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Showing posts with label Hun Sen vs. Pen Sovann. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hun Sen vs. Pen Sovann. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Hanoi's Dogs
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Pen Sovann's interview on the Khmer Post Radio regarding Hun Xen's comment
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Friday, February 03, 2012
ហ៊ុន សែន ចោទ ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ ថាជាមនុស្សរបស់វៀតណាម
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ចោទលោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ ថាជាមនុស្សរបស់វៀតណាម
2012-02-03
ដោយ វោហារ ជាតិ
Radio Free Asia
អ្នកស្រី ពុង ឈីវកេក មានប្រសាសន៍ថា មិនមែនរឿងថ្មីនោះទេ ហើយក៏កើតឡើងជាញឹកញាប់មកហើយ។ ហេតុផលគឺដោយសារ តែដណ្ដើមប្រជាប្រិយភាពនយោបាយគ្នា ព្រោះថា រដូវបោះឆ្នោតជិតមកដល់។លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានចោទលោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ អតីតនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្នុងពេលវៀតណាម កាន់កាប់កម្ពុជា ក្នុងទសវត្សរ៍ ៨០ ថា ជាមនុស្សជំនិតរបស់ទីក្រុងហាណូយ។
បញ្ហាវៀតណាម នៅតែជាប្រធានបទក្ដៅដដែលចំពោះអ្នកនយោបាយខ្មែរលើកយកមកបន្តុះបង្អាប់ និងចោទដាក់គ្នាទៅវិញទៅមកតាំងពីជំនាន់មុនមកដល់ជំនាន់នេះ។ ជាពិសេស បញ្ហានេះបានកើតមានឡើងយ៉ាងញឹកញាប់ និងក្ដៅគគុកក្នុងរបបនយោបាយខ្មែរគ្រប់អាណត្តិ ចាប់តាំងពីឆ្នាំ១៩៧៩ នៅពេលកងទ័ពវៀតណាម ចូលមកប្រទេសកម្ពុជា វាយផ្ដួលរំលំរបបប្រល័យពូជសាសន៍ ប៉ុល ពត មកទល់ឆ្នាំ២០១២នេះ។
ជាថ្មីម្ដងទៀត លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានរិះគន់លោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ អតីតនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្នុងរបបសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា យ៉ាងចាស់ដៃថា លោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ ជាអ្នកតស៊ូកុម្មុយនិស្តខ្មែរម្នាក់ បម្រើឲ្យកុម្មុយនិស្តវៀតណាម តាំងពីនៅតូចម្ល៉េះ តែធ្វើជាដើរតួប្រឆាំងវៀតណាម។
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Who’s your daddy?
Pen Sovann (Photo: AP)Pen Sovann: I am the father of 02 December and 07 January
27 July 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Once again, Pen Sovann, the former prime minister of Cambodia at the beginning of the 80s and currently vice-president of the Human Rights Party, told his party members on Sunday that he was the one who led the army to liberate Cambodia from the Khmer Rouge regime. According to The Phnom Penh Post, Pen Sovann told about 200 HRP party members at the party headquarters that: “I am telling you that I am the father of 02 December and 07 January. I was the true president of the CPP.” He added: “I formed the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK).” He said that when he formed the 1979 government, he nominated Heng Xamrin, the current president of the National Assembly, to the position of chairman of the council of the revolutionary people of Kampuchea, and Chea Xim, the current president of the Senate, to the position of minister of Interior. Pen Sovann was nominated as the PRK prime minister in 1981, but he was subsequently arrested [by Hun Xen] and jailed in Vietnam for 10 years because he opposed the Vietnamese leaders’ policy of sending Viet immigrants to settle in Cambodia, as well as other Viet plans.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
Pen Sovan, Hun Sen Argue Who Between Them Was Boss When Vietnam Invaded Cambodia
Who was the boss: Pen Sovann (L) or Hun Sen (R)?24 Dec 08
By Sok Hean
Moneaksekar Khmer
Translated from Khmer by Anonymous
Former Prime Minister Pen Sovan responded to Prime Minister Hun Sen's attack on Monday 22 December when Hun Sen told the students during a graduation ceremony at the National Education Institute that he was higher in rank than a person who was his comrade in arms during the revolution, whom Hun Sen did not mention by name but who was known to most as being Pen Sovan, when the Cambodian forces supported by Vietnamese troops overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime on 7 January 1979.
Ex-Comrade Pen Sovan, currently vice president of the Human Rights Party in charge of Disciplinary Commission, talked at length about his role in the creation of the Kampuchean National United Front for National Salvation [KNUFNS] on 2 December 1978, now known as the Kampuchean National United Front for National Development, headed by Heng Samrin, currently chairman of the National Assembly.
