Showing posts with label Hun Sen's rule by order. Show all posts
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

ឃ្លាត់បានតែម៉ាំងទេ អាវ៉ាអើយ! ក្រោយខ្នងហ្សេរ៉ូតាប្លាក! - All talk, no action!!!

Pursat land protesters closing national road (File photo: The Phnom Penh Post)

Hun Xen orders the cancelation of all land grants in the Cardamom Mountain

On Monday, Hun Xen issued an order to all levels of the authorities in the Cardamom Mountain preservation area to cancel all land grants that were issued to high-ranking government officials and to the rich people. “The high-ranking government officials and the rich people came to the villagers and they hired villagers to plant crops for them behind the villagers in order to grab 20 to 30 hectares of land. Today, I am ordering the cancelation of all these land grants that were signed by the commune chiefs, by the district land management director, by the district governors and by the provincial governors.” He also warned: “Be careful! If I know [about you], even you [general] stars will fall off [your shoulders].” [KI-Media note: Hun Xen is notorious for ruling by issuing these arbitrary orders. Most of the time, Hun Xen’s orders last only a few months before things return to the same way again.]


នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​លុប​ចោល​ការ​ផ្តល់​ដី​នៅ​ភ្នំ​ក្រវាញ

Tuesday, 27 December 2011
វង្ស សុខេង .
The Phnom Penh Post

ពោធិ៍សាត់ៈ លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​ម្សិលមិញ បាន​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​អាជ្ញាធរ​គ្រប់​លំដាប់​ថ្នាក់​ ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​លុប​ចោល​កម្ម​សិទ្ធិ​ដី​ធ្លី​នានា ដែល​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​តំបន់​អភិរក្ស​ការពារ​បរិស្ថាន​ នៅ​ជួរ​ភ្នំ​ក្រវាញ​ ដែល​បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថ​លេខា​ផ្តល់​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល និង​អ្នក​មាន​ប្រាក់។

លោក​ នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា៖​ «មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល និង​អ្នក​មាន​ បាន​ចូល​មក​[ក្នុង​ភូមិ] ហើយ​ជួល​អ្នក​ភូមិ​ឲ្យ​ដាំ​ដុះ ហើយ​ពួក​គេ​នៅ​ពី​ក្រោយ​អ្នក​ភូមិ​ ដើម្បី​ទន្ទ្រាន​កាន់​កាប់​ដី​ពី ២០ ទៅ ៣០ ហិកតា។ ថ្ងៃ​នេះ ខ្ញុំ​បញ្ជា​ឲ្យ​លុប​ចោល​កម្ម​សិទ្ធិ​ដី​ធ្លី​ទាំង​អស់ ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​ដោយ​មេ​ឃុំ សូរិយោ​ដី​ស្រុក អភិបាល​ស្រុក និង​ខេត្ត»។ លោក​ ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ទៅ​កាន់​ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​រាប់​រយ​នាក់​ ក្នុង​អំឡុង​ពិធី​បញ្ចុះ​បឋម​សិលា​សាង​សង់​ទំនប់​វារី​អគ្គិសនី​អាតៃ ដែល​ស្ថិត​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​វាល​វែង ​ថា ដី​ដែល​កាន់​កាប់​ដោយ​អ្នក​ភូមិ​ពុំ​ត្រូវ​ប៉ះ​ពាល់​ទេ។ លោក ក៏​បាន​ព្រមាន​ដល់​មេ​ឃុំ អភិបាល​ស្រុក និង​អភិបាល​ខេត្ត​ ដោយ​រួម​ទាំង​មន្ត្រី​សូរិយោ​ដី​ខេត្ត​ ដែល​តែងតែ​ចុះ​ហត្ថ​លេខា​លើ​ឯកសារ​ ផ្តល់​កម្មសិទ្ធិ​ដី​ ដល់​មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល និង​អ្នក​មាន ​ត្រូវ​តែ​បញ្ឈប់។ លោក​បាន​បន្ត​ថា បុគ្គល​ជា​មន្ត្រី​យោធា​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់ និង​អ្នក​មាន​ បាន​ទន្ទ្រាន​កាន់​កាប់​ដី​ដោយ​ខុស​ច្បាប់ ហើយ​បាន​ព្រមាន​បណ្តេញ​ពួក​គេ​ចេញ​ពី​តំណែង​ថែម​ទៀត​ផង។

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា៖​«សូម​ប្រយ័ត្ន! បើ​ខ្ញុំ​ដឹង នោះ​ផ្កាយ​របស់​អ្នក​ឯង​នឹង​ជ្រុះ​[ពី​លើ​ស្មា]»។ លោក​ក៏​បាន​បន្ត​អំពាវនាវ​ដល់​កង​កម្លាំង​ប្រដាប់​អាវុធ​ទាំង​អស់ ​ឲ្យ​សហការ​ជាមួយ​ក្រសួង​បរិស្ថាន និង​ក្រសួង​កសិកម្ម​ ដើម្បី​បង្ក្រាប​សកម្មភាព​ទន្ទ្រាន​កាន់​កាប់​ដី​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ នៅ​ក្នុង​តំបន់​ការពារ​នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស។

Thursday, November 03, 2011

De-chor's Hennessy Law rules the Kingdom of Extraordinary Wonder (Kew-l!!!)

