By Ratha Visal
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Hun Seng Ny, Hun Sen’s younger sister, issued her initial reactions on Tuesday 02 October 2007, to reject the report which claims that she is behind the middlemen who are forcing villagers to provide their thumbprints to sell their lands. Hun Seng Ny said that this report affects her honor and dignity, as well as those of her family.
Hun Seng Ny’s reaction came after ethnic minority people living in Kam village, La’ak commune, Ratanakiri province, claimed that Kdok Reuy, the police inspector of O’Chum district, and An Long, a former soldier in the province, were leading an effort to buy 400-hectare of lands. The villagers accused the pair of threatening them, saying that the land is destined for the development to be made by Hun Seng Ny. The villagers said that the name of Hun Sen’s sister instills fear in them.
Hun Seng Ny said: “Buying lands by having someone threatening and using the privilege and the power, I did not do that. The population must understand this clearly, in the future, don’t let someone uses the name of a high-ranking official, the family name of a high-ranking person to threat people, to discourage them and (force them) sell their land. I want to know, I told the authority to find out this guy [KI-Media note: Hun Seng Ny uses “ah neung,” a derogatory designation] and arrest him. It’s difficult with our family name, when Older Brother (Hun) Sen knows about this, he never believes us. I told him already, I never ask anyone to buy land (for me).”
Kdok Reuy, the accused O’Chum police inspector, confirmed that he led a land purchase deal so that he can resell these lands back, but that he never used the name of Hun Seng Ny.
Kdok Reuy said: “I am only a real estate agent, there are 70 families who provided thumbprints agreeing to it, there is no sale or purchase yet. The accusation that I was ordered by her (Hun Sen Ny), I don’t even know her.”
227 ethnic minority people from Kam village who are representing a total of 90 families provided thumprints to their protest letter seeking protection to end the purchase of community lands which consist of farmlands, forests, and mining areas.
Khun Sanoy, the Kam village chief, said: “At first, they (the land buyers?) told us that the lands belonged to their ancestors, and they don’t fear anyone because the name of new boss is Hun Sen Ny.”
Pen Bonnar, the investigator for the Adhoc organization in Ratanakiri province, said that there is no report which claims the involvement of Hun Seng Ny in this sordid affair. Nevertheless, he said that he will investigate this case anyway.
Pen Bonnar said: “Since ever, we see these lower level officials creating these problems by using the names of others, they even use the name of Samdach Heng Samrin, Samdech Chea Sim, etc…”
Adhoc reports indicated that there are many cases of land disputes with ethnic minority people, starting since 2005, and that the large majority of these land disputes involve local officials and powerful government officials.
Hun Seng Ny’s reaction came after ethnic minority people living in Kam village, La’ak commune, Ratanakiri province, claimed that Kdok Reuy, the police inspector of O’Chum district, and An Long, a former soldier in the province, were leading an effort to buy 400-hectare of lands. The villagers accused the pair of threatening them, saying that the land is destined for the development to be made by Hun Seng Ny. The villagers said that the name of Hun Sen’s sister instills fear in them.
Hun Seng Ny said: “Buying lands by having someone threatening and using the privilege and the power, I did not do that. The population must understand this clearly, in the future, don’t let someone uses the name of a high-ranking official, the family name of a high-ranking person to threat people, to discourage them and (force them) sell their land. I want to know, I told the authority to find out this guy [KI-Media note: Hun Seng Ny uses “ah neung,” a derogatory designation] and arrest him. It’s difficult with our family name, when Older Brother (Hun) Sen knows about this, he never believes us. I told him already, I never ask anyone to buy land (for me).”
Kdok Reuy, the accused O’Chum police inspector, confirmed that he led a land purchase deal so that he can resell these lands back, but that he never used the name of Hun Seng Ny.
Kdok Reuy said: “I am only a real estate agent, there are 70 families who provided thumbprints agreeing to it, there is no sale or purchase yet. The accusation that I was ordered by her (Hun Sen Ny), I don’t even know her.”
227 ethnic minority people from Kam village who are representing a total of 90 families provided thumprints to their protest letter seeking protection to end the purchase of community lands which consist of farmlands, forests, and mining areas.
Khun Sanoy, the Kam village chief, said: “At first, they (the land buyers?) told us that the lands belonged to their ancestors, and they don’t fear anyone because the name of new boss is Hun Sen Ny.”
Pen Bonnar, the investigator for the Adhoc organization in Ratanakiri province, said that there is no report which claims the involvement of Hun Seng Ny in this sordid affair. Nevertheless, he said that he will investigate this case anyway.
Pen Bonnar said: “Since ever, we see these lower level officials creating these problems by using the names of others, they even use the name of Samdach Heng Samrin, Samdech Chea Sim, etc…”
Adhoc reports indicated that there are many cases of land disputes with ethnic minority people, starting since 2005, and that the large majority of these land disputes involve local officials and powerful government officials.
4 comments:
Sounds like another case perpetrated by Ah Khmer-Yuon troublemaker.
Mate calm down. It is true I knew all about it. The PM's sister did the crime and she should go to jail. We save the nation from one corrupt individual.
And so, our Khmer Society is like a Castaway Society, isn't it? While the ingroup (government elite cronies) live well: 3 meals a day, fancy houses & cars, partying lifestyles of rich & fame, and outgroup (Khmer citizens)live under $0.45 per day a meal a day, homeless, ill/sick, desperate in all BASIC NEEDS. There no support from any of the National or Local government in Cambodia.
WE ARE THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE IN THE EYES OF THE GOVERNMENTS. The young and the old is dying one by one because Khmers are the Castaway people.
Kone Khmer
William Penn
What's a Hollywood freak?
In real life No PM rides cyclo, sleep in park, ..., or wear old cloth.
Snap out of it, you fool.
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