Victim suspected of Viet poisoning in serious condition

05 Aug 2012
By Vichey Anand
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Hun Xen's dead mother

A villager who was suspected of being poisoned by a Viet citizen in Mouk Kampoul district, Kandal province, was sent to his relative’s home in Thmey village, Svay Ampea commune, however his condition has not improved yet.

Math Phally, whom the villagers claimed that he was poisoned, left Thmey village on 03 August and his relatives have to bring him back to the village since. He is currently living at his older sister’s house right now.

Soy Kunthea, Math Phally’s wife, claimed that her husband condition has not improved yet as of 04 August 2012. Quite to the contrary, his condition worsened after his visit to the hospital.

Soy Kunthea added that her husband threw up constantly, much more than he had on 03 August. Currently, he throws up once every 3 to 5 minutes, and since 03 August, he couldn’t eat at all. “Currently, he is throwing up. He throws up a lot right now,” she added.

មានអ្នកណាត្រូវការក្រលៀន ក្រៅតែពីតោហ៊ា? There's only one person who needs urgent kidney replacement in the Banana Kindom!

ប្រធាន មន្ទីរពេទ្យ ខេត្ដពោធិ៍សាត់ បដិសេធថា គ្មានជនរងគ្រោះ ត្រូវគេលួច វះយកក្រលៀន ហើយទៅសង្គ្រោះ នោះទេ

Thursday, 26 July 2012
ដោយ ៖ ស៊ន សុភក្ដ្រ
DAP-News

Synopsis: The chairman of the Pursat auxiliary hospital denies that there was any victim who was brought in for medical care at his hospital after the victim kidneys were cut off. The denial came after rumors flew on Facebook that a woman whose kidneys were cut off was sent to the Pursat hospital for urgent care.

ពោធិ៍សាត់ ៖ ប្រធានមន្ទីរពេទ្យបង្អែក ខេត្ដពោធិ៍សាត់ បានបដិសេធភ្លាមៗថា រហូតមកដល់វិនាទីនេះ ពុំមានជន រងគ្រោះណាមួយ ត្រូវបានបញ្ជូនទៅសង្គ្រោះ នៅក្នុងមន្ទីរពេទ្យខេត្ដពោធិ៍សាត់ ដោយសារតែមានករណីវះយក ក្រលៀន (តម្រងទឹកនោម) នោះឡើយ។

ការបដិសេធនិងច្រានចោល ព័ត៌មានខាងលើនេះ បានធ្វើឡើងបន្ទាប់ពី មានសេចក្ដីរាយការណ៍មួយចំនួន ព្រមទាំងការបង្ហោះព័ត៌មាននេះ នៅលើបណ្ដាញទំនាក់ ទំនងសង្គម ហៅថា ហ្វេសប៊ុក បាន សរសេរថា ករណីចាប់លួចវះយកក្រលៀន ដែលពីមុនគឺជាពាក្យចចាមអារ៉ាមនោះ បាន ក្លាយជាការពិត បន្ទាប់ពីស្ដ្រីម្នាក់ ពិតជាត្រូវបានគេ វះយកក្រលៀន ហើយបញ្ជូនទៅ សង្គ្រោះ នៅមន្ទីររពទ្យខេត្ដពោធិ៍សាត់។

18 Chinese Police Officers Dispatched to Rescue Sex Doll From River [-Someone's trash maybe the cops worst nightmare]

Jul 18, 2012
Rocket News 24

When Shandong police received a call reporting a body floating in one of the province’s rivers on July 11, they wasted no time dispatching 18 of their finest officers to recover it.

As the police struggled to bring the corpse to the shore, rumor of the incident spread and a crowd of over 1000 spectators gathered, blocking traffic and preventing firefighters from reaching the scene.

Finally, 40 minutes later, Chinese police succeeded in recovering the body. Only, it wasn’t a body, but an inflatable sex doll.

Cambodian teen says parents chained her

POIPET, Cambodia, July 2 (UPI) -- Cambodian police said they are investigating a 15-year-old girl's allegations her parents had her chained up in their home as a sex slave.

Human rights group Adhoc is also investigating allegations the girl was forced to have sex with French and Thai nationals and taken to Thailand to work as a prostitute, The Phnom Penh Post reported Monday.

"The girl told me that her parents forced her to work, to be a beggar and to have sex with foreign men since she was 13 years old," neighbor Khiev Bory told the Post Sunday.

DUMB general should be sent to jail to enjoy his torturers' companionship

Brigadier General Nuon Pak shows the wounds inflicted on his body by his wife and children in December last year. (Photo: Kampuchea Thmey)

Lonely general begs for family’s freedom


Friday, 22 June 2012
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
The Phnom Penh Post

Nuon Pak is a lonely man these days – lonely enough that he’s fighting to reunite with the very family sent to jail for torturing him.

