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| The son of murdered SRP commune official Ouk Chhanteak places lighted incense sticks next to his father’s body yesterday in Kandal province. (Photo by: Pha Lina) |
Friday, 03 June 2011
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
One man was arrested yesterday following the beating death of a Sam Rainsy Party commune official in Kandal province, amid competing claims from police and the opposition party over whether the killing was politically motivated.
The 64-year-old Ouk Chhanteak, second commune councillor in Kien Svay district’s Chhoeu Teal commune, was bludgeoned to death at around 10pm on Wednesday evening as he returned home from patrolling the area, SRP officials said. His body was reportedly dumped roughly one kilometre from the site where he was attacked, with his motorbike, camera and telephone having been stolen.
Kien Svay district police chief Pa Sam Eth said yesterday that one of three suspects in the case had been arrested yesterday afternoon, adding that police believe the incident was a robbery that was unrelated to politics.
“The suspect we arrested already admitted in front of us that he and another two men really robbed the victim for his motorbike,” Pa Sam Eth said. “Now we know the identities of the other two and we are investigating to arrest them.”
The SRP alleged, however, that the murder was connected to Ouk Chhanteak’s work on behalf of the opposition. “The murder was related to [a] political case because Mr Ouk Chhantak was the most popular SRP second commune councillor in his commune and would become a commune chief in [the] upcoming commune election [in] 2012,” the SRP cabinet said in a statement yesterday.
“The Sam Rainsy Party would like to appeal to the authorities at all levels to take action to arrest the murderers.”
Chan Cheng, an SRP lawmaker representing Kandal, said Ouk Chhanteak had always “worked to serve the people without taking money”.
“Three days before his murder, he said the SRP was not worried about the upcoming election because he will be elected commune chief,” Chan Cheng said. “He is very popular in Chhoeu Teal commune.”
Chan Cheng added that Ouk Chhanteak’s killers had not removed a pair of rings from his fingers, expressing doubt that the case was a simply a violent theft. But Pa Sam Eth said the missing motorbike was clear evidence of a robbery, dismissing Chan Cheng’s allegations.
“It is his right to say that, but based on our assessment, we see that this case is a robbery,” Pa Sam Eth said. “We are not indifferent and we are going to find the murderers.”
Men Makara, an investigator based in Kandal for the local rights group Adhoc, said an investigation is required before a determination is made on whether or not the killing was politically motivated.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SAM RITH
14 comments:
Motherfuckers the CPP Yuon slave motherfuckers had committed alot of crimes against Sam Rainsy party. We must bring this slave regimes motherfuckers to the U.N. court.
អាខ្មែរចំកួត អាភ្លើ
ហែងកាប់សំលាប់គ្នា ដើម្បីអំណាចហ៊ុនសែន
ហ៊ុនសែន, ក្រុមគ្រួសារ និងបក្សពួកវា មិនដែល
ឈ្លោះគ្នា សំលាប់គ្នា ដើម្បីការពារ
ផលប្រយោជន៏ខ្មែរ ឡើយ ។
ពួកអាភ្លើ
អាខ្មែរចំកួត អាភ្លើ
ហែងកាប់សំលាប់គ្នា ដើម្បីអំណាចហ៊ុនសែន
ហ៊ុនសែន, ក្រុមគ្រួសារ និងបក្សពួកវា មិនដែល
ឈ្លោះគ្នា សំលាប់គ្នា ដើម្បីការពារ
ផលប្រយោជន៏ខ្មែរ ឡើយ ។
ពួកអាភ្លើ
ចឹងបានថា អស់ដី និង ធ្វើជាកញ្ជះយួន
ដោយសារ វាភ្លើ ចឹង
Mr. Sam Rainsy is the sun that shine bright in all Cambodians heart and mind unlike PhD, Dr. Hun Sen murdered thousands khmer lives and cut off 30 000 km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam as personal gift.
So Who is the bad guy now?
កាលណា បានខ្មែរ ឈប់ភ្លើទៀត???????????
EVIDENCE OF POLITICALLY-MOTIVATED EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND KILLINGS OF FUNCINPEC LOYALISTS.
LIST OF INSTANCES OF EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS during 1997 coup by PM Hun Sen. These people with their name list below were murdered by PM Hun Sen.
• Ho Sok, 45, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Interior and second ranking FUNCINPEC official in the Ministry of Interior.
• 2-3. Gen Chao Sambath, alias Ngov, Deputy-Chief of the Intelligence and Espionage Department, RCAF Supreme Command since 1993
• 4 and 5. Maj. Gen. Ly Seng Hong, Deputy-Chief of Staff, RCAF General Staff (second highest-ranking FUNCINPEC official in the RCAF General
• 6. Colonel Sok Vireak, Chief, Transmission Bureau, Army General Staff. A former KPNLF General Staff officer in charge of military training who joined Nhek Bun Chhay after the Paris Agreements. Status
• 7. Colonel Thlang Chang Sovannarith, Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Fifth Military Region, RCAF General Staff
• 8. Colonel Hov Sambath, Deputy-chief of Military Training Bureau, RCAF General Staff
• 9. Lietenant Colonel Sao Sophal, 42, an officer of the First Bureau of the RCAF General Staff.
• 10. Navy First Lt. Thach Soeung, aged about 30, an ethnic Khmer from southern Vietnam, stationed at Dang Kaum Navy base on the eastern bank of the Tonle Sap.
• 11 to 14. Seng Phally, Lt. Col. Chao Keang, Chao Tea and Thong Vickika - security officers working under Gen. Chao Sambath.
