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Laignee Barron
and Sen David
TO GET his teenage
daughter and niece on a
plane yesterday after 10
months of alleged abuse
and forced marriages in
China, Kim Vicheat* said
he had to bury his family
in debt because the Cam-
bodian consulate refused
to fund their repatriation.
The two 19-year-olds told
The Phnom Penh Post by
phone last week that they
had been trafficked in Octo-
ber to Shanghai, where they
were each forced into marry-
ing three times.
After fleeing abusive in-
laws, the girls sought help
from the Cambodian con-
sulate, only to allegedly be-
come the latest in a series of
victims to encounter a lack
of support from the overseas
diplomats. The girls, both
pregnant, said they were
forced to sleep on the street
and beg for food after the
only assistance they were
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T
HE United Nations
in Cambodia has
registered a sharp
rise in the number
of forced evictions in rural
areas over the past year, UN
Special Rappateur for Hu-
man Rights Surya Subedi
has said in a report.
The annual report submit-
ted to the UN secretary-gener-
al on August 15 and published
on Saturday comes on the
heels of Prime Minister Hun
Sen announcing on August 18
that he would establish a new
committee to review land con-
cessions handed out to private
companies.
Subedi wrote that the past
year “has been one in which
one of the key components
of a vibrant democracy –
an engaged and informed
electorate free to express
its views – has clearly
emerged”.
However, he noted that
the Office of the High Com-
missioner for Human Rights
had recorded a steep rise in
the number of violent forced
evictions from disputed
rural land.
“Incidents included the
burning and bulldozing of
houses and shelters, often
without notice or court orders
mandating the action, and
arbitrary detention of those
who defended their property,”
the report said. “This followed
a period of relative calm dur-
ing the period preceding and
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offered was with paperwork.
“I had to borrow someone
else’smoney,$800,topayforthe
flights,”saidVicheat,afarmerin
Kandal province. “I had no
choice, I couldn’t keep them
waiting like that.”
The Cambodian Embassy in
Beijing last week told the Post
it lacks a budget to pay for the
women’s flights home, so the
victims must drum up their
airfare. But the trafficking vic-
tims,mostofwhomcomefrom
poor families and are deprived
of any savings during their
forced marriages, end up hav-
ing to borrow the sum, driving
them further into debt-bond-
age and making them vulner-
able to re-trafficking, rights
group Adhoc says.
Cambodia has consistently
been singled out for such
instances of inadequate
embassy assistance that can
further jeopardise trafficking
victims. In its 2014 trafficking
reportreleasedearlierthisyear,
theUSStateDepartmentcalled
out Cambodian overseas mis-
sions’ failure to assist traffick-
ingvictimsabroadasoneofthe
central factors resulting in its
low ranking.
“Compared with other coun-
triesintheregion,[the]Cambo-
diangovernmenthasnotmade
reasonable efforts to help their
own citizens and prevent traf-
ficking,” said Xin Ren, a profes-
sorofcriminaljusticeinCalifor-
nia and an expert on bride
trafficking to China.
WhileChinahassignedagree-
ments with Vietnam and Thai-
land to repatriate victims of
humantrafficking,“Cambodian
leaders have not reached out to
Chinatoachievesuchacollabo-
rative agreement,” Ren said.
According to Adhoc, which
intervened on behalf of the
19-year-olds, it’s not uncom-
mon for Cambodian women
trafficked as brides to China to
have to wait up to two months
for government assistance in
leaving the country. And in the
interim,thewomenareoftenat
the mercy of strangers.
“Some are allowed to stay in
theembassy,butmanyhaveto
go back to their husbands if
they want shelter. Those who
are afraid [of returning to their
husband] either turn to the
street where Chinese citizens
will give them food or cash, or
they hide in the bamboo for-
ests,” said Chhan Sokunthea,
head of Adhoc’s women and
children section.
“Itisalong,slowprocessfrom
when the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs gets in touch with the
embassyandthentheconsulate
supplies legal documentation
for their return.”
Earlier this month Cambodia
requested that China stop issu-
ing visas to single Cambodian
women in an effort to curb the
trafficking problem.
Spokesmen from the Chi-
nese Embassy in Phnom Penh
declined to comment on Fri-
day about whether the appeal
wasbeingconsideredorwould
be included in a memoran-
dum of understanding being
drafted to address the ongoing
trafficking issues.
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Koy Kuong said yesterday that
theCambodianmissionsabroad
do their best to“take care of the
[trafficking] victims and solve
their problems”, but are only
responsible for providing“legal
assistance”.
Kuongaddedthatthetimeline
between a trafficked woman’s
request for consular assistance
in China and her repatriation
has to do with Chinese laws.
“If they have a marriage cer-
tificateandwanttocomeback,
they have to get a divorce first,
and to do that, the Chinese
officials need them first to go
back to the provinces where
they were living to verify no
crimes were committed,”
Kuongsaid,thoughhedeclined
to elaborate on what kind of
crimes the women had to
prove themselves innocent of.
“It’s not our requirement, it’s
Chinese law.”
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T
HE Ministry of Labour
plans to delay signing
off on a controver-
sial agreement to re-
open a pipeline of Cambodian
maids to Malaysia until a deal
is reached on a second agree-
ment regarding other migrant
workers, a ministry official said
yesterday.
Labour Ministry spokesman
Heng Sour told the Post that no
date has been set for the final
discussionsovertheMemoran-
dum of Understanding (MoU)
regarding domestic workers,
but Cambodia is “propos-
ing [that the] Malaysian side
… also draft [a second] MoU”
concerning workers including
those in manufacture and agri-
culture industries.
“Wewanttoconcludethetwo
MoU[s] at the same time,” Sour
said by text message yesterday.
Amoratoriumwasintroduced
onsendingmaidstoMalaysiain
October 2011 amid mounting
concerns over abuses, includ-
ing rape and starvation, which
led to several deaths.
Earlier this month, a Malay-
sian employers association,
which has observed the draft-
ing of the new agreement,
revealed to the Post alleged
details of the drafted MoU.
Datuk Raja Zulkepley Da-
halan, president of the Malay-
sian Association of Employ-
ment Agencies (PIKAP), said
that in addition to safeguards
such as the drafting of legally
binding contracts that in-
cluded the maid’s salary, the
“responsibilities and rights”
of both parties and a day’s
leave per week, the drafted
agreement allows for employ-
ers to hold the passports of
maids in their employ.
Glorene Das, program di-
rector at Malaysia-based
NGO Tenaganita – which has
not been consulted about the
MoU in recent months – said
she feared that Cambodian
workers could end up trapped
in abusive homes and left to
“suffer in silence”.
“For us, employers should
not be keeping passports of
workers … [as this would
mean] they hold the life of
the worker because that is the
only form of identity that be-
longs to them.”
Das said withholding pass-
portswouldleavemaidsunable
“to seek help [or] maintain con-
tact with the embassy”.
“It allows employers to
control the freedom of move-
ment [so] they can’t leave
the employment” even if it is
abusive, she said.
In a report released last week,
the Community Legal Educa-
tion Center said that in 2013
alone it received 35 new com-
plaints of domestic worker
abuse in Malaysia.
Delay on maid deal: ministry
Mom Kunthear
AMID reports of increased mass fainting
incidents in Cambodia’s garment sector,
workers, employers and government of-
ficials gathered in Phnom Penh yesterday
for a roundtable discussion on the issue.
The conference, which was organised
by the Cambodian Center for Indepen-
dent Media, identified issues such as
workday lengths and holidays as solv-
able problems that could reduce a large
number of garment worker faintings, said
Labour Ministry Inspection Department
Director Ouk Chanthou.
“The factories teach employees about
safety and good sanitation, so I believe
that fainting will be reduced,” Chan-
thou said.
“The ministry will also put more pres-
sure on garment factories. If they do not
respect labour standards . . . they could
be fined or face other punishment.”
Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng last week
warned factory owners of fines for mass
fainting incidents.
Major causes of fainting at garment
factories include excessive overtime
and hot workplaces, said ILO represen-
tative Yem Pich Malika, who attended
the conference.
Kith Meng, a worker at Kin Tay gar-
ment factory said she wants factory
owners to be held more accountable for
maintaining workplace standards that
could reduce fainting.
“I want the [Labour Ministry] to put
more pressure on garment factories
that abuse the labour law,” she said.
‘Solvable problems’ focus of fainting review
Stranded in Shanghai,
migrantsonwayhome
A young woman reads advertisements for wanted maids outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur. Cambodia’s
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3THE PHNOM PENH POST august 25, 2014
Flyer furore
Activist held
for leaflet
distribution
A
N ACTIVIST from the
Republican Democracy
Party (RDP) – which
contested last year’s national
election – was detained on
Saturday while handing out
leaflets about the minor
party’s political platform.
Khun Savakheth said Daun
Penh district police questioned
him for three hours after se-
curity guards detained him at
Central Market and accompa-
nied him to the station. He was
released without charge.
“I tried distributing 200
copies of the party’s political
platform but was immediately
detained by market security,”
he explained.
Pon Dany, who is in charge
of Central Market, said that
he had “invited” Savakheth
to the police station because
“it was not the right time” to
distribute leaflets.
City Hall spokesman Long
Dimanche said the contents
contained information “attac-
king the monarchy, which is an
illegal activity”.
ChanYeth,actingRDPpresi-
dent,saidSavakhethwasonly
spreadinginformationabout
theparty’spolicies. VONG SOKHENG
Traffickingfigures‘staggering’
Charles Rollet
T
HE illegal bear trade
continues across Asia
on a “staggering”
scale, with Cambodia
leading the continent in sei-
zures of bears and bear parts,
according to a study from con-
servation NGO Traffic.
From 2000 to 2011, 190 sei-
zures were made in Cambo-
dia, out of nearly 700 seizures
in Asia. Live bears made up 15
per cent of all of Asia’s seizures,
with Cambodia leading in this
area as well, possibly because
the bears were on their way to
“bear farms” in Vietnam and
China so their bile, popular in
traditional Chinese medicine,
could be extracted.
“The number of seizures are
a credit to the enforcement
agencies, but they undoubt-
edly only stop a fraction of
the overall trafficking because
bear products are still widely
and easily available across
Asia,” Chris Shepherd, direc-
tor of Traffic in Southeast Asia,
said in a statement.
ThestudynotesthatCambo-
dia’s high number of seizures
is not necessarily negative.
Even though the Kingdom re-
ported 27 per cent of Asia’s sei-
zures, the Kingdom accounted
for only 9 per cent of the 2,800
bears, confiscated either still
alive or dead and in parts.
The reason behind this is
more effective enforcement
thanks to NGO initiatives such
as Wildlife Alliance’s Wildlife
Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT),
which works with the govern-
ment to confiscate trafficked
animals and was cited as a
model program in the study.
Vuthy Ravong, team chief of
the WRRT, said he agreed that
the team’s mission had been
successful, noting that “most
of the trade is going further
and further underground”.
However, Ravong said that
while the government may
be able to take over in the
distant future, it would “abso-
lutely not” be able to currently
handle the effort on its own.
“[In one place] the traders
are just 200 metres from the
[government] office,” he said.
And even if the crackdown
on bear traders continues,
the bears’ situation “is getting
worse” anyway due to massive
habitat loss, saidVuthy Chuon,
Cambodia program director of
Free the Bears.
A rescued sun bear cub at Takeo province’s Phnom Tamao Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue centre,
operated by Australia-based conservation group Free The Bears. CHARLOTTE PERT
Khengaide
firedafter
allegations
Phak Seangly
ANASSISTANTtoInteriorMin-
ister Sar Kheng was fired this
monthfollowingclaimsthathe
attempted to rape an office
intern, officials said yesterday.
Kong Vimean, Kampong
Thom deputy governor, said
the Ministry of Interior sent a
letter to the provincial hall on
August6officiallyfiringUkBun
Thoeurn,Kheng’sassistantand
a provincial deputy adminis-
tration director.
“IsawtheletterfromtheInte-
riorMinistryaboutterminating
his position as [Kheng’s] assist-
ant,” Vimean said, adding that
the letter did not specify any
reasons for the dismissal.
Ith Sothea, chief prosecutor
at Kampong Thom provincial
court,saidthatinJulyawoman
interning at the provincial hall
accused Bun Thoeurn of
attempted rape and filed a
complaint with police, who
sent the case to the court.
“Thepoliceandthecourthave
beeninvestigatingthecasefora
month. We have already ques-
tioned them both,” he said.
BunThoeurn and an Interior
Ministry spokesman could not
be reached yesterday.

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Royalistsriled
overlandsale
Meas Sokchea
T
HE royalist Funcinpec
Party is once again
feuding over a reloca-
tion of their ever-shift-
ing political offices.
In this latest case, officials
claim offices inTbong Khmum
province and Kampong Thom
province, as well as the head-
quarters in Phnom Penh, were
sold without internal approval.
But party secretary-general
Nhek Bun Chhay said the
Tbong Khmum office has not
been sold, while the other two
have just been moved.
According to a letter sent to
Funcinpec president Princess
Norodom Arun Rasmey on Au-
gust 8 by the chief of the party’s
buyingandsellingcommission,
Meng Hour, the deputy chief of
the commission, Soeng Kiry,
signedacontracttosellFuncin-
pec headquarters on National
Road 6A in Russey Keo district.
“During my absence, I did
not transfer rights to colleague
deputy chief of commission in
selling party headquarters at
all,” Hour said in the letter.
Hour said yesterday the
committee had actually agreed
in principle to the sale, and he
was writing to inform Rasmey
of that decision.
Bun Chhay said the party had
simply moved the headquar-
ters and the provincial office in
Kampong Thom to better loca-
tions,thoughhedidnotprovide
details of the arrangement.
“New location is closer, it is
easy to work,” he said, referring
to the headquarters, which is
said to also be in Russey Keo.
In a separate letter, Arun Ras-
mey claimed the permanent
committee had not seen de-
tails of the contract and urged
Kiry to make them available.
Disputes over the sale of par-
ty offices are nothing new for
Funcinpec, which has man-
aged to stay active on that front
despite not having won a seat
in last year’s elections. About
eight years ago, Prince Noro-
dom Ranarridh was pushed
out of the party after accusa-
tions that he profited from the
sale of the party headquarters.
Bun Chhay faced similar al-
legations in January, when
Funcinpec dismissed an of-
ficial for accusing him of con-
spiring to sell party headquar-
ters for personal gain.
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immediately following the July 2013
national elections.”
Theevents,thereportcontinued,involved
“a number of incidents of excessive use of
force by the authorities” and direct action
on the part of protesters in the absence of
official avenues to resolve their disputes.
Hun Sen passed a directive in May 2012
whichplacedamoratoriumonissuingnew
economic land concessions (ELCs) to pri-
vate companies. But rights groups say
much more needs to be done to address
the issue of rural land disputes.
“Not all lands have been surveyed and
evensomefamilieswhohadtheirlandsur-
veyed have yet to receive titles,” Subedi
noted.“Access to information and a lack of
transparencyandaccountabilityintheland-
titlingprocessandthemanagementofland
concessions remain serious concerns.”
ThreedaysafterSubedi’sreportwassub-
mitted, Hun Sen formalised a professed
commitment to tackle land issues by
ordering the creation of an “inter-minis-
terial committee to review, measure and
evaluate ELCs”.
The14-membercommitteewillbehead-
ed by Deputy Prime Minister Bun Chhen,
who also heads the National Authority for
Land Dispute Resolution (NALDR).
On Friday, Hun Sen admonished low-
ranking officials for not reporting land
conflicts to him and said officials found to
havenotproperlyinformedtheirsuperiors
of ongoing disputes would face the sack.
Sia Phearum, director of the Housing
Rights Task Force, said Hun Sen’s com-
ments were an encouraging sign.
“On August 18, Prime Minister Hun Sen
blamed his subordinates for land disputes
for the first time. Before, he had never rec-
ognised the role of the authorities in land
disputes in Cambodia,” he said.
“It is a positive step. Right now they have
started to say that officials may have to
resign. We will continue to monitor how
that is implemented.”
Sao Sopheap, spokesman at the Ministry
of Environment, couldn’t be reached.
NALDRmemberPalChandrareferredques-
tions to Chhen, who couldn’t be reached.
Am Sam Ath, a senior investigator with
Licadho, said he welcomed any moves to
resolve land disputes, adding that the gov-
ernmentshouldalsostrengthentheNALDR
and local cadastral committees.
“If they cannot strengthen what already
exists,theproblemscannotbecopedwith,
which means the problems will continue
to exist,” he said.
PhaySiphan,spokesmanfortheCouncil
of Ministers, disputed the UN’s statement
that it had witnessed a“sharp rise” in land
disputes. “I don’t think that is true. Since
last year until now we didn’t have any new
issues. Every dispute is different; some are
very complex. Some need time to be con-
sidered by the courts.That is why the gov-
ernment has set up a committee to review
ELCs,” he said.
Security forces in Phnom Penh use electric batons last week to disperse about 300 protesting
villagers from Kratie. At least 10 people were injured in the clashes. PHA LINA

