Forced eviction in Spean Chhes (Photo: Licadho)Op-Ed by Cambodian Learner
Dear Sir/Madam:
Since I see national danger in my eyes, I want to extend my vision to you that Cambodia now is destroying itself.
Rain forests, and trees have been largely destroyed. Many vast areas of lands and farms lands of the people have been transferred to private hands and companies partly belong to government officials and foreigners.
Cambodia has become so hot now since no much forests and trees to reduce sun heat (partly also affects from global heat wave); many farmers are crying because no lands for farms, no home, no water, and no food. Are we as humans, as rational humans, happy with this?
Impossible that Cambodia will experience bloody revolution from farmers who will direct their anger to kill "government officials".
In their mind, "government officials" become scary words, frightening, terrible and hateful. They are afraid of this word - not respect.
The word "government officials" therefore refer to scary persons - and disdainful, greedy and no virtue, and uneducated.
To restore value of this word, and help Cambodia from the coming danger - the government must stop displacing people from their lands and farms - that make them poor, homeless, landless, and slaves on their lands. In 18th century in Europe, federalist corrupted bourgeois were destroyed by bloody revolution from the poor and the farmers. I see that Cambodia is moving toward this unknowingly. See nowadays, the use of armed forces and soldiers in a violent way to scare people and to evict people from their lands - the same as authoritarian and totalitarian regimes did in Europe about 200 years ago. But when these authoritarian and totalitarian regimes collapsed because more and more people became poor, landless, increasing workers / proletariats with no skills, and hence rampant corruption and inequality, all the poor, the workers and farmers were willing to die to change the regimes. A lot of killings were made on the government officials during that time. See for instances, they got rid of Louis XVI in France, and even Russian royal places and those church officials who joint hands with the corrupt elite.
This occur again in Cambodian in the 21st century.
Cambodian Learner
Rain forests, and trees have been largely destroyed. Many vast areas of lands and farms lands of the people have been transferred to private hands and companies partly belong to government officials and foreigners.
Cambodia has become so hot now since no much forests and trees to reduce sun heat (partly also affects from global heat wave); many farmers are crying because no lands for farms, no home, no water, and no food. Are we as humans, as rational humans, happy with this?
Impossible that Cambodia will experience bloody revolution from farmers who will direct their anger to kill "government officials".
In their mind, "government officials" become scary words, frightening, terrible and hateful. They are afraid of this word - not respect.
The word "government officials" therefore refer to scary persons - and disdainful, greedy and no virtue, and uneducated.
To restore value of this word, and help Cambodia from the coming danger - the government must stop displacing people from their lands and farms - that make them poor, homeless, landless, and slaves on their lands. In 18th century in Europe, federalist corrupted bourgeois were destroyed by bloody revolution from the poor and the farmers. I see that Cambodia is moving toward this unknowingly. See nowadays, the use of armed forces and soldiers in a violent way to scare people and to evict people from their lands - the same as authoritarian and totalitarian regimes did in Europe about 200 years ago. But when these authoritarian and totalitarian regimes collapsed because more and more people became poor, landless, increasing workers / proletariats with no skills, and hence rampant corruption and inequality, all the poor, the workers and farmers were willing to die to change the regimes. A lot of killings were made on the government officials during that time. See for instances, they got rid of Louis XVI in France, and even Russian royal places and those church officials who joint hands with the corrupt elite.
This occur again in Cambodian in the 21st century.
Cambodian Learner
"WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!
ReplyDeleteNothing to lose but your chains.
And a world to win."
Karl Marx
CPP seems want war..
ReplyDeleteLook at Europe countries,
why they have peace ?
Democracy and justice.
You may be safe but your descendants will pay the price.
