Sam Rainsy (R) standing next to Mu Sochua (L)By Chun Sakada and Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh and Washington
18 December 2009
“They can do whatever they want. I don’t care, because the court works for the powerful and the ruling party, and not for the national interest” - Sam RainsySvay Rieng provincial court has issued a summons to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is facing charges for allegedly leading a group of villagers to pull up demarcation posts near the Vietnam border in October.
Sam Rainsy has been asked to appear on Dec. 28, according to a summons issued Wednesday and obtained by VOA Khmer.
Sam Rainsy, who has rejected the case as politically motivated, had his parliamentary immunity suspended by the National Assembly in November, paving the way for investigations into the allegations by provincial court officials.
“I issued a summons yesterday,” investigating judge Long Kesphirom told VOA Khmer Thursday. He declined to give more details.
Reached by phone in France, Sam Rainsy told VOA Khmer he had not been given a chance to defend himself, and that he was meeting with villagers as their parliamentary representative when they complained of Vietnamese incursion onto their land.
“But it was not so, and now the authorities have issued a complaint against me instead,” he said. “They can do whatever they want. I don’t care, because the court works for the powerful and the ruling party, and not for the national interest.”
The court case and suspension of his immunity have been criticized as a wider government effort to crack down on dissent, following the jailing of an opposition-aligned journalist earlier this year and a defamation suit brought against Mu Sochua, an SRP representative for Kampot province, by Prime Minister Hun Sen, in April.
Sam Rainsy should care because there are many people who are left behind in Svay Rieng. Those people, who went to the rice field with him, have no country to escape to nor do they have any privilege to say "no" to the Cambodian court. A statement like this doesn't help him.
ReplyDeleteSam Rainsy should care because there are many people who are left behind in Svay Rieng. Those people, who went to the rice field with him, have no country to escape to nor do they have any privilege to say "no" to the Cambodian court. A statement like this doesn't help him.
ReplyDeletefuck all thmil Youncpp motherfucker son of the bitch ,include thmill youncpp supporters oversea.
ReplyDeleteIf he cares will Kangaroo Court give him justice?" No". If he cares will Kangaroo Court give Khmer farmers justice? "No" The Kangaroo Court will convict him as ordered by the Viet Puppet.
ReplyDeleteTrue Khmers never kneel down to the Viet.
Sam Ransy should care and deal with the court. I wonder how the court will judge Sam Ransy. The accusation is groundless. Sam Ransy did nothing wrong. Look at Mu Sok Hour. She is not afraid. She is brave. She deal with Hun Sen not only Svay Rieng court. So Sam Ransy should come and defend himself in infront of the one eye stupid court.
ReplyDeleteSam Rainsy will run to fight another day! Sam Rainsy can't win all the time and he will lose some and he will win some!
ReplyDeleteIf you are winning all the time then you are God and even Jesus has to die and came back to life to win over Satan!
Sam Rainsy is in for the long haul and he must keep fighting and never give up and have hope for a better future for all Cambodian people!
chhim wat koh, you are so weird. you shouldn't have left your hrp people behind and bolted back to us andlet them to suffer.
ReplyDeleteTalk is cheap. This is clearly a political issue. I rather have Sam Rainsy pit against Mr. Hun Sen in a boxing match. Sam Rainsy will defeat mr. hun sen in less than 60 secs.
ReplyDeleteDid u see Musachu cases?
ReplyDeleteSo If I am Samransy I prefer to trashes Hun Sen from out site so the beggar style will success to feed this dumb greed leader ? I won't waste my strength to against the wild animal Hun Sen I prefer to use my stinking mouth like I said this regime survival by begging , so to report all crappy to the world how much power Hun Sen still has left plus the Thai wanted to fuck him behind also.
Samransy wait and be patient,when the flood come the fish eating the ants,but when the drought come the ant will be eating fish.
This is proved that Mr. Sam Rainsy doesn't care about his supporters and his party members. All he care about is himself.Also he let those poor people he incited to commit crimes to suffer and he himself live in luxury in France. Shame on you Mr. Sam Rainsy.
