"There was nothing happening over there" - Tea Banh
Cambodia's band of criminals?Officials Continue Dismissals of US Rights Hearing
By Sok Khemara and Taing Sarada
Washington
24 September 2009
A rights hearing held by a US House of Representatives commission earlier this month constituted a breech of Cambodia’s sovereignty and constitution, a government spokesman said Monday, while a senior military official dismissed concerns of rights abuses by soldiers.
“We regret that it contrasted with the Cambodian constitution,” said Phay Siphan, a spokesman for the Council of Ministers, referring to the rights hearing.
“We need to maintain our independence and sovereignty,” he said, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing Sept. 10, inviting opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua and two other rights leaders to speak on concerns the government has increased its human rights abuses and restricted freedoms.
The government was accepting of criticism, Phay Siphan said, “but we do not want attacks and incitement at all, because we are preparing additional strengthening of the rule of law.”
He called the hearing biased for excluding Cambodian government officials and said Cambodia would not accept assistance with conditions.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh waved off concerns by commission members that Cambodian units had been involved in abuses of power.
Members of the Human Rights Commission wrote US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sept. 18, alleging certain units, including Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguards, engaged in human rights abuses.
“The information in that letter is all wrong,” said Tea Banh, who met with Gates in Washington on Monday.
The letter followed accusations from Human Rights Watch in the Sept. 10 hearing that the units had engaged in a variety of abuses.
“They want to accuse those soldiers of burning people’s houses down,” Tea Banh said. “The investigation at the scene was not like that. There were only two people living in that hut. So you can’t just accuse the whole division of violating human rights like that. There was nothing happening over there.”
He acknowledged that some senior soldiers committed wrongdoings, but he did not give more details.
“I don’t want to reveal their names, because I want to continue to correct them to be better,” he said.
However, Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said military officials who committed “hundreds” of violations have never been brought to justice.
“No one has ever been accountable under the Cambodian armed forces for the human rights violations,” he said. “People who are criminals are senior officials in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces now.”
“We regret that it contrasted with the Cambodian constitution,” said Phay Siphan, a spokesman for the Council of Ministers, referring to the rights hearing.
“We need to maintain our independence and sovereignty,” he said, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission held a hearing Sept. 10, inviting opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua and two other rights leaders to speak on concerns the government has increased its human rights abuses and restricted freedoms.
The government was accepting of criticism, Phay Siphan said, “but we do not want attacks and incitement at all, because we are preparing additional strengthening of the rule of law.”
He called the hearing biased for excluding Cambodian government officials and said Cambodia would not accept assistance with conditions.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Gen. Tea Banh waved off concerns by commission members that Cambodian units had been involved in abuses of power.
Members of the Human Rights Commission wrote US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sept. 18, alleging certain units, including Prime Minister Hun Sen’s bodyguards, engaged in human rights abuses.
“The information in that letter is all wrong,” said Tea Banh, who met with Gates in Washington on Monday.
The letter followed accusations from Human Rights Watch in the Sept. 10 hearing that the units had engaged in a variety of abuses.
“They want to accuse those soldiers of burning people’s houses down,” Tea Banh said. “The investigation at the scene was not like that. There were only two people living in that hut. So you can’t just accuse the whole division of violating human rights like that. There was nothing happening over there.”
He acknowledged that some senior soldiers committed wrongdoings, but he did not give more details.
“I don’t want to reveal their names, because I want to continue to correct them to be better,” he said.
However, Brad Adams, Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said military officials who committed “hundreds” of violations have never been brought to justice.
“No one has ever been accountable under the Cambodian armed forces for the human rights violations,” he said. “People who are criminals are senior officials in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces now.”
18 comments:
It's ricdiculous indeed that there are too many one-star, two-star, and three-star generals in a small country like Cambodia. It's about fifteen times more than in the 60's and 70's. This excludes Hun Sen's personal bodyguars.
Why Hun Sen promoted his officers, some of whom are not ecademically trained, to a ridiculous number?
1- He promoted the other officers, so he can promote his own son without being criticized by them.
2-When his son reaches the rank of a three-star general, he will become a military commander-in-chief of the country.
3-When his son become a commander-in-chief, Hun Sen will slowly turn Cambodia into a military-ruled country.
4-When Cambodia become a military-ruled country, Hun Sen families and his clique will be the sole owners of our motherland.
There is no doubt about why Hun Sen has too many bodyguards to protect him: it's because he wants to stay in stolen power until he fulfils his plan. Hus Sen has extravagantly spent the national budget for the above purpose, and this is a real waste of it.
To stop this blind mad dog from fulfilling his goal, which is not at all for the interest of the country nor benificial to Khmer people, all freedom-loving Khmers living inside and outside of the country must be unite and resolute in our endeavour to peacefully challenge to Hun Sen's betryal step before it's too late.
Up with the people!
Down with the dictator!
Cambodia of Hun Xen donot use laws yet because he (Hun Xen) want to change all the criminals (He tugs) to get richer! And leader of the country!
They will change the law when our country is completely under YN control.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Executions
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed 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.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
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
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
It is too long and too late to wake up to the realities have happened within govt itself.
Long cover up has led to cambodian sufferings all these years.
