Cambodia lashes out at UN envoy, accuses him of trying to incite violence
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) - Cambodia denounced a U.N. envoy Tuesday as unfit to represent the world body and accused him of trying to incite unrest by predicting that the country would rise up against the government to protest human rights violations.
Yash Ghai, the U.N. secretary-general's special envoy for human rights in Cambodia, wrapped up a 10-day visit Monday with a scathing attack against the government and judiciary. He said many Cambodians lived in constant fear of having their land stolen by developers and had no recourse because of a corrupt judiciary.
Ghai accused the government of fueling «development that impoverishes people, deprives them of their resources, adds further to marginalization (and) increases enormously the number of people who can barely make a living.
«Sooner or later, people are going to rise,» Ghai said, adding «there's a limit to how far you can use coercion as a method of development.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith called Ghai's words an «incitement for people to revolt.
He added that Ghai «is not fit» to be a U.N. envoy and had come to Cambodia «to curse» the government.
«Has he ever offered any ways to solve problems? And does he ever care to learn about the problems the government has solved?» Khieu Kanharith said.
Ghai, a persistent critic of the rights situation in Cambodia, was shunned by the government during his visit.
The Interior Ministry spokesman, police Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, also lashed out at Ghai, saying that like his predecessors he was using his mandate to badmouth the government.
«He has no competence to solve human rights problems in Cambodia,» Khieu Sopheak said.
In recent years, land disputes have become frequent occurrences in Cambodia, usually pitting poor farmers against wealthy developers.
Ghai said he met several victims of land disputes and housing evictions who have little faith in the courts to address their problems.
«Fear of the state, fear of political and economic saboteurs, fear of greedy individuals and corporations, fear of the police and the courts describes the plight of numerous communities and families in Cambodia,» he said.
He said he plans to present a detailed report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in March that will discuss these «critical issues» of human rights and access to justice in Cambodia.
Yash Ghai, the U.N. secretary-general's special envoy for human rights in Cambodia, wrapped up a 10-day visit Monday with a scathing attack against the government and judiciary. He said many Cambodians lived in constant fear of having their land stolen by developers and had no recourse because of a corrupt judiciary.
Ghai accused the government of fueling «development that impoverishes people, deprives them of their resources, adds further to marginalization (and) increases enormously the number of people who can barely make a living.
«Sooner or later, people are going to rise,» Ghai said, adding «there's a limit to how far you can use coercion as a method of development.
Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith called Ghai's words an «incitement for people to revolt.
He added that Ghai «is not fit» to be a U.N. envoy and had come to Cambodia «to curse» the government.
«Has he ever offered any ways to solve problems? And does he ever care to learn about the problems the government has solved?» Khieu Kanharith said.
Ghai, a persistent critic of the rights situation in Cambodia, was shunned by the government during his visit.
The Interior Ministry spokesman, police Lt. Gen. Khieu Sopheak, also lashed out at Ghai, saying that like his predecessors he was using his mandate to badmouth the government.
«He has no competence to solve human rights problems in Cambodia,» Khieu Sopheak said.
In recent years, land disputes have become frequent occurrences in Cambodia, usually pitting poor farmers against wealthy developers.
Ghai said he met several victims of land disputes and housing evictions who have little faith in the courts to address their problems.
«Fear of the state, fear of political and economic saboteurs, fear of greedy individuals and corporations, fear of the police and the courts describes the plight of numerous communities and families in Cambodia,» he said.
He said he plans to present a detailed report to the U.N. Human Rights Council in March that will discuss these «critical issues» of human rights and access to justice in Cambodia.
13 comments:
Both Kiev Kannaridh and Kiev Sopheak are cursing the report of Yaghai that also has relevant ground from his own eyes and experiences. These two guys have also no elaboration of how good the issues suggested by Ghai has been dealt by government?
From these two evil men is evident to the dictatorship becoming of Hun Sen government.
It is your problems. Sopeak and Kanharith, your both do not deserve the talk stupid. Your both smart enough to stay in corrupted government this long. Before you can correct a problem, you have to know that there is a problem. If you both keep barking like stupid dogs, you can not fixe the issue. Many of these issues either create by you or your team. If you just open your eyes and clean-up little bit at a time, the country would be way better than today.
Your ignorant kills your own peoples.
Ah Kiev Phnek Kannaridh and Ah Kiev Phnek Sopheak are The Hanoi north Vietcong's agents like YOU 7:55PM. All of you mother fuckers are killing poor Khmer people in their own land every day. As a United Nation envoy, Dr. Yash Ghai is trying to help poor Cambodians from becoming your red carpet, you ass holes!; quit emitting your stinky mouths' odors into the air of Cambodia alright!
Yes, that's right, Ah Chkout (Ghai) only know how to bash people. Any 9th graders know how to do that. Ah Chkout don't know how to solve problem in the real world. Just look at his own country (Kenya): they are corrupted and poorer than Vietnam. Who in the hell would want to listen to that?
We got solution and vision that is proven and in the work right now. We don't want nonsense theories from anyone. We are open minded to anything, but we must have proof before we will considering anything. We can't played guessing game with people lives.
These both Khiev motherfuckers know nothing but barking from Ah Hun Shit.
Nope, we don't bark like Ah Chkout (Ghai). We get things done for Cambodia, and Ah Chkout (Ghai) is not capable of such.
Man, every time some foreigners criticizes about cambodia...khmer would start fighting and cursing at each other. This disease happens again and again. This is khmer's disease...
Why khmer keeps fighting khmer...I'm sure our neighbors love it every time we fight each other. Too much influenced by the foreigns.
5:34, we are not fighting, we were attacked by your people from oversea because we don't want to listen to people without successful records, and we would never yield to such stupidity. We just don't have time to waste with idiots, get it?
11:32 PM
Ah chkout, kom pleur pek, Ghai is not Kanya's president or prime minister.
You are good in twisting and bashing...kom kchout and pleur pek
Well, if Ah Chkout (Ghai) has never been a successful president or prime minister, it means he's only a lowlife loser, and we don't want to waste time with any loser. We have more important things to do.
You get us someone with factual accomplishments, and we'll make time to see him, fair?
Hey Ah Lop no brain who supported Ah Khvang under Yuon Hanoy. When Ah Hanoy criticize something you just shut your hole up.
5:34 In fact, we don't want to fight with those idiots CPP supporters, they are brainwashed by Hanoy. These animals don't really know right from wrong
Good, then stay out of our affair because we don't have time to bullshit with morons. We have lot of works to do and jobs to create in our country.
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