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| Sam Rainsy Party Youth Wing leader Soung Sophorn speaks with journalists last month on the second anniversary of the Koh Pich stampede disaster. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post |
Thursday, 06 December 2012
May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post
Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) Youth Wing leader Soung Sophorn has thrown down the gauntlet to Prime Minister Hun Sen, inviting him to attend the hearing into the premeditated murder case he has brought against the premier.
Senior SRP officials have distanced the party from his “personal” cause, but maintained support for him in his fight for justice over the Koh Pich bridge stampede, which Sophorn has now vowed to take to the International Court of Justice.
Sophorn yesterday said he had plenty of evidence to prove the premier was guilty of premeditated murder for failing to pre-empt the Koh Pich tragedy on the final day of the Water Festival in 2010.
But he said he was keeping the most damning evidence close to his chest until Friday, the day of the hearing.
“I have no phobia of Hun Sen’s threatening because I am well prepared ahead of the submission of my complaint,” he said.
“In December I will go to launch the complaint at the International [Criminal] Court in the Netherlands.”
Hun Sen has threatened to sue Sophorn for defamation if found not guilty, and further alleged his actions are politically motivated by the SRP.
It hasn’t frightened Sophorn, who yesterday extended the list of government officials he intended to take to the ICC to include Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, for allegedly allowing Vietnamese immigrants to illegally enter the country.
Sophorn also pledged to file a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC) against environment minister Mok Mareth for illegal logging and said he plans to sue Minister of the Palace Kong Sam Ol, who chaired the investigation into the stampede, Phnom Penh governor Kep Chuktema and the city’s police chief, Touch Naruth.
SRP party whip Son Chhay stressed at a press conference on Tuesday that Sophorn’s battle against the premier did not represent the party’s policy.
Yesterday he said that, while he supported the “brave young man” for raising awareness on an important issue, he felt Sophorn had gone too far in threatening to take ministers such as Mok Mareth and Sar Kheng to the ICC.
“With the others, I am not in a position to support him, because I think he overdoes it,” he said.
Political analyst Sok Touch said Saphorn’s complaint was little more than a political stunt ahead of next year’s national election.
“Only the court is eligible to file a complaint of premeditated murder, so, if he sues like this, it mirrors highly political behaviour,” he said.
Sok Sam Oeun, executive director of the Cambodian Defenders Project, said the charge was also inappropriate, because for premeditated murder, there had to be intent to kill in the first place.
“It is not so, because [the stampede] is the first time this happened in Cambodia and we have no law relating to safety of location,” he said, adding that civil actions could feasibly be filed for compensation.
After the tragedy, where 353 died and 393 were injured, a government investigation found no individuals at fault but concluded there had been “joint responsibility”.
The victims’ families were each given $1,230 compensation by the government.
37 comments:
Suong Sophor,
You are an exceptional person - very brave and patriotic.
Keep going Sophorn, I strongly support you. My group will raise money to help you. You are a brave man, who represent millions of Khmers'souls.
Thank you, a Khmer hero.
I think he is well-intentioned, very brave and committed to his ideals but he is probably ill-informed and choose a wrong strategy. Unfortunately this could backfire badly for him and the people he is trying to help.
I LIKE TO PAY RESPECT TO THIS INDIVIDUAL BRAVERY. HE IS MY HEROES. BRILLIANT MAN!
He is brave. He got strong cases but he needs to consult with lawyers to do it correctly and effecively. Good luck. I support you.
For justice and for the victim.
From Australia.
Soung Sophorn is mad like his leader. How on earth that he accuses the stampede is premeditated murder? There are plenty of mad men within SRP youth movement. That is the nature of Cambodian opposition.
Pi Anh.
These Corruption government family tree killing field Khmer rouge regime world please helps us to stop these master killer in Cambodia. under one man's Dechor Sadam hun Sen,
the Kosh pich murder was plan many these young man and women are freedom movement defender's
as the government parent must understand fully responsibility for all cause we want real justice now in Cambodia.
