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MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2014 Successful People Read The Post 4000 RIEL ISSUE NUMBER 1981 Pech Sotheary IN THE first reported fatal flooding of the wet season, a weekend deluge across 13 provinces left at least five people dead, according to officials, who say that more destruction could be approaching. As of yesterday, two peo- ple had drowned in Kratie, one in Stung Treng and another in Kandal province, said Keo Vy, cabinet chief of the National Committee for Disaster Management. A local official in Kep reported a drowning in an open well obscured by floodwaters. “If the rains continue for another seven days, there may be more flooding,” Vy said. Vy said the exact scope of the damage isn’t yet known, and the reported death toll could rise. His office is still gathering reports from pro- vincial officials. In Kratie, according to Vy, floods inundated 3,000 hectares of farmland, 3,080 houses and 18 schools, forcing 611 families to be evacuated. In Kampong Cham, three rivers spilled over their banks, although no houses are reported to have been affected. Floodwater overflowed onto thousands of hectares of farmland in Prey Veng and Ratanakkiri as well, he said. While Kratie Provincial Governor Sar Chamrong said he didn’t believe the floods were truly serious yet, he urged caution given that Rising waters claim 5 lives Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye O PPOSITION Cambo- dia National Rescue Party leaders yester- day labelled the arrests of three members of the party’s youth wing on Saturday an act of “intimidation” con- trary to the spirit of the July 22 agreement to end the CNRP’s boycott of parliament. Kheun Chamreoun, an elected district councillor and head of the party’s youth movement in Phnom Penh, councillor San Kim Heng and 25-year-old Tuol Kork district youth movement treasurer Neang Sokhoun became the latest to be arrested on charges related to a violent July 15 protest in Freedom Park. CNRP president Sam Rainsy yesterday accused the ruling Cambodian People’s Party of using the threat of legal action to pressure the opposition to take its seats in the National Assembly before stalled work- ing group negotiations could reach an agreement. “This is very worrying because it is contrary to the spirit of the joint statement that the CNRP and CPP issued before the July 22 meeting. In that statement … the two parties decided to dif- fuse political tension, but their An act of ‘intimidation’ CNRP leaders decry new arrests, summonses over July 15 violence CONTINUED – PAGE 2 CONTINUED – PAGE 6 VENDORS SEE JUSTICE IN ARREST NATIONAL – PAGE 4 SPACE INDUSTRY PUSHING THE FINAL FRONTIER BUSINESS – PAGE 10 THE RAGE AND GENIUS OF JAMES BROWN LIFESTYLE – PAGE 19 Nepalese rescue personnel examine the site of a landslide on the Sukoshi River northeast of Kathmandu on Sunday. The massive landslide left at least eight people dead and dozens missing as officials worked to clear debris blocking a major river and avert the possibility of flash floods. AFP River of dirt STORY > 14

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MONDAY, August 4, 2014 Successful People Read The Post 4000 RIEL

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Pech Sotheary

IN THE first reported fatal flooding of the wet season, a weekend deluge across 13 provinces left at least five people dead, according to officials, who say that more destruction could be approaching.

As of yesterday, two peo-ple had drowned in Kratie, one in Stung Treng and another in Kandal province, said Keo Vy, cabinet chief of the National Committee for Disaster Management. A local official in Kep reported a drowning in an open well obscured by floodwaters.

“If the rains continue for another seven days, there may be more flooding,” Vy said.

Vy said the exact scope of the damage isn’t yet known, and the reported death toll could rise. His office is still gathering reports from pro-vincial officials.

In Kratie, according to Vy, floods inundated 3,000 hectares of farmland, 3,080 houses and 18 schools, forcing 611 families to be evacuated. In Kampong Cham, three rivers spilled over their banks, although no houses are reported to have been affected.

Floodwater overflowed onto thousands of hectares of farmland in Prey Veng and Ratanakkiri as well, he said.

While Kratie Provincial Governor Sar Chamrong said he didn’t believe the floods were truly serious yet, he urged caution given that

Rising waters claim 5 lives

Meas Sokchea and Daniel Pye

OPPOSITION Cambo-dia National Rescue Party leaders yester-day labelled the

arrests of three members of the party’s youth wing on Saturday

an act of “intimidation” con-trary to the spirit of the July 22 agreement to end the CNRP’s boycott of parliament.

Kheun Chamreoun, an elected district councillor and head of the party’s youth movement in Phnom Penh, councillor San

Kim Heng and 25-year-old Tuol Kork district youth movement treasurer Neang Sokhoun became the latest to be arrested on charges related to a violent July 15 protest in Freedom Park.

CNRP president Sam Rainsy yesterday accused the ruling

Cambodian People’s Party of using the threat of legal action to pressure the opposition to take its seats in the National Assembly before stalled work-ing group negotiations could reach an agreement.

“This is very worrying because

it is contrary to the spirit of the joint statement that the CNRP and CPP issued before the July 22 meeting. In that statement … the two parties decided to dif-fuse political tension, but their

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nepalese rescue personnel examine the site of a landslide on the Sukoshi River northeast of Kathmandu on Sunday. The massive landslide left at least eight people dead and dozens missing as officials worked to clear debris blocking a major river and avert the possibility of flash floods. AFp

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actions have only increased the tensions,” he said.

Seven opposition lawmakers and an activist were arrested in the immediate wake of the July 15 protest, which saw several irregular security force mem-bers sustain injuries.

All eight were released hours after an agreement was reached to end the deadlock on July 22. However, outstanding charges could see them face decades in prison if found guilty.

On Friday, they were sum-monsed to appear in court again later this month to answer fur-ther questions along with CNRP deputy president Kem Sokha.

Councillor Chamreoun was charged with the same offences as the eight previously detained, while Kim Heng and Sokhoun were charged with intentional violence, joining an insurrec-tion and violence against civil servants, according to their lawyer, Sam Sok Kong.

CNRP lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua, who was one of those jailed last month, said the con-tinued arrests and threats of legal action were part of a cam-paign of intimidation.

“It’s all about intimidation, about trying to make us live in fear,” she said. “Do we accept to live in fear? We do not.”

Several government officials could not be reached to respond

to the allegations of intimida-tion yesterday, but a statement from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Press and Quick Reaction Unit denied there was a political motive behind the arrests.

“The arrest of these three indi-viduals is the proper enforce-ment of procedure, according to the complaint of the victims, in taking action against the indi-viduals who broke the law,” the statement reads.

Ou Virak, chairman of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said it was fear of a popular uprising that fuelled the government’s crackdown on the opposition.

“Hun Sen was concerned that the rising people power movement would topple the government, as has happened in countries in the Middle East,” he said. “The govern-ment seems to be very worried about this, and we see all the charges are for insurrection.”

Political analyst Kem Ley painted Hun Sen as a master tactician accustomed to out-manoeuvring opponents.

“Hun Sen has played the game of political chess for a very long time, since 1993. His tactics were not obvious before, but later, people began to under-stand. Even though people are not used to playing his game, they can now see that it is polit-ical manoeuvring,” he said.

Rainsy said that while the party would do all it could to assist its jailed members, it would not waver in its demands for reform.

“We will keep insisting that our goals are met,” he said.

Talks between the two work-ing groups stalled late last week after a deal was reached to amend the internal rules of par-liament, but without reaching a consensus on how to amend the constitution and election law.

On Thursday, Interior Minis-ter Sar Kheng responded to a set of CNRP draft amendments by issuing his own, which did not include a provision for granting parliamentary immu-nity to members of the reformed National Election Committee. This could throw another span-ner in the works, as immunity was a key condition for “con-sensus” NEC appointee Pung Chhiv Kek to accept the job.

The parties are due to hold further talks this week.

On the progress of the nego-tiations, Sochua said that disa-greements were a healthy sign.

“Sometimes, I can tell you, the conversations at a technical level get heated. But the heated conversations actually show that the two sides are starting to work together,” she said.

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Cambodia National Rescue Party youth leader Neang Sokhoun is detained by authorities in Phnom Penh on Saturday in connection with violence at Freedom Park last month. photo SUppLIED

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Arrests ‘an act of intimidation’ Scorn heaped on plan to bar ‘China brides’Sen David and Alice Cuddy

THE government’s re-quest for China to no longer grant visas to single Cambodian

women was lambasted by rights groups yesterday as dis-criminatory and misguided.

Under increasing pressure, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement calling on embassies in neighbour-ing countries to up their ef-forts to stop the trafficking of Cambodian women to China for marriage.

“For this problem, the Min-istry of Foreign Affairs suggests that China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs orders its embassies and consulates-general abroad, es-pecially in Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, to stop providing vi-sas to Cambodian single wom-en,” the statement reads.

The ministry “also advises the Cambodian Embassy and Consulates-general in China not to issue any single status certificate to the Cambodian women so that brokers can-not bring them to marry with Chinese men”.

In the statement, the Minis-try of Foreign Affairs suggests that single Cambodian wom-en should only be granted a working visa if they can pro-duce an official letter of invi-tation, and only be granted a tourist visa if they deposit $10,000 in a Chinese bank.

Am Sam Ath, a technical supervisor for rights group Li-cadho, said he was “shocked” by the ministry’s suggestions.

“It is very strong; other countries never take action like this. I know that it is in order to protect women . . . but it could affect other wom-en who are single and want to have a holiday,” he said.

Moeun Tola, head of the la-bour program at the Commu-nity Legal Education Center (CLEC), agreed.

“It is not a logical way to deal with the situation. It will affect the people who want . . . to be tourists in China; it’s not fair for them . . . to apply for a tourist visa and deposit that amount of money. I’m afraid that would violate individual rights,” he said.

Tola added that he was unsure why the ministry was targeting embassies in Thailand, Vietnam and Laos, rather than focusing on the one in Cambodia.

“In all the cases that we in-tervene in, all of [the women] get visas from the embassy in Cambodia,” he said.

If the government were serious about stopping traf-ficking, Tola said, it would prosecute brokers and “elim-inate the corruption” of its own officials.

“For us it’s quite common to hear that the embassy will ignore the victim, push the victim to go back to the home [of their abuser] or the police station,” he said.

Opposition lawmaker-elect Mu Sochua said that rather than a “blanket ban”, stricter measures should be placed on those applying for a visa.

“When there is a woman who’s never left the country and a visa is applied for on her behalf, there should be some suspicion,” she said.

Foreign Ministry spokes-man Koy Kuong could not be reached for comment.

It will affect the people who want . . .

to be tourists in China; it’s not fair

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Fateful meal

Girl, 6, dies after eating staple food

A 6-YEAR-OLD girl died and five girls became seriously ill after eating

cassava with their family on Friday morning, Kampong Chhnang officials said.

The girls’ aunt had cooked cassava harvested from the plantation she worked on and shared the dish with 14 mem-bers of her family. None of the adults got sick.

“At about 5pm on the same day, the six girls, aged between 4 and 7, started vomi-ting,” Seng Dy, police chief in Boribor district’s Chhnok Trou commune, said yesterday.

The girls were referred to the provincial hospital, where 6-year-old Lai Chanlis died. Only her 4-year-old sister remains hospitalised.

According to Seng Dy, the family ate the cassava because they are poor and didn’t know the plant could be poisonous.

Cassava, a staple starch in much of the world, can cause cyanide poisoning if not prepared properly. However, a cause of death has yet to be confirmed, according to the Sorin Ravuthy, director of the referral hospital. MOM KUNTHEAR

asset freeze ‘not serious’May Titthara

LaND rights advocates and evict-ees are calling on the govern-ment to be more aggressive in its pursuit of four prominent busi-

ness owners whose assets the Ministry of Economy and Finance has asked the Na-tional Bank of Cambodia to freeze over outstanding payments for land swaps involving state-owned property.

the ministry requested the somewhat unusual step on July 22, explaining to the bank that suy sophan, the president of development company Phan Imex; Phou sivkhen, president of golden Century Import Export Co Ltd; Ngin Mono, presi-dent of construction firm Mono Ratanak; and Norng savuth, president of sovann Vathanak, are all in delinquency.

However, according to Chan soveth with the rights group adhoc, “freezing is not serious”.

“they should not just freeze the ac-counts until they pay,” he added. “they should investigate in depth.”

sophan, whose company Phan Imex is responsible for the notorious Borei Keila eviction in 2012, owes money to both the Ministry of Information and the Ministry of Public Works, though the land swaps are not related to the Borei Keila dispute.

sivkhen has yet to pay for a swimming pool and hotel in Battambang province formerly owned by the Ministry of Inte-rior, while Mono is behind on payments for the city’s Monorom Hotel as well as for a swap with the Ministry of Defence in which the tycoon bought a medicine

warehouse, according to the letter. savuth, the ministry claims, never paid in entirety for the former antique department of the Ministry of Culture and Fine arts.

“the ministry will inform and ask for you to reopen those accounts when the parties pay the debts and fines to the gov-ernment,” the letter reads.

Chea serey, the director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia, and Minister of Economy and Finance Minister aun Porn Moniroth, who signed the letter, did not pick up the phone yesterday. Contact

information for sivkhen, Mono and sa-vuth could not immediately be located.

Most of the ire, however, was focused on sophan and Phan Imex.

Chhay Kimhorn, representative of the Borei Keila community, said she was “de-lighted” to hear about the action, but said it wasn’t enough.

“We do not just want to see her assets frozen, but we also want to have her im-prisoned” she said.

sophan did not pick up the phone when called yesterday.

Suy Sophan, president of Phan Imex, talks at an event in 2010 for evicted families. The government has asked for Sophan’s assets to be frozen due to oustanding payments. HENG CHIVOAN

Payments made to retirees riseVong Sokheng

tHE government is upping the payments made to retired and disabled civil servants, accord-ing to a July 31 subdecree by Prime Minister Hun sen.

Mut Khiev, secretary of state at the Ministry of social affairs, said the payments stand between 200,000 and 300,000 riel per month (about $50 to $75). But under the new sub-decree – which is back-dated to april 1 – recipients at the lower end of the pay scale would col-lect an additional 20,000 riel, those in the middle would col-lect another 40,000, and those at the upper end would receive another 60,000.

“We know that the wage was not proportionate to the cur-rent situation of living condi-tions,” he said, adding that a plan was also in the works to increase the base retirement pay to 400,000 riel by 2018, he said.

Opposition spokesman Yim sovann said his party supported the payments but maintained that the best way to improve former civil servants’ quality of life was to pay higher wages in “proportion with current mar-ket prices”.

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Anti-tank mine

Explosion in remote area injures three

THREE people were severely hurt when a tractor in Banteay

Meanchey ran over a buried anti-tank mine in a former battlefield on Thursday.

The explosion in Svay Chek district caused one man to lose both his legs, while ano-ther lost his eyes and broke his feet and the third sustai-ned minor wounds, according to Song Sokhon, the district’s deputy police chief.

The men were on their way home to O’Chrou district carrying water when they ran over the mine, Sokhon said. They were sent to a nearby town hospital.

Seven districts in Ban-teay Meanchey, including Svay Chek, have yet to be cleared by demining teams, according to Tean Sovann Phalla, provincial director of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC).

In the first six months of this year, there have been 101 injuries and 14 people have been killed due to unexploded ordnance, up from 65 injuries and eight deaths in the same period last year. KIM SAROM

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Namhong headed to AsEAN talksCheang Sokha

FOREIgN Minister Hor Nam-hong will head to Myanmar later this week ahead of a three-day meeting of AsEAN foreign ministers beginning on Friday, with the multilateral talks set to focus on the ongoing dispute over the south China sea.

Namhong will attend an AsEAN meeting, as well as meet-ings of the AsEAN Plus three countries – which includes Chi-na, south Korea and Japan – the East Asia summit and the AsEAN Regional Forum.

All of the meetings will take place in the capital Naypyidaw.

Namhong will also hold a number of bilateral meetings with his counterparts, includ-ing Australia’s Julie Bishop.

the diplomats may reignite talks over a controversial deal to send refugees from Australian-run off-shore detention centres to Cambodia, which was broached by Bishop in a meeting with Namhong in February. For-eign Ministry spokesman Koy Kuong could not be reached.

Namhong is also scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with China’s foreign minister and his south Korean counterpart.

Vendors see justice in arrestKhouth Sophak Chakrya

tHE Friday arrest of a local busi-nesswoman who holds the mu-nicipal contract to collect park-ing and stall fees from markets

citywide on breach of trust charges came as no surprise to many vendors, aggrieved by what they say are her unfair business practices.

Cheav Vibol, deputy director of the mi-nor crimes department of the Phnom Penh Municipal Police station, said yes-terday that Roth sopheap’s arrest was ordered by municipal court judge Pich Maren for alleged breaches of trust com-mitted between 2009 and 2013.

“After a three-hour interrogation, the court ordered the authorities to transport Roth sopheap to the Phnom Penh Munic-ipal Police station [to hold her] for further questioning on Monday,” Vibol said.

Municipal spokesman Long Dimanche said yesterday that he thought the charges stemmed from a “personal case” unrelated to sopheap’s city contract, but that didn’t stop an outpouring of schadenfreude yes-terday from disgruntled vendors affected by her purportedly poor stewardship of the city’s markets.

