Saturday, October 06, 2007

Khieu Sopheak is unable to refute Brad Adams' assertion on Cambodian jail conditions, but can only criticized the choice of his words

Ministry of Interior’s reaction to Human Rights Watch

Saturday, October 6, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The spokesman of the Ministry of Interior (MoI) issued a statement reacting against Brad Adams, the executive director of Human Rights Watch Asia who criticized the living condition of prisoners jailed in government institutions, of using rude words when he compared the living conditions of prisoners in Cambodian jail to be similar to the living conditions of dogs. The statement said that Brad Adam’s words are a severe scorn on prisoners and convicts, and that he did not use a language worthy of a human rights activist. The MoI statement considers Brad Adams view as that of a bias and revengeful person.

32 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why Mr. Brad Adams's words is bias and revenge? It shows that you have done serously wrong.

It is true of what he said. One day your boss, Yuon, will act the same way as your are practicing in Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

What I want to know is what Ah Chkout Brad Adam think our prison is lacking. Can someone help me out?

Anonymous said...

3:50 PM

I can help you out: you go stay in Prey Sar jail for a few weeks and come back to tell us how good the living condition there is. Fair enough?

Anonymous said...

A Cambodian ngo reporting on less than human conditions in prison: http://www.licadho.org/reports.php?topic=6

KI-Media published an article on latest report but can't find the web url back.

Anonymous said...

Dear Sir Brad Adams,Sorry to bother you.Sihanouk c'est un Fantôme Furtif.Il est intouchable,indécelable,insaisissable,indétectable.En plus ,il a plein droit de tous tuer.
La porte est ouverte,Justice!

Anonymous said...

Thank you for your advice, 3:52, but the question is this: Is the prisoners entitled to a better living condition than the law-abiding citizens who live below poverty level or begging on the street. Do you know what I mean?

Anonymous said...

westerners have a mindset of looking down at cambodians as an inferior race, almost subhuman. they do not hesitate to use words they would not use against each other. i just hope khmer people are beginning to understand how these people think of us and stop seeing them as gods.

Anonymous said...

6:30PM, it not fair--you know it. That's just an assumption. When one allow a society to have the basic Bill of Rights and education is entitled to everyone, then a society flourishes. Have you stopped seeing the Khmer citizens being oppressed by the elite Khmer?

Everyday Khmer is restraining from practicing his/her rights. Again, you know it's the fact. Am I being bias, or "looking down" on you?

KhmerMoi

Anonymous said...

3:50PM,

You, too, realized that Khmer officials are always in denial no matter what. The officials never take any criticism likely, when someone is stepping on their toes.

A Khmer citizen don't need to be in Jail to experience cruelty from the officials. Open your eyes and your sound mind, for instance the FORCED EVICTION. Isn't the CPP treated those people like a herd of cattle! Worse like a Dogs! The flood victims: where is the head of Red Cross -- Bunrany Hun Sen? There are numberous issues. You have to think for yourself.

KhmerMoi

Anonymous said...

I am agree with Mr. Brad Adam statement 100% what all folks expected ? Look at the way that prime minister one eyes speech in the public,is it knowledgeable person? Has the cruel words and ignorant thinking of prime minister ever used to it citizen,how about it prisoners?
Please face the truth for better correction of Cambodia systems.

Anonymous said...

Folks, this is just one of the many cases that the retarded westerner is short sited.

In every society, there are 4 class of people ranked as the following: rich, middle class, poor, and Prisoner (often this class is hidden because of small population).

Now if you were to make the living condition of the prisoner better the the poor, then, you will created chaos in our country. What happens is you'll invited our poor to seek a better living condition by committing crime. Perhaps, it is not so bad if we only have a hand full of poor people here, but that is not the case, 90% of our population is poor. And if just 1% of the poor seek crime as a mean to improve their living condition, we will be out of business, not to mention the victim of the crime. Do you know what I am talking about?

Anonymous said...

We can't provide to cambodians people enough food to live (outside the prison). Meaning most of the things they ate are not good for their health. If you go to prison in Cambodia,it's worse, your expectation is bad health in the future. The point of no return to rehabilitate. We can't compare to federal prison in Canada. A chance to study bachelor etc, and everything else, except that you're in a prison. Don't bother Khieu Sopheak, since he has lost his first wife (suicide because of him), he has lost all reasons. Cambodia is Cambodia, leaders kill monks and literated people to have prosperity. Seems that most the cambodians like that. Why We bother ourself? Because We want them free from Hun Sen (illierated) and Yuons. We are pity them. That's why we are shouting and crying from oversea.

