SRP councilor Meas Peng released from unfair imprisonment

 

ដោះលែង លោក មាស ប៉េង អតីតជំទប់ទី២ ឃុំបន្ទាយដែក មកពីបក្សប្រឆាំង

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
ស៊ន សុភក្រ្ត
ដោយ៖ ដើមអម្ពិល

កណ្តាល៖ លោក មាស ប៉េង អតីតជំទប់ទី២ ឃុំបន្ទាយដែក ស្រុកគៀនស្វាយ ខេត្តកណ្តាល ត្រូវបានចៅក្រម អមសាលាដំបូងខេត្តកណ្តាល ដោះលែងឲ្យ ចេញពីពន្ធនាគារ ក្រោយពីជននេះ ត្រូវបានចាប់ឃុំ ខ្លួនកាលពីថ្ងៃទី១២ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ កន្លងទៅ ដោយជាប់ពាក់ព័ន្ធ ពីបទបង្កអំពើហិង្សា ដោយចេតនា លើអ្នកកាន់កាប់ដីធ្លី។

យោងតាម ប្រភពព័ត៌មាន ពីមន្រ្តីសាលា ដំបូងខេត្តកណ្តាល បានប្រាប់មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល ព័ត៌មានដើមអម្ពិលថា អតីតជំទប់ទី២ ឃុំបន្ទាយដែក ស្រុកគៀនស្វាយ មកពីគណបក្សប្រឆាំងរូបនេះ ត្រូវបានលោកចៅក្រម លឹម សុគន្ថា សម្រេច ដោះឲ្យមានសេរីភាព ឡើងវិញហើយ នៅរសៀលថ្ងៃទី១២ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១២ នេះ។

CPP Cheam Pe A fined for vote buying in Battambang

Press Statement

28 January, 2012

Today, Battambang Provincial Election Committee fines Cheam Pe A, an official of the Cambodian People's Party the equivalent of US$1,250 for vote buying. The complaint was filed by the Sam Rainsy Party, the lead opposition party in Cambodia, on 21 January, 2012.

The Sam Rainsy Party considers Mr. Mok Ra, one of SRP 2,662 elected councilors who will cast their votes on 29 January senatorial election, a true fighter for democracy and a hero. He never intended to sell his conscience. He took the risk of meeting with the CPP officials with the intention of bringing evidence to support the SRP complaint.

The Cambodian People's Party was fined in previous elections for vote buying.Vote buying is an electoral fraud, it is illegal according to the Cambodian electoral law. Universally vote buying is morally unacceptable and a grave violation of the principles of democracy. It brings dishonor to the party found guilty.

We must seriously and openly condemn vote buying as it leads to the establishment of a one-party system and to dictatorship.

SRP will continue to commit itself to free, fair and clean elections as it is one of the first steps towards building true democracy.

SRP Cabinet 

SRP activist charged over protest

Monday, 19 September 2011 15:01
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

A Sam Rainsy Party activist was charged yesterday with initiating the destruction of private property after he led a protest of Kandal villagers in Phnom Penh’s Freedom Park last month.

The protest was sparked by a land dispute between 114 families from Kandal’s Kien Svay district and Kratie provincial council member Prak Savuth which has been ongoing since 2010.

After arriving at Kandal police station on Friday for questioning about the August protest, Korki Thom commune deputy chief Moek Chea was arrested and detained, his lawyer Choung Choungy said.

Statement from SRP Phnom Penh Councilors regarding the destruction of homes in Beoung Kak Lake and the police violence

SRP MP and councilor met with Kachak indigenous people in Ratanakiri who were evicted from their lands by Vietnamese companies

08 August 2011
By Son Chhay

On August 8, 2011, SRP MP Son Chhay met with indigenous Kachak community in Kanard village of Taleav district, Ratanakiri to listen to their complaint over land lost and the destruction of the forest by Vietnamese companies.

There has been at least three Vietnamese companies operating under the name of Heng Development, Veasna Investment and Heng Brothers. All these companies received forest land concessions from Hun Sen government in Andong Meas district where many indigenous communities such as Jarai, Tompun and Kachak have been forced out off their ancestor land and forest.

SRP MP Son Chhay took note on a complaint from Kachak man on how the Viet company took away his land.

Son Chhay listen to another Kachak man on Viet intrusion on his land

SRP provincial councilor Seng Mardi was showing photos he took to Kachak women in Kanad village, in Ratanakiri.
Seng Mardi has been working tirelessly  as Party technical official to help MP Son Chhay on Agriculture and Health projects to enable SRP party to draw up policy in these areas.

