A journalist poses a question to opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who spoke to reporters on Thursday via video link from France, where he is in self-imposed exile. Sam Rainsy said during the press conference that he would not return to Cambodia unless a “political compromise” is reached with the government. (Photo by: Pha Lina)Friday, 26 March 2010
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
OPPOSITION leader Sam Rainsy said during a video conference Thursday that he would not return to Cambodia in the absence of a “political compromise”, something the ruling Cambodian People’s Party has already come out against.
Speaking to reporters from France, where he is living in self-imposed exile, Sam Rainsy said he would not appear for court hearings stemming from charges filed against him in Phnom Penh Municipal Court. The court charged him earlier this month with falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation. He faces up to 18 years in prison if convicted.
“We will not go to play with the puppet court,” he said. “I must keep my freedom to do research.”
He was referring to his research into Vietnamese border incursions, which he discussed at length again on Thursday. The opposition leader has been sentenced in absentia to two years in prison for his role in uprooting border posts in Svay Rieng province in October, and the most recent charges were prompted by the release of maps his party said offered “unprecedented evidence” of Vietnamese border incursions.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said last month that there would be no compromise for Sam Rainsy, and that the opposition leader would not be able to participate in elections scheduled for 2013.
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan reiterated that position on Thursday, saying that Sam Rainsy would be tried in accordance with the law.
“He destroyed public property and spread disinformation,” Phay Siphan said.
“He must resolve this problem. I won’t speak about a political compromise. We must take the law as the highest authority,” he added.
Choung Chou Ngy, Sam Rainsy’s defence lawyer, said Thursday that his client had not received any recent summons from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Government lawyer Ky Tech said he had been summoned to answer additional questions about the complaint against Sam Rainsy, but that he did not know when a hearing would be held.
Speaking to reporters from France, where he is living in self-imposed exile, Sam Rainsy said he would not appear for court hearings stemming from charges filed against him in Phnom Penh Municipal Court. The court charged him earlier this month with falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation. He faces up to 18 years in prison if convicted.
“We will not go to play with the puppet court,” he said. “I must keep my freedom to do research.”
He was referring to his research into Vietnamese border incursions, which he discussed at length again on Thursday. The opposition leader has been sentenced in absentia to two years in prison for his role in uprooting border posts in Svay Rieng province in October, and the most recent charges were prompted by the release of maps his party said offered “unprecedented evidence” of Vietnamese border incursions.
Prime Minister Hun Sen said last month that there would be no compromise for Sam Rainsy, and that the opposition leader would not be able to participate in elections scheduled for 2013.
Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan reiterated that position on Thursday, saying that Sam Rainsy would be tried in accordance with the law.
“He destroyed public property and spread disinformation,” Phay Siphan said.
“He must resolve this problem. I won’t speak about a political compromise. We must take the law as the highest authority,” he added.
Choung Chou Ngy, Sam Rainsy’s defence lawyer, said Thursday that his client had not received any recent summons from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.
Government lawyer Ky Tech said he had been summoned to answer additional questions about the complaint against Sam Rainsy, but that he did not know when a hearing would be held.
Council Ministers spokesperson,Pay Siphan,“We must take the law as the highest authority” (SIC)
ReplyDeleteMr. Sam Rainsy please don't return to the tiger's cave. Kill the tigers first for the sake of our people and nation.
As long as CPP is there,Sam Rainsy will never be a PM.If i were him i would sAy FUCK CAMBODIA , i don't give a damn.It seem like he's alone in this endeavor.
ReplyDeleteHe is not alone in this endeavor if we join him in "this endeavor." Don't give up the fight. Join the fight for JUSTICE.
ReplyDeleteyou have to respect the local law, hello! you can't just come to cambodia and be unruly, you know! that's why you can get in trouble! have some respect, although you might disagree with your opponents or something. of course, there are more to cambodia than you and i, really!
ReplyDeleteThe Six Wooden Poles and the Khmer Buffalos:
ReplyDeleteIn years to come historians will write about the significance of and implications for those seemingly harmless, rustic six wooden poles planted on citizens’ rice field in a Svay Rieng commune along the shifting borderline with Vietnam. They will point out, with historians’ penchant for irony and coded meaning in small details that the posts, though “temporary” and contrived/ makeshift in appearance, were purposefully deployed as tentative, advance outposts for a more deadly wave of invasion to come; that for what was to follow in terms of deciding a small nation’s fate, consolidation and entrenchment of foreign power and foothold over this subjugated land, they exceeded in deed and significance the far better known and violently fought over 9th century temple of Preah Vihea along the western frontier with another troublesome neighbour.