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Rules enforced
Municipality
cracksdown
onpublicads
B
USINESSES in Phnom
Penh have been ordered
to dismantle signs and
advertisements erected on
public property without the
permission of City Hall.
Inalettersenttobusinesses
onWednesdayandpublished
onthecity’swebsiteyesterday,
CityHallsaidcompaniesfound
tohavebeenfloutingthecity’s
regulationsonpublicadverti-
singwouldfacefinesiftheydid
nottakedowntheadverts.
“The advertisement banners
and posters have seriously
affected the aesthetic, public
order and the social make-up
of the city,” the letter says.
“The owners of these signs
must stop immediately all the
activities to erect and install
[the adverts] on electric posts,
trees, the walls of state and pu-
blic buildings, as well as private
buildings where the owners do
not have permission.”
CityHallspokesmanLong
Dimanchewouldnotname
companiesincludedinthelet-
ter.“We have just told them to
remove their advertisements.
If they will not follow the rules,
they will be fined,” he added.
KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA
National
GPS device helps police
track down stolen moto
A STOLEN moto proved smart-
er than the man who was
arrested for stealing it on Fri-
day. According to police, the
moto, which belonged to a
French expat, was taken out-
side a coffee shop. But the bike
was outfitted with a GPS device,
which the expat used to tip off
the police, who then showed up
at the location in Por Sen Chey
and arrested the suspect. He
claimed innocence, saying he
had only been hired by some-
one to repaint it. Police are still
investigating. Koh Santepheap
Mancarryingahandbag
attractsnoticeoflocals
PHNOM Penh traffic thwarted
an alleged bag snatcher in
Prampi Makara district on
Saturday. Police said the man
and an accomplice had pulled
their moto alongside a young
woman who was stopped at a
traffic light and grabbed her
bag. However, they were soon
forced to stop at another traffic
light, prompting the suspect to
attempt to flee on foot. Locals’
suspicions were aroused by
the sight of man carrying a
woman’s handbag, and they,
along with nearby police,
stopped the suspect and
arrested him. Police are still
on the lookout for his accom-
plice. Koh Santepheap
Teenager’s night on the
town ends with beating
A NIGHTCLUB owner was
arrested in Koh Kong’s Khe-
marak Phumin town after he
allegedly pistol-whipped a
16-year-old on Friday. Police
said the businessman and his
customer were having an
argument over an unknown
matter when the club owner
lost his cool, hitting the patron
several times in the head. The
young man was hospitalised,
and his family filed a com-
plaint. Police arrested the sus-
pect and confiscated his gun
immediately. Nokorwat
Drugs were disguised
as money, police say
A SUPPOSEDLY clever disguise
wasn’t enough to throw police
off the scent of an alleged drug
dealer in Kandal’s Sa’ang dis-
trict on Friday. After receiving a
tip from village authorities,
police stopped the suspected
dealer, finding several packets
of yama packaged in 100-riel
notes. Police confiscated the
man’s moto and cell phone,
and sent him straight to court
Koh Santepheap
Crash leads to theory:
driver was smashed
A DRUNKEN partygoer was
badly injured in a traffic acci-
dent in Phnom Penh’s Por Sen
Chey district on Friday night.
According to police, the man
was on his way home from a
boozy bash when he collided
with another moto travelling in
the same direction. The man
received severe head injures,
but the driver of the other moto
escaped with only minor inju-
ries. Police speculated that in
his drunkenness, the driver
hadn’t seen the other moto at
all. Nokorwat
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operation and maintenance of Prekso
analysis and mitigation of environmental impactso
Design, provide and supervise capacity building of
farmers and PDWRAM staff
The required qualifications are:
At least a master’s degree or equivalent in agricultural
civil engineering, hydrology or community development
At least 10 years of experience in agricultural
development related to irrigation and project
management
At least 7 years of experience working as project
management and coordination
Perfect fluency in Khmer in English
Applications showing lower qualifications will not be examined.
The position is full-time during the 4 years of the project, under
freelance consultant contract.
Other positions are available for international senior experts,
as for example: i) Team Leader / Social Water Management
specialist, and ii) Irrigation Engineer
In case of interest, please send your updated CV to
rbo@sofreco.com before August 31st
, 2014 indicating
your contact details.
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Gov’t tears down bungalow
Sen David
A
GOVERNMENT de-
cision to tear down a
bungalow on Preah
Sihanouk province’s
Otres 1 beach on Saturday has
sparked fear among some of
the area’s business owners that
theirestablishmentscouldface
a similar fate.
The provincial land manage-
ment department destroyed
one of 10 concrete bungalows
that had been under con-
struction for about two years
because such buildings are
banned on the beach, provin-
cial chief of land management
HunThy said.
“This is the first time [I know
of] of the government coming
here and taking something
down,” said Frida Masson,
an employee at the Wish You
Were Here guesthouse and
bar, located across the street
from Otres beach. “Of course
everybody who owns on the
water is worried.”
Preah Sihanouk Governor
Chhin Sokorn said provincial
officials warned the owner last
week that their property would
be demolished unless they
agreed to move it.
When the owner did not re-
spond to the warning or meet
provincial land management
department staff at the site on
Saturday, a demolition crew
knocked down one of the ap-
proximately 10m-by-10m bun-
galows,Thy said. It was unclear
when or if the remaining nine
will be torn down.
“Before we demolished a
bungalow, we first notified
them that 10 of their stalls were
builtillegally,”Thysaid.Thede-
partment allowed the owner to
build wooden bungalows “far
away” from the beach, but the
owner tried to find a loophole
by building concrete bunga-
lows on the beach, he added.
BothThy and Sokorn refused
to disclose who owns the prop-
erty, citing the possibility it
could harm their business.
Construction of the bunga-
lows began nearly two years
ago, said the owner of the Pen-
guin Pablo guesthouse, who
gave his name only as Kong.
However, it is widely under-
stood that building bungalows
or hotels on the beach itself
is forbidden.
“Everybody knows you can-
not have bungalows on the
beach,” he said, adding that
the demolition had, nonethe-
less, upset many hotel owners.
Kong and Masson said that
the government often makes
newrulesforhotelsandthreat-
ens to tear down those that
deviate.
“They’ve been saying that
for years and years, but maybe
this is the year they’ll do it,”
Masson said. ADDITIONAL REPORT-
ING BY SEAN TEEHAN
People watch on Saturday as workers destroy one of 10 concrete bungalows that had been under
construction for two years on Otres 1 beach in Preah Sihanouk province. PHOTO SUPPLIED

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Business
Construction of a modern slaughterhouse facility in Sihanoukville. Last week Australia announced it had approved the export of 10,000 live cattle to Cambodia. photo SUPPLIED
Verywarmwelcome:Modern
slaughterhouse for Aus cattle
Hor Kimsay
D
AYS after the Austra-
lian government an-
nounced it had ap-
proved the export of
10,000 live cows to Cambodia,
a local firm has revealed that
it is nearing completion of the
Kingdom’sfirstmodernslaugh-
terhouse in Preah Sihanounk
province – and that it is set to
be the biggest in all of Asia.
Hor Sim Leang, managing
director of SLN Meat Supply,
said that construction of the
$15 million slaughterhouse in
Prek Toal village was already
under way and almost 60 per
cent complete.
“We will be the biggest in
Asia, the third largest in the
world,” Leang claimed, adding
that the new slaughterhouse
will have the capacity to pro-
cess 3,000 live cattle per day.
Leang said the facility will
be built in accordance with
the Australian government’s
Exporter Supply Chain As-
surance System (ESCAS), and
will be ready to receive 10,000
heads of Australian cattle as
soon as December this year.
The cattle, which carry a
price tag of $1,300 to $1,500
each, will spend an average
of two weeks at sea before
reaching Cambodian shores,
according to Leang.
Up to 30 per cent of the beef
processed at the new Preah
Sihanouk province slaugh-
terhouse will be sold to local
markets at $12 per kilogram,
while the remaining 70 per
cent will be exported to
neighbouring countries.
“We see big consumption
of beef in the market, but
the quality of the meat and
the techniques are not up to
Australia’s standards. Austra-
lian beef is the best quality,”
Leang said.
Luu Meng, president of the
Cambodian Hotel Association
(CHA) and owner of 11 res-
taurant and hotel businesses
around Phnom Penh, said de-
mand for beef in the Kingdom
is increasing parallel to the rise
in foreign-themed restaurants.
“The trend of eating beef,
which is only 50 per cent
cooked, or medium rare, is in-
creasing,andthiscookingstyle
needs beef with good hygiene
and good quality,” he said.
“The consumption and de-
mandissohighnowthatImore
than100percentwelcomethis
new slaughterhouse.”
Leang’s announcement
came after Australian Min-
ister of Agriculture Barnaby
Joyce and the Australian Live
Exports Council (ALEC) on
Thursday announced that
Cambodia had agreed to ad-
here to that country’s ESCAS
protocol on animal health
and welfare, and that 10,000
head of cattle had been ear-
marked for export.
ESCAS was introduced by
Australia’s then-Labor gov-
ernment in 2012 after a ban
on all live exports, which
was prompted by reports of
barbaric treatment of Aus-
tralian animals in Indonesia
in 2011.
Joyce’s announcement was
quickly met with swift criti-
cism from local agricultural
industry tycoon Mong Reth-
thy, who told the Post there
were no slaughterhouses in
the Kingdom that met the
strict ESCAS requirements.
Following the concerns
raisedbyReththyonAugust22,
Alison Penfold, CEO of ALEC,
tweeted under the @ALEC
twitter handle that no Cambo-
dian slaughterhouse facilities
were currently seeking or had
yet received approval for Aus-
tralian cattle imports.
ThaiAmata
inksdealto
openpark
inVietnam
THAILAND’S Amata Corpora-
tion Plc has accelerated its
investmentinVietnamwiththe
building of a modern and inte-
grated city industrial estate in a
moveaimedatcashinginonthe
openingoftheASEANEconom-
ic Community, as well as on
Vietnam’s economic growth.
SubsidiaryAmataVNPlcon
Thursday signed an agree-
ment with the People’s Com-
mittee of Dong Nai to develop
Amata City Long Thanh,
worth $530 million, on 8,031
rai (13 square kilometres).
Amata will invest 20 per cent
of the amount to develop basic
infrastructure in the industrial
estate in Dong Nai, a province
in an economic zone.
“Amatahas25yearsofexperi-
ence of industrial estate devel-
opment in Thailand and 20
years in Vietnam by operating
Amata Bien Hua Industrial
Estate in Dong Nai,” Amata
Corporation chief executive
Vikrom Kromadit said. “Viet-
namhasapopulationofalmost
90 million, and many people
areofworkingage.Labourcosts
there are half what they are in
Thailand, so manufacturing
has potential to expand.”
Development of the new
estate will be divided into
three phases.
ThefirstistheHi-TechIndus-
trial Park on 2,500 rai that is
aimed at attracting manufac-
turing in the biotech, research,
nanotechnology and pharma-
ceutical sectors.
The second phase or Service
Townshipwillfocusonbuilding
integrated facilities such as a
housingestate,hospital,school
and logistics services.
The third phase will be a
Mega Township on 4,700 rai
thatwillincludeshoppingcen-
tres,foodcourtsandrecreation
areas. BANGKOK POST

Business
A&A AUTO Co., Ltd is the authorized Distributor of KIA car Brand in Cambodia. To expand
our operation nationwide, we are looking for the dynamic and qualified candidates to fulfill
the following positions.
1-Sales Manager (Very urgent)
Requirements
Bachelor degree or Master Degree is preferable
at least 5 years experiences in sales, preferably in the field of Automotive Business
Age between ( 25-35) years old
Willing to develop knowledge in technical products
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills in English
2-Sales Supervisors ( Very Urgent)
Requirements
Bachelor degree or Master Degree related field is preferable
at least 4 years experiences in sales, preferably in the field of Automotive Business
Willing to develop knowledge in technical products
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills in English or Korean or
Chinese are advantage.
3-Sales Supervisors for tires( Very Urgent)
Requirements
at least 3 years experiences in car tires field
4-Sales Supervisors for engine oil ( Very Urgent)
Requirements
at least 3 years experiences in engine oil selling
5-Sales consultants many positions (Very urgent)
Requirements
Bachelor Degree of sales or marketing
At least 3 years experiences in sales for automotive industry is preferable
Age 20-35 years old
6-After Sale (Part & Service) Manager (Very urgent)
Automotive Engineer Background
At least 5 years experiences in automotive industrial or garage
management field.
Good at English communication
Good organizational skills, Ability to lead a team
7-After Sale Service Supervisor (Very urgent)
Requirements
Automotive Engineer Background
At least 4 years of car repair experience
Knowledgeable about Servicing, Maintenance, Electrical repair, Mechanical
repair, Diagnosis machine.
Have degree in related field automotive engineering.
8-Purchase order officer
Requirements
Bachelor Degree of Business administration.
At 2 experiences in this parts ordering.
Acknowledgeable about part accessories and vehicles specifications.
English both good writing and speaking as needed.
Have considerable knowledge of Microsoft word & Excel and Microsoft Outlook.
Have strong organizational skills & ability to handle multiple tasks under
deadlines and pressure.
9-Logistic Officers
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or higher in related field with professional
qualification in purchasing, Logistic & warehouse.
1 years working and experience in purchasing, Logistic &
warehouse.
Good sourcing skill and hands on management.
Proactive, self-motivated, interpersonal skill, positive attitude and
can work hard under pressure with tight deadline.
Good command of English both written and computer literacy.
10-Graphic Designer
Requirements
Associated Degree of graphic design or related fields
At least two years’ experience in graphic design with a strong awareness of
marketing, publishing works and advertising trends
English both writing and speaking as needed
Have considerable knowledge of PC operations, desktop and publishing software
(Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, PageMaker, Quark Xpress…), Web-design a bonus
The deadline for applications is 30th
of September 2014. Candidates interested in applying
for the position should forward their CV’s together with a covering letter to:hr@hgbauto.com
or submit a hard copy to #379, Russian Blvd, North Porrprok Village, SangkatKakab, Khan
Posenchey, Phnom Penh. Come first get more opportunity first. For more information please
kindly contact to phone number: 095 666 048 / 090 99 32 88
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT
Goldmanpaysout$3billion
G
OLDMAN Sachs will
pay $3.15 billion
to resolve claims it
misled Fannie Mae
andFreddieMaconmortgage-
linked securities it sold them
before the US housing bust,
officials said on Friday.
The Federal Housing Fi-
nance Agency, the conservator
for Fannie and Freddie, which
were rescued by the govern-
ment during the 2008 crisis,
said that Goldman will repur-
chase the securities it sold to
the two effectively govern-
ment-backed mortgage giants
between 2005 and 2007.
Goldman said the agree-
ment will resolve “all” federal
and state securities claims
for mortgage-backed securi-
ties purchased by Freddie and
Fannie over the period.
“We are pleased to resolve
these matters,” said Gregory
Palm, executive vice president
of Goldman Sachs.
The FHFA, in its lawsuit
against Goldman, accused
the Wall Street bank of “false
statements” and “misleading
omissions” on the underlying
securities.
The FHFA said the Goldman
settlement was worth $1.2
billion. The $1.2 billion is the
difference between the $3.15
billion paid by Goldman and
the current value of the securi-
ties, a person familiar with the
matter said.
The FHFA said it has now
reached 16 settlements fol-
lowing a series of lawsuits filed
against financial giants in 2011
over the sale of mortgage-
linked securities that cratered
after the housing bust. The
agency said it is still pursuing
lawsuits against HSBC, Nomu-
ra and Royal Bank of Scotland
in comparable cases.
The Goldman deal comes
on the back of numerous oth-
er major US settlements with
big banks following the 2008
financial crisis.
Bank of America on Thurs-
day agreed to pay $16.65 bil-
lion to settle Justice Depart-
ment and other authorities’
charges that it misled inves-
tors about the quality of dodgy
mortgage-linked securities.
The settlement with the US
Justice department and other
authorities over actions that
contributed to the sparking of
the 2008 financial crisis was
well-flagged in advance, and
so did not surprise investors.
The bank said it would pay
$9.65 billion in cash to resolve
certain civil claims and pro-
vide $7 billion in relief to con-
sumers affected by losses tied
to dodgy mortgage securities
it issued ahead of the 2008 fi-
nancial crisis.
The second-largest US bank
by assets estimated the settle-
ment would hit third-quarter
pretax earnings by $5.3 billion,
or 43 cents per share after tax.
The settlement, with the US
Department of Justice, the Se-
curities and Exchange Com-
mission, and other authorities
including individual states, re-
solves a number of civil inves-
tigations against the bank and
subsidiaries Countrywide and
Merrill Lynch, which it took
over during the crisis.
Butitdoesnotresolvepoten-
tial criminal cases, especially
involving Countrywide, once
the country’s largest home-
loan issuer, and Countrywide
officials.
“We believe this settlement,
which resolves significant
remaining mortgage-related
exposures, is in the best inter-
ests of our shareholders, and
allows us to continue to focus
on the future,” chief execu-
tive Brian Moynihan said in a
statement. afp
Goldman Sachs has reached a $3.15 billion settlement resolving claims
it misled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on mortgage linked securities it
sold them before the 2008 housing collapse. bloomberg
Amazon prepares for
an assault on Google
US ONLINE giant Amazon is
preparing to take on Google in
one of its core businesses,
internet advertising, the Wall
Street Journal said on Friday,
citing sources familiar with the
matter. Amazon is developing
its own program to target ads
using the information it
gathers about the preferences
of its customers. Tests of the
new platform could start later
this year. Google is for now the
uncontested top dog in online
publicity, with around a 31.45
per cent share of the global
market this year, according to
figures from research firm
eMarketer. afp
Dynegy to boot power
with $6B acquisitions
US ELECTRICITY company
Dynegy said on Friday that it
would nearly double its power-
generation capacity through a
pair of acquisitions with Duke
Energy and Energy Capital
Partners worth $6.25 billion.
Dynegy will buy coal and gas
generation assets from Duke
and ECP totaling 12,500
megawatts, taking the
company’s total capacity to
almost 26,000 megawatts.
“The addition of these
portfolios transforms Dynegy
by adding considerable scale
in the PJM and New England
markets,” said Dynegy chief
executive Robert Flexon. AFP
RUSSIA’S farm sector needs
636 billion rubles ($17.6 bil-
lion) of investment to replace
the products it banned in re-
sponse to Western sanctions,
Agriculture Minister Nikolai
Fyodorov said on Friday.
“We prepared a reasonably
optimistic scenario of the sec-
tor’sdevelopmentthatforesees
additionalfinancingofnotone
trillion, but just 636 billion ru-
bles from 2015 through 2020,”
the minister said.
Russia earlier this month
imposed sweeping bans on
food from the United States,
the European Union and a
handful of other countries in
response to Western econom-
ic sanctions.
The trade war is part of a
broader crisis in East-West
relations sparked by Russia’s
perceived attempts to split
strife-torn Ukraine in two after
Kiev’s decision to seek a closer
political and economic alli-
ance with Europe.
Russia relies heavily on
foreign fruit and vegetables
because its long winters and
inhospitable climate keep
farmers from growing produce
desiredbythecountry’sboom-
ing middle class. afp
Russiafarm
sector‘needs
investment’

