CPP punishes three district governors in Siem Reap province (1)
The CPP removed three district governors in Siem Reap province last month: Mok Samphear, Chau Sen and Tes Chankiri, respectively governors of Sotr Nikum, Prasat Bakong and Puok districts, were removed from their position as a punishment for not being able to prevent the CPP from losing ground to the opposition SRP (see KI, 22 July 2007: "CPP provincial leaders reprimanded for poor election results"). At the April 2007 commune election, the CPP won 16 councillor seats from Funcinpec but lost 57 seats to the SRP, suffering a net loss of 41 seats. The SRP won 57 seats from the CPP and 35 seats from Funcinpec, making a total gain of 92 seats.
Apparently, from a political point of view, economic growth resulting from an increase in tourism (Angkor Wat temple is located in Siem Reap province) benefits more the opposition than the ruling party.
1.4 million non-CPP voters to be disenfranchised (2)
Realizing that they are losing ground to the opposition (as shown above for Siem Reap province), the ruling CPP is more and more heavily using the state apparatus (village chiefs, commune chiefs and commune clerks) to disenfranchise non-CPP voters through the ongoing voter list "cleaning" process. Tep Nitha, Secretary-General of the CPP-controlled National Election Committee (NEC) was quoted by pro-CPP Koh Santepheap newspaper (August 2 edition) as saying that up to 1.4 million names (mainly those of people identified by CPP-affiliated village chiefs as potential opponents to the CPP) would be deleted from the electoral rolls. Therefore, voter list "cleaning" is nothing less than political opponent "cleansing".
Read Koh Santepheap article in Khmer by clicking here.
See "cleaning" and "cleansing" techniques in English by clicking here.
Subtle forms of corruption in Cambodian NGOs (2)
In a July 31, 2007 statement, former employees of the embattled Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) elaborated on the subtle forms of corruption that prevailed in a Cambodian non governmental organization financially supported by international donors. From 20 to 30 percent of donor money was usually diverted through forged documents, forged signatures, forged bills and receipts, bills inflated associated with kickbacks from suppliers, withholding of a portion of employees' salaries (for example, some employees accepted to declare that they had received $500 a month whereas they had received in fact only $350), cuts in telephone allowances (for instance, a person who received $5 had to sign a $10 receipt), disbursements for activities that had never taken place, withholding of a portion of the daily allowances (for food, accommodation and travel cost) given to participants to seminars.
Read full text of the statement in Khmer by clicking here.
HRP refrains from criticizing CPP (2)
In exchange for the logistical, technical (and possibly financial assistance) provided by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) to the newly formed Human Rights Party (HRP), the latter has reportedly committed itself to refraining from criticizing the CCP-led government. Three issues have been pointed out by the CPP as particularly sensitive; they are all related to Vietnam: border delineation, illegal immigration, and Kampuchea Krom (Cambodian minority living in the southern part of Vietnam). Moreover, the CPP has promised HRP President Kem Sokha to protect him from lawsuits that his former colleagues at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) have filed against him for corruption, embezzlement and breach of trust (for a "breach of trust" charge, Prince Norodom Ranariddh has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the CPP-controlled Court).
To frighten Kem Sokha and to keep holding him hostage, the CPP ordered the Court to summon the HRP President on July 30, 2007. This information was released in the August 1 edition of the pro-CPP Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper. Neither the Court nor Kem Sokha has made any statement following the interrogation.
Read Rasmei Kampuchea article in Khmer by clicking here.
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The CPP removed three district governors in Siem Reap province last month: Mok Samphear, Chau Sen and Tes Chankiri, respectively governors of Sotr Nikum, Prasat Bakong and Puok districts, were removed from their position as a punishment for not being able to prevent the CPP from losing ground to the opposition SRP (see KI, 22 July 2007: "CPP provincial leaders reprimanded for poor election results"). At the April 2007 commune election, the CPP won 16 councillor seats from Funcinpec but lost 57 seats to the SRP, suffering a net loss of 41 seats. The SRP won 57 seats from the CPP and 35 seats from Funcinpec, making a total gain of 92 seats.
Apparently, from a political point of view, economic growth resulting from an increase in tourism (Angkor Wat temple is located in Siem Reap province) benefits more the opposition than the ruling party.
