Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Trouble With Tyranny

Suong Sophorn, a housing activist, can be seen held by his hair by
Hun Xen's violent cops. He was later beaten up some more (Licadho Video)

Sunday, October 31, 2010
Op-Ed by MP
Such violent seizures of communal and private assets - as seen in a video clip posted in this forum of late – are not the symptoms of collective ills, but rather a tragic manifestation of a society held in hostage by a band of sophisticated and politically well organised thugs.
BACK in the days when Ieng Sary's KR faction was still in control of the Pailin region and Hun Sen was trying to entice him over to his side, it was reported that Hun Sen assured Ieng Sary and his son in a negotiation that there was much he and them had in common, since in his words: "We are Red Khmers like you!” Ieng Sary himself was subsequently granted royal pardon over his involvement during the KR regime, and no one would blame him now if he feels let down since by being made to stand trial for mass murders.

In fact, peace or 'national reconciliation' was not uppermost in Hun Sen's mind at the time, nor, it can be argued, is it the case today when he still finds it to his advantage to exploit the ghosts of the KR and the country's prolonged armed conflict of recent past to scare off domestic and international opinions. In order to make this reconciliation with Ieng Sary more congenial to such opinions, some contemporary writers and observers even went so far as to float the farfetched notion of a 'moderate' Ieng Sary, who like other prominent figures within Pol Pot's Democratic Kampuchea, had either to follow Pol Pot's ideological madness or perish, and whose leadership of what remained then of KR forces could then be incorporated into the Phnom Penh regime's unified political-military structure. However, it is as well to note that it was not for nothing that Pol Pot and Ieng Sary chose to cement their political alliance through their being married to Khieu Ponnary and Ieng Thirith (who were siblings) respectively since their stay in Paris decades before they came to power; an arrangement, moreover, not uncommon within the circle of the country's economic-political elite, as testified by the intricately formed family tree(s) of the current CPP leadership which sees most of the powerful elements welded together through their children’s marriages as well as other manners of reciprocating nepotism that also bind those not directly tied to this extended Family through blood.

What prompted Hun Sen to make peace with his erstwhile foes like Ieng Sary and Sihanouk was not out of character of someone who has been exposed to a combination of ideological currents and influences sweeping across the developing world in the 1960s and 1970s, including Maoist guerrilla tactics, Vietnamese revolutionary experience, as well as, most enduringly, Stalinist machinations and expedience in face of political rivalries and intrigues. By depriving the former anti-Vietnamese resistance of its most potent military component in the KR, Hun Sen had sought to isolate and weaken the other non-communist forces within that alliance, rendering the Paris Peace Accords a mere ceremonious affair, reducing it in effect to the status of diplomatic and theoretical formality or impotence.



Deprived of any tangible military prowess that can be used as bargaining leverage, these non-communist elements have been reduced to peripheral figures on the nation's political stage, and in this fashion they were indeed in the early 1990s sleep walking naked on their way to reclaim the political throne. By the close of 1997, their collective challenge to the Hanoi-backed CPP regime was over - Prince Norodom Sereivuth (an ally of Mr Sam Rainsy) narrowly saved from certain death for his ill-timed and unwitting remark about personally killing Hun Sen to resolve Cambodia’s problems; Ho Sok was murdered in captivity; another Prince with a rich history of recklessness (Norodom Chakrapong) was found hiding in the cellar of a building out of fear for his dear life; Norodom Rannarith – a politics ‘professor’ back in France - was more than half buried in his political grave; scores of innocent civilians were mercilessly cut to pieces by the blasts of hand grenades outside the symbolic National Assembly; general Nhiek Bun Chhay lost substantial weight, becoming unusually lean after having been made to dodge bullets and evade his pursuers from Tang Krasang outside the capital all the way to O’Smach by the Khmer-Thai border.

Justifying his brutal tactics, Hun Sen pointed to the possibility of the return of the Khmer Rouge to the capital, by way of infiltration, through Funcinpec’s military setup on the outskirt of Phnom Penh and hence to the need to protect ‘my people’ by pre-empting such a sinister scenario before it could assume form. Yet, none of the remains of military officers later exhumed from shallow graves, having been shot in the heads, or the foot soldiers killed or wounded, in the course of the violent coup that year, were in fact, KR or had concrete direct KR links.

