Hor Namhong giving an interview to reporters (Photo: Narith, Koh Santepheap)8th May 2008
Koh Santepheap Daily
Adapted from an original translation by Khmerization
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I smoked pot but I "didn't inhale" - Former US President Bill Clinton discussing about his youth lifestylePhnom Penh - In the morning of 7th of May, Vice-prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hor Namhong gave a brief interview to local and international reporters at his ministry in relation to his recent defamation lawsuit against opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
Hor Namhong said that he has nothing further to say about his lawsuit against Sam Rainsy because he would like to let the law takes its course because this issue of defamation was broadcasted again and again, and it was done intentionally, therefore the court should take care of this case. “And I, just like Mr. Sam Rainsy also, I am searching for the truth, whether I was a Khmer Rouge, or the Boeng Trabek Jail chief, or a diplomat for the Front but who was jailed with all the other diplomats,” Hor Namhong said.
Hor Namhong said that, at that time, even though he was truly the president of the committee of prisoners which controlled all other prisoners, he took the job only when Chau Seng and Van Phiny was arrested and sent to be tortured and killed at Tuol Sleng Prison (S-21). He indicated that: "Now, I have factual information from one top Khmer Rouge leader who is currently charged, confirming that I was also a prisoner, and not too long afterward, I would be taken to S-21 like Chau Seng and Van Phiny also."
The minister was quoted by several radio stations as saying that he was very hurt when someone repeatedly called him a Khmer Rouge, and that was done intentionally. Earlier on, US Ambassador Mussomeli, said, during a visit to Baray district, Kampong Thom province, that the lawsuit against Mr. Sam Rainsy could affect the progress of the election.
Sam Rainsy said on the 29th of April that he was not concerned about Hor Namhong’s lawsuit which accused him of disinformation and defamation. Hor Namhong’s lawsuit arrived at the court on 22 April, and he asked for 10 million riels ($2,500) in damage compensation or for Sam Rainsy to issue a public apology. However, Sam Rainsy rejected this demand during a press conference held at the Phnom Penh International Airport, saying that he will not apologize.
Sin Bunthoeun, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters on Friday that this lawsuit reached the court on 22 April 2008. In the lawsuit Hor Namhong accused Sam Rainsy of defamation and disinformation, and demanded 10 million riels ($2,500) in damage compensation, but Sin Bunthoeun said that Hor Namhong would withdraw his lawsuit if Sam Rainsy apologizes to him in public.
Sam Rainsy said that he was only repeating what the former monarch, King Norodom Sihanouk, said, and what he said has proper basis and sufficient witnesses. He added that, in the past, former King Norodom Sihanouk was sued by Hor Namhong 18-year ago, he (Sam Rainsy) helped find a lawyer to defend against Hor Namhong’s lawsuit in France.
Sam Rainsy said that only the KR Tribunal (ECCC), whose role was to search for the truth of the crimes and the killings under the KR regime, and not the Phnom Penh Court, has the jurisdiction over the Khmer Rouge matters.
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Dear Messir Hor Nam Hong!! I like to tell you like this;
1-You have admitted that you have side yourself with Sihanouk in 1970. That mean you have involved with the khmer rouge movement since 1970. You were Prachea Chon Chas. You have all your right to intimidate to all Prachea Chon Thmey. As you were a diplomate, therefore, you were a senior Khmer rouge high Raky leadership.
2-You have admitted that you have replaced Chau Seng and Vann Pinny as Chief the Trainning centre, that mean that you have promoted to a highest position of that centre among all Khmer Rouge personal. Chau Seng and Vann Pinny were all Khmer Rouge high raky leadership.
3-The death of Chau Seng and Vann Pinny were the result of power struggle. Pol Pot and you have removed all rebel group from their posts and have sent them to death. During that year of replacement in Boeung Trabek, there were replacement all over the country. All other lower khmer rouge leaders such as Provincial governor, Zone governor and group leaders at all level were being replaced by a more closer to Pol Pot. All old leadership were being sent to death.
It prove to me clearly that you were one of the closest ally to Pol Pot and Duch.
