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Cambodia lacks the ability to administer its sea waters
Dec 6, 2009
06 December 2009
By Pen Bona
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
Click here to read the article in Khmer
PM Hun Xen asked the authority involved to make arrangement with Thailand about the fishing activities inside Cambodian waters. Hun Xen’s oder took place after the authority closed access to Cambodian waters to all Thai fishing boats for a period of time. The authorization to allow foreign boats to catch fish in Cambodian waters is under criticism by the opposition and civil society, however, to the government, this is the best choice to bring money to state coffer.
The administration of sea waters is a complicated issue for Cambodia. Hun Xen publicly recognized about this difficulty and, ultimately, the government allowed fishing boats from neighboring countries to come and catch fish in Cambodian waters in exchange for money paid to the state coffer.
At a speech given during the inauguration of a road construction site in Siem Reap province, next to the Thai border, on Saturday, Hun Xen explained that the administration of the vast sea waters is a difficult task. This is the reason why foreign boats are allowed to fish in Cambodian waters through mutual arrangements and understanding along with payment to Cambodian authority.
This policy came under intense criticisms from the opposition and civil society, as well as from a number of Cambodian fishermen. Critics said that the Cambodian government’s action is tantamount to allowing free reign to foreign fishermen to destroy Cambodian water resources.
According to Cambodian fishermen, Thai and Vietnamese fishing boats use modern and illegal equipments allowing them to catch huge amount fish and other sea products. These Cambodian fishermen are concerned about the destruction of fisheries in Cambodian waters, and they blame the government’s inability to administer its sea waters.
However, to Hun Xen, this is the only best possible administration because it allows the government to earn some income rather than allowing foreign boats to sneak in and fish illegally since the government cannot administer these waters.
Nevertheless, on 04 December, the Cambodian Council of Ministers recently approved a draft law to set up a national committee for open sea security. The explanation provided for the setup of this committee is to administer the sovereignty of Cambodian sea waters with the aim of protecting national resources.
The administration of sea waters is a complicated issue for Cambodia. Hun Xen publicly recognized about this difficulty and, ultimately, the government allowed fishing boats from neighboring countries to come and catch fish in Cambodian waters in exchange for money paid to the state coffer.
At a speech given during the inauguration of a road construction site in Siem Reap province, next to the Thai border, on Saturday, Hun Xen explained that the administration of the vast sea waters is a difficult task. This is the reason why foreign boats are allowed to fish in Cambodian waters through mutual arrangements and understanding along with payment to Cambodian authority.
This policy came under intense criticisms from the opposition and civil society, as well as from a number of Cambodian fishermen. Critics said that the Cambodian government’s action is tantamount to allowing free reign to foreign fishermen to destroy Cambodian water resources.
According to Cambodian fishermen, Thai and Vietnamese fishing boats use modern and illegal equipments allowing them to catch huge amount fish and other sea products. These Cambodian fishermen are concerned about the destruction of fisheries in Cambodian waters, and they blame the government’s inability to administer its sea waters.
However, to Hun Xen, this is the only best possible administration because it allows the government to earn some income rather than allowing foreign boats to sneak in and fish illegally since the government cannot administer these waters.
Nevertheless, on 04 December, the Cambodian Council of Ministers recently approved a draft law to set up a national committee for open sea security. The explanation provided for the setup of this committee is to administer the sovereignty of Cambodian sea waters with the aim of protecting national resources.
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Leader of Cambodia's ruling party is in hospital in Singapore
Mother of detained Thai engineer arrives in Cambodia, verdict expected Tuesday
BANGKOK, Dec 7 (TNA) – The mother of the Thai employee detained in Cambodia on spy charges arrived in Cambodia ahead of the court ruling on the case expected on Tuesday.
Simarak Na Nakhon Panom was accompanied by Deputy Director General Madurapochana Ittarong of the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Department of Consular Affairs.
Mrs Simarak said that she hoped for a positive result from the Cambodian court ruling on the case of her son Siwarak Chutipong, but she is also prepared for a negative outcome.
