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ស្រវឹង​ជោកជាំ​ទៅ​កោសខ្យល់ បាន​នាង​ធ្វើ​សរសៃ​ស្រួលខ្លួន ចាប់​នាង​រំលោភ​សេពសន្ថវៈ

(សា​រ៉ា)

ថ្ងៃ ច័ន្ទ ទី ២៨ ខែ ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ ២០០៩

(​រូបថតជោគជ័យ​)

បុរសរូប​នេះជាប់ចោទកោសខ្យល់រំលោភត្រូវ​ឃាត់ខ្លួន

ជន ​ម្នាក់​ត្រូវ​សមត្ថ កិច្ច​នគរបាល​ប៉ុ​សិ៍្ដ​ទួល​ទំពូង​ទី​២ សហការ​ជា មួយ​នគរបាល​ព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ​ខណ្ឌចំការមន​ធ្វើការ ឃាត់ខ្លួន​កាលពី​យប់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៥ ធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៩ នៅ​ចំណុច​ផ្ទះ​លេខ​១៥៩ ផ្លូវ​លេខ​២៧១ ភូមិ ៤ សង្កាត់​ទួល​ទំពូង​ទី​២ ខណ្ឌចំការមន ដោយ យោង​តាម​ពាក្យបណ្ដឹង​របស់​នារី​ប្រកប​មុខ របរ​កោស​ជប់​ម្នាក់​ប្ដឹង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ថា បាន​ធ្វើ សកម្មភាព​ចាប់​រូប​នាង​រំលោភ​សេពសន្ថវៈ ក្នុង​បន្ទប់​ផ្ទះ​ជាន់​ទី​២ ។

ជន​ដែល​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ឃាត់ខ្លួន​នេះ ឈ្មោះ សាំង សុខុម អាយុ​២៧​ឆ្នាំ ជា​កម្មករ​សំណង់ ស្នាក់​នៅ​បណ្ដោះអាសន្ន​ក្នុង​ការដ្ឋាន​សំណង់ ក្បែរ​កន្លែង​កើតហេតុ​នោះ ។ដោយឡែក នារី​ម៉ាស្សា​កោស​ជប់​ដែល​ប្ដឹង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ឱ្យ ចាប់ខ្លួន​ឈ្មោះ​សាំង សុខុម នោះ ឈ្មោះ​ញឹក រ៉ា​នី​ត អាយុ​១៩​ឆ្នាំ​។តាម​ប្រភព​ព័ត៌មាន​ពី​សមត្ថកិច្ច​មូលដ្ឋាន បានឱ្យ​ដឹង​ថា មុន​ពេល​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ធ្វើការ​ឃាត់ ខ្លួន ឈ្មោះ​សាំង សុខុម បាន​ផឹកស្រា​ស្រវឹង យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង ហើយ​ពេល​ត្រឡប់​មក​ពី​ផឹកស៊ី​វិញ សាំង សុខុម បាន​ដើរទៅ​រក​នាង​ញឹក រ៉ា​នី​ត ឱ្យ​កោស​ជប់​ធ្វើ​សរសៃ ដើម្បី​បំបាត់​ការ ស្រវឹង ។

ប៉ុន្ដែ​ពេល​ដែល​នារី​ញឹក រ៉ា​នី​ត ដើរ ចូល​ក្នុង​បន្ទប់​កោស​ជប់ ស្រាប់តែ​ឈ្មោះ​សាំង សុខុម ដាក់​គន្លឹះទ្វារ ហើយ​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​ចាប់ សំរាត​ខោអាវ​នាង​ធ្វើការ​រំលោភ​សេពសន្ថវៈ​យ៉ាង​កំរោល ប៉ុន្ដែ​គេ​មិន​ទាន់​អស់ចិត្ដ​ដោយ សារ​តែ​មិន​ទាន់​ដល់​គោលដៅ ជា​ហេតុ​ធ្វើ​ឱ្យ នាង​ញឹក រ៉ា​នី​ត ស៊ូទ្រាំ​មិន​បាន ក៏​ស្រែកហៅ គេឯង​ដែល​នៅ​ទីនោះ​ឱ្យ​ជួយ ។ ភ្លាម​ៗ​នោះ ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះ​កោស​ជប់​រួម​ជាមួយ​នារី​កោស​ជប់ ២​នាក់​ផ្សេង​ទៀត បាន​ស្ទុះ​ទៅ​ជួយ​រំដោះ នាង​ញឹក រ៉ា​នី​ត ហើយ​ធ្វើការ​ឃាត់ខ្លួន​ឈ្មោះ សាំង សុខុម ប្រគល់​ឱ្យ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាត់ការ តាម​ផ្លូវច្បាប់ ។

