Ty Sokun (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Wednesday, 07 April 2010
Cheang Sokha and Chhay Channyda
The Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen announced Tuesday that Ty Sokun, director of the Forestry Administration, has been removed from his post for failing to successfully crack down on illegal logging.
Speaking at the annual conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the premier said Ty Sokun had taken insufficiently swift action against logging offenders across the Kingdom.
“I think Ty Sokun has no more ability to resolve this issue. I’m beginning to despair ... [so] it is time to remove,” Hun Sen told an audience of several hundred government officials.
“If he is not removed, Ty Sokun would work until he died and still not resolve this problem. Ty Sokun, don’t feel disappointed – consider this a life lesson and try to work harder,” Hun Sen added.
Ty Sokun will be moved to the position of undersecretary of state at the MAFF, Hun Sen said, replaced as Forestry Administration director by his current deputy, Cheng Kimsun.
Ty Sokun said Tuesday that the chances for success in his former position had been limited, and that many illegal loggers have connections to rich men and high-ranking officials who threaten forestry officers.
“I am proud to have been given a new position by the prime minister, and I will make an effort to work harder to combat forest crime and illegal fishing and to support law enforcement,” he said.
Cheng Kimsun, the former deputy director of the Forestry Administration, said he was “surprised” by his promotion, and pledged to continue the fight against illegal logging.
“My first job is to continue to combat illegal logging and find and arrest the perpetrators who are receiving bribes from the illegal loggers,” Cheng Kimsun said.
Cheng Kimsun will face the possibility of punishment and jail if he, too, performs inadequately, Hun Sen said Tuesday.
Ty Sokun was implicated in Family Trees, a 2007 report on the logging trade by the watchdog group Global Witness, which said that under his leadership, the Forestry Administration “played a key role in facilitating ... illegal logging and other criminal activities”.
“There is substantial evidence that [Minister of Agriculture] Chan Sarun and Ty Sokun have illegally sold 500 or more jobs in the Forest Administration,” the report stated, estimating that Ty Sokun had made hundreds of thousands of dollars from bribes paid to him.
Hang Chhaya, executive director of the Khmer Institute for Democracy, said the sacking of Ty Sokun “comes as a bit of a surprise”, though he noted that it is of a piece with the government’s recent efforts to publicly crack down on illegal logging. Hun Sen issued a directive in January calling on government agencies to step up their efforts against the illicit timber trade, referring to its practitioners last month as “national traitors”.
“I think the prime minister is really waking up to this issue and realising he must tackle this problem in Cambodia,” Hang Chhaya said, though he added that Ty Sokun “should not be used as a scapegoat for the whole issue”.
“It’s systematic in the way these things operate,” Hang Chhaya said.
In his speech, Hun Sen warned that government officials who attempt to flee warrants for their arrest could face life imprisonment.
“You cannot hide or escape anymore,” Hun Sen said.
Ty Sokun said last week that since Hun Sen’s January directive, government officials had conducted more than 100 raids and collected more than 3,000 cubic metres of timber. He said that prosecutions are pending against more than 100 government officials and businessmen involved in the illegal logging trade, though military police spokesman Kheng Tito said Tuesday that only 14 people had been arrested as a result of the crackdown as of the end of March.
Three forestry officials were arrested in Pursat province last week for allegedly transporting lumber illegally into Koh Kong province, and four forestry officials in Kampong Cham province were questioned last Thursday in connection with a similar case.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA AND JAMES O’TOOLE
Speaking at the annual conference of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF), the premier said Ty Sokun had taken insufficiently swift action against logging offenders across the Kingdom.
“I think Ty Sokun has no more ability to resolve this issue. I’m beginning to despair ... [so] it is time to remove,” Hun Sen told an audience of several hundred government officials.
“If he is not removed, Ty Sokun would work until he died and still not resolve this problem. Ty Sokun, don’t feel disappointed – consider this a life lesson and try to work harder,” Hun Sen added.
Ty Sokun will be moved to the position of undersecretary of state at the MAFF, Hun Sen said, replaced as Forestry Administration director by his current deputy, Cheng Kimsun.