She insisted that the decision to change lawyers was advised by Mr Siwarak’s friends in Cambodia and was not a political ‘game’ or ploy. The mother said she will do whatever she can to help her son as soon as possible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs understood her position, she said, and didn’t blame her for not working with the lawyer selected by the ministry.
Meanwhile, Ms Madurapochana said the ministry continued providing assistance to help Mr Siwarak. She said she is due to meet the newly-appointed lawyer at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh Monday afternoon.
The court is expected to deliver its verdict on Tuesday, she said, and if Mr Siwarak is found guilty, she will then talk to the lawyer to determine what to do next. She also asked permission for Mrs Simarak to visit her son on Monday but has not yet received an answer from the Khmer officials.
Opposition Puea Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit saw Mrs Simarak off at Suvarnabhumi Airport and showed her a draft of a letter by former prime minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to submit requesting a royal amnesty if her son is found guilty.
The draft will be considered in a Puea Thai meeting, first scrutinising legal details and then translating it into Khmer and English.
Mr Prompong said he showed her the draft letter to confirm that the Puea Thai party is sincerely ready to help and he believed the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also giving her full support.
Mrs Simarak also asked Mr Prompong to contact ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra through his former legal advisor Noppadon Pattama to help her son.
Mr Siwarak, an employee of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), was arrested by Khmer police nearly a month ago on charges of passing information on the flight details of Mr Thaksin to Thai diplomats in Phnom Penh.
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Simarak Na Nakhon Panom was accompanied by Deputy Director General Madurapochana Ittarong of the Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Department of Consular Affairs.
Mrs Simarak said that she hoped for a positive result from the Cambodian court ruling on the case of her son Siwarak Chutipong, but she is also prepared for a negative outcome.
She insisted that the decision to change lawyers was advised by Mr Siwarak’s friends in Cambodia and was not a political ‘game’ or ploy. The mother said she will do whatever she can to help her son as soon as possible. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs understood her position, she said, and didn’t blame her for not working with the lawyer selected by the ministry.
Meanwhile, Ms Madurapochana said the ministry continued providing assistance to help Mr Siwarak. She said she is due to meet the newly-appointed lawyer at the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh Monday afternoon.
The court is expected to deliver its verdict on Tuesday, she said, and if Mr Siwarak is found guilty, she will then talk to the lawyer to determine what to do next. She also asked permission for Mrs Simarak to visit her son on Monday but has not yet received an answer from the Khmer officials.
Opposition Puea Thai Party spokesman Prompong Nopparit saw Mrs Simarak off at Suvarnabhumi Airport and showed her a draft of a letter by former prime minister Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to submit requesting a royal amnesty if her son is found guilty.
The draft will be considered in a Puea Thai meeting, first scrutinising legal details and then translating it into Khmer and English.
Mr Prompong said he showed her the draft letter to confirm that the Puea Thai party is sincerely ready to help and he believed the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also giving her full support.
Mrs Simarak also asked Mr Prompong to contact ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra through his former legal advisor Noppadon Pattama to help her son.
Mr Siwarak, an employee of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), was arrested by Khmer police nearly a month ago on charges of passing information on the flight details of Mr Thaksin to Thai diplomats in Phnom Penh.
Queen Crown casino lost its crown and is now croaking
Queen Crown (or King Crown??) casino in Bavet (Photo: Thoeun, Koh Santepheap)05 December 2009
By Mom Sophon Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
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The Queen Crown casino located near Bavet border crossing gate, Svay Rieng province, next to the Vietnamese border, closed its operation on 01 December because it had no customers and without income, it went bankrupt.
A 2-year female casino employee told RFA on Saturday that she is looking for another job after the casino announced its closing at the beginning of December because the casino could not attract gambling customers.
Queen Crown employed 300 workers, and it started its operation in 2005.