Pen Sovan asserted, "I am certainly the Father of the 2 December anniversary." He went on to say, "Hun Sen is certainly one of my underlings at the start of the Khmer People's Republic regime, created following the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime."
In a cutting remark intended for Hun Sen Pen Sovan said, "History has already been written. Hun Sen should be ashamed because at that time he was merely a member of the Front movement in charge of youth affairs." Pen Sovan further said that it is because January is drawing near that Hun Sen wants to cover up the truth.
"I do not want to respond to a man who does not know his own Cambodian history, a man who is distorting history in this manner. If Hun Sen really has guts, I ask the national television to give me one hour to replay the 2 December and 7 January documents that I have preserved to these days. And I ask the Cambodian people to look at these documents on the screen and draw their own conclusion as to who was bigger than whom and who said what in these documents on 2 December 1978 and 7 January 1979. When they have seen the documents on TV all Cambodian people will know who was bigger than whom.
"Last Monday Hun Sen said that he was shown a tape recording of Pen Sovan's remarks broadcasted over Radio Beehive in which Pen Sovan was heard claiming that his status was bigger than Hun Sen's in the movement that overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime. Pen Sovan was prime minister in the 1980s and vice chairman of the KNUFNS founded on 2 December 1978, or 30 years ago, to topple the Democratic Kampuchea regime of the Khmer Rouge.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said, "In 1979 I was the big leader in the region east of the Mekong. However, a man claimed he was the Father of 2 December and 7 January and he even claimed that I was one of his minions.
"The man mentioned by Hun Sen was Pen Sovan and Pen Sovan at that time was in reality a second lieutenant in the Vietnamese army under Heng Samrin, who then was chairman of the Front and now chairman of the National Assembly.
Hun Sen said, "I want to send a message to him that he should behave properly. Please do not make too many lies. I do not want to show his name. You are lying to other people.
"Hun Sen went on to say that what Pen Sovan was correct in his speech was that "I was the one who arrested him right in his house. This is the only thing in his speech that was right.
"Hun Sen also affirmed that it is now too late for Pen Sovan to return to the Cambodian People's Party.
Appointed prime minister in May 1981 but arrested in December the same year on charges of treason against the communist regime and opposition to the presence of Vietnamese troops in Cambodia at that time, Pen Sovan was detained for 10 years in Hanoi without any trial. He was released from prison in Vietnam in 1991 following the signing of the Paris Peace Agreements by the Cambodian side on 23 October 1991.
Nonetheless, monitors of the political situation have predicted that Hun Sen would not allow the state television TVK to give Pen Sovan an hour of air time to show the documents concerning the 2 December and 7 January events. This is because if Hun Sen allows Pen Sovan to broadcast the documents that he claimed he had in his possession the Cambodian public could clearly know that between Hun Sen and Pen Sovan who the real boss was when the Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia in early 1979.
Ex-Comrade Pen Sovan, currently vice president of the Human Rights Party in charge of Disciplinary Commission, talked at length about his role in the creation of the Kampuchean National United Front for National Salvation [KNUFNS] on 2 December 1978, now known as the Kampuchean National United Front for National Development, headed by Heng Samrin, currently chairman of the National Assembly.
Pen Sovan asserted, "I am certainly the Father of the 2 December anniversary." He went on to say, "Hun Sen is certainly one of my underlings at the start of the Khmer People's Republic regime, created following the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime."
In a cutting remark intended for Hun Sen Pen Sovan said, "History has already been written. Hun Sen should be ashamed because at that time he was merely a member of the Front movement in charge of youth affairs." Pen Sovan further said that it is because January is drawing near that Hun Sen wants to cover up the truth.
"I do not want to respond to a man who does not know his own Cambodian history, a man who is distorting history in this manner. If Hun Sen really has guts, I ask the national television to give me one hour to replay the 2 December and 7 January documents that I have preserved to these days. And I ask the Cambodian people to look at these documents on the screen and draw their own conclusion as to who was bigger than whom and who said what in these documents on 2 December 1978 and 7 January 1979. When they have seen the documents on TV all Cambodian people will know who was bigger than whom.
"Last Monday Hun Sen said that he was shown a tape recording of Pen Sovan's remarks broadcasted over Radio Beehive in which Pen Sovan was heard claiming that his status was bigger than Hun Sen's in the movement that overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime. Pen Sovan was prime minister in the 1980s and vice chairman of the KNUFNS founded on 2 December 1978, or 30 years ago, to topple the Democratic Kampuchea regime of the Khmer Rouge.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said, "In 1979 I was the big leader in the region east of the Mekong. However, a man claimed he was the Father of 2 December and 7 January and he even claimed that I was one of his minions.
"The man mentioned by Hun Sen was Pen Sovan and Pen Sovan at that time was in reality a second lieutenant in the Vietnamese army under Heng Samrin, who then was chairman of the Front and now chairman of the National Assembly.
