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| Yem Sam-on, a former Khmer Rouge cadre who worked as a naval mechanic, speaks to the Post yesterday on the sidelines of the Khmer Rouge tribunal, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan) |
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
For former Khmer Rouge cadre Yem Sam-on, it is clear that his former superior is a criminal who should be prosecuted by the Khmer Rouge tribunal.
Speaking in the large, open-air cafeteria of the tribunal yesterday on the first day of evidence hearings in Case 002, the 61-year-old former naval mechanic described how working life under former Khmer Rouge Navy Commander Meas Muth was one filled with constant fear.
“I worked directly under Meas Muth who was my supervisor at the time,” Yem Sam-on, who resides in Kampot province’s Chumkiri district, said. “Me, the cadres – we were all afraid of him and the power he had in the regime.
“I do believe that Meas Muth has a large share of the responsibility for the crimes committed during the [Khmer Rouge regime],” he said.
Meas Muth is widely believed to be one of two suspects investigated in the tribunal’s controversial third case.
Despite the closure of investigations in April, Meas Muth has not been arrested and an indictment has not yet been issued. He continues to live in Battambang province’s Samlot district near the Thai-Cambodian border.
Yem Sam-on joined the resistance movement in 1973 and worked as a mechanic in the Navy Division, particularly on warship maintenance. He became a Khmer Rouge soldier in 1975 in Kampot province and was later selected to travel with former Khmer Rouge Foreign Affairs Minister Ieng Sary to China for a study tour in Shanghai.
Upon his return, he continued to serve as a cadre in the regime’s Central Military Division 502.
Investigating judges in Case 002 found that Division 502 was “notably in charge of the [Cambodian] air force and responsible for all airports in Cambodia” and “actively participated” in the purge of military “bad elements”, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of soldiers accused of being traitors to the regime.
“Of course I do feel some personal guilt, and I don’t think one person can be responsible for killing the huge number of people,” Yem Sam-on said. “But [Meas Muth’s] role [as navy commander] at that time is huge and he should be included in the next case after 002.”
Meas Muth could not be contacted yesterday. Along with Meas Muth, Air Force Commander Sou Met is widely believed to be included in the investigations into Case 003.
The government opposes any cases after the current trial against former Khmer Rouge senior leaders Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary and Khieu Samphan.
6 comments:
Every notable cadre, especially the member of the Party under DK regime,possessed unquestionable power to prosecute and execute any prisoner of war aka the 17 April losers.
With that said, Heng Samrin or Hun Nal or Chea Sim, each top cadre earned stripe and star by performing the killing or snitching on the 17 April losers or the accused colleagues of treachery or foreign nations agents.
Crushing enemies or collaborateurs is the most noble act in the defense of the Red Bloody Revolutionary Core leadership.
Invite Heng Samrin,Hun Sen,Chea Sim,Pen Sovann,Ee Chhean,Sou Meth,Meas Muth, Im Chhaem and the Red King Hanuman to ECCC witness stance.
KRT is just a comical show!
The past is history...The winner always makes and rewrites history...
We, Viet, have been doing just that...and there is nothing you dumb Khmer can do about it! What was Khmer's is now Viet's...and it remains that way for all of you dumb khmer's life time
Let me tell you something else:
GOD already knows, dumb Khmer is helpless. We, Viet, are already controlling Viet-Cambodia from top to bottom, from the Senate to the farm land...
Hun Sen will be irrelevant in the very near future and there will be more and brighter Viet-Khmer/Khmer-Viet smarter ones to lead Viet-Cambodia...
Viet is everywhere in Viet-Cambodia from farmer to technician, from nurse to doctor, from firefighter to engineer, from rubber plantation owner/worker to Hun Sen's political advisor and bodyguards including Angkor Wat's owner...You all name it and Viet is there...Khmer doesn't do squat besides getting addicted to Viet's ass in Viet-Cambodia, even foreigners are enjoying it nicely and quietly too...
Once again, whether or not all you dumb Khmer surrender yourselves to Viet, Khmer is now deep-rooted Viet, and irreversibly so already.
Hun Sen is just a dumb Viet-Khmer that can be disposed of at anytime at just a blink of an eye!
Challenge me if all of you dumb Khmer can. We have millions of us (legally the majority thanks to that dumb Hun Sen) that will vote for Viet-Khmer candidate legally and democratically forever, even the outside world would support and agree and as a matter of factly, there is not much the outside world can do about it...