Chan Vicheka, 35, who lives on Monivong Boulevard near Central Mar-ket, said that after receiving the license to collect market and parking fees, sopheap had demanded greater amounts than those outlined by the Ministry of Finance. What’s more, he continued, his own prop-erty was colonised in a recently halted bid to turn Monivong’s sidewalks into paid

parking spaces. “My front yard was used as parking spac-

es by Roth sopheap’s company,” Vicheka said, adding that the flawed scheme was a pain for both residents and motorists.

second-hand shoe seller Kem Heng, 57, said that under sopheap’s regime, she had been forced to pay about $1.40 a day – ne-gotiated down from $2 – for a space near Wat Ounalom she had previously occu-pied for free, with nary a receipt to show for it. In order to first secure her payments, she added, sopheap’s agents confiscated her goods and held them hostage.

Nonetheless, Heng said, the arrest was likely a show meant to deflect disapproval.

“I think that arresting Roth sopheap is just a play, and doing this will keep people and sellers from criticising her,” she said.

However, Pov sopheak, a vendor near Psar Chas market, hailed the arrest as a promising development in the fight against corruption and “opportunists,” and said he wasn’t ready to write off the case just yet.

“We will wait and see how effectively the authorities and the Phnom Penh Munici-pal Court work on this case,” he said.

A fruit vendor packs fruit for a customer yesterday at a market in Phnom Penh where Roth Sopheap’s company is responsible for collecting rent from shop owners. phA LINA

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Authorities stop a bus on the eastern side of Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge yesterday evening after a ban was placed on vehicles weighing more than 3 tonnes from using the ailing bridge. ELI MEIXLER

Bridge ban enforcedSen David

CItY Hall on Friday of-ficially issued its ban on trucks weighing more than 3 tonnes

from using the Cambodian-Japanese Friendship Bridge until cracks discovered last month in a pillar on the bridge’s eastern end are repaired, a city spokesman said yesterday.

Long Dimanche said po-lice had been stationed at the nearly 50-year-old span to turn back vehicles exceeding

the weight limit, and that such vehicles would have to use Prek Phnov Bridge – nearly 10 kilometres to the north.

“We sent the police to guard it and to order [trucks] to cross by Prek Phnov Bridge. We are not allowing trucks over three tonnes to cross for safety [rea-sons], and in order to protect our bridge after it was found that it . . . must be repaired by Japanese engineers,” he said.

a policeman at the bridge yesterday morning said of-ficers had been guarding the

on-ramps since Friday. “We guard it, because we fear some big truck drivers would not obey,” he said.

truck driver sam Chan ta, on his way to siem Reap, said the detour would affect his schedule, but was still better than the alternative.

“Now they’ve banned us. I have to drive to Prek Phnov Bridge, which is so far way, and takes time [to get to]. But I have to obey because we’re afraid of an accident . . . on the bridge,” he said.

Controversial pagoda closed

Croc release at dam site planned

Phak Seangly

KaNDaL province’s tuol Reachea pagoda has been ordered shut for a week after authorities yesterday broke into the living quarters of thean Vuthy, a man who claims to be the next Buddha, and found jewellery and other “irregular” items.

the joint force from the Min-istry of Cults and Religion and provincial authorities found “a lot of diamonds, platinum, photos of himself, amulets, clothes, and more,” according

to Phay Bunchhoeun, Kandal provincial governor.

“We do not know if the jewel-lery is fake or not,” Bunchhoe-un said. “Our committee is investigating the matter and has thus closed the pagoda for a week.”

On June 27, authorities seized thousands of Vuthy’s books, CDs and photos that were being sold at the pagoda by vendors.

the Ministry of Cults and Religion released a letter last week saying Vuthy “seriously offends the values of our state

religion of Buddhism.” Vuthy was summonsed to

“clarify, educate, and correct his views in accordance with Buddhist practices and state law,” but his current wherea-bouts are unknown.

seven monks currently at tuol Reachea have been sent to stay at the Brochum Noti pago-da in Kandal’s takhmao town.

toeu srun, director of the Ministry of Cults and Religion in Kandal’s Koh thom district, said he did not know when the monks would be allowed to return.

Daniel Pye

a CONsERVatION group may release 20 baby siamese crocodiles into the areng Valley amid an ongoing stand-off between villagers and a Chi-nese firm over the construction of a controversial hydropower dam in Koh Kong province.

tuy serey Vathana, country directory at Flora and Fauna International, said yesterday that the group was prepared to release the endangered crocodiles despite previously saying that it would not do so unless it had assurances that the stung Cheay areng dam would not be built.

“Whether the dam will be built or not is still unclear,” he said. “to be honest, we want to do this as a test, to see if we can keep the crocodiles in the areng [Valley].”

Vathana met with Minister of Environment say

sam al last week to raise concerns over the pros-pect of the dam, he added. “the new minister is very good. He said that if he could make the deci-sion, he would not want the hydro dam, but said that Cambodia needs electricity.”

state-owned sinohydro group is the third Chi-nese firm to be granted permission to assess the viability and impact of the areng project.

the last company to conduct studies into the dam, China guodian, backed out, saying in its annual report last year that it had done so because the project was “not economically viable”.

Representatives of the Ministry of Mines and Energy could not be reached.

“We informed the minister about the history of the hydro dam companies there, and the minis-ter joked that [sinohydro] might be the last one,” Vathana said.

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Wheels, wings seized as cops raid cockfightNIGHTMARE neighbours were arrested in Pailin town on Sat-urday for playing host to some unwanted, feathery guests. Police said they received com-plaints from a disgruntled resi-dent after an illegal cockfight-ing ring set up shop next to his house. When police busted the ring, they found 10 motorbikes and a quintet of fighting birds on the property. Five men and three women were arrested while many more managed to escape. dEuM AMPIl

Klepto couple steals one moto too many in S’ville lOST a moto in Sihanoukville lately? Chances are it might have ended up stashed in the house of a couple busted over the weekend for numerous thefts. Police were called out to a house in the city after receiv-ing a complaint from one alleged victim of the duo. At the station, they admitted to a string of motorbike thefts, while the cops confiscated four bikes from the house. They were sent to court and are awaiting trial. KOH SANTEPHEAP

Brushed bum leads to beatdown outside clubSIX men in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district took the term clubbing literally on Sat-urday when a night of dancing turned into a street fight. Police said the brawl began after one of the men, who was dancing in a local nightclub, felt someone touch his poste-rior. Enraged at the unwanted attention, the man and his friends challenged the offend-er and his posse to a fight out-side. Police intervened and arrested all six. KOH SANTEPHEAP

Three little pigs prove Pursat thief’s undoingA THIEF in Pursat province’s Bakan district learned on Satur-day that it is not a good idea to hog a family’s pigs. Police said the 21-year-old suspect snuck into a local home when he thought the owners were asleep and stole three pigs. But, unbe-knownst to the robber, one fam-ily member was watching his every move. After police arrest-ed him, the pigheaded thief denied the accusations. Howev-er, he later confessed and was sent to the court. dEuM AMPIl

Construction worker building criminal recordA MAN leading a double life as a construction worker by day, thief by night was caught red-handed in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district yester-day. Police said a complaint was filed against the 28-year-old suspect over his role in a botched armed robbery on Saturday night. When police arrived to arrest the man at a construction site yesterday, instead of tools in his pocket, they uncovered a gun. KOH

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Translated by Sen David

policebloTTerIn Pailin, resistance

to malaria drug uplaignee barron

REsIstaNCE to the most-effective an-ti-malarial drug is rapidly increasing

throughout mainland south-east asia, and Cambodia is ground zero, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.

By analysing blood samples from 1,241 malaria patients in 10 asian and african countries, researchers found artemisi-nin-resistant Plasmodium fal-ciparum, the deadliest form of the mosquito-borne parasite, has spread throughout thai-land, Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

artemisinin, a wormwood derivative, typically clears parasites faster than other an-timalarials. But the Mahidol Oxford tropical Medicine Re-search unit found that up to 73 per cent of sample patients in Pailin continued to have para-sites in their blood 72 hours after treatment, a widely used barometer for resistance.

the number represents a surge of drug-resistant infec-tions: in 2012, the National Ma-laria Center estimated that just 26 per cent of Pailin’s malaria

cases were drug-resistant. this is the third time the

parasite has developed a resis-tance to treatment, and each time resistance emerged from the thai-Cambodia border.

“Previously [it was] because of the widespread use of sub-standard antimalarials and influx of counterfeits,” said sonny Krishnan, com-munications director for the World Health Organization in Cambodia. “For artemisinin, it was the use of artemisi-nin mono therapies . . . now banned in Cambodia.”

switching up the treatment, however, only seems to work for so long; the more a treat-ment is used, the faster its ef-ficacy erodes. In Cambodia, where aCts have been in use for over 30 years, it now takes six days to clear parasites in-stead of the standard three, the study found.

“stepping up existing con-trol measures has not worked – we need a more radical ap-proach,” said Nicholas White, senior author of the study.

Krishnan said that artemisi-nin derivatives “are still our best first-line treatment for malaria. If we lose it, we will lose the war against malaria.”

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water has risen above warning levels.

“two people drowned due to the rain in Kratie, so we would like to appeal to people to be very wary, especially young children, because incidents can occur if we are careless,” he said.

soeung Chanthou, 28, died on Friday afternoon in Kep province’s O’Krasar commune after she slid into a 9-metre well, said Hem soksan, com-mune police chief.

“the victim did not remem-ber where the opening of the well was, because it was cov-ered by the rainwater, which has been pouring for days,” soksan said. “Her family came to help, but they were unable to because the well was so deep. It took about three hours to retrieve her body.”

the three provinces most heavily affected by the Me-kong River’s inundation were Kampong Cham, stung treng and Kratie, said Chan Yutha, spokesman and cabinet chief at the Ministry of Water Re-sources and Meteorology.

the river should begin to re-cede this afternoon, he said.

“In stung treng, water will go down tomorrow, and in Kampong Cham, if it goes up, it will only go up by a little bit,” Yutha said.

“the situation is not seri-ous yet – even though many provinces have been flooded. In some provinces just one district is inundated.”

the ministry has already prepared 200 pieces of heavy equipment in Phnom Penh and the provinces of takeo, svay Rieng, Oddar Meanchey and Battambang to divert wa-ter or mitigate overflows from inundated homes and farm-land, Yutha added.

“Besides that, we always is-sue notices about water lev-els and changes in weather to

people and authorities in or-der to alert them in advance,” he said.

Floods usually hit Cambodia between august and October. the current floods, though deadly, have been repeatedly predicted.

Floods in 2013 claimed 168 lives and injured 29 people

Earlier in July, the National Committee for Disaster Man-agement said it was ready for floods, with more than 10,000 tonnes of rice stocked and emergency supplies and res-cue vehicles ready to go.

Mao Hak, deputy director of technical works at the De-partment of Hydrology and River Work, told the Post on thursday that Phnom Penh was safe from flooding for the time being.

Five dead as water levels rise

Locals gather at a river’s edge in Kampong Cham yesterday to inspect a road partially washed away by rising flood waters. PHOTO SuPPlIEd

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ANZ Royal has been accused of abandon-ing the communities impacted by ruling

party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s $220 million sugar plantation developments, after the bank last month announced it had severed all financial ties with his controversy-hit firm.

More than 350 members of Thpong and Oral districts, which surround plantations belonging to Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company (PPS) and his wife Lim Heang’s Kampong Speu Sugar Compa-ny [KSS], signed and delivered a two-page complaint to the bank on Friday.

“For over four years we have been subject to hardships and poverty due to land grabbing by PPS and Kampong Speu Sugar,” the letter reads.

“We have no land for farm-ing. The companies have blocked road access to our rice paddies that are located inside the sugar plantation and seized our cattle that graze inside the plantation. The companies ask for 100,000 riel to 200,000 riel [$25 to $50] to have the cattle returned each time.”

The complaint calls for ur-gent compensation and as-sistance to the affected house-holds. If ANZ does not meet the community’s demands, the letter states, demonstrations will be held outside the bank’s Phnom Penh head office until a solution is reached.

Environmental audit docu-ments commissioned by ANZ and obtained by the Post in January linked ANZ Royal Bank – a joint venture be-tween the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group and Cambodia’s Royal Group – to PPS. The documents revealed that from 2010 to 2013 the company failed to act on 60 per cent of recommendations

made by Bangkok-based audi-tor International Environmen-tal Management, including ones related to worker health and safety.

ANZ Royal announced on July 6 that Yong Phat had paid out and finalised all loans with the bank, and that PPS and KSS, which had long been at the centre of land disputes and child labour claims, were no longer clients.

“Full repayment of the loan, however, does not absolve ANZ of accountability for the negative impacts caused by the companies’ plantations from 2010 to 2014,” the letter says. It also claims that ANZ Royal is in breach of an agree-ment it made on February 15 in which it promised to inves-

tigate offering fair compensa-tion for all affected parties.

The letter goes on to accuse Yong Phat’s PPS of sending “representatives” to the sur-rounding communities to of-fer small amounts of compen-

sation as well as to threaten recipients to keep news of the settlements secret.

PPS managing director Seng Nhak rejected the letter’s claims and insisted the firm had continuously engaged the affected community and is as-

sisting in developing the area.“I can categorically state

that Phnom Penh Sugar does not use threatening tactics at any time for any purpose,” he told the Post.

A spokesman from ANZ’s

head office in Melbourne said the issue was now entirely out of the bank’s hands and urged community representatives to take up their issues directly with PPS.

“While we had put in place a detailed action plan to help

PPS improve its performance in addressing its social and environmental obligations, it ultimately decided to pay out its loan and is no longer a customer of ANZ,” the spokes-man said.

Eang Vuthy, executive direc-tor of Equitable Cambodia, rejected ANZ’s stance, calling on the bank to fulfil its obliga-tions and provide a practical solution to the 350-plus ef-fected households.

“Paying back the loan does not end the responsibility of ANZ to human rights abuses caused by its client, PPS,” Vuthy said.

“ANZ needs to work with its clients to address these issues otherwise their reputation will be further damaged.”

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Inflation in Thailand tamed by food pricesINFLATION in Thailand eased further in July on government price controls, an economic slowdown, a sluggish con-struction sector and greater supply, particularly of fruits and vegetables.

The consumer price index based on 450 items slowed to a 2.16 per cent year-on-year rise against 2.35 per cent in June and 2.62 per cent in May.

Commerce Ministry adviser Ampawon Pichalai said July inflation slowed due to lower prices for fresh foods, espe-cially in-season fruits and veg-etables. Energy prices also declined in line with the global market, while the junta’s meas-ures to control living costs con-tributed to lower inflation.

Higher prices were found in 178 items, mainly meat, poultry and fish but also seasonings, condiments and prepared food. On a monthly basis, prices fell by 0.08 per cent from June, while prices in the first seven months rose 2.23 per cent.

In the first seven months, core inflation was 1.51 per cent year-on-year – well within the central bank’s target range of 0.5 per cent to 3 per cent.

Inflation in Thailand has been relatively benign, restrained by government price controls and subdued domes-tic demand after months of political unrest in Bangkok.

Ampawon said the Com-merce Ministry expected infla-tion to average 2.4 per cent in the third quarter and 2.5 per cent in the fourth quarter.

The rate in the second half is expected to be 2.45 per cent, leading to full-year inflation of 2.35 per cent. The ministry is maintaining its 2014 inflation target of 2 per cent to 2.8 per cent. bangkok post

Traffic passes one of ANZ Royal Bank’s branches in Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district earlier this year. VIREak MaI

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Mobile messaging firm in Line for Tokyo listingLINE Corp, operator of Japan’s most popular messaging service, submitted an application for an initial public offering to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, people familiar with the matter said. Line, controlled by South Korea’s Naver Corp, plans to appoint Nomura Holdings Inc as a lead underwriter for the share sale, according to the people. The offering could value Tokyo-based Line at more than 1 trillion yen ($9.8 billion), the people said, asking not to be identified. The company’s planned US listing may come after its Tokyo trading debut, another person familiar with the matter said. bLoombErg

Microsoft sue Samsung in tech licence disputemICroSoFT on Friday sued Samsung in US federal court, claiming the South Korean giant had breached a contract over licensing of technology used in the smartphone market. The complaint filed in federal court in New York alleges Samsung is balking at making payments for patented microsoft technology used in smartphones and tablets. The legal pact involved Samsung paying to use microsoft intellectual property, according to the post by deputy counsel David Howard. AFP

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WtO future in doubt after collapset

HE future of the World trade Organisation has been thrown into doubt after eleventh-

hour attempts to salvage a global trade deal collapsed.

talks broke down after In-dia’s refusal to back a deal un-less it included concessions allowing developing countries freedom to subsidise and stockpile food.

an agreement on the deal, centred on loosening glob-al customs rules, had been reached in Bali in December, with a deadline of midnight on thursday to ratify it. But it was scuppered after the WtO’s 160 members failed to reach agree-ment over India’s demands.

It would have been the first global trade deal reached by the geneva-based institution since it was founded almost two decades ago. the last-minute failure to reach agree-ment prompted questions over the very existence of the WtO and how it will survive the deadlock.

admitting defeat, Roberto azevdo, the director general, was candid about the chal-lenges facing WtO. Despite intense negotiations, disagree-ment between members had not been resolved, he said.

