Sunday, January 15, 2012

Soeun Sam - a proud handicap bookseller in Phnom Penh: Interview by Theary Seng

Soeun Sam lost both of his hands from landmine when he was a former soldier fighting with the KR along Dangrek Mountain. Although he is handicapped, he refused to beg for a living, instead he sells books along Quai Sisowath in Phnom Penh. "Whether people want to by books from me or not, I don't mind, I have nothing to be disappointed with. I refuse to beg, I want to lead a dignified life!", Sam said. With his positive outlook on life, Soeun Sam only cares about the education of his children who still live in his village in Mesang district, Prey Veng province. As a veteran soldier, he owns no land and his family still live with other people while he earns a meager living in Phnom Penh. One cannot help but admire the courage and cheerfulness of this proud handicap man. If you meet him along Quai Sisowath or elsewhere in Phnom Penh, you can help him by buying books from him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Guv-Wt7Dsjc

Where is Mesang district, Prey Veng province:

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

please post more, how can I meet him in Phnom Penh or maybe we can help his children for shool.

Anonymous said...

Séng Theary,
You are bullshitting!
Hypocrisy that you play; your dart-Game that you twist and trick; your behavior that you stoop in two faces; the intellectual show-off that you fresh; S-21 that you endeavor to twist the reality; ECCC that you try to shake; Use Christianity as a tool to cover your hypocrisy ; at the bottom line where is your esteem? Man's value is based upon its action. For Christian believer as you are, God is mighty; God see everything; the way of Jesus is imperative. Hypocrisy is not the way of Jesus. Betraying God is to quit the preparation of the Kingdom Of Heaven, what Christian as you must do to prepare for it, salvation through faith. The way you act, do you thing that you have faith to your mighty God?
Why didn't you interview Boeung Kak and Borei Keila people about the injustice that have been happen to innocent Khmer People?
Why didn't you cry out loud to the world’s community telling that Youn immigrant is full in the country? Why didn't you tell the world that Youn was behind the Khmer Rouge?

Anonymous said...

Well, folks, when we are in Phnom Penh, let us look for him along Quai Sisowath or elsewhere in Phnom Penh or anyone like him selling things. These are the people we all can help for sure by buying what they sell.


Theary, thank you for the interview to raise the awareness and KI Media team for posting this video on your site!

Great work, indeed!

Pissed off

Anonymous said...

The truth is that he IS a beggar using his handicap to pressure the tourists to buy books.

All these beggars, shoe cleaners and book sellers are a handicap for Phnom Penhs riverside.

Anonymous said...

10:32 AM,

You sound like a Christian. If so, you don't represent Christ very well.

Stop cursing and blaming Theary with your accusation! Are you jealous of her? Chirst forbids that!

Cambodia belongs to you as well, not just hers so why don't you pack up and move to Cambodia to help do what you told her to do or accuse her of not doing?

Don't just sit behind your computer and blame people who work on the ground! Have you ever heard the words such as danger, prison, security, life-threatening situations and risks?

I give her a good credit as a girl who was growing up in America and went to work in Cambodia!

I am pretty sure some people do benefit from her work and one of them is Soeun Sam.

What have you done for Cambodia? What is your plan? Any?

Anonymous said...

10:35 AM,

Do they put guns to the tourists' heads to force them to buy what they sell?

Were your parents or you once refugees or a refugee?

Did they or you use your suffering to force the western countries to provide you with food in the camps and later on an asylum in their countries?

If you are now a butterfly, just remember that a butterfly was once a worm.

Anonymous said...

Look at the cause of a man of a book seller. WE HAVE TO THINK TO MAIN SOURCE TO THE SITUATION WHICH HAS PUSHED HIM TO SELL BOOKS. Have we thought about the regime that what they have done to the innocent people? Séng Theary present this video is simply to show off her view on a handicap person for her own role as a CPP’s game player. This is very secondary and nothing. If she is a good interviewer, she ought to ask about the intervention from the government on his situation; especially he is a veteran. That 2:44mn video means nothing. This video is about to laugh at Khmer Misery. It is so sad to see Youn immigrant to occupy the country LIVING IN PROSPERITY, and taking the possibility of Khmer people from having the easier life. The main thing that we have to think about is the daily life of all Khmer people live under the misery. Séng Theary ought to ask question about his salary as a veteran, the corruption of the Hun Sen regime steal their salary. We have to understand those Khmer veterans have been abandoned. He even not needs to sell books. He must have full support from the government. Séng Theary must say that government ought to take care of him rather than a brave dignified man selling books on the road. She ought to attach an augment that even Preah Vihear soldier, the CPP government didn’t take good care of them. HEV YOU SEEN RECENTLY THAT A FAMILY KHMER SOLIDER HAS BEEN EVICTED HIS HOUSE FROM BEREI KEILA. This video is trying to shift the view of Khmer people. THIS VIDEO IS AN INSULT PERIOD.

She is bullshitting!
Hypocrisy that she plays; your dart-Game that she twists and tricks; her behavior that she stoops in two faces; the intellectual show-off that she freshens; S-21 that she endeavors to twist the reality; ECCC that she tries to shake; Use Christianity as a tool to cover her hypocrisy ; at the bottom line where is her esteem? Man's value is based upon its action. For Christian believer as she is, God is mighty; God see everything; the way of Jesus is imperative. Hypocrisy is not the way of Jesus. Betraying God is to quit the preparation of the Kingdom Of Heaven, what Christian as her must do to prepare for it, salvation through faith. The way she acts, does she think that she has faith to her mighty God?
Why didn't she interview Boeung Kak and Borei Keila people about the injustice that have been happen to innocent Khmer People?
Why didn't she cry out loud to the world’s community telling that Youn immigrant is full in the country? Why didn't she tell the world that Youn was behind the Khmer Rouge?

