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| Ly Chhuon and his wife following their release from Vietnamese illegal detention |
By Chhay Channyda
The Phnom Penh Post
“Vietnam says I write articles criticising the Vietnamese government so they do not let me visit my homeland, and they are afraid I will say something bad or that is not fact,”
Outraged by the temporary detention of ethnic Khmer Krom newspaper publisher Ly Chhuon in Vietnam last week, the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association have vowed to take action against a government they accuse of systematic spying and unlawful detention.
Chhuon, the publisher of Prey Nokor News, was detained along with his wife, Danh Thi Dieb, and 18-year-old daughter Ly Srey Neath in Vietnam’s An Giang province last Friday during a trip to visit their family for New Year in an area they consider their homeland.
They were released and deported 48 hours later, but Chhuon has alleged that occured only after he was forced to pay a roughly $1,500 bribe.
Kim Sisamna, secretary of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association, said yesterday that his organisation would hold a press conference on Sunday with a handful of victims of the same treatment as Chhuon to highlight the routine discrimination his people were subjected to in Vietnam.
Khmer Krom, ethnic Cambodians who originate from a part of Vietnam that was formerly part of the Khmer empire, have long accused Hanoi of committing serious human rights abuses against them.
Ly Chhuon said yesterday he had been detained because he was travelling on journalist visa by Vietnamese authorities who maintained his wife and daughter had illegally entered the country without passports despite the fact that they each had a legal laissez-passer.
“Vietnam says I write articles criticising the Vietnamese government so they do not let me visit my homeland, and they are afraid I will say something bad or that is not fact,” he said.
Chhoun said he would be filing a complaint to the United Nations Office of the High Commission for Human Rights.
Le Ming Ngoc, spokesman of the Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia, did not respond to inquiries from the Post yesterday.
10 comments:
Millions of Youn are encouraged by Hun Sen and CPP to live in Cambodia. But Khmer cant even visit their ancestor land without being prosecuted.
AH Hun Sen will soon kill all Khmer without having any rights or land.
It is the same story. Thai never accept or allow the Khmer King to pay a visit in Surin, Borei Room, Chantabon and Sisaket provinces.
Vietnam rises now, but they will surely falls from within!
Khmer Krom people,
- The land that you are living now used to belong to Khmer.
- France given that land to Vietnam against your will in 1949.
- You have over 10 million people who are currently living on that land.
- You have struggled for a long time without major success.
In order to get a different result, you must step up your efforts - whatever you have done up to this point is not enough.
I firmly don't believe that Vietnam can kill over 10 million people in this era without absorbing catastrophic consequence.
To get an independent state should be an ideal strife to fight for.
Khmer Krom people,
- The land that you are living now used to belong to Khmer.
- France has given that land to Vietnam against your will in 1949.
- You have over 10 million people who are currently living on that land.
- You have struggled for a long time without major success.
In order to get a different result, you must step up your efforts - whatever you have done up to this point is not enough.
I firmly don't believe that Vietnam can kill over 10 million people in this era without absorbing catastrophic consequence.
To get an independent state should be an ideal strife to fight for.
ĆÂṂ ƠÑ ḤƠ ĆḤĨ ṂÌŃḤ!!!
Vietnam should start adopting Thailand policy towards Cambodian terrorists, shoot first, no need to ask any question.
8:42am
Well, let say, I shoot at your head first and then deal with it later, how about that?
Vietnam should start adopting Thailand policy towards Cambodian terrorists, shoot first, no need to ask any question.
8:42 AM
so cambodia can use that policy too to shoot all ah youn in srok khmer one by one too...how about that!
10:54
Cambodia did use that policy under lon nol and pol pot, and we all know the end result for Cambodia. Considering Hun Sen was installed by Vietnam, and Cambodia's army was built by Vietnam, well...you know the end result for Cambodia.
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