Original report from Phnom Penh
10/07/2007
Former king Norodom Sihanouk has written a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen asking him to intervene in the case of a defrocked, disappeared monk.
Rights groups say the monk, Tim Sokhorn, was forcibly deported to Vietnam, and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Cambodia's Buddhist leadership defrocked Tim Sokhorn for allegedly harboring Khmer Kampuchea Krom monks at his Takeo province pagoda and stirring unrest between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Thach Setha, director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association, has also written the prime minister asking for his intervention in the case.
Hun Sen adviser Om Yentieng declined to comment Tuesday.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith could not be reached for comment Tuesday but has said in the past the defrocked monk had affairs with women, a charge Khmer Krom groups deny.
Rights workers say Tim Sokhorn was last seen being shoved into a car, while the Minsiter of Interior says he was sent to Vietnam at his request.
Rights groups say the monk, Tim Sokhorn, was forcibly deported to Vietnam, and his whereabouts remain unknown.
Cambodia's Buddhist leadership defrocked Tim Sokhorn for allegedly harboring Khmer Kampuchea Krom monks at his Takeo province pagoda and stirring unrest between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Thach Setha, director of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association, has also written the prime minister asking for his intervention in the case.
Hun Sen adviser Om Yentieng declined to comment Tuesday.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith could not be reached for comment Tuesday but has said in the past the defrocked monk had affairs with women, a charge Khmer Krom groups deny.
Rights workers say Tim Sokhorn was last seen being shoved into a car, while the Minsiter of Interior says he was sent to Vietnam at his request.
1 comment:
A tep vong and non nget were stopit monks have been worked for the comminist party because they want to destroy the freedom and democratic of people of the world
especially freedom and democratic of cambodia people.A Tep vong want to help A HUN SEN murder more camodia people.....such as chief Abbot Tim sachorn more khmer monks
and cambodian people....
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