Friday, May 25, 2012

Latest update on Ven. Loun Sovath

25 May 2012
KI-Media
“Defrocking a monk for standing up for the poor is a sign of Hun Sen’s desperation - Phil Robertson, Human Rights Watch
As of 4:00AM this morning in Phnom Penh, we picked up a copy of the Phnom Penh Post which provided the following details about Ven. Loun Sovath:

A Post reporter who gained entry to the [Wat Botum] complex [where Ven. Loun Sovath was detained] approached the Supreme Patriarch, but he refused to answer questions.

About 7:30 pm, the [defrock] meeting with the senior monks ended and Loun Savath made a brief appearance near the entrance.

I am not defrocked,” he told reporters. But they have asked me to stay at a pagoda in my homeland in Siem Reap.
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According to an anonymous source, Hun Xen issued an order to Hochimonk Non Nget not to defrock Ven. Loun Sovath, but only to teach him a lesson. Our source also indicated that Ven. Loun Sovath has already been released although his whereabout is still unknown.
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An anonymous source informed us that, during his detention at Wat Botum pagoda, Ven. Loun Sovath was severely beaten up by the Hochimonks. Currently, he is physically hurt pretty bad.

The Hochimonks also forced Ven. Loun Sovath to sign an agreement not to involve with future human rights issues or any other protests. Under threat of defrocking and jailing, the “Multi-Media Monk” had no choice but to sign this agreement that was forced on him. Among the trumped-up charges that were laid on him by the Hochimonks, Ven. Loun Sovath was accused of: (1) leading the protest, (2) fomenting a revolutionary war against the government, (3) being involved with Sourn Serey Ratha’s group and (4) being involved with the Paris-based Phka Chhouk (Lotus Revolution) movement. All these trumped-up charges clearly point to Hun Xen’s regime desperation.

Please stay tuned...

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good news that he is not harmed. But, if he cannot use his freedom of speech, he is already dead(philosophically speaking).

Anonymous said...

he CPP has a very dirty but efficient way to control hundred of thousand if not millions people who are practically held hostage by the situation. The CPP can increase salary of government workers, teachers and soldiers, police...etc. No one can survive with current salaries. In order to earn more by taking bribe, you should demonstrate to be loyal to the CPP the more you can take bribes (but also the more you take, the more you have to pay higher officials). The more you get, the more you become addicted to this way of surviving, or if you become rich you by that way you become completely loyal to CPP and must defend your or their interest. Of course, this is not the case with everybody (I dare hope so). I have a friend who also speak badly about CPP and always voted SRP but nevertheless always go campaigning for CPP. He is forced to do so in order to keep his work and feed his family. Since he is just surviving and not getting rich, I know he still vote SRP and hate CPP. Another friend voted SRP, became richer and richer by taking brides and is now afraid that CPP loose. Still he is a good man and I don't think he will fight, die or kill for CPP. Other who are less educated, may be brain washed and bought by CPP with promises of power, wealth to do the dirty jobs to keep CPP in power. Poor and uneducated people are so busy surviving that they do no see longer perspective and are more prone to see CPP coming with combination of gift, money in addition with with intimidation and threat of war/instability (if CPP loose election - but who controls the army/police that have the potential to make troubles? SRP? of course not). If the SRP or any viable opposition parties can find solution and clearly explain to the population how to deal with breaking this system of corruption and "free" the police, army, normal government officials caught in this trap, it will have better chance to win the election. SRP should set up a communication and PI team to work out clear messages and to be explained according to the different level of understanding among the population. All the absurds things said by Hun Sen and his cronies (and there are plenty of them) in the different forums should be recorded, studied by the team and immediately used to expose (possibly still in a polite ironical and intelligent way) his non-sense and disseminate as wide and fast as possible. SRP should also be fast to accept his mistakes or praise any of the good actions (quite difficult because not so any noticed) of the governments if any. In short, is to demonstrate a mature attitude which will contrast with the thuggish behavior of Hun Sen. Extreme nationalistic position may not be well seen, Vietnam and Thailand will always be in our doorstep, not all of them are bad people (as not all of us are good). If they look down on us it is more because we did not show (yet) them how good we are.

Anonymous said...

this monk looks like a gangster monk to me, you know!

Anonymous said...

6:37 AM

And you Ah (you know! really! ok!) look like Ah HUN SEN’s kdor sucker to us.

Anonymous said...

6:37 AM

Can you find a real job to make a living instead of Kan Kdor Oy Ah Kwack Noum?

Anonymous said...

Hun Roy or Hun Ma Riel Ma Riel,

Look around yourself, do you see any leader that stay on the job long like you?

If you are not Yuon's slave, people are not worried about Cambodia, but you are Yuon's slave, that make peop[le so nervous about Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Defrog Tep Proyong and Non Ngorp for being Yuon's slave.

Anonymous said...

this stupid monk, are deserved to be in jailed for along times.

stupid monk,, stupid monk

Anonymous said...

I agree with 5:24 AM!

Most CCP supporters,If they don't support CPP, they will be punished like loosing their job etc.

They don't vote for their heart but with their stomach, that's how communist control their own people.

In Pol Pot, they used rice as weapon against their own people, now they use $$$ but when the time come, they will rise up against Hun Sen just like a lot of other people.



Baay Kdaing

Anonymous said...

To 6:37AM,

You wrote the thing,your brain will be dead.The bugs are starting eating your brain so you will be soon.

Anonymous said...

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អញ្ចឹង...

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"អាឆ្កែកញ្ជះចិនប៉េកាំង និង យួនហាណូយ"

យើងខ្មែរ,ត្រូវតែនាំគ្នាជេរ អាស្តេចម៍សីហមុនី ថា៖

"អាឆ្កែកញ្ជះយួនហាណូយនិងអាឆ្កែកញ្ជះ ហ៊ុន សែន"

យើងខ្មែរ,ត្រូវតែនាំគ្នាជេរ អាក្បត់ជាតិហ៊ុន សែន ថា៖

"អាឆ្កែកញ្ជះដាច់ថ្លៃរបស់យួនហាណូយ"

ជេរហើយជេរទៀត ដើម្បីអោយជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ
ដឹងឮ ពីអំពើក្បត់ជាតិនឹងអំពើអាក្រក់របស់ពួកវា
ទូទាំងពិភពលោក។

Anonymous said...

He is playing with fire again & again, this time he stuck in the mud. Let him go !!! Pi Anh

Anonymous said...

loun sawath is not a pure monk. He is a political monk. if he wants to be pure , he must be on the HUN SEN SIDE. HOUN NGETH, TEP VONG are a pure senior monk, must learn from them.....

Anonymous said...

6:37 am your fucken parents look like my cock Man! motherfucker motherfucker motherfucker
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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

khmers C luy chkout ...Ah 12:16pm kor jrass chkout de

Anonymous said...

The monks who beat Ven. Luon Savath
are wrong,the monks should not beat
people and all kinds of animals.

The Buddha never taught Buddhist
believers not to do politic.
Have you read the laws of Buddha?

If you did not read it,don't say
what you want to say.
There were many monks in the past
who had done the same thing like
Ven.Luon Savath.

Anonymous said...

ខ្ញុំមិនចង់ដឹងពីអ្វិទាំងអស់ក្រៅអំពីថាតើក្រុមណាឬបក្សប្រឆាំងណាដែលអាចមានមធ្យោបាយដេញយួនចេញពីស្រុកខ្មែរបាន? This is what I want to know?