We cannot accept statement from Khmer rouge leaders at all for your role in Pol Pot area. We must take evidence from victims of your centre. You may have a dealt with Khmer Rouge leaders to minimise your crime against humanity. Areak Prey
Whore Namhong admitted again and again that he was chief of Boeng Trabek Prison, replacing Chau Seng and Van Piny when these two were purged, so how can Whore Namhong deny it now? It's written all over national and international newspapers. He said that when someone accused him of being a Khmer Rouge he is very hurtful. Mr. Whore forgot that hundreds and thousands of victims of his Khmer Rouge regime, including hundreds of victims of Boeng Trabek Prison, where Mr. Whore was the chief, must be more hurtful than him. He was chief of Boeng Trabek, that made him not only a Khmer Rouge, but one of the most important leaders of the Khmer Rouge, like Duch. His wife was chief of women prisoners and his son was chief of youth prisoners at Boeng Trabek, so how can he deny it now? Proof are everywhere. They came out directly from Whore Namhong's mouth.
It's not a crime to be chief or director in charge of prison. Every country on this planet got a bunch of them.
អា ហោ ណាំហុង ថា ឈឺចាប់ណាស់ ដែលថា អា ហោ ណាំហុង ជាមេគុកបឹងត្របែក ក្នុងសម័យខ្មែរក្រហម ប៉ុន្តែសូមជំរាប អាហោ ណាំហុងថា អ្នកដែលឈឺចាប់ជាង អា
ហោ ណាំហុង ទៅទៀតនោះ គឺប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ ដែលមានបងប្អូន ត្រូវអា ហោ ណាំហុង បញ្ជាយកទៅសំលាប់ នៅគុកត្របែក រាប់មិនអស់។ អា ហោ ណាំហុង សមចូលគុក ដោយ តុលាការខ្មែរក្រហមហើយ។
ah Hor Nam Hong must be in jail with Noun Chea, Ieng Sary, Khieu Samphan in KR tribunal because ah Hor Nam Hong was the chief of Boeng Tra Baek prison during Khmer Rouge regime (1975-1979).
wA bas criminel Khmer rouge Ah HOR NAM HONG! Vous êtes membre du FUNK et du GRUNK sous la directive du traitre NORODOM SIHANOUK, Chef d'état du Kanpuchea démocratique depuis le 18 Mars 1970. Quelle est la différence entre les Khmers rouges et les membres du FUNK et du GRUNK ? Répondez-vous immédiatement ah HOR NAM HONG ?
Les Khmers rouges et les membres du FUNK et du GRUNK ne font qu'un
ou les mêmes. Vous étiez en fonction comme l'ambassadeur du GRUNK (Khmer rouge)auprès du Cuba à Lahavane. Après la victoire du FUNK et du GRUNK le 17 Avril 1975, tous les Khmers rouges à l'étranger ont été rapatriés au Cambodge. Ah HOR NAM HONG! vous étiez revoyé dans le camp de rééducation de Boeng Trâbèk afin d'y fortifier vos connaissances. Ah HOR NAM HONG! vous n'êtes pas prisonnier des Khmers rouges comme vous prétendez. Vous êtes le cadre supérieur des Khmers rouges depuis le 18 Mars 1970. Après la mort de VAN PINY et de CHAU SÉNG, vos prédécesseurs ou directeurs du centre de rééducation de Boeng Trâbèk, Ah HOR NAM HONG! vous étiez nommé à leur place comme directeur de ce centre. Vos étiez donc un grand responsable sur le sort des internes de ce centre. La question de vie ou de mort de ces Khmers rouges nouvellement venus de l'étranger incarcérés dans le centre de rééducation de Boeng Trâbèk reste secrètement sous votre compétence. Donc il n'y avait pas mal des victimes qui ont de malchance sous votre conrole. Vous avez dit récemment que vous étiez prisonnier des Khmers rouges dont votre nom était sur la liste à liquider à S21 de Tuon Slèng ? Si c'est vrai ? Parce que en tant que cadre des supérieur des Khmers rouges et comme directeur de Boeng Trâbèk, vous étiez accusé comme traitre de l'Angkar des Khmers rouges par suite de vos fautes quelconques commis dans ce centre.
Ah HOR NAM HONG! vous pouvez vous demander vous-même(?) Pourquoi KOY THUON, HUU NIM, VORN VETH, VAN PINY, CHAU SÉNG... étaient-ils condamnés à mort dans la prison de Tuol Slèng ? Ils étaient tous de haut-cadres des Khmers rouges ayant de hautes fonctions au sein de l'Angkar exactement comme vous-même. En résumé vos conrades et vous ne sont pas des prisonniers, ni des victimes des Khmers rouges mais vous et vos conrades sont des Khmers rouges qui ont commis des fautes ou accusés comme des infidèles ou des ennemis internes ou traitres envers l'Angkar des Khmers rouges. Est-ce clair ? AH HOR NAM HONG !
