Sam Rainsy, leader of SRP, talks to VOA Khmer on 'Hello VOA', while visiting Washington DC, on Thursday. (Photo: by Pin Sisovann)Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Thursday, 10 June 2010
“The current ruling party in Cambodia uses the court system as a tool to prevent opposition or minorities from having a legitimate right to protect the people’s interest against corruption."Exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy met with a senior US State Department official in Washington on Wednesday, claiming Cambodian courts were working to marginalize his party.
“The current ruling party in Cambodia uses the court system as a tool to prevent opposition or minorities from having a legitimate right to protect the people’s interest against corruption,” Sam Rainsy said, following a meeting with Scot Marciel, the Assistant Secretary of State in charge of Asean affairs.
Sam Rainsy is currently on a visit to the US to build political support for his party, which holds 26 seats in the National Assembly, compared to 90 held by the Cambodian People’s Party.
Sam Rainsy is facing criminal charges for publishing a map on his party’s website to support claims that a border arrangement between Vietnam and Cambodia has eroded national land, and he is facing a jail sentence on charges related to uprooting border markers in Svay Rieng province.
Sam Rainsy told VOA Khmer that he had raised issues of forced evictions, restricted freedom of assembly, the prosecution of journalists and a biased judiciary with Marciel.
“So there should not be one group that tries to eliminate another group, like in Cambodia,” Sam Rainsy said. “In the US, democracy is lively because they know how to respect each other, especially the majority that respects the minority.”
Cambodian government officials said Wednesday they were not concerned with Sam Rainsy’s visit to the US.
Sam Rainsy is scheduled to meet with other officials from Congress and rights groups before giving a speech to a group of Cambodian-Americans in Virginia.
He should have brought Mu Sochua with him so that he could meet with Hillary Clinton instead of the low grade official.
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Be positive. At least the man sees someone.
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He! Make a Kwack open both eyes??/ LOL!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNo help!! ah Kwack!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSam Rainsy, please tell the state deparment about the border issue with Viet Nam and Thailand !!!
ReplyDeleteAll the readers want to know what position the US take on the issue.
Do you think the US will offer help on the issue ?????
I don't think they would give any help at all.
But, they might want him to talk more trash about Cambodian goverment. It is his favorite subject.
He cans also ask more advice on how to campaing for his party, if he is smart enough to realize that he needed help.
U.S doesn't care what's happening in Cambodia, cuz Cambodia doesn't have anything to offer. Therefore, U.S could careless. Besides, this is how Cambodian runs its country. If you don't like how the government rules your country, try to change it. If it doesn't work, run like hell! In the end, if you can't beat them join them.
ReplyDeleteCambodia have China, they don't give a dam about the US shit.
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ReplyDeleteIf RGC continues to work on building trash,the opposition is helping cambodia from being rotten.
Please learn to accept that,in order to move forward.
Please try to do the right thing by people and cambodia.
Selling some part of cambodia,to pay to deep respect to Vietnam by khmer leaders is NOT the right thing to do,neither give some land to vietnam and keep some to the clan,is the right thing to do.
Yes this is the Khmer territory but unfortunately this country is controlled by the YOUNS. They are all YOUN.
ReplyDeleteIf YOUN who are serving khmer interests then they are regarded as KHMER.
If KHMER who are serving YOUN interests then they are regarded as YOUN.
Current leaders of Cambodia they control Cambodia and her people as their own assets. Since they are the 7-Jan-79 liberationist then they force people to owe the gratitude to 7-Jan means that the people must to owe those leaders who regarded themself as the liberationist of 7-Jan.
Since they are the boss of 7-Jan people have to bear the poverty, have to see those of 7-Jan boss corruption and natural resource stealling.
YOU MUST TO REMEMBER 7-JAN-79 UNTILL YOUN CONTROL TOTALLY CAMBODIA. THIS IS THE FACT
I'm wondering where are all old Khmer people who came to the USA since 1975? They seem to keep low profile and don't care to talk about Khmer issue.
ReplyDeleteMost of Khmer are scare to come and meet Mr. Sam Rainsy when he is in the US.
Last night I observed only about 70 people came to Harvest Moon restaurant in Virginia to listen his speech and those people are the same face people I saw every meeting.
Khmer are not united; Youn are united.
Khmer people don't see the right or wrong.
Some support Hun Sen because either they have relative working for Hun Sen or they see Hun Sen is doing a good job.
Some say bad about Sam Rainsy that he is no hope and don't listen to anyone. but those people are jealous people and want to destroy Khmer as Hun Sen is doing now.
Ah Khmer people in DC only go to Khmer embassy to have a party and support Hun Sen. When they go to Hun Sen party at the embassy, they are not afraid of Sam Rainsy and vise versa.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
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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 10 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.
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ReplyDeleteYou forgot to think that this United States of America, you don't have to go if you don't believe in it !!! You have the freedom to believe whoever you wanted to !!!!
It is just the cliche to say that Vietnamese are united, it is not true !!!!
Do you know any Vietnamese groupe who is fighting for democracy in Viet Nam ????? How are they doing ?
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