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Friday, August 28, 2009
Sam Rainsy vs. Hor 5 Hong: Act No. II
Sam Rainsy (Photo: PS, Cambodge Soir Hebdo)Thursday, August 27, 2009
By A.L.G.
Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Luc Sâr
Click here to read the article in French
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy is summoned to the Paris Appeal court on 08 October in regards to the defamation lawsuit opposing him to Hor 5 Hong, the Cambodian minister of Foreign Affairs.
On 08 October 2009, Sam Rainsy will again defend his position on Hor 5 Hong’s past during the KR era.
On 27 January 2009, Sam Rainsy was sentenced by the Paris tribunal for stating in his autobiography – Rooted in the Stone (Calman-Lévy, 2008) – that Hor 5 Hong directed the Boeung Trabek detention center under the KR regime.
At that time, Sam Ransy and the book publisher were each sentenced to pay a symbolic amount of 0.50 euro ($0.72) to Hor 5 Hong. He was also ordered to remove the word “collaborator” and the sentence “suspected of leading several people to their death” from future editions of the book in relation to Hor 5 Hong. Sam Rainsy appealed the case.
“My book can continue to be sold as is, without any change, everywhere, until the depletion of the current edition, in contrast, Hor 5 Hong asked that they are being ceased,” Sam Rainsy told Cambodge Soir Hebdo from Paris.
On 08 October 2009, Sam Rainsy will again defend his position on Hor 5 Hong’s past during the KR era.
On 27 January 2009, Sam Rainsy was sentenced by the Paris tribunal for stating in his autobiography – Rooted in the Stone (Calman-Lévy, 2008) – that Hor 5 Hong directed the Boeung Trabek detention center under the KR regime.
At that time, Sam Ransy and the book publisher were each sentenced to pay a symbolic amount of 0.50 euro ($0.72) to Hor 5 Hong. He was also ordered to remove the word “collaborator” and the sentence “suspected of leading several people to their death” from future editions of the book in relation to Hor 5 Hong. Sam Rainsy appealed the case.
“My book can continue to be sold as is, without any change, everywhere, until the depletion of the current edition, in contrast, Hor 5 Hong asked that they are being ceased,” Sam Rainsy told Cambodge Soir Hebdo from Paris.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Pol Pot killings in Cambodian text books for first time
Friday, February 13, 2009
ABC Radio Australia
ABC Radio Australia
Cambodia has unveiled its first school textbook on the mass killings of the 1975-79 Khmer Rouge era.
Education officials say many young Cambodians know little about what occurred during the period, when an estimated 1.7 million people died under the rule of communist leader Pol Pot.
There is also said to be little understanding of the United Nations-sponsored processs that's been set up to prosecute the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge.
More than 500,000 copies of the text book will be distributed.
The US-funded Documentation Centre of Cambodia, which has documented Khmer Rouge atrocities, has played a key role in bringing out the textbook.
Education officials say many young Cambodians know little about what occurred during the period, when an estimated 1.7 million people died under the rule of communist leader Pol Pot.
There is also said to be little understanding of the United Nations-sponsored processs that's been set up to prosecute the surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge.
More than 500,000 copies of the text book will be distributed.
The US-funded Documentation Centre of Cambodia, which has documented Khmer Rouge atrocities, has played a key role in bringing out the textbook.
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