WISHES FOR THE YEAR OF THE RAT 2552
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Beloved Compatriots,
In comparison of the previous years, the past Year of the Pig in Cambodia was one of serious power abuse and human rights violations, as well as the violations of our citizens’ rights, in addition to the violent repressions perpetrated by public and private powerful figures, especially in the provinces. The powerful rulers of Cambodia totally ignore the lamenting, and the distress and despair calls by their constituents broadcasted daily on radio stations and published on newspapers. The “Super Great and Very Powerful Commander-in-chief” (Aka Moha Senapadei Decho) Hun Sen turned out to be weak when it comes to putting an end to the anarchic deforestation, the land confiscations from farmers, the corruption of the civilian, legal and military administrations, as well as to all kinds of financial and economic speculations. On the other hand, the “Very Powerful” Prime Minister heroically fought against Mr. Yash Ghai, the UN Special Envoy on Human Rights in Cambodia, and he even refused the entry of the latter into the kingdom for denouncing the misery and the fear instilled on ordinary citizens and the despicable human rights situation in Cambodia. Mr. Hun Sen’s staunch lieutenants even planned on getting rid of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Phnom Penh as well. This is a clear warning against all citizens who still dream of freedom. For the past five years, everything was done to prevent any public political gathering and street demonstrations, soon all strikes will also be prevented … as the regime needs “order and stability for its development.”
Mr. Hun Sen now has a solid alibi: he has to protect the economic growth for “the development and the poverty reduction.” He negotiates all by himself and in dark “secrecy,” economic contracts without any public bidding, without publication, and without the agreement from the Parliament. He grants “concessions” – so as not to call them “sales” of national territories – that are outrageously larger than allowed by the law to foreigners who have the right to do whatever they want without any economic, social and human considerations, for the extraordinary durations of 50, 70 or even 99-year. In effect, since “the growth” started, sumptuous palaces and villas belonging to relatives and friends of Mr. Hun Sen’s family are sprouting like mushrooms in Phnom Penh and in large Cambodian cities. Furthermore, the prime minister said that he is “very proud” that his regime knows how to push up exponentially the price of lands in the capital and elsewhere. Undoubtedly, he is also “very proud” that he could churn out million of new slaves to serve the newly rich. These new slaves are Khmer people who barely survive with $0.50, $1 or barely $2 of earning per day and, for many years, have extreme difficulties to find jobs, to feed themselves, to obtain healthcare, to pay for their children tuitions, and the meager support they obtained came mainly from foreign charity. For the past few years, the billions of revenues from Pailin precious gems, from precious woods from Kampong Thom forests, from fish catch from the Tonle Sap, from Battambang rice, from Siem Reap tourism … in addition to the other billions in international aid, where did all these billions go that they could not reduce somewhat the misery of Khmer farmers and workers?
We have seen them all these boasted economic growth and development that are “paid for” mainly through the pillaging and sellout of national resources, through the deprivations forced upon the population, through the concessions-sales of lands and islands to foreign interests, and through the plundering of state wealth as well as the farmers’ properties. The “excellent” economic growth did not stop the worsening of the social situation (public healthcare, education, human trafficking, …), the continued rise of joblessness and the non-stop increase in the price of basic goods (rice, fish, vegetables, salt, etc…) created by a soaring inflation that comes hand in hand with the flare-up of land prices. However, to exculpate himself from the inflation and the economic crisis which he initiated, Mr. Hun Sen now puts the entire responsibility on “dishonest merchants,” and other ills, such as the international increase of oil price, the cost of transportation and raw materials, all of which are additional burdens borne by the poor and the hungry people.
The social situation in the New Year of the Rat could be untenable and become explosive. But, as usual, to protect his “development,” Mr. Hun Sen and his cronies have to resort to punctual demagogic measures and to usual lies, as well as intimidations and violent repressions against “economic saboteurs” already identified. Already, in order to “provide freedom, legitimacy and justice for the upcoming elections,” and the preservation of the CPP dictatorship, Mr. Hok Lundy, the national police commissioner, plans to deploy, under his commandment, “police officers, military police officers, the infantry, the air force and the navy of the entire country.” And if this is not enough, Mr. Tea Banh, the minister of Defense, will also make appeal to the Vietnamese troops of “volunteers” to the rescue. This is the logic “of stability and development in Cambodia, … which are inseparable from the tight cooperation with Vietnam,” as Mr. Sok An announced last December…
The impossible-to-reform government system thus set up will follow its course, “irreversibly.” The people must find their salvation on their own. The Cambodia’s Border Committee very sincerely and profoundly wishes that the Tevoda of the New Year of the Rat will show the divine path to all Khmer People so that they can benefit from the peace, prosperity and happiness which they had waited for so long until now.
