Radio Free Asia
By Mom Sophon
1st January, 2009
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Mr. Kem Sokha (pictured), president of the Human Right Party, has told Radio Free Asia on the 1st of January, 2009 by accusing the military leadership in Preah Vihear of discrimination by not allowing him to distribute aid to the soldiers based in the areas.
Mr. Kem Sokha said that his aides went to ask permission before going there but was told by Gen. Srey Doek, commander of Intervention Force of division 12 based in Preah Vihear, that he cannot allow Mr. Kem Sokha to distribute aid in the Preah Vihear areas by using the pretext that he cannot guarantee the safety for Mr. Kem Sokha.
Mr. Kem Sokha said: “I really regret this because I am a Khmer too and that our Khmer army chose not to allow me to go there. I go there in my capacity as a member of parliament, on my legitimate mission, but the military leader of our army said that he cannot guarantee my safety for me to visit our soldiers. This shows that he is incompetent, even to guarantee the security of a member of parliament. And I went there not for political reasons. I went there in my capacity as a member of parliament and I got a permission from the president of the National Assembly.”
There is no reaction from Gen. Srey Doek to these allegations yet.
Mr. Kem Sokha said that, his aims of going there is to visit the Khmer villagers and soldiers based there and to bring donations from Khmers living in the United States who sent their donations through him.
He said that the donations include some medicines, balms and food, like canned fish, dried fish and condensed milk, plus $US5,000 in cash.
By Mom Sophon
1st January, 2009
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Mr. Kem Sokha (pictured), president of the Human Right Party, has told Radio Free Asia on the 1st of January, 2009 by accusing the military leadership in Preah Vihear of discrimination by not allowing him to distribute aid to the soldiers based in the areas.
Mr. Kem Sokha said that his aides went to ask permission before going there but was told by Gen. Srey Doek, commander of Intervention Force of division 12 based in Preah Vihear, that he cannot allow Mr. Kem Sokha to distribute aid in the Preah Vihear areas by using the pretext that he cannot guarantee the safety for Mr. Kem Sokha.
Mr. Kem Sokha said: “I really regret this because I am a Khmer too and that our Khmer army chose not to allow me to go there. I go there in my capacity as a member of parliament, on my legitimate mission, but the military leader of our army said that he cannot guarantee my safety for me to visit our soldiers. This shows that he is incompetent, even to guarantee the security of a member of parliament. And I went there not for political reasons. I went there in my capacity as a member of parliament and I got a permission from the president of the National Assembly.”
There is no reaction from Gen. Srey Doek to these allegations yet.
Mr. Kem Sokha said that, his aims of going there is to visit the Khmer villagers and soldiers based there and to bring donations from Khmers living in the United States who sent their donations through him.
He said that the donations include some medicines, balms and food, like canned fish, dried fish and condensed milk, plus $US5,000 in cash.
30 comments:
The Cambodian military is supposed to be neutral in serving the nation. To prevent Kem Sokha from distributing aid is like depriving the poor soldiers who guarded our borders of much needed assistance. Gen. Srey Doek is not a career soldier, he is a political pawn of the CPP. He is only strong with Khmer, but scared of the Thai. Stop playing politics and let Kem Sokha give medicine and cash to our unfortunate soldiers. Security is not the reasons. No one will kill Kem Sokha if don't kill him. So please let him go.
I hate Hun Sen and his puppets.That is the style of Hun Sen rule the country.Srey Dek is a khmer rouge,if you are not in my side,you are my ennemy.
to 10:35a.m
That is absolutely correct.
Ah tomato pickers must stay out of Khmer's affair. Everywhere they go, destruction followed. We don't need any problem in the area.
Cambodian army belongs to Hun Sen; the generals staing there have been bought by Hun Sen, so they become his own dogs. There is no such a thing called neutrality in Cambodia.
CPP officials are very hypocrite. They give official permission to you to visit Preah Vihear, but at the same time they order the General overthere to ban your Entry to the temple. No surprise!
នេះជាគំរូទាហ៊ានខែ្មរដ៏ល្ងរមួយរូបសំរាប់ការបាត់បង់ទីក
ដីនៅក្នុងពេលអនាគតដ៍ខី្លខាងមុខ។
កូនចៅខែ្មរជំនាន់ក្រោយុៗគេចមិនផុតពីនីមយួននិងសៀម
ឡើយបើខែ្មរនៅតែគិតខី្លទៀតនោះ។ករកូនខែ្មរនិងទទួលរង
នីមបនា្លយួននិងសៀមជាបា្រកដ។ មិនស្រួលទេនីមបនា្លគេសូមមេតា្តជួយគិតផង សៀមនីងយួនគេសាមគី្កគ្នាណាស់ក្នុងរឿងកាពារទីកដី។
When Thai killed innocent khmer along the boarder, khmer leadership shown no sorrow for the people that is why Thai soliders keep on slaughter khmer like animals, sorry to say but this seem to be true.
