Cambodia's Eminences Grises from left to right: Tep Vong, Non Nget, Long Kim Leang and Sao Chanthol(An éminence grise (French for "grey eminence") is a powerful advisor or decision-maker who operates secretly or unofficially - Wikipedia)
KHMERS KAMPUCHEA-KROM FEDERATION
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Asia – Australia – Europe – North America
A member of UNPO - IDBF
KKF P.O. Box 0193 • Pennsauken • NJ 08110 • Tel: (856) 655-2117 • Fax: (856) 583-1503
http://www.khmerkrom.org • Email: thach.thach@khmerkrom.org
Office of the President
No: 314 /KKF/N/2009
Open Letter: Appeal to Stop Sponsoring and Issuing Visas for the Monks Who Violate Human Rights and Buddhism’s Principles
Dear Immigrant Officers of Foreign Embassies in Cambodia and Cambodian Community Leaders Abroad: A high profile Khmer-Krom activist, Tim Sakhorn, reported about how he was dramatically arrested, deported from Cambodia to be imprisoned in Vietnam by the monks in Cambodia.
On June 30, 2007, Venerable Cheas Om, who was a high-ranking Buddhist monk in Takeo province in Seyha Rattana Ram Temple, called Venerable Tim Sakhorn to visit him. When Venerable Tim Sakhorn arrived at his temple, Venerable Tim Sakhorn saw other Buddhist monks from Phnom Penh waiting for him there. Venerable Sao Chanthol took a defrocking ordered letter, which was signed and stamped by the Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong and Non Nget, and read it to accuse Venerable Tim Sakhorn for using his temple to undermine the relationship between Cambodia and Vietnam.
Venerable Tim Sakhorn denied the accusation and refused to be defrocked because he did not committed the crime as they accused him and he did not violate any Buddhism’s principles in order to be defrocked. Venerable Long Kim Leang directly stripped off Venerable Tim Sakhorn’s frock in front of everyone and threw him clothes that they already brought with them from Phnom Penh, dragged him to a car that was already parked outside of the room where they met, and pushed him into the car to deport him to Vietnam in the same day. Consequently, Tim Sakhorn, a Cambodian citizen, was thrown in Vietnamese prison for a year before being granted asylum to live in Sweden.
These are the monks who involved with defrocking Venerable Tim Sakhorn:
Name and Current Address
- Tep Vong at Wat Ona-Lom, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Non Nget at Wat Bo-Tum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Om Lam Heng at Wat Champu Ka-Ek, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Long Kim Leang at Wat Khmer San Jose, California, USA
- Sao Chanthol at Wat Langka, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Noi Chruek at Wat Chan Bori Vong, Preuk Phnom Commune, Ponhea Leu District, Kandal
- Province, Cambodia
- Cheas Om at Wat Seyha Rattana Ram, Takeo city, Takeo Province, Cambodia
In this regards, I would like to:
- Urge the immigrant officers of foreign embassies in Cambodia to stop issuing Visa for these monks to travel to your countries because they violated Mr. Tim Sakhorn’s right to be a Buddhist monk, especially to send him from Cambodia to imprison injustice in Vietnam.
- Urge the Cambodian community leaders abroad to stop sponsoring these monks to visit your community or as religious workers because these monks violated the Buddhism’s principles and do not qualify to work as religious workers to educate our Cambodians about Buddhism.
Respectfully Yours,
Thach Ngoc Thach
President of the Khmers Kampuchea-Krom Federation
24 comments:
To: all khmer,
Please beware of YUON HANOI MONKS Tep Vong, Non Nget, Om Lam Heng, Sao Chanthol, Long Kim Leang, Noi Chruek, and Cheas Om who serve the interest of the yuon hanoi government.
Anonymous said...
Government of evils is the government that does not like "democracy". If real democracy takes root in this government, the evil doers like Hun Sen and all his criminal clique will lose their gribs on absolute power. If their absolute power slip away, the evil doers will become criminals. If they become criminals, they must face trial and be punished.
The top four monks in Cambodia are fake monks. They work for Youn, but eat khmer food and sleep on khmer land. Then they punish khmer for their masters (Youn).
Those scumbag monks are pieces of shit and smell like shit.
Our Khmer around the world should not let them step on our community's temple.
Now, we have one of them in San Jose, California.... what is wrong with that temple???? Are they try to keep that fake monk who has bloody hand for sending Tim Sakhorn for YOUN to imprison....
Mrs. Mu Sochua is in San Jose, she should ask all the SRP supporters to protest in front of that temple to send him back to Cambodia. That fake monk has no rights to live in a democracy like the US....
President of SRP in San Jose??? you should do something to send that fake monk home if you want to call yourself as President of SRP who support justice... Tim Sakhorn needs justice too...... Our Khmer in San Jose, let go out to send that fake monk to Hanoi... If you do, our Khmer and I around the world will fly or drive over to help you......
