Original report from Phnom Penh
26 March 2010
Hundreds of villagers stopped traffic on National Route 4 Friday as they continued a sustained demonstration in a land dispute with a powerful government official.
The 500 villagers are protesting a court decision to detain two men accused of burning the temporary offices of the Phnom Penh Sugar Company, which is owned by Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat.
Villagers, who clashed with police twice as they demonstrated outside the provincial court this week, say the company has pushed them off their land and have demanded the court release their representatives, Yu Tho and Khim Rithy.
The demonstration moved to the highway Friday, blocking traffic for at least two hours, said Am Sam Ath, head of the investigation unit for the rights group Licadho.
“We blocked the road today because we want to pressure the provincial court to release two people,” said Luy Houch, a 42-year-old protester.
The 500 villagers are protesting a court decision to detain two men accused of burning the temporary offices of the Phnom Penh Sugar Company, which is owned by Cambodian People’s Party Senator Ly Yong Phat.
Villagers, who clashed with police twice as they demonstrated outside the provincial court this week, say the company has pushed them off their land and have demanded the court release their representatives, Yu Tho and Khim Rithy.
The demonstration moved to the highway Friday, blocking traffic for at least two hours, said Am Sam Ath, head of the investigation unit for the rights group Licadho.
“We blocked the road today because we want to pressure the provincial court to release two people,” said Luy Houch, a 42-year-old protester.
All Khmers,
ReplyDeleteAh Hun Sen is the leader of this Land Grabbings.
An Armed Uprising is a MUST TO ORGANISE TO TOPPLE THIS HANOI'S PUPPET KHMER GOVERNMENT.
Otherwise all of you will be Hanoi's slaves very soon on your ancestors Lands.
They cannot kill all of you. Otherwise the whole world will step in.
If he is a bad representative for Cambodian then you can vote him out of the office in the next election.!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCan that be a solution ???????
I don't know the law in Cambodia, but in the US, in most city, the city Gov. has the right to take your properties for development whenever needed. The city will give you a fair offer for your property, but it is always the problem because for some people, they don't want to move. It happened many cases when the NFL or a Major league Base Ball teams need a new stadium.
It is not unusual that the Gov. purchase (or force you to leave from your home) your property for development. As far as fair value concern, it is just the matter of opinion because it is hard to put the price on sentimental value.
Here how CPP members are rich.
ReplyDeleteAfter 1991 Paris Peace treaty, CPP organised the following control.
1-CPP has borrowed URSS $US1 billions dollars and left about $US$ 450 millions. In 1991, they removed this amoung from National reserve bank into their political party fund. This fund was looked after by a various Businessmen such as Theng Bunma, Ly Yong Phat, Kok An, Sok Koung, now Kith Meng, Kong Triv , Yeay Phu etc...
2-All factories along National road No 5 and Norodom Bld were all registered under their business associated names such and belong to CPP.
3-All hotels, houses, small and big factories around the countries were all registered under the names of CPP members and put for sell one after one.
4-All National assets such as government buildings and lands were all registered as belonging to all CPP members.
5-Yeay Phu has about 1.5 millions ha of land.
Sok Kong, Kith meng, Ly Yong Phat etc.. take almost half of the land of the country.
6-Since 1998, Cambodia has borrowed billions of dollars for all their businessmen such as Yeay Phu, Kith Meng, Ly Yong Phat and other to invest all over the country.
7-All international aids since 1991, CPP has taken most of them as their own properties and divided them among their members.
8-They have divided forests between them to cut and pocketed them for themselves.
9-Now they divided lands for minerals, oil and others from underground among themselves.
Cambodia will be destroyed in a few years time.
If KHmer are not waking up, Khmer will have no land and will be the worst race in the planet.
6:16 AM,
ReplyDeleteYou have no clue of what happens in Cambodia when it comes to land grabbing. It does not work the way you see it in your USA.
Here people are robbed of their land under the name of development.
Injustice is everywhere and sometimes the only way to fight the injustice is to demonstrate. In fact, people in Cambodia don't even demonstrate enough for fear of violent represseion.
6:16 AM,
ReplyDeleteYou will NEVER AND NEVER WIN the Hanoi's coorupted Puppet Regime, even 1000 elections to come.
This thieve khmer government will manage, manipulate, vote buying,etc... or in flagrant FRAUD just to win the election.
Don't dream of WINNING on CPP's Hanoi's puppet. It's not going to happen at all.
An Armed Uprising is a MUST to organise to topple this Hanoi's puppet government. Otherwise all of you, Khmers, will be Hanoi's slaves on your ancestors lands in the near future.
Hanoi and Hun Sen won't kill you if the whole sroks, provinces of Cambodia rebelt against this oppressed, corrupted, Vietnamese puppet government of cambodia.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
ReplyDeleteMembers:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
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
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
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
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
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.
CONFIDENTIAL PROFILE PROHIBITED!
ReplyDeleteThese villages are gone way too far. Give up fool! Let's those foolish men stay in jail! They burned down Mr. Phat's offices and now these people demanded the court to release them! That's just insane!
ReplyDeleteDon't ever deal with poor people! They are clueless and dumb.
ho my god now we are and the whold wourld can saw what happen in cambodia the VIETNAME REALLY BAD PEOPLE the wourld can see a real big picture how bad it is they use CPP to fight (un,eu,asian,global witness.......)we need to step in and removed that regim now
ReplyDeletei don't think any rob them, it's just they want a piece of the pie. you know, in cambodia, historically, people want incentives, so when they see opportunity, villagers as well, they will flock to the site of the development and then request compensation, etc... hey, i understand how people operate in cambodia. it's the human greed, desparation, etc. so, it is ignorant o point finger at gov't or developer, really! it's the people, they want incentive or perks from the development, trust me! and of course, people will jumb to the chance if and when they can, really! hey, we're not that dumb or stupid to see this, you know!
ReplyDelete7:17am and 7:43am....aren't you guys tired of posting the same shit every blog? I know it's easy just to cut and paste. No need to use your brain. It's getting VERY annoying!!!! NO one is going to read this shit over and over again.So u guys should spend your time doing something more productive, rather than just CUT AND PASTE!.
ReplyDeleteYou said that Khmer people cannot win the law? Are you living in Cambodia right now? Do you know what side the law is on? The law is on the side of the elite (to protect those elite), and the law is on the side of the people that have money. Money speak justic for the rich in Cambodia. For the poor, there is no law on their side. So what the poor have, they have sticks, stones, their pain, suffering, opression and anger as their weapon to defend these thief.
ReplyDeleteIn addition, why are you so concern with pitty cream like this, this is nothing compare to thief of selling Cambodia and Cambodian people (prostition to in the name of development of tourism, work abroad, marriage with foreigners)....there problems is like cancer which is need to be taken care off...Khmer waik up...before the KR regime come back again...because it is easy to recruit the poor and training them to be a killers(well, just like some of Hun sen body gards right now - they could kill you for entertainment...). Hun Sen blin can see better than majority of you who have two eyes...and can't see a thing beyon your nose....
Peace to all....
CPP RICH 101: 3 simple samples.
ReplyDelete1. Donors money bought merchandises.
2. exchange merchandises.
3. land grabbing.