Excerpt from "The state of human rights in eleven Asian nations - 2010" by AHRC
The restricted freedom of expression for media workers also applies on political opponents, which the dreadful case of Sam Rainsy, the main opposition leader, clearly exemplifies.
Rainsy went into self-exile on February 3, 2005 after a vote in the National Assembly removed his parliamentarian immunity along with two other party members. Rainsy was charged with criminal defamation for his accusation of corruption between the CPP and Funcinpec in the formation of the current coalition government. Moreover he accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of involvement in the murder of Chea Vichea in 2004. He was tried in absentia on December 22, 2005 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment along with a fine of $14,000 as compensation.
However, on February 5, 2006, at Hun Sen’s request, Rainsy received a Royal Pardon by King Norodom Sihamoni and returned to Cambodia on February 10, 2006.
In October 2009 Sam Rainsy led a protest against alleged border markings at the Vietnamese border, which Cambodian villagers are said to have lost land to.
Vietnam condemned Rainsy’s actions and urged the Cambodian government to protect the treaties and agreements between the two countries. Soon after Rainsy faced a sentence of 2 years imprisonment as the court found him guilty of destruction of property and racial incitement for uprooting markers along the Vietnam border. Rainsy fled to England France, where he is currently in exile.
On January 1, 2010 the court issued an arrest warrant after Rainsy failed to appear in court due to his exile. On September 23, 2010, Rainsy was sentenced to 12 years additional imprisonment on forgery and disinformation charges for publishing a map on his party’s website of the alleged Vietnamese border encroachment. He also received a fine of more than $15,000 as reparation since he, according to a judge, had posted the map as an act to damage the image of the Cambodian government.
The verdict has been condemned by the international community. However the Government attorney Ky Tech defends the absurd verdict explaining that “the damage caused by Sam Rainsy was very big.”
The new sentence of Sam Rainsy will obviously deprive Cambodia of its main opposition leader and therefore weaken the opposition up to the 2012 election. The case illustrates the government’s systematic use of the courts to silence critics and political opponents. It furthermore illustrates the arbitrary use of defamation and disinformation laws. The increased criminalization of defamation and disinformation confirms the fear of a decline in the right to freedom of expression and the right to association and assembly in Cambodia. The government along with state officials seem to have developed a hypersensitivity to criticism as the control of the individual freedom and the political climate for free debates has tightened.
Ironically, while perpetrators of serious crimes remain unpunished, political opponents and dissidents keep facing absurd and severe sentences ruled by court.
33 comments:
Right now, fugitive Sam Rainsy is so desparated and out of mind. Knowing that there is no way he can come back safe to Cambodia, Sam Rainsy tries to take every events in Cambodia as well as in overseas to insult the leaders of Cambodia and stir up his supporters to uprising against the Cambodian government, aim to put pressure on the government to pardon him, but the more he does, is like he tries to bury himself in a deep hole.
His childish and non-sense actions will contribute his downfall from Cambodian political arena in the next election and beyond. Sam Rainsy's political career is dead, longlive Sam Rainsy!
Khmer in Sydney CBD
Most Cambodian that involve in politic as politicians in Cambodia because they are try to get better position in government and plus better chance of corruption to gain millions of US dollars. That is the only one purpose of most politicians in Cambodia.
They don't care about The Cambodian people, The Khmer Nation as much as they care about their luxurious cars, big modern villas, millions $US deposited in the banks, Sex with teenagers.
If they just put their mind to build Cambodia. The Cambodia will be like Singapore right now or even better Country and Nation.
Innocent Cambodian people die to serve politic but the politicians are the only group get happiness at the end. Is it true through Cambodia history?
Examples:
Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Funcinpec Party, from 1979 to 1993, how many Khmer lives were dying or lost their limbs because of they believe in Dr. Prince Norodom Ranariddh and his Funcinpec Party. They were carry guns, bombs to fight with Vietnam. They don’t even have salary or proper foods. They were fighting because they believe they would have better chance to have better future as they promised them during they were using them as tool to gain power in serve their politic goal.
