KKF's Thach Ngoc Thach (L) and the two Hochimonks: Non Nget (C) and Tep Vong (R)Thach Ngoc Thach condemns the defrocking of a Khmer Krom monk
01 July 2007
By San Suwith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Overseas Khmer Krom people have condemned that the defrocking by force of a Khmer Kampuchea Krom monk who is the abbot of Phnom Den North pagoda, located in Takeo province. Khmer Krom people consider this action as a violation perpetrated by Cambodian highest-ranking monks to please Vietnam which is oppressing and eliminating the religious freedom of Khmer Kampuchea Krom people.
Thach Ngoc Thach, President of the Khmer Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) in the world, based in the USA, said that he regrets seeing this event. He also accused the two Cambodian Buddhist patriarchs (Patriarch Non Nget and Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong) of collusion with the Vietnamese government.
Thach Ngoc Thach said: “In the name of Khmer Krom people, as well as in the name of the entire KKF, we regret seeing this action taken the two patriarchs: Non Nget and Tep Vong, who issued this letter dated 16 June, and we regret very much to see the distribution in Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) of the letter ordering defrocking of Monk [Tim] Sakhorn before its publication in Cambodia. This shows the collusion between the two patriarchs and the Vietnamese government which is working behind the scene to defrock monk Tim Sakhorn. Therefore, on this occasion, I am calling on the king and on prime minister Hun Sen to review this problem again, because this issue is very regrettable for all Khmer Krom people who are living in Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) and in Cambodia, as well as for all Cambodian people living around the world.”
The KKF has also brought its complaints about the violation of religious freedom of Khmer Krom monks in Cambodia and in South Vietnam (Kampuchea Krom) to the UN and other human rights organizations, as well as to the US Department of Faith and Religion, and the US State Department.
Thach Ngoc Thach added: “We will work with the UN, in particular with the UN Special Rapporteur on Religious affairs, as well as with human rights organizations in Geneva and The Hague (Netherland), and the UN in New York, this coming Monday. We will contact the Department of Religion and Faith of US government, and the US State Department about this situation, in order to inform them about this highly unfair action taken against Khmer Krom monks who fled Kampuchea Krom (Sotuh Vietnam) to come to Cambodia. But now, it turns out that Cambodia is continuously oppressing Khmer Krom monk. At first, it was the murder of Monk Ieng Sokthoeun, and the cause of the murder cannot be found, and then there was the case of the president of the Khmer Krom association branch in Takeo who had to flee Cambodia and take refuge in Thailand.”
Thach Ngoc Thach, President of the Khmer Kampuchea-Krom Federation (KKF) in the world, based in the USA, said that he regrets seeing this event. He also accused the two Cambodian Buddhist patriarchs (Patriarch Non Nget and Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong) of collusion with the Vietnamese government.
Thach Ngoc Thach said: “In the name of Khmer Krom people, as well as in the name of the entire KKF, we regret seeing this action taken the two patriarchs: Non Nget and Tep Vong, who issued this letter dated 16 June, and we regret very much to see the distribution in Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) of the letter ordering defrocking of Monk [Tim] Sakhorn before its publication in Cambodia. This shows the collusion between the two patriarchs and the Vietnamese government which is working behind the scene to defrock monk Tim Sakhorn. Therefore, on this occasion, I am calling on the king and on prime minister Hun Sen to review this problem again, because this issue is very regrettable for all Khmer Krom people who are living in Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) and in Cambodia, as well as for all Cambodian people living around the world.”
The KKF has also brought its complaints about the violation of religious freedom of Khmer Krom monks in Cambodia and in South Vietnam (Kampuchea Krom) to the UN and other human rights organizations, as well as to the US Department of Faith and Religion, and the US State Department.
Thach Ngoc Thach added: “We will work with the UN, in particular with the UN Special Rapporteur on Religious affairs, as well as with human rights organizations in Geneva and The Hague (Netherland), and the UN in New York, this coming Monday. We will contact the Department of Religion and Faith of US government, and the US State Department about this situation, in order to inform them about this highly unfair action taken against Khmer Krom monks who fled Kampuchea Krom (Sotuh Vietnam) to come to Cambodia. But now, it turns out that Cambodia is continuously oppressing Khmer Krom monk. At first, it was the murder of Monk Ieng Sokthoeun, and the cause of the murder cannot be found, and then there was the case of the president of the Khmer Krom association branch in Takeo who had to flee Cambodia and take refuge in Thailand.”
