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One day Hun Sen's eldest son, Hun Manet brings home his girlfriend and tells his father he wants to marry her. After talking to her for while, he tells his son he can't do it because she's his half sister. The same problem happens again four more times! Hun Manet starts to get pissed off. He goes to his mom, Bun Rany and says, "Mom... What have you been doing all your life? Dad's been going around laying every maiden in the country and now I can't marry any of the five girls I like because they have turned out to be my half sisters!!!"

His mom replies, "Don't worry son, you can marry any one of them you want, he isn't really your dad."

The Cambodian Mine Action Centre is preparing to dispatch a team to search for cluster munitions allegedly used by Thai forces during military clashes along the border last month, CMAC director general Heng Ratana said today.

Thousands of families were displaced last month during clashes between Thai and Cambodian troops near Preah Vihear temple that left at least 10 people dead.

As these families return to their homes, Heng Ratana said they are still at grave risk of being injured by cluster munitions.

"We are very concerned about the upcoming rainy season," Heng Ratana said.

"Villagers will need to go out and do farming, but now the area is full of cluster bombs."

Thai officials have denied using cluster munitions in the fighting, alleging that Cambodian troops had in fact deployed the weapons.

Cambodian forces have rejected this claim.

Cluster bombs are designed to split open before impact to scatter multiple bomblets over a wide area.

Such bomblets often lie dormant for many years before exploding and maiming or killing the civilians who happen upon them.

Much of eastern Cambodia has been affected by the weapons as a result of American bombing in the 1970s.

Neither Cambodia nor Thailand are among the 51 countries to have ratified the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions, which seeks to outlaw the weapons, however.

Heng Ratana said today that two Cambodians had been killed and eight injured as a result of cluster bombs deployed near Preah Vihear.

Following the four days of clashes last month, CMAC announced that it had dispatched an "emergency response" team to the border area to instruct local residents on how to identify and avoid the weapons.

CMAC also plans to send weapons experts to the area to find and clear cluster munitions before they harm unsuspecting villagers, Heng Ratana said.

"We are waiting until the situation returns to normal and then we will deploy a large search team, because the cluster bombs may remain on the ground or in the forest," he said.

Chum Puy, governor of Kulen district in Preah Vihear province, said posters had been put up throughout the border area to remind the 2,678 families displaced in the fighting about the dangers of cluster munitions as they return to their homes.

Huot Senheang, 22, of Kulen's Thamacheat village, said residents understand the risks of cluster munitions but may find them difficult to avoid as they return to their daily lives.

"Villagers are afraid of cluster bombs, but they have no choice because they need to return home for farming," he said.

The army plans to restrict access of neutral observers invited by Thai and Cambodian government to monitor the border to certain areas and information, citing national security reasons.

"We will have to restrict their access to classified information at some level . We are not going to let them see everything,'' army commander-in-chief Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha said on Tuesday.

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to invite Indonesia to deploy observers on both sides of the disputed border area at the Asean foreign ministerial meeting in Jakarta last week.

He said a detailed schedule of the observers' visit is expected to be released after the Thai-Cambodia Joint Border Committee (JBC) meeting next month.

The Suranaree Task Force and the 2nd Army will then be commissioned to look into the details and take care of the matter.

"I want it [the Thai-Cambodian border conflict] to remain a bilateral issue and do not want any third country to step in, therefore imposing limits on access is needed,'' Gen Prayuth said.

The commander-in-chief said the army must follow government policy and will heed the United Nation Security Council's calls for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

A group of military and civilian observers from Indonesia, the current Asean chairman, will visit affected areas of the border to observe the commitment of both Thailand and its neighbour to avoid further hostilities.

The observers' mandate is to assist and support the parties in respecting their commitment to avoid further fighting, by observing and reporting accurately and impartially complaints of violations and submitting findings to each party through Indonesia.

ONE effect of the global economic crisis seldom discussed amid reports of a liquidity crisis and garment sector meltdown was the impact on Cambodia's manufacturing progress.

In 2008, Cambodia was on the brink of attracting large multinational companies looking for new sources of cheap labour and the latest frontiers of market growth. But these firms subsequently "stayed at home", in the words of Sok Chenda, secretary general of the Council for the Development of Cambodia, as CEOs looked to damage limitation rather than expansion overseas.

In Cambodia's case, the economic crisis looks to have only stalled – rather than aborted – the start of a long-awaited transition from labour-intensive industry towards more complex manufacturing. And increasingly, it is Japan that is driving this industrial evolution.

Confirmation at the weekend that Sumitomo Electric Industries, a Fortune-500 company, plans to become the latest Japanese firm to build a plant here provides the most recent evidence Cambodia is finally expanding manufacturing beyond the confines of the garment industry.

Sumitomo follows Minebea, Ajinomoto and Yamaha – all Japanese firms that have in recent months either opened or committed to manufacturing plants in the Kingdom.

Chinese firms have long had a manufacturing presence here, but most have limited themselves to the garment industry. Instead, China's industrial base has had a more indirect impact on the stuttering manufacturing progress starting to take shape in Cambodia.

If China's entry into Cambodian garments was partly due to the United States initiating quotas on Chinese clothing and apparel in 2005, according to some analysts, then the recent entry of more international complex industry into Cambodia can also be traced back to the mainland to an extent.

Masayoshi Matsumoto, president of Sumitomo Electric, told Kyodo News the firm's decision to expand manufacturing to Cambodia and the Philippines later this year was due to a labour shortage and wage rises in China.

Minebea's announcement at the end of last year that it would set up a production facility in Cambodia represents the first time the company would have opened a large-scale manufacturing plant in a new country since it did so in Shanghai 17 years ago.

The firm begins its first production in Cambodia in April at a leased factory before relocating to a US$61 million facility in the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone next year, a plant that will rank second only in volume to Minebea's China operation. This represents a significant moment for Cambodia.

While cynics will note these companies are coming here for the cheap labour, tax breaks and access to a new, untapped market, the benefits for the country will likely be substantial.

Minebea alone plans to hire 5,000 people in the longer term, workers that would otherwise have been hired at minimum-wage garment factories, or worse. These are employees that will be trained to assemble small electric motors for office and household electronic equipment, goods that have never been manufactured in the Kingdom previously.

