Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Tale from the Kingdoom of Wonder: Street-encroaching mango tree can be cut down only after the Viet Association was consulted


A mango tree caused upheaval in the city

10 July 2011
Koh Santepheap News
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Note: The Cambodian authority had to ask the Viet association before it can cut down an encroaching mango tree in Cambodia, how sad!

If they respected the Boeung Kak’s community the same way they did to these illegal Vietnamese immigrants, there would not be any problem with Boeung Kak’s residents.
Stung Treng province – A raging fight between Cambodians and Vietnamese created upheaval among the city authority during morning hours. The incident took place during a road survey to ease traffic and to facilitate traffic for fire trucks. When the crew started surveying a mango tree and wanted to cut it down, a group came out to prevent the cutting down of the tree. A dispute ensued and the city authority summoned both sides to the city hall to resolve this problem. The incident took place on 08 July 2011, south of Damnak Bridge, Stung Treng commune, Stung Treng City.

A report indicated that, prior to the dispute, local residents asked the local authority to set up a road with easy access for fire trucks. In this request, residents from one side of the road asked the authority to widen the road on the opposite side where a larger number of Viet residents live. That request led to an intense dispute because a mango tree planted by a Vietnamese resident was too close the sidewalk and it needed to be chopped down. However, the Vietnamese family which owned the tree refused and the dispute ensued. The authority got a headache during that morning and it decided to summon both sides to the city hall to resolve this issue.


Keo Choeum, the deputy-city governor, indicated that the street widening was undertaken to solve all problems that could take place during fires. Before taking action, the city and commune authority invited residents from both sides of the street who are disputing with each other to come forward to resolve this issue so that an agreement can be made for the building of the street. Furthermore, the mango tree that the Vietnamese family claimed to be theirs and prevented the authority from cutting it down, was also chopped down to widen the street.

Chea Vann, the Stung Treng commune chief, indicated that the authority made this decision after it invited the residents to come and discuss this issue several times. The problem stemmed from 2 or 3 Vietnamese families who prevented the mango tree from being cut down when the authority surveyed the street. In reality, the mango was encroaching on the street. Nevertheless, after the authority invited the chairman of the Vietnamese Association and the city authorities to visit the spot, and after an arrangement was made, the Vietnamese families finally agreed to the cutting of the mango tree.

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

How dare these local residents want cut down a tree belonging to th Vietnamese.
Don't they know that Vietnam "owns" Cambodia and the Vietnamese are the real masters of these lands?

Anonymous said...

KI MEDIA has copied this news 'ENCROAHING MANGO TREE' from Koh Santephea Newspaper and Radio free Asia.

Anonymous said...

It won’t be long the CPP’s government will take order from the Vietnamese illegal immigrants.
Then Cambodia will be worse than the banana kingdom.

Anonymous said...

What is a sad joke?
A mango tree, inside Cambodia, belonged to a few Viet illegal immigrants.
The tree needed to be cut down for the safety of the whole community.
The Viet illegal immigrants opposed and protested.
The authority lost their heads and did not know what to do because they were dealing with “the Viet illegal immigrants.”
Vietnam stole the Khmer farmers’ lands at the border, the Khmer farmers opposed and protested, but the Khmer authority threw them in the prison.
If any Khmer don’t see something wrong with the current government they must be blind.
Hun Sen needs to step down; he only makes the Viet living inside and outside of Cambodia looking down on Khmer.

Anonymous said...

Viet namese own Cambodian and Hun sen is slave of them that why they do that.

Anonymous said...

This is not a new news.. It's only getting worse as long as Mr. Kvang still in Power.

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...

Where is,

really!
ok!
you know!
etc!
period!

I like to see him backing Hun Sen about this.

Anonymous said...

9:10 AM

This Ms. Rattana Keo must be a Viet agent.
Anytime we have something good going he/she throws in the same old shit to mess it up.

Anonymous said...

You like the old shit, don't you? Eat more

Anonymous said...

Can Khmer Krom have association in Vietnam???

Anonymous said...

Here is another story that the Chinese national beat up the Cambodian workers. How can a Chinese national can beat up the Cambodian workers?? This is how the stupid Hun Sen government run the country. This is the 20th century and this is a crime against humanity. Hun Sen is responsible for this crime.

កម្មករ​ដាំ​ដំឡូង​ឲ្យ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ភាពីម៉ិច ៤ រូប ត្រូវ​មេការ​ជន​ជាតិ​ចិន​ចាប់​ធ្វើ​ទារុណកម្ម
2011-07-11

កម្មករ​ដាំ​ដំឡូង​ឲ្យ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ភាពីម៉ិច​(Pheapimex) ៤ រូប ត្រូវ​មេការ​ជន​ជាតិ​ចិន​ចាប់​ធ្វើ​ទារុណកម្ម​វាយដំ និង​ឆក់​ដោយ​ដំបង​ឆក់​បណ្ដាល​ឲ្យ​រង​របួស​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ។ មេការ​ជន​ជាតិ​ចិន​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ថា កម្មករ​ទាំង ៤ រូប​នេះ បាន​ចូលរួម​ក្នុង​ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ហិង្សា​មួយ ទាមទារ​ឲ្យ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​បើក​ប្រាក់​ខែ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី ៧ កក្កដា​កន្លង​ទៅ។

Anonymous said...

