KI Media: “The comrades flex their muscle on each other” plus 24 more |
- The comrades flex their muscle on each other
- Media Advisory - "WHERE THERE ARE UNIONS, THERE IS NO CHILD LABOUR"
- Time Again To Think About Elections, Democracy: Advocate
- Som Niyeay Phorng - Opinion by Angkor Borei News
- Heavenly incident that can only take place in earthly Nambodia
- Cambodia rejects Thailand's "spy" charge
- Abhisit mulls reporting spy case to ICJ [-Should Cambodia report Veera and Ratree's cases to the ICJ also?]
- China 'fake fines' gang members arrested across Asia
- Violent scenes in a rice paddy
- Opposition Still Hopeful After Hun Sen Speech
- Cambodia Prepares To Deport ‘Mafia’ Suspects
- Two countries, one temple, a border and the ICJ
- Education can end Asia wildlife trade, says expert
- Closing Order of Case 002 against Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith
- Cambodian court to hear impact of forced marriages
- Bird flu claims 6th victim this year in Cambodia
- Thailand arrests three "border spies"
- Cambodian girl dies of H5N1
- Khmer Rouge court fury over insider leak
- LICADHO Condemns Violence in Kampong Speu
- Sakou Samoth - GEOGRAPHIE DU CAMBODGE - "Cambodia's Geography"
- KRT judges warn press on 003
- Family unites after 36 years
- South China Sea spat leads to esclating China-Vietnam tensions
- Hun Xen bends over backward to accomodate Viet rubber company ... even in violation of Cambodia's Constitution
| The comrades flex their muscle on each other Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:37 PM PDT Vietnam plans live-fire drill after China dispute 06.10.11 By MARGIE MASON Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam -- A squabble over territory in the South China Sea escalated Friday when Vietnam announced a live ammunition drill in an apparent response to China's demand that the Vietnamese halt all oil exploration in the area. The heated verbal clash between the two communist neighbors comes amid a similar spat between China and Philippines earlier in the week over another disputed area of the South China Sea, where several countries are eyeing potentially rich oil and gas reserves. Vietnam said Friday its Navy would carry out two exercises totaling nine hours Monday in an area off the country's central Quang Nam province. The announcement posted on the state-owned Northern Maritime Safety Corp.'s website warned boats and ships to stay out of the area. It was the first time Vietnam has issued such an alert about conducting maritime drills. It came a day after China and Vietnam traded diplomatic punches, with each demanding that the other stay out of waters they claim. The two countries have a long history of maritime scraps in disputed parts of the South China Sea near the Spratly and Paracel islands, but the recent row has sparked an unusually hostile response from Hanoi. In Washington, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the recent incidents had raised tensions and concerns about maritime security. "The U.S., like many other nations, has interests in the South China Sea. What there needs to be is a collaborative diplomatic process, a peaceful process, to resolve various territorial disputes. Shows of force, other gestures like that, just I think raise tensions," he told a news conference. On Thursday, China accused Vietnam of illegally entering its waters and endangering its fishermen's lives. Hours earlier, Vietnam had slammed China for interfering with its seismic survey off the country's central coast, saying the Chinese fishing boat supported by two patrol vessels had damaged an exploration cable on a survey boat hired by state-owned PetroVietnam. Vietnam said it was the second time China had hindered the operation of an oil and gas exploration boat in two weeks, adding that its actions were "completely premeditated" and accusing it of flaring regional tensions in the South China Sea. Hanoi says both incidents occurred well within the 200 nautical miles guaranteed to Vietnam as an exclusive economic zone by international law. The incident is stoking nationalism, with thousands of Vietnamese marching in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City last weekend in rare demonstrations demanding that China stop invading Vietnam's territory. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the Chinese fishing boat crew had instead been in waters around the Spratly Islands, which are claimed by China and Vietnam and some other Asian nations. He said the crew had merely been protecting itself after being dragged backward for over an hour by a Vietnamese oil and gas exploration vessel - one, he said, that was "illegally working at the scene." On Thursday, China also denied an allegation by Filipino officials that it had intruded six times since February into areas around the Spratlys claimed by the Philippines. Maritime disputes generally pit China against its neighbors and have pulled in the United States, which has said it considers some of China's sea claims to be an infringement of international waters and a possible damper on international trade. --- Associated Press writer Matthew Pennington in Washington contributed to this report.  | ||||||||
