Laos Chinese casino capitalism Broadcasting and broadcast date: SWR, Sunday, 3 July 2011 Looking back: Laos
Broadcasting and broadcast date: SWR, Sunday, 3 July 2011 .6 mn 50 sec Help, the Chinese are coming. That's what at least many Lao farmers in the triangle on the Mekong. In the village of Ton Pheung Chinese investors to build a huge gambling paradise with casinos, luxury hotels and shopping centers and golf course. The farmers of the region are simply relocated. 30 square miles, the terrain in which the Chinese capitalists over the next 99 years alone have the final say will be. Laotian police officer or one looks in vain. But this can be found fortune, prostitutes and wealthy retirees from China, Thailand and Myanmar. And that's just the beginning. China's border moves silently on the territory of a sovereign state in fact. The poor communist Laos concessions for Chinese investors have applied for another 10,000 square kilometers - more than 6 percent of the country. Chinatown is everywhere. The Mekong River - high up in the golden triangle. A place around which myths have always been entwined. War lords and opium traders sought their fortune here. Recently making the tour groups from Thailand on their way. The trip across the Mekong River takes a few minutes. Their destination: the Laotian side. They face a new tourist attraction. A casino town with golden domes. Chinese guest workers to carve a mile-long boardwalk. Behind it starts a so-called special economic zone - is also firmly in Chinese hands. The tour group from Thailand has created. About rickety boards it goes towards gambling paradise. But the older folks take that into account. Finally, here is allowed and what is forbidden at home. Roulette, baccarat and blackjack.
Without Chinese minders we can not turn anymore. Comes in swanky SUV( Humme) drove up. Yao Shao worked for the major Chinese investor and has lived four years in Laos. When he came here there were only a few rice fields and much more unspoiled jungle. Now there is a wide paved road through the countryside eating. "Perhaps the works a bit high," says Yao Shuo. "And there are not many cars on the road. But the road is built for the future. Here are to live 150 times to 200,000 people. "Officially we are still in Laos, have de facto in the Special Zone, the Chinese call the shots. Instead of the rice fields, now there is kitsch in large format. Our watchdog gives us an exclusive tour. The golden crown, he said, had already become the new landmark of Pheung tone.
We must look into the entrance hall. Marble gods to bring good luck. For the next 99 years the land around belongs to investors from the Middle Kingdom. They want to change the golden triangle - into a Mecca for players. The Laotian government is a little share in the profits and keeps out otherwise. The rules in the special zone, which is determined mainly just one. The Chinese boss Zhao How the investment community. And a good friend of the political elite. The Lao President (Choummaly Xaiyasone) and the Premier Minister (Bounngang Vorachit) have been stopping by more often, he tells us. And he even had big plans for his city: the airport, golf course, more casinos and more hotels. And even old people's homes there is to be playful for retirees.
"Laos is poor and under developed. They need our investment, which need our help, "said Zhao as President of King novel Group. "As a Chinese, I see it like that I'm not just here to make money, but also to do something good in order to help the people here." A promotional film of the casino. It is above all a paradise for giving viable player from China. The border with Laos is not far. And in the special zone to get the gamers everything is forbidden in the giant country. Gambling - and even prostitutes, but the shows we are not natural.
Not far away we find the last ancient village in the Special Zone. We have dared come here without a minder and make the rice farmers Lung Noi Da. 120 families live here. But they are soft, almost a 5-star hotel. He has driven fear of becoming, how many s - without adequate compensation. The fight against the new rulers of China, he has given up. "The government has promised us that our Laotian identity is preserved," says Da Noi the rice farmer. "But none of this is true. The rules govern the Chinese. Of our politicians has yet no one here can look in the village. They just do not care. "The house, the lychee and mango trees. All this will soon be past. And his son wonders if the grandson now have to learn Chinese. "The whole area has changed," said Charn Sangsawang. "With their big machines, they flatten everything. The feel here is no longer like Laos. That is really China. "
So shall look their future. A retort settlement on the outskirts of the Special Zone. Designed and built by the Chinese. New Village they have christened it. New Village. 120 Wohnträume in yellow. Prefabricated houses from the catalog. But apart from these barter Lung Noi and Da are convinced his son is anything but. "Every house looks the same," says Da Noi the rice farmer. "Each plot is the same. They want even that we are here as a tourist attraction. With a fountain and an event hall in the middle. Stay "here or move away entirely. Since white rice farmer Lung Noi only one thing: His future is no longer in his hand.
For others, the future has just begun. Our Chinese spies tells us the casino at sunset. He says that he has become father a month ago. Wife and child were still in China. But they would soon follow. This job is a very special opportunity for me. This is a huge project. It grows and grows. From the jungle creates a city. That's my challenge. "Las Vegas on the Mekong! In Chinese. For the locals in the special zone is a nightmare. But this is only the beginning. Other major Chinese projects are planned. And the Lao people have to decide: play along or go to where Laos is still the land of the Laotians.