It is time the international community and the Khmer people stopped playing into Hanoi’s and Hun Sen’s hands by falling prey to their specious outcries about the sanctity of, or regard for, Cambodia’s internal affairs; about the ghosts of the past which they themselves – who else ? - had a role in bringing to life in order to wreak havoc upon the nation and to terrorise its population, and in so doing, reducing the country to the state of perpetual bewilderment and uncertainty, making it ever dependent upon, and vulnerable to, external influence and pressure; about the need for ‘stability’ that still fails to see the country improving its status among the most rotten, corruption driven nations in the world; a country that still witnesses the transfer of economic and natural resources from the poor to the rich and powerful at alarming rate, resulting in mass evictions on a daily basis throughout the Kingdom, where ‘development’ has seen only grotesque, mammoth-size mansions built to reflect and glorify the elite’s colossal vanity and provincial tastes, and where the supposedly democratically elected Prime Minister positions himself in a constant state of war by surrounding his person with an army of ‘body guards’ on such intimidating and formidable a scale that it would have been an envy of many a Roman Emperor of another era when rulers feared their own subjects and senators in their midst more than they did their distant off-shores enemies. One cannot but wonders as to how many other world statesmen of bona fide democratic credentials can afford or be privileged with such ostentatious personal protection? And is it constitutional, in any event?

With former resistance commanders like Y Chhean and Nhiek Bun Chhay already content to play subservient roles, Ta Mok long since dead, and Rannarith consigned to his royal tomb, replete with the company of his loyal female entourage and tons of worldly treasures befitting the political afterlife of a Norodom, where else might the challenge to Hun Sen’s leadership be coming from? What would the end of his autocratic military regime mean for the country and the people? Who would have the most to lose were this current regime to fall, and not just the end of one man’s senseless, insolent clinging to power, for it is highly unlikely that Hanoi would not attempt to savage or maintain its long term stake in the country, bar a general nationwide campaign of riots and disobedience vis-à-vis Vietnamese backed authorities, in conjunction with the active support of the world community, maybe?

As I mentioned elsewhere in the 1990s, Mr Hun Sen is not constituted in temperament or habit to ply his trade or to stake his political and personal fortune within the avenue of democratic pluralism and the rule of law, with an active, flourishing civil society and civil liberty as their sacrosanct principles, to which national reconciliation and rebuilding must be orientated. The flirting experiment with democracy in 1993 resulting in Funcinpec’s electoral victory as it did, without translating, nevertheless, that outcome into unqualified catastrophe or debacle for the CPP in general, and Hun Sen, in particular, (as the latter still held all the cards, including the command over between 70-80 per cent of the country’s armed forces, and since many leading Funcinpec figures had been no less disposed to accepting bribes and to personal advancement, and therefore, no less prepared to subordinate national interests to these narrow goals than had been their CPP counterparts) was his most daring gamble and venture before democratic opinion.

Yet, in view of the regime’s status of being an artificial creation of a neighbouring power, installed in a hurry through an illegal invasion as well as the diplomatic censure or slight of that regime by the UN and the world body at large, or the lack of their approval and recognition craved by the regime itself, the 1993 election, had it delivered the opposite outcome, would have given the CPP and its Vietnamese sponsors further encouragement and a major moral, propaganda victory; a vindication of their otherwise self-serving ambitions and expansionistic intentions over a small nation with a long unhappy history of being pushed over by its neighbours.

Conversely, the overall incessant, pervasive trend in the erosion of civil and political liberties of varying degrees through a series of random attacks upon, and castrations of, political rivals and the ranks of marginalised, downtrodden citizens, in an effort to curtail, or place the lid upon, democratic opposition and movement, is the clearest indication we have of this tyrant’s determination to put the humiliation of 1993 behind him, and by extension, to deny the Khmer people their deserved place among the civilised world.

In light of the raw violence applied against unarmed civilians in brutal enforcement of social policies such as land grabs and evictions, involving the transfer in land ownership or assets from the public and ordinary citizens to make way for commercial profit-making and to gratify powerful foreign interests such as Vietnam and China even in clear contravention of specific constitutional provisions on these vital aspects of national sovereignty and integrity, a distinction must be drawn, on the one hand, when making allowance for a post-war, post genocide society afflicted with acute moral, social handicaps that can be described legitimately as belonging within the public domain, and the drift in tendency and practice on the part of a minority of mafia – like political syndicate, on the other. Such violent seizures of communal and private assets - as seen in a video clip posted in this forum of late – are not the symptoms of collective ills, but rather a tragic manifestation of a society held in hostage by a band of sophisticated and politically well organised thugs.