“We have not been able to

find a solution that would al-low us to bridge that gap. We tried everything we could. But it has not proved pos-sible,” he said. “the fact we do not have a conclusion means that we are entering a new phase in our work – a phase which strikes me as being full of uncertainties.”

Created in 1995, the WtO was set up to help trade flow smoothly and freely around the world. It describes its main tasks as facilitating trade negotiations and han-dling trade disputes.

But experts say failure on this

key agreement risks consign-ing it to the status of a referee for disputes and could see it ceasing to exist as a forum for serious trade talks.

the us was quick to re-proach India for its refusal to sign the trade deal. the us secretary of state, John Kerry, on a visit to New Delhi, told In-dia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, that his country’s ac-tions sent the wrong signal.

“Failure to sign the trade facilitation agreement sent a confusing signal and under-mined the very image Prime Minister Modi is trying to

send about India,” a us state department official said after Kerry’s meeting with Modi.

Other WtO members pub-licly voiced their frustrations.

“australia is deeply disap-pointed that it has not been possible to meet the deadline. this failure is a great blow to the confidence revived in Bali that the WtO can deliver negotiated outcomes,” said australian trade Minister andrew Robb. “there are no winners from this outcome, least of all those in develop-ing countries, which would see the biggest gains.”

For its part, India sought to reassure fellow WtO members it was willing to return to the table. a senior trade ministry official told Reuters that India was prepared to engage with the other countries to sign a deal in september.

But the country again de-manded that its calls for con-cessions on stockpiling food be granted. azevêdo stressed that any resurrection of the talks relied on the will of WtO members.

“I remind you that 31 July is not my deadline — it is a Bali deadline decided by ministers – and a deadline that many delegations have made clear we must observe,” he said,

urging WtO delegates to go back to their governments at the “highest possible level” and “stress the importance of the situation we find ourselves in. the future of the multilat-eral trading system is in your hands,” he said.

When the deal was ham-mered out in Bali, a tearful azevêdo told the summit’s closing ceremony that, for the first time in history, “the WtO has finally delivered” on large-scale negotiations. But, even at the time, questions were raised about the fairness of the deal to developing nations and critics accused the pact of favouring big business at the expense of poor countries.

some members, includ-ing the us and the European union, have discussed trying to move forward by leaving In-dia out of the deal.

But New Zealand’s minister of overseas trade, tim groser, told Reuters there had been “too much drama” surround-ing the negotiations and that talk of excluding India was naive and counterproductive. “India is the second-biggest country by population, a vital part of the world economy and will become even more impor-tant. the idea of excluding In-dia is ridiculous.” AFP

World Trade Organisation director general Roberto Azevedo chairs the opening of a meeting late on Thursday. AFP

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QataRI telecoms firm Oore-doo began selling low-cost sIM cards in Myanmar on saturday, opening up access to mobile services in one of the world’s last virtually un-tapped phone markets.

Less than 10 per cent of the population are thought to have access to a phone in Myanmar where the exorbitant cost of a sIM under former junta rule made mobile phones a luxury.

But last year the reformist government led by President thein sein awarded telecom licences to Ooredoo as well as Norway’s telenor, part of a wider move to open up mar-kets previously monopolised by state firms.

“this is history that we made here today,” said Ooredoo Myanmar CEO Ross Cormack at a press conference in Yan-gon, adding the firm was bring-ing the latest technologies to the long-isolated nation.

the sIM card was officially launched for sale on saturday in the major cities of Yangon, Mandalay and Naypyidaw at a price of 1,500 kyat ($1.50), a fraction of the cost of or-dinary cards in Myanmar which retail at about $200. under junta rule a sIM could go for more than $1,500.

several million sIM cards will be on sale from 6,500 deal-ers, according to Cormack, ahead of a wider rollout to cov-er 68 towns and cities, around and including the three hubs launched saturday, by mid-august. But some shops were reported to have started selling advance stock as early as last week with cases of vendors de-manding above the retail price and even selling out.

Myanmar has generated huge international investor interest since wide-ranging reforms introduced under the current quasi-civilian gov-ernment saw most Western sanctions lifted.

actual investment has been tempered by nervousness over the regulatory framework.

But the telecoms tender pro-cess eventually won by tele-nor and Ooredoo last June saw some 90 firms compete for the 15-year licences, the first to be awarded by Myanmar.

the two foreign firms will soon compete against each other and existing state-owned giant Myanmar Post and telecommunication for a potentially lucrative pool of customers among the coun-try’s estimated 60 million people. afp

Qatari firm sells cheap sIM cards in Myanmar

thai cybersecurity slammedt

HaILaND is the world’s third-most dangerous base for accessing the web, as

the country lacks data secu-rity measures and law enforce-ment, says a global computer security firm.

a report conducted last year by England’s sophos found In-donesia, China, thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Mexico, the uaE, taiwan and Hong Kong were the 10 riski-est places. thailand is also the world’s second-most vulner-able location to access bank atMs, said the European atM security team.

Nearly 100 thai government websites have been hacked and used to distribute mal-ware, representing 85 per cent of all government-hosted mal-ware in the world, said a report by English internet services firm Netcraft Ltd.

“all these world records reflect that thailand ur-gently needs to set up a na-tional computer emergency response team [CERt] as a command centre to manage and collaborate on national cybersecurity threats and cyberwarfare,” said surang-kana Wayuparb, director of the Electronic transactions Development agency (EtDa)

under the ICt Ministry at a forum entitled “14th Regional asia Information Exchange”.

the country also needs to increase its information secu-rity experts to cope with the increasing threats. thailand currently only has between 200 and 300 specialists, well below singapore’s 1,500.

surangkana said informa-tion security threats were no longer only technical dangers. they can have a major effect on the country’s economy and

national physical security.“Cyberattacks pose a serious

challenge to people at all lev-els, from end-users to enter-prises and government agen-cies,” surangkana said.

she said the number of glob-al internet users was expected to reach three billion this year.

thailand has 30 million in-ternet users out of a popula-tion of 70 million.

the country’s e-commerce was valued at 740 billion ($23 billion) baht last year. several

hundred thousand computers in thailand were infected with malware last year.

surangkana said the EtDa would propose a national Cert to the junta. If approved, the EtDa expects a centre will be created by year-end.

the creation of a national is expected to upgrade the EtDa’s existing computer emergency response team to a full national command cen-tre, she said.

the EtDa plans to spend one-third of its fiscal-2015 budget of 429 million baht to enhance the capacity of its in-formation security system and buying new advanced digital forensic equipment.

surangkana also said that it was time for the thai govern-ment to impose strict mea-sures and start enforcing the law in dealing with increas-ing cyberthreats.

the government needs to develop more secure websites to reduce their vulnerability to cyberterrorists and educate consumers about cybersecu-rity concerns, she said.

Measures to protect person-al data privacy on social media channels are also needed to reduce the security threat in online transactions, surang-kana added. bangkok post

A report has found that Thailand’s cyber security is woefully inadequate and with Thailand’s e-commerce valued at $23 billion it desperately needs to create a national computer security team to manage threats. afp

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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo over the Mojave Desert in April, as shown in this handout photo released to the media in April 2013. This was the first time the rocket motor was fired in flight, taking the craft supersonic. bloomberg

Pioneers of space industry are pushing the final frontierPatrick Rahir

WItH spacecraft that can carry tourists into orbit and connect Par-

is to New York in less than two hours, the new heroes of space travel are not astronauts but daring captains of industry.

this new breed of space pioneers are all using private money to push the final fron-tier as government space pro-grams fall away.

times have changed. Once the space race was led by the likes of the us space agency Nasa that put the first man on the moon in 1969.

today it is entrepreneur Elon Musk – the founder of tesla electric cars and space exploration company spaceX – who wants to reach Mars in the 2020s.

the furthest advanced – and most highly publicised – pri-vate space project is led by Richard Branson, the British founder of the Virgin group.

His shuttle, spaceshiptwo, will be launched at high al-titude from a weird-looking four-engined mothership – which can carry two pilots and up to six passengers – before embarking on a three-hour suborbital flight.

Branson and his sons will be the first passengers aboard the shuttle when it is expected

to launch later this year.His company Virgin galac-

tic was given the green light in May by the us Federal avi-ation agency (Faa) to carry passengers from a base in New Mexico, which is named “spaceport america” – the stuff of science fiction.

the $250,000 price of a ticket has not deterred more than 600 people, includ-ing celebrities such as actor Leonardo DiCaprio, from booking their seats.

the us spaceflight compa-ny XCOR is more affordable, offering a one-hour subor-bital flight for $100,000 on a

shuttle that takes off from the Mojave Desert in California. the experience has already sold nearly 300 tickets.

“the first prototype is being assembled. Hopefully, the test flights will begin before the end of the year, and commer-cial flights before the end of 2015,” Michiel Mol, an XCOR board member, told aFP.

But the new space busi-ness is not just about pan-dering to the whims of the rich, it also hopes to ad-

dress a market for launching smaller satellites that weigh less than 250 kilograms.

“there is no dedicated launcher for small satellites,” said Rachel Villain of Eurocon-sult, a global consulting firm specialising in space markets.

“Everyone has been look-ing for years for the Holy grail of how to reduce costs, other than to send them as passen-gers on big launchers.”

“these new players are revolutionising the launch market,” said aeronautical ex-pert Philippe Boissat of con-sultants Deloitte. “they are smarter, cheaper, and they are

reusable and don’t leave de-bris in space.”

Which is exactly what one newcomer, swiss space sys-tems, or s3, proposes. With a shuttle on the back of an air-bus a300, its founder Pascal Jaussi wants to start launch-ing satellites before going into intercontinental passen-ger flights.

the 37-year-old former test pilot claims he can cut the price of a 250-kilogram satel-lite launch to €8 million (al-

most $11 million), a quarter of what it now costs.

“satellite makers wanting to launch groups of weather and surveillance satellites have al-ready filled our order books,” he said.

the first test flights are planned for the end of 2017, and the first satellite launch-es will begin at the end of the following year from a base in the Canary Islands, the spanish archipelago off northwest africa.

For passenger travel, the new space companies have to be passed by the regulators who currently control air travel.

at the moment a passen-ger plane covers the 5,800 kilometres between Paris and New York in seven hours. at Mach 3 speed, the s3 shuttle will be able to do the same trip in only one-and-a-half hours.

“We hope to have a ticket price comparable to a first-class transatlantic fare. It should never be more than 30,000 swiss francs ($33,100),” he said.

Boissat of Deloitte is already looking further ahead.

“these suborbital flights will produce a new generation of fighter pilots at the controls of space shuttles sent up to protect satellites or neutralise ones that pose a threat,” he predicted. afp

Hopefully, the test flights will begin before the end of the

year, and commercial flights before the end of 2015

YOu may know bitcoin as a kind of digital cash that can be spent just like the us dollar and can’t be traced to a spe-cific identity. Maybe you’ve even heard it described as a virtual “currency”.

Bitcoin supporters are now distancing themselves from the word – at least as it’s used in Florida law.

advocates of the payment technology are defending two men who were accused this year of using bitcoin in a money-laundering scheme. according to documents filed in state court, Pascal Reid and Michel abner Espinoza were approached months ago by an undercover Miami Beach police officer and a secret service agent.

the law enforcement offi-cers told Reid and Espinoza that they were interested in buying bitcoins to obtain sto-len credit card numbers.

Reid later allegedly sold $25,000 worth of bitcoins to the secret service agent. at today’s price, that would amount to 42 bitcoins.

Florida has charged the two suspects with money laun-dering and, in Reid’s case, one count of being an unauthor-ised money transmitter.

the outcome of the court case, which prosecutors say may potentially be the first time a state has charged bitcoin users in connection with money laundering, could become a bellwether for bitcoin regulators.

It’s the last count that bit-coin supporters are hoping to get dismissed. they’re argu-ing that bitcoin isn’t curren-cy – so Reid can’t have been a money transmitter under Florida law.

“‘Currency’ is defined as ‘the coin and paper money of the united states or of any other country which is des-ignated as legal tender and

which circulates and is cus-tomarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in the country of issuance,” law-yers for the Bitcoin Founda-tion, an industry group, wrote thursday in an amicus brief to the state court. “Bitcoin most certainly is not ‘the coin and paper money of the unit-ed states.’”

the Bitcoin Foundation’s former vice chairman, Char-lie shrem, was accused this year of money laundering and conspiracy in connection with silk Road, the online marketplace where bitcoins were routinely traded for il-licit drugs.

still, the Bitcoin Foundation may find support for its posi-tion, and in an unlikely place: the federal government. the Internal Revenue service said in March that it consid-ers bitcoin a form of property akin to shares of stock. For tax purposes, at least, bitcoin is not money.

Reid’s allies also argue that a recent treasury Depart-ment memo on bitcoin has exempted individuals from the regulations associated with money transmitters.

they say that because Reid was a lone person engaging in a peer-to-peer transaction he falls outside the scope of the Florida law meant to deal with money transmitters.

But things are a little less clear. the treasury Depart-ment memo cited by the Bitcoin Foundation explic-itly points out that someone who mines bitcoins and sells them later on, or buys bit-coins and trades them for real currency later, is a mon-ey transmitter.

Legalese aside, the Bitcoin Foundation is in the position of having to answer an un-comfortable question. Is bit-coin currency, or isn’t it? the

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Dr Bruce Ribner of the School of Medicine’s Infectious Diseases Division speaks at a press conference on Friday. AFP

Doctors worked to save america’s first Ebola virus patient on saturday after he arrived in the us aboard a pri-vate air ambulance and was whisked to a state-of-the-art hospital isolation unit.

on board was stricken doc-tor Kent Brantly, one of two american aid workers in- fected with Ebola as they helped to battle an Ebola out-break that has claimed more than 700 lives in West africa since March.

the gulfstream jet, equipped with a collapsible isolation chamber, landed at Dobbins air reserve Base outside atlanta, georgia just before 11:50am (1550 gMt).

the jet pulled up at an air-craft hangar, where it was met by an ambulance and several vehicles, and the convoy then wound its way across atlanta to Emory university Hospital.

Images showed three indi-viduals wearing white bio-suits emerge from the ambu-lance, with one, apparently Brantly, led gingerly into the hospital.

His wife amber Brantly asked for people to pray for his recovery and that of those stricken with the virus in Liberia.

christian missionary work-er Nancy Writebol is expected to be airlifted back to the united states in the coming days by the same method as Brantly.

“We thank god that they are alive and now have access to the best care in the world,” said Franklin graham, presi-dent of samaritan’s Purse, the organisation for which Brantly was working in West africa.

the state Department, cen-ters for Disease control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, World Health orga-nization and Emory Hospital all helped in the effort.

Brantly and Writebol will be treated at Emory’s cutting-edge isolation unit, which has previously been used to care for individuals infected dur-ing the sars epidemic that erupted in asia in 2002-2003.

It is one of only four such facilities in the united states and is located near the cDc headquarters in atlanta.

Brantly’s arrival marks the first time a patient infected with Ebola has been treat-ed anywhere in the united states, triggering criticism in some quarters.

Business magnate and tele-vision personality Donald trump argued that the pa-tients should be barred from returning to us soil.

However, Bruce ribner, who oversees the isolation unit at Emory, dismissed the criti-cism. “they have gone over on a humanitarian mission [and] they have become infected giving medical care,” ribner said. “We owe them the right to receive the best medical care that is available.”

the us state Department said the “safety and security of us citizens” remained the paramount concern.

“Every precaution is being taken to move the patients safely and securely, to pro-vide critical care en route on a noncommercial aircraft, and to maintain strict isolation upon arrival,” state Depart-ment deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said. AFP

First Ebola case on american soil as doctor goes home

civilians hit in fighting as MH17 probe gathers paceAnna Malpas and Sergey Bobok

FIgHtINg between government forces and pro-russian rebels left at least

10 civilians dead in eastern ukraine yesterday, as in-ternational experts pushed on with their grim hunt for remains at the crash site of downed flight MH17.

the deputy mayor in the besieged insurgent strong-hold of Donetsk said that shooting in a residential sub-urb had killed six civilians and injured 13, the latest victims of more than three months of civil war that has claimed at least 1,150 lives.

Local authorities in the second-largest separatist bas-tion of Lugansk said shelling had left three dead and eight injured, while the city council in the frontline rebel base of gorlivka reported one dead and 16 hurt in clashes there.

ukraine’s military said its positions in the region con-tinued to come under heavy bombardment, including shellfire allegedly from across

the porous border with its former soviet master russia.

government forces have made major gains over the past month and say they are getting close to cutting off fighters in Donetsk from the russian border and their comrades in Lugansk.

Kiev has promised to stamp out the insurgency in the near future but analysts warn the fighting could drag on as rebels have holed up in major cities and pledged to battle to the death.

and it is civilians in the blighted region who are bear-ing the brunt of the violence.

