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| Nine out of 10 Cambodians are unable to name the Khmer Rouge suspects held by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court, a survey showed on Wednesday, just weeks before the start of a major genocide trial. -- PHOTO: AP |
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PHNOM PENH - NINE out of 10 Cambodians are unable to name the Khmer Rouge suspects held by Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court, a survey showed on Wednesday, just weeks before the start of a major genocide trial.
The study by American academics found that only 11 per cent of respondents could correctly say how many regime members had been arrested and were awaiting trial for atrocities committed during the movement's brutal 1975-79 rule.
And just one in 10 (or 11 per cent) could correctly name the detainees, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, who questioned 1,000 Cambodians about their knowledge of the court.
Five ex-Khmer Rouge members are currently in detention, one of whom has already been sentenced in the tribunal's landmark first trial.
A second trial is to start on June 27 and involves the regime's four most senior surviving leaders - including 'Brother Number Two' Nuon Chea - who face a string of charges for the deaths of up to two million people.
A quarter of respondents reported knowing nothing at all about the tribunal, researchers said, down from 39 per cent in 2008 when the first survey was carried out, thanks largely to media coverage of the first case.
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Not just Samdech Hun Sen was a Khmer Rouge, I was a former Khmer Rouge soldier as well. If you think Samdech Hun Sen Khmer Rouge, what would you do to him? I am so sick and tired of this bullshit Khmer Rouge business. Do you have any work to do beside Khmer Rouge case? I know you guy keep doing this so you always will get financial support from the contributor, vendor and other sources. You should turn your head look into the furture. Can you see Ah Siem/Thailand and Ah Youn/Vietnam want to take over Cambodia?
i think most fought for the KR in the 1970s, but that is different from killing like pol pot, etc! the reality is nobody cares that hun sen was a former KR soldier or whatever, they focus more on the top KR leadership that tolerated such atrocity under their rule, that's the reality. for opposition political party peopl to pick on hun sen disregardin the civil war era, etc, is itself nothing more than a political bias. most of these opposition people never actually lived under the KR rule, and now they act like they are something when cambodia is at peace! where were these opposition people during the KR rule? hun sen and his cambodian people party were in power for a long time now, and we see cambodia changed from nothing to what it is today and more to come as time progress, and what are these good for nothing oppositon political group of people doing? i think they just whine and whine and more whining. i suggest they do something for a change, not just whining uselessly, really! most khmer people can tell you they don't want whiners to be their leaders, they prefer individuals who actual go out there and make a lasting, real difference for the brighter future of cambodia. in reality, khmer people, most, don't want to look back and dwell on the past dark age era, they all want to look forward to reconstructing and rebuilding cambodia into a produtive, economically vibrant country of cambodia, you know! that's the reality of cambodia, really! as for the opposition political whiners, they can whine until the cow comes home, most people don't care about that, really! we need strongman or strongwoman that can get the work done, definitely not a whiner, ok! god bless cambodia.
Ye 2 above would be heavenly grateful, when Kampuchea eventually become a next Kampuchea Krom or Champa, 'cause ain't nobody continuously whining anymore,
Well, ye ain't Khmers anyway!
perhaps it goes to say, lots of people don't really care about name calling, etc, i think people care more about making a living, having a nice house, having money, raising their children, sending their children to good schools for better education, etc, etc... wake up people, there are more to cambodia than you and i, really!