Hun Xen warned Cambodians not to illegally cross into Thailand
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by KI-Media
Prime minister Hun Xen warned Cambodians living along the Cambodian-Thai border not to enter Thailand to cut down trees or undertake illegal activities in order to avoid being arrested or shot by Thai soldiers. In a speech given during the inauguration of the construction site for National Road 68 in Oddar Meanchey province, next to the Thai border, Hun Xen declared that, recently, 3 Cambodians who crossed into Thailand were arrested and sentenced, while others were shot and killed on the spot by Thai soldiers. Hun Xen asked them that, whatever they do, they should stay within Cambodian territories, and they should never cross into Thailand. Hun Xen also warned armed troops and Cambodians from entering Thai territories. Hun Xen also said that: “We will not allow Thai soldiers and civilians to enter into our territories either.”
CCHR's BBQ Invitation to Mark Cambodia's Universal Periodic Review
Dear Partners,The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), in association with OHCHR Cambodia, invites you to attend a barbeque this Tuesday 8 December to mark the occasion of Cambodia’s inaugural review under the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review process. We hope to enjoy the pleasure of your company to reflect on the UPR process and human rights issues in Cambodia.
Tuesday 8 December from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
CCHR Offices, #798, Street. 99, Phnom Penh
CCHR Offices, #798, Street. 99, Phnom Penh
A replay of UPR proceedings will be screened during the course of the barbeque.
We should be grateful if you could confirm your attendance by email to CHAK Sophy, Project Coordinator, CCHR by Tel: 012 862 952, email: chak.sophy@cchrcambodia.org or Ms. Sana Ghouse by Tel: 089 614 334 or email at sana.ghouse@cchrcambodia.org
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Ex-prime ministers ready to help Thai jailed in Cambodia
BANGKOK, Dec 6 (TNA) -- Former prime ministers Gen Chavalit Yongchaiyudh and Thaksin Shinawatra are prepared to assist a Thai engineer detained in Cambodia on spying charges and due to appear at his first hearing this Tuesday, said Prompong Nopparit, spokesman of the opposition Puea Thai Party on Sunday.
Both ex-prime ministers will employ their close personal contacts with the Cambodian government and coordinate with former foreign minister Noppadon Pattama in dealing with the government in Phnom Penh to free Siwarak Chutipong if he is found guilty, Mr Prompong said.
Fugitive, ousted former prime minister Thaksin has been appointed economic adviser to the Cambodian government.
Mr Siwarak, an employee of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), was arrested by Khmer police nearly a month ago on charges of passing information on the flight details of Mr Thaksin to Thai diplomats in Phnom Penh.
Mr Prompong said he would see the engineer’s mother, Simarak Na Nakhon Panom, when she leaves Bangkok for Cambodia early Monday. Mrs Simarak is expected to stay in Cambodia until the trial is over.
Lawyer Khieu Sambou is expected to seek a royal amnesty immediately if Mr Siwarak is found guilty, Mr Prompong said.
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Both ex-prime ministers will employ their close personal contacts with the Cambodian government and coordinate with former foreign minister Noppadon Pattama in dealing with the government in Phnom Penh to free Siwarak Chutipong if he is found guilty, Mr Prompong said.
Fugitive, ousted former prime minister Thaksin has been appointed economic adviser to the Cambodian government.
Mr Siwarak, an employee of Cambodia Air Traffic Services (CATS), was arrested by Khmer police nearly a month ago on charges of passing information on the flight details of Mr Thaksin to Thai diplomats in Phnom Penh.
Mr Prompong said he would see the engineer’s mother, Simarak Na Nakhon Panom, when she leaves Bangkok for Cambodia early Monday. Mrs Simarak is expected to stay in Cambodia until the trial is over.
Lawyer Khieu Sambou is expected to seek a royal amnesty immediately if Mr Siwarak is found guilty, Mr Prompong said.
Cambodia to upgrade road to Siem Reap without Thai help
The Nation/Asia News Network
Without financial assistance from Thailand, Cambodia has begun renovation of its Highway 68 connecting between tourism city of Siem Reap to Thai border province on its own expense.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the ground braking ceremony for the road renovation on Saturday (Dec.5), according to local media. Many senior officials in the Cambodian government presented at the ceremony.
