Members of the police and military stand guard at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh January 20, 2008. Cambodian police barred Hollywood actress Mia Farrow and other activists from laying flowers at a "Killing Fields" museum on Sunday, as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Sudan's Darfur. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea 
Police stop tourists as they stand guard at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh January 20, 2008. Cambodian police barred Hollywood actress Mia Farrow and other activists from laying flowers at a "Killing Fields" museum on Sunday, as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Sudan's Darfur. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea 
Tourists look on as police stand guard at Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh January 20, 2008. Cambodian police barred Hollywood actress Mia Farrow and other activists from laying flowers at a "Killing Fields" museum on Sunday, as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Sudan's Darfur. REUTERS/Chor SokuntheaCambodia shutters genocide museum to block US actress Farrow
Sun, 20 Jan 2008
DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodian police locked down a former Khmer Rouge prison Sunday with barricades in a 300 metre radius after US actress Mia Farrow vowed to continued with a scheduled anti-China rally. More than 200 officers were posted to block the elderly actress and entourage that had intended to light a torch at the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum.
Farrow's global Dream For Darfur rally draws attention to China's economic support of Sudan and the war in Darfur ahead of the August Olympics, but China is one of Cambodia's staunchest allies and authorities banned it and threatened arrests and deportations.
In the end, however, it was an anticlimax, with Farrow and friend Seng Theary, director of her Cambodian partner agency Center for Social Development, forced to stand forlornly on the wrong side of the barrier holding wilting white water lilies in scorching heat for an hour in a 70-strong crowd before giving up.
Farrow said little, letting the outspoken young US-Khmer rights activist Seng do all the talking as they pleaded fruitlessly for entry. But the pair suffered more jostling from journalists, who appeared to outnumber Dreamers, than they did from police.
Some Farrow supporters tried to threatened police with US embassy intervention, but were rebuffed. Phnom Penh security chief Police General Hy Pru turned up to supervise, and the rally ended quietly.
Police said there were no arrests.
Cambodian officials were vehement in denying permission to the organizers. Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith branded them ignorant foreigners attempting to use Cambodia's genocide as a fund-raising vehicle.
Museum director Chey Sopheara was among those who felt the ceremony would hijack the memories of the up to 16,000 people who were tortured or killed in former school.
At a press conference after the rally, Farrow, 62, and Seng expressed disappointment but no regrets. On Saturday, authorities allowed Farrow to tour the museum sans torch and Sunday said the problem was the torch and the agenda, not Farrow herself.
Up to 2 million Cambodians died in the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge regime.
Farrow's global Dream For Darfur rally draws attention to China's economic support of Sudan and the war in Darfur ahead of the August Olympics, but China is one of Cambodia's staunchest allies and authorities banned it and threatened arrests and deportations.
In the end, however, it was an anticlimax, with Farrow and friend Seng Theary, director of her Cambodian partner agency Center for Social Development, forced to stand forlornly on the wrong side of the barrier holding wilting white water lilies in scorching heat for an hour in a 70-strong crowd before giving up.
Farrow said little, letting the outspoken young US-Khmer rights activist Seng do all the talking as they pleaded fruitlessly for entry. But the pair suffered more jostling from journalists, who appeared to outnumber Dreamers, than they did from police.
Some Farrow supporters tried to threatened police with US embassy intervention, but were rebuffed. Phnom Penh security chief Police General Hy Pru turned up to supervise, and the rally ended quietly.
Police said there were no arrests.
Cambodian officials were vehement in denying permission to the organizers. Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith branded them ignorant foreigners attempting to use Cambodia's genocide as a fund-raising vehicle.
Museum director Chey Sopheara was among those who felt the ceremony would hijack the memories of the up to 16,000 people who were tortured or killed in former school.
At a press conference after the rally, Farrow, 62, and Seng expressed disappointment but no regrets. On Saturday, authorities allowed Farrow to tour the museum sans torch and Sunday said the problem was the torch and the agenda, not Farrow herself.
Up to 2 million Cambodians died in the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge regime.
5 comments:
Mia Farrow should run for US senate and bash Hun Sen and CPP when they come to the US. Hun Sen tries to block her protest at Toul Sleng for his masters's interests, China and Hanoi. But, remember this imfamous prison is not belonging to the government of Hun Sen. It's belonging to Cambodia people who many died because of the Communist regime with Hun Sen has a role in it.
look at the Vietcong Soldier in the top of this text.
folks..not a big deal..the CPP gov't should let her do her thing..nothing will come of it. Mia Farrow is just and old actress looking for the light to shine again. The gov't should let her light the torch..nothing special! back to grabbing money for the rich gets richer!
Fake Bruce Lee, you're trying to shine yourself again. Mia Farrow is an activist for a long time, dude. She is not seeking a fame in Holywood. She is a famous holywood star before you're born, dude. She spents her time to fight for your freedom and your people's freedom. So don't accuse her seeking her fame.
Ah Hun Sen needs to go back to school and gets a real degree, not just blind side got an fake irish doctor degree that has no value. This stupid idiot is just to seek his bad publicity for his Bejing master as Sihanouk has tie with the China for his own interest, not Cambodia interest. Sihanouk doesn't give a shit to Cambodia people and her country. He helps to destroy Cambodia as Hun Sen does everyday.
Why would anyone permit this former actress to fake her orgasm.
Can you sense it if she faked it? Myabe not, because you are unintelligent like the rest.
I should not be talking to slaves like you!
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