Friday, April 08, 2011

Sam Rainsy in Scandinavia From April 8 to 13

April 8, 2011

SAM RAINSY IN SCANDINAVIA FROM APRIL 8 TO 13

Elected Member of Parliament Sam Rainsy, who is also the leader of Cambodia’s second largest political party, is starting today a five-day visit to Scandinavia.

On April 8, Sam Rainsy will be in Denmark where he will meet with parliamentarian colleagues at the Folketinget as well as high-ranking officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On Saturday, April 9, he will attend Khmer New Year celebrations with the Cambodian community in Copenhagen.

On April 10 and 11, he will be in Norway, visiting the relatively large Cambodian community in Kristiansand, before heading to Oslo where he will be meeting with political leaders from the major parties, Members of Parliament at the Storting, especially members of the Foreign and Defense Committee, government officials, and the Oslo Center for Peace and Human Rights, which has been very supportive of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.


On April 12 and 13, he will be in Sweden paying visits to the Riksdagen (Swedish Parliament) where an important meeting will be held in his honor, the Ministry of International Cooperation, and the Olof Palme International Center.

The Sam Rainsy Party is affiliated with the London-based Liberal International (LI). Sister liberal parties are in power in Denmark and in Sweden. In Norway, Labor is the ruling party with Venstre (Liberal) in the opposition. But in the three Scandinavian countries Sam Rainsy will be received by both ruling and opposition parties, which are all attached to the defense of democracy and human rights.

SRP Cabinet

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

We are poor Cambodian people who earn less thatn $3 per day love you so much for stand by us.

Anonymous said...

what is he doing there? surfing a classic scandiavian boat?

Anonymous said...

how he work with other if he keep criticize people left and right, will he be able to run the country, deep thinker and take long time to reach something not like rainsy. does he know that he worth zero to non, does he know he is a trouble maker, and does he know he is absolutly madness man? wasn't he? world leader they never devide and spread hatreat like him, if messy team of Sam rainsy came to power imargin khmer will chaos again, most PHD from franch Keov samphoun Eing sary, pol pot , sam sary , Rainsy are very madness man, you are not khmer, Sam family is traitor.

Anonymous said...

To 9:33 AM We are Cambodian people don't care what you try to mask CPP Youn slave. We know the true and true is Mr. Sam Rainsy is our real Cambodia Hero. Hero that has billions dollar like Hun Sen Group of CPP. Mr. Sam Rainsy don't signed any treaties that result in 10 000km2 lost to Vietcog like your CPP and Hun Sen.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Sam Rainsy has no billions dollar like Hun Sen Just correct above

Anonymous said...

Cambodian living inside Cambodia MUST stand up for them self. Sam Rainsy alone can't do so much. What are Cambodian people inside waiting for. Do something, uprising now, this is the best time for all of them to rise up. Don't you see Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and other countries. We Cambodian outside support you only if you all Khmer living inside to stand up against those corrupted government.

Anonymous said...

8:41 AM, you earn nearly 90$ a day..Not poor, coz factory worker can earn only 70$ a day and they never need sam rainsy....

Anonymous said...

The island's history is as old as any Asian mainland. An 1856 record mentions the island: "... King Ang Duong (of Cambodia) apprise Mr. de Montigny, French envoy in visit to Bangkok, through the intermediary of Bishop Miche, his intention to yield Koh Tral to France (cf. “The Second [French] Empire of IndoChina”)". Such a proposition aimed to create a military alliance with France to avoid the threat of Vietnam on Cambodia. The proposal did not receive an answer from the French.

While the war between Annam, France, and Spain was about to begin, Ang Duong sent another letter to Napoleon III to warn him on Cambodian claims on the lower Cochinchina region: the Cambodian king listed provinces and islands, including Koh Tral, under Vietnamese occupation since several years or decades (in the case of Saigon, some 200 years according to this letter). Ang Duong asked the French emperor to not annex any part of these territories because, as he wrote, despite this relatively long Vietnamese occupation, they remain Cambodian lands. In 1867, Phu Quoc's Vietnamese authorities pledge allegiance to French troops just conquering HaTien.

After Cambodia gained independence from France, sovereignty disputes over the island were raised since there was no colonial decision on the island's fate. Dating back to 1939, the Governor-general of French Indochina, Jules Brévié had drawn a line to delimiting the administrative boundaries for islands in the Gulf of Thailand: those north of the line were placed under the Cambodian protectorate; those south of the line were managed by the colony of Cochinchina. Brévié made the point that the decision merely addressed police and administrative task, and that no sovereignty decision had been made. As a result, Phu Quoc remains under Cochinchina administration.

Phu Quoc has been a sleepy historical backwater most of its life. The temple on Cau rock was built in 1937. During the Vietnam War the island housed South Vietnam's largest prisoner camp (40000 in 1973, cf. Ngo Cong Duc, deputy of the Vinh Binh province, quoted in "Le régime de Nguyen Van Thieu à travers l'épreuve", Etude Vietnamienne, 1974, pp. 99–131).
After Mainland China fell under the control of the Chinese Communist Party in 1949, General Huang Chieh led 30,000 Republic of China Army soldiers to Vietnam and they were stationed at Phu Quoc Island. Later, the army moved to Taiwan in June 1953. There is currently a small island in Kaohsiung, Taiwan's Chengcing Lake that was constructed in November 1955 and named Phu Quoc Island in memory of the fleeing Chinese soldiers in 1949.

