Please listen to the analysis by opposition leader Sam Rainsy on the Candle Light Radio Program on 31 Jan 2011:
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
An author and an opposition radio journalist receives death threat
Wednesday, 21 July 2010By Khmerization
Source: Tin Zakariya, Radio Free Asia
An author of a book recently banned by the government and a radio journalist for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party's (SRP) Candle Radio Program has received a telephone death threat from an anonymous caller, reports Radio Free Asia.
Pen Puthsphea (Puthsophea), author of two question and answer examination books recently banned by the government, said he received a death threat through a telephone call, with a hidden number, at around 12:20pm on Monday, 19th July. "The person called me with a hidden number. 'You, don't be too strong! Be careful or you will die!' He only said like that and just hanged up", Puthsphea told RFA.
Pen Puthsphea said the death threat against him could be attributed to the banning of the two books. He said the books have been in bookstores since 2006, but have just recently been banned by the government.
Touch Naroth, Phnom Penh Police Commissioner, declined to comment when reached by phone on Monday, saying that he is in a meeting.
Mr. Pen Puthsphea said his books are question and answer books about Cambodian culture and about the current political situations in Cambodia , but were deemed critical of the government and Prime Minister Hun Sen. "In the books I mentioned there are 4-5 political leaders in the country. If the government applies this collective leadership, then the country will progress forward very fast. And in the bracket, I stressed that 'a government led by Samdech Hun Sen will be unable to develop the country faster because there are rampant corruption from top political machinery down to the bottom level", he said.
Mr. Sok Sam Oeun, president of the Cambodian Legal Defenders Project, said the government has the obligation to protect Mr. Pen Puthsphea and find the culprit.
Mr. Chheng Sophors, investigator for human rights group Licadho, said he is investigating the matter after Mr. Pen Puthsphea had lodged a complaint with his office.
Pen Puthsphea (Puthsophea), author of two question and answer examination books recently banned by the government, said he received a death threat through a telephone call, with a hidden number, at around 12:20pm on Monday, 19th July. "The person called me with a hidden number. 'You, don't be too strong! Be careful or you will die!' He only said like that and just hanged up", Puthsphea told RFA.
Pen Puthsphea said the death threat against him could be attributed to the banning of the two books. He said the books have been in bookstores since 2006, but have just recently been banned by the government.
Touch Naroth, Phnom Penh Police Commissioner, declined to comment when reached by phone on Monday, saying that he is in a meeting.
Mr. Pen Puthsphea said his books are question and answer books about Cambodian culture and about the current political situations in Cambodia , but were deemed critical of the government and Prime Minister Hun Sen. "In the books I mentioned there are 4-5 political leaders in the country. If the government applies this collective leadership, then the country will progress forward very fast. And in the bracket, I stressed that 'a government led by Samdech Hun Sen will be unable to develop the country faster because there are rampant corruption from top political machinery down to the bottom level", he said.
Mr. Sok Sam Oeun, president of the Cambodian Legal Defenders Project, said the government has the obligation to protect Mr. Pen Puthsphea and find the culprit.
Mr. Chheng Sophors, investigator for human rights group Licadho, said he is investigating the matter after Mr. Pen Puthsphea had lodged a complaint with his office.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Evidence of Border Encroachment to be Exposed on SRP Web Site and During Radio Call-in Show
January 23, 2010
Source: SRP
EVIDENCE OF BORDER ENCROACHMENT TO BE EXPOSED ON SRP WEB SITE AND DURING RADIO CALL-IN SHOW
On Monday, January 25, two days before his sham trial in Svay Rieng province, opposition leader Sam Rainsy will expose in detail evidence of border encroachments during a radio call-in show (Candle Light program on FM 93.5 MHz, from 18:00 to 19:00).
The evidence consisting of official French-drawn (1952 1/100,000) and American-drawn (1966 1/50,000) maps and most recent satellite pictures with precise geographic coordinates and GPS data, definitely proves that the alleged border stake Sam Rainsy uprooted on October 25 in Svay Rieng province was irrefutably in Cambodia’s territory.
Moreover, using the same scientific techniques, Sam Rainsy – who has been assisted by map engineers, historians and geographers from several countries over the last three months – will prove from Paris that all the “border markers” nearby the one (# 185) he uprooted, are well within Cambodia’s legal borders.
This might explain why, following the October 25 incident, Vietnamese authorities have removed and taken back to Vietnam those alleged border markers (# 184, 186 and 187).
All the evidence, including satellite pictures, GPS data, detailed maps and most recent photos of the alleged border markers or what remains of them, will be posted on SRP Web site www.samrainsyparty.org
On behalf of the Cambodian people the SRP will call on all friendly countries and relevant international organizations to examine the above evidence and to see the bad faith and/or incompetence of the current Phnom Penh government.
On January 27, will people be watching Sam Rainsy’s “trial” or that of border encroachers caught red handed along with their weak and complacent Cambodian accomplices?
Does the “trial” concern Sam Rainsy alone or does it actually concern the whole Cambodian people since Cambodia’s territory belongs to all Cambodians. Aren’t we talking about, and dealing with, a national issue, which is Cambodia’s territorial integrity?
Since it involves a border issue between two countries, the “trial” will logically be an international one. Is the Svay Rieng provincial court competent to adjudicate on an international issue?
SRP Members of Parliament
The evidence consisting of official French-drawn (1952 1/100,000) and American-drawn (1966 1/50,000) maps and most recent satellite pictures with precise geographic coordinates and GPS data, definitely proves that the alleged border stake Sam Rainsy uprooted on October 25 in Svay Rieng province was irrefutably in Cambodia’s territory.
Moreover, using the same scientific techniques, Sam Rainsy – who has been assisted by map engineers, historians and geographers from several countries over the last three months – will prove from Paris that all the “border markers” nearby the one (# 185) he uprooted, are well within Cambodia’s legal borders.
This might explain why, following the October 25 incident, Vietnamese authorities have removed and taken back to Vietnam those alleged border markers (# 184, 186 and 187).
All the evidence, including satellite pictures, GPS data, detailed maps and most recent photos of the alleged border markers or what remains of them, will be posted on SRP Web site www.samrainsyparty.org
On behalf of the Cambodian people the SRP will call on all friendly countries and relevant international organizations to examine the above evidence and to see the bad faith and/or incompetence of the current Phnom Penh government.
On January 27, will people be watching Sam Rainsy’s “trial” or that of border encroachers caught red handed along with their weak and complacent Cambodian accomplices?
Does the “trial” concern Sam Rainsy alone or does it actually concern the whole Cambodian people since Cambodia’s territory belongs to all Cambodians. Aren’t we talking about, and dealing with, a national issue, which is Cambodia’s territorial integrity?
Since it involves a border issue between two countries, the “trial” will logically be an international one. Is the Svay Rieng provincial court competent to adjudicate on an international issue?
SRP Members of Parliament
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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