Similarly, Sumitomo plans to make automotive wire harnesses, the latest sign the vehicle industry is starting to look at Cambodia as a production base following recent interest by Hyundai and Yamaha.

Within the long, arduous cycle of industrial evolution this marks solid progress for the country, not least because Japanese firms have over the past half a century represented the pinnacle of manufacturing.

For Cambodia, learning from companies like Sumitomo and Minebea is perhaps the most significant benefit that can be drawn from these new relationships. Cambodia's manufacturing progress is as much about keeping multinationals here to gain increased expertise as it is about the revenues that can be generated from them. Just ask China.

If Japan is the master of developing technology then China is surely the more recent master of co-opting innovation for maximum gain. Now the economic crisis is over, Cambodia can get back to following their example.

A pair of Thai nationalists convicted of espionage earlier this month in a highly charged case are preparing to appeal to Prime Minister Hun Sen for their release, a defence lawyer said yesterday.

Veera Somkwamkid, a high-profile member of Thailand's nationalist Yellow Shirt movement, was convicted of espionage, illegal entry and unlawfully entering a military base along with an associate, Ratree Pipatanapaiboon.

Veera, 53, was sentenced to eight years in jail and ordered to pay 1.8 million riel (about US$444) in fines, while Ratree received a six-year prison term.

"I am preparing all the documents to request a pardon and we will submit the letter to the Premier soon," said Pich Vicheka, Veera's Cambodian lawyer.

"I am not sure what the result will be, but I have to fulfil my professional obligation to help my client."

Veera and Ratree were arrested in December in Banteay Meanchey province along with five other Thais, including parliamentarian Panich Vikitsreth, who were on an expedition to "investigate" the border demarcation process with Cambodia.

Panich and the other four Thais were found guilty of illegal entry last month but were released on suspended sentences.

In a speech earlier this month, Hun Sen rejected the possibility of pardons for Veera and Ratree.

"Don't come to persuade me to ask for a royal pardon, I will not do that and [the case] will be enforced under the law this time," he said.

Under Cambodian law, prisoners are eligible for pardon after serving two-thirds of their jail sentences.

In 2009, however, the government released a Thai national sentenced to seven years in prison on espionage charges just days after his conviction.

The suspect, an airport engineer named Sivarak Chutipong, was arrested for allegedly passing the flight details of Thaksin Shinawatra to the Thai Embassy during one of the fugitive former Thai prime minister's controversial visits to the Kingdom.

Thai officials could not be reached for comment yesterday, though Thai state media reported that the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was working on the pardon request and that the Thai embassy in Cambodia had "negotiated a compromise with concerned authorities" in relation to the case.

Ros Aun, a defence lawyer for Ratree, said he was unaware of the pardon request but confirmed that his client had elected not to appeal her conviction.

VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of Vietnamese women have become familiar clients of casinos along the Vietnam-Cambodia border.

There are 14 casinos in Cambodia, which are located very near from the Vietnam-Cambodia border. Up to half of them (Winn, Le Macao, Chateau, Las Vegas Sun or Titan King) are built in Bavet in Svay Rieng province to mainly serve Vietnamese gamblers. Vietnamese gamblers, including thousands of women, often pass the Moc Bai border gate in the southern province of Tay Ninh to Bavet.

VietNamNet's reporters visited casino Winn at 10 am on a Saturday. This casino is known recently for ruthless assaults against indebted gamblers.

According to the casino's rules, visitors are not allowed to bring cell phones, cameras, sound recorders, etc. into the casino. These items must be locked in the casino's safety boxes. Casino staffs in black trousers and white shirts always smile with customers.

The casino was chock-a-block with gamblers, especially at baccarat, roulette and black jack tables.

Casino Winn, a popular destination in the tours of a transnational tourism company, is decorated luxuriously. The rooms are lit with hundreds of lamps, which make gamblers forget the time.

Around one hour after we entered the casino, the number of players at black jack tables increased sharply. Around 70 percent of them were women.

A middle-aged woman approached us, introducing herself as Hien, a Vietnamese, a creditor at the casino. Hien said she was able to lend us as much as we need. After we refused to borrow money from her, M, a guide said that if a gambler borrows $100, he will have to pay $10 for each winning game. In the case that the gambler loses all his money, the creditor will send his/her employees to escort the debtor to his/her home to take money or call the debtor's family to come to the casino to pay the debt to ransom the debtor.

There are a lot of tragedies related to Vietnamese women at this casino. Hoang, a former staff member at casino Winn, who currently works for a car repair shop in Bavet, said, "Many Vietnamese women often give guards VND50,000-70,000 to remind them to call their husbands at a certain time to trick their husbands into thinking that they are at home".

Hoang said some women lost tens of thousands of USD a day at gambling.

Recently HCM City People's Court sentenced four women who swindled assets to gamble in Cambodia. One was sentenced to 13 years in jail and three others to 3-5 years in jail.

These women leased at least six cars at the price of $1300/month and then mortgaged the cars for $15,000 in Tay Ninh to gamble in Cambodian casinos.

In the latest case, the wife of a journalist in the southern province of Long An has just confessed to burning her husband to death after he didn't agree to sell their house to pay her debts at casinos in Cambodia.

This case is now the center of public attention and is fresh evidence of the tragedies caused by women who are gambling addicts.

In recent years "gambling ladies" have become familiar words in the local media. In HCM City alone, police investigated hundreds of gambling cases each year and over half of the gamblers are women.

According to police, women who gamble at home belong to various social classes but there are a few really rich women. However, most of women who gamble in Cambodia are wealthy women or state employees.

In 2008, the cashier of the Post Office of Bac Lieu province was sentenced to death for appropriating over VND15.3 billion ($765,000) to gamble.

In October 2009, Vu Thi Ba, 32, an employee of a state agency in Ha Dong district, Hanoi, was prosecuted for appropriating a car for money to gamble.

In HCM City, a woman named Trang is very "famous" among casino ladies. The young girl gambled in Hanoi, Hai Phong, HCM City, Tay Ninh and Cambodia. She lost up to $40,000 a night at a casino in Cambodia.

She used fake documents to withdraw over VND400 million ($20,000) of a joint stock company in Hanoi.

In May 2010, police arrested Nguyen Thi Hanh, 32, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai for swindling. Earlier Hanh was a famous coffee trader in Gia Lai. From July to November 2009, this women received cash from partners to purchase coffee and borrowed money from four companies and eleven individuals totaling over VND17 billion (around $900,000). However, she only paid over VND5 billion for coffee and gambled away the remaining cash.