In 1967, during the Sangkum Reastr Niyum, Norodom Sihanouk aimed to make the border internationally recognized; in particular, in 1967, the North Vietnamese government recognize theses borders. As written in an article from Kambudja magazine in 1968 (and quoted in the Sihanouk website), entitled "border questions", this border definition recognize that Phu Quoc island is in Vietnamese territory, even if Cambodian claims have been made later.

On May 1, 1975, a squad of Khmer Rouge soldiers raided and took Phu Quoc Island, but Vietnam soon recaptured it. This was to be the first of a series of incursions and counter-incursions that would escalate to the Cambodian–Vietnamese War in 1979.

By Dr. Hun Manet,

Anonymous said...

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,

Anonymous said...

It seems a widow Rattana Keo is a phycho, that is why she always posted her stupid topic on and on. Her ex husband did the right thing to dump her from his heart.

Anonymous said...

Her husband is younger than her I heard people talk at the camp. is it true? This bitch is a true fucker about khmer community. fucken Bitch her husband living off her. He is inability living of her. Fuck bitch! stop posting the same topic about fucken Koh Tral noone want Koh Tral back. Khmer people hate Kos Tral. Fucker

Anonymous said...

Fuck you I don't care what other people saying but I love Mr. Sam Rainsy and his protecting poor innocent victims khmer people. I love you hero Sam Rainsy

Anonymous said...

Fuck you vietcog Khmer people do want Kos Tral back and 10 000km2 area back from Vietcog. Mr. Sam Rainsy are trying very hard to get them back to khmer people. Long Live Sam Rainsy! Fuck you Youn slaves

Anonymous said...

Yes Kos Tral is the best topic for real khmer people but Kos Tral is poison to Vietcog ears. Isn't it Vietcog Bitches?

Anonymous said...

Ms. Rattana Keo keeps up the good work about remind khmer people about Kos Tral. We are khmer we must support Kos Tral.

Anonymous said...

In respone to Dr. Hun Manet by Ms. Rattana Keo,

KAMPUCHEA KROM AT A GLANCE

Kampuchea Krom is composed of 68,965 square kilometers, 21 provinces and municipalities, two large islands - Koh Tral and Koh Tralach, 171 districts, 1,368 communes, 14,778 villages, more than 13 million Khmers, more than 567 Buddhist pagodas and more than 20,000 Theravada Buddhist monks.

99% of populations are Theravada Buddhists.

The Khmer kings, governments, regimes and citizens have never relinquish (give up) this part of their country to foreigners.

Kampuchea Krom has been under an ongoing colonial control since her division from motherland, Cambodia.

June 4, 1949 is the date that the Khmer Kampuchea Krom citizens grieve. The Khmer Kampuchea Krom people have organized Buddhist Service annually to honor the fallen Khmer Buddhist monks and heroes, who sacrificed their lives for Kampuchea Krom and Theravada Buddhism.

Colonial France divided, ceded and transferred Kampuchea Krom to colonial Vietnam on this date. The freedom of Khmer Kampuchea Krom has been mostly stripped by the Vietnamese ruling regimes and governments since. The French colonial administration committed injustice upon the more than 13 million Khmers of this beautiful fertile land.

Justice remains elusive for Cambodia, Kampuchea Krom and her citizens.

And...The struggle to regain freedom and human rights by the Khmers in Kampuchea Krom continues as long as injustice commits by the ruling Vietnamese regime(s) has not produced a fruitful result.

Koh Tral (Tral Island)
in Vietnamese - Phu Quoc island
circa 1939 Vietnamese encroached and conquered

Koh Tral Island has an area of 567 square kilometers; about 62 kilometers long and between 3 kilometers and 28 kilometers wide. The island physically is located closest to Cambodia's Kep seaside city. Visitors can see Koh Tral Island from the coastline of Kep. It is about a 30-minute motorized boat ride.

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen is stupid that he did not know about Khmer History, Geography, natural resources. He is not educated, but he has a PhD degree that is nonsense and stupid.

Bad ass Hun Sen who serves his Communist Vietcong Hanoi masters and not for his own Khmer people. He is not safe anywhere in Cambodia and around the world because Khmer people suffered for more than 30 years under his stinky leadership and his Yuon CPP comrades in Phnom Penh.

Anonymous said...

I hate scrolling down about a mile in every article to read some useful comment. I wish someone take Ratana Keo to a mental hospital. This bitch is annoying me.

Anonymous said...

10:02 PM You are Vietcog who dislike Ms. Rattana Keo remind Cambodian kids about Koh Tral. In Cambodian school, The goverment don't khmer kids know anything that related to Koh Tral and Kumpucha Crom because they are CPP Vietcog slave who try to brain wash khmer kids.