Markets
Business
INTERNATIONAL Business
Machines Corp formed a part-
nership with Inspur Group Ltd
after the Chinese company
tried to lure away customers
with its “IBM to Inspur” mar-
keting campaign.
IBM’s database and Web-
Sphere software will be used
on Inspur’s servers, which are
the first high-end hardware to
be wholly developed and pro-
duced by a Chinese company.
Inspur also will be using IBM’s
Power8 chips to help design its
own systems, the companies
said on Friday.
The deal sets aside the com-
panies’ rivalry, spurred by ten-
sions between the US and Chi-
nese governments over claims
of cyberspying and hacking
American companies. Inspur
had set out on a campaign to
win over IBM’s customers af-
ter Bloomberg News reported
in May that China’s govern-
ment was studying if domestic
banks’ reliance on the Ameri-
can company’s technology
threatened national security.
IBM said at the time that it
wasn’t aware of any Chinese
government policy recom-
mending against the use of
IBM servers within the coun-
try’s banking industry. Ear-
lier on Friday, China Daily re-
ported that IBM said it never
stopped providing new servers
to Chinese banks, citing an in-
terview with DC Chien, chair-
man and chief executive offi-
cer of IBM China Group.
IBM has been trying to
turn around falling revenue
in China, which has weighed
heavily on CEO Ginni Rom-
etty’s profit goals. Sales in the
country declined 11 per cent
from a year earlier in the sec-
ond quarter, after tumbling
20 per cent in the first three
months of the year.
For Inspur, the deal could
help convince potential cus-
tomers to buy its hardware
with the option to use IBM’s
software. Inspur will design its
own systems based on tech-
nology from the OpenPower
Foundation, which has 53
members and supports open-
source technology, according
to the statement.
That makes it easy to inte-
grate IBM’s software on the
newInspurservers.IBM’ssales
of application infrastructure
and middleware – the type of
offerings its new Chinese part-
ner will deploy – accounted for
the biggest share of the world-
wide market last year at 30 per-
cent, according to researcher
Gartner Inc. bloomberg
IBMandInspurforget
rivalryforpartnership
ThaideveloperseyeASEAN
A
SEAN markets will of-
fer a vast opportunity
for Thai property de-
velopers after region-
al economic integration kicks
off late next year, but experts
warn risks also lie ahead.
“Opportunities in the prop-
erty sector in ASEAN members
are admittedly large,” said So-
pon Pornchokchai, president
of the Agency for Real Estate
Affairs. “But we suggest Thai
developers start with small-
scale projects to minimise
risks before expanding once
successful.”
He said Bangkok had the
largest number of residential
projects among 10 ASEAN cit-
ies with about 1,500, followed
by Jakarta (300), Manila (200),
Ho Chi Minh City (150) and
Phnom Penh (100).
PrateepTangmatitham,chief
executive of SET-listed devel-
oper Supalai Plc, said Thai-
land was not an easy place for
foreign investors to conduct
property development due to
barriers to foreign property
ownership.Officialdocuments
related to property and land
are all in the Thai language,
while local units of measure-
ment such as wah, ngan and
rai are still used, he said.
“It’s not easy for foreign in-
vestors to enter the Thai real
estate sector, as they cannot
wholly invest by themselves
but need to establish a joint
venture with local firms,” said
Apa Ataboonwongse, presi-
dent of Richy Place 2002 Plc,
recently listed on the SET.
Nonetheless, Apichard Det-
preechar, senior vice-presi-
dent and manager for housing
loan products at Krungthai
Bank, said provinces near the
border have high potential
for housing development due
to the positive impact from
neighbouring countries such
as Cambodia andVietnam.
Of new home loans totalling
60billionbaht($1.8billion)the
bank released in the first seven
months of this year, 30-40 per
cent were in the northeast.
Professor Doctor Chira
Hongladarom of Thammasat
University urged Thai devel-
opers to be well prepared for
not only funding and market-
ing but also human resources
improvement for the ASEAN
Economic Community.
“Vocational graduates in
the fields of engineering and
architecture are in short sup-
ply in the Thai real estate
sector,” he said. “The sector
should focus on human capi-
tal to drive business growth
and sustain the industry. As
long as our people have qual-
ity, we don’t need to be afraid
of anyone [ASEAN mem-
bers].” bangkok post
A crane works on a construction site in Bangkok amongst residential and commercial buildings. The 2015
ASEAN economic integration will present many Thai developers with opportunities and risks. bloomberg

Business
Fixed Deposit Interest Rates
Cambodian
Financial Institutions
On Deposits
3 Months 6 Months 12 Months
AsofAUGUST 20, 2014 USD RIEL USD RIEL USD RIEL
Prasac 5.50% 6.50% 6.50% 7.50% 8.00% 9.75%
ABA Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
ACLEDA Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.75% 6.00% 5.00% 7.00%
ANZ Royal Bank 1.35% 3.50% 2.50% 4.00% 3.50% 5.50%
Bank of India 2.25% N/A 3.00% N/A 4.00% N/A
Cambodia Asia Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
Cambodia Mekong Bank 2.75% N/A 3.25% N/A 3.50% N/A
Cambodian Public Bank 1.75% N/A 2.75% N/A 3.50% N/A
Canadia Bank 2.50% 5.00% 3.50% 6.00% 4.75% 7.00%
Maybank 2.25% N/A 3.25% N/A 4.25% N/A
Maruhan Japan Bank 2.00% 2.00% 3.00% 3.00% 4.50% 4.50%
RHB Indochina Bank 2.75% 4.00% 3.50% 5.00% 4.75% 6.00%
SBC Bank 3.00% N/A 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A
Union Commercial Bank 3.50% N/A 4.50% N/A 5.50% N/A
Collectorspassingupwines
for whiskies as prices surge
W
hen Aaron
Chan heard that
a liquor store in
Athens might
have a rare Hanyu Ichiro Malt
Japanese whisky, he phoned
the shop from Hong Kong. Un-
able to make himself under-
stood in English, he emailed
photos of the distillery’s dis-
tinctive playing-card labels.
The owner replied with a pic-
ture of his bottle. It was the
Ace of Spades.
“That was my eureka mo-
ment,” said Chan, who paid
about HK$6,000 (US$774) for
the bottle two years ago. “The
Ace of Spades was very, very
rare already.”
Last week, a similar bottle
went for HK$85,750 at a Bon-
hams auction in Hong Kong,
14 times what Chan paid and
slightly more than the price of
an entire case of 1982 Chateau
Margaux that Sotheby’s sold in
NewYork seven weeks earlier.
Forget Bordeaux first
growths. Investors are fall-
ing over themselves to snag
iconic single-malt scotches
like Macallan, Bowmore and
Dalmore, and Japan’s rare Kar-
uizawa andYamazaki whiskies
as prices are rising to dizzying
levels. Sotheby’s sold a 6-litre
Lalique decanter of Macallan
“M” single malt in January for
a record HK$4.9 million.
“I’m not really an advocate
of buying whiskey and flip-
ping it,” says Heather Greene,
director of whiskey education
at the Flatiron Room in Man-
hattan, a haven for spirit lov-
ers. “But I’m getting questions
from people asking if they
should buy a couple of cases
and sell them for double.”
Double? Try quintuple. Ac-
cording to the Investment
Grade Scotch index, published
by Whisky Highland in Tain,
Scotland, the top 100 single
malts delivered an average re-
turn of 440 per cent from the
start of 2008 till the end of July
this year. That compares with
a 31 per cent gain in S&P 500
stocks index and a sobering 2
per cent drop in the Liv-ex 100
Benchmark FineWine Index.
Thesurgeinpricesisgreat
news for Mahesh Patel, an
Atlanta real-estate devel-
oper who has amassed a
collection of more than
5,000 bottles.
“Everything I have
is appreciating,” says
Patel, whose cache is
insured for close to $6
million.“Iamabeliever
of buying two of every-
thing. One to open and
enjoy, the other you put
away if it’s rare.”
One exception to his two-
bottle rule is a Dalmore Trini-
tas 64 Year Old, which he
bought in 2010 for £100,000
(US$166,455). Only three were
ever made.
One reason for the price
surge is that distillers can’t re-
act to an increase in demand
quickly: Whiskey takes long
to age. Even a standard duty-
free Glenfiddich or Glenlivet
spends 12 years in the cask,
and investment-grade scotch-
es many more. The 1962 Ma-
callan the villainous Raoul
Silva offered James Bond in
Skyfall was aged for 50 years.
Some of the most-coveted
whiskies come from casks
left over from distilleries that
ceased operation. A batch
from Port Ellen on the
Scottish island of Islay,
which was shuttered in
1983, is still releasing
vintages as they come
of age.The 1978 sold last
year for £1,500.
Part of the demand
for high-end whiskey is
coming from wine col-
lectors who are switch-
ing to the hard stuff.
“My wine portfolio is not do-
ing very well so I am diversify-
ing into whiskey,” says SK Yu,
who attended the August 15
Bonhams auction of Japanese
single malts. He’s entering a
more exclusive arena. There
are only about 100 single-malt
distilleries in Scotland, com-
pared with more than 8,000
winemakers in Bordeaux,
which produces less than 2 per
cent of the world’s wine.
Whisky Highland founder
Andy Simpson estimates the
auction market for whiskey in
the UK, where the bulk of trad-
ing occurs, will reach £6.75
million this year, up from £5
million last year. In 2013, wine
auctions raised about $278
million worldwide, a decline
of 15 per cent.
Added to the mix are whis-
kies from Japan, which opened
its first commercial distillery,
Yamazaki, 90 years ago. Japa-
nese malts have been made
more popular in the West by
films like Kill Bill or Lost in
Translation, featuring actor
Bill Murray touting Suntory’s
Hibiki 17-year-old blend.
The holy grail of Japanese
whiskies is the Karuizawa
1960. Released in 2013, only 41
bottles were produced after 52
years of aging, and each cost
about £12,500. It has an aroma
of scented wood, dark choco-
late, orange peel and honey,
and tastes of pepper, malt,
marmalade and liquorice, ac-
cording to Chan, who tried
it at an exclusive 12- person
sampling at the Auld Alliance
whiskey bar in Singapore.
Inevitably, whiskey’s popu-
larity is spawning counter-
feits, says Luigi Barzini, spirits
specialist at London-based
merchant Berry Bros. & Rudd.
“There are a lot of fakes across
Asia and some in Italy,” he says.
Still, buyers are undaunted.
“It’s crazy,” said David Wain-
wright, director of Zachys Asia,
whichisselling70lotsinaSep-
tember auction in Hong Kong.
“Demand has exploded.”
The frenzy is making oth-
ers nervous. “A lot of people
are jumping in now who
didn’t think about whiskey
as in investment four or five
years ago,” says WhiskyCast’s
Gillespie. “The needle is get-
ting closer to the bubble.”
That doesn’t bother Patel
terribly much. “I don’t see this
as a paper investment, it has
inherent value,” he says. “At
the end of the day you can still
open the bottle and enjoy it.”
the washington post
Philippine de Rothschild,
the grande dame of Bordeaux
wine and part-owner of the
legendary Chateau Mouton
Rothschild vineyard, has
died aged 80, her estate said
on Saturday.
Baronness de Rothschild
was president of the super-
visory board
and the con-
trolling share-
holder in the
family-owned
Baron Philippe
de Rothschild
house, which
produces the
Mouton Cadet
claret – a stan-
dard bearer in
the world of
Bordeaux wine.
She also
owned, along
with her three
children, the
wine houses
of Chateau d’Armailhac and
Chateau Clerc Milon.
The only daughter of grand
prix racing driver and bank-
ing heir Phillipe de Roth-
schild, she enjoyed a 30-year
acting career under the stage
name Philippine Pascal be-
fore taking over the family
estate after her father’s death
in 1988.
As president, Rothschild
helped modernise and di-
versify the estate’s wine pro-
duction, developing part-
nerships with vineyards in
California and Chile.
Rothschildwasalsorespon-
sible for choosing the artists
who illustrated the labels of
Chateau Mou-
ton Rothschild
wines – which
can sell for tens
of thousands of
euros a bot-
tle – working
with famous
painters such
as Pablo Pica-
sso and Francis
Bacon.
Her mother,
Elisabeth Pel-
letier de Cham-
bure, was ar-
rested by the
Gestapo when
Rothschild was
10 years old and later died at
the Ravensbruck Nazi concen-
tration camp. Rothschild mar-
ried actor Jacques Sereys, with
whom she had two children,
and the academic and writer
Jean-Pierre de Beaumarchais,
with whom she had a son.
She was made an officer
of the Legion of Honour in
2007. afp
Grandedameofwine,
BaronessdeRothschild,
diesaged80,estatesays
Private collector Aaron Chan (above) with his collection of Hanyu Ichiro’s
Playing Card series. Sotheby’s sold a Lalique decanter of Macallan ‘M’
single malt (right) in January for a record $630,000. A bottle of Hanyu
Ichiro whiskey (below) sold this month for $11,000. the washington post
Five bottles of Japanese single malt Whisky by Hanyu Ichiro that were
for sale this month at Bonhams Hong Kong auction. the washington post
Philippine de Rothschild (left), the owner of the French winery Chateau
Mouton Rothschild, posing with Zino Davidoff in February 1984. afp
The famous grand cru of the
Medoc, vintage 1987 label of
Chateau Mouton-Rothschild. afp

World
IslamistsseizeTripoliairport
I
SLAMIST militias openly
challenged the legitimacy
of parliament after an-
nouncing their seizure of
Tripoli airport, plunging Lib-
ya’s rocky political transition
into a fresh crisis yesterday.
The militias, which the
elected parliament branded
as “terrorists”, said the house
had lost its legitimacy through
its alleged complicity with a
deadly airstrike on the airport
that they blamed on Egypt and
the United Arab Emirates.
“The Emirates and Egypt are
implicated in this cowardly ag-
gression,” Mohammed Hadia,
spokesman for the Fajr Libya
(Libya Dawn) militia, said late
on Saturday.
Parliament fired back at the
militias which announced
their seizure of Tripoli air-
port after a weeks-long battle
against nationalist rivals for
control of the strategic facility.
“The groups acting under
the names of Fajr Libya and
Ansar al-Sharia are terror-
ist groups and outlaws that
are rising up against the le-
gitimate powers,” parliament
charged in a statement.
The parliament, which sits
in Tobruk, 1,600 kilometres
east of the capital, said it was
determined to deal with the
challenge through the regular
armed forces.
Fajr Libya is a coalition of
Islamist militias, mainly from
Misrata, east of the capital,
while Ansar al-Sharia, which
Washington also brands a ter-
rorist group, controls around
80 per cent of the eastern city
of Benghazi.
“These two groups are a le-
gitimate target of the national
army, which we strongly sup-
port in its war to force them
to halt their killings and hand
over their arms,” MPs said.
Fajr Libya said on Saturday it
had capturedTripoli’s battered
international airport.
The announcement came a
day after an unidentified war-
plane raided Islamist positions
around the airport, killing 13
fighters,accordingtoFajrLibya,
which says it is defending the
gains of the 2011 revolution.
The fall of the airport would
be a major defeat for the na-
tionalist fighters from Zintan,
southwest of Tripoli, who have
held it since the overthrow of
longtime dictator Moammar
Gaddafi in 2011.
Early yesterday, Islamist mi-
litiamen attacked the Tripoli
studios of private television
station Al-Assima which sup-
ports the Zintan national-
ists and kidnapped its crew,
the station said.
Al-Assima,inanewsbulletin,
said equipment was destroyed
and the crew went missing.
On the political front, the
outgoing provisional Gen-
eral National Congress (GNC),
which was dominated by Is-
lamists, was to resume op-
erations at the request of Fajr
Libya, despite being supersed-
ed by parliament, its spokes-
man said.
Its members were sum-
moned to meet inTripoli, add-
ing to the political chaos in
Libya and splitting the North
African state into two centres
of power.
The airport, 30 kilometres
south of the Libyan capital,
has been shut since July 13
because of the deadly clashes
between the Islamists and the
Zintan force.
TheIslamistfighterscharged
that Libya’s provisional gov-
ernment and parliament had
both lost legitimacy through
an act of “treason” with their
alleged approval of foreign in-
tervention.
Egypt yesterday denied any
role in the air raid. President
Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, quoted by
state news agency MENA, said:
“There are no Egyptian aircraft
or forces in Libya and no Egyp-
tianaircraftparticipatedinmil-
itary action inside Libya.”
There was no early reaction
from the UAE, an ally of Cairo
against Islamist extremism.
The battle for Tripoli airport
was the fiercest in the capital
since the revolt three years ago
thatoustedtheGaddafiregime.
On April 27, the Health Minis-
try said the first two weeks of
clashes had killed almost 100
people and wounded 400.
TheIslamistsaimtocapitalise
on their military success with a
return to the political front af-
ter their defeat at the ballot box
in June 25 polls. afp
Spent bullet shells litter the ground as a member of the Islamist-linked militia of Misrata walks past after
three days of battles in the area of Tripoli’s international airport. afp
Intel services‘close to identifying Foley killer’
SECURITY services are close to iden-
tifyingthejihadicaptorwhobeheaded
American journalist James Foley, the
British ambassador to the United
States has said.
Speaking on US television, Sir Peter
Westmacott, said voice recognition
technology had been used to pin down
the identity of the man, believed to be
a British born militant from London
who calls himself John.
“We are not far away from that
[identifying the man who beheaded
James Foley],” he said. “[W]e are
putting a lot into it, using voice rec-
ognition technology to try to identify
him. I cannot say more than this but
I know that we are close.”
Buthewarnedthatthefighterwasjust
one of many militants – hundreds of
themfromtheUK–preparedtomurder
and die for the self-proclaimed Islamic
State, formally known as ISIS.
“This problem goes beyond one hor-
rific criminal. As many as 500 British
subjects have gone to Syria or Iraq to
takepartinjihad.Therearemoregoing
from other European countries, too,
and this is a betrayal of all our values,”
he said during an interview with CNN.
Headded:“AllWesterncountrieshave
a very small number who have become
radicalised or brainwashed enough to
take up this cause. But this is not the
majority and the Muslim Council of
Britain[umbrellabodyfor500mosques,
schoolsandassociationsinBritain]has
come out formally against this.”
The Sunday Times, citing unnamed
senior British government sources,
reported that the UK’s domestic coun-
ter-intelligence, MI5, and foreign intel-
ligenceservice,MI6,haveidentifiedthe
fightersuspectedofkillingFoleybutthe
sources did not give details about the
suspect’s name. The masked militant,
who was shown on video beheading
Foley, threatened to kill a second US
hostage if President Barack Obama did
not change foreign policy in Iraq.
AskedwhyBritainwouldnotcommit
to airstrikes if IS was also a threat to the
UK,Westmacott said the UK was “very
active” in the region.“It is a threat to us.
We’vepickedup60or70ofoursubjects
coming back from Iraq and Syria
intending to do damage to our coun-
try,” he said. “We are very active, very
present, we have a lot of humanitarian
involvement and we have been ship-
ping arms to the Kurdish government,
refuelling aircraft.”
Westmacott repeated assurances
madebyotherkeymembersofthegov-
ernment, including Foreign Secretary
Philip Hammond, that Britain would
not put “boots on the ground” in Iraq.
“AtthemomenttheIraqigovernment
arenotaskingustodomorethanweare
doing,” he said. “It’s right to say that we
arepresentalongsidetheUSinanactive
role but we are not getting involved in
anotherIraqwar. . .Wearenotplanning
direct action at this point.”
In the Sunday Times, Hammond
called Foley’s killing an “utter betrayal
of our country”. He wrote:“It is horrify-
ing to think that the perpetrator of this
heinous act could have been brought
up in Britain.” the guardian
Erupt alert
eased but
Icelandstill
on guard
ICELANDlowereditsalertover
the nation’s largest volcanic
system to orange yesterday
after keeping it for one day at
the maximum level amid fears
of an imminent eruption.
A major explosion at the
Bardarbunga volcano, located
under a glacier, could signal a
replayoftheglobaltravelchaos
triggeredwhenanotherIcelan-
dic peak blew four years ago,
creating a massive ash cloud
across Europe.
TheIcelandicMetOfficesaid
thattherehadnotbeenasmall
subglacial eruption on Satur-
day, as previously announced.
“Presently there are no signs
of ongoing volcanic activity,”
IMOsaidonitswebsiteonSat-
urday night.
The red alert level on Satur-
day led to the closure of air-
space in the affected area,
although all airports in the
country remained opened.
Seismicactivityremainshigh
inthearea,withmorethan700
tremors recorded during the
night. Early yesterday, the
strongest earthquakes of the
current seismic cycle shook
Bardarbunga.
Theywerelistedwithintensi-
tiesof5.3and5.1ontheRichter
scale, the highest registered in
the area since 1996.
The eruption of Eyjafjoell, a
smaller volcano, in April 2010
causedtravelmayhem,strand-
ing more than eight million
people in the widest airspace
shutdown sinceWorldWar II.
Iceland’s most active sub-
glacial volcano, Grimsvotn,
erupted in 2011, forcing the
countrytoshutitsairspaceand
sparkingfearsofarepeatofthe
Eyjafjoell flight chaos. afp
Tobruk
Tripoli airport
Misrata
Grimsvotn volcano in Iceland
erupts in May 2011. afp

