12/11/2007
Agence France-Presse
PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia lashed out at the UN's special envoy for human rights on Tuesday after he accused the government and courts of failing to provide justice and leaving the population in fear of authorities.
After a 10-visit to Cambodia, UN rights representative Yash Ghai said the courts had failed the nation's people, especially in cases of land grabbing, which left victims of evictions with little hope of ever finding justice.
During his visit, Ghai said not a single Cambodian official was willing to meet with him.
But the foreign ministry's secretary of state Ouch Borith said Ghai's remarks were "unacceptable" and "amusing."
He said government leaders were unable to meet with Ghai because they were "busy with working to develop the country and to promote economic growth to eliminate poverty for the people."
"What Ghai did does not suit his role as a diplomat and the UN secretary general's representative, as well as a so-called protector of human rights," Ouch Borith said, calling Ghai a "tourist."
He said Cambodia always worked to "cooperate with the UN in order to build democracy and human rights."
Ghai, a Kenyan lawyer who has clashed repeatedly with the government over his blunt appraisals of Cambodia's rights record, said earlier this year that impunity for human rights violations threatened the rule of law there.
He also wrote a report that accused the government of systematically abusing human rights to keep a grip on power.
Relations between the government and UN rights envoys have historically been poor, with Prime Minister Hun Sen calling Ghai "stupid". He has also described Ghai as "rude" and a "god without virtue".
After a 10-visit to Cambodia, UN rights representative Yash Ghai said the courts had failed the nation's people, especially in cases of land grabbing, which left victims of evictions with little hope of ever finding justice.
During his visit, Ghai said not a single Cambodian official was willing to meet with him.
But the foreign ministry's secretary of state Ouch Borith said Ghai's remarks were "unacceptable" and "amusing."
He said government leaders were unable to meet with Ghai because they were "busy with working to develop the country and to promote economic growth to eliminate poverty for the people."
"What Ghai did does not suit his role as a diplomat and the UN secretary general's representative, as well as a so-called protector of human rights," Ouch Borith said, calling Ghai a "tourist."
He said Cambodia always worked to "cooperate with the UN in order to build democracy and human rights."
Ghai, a Kenyan lawyer who has clashed repeatedly with the government over his blunt appraisals of Cambodia's rights record, said earlier this year that impunity for human rights violations threatened the rule of law there.
He also wrote a report that accused the government of systematically abusing human rights to keep a grip on power.
Relations between the government and UN rights envoys have historically been poor, with Prime Minister Hun Sen calling Ghai "stupid". He has also described Ghai as "rude" and a "god without virtue".
14 comments:
No excuse, just no time to waste with Ah Chkouk (Ghai) who only have more stupid theory that don't work for anyone. Just look at his country (Kenya).
It is impossible to hear what was going on in Jash Ghai’s 10 day visit.
It is an opportunity for the Cambodian government to take advantage on his visit and learn the issues listed by him. The more you can find the issues, the better opportunities for us to investigate and find true solutions. Everyone who does something always has some weakness. It is the best opportunity to help our peoples.
Why doesn’t the government take this opportunity to help our own peoples?
I guess we cannot be better then Vietnamese or Thais because this government is under the skirts of the neighboring countries. Don’t you like to be free?
This closed mind corrupted officials is the weakness of this government. They are afraid to open their small brain to see the real concerns of the outside and the crying of true Cambodians.
Vote in 2008 and show that Cambodians are not inferior to any society
Nope, we have heard enough of useless theories already. Ah Chkout (Ghai) couldn't possibly have anything more to add.
AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave mother fucker never fails to embarrass Cambodian population in front of international community and the Vietcong master!
Mr. Ghai is a United Nations representative and he is working for the United Nations! Any fool whose argument base on that Mr. Ghai is a Kenyan and he must work for the Kenyan government is ludicrous!
AH HUN SEN expensive habit of corruption must be stopped otherwise it will bankrupt Cambodia and Cambodian population!
All CPP slaves are speaking the same languages of Pol Pot again. It is time that UN should kick out CPP representatives in UN and call them illegal Government of Cambodia and ban all of them to travel abroad. THese animals should be kill one by one and feed them to sharks in the ocean. It make me very angry to hear these animal behavious like that. They have killed poor people every day and have used the words eliminating poverty in Cambodia. This word has masked them from killing Cambodia and open the country for the illegal vietnamese.
These mothers'fuckers CPP'vietcong slaves were breeded by animals. Angry Cambodian citizen in Takmao
Puok Ah Choy Maray CPP kuo tai ngoap taihorng doy Kroap baik.
No way, Jose (1:29), we aint gonna listen to anyone who has no record of accomplishment anywhere? Ah Chkout (Ghai) can only bullshit, and we don't have time for that. Keep in mind that we are racing against inflation. We have meeting to attend, and trade agreements to evaluate... ., and that is a lot of works.
You can run but you can't hide. YOUR RECORDS SPEAK FOR YOU ACTIONS.
12:14, 12:59, and 2:58 is from one person. And this guy is incorrigible because he's drown by the money and power sucked from the poor starving Cambodians.
So please don't fight with crazy dogs unless you are one too.
Please be civilized in here whether you like or not the hun sen government. Violence in action or words doesn't help but destroys even with good intentions.
Khmers have been fighting with each other, and we still can see it here in this forum. Please let the uncivilized go his way. One day he'll realize how lonely and useless his whole life is.
To 12:19
I don't think the Khmer government needs to talk to Ghai to learn what they need to do. The evidence of this government's incompetency is starkly displayed out there in every corner of the country. No one needs to tell them what they need to do, but we need someone to force them to do what's needed to be done. And that someone is Cambodian people.
Let put pressure on muffia State ,like Hun Sen State and force that animal to coorporate with the world not wilth The Viet =The Killers and human rights violation.
Please help Cambodia it is not an independent State.
Agreed 3:59 AM..... I say let this imbecile Viet troller bitch that pretends to be Khmer speaking for Khmer @12:14 AM, @12:59 AM, and 2:58 AM run out of air and drop dead miserably because no Khmer in the right mind would never ever derogatorily call Khmer names "Ah Khmer-Yuon" throughout KI-Media and no Khmer in the right mind would never ever be swayed or influenced by this Viet troller bitch nonsensical, trash talking and writing.
[khmer unicode for this bitch Viet troller ]មីសំផឹង យួនឯងនឹង ពូជអាយួន ឈ្លានពាន នឹងត្រូវខ្មែរ ស្នេហាជាតិ សំឡាប់អោយផុតពូជមិនខាន៕
No one would take this person who come up with "Ah Khmer-Yuon" all the time seriously. This person is Psycho big time.
Puok CPP chea konn puok ah Choy Maray kbat cheat oth sasna yuok Puok vietcong agent chea sdech sorng.
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