The incident took place during a protest in front of the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital on the morning of October 28, 2010, where a group of fifty protesters gathered to seek intervention by the UN Secretary-General into the ongoing Boeung Kak land grab in Phnom Penh. ;Around 10:15AM, as the UN Secretary-General was visiting the Hospital with government officials, a mixed group of armed anti-riot police and administrative police officers launched a violent assault on standing protesters, pushing people to the ground, beating some with walkie-talkies and shocking others with electric batons.
During the incident, Suong Sophorn, an activist who lives in the Boeung Kak Lake area, was arrested and viciously beaten, resulting in a severe bleeding wound to the head. The police dragged him away as he felt unconscious and was further beaten by officers. Sophorn is one among the Cambodians who were protesting the forced eviction of the Boeung Kak Lake community, and was appealing for a meeting with the Secretary-General.
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| Picture above: police officers dragging unconscious protester by the hair. The blood on the protester' shirt comes from a bleeding wound on his head |
Released by Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO)
October 28, 2010 - The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights (LICADHO) condemns the authorities’ brutal response to peaceful protesters who demonstrated during the visit of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
The incident took place during a protest in front of the Khmer-Soviet Friendship Hospital this morning, October 28, 2010, where a group of fifty protesters gathered to seek intervention by the UN Secretary-General into the ongoing Boeung Kak land grab in Phnom Penh by Shukaku Company, owned by a ruling party senator.
Around 10:15AM, as the UN Secretary-General was visiting the Hospital with government officials, a mixed group of armed anti-riot police and administrative police officers launched a violent assault on standing protesters, pushing people to the ground, beating some with walkie-talkies and shocking others with electric batons.
During the incident, Suong Sophorn, a land activist who lives in the Boeung Kak Lake area, was arrested and viciously beaten, resulting in a severe wound to the head. The police dragged him away as he fell unconscious and was further beaten by officers. Sophorn is one among the many Cambodians who were protesting the forced eviction of the Boeung Kak Lake community, and was appealing for a meeting with the Secretary-General.
In early June 2009, Sophorn was also detained for three days and found guilty in a show trial of defaming the government after he had sprayed the words “STOP EVICTION” on his house in the Boeung Kak lake area.
“The open beating of peaceful protesters during the visit of the UN Secretary-General is good indicator of how little thought this government gives to its international standing and to human rights,” said Naly Pilorge, director of LICADHO. “Either they don’t understand the harm that this sort of incident causes to Cambodia’s reputation or they don’t care. Or perhaps they just think they can get away with it.”
“While the Cambodian government entertains an empty dialogue on human rights with the UN Secretary-General, its armed forces are cracking down on freedom of expression”, said Pung Chhiv Kek, president of LICADHO. “This incident has further exposed the cracking facade of democracy in Cambodia.”
LICADHO calls upon the government to immediately cease the unnecessary use of force against all peaceful protesters, whether during important state visits or during ordinary times.
LICADHO also urges the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to refrain from keeping silent on this incident and publicly condemn this use of force against peaceful protesters who were attempting to gain his attention.
For more information, please contact:
- Dr. Pung Chhiv Kek, LICADHO President, 012 802 506
- Mr. Am Sam Ath, LICADHO Monitoring Supervisor, 012 327 770
21 comments:
These dogs won't dare to do the same thing to YOUN. So sad for the Cambodian citizens under Ah Kwak regimes. Vote for a Kbot Cheat again so it won't be any Cambodia left to worry about in the near future.
Perhaps, those police are Vietnamese and they want the spoil reputation of my beloved PM Samdach Hun Sen...
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.
bạn ăn đồ ngu mẹ con chó.
Go back to Vietnam to live your miserable life, con chó.
Khmer people DONT subscripts to CTN! they only support CCP and Hun Sen Government. They dont show or tell the Truth about Khmer.
Khmer people DON’T subscribe to CTN! They only support the CPP and Hun Sen’s Government. They don’t show or tell the Truth about Cambodia.
Youns are sooooo happy to see stupid Khmers cops kill their own people.
By seeing these videos, my anger is rising to its maximum. Never before under any leaders, beside Pol Pot, that our people is torture by their own leaders like this.
As long as Hun Sen CPP still in office, the eviction to innocent people still going on non stop.
Please God, help out people and punish Hun Sen CPP to their death..
Has the victim meet mr. Ban to present his complain?
If he hasn't, next time he has to have better plan and make sure his message be seen by UN.
Ban Ki moon you should know about this events in Cambodia.khmer people want to see your face and tell you something about theirs troubles.
please Licadho sent this video to him so that he knows and understand about the serious problems that Hun Sen did on the poorest khmer people.
Thanks
Khmer people start killing all Youn in Kandal provience. why give peace to this CCP government.
Do the victim guy want to hurt mr Ban? or he just want to exercise his right.I remember in the Killing Field movie,I saw a lot black shirt KR beat actor Ngo and now I see a same image.What's the difference between KR and this regime.Mr Ban can judge this regime by watching this video.If you can't give justice to this guy you should resign from this post or don't come back to Cambodia again and move the UN office out of Cambodia that what Sen wanted.Sen want to show their brutal regime and Rights abuse in a couple a yards from your eye and surrouned by the reporters.What do you beleive Human Rights rapporter or Hun Sen regime?.
COPS of PRIVATE PARTY!
Big Deal! A single person causing trouble shoudn't be an international issue or concern. The police are just doing their job to keep order and protecting UN Secretary General's safety while he paid an official visit to Cambodia.
That is UN want to test your Human Right standard.Now you show exactly
that UN suspect.Police just doing their job.that is a joke with the inocent life.You are not well protect your regime.
This is cambodia under Hanoi' Hun Xen.
No freedom of speech, or peacefull protest?
This is the reason khmer oversea need to protest and support khmer in cambodia.
Khmer need to protest with lives video in the future.
No different from Pol Pot Khmer rouge
The Media news,TV,newspapers will spread news all over the world.The UN members are not blind like ah Hun Sen,his clans,and Vietcong cong cho.
What is wrong with ah juoy marai Hun Sen?
Now, this mother f_cker go around and tell peoples what to do.
Ah juoy marai Hun Sen tell the Phnom Penh Court what to do.
Ah juoy marai Hun Sen tell the United Nation-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal Court (ECCC) what to do.
Now, ah juoy marai Hun Sen tell the United Nation Secretary General what to do.
Who's the f_ck is this mother f_cker (Hun Sen)?
What the f_ck is wrong with this mother f_cker (Hun Sen)?
Who's the f_ck is he think he is?
A fifth grader would know that the court is the one who is responsible for deciding who to prosecute.
It is not up to ah juoy marai Hun Sen.
What don't ah juoy marai Hun Sen understand?
Now, ah juoy marai Hun Sen is the Khmer Rouge Regime's leader.
Ah juoy marai Hun Sen, do you also want to assassinate the United Nation Secretary General (Ban Ki-Moon)?
The reason why I'm asking is because you likes to assassinate your opponents.
This is what happen when ah juoy marai Hun Sen got a PhD without going to school.
by Khmer in Sydney CBD's hater
One day, when ah juoy marai Hun Sen is under my custody, I'll make sure that ah juoy marai Hun Sen shit in his pants.
I will serve ah juoy marai Hun Sen with his own shit during breakfast, lunch and dinner.
by Khmer in Sydney CBD's hater
Fucken Viet-9:40 PM forgot about the US wasting 2-3 million of their people, and that the Chinese wipe their ass with the Viet's pride.
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