Disabled Soldiers Protest Absence of PayBy Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
07 August 2009
More than 170 disabled former soldiers gathered in protest Friday against the provincial authorities of Banteay Meanchey, who they say have not paid them a raise in their monthly disability benefits.
All disabled soldiers in Cambodia receive monthly compensation of varying amounts depending on rank. Each of the 173 protesters in Banteay Meanchey should receive between 80,000 riel and 250,000 riel, about $20 to $62.
That amount includes a 20 percent bump provided by a directive from Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2008.
But soldiers say they are not seeing the raise in their monthly payments, and that those payments sometimes don’t arrive at all.
Choeung Chanthol, 48, who lost the use of his right arm fight the Khmer Rouge in Thmar Pouk district in 1988, told VOA Khmer the disabled soldiers needed the increase to their payment to cover the increased cost of living.
“Prime Minister Hun Sen provided us with an increase of 20 percent, so we must get it,” he said.
“We need the money, because we are very poor,” said Moeun Sak, 42, who is paralyzed in the left arm and leg. “We do not have any jobs, so we depend on the payment from the government.”
Oum Chantha, chief of Banteay Meanchey’s provincial cabinet, said Friday the authorities have received a request from the disabled soldiers and are working on the problem.
“We will not allow this problem for the disabled,” he said. “All the disabled must wait for the resolution from the provincial governor later this month.”
All disabled soldiers in Cambodia receive monthly compensation of varying amounts depending on rank. Each of the 173 protesters in Banteay Meanchey should receive between 80,000 riel and 250,000 riel, about $20 to $62.
That amount includes a 20 percent bump provided by a directive from Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2008.
But soldiers say they are not seeing the raise in their monthly payments, and that those payments sometimes don’t arrive at all.
Choeung Chanthol, 48, who lost the use of his right arm fight the Khmer Rouge in Thmar Pouk district in 1988, told VOA Khmer the disabled soldiers needed the increase to their payment to cover the increased cost of living.
“Prime Minister Hun Sen provided us with an increase of 20 percent, so we must get it,” he said.
“We need the money, because we are very poor,” said Moeun Sak, 42, who is paralyzed in the left arm and leg. “We do not have any jobs, so we depend on the payment from the government.”
Oum Chantha, chief of Banteay Meanchey’s provincial cabinet, said Friday the authorities have received a request from the disabled soldiers and are working on the problem.
“We will not allow this problem for the disabled,” he said. “All the disabled must wait for the resolution from the provincial governor later this month.”
please help the disabled, these are disabled khmer veterans, etc... please help take care of them all. god bless.
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
ReplyDeleteTortures
Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
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
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leader of the Free Trade Union
Attempted Assassinations on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Attempted Murders on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders members and activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Killings
Extrajudicial Execution
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
Bribery
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote 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
Impunity
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.
Yeah vote for ah youn slave again you'll get pay for forcing out of your own land and put youn instead.
ReplyDeletehey, ignorant, defamation won't do anything good for cambodia and your cause. instead, why not trying to set a good example by being proactive and put action where your mouth is. your style and penchant of defamation and derogatory remarks, we all can see does not do any good for cambodia at all, to say the least! don't you know people can get sick and tired to see your ignorant remarks which by the way serves nothing good for cambodia and khmer people. it is like pouring fuel into the fire. think about, what good is that! nothing, if you ask me!
ReplyDeleteplus, put money where you mouth is too! stop the cheap talk, ok! it's getting old already, enough is enough!
ReplyDeleteAh Kwack can you hear! 2:14am and 2:15AM?
ReplyDeleteStop bulshit ah Hun Xen! do what you promised and stay behind you foul mouth!Do not fucking lie with your fucking court,DICK HEAD!
James,
THE GRENADE ATTACK ON MARCH 30, 1997 IN CAMBODIA
ReplyDeleteTerrorism in Cambodia.
Killing at least sixteen innocent men, women and children.