So far, it’s been a losing battle for the RCAF brigadier general, whose wife and three sons were convicted of detaining, beating and torturing him over the course of nearly two months late last year.

At their sentencing in March, the general, a military adviser at the Ministry of National Defence, begged for leniency and threatened to kill himself as his wife and sons were handed seven and eight year sentences by Phnom Penh Municipal Court.

Black and red Khmer flag used at the Mekong-Japan summit?

ដោយ ចេតនា ឬ អចេត​នា?

ភាសាខ្មែរ និងអក្សររូម៉ាំង ដូចគ្នាណាស់

Taiwan woman commits suicide during Facebook chat [-Case of the F#$!@ cheater?]

She committed suicide while chatting to friends after growing suspicious that her boyfriend was having an affair.

27-03-12

AFP

TAIPEI - A Taiwanese woman committed suicide while chatting to friends on Facebook after growing suspicious that her boyfriend was having an affair, police and media said Tuesday.

Lin Mei-heng, 31, posted messages on the social networking site saying she wanted to take her life while at home in a suburb of Taipei on March 17, the Apple Daily newspaper said.

She also posted photos of charcoal burning in her stove - before shutting the windows of her flat, so it filled with noxious fumes and she suffocated, according to the report.

Ad Campaign of the Day: Promoting Secret Sex in Singapore [-No, we are not promoting this for Cambodia since people cannot afford cars yet!]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leH7z2HuDYU

Feb 24, 2012
John Metcalfe
TheAtlanticCities.com

Singapore has a problem: It's a tiny nation with a gargantuan sexual appetite.

With 5.4 million people packed onto an island measuring just 270 square miles, Singapore ranks as the third-densest country on earth. All that seething humanity, bumping flesh on the sidewalks and stacked like warm cordwood in skyscrapers, makes it difficult for a loving couple to just wander off and find someplace to... you know, make more Singaporeans.

Inspired by that lack of privacy, one condom company has built a novel, naughty advertising campaign. “Discover a range of products that help you get better at getting away with it,” is the new slogan of the Okamoto Freedom Project, put on by Japanese condom manufacturer Okamoto – and boy, do the residents of this 100 percent urban nation seem to love it.

Newspaper name ‘confusing’

Journalist Ros Sokhet (Phnom Penh Post)

Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post

The president of Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit has opposed a freelance journalist’s bid to call his newspaper Anti-Corruption News because he thinks people will associate it with the ACU.

In a letter to Information Minister Khieu Kanharith dated February 17 and obtained by the Post yesterday, Om Yentieng asks that a media licence application by freelance journalist Ros Sokhet be rejected.

“I want [Khieu Kanharith] to intervene and make Ros Sokhet choose another name for his newspaper to avoid confusion,” Om Yentieng said.

“There are many other names in our Khmer language that Ros Sokhet can use for his newspaper that are useful for his ideal.”

The Four-legged Snake?

Dear All,

Just would like to share with you the attached photo and I can guarantee the authenticity of it. A brother of a colleague of mine caught a snake at the turn of the 2012. He took some photos of the little snake (about 20cm) before releasing it into a near-by pagoda (in Phnom Penh). It is a non-posionous snake with four legs. The person should have kept the snake and take a good care of it so that other people would have opportunity to see and study it. Experts may be able to advise if it is a snake or other creature.

Cheers,
Chenda

China introduces a communist tablet: the Red Pad [... at a non-proletarian price of US$1,600]

January 20, 2012
By Molly McHugh
Digital Trends

The extremely expensive tablet will marketed specifically towards party officials.

If you thought iPads were expensive, think again. A new Chinese tablet called the Red Pad will cost $1,600 dollars, but not just anyone can buy it, even if you do have the money.

After heavy criticism over its price from Chinese consumers, marketing and advertising featuring the Red Pad seemingly disappeared. Now, the Economic Times is saying that the manufacturer will only sell the tablet to bureaucrats and not the public. Originally the device was going to be available for anyone with the money (or the ability to subsidize the purchase), but the public backlash was so strong, the manufacturers decided to change its marketing tactics. It now looks like some back-pedaling occurred, and as a result the tablets availability will be limited to only Party officials.

But it’s not only the cost that will appeal to party members either. The Red Pad is specifically built to cater to their needs: the tablet from Red Pad Technology (which is supposedly in cahoots with the country’s Ministry of Information Industry) comes packaged with government database access and integration with the communist mouthpiece website, People’s Daily.

