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- Thai food psy-ops [Cambodian soldiers begging for food from Thai soldiers?]
- China donates uniforms to [Cambodian] army
- China donates uniforms to [Cambodian] army
- A peaceful way to put an end to the despised Hun Sen regime
- Red Wedding premier at Chenla Theatre this June 2
- ECCC Law
- Peter Gabriel fights injustice with video
- My Rights, My Responsibility (Constitution) Series
- " Ruom Kamchat Sva Chang-rai!" a Poem in Khmer by Sék Serei
| Thai food psy-ops [Cambodian soldiers begging for food from Thai soldiers?] Posted: 28 May 2011 02:24 PM PDT
Thai army chips at hungry foes' morale withgrilled chicken and minced pork The border showdown between Thai and Cambodian troops has eased in recent weeks. Soldiers on both sides of the disputed terrain remain locked in a staring contest. Only occasionally do shoot-outs and shelling punctuate the bouts of dull downtime. But, according to the Bangkok Post's senior military reporter, Thai troops have found a non-violent means of pecking away at the Cambodian rivals' morale. They're feeding them. Noting the Cambodians' meager food rations -- typically just sardines and sticky rice -- Thai officers occasionally welcome across the divide to a Thai-style lunch: grilled chicken, colaand laab mu, a chili-sprinkled minced pork dish. "Our soldiers share their food such as canned fish and snacks, particularly doughnuts," reporter Wassana Nanuam quotes a colonel as saying. "Some Cambodian soldiers have never eaten doughnuts before." I suppose it's harder to shoot a man who's offered you doughnuts. But we should remember that this account of culinary psy-ops only offers the Thai-side view. The Cambodian troops, many hardened from the brutal Khmer Rogue era, could just as easily accuse the Thais of confusing a military stand-off with a picnic. Still, if I was deployed to a grinding border showdown with no end in sight, I'd rather be on the side with the minced pork than the one handing out dried fish.   |
| China donates uniforms to [Cambodian] army Posted: 28 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT Friday, 27 May 2011 Kim Yuthana  Photo by: Heng Chivoan Royal Cambodian Armed Forces officials inspect boots donated to the Cambodian military by China. China donated 50,000 sets of new uniforms and boots to the Cambodian military at a ceremony held yesterday at the Cambodian Air Force Headquarters in Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh Post China donated 50,000 new uniforms to the Cambodian military yesterday in a move representatives of both countries said was indicative of the two countries' strongbilateral relationship. The uniforms are part of a commitment China made last year to donate military supplies including 257 trucks to the Kingdom after the United States, angered by Cambodia's decision to send 20 Uighur asylum seekers back to China in 2009, reneged on a similar offer. At a ceremony held at Cambodian Air Force Headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday, Chinese military attaché Zhang Jianlin said the donations would help bolster Cambodia's military capacity and were a sign of China's goodwill. "Cambodia and China are friends and brothers," he said. Moeung Samphan, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Defence, said the donation was the second largest China had provided the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, after the 257 trucks that were donated in June of last year. "The aid will give RCAF more advanced and modern materials," he said. The donation comes as Cambodia and Thailand attend UNESCO-mediated talks in Paris on the preservation of Preah Vihear temple and continued to honour a fragile ceasefire brokered earlier this month that ended vicious fighting along the countries' shared border that broke out in April. Carlyle Thayer, a politics professor at the University of New South Wales who specialises in Southeast Asian military affairs, suggested yesterday that the donations constituted a soft gesture by China urging Thailand to exercise more restraint in the contested border areas. "When China announces that it's providing these uniforms, that has political implications, but uniforms aren't going to kill you," he said. "[China's] not taking sides, but I think it [still] has a chilling effect on Thailand." Zhang Jianlin pledged yesterday to continue to help Cambodia bulit its military capacity in the future. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DAVID BOYLE   |
| China donates uniforms to [Cambodian] army Posted: 28 May 2011 02:21 PM PDT Friday, 27 May 2011 Kim Yuthana Photo by: Heng Chivoan Royal Cambodian Armed Forces officials inspect boots donated to the Cambodian military by China. China donated 50,000 sets of new uniforms and boots to the Cambodian military at a ceremony held yesterday at the Cambodian Air Force Headquarters in Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh Post China donated 50,000 new uniforms to the Cambodian military yesterday in a move representatives of both countries said was indicative of the two countries' strongbilateral relationship. The uniforms are part of a commitment China made last year to donate military supplies including 257 trucks to the Kingdom after the United States, angered by Cambodia's decision to send 20 Uighur asylum seekers back to China in 2009, reneged on a similar offer. At a ceremony held at Cambodian Air Force Headquarters in Phnom Penh yesterday, Chinese military attaché Zhang Jianlin said the donations would help bolster Cambodia's military capacity and were a sign of China's goodwill. "Cambodia and China are friends and brothers," he said. Moeung Samphan, a secretary of state at the Ministry of Defence, said the donation was the second largest China had provided the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, after the 257 trucks that were donated in June of last year. "The aid will give RCAF more advanced and modern materials," he said. The donation comes as Cambodia and Thailand attend UNESCO-mediated talks in Paris on the preservation of Preah Vihear temple and continued to honour a fragile ceasefire brokered earlier this month that ended vicious fighting along the countries' shared border that broke out in April. Carlyle Thayer, a politics professor at the University of New South Wales who specialises in Southeast Asian military affairs, suggested yesterday that the donations constituted a soft gesture by China urging Thailand to exercise more restraint in the contested border areas. "When China announces that it's providing these uniforms, that has political implications, but uniforms aren't going to kill you," he said. "[China's] not taking sides, but I think it [still] has a chilling effect on Thailand." Zhang Jianlin pledged yesterday to continue to help Cambodia bulit its military capacity in the future. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY DAVID BOYLE   |