• Seng Phally, alias Huot Phally, aged 25, single, a gendarme who worked as chief of the security team at the Pipoplok 2 Hotel/Casino
• Lt. Col. Chao Keang, aged about 25. He was an officer in the Research and Intelligence Bureau of Chao Sambath
• Chao Tea, 29, brother of Chao Keang, a security guard at the Regal Hotel/Casino. His body bore a bullet hole in the left side of the chest and in the right side of the stomach. He was also handcuffed and blindfolded
• Thong Vicchika, aged about 27-28, a body-guard of Chao Sambath and a security staff at the Regal Hotel/Casino.
• Dr. Seng Kim Ly, a military medical doctor
• Major Lak Ki, Head of Operations, Research and Intelligence, RCAF High Command
• Four unnamed body-guards of Nhek Bun Chhay were summarily executed after his office-cum-house in Somnang
• Major Lak Ki, Head of Operations, Research and Intelligence, RCAF High Command
• Pheap, a body-guard of Major Lak Ki, in his late twenties
• Dok Rany, 27, an officer and body-guard of Gen. Chao Sambath who worked at the Research and Intelligence Bureau
• Ros Huon, aged 23, Sopheap, aged 25, two alleged members of the Gendarmerie
• Dok Sokhun, alias Michael Senior, a Khmer-Canadian journalist who taught English at ACE Language School in Phnom Penh
• Major Aek Eng (CPP), Head of Administration of Phnom Penh Thmei police station
• At least four, and possibly up to 22 persons described as FUNCINPEC soldiers executed and cremated in Pich Nil on 9, 10 and 11 July 1997 by Military Region 3 soldiers. Status: Confirmed executions in at least 4 cases
• 34 to 36 (and possibly 45). On 17 July, at about noon time, the body of a soldier was witnessed floating near the bank of the Tone Bassac near the Watt Chum Leap, in the village of the same name, Rokakpong commune, Saang district, Kandal province. The body was headless and both hands were tied up behind the back with a kramma. It was dressed in dark olive military uniform
• 37 and 38. Two unidentified men, blindfolded and with their hands tied behind the back. Status: Confirmed executions
• Pheap, aged 33, a bodyguard of the First Prime Minister. Status: Confirmed execution.
• Sok Vanthorn, 21 and Sou Sal, two villagers from Ampeov village, Kompong Speu province. Status: Confirmed execution.
• Brig. Gen. Chea Rittichutt, a founding member of the Moulinaka movement and the Governor of Kep-Bokor
• Navy officer Meas Sarou, Deputy-director, First Bureau, Navy, based in Chrouy Changvar, and one of his body-guards, and a third person, a woman named Luch.
• Ung Sim, Second Deputy Governor, Kompong Speu province - missing since his arrest, reportedly near Pich Nil by CPP soldiers on 7 or 8 July 1997.
• Col. Sam Sarath, Deputy Chief-of-Staff, Third Military Region
• Put Som Ang, male, aged 42, a KNP activisit in Siem Reap province, and Sam Sophan, 38, an activist in Takeo province
• Major So Lay Sak and Major Chin Vannak, officers working in the Logisitics department of the RCAF General Staff
• Som Taing, Deputy Chief, Inspection Office, Provincial Governor's Office, Kompong Speu
• Chum Sarith, Chief, Criminal Bureau, Provincial Police, Sihanoukville
Forty-six bodies were brought in and dumped at the crematorium of a Phnom Penh pagoda between 5 and 9 July
In the case of Ho Sok (executed on 7 July, brought to Watt Lanka on 8 July); of Seng Phally, Chao Keang, Chao Tea and Thong Viccheka (executed on 5-6 July and brought by the police to Wat Unalom on the morning of 7 July - see cases number 13-16 above) and in the case of a fifth corpse which was brought to the same pagoda on the same morning, but which could not be identified, the police ordered that cremation of the bodies be conducted without question and without proper cremation permit.
Between 9 and 11 July, according to a variety of reliable corroborating accounts, the bodies of 4 and probably up to 22 soldiers were alleged to have been executed in Pich Nil and burned
Plus many and many more names with lose count that order and executed by Hun Sen and CPP.
4:29 pm
4:30 Pm
4:39 pm
Yes including you ah pleu. You are Khmer also. MORON ! IDIOT !
If Khmer people know that they are
idiot stop being idiot.Be nice,good,
and smart.
Cambodians live in a fake kingdom
and dictatorship country.
The Cambodian People Party is belong
to Vietnam;it is working for Vietnam.
This govt kills and threatens people
for power and money.
this person could die form illness we don't know and they always blame it on their political opponents, etc! it goes to show everybody who buy into it are ignorant, i think! get educated for a change. of course, school takes times. keep learning the easy way or the hard way, ok! that's life! get used to it, really!
always trust but verify, according to reagan's advice to the american people, you know! people are always people, but do know the difference, helps, really!
11:42 PM,
You live in the US and always talk about education!
Go back and read the article again.
Here is a small clip from the article: "...was bludgeoned to death at around 10pm on Wednesday evening..."
He did not die from his illness. Even the CPP authority admitted that he was killed.
What on earth are you talking about here? Perhaps in your enthusiasm to support the ruling party, you had not finish reading the article when you wrote your silly comment!
Correction:
What on earth are you talking about here? Perhaps in your enthusiasm to support the ruling party, you had not finished reading the article when you wrote your silly comment!
Read carefully if you ever want to learn something new.
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