05 -05 cambodian flag of convenience or weapon SMUGGLING RINGs?

Bury Chau
Tue, 05 May 2009 03:23:37 -0700

Tuesday, May 05, 2009.
THIS VIETNAMESE WEARING "CAMBODIAN" LABEL AS HEAD OF INTERPOL IN CAMBODIA
OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM 1979-2009
WHAT RIGHTS DO THESE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE TO RUN CAMBODIA IN VIOLATION OF
THE 10 UN RESOLUTION?

Sharp increase in ships flying Cambodian flag of convenience in Hokkaido, Japan



Working for Russia? A Cambodian ship waits in Hanasaki port in Nemuro,
Hokkaido, on March 16. KYODO PHOTO

All eyes on registry-swapping ships

Friday, May 1, 2009
By YOSHIAKI SAKAMOTO


KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Kyodo) - The past decade has seen a drastic reduction in
Russian ships calling at ports in Hokkaido, where much of Russia's marine
produce is imported, while ships registered to other countries, including
Cambodia, have risen sharply.

In fact, three times as many Cambodian vessels are calling at some ports than
Russian ships are, but many of their crewmen are thought to be Russian.
Shipping sources said the reason behind the trend is Russian ship owners
changing registries to avoid taxes.

According to Finance Ministry data, Hokkaido ports had 9,200 Russian ship calls
in 1999, but only 1,400 in 2008. Ships with other registries rose about 1.6
times in the period, with Cambodian ships expanding 10-fold from 190 to about
1,900.

The decline is especially conspicuous in Wakkanai, where Russian ships have
dropped from 3,700 to about 240 and Cambodian ships have risen from zero to 740.

There are also ships registered in Belize, Panama, Sierra Leone and Mongolia
that are bringing in crabs and sea urchin from the four disputed islands seized
by the former Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

The customs offices and the Japan Coast Guard are trying to track down Russian
ships whose registries and names have changed. "These changes have become quite
conspicuous in the last several years," said an official at the Nemuro office
of the coast guard.

Maritime law experts said that, since the laws of a country where a ship is
registered are basically applied to its ships, changing the registry to a
country where regulations are lax can reduce registration fees and taxes. This
has resulted in aged secondhand ships being used, as well as a drop in wages
for crewmen who are increasingly being recruited from other countries.

"It is a situation in which anything can happen," one critical shipping
official said.

Countries promoting ship registries, however, are gaining higher income from
taxes and foreign currency earnings.

An official who registered a ship in Cambodia said the procedure is simple and
everything can be completed if the required documents and money are sent to the
registry office in the South Korean port of Busan.

But Nobuo Arai, a professor at the Slav Research Center at Hokkaido University,
said one country's gain is another's loss. "A large problem for the Russian
government is decreases in tax revenues," he said.

One factor contributing to the trend is the stronger regulations against
poaching and smuggling in the Far East promoted by the administration of former
Russian President Vladimir Putin to protect crab and sea urchin resources.

An official at the Hokkaido branch of the All Japan Seamen's Union said it is
difficult for Russian authorities to clamp down on foreign-registered vessels.

In 2002, the Fisheries Agency also strengthened regulations on Russian ships to
make it obligatory for them to present cargo customs clearance declaration
cards when entering Japanese ports.

As a result, it is suspected that marine products are being transshipped from
fishing vessels at sea to freighters not subject to control and brought into
Japan.

To skirt such regulations, some Russian dealers are switching their export
target from Hokkaido to Busan, fishing industry sources said.
SMUGGLING RINGS IN CAMBODIA PLAGUE THE COUNTRY WITH THESE EVIL:
CHINESE SEX INDUSTRY IN CAMBODIA HAS LED TO THIS ARREST
Kohsantepheap reports on this recent arrest of two chinese and lab equipments
for DRUG PRODUCTION IN PHNOM PENH .
AN UNENDING SUFFERINGS OF THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE UNDER THE VIETNAMESE FORCES OF
OCCUPATION. 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese
forces from Cambodia.


CAMBODIAN PEOPLE LIVE IN TEARS UNDER THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION.





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BRIEF HISTORY :
VIETNAM INVASION OF CAMBODIA
Dec. 25, 1978Invasion of Cambodia. Some 100,000 Vietnamese with 20,000 KUFNS
troops, under the direction of Gen. Van Tien Dung, launch an invasion of
Cambodia.

Feb. 17, 1979"Teaching a lesson". Some 170,000 Chinese troops with 700
warplanes, and 250-300 tanks launched an invasion of Vietnam to punish it for
invading of Cambodia.

Nov. 14, 1979 The UN General Assembly adopts a resolution A/RES/34/22 calling
for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops from Cambodia. The vote is
91-21 with 29 abstentions.

10 UN RESOLUTIONS, CALLING VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA, ARE NOT
RESPECTED ,FROM 1979-2009.

116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from
Cambodia.
All these Vietnamese invaders have no rights to settle in Cambodia, they must
return home to Vietnam.