Brigade B-70: Several thousands troops just for the protection of one man!By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
26 October 2009
Cambodia is preparing to retired 3,000 soldiers this year, in a bid to continue the reform of its security forces, a senior official said Thursday.
“There has been some preparation, and there is the possibility we will do it this year,” Defense Minister Tea Banh told VOA Khmer.
Cambodia hopes to eventually reduce its forces from 200,000 to 80,000.
About 100,000 soldiers are ready to retire, Tea Banh said, but the government lacks the budget to fund their retirement.
Rank, title and other details for the retirees have not been publicly released.
An infantry officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said about 1,600 infantry personnel due to be retired, from either disability or age. About 20 military advisers are due to be retired soon, the official said.
The latest defense White Paper, published on the Ministry of Defense’s Web site, says the government has largely completely the demobilization of army personnel.
“Although 15,000 personnel, the number intended for demobilization in phase two, remain to be demobilized, the current figure represents a significant reduction compared to the approximately 165,000 personnel serving before1999,” according to the White Paper.
The five-year plan of the government calls for the demobilization of 30,000 soldiers, starting in May 2000, with a budget from donors of $45 million, but the plan was delayed until mid-2003.
Tea Banh said this year’s retirement is not budgeted through donor assistance.
The infantry officer said many soldiers want to retire, in exchange with an offer of land and money from the government.
In years past, Cambodia spent up to 30 percent of its budget for defense and national security. In 2009, defense was budgeted for $160 million of a total $1.8 billion.
“There has been some preparation, and there is the possibility we will do it this year,” Defense Minister Tea Banh told VOA Khmer.
Cambodia hopes to eventually reduce its forces from 200,000 to 80,000.
About 100,000 soldiers are ready to retire, Tea Banh said, but the government lacks the budget to fund their retirement.
Rank, title and other details for the retirees have not been publicly released.
An infantry officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said about 1,600 infantry personnel due to be retired, from either disability or age. About 20 military advisers are due to be retired soon, the official said.
The latest defense White Paper, published on the Ministry of Defense’s Web site, says the government has largely completely the demobilization of army personnel.
“Although 15,000 personnel, the number intended for demobilization in phase two, remain to be demobilized, the current figure represents a significant reduction compared to the approximately 165,000 personnel serving before1999,” according to the White Paper.
The five-year plan of the government calls for the demobilization of 30,000 soldiers, starting in May 2000, with a budget from donors of $45 million, but the plan was delayed until mid-2003.
Tea Banh said this year’s retirement is not budgeted through donor assistance.
The infantry officer said many soldiers want to retire, in exchange with an offer of land and money from the government.
In years past, Cambodia spent up to 30 percent of its budget for defense and national security. In 2009, defense was budgeted for $160 million of a total $1.8 billion.
25 comments:
And how about over 100,000 Viet troops disguised in Hun Sen's armies uniform ???
Where will you hide them ???
Are they retired from explosive list or out of real list?
Please do not forget to confiscate those properties stolen from cambodia by claiming ghost numbers for their corruption, chain supply of logging and direct occupying on public or private properties.
If RGC is prepared to cut down costs and clear corruption, please consider my request above.
concerns
Hun Sen chose to reduce the Khmer soldiers but increase the Yuon's in Cambodia because in the near future Cambodia will belong to Yuons.
Tea Banh is retiring all of the true blooded Cambodian soldiers and kept all the Vietnamese soldiers to secured the next election for Huynh Sen. This ought to free some fund for the new adviser..... Shinawatra.
hey, be grateful for any reform, really. so stop bitching for a change, would you!
8:12 AM
Don't mind these morons. No matter what the Hun Sen's goverment does, they still wouldn't find the light of the way to see things objectively anyways. There is a word for these people, subjective self-centered ego maniacs.
Best to start reduce over 600generals to the minimal standard number for 80,000 personnel.
Cambodia needs no stars now.It imports Yuon and Siam electricity to light towns and houses.
Oh! No! Not the 'REALLY' guy @ 8:12 again.
