Cambodia’s Foreign Minister Hor Namong (pictured) has strongly protested to US officials over a leaked diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks repeating allegations that he was a former Khmer Rouge prison chief who had collaborated in the killing of many prisoners, according to the statement released yesterday.
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry statement said Hor Namhong had summoned the US charge d’affaires in Phnom Penh, Jeff Daigle, on Thursday and strongly protested against the “highly defamatory” 2002 cable, which was released via WikiLeaks this week.
In the meeting, Mr. Hor Namhong asked Mr. Daigle “to convey to the US state department his strong protest” over the cable, “which is full of unacceptable maligned indictment”, said the statement.
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. Ieng Sary was foreing minister of the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 till he defected to the government in 1996. He is now standing trial for genocide in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
Hor Namhong “became head of the Beng Trabek (sic) camp and he and his wife collaborated in the killing of many prisoners. Among the victims were the Queen Mother's sister Nanette and her husband Metevi [Methavi] (a relative of Sirik Matak). Hor Namhong almost killed Chem Snguon and his family (including Widhya who was with his father in the camp because someone heard Widhya listening to a French radio broadcast,” it added.
Prince Sisowath Methavi is the father of Prince Sisowath Thomico, the advisor to the current King Sihamoni and Ex-King Sihanouk and the younger brother of Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, the chief coup leader of the 1970 that toppled the then Prince Sihanouk from power and cousin of Ex-King Sihanouk and also married to Nanette Izzi, younger sister of Monique Izzi, the wife of Ex-King Sihanouk who took the title of Queen Mother. Chem Sguon was a fellow diplomat with Hor Namhong in the 1960s and Minister of Justice in the current government from the same ruling Cambodian People's Party as Mr. Hor Namhong from the 1980s till his death in the 2000s.
The cable said that Chem Snguon and his family was spared because of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. "The Vietnamese invaded just before the Chem family was to be killed. Hor Namhong's wife asked Ieng Sary to help their daughter to work with the Khmer Rouge regime. She pointed out that she helped Ieng Sary bring back a lot of people to be killed", added the cable.
Many people, including former victims of the Boeung Trabek Re-Education Camp, claimed that Hor Namhong, his wife and children were in charge of Boeung Trabek Re-Education Camp and that they were involved in sending people to their deaths at Tuol Sleng Prison and Choeung Ek Killing Fields. But, the minister himself has long said that he and his family were prisoners at a Khmer Rouge camp, and he has successfully sued people, like opposition leader Sam Rainsy in 2008 and ex-King Sihanouk in 1991, for claiming that he had links to the blood-soaked communist movement. However, in early 2011, the French highest court, French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) , had overturned that conviction and exonerated Mr. Rainsy of all charges.
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 2mn 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, Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin were senior Khmer Rouge cadres.
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.
The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the leaks will not cloud the relationships between the two nations.
The Cambodian Foreign Ministry statement said Hor Namhong had summoned the US charge d’affaires in Phnom Penh, Jeff Daigle, on Thursday and strongly protested against the “highly defamatory” 2002 cable, which was released via WikiLeaks this week.
In the meeting, Mr. Hor Namhong asked Mr. Daigle “to convey to the US state department his strong protest” over the cable, “which is full of unacceptable maligned indictment”, said the statement.
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. Ieng Sary was foreing minister of the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 till he defected to the government in 1996. He is now standing trial for genocide in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal.
Hor Namhong “became head of the Beng Trabek (sic) camp and he and his wife collaborated in the killing of many prisoners. Among the victims were the Queen Mother's sister Nanette and her husband Metevi [Methavi] (a relative of Sirik Matak). Hor Namhong almost killed Chem Snguon and his family (including Widhya who was with his father in the camp because someone heard Widhya listening to a French radio broadcast,” it added.
