Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Hun Sen Warns of Bloodshed in Campaign Against Land Grabs [-We'll have to see how long this campaign will last]

Heng Reaksmey
VOA Khmer
Washington
05/03/2007


Prime Minister Hun Sen warned Monday that he will remove from power those who steal land from the poor, following a mandate handed to him over the weekend from his party's central committee.

The Cambodian People's Party asked Hun Sen to intervene in the growing problem of land grabbing at its annual meeting. In a speech at a management conference Monday, Hun Sen said he would wage war against the problem and warned of bloodshed for those who resisted.

“Don't let the blood flow [because] I don't want to see blood flow. But, if [the officials] are stubborn, blood must flow, especially when it involved flooded forestland," Hun Sen said.

Eng Chhay Eang, a legislator for the opposition party, supported Hun Sen’s commitment to combat the issues but said the government still failed to implement the law.

“Mr. Hun Sen has talked about the issue many times in the past, about stopping land grabbing and illegal logging, but they were not efficient. It was not implemented and the perpetrators were not afraid,” he said.

Cambodian Center for Human Rights' Director Kem Sokha said he did not want to see bloodshed. The issue should be resolved through the Cambodian legal system, he said.

"Land disputes occur all over Cambodia, and the majority of the cases involved high-ranking Cambodian officials with power,” he said.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

this yuon dog's words has no meaning except against the poor people. it is good at rhetoric and theory, no application, ah cho mrai.

khmer knong srok

Anonymous said...

Protesting; Commenting; can be effective in peacefull way.
Bati

Anonymous said...

Hey Hun Khvan Shit,you don't want to see the blood flow for land-grabbing,but Khmers want to see it for real. You fucking idiot just barking again and again for million times already and nothing had happened.

Anonymous said...

Didn't someone expect a land-grabbers coup d'Etat?

Let's see if the prime minister has the nerve to commit harakiri.

SiS

Anonymous said...

My DERA RESPECYED SAMDACH HUN SEN,
I remember you talked, talk... but problems of land be never solved, in 2004 you annouced like this too especially Land in Phnom Srouch occupied/grabed by GOLDEN LAND Co. backed by High Rank officials etc.. in Kampong Speu Kang Heang..(gobernor), Chief of Militant(Development Army)....
USELESS... Sir,
We do not believe you.......


Local Phnom Penhopis

Anonymous said...

KHMENG WAT KNONG SROK

AH HUN SEN = KBAL YOUN KHLOUN SAT' JET ONDAEROTHEY DOJ POUK COMMUNIST