As they won the election 1993, Funcinpec Party and the party leaders slowly forget them and their suffering in severing Ranariddh and Funcinpec politics goal and purposes. They (disable veterans of war) lived like animals bag people for money on the street but the majority of top Funcinpec Party are living in Luxury lifestyle practice their European lifestyle and their Royal lifestyle. The disable veterans that were serve them before can’t even meet them ask for their charity because they simply have forgotten and order their bodyguard push them away like animals.
1997 Thousand of Khmer lives again were dying for serving Ranariddh and Funcinpec Party leaders but they have been simply forgotten by Dr. Ranariddh and Funcinpec Party again and again. They were dying for the sake of serving politic lead by the politicians as mention above.
So the question is “Are you Khmer people willing to die for they can be rich and famous and you be forgotten?”
In democratic society, people always have freedom of expression but have to limit by the rule of laws, however the opposition in Cambodia has seen it as restricted freedom of expression for media workers also applies on political opponents, which the dreadful case of Sam Rainsy, the main opposition leader, clearly exemplifies.
It has became an obvious whenever Rainsy lose his Parliamentary immunity, he always ran to overseas like the case on 03 February 2005. Rainsy was charged with criminal defamation for his accusation of corruption between the CPP and Funcinpec in the formation of the current coalition government. Moreover he accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of involvement in the murder of Chea Vichea in 2004. He was tried in absentia on 22 December 2005 and sentenced to 18 months imprisonment along with a fine of $14,000 as compensation. However, on 05 February 2006, at Hun Sen’s request, Rainsy received a Royal Pardon by King Norodom Sihamoni and returned to Cambodia on 10 February 2006.
In October 2009 Sam Rainsy led to uprooting border markings at the Vietnamese border, which Cambodian villagers are said to have lost land to.
Vietnam condemned Rainsy’s actions and had urged the Cambodian government to protect the treaties and agreements between the two countries. Soon after Rainsy faced a sentence of 2 years imprisonment as the Court found him guilty of destruction of property and racial incitement for uprooting markers along the Vietnam border. Rainsy fled to France, where he is currently in exile. This time, he won't have any luck of Royal pardon as in 2006.
On 01 January 2010 the Court issued an arrest warrant after Rainsy failed to appear in Court due to his cowardise. On 23 September 2010, Rainsy was sentenced to 12 years additional imprisonment on forgery and disinformation charges for publishing a map on his party’s website of the alleged Vietnamese border encroachment. He also received a fine of more than $15,000 as reparation since he, according to a judge, had posted the map as an act to damage the image of the Cambodian government.
The verdict has been condemned by some foreign NGO and European parliament but not all international community. However the Government attorney Ky Tech defends the absurd verdict explaining that “the damage caused by Sam Rainsy was very big.”
The new sentence of Sam Rainsy will obviously the last nail on opposition leader's coffin and therefore weaken the opposition up to the 2012 election. The case illustrates the government has tried to uphold the rule of laws, but oppisition has invented that the government uses the Court to silence critics and political opponents. The increased criminalization of defamation and disinformation confirms that despite people have their own right and freedom of expression and the right to association..etc, but don't walk a wrong side of the law.
From now on, the perpetrators of crimes have been punished one by one, political opponents and dissidents will be faced the same punishment if they break the law.
Khmer in Sydney CBD
4:33 PM (Khmer in Sydney CBD)
The comment coming from the communist party is laughable. It is more like the law of the land. It is very pointless to read this communist comment, showing the law to protect the freedom of communist hell.
I am trying to find the nice words to respond this comment, but I can not find nice word for this communist comment because the freedom of word expression and speech are very limited. Damn, damn, damn......
4:33PM
You Khmer Sydney CBD, Yes sir you! How's about over 30 000 km2 lost to Vietnam, What are your opinions about that, Sir? Please explain to Khmer Nation as detail as facts. Do not try to avoid it, please?
Sydney CBD is cost at least $AU 3 millions. Khmer Sydney CBD is very rich to own personal CBD at Sydney. Where do you get the money from?
You Khmer Sydney CBD, Yes sir you! How's about over 30 000 km2 lost to Vietnam, What are your opinions about that, Sir? Please explain to Khmer Nation as detail as facts. Do not try to avoid it, please?
