Monday, March 29, 2010

Kong Sam Onn named new Director of Programs at CCHR

Dear friends,

The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. KONG, Sam Onn, Ph.D (Candidate), LLM, LLB, Attorney-at-Law as our new Director of Programs. Sam Onn will work on the CCHR Management Committee and will be responsible for supervising the implementation of the CCHR’s human rights programs.

Sam Onn has worked in the legal, judicial and human rights fields since 1992. He was the former head of the private law firm Cambodia Law Services (CLS), and a Professor of Law at Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC). He is experienced in both private and public law. He has worked as a legal consultant to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and in the private sector. Sam Onn was a senior manager at the Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP), and has worked on a number of high profile legal cases representing journalists, politicians, government officials, military officials and lay people whose basic human rights have been violated. He is fluent in Khmer, English and Thai.

Sam Onn’s contact details are as follows:

Email: sok@cchrcambodia.org
Tel: +855-12-717-999
Fax: +855-23-726-902

Please join me in welcoming Sam Onn to the CCHR!

Kind regards,

Virak

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what's happening to OU Virak?

Anonymous said...

Congratulation Mr. Sam Onn, wish you all the best and hope you will protect the rights of the poor...

Anonymous said...

I have feelings Ou Virak is sold out, CCHR is CPP's tool. Isn't obvious now? Kong Sam Onn, CPP is now the director, supervising CCHR. Corruptions... Coruptions...