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Showing posts with label Phay Siphan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Phay Siphan. Show all posts
Monday, September 17, 2012
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Activist Should ‘Come to Court’ [-Who can trust Phay Siphom?]
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| Council of Ministers spokesperson Phay Siphom in an undated photo. (RFA) |
Cambodian authorities say a wanted land rights advocate should face the law.
2012-08-21
Radio Free Asia
Cambodian authorities on Tuesday challenged a rights activist in hiding to turn himself in and face prosecution for allegedly masterminding a plot by villagers to secede from Cambodia. [KI-Media Note: Either way he will be prosecuted, what kind of offer is that?]
But rights groups questioned whether Bun Ratha, who led a mass land revolt in May, would receive a fair trial.
Council of Ministers spokesperson Phay Siphan called on Bun Ratha, who gave an extensive interview to RFA’s Khmer service on Monday from an undisclosed destination, to appear in court to rebut government charges that he spearheaded a secessionist plot.
In the interview, Bun Ratha rejected government claims that he had instructed villagers in Kratie province’s Chhlong district to secede from the country.
“This is a matter of justice. What [Bun Ratha] said to Radio Free Asia can’t be regarded as a legal statement for the court to consider,” Phay Siphan said, adding that the land activist should come to the court to make his statement instead of issuing it through the media.
Monday, June 25, 2012
ហ៊ុន តូ បានតែអួត តែមិនខ្មេះអីទេ!
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លោក ហ៊ុន តូ នៅតែមិនទាន់ប្តឹងកាសែតអូស្ត្រាលី
25 June 2012
ឆាយ ច័ន្ទនីដា
The Phnom Penh Post
ភ្នំពេញៈ គម្រោងប្តឹងតាមផ្លូវច្បាប់ប្រឆាំងនឹងការបង្ខូចកេរ្តិ៍ឈ្មោះពីសំណាក់កាសែតអូស្ត្រាលីមួយ នៅតែមិនទាន់ច្បាស់លាស់សម្រាប់លោកឧកញ៉ា ហ៊ុន តូ ដូចដែលធ្លាប់បានអះអាងប្រាប់កាសែតក្នុងស្រុក ទោះជាបានទៅដល់អូស្ត្រាលី និងវិលមកកាន់ប្រទេសកំណើតដោយគ្មានការចាប់ខ្លួនយ៉ាងណាក៏ដោយ។
លោក ហ៊ុន តូ ដែលត្រូវជាក្មួយប្រុសបង្កើតលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ត្រូវបានកាសែតក្នុងស្រុករបស់អូស្ត្រាលីឈ្មោះ The Age បានសរសេរលាតត្រដាងពីខែមីនាថា មានពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងក្រុមឧក្រិដ្ឋជនរកស៊ីជួញដូរគ្រឿងញៀនហេរ៉ូអ៊ីន និងលាងលុយកខ្វក់ ខណៈដែលនគរបាលជាតិអូស្តា្រលី មានបំណងចាប់ខ្លួនលោក ក្នុងទីក្រុងមែលប៊ន។ ប៉ុន្តែគម្រោងនេះ ត្រូវអាក់ខាន ព្រោះតែខាងស្ថានទូតអូស្ត្រាលីនៅភ្នំពេញ បដិសេធមិនផ្តល់ទិដ្ឋាការ ដោយអះអាងថា ជាការ«ចៀសវាងឧប្បតិ្តហេតុខាងការទូត»។
ប៉ុន្តែ មន្ត្រីរដ្នាភិបាលកម្ពុជាបានចេញមុខបកស្រាយជំនួសលោក ហ៊ុន តូ ពេលដែលសេដ្ឋីវ័យក្មេងរូបនេះ ទើបវិលត្រឡប់ដោយសុវត្ថិភាពពីប្រទេសអូស្ត្រាលី កន្លែងដែលកាសែត The Age ចោទថា អាជ្ញាធរប្រទេសនេះ មានបំណងចាប់ខ្លួនលោក ហ៊ុន តូ នោះ។
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
ផៃ ស៊ីផោម នឹងព្រុសការពារ ហ៊ុន តូ នៅថ្ងៃស្អែក
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ថ្ងៃទី 21 មិថុនា 2012
ដោយ: សុខ ភក្តី
Cambodia Express News
ភ្នំពេញ: មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលកម្ពុជា បានប្រកាសថា នៅឯព្រលានយន្តហោះអន្តរជាតិភ្នំពេញ នាថ្ងៃទី២២ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ វេលាម៉ោង ៩ ព្រឹក នឹងមានការថ្លែងសន្និសីទសារព័ត៌មានពីសំណាក់ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ និងជាអ្នកនាំពាក្យទីស្តីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ក្រោមប្រធានបទ "ការវិលត្រឡប់មកមាតុប្រទេសវិញ របស់
លោកឧកញ៉ា ហ៊ុន តូ ជាក្មួយប្រុសរបស់សម្តេចនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន ធ្លាប់ត្រូវបានកាសែតអូស្ត្រាលី The Age បានចុះផ្សាយកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនេះថា លោកឧកញ៉ា ហ៊ុន តូ ជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងជំនួញគ្រឿងញៀនដ៏ធំមួយ។ ក៏ប៉ុន្តែលោកឧកញ៉ា ហ៊ុន តូ បានបដិសេធ ហើយគ្រោងនឹងដាក់ពាក្យបណ្តឹងប្រឆាំងនឹងកាសែតអូស្ត្រាលីនោះ៕