A billboard advertising alcohol in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district yesterday. Photo by: Pha Lina 

About-face on ad ban

Thursday, 03 November 2011 12:02
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post


Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday did an about-face from Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema’s earlier blanket ban on outdoor advertising for wine and spirits, saying they can now be advertised – with a warning.

Speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for the second Chroy Changvar bridge, Hun Sen announced that advertisements for wine and alcohol will now permitted on billboards and television if it was displayed with the warning: “When drunk, don’t drive. Drive, don’t drink”.

The warning requirement would apply to all alcohol advertisements, including beer, Hun Sen said.

“I want to find the middle solution for companies that put up billboards for advertising wine or beer, so they have to say ‘If driving, don’t drink alcohol’ or say ‘When drunk, don’t drive,’” the premier said, adding that television ads would also have to comply.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Cambodian government decrees land deal for villagers at city site

Aug 16, 2011
DPA

Phnom Penh - The government has ordered that a tract of land at a controversial development site in central Phnom Penh be reserved for thousands of residents under threat of eviction, national media reported Tuesday.

The deal follows pressure from the World Bank, which said last week it would not lend more money until the government properly compensated villagers living around the city's Boeung Kak lake.

Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered 12 hectares be set aside for housing for 1,000 families still living at the lake, Phnom Penh Post newspaper reported.

About 2,000 families have already been evicted from the lakeside area over the past two years to make way for a 2-billion-dollar development at the 133-hectare site.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Hun's dirty laundy revealed by the Mafia Don himself

The Mafia Don

Neth Savoeun, the police chief, is sent to bring Hun Xen's drug user-nephew home ... not to arrest him


PM rebukes wayward nephew

Wednesday, 29 December 2010
Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday made an outspoken public appeal for one of his nephews to mend his ways and return to his family.

Speaking to a crowd of thousands gathered at the University of Phnom Penh for the ground-breaking ceremony of a municipal overpass, Hun Sen said he had sent National Police chief Neth Savoeun to look for Hun Chea, who the Premier accused of cheating on his wife and being involved with drugs.

“According to the investigation, now [Hun Chea] is staying in a hotel with a woman, and there is a group of drug [users] involved with him,” Hun Sen said.

“[I] will not tolerate involvement in [drugs] ... there must be law enforcement, it doesn’t matter if he is the nephew of the Prime Minister.”

Hun Sen said that Neth Savoeun, an elder cousin of Hun Chea’s, had been charged with locating and bringing the premier’s nephew home to his wife and children. The premier also appealed to the general public for help, and asked Hun Chea himself to consider the welfare of his family.


“Everybody and every hotel, if you see Hun Chea do not accept him, and tell him that the Prime Minister asked him to go home,” Hun Sen said.

“Today, with a loudspeaker, I would like to appeal to my nephew Hun Chea to return home. If you hear my appeal, please return home. Your parents and parents-in-law have been sick at home, and your wife and children are waiting at home.”

Hun Sen said he planned to call “a meeting of the Hun family”, noting that some other relatives of his might be in need of some “reeducation”.

“Only my children accepted reeducation; my nephew has never accepted reeducation,” he said. He added that another nephew, Hun To, “used to be the same as Hun Chea”, but was now “a good character with his wife and children”.

PM blasts World Bank

During his hour-long speech, Hun Sen also criticised the World Bank, which he said had failed to complete construction on a library that it started building four years ago on the University of Phnom Penh campus.

Hun Sen noted that the building was “just a few hundred square metres” and compared it to the new Council of Ministers building, which he said covered more than 50,000 square metres and was completed 18 months after a Khmer company began construction.

“[We] have to realise that’s how the foreigners build for us, and that’s how we build by ourselves,” Hun Sen said.

“There is no doubt that when the foreign consultants still make money from the project, the library building is still not completed.”

Bou Saroeun, a press officer at the World Bank, said the organisation had allocated US$1.8 million to build the library, and that delays had been caused by “technical problems”. He said construction was now expected to be completed by May next year....read the full story in tomorrow’s Phnom Penh Post or see the updated story online from 3PM UTC/GMT +7 hours.

Friday, October 01, 2010

Hun Sen controls the courts: Sam Rainsy


10 Oct 2010
By Meas Sokchea The Phnom Penh Post

OPPOSITION party head Sam Rainsy said yesterday that Prime Minister Hun Sen's declaration on Wednesday that he is "the key" to the fugitive Leaders potential return is evidence that the premier controls the courts and the National Assembly. Speaking by phone from Paris, Sam Rainsy said Hun Sen "can order the court and assembly to do anything he wants", and said the premier owned both. "That shows the power in Cambodia is only with one [Hun Sen]," he said. But Tith Sothea, spokesman for the Press and Quick Reaction Unit at the Council of Ministers, said yesterday that Hun Sen was trying to say that Sam Rainsy's fate lies in the hands of the courts. Sam Rainsy has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection with his allegations of border encroachment.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

No Viet pigs and Siamese pigs in Cambodia: Hun Xen

Hun Xen orders suspension of pig import to Cambodia

04 August 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

On 04 August, Hun Xen ordered the Cambodian authority to suspend all pig imports from neighboring countries, in particular from Vietnam, due to an outbreak of pig disease. During a speech given at a distribution of diplomas to Build Bright students in Phnom Penh on Wednesday, Hun Xen ordered a suspension of all pig imports from abroad, he also called on the sellers not to increase the price of pork meat during this import suspension, at a time when the demand for local pork meat will increase.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Cambodia PM warns against betting on World Cup

Thursday, June 10, 2010
AFP

PHNOM PENH — Cambodia's premier warned football fans to resist illegal gambling on the upcoming World Cup, with police across the country ready to arrest anybody found having a flutter.