The Cambodian government would spend $33 million (S$45.6258 million) to renovate the 117 kilometer road from Kralanh district in Siem Reap province to O' Smach in Oddar Meanchey province, which is located next to Thailand's border Surin province. It was expected to complete by 2 years.
Cambodia rejected the Thai financial assistance of Bt 1.4 billion (S$58.38 million) to renovate the road after the diplomatic row. The two countries signed an agreement on the loan in August but Hun Sen decided to reject the aid as he blamed his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva for failure to confirm the assistance on time.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the ceremony that local people in areas are waiting for the improvement of Highway 68 for long time. The road would link Cambodian west and east regions as well as western neighbour Thailand, he said. The road would facilitate transportation between Asean and countries in the Mekong region, he said.
"The current trend of the world is globalisation, the era of economic blockade has gone, practice of relying on force to resolve disputes is also obsolete," Hun Sen said indirectly implied to the cut of Thai loan. "Separatism and isolation is completely incompatible with the trend of the world."
Hun Sen said his government would join with neighbouring countries to develop border areas. "And cooperation with Thailand is still viable although the two countries are at loggerhead," he said.
Thailand downgraded diplomatic relations with Cambodia since Hun Sen appointed fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as his economic advisor and refused to extradite him.
Bangkok recalled its ambassador back to the capital and Phnom Penh reciprocated with the same action in November.
Angered by Thaksin's presence in Cambodia, Thailand scrapped the deal on maritime and threatened to review the financial assistance for the Highway 68.
Prime Minister Abhisit earlier phoned to Hun Sen to confirm that the loan is still on. However Hun Sen made the decision to reject the loan as the Thai government failed to send the confirmation in written form to Phnom Penh on time.
Normalisation of the relation is also a condition but in a phone conversation last week, both premiers failed to reach a common ground to reassign their respective ambassadors to resume functions, according to a diplomatic source.
In another development, Simarak Na Nakhon Phanom, the mother of a detained Thai national Sivarak Chutipong would visit Cambodia today to listen to Cambodian court's ruling on the spy charge due on Tuesday.
Sivarak was arrested on November 12 for the charge of stealing Thaksin's flight information and passed it to a Thai diplomat who was later expelled from Cambodia.
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Without financial assistance from Thailand, Cambodia has begun renovation of its Highway 68 connecting between tourism city of Siem Reap to Thai border province on its own expense.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen presided over the ground braking ceremony for the road renovation on Saturday (Dec.5), according to local media. Many senior officials in the Cambodian government presented at the ceremony.
The Cambodian government would spend $33 million (S$45.6258 million) to renovate the 117 kilometer road from Kralanh district in Siem Reap province to O' Smach in Oddar Meanchey province, which is located next to Thailand's border Surin province. It was expected to complete by 2 years.
Cambodia rejected the Thai financial assistance of Bt 1.4 billion (S$58.38 million) to renovate the road after the diplomatic row. The two countries signed an agreement on the loan in August but Hun Sen decided to reject the aid as he blamed his Thai counterpart Abhisit Vejjajiva for failure to confirm the assistance on time.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said at the ceremony that local people in areas are waiting for the improvement of Highway 68 for long time. The road would link Cambodian west and east regions as well as western neighbour Thailand, he said. The road would facilitate transportation between Asean and countries in the Mekong region, he said.
"The current trend of the world is globalisation, the era of economic blockade has gone, practice of relying on force to resolve disputes is also obsolete," Hun Sen said indirectly implied to the cut of Thai loan. "Separatism and isolation is completely incompatible with the trend of the world."
Hun Sen said his government would join with neighbouring countries to develop border areas. "And cooperation with Thailand is still viable although the two countries are at loggerhead," he said.
Thailand downgraded diplomatic relations with Cambodia since Hun Sen appointed fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as his economic advisor and refused to extradite him.
Bangkok recalled its ambassador back to the capital and Phnom Penh reciprocated with the same action in November.
Angered by Thaksin's presence in Cambodia, Thailand scrapped the deal on maritime and threatened to review the financial assistance for the Highway 68.