I heard khmer soliders are standing strong to defeat Thai solider in case of invasion. I hope it is true don't just say it. Because the fact is each khmer faction are strong against each other but when facing Youn and Siam, they are nothing.
Khmer please be strong. I don't blame the soliders much, it is entirely on the leadership of khmer.
Now the main thing is corruption and killing its innocent people.
That's Hun Sen regime.
Yuon's slave.
the so-called RCAF is infact the tool of Communist Party of Kampuchea currently re-named the CPP. It is not a neutral armed force and it does not serve Khmer interest. It serves communist party interest. This is be clearly understood.
Donating anything to RCAF is to donate to armed dogs that are biting innocent Khmer people.
Those dogs are sent to border not to defend national territory but to create issues for serving communist CPP strategy.
STOP SUPPORTING ARMED DOGS THAT BITE INNOCENT KHMER PEOPLE.
STOP SUPPORTING ARMED DOGS THAT ROBBING KHMER PEOPLE'S LAND.
STOP SUPPORTING ARMED DOGS THAT OBEY COMMUNIST CPP.
Khmer Republican
Losers should not go close to our military and spread disease on them, especially Ah Scam Rainxy and his cronies.
I suggest the political leaders should stay out of military strategy. There is no business for him to go there, unless he is a spy. Military operation is very top secret.
Cannot play right w/CPP Revolution to uproot the regime is needed! Oh else let the bastards rule forever!
SREY DEK, SREY DEY, SREY KAO SUE(RUBBERBAN)is ASSKISSER soft like a mash mallow in front of the Thai...I can't wait for these Hi-ranking come out of Cambodia so I can bleed their fucking nose!
Preventing HE Kem Sokkha from getting to Preah Vihear due to inability to guarantee his safety sounds very much political and may not have anything to do with security at all. In 1992 two members of an anti-Vietnamese resistance group then based in Phnom Penh planned to visit relatives and supporters at Peam Chikong, Kompong Cham. They duely notified the Sate of Cambodia authiorities of their visit. But they were told that it was not safe for them to get there and they could not guarantee their safety. A member backed off from the visit while the other went ahead as palnned. He got there safely and people enthusiastically greeted him. He felt no security problem at all.
The problem was that, after he left the place and returned to Phnom Penh again safely, the SOC local police went to take the names of those who greeted that member of the anti-Vietnamese group, an action which greately frightened those people.
Perhaps, our army and police should be made a-political as in Tanzania for instance. Tanzania ensures the political neutrality of members its defence and police forces by prohibiting their affiliation to any political party. Its Constitution says:
" (3) It is hereby prohibited for any member of the defence and security forces to join any political party save only that he shall have the right to vote which right is specified under article 5 of this Constitution.
(4) For the purpose of this Article, the expression “member of the defence and security forces” means a member in the service of the Defence Forces, the Police Force, the Prisons Service or the National Service, whether on temporary or permanent terms."
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Preventing HE Kem Sokkha from getting to Preah Vihear due to inability to guarantee his safety sounds very much political and may not have anything to do with security at all. In 1992 two members of an anti-Vietnamese resistance group then based in Phnom Penh planned to visit relatives and supporters at Peam Chikong, Kompong Cham. They duely notified the Sate of Cambodia authiorities of their visit. But they were told that it was not safe for them to get there and they could not guarantee their safety. A member backed off from the visit while the other went ahead as palnned. He got there safely and people enthusiastically greeted him. He felt no security problem at all.
The problem was that, after he left the place and returned to Phnom Penh again safely, the SOC local police went to take the names of those who greeted that member of the anti-Vietnamese group, an action which greately frightened those people.
Perhaps, our army and police should be made a-political as in Tanzania for instance. Tanzania ensures the political neutrality of members its defence and police forces by prohibiting their affiliation to any political party. Its Constitution says:
" (3) It is hereby prohibited for any member of the defence and security forces to join any political party save only that he shall have the right to vote which right is specified under article 5 of this Constitution.
(4) For the purpose of this Article, the expression “member of the defence and security forces” means a member in the service of the Defence Forces, the Police Force, the Prisons Service or the National Service, whether on temporary or permanent terms."
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Preventing HE Kem Sokkha from getting to Preah Vihear due to inability to guarantee his safety sounds very much political and may not have anything to do with security at all. In 1992 two members of an anti-Vietnamese resistance group then based in Phnom Penh planned to visit relatives and supporters at Peam Chikong, Kompong Cham. They duely notified the Sate of Cambodia authiorities of their visit. But they were told that it was not safe for them to get there and they could not guarantee their safety. A member backed off from the visit while the other went ahead as palnned. He got there safely and people enthusiastically greeted him. He felt no security problem at all.