"On Friday, the World Cup will start. I would like to appeal to (the people) not to bet on football," Prime Minister Hun Sen said during a student-graduation ceremony on Wednesday.

"Both secret and open football betting must finish. Just watch it and clap your hands," he said.

Hun Sen said he did not want to see "other countries win the football, but Cambodian people lose money."

Cambodia's sole football bookmaker was abruptly closed in early 2009 as Hun Sen ordered a crackdown on betting, saying that gambling caused family disputes, domestic violence and robbery.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

PM rules against villagers [-Another one of Hun Xen's arbitrary decisions?]

Villagers protest the presence of excavators on disputed land in Kandal province last month. (Photo by: Pha Lina)

Tuesday, 11 May 2010
May Titthara
The Phnom Penh Post


AUTHORITIES in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district announced during a meeting with villagers Monday that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s cabinet had ruled that around 200 hectares of contested land in Prek Sleng commune belongs to the Heng Development Company, and that local residents have no legal claims to it, villagers said.

A letter from the cabinet, which also stated that the villagers had no right to protest the decision, was quickly denounced by the 18 village representatives present at the meeting as illegitimate.

Oeung Chanry, one of the representatives who attended, said the only explanation for the authorities’ announcement was that the letter was “fake”. “I cannot believe Prime Minister Hun Sen would do this,” she said.

Villagers say they have been farming the land since 1986, but officials claim the Heng Development Company purchased it in 1996 for commercial rice cultivation.

Oeung Chanry said that during the meeting, village representatives demanded that the company produce land titles to prove that they owned the land. “Who sold the land to them?” she said.

Mathieu Pellerin, a consultant for the rights group Licadho, said Sunday that the company had never provided proof that it possessed the appropriate land titles. “As far as we are concerned, we were never shown these documents,” he said.

However, Lim Leang Se, deputy chief of the premier’s cabinet, said, “Prime Minister Hun Sen has recognised that Heng Development Company is the owner of that land because they have the land title, and another part is for a fishing area.”

Ouch Leng, land programme officer for the rights group Adhoc, said the authorities should find a mutually acceptable resolution to the dispute. “If the authorities do not find a clear resolution, violence will occur,” he said.

ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY WILL BAXTER

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Global Witness Lambastes PM Over Logging

A Cambodian carpenter loads his cart with lumber at a lumber yard in the outskirts of Phnom Penh. (Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The April 6 firing of the government’s top forestry official by Prime Minister Hun Sen was not enough to ensure the safety of Cambodia’s remaining timber, the resources watchdog Global Witness says.

Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Monday, 12 April 2010


The April 6 firing of the government’s top forestry official by Prime Minister Hun Sen was not enough to ensure the safety of Cambodia’s remaining timber, the resources watchdog Global Witness says.

In a statement following the public sacking of Ty Sokhun, the director of the Ministry of Agriculture’s forestry department, Global Witness said broader measures are needed to protect what is left of the nation’s forests.

“The idea that Ty Sokhun has been removed from his post because of a failure to crack down on illegal logging is laughable,” Global Witness Director Simon Taylor said in an April 7 statement. “His status as protector of Cambodia’s forest was already stretched beyond credibility. If this move was really about that, then he should have gone years ago.”

The UN Food and Agricultural Organization estimates that Cambodia lost 29 percent of its primary forest cover between 2000 and 2005. Ty Sokhun was made director of the forestry administration in 1998 and held the post for 12 years.

UK-based Global Witness was once a forestry consultant to the government, but it was fired in 2003 and kicked out of the country in 2005 after publishing sensitive information on the timber trade.

The international award-winning group issued a report in 2007 claiming the country is run by a “kleptocratic elite” and that its “most powerful logging syndicate” was led by relatives of the premier. The Cambodian government banned the report, “Cambodia’s Family Trees.”

Global Witness said in its statement that Ty Sokhun and Agriculture Minister Chan Sarun “sold off 500 or more jobs in the Forest Administration.” Both officials have denied such reports.

Global Witness also said last week Ty Sokhun’s father-in-law is a “key member of Cambodia’s biggest illegal logging syndicate.”

Ty Sokhun and his replacement, Chheng Kim Sum, both declined to comment on the statement.

Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said officials will ignore the statement, which he called an attack on the Cambodian government.

Ty Sokhun was fired last week as part of an ongoing government crackdown on logging, but environmental groups say more needs to be done.

