CHILDREN OF LAND PROTESTERS ARE HELD HOSTAGE
BY KOMPONG CHAM AUTHORITIES
BY KOMPONG CHAM AUTHORITIES
Because they could not arrest a villager targeted as the leader of a group of land protesters, the authorities of Kompong Cham province have arrested his two daughters.
The man, Lay Horn, 49, had successfully led 133 families in Kompong Cham province's Stung Trang district, to recover 431 hectares of land from Oknha Sim Vanna, a business tycoon who controls the State-owned Boeng Ket rubber plantation.
Lay Horn, a SRP member, had organized the protest since 2002. With other villagers, he had prevented Sim Vanna from cutting all the rubber trees on the contested land, which used to belong to the 133 families now living in Prey Kak commune and two neighboring communes. Thanks to the determination of the concerned villagers, they were eventually given back their land in February 2007. Lay Horn became very popular for his action in favor of his community and was elected a commune councilor for Prek Kak commune at the April 2007 local elections.
Since his election as commune councilor, Lay Horn has been the target for retribution from the CPP-controlled authorities who accuse him of… land grabbing. After many threats and other acts of intimidation, an arrest warrant was issued against him on July 17, 2007. Because he had fled his village and is now hiding in Phnom Penh, the authorities on November 10, 2007, arrested his two daughters Lay Srey Leap, 22, and Lay Srey Mom, 25, and the latter's 8-month old baby girl. The three are now detained at Kompong Cham city's prison.
The police told villagers: "We cannot get hold of the father, therefore we arrest the children."
Lay Horn and his wife can be interviewed at the SRP Headquarters in Phnom Penh this afternoon, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
Sam Rainsy
Member of Parliament for Kompong Cham province
Tel: 092 888 001
The man, Lay Horn, 49, had successfully led 133 families in Kompong Cham province's Stung Trang district, to recover 431 hectares of land from Oknha Sim Vanna, a business tycoon who controls the State-owned Boeng Ket rubber plantation.
Lay Horn, a SRP member, had organized the protest since 2002. With other villagers, he had prevented Sim Vanna from cutting all the rubber trees on the contested land, which used to belong to the 133 families now living in Prey Kak commune and two neighboring communes. Thanks to the determination of the concerned villagers, they were eventually given back their land in February 2007. Lay Horn became very popular for his action in favor of his community and was elected a commune councilor for Prek Kak commune at the April 2007 local elections.
Since his election as commune councilor, Lay Horn has been the target for retribution from the CPP-controlled authorities who accuse him of… land grabbing. After many threats and other acts of intimidation, an arrest warrant was issued against him on July 17, 2007. Because he had fled his village and is now hiding in Phnom Penh, the authorities on November 10, 2007, arrested his two daughters Lay Srey Leap, 22, and Lay Srey Mom, 25, and the latter's 8-month old baby girl. The three are now detained at Kompong Cham city's prison.
The police told villagers: "We cannot get hold of the father, therefore we arrest the children."
Lay Horn and his wife can be interviewed at the SRP Headquarters in Phnom Penh this afternoon, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
Sam Rainsy
Member of Parliament for Kompong Cham province
Tel: 092 888 001
7 comments:
What is wrong? If the daughters refused to tell where their father is, then they should be arrested. You can't help to hide fugitive here. That is dangerous.
You idiot 3:53PM Why don't I curse your mother for your stupidity!
Where the stupid idiot Hun Neng is he still use the Vietnamese law PHD???? Mother-fucker!
what an absurd system of justice! Even the Communist Vietnam or China probably wouldn't be so as backward as the Khmer CPP. But then again, The Khmers have almost been at the most extreme ends of things. If they were to find justice, their justice would be extremely fair...
if they were to find retributions, you can be sure their retributions are extremely fair also.
If they were a bad guy in a group of bad guys, you can be sure they're the most vicious.
And if you find them in a collection of stupid lawless crap, you can be sure they're the most crappiest and absurdest one ever.
Example. Case and Point. Above.
You people are absurd. So backward. You're still Medieval. Why don't you wake up and look around. Make you can see how justice is suppose to work.
CPP really give a bad name to Cambodia. These CPP cops must be euthanise like dogs.
VISAL( GREAT) JOB 11:52pm!
They are innocent; why are they in jail? Are they the collateral damage? I have never seen anything like this in my life. You cannot lock somebody up just because you think they know something. They can sue the wrong doing. It shows the incompetency and the ignorant of the law enforcement.
Well, if they want to be out of jail, they will have to tell us where their father is. Otherwise, no can do.
So sad to hear that Country social and ecomic problem linger down for too long. I have nothing to say anymore and just want to know why this happenings have been allowed for too long. I think if you take that OKNGA out, everything will be fine, NO MORE OGNA NO MORE PROBLEM...
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