Original report from Phnom Penh
11 December 2007
The Asian Human Rights Commission has asked King Norodom Sihamoni to push for more independence in Cambodia's notoriously corrupt courts.
In a letter to the king, the Hong-Kong based organization said the king could move the country towards democracy and the rule of law.
The new king typically keeps political affairs at arm's length, but the push comes as he prepares for a meeting with a judicial council to decide nationwide rotations of judges.
Cambodia continues to suffer from rights violations, land grabs, strike-breaking and suppression of the press, the group said, in a letter dated Dec. 10.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak denied the claims, saying Cambodian authorities followed the law.
"This year there has not been anyone arrested, detained or sent to prison because of expressing his or her opinion, because of assembly," he said. "We did not do that at all."
A Royal Palace official said he had not received the letter yet, and confirmed King Sihamoni would return to Cambodia on Wednesday.
In a letter to the king, the Hong-Kong based organization said the king could move the country towards democracy and the rule of law.
The new king typically keeps political affairs at arm's length, but the push comes as he prepares for a meeting with a judicial council to decide nationwide rotations of judges.
Cambodia continues to suffer from rights violations, land grabs, strike-breaking and suppression of the press, the group said, in a letter dated Dec. 10.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak denied the claims, saying Cambodian authorities followed the law.
"This year there has not been anyone arrested, detained or sent to prison because of expressing his or her opinion, because of assembly," he said. "We did not do that at all."
A Royal Palace official said he had not received the letter yet, and confirmed King Sihamoni would return to Cambodia on Wednesday.
11 comments:
KI not inert king but innert people!
How much a person can do? A King has power when only we people give to him!
Supporting the king ask him for help you may see what he can do for us if majority of us stay behind him!
Give the king a chance to be our good King!
our khmer king can't do shit w/o hun sen approval. hun sen can't do shit w/o vietnam and china approval.
Hey, our king only reigns, not rules.
5;26 AM
Just in case you only say what you are told, please visit yourself over the national constitution if anything else you can say . Especially for the time being , it is just article 8 nand 9 to see if good king can do for his poor citizens, rather than being used by the crooks for their manipulation.
King Shemini can't even moves his own nuggets around so, how can he push someone else around?
King has to understand his legitimacy according to constitution.
King has to sacrifice their kingship in order to maintain monarchy.
The king? There are the pure breed of the king were extinct in Long Vek era,except the fake roten cucumber's breed,that can't even preserve Cambodia what it suppose to be but only cut Cambodia parts and parts to it enemies killed Cambodian people for it enemies to get advance of Cambodian people,it couldn't even compare to Lon Nol that killed it enemies for Cambodian people,if the soul of Lon Nol and Khmer nationalism around like said I wish them come back in to all Khmer hearts t stand up with the Youn slaves like Mr. Hun Sen and it servants that their heads being sold out for Youn buble 's water nation.
Dream on, 8:45, no one here care about the corrupted fagot (Lon Nol).
If you fool try to help people in the country and you will know what the king have done! Do some work and you will have less time to talk none-sene
Cambodia is Hun Sen rubber stamp. He has done nothing to shape Cambodia future beside hiyo hiyo the CPP.
Hey, 11:12 you right on it but just a little correction: It is Jey yo jey yo She Pee Pee. It is translated in Viet mean, smells Vietcong ass Khmer people.
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