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Friday, 31 July 2015

អត់លុយឱ្យថ្លៃមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែត្រ រត់ចេញមកដេកញាក់នៅតាមផ្លូវ


SR: ៣០ កក្កដា ២០១៥ / 30 July 2015

សារព័ត៌មានកម្ពុជាថ្មី៖ អត់លុយឱ្យថ្លៃមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែត្រ រត់ចេញមកដេកញាក់នៅតាមផ្លូវ

ភ្នំពេញ ៖ បុរសម្នាក់បានរត់ចេញពីមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែតទាំងមានជំងឺគ្រុនញាក់ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ ហើយបានមកដេកនៅតាមដងផ្លូវ ដោយសារគ្មានលុយឱ្យថ្លៃពេទ្យ បន្ទាប់ពីមានជំងឺគ្រុនក្តៅញាក់ចូលព្យាបាលនៅមន្ទីររយៈពេល១យប់រួចមក។ ហេតុការណ៍នេះបង្កឲ្យមានការភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលកាលពីវេលាម៉ោង២និង១០នាទីរសៀល ថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥ ស្ថិតតាមបណ្ដោយផ្លូវកែវចិន្តា ត្រង់មុខផ្ទះលេខ១៣Gក្រុម៩ ភូមិ៣ សង្កាត់ជ្រោយចង្វា ខណ្ឌជ្រោយចង្វារ។

តាមការសាកសួររបស់ប្រជាជននៅម្តុំនោះបុរសខាងលើនិយាយថា គេឈ្មោះ ភោគ ផល្លីអាយុ៣០ឆ្នាំ មុខរបរជាងសំណង់ ស្នាក់នៅក្រុម១០ ភូមិកើតហេតុខាងលើ មានទីលំនៅភូមិបឹងទំនប់ ឃុំព្រៃរំដេង ស្រុកគីរីវង្ស ខេត្តតាកែវ ដែលមានប្រពន្ធឈ្មោះ ទូច ចាន់ណា អាយុ២០ឆ្នាំ មុខរបរនៅផ្ទះ មានកូនប្រុស១ អាយុ១ខួបជាង។
ប្រភពបន្តថា កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៩ ខែកក្កដា បុរសខាងលើមានអាការៈដូចជាជំងឺគ្រុនក្តៅស្រៀវស្រាញ ហើយត្រូវបានបងប្អូនបញ្ជូនទៅព្យាបាលនៅមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែត្រ។
ប្រភពបន្ថែមទៀតថា គ្រាដែលសម្រាកដាក់សេរ៉ូមបានមួយយប់ លុះព្រឹកឡើងអត់មានលុយឲ្យថ្លៃសេរ៉ូមពេទ្យ បុរសខាងលើបានលួចដោះសេរ៉ូមរត់មកផ្ទះជួលទាំងជំងឺមិនទាន់ជានៅឡើយ។

គ្រួសារបុរសខាងលើនិយាយថា គ្រាដែលប្រពន្ធបានមកពីស្រុកកំណើតមកមើលក៏បានបង្ខំប្តីឲ្យទៅពេទ្យវិញ តែប្តីនាងបានខឹង មិនព្រមទៅ ដោយនិយាយថា ចង់ទៅស្រុកកំណើតនៅឯខេត្តស្វាយរៀង ហើយក៏បានដើរចេញពីផ្ទះជួលដើម្បីរករថយន្តទៅស្រុកកំណើត។ ខណៈពេលដើរចេញពីផ្ទះជួលប្រហែលពី២០០ម៉ែត្របុរសខាងលើក៏ទៅលែងរួច ហើយចូលដេកក្រោមដើមឈើញាក់ទទ្រើកតែម្ដង។
បន្ទាប់ពីឃើញសភាពជំងឺបុរសរងគ្រោះមានស្ថានភាពធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ ក្រុមគ្រួសារក៏ប្រញាប់ប្រញាល់ហៅរថយន្តមន្ទីរពេទ្យកាល់ម៉ែត្រដឹកយកទៅដើម្បីសង្គ្រោះបន្ទាន់វិញ៕

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Golden memories ... សុវណ្ណអនុស្សារ

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បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ស្នើ​ឲ្យ​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​ធម្មនុញ្ញភាព​នៃ​ខ្លឹមសារ​ច្បាប់​អង្គការ

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍
2015-07-30 rfa

លោក សុន ឆ័យ តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​បក្ស​សង្គ្រោះជាតិ ផ្ដល់​បទសម្ភាសន៍​ដល់​អ្នក​កាសែត នៅ​មុខ​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥។
RFA/Morm Moniroth


នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​កក្កដា នេះ តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​សមាជិក​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា​គណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី ស្នើ​សុំ​ឲ្យ​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ពី​ធម្មនុញ្ញភាព​នៃ​ខ្លឹមសារ​ច្បាប់​អង្គការ និង​សមាគម ដែល​បាន​បញ្ជូន​ដល់​ដៃ​ស្ថាប័ន​កំពូល​នេះ​ហើយ។ ច្បាប់​ស្ដីពី​អង្គការ និង​សមាគម​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​រដ្ឋសភា និង​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា អនុម័ត​ដ៏​ចម្រូងចម្រាស​កាល​ពី​ពេល​ថ្មីៗ​នេះ ត្រូវ​បាន​មជ្ឈដ្ឋាន​ជាតិ និង​អន្តរជាតិ​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា គឺ​ជា​ច្បាប់​ដែល​មិន​បាន​បម្រើ​ឲ្យ​ផល​ប្រយោជន៍​​សាធារណៈ​ទេ។

