30 May 2008By Leang Delux
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
A 3-day seminar in which ministers and municipal and provincial governors were invited to provide an account of their work, took place on Thursday 29 May in Phnom Penh. On Friday 30 May, Om Yentieng, who is both the president of the government human rights commission and of the government anti-corruption unit, stressed on the advancement made by the kingdom in these two fields.
On the prison side, Om Yentieng judged that the situation for the prisoners has improved. 10,902 prisoners are currently being detained in 21 jails and 3 rehabilitation centers in the country.
Om Yentieng reminded that the amount spent for each prisoner has increased by 1,000 riels, jumping to 1,500 riels ($0.38) per day. Furthermore, following an intervention from Hun Sen, the number of days over the preventive detention (detention prior to a judgment) limit has decreased. In 2003, 171 persons stayed behind bars 6 months over the legal limit. In 2007, this number dropped to 22. “These problems were due to lack of judges. The municipal court counts only 14 judges, whereas 7,899 cases reach the court each year. Each judge must take care of 700 cases. Furthermore, there is a lack of defense lawyers, and imprecision regarding the identity of those charged or on the investigation time which takes too long,” Om Yentieng explained. According to Sok An, the vice prime minister who was also present during this meeting, Cambodia would need 600 judges, i.e. 400 more than the current number.
Regarding the fight against corruption, Om Yentieng indicated that his unit investigated 20 cases since its formation in 2006. While not wanting to provide any details on each of these cases, he nevertheless indicated that a racketeering case and an illegal car import case were successful.
In spite of the absence of law in this matter, Om Yentieng said to be satisfied with the work accomplished so far. Sok An also intervened on this subject to indicate that the government needs a law for the common interest, in conformance to the penal code. But, he said that such a law wouldn’t resolve the corruption problem on its own, “Three steps are needed to fight against corruption: prevention, application of the law and support from the public.”
On the prison side, Om Yentieng judged that the situation for the prisoners has improved. 10,902 prisoners are currently being detained in 21 jails and 3 rehabilitation centers in the country.
Om Yentieng reminded that the amount spent for each prisoner has increased by 1,000 riels, jumping to 1,500 riels ($0.38) per day. Furthermore, following an intervention from Hun Sen, the number of days over the preventive detention (detention prior to a judgment) limit has decreased. In 2003, 171 persons stayed behind bars 6 months over the legal limit. In 2007, this number dropped to 22. “These problems were due to lack of judges. The municipal court counts only 14 judges, whereas 7,899 cases reach the court each year. Each judge must take care of 700 cases. Furthermore, there is a lack of defense lawyers, and imprecision regarding the identity of those charged or on the investigation time which takes too long,” Om Yentieng explained. According to Sok An, the vice prime minister who was also present during this meeting, Cambodia would need 600 judges, i.e. 400 more than the current number.
Regarding the fight against corruption, Om Yentieng indicated that his unit investigated 20 cases since its formation in 2006. While not wanting to provide any details on each of these cases, he nevertheless indicated that a racketeering case and an illegal car import case were successful.
In spite of the absence of law in this matter, Om Yentieng said to be satisfied with the work accomplished so far. Sok An also intervened on this subject to indicate that the government needs a law for the common interest, in conformance to the penal code. But, he said that such a law wouldn’t resolve the corruption problem on its own, “Three steps are needed to fight against corruption: prevention, application of the law and support from the public.”
7 comments:
About corruption Hun haven't start moving his ass yet and this guy is already overwhelm by the positive results.
Me to I'm excited only three simple steps to get rid of corruption, I must admit that Hun's CPP (Corrupt people party) are compose of smart people.
Hey Sok how do you do it, I mean this pure genius, let face it you came up by yourself with tree amazing steps to fight corruption.
You're a brain man. This deserve a standing ovation!!!!
Shit I got tears in my eye.
Wow, that is an exceptional accomplishments by the CPP. It surely is beyond anyone expectation. I will considered this achievement as bonus to Khmer people.
Vote #4 in the Ballot for continuing to move in the right direction.
Hey Om Yentieng are you a khmer born in Hanoi? Because you face does not look like khmer. Is your uncle is Sok An or that Sokimex guy?
Can you pronounce this sentence:
"Deurm chheu doss leu dei ksait"
If you cannot you don't have to show me your birth certificate.
Om Yentieng is 100% correct; that is why over 90% of Khmer people approved the government performance.
