Khmer Krom people are demonstrating in Ottawa, Canada, on 12 March 2007. (Photo: Courtesy of RFA's listener)13 March 2007
By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Demonstrations have been successively held against the Vietnamese authority which is accused of oppressing Buddhist monks in Kampuchea Krom. Following the Washington DC demonstration, other demonstrations were held in Philadelphia and New Jersey in the US, another demonstration was also held in Australia.
On Monday, in Ottawa, Canada, about 200 monks and laic citizens held another such demonstration there.
In San Francisco, about 80 people including not only Khmer Krom monks, but also monks from other nationalities, held a demonstration also.
The demonstrations which were held in the US and Canada on Monday, were to protest against the action taken by the Vietnamese authority in jailing and defrocking 9 Khmer Krom monks, and preventing hundreds of other Khmer Krom monks from getting out of their pagoda to beg for alms.
In Ottawa, one of the participant in the demonstration said: “My name is Kim Tay Chrea, I’m from Preah Trapeang province (Kampuchea Krom), I am demonstrating to demand that the Vietnamese state release 9 monks from Khleang province…”
The San Francisco demonstration was led by Monk Thach Birong from California. He said: “The main goal for our gathering in front of the embassy is to raise 5 important points: (1) to demand that the [Vietnamese] government release monks who were defrocked, and also release three monks who disappeared from Preah Trapeang, as well as 3 other monks from Khleang province. They (monks who disappeared) are being jailed, but we don’t know where, they are being hidden and oppressed by the Vietnamese government. We are demanding that the Vietnamese government, in particular, the Vietnamese embassy in San Francisco, resolve this issue. (2) to demand that the Vietnamese government put an end to the violation of Buddhism rights in Kampuchea Krom…”
Demonstrators from the two countries warn that they will continue holding other demonstrations elsewhere if the Vietnamese authority is not putting an end to its oppression on Khmer Krom people.
On Monday, in Ottawa, Canada, about 200 monks and laic citizens held another such demonstration there.
In San Francisco, about 80 people including not only Khmer Krom monks, but also monks from other nationalities, held a demonstration also.
The demonstrations which were held in the US and Canada on Monday, were to protest against the action taken by the Vietnamese authority in jailing and defrocking 9 Khmer Krom monks, and preventing hundreds of other Khmer Krom monks from getting out of their pagoda to beg for alms.
In Ottawa, one of the participant in the demonstration said: “My name is Kim Tay Chrea, I’m from Preah Trapeang province (Kampuchea Krom), I am demonstrating to demand that the Vietnamese state release 9 monks from Khleang province…”
The San Francisco demonstration was led by Monk Thach Birong from California. He said: “The main goal for our gathering in front of the embassy is to raise 5 important points: (1) to demand that the [Vietnamese] government release monks who were defrocked, and also release three monks who disappeared from Preah Trapeang, as well as 3 other monks from Khleang province. They (monks who disappeared) are being jailed, but we don’t know where, they are being hidden and oppressed by the Vietnamese government. We are demanding that the Vietnamese government, in particular, the Vietnamese embassy in San Francisco, resolve this issue. (2) to demand that the Vietnamese government put an end to the violation of Buddhism rights in Kampuchea Krom…”
Demonstrators from the two countries warn that they will continue holding other demonstrations elsewhere if the Vietnamese authority is not putting an end to its oppression on Khmer Krom people.
6 comments:
This is a proof that Khmer Kampuchea Krom are united. YOU WILL BE BACK. watch out vietnam
Khmers every where are united.
Bati
The Viet could swallow the land of PREY NOKOR and changed its name to Ho Chi Minh city, but they can not change the land owner's heart "The Khmer Kampuchea Kroms".
Wherever the oppression took place there will be a revolution come up!.
South of Vietnam shoudl be free from Communist Hanoi. They should form their own new Nation.
I hope the new Nation'll be born in South, but I don't want Bin Laden to free Centro Vietnam (Champa). Why? They may carry only suicide bombs which I do not like it. I'm not racist agsint the Muslims but I think it is wrong to blow up themselves.
Something can be possible, and never say "NEVER". South has many ethnic groups, and many of them are not from Yuan Hanoi.
A new Nation, East Timor was just free from Indonesia, and the people in South must not lose HOPE.
This planet will last billion or more years, the winners and the losers are always around.
Remember NO Empire will last forever including the most powerful Nation on earth like the US. Look@ Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The most powerful American has all super weapons, super for most everythings still cannot fight against the mother nature such as Hurricane or Earthquake etc..
Thing could happen to us in every where without prejudice, and the scientists don't know all the answers either.
What I am saying is that since we are alive, then we must try to live to the fullest and do not live under the regime like Yuan Hanoi or Hun Sen the Yuan's puppet.
It'd berotten if we are not willing to stand up to free ourselves. Remember NO FREE LUNCH, Folks.
Yeah, and that is why you can't
contaminated religion with politic.
Get it? I mean there will not be
any political monk in East Asia.
Eh, Yuan 11:13 PM.
Who says so? Tep Vong is a Yuan's espionage.
South will become a new Nation.
Not today not now, but in the future.
Oh do you know now Chinese keep moving into North Vietnam. ~1.2 billions are too crowd, the Chinese are free to walk/swim/smuggle into everywhere around the world. They're crawling so fast into their neighoring countries such as Vietnam, a vassal state of China.
Vietcong will pay the price for what they have done to the Khmer Krom!
All the Vietcong double agents better get the fuck out Cambodia now!
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