ថ្លែង​ប្រាប់​អ្នក​កាសែត​នៅ​ខាង​ក្រៅ​របង​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ដែល​បាន​បញ្ជូន​លិខិត​ស្នើ​សុំ​ឲ្យ​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ធម្មនុញ្ញ​ពិនិត្យ​លើ​ធម្មនុញ្ញភាព​នៃ​ច្បាប់​នេះ អះអាង​ថា បើ​ទោះ​ជា​ពុំ​មាន​សង្ឃឹម​ថា ស្ថាប័ន​កំពូល​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ដឹង​ជា​ទូទៅ​ហើយ​ថា ធ្វើ​ការ​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ការពារ​ផលប្រយោជន៍​ឲ្យ​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច​ក៏​ដោយ​ចុះ ក៏​គណបក្ស​ជំទាស់​នៅ​តែ​តស៊ូ​មតិ ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​កែទម្រង់​លើ​ខ្លឹមសារ​ដែល​មាន​លក្ខណៈ​រឹតត្បិត​ដ៏​ចង្អៀត​មួយ​នេះ។

តំណាងរាស្ត្រ​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង លោក សុន ឆ័យ និង​សមាជិក​ព្រឹទ្ធ​សភា ២​រូប​ទៀត បង្ខំ​ចិត្ត​ធ្វើ​សន្និសីទ​កាសែត​នៅ​ខាង​មុខ​របង​ចូល​វិមាន​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា​វិញ​ម្ដង បន្ទាប់​ពី​ត្រូវ​គេ​ហាមឃាត់​មិន​អោយ​ជួបជុំ​ផ្ដល់​បទសម្ភាសន៍​ជាមួយ​អ្នក​សារព័ត៌មាន​ក្នុង​បរិវេណ​ខាង​ក្នុង​ព្រឹទ្ធ​សភា។ លោក សុន ឆ័យ ថ្លែង​ថា ច្បាប់​អង្គការ និង​សមាគម​នេះ ពិត​ជា​មាន​ស្ថានភាព​រឹត​ត្បិត​ហួសហេតុ៖ «ប្រែប្រួល​តិចតួច​មែន​ទែន គ្រាន់​តែ​កែ​ចំនួន​សមាជិក​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បង្កើត​អង្គការ​ពី ៥ ទៅ ៣។ អត់​មាន​នឹង​កែ គឺ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ពាក្យពេចន៍​តិចតួច។ ដូច្នេះ​ខ្លឹមសារ​ធំៗ​ដែល​មាន​មាន​ការ​តវ៉ា មាន​ការ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ពំ​សំណាក់​អង្គការ​អន្តរជាតិ និង​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ ព្រមទាំង​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​ក្នុង​ស្រុក គឺ​អត់​មាន​ឃើញ​មាន​ការ​កែប្រែ​ទេ»។

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អង្គការ​លីកាដូ​ប្រតិកម្ម​នឹង​លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន ជុំវិញ​របាយការណ៍​ជម្លោះ​ដីធ្លី

ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍
2015-07-30 rfa
អ្នក​គ្រប់គ្រង​បច្ចេកទេស​ការិយាល័យ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​នៃ​អង្គការ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​លីកាដូ (LICADHO) លោក អំ សំអាត ក្នុង​វេទិកា​អ្នក​ស្ដាប់​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៧ ខែ​កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។
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មន្ត្រី​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ (Licadho) ប្រតិកម្ម​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​របស់ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន មក​លើ​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ ដែល​អះអាង​ថា ស្ថាប័ន​ក្រៅ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​មួយ​នេះ​បាន​សារភាព​កំហុស ជុំវិញ​ការ​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​របាយការណ៍​រឿង​វិវាទ​ដីធ្លី​នៅ​កម្ពុជា។ លោក អំ សំអាត ចាត់​ទុក​ថា ការ​ស្រាយ​បំភ្លឺ​របស់ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន នោះ គឺ​មិន​អាច​ជឿ​ទុក​ចិត្ត​បាន​ឡើយ។
មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​នៃ​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ បញ្ជាក់​ថា ស្ថាប័ន​របស់​ខ្លួន​នៅ​តែ​ប្រកាន់​គោល​ជំហរ​ដូច​មុន គឺ​ពុំ​បាន​សុំ​ទោស​ណា​មួយ ជុំវិញ​របាយការណ៍​ដែល​រក​ឃើញ​ពី​ការ​កើន​ឡើង​នៃ​ជម្លោះ​ដីធ្លី ដូច​ការ​បកស្រាយ​របស់ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន ឡើយ។
មូលហេតុ​ដែល​នាំ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ប្រតិកម្ម​ដ៏​កម្រ​របស់​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ នៅ​ពេល​នេះ ធ្វើ​ឡើង​រយៈពេល ៣​ថ្ងៃ​បន្ទាប់​ពី លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន ថ្លែង​ជា​សាធារណៈ​នៅ​ក្នុង​វេទិកា​អ្នក​ស្ដាប់​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី កាល​ពី​រាត្រី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៨ កក្កដា កន្លង​ទៅ​នេះ។
នៅ​ក្នុង​លិខិត​បំភ្លឺ​មួយ​ច្បាប់​ដែល​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី ទទួល​បាន​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​កក្កដា របស់​អង្គការ​សម្ព័ន្ធ​ខ្មែរ​ជំរឿន និង​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​លីកាដូ (Licadho) បាន​សរសេរ​ថា ស្ថាប័ន​មិន​មែន​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​មួយ​នេះ នៅ​តែ​ប្រកាន់​ជំហរ​រក្សា​ខ្លឹមសារ​នៃ​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​របស់​ខ្លួន ដែល​បាន​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៩ កុម្ភៈ។ នៅ​ក្នុង​របាយការណ៍​កាល​ណោះ អង្គការ​លីកាដូ រក​ឃើញ​ថា ទំហំ​នៃ​ជម្លោះ​ដីធ្លី​បាន​កើន​ឡើង​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤ ចំនួន ៣​ដង​នៃ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​រង​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​ប្រមាណ​ជាង ១​ម៉ឺន​គ្រួសារ (១០.៦២៥​គ្រួសារ) បើ​ប្រៀបធៀប​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។
បន្ថែម​លើ​លិខិត​បំភ្លឺ​នេះ លោក អំ សំអាត មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​នៃ​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ ចាត់​ទុក​សារ​របស់ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​ទីស្ដីការ​គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ថា​ជា​ការ​បកស្រាយ​ដែល​ពុំ​បាន​ផ្អែក​លើ​ហេតុផល​ត្រឹមត្រូវ និង​ថែម​ទាំង​ពុំ​បាន​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ហេតុការណ៍​នោះ​ទៀត​ផង។ លោក​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា ការ​សំអាង​ហេតុ​របស់ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន បែប​នេះ វា​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លៃថ្នូរ​ស្ថាប័ន​នៃ​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ ដែល​ពុំ​បាន​ដឹង​អ្វី​ទាល់​តែ​សោះ​នោះ។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា«យើង​មាន​ការ​សោកស្ដាយ​ថា តើ​ឯកឧត្ដម ផៃ ស៊ីផាន គាត់​ដឹង​ថា តើ​អង្គការ​លីកាដូ សុំ​ទោស​ក្រសួង​ដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម ទាក់ទង​ចំនួន​តួលេខ​ទិន្នន័យ​របស់​ខ្លួន​តាម​របៀប​ណា? យើង​ឥត​បាន​ជជែក​គ្នា ឬ​ពិភាក្សា​អំពី​បញ្ហា​ហ្នឹង​ផង»។
ជម្លោះ​ដីធ្លី ស្ទឹងត្រែង ៦២០
សកម្មភាព​ជនជាតិ​ដើម​ភាគ​តិច​ព្នង ភូមិ​ក្បាលរមាស ស្រុក​សេសាន ខេត្ត​ស្ទឹងត្រែង ឃាត់​គ្រឿងចក្រ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ចិន ស៊ីវ ហ្គិច (Saiv Hkech) កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥ ខែ​មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥។ រូបភាព​សហគមន៍
បើ​ទោះ​ជា​បែប​នេះ​ក៏ដោយ​ចុះ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ និង​ជា​មន្ត្រី​នាំ​ពាក្យ​ទីស្ដីការ​គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី បំភ្លឺ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៨ កក្កដា ថា អង្គការ​លីកាដូ ពិត​ជា​បាន​សារភាព​ចំពោះ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ពិគ្រោះ​យោបល់​ជាមួយ​ក្រសួង​ដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម និង​សំណង់ ថា​របាយការណ៍​ដែល​បាន​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​ជុំវិញ​ដីធ្លី ពិត​ជា​មាន​ភាព​ខុស​ឆ្គង​មែន។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា «អង្គការ​ក្រៅ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល ដូចជា​លីកាដូ លោក​បាន​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ទិន្នន័យ​ច្រើន​ណាស់ ដែល​ទិន្នន័យ​ទាំង​នោះ គឺ​វា​មិន​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ជាមួយ​នឹង​អ្វី​ដែល​ជា​ការ​ជាក់ស្ដែង ដូចជា​លីកាដូ ហ្នឹង បាន​ក្រសួង​ដែនដី នគរូបនីយកម្ម និង​សំណង់ អញ្ជើញ​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ផ្ទៀងផ្ទាត់​បញ្ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​តួលេខ​លោក ប៉ុន្តែ​ចុង​ក្រោយ លីកាដូ បាន​សុំ​ទោស​ការ​រាយការណ៍​របស់​ខ្លួន​ចំពោះ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល»។
ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​វិវាទ​នេះ អង្គការ​លីកាដូ បាន​បំភ្លឺ​ក្នុង​របាយការណ៍​របស់​ខ្លួន​បន្ថែម ដោយ​យោង​លើ​កិច្ច​ប្រជុំ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៧ ខែ​ឧសភា ថា ក្រសួង​ដែនដី មាន​ការ​យល់​ច្រឡំ​ពី​ចំនួន​ករណី​រវាង​ចំនួន​គ្រួសារ​ដែល​រង​ប៉ះពាល់។
ភាព​ផ្ទុយ​គ្នា​នោះ នៅ​ត្រង់​ថា របាយការណ៍​អង្គការ​និយាយ​ពី​ការ​កើន​ឡើង​នៃ​ចំនួន​គ្រួសារ​រង​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​ដោយសារ​ទំនាស់​ដីធ្លី។ ផ្ទុយ​ពី​នេះ ក្រសួង​ដែនដី វិញ បែរ​ជា​យល់​ថា សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​របស់​អង្គការ​លើក​ឡើង​នូវ​ករណី​ទំនាស់​ដីធ្លី​មាន​ការ​កើន​ឡើង​ទៅ​វិញ៕
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In praise of RCAF Inc


Thu, 30 July 2015 ppp
Vong Sokheng and Daniel Pye

RCAF Deputy Commander in Chief Chea Dara speaks yesterday in Phnom Penh at a forum on cooperation between the national military and private businesses. Hong Menea


Cambodia's defence minister lauded a decade of corporate sponsorship of the country’s military, which he said had enabled underfunded units to acquire weapons with the backing of affluent supporters.

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s policy on the relationship between Cambodia’s powerful tycoons – known as oknhas – and the armed forces and government departments was formalised in a sub-decree passed in February 2010, and has been roundly condemned by rights groups ever since.

But Minister of Defence Tea Banh, speaking at a gathering of hundreds of military officials and business people at the Peace Palace yesterday, said the policy had been a resounding success, as it had unlocked funds for the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) to purchase weaponry and allowed officers to get a taste for development.

“It is a culture of sharing and contributing to our nation, between civil institutions and RCAF, during a period in which the armed forces have faced difficult living conditions,” he said, without naming the companies that had funded the weapons purchases.