6:03PM,
It's of course not a crime in a coutry whose government enforces the just laws of the land, but in the Khmer Rouge regime it was and still is a crime because the KR's prisons were built just to put the innocent who were intetionally accused of doing wrong. Don't tell me any falsehood about the KR acts, dude, I had seen enough of tortures and killings right in front of my eyes. Here lies my own premisses to support my logic, which most folks might disagree with: all Khmer Rouge are vicious; Ho Namhong is one of the Khmer Rouge; therefore, Ho Namhong is also vicious.
Yes, why don't you let the victims speak? One of them, Keo Bunthouk spoke already. And he corroborates Hor Nam Hong's story. So what else have you got?
who prevents the victims from speaking?
8:31, can you prove that Hor NanHong order anyone to be tortured, or kill? If so, tell us about it, or stop the nonsense, will ya? We are not so dumb as you think we are. You are only fooling yourself.
Easy, dude. You keep asking Hor Nahong again and again and again, if he still doesn't tell the truth of his criminal acts, then you can use Hun Xen's style of torture: cutting the tip of his tongue, or gouging out one of his eyes, or just use the same method as Hor Namhong orders his jailers to torture the innocent victims, Then, I think, he will tell you all. You see how easy it is, come on!
Listen you guys, I really like what 3:11 pm or "Arak Prey" said very much. The person's analysis is very logical. The person has considered various sides of the central issue that I am not aware of. This means that Arak Prey is very knowledgeable in what the person is saying. Actually there is more to Whore Nam Quoc being a jail chief at Beng Trabaek, according to Arak Prey. Excellent analysis Arak Prey. Please write more. Merci beacoup.
Anonymous 6:03 said..."It's not a crime to be chief or director in charge of prison. Every country on this planet got a bunch of them."
Just shut the f*ck up, you Viet cong-cak du ma cong cak. Ah Whore Nam Quoc keeps denying that he was not a jail chief at Beng Trabaek and also that he was not a Khmer Rouge. However, at the same time, ah Whore Nam Quoc keeps saying that he was a jail chief at Beng Trabek and he came back to Cambodia to join the Khmer Rouge victory from Cuba. So ah Whore Nam Quoc is a flippopper.
6:03PM
You can try to defense your boos as much as you blindly can, the fact is he admits that he was KR hiarrachy, joint KR since 1970.
He became BTB chief, where those khmer intellectuals strategically eradicated. Quite appearent that planned KILLING was under his direction.He had the power to kill.
In democratic country, of course prison is law enforvement and rehabilitation centre, in contrary in KR period it was torturing and killing centre, like GESTAPO in Germany.
Your irrelevant statements prove that you did not exist in KR time. Khmer serves khmer people, obviously you are not.
Let's ECCC decides for his crimes against humanity.
Neang SA
11:32, enough rhetoric and speculation, can we see some proof please?
6:03PM, you are not right to state that chief has no responsibilities of 1.7 millions live loss during the KR. Since he is a chief in charge of all the prisons, then all lives loss or any other executions REST ON Whor Nam Hong!
6:03, please don't try to equate Prison V. Prisoner deduction. It does not work.
There is an Organization that hunt down the Nazi. We Khmer should create something like this to hunt down the Khmer Rouge one by one.
Mountains of proof has been provided. The only poroof we need is the enforcement of of one strange land which is Cambodia! How is it strange?
It strange in a way that all the fools rule the country, while the well-educated become their lickspittles or kowtowing political clowns.
correction:
of of = of the laws of
How much more evidences? How many more witnesses needed?
The chief of Beung Trabek Ho Nam Hong confessed on the media and newspapers and even
Koh Sontepheap tha is it government news paper. Just re-copies and record all the evidences in his past and take it to ECC court not that Phnom Penh or Ho Nam Hong court that all a bout it.
if he smell like shit ,look like shit he is the shit that all I can say Mr. Ho Nam Hong is the big shot Khmer rouge.
in other words, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is a duck, right 12:53 AM? Yeap, agreed 100%! lock that son-of-a-bith Hor Nam Hong up and throw away the key!
An see if this self-proclaimed free-thinker, the Viet slave can do anything about it...
Hey guys, you seem to have a lot of fun, ha?
Let's take off the old gloves and put on the new ones to fight in the new ring. And we'll see who will fall off the ring first.
to 9:46pm;
Can you prove that prove that Hor Namhong didn't order anyone? alright then!
accusation from many usually isn't JUST accusation !
its now over 30 years, and people still point fingers at this vietcong looking SOB. if he innocent, why should he worry right people ? He should just show up to court and be a good witness if he totally innocent. He mentioned that he is like sam rainsey, trying to find out the truth. Then, just be a willing witness to provide any knowledge he knows to the khmer rouge tribunal. And i say, the formal king show do the same. This way, the truth will be reveal.