ReplyDeleteI guest if Mr. Sam Rainsy doesn't come to Cambodia to pay for what he had done, his political carrer is over, because Samdech Hun San has anounce that he will no longer forgive Mr. Rainsy.
measthes@yahoo.com
meas duc tho, Mr Sam Rainsy and his supporters work for the nation as a whole. Rainsy cares about his country, his people and his welfare. Leadership of a country is about the whole ountry, but not just a group of people. national interest, that is what the SRP stands for. You are talking the CPP language here, care only for the CPP supporters, I can see that, that 's why all the CPP people are left to eat and shit on the country's resources to extinction. Nothing is left in cambodia now.
ReplyDeleteThe way your CPP is running the country will see it disappear - Khmer people becomes a nation of beggars and minority in their own country.
I rather see Cambodia become another Burma because there is no yuon behind Burma. But you can't say the same thing about Cambodia and Laos. That is why no one can compare Rainsy to Aung San Su Kyi.
You stay alive to fight for your country another day. Remember when the Khmer resistance adopted this strategy fighting the yuons in the 1980s ? If you have no military to confront them, you have to be smart. What you are advocating is trapping Sam Rainsy for your own yuon master, like you did to Hem Krisna and other resistance groups in the country when your yuon masters were invading and occupying us.
We know your trick too well by now. That is how we Khmer have survived and exist to these days.
Otherwise we would have become another Champa and Kampuchea Krom long ago.
Your game no longer works.
Dear Anonymous 9:26 AM,
ReplyDeleteIf you check my Blog, you will know the reasons why I disassociated myself from HRP.
It was one of the biggest mistakes I made in my life and I am not ashamed to say that. Sometimes we need to learn it the hard way.
I hope you don’t mind hearing some opposing views from Chhim Wat Koh.
For those who are not familiar with the term “Chhim Wat Koh,” it is a humiliating and offensive term used to refer to an underprivileged person who supposed to be poor and unintelligent and lived in Wat Koh (a Buddhist temple in Phnom Penh.).
This is how some SRP supporters resort to.. in the discussion.
MP is disgrace to go to court that was suppost to be judge by bunch of dummie who know nothing about the law instead only know of how to corrupted and subservant to the enermies of Hanoi.
ReplyDeleteIn democracy countrie you have court system that run by educated and professional judges,lawyers,prosecuteors but Cambodian court is running by a bunch of thugs who know nothing of rules of law, but corruptions and Viet thief subservants. This is known as Kangkaroo court.
If they are serious about justice they should bring thief Hanio who commit serious crimes against Khmer villagers and most of all is against international law by stealing another country lands, but by the cummunist rules is that you steal& rob from them and then you accused them of commit crimes and you never let khmer have peace is called Svay Rieng court.
Don't worry too much about the new honorific bestowed upon you by Kem Sokha supporters left behind to suffer. If I were you I wouldn't care - as a politian over small thing, because people like you is so intelligent and full of yourself.
ReplyDeleteYour lightning politics had made them suffer, you should not have committed this crime against the the CPP law of the jungle. I heard them swearing at you all the way to hell.
Here, you have made fallacy assuming SRP supporters love to resort to name calling. Well, some do, just like any party supporters. The worst ones are the CPP, if you care enough to open your eyes and ears, in Cambodia.
If you want to become a social-political commentator to benefit Cambodia, go and learn something from the like of Dr Peang Meth, Lao Mong Hay, Khek Galabru, and so on.
Anonymous 11:53AM,
ReplyDeleteI expect the foul languages to come from some members of the CPP, the ones who is supposed to be labeled as un-Khmer. But, I don't expect such words from members of a party that supposed to be better than the CPP, a party that have such a great motto... SRP is not just any party, isn’t it?
I was "duped" by the so-called experts in Cambodian politics. I believe that those people have no business in making a living on the pain and suffering of poor Cambodians. It is bad enough that poor Cambodians have lived under severe oppressions for so long, if someone doesn’t intend to save and serve the interests of Cambodian people, they shall not be allowed to keep on cheating the public.
I stopped my association with certain political party for this reason and I will continue to speak my mind to help stop the abuses. I rather go to hell for quitting supporting the evil rather than keeping on helping them to suck Cambodian people’s blood.
About being a Cambodian political cemmentator? No, thanks. I will keep my daytime job.
Thanks for your advice.
So the lesser evil is worse the worst evil, in your opinion, and warrant your worst rebuke and condemnation ? You are playing into the trap of the CPP and the yuon master here.
