Om Yentieng, senior adviser to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun SenHeng Reaksmey
VOA Khmer
Washington
07/03/2007
Cambodian government officials declined to comment Wednesday on the US State Department's annual human rights report—in which Cambodia's human rights record "remained poor"—claiming they had not seen a copy yet.
"I cannot make any comment," Om Yentieng, an adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen and the head of the government's human rights committee, told VOA.
"You get it much faster" than the government, which had not received a copy, he said.
The US embassy "never pays attention to the government" when it comes to issuing reports, Om Yentieng said.
The report, issued Tuesday, puts Cambodia in the same category as North Korea, China, Cuba and Afghanistan, pointing to extrajudicial killings by government agents and a lack of political will to enforce the rule of law.
Activists welcomed the report, saying human rights in the country still have a long way to go.
"This is due to a political problem," Kem Sokha, director of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, told VOA. "The democratic system is still weak; the National Assembly is still weak."
In other countries, "if the executive branch commits an offense, the National Assembly asks the person to explain and he or she will be dismissed," he said. But in Cambodia, "the Assembly has no right to dismiss the person when he or she commits an offense."
Chan Soveth an investigator for the rights group Ad Hoc, said the US report was accurate and showed that in Cambodia human rights abuse is still an important issue.
"I cannot make any comment," Om Yentieng, an adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen and the head of the government's human rights committee, told VOA.
"You get it much faster" than the government, which had not received a copy, he said.
The US embassy "never pays attention to the government" when it comes to issuing reports, Om Yentieng said.
The report, issued Tuesday, puts Cambodia in the same category as North Korea, China, Cuba and Afghanistan, pointing to extrajudicial killings by government agents and a lack of political will to enforce the rule of law.
Activists welcomed the report, saying human rights in the country still have a long way to go.
"This is due to a political problem," Kem Sokha, director of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights, told VOA. "The democratic system is still weak; the National Assembly is still weak."
In other countries, "if the executive branch commits an offense, the National Assembly asks the person to explain and he or she will be dismissed," he said. But in Cambodia, "the Assembly has no right to dismiss the person when he or she commits an offense."
Chan Soveth an investigator for the rights group Ad Hoc, said the US report was accurate and showed that in Cambodia human rights abuse is still an important issue.
8 comments:
What does the US human right report say about US holding suspect David Hicks in detention for more than years without charges? Nothing.
How hypocritical.
SiS
US is holding only David Hicks....
But in Srok Xmer under Hun Xen & Its CPP are holding not one David Hicks but thousand & Thousand ....
crazy government....never admit themselves doing things wrong....get lost
This is not about right or wrong
but fairness throughout worldwide.
If the US can hold Iraqi and
Afgan prisoners, so could the
Cambodia can hold Ah Khmer-Yuon
khmean srok prisoners.
This idiot dude name Phom Min Tieng
has never ever eeever excepted his wrongdoing at all, this moron always pointed fingers to someone else instead.
that yuon advisor is dying from aids. he don't know what he talking about. fuckin confuse.
what the fuck with US, I say you fucking youn dog, is suppressing my Cambodian, I will kick you to hell with those Hanoi-snake soon!
Om Yin Tieng's father is Khmer and mother is Yuan. Tieng has HIV positive?
So what are you so crazy about 12:49 AM? Sometime what you see is not the same as what you don't see. Calm down.
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