ឃាត់ខ្លួន លោក ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ ពាក់ព័ន្ធបទល្មើស ចំនួន៤ - Travesty of justice in Phnom Penh!!!

Sunday, 15 July 2012
ដោយ ៖ ស៊ន សុភក្ត្រ
DAP-News

ភ្នំពេញ ៖ កម្លាំងសមត្ថកិច្ច របស់ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ កាលពីវេលាម៉ោង ៩ព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី១៥ ខែកក្កដា នេះ បានឃាត់ខ្លួនលោក ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ នាយកវិទ្យុសម្បុកឃ្មុំ និងជាប្រធាន សមាគមអ្នកប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នៅទីស្នាក់ការរបស់លោក ដោយជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងបទល្មើសធំៗចំនួន ៤ ដែលប្រឆាំងជាមួយរដ្ឋាភិបាល ជាពិសេសជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធរឿងរ៉ាវ ជាមួយឈ្មោះ ប៊ុន រដ្ឋា ដែលធ្វើអប្បគមន៍ទឹកដី នៅឃុំកំពង់ដំរី ស្រុកឆ្លូង ខេត្តក្រចេះ កាលពីពេលកន្លងទៅនោះ។

អ្នកនាំពាក្យក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ លោកឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ ខៀវ សុភ័គ បានប្រាប់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលព័ត៌មាន ដើមអម្ពិល តាមទូរស័ព្ទថា ពិតជាមានការឃាត់ខ្លួន លោក ម៉ម សូណង់ដូ ដោយជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធ ជាមួយបទល្មើសធំៗ ចំនួន ៤ ហើយធ្វើឡើងតាមដីកាបញ្ជាឲ្យចាប់ខ្លួន របស់ចៅក្រមសាលាដំបូង ខេត្តក្រចេះ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី០២ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ ។

លោក ខៀវ សុភ័គ បានបន្តទៀតថា បទល្មើសចំនួន៤ នោះ រួមមាន

• ទី១ -ជាអ្នកផ្តួមផ្តើមគំនិត ប្រឆាំងអ្នករាជការសាធារណៈ
• ទី២-ធ្វើកុបកម្មជ្រៀតជ្រែកខុសច្បាប់ នៅក្នុងការបំពេញ មុខងារសាធារណៈ របស់អាជ្ញាធរ
• ទី៣-ញុះញង់ឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋកាន់អាវុធខុសច្បាប់ និង
• ទី៤ -ប្រឆាំងនឹងអាជ្ញាធរស្របច្បាប់ តាមមាត្រាមួយចំនួន នៃក្រមព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ។

No political arrangement for Sam Rainsy to return in time for election: CPP Cheam Yeap

សម រង្ស៊ី មិនអាច មានលទ្ធភាព ចូលរួមការ បោះ ឆ្នោតនា ពេលខាងមុខ

Tuesday, 02 August 2011
ដោយ ៖ សេង ផល្លាភ
សារព័តមាន​ ដើមអំពឹល

ភ្នំពេញ ៖ ប្រធានគណបក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ដែលកំពុងនិរទេសខ្លួន បន្ទាប់ពីតុលាការកម្ពុជា សម្រេចផ្ដន្ទាទោស ឱ្យជាប់ពន្ធនាគាររយៈពេល១៤ឆ្នាំ និងគ្មាន លទ្ធភាពវិលចូលមាតុភូមិវិញនោះឡើយ សម្រាប់មកឈរឈ្មោះ និងចូលរួមការបោះ ឆ្នោតនាពេលខាងមុខដ៏ខ្លីនេះ។

ការលើក ឡើងយ៉ាងដូច្នេះ ត្រូវបានធ្វើឡើងពីសំណាក់ មន្ដ្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់ និងសមាជិកសភា មកពីគណ បក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ដែលកំពុងកាន់អំណាច លោក ជាម យៀប ដែលបានថ្លែងប្រាប់ក្រុមអ្នក យកព័ត៌មាន នៅវិមានរដ្ឋសភា នាព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី ២ ខែសីហា ឆ្នាំ២០១១នេះ ។