Long Life the Khmer People!
Done in Paris, April 13, 2008
The Cambodia’s Border Committee in France and Worldwide,
Dy Kareth
Vice-President
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In comparison of the previous years, the past Year of the Pig in Cambodia was one of serious power abuse and human rights violations, as well as the violations of our citizens’ rights, in addition to the violent repressions perpetrated by public and private powerful figures, especially in the provinces. The powerful rulers of Cambodia totally ignore the lamenting, and the distress and despair calls by their constituents broadcasted daily on radio stations and published on newspapers. The “Super Great and Very Powerful Commander-in-chief” (Aka Moha Senapadei Decho) Hun Sen turned out to be weak when it comes to putting an end to the anarchic deforestation, the land confiscations from farmers, the corruption of the civilian, legal and military administrations, as well as to all kinds of financial and economic speculations. On the other hand, the “Very Powerful” Prime Minister heroically fought against Mr. Yash Ghai, the UN Special Envoy on Human Rights in Cambodia, and he even refused the entry of the latter into the kingdom for denouncing the misery and the fear instilled on ordinary citizens and the despicable human rights situation in Cambodia. Mr. Hun Sen’s staunch lieutenants even planned on getting rid of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Phnom Penh as well. This is a clear warning against all citizens who still dream of freedom. For the past five years, everything was done to prevent any public political gathering and street demonstrations, soon all strikes will also be prevented … as the regime needs “order and stability for its development.”
Mr. Hun Sen now has a solid alibi: he has to protect the economic growth for “the development and the poverty reduction.” He negotiates all by himself and in dark “secrecy,” economic contracts without any public bidding, without publication, and without the agreement from the Parliament. He grants “concessions” – so as not to call them “sales” of national territories – that are outrageously larger than allowed by the law to foreigners who have the right to do whatever they want without any economic, social and human considerations, for the extraordinary durations of 50, 70 or even 99-year. In effect, since “the growth” started, sumptuous palaces and villas belonging to relatives and friends of Mr. Hun Sen’s family are sprouting like mushrooms in Phnom Penh and in large Cambodian cities. Furthermore, the prime minister said that he is “very proud” that his regime knows how to push up exponentially the price of lands in the capital and elsewhere. Undoubtedly, he is also “very proud” that he could churn out million of new slaves to serve the newly rich. These new slaves are Khmer people who barely survive with $0.50, $1 or barely $2 of earning per day and, for many years, have extreme difficulties to find jobs, to feed themselves, to obtain healthcare, to pay for their children tuitions, and the meager support they obtained came mainly from foreign charity. For the past few years, the billions of revenues from Pailin precious gems, from precious woods from Kampong Thom forests, from fish catch from the Tonle Sap, from Battambang rice, from Siem Reap tourism … in addition to the other billions in international aid, where did all these billions go that they could not reduce somewhat the misery of Khmer farmers and workers?
We have seen them all these boasted economic growth and development that are “paid for” mainly through the pillaging and sellout of national resources, through the deprivations forced upon the population, through the concessions-sales of lands and islands to foreign interests, and through the plundering of state wealth as well as the farmers’ properties. The “excellent” economic growth did not stop the worsening of the social situation (public healthcare, education, human trafficking, …), the continued rise of joblessness and the non-stop increase in the price of basic goods (rice, fish, vegetables, salt, etc…) created by a soaring inflation that comes hand in hand with the flare-up of land prices. However, to exculpate himself from the inflation and the economic crisis which he initiated, Mr. Hun Sen now puts the entire responsibility on “dishonest merchants,” and other ills, such as the international increase of oil price, the cost of transportation and raw materials, all of which are additional burdens borne by the poor and the hungry people.
