Chiep Mony, VOA KhmerPhnom Penh
16 August 2007
Three Australian lawmakers have said they will work to return to Cambodia an imprisoned monk in Vietnam, an advocate said Thursday.
Members of the Khmer Krom Monks Association met with the Australian lawmakers Wednesday, said Venerable Chey Samnang, vice president of the organization.
During the meeting his group asked Australia to help solve a number of problems facing Khmer Kampuchea Krom people, including the arrests of several monks and the recent detention of Tim Sakhorn in Vietnam.
Tim Sakhorn, a Khmer Krom monk recently defrocked in Cambodia for allegedly inciting unrest between the two countries, is in Vietnamese custody, following his apparent expulsion from Cambodia.
Tim Sakhorn's detention is a violation of Khmer Krom people and monks, Chey Samnang said.
"Three Australian congressmen have promised that they would bring the Khmer Krom issues to discuss in the Australian congress," he said. "And one congressman even promised to write a personal letter to the Vietnamese and Cambodian governments asking for the return of Tim Sakhorn to Cambodia."
He did not give the names of the three parliamentarians.
Vietnamese authorities say Tim Sakhorn was arrested for entering Vietnam illegally.
"Tim Sakhorn is a Vietnamese citizen," said Trinh Ba Cam, a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy. "He violated Vietnamese laws and therefore he must be punished according to Vietnamese laws."
Tim Sakhorn's supporters say he is a Cambodian citizen who deserves protection under Cambodian law.
Tim Thieng, Tim Sakhorn's 80-year-old father, said Wednesday in a letter to Foreign Minister Hor Namhong that defrocking and sending his son to Vietnam was unfair for a Cambodian who should have full protection under Cambodian laws.
Members of the Khmer Krom Monks Association met with the Australian lawmakers Wednesday, said Venerable Chey Samnang, vice president of the organization.
During the meeting his group asked Australia to help solve a number of problems facing Khmer Kampuchea Krom people, including the arrests of several monks and the recent detention of Tim Sakhorn in Vietnam.
Tim Sakhorn, a Khmer Krom monk recently defrocked in Cambodia for allegedly inciting unrest between the two countries, is in Vietnamese custody, following his apparent expulsion from Cambodia.
Tim Sakhorn's detention is a violation of Khmer Krom people and monks, Chey Samnang said.
"Three Australian congressmen have promised that they would bring the Khmer Krom issues to discuss in the Australian congress," he said. "And one congressman even promised to write a personal letter to the Vietnamese and Cambodian governments asking for the return of Tim Sakhorn to Cambodia."
He did not give the names of the three parliamentarians.
Vietnamese authorities say Tim Sakhorn was arrested for entering Vietnam illegally.
"Tim Sakhorn is a Vietnamese citizen," said Trinh Ba Cam, a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy. "He violated Vietnamese laws and therefore he must be punished according to Vietnamese laws."
Tim Sakhorn's supporters say he is a Cambodian citizen who deserves protection under Cambodian law.
Tim Thieng, Tim Sakhorn's 80-year-old father, said Wednesday in a letter to Foreign Minister Hor Namhong that defrocking and sending his son to Vietnam was unfair for a Cambodian who should have full protection under Cambodian laws.
4 comments:
AHUN SEN and TEP VONG had been worked for vietname boss then a HUN SEN killed many cambodian who want to again to his regime and viet big boos evan the monk his try to use monk again the cambodian monks because he scare to receive sin so his tell a tep vong to kill monk... so he don\ t ged blame....but evrybody know A HUN SEN AND HIS REGIME KILLED TO MANY CAMBODIAN PEOPLE GOD WILL SEE TO REVENGE HIS FAMALY SUCH AS HIS SON.. HIS DAUGTHER ... HIS FIFE WILL GOT SUFFERING JUST LIKE HE DID TO THEM ALL ...
Kondouy Mai Ah CPP Party Chong Rai Ey.
KONDOUY Atep Vong evil monk khmer in Cambodia should not respect him as a high rank of monk should call him A DOGGY TEP VONG terb trao. Wher is the TING MONG KING do something for ur khmer people please.
Yuon secret agents/spies, who are well-educated in Khmer culture, tradition, langauge, religion and custuom...etc. can speak, read and write Khmer much better than about 80% Khmer peasants and farmers do, had secretly impersonated themselves as KR soldiers who were unfarily accused of killing their own people, but the most of killers are Yuon spies/Secret agents are all behind killing fields like Trinh Ba Cam, a spokesman for the Vietnamese Embassy, who can speak Khmer fluently when we heard his voice on RFA at 2007/08/17 05:30
After all Khmer victims really hated Angkar Leu/Cap Tren. Suddenly Yuon troops pretended to rescue us from their comrade-at arms KR. In fact nearly murderers are Yuon/Yavana secret agents/spies! They didn't want themselves to get caught in Internation Law/UN so they had to use their Yuon citizens who used to live in Cambodia before 1970 by borrowing KR's hands to kill our family members. Aren't they cunning like an fox?
Khmer sralanh/love Khmer!
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