Ou Virak, president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said Ty Sokhun’s firing was a new step in the timber crackdown, but he said the government needs to undertake more, similar actions.
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«យើង​អ្នក​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ហ្នឹង​ យើង​ក៏អស់​សំណើច​ដែរ​ ពីព្រោះ​ការ​ដែល​ដក​ពី​តួនាទី​ប្រតិភូ​រដ្ឋ​បាល​ ព្រៃ​ឈើ​បែរ​ជា​ទៅ​តម្លើង​ឋានៈ​អនុ​រដ្ឋ​លេខា​ធិការ​ គួរ​តែ​ដក​តួនាទី ​ហើយ​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ ហើយ​នឹង​ផ្តន្ទាទោស»។

លោក​ខៀវ​ កាញា​រិទ្ធ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ច័ន្ទ​នេះ​បាន​ហៅ​ការ​ចេញ​របាយ​ការណ៍​របស់​អង្គ​ការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ការ​រំលោភ​បរិដ្ឋាន​អន្តរ​ជាតិ​មួយ​ ដែល​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ថា ​Globlal​ Witness​ថា ​បាន​ លើក​យក​បញ្ហា​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ជា​អាវុធ​មួយ​សម្រាប់​វាយ​ប្រហារ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន។ ​​សម្លេង​ «ខ្លួន​ឯង​យក​បញ្ហា​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​នេះ​ ដើម្បី​ជា​អាវុធ​មួយ​ ក្នុង​យុទ្ធនា​ការ​ប្រឆាំង​សម្តេច​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ទេ ​ដែល​Globlal​ Witness​ មក​និយាយ​នោះ​ចំពោះ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​អត់​បាន​យក​ចិត្ត​ទុក​ដាក់​ទៅ​លើ​បញ្ហា​អង្គ​ការ​ហ្នឹង​ទេ»។

កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​ ចុង​សប្តាហ៍​មុន​នេះ​ ពី​ទី​ក្រុង​ឡុង​ ប្រទេស​អង់​គ្លេស​ អង្គ​ការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​ការ​រំលោភ​ បរិដ្ឋាន​អន្តរ​ជាតិ​មួយ​ ដែល​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ថា​ Global​ Witness​ បាន​លើក​ឡើង​ថា​ ហេតុ​ផល​ដែល​បាន​លើក​ ឡើង​ក្នុង​ការ​ដក​ហូត​មុខ​តំណែង​លោក​ ទី ​សុគន្ធ​ ចេញ​ពី​អគ្គ​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​បាល​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ កាល​ពី​សប្តាហ៍​មុន​នេះ​ គឺ​ជា​រឿង​មួយ​គួរ​ឲ្យ​អស់​សំណើច។​ ហើយ​ថា​ រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​ ត្រូវ​តែ​មាន​ចំណាត់​វិធាន​ការ​ណ៍ឲ្យ​បាន​ ទូលំ​ទូលាយ​ជាង​នេះ​ ដើម្បី​ការ​ពារ​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ដែល​នៅ​សេស​សល់​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា។

កាល​ពីថ្ងៃ​អង្គារ​ ដើម​សប្តាហ៍​នេះ​ លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី​ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​ផ្លាស់​ប្តូរ​មុខ​តំណែង​ លោក​ទី​ សុគន្ធ​ ពី​ប្រតិភូ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​រដ្ឋ​បាល​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​កាន់​តួនាទី​ជា​អនុ​រដ្ឋ​លេខា​ធិការ​ ក្រសួង​កសិកម្ម​វិញ​ ក្រោយ​ពី​លោក​ទី ​សុគន្ធ ខក​ខាន​ក្នុង​ការ​បង្ក្រាប​បទ​ល្មើស​ព្រៃ​ឈើ ។

លោក​ស៊ីម៉ុន​ ថាយ​ល័រ​ នាយក​អង្គ​ការ​ Global ​Witness​ បាន​បញ្ជាក់​នៅ​ក្នុង​សេចក្តី​ថ្លែង​ការណ៍​របស់ ​ខ្លួន​ថា​ គំនិត​ដែល​ថា​ លោក​ទី សុគន្ធ ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ដក​ហូត​ពី​មុខ​តំណែង​របស់​លោក​ដោយ​សារ​តែ​បរាជ័យ​ ក្នុង​ការ​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​នោះ​ គឺ​ជា​រឿង​មួយ​គួរ​ឲ្យ​អស់​សំណើច។

លោក​ស៊ីម៉ុន​ ថាយ​ល័រ​ បាល​លើក​ឡើង​ទៀត​ថា​ តួនាទី​របស់​លោក​ទី​ សុគន្ធ​ ជា​អ្នក​ការ​ពារ​ព្រៃ​ ឈើ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​ មិន​គួរ​ឲ្យ​គេ​ទុក​ចិត្ត​ស្រាប់​ទៅ​ហើយ​ ហើយ​ប្រសិន​ណា​បើ​ការ​ដក​ហូត​មុខ​តំណែង​នេះ​ មែន​ ដោយ​សារ​តែ​បញ្ហា​នេះ​មែន​ អញ្ចឹង​គាត់​គួរ​តែ​ចាក​ចេញ​ជា​ច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​មក​ហើយ។

លោក​ខៀវ​ កាញា​រិទ្ធ ​បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា ​អង្គ​ការ​Global​ Witness ​ជា​អង្គការ​មួយ​ដែល​ចាំ​តែ​ ឈ្នានីស​កម្ពុជា​ ដូច្នេះ​លោក​មិន​ចាត់​ទុក​ការ​រិះ​គន់​នេះ​ គឺ​ជា​រឿង​សំខាន់​នោះ​ទេ។