Le Laos Capitalisme de casino chinois Date de la radiodiffusion et de diffusion: SWR, le dimanche 3 Juillet 2011 En regardant en arrière: le Laos Capitalisme de casino chinois Date de la radiodiffusion et de diffusion: SWR, le dimanche 3 Juillet 2011 (6 mn 50 sec) Aide, les Chinois sont à venir. C'est ce que moins nombreux agriculteurs du Laos dans le triangle sur le Mékong. Dans le village de Ton Pheung investisseurs chinois pour construire un paradis de jeu énorme avec casinos, hôtels de luxe et des centres commerciaux et un golf. Les agriculteurs de la région sont tout simplement déplacés. 30 miles carrés, le terrain sur lequel les capitalistes chinois au cours des 99 prochaines années seulement avoir le dernier mot sera. Officier de police laotienne ou on cherche en vain. Mais cela peut être trouvé fortune, les prostituées et les riches retraités de la Chine, la Thaïlande et le Myanmar. Et ce n'est que le début. Frontalières de la Chine se déplace en silence sur le territoire d'un Etat souverain, en fait. Les pauvres communiste concessions Laos pour les investisseurs chinois ont demandé une autre 10.000 kilomètres carrés - plus de 6 pour cent du pays. Chinatown est partout. Le Mékong - haut dans le triangle d'or. Un lieu autour duquel les mythes ont toujours été liés. Seigneurs de guerre et trafiquants d'opium chercher fortune ici. Récemment rendant les groupes excursion de la Thaïlande sur leur chemin. Le voyage à travers le fleuve Mékong prend que quelques minutes. Leur destination: le côté laotien. Ils font face à une nouvelle attraction touristique. Une ville de casino avec des dômes dorés. Travailleurs invités chinois à se tailler une promenade mile de long. Derrière elle commence une soi-disant zone économique spéciale - est aussi fermement en mains des Chinois. Le groupe de touristes de la Thaïlande a créé. A propos de planches branlantes il va vers le paradis de jeux. Mais les gens plus âgés en tenir compte. Enfin, voici permis et ce qui est interdit à la maison. Roulette, Baccarat et Blackjack.
Sans assistantes chinois, nous pouvons ne tournent plus. Livré dans chic VUS( Humme) fait monter. Yao Shao a travaillé pour le principal investisseur chinois et a vécu quatre ans au Laos. Quand il est venu ici, il n'y avait que quelques rizières et bien plus la jungle sauvage. Maintenant il ya une route pavée à travers la gamme de manger campagne. «Peut-être les travaux un peu élevé", déclare Yao Shuo. «Et il ya pas beaucoup de voitures sur la route. Mais la route est construite pour l'avenir. Voici pour vivre 150 fois à 200.000 personnes. "Officiellement nous sommes encore au Laos, ont de facto dans la zone spéciale, les Chinois appellent les tirs. Au lieu de les champs de riz, il ya maintenant kitsch en grand format. Notre gardien nous donne une visite exclusive. La couronne d'or, dit-il, était déjà devenu le nouvel emblème de Pheung ton.
Nous devons regarder dans le hall d'entrée. Dieux de marbre pour porter chance. Au cours des 99 prochaines années autour de la terre appartient à des investisseurs du Moyen Empire. Ils veulent changer le triangle d'or - en une Mecque pour les joueurs. Le gouvernement laotien est une petite part dans les bénéfices et maintient autrement. Les règles de la zone spéciale, qui est déterminée principalement un seul. Le patron chinois Zhao Comment la communauté des investisseurs. Et un bon ami de l'élite politique. Le président du Laos (Choummaly Xaiyasone) et le Premier ministre (Bounngang Vorachit) ont été plus souvent par s'arrêter, il nous raconte. Et il a même eu de grands projets pour sa ville: l'aéroport, golf, plus les casinos et autres hôtels. Et même les vieilles maisons des gens, il doit être ludique pour les retraités.
"Le Laos est pauvre et sous développé. Ils ont besoin de notre investissement, qui ont besoin de notre aide ", a déclaré Zhao en tant que président du nouveau groupe King. "En tant que Chinois, je vois ça comme ça, je ne suis pas seulement là pour faire de l'argent, mais aussi de faire quelque chose de bien dans le but d'aider les gens ici." Un film promotionnel du casino. C'est surtout un paradis pour donner acteur viable de la Chine. La frontière avec le Laos n'est pas loin. Et dans la zone spéciale pour obtenir le tout aux joueurs est interdite dans le pays géant. Le jeu - et même des prostituées, mais la montre que nous ne sont pas naturelles.
Non loin de là, nous trouvons le dernier village antique dans la zone spéciale. Nous avons osé venir ici sans une assistante et de rendre le riz aux agriculteurs du poumon Noi Da. 120 familles vivent ici. Mais ils sont doux, presque un hôtel 5 étoiles. Il a conduit la peur de devenir, combien s - sans compensation adéquate. La lutte contre les nouveaux dirigeants de la Chine, il a renoncé. "Le gouvernement nous a promis que notre identité laotienne est préservée», explique Da Noi du riziculteur. "Mais rien de cela n'est vrai. Les règles régissant les Chinois. De nos politiciens n'a encore personne ici ne peut regarder dans le village. Ils ne s'en soucient pas. "La maison, le litchi et de manguiers. Tout cela sera bientôt passé. Et son fils se demande si le petit-fils ont maintenant à apprendre le chinois. "Toute la zone a changé", a déclaré Charn Sangsawang. "Avec leurs grosses machines, ils s'aplatissent tout. Le sens ici n'est plus comme le Laos. C'est vraiment la Chine. "
Alors allons examiner leur avenir. Un règlement cornue à la périphérie de la zone spéciale. Conçu et construit par les Chinois. Village de New ils l'ont baptisée. New Village. 120 Wohnträume en jaune. Des maisons préfabriquées à partir du catalogue. Mais en dehors de ces troc Lung Da Noi et sommes convaincus que son fils n'a rien. «Chaque maison a la même apparence», explique Da Noi du riziculteur. «Chaque parcelle est le même. Ils veulent même que nous sommes ici comme une attraction touristique. Avec une fontaine et d'un hall d'événement dans le milieu. Séjour "ici ou s'éloigner complètement. Depuis le riz blanc fermier du poumon Noi une seule chose: Son avenir n'est plus dans sa main.
