Contradictions on the bylaws of the Khemara Student Association in Thailand

ឯកសារនេះស្តីពីច្បាប់របស់ព្រះសង្ឃសមណនិស្សិតខែ្មរនៅប្រចាំប្រទេសថៃ ហើយក៏ ជាច្បាប់ របស់បក្ស ពួកសង្ឃ ៧មករា ដែរ សូមបងប្អូន ពុទ្ធបរិស័ទ ទាំងក្នុង និងក្រៅស្រុក អានរួច ពិចារណាចុះ មានត្រាឬជំពូកទី ១ បាននិយាយថា មិនអោយ ព្រះសង្ឃ ធ្វើនយោបាយ ឬគាំទ្រ គណបក្ស ណាទេ តែផ្ទុយពីជំពូកទី ២ បាននិយាថា អំពីគោល បំណង ទិសដៅ គោលនយោបាយ យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រ និង វិធីសាសស្រ្ត ។


នៅក្នុង មាត្រា មួយៗ និងមាន អត្ថន័យវែងៗ ណាស់ មិនដឹងជា សង្ឃ៧មករា បានគិត របៀបណាទេ យើងទាំងអស់គ្នា នាំគ្នាអាន រួចពិចារណា ទៅទៀត ពិតឬ មិនពិតតាម ការយល់ចុះ៕



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Dong Chi (Comrade) Men Xam An visits her masters in Hanoi

Cambodian Deputy PM visits Vietnam

08/01/2012
VOV/VNA (Hanoi)

Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Mem Sam On is visiting Vietnam to attend a meeting marking the 33rd anniversary of the Victory over the Pol Pot Genocide (January 7, 1979).

At a reception in Hanoi on January 6, the Cambodian Deputy PM expressed her sincere thanks to Vietnam for organizing the meeting.

She said the Cambodian people will always remember the great support from the Vietnamese Party, State, army, experts and people during their struggle against the Pol Pot regime, as well as for national independence, peace and development.

She also affirmed that Cambodia is determined to boost traditional ties of friendship and comprehensive and long-lasting cooperation with Vietnam.

Cambodia achieves significant development since fall of DK regime: ruling party

PHNOM PENH, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia has achieved significant national development in all fields in the past 33 years since the fall of the Democratic Kampuchea, or known as Khmer Rouge regime, said the president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Saturday.

"Since the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime, we have started to restore the nation from scratch," Chea Sim said in speech in commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of Jan. 7 victory day.

"Over the past thirty three years, Cambodia has transformed from being a land of deaths to a land of development full of energy and hope," said Chea Sim, who is also the president of the Senate.

Cambodia that was plagued with protracted war, division, violence, destruction and insult has now become a motherland of peace, stability, unity, democracy and development, he said.

តើគួរអបអរសាទរថ្ងៃ៧ មករា ឬទេ ? - Should we celebrate January 7th?

Premier hails ‘Liberation Day’

A Vietnamese tank on the move at Kbal Thnal, south of Phnom Penh, in January 1979. Photos by Ding Fong/supplied by dc-cam

Friday, 06 January 2012
Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday addressed a crowd of about 10,000 Cambodian People’s Party supporters, including the armed forces of the government, gathered in Kampong Cham province to celebrate the 33rd anniversary of what the government calls “Victory Over Genocide Day”.

On January 7, 1979, the Cambodian People’s Party – then called the National United Front for the Salvation of Kampuchea – ousted the Khmer Rouge regime from Phnom Penh with the backing of the Vietnamese, beginning a decade-long occupation of Cambodia by Vietnamese armed forces.

“The National United Front for the Salvation of Kampuchea and the Vietnamese volunteer army would not have been able to liberate Cambodia from genocide if there was no participation of Cambodian people,” Hun Sen said.

