Friday, July 15, 2011

Cambodia protests over US cable's Khmer Rouge claim

ME NO KHMER ROUGE ZAIL SIEF: Hor 5 Hong (Photo: AFP)
Friday, July 15, 2011
AFP

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's foreign minister has strongly protested to US officials over a leaked diplomatic cable repeating allegations that he was a former Khmer Rouge prison chief, his department said on Friday.

Hor Namhong summoned the US Charge d?Affaires in Phnom Penh, Jeff Daigle, on Thursday to complain about the "highly defamatory" 2002 cable, which was released via WikiLeaks this week, the foreign ministry statement said.

In the meeting, the Cambodian asked Daigle "to convey to the US State Department his strong protest" over the cable, "which is full of unacceptable maligned indictment", the ministry said.


The cable cites an "undated, unattributed report" on file at the US embassy, which said Hor Namhong took charge of Boeung Trabek camp in the capital after the brutal communist movement took power in 1975.

"Hor Namhong came back to Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge took over, but was not killed because he was a schoolmate of Ieng Sary," the report said, referring to the regime's ex-foreign minister now on trial for genocide.

Hor Namhong "became head of the Beng Trabek (sic) camp and he and his wife collaborated in the killing of many prisoners," it added.

The minister himself has long said that he and his family were prisoners at a Khmer Rouge camp, and he has successfully sued people in the past for claiming that he had links to the blood-soaked communist movement.

The US embassy in Cambodia confirmed that Daigle met Hor Namhong on Thursday but said it was unable to comment on the content of any allegedly leaked US government documents.

Up to two million people died of overwork and starvation or were executed under the Khmer Rouge, which outlawed religion, property rights, currency and schools during its four-year rule.

A number of the current administration in Cambodia had links to the regime, and Prime Minister Hun Sen himself was mid-level Khmer Rouge cadre.

In April, a Cambodian court slapped opposition leader Sam Rainsy -- who lives in exile in France -- with a jail term and a fine for accusing Hor Namhong of being a former regime member.

He was found guilty in absentia of defamation and inciting discrimination for claiming in a 2008 speech that Hor Namhong once belonged to the movement.

Sam Rainsy, seen as the main rival to Hun Sen, has been convicted by Cambodian courts on various other counts, which his party and rights groups say are an attempt to sideline him ahead of elections in 2013.

In May 2010, a French appeals court upheld a guilty verdict against Rainsy for remarks in his autobiography about the foreign minister's alleged role in the movement, but the French Supreme Court overturned the decision last April.

40 comments:

Anonymous said...

You and PM Hun Sen are Khmer Rouge who murdered a lot of innocent Cambodian people.

President Ms Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

This is real regime, 60th anniverciry (6-28-1951) CPP, Vietcong related. HUN SEN, CHEA SIM, HENG SAMRIN's DICTATOR.

Anonymous said...

Can't hide the truth forever! haha.

Anonymous said...

AH HOR 5 NAMHONG, JUST TELL THE WORLD THE TRUTH THAT YOU ARE A FORMER KHMER ROGUE KILLING THOUSAND OF INNOCENTS LIVE IN CAMBODIA AH RONTEAS BANH

Anonymous said...

Most CPP high range officers were Khmer Rouge.

Eceryone in Cambodia and the world know that, You can't hide the truth with your bloody hands.

Anonymous said...

Let the Court clear your name Hor Nam Hong! Request reopening case #3 and $!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Peace in Cambodia is a ticking timing bomb waiting for explosion.
A peace that made by Yieknam, and for Yieknam. It composes all killers ( during the khmer rouge era, and after the khmer rouge era ).

Yieknam used these killers, some of whom were brainwashed and others were power and money lovers, to execute its plan.. That has been Yieknam’s genius plan because it makes people, Cambodians and foreigners, think that Khmers always fight with Khmers.

Since there are so many Yieknameses already stationed inside Cambodia, a new government which would not serve Yieknam’s interest would face trouble because Yieknam will release those hidden soldiers inside Cambodia who speak Khmers fluently to wage a war. People will swiftly conclude that “ Heh without Hun Sen, we have war again”. But this next war will be created by Yieknam. All the wars in the past in Cambodia were initiated by Yieknam as well – just make an observation, which war in Cambodia that Yieknam did not involve?