I, myself,never deny the change of 7 january 79, however please do not impose that gratitude on victims of KR ,as to exploit victimised cambodians again.
Please be reminded thataim of revolution is to reduce oppression and sufferings of people but not to conquer for power and suck the country dry.The fact is cambodians have been under double invasion of two devil acts,the neglect govt and its master.
Remember that Heaven and Hell is not far from one another.
Neang SA
If allowed to do it freely, Hun Sen will make Khmer people suffer much more than they are now. It's not too late!
ALL KHMER PEOPLE, NEED TO WAKE UP! EVEN THE IDIOTS WHO SUPPORT CPP....
IT IS CLEARLY CPP IS DESTROYING OUR PEOPLE AND NATION! LOOK AT THE PICTURES! LISTEN TO THE NEWS! EVERY TIME THIS STUPID GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENT ON SOMETHING, OUR BELOVED INNOCENT CITIZENS SHED TEARS.....
ALL HUN XEN'S DECISION IS ALL IN FAVOR TO YOUN! ANY DECISION IN CAMBODIAN SHOULD BE MADE BY CAMBODIAN CITIZENS NOT BY ON MAN OR A COUPLE OF STUPID HIGH RANK CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.
CAMBODAN SHOULD BE OWNED BY ALL CAMBODIAN CITIZENS NOT BY ANYONE INDIVDUAL!
CLEARLY NOW OUR COUNTRY, CAMBODIA BECAOME HUN XEN PRIVATE BUSINESS!
TO ALL CPP MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS INCLUDING HUN XEN AND AH SDACH, "SE-AH-NOUK". PLEASE STOP BREATHING! IF YOU ALL JUST KILL YOURSELF AND ALL YOUR FAMILY IT REALLY DO MILLIONS OF KHMER A HUGH FAVOR... AH-HA-NOUK, PLEASE DIE SOON SO YOU CAN TAKE AH HUN XEN WITH YOU.... IF YOU REALLY HAVE TRUE LOVE FOR YOUR PEOPLE AND NATION!
OH DON'T FORGET YOUR SON TOO. WHAT A WAISTE KING, HAVE LESS POWER THAN A DEAD PAWN.
Hun Sen: hehehe, hahaha, hee, haa.
Khmers: What's he laughing about?
Hun Sen: hehehe, hahaha, hee, hee.
Khmers: Why are so excited?
Hun Sen: I'm on top of the world.
Khmers: He's gaining his wealth.
Hun Sen: Do what I said?
Khmers: We can't is his LAW.
Some people from the SRP and always
do anything against the government.
Cambodian don't need people like that.
They all are thieves and crook running the country. They round up people like animals. The criminals beat and kick the hell out villagers for refusing to leave their properties. And compensat very small amount of money to them. They accept mercedes or lexus for their kid bithdanys from business men. Then they allow them do what ever they want to do. This government is like a copy cat from the old regime. Power and abuse.
8:55AM QOUTE, "Some people from the SRP and alwaysdo anything against the government.Cambodian don't need people like that."
YES, CAMBODIA NEED PEOPLE LIKE US TO COMPLAINT TO THE WORLD BECAUSE PEOPLE INSIDE COULDN'T. YOUR GOVERNEMNT WILL KILL THEM. IT'S PEOPOLE LIKE YOU AND YOUR CPP GOVERNMENT IS WHAT OUR CAMBODIA PEOPLE DON'T NEED.
IF YOUR GOVERNMENT NOT CORRUPTED, OBEY THE RULE LAW, NOT KILLING OUR PEOPLE AND NATION, RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS, DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITIZENS AND COUNTRY, NO ONE WILL COMPLAINT.
EVERYONE AGREE?
YOU EXPECT US TO BOW ON OUR KNEE AFTER YOU SUFFERED OUR PEOPLE AND DESTROYING OUR NATION?
PEOPLE, DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?
The Cambodian street gangs that Hun Sen used to kill Khmer....most likely will become a one star general...kill more khmers...more stars will be rewarded.
Pouk Ah Krum Chor Phalorn Dey Khmer York Tov Oy Yuon.
stupid Phay Siphan, go read the Cambodian Constitution again before you respond to another humanright question.
To Khmer Rouge supporters
"Anonymous said...
Some people from the SRP and always
do anything against the government.
Cambodian don't need people like that.
8:55 AM"
You're support Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is killing innocent Khmer peoples.
Please do me a favor don't ever tell anyone that you are Khmer, because you make Khmer peoples look bad.
Do maah ah Hok and ah Chhorn,look same, same!
People who are criminals are Senior official and High drunken official, rich Tycoon people, because they protects their son, daughter, nephews, cousins who kept commited crimes and terrorize publics, destroying cambodian cultural, traditions, i urged our cambodian authority, police keep put pressure on these kids and punish them under the law, they must obey the national rule of law, the problem in cambodia facing nowaday is because these kids don't afraid authority and police, because their parent protected them....
What's a corrupted society!!
right now these soldiers enjoy abusing the poor and powerless people. they listen to their bosses. to burn they burn, to kill they kill as long as they could please the boss. they don't have any heart feeling for their own people at all.
when youn fully controlled the country then they realize it is too late.
remember kampuchea krom?
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