“The issue is that members of the RCAF are not allowed to run businesses, as it is against the law, so the idea of the premier is good and it has been successfully implemented,” he added.

“Seventy-three per cent of our annual budget went to salaries … and the remainder we used to repair barracks, so we don’t have enough money to buy weapons or aircraft,” Banh said.

“We needed hardware, so lots of private companies gave us money to buy weapons. I don’t want to reveal their names.”
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ELCs tied to destruction of forests in new report


Thu, 30 July 2015 ppp
Ethan Harfenist

A map showing overlays for land concessions and protected areas in Cambodia in 2013. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Cambodis's most crucial forests are disappearing at a rate of more than 2,000 square kilometres a year, as agricultural firms continue to harvest timber by illegal means in protected areas and national parks, according to a study from Washington-based Forest Trends.

The report, released yesterday evening, uses satellite imagery to link “the growing number of industrial agricultural development projects to the escalating destruction of Cambodian forests”.

Combining data culled from NASA satellite pictures of 32,053 hotspots during the 2012-13 dry season with the measurement of carbon emissions, Forest Trends determined that companies controlling ELCs were logging some of the country’s oldest and most valuable forests.

Those forests, the report says, fall not only on land designated for plantations – often stripped of trees then left simply abandoned – but in protected areas and national forests as well.

“The fact that permits for economic land concessions are being used as an unlawful vehicle to exhaust the remaining timber resources of the country at such a rapid rate represents a total system failure of the country’s forest protection laws,” Kerstin Canby, director of Forest Trends’ Forest Trade and Finance program, said in a statement.

The report says that in 2013, 2.6 million hectares of land, or 14 per cent of the entire country, was accounted for by economic land concessions (ELCs) – almost four times the amount held by companies in 2004.
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What the Trans-Pacific Partnership Means for Southeast Asia


The trade deal would be a giant step for the four Southeast Asian countries currently in talks.

By Hunter Marston
July 27, 2015

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) made it through its toughest hurdle in the U.S. Congress last month, after the House and Senate both voted in favor of granting President Barack Obama Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), otherwise known as “fast track,” the ability to negotiate the TPP and other trade deals with foreign countries.

Image Credit: U.S. Department of State
Touted as a “21st century trade agreement,” the TPP would bring together 12 nations, including the United States and Japan, encompassing 40 percent of global trade under a progressive, far-reaching free trade deal.

Environmental groups, labor unions, and anti-trade activists, have vociferously opposed the “fast track” bill. In contrast, foreign policy analysts in Washington have generally been in favor of the TPP. They argue that failure to reach a free trade agreement with Asian economies would allow China to set the global norms, fearing China’s mercantilist foreign policy would neglect environmental standards, labor rights, and intellectual property rights, and set a low bar for global standards.

Few have paused to consider what the TPP means for the four Southeast Asian nations in negotiations: Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. A range of issues are at stake, from currency manipulation to regulation of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which have particular relevance for Southeast Asia’s state-centric economies. The TPP could bring about significant financial and social reforms to these countries, opening the playing field to foreign investors while introducing progressive labor standards and environmental protections.
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Thursday, 30 July 2015

Cambodia’s Armed Forces ‘Belong’ to The Ruling Party: Four-Star General [This ignorant forgets that his salary comes from taxpayers, not from Hun Sen's pocket] លោក​ផ្កាយ​មាស​៤ ជា តារា ថា​កងទ័ព​ជា​ទ័ព​របស់​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា

2015-07-29

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Chea Dara delivers a speech at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, July 29, 2015.
RFA


Cambodia’s armed forces belong to the country’s ruling party and must prevent a “color revolution” from overtaking the Southeast Asian nation, a four-star general said Wednesday, drawing criticism from an opposition official who called his understanding of the military’s role “limited.”

The armed forces must serve Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) because he cares for and leads them, General Chea Dara told military commanders, government officials and members of the private sector outside of Hun Sen’s office in the capital Phnom Penh, known as the Peace Palace.

“Every soldier is a member of the People’s Army and belongs to the CPP because Samdech Decho [Hun Sen] is the feeder, caretaker, commander and leader of the army,” said Chea Dara, who is among several high-ranking military officers recently incorporated into the CPP’s Central Committee.

“I speak frankly when I say that the army belongs to the Cambodia People’s Party.”

Chea Dara also warned that any attempt by the public to start a color revolution—named after a series of popular movements that used passive resistance to topple governments in countries under the former Soviet Union during the 2000s—would be suppressed by the army.

“Any kind of color revolution absolutely must not happen,” he said.

“[We] don’t need to use any [rockets] or tanks to stop a revolution—we could shut it down using only batons. We are absolute on this. The army is determined [to preempt a revolution].”

Opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) spokesman Yem Panhrith on Wednesday expressed concern over Chea Dara’s comments and called for reforms in the government’s executive branch to ensure a separation of military and state.

“It is very regretful that he seems to not understand what a national army is, what a prime minister is, and what the executive branch of government is,” he told RFA’s Khmer Service.

“His understanding is clearly limited,” he said.

Political scientist Ros Ravuth told RFA that because the armed forces are paid through the national coffers, they must serve the nation.

He called on Chea Dara to publicly correct his statement, which he called “unconstitutional.”

“In fact, what he said is incorrect because the Cambodian armed forces and police forces belong to the nation and have duty to protect national sovereignty,” he said.

