Cambodge Soir published the report, KI-Media translated it ... but the SRP is at fault for being "against the King"?!?!

Dear Readers,

I would like to submit the following observations for your reflection.

The facts:

1. On 18 August 2010, the French weekly newspaper Cambodge Soir published an article on comedians and cartoonists in Cambodia.
2. On 26 August 2010, KI-Media posted an English translation of the article for the enjoyment of our readers.

...Therefore, the conclusion has to be:

On 26 August 2010, an anonymous reader posted the following remark in regards to the same article:

This is true that Sam Rainsy Party is against the king. Unfortunately, Mr. Sam Rainsy never express this position but through supportive website like KI we [see] this clearly. Thank KI for bringing true color of his party. I will spread this information to my friend, my relative, my community, all cambodian people I know that Mr. Sam Rainsy is against the king, he may change to republican if he win the election so if you like his policy, then vote for him. if not, do not vote for him.

My thought:

After reading this comment, I couldn't help but wonder why did the royalist parties went down the drain so fast? In any case, I sincerely wish this anonymous reader luck in finding royalist supporters to vote out the so-called "republicans".

Sincerely yours,

Heng Who is Soy Thom

Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Leeches

Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)

Thomico: A prince who is more royalist than the king himself

Thomico (Photo: Sovannara, RFI)

Thomico: I do not allow the fake Ruom Ritt to use the king’s name and the border problem to joke around

27 Feb 2010
By Jean François Tain
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Answering to questions asked by RFI’s Jean François Tain, Prince Thomico, the advisor to the office of the Beijing-bound king, provides clarification on the “fake Ruom Ritt” case. For the prince, the person posing as the childhood friend of King-Father Norodom Sihanouk wanted to attack King Sihamoni by accusing the latter of being lax when it comes to defending Cambodia’s territorial integrity.

Click here to listen to the interview in Khmer (MP3)

Cambodia's "alleged" top defender of the monarchy will work to stop the use of royal status in politics: Bravo!?!

Hun Sen bowing to Prince Ranariddh during better time

Hun Sen to Stop Use of the Word ‘Prince’

By Mean Veasna, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
28 April 2008

Click here to listen to the Khmer audio

Prime Minister Hun Sen has said he will work to have the word “prince” removed from official government use.

“I’ve stopped using the word ‘prince’ even in the Council of Ministers and the National Assembly,” Hun Sen said Monday in a speech to 7,000 factory workers, the second time in a week he has attacked the use of the royal moniker.

In an April 22 speech he said he would suppress the use of the word in the National Assembly and the Senate.

Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy, with a long tradition of kings, but Hun Sen’s main political rival was once Prince Norodom Ranariddh, son of former king Norodom Sihanouk.

Ranariddh is leading an eponymous party, from exile, for general parliamentary elections in July, contesting Funcinpec for the role of “royalist” party.

Funcinpec Minister of Rural Development Lu Laysreng said Monday the suppression of the word “prince” in government “is not inconvenient for our party.”

“If a person doesn’t want to use this word, there are others who use it,” he said.

Ny Chakrya, a leading investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said even if Hun Sen stops only himself from using the word, there will be an impact on royalists.

Several times in the past few years, Hun Sen has sought to have a law banning royal family members from engaging in politics, or, if they want to remain in politics, renounce their royal status.