Hun Sen's personal Bodyguards Unit (Brigade 70) was the suspects and was order by Hun Sen.
http://www.cambodiapolitic.org/doc_30_march_1997/30_march_97.htm
FBI INVESTIGATION
An FBI investigation concluded that Cambodian government officials were responsible for the attack.
http://www.cambodiapolitic.org/doc_30_march_1997/suspect.htm
U.S. SENATE INVESTIGATION
The U.S. Senate Foreign Committee concluded that Cambodian government officials were responsible for the attack.
http://www.cambodiapolitic.org/doc_30_march_1997/march_30_97_report.pdf
CHEA VICHEA ASSASSINATION
Leader of the Free Trade Union of Cambodia
The Cambodian government attempted to assassinate Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy on March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack.
http://www.cambodiapolitic.org/Chea%20Vichea%20Photos/index.htm
PISETH PILIKA ASSASSINATION
The president of the Red Cross of Cambodia (Bun Rany) had order Hok Lundy to murder Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).
http://www.cambodiapolitic.org/New%20Piset%20Pilika/new_page_1.htm
Source: Statement of Heng Peov
STATEMENT OF HENG PEOV
Heng Peov hold position as the Police Commissioner of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
http://ia311543.us.archive.org/1/items/HengPoevStatementofHengPoev/Statement_of_Heng_Peov.pdf
UNDER AGE CHILD SEX
ReplyDeleteCambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed under age child sex.
Svay Sitha is a senior government official from Cambodian People's Party.
Svay Sitha had a sexual relationship with Tat Marina, she was only 16 years old.
Source: Human Rights Watch
ACID ATTACK ON TAT MARINA
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed acid attack.
"On December 5, 1999, Tat Marina, age 16, was severely disfigured in an acid attack in Phnom Penh. The attack was allegedly committed by Khun Sophal, the wife of a senior government official, Svay Sitha, because she was angry her husband had a sexual relationship with Tat Marina. Neither Khun Sophal nor those suspected of being her accomplices in the attack were brought to justice. Intense media publicity compelled the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Khun Sophal for attempted murder, but the police claimed that they could not locate her, although journalists reported that she was living at home as usual."
Source: Human Rights Watch
TORTURE AND MURDER ON PRAK SITHA WHILE IN CUSTODY BY MISNISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIAL
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed torture and murder.
"On the night of January 16, 2003, a street youth named Prak Sitha was beaten to death at the Ministry of Interior (MOI) headquarters after he was arrested and detained by off-duty MOI officers on suspicion of theft. His body - bearing numerous injuries to the head, torso, arms, and legs - was dumped at a Phnom Penh pagoda the following morning by ministry officers, in violation of police regulations regarding deaths in custody. No criminal charges were filed in connection with this death. In December 2004, the case was cited by the UN secretary-general's special representative for human rights in Cambodia - who stated that Prak Sitha died at the ministry "following beatings by a known police officer" - as an example of a "consistent and continuing pattern of impunity" in Cambodia."
Source: Human Rights Watch
PUT SAMPHORS WAS SHOT DEAD BY MEAN SOKCHEA, A RCAF MAJOR WORKING IN BRIGADE 70.
Hun Sen's personal Bodyguards Unit (Brigade 70) is a terrorist organization.
Hing Bunheang is a March 30, 1997 Grenade Attack suspect identified by the FBI.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed murder, again.
"On September 4, 2008, Mean Sokchea, a RCAF major working in Brigade 70, shot dead 21-year-old waitress Put Samphors at a restaurant in Kandal province. Mean Sokchea, in a drunken stupor, fired his gun and apparently mistakenly hit Put Samphors in the stomach. She was taken to a hospital but later died of her wounds. Mean Sokchea was detained by the police overnight but was then released, allegedly after intervention by Hing Bun Heang. Put Samphor's family received US$2,700 from Mean Sokchea, and the police told them that their daughter was shot while authorities were chasing robbers."
Source: Human Rights Watch
the problems are of society at large, thanks to the aftermath of the KR. it probably has nothing to do with anyone in particular. it's called social problems, every society has social problems; cambodia is no exception. hello, wake up, people. be proactive for a change, perhaps, that can help to make a real difference in cambodia for all. god bless.
ReplyDeletei know, ranting serves no purpose except defamation, of course! then they wonder! go figure already! talk about problematic child!
ReplyDeletesmart leaders listen to all sides. no bias, please!
ReplyDeleteKhmers have smart leaders but more new fake Khmers surrounding them with killing machines.
ReplyDeleteDamn it why these 2 fucking Youn spies 1:58 AM and 2:55 AM keep messing up our Khmer Blog?
ReplyDeletePretending to be Khmers will do you no good, because we all knew about those problems.