“They are not tasked with protecting any one political party.”
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[Opposition] MP urges border talks on sidelines of ASEAN

Wed, 29 July 2015

Vong Sokheng
Suspended opposition lawmaker Um Sam An (pictured) has appealed to Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong to discuss recent border disputes when he meets with his Vietnamese counterpart during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of an Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur scheduled for next week.
“I don’t have any official statement, but the government must be strong-willed to raise the ongoing border issues with Vietnam, because so far, Vietnam has not responded to any diplomatic notes,” said Sam An, a Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker who has led several rallies around the Cambodia-Vietnam border in recent months.
“I think that if the Cambodian foreign minister fails to raise the border issue with Vietnam, it would mean the government does not pay strong attention to its border sovereignty, and it would show weakness in diplomatic affairs.”
Sam An’s call followed the release of a press statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ yesterday, which said Namhong would lead a delegation to the August 3-6 Asean summit in Malaysia and meet with a host of other officials from around the region.
In addition to Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, Namhong will hold meetings with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
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Cambodia Strengthens Military Ties with China

In this March 2015 file photo, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh, second left, shakes hands with a Chinese army adviser during a graduation ceremony at the Army Institute in Kampong Speu province. (REUTERS/Samrang Pring)
In this March 2015 file photo, Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh, second left, shakes hands with a Chinese army adviser during a graduation ceremony at the Army Institute in Kampong Speu province. (REUTERS/Samrang Pring)
07/25/2015
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Cambodia is strengthening its military ties with China. Cambodian Defense Minister Tea Banh spent five days in China earlier this month. He met with high-level military officials and received promises of assistance from the military.
Mr. Tea Banh told VOA his visit was successful in bringing military cooperation between the countries even closer. He said Cambodia now has stronger military ties with China than with the United States.
Observers say Cambodia is likely to seek closer ties with China because of growing tensions with Vietnam over border issues.
Cambodia and China have traditionally enjoyed good relations. But the two sides grew closer after a 2012 summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). At the meetings, Cambodia supported China in a dispute with other countries over the South China Sea. The following year, China provided a $195 million loan to the Cambodian government. Cambodian officials used that money to buy 12 Chinese military helicopters. In May of this year, China promised military trucks, equipment and chemicals to Cambodia’s military.
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កិច្ចសម្ភាស កញ្ញា ស៊ិនចាន់ ពៅរ៉ូហ្ស៊ិត មកកាន់សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកវគ្គ១

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Cambodian Opposition Activist Alleges Attack, Death Threat by Former Intelligence Official

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Rom Sarorn speaks to RFA in Battambang province's Banan district, July 28, 2015.
 RFA


“I said if Vietnam wanted to take our land, it could have done so in 1979 when we were living under Hanoi’s control,”
           Phon Sophaon


School of Vice: Is this another one of those skewed logic of the CPP's rank and file or just its typical brain-washed, indoctrinated automated response to the question? An act of invasion is already, by any definition, a taking-over of another country's or nation-state's territory and constitutes a violation of its political independence and sovereignty. This was one reason why the country's UN seat was withheld from the Vietnamese-created Phnom Penh regime up until the political settlement and UN supervised election in the 1990s after over a decade of armed resistance and countless lives sacrificed. 

The physical border markers and their alleged violations of Cambodia's territory today and, since that invasion in 1979, give us only a glimpse of the overall scale and magnitude of that event's legacy and gains in the invaders' favour and at incalculable expense to Cambodia and her people. One has only to open one's eyes and look around oneself to see the manifestations and effects of this odious legacy. 

And why are many areas on the Cambodia side of the already planted boundary markers off-limit to Cambodian people only? 

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An activist with Cambodia’s opposition party on Tuesday accused a former senior official with the country’s intelligence organization of making death threats against him, causing him to fear for his life, and has called on local authorities and civil society groups to investigate the incident.

Rom Sarorn, an activist with the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in Battambang province’s Banan district, said he was attacked by the former deputy commander of Division 52 in charge of Cambodia’s intelligence agency, Phon Sophaon, on July 26 as the two discussed politics at a local café.

According to Rom Sarorn, the two men had been arguing over the purpose behind CNRP President Sam Rainsy’s ongoing trip to Paris, when Phon Sophaon began beating him, injuring his eye.

“He accused me in the coffee shop of betrayal and ingratitude, and then he started to beat me up and slammed me to the ground,” he told RFA’s Khmer Service, adding that the attack had been “politically motivated.”

“I don’t know what would have happened to me if nobody came to my aid.”

Sam Rainsy is traveling in Paris to build support for Cambodia’s democratic ambitions, and has drawn criticism for leaving the country last week on the same day that 11 CNRP activists were sentenced to prison terms of up to 20 years for taking part in a July 2014 protest that turned violent.

Rom Sarorn claimed Phon Sophaon also “threatened to kill me,” and said he is now living in fear, urging provincial authorities and civil society groups to “take immediate action” against the former deputy commander.

Allegations denied

Phon Sophaon—also known as Lorn—acknowledged to RFA that he and Rom Sarorn had a political disagreement, but said it was related to an ongoing territorial dispute with Vietnam along the country’s shared border with Cambodia.
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Defence chief vows to 'control' democracy [Control democracy or crack down on democracy?]


Wed, 29 July 2015 ppp
Cheang Sokha

Defence Minister General Tea Banh (right) salutes senior defence officials yesterday morning at the conclusion of military exercises at a military base in Kampong Speu. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Echoing remarks by Prime Minister Hun Sen last week, Minister of Defence Tea Banh called on the military yesterday to be ready to suppress any attempt at a “colour revolution”, telling soldiers that agitators were fomenting such a revolution at that very moment.

Speaking at a ceremony marking the completion of training at a Kampong Speu military base, Banh warned cadets that the political situation in the country was rapidly changing, and that without caution, a revolution could break out at any time.

Explaining to the troops the premise of colour revolutions – named after a series of popular movements in the former Soviet sphere and elsewhere, typically marked by passive resistance – Banh said that such movements build power at a grassroots level, and are capable of toppling a government through non-violence.

Banh went on to draw parallels to recent civil society protests against the recently passed controversial NGO law, as well as opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party trips to sections of Cambodia’s disputed border with Vietnam, and characterised organisers as malcontents.