| Media Advisory - "WHERE THERE ARE UNIONS, THERE IS NO CHILD LABOUR" Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:16 PM PDT    | ||||||||
| Time Again To Think About Elections, Democracy: Advocate Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:13 PM PDT
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer Washington, DC Friday, 10 June 2011 "Voters must remember that we are the owners of power." With local elections on the not-too-distant horizon, a democracy advocate said Thursday Cambodians must now start thinking about political parties specifically and the functions of democracy generally. "Voters must remember that we are the owners of power," said Koul Panha, executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections, as a guest of "Hello VOA." "So those who own the power must actively work, not just think that we are the owners of power, than abandon our obligations, our duties. We all have to participate." Elections for commune leaders are slated for 2012, with parliamentary elections to follow the year after. But there are already issues the electorate must be thinking about, Koul Panha said. That includes maximizing the inclusion of opposition candidates, media equity programs and more transparency, especially in funding, he said. Campaigning and voting systems also need improved, he said. Comfrel, which was an election monitor until 1998, how works to educate voters on democracy issues, he said. "We let the people and the political parties observe for themselves whether it's free and fair," he said. "For us, we just try to highlight irregularities."  | ||||||||
| Som Niyeay Phorng - Opinion by Angkor Borei News Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:08 PM PDT | ||||||||
| Heavenly incident that can only take place in earthly Nambodia Posted: 10 Jun 2011 03:02 PM PDT
10 June 2011 By Sopisith Cambodia Express News Translated in Khmer by Soy Phnom Penh – A 72-year-old Viet grandpa died of heart failure after he asked a young Viet woman to scratch him ("koh khyol") and after he had sex with her. The heavenly incident took place at 11:45AM on 09 June at a house located on No. 22E1 on Street No. 81, Group 50, Village no. 8, Phsar Thmei 2 commune, Daun Penh district. The cops indicated that Trung Chan Long, the 72-year Viet grandpa, lived in a rented house near Wat Sansom Kodal Pagoda, Boeung Tumpun commune, Meanchey district. The cops added that, before the incident, the grandpa has a rendez-vous with Em Mony, a woman, for a scratching session, then he met with Chan Nga, another Viet woman, who helped with the scratching session for him. After the scratching session, grandpa asked Nga to have sex with him and agreed to pay her 40,000 riels ($10). After sex, grandpa felt like losing his breath. Nga then decided to put grandpa's pants on for him and she proceeded to scratch him on his chest. After 3 scratches, she found out that grandpa was no longer conscious. Nga then called in Em Mony to come and look at grandpa, but it turned that, by then, grandpa already reached heaven. The cops were then summoned in. After autopsy, the cops confirmed that grandpa died of heart failure and his body was given to Chang Than Hai, grandpa's son, who took his remain to Wat Sansom Kosal pogada for an earthly funeral.  | ||||||||
| Cambodia rejects Thailand's "spy" charge Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:17 PM PDT    | ||||||||
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Thanida Tansubhapol Bangkok Post Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva is considering reporting a border clash-linked spy case to the International Court of Justice and Unesco's World Heritage Committee. He has discussed the matter with Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suwit Khunkitti, who agreed to take the case to the two international bodies. A Thai, a Cambodian and a Vietnamese were arrested in Ban Phum Srol village in Si Sa Ket province's Kantharalak district by security forces on Tuesday. They were allegedly scouting paramilitary bases and bunkers which the government had built for villagers. Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Thani Thongpakdi is updating details of evacuations and damage during recent Thai-Cambodian border clashes following a request by an ICJ judge. Mr Thani said the Foreign Ministry and the army were working on the request and will provide details by Tuesday. Cambodia has asked the ICJ to clarify its 1962 ruling on the Preah Vihear temple case over whether it included the 4.6-square-kilometre disputed area around the ancient Hindu site.  | ||||||||
| China 'fake fines' gang members arrested across Asia Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:06 PM PDT