The poles’ utility can be liken to an army’s reconnaissance unit of between 2 or 3 foot soldiers sent into enemy’s abandoned territory with the aim of gauging indigenous reaction to foreign presence in their midst. When no resistance is encountered, the rest of the division could then advance into the said territory and prepare for the next phase of troops movement until the end point is reached. This tactic was indeed exactly what the Vietnamese army deployed in 1979 shortly following the retreat of Pol Pot’s forces from the Eastern Zone and elsewhere in Cambodia.
Those searching for hints as to the limits of Hanoi’s territorial and political ambition should not look further than the current tragedy of the 2 unjustly imprisoned villagers and the amount of finance and hardware poured towards the defence of the western frontier. In previous centuries, Siamese and Vietnamese annexations might have converged conveniently along the Mekong, but today the river might be less of a factor in granting their wishes over the country in the middle, with Khmers being allowed to do the honour of defending their ancestral land in the west while in the east the Phnom Penh regime is throwing the white towel with its insistence that “Cambodia does not have precise borders.”
This admission about the absence of clearly delineated border lines would have been acceptable in context of a time in history when the Khmer Empire consisted of identifiable regions marked by differences in dialect and ethnicity. But even then the ordinary inhabitants of the Empire would still have been aware of the extent and limit of the Kingdom’s expanse. In any case, history should have taught the Khmers enough lesions about giving the Vietnamese state the benefit of such a doubt.
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As for the shifting border in Svay Rieng, locals often relate that the Khmer buffalos seem to know precisely where the international border lies by grazing just inside the Khmer part of the border and never stray onto the other side! This they manage even without concrete legal documents and the benefits of science and technology like maps deposited at the UN and Global Positioning System, not to mention Google . . .
ReplyDeleteBy denying that the country does not possess precise borders, the Cambodian authority is either deliberately or unwittingly issuing a blank cheque to Vietnam to shift the border line infinitely forward at Cambodia’s expense while depriving her the right to legal defence or concrete reference points in the process of protecting national integrity and sovereignty.
Clearly those six wooden posts are only ‘temporary’ devices in the manner of an invading army’s forward unit or outpost – what they embody first and foremost is an iron will, an irreversible advance into the conquered territory, and the imprisoned farmers themselves have been unfortunate enough to be in the way of this relentless march. Yet, all this could not have been accomplished without the subservient, blind eagerness and narrow self-interest with which the villagers’ own rulers have made a sacrifice of their lives at the mighty alter of the six wooden sticks, against which from here on end, not even the Khmer buffalos will have the incentive to scratch their itchy backsides. Or will they?
MP
Stay in France and be gay whore for life, criminal Xam
ReplyDeleteWe don't have any laws in Cambodia. The laws we have only protects cpp scums. The khmer soldiers are suppose to safeguard its citizens and territory. Instead, they turned into mercenaries. They are just armed employees of private companies.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: the phrase: 'By denying that the country does not possess precise borders,' above should read: 'By denying that the country possesses precise borders,' instead.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
MP
Stay in France and be gay whore for life, criminal Xam
ReplyDeleteKhmer in Sydney CBD
What are laws?
ReplyDelete-Natural laws and social laws.
(Universal rules)and (variable rules).
What are laws intended?
-Prevent any abuses/harms(caution).
-Stop abuses of any form to a living(their applications).
When absuses occured,means justice does not exist,therefore there is no rule of laws through lack of application or poor intention or manipulation.
Back to basic,simply respecting laws is respecting any living rights or human rights.
With right intention,there are plenty resources to search for these RIGHTS.
Until then, laws do not exist or partially exist or selective to fit ill-intention.
Neang SA
Under Khmer Rouge Hun sen' court, everything is disinformation and wooden sticks is destroying private property.
ReplyDeleteWhy hunXen listen to everything hanoi dictates and How HunXen become billionaire while khmer goes hungry?
Hey Khmer in Sydney CBD,
ReplyDeleteSay things productive. Don't be brainless, moron. don't labeled your self Khmer in Sydney. You don't deserve to live in the Democracy country. Crawl back under your own rock.
Such a wasted.
Khmer in Sydney should renamed himsefl to Khmer Shitty. It's more representative of him.
ReplyDeletethe gov't is smart to use law because you can't win with the law, you know!
ReplyDelete1:27 & 1:33AM
ReplyDeleteTell me where you comes from? Does it have any democratic country allow people to deny the court summon and flee to another country for safeness? Xam does not gain my respect, even though the court is justice or not, he should be proud to stay and defend himself as a hero, in that way I will stay with him. XAM IS JUST A COWARD CRIMINAL.
Khmer in Sydney CBD
11:29PM,
ReplyDeleteIf SAM RAINSY goes to jail,will you go with him ?That's what i am saying.He sacrifice for all and all not sacrifice for him, SO Fuck it, after all he's 60 years old already.
11:15 PM,
ReplyDeleteYou are absolutely right in your comment.
He is indeed alone, which is sad!
MP,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your great thought and writing.