«Global ​Witness​ ជា​អង្គ​ការ​មួយ​ដែល​មាន​ប្រតិ​ទិន​របស់​គាត់ ​គឺ​ចាំ​តែ​រិះ​គន់​ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ ជានិច្ច​ ហើយ​ អញ្ចឹង​យើង​ទៅ​ស្តាប់​នាំ​តែ​ឈឺ​ក្បាល​ធ្វើ​អី»។

លោក​អ៊ូ ​វីរៈ​ ប្រធាន​មជ្ឈ​មណ្ឌល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​កម្ពុជា​ បាន​ហៅ​ការ​ដក​​លោក​ទី ​សុគន្ធ​ នេះ​គឺ​ជា​ ជំហាន​ថ្មី​មួយ​ទៀត​ ក្នុង​យុទ្ធនា​ការ​ ដើម្បី​កំចាត់​ការ​កាប់​ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់។​ក៏​ប៉ុន្តែ​លោក​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា​ ការ​ធ្វើ​បែប​នេះ​ មិន​គ្រប់​គ្រាន់​ទេ។

«មួយ​ផ្នែក​ទៀត​ ដែល​ខ្វះ​ខាត​ គឺ​ការ​ចាត់​វិធាន​ការ​ណ៍តាម​ផ្លូវ​ច្បាប់ ​ក្នុង​ការ​ពិន័យ​ទៅ​តាម​ផ្លូវ​ច្បាប់​ តាម​ផ្លូវ​ប្រព័ន្ធ​តុលា​ការ។​ឥឡូវ​នេះ​ យើង​ឃើញ​ទី ​សុគន្ធ​ គឺ​ការ​ពិន័យ​ទៅ​តាម​ផ្លូវ​រដ្ឋ​បាល​តែ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​ មិន​ បាន​ទាំង​ពិន័យ ​ឬ​មួយ​ដាក់​ទោស​មួយ​ណា​ ដែល​ផ្ញើ​សារ​ទៅ​ដល់​អ្នក​ដទៃ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​រាង​រអារ​ទេ»។

ចំណែក​លោក​រ៉ុង ឈុន​ ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​កម្ពុជា​ និង​ជា​ប្រធាន​សមាគម​គ្រួ​បង្រៀន​ឯក​រាជ្យ​ កម្ពុជា​ បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា​ ការ​ដោះ​ដូរ​មុខ​តំណែង​លោក​ទី សុគន្ធ​ មិន​មែន​ជា​សញ្ញា​មួយ​ដើម្បី​ បង្ហាញ​ថា ​ទប់​ស្កាត់​ការ​កាប់​បំផ្លាញ​ព្រៃ​ឈើ​ខុស​ច្បាប់​ឲ្យ​មាន​ប្រសិទ្ធិ​ភាព​នោះ​ទេ​បញ្ហា​សំខាន់​ត្រូវ​តែ​មាន​វិធាន​ការ​ណ៍ឲ្យ​បាន​ច្បាស់​លាស់​ជាង​នេះ ។

«យើង​អ្នក​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ហ្នឹង​ យើង​ក៏អស់​សំណើច​ដែរ​ ពីព្រោះ​ការ​ដែល​ដក​ពី​តួនាទី​ប្រតិភូ​រដ្ឋ​បាល​ ព្រៃ​ឈើ​បែរ​ជា​ទៅ​តម្លើង​ឋានៈ​អនុ​រដ្ឋ​លេខា​ធិការ​ គួរ​តែ​ដក​តួនាទី ​ហើយ​ត្រូវ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ ហើយ​នឹង​ផ្តន្ទាទោស»។

លោក​ទី សុគន្ធ​ ពុំ​អាច​ស្នើ​សុំ​ដើម្បី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​បាន​ទេ ​ ចំណែក​លោក​ឆេង​ គឺម​ស៊ុន​ ប្រតិភូរដ្ឋា​ ភិបាល​ ទទួល​បន្ទុក​រដ្ឋ​បាល​ព្រៃ​ឈើ ​បាន​បដិសេធ​ពុំ​ធ្វើ​អត្ថា​ធិប្បាយ​ទេ​ ដោយ​លោក​បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍ ​កំពុង​ជាប់​រវល់​ប្រជុំ។

យោង​តាម​អង្គ​ការ​កសិកម្ម​ និង​ស្បៀង​អាហារ​ពិភព​លោក​របស់​អង្គការ​សហ​ប្រជា​ជាតិ​ ដែល​បាន​ ចុះ​ផ្សាយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​កាសែត​ The​ Cambodia​ Daily​ បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា ​ ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​បាន​បាត់​បង់​ព្រៃ​ សំខាន់ៗ​ចំនួន​២៩% ​ចន្លោះ​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០០​ដល់​ឆ្នាំ២០០៥។

កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៧​ អង្គ​ការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​បរិដ្ឋាន​អន្តរ​ជាតិ ​ដែល​មាន​ឈ្មោះ​ថា ​Global ​Witness ​បាន​ចោទ​ ប្រកាន់​លោក​ទី ​សុគន្ធ​ និង​ក្រុម​មន្រ្តី​កំពូលៗ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ ដែល​ស្និទ្ធ​នឹង​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី​ ហ៊ុន​ សែន​ថា​ បាន​បំផ្លាញ​បរិដ្ឋាន​យ៉ាង​ធ្ងន់​ធ្ងរ​ នៅ​ក្នុង​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ ក៏​ប៉ុន្តែ​ក្រុម​មន្រ្តី​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​ បាន​ច្រាន​ចោល​​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​នេះ៕

Friday, March 05, 2010

Hun Sen tells officials not to meddle with vice crackdown

People check out a closed Cambo Six football betting parlour shortly after Hun Sen announced the stripping of the company’s licence during a speech at the National Institute of Education in February 2009. The premier decried the persistence of illicit gambling in a speech on Thursday. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan)

Friday, 05 March 2010
Vong Sokheng and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
The Phnom Penh Post


HIGH-ranking officials must stop undermining government and police efforts to stamp out illicit gambling and prostitution, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Thursday.