Prime Minister Abhisit earlier phoned to Hun Sen to confirm that the loan is still on. However Hun Sen made the decision to reject the loan as the Thai government failed to send the confirmation in written form to Phnom Penh on time.
Normalisation of the relation is also a condition but in a phone conversation last week, both premiers failed to reach a common ground to reassign their respective ambassadors to resume functions, according to a diplomatic source.
In another development, Simarak Na Nakhon Phanom, the mother of a detained Thai national Sivarak Chutipong would visit Cambodia today to listen to Cambodian court's ruling on the spy charge due on Tuesday.
Sivarak was arrested on November 12 for the charge of stealing Thaksin's flight information and passed it to a Thai diplomat who was later expelled from Cambodia.
Cambodia's first war crimes trial marred by flaws
People arrive for the trial of Comrade Duch, head of the Khmer Rouge prison where 15,000 were slain. About 4,500 people attended watched the proceedings at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, as the war crimes tribunal is officially known. (Mak Remissa / European Pressphoto Agency / November 27, 2009)
The trial of Khmer Rouge prison commander Comrade Duch underscores the difficulties of such an endeavor in a country with a reputation for corruption and a compromised judiciary.
By Brendan Brady
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Phnom Penh, Cambodia - The scene at the untidy conclusion of Cambodia's first war crimes trial was telling: a French defense lawyer with his face buried in his hands.
The tribunal promised a more inclusive approach than its counterparts at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Instead, the trial closed in disarray late last month after an eleventh-hour disagreement between the Cambodian and foreign defense counsels, offering a stark reminder of the difficulties in carrying out international standards of justice in a country with a reputation for corruption and a deeply compromised legal system.
Kang Kek Ieu, referred to as Kaing Guek Eav in tribunal filings, but better known by his revolutionary alias, Comrade Duch, ran the infamous prison where 15,000 supposed enemies of the revolution were tortured before being executed in the nearby "killing fields."
Despite his seeming enthusiasm for the job at the notorious S-21 prison, Duch argued that he and his family would have been killed had he not carried out his superiors' orders.
For nine months, French lawyer Francois Roux crafted a defense strategy of admission and apology that implied the team would seek a lenient sentence. But in the trial's final moments, Duch and his Cambodian lawyer, Kar Savuth, broke with this posture, disputing the legitimacy of the court and calling for Duch's immediate release.
Roux's head-in-hands reaction underlined the rifts in this complex tribunal, a tenuous coalition of domestic and international judges, lawyers and administrators.
Speaking to journalists, Roux even hinted that his colleague's move was motivated by political pressure. Many members of the current government were Khmer Rouge cadres and remain opposed to the tribunal, which is trying the architects of the group's fanatical rule in the late 1970s, during which an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians were slain or died from overwork or starvation.
Over the last two years, claims of governmental interference and kickbacks have underscored the disadvantages of holding the tribunal in Cambodia.
The difficult negotiations to bring former Khmer Rouge leaders to justice started in 1997. By 2003, then-U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said the extreme politicization of Cambodia's judiciary required that the tribunal be held outside the Cambodian system.
But after long negotiations, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia was developed as a locally housed tribunal running largely under local laws, with the United Nations as a minor partner.
"No one in the U.N. or elsewhere will ever copy the Cambodian model," said Brad Adams, Asia head of Human Rights Watch. "It's the lowest standard the United Nations has been willing to go."
The most detrimental compromise in the tribunal's composition, Adams said, was a requirement that the prosecution and investigating judges seek approval from the Cambodian side of the court to conduct research, summon testimony and expand the docket.
"The Cambodian side has interpreted it as the international side shouldn't do anything without their permission," he said.
Adams said the Special Court for Sierra Leone, set up in 2002 to address war crimes committed during the country's civil war, has been more effective because the U.N. holds a majority on the judicial panel and has independent powers of investigation.
The U.N.'s current main body for prosecuting war criminals, the International Criminal Court, was established in 2002 in part to provide a permanent tribunal that is independent and financially secure.
Ex-Khmer Rouge leaders, however, don't fall under the court's jurisdiction because it can investigate only crimes committed after its founding.