Dozens of gamblers in Binh Duong and Tay Ninh province fell into the trap of usurers at casinos in Cambodia.

According to victims who were cleaned out in gambling and ransomed by their families, intermediates introduced them to a young man named Khoa at Winn casino in Bavet, Cambodia. When they arrived at the Moc Bai border gate in Tay Ninh, Khoa's subordinates took them to the casino and they were treated like special guests.

Nguyen Huu Ba, 20, from Ben Cat district, Binh Duong province, recalled: "After we met with Khoa at Winn casino, he hired a hotel room for us. After taking a bath, Khoa took us to a restaurant. He told us that we would not get rich if we quit after 1-2 losing games".

When Ba and his friends were nearly drunken Khoa paid the meal and gave $4000 to Ba and his three friends to gamble at Winn casino.

After several hours at the casino, the group lost all $4000. They borrowed $2000 from Khoa to continue the game and also lost the money. They asked Khoa to lend them some more but Khoa told them to temporarily stop because they had bad luck. He took the group to a restaurant for lunch and after that forced them to an inn to sign a debit note. Khoa said that if their families didn't pay the debts, he would cut out some of their internal organs.

Of dozens Vietnamese gamblers confided at Winn casino for losing at gambling, many are very poor and wanted to change their lives with the money won.

Nguyen Thi Dung, 41, from Ben Cat District, Binh Duong province said that her family has three times paid $10,000 of ransom to rescue her son from casinos .

Nguyen Minh, also from Ben Cat district, had to pay the ransom for his son twice. "The first time he was confided, we had to mortgage our motorbikes, fridge, television set and borrow from usurers to get $5000 to pay the ransom".

"They called me and said that they made cuts on his face and that if I didn't save him, they would cut out his kidney," Minh said.

Minh and his wife had to see an usurer and kneel down to borrow $3000 to pay the ransom.

Koichiro Matsuura, special envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Monday that it is impossible to de-list Preah Vihear temple from the World Heritage List.

Matsuura made the remarks during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.

"Thailand has intention to ask UNESCO to de-list the temple, but I had informed Abhisit Vejjajiva (Thai prime minister) and Kasit Piromya (Thai foreign minister) that de-listing of Preah Vihear temple from the World Heritage List is impossible by all means because Preah Vihear temple is the outstanding universal value," the Prime Minister's spokesman Eang Sophalleth quoted Matsuura as saying.

"Preah Vihear temple, the World Heritage site, is under the responsibility of UNESCO, so UNESCO experts will come to evaluate and restore Preah Vihear temple in the future,"Matsuura told the premier.

Meanwhile, Hun Sen informed Matsuura that Thai troops had fired more than 400 shells of mortars and artillery at the temple which caused serious damages to the World Heritage site. The premier also asked the World Heritage Committee (WHC) not to halt the temple's management plan during its annual meeting in Bahrain in June.

"The management plan of the temple by UNESCO on the World Heritage site should not be abandoned due to the threat of Thailand,"Hun Sen said, adding "if we don't do urgent repair, Preah Vihear temple will be in danger. Moreover, it will set a bad precedent that big country's threat made UNESCO unable to manage and preserve the world heritage site."

The Bangkok Post, on Feb. 26, quoted Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva as saying that Matsuura supported Thai stance to put off Cambodia's management plan of Preah Vihear temple.

Matsuura told reporters after the meeting that"UNESCO is not sided with any country, it is neutral."

Matsuura, a former director-general of UNESCO (1999-2009) and a former Chair of the World Heritage Committee, was named by Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, on Feb. 11 as the special envoy to mediate the issue of Preah Vihear temple following a deadly clash from Feb. 4 to 7 between Cambodian and Thai troops over the border disputed area next to the temple. He arrived here on Sunday to pay a three-day visit.

The clash unleashed a barrage of artillery shells on both sides of the border, killed and wounded some soldiers and people of both sides, as well as caused serious damages to Preah Vihear temple.

Preah Vihear Temple was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008.

The conflict has occurred just a week after the inscription due to Thai claim of the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub next to the temple, since then periodic clashes have happened between the two countries' troops resulted in the deaths of troops on both sides.

MANILA, Philippines - Ilocos Norte Rep. Imelda Romualdez-Marcos on Monday asked the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division to allow her to go on an official 5-day trip to Phnom Penh, Cambodia next month.

Defense lawyer Robert Sison said the 81-year-old widow of former President Ferdinand Marcos is part of the country's three-member delegation to the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) Seminar on "Accelerating the Achievement of MDG-5, through the Role of Women Parliamentarians" to be held on March 9 to 12, 2011 at the Inter-continental Hotel in Phnom Penh.

The former First Lady is required to secure a travel permit each time she has to leave the country because of her 10 remaining active graft cases before the Sandiganbayan.

The cases involve allegations that she held financial interests in secret foundations and private enterprises while she was a member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa from 1978 to 1984.

Marcos has complained that years of litigation have drained her resources so that she now has to withdraw from her husband's pension at Veterans Bank to be able to put up the P750,00 travel bond required by the graft court.

For this trip however, it is the House of Representatives that will pay for the airfare and daily allowances of the country's delegation. The host country, on the other hand, will cover their hotel accommodations.

Mrs. Marcos is serving a new three-year term as a member of the Lower House having previously served a single-term as congresswoman of her native province Leyte in 1995.

Anti-human trafficking officials last week cracked down on a guesthouse in Phnom Penh's Prampi Makara district that offered sexual services for a select clientele.

Keo Thea, director of the municipal Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Office at the Ministry of Interior, said a raid of the guesthouse-turned-brothel in Veal Vong commune netted a total of 14 arrests, including the guesthouse owner, two accomplices and 11 sex workers, on Saturday.

"We have been investigating this house for about a month before we took superb action in cracking down on it," he said.

Keo Thea added that the guesthouse offered specific sexual services.

"This place is hidden and illegal and provides sexual services for [gay] men, lesbians, old ladies and foreign people in Phnom Penh."

He said police research had uncovered that the guesthouse had been a popular destination for people seeking its specific services for many years.

The detained were being held at the Phnom Penh Municipal Police Department for questioning prior to being sent to provincial court today to face charges, Keo Thea said, though he expressed doubts about the fate of some of the people arrested during Saturday's raid.