Anonymous said...

Well, The current Khmer soldiers can point their guns to their officers, generals and Hun Sen and demand better salaries and compensation!

If they choose to not do it, then nothing will change.

Some of them use their position and guns to help the companies evict their poor fellow Khmers!

Anonymous said...

If you are brave, go ahead, why
dependance one women, otherwise
it is better to close your mouth!

Paris V. 15/1/2012

Anonymous said...

Paris V. 15/1/2012,
One woman, two, three women and so on, the fact is that if these women have been really served the Khmer cause. Since 1951, there are a lot of Youn spies in Cambodia in order to swallow the country, therefore, as a Khmer people we need to pay attention to all those spies. To contribute help and support the country in any manner it is choice of each individual; once we engage to do, it needs to be righteous...

Anonymous said...

សូមមេត្តាឈប់ប្រើវប្បធម៌លាបពណ៌ព្រោះ
អ្នកនាងសេងធារីមិនបានស៊ីញ៉េកោះត្រល់
ទៅឲ្យយួនឡើយ។
ប៉ារីស៍១៥មករា២០១២
ក្រុមកវីខ្មែរ

Anonymous said...

Opponents are also the royalist party, thus
the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) is transformed into theater room that Miss Theary Seng said. This scenario 001 (KRT) had its attack target insult which bears the name or first name (Duch) as the organization Khmer Rouge manipulated the global media including Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Radio Free Asia (RFA) for a long time.
Paris V 01/15/2012

Anonymous said...

If you follow Seng Theary closely, you will see she has two faces. Remember, it is Youn who Created the KRT because of "no choice" with the international pressure; but in the mean time, they try to sabotage the KRT in order to avoid the sentence on the Khmer Rouge leaders who served Youn strategy to kill Khmer. In the elements to play Youn game, Seng Theary is on e of them. Watch closely step by step on her foot print you will understand. Youn is very profound with the game. Youn create the S-21 is to tell the world that KHMER KILLED KHMER. Watch Séng Theary activity at S-21, her DART_GAME. Use your judgment. Don't be fooled by her show.

Anonymous said...

​ឪពុកម្ដាយសេងធារីរួមទាំងខ្មែរស្លូតត្រង់ប្រមាណបីលាននាក់ត្រូវបានអង្គការលើសម្លាប់យ៉ាងវេទនាបំផុតដោយវាចោទឬលាបពណ៏ថាជាភ្នាក់ងារសម្ងាត់(សេអ៊ីអា)ឬលាបពណ៏ថាខ្មែរខួរក្បាលយួន។ល។
នៅក្នុងរដ្ឋសភាបារាំងបានប្រជុំដើម្បី
បង្កើតសាលាក្ដីខ្មែរក្រហមឲ្យបានឆាប់តែ
ពេលនោះមានស្រ្តីខ្មែរម្នាក់បានចាក់ខ្សែ
(វីដេអូ)រំខានភ្លាមនោះលោកស្រីដំណាង
រាស្រ្ដបារាំងមានប្រតិកម្មថា(ការរំខាននេះ
មិនអាចស្ទះដំណើរការបង្កើតសាលាក្តីខ្មែរ
ក្រហមឡើយ)។តើស្ត្រីដែលរំខាននោះជា
នរណា? គឺមិនមែនស្រ្តីយួនឬក៏អ្នកនាង
សេងធារីទេតែជាស្រ្តីជាតិខ្មែរប្រពន្ធដំណាងរាស្ត្រគណបក្សប្រឆាំង។
ប៉ារីស៍១៦មករា២០១២
អក្សរភាសាខ្មែរ

Anonymous said...

ឪពុកម្ដាយសេងធារីរួមទាំងខ្មែរស្លូតត្រង់ប្រមាណបីលាននាក់ត្រូវបានអង្គការលើសម្លាប់យ៉ាងវេទនាបំផុត ដោយវាចោទឬលាបពណ៏ថាជាភ្នាក់ងារសម្ងាត់(សេអ៊ីអា)ឬលាបពណ៏ថាខ្មែរខួរក្បាលយួន។ល។
នៅក្នុងរដ្ឋសភាបារាំងបានប្រជុំដើម្បី
បង្កើតសាលាក្ដីខ្មែរក្រហមឲ្យបានឆាប់តែ
ពេលនោះមានស្រ្តីខ្មែរម្នាក់បានចាក់ខ្សែ
(វីដេអូ)រំខានភ្លាមនោះលោកស្រីដំណាង
រាស្រ្ដបារាំងមានប្រតិកម្មថា(ការរំខាននេះ
មិនអាចស្ទះដំណើរការបង្កើតសាលាក្តីខ្មែរ
ក្រហមឡើយ)។តើស្ត្រីដែលរំខាននោះជា
នរណា? គឺមិនមែនស្រ្តីយួនឬក៏អ្នកនាង
សេងធារីទេតែជាស្រ្តីជាតិខ្មែរប្រពន្ធដំណាងរាស្ត្រគណបក្សប្រឆាំង។
ប៉ារីស៍១៦មករា២០១២
អក្សរភាសាខ្មែរ

Anonymous said...

We are so much scared of the yuon while doing nothingto stop the yuon, but blaming our fellow khmer.

At least Theary has done lots of work for Khmer causes, not for yuon, if you care to use your brain critically.

Those who accuse her of worjing fopr the yuon have not proved anything - show evidence ? Or you don't know what is meant by evidence ?

More people like you Cambodia will lose its identity faster and don't blame Theary but yourselves who sit on your ass doing nothing. Lazy even to study and find out the truth.