Hun Sen said, "I want to send a message to him that he should behave properly. Please do not make too many lies. I do not want to show his name. You are lying to other people.
"Hun Sen went on to say that what Pen Sovan was correct in his speech was that "I was the one who arrested him right in his house. This is the only thing in his speech that was right.
"Hun Sen also affirmed that it is now too late for Pen Sovan to return to the Cambodian People's Party.
Appointed prime minister in May 1981 but arrested in December the same year on charges of treason against the communist regime and opposition to the presence of Vietnamese troops in Cambodia at that time, Pen Sovan was detained for 10 years in Hanoi without any trial. He was released from prison in Vietnam in 1991 following the signing of the Paris Peace Agreements by the Cambodian side on 23 October 1991.
Nonetheless, monitors of the political situation have predicted that Hun Sen would not allow the state television TVK to give Pen Sovan an hour of air time to show the documents concerning the 2 December and 7 January events. This is because if Hun Sen allows Pen Sovan to broadcast the documents that he claimed he had in his possession the Cambodian public could clearly know that between Hun Sen and Pen Sovan who the real boss was when the Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia in early 1979.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Hun Sen lashes out at former PM Pen Sovann
23 Dec 2008
By Chivita
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
"I only face those who know history, those who have good manners, those who are grateful, then I respect and praise them, but for me to talk to the likes of him, he has mental problem or crazy, but that’s his illness, I am not replying back" - Pen SovannPrime minister Hun Sen attacked a 7-January VIP, saying that the latter lied and distorted the truth when he stated that he (Hun Sen) was his subordinate during the liberation struggle from the Pol Pot regime.
Hun Sen said: “There is a guy who claimed to be the father of 2-December and 7-January. He said that I am his foot soldier. This guy (using derogatory “Ah noeung”) was making noise in Phnom Penh the other day, I saw him saying that he is the father of 7-January and 2-December. Since mid-1977, I was the biggest leader on the eastern shore of the Mekong River, I already built up a lot of troops, so there was nobody bigger than me. This guy, by what I know, he was a lieutenant in the Vietnamese army only, and he pretended to be my boss, and he made noise through the Fly nest or Beehive radio station. Now, I want to send a message to this fellow: be moderate will you? If you lie, be moderate in your lie, give a decent lie. I don’t need to provide his name, but in Khmer he is called the liar-in-chief.”
Hun Sen made this lashing during a diploma distribution ceremony for students at the Vanda Institute which was held at the Pedagogy University in Phnom Penh on the morning of 22 December.
Even though he did not reveal the name of the person whom he lashed out at, he admitted that this fellow told the truth when he claimed that Hun Sen was the one who arrested him and sent him to prison in Vietnam.
Hun Sen added: “He told the truth on one point only: when he said that I arrested him at his house. You told the truth on this point only. (It was) I with Ta (Grandpa) Say Bou Thang – at that time, I was the vice-PM and minister of Foreign Affairs – (who made the arrest). It was because we can’t talk to each other anymore, and at that time, I did not arrest him so I can take the position, it was H.E. Chan Si who became the prime minister.”
According to Cambodian history, Pen Sovann was the former PM of the Phnom Penh regime installed by the Vietnamese in 1979.
Nevertheless, Pen Sovann, who is currently the president of the HRP rule committee, did not provide any reaction to Hun Sen’s lashing. However, he raised the following question instead: “I am telling the ordinary people, including monks, civil servants, and the government, even foreign and local journalists came to ask me for my reaction. I told them that I will not reply to those who falsify history, those who do not understand Khmer history. If you want the truth, I ask TVK for one hour to broadcast once again 2-December and 7-January documents that I now have. So, let TVK broadcast the original documents of 2-December and 7-January, and let it show the images of who said what, let (the people) look at them. I only face those who know history, those who have good manners, those who are grateful, then I respect and praise them, but for me to talk to the likes of him, he has mental problem or crazy, but that’s his illness, I am not replying back.”
Nevertheless, Pen Sovann provided information on how he met Hun Sen: “The Khmer Rouge sent him (Hun Sen) to attack Vietnam, but Vietnam fought back and they destroyed all of the KR. When he (Hun Sen) returned back, Pol Pot, his boss, wanted to kill him, then he fled to Vietnam. The Vietnamese were angry, they said that he brought KR troops to attack them along the border in Song Bea province, and the Vietnamese arrested and jailed both him (Hun Sen) and Ung Phan. It was him (Hun Sen) who told me that Vietnam jailed him, at that time, I was preparing to form the Front and I asked to meet with Le Duc Tho, and I told Le Duc Tho not to send him (Hun Sen) to tough jail yet because I was trying to gather important people to form a front at that time. I was teaching politics for the front at the Vietnamese Army Unit no. 7 barrack.”
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