China must begin dialogue with Tibet, Cambodian MPs say

Saturday, December 17 2011
TibetCustom.com

DHARAMSHALA: A group of parliamentarians of Cambodia has made a strong call for an end to the human rights violations in Tibet, urging China to engage in sincere dialogue with the Tibetan side to resolve the issue of Tibet.

“It is with a strong sense of unity that we Cambodian parliamentarians support the recent move by British Parliamentarians to halt the continuing injustice in Tibet,” noted a press release issued by three MPs, Son Chhay , Cheam Channy and Yont Tharo from the opposition Sam Rainsy party.

Expressing serious concern over the recent spate of self-immolations in Tibet, the MPs said, “these acts of self-immolation make sense when one considers the decades of repression, intimidation, fear, and violence that Tibetans have endured daily under China’s rule which only appears to be worsening.”

2005 Correspondances between Norodom Sihanouk and Ranariddh/Hun Xen in the cases of SRP MPs Sam Rainsy, Cheam Channy and Chea Poch

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SRP MPs for Kampong Cham visited Cambodia-Vietnam border markers

Mao Monyvann, Cheam Channy and Thak Lany, SRP Lawmakers for Kampong Cham province, visited Cambodia-Vietnam border markers #125, 126, 127, and 128 in Ponhea Krek district, Kampong Cham province on June 23, 2010.

"Men live on the land, we live from our rice fields and our farms, but they [Viets] took all our rice fields, how can I live? How can I live?" - Message from a Cambodian farmer from Ponhea Krek district, Kampong Cham to the Khmer leaders

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Cheam Channy denies he is defecting the SRP

Cheam Channy following his release from jail stemming from a false accusation (Photo: SRP)

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Kampong Cham SRP MP Cheam Channy denied a report printed by a local newspaper at the end of last week, claiming that he is defecting the SRP to join the CPP. In an interview with The Mekong Times, Cheam Channy indicated that he will pursue his tenure with SRP. He said that he never dreamed of joining the CPP at all. He added that the report is a demagoguery to incite his supporters to blame him, and an action deliberately taken for political gain. In response to the question whether the SRP defectors are conducting their own political suicide or not, Cheam Channy declined to comment. However, he told the newspaper to look back at those people who defected the party to join other parties, what was their final fate? What problems did they have to face later on?

Opposition Party: Land Dispute Cases on the Rise

Opposition Lawmaker Cheam Channy (VOA file photo)

Sakada Chun
VOA Khmer
Cambodia
19/02/2007

The vice chairman of the commission of Protection of Human Rights and Reception of Complaints of the National Assembly on Monday say he is disappointed that many land dispute cases are not resolved based on justice and laws because of corruption.

Commission vice chairman Cheam Channy of the Sam Rainsy opposition party says land disputes cases between the rich and the poor are on the rise because the commission could not be solved properly due to corruption and nepotism.

The commission of Protection of Human Rights and Reception of Complaints says in its 2006 report that it received 344 complaints on land disputes around the country compared to 259 cases in 2005.

Human rights Ad Hoc's director, Thun Saray says that the solution to land dispute complaints is stalled.

Prime Minister Hun Sen warned last week that land encroachers would dare to lead a coup d'Etat in the future, and they have power in the government.