Cambodian soldiers carry sandbags for explosive experts to prepare to defuse bombs at Cambodia-Vietnam friendship monument in Phnom Penh on Sunday. Suspected Bomb Explodes Near Vietnamese Friendship Monument
Cheab Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
30 July 2007
The national police were following several leads Monday, following an explosion near the Vietnamese Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh Sunday morning, a spokesman said.
The explosion came from one of three homemade bombs planted in barrels near the monument, which stands in a grassy park near the National Assembly complex.
The two remaining bombs had to be diffused by experts from the Cambodian Mine Action Committee later Sunday. Officials said they contained TNT powder and fertilizer.
No one was injured in the blast, and nothing was damaged.
"We have a lead," Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Monday. He declined to give the names of suspects. "We only have a light for the lead to the suspect's arrest. When we arrest the suspect, we will ask him, and he will tell us who is behind it."
A human rights worker said Monday he was concerned the explosion could increase the security pressures on members of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom, who have been protesting in recent weeks following the disappearance of monk Tim Sakhorn. Tim Sakhorn was defrocked in June for allegedly stirring unrest against Vietnam. He has not been seen since, and rights groups fear he was forcibly sent to Vietnam.
"I am concerned about yesterday's explosion, said Ou Vireak, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. "I am concerned especially because it puts pressure on a number of people protesting the lack of freedom of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom."
Phnom Penh police commissioner Touch Naroth declined comment Monday, but told reporters on Sunday after the blast he would seek clear evidence before commenting.
The explosion came from one of three homemade bombs planted in barrels near the monument, which stands in a grassy park near the National Assembly complex.
The two remaining bombs had to be diffused by experts from the Cambodian Mine Action Committee later Sunday. Officials said they contained TNT powder and fertilizer.
No one was injured in the blast, and nothing was damaged.
"We have a lead," Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Monday. He declined to give the names of suspects. "We only have a light for the lead to the suspect's arrest. When we arrest the suspect, we will ask him, and he will tell us who is behind it."
A human rights worker said Monday he was concerned the explosion could increase the security pressures on members of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom, who have been protesting in recent weeks following the disappearance of monk Tim Sakhorn. Tim Sakhorn was defrocked in June for allegedly stirring unrest against Vietnam. He has not been seen since, and rights groups fear he was forcibly sent to Vietnam.
"I am concerned about yesterday's explosion, said Ou Vireak, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. "I am concerned especially because it puts pressure on a number of people protesting the lack of freedom of the Khmer Kampuchea Krom."
Phnom Penh police commissioner Touch Naroth declined comment Monday, but told reporters on Sunday after the blast he would seek clear evidence before commenting.
19 comments:
This is nothing new! AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave government always blames the victims (Khmer Leu, Khmer Kandal, Khmer Krom people) for everything!
AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave government framed monk Tim Sakhorn and made him disappeared in thin air now he wanted to take on the whole population of the Khmer Krom people at the request of the Vietcong master?
Khmer Krom people had always been peaceful in their protest for their right to exist as human being but the Vietcong and AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave government never give it damn!
The issue of the Khmer Krom people had been going on so long before and after the Vietcong took over since 1949 and it won't stop now! The discussions of the Khmer Krom people issue will continue indefinitely and will never stop until there is a resolution!
The Vietcong and AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave have a choice to make to solve the issue of the Khmer Krom people either by peaceful way or by violent way!
So far AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave government is taking the high road by pursuing the same politic like their Vietcong master by choosing the most violent way to eliminate the Khmer Krom people from the face of the Earth!
I don’t see much problem when Khmer solved Khmer issues but with the Vietcong involvement and most Khmer issue are so fucken hard to solve!
Remember! It took 10 years just to sign Paris Agreement to find peace for Cambodia because of the Vietcong involvement!
This dumbass monkey government probably planted the bomb themselves. The will use this event to blame the KK.
Please keep thinking that this act is not a terrorist act because this bomb is not intend to kill any human being.So we proclaim is act is a patriotist act to destroy a stupid symbol of Vietnamese aggresser.The next act is car bomb .Don't let them sleep well.If you,Cambodian people, don't fight to liberated your country,no one can do for you.
Please do not promote chaos in Cambodia. Cambodia is stable and growing. If we condone acts of violence this may cause tourists and business investors to think twice before helping Cambodia. We need to find out the culprits and STOP THEM before something goes wrong. PLEASE STOP THIS ACT OF VIOLENCE BECAUSE A HARMLESS STATUE DOES NOT MEAN ANYTHING
No body has ability to commit this act beside of government of Hun Sen when they want to sack Khmer Kampuchea Krom people or opposition parties, they will create problems by themselves but accuse others that leads to arrest, injail or humiliate...
This is normal for Hun Sen leadership to destroy suspects...
Yuon/Yavana secret agents/spies secretly try to plant this bombs so that any Khmer Kandal/Khmer Krom nationalists are to be blamed and be also arrested. The reason they/Yuon secret agents/spies don't want us to claim our lost lands from them. They have tried to use their One Million Super-Dirty Demonic Tricks since 18th Century so far so worse.
Khmer sralanh Khmer
It's a game of Hun Sen, no body can do this.
