By Moeung Tum
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Ou Virak, President of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), told RFA that he confirmed with the Vietnamese embassy in Cambodia on 02 August 2007 about the arrest of Monk Tim Sakhorn by the Vietnamese authority.
Ou Virak said: “We confirmed with the Vietnamese embassy on Cambodia, they (VN embassy) answered that they indeed arrested Tim Sakhorn. Then they answered that Tim Sakhorn is a Vietnamese citizen who lived illegally (in Cambodia) and he returned back to his country illegally, and they claimed that Tim Sakhorn received aid money to create opposition opinions against the issues in Vietnam.”
Regarding this issue, CCHR also criticized the role played by Monk-king Tep Vong in Tim Sakhorn’s case.
Ou Virak said: “We confirmed with the Vietnamese embassy on Cambodia, they (VN embassy) answered that they indeed arrested Tim Sakhorn. Then they answered that Tim Sakhorn is a Vietnamese citizen who lived illegally (in Cambodia) and he returned back to his country illegally, and they claimed that Tim Sakhorn received aid money to create opposition opinions against the issues in Vietnam.”
Regarding this issue, CCHR also criticized the role played by Monk-king Tep Vong in Tim Sakhorn’s case.