ReplyDeleteThe CPP has on its logo the image of an angel. What kind of an angel is that ?
Can each and everyone of us find solutions to save and rescue our country instead of attacking each other personally? Youn will laugh at our poor actions and solutions. A real nationalist politician will not take any side as long as one has done an exceptional jobs.
ReplyDeleteI live in America and I am so frustrated with the corruption and the injustices that is being served on a daily basis by Hun Sen and the CPP! We, the ones who can speak out and act on behalf of the poor and helpless in srok Khmer, we have to unite and work together to make this change a reality. The current government, the leader's number 1 priority is their own personal gain! They have no concern for the welfare of the Khmer people or for the future growth of Cambodia. It breaks my heart to see the Constant injustices and the abuse of power Committed by these traitorious men, who have no right to be in power. Hun Sen and his thug of a party have so much blood on their hands, how much more suffering can the Khmer people endure? We have to take action now!
ReplyDelete3:20PM, I also grew up in America and I totally agree with you. I felt the same way. This is why I support the opposition.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to help the least you can do is write letter and continue to encourage others to also write letter to US and UN Representatives. This will help to raise issues and to get their attention on Cambodia. We need international help because our government is destroying our people and nation.
Let me know if you or ANYONE ELSE need direction on who is the key player in US and UN to sent letter to.
R. Visal
Dear Visal,
ReplyDeleteI read the letter you wrote to the United Nation, in Washington D.C. in regards to the land grabbing/forced eviction and all the atrocities committed by Hun Sen and the Cpp. I was very moved by it and I am greatly motivated to join your worthy efforts. I will write my own letter, and I plan on getting a petition with as many names as I can to support the cause. Thank you for caring about the welfare of our people and for understanding the cause!
Sincerely,
Victoria G.
How could Svay Rieng kangaroo court take care of MP Samrainsy, if Hun Sen can not even do it himself. Why don't cpp stupids traitors drop dead.
ReplyDeleteThese dump ass need to be taugh a lesson from U.S. senator.
Lok Rainsy is a caring and loving man for his people. Glad to have him to be the leader.
ReplyDeleteSome of his supporters resorting to cursing and using swear words are low class people, and these people are not helping Lok Rainsy but destroying him even more.
To Misters Chhim and Meas,
ReplyDeletePlease note the following points.
1. Mr Hun Sen and his fellow leaders ran away to Vietnam as well, and they did not return until they got Vietnamese escort. At the time they probably felt that they would face certain death if they returned- the same feeling that Mr Rainsy has now, I presume.
2. Regarding name callings. I agree with you that some supporters from BOTH SIDES, ought to take a few deep breaths before contributiing their comments. But, after seeing one injustice after another for years and decades, I hope you can appreciate the opposition supporters' frustrations. Also, the name-calling coming from supporters are just that- name-calling. Apart from a few egos brings bruised by it, no physical harm has been done. Contrast that with the physical intimidation, wrongful jailings, and deaths in Cambodia, you would agree that name-calling is somewhat insignificant. Anyone not prepared to cop a few ugly comments, should not be contributing to websites like this at all. As I have observed, there have been many calls by opposition supporters for some hot heads to refrain from using foul language, but none has come from the CPP supporters. Perhaps they are all saints and never joined in such practice.
3. As for Mr Sam Rainsy not returning to Cambodia, this world has proven that leaders live to fight another day, while their supporters suffer. Nelson Mandella was the only one to turn the tides from a jail cell, but even while he sat in jail his suppoters where beaten and killed by the hundreds, if not thousands. Aung Sang Suu Kiy, considered by the world to be the leading light of democracy in SE Asia, is powerless after many years under house arrest. I doubt if the government of Cambodia will be satisfied just to put Mr Rainsy under house arrest. As far as I know there are many young people now in Vietnam who cannot get any government job because their parents or grandparents supported the South Vietnamese government during the war. As for facing the Courts with evidence, since when did the Courts in Cambodia put evidence and facts before party lines and power? Would Cambodia be in the situation it is now in if all arms of the government obeyed evidence and facts? Let us say that Mr Rainsy returns to Cambodia to face his accusors. The same people who are calling him a coward now, will find a reason from somewhere to label him a traitor and hang him from the first tree they see. What then? The CPP will find some "yes men" to install as their opposition, just like the Youns have installed the CPP as the "government" of Cambodia. The injustices, corruption, extra-judicial killings, acid throwings will continue. So yes, Mr Rainsy should live to fight another day. His supporters who are being called to courts (by the way, what is happening is blackmail by the CPP)will be supported by SRP MPs in Cambodia. And if they understand politics at all, they will understand his situation.
