Phnom Penh, 31 March 2008Letter to the Editor,
The Cambodia Daily
Dear Sirs,
In its issue dated 31 March 2008, The Cambodia Daily reported that I was "implicated in detention claims" made by former SRP commune councillor Tim Norn, who alleged that I "detained her in Phnom Penh to prevent her from joining the CPP".
Had I been contacted by your reporter*, I would have brought the following information to his knowledge:
Yours sincerely,
Tioulong Saumura, MP (Ms.)
In its issue dated 31 March 2008, The Cambodia Daily reported that I was "implicated in detention claims" made by former SRP commune councillor Tim Norn, who alleged that I "detained her in Phnom Penh to prevent her from joining the CPP".
Had I been contacted by your reporter*, I would have brought the following information to his knowledge:
1. On Saturday 16 February, Ms. Tim Norn came to the SRP headquarters and requested a meeting with me. She told me that former SRP MP for Kompong Thom Sok Pheng had convinced her to defect to the CPP and gave her $200, but that she regretted her decision and was scared because she had already taken and spent the money. She asked me to give protection to her and her family.The claim that I detained Tim Norn does not make sense:
2. I replied that she has the right to choose which political party she wants to be a member of, she has the right to then change her mind, resign and join another party. But, once she has resigned from SRP and put her thumbprint on a written statement saying that she joins CPP, she is now a member of CPP and nobody at SRP has anything to do with her anymore.
3. As she seemed frightened and kept on repeating that she did not want to go back to her village in Baray district, I said that we are a political party, not a shelter and advised her to submit her case to a human rights organisation such as Licadho or the UN Centre for Human Rights. I phoned Licadho to check whether it was open on Saturday.
4. Ms. Tim Norn went to Licadho's office by her own means. Later, I joined her when she was talking to Licadho's staff, confirmed that she was a former SRP activist, made sure that she was taken care of, and came back to my office.
1. I have no means to force anyone to stay anywhere against his/her will. I don't even know how long she stayed with Licadho, when she left and why.In your article, you quote SRP Secretary General Eng Chhay Eang saying that he did not know when I would return to Cambodia. Actually, I am leaving Paris tomorrow 1st April, arriving on the 2d. My schedule is linked to the preparation of the autobiography of MP Sam Rainsy. The deadline of the French publisher was today 31 March. MP Sam Rainsy had to attend in Phnom Penh the commemoration of the grenade attack on 30 March, I took care of the final round of proof-reading in Paris before giving the imprimatur today.
2. The Sam Rainsy Party is an organization made-up of volunteers who adhere to the ideals advocated by President Sam Rainsy. What binds us together is the common faith in the ability to bring about changes by peaceful, legal, non-violent and democratic means. The strength of the party is based on the free will of our members. In our party, nobody can "force" anyone of us to donate our time, effort, money, and risk our assets, peace of mind, lives. So, there is no rationale for me to try to keep someone by force.
3. Tim Norn having ceased being one of our members, I still wanted to help her on humanitarian grounds, which is what I often do when I meet people needing assistance. That is why I advised her to seek assistance from a human rights organization and from the UN Centre for Human Rights.
Yours sincerely,
Tioulong Saumura, MP (Ms.)
13 comments:
If they go for the money I can understand that, the defectors should have some decencies left if not shames. They know well who are fighting for the good and just course in which they were once a part of it. Why this 180degree change in conscience, this shows how low some people can be………
Ah Evil Viscous Killer Xam Rainxy must be stopped from threating and intimidating people to stay or join his stupid party. He should be arrested and deported out of Cambodia immediately.
Vietcong troll 12:21AM, When Khmer people get thier chance, you will be tied up behind a truck along with your slave Ah khvak Hun Xen and his families until you all tear apart , then we Khmer will pee and shit on your dead bodies. HA...ha..ha!
Don't hold your breath, Maggot Feeder.
No, we won't. We want to live so that we can kill youns and hun sen.
Yeah, but you don't got what it takes to do the job. You only going to get millions of us kill again when you fail, just like you did with Sihanouk in the 70's.
Yeah, like the Viet predators do Cambodia?
1) Engineered to kill, then killed.
2) Moved in to save/liberate
3) finally, for the real kill, annexing and conquering.
Is that about right you freaking Killer Viet?
Not to worry, the world knows the Killer Viet true colors already.
Hey dude, we are not worrying about that. The worse that can happen is the country name changed from Cambodia to Vietnam, and we have to pay tax to Hanoi instead of Phnom Penh.
So where is my lost? Tax is tax, isn't it?
Yeah so what part of "get the fuck off of Khmer blog/site KI-Media" don't you fucking Viet troller/pimp/parasite @1:43AM understand, huh?
I don't understand "fuck" because your arse is too small for a piece of log.
low life viet not worth to talk with......ka long lierng.....
Well 7:18 AM,
Stick it to your own kind Viet well-reknown prostitutes...then you Viet pimp/protitute will understand...Any more question?
ធ្វើល្អបានផលល្អ ថ្វើអាក្រក់នឹងវិនាសជាមិនខាន។ មានតែអំពើទៀងត្រង់ទេ ដែលនាំឲ្យលោកជំទាវមានក្តិយសនិងសេចក្តីថ្លៃថ្នូរបាន! ផ្ទុយទៅវិញ បើលោកស្រីមួលបង្កាច់លោកសុខផេងដែលជាមនុស្សធ្លាប់អំពើល្ធយ៉ាងដូច្នេះនាំឲ្យលោកជំទាវអាប់យស់ទៅវិញទេ៕
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