22 July 2010By Yun Samien
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
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On Wednesday 21 July, several major civil society organizations in Cambodia have agreed to request the Kampong Thom provincial court to drop the terrorism charge leveled against 4 SRP activists.
Civil society organizations indicated that such charge is a threat to discourage opposition activists.
CHRAC and NICFEC issued a joint statement asking the Kampong Thom provincial court to drop the charges against the 4 SRP activists because the court accusations are baseless and lack sufficient proof.
At the beginning of July, the Kampong Thom provincial court accused 4 SRP activists – including Kim Hong, the No. 2 Kroya commune councilor, located in Prasat Balaing district, Uk Thorn, the chairman of the Prasat Balaing district council, Koy Koeun and Chom Cheav who are both SRP activists – after the four reported to the district authority about their concerns for the security of the villagers when rumors circulated that there is a paper tiger that went around to stab people.
Hang Chhaya, a facilitator for CHRAC, said on Thursday 22 July that these activists were merely expressing their concerns over the villagers’ security, they did not incite the villagers to become worried. He said that the court charges are more politically oriented than aimed at terrorism, and such accusations are pressures to prevent these activists from performing their party duty.
Hang Chhaya confirmed: “… It could involve political bias because, first of all, it involves SRP party activists, and this case took place almost one year ago! It’s an old story…”
Hang Chhaya added that the civil society if looking for lawyers to defend these activists.
On Thursday, Pen Sarat, the prosecutor of the Kampong Thom provincial court, said that the cops have sufficient proof to charge the 4 activists of terrorism. He said that the 4 activists incited the villagers to have concerns over the village security.
Pen Sarat claimed: “They investigated, the majority based on what the witnesses showed, they (4 activists) went around to create problem, they made the villagers going into havoc! It is not about paper tiger, this is to form a movement, a movement of the mind to make people scared…”
Pen Sarat added that the court is continuing to perform additional investigation, but it has not yet reached a point where the 4 activists would be sent to jail. He said that, even though the 4 activists are not armed, the law still allows that they be charged with terrorism.
On Thursday, Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, called the Kampong Thom provincial court charges a joke. He said that this is a political case because the authority is concerned about the popularity of the opposition party in the province.
Civil society organizations indicated that such charge is a threat to discourage opposition activists.
CHRAC and NICFEC issued a joint statement asking the Kampong Thom provincial court to drop the charges against the 4 SRP activists because the court accusations are baseless and lack sufficient proof.
At the beginning of July, the Kampong Thom provincial court accused 4 SRP activists – including Kim Hong, the No. 2 Kroya commune councilor, located in Prasat Balaing district, Uk Thorn, the chairman of the Prasat Balaing district council, Koy Koeun and Chom Cheav who are both SRP activists – after the four reported to the district authority about their concerns for the security of the villagers when rumors circulated that there is a paper tiger that went around to stab people.
Hang Chhaya, a facilitator for CHRAC, said on Thursday 22 July that these activists were merely expressing their concerns over the villagers’ security, they did not incite the villagers to become worried. He said that the court charges are more politically oriented than aimed at terrorism, and such accusations are pressures to prevent these activists from performing their party duty.
Hang Chhaya confirmed: “… It could involve political bias because, first of all, it involves SRP party activists, and this case took place almost one year ago! It’s an old story…”
Hang Chhaya added that the civil society if looking for lawyers to defend these activists.
On Thursday, Pen Sarat, the prosecutor of the Kampong Thom provincial court, said that the cops have sufficient proof to charge the 4 activists of terrorism. He said that the 4 activists incited the villagers to have concerns over the village security.
Pen Sarat claimed: “They investigated, the majority based on what the witnesses showed, they (4 activists) went around to create problem, they made the villagers going into havoc! It is not about paper tiger, this is to form a movement, a movement of the mind to make people scared…”
Pen Sarat added that the court is continuing to perform additional investigation, but it has not yet reached a point where the 4 activists would be sent to jail. He said that, even though the 4 activists are not armed, the law still allows that they be charged with terrorism.
On Thursday, Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, called the Kampong Thom provincial court charges a joke. He said that this is a political case because the authority is concerned about the popularity of the opposition party in the province.
6 comments:
Be careful CPP members, you act exactely like Khmer Republicans did from 1970 to 1975, that's bad, the world situation is exactly like the one of years 1960, two lines, China or USA, as soon as something goes wrong Cambodians would separated into two groups and we would fight against each other again.
i think these activistists need to go to activitist school to learn to do it right if there's such school on earth. i mean, they must understand that violence don't solve violence and using violence or the thought of violence is not tolerated in cambodia. instead, they should use lobbying, negotiation, compromise, etc to demand reforms, etc these individuals need to wake up, especially after the KR era! there are more to cambodia than just their political way, really!
cambodia needs activists to awaken people there, however, activitists need not use violence, instead, they should focus attention on pushing for reforms, better living standard, better access to education, better education, improve economy, rebuilding cambodia and rebuilding infrastructure, etc, because cambodia is not all about only politics, you know! and cambodia can sure use improve social justice, etc...
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.
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"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."
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 detonate 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 Vietnam 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.
all khmers must reunite and work together peacefully from now on, ok!
terrorist is a bad name, don't associate with them, ok!
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