Those, who are barking like a dog at the lowest level I' ever seen among the kinds of making a verbal statement from the mouth of a human being, are YOU. I don't know whether you are a Cambodian living in an English speaking country or you're a None-Khmer living in Cambodia or other country. First of all, if English is supposed to be your linguistic mean for the communication, than MIND YOUR ENGLISH!!! "fucking, sucking, kdor..." is that all what you can? From your talking style I can tell who you are. You belong to people coming back to Cambodia with a fake diploma, trying to talk untruth or committing libel against members of other political parties or against other people who are just better than you. Pol Pot wrote the bloody and darkest chapter of Cambodian history. Let's say, Pol Pot with his chapter is in the past. But, brainless head like you destroy Cambodia in the present and future time.
As a Cambodian living abroad and as a childhood friend of Om Yentieng, I know his biography in full details and I know the best about his high consciousness for Cambodia. Before the war, we were together in the high school and the university. He was one of the best students ever. Concerning the academic achievement in the country and abroad, guys like you are nothing to compare with him. During the Pol Pot time he was suffering from starvation like other millions of Cambodians as well. The spreaded untruth about him from you or other ignorant people, he should be brought up by Viet Cong, is just unmoral, unfair and extremely attacked and violated to person. If you do not know anything about making politics, ask him and learn from him. The first step to progress oneself – in this case yourself- is to treat your own people with respect.
to be contidued....
As an academic, PhD in international Law and Economics, I remark that people of high level of education and of good character in the western countries or anywhere would never make a statement like: “Cambodians should learn from the western” But who are you? You make such an arrogant phrase. You must be a person of a primitive character. If you are a Cambodian, you are a blame and a problem self for the nation. If you are a Citizen of a western country, you are bringing a disgrace on your nation. I think, in spite of problems, Cambodian Universities have well developed. Cambodian universities, Universities of South-East-Asia and Western universities are stepping the ongoing procedure of collaboration in network and other form of working together.
Finally, as an academic collaborating in networks of universities in the whole world, I know exactly how to proof if somebody blows him- or herself up in Cambodia to be a very important person by using fake diplomas or spreading an untruth that he or she’s got a high graduation from abroad. In the hope that a lot of innocent Khmer would accept and trust him or her, this person misuses the trust of the huge number of Khmer people for his or her own benefit.
Has Sam rangsy ever completed his exam as a financial expert at any official university in France or where ever? In France, like in many western countries, anyone can call himself Expert in Finance. This title is not protected. The one which is officially acknowledged and protected by the federative institutions is something else. Was Sam Rangsy successful in France in his vocational career? In Cambodia he is puffing himself up using his oppositional role in political landscape.
Seng Theary: Graduated in Law, at which university? For sure none!! In America, it is even worse than in France. People can buy accreditation from some private institutions. Has she ever been officially accepted as an attorney in America? After learning some phrases of Human Rights by heart she puffs herself up by making Cambodia down as if no one would understands about this subject but her.
Those psychologically ill people are lacked of success in achievement of their career in the western countries. Coming to Cambodia, they misused the innocent belief and blank trust of the uneducated Khmer to make themselves important. Like this, they can satisfy their own need of the personal benefit that they would never get in the western country.
Yes, I was one of Om Yentieng’s class mates as well. We were together in the best and severest high school in Phnom Penh (in French: Lycee). Unfortunately, I couldn’t continue the study with him at the university. As a PhD in medicine or better said MD, medical doctor’s family in Phnom Penh, they (Om Yentieng and his family) always helped other people in adversity. Since I left the country and I live in America, I’m no more closely linked with him. But until now, I’m still thankful of their support and hospitality during the period of my high school in Phnom Penh. They were the best people I’ve ever met in my life. Coming from the rural region to Phnom Penh as a student lacked of money and social environment, it was my good destine to have Om Yentieng as a classmate. I was allowed to stay very often at his parents’ house. His family treated me like one of them. We studied, had meal … just did everything together with other friends in his house. Or we went out together or discussed a lot of philosophical themes, politics and other current happens in the country of that time. Om Yentieng and his family’s attitude has always been very world opened. We were young and active students with plenty creative ideas and vision in our heads. If there was no war and criminal and dictatorial regime of Pol Pot, Cambodia would be one among the best developed countries like Singapore, for example.
Now my address to those people pretending to know Om Yentieng and accusing him to be born in northern Viet Nam and so on: STOP BEHAVE YOURSELF UNDER THE BELTLINE, JUST SHUT UP FOR EVER AND STOP STANDERING HIM AND SPREADING WRONG RUMORS ABOUT HIM. OM YENTIENG DOES NOT DESERVE ANY KINDS OF INFAMOUS INSINUATION.
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