To 6:25AM. If you want to see peace in Cambodia, remove all the vietnam monuments from Cambodia land. You are blaming Cambodians for this problem. Why don't you blame hun sen and the vietnamese for putting the monuments in Cambodia in the first place. vietnamese monuments should be in vietnam, not in Cambodia. If there is no monument, there wouldn't be a problem. I hate the monuments. I am glad that finally someone has the guts to do it. The bomb meant to show hun sen and vietnam how much we hate them.
The movie is played with the same Hun Sen as an actor. We must be very careful, because this actor has always acted as an evil and has used a lot of tricks through his career.
KR Trial will coming soon, so I believed there will be more and more Problem because they want to help Chen and Youn.comment by Mr.Prohok Khmer lived in Lynn Mass.
THIS IS A TACTIC OF DIVERSION BY AH YUONS AND AH HUN SEN. THE OLD TRICK IS BACK IN DISPLAY. ONE IS KR TRIAL COMING. TWO IS VEN TIM SAKHON'S DISAPPEARANCE. THREE IS TO PRESS MORE CHARGE ON INNOCENT AND DEFENSELESS KHMERKROMS, FOUR IS TO SCARE THE OPPOSITION SUPPORTERS BECAUSE THE ELECTION IS NEAR...
WHO ELSE HAS WEAPONS IN CAMBODIA, BESIDE AH YUONS AND AH CPPS. THIS TRICK HAS BEEN PLAYED TO ROOT OUT THE CAMBODIAN OPPOSITIONS IN THE PAST.
AH KWAK HUN SEN IS ACTING VERY WELL ON BEHALF OF AH YUON VIETCONGS. AH KABOT CHIAT KILLING KHMER AGAIN AND AGAIN....AH HUN SEN IS WORST THAN SADDAM HUSSEIN IN IRAQ. WE MUST PUNISH HUN SEN BY HANGING AS THE IRAQI DID TO SADDAM.
That act against Yuon,khmer 's friend ship monument that was exellence plan,good better than bad .IF khmer nationalism try to provoke them there are too many supporters , but if Prime minister tactics that is not benefiting much to him self,because Cambodian need that theories or love the home made bombs formulas to explode the youn'slave properties . What kind of peace that Cambodia has? No freedom of press,speech,religion and human right .Court systems is corrupting under Hun Sen control.MR.,Mrs or Miss.06:03AM Your comment is wrong I would like to ask you a questions .Does every bodies include your self are happy to be a slave of younvietnam broke poor communist country?
06:03AM I do not know what your brain made out of?Do you happy when you are sleeping and when you wake up your property belong to the rich and power, do you happy if they sell your son or daughters to the brothel house as slave sex and also do you happy when your beautiful country turn to be the desert??Do not swim across the current by your self.
koun khmer pheas khloun
In Cambodia's darkest hour - during the reign of Khmer Rouge - when the world ignored the plights of Cambodian, it was the Vietnamese that came in and saved millions of Cambodian from what would have been Cambodia's inevitable demised. Due to the Vietnamese courageous assistance and efforts, today Cambodia is relatively a stable and peaceful country. The monument is a memorial tribute to the courageous Vietnamese who sacrificed their lives to save the people of Cambodia. The monument will STAY.
^^^Hey you up there, you're full of bull crap. Vietnam's acts of terror upon Khmer is beyond words. For centuries and still now, Viet Nam have been terrorizing and murdering innocent Khmers in the name of idiocy. That statue is an insult, a slap to my people's face and my face. IT WILL GO DOWN. IF VIET NAM AND IT'S PEOPLE WANT PEACE, ALL OF THOSE STATUES WILL COME DOWN. Viet Nam and it's people will get what they deserve in the near future. Until then, I'm glad people are acting upon this hideous, offensive and disgusting rock. This is just barely step one.
OH 01:46 POison toad Vietnam spy,do you see all the comment post? You are not welcome here,your head is Vietnam and your body is khmer give us your email address then we'll find your home,there a welcome package with the AK 47 ruffle right in to your mouth for your souvenir ,because your ignorance comment,if you are not safetying there others home made package for your whole youn head family, if there not youn get invole,spy,terrorize and killed Cambodia this country would better of what they call the contry in US black book.
Hey youn PPL ,do you know that Khmer krom is your not finishing business?
To 3:27AM
We are all Khmer, unite we will win.
We are asked to give comments. It doesn't matter if it is good or bad. It's our opinion, so let other readers to judge. Don't just take this forum to fight each others.
PS. I'm not 1:46
@ 8:55
Yes, we all all Khmer, united we will win....but how do you know if 1:46 is even Khmer? Could possibly be an internet troll. What does this have to do with it? Nothing. I would just assume as a Khmer, one's heart and pride would side for the best of Cambodia and it's people.
The statement by 1:46 above is historically accurate. Except for a few extremist Cambodian, most Cambodian and the rest of the world have already accepted the fact that the Vietnamese were the savior of Cambodia. Some Cambodian cannot handle the truth.
The bomb is a setup. It took the VN government about one month to come up with a lame excuse of the missing Ven. Tim Sakhorn. They said that the Venerable was illegally crossing the border and arrested him.
The bomb is a distraction to try to get us to think of something else beside the missing monks. Nice try VN. They are not as creative any longer because of the age of the internet. Peace!
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