China lays blame on US
formidairconfrontation
BEIJING dismissed on
Saturday accusations that a
Chinese fighter jet flew too
close to a US military aircraft
off Hainan Island, blaming
“massive and frequent”
surveillance for dangerous
midair confrontations. US Rear
Admiral John Kirby said on
Friday the armed Chinese
warplane came close to the
American surveillance aircraft
three times, coming to within 9
metres. China’s defence
ministry spokesman Yang
Yujun called the claims “totally
groundless” and lashed out at
the US military for conducting
surveillance operations close
to Chinese waters. afp
Pressure trouble forces
Malaysian plane back
A MALAYSIA Airlines plane
was forced to turn back due to
pressure problems inside the
aircraft after being in the air
for almost an hour, an aviation
watchdog official said
yesterday. Department of Civil
Aviation chief Azharuddin
Abdul Rahman said the plane
returned to Kuala Lumpur
because it was unable to
maintain the correct pressure
inside the craft. The flag
carrier has been in the
spotlight over the
disappearance of flight MH370
and the shooting down of
MH17 on July 17. AFP
World
Chinakillseightfor‘terrorism’
C
HINA has executed
eight people for “ter-
rorist attacks”, in-
cluding three it de-
scribed as “masterminding” a
suicide car crash in Beijing’s
Tiananmen Square in 2013,
state media announced.
State news agency Xinhua
said early yesterday that the
eight were involved in several
cases connected to the north-
western region of Xinjiang,
where Beijing says separatist
militants are behind a string of
attacks that have rocked China
in recent months.
Three of the condemned,
named by Xinhua as Huseyin
Guxur, Yusup Wherniyas and
Yusup Ehmet, had been “de-
prived of political rights for
life” at the time of being sen-
tenced to death for their role
in the assault in Tiananmen
Square in October.
“They masterminded the
terrorist attack” at Tiananmen
Square, Xinhua said.
Twotouristswerekilledinthe
attack, in which a car rammed
into bystanders on the iconic
square in the heart of Beijing
before bursting into flames.
Three attackers also died in
the incident, blamed by Bei-
jing on Xinjiang separatists.
Xinhua said five others were
executed, including Rozi Eziz,
who was convicted of an at-
tack on police in Aksu in 2013.
Abdusalam Elim was execut-
ed on charges of “organising
and leading a terrorist organi-
sation,” Memet Tohtiyusup
had “watched audio-visual
materials on religious extrem-
ism” and “killed an innocent
civilian” in 2013, and Abdu-
momin Imin was described as
a“terrorist ringleader” who led
Bilal Berdi in attacks on police
in 2011 and 2013.
Xinhua, which cited the Xin-
jiang region publicity depart-
ment in its report, did not say
when the executions were car-
ried out.
Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman
for theWorld Uyghur Congress
exile group, in an email blast-
ed the legal process surround-
ing the executions, calling it a
“typical [case] of justice serv-
ing politics”.
The sentences underscore
the tough approach Beijing is
taking to increasingly brazen
and violent incidents. The Ti-
ananmen attack was one of
several that have rocked China
since last year, and which Bei-
jing has blamed on Xinjiang
separatists.
In March, a horrific knife
assault at a railway station in
the city of Kunming in China’s
southern Yunnan province left
29 dead and 143 wounded.
Two months later, 39 people
were killed, along with four
attackers, and more than 90
wounded when assailants
threwexplosivesandploughed
two off-road vehicles through
a crowd at a market in Xinji-
ang’s capital Urumqi.
Chinese courts, which are
controlled by the ruling Com-
munist Party and have a
near-perfect conviction rate,
frequently impose death sen-
tences for terror offences.
The executions and sen-
tences are part of a crackdown
that comes after Beijing vowed
a yearlong campaign against
terrorism in the wake of the
Urumqi market attack.
In June, 13 people were ex-
ecuted for Xinjiang linked ter-
rorist attacks.
Beijing does not say how
many people it executes, but
independent estimates put the
total at around 3,000 in 2012,
a figure higher than all other
countries combined. afp
A car burns after a terrorist attack on Tiananmen Square last year.
China has executed eight people on terrorism charges. photos supplied

Afghans have handover
date – but no president
AFGHAN President Hamid
Karzai said on Saturday his
successor would take office on
September 2, despite a slow-
moving vote audit designed to
eliminate fraudulent ballots
cast for the two contenders.
The new president was due to
be inaugurated on August 2, in
Afghanistan’s first democratic
transfer of power, but the
government has been
paralysed for months after the
first round failed to produce a
clear winner and the second
round of voting in June
triggered allegations of
massive fraud. Neither
candidate appears willing to
back down. afp
Eighteen migrants die
en route to Italy: media
THE Italian navy yesterday
found the bodies of 18
migrants aboard an inflatable
dinghy adrift south of the
island of Lampedusa, media
reports said. The navy ship
Sirio, after spotting the boat
was in difficulty, approached it
and found 73 survivors along
with the 18 dead, the reports
said. The navy, coast guard
and merchant marine have
rescued more than 3,500
people since Friday in the
stretch of the Mediterranean
between Sicily and the Libyan
and Tunisian coasts, the Italian
news agency ANSA said. afp
World
Rivalprotestsaspeace
holdsinMissouritown
TWO rallies – one demanding
justice for the unarmed black
teenagershottwoweeksagoby
awhitepoliceofficer,theother
in support of that officer –
broughtpeopletothestreetsof
a Missouri town on Saturday.
But authorities in the St Lou-
is suburb of Ferguson, where
Brown was killed on August 9,
reported the night was the
most peaceful in two weeks of
racially charged demonstra-
tions – some of them violent –
over the 18-year-old’s death.
Michael Brown’s funeral, set
to take place today, is likely to
be a focal point for more dem-
onstrationsbyangryprotesters
demanding that Darren Wil-
son,thepolicemanwhopulled
the trigger, face justice.
There have been few signs,
however,oftheprotestsspread-
ingbroadlytootherpartsofthe
United States, though a rally
took place in New York, and
therewereweekend“peacefes-
tivals” set for nearby St Louis.
Protestersarealsoangryatthe
hardline police response to
early demonstrations, with
authorities using battle-grade
hardware bought under federal
programs from the US military.
President Barack Obama on
Saturday ordered a review to
determine“whetherthesepro-
gramsareappropriate”,wheth-
ertrainingwiththeequipment
is sufficient and whether there
is enough federal oversight of
the gear’s use.
But there has also been sup-
port for Wilson, who has gone
underground since shooting
Brown at least six times.
“Untilyouknowthefacts,you
have no idea the situation he’s
in,” Beth Zeiner, an insurance
reviewer wearing a blueT-shirt
withan“OfficerDarrenWilson”
badge sewn on it, said.
“His life is also destroyed.
There are so many factors, but
it has been one-sided from
what we have seen.”
She noted that many busi-
nesses had suffered greatly
after days of looting, and may
never be able to recover.
InNewYork,thousandsdem-
onstrated to protest the death
of a black man placed in a
chokehold by police.
EricGarner,43,whowassus-
pected of illegally selling ciga-
rettes, was wrestled to the
ground by white police officers
after resisting arrest on July 17.
Garner, who was asthmatic
and repeatedly complained he
could not breathe, lost con-
sciousness and was later pro-
nounced dead of a heart
attack. afp
‘Foraslongasittakes’
P
RIME Minister Benja-
min Netanyahu said
yesterday Israel’s Gaza
offensive would con-
tinue as long as necessary, a
day after an Egyptian call for a
ceasefire and new truce talks.
Israeli airstrikes killed eight
Palestinians in the enclave
yesterday and Gaza militants
kept up rocket fire into Israel.
“Operation Protective Edge
will continue until its aims
are achieved . . . It may take
time,” he said of the offensive
launched on July 8.
Israel carried out 27 strikes
and 50 rockets were fired
from Gaza, 47 of which hit the
Jewish state, an army spokes-
woman said.
The Israeli ambulance ser-
vice said that three people
were wounded by Palestinian
fire at the Erez crossing point
between Israel and Gaza, at
least one of them seriously.
Police said they were all Arab
public transport drivers wait-
ing in the crossing’s car park,
two of them Bedouin from the
southern Israeli town of Rahat
and one a Palestinian from Is-
raeli-annexed east Jerusalem.
The new bloodshed came
after Israel pounded Gza with
at least 60 strikes on Saturday,
killing 10 Palestinians, mostly
women and children.
There was still no sign of ei-
ther side adopting the cease-
fire Egypt appealed for on Sat-
urday to allow negotiators to
return to Cairo to thrash out
the details of a durable truce.
Since a previous round of
frantic Egyptian diplomacy
collapsed on Tuesday, shat-
tering nine days of calm, 88
Palestinians and a 4-year-old
Israeli boy have been killed
in the violence. At a special
cabinet session, Netanyahu
repeated his warning of harsh
retribution for the death of the
child in a rocket strike near
the Gaza border. afp
Relatives mourn yesterday for a 4-year-old Israeli boy (above) and for a
1-year-old Palestinian girl. afp

Oleksandr Savochenko
and Nicolas Gaudichet
U
KRAINIANPresident
Petro Poroshenko
yesterday decried
Russian “aggression”
and announced $3 billion in
increased defence spending
as Kiev staged a symbolic In-
dependence Day parade while
battling pro-Moscow rebels in
the east of the country.
Army cadets and military
hardware crossed Kiev’s Maid-
an, or Independence Square,
as thousands rallied in an
emotional show of strength
aimed at boosting morale in
the strife-torn nation.
Crowds of Ukrainians, many
sporting the national colours
of blue and yellow, sang the
ex-Soviets state’s anthem as
the flag was raised.
“I am convinced that the
battle for Ukraine, for inde-
pendence,willbeoursuccess,”
Poroshenko told the crowds in
a speech ahead of the parade.
“War has come to us from
over the horizon
where it was nev-
er expected,” he
said, referring to
Russia.
“In the 21st cen-
tury, in the centre
of Europe, there is
a flagrant attempt
to breach the bor-
der of a sovereign
state without de-
claring war,” he
said. “It is as if
the world has returned to the
1930s, the eve ofWorldWar II.”
Poroshenko pledged to allo-
cate 40 billion hryvnias ($3 bil-
lion) to its cash-strapped army
over the next three years in
what he called “only the mod-
est beginning” in the rebirth of
the Ukrainian military.
The money will be used to
purchase warplanes, warships
and helicopters, he said.
Crowds,includingmanypeo-
plewearingtraditional embroi-
dered shirts or flower wreaths,
densely packed the Maidan
and surrounding streets for
the first time since the pro-
European rallies in the winter
that eventually toppled former
leaderViktorYanukovych.
“It is a demonstration of
the unity and independence
of Ukraine,” said Oleksandr
Kaplya, with a Ukrainian flag
peeking out of his shirt pocket.
“We want to show the world
that we are one.”
It was the first military pa-
rade in Kiev in five years, and
some said it helped boost the
nation’s spirits
as the Ukrainian
army is engaged
in a bloody con-
flict in the east of
the country.
“In wartime
there were al-
ways parades . . .
We need this to
lift our military
morale,” said Ro-
man Kovalchuk,
who had travelled
to the capital with his wife and
friends from southern Ukraine
for the occasion. But while
Kiev was gripped by patriotic
fervour, fierce clashes contin-
ued to ravage the industrial
east, with mortar fire hitting
a hospital in the main rebel
hub of Donetsk.
In the insurgent stronghold,
meanwhile, pro-Russian sepa-
ratists threatened an event of
their own to ridicule the cel-
ebrations in Kiev by parading
imprisoned Ukrainian soldiers.
On central Lenin square,
rebels showcased what they
said was military hardware
captured from Kiev’s army,
including artillery guns and
armoured vehicles.
A shell hit a hospital in cen-
tral Donetsk in the early hours
of yesterday, damaging a
morgue and two other build-
ings and sending staff and pa-
tients to a basement shelter.
“We heard explosions at
6:30am, windows broke and
doctors told us to leave our
rooms to go down here,” said
one young man in the base-
ment of the surgery ward, who
added that he was a Ukrainian
soldier injured earlier in the
week and now awaiting a pris-
oner swap.
Poroshenko is under pres-
sure ahead of a meeting with
Russia’s President Vladimir
Putin and EU officials in Minsk
on Tuesday, where the two are
expected to try to take a step
toward resolving the bloody
conflict. afp
World
Ukrainian forces parade during a military ceremony held in the centre of Kiev yesterday to mark the 23rd
anniversary of the country’s independence. afp
russia convoy leaves after ‘invasion’
ACONVOY of Russian aid trucks that had
escalated tensions between Moscow
and Kiev by entering Ukraine without
permission returned to Russia on Saturday
as a Ukrainian military official alleged that
Russians had loaded weapons and
surveillance equipment onto the vehicles
before they left.
Colonel Andriy Lysenko, Ukraine’s military
spokesman, said that trucks that had
entered the territory “under the guise of
humanitarian convoys” had been loaded
with Ukrainian-made equipment used to
produce an advanced aircraft-tracking
system, as well as ammunition for small
arms, before they crossed back over the
border on Saturday morning.
The allegations came amid international
outrage over Russia’s decision to send the
aid convoy into Ukraine without the
permission of the Ukrainian government or
the support of the International Committee
of the Red Cross, an action that Ukrainians
called a “direct invasion” and a “flagrant
violation of international law”. Workers on
the aid trucks, which had been stopped at
the border for days, distributed food and
other supplies to the besieged city of
Luhansk in rebel-held territory on Friday
evening. Russia’s Foreign Ministry hinted on
Saturday that Russia had plans to send
more humanitarian aid and said that it
would be happy to work with the ICRC.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said in a
statement that Moscow had run out of
patience with “delays” and other “excuses”
from Ukraine after a nearly 10-day standoff.
Ukraine had threatened a military
response if the convoy tried to force its way
in. Yet allowing the trucks to disperse
across the Luhansk region without any
Ukrainian controls in effect allows Russia to
force a cease-fire in Kiev’s fight against pro-
Russian separatists. the washington post
Ukraine rallies, plans
$3B booster for army
Why some Filipinos choose a war zone over home
Jefry Tupas and Joe Torres
ROJE Garcia, an engineer from the
southern Philippines, works in
Libya.Heisoneofmorethan10,000
Filipinos who choose to stay in the
embattled country despite threats
to their lives.
During the conflict of 2011, he
responded to the call of the Philip-
pine government to come home.
Butoncebackhomehefoundthere
werefewopportunitiesforemploy-
mentthatcomparedwithwhathe’d
enjoyed overseas.
So, on October 23, 2013, he went
back, hoping the situation there
would improve. It worsened.
On July 15, militiamen abducted
a Filipino construction worker. His
headlessbodywasfoundfourdays
later.AFilipinonursewasabducted
from outside her residence in
Tripoli by a gang of youths, who
reportedly gang raped her.
Garcia refused to be shaken. The
Philippinegovernmentagaincalled
on Filipinos to return home. But
this time Garcia decided to stay.
“Whatdidourgovernmentdofor
uswhenwefirstcamehome?There
isnothingthatawaitsusinthePhil-
ippines,” he said.
Every day, about 4,500 Filipinos
leave the Philippines to work
abroad. Data from the Philippine
OverseasEmploymentAdministra-
tion show that there were between
9.5 million and 12.5 million Filipi-
nos working abroad in 2013.
In 2013, the Philippine Foreign
Affairs Department said that at
least883Filipinosdiedwhilework-
ingabroad,andsome3,135Filipino
overseasworkersarelanguishingin
detention centres.
Still, Filipinos risk their lives to
leave the country, hoping that a job
abroad will improve their lot.
AccordingtoEmmanuelJovellanos,
advocacy officer of the Mindanao
Migrants Center for Empowering
Actions, most Filipinos leave the
country “not because they want to,
butbecausetherearenoopportuni-
ties for them here”.
Venobia Carro, an officer of the
Overseas Workers Welfare Admin-
istration in southern Mindanao,
admitted that most Filipinos in
Libyaopttostaythereandrisktheir
lives, rather than return home
where incomes are much lower.
“They are earning dollars when
they work abroad,” Carro said.
“SalariesinthePhilippinesareway
too low compared to how much
they are getting in Libya.”
Jessielina Tanda is one returnee
who knows from experience that
the level of government assistance
is not sufficient.
Adomesticworkerformorethan
12 years in the Middle East, Tanda
decided to leave her $350 monthly
salary last year and come home,
because of emotional distress that
took a toll on her health. She said
that she was resigned to the fact
that she would be starting from
scratch. The single mother of two
teenageboysarrivedhomenotonly
with a draining bank account, but
also with little help from the gov-
ernment,whichgaveherlittlemore
than a ticket home and $250.
For six months, Tanda was job-
less, relying only on relatives and
friendstosurvive.Sheeventhought
of going back to the Middle East.
“ButIwasillandfeltthatIhadbeen
through a lot already,” she said.
Perhapsit’snowonderthatwork-
ers such as Garcia in Libya choose
tostayput.Thegovernment’saidis
indeed paltry compared to the
$1,825 the average Filipino worker
earns every month in Libya.
“The government made so many
promises to workers in 2011 that
were never fulfilled,” said Filipino
priest Celco Laraccas, who lives in
Libya. “It is singing the same tune
this time around.” ucanews.com
A volunteer next to aid in Mariupol on Saturday. afp
A wounded man hugs a
woman after a shelling in
Donetsk on Saturday. afp
A man who fled Libya arrives in Manila in 2011. afp