Speaking at an event in Phnom Penh to mark next week’s International Women’s Day, Hun Sen said some senior officials are guilty of “misconduct”, intentionally circumventing efforts to reduce human trafficking and gambling.

“I am regretful of the misconduct of some leaders who have interfered with the court and law enforcement officials,” Hun Sen said. “The culture of impunity is not acceptable.”

Hun Sen did not name specific officials in his speech, during which he urged police to step up actions targeting human trafficking and gambling.

“We have already closed down slot machines, lotteries and cockfighting industries, but I question whether the industries still remain open or not,” he said. “I would like that the year 2010 is the year to take measures to fight against human trafficking and all forms of illegal gambling.”

Officially, all forms of gambling are banned in the Kingdom – except when “permitted by the Royal government”, according to the 1996 Law on the Suppression of Gambling.

Cheam Yeap, a senior lawmaker with the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said there are currently 32 licensed casinos in the Kingdom, mostly built along border areas.

Casinos have proved to be a valuable income generator, bringing almost US$20 million into government coffers in 2008, officials have previously said.

However, that was before a 2009 crackdown when the prime minister abruptly ordered all sports-betting outlets and slot-machine parlours to close, saying they were causing a moral decline in Cambodia.

Speaking at the same event, Minister of Women’s Affairs Ing Kantha Phavi said violence against women and children still remains a significant problem in the Kingdom.

She decried what she said were increasing fears by teenagers of gang rape, which she linked to the consumption of alcohol, drugs and pornography.

“These issues have intoxicated the social atmosphere and damaged the public order,” she said. “They are psychologically affecting our youth and creating unfavourable conditions for the next generation.”

Hun Xen vows to destroy brothels and gambling parlors

Friday 05 March 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

PM Hun Xen said that he is determined to fight against trafficking of women and children, and he will use 2010 as the year to lead a campaign to destroy brothels and illegal gambling parlors. During the celebration of the 99th anniversary of the 08 March International Women’s Day which was held in the morning of 04 March at the Phnom Penh Royal University, Hun Xen said that the problem of children and women trafficking is still taking place because leeches in the society are sucking women and children’s blood through the sex industry and brothels disguised of nightclubs, karaoke parlors and massage parlors. Hun Xen reminded that, in 2000, he issued an order to close all karaoke parlors once already, but he was criticized that this closing led joblessness for a number of women. However, [he said that his critics] forget that in karaoke parlors, first of all, they permanently need young and pretty women there, older women are shed off and younger women are brought in to replace them. This means that women are still being trafficked, taken advantage of from one generation to the next, and when will this end when the number is always on the rise?

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Hun Xen's rule under Hanoi's boot: Sam Rainsy won't run in next election (sic!)

Cambodian premier: Opposition leader won't run in next election

Feb 25, 2010
DPA
The border-post incident, which took place in October, riled Hanoi which has close links to the government in Phnom Penh.
Phnom Penh - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said the leader of the country's main opposition party would not be permitted to participate in the next general election unless he serves a pending jail sentence, local media reported Thursday.

Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is currently in France after being sentenced in January to two years in absentia for his role in uprooting controversial boundary posts on the border between Vietnam and Cambodia.

'This time the court sentenced him to jail - no pardon this time,' Hun Sen was reported as saying by the Phnom Penh Post newspaper. 'In the next election [due in 2013] there will be opposition parties, but this person will not be there.'

'You must be jailed first, if you are brave enough to come and be jailed,' he added.

Sam Rainsy told the German Press Agency dpa in late January that he was prepared to return and serve time provided the government freed two villagers locked up over same incident.

He said the government must also return land that farmers in the border area said they had lost in an ongoing border-marking effort between the two nations.

Both Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy have accused each other of betraying Cambodia in the border row.

The border-post incident, which took place in October, riled Hanoi which has close links to the government in Phnom Penh.

Vietnam has significant business interests in Cambodia, including investments in agribusiness, aviation, telecommunications and banking.

In December, Hanoi signed an agreement with Phnom Penh that could result in investments worth billions of US dollars, including a deal to look for aluminium ore, known as bauxite, in Cambodia's border province of Mondolkiri.

Saturday, February 06, 2010

With Cambodia's weak productivity problem, how could Economic Dr. Hun Xen dream of closing the trade imbalance gap?

Cambodia's Strongman: All talk no action?

Hun Sen Wants Trade Balance With Neighbors

By Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
05 February 2010


Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday urged a balance of imports and exports to countries like China, Thailand and Vietnam.