Khmers must understand now that the next war will generate by Yieknam to make it look like civil war. All Khmers nationalists must convince the foreigners to comprehend Yieknam’s tricks, otherwise they will say “Khmers always fight with Khmers”.

Anonymous said...

Your time has come; no one escape the truth.
So, Hun Sen, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor 5 Hong and
Many others will face justice very soon.
Together with your Youn Hanoi boss will pay for
The 3 millions innocent Khmer lives that was
Systematically and ethically cleansing of Khmer
Race will pay for this.

Anonymous said...

we sould take him to the international court for investigation.

My lovely mom and 7 of my brother and sister with 1.7milion our Khmer victime were killed my Khmer Rouge regime.

Anonymous said...

Stop being a cry baby. The truth is the truth. No need to hide it. You can try to hide the truth until the day you die, Mr. Hor, but it will always appears, just like the sun. So, accept it, and move on.
Or better yet, sue the US government for defamation. And good luck on that :)

Anonymous said...

Do you know that Er Chheang,Pailin governor,and the Khmer Rouge army officer, welcome the Vietnamese delegate to his office in Pailin.

Spirits and souls of Khmer Rouge soldiers who died must have been stirred up in their graveyards.

Bitter and fieceful enemy become friend. Who said the Khmer Rouge was tough fighters. In fact, they are a bunch of white ear chicken. Hit and run and now capitulation.

After all khmer race is not strong as they claim.

Anonymous said...

OH! come on Hoe nam Hong you dicklicker let ECCC decide your faith!

Anonymous said...

Long Live America! Hun Sen and Hor Namhong and other CPP officers were Khmer Rouge and their hands have a lot of khmer blood. That is against in Human Right and Crime against Humanity.

Anonymous said...

Ms Rattana Keo,

can we meet at Cabramatta Library?

Khmer Sydney CBD,

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 30,000 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 30,000km2 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 30,000 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 30,000 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, President Ms. Rattana Keo,

Anonymous said...

5 Hong should stay still and do not comment about this crisis if he truly was not involved khmer rouge regime .
just do what you do on your duty in HUN SEN regime .

Anonymous said...

អាស្វាគឹម ហុង! ខ្មែរក្រប់គ្នាស្គាល់ថាអាស្វាឯងជា
ចារកិច្ចយួនហាណូយច្បាស់ណាស់ ដូច្នេះអាស្វាឯង
មិនចាំបាច់និយាយដោះស្រាយអីទេ សូម្បីតែស្វាគ្នាអាយួនឯងក៏បានដឹងដែរ។ គ្រាន់តែ
មើលមុខអាស្វាឯងទៅក៏ខ្មែរអាចស្គាល់ថាមុខយួនដែរ
អាស្វាចង្រៃ។

Anonymous said...

អាស្វាគឹម ហុង! ខ្មែរគ្រប់គ្នាស្គាល់ថាអាស្វាឯងជា
ចារកិច្ចយួនហាណូយច្បាស់ណាស់ ដូច្នេះអាស្វាឯង
មិនចាំបាច់និយាយដោះស្រាយអីទេ សូម្បីតែស្វាគ្នាអាយួនឯងក៏បានដឹងដែរ។ គ្រាន់តែ
មើលមុខអាស្វាឯងទៅក៏ខ្មែរអាចស្គាល់ថាមុខយួនដែរ
អាស្វាចង្រៃ។

Anonymous said...

Why Ho Nam Hong so irritate a bout this? Mr. Ho US not that so stupid like you and I think of,#1 Base on your JUDGMENT in French SUPREME COURT#2 khmer s intellectual were in your JAIL after1975-79.
The TRUTH always the TRUTH.

Anonymous said...