លោក ជាម យៀប បានមានប្រសាសន៍ ថា លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ដែលបច្ចុប្បន្ន ក្លាយជា ទណ្ឌិតរបស់ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជានោះ ពុំមាននីតិ សម្បទាគ្រប់គ្រាន់ ក្នុងកិច្ចការងារ នយោ បាយ ឬក៏មាន លទ្ធភាពចូលរួមឈរឈ្មោះ និង បោះឆ្នោត ខាងមុខនេះទេ ។

លោក ជាម យៀប បានបញ្ជាក់ថា ប្រសិនបើលោក សម រង្ស៊ី ចង់បានមកវិញ នូវនីតិសម្បទាគ្រប់គ្រាន់ ក៏ដូចជាសិទ្ធិចូល រួម បោះឆ្នោតនិងបោះឆ្នោត លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ត្រូវតែអនុវត្ដទោសកំហុស របស់ខ្លួនឱ្យបាន ចប់សព្វគ្រប់ តាមរយៈតុលាការមកវិញ ដែរ។

ជាមួយគ្នានេះ ប្រធានគណៈកម្មការ សេដ្ឋកិច្ច ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ធនាគារ និងសវនកម្មនៃ រដ្ឋសភា បានសង្កត់ធ្ងន់ថា បើទោះបីមានការ គាបសង្កត់ ពីសហគមន៍អន្ដរជាតិ ឬក៏ អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ ក្នុង ករណីនេះ ក៏ដោយ ប៉ុន្ដែប្រធានគណបក្សប្រឆាំងរូប នេះ ត្រូវតែទទួលទោសឱ្យបានពេញលេញ ដែលតុលាការកម្ពុជា បានផ្ដន្ទាទោសក្នុង សំណុំរឿងចំនួន២ ឱ្យជាប់ពន្ធនាគាររហូត ទៅដល់ ១៤ឆ្នាំនោះ។

យោងតាមលោក ជាម យៀប គ្មានការ សម្របសម្រួល ខាងផ្នែកនយោបាយណា មួយនោះទេ នៅក្នុងសំណុំរឿងប្រធាន គណបក្សប្រឆាំងរូបនេះ ដើម្បីមានលទ្ធភាព វិលមកប្រទេសវិញ។ សូមបញ្ជាក់ថា លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ត្រូវបានតុលាការខេត្ដស្វាយរៀង និងសាលាដំបូងរាជធានីភ្នំពេញ ផ្ដន្ទាទោស ឱ្យជាប់ពន្ធនាគាររយៈពេល ១៤ឆ្នាំ និងបង់ ថវិការាប់លានរៀល ក្នុងសំណុំរឿងចំនួន២ គឺពាក់ព័ន្ធ ទៅនឹងការដកតម្រុយបង្គោល ព្រំដែន នៅស្រុកចន្ទ្រា ខេត្ដស្វាយរៀង និង ការក្លែងបន្លំ ឯកសារ សាធារណៈរឿងព្រំដែន រវាងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា-វៀតណាម ។

ដោយ ឡែកលោកស្រី មូរ សុខហួរ សមាជិកសភា គណបក្សប្រឆាំង ក៏ត្រូវបានលោក ជាម យៀប អះអាងថា មិនទាន់ត្រូវបានទទួល អភ័យឯកសិទ្ធិនៅឡើយនោះទេ រហូតមក ដល់ពេលនេះ។

Rights group calls for release of Cambodian activist

Jul 15, 2011
DPA

In recent years, Cambodia has come under increased pressure from rights watchdogs, who say Prime Minister Hun Sen's government has used the court system as a tool to muzzle opposition politicians and other figures.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy currently lives in exile, facing a total of 12 years jail for accusing the government of ceding land to Vietnam.

Phnom Penh - An international rights group called Friday for the release of a Cambodian human rights activist currently in prison for 'peaceful political expression.'

Leang Sokchouen, a member of the Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defence of Human Rights, had his two-year jail sentence upheld on appeal Thursday.

On August 30, Leang was convicted of disinformation in connection with the distribution of anti-government leaflets in the country's southern province of Takeo in January.

In a statement Friday, the US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the charge against the activist was changed to incitement during the appeal - a charge that did not exist at the time of the alleged crime.

It said the trial violated free trial standards and demonstrated the 'politicization and incompetence' of the court system.

CPP MP: Sam Rainsy has 2 choices (sic!)