“If they cannot get anything that benefits them, they claim this is not a democracy. If we cannot control democracy, it will become anarchy,” he said.

“There will be absolutely no colour revolution in our country. Their attempt to create a colour revolution is not over.… They keep putting society in turmoil.

“We [the armed forces] will absolutely protect the legal government,” Banh continued. “So I tell you to be aware in advance that a colour revolution cannot happen.”
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Hun Sen plays hard ball while CNRP faces conundrum

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By Khmer Wathanakam
www.khmerwathanak.blogspot.com

After a brief detente since July 22, 2013 when CPP and CNRP agreed to end a post election political crisis, political environment has been boiled again as CNRP's MPs have challenged with the government's opaque border demarcation with Vietnam by organizing two trips to visit border posts suspected deeply installed inside Cambodian territories.  A brawling between Vietnamese and Cambodian border activists in the first trip and a larger crowd participating in the second trip which had welcomed by ebullient local people along the way have made Hun Sen furious and fear that the CNRP is still capable to rally its supporters for a short period of time to visit the border dispute with Vietnam, the most sensitive issue that can attract million of people if the CNRP plans a large campaign in this issue.  In addition, a short confrontation between Mr. Um Sam An, a CNRP's MP border activist, and Heng Samrin that led to his disciplinary punishment from Heng Samrin, and the other formidable news that the ICC case against Hun Sen has emerged again when a lawyer for the victims of land grab, has submitted  more numbers of victims to the ICC case against Hun Sen.  All such a coincidence is apparently to make Hun Sen sleeplessness again.  To respond to that awed strike, Hun Sen has swiftly thrown the court pending 11 CNRP's activists into a long jail term, then he summoned all top military and police officers to pay loyalty to him though he used the term of protecting the constitution and his legitimate government. During his speech to those officers, he slammed the opposition lawmakers who had led a big crowd to visit the border, and he threatened to handcuff those lawmakers if violence happened again disregarding of their immunity.  Also, he instructed all levels of military and police officers to strictly prevent all kinds of color revolution, using all means to subdue and extirpate them immediately since he saw thousands of jubilant youths crowding on the border, reminding him the post-election protests which had swept Phnom Penh in late December 2013. The threats of words and actions by Hun Sen has embroiled a political environment into a post election crisis again and made the opposition facing conundrum or a confused and difficult situation.
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Interior Minister Launches Ghost-busting Commission

Interior Minister Sar Kheng presides over the launch of the new “ghost-busting” commission at the Ministry yesterday. KT Photo: Chea Takihiro

Khmer Times/Chea Takihiro and Va Sonyka
Tuesday, 28 July 2015


PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – The government is strengthening the quality of the civil service, warning that staff who fall short of standards will be let go and that so-called “ghost workers” will be eliminated, Interior Minister Sar Kheng said yesterday.

Mr. Kheng also announced a new commission would be formed to investigate the ministry’s staff in the wake of damning reports identifying the widespread existence of “ghost workers.” Such employees are registered as salaried employees but either do not exist or do not show up for work. 

He hopes the commission can serve as a “radar” system to reduce ministry expenses as well as root out ghost workers and unpunctual employees.

 “In order to improve the work quality in the ministry, we would like to have job application examinations to recruit qualified officials,” said Mr. Kheng. 

Mr. Kheng also warned that the ministry is now looking to root out corruption in every office. “We also will crack down on any activities of corruption that happen during the job-application process, such as bribery,” he said. 

“In the future, we want to have job interviews for the chief and vice chief of each department,” the minister said. 
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Alarm over 'timber grab' from Cambodia's protected forests

By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News

Cambodia deforestation
Campaigners say that deforestation in Cambodia is taking place on a large scale
Ancient, highly valuable forests are being lost at an "unprecedented" rate from protected lands in Cambodia, according to a new report.
The analysis, from campaign group Forest Trends, says that large corporations are using legitimate development permits to illegally clear land.
Around 2,000 sq km of forests are being lost every year, they say.
Effective governance of the forests in Cambodia has broken down, they argue.
We are basically setting up these 'cancer cells' in the best forest areas and this is getting out of hand
Marcus Hardtke, Forestry expert
Forests have long been a big issue of concern in Cambodia and across south east Asia.
In the 1990s, timber concessions were granted by the government and a rapid deforestation ensued, so much so that by 2005 the country had the third highest rate in the world.
Protests from the international community forced the Cambodian government to act and logging permits were significantly restricted.
But environmental campaigners say that the felling of trees in large numbers has continued by different means.
In their latest report, Forest Trends say that the government has in recent years granted what are termed Economic Land Concessions (ELC) to large agri-business companies who want to develop the land.
Under the guise of creating a rubber plantation for instance, the trees are cleared and exported. On many occasions the plantations never materialise.
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Cambodia Remains on US ‘Watch List’ for Trafficking

Community Youth Network at the annual reflection workshop on “Result and Role of CYN in Raising Awareness on Safe Migration and Prevention of Human Trafficking in Cambodia” on June 12, 2015, Phnom Penh. (Nov Povleakhena/VOA Khmer)

Community Youth Network at the annual reflection workshop on “Result and Role of CYN in Raising Awareness on Safe Migration and Prevention of Human Trafficking in Cambodia” on June 12, 2015, Phnom Penh. (Nov Povleakhena/VOA Khmer)
Neou Vannarin, VOA Khmer
30 July 2015