SRP provincial councilor and a senator candidate Seng Mardi showing the photos to Kachak women at a remote village of Kanard in Taleav district.

RFA's Ratha Visal (second from left) was interviewing Kachak people over their loss land.

A school which was built by an international organization to provide education to Jarai people was abandoned after all the villagers were removed by a Viet company. The land around the school is now ready for plantation. Without land and a village to go to,  indigenous Tompuon now have to hide themselves in the forest a few kilometers away which will be cleared by the companies also.

SRP officials storm out of city workshop

Animated CPP Mann Chhoeun (R) (Photo: John Vink/Magnum)

Thursday, 01 April 2010
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

DOZENS of Sam Rainsy Party district councillors stormed out of a workshop at City Hall on Wednesday in response to what they perceived as attacks on their party’s leadership, then staged a press conference at which they called for Phnom Penh Deputy Governor Mann Chhoeun to be removed from his post.

The workshop, which was convened to cover the effective use of city data books, descended into partisan rancour after Mann Chhoeun accused “opposition lawmakers” of groundlessly blaming municipal officials for the eviction of poor residents of Phnom Penh to the capital’s outskirts.

SRP district councillors at the event said afterwards it was clear that Mann Chhoeun had been referring to their party, and also that the deputy governor said he had wanted to knock out their teeth.

“I have always heard Mr Mann Chhoeun attack the opposition party. He did not say the specific party name, but he was focusing on the SRP,” Thach Khunsarin, a Meanchey district councillor, said at the press conference staged at party headquarters following the walkout.

“We would like to request that the government remove Mr Mann Chhoeun from his post as Phnom Penh deputy governor.”

SRP lawmaker Ho Vann also said he believed Mann Chhoeun’s behaviour was evidence that he is unfit for his role.

“What we heard from Mann Chhoeun today was impolite. He is not suitable to be a leader. Beating us until our teeth fall out – is he suitable to be deputy governor? He is not a politician, and this is not a time to propagandise,” he said.

Reached Wednesday afternoon, Mann Chhoeun denied the allegations levelled against him by the SRP district councillors.

“I just called on them to learn on behalf of the authorities. Some of them did not want to work but attacked instead. Then they walked out. This shows that they do not have good manners, that they are impolite people,” Mann Chhoeun said.

The SRP’s men and women of principl

Opinion by Khmerization
20th May, 2009

“People have been talking about an outright victory for the CPP. Considering that the CPP controls 100% of all levels of local, district and municipal administrations, the results of this municipal and district election should be seen as a victory for the SRP. Starting from zero councillors before the election to 600 councillors after the election, the SRP had emerged as a force that can weather the storm.”

Mrs. Mu Sochua’s testimonies of the courageous men and women of the Sam Rainsy Party who refused to sell their conscience to the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) during the municipal election is very inspiring, despite threats, coercions and the offer of massive amount of money to buy their votes.

These SRP’s councillors, who are poor, have resisted the temptation of a get-rich-quick scheme and opted to go with their conscience and principle. They are good role models for all future generations of Khmer politicians. They should be commended for their non-corrupt and clean conscience.

People have been talking about an outright victory for the CPP. Considering that the CPP controls 100% of all levels of local, district and municipal administrations, the results of this municipal and district election should be seen as a victory for the SRP. Starting from zero councillors before the election to 600 councillors after the election, the SRP had emerged as a force that can weather the storm, considering that there are massive frauds and vote-buying committed by the ruling CPP.

The results of this election have put the SRP on another step forward to strengthening itself as a political party that can withstand the political storm that have been created by the ruling CPP, especially Prime Minister Hun Sen. But importantly, it means that, with the SRP councillors working by their sides, the CPP’s councillors who were prone to commit corruption, will have to think twice before they will doing anything wrong because their actions can be exposed by the SRP’s councillors. Services at the district and municipal levels will be improved because of competition and because of the fears of being exposed by the opposition SRP for neglect of duties as have been practising by the CPP-controlled administrations in the past.

Another good news for the SRP is, with this solid foundation at the district and municipal levels, it can strengthen its party one step further. And the conscience that have been shown by courageous SRP’s councillors who refused to sell out to the CPP vote-buying scheme is very impressive and inspiring indeed. With this clean image and clear conscience, they have inspired voters who will look up to them as their role models and true representatives. They are the SRP’s men and women of principle.

*News has arrived that 9 SRP's councillors had been expelled from the party for taking bribes to vote for the CPP.