អាកញ្ជៈយួន ហ៊ុន សែនវាប្រហែលជាមិនង៉ាបនឹង
គ្រាប់កាំភ្លើងទេ វាត្រូវង៉ាប់នឹងអាយួនដែលជាចៅហ្វាយរបស់ ចាក់ថ្នាំសម្លាប់ចោលបំបាត់ភស្តុតាង អាកញ្ជៈយួនរូប
នេះគឺដាច់ខាតត្រូវតែង៉ាប់។ ពួកកុម្មុយនីស្តអ្នកដឹង
រឿងច្រើនត្រូវតែសម្លាប់ចោល ទុកនាំបែកការ។ ខ្មែរ
ទាំងអស់ដែលកំពុងបំរើអា ហ៊ុន សែនសព្វថ្ងៃ យួន
ត្រូវរកលេះយកទៅសម្លាប់ចោលម្តងមួយៗទាល់តែអស់គឺឥតរួចខ្លួនឡើយ យួនគ្រាន់តែខ្ចីស្លឹកឈូកខ្មែរខ្ចប់ម្ហូបអាហារវាតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ណៅពេលណាពួកវាស៊ីម្ហូបអស់ពួកវានឹងបោះស្លឹកឈូកខ្មែរចោលហើយ។ សូមស្លឺកឈូកខ្មែរចងចាំសម្តីរបស់ខ្ញុំ!!!!!
(ខ្មែរឈាមសុទ្ធ)

Anonymous said...

warning to Young cambodians generation!!!C PEE Pee hun sen are Viet cong khmer murders and former khmer Rouge as well.



from a chinese vietnamese blood

Anonymous said...

"wHor Namhong is 70+ year old former chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32 Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime leader and wants to suffer Cambodian peoples until the last breath of his life. How dumb is this old man not knowing how to enjoy life. What a BIG LOOSER!"

Anonymous said...

*IENG SARY is viet-nam Blood and spy Hanoi agent.
*Hor nam hong is viet-nam Blood
*cham Prasith is v-nam Blood too.
*sva kim hong [same as above]and more....still working in H.S Govt.All are v-nam viruses. we need to destroy all soon.
KAN DOURY MAI WEARR

Anonymous said...

Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32?

a) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok 
d) Khieu Samphan 
e) Son Sen 
f) Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
g) Ieng Sary 
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
o) Hun Sen

Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia

Fact:
During the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime;
There are 196 prisons.
There are 196 prison chiefs.
There are 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples killed by the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime.

Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
Hun Sen...

Kaing Guek Eav is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison S21.
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia

The UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) must indict 195 other prison chiefs.

"I will not allow the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders, I rather let the court (KRT ECCC) fail.  Indict more Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders will lead the country into a civil war."
Samak Mith Hun Sen
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leader

Samak Mith Hun Sen will not allow the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.

Samak Mith Hun Sen threaten to turn Cambodia back into the Killing Fields all over again.

War with whom?
War with innocent Khmer peoples without weapon?

Once a Khmer Rouge, always a Khmer Rouge.

A good Khmer Rouge(s) is a dead Khmer Rouge(s).

Khmer Rouge(s) continue to kill innocent Khmer peoples.

Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth...

"(Samak Mith) Duch (Kaing Guek Eav) 19 years sentence is too short and doesn't fit his crimes."
Samak Mith Yaem (Hor Namhong)
Prison Chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32

Hor Namhong want the whole world to know that he is not a Khmer Rouge and a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.

Hor Namhong is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.
Source:
"A CAMP CALLED BOENG TRABEK"
PHNOM PENH POST, JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 1, 2001

Keo Bunthouk who was detained with her husband, former diplomat Ieng Kounsaky, at the Boeng Trabek camp (Section B32 presided over by Hor Namhong) from 1977 to 1979.

Q: Who should be held responsible for the murders of Boeng Trabek inmates?
A: Now you repeat this question and maybe Hor Namhong will want to assassinate me, what will happen to me? I've heard that Hor Namhong wants to sue the newspaper that said he was Khmer Rouge.

Keo Bunthouk died under suspicious circumstances in 2001, shortly after she gave interview to the Phnom Penh Post.

Keo Bunthouk was a survivor of Boeng Trabek prison B32.

Keo Bunthouk was a member of the Cambodian Parliament from FUNCINPEC Party.

Hor Namhong said to the French judge that he is not a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32, in fact members of his family was killed by Khmer Rouge(s).

Hor Namhong can lies all he want, at the end, he got summoned and will get indict, prosecute, convict and sentence.

Criminals likes to lies.

The place where criminals lies the most is inside the court room in front of the judge(s).

On October 7, 2009 Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC).

Anonymous said...

PUT ON YOUR PANS AH HOR!

Anonymous said...

To Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem (Chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32)

Please be a real man.

A real man takes responsibility for what he did.

I'd guess Hor Namhong is not a real man.

You can run, but you cannot hide.

If you don't want peoples to know, you must not do it.

