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| A man pays his respects to the deceased at a ceremony yesterday to remember the victims of a 1997 grenade attack on members of the Sam Rainsy Party in Phnom Penh. The attack left 16 opposition activists dead and over 100 wounded. The perpetrators have yet to be brought to justice. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan) |
Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post
During a commemorative ceremony yesterday the opposition Sam Rainsy Party urged the Government to seek justice for victims of a brutal grenade attack in 1997.
The attack left at least 16 people dead and more than 100 injured.
More than 50 monks said prayers for the dead, while SRP members said that justice would not be served unless the Government identified and arrested the perpetrators.
About 200 SRP members had gathered outside the old National Assembly building on March 30, 1997, to protest the impunity of Cambodia’s judiciary.
Four grenades were lobbed into the crowd in a well-orchestrated attack that the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded later to have involved Government officials.
“I would like to call on the Government to open an investigation into this criminal case and find out who the real killers were and bring them to justice,” said Chan Virak, who lost his sister in the 1997 attack. He added that families of the dead have been waiting for 14 years to see justice.
During yesterday’s event, which was attended by an estimated 200 party representatives and members of victims’ families, SRP President Kong Kam said the “grenade attack had been planned”.
Sam Rainsy addressed participants of yesterday’s ceremony via video conference and said family members of the victims still suffer because they have not received justice.
“We still remember what happened unfairly to demonstrators at that time,” he said.
“We continue our commitment to push the Government and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate and arrest the killers.”
Teng Savong, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior and once the head of the investigative team in charge of the case, said yesterday that police officials had not yet closed the file but that they were no closer to identifying any suspects.
“We have not yet apprehended any of the killers,” Teng Savong said.
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What was Mr. Sam Rainsy has done to hurt Khmer feeling?
What is Hun Sen have done to hurt Khmer people? Millions of reasons Khmer people will be hurt and loss of land forever by Hun Sen's regime.
Khmer people that joined and supported Hun Sen because of short-term survival and carelessness about their own country.
Khmer people must join and support Sam Rainsy for long-term survival and save CAMBODIA from the Vietnamese expansion.
IF ANY ONE WANT TO SEE ALL KHMER DIE VOTE CPP .CPP IS KHMER ROUGE KILLING KHMER IS THIER JOB.
IF ANY ONE WANT TO SEE ALL KHMER DIE VOTE CPP .CPP IS KHMER ROUGE KILLING KHMER IS THIER JOB.
I think Khmer people are getting and sick of politics. Not a lot of people are responding and comments.
Hun Sen get a great advantage eventually Khmer people going to vote only Vietnamese will vote for Hun Sen for life.
I think Khmer people are getting tire and sick of politics. Not a lot of people are responding and making comments.
Hun Sen will get a great advantage, eventually Khmer people stop going to vote only Vietnamese will vote for Hun Sen for life.
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ជាពិធីសាស្ត្ររបបកុម្មុយនិស្ដចិន ។អ្នក
សម្លាប់ជនស្លូតត្រង់ផ្ទាល់ នឹងត្រូវសម្លាប់
ដោយអ្នកបញ្ជាទី១ឬទី២ ឯមេនៅពីក្រោយខ្នង
ជាអ្នករស់ ព្រោះមធ្យោបាយ សម្លាប់បំបិទមាត់។
This people was murder! The killer got away and will killed again. Khmer need to come together and learn how to communicate better
1997! the yrs Hun Coupe Rannarit This is what happen when Rannarith didnt do shit for Cambodia people! Government fuck around and poor Hun Sen was tired being poor without work and money. He started Coupe that little dick bitch Rannarith. And look at HUN SEN now money and power. It well be the same what come around and go around. Cambodia will have another Coupe soon.
All the fucking Khmer leaders never care about the people, they just care
about themselves. People should destroy all forms of gov't . They are
the reason why people dies all over the world.
If there are no Khmer people voting
for Hun Sen,Hun Sen will still win
election all the way him 99 years old
.Now Vietnamese are flowing 6,000,000
people in Cambodia.
So,without Cambodians voting for him
Hun Sen still win.
Look at Libyans,they risk their lives to survive from Gadhafi dictator.
Can Khmer people pick few leaders to lead and protest against Hun Sen
and Vietnam in Cambodia?
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
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