Hun Xen: Same old! Same old!

Unofficial translation from French by KI-Media

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Hun Xen: Same old! Same old!

The 5 hours 20 minutes speech given on 09 August 2012 was simply an opportunity for Hun Xen to renew his faithful subservience to Hanoi, this came after both Asian and Western observers and officials have accused him of being a “stooge” to Beijing.

In fact, there is nothing new to add to what Hun Xen and his comrades said for the past several years over land and maritime borders between Cambodia and Vietnam. The historical and legal references that he pointed out over this issue were those used by the Vietnamese themselves since their invasion and occupation of Cambodia since 1979. Hun Xen justified the “lawfulness” of his actions, but one needs to understand that it was Vietnamese imperial law, not International Law.

Under International Law, Hun Xen and his so-called People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) – a beast created by the Vietnamese occupation – have no legitimate rights to conclude any international agreements over Cambodia’s borders. In other words, all these PRK-Vietnam territorial agreements dating from the 80s were simply null and void. Stipulations in the 1991 Paris Peace Agreements over Cambodia are very clear about this issue.

Therefore, the recognition and the execution of these illegal agreements that are in favor of a foreign country and that are detrimental to one’s country’s territorial integrity are betrayal acts that are condemned by any penal code in the world, including that of Cambodia itself.

Paris, 10 August 2012

Dy Kareth

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Cambodia's Borders Committee focuses on Sam Rainsy's case

26 Nov 2009
By Moeung Tum
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer

The Paris-based Cambodia's Borders Committee (CBC) issued a statement focusing on the accusation leveled against Sam Rainsy for allegedly perpetrating a criminal act in the destruction of public properties, and threatening on the national security.

The statement dated 23 November criticized the charge of destruction of public properties, saying that it is improper because these border stakes are located on top of rice fields belonging to Cambodian farmers, and furthermore, these farmers have protested the installation of these stakes on their fields and the commune and district authorities did not resolve this issue for them. These are private lands, therefore, the owners of the lands have the right to pull them out, however, if the authority confiscates these lands and turn them into public properties, then the authorities did not legally compensate the land owners yet.

Regarding the charge of threatening national security, CBC indicated that, in a country with the rule of law, there must be clear confirmation as to what constitutes national security so that the type and extent of this threat can be estimated.

CBC asked whether, through the uprooting of temporary border posts, Sam Rainsy caused danger to the Cambodian people, or whether he created unrest in the country that could lead to internal warfare or a war between Cambodia and Vietnam? Sam Rainsy and his colleagues visited these posts location under the invitation of protesting villagers, they did not carry any weapons to threaten anybody.

In summary, Dr. Dy Kareth, CBC vice-president, wrote in this statement that the trial of Sam Rainsy will actually take place in the future. CBC indicated that this is a pressure exerted by Hanoi on Hun Xen and the CPP.

As of Thursday, RFA did not yet receive any government reaction to the CBC statement above.

Opposition groups issued statements criticising 7th January Day

Mr. Sourn Serey Ratha.

Radio Free Asia
By Mao Sotheany
8th January, 2009
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization

In a statement released yesterday, Mr. Seng Huot, secretary-general of the Sam Rainsy Party in Finland, stressed that 7th January is a day that the leadership of the Cambodian People's Party feel very proud with the Vietnamese army which had toppled the Khmer Rouge regime.

It is a day that Vietnam has invaded Cambodia that make Cambodia to lose its independence and democracy.

He added that every Khmer people should celebrate 23rd October (1991) because it is a day that all Khmer warring factions agreed to end the war.

In relation to 7th Jay Day, Mr. Sourn Serey Ratha, chairman of the Cambodian Actions and Committee of Justice and Equality, based in America and Mr. Dy Kareth, vice-chairman of the Cambodian Border Committe based in France, have issued statements separately which described 7th January as a day of the great victory of the Vietnamese colonialism over Cambodia and accused Vietnam of controlling Cambodia candidly and openly for 30 years behind the scene. This is a great danger that has caused the Cambodian nation and to the Khmer people to lose their soverignty, territorial integrity and their national indentity, the statements said.

Mr. Khieu Kanharith, government spokesman and Minister of Information, considers the groups that are opposed to 7th January Day as those who wanted to whitewash their shame for not being part of the liberation of the Cambodian nation.