The problem was that, after he left the place and returned to Phnom Penh again safely, the SOC local police went to take the names of those who greeted that member of the anti-Vietnamese group, an action which greately frightened those people.
Perhaps, our army and police should be made a-political as in Tanzania for instance. Tanzania ensures the political neutrality of members its defence and police forces by prohibiting their affiliation to any political party. Its Constitution says:
" (3) It is hereby prohibited for any member of the defence and security forces to join any political party save only that he shall have the right to vote which right is specified under article 5 of this Constitution.
(4) For the purpose of this Article, the expression “member of the defence and security forces” means a member in the service of the Defence Forces, the Police Force, the Prisons Service or the National Service, whether on temporary or permanent terms."
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Why? Because there are Khmers soldiers in the frontlines and Vietnamese cowards hiding in the back of them. Thats why khem sokha is now allowed to visit.
Ask Ta Banh: Does he have a DATA Bank of RCAF soldiers? Now in the Army there are only generals and officers but no rank and file soldiers.
The same for the Police Of Former AH HOK. You can see first and second leutenant officers taking guard on the road or asking for bribes from the street vendors.
Many soldiers and policemen are " irregular" because they are working
with the name of other else.
If Mr. Kem Sokha is genuinely interested in providing aid to the troops without ostensibly appearing to gain politically from the donation, then there are more appropriate channels to do so.
I don't have $5,000 or a truckload of supplies to provide to the troops; however, I have been to donate whatever little money I could spare from my $300 monthly income and have always donated ANONYMOUSLY.
A truly kind person does not seek credit for his good deeds.
Lao Mong Hay, again you stand corrected.
- Khmer Patriot, Ph.D.
12:46pm, as a member of parliament, kem sokha has a business to be there. what top secret? the thai officials are there everywhere. you mean, the cambodian military trust the thai, their enemy, more than the cambodian member of parliament? and talking about top secret, tvk went there many times and broadcast all their activities, even in the frontlines, where the khmer and thai soldiers live just 5 metres apart from each other. Please leave politics aside and think about the welfare of the soldiers. the medicines and $5,000 cash that kem sokha brought with him are much needed assistance that would help the soldiers a great deal.
Wrong, minority has no right to spoil everything for everyone.
Khmer Patriot, PhD
Please go tell the CPP the same thing; that there are other approppriate channels to deliver donations. Tell them to stop abusing state institutions also, will you ?
You stand to be balanced in your views, unless you are one-riel intellectual.
Once the head of the regime and hanoi is out of the way. Every thing else will follow!
Until then, Nothing is different or nothing will ever changes for the better, but only gets worst.
Thank you Mr Kem soka for giving the people under the regime some headache and see their true color.
let the scum hun sen and it clan run the show and we are all stand and watch,how the sound ?
But this scum bag leader won't lead us to no where beside under Viet thongs.
5:52 PM/Lao Mong Hay -
I do not condone the politicization of the Preah Vihear conflict by ANY party in ANY way. Doing so is a betrayal to the troops and the nation.
It's important to understand that Thailand would not be encroaching upon Cambodian sovereignty without tacit approval by the West.
In fact, the modern tanks, jet fighters, and military hardware being used by the Siams to harass our people have been supplied by the Americans, who provide $120 million a year in military aid to Thailand.
Perhaps Kem Sokha, Lao Mong Hay, and Sam Rainsy should use their cozy relationships with the Westerners to pressure the Siams to respect the 1962 ICJ ruling and stop trying to steal our land?
- Khmer Patriot, Ph.D.
When will this freaking idiot imbecile fake Ph.D from Hanoi Viet slave @8:12 PM and throughout KI-Media quit alienating Khmer in favor of the freaking Viet parasite???
អាខ្ញុំកញ្ជះយួនចុយម្រ៉ាយឯងនឹងត្រូវខ្មែរស្នេហា
ជាតិពឹតប្រាកដសំឡាប់ចោលក្នុងពេលឆាប់ៗនេះ
មឹនខាន៕
Khmer Patriot, PhD
Perhaps, Hun Sen should enlist the cooperation of Kem Sokha, Sam Rainsy,Lao Mong hay, among other intellectuals, rather than see4ing them as enemies during this time of crisis. What kind of a leader is Hun Sen ?
Khmer Patriot,PHD
Perhaps khmer in the western country will say the same tone fuck you and Hun Sen to-gather if we really really want to help you yes we wanted but you have to kill all the Viet dogs first or the Aids it mean like the waste.
Give me a break the PHD or P= pussy H=hungry D=dog
We must use Preah Vihear for political gains. We must join hands to fight against the Siem.
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