នៅ​ចំពោះ​មុខ​សមត្ថកិច្ច ឈ្មោះ​សាំង សុខុម បាន​សារភាព​ថា ខ្លួន​ពិត ជា​បាន​ធ្វើ​សកម្មភាព​ចាប់​នាង​ញឹក រ៉ា​នី​ត រំលោភ​សេពសន្ថវៈ​ប្រាកដ​មែន ។  បច្ចុប្បន្ន សមត្ថកិច្ច​បាន​កសាង​សំណុំរឿង​បញ្ជូន​ខ្លួន ឈ្មោះ​សាំង សុខុម ទៅ​តុលាការ ដើម្បី​ធ្វើការ ផ្ដន្ទាទោស​តាម​ច្បាប់ ។សូម​រំលឹក​ថា បន្ទាប់​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ​បាន​លុប បំបាត់​កន្លែង​ប្រកប​របរ​ជួញដូរ​ផ្លូវភេទ និង បំបាត់​ទីតាំង​បំរើសេវា​កម្ម​ផ្លូវភេទ​គ្រប់​ទី កន្លែង​ទូ​ទាំង​ប្រទេស​មក ឥឡូវនេះ គេ​បាន សង្កេត​ឃើញ​អ្នក​ធ្លាប់​រកស៊ី​បំរើសេវា​កម្ម​ផ្លូវ ភេទ​បាន​ផ្លាស់​ប្ដូរ​ពី​ទីកន្លែង​បំរើសេវា​រួម​សិច ត្រង់​ៗ

ទៅ​ជ្រក​ក្រោម​ស្លា​កកោស​ជប់​ម៉ាស្សា ប៉ុន្ដែ​ការ​ពិត​ទីតាំង​នោះ គឺ​សុទ្ធ​សឹង​ជា​កន្លែង រួម​សិច​ដូច​ទីតាំង​រួម​ភេទ​ពី​មុន​ៗ​មក​ដែរ​។ បញ្ហា​នេះ សមត្ថកិច្ច​មូលដ្ឋាន ក៏​ដូច​ជា​កា​រិ​យា ល័យ​ជំនាញ​ត្រូវ​តែ​គិតគូរ​ឡើង​វិញ ដើម្បី​កុំ ឱ្យ​មាន​ពាក្យ​ចោទប្រកាន់​ថា អ្នក​រកស៊ី​មុខ របរ​ខាងលើ​នេះ និង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​មានការ​ត្រូវ រ៉ូ​វ​គ្នា​តាម​រយៈ​ការ​បង់ប្រាក់​ប្រចាំខែ ។

World Bank criticises land project

Monday, 21 December 2009 15:03 James O'Toole and May Titthara

Photo by: Heng Chivoan

A resident of Boeung Kak lake’s Village 24 hangs washing from her window Sunday. Amid World Bank concerns over the lack of land titling in Cambodia, Village 24 is set to be the next eviction site around the lake.

THE World Bank has expressed further concerns about the efficacy of a donor-funded land-administration project run jointly with the government, with a decision pending on whether to launch a formal investigation into the programme.

The World Bank’s Washington-based inspection panel on Wednesday issued its response to a September investigation request from villagers of the Boeung Kak lakeside community with the support of local housing-rights advocates.

In the request, villagers say the World Bank did not adequately supervise the Land Management and Administration Project (LMAP), a US$38.4 million effort begun in 2002 to disseminate land titles and create an “efficient and transparent land administration system” for the Kingdom.

In fact, villagers said, the programme was ineffective in the face of a marked increase of forced evictions and failed to grant tenure rights to vulnerable residents. More than 4,000 families are facing eviction from the lake to make way for a 133-hectare development project.

The government terminated its partnership with the World Bank land-titling project in September. Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the time that the organisation demanded “too many conditions”.

While the inspection panel defended elements of the project’s legacy, noting that it had issued more than 1.1 million land titles in the past seven years, it acknowledged significant problems in LMAP’s overall approach.

“The unavoidable complexity of the project and the backdrop of political and administrative inefficiency (ranging from a lack of competence through to corruption) necessarily meant that the project was a risky undertaking,” the panel said.

Among the problems in LMAP’s implementation, the panel said, was an undue focus on the “incremental titling process” that failed to develop a larger vision for land management and engage with the government on the issue of forced evictions. Local concerns, it added, were often neglected.

“Residents were not adequately involved in the titling process, and they did not have access to a fair and independent dispute resolution mechanism regarding their claims,” it said.

David Pred, director of the group Bridges Across Borders, said at the time of the complaint’s filing that a World Bank investigation could have ramifications beyond the realm of land rights. “If the government is unwilling to live up to its end of the bargain, then there needs to be a serious reassessment of the way donors engage in Cambodia,” he said.

Be Pharom, a Boeung Kak lake resident representative, said that though residents had made overtures to the World Bank about earning titles through the LMAP project, the government had stepped in to stop them.

“The World Bank told us that when they asked the government to register us through the LMAP project, the government told them not to interfere in Cambodian politics,” she said, adding: “Everything was stuck when the government stopped working with the World Bank on this project.”

The inspection panel will decide whether or not to recommend a further investigation of the project by March 31 next year, but despite its criticisms of the government, the panel emphasised the importance of engaging with local officials.

“The actions that would have the greatest impact for the communities … require a committed engagement from the government,” it said.
Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Mann Chhoeun could not be reached for comment.

China pats Hun Sen's head for being its good henchman?

China praises Cambodia as Uighurs deported
Sun Dec 20, 2009

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will deal with 20 ethnic Uighurs who were deported from Cambodia over the weekend as illegal immigrants, praising relations with the Southeast Asian country as a model of good cooperation.
The comments came as a top Chinese official began a visit to Phnom Penh to boost commercial ties.
The Uighurs, a Turkic Muslim minority involved in rioting in western China that killed nearly 200 people in July, were smuggled into Cambodia in recent weeks and applied for asylum at the United Nations refugee agency office in Phnom Penh.
They were deported for breaking immigration laws, the Cambodia government said.
"Recently, Cambodia deported 20 Chinese citizens in accordance with immigration laws for illegal entry into Cambodia. China received these people in accordance with usual practices," China's Foreign Ministry said in a brief faxed statement.
"China is resolutely opposed to and will crack down hard on people smuggling, and believes the international community should step up cooperation to combat these crimes together," it added.
Human rights groups have said they feared for the lives of the Uighurs if they were deported to China. The U.N. refugee agency also condemned the deportations.
The case coincides with a visit to Cambodia by Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping, seen as frontrunner to succeed President Hu Jintao. Xi is expected to sign 14 pacts related to infrastructure construction, grants and loans.
On Sunday evening, Xi praised ties with Cambodia.
"It can be said that Sino-Cambodia relations are a model of friendly cooperation," the Foreign Ministry paraphrased Xi as saying, in a statement on its website (www.mfa.gov.cn).
China is Cambodia's biggest investor, having poured more than $4 billion in foreign direct investment into the country.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

After taking a bullet in the helmet, he shot his enemy and disrupted Taliban ambush