Lugansk, a city of some 420,000, is trapped in a pun-ishing government blockade, with the mayor warning of a looming “humanitarian ca-tastrophe” as electricity has failed and water and fuel sup-plies been exhausted.

the united Nations says over 100,000 people have fled the fighting for other parts of ukraine while russia claims some 500,000 have crossed the border in search of refuge.

the latest violence came as scores of Dutch and austra-lian police investigators com-pleted a third day trawling through wreckage for more unrecovered remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysian passenger jet was blown out of the sky over sep-aratist territory almost three weeks ago.

after days of fierce fight-ing prevented experts reach-ing the scene of the disaster, the Dutch-led probe has now bulked up to near full-strength with sniffer dogs and refrigerated ambulance vans brought in as they scramble to make up for lost time.

“We have already searched one of the five zones that we have divided the crash site into,” Pieter-Jaap aalbers-berg, head of the Dutch po-lice mission, said.

search crews continue to turn up body parts and per-sonal belongings scattered across some 20 square kilo-metres (8 square miles) and those leading the probe say it could take some three more weeks despite 220 coffins

already taken to the Nether-lands for identification.

another plane carrying an unspecified number remains will fly out of the government-held city of Kharkiv today.

aalbersberg told journalists in the city that a train wagon carrying victims’ possessions was currently stuck at a rebel-held train station.

International shock waves from the crisis continue to reverberate with tensions be-tween russia and the West at their highest point since the cold War.

the united states and the European union have hit Moscow with the tough-est sanctions seen since the collapse of the soviet union over the Kremlin’s alleged arming and instigation of the separatist rebellion.

But the punishing measures are yet to quell the fight-ing and us President Barack obama on Friday expressed “deep concerns” about Mos-cow’s increased support for the insurgents in a phone call with russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. AFP

A woman walks with her bicycle through the crash site of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in the village of Hrabove, some 80 kilometres east of Donetsk, on Saturday. AFP

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the two-hour-long execu-tion of a us inmate last month required 15 doses of a rela-tively untested drug cocktail, according to documents, prompting renewed calls for an independent investigation.

arizona’s July 23 execution by lethal injection of double murderer Joseph Wood was drawn out for 117 minutes-rather than the the usual 10.

his attorney late on Friday released 331 pages of docu-ments he had received from the arizona Department of Corrections, which examined Wood after the procedure, and said the use of that quantity of medication was a violation of official procedures.

Death penalty opponents allege that the lengthy execu-tion of Wood, 55, and others amount to a form of torture or the “cruel and unusual” pun-ishment forbidden by the us constitution.

us courts have rejected several appeals by inmates concerned by the procedure, amid predictions that the de-bate will likely eventually have to be decided by the us su-preme Court. AFP

Botched killing had 15 doses

‘Morality’ key in thai Down’s boy casea

ustralia’s im-migration Minister scott Morrison said yesterday that a

question of “moral responsi-bility” should determine the fate of a baby born with Down syndrome, reportedly aban-doned by an australian cou-ple with its surrogate mother in thailand.

Morrison’s comments came as funds raised online by an australian charity to pay for the infant’s medical care rose above $190,000 after a flood of international goodwill over the infant’s plight.

the boy, gammy, and a twin sister were born to thai woman Pattaramon Chan-bua in December after she was reportedly paid a$16,000 (us$14,900) to be a surrogate.

an unnamed australian couple took the sister, who was healthy, but left gammy behind, according to media reports. the baby boy also suffers from a life-threatening heart condition, and 21-year-old Pattaramon had earlier said she could not afford to pay for the medical treatment he needs.

“i think this is an absolutely heartbreaking story, it really is,” Morrison said.

“i think perhaps this may

fall more into the territory of what people’s moral respon-sibilities are here.

“i note there was a comment earlier that the mother of this child, baby gammy, wants the child to remain in thai-land and that mother’s wishes also have to be respected.”

Pattaramon’s mother, 53-year-old Pichaya Nathonchai, said yesterday that gammy had been in a private hospital in Chonburi province, about an hour from Bangkok, since thursday and his condition was “improving”.

“he is a quiet, calm boy . . . his mother and i are taking

turns to see him at the hospi-tal,” Pichaya said, adding her family was relieved donations were coming in.

“although we have ben-efited from the 30 baht ($1) health scheme, it does not cover everything he needs,” she said, referring to thai-land’s universal health care scheme.

Peter Baines, the founder of hands across the Water, the charity managing the dona-tions, said gammy was in hos-pital as he was “still very ill and suffering from a lung infection at the moment”.

he said the donations had

far exceeded the initial $25,000 target, and he would be flying to thailand from australia in the next few weeks to coordi-nate how the money is used to fund gammy’s healthcare and his family’s needs.

“i’ll meet with the family and then we can meet with our representatives on the ground and get a good understanding of what are those needs over the next six months, and then three years, and then beyond,” Baines said.

Pattaramon told Fairfax Me-dia late saturday she wanted to take care of the boy in thai-land, saying: “i’ll take care of gammy on my own. i’ll not give my baby to anybody.

“i wish they will love my baby . . . i forgive them for ev-erything. that is the best thing i can do, forgive . . . it is best for everybody,” she said of the australian couple.

“i want to see all my children back together again. i don’t really think too much about the australian couple. i can’t blame them . . . i don’t feel up-set or angry about them any-more. they might have their own problems too.”

Morrison said the surrogacy case had some “serious issues” that needed to be managed very carefully. “But this whole

issue i think is fraught with all of these difficulties, and i can understand the longing and anguish of parents in this situ-ation who want to be parents, but equally there are some se-rious issues here that have to be managed very carefully,” he said.

Fairfax Media earlier report-ed that a surrogacy agent who helped coordinate the agree-ment between Pattaramon and the australian couple told her to abort the pregnancy af-ter doctors learned one of the twins had Down syndrome.

Pattaramon told the news-paper she refused the abor-tion because of her Buddhist faith. Donors to the fund-raising website criticised the baby’s abandonment.

Commercial surrogacy, in which a woman is paid to car-ry a child, is not permitted in australia, but couples are able to use an altruistic surrogate who receives no payment be-yond medical and other rea-sonable expenses.

however, surrogacy austra-lia said more couples choose to go overseas than find an altruistic surrogate at home, with 400 or 500 each year venturing to india, thailand, the us and other places to do so. AFP

Thai surrogate mother Pattaramon Chanbua posing for a photo with baby Gammy, born with Down Syndrome, in Chonburi province. AFP

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‘Humanitarian tragedy’ after jihadist takeoverThe capture of the Iraqi town of Sinjar by jihadist fighters has sent up to 200,000 people into flight and sparked a “humanitarian tragedy” amid fears for their lives, the UN said yesterday. “A humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Sinjar,” the top UN envoy in Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, said after the Islamic State (IS) group captured the northern town, which lies near the Syrian border and was already home to thousands of previously displaced families. The UN statement said some reports put the number of people forced to flee by the IS takeover at 200,000. AFP

Ten Lebanon troops die in clashes with militants MIlITANTS fired heavy machine guns and mortar rounds at lebanese troops near the Syrian border yesterday, in a second day of clashes that have killed 10 soldiers, with 13 more missing, possibly being held hostage. The violence, which has also killed two civilians, is the worst to hit the border area of Arsal since the beginning of the war in neighbouring Syria in 2011. It erupted after the detention of a Syrian man who the army said had admitted to being a member of al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate, al-Nusra Front. AFP

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Libya parliament meets amid violence

Libya’s new nation-alist-dominated par-liament held its first meeting on saturday,

boycotted by islamists, in a sign of deep divisions still plaguing a violence-racked country from which thou-sands are fleeing.

the parliament, elected June 25, is to take over from the interim general National Congress (gNC) chosen in the wake of the 2011 NatO-backed revolution that oust-ed longtime dictator Muam-mar gaddafi.

it was to have convened in benghazi today, but the meet-ing was brought forward and shifted to tobruk farther east for security reasons.

both benghazi and the capi-tal, tripoli, are the scene of regular fighting that has killed more than 200 people and wounded another 1,000 in the past two weeks.

growing security problems have prompted thousands of people to flee, mostly over-land to neighbouring tunisia, and numerous countries to close their embassies and urge their citizens to leave.

tripoli airport has stayed closed since gunmen, mostly islamists, attacked it on July 13 in a bid to wrest control from

the Zintan brigade of former rebels who have held it since the 2011 revolt.

the brigade’s opponents view it as the armed wing of the nationalist movement, and the battle is seen as part of a struggle for political influ-ence as the new parliament prepares to assume office.

Ever since gaddafi was ousted and killed, the new authorities have struggled in vain to rein in the many mi-litias which have carved out their own fiefdoms and often

clash. Fighting at the airport resumed on saturday after relative calm on Friday, with explosions and gunfire heard as far away as the city centre. there were no immediate re-ports of casualties.

a blaze at a fuel depot near the airport also erupted last sunday when a rocket hit a storage tank.

a civil defence official on saturday reported progress in putting out the fire engulfing three tanks and threatening more than 90 million litres

of fuel, as well as natural gas stocks. but later a fourth tank was hit by a rocket and set ablaze, said Mohamed al-Hrari, spokesman for the Na-tional Oil Co.

benghazi, the scene of regu-lar clashes between islamists and forces backing a retired general who has launched an offensive against them, was relatively quiet on saturday.

During the meeting in to-bruk, presiding MP abu bakr biira issued a call for reconcil-iation between rival factions, saying: “We want to unite the homeland and put our differ-ences to one side.”

He said saturday’s closed-door gathering, boycotted by islamists, was purely consul-tative and that a formal inau-gural session would be held today, also in tobruk.

He also said that 160 of the 180 members of the new par-liament had made their way to tobruk, 1,500 kilometres from the capital, near the Egyptian border.

it was not possible to inde-pendently confirm that num-ber. but while outgoing gNC president Nuri abu sahmein also said the inaugural session would be held today, he insist-ed the venue was tripoli.

the international com-

munity has pressed the new legislature to move quickly to assume power amid the con-tinuing turmoil.

analysts say most of the seats in the new assembly were won by nationalist fac-tions, who complain that the defeated islamists are stirring trouble to delay the new legis-lature taking over.

in response to the growing chaos, thousands of people have fled the country.

On Friday, Libyan guards fired warning shots to keep back a crowd of people, mostly Egyptian labourers, trying to enter tunisia, which shut the border crossing at Ras Jedir.

the frontier post was re-opened on saturday and sev-eral hundred people managed to cross. Egypt’s ambassador in tunis, ayman Musharafa, announced that Cairo would fly home from tunisia its citi-zens who were allowed to en-ter the country.

More than 400 workers from China on saturday joined the evacuations, crossing to tuni-sia in a convoy of cars, Chinese media said.

Earlier this week, greece sent a naval frigate to Libya to evacuate nearly 200 of its own citizens as well as people from other countries. AFP

Smoke billows from a petrol depot following clashes between rival militias near the airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Saturday. AFP

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In China, 37 civilians, 59 ‘terrorists’ killed in riotsChinese state media said yesterday that 37 civilians and 59 “terrorists” had been killed in an attack earlier in the week in Xinjiang, home to China’s mainly Muslim Uighur minority. The total toll makes the incident by far the bloodiest since rioting involving Uighurs and members of China’s han majority killed around 200 people in the regional capital Urumqi in 2009. Police had arrested 215 “terrorists” while 13 civilians were also wounded in Monday’s attack on a police station and government offices in shache county, or Yarkand in the Uighur language, in Kashgar prefecture, according to the Xinhua news agency. AFP

Museveni: anti-gay law not scrapped due to USUGAnDAn President Yoweri Museveni denied on saturday that the scrapping of a tough anti-gay law he had championed had anything to do with an Africa-Us summit next week. The legislation, which would have seen homosexuals jailed for life, caused an international outcry and was overturned by the country’s constitutional court on Friday. Museveni, who is due in Washington for a summit between African leaders and Us President Barack Obama on Tuesday, said the court’s decision had “nothing to do” with his visit nor the sanctions the United states had slapped on its east African ally because of the laws. Us secretary of state John Kerry had likened the law to anti-semitic legislation in nazi Germany, and several international donors suspended aid to Uganda in protest. AFP

Huge rally for Kurdish candidate in Istanbul ThOUsAnDs of people yesterday turned out for a mass rally in support of the Kurdish candidate in Turkey’s presidential elections, in a rare large-scale show of Kurdish nationalism in the centre of istanbul. some 10,000 people rallied by the shores of the Bosphorus in Kadikoy, the main hub of the Asian side of istanbul, for the address by Kurdish candidate selahattin Demirtas. Many waved flags with the face of Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) that waged a deadly insurgency against the Turkish authorities in southeast Turkey for years. Others waved banners with Demirtas’ main slogan for the August 10 polls: “For democratic change, for peace”. AFP

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‘No hope’ of survivors after Nepal landslideRescueRs yesterday ruled out finding any more survivors of a landslide in northeast Nepal feared to have buried at least 100 people under tonnes of mud and rocks.

Nine bodies have been pulled from the rubble after the landslide caused by heavy monsoon rains smashed into hamlets along a river in sindhupalchok district before dawn on saturday, an official said.

“It has been over 24 hours that people would have been buried in mud. We have no hope of finding anyone alive,” government disaster management head Yadav Prasad Koirala said.

“We recovered one more dead body, bringing our toll up to nine people,” he said after returning from the site yester-day, adding “according to our data, 155 people are still missing”.

as police and soldiers kept up their search for the victims, thousands of

people downstream across the border in India were being evacuated amid fears of f lash floods from the land-slide. Nepalise workers were attempt-ing to clear landslide debris which dammed the sunkoshi river and cre-ated a large lake. the river runs down-stream into India’s eastern state of Bihar as the Kosi river.

authorities in Bihar have evacuated more than 44,000 people amid fears that a torrent of water could inundate vil-lages and farms if the dam across the border suddenly broke, officials said.

Disaster response teams and their boats have been deployed in Bihar, along with soldiers, while six military helicopters and navy diving teams were on standby, the Indian government said in a statement.

a military plane was also preparing to leave for Bihar carrying medical teams and equipment, the statement said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is visiting Nepal, has “expressed con-cern” over the possible flooding and “directed that all possible assistance should be made available”, the state-ment said. “Water discharge so far is not alarming. But it cannot be pre-dicted when the flow might increase suddenly,” it added.

the Kosi river burst its banks in 2008 and shifted away from its normal course, engulfing swathes of Bihar and killing hundreds of people.

Nepalese workers on saturday carried out small explosions to clear the debris and break open the dam which had cre-ated a large 110-metre (360-feet) deep lake in the river.

at least two hydropower stations have been flooded at the site, forcing them to shut down. a 3-kilometre stretch of the arniko Highway, which connects Nepal with tibet in china, has also been

submerged and been closed. as India stepped up evacautions, Nepal’s Koi-rala said the risk of flooding appeared to be reducing. Officials have also opened a barrage on the river near the India-Nepal border to allow more water to flow downstream, he said.

“the water is gradually clearing out, the artificial lake created due to the blockage is shrinking, so the danger is lessening,” he said.

Rescuers on saturday airlifted 34 peo-ple to safety from the landslide site, including 19 who suffered serious inju-ries. scores of people die every year from flooding and landslides during Nepal’s monsoon season.

Nepal’s landslide came as some 150 people were feared dead in neighbour-ing India following a landslide which destroyed a village in western Mahar-ashtra state on Wednesday. Ninety two bodies have so far been recovered. AFP

at least 150 killed in china quakea

t least 150 peo-ple were killed and 1,300 injured after a strong earthquake

hit southwest china’s moun-tainous Yunnan province yes-terday, state media said.

the quake in Zhaotong prefecture, in the province’s northeast, toppled buildings and left residents frantically searching for survivors be-neath the rubble, images on social media showed.

“at least 150 people were killed,” the official news agen-cy Xinhua reported.

“too many buildings were damaged and we are collect-ing data on deaths and inju-ries,” Xinhua quoted a local official as saying from the township of longtoushan, at the epicentre of the quake.

china News service, the country’s second state news agency, said more than 1,300 people had been injured and 12,000 houses had collapsed.

state television broadcast footage of people running from their homes and gather-ing in the street, as witnesses described the devastation on social media.

“the walls of several build-ings crumbled, and water pipes were ruptured. the electricity was cut off,” wrote a user who said they lived in ludian county, 23 kilometres (14 miles) from the epicentre, on china’s twitter-like Weibo.

the user’s message was accompanied by images of cracked walls and a pile of bricks strewn across the road.

another ludian resident described the scene as resem-bling a “battlefield after bom-bardment”, telling Xinhua “I

have never felt [such] strong tremors before. What I can see are all ruins.”

ludian has a population of 265,900, and sits more than 300 kilometres (185 miles) from the provincial capital of Kunming.

Zhaotong city, the capital of the prefecture, dispatched more than 300 police officers and firefighters to the quake-hit areas.

the province also sent 392 rescuers and sniffer dogs.

the united states geo-logical survey (usgs) had warned that the popula-tion of the region resided in structures “highly vulner-able to earthquake shaking”.

usgs reported the quake at a magnitude of 6.1 and said it struck at a relatively shal-low depth of 10 kilometres at 4:30pm (0830 gMt).

chinese state media put the magnitude at 6.5, citing the china earthquake Networks center.

complicating matters, the road leading to longtoushan was damaged in a landslide before the quake.

southwest china lies where the eurasian and In-dian plates meet and is prone to earthquakes. In 1974, a 6.8-magnitude quake in the

same area killed more than 1,500 people.

