Seng Theary, Executive Director of the Center for Social Development.Cambodia's Changes Not All Positive, Rights Leader Says
By Poch Reasey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
14 December 2007
Cambodia has changed greatly since first elections were held in 1993, nearly 15 years later, not all those changes have been positive, a rights activist said Thursday.
Cambodians do enjoy more freedoms than they did before the UN-sponsored elections, and their access to information is better, but problems like human trafficking, AIDS and the theft of land have followed, said Seng Theary, executive director of the Center for Social Development.
"For example, Cambodia has a big problem with human trafficking that did not exist before Untac," she said. "Now that the infrastructure is better, the rich people can go out to the countryside and grab the poor people's land."
Seng Theary was born in Cambodia and lived through the Khmer Rouge regime. She emigrated to the United States when she was nine and but returned to Cambodia as an adult and became the head of CSD in 2006.
Despite the problems, Seng Theary said she has high hopes for the future of the country, especially through the motivation and open-mindedness of the young.
"The older generation in Cambodia is afraid of change. But the new generation is not afraid," she said. "They seize the opportunity in front of them."
Cambodians do enjoy more freedoms than they did before the UN-sponsored elections, and their access to information is better, but problems like human trafficking, AIDS and the theft of land have followed, said Seng Theary, executive director of the Center for Social Development.
"For example, Cambodia has a big problem with human trafficking that did not exist before Untac," she said. "Now that the infrastructure is better, the rich people can go out to the countryside and grab the poor people's land."
Seng Theary was born in Cambodia and lived through the Khmer Rouge regime. She emigrated to the United States when she was nine and but returned to Cambodia as an adult and became the head of CSD in 2006.
Despite the problems, Seng Theary said she has high hopes for the future of the country, especially through the motivation and open-mindedness of the young.
"The older generation in Cambodia is afraid of change. But the new generation is not afraid," she said. "They seize the opportunity in front of them."
11 comments:
Why is westerner trained people are so retarded? How many times do they insist on destroying Cambodia?
No one is afraid of change. We want to change for the better. We certainly don't want to be like Kenya.
How stupid you are?. You use western product. Just stop then you will never see the westerner.It's Cambodia is not the same Kenya because Cambodia kills own people.
This guy 5:53AM above complainting about the Westerners. But, he walked the street, eat at McD, Wendy, PizzaHut, and went to school & taught by Westerners, etc. How absurds & unappreciative S.O.B!
Stopped using the Softwares/Hardwares b/c it is made by America. GO BACK TO AH HUN SEN'S LIER AND PICK AT HIS ROTTEN WOODY PECKER!
Hey, I don't have any problem with westerner. I don't care about what they do. What I was taking about is stupid westerner trained people who relentlessly trying to destroy Cambodia either one way or the other.
Stay the fuck out, alright? We know what we have to change, and we don't need any help from you idiots people, okay?
hey fool 5:53am
i am sick of you and your boring same old sentence 'western trained' my ass; you are so stupid that you don't even know you are being self inflicted. your a stupid blind follower. why did you learn english then? if you are so hate of the western ways. why your prime minister one eye-blind keep on begging when travels abroad from western country. if it wasn't for humanity, cambodia would have already gone from the face of this earth by ah youn. don't be an ignorant fool. go somewhere and retrieve yourself back ashole! your argument makes no sense to me.
អាមួយនេះវាធ្វើឬកដូចជាវាគ្រាន់បើណាស់។សំដីដូចសត្វ។ពួកអាខ្មែរយៀកមិញហ៊ុនសែនគ្មានអ្វីផ្លែកទេក្រៅពីធ្វើឆ្កែយួនប៉ុណ្ណោះ។
If someone is so stupid in expressing ideas, let he/she goes alone. If we try to argue with the stupid ideas then his/her more stupid ideas come out. Talk to the stupid means you invite the stupid to talk more.
YOUR FAMILY WAS KILLED,ALSO MINE
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=EoEzFJbM4BE
Come on! This is a kind of shit that keeps this so-called "HR attorney (s)," and the rest of NGOs clowns employed since the inception of the UN-backed democracy. These people don't need to complain, and they should be thankful for their employment.
If there are some screw ups in Cambodia -- if there any -- again, everyone should be grateful that you still have your jobs secured because of the all fuck ups. Also, remember that every country around the globe is also undergoing the same fuck ups.
The inevitability of the perils of Hunism.
Readers, I sincerely, appology for the above people arguementation. I believe that any conflict is a lead to all form distructions. We must eleminate the negative aspect of comments but try to find constructive critism in term of rebuilding the country which could lead into a nation of prosperity, so be just like Europian nation. For example, "all for one and one for all". Therefore, please try to learn from the past mistakes by avoiding with all sorts of conflicts. Any form of conflict will not benefit anybody but a loss. "Love" is the answer to all reasons. cheers
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