World
Paris celebrates itsWWII liberation
Richard Carter
‘P
ARIS! Paris outraged! Par-
is broken! Paris martyred!
But Paris liberated! Liber-
atedbyitself.Liberatedby
its people.” Those were the words of
CharlesDeGaulletoanecstaticcrowd
cheering the capital’s liberation from
Nazioccupationafterfourlong,pain-
ful, bitter years.
It was August 25, 1944, and after six
days of skirmishes between French
Resistancefightersandademoralised
Nazi occupying force, French and
American armoured units burst into
Paristoassureitsliberation–anevent
marked all this week in the city.
Francois Hollande is to lead 70th
anniversary tributes today to the few
survivingveteransoftheliberation,in
theknowledgethatmanyofthem,now
in their 90s, will not live to see the
80th anniversary.
Men like Fred Moore, now 94, who
recalledthathistoricdayin1944when
he lost a friend but gained a wife.
“It was a beautiful day and when we
went through the Porte d’Orleans [in
southern Paris], there were already
crowds cheering us on from the pave-
mentsandclamberinguponourtanks
whenever we stopped,” he recalled.
Moore was part of the French 2nd
Armoured Division, the mission of
which was to blast its way to the Eif-
fel Tower. He cherishes the memory
of one of his junior officers, Pierre
Deville, who celebrated his 20th
birthday that day. At the Porte
d’Orleans,hejoyfullytelephonedhis
parents to say “I’m coming home”.
Hours later, he was dead.
But shortly afterwards there was a
happierevent,asMoorebumpedinto
the young woman who, eight months
later, would become his bride.
“We got talking, then I had to go
awayfor15minutestohandoutsome
orders.Iheadedbacktowardsherand
a young female press officer from the
US Army rushed up to kiss me,” he
recalled.“She got a hell of a slap from
my future wife,” he chuckled.
The liberation of Paris, by French
troops, allowed France to “wipe out
the shame and humiliation” of the
years of occupation after 1940, said
historian Christine Levisse-Touze,
but the Allied high command took
some persuading.
Scarredbydevastatinglossesonthe
Normandy beaches and mindful of
the slaughter in other cities such as
Warsaw and Stalingrad, Allied top
brass were hesitant about liberating
Paris, preferring to concentrate on
securing northern ports.
American General Omar Bradley
wrote in his memoirs that Paris was
“nothingmorethananinkspotonour
maps to be bypassed as we headed
toward the Rhine”. But De Gaulle suc-
ceeded in persuading Allied military
chief General Eisenhower that Paris
must be retaken, and retaken intact.
The liberation started in classic
French fashion: with a general strike.
Then,onAugust19,upto3,000police
officersretooktheiroldheadquarters,
starting a domino effect that would
see several official buildings fall into
the hands of the Resistance.The Nazi
military governor of Paris, General
Dietrich von Choltitz, negotiated a
shaky truce with the Resistance that
failedtohold,butfamouslydisobeyed
Hitler’s orders to destroy the capital’s
monuments and bridges.
OnAugust25,asAlliedtroopsflood-
ed into the city, Choltitz signed his
capitulation at Gare Montparnasse.
The losses were minimal for an
operation of its size. The French sec-
ond armoured division lost 156 men,
the American fourth division none at
all. Around 1,000 Resistance fighters,
including175policeofficersdied.His-
torian Levisse-Touze puts German
losses at around 3,200 men.
The next day, De Gaulle would
march down the Champs-Elysees
roared on by a million people.“It was
a sea! An immense crowd through
whichIpassedcalmly,butfullofemo-
tion,” he would later write. AFP
A Paris woman hands her baby to an American soldier on August 25, 1944, the day Paris was liberated from Nazi control; and a man
sits in a jeep during a ceremony last week marking the historic event’s 70th anniversary. afp
FOUR people were arrested
yesterday as police shut down
voting facilities in Macau after
activists ignored objections
from Beijing and held an unof-
ficial referendum on electoral
reform.
Residents of the Chinese
gambling hub were told they
could vote at several locations
across the territory, as well as
online,butpollorganiserJason
Chao told AFP that those
attempting to take part in per-
son were stopped by police,
who confiscated the tablet
computers people used to
declare their vote.
He said four activists were
arrested by police after polling
began in the morning, but
could not specify on what
grounds. “The authorities are
using all means to disrupt our
activity,” Chao said. “I can’t
imagine why the government
has to clamp down on such a
peaceful event,” he said.
TheformerPortuguesecolo-
ny returned to Chinese rule in
1999 but has a separate legal
system from the mainland.
LikeHongKong,Macau’slead-
er is known as its chief execu-
tive and is chosen by a pro-
Beijing electoral committee.
The referendum was sched-
uled to run for a week ending
on August 31, just ahead of the
naming of the enclave’s new
leaderonAugust31bythe400-
member committee.
The poll was designed by
activists to garner public sup-
port for reforms in the city of
550,000, but it is not clear if it
will be able to continue or if
authorities will also block the
online voting system.
Police did not confirm the
arrests or shutdown.
“Ourgoalistofightforadem-
ocraticelectoralsystemandthe
first stage is to get the citizens
informed of the election sys-
tem,” Chao said last month.
As of 4pm yesterday, over
1,900 people had voted, the
event’s website said. AFP
ArrestsasMacaucops
stop democracy vote
Ebola epidemic seen spreading in
W Africa as first Briton diagnosed
A BRITISH national living in
SierraLeonehastestedpositive
for the Ebola virus – the first
Briton confirmed to have con-
tracted the disease.
The Department of Health
said medical experts were
assessing the situation “to
ensure that appropriate care is
delivered”.Consularassistance
is being provided.
Meanwhile, West African
nations have imposed strin-
gent new measures to stop the
spread of Ebola as two new
cases emerged in Nigeria that
appear to indicate a widening
of the circle of those affected.
The Ivory Coast has closed
its borders with its Ebola-
hit neighbours and Sierra Leo-
ne has said it will jail people
who hide patients with the
virus.TheWorldHealthOrgan-
ization believes that the
practice has contributed to a
major underestimation of the
current outbreak.
It was announced on Satur-
day that the borders between
Ivory Coast and both Guinea
and Liberia were closed the
previous day, as the death toll
of the epidemic reached 1,427
acrossWest Africa.
Themeasurewasputinplace
“toprotectallpeople,including
foreigners,livingonIvorianter-
ritory”, Ivorian Prime Minister
Daniel Kaban Duncan said.
According to theWHO, Libe-
ria has been the hardest hit by
the outbreak, with 624 deaths
since March.
Guinea has seen 406 people
die, while in Sierra Leone 392
have succumbed to the haem-
orrhagic fever. Nigeria, mean-
while, has seen five people die.
ThetwonewcasesinNigeria
are causing particular concern
because they are outside the
immediate group of caregivers
whotreatedadyingairlinepas-
senger. The new patients were
infected by their spouses, both
medical workers who had
direct contact with Liberian-
American Patrick Sawyer, who
flew into Nigeria from Liberia
and Togo and infected 11 oth-
ers before he died in July.
There are fears that the
number of people affected is
even higher than reported
because many people – mind-
ful of the stigma attached – are
hiding Ebola patients.
“This phenomenon strongly
suggests the existence of an
invisible caseload of patients
who are not being detected by
the surveillance system,” the
UN health agency said. This
has“never before been seen in
an Ebola outbreak”, it added.
According to the Associated
Press, the Liberian govern-
ment has delivered donated
rice to a slum where 50,000
people have been sealed off
from the rest of the capital
Monrovia in an attempt to
contain the outbreak.
In Sierra Leone, a new
amendment to the country’s
health act was passed, impos-
ing jail time of up to two years
for those caught hiding Ebola
patients. The new law – an
update to the country’s 1960
Public Health Act – was passed
on Friday.
Lawmaker Ansumana Jaiah
Kaikai said the measure was
necessary to compel reluctant
residents to cooperate with
government officials.
“This amendment seeks to
address these emerging bot-
tlenecks,”thelawmakeradded.
the guardian
An Ivory Coast man looks at an Ebola awareness poster yesterday. It
reads: ‘The Ebola risk is still there.’ afp
A pro-democracy volunteer hands
out flyers in Macau yesterday. AFP

World
Parsing languagefromwhitenoise
Meeri Kim
F
ROM ultrasonic bat chirps to
eerie whale songs, the ani-
mal kingdom is a noisy place.
While some sounds might
have meaning – typically something
like “I’m a male, aren’t I great?” – no
other creatures have a true language
except for us. Or do they?
A new study on animal calls has
found that the patterns of barks,
whistles and clicks from seven differ-
ent species appear to be more com-
plex than previously thought. The re-
searchers used mathematical tests to
see how well the sequences of sounds
fit to models ranging in complexity.
Five species including the killer
whale and free-tailed bat exhibited
communicationbehaviours thatwere
definitively more language-like than
random. The study was published in
the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
“We’restillavery,verylongwayfrom
understanding this transition from
animal communication to human
language, and it’s a huge mystery at
the moment,” said study author and
zoologist Arik Kershenbaum, who did
the work at the National Institute for
Mathematical and Biological Syn-
thesis. “These types of mathematical
analyses can give us some clues.”
While the most complicated math-
ematical models come closer to our
own speech patterns, the simple
models – called Markov processes –
are more random and have been his-
torically thought to fit animal calls.
“A Markov process is where you
have a sequence of numbers or let-
ters or notes, and the probability of
any particular note depends only on
the few notes that have come before,”
Kershenbaum said.
So the next note could depend on
the last two or 10 notes before it, but
there is a defined window that can be
used to predict what happens next.
“Whatmakeshumanlanguagespe-
cial is that there’s no finite limit as to
what comes next,” he said.
Kershenbaum used recordings of
the wild rock hyrax, a small and furry
rabbit-like critter that grunts, wails,
whistles and barks, along with calls of
free-tailed bats, Carolina chickadees,
Bengalese finches, orangutans, pilot
whales and killer whales. For compar-
ison, he also threw in the text of Ham-
let as a sample of human language.
The researchers were surprised to
find that none of the animal calls fits
the Markovian model. In particular,
the sequences from the chickadee,
finch, bat and both whales fit one of
the more complex models. None of
the equations could explain the vo-
calisations of the hyrax or orangutan
very well, for reasons not yet known.
When birds chirp or monkeys chat-
ter, it’s natural for us to interpret this
as animals talking to one another. For
instance, vervet monkeys have a dis-
tinct alarm call that goes with each
type of predator they have. Scientists
wonderedwhetherthemonkeyswere
calling out words for “eagle” or “leop-
ard” as warnings to their group.
But then they noticed that after
a leopard call, the group would re-
spond by running up into a tree, star-
ing at the predator, and making that
same call over and over.
“If it was a word, that’s just not what
would happen,” said evolutionary bi-
ologistTecumseh Fitch at the Univer-
sity of Vienna. “I think it’s more rea-
sonable to say it’s a reaction to seeing
a leopard.”
That means, as far as we know, hu-
mans are still the only ones with lan-
guage. But what separates language
from communication? Why can’t we
assume that whales are simply speak-
ing “whale-ese”?
To be considered a true language,
there are a few elements that are es-
sential, Kershenbaum said. For one, it
must be learned rather than instinc-
tive – both whales and birds have this
covered. For instance, killer whale
calves learn a repertoire of calls from
their mothers, and the sounds gradu-
ally evolve from erratic screams to
adult-like pulsed calls and whistles.
What holds whales and other ani-
mals back from language is that there
is a limit to what they can express.
There are only so many calls that
each may convey different emotions,
but only we have an unlimited ability
to express abstract ideas.
The problem is that no one knows
how language evolved. There don’t
seem to be any transitional proto-lan-
guages between whale and bird songs
– said to be the most sophisticated
animal calls – and our own speech.
There are two conflicting theories
of how language evolved in humans.
The first is that human language
evolved slowly and gradually, just
as most traits evolved in the animal
world. So perhaps it started with ges-
tures, and then words and sentences.
Or language may have started out
more like a bird song – with complex
but meaningless sounds – and the
last stage was attaching meaning to
these sounds. THe washington post
The speech of killer whales, among other animals, has been found to be much more
complex than previously believed. afp

World
Weneedtogetreadyforthenextgenerationofslums
Prachi Vidwans
Analysis
PEOPLE who live in slums don’t have easy
lives to begin with. Lately, though, politicians
have been doing their best to make matters
even more complicated. A few weeks ago the
Venezuelan government started evicting Cara-
cas’s infamous 45-story slum, the “Tower of
David”. In early July, 1,000 slum dwellers in
Islamabad found themselves confronting riot
police as they tried to protest against plans to
evict them from their homes. Bombay carried
out a brutal anti-slum drive in May, bulldozing
more than 100 family homes.
If it seems like conflict over slums is mount-
ing, that’s because it is: The urbanisation of
the world is accelerating. In 1950, just 29 per
cent of the world’s population lived in cities;
back then, that was roughly 742 million peo-
ple. Today, more than half of the world’s peo-
ple – more than 3.5 billion – are citydwellers.
That may sound like a dramatic shift, but you
ain’t seen nothing yet. Roughly 70 million peo-
ple move into cities every year, and the vast
majority of them usually end up in illegal or
informal urban settlements. According to UN
estimates, by 2050, a third of the world’s popu-
lation will live not just in cities, but in slums.
The growth of slums is like climate change:
We know it’s happening and important. But no
one seems to have much of a response.
Policy makers tend to view slums as a neces-
sary evil, a problem best contained through
coercion or ad hoc responses. Experts point
out, however, that there is a rational way to
deal with the coming surge of urbanisation:
Plan for it. If cities are prepared to anticipate
and acknowledge the inevitable influx of
urban migrants, slums might not be slums.
Slums are characterised by shoddy construc-
tion, inadequate plumbing, and a severe
dearth of public services. “Slum” itself is, in
some people’s eyes, a dirty word. City authori-
ties usually allow slums to grow, unmanaged
and underserved, and then react to the result-
ing problems by evicting or displacing resi-
dents or bulldozing their homes. Thanks to the
misguided belief that slum migrants will move
into better housing once they’ve set down
roots, cities tend to neglect public or afforda-
ble housing initiatives that could help poor
newcomers. “The problem of acceptance of
slums is that it’s discouraged forward plan-
ning,” says Larry English, a leading expert on
urban development at Homeless Internation-
al. “The idea that people transition out of
slums – this is lazy thinking.”
English explains that the laissez-faire atti-
tude towards slums arose in the 1970s and
’80s, when city planners began to “embrace
slums as a grassroots alternative to formally
planned settlements – a solution rather than a
problem”. This caused many governments to
recognise slums as legal settlements – in itself
a significant improvement over previous
approaches – but permitted them to let devel-
opment issues take a back seat until commu-
nity political movements demand they
“upgrade” public services and infrastructure.
Some countries, like South Africa, have been
proactive in improving existing slums and
planning for future migrants. But others, like
India, are struggling to do the same. About 52
per cent of the people in Mumbai live in slums
that take up just 9 per cent of the city’s land.
Though migration to the city has abated slight-
ly, the city has still failed to prepare for the esti-
mated 60,000 people moving in each year.
Ready or not, urban migrants are coming.
Once they arrive, doesn’t it make sense to treat
them like human beings with all the attendant
rights and responsibilities – just like the cityd-
wellers who arrived before them? FOREIGN POLICY
In Chile, another Schindler’s List
Miguel Sanchez
D
URING the darkest days of
Chile’s dictatorship, a man
named Jorge Schindler
saved dozens of leftist mil-
itants by employing them undercover
at his pharmacies, risking his own life
like a different Schindler during an-
other of history’s nightmares.
The South American Schindler’s
story was published for the first time
Friday in The Chilean Schindler’s
List, a biography. It retraces his silent
struggle against Augusto Pinochet’s
brutal regime and the uncanny paral-
lels with Oskar Schindler’s secret defi-
ance of Nazi Germany. The two men
are not, however, related.
Jorge Schindler was an active mem-
ber of the Chilean Communist Party
when Pinochet’s troops overthrew
socialist president Salvador Allende
on September 11, 1973. He was soon
fired from his government office job,
an early, ominous sign of the crack-
down that would see more than 3,000
people killed and 38,000 tortured by
the time Pinochet relinquished pow-
er in 1990.
Instead of fleeing, Schindler de-
cided to open a pharmacy – and
hatched a plan reminiscent of Oskar
Schindler’s maneuvers to save more
than 1,000 Jews from the Holocaust
by employing them at his factories,
the subject of Steven Spielberg’s 1993
film Schindler’s List.
The Chilean Schindler’s pharmacy
soon became a chain of pharmacies
that employed leftist activists under
false identities to help them escape
Pinochet’s intelligence services.
“The plan was born out of the need
to survive,” Schindler, 75, said.
He and his business partner, phar-
macist Ramiro Rios, opened four
pharmacies in Santiago and another
just west of the capital in the town of
Curacavi. In all, they employed nearly
100communistleadersandotherleft-
ist militants from 1973 to 1978, when
the scheme grew too dangerous.
The pharmacies continued operat-
ing, and two still remain open in San-
tiago. Alsino Garcia, a Communist
Party member protected by Schindler
in the 1970s, is today the manager of
one of them.
HerecalledhowSchindler’scommu-
nist “employees” were instructed to
assist clients and keep a low profile to
evadedetectionbythefearedNational
Intelligence Directorate (DINA).
“Some of them didn’t do anything.
They were just there. It was a screen
to give them a legal existence in the
face of an oppressive machine,” Gar-
cia said.
Those who received Schindler’s
protection included former police of-
ficers Jose Munoz and Quintin Rome-
ro, who had served as bodyguards to
Allende and fought in vain to save
him the day the military attacked the
presidential palace, La Moneda.
Schindler also helped the Commu-
nist Party regroup underground and
set up a clandestine network.
“Week after week, comrades from
the party would show up, unem-
ployed,withhardlyanyclothesorjust
hungry. We did whatever we could to
help them,” Schindler recalled in an
interview for the book.
Schindler himself erased all traces
of his communist past and main-
tained no relationship with his em-
ployees outside work, discussing po-
liticalmatterswiththemonlythrough
trusted intermediaries.
The pharmacies nevertheless drew
suspicion and came under DINA sur-
veillance. “Two refugees [pharmacy
employees] were detained and dis-
appeared, but DINA was never able
to connect them to the pharmacies,”
said Garcia, who was himself kid-
napped and tortured in 1988 before
being released two days later.
He said the pharmacies had also
hidden weapons, which he suspects
belonged to the Manuel Rodriguez
Patriotic Front, an armed group that
fought the regime and staged a failed
attempt on Pinochet’s life in 1986.
“For 15 days, we hid guns under a
counter, including some AK-47s.That
only happened once,” Garcia said.
In another ironic parallel with
his German namesake, the Chilean
Schindler – whose ancestors were
Swiss – today lives with his family in
Germany, where he works as a tour
operator. AFP
AUSTRALIAN spiders may live
happily in the bush, but a new
study has found that at least
one species also thrives on
city life and grows bigger in
urban areas.
The University of Sydney’s
Elizabeth Lowe said while re-
search showed invertebrates
were sensitive to urbanisation,
not all species were negatively
affected by living in cities.
In fact, golden orb-weaving
spiders, which are common
in both urban and natural
environments in Sydney and
its surrounds, were getting
fattest in those built-up areas
with the most concrete, roads
and buildings.
“We found that they were
bigger in the city and particu-
larly in areas with lots of hard
surfaces and less vegetation,”
Lowe explained.
Lowe, at the university’s
school of biological sciences,
puts the finding down to the
idea that concrete holds heat,
meaning city spiders’ days
and nights were warmer than
those of their bush cousins.
Meanwhile, urban parks
were a reliable source of food
for spiders because the light-
ing in these areas attracted
insect prey.
Lowe said the researchers
did not know why they also
found the golden orb-weaving
spiders, or Nephila plumipes,
were larger in the wealthier
pockets of Sydney.
“We think that it could be
that in the wealthier areas peo-
ple put more money into land
management,”shesaid,mean-
ing more parks and greater
biodiversity in these areas.
Lowe said the fact that any
species could thrive in an ur-
ban area was a positive.
“We think it’s a good thing
that anything can live in cit-
ies,” she said. AFP
Spiders living it up in
city‘grow fatter’ than
their country cousins
A Ganesh never forgets
An artist works on biodegradable idols of Hindu god Lord Ganesh, made of mud and bamboo, at a blue tarp-covered workshop on the outskirts of
Hyderabad. Some 2,500 idols are being made by the artisans for the upcoming Hindu Ganesh festival, where the idols will be immersed in bodies
of water as part of religious rituals. AFP