You Khmer Sydney CBD, Yes sir you! How's about over 30 000 km2 lost to Vietnam, What are your opinions about that, Sir? Please explain to Khmer Nation as detail as facts. Do not try to avoid it, please?
You Khmer Sydney CBD, Yes sir you! How's about over 30 000 km2 lost to Vietnam, What are your opinions about that, Sir? Please explain to Khmer Nation as detail as facts. Do not try to avoid it, please?
You Khmer Sydney CBD, Yes sir you! How's about over 30 000 km2 lost to Vietnam, What are your opinions about that, Sir? Please explain to Khmer Nation as detail as facts. Do not try to avoid it, please?
Khmer in Sydney CBD is right to say that freedom of expression has to constrain by the rule of law. It is the same we have a car, we can drive whatever we like, but we have to follow the traffic law. This is the common practice for the rest of the world. However, opposition in Cambodia wants to use its freedom as anarchy.
We have learn that Khmer Sydney CBD are Vietcog born 100%. Ther are only serving Viet benefit not Khmer.
Khmer Sydney CBD can't comment about over 30 000 Km2 lost to Vietnam because their job description are not include that, because they are only serving Vietnam benefit.
I think you guys want to know why over 30,000 Km2 lost to Vietnam could be refer to Trol Island. The answer of this island had already posted by Dr. Hun Manet in this KI-media, but either you turned a blind eye or your knowledge is really low to know the truth?
Losing any piece of land is a national tragedy, but we should search for the whole truth rather than points the blame to other people without proof as a self-proclaimed "Smart widow or sorry smart girl Rattana Keo". Despite Sam Rainsy is a bitter enemy with Cambodian government, but I have never heard him or Mr. Sean Pengsay in France accused that Trol Island lost to Vietnam because of PM Hun Sen signed the treaty during 1980s and gave it to Vietnam as Mrs. Rattana Keo said.
Khmer in Sydney CBD
people say khmer in sydney CBD he viet spy he is traitors he is hun sen anD CPP DOG
6:18 PM (Khmer in Sydney CBD)
There was a world map and old globe has shown that Koh Tral belonged to Cambodia before 1979. Hun Sen was illegally installed as PM by Communist Vietnam Hanoi and PM was not elected or voted by the people. Hun Sen has been serving Communist Vietnam Hanoi by illegally giving Tral Island (Koh) to Vietnam after 1979.
I have followed every second and minute every day every week every month every year every decade from 1979 to keep an eye of Communist Vietcong/Yuon bastards who have become very active and aggressive to rewrite and redraw map of Vietnam to include Koh Tral (the current Cambodia's biggest island in the Cambodia's sea in the Gulf of Thailand). I have noticed that Vietcong/Yuon bastards have gone too fast like a speed of Star Trek Spaceship to rewrite a FAKE History of Vietnam to include Koh Tral (Vietgook called it as Phu Quoc). I was student in High School before the Killing Fields started 1975 and after the Killing Fields and remembered the Koh Tral, Koh Ses, etc.
I think you, Khmer in Sydney CBD, Communist Vietnam are lying and keep lying about their map of Vietnam to include the Koh Tral (Phu Quoc was named by Vietgook).
Koh Tral belongs to Cambodia until today. Communist Vietnamese bastards cheated by naming Koh Tral to be Phu Quoc to be part of Vietnam after 1979. Vietnam is still violating the International Court of Law and the United Nations.
Hun Manet was born after the Killing Fields and he knew nothing about Koh Tral that belongs to Cambodia today. He is a son of half Vietnamese (Hun Sen's Yuon wife) and Khmer (Hun Sen). There are many old map showing that Koh Tral is a part of Cambodia in 20th/21st centuries. Vietnam can not have Koh Tral that is belonged to Cambodia. Period.
The U.S., the International Communities and the UN are watching over Communist Vietnam as well as Khmer in Sydney CBD (Vietcong pretends to Khmer in Sydney). What a Vietcong crook! Communist Vietcong masters are liars or traitors.
7:16PM
You can't even know the truth that Hun Manet was born during killing field, how you claimed that what you said are true? You are just mad dog.