Hi ong Hor,
Simple question. What kind of job do you have to do when you incharge under khmer krahom's promotion? How come they don't pick some one else beside you?
Hor Namhong said that, at that time, even though he was truly the president of the committee of prisoners which controlled all other prisoners, he took the job only when Chau Seng and Van Phiny was arrested and sent to be tortured and killed at Tuol Sleng Prison (S-21). He indicated that: "Now, I have factual information from one top Khmer Rouge leader who is currently charged, confirming that I was also a prisoner, and not too long afterward, I would be taken to S-21 like Chau Seng and Van Phiny also."
What kind of magic word you should use to make me believe you if you are not a khmer krahom lover?
The people were incharge before you and got killed because those two are against ung kar rule right?
Or you used some word to make your boss like you and get those two away?
What kind of kisses that you use to get that position? If you don't have any power who promote your darling and your son to get that position? Tell the truth ong hor!!!
I was under that regime also and they took my father away on 1977 from Ang rokar west of Ang Tasom srok Tram Kok khet Takeo. After that they name my family as (krour sa ong kar kam teach).
Thou Thon who was a student of law school a friend of (Koy Pech, San That,In Hoeung) also in charge one of the big farm near phnom Damrey Romeal because he kissed khmer krahom like you and live with luxery life and he died late 1980 or 90 by some kind of desea. Come on ong hor. Remember only your boss youn and your traitor's friends who loves you ong.
Please join us at www.Cambodian.org.nz forum
There are quite a few English expressions for what's happening on this forum regarding this issue: kangaroo court, someone is being railroaded, mob justice. Why don't you guys just go and lynch him.
Everybody is so smart here and knows all the details. Even some survivors can't help but point fingers. But everything is based on assumptions and hearsay. Guys, whether you like it or not, this is not evidence, these are all rumors. Most of you live in the U. S. How would you like to be treated like this there? No, you expect due process, the rule of law, even the appointment of a lawyer if you can't afford one. So it all boils down to one thing, he is a high CPP official now, there is some connection to the Khmer Rouge, this guy must be guilty as hell. People acting like this are all scum, not one iota better than the people they accuse permanently of being anti-Khmer, such as the CPP, and of violating human rights, stealing from other people. Not that this hasn't happened. If you want to elevate yourself above that level, you ought to act accordingly.
what a quack!
6:03PM, Yes there are a bunch of prison chiefs in the world but they don't torture and kill like the directors of prisons under the KR. If Duch and Whore Namhong didn't kill the prisoners, where are those prisoners now? Where did the skulls at Cheung Ek and mass graves around the country come from? If Duch didn't kill should we release him? What I want to say is that 16,000 prisoners at Tuol Sleng were tortured and killed and many were sent from Boeng Trabek to be torutured and killed at Tuol Sleng. If Duch is in jail, Whore Namhong should be in jail. Mr. Whore admitted that he was the chief of Boeng Trabek, preident of committee of prisoners which controlled all other prisoners, his wife and his son were all chiefs at Boeng Trabek, so that's enough proof.
MR H. Namhung is a real Khmer Rouge, but Khmer Rouge under Viet controlled. Why? Because he jointed Khmer Rouge in eraly 1970.His LIE is enough for Khmer People.
nOT wHORE nam Hong, his son and wife were in charge of youth and women group respectively.
The verdict is; GUILTY
Mr, Ho Nam Hong ,has been confessed over and over through the media especially on it government news papers,that is the rumors ,accusation and hearsay???? please give me a break ,do not try it won't fly except your PCC corrupt
court it works that way but not ECC 's,
Hey folks ! listen to me, after they can't use the connection at their court,or fabricate the story oh perhaps the justice will be reveal for Mr. Rainsy, your folks will see the fake Ho Nam Hong death (the fake one ) to cover up the media.
This is not hallucination or imagination but it the million youn tricks the real Ho will retire in Viet nam hahhahahhahah kid's joke
Have we ever heard that all khmer rouges leaders admit anything ? nothing . Sihanouk,polpot,khiev samphan,ieng sary,nuon chea ,tamok and the rest. To know the truth only kdor kor(big whip made of cow dig)will do the job and get the answers.
I say again, if you are in prison or work camp and you are chosen to be the leader of your group, are you not a collaborator with the very people who have you there?
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