Press Release July 16, 2012
Cambodian Americans Condemn the Arresting of Mr. Mam Sonando
We, Cambodian Americans, are very disappointed to learn that Mr. Mam Sonando, Director of Beehive Radio, FM 105, & President of Democrat Association has been arrested on charges related to alleged secessionists in Kratie Province and three other groundless charges.
According to Voice of America dated July 15, 2012, more than 20 police officers pushed their way into the house and walked up toward Mr. Mam Sonando's bedroom and they read out a court warrant and escorted him into a waiting truck and drove him away.
In a recent interview with VOA Khmer, Mr. Mam Sonando said he had no knowledge of a secessionist movement. The arrest of Mr. Mam Sonando is tantamount to silencing the voice of democracy in Cambodia because he is the Director of the lone free radio station and also the President of the Cambodian Association of Democrats.
Silencing the critics by using the police and the court as tools will do nothing but to destabilize Cambodia in the long run due to the eroding confidence and trust in the government to do the right things. The lack of respect for human rights, democracy and transparency will only hinder Cambodia's economic progress that would otherwise grow faster. The government must listen and address people concerns just like other civilized countries, not to silence and repress them.
Cambodian American for Human Rights and Democracy (CAHRAD) is joining other non-governmental organizations in condemning the arrest of Mr. Mam Sonando, and request that the Cambodian government respects its constitution and stop violating its own people's inalienable rights.
Cambodian Americans for Human Rights and Democracy
Email: info@CAHRAD.org
Website: www.CAHRAD.org
19 comments:
he was doing wrong, there is no human rights attached..
he needs to face justice, it democracy country, he has the rights to defend.
Jess! Why can these Cambodian-American come to work in Cambodia and see how hard we are? Why can Cambodian-American shit the mouth and stop complaining?
former KR soldier
people can condemn as they want, cambodia just do what is right in accordance to cambodian rule of law, you know. sedition and encitement is against the law in cambodia, for your information, ok! next time, learn something about cambodian law, before you be biased and bashing cambodia, ok! don't be stupid, ignorant and primtive forever, ok! god bless cambodia always.
i told you, this guy is stupid and ignorant and primitive for trying to break divide cambodia and encite hate, and unruly behavior toward gov't authority of cambodia. that is so against the law in cambodia for anyone, especially politician to do that, and on radio? that's all the evidence cambodia will need to prosecute this idiotic, psychopath, extremist, radicalist, uneducated, stupid guy. i think cambodia will grill him big time, you know.
HUN Sen's head needed to be blow like a dynamite. Where the hell is brainless King?? may be Hun Sen tied Sihamoni in his cell.
The ignorance comments above are a bunch of idiots who never been out of the country to see the true Democracy in the real world. A true Democracy is to respect a freedom of speech and the government is to serve its people. Contrary, your Daddy Hun Sen continue to threaten and intimate those who speak against him. Only a few elite who pocket millions of dollar is willing to defend him including idiot like ya'll. You guys are a bunch of moron brainless uneducated no good ass hole pigeon brain that raised by a monkey parents. You should be ashame to call yourself Khmer.
explain act of sediton and encitement, is that freedom of your speech or you making trouble? explain that like an educated person, ok! my god, stop being stupid already, ok!
To Former KR Soldier,
Because life and living in Cambodia are
" hard ", this is why we speak up and protest
to change for the better.
YOU,yourself should be part of the solutions, not part of the problems.
We all should pitch in !!!
Thanks
To 4:33 AM,
During the party with some friends from Vietnam they told me that Kampuchea now belong to Vietnam but not 100% like in Laos, most of them have relatives living in Kampuchea and Hun Sen, Heng Samrin and Chea Sim are very good for Vietnam, but the pre-programmed conflict with China in South China Sea they (some of them are the former Vietnam who fought against China army in 3 weeks on the frontline in 1979 ) told me, they's very afraid from China. They added that if China will fight us they will not only fight on the sea, but on the border to Hanoi too, don't forget!. They told me further that during the fight with China in 1979, Vietnam army shot one rocket, China shot back minimum 30 rocket and hit exactly who was NVN artillery lanched. If the 1st attack with 1000 Chinese soldiers failed, then the 2nd attack with 10 000 soldiers and when 2nd attack failed again, then the 3th attack with 100 000 soldiers, no chance again them, the best was rack back what you can. If Vietname young generation will laydown with China army again, then please do it but we (former VN fighters) don't go with them, then they laugh.
So, 4:33 AM, god bless cambodia always to Vietnam colony, OK.
I stopped commenting cause the Viet Whore is still here
To ah dogs 4:21am and ah former Khmer soldier.
The two dogs barked for ah Hun Sen.
Both of you are the evil men in the
world.The evil men always went along
with the communists and the dictators.
I don't expect you to understand for a man so proudly naming himself "Former KR Soldier". You are among the evil people that killed 2.5 millions of his own people. How can you be so proud of that idiot. Khmer Rough are worst than animal, I pitty you very much that you were among them once and you still are acting like them now.
Mam sonando, deserved to be arrested
No fear of criticizing ,
Freedom of expression, they have the rights to criticize
Most important, we got this guy in jail prey sar...
5:35'
You are right, decho HS was our Hero, we'd loved him from bottom of my heart..
4:49 & 5:30 AM,
I totally agree.
I get frustrated reading their nonsense comment concerning the current state that Cambodia is facing.
These morons just doesn't see it.
Yet you tried to tell them it's like pouring waters on a ducks head.
Let's face it! There is no way in hell that we can fix stupid.
This is exactly what the ruler party want :
- All Khmer voters focus their attention to Mam Sonando affair instead of the affair
of political parties merging . create problem to solve another problem .
- Mam Sonando has to be arrested in order to " DIVIDE & RULE " . Sonando has
ability to rally many thousand of anti CPP voters . Therefore ; he has to be separated from the impending merged party .
the arrest of Mam Sonando is well planned for political reason rather than for
for rule of law . If mr. Sonando is innocent of this scheme , he is a HERO . if he is
otherwise , for big bucks, being a pawn used by CPP , Sonando is a real traitor .
Just like a scene during the Khmer Rouge era.
The came to your house, round up your family, bound you, and dump you at the rice patty. No justification or explanation needed.
As the cambodian american, we must boycott any products from cambodia. If just condemn, this HUN SEN GOVT. just dont give a damn and it will never learn.
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