Photos from the 60th Memorial Service for the Loss of Kampuchea Krom

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Source: Khmer Kampuchea-Krom Community

The 60th Kampuchea Krom Loss Buddhist Memorial Service to honor past Khmer Buddhist clergies, heroic kings, heroes, fallen armed forces personnels, and patriots, June 4, 1949 - June 4, 2009, at Public Park, in front of Wat Botumvatei, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Kampuchea Krom is formerly part of the Khmer Empire.

France colonized and transferred the control of Kampuchea Krom to Vietnam's Emperor Bao Dai to deter communist North Vietnam and successive regimes until today.

KKC Appeal for the 60th Kampuchea Krom Loss Memorial Anniversary

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Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community
Appeal

The 60th Kampuchea Krom Loss Memorial Anniversary to honor heroic Khmer Buddhist monks, heroic kings, heroes, patriotic compatriots and fallen armed forces personnel for sacrificing their lives in defending Kampuchea and Religion, especially Kampuchea Krom, Theravada Buddhism, National Language, Heritage, Custom, Culture, Tradition and Way of Life.

Organized by The Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community (KKC)

Donations to earn your Buddhist merits:

1- For the United States, Canada and Overseas Residents:

Please make your check or money orders payable and mail it to:

THUONG KHUN SON, TREASURER GENERAL
THE KHMER KAMPUCHEA KROM COMMUNITY-NORTH AMERICA (KKC-NA)
P.O. BOX 1836
LOWELL, MA 01853
U.S.A.

2- For Cambodia Residents:

Please kindly contact KKC Exec. Dir. Hon. Thach Setha Telephone - 012 90 88 82.

May you and your family achieve the 4 blessings of the Lord Buddha: Longevity, Brightness, Healthiness, and Strength infinitely.

Thank you and your family for making your charitable contributions.

For additional information: www.khmerkromngo.org

The ever shifting accusations against Monk Tim Sakhorn: Hun Sen/Tep Vong/Khieu Sopheak/Khieu Kanharith can't tell a straight lie?

Khmer Krom community asks Hun Sen to consider Monk Tim Sakhorn’s case

09 October 2007
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata and Heng Soy

The Khmer Kampuchea-Krom Community (KKC) in Cambodia wrote a letter asking prime minister Hun Sen to review and reconsider the defrocking case of Monk Tim Sakhorn, the former abbot of the Phnom Den North pagoda, located in Kirivong district, Takeo province. The KKC accused that the defrocking of Monk Tim Sakhorn was illegal.

Thach Setha, KKC President, told RFA on Tuesday that: “We ask the prime minister to reconsider this case because the investigation report he received from government agents is completely opposite to the facts obtained by NGOs investigations, in particular (the government report is) opposite to the investigation conducted by Khmer Kampuchea Krom organizations and associations. Therefore, we will send in an attachment, all the documents based on our own investigations, and the various proofs for the prime minister to review and reconsider, in order to provide justice for Venerable Tim Sakhorn.”

Thach Setha’s reaction above was made after Hun Sen reported to the king on the information report (he received) about the defrocking of Monk Sakhorn, the former abbot of the Phnom Den North pagoda.

According to the copy of Thach Setha’s letter, dated 08 October, sent to prime minister Hun Sen, Thach Setha indicated that former Monk Tim Sakhorn is a legal Cambodian citizen who was recognized by the local authority.

Thach Setha’s letter added that the accusation that Monk Tim Sakhorn participated in 2 demonstrations against the Cambodia-Vietnam friendship, is simply not true. The former abbot never did anything contrary to the religious rules.

Khieu Kanharith, minister of information and government spokesman, reacted by saying that Hun Sen cannot reconsider the request.

Khieu Kanhartih added: “First of all, it’s (his) problem of ordaining (monks) without asking the opinion from the cult department at all. There are a lot of cases (like that), it’s not just the issue of political propaganda, in reality it’s about the religious rule (violation) which is severe. It’s not the problem about him participating in this movement or that movement, the movement is sometimes part of his right also, but the main problem was that he didn’t listen to anybody, and he ordained (anybody) as he wanted, this is not right. In the past, he has been warned several times, he didn’t listen.”

Former Abbot Tim Sakhorn was ordered defrocked by Tep Vong, the supreme patriarch, and accused of violating the Buddhist rule by undermining the solidarity between Cambodia and Vietnam, and by using the pagoda to serve as a political propaganda center, thereby affecting the Buddhist rule. These charges came out of Tep Vong’s letter dated 16 June.

Currently Monk Tim Sakhorn is being jailed in Vietnam’s An Giang province, after he was arrested by the Cambodian authority and deported to Vietnam on 30 June.