Original report from Phnom Penh
05/07/2007
A Khmer Kampuchea Krom advocacy group has denied allegations by a government spokesman and a program on state-run TV that a recently defrocked monk had affairs with women at his pagoda.
Tim Sakhorn, former chief monk of Phnom Den pagoda in Takeo province, was defrocked and ejected to Vietnam last week following accusations he was stirring unrest between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Rights workers said those rumors sounded suspiciously like a set-up and have said they believe the monk was abducted and handed over to Vietnam.
National television has been broadcasting a story with people claiming to know the monk saying he engaged in at least one affair with a woman. A woman appears on the program, with a voice over, claiming to have had a relationship with the monk, the Cambodia Daily reported.
An investigator for the rights group Adhoc, Chan Saveth, said the allegations and program seemed pre-arranged.
"It seems like it is a preparation because the woman is involved with [the monk's] relative and even went to stay at his relative's house for two to three days," he said.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Thursday the monk's business was the monk's business.
"He did nothing wrong. In the past, he had a woman," Khieu Kanharith said. "Wherever he went was his business."
The treatment of the Khmer Krom in Vietnam and Cambodia is a highly charged issue that has led to violence on several occasions in recent months.
Tim Sakhorn, former chief monk of Phnom Den pagoda in Takeo province, was defrocked and ejected to Vietnam last week following accusations he was stirring unrest between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Rights workers said those rumors sounded suspiciously like a set-up and have said they believe the monk was abducted and handed over to Vietnam.
National television has been broadcasting a story with people claiming to know the monk saying he engaged in at least one affair with a woman. A woman appears on the program, with a voice over, claiming to have had a relationship with the monk, the Cambodia Daily reported.
An investigator for the rights group Adhoc, Chan Saveth, said the allegations and program seemed pre-arranged.
"It seems like it is a preparation because the woman is involved with [the monk's] relative and even went to stay at his relative's house for two to three days," he said.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said Thursday the monk's business was the monk's business.
"He did nothing wrong. In the past, he had a woman," Khieu Kanharith said. "Wherever he went was his business."
The treatment of the Khmer Krom in Vietnam and Cambodia is a highly charged issue that has led to violence on several occasions in recent months.
5 comments:
What a BULLSHIT came out of CPP spoke person.LOL, no one believe them they kept making up accusation.
Yes, I cannot believe how stupid the Current Cambodia government is. They should ask their Boss, VC government, to re-educate them about how to make the accussion better.
The HochiMonks accused Ven. Tim Sakhorn with demining the relationship of VN and Cambodia. After the whole world spit of that accussion, now the monkey brain of CPP used another dirty trick.
Come on Cambodian, please stand up and show the world that Cambodian now cannot live under the stupid leaders like that....
Tep Vong didn't refer to the affair that is conveniently set up to justify or save the stupid Tep Vong. It's pathetic !
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Cambodia government have not its sovereignty?
Cambodia government is always Youn servant?
We are very ashamed of our government leaders.
Ah Hun Sen should stop these actions!!!
Today Youns do those actions in Cambodianand maybe in the future ah Hun Sen will be the object of Youn as the case of Monk Tim Sakhorn.
Ah Hun Sen should do as soon as possible in order that Cambodia government have its sovereignty!!!
Please Ah Hun Sen revise Cambodia History !!!
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Dear brothers and sisters , supreme patriarch TEP VONG & partriach NON NGNET . All their accusation are on their baseless ,what a shame of HUN SHIT 's government, what a liar ,why the Buddha told do not lie ,now it pile on their face ,showing to the public that they are worth of shit.
shall be stepping down for the best interest of Cambodian PPL ,peace full demonstration in Phnom Penh the best way to do that(do not for get the permit first)
We can't be tolerated by totalitarian person & Yuon slavery like what they did to monk Tith Sakhorn, brothers and sisters teach them some lesson or they will use the executing style like this again and again to us.
May Lord Buddhah save monk Tith Sakorn to return his pagoda safe
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