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| Ly Channary |
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| Sao Saroeun |
2012-06-15
Radio Free Asia
A Cambodian court Friday released on bail two villagers jailed for protests against a forced eviction from a site marked for development in downtown Phnom Penh, their lawyer said.
Yim Sawath of the Community Legal Education Center who represents the two villagers from Boeung Kak Lake—the site of the land dispute—said that his clients had been released Friday evening on bail with certain “conditions.”
Ly Chanary, a 40-year-old woman, and Sao Saroeun, a 73-year-old man, were arrested May 24 after participating in protests in front of a municipal building over the disputed Boeung Kak Lake land they say the government gave away in concession to a private developer.
The two were charged with encroaching on private land and obstructing authority.
Yim Sawath said the judge in their case reconsidered an earlier decision to deny the two bail because of Sao Saroeun’s deteriorating health and Ly Chanary’s need to take care of her three children.
He added that the judge ordered his clients to appear before district police once a fortnight and not to change their residences during the course of the investigation while out on bail.
Yim Sawath called the court’s charges against his two clients baseless.
“There are enough documents and witnesses to prove that they didn’t commit the crime,” he said.
“I hope that the investigating judge will conduct a thorough investigation into the charges because my clients did nothing wrong.”
No date has yet been set for their trial.
Thirteen to appeal
Their arrest stemmed from a May 22 protest that led to the detention and sentencing two days later of 13 women villagers to between one year and two and a half years on similar charges. The two were arrested while joining protests against the larger group’s trial.
Cambodian authorities had asked a court to review the jailing of the 13 women on Thursday after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Cambodia to free them in talks with her counterpart Hor Namhong earlier in the week.
Hor Namhong had denied that the review was related to pressure from the U.S.
But Yim Sawath said Friday that the court was unable to release the 13 women because they had already been sentenced and that their case is pending appeal. No date has been set for the appeal hearing.
The group is being held in Prey Sar Prison while they await their hearing.
Concessions rampant
The Boeung Kak villagers are just one of many groups petitioning the government over disputes with companies they say have been granted concessions that include land they have lived on for years.
According to Licadho, the government has given away nearly 4 million hectares (15,000 square miles), or 22 percent of the country’s land area, in mining or economic land concessions, in some cases pitting residents against developers and sparking protests as in the case of Boeung Kak Lake.
About 400,000 people have been affected by the concessions, Licadho says.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen reiterated a call he had made earlier ordering officials to return land to villagers from companies who breached their concession contracts.
The prime minister had first given the order following a May 7 subdecree he issued outlining a temporary ban on new concessions.
He also ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to penalize companies that had encroached on villagers’ land.
Minister of Agriculture Chan Sarun responded Thursday, saying that officials are working in 18 provinces across the country to take back land from any companies that have had land disputes with villagers.
But land rights groups have questioned Hun Sen’s commitment to protecting the Cambodian people from illegal land grabs and forced evictions.
A group of civil societies on Friday published a purported Hun Sen directive showing that days after he ordered the Ministry of Agriculture to temporarily stop granting land concessions, he issued another directive on how to convert state land into non-public state land before handing it over to private companies.
Reported by Sok Serey and Samean Yun for RFA’s Khmer service. Translated by Samean Yun. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
4 comments:
stop being so greedy and take the compensation and go on with your life, ok! you cannot bring boeung kak back, ok, it's over already. move on with your life, ok!
and don't go to built another hut on another lake somewhere, ok! this time, understand that it is the state property, not yours, ok! get educated already, ok! enough of your greed already, ok! this is not the dark ages era, ok!
It's your Khmer Rouge government is/was the one was greedy.Paid them the market price and they would not has the problem.Still, this is not the pure khmer Rouge era either.Your Khmer Rouge rulers can not and will not shut our freedom of speech and freedom of liberty.Your supporting current government is liking you supporting Khmer Rouge ruler.They are/were just like the unjustified and unfair on most of the situations in cambodia.They just like the termite and the perasite of our country. Eating up our nature resource,mass killing,mining,destroyed our forest and ect....and not to say they are super rich and still had narrow mind...Shame for your to speak over and over!!!