Ty Sokun said Tuesday that the chances for success in his former position had been limited, and that many illegal loggers have connections to rich men and high-ranking officials who threaten forestry officers.
“I am proud to have been given a new position by the prime minister, and I will make an effort to work harder to combat forest crime and illegal fishing and to support law enforcement,” he said.
Cheng Kimsun, the former deputy director of the Forestry Administration, said he was “surprised” by his promotion, and pledged to continue the fight against illegal logging.
“My first job is to continue to combat illegal logging and find and arrest the perpetrators who are receiving bribes from the illegal loggers,” Cheng Kimsun said.
Cheng Kimsun will face the possibility of punishment and jail if he, too, performs inadequately, Hun Sen said Tuesday.
Ty Sokun was implicated in Family Trees, a 2007 report on the logging trade by the watchdog group Global Witness, which said that under his leadership, the Forestry Administration “played a key role in facilitating ... illegal logging and other criminal activities”.
“There is substantial evidence that [Minister of Agriculture] Chan Sarun and Ty Sokun have illegally sold 500 or more jobs in the Forest Administration,” the report stated, estimating that Ty Sokun had made hundreds of thousands of dollars from bribes paid to him.
Hang Chhaya, executive director of the Khmer Institute for Democracy, said the sacking of Ty Sokun “comes as a bit of a surprise”, though he noted that it is of a piece with the government’s recent efforts to publicly crack down on illegal logging. Hun Sen issued a directive in January calling on government agencies to step up their efforts against the illicit timber trade, referring to its practitioners last month as “national traitors”.
“I think the prime minister is really waking up to this issue and realising he must tackle this problem in Cambodia,” Hang Chhaya said, though he added that Ty Sokun “should not be used as a scapegoat for the whole issue”.
“It’s systematic in the way these things operate,” Hang Chhaya said.
In his speech, Hun Sen warned that government officials who attempt to flee warrants for their arrest could face life imprisonment.
“You cannot hide or escape anymore,” Hun Sen said.
Ty Sokun said last week that since Hun Sen’s January directive, government officials had conducted more than 100 raids and collected more than 3,000 cubic metres of timber. He said that prosecutions are pending against more than 100 government officials and businessmen involved in the illegal logging trade, though military police spokesman Kheng Tito said Tuesday that only 14 people had been arrested as a result of the crackdown as of the end of March.
Three forestry officials were arrested in Pursat province last week for allegedly transporting lumber illegally into Koh Kong province, and four forestry officials in Kampong Cham province were questioned last Thursday in connection with a similar case.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KHOUTH SOPHAK CHAKRYA AND JAMES O’TOOLE
43 comments:
if he was still in power, he razed the whole forest of cambodia.
his face looks like a rabid dog
Why only reshuffle not jail, That doggy Government officer should be jailed. let look at fishing and others things too. Government ministers and officers are depleting Cambodia and they operate those illegal activities under the leadership of Hun Sen
it take Hun Sen years since the report of GW for him to enforce against forestry lodging. he forget that the most no ability is himself.
Khmer Sydney in CBD
No- he isn't fire. he have been promoted.
amazing... after blaming official [Ty Sokun] for not doing enough to combat the deforestation, PM Hun Sen promoted him to Under Secretary of State.
Again, Hun Sen gov't is moving toward a change gov't leading up to a new democracy. It is right to dismiss a person who is incompetent to do the job. As always say "what you put in is what you get out of it". so, if there is no result of good outcome, might as well get someone else who can. In this way, khmer gov't will be successful in no time. Khmer gov't needs to set a goal, "what do you want to achieve 20 years from now" Maybe 1)a welfare system in place 2) a law to protect everyone equally doesn't mater who they are or where they come from 3)Wesfield Shopping Centre (gov't get generate big income from rental revenue, 4) more roads and brick housings 5) Universities and hospitals every one million homes and more. Anyway, just learn from the "Aust way of life", try to adopt their policies and everything will be alright (focusing on skilled migrant intake) the more intellectual people we have the better which will help the gov't improvement its nation and country. Aust
Ty Sokun, this asshole chinese eye, know how to do the job of forestation!!! i don't think he knows the name of the tree enough to be a forest official. this idiot destroyed Cambodian forest and should spend his life time in jail from now because he is a traitor as hun sen said a few day ago, any one destroyed forest he is a traitor. now we wait to see an other minister Chan Sarun who was in the global witness report.