What’s possibly most amusing about the Red Pad is its operating system. The 9.7-inch Red Pad uses the Android OS, which is surprising considering China’s ongoing issues with Google. Aside from its ironic use of this platform and outrageous price, the Red Pad is similar to any other tablet: it features an A9 dual core processor, Wi-Fi and 3G support, 16GB of flash storage, with a sub 10-inch touchscreen display.

Comrade, you go to jail for not shedding enough tears for Dear Leader

December 28, 2011: In this image made from KRT television, a hearse is driven during a funeral procession of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in the snow in Pyongyang, North Korea.

North Korea reportedly punishing those who didn't sufficiently mourn Kim Jong Il

January 11, 2012
Newcore

PYONGYANG -- Following the mourning period for former leader Kim Jong Il, North Korean authorities have begun to punish citizens who did not display enough sadness at his death, The Daily NK reported Wednesday.

The Daily NK, an online newspaper based in South Korea and run by opponents of the North Korean government, said it had learned from a source in North Hamkyung Province that, "The authorities are handing down at least six months in a labor-training camp to anybody who didn't participate in the organized gatherings during the mourning period, or who did participate but didn't cry and didn't seem genuine."

Cambodian casino releases Vietnamese girl it kept as ransom

Nguyen Thi Dao (L) says her granddaughter Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu is being detained in a Cambodian casino for ransom to cover her father's gambling debt.

12/29/2011
Thanh Nien News

A 13-year-old girl, who had been detained in a Cambodian casino as ransom for her father’s gambling debts for more than a month, was released on December 26, the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper reported.

Nguyen Thi Thuy Kieu of Ho Chi Minh City’s Cu Chi District was released after successful negotiation between her family and the casino.

She is in stable condition and has returned to school, the family said.

Kieu was kidnapped and taken to the Bay Tang Casino on November 18.

Illegal Lao loggers released because Cambodia can't feed them in jail (sic!)

អាជ្ញាធរ​កម្ពុជា ដោះលែង​ពលរដ្ឋ​ឡាវ ១១ នាក់ ព្រោះ​គ្មាន​លទ្ធភាព ដោះស្រាយ​ថ្លៃ​បាយទឹក​គ្រប់គ្រាន់​

ថ្ងៃទី 31 ធ្នូ 2011
ដោយ : សេសាន
Cambodia Express News

Synopsis: The Siempang district authority, Stung Treng province, next to Laos, had decided to release 11 Lao nationals arrested for illegally trespassing into Cambodia because it cannot feed these 11 men in jail. The 11 men are suspected of illegal logging in Cambodia as a mechanical saw was also seized from them during their arrest.

ស្ទឹងត្រែង: អាជ្ញាធរ​ស្រុក​សៀម​ប៉ាង ខេត្តស្ទឹងត្រែង ជាប់​ព្រំដែន​ប្រទេស​ឡាវ បានសម្រេច​ដោះលែង​ពលរដ្ឋ​ឡាវ ចំនួន ១១ នាក់ កាលពី​ល្ងាច​ថ្ងៃទី​៣០ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១១ ដោយសារ​អាជ្ញាធរ មិនមាន​លទ្ធភាព​ដោះស្រាយ​ថ្លៃ​បាយទឹក​គ្រប់គ្រាន់ សម្រាប់​ការឃុំខ្លួន​ជនជាតិ​ឡាវ ដែល​ឆ្លងដែន​ចូល​កាប់​ឈើ នៅ​ទឹកដី​កម្ពុជា ដោយ​ខុសច្បាប់​។​
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​ពលរដ្ឋ​ឡាវ​ចំនួន ១១ នាក់ ត្រូវបាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​នគ​របាល​ស្រុក​សៀម​ប៉ាង ចាប់ខ្លួន​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃទី​២១ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ​២០១១ នៅក្នុង​ដី​ខ្មែរ​ចម្ងាយ​ប្រមាណ​ពីរ​គីឡូម៉ែត្រ ពី​បង្គោល​ព្រំដែន​លេខ ៦៥ ចន្លោះ ៦៦ តំបន់​អូរ​ខាំ​ភោគ​។ ជាមួយ​នោះ អាជ្ញាធរ​កម្ពុជា បាន​ដកហូត​គោយន្ត​បួន​គ្រឿង ម៉ាស៊ីន​ត្រង់​ស៊ី​ន័​រ​កាត់ឈើ​មួយគ្រឿង និង​ម៉ូតូ​មួយគ្រឿង​ទៀត​ពី​ជនជាតិ​ឡាវ​ផងដែរ​។​
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​ប្រភពពី​មន្ត្រី​សាលាស្រុក​សៀម​ប៉ាង បានឱ្យដឹងថា ការដោះលែង​ពលរដ្ឋ​ឡាវ ១១ នាក់ ដែល​ជាប់​ចោទថា ចូល​កាប់​ឈើ​ក្នុង​ដី​ខ្មែរ គឺ​សំអាង​លើ​កិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ទ្វេភាគី​កម្ពុជា​-​ឡាវ​។ តែ​ការដោះលែង​នោះ ក៏មាន​ការយក​លុយ​ជា​ថ្នូរ​ផងដែរ​។