Pour d'autres, l'avenir vient de commencer. Notre espion chinois nous raconte le casino au coucher du soleil. Il dit qu'il est devenu père il ya un mois. Femme et son enfant étaient encore en Chine. Mais ils seraient bientôt suivre. Ce travail est une occasion très spéciale pour moi. C'est un projet énorme. Il pousse et grandit. De la jungle crée une ville. C'est mon défi. "Las Vegas sur le Mékong! En chinois. Pour les habitants de la zone spéciale est un cauchemar. Mais ce n'est que le début. Les autres grands projets chinois sont prévues. Et le peuple lao ont à décider: jouer en même temps ou aller à l'endroit où le Laos est encore le pays des Laotiens.
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China in Laos: Busted flush - How a Sino-Lao special economic zone hit the skids
AT HOME and abroad, China is a byword for fast-track development, where yesterday’s paddy field is tomorrow’s factory, highway or hotel. Less noticed is that such development can just as quickly go into reverse. Golden City, in Boten, just over the border from China in tiny Laos, is a case in point.
When a Hong Kong-registered company signed a 30-year, renewable lease with the Lao government in 2003 to set up a 1,640-hectare special economic zone built with mainland money and expertise, Golden City was touted as a futuristic hub for trade and tourism. The builders promptly went to work, and a cluster of pastel blocks rose amid the green hills of northern Laos. Thousands of Chinese tourists and entrepreneurs poured into the enclave, drawn largely by the forbidden pleasures and profits of gambling, which is illegal in China, except in Macau. Today the main casino, inside a three-star hotel, lies abandoned, its baize tables thick with dust.
The trouble started in December, when Chinese gamblers found that the operators refused to let them leave until they had coughed up for betting losses. Officials from Hubei province apparently negotiated the release of several “hostages”, but many more continued to be held against their will. Accounts in the Chinese media say that casino recruiters lured gamblers with offers of free travel and hotel rooms, only to be kept captive and beaten when their credit ran out. Lao villagers swap grisly tales of corpses dumped in the river.
Chinese authorities have since put the boot into Boten. In March the foreign ministry warned citizens not to gamble in Laos and accused Golden City of cheating its cross-border customers. It said it had demanded that Laos close down the casino. Last month the casino duly shut, and the smaller gaming halls have since gone too. The 232-room hotel, which is almost empty, will be next.
Most shop and restaurant owners have packed up and left, as have the Thai transvestite show and the legions of prostitutes. Stricter visa rules for Chinese tourists have added to the squeeze. A Lao policeman, who admits to having nothing to do, puts the town’s dwindling population at 2,000, down from 10,000 at its peak. The enclave’s economy seems to have collapsed just as the builders hit their stride with a new high-rise hotel and a shopping centre bristling with columns in the classical style.
Golden City says it has pumped $130m into the project’s first phase, including funds from outside investors. A company official, Ginger He, puts a brave face on things, arguing that the slump is a chance to rebrand the enclave as a wholesome tourist destination and import-export zone. She blames the bad publicity on shady Chinese concessionaires who ran the card games in the casino—as if the company had expected angels. Golden City has since declared force majeure to revoke its contracts. Investors might wish to sue under Lao law. But Miss He points out that China had ordered Laos to close the casino. “Little brother cannot fight with big brother,” she says.
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Henri Guaino n'aime pas parler argent. Interrogé sur RMC mercredi au sujet de son salaire, le conseiller spécial de l"Elysée a refusé de donner un chiffre. "Mon salaire ? Cela ne vous regarde pas ! Même si je n'ai rien à cacher, je suis totalement opposé au fait que mes revenus soient exposés sur tous les murs de Paris. Je refuse de le dire à l'antenne !", a répliqué la plume de Nicolas Sarkozy. "Je pense que la transparence absolue est totalitaire", a-t-il ajouté : Le député apparenté PS, René Dosière, est lui un apôtre de la transparence. "Je ne vois pas pourquoi la rémunération d'un haut fonctionnaire ou d'un élu devrait être cachée", a-t-il expliqué au Post. Il évalue le salaire net mensuel d'Henri Guaino à l'Elysée à 19.000 euros. L'auteur notamment de L'argent caché de l'Élysée explique ne pas pouvoir donner de chiffre plus précis parce que le dernier rapport sur le budget de l'Elysée ne le mentionnait pas. Précédent en 2009 Son estimation recoupe celle du Canard Enchaîné datant de 2009. Il évaluait le salaire annuel brut d'Henri Guaino à 290.368,93 euros : 132.856,93 euros en tant que conseiller maître de la Cour des comptes, auxquels s'ajoute "une indemnité de sujétion particulière" de 157.512 euros. A l'époque, Henri Guaino avait déjà dénoncé une "espèce de transparence totalitaire, mesquine".
Laos state just can not apply law on their soil for Viet illegals. I know the rapers will be harshly punished once at home but this raises a concern on Lao sovereignty. We are occupied. True Lao,wake up! Invaders will one day pay a price.
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25 year Treaty between Vietnam & Laos ( July 18, 1977 )
Article One: The Mutual Trust & Long Term Cooperation
The two sides undertake to do their best to defend and develop the Lao-Vietnam special relationship to constantly strengthen solidarity and mutual trust, long-term cooperation and mutual assistance in all fields in a spirit of proletarian internationalism
Article Five: The Two Sides Endeavor to Strengthen Militants, Solidarity Relations & Cooperation
Military, the 25 year Vietnamese - Laotian Treaty of July 18, 1977 allowed more then 500,000 Vietnamese civilians and family of the army to station in Laos. There were more than 100,000 Vietnam troops in December 1988. In December 1988, the Communist Lao Government announced that all the Vietnam troops had withdrawn from Laos but in fact, there are still more than 60,000 Vietnamese troops in December 1990.
On 11 November 1995 Vietnam signed a new Treaty with Laos to further enhance this arrangement, under the name " Labour Exchange Agreement " Under the term of Labour Exchange Agreement , Vietnam sent their soldiers to Laos in the disguise of ordinary labourers; these labourers had trucks of their own, in which they kept a wide variety of special weaponry for military action for any eventuality.
