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| Ven. Luon Sovath, a land activist in Cambodia (Photo: BBC) |
By Phorn Ryna
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Venerable Luon Sovath, who appeared among the group of protesting Boeun Kak residents, is in hiding and he does not dare go to his pagoda because the authority is looking to arrest him.
Ven. Luon Sovath told RFA in the evening of Sunday 27 March that the authority was looking to arrest him since the morning of 25 March when he was watching and taping the protesters demanding a resolution to their rights to own the land in the Boeung Kak Lake area which took place in front of the Phnom Penh city hall. He was facing arrest because the authority accused him of violating the Buddhism rule because he was siding with the protesters.
In response to this accusation, Ven. Luon Sovath said that he did nothing to violate Buddhism. However, the authority attempted to chase him out from the location, but he refused: “I was not involved with the Boeung Kak residents, as a monk, I was only watching. Therefore, I did nothing to violate the law or any rule, then they sweet talk in an attempt to make me leave, but I refused. Then they said that if I don’t leave, I must bear the responsibility, they will not be responsible.”
At that time, Ven. Luon Sovath was taken out of the location by officials from the UN OHCHR in Cambodia and taken to a safe place. Ven. Luon Sovath indicated: “Due to their concerns on human rights in Cambodia, they took me out from the residents and brought me to safety. They followed with their cars until I arrived to my monk residence, but in reality, they [the authority] have all planned to surround my residence or arrest me.”
Ven. Luon Sovath confirmed to RFA on his Facebook wall that there are some people who used his identity (name and picture) to write articles cursing Cambodian leaders. This incident took place when he returned from his meeting in the US where he was invited to attend by a US human rights organization.
Ven. Luon Sovath used to express his opinion to find justice for victims of a land dispute in Chikreng commune, Chikreng district, Siem Reap province. During that dispute, the cops fired and shot villagers who were harvesting rice, two villagers were injured from that police violence. He was also threatened on many occasions by the authority after he publicly tried to find resolution for the villagers in Siem Reap.
On Sunday night, RFA could not reach the authority in this case.
Currently, Ven. Luon Sovath is staying at a safe location under the protection of the UN OHCHR in Cambodia.
8 comments:
Under Ah-Kwak Regime, what's black is white and what white is black. Perpetrator go free, victim go to jail.
This one-eyed bastard got to go! Enough is enough...
2 145 879 innocent people khmers were killed .
We wish you ,UN,EUROPE,USA find out the truth.
In 1960
Vietnam Area: 157 880 km2
Population: 15 916 955 prs
in 2 000
Viet Nam Area : 331 698 km2
Population : 90 549 390 km2
and plus 5 145 456 immigrant viet cong in Cambodia(khmer).
Pupulation :90 549 390 persons +5 145 456 vietcong in khmer Land.
Hun Sen and CPP Yuon high ranking members are controlled by Vietnam/Yuon Hanoi masters, the bastards and bitches.
Cambodian have been under the turmoil and evicted illegally by those lawless ruling party under Hun Sen who was illegally installed by his Vietnam communist Hanoi and bribed with millions of dollars. Hun Sen and his CPP Youn members have cheated the numbers of illegal Vietnamese folks in Cambodia to demand more money from the International donors and then took the money into their pocket and brought the money to Vietnam Hanoi. Those crooks and thieves need to be punished and forced to return the money back. The money from the International donors have not been reaching in the hands of innocent and poor people of Cambodia.
Please, Khmer/Cambodian people, write the letters or report those crooks to the UN and International communities and have those crooks stopped being greedy and thieves.
Let the UN, International Communities and NATO key allies know how dirty, evil and greedy those crooks are.
Venerable Luon Sovath, You are doing the noble things for humanity and for all Khmer.
I am 100% behind your cause and your beliefs in justice for all Khmer.
LIVE IN DISGRACE OR DIE IN HONOR!!!
KHMER Angkor.
i think it's good to have activists, they help to make a real difference in cambodia and call for reforms, changes, etc, etc... it's called being proactive in the communities, country, etc... god bless cambodia.
ស្បង់ជីពរគឺគ្រាន់តែជាសំបកខាងក្រៅ ដូចមាន
មនុស្សពាលខ្លះយកទៅប្រើដើម្បីបំរើចិត្តស្រេក
ឃ្លានរបស់ខ្លួន។ ធម្មតាធម៍វិន័យរបស់ព្រះពុទ្ធ
គឺមិនអនុញ្ញាតិអោយភិក្ខុសឹងនៅក្រៅវត្ត ឫតាម
សណ្ឋាគារជាថាច់ខាត។ ចុះភិក្ខុ លួង សូវ៉ាតនៅ
ក្រៅវត្តទៅស្នាក់ទីណាទៅ?
Purity!
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