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
World Bank halt irks officials
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| A man uses a sledge hammer to tear down a house on the edge of Boeung Kak lake in June. (Photo by: Sreng Meng Srun) |
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Don Weinland and Kouth Sophak Chakrya
The Phnom Penh Post
Representatives from the Embassy of Japan reportedly met with Phnom Penh municipal government officials yesterday to discuss the Boeung Kak lake debacle, a government source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said. City Hall records show a representative from the Japanese Embassy was scheduled to meet with Governor Kep Chuktema yesterday at 2 pm, but Japanese Ambassador Masafumi Kuroki said the embassy had no scheduled meetings with the local government.
The government expressed disappointment yesterday with the World Bank’s announcement that it had halted new country loans due to the ongoing land dispute at Boeung Kak lake in Phnom Penh and vowed to raise the issue with the bank’s executive board.
“We are very dissatisfied with the World Bank’s decision because we are partners on several projects,” Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said yesterday, referring to the 21 projects the bank now funds in the country.
“Each programme is an agreement the two parties have made with each other. No one has a right to breach these contracts.”
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Fighting intensifies on Thai Cambodian border
April 28, 2011
ABC Radio Australia
ABC Radio Australia
The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is getting worse.
Fourteen people have died in six days of fighting and there's no end in sight to the conflict. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for a truce but has no plans to meet with his Thai counterpart until May. Both sides accuse the other of aggression in the long running dispute.
Reporter: Karon Snowdon
Speaker: Panitan Wattanayagorn, Thai government spokesman; Phay Siphan, Cambodian government spokesman
SNOWDON: In the latest violence, one civilian and a total of 13 troops from both sides have been killed with 60 soldiers wounded. Thirty thousand villages have been evacuated, according to reports. Defence ministers were to meet on Wednesday but even that is disputed.
Cambodia says the Thai Defence Minister asked for the meeting, Thailand's government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn says the meeting is desirable but not possible on the day.
PANITAN: We accepted the invitation in principle but our Defence Minister is scheduled to go to the People's Republic of China many weeks ago and he can't change his schedule and he's on his way now. We hope that in the near future we can reschedule this meeting with the Defence Minister of Cambodia.
SNOWDON: How urgent is that meeting do you think?
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Fighting intensifies on Thai Cambodian border
April 27, 2011
ABC Radio Australia
ABC Radio Australia
The border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia is getting worse.
Fourteen people have died in six days of fighting and there's no end in sight to the conflict. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for a truce but has no plans to meet with his Thai counterpart until May. Both sides accuse the other of aggression in the long running dispute.