Neo-colonialism ( In Canada, for example.)
Neocolonialism means a 'new colonialism'. It involves the use of state-funded Native government, business, & organizations to indirectly control Indigenous people. In Canada, for example, the government spends billions of dollars annually to maintain a system of neocolonialism, funding band councils, Aboriginal political organizations, as well as social programs, arts & culture, etc. "Neocolonialism involves the use of Natives to control their own people. In general, it means giving some of the benefits of the dominant society to a small, privileged minority, in return for their help in making sure the majority cause trouble..; the image of successful Aboriginals in government [helps] create the myth that all Natives have a place in the dominant society. "The change from colonialism to neocolonialism is a change only in how the state controls the colonized people. Colonialism is a system in which the colonized people have no control over their l ive s - economically, socially, politically, or culturally. The power to make decisions in these important areas of daily life are almost totally in the hands of others, either the state or corporations & business... the state is willing to share some of the wealth of a racist system with a few Natives in return for a more effective method of controlling the majority. "The most threatening & effective form of neocolonialism devised by the state has been its efforts to intervene & control popular Native organizations which had been previously independent. They began with core grants to help the associations organize; then the elected leaders of the organizations got l a rge r & larger s a l a r i e s -making them dependent on the state jus t as the Native bureaucrats in government were. As the years went by more money was provided to organi z a t ions -money for housing, economic development & service programs, etc. "The most important effect of government funding, or state intervention, is that the state, by manipulating grants, can determine to a large extent what strategy the organizations will use. It is no coincidence that when organizations were independent of government money in the mid-sixties, they followed a militant strategy which confronted government. Now, after twenty years of grants, they Ruling Class are foilowing a strategy that requires subser-vience to the state."
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BANGKOK - Thailand's foreign minister said on Thursday he would fly to Germany to try to convince authorities to reverse a court-authorized impounding of a Boeing 737 owned by Thailand's Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn.
Kasit Piromya said he would lead a Thai delegation of diplomats and lawyers to rectify "a great mistake" made by German liquidators who impounded the jet in a financial dispute between Thailand and an insolvent German construction firm.
"We would like to clarify that this case has no connection whatsover with His Majesty the Crown Prince. This is a great mistake stemming apparently from false information provided to the German judicial system by the plaintiff," Kasit told a news conference.
"A prompt lifting of the impounding of the plane is our top priority. We don't wish to see this incident dragged on for a single day more lest it affects our mutual friendly relations."
Kasit said he would fly to Berlin on Friday and a spokesman for the ministry in Berlin said the delegation was expected for talks at the foreign office on Friday evening.
As German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is in South America, the delegation will be met by Minister of State Cornelia Pieper.
German insolvency administrators impounded the plane on Wednesday in a move to seek payment of an old debt owed by the Thai government to the collapsed German firm.
The debt goes back more than 20 years to when German company Dywidag helped build a 26 km toll road to Don Muang airport, formerly Bangkok's main international airport.
Dywidag merged in 2001 with Walter Bau AG, which later became insolvent.
"We have been seeking payment of more than 30 million euros ($43 million) for years and this drastic measure is virtually the last resort," administrator Werner Schneider said on Wednesday.
Pfändung in München Drucken Bewerten 05:46 Thailändische Prinzen-Boeing wird zum Politikum
Bangkok ist empört über die Beschlagnahmung einer Boeing in München. Die Maschine gehört dem thailändischen Königshaus. Nun reist der Außenminister an.
Die spektakuläre Pfändung der Boeing 737 des thailändischen Kronprinzen Maha Vajiralongkorn in München droht zu einer diplomatischen Krise zu führen. Thailands Außenminister Kasit Piromya machte sich persönlich auf den Weg nach Deutschland, um sich um die Angelegenheit zu kümmern. Sollte es kein zufriedenstellendes Ergebnis geben, könne dies die deutsch-thailändischen Beziehungen belasten, warnte er nach einem Bericht der „Bangkok Post“ vor der Abreise. Er sprach von einem „Riesenfehler“ der deutschen Behörden.
Flugzeug von Thailands Kronprinz Foto: dpa/DPA Um sein beschlagnahmtes Flugzeug dreht sich der Streit: Thailands Kronprinz Maha Vajiralongkorn
Boeing des Kronprinzen Foto: dpa Das beschlagnahmte Flugzeug des thailändischen Kronprinzen
Boeing des Kronprinzen
Boeing des Kronprinzen Foto: dpa Das beschlagnahmte Flugzeug des thailändischen Kronprinzen
Der Insolvenzverwalter des Baukonzerns Walter Bau hatte die Boeing in einer Nacht- und Nebelaktion am Dienstag pfänden lassen. Gerichtsvollzieher versiegelten die Maschine am Münchner Flughafen. Der Kronprinz, der meist selbst am Steuer sitzt und oft in München weilt, kann mit der Maschine nicht mehr abheben. Hintergrund ist eine Millionenforderung von Walter Bau gegen den thailändischen Staat, die auf einen Streit um eine bei Bangkok gebaute Maut-Autobahn zurückgeht.
Nach Angaben des thailändischen Außenministeriums gehört die Maschine dem Kronprinzen persönlich und nicht dem Staat. Der Außenminister hat sich bereits an das Auswärtige Amt gewandt. Er will die deutschen Gerichte ersuchen, die Maschine umgehend freizugeben.