21 June 2011
By Yun Samean
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Click here to read the original article in Khmer

The chairman of the World Federation of Liberal International who is also a EU MP demanded that the Phnom Penh regime allows Sam Rainsy, the SRP President, to return home so he may participate in the 2013 general election. The EU MP asked that the Phnom Penh regime put into application the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements on Cambodia, and that it brings in election reform.

On Tuesday 21 June, CPP MP Cheam Yeap warned that Sam Rainsy can returned back to Cambodia only if he stops defaming the Phnom Penh regime, otherwise, Sam Rainsy will face jail.

Cheam Yeap’s warning came after the chairman of the World Federation of Liberal International, who is also a powerful EU MP, demanded that the Phnom Penh regime allows Sam Rainsy to return to Cambodia so that he can safely join the election.

Power plan farce

Choeung Sopheap (L) is the wife of Lao Meng Khin (R). Both are Hun Xen's cronies and land-thieves

Friday, 17 June 2011
Thomas Miller and Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post

“How could we ensure … a distinction between the power of the legislative branch and the business sector?” he said. “Let the people examine this process as well …. We don’t want this project to be repeated like at Boeung Kak lake.”

The National Assembly voted without debate yesterday to guarantee perhaps millions of dollars in payments for electricity from a power plant being built by a company owned by ruling party Senator Lao Meng Khin.

Government officials praised the project yesterday, which has come under criticism for its lack of transparency and its connection with the controversial senator, saying it would provide the Kingdom with much-needed electricity and jobs while having a minimal impact on the environment.

But opposition lawmakers walked out in protest amid lingering questions about how the concession was awarded and whether the electricity will be priced fairly. Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian Mu Sochua posed numerous questions about the Preah Sihanouk province project during the brief hearing to National Assembly President Heng Samrin, who refused to answer or provide time for debate.

“We walked out because I asked all these questions… and then he didn’t answer anything – did not allow any discussion at all,” Mu Sochua said yesterday.

She said the prospect of holding a proper debate was “too hot” for the ruling party.

Analysts See Political Maneuver in Hun Sen Speech

Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 08 June 2011

“For political power, politicians have always used such a policy.”

Analysts say Prime Minister Hun Sen has gone on the offensive to discredit his political opponents ahead of elections, after a speech on Monday in which he took credit for helping both the Human Rights Party and the Sam Rainsy Party in previous years.

Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Royal School of Administration, Hun Sen said he advised HRP president Kem Sokha in the 2007 formation of his party and had advised Sam Rainsy over a constitutional amendment that lowered the number of seats necessary to form a majority government—from a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly to a 51 percent majority.

Analysts said the speech was likely an attack on the credibility of the opposition aimed at boosting support for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, with local elections set for 2012 and national elections the following year.

Lao Monghay, an independent analyst, said the strategy could test the loyalty of opposition and ruling party supporters alike. It could also “make confusion or a loss of confidence” among the opposition’s base, he said.

UN rights expert highlights challenges to democracy in Cambodia

Surya Prasad Subedi, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Cambodia (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

Source: UN News Centre

6 June 2011 – Significant challenges remain in the process towards full democratic governance in Cambodia, a United Nations independent human rights expert has said, while also recognizing the steps the country has taken towards democracy.

“Some of the current internal rules of procedure of the National Assembly are not conducive to enabling all members to enjoy freedom of speech in holding the executive to account and in defending the rights of the people they represent,” Surya Subedi, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, told reporters in Phnom Penh on Friday at the end of a fact-finding mission to the country.

“What is needed is the political will to accelerate the process of democratization. The institutions that are needed to implement the democratisation process are already in place, but the process of building these institutions as effective, independent and impartial State institutions has been frustratingly slow,” he said.

Cambodian Parliament curbed, U.N. says

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, June 6 (UPI) -- Some members of the Cambodian Parliament are prohibited in certain circumstances from checking the power of the executive, a U.N. special envoy complained.

Surya Subedi, the U.N. special envoy on human rights in Cambodia, said the country is making slow gains in embracing democracy. There are shortcomings, however, in free speech and debate.

"Democracy is about dialogue and debate on all issues of national importance," he said in a statement "Some of the current internal rules of procedure of the National Assembly are not conducive to enabling all members to enjoy freedom of speech in holding the executive to account and in defending the rights of the people they represent."

