដីបារម្ភថា ការបន្តយាយីរបស់ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ មកលើគណបក្សប្រឆាំង ជាសញ្ញាមួយក្នុងការរាំងខ្ទប់ និងបំបិទសំឡេងបក្សប្រឆាំងពីការចូលរួមដំណើរការបោះឆ្នោតក្រុមប្រឹក្សាឃុំ-សង្កាត់ នៅពេលខាងមុខ។

នាយករងទទួលបន្ទុកកិច្ចការតំបន់អាស៊ីសេរី របស់អង្គការឃ្លាំមើលសិទ្ធិមនុស្សអន្តរជាតិ យូមែន រ៉ៃត៍ វ៉ច្ឆ (Human Rights Watch) លោក ហ្វីល រ៉ូប៊ឺតសុន (Phil Robertson) ចាត់ទុកការបង្កភាពស្មុគស្មាញរបស់ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ ដល់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ជុំវិញបញ្ហាលក្ខន្តិកៈផ្ទៃក្នុងនោះ ជាការរើសអើងគណបក្សប្រឆាំងដើម្បីបង្កឧបសគ្គមិនឲ្យគណបក្សនេះអាចចូលរួមការបោះឆ្នោតបានដោយងាយស្រួល។

Gold coin worth $4 million stolen from Berlin museum

Reuters

A Canadian gold coin named "Big Maple Leaf" which bears the image of Queen Elizabeth II was stolen in the early hours of Monday morning from Berlin's Bode Museum.

The coin is made out of pure gold, weighs about 100 kilos and has a face value of around $1 million.

"The coin was stolen last night, it's gone," museum spokesman Markus Farr said.

Given the high purity of the gold used in the coin, its material value is estimated to be $4 million.

FILE PHOTO - Picture taken in Vienna, Austria on June 25, 2010 shows experts of an Austrian art forwarding company holding one of the world's largest gold coins, a 2007 Canadian $ 1,000,000 ''Big Maple Leaf''. An identical coin was stolen from Berlin's Bode Museum on March... REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo

The museum said on its website that the coin was issued by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007 and that it was featured in the Guinness Book of Records for its "unmatched" degree of purity.

សេដ្ឋកិច្ច វៀតណាមប្រឈមមុខនឹងការធ្លាក់ចុះបន្តិចនៅឆ្នាំ២០១៧

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អ្នកជំនាញបានព្យាករណ៍ថាសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរបស់ប្រទេសវៀតណាមនឹងជួបប្រទះការលំបាកក្នុងឆ្នាំ២០១៧ ជាងឆ្នាំមុន២០១៦ ដោយសារតែបម្រែបម្រួលនូវភូមិសាស្ត្រនយោបាយ អស្ថិរភាពហរិញ្ញវត្ថុ។

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អ្នកសេដ្ឋកិច្ចបាន និយាយថា រដ្ឋាភិបាលវៀតណាមបានកំណត់នូវគោលដៅតំឡើង GDP ឲ្យបាន៦.៧ ដែលនេះគឺជាគោលដៅខ្ពស់ជាងឆ្នាំ២០១៦វៀតណាម អាចមានកំណើន បានត្រឹមតែ ៦.២ តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។

នៅក្នុងបរិបទនៃឱនភាពថវិកាកើនឡើង ខណៈគោលនយោបាយសារពើពន្ធមិនបានជួយជំរុញដល់កំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចទេ។ ប្រការនេះ ត្រូវមានគោលនយោបាយបន្ធូរបន្ថយរូបិយវត្ថុ។

ទោះបីជាយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយសេដ្ឋកិច្ចបាននិយាយថា វាគឺជារឿងដែលលំបាកដែលវៀតណាមនៅតែរក្សានូវស្ថិរភាពអត្រាការប្រាក់ដោយសារធនាគារពាណិជ្ជកម្មខ្លះបានតម្លើងអត្រាការប្រាក់ម្តងទៀតខណៈបំណុលមិនល្អធ្វើឱ្យអត្រាប្តូរប្រាក់អាវប៉ះពាល់អត្ថប្រយោជន៍គោលនយោបាយរូបិយវត្ថុ៕