In 2009, imports from Vietnam and Thailand reached $2 billion each, and $1 billion from China. However, exports to those countries were far lower, creating a wide deficit, Hun Sen said at the inauguration of a new building for the Ministry of Commerce in Phnom Penh.

“At this point, we must push our efforts to encourage investment for export to Asean markets and other important markets like the US, Europe, China, Korea and Japan,” he said.

Cambodia has the capacity to export $4 billion in goods on the world market, Hun Sen said. Cambodia’s economy is led by the garment industry, which accounts for nearly half its exports, followed by agricultural goods such as rubber and corn. The garment industry has been hard hit by the economic downturn, with fewer orders coming in from lucrative markets like the US and Europe.

According to government figures, Cambodia exported $3.6 billion in goods in 2009, down $807 million from the previous year. Its imports reached of total of $5.2 billion in 2009, down $1 billion from the year before.

Nov Sieha, a researcher for the Economic Institute of Cambodia, said Cambodia’s export problems were due to “weak” productivity.

“We lack competitiveness,” he said.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Video Meeting Joins Local, National Government

By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
11 January 2010


Local authorities and military commanders joined a weekly meeting of ministers Friday through video conferencing in Phnom Penh that officials say will strengthen communication between central government and outlying authorities.

Governors, council chiefs and other officials from 24 municipalities and provinces joined in discussions at the weekly Council of Ministers meeting, along with six commanders from military zones, in what Prime Minister Hun Sen called a historic moment.

The meeting was meant to “speed up” human resources development in technology to provincial and city governors and others, according to a statement from the Council of Ministers.

Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the Sam Rainsy Party, said the opposition supported the measure, “to help promote the prevention of corruption, deforestation, road reparation, project development and the protection of people’s security and safety.”

However, while an effort to strengthen its effectiveness through technology was positive, he said, “the government should additionally increase its willingness to respect and fairly implement the law.”

Land-grabbing and other “injustices” continue to plague the populace, he said.

Ny Chakrya, a lead investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said the video conferencing would provide an element of transparency to the government, while “providing urgent information to local government’s to fulfill their work and to agree on the goals of the government.”

The video conferencing could be shown on television networks for people to watch, he said, “because people sometimes want to know what the cabinet decides and whether the local government fully implements the decisions of the cabinet.”

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Cambodia Cancels Thai Loans as Thaksin Dispute Festers

Cambodian PM Hun Sen, left, talks with supporters as ousted Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra looks on in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 13 Nov 2009 (Photo: AP)

Relations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh sunk to their lowest ebb in recent years after Cambodian PM Hun Sen recently offered, former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra a home and a job as an economics adviser

Siem Reap 02 December 2009
Luke Hunt
VOA


Cambodia will cancel all loan agreements with Thailand as a diplomatic crisis between the two countries spreads into economic development. The dispute could delay a railway through Southeast Asia.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen says all loans from Thailand will be canceled. His transportation department will annul a $40 million loan from Bangkok for road repairs.

This week he ordered provincial authorities to cancel all loans and suggested student scholarships from Thailand should be scrapped. Mr. Hun Sen says Cambodians are prepared to die for the country but would not be looked down upon by Thais.

The orders came as speculation rises that the rift between Phnom Penh and Bangkok threatens the completion of the Trans-Asian railway.

At risk is a six-kilometer track needed to connect the Cambodia side of the border within Thailand. It is crucial to a 5,300-kilometer railroad that will run from China to Singapore.

The State Railway of Thailand and sources close to the Cambodian leadership say negotiations about the link are on hold due to the diplomatic tensions.

Paul Power, a railway engineer and an advisor to the Cambodian government, says any decision to scrap the rail link has significant regional implications.

"Well this is a very important link in the rail network from Bangkok to Kunming," he said. "If that link is not constructed, I think it calls into question the viability of the track from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City. So it's very important that the link be built."

The route passes from China's Kunming down through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia, to Singapore. Spur lines will connect to Laos. The railway uses both new and abandoned routes that need to be rehabilitated.

Australia's Toll Holdings has the contract to reconstruct old French lines from the Thai border to Phnom Penh and then south to Cambodia's port at Sihanoukville.

China Railway Group is doing a feasibility study on building a new line linking Phnom Penh with Vietnam.

Relations between the Bangkok and Phnom Penh sunk to their lowest ebb in recent years after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen recently offered his friend, former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra a home and a job as an economics adviser.

Cambodia also rejected a Thai extradition request for the former prime minister, who fled his country last year to avoid a two-year jail term for corruption.

The dispute has already resulted in the cancellation of agreements on oil reserves in the Gulf of Siam. Both countries have withdrawn their ambassadors.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Only the Three Viet stooges have the privilege to make noise in Cambodia

By decree from the stooge on the right, only Cambodia's 3 Viet stooges have the privilege to use siren with their motorcades (Photo: AP)

Abuse of sirens causes loss of motorcade wailing privileges


Nov 19, 2009
DPA

Phnom Penh - Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has decreed that only he and two other senior politicians may use sirens to clear the streets for their motorcades, local media reported Thursday.

In a sub-decree promulgated Monday, the prime minister specifically banned the country's ten deputy prime ministers and other politicians from using sirens to allow easier passage through the capital's sometimes congested roads.

