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THE RELEASE OF MAM SONANDO SHOWS THAT
HUN SEN IS RESPONSIVE TO FOREIGN PRESSURE
The decision by a Cambodian appeals court to drop a 20-year prison sentence against Mam Sonando, the owner of one of Cambodia's few independent radio stations, says more about the country's electoral cycle than the state of press freedom.
Sonando had been bizarrely convicted of leading a secessionist movement in Kratie province, where he supported the claims of villagers who had been protesting against evictions to make way for a rubber plantation. A 14-year old girl was shot dead as the land was cleared. Sonando's imprisonment has served its purpose in distracting attention from her death.
The appeals judge said he could find no evidence of a secession plot. There is no reason he should have been able to: there was no evidence in the first place. The imprisonment and the release were both political events. As general elections set for July 28 approach, the government calculates that it can't let a high-profile media owner remain in prison.
However, there is no reason to think that Cambodia under Hun Sen would get through the next electoral cycle without the arbitrary imprisonment of journalists. According to Reporters Without Borders, Cambodia ranks 143rd in the world in terms of press freedom, behind Zimbabwe, Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.* All of the country’s television stations are linked with the ruling Cambodia People's Party, as are almost all the radio stations. The English language press exists for foreign consumption: no Khmer language journalist would be able to get away with the same critical tone. Anything that the government disagrees with can be termed falsification of information and dealt with as a criminal offense.
The UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Surya Subedi said in December 2012 that Cambodia had made insufficient progress on freedom of expression. The Mam Sonando case at least shows that Hun Sen is responsive to foreign pressure. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault raised the case with him when he came to Cambodia for the funeral of King Sihanouk. Much more international pressure on press freedom is needed before any Cambodian election can be considered fair.
Sam Rainsy
*Reporters Without Borders 2013 World Press Freedom Index Can Be Found Here:
5 comments:
no problem with sanongdo the problem r three time in jail is his stupid mouth?
And Soy Sopheap bragged that because of Justice in Cambodia is independent and working that's why Mr. Sanangdo was released.
Baay Kdaing
After put his tail between his legs for a while in waiting the PM Hun Sen might forgive him and now knowing that there is no chance he returns to Cambodia, fugitive Sam Rainsy comes out and attack the government in full swing.
Please keep crying out fugitive, you are going to live in exile for good. Sam Rainsy's political career is dead. Longlive Sam Rainsy!!!
Pi Anh.
Max-lenin theory aimed to teach students on how to run the country and nation with careful consideration e.g Maxism was focuing on totalitarianism-the world of industrialisation and capitalism (a form of communism)vs Lenin social freedom (liberalist),
Leninism is based on social freedom where people have their rigthts to choose based on whatever they wanted to do in life e,g doctor or lawyer etc, but Max disagreed saying, doing so will lead into a major crisis like, it will lead into a big gap between the high class, middle class and lower class.
Lenin responded to Max, 'well your theory will lead into such an oppressive way of life', implying it will lead into a 'human factory', people will no long enjoy what god has created but more toward materialistic and dictatorship style of the oppressors.
Sadly, Moa Zetong decided to use Maxism theory in the name of totalitarianism of communism believing in capitalism etc will benefit the whole nation and everyone should be treated equally etc, which at the end of the day up to 20millions people died from over work and starving to death.
Soon after, the whole southeast asia felt into one too. While the VC having wwii with the US, khmer territory was being used as a practice zone. By then, almost all Khmer infrastructures been destroyed by both the VC and US while Chinese also helped to supply their war related weapons like, mines and bombs and so on. The VC then were able to use 'sun tzu' tactic, that is the skill of deception like ' killing two birds with one stone' or 'making khmers killed khmers' etc.
Therefore, all leaders have missed judge all theories in their practice and as the result of this, everyone is ruined e,g like human's mentality-led to psychotic, paranoid and murdering. In the end, human being are the main cause of world wide destruction. The end!
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Pi and Mike
Your vc can run but you can not hide no more. Because we already know your trick, that is, making khmers kill khmers. So, keep trying hahahaha
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