Now we need to focus on how we can survive, but you 2 Youn SOB keep diverting or attentions from discussing about Youn.
6:40 AM
ReplyDeleteYou're khmer? I thought you're ah lop washed up Khmer that fled Cambodia? Aren't you something else now? lol You can't even vote in Cambodia now, can you? From logics, you're not Cambodian to me. sucker haha
And what is LOGIC to you 8;17am?
ReplyDeleteNo I am not Cambodian but I am Khmer.
8:21 AM
ReplyDelete1) yes you're right you're not Cambodian lol. Lot of people missed the whole nationality and ethnicity.
2) do you call yourself "pure" khmer or the "real" khmer?
I'm just sick of people going around calling themselves the real khmer and talk down on others who they think so inferior to them because they are chinese, vietnamese, etc... mixed Khmer. There is no real racial purity. Let's look at who promotes false racial purity as a preface to their somewhat cynical intention:
The Nazi killing Jews and Russian slavics because they think Jews and slavics are sub human, much like how some fucking asshole racist Khmer do to the viets.
The KKK, killing blacks for the same reasons as the Nazi, inferiority belief of the "other."
I used to believe that the Viets are sub human and animals bc that was how I was raised up on to believe. But, as I grew up I learned and I realized all the hatred and belief of inferiority between races are purely man made to serve whatever disgusting purpose that one race has on other.
Now you would say the Viets do look down on Khmer. What then? So? It's their problem. If they choose to be racist and believe in the fucking superior race bullshit, it's their problems. When you get robbed, do you go and rob the robber back? When some idiot jumped off a bridge, do you go and do it too?
Responding to idiocy with the same mentality and behavior just shows that you're as low as them. Let the idiots be idiots and be the bigger man and receive them with the conduct of a gentleman and civilized human being is what makes you different from them.
That is the reason why we Khmer look much more sharper and proper compared to the Thai regarding the Preah Vihear issues to the international community. We maintain our cool and patience when a neighbor acts a fool toward us. If we lost our cool and starts acting like an idiot like how the Thai did to us, do you think the international community listen to us more?
It's when you can still maintain a proper conduct of a gentlemen in the face of idiocy that you're perceived and taken more seriously than the idiot.
You act an idiot back to the idiot, they just label you as the same.
11:51 AM is an idiot . no need to waste your time to read his comment .
ReplyDeleteTo all belove Khmer,
ReplyDeleteYou are not deserve to be Khmer, Khmer Australian, or Khmer American...etc if you are not support or donate money to SRP and dares to support the CPP. Despite, we have hidden this policy because Hun Sen and CPP can mocking on us but SRP and our supporters will carry this policy until we win the election. In addition, whoever dares to post any topic in this forum which doesn't support SRP, we will use very bad languages to hunt you down. We are the best in using bad languages against Hun Sen and the CPP.
The opposition (SRP) has no policy to force any Khmer to support us, but if any Khmer dares to support the CPP, SRP and our supporters will brand you as Youn.
Sam Rainsy Party (Candle light)
1:05 PM
ReplyDeleteFeel threatened by a well thought out comment, you fucking piece of shit? lol Yea I think you are. When you feel the need to call others to not listen to someone, you are obviously feeling threatened by those people because their thoughts make a lot of sense and many times against your pathetic mentality as an excuse of a human being, ah dog lol.
What happens to freedom of speech? You only preach it when it was yours? but promote censorship when others express theirs? Your mother should have never given birth to a hypocrite piece of shit or maybe that is just how your bloodline runs, hypocrisy and self-importance fuckers.
We like democracy and always respect the freedom of speech, but we really hate whoever support Hun Sen's regime and the CPP.
ReplyDeleteI do agree the idea that whoever supports the CPP must not call him/herself as Khmer. Khmer have to support SRP and donate money as much as you can to help our party in fighting with CPP.
From SRP's supporter in USA
But, still fighting for SRP means JAIL. Behave smart, boys. Think about the majorities who need your help, and you must act smartly.
ReplyDeleteHun Sen owned the country so these men who served the country cannot serve it anymore and they're no longer important for Hun Sen.
ReplyDeletei told you, good politicians are good at finding an excuse for their political gain! a good example here. that said, of course, cambodia must help the disabled veterans. it is so obvious this man is losing a leg. he's not faking, you know!
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