Badge of Hun Sen's guards07 January 2008
By Sophorn Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Local villagers from Anlong Krom, Ta Ken commune, Kampot province, have accused soldiers protecting development lands used as a nursery plantation belonging to Prime minister Hun Sen, of torching down 11 of their homes, instilling fear among the villagers, and causing them to lose shelters.
Chin Aun, an Anlong Krom villager, Ta Ken commune, Chhouk district, told RFA in the afternoon of 06 January that a group of soldiers, known as belonging to Unit 33, who are protecting development lands used as a nursery plantation belonging to Prime minister Hun Sen, sneaked in to torch down his house, while he was away borrowing rice from his neighbors.
Chin Aun said: “I went to look and borrow 2 kilos of rice, when I got back home, it was all burnt down to the ground, both the front one and the back one, the soldiers were standing there under the tree shade.”
Chron Try, the second Ta Ken commune councilor, indicated in the afternoon of 06 January that more than 10 homes in Anlong Krom villages were torched and destroyed. He suspects the group of soldiers based in this area as the perpetrators, because they used to come and chase the villagers out of their village several times already.
Chron Try indicated: “They torched more than 10 houses. The soldiers from Unit 31 or 33 who are protecting the company (established) here.”
Uch Bun Thoeun, the deputy district governor, said that regarding the torching of the villagers’ homes, he is not sure if the torching really took place or not, maybe the villagers were moving out their houses only, he will investigate these cases.
He also provide a number of explanations: “The villagers who lived there, I can’t say if they have to move out or not, we will do our research and find out since when they really live there. If they live there for a long time already and they are settled there, they own the land there, they grow their crops there, how could we chase them out? Surrounding this development lands, there are several families living there, there are more than 200 of families.”
On 29 December 2007, a group of soldiers brought in a piece of machinery to clear 6-hectare of lands in the Anlong Krom village, to turn them into a development zone used as a plant nursery for Prime minister Hun Sen. The land clearing affected 26 families, and the soldiers then used violence causing 3 injuries among the villagers, among whom was a woman who miscarried her child during the violence.
Recently, it is observed that Prime minister Hun Sen’s bodyguards have grabbed lands belonging to local people in Ratanakiri province. According to NGO officials, the majority of land of disputes stem from land-grabbing perpetrated by armed government officials, and by high-ranking government officials.
Chin Aun, an Anlong Krom villager, Ta Ken commune, Chhouk district, told RFA in the afternoon of 06 January that a group of soldiers, known as belonging to Unit 33, who are protecting development lands used as a nursery plantation belonging to Prime minister Hun Sen, sneaked in to torch down his house, while he was away borrowing rice from his neighbors.
Chin Aun said: “I went to look and borrow 2 kilos of rice, when I got back home, it was all burnt down to the ground, both the front one and the back one, the soldiers were standing there under the tree shade.”
Chron Try, the second Ta Ken commune councilor, indicated in the afternoon of 06 January that more than 10 homes in Anlong Krom villages were torched and destroyed. He suspects the group of soldiers based in this area as the perpetrators, because they used to come and chase the villagers out of their village several times already.
Chron Try indicated: “They torched more than 10 houses. The soldiers from Unit 31 or 33 who are protecting the company (established) here.”
Uch Bun Thoeun, the deputy district governor, said that regarding the torching of the villagers’ homes, he is not sure if the torching really took place or not, maybe the villagers were moving out their houses only, he will investigate these cases.
He also provide a number of explanations: “The villagers who lived there, I can’t say if they have to move out or not, we will do our research and find out since when they really live there. If they live there for a long time already and they are settled there, they own the land there, they grow their crops there, how could we chase them out? Surrounding this development lands, there are several families living there, there are more than 200 of families.”
On 29 December 2007, a group of soldiers brought in a piece of machinery to clear 6-hectare of lands in the Anlong Krom village, to turn them into a development zone used as a plant nursery for Prime minister Hun Sen. The land clearing affected 26 families, and the soldiers then used violence causing 3 injuries among the villagers, among whom was a woman who miscarried her child during the violence.
Recently, it is observed that Prime minister Hun Sen’s bodyguards have grabbed lands belonging to local people in Ratanakiri province. According to NGO officials, the majority of land of disputes stem from land-grabbing perpetrated by armed government officials, and by high-ranking government officials.
10 comments:
Bad Image of Cambodia: Police, Military, Judicial system. People are feared of them instead of trusting tim.
Yash Ghai was nailing every criteria on the head. And what did the CPP doing to discredit the claimed? Cambodia = Outlaw Country = Everything for Sale
If the officials are burning the people houses, what make them worrying losing Khmer pride to the Force that bring them the money. It is sad, no one is working for the country. A majory of Khmers are borned to inflict pain/suffering.
I cannot believe that Hun Sen can ever find enough monies to keep his bodyguards of 4000 people.He have to steal everything from cutting trees, selling angkor wat, selling drugs , stealing aids monies and oil monies. After every thing gone, he must hang himself because he cannot sustanable to find monies to feed his bodyguards at all.
Do you remember former strongman President of Mozambic in the year 1980's.
He had more than 4000 bodyguards like Hun Sen and one day he said good by to them:
His plane crashed into a mountain.
At present all of his bodyguards have earned a salary more than any high School teacher in Cambodia. But one day when these young people have enough monies and have understood very well about their duty for their country, some of them will shoot him at short range.
This is clear a civil war instigated by AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave thugs! Does AH HUN SEN want to see another round of civil war like the 1980 and this time AH HUN SEN can kiss the UN to come and save his fucken arse!
This is an undeclared Cambodian civil war!
AH HUN SEN IS AH BANDITH PLEJ REAN
The CPP is waging an undeclared civil war and dirt poor Cambodian populations are in retreat in all direction and soon they will have nowhere to go but to fight back!
It is time to call for another military coupe!
This is how a given self promoted Phd can do to destroy country and people.Real Phd has concience and ethics to look into at any stage of action.
Where is cambodian king????
Is he still stay in hiding???
Sdec KORN is taking over and terrorises the country and the people.
Cambodia used to be great country, but now she is appearently swallowed by a systematic invasion, and yet Cambodian brave hearts are fighting back for their nation, and the king is either on holiday or in the state of meditation , ignoring cambodian plight.
jinavong, suffered king.
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