ប្រជាពលរដ្ធខ្មែរស្លូតត្រង់បានបំភ្លេចចោលនូវ
មេខ្មែរក្រហមធំបំផុតជាងល្បងឃាតក ប៉ុល ពត
គឺមហាឃាតក សីហនុនេះ។
គាត់នេះហើយដែលជាមេភ្លើងបង្កសង្គ្រាមនិងជាមេវាលពិឃាតពលរដ្ធខ្មែររាប់លាននាក់។
ទោះបី អង្គការសហប្រជាតិក៏មិនហ៊ានប៉ះពាល់
គាត់ទៀត។ ខ្មែរអាចដាក់ឈ្មោះគាត់ថា "អាចោរ
ចិត្តឆៅជើងជា"។
ចាប់តាំងពីធ្វើស្ដេចលើស្រុកខ្មែរមក(១៩៤១)
រហូតមកដល់សព្វថ្ងៃបានឲ្យយួន ជួយយួន
អ្វីខ្លះ?។គាត់បានឲ្យដីខ្មែរក្រោមទៅយួន។
គាត់ឲ្យយួនប្រើដីខ្មែរតាមព្រំប្រទល់(១៩៦០)
ផ្លូវលំហូជីមិញ។កាត់ស្បៀងឲ្យយួនគ្រប់បែប
យ៉ាង។គាត់ឲ្យទ័ពយួនវាយសម្លាប់ខ្មែរ(១៩៧០)។
មកទល់នេះ គាត់មិនឈប់សម្លាប់ខ្មែរទេ។
សីហនុស្រលាញ់បំផុតគឺធ្វើកំពូលរាស្ត្រនិង
រក្សាពូជស្ដេចវង្សត្រកូលនរោត្តម។
គាត់មានកូនធម៌ដ៏សែនគាប់ចិត្តម្នាក់ឈ្មោះ
វាអាហ៊ុន សែនដែលចាំថែរក្សាកូនគាត់ទុក
ដូចទីងមោងក៏សុខចិត្តដែរ។
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មេខ្មែរក្រហមប្រចាំការជួយយួនបន្តពីឪធម៌។
To 10:39 PM , I agree with you especially Can you see Ah Siem/Thailand and Ah Youn/Vietnam want to take over Cambodia?
While acknowledging the mass atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge regime, we should never forget the level of atrocities committed during the US secretive bombing of Cambodia from 1968-1973. A declassified telephone discussion between Henry Kissinger and General Alexander Haig, Nixon's deputy assistant for national security affairs, recorded that Nixon had ordered a “massive bombing campaign in Cambodia [to use] anything that flys [sic] on anything that moves”.
The map of US bombing targets released by Yale University’s Cambodian Genocide Program shows that more than half of the country was affected by the indiscriminate bombings. Professor Ben Kierman, director of the program, puts the casualties figure from the bombing at 150,000 deaths, while Edward Herman, a professor of Wharton School, and Noam Chomsky put the toll at 600,000 using figures provided by a Finnish Commission of Inquiry.
Based on this, we can never naively claim that US bombing led to the mass executions by the Khmer Rouge or refuted the regime's mass atrocities. But, to certain extent, the blanket bombing, which directly led to the destruction of livestock and agricultural land, could have definitely played a role in the mass starvation.
From new data released during the Clinton administration, Taylor Owen, a doctoral student at Oxford University, and Professor Kierman noted that 2,756,941 tons of bombs were dropped on Cambodia.
To put the figure into perspective, just over 2 million tons of bombs were dropped by the allies during all of World War II. The bombs dropped in Cambodia represented about 184 Hiroshima atomic bombs combined, making Cambodia the most bombed nation in the world. Based on the new data, Professor Kierman also stressed that the casualties might be much higher than his earlier predicted 150,000.
"And just one in 10 (or 11 per cent)"
LOL
Lok Mom Yin & Ly Diep: I appreciate you as being yourself - a true unique Khmer. Believe in what you are doing, you will succeed!
To all SRP supporters & Khmers: it's time to learn some history. Youns/Viets always paint our Khmer nationalists and then we start biting each other without thinking.
You need to accept the truth that Sam Rainsy's political career almost comes to an end. I appreciate his courage and his commitment to changes, but when comes to Leadership, he is not the most charismatic leader for Cambodia yet.
I invite you to be open-minded and to re-assess all his deeds:
- Changing 2/3 majority to 50%+1 is the biggest mistake to exchange for his return
- Claiming to boycott the 4th-term assembly meeting today and switching to attend the meeting the next day is considered what?...
- Blaming others for not wanting him and SRP to unite with other democratic parties. What his rationale being a leader?
- Dropping case against Hun Xen in the US? Why need to drop?...
- Why running away from your loyal members? Look at MP Mu Sochua. What Hun Xen can do to her?
- SRP needs to solve the internal issues and stop painting the ones who offer the ideas/opinions
- Public debates among all opposition and self-claimed democratic parties should be held publicly and let the public judge.
I'm not a supporter of HRP, SRP and whosoever, but always attend those leaders' meeting. One solution for our nation is to UNITE, UNITE & UNITE. Don't use pretext/excuses.
Please learn to trust with vigilance.
Best Regards to all true Khmers!
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