YOU WILL RECEIVE A REWARDS SOON FOR STANDING UP AGAINST A DICTATOR
Khmer needs more Soung Sophorn if we are to be free from this Youn slave government.
Yes, let's Hun Sen and Yuon swallow cambodia.
pi anh khmer to Pi anh yuon's slave.
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one drop of water on fire will be disappeared but multiple drop of water on fire will put out fire.
if you do not do like Sam Rainsy, like Suong Sophorn , you do not see the evil mind of Viet and Viet's dog Hun Sen and ah pi anh Yuon.
Pi anh khmer again,
Suong Sophorn is a lawyer.
yes more suong sophorn are needed.
more small drop of water will put out fire. yuon and SEn is the evil fire.
I admire Soung Sophorn that is being brave. However, he seems to be over reacted in filling this case. He should carefully consult with the legal expert before proceeding the case. Now I wonder he might be looking for trouble for himself.
Perspective:
Was the Koh Pich Bridge incident accidental or planned?
Any autocratic regime in the world is so afraid of the mass gathering because it will give them trouble, which they cannot contain.
Every year in Cambodia, during the water festival - Bonn Om Touk – millions of people were gathering to see the racing boats. That made the puppet government and its master Vietnam very nervous. They might have thought that what will happen if those people use that occasion and turn against them?
To disrupt that annual gathering, they might have created that disastrous event in Koh Pich. The absence of the water festival in the following year might underscore this assumption – the Koh Pich Bridge’s incident was planned.
Therefore, Khmer people must wait and see for this year. If there is no water festival in Cambodia, there is a strong possibility that the deadly event in Koh Pich was premeditated. The international community, the CNRP, and Khmer people must find the mastermind who created that horrible event. They killed people to scare them from gathering, and if it is true, that is a giant crime.
Bun Thoeun
Note: I wrote this comment and posted in KI a couple of months ago. Now, this year, there is no water festival either, citing that Sihanouk’s death is the cause. of the cancellation.
So, next year, when Hun Sen dies from constipation or lightning strike like Hok Lundi, will the water festival be canceled too?
Historically, how many times in the past that Cambodia did not celebrate the water festival?
Bun Thoeun
Too many people are getting away with crimes in Cambodia... Sue them for your justice and integrity. Why letting these stooges screwing up our lives?
Come together Kun Khmer. It time to raise and overthrown this dictator. CCP are only to make money of selling the country.
Khmer people sit there do nothing and nothing going to change in Cambodia. Ask yourself what can you do to better your beloved country! Fellow and help who;s on the ground work.
This guy was injured in the head by the police during borey keyla eviction. He might be a little over the edge.
I am sure people around him had discouraged him but he probably wants to join mam sanando in jail. No one has won hun sen in a court of ccp yet.
There are more than one million Khmer nationalists , if they are all standing up against the dictator Viet slave like they did in 1998, the Viet slave will be crushed or crumbling.
more suong sophorn please.
May I ask that Mr.Suong Sophorn and ven. Loun Savath have their picture taken together so that we have the two -brother Khmer nationalists.
Hands up for you. If more people are like you, Hun Sen is going down. Good luck.
No Khmer people dare to sue Hun Sen. Now Khmer people are forced to sue Hun Sen. What does Hun Sen has to say for the average Khmer people? Hun Sen said that Cambodia has too much freedom even average people can sue the Prime Minister(Hun Sen).
You guys are retarded, screw the suing. Do just like his thug clans do, the only way to win is to put a bullet between his eyes. Khmer needs to stop playing with your own lives against those traitors. Start taking charge and arm yourselves. You must start to get rid of his love ones...one by one and youll see the result.
Soung Sophorn as Mu Sochua and fugitive Sam Rainsy, the more they jump too high when they fall back to earth, it hurts them very badly. That is political game that opposition has played with PM Hun Sen so far. The one who hurts the most is Sam Rainsy. He is not only became a convicted criminal but have to live in exile for good like his father.
Pi Anh.
My support for Soung Sophorn!
USA
I WAS BORN AND I SEE WHEN I DIED I KNOWN. AH ANH SI ACH!