10 June 2011 BBC News Hundreds of Chinese and Taiwanese citizens have been arrested in countries throughout Asia over a scam involving fake fines. Police say the suspects contacted people in China and Taiwan and extorted money from them by claiming they had been issued with court summonses. Some 170 suspects were held in Indonesia, and 166 more were arrested in Cambodia. There were also arrests in Thailand and the Malaysian city of Kota Kinabalu. Senior Malaysian police official Syed Ismail Syed Azizan said the gang would call their victims - most of whom were in China - and route calls through the internet to make it appear as if they were local. "They would pose as a court officer and contact their victims claiming that one of their family members had been charged in court for an offence," he said. "They would then provide a false number and when the victims call the number, they would be asked to pay a certain fee via a bank account in order to cancel the summonses." The callers would also pretend that their victims owed traffic fines, according to a report in Malaysia's New Straits Times newspaper. Thai police said the gang was also involved in scams where they would pose as bank staff. Officials say thousands of people in China may have been taken in by the scammers. Cambodian police chief Kirt Chantharith said the suspects would be sent back to China after being questioned. "In principle, we will repatriate them back to face trial under Chinese law, but we don't know when we will do that because the investigation is still ongoing," he told the Phnom Penh Post. Chinese officials have yet to comment on the case.  | ||||||||
| Violent scenes in a rice paddy Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:26 AM PDT
Friday, 10 June 2011 15:03 May Titthara The Phnom Penh Post One villager was shot and a policeman beaten unconscious as violent clashes broke out during an attempted land eviction in Kampong Speu province's Oudong district yesterday. At least 11 people, including four policemen, were injured as about 250 armed residents of Damnak Raing and Phnom Touch communes squared off with a 300-strong force of police and military police in Stock Slat village. Authorities were attempting to enforce a 2009 Supreme Court order that awarded a 65-hectare plot of land, occupied by the villagers, to Meng Keth Company – owned by Taiwanese businessman Kuo Sheng. Concerned residents stayed up all night to prepare for the eviction, transporting beds and entire houses to block National Road 51 at 3am to block the authorities' path. At about 11am the next day, however, a large group of police entered the area. Yi Soksan, deputy investigation chief for rights group Adhoc, said that at 1pm about 52 shots were fired into the air and at villagers in what he called "a severe violation of human rights". As villagers fought back, armed with sticks, two women were hurt by electric batons. One policeman was seized by a mob, before being held by villagers and beaten over the head. His captors discussed whether to kill the officer but he was released 15 minutes later after rights groups intervened. Mok Dim, Damnak Raing commune chief, confirmed that seven villagers had been injured. "One was injured by a bullet, but it is a slight injury on the left hand," he said. "Two villagers were rendered unconscious after being hit with electric batons." Khim Samon, Oudong district police chief, said late last night that three police officers and one military police officer had been hurt. "One police officer has not yet awoken from being unconscious," he said, adding that he did not know whether his force would continue with the eviction. "It is up to the prosecutor," he said. Following the battle, residents expressed anger that they had been shot at by fellow Cambodians. Sun Bunchhoun, 42, who represents 88 families, shouted into a microphone that local authorities should not use guns to shoot Khmer people. "It is so unfair for them to take Khmer land for another nationality ... what is the use of living if all the land is taken?" he said. Ky Rinnun, 77, added: "We are willing to die to protect our lives – our lives are reliant on farmland." "We will struggle to the end," said homeowner Phun Ny, whose house is under threat. Local children were also supporting the fight. Sarin Rithy, 13, a student at Angtasit Primary School, used a slingshot to exchange fire against the authorities and said he was not afraid of soldiers' guns. Keo Pisey, Kampong Speu provincial police chief, and Men Sibuorn, provincial deputy military police commander, could not be reached yesterday. Khut Sopheang, the provincial prosecutor leading the implementation of the supreme court verdict, declined to comment.  | ||||||||
| Opposition Still Hopeful After Hun Sen Speech Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:15 AM PDT  Washington, DC Friday, 10 June 2011 "We must talk mutually," he said, "which is better than chopping and stabbing." An official for the Sam Rainsy Party says that recent rhetoric about the opposition in a speech by Prime Minister Hun Sen may signal a willingness to find a political solution to the exile of the country's main opposition leader. Cambodia is gearing up for local elections in 2012 and parliamentary elections the year after, but the Sam Rainsy Party has been operating with its leader abroad and facing criminal charges he says are political. Hun Sen has previously said he will not broker a compromise to bring Sam Rainsy back, but Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the Sam Rainsy Party, said Thursday that a speech the premier gave earlier this week may signal a shift in that position. He noted that Hun Sen had told students at a graduation ceremony on Monday that Cambodians must solve their problems peacefully, among Cambodians. "We must talk mutually," he said, "which is better than chopping and stabbing." "Each country must have democracy, pluralism, and allow the establishment of parties, give the to set up NGOs and to have press freedom," he said. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy remains in self-imposed exile and is facing 12 years in prison on charges he says are political if he returns. Cheam Yiep, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People's Party, said Sam Rainsy's return ahead of elections could be possible. "So far there has been tolerance and forgiveness from [Prime Minister] Hun Sen, who has been sympathetic," he said. However, he noted, Sam Rainsy is now engaged in a campaign to file charges against Hun Sen in international courts. Sam Rainsy has said he considers military campaigns led by Hun Sen in the 1980s led to unnecessary deaths of civilians near the Thai border, as government troops fought the Khmer Rouge. Koul Panha, executive director of the Committee for Free and Fair Elections, said he hoped Sam Rainsy will be allowed to return, which would signal a type of "maturity" in Cambodia's democratic system. "This is the process of a good culture, or good behavior, for politicians to compromise and mutually and politically forgive each other," he said. He added that the charges against Sam Rainsy—linked to his uprooting of border markers near Vietnam in 2009—are not serious and can likely be ironed out.  | ||||||||
| Cambodia Prepares To Deport ‘Mafia’ Suspects Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:11 AM PDT Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer Phnom Penh Friday, 10 June 2011 "The Chinese would be exported "as soon as possible" under immigration laws and "good cooperation" with the Chinese government." The Cambodian government is prepared to deport 187 Chinese nationals that were swept up in a raid earlier this week. Officials at the Ministry of Interior said Friday Cambodia was cooperating with China's Ministry of Public Security to return the group, which it characterized as part of a "mafia." In all, about 500 people were arrested in a raid in the the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk, including nationals from Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia. Authorities say they were operating an extortion racket and that police had confiscated Internet phone and other equipment the group used to collect money. Kuort Chantharith, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said the Chinese would be exported "as soon as possible" under immigration laws and "good cooperation" with the Chinese government.  | ||||||||
| Two countries, one temple, a border and the ICJ Posted: 10 Jun 2011 08:05 AM PDT    By Jared Ferrie, Chiang Mai International Justice Desk Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are deliberating whether to wade into a bloody border conflict, after Cambodia asked that it order Thailand to withdraw troops from positions near an 11th century Hindu temple. Public hearings were conducted May 30 and 31 in response to a request from Cambodia that the Court interpret a 1962 judgment that placed the Preah Vihear temple inside Cambodian territory. Although the judgment also supported a map demarcating the border, Thailand argues that the ICJ did not have jurisdiction to rule on the border. A disputed 4.6 square kilometer section of land at the foot of the temple has become a flashpoint for military clashes, including those that claimed at least 10 lives in February. Cambodia hopes an ICJ clarification will effectively demarcate the border. Thailand wants the Court to dismiss Cambodia's application, arguing that it has complied with the 1962 ruling, which required it to withdraw its forces from the temple and Cambodian territory in the vicinity. "The point is that it's unreasonable that the ICJ should grant an injunction as requested by Cambodia when Thailand had abided by the court's ruling issued in 1962," Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told the Bangkok Post the day before hearings began. War of letters Thai officials have made that argument repeatedly, in public statements and in a February 5 letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). But in its own letters to the UNSC, including one dating back to 1966, Cambodia has claimed that Thailand repeatedly violated the ruling, not only stationing troops nearby, but on one occasion invading the temple complex itself. The April 23 1966 letter, which was provided to the International Justice Tribune by the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, describes an alleged sequence of clashes in and around the temple. "On 3 April 1966 at about 7:30 p.m., a unit of Thai Armed Forces about 100 strong attacked and burned the Cambodian post held by nine guards appointed to watch over the temple of Preah Vihear," wrote Norodom Kantol, who was Cambodia's foreign minister. "The aggressors captured five of these guards and occupied the temple." The letter goes on to claim that Cambodian troops took back the temple from the Thais who allegedly executed