Thong Khon (Photo: AFP)Minister gives each Cambodian Olympic Games candidate $200
PHNOM PENH, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Tourism Minister and National Olympic Committee (NOCC) President Thong Khon has donated200 U.S. dollars for each of the six Cambodian athletes and trainers heading for the Beijing Olympics in August, national media said Wednesday.
"I just visited them and offered them my personal money," he said, adding that he had asked the committee to raise the stipend for Cambodia's Olympic hopefuls, which is currently set at 50 U.S. dollars each athlete per month for three months prior to the games.
The minister confirmed that Cambodia receives annual funding from the International Olympic committee in Switzerland, but no member of NOCC could tell the amount and spending situation of the funding, reported English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodian Daily.
Cambodia's two Olympic track and field athletes said last week they had been preparing for the games with little to no support from NOCC.
Cambodia will send a 15-member delegation to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing in August with focus on swimming and marathon medals. The team will include Thong Khon himself, who will depart for Beijing on August 7
King Norodom Sihamoni and Education Minister Kol Pheng also plan to attend the opening ceremony of the games.
It is not the first time Cambodia has sent athletes to the Olympics.
The first post-war delegation of five Khmers competed in the Atlanta Games in 1996, and Cambodia subsequently sent four athletes to both Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.
"I just visited them and offered them my personal money," he said, adding that he had asked the committee to raise the stipend for Cambodia's Olympic hopefuls, which is currently set at 50 U.S. dollars each athlete per month for three months prior to the games.
The minister confirmed that Cambodia receives annual funding from the International Olympic committee in Switzerland, but no member of NOCC could tell the amount and spending situation of the funding, reported English-Khmer language newspaper the Cambodian Daily.
Cambodia's two Olympic track and field athletes said last week they had been preparing for the games with little to no support from NOCC.
Cambodia will send a 15-member delegation to participate in the Olympic Games in Beijing in August with focus on swimming and marathon medals. The team will include Thong Khon himself, who will depart for Beijing on August 7
King Norodom Sihamoni and Education Minister Kol Pheng also plan to attend the opening ceremony of the games.
It is not the first time Cambodia has sent athletes to the Olympics.
The first post-war delegation of five Khmers competed in the Atlanta Games in 1996, and Cambodia subsequently sent four athletes to both Sydney in 2000 and Athens in 2004.
21 comments:
Ah Khmer-Yuon (Heng Soy) is retarded. Thong Khon will spend whatever the airline charge for the trip to Beijing, motherfucker. Everyone has to pay that amount.
Mr. Khon try to explains something here, go a head Sir:
"I steal from Cambodia millions, my boss he billions of dollars. He gave a away sarongs, but me I give FROM MY OWN POCKET 200$ to each athletes and trainers. This is a no brainer you see how generous I am."
There you go folks, a man and his legacy. Cambodia needs more of these kind of people.
Thanks you Mr. Kong for your time.
Hun Sen is surrounded by such intelligent people, no wonder why the country is making giant leaps in term of progress. When they say that we heading in the right direction, these people are way to humble, we rushing into the right the direction.
If you put the brain activity of all the CPP members together I wonder if you can power an iPod????
Roum RITH c'est qui ce cretin je parle le chef de la déléguation Bien sur combien touche un ministre au cambodge et d'ou vient ce frics Enfin petite félécitation , mais mieux vaut qu'il distribue ces frics qu'il pique dans la caisse de l'Etat aux gens démunis TA ROUM RITH
Thong Khon is nothing difference from Ranarith
Yeah, but Ah Scam Rainxy is the worse of all. That Scammer wipes his arse with money stolen from Khmer people.
How much did he steal you 3:02PM ?
You are a liar as I proved your words on polygraph.
"no member of NOCC could tell the amount and spending situation of the funding"
No-one knows how this moeny is spent or where it goes.
Is this money really coming from Thongs own pocket??
Combien gagne-t-il M. Thong Khon par mois ? M. Thong Khon est un des voleurs du peuple khmer.
Bande de mafieux militaires qui vendent et volent toutes les terres du peuple khmer aux puissants voisins Thai et viet.
Billions, 3:18, that is how much Ah Scam Rainxy stolen from Khmer everywhere, not just in Cambodia.
3:18, billions? why do you know that amount?
You are a liar and say useless words!!!
With that amount of money, it's like the Khmer Rouge. Well CPP have this habit. How can we feed our athletes like Khmer Rouge to compete against the most talented athletes of others countries or the world?
And people work in the ministry collect all the money.
SO ASHAME, comparing to the 60s.
Khmer Canadian
5:04 PM You're so fool and childish...
Sam Rainsy had once steal money from the cambodians when him and his families are the high rank with Funcinpec. All I know Sam Rainsy and his brother Sam Emra have filled his pockets when they are with FUNCINPEC. Sam Emra work in the foreign's minister and Sam Rainsy as minister of finance.
Others stories are the collection of money from foreign donors (believers of freedom, liberty and peace).
Well it's not as bad as Hun Sen and his cronies.
Still, bandits are bandits.
Khmer Canadian
What you have stoll 9:22pm! don't be a liar!
This KHMer canadian girl , are FUNSIPEC suporter SHE can't deside what party she want to defect to , Because CPeePee they don't want HER , event SHE try to pay CPeePee a lot of money still they don't want traitor like this CHEAP KHMER canadian.
Oh great job! All these athletes have to do is eating rice soup every day. Way to prepare them for the Olympic!
Yes, we don't want them to be fat and lost their chance to Olympic medals.
WHERE IS OUR KING FATHER AND QUEEN MOTHER WHO PRETEND TO LOVE THE KHMER PEOPLE???!!!!!
Always eager to lick the ass of the prime minister or the chinese or other people when a a natural catastrophe happen in other country, but don't they feel ashame also that our khmer athletes, representative of our Nation are starving and struggling to compete with other international athletes?!!!!!
Where are the generous donators who give sardins cans and one piece of sarong before the election?!!!!! They don't give a shit for people who will represent Cambodia on international sport events?!!!!!
SHAME ON ALL THESE UNPATRIOTICS AND FAKE KHMER WHO DON'T SUPPORT OUR ATHELTES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS SYMBOLIC OF LACK OF NATIONALISM AND PATRIOTISM FROM OUR LEADERS!!!!
SRP: if you can do something, provide directly some support to our atheletes, the khmer people will know it and will admire you more to enhance our representation ability!!!
It can be a good communication tool before the election. And if the other politicians follow to support our athletes, it will be good also, because sport and patriotism shall be beyond political rivalty. LETS SUPPORT OUR ATHELETES, PROUD OF OUR NATION!!!!
No way, don't let Ah Scam Rainxy to tax everything from what little our athlete ever had. Keep the devil away from our good people.
7:36AM. You don't know and never seen the King 'n Queen helping their people, because KI don't post what our King and Queen do. You son 'n daughter of bicth need to stop bullying Khmer Kings, understand?
Darn it why SRP's supporters are so fuckken shit, huh?
11:18: Khmer Kingsd of what?!!!!!!!
the gay king from the mother half-french and half yuon?!!!! We lost our real kings since a long time. We have only fake royals who play and dance music or make video ... Do you know any royals in the world who play music or make movie ?! The best way they could do to help khmer people is to kill themselves. Everybody will be happy. I'm not SRP supporter, but i 'm the real khmer patriot who knows our nation history.
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