ដីកាកោះហៅ ព្រះភិក្ខុ សៀង សុវណ្ណារា - Summon for Ven. Sieng Sovannara of Wat Samaky Rangsey Pagoda in Phnom Penh

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The late Ven. Vijaratanapanna Maha Yoeung Sin appointed Ven. Nilathero Riddhi Lam as acting abbot 2 years before His passing

Thursday October 21, B.E.2554, A.D.2010 Year of the Tiger
Source: Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community

The Late Ven. Vijaratanapanna Maha Yoeung Sin appointed Ven. Nilathero Riddhi Lam, age 24, resident monk, as an acting Abbot of Wat Samakkiraingsey on Friday the 10th waning moon of Assayuja B.E.2552, October 24, A.D.2008 Year of the Rat.

Khmer Krom are protesting against the nomination of the new abbot for Wat Samaky Raingsey Pagoda

Order issued by CPP-stalwart and Buddhist patriarch Non Nget for the nomination of Ven. Khin Veasna, an outsider to the Khmer Krom community, as the new abbot of the Wat Samaky Raingsey pagoda

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21 Oct 2010
Source: VOKK.net
Translated from Khmer by Soy
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KI-Media note: Cambodia Express News reported that, during his illness, Ven. Yoeung Sin, the former abbot of Wat Samaky Raingsey Pagoda, left a will in which he expressed his wish to see a Khmer Krom monk taking the helm of Wat Samaky Raingsey. Knowing the plight of Khmer Krom brothers and sisters who have suffered oppression both in Vietnam and in Cambodia, it is quite understandable that they would like to see Ven. Yoeung Sin's will fulfilled. We sincerely hope that Phnom Penh respects the wish of our Khmer Krom brothers and sisters. It should be noted that Patriarch Non Nget is no stanger to Khmer Krom suffering, he was also the one who issued an order to defrock Ven. Tim Sakhorn, a Khmer Krom monk, and the deportation of the latter to Vietnam to be unjustly jailed there. By ordering his order against Ven. Tim Sakhorn, Hochimonk Non Nget was in fact fulfilling an order issued by Hanoi.

On Thursday morning, about 200 laymen, monks and members of Khmer Kampuchea Krom associations led a protest inside the Wat Samaky Raingsey Pagoda to protest against the decision to nominate the new pagoda abbot. The decision [issued by the CPP-stalwart Buddhist patriarch Non Nget] nominates Ven. Khin Veasna as the pagoda president to replace Ven. Yoeung Sin, the former abbot of the pagoda, who passed away on 28 September 2010. The protesters indicated that they cannot accept this nomination and they demanded that the replacement for Ven. Yoeung Sin be someone of Khmer Krom origin.

Thach Sang, President of the Friend of Khmer Kampuchea Krom Association, indicated that this nomination is unacceptable because the pagoda is the blood and sweat contribution by Khmer Kampuchea Krom Buddhists, as such, the pagoda’s president must be someone of Khmer Krom origin.

VOKK reported that Ven. Khin Veasna is believed to be an agent provocateur sent by the ruling CPP party to spy on Khmer Krom activities when Ven. Yoeung Sin was managing the pagoda. This is the reason why he is now nominated by the CPP-controlled ministry of Cult to take over the helm of the pagoda.

Khmer Krom laymen and monks are waiting to hear the nomination of the new abbot (All photos: Sok Serey, RFA)

A group of monks praying in front of Ven. Yeoung Sin's remain

A monk sent over by the minister of Cult was reading the order for the nomination of the new abbot

Monks and laymen leaving the meeting after hearing the nomination

Monks protesting the nomination of the new abbot

Both laymen and monks are protesting the new nomination

Khin Veasna, the newly appointed abbot

Khmer Krom Meeting in Samaky Raingsey Pagoda in Phnom Penh on 17 August

When: 17 August 2007

Time: 8:00 AM to Noon

Where: Wat Samaky Raingsey
located in Stung Meanchey commune,
Khan Meanchey, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

City allows Khmer Krom to hold a meeting

Thursday, August 16, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Phnom Penh city authority agreed to allow the Khmer Kampuchea Krom community to hold a meeting to express their concerns regarding the former Abbot of the Phnom Den North pagoda who is currently jailed in Vietnam. Kim Van Chheng, President of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom Coordination Committee (KKKCC), told the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper, on Wednesday that the Phnom Penh city authority consented to his request to allow his group to meet peacefully without police harassment. KKKCC plans to hold a meeting of Khmer Krom people living in Cambodia on 17 August 2007 from 8:00 AM to Noon time at the Samaky Raingsey Pagoda located in Stung Meanchey commune, Khan Meanchey, Phnom Penh city, to express their concerns on the torture imposed on Monk Tim Sakhorn, the former Abbot of the Phnom Den North pagoda who is currently being jailed in Vietnam.