Prince Sisowath Methavi is the father of Prince Sisowath Thomico, the advisor to the current King Sihamoni and Ex-King Sihanouk and the younger brother of Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, the chief coup leader of the 1970 that toppled the then Prince Sihanouk from power and cousin of Ex-King Sihanouk and also married to Nanette Izzi, younger sister of Monique Izzi, the wife of Ex-King Sihanouk who took the title of Queen Mother. Chem Sguon was a fellow diplomat with Hor Namhong in the 1960s and Minister of Justice in the current government from the same ruling Cambodian People's Party as Mr. Hor Namhong from the 1980s till his death in the 2000s.
The cable said that Chem Snguon and his family was spared because of the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia. "The Vietnamese invaded just before the Chem family was to be killed. Hor Namhong's wife asked Ieng Sary to help their daughter to work with the Khmer Rouge regime. She pointed out that she helped Ieng Sary bring back a lot of people to be killed", added the cable.
Many people, including former victims of the Boeung Trabek Re-Education Camp, claimed that Hor Namhong, his wife and children were in charge of Boeung Trabek Re-Education Camp and that they were involved in sending people to their deaths at Tuol Sleng Prison and Choeung Ek Killing Fields. But, the minister himself has long said that he and his family were prisoners at a Khmer Rouge camp, and he has successfully sued people, like opposition leader Sam Rainsy in 2008 and ex-King Sihanouk in 1991, for claiming that he had links to the blood-soaked communist movement. However, in early 2011, the French highest court, French Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) , had overturned that conviction and exonerated Mr. Rainsy of all charges.
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 2mn 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, Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly Chairman Heng Samrin were senior Khmer Rouge cadres.
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.
The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the leaks will not cloud the relationships between the two nations.
33 comments:
It's time !to pay back!Sihanouk
Heng Samrin, Chea Sim are former Khmer Viet Minh from Khmer Viet Minh became Khmer Rouge from Khmer Rouge became senate president and became National Assembly Chairman.
The evidences have piled up against Hor Namhong. Sure, with these amounts of proof, Hor Namong cannot deny his involvements anymore with killing the people during the Khmer Rouge regime. He was definitely the chief of Boeung Trabek camp and has certainly involved in sending people to their deaths. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal, currently in session in Cambodia, should investigate Hor Namhong's possible crimes and punish him accordingly if he is found guilty.
We all knew Hor 5 Hong was a Khmer Rouge. Just stop whining, and crying. We will peform bitch slapping you when opportunity given. But may not put you on trial.
ហណហ អើយមិនបាច់តវ៉ាទេ។ ប្រវត្តិឧក្រិដរបស់លោកឯងគេដឹងអស់ហើយ។ ចាញ់ក្តីនៅតុលាកាបារាំង ហើយឥឡូវនេះលេចធ្លាយឯកសារពិសា្ថនទូតអាមេរិក ពាក់ព័នពីតួនាទីជាមេគុកនៅបឹងត្របែក។ ហណហ ដើរតួសំខាន់ណាស់ក្នុងការបញ្ចុះបញ្ចូលបញ្ញាវន្តខែ្មរមកឲខ្មែរក្រហមសំលាប់។ មានងារជាបុរសផ្ការីកគ្រប់រដូវ បានន័យថាពូកែលត់ក្រាប់ និងលន់តួរសំបើមណាស់។ ហើយមានតួនាទីជាមេគុកនៅបឹងត្របែក អាចធ្វើការសន្និដ្ឋានយ៉ាងស្រួលតើប្រប្រិត្តបទឧក្រិដប៉ុណ្នា?
ហណហ អើយ កុំយកចង្អេរបាំងដំរីស្លាប់ កុំយកក្រដាសខ្ចប់ភ្លើង កុំយកទឹកអប់បាញ់បំបាត់ខ្លិនលាមក។ លាលែងពីតំណែងទៅមេឃាតករសំលាប់រាស្រ្តខ្មែរ។
This is an urgent job for the ECCC and the International Crimal Court to look into thoroughly sooner rather than later.
