Tuesday, May 06, 2008

"If I go with you, it’s the wrong path. I’m not following you, the communists": Victim of CPP village chief beating for refusing to support the CPP

Man beaten up by CPP village chief for not supporting to the CPP

04 May 2008
By Ouk Sav Borey
Radio Free Asia

Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

A human rights organization official claimed that a man was beaten up by his village chief because he refused to support the CPP.

Hem Pov, a group chief at the South Banteay Chhmar village, Banteay Chhmar commune, Thmor Puok district, Banteay Meanchey province, claimed that his CPP village chief used violence against him in the afternoon of Saturday 03 May 2008, after he refused to continue providing support to the CPP anymore: “I yelled that I am not following the wrong path, I want to follow the right path. He said that: ‘Don’t you regret it?’ I said that I have no regret and I left his home, as I stepped out, he beat me up. He kicked me, he beat me on my legs, my head, my neck, but, my neck is OK, but only my legs are swollen.”

Nov Neuy, the South Banteay Chhmar village chief recognized that he did some of the beating on Hem Pov, the group chief who harassed him to stop being a CPP party member. Nov Neuy claimed that Hem Pov tore other people’s documents and looked down on the CPP.

Nov Neuy said: “He defamed (the CPP) by saying that he is no longer walking along with the CPP anymore, the CPP is not developing, so I chased him out of my house, but he didn’t leave, so I pushed him down and I hit him once.”

Preoung Chamnan, the 2nd commune councilor from the Funcinpec party, indicated that Hem Pov is in fact a Funcinpec party member. When the CPP issued IDs for the party supporters, Hem Pov went in to look, then he saw his picture pasted by the village chief among the CPP supporters. Hem Pov was not pleased by this, as he claimed that he did not ask to support the CPP, and he wanted to have his picture removed from the CPP supporter list. He also asked the Funcinpec party representative to be witness about this fact.

Proeung Chamnan said: “The CPP activists asked (Hem Pov): ‘Are you going with us or not?’ Then my man (Hem Pov) said: ‘If I go with you, it’s the wrong path. I’m not following you, the communists.’ When he said that, they got angry.”

Chan Soveth, an investigator for the Adhoc human rights organization, said that the ruling party (CPP) is currently violating the right of voters to decide who they want to support. He said that the CPP is currently trying to gather support from students and voters: “Along isolated villages, the village chiefs are always taking this type of action (perpetrating violence), because this is the way the ruling party governs.”

In response to this accusation, CPP MP Cheam Yeap denied by saying: “We are prohibiting the inclusion in the (CPP) party of people belonging to other parties, and for the public in general. If they want to join (the CPP), they can join, but there is no forced adhesion to the (CPP) party by using beating.”

Nevertheless, Hem Pov indicated that he is leaving the CPP because he is not satisfied with the work performed by the CPP.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good, the idiot deserved to be beaten for accusing people of being a communist. Furthermore, he should be suit for defamation as well.

Anonymous said...

that is alway s your fuckin method. CPP doesn't put with with people leaving their party easily. Other parties like SRP don't give a damn, go and join anyone you like, and come back anytime you like too as long as you are not a killer.

Anonymous said...

if the oppositions did this kind of abuse Hun Sen will come down on them without any investigations, but when it comes to CPP village chief they always have other reasons.....this is why I said again and again ah Hun Sen only knows/understands brute force that is his language.

Anonymous said...

បោះឆ្នោត ថ្ងៃ ២៧ កក្កដា ២០០៨ មានតែពីរជំរើស ៖ បោះឆ្នោត អោយជនក្បត់ជាតិ ឬ បោះឆ្នោតអោយអ្នកស្នេហាជាតិ

- បើបោះឆ្នោត អោយជនក្បត់ជាតិ គឺ បោះឆ្នោតអោយ អាក្បត់ជាតិឈ្មោះហ៊ុន សែន ដែលកាត់ដីខ្មែរអោយយួន ។ អាក្បត់ជាតិហ៊ុន សែនតំណាងអោយ ពួកយួនអន្តោប្រវេស
- បើបោះឆ្នោតអោយអ្នកស្នេហាជាតិ គឺ បោះឆ្នោតជូន ឯកឧត្តមសម រង្ស៊ី ។ ឯកឧត្តមសម រង្ស៊ី តំណាង ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរ ប្រទេសជាតិខ្មែរ

Anonymous said...

CPP=COMMUNIST PEOPLE PARTY

The reason CPP politicians CAN'T leave CPP because they are the gangster party. Once you in, you can't leave or get severe punishment.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but most of the SRP members is begging to join the CPP. Only cyclo drivers is dumb enough to stay with the Sinking Rainsy Party (SRP). LOL, they think they can fool khmer people to vote for them with that, hahaha, LOL, hahaha...

Anonymous said...

Well violence come with violence.
One day CPP's member will get killed like Om Rasady, or else.
That not it should be.
If We want to have a peacefull's change, this thing should never happen.
Still it's happen everywhere in Cambodia.

Just take the case of Chamcar Loeu district, Kampong Cham, if you're not with the CPP, you are not allow to work in the rubber plant. Or another one at the Cheung Prey (Kampong Cham), Ma Chhoeun ask at every meeting.. Which one is against CPP?
If this person speak too loud, Ma Chhoeun will buy an assassin to annihilate this person.
Well that the way CPP work.
If You're a CPP's members, and you protect these criminals, You will go to hell. Well if God really punish them.
Angkor, our country's beer...Angkor our country's cigarettes...
So what wrong with the persons who printed angkor picture on the playing card???

Khmer Canadian

Anonymous said...

Wrong, wrong, wrong, God blessed the CPP. Can't you see that? That is why the CPP are the most successful party of all. No evil party like SRP will be able to defeat them.

Anonymous said...

12:47pm.rihgt completely rihgt,it is because we don't use the killing and beating method,or the corrupted moneys to cheat the poor.

Anonymous said...

fucking asshole eveil cpp shit eaters. you will be hanghigh and dried like dog meat in Hanoi.

Anonymous said...

fuck all Ah Pourk DOGS THAUK TIEP(cheap)communist ....................

Anonymous said...

Well, there is nothing wrong with beating the crap out of Ah Khmer-Yuon criminals because we can't let them continued to destroy the area.