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‘C
onflict zones can be
covered safely,” James
Foley told students at
Northwestern Universi-
ty’s Medill School of Journalism in
2011. “This can be done. But you
have to be very careful.”
He had just spent 44 days in captiv-
ity in Libya, held by forces loyal to
Libyan leader Moammar Gadaffi.
Until his capture, Foley had been
reporting on the conflict for Global-
Post. A few weeks after his talk at the
Evanston, Illinois, campus, he was in
Medill’s Washington newsroom,
where he’d been my student in 2007.
“Every day I want to go back,” he told
the students, engrossed in his tale of
capture, captivity and release.
But being careful while covering
conflicts has gotten harder recently.
The fighting in Libya and Syria,
where Foley reported before he was
captured and killed by Islamic State
militants, has created a new type of
war reporting, because the front
lines are everywhere – and nowhere.
It’s more dangerous on the ground
because of this. News organisations
know this, and many are not sending
reporters to these conflict areas.
They are relying more on freelancers,
not only because of the danger but
also because so many foreign
bureaus have been closed. From
2003 to 2010, the number of foreign
correspondents employed by news-
papers and wire services fell from
307 to 234, including contract free-
lancers, according to a 2011 study
from the American Journalism
Review. And between 1998 and 2010,
20 newspapers and media compa-
nies closed their foreign bureaus.
Being careful today may mean
being confined to a very small thea-
tre of operations – or avoiding the
risk altogether. The cost of taking
risks is real, as Jim’s death so pain-
fully reminds us.
As a professor who also runs the
Washington Program of the Medill
School of Journalism, I taught Jim
five days a week for three months
when he was a graduate student
reporting on national security issues
in the fall of 2007. Teachers aren’t
supposed to have favourites, but
some leave a lasting impression.
Jim, who was in his 30s and older
than most of the others, with a
teaching career behind him, was a
serious student. He knew exactly
what he wanted to do by the time he
got to Washington: cover wars
around the world, starting with
Afghanistan and Iraq.
He was quiet, but his passion for
foreign reporting was clear, and he
worked hard to prepare himself. In
Medill’s Chicago newsroom, he dem-
onstrated an ability to get tough sto-
ries. One told of a playground being
built next to a factory with a history
of environmental violations.
In Washington he took on the
national security beat, writing about
military recruitment and retention
problems, including a piece on the
top recruiter for the Army National
Guard, who happened to be in Fort
Wayne, Indiana. That contact helped
him later embed with the Indiana
National Guard in Iraq. He also
enrolled in my class on conflicts, ter-
rorism and national security.
The conflicts class gave Jim some
basics on how to operate in danger-
ous areas, and after graduating, he
took further hazardous-environ-
ment training, which teaches jour-
nalists how to assess and cope with
risks around them. He and I talked
about the risks in going into danger-
ous areas as a freelancer, but it was
clear that he was going to follow his
passion. He wanted to tell stories
about how US policy looks on the
ground during conflicts.
When Jim embedded with the Indi-
ana National Guard in Iraq, and later
when he reported from Afghanistan
for GlobalPost, “there were pretty
defined lines”, said GlobalPost presi-
dent Phil Balboni.
But in Jim’s two next reporting tar-
gets, Libya and Syria, divisions
between the warring parties were far
less clear. Journalists in Libya were
often in harm’s way because of fluid
front lines. In the early days of the
Syria uprising, reporters seemed rel-
atively safe, even when covering the
rebels, who saw them as vehicles for
spreading the word about their
struggles against President Bashar
Assad. But as jihadists infiltrated the
rebel movement, it became increas-
ingly dangerous for journalists to
venture outside Damascus.
“We were all learning how to cope
with this new type of conflict where
we reporters had an opportunity to
be in the midst of it with no govern-
ment minders,” Balboni said. “They
had to be smart and careful. That is
certainly true in Syria as well.”
According to Reporters Without
Borders, 39 professional journalists,
12 of them foreigners, have been
killed in Syria since March 2011,
when the conflict began. A freelance
journalist who was writing for
McClatchy Newspapers and the
Washington Post, Austin Tice, has
been held captive since August 2012.
“There is a lot of loneliness and iso-
lation,” Jim told Medill students dur-
ing that talk in 2011. “You need to
talk to a lot of people about the reali-
ties of this kind of stuff” before head-
ing into a war zone.
As Jim spoke to my students about
his experience in Libya, I reflected
on how much he had grown as a
reporter. But I also worried. “You
should take a desk job editing,” I sug-
gested to him, maybe at GlobalPost’s
headquarters in Boston.
I asked him why not spend time
with his family, give his mom a break
from worrying. I’d met his mother,
Diane, during one of her trips to
Washington to talk to government
officials about securing her son’s
release. Jim agreed and said he’d give
it a shot.
Balboni told me that “it was great
having him” in Boston, “but he was
obviously like a caged lion”. Passion
prevailed. Jim wasn’t a desk guy. Lat-
er that year, he headed back into Lib-
ya. “I’m drawn to the front lines,” he
told the Medill students.
Jim was at the front lines, blurred
or nonexistent as they are in today’s
conflicts, when he was captured. He
believed, rightly, that giving Ameri-
cans a complete picture of the Syrian
conflict means going beyond offi-
cials’ statements. Jim also knew well
that the cost of getting the truth
could be high.
But the cost in not getting the full
story is real, too – we have fewer wit-
nesses to the historic events unfold-
ing in Syria and elsewhere. The wash-
ington post
War zones’ blurring front lines
This picture taken in September 2011 shows US freelance reporter James Foley on the highway between the airport and the
West Gate of Sirte, Libya. afp
Comment
Ellen Shearer
Ellen Shearer, a professor at Northwestern
University’s Medill School of Journalism, is
a co-director of Medill’s National Security
Journalism Initiative.

Lifestyle
Somegiveandtakegoesalongway
when designing your teen’s room
D
ecorating a
teenager’s bedroom
is an exercise in
negotiation. Gone
are the days when you could
choose animal art or ballerina
bedding without a blink from
your little ones. Now those lit-
tle ones are big, and they want
teal walls and expensive, over-
the-top furniture.
When redecorating, Mike
Johnson, a designer at Lori Gra-
ham Design + Home recom-
mends trying to hear what your
kids are looking for.Then, strike
a balance. Choose a neutral for
thewalls,forexample,andincor-
poratethattealwithaccentsthat
are easy to change, such as pil-
lows, rugs and frames.“Kids get
the process,” Johnson says.
“They understand that it’s their
room,buttheyhavetocompro-
mise a little bit, that they’re get-
ting what they want, just in a
different way.”
And though it’s tempting to
pick cheap furniture, knowing
yourkidsleavethenestinafew
years, Johnson recommends
quality.Those same pieces can
gowiththemtotheirfirstapart-
ment or be the building blocks
for a future guest room.
Instead of a battle of wills, the
redesigningprocesscanbeajoy,
says Nancy Guettier of PBteen.
When done right, you get par-
entswhoknowmoreabouttheir
teens’ developing personalities
and teens who want to be at
home.“Ateenroomisoneofthe
most exciting rooms in the
house,” she says. “They want to
be creative and whimsical.”
Expert picks for teen bed-
room decor:
• “If you don’t need a ceiling
fan, try to do some fun decora-
tive light in the space,” says
Johnson.“Don’tbeafraidtoget
something that hangs down a
bit, especially if it’s over a bed.
Johnson’s pick is PBteen’s Fac-
eted Capiz Pendant “These
have a great look and come in
differentsizesfordifferentceil-
ing heights,” he says.
• “An absolute must for kids’
rooms are Flor carpet tiles,”
Johnson says. “They come in a
huge variety of patterns and
sizes, and the best thing about
them is when you get a stain,
youcanjustpeelupthetileand
replace.” The Rake Me Over 2
CutDesigningraphitecomple-
ments a variety of styles ($141-
$987, www.flor.com). Bonus:
“They’re fantastic for a dorm,”
Johnson says.
• Kids can jam with their
friendswiththevintage-looking
Bongo Wireless Bluetooth
Speaker, made from bamboo
and hemp. “The look that kids
are going for is a very hip kind
of retroy, late ’60s to mid-’70s,”
Johnsonsays.“It’swildcolours,
lots of Lucite, lots of acrylic,
bold colors.”
• The Tobias Chair is an Ikea
favourite for many designers,
includingJohnson,foritscom-
fort and the way that its trans-
parent nature makes a small
roomfeelbigger.“Forthemon-
ey, this is the best kids desk
chair around,” Johnson says.
“It’saboutone-thirdoftheprice
of any other similar chairs that
are out there right now.”
• With the drop of the new
Ikeacatalogcomesthismodern
spin on an old furniture style:
thesecretary.Teenswilllikethe
cable outlets and that the leaf
cantuckawayhomeworkwhen
friends come over. The Ikea PS
2014Secretarycomesinorange
or white.
•When their teenagers go off
to college or their first apart-
ment, parents might want to
keep the furniture for a guest
room.“Theroomsneedtohave
somethingthattheparentlikes
and something that the child
likes, and if you can allow free-
dom for both, that’s design at
its very best,” Dupire says. The
espresso-colored Atlantic
Bookcase, with three rotating
compartments, is quirky
enough for a dorm, classy
enough for your home ($74,
www.allmodern.com).
• Cecilia Dupire, principal of
New York design firm Cezign,
suggests making the walls a
blank canvas for creativity, by
adheringcorkboardwallpaper,
paintingachalkboard,orgiving
kids rolls of Japanese washi
tape, a removable, colored
masking tape. MT Masking
Tape has just released its MT
Casa line for doing dots or
stripesonawall($6.50-$44,mt-
tape.us).“Teenslovetodeckthe
walls,” Guettier says.
•Beddingisoneoftheeasiest
ways to let teens express their
style – and the easiest thing to
change when their style inevi-
tably evolves. Better yet, find a
reversible comforter, such as
the Reagan Reversible Com-
forter Set in Pale Banana, to let
them change up their look
whenever they want.
• For a fun mirror, or a
set of mirrors, with
cleanlines,there’sWest
Elm’sGoldenGeomet-
ric Mirror in three siz-
es, with gold edges.
Mirrors offer teens
another surface to
draw art on (with
washable markers, of
course).
• When kids gradu-
atefromblockstosoc-
cer balls, their stor-
age style should
graduate too. CB2’s
Galvanized Rolling
Tote moves
towherever
the storage
is needed
and is tough
enoughtohan-
dle dirty laun-
dry or muddy
sports gear.
• “Every kid
that I have
done a
r o o m
for has
wanted
a beanbag chair,”
Johnson says. Dupire likes the
Fatboy for “chilling”. “You can
change the colour of the bag if
you want to,” she says. “It’s
durable, it’s a parent’s friend.”
• “I have done quite a few
kids’ rooms using swing-arm
lighting by the bed instead of
bedside lamps,” Johnson says.
“Itfreesupthenightstands,and
it also allows for more lighting
options in the room.” He likes
the Havana Wall Swinger by
Jonathan Adler.
•Guettiertravelstheworldfor
newtrendsandstylesforteens.
One of her favourite sources of
inspiration though, is partner-
ing with other creatives.
Recently, PBteen worked
with Emily Current and
Meritt Elliott, designers
and stylists out of Los
Angeles, to design a col-
lection that mixes “fem-
inine and tomboyish”
looks, Guettier says. A
highlight is the Victori-
an-inspired Emily &
Meritt Floor Mirror,
made for girls who like
experimenting with
fashion.
• For of-the-mo-
ment accessories,
Johnson and Dupire
recommend Ikea,
West Elm, the
C o n t a i n e r
Store, PBteen
and Urban
O u t f i t t e r s ,
which sells this
Faceted Pastel
TableLampin
green, white
and pink.
•Itseems
m u c h
harder
to find
options for a boy’s
room than a girl’s. CB2’s Shop
Blue Chest has masculinity in
its DNA, being inspired by tool
cabinets. Dupire also suggests
an over-the-door basketball
hooporatennistabletoconvey
a sporty theme (and to give
boys something to do).
• Johnson recommends not
“finishing” the room’s design,
so that the teen can put his or
her stamp on it. Leave plenty
of wall space to decorate, bed-
ding to choose, accessories to
find. Pillows with removable
covers – such as H&M’s glitzy
Cushion Cover With Sequins
in silver, black, copper or pink
– can be changed out to match
the mood or season. the wash-
ington post
PBteen’s Faceted Capiz Pendants
offer a fun way to decorate with
light in a teen’s bedroom. pbteen
Flor carpet tile comes in a huge
variety of patterns and sizes and
can be easily replaced if there
are stains. We’re looking at you,
Fluffy. flor
Bedding is an easy ways to let
teens express their style, and a
reversible comforter gives them
an extra option for changing the
room’s look. bed, bath and beyond
It’s harder to find options for a
boy’s room than a girl’s, but CB2’s
Shop Blue Chest has masculinity
in its DNA, being inspired by tool
cabinets. cb2

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SIN= Singapore
TPP= TanjungPelapas, Malaysia
TYO= Tokyo, Japan
TXG= Taichung, Taiwan
YAT= Yantian, China
YOK= Yokohama, Japan
AIRLINES
Air Asia (AK)
Room T6, PP International
Airport. Tel: 023 6666 555
Fax: 023 890 071
www.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.com
E:helpdesk@angkor-air.com
Qatar Airways (New address)
VattanacCapitalTower,Level7,
No.66,PreahMonivongBlvd,
SangkatwatPhnom,KhanDaun
Penh.PP,P:(023)963800.
E:pnhres@kh.qatarairways.com
MyanmarAirwaysInternational
#90+92+94Eo, St. 217,
Sk. Orussey4, Kh. 7 Makara,
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
T:023 881 178 | F:023 886 677
www.maiair.com
Dragon Air (KA)
#168, Monireth, PP
Tel: 023 424 300
Fax: 023 424 304
www.dragonair.com/kh
Tiger airways
G. floor, Regency square,
Suare, Suite #68/79, St.205,
Sk Chamkarmorn, PP
Tel: (855) 95 969 888
(855) 23 5515 888/5525888
E: info@cambodiaairlines.net
Koreanair (KE)
Room.F3-R03,Intelligent Office
Center, Monivong Blvd,PP
Tel: (855) 23 224 047-9
www.koreanair.com
Cebu Pacific (5J)
Phnom Penh: No. 333B
Monivong Blvd. Tel: 023 219161
Siem Reap: No. 50,Sivatha Blvd.
Tel: 063 965487
E-mail:cebuair@ptm-travel.com
www.cebupacificair.com
SilkAir (MI)
Regency C,Unit 2-4,Tumnorb
Teuk, Chamkarmorn
Phnom Penh
Tel:023 988 629
www.silkair.com
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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
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K6 130 1-3-5 12:55 13:55 K6 131 1-3-5 11:20 12:20
I
n corners of Tripoli un-
affected by violence grip-
ping the capital, Libyans
sip espresso and eat pizza
– defiantly, as the sound of
gunfire echoes in the distance.
Since the fall of Moamer
Gaddafi in 2011, pizzerias and
cafes have proliferated in the
ex-Italian colony, which sits
just across the Mediterranean
Sea from its former ruler.
“I can’t start the day with-
out a coffee,” declares Salem,
clutching a Macchiato-like
beverage as he sat with friends
on the terrace of “Cafe Omar
al-Mokhtar”, named af-
ter Libya’s anti-
c o l o n i a l
hero.
But the
retiree just
pulled a face
when asked
about the worsen-
ing security situa-
tion in his country,
where interim au-
thorities have failed to
establish order amid dead-
ly fighting between rival
militias.
Three years after Gaddafi’s
removalfrompower–andsub-
sequent grisly death – Libya
has slipped into anarchy, torn
apart by clashes pitting nation-
alist fighters against Islamist-
linked militants.
Thousands have been dis-
placed nationwide, and the
violence has made parts of the
capitalTripolino-goareas–the
airport among them, where in-
tense clashes have been taking
place in recent days.
Butinthepeacefulareasofthe
city, the coffee trade is booming
as young Libyans open new ca-
fes and foreign businesses ar-
rive, trying to capitalise on the
post-Gaddafi era.
At a coffee shop on a main
thoroughfare, a sign proclaims
“The best coffee in town”. The
cafe is open 24 hours a day
so Libyans can enjoy their fix
around the clock.
Until the Italians arrived,
the inhabitants of Libya were
known as tea drinkers. Now
coffee is an integral part of
their everyday lives.
Gaddafi, whose reign be-
gan in 1969, did not welcome
investment from abroad, but
since his fall a large Italian cof-
fee company has opened three
cafes inTripoli.
“It’s exceptional,” said the
director Rashid, a Moroccan
who quit working for a cof-
fee company in Dubai be-
fore deciding to try his luck
in Libya.
“Our customers come back
every day,” he enthused at the
cafe, where every table was
full and women were present
– a rare sight in the country’s
male-dominated society.
Mohammed – a thirtysome-
thing – owns the Adreyan Cafe,
asmallplacethathe
says offers
high-end
coffee.
“Ichoose
coffee with
the utmost
care,” he said,
pointing to the
golden bags of
a famous Italian
brand.
Residents ofTripoli
also can’t get enough
of one of Italy’s other
famous exports – pizza.
But rather than seeking the
pure Italian taste, many piz-
zerias adapt their recipes to
suit local preferences.
At Il Forno and a handful of
other pizzerias, however, they
try to stick as close as pos-
sible to traditional Neapolitan
wood-fired pizza, although
procuring good cheese can be
a problem.
“My kids want it every day,”
said one Libyan, surrounded
by his three children, all tuck-
ing into pizza at the restaurant
in the city centre.
Ahmed, a pizza chef, said
young people made up the
majority of the clientele. Cus-
tomers chatted and ate, seem-
ing a million kilometres away
from the gunfire tearing apart
the south of Tripoli, where the
airport is located.
Libyans’ love of espresso,
pizzaandpasta,whichtheyare
also big consumers of, under-
line their ties with Italy.
But so does something else.
Despite the dire security situ-
ation, Italy is one of the few
Western countries still to have
a diplomatic presence in Trip-
oli. afp
Coffee, pizza:
a slice of life in
troubled Libya
An employee takes a slice off cake at a cafe in Tripoli last week. Libyans
are big consumers of espresso, pizza and pasta. afp