Reporter: Karon Snowdon
Speaker: Panitan Wattanayagorn, Thai government spokesman; Phay Siphan, Cambodian government spokesman
SNOWDON: In the latest violence, one civilian and a total of 13 troops from both sides have been killed with 60 soldiers wounded. Thirty thousand villages have been evacuated, according to reports. Defence ministers were to meet on Wednesday but even that is disputed.
Cambodia says the Thai Defence Minister asked for the meeting, Thailand's government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn says the meeting is desirable but not possible on the day.
WATTANAYAGORN: We accepted the invitation in principle but our Defence Minister is scheduled to go to the People's Republic of China many weeks ago and he can't change his schedule and he's on his way now. We hope that in the near future we can reschedule this meeting with the Defence Minister of Cambodia.
SNOWDON: How urgent is that meeting do you think?
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Phnom Penh alleges Thai F-16 warplanes staged mock attack runs on Cambodian positions
Saturday, April 23, 2011
DPA
DPA
Phnom Penh - Thai and Cambodian troops clashed Saturday in the second day of fighting near a disputed temple on their common border in a conflict that has already claimed at least seven dead and 19 injured.
"Fighting started at 6:15 am (2315 GMT Friday), but no casualties have been reported yet," said Thai army deputy spokeswoman Colonel Sirijan Nathong.
"We're still investigating who started it," she said. "They are using artillery but the fighting is not as heavy as yesterday's."
Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan again blamed Thai forces for instigating the clashes, which he confirmed were taking place in the same area as Friday's fighting. He said there was no word on casualties.
Phay Siphan said Thai F-16 warplanes were staging mock attack runs on Cambodian positions.
Saturday, April 09, 2011
Controversial law in Cambodia has NGOs worried
April 8, 2011
ABC Radio Australia
ABC Radio Australia
There been a huge backlash amongst local and international non-government organisations in Cambodia over the second draft of a proposed NGO law.
The law would regulate the thousands of NGOs that operate in Cambodia... and often fill significant gaps in areas such as health, education, environment and agriculture. The government says the law is necessary to ensure that NGOs operate within reasonable bounds - the NGOs disagree.
Reporter: Robert Carmichael
Speakers: Phay Siphan, Council of Ministers; Naly Pilorge, human rights organisation Licadho
CARMICHAEL: Cambodia has no shortage of non-governmental organisations, or NGOs. There are thought to be more than 3,000 of them, from titans such as World Vision and Oxfam, to the smallest of local organisations and associations.
The government recently drafted a law to regulate how NGOs and associations operate in Cambodia. That draft is on its way to the Council of Ministers for final review before it heads to parliament.
The first draft was released for public comment late last year; the second last month. It has caused widespread alarm among NGOs, some of which fear the law could be abused by the government to shut down those it doesn't like.
So what are the problems with the draft? Naly Pilorge is the director of human rights group Licadho.
PILORGE: Generally there are three main concerns. First is mandatory registration - everyone is forced to register. Secondly is burdensome registration requirements - I mean many, many self-help groups, communities are illiterate, and based in the provinces. And then the third is there is a lot of ambiguity, a lot of unclear passages in this law so the decisions can be subjective, can be arbitrary to accept or refuse, and there is no appeal system. So if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Ministry of Interior refuses your application, there is no way to appeal.
Sunday, February 06, 2011
Phay Siphan: 3 dead for Cambodia; more than 30 dead for Thailand
05 Feb 2011
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soy
The toll from the clashes between Cambodia and Thailand in the afternoon of Friday 04 February and Saturday 05 February is: 2 Cambodian soldiers died, 1 tourist in Cambodia died and about 20 injured. On the Thai side: more than 30 died and several injured.
These are the numbers advanced by Phay Siphan, mouthpiece of the Council of Ministers, in the evening of Saturday 05 Feb. He indicated that this is a preliminary number and not an official one.
Friday, January 28, 2011
26 years of Hun Xen's dictatorial regime ... as recounted by Phay Siphan, his mouthpiece
Click here to listen the audio interview in Khmer:
Saturday, January 22, 2011
[Hun Xen's] Musketeers all for one
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Bangkok Post
Cambodia's Press and Quick Reaction Unit's key men Phay Siphan and Tith Sothea have joined fellow spokesman Koy Kuong in defending the interests of Cambodia and its premier Hun Sen.