In september 2012, 80 people were killed when twin earthquakes struck the mountainous border area of Yunnan and guizhou.

In May 2008, an 8.0-magni-tude quake rocked sichuan, which neighbours Yunnan, killing tens of thousands of people and flattening swathes of the province. AFP

Rescuers carry an injured child on a stretcher after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the area in Ludian county in Zhaotong, southwest China’s Yunnan province. AFP

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strike on uN gaza school kills 10 as Israel pulls out some soldiersSakher Abu El Oun

at least 10 people died in a fresh strike on a uN school in gaza yesterday shortly after Israel con-

firmed it had begun withdrawing some troops from the enclave.

the strike on the school shel-tering displaced Palestinians in the southern city of Rafah came as Israel pounded the region fol-lowing the suspected capture of a soldier by militants, who was later declared dead.

It was the third time in 10 days that a uN school had been hit and came four days after Israeli tank shells slammed into a school in the northern town of Jabaliya, killing 16 in an attack furiously denounced by uN chief Ban Ki-moon as “reprehensible”.

an aFP correspondent said there were scenes of chaos at the site, with rescuers trying to evacuate the wounded any way they could, while adults were seen sprinting frantically away through pools of blood, young children clutched in their arms. chris gunness,

spokesman for the uN agency for Palestinian refugees (uNRWa), said the school had been housing thousands of internally displaced people (IDPs) who had been forced to flee their homes by the ongoing violence in gaza.

“shelling incident in vicinity of uNRWa school in Rafah shelter-ing almost 3,000 IDP. Initial reports say multiple deaths and injury,” he wrote on his twitter feed.

Images of the carnage in gaza, where medics say 1,766 Palestin-ians have been killed and another 9,320 wounded in the past 27 days, have shocked the public worldwide with British Foreign secretary Phil-ip Hammond demanding an un-conditional ceasefire to resolve the “intolerable” situation for civilians trapped in gaza”.

“We have to get the killing to stop,” Hammond told the Sunday Telegraph, saying many people were “deeply disturbed” by the ci-vilian loss of life.

Intensive international attempts to broker a diplomatic end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas have so far proved fruitless but the

efforts are still continuing.a Palestinian delegation was to

hold truce talks yesterday in cairo with senior us and egyptian offi-cials, although Israel has said it sees no point in sending its negotiators to the meeting, citing what it says are Hamas breaches of previous agreed truces.

Islamic Jihad was also expected to join along with us Middle east en-voy Frank lowenstein.

several Israeli newspapers re-ported that cabinet ministers have taken a decision not to seek a fur-ther negotiated ceasefire agree-ment with Hamas and were consid-ering ending the military operation unilaterally.

Israel’s army confirmed on yester-day it had begun withdrawing some troops from gaza.

“We are removing some [forc-es],” lieutenant colonel Peter lerner said, saying troops were “extremely close” to completing a mission to destroy a network of at-tack tunnels.

“We are redeploying within the gaza strip, taking out other posi-tions, and relieving other forces

from within, so it won’t be the same type of ground operation,” he said.

“But indeed we will continue to operate . . . [and] have a rapid re-action force on the ground that can engage Hamas if required. It’s changing gear but it is still ongoing.”

Israel’s assault on Rafah began early on Friday in the opening hours of a 72-hour humanitarian truce, which was quickly shattered when militants ambushed a group of soldiers, killing two of them.

a third was reported missing, be-lieved snatched in a development which drew sharp condemnation from top us and uN officials.

But early on yesterday, the Is-raeli army formally announced the death the soldier, 23-year-old Hadar goldin, saying he had been “killed in battle in the gaza strip on Friday”.

army radio said no body had been recovered, rendering the de-cision to announce his death “very delicate.” there was no word on the whereabouts of his remains.

Hamas’s ezzedine al-Qassam Bri-gades acknowledged its militants

had staged an ambush in which two other Israeli soldiers were killed, but denied holding goldin.

His death raised to 64 the total number of soldiers killed since the start of the operation on July 8, its heaviest toll since the lebanon war of 2006.

Nonetheless, Israeli Prime Minis-ter Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press on with the offensive, prom-ising that Hamas would pay “an insufferable price” for continued cross-border rocket fire.

“We will take as much time as necessary, and will exert as much force as needed,” he said late on saturday.

Netanyahu’s remarks came after the army gave a first indication it was ending operations in parts of gaza, informing residents of Beit lahiya and al-atatra in the north that it was “safe” to return home.

Witnesses in the north confirmed seeing troops leaving the area as others were seen pulling out of villages east of Khan Yunis in the south, with commentators suggest-ing it was the start of a unilateral withdrawal. AFP

tHe head of the company al-legedly responsible for deadly explosions that rocked tai-wan’s second city apologised yesterday, as authorities said the firm failed to notify them quickly enough of a gas leak blamed for the blasts.

“Regarding the Kaohsiung explosion, I would like to make an apology to the pub-lic on behalf of the company,” Bowei lee, ceO and chair-man of lcY chemical corp, told reporters with a deep bow of respect.

the blasts sparked massive fires which tore through the city of Kaohsiung’s cianjhen district late on thursday, kill-ing at least 28 people and in-juring more than 300.

the powerful gas explosions – the worst in taiwan’s history – shattered thousands of win-dows and left doors twisted in their frames, while vehicles were thrown onto the roofs of buildings several stories high.

the company, which dis-tributes propene gas through its pipe network beneath the city, has argued that there was not a leak in its system.

lee declined to provide more

details of what happened on the night of the incident.

the Kaohsiung city govern-ment has insisted that lcY chemical was the sole com-pany transporting dozens of tonnes of propene through the pipelines, backed up by documents that were seized from the company.

“the casualties could have been less serious should the company have reported the leak to the authorities and tak-en emergency measures after it happened,” said chen chin-teh, chief of environmental protection bureau in the city government.

He estimated that more than 10 tonnes of propene might had been leaked in the hours before the first explosion.

President Ma Ying-jeou, who visited a Kaohsiung hos-pital where the injured were recuperating on saturday, has vowed a full investigation into the cause of the incident, and a review of the pipe network.Kaohsiung lies adjacent to a huge petrochemical complex housing dozens of plants and many pipelines run under the densely packed city.

Firm ‘sorry’ as taiwan probes fatal gas blast

A local resident looks at the site of a gas explosion in the southern Taiwan city of Kaohsiung on Friday. A series of powerful gas blasts killed at least 22 people and injured up to 270 in the city, overturning cars and ripping open roads, officials said. AFP

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Human leg from murder victim, say Irish policeA leg and other human remains found at a Dublin recycling plant belonged to a murder victim, Irish police have confirmed. The limb was discovered in a bin at the waste recycling plant in the Ballyfermot area of west Dublin. Further human remains, including limbs, were found near the site on Saturday evening. The refuse worker who made the initial discovery has been offered counselling. A postmortem was to take place on Sunday, but so far the garda Siochana has not established the victim’s identity or gender. A forensic search of the area around the plant is expected to continue for several days. The guArDIAn

Paris drugs cop held over missing cocaine A French narcotics police officer was arrested on Satur-day on suspicion of stealing over 50 kilograms of seized cocaine from the Paris police head-quarters in a case that has become a major embar-rassment for the force. The 34-year-old officer was thought to have made off with the illegal drugs – which have a value of up to €2 million ($2.7 million) – after security cameras spotted a person resembling him entering the headquarters with two bags, according to a statement from police and prosecutors. The officer, who works with the city’s drugs unit, was arrested near Perpignan close to the Spanish border where he was on holiday. AFP

Raise a glass

Wine bar to help patients in final days

The French have long been famed for their unshakeable belief in

the health benefits of a glass of wine. Now one French hospital plans to take things a step further by opening a wine bar aimed at improving the quality of life of terminally ill patients.

The bar at Clermont-Ferrand University hospital in central France will open in September. It will be housed in the palliative care centre and patients will be able to invite friends and family to share a drink with them.

The first of its kind in France, the bar would “cheer up the difficult day-to-day existence of patients”, head of the centre Virginie Guas-tella said.

“The aim is to ‘re-huma-nise’ patients by improving the quality of their day-to-day existence and also by giving them the pleasure of being able to offer and receive,“ she said. The bar would also allow families facing berea-vement to “create moments of conviviality“ despite being in a hospital environment, she added.

Staff at the hospital will re-ceive special training from a social anthropologist on how to handle patients who come to the bar. AFP

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union set to occupy gibraltar

a union in andalu-sia has announced plans to occupy gi-braltar for one day

at the end of this month with the goal of denouncing tax havens, dismantling the Brit-ish military base, protecting small-scale fishing in the area and reclaiming gibraltar as andalusian territory.

the decision to take action against gibraltar on august 29 was made at a recent national assembly, said andalusian Workers’ union spokesperson Diego Canamero Valle. Em-phasising that this would be a “peaceful protest”, he added that this was primarily an ac-tion against tax havens. “it’s a crucial topic right now in Eu-rope, as there are more than a dozen tax havens where mon-ey is hidden, allowing people to dodge taxes.”

the details have yet to be worked out, he said, includ-ing how many of the group’s 20,000 members would par-ticipate and how exactly they would get around bor-der security.

“We’re going to enter peace-fully. We’re not going to face off against anyone or break anything,” said Canamero Valle. “it’s sincerely an act of peaceful protest in the face of the economic situation that we’re living right now. un-employment is around 25 per cent and even higher in an-dalusia. there’s little access to credit and no money for pub-

lic services like hospitals and education. Meanwhile tax ha-vens continue to exist.”

the andalusian Workers’ union has made headlines in the past, often for its collabor-ative actions with Marinaleda mayor Juan Manuel sanchez gordillo, dubbed a spanish Robin Hood by local media. together they have occupied lands and turned them over to cooperatives to be farmed and carried out raids on spanish supermarkets, leav-

ing with trolleys laden with food and school supplies to hand out to families in need in andalusia.

the group’s interest in gi-braltar comes after a year of high tension between Lon-don and Madrid over the cre-ation of an artificial reef by gibraltar. the move angered spain, which argued that the reef disrupted spanish fish-ing boats.

in a move that many saw as retaliatory, spain imposed

tighter controls at the border, leading to long queues for people trying to enter gibral-tar. spanish authorities said the stricter border controls were necessary to crackdown on tobacco smuggling.

Last week the European commission said that gibral-tar had not violated Eu envi-ronmental regulations in the creation of an artificial reef, as spain had previously al-leged in various complaints. The guArDIAn

A fisherman holds a Spanish flag during a protest near the Rock of Gibraltar on August 18, 2013. A Spanish union has announced plans to occupy Gibraltar later this month. AFP

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Veronique Martinache

After a decade-long quest spanning 6 billion kilometres, a european probe will

come face to face on Wednes-day with a comet, one of the Solar System’s enigmatic wanderers.

the moment will mark a key phase of the most ambitious project ever undertaken by the european Space Agency (eSA) – a €1.3 billion ($1.76 bil-lion) bid to get to know these timeless space rovers.

More than 400 million ki-lometres from where it was launched in March 2004, the spacecraft rosetta will meet up with its prey, Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

to get there, rosetta has had to make four flybys of Mars and earth, using their gravi-tational force as a slingshot to build up speed, and then entering a 31-month hiberna-tion as light from the distant Sun became too weak for its solar panels.

It was awakened in January.After braking manoeuvres,

the three-tonne craft should on Wednesday be about 100 kilometres from the comet – a navigational feat that, if all

goes well, will be followed by glittering scientific rewards.

“It’s taken more than 10 years to get here,” said Sylvain Lodiot, spacecraft operations manager.

“Now we have to learn how to dock with the comet, and stay with it for the months ahead.”

Blazing across the sky as they loop around the Sun, comets have long been con-sidered portents of wonderful or terrible events – the birth and death of kings, bountiful harvests or famines, floods or earthquakes.

Astrophysicists, though, see them rather differently. Com-

ets, they believe, are clusters of the oldest dust and ice in the Solar System – the rubble left from the formation of the planets 4.6 billion years ago.

these so-called dirty snow-balls could be the key to un-derstanding how the planets coalesced after the Sun flared into life, say some.

Indeed, one theory – the “pan-spermia” hypothesis – is that comets, by bom-barding the fledgling earth, helped kick-start life here by bringing water and organic molecules.

Until now, though, explora-tions of comets have been rare and mainly entailed flybys by probes on unrelated missions snatching pictures from thou-sands of kilometres away.

exceptions were the US probe Stardust, which brought home dust snatched from a comet’s wake, while europe’s Giotto ventured to within 200 kilome-tres of a comet’s surface.

On November 11, the plan is for rosetta to inch to within a few kilometres of the comet to send down a 100-kilogram refrigerator-sized robot labo-ratory, Philae.

Anchored to the surface, Phi-lae will carry out experiments in cometary chemistry and texture for up to six months. After the lander expires, ro-setta will accompany “C-G” as it passes around the Sun and heads out towards Jupiter.

Before November’s land-ing, though, rosetta’s opera-tors have a mountain of work to do. the first few weeks will be a “get to know you” exer-

cise, as the spacecraft gingerly carries out elongated loops around the comet, scanning its surface.

the probe will have to avoid ice crystals and dust particles that are stripped from the comet’s outer layers as it nears the Sun – a trail that is reflect-ed in solar rays as its wake.

And it will have to look for a suitable landing site for Philae.

Last month, as rosetta came ever closer to the comet, its cameras revealed that the target body, far from being shaped like a potato as many had expected, rather resem-bled a duck – two lobes, one big and the other small, con-nected by a “neck”.

“that was a bit of a surprise,” said Philippe Lamy of the As-trophysics Laboratory of Mar-seille, in southern france.

“Several theories have al-ready been aired to explain this shape, but the likeliest in my book is that it came from two bodies which fused while the Solar System was being formed.”

the unexpected shape will limit the choice of a land-ing site, Lamy said. “You can reasonably argue that it will impose additional con-straints.” AFP

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World

Comet-chaser about to hit its target

After a 400-million-kilometre journey, Rosetta is due to meet the ‘duck-shaped’ comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday. AFP

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Strikers’ demand violates constitution, international treaties Dear Editor,

In a recent article, you reported on a demand by unionists and striking garment factory workers that two administrators be fired (At factory in Kandal, fight over protest, July 25)

under the law, their demand is not only illegal but also a serious abuse of the right to employment – a right that protects all workers, even managers and administrators.

the Cambodian Constitution is the highest law in the Kingdom and it accords all Cambodians with equal rights. article 31 of the constitution ensures citizens equality before the law and that they all have the same

rights and freedoms. the article also adds that the exercise of personal rights and freedoms by any individual shall not adversely affect the rights and freedom of others. Moreover, article 36 clearly states that citizens shall have the right to choose their employment according their ability and the needs of society.

article 23 of the united Nations’ universal Declaration of Human Rights spells out these rights: (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimi-nation, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself

and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.

In addition, article 6 of the Interna-tional Covenant on Economic social and Cultural Rights says that the states party to the covenant recognise the right to work.

according to my observations, there have been numerous other cases of striking workers demanding the firing of supervisors or administrators who are also employees at their factories. although the workers have the right to strike, their demands should not affect others’ rights and freedom. thus, the demand of the strikers at tae Young seriously violates the right

to employment of other employees. the two administrators cannot be fired unless they committed serious misconduct, according to article 83 of Labour Law.

suppose the factory agreed to the demand to fire the two administra-tors; the administrators would be fully within their legal right to file a court complaint on the grounds of illegal dismissal. they could also request compensation and/or reinstatement.

a demand like this poses a di-lemma to an employer. as advocates of labour and human rights, unions should stop making such demands.

say thearithMaster in Private LawRoyal university of Law and Eco-

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tHIs summer marks the cen-tennial of the outbreak of World War I. Ignited in Europe, it caused devasta-

tion unparalleled by any war the world had witnessed before. We must learn from the tragedy, the protracted battles of which left about 13 million people dead.

World War I was triggered in June 1914 by the assassination of the heir presumptive to the austrian throne by a young serbian man. In retalia-tion, austria declared war on serbia.

Early in august that year, germa-ny launched a military campaign based on its alliance with austria, leading to all-out war between the germany-led Central Powers and the allies, which included Britain, France and Russia.

In those days, many people pre-dicted an early conclusion to the war and believed that their own coun-try’s side would be victorious.

When the fighting was finally over, the world was left with a weighty lesson: that a war should never be launched.

Former us president John F Kennedy took what he learned from studying the failures of World War I and used these lessons in dealing with the Cuban missile crisis of October 1962, when the confronta-tion between the united states and the soviet union escalated to the verge of nuclear war.

Having read The Guns of August by

Barbara tuchman, which chroni-cled in detail the developments leading to the start of World War I, Kennedy reportedly said he did not want somebody writing a book called The Missiles of October in the future.

Based on unbridled discussions

with his aides, Kennedy worked on possible soviet actions and consid-ered responses to each scenario, as well as the likely resulting outcomes. He prioritised averting a military clash and decided on a maritime blockade of Cuba instead of launch-ing attacks on the island.

