Friday, April 30, 2010

Koh Santepheap’s clarification on controversial article

Thursday 29 April 2010
Source: Koh Santepheap newspaper
By Boross Oss Leak Heng Soy


The Koh Santepheap newspaper reported today:
“The information stunt article that our readers saw yesterday regarding the “auction of the perfect woman” created a lot of surprise among the public. In reality, such an event could not take place in Cambodia’s social life context, and as for the existence of the “perfect woman” (Srey Krup Leak), it’s even rarer than that. In regards to the various reactions from our previous publication, Koh Santepheap recognizes that it was only due to the lack of additional comments, and we also apologize if this may unintentionally affect you. Koh Santepheap has no intention of affecting the honor of our Khmer women.”
Koh Santepheap went on to explain that the title of its article was merely a publicity stunt for an upcoming TV movie-show produced by Mrs. Poan Phuong Bopha. The movie-show “Kou Preng Cham-lek” (A strange couple) will be broadcasted by CTN starting August 2010.

By asserting the rarity of “Srey Krup Leak” in Cambodia, Koh Santepheap may in fact attract the ire of the kingdom’s morality squad which could contest this assertion. But, that’s another story…

Finally, as for Heng Soy who had the misfortune of translating the Koh Santepheap article, one can now qualifies him of being "Boross Oss Leak" (the fellow who lucked out) ... but, "c'est la vie!". As they would say it in the "wild east": "Where's the rope?"

So ... take it easy, folks!

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear "Boross oss Leak" Soy,

I guess your luck ran out this time and that why I remove "Heng" from your name...

Seriously, If I were you, I wouln't worry about that little honest mistake. You were misled by the paper. Life goes on. I thank you for keeping us informed for all these years and your service will also be greatly appreciated in the future.

Have a nice day!

Anonymous said...

Regardless of what you have done by mistake or by good intention, I still support you for bringing this story to be debated publicly. At least we can learn how the public response for having someone put moenys before everything else.
At present, we knew very well that Hun Sen has put moenys before everything else and so other leaders in CPP party. Therefore, Cambodia is about to collapse for having her population suffering from day in and day out. At present, Cambodian people are only suffering from financially but also from warm weather which has increased from year to another year and is very hard to bear. It look like living in the oven.

Areak Prey

Anonymous said...

Quite apart from this rather amusing episode, many Khmer women in real life are no strangers to being sold off to the highest bidders.

I met a seemingly decent, educated white fellow who related how he was poised to marry a Khmer girl, until, that is, another chap got in his way in the last minute, by paying the girl's parents more money than he himself could afford!

Whenever, one happens to stray into a karaoke bar located inside a guest house or hotel these days, chances are one sees young women being paraded like cattle at an auction. Of course, this is an affront to all women, Khmer or not, but there is no stunt about their humiliation.

I guess Koh Sontepheap - a CPP leaning paper? - has unwittingly bitten more than it could chew, and our poor Mr Heng Soy, through his public spirited good humour has done us and the rest of mankind no harm by shedding light on this otherwise serious social predicament.


School of Vice

battambangnative said...

Dear KI Media team members,

Let's face it, you're all Oss Leak! But hey, if that's what's required to fight this rotten-to-the-core system in our fatherland, then so be it right? I applaud you on another well translated article which I enjoyed thoroughly, although it did have an air of too-strange-to-be-true to it. The poor in Cambodia do have to resort to selling their kids, but the rich? No they don't sell their kids..they kill them slowly from the inside by marrying them off other people with the same "social status" as them. Condemned to loveless marriages forever, too afraid of losing face to divorce. That the rich in Cambodia for you. I wonder when any of them is going the learn the saying "Money is like s**t, if you spread it around it does a lot of good, if you pile it up high it just stinks"? Anyway, you keep up the good fights, sirs and madams. I am glad that you guys are out there giving those wicked people a headache or two.

Anonymous said...

i seem to remember that you, Heng Soy, are good at catching others’ mistakes, but now i think that it is the lesson for you to learn how to be caught. 


yal mik <--

Anonymous said...

I firmly believe other articles in Koh Santepheap are also fake. From this stupidity, I think we have to stop reading its articles.

Anonymous said...

Not really any fault. Everyone seeing K.Santepheap article is having the same perception. It is the ill CTN's Buzz to the public, it is normal. Yeay Bopha is a crazy writer - nothing from her movies has contributed to the society - Not all movies suitable for every audience but she makes the movies to everyone include kids.....I hate her from head to heel.

Anonymous said...

soy sauce, it is like Khoh Sentepheap eats shit and you got to eat shit too. This shows how intelligent you are. Then you have a ball to say "don't blame me". Pathetic!!!

Anonymous said...

Boross oss Leak just wanted to be popular by releasing quick comment.

Sad enough, he did not read or pretended not to read
"Athabot pheap yun" at the bottom of the page.

fame turn into shame...

Anonymous said...

Boross oss Leak just wanted to be popular by releasing quick comment.

Sad enough, he did not read or pretended not to read
"Athabot pheap yun" at the bottom of the page.

fame turn into shame...

Anonymous said...

Is it all movie need to contribute and reflect the society? So all movies must be serious..

Go back and check the word Movie in dictionary again...

Anonymous said...

Remember Holywood created star war could bring down Soviet Union to her knee, be careful what you make movie it can impact on unfortunate people