Cambodia's so-called Three Musketeers have been very effective in their swift political responses to whoever picks a fight with their beloved leader.
The unit was established in June 2009 in a sub-decree signed by Hun Sen and comes under the supervision of veteran politician Sok An, minister of the council of ministers.
From the outset, the unit aimed to react to news or any information disseminated by national, international sources and critics that is deemed a threat to Cambodia, its government and its national identity.
The Three Musketeers are part of a modernised and restructured Cambodian administration with veteran politicians, diplomats and brothers-in-arms in place as advisers to the government.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Cambodia rejects claims it trained activists in weapons
Oct 11, 2010
DPA
DPA
Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government on Monday denied that members of a Thai insurgent group had received military training from Cambodian government forces.
Thailand's Department of Special Investigations claimed that 39 anti-government militants received weapons training at a Cambodian army camp.
Thai authorities also claimed the so-called red shirts had been trained to carry out assassinations on key public figures, including Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan denied the allegations.
'It's made up. Our constitution does not allow anyone to do that sort of thing [on Cambodian soil],' Phay Siphan said. 'Nobody is allowed to do any such stupid thing in Cambodia.'
He said recent meetings between Prime Minister Hun Sen and Abhisit in the United States and Brussels were evidence of Cambodia's good intentions to improve relations.
'So I think this accusation is a made-up story to blame Cambodia, and is also [part of the] campaign against the red shirts, using Cambodia as a springboard for Thai local politics,' he said.
'It is a nonsense for Cambodia to foster [trouble] with anyone,' he said.
Thai news outlets quoted Lieutenant Colonel Payao Thongsen as saying that 11 activists arrested recently had confessed to receiving training in Cambodia. He said 28 others had also taken part.
Relations between the neighbours have been tense for more than two years with sporadic clashes between troops over disputed territory near Preah Vihear temple on Cambodia's northern border.
Diplomatic relations improved in August after Thailand's fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who has close links to the red shirt movement, resigned from two advisory positions he had held with Phnom Penh since late 2009.
Monday, August 02, 2010
Only balding ole boys and ole gals in this "ole Boy" Scouts group?
Xok An (2nd from left) presenting the scout's scarf to Phay Siphan, his mouthpiece, on 01 June 2010. It's interesting to note that no pictures of children/youths who were presented with scarfs were shown in the youth-oriented event, only that of the chief and his indian. (Photo: PQRU)OUR SINCERE APOLOGIES TO Reader Wattanak:
Yes, Sir, you are right, we erred. So ladies and gentlemen, please read the correct caption as follows:
Xok An (2nd from left) presenting the scout's scarf to Phay Siphan, his mouthpiece, on 01 June 2010. It's interesting to note that no pictures of children/youths who were presented with scarfs were shown in the youth-oriented event, only that of the
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Cambodia Dismisses UN Rights Chief Statements
UN Human Rights Chief Navi Pillay. (Photo: AP)Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Wednesday, 14 July 2010
“No evidence providing either damage to reputation or malicious intent was presented during the case against Mu Sochua.”A government spokesman on Wednesday dismissed as “personal” statements by the UN’s top human rights official, who had criticized a defamation case against opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua.
Speaking in Geneva on Tuesday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said the case brought against Mu Sochua by Prime Minister Hun Sen was highly politicized and showed a weakening of the judiciary and basic freedoms in the country.
Government spokesman Phay Siphan said Wednesday the comments were “a personal view and do not reflect the reality of Cambodia.”
Mu Sochua, a lawmaker for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, is facing the prospect of jail time if she does not pay compensation to the prime minister and a fine to the court.
She has said she will not pay.
She lost a defamation suit brought by Hun Sen after she had sued him for allegedly making disparaging and sexist remarks in public speeches last year. The Supreme Court upheld the decision in June.
In Geneva, Pillay’s spokesman, Rupert Colville, said the verdict was not warranted.
“No evidence providing either damage to reputation or malicious intent was presented during the case against Mu Sochua,” he said.
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