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| Kong Kiet and wife working during their stay in Thailand |
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said yesterday a Cambodian man and his family had gained political asylum in the United States after escaping arrest three years ago when he stepped forward to allege electoral fraud by the ruling party during the 2008 national ballot.
In a statement yesterday, Rainsy said Kong Kiet, of the capital’s Meanchey district, along with his wife and three children, had not been a registered voter during the 2008 election, but “CPP-controlled authorities” had given him and others money and fake identification, allowing them to cast ballots for the CPP at polling stations.
“Because he dared to publicly expose the truth and to . . . . testify in the complaint that the SRP lodged against the CPP authorities, the police came to arrest Mr Kong Kiet, who luckily managed to escape,” Rainsy said, adding that Kong Kiet and his family had lived in a “neighbouring country” before attaining asylum.
Senior CPP lawmaker Cheam Yeap said he did not know who Kong Kiet was and denied that CPP leaders had ordered the NEC or local authorities to do anything illegal during elections.
“We see that this is just defamation against the ruling party,” he added.
Tep Nytha, secretary general of the National Election Committee, said he was also unaware of the case and that the SRP had never filed a complaint to the NEC.
But senior SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua was quick to refute the last assertion, pointing out that the complaint in question had been publicly posted on opposition-related news blog KI-Media and that she clearly remembered the case.
“[Sam Rainsy] made a nat-ionwide appeal for people who had been given wrong identification to come forward, and Mr Kiet was one of the people [who did].
“They wanted to arrest him,” she said. “I remember so well because Mr Rainsy spent a lot of time nailing down these irregularities.”
Mu Sochua added that the credibility of voter lists was crucial with commune elections looming
“Mr Kiet’s case was not an isolated one,” she said. “That’s why we want a fundamental review of the system.”
US embassy spokesman Sean McIntosh could not be reached for comment on Kong Kiet’s status.
11 comments:
Alot of cases are building up against the cpp, hanoi puppet.
The truth is the truth;no one can't
escape from the truth.Later on it
will show the truth.
The evil man,Hun Sen,couldn't escape
what he has done wrong.
i have a feeling sometimes people like this couple seek asylum, especially to america by claiming political victim, etc... did you know people want to come live in america! sometimes, i think american officials are so naive about this fact. people seek asylum by making up dreaded excuse that american will honor. before america start believing them, come look at cambodia, we are not a commy country or abusing human rights or whatever like this people incited and accuse cambodia wrongfully. that is a bunch of crook this family is, you know! sometime, they use the past to tarnish cambodia's good image! and the country that believe them is still in the dark as well, you know!
sam rainsy's excuse to run away from cambodia?
The truth is the truth .
But sometime it is too late to know the truth to save Cambodia lives and Cambodia from Hanoi ambition .
Just look at a few of this part of the problem we are facing in Cambodia now are:
Black become whithe.
True enimy became friends.
The killers became lives saver.
The lives savers became the killers.
We need more people to speak up against Ah fucking Hun Sen. Hun Sen already win the 2012 election, but Hun Sen cannot win their donor and aids. So UN, US, Stop giving Hun Sen aids!! Stop supporting dictatorship. Stop opposition, if you want to see equal and fair election!
11:10 PM aka really, Ok, Etc-etc, You know,
For your information, every time someone or someone's claimed political asylum, the US Embassy will thoroughly investigate to make sure that the claimant(s) story are authentic.
This case will then forwarded to the Immigration Judge. The hearing will then take place just like an ordinary court case. Witness is called to testify along with the agent testimony that supported the finding.
So, your assumption fall short this time, just like your brain.
Really!!!¡¡
Sometime I wonder if 11:10 is a daughter of a Cambodian crony.
Her every idea and post seems to support the the regime. Yet, clueless at the same time.
She's probably locked up in a closet of a mansion somewhere in Scambodia so her high ranking family can preserve her light skin. Get out of the closet! Set yourself free! Seek political asylum to the country like.....Libya.
Ms Nguyen is on her meds, she gets confuse, at times.
11:10 PM
No we Americans are not naive. Whoever live in our greatest nation (USA) must pay taxes. Everyone obeys the Laws. Do you have those systems?
No, Cambodia does not have anything. It is a Commie-Royal nation ruled by the political anarchists.
Khmer people, you would hate this because Chinese Firm bought the Timer Land in Stung Treng.
Khmer people, please read this article below and pass it along to the International Communities.
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2011110252471/Business/chinese-firm-buys-timber-concession.html
What is the fuck are they are doing to destroy Cambodia's Natural Resources!
It must be CPP Yuon/Viet crooks and leeches who are doing the business with Chinese Firm, trying to make the money and run/get away with it.
Khmer Yeurng!
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