PHNOM PENH—Cambodia remains on a watch list at the US State Department, for failing to do enough to combat human trafficking. In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the State Department kept Cambodia a “tier 2” country.
“While the government continued to prosecute and convict traffickers, including one case involving the forced labor of Cambodian men on commercial fishing vessels, it failed to increase overall efforts to combat all forms of human trafficking from the previous year,” the State Department said in a statement.
The report cites corruption, insufficient funding and ineffective support for victims—including fishermen trapped in slave-like conditions aboard Thai fishing vessels—as reasons for the tier-2 status.
“Cambodia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking,” the report says. “The government continued to identify victims and refer them to NGOs, but overall victim protection remained inadequate.”
The government enacted an anti-trafficking law in 2008, but outreach via a national committee has been poorly funded, the report says.
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Cambodia legalizes police corruption

By Mark Frauenfelder  Wed, Jul 29, 2015

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For people contemplating a holiday in Cambodia, take note: starting in January police officers in that country will personally receive a 70% commission on traffic fines they issue. This new rule, says the Cambodian government, will reduce corruption. It seems like it legalizes corruption, but whatever.
Currently, traffic cops keep half of much smaller penalties, meaning that many supplement their meager salaries by soliciting bribes.
The current $1.25 official penalty for not wearing a car seat belt, for example, will rise to $6.25, with the officer allowed to keep $4.38. Of the remaining 30%, some 25% will go to the station where the officer is based, with the final 5% sent to the Ministry of Finance.
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Chinese firm, Cambodian Interior Ministry signs deal to establish TV channel

Xinhua

Wednesday, 29 July 2015
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PHNOM PENH, July 29 (Xinhua) -- China Fujian Zhongya Culture Media Company and the Cambodian Interior Ministry on Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement to build a television station in Cambodia.

The deal was inked here between Huang Yichuan, representative of China Fujian Zhongya Culture Media Company, and Gen. Mao Bunarith, director general of the ministry's general department of logistics and finance, under the presence of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng.

"The Interior TV station is estimated to cost 30 million U.S. dollars," Sar Kheng told reporters after the signing ceremony, adding that it would be located in the western outskirts of Phnom Penh.

The Interior TV channel will launch its broadcasting operation next year, he said, declining to give the details of the percentage of shares each side holds.

Gen. Mao Bunarith said this new channel will begin broadcasting on trial in early 2016 and officially launch in mid-2016.

"It will be an international standard TV channel that uses satellite technology," he said.

He said the Interior TV channel will focus on news, education, entertainment, general knowledge, arts, and economy.

Huang said the would-be TV channel will contribute to the development of the media sector in Cambodia.

"We will bring reliable and fast news on politics and economy to the Cambodian audience," he said.  
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Angelina Jolie eager for adopted Cambodian son to learn heritage

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Angelina Jolie, UK premiere of ´Unbroken´ held at the Odeon cinema - Arrivals
Angelina Jolie, UK premiere of 'Unbroken' held at the Odeon cinema - Arrivals Lia Toby/WENN.com
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Posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015, 

ANGELINA JOLIE is eager to have her adopted son Maddox learn more about his heritage as she gears up to direct a film about his native Cambodia. The Unbroken director adopted Maddox from a Cambodian orphanage when he was just seven months old in 2002, and now, nearly 13 years later, both Jolie and Maddox are returning to his homeland as she helms First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. The film is based on Cambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung's tale of surviving the notorious Khmer Rouge regime, and Jolie tells the Associated Press that her goal is to help her teen son remember where he came from as he assists her on the project. She says, "Maddox will be on set every day after school and involved behind the scenes... As Maddox and I prepare the film we will be side by side learning about his country. He is turning 14 next week and this is a very important time for him to understand who he is. He is my son but he is also a son of Cambodia.
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Shipping Deals Turn the Tide for Cambodian Economy

Increased shipping to Sihanoukville port from China is expected to help turn the port into a regional player. Photo: Supplied Shipping

Khmer Times/Jack Laurenson
Wednesday, 29 July 2015
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SIHANOUKVILLE (Khmer Times) – New shipping agreements will soon be signed between companies in Cambodia and China that will see the Kingdom’s largest port continue its transformation into a regional hub, port officials say. 

China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco) and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) are expected to sign deals with the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port (SAP) to increase direct shipping services between Cambodia and China within weeks. 

The deals are part of a process that will eventually see direct links between Sihanoukville and the United States and Europe – the two largest markets for the country’s exports, officials said.

Such a move would cut the cost of exports from Cambodia, according to the Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia. It will also reduce the time it takes to get garments and footwear from Cambodian factories into retail outlets in Europe and the US, said Kaing Monika, deputy secretary general of the association.
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Khmer-French architect reflects on building Angkor Wat replica

Tue, 14 July 2015
Moeun Nhean ppp

The Angkor Wat replica displayed in Phnom Penh in 2013. Moeun Nhean

Back in 2008, after two decades worth of work researching, measuring and building, a Khmer-French architect completed his dream of designing an accurate, detailed model of Angkor Wat that could be displayed world-wide.
The 67-year-old architect, Ouk Vannarith, and his team were successful in capturing the unique beauty of the temple through the model’s details.
“Our Angkor Wat model was completely built on the panel size with a width of 5.40 meters by 6.20 meters and a height of 0.20 meters. We built it with copper and other special materials true to the richness of Cambodian’s architectural splendor,” Ouk said. “The total weight was 1000 kg compared to the real Angkor Wat temple, which weighs about one million tonnes.”
After completing the model, the next phase was getting it on display so people from all over the world could study the iconic structure. At the same time in 2008, when the Cambodian government was pushing for Preah Vihear to become listed as a World Heritage site, Ouk was trying to get his model approved by UNESCO.
“I brought my letter of proposal to a representative officer of UNESCO in the Phnom Penh office to present our project. They were surprised and excited to see it. Soon enough, in 2008, we put it on display with the help of the Apsara Authority for the first time,” he said.
He and his team rejoiced not only for their model going on display, but also the successful listing of the Preah Vihear temple. These two moments combined made 2008 an unforgettable year for Ouk.
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Interview with French Ambassador to Cambodia

French Ambassador to Cambodia, Jean-Claude Poimboeuff. Heng Chivoan


Tue, 14 July 2015
Post Staff
To commemorate French National Day, Post Plus sat down with the French Ambassador to Cambodia, Jean-Claude Poimboeuf. He spoke about the recent developments between the two countries, the level of financial assistance and France’s commitment to help strengthen the Kingdom’s economy.
In the one year that you have been the French Ambassador to Cambodia, how has the relationship between the two countries developed?
There are two examples that could best illustrate our relationship. The first one is more symbolic, but important. I would like to say how touched we were by all the testimonies of solidarity that we received from the Cambodian people and the Cambodian leaders after the terrorist attacks in Paris in January. We had a lot of people come to the embassy to give their condolences, including the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister. It was a sign of the deep relationship that exists between Cambodia and France.