THANKS TO GOD THAT THE DISPUTE WAS RESOLVED. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR FELLOW CAMBODIANS TO CONSIDER MY VISION ON THE FUTURE OF CAMBODIA.

"IN THE NEAR FUTURE OUR GRAND-CHILDREN AND GREAT-GRAND-CHILDREN WILL FIGHT A WAR WITH THE VIETNAMESE CHILDREN BORN IN CAMBODIA NOT FOR A TREE BUT FOR THE WHOLE CAMBODIAN LAND".

Anonymous said...

ខ្លាំងបានតែខ្មែរគ្នាឯង តែបើយួនវិញខ្លាចឱយញ័រ!
គ្រាន់តែដើមស្វាយមួយដើម បើមិត្តម៉ឺនឆ្នាំយួនមិនឱយកាត់គឺមិនហ៊ានកាត់ទេ នេះ
ពួកវាឱយកាត់ តែបើវាមិនឱយកាត់វិញនោះគឺមិនដឹងធ្វើក្តអីយួនទេ។

Anonymous said...

9:46 AM

really!
ok!
you know!
etc!
period!

You are speechless.

Anonymous said...

As I said before that Cambodia, historically is part of great Vietnam and Prime minister Hun Sen only doing his job by informing central government before he decides to do any thing.

If any of you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to drop me a line at longliveviet@vn.com

Anonymous said...

ALL OF Y0U ARE AN IDIOTS! WHETHER THEY ARE KHMER OR VIETNAM IT IS ONLY RIGHT FOR THE KHMER AUTHORITY TO CONSULT THE RESIDENTS.

EVEN IN AMERICA IF THE AUTHORITY NEEDS TO BUILD WHATEVER, WHETHER THE RESIDENTS ARE WHITE, BLACK, BROWN OR GREEN, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A TOWN MEETING AND CONSULT WITH THE LOCALS. IF THE LOCALS REFUSED THE AUTHORITY HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.

JUST BECAUSE WE DISLIKE THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE DOESN'T MEAN IT IS WRONG FOR THE KHMER AUTHORITY TO ASK A THRID PARTY, IN THIS CASE, THE VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION.

AND IF THE SITUATION HAPPENED IN KHMER TOWN IN AMERICA THE AUTHORITY WILL ASK THE CAMBODIAN ASSOCIATION TO HELP SLOVE THE PROBLEM THE SAME WAY AS THE KHMER AUTHORITY ASKING THE VIETNAMESE ASSOCIATION FOR HELP.

IT DOESN'T MEAN KHMER AUTHORITY ARE KISSING THE VIET ASS. THEY ARE DOING WHAT'S IS RIGHT SO NO ONE GETS HURT.

Anonymous said...

12:42 PM

Bravo! You, the idiot, can save your speech to the Boeung Kak’s residents and the Khmer farmers at the border.

Anonymous said...

12:59 Your fucking dickhead, FUCK YA

Anonymous said...

We all knew, who he is. But the brother of our former oscar winner, Mr Hor Ngain is a 100% Khmer. He loves and sacrifices his time for our people and our country.

Anonymous said...

1:01 PM, You are the god damned Vietcong who does not like to hear the truth.
You, motherfucker, needs to go back to Vietnam and leaves us alone.

Anonymous said...

សតវត្សន៍ទី២១នេះគឺជាតំណាក់ការមួយដែលពលរដ្ឋក្នុងពិភពលោកត្រូវនាំគ្នាកំចាត់ពួកមេផ្តាច់ការរបស់ពួកគេ ដូច្នេះប្រទេសខ្មែរយើងក៏ដល់ពេលវេលាហើយដែរ។
ធ្វើនយោបាយឱយមើលស្ថានការពិភពលោក, បង្ហោះខ្លែងទាន់មានខ្យល់។

Anonymous said...

នៅដែនដីខ្មែរក្រោម ដើមឡើយក៏ដូចនេះដែរ។
ដីខ្មែរតែខ្មែរគ្មានសិទ្ធ។យួនធ្វើអ្វីស្រេចតែក្បាល
ចិត្ត។
មកដល់ស្រុកខ្មែរទៀត យួនគ្រាន់ជាជនមិនស្រប
ច្បាប់ តែវាហ៊ាងអាងយ៉ាងឆ្កាងស្លាប​ហ៊ានមិនឲ្យ
រដ្ធាភិបាលកាត់ដើមស្វាយមួយ។ហើយទាល់តែ
មានការអនុញ្ញាតិពីក្រុងហាណូយ ទើបហ៊ាន
កាប់ដើមស្វាយមួយដើមបាន។
ដូច្នេះ ខ្ញុំគេវាថោកយ៉ាងនេះ។
គ្មានអ្វីថោកទាបជាជាង ខ្ញុំកញ្ជះគេទេ។

Anonymous said...

12:08 PM
Besides dropping a line I also want to drop you a big bomb just tell me where you live.