ทักษิณ เองไม่เคยพูดถึงไอเดียเรื่องการตั้งรัฐบาลพลัดถิ่นเมื่อเกิดรัฐประหารหรือ เรื่องผลกระทบของการเข้าเฝ้าของคณะรัฐประหาร แต่ในการให้สัมภาษณ์นิตยสาร Time ของสหรัฐ ในเดือนกุมภาพันธ์ 2550 (ที่นี่ http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1584101,00.html ) เมื่อถูกถามว่าถ้ารัฐบาลของเขาเป็นที่นิยมของประชาชนมาก ทำไมแทบไม่มีประชาชนออกมาโวยวายประท้วงเมื่อเกิดรัฐประหารขึ้น ซึ่งทักษิณตอบว่า “มันก็เหมือนกับการรัฐประหาร 17 ครั้งก่อนหน้านี้ในประเทศไทย แรกทีเดียว ประชาชนจะช้อค แล้วพวกเขาก็เริ่มแสดงความไม่เห็นด้วย และแล้วพวกเขาก็เริ่มจะยอมรับมัน โดยเฉพาะอย่างยิ่งหลังจากรัฐประหารนั้นได้รับการรับรองจากพระเจ้าอยู่หัว” (It was the same with Thailand’s 17 other coups. First, the people are shocked. Then they start to voice their concerns. And then they start to accpet it, especially after it’s endorsed by His Majesty the King.) ผมคิดว่า เราคงยังไม่ถึงกับสามารถใช้คำสัมภาษณ์นี้เป็นหลักฐานยืนยันโดยตรง ต่อรายงานของทูตสหรัฐที่ว่าทักษิณเปลี่ยนท่าทีต่อการรัฐประหาร 19 กันยา หลังการได้เข้าเฝ้าของคณะรัฐประหาร แม้ว่าการที่ทักษิณให้ความสำคัญกับประเด็น “ได้รับการรับรองจากพระพระเจ้าอยู่หัว” และยกเรื่องนี้ขึ้นมาเป็นเหตุผลอธิบายปฏิกิริยาต่อรัฐประหารของประชาชนทั่ว ไป นับว่าน่าสนใจอย่างยิ่ง
NEWS - Resources and Energy Comment Rains hit PanAust Laos mine
Published 7:23 PM, 5 Jul 2011 Last update 7:23 PM, 5 Jul 2011
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A contractor working for miner PanAust Ltd in Laos was likely killed in a rain-triggered landslide, the company said.
PanAust on Tuesday said an excavator operator who was working on road clearance activities off-site from the company's Phu Kham mine had been swept away in a landslide.
The company said more than one metre of rain had fallen on the mine in the past month - more than double the average.
It said normal weather had returned and that four days of concentrate production had been lost at the mine as a result of suspended operations.
Scheduled shipments of copper and gold should be unaffected, PanAust said.
PanAust shares finished seven cents weaker at $3.90.
Why splitting up Thailand wouldn't work Published on July 15, 2011
Re: How about a two-state solution for Thailand? Letters, July 14.
Horst Bullinger says Thailand should be divided into two nations:
the North and Northeast on one side (for Thaksin Shinawatra to rule); the North and Northeast on one side (for Thaksin Shinawatra to rule); the North and Northeast on one side (for Thaksin Shinawatra to rule); the North and Northeast on one side (for Thaksin Shinawatra to rule);
and the rest as a second country. I don't think Mr Bullinger knows enough of Thailand's geopolitics to suggest that.
Bangkok is a seaport city. It has been a major source of income for Thailand for more than 300 years. It is said that about three-fourths of tax money in Thailand comes from Bangkok and the surrounding provinces.
The North and Northeast are a landlocked country. If separated from Bangkok, the new country will be reduced in terms of economic development on the same line with Laos and Cambodia. More importantly, it will be the most populous country with the least source of income to feed itself, let alone prosper.
A Brisbane-based charity says it has smashed a child-trafficking ring that has sent 200 teenage girls from Laos into sex slavery in Thailand.
Two Brisbane business figures started the charity, The Grey Man, which claims more than 400 supporters in Australia and South-East Asia.
The Grey Man says its raids this month, with the help of Thai police, rescued five 15-year-old girls from brothels and karaoke bars.
It is alleged an accused child-trafficker took the girls from their families in 2005 after promising to find them factory work. The girls' families allegedly each received $600 - twice the average annual wage in Thailand. Three alleged ringleaders of the child trafficking ring were arrested this month in northern Laos, The Grey Man says.
Retired chartered accountant Russell Hawksford is one of the two men who front The Grey Man. The other, who only goes by the name "John", is said to be an ex-Special Air Service (SAS) officer.
"John . . . became an anthropologist," Mr Hawksford said. "He works in Brisbane when he is not in Laos."
The Grey Man also runs projects to provide solar energy, community centres or school equipment.
Rotary backs some projects. But the main game was running covert operations to rescue child prostitutes, Mr Hawksford said.
The last raids had been the most successful since the group formed in 2004.
"We find that [the girls] are trafficked for either their labour or for the sex trade," he said. "We find that in the south [of Laos] . . . a lot of them are trafficked into Thailand for factories. But the ones we rescued [this month] were definitely for the sex trade. The intelligence we have is that the gang has been running roughly 200 girls a year."
Mr Hawksford said The Grey Man's work barely scraped the surface towards eradicating child prostitution. "It is the tip of the iceberg, but it is still five lives," he said. "Once they are trafficked, they are beaten and raped. And if the resist they are beaten and raped and many of them end up with AIDS."
Intelligence about the latest child-trafficking ring had come from a non-government agency working in northern Laos, he said.
"They would prefer to give the intelligence to us and then we would work out the best way of handling the operation," he said.
"We don't break the law, we don't do operations that might become an international incident and we obviously engage the police.
"In this case, the provincial police engaged the Bangkok special squad and we worked out the logistics of doing it."
He said the arrests, near Chiang Khong, had taken place on the Mekong River, with Thai police leading the operation. Police now had information that could lead to seven more arrests.