That's all I have for now, gentlemen. I am sure you will have a few choice words for me. Fire away, just not literally please. After all, we are all Khmers
ធ្វើអ្នកនយោបាយយូរៗទៅអស់ដីនៅហើយ!
ReplyDelete4:14PM, Victoria G,
ReplyDeleteVery good to hear another Khmer who care and take action rather just talks like most. Your participation and good intention will greatly help our voice even heard louder.
To keep in mind, you can always send the same letter and petition to adress different prospect. And also you can post your petition online for people to sign. Let me know if you need assistant.
Here's the link to my previous petition online.(for your sample)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/4/Stop-human-rights-violation-in-Cambodian
R.Visal
R.Visal,
ReplyDeleteGreat comments. So far, Hun Sen and his admin have never been taught a lesson by UN regarding a series of law suit against opposition member parties, human rights abuses, land forced eviction, and so on.. How much longer will we let the thugs keep abusing khmers and khmer nation? Put the STOP to this or will never. The US toppled Sadam Hussain and who can get rid of Hun Sen? I don't think anyone can, he is too good and he will rule Cambodia for ever and ever!!!
I meant Wattanak - Great comments
ReplyDeleteTo Wattanak,
ReplyDeleteLet leave politic aside and get to real facts on this issue.
The border posts that Mr. Sam Rainsy uprooted were planted by the joint border commitee of Cambodia and Vietnam. To legally uproot those border posts can only be done by joint border commitee of Cambodia and Vietnam. Or by approval of both government.
Mr. Sam Rainsy is a law maker not the decision maker of both border commitees or the decision maker of both governments. Mr. Sam Raisy by uprooted those border posts and incited those people to uprooted those border posts, he commited crime. Since he is a law maker, I believe he should come back to pay for what he have done. If he don't come back to pay for what he have done, it show that he doesn't care about rule of laws.
It seem that all oppositions used the terms the Court of Cambodia is not independent as their excused to not show up in their defend. Look the court is open to the public when they heard cases. Alot of international observer and reporters there to witness. Could it be that the oppositions afraid of the real evidences which proved that they are quilty. So in any court of laws in the world, if you don't show up to defend yourselves, you will get guilty verdict, and don't blame the court if you don't show up.
measthes@yahoo.com
7;24 ce n'est pas vrai
ReplyDeleteរាស្រ្តខ្មែរដែលមិនស្គាល់នយោបាយជាអ្វីផង ក៏គ្មានដីកប់ដែរចាំ
បាច់និយាយថ្វីដល់ទៅដិធ្វើស្រែ
ចិញ្ចឹមជីវិតនោះឯពួកចោលស្រុក
ខ្មែរខ្លះមកនៅស្រុកគេភាគច្រើន
ជួលផ្ទះគេ ហើយបង់ពន្ធដីគេឲ្យគេ
ទៀតផង អាធើប្រហែលជាគ្រាន់
ជាងអាថាផងក៏មិនដឹង ។
You go too far, you overvalue Hun Sen.
ReplyDeleteHe is not smart, he is just a thief. Law means nothing for him. Law is just a tool for him.
If he is intelligent he speaks already english.
To Thes Meas,
ReplyDeleteSam Rainsy is not coward but you are, Thes Meas. I knew the characteristics of communist party like CPP very well. You are among them. What you have done here is serving the Viet Cong Puppet. So, you now are a real traitor who's hiding the real facts and protecting the bad action of CPP. I would like real cambodian people here no need to give any explanation to a person who is not Khmer like Thes Meas.
It's also a crime by not letting the MP of opposition parties to visit the dispute area. This act is seen so weak for CPP. You guys are a bunch of cowards listen to someone who are not khmers, do whatever they said. I wonder how dare the CPP will face with a legitimate Cambodian justice system.
