Hochimonk Non Nget's letter (in Vietnamese and Cambodian) ordering the defrocking of Tim Sakhorn. Non Nget now denies that he was involved in Tim Sakhorn's defrocking. Is this Hochimonk now lying as well? (Click on each letter to zoom in)Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Written by Meas Sokchea and Sebastian Stragio
The Phnom Penh Post
Tim Sakhorn meets officials in Bangkok as part of asylum bid.
KHMER Krom activist Tim Sakhorn met with officials of the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Monday in Bangkok to apply for political asylum in the United States, but he will have to wait until at least June 20 to learn his fate.
The 41-year-old monk was arrested and defrocked in June 2007 before being jailed for one year in Vietnam for his advocacy on behalf of southern Vietnam's ethnic Khmer minority.
He was allowed to visit family in Takeo province April 4, but was reordained and fled to Thailand the following week.
Kitty McKinsey, UNHCR's Asia spokesperson, said that the organisation's policy was not to discuss the progress of individual cases.
But Tim Sakhorn confirmed by phone Monday that he had met with UNHCR officials, who set the ball rolling on his bid to seek asylum in the US.
"[The officials] asked me who had defrocked me and the reason they did that. I told them I was defrocked by head monks Tep Vong and Non Nget after being accused of undermining the unity between Cambodia and Vietnam," he said.
But he said that his fate remained uncertain following the meeting, and that UNHCR would inform him of the success of his bid June 20.
"I hope that I will be given asylum in America because a lot of human rights groups have encouraged them to give me refuge," he added.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said that the government did not object to Tim Sakhorn's attempt to seek refuge abroad, and that it was an individual right guaranteed under local law.
But he added that the activist, like the country's 14 million other citizens, had little to fear in the Kingdom as long as he obeyed the law.
"He has nothing to fear unless he is doing something counter to the laws of Cambodia," he said Monday.
But Non Nget, Supreme Patriarch of the Buddhist Mohanikay sect, denied he had taken part in Tim Sakhorn being banished from the monkhood in 2007.
"I have never known Tim Sakhorn or seen his face," he said Monday, blaming local monks for the defrocking.
KHMER Krom activist Tim Sakhorn met with officials of the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Monday in Bangkok to apply for political asylum in the United States, but he will have to wait until at least June 20 to learn his fate.
The 41-year-old monk was arrested and defrocked in June 2007 before being jailed for one year in Vietnam for his advocacy on behalf of southern Vietnam's ethnic Khmer minority.
He was allowed to visit family in Takeo province April 4, but was reordained and fled to Thailand the following week.
Kitty McKinsey, UNHCR's Asia spokesperson, said that the organisation's policy was not to discuss the progress of individual cases.
But Tim Sakhorn confirmed by phone Monday that he had met with UNHCR officials, who set the ball rolling on his bid to seek asylum in the US.
"[The officials] asked me who had defrocked me and the reason they did that. I told them I was defrocked by head monks Tep Vong and Non Nget after being accused of undermining the unity between Cambodia and Vietnam," he said.
But he said that his fate remained uncertain following the meeting, and that UNHCR would inform him of the success of his bid June 20.
"I hope that I will be given asylum in America because a lot of human rights groups have encouraged them to give me refuge," he added.
Ministry of Interior spokesman Khieu Sopheak said that the government did not object to Tim Sakhorn's attempt to seek refuge abroad, and that it was an individual right guaranteed under local law.
But he added that the activist, like the country's 14 million other citizens, had little to fear in the Kingdom as long as he obeyed the law.
"He has nothing to fear unless he is doing something counter to the laws of Cambodia," he said Monday.
But Non Nget, Supreme Patriarch of the Buddhist Mohanikay sect, denied he had taken part in Tim Sakhorn being banished from the monkhood in 2007.
"I have never known Tim Sakhorn or seen his face," he said Monday, blaming local monks for the defrocking.
11 comments:
At last , we know his purpose.
fucking ah tepvong and nget what are fucking traitor to the khmer people I have not respect to these fucking monk! I want to fucking cut his throat and fucking let the fucking dog eat this fucking head.
fuck you Ah kror horm Sok fuck you {cpp spokenman} have no right to say anything to khmer citizens you only know to fuck ur mother & ur dghter & fuckin ur Youn boss whores .......
yes, this is how we educate the world by exposing and talking more about the plight and rights of the indigenous khmer krom people and so on. remember isolation is the enemy and should be avoid at all time. true with everything else inc cambodia. no more keeping cambodia isolated. god bless cambodia.
This monk, Non Nget is defaming Buddhism and very immorality behavior by lying about the fact. It’s very shameful to the Cambodian national as a whole. Therefore, he deserves to be criticized and disrespect from the people. People should get rid of him and replace him with someone else who honesty and a good model for monkhood.
NON NGET and TEP VONG they are not a real monk they are youn secret agent i am 100% sure they carry hand gun at all time how do i know ?because i live in KLAING POLIEU .vietnam they defroke alot of our monk
Mr. Nget (stupid monk) & sopheak are yuon. Your heads are youn but bodies khmer.
you all were born in youn and have worked for yuon that why you don't know khmer history.
ksk
trying to deny something that he personally did and moving the blame on other. Proof is in the papers. What a hypocrite. Monks are never hypocrites, but this head monk just happens to be one
Baab Kamm,
Baab Kamm.
Sama Samputtho!
Nun Nget & Tep-Vong dach sel hoeuy!
5:07AM is right,
I agree with your comments one hundred%! these monks are not real, i'm talking about Tep Vong and many more! these people were setup by Viet-SS to works inside cambodian high level officials dept. there were alot of viet-ss working inside cambodian dept of interior also!
Don't you all know that all viet-ss are runing cambodian government right now? everything inside high level govt is runing by Viet...
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