"The hope with establishing the ICC was that it would obviate the need for ad hoc courts," said Beth Van Schaack, a law professor at Santa Clara University who attended the hearings. "They're expensive, time-consuming and require negotiations with governments."
But many hoped the tribunal would promote reconciliation and healing.
Had the hearings been held abroad, Van Schaack said, the 4,500 Cambodians who attended in the last week would have had to watch it on television or not followed it all.
The trial of the other four, more senior, Khmer Rouge leaders in detention is not expected to start until 2011. They are believed to be the masterminds of the vision to forge an agrarian utopia by abolishing religion, money and schools and forcing most of the population onto collective farms.
Prosecutors have doubted the sincerity of Duch's cooperation and have asked for a 40-year prison sentence. The judges are expected to deliver a ruling in March. The maximum penalty is life imprisonment.
"No one is happy about his request to be freed; in fact, most people want him killed," said Chum Mey, one of only a few people to survive Duch's prison, and now a civil party participant in the trial.
But despite the bitter insult of Duch's about-face, Chum said, the anger that once consumed him from memories of being horse-whipped and given electrical shocks has been released by his contact with the tribunal.
"After coming here, I feel very relieved to be able to see this process," he said. "Until they come to the tribunal to see it themselves, I think the pain for many Cambodians will never go away."
CLV speed up border demarcation
By Ky Soklim
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Click here to listen to the audio report in Khmer
While the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand has not been resolved yet, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam (CLV or Indochinese Federation) are speeding up their border demarcation.
Cambodia and Vietnam are openly declaring one more time that they will complete their land border demarcation before the end of 2012. This is the common agreement declared by foreign ministers from both countries yesterday, during the signing of notes from the joint Cambodia-Viet committee.
Var Kim Hong, the government official in charge of border affairs who was also present during yesterday’s meeting, said on Saturday 05 December that, the planting of border posts is not an easy task, however, both countries have agreed to complete the installation of border posts before the end 2012.
Cambodia and Vietnam share 1,270 km of common border. Up to now, 140 out of 314 border posts have been planted.
Regarding the land border with Vietnam, at the end of October, opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a number of villagers uprooted stakes for a border post in Svay Rieng province because they charge that these posts were planted on top of rice fields belonging to Cambodian farmers. Following this uprooting case, the Cambodian National Assembly lifted Sam Rainsy’s immunity last week to make way for the court to investigate this uprooting case.
Regarding the border with Laos, the PMs from both countries agreed two weeks ago, during the Lao PM’s visit to Cambodia, that both countries will complete 100% of its border delimitation prior to concluding a border agreement between themselves. Cambodia and Thailand have already agreed to plant 88% of their border posts, i.e. only 12% remains to be completed.
Var Kim Hong said that the common border between Laos and Cambodia is 540-km long, and up to now, the two countries have planted 124 border posts out of a total of 145.
While CLV are speeding up the border delimitation process, the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand is still unresolved. Cambodia and Thailand share 805-km of common border. Seventy three of the border posts were installed during the French protectorate over Cambodia, however, as of now, only 40 of these border posts can be found.
High blood pressure: Former commy comrade catches Capitalist disease?
Chea Xim taken to Singapore for urgent medical care
DAP-news
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Loak Hour, Chea Xim’s deputy cabinet chief, told DAP-news on 06 December 2009 that Chea Xim will travel to Singapore for emergency medical checkup.
Report from the Phnom Penh international airport indicated that Chea Xim will leave today to Singapore for medical checkup at 11AM due to high blood pressure.
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What ? Dose he not trust Cambodian doctors at the Camelshit Hospital
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Anonymous said...
Dear Mr Chea,
As you look upon health with concern, may you see the futility of your material gain. Although you may have amassed a sizable fortune and security for yourself and you family. Your legacy will be written throughout the ages. As Cambodia progresses, which all things must in order to survive. Will history speak of you and your party favorably? I believe a man in your position can understand the the role he plays in shaping the destiny of a nation, and not just the temporary gains that one amasses.