Anonymous said...

8:41PM, i'm not following you man! I lost track of your classification system and your statistical data? It seen very intangible data. Elucidate please?

Anyone out there, a Sociologist?

Anonymous said...

8:41 Is it your country have a beautiful systems leading the country like your neighboring country yet? If you do not have it yet that what Brad Adams want your stupid government to improve it,if you do not want it that is your choices that is your country benefit ,while you try to beg the westerners donation got it? And the animal Pol Pot and hun Sen regime will be afraid to come back.

Anonymous said...

"Is it your country have a beautiful systems leading the country like your neighboring country yet?"

Well, our country was set back about 60 years or so by the Vietnam war that included Vietnam and Laos. If you compare the tree country. there is not much difference in the recovery, give or take 30% or so.

It is unfair to compare to Thailand because they have not being effected by war. And if you compare our three brother to Burma, perhaps you can see that we have a niche over them.

And in term of us begging the international community for help, if you idiots had stayed out of our region, that will never ever happen. Get it?

Anonymous said...

9:01, don't get exited. What didn't you understand? All I am saying is that if the prisoners are treated better then the poor people, it will put our country into chaos. There will be many victim of crime produced from the poor who seek a better living condition in prison. Get it, now?

Anonymous said...

Folks, what you don't understand is what it is like to run a poor country. The truth is our government tried they best to keep the prisoner alive without causing chaos in our society.

Personally, I don't even agree with our government to make any effort to keep prisoner alive. I believe, if you can't keep them in decent condition, just put them out of their misery, but somehow we have lost our good capitalist punishment when we created a new government after the downfall of the KR regime .

I know the idea sounds harsh, but it is a dilemma that you have to cope with when you are poor.

Anonymous said...

These " high ranking official " don't care nothing about there people. Until one day when the vietcong treats their own kids like the way khmer people are being treated now. Then they will wake the fuk up...

Stupid idiotz high ranking bullshit official my azz. The only high official about them is title, but in reality there is nothing high about them. But low-down scum leaching off the poor of the poor.

history is in the making, like pol pot. There will be more shame on these so called high ranking official. ( wake up soon, don't worry you'll be judge worst then anyone else )

Anonymous said...

Hey, we are talking about prisoner living condition here. Do you mind?

Anonymous said...

10:33 PM

I congratulate you for sharing your opinion regarding the Khmer high ranking officials. It is so true. To me, I dont have any respect for any of them. The title that they get they use it to blunder Cambodia of her natural resources and exploit the poor people.

The following are the true meanings of the title:

Niyok rotmontrey(priminister) = A grand thief, a dictator, a killer, a beggar, an election cheater, or a foreign slave.

Oknha = A grand thief, an illegal investor and sometime a rapist.

Aek Odom = Terrorizer of the khmer people, drunker and beer girl harasser, or people who live in a Karaoke bar.

Anonymous said...

Well, at least Cambodia is safe with them which is a lot better than you LonNolian/Sarimatakis fools who destroyed Cambodia completely.

Anonymous said...

the cuurrently cambodia's regime ruling by Ah youn viet cong secret agent, who dosen't know ? even newborn baby still know about youn's tatic.i feel ashsme to
2b Ah Praet khmer yiet cong youn's slave.

Anonymous said...

cambodia is completly controll by thmil communist youn.

Anonymous said...

9:29PM My question is your country catch up with the qualification to get aid yet? yes or no? if no do what they want you to do to get some free bee,do not take any comparison from here and there nothing is better for your three brothers as long as you are belong to the communist block,because you communist regime run the country by one brain ,way differences from the west that run by too many with challenging every five year they do the shake,how about yours Hun Sen 30 years passed he rich him self,How about your sdach Ta 61 years already how can your country is developing ,the rich are richer the poor are poorer why don't government take money from the rich to improve the need of the country? there lot money from donation but they miss use they keep that for them selves ,who wanted to help you more is you get money you do not help your people?

Anonymous said...

9:44, get this into your thick skull: Cambodia need to get out of poverty the righteous and moral way, and we are doing it.