| A peaceful way to put an end to the despised Hun Sen regime Posted: 28 May 2011 02:14 PM PDT
A PEACEFUL WAY TO PUT AN END TO THE DESPISED HUN SEN REGIME By Sam Rainsy Following my recent judicial victory over former Khmer Rouge prison director and current foreign ministerHor Nam Hong before the French court, I decide to initiate, reactivate or accelerate new and ongoing criminal lawsuits in democratic countries with independent courts against Cambodia's current prime minister Hun Sen. Hun Sen (real name Hun Nal) was a former Khmer Rouge army commander in the Eastern region who served the Pol Pot regime from April 1975 to July 1977 before fleeing to Vietnam. Moreover, as a top-ranking official of the Vietnamese-installed communist regime since 1979 and prime minister since 1985, he is responsible for many most serious crimes including war crimes and crimes against humanity. Hun Sen's hands are covered with blood following - The implementation of the deadly K 5 Plan from 1982 to 1988 - The 30 March 1997 grenade attack in Phnom Penh - The massacre of over a hundred of Funcinpec army officers taken prisoners in the wake of the 5-6 July 1997 military coup - The murder of dozens of innocent citizens including Buddhist monks peacefully protesting against election irregularities in Phnom Penh in August-September 1998 - The assassination, with his complicity, of his mistress Piseth Pilika by his wife Bun Rany (real name Sam Bun Heang) in 1999. The above crimes have been documented by independent historians and researchers and respectable institutions such as the United Nations Human Rights Office in Cambodia. From France and other democratic countries, on several occasions, in public speeches and in numerous writings, I have accused both Hun Sen and Hor Nam Hong of their well-known crimes. Only Hor Nam Hong dared to file a defamation lawsuit against me and he finally and definitively lost. Hun Sen is much more cowardly than Hor Nam Hong because his crimes are more serious and more easily exposed. This explains why Hun Sen is so apprehensive of any progress in the work of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh, which he wants to block at Case 02. Beyond that, his crimes and those of his most prominent colleagues in the ruling CPP would likely be fully exposed. I sincerely believe that suing Hun Sen with the assistance of competent lawyers in independent courts, including the ICC, for war crimes, crimes against humanity and other most heinous crimes he has committed, would decisively help put an end to a despised regime which, like Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi's, is killing its own people with systemic corruption, land grabbing and ever increasing human rights abuses. Sam Rainsy Elected Member of Parliament   |
| Red Wedding premier at Chenla Theatre this June 2 Posted: 28 May 2011 12:37 AM PDT     |
| Posted: 27 May 2011 09:05 PM PDT Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed During the Period of Democratic Kampuchea ("ECCC Law") with inclusion of amendments as promulgated on 27 October 2004 CHAPTER VII: INVESTIGATIONS During the investigation, Suspects shall be unconditionally entitled to assistance of counsel [lawyer] of their own choosing, and to have legal assistance assigned to them free of charge if they cannot afford it, as well as the right to interpretation, as necessary, into and from a language they speak and understand.   |
| Peter Gabriel fights injustice with video Posted: 27 May 2011 09:01 PM PDT By Khmer Democrat, Phnom Penh Power to the Artists Series! Musician and activist Peter Gabriel shares his very personal motivation for standing up for human rights with the watchdog group WITNESS -- and tells stories of citizen journalists in action. Why you should listen to him:In 1988, Peter Gabriel embarked on the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! tour. During his travels, Gabriel encountered people with horrific stories to tell: stories of torture, murder and abuse that had been denied and forgotten by those in power. Gabriel became convinced of the profound need to shine a spotlight into these unseen corners of the world. In 1992, he co-founded the watchdog group WITNESS, which arms ordinary people with digital cameras, enabling them to create and distribute films about the states of their own lives, transforming individual stories of abuse and violation into powerful tools for justice. In 2007, Gabriel and WITNESS launched "The Hub," an interactive media space for human right, which features video, stories, and action campaigns aimed at ending global human injustices. The following year, he received the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award. His tireless advocacy has helped build WITNESS into one of the world's great engines of citizen journalism. "Peter Gabriel is recognized around the world for his activities for peace and humanity." Mikhail Gorbachev   |
| My Rights, My Responsibility (Constitution) Series Posted: 27 May 2011 08:58 PM PDT Cambodian Constitution (Sept. 1993) CHAPTER XIV: THE NATIONAL CONGRESS Article 149- New (Previously Article 130): The National Congress adopts recommendations the Senate, the National Assembly and to the Executive branch for reflection. The organization and operation of the National Congress should be determined by law.   |
| " Ruom Kamchat Sva Chang-rai!" a Poem in Khmer by Sék Serei Posted: 27 May 2011 08:23 PM PDT    |
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