"We are now waiting for the order from our superiors about what we should do with these 11 people, who are sexual service providers and those who had come for sex," he said.

"But for the house owner and the two accomplices, we will send them to court for charges."

Koichiro Matsuura, the special envoy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said Monday Cambodia' s Preah Vihear temple needs to be restored urgently following the damages by the military clashes between Cambodia and Thailand over the border disputed area on Feb. 4-7.

During a meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, Chairman of the Cambodian National Commission for UNESCO, on Monday, Matsuura said that as soon as Indonesian observers arrive at the border disputed area, UNESCO will send its experts to evaluate the damages.

"Urgent restoration on the temple will be conducted after the evaluation of the damages and UNESCO will send repair-experts to restore the temple," Matsuura said, adding that "UNESCO will not involve in the border issue, but the temple."

Meanwhile, Sok An, also the minister of the Council of Ministers, presented Matsuura with internationally recognized maps about Cambodian border with Thailand, and also showed him about the maps used unilaterally by Thailand, not international recognition.

Sok An also informed him about the serious damages of Preah Vihear temple caused by about 414 mortar and artillery shells falling on the temple. "So, Cambodia has to publicize this information to the international communities."

Matsuura, a former director-general of UNESCO (1999-2009) and a former Chair of the World Heritage Committee, was named by Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, on Feb. 11 as the special envoy to mediate the issue of Preah Vihear temple following a deadly clash from Feb. 4-7 between Cambodian and Thai troops over the border disputed area next to the temple. He arrived here on Sunday for a three-day visit.

The clash unleashed a barrage of artillery shells on both sides of the border, killed and wounded some soldiers and people of both sides, as well as caused serious damages to Preah Vihear temple.

Preah Vihear Temple was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008.

The conflict has occurred just a week after the inscription due to Thai claim of the ownership of 1.8 square miles (4.6 sq km) of scrub next to the temple, since then periodic clashes have happened between the two nations'troops.

Indonesian observers have arrived on the Thai-Cambodian border in a multilateral bid to monitor the implementation of a tentative ceasefire between the two sides. The fight has called into question the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) core "no-war" policy and caused the regional grouping to rethink its long held policy of non-interference in member states' internal affairs.

Armed hostilities between Thailand and Cambodia in February resulted in the deaths of at least 11 and displacement of thousands of villagers in the area. Preah Vihear, the 11th century temple at the center of the territorial dispute, as well as another nearby temple, suffered significant damage from shellfire and small arms.

The fighting was the heaviest since border tensions escalated in 2008, and this time threatened to spread beyond the contested 4.6 kilometer area around the temple into a full-scale border war. Thai and Cambodian military and government officials claimed they acted only in self-defense and accused each other of starting the shooting, which involved small arms, rocket propelled grenades and exchanges of artillery fire.

A 1962 decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded the temple to Cambodia, but did not stipulate who owns the land adjacent to the temple. The issue largely remained dormant until 2008 when Phnom Penh applied to the United Nation's Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for World Heritage status for the temple, a move that stoked nationalist sentiment in Thailand.

ASEAN aims to settle disputes before they spiral and maintains a no war policy among its members. True to that credo, there here have been no open wars between ASEAN members since its founding in 1967 and all member countries are signatories to the 1976 Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, which has been adopted as the region's code of conduct. The grouping has in the past helped to diffuse a series of border disputes and other bilateral issues.

Some analysts believe ASEAN's mediation of the current dispute between Thailand and Cambodia could set a precedent for future conflict resolution in the region. The grouping is not known for taking proactive measures on security and political issues and has often swept nettlesome issues under the carpet in the interest of group harmony. Although this stance has helped the grouping to mature, become more cohesive and a relatively respected international player, it has failed to establish structures to deal with issues when they go beyond bilateral arrangements.

If allowed to spiral into open war, the dispute between Bangkok and Phnom Penh not only threatened to destabilize the region but could also have lead to a breakdown in ASEAN as a security community. Rather than work through ASEAN's perceived as ineffectual security mechanisms, member nations could decide to resort to force to settle issues or seek solutions outside the ASEAN framework.

On the other hand, a successful mediation of the dispute would provide ASEAN with enhanced credibility on issues that affect the peace and stability of the region. It would also further cement ASEAN as the key linchpin in several security structures, including the ASEAN Regional Forum, East Asia Summit, Asia-Europe Meeting, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation and the ASEAN Defense Ministers Forum (ADMM) and the ADMM Plus Eight.

The United Nations gave ASEAN its implicit support following a February 14 meeting on the dispute at the UN Security Council (UNSC). While the council was willing to hear both countries' versions of the dispute and urged a bilateral ceasefire, it made no binding statements. Instead it gave its backing to the efforts of Indonesian foreign minister and current ASEAN chairman Marty Natalegawa. Closed door discussions between Thailand's and Cambodia's foreign ministers, Natalegawa and UNSC president Maria Luiza Ribiero Viotti of Brazil were held on the sidelines of the UNSC meeting.

Natalegawa had already earned praise for his quick initiative in travelling to Bangkok and Phnom Penh to push for talks between the two countries to end the conflict and his participation at the UNSC. Throughout his negotiations, Natalegawa has made clear that the issue should be settled bilaterally, but "at the same time, there is always space for ASEAN and members of ASEAN to support the bilateral effort".

Natalegawa followed up by calling a meeting of foreign ministers from all 10 ASEAN nations in Jakarta on February 22. An agreement was reached that built on a ceasefire agreed between military commanders on February 20 and acted on Thailand's suggestion the next day of embedding Indonesian observers with units on both sides to monitor the ceasefire. While no permanent ceasefire has been signed, ASEAN observers are seen as a first step and a sign of commitment to the ceasefire. It was also agreed that further bilateral talks with Indonesian participation will be held in the near future.

Up to 40 Indonesian military and civilian observers are scheduled to "embed" with Thai and Cambodian military forces stationed at the border. The arrangement does not create a buffer zone, but provides for monitors to report back to the ASEAN chairman as well as to Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Natalegawa has made it clear that the observers are "not a peace-keeping or a peace enforcement team". At the same time, he has characterized the intervention as a "seminal development in ASEAN's capacity to deal with a conflict situation."