7:24 PM,
You are a liar! Hun Manet did not go the school before 1975. For me, I went to High School and knew that. Hun Manet knew nothing. Do you know how is Hun Manet? Prove it, Yuon Communist pretends to be Khmer in Sydney CBD. LOL
Yes, 7:24 PM is an evil communist Vietgook/Youn thief who stole Koh Tral that is belonged to Cambodia today and cheated the world map by rewriting and redrawing the Vietgook map to include Koh Tral (Phu Quoc was named by Communist Vietcong after 1979). Communist Vietcong can not have Koh Tral, Cambodia's largest island in Cambodian sea in the gulf of Thailand. Period. Vietnam has violated the International Court of Law.
Shit belongs to dumb Khmer, Koh Tral my ass, come close and I will shoot your head out and rape your wife, Hahaha Khmer dumb dogs
7:24 PM, you are right Hun Manet was born in the Killing Fields. My mistake. I don't understand why Khmer in Sydney CBD pretends to be Khmer, but they are pure Vietcong who always caused a lot of problems to Mr. Sam Rainsy and democratic movement members in Cambodia.
7:39 PM,
Oh yeah. You dare! Come on over, Yuon bastard. Someone is following your footstep and shoot right in your head, Yuon Thief. Where are you? I am not afraid of you, bastards. I am doing this for my Cambodian people. Anytime? You deserve to be dead one of these days. Tell me where you are at.
7:39 PM,
You know what? People around the world know that Yuon folks are very bad and very evil, killing Cambodian people. Now, it is our turn to kill Yuon bastards and wipe them out of the planet. Yuon folks are the hypocrite race in Southeast Asia and in the world. Khmer people have many friends. We are not afraid of Yuon bastards who are very bad and selfish. The people in the world start to kno how evil and bad communist Yuon folks are. I want to kill Yuon bastards badly. I hate Yuon because they love steal things form neighbors, Cambodia and Laos. That is why I am not afraid.
I don't know why Khmer in Sydney CBD replied to a bunch of uneducated people. Beside brands other people as Vietcong, there is not much they can say. Please don't wasting your time to answer those mad dogs.
7:50, 8:00 I am now at your house and fucking with your wife, LOL. Keep barking, my dog. Khmer only belongs an friend with beggars association, LOL
To 6:18PM Khmer in Sydney CBD(Corticobasal degeneration)
The Vietcong dog eater and naked women worshippers are quoting AH HUN MANET on Cambodian history regarding Koh Tral? Since when AH HUN MANET is an expert in Cambodian history? Did AH HUN MANET got his PhD in Cambodian history? ahahhahhahahahhahah
Here I quote AH HUN MANET!
"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."
=AH HUN MANET is trying to imply that the reason the Vietcong invaded Cambodia because of Koh Tral incident! It is just bullshit! In fact the Khmer Rouge leaders such as Ieng Sary is a Khmer Krom and the Khmer Rouge fought the Vietcong to reclaim over the Khmer Kampuchea Krom territory including Koh Tral!
Somehow AH HUN MANET see the Koh Tral and Khmer Kampuchea Krom as separate military conflict is beyond his expertise! AH HUN MANET needs to stick with what he is good at such as kiss his father arse for promotion to be military general! ahhahahhahah
Khmer Kampuchea Krom and Koh Tral will not be forgotton! As long as the Khmer Kampuchea Krom is not freed and the Khmer will not be freed! The Vietcong is using Khmer Kampuchea Krom as an example to all Khmer that they are no better than the Vietnamee and the Khmer deserve to be .oppressed!
Cambodian government under AH HUN SEN is a Vietcong puppet government! How on Earth the Khmer leader would ever recognize the Vietcong illegal border treaties under the Vietcong occupation! Only the Vietcong puppet government would ever recognize anything belong to the Vietcong dog eater!
STUPID! above ! you ape men! go work with you socaled LEADER! the DICKHEAD!!!!
Rainsy is a morderned representative of Democratic People! He not claimed to lead you my the nose nor want to be a heroe!
Rainsy just do wath he thing is right and we all should do like him to be better of Cambodia!
Rainsy does not want to show off or pretend to be any body! We all need to joint him with out pretending to be better than other or leader of shit!
SHITHEADS like you who want to have a leader you have slave mentality like ah Kwack Hun Xen!