Mr Hawksford said there was no evidence of children trafficked to Australia, but there had been a few cases of Asian women smuggled into brothels.
No one knows how many women and children are affected, but estimates for the East Asia region alone are between 250,000 and 400,000 a year.
I respected each everyone of you highly. I am not taking side of you or other. Kang kouk kiak --laid -- kang kou xack. They are two different political powers. If we want Laos to gain its independent back. We all must work together as an Ocean Realm. Kiak has nothing to do with our nation. Only Laos can give me my Kiak when I got elected or appointed to be... whatever position I am??.. then my status and authority can be implemented under the authority of the Law that permits me to do my job.
At this time please put our Kiaks at home until the ceremony comes to take place first. What he had pointed out, they are trues. We must rely that the future of tomorrow belongs to the children of today. we always looking for something better for our nation and children not for ourselves.
Mr serichon lao
It is great to see you in the the team to fight for democracy of the first start 36 years ago with ancestors 60-70 years old, now their age should be 90-106 years old. How about the second team, 3rd team......till now. Can you show our forum that they are a Lao leader of Lao Nork. Since I came to join the Lao political Organization Abroad in 2007 and I have not seen a leader of Lao Nork to speak up and claimed that He/ She leads all Lao Nork. Please explain as much as you can.
Note: I never said Lao Nork that they were not fighting for democracy in Laos but I should add " They fought each other among the Lao leaders "
Since Lao people have settled in the third world we never heard a Lao leader to do the fighting for democracy but they do to fight for to be a leader of Lao Nork people only therefore the international communities ignored this matter.
I should not leave this space for make the meaning changed.
As I listen and observe the video clip from Dr. Khampheuy Panmanlaythong is quite interesting in term of request for change and straight to the point. However, saying is one thing an doing it is another thing. I am not quite sure his ideas will go along with the communist party objectives or not. Anyway, at least he see the important of education and its culture that is loosing its grip to foreign intruder such as Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese.
If they (Lao Communist government) are concern and have a vision to lead the people for a better future and have its own independent. Why are they waiting this long to speak up? If and only if the real government has concern for its citizen and want the country to progress in the right direction then they should consider multi-party to run its country. I don't think it would be that simple like East and West Germany that reunification and build its country from both sides. Please look around and take a caution with communist regime..... Last but not least the Lao government do not want to invest in education simple because they don't want its citizens to have any ideas to protest its government..... Just wait and see what really will happen in Laos.... Until then, please doing what is good for yourself, your community, and share your knowledge.... Knowledge is power and with that power you can help betterment of your Lao community.....
With highly to everyone thoughts, ideas, believes, and philosophies. Everyone's believes are highly significant impacts to explore for encouraging manners. Herewith are what I would like to share with the team and group members in this forum:
- If you set a goal for yourself and are able to achieve it, you have won your race. Your goal can be to come in first, to improve your performance, or just finish the race - it's up to you...
- I always want to be the best I could be at whatever I did in the past. I didn't want to be the number one golfer in the world. I just wanted to be as good as I could be.
- It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret. If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second or even the third place.
- Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising none's level of aspiration and expectation.
- You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream to help Lao Norks and Lao Nai... Therefore, the topic you posted in this forum and said: Lao Nork team cannot help Lao Nai is false...?
- You have got to try and reach for the stars or try and achieve the unreachable...
- You don't have to be a fantastic hero or leader to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals...
- Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so...
- The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winner can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them...
- My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset to work for Lao Norks and Lao Nai people...
Remember, our aspirations are our possibilities. Far away, there in the sunshine, are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them...
Make sure we must step forward, we have to learn the rules of the game. And then we have to play the game better than anyone else..
The most important thing about motivation is goal-setting. You should always have the goal-settings to achieve them. So, please do not motivate our compatriots the wrong approaches...
Lastly but not least, don't surrender your individuality which is your greatest agent of power, to the customs and conventionalities that have got their life from the great mass... Do you want to be a power in the world? Then be yourslef...
Now our soccer team players are beginning and playing in the field and we found many occasions that the Lao PDR are confused themselves to shoot their own goalkeeper, but we are still counting to the point for our goal without our team efforts to try to shoot to be the winner... Again, the winner never quit...though
That's all I can say to this forum..
High respectfully submitted, Dr. William K. BOUAROUY, Author...
เราต้องสู้ต่อไปอย่างไม่มีที่สิ้นสุดจนกว่าไอ้เหี้ยจูมมาลีและระบอบ นรกมันหายไปจากลาว(We will not stop fighting until Tyrant Bac Kha Po6 Choum and their evil system is out of Laos.)ເພື່ອຣູ້ຄວາມຈິງກ່ຽວກັບຣາຊວົງອັບປຣີແລະກະສັດຊັ່ວໆ ຄມນ ລາວແດງ ທີ່ສ້າງເຂດເສຖກິດພີເສດ ເພື່ອຂາຍຄວາມເປັນເອກກະຣາຊ ທາງດ້ານພາສາ ການເງີນ ແລະຄວາມຫັ້ມນຄົງຂອງຊາດ ທຸກໆເສັ້ນທາງມູ້ງໄປທິ່ ນປຊ ອມຣກnorporchorusa.ຄອມ ແລະ ວິທຍຸຈຳປາເມືອງລາວ ທິ່ ປາຣິສradiochampamuonglao.free.fr
Dear serichon lao around the world I don't know who you are, but in this Democratic stage for all of Lao people, I would like to share my ideas with all friends for our natiion. we know and everybody knows the new situation in Southeast Asia occured in recent month,. starting from the points of Military move between Vietnam and China in South China Sea. And as we compared with the political moves in Laos PDR at this time, the celebration of hegemony of Vietnam in Laos in last week, the starting or making formal military tie between Laos and China, the military friendship between Lao PDR and Russia.. all of these moves shadowed the any crises may happen in Laos in the near future. So if there is any plans which Dockchampa Revolution may take up at this time, I guest it may be the properly time for action. We will join together in any parts of actions. I promise.