Keep barking Ah Vietcong Pi Ach @ 9:07 AM, you're next.
Your fuck-up PM is piece of shit, and worthless for Cambodia.
Dumb ASS!
MR. SUONG,
YOU ARE VERY BRAVE YOUNG MAN. YOU ARE REALLY A ROLE MODEL FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION IN CAMBODIA.
HUN SEN IS AN HUNGRY & ANGRY LION, PLEASE PREPARE TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
I DEEPLY REGRET THAT CAMBODIA FELL ON THE HANDS OF A JUNGLE MAN NAMED HUN SEN. HE IS A MONSTER OF DISASTER, A BEAST, A MASS KILLER.
Soung Sophorn is ways over reacted regarding Koh Pich tragedy; however, this is going to be an interesting case if Hun Sun dares to show up and challenge him in the court of wonder.
Very brave young man. We need more of this kind of young man to topple Hun Sen.
The thiefs used to steal other people's property, sooner or later, he will going to steal again. Likewise, Soung Sophorn, after heal up from wounded, right now he is so itchy and keen to do something to get hit again.
នាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តីឡើងបុណ្យស៊ីជោហ៊ុន សែន ជាប់
ឈ្មោះនៅក្នុងបញ្ជីលេខរៀងទី៥នៃបទឧក្រឹដ្ឋកម្ម
អន្តរៈជាតិនៅទីក្រុងឡាអេ(ប្រទេសហូឡង់)ដោយការប្តឹងពីចលនាអំណាចពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ។ បើទោះជាជិះយន្តហោះត្រូវរន្ទះបាញ់ងាប់តៃហោង
ដូចខ្មោចហុក ឡងឌីក៏គេត្រូវតែពិនិត្យខ្មោចដែរ
ដើម្បីជៀងវាងការបន្លំភ្នែកមហាជនខ្មែរ។ ថ្វីបើគាត់
មានអំណាចប្រមូលផ្តុំអាចបញ្ជាលើស្ថាបន័តុលាការឈ្នះខ្មែររហូតទៅដល់សព្រះមហាក្សត្រ។តែពេល
នេះអំណាចប្រជាពលរដ្ឋហុំពទ្ធ័គាត់ ដោយប្រមូល
ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋដែលជាម្ចាស់ប្រទេស យកមកអោយ
ធ្វើជាតុលាការវិនិច្ឆ័យទោសរបស់គាត់វិញម្តង៚
this homodumbshit will end up like his fugitive master ScamSR. He isn't a brave man, he is an opportunist waiting to be famous and rich. Cambodian now a day enjoy freedom of speech, as for that this bumblefuck over used his freedom of speech to wrongly sue someone that gave him that freedom. Oppositions main job is to create rumor and conspiracy theory for their failed agendas. Prey sar prison is slowly opening its door for this poop face to join his other master Sonado. Pi Anh
Pi Anh,
None of these commentators is backing you up.
So I judged you as a looser.
The Judge
Pi Anh is Vietcong and he is brave. Vietcong are brave and evil in number.
Vietcong invades and kills its small neighbor; They are proud of this evil act..to them this is bravery!
Lets look at vietcong facts outside the country...Vietcong/viet chin minh living outside the country are coward under the rules of law.
Vietcong are brave in the land of lawless! Evil act, blood sucking, cut throat traits are in their blood.
Normally, you can find these self-claimed "brave" people like Pi Anh at the following places:
1. Pho Restuarant - noodle place
2. Nail Salon or Spa- at the Shopping Mall
3. Boat fishing - along the Tonle Sap river
VietcongFacts
Hey ass-jabber refugees, why don't you all come and bark in Cambodia to see how long your dumb fuck brain dead stay on your shoulder before its fall on the pavement. Stop using others to die for your own stupid ideas. Your ass-pirate behaved and acted like your scary cat fugitive leader scamSR which is good at barking, crying, painting, suing, pointing finger, running away, blaming others, creating rumors, cheating, and great at taking advantages of poor and weak khmer people. Pi Anh
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