1.4 million non-CPP voters to be disenfranchised (2)
Realizing that they are losing ground to the opposition (as shown above for Siem Reap province), the ruling CPP is more and more heavily using the state apparatus (village chiefs, commune chiefs and commune clerks) to disenfranchise non-CPP voters through the ongoing voter list "cleaning" process. Tep Nitha, Secretary-General of the CPP-controlled National Election Committee (NEC) was quoted by pro-CPP Koh Santepheap newspaper (August 2 edition) as saying that up to 1.4 million names (mainly those of people identified by CPP-affiliated village chiefs as potential opponents to the CPP) would be deleted from the electoral rolls. Therefore, voter list "cleaning" is nothing less than political opponent "cleansing".
Read Koh Santepheap article in Khmer by clicking here.
See "cleaning" and "cleansing" techniques in English by clicking here.
Subtle forms of corruption in Cambodian NGOs (2)
In a July 31, 2007 statement, former employees of the embattled Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) elaborated on the subtle forms of corruption that prevailed in a Cambodian non governmental organization financially supported by international donors. From 20 to 30 percent of donor money was usually diverted through forged documents, forged signatures, forged bills and receipts, bills inflated associated with kickbacks from suppliers, withholding of a portion of employees' salaries (for example, some employees accepted to declare that they had received $500 a month whereas they had received in fact only $350), cuts in telephone allowances (for instance, a person who received $5 had to sign a $10 receipt), disbursements for activities that had never taken place, withholding of a portion of the daily allowances (for food, accommodation and travel cost) given to participants to seminars.
Read full text of the statement in Khmer by clicking here.
HRP refrains from criticizing CPP (2)
In exchange for the logistical, technical (and possibly financial assistance) provided by the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) to the newly formed Human Rights Party (HRP), the latter has reportedly committed itself to refraining from criticizing the CCP-led government. Three issues have been pointed out by the CPP as particularly sensitive; they are all related to Vietnam: border delineation, illegal immigration, and Kampuchea Krom (Cambodian minority living in the southern part of Vietnam). Moreover, the CPP has promised HRP President Kem Sokha to protect him from lawsuits that his former colleagues at the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) have filed against him for corruption, embezzlement and breach of trust (for a "breach of trust" charge, Prince Norodom Ranariddh has been sentenced to 18 months in prison by the CPP-controlled Court).
To frighten Kem Sokha and to keep holding him hostage, the CPP ordered the Court to summon the HRP President on July 30, 2007. This information was released in the August 1 edition of the pro-CPP Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper. Neither the Court nor Kem Sokha has made any statement following the interrogation.
Read Rasmei Kampuchea article in Khmer by clicking here.
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5 comments:
It is CPP's strategies to win opposition by:
- Punish those who cannot win SRP like this example
- Voter-list manipulation
- Intimidation
- Vote-buying
- Illegal Yeaknam immigrants
And other black tactics to overcome SRP regardless of humanity and transparency...
But CPP is aware that such fraudulent winning is cowardice and is not really winning...
Khem Sokha is absolutely tied in his neck by CPP
Why CPP can tie him? Because Khem Sokha is ambitious in power and money...
There are tricks, violation and humiliation that we cannot separate between Vietnam government and Hun Sen government...we can see the procedure is the same...They dare defrock, sentence and interrogation of Venerable Tim Sakhorn without referring the Buddhist disciplines, Cambodian national law and international law.
Hun Sen leadership and Yeaknam leadership is one...it is different only faces of the leader...but the dictatorship and Indochina Federation is one...Hun Sen is Yeaknam's hero who has helped to make Ho Chi Minh's dream become true...
This is not the accusation, not the allegation....if Hun Sen feel irritating with this, he has to prove us his independent leadership from the sleeve of his boast (Yeaknam).
KY
If we have evidence, the SRP shoule anounce to the public about Kem Sokha's party, HRP, which receive finance support from CPP.
Then people will judge him in 2008 general election.
KI is such as an unreliable source. Speaking for people my type (those who believe in karma), Sam Rainsy and the people who write those articles to attack innocent people such as Kem Sokha, will go to hell. If Sam Rainsy has that much time to care about what is going on with Kem Sokha, he should spend this time watch his misbehaved wife. By the way, why does Sam Rainsy care if CPP is connected with Vietnam? Wasn't his late mother Vietnamese? Aren't many of his party members partly Vietnamese? Some of them speak Vietnamese at home.
About the 2008 elections, we have to trust Cambodians that they will be able to judge Cambodian politicians. But it looks like a lot of them support Kem Sokha. Look at HRP convention. There were so many people. In fact, SRP convention wasn't even half of that. Did people already judge Sam Rainsy? I'm afraid so.
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