Significantly, ASEAN's maneuvers have received the backing of both the United States and China. Beijing's Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu told a regular press briefing, "China appreciates and supports Indonesia's active mediation efforts to tackle the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict under the ASEAN framework."

US State Department spokesman P J Crowley said during a regular press briefing on February 23 that the US welcomed "ASEAN's efforts under the leadership of Indonesia" and supported the call of ASEAN foreign ministers for Cambodia and Thailand to resume bilateral negotiations "at the earliest opportunity".

That said, there is still the potential for Thai and Cambodian domestic politics - widely viewed as the driving force behind the ramped up dispute - to undermine ASEAN's mediation efforts towards a permanent solution. But with ASEAN observers present and the recognition that peaceful resolution of the issue is not only in the best interest of Thailand and Cambodia, but also ASEAN as a whole, there is powerful multilateral incentive to avoid further armed conflict.

During a meeting with Cambodian-Americans in the US, opposition leader Sam Rainsy discussed about the protests in the Middle East, saying that this situation could also happen in Cambodia if the Cambodian government is not able to resolve the issues of joblessness, corruption and land disputes.

In the evening of Thursday 24 February, opposition leader Sam Rainsy warned the Cambodian government leaders, telling them that a revolution could explode in Cambodia if the ruling Cambodian leaders of almost 30-year continue to hold on to power in the future.

Sam Rainsy's prediction took place during a discussion forum with about 50 Cambodian-Americans in Falls Church, Virginia.

Sam Rainsy, who is currently living in self-exile in France, added that the revolution that will come to Cambodia is a revolution that will demand for a resolution on the issues of joblessness, land-grabbing, poverty and corruption.

He added that the Jasmine revolution in Tunisia, Egypt and the latest situation in Libya led people in the world to see that a revolution to replace dictatorial regimes is a necessity.

The people of Tunisia and Egypt won in their revolution and the leaders of these two countries had to step down from power.

Sam Rainsy added: "What are the people protesting in these countries for? What do they want? Why are these people hurt? It's the same [in all countries]: the number 1 problem is poverty. When people talk about development in a country, for whom is the development for? For the powerful people? To make the super rich even richer? That's not what the people want, they want development for all the people, in particular so that the poor people can benefit from the development also. If the poor remain poor, of course there will be protest…"

Sam Rainsy also told the group of Cambodian-Americans that the SRP supports the resolution of border dispute with Thailand through an international mechanism, not through the ASEAN mechanism as Thailand is a powerful country in the region and Cambodia will not benefit from it. Sam Rainsy asked that Cambodia complained once again to the UN Security Council and the International Court of Justice so that they find a resolution for Cambodia.

Sam Rainsy was sentenced by the Phnom Penh municipal court to 12-year of jail time for publication of false documents, for falsification of public document and for destroying border posts between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province in 2009. On 23 February, the Cambodian Supreme court held a hearing in his case, but the court delayed issuing its sentence until 01 March instead.

Sam Rainsy added that he does not regret uprooting the border stakes because Cambodia indeed lost land to Vietnam. He added that the court sentenced him because the government does not want to see his presence during the upcoming general election in 2013.

He added: "Those who serve the foreigners, those who oppress the people, they are creating problems for us. This means that we are doing right. If the bad people are supporting us, if they help us or they praise us, that would mean that we would be doing bad. If the bad people are saying we are bad, if the bad people are oppressing us, this means that we are doing right. So we are doing more, without any fear, we must help the people until the end."

Hun Xen used to issue warning that he would use armed force to eliminate any demonstration in Cambodia: "I am telling you now, if you can gather people, then come over! If the PM does not lead to defend the Constitution, how can we leave them to create anarchy all over the country?"

Hun Xen is currently 59-year-old and he held to power for the past 26 years. He used to announce that he would remain in power until he turns 90-year old.

On Friday 25 February, Phay Siphan, mouthpiece of the Council of Ministers, rejected Sam Rainsy's comment. He said that continuation of power by Hun Xen will be done through election, not by force. "I don't agree with him. He only tells a story about someone else's opinion, but Cambodia is not under the situation told by H.E. Sam Rainsy."

Phay Siphan also announced that Sam Rainsy could face jail time without any political resolution that would pardon him.

Cambodian-Americans who listened to Sam Rainsy indicated that they are concerned about the border issue, as well the violation of human rights in Cambodia.

Mr. Tung Yap, President of the Cambodia American for Human Rights and Democracy (CAHRAD), said that Cambodian-Americans organized this discussion in order to seek for the truth in Cambodia on the border issue, on the human rights problems and on the justice system.

He added: "I want to see Cambodia respecting the law properly, not to allow the rich to do whatever they want whereas the law is only applicable to the poor."

Concerns raised by Cambodian-Americans are similar to the concerns raised by Prof. Surya Subedi, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Cambodia. In a press conference [in Cambodia], Surya Subedi expressed his concerns over the problems of human rights, land rights and the use of criminal law to prosecute defamation and disinformation.

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- As relentless unrest enters a 14th day Monday, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi remained defiant and gave no indication of appeasing protesters' demands for him to leave.

But Gadhafi seemed increasingly cornered as security forces defected to the opposition in a town near the capital and the United Nations Security Council voted for tough restrictions and possible war crimes charges against the Libyan regime.

On Sunday, Gadhafi criticized a resolution that the U.N. Security Council passed against his regime over the weekend, telling private Serbian station Pink TV by phone that council members "took a decision based on media reports that are based abroad." He added, "If the Security Council wants to know about something, they should have sent a fact-finding committee."

The Security Council measures -- which include an arms embargo, asset freeze, and travel bans for Gadhafi and members of his family and associates -- also refer the situation unfolding in Libya to the International Criminal Court.

Meanwhile, security forces said they had switched sides and joined the opposition in Zawiya, a town about 55 kilometers (35 miles) from the capital, Tripoli.

CNN's Nic Robertson, on a government-organized trip to Zawiya, saw armed civilians taking defensive positions on rooftops to prepare for a possible effort by Gadhafi loyalists to retake the town. Some buildings in Zawiya showed signs of damage Sunday, including a freshly burned-out police station. Hours earlier, Zawiya purportedly was controlled by the government, according to officials who drove members of the media to the town.

About 2,000 people took part in an anti-government protest there, some standing atop tanks or holding anti-aircraft guns. They said they wanted the government overthrown, calling Gadhafi a "bloodsucker."