While confirming soviet inten-tions, Kennedy entered negotiations with the Eastern Bloc for it to with-draw its missiles from Cuba, nipping a potential World War III in the bud. We should never forget what the president accomplished.

It is important to bear in mind that peace is at risk when an internation-al balance of power crumbles. World War I occurred just as Britain lost its hegemonic status, which coincided with the rise of germany.

the world today is confronting a shift similar to the changing power balance seen in Europe 100 years ago.

In January, Japanese Prime Minis-ter shinzo abe likened the current relationship between Japan and a rising China to that of Britain and germany before the First World War, stirring widespread controversy and putting him on the defensive. None-theless, it is true that stabilising the bilateral relationship has emerged as a major issue.

It is necessary for the two nations to prevent accidental military clash-es by establishing a hotline between the leaders and between defence units. the two nations should urgently build a mechanism to be used in the event of a clash to pre-vent it from escalating into a full-blown conflict.

History proves that a war, once started, will play out without restraint. Once again, the impor-tance of striving to prevent war has come to the fore. THE YOMiURi SHiMBUN

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We must heed lessons of WWI

The front page of the Daily Mirror on August 10, 1914, reporting on an early victory by French troops against Germany during the First World War. AfP

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LifestyleGet on Up: the rage, genius of soul singer James BrownNsenga K Burton

the life story of leg-endary soul singer James Brown is a com-plicated one. Brown is

as well known for being a mu-sical genius as he is for being a tyrannical, abusive band-leader and spouse. the man who grew up in abject poverty in south Carolina and georgia danced, sang and shouted his way into a world of fame, for-tune and greatness. Not satis-fied with just being a perform-er, Brown grabbed the reins of his management in order to maximise business opportu-nities and ownership.

a man who was known and respected for his business acu-men early in his career, Brown was mocked in his later years for poor business decisions and tax problems. he was able to stop violence in the after-math of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr but was unable to quiet the chaos that dwelled inside him or quell his penchant for violence against women. Director tate taylor (The Help) and screenwriters Jez and John-henry Butter-worth (Edge of Tomorrow) do an admirable job of capturing the demons and the delight of James Brown in the highly an-ticipated biopic Get on Up.

thanks to the acting chops of Chadwick Boseman (42), who seems to be building a career playing iconic figures, Brown’s duality is on full dis-play throughout the film. Boseman, whose stoic perfor-mance as Jackie Robinson in 42 reflected the self-restraint required of Robinson in his quest to break the color barri-er in baseball, is set free in his depiction of the godfather of soul. In Get on Up, Boseman – who practised six hours a day to nail the legendary perform-er’s signature dance moves – unleashes the passion, rage

and genius of Brown, who was obsessed with bringing the funk to the world.

academy award winner Octavia spencer and Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis do what they do: offer superb performances with seriously limited screen time as the troubled women of Brown’s childhood. Davis’s turn as Brown’s tormented mother, susie, is reminiscent of Davis’s tour de force performance as Mrs Miller in the film Doubt (2008). the gut-wrenching scene in which susie resurfac-es after Brown has become a superstar demonstrates Bose-man’s skill as an actor and

certifies that Davis is the best actress working in hollywood right now.

Nelsan ellis, of True Blood fame, gives a stellar perfor-mance as Bobby Byrd, Brown’s underappreciated and fiercely loyal best friend. ellis’s matter-of-fact portrayal of Byrd adds value to a film rife with dra-matic performances. In the way that Byrd was the yin to Brown’s yang in real life, ellis’s staid performance comple-ments Boseman’s during their many shared scenes.

Film and music buffs will get a kick out of seeing soul singers Jill scott, aloe Blacc and rapper-musician Black

thought playing a variety of Brown’s musical peers, but will also lament the exclusion of Brown’s contemporary tammi terrell, a singer with the voice of an angel, who had a tumultuous relation-ship with Brown at the peak of their careers.

While Brown’s gOP leanings and bootstrap philosophy are never mentioned in the film, the filmmakers made sure to expose viewers to Brown’s connection to politics, social change and making a way out of no way. With rock ‘n’ roll legend Mick Jagger serv-ing as a producer on the film, along with the Reverend al

sharpton and Nelson george as consultants, Get on Up does an excellent job of showing the unpredictable conditions black performers like Brown faced when trying to make great music.

Get on Up is peppered with historic scenes, like Brown’s performances on the TAMI Show and at the world fa-mous apollo theater. With amazing musical and acting performances, the film will have you ready to dance in the aisles and cry your eyes out simultaneously. Brown sums it up best: “ain’t noth-ing to cry about. I’m James Brown.” the root

how the players picked up ladies in the 18th centuryEmily Brand

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a gaggle of girls on a night out will face an onslaught of pick-up lines – some charming, many (many) more dumb, cheesy or downright creepy. What happened, you may wonder, to romance, word play and sophisti-cated seduction?

If you think it can be found in the 1700s – the century in which Jane austen was raised – think again.

there were handbooks for clueless american men in search of love 200 years ago, but the advice was more Playboy than Pride & Prejudice. Pub-lished in New York in 1799, The New Academy of Compliments was full of advice for “proceeding in amours to

the highest Perfection”, including good manners, how to impress a lady with your meat-carving skills, pick-up lines and a seduction technique wor-thy of Robin thicke.

gentleman readers, follow the sug-gested plan of attack at your peril. I, for one, have a new-found respect for the beleaguered ladies of 18th century New York – it seems the modern experience of “court-ship” wasn’t so different as we might think.

Presenting six steps to seducing a woman, from the The New Academy of Compliments.

1. tell her that you think she’s hot.suggested pick up lines include:• “Madam, as you are fair and beau-

teous, be generous and merciful to

him that is your slave.”• “Sweet lady, your virtues have so

strangely taken up my thoughts, that therein they encrease and multiply in abundant felicity.”

• “I have a long time been broiling on the flames of ardent affection towards your dear self.”

2. If necessary, catch her off guard by insulting her first.

• “I am as lantern-jaw’d as you are platter-fac’d; but yet perhaps we may have lovely babes when we come together, if we can but tell how to get them.”

3. Make a dramatic entranceWhen all eyes are on you, make the

most of it – preferably with a bit of fancy footwork:

“If a young man enters into a room,

on his approaching those he intends to pay his respects to, he must . . . bow with his hat in his right hand, and then advancing three steps traverse ways, and by degrees approach the party, and if there be more than one, he must salute them severally: if a man, by a genteel embrace, in pressing the left side with his right arm: if a woman, a proferred salute, if not a real one.”

4. Don’t start with “the conversation”assessing her suitability by quizzing

her about her virginity is probably not a very good idea. (this one is actually pretty sensible.)

“When a young gentleman has found a conqueress of his affection, let him not rudely accost her if she be a virgin, lest his good meaning be taken in evil part.”

5. Keep within her sightsBecause there is nothing more effec-

tive than a bit of light stalking.“then it is his business to walk

before her window, or watch her going abroad, that she may have a perfect sight of him, which commonly creates a liking love.”

6. Don’t give up, even if she rejects you

at which point it all gets a bit Blurred Lines.

“there is no way after the ice is once broke, like opportunity and resolu-tion, in spight of all resistance, not to be denied, to haunt her like her shad-ow, and fill her ears with themes of love, settled with a few scattered prot-estations, which is the only way to obtain her.” the washington post

American soul legend James Brown performs in Beirut. afp

stupid is . . .

Internet dares end tragically

Online challenges daring people to set themselves ablaze or

douse themselves in ice wa-ter are racking up casualties and fuelling wonder regar-ding idiocy in the internet age.

US media reported that a teenager was recovering on Friday from second-degree burns caused by pouring rubbing alcohol on himself and igniting it in a take on a dangerous “fire challenge” shown in videos posted at YouTube and Facebook.

A glance online at Twitter posts with hashtag #firechal-lenge showed a video clip of a young man apparently setting fire to himself in a bathtub, only to fall out in a desperate scramble to douse the flames and remove his burning shorts.

“Are humans getting more stupid or is this just my perception?” a Twitter user asked rhetorically in a post with the same hashtag.

“You’ve got to be a complete #dumbass to set yourself on fire for five minutes of fame,” another member of the one-to-many message service contended in a different post.

An array of people who took part in a lively online exchange sparked by the teenager’s self-inflicted burns reasoned that it could be natural selection playing out on the internet stage.

news outlets in Germany earlier last week reported that a man there was crushed to death by a large piece of digging machinery being used to take part in another Facebook craze called the “cold water challenge”.

A huge bucket holding thousands of litres of water was being hoisted to dump on a small group of men when the digger toppled, killing one of them and inju-ring five others, according to reports. afp

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VN 3822 Daily 21:35 22:35 VN 3823 Daily 19:45 20:45

SIEM REAP - INCHEON INCHEON - SIEM REAP

KE 688 Daily 23:15 06:10 KE 687 Daily 18:30 22:15

OZ 738 Daily 23:40 07:10 OZ 737 Daily 19:20 22:40

SIEM REAP - KUALA LUMPUR KUALA LUMPUR - SIEM REAP

AK 281 Daily 08:35 11:35 AK 280 Daily 06:50 07:50

MH 765 3.5.7 14:15 17:25 MH 764 3.5.7 12:10 13:15

FLY DIRECT TO MYANMAR MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY

YANGON - PHNOM PENH PHNOM PENH - YANGONFLY DIRECT TO SIEM REAP MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & SATURDAYSIEM REAP - YANGON YANGON - SIEM REAP

#90+92+94Eo, St. 217, Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.Tel 023 881 178 | Fax 023 886 677 | www.maiair.com

REGULAR SHIPPING LINES SCHEDULES CALLING PORT ROTATION

LINE CALLING SCHEDULES FREEQUENCY ROTATION PORTS

RCL (12calls/moth)

1 Wed, 08:00 - Thu 16:00 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN

2 Thu, 14:00 - Fri 22:00 1 Call/week HKG-SHV-SGZ-HKG(HPH-TXGKEL)

3 Fri, 20:00 - Sat 23:59 1 Call/week SIN-SHV-SGZ-SIN

MEARSK (MCC)(4 calls/moth)

1 Th, 08:00 - 20:00 1 Call/week SGN-SHV-LZP-SGN- HKG-OSA-TYO-KOB- BUS-SGH-YAT-SGN- SIN-SHV-TPP-SIN2 Fri, 22:00- Sun 00:01 1 Call/week

SITC (BEN LINE (4 calls/onth) Sun 09:00-23:00 1 Call/week

HCM-SHV-LZP-HCM-NBO-SGH-OSA-KOB-BUS-SGH-HGK-CHM

ITL (ACL)(4 calls/month) Sat 06:00 - Sun 08:00 1 Call/week SGZ-SHV-SIN-SGZ

APL(4 calls/month) Fri, 08:00 - Sun, 06:00 1 call/week SIN-SHV-SIN

COTS(2 calls/month) Irregula 2 calls/month BBK-SHV-BKK-(LZP)

34 call/monthBUS= Busan, KoreaHKG= HongKongkao=Kaoshiung, Taiwan ROCKob= Kebe, JapanKUN= Kuantan, MalaysiaLZP= Leam Chabang, ThailandNBO= Ningbo, ChinaOSA= Osaka, JapanSGN= Saigon, Vietnam

SGZ= Songkhla, ThailandSHV= Sihanoukville Port CambodiaSIN= SingaporeTPP= TanjungPelapas, Malaysia TYO= Tokyo, JapanTXG= Taichung, TaiwanYAT= Yantian, ChinaYOK= Yokohama, Japan

AIRLINES

Air Asia (AK)Room T6, PP International Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555 Fax: 023 890 071www.airasia.com

Cambodia Angkor Air (K6)PP Office, #206A, Preah Norodom Blvd, Tonle Bassac +855 23 6666 786, 788, 789,+855 23 21 25 64 Fax:+855 23-22 41 64 www.cambodiaangkorair.comE: [email protected]

Qatar Airways (New address)Vattanac Capital Tower, Level7, No.66, Preah Monivong Blvd, Sangkat wat Phnom, Khan Daun Penh. PP, P: (023) 96 38 00.E: [email protected]

Myanmar Airways International#90+92+94Eo, St. 217, Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677www.maiair.com

Dragon Air (KA)#168, Monireth, PPTel: 023 424 300Fax: 023 424 304 www.dragonair.com/kh

Tiger airwaysG. floor, Regency square, Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205, Sk Chamkarmorn, PPTel: (855) 95 969 888(855) 23 5515 888/5525888E: [email protected]

Koreanair (KE) Room.F3-R03, Intelligent Office Center, Monivong Blvd,PPTel: (855) 23 224 047-9www.koreanair.com

Cebu Pacific (5J)Phnom Penh: No. 333BMonivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161Siem Reap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd.Tel: 063 965487 E-mail: [email protected]

SilkAir (MI)Regency C,Unit 2-4, Tumnorb Teuk, Chamkarmorn Phnom PenhTel:023 988 629www.silkair.com

AIRLINES CODE COLOUR CODE2817 - 16 Tigerairways KA - Dragon Air 1 Monday

5J - CEBU Airways. MH - Malaysia Airlines 2 Tuesday

AK - Air Asia MI - SilkAir 3 Wednesday

BR - EVA Airways OZ - Asiana Airlines 4 Thursday

CI - China Airlines PG - Bangkok Airways 5 Friday

CZ - China Southern QR - Qatar Airways 6 Saturday

FD - Thai Air Asia QV - Lao Airlines 7 Sunday

FM - Shanghai Air SQ - Singapore Airlines

K6- Cambodia Angkor Air TG - Thai Airways | VN - Vietnam Airlines

This flight schedule information is updated about once a month. Further information, please contact direct to airline or a travel agent for flight schedule information.

SIEM REAP - MANILA MANILA - SIEM REAP

5J 258 2.4.7 22:30 02:11 5J 257 2.4.7 19:45 21:30

SIEM REAP - SINGAPORE SINGAPORE - SIEM REAP

MI 633 1, 6, 7 16:35 22:15 MI 633 1, 6, 7 14:35 15:45

MI 622 2.4 10:40 15:20 MI 622 2.4 08:40 09:50

MI 630 5 12:25 15:40 MI 616 7 10:40 11:50

MI 615 7 12:45 16:05 MI 636 3, 2 13:55 17:40

MI 636 3, 2 18:30 21:35 MI 630 5 07:55 11:35

MI 617 5 18:35 21:55 MI 618 5 16:35 17:45

3K 598 .2....7 15:35 18:40 3K 597 .2....7 13:45 14:50

3K 598 ...4... 15:35 18:30 3K 597 ...4... 13:45 14:50

SIEM REAP - VIENTIANE VIENTIANE - SIEM REAP

QV 522 2.4.5.7 10:05 13:00 QV 512 2.4.5.7 06:30 09:25

SIEM REAP - YANGON YANGON - SIEM REAP

8M 402 1. 5 20:15 21:25 8M 401 1. 5 17:05 19:15

PREAH SIHANOUK - SIEM REAP SIEM REAP - PREAH SIHANOUK

Flighs Days Dep Arrival Flighs Days Dep Arrival

K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55 K6 131 1-3-5 11:20 12:20

Sailboats are berthed at a pier in Phuket. afp

sailing away in thailandPeerawat Jariyasombat

FaR away, waves form, foaming white at their crests. this indicates that a big gust of wind

is coming. Finally, it arrives. the sail catches it. Ropes tighten fiercely. the boat leans to one side and cruises for-ward against the wind.

a loose sail flaps. the cap-tain shouts an order. the crew rush to pull and rig ropes. another strong gust pulls the sail up and pushes the boat forward. the vessel leans so much that waves reach its port side. I climb to sit starboard, hanging my legs over the waves as natural power pushes the small boat ahead.

It might seem dangerous, the boat leaning as much as it does. But my fears are quickly staunched.

“Do not be afraid of capsizing. You can see that the boat has a keel, which weighs around 2 tonnes. It helps to balance the boat when it leans,” the captain, Wutthi-chai Chanmoon, says.

under the bright sun, we are cruising against a strong wind that pushes the boat through the high waves. the crew members are busy but excited to see their boat going so fast.

the boat I am on board is cruising in the middle of a group of other, similar water-craft. Big sails are scattered about the sea, travelling to-gether in the same direction.

It takes about 10 hours to learn how to use the ropes re-quired to sail a Platu sailboat.

For a long time I believed that sailboats could only travel downwind. Now, I’ve learned they can sail in any direction. When the boat is 90 degrees to the wind, it will travel at the fastest pace. Facing downwind, it actually moves the slowest.

We leave bustling Pattaya behind, sailing south, close to the Bang sa Re fishing vil-lages.

Later, the skipper tells me to be prepared: “When I make a turn, keep your head low and move to sit on the other side. are you ready?”

He turns the boat and the boom swings over my head as the wind direction changes. I duck and move to the other side of the boat, where I help the crew for a bit. the boat is sailing about 45 degrees to the wind, zigzagging towards our destination.

Within an hour, we are ap-proaching a rock that blocks the wind. Our boat slows, lin-gering in the quiet bay.