Ah Ho Chi monks will go to hell soon.
ពួកអានេះសុទ្ធតែពួកអាស្ពាយដុំភ្លើងគ្រាប់ជាតិ
សូមព្រះសង្ឃគ្រាប់អង្គគុំយកតម្រាប់តាមអាត្រ
ង៉ោលប៉ុន្មានក្បាលនេះឲ្យសោះ។ពួវានេះដើរខុស
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Cambodian gov must remove these dogs from our temple. The one in San Jose must remove quicker is better.
Don't get involve with the criminal.
viets are creature of habit;they are nothing more than thugs and thieves.these fake monks are liars
i don't think that's the case. it's probably has more to do with these head monks being strict and discipline and more. because when you are a leader of some sort and you live on strict moral rule and so on, people often would label you as mean, dictatorial, oppressive, suppressive, etc... so, people forget that some individual in this kind of position, like teachers, head monks, gov't leaders, etc..., they are just doing or enforce their position in order to guide or educate everyone. however, people may mistook that as undemocratic, dictatorial, and all sorts of other lame excuses and so on. i don't think it's the case of violation of human rights or whatever they want to call it. i see it as the responsibility of certain leadership to enforce strict discipline, both moral and civility. that's all.
they are just mean or strict head monks; doesn't mean they are violating human rights or so forth! would you call you teacher who make you write a word 100 times human rights abuse? it's probably is the same case scenario, here, because someone has got to do it or people can misbehave, etc.!
The Cambodian people must ask the government to remove these monks. They are represent our nation; not work for the YN and hurt their own people.
They are criminal. They must come clean. People deserve a second chance; but must know what to do to what they did.
Please give the name of that temple in California in which that Ho Cho Monk is residing.
Regards.
maybe they are too rooted in the old fashion mentality and forget about changes and new teaching and so forth. i think they are just too strict; you know how religious people are! take catholic nuns, too, for example, they live life the old ways, totally. khmer monks are no exception to this, either! think about it. they are so strict, we can't even explain or talk to them about anything! i think they need to be less strict, perhaps!
can these head monks be open-minded? if they want to make a difference in cambodia, maybe they ought to be open-minded about their thinking, and not be too strict.
Whoever support Long Kim Leang that mean they support HUN SEN and YOUN HA NOI... Please try to find out who sponsor him, and who try to protect him to stay in San Jose today.. We must find their names and tell our community leaders that these people are getting benefit from YOUN and HUS SEN. What's wrong with these people? There is ONLY a little problem like this they can't solve it. How can they lead the community and how can we trust them? Our Khmer community leaders can't welcome him or those who try to save him...We must protest AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!!
These communist monks are well train from Youn regime. We must remember that Youn never come face to face with Khmer. They used our khmer people who love power and money to suffer khmer. So whoever take the offer from Youn which mean they prepared them self for youn demand... When you become a member of youn communist, don't ever think that you can get out from their hands. NO WAY JOSE!!!! You think you can recruit them. I don't think so MAN! You guys are SO WRONG! IF you can't send Long Kim Leang back to Cambodia that mean your name will be in the HISTORY.... YOU MUST OF ABOUT IT CAREFUL MAN! Don't try to show your ignorance otherwise you will destroy pride name....
You must learned from your mistake. If you don't it, you are in trouble.
If you really love Khmer and really want serve the Khmer community, you must not protect or support these communist monks... Who is the president of Wat Khmer San Jose? Can someone tell us? We want to write the open letter for him....
I searched "Wat Khmer San Jose" using google, I found two websites: wattkhmer.org and watkhmersanjose.org. This must be the temple that is hiding Long Kim Leang there because I don't see Long Kim Leang's picture on their website.
When Mu Sochua in San Jose this coming Sunday, let come to meet her and Protest.... Let see if I can get my ticket to flight over there.....
I saw some ignorance people commented about the the old and uneducated monks are too strict. They are just a stupid monks working to serve CPP and Hanoi's interest..... Our Cambodian should not let the monk who serves the corruption regime to live in the US
Please study and keep in mind these Hanoi monks. They are very dangerous to buddhism and Khmer people in general. Especially the leader Tep Vong, he is the most dangerous one of them all, pure Vietnamese disguised as a Khmer.
Oh man that's why i want to be an atheist.
Look all Ah Choy Maray Ho chi monk. motherfucker monk
Those four are not monks.They are THMIL.
Cambodian don't have a true religion if we have the 7 january monks lead it.
Now, the 7 January monks start going abroad based on the plan of their master to ruin the Cambodian communities abroad.
Feel sorry for the San Jose community to have Long Kim Leang in their temple. He will damage your temple when he has power if you still blindly believe in this bloody hand monk
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