Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Sam Rainsy promises demonstration against the moving of grenade victims monument

Cambodian Buddhist monks chant as they pray in front of some displaying portrait photos of Cambodian victims of a deadly grenade attack of March 30, 1997, at a memorial stupa in the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, March 30, 2007. Cambodian opposition party supporters and Buddhist monks chanted prayer at a ceremony remembering Friday the victims of a deadly grenade attack on peaceful demonstration 10 years ago. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said on Monday that he will lead a demonstration if the municipality of Phnom Penh will move the monument commemorating the 30 March 1997 grenade attack from in front of the National Assembly. Sam Rainsy said that this monument holds a great significance for people who come here to commemorate (the victims of the attack), therefore, it cannot be moved out. Dr. Pung Chiv Kek, Licadho human rights group President, told The Cambodia Daily that the moving of this monument is a serious affront to the families of the victims of the grenade attack. However, Pa Socheatvong, deputy-governor of Phnom Penh, said that this monument will not be moved immediately, even though it is removed from the garden development plan already. Pa Socheatvong said that a compromise must be reached with Sam Rainsy and the families of the victims first before the city can move it out of the present location.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh yes, the damned monument can
be moved and should be moved to
Canada and out of srok Khmer. It
caused too much suffering here.

Anonymous said...

If any fool dare to move the monument commemorating the 30 March 1997 grenade attack from it original location and the fucken Vietcong monument will be destroyed and toppled! There is more urine, feces, and trashes around the fucken Vietcong monument and why are these fucken Vietcong slaves don't come up with any fucken development plan to clean the shitty place up?
Why?! Why?! Why?!

The monument commemorating the 30 March 1997 grenade attack must remain in the same location no matter what! No Vietcong slave bastards and bitches are going to erase from Cambodian people memory! If Cambodian people allow these fucken Vietcong slave bastards and bitches to move the monument commemorating the 30 March 1997 grenade attack from the original location and soon in the near future these same fucken Vietcong slave bastards and bitches will move Toul Sleng from its original location too!!!!

For this reason, all the fucken Vietcong monument must be destroyed and toppled the same way!

Don't all of you fucken Vietcong slaves dare!! There are many Vietcong monuments in the provinces too and it will be targeted it! Fuck all the fucken Vietcong monuments!

Anonymous said...

Wrong, we don't need any violent
monument in our city. It must be
demolished to make room for more
friendly gifts from our neighbors.

If you need souvernir, just take
plenty of pictures for your own
photo album. We don't want to teach
our children how to blow up each
other. Instead, we should teach
our children how to strengthen
peace in the region among our
neighbors.

Anonymous said...

PS: Talking about blowing things
up, checkout what the former
Laotian general is doing in the
US. Here's a breaking news for ya:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6721313.stm

Anonymous said...

Let the souls of our fellow Cambodians rest in peace wherever they are. They should not be disturbed. The living have a duty to find justice for them if they have suffered from injustices.

LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong

Anonymous said...

Noope, the souls of those people
belong in Canada with Ah Sam Nazi,
since he's the one who cut their
lifes short.