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| Ven. Loun Savath receiving the Hellman Hammett prize in the US in July 2011. |
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| Hochimonk Non Nget buttering up Hun Xen's father |
By Tin Zakariya
Radio Free Asia
Translated form Khmer by Soch
activities led by Ven. Loun Savath do not violate any Buddhist rule or state law. Quite to the contrary, this clergy order is instead a human rights oppression.
Ven. Loun Savath who usually participated in various community protests, such as the forest protection communities, and who also joined protests organized by residents who were unjustly evicted from their lands and houses, has been accused by a Phnom Penh Hochimonk of committing acts violating Buddhist rule and religion.
On 22 August, Ven. Loun Savath reacted to the clergy order issued by the Siem Reap head monk preventing him from receiving shelters from any pagodas in Siem Reap province and accusing him of violating Buddhist rule, by saying that he did not do anything wrong and that his action was only to help seek justice and to share the pain of the people who face human rights violations – such as losing their houses, their lands from violations committed by private companies.
The clergy order issued on 19 August stipulated that Ven. Loun Savath is prohibited from officiating a freedom celebration for 12 released prisoners in Wat Thmei pagoda, Chikreng district, Siem Reap province.
Furthermore, all pagodas in the province are not allowed to provide shelter to Ven. Loun Savath because he is affecting the value of Buddhism. In the event Ven. Loun Savath does not abide by the order, all monks must cooperate with the authority to take religious and legal measures against him. All monks must cooperate with officials from the department of cult to put into application the clergy order.
Chum Kim Leng, the deputy head monk of Siem Reap province, said that if Ven. Loun Savath stops participating in protests, then he will be allowed to stay in a pagoda in Siem Reap.
Bun Vanna, the director of the Siem Reap department of cult and religion, declined to comment on this case, but he indicated that the activities led by Ven. Loun Savath are contrary to the 2010 clergy order which prohibited any monk from participating in strikes and protests.
Nevertheless, Am Sam Ath, a high-ranking investigator for the Licadho human rights organization, expressed his regret to see this clergy order because the activities led by Ven. Loun Savath do not violate any Buddhist rule or state law. Quite to the contrary, this clergy order is instead a human rights oppression.
This is the second clergy order prohibiting Ven. Loun Savath from receiving shelter in Siem Reap province after Hochimonk Non Nget issued an order on 26 April 2011 banning Ven. Loun Savath from seeking shelter in pagodas in Phnom Penh.
Ven. Loun Savath usually joined with people who demand justice for their evictions from their lands and houses, such his recent participation with residents from Boeung Kak Lake, Dey Krahorm and Chikreng.
26 comments:
Why this Tamil Hochimonk still meddling Khmer Buddhist? Oh, forgot, youn is running the country, everything else just...well dyng a day at a time.
A new Cambodian hero fighting to helping, protecting, saving, and against all the land-grabbers and human rights abuses.
Long live to Ven. Loun Savath and other Cambodian heroes.
I think hun sen might arrest him and send him to Viet nam like sokhan. Hun sen never accept what he was done wrong to Cambodian and
put the word DEVELOPMENT that it.He used this word to take the land from poor khmer without proper
compensation. now that monk no place to go and may be jail who know HUN will do ???
Khmer Krom Ven. Tim Sokhon was kidnapped and sent to Vietnam to be trial, jailed, reeducated, released and now he in the U.S. with Khmer Krom Association. Ven. Loun Savath will be arrest and jail forever like Heng Pov.
អាទេព វង្ស និងអា នួន ងែត គឺសុទ្ធសឹង
តែជាទមិឡ។ពួកវាជាឆ្កែបំរើយួន។
ពួកអានេះគឺជាយួន។
These monks accused him of involving political issue publicly in favor of government, they also involve in politics. I have no respect of them. What do the supreme monks in Cambodia do for Cambodian people, language, nation region? Nothing and nothing, waste of food that we offer to these monks. They don't have wives, children to worry but they are affraid of violators as simple men, they are coward, not deserve respect.
All actions that this monk tries to do is to get political asylum to live in overseas. That is all.
8:24PM.
We don't think that is that case that the monk is doing this to seek political asylum.
Don't you know that other Cambodian Buddhist monks have been tortured by this cruel regime led by the HoChiMonk spies?
If seeking political asylum is true, it indicates that the situation in CAmbodia is worst than originally thought. Should this concern you at all before you made such a stupid comment?