Ah choy mrai nis needs to stay in jail, not to stay outside and be any thing or he related to mi ka chrouk bunranny???
Yet another charade orchestrated by the ruling party to placade the public as international pressure builds for empty promises.
CPP never remove their members completely it is just an acting. Another type of removal is killing and jail otherwise it is reshuffle of it members.
Hun Sen needs to reshuffle all his ministers, start with Sok Anh, Cham Prasidh and the rest of the crooks.
If Hun Sen wants his gov moves in the right direction, he must remove the following people:
Keat Chhon
Cham Prasiddh
Hor Nam Hong
Most of these three stooges are old and corrupted.
ហេតុអ្វីក៏លោកហ៊ុនសែន ចាំមកដល់ថ្ងៃនេះទើបមានចំណាត់ការទប់ទល់នឹងការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើ?
តើព្រោះតែដើម្បីបង្វែរការចាប់អារម្មណ៍ពីរឿងព្រំដែនខាងកើតឬ?
ហេតុអ្វីក៏ដកទីសុគន្ធ? មកពីគាត់ចាប់ច្រលំឃ្លាំងឈើរបស់សុខគង់?
glad to see the prime minister fired the incompetent forestry director. that's what you get for being incompetent or ineffective as a leader or supervisor, etc...! wake up people! too late is better than never, you know!
an innocent face looking man
wow! Amazing!
This is the first job to
prepare the way for Preah
Se-Armetey to come.
Today we have lots of
Phnaek Prak and Thormeuk
in Cambodia to prepare the
way for Preah Se-Armetey.
May be later Hun Sen
will be Preah Se-Armetey
who know .Time will tell.
I'm glade to see this
action and continue to see
more and more in the
future.
hello! it's called the time of changes and better time and better gov't for better. they are reformed a lot, you know! nothing last forever, especially bad things, you know! god bless my country cambodia.
Can't believe people is talking about Hun Sen changing or realizing. Dude is just putting on a show. The guy was not demoted but promoted to under secretary? I bet he got a raise too. There was no punishment.
Ty Touy ate well, he has had enough. He is very rich.
Now Hun Sen will hire another director. he will still eat and become richer than Ty Touy.
To be continue
reshuffle is a good way to give people time to reform and so forth; however, if they still don't reform, then they will be fired and become civilian again. that's all.
sometime gov't give people the benefit of the doubt, unless they proved otherwise. smart people usually reformed right away. this is a good way to solve problem, too, you know! kudo to prime minister for not tolerating this kind of incompetent official.
M.Hun sen please reserve jobs of senior officials to the Khmers not to a ty , a mouy, no to Chinese....
មុខអាទីសុគន្ធនេះ យួនស្មោះ!
អាកំពូជយួនសៃយសាសន៍ទី សុគន្ធ អាមេបំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរ ព្រោះអាទីសុគន្ធនេះវាដឹងថា ប្រទេសខ្មែរមិនមែនជា ប្រទេសរបស់វាទេ ដូច្នេះវានឹងមិនដែលខ្លាចក្រែងរំលាយ
ប្រទេសខ្មែរឡើយ។
បងប្អូនរួមឈាម, រួមអាវុធទាំងអស់ មានតែពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិទេ ដែលសប្បាយនឹងឃើញ
យួនត្រួតត្រាដែនដីខ្មែរ បំផ្លាញសេដ្ឋកិច្ចខ្មែរ បំផ្លាញប្រទេសជាតិវិនាសអន្ដរធាន រលាយ ចូលយួន
គ្រប់វិស័យទាំងអស់នោះ។
បរាជ័យ! ពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិ!
