Rong Chhun (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)13 August 2009
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
"If you act as a pig, you shouldn't be scared of hot water" - Khmer sayingOn Wednesday, Rong Chhun, President of the Cambodian Independent Teachers’ Association (CITA), called on Hun Xen, the government leader, to resign because the latter is afraid of criticisms. Rong Chhun indicated that, as a public figure, Hun Xen must accept constructive criticisms from the public. Rong Chhun told a pro-SRP newspaper that: “As a public official or a member of the government, one must accept criticisms from civil society, unions and the people, as well as from local and international reporters. And one must be open-minded, if one is afraid of criticisms from civil society, from newspapers, from international opinion, one should resign, one should resign from being a public figure because for a country that is firmly democratic, public figures must accept criticisms from civil society, from the population as well as from the national and international opinion. One should not crack down on freedom rights and on the freedom to participate in the national edification.”
Hun Sen must weak up and realize that vietnamese government is destroying cambodia from growing....
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ReplyDeleteVideo of Hun Sen's speech in which he threatens to use guns and military against opposition figures:
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Mr Rong Chhun is very right. All politician should be fully opened to public scruitinered and must accepte public critics because their decision have affected everyone life. If they are scared of critic, they should resign for good. The recent comment made by hun sen that he could use force to arrest Mu Sochua is an outrage. He should be arrested and put in prison for attempting to use violence against an elected member of parliament. Areak Prey
ReplyDeleteI dont think he is afraid of criticisms from the public because he is like a junta leader. For example, the guards, police and soldiers were ordered to crack down Khmer protesters in 1998. And the grenade attack on March 30 1997 happened under the current regime. With regard to lawsuits filed, H S wants to show Khmer public that he is "The Untouchable" and always clean and flawless.KhmerOpen
ReplyDeleteRong Chhun nailed it right on the spot.
ReplyDeleteRong Chhun is going to be fined and place in jail for defamation charges soon. I would advise he to apply for a foreign visa soon.
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Rong Chhun expressed his owned opinions, but will not help Cambodian society to improve better life, in reality he can become like Hang Chakra or Mu Sochua, Ho Vann.
New Phally
sound like another licker!!!!
ReplyDeleteCambodian cannot improve their lives for having an animal like Leader who care no one. He like to use thread to his own people for having vietcong behind him. How many investors dare to invest in Cambodia with this kind of leader. It must be wait until his death before they want to come.
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This man, Hun Sen, will stay in power as long as he can to serve and protect his Vietnamese Boss and to suppress his own people who criticize him.
ReplyDeleteAnd he is proud of doing that, but he would not dare to touch our historical thief like Siem & Yuon.
Cambodia is facing too many problems under this man, one eye incompetent ruler who loves to adopt the jungle law to run his country.
Khm USA
Phally,
ReplyDeleteJust to make sure you know that Long Beach, Ca is in California not Cambodia. Get your head straight my friend.
3:49 pm
ReplyDeleteI think you are confusing.
There is currently a khmer town in Long Beach, CA called Cambodia Town.
I hope you learn something today.
លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន និយាយដូចមនុស្សមិនមានការ
ReplyDeleteអប់រំ ពីព្រោះគេត្រូវចែកឲ្យដាច់ពីពាក្យថា ៖
ធ្វើការទិទៀន នឹង ពាក្យថាជេរបរិហារកេរ្តិ៏ ។
បុគ្គលិកគ្រូបង្រៀនមិនគួរបោះឆ្នោតឲ្យមនុស្ស
អគតិដូចលោក រ៉ុង ឈុននេះជាដំណាងរបស់
ខ្លួនតទៅទៀតទេ ដែលនាំឲ្យខូចដំលៃផ្នែកអប់រំ។
The key word here is CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISIM.
ReplyDeleteI think this man should resign too if he thinks he is god and no one can critique him when he makes big mistakes. Cambodia is for everyone. I am not proud when words come out from his mouth.
ReplyDeleteThe communists hate criticism and they lie that the country is democracy. What a lie! If some of their opponents keep continuing their criticism, they will use their military action,and how many more innocent Cambodians will murder by this Junta Hun Xen. He was outrage during his recent speech to the law students.Mr. Rong Chhun is very brave. I wish him well.
ReplyDeletegood feedback, mr. rong chhun! it's fair to criticize like this! a leader should not be afraid of constructive criticism. otherwise, not a smart leader, and cambodia do need a smart and clever leadership for our beloved country. god bless cambodia.
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.
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