Our team tried to check this news but we cannot find properly a document to back up as evidence. If we do wrong so our forum will affect in the future to the international eye. The strategy of Lao PDR Government is priority to destroy our forum. Sometimes we sent news directly to Security council or international communities and UN or publish in the media.
Sad news and sorry news to Lao girl and I known very well about the Hunting Hmong ethnic that why our team tried to work in the forum very hard to publish Lao Voice even we receive the lack of supporting in English text. We accept the English is hard for us who have less knowledge if not check properly the meaning go to the wrong direction.
Best Regards,
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote:
Our heart and sorrow for our beloved 12 years old and her families. This type of horrible acts have been practiced against Lao-Hmong in the jungle and village in Laos at will. When a government neglect their responsibilities to protect the lives and rights of their citizens, the word" People's Republic" is nothing more than a smoke screen.
To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 7:11 am Subject: Re: Lao girl 12 years old was raped by 20 Vietnamese from Hanoi.
Mr. Phom All of your messages looks terrible with red, yellow, blue, look like advertise from MacDonald or Vietnam new year some how, it don't look official or professional. Does any body have comment?
ລາວສວັນ ລູກຫລານພໍ່ກະດວດ
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Phom Soudhasa wrote:
Unacceptable manner of Vietnamese from Hanoi. Phom: The incident happened at Sikhotabong distric , Vientiane so Lao PDR Government should bring the murders to punish. If Lao PDR authority cannot do anything to the murders so Laos country is not a sovereign country. So we will raise this matter to the Amnesty international to justice.
Not only Vietminh take over Laoland but RAPE Lao girl 12 years old; June 26, 2011 in Sikhotabong distric, Vientiane; untill dead and still covered by LPDR official not to tell the media or other source of news because it will be damaging the two Communist countries' friendship. How everybody feel about this LAO stupidity government action?. What is the role of government? protect his Viet friend and kill her citizen.
LPDR thugs see no Evil, hear no EVIL doing from its Master Viets because Lao leaders are castrated by Viet master. If any of its slave
Anything can happen but it's 12yrs old girl or short skirt girl here Lao commie leader complains, he or she may disappear without trace like any other one that seeks justice. Lao commie leaders turn its blind eyes on its own citizens to avoid harsh punishmentfrom its master Viets. May lord Buddha blesses the victim soul, her siblings, and her parents. got raped by those 20 Viet? if the story is true and those Viets rapist go to jail I didn't see how it will damage Lao-Viet relationship..
Rapists are rapists, has nothing to do with their Nationality. Arseholes are arseholes and they will mention "Viet" to vilify the Vietnamese. Just like when they use the word "commi". People like that don't have my respect and can only sway opinions of "kon smong orn".
Kind Regards, Phom Soudhasa A member of Lao Activist Group. 16 - 07 - 2011
People Nationality: Noun and adjective--Lao (sing. and pl.). Population (2011 est., CIA World Factbook): 6.5 million. Annual population growth rate (2009 est.): 2.3%. Ethnic groups: Tai-Kadai language family (6 ethnic groups)--66.2%; Austro-Asiatic (Mon-Khmer and Viet-Muong) language family (30 ethnic groups)--22.8%; Hmong-Yao (2 ethnic groups)--7.4%; Tibeto-Burman (8 ethnic groups)--2.7%; other ethnic groups (including Vietnamese and Chinese)--0.9%. Religions: Buddhism--65%; Christianity--1.3%; others (principally animism, also Baha’i, and Islam)--33.7%. Languages: Lao (official), English, French, and various ethnic languages. Education: Literacy--69%. Health (2009): Infant mortality rate-77.82/1,000. Life expectancy (2009 est., World Bank)--65.4 years. Work force (3.691 million, 2010): Agriculture 75.1%; industry 5.5%; services 19.5%.
Government Type: Communist state. Branches: Executive--President (head of state); Chairman, Council of Ministers (prime minister and head of government); 11-member Politburo; 61-member Central Committee. Legislative--132-seat National Assembly. Judicial--district, regional, and a national Supreme Court. Political parties: Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP)--only legal party. Administrative subdivisions: 16 provinces, and Vientiane prefecture.
Economy GDP (2010 est.): $6.9 billion. Per capita income (2010 est.): $986. GDP growth rate (2010 est.): 8.5%. Natural resources: Hydroelectric power, timber, and minerals. Agriculture (29% of GDP, 2011 est.): Primary products--glutinous rice, coffee, corn, sugarcane, vegetables, tobacco, ginger, water buffalo, pigs, cattle, poultry, sweet potatoes, cotton, tea, and peanuts. Industry (26.5% of GDP, 2011 est.): Primary types--copper, tin, gold, and gypsum mining; timber, electric power, agricultural processing, construction, garments, cement, tourism. Industrial growth rate (2009 est.): 4.8%. Services (2011 est.): 44.5% of GDP. Trade: Exports (2010 est.)--$1.950 billion: gold and copper, electricity, wood and wood products, garments, coffee and other agricultural products, rattan, and tin. Major markets--Thailand, Vietnam, China, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Germany. Imports (2010 est.)--$2.258 billion. Major imports--fuel, food, consumer, goods, machinery and equipment, vehicles and spare parts. Major suppliers--Thailand, Vietnam, China, South Korea, and Belgium.
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is an authoritarian one-party state ruled by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The most recent National Assembly (NA) election was held in 2006. The constitution legitimizes only a single party, the LPRP, and almost all candidates in the 2006 election were LPRP members vetted by the party. Security forces reported to civilian authorities.