Entertainment
Thinking caps
Saturday’s solutionSaturday’s solution
LEGEND CINEMA
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being
abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target
of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by
Ronan the Accuser.
City Mall: 9:20am, 9:40pm
Tuol Kork: 4:45pm, 7:40pm
Meanchey: 7pm
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
The world’s most famous crime-fighting, pizza-loving
turtles fight a kingpin trying to takeover New York.
Tuol Kork: 9:15am, 3:30pm, 9:55pm
Meanchey: 9:10am
THE EXPENDABLES 3
Barney augments his team with new blood for a
personal battle: to take down Conrad Stonebanks,
the Expendables co-founder and notorious arms
trader who is bent on wiping out Barney.
Meanchey: 7:20am
PLANES: FIRE AND RESCUE
When Dusty learns that his engine is damaged and
he may never race again, he joins a forest fire and
rescue unit to be trained as a firefighter.
Tuol Kork: 11:30am, 5:50pm
Meanchey: 11:25am, 5:30pm
SEX TAPE
A married couple wake up to discover that the
sex tape they made the evening before has gone
missing, leading to a frantic search.
City Mall: 11:10am, 3:50pm, 7:40pm
Tuol Kork: 9:15am, 1:30pm
Meanchey: 3:30pm, 10:10pm
AS ABOVE, SO BELOW
When a team of explorers ventures into the
catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they
uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of
the dead.
City Mall: 1:50pm, 10:10pm
Tuol Kork: 5:40pm, 10:10pm
Meanchey: 9:10am, 1:30pm
NOW SHOWING
Ballet @ Ballet School
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
Pizza@Show Box
The 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
Open Mic @ Slur Bar
Graham Cain, the musical comedian,
hosts an open mic night for any
customer who wishes to perform. A
free drink will be given to all
performers.
Slur Bar, #28 Street 172.
9:15pm
Nerd Night @
Code Red
An exhibition of local talent and ideas
through slides. Each presentation is
short and sweet - 20 slides, 20 seconds
each. Topics include cloud computing,
dolphins and narcolepsy.
Code Red, opposite Naga World near Ko
Pich Bridge. 7:30pm
ACROSS
1 Bygone period
5 “Head” or “heart” hurt
9 Some finger foods
14 Better this than never
15 Answered “not guilty”
16 Notre Dame faithful?
17 Archer on Olympus
18 Gave money for
19 Recess for a statue
20 Space shuttle part
23 Wind up or wind down
24 Sturdy furniture material
25 End product
28 Leather piercer
29 Pouring vessel
31 Bit of sunlight
32 Current units
35 Punishment’s partner
36 Squid’s weapon
37 Atlas, encyclopedia or dictionary
41 Bleacher feature
42 Finish in the money
43 Who-knows-how-long
44 Beverage in a yard
45 Sunroof option
46 Drill sergeant’s title
48 Big game fisherman’s catch
50 Antiquated
51 Blue ___ (cops’ sick-out)
54 Dances, in old slang
58 Part of a power saw
60 “___ and Otis” (film)
61 Fish tank organism
62 Iraqi city
63 Make ready
64 Metal refuse
65 “Man of ___” (Superman)
66 Theatrical trappings
67 Sitcom role for Nabors
DOWN
1 USMA rookie
2 Hank, of baseball fame
3 Honored the flag
4 Trueheart of comics
5 Take it to a higher court
6 Second half of an exploring duo
7 Beneficiary
8 Taro corn
9 Mister fix-it, typically
10 Springtime arrival
11 Forming mental images of
12 A tray may hold it
13 Common pronoun
21 It may be covered by insurance
22 Oreo innards
26 Tilting weapon
27 Nursery denizens
28 Assume the role of interviewer
29 Put up a building
30 Legitimate deduction
32 The “A” in James A. Garfield
33 Money, in slang
34 Political source of influence
35 Start of some juice blend names
38 Not mandatory
39 Self indulging escapade
40 Stirrup’s spot
46 Single-masted vessels
47 Prenuptial agreement?
49 The longest river in France
50 Little wise bird
51 Young mare
52 Conforming to the rules
53 Customary habit
55 Mischief-makers
56 Leprechauns’ home
57 Exhibit shock
58 Breakers’ equipment
59 It may be passed
“A HAUNTING WE WILL”
TV PICKS
Nerd Night uses the Pecha Kucha presentation format. Anna Clare
Kermit the Frog plays himself in Kermit’s Swamp
Years. BLOOMBERG
12pm - MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 3: Ethan Hunt comes face
to face with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer while
trying to keep his identity secret in order to protect his
girlfriend. HBO
4pm - KERMIT’S SWAMP YEARS: At 12 years old, Kermit
the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel
outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South
to do something extraordinary with their lives. HBO
5:25pm - CHASING MAVERICKS: When a young surfer
discovers that one of the biggest waves on Earth exists
just miles from his Santa Cruz home, he enlists the help
of local legend Frosty Hesson to train him to survive
it. HBO
7:20pm - THE THING: At an Antarctica research site, the
discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation. HBO

Lifestyle
SocheataandSontery
SocialLifeTeam
Fashion Photography Exhibition @ Meta House
On August 12, Meta House hosted a fashion photography exhibition
with some expert photographers from around the Kingdom. The pho-
to exhibition aimed to show the creative team that made the photos
possible, including models, designers, stylists, hair and make-up art-
ists, assistants and more. It showcased the best work of Cambodia’s top
10 fashion photographers, such as Cheky Athiporn, Chem Dan & Cool,
Sool ChemVuth Sovin, Clay Frame, Ke Sophea, Balazs Maar, Jack Mali-
pan, Rakz Montana, Jeremie Montessuis and Vincent Rufo.
Sovankanika and Nkki Nikki
Neth Inrasothy Thep and Sok Panhary
Agnes Siem, Chem Vuth Sovin and Natelie Chee
Tim Vayuck,Chem Den and Marin.
Jeremie Montessuis,
photographerVeasna Heng and Leang SuykeangDeborah and Monica Om
On August 15, the third edition of the
Glamazon fashion show featured wom-
en and one man parading around
in extravagant outfits inspired by
an “abyss” theme. “The abyss – it
is mysterious, a little bit scary”,
said Ryan Drewe Taylor, owner
of The Dollhouse and one of the
founders of Glamazon, to the Post
earlier this month. Featured de-
signers included Romyda Keth
and hair stylists from Doll House.
Held at CodeRED, guests wore
chic black dresses. Dresses
reminiscent of Lady Gaga’s
style were also featured
prominently, as well
as well as “Japanese
doll” dresses with big
b l a c k hair. Following the
show, Cambodian pop star Nikki
Nikki performed music, as well
as performers from the Songkites
original music festival. Photos by
Hong Menea
Glamazon 3@ CodeRed
Ryan Drewe Taylor, Brandon Lee
Jasmin Lao, CiCi and Imran Sadig
Nikki Nikki

ChhimSreyneang
SocialLifeManager Lifestyle
23
Dental celebration @ Sofitel Phokeethra Phonm Penh
Grand Opening @ Spicy
Restaurant
On August 16, Roomchang Dental and Aesthetic Hospital held a special event at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra to thank all those who have
supported the hospital over the years. They also celebrated the launch of a new branch, Roomchang Rose Garden, which opened the day
before at Bassac Garden City.The guests enjoyed dinner and had a chance to win a lucky draw. Founded in 1996, Roomchang, which means
“water lilly flower” in Khmer, was the first ISO-certified dental clinic in Cambodia. It provides services ranging from orthodontic care to full
mouth reconstruction. Photos by Hong Menea
On August 16, the Kingdom’s newest Indi-
an restaurant opened on Sihnaouk Boule-
vard. Guests at Spicy Restaurant included
Indian Ambassador Dinesh Pattnaik.
The guests enjoyed the food and took
some photos together. Photos by Chhim
Sreyneang.
Edgardo Ibanez (Gi Gi) and Michael Taylor.
Hem Srey Nith
Indian Ambassador Dinesh Pattnaik (centre)
Tith Hong Yoeu, Sharon Wilkinson and Georg
Hubertus Nentwig
Heng Chandy and Heng Lon Mom Thavy and Sokna Socheata
Roomchange team performs.
Georg Hubertus Nentwig
Lay Sithy and Srey Pov Hong from Prudential. Dr Tith Hong Yoeu
Roomchange staff.Sreang Sovathary and Sao Dinhuoch.
Shali, assistant to GM; Chen Su Yueh, GM; and Liang
Yen Chia from Grand Industries Ltd
Taing Srey Seam and Daneth Meng, senior executive
for product marketing at Prudential
Louisa Yue, managing director of DP Dental, and Dr
Yue Weng Cheu, certified trainer for ISCD. Khay Meng, Khay Sokly and Chan Srey Pich

Sport
Australia sweat over
Clarke for series opener
Australia will make a late
decision on captain Michael
Clarke’s fitness for today’s
triangular series opener
against Zimbabwe at Harare
Sports Club. Clarke tweaked
his left hamstring during
Australia’s first training
session on Friday, but jogged
several laps on Saturday to
lend hope that he may recover
in time. However with a
higher-profile game against
South Africa to follow on
Wednesday, it is possible that
Clarke will be left out of the
Zimbabwe clash as a
precaution, in which case
George Bailey would lead
Australia. AFP
Quintana’s Movistar off
to flyer in Tour of Spain
Giro d’Italia champion Nairo
Quintana got his quest to win
the Tour of Spain off to a flying
start as his Movistar team won
the opening stage team time
trial on Saturday. Spaniard
Jonathan Castroviejo led his
team to victory in a time of
14min 13sec to take the
leader’s jersey, six seconds
ahead of Cannondale and
Orica Green-Edge. However, it
was a poor start for 2013 Tour
de France champion Chris
Froome as he lost 27 seconds
on Quintana as Team Sky
finished back in 11th. AFP
McEvoy stunner as
Phelps strikes gold
Australia’s Cameron McEvoy
upset a star-studded field to win
the 100m freestyle at the Pan
Pacific Championships Friday
as Michael Phelps claimed his
first international gold medal
since coming out of retirement.
McEvoy swam the race of his life
to hit the wall in the third-best
time this year of 47.82 seconds
ahead of US Olympic champion
Nathan Adrian (48.30) and dual
world champion James
Magnussen (48.36). Phelps, the
18-time Olympic champion, led
to the turn before finishing
fourth in 48.51sec, which
clinched his place on the US
team for the event at next year’s
world championships. But the
American great also claimed a
gold medal as part of the United
States’ 4x200m freestyle relay,
adding to his haul of
international titles just four
months into his comeback. AFP
Maqsood, Alam stun Sri
Lanka in first one-dayer
Sohaib Maqsood and Fawad
Alam put on a 147-run stand
as Pakistan recovered from
the brink to defeat Sri Lanka
by four wickets on Saturday
and take the lead in the three-
match series. The tourists,
chasing a Duckworth-Lewis
target of 275 in 45 overs,
fought back after being 106-5
to scrape home off the
penultimate ball of the match
in Hambantota. Maqsood
remained unbeaten on a
glorious 89 off 73 balls as
Shahid Afridi smashed the
winning boundary off seamer
Nuwan Kulasekara to the
point fence. AFP
Katie Ledecky of the US reacts following her world-record-breacking swim in the women’s 1500m freestyle final at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre yesterday. afp
Ledecky smashes records
A
merican Katie Ledecky set
a second world record in two
days by shattering her own
1,500-metre freestyle record
at the Pan Pacific Championships
yesterday.
The 17-year-old smashed her record
by almost six seconds with a time of
15 minutes 28.36 seconds, to claim
her fifth gold medal at the Gold Coast
meet.
It was only in June that Ledecky had
set the previous record in the 1,500
metres, a non-Olympic event, with a
time of 15:34.23.
On Saturday, the teenager beat her
400m freestyle world record at the
Gold Coast meet, clocking 3:58.37
to eclipse her previous mark by
0.49sec.
Ledecky holds the world records in
the 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle,
making her the first woman since US
distance great Janet Evans to hold all
three records at the same time.
“I knew it was my last race of the
meet and the last race of the season,
and I had a really good season and
I wanted to finish on a good note,”
Ledecky said.
“I didn’t want to walk away from
the meet feeling that was just OK. So
I just dug in deep over the last 50m.
“It was probably one of my most
painful races. It was painful, but it
pays off in the end, so I’m happy.
“I am really enjoying the journey
and just enjoying each step, so hope-
fully there are a few steps left.”
Ledecky has won the 200m, 400m
800m and 1500m freestyle golds at
the Pan Pacs and was also part of the
American women’s winning 4x200m
freestyle relay team.
“I would say it’s tied with the 400m
world record but the 1500m is not
a huge priority of mine because it’s
not an Olympic event, so it’s just this
year and next year [worlds] that I will
probably swim it,” she said.
“It’s not a huge priority of my train-
ing so I didn’t really know what to
expect. But the mile [1500m] is cer-
tainly one of my favourite events and
it’s the last day of the meet.”
Ledecky beat New Zealand’s Lau-
ren Boyle by more than 27 seconds in
winning the 1500m gold, and was well
under world record pace during the
middle stages of the 30-lap final. AFP
Wallabies beaten not broken, says Hooper
As the Wallabies licked their
wounds on their return flight
to Sydney Sunday, captain
Michael Hooper vowed they
would bounce back from their
thrashing by the All Blacks.
He also won support from
victorious All Blacks coach
Steve Hansen, who described
the Australians as having an
“off-night” when his world
champions scored a record
51-20 victory over their Tas-
man neighbours in Auckland
on Saturday.
TheAllBlacksscoredsixtries
and led 44-6 late in the match
before yielding two soft tries
to the Wallabies to distort the
scoreline.
Despite theWallabies show-
ing little fight just a week after
holding the All Blacks to a
12-12 draw in Sydney, Hooper
said they would come back in
the remaining Rugby Champi-
onship Tests against South
Africa and Argentina.
“It’snotabrokenthing.We’re
not a broken entity,” he said.
“There’s some good things
there that we can take, and
then there’s some things that
need serious improvement in
these games.
“To learn how to win the big
moments and capitalise on
mistakes that the other team
make,somethingtheAllBlacks
are very good at.”
Wallabies coach Ewen
McKenzie rated the perform-
ance a “disappointing effort”
inwhichtheyfailedtothreaten
the All Blacks.
“We can’t sit here and pre-
tend anything other than we
didn’tperformuptoourexpec-
tations.We’d come off a bunch
of wins, this is a really disap-
pointing loss for us,” he said.
“They played well, no ques-
tion, but I know we’re better
than that, that’s why it was a
frustrating night.”
The All Blacks monstered
the Wallabies from the kick-
off, and the visitors struggled
to stay in touch through the
first quarter before dropping
right out of contention when
lock Rob Simmons was yel-
low-carded.
DuringSimmons’10minutes
in the sin-bin, the All Blacks
piled on 14 points with two
convertedtriesastheyracedto
a 23-6 lead by half-time.
They added a further three
converted tries in the third
quarterastheydemolishedthe
Wallabies pack then stretched
themwide,frequentlybreaking
the first line of defence.
“What pleased me tonight
aboutourstartwasweshowed
an intensity we didn’t have the
week before, our defence
really set the tone, made some
big tackles and it was more
than what Australia expect-
ed,” Hansen said.
“Australia are a very good
rugby side and [this] probably
doesn’t reflect that and they’ll
bounce back. They just had a
baddayattheoffice,whichcan
happen.We’veseenbeforeour-
selves have one and bounce
back the next week.”
Lucky Boks edge Pumas
Fly-half Morne Steyn kicked
a penalty three minutes from
time to earn South Africa a
lucky 33-31 win over Argen-
tina Saturday in a Rugby
Championship thriller.
Trailing by 12 points after
56 minutes, a Springboks side
given a torrid time in the for-
ward exchanges for much of
the match clawed back to
snatch victory.
The scrums were a particu-
lar problem for the two-time
world champions with the
Argentines shoving them
back metres several times.
Success on a hot, clear
afternoon in Salta, north-
western Argentina, lifted
leaders South Africa to eight
points on the Southern Hem-
isphere championship table,
one above title-holders New
Zealand.
Defeat left the often domi-
nant Pumas wondering what
they must do to end a
14-match win-less run since
debuting in the competition
two seasons ago. AFP
New Zealand’s Brodie Retallick is stopped short of the line by the Aus-
tralian defence during their Test match at Eden Park in Auckland. AFP