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មុននឹងសូត្រសារនេះ សូមលើកដៃទាំងពីរប្រណម្យសំពះ ឲ្យផុតពីលើក្បាលរបស់យើង ហើយសូត្រថា៖
«ខ្ញុំសូមនឹកដល់ផលបុណ្យដែលខ្ញុំខំកសាងសន្សំជាច្រើនជាតិសូមផលបុណ្យនោះផ្តល់ឲ្យ ខ្ញុំក្នុងពេលនេះ។»
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មុននឹងសូត្រសូមលើកដៃទាំងពីរដាក់ស្មើបបូរមាត់ ហើយទើបសូត្រថា៖
«ផលបុណ្យទាំងនេះ កើតជាសម្តី មានឫទ្ធិបារមី មហស្ចារ្យក្រៃ រុញច្រានសេចក្តីប្រាថ្នា ដើម្បីជួយខ្មែរនិងយកទឹកដីខ្មែរដែលបាត់បង់ដ៏យូរលង់មកឲ្យខ្មែរវិញយ៉ាងសក្តិសិទ្ធិ។»
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មុននឹងសូត្រត្រូវធ្វើកាយវិការដូចហនុមានប្រុងវាយសត្រូវ ឈរជើងកន្ធែកចេញ ដៃឆ្វេងក្តាប់ហើយច្រត់ ចង្កេះ ជើងឆ្វេងឈានទៅមុខ ហើយប្រើម្រាមដៃស្តាំ ចង្អុលមុខ ដោយផ្តោតអារម្មណ៍ទៅលើឈ្មោះ ឬមុខ ពួកជនក្បត់ជាតិ ខ្ញុំកញ្ជះបរទេស ។ល។ សូមសូត្រថា៖
«យើងនឹងដាក់បណ្តាសាពួកអាឯង អាហ៊ុនសែន អាជាស៊ីម អាហេងសំរិន អាសុខអាន អាសុខគង់ គឺ ឲ្យពួកអាឯងខ្វាក់ភ្នែកនិងឆ្កួតល្ងីល្ងើ ភ្លេចមុខភ្លេចក្រោយ យ៉ាងទាន់ហន់។»
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មុននឹងសូត្រ សូមលាដៃឆ្វេងចេញ ហើយធ្វើកាយវិការធម្មតា តែត្រូវចងចិត្តឲ្យរឹងប៉ឹង។ សូមសូត្រថា៖ «បណ្តាសាយើងនេះមានតែតួ អង្គគ្រាប់ខ្សាច់ ទើបដោះបណ្តាសានេះបាន។»
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ក. ត្រូវមុជ ឬ ងូតទឹកជម្រះកាយឲ្យបានស្អាត។ ចូរតាំងចិត្តឲ្យបានមោះមុត។ មិនត្រូវនិយាយលេងសើចឬ ជន្លគ្នាលេងឡើយ ។ល។
ខ. ត្រូវរៀបចំធ្វើនៅថ្ងៃ ពេញបូណ៌មី ខែទុតិយាសាឍ ត្រូវនឹងថ្ងៃទី៣ ខែកក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១២។
គ. ត្រូវសូត្របួងសួងឲ្យបាន១ថ្ងៃ ម្តង ឬច្រើនជាងនេះបើធ្វើទៅបាន ហើយក្នុងការសូត្របួងសួងម្តងៗនោះត្រូវសូត្រឲ្យបាន ៣ចប់។ អាចធ្វើពិធីបួងសួងនេះ នៅគ្រប់ទីកន្លែង និងនៅគ្រប់ពេលវេលា។ អាចអុជធូបមួសរសៃក៏បាន មួយក្តាប់ក៏បានតាមលទ្ធភាព។ បើអត់មានធូបដុតស្មៅដុតចំបើងក៏បាន ឬក៏ឧបកិច្ចយ៉ាងណាតាមកាលៈទេសៈ ជុំគ្នាក៏បាន មិនជុំគ្នាក៏បាន តាមការគួរដើម្បីសុវត្ថិភាព។
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