Rainsy is agood teacher and representative, A MORDERN LEADER!
9:09 PM,
I will come over to cut your stinky cock and ass and slit your throat!
Yuon/Vietcong folks are the most dirty and hypocrite race in the world.
Khmer Yeurng
To ah Khmer in Sydney CBD (Hun Sen's cock sucker/ah juoy marai koon me joa ke juoy)
You're supported the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples and counting.
Please do Khmer peoples a favor, don't tell anyone that you are Khmer because you make Khmer peoples look bad.
CPP Yuon Officials and Hun Sen (Hanoi's puppet) will be destroyed soon. No date and time have not been set up yet, but very soon.
Many Yuon/Vietgook folks, CPP Yuon supporters and evil Yuon friends and family members of the bad ass Hun Sen will be gone to Vietcong Hanoi. Those stupid and evil folks as mentions above always feel good to say such things to make Cambodian/Khmer people feel discouraged, but they are playing with the feelings of Khmer/Cambodian people. Please don't listen to them. They are the ones will face the real problems and collapse one of these days. For examples, those evil Youn folks and CPP Yuon/Hun Sen supporters say somethings in the following as politics and games:
1. Keep dreaming and will not happen.
2. Khmer are stupid and always keep fighting each others. They pretend to be Khmer and then say such things to make Khmer/Cambodian people look bad.
3. Khmer/Cambodian slaves bow to Vietnam
4. Cambodia will be part of Vietnam
5. Khmer people drink Vietnamese people's pee in the Mekong Lakes
6. They laugh at Khmer people
7. Tell other people like Americans, British, French, Mexicans, etc that they are Khmer and then they cause Khmer to hate Khmer, make Khmer people look very bad.
8. They try to scare Khmer people and kill Khmer/Cambodia people
9. and more
10.....Please list as much as they can
So, Khmer people don't be fooled or scare. We can fight back hard to scare the heck of Yuon people, CPP folks. You can have anything to protect yourself. We can beat Yuon CPP bodyguards if they beat Khmer people. Khmer people all together in the millions of us including myself are brave and dying to fight and destroy Yuon folks and CPP, Hun Sen. If they use weapons to destroy Khmer, Khmer will use the same weapons and long with the outsiders who are in favor of Khmer/Cambodian people. Vietcong/Yuon folks, CPP Yuon bastards and Hun Sen will not have friends from outsides or powerful countries in the world, USA, Canada, S. Korea, France, UK, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, S. Africa, Egypt, Qatar, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, Swedish, Poland, Turkey, and more. If Vietnamese Communist bastards dare to destroy or kill Khmer people in order to help protect their puppet Hun Sen and illegal CPP Yuon officials and their hidden Yuon faces to pretend to be Khmer bodyguards, etc. They will get hit and destroyed by Khmer heroes and real Khmer/Cambodian military and soldiers.
Please, Khmer people, don't be fooled and don't be afraid. If you are afraid of Hun Sen and CPP Yuon bastards, that means you are weak and they will trick you Khmer people. Please wake up. I will be there to join forces along with the outsiders from all the world. You have your encouragement and don't give up hope. Remembers, Yuon/Vietcong folks, CPP and Hen Sen tried to scare you, but don't be scare. Just fight back and throw the shoes at them. If they use the weapons, Khmer people will use the weapons and guys, too.
Hun Sen, CPP Yuon bastards, illegal Yuon folks in Cambodia will be scared because of Khmer/Cambodian uprising and they will know that Khmer/Cambodia people are dying to fight and destroy those evil Yuon CPP bastards, Hun Send and kick out illegal Yuon residents living in Cambodian.
Please, all Khmer people be prepared to fight back along with the helps and supports from the outsiders and powerful countries in the world.
To ah Youn in Sydney CBD (ah Hun Sen's cock sucker/ah juoy marai koon me joa ke juoy)
How come you don't have any comment about the former Khmer Rouge leaders (ah Hun Sen, ah Chea Sim and ah Heng Samrin)?
Ah Youn in Sydney CBD (ah Hun Sen's cock sucker/ah juoy marai koon me joa ke juoy), you only bad comments about Sam Rainsy.
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