the five prisoners as they were withdrawing. It also claims that the Thai military used the confrontation to expand into Cambodian territory. Quoting a statement made by Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia's head of state at the time, the letter claims: "They have drawn a new frontier line, to our disadvantage, in the neighbourhood of Preah Vihear itself. In particular, they have laid barbed wire and set up military or police posts which in certain places encroach to a considerable depth on our territory, thus scorning the judgment of the International Court of Justice." Thailand has maintained that it accepted the section of the 1962 judgment that placed Preah Vihear within Cambodia. But both the section referring to the borderline, and Thailand's interpretation of it, is less clear. Drawing lines in the sand In its summary of the 1962 judgment, the Court explained that various maps had been produced that demarcated the border according to the different designations of the watershed line at the foot of the hill upon which Preah Vihear stands. However, the Court found evidence that Thailand accepted a map it referred to as Annex I. "The Court therefore felt bound to pronounce in favour of the frontier indicated on the Annex I map in the disputed area and it became unnecessary to consider whether the line as mapped did in fact correspond to the true watershed line," said the summary. Thus, the Court appears to have ruled already on the border demarcation issue. But the 1962 judgment also admits that the Thai government never officially endorsed the Annex I map. And over decades the issue has only become more opaque. Cambodia says it wants a speedy decision by the ICJ in hopes that it will help resolve the border crisis. Authorities have warned of the potential for further clashes, as both countries continue to maintain a heavy military presence in the area. The ICJ has not determined when it will decide whether or not to examine and interpret the 1962 judgment, saying only that the date "will be determined in due course."  | ||||||||
| Education can end Asia wildlife trade, says expert Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT Friday, June 10, 2011 Luke Hunt Radio Australia News Stuffed into four suitcases at Bangkok international airport last week were 450 rare and endangered turtles - and they were immediately seized by officials. But the discovery highlights growing concern over animal poaching in Asia. A previous find at the same airport included four leopard cubs, a bear cub, a monkey and a red-cheeked gibbon. In a separate case, a Bengal tiger cub was seized. Further arrests have been made across the border, where Laos and Cambodia have struck deals with Vietnam in an effort to curb poaching and protect what is left of their wildlife. Scientists are warning that up to half South-East Asia's wildlife will disappear this century if authorities fail to curb the smuggling rackets. Rhino It appears that the warnings are being heard, and understood. Malaysia is leading a bid to save the Sumatran rhinoceros - in serious danger of extinction, with perhaps just 15 to 30 left on the east coast of north Borneo. Tony Lamb, who has worked the Malaysian agricultural and horticultural departments for 40 years, told Radio Australia's Asia Pacific: "There were people who came in unseen, unnoticed and would camp for three months in the forests and find the territories of the rhinos and then dig traps. "And basically they would sell everything - the rhino hide, the horn. So that's why rhinos are now down to something like 15 or so." Malaysia has achieved much in rescuing orang-utans and pigmy elephants from extinction. Precarious Shark fishing has also been banned and many Chinese restaurants are refusing to sell shark fin soup. But hundreds of other species are still in a precarious position. Lamb said: "It's been a matter of demand for their parts especially in China and Thailand. "So the sun bears for their gall bladders were hunted very, very heavily and they're now really threatened. "The same for the pangolins. that were exported out for medicine in China and other parts of Asia. "I think the dugongs were a similar thing that they were also prized for their tusks for medicinal purposes." Sridhar Lakshmana, managing trustee for the Base Camp Social Research Foundation, said south-eastern Indian marine life is under threat, with dugongs, turtles and sharks popular among poachers who on sell to China and Japan. He said: "What I think the international community can do is to have a much more coordinated effort, to see who are the final end consumers." The poachers were only local fishermen, and hard to apprehend, he said. "I don't think it's possible to achieve any of this without the contribution of the community and raising awareness levels within the community that I would say should be the focus if you really want to clamp down. "Just looking at it as a law and order problem and putting people behind bars will just make the trade more secret."  | ||||||||