How Sam Raingsy and/or any of your worthless so-called dumb heroe(s) including the stupid dumb king Sihanouk of yours that just wants to reign and rule plan to win Cambodia back? The Federation of Indochina under Viet's protectorate is here to stay on this planet earth for real. How do all of you dumb Khmer think or plan to de-vietnamize it???
KRT is just a show to entertain the world. We, Viet, are that good and smart.
Can Khmer put up the second Killing fields to get rid of millions of legal Viet-Khmer citizen now like we, Viet, did?
Okay you dumb Khmer - put it up or shut up while we, Viet, are domesticating you for the bright future of the Federation of Indochina!
It's all too late for you dumb Khmer already!!!
Ms. Soap
P.s Think about how all of our Viet-Khmer/Khmer-Viet offsprings/Half-breeds would look beautifully and be smart like in our Federation of Indochina???
តើខ្មែរអាចសំឡាប់ប្រជាជន យួន ខ្មែរ រាប់លាន
អ្នកបានដូចដែល វៀត ធ្វើនោះទេ?
ស្ដាប់ឮទេខ្មែរ ល្ងង់ខ្លៅ???
Once again, can Khmer put up the second Killing Field to get rid of millions of legal Viet-Khmer citizen now like we, Viet, did?
Eest-ce que vous m'entendez les ignorants Khmers?
Juste Pour me répéter:
Peut Khmer créer un deuxième «Killing Field» pour se débarasser des millions de Viet-Khmer qui sont maintenant les habitants légaux du Viet-Cambodge comme nous, les Viets, avions fait?
KI-Media is yesterday news and ought to shut down for good or better yet, come kiss our Viet's ass now!
Our Viet's ass (80 millions) is resource #1. We defeated the French and the Americans just with our ass. We have suicidal commandoes to win the war. What do you dum Khmer have? We, Viet, can let loose another million of our new fresh ass into Viet-Khmer shortly...as per Hun Sen's agreement just to let him rule...
What can all of you dumb Khmer do to stop it?
Qu'est-ce-que vous allez faire, les ignorants Khmers?
តើខ្មែរល្ងង់ខ្លៅឯងធ្វើអីកើតទៅ ក្រៅពីធ្វើខ្ញុំយួន!
Hahaha....bipolar.
LoveKhmer
DUMB, VIETCONGS/VIETNAMS, YOUR SMART IN THE BAD WAYS BY KILLING KHMERS PEOPLE AND TAKE OVER THEIR LANDS AND COUNTY ETC. EVEN IN AMERICA, WHEN YOU (DUMB VIETCONGS), DO SOMETHING WRONGS.
1. YOU TELLING AMERICANS PEOPLE, YOU ARE KHMER/CAMBODIAN.
2 WHEN YOU (DUMB VIETCONGS) DO SOMETHING GOOD, YOU TELLING AMERICANS
PEOPLE, YOU ARE VIETNAMESE OR CHINESE.
DON'T LOOKS DOWN ON KHMERS PEOPLE AS YOU ARE SO DUMB TOO.
AND THE WORLD IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE NOW, MAYBE YOUR (DUMB EVILS VIETCONGS) GO TO HELL SOON.
everybody can agree that the dumb KR didn't have to kill people to achieve whatever they want to achieve during their power in cambodia. but they killed people and destroyed cambodia anyway.
they used forces to make people do what they want them to do, no law, no civility, no justice whatsoever during their reign of terror, you know! they all seemed to be very ignorant people that became leaders in charge of the KR gov't and chain of command, etc! pure ignorant; most of them can't read or write and didn't even know anything about the world out there. they all lived in a dark hole called ignorance, that was their problem! even some of them like their old leaders that are sitting in court right now, they were evil, selfish, full of hatred and revenges and contempt of civilized society, intellectual people, etc, so they delegate their evil order to the ignorant people to carry out the atrocity. of course, they must be held responsible and accountable, period. who else was there under their stupid KR rules? it was their stupidity and ignorance, you see!
Ms. Soap,
You are processing dog meat in Cambodia. What flavor of dog meat do you like to serve your Vietgook masters?
Just call your Vietgook masters/dog eaters in Hanoi?
You are very excited to cook dog meat for your ugly Vietgook masters in Srok Khmer.
Make sure you wash your hands with soap and turn back to your Vietgook masters to sniff you from back.
Also, you are Vietgook born in Cambodia and you can speak Khmer. Hope you will be arrested when you are a secret Yuon/Vietgook agent just like form secret Yuon agents hiding among Khmer Rouges regime who murdered and killed Khmer people who were very higher educators.
You need to show stinky hole to your Vietgook dog eaters to sniff you. Then you will be fucked and produces more Vietgook dog eaters and spread to Thailand.
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