August 11, 2010: MP Nuth Rumduol helps intervened of villagers who have land dispute in Veal village, Traing Trayeng commune, Phnom Srouch district, Kampong Speu province.
Showing posts with label Disabled soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Disabled soldiers. Show all posts
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Dan Krahorm - "Red Print": New fiction on the KR era by Kho Dararith
Translated from Khmer by SocheataRed Print is a short novel about an interview between a reporter and Mao, a former KR solider. Mao described about his life from the beginning until now, a sad life filled with poverty that he shares with his two children in Pailin after the war ended. The disabled former soldier faces sadness, hardship and constant fear both during the war and during peace time. This is a testimony of the hard life faced by disabled veterans in general after the end of the war.
The author provides a vivid account that is easy to understand and grasp.
What is of the current fate of the former KR soldiers or that of soldiers belonging to other political parties?
This is a social issue that poets and authors should provide an account of as testimonials for future generations of Cambodian people.
Khing Hok Dy, Ph.D.
The author provides a vivid account that is easy to understand and grasp.
What is of the current fate of the former KR soldiers or that of soldiers belonging to other political parties?
This is a social issue that poets and authors should provide an account of as testimonials for future generations of Cambodian people.
Khing Hok Dy, Ph.D.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Fighting for a regime that sends you begging in the street for survival?
Former soldier Porn Pean, 48, who lost his left leg during a land mine explosion in 1986 near the Cambodia-Thailand border, counts money as he begs around the streets in Phnom Penh 27 July, 2010. REUTERS/Chor Sokunthea Monday, January 14, 2008
It only happens in Hun Sen's Cambodia: Cambodian disabled veterans kicked out of their lands to make way for a Vietnamese rubber company
Land dispute between Cambodian villagers and the Vietnamese rubber plantation company
12 January 2008
By Mondol Keo
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Dara Sak, a member of the Association of disabled veterans for agricultural development, who is frantically seeking help from human rights organizations and NGOs, said in the afternoon of Friday 11 January that the joint police force claimed that they received order from officials at the Kampong Thom provincial office, to close all road access to prevent the villagers from going in and out, and the villagers who went to the market to buy food, were not allowed back into their homes.
Dara Sak said: “The military police officers, regular police officers yelled that they have an order from the provincial governor. The closing (of all access) is done to prevent people from going in and out. Some went to buy food at the market and they were not allowed to return back to their homes. Only those who have an authorization from the commune are allowed to go in and out.”
The villagers said that the closing of road access started since Thursday, and on Friday, it is still in effect. The closing was done because more 1,300 families of villagers have a dispute on 8,000-hectare of lands with the Vietnamese Tan Bien rubber company. However, Mat Moly, the police commissioner of Santuk district, rejected this claim, saying that his police force did not prevent anyone, or arrest any of the villagers. All that the police wanted to see is for the villagers to leave this area and move to live elsewhere, he claimed that the villagers are occupying lands belonging to the Vietnamese company.
Mat Moly said: “There is no (road access) closing, and no prevention of movement by the villagers. This is only to put a stop on the encroachment of the forest belonging to the Tan Bien Company. These disable veterans keep on violating the (Vietnamese Tan Bien) Company.”
On Friday, Nam Tum, the Kampong Thom provincial governor, could not be reached over the phone.
Kong Uy Nich, a coordinator for the Licadho human rights organization for Kampong Thom province, said that this problem takes place because the villagers have a conflict with the Vietnamese rubber company, and the road closing is an issue of great concern because the villagers could run out of food.
Kong Uy Nich said: “Based on the (villagers) report which was provided to me, the (Vietnamese) company brought in police force, soldiers, and military police force to close the road access, preventing them from going in or out of the Banteay Kroyar region, they are not allowed to go out to buy food, therefore they could face food shortage. In the past, the Association of disabled veterans for agricultural development had a land dispute with the Vietnamese Tan Bien Company.”
The villagers indicated that the Tan Bien Rubber Company came to occupy this region since the end of 2006, and they encroached on several hectares of lands belonging to the villagers.