Helping and caring for the poors is the work of God-Buddha. We must stand by his good work as the people fo Cambodia who love peace, freedom and the pursuit of happiness.
8:24pm-
pestimistick you-
reality: first people try to help people but trying to escape the persecution due to good work is not wrong.
this good monk had been in the US before, he could just declare for asylem then, and not return to Cambodia.
So you are just a jerk from Yuon slave
Honorable Ven. Loun Savath, we support you. Khmer are lucky to have you,and we pray Buddha to protect you from Tamile on all forms.
Long live Ven. Loun Savath !!
Non Nget will be Non Nguorp Khmean Ney in the near future !!
If we have some more monks as Venerable Loun Sovath, Cambodia will be freed from CPP evil, and Yuon Hanoi.
Viva Venerable Loun Sovath!!!!!!.
Defeat all Hochimonks and CPP evils!!!!!!!!!!!.
Pay respect and give food to Hochimonks mean allowing Viet to control Our Motherland.
8:24Pm You're so wrong .He try work so hard to save poor khmer and you trash him and to make you happy . that's suckkkkkk
Honorable Ven. Loun Sovath has the respect and love of Cambodia people.
We support you for caring for the poor and victims of the injustice.
May God-Buddha bless you!
YI!@ Monk try to touch lay man!!!
Honorable Ven. Loun Savath cannot do it all alone. We must stand by him and support him as Khmer who care for peace and justice.
We must work together!!!
Some small part of our people like to deride each other instead of support. This is an our ritual?
Logically speaking, if we provide love, we will receive love. If we provide hatred, we will receive hatred.
We have to learn and act these from dogs.
Vietcong never had any good intention toward its neighbors! Never mind love, they don't care. Their guiding principle 'pure greed'.
That anonymous 8:24 is either stupid or no brainer, or try to needle all you guys so just ignore that SOB.
Now, if you all are serious about starting a revolution, I have realistic ideas that can topple the current government "Legally" but we need to unite and sacrifice ourselves not just money but the majority of us is afraid to die? we are going to die anyway it's a matter of when? so wake up spread the words "Khmer Krok Leung!" in every towns and provinces just like in Libya, Syria, Iran, Egypt, etc... At this point it's not time to debate if the traitors has conscience or not aware of their actions or not? it's over, they are Cambodia's traitors.
5:38AM
With you bro
If Vietnam govt and Hun Sen govt
wanted Ven.Loun Savath,they could
catch him for a long time;but they
couldn't.Why?
If they caught Ven.Loun Savath,
Khmer people will rise up against
Hun Sen govt.
May God Buddha bless Ven.Loun Savath
all Khmer people against Hun Sen and
Vietnamese in Cambodia.
Doesn't the Buddhist teachings stipulate that you give love and shelter even to your own enemy?
Any Buddhist monastery in Cambodia which refuses accomodation for Ven. Loun Savath breaks automatically the main principle of Buddhism so the laypersons should stop giving the monks there any more food so they all can starve to death since they don't deserve being fed anyway.
Pissed off
Chum Kim Leng, Ah Lok Sang Pong Kdor!
You get free rice because Cambodian laypersons are not smart enough to differentiate between a sucker like you and the real monks.
A Lok Sang Ngorb!
Hi Everyone,
One of KI-Media member who has his name in Facebook as Khmer Sovannaphumi but his real name is Pang Sokhoeun, former political asylum and now living in Sweden. He always copies news from here to post in his facebook profile to promote himself, but right now, he tries to remove and blocked anyone who dares to reveal his con activity particular he tries to hide what he has cheated his wife (Sreypov Chea) by having a girlfriend (Sokunthear Sam) behind his wife back. Now, his girlfriend had run way from him after she knew his cheating.
A con man Pang Sokhoeun as well as KI-Media like to insult to the government officers who have affairs, but himself does even worse than other people. What a shame!
When one person had posted in KI-Media and accused that a con man Pang Sokhoeun is a brother of Som Ek (former Chief of Tiger's head sign guerilla, who was arrested and put in prison by Cambodian government) during that time, a cheater Pang Sokhoeun came to deny in his blogs immediately and had pointed the blame to Mr. Sourn Serey Rotha, but this time, he has bury his head in the sand because he cannot deny the truth that he has cheated his wife. Right now, all he can do is removed and blocked anyone who dared to reveal his cheating.
Someone here is having mental breakdown regarding to personal relation. Dude, if your girl friend cheat on you, get another,plenty fo good, wonderful girls out there. Need to talk to someone about relationship this is not the place to vent your issue!
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