ReplyDeleteThe term use for Kangaroo court is politically and practically corrected. Yes, Cambodia does have all kind of laws but no one care and enforce the laws particularly the rullers themselves that abusing the laws. What good are the lawyers in Cambodia when they can't practice their knowledges to full scale and completely controlled by the rich and the powerful. I do believe Mr. Sam Ransy learnt his lesson by refusing to attend the court since the Cambodian court is only for Kangaroos.
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
ReplyDeleteTortures
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 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered journalists
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.
6:54AM,
ReplyDeleteSTOP COPYING AND PASSING SUCH A LONG COMMENTS. WRITE WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY IN YOUR OWN WORD, SHORT AND SIMPLE. (KISS - Keep It Short Stupid). Peaple will enjoy more reading your comment.
The reasons why Hun Sen and his elites afraid of Mr.Sam Ransy because they have so many bloody wealths in Cambodia and they afraid to loose them all, and beside especially their lives since they have been committing too many crimes, lost or death.
ReplyDeleteI am, not really trust anyone
ReplyDeletewhom was not responsibility for
his or doing and left all the
problem and give the hard time to
the innocent people respond his or
her problem . Like the past as Sihanouk did to all Khmer nation.
God bless Khmer all .
A journey to democracy is always met with uphill battles. no other country in the world has ever seen democracy handed to its people without a fight and struggles. Sam Rainsy represents an exemplar of democracy who is undeterred in fighting for justice and democracy for cambodia. It's a matter of time that communism in cambodia will fall by wayside.
ReplyDeleteTo 10:58 AM Choy Marai!
ReplyDeleteAh Choy Marai Aeng Chea Neakk Na?
Haeng Khom Praab Ainh Truov Tver Yarng Na.
Ah Choy Marai!, Koon Me Choa Ke Choy.
I am, not 10.58am , but I do understand that the politic its
ReplyDeleteas the spirit of sun light any hold
all the spirit of sun shine it will
go through out there, if we kept use
in a bad words no body count and use
in the official words,so all the bad
words are use for street .
Batter go to word in the farm .
To 3:44AM
ReplyDeleteTrust I don't like to use bad words myself, but if the Khmer Rouge supporters saying bad things about me, I assure you that I will not hold back.
There are 4 scenarios for Xam Rainxy's immediately future:
ReplyDelete1. He is staying in France as he was before jumping into politics in Cambodia (go back to square one).
2. He goes to Thailand and ask his ally (Democrat party) to appoint him as economic advisor to Thailand's government and use Thailand as a base to attack to Cambodian government.
3. If he's a brave man, please come to face the Court in Svay Reang and prepare to accept the verdict as most people do. Don't be afraid to go to jail if he dared to commit the crime.
4. Waiting in France until the Court issued the verdict, if he was found guilty, he will bow his head to the ground and write a sweet letter to "APOLOGY" to PM Hun Sen as well as government, please let him come back to Cambodia to continue his political career likes PM Hun Sen forgave him in 2006. Xam Rainxy will use the word "National Reconciliation" as a pretext to save his coward act and ugly face.
Khmer in Sydney
To Khmer Rouge supporters
ReplyDeleteAh Khmer-in-Sydney
You're supported the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is responsible for killing almost two million innocent Khmer peoples and counting.
Please do me a favor don't ever tell anyone that you are Khmer, because you make Khmer peoples look bad.
to
ReplyDeleteah khmer-in-sydney (ah neek beem kdor ah hun sen)
ah juoy marai!,
ah rorleay!,
ah ronteas banh!,
kon me kaandooy ahyeas!,
kon me joa kaa juoy!,
kon me sompurng!
ah chea sim, ah heng samrin, ah hor namhong, ah keat chhon, ah ouk bunchhoeun and ah sim ka are summons by the un khmer rouge tribunal court (ECCC).
30 years ago, ah pol pot was the khmer rouge regime's leader, ah hun sen, ah chea sim, ah heng samrin, ah hor namhong, ah keat chhon, ah ouk bunchhoeun and ah sim ka are khmer rouge followers.
today, ah hun sen is the khmer rouge regime's leader. ah juoy marai hun sen continue to kill innocent khmer peoples.
khmer rouges are khmer peoples who murders 1.7 million innocent khmer peoples.
a good khmer rouge is a dead khmer rouge.