There is a difference.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Excellent write-up!!!

Anonymous said...

I can see all these PM will die soon by hit by the car someday.

Anonymous said...

LONG LIVE VEIT NAM.. You all should wishes that you never born and if you born next born as vietnamese so you be smarter...

Hun sen and CPP doing a good job for US... the master.. and Phay siphan providing a good lip services and SOK Siphana and Sarin Donora are working hard to manipulate all the foerigners there for us.. the rest of our vietnamese brother and sisters are all in every officials position in the cambodian government.

Long live Viet Nam

soon we will take thailand too

You all khmer wishes you never born.. next time make sure you born as a vietnamses maybe you a little smarter

you all useless khmer peoples have no more chance.. we vietnam controle your idiot king... HUN SEN and all the family and CPP.. we have our citizen in every level of your government.. basically we run you whole country for you.. becuase you khmer are useless and stupid and idiot.. if you dont believe ask you parent..

look you country now.. it is the fact you wishes you never born.. next time you better born as vietnamese.. Long live viet nam.. soon we will control even thailand the land of gay and lesbian they dont care they only make love .. so it will be more easy..

we want to thank hun sen and cpp ... personal that to phay siphan for his lip services and sok siphana the brother inlaw to the rapist young girls minister of information and Sarin Denora for their manipulation to all the idiot foreigners in cambodian .. we will reward you and we will keep you in power

you all khmer deserved to dies like dogs.

Anonymous said...

Khmer is the empire race...we're all Khmer have to realize within each of us that there is a pround Khmer...remember - we are the children of "Khmer Empire"...our ancestors manage to leave all of us to live off on such as Angkor Wat. If the govt. that we are elect to represent us, Khmer people - each and everyone of Khmer would live well and all of our children get a good education. But so far..how long have Hun Sen's regime rule Cambodia? How many Khmer people has his regime been kill under K-5 policy? How many khmers did Hun Sen kill during April 30, and coup d'etate on July 5-6 1997. In addition, how many Khmers are you shorting their life...without let them live to their full potential? Mr. Hun sen, on average, you take aways their life between 10 - 30 years of their life..due to the lack of sufficient foods, education, safty, security, and intermidation, and threat to the very life of each and everyone of them (beside your own clans). Mr. Hun Sen, this is the time that you answer to all Khmer people of what is your intention to turn Cambodian into...is your intention to turn Khmer nation to be a part-of Vietname Federation? And in exchange so that you and your clans have the power to build your wealth on poor Khmer's back? If you really care about Khmer like you have been screaming on TV everyday...than by all mean - show all Khmer by passing the law...to limite the Primirship for two terms only...Mr. Hun Sen...it is not too late to show that you have Khmer's interest in your heart. And it is not to late to show that you're part of the "Khmer Empire" race.

Anonymous said...

I am very strongly support the above idea, Cambodian have been grief-stricken for long due to feudal regime of ah hun sen, all people's property and national budget have been manipulated and pocketed by ah Hus Sen Cliques and CPP. Ah hus sen allow ah Chke Kepma pockets much money from the city dwellers and ah chker kepma can trims any land of the people under the name of development (meva)like along national ro. n.1 2 6 4 5 without any compensation or justice. ah hus sen allow achke SOk anh to appoints any its relative to the corrupt post tamchit meva as such council of minister and 5oo authorities meva, ah hun sen allow the electric du cambodge and water authority to manipulate the innocent people's electricity and water measuring gauge to pocket the money as much as they want. ah hus sen allow a chker choam prasit to installs its wife son and daughter to the money post and control the ministry of trade and commerce and allow ah choam prasith to make a fake branch of garment product as made in Cambodia to sell in US or europe (actually made in VN or china), anh hus sen allow the officers of ministry of finance to pocket the money as much as they want through tea money that has been taken around 70% of national budget spending goes to those corrupt officials at the ministry of finance. ah hun sen allow ah doctor chker custom pen simon and his subordinate to pocket the national budget as much as they want and allow it all to distort and over charge the tax money from people as much as they want. ah hun sen allow traffic polices to distort the money from powerless or sometime even kill innocent people as much as they want, ah hun sen allow a chker TO (ato nephew of ah hun sen) to kill or point the gun to anyone or opposition PM as it like and allow A CHKER TO to rap any ladies as it like, ah hun sen allow all the kind of injustice by ah chker tolaka, Cambodia court are in trading, cambodia court is a business room, no single justice yielded from the Cambodia court, ah chker hun sen allow ah chker hor namhong of ministry of foreign affair to pocket money and do the corruption as much as it like, ah hus sen allow ah chker hor namhong making this ministry as a family ministry, ah chker hor namhong can do what ever it want like install his son ah chker hor sothun ah chker hor nambora and other chker who are associated with ah chker hor namhong, ah chker hun sen allow ah chker mong rithy and other chker businessman to make a secret drug trade and turning Cambodia to a drug hub and allow those ah chker businessmen to over run on people 's land as it want. this is anarchy nation created by ah chker hun sen and his clique, Cambodian loss hope People power please get up people power please get up, Cambodia needed people power to change this regime,