Later in the day, CNN witnessed two smaller pro-government rallies that had apparently been organized by government officials for international journalists to see, Robertson reported.

The opposition now controls several Libyan cities after weeks of protests inspired by demonstrations that toppled longtime leaders in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt.

The death toll from the recent unrest has topped 1,000, according to an estimate from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the Security Council measures form "one of the speediest international responses to a government targeting its own people."

"We recognize the killings are ongoing," Clinton told reporters en route to a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Switzerland. "We recognize we need to advance the humanitarian, the military, judicial, and even forensic planning already under way."

And Britain announced it was freezing the assets of Gadhafi, five of his children, and those acting on their behalf.

But Gadhafi's son, Saif, denied the government used force on its own people. In an interview that on ABC's "This Week with Christiane Amanpour" Sunday, he was asked about numerous reports of attacks by government forces on civilians.

"Show me a single attack," he said. "Show me a single bomb. Show me a single casualty. The Libyan air force destroyed just the ammunition sites."

The younger Gadhafi -- who is a prominent member of the government -- also played down anti-government protests. Just because "10,000 or 5,000 people" demonstrate against his father, he said, doesn't mean the entire population is against him.

He had harsh words, however, for the Libyan diplomats who have turned their backs on his father, calling them "hypocrites."

"If you are strong, they love you. If not, they say goodbye. That is good. We get rid of them," he told ABC.

Since the recent protests in Libya began, several Libyan officials have resigned and taken the opposition's side -- including former Justice Minister Mustafa Abdul Jalil, who quit February 21 to protest the "bloody situation" and "use of excessive force" against unarmed protesters, according to Libyan newspaper Quryna.

Over the weekend, Libya's deputy ambassador to the U.N., Ibrahim Dabbashi, indicated he and fellow diplomats support "in principle" a caretaker administration under the direction of Jalil.

About 100,000 people have fled from Libya to Tunisia or Egypt in roughly the past week, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Sunday, citing reports from the Tunisian and Egyptian governments. The evacuees include Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans, and many from Asian countries.

Tunisians on the border with Libya waved pre-Gadhafi-era Libyan flags in support of the opposition as tens of thousands surged towards the country that triggered the series of recent revolts in the Arab world .

The Tunisian army, charities and ordinary Tunisians trying to help Libyans on the border. Refugees said Tunisians were offering them food, water and the use of phones.

In Tripoli and Zawiya, crowds gathered Sunday as people rushed to banks to claim a government handout of 500 dinars (just over $400) per family.

Pharmacies in Tripoli were running out of blood pressure and diabetes medicines, a source in the capital told CNN.

Meanwhile, Gadhafi's nurse went home to Ukraine. Galyna Kolotnytska gained notoriety in November after WikiLeaks released a cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli describing Gadhafi's almost obsessive reliance on the woman, described as a "voluptuous blonde." Kolotnytska's daughter told CNN on Sunday her mother had returned but was not commenting.

Protests began February 15 in Benghazi, Libya's second largest city. At least several other cities are now thought to be under opposition control, according to witnesses. There have been numerous reports of widespread violence -- some of it perpetrated by foreign mercenaries and security forces loyal to Gadhafi, and some by protesters.

While CNN has staff in some cities, the network could not independently confirm reports for many areas in Libya. CNN has also compiled information through telephone interviews with witnesses.

Leader from the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties said they have achieved progress towards a negotiated merger in the latest round of talks between party leaders, according to a joint statement issued on Friday.

The statement follows three meetings this month between working groups from both parties to negotiate a union that aims to bolster opposition candidates' chances against ruling Cambodian People's Party members in commune elections next year and national polls in 2013.

Leaders from both parties said the two sides have agreed to a framework for the merger that is moving in the right direction.

"In merging the parties, the first step requires us to have confidence in each other," SRP lawmaker Mu Sochua said yesterday.

"We have the will to merge. Importantly, if we have the will, I believe that step-by-step we will move forward towards [a merger]."

Human Rights Party parliamentarian Kiet Sokun expressed similar optimism that both sides had found common ground for a lasting unification of the parties.

"We do not [seek a merger] for only one election but for the future and to rule our country," he said. "The general framework of the merger has been agreed."

However, negotiations have been contentious despite recent claims of progress. HRP President Khem Sokha said earlier this month that a proposed union of the parties would dissolve his party by bringing it under the control of the SRP.

Both sides have also previously sparred over the unified opposition party's name.

Kiet Sokun refused to give specific details about the status of a name for the unified party but said that according to the framework for the merger, the party would not be called the Sam Rainsy Party.

Cheam Yeap, a senior Cambodian People's Party lawmaker, said the ruling party did not fear the union of opposition parties, and chided Sam Rainsy and Khem Sokha for not being able to live in the same house.

"We are not scared of the SRP and HRP merger. I know the vision of both parties' leaders is not the same."

A disabled veteran who was arrested last year in connection with a land dispute in Kratie province has died in custody, an incident family members and rights workers allege stems from mistreatment by prison officials.

Vong Vireak, 42, died last Wednesday after complaining of health problems earlier in the week, his wife, 45-year-old So Sokmean, said today.

Toch Sakhoeun, president of Kratie provincial court, said the man died at the provincial hospital, though So Sokmean said he had passed away while in prison.

"When my husband got sick, I asked that he receive treatment but they did not allow it," she said, adding that she had discovered a number of bruises and injuries on her husband's dead body that she believed were evidence of torture.

Doctors did examine her husband in prison, So Sokmean said, but concluded that he needed to be moved to Phnom Penh for treatment, a request that was denied by the provincial prosecutor.

"It is the fault of the prison director and the prosecutor," she said.

"My husband would not have died if they allowed him to be treated in Phnom Penh."

Toch Sakhoeun said, however, that Vong Vireak had received proper medical attention at the local hospital. Koy Kim Sorn, deputy director general of the General Department of Prisons at the Ministry of Interior, said correctional officials had followed the correct protocol in handling the case.

"When prisoners get sick, there are doctors at the prison, and if doctors do not have the ability to save them, they are taken to the provincial hospital," he said.

Sam Saron, director of Kratie provincial prison, said today that he was "too busy" to comment.