This is the reason why American established welfare system to handle their poor. They gives away food stamp and voucher for them to buy food or milk for the baby. The build housing and rent it to them really really cheap. They give them free money or grant to attend college and university. Medical care to handle their sickness and even dental insurance to care for their teeth. In the end many will end up with college degrees, earning special skills and enable themselves to find good job that will pay so much money. Do you know what American do with those money earning? It depends on what categories, each person is making.It runs up anywhere between 15% to 38% of the totals earning and it ends up go into the taxes system. Meaning every dollar, you make, you can keep 85 cents or 62 cents. The higher taxes means you're making a lot of money each year like rich business people, managements, doctors, engineers, movie stars etc...Takling about the talent on a movie screen in United States. These people can earn up to $20 millions or more per/ movie and what are they going to do with it? Buy and spend on anything they want or live their life on this earth as close to heaven as they can and pay taxes. American are happy with their lives and aren't really hesitate to pay those taxes at all. In fact, many rich American are very generous. they give away millions of their money to the poor. Mr. Bill Gate for example giving away hundred of millions of his money to poor countries in order to find the cause several deceases and treating them. Ted Turner, the founder of CNN or cable News Network gave a way $ 1 billion to the UN. So that this universe will have someone that can really be in charge.
ReplyDeleteYou don't see Communist people doing good deed like this. You're must be kidding. They could hardly able to feed themselves. In fact and now show their behind all over the world that COMMUNIST SHARE ONE STATUS OF BEING POOR. Everyone is equally being poor and miserable. Worse, they have zero freedom to do better thing, because were controlling the freak like Fedel Castro or Kim Yung Ill or young crap. Even in China , the richest communist countries today and after 60 years later of being establishes as the communist state are still struggling. Only a small percentage of the richest chinese are being able to enjoy what American are being able to enjoy their lives as a whole.
Too bad many poor American abuse the system. They don't want to do anything and more poor people such as illiegal immegrants are floaded into the country. The is how President Obama came into the picture. He is innocently in the eyes of the republican in term of helping more and lazy poor. He angry them to the point that they are about to finish him off. Not by gun though. By election. The next time around, most American will vote for any republican dude. That for sure and that day will come around in November 2012, but it also epends on how many poor people will show up at he pole. If it's not enough rich people show up the pole or showing up less than poor people, he will win again. Meaning look out rich American!, because your bank accounts will dry up to pay for all those that don't have or need it.
We pray that The American will never turn into a Communist states, because American System is the last and best resort for the great Humanity. Other than the European countries. There is no other countries in the world that is like the American. You 5:45pm, if you want to turn someone like myself into believing your Communist crap. You can tell that to the bird. Been there done that and I hate Communist like hate Aids, Tobaculocous and cancer deceases all combining together in one body of human.
Dam dude why dont you write a books....Jesus christ! Cambodia Farmer need help..we need to drop the leaflet there to educate them on something.
ReplyDelete7:55pm Please help our Cambodian people learn to read write in Khmer and English and I will tell them more. All is for free.
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It is the best photo to show for people around the worldwide to know how is Chey Chetha II Hun Sen did on their own people. They took our motherland for Crazy Yuon to live in our country and force our people away from their home. Chey Chetha II Hun Sen can not see this photo because his eye is blind one. Khmer teardrop will kill you in the short future coming.
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Historical Khmer Museum indeed. SRP ought to collect those photos and build a museum to display it, because only 20% or less of the totals Cambodian population get to read or see this in KI.
ReplyDeleteI have undeniably lived to witness a continuous diffusion of knowledge which we Khmers, especially the poor and miserable one, have still unquestionally undermined the superstition and error. Consequently speaking after the Civil War of 70's and the Killingfield of Pol Pot's regime, I have regretfully lived no longer seeing the rights of men better understood than ever, and the nation panting for freedom and liberty, just mentally and psychologically frightening of getting hurt or death as the turtle hiding inside its shell.
ReplyDeletehow old is this picture? i've seen it being posted here for years now! don't they have a new, up-to-date photo of cambodia? go figure!
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ReplyDeleteA Cambodian farmer feeds 4 persons and
ReplyDeletean American farmer feeds 10 000 persons.
Change it and you change Cambodia.
stop depend on nature for water to farm, etc. it's time to modernize cambodia's agricultural method, ok! wake up, people! this is not the stone age, ok!
ReplyDeletebefore:
ReplyDeleteCFF vs. CPP
HRP vs. CPP
SRP vs. CPP
currently:
ACU vs. CPP
NGO vs. CPP
HWO vs. CPP
Do ma ah hun xen!
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ah yuon doggy uses his shit leg to kick poor cambodian people.
ReplyDeleteDemocratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
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Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
Hun Sen...
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's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth...
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.