Tennis
THE PHNOM PENH POST august 25, 2014 25
Siem Reap hosts first tennis camp
H S Manjunath
I
n A big step towards
boosting grassroots ten-
nis development in prov-
inces, a first of its kind
trainingcampwasheldatSiem
Reap’s Svaydongkum primary
school last week, opening up
an avenue for children from
underprivileged communities
to learn the game.
The five-day camp, which
concluded on Friday, was con-
ducted by head coach Scott
Windus, who came to Cam-
bodia two years ago pursuing
social work in the province
through an Australian organi-
sation and has been teach-
ing the sport as part of Tennis
Cambodia’s Schools Tennis
Initiative (STI) introduced
nearly a year ago.
The camp was split into two
sessions – mornings for the
younger lot and afternoons set
apart for the older ones. Each
class was enthusiastically at-
tended by 30 participants on
average with the focus each
day on one particular aspect
of the game.
After learning basics in fore-
hands, backhands, volleys and
serves during the first four-
days, the trainees ended up
putting the lessons they had
learned to test in a competi-
tion on the final day.
While most of the partici-
pants were from the Svay-
dongkum school, a bunch of
kids from Sala Roub Roum
centre for the underprivi-
leged situated in a nearby vil-
lage, joined in for their first
real fling with tennis training.
One tiny girl who caught most
attention was Liza from Deat
Sin Kan D’boug, a hamlet
of poor housing conditions
not far from the centre. What
makes Liza’s story inspira-
tional is the fact that the roof
of her home was blown away
recently in a storm that also
caused extensive damage to
their belongings.
Windus and his 24-year-old
assistant coach Soun Sam-
doun go out to this hamlet to
teach for two hours every Sat-
urday, followed by two more
hours at Sala Roub Roum.
“We are in the business of
changing lives through tennis.
I greatly admire the courage of
girls like Liza and the dedicat-
ed work our coaches are doing
to shape the futures of these
youngsters,” Tennis Cambodia
secretary-general Tep Rithivit
told the Post yesterday.
“Scott Windus has been
very good at what he does. He
and his assistants are doing a
great job for us. I am pleased
that so much of progress has
been made in Siem Reap
since we began the STI last
year,” he added.
Meanwhile, Tennis Cambo-
dia and the Grand Soluxe Ang-
kor Palace Resort and Spa are
currently holding discussions
over a partnership to promote
private and group lessons
apart from junior programs.
“The Grand Soluxe has two
beautiful tennis courts, and if
we do come to an agreement
with them and start some
kind of a program, our oppor-
tunities are endless,” Windus
told the Post.
“We can start to train more
coaches like Samdoun, and
with more coaches we can
then approach more govern-
ment and private schools, and
very importantly we can begin
to become more sustainable.”
Tennis Cambodia’s head
of junior development Mam
Phalkun, who was in Siem
Reap for the last two days
of the camp, noted it was of
great significance that there
were as many girls as boys at
the inaugural training camp.
“This is really rare. The STI
and very soon the Junior Ten-
nis Initiative is a great way for-
ward for these girls,” he said.
“We are excited to see how
this aspect of tennis in Siem
Reap and this aspect of soci-
ety in general develops over
time.
“We sincerely thank Cam-
bodia Airports and Vittel for
supporting our STI program,”
added Mam Phalkun, who
has been part of Cambodia’s
Davis Cup team for the last
two years.
Tennis 10s festival
ThefourtheditionoftheTen-
nis 10s festival was held at the
National Training Center last
Friday. This is a major grass-
roots development program
initiated by the International
Tennis Federation to spot and
nurture young talent.
Tennis Cambodia holds
these festivals a week be-
fore every national junior
tournament.
Coach Scott Windus (right) throws a ball to a young player during Tennis Cambodia’s trainign camp at
Svaydongkum primary school in Siem Reap last week. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Basketball
Emperors endTigers
run, Paints smash the
league scoring record
H S Manjunath
T
he Angkor Beer Cambodian
Basketball League was at its
theatrical best on Saturday at
the Olympic Stadium Indoor
Arena as Davies Paints and Emperors
earned wins.
Davies Paints smeared black all
over CCPL Warriors as they posted
the season’s second triple-digit score
and in the bargain recorded the big-
gest victory margin in their 119-49
slaughter of the lambs.
Paints’ runaway train also smashed
Smart Dragons’ two-week old scoring
record of 113. Painful as it was for the
Warriors, what kept the excitement
alive was the impressive sectionals
Paints were turning out.
There was no hint of the mayhem
that followed when Warriors started
the game, but they began to crack
once the team chemistry failed them
yet again. By half time, Paints led
59-18, stretching it to 84-36 the next
quarter and ending with a fourth
quarter blow out.
The fact that Jayson Mercado (26
points) and John Cornito (21 points)
accounted for less than half of Paints
total only demonstrates how fruitful
it was on the court for the rest.
Emperors, meanwhile, touched
their regal best in their 77-74 win over
Mekong Tigers, who suffered their
first defeat this season.
The Emperors bounced back from
last week’s loss to Smart Dragons to
end the Tigers’ four-game winning
run. It was an exceptional sighton the
court to see both teams in white uni-
forms thanks to a mix up on the part
of the Emperors, but they ensured in
the end that the white flag of surren-
der would be waved by their rivals in
this all-Cambodian encounter.
After the first five minutes, Emper-
ors led 13-0 as the Tigers struggled to
hit their normal rhythm. The quar-
ter itself ended in a disaster for the
Tigers, who were not only 12 points
behind but also short of their highest
scorer of the season, Sok Samnang,
after his fifth foul.
Though the Tigers fared margin-
ally better in the second quarter, they
still trailed by 17 points at the break
with Hour Pichbounchour and Ken
Vengngoun scoring baskets freely un-
der the rim for the Emperors.
With Pheng Darath leading the
charge, the Tigers closed the gap
to five points at the end of the third
quarter as the intensity on the court
grew by the minute and every basket
was hotly contested.
It was a test of nerves for both sides
as Emperors tried to build on that
slender lead and the Tigers desperate
to get on level terms. KimVengngoun
and Por Vannith gave Emperors an
11-point lead with five minutes of
play left.
Athree-pointerfromPhengDharith
at this stage held out hope for the Ti-
gers and he continued to keep it alive
when he helped his side draw level at
73 with just over a minute left.
In those frenzied moments, Em-
perors nosed ahead with a Kim
Vengngoun free throw and a clutch of
fouls from theTigers led to more. Em-
perors managed to click with two free
throws for a three-point lead, which
meant that the roaring Tigers had fi-
nally been silenced.
Mekong Tigers forward Phan Chandara (left) goes up for a shot under pressure from an
Emporers defender during their CBL game on Saturday. SRENG MENG SRUN

Football
THE PHNOM PENH POST august 25, 2014 27
BIDC give money to U21
squad for wins in Brunei
The Bank for Investment and
Development of Cambodia
(BIDC) on Friday morning
donated US$6,000 to the
Cambodian U21 squad, who
returned home the day before
from their 2014 Hassanal
Bolkiah trophy campaign in
Brunei. The team won three of
their Group B matches against
hosts Brunei, Singapore and
Indonesia, but losses to
Malaysia and Vietnam saw
them finish fourth in the table
and fail to advance to the semi-
finals. Vietnam were beaten 4-3
by first-time winners Myanmar
in the grand final on Saturday
at the Hassanal Bolkiah
National Stadium in Bandar
Seri Bagawan. DAN RILEY
Cameroonian Ebosse
dead after projectile hit
Cameroonian football player
Albert Ebosse died Saturday
after he was hit by a projectile
thrown from the stands
following his team’s loss in the
Algerian football championship,
APS news agency reported.
Ebosse, who was 24, was
declared dead after he was
rushed to a hospital at Tizi
Ouzou, east of the capital
Algiers, where the match took
place. He scored the lone goal
for his club JS Kabylie in the
home match in what turned
out to be a 2-1 defeat against
USM Alger, on the second day
of the tournament. Fans had
started throwing objects from
the stands inside the Tizi
Ouzou stadium after the match
as the players were returning
to their changing room. The
Algerian Interior Ministry
ordered an investigation to
search for the culprit. AFP
Guangzhou coach Lippi
banned for ref rant: AFC
Guangzhou Evergrande
coach Marcello Lippi has been
slapped with an initial one-
match ban for angrily
confronting the referee during
an AFC Champions League
match, the Asian Football
Confederation announced
yesterday. The incident
happened during last week’s
quarter-final first leg away to
Australia’s Western Sydney
Wanderers which China’s
Guangzhou lost 0-1. AFP
Manchester City, Liverpool
resume their title hostilities
M
anchester City and
Liverpool will renew their
rivalry beneath the Etihad
Stadium floodlights from
2am Cambodian time tonight in the
first major head-to-head encounter of
the fledgling Premier League season.
When the teams last met, at Anfield
in April, a late Philippe Coutinho goal
gave Liverpool a 3-2 victory that left
them on course for a first league title
since 1990.
But with the finishing line in sight,
Brendan Rodgers’s side collapsed, al-
lowing City to creep up on the rails and
pip them to the title by two points.
Liverpool’s late-season slump was
particularly traumatic for captain Ste-
venGerrard,whoseslipagainstChelsea
allowed Demba Ba to score a goal that
allowed City back into the title race.
After then crashing out of the World
Cup in the group phase with Eng-
land, the 34-year-old said he had been
through “probably the worst three
months of my life”.
The meeting with City will bring
memories of what happened last sea-
son into sharp focus for Gerrard and
his team-mates, but the champions’
manager, Manuel Pellegrini, does not
think it will have any bearing on to-
night’s game.
“I cannot know what happened
inside Liverpool or if they will be af-
fected by last season or not,” said the
Chilean, whose side won 2-0 at New-
castle United in the first game of their
title defence.
“My way of thinking is that last sea-
son is finished, for our team it is fin-
ished. I suppose that also for Liverpool
it is finished.”
Whereas City have enjoyed a largely
settled off season, Liverpool have wit-
nessed significant upheaval.
Luis Suarez’s departure for Barcelona
in a £75 million (US$124 million) trans-
fer helped fund a splurge of investment
thathasseeneightnewplayersmoveto
the club, with former City striker Mario
Balotelli also poised to join them.
Balotelli will not feature against his
old side as his transfer was not finalised
before the weekend, but Liverpool’s
fans could get their first glimpses of
new signings Lazar Markovic and Al-
berto Moreno.
Adam Lallana, another new recruit,
is not yet ready to return as he pur-
sues his rehabilitation following a knee
problem, while left-back Jose Enrique
is a doubt due to injury.
Daniel Agger, Jon Flanagan and Ous-
sama Assaidi are all definitely out.
City’s latest signing, centre-back
Eliaquim Mangala, is unlikely to play
as he is short of fitness following his
£32 million switch from Porto.
Striker Alvaro Negredo remains
sidelined by a foot injury, but Sergio
Aguero could start after coming off
the bench to score in injury time at
Newcastle last weekend.
Former Chelsea midfielder Frank
Lampard may also make his debut for
the club, having been left out for the
trip to St James’ Park.
Tonight’s game is an early opportu-
nity for last season’s two outstanding
teams to feel each other out, but Rod-
gers does not believe it will be a cau-
tious encounter.
Both teams broke through the 100-
goal barrier in 2013-14 – City scoring
102 goals to Liverpool’s 101 – and the
Northern Irishman thinks they will
each be eager to assert themselves.
Askedifheexpectedthegameagainst
City to be cagey, the Liverpool manager
replied: “I don’t think so.
“If you look at both sets of players,
there’s lots of invention and creativity
in the team. I think both will be creative
and want to score goals.
“We know we need to be compact
and solid when we haven’t got the
ball, and we need to be aggressive and
press well.
“We know we have the freedom,
movement and pace that can hurt
teams. We understand it’s early on, but
it’ll be a good game for sure.”
Liverpool edged Southampton 2-1
last weekend, with Daniel Sturridge
scoring a 79th-minute winner. AFP
Manchester City’s Gael Clichy (right) and Liverpool’s Daniel Sturridge battle for possession during their 2014 International Champions
Cup match at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York on July 30. AFP
La Liga new goal for Real’s top priced squad
Real Madrid’s disappointing
end to last season’s La Liga
campaignwaswashedawayin
a wave of celebration as they
downed Spanish champions
AtleticoMadridtowintheprize
the club most desired, a 10th
European Cup.
However,thepressureisnow
on the most expensive squad
ever assembled in world foot-
ball to deliver on the domestic
front after a run of just one La
Liga title in the past six years.
Just like last season, though,
the early signs haven’t been
overly positive ahead of their
seasonopenertonightathome
to newly promoted Cordoba.
Despite a more than €100
million (US$132 million)
splurge on World Cup stars
James Rodriguez, Toni Kroos
and Keylor Navas, Real were
beaten over two legs by an
Atletico side shorn of many of
their stars from last season in
the Spanish Super Cup.
Moreover, for all the money
invested, should midfielder
Angel di Maria complete his
expected move away from the
club before the end of the
transfer window, coach Carlo
Ancelotti will once again be
searching for the balance it
took him three months to find
at the start of last season.
Di Maria was man-of-the-
match in the Champions
League final just three months
ago, but the arrivals of Kroos
and Rodriguez, allied to a con-
tract dispute with the club,
have led to him asking to leave
the Spanish capital and being
left out of Ancelotti’s squad for
the 1-0 defeat to Atletico in the
second leg of the Super Cup.
Ancelotti claimed his reason
fordroppingDiMariawasthat
he hadn’t needed the Argen-
tine, but the evidence said
otherwise as Atletico’s inten-
sity overran Real’s ball plying
midfield three of Kroos, Luka
Modric and Xabi Alonso. How-
ever, the Italian has insisted he
has a better squad available to
him this season and won’t be
making any moves in the final
week of the transfer market
even if Di Maria and World
Cup winner Sami Khedira
leave the club.
“It is a very interesting sea-
sonforus.Wehaveateamwith
a lot of quality, just like last
season. We have a very com-
petitive team for the league
and the Champions League,
but we know it will be difficult
too with Atletico and Barca,”
said Ancelotti.
As is often the case for a Real
coach, his biggest task may be
managing the egos of those
whodon’tgettheopportunities
they believe they deserve.
There is a new debate over
who should start in goal as
Navashasreplacedthedepart-
edDiegoLopezandwillbeeye-
ingthenumberonejerseyafter
Iker Casillas’ disastrous World
Cup for Spain.
Meanwhile, the Spanish duo
of Isco and Asier Illarramendi,
signedforacombined€70mil-
lion last summer, are likely to
see their first team opportuni-
ties ever more squeezed and
could even look for an exit
themselves on loan before the
end of the window.
Of most concern of all,
though, is likely to be the
ongoing injuries suffered by
World Player of the Year Cris-
tiano Ronaldo.
ThePortuguesewasbothered
bypatellartendinosisinhisleft
knee towards the end of last
season and also played a lim-
ited role in the Super Cup due
to a hamstring problem.
Should Ronaldo not be able
toliveuptohisownremarkable
standards due to fitness con-
cerns, much will be expected
of Gareth Bale to demonstrate
hispotentialonamoreconsist-
ent basis in his second year
with Madrid despite some glo-
rious moments as he scored in
both the Copa del Rey and
ChampionsLeaguefinalsinhis
debut season. AFP
Tonight’s Fixtures
Real Madrid v Córdoba – 1am
Rayo Vallecano v
Atlético Madrid – 3am
Argentinean midfielder Angel di Maria (right) has told Real Madrid he
wants out of the club. AFP
English Premier League
Aston Villa 0 Newcastle 0
Chelsea 2 Leicester 0
Crystal Palace 1 West Ham 3
Southampton 0 West Brom 0
Swansea 1 Burnley 0
Everton 2 Arsenal 2
Spanish La Liga
Malaga 1 Athletic Bilbao 0
Granada 2 Depor Coruna 1
Sevilla 1 Valencia 1
Almeria 1 Espanyol 1
German Bundesliga
Cologne 0 Hamburg 0
E Frankfurt 1 Freiburg 0
Hannover 2 Schalke 1
Hertha Berlin 2
Werder Bremen 2
Hoffenheim 2 Augsburg 0
Borussia Dortmund 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2
On Friday
Bayern Munich 2 Wolfsburg 1
French Ligue 1
Guingamp 0 Marseille 1
Bastia 1 Toulouse 0
Lille 2 Lorient 0
Montpellier 2 Metz 0
Nice 1 Bordeaux 3
Reims 0 Caen 2
On Friday
Evian TG 0 Paris St-Germain 0
Saturday’s Results

Sport
Former professional wrestler and Japanese upper house member Antonio Inoki shouts during a press conference in Tokyo on Thursday. AFP
Politician wrestles
with North Korea
‘sport diplomacy’
A
Japanese wrestler-
turned-politician
hopes his vision
of “sport diploma-
cy” can repair his country’s
fraught relationship with
North Korea, as he prepares to
host an extraordinary sport-
ing event in Pyongyang.
And Kanji “Antonio” Inoki
has form: he helped secure
the release of Japanese hos-
tages in Iraq in 1990 after
impressing tyrant Saddam
Hussein, and more recently
used his old bouts with Paki-
stani wrestlers to foster good-
will between the South Asian
country and his own.
Standing 1.9 metres (6 feet 3
inches) tall, with a square jaw
andapenchantforredscarves,
Inoki is instantly recognisable
on Japanese television, but is
best known abroad for taking
on world heavyweight cham-
pion Muhammad Ali in a zany
wrestler-versus-boxer match
in Tokyo in 1976.
The grappler also organised
and competed in a“Sports and
Cultural Festival for Peace” in
Pyongyang in 1995, featuring
bouts between Japanese and
American pro wrestlers pub-
licly staged for the first time in
the reclusive country, with an
ailing Ali as a guest.
Inoki’s latest venture will
bring 21 combatants from Ja-
pan, the United States, France,
Brazil and China to the Inter-
national ProWrestling Festival
at the North Korean capital’s
20,000-seat Ryugyong Chung
Ju-yung Stadium on August 30
and 31.
They include American Bob
Sapp and Frenchman Jerome
Le Banner, according to Ino-
ki’s office, which will co-host
the event with North Korean
authorities. Sideshows in the
Korean combat sport of tae-
kwondo and other martial arts
will also feature.
“We have basically and al-
ways aimed to create as fa-
vourable an environment as
possible” for bilateral ties, said
Inoki, who has visited Pyong-
yang 29 times since 1974 to
build connections with North
Korea, the birthplace of his
late wrestling mentor, known
by the ring name of Rikidozan.
“Government-level talks
should go into depth as soon
as possible. I believe the best
solution is that Prime Minister
[Shinzo] Abe visits,” Inoki said.
The event was announced
last month, just days after To-
kyo revoked some unilateral
sanctions including curbs on
travel against the isolated
state, to reward its decision
to relaunch a probe into the
fate of Japanese kidnapped
by North Korean agents in the
1970s and 1980s.
After the travel ban was
eased, Inoki led a group of law-
makers on a visit to the North
and talked with officials on
ways to solve the abduction is-
sue and promote exchanges.
North Korea is expected to
make public the result of the
probe in September amid
rumours Abe will travel to
Pyongyang if the commu-
nist state makes a major an-
nouncement.
For Inoki, sport’s ability to
transcend nationality and ide-
ology make it especially suit-
able as a catalyst for greater
cooperation on sensitive is-
sues with the secretive nation.
“Sport is something that
cannot be rejected even in a
closed society,” said the poli-
tician, 71, who retired from
wrestling in 1998 and has
been elected twice to Japan’s
upper house of parliament
since 1989.
“I think people over there
keep some of their doors open
through sport.”
His unique approach made
headlines in 1990, when he
helped secure the release of
41 Japanese hostages in Iraq
during the Gulf War after
meeting Saddam Hussein’s
son and staging a wrestling
show in Baghdad.
Inoki converted to Islam the
same year, taking the name
Muhammad Hussain during
the hostage-rescue visit as he
had been reportedly advised
that being Muslim would be
helpful for his contact with
Iraqi leaders.
“I have not yet become a
full-fledged Muslim. I drink
alcohol once in a while and I
do not have four wives yet,”
he told the Foreign Corre-
spondents Club of Japan in
August 2013.
Elsewhere, he famously
fought Pakistani wrestler and
national hero Akram Pehlwan
in Karachi in 1976, and has
since tried hard to promote
bilateral relations with Paki-
stan, leading a team of Japa-
nese grapplers in late 2012
to an international wrestling
event in troubled Peshawar
that was once again aimed at
promoting peace.
Back in Tokyo, Inoki heads a
nonprofit organisation aimed
at establishing sport-based in-
ternational exchanges, which
opened an office in Pyongyang
last year.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
has a keen interest in sport,
and since he assumed power
in 2011 has built up a sur-
prising and at times contro-
versial friendship with ec-
centric former US basketball
star Dennis Rodman.
Inoki will be hosted in
Pyongyang by Kang Sok-ju,
a seasoned diplomat and
Workers Party secretary seen
as a trusted aide to Kim as
well as his late father Kim
Jong-il and grandfather Kim
Il-sung, who founded the
communist dynasty.
But the wrestler, like Rod-
man, is accused of naivete by
critics: the country has been
ruled for more than six de-
cades by the Kim family, and
the sometimes flamboyant
welcome laid on for sports
stars belies evidence of ram-
pant rights abuses and zero
tolerance for political dis-
sent. AFP

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