The social situation in the New Year of the Rat could be untenable and become explosive. But, as usual, to protect his “development,” Mr. Hun Sen and his cronies have to resort to punctual demagogic measures and to usual lies, as well as intimidations and violent repressions against “economic saboteurs” already identified. Already, in order to “provide freedom, legitimacy and justice for the upcoming elections,” and the preservation of the CPP dictatorship, Mr. Hok Lundy, the national police commissioner, plans to deploy, under his commandment, “police officers, military police officers, the infantry, the air force and the navy of the entire country.” And if this is not enough, Mr. Tea Banh, the minister of Defense, will also make appeal to the Vietnamese troops of “volunteers” to the rescue. This is the logic “of stability and development in Cambodia, … which are inseparable from the tight cooperation with Vietnam,” as Mr. Sok An announced last December…
The impossible-to-reform government system thus set up will follow its course, “irreversibly.” The people must find their salvation on their own. The Cambodia’s Border Committee very sincerely and profoundly wishes that the Tevoda of the New Year of the Rat will show the divine path to all Khmer People so that they can benefit from the peace, prosperity and happiness which they had waited for so long until now.
Long Life the Khmer People!
Done in Paris, April 13, 2008
The Cambodia’s Border Committee in France and Worldwide,
Dy Kareth
Vice-President
Click here for additional information about CBC/CFC
6 comments:
There go another victim of Hollywood.
Year of the Pig was a great year for all Khmer people. The country managed to maintain its world fastest growing pace in the world, and delivered hundreds of thousands of citizens from hardship that was created by Ah Khmer-Yuon criminals.
Best wishes to the Cambodia's Border Committee. Many thanks to all of you for what you have been doing for Khmer and Khmer National interest.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank KI-Media and the team for enlightening me and the public with the news. Million thanks. Keep it up! Wish all of you the best. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Golden State, California
While I am joining millions of Cambodian all around the world to wish Cambodia and her inhabitant a very happy and properous New Year, I like to tell this Viet troller on KI-media as follows:
Hello You freaking Viet pimp/parasite @9:56 AM,
You Viet troller/intruder admitted yourself here on KI-Media to being a Viet-born and national.
You Viet troller/intruder have been dumping tons of trashes here on KI-Media over God knows for how long.
You Viet troller/intruder pretend to be Cambodian/Khmer speaking up for Cambodian/Khmer and giving Cambodian/Khmer a bad name.
You Viet troller/intruder trash everybody here on KI-Media calling Cambodian/Khmer all sort of names to boast, to sabotage and to destroy Cambodian/Khmer for the benefit of you Viet intruder/plunderer....
Now, you Viet trash/troller/intruder/parasite call that a debate?
Does history and now a live example of you Viet trash/troller here on KI-Media tell Cambodian/Khmer anything about the Viet's trustworthiness?
Cambodian/Khmer and the whole world see and know the true colors of you Viet troller/intruder/invader/plunderer/parasite too well already.
In plain and simple English, now, and again what part of you "getting the fuck out of KI-Media" don't you understand huh you fucking Viet troller/intruder/pimp/plunderer?
Let's see you Viet pimp/parasite's tail between your legs and run on home out of KI-Media now!
Go home Viet, go home!
You will hurt the Viet and not hurting us Cambodian/Khmer by hanging around here on KI-Media and having made such a comment.
Go home Viet, go home!
The world sees and knows you Viet true colors already!!!
Somehow I have not seen Moha slogan" PEOPLE GET RICH BEFORE THE STATE DOES" any more.As a matter of fact, The cronies and powerful get richer in stead. What a blind lie this government does to own citizens. People power is an absolute to end the misery to compatriot cambodians.
Please the king do your utmost task to relieve khmer sufferings for once in our history as cambodian heros have done enough.
Please be friend with china, but do not sell cambodia to vietnam.
Make a new year to a new page of our history!!! gentleman.
Neang SA
Wish of the New Year for Kampuchea:
That the Pol Pot's spirit returns among us.
It is time now that the Pol Pot's believers , we shall contnue his work and shall take back he fight.
Wish of the New Year :
Died to the dog Xsam rainxsy this year.
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