The central government continued to deny citizens the right to change their government. Prison conditions were harsh and at times life threatening. Corruption in the police and judiciary persisted. The government infringed on citizens' right to privacy and did not respect the rights to freedom of speech, the press, assembly, or association. Local officials at times restricted religious freedom and freedom of movement. Trafficking in persons remained a problem. Workers' rights were restricted.
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From:
a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life
There were no reports that the government or its agents committed arbitrary or unlawful killings. Unlike past years, there were no credible reports of military action against insurgent groups.
There were no developments in the cases of persons allegedly killed by the military or police in previous years.
b. Disappearance
There were no reports of politically motivated disappearances.
c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
The law prohibits the beating or torture of an arrested person. In practice, members of the police and security forces sometimes abused prisoners.
Detainees occasionally were subjected to beatings and long-term solitary confinement in completely darkened rooms, and in many cases they were detained in leg chains or wooden stocks for long periods. Former inmates reported that degrading treatment, the chaining and manacling of prisoners, and solitary confinement in small unlit rooms were standard punishments in larger prisons, while smaller provincial or district prisons employed manacles and chains to prevent prisoners from escaping.
Prison and Detention Center Conditions
Prison conditions varied widely but in general were harsh and occasionally life threatening. Prisons were overcrowded with poor ventilation, minimal sanitation facilities, inadequate food and potable water, and substandard medical care. Prisoners in larger, state-operated facilities in Vientiane generally fared better than those in provincial prisons. Food rations were minimal, and most prisoners relied on their families for subsistence. Most of the larger facilities allowed prisoners to grow supplemental food in small vegetable gardens, although there were periodic reports that prison guards took food from prisoners' gardens. Prison wardens set prison visitation policies. Consequently, in some facilities families could make frequent visits, but in others visits were severely restricted.
There were credible reports from international organizations that authorities treated ethnic minority prisoners particularly harshly. Former prisoners reported that incommunicado detention was used as an interrogation technique and against perceived problem prisoners; however, there were no reports of its use during the year. Although most prisons had some form of clinic, usually with a doctor or nurse on staff, medical facilities were extremely poor and medical treatment for serious ailments was unavailable. In some facilities prisoners could arrange treatment in outside hospitals if they could pay for the treatment and the expense of police escorts.
Oh! No Mr. Bounkhong, This news was spread all over the medias, including ASTV, RFA. you're the opposition of LaoPDR, you don't need proved from The UN. before you said is true.???
ລາວສວັນ ລູກຫລານພໍ່ກະດວດ
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:57 PM, A. Bounkhong. wrote:
Sabaidee Mr Vang and Mr Somxai,
Our team tried to check this news but we cannot find properly a document to back up as evidence. If we do wrong so our forum will affect in the future to the international eye. The strategy of Lao PDR Government is priority to destroy our forum. Sometimes we sent news directly to Security council or international communities and UN or publish in the media.
Sad news and sorry news to Lao girl and I known very well about the Hunting Hmong ethnic that why our team tried to work in the forum very hard to publish Lao Voice even we receive the lack of supporting in English text. We accept the English is hard for us who have less knowledge if not check properly the meaning go to the wrong direction.
Best Regards, A. Bounkhong
On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:58 AM, wrote:
Our heart and sorrow for our beloved 12 years old and her families. This type of horrible acts have been practiced against Lao-Hmong in the jungle and village in Laos at will. When a government neglect their responsibilities to protect the lives and rights of their citizens, the word" People's Republic" is nothing more than a smoke screen.
To: laosnetworkroom@googlegroups.com Sent: Sat, Jul 16, 2011 7:11 am Subject: Re: Lao girl 12 years old was raped by 20 Vietnamese from Hanoi.
Mr. Phom All of your messages looks terrible with red, yellow, blue, look like advertise from MacDonald or Vietnam new year some how, it don't look official or professional. Does any body have comment?
ລາວສວັນ ລູກຫລານພໍ່ກະດວດ
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 6:26 AM, Phom Soudhasa wrote:
Unacceptable manner of Vietnamese from Hanoi. Phom: The incident happened at Sikhotabong distric , Vientiane so Lao PDR Government should bring the murders to punish. If Lao PDR authority cannot do anything to the murders so Laos country is not a sovereign country. So we will raise this matter to the Amnesty international to justice.
From: Lao Phouan Not only Vietminh take over Laoland but RAPE Lao girl 12 years old; June 26, 2011 in Sikhotabong distric, Vientiane; untill dead and still covered by LPDR official not to tell the media or other source of news because it will be damaging the two Communist countries' friendship. How everybody feel about this LAO stupidity government action?. What is the role of government? protect his Viet friend and kill her citizen.
LPDR thugs see no Evil, hear no EVIL doing from its Master Viets because Lao leaders are castrated by Viet master. If any of its slave
Anything can happen but it's 12yrs old girl or short skirt girl here Lao commie leader complains, he or she may disappear without trace like any other one that seeks justice. Lao commie leaders turn its blind eyes on its own citizens to avoid harsh punishmentfrom its master Viets. May lord Buddha blesses the victim soul, her siblings, and her parents. got raped by those 20 Viet? if the story is true and those Viets rapist go to jail I didn't see how it will damage Lao-Viet relationship.. .http://www.manager.co.th/IndoChina/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9540000084976
Rapists are rapists, has nothing to do with their Nationality. Arseholes are arseholes and they will mention "Viet" to vilify the Vietnamese. Just like when they use the word "commi". People like that don't have my respect and can only sway opinions of "kon smong orn".
Kind Regards, Phom Soudhasa A member of Lao Activist Group. 16 - 07 - 2011
Live in hamony with one another. Do not be pound but be willing to assosiate with people of low position. Do not be conceited. Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good