Vong Vireak and another man from a local veterans group, the "Association Cripple Development", Keo Chhit, were arrested in August on charges of threatening local wildlife officials.

The ACD claims that about 620 member families were promised 4,000 hectares in Kratie's Snuol district after applying for a social land concession in 2008.

In April last year, however, officials announced that the land belonged to five private companies.

"According to the complaint, the two men were ringleaders and incited about 500 people to grab land," Mak Pheang, investigating judge at Kratie provincial court, said at the time.

The men faced up to five years in prison if convicted, though a trial in the case has yet to be scheduled.

Yan Yoeuk, director of the ACD, said the families' situation remained unresolved and that they planned to stage a protest in front of Prime Minister Hun Sen's Phnom Penh residence next week.

Chan Soveth, a senior monitor for local rights group Adhoc, said prison director Sam Saron had informed him that Vong Vireak had been suffering from high blood pressure and liver problems at the time of his death.

"Prisoners who get sick cannot avoid death because the authorities have no willingness to save prisoners' lives," he said.

Ouch Leng, head of the land programme for Adhoc, went further, saying the injuries on Vong Vireak's body and the fact that he had recently been separated from his friend Keo Chhit provided evidence that he had been abused by prison officials.

Some 83 prisoners died in custody last year, according to the General Department of Prisons.

Family members have dropped a legal complaint over the death of a 36-year-old woman who died this weekend while in the custody of a labour recruitment firm, in exchange for US$4,000 in compensation from the company, they said today, while a rights group has called for further investigation into the case.

Chhem Sopheap, 36, died at the labour recruitment firm IIS in Dangkor district's Dangkor commune in Phnom Penh on Saturday night after battling a month-long illness.

Chhem Sopheap's husband, Heng Saroeun, 52, said the company refused to release his wife for treatment at the hospital, despite repeated requests, demanding he pay them US$800 to reimburse the costs of her training.

"I went to the company on Monday last week to ask the director [if I could] take my wife for treatment at home or the hospital, but they declined and said if I want my wife to leave the company I have to give them $800," Heng Saroeun said.

"He denied me, and asked me to find the money for the company because he is afraid of us cheating the company."

IIS paid Chhem Sopheap 1.2 million riels ($297) when she entered their programme, which trains women to become maids and connects them with employment in Malaysia, Heng Saroeun said.

Chhem Sopheap would have paid back the cost of her training from her salary.

Heng Saroeun said he negotiated IIS down to $400 for his wife's release, but didn't have enough.

"I took my land title [and] I sold my moto to get $190 to exchange to take my wife from the firm, but they still denied my request until my wife died in my arms," he said.

Officials at Preah Kossomak hospital had told him the cause of death was a heart attack, he said, but they could not be reached directly for confirmation today.

Heng Saroeun said his wife had previously been healthy and suspected that she was underfed at the two-month training programme.

Thach Sotharath, the IIS director, denied responsibility for Chhem Sopheap's death.

"She died of a heart attack and we tried our best to help her to send her to the hospital, but she could not be helped," he said.

"Chhem Sopheap got sick and we sent her to the private clinic four times already while she was training … and we also spent about $200 on her treatment," Thach Sotharath said.

Chhem Sopheap's mother, Chea Pov, 60, did not believe her daughter died of a heart attack.

She said Chhem Sopheap had called her a week before she died to tell her she had vomited blood and felt severe body pains.

"We filed the complaint to the police to demand $10,000 for compensation and find out the reason my daughter died."

"First the firm director agreed to give me 3 million riel ($743) for compensation, but I could not accept it. My daughter's life is not cheap like this. She is a person, not an animal," Chea Pov said.

They agreed, however, to accept $4,000 and drop the complaint.

Am Sam Ath, technical supervisor for the rights group Licadho, said his organisation would continue investigating the case and called on police to do the same.

"It is the right of the family to drop the complaint and take the money, but for the law the police officials have to keep investigating with this case whether the woman died because she was sick or detained," he said.

Keo Thea, director of the municipal Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Office in the Ministry of Interior, said he was not aware of the case, but that police were obligated to investigate further to find out the cause of death.

Phnom Penh – During a meeting with Koichiro Matsuura, the UNESCO special envoy, Hun Xen asked this institution to actively help save Preah Vihear temple which sustained destruction from the Thai army. Hun Xen also asked for a discussion between Cambodia and Thailand on the damages on the temple, and that the discussion should be held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris with the participation of UNESCO.

Hun Xen told Koichiro Matsuura that the Preah Vihear dispute did not stem from the World Heritage listing – as claimed by Thailand – but rather by the Thai aggression instead. Xok An informed the press about the content of this meeting, he also indicated that Hun Xen raised the issue about the use of the banned cluster bombs by Thailand as well.

Koichiro Matsuura told Xok An that UNESCO will send its experts to review the damages sustained by Preah Vihear temple as soon as the ASEAN will send in its observers to the border region between Cambodia and Thailand.

Koichiro Matsuura arrived in Cambodia in the afternoon of Sunday 27 Feb for a 3-day visit. He met with Xok An and Hun Xen this morning at the Council of Ministers. He also plans to meet with Hor 5 Hong, the minister of Foreign Affairs and he will also pay a visit to King Sihamoni as well.

He also plans to meet with the UNESCO representative in Cambodia and a number of embassy staffs. Koichiro Matsuura's trip is aimed at finding ways to save Preah Vihear temple which sustained damages from Thailand. Xok An indicated that these damages are cultural and religious crime.

According to Xok An, the Cambodian government already held a special meeting to discuss the request made by the ASEAN president to provide a report on the damages sustained by the Preah Vihear temple prior to the arrival of the ASEAN observers in Cambodia. Xok An hoped that ASEAN will send its observers to Cambodia soon and that UNESCO will follow suit by sending over its experts to the temple.

Phnom Penh – More than 100 Boeung Kak Lake residents have gathered to protest in front of the Phnom Penh city hall in the morning of 28 February, asking the Phnom Penh authority to provide them with a resolution. The protesters shut down a portion of the Monivong Street causing a major traffic jam.

The cops are currently trying to break up the protesters and to reopen the road. During a press conference held a few days earlier, the residents asked that the Shukaku Inc. company to provide them with a 15-hectare land plot, and they also asked that the authority allow them to rebuild their houses on the spot. According the residents, their demand was handed over the city hall and the Shukaku Inc. company on 26 January 2011, but no answer or resolution was ever provided to them.

