03 August 2007By Moeung Tum
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) officially asked the Vietnamese government to release Monk Tim Sakhorn and hand him back to Cambodia.
CCHR sent a letter dated 03 August to the Vietnamese ambassador in Cambodia, indicating that the arrest of Monk Tim Sakhorn in Cambodia by the Vietnamese authority is a serious violation of the rights of the former abbot of the Phnom Den North pagoda located in Takeo province, and that this act is also a violation on the Cambodian territory, as well as a violation on the Cambodian legal system.
On Thursday, the Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia informed CCHR that Monk Tim Sakhorn is currently being temporarily jailed in Vietnam where he is charged with illegal entry into Vietnam, and creating unrest by undermining the friendship between Cambodia and Vietnam. On 30 June 2007, the Cambodian authority defrocked Monk Tim Sakhorn by force and sent him back to Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) while claiming that the monk asked to return back to live in his native village.
CCHR considers this as an irregularity perpetrated against Monk Tim Sakhorn, and that this constitutes an additional violation of the rights of the monk. In this case, the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must be held responsible, and that only when the family of Monk Tim Sakhorn and representatives of human rights protection organizations can meet him directly, then Vietnam indeed showed that it protects the monk’s safety and that no additional violations have been imposed on him.
CCHR sent a letter dated 03 August to the Vietnamese ambassador in Cambodia, indicating that the arrest of Monk Tim Sakhorn in Cambodia by the Vietnamese authority is a serious violation of the rights of the former abbot of the Phnom Den North pagoda located in Takeo province, and that this act is also a violation on the Cambodian territory, as well as a violation on the Cambodian legal system.
On Thursday, the Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia informed CCHR that Monk Tim Sakhorn is currently being temporarily jailed in Vietnam where he is charged with illegal entry into Vietnam, and creating unrest by undermining the friendship between Cambodia and Vietnam. On 30 June 2007, the Cambodian authority defrocked Monk Tim Sakhorn by force and sent him back to Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam) while claiming that the monk asked to return back to live in his native village.
CCHR considers this as an irregularity perpetrated against Monk Tim Sakhorn, and that this constitutes an additional violation of the rights of the monk. In this case, the government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam must be held responsible, and that only when the family of Monk Tim Sakhorn and representatives of human rights protection organizations can meet him directly, then Vietnam indeed showed that it protects the monk’s safety and that no additional violations have been imposed on him.
14 comments:
We are all Cambodian in Cambodia and abroad ,supporting Human Rights(CCHR)comment to Vietnam because Vietnam government is invading Cambodian people right.
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i'm canadian cambodian strongly support the (cchr)comment .
I don't why it took so long for the CCHR to response? All opposition parties in Cambodia should pressure Vietnam to handover Monk Tim Sakhorn immediately. Vietnam had no rights to enter Cambodia territory and arrested its citizens, for whatever reasons.
From Khmer Community in New Zealand.
The Vietcong need to return Tim Sakhorn back to Cambodia as soon as possible! The act of kidnapping Cambodian citizen to put in the Vietcong jail is a terrorist act and it is unacceptable under Cambodian constitution and it is unacceptable in the eye of international community and the terrorist act of the Vietcong must be condemned to the fullest!
THIS IS ANOTHER LEBANON WHERE SYRIA'S INFLUENCE ON LEBANON'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS BUT THE WORLD KNOW ABOUT IT.
WITH VIETNAM'S INTERFERENCE ON CAMBODIA IS LONG OVERDUE AND THE WEST HARDLY KNOW ABOUT IT.
THIS IS THE TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE THAT VIETNAM IS AGREEING TO BORDERS DEMARCATION BETWEEN CAMBODIA AND VIETNAM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME VIETNAM CONTINUES TO CROSS THE BORDERS INTO CAMBODIA TO ARREST CAMBODIAN CITIZENS.
THIS IS CLEARLY THE RULE OF LAW ONLY WORKS IN YUONS(VIETNAMESE)'S FAVOUR, AND NOT OTHERWISE. AND ALL RULES ARE SUBJECTED TO CHANGE FOR VIETNAM'S INTERESTS---THE FRENDSHIP AND GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH NEIGHBOURS THAT VIETNAM IS SEEKING IS WHEN ALL THINGS AND MATTERS ARE IN VIET(YUONS)' CONTROL AND YUONS ARE THE MASTERS OF KHMER AND LAO (SO FAR!!!)
fucking vc goverment and the fucking royal bullshit goverment need to fucking learn some lesson!!now the khmerkrom federation and the khmerkrom community is not as weak as they thing anymore. Ah vc goverment and the hun sen goverment they don't know what the fuck they doing, ah youn use the same old trick all the time.Thank you to the cambodian human right center in phnomphenh and the khmerkrom community around the world for rise this concern about abbot tim sokhorn. vietnam and cambodian goverment need to respect human right in order to live in peace, if there is no peace there will be alway truggle and resistance against any oppressive regime!!!!!!!
siem riep cambodia
Khmer people stand up for your rights and freedom and stop killing each other. Unity is the key to a success. What out eah others and support your community. Long live to Khmer people and go to hell for the VC those who are betraying their own people!!!
Fucking A Hunsen and bastard VC. Go to hell with both of them. Leave the Khmer a lone!!!
Wake up a Hunsen and your monstrous pupet VC!
What a shame of Khmer government! what kind of government is if it can not protect its own citizens.
CCHR, you need to send this case of file to the UN. I know you are doing a great job for KHMER nation. Please speak out a little more louder. Soon or later, this VC puppet government will be scare with the world punishment. Youn should not have interferred with KHMER affair. ALL Khmer speak up!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Cambodian people can see that this government is control by vc.This country has no law nor constitution.vc can do what ever they can.vc learn that in the late 18th century,Khmer people stood up and fought back against vc occupation and chase them back to their home land.But this time Hun sen proud to burn their guns and ammunition for stupid peace and he let vc living
in Cambodia have their gun.It's time to kick Hun Sen out of Cambodia.
Defrock Tep Vong,impeach Hun Sen and his whole government.
Vietnam has violated international sovereignty law by outright arresting Monk Tim Sokhorn in Cambodia. Not only do we need opposition party, but more outside international NGO groups to pressure Vietnam. If one international news station can pick up on the story, maybe the BBC, it would help pressure Vietnam to release him.
from Khmer in the U.S.
You all are barking at the wrong tree. i say; defrocking TEP VONG and send him to Hanoi. Problem solved.He is the fake monk.He is yuon.
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