Cambodia faced criticism for targeting opposition leaders and government critics with legal pressure. Subedi said there were incidents where immunity was lifted for members of parliament in certain national issues.

Rainsy appeal postponed

Wednesday, 11 May 2011
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

A HEARING in Sam Rainsy’s appeal against a 10-year jail term handed down against him last year for falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation was delayed yesterday, as the opposition leader was judged not to have legal representation.

Although Sam Rainsy’s lawyer, Choung Choungy, attended the hearing at the invitation of the court, he said he had not been asked by the Sam Rainsy Party leader, who is living in self-imposed exile in France, to represent him.

Last September, Rainsy was found guilty of the charges in connection with maps he produced of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province.

He was sentenced in September to 10 years jail and fined US$14,000.

Appeal Court will hear MP Sam Rainsy's case on May 10

On 10 April 2011 at 7:30 am, the Appeal Court will hear MP Sam Rainsy's case.

AHRC: 2010 the State of Human Rights in Cambodia (Excerpt from AHRC report)

AHRC - 2010 the State of Human Rights in Cambodia

http://www.scribd.com/full/53405380?access_key=key-1fd99yfp5eapb0q1sacp

US Rights Report Sees Concern in NGO Law

United States' Michael Posner, right, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Human Rights and Labor, and United States' Esther Brimmer, left, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs, attend a press conference after the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the United States of America of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Nov. 5, 2010. (Photo: AP)

Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Tuesday, 12 April 2011

“It is, to me, in some ways emblematic of this trend that I talked about, where governments are not happy with their critics, and so they decide to make it difficult or impossible for them to operate.”

The US issued its annual Human Rights Report last week, voicing concern among other things about an impending law to regulate NGOs.

US Assistant Secretary of State Michael Posner told reporters in Washington on Friday the law will make it harder for civil society to operate and could run counter to the nation’s constitution.

Cambodia is among some 90 other countries that have adopted laws or regulations that will potentially curtail rights of civic organizations, he said.

“It is, to me, in some ways emblematic of this trend that I talked about, where governments are not happy with their critics, and so they decide to make it difficult or impossible for them to operate,” he said at the release of the report.

Sinatoons: Hun Xen mooning

Cartoon by V. Sina

U.S. Report Sees ‘Explosive’ Growth in Demand for Democracy

Apr 8, 2011
By Nicole Gaouette
Bloomberg

Cambodian Abuses

Cambodia was singled out for arbitrary arrests, child labor, restrictions on freedom of assembly and expression, and the use of defamation lawsuits to target opposition voices.

A new law in Cambodia is “emblematic” of international efforts to squash pro-democracy and public advocacy groups, the report said. The law would bar groups with fewer than 11 members from getting legal status, create barriers to registration for foreign non-governmental groups and then require them to collaborate with the government.

Ukraine, which began the year with free and fair presidential elections, saw an negative trend due to problematic local elections, media intimidation, and perceived selective prosecution of opposition figures, the report said.

Middle Eastern protesters calling for greater freedom, economic opportunity and meaningful political participation have the potential to improve human rights in that region and beyond, according to a State Department report released today.

“These citizens seek to build sustainable democracies in their countries with governments that respect the universal human rights of their own people,” the report noted. “If they succeed, the Middle East region, and with it the whole world, will be improved.”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speaking at the State Department, said the U.S. is “particularly disturbed” by crackdowns on democracy activists. She cited arrests of dissidents in such countries as China and Venezuela.

The 35th annual report examined 194 countries, singling out Colombia, Guinea and Indonesia for improvements in human rights in 2010. Ukraine, China and Cambodia, where “security forces, acting with impunity, committed arbitrary killings,” were among countries censured for their abuses.

Opposition officials will not ask for Sam Rainsy’s replacement

20 March 2011
By Den Ayuthyea
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Oss Dey
Click here to read the article in Khmer

Opposition officials indicated that they will not ask the NatAss (National Assembly) to replace opposition leader Sam Rainsy, the MP from Kampong Cham province.

Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, gave an interview to RFA on 20 March that there is no reason for the SRP to ask for a replacement to Sam Rainsy, President of the SRP, even if the NatAss ended the latter’s duty and rights as Kampong Cham province MP.

