Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
09 August 2007
"Our government only sees money ... The rich and the powerful want more and more money. Greed makes people forget what's right and what's wrong." - Sam Rainsy, Opposition LeaderCambodian officials said Thursday they agree with a UN report criticizing the country for doing little to protect the land of indigenous groups in the northeast of the country.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said Wednesday the government needed to protect those groups and to preserve their heritage and culture.
The UN report was issued on International World Indigenous People's Day.
Land theft is a rising problem in Cambodia, where the poor are cheated out of land by powerful military and political leaders.
Cambodian People's Party lawmaker Cheam Yeap acknowledged the problem of land-grabbing in this part of the country and said the UN's report served as a reminder to the Cambodian government to make changes.
"The report is right, and it is a reminder for us to think about the effects on the minority people before we take any action," he said.
Governmental corruption and greed lead to the theft of land, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said.
"Our government only sees money," he said "The rich and the powerful want more and more money. Greed makes people forget what's right and what's wrong."
2 comments:
Hi all Khmer,
Please don´t forget:
1970-1975: Those People (KR= former KR and today´s KR)are fighting against imperialism and feudalism in Cambodia because this system was mad for them and 2 Mio. of Khmer was died. But now, where you are? You are new horrible arbitrary feudalism in Cambodia and worse than the old King`s time also Lon Nol. And what`s next?
AND THE OLD KING SAID " IS A GOOD GOVERNMENT ," BECAUSE HIS CHILDREN DO NOT NEED TO WORK!
tHEY ARE VAMPIRE, cpp + rOYAL
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