Platu sailboats, the type that we are using, are

named after mack-erel, a small fish of-

ten eaten in thai-land. around 7.5 metres long, the boats were de-

signed by yacht designer Bruce

Farr to be especially suited to the waters in

the gulf of thailand. the de-sign also allows inexperienced crew members to learn to sail in safety but requires precise skills to move at high speeds.

a Platu requires five crew members. as this is my first sailing trip, I am a bit clumsy, so others have to do my share of the rigging. It has been busy and exhausting, but a good ex-perience all around.

On the way back, the boat sails with the wind, making its way slowly on the quiet sea. there are no big waves and the boat doesn’t lean. It is quite a boring, really, making me feel like a sun-dried fish

on the deck.at times like these,

some use a parachute-like spinnaker sail, which fills with wind and

pulls the boat forward faster. the ocean is now dotted with colour-

ful sails as the boats race back to the marina.

bangkok

post

TRAVELINFO

Platu boat sailing courses are held at Sattahip Navy Base,

Chon Buri. The one-day course is 15,000 baht,

with room for five crew members.

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Thinking caps

Saturday’s solutionSaturday’s solution

LEGEND CINEMA

DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APESA growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth’s dominant species.City Mall:9:10am, 1:50pm, 6:30pmTuol Kork: 11:45am, 2:20pm, 9:25pmMeanchey: 9:45am, 3:10pm, 9:10pm

HERCULESHaving endured his legendary 12 Labours, Hercules, the Greek demigod, has his life as a sword-for-hire tested when the King of Thrace and his daughter seek his aid in defeating a tyrannical warlord.City Mall: 9:10am, 11:45am, 1:40pm, 4:25pm, 7:55pmTuol Kork: 9:10am, 11:20am, 3:40pm, 5:45pm, 7:50pmMeanchey: 12pm, 2:05pm, 5:45pm, 7:05pm, 9:45pm

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTIONAn automobile mechanic and his daughter make a discovery that brings the Autobots and Decepticons on them, as well as a dangerously paranoid government official.City Mall: 9:05pmTuol Kork: 1:30pm, 9pmMeanchey: 9:45am, 4:10pm

THE PURGE: ANARCHYA young couple works to survive on the streets after their car breaks down right as the annual purge commences.City Mall: 5:40pm, 10:05pmTuol Kork: 4:40pm, 6:50pm

THE UGLY GHOSTThai horror movie dubbed in Khmer.City Mall: 9:10am, 11:25am, 1:10pm, 3:25pm, 5:40pm, 7:50pm, 10pmTuol Kork: 9:30am, 11:15am, 1:25pm, 4:55pm, 7:10pm, 9:55pm

NOW SHOWING

Zumba @ Rose GardenDance fitness based on samba, salsa, merengue, martial arts and belly dancing. Ideal for cardio, building muscles and for weight loss. Free is $10.

Rose Garden Clubhouse, Floor 5B Norodom Boulevard. 6pm

Margarita @ RiverhouseSpecial buy one, get one free deal on margaritas of all flavours all night long. Tunes, including mash ups and remixes, will be provided by DJ Kakada.

Riverhouse Lounge, #157 Sisowath Quay. 8pm

Pizza @ Show BoxThe Katy Peri Peri Peri Chicken and Pizza chefs serve their wood-fired pizza from their mobile kitchen in front of Show Box. Reggae music will be played all night.

Show Box, #11 Street 330. 6pm

Ballet Classes @ Ballet Phnom Penh

Classes are attended for adults who danced when they were younger, or have a lot of experience in a different style of dance and want to learn a new style. Cost is $12.

Central School of Ballet, #10 Street 183. 7:15pm

ACROSS 1 Not now or the future

5 Tolkien villains

9 Tea-producing state in India

14 Creative input

15 Not a happy fate

16 Neutral shade

17 Very pleasing

20 Arm counterparts of fibulae

21 Parceled out

22 Continuing indefinitely

25 Van Gogh lost one

26 Primitive percussion instrument

28 Filly, after maturing

32 Collapsible topper

37 Ready for a break

38 Good time for a walk hand-inhand

41 Chats

42 Become very thin

43 Lid lump

44 Mortal danger

46 Appliance with blades

47 Violent storm

53 Birds of a region

58 Helper, essentially

59 Like some suburban roads

62 Bring to mind

63 Saharalike

64 Masseuse’s supplies

65 Palindromist’s principle

66 Long-gone bird

67 Twiggy digs

DOWN 1 Excite, as interest or curiosity 2 Grown up 3 View from the Left Bank 4 Golden Horde member 5 ___ man out 6 Sturgeon product 7 Carbonated beverage 8 Grin bearer 9 More than hate 10 Small paving stone 11 Recipe directive 12 Malaria symptom 13 Pinochle combo 18 Poetic time after dusk 19 Feeling happy appreciation 23 Turkish commander (Var.) 24 Give money, and expect it back 27 Absolute 28 Kind of computer 29 Stirring solo performance 30 It’s overhead 31 Honer’s target 32 Withdraws (with “out”) 33 Land map part 34 Hard to hang on to 35 Tool for deciduous foliage 36 Cousin of a zebra 37 Gumshoe 39 Send out matter 40 Dell, poetically 44 Revere in history 45 Cluster of nine 46 Diamond side 48 Daisy ___ of Dogpatch 49 Blame for, as a crime 50 Murphy who played Klumps 51 Unloads 52 Secret encounter 53 Lookout, perhaps 54 On the qui ___ (watchful) 55 Macintosh screen symbol 56 Bag-shaped fish trap 57 Prominent ’70s hairstyle 60 Get ___ of (discard) 61 Words of commitment

“SWEET!”

TV PICKS

The Central School of Ballet is intended for adults with prior experience. BLOOMBERG

Johnny Depp and Geoffrey Rush reprise their former roles in On Stranger Tides. BLOOMBERG

12pm - SUPERMAN RETURNS: After a long visit to the lost remains of the planet Krypton, the Man of Steel returns to Earth to become the people’s savior once again and reclaim the love of Lois Lane. HBO

5pm - GATTACA: A genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel. HBO

6:45pm - PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES: Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. HBO

9pm - SILICON VALLEY: Richard and his programmer friends dream of making it big. Instead, they’re living in a communal “Hacker Hostel” owned by former programmer Erlich. Pilot episode. HBO

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Socheata and SonterySocial Life Team

Grand opening L’Occitane en Provence @ aeon Mall

BMW Show Room @ aeon Mall

The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University perform@ the Victoria angkor Resort and spa

On July 28, L’Occitane en Provence hosted an exclusive event for VIPs at its newly opened store in aeon Mall. Its new Immortelle Brightening skincare Range combines two flowers: the Immortelle flower from Corsica, which is said to provide oil to smooth wrinkles, and Bellis Perennis, which is said to impart a radiant look of youth. the new Brighten-ing Essence helps keep skin youthful, radiant and even-toned, advertises the com-pany. L’Occitane en Provence was founded in 1976 by Olivier Baussan, who is based in Manosque, France. Baussan continues to expand his cosmetic and beauty care empire through the L’Occitane en Provence stores, which are located in cities around the world. Photos by Hong Menea

On July 27, Premium auto imports Co Ltd, Cambodia’s exclusive importer and dis-tributor of BMW vehicles and spare parts, opened its BMW show room at aeon

Mall. this is the first time that a vehicle show room has opened in a Cambodian shopping mall. Various vehicles, includ-ing luxury sedans, sports cars and suVs were displayed. the show room’s highlight is the M6 Coupe. With a $231,800 price tag, there is only one currently in the Kingdom. Whoever buys the ultra-lux-urious set of wheels will be offered an all expense paid trip for two to the BMW Dy-namic Drive Experience in

Clark, Philippines. Pho-tos by Hong Menea

On July 27, the Whiffenpoofs from Yale university performed in siem Reap. Es-tablished in 1909, it is the oldest collegiate a cappella group in the united states. they are currently on an international tour of 27 countries, which also includes thailand, Japan and australia. the event at Victoria saw a lot of local and foreign guests attend the $30 performance, which included a barbecue, buffet and cocktails. the Whiffenpoofs, which comprises all men, performed their music from the side of the hotel’s swimming pool. Photos by Chhim Sreyneang

Special guests attend the opening of L’Occitane en Provence

Greg Hooker, Jan Dowling, Neil Dowling and Chan Sophea, executive assistant manager of Victoria Angkor Resort

Alfred R Dejaager, associate professor director of choral activities of West Liberty University, and Khemra Bour

Russel Cowan and Bina ManleyJeanette Dwyer and Michael Dwyer

Aline Chanvin and Hubert de Murard, rooms divi-sion manager of Victoria Angkor Resort

Tov Chihoung, owner of New Hill Resort and Spa, and Andy Each, GM of New Hill Report and Spa

Giovanna Carrozza and Corafie Chanvin

Amanda Breit and Steve BreitBruno Chanvin and Reine Nathafie Sinacarpin

Marleen Holten and Christian Carsson

Kelly Chandara, Hanno Stamm, GM of Victoria Angkor Resort, and Saron Khan.

Paula Harrigan, Bina Manley, Arlene Gormley and Sokhom Sam Ol, sales and marketing manager of Victoria Angkor Resort

Ly Leakhean, Peter Brongers and Meluin How Sher Han The M6 costs $231,800

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On July 26, Pedro celebrated its Fall Col-lection 2014 at its newest store in aeon Mall. the store was ablaze with lights, colour and music for the invited fashion aficionados of the city. More than 200 VIP guests showed up to the fashion show, includ-ing international models and Cambodian celebrities. Pedro stores have high-end fash-ion forward shoes, handbags and accessories. Pedro stores already exist on sihanouk Boulevard, tK avenue and at a siem Reap location. Photos by Hong Menea

Gary Ng, Jenny Vo and Peang Nara MC Yan Linda

Pedro Fall Collection 2014

Hak Lanin and York Chanda

Michael Sethika Norodom, Narak Potter and Hung Chin

Jean Benoit Lasselin and Elodie Barria

Yim Molika and Lily Sok

Touch Kanhasothea, managing director of Darapich Thmey Guesthouse and Om Seng Borey, catering manager of Wisdom Park

Ly Ing, and Yok Chenda

Roth Dara, Rolin and Sok Keang

Ho Puthida, Som Somara, Hay Nariman, and BoBo

Tt Law, Natacha Van and Bruno Van

Criztian Velayo, Sieng Vanny, Remy Hou and Mealyann Saing

Pedro fall collection preview

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Sport

Invitation for BidsFlood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project-Additional Financing

Grant No. 0285-CAM (EF) and Loan No. 3125-CAM (SF)

IFB No. FDERP-AF-MOWRAM–ICB01Issuance Date: 04 August 2014

Procurement of Goods for FDERP-AF-MOWRAM-ICB01: Supply, installation and commissioning of Hydromet Stations

and Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), equipment for discharge measurement, including on-site training

The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) represented by the Ministry of Economy and Finance has 1. received a grant from the Government of Australia (DFAT) and a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the Flood Damage Emergency Reconstruction Project-Additional Financing (FDERP-AF), and intends to apply part of the Loan and Grant to payments under the Contract/Bids No. FDERP-AF-MOWRAM-ICB01 for the Supply, installation and commissioning of Hydromet Stations and Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), equipment for discharge measurement,including on-site training.

The Project Implementation Unit-3, Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology, now invite 2. sealed bids from eligible and qualified bidders for the Supply, installation and commissioning of Hydromet Stations and Automatic Weather Stations (AWS), equipment for discharge measurement,including on-site training.

International competitive bidding will be conducted in accordance with ADB’s Single-Stage: Two-3. Envelope procedure and is open to all Bidders from eligible member countries of ADB.

Interested eligible bidders may obtain further information from the address below and inspect the 4. bidding documents at the address below from Monday to Friday during office hours from 8:30 to 12:00 and from 14:00 to 17:00 hours.

A complete set of bidding documents in English may be purchased by interested bidders on submission 5. of a written application to the address in paragraph 8 and upon payment of a non-refundable fee of USD 55.00or equivalent in Cambodian Riel being 220,000. 00. The method of payment will be in cash. The bidding document will be collected in person at the discretion of bidder or sent by courier when requested by the Bidder, upon confirmation of payment and additional courier fee of “USD50”. No liability will be accepted for loss or late delivery.

Bids must be delivered to the address given below on or before 6. 15:00 hours (local time) on 18 September 2014. All bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Securing Declaration as described in the form specified under sub-clause 21.1 of Section II, Bid Data Sheet.Late bids will be rejected. Technical Proposal/Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives and other interested person(s) who choose to attend at the address below at 15:30 hours (local time) on 11 September 2014.

The Project Implementation Unit-3, Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology will not be 7. responsible for any costs or expenses incurred by Bidders in connection with the preparation or delivery of bids.

The address referred to above is: 8. Attn.: Mr. Chann Sinath, Deputy Director General for Technical Affairs,and Project Director of FDERP- AFMinistry of Water Resources and Meteorology # 364, Monivong Boulevard, PhsarDoeumThkov, Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA FDERP-AF Project Implementation Unit, 2ndFloor of Department of Farmer Water User Community (FWUC)Tel. (855) 12 528 777Email: [email protected]

usian Bolt steals show in glasgows

print superstar usain Bolt anchored the Ja-maican team to victory in the men’s 4x100m

relay on saturday as England topped the Commonwealth games medals table for the first time in 28 years.

in a fitting end to the track and field program at Hamp-den park, Jason Livermore, 100m gold medallist Ke-mar Bailey-Cole and bronze medallist nickel ashmeade all safely negotiated their legs before the baton was passed on to the towering figure of Bolt.

the 27-year-old, who has won six Olympic gold medals and eight world titles but was making his Commonwealth games debut, made no mis-take with his anchor run in light drizzle on a soaked

track, charging through the line in a games record of 37.58 seconds.

in the women’s 4x100m relay, Jamaica were also tri-umphant, courtesy of Kerron stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown, schillonie Calvert and double Olympic 100m cham-pion shelly-ann Fraser-pryce.

Kenya’s middle- and long-distance team continued their amazing form.

Mercy Cherono and Ja-net Kisa won gold and silver in the women’s 5,000m, the bronze going to England’s 40-year-old Jo pavey. it meant the Kenyan women won 13 of the 18 medals on offer.

Cherono and Kisa’s double feat was then replicated in the men’s 1,500m by James Magut and ronald Kwemoi.

Magut’s gold was the men’s

third after those in the 5,000m and 3,000m steeplechase. Ke-nyan Julius Yego then claimed victory in the men’s javelin.

With a day to spare at the games, England secured top of the medals table with 165 of which 56 are gold while australia had 132 in total with 45 in gold.

Only 11 golds were left to be decided on sunday leaving England to nudge australia off the top of the medals table for the first time since the 1986 games in Edinburgh.

the games, however, were rocked on saturday when it was announced that former women’s world 400m cham-pion amantle Montsho had failed a drugs test.

the Botswanan, who won the world title in 2011, test-ed positive for the banned

stimulant methylhexaneam-ine after the final of the 400 metres.

On Friday, nigerian teenage weightlifter Chika amalaha was stripped of her Com-monwealth women’s 53kg gold medal after also failing a drugs test.

England’s boxing team brought home a glut of five golds from 13 finals thanks to nicola adams, Joseph Joyce, savannah Marshall, scott Fitzgerald and team captain antony Fowler.

Olympic champion adams started the gold rush after win-ning by the narrowest of mar-gins in the women’s flyweight final, beating northern ire-land’s Michaela Walsh to be-come the first women’s Com-monwealth boxing champion.

australia won their fourth successive women’s hockey gold medal with a 3-1 shoot-

out win over England. But the English came agonisingly close to a shock win when they led 1-0 with just seconds left of normal time.

England’s tom Daley won a second successive 10m platform games diving gold with australia’s Esther Qin taking the women’s 3m springboard title.

England were dealt a dou-ble blow in team events with defeats in the semifinals of netball and men’s hockey.

the netballers went down 35-34 to new Zealand with Marai tutaia sinking the winner in the final two sec-onds as the defending cham-pion silver Fearns booked a sunday final against top-ranked australia, which de-feated Jamaica.

australia comfortably saw off England 4-1 in the men’s hockey semis and will face

india, which came back from 0-2 down to defeat new Zea-land 3-2, for their fifth con-secutive gold.

Joshana Chinappa and Dipika pallikal ensured india’s maiden Common-wealth games squash medal was a gold as they shocked top seeds Laura Massaro and Jenny Duncalf of England with an 11-6, 11-8 win in the women’s doubles final.