ទីបញ្ចប់ខ្មែរល្មមដឹងខ្លួនហើយថានរណាជាមេឃាត ករ។ ជាខ្មែរឬជាយួនបង្កប់។ មើលតែឈ្មោះនិងមុខដឹងហើយ។ បើជាខ្មែររៀនចេះដឹងប៉ុណ្ណេះមិនហ៊ានលើកដៃសម្លាប់ រាស្ត្រខ្លួន ហើយនៅធ្វើមុខក្រាស់ដូច្នេះទេ។ ពិតជាឈាមស្រែកស្បែកហៅមែន។
សូមទេវតាបរាមុខ អាចោរឃាតករលាក់មុខ លបកាប់សម្លាប់រាស្ត្រខ្មែរ សូមឲ្យពួកវាវិនាសសាបសូន្យ និងត្រូវ វែកមុខកាត់ទោសដោយតុលាការអន្តរជាតិ។
All CPP are Khmer Rouge and Viet slave.
Some cases are too big for ECC, so it must be handled by the International Criminal Court.
The more this guy Hor Nam Hong protests US must push UN to indict this guy Hor Nam Hong!
Every Khmer point your finger to the Hor Namhong face. He need to be arrest asap and wait for trail. Then others Khmer Rough is next be prepare Khmer people. let take ours nation, ours Pathet Khmer back.
Awesome Wikileaks. You are the leader of the innocent people around the world. When the killers rule they have always denied and they show their grand muscle threatening the people.
It's GOD's Time to put these killers like Hor Nam Hong, intruders like Vietnamese back to hell.
Thanks KI so much. You make Hor Nam Hong the killer can not rest. Thank you. Keep posting, Hor Nam Hong will not sleep day and night and his soul soon will leave his body and will stand before GOD, and GOD will judge him. Hor Nam Hong won't be at Purgatory but Hell. Purgatory he has a chance to go to heaven but Hell NO way.
Btw: What the US can do to Wikileaks? The US Govt' wanted to put the Wikileaks in jail against his freedom of speech? No way. Now the US govt' warned all Govt' employees to not read Wikileaks while at work. Sure they don't but they read on their own Computers.
How is the Khmer morders?
Ha, Ha the Killer are turn around in Cambodia Govt, most of them are former Khmer Rouges. Mr Hor can win over Sam Rainsy, but with USA, then please do.
Khmer poverb said "Dam Rei Slap York Chan Ee To Bang".
That is time Hor, you must tell the trust.
HOR NAM HONG, HUN SEN, CHEA SIM, HENG SAMRIN, AND A FEW HUNDRED OF VIET USING KHMER NAMES WERE THE KILLERS OF KHMER PEOPLE.
9:15 PM,
You did not follow the story of Wikileaks. Wikileaks is not under US government operates. Hor Nam Hong is an idiot because he does not know what is Wikileaks and who operate this non-profit organization either.
To know about Wikileaks go to this link and read it before you all make a foolish comments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiLeaks
PONHEA KHAN.. I WANT TO ADD TO YOUR LIST EX-KING SIHANOUK AND NEAK MNEANG MOIQUE ALSO ARE THE KILLER OF OUR KHMER NATION,
WikiLeaks is NOT operating by the US Government. It is an international non-profit organization that publishes submissions of private, secret, and classified media from anonymous news sources, news leaks, and whistleblowers.
Its website, launched in 2006 under The Sunshine Press[4] organization,[5] claimed a database of more than 1.2 million documents within a year of its launch.
WikiLeaks describes its founders as a mix of Chinese dissidents, journalists, mathematicians, and start-up company technologists from the United States, Taiwan, Europe, Australia, and South Africa.
Julian Assange, an Australian Internet activist, is generally described as its director.
9:29 PM
I am not Khmer but I knew your Khmer history like my fingers. You are Khmer but you are stupid for not knowing your own history, and how are you going to free Cambodia from the same invaders, Vietnamese?