Indebted gambler loses finger to Cambodian casino [-He's lucky to lose only one finger to the Viet mafia thugs!!!]

For illustration only (Photo: Internet)

Fri, December 30, 2011
Tuoi Tre News

18-year-old Nguyen Huu Tinh, from Tan Hung District, Long An Province, reported to police yesterday that a casino in Cambodia had captured him and then cut off one of his fingers after he lost US$3,000 there and his relative in Vietnam failed to repay as quickly as required by the casino.

He said the casino, named “Ba Quach” (“Mrs. Quach”), sent his finger to his mother on December 14 to urge her to pay his debt soon.

Vo Thi Biet, Tinh’s mother, told the police that on that day, a young man came to her house and handed her a black bag and four letters from Tinh, and asked her to quickly bring VND73 million (US$3,500) to Cambodia to pay off her son’s debt.

Monk and girlfriend caught on the way to cloud nine???

ចង់ដឹង??? រូបនេះថតនៅខេត្តសៀមរាប នារីម្នាក់នេះមានប្តី តែមិនទាន់រៀបការ នឹង ជា ពិធិការីនី របស់វិទ្យុព្រះ ​ពុទ្ធសាសនា មួយ ហើយសង្ឃនេះ បួសនៅវត្តបូរណ៍ ហើយក៏ជាពិធីករដែរ។ នេះជាការ ត្រូវរ៉ូវគ្នា រវាងនាងនេះ និងសង្ឃកំហូចរូបនេះ ហើយត្រូវប្តីតាមដាន និងទាន់ ពេលពួកគេ បបួលគ្នាទៅលេង ឋានសួគ៏។ ព័ត៌មានប៉ុណ្ណឹងម៉េចដែរ ច្បាស់ហើយឬនៅ???

According to a Facebook post, the above photo was taken in Siem Reap province. The photo allegedly shows a woman who lives with her common-law companion, she is also a MC for a Buddhist radio station. The monk in the photo is from Bo pagoda and he is also a MC for the same station. The pair agreed to take a trip to visit cloud nine, but unfortunately, the woman's companion showed up and disrupted the trip. Take it with a grain of salt, the story still needs confirmation

Sorry, no more snooker (billiard) and marijuana for a while for all of you East Oaklanders!

Fire heavily damages Oakland karaoke venue

12/14/2011 
By Harry Harris
Oakland Tribune

OAKLAND -- There won't be any pool playing or karaoke singalongs at an East Oakland social club in the near future after it was heavily damaged Wednesday morning in a fire that also destroyed a few pounds of packaged marijuana, officials said.

The fire erupted about 3:30 a.m. in a shed attached to the Khmer Snooker Karaoke lounge in the 2200 block of International Boulevard. The cause is still under investigation but it may have resulted from some electrical problems, officials said.

The fire spread underneath the lounge's metal roof and caused extensive damage to the roof and interior before 20 firefighters brought it under control about 3:50 a.m., Batallion Fire Chief Bruce Nielsen said.

General’s wife drove torture, court charges

Nguon Chantreatevy, Nuon Pak's wife, who is involved with his torture

Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
The Phnom Penh Post

The wife of an RCAF general who was tortured and detained for almost two months was accused on Sunday of masterminding the brutal ordeal.

Ngin Chantrea Devi, 50, and her sons Panh Sihana, 24, Panh Dararith, 23, and Panh Anh, 19, stand accused of keeping Brigadier General Nuon Pak a prisoner in his own home from October 18 until last Saturday, in a bid to make him sell land worth US$80,000 to pay off a debt.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Sunday charged Ngin Chantrea Devi with cruelty and torture; however, her three sons were charged only with being accomplices to cruelty and torture.

Additional photos of Nuon Pak and the culprits

Nuon Pak showing his bruised body (Photo: Kampuchea Thmei)

Nuon Pak

Nuon Pak showing his burned body

Torture instruments

The 3 sons of Nuon Pak who were involved in the torture of their father

Nguon Chantreatevy, Nuon Pak's wife, who is involved with his torture