Anonymous said...

I am very strongly support the above idea, Cambodian have been grief-stricken for long due to feudal regime of ah hun sen, all people's property and national budget have been manipulated and pocketed by ah Hus Sen Cliques and CPP. Ah hus sen allow ah Chke Kepma pockets much money from the city dwellers and ah chker kepma can trims any land of the people under the name of development (meva)like along national ro. n.1 2 6 4 5 without any compensation or justice. ah hus sen allow achke SOk anh to appoints any its relative to the corrupt post tamchit meva as such council of minister and 5oo authorities meva, ah hun sen allow the electric du cambodge and water authority to manipulate the innocent people's electricity and water measuring gauge to pocket the money as much as they want. ah hus sen allow a chker choam prasit to installs its wife son and daughter to the money post and control the ministry of trade and commerce and allow ah choam prasith to make a fake branch of garment product as made in Cambodia to sell in US or europe (actually made in VN or china), anh hus sen allow the officers of ministry of finance to pocket the money as much as they want through tea money that has been taken around 70% of national budget spending goes to those corrupt officials at the ministry of finance. ah hun sen allow ah doctor chker custom pen simon and his subordinate to pocket the national budget as much as they want and allow it all to distort and over charge the tax money from people as much as they want. ah hun sen allow traffic polices to distort the money from powerless or sometime even kill innocent people as much as they want, ah hun sen allow a chker TO (ato nephew of ah hun sen) to kill or point the gun to anyone or opposition PM as it like and allow A CHKER TO to rap any ladies as it like, ah hun sen allow all the kind of injustice by ah chker tolaka, Cambodia court are in trading, cambodia court is a business room, no single justice yielded from the Cambodia court, ah chker hun sen allow ah chker hor namhong of ministry of foreign affair to pocket money and do the corruption as much as it like, ah hus sen allow ah chker hor namhong making this ministry as a family ministry, ah chker hor namhong can do what ever it want like install his son ah chker hor sothun ah chker hor nambora and other chker who are associated with ah chker hor namhong, ah chker hun sen allow ah chker mong rithy and other chker businessman to make a secret drug trade and turning Cambodia to a drug hub and allow those ah chker businessmen to over run on people 's land as it want. this is anarchy nation created by ah chker hun sen and his clique, Cambodian loss hope People power please get up people power please get up, Cambodia needed people power to change this regime,

Anonymous said...

Khmer is the empire race...we're all Khmer have to realize within each of us that there is a pround Khmer...remember - we are the children of "Khmer Empire"...our ancestors manage to leave all of us to live off on such as Angkor Wat. If the govt. that we are elect to represent us, Khmer people - each and everyone of Khmer would live well and all of our children get a good education. But so far..how long have Hun Sen's regime rule Cambodia? How many Khmer people has his regime been kill under K-5 policy? How many khmers did Hun Sen kill during April 30, and coup d'etate on July 5-6 1997. In addition, how many Khmers are you shorting their life...without let them live to their full potential? Mr. Hun sen, on average, you take aways their life between 10 - 30 years of their life..due to the lack of sufficient foods, education, safty, security, and intermidation, and threat to the very life of each and everyone of them (beside your own clans). Mr. Hun Sen, this is the time that you answer to all Khmer people of what is your intention to turn Cambodian into...is your intention to turn Khmer nation to be a part-of Vietname Federation? And in exchange so that you and your clans have the power to build your wealth on poor Khmer's back? If you really care about Khmer like you have been screaming on TV everyday...than by all mean - show all Khmer by passing the law...to limite the Primirship for two terms only...Mr. Hun Sen...it is not too late to show that you have Khmer's interest in your heart. And it is not to late to show that you're part of the "Khmer Empire" race.