If you want to stop the suffering of the Khmer peoples, I do have an advice for you, commit suicide.

Anonymous said...

Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison S21.

Samak Mith Duch is a real man, he face the trail.

Anonymous said...

To ah Khmer in Sydney CBD (ah Hun Sen's cock sucker/ah juoy marai koon me joa kae 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.

Anonymous said...

hor 5 hong hahaah , am so glad to that news . his life going done soon and he almost done for everything . next is Hun Xen , his fucking boss

Anonymous said...

កញ្ចះយួនគ្រាន់បើជាងកញ្ជះអាសមរង្សីទៀត។

Anonymous said...

Go by your way 4:08AM

Anonymous said...

YES OM YENTIENG,VAR KIM HONG,HOR NAM HONG ARE VIET FULL BLOOD AND HOR NAM HONG WAS AND IS STILL AN ACTIVE KHMERVIET COMUNIST MEMBER AND WAS A BOEUNG TRABEK PRISON'CAMP'CHIEF.NUON CHEA IS STILL ALIVE CAN CONFIRM IT.

Anonymous said...

4:08 Nis Jea samdey ah SOY SAPARB pe Deum ampil.

Tea banh ah Soy SAPARB

Anonymous said...

THE ECCC MUST NOT STOP UNTIL ALL WAR CRIMES / CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY PERPETRATORS IN CAMBODIA ARE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.

THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT MUST STAND READY TO TAKE OVER ECCC WORK.

Anonymous said...

You see people all CPP High Range Officers are Coward like this man and Hun SEn. THey afraid of their own actions and try to cry like babies.

Only Mr Sam Rainsy is brave in deal with Vietnam invasion Cambodia not CPP and Hun Sen. THey are coward but they love to kill more innocent Cambodian people in order to keep Cambodian people silence. They make Cambodian people live in fear of their blackmail and bully.

Anonymous said...

ពួកឃាតករទាំងអស់ត្រូវតែប្រឈោមមុខជាមួយពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ
និងច្បាប់តុលាការអន្តរជាតិ គឺមានអាស្តេចplay boy សី ហនុ, អាហ៊ុន សែន, អាជា ស៊ីមនិងអា
ហេង សំរិនជាដើម។

Anonymous said...

Hole Nam Ho !! When you go to hell, take your bull shit Boss, Ah Kwak, with you too.

Form a new government in hell !!

Anonymous said...

Khmer Rouge between 1975-1979 formed up by 2 big groups:

1. A group of Paris students led by Pol Pot.

2. Other groups led by So Phin Khmer Viet Minh.

Note: Keo Meas and So Phin were senior Khmer Rouge ( Brother number 4 ) So Phin was a fomer military commander of Heng Samrin, Chea Sim ect ….. .

Ta Mok said before he passed away in his interview that:
Angkar between 1975-1979 as follow:

1. Pol Pot.

2. Nuon Chea. ( former member of Thai Communist Party ).

3. Ieng Sary.

4. So Phin ( former Khmer Viet Minh ), this senior Khmer Viet Minh, So Phin was very powerfull man before and during 1975-1979 as Elizabeth Becker says in her book ( Cambodia’s tears ).

5. Son Sen .

6. Ta Mok.

Anonymous said...

So Phin also former miliarty commander of ohter Khmer Viet Minh like Heng Samrin, Chea Sim and many more between 1975-1979.

If Khmer want to know Who killed Khmer so far Khmer must know our real history.

If Khmer want to know Who killed Khmer so far Khmer must study or reseach about Khmer Issaraks, Khmer Viet Minh, Viet Congs, and Pol Pot regime and who really formed CPP .

Anonymous said...

Hor Namhong is coward.
Hor Namhong took many peoples to courts including Norodom Sihanouk and Sam Rainsy, but when the U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge Tribunal Court summoned him on October 7, 2009, he refuse.  What a looser?
Hor Namhong is the MOST coward of all the Khmer Rouges.

According to the Cambodian law, Cambodia honor court order from foreign country.
Since Sam Rainsy won a court battle with comrade Yaem (Hor Namhong) at the supreme court in France, Cambodia MUST respect the court order from the supreme court in France.  And this make Hor Hamhong a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32 still.
Hor Namhong can lie all he want, but Hor Namhong cannot change history, no matter how hard he try.