កូរ៉េខាងត្បូង៖លោកស្រីប៉ាកនឹងមានទោស១០ឆ្នាំតែឃុំនៅក្នុងបន្ទប់មួយម្នាក់ឯង

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នៅថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ ទី៣០ មិនា គឺជាថ្ងៃកំណត់បើកសវនាការជំនុំជម្រះក្ដី លោកស្រី ប៉ាក គុនហេ អតីតប្រធានាធិបតីកូរ៉េខាងត្បូង ពី បទទទួលប្រាក់សំណូកនិងបំពានអំណាចរដ្ឋដែលនាំអោយលោកស្រី អាចមានទោស ១០ឆ្នាំ ។

តាមបណ្ដាញផ្សាយព័ត៌មាន Channel News Asia លោកស្រី ប៉ាក នឹងត្រូវរដ្ឋអាជ្ញាចេញដីការឃុំខ្លួននៅថ្ងៃទី ៣០ មិនា ថ្ងៃនោះហើយដែលលោកស្រីត្រូវនាំខ្លួនទៅពន្ធនាគារដើម្បីបន្ដសំណុំរឿងក្ដីប្រឆាំងនឹងលោកស្រី ។

Vendors block the Poipet International Border Checkpoint last month by dumping nearly 1,000 kilograms of fish in the street in protest against a Thai tariff increase. Photo supplied

Wed, 29 March 2017

“On the one hand, it is a deeply co-dependent and thriving cross-border economy; on the other, two separate sovereign states separated by an invisible but deadly border.”

It had only been a few days since the latest crackdown on Cambodian migrants working in Thailand – more than 1,000 illegal workers were sent back in only three days in early March before attention once again turned to this slow burning international conflict.

A few months before, thousands more suffered a similar fate. Moreover, these were the lucky ones. According to a Ministry of Interior report, in 2016 “Thai soldiers shot dead two and injured seven Cambodian citizens who illegally crossed the border, and arrested 293 people, including 45 females”, with a spate of violence in December of last year prompting emergency talks between top leaders to discuss a border that remains “a killing machine” according to human rights groups.

Nevertheless, the issue runs far deeper than the disproportionate responses of a handful of border police. The key dissonance is not between Thai and Cambodian authorities’ view of their mutual border, but between the official view of the Thai-Cambodian migration system and the perspective of those who use it.

Khmer Circle: How often have we come across a murder case [or any criminal case!] where the mothers of both the accused/convicted and the victim question the court’s ruling? This can only be the Kingdom of Wonder...

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2017-03-28

Kem Ley’s mother Phauk Se speaks with a supporter at her village of Ang Takop, in Takeo province's Leay Bo Traim Kak district, Sept. 27, 2016.

RFA

The mothers of murdered political analyst Kem Ley and his convicted slayer, Oueth Ang, have both questioned a Cambodian court’s recent decision to sentence the latter to life in prison last week, saying it is unlikely he is solely responsible for the killing.

Phauk Se, whose son Kem Ley was gunned down on the morning of July 10, 2016 as he stopped for coffee at a gasoline station on a busy intersection in the capital Phnom Penh, said Tuesday demanded that authorities proceed with an investigation in the case.

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កាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទ គ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍បុករះដ៏អាក្រក់មួយកើតឡើងនៅភ្នំពេញ សម្លាប់មនុស្សយ៉ាងហោចណាស់៣នាក់ និងច្រើននាក់ទៀតរងរបួស។ នៅក្នុងហេតុការណ៍នេះ អ្នកបើកឡានដែលជាជនបង្កហេតុ ត្រូវបានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋផ្ដន្ទាទោសភ្លាមៗ ដោយព្រួតគ្នាវាយរហូតសល់តែដង្ហើមចង្រិត។ នេះមិនមែនជាលើកទីមួយទេ សម្រាប់ករណីដូច្នេះ។ តើហេតុអ្វីបានជាប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរនិយមតាំងខ្លួនជា «តុលាការ» កាត់ទោសជនល្មើសនៅលើដងផ្លូវ?

