Human Rights group following the case on Monk’s disappearance31 July 2007
By Hassan
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
One human rights group is pursuing the case of the disappearance of the former abbot of Phnom Den pagoda, located in Takeo province. Up to now, the whereabouts of the monk is still unknown, following this defrocking.
On Tuesday, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) issued a statement regarding the contradictions by the Cambodian authorities in the resolution of this disappearance.
The statement indicated that, according to the letter signed by supremo patriarch Tep Vong on 17 June, the defrocking of Monk Tim Sakhorn was done because he hurt the diplomatic relation between Cambodia and Vietnam.
However, on 02 July, Khieu Sopheak, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, recognized that Monk Tim Sakhorn was deported to Vietnam. An at times, Khieu Sakhorn would say that the former monk even provided his thumbprint or his signature to volunteer to return back to live in his birthplace in Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam).
But, Khieu Kanharith, spokesman of the government, told reporters recently that Abbot Tim Sakhorn did not do anything wrong, and that. Maybe, he is traveling somewhere without letting other people know about it.
On Tuesday, the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) issued a statement regarding the contradictions by the Cambodian authorities in the resolution of this disappearance.
The statement indicated that, according to the letter signed by supremo patriarch Tep Vong on 17 June, the defrocking of Monk Tim Sakhorn was done because he hurt the diplomatic relation between Cambodia and Vietnam.
However, on 02 July, Khieu Sopheak, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, recognized that Monk Tim Sakhorn was deported to Vietnam. An at times, Khieu Sakhorn would say that the former monk even provided his thumbprint or his signature to volunteer to return back to live in his birthplace in Kampuchea Krom (South Vietnam).
But, Khieu Kanharith, spokesman of the government, told reporters recently that Abbot Tim Sakhorn did not do anything wrong, and that. Maybe, he is traveling somewhere without letting other people know about it.