Considering the current course that Cambodia is heading, can we honestly believe there is any hope for the common Cambodian man/ woman through you or your party? Or should we place our hopes in the departure you and party from this earth to bring about change. Unfortunately I fear that due to much complacency, future generations will continue along the model set forth by your party. Please this assertion wrong.
With regards
Concerned for the Future.
Human Rights: War of words between the government and NGOs
Civil society tends to criticize human rights issues in Cambodia, in particular the forced evictions (such as the one in Dey Krahorm shown on Licadho's photos)By Leang Delux
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
The Cambodian government and NGOs could never see eyes to eyes when it comes to human rights issues in Cambodia. Criticisms on the lack of respect for human rights led to sporadic violent angry outburst by Hun Xen. This week again, during the UN human rights meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, the topic turned into a fighting forum between the Phnom Penh regime and civil society organizations.
Cambodians demonstrate in Geneva
By Moeung Tum and Hassan
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
More than 100 Cambodians from the US and a number of European countries met to demonstrate on 04 December in front of the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland. The demonstrators demanded for the world to help provide true respect of human rights in Cambodia.
RFA reporter Hassan was on hand at the demonstration and he is reporting about the demonstration by these Cambodians on 04 December 2009.
Hassan: There were more than 100 Cambodians from near and far, some from the USA, such as Georgia, Minnesota and California. There were Cambodians from France, such as Lyon and Paris, and those from Switzerland, such as Zurich and Geneva. There are monks also, such as the abbot of the Zurich pagoda, the abbot of the Chevranche pagoda in France, and the abbot of the Lyon pagoda also came. Based on what I asked all of them, they are meeting to express their opinion that, currently, freedom rights does not exist equally for all Cambodians. This is why they came to express their opinion and it also coincides with the UN Human Rights Universal Period Review (UN UPR) meeting where the Cambodian government was invited to clarify about human rights issues. This is the 6th UN UPR, and the session was held between Tuesday 01 to Thursday 03 December.
French human rights officials also came to encourage the demonstrators.
The demonstrators held posters, they recited nationalist poems and they expressed their opinions under the intense cold weather.
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By Moeung Tum and Hassan
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
More than 100 Cambodians from the US and a number of European countries met to demonstrate on 04 December in front of the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland. The demonstrators demanded for the world to help provide true respect of human rights in Cambodia.
RFA reporter Hassan was on hand at the demonstration and he is reporting about the demonstration by these Cambodians on 04 December 2009.
Hassan: There were more than 100 Cambodians from near and far, some from the USA, such as Georgia, Minnesota and California. There were Cambodians from France, such as Lyon and Paris, and those from Switzerland, such as Zurich and Geneva. There are monks also, such as the abbot of the Zurich pagoda, the abbot of the Chevranche pagoda in France, and the abbot of the Lyon pagoda also came. Based on what I asked all of them, they are meeting to express their opinion that, currently, freedom rights does not exist equally for all Cambodians. This is why they came to express their opinion and it also coincides with the UN Human Rights Universal Period Review (UN UPR) meeting where the Cambodian government was invited to clarify about human rights issues. This is the 6th UN UPR, and the session was held between Tuesday 01 to Thursday 03 December.
French human rights officials also came to encourage the demonstrators.
The demonstrators held posters, they recited nationalist poems and they expressed their opinions under the intense cold weather.
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So, what are we going to do from here? most of the report by KI and by others are good for us to react and what we did mostly is to debate as to who's right or wrong or citing historical evidence data and cursing the current and previous leaders and Ah Youn Katop! what we need to do collectively, especially the opposition i.e. Sam Raingsy or Mu Soc Hua and other MP's should consult with their counterparts or experts in the West to find what measure that can be taken against Puok Ah Kbot Cheat that give away our land to Vietnam? am I missing any point or we just sit here and criticize and protest all year round year after year.....?????? it is more than obvious that the current leaders including Sihanouk trade/sold our land in order to keep power. enough analysis let's concentrate on what need to be done from here onward?
ឱ!កម្ពុជា (បទកាកគតិ)
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