Anonymous said...

8:52 am,

Learn how to correctly speak & write English. You sound like a complete idiot. I know you are Cambodian and not Vietnamese. You are just posing to be Vietnamese and trolling on this site to incite a response. Why are you pretending to be Vietnamese and insulting your fellow Cambodians? I find you to be a very sad example of the types of ignorant people that inhabit this beautiful world.

Please educate yourself and also...get a life.

Anonymous said...

10:38 AM,

I noticed another person in a difference forum also pretends to be a Vietnamese. What a complete idiot!

This is the same person that many of us in here repeatedly asked that he goes back to school and gets a real job or gets a life which ever appeals to him first.

From his writing, one can tell that this person may be educated in Cambodia, but he just learned to write English. Apparently, he knows details of people in the government and is very obvious that he also hates the former king. Huh, who could this pretender be???

What he means was that he wishes that he is as smart as other Cambodians.

8:52 AM,
You are smart. Just be yourself and be proud of who you are.
From Koun Khmer doch knea

Anonymous said...

មើលចុះ! ឈាមជនស៊ីវិល បានហូរចេញមកប្រឡាក់អាវគាត់! តើនេះបណ្ដាលមកពីអ្វី? តើមិនមែនមកពី អំពើអយុត្តិធម៌ទេ ឬ អី?
អំពើ អយុត្តិធម៌ នៅក្នុងស្រុកខ្មែរសព្វថ្ងៃ អាចបណ្ដាលអោយមានសង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលបាន បើនៅតែយ៉ាងអញ្ចឹង ព្រោះគ្មាននរណាទអាចទ្រាំបានទេ។
ខ្ញុំសុំផ្តាំទៅពួកអ្នកដឹកនាំរដ្ឋាភិបាលខ្មែរ ទាំងអស់ថា ‹‹បើរស់អោយគាប់ បើងាប់អោយគួរ››។ កុំងាប់ ដូច ខ្មោចហុក ឡងឌី ឬ សាដាម ហូសេន ណា៎៎!

Anonymous said...

មើលចុះ! ឈាមជនស៊ីវិល បានហូរចេញមកប្រឡាក់អាវគាត់! តើនេះបណ្ដាលមកពីអ្វី? តើមិនមែនមកពី អំពើអយុត្តិធម៌ទេ ឬ អី?
អំពើ អយុត្តិធម៌ នៅក្នុងស្រុកខ្មែរសព្វថ្ងៃ អាចបណ្ដាលអោយមានសង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលបាន បើនៅតែយ៉ាងអញ្ចឹង ព្រោះគ្មាននរណាទអាចទ្រាំបានទេ។
ខ្ញុំសុំផ្តាំទៅពួកអ្នកដឹកនាំរដ្ឋាភិបាលខ្មែរ ទាំងអស់ថា ‹‹បើរស់អោយគាប់ បើងាប់អោយគួរ››។ កុំងាប់ ដូច ខ្មោចហុក ឡងឌី ឬ សាដាម ហូសេន ណា៎៎!

Anonymous said...

Dear 10:38AM and 11:38AM.

As a Khmer 8:52AM's comment is unacceptable to us ( Khmer ).

Whether he or she is a khmer pretending to be yuon or real yuou.

8:52AM's comment we see everywhere on this whole blog.

There are bad and good things about his or her comment.

1. Good I mean at lease it show the truth that what yuon real ambition is , after they finish Khmer they will finish Thailand too. This is truth if you look at Ho Chi Minh Indochina Federation , let the world the the real color of yuon communist.

2 bad becasue this comment look down on us a Khmer.

3 Possibly he or she the owner of comment who concern about the fate of our poor country .
by doing so . he or she might wake some khmer up as well.

So please look at that comment again and try to see good things and bad things about it.

Khmer love Khmer.

Anonymous said...

12:01 PM, Correct I agree with you.

Appeal to all Khmer at home and abroad around the world.

Please joint me to condemn these cowered act from Yuon solders in Hun Sun police uniform against Mr.Suong Sophorn.

