July 10, 2009
ABC Radio Australia
A Cambodian lawyer who set to defend two opposition politicians in high profile cases, has made a sudden defection to the ruling party - with human rights groups suggesting politial intimidation.
It is the latest in a wave of legal attacks against critics of the government, leading to fears both locally and internationally, that freedom of speech and freedom of association in Cambodia are under threat.
Presenter: Robert Carmichael
It is the latest in a wave of legal attacks against critics of the government, leading to fears both locally and internationally, that freedom of speech and freedom of association in Cambodia are under threat.
Presenter: Robert Carmichael
2 comments:
Congratulation Robert Carmichael for your journalist professionalism. There are variety of ideas and intents from different interviewing. At least, three interviewees were allowed to give their inputs. The listeners just listen and weight this news by their own.
This is very different from CTN news reporters such as Chhum Kosal who has non-stop interviewing only one person and he concluded his news instead of the audience.
As a Khmer Young, I can weight this news and conclude that Phay Siphan's justification is baseless.
1. How criticism of Hang Chakra, Dam Sith, Mu Sochua, and Ho Van can make instability in Cambodia? All arm forces are under total control of the government. The amnesty international and the human rights personnel are right to see the backwardness of democracy development in Cambodia. Silencing the dissents is one of the best favorite tools for all dictators in this world.
2. Cambodian constitution is really supportive to the freedom of expression and speech. Also, constitution affirms the independence of mass media and judiciary. Phay Siphan should read the national constitution again on what chapter that the Cambodian people should be jailed because of their love and activities to help develop the nation?
PM Son Chhay is right with his experiences in Cambodia. While government is facing with other unsolved issues, they will make storms to oppositions and all critics to divert the attention of Cambodian people.
The recent move of Hun Sen to injail the journalists, to lift the opposition MPs immunity or other fearful activities might be his traditional strategies to handle with his internal opponents as well as to silence Cambodian people from the protest of unemployment, poverty, injustice and violence etc.
Cambodian people in the whole nation are being poisoned by the mass media, the biased and one-sided media. But there are many Cambodian people who are seeing the recent move of Hun Sen administration is intimidating to their individual safety, freedom and happiness.
Let see the move of Hun Sen and his colleagues under his vanguard...what will be happened?
KY
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
War Crimes
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Human Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Assassinations
Murders
Killings
Extrajudicial Executions
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helecopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official was on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Sold National Resources
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to votes in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Under Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed all of these crimes above within Hun Sen Khmer Rouge government have ever been brought to justice.
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