ថ្នាក់លើ និង អង្គការលើ ស្នើ​ពុកម៉ែប្រជាជន ជួយឧបត្ថម កម្មាភិបាលយើង សម្រាប់​ធ្វើបុណ្យខួបបក្ស៧មករា

អាជីវករតវ៉ា​នឹងការបង្ខំឲ្យ​បង់ប្រាក់​សម្រាប់​ខួប៧មករា

Wednesday, 04 January 2012 12:01
ម៉ៃ ទិត្យថារ៉ា
The Phnom Penh Post

កំពង់ឆ្នាំងៈ ក្រុម​អាជីវករ​លក់សាច់​នៅស្រុករលាប្អៀរ បាន​អះអាង​ពីថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ថា ពួកគាត់​ប្រមាណជា ៦០​នាក់​ ដែល​លក់ដូរ​សាច់សត្វ​នៅក្នុងស្រុកនេះ​បានតវ៉ា​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​ប្រធាន​ការិយាល័យ​បសុពេទ្យ​ស្រុក​ដែល​បង្ខំឲ្យពួកគាត់​ម្នាក់ៗ បង់ប្រាក់​៤៥​ម៉ឺន​រៀល សម្រាប់​យកទៅ​ធ្វើបុណ្យ​ខួបថ្ងៃ​៧មករា​ជាថ្នូរនឹង​ការទទួល​បានអាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណ​លក់ដូរ​។

លោក ឈូ យូ អាយុ​៣២​ឆ្នាំ ជា​អាជីវករ​លក់សាច់ជ្រូកម្នាក់​ប្រាប់ថា អាជីវករ​ទាំង​៥៨​នាក់ នៅក្នុង​ស្រុក​រលាប្អៀរ មិនព្រម​ផ្ដល់ប្រាក់​តាម​ចំនួន​ទាមទារ ៤៥ ម៉ឺន​រៀល ទៅឲ្យ​លោក​ មឿង សារ៉ាត់​ ប្រធាន​ការិយាល័យ​បសុពេទ្យ​ស្រុក​រលាប្អៀរនេះទេ ព្រោះ​អភិបាលខេត្ត មិនបាន​ចេញ​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យអាជីវករ​ផ្ដល់ថវិកា​ទាំងនេះទេ។ គាត់ថា ៖ «យើងព្រមផ្ដល់ប្រាក់ឲ្យ បើ​គេចេញ​វិក្កយបត្រឲ្យយើង តែគេ​មិនព្រមទេ តើវាមាន​ន័យអី​ដែលយើង​ត្រូវបង់​ប្រាក់​៤៥​ម៉ឺន​ឲ្យ​?​»​។​


គាត់​បន្ថែមថា មន្ត្រី​ថ្នាក់លើគេថាបើ​អាជីវករ​មិនព្រម​ផ្ដល់​ប្រាក់​ឲ្យ​៤៥​ម៉ឺន​រៀល ឧបត្ថម្ភ​ពិធី​បុណ្យ​ខួប​ថ្ងៃ ៧​មករា​ទេ ខេត្តនឹង​មិនចេញ​អាជ្ញាប័ណ្ណឲ្យ​ពួកគាត់​ឡើយ​។

07 January celebration is coming up, please cough up your "Viet Gratefulness TAX"

Liberation Day butchers’ bill: $112

Wednesday, 04 January 2012
May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post

About 60 animal slaughterhouse operators from Kampong Chhnang’s Rolea Ba’eir district yesterday protested what they claim is extortion by the provincial director of the veterinary department, the businessmen said yesterday.

The veterinary department director had allegedly forced the slaughterhouse owners to “donate” 450,000 riel (about US$112) each to receive their business licences ahead of Liberation Day celebrations this weekend.

“We will only donate this money if they issue a receipt for us,” Chhuo Yo, a pork seller said, adding there had been no orders from the provincial governor to cough up the cash. “If there is no receipt, what does that mean for our 450,000 riel?”

Leaked CPP-Massachusetts internal report to Hor 5 Hong on the celebration of 07 January in Lowell, Mass.

Click on the report to zoom in

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: A Brief History of January 7, 1979-2011

"07 January = Champa No. 2" - Opinion by Anonymous

07 January Formula - Ho Chi Min's Strategy

Formula forwarded by Anonymous Reader

"HELP CREATING KHMER ROUGE + 

KILLING + 

RESCUING + 

SWALLOWING CAMBODIA = 

JANUARY 7"

Hun Xen’s cops hunting Khmer Krom monks accused of distributing leaflets opposing 07 January

A cop kicking Khmer Krom monk

14 January 2009
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer

Five Khmer Kampuchea Krom monks are currently in hiding for their safety protection against the hunting by cops from the Ministry of Interior (MoI). The MoI accused these monks of distributing leaflets opposing the celebration of the 07 January considered as a victory day for the ruling CPP party.