មិនមែនជារឿងចម្លែកអ្វីទេ នៅពេលដែលប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ ស្រុះស្រួលមូលមតិគ្នាដាក់ទោសទណ្ឌទៅលើជនប្រព្រឹត្តល្មើស តាមរយៈការវាយដំច្រំធាក់រហូតដល់ជនល្មើសនៅស្រល់តែដង្ហើមចង្រឹតទើបអស់ចិត្ត។ ករណីគ្រោះថ្នាក់ចរាចរណ៍បុករះកាលពីថ្ងៃចន្ទ នៅត្រង់ចំណុចវិទ្យាល័យបឹងត្របែក គឺជាភស្តុតាងស្រាប់។ ក្រៅពីករណីនេះ ក៏មានផងដែរ ករណីព្រួតវាយផ្សេងទៀត ដូចជាកាលពីដើមខែមីនា ត្រង់ចំណុចផ្សារដើមគ ទៅលើរថយន្តព្រូសមួយគ្រឿង ដែលបានបើកបុករះបង្ករបួសស្នាម តែមិនទទួលខុសត្រូវបែរជាបើករត់។ មិនត្រឹមតែវាយកម្ទេចរថយន្តទេ ជនបង្កហេតុក៏ត្រូវបានអ្នកដំណើរនៅម្ដុំផ្សារដើមគ ព្រួតវាយរហូតដល់បាត់បង់ស្មារតីផងដែរ។

The housing bubble mess that Obama had to clean up was piddling compared to the potential crash of conventional fuel prices that lurks in the very near future.

Mark Hertsgaard

MARK HERTSGAARD

01.10.17

TDB

Like Barack Obama before him, Donald Trump comes to power amid an inherited emergency. When Obama took office in January 2009, the U.S. economy was in freefall. massive housing bubble had burst. Banks were failing, stock markets tumbling. Millions of people were losing their jobs, homes, and life savings.

The emergency Trump inherits also involves a bubble, but his bubble is made of carbon. This bubble nevertheless threatens many of the same catastrophes Obama’s did, including the evaporation of trillions of dollars worth of wealth and terrible human suffering. Trump seems oblivious to the danger, judging from his nomination of ExxonMobil’s CEO Rex Tillerson and other fossil fuel champions to his cabinet. But the confirmation hearings that begin this week enable the Senate and the press to publicize the emergency, demand answers, and reject any nominee unfit to manage the crisis.

Khmer Circle: This is one among many reasons why those in power in Cambodia today are determined to cling on to their seats regardless...

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By: Logan Connor - POSTED ON: March 29, 2017

Sea Globe

An attempt on the life of opposition figure Sam Rainsy 20 years ago killed 16 and wounded hundreds more

A Cambodian woman puts flowers to pray for victims who died in a grenade attack in 1997, at a stupa during a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 30 March 2016. Photo:

“Compelling evidence of the involvement of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s personal bodyguard unit in this atrocity means a serious domestic investigation never has – and never will – take place,”

Thursday marks 20 years since a vicious grenade attack carried out on a Cambodian opposition party protest left 16 people dead and hundreds more wounded. Two decades on, no arrests have been made for the attack and a stalled FBI investigation has left many questions unanswered.

On 30 March 1997, a rally organised by the opposition Khmer Nation Party, led by former Cambodia National Rescue Party president and established opposition figure Sam Rainsy, had gathered in a Phnom Penh park to protest corruption and a lack of independence in the country’s judiciary.

The long tragedy of Cham history

“The process [‘Nam Tien’ or Vietnamese southward expansion] was well defined by Léopold Cadière in 1911: “As soon as they feel themselves able, they drive off the first inhabitants, whether in a peaceful manner, by taking over the land, clearing it and “planting the bamboo” – the hedges that to this day still surround Annamese gardens and villages – or by violence, then they fight with the Chams, destroying their temples and mutilating their statues.” In short, there was no room left for the Chams.”

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