8:24 AM,
As long as your PM continued to oppress his people; I will never seize to criticize his cabinets. Until that day when he fullfill his duties as a PM which he sworn to protect and serve his people, then I will rest in peace.
Until then, you both can kiss my ass!
Tea Banh himself should retire!
Hmm, Talk about political is very difficult to think so should not think too much.
dont be fooled by this new tactics of retiring soldiers from mr hunsen. mr hun sen cannot be trusted. It;s all about consolidating power so do not be fooled by the number.
youn this youn that.....shut the fuck up....look how many differant races live in america, aint america a white country...yeah its united states of america, so dont gimme that shit like....but its united....cause i know that motherfucker... STOP BEING SO FUCKING STUPID ....THE YOUNS THAT YOU ARE MAD AT ARE THE RICH YOUNS, THE QUE PEOPLE FROM HANOI......NAM YOUN LIVE IN THE SOUTH,HO CHI MINH CITY............SOUTH VIETNAM HATES NORTHERN WIETNAM = NAM YOUN HATES QUE YOUN......JUST SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU FUCKING IDIOTS TO KNOW.....CAUSE YOU KUNTS ALWAYS BITCHING ABOUT THE YOUNS...JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP AND EAT IT.....IF, IT IS WHAT IT IS.....
,Someone thats sick and tierd of idoits
9:31AM,
You sounded like Huynh Sen. Did he pay you to post the above comment?
I would KI-Media to delete 9:31 AM post due to excessive use of foul language. LOL
10:11am he sure did LOL...YOU ARE A IDIOT 10:11, go ahead and pay ki-media to take off my comment, you are the one thats gonna lose out ....FUCKING LOSER
9:31 AM,
You're Viet offspring born from your Bo Doi father who invaded Cambodia in 1979, and continueing to Vietnamise her into your Vietnamese Indochina Federation in the near future.
Your Viet invaders came to take over the whole of Cambodia as a Viet province.
The multiraces living in U.S.A were coming here to escape political oppressions, human Rights violations, invading forces like your father.
Because of the bad reputation of B-70, criticised by Global Witness as land grabbings group, and designated killers by order of Hun Sen and his cronies.
Hun Sen will create an endless names of bodyguards brigates such as B-90, B-100, or X-1, X-2....etc.
But he will not live to RULE CAMBODIA FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS.
A change will be for sure, but the same way of Marcos, Suharto, or the recent conviction of ex-President of Taiwan.
Only time will tell!!!
10:51
whatever you say VIETSLAVE,
YOU FUCKING SCRUB
,Someone thats sick and tierd of idoits,
You need to get your blood pressure check. You have a short fuse like your daddy. Get too pissed off and and start swearing at the podium. I say, you been in the jungle too long.
10:51 AM,
This Vietnamese offspring been living in Sroak Khmer too long. Now, he think he's one of us.
H S is doing a window doing. S 70 is gone in name but its some bad guys are still getting new powerful posts. KhOpen
Yes, ah rontheas banh...that is right..the Cambodian Government lack of budget to support these crooks's retirment. Why don't you dig into your and ah kwack bank acounts....your stupid fuck!
11:48 how do you know if he lives in srok khmer and that he is vietnamese..? you moron!
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Executions
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
To Khmer Rouge supporters
Ah PPU aka Ah Anthony
Ah New Phally
Ah Khmer-Australian
Ah Khmer-in-Sydney
Ah Krama Man
Ah Thana
Ah Thes Meas
Ah Mercedez Benz (Identity Thief)
Ah Rorleay
Ah Aust
You're supported the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime who is responsible for killing almost two million innocent Khmer peoples and counting.
Please do me a favor don't ever tell anyone that you are Khmer, because you make Khmer peoples look bad.
Wait fot lighning ah Kwack to joint with ah Hol Landy!
9:31 AM,
Hey Hun Ngueyn,
Chill out my brother Viet. Cong. I love you but more for your beautiful women. Khmer hate Honoi and Khmer Krom hates all Viet. Cong. I don't hate, I like Viet. beautiful women.
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