Your people in the west has no experience in this area and you should not tell anyone what to do because the way you people get out of poverty it by using slaves from Africa, murdering Arab people and robing their wealth, or colonizing the world. If you think for a moment that we are going to follow your evil foot step, I say you are out of your mind, get it?

Anonymous said...

1;17PM Please think of your own dumb head.Do not blame the others for your own mistake,what you old king did beside straining your country treasury for his own greet,gave away country free to youn with his Viet wife Monique Easy and Pol Pot who helped him to get that point? is not from Marquis Sihaknuk Ideologies? And Hun Sen now that this old retarded praise to be khmer god or the best leader,don't you thing is weird and stupid,finally I do not have time with you any more ,try to help your self as much you could,do not trust with your dumb government ,it case you like one of them too idiot get it. And your country and your people also if you do not know how to catch the bee with the honey ,that your own problems.

Anonymous said...

There is no blame here. The US has no business to destroy our region. Vietnam, today, would have been a democratic country, had the US not interfered in their election to decide whether the North or the South to rule Vietnam. I have no doubt that the South would have won the vote beyond a land slide. I don't know too many Vietnamese who love communist government, and I don't buy no story about the US came here to fight communist either. They were here to destroy the region, period.

Anonymous said...

If US were not there ,your Vietnam evil spirit would taking control S Viet,Cambodia and Lao and cause more trouble on earth than now because the communist cary the animal cruel thinking why most country in the world they turn themselves to democratic country,look at right now your Viet violated The Geneva treaty in Cambodia and you still have your nerves to say you probably this and that,give me some break tell your illegal ,legal and spy Viet that the soul and spirit of Lon Nol go in to Cambodian people more than before so the March 18th_ 1970event will be come back and packing your back pack and wait for deporting bus come and pick you up

Anonymous said...

Not true, the reason the North attack the South is because the US was there blocking their vote. Vietnamese is not into killing Vietnamese unless there are serious issue like massive starvation or something. They are almost the same as chinese. Just look at the mainland China today: no one is starving. They have been bitching back and forth with Taiwanese for 50 years now, but they will not shed chinese blood. Get it?

Anonymous said...

1:04AM I 've got every thing ,but please do not give me that crap,let me ask some question to you ,if your people really nice like your claimed: If there any USA involvement in 1845,or the they that Vietnam swallowed Kampuchea Krom and turned it to Saigon(Viet Land)? Any US involvement with your vote South and North in 68 to 79 that you come to killed Cambodian ,robbed, rapped khmer rouge impersonate to create the blood bath as known killing field and acting your Viet as the angel to called block communist to save Cambodia? That bazaar ideologies Cambodian remember it very well noway and no days that they are forget that Vietnam coming here 38 years already they not the lives saver,they are just the million trickers,invaders,Cambodian killers,op-presser and Cambodia nation deleter so please refrain from giving any unhealthy and fake comment because Cambodian will search for help from USA and lease the land to them for them to help Cambodia to get Prei Nor Kor and kick Viet ass to Mekong and get away from Viet ,China and Russia the loco nation ,scary disgust nation get it?

Anonymous said...

Hey dude, I don't know where you got your information from. If you are telling us that Vietnam, out of the blue, just start killing people, I say you are out of your mind. It is your stupid idiots who went into their land to rape and abuse them first and then they retaliated, just as they retaliated with the Khmer Rouge, and causing us to lose the entire country to the Viet, Get it? If so, stop eating shits from the KKF, will ya?

Anonymous said...

1:50PM You are the idiot ,and viet coconut shell don't act like you are Cambodian,if you are talked shit KKF,you are the one who fucked up with every thing included KKF they are also khmer people they are our brothers and sisters with us but for you do not try,like I told you no ways and no days That Cambodian people for get about your blood suckers, thieves ,cheaters Cambodian land encroachment And I also do not get the shit point that youn hate US because they block your vote from S and N also you hate KKF .I do not know what the fuck you are beside the kids of Viet left over in Cambodia ,go ahead lives too short to enjoy,before you could tell Cambodia a lie now Cambodian everywhere around the world included my self ,my friends and I working on hight tech,so I will sending that technology back home to destroy you Viet from in and out included the viet slaves ,so please be prepare for the worst,because with the Viet we Cambodian shouldn't use any human languages,after you get our messages from over sea please tell all your clan and your nation,mekong river flowing down south to get your motherland you do not need to use the ferry nor the boats we'll send you viet by bananas tree
are you ready for Cambodian give you all the shake yet? get it