Invitation to listen to Suon Serey Ratha in Bangkok, Thailand

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CACJE Opposition Statement

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Partial translation from Khmer by Socheata

The Cambodian Action Committee for Justice & Equity (CACJE) is:

1. Opposed to the visit of former King Norodom Sihanouk – who will be accompanied by his family including his wife and son Norodom Sihamoni, the current king – to Vietnam on 22 June 2010.
2. Opposed to the question raised by Son Soubert, the former member of Constitutional Council, who planned to have a joint administration by the Yuon and Khmer governments on the sovereignty of the territory of Koh Tral Island which belongs to Cambodia, as well as the territory of Kampuchea Krom belonging to Cambodia, based on the model of the Pyrenees region in the European Union which is placed under the joint administration of France and Spain since 1607 under an agreement between the French Emperor and leaders of the Spain movement.
3. Absolutely opposed to the plan set by Touch Narim, the Kampong Chhnang provincial governor, who wrote a letter to ask the authorization from the Vietnamese embassy in Phnom Penh in which he promised to provide lands to 4,000 illegal Vietnamese immigrant families and to provide $10,000 to each Vietnamese family that agree to move out of the Chhnok Trou region in Kampong Chhnang to housings in the land area.

US-based CACJE criticizes the arrest of bomb plot suspects in Phnom Penh

Suon Serey Ratha, CACJE leader

11 Jan 2009
By San Suwith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
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On Sunday 11 January, the Cambodian Action Committee for Justice & Equity (CACJE) issued a statement indicating that the arrest of Som Ek aka Ty To aka Chau Sakada and the charge of bomb plot in Phnom Penh on 02 January, are new invention and subterfuge by the Phnom Penh regime which is known to set up movements or various events in order to bring charge against democrat and nationalist activists, by accusing the latter of terrorism.

The Cranston, Rhode Island, US-based CACJE led by Suon Serey Ratha cited as examples a number of past setup events to claim that this is another trick perpetrated by Hun Sen and the CPP in order to discourage nationalist Cambodians who dare to oppose the celebration of the 07 January, a date that the CPP always commemorates to express its gratefulness to Hanoi.

In conclusion, CACJE condemned the political setup and charges invented by the Phnom Penh regime to hide its ineptitude and the lengthening of the resolution on the border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand, and its attempt to divert the public attention from the anarchic invasions of Cambodian sovereignty by Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

CACJE: Bomb plot in Phnom Penh is a CPP scam?

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Hun Sen determined to defend King-Father’s immunity

28 August 2007
By Kim Pov Sottan
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

On Tuesday, the prime minister of Cambodia, once again, expressed his determination to defend the former monarch so that his immunity cannot be revoked, even though, Suon Serey Ratha, President of the Cambodian Action Committee for Justice and Equity (CACJE), made this request recently.

In front of the public during the inauguration of a new building in the Champous Kha’ek pagoda, Hun Sen showed his anger towards Suon Serey Ratha, calling the latter’s action as savage, and a severe scorning of the former monarch and the Cambodian people, and that this action is a tactic aimed at destroying Cambodia only.

Hun Sen said: “All actions that lead to the destruction of the nation, the religion, the king, are actions that cannot be tolerated. What must be done is to defend the nation, religion and the king. Without these three pillars, we will disappear again, one more time. They (CACJE) are aiming at our King-Father. The aim of their arrow is pointing there (King-Father), but we shouldn’t forget that what they are really attacking is our nation and our religion directly.”

In his speech, Hun Sen invoked the struggle of King Norodom Sihanouk to demand the independence, and the leading of the country towards development in the 50s. Hun Sen considers all these additional (CACJE) actions (are conducted) to turn victims as culprits, and that they are not acceptable.

On his part, Suon Serey Ratha who is currently living in the US, denied that he is scorning the Cambodian people, he said that whatever he did is not contrary to the stipulations of the Constitution. He added that he made his request in order to open the door for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to find out about the truth only.

Suon Serey Ratha said: “This is only one request which we think is a good mean to open the door for judges and co-judges to conduct their investigations openly on the former monarch, as the latter held the highest ranking position in the Democratic Kampuchea (KR) regime also, he was the former (DK) President.”

Recently, Suon Serey Ratha sent a letter to the National Assembly requesting the removal of the immunity of the former monarch Norodom Sihanouk, so that the KR Tribunal could judge him for his involvement with the genocide (KR) regime.

In another letter issued on Tuesday 28 August, Suon Serey Ratha said that the defense of the former monarch is an attempt to protect the former KR leaders and allow them to escape justice.

In the past, former king Norodom Sihanouk used to say that he would welcome and reveal about anything the KR Tribunal want to know, at any time.