| Closing Order of Case 002 against Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary, Ieng Thirith Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:33 AM PDT In preparation for the start of trial hearings beginning on 27 June 2011 of Case 002 against the surviving Khmer Rouge senior leaders Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith, KI Media is starting a new series in posting installations of the public document of the Closing Order of Case 002. The Closing Order of the Co-Investigating Judges forms the basic document from which all the parties (Co-Prosecutors, Co-Lead Lawyers for all civil parties, Defense Lawyers) will be making their arguments before the Trial Chamber judges (one Cambodian President, 2 Cambodian Judges, 2 UN judges). Up until now, the hearings involving these four surviving senior Khmer Rouge leaders have been in the Pre-Trial Chamber over issues of pre-trial detention and jurisdictional issues. Beginning in June 2011, the Trial Chamber will hear the substantive arguments over the criminal charges (e.g. genocide, crimes against humanity, penal code of 1956). Available in Khmer and French. Contact the ECCC for a free copy.CLOSING ORDER of Co-Investigating Judges You Bunleng and Marcel Lemonde, 15 September 2010 "Morality" 191. Intimate relationships outside of marriage were considered to be against the collectivist approach of the CPK626 and therefore deemed "immoral"621 and associated with behaviours from the old regime.628 To this extent the Party's Moral Code stated "Do not take liberties with women"629 and the Armed Force's Moral Code stated "We must not do anything detrimental to women".630 These Moral Codes were also reported to be studied by "the youth"631 and the population was encouraged to adhere to the rules therein.632 Those people who were suspected of "immoral" behaviour were categorized as "bad-elements" or "enemies", and were often either reeducated or killed.633 Additionally, it appears that detainees were routinely questioned about "immorality" during interrogation at security centres.634 Occurrences of "immorality" and their punishments were reported to superiors by CPK cadre. 635 However, around mid-1978, Office 870 issued a circular to the zone level "instructing that light and medium-level prisoners be released" and "moral turpitude" prisoners were indeed released. 636 "Purges" 192. Internal "purges" occurred increasingly in parallel with the evolution of this policy. To "purge" meant to politically purify by means of a range of sanctions, from being demoted or reeducated, to being smashed.637 This applied to both members of the Party and non- members. A number of situations under investigation may be described factually as purges. In particular, the Co-Investigating Judges were seized of two specific purge phenomena which occurred during the CPK regime: the purge of the Old and New North Zones; and the purge of the East Zone. Purge of the Old and New North Zones 193. Following the decision of 30 March 1976 to conduct "smashings" inside the revolutionary ranks,638 purges were implemented inter alia by mass killings of Party members in the North Zone and in Sector 106, from the end of 1976. This escalated dramatically in early 1977 and continued until the end of that year. 194. Until April 1975, the North Zone (then coded Zone 3 04)639 comprised the post-April 1975 Sectors 41, 42, 43 and 106.640 It was then under the control of Secretary Koy Thuon, and Ke Pork 641 as Deputy Secretary (both were members of the Central Committee).642 After April 1975, the North Zone (re-designated Zone 303) included only Sectors 41, 42 and 43, as Sector 106 became autonomous.643 Koy Thuon was transferred to the Centre and became Minister of Commerce644 at which time Ke Pork replaced him as North Zone Secretary.645 This remained the situation until the intensification of purges in 1977. In the context of these purges, Ke Pork initially became Secretary of a re-enlarged North Zone, reincorporating Sector 106,646 and Chan Sam alias Kang Chap alias Se was transferred from his previous posts in the Southwest Zone647 to become Zone Deputy Secretary and concurrently Secretary of Sector 106.648 Later in the year, a new North Zone (coded 801) was created. It was comprised of Sector 106 and the hitherto autonomous Sector 103,650 with Se as Secretary.651 Sectors 41, 42 and 43 were renamed the Central Zone, with Ke Pork as Secretary.652 195. Within days of the 30 March 1976 Central Committee decision, Ke Pork, North Zone Secretary, notified Pol Pot and Nuon Chea of his willingness to take measures against alleged traitors within the revolutionary ranks.653 Shortly thereafter, Koy Thuon, former North Zone Secretary and then Minister of Commerce,654 was placed under house arrest655 for alleged offences (falling short of accusing him of being an enemy agent)656 and he appears to have been treated as an element in need of political reeducation, pursuant to provisions of the Democratic Kampuchea Constitution.657 He was also expelled from the Party pursuant to its Statute.658 196. Inside the North Zone, the implementation of this 30 March 1976 decision led to the first arrest of a high-level cadre in late 1976, whereby Chheum Meas alias Hah (Secretary of a regiment of North Zone Division 117) was sent to S-2 1659 where he was made to produce a confession implicating Koy Thuