DAP: The breaking news in Cambodia: “Thais discriminates against Khmer: Samdech PM Hun Sen” plus 9 more

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA, MARCH 28, 2011-Cambodia Samdech Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said that some Thais has showed the manner of discrimination against Khmer when the Khmer travelled or visited in Thailand.

"Some Thai Taxi's drivers asked about the identity of people when they know the passengers are Khmer, they told to get out from the taxi," Samdech told the graduation ceremony of a university in Phnom Penh.

"I also raised the issue with the outgoing Thai ambassador while he paid the courtesy call, he stress. The ambassador asked me to provide the safety for Thai businesspeople here," Samdech said. I told him back Cambodia needs Thai investors and businesspeople and their safeties were guaranteed and protected," Samdech explained.

Sopheak Ly, a DJ for a local radio station in Phnom Penh said that he was kicked off the bus in Aranyaprateth of Thailand while he planned to travel to Bangkok. I showed my passport. The driver know me as Khmer, he told me to get off the bus. i complained with our police and they will raised with thai police, he said.  

Last week, Thai officials at border gates with Pailin province of Cambodia banned Cambodia's products to Thailand with accusation of disqualified products. Cambodia officials urged to have fair business connection between two countries. If they banned Cambodian products, Cambodia has rights to block their products. Choam Sa- ngam border gate of Oddar Mean Chey province. Cambodia blocked Thai products.

Last year, a Khmer boy burned alive by Thai soldiers while he is in illegal entry. Thai troop's invaded Cambodian soil on July 15, 2008 near 11 century Khmer Preah Vihear temple by using own map a week after Cambodia enlisted the temple successfully as world heritage site.

Thailand's intention plans to block the temple from development and conservation. In 1962, the world court ruled that the temple located in Khmer territory. So all Thai soldiers removed from the temple and before leaving, Thai troops destroyed statues and stole a wall of Khmer inscription.  

On, Feb 4-7, fresh fighting occurred and Thai troops damaged some parts of the temple. The UNESCO call for the meeting for both side in Paris in May.

MEXICO CITY, March 27 (Xinhua) -- The Mexican under-17 team on Sunday won 1-0 over Japan in a friendly match as part of its training for
the World Cup to be hosted in June and July this year.
The victory was nailed at the 65th minute by Giovani Casillas in Hidalgo Stadium of Pachuca city, 94 kilometers from Mexico City.
The Mexican team, coached by Raul Gutierrez, thus took its eighth triumph in 11 matches it has played this year.

LIMA, March 27 (Xinhua) -- Peru's presidential candidate Ollanta Humala of the political party Peru Wins led in a latest opinion poll with a 21.2 percent of support rate.
The lead was a first for Humala, a retired military officer, who lost the 2006 election to President Alan Garcia.
But it still fell short of the 50-percent-plus-one support rate needed in the April election to avoid a runoff.
The poll, published by the Investigacion de Mercados Company (CPI) on Sunday, showed that Humala is followed by Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori.
She was a congresswoman and in 2009 she began forming a new party, which was accepted by Peru's electoral organization in 2010.
Alejandro Toledo of the political party Peru Possible, who had been in the first place until last December, dropped to the third place.
Toledo served as Peru's president from 2001 to 2006, during which he boosted foreign investment, signed free trade agreements and enforced various investment projects on infrastructure.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's official announcement on Sunday that Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani will visit India at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Dr. Manmohan Singh to watch a cricket match between the traditional rivals on March 30 has revived the "cricket diplomacy" between the two countries.
Indian Prime Minister Singh had invited President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Gilani to watch the semi-final match in the on-going World Cup Cricket tournament between the two countries in the Indian city of Mohali. (Pakistan-India)
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TARLAY, Myanmar -- Myanmar continued to bring emergency aid supplies Sunday to victims in northeastern Shan state hit by Thursday's major earthquake.
The emergency aid items, provided by the Relief and Resettlement Department to the victims in distress, cover medicines, temporary relief tents, tarpaulin, blankets, Mamee instant noodle, sachets, rice, dried fishes, fish cans, men and women's wear, towels and utensils. (Myanmar-Quake)
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TOKYO -- Japanese authorities detected high level of radioactivity at a reactor in the troubled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant on Sunday, local media reported.   
In addition, more than 1,000 millisieverts per hour was found in the water at the No. 2 reactor Sunday. That's 10 million times the radioactivity level when the reactor is operating normally. ( Japan-Quake)
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JAKARTA -- ASEAN member states on Sunday expressed their readiness of providing Myanmar support and assistance in any way following a strong earthquake on March 24, a press statement said here.
They also expressed their deep sympathy and condolence to the government and people of Myanmar for the loss of lives and damage to property caused by the earthquake that occurred in northeastern territory and wished that they will make a speedy recovery. ( Indonesia-ASEAN-Myanmar)
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TOKYO -- The National Police Agency said on Sunday that the catastrophic earthquake and ensuing tsunami have left 10,804 people dead and 16,244 others unaccounted for in Japan by 21:00 p. m. local time (1200 GMT).
According to the agency, more than 240,000 people are still taking shelter in about 1,900 evacuation centers. (Japan-Quake)

TACHILEIK, Myanmar, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Traffic with a major highway, which was interrupted for three days by last Thursday's 7. 0-magnitude earthquake in northeastern Myanmar's Shan state, has totally resumed.
Urgently repaired by the State Public Works and local authorities with the use of heavy machines, the Kengtung-Tachileik union highway and the damaged Tarlay Bridge were reopen to traffic since late Sunday with large and small vehicles and buses driving on through the road as normal.
A government delegation, led by Major-General Aung Than Htut of Ministry of Defense, toured Tachileik Sunday and supervised water purification measures, while Minister of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement U Maung Maung Swe, who is also secretary of the National Disaster Preparedness Central Committee, comforted hospitalized injured survivors at Tachileik People's Hospital, official media said on Monday.
Health care was being provided to quake survivors in Tachleik.
In Monglin, cash assistance, foodstuff, clothes, medicines and relief aid were also given to people from 10 villages in the area by the authorities.
Myanmar said in a latest official release as of last Friday night that 73 people were killed and 125 others injured in Thursday's quake.
A total of 225 residential houses, 11 monasteries and 9 government department buildings were destroyed in the mainly affected areas of Tachileik, Tarlay, Naryaung, Kyatkuni and Monglin.
A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted Loimwe, 56 kilometers southeast of Kengtung in northeastern Myanmar, on Thursday night.
The quake's epicenter, at 10 kilometers deep, struck in the hills of Myanmar bordering Thailand and Laos, the Golden Triangle.

JAKARTA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia is ready to evacuate citizens from 50-100 kilometers of Japan's radioactive zone around Fukushima nuclear reactor, a minister said here on Monday.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told a parliamentary hearing that citizen evacuation from 50 kilometers of the radioactive zone has been done.
"We are ready to evacuate our citizens living in 50-100 kilometers of radioactive zone if situation demands it," said Natalegawa.
He also said that Indonesia's most important program in Japan at the moment is citizen protection.
"We have relocated them to Tokyo and Jakarta. To citizens who are back to Jakarta, we provide support for them during in Jakarta and their way back to Japan," said Natalegawa.
He also said that Indonesia had provided humanitarian aid to Japan, which is valued at 2 million U.S. dollars, besides 10,000 blankets.
"We also sent 15 people of a quick response team to Japan and they completed their work on Sunday," said Natalegawa.
According to Marty, as chair of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), it is the first time Indonesia cooperates with other member states in providing protection to their citizens.
"In Japan, ASEAN helped relocate citizens of Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos and Nepal. That was a form of our concern by providing aid to other countries," he said.

WELLINGTON, March 28 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand Prime Minister John Key on Monday announced extended assistance for Christchurch businesses and workers affected by last month's massive earthquake.
Both the Earthquake Support Subsidy for employers and the Job Loss Cover for workers will be extended until April 18, followed by a second round of assistance with tighter application criteria.
Businesses qualifying for the second round of support would receive payments at gradually reducing rates each fortnight over the six-week period.
For the first fortnight, the subsidy would stand at the current rate of 500 NZ dollars (372 U.S. dollars) gross per week for full- time employees, and 300 NZ dollars for part-time employees.
It would then reduce to 375 NZ dollars and 225 NZ dollars respectively for the second fortnight, and 250 NZ dollars and 150 NZ dollars for the third fortnight.
"The purpose of this initial package was to be a solid first step for Christchurch businesses and individuals on the road to rebuilding their lives and livelihoods," Key told a press conference.
"Following the extension of the Earthquake Support package, those businesses which are currently receiving the Earthquake Support Subsidy, and which remain viable but need short-term support, will be eligible to apply for the second round of the Earthquake Support Subsidy," he added.

SUVA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- A united approach towards dealing with the issue of climate change was recognized as necessary when the issue came on the agenda of the senior officials meeting of the Melanesian Spearhead Group underway in Suva on Monday.
The meeting acknowledged that in unity the MSG countries would succeed in dealing with climate change and that a divided approach meant sure calamity.
Climate change is an issue that continues to overwhelm on a global scale because of the rise in harmful gas emissions into the atmosphere and Pacific islands are at the forefront, suffering the effects like rise in sea levels that have forced the sea to encroach into villages and eat away at coastlines of most small island states.
This is why the issue is seriously discussed at any regional or sub-regional talks of the likes of the MSG.
The issue of climate change was discussed as part of the report by the MSG sub-committee chair on security.
The sub-committee had met in Fiji in 2010 and presented the outcomes of its meeting at the senior officials meeting.
As a result of this meeting in Suva, MSG countries have been encouraged to mainstream climate change and disaster risk management into national planning and budgeting processes, consider the implications of climate change including human security issues such as the resettlement of population and develop the appropriate climate change policy framework.
Members were persuaded to consider the urgent need to develop and strengthen institutional capacity, which includes policies, strategies, legal frameworks and effective lead agency as well as developing a good level of awareness and understanding of climate change.
Taking into account the realities of the climate change phenomena and the need for a consolidated approach, all members were encouraged to have in place their national adaptation program of action to assist them in assessing, planning and implementing adaptation action.

JAKARTA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia and other countries are urging the United Nations to implement cease fire in Libya as security situation is worsening, a minister said here on Monday.
Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa told a parliamentary hearing that Indonesia's position is clear that the country opposes violence in setting problems as it would augment the number of victim from civilians.
"Currently, Indonesia and other countries in the United Nations Headquarters are composing a joint letter to the president of Security Council so that cease fire could be implemented and political dialogue between parties could be initiated," said Natalegawa.
According to Natalegawa, the UN must realize its presence in Libya to make sure that cease fire could be obeyed.
"Indonesia is sure that political affairs must be settled peacefully through democratic process and dialogue. We don't tolerate violence," he said.
He also said that beleaguered countries and people must be independent in settling their own problems without any intervention.
"We have taken concrete efforts, such as writing a letter to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and he has answered the letter, saying that the UN supports Indonesia's position and it will follow up Indonesia's concern," said Natalegawa.
Natalegawa also said that 'a humanitarian corridor' for civilians must be created for their protection.
"However, all the efforts would not be enough without a political dialogue," said Natalegawa.
Mahfud Siddiq, chairman of parliament's Commission I focusing on defense, foreign affairs and military, said that countries must learn form military operation by Western forces in the past so that Iraq case would not repeat again.
"Every country must settle its own problems independently, without intervention from any country, especially military one," he said.
According to Siddiq, Indonesia's political role is significant as a country that has a tight relation with countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

JAKARTA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) asked the Indonesian government to set up a team to manage human- elephant conflict as the habitat of the endangered species keeps dwindling, which led to an elephant's death in Riau province of Sumatra at the weekend, local media reported here on Monday.
The frail adult female elephant, along with two calves, was found on March 21, blocking access to a housing complex in Balai Raja village in Bengkalis district, Riau.
Based on the blood samples, the elephant was suffering from gastrointestinal problems and was not able to digest any food, Rini Deswita, veterinarian from the provincial Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) was quoted by Jakarta globe as saying.
"It was also severely dehydrated. We will know the precise cause of death after we perform an autopsy," she said.
Samsuardi, who works on Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation at WWF Riau, said he suspected the elephant had been poisoned.
His organization on Sunday called on the government to immediately establish a so-called Flying Squad to address human- elephant conflict in Balai Raja.
"Balai Raja contains the largest population of elephants in Riau," said Syamsidar, a spokesman for WWF Riau, on Sunday, "But because their habitat has been destroyed to make way for residences and plantations, the animals are suffering."
In 1990, 16,000 hectares of land in Balai Raja was set aside for the Marwa Wildlife Sanctuary. At present, however, only 120 hectares remains, most of which is secondary forest.
Didi, a Balai Raja local, said a few residents had tried to feed and bathe the female elephant after seeing it mistreated. Some residents threw objects at the elephant after it ate their crops, he said.