Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Sam Rainsy in Bangkok has nothing to do with Thaksin Shinawatra in Phnom Penh

November 18, 2009

The Editor
The Bangkok Post
Bangkok
Thailand

Sir,

In an opinion titled “Hun Sen seeks to 'internationalise' spat” by Mr Thitinan Pongsudhirak in today’s Bangkok Post, one can read, “The bilateral atmosphere [between Thailand and Cambodia] was further poisoned by the Abhisit government's allowing Sam Rainsy, an opposition leader in Cambodian politics, to use a forum in Bangkok to attack Mr Hun Sen.

On September 22, Mr Sam Rainsy, a duly elected Cambodia’s National Assembly member, was invited by the South East Asia Press Alliance (SEAPA), a Bangkok-based international free expression advocacy group, to speak at the Foreign Correspondent Club of Thailand (FCCT) about the human rights situation in Cambodia. The intention of the event organizers was to allow international observers to collect different points of view ahead of the launching of the ASEAN Inter-governmental Commission on Human Rights in Hua Hin (Thailand) on October 23 this year.

Mr Sam Rainsy's intervention at the FCCT had nothing to do with border issues or any other disputes between Cambodia and Thailand, and the Thai government was not involved in any way in the press conference attended by Mr Sam Rainsy.

Similarly, on May 6 this year, Mr Sam Rainsy was the main guest of a Gala dinner organized in Singapore by the Foreign Correspondents’ Association in Singapore. During a question-and-answer session with foreign and local journalists and observers, he elaborated on issues very similar to the ones he addressed in Bangkok on September 22. The Singapore government was not involved in any way in the event.

Therefore, to put forward the fact that Mr Sam Rainsy was “allowed” to attend the above-mentioned press conference in Bangkok as a “balancing” pretext for Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to invite fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Cambodia and for the latter to be appointed a Phnom Penh government’s adviser, is total non sense.

Sincerely,

Yim Sovann
Member of Cambodia’s National Assembly
Spokesman for the Sam Rainsy Party

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

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
Assassinated over eighty members of Sam Rainsy Party.

"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
  
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.

Anonymous said...

Why Mr. Rainsy go to Abullshit government? I support the good cause that Mr. Rainsy uprooted the Vietnameses posts on Cambodians farmers' land. But not to associated with the current thai bustard government. It doesn't make any sense at this point.

Anonymous said...

AH SIAM MUST DIE DIE DIE!!!!!
I want my Khmer boy life back!!!!!