"...Yet, all this could not have been accomplished without the subservient, blind eagerness and narrow self-interest with which the villagers’ own rulers have made a sacrifice of their lives at the mighty altar of the six wooden sticks, against which from here on end, not even the Khmer buffalos will have the incentive to scratch their itchy backsides..."
The Khmer leaders have been so bad and continue to be bad or even worse.
As we can see, history repeats itself and shows clearly how Cambodian land is taken away by her ambitious and aggressive neighbours.
It is too bad we can't protect our land even in our modern time!
Are we really that stupid? What is wrong with us as a nation?
Anet Khmer
ពួកអាចុយម្រាយប៉ុន្មានក្បាលឯងនេះគិតតែនៅ
ReplyDeleteគាំទ្រពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិលក់ដីឲ្យយួនទៅ បន្តិចទៀត
សូម្បីតែជាយសំពត់ម៉ែអាឯងក៏យួនវាមិនឲ្យមានស្លៀកផង កុំថាឡើយដីធ្លី បឹងទន្លេសាបទាំងមូល
សុទ្ធតែយួន។រៀនប្រើខួរក្បាលខ្លះផងអាចុយ
ម្រាយ៕
ភ្នំដិន
may lightning strike the evils!!!!!
ReplyDeleteពួកអាឆ្កែកញ្ជះយួនកែមិនឡើង!
ReplyDeleteគង់មានថ្ងៃណាមួយយូនខាំក្បាលពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិឯង
ស៊ីមិនសល់ឆ្អឹងទេ!
បច្ចុប្បន្ននេះខ្មែរម្នាក់ៗជិតដល់អស់ដីនៅ អស់កន្លែងដើរ
ហើយទើបដឹងថាពួកអាក្បត់ជាតិ ហ៊ុន សែនធ្វើជាឆ្កែយួន
នោះគ្រោះថ្នាក់មកដល់ចុងច្រមុះទៅហើយ!
ពេលនោះដើមកំណើត,ជាតិ ក៏ត្រូវចប់ត្រឹមហ្នឹងដែរ!
ចលនាបដិវត្ដន៍ ឬ សង្រ្គាមឥណ្ឌូចិនទី៤ត្រូវតែកើតឡើង
ចៀសមិនរួចឡើយ !!
ខ្មែរក្រៅស្រុក!
Lok Sam Rainsy est un menteur.
ReplyDeleteIl y a quelques semaines à Lyon, lors de sa réunion dans une pagode, il a répondu à une question d'un compatriote sur son retour au Cambodge en disant qu'il retournera bientôt au pays sans aucune crainte. Aujourd'hui, Il a changé sa réponse comme il a changé sa chemise tout les matins.
6:26 AM,
ReplyDeleteYou want him to go back as he said he would so that he can be in jail, I guess.
Have you never said you would do something and then later on change your mind? Do you always do what you have said you would do?
He is a politician and to survive he needs to change according to circumstances and time.
Of what value can he be to Cambodia if he is in jail?
So what if he is changing his response the way he changes his shirt every morning?
In politics thing changes every minute so he needs to adapt to changes in order to work effectively against his opponents who are constantly changing!
Call him a liar if you want to, but he fights for your country, my friend! You'd better pray that you still have a place to call home in the future.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
ReplyDeleteMembers:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
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
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
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
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Journalists
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
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
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.
well, good point, changing with the wind, as they say it, is always a smart thing to do, i think. yes, you opposition don't change their way, of course, they will get nowhere with the method they are implementing right now! it's wise to change your way, especially if it goes against your agenda or your goal or your vision, etc... wake up alreay!
ReplyDeleteit's all about attitude, my dear! please tone down that bad attitude for a change.
ReplyDeleteFucking loser Sam Rainsy...
ReplyDeleteAlways play the weak and runaway !
Do like Khem Sokha and Mam Sonando !
They go in Prison withtout apparent reason !
And Sam Rainsy play the fool and runaway !
THE ONLY WAY TO KICK HUN SEN OUT FROM POWER LET ALL KHMER INSIDE THE COUNTRY RISE UP. NOT 14 MILLIONS KHMER JUST ONLY A FEW MILLIONS THAT'S ALL YOU NEED AND STAND UP FOR YOUR SELF. HUN SEN CAN'T USE THE MILITARY SHOOT ALL CAMBODIAN. IF HE DOING THAT HE MUST FOOLING HIMSELF. COME ON CAMBODIAN PEOPLES WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? LOOK AT THAILAND FOR EXAMPLE. WHY THEY DO NOT AFRAID OF DOING THAT? RED SHIRT OR YELLOW SHIRT. OPEN YOUR EYES CAMBODIAN. REMOVE HIM FROM POWER NOW. USE YOUR POWER. THE PEOPLE POWER. THIS IS YOUR CHANCE FOR YOUR FUTURE.
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