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Phnom Penh – Boeung Kak protesters who shut down the Monivong Street in front of the Phnom Penh city hall to protest this morning, were disbanded by the anti-riot cops and the street is now reopened to traffic.

Confrontation between the protesters and the cops led to a clash. A woman was arrested and another protester passed out. Many other protesters were injured.

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Phnom Penh – After the cops broke them up in front of the Phnom Penh city hall this morning, Boeung Kak Lake residents have regrouped in front of the Daun Penh district office to demand that the authority release the 3 residents arrested during a previous protest. The three arrested are: Mrs. Ruos, Mrs. Duong Samay and Mr. Uoch Phanna. The residents are also protesting the violence used by the cops to break them up.

The residents shut down a portion of Monivong Street in front of the city hall to protest this morning, but they were broken up by the riot cops. The street was then reopened to traffic. A clash took place between the protesters and the cops. Three residents were arrested, one passed out and several others were injured.

A Khmer Krom was sentenced 24 months in prison for abusing democratic freedoms infringe upon the interests of the State will be released on February 28, after serving for 20 months.

People and the families say, the Long Phu district police surrounded their house, and not allow them to respond to the press, while they claim this is the case take the hat and put pressure on her mental Khmer Krom farmers.

Imprisoned for land claims

Police agencies in Long Phu district, Soc Trang province will release a Khmer Krom on February 28 next, after the police slander people abusing democratic freedoms infringe upon the interests of State and inciting the people of land claims from the 90s to now.

According to Khmer Krom in Long Phu district, Soc Trang province would not be identified for Radio Free Asia said that, at least about 70 Khmer Krom families of Long Phu district, and some other districts Soc Trang province farmland lost Vietnam because the government uses policies to manage land expropriation.

After the disappointment of time people expect help resolve complaints from local authorities, there were dozens of Khmer Krom people of the area gathered together on the last return of land from Long Phu District Commission, the Commission the special people in Central City. Can Tho, and then pull each other up to complain at the office people in the city. City, however they have not been adequately answered.

"I think, Huynh Ba does not provoke anything, he just demands of his land and lost part of his land after being taken as the Vietnam government farm and construction establishments but not returned." - A Khmer Krom people

Khmer Krom people participated in the complaint said Long Phu district, after the land claims organization spread to the provinces of An Giang, and that local people were shot caps local government is reactionary is offline pressure, threats and arrested, Long Phu district, the government also began a crackdown to arrest a person other Khmer Krom Huynh Ba in early June 2009, then sentenced 24 months in prison for the Court Long Phu district that the person is involved reactionary organizations, taking advantage of democratic freedoms and led the return of land. He added:

"As far as I know, Huynh Ba fear contact with people abroad, or to contact the farmers to gather the people, or do something else, then that is the wrong perception of Vietnam 's government . I think, Huynh Ba does not provoke anything, he just demands of his land and lost part of his land after being taken as the Vietnam government farm and construction establishments but not returned.
Vietnam government has formed a team to tackle land, but what their union does not settle for anyone. As such, we recognize that, not the spirit of the written instructions of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. "

Mrs. Son Thi Kim Thu, Huynh Ba wife, said her own family was the district office took about 50 hectares of land to build farms, until now the government has not adequately compensated. Her husband was jailed for nearly 20 months now, health is weakening, and were treated very badly. Ms. Ho said, the current district police surrounded her house, her monitor, control, suppress and prohibit her spiritual answer to any reporters.

Mrs. Son Thi Kim Thu said the agency explained the legal reasons for keeping her husband's arrest that was captured on 1 June. Today the Court said the reason in touch with Radio Free Asia, and the Khmer people used to pressure the government.

Land management policies

Nguyen Hai lawyer, who accepted the documents and the Khmer Krom people expressed that the Upper Highlands, the current status of human rights, religious freedom, democracy and freedom and land ownership in Vietnam country very bad because the government is implementing policies are twofold. Foreign presence is very good form, while in the government crackdown, squeezed, violating the fundamental rights of human freedom.

As international condemnation, the government has given proof images. Government may be fighting each other diplomats because Western diplomats see the face only. Customs lawyers said, because government policies should ensure that both interests can exist exclusive party, has limited control over the activities of ethnic minorities. He added:

"Concerning the land of the problem, most Khmer Krom people who are oppressed, the lost lost lost land border. First about the language barrier. Monday on legal issues, they do not understand much. Often they were taken hat, then began to imprisonment. Even with so many people fall ill and paralyzed. And I also am interested in those cases, and in many cases to die in prison. "

Embassy spokesman in Cambodia, Vietnam, Le Minh Ngoc affirmed that the Government of Vietnam always deal fairly with all nations in the territory of Vietnam. All said Vietnam infringe religious freedom, human rights violations? Information is unfounded and has a lot of information is nature presented against the government to put Vietnam particularly against the Cambodia-Vietnam relations. Le Ngoc Minh said:

"Particularly with the Khmer Krom, a spokesman for Vietnam's Foreign Ministry has said many times, Vietnam respects all ethnic groups in Vietnam ethnic communities equally. All persons are equal before the law. Most have done in Vietnam according to law, no Vietnam service does make a mistake. All cases are to be tried according to the level of law and no discrimination. "

"Government policies wrong, because state land management policy. From the state that management has created an opportunity for officials and public servants in local authorities to take deprive farmers of land, most notably in the Chau Doc." - Mr. Tran Manh Rinh

Mr. Tran Manh Rinh commented further: "The policy of the state entirely wrong, because state land management policy. From the state that management has created an opportunity for officials and public servants in local authorities to take deprive farmers of land, most notably in the Chau Doc. It is the policy mistakes of the Vietnam Communist.

Huynh Ba should not be arrested in the first place, so now the state does not drop and drop and then it was then, but the government is wrong not to start him from the beginning. Because he is a victim, not incite people. If the absence of a person unjustly, then even if a thousand people excited, but no one was going. New unjustly because they claim they went. "

Mr. Hai, that a country does not respect human rights, a dictatorship will slowly collapse like Tunesia and Egypt. Where there is oppression, there is a struggle. If the communist regime that any dictator, silencing people, oppressed citizens, racial discrimination, then to a certain stage they will lose everything. When people stand up simultaneously, then all things are different.
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