12 January 2008
By Mondol Keo
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
KI-Media Note: Those who believe that KI-Media made up this story, can read the original story in Khmer on RFA's website by clicking here.A large contingent of military police and regular police officers were spread along a road in Kroyar commune, Santuk district, Kampong Thom province, for the 2 days already, in order to prevent the villagers from reaching out to each others, because these villagers are having a dispute with a Vietnamese rubber company.
Dara Sak, a member of the Association of disabled veterans for agricultural development, who is frantically seeking help from human rights organizations and NGOs, said in the afternoon of Friday 11 January that the joint police force claimed that they received order from officials at the Kampong Thom provincial office, to close all road access to prevent the villagers from going in and out, and the villagers who went to the market to buy food, were not allowed back into their homes.
Dara Sak said: “The military police officers, regular police officers yelled that they have an order from the provincial governor. The closing (of all access) is done to prevent people from going in and out. Some went to buy food at the market and they were not allowed to return back to their homes. Only those who have an authorization from the commune are allowed to go in and out.”
The villagers said that the closing of road access started since Thursday, and on Friday, it is still in effect. The closing was done because more 1,300 families of villagers have a dispute on 8,000-hectare of lands with the Vietnamese Tan Bien rubber company. However, Mat Moly, the police commissioner of Santuk district, rejected this claim, saying that his police force did not prevent anyone, or arrest any of the villagers. All that the police wanted to see is for the villagers to leave this area and move to live elsewhere, he claimed that the villagers are occupying lands belonging to the Vietnamese company.
Mat Moly said: “There is no (road access) closing, and no prevention of movement by the villagers. This is only to put a stop on the encroachment of the forest belonging to the Tan Bien Company. These disable veterans keep on violating the (Vietnamese Tan Bien) Company.”
On Friday, Nam Tum, the Kampong Thom provincial governor, could not be reached over the phone.
Kong Uy Nich, a coordinator for the Licadho human rights organization for Kampong Thom province, said that this problem takes place because the villagers have a conflict with the Vietnamese rubber company, and the road closing is an issue of great concern because the villagers could run out of food.
Kong Uy Nich said: “Based on the (villagers) report which was provided to me, the (Vietnamese) company brought in police force, soldiers, and military police force to close the road access, preventing them from going in or out of the Banteay Kroyar region, they are not allowed to go out to buy food, therefore they could face food shortage. In the past, the Association of disabled veterans for agricultural development had a land dispute with the Vietnamese Tan Bien Company.”
The villagers indicated that the Tan Bien Rubber Company came to occupy this region since the end of 2006, and they encroached on several hectares of lands belonging to the villagers.
Friday, December 07, 2007
More land dispute in Kampot: Hun Sen's regime digging its own grave?
Disadvantaged See Land Ploughed
By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 December 2007
By Chiep Mony, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
06 December 2007
Armed forces ploughed over the land of 300 families in Kampot province Thursday, witnesses and rights group said.
The residents in Chhouk district, Kampot province, were accused of illegally squatting on land owned by a private company. Many are disabled soldiers, widows and orphans.
Chhouk District Governor Nam Seth said the land was razed because it had become a “place of anarchy.”
“Illegal settlers just grabbed the land of others,” he said.
Morn Kong, a disabled soldier representing the villagers, said tractors ploughed the land “in front of the people.”
“The people are not able to stop this, so there are only non-governmental organizations and local organizations who can help us,” he said.
The villagers have asked Adhoc to intervene, an investigator for the rights group, Sem Chaosok, said. “They think the authorities and the armed forces conspired together.”
The residents in Chhouk district, Kampot province, were accused of illegally squatting on land owned by a private company. Many are disabled soldiers, widows and orphans.
Chhouk District Governor Nam Seth said the land was razed because it had become a “place of anarchy.”
“Illegal settlers just grabbed the land of others,” he said.
Morn Kong, a disabled soldier representing the villagers, said tractors ploughed the land “in front of the people.”
“The people are not able to stop this, so there are only non-governmental organizations and local organizations who can help us,” he said.
The villagers have asked Adhoc to intervene, an investigator for the rights group, Sem Chaosok, said. “They think the authorities and the armed forces conspired together.”
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