The director of the department for public order at the national police, Him Yan, told the Phnom Penh Post newspaper that the move followed abuses of siren privileges. He said those had caused public disorder and traffic jams in the capital.

'Deputy prime ministers cannot use the sirens now,' he told the paper.

Under the new legislation just three politicians may use sirens to move around the city: Prime Minister Hun Sen, the head of the Senate, and the head of the National Assembly.

Members of the royal family are still permitted to use sirens, as are the motorcades of visiting dignitaries with the rank of deputy minister or above.

The regulation does not affect emergency vehicles such as ambulances, police vehicles and fire trucks. The military is also exempt from the ruling.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Cambodia rejects extradition request

11/11/2009
Bangkok Post

Cambodia has rejected Thailand's request that extradite former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, AFP reported on Wednesday.

The report said the Thai charge d'affaires to Phnom Penh this morning submitted the extradition request to Cambodia's Foreign Ministry, which immediately handed a letter rejecting the request to the Thai diplomat immediately.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong told AFP before the two countries exchanged their letters that the letter from Cambodia turned down Thailand's request.

Kyodo also reported that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen had reaffirmed Cambodia's action.

"I want to send a message that there will not an extradition of Thaksin," Hun Sen was quoted as saying to reporters.

The Cambodian prime minister said this after he met for nearly two hours with Thaksin at a reception home 13km South of Phnom Penh.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Constitution? Who cares, only Hun Xen's orders count

Constitution Not Fully Honored: Critics

By Pich Samnang, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
24 September 2009


Sixteen years after Cambodia implemented its constitution, the government has yet to “fully respect” it, civic leaders and opposition officials said Thursday, marking the anniversary.

Violations of human rights, forced evictions, a lack of access to information and curbed freedoms all point to abuse of the constitution, they said. The constitution established Sept. 24, 1993, by signature of then king Norodom Sihanouk.

“Since 1993, there has not yet been proper implementation [of the constitution],” Yim Sovann, a lawmaker for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, said on Thursday.

“In Phnom Penh, for example, we see thousands of families forcibly evicted with unjust compensation; they are not allowed to participate in decision-making processes and there is abuse of power by authorities.”

Other officials, however, said the constitution has been fairly implemented.

“There have been no violations of the constitution so far,” Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker Cheam Yiep said. “But we acknowledge that sometimes we have not achieved what is required by law, and we are now trying to change and strengthen it, in order to be in line with the laws.”

Not even developed countries like the US, France and England follow their laws perfectly, he said.

Chhim Seak Leng, the newly appointed president of the Nationalist Party and formerly of the Norodom Ranarridh Party, said the government has done much in accordance with the constitution.

The 1993 constitution was the fifth implemented since 1947, when Cambodia was a French protectorate. It includes provisions like Article 31, which binds the Kingdom of Cambodia to respect human rights as stipulated by the UN, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other covenants.

Sok Som Eoun, executive director of Cambodia Defenders Project, said proper respect of the constitution would require political will from the ruling party.

“We depend on [members of parliament], especially those from the party with the majority of parliamentary seats, so that the constitution can be respected and implemented,” he said. The king can also make sure the constitution is fully respected, he added.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Hun Sen orders a stop to the plan to sue Chea Mony: Hun Xen’s rule-by-order

Chea Mony (L) at the Appeal court on 17 August 2009 (Photo: Khmer Sthabna)

30 August 2009

By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer


A high-ranking government official indicated on 29 August that Hun Xen issued an order to all government officials and government lawyers to end all plans to sue Chea Mony, President of the Free Trade Union of Workers in the Kingdom of Cambodia (FTUWKC), for defamation. Chea Mony exploded in anger [in court] and accused the government of planning the murder of Chea Vichea, Chea Mony’s older brother, on 22 January 2004.

In a short interview over the phone with Khieu Kanharith, government spokesman, on Saturday 29 August, the latter indicated that, on Friday, Hun Xen issued an order to stop all government officials and government lawyers from suing Chea Mony.

Khieu Kanharith said that the reason for Hun Xen’s order was because he believed that Chea Mony’s accusation was an outburst of grief and anger for the loss of his cherished brother. The main order from Hun Xen is not to sue, but to find the true killers in this assassination.

General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), said that the MoI will follow Hun Xen’s directive in this case.

Chea Mony welcomes this new and he reacted by saying: “As to what Samdach [Hun Xen] indicated about the order to all government officials to cancel all lawsuits against me, and his request to find the killers of Chea Vichea, I, all the workers and my family are very happy because we want justice. Therefore, I always welcome it. In general, I am very hurt by the murder of Chea Vichea [which took place] 6 years ago.”

Chea Mony had a strong verbal outburst during the hearing of the Appeal court on 17 August, and he accused the Cambodian government of planning the murder of Chea Vichea, his older brother. He also indicated that Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun [the two accused artificial killers of Chea Vichea] are not the real killers.

Following this outburst, the MoI and the government revealed that they plan to sue Chea Mony for defamation and disinformation, and for using the Appeal court platform for propaganda and incitation.

Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were sentence to 20 years of jail each in August 2005 by the Phnom Penh municipal court, they were accused of shooting and killing Chea Vichea, the former FTUWKC President, on 22 January 2004.

On 17 August 2009, the Appeal court ordered the maintenance of the bail release for Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, and it also ordered additional investigations into Chea Vichea’s murder.