Wishes for the Year of the Rat 2552 From the Cambodia's Border Committee

WISHES FOR THE YEAR OF THE RAT 2552

Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Beloved Compatriots,

In comparison of the previous years, the past Year of the Pig in Cambodia was one of serious power abuse and human rights violations, as well as the violations of our citizens’ rights, in addition to the violent repressions perpetrated by public and private powerful figures, especially in the provinces. The powerful rulers of Cambodia totally ignore the lamenting, and the distress and despair calls by their constituents broadcasted daily on radio stations and published on newspapers. The “Super Great and Very Powerful Commander-in-chief” (Aka Moha Senapadei Decho) Hun Sen turned out to be weak when it comes to putting an end to the anarchic deforestation, the land confiscations from farmers, the corruption of the civilian, legal and military administrations, as well as to all kinds of financial and economic speculations. On the other hand, the “Very Powerful” Prime Minister heroically fought against Mr. Yash Ghai, the UN Special Envoy on Human Rights in Cambodia, and he even refused the entry of the latter into the kingdom for denouncing the misery and the fear instilled on ordinary citizens and the despicable human rights situation in Cambodia. Mr. Hun Sen’s staunch lieutenants even planned on getting rid of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Phnom Penh as well. This is a clear warning against all citizens who still dream of freedom. For the past five years, everything was done to prevent any public political gathering and street demonstrations, soon all strikes will also be prevented … as the regime needs “order and stability for its development.”

Mr. Hun Sen now has a solid alibi: he has to protect the economic growth for “the development and the poverty reduction.” He negotiates all by himself and in dark “secrecy,” economic contracts without any public bidding, without publication, and without the agreement from the Parliament. He grants “concessions” – so as not to call them “sales” of national territories – that are outrageously larger than allowed by the law to foreigners who have the right to do whatever they want without any economic, social and human considerations, for the extraordinary durations of 50, 70 or even 99-year. In effect, since “the growth” started, sumptuous palaces and villas belonging to relatives and friends of Mr. Hun Sen’s family are sprouting like mushrooms in Phnom Penh and in large Cambodian cities. Furthermore, the prime minister said that he is “very proud” that his regime knows how to push up exponentially the price of lands in the capital and elsewhere. Undoubtedly, he is also “very proud” that he could churn out million of new slaves to serve the newly rich. These new slaves are Khmer people who barely survive with $0.50, $1 or barely $2 of earning per day and, for many years, have extreme difficulties to find jobs, to feed themselves, to obtain healthcare, to pay for their children tuitions, and the meager support they obtained came mainly from foreign charity. For the past few years, the billions of revenues from Pailin precious gems, from precious woods from Kampong Thom forests, from fish catch from the Tonle Sap, from Battambang rice, from Siem Reap tourism … in addition to the other billions in international aid, where did all these billions go that they could not reduce somewhat the misery of Khmer farmers and workers?

We have seen them all these boasted economic growth and development that are “paid for” mainly through the pillaging and sellout of national resources, through the deprivations forced upon the population, through the concessions-sales of lands and islands to foreign interests, and through the plundering of state wealth as well as the farmers’ properties. The “excellent” economic growth did not stop the worsening of the social situation (public healthcare, education, human trafficking, …), the continued rise of joblessness and the non-stop increase in the price of basic goods (rice, fish, vegetables, salt, etc…) created by a soaring inflation that comes hand in hand with the flare-up of land prices. However, to exculpate himself from the inflation and the economic crisis which he initiated, Mr. Hun Sen now puts the entire responsibility on “dishonest merchants,” and other ills, such as the international increase of oil price, the cost of transportation and raw materials, all of which are additional burdens borne by the poor and the hungry people.

The social situation in the New Year of the Rat could be untenable and become explosive. But, as usual, to protect his “development,” Mr. Hun Sen and his cronies have to resort to punctual demagogic measures and to usual lies, as well as intimidations and violent repressions against “economic saboteurs” already identified. Already, in order to “provide freedom, legitimacy and justice for the upcoming elections,” and the preservation of the CPP dictatorship, Mr. Hok Lundy, the national police commissioner, plans to deploy, under his commandment, “police officers, military police officers, the infantry, the air force and the navy of the entire country.” And if this is not enough, Mr. Tea Banh, the minister of Defense, will also make appeal to the Vietnamese troops of “volunteers” to the rescue. This is the logic “of stability and development in Cambodia, … which are inseparable from the tight cooperation with Vietnam,” as Mr. Sok An announced last December…

The impossible-to-reform government system thus set up will follow its course, “irreversibly.” The people must find their salvation on their own. The Cambodia’s Border Committee very sincerely and profoundly wishes that the Tevoda of the New Year of the Rat will show the divine path to all Khmer People so that they can benefit from the peace, prosperity and happiness which they had waited for so long until now.

Long Life the Khmer People!

Done in Paris, April 13, 2008

The Cambodia’s Border Committee in France and Worldwide,

Dy Kareth
Vice-President

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