Yim Sovann indicated that the use of the justice system to sentence Sam Rainsy to 12-year in jail stems from Sam Rainsy’s help to farmers, preventing these farmers from losing their rice fields, and also from Sam Rainsy’s decision to protect [Cambodia’s] land against foreign aggression. On this issue, the ruling CPP intends to prevent Sam Rainsy from participating in the political process in Cambodia: “It’s a political intention to prevent President [Sam Rainsy] from participating in the upcoming election. President Sam Rainsy is a courageous man, he dared come out to defend our lands against foreign aggressions. He dared protect justice for the people, defend the land for the people, therefore, he is considered a hero. Therefore, there is nothing against the criminal law, nobody can stop our President from being a Member of Parliament. Therefore, we absolutely will not present another candidate to replace him.”

Sam Rainsy: “I am not fighting among us Khmers, but I am fighting against Vietnam to protect Khmer land”

Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy (Photo: V. Fournier)

18 March 2011
By Kuoch Kuntheara
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Oss Dey

Kuoch Kuntheara’s weekly guest for this Saturday 19 March is Mr. Sam Rainsy, President of the Sam Rainsy Party. On Tuesday 15 March, the NatAss (National Assembly) decided to remove his duty as MP. Replying to Kuoch Kuntheara’s questions, Mr. Sam Rainsy considers this removal contrary to the aim of the Cambodian Constitution which protects the rights of MPs. At the same time, Mr. Sam Rainsy continues to claim that his past action was not to fights among Khmer people, but that he fighting against Vietnam to protect Khmer land.

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Public opinions on the stripping of Sam Rainsy’s rights as MP

(Photo: AFP)

17 March 2011
By Den Ayuthyea
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
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Civil society and a number of people in Cambodia indicated that the loss of rights and ability to become an election candidate by opposition leader Sam Rainsy show the CPP’s fear of Sam Rainsy’s popularity. They also indicated that Sam Rainsy’s inability to participate in upcoming elections is a backward move of democracy in Cambodia.

On 15 March 2011, the National Assembly (NatAss) of Cambodia decided to strip opposition leader Sam Rainsy of his duty and rights as MP from Kampong Cham during the 4th electoral mandate, i.e. his name was struck down from the NatAss roster. Because of this stripping, Sam Rainsy could no longer participate in upcoming elections.

A number of people among the public indicated that in a democratic society, there should be no restriction on the opposition leader’s rights to participate in the political process, nor should he be restricted from participating in the elections.

Dorn Rithy, a farmer from Prey Veng, indicated that he wants to see Sam Rainsy, the leader of the largest opposition party in Cambodia, be present in Cambodia during the upcoming 2012 commune election and during the upcoming 2013 general election. His presence should be fair and equal to that of the ruling CPP party.

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Is the Sam Rainsy Party’s candle burning out?

Wednesday, 09 March 2011
Dara Saoyuth
The Phnom Penh Post

People are sitting in a room looking at a large TV screen. They are watching a person on the screen and if they want to speak, they have to get out of their seats and go to a desk and talk in a microphone so that the person on the screen can hear and respond. This is the method employed by Sam Rainsy Party members to communicate with their leader, Sam Rainsy, who is now living in self-exile in France.

Sam Rainsy was convicted in January 2010 of destroying public property and racial incitement with Vietnam by pulling up border posts along the Vietnamese border in Svay Rieng province in 2009. On March 1, 2011, Cambodia’s Supreme Court rejected his appeal and his sentence of two years in jail still stands.

“The court is used as a political tool to shut Sam Rainsy’s mouth or eliminate him from the political arena since he is the leader of the opposition party,” said Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the Sam Rainsy Party.

Political Solution for Sam Rainsy Return a Must: Analysts

Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Thursday, 03 March 2011

"Without Sam Rainsy’s involvement in upcoming elections, the international community will question the legitimacy of Cambodian democracy."

Analysts say that with no more legal options available in a criminal case against Sam Rainsy, a political solution must be found ahead of upcoming elections.

The Supreme Court this week upheld criminal charges against the opposition leader, who was found guilty of racial incitement and destruction of property for uprooting border markers near Vietnam in 2009.

Sam Rainsy remains in exile and faces two years in prison for those charges, along with an additional sentence of 10 years for posting a map of the border on his party website that the government said was false and constituted disinformation.

The criminal charges will prevent him from leading his party from Cambodia in local elections in 2012 and from contesting national elections in 2013.