If you are real Khmer solders or real Khmer polices go and fight at the border to protect our sovereignty against Yuon and Thai.

But all you can do is brutality beaten Mr. Suong Sophorn with empty hands, beaten innocent Khmer people.

You also good at hiding your heads under srey yuon 's pants.

If it was done to your family? How do you feel? Yuon slaves ?

I wish Mr. Suong Sophorn to recovery pretty soon.

Khmer sympathy around the world are with You.
You are real Khmer hero.

Down Youn Slave.
Down killer, Hun Sen.

Anonymous said...

Such violent seizures of communal and private assets - as seen in a video clip posted in this forum of late – are not the symptoms of collective ills, but rather a tragic manifestation of a society held in hostage by a band of sophisticated and politically well organised thugs.

Anonymous said...

អាឆ្កែឆាយ​ ធីរិទ្ធិ​ ប្រធានសង្កាត់ស្រះចក និងមីសំផឹងអស់សាច់ ជិះឡានស៊ីអ័រវី ៧៥៧៥ និងអាម៉ាស៊ា អាទី ក្មួយមីកាភូ អាកែបជក់ម៉ា និង បក្សពួកឈ្លើងជញ្ជក់ឈាមរាស្រ្ត សូមប្រយ័ត្នធរណី និងបារមីបឹងកក់ ព្រមទាំងទំនាយអ្នកបឹងកក់ ស្រូបយក និងឆក់យកជីវិតទន់ហន់! ចាំមើល មិនដឹងអាណាមុនគេទេ ចាំមើលចុះ!សូមឲ្យពួកអាឯងអស់នេះ រលាយដូចអំបិលត្រូវទឹក សូមឲ្យវិនាសពីលោកនេះ និងឲ្យអស់បុណ្យសកិ្ត វិនាសប្រាត់ប្រាស់គ្មានដីជ្រក បើមាន ក៏ត្រូវលិចលង់ជាងអ្នកបឹងកក់ ១០០០០០០០០០០ដង! សូមឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុន ស៊ូកាគូ រលាយខាតចុង ខាតដើម ទាន់ហន់បំផុត សូមឲ្យវាជំពាក់បំណុលគេគ្មានទីបំផុត​រហូតដល់ពូជវាដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធទាំងអស់ ត្រូវបង្ខំចិត្តសំលាប់ខ្លួនឯងទាំងអស់ជាទីវេទនារកទីបំផុតគ្មាន! សាធុៗៗៗៗៗ សូមឲ្យក្លាយជាការពិត!

Anonymous said...

To Ah đồ má con chó LONG LIVE VEIT NAM…

bạn ăn đồ ngu má con chó.

Go back to Vietnam to live your miserable life, Ah đồ má con chó.

Ho Chi Minh’s ghost

Banksy said...

In regards the article, I fail to see the point of your argument. You are preaching to the converted and we all agree that the government is massively kleptocratic.

What is to be done about it? What will take the place of these people and be substantially different in a country where no political parties discuss policies directly relevant to the people: jobs, schools and hospitals?

Can you expect the government to behave any differently to its people when it quite obviously cares nothing for the international human rights it has agreed to uphold? With China as an example and paying the piper, the government can afford to regard such Western ideals as human rights as annoyances to be avoided. (What a great pity it would have been if host countries had returned Cambodian refugees to Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia as the current government has done in recent times to Uighurs to China and Montangards to Vietnam .)

Anonymous said...

ពួកអាសមរង្សីឯងទាំងអស់គ្នាមិនដែលគោររពច្បាប់នោះទេលុះដល់គេធ្វើខ្លាំងថាគេប្រើអំពើហឹង្សាទៅ
វិញ។គិតទៅអាពួកនេះរស់នៅលើផែនដីពិតជា
មិនមានប្រយោជមែន។លុះដល់គ្មានប្រយោជគឺ
មានតែកម្ចាត់ចោលប៉ុណ្ណឹងទើខ្មែរបានសុខ។
ដួច្នេះបក្សប្រឆាំងធ្វើអ្វីៗកុំឲ្យហួសហេតុពេក។
ក្រែងលោ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!។

Anonymous said...

MP,
Thank you for the essay. Although I agree with your observation, the reality is we are boxed within the political boundary that stipulated by all factions who participated in the 1993 elections. Furthermore, the reality is this “band of sophisticated and politically well organized thugs,” whether we like it or not, managed to win elections that recognized by the world’s community.


