Original report from Washington
04 August 2009
A man who claimed to be the victim of a land-grab told listeners on live radio Monday he would self immolate at the Independence Monument near the prime minister’s Phnom Penh residence if the prime minister could not find a resolution for him.
The man, who identified himself on the phone as “Saroeun,” from Svay Rieng province, said he had been a resistance soldier for the ruling party.
Saroeun said he lost 2 hectares of land to an unnamed three-star general and had waited 10 years for a resolution to his case. The general was powerful, Saroeun told “Hello VOA,” as a caller to a program about land rights, and no one was willing to go against him.
“If Samdech [Hun Sen] does not help me this time, I will buy 5 liters of gasoline to commit suicide at the Independence Monument, for the historical record,” Saroeun said.
Sia Phirum, the director of the Housing Rights Task Force, said as a guest on “Hello VOA” his group did not advocate such violent responses to Cambodia’s ongoing land crisis.
“This is a concern for us, as NGOs,” he said. “We always issue press releases to appeal to the government to make considerations in advance of forced eviction and make a strategy to find as much fairness as possible and get a win-win [policy] together,” Sia Phirum said.
Thousands of people have been victimized by the authorities, who have evicted them from their communities in the name of development, Sia Phirum said, noting that he was not against relocations.
“It’s normal for a country to develop, but there just should be a proper solution for the people,” he said, without elaborating.
Communities in Phnom Penh have been swept aside in neighborhoods like Dey Krahorm and Boeung Kok, as developers continue with plans for commercial and residential properties in a climate of lucrative land deals.
The displaced have found themselves living in communities remote from the center of the city, far from jobs, schools, electricity and other facilities. International donors and rights groups have called on the government to put an end to the forced evictions, which they say threatens stability.
The man, who identified himself on the phone as “Saroeun,” from Svay Rieng province, said he had been a resistance soldier for the ruling party.
Saroeun said he lost 2 hectares of land to an unnamed three-star general and had waited 10 years for a resolution to his case. The general was powerful, Saroeun told “Hello VOA,” as a caller to a program about land rights, and no one was willing to go against him.
“If Samdech [Hun Sen] does not help me this time, I will buy 5 liters of gasoline to commit suicide at the Independence Monument, for the historical record,” Saroeun said.
Sia Phirum, the director of the Housing Rights Task Force, said as a guest on “Hello VOA” his group did not advocate such violent responses to Cambodia’s ongoing land crisis.
“This is a concern for us, as NGOs,” he said. “We always issue press releases to appeal to the government to make considerations in advance of forced eviction and make a strategy to find as much fairness as possible and get a win-win [policy] together,” Sia Phirum said.
Thousands of people have been victimized by the authorities, who have evicted them from their communities in the name of development, Sia Phirum said, noting that he was not against relocations.
“It’s normal for a country to develop, but there just should be a proper solution for the people,” he said, without elaborating.
Communities in Phnom Penh have been swept aside in neighborhoods like Dey Krahorm and Boeung Kok, as developers continue with plans for commercial and residential properties in a climate of lucrative land deals.
The displaced have found themselves living in communities remote from the center of the city, far from jobs, schools, electricity and other facilities. International donors and rights groups have called on the government to put an end to the forced evictions, which they say threatens stability.
5 comments:
'Fighting for the CPP does not guarantee that your land won't be grabbed' It's very late to know this very truth. Like democracy. Who does'nt know that it is used by wicked leader to oppress, to kill, to steal, to enrich, to empower the wicked leaders?
If khmers wanted again to be mistreated, oppressed, killed, stolen, musled, vote again for CPP.
This party will use your vote to oppress back the very voter for them. Simple. Plain truth.
Chey Yo Democracy= chey yo CPP= chey yo oppression
The cpp gonna crashes from within outward bound. The big dogz is above the little dogs. But its not gonna lasts.
PPU is Me Hun Mana ,daughter of A Me-Chor Hun Sen & Me Kachrouk Pig-h-D Bun Rany.She is one of Toul Krasaing IT-Groups under supervision of A Me Chor-Khmeng Hun Maneth.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
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.
CPP (Collected People Property)
PPU (Prosecute People Union)
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