FYI, Chov Ponhea Khan was a very good King, he was Chov Ponhea Khan took the name King Ramathispatei 1st, a son of Jayajetta II and a Laos Princess (his mother). Chov Ponhea Khan was trying to push the Vietnamese army led by NGoc Van, Jayajetta II's wife out of Cambodia after his father died. He needed all Muslims behind him, but the Vietnamese knew so they created a civil war between Chov Ponhea Khan and Ngoc Van's sons, then they accused the King for invading Vietbnam, they captured him and poisoned him on his way back to his country.
Sooner or later, The CPP gonna be toppled just like other evil regime. Because they no longer getting supports from the bigger countries.
9:41pm
Please forgive my Khmers. This 9:29pm is not the only stupid who lacks of knowledge, most my Khmers are. They don't care to educate themseves, they only go with the flow. Khmers lost because the majority are stupid. I'm sad but what can I do?
9:58 PM
You are wrong.
Most CPP high ranking are bought by Yuon Hanoi already. Many were given money, houses and servants. Yuon take Khmer money and give it to Khmer CPP.
No big countries has money to help small countries anymore, except China.
The US and Russia and Western countries are broke, No money.
China today can take any country or take Vietnam any time. But why China does not do it now? China use Vietnam to take Thailand for Thaksin eliminates the monarchy.
Vietnam is being used by China.
GOD is so good. We humans are so bad to the bone. We are greedy, we killed and we make wars. Now GOD sent the Beast 666 (China) to rule the world even a very short moment and about more than 5 billion lives will be perished. The ocean will be all red with our blood, the blood of sinners.
The little beast 666 at eastern of Cambodia does not stop its greedy. This little beast 666 (Yuon) will be perished and punished by the power of the Almighty. The little beast 666 (Yuon) will soon be sent back to hell.
Hey, Dragon Hunter; if Khmer symbol is the Naga (Serpent), also symbolic of Satan, if Satan fights against his own kingdom will he not fall?
The whole world is whoring after the Great Dragon not just Chinese and Vietnamese. I believe the true Beast will arise out of Islam religion as the false Messiah people been looking for.
Satan will not fight against his own kingdom but he will use people to fight for him. Khmer Rouge was his weapon to destroy many as he could. His kingdom is a chaotic one, yet many desire to be under his rulership. The governmental of this world is under Satanic control. If you live in America and think America is "free" you been taken captive and not knowing it.
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Mr. Hor Namhong, PM Hun Sen, Ex King Norodom Sihanouk were Khmer Rouge, That is the fact.
Ms R Keo,
My Khmer compatriots, we should have plenty of highly educated Khmers by now, who know Khmer history etc. well, to lead our country well into the future.
We no long need uneducated ones to lead us, it only leads our Khmer Nation from one tragedy to another.
I hope, more Khmer compatriots will enrol at universities world wide from now on, so we all can think out side the box, and help our country before we lose it to our enemy for ever.
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,
Current Minister of Finance Keat Chhon was a former Khmer Rouge as well. When will all these former Khmer Rouge cadres in CPP be prosecuted and stand trial like their predessors??
Most Cambodians were "Khmer Rouge" at one stage or another, especially after the 1970 coup when Sihanouk asked the people to join the KR to fight Lon Nol. Most did. So KR was made up of all sorts of people, some very good, some very bad, and everything in between. So "good" former KR now in positions in the government or community cannot automatically be condemned by their former association with the KR. They can only be judged according to their actual deeds and the circumstances of the times.
To: 4:59PM
The Khmer rouge the ECCC and the International Criminal Court are interested in are the Khmer Rouge that committed Crime Against Humanity, the murderous ones, Khmer or foreign, that does not matter.
Ho Namhong is a murderer he lost the trial in friench court he should be arrested why friench lets this crimnal on the street. is the world blind? I want all country have to bloch this criminalfrom entering to their countries I`m asking all khmer peoples in all country around the world please request to your own government to block or arrest this criminal.
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