The question is do we have a capable leader or leaders that could out smart this band of sophisticated and politically well organized thugs who are deeply schooled in real politics and equipped with vast resources.


Our contemporary is too elitist, though brave, but to a certain extend too naïve to dealing with this so called thugs. The elephant is still in the room. All of us can ignore this all we want. If we keep doing the same thing, don’t ever expect different results unless insanity is our objective.

We have to re-frame the issue. Most, if not all, entities political or otherwise always contain internal conflicts. How can we utilize this internal conflict to benefit the nation? Forget about taking over. The traditional way of thinking or doing thing may not work anymore. The question is how we move the mass to be conscious of the things that you and I are happening to nation. Don’t expect the mass to be rational. They are not. Most are dealing with securing the basic needs and have no times to thinking beyond the next meal.


Our conventional way, it is immoral and unethical, is using those who are conscious of the current situation as our political shield, and most ended up hurting. We have to stop doing that.


You are very smart. I have all the confident that you can figure this out (don’t try to do this all by yourself, there are plenty of smart Khmers out there who are willing and can help you). I wish you success in your endeavor.


Again thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.


Regards,
Koun Khmer

Anonymous said...

Correction to 9:51 post

MP,
Thank you for the essay. Although I agree with your observation, the reality is we are boxed within the political boundary that stipulated by all factions who participated in the 1993 elections. Furthermore, the reality is this “band of sophisticated and politically well organized thugs,” whether we like it or not, managed to win elections that recognized by the world’s community.


The question is do we have a capable leader or leaders that could out smart this band of sophisticated and politically well organized thugs who are deeply schooled in real politics and equipped with vast resources.
Our contemporary is too elitist, though brave, but to a certain extend too naïve to dealing with this so called thugs. The elephant is still in the room. All of us can ignore this all we want. If we keep doing the same thing, don’t ever expect different results unless insanity is our objective.


We have to re-frame the issue. Most, if not all, entities political or otherwise always contain internal conflicts. How can we utilize this internal conflict to benefit the nation? Forget about taking over. The traditional way of thinking or doing thing may not work anymore. The question is how we move the mass to be conscious of the things that you and I are seeing that is happening to our nation. Don’t expect the mass to be rational. They are not. Most are dealing with securing the basic needs and have no times to thinking beyond the next meal.


Our conventional way, it is immoral and unethical, is using those who are conscious of the current situation as our political shield, and most ended up hurting. We have to stop doing that.


You are very smart. I have all the confident that you can figure this out (don’t try to do this all by yourself, there are plenty of smart Khmers out there who are willing and can help you). I wish you success in your endeavor.


Again thank you for sharing your thoughts with us.


Regards,
Koun Khmer

Anonymous said...

LONG LIVE VEIT NAM.. You all should wishes that you never born and if you born next born as vietnamese so you be smarter...

Hun sen and CPP doing a good job for US... the master.. and Phay siphan providing a good lip services and SOK Siphana and Sarin Donora are working hard to manipulate all the foerigners there for us.. the rest of our vietnamese brother and sisters are all in every officials position in the cambodian government.

Long live Viet Nam

soon we will take thailand too

You all khmer wishes you never born.. next time make sure you born as a vietnamses maybe you a little smarter

you all useless khmer peoples have no more chance.. we vietnam controle your idiot king... HUN SEN and all the family and CPP.. we have our citizen in every level of your government.. basically we run you whole country for you.. becuase you khmer are useless and stupid and idiot.. if you dont believe ask you parent..

look you country now.. it is the fact you wishes you never born.. next time you better born as vietnamese.. Long live viet nam.. soon we will control even thailand the land of gay and lesbian they dont care they only make love .. so it will be more easy..

we want to thank hun sen and cpp ... personal that to phay siphan for his lip services and sok siphana the brother inlaw to the rapist young girls minister of information and Sarin Denora for their manipulation to all the idiot foreigners in cambodian .. we will reward you and we will keep you in power

you all khmer deserved to dies like dogs

Anonymous said...

Hey, stupid vietcong,

Why would anyone wish they were not born??? All I wish for is to see your face and kick your ass...

Anonymous said...

Anyone who could find who is behind KI Media will be reward one million dollars from Samdach Hun Sen!