បរាជ័យ! ពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិលិតបាទាយួន!
បរាជ័យ! ពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិ ធ្វើខ្ញុំកញ្ជះយួនដាច់ថ្លៃ!
What the fuck! You all let ah Kwack fool you the 1000th time again???????????
It is interesting.....
We don't just need a new cabinet of ministers, but also a new prime minister. Hun Sen had a lifetime to improve the conditions in Cambodia, but he failed to do so. He should just resign already. Pretending to do good is worst than being bad.
That's a good move by Hun Sen but one more thing should be done is He can't remove them and promote them. Otherwise, no one will learn and scare of this. They would say, oops! I broke the law instead of getting punishment our PM (hun sen) will promote us. This will encourage them to do more bad in our country. He should charge them as a national traitor.
don't believe whatever yuon say,let's see what yuon're doing.hun sen cpp is yuon created in january 07/1979.hun sen cpp always talk shit .
How this guy has Khmer's name?
I bet all those Hun Sen that looks like YUON and has Khmer's name should not let them be Khmer senators, or representative. We must do it like USA, you have to be born in Cambodia to be a seek up high political position otherwise YUON will have all the share within a 100 years Khmer's land will be Champa..
Ty Sokun will be the second Heng Pov and Phun Pheap or Ah Hok Longdy and at less dictator Hun xen seft!!!!
Please be understood that these dogs don't bite each other on their side. They only switch positions to show people and the world that they care about corruption. If Hun Sen cares, why can't he book Ty Sokun and others involved in Jail? Why switching? It is just a political games.
Let's JUST say, if Ty Sokun want to stop all of the illegal loggings. Can Ty Sokun stop Hun Sen's nephew Hun To, Hun Sen's cousin, and other top Generals in the Cambodian Army? Ty Sokun might a crook, but he is also hun sen scape goat! hun sen is NOTHING but an actor!
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
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.
motherfucker look greedy! anf suck dick!
មុខអាទីសុគន្ធនេះ យួនស្មោះ!
Don’t expect any change. It is the same old bullshit. Replacing one corrupt CPP with another corrupt CPP. This is the old game Hun Sen has been playing over and over again, fooling his dumb CPP supporters. Hun Sen is redirecting the attention from the Vietnam encroachment.
Hun Sen must arrest HUN TO as well.
He is the bad person in Cambodia.
Just like Saddam Hussein's sons they will be shot and killed by ordinary Cambodian when the country liberated from the human rights abuse from Hun Sen's administration.
Truth, if Hun Sen looses the election in 2012, I'm pretty sure that his whole family will be murdered by Camb. citizens. Therefore, in my opinion, Hun Sen is trying to do good deed to the country. I think he senses that his regime will go down. In this case, if it does go down, Camb. people will spear his and his family lives. Oh! I heard that Hun Sen also has a beautiful mention in Hawaii. Is it truth? Is it is, his family can easily escape to Hawaii in U.S and they live and large. I hope Hun Sen continues to do good things. At the end, people will remember him as Cambodian Hun Sen, not youn Hun Sen.
By the way, this Ty Sokun guy looks like youn. I'm glad he is fired by Hun Sen.
he is new generation of youn xmer!
Don't you all know about that.
Hun Sen,he knows ,he controls and now he changes appearently.
The tactics are instructed by Ong Leungs,NOT by him.
Prospect of 2013 election does'not look good.
Change and manipulation with the flow, is the best games for CPP to continue its control.
Bad deeds revealed, suffering continued.
By the way,Please do not forget to look into another viet-xmer,cambodian National election.
I am Not sure whether he is khmer.
quite easily that he is another new generation Xmer,controls result of election.
confesticate his assets please
The proper name for this reshuffling is......sharing the wealth. Don't be naive!
no matter for Ty Sokun, a young pupil just graduated from Agri Faculty in PP and came quickly to power and with Millions USD upon his leaving office.
Why don't Gov't strip down all his money and propterty? all money from illegally loggings are belonged to the STATE...
correction - properties
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