10 comments:
In a country which is being ruled by a blind and with a bunch of idiots, even King and Monks have also to be all from idiot classes. They have all lacked of high moral and human mentality. This kind of society has proved that Cambodia is at the very low society comparable to an average sovereign Nation. Cambodia is now heading to a social disastrous momentum.
Thach Ngoc Thach, we are Cambodian and we so proud of you. Your gestures fit very well to be the leader. Unlike HUN SEN, always talking about killing, prison, torture, threatening etc. You'r very correct these two Head Monks are serving the interest of foreigner. ALL Khmers please give an applaude to Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach. I really need you to guide all Khmers. Bravo! to all KHMERS and KHMER KROMs.
I have a suggestion to all like-minded Khmer who are caring of the Khmer issues.
My suggestion is that we, as Kon Khmer from now, everytime these injust actions and basless actions done by the so called high moral standardnizers and officials, we Khmer will protest out with our opinion to ridicule their unreasoned and dull moral mentality for the public Khmer to understand who representing them.
WE Khmer are not ashame ourselves but we are ashame of these people who represent our religion without caring our humanity. We must expose them by sending letters to editors as many people as we can so that Cambodia see that we Khmer are watching.
Take time when major issues arise to write these letters send it to Koshantaphea, Cambodia Daily, Phnom Penh Post, Somleng Yuvachon etc.
This must have a public outcry. THese leaders do not understand care for their own people! They are not religious leaders, they are political pawns!
This is the same old game being played out by ah Yuons--making Khmers killing Khmers. Firt Ah Yuons using Khmer politicians go against Khmer politicians, and now ah Yuons have used a new tactic: making Khmer Monks fighting against Khmer monks,(mastermind by ah si-cha-keh [fakemonk] Tep Vong). When my Khmer people are going to wake up that is all a war by proxy and the really perpetrators are the ah Yuons (Vietcongs).
Ironically, Ah fakemonk Tep Vong is politically serving his Masters in Hanoi, at the same time accusing Khmer monks of involving in politics. Ah Si-Cha-Keh Tep was a high ranking official in the former Khmer Rouge, and he is now a monk because the Hanoi's CPP wants to take control of Khmer's religion. The Hanoi's CPP knows that Buddhism is everything to Khmer's livelihood. Take control of Khmer's religion is to entrap Khmer's life.
Koun Khmer-Krom muol roup.
Ah Tep Vong=CPP!100%%%%%%%%%%%%
Defrock him!!!!!!!!!!!!
dear, Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach
You are better off than all dumb
Som Arch in Cambodia.
Thanks for awesome job,that you have done to the monk Tim Sakhorn.
We are all cambodian PPL , we praying to lord Buddha please lord help you and lead to win with CPP's government to bring back monk Tim Sakhorn safe.
We are condemn the Hun Sen's governmet ,Tep Vong and Non Nget to step
down ,let the next generation who are brave , smart and knowledgeable to get these jobs. Hun Sen go back where you are belong.
Non Nget too old time to rest he is too old to take care that job,he not think straight
Tep Vong the parasite too old time to retire ,he not be able to focus and thinking right.
Please making the reform People more than sixty five years old for men let them
retire,women let them work until sixty two years old, all the People who are working
for government ,school, monks, school police ect. Because when they are too old and ignorance the country is messing up like right now.
Koun Khmer Anukbal
Our king has no saying in this?? What a dumb fag king!
8:01AM Our Khmer King is Ka Teiy Ning "GAY LORD NA" He can not do anything,because he still work under Ah Hun Sen Power."Hun Sen If you don't like my comment please Emial to Anh Na Ah Plue kwasscheatsrey@yahoo.com
The Vietcong is making a fool out of AH TEP VONG and AH HUN SEN!
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