Opposition leader Sam Rainsy (Photo: Ayuthyea, RFA)29 December 2009
SAM RAINSY’S INTERVIEW WITH AN ENGLISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER
On 28 December 2009, the following questions from The Cambodia Daily (Q) were answered by Sam Rainsy (A).
Q. I understand this morning was your scheduled court appearance in Svay Rieng. Your attorney told us yesterday he would appear in court in your place. I am wondering if you have heard any news from the meeting.
A. See attached document. The handwritten annotation is from the judge. My lawyer took the initiative to ask for a delay in court appearance. The judge refused today to grant the delay. Actually, I don't care about the delay. The sooner the better. We can now better see the real face of the Cambodian authorities.
Q. What will happen now that you have missed your court date?
A. An order to the police to forcefully bring me to court is imminent.
Q. Have you been in contact with your lawyer? What will you do if you are found guilty? Will you remain overseas if so?
A. No doubt, I will be found guilty. The verdict is known in advance like with any kangaroo court. But my only crime was my doing my duty as a Member of Parliament in helping powerless and distressed people. Justice cannot be rendered by and before such a court. I will seek justice by other (political and diplomatic) means. I don't mean justice for Sam Rainsy, but justice for countless Cambodian farmers who are victims of land confiscation because of either internal or external reasons. On top of losing their land, some of those farmers are being jailed because they dared protest the first injustice.
Q. Have you heard of any other witnesses missing their court appearances out of fear of being arrested?
A. Yes, there are at least three of them, not only witnesses but also and above all victims of land grab. I am closely following their cases.
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Q. I understand this morning was your scheduled court appearance in Svay Rieng. Your attorney told us yesterday he would appear in court in your place. I am wondering if you have heard any news from the meeting.
A. See attached document. The handwritten annotation is from the judge. My lawyer took the initiative to ask for a delay in court appearance. The judge refused today to grant the delay. Actually, I don't care about the delay. The sooner the better. We can now better see the real face of the Cambodian authorities.
Q. What will happen now that you have missed your court date?
A. An order to the police to forcefully bring me to court is imminent.
Q. Have you been in contact with your lawyer? What will you do if you are found guilty? Will you remain overseas if so?
A. No doubt, I will be found guilty. The verdict is known in advance like with any kangaroo court. But my only crime was my doing my duty as a Member of Parliament in helping powerless and distressed people. Justice cannot be rendered by and before such a court. I will seek justice by other (political and diplomatic) means. I don't mean justice for Sam Rainsy, but justice for countless Cambodian farmers who are victims of land confiscation because of either internal or external reasons. On top of losing their land, some of those farmers are being jailed because they dared protest the first injustice.
Q. Have you heard of any other witnesses missing their court appearances out of fear of being arrested?
A. Yes, there are at least three of them, not only witnesses but also and above all victims of land grab. I am closely following their cases.
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Mr Som Rainsy has go to court,if he doesn't want to go he will loses his job!
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ReplyDeleteHaHaHa! learn with Sam RaingSy ,is better than you.
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Read Khmer:
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Learn English togother:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTsb-woP3jI
The cpp regime, supporter, and hanoi make khmer looks bad.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, we're no longer in the dark ages, but this kangaroo government are dictated by a dark ages country vietnam.
Vietnam don't know when enough is enough. Remember Nazi germany, Rome....They all collapsed.
Thanks 6:39Pm You have a brilliant opinion about Cambodia and you absolutely right . Also Mexico under the Spanish colonized more than five hundred years, they lose everything languages , religion, culture , traditional and crossed breed, but at the end the Mexican nationalist like you and me to Cambodia , stood up now Mexico is independent and fast growing populate than others nation around the globe.
ReplyDeleteExcellent interview, Mr. Sam Rainsy! What travesty of justice! Do these CPP tyrants have no shame? It would be irresponsible for you if you lose your freedom or your life, as we need you as our leader!
ReplyDeleteSam Rainsy can kiss his political career good bye. Unless he will beg Hun Sen for mercy again. He did it before, so he may does it again.
ReplyDeleteMr. Sam Rainsy, wishing you a happy new year! You have our support and confidence!
ReplyDeletecambodia court is no different from viet court . if you decide to face trial in cambodia, do me a favour
ReplyDeleteplease DONOT ASK,SAM-DACH,CHEA SIM,HENG SAMRIN,AND HUN SEN, becauce recently, those cock-sucker has just promoted five golden stars,from thire master ,so you have to ask mayority of cambodia peaple
before you go to court. for me,you don't have to go.becauce court system in our courtry are fucked
"We can now better see the real face of the Cambodian authorities".
ReplyDelete"Thugs, thieves of the Nation".
I call The royal government of cambodia' operating by leaders of gangsters, mobsters and thievers.
So, justice in cambodia can't be found.
Now, Hun Sen knows that Khmers hate him, hate his family members, hate CPP party.
ReplyDeleteHe knows that Khmers will not vote for CCP party anymore.
He asks his family members to be prepared for that.
11:00PM1, ah kwack know it long ago that big majority of Cambodian hate him that why motherfucker has had more than 5,000 body guard!
ReplyDeleteAnd motherfucker plane to stay as PM forever by stealing and cheating!
May lightning take him just like it did to ah Hok landy, but this time in broadday light!
Democratic 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 80 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 over 100 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.
Don't worry Khmers,
ReplyDeletebad Khmers will be dead one by one,
they will fight each others without end,
because
they are bad,
they betray their country,
they betray their people.
Justice, justice, there is no justice in human ruler heart driven by the most evil force like in Cambodia today.
ReplyDeleteBUT DO NOT FORGET TO CRY OUT FOR JUSTICE FROM ABOVE, FROM GOD. SHOULD PRAY FOR HIS JUSTICE THAT WITHOUT FAIL WILL PREVAIL. IN HIS DUE TIME. NOT WITH OUR TIME AND TERM.
Fugitive former SRP's MP Mr. Sam Rainsy, you can scream, shout, howl, yell, bark, and do what ever you want from France but your political carrer in Cambodia is over, unless you are brave enough to spend some time in Prey Sar Prison, then after your time served may be you can be a Cambodian politician again.
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Listen ah measthes, who cares about your stupid comment. Fugitive Khmer Rouge commander Hun Sen fled to Vietnam to avoid the treason charges against him in Pol Pot's Cambodia. What do you have to say to that? Lol.
ReplyDeleteContact me at AnalMeasThes@HunSenHole.org
May the new year bring new brain to ah meas thes so he can learn to see and think as khmer again.
ReplyDeleteMay he beborn as a beautiful woman so i can fuck her all day and night before she can be trashed to the yuon master.
measthes,your comments very sickening,as khmer compatriot you shouln't talk this way.who is fugitive? hun sen is,he killed khmer to please his master.I personally, wouldn't go to svay rieng(SCAMBODIA court),would you go?.please give abreak!
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ah juoy marai!,
ah rorleay!,
ah ronteas banh!,
kon me kaandooy ahyeas!,
kon me joa kaa juoy!,
kon me sompurng!
i have a question for you.
why do you support the khmer rouge regimes (ah pol pot and/or ah hun sen) who's kills 1.7 million innocent khmer peoples and counting?
if i don't get answer from you and/or if i'm not 100% satisfy with your answer, i will continue to post this question every time you post bad comment about democratic party (SRP) who is defending khmer peoples and khmer territories.