Sarun Sar
U.S. Army / Silver Star

By Kevin Maurer
AmericanValor.net

He is no stranger to war.
Sarun Sar’s first combat experience came in his native Cambodia, where he fought with anti-Vietnamese guerrillas. But when the Vietnamese invaded, his family was split up. His father died in prison, his brother was executed for smuggling weapons for anti-government guerrillas and his mother and two other brothers died from starvation.
Sar ended up on the western side of the country, where he was wounded several times and eventually sent to a refugee camp in Thailand.
There, he met up with his older sister and eventually moved to the United States. Sar gained his citizenship while in the Army and has deployed all over the world with Special Forces to places such as Bosnia, Kosovo, Africa, Colombia and Afghanistan.
In the latter country, he would distinguish himself again.
On March 5, 2005, Sar could see the Taliban fighters running from the village as his Black Hawk helicopter touched down.
“Follow me,” Sar screamed to his 7th Special Forces Group teammates before jumping to the ground, hoping to cut the enemy off.
He could hear radio reports about the team’s other helicopter taking fire as he rushed up the snowy mountain in Paktika province along the Pakistan border. He saw several Taliban running toward some woods. Another ran into a house.
Sar reached the house, throwing himself against a wall near the door and waiting for the rest of his team.
But “I didn’t feel anyone tap me on the shoulder,” said Sar, who was the Special Forces team sergeant, the most senior enlisted soldier.
Looking back down the hill, he saw that his teammates were pinned down by enemy fire. It was just Sar and a medic trapped at the house, far from their unit.
The squat house was made of thick mud and rock with a small door cut out. As Sar peeked inside, thick smoke hung inside the room. He barreled through the small, low opening, gun at the ready, and was halfway in when the flashlight on his M-4 rifle illuminated the face of a Taliban fighter.
The enemy’s muzzle flash lit up the darkness — three times.
Two shots missed. But the third hit the edge of Sar’s Kevlar helmet at his forehead, the force throwing him back out the door.
“I will never forget that little flash I saw,” Sar said. “He was waiting. It felt like I was hit in the head with a hammer.”
Dazed, he rolled back outside and started screaming, “I’m hit! I’m hit!” to the medic. The medic searched for a wound, but the bullet hadn’t penetrated Sar’s helmet. Sar pulled a flash-bang stun grenade and threw it into the room before he re-entered the house and killed the Taliban fighter.
His charge up the mountain had disrupted the Taliban ambush and prevented his team from getting bogged down.
Maj. John Litchfield, the Special Forces team leader at the time, said Sar’s actions also inspired the team to push up the hill.
“The rest of the team was under fire and pretty well pinned down,” Litchfield said. “Human nature takes over, and you start clawing for a piece of ground. Sar did the opposite of that. We certainly wouldn’t have achieved the goal in the same manner, and some of us could have been severely wounded.”
Soon afterward, the Special Forces team cleared the other huts in the village and rounded up a huge cache of eemy weapons, including rocket-propelled grenades, bomb-making materials and explosives. Sar and another soldier were the only wounded Americans.
Looking back to the time on that mountain in 2005, Sar said he wouldn’t change what he did:
“That is how we do things. I would still go in the house. Next time, the whole team would follow behind me.”

Thailand will not normalize ties with Cambodia for now

December 18, 2009
The Nation

Relations with Cambodia would not be improved in the short period as Thailand was not ready to change its conditions to normalise bilateral ties, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thuagsuban said Thursday.
"If the conditions are not changed, we would be as we are for a period of time," he said.

Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi struck in face at rally

Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will stay in a hospital for observation overnight after being hit in the face at a campaign rally in Milan, a spokesman said Sunday.

Milan police were questioning a man with a history of mental illness in connection with the attack, which left the 73-year-old Berlusconi bleeding profusely from his left upper lip and cheek. The premier underwent a CAT scan at Milan's San Raffaele Hospital, and his personal physician, Alberto Sangrillon, recommended more tests be done, Berlusconi spokesman Paolo Buonaiuti told CNN.

The conservative media-mogul-turned-politician has been dogged by allegations of corruption and is in the middle of a messy divorce from his second wife. He was in Milan, his hometown and political base, to stump for a local political ally.

Milan police said Berlusconi's attacker hit him with a small, metal souvenir replica of the Doumo di Milano, the city's central cathedral, but it was not immediately clear whether the man swung at the prime minister with the object in his hand or threw it at him.

Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera that Berlusconi continued to shake hands with supporters for "a couple of minutes" after being hit.

"He remained calm and leaned out the window as he was being driven to the hospital and waved to the crowd," La Russa said.

Buonaiuti said there was "a lot of confusion" surrounding the assault, but he put some of the blame on Berlusconi's critics.

"What I can tell you is that there has been such a buildup of hatred toward the premier, and this is not good," Buonaiuti said. "This campaign of hatred has been building quite rapidly recently, and I am not surprised that what happened tonight took place."

But Milan police said the man being questioned in connection with the assault was a "mentally unstable" man in his early 40s who had been undergoing psychological treatment for some time. The man, identified as Massimo Tartaglia, is the only person arrested and is believed to have acted alone, they said.

The three-term prime minister faces trial on tax fraud charges after Italy's top court struck down an immunity law that shielded him from prosecution. He denies the charges, calling them politically motivated.

And his private life has been in the spotlight since his wife of 19 years, Veronica Lario, filed for divorce in May. The divorce followed allegations that an Italian businessman hired escorts for the premier and that he had attended the birthday party for an 18-year-old girl, with whom he has denied having an inappropriate relationship.

Berlusconi remains popular among the Italian public, however, with his approval ratings remaining well over 50 percent. He won a third term in 2008, and his conservative coalition has control of both the Italian Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Responsibility for corruption

Wednesday, 09 December 2009 15:02 Jo Scheuer and Gary Lewis

The obligation to curb corruption and its many negative effects does not rest solely on the government and its employees.

Photo by: Tracey Shelton

Police refuse to issue a traffic fine to a driver on Sihanouk Boulevard earlier this year, saying they do not have the paperwork for official fines and can only accept bribes.

CORRUPTION is found in rich and poor countries alike. It comes in different forms. And its magnitude varies. Unfortunately, it also often comes with a perception that nothing can be done to curb it. Sometimes this perception is nearly as pervasive as corruption itself.
Corruption continues to undermine development in many countries across Southeast Asia. It is therefore necessary to dispel this myth and address corruption squarely. Doing this remains the responsibility of us all – from governments, to development partners, to nongovernmental organisations, the private sector and, ultimately, all of civil society.
Today the world marks International Anticorruption Day. And this provides us with an opportunity to reflect on the impact corruption can have on preventing us from reaching the human development targets set out in the Millennium Development Goals.
Evidence confirms that corruption hurts the poor disproportionately and hinders human development by diverting resources away from investment in infrastructure, institutions and social services.
Corruption also undermines democracy and the rule of law – leading to violations of human rights, distorted markets and diminished quality of life. In the worst cases, it allows organised crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish.
There is a large body of evidence now in place to show, quite clearly, that in those countries with high levels of corruption, immunisation rates are lower and child mortality rates are higher. In the area of education, higher levels of corruption are strongly correlated with fewer children attending schools and higher dropout and illiteracy rates, meaning that corruption blocks key routes out of poverty.
Building infrastructure and extending water, sanitation and electricity supplies are expensive tasks, requiring large-scale investments – yet, according to the UN Development Programme’s 2008 Regional Human Development Report, “Tackling Corruption, Transforming Lives:
Accelerating Human Development in Asia and the Pacific”, on average in the Asia-Pacific region, up to 40 percent of these efforts are being dissipated through corrupt practices.
However, in the Mekong sub-region, some positive steps are being taken. Regulatory authorities have improved communication across borders to notify each other about the existence of fake drugs in order to more quickly remove them from circulation.
In Cambodia, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority has implemented a performance-based pay scheme for its staff. Between 1999 and 2006, the UNDP regional report also noted that access to water in the city was transformed, jumping from 25 percent to 90 percent, while the number of household connections for the poorest people in the city rose from 100 to more than 13,000.
In Battambang and Siem Reap provinces, One Window Service Offices have been opened, which serve as one-stop-shops for public service administrative procedures, where fees for all services are transparently displayed on a board inside the office.
In addition, Provincial Accountability Working Groups, consisting of senior civil servants, representatives of NGOs and commune councils and private contractors have been set up in all provinces. More than 2,000 boxes have been placed in schools, pagodas and council offices, where citizens can express complaints about abuses of power or corruption by civil servants and their institutions at commune, district or provincial levels.
These are steps in the right direction, but much more needs to be done. Globally, UNDP and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have united to develop the “Your No Counts” campaign (www.yournocounts.org), which in 2009 focuses on how corruption hinders development.
Central to this campaign is raising awareness about the UN Convention Against Corruption, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2003. This legally binding convention obliges 142 countries to prevent and criminalise corruption, promote international cooperation, recover stolen assets and improve technical assistance and information exchange. The Royal Government of Cambodia ratified the UNCAC on September 5, 2007.
Through this campaign, and through our work on the ground, UNODC and UNDP are committed to keep working hand-in-hand with the government and the people of Cambodia, in the firm belief that everyone has a role to play, not only governments, but also parliamentarians, businesses, civil society, the media and the average citizen.
Corruption hurts us all, therefore fighting it is a shared responsibility.

Bringing art to the streets

Tuesday, 08 December 2009 15:01 Sovan Philong

Photo by: Sovan Philong

People view audio slideshows in the park facing Wat Botum on Sunday, the final day of the PhotoPhnomPenh festival, an annual event which brings together the best of Cambodian and foreign photography and multimedia pieces.

PM opens Kamchay dam

Tuesday, 08 December 2009 15:02 Cheang Sokha and Sebastian Strangio

Photo by: AFP

Visitors view the Chinese-funded Kamchay dam during its official launch in Kampot on Monday.

PRIME Minister Hun Sen presided over the opening of the first stage of the Chinese-funded Kamchay hydropower dam in Kampot province on Monday, saying the US$280 million project, which has prompted concerns about potential environmental and social impacts, would lower national power costs.
“We have envisioned having this hydropower dam not just recently, but since the Sangkum Reastr Niyum era,” Hun Sen said during a launch ceremony at the dam site, adding that the dam would also help prevent flooding in the provincial capital.
Hun Sen said the dam – which is expected to be complete by the end of 2011 – will allow the government to scale back its annual budget for subsidies designed to reduce the cost of diesel-generated power.
“Currently, we use a lot of diesel for producing power, so when the electricity is connected from here we will reduce the use of diesel,” he said.
The government spends roughly $20 million per year on subsidies to curb the high price of electricity, he added.
Zhang Jinfeng, China’s ambassador to Cambodia, was also on hand for the opening of the Kamchay dam’s first 10-megawatt stage.
Under its agreement with the government, Sinohydro, the Chinese state firm building the dam, will operate on its own for 40 years before it is turned over to Cambodian control.
Suy Sem, minister of industry, mines and energy, said at the launch that the Kamchay project will provide 193.2 megawatts of power – divided into 10-megawatt, 3.2-megawatt and 180-megawatt construction stages.
Environmental activists continue to express concerns about the project, arguing that it has moved forward with only cursory environmental
oversight and little consultation with local communities.
“We worry about what impact this dam will have on Bokor [National Park]’s forest and threatened species living in the reservoir area, as this area is well known for its high biodiversity,” said Chhith Sam Ath, executive director of the NGO Forum on Cambodia. He added that the dam had already been approved by the time the initial environmental impact assessment of the project was complete.
He said the dam would cause communities living around the project site to lose access to non-timber forest products, which he described as an “important” source of supplementary income.
Chhith Sam Ath also called on Sinohydro to make its mitigation and compensation plans publicly available, saying, the “community has informed to us [that] they were never consulted by the company regarding any of the negative impacts the dam would cause and the mitigation measures that would be needed”.
A January 2008 report co-authored by the Rivers Coalition in Cambodia and the US-based International Rivers concluded that the project raised “important questions regarding both [Sinohydro’s] and the Cambodian government’s commitment to transparency, accountability, public participation, and the incorporation of adequate environmental and social safeguards”.

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