The second illustration is the developments that have happened over the past few months. Our Minister of State for Development and Francophonie, AnnickGirardin, was here in May and she signed two sets of documents. The first one was a document about the strategic partnership between France and Cambodia. And the second was a series of financial conventions with the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
What specific projects are currently underway by Agence Française de Développement (AFD)?
AFD has become a very big player in Cambodia with an amount close to 100 million Euros a year of financial commitments. These commitments are mostly devoted to financing projects that develop the productive sectors within the Cambodian economy.
To give you one example, AFD will provide 35 million Euros to build rural roads around the Tonle Sap to help farmers ship their rice into the market.
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Sesan villagers reject offer, call for studies


Wed, 29 July 2015 ppp
May Titthara


Villagers inspect a diagram of the Lower Sesan 2 dam yesterday in Stung Treng during a community forum. Heng Chivoan

Villagers in Stung Treng province have rejected a new compensation offer from the firm building the divisive Lower Sesan 2 hydropower dam.

Dozens of residents of Srekor village yesterday told a public forum attended by representatives of the Hydro Power Lower Sesan 2 Company (HPLS2) and government officials that they would not accept land and additional benefits, and called on the government to suspend the dam’s construction.

“I can live naturally on my own, so please drop this development plan,” said villager Sarom Thun.

Other villagers said a suspension of construction would allow time for an independent study of the dam’s effects.

Ham Oudom, a development analyst who is currently conducting a study of the project, said: “The company should take measures to investigate the problems in order to target and solve the environmental and social impacts in a transparent and accountable manner.”

Kao Vang Iv, a representative of HPLS2, which is a joint venture between Cambodia’s Royal Group and China’s Hydrolancang International, sought to reassure the villagers.

“Please don’t worry about it, because we’ve already conducted thorough studies,” he said.

Advocacy groups, however, say that no proper impact assessments were carried out, while numerous independent studies have predicted severe detrimental impacts across the Lower Mekong River Basin.
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Gov’t revises trade union law

Wed, 29 July 2015 ppp
Mom Kunthear

Ith Sam Heng, minister of labour, talks to officials yesterday in Phnom Penh during a meeting about the trade union draft law at the Ministry of Labour. Vireak Mai

Several of the more contentious points from Cambodia’s draft trade union law have been dropped, a pro-government union leader said yesterday, although at least one major union remains unsatisfied with the pending legislation.

Minister of Labour Ith Sam Heng told reporters yesterday that the law was “90 per cent” complete and would be sent to the Council of Ministers next month.

“We will try our best to have an agreement from everyone on this law and make conflicts a small thing,” he said on the sidelines of the fourth and final meeting with stakeholders on the law, a meeting the Free Trade Union sat out, having declared it “useless”.

Speaking after the meeting in Phnom Penh, Som Aun, president of the pro-government Cambodian Council of National Unions (CCNU), said that the draft law was an improvement over the current Labour Law.

“Most of the points that the unions were concerned about were solved and dropped,” Aun said.

According to Aun, a previous clause that stipulated that 20 per cent of a factory needed to sign on for a union to be created had been reduced to 10 per cent, while unions no longer need to apply for a licence to operate and union leaders will no longer need to provide a letter about their criminal record.

Aun said that if the law made it to the National Assembly as it stood now, he would support it.

However, not all stakeholders were pleased with the negotiations.
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Jolie Pitt prepares for film adaptation of KR-era memoir


Wed, 29 July 2015 ppp
Will Jackson

Actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie Pitt is given a tour of the Bophana Center yesterday by the centre’s co-founder Rithy Panh. BOPHANA CENTER

Hollywood actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie Pitt – who is in Cambodia researching a film adaptation of Loung Ung’s Khmer Rouge memoir First They Killed My Father – yesterday visited Phnom Penh’s Tuol Sleng genocide museum and Bophana Center.

Netflix – a US provider of on-demand internet streaming media – first announced the adaptation in a statement released on Thursday in the US.

The book details the Khmer Rouge’s violent takeover of Cambodia and Ung’s years under the communist regime.

Jolie Pitt, whose Cambodia-born adopted son Maddox will also be involved in the production, has co-written the script with Ung.

In a statement released yesterday by Bophana, Jolie Pitt stressed that the book was written from the viewpoint of a young child and that the producers of the film version would go to great effort – working with historians and Bophana and interviewing those who lived under the regime – “to make sure the events in the film are depicted correctly”.

“We will be spending the next few months scouting for locations, casting the film, but most importantly researching every event to make sure it is historically accurate and will pay respect not only to Loung Ung and her family but to every single individual who suffered under the Khmer Rouge,” she said.

Jolie Pitt said that while the book was one girl’s memories, the film would draw on the experiences of others to “complete the story”.

“The intent of this project is not to revisit the horrors of the war, but to bring to the screen characters that people around the world will identify with and empathise with and help to teach people about this country that I love and respect, and the Cambodian culture and family life I so admire,” she said.

The film would be shot in Cambodia from November to the end of January using a Cambodian cast and crew in Khmer, she said.
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