Khmer New Year Celebration in Finland

On Saturday 14 April 2012, the Cambodian Friendship Association in Finland organized a Khmer New Year celebration in Helsinki, Finland. Erkki Tuomioja, Finland's Minister of Foreign Affairs, participated in the event and gave a 10 minutes speech to the guests.

Letter from Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja to Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy

Congratulations from SRP Finland on the Senate Election

Letter from Finland's President of Parliament

Dear All,

Last week, Sar Sophorn, the vice president of SRP-Finland has sent a letter to congratulated Mr. Eero Heinäluoma who has been elected as the Speaker of the Parliament of Finland. Today the Speaker sent back an official letter as attached.

We strongly hope that next time our President Sam Rainsy or/and our MP(s) will have a chance to meet him in the Parliament.

Warm greeting from Finland.

SRP-Finland

Press Release on SRP MP Mu Sochua's meeting in Helsinki, Finland, today

Dear All,

Today, SRP MP Mu Sochua met with top officials in Helsinki at the Presidental Palace and at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please read the statement below in Khmer.

SRP-Finland


http://www.box.net/shared/z3jtty2i6x6bnx1yc9xv

Press Release on MP Mu Sokhua's visit to Norway on July 03, 2011

Dear colleagues and friends,

On Sunday evening, July 03, 2011, SRP Norway will organize a Welcome Party for MP Mu Sokhua during her planned visit Kristiansand City, South of Norway. She will also visit Latvia and SRP activists in Finland before arriving in Norway.

Please refer to the attached Press Release release dated June 19, 2011 (in Khmer)

Best,
SRP Norway

Heng Pov’s wife left Singapore for Finland?

Friday, May 25, 2007
Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The wife of Heng Pov, the former Phnom Penh police chief, left Singapore to Finland after the Phnom Penh municipal court issued an arrest warrant for the Ministry of Interior (MoI) police to arrest her and bring her to court for questioning about the circulation of $30,000 in fake money. However, there is no confirmed information about Ngin Sotheavy’s departure yet.

According to report from the Phnom Penh municipal court, on 30 July 2006, the MoI police raided Heng Pov’s home located in Takhmao city, Kandal province, and they confiscated $300,000 in cash.

After a review, the police indicated that among the $300,000 confiscated, there was $30,000 in fake money included in the total amount. The police then built its case and sent the file to the court for further legal proceedings. Kry Sok Y, the deputy prosecutor of the Phnom Penh municipal court, decided to charge Ngin Sotheavy, Heng Pov’s wife, of circulating fake money, and the case was handed over to Judge Kem Ravy, the investigating judge.

At the time, the judge issued an arrest warrant ordering that Ngin Sotheavy be brought to the court for questioning on the charge brought against her. However, because the local authority indicated that Ngin Sotheavy was no longer in Cambodia, the judge issued another warrant for the police to look for her, arrest her, and bring her to court for questioning.

Since Ngin Sotheavy was staying in Singapore, the court ordered the MoI police to use legal means to arrest Ngin Sotheavy and deport her back to Cambodia. That was the reason why the authority canceled her passport as a mean to allow Singapore to extradite her back to Cambodia.

According to a source overseas, Ngin Sotheavy actively tried to obtain asylum in a third country by claiming that her arrest by the Cambodian court would be a violation of human rights, and would be unfair.

Recently, a reliable source indicated in Cambodia that Ngin Sotheavy already left Singapore to travel to Finland, but additional information from overseas on her departure is not available.

Land registration: The computerized system would work fine if the entire country was not in a state of total disarray

Cambodia Improves Its Land Registration with Help from Finland

The Finnish government has donated approx. two million USD to Cambodia in efforts to improve the country’s land registration.

By Theis Broegger
ScandAsia

Cambodia’s Ministry of Urbanization and Construction will use the money to adopt modern information technology, strengthen public awareness, and increase community participation in the sector of land registration, the chief of the Minister’s Cabinet, Mr. Mean Chanvanny, told local media on Saturday.

Finland’s generousity was praised by Cambodia’s Minister of Urbanization and Construction, Im Chun Lim, who expressed his appreciation this weekend, saying that Finland has helped Cambodia handle the task of land registration, which is a key work closely connected with the living conditions of the people.

From 2002 to 2007, Finland has now provided a total sum of 3.5 million USD to be spent on land registration in Cambodia, reports the Chinese news agency Xinhua.

Finland donates 2 mln USD for Cambodia to improve land registration

February 11, 2007

Finland has donated about 2 million U.S. dollars for Cambodia to improve its land registration, officials told Xinhua on Saturday.

Ministry of Urbanization and Construction will use the fund to adopt modern information technology, strengthen public awareness and increase community participation in the sector of land registration, said Mean Chanvanny, chief of Cabinet of Ministers.

In addition, Im Chhun Lim, Minister of Urbanization and Construction, expressed appreciation to Finland, saying that it has helped Cambodia handle the land registration, a key work closely connected with the living conditions of the people.

From 2002 to 2007, Finland altogether provided about 3.5 million U.S. dollars for Cambodia to improve its land registration, he added.

Source: Xinhua