“We are really excited, not only for us but for indian squash in general,” said pal-likal, who missed her home games in Delhi four years ago due to illness.

singapore finished the games with six table tennis golds out of a possible seven after Zhan Jian won the men’s singles and Feng tianwei se-cured her third gold of the games with Yu Mengyu in the women’s doubles. AFP

Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (left) leads the last leg of the men’s 4x100m relay final at Hampden Park during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday. AFP

Cambodian team set for debut in pattaya to phnom penh rallyH S Manjunath

HistOrY is in the making when Ho sittikun and his co-drivers som sokosal and Vong Kim Huoth rev up their Black toyota tundra pick-up as Cambodia’s first four-wheel racers at the start of the 2014 asia Cross Country rally from thailand’s coastal city of pat-taya this saturday.

the 2,200km thailand-Cam-bodia rally, regarded as a gruelling test of courage and endurance for both man and the machine, ends on august 15 in Kampong speu, with the participants making another short trip the same day to phnom penh for the awards ceremony.

the three-member team is the first from the Kingdom to go on an automobile adven-ture at this highly competitive level, raising the profile of the Cambodian Motor sport Fed-eration (CMsF), which was

formed just over two years ago. the asia Cross Country rally, first held in 1996, is an interna-tional status event sanctioned by both the Fia and FiM, with eight competitive selective sec-tions and 15 road sectors across thailand and Cambodia.

after the mandatory Bira Cir-cuit scrutiny, the 22 rally cars will be flagged off from pattaya beach for the first leg to sakaeo and a special stage within that thai province.

the rallyists will cross over to Cambodia on august 12 for the angkor Wat to Battambang section before hitting the home stretch from Battam-bang to Kampong speu and phnom penh.

Meanwhile, three Cambodi-ans will be among the 16 motorcyclists taking part in the two-wheel competition of the rally, which will run con-currently.

On a sturdy Yamaha Wr 450F, Chea Lykheang will be leading

the country’s charge for a good spot in the pegging order. Join-ing Lykheang will be touch thach on a KtM 250EXC and Koun phandara on a 2013 KtM 350EXCF

in a marked departure from the routine end of the rally in siem reap like the previous years, the final destination has been moved to the Cambodian capital.

Explaining the rationale behind this move, CMsF pres-ident Lt gen Meach sophana told the Post: “We wanted the participants to enjoy greater parts of our countryside and experience the diversity of terrain.”

“We are very happy that we have our first four wheel team taking part in this rally. it is a big first step, and we hope this team will a learn a lot from this experience and inspire others,” added Meach sophana, who is also under secretary of state at the Ministry of interior.

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Acrobatic kickers head to annual Thai tournamentA delegAtion of 16 national sepak takraw players, two coaches and two officials departed Cambodia yesterday to join the prestigious 2014 King’s Cup World Championships in Bangkok. A deal between the Cambodian Sepak takraw Federation and the Ministry of education, Youth and Sport on July 22 has helped fund the cost of seven players to make the nine-day trip, while the federation has received other support to send the rest of the team, according to CSF secretary-general Chhoun leng. “Cambodia will be playing in Regu categories, which involves sides of three players on each team with two substitutes,” added Chhoun leng, who is leading the delegation to thailand. YeUn PonloK,

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Waratahs beat Crusaders for first Super Rugby title winBeRnARd Foley kicked a long-range penalty goal in the last minute to clinch the new South Wales Waratahs’ first Super Rugby title against the Canterbury Crusaders in Sydney on Saturday. Fly-half Foley landed the pressure 45-metre penalty to deliver the Waratahs a fighting 33-32 win over the seven-time champion Crusaders and end a 19-year wait for a Southern Hemisphere provincial title. it was the Waratahs’ first Super Rugby title after losing both their previous finals to the Crusaders in 2005 and 2008. it culminated a sensational finish to the season for the Waratahs, winning their last nine matches and going through the season unbeaten at home. AFP

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advantage coaches after junior tennis workshopH S Manjunath

tennis Cambodia’s techni-cal director and national coach Braen aneiros con-ducted a two-day work-

shop on the Junior tennis initiative in Phnom Penh to bring the entire coaching staff up to speed on the latest concepts and trends that would help them efficiently handle this vital developmental project.

the workshop, which concluded on saturday at the national train-ing Center, was attended by nine coaches with aneiros and head of junior development Mam Phalkun taking the participants step by step through the Jti objectives to opera-tional demands.

at the first session, aneiros stressed on the need for the coaches to focus on the Jti’s main goal of achieving a healthy progression of competent tennis players with the tennis 10s as the base and then reaching out to u12 and u14 high performers.

the opening day at the courts of the national sports Complex end-ed with the participants running a mock competition for kids 10 and under on the five red courts that

were specially set up. the group moved over to the national training Center the next day to learn more about new competition formats.

“the whole point of these com-petitions is that it enables kids to start thinking for themselves on the court. tennis players are often very smart. so there is no reason why we should not test their ability to think just because they are young,” anei-ros told the Post yesterday.

two of Phnom Penh’s most prom-

ising juniors, Klang Ponlok and Chheang Vannasith, were drawn in as experimental models for what was virtually practical session for the coaches.

the coaches were split into two groups of five each and assigned one player to work with for five min-utes on one aspect of his game that needed improvement.

to judge which group had done a better job, the two players were asked to play a tie-breaker and, for

the record, the Ponlok corner came out on top.

the workshop concluded with attention of the participants be-ing drawn to fitness workouts that could be completed on court to help a player’s balance, co-ordination and agility.

“Overall it was a very successful workshop and i think the coach-es are inspired to get back on the court with the kids soon,” said Mam Phalkun.

Braen Aneiros (front right) gives instructions to local coaches during a JTI session at the National Training Centre. SReng Meng SRUn

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smart Dragons hit centuryH S Manjunath

smart Dragons wrote a piece of history by becoming the first team to post a century in the Cambodian Basketball

League in their 111-63 drubbing of gL Concrete at the Olympic stadi-um indoor arena on saturday.

mauled by the mekong tigers 87-66 in their opening game, smart Dragons were bent on sending a positive message about the team’s worth and succeeded, doing it in the most spectacular fashion possible.

unlike in the previous game, the Dragons could rely on a full roster this time – except for Jordan Bergen and Kelvin Chan – and this was re-flected in their dominant display.

making his CBL debut, gabrielle Castaldo capped his first fast break with a two-handed dunk for the Dragons – a seemingly ominous sig-nal to their opposition of the ram-page that was to follow.

Castaldo was quickly fouled out, lasting only 12 minutes in all, but Leng seng, Chhim Chandara and Chhim taingyou kept the offensive going. When it came to Dragons’ defence, Philip Elliot was the man of the hour, with five blocks and 14 rebounds to his name.

For gL Concrete only ran Noren was able to deal with the half-court defence that the Dragons so suc-cessfully orchestrated.

In the first game of the day, me-kong tigers rolled over NsK Dream 72-56 to complete their third win in a row.

the first quarter was tight with both teams searching the wings in

the hope of drive and dish until sok samnang gave the tigers a seven-point advantage by sinking two three-pointers back to back.

the tigers’ lead doubled in the second quarter and stretched to 19

by the end of the third, leaving NsK Dream plenty of work to do. the ti-gers were on cruise control in the fourth, though NsK Dream did show some improvement.

speed not size counted in Pate 310 fashioning a 65-43 win over sabay tigers mosquitoes.

the most striking sight when the teams got on to the court was the size difference – the mosquitoes were easily at least 20cm taller on average than their rivals.

Ouch Phanat and sok tour en-sured a 14-3 advantage for Pate at the end of the first quarter and in the next 10 minutes nothing much changed

the mosquitoes did well in the third quarter, but the 12-point defi-cit was weighing heavily on them and Pate drew away in the fourth.

Scores Summaries Mekong Tigers 72 (Pheng Darath 19,

Sok Samnang 18, Seath Socheat 10) NSK Dream 56 (Chanchan Borey 10, Phorn Rithysak 9, Sok Pagna 9) Pate 310 65 (Ouch Phanat 21,

Tayyaba Adam 10. Taing Peng Kuy 9) Sabay Tiger Mosquitoes 43 (Geoff Harry 11, Steve Chann 10, Colin Meyn 8) Smart Dragons 111 (Leng Seng 15,

Chhim Chandara 14, Ben Laird 14, Phillip Elliott 13, Chhim Taingyou 13) GL Concrete 63 (Ran Noren 15, Adam Noah 9, Lim Pich 8)

A player from Sabay Tigers Mosquitoes goes up for a shot under pressure from a Pate 310 player during their CBl game at the Olympic Stadium indoor hall. SRENG MENG SRUN

Australian Formula One Grand Prix extended to 2020THE Australian Formula One Grand Prix will stay in Melbourne until 2020, the Victorian state government said yesterday, after the conclusion of 12 months of negotiations in London. Victorian Premier Denis Napthine hailed the extension of the race from 2016 to 2020, and said he looked forward to Australian Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull winning the Albert Park race during that time. He said the new contract was agreed to last week after a year of negotiations in London. “This is a terrific announcement that reaffirms Melbourne and Victoria as the major events and sporting capital of the world,” Napthine told Fairfax Radio. The GP is funded by the Victorian state government, and has consistently lost money since Melbourne replaced Adelaide as Australia’s Formula One venue in 1996. AFP

Russia to play Uruguay for final Rugby World Cup spotRUSSiA will play Uruguay in a two-legged play-off for the final spot at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. The Russians, bidding to reach a second consecutive tournament, beat Zimbabwe 23-15 on Saturday in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk while Uruguay ran out 28-3 winners over Hong Kong in Montevideo. Russia now play Uruguay, who played in the 1999 and 2003 World Cups, for the right to join hosts England, Australia, Wales and Fiji in a daunting Pool A at RWC 2015. The dates for the home and away play-offs have yet to be decided. AFP

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Pellegrini confirms Lampard’s City loanManchester city manager Manuel Pellegrini has confirmed former chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard’s move to the Premier League champions on loan from his new club, new York city Fc. the 36-year-old, who spent 13 years at chelsea, recently signed for new York, but as the next Major League soccer season does not start until next year, he has opted to return to england to maintain fitness. new York are one of Manchester city’s two sister clubs, the other being australian side Melbourne city. Lampard has a strong emotional attachment to chelsea, having become the club’s all-time leading scorer with 211 goals, and Pellegrini suggested he could be spared from facing his former club when Jose Mourinho’s side visit the etihad stadium on september 21. Lampard’s move echoes that of fellow new York new boy David Villa, the spain striker, who has joined Melbourne city on a short-term loan deal. aFP

Wenger enthused by Sanogo and CampbellarsenaL manager arsene Wenger said Yaya sanogo and Joel campbell would be given chances to shine this season after both youngsters impressed in the 5-1 friendly demolition of Benfica. sanogo, a 2013 signing from auxerre, scored four times in saturday’s emirates cup encounter, while campbell, who has spent the last three seasons out on loan, scored once and supplied one assist. “Football surprises you always. not only you, but me as well,” Wenger told journalists at the emirates stadium. “[sanogo] has a big future here, of course.” aFP

Defender Galloway joins Everton from MK Dons eVerton have signed england youth international defender Brendan Galloway on a five-year deal from League one side MK Dons. the 18-year-old, who was born in Zimbabwe, will join up with the U21 side at Goodison Park. “It means an awful lot to me coming to such a great club. I’m now looking forward to learning off some of the more senior players – the likes of sylvain Distin and Phil Jagielka,” Galloway told the official everton website. aFP

Spurs complete signing of Dier from SportingtottenhaM hotspur have completed the signing of the defender eric Dier from sporting Lisbon on a five-year deal. no fee was disclosed but reports say spurs paid around £4 million ($6.73 million) for the england U21 international. “It has always been my ambition and my dream to come back to england and play in the Premier League,” the 20-year-old told the club website. “I’ve watched a lot of tottenham and I’ve always enjoyed the way they play, their attacking football. I think, coming from Portugal, that suits me and this season I just want to adapt really quickly to the Premier League and do the best I can.” the GUarDIan

Falcao returns for MonacoMonaco striker Radamel Fal-cao made his first appearance for over six months as a sec-ond-half substitute in his side’s 2-2 friendly draw against Valen-cia in London on saturday.

the 28-year-old colombia international had not played since rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a French cup game against amateur side chasselay on January 22.

the injury cut short his debut season at the big-spend-ing Ligue 1 club and prevented him from appearing at the World cup, where colombia reached the quarter-finals.

Falcao replaced Dimitar Ber-batov with 18 minutes to play at the Emirates stadium, tak-ing up a central role alongside Valere germain in a 4-4-2 sys-tem, but did not manage any attempts on goal.

“Falcao played for 20 min-utes to help him overcome his anxiety, which is natural when you come back after six months without playing,” said Monaco coach Leonardo Jardim.

Falcao later took to twitter to say “simply thank you!!!” He added: “thanks to god for consoling me and giving me encouragement over the last six months ... thanks to every-one for a simple message of encouragement.”

He has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, who have already signed his inter-national team-mate James Rodriguez from Monaco in a deal worth around €80 million ($108 million).

But Jardim said: “at this moment, regardless of what

people say, Falcao is with us. He’s in the final stages of his recovery. I count on him for this season.”

the match was the opening game of the Emirates cup pre-season tournament, which also features hosts arsenal and Benfica.

Monaco took the lead in the 30th minute when Joao Moutinho’s left-wing corner was met by aymen abdennour and flicked into the net off Ruben Vezo for an own goal.

a Ricardo carvalho own goal six minutes later levelled the scores and Valencia went in front 20 minutes from full-

time when substitute Paco alcacer tapped in a low cross from aly cissokho.

But after Falcao had made his entrance from the bench, Lucas ocampos struck an 80th-minute equaliser for Monaco, running from deep and planting a shot in the bottom-left corner from out-side the box.

Monaco, runners-up to Paris saint-germain last season, open their Ligue 1 campaign at home to Lorient next sunday.

Valencia’s season does not begin until august 23, when they visit sevilla in La Liga. aFP

Monaco’s Colombian forward Radamel Falcao reacts during the pre-season friendly against Valencia at The Emirates Stadium in London. aFP

Young’s brace lifts united to win over Reala

sHLEY Young struck twice saturday to help Manchester united to a 3-1 friendly win over Real Madrid in front

of the biggest crowd ever to watch a football match in the united states.

Javier “chicharito” Hernandez also scored for Manchester united, whose lone goal was gareth Bale’s strike from the penalty spot.

Madrid trailed 2-1 in the second half when manager carlo ancelotti departed from his previously an-nounced plan and introduced for-mer united star cristiano Ronaldo off the bench.

the move did little for the Euro-pean champions’ quest for an equa-liser, but it delighted the crowd of 109,318 at Michigan stadium, home of the university of Michigan Wolver-ines that is fondly known as “the Big House”.

the attendance surpassed the pri-or record 101,799 who watched the 1984 olympic final between Brazil and France at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl.

Young opened the scoring in the 21st minute, but Real Madrid pulled level six minutes later after Bale converted a penalty and was fouled

by Michael Keane. Louis van gaal’s side went ahead again in the 37th as Young curled a ball into the net, Wayne Rooney coming close to get-ting the final touch.

Hernandez sealed the result in the 80th when he headed in a cross from shinji Kagawa.

the victory sends Manchester united into tonight’s final of the In-ternational champions cup, a series of friendlies involving eight Euro-pean clubs all preparing for their do-mestic campaigns.

Van gaal – who took the helm of united at the start of their us tour – will experience first-hand his new club’s rivalry with Liverpool, which have already booked their berth with a match remaining against ac Milan on saturday. the match kicks off at 7am cambodian time on tuesday morning.

Liverpool were assured of going through after English Premier League champions Manchester city fell 5-4 on penalties to olympiakos after a 2-2 fulltime draw in Minneapolis.

In an all-Italian clash on saturday, Inter Milan defeated as Roma 2-0 in Philadelphia. aFP

Ashley Young of Manchester United celebrates his first half goal against Real Madrid dur-ing their Guinness International Champions Cup at Michigan Stadium on Saturday. aFP

uD aLMERIa’s arrival in thai-land for the LFP World chal-lenge tour has aroused great expectation in the country, thanks to thai star teerasil Dangda, one of the andalu-sian outfit’s recent signings.

the 26-year-old player, in an interview with LFP.es, spoke of his enthusiasm for playing the preseason in front of his own people.

“It’s great that the spanish league has come to thailand. People are really interested and now a lot of them sup-port uD almeria. since spain won the 2010 World cup, thai society has really got into the spanish league,” revealed teerasil, who is on loan from thai Premier League side scg Muang thong united for one season.

the thai player is very grateful for the welcome he received when he arrived in spain.

“I’m still getting used to the city, culture and spanish life, because it is very different to where I come from. almeria is a very peaceful city, I was surprised at the generosity of the people. I’m very happy there. My teammates made me feel welcome. they help me a lot with the language,” said the 26-year-old thailand international.

teerasil, affectionately called in thailand by his nick-name “Mui”, also said that he was very “happy to play in the best league in the world”.

He said: “the spanish league has great players. I look up to cristiano Ronal-

do [of Real Madrid] and Lio-nel Messi [of Barcelona]. I’m really excited about playing against Barcelona and Real Madrid.”

the thai star said he want-ed to show his thanks for the welcome he received when he arrived in Bangkok on the LFP World challenge tour.

“I’m really happy about the welcome we have been given since we arrived. the wel-come at the airport was very emotional,” teerasil said.

He played for alme-ria against his parent club Muang thong united at scg stadium last Wednesday in a friendly which ended in a 1-1 draw. almeria will take on Phuket Fc in a friendly at sur-akul stadium in Phuket this Wednesday. BanGKoK Post

teerasil happy to embrace higher home expectations

Thailand’s Teerasil Dangda returns home to feature in friendlies with his new Spanish club Almeria. aFP

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