On Thursday 14 December, Venerable Liv Phally, one of the 5 monks who are currently in hiding for their safety protection against the police arrest, told RFA over the phone from his hideout: “I went into hiding since 07 January. The reason I am in hiding is due to the accusation made by the MoI and the government, charging me of distributing leaflets.”

Sok Serey: Did you distribute them or not?

Ven. Liv Phally: I did not distribute them. I did not even know what these leaflets say.”

Ven. Thach Nhanh, another Khmer Krom monk who is currently in hiding also, said that he is currently living in fear.

Ven. Thach Nhanh said: “I have no shelter. I went to stay at Wat Saravoan Pagoda, they chased me out. I went to the Samaky Pagoda, they chased me out also. I am very scared about what the Cambodian government is doing to us.”

Sok Serey: They accused you of distributing leaflets to oppose 07 January, is that true?

Ven. Thach Nhanh: This is not true.

RFA contacted Touch Naroth, the Phnom Penh police commissioner, to ask him about the police plan regarding this case, but he replied that he was busy.

General Khieu Sopheak, the MoI spokesman, said that he is not aware of this case.

Thach Setha, the President of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community in Cambodia who is knowledgeable in this affair, said that the accusations against the monks are very serious charge.

Thach Setha said: “I am asking for the government to conduct a thorough investigation, it should not get mixed up and it should not punish the innocent people like this. It instills fear among the monks, especially Khmer Krom [monks]. Therefore, we are asking that such incident does not take place.”

The ruling CPP party, which controls power for the past 30 years, recently celebrated the 31st anniversary of the 07 January victory over the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. Several thousand people celebrated the event.

The monks who are currently in hiding indicated that cops from the MoI had photos of 4 Khmer Krom monks, as well as that of another monk whose name is unknown, and these cops are hunting these monks since 07 January 2010. The monks are accused of spreading leaflets opposing the CPP’s 07 January celebration.

No pagoda in Phnom Penh dare accept to provide shelter to these 5 fleeing monks.

Root of 7 January - An essay in Khmer by Sar Dharmmarainsey

Click here to read or download the PDF document (49 pages) in Khmer

"The CPP sees the invasion as a liberation, but I want the European Community to realize that 7 January 1979 was a Vietnamese invasion": Kem Sokha

Cambodia marks 30th anniversary of ousting of Khmer Rouge

Wed, 07 Jan 2009
DPA

Phnom Penh - Cambodia on Wednesday marked 30 years since the downfall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime with a carefully choreographed stadium ceremony organized and dominated by the country's powerful ruling party. A crowd of more than 40,000 at Phnom Penh's Olympic Stadium cheered throughout the ceremony, which marked the 30th anniversary of the day Vietnamese-led forces invaded Cambodia and ended the Khmer Rouge's bloody four-year reign.

The president of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP), Chea Sim, said during his speech the invasion "saved the nation, fatherland and people from the harsh regime of genocide."

"It is based on this victory that the Cambodian territory continues to exist and to last while the Cambodian people have survived and made progress up to the present as well for the future," he said.

The speech was followed by traditional Cambodian dancing and a parade featuring elaborate floats, school children, farmers and military marching bands.

Chey Som Bok, a farmer who lived under the Khmer Rouge and marched in the parade, described the anniversary as a great day for Cambodia.

"I remember what it was like living under the Khmer Rouge regime," he said. "They forced us all to work in the fields very hard and eat no food for days. That's why it makes me so happy to be here today."

King Norodom Sihamoni did not attend the event and none of the opposition political parties - some of which view January 7, 1979 as the beginning of Vietnam's 10-year occupation - participated in the proceedings.

Human Rights Party president Kem Sokha said he was "not interested" in the ceremony because the CPP did not want to fully represent what occurred after the 1979 invasion.

"The CPP sees the invasion as a liberation, but I want the European Community to realize that 7 January 1979 was a Vietnamese invasion. What happened today was purely political," he said

The CPP's insignia was prominent throughout the ceremony, appearing alongside the Cambodian flag on banners, on flags carried by marchers and even on balloons released by children at the ceremony's conclusion.

Up to two million people died through execution, starvation and exhaustion during the Khmer Rouge's rule between 1975 and 1979, as the ultra-communist group sought to transform Cambodian society into an agrarian socialist utopia.

Five former Khmer Rouge are currently facing trial for crimes against humanity before a UN-backed tribunal, but Chea Sim made no mention of the tribunal during his speech.

International human rights groups have criticized the Cambodian government for delays in bringing the leaders to trial and early this week the US-based Human Rights Watch accused Prime Minister Hun Sen of deliberately obstructing the tribunal process and thwarting efforts to have more former Khmer Rouge leaders arrested.

"No serious observer believes there is any threat to Cambodia's stability if additional cases are filed against alleged Khmer Rouge killers," Human Rights Watch Asia director Brad Adams said in a statement.

"On the 30th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge's fall from power, the Cambodian government is playing games. This is a transparently political attempt to stop the court from doing its work," Adams said.

A number of CPP leaders are former Khmer Rouge members who defected before joining the Vietnamese-led invasion.

The January 7 celebrations in context

Wednesday, 07 January 2009
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
By Sophan Seng

Dear Editor,

It is a great privilege for me to write something about how the day of January 7 simply reflects the thought of a Cambodian. Of course, January 7 is still an ongoing controversial day. Some people see it as the day of foreign occupation over Cambodian sovereignty, but others see this day as their second life when Vietnamese troops toppled the Khmer Rouge regime.

However, to celebrate this day is not significantly representing Cambodians as the whole nation. It is only celebrated by the Cambodian People's Party, which has been in power since the day of January 7, 1979.

In the past, the celebration of January 7 was likely to honour the victory over the Khmer Rouge regime and aimed to condemn, to ban the Khmer Rouge and make it impossible for them to control the country again, and, legally, to sentence them to death in absentia.

But in this year, the theme of the celebration after its 30 years in power, according to the news, is that the CPP will focus on increasing the awareness of sovereignty protection, economic development and leading Cambodia to enjoy a further level of advancement.

Hence, the January 7 day has significantly belonged to the CPP. It has not been generally accepted by the Cambodian people. Whatever theme each celebration expects to achieve, those themes still belong to the CPP, and it is truly reminding Cambodian people of the brutality, the foreign invasion and the nonstop division among Cambodian nationals.

I understand that the CPP holds this day as very important for their internal bond and achievement of pride, particularly the victory during each national election. This day might not work any longer to recall the brutality of the Khmer Rouge because by doing so, it might not be smart to pursue national unity, long-sighted leadership, national reconciliation and an advance of Cambodia to further achievement in the age of globalisation.

Sophan Seng
PhD student in political science
University of Hawaii at Manoa

07 January: The CPP grooms its image [... while omitting embarassing enormous International aid provided to Cambodia]

05 Jan 2009
By Leang Delux
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek
Click here to read the article in French

In the morning of Monday 05 January, thousands of brochures depicting the glory of the ruling party were distributed to passers-by.

The distribution scene looks like an election campaign: a seller giving out brochures bearing the CPP logo with the photo of Chea Sim, Hun Sen and Heng Samrin on the cover, to her customers coming to eat breakfast in her shop.

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the KR regime, the CPP distributed to the citizens thousands of copies of this 12-page-brochure boasting the constructions undertaken in the country following the fall of Pol Pot. Everything is included there: from the dark KR period which is illustrated with black and white photos along with piles of skulls, desolated roads, working camps, then came the liberation and finally the reconstruction era which lasts until now.

With loads of color photos of nice roads, oil platforms, buildings under construction, dams and schools, the brochure boasts the major works undertaken during the past few years.

“For 30 years, the CPP has always lived with the people, sharing their joy and hardship. The CPP prevented the return of the genocide regime, put an end to civil war, and rebuilt the country from zero to its current development,” the legend in the brochure stipulated.

One hiccup in all this: the CPP gave the impression of being in charge of the latest developments, while omitting to indicate that the major portion of these constructions was in fact undertaken with International aid.

[January 7] was the day that Vietnamese troops came and invaded Cambodia, adding further misery to the Cambodian people: Chea Poch

Would-be bombers identified

Monday, 05 January 2009
Written by Sam Rith
The Phnom Penh Post

Govt says suspects trying to disrupt January 7 celebrations

POLICE have identified two suspects in connection with Friday's foiled bomb plot that appeared to target the Defence Ministry and a state television station, officials say.

"[The perpetrators] placed these explosive devices to scare people from attending the anniversary of January 7," Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith told reporters Sunday, referring to the upcoming public holiday that celebrates the 1979 victory over the Khmer Rouge by Vietnamese-backed Cambodian forces.

He refused to comment further, saying that he did not want to jeopardise the ongoing investigation.

But Em Sam An, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Interior and president of the National Secretariat for Anti-Terrorism, said Sunday that police had yet to make any arrests and were continuing to investigate.

"It was not [international] terrorism," he added.

Around 50,000 people are set to participate in the celebrations at Olympic Stadium, he added.

Three explosive devices were found Friday in front of the Defence Ministry and near the TV3 offices. They were later disassembled and destroyed by mine clearance personnel.

Heng Ratana, deputy director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Center, told the Post on Sunday that the explosive devices were "improvised mines" - small bombs that had been placed in cans of mosquito repellent and small cooking gas containers.

Heng Ratana said the devices did not cause any significant damage when they were destroyed in controlled explosions since they contained no shrapnel.

But he warned that the bombs could still have wounded anyone passing by.

A similar incident occurred in July 2007 when three fertiliser bombs were found and detonated near the Vietnamese friendship monument in the park opposite Wat Botum.

Vietnam's role in Cambodia during the 1980s remains controversial, and Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian Chea Poch said he would not participate in this week's celebration.

"[January 7] was the day that Vietnamese troops came and invaded Cambodia, adding further misery to the Cambodian people."

Cambodia identifies two suspects for planting explosive devices near defense ministry

January 04, 2009
Xinhua

The Cambodian police have identified two persons suspected of planting explosive devices near the Ministry of National Defense and TV3 headquarters, government spokesman said Sunday.

The police are investigating more details of the case, said Khieu Kanharith, who is also the information minister.

They committed acts of terrorism, which had affected the social order and security, Kanharith added, without giving more information about the suspects.

Police on Friday found the cans containing explosive substances at two locations in the public garden before the ministry and another one on the sidewalk beside TV3 in downtown Phnom Penh.

Mine clearance group immediately detonated them, without causing any damage and casualty.

Phnom Penh: Two bomb setters identified

04 Jan 2009
By Ung Chansophea and Alain Ney
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Click here to read the article in French
Translated from French by Luc Sâr

Less than 48 hours after the discovery of three bombs in the capital streets, the investigations are still being pursued. The bomb setting was linked to the 07 January 1979 commemoration.

The “terrorists wanted to prevent people from participating in the 07 January ceremony,” Khieu Kanharith, the minister of Information, indicated during a press conference held on 04 January 2009. Cambodia is currently getting ready to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the liberation of the capital from Pol Pot’s yoke by the Vietnamese troops [this dates also marked the beginning of more than one decade long occupation of Cambodia by the Vietnamese army and the installation of the current puppet CPP regime.]

Barely two days after the discovery of the three small bombs not too far from the ministry of Defense in Phnom Penh, Khieu Kanharith announced that two of the bomb setters were identified but that they were not arrested yet. “It seems that the bomb setters ‘did not want to kill’,” Khieu Kanharith added based on the types of the bomb. Nevertheless, security will be tightened during the ceremony.

Home-made bombs in Phnom Penh

Bomb disposals personnel put sandbags around one of two home-made bombs found near government buildings in Phnom Penh January 2, 2009. Authorities have blamed anti-government groups for wanting to prevent people from attending next week's anniversary to mark the fall of Pol Pot's regime. REUTERS/ Chor Sokunthea
A bomb disposal personnel examines one of two home-made bombs found near government buildings in Phnom Penh January 2, 2009. Authorities have blamed anti-government groups for wanting to prevent people from attending next week's anniversary to mark the fall of Pol Pot's regime. REUTERS/ Chor Sokunthea
One of the two home-made bombs found near government buildings explodes during a controlled detonation in Phnom Penh January 2, 2009. Authorities have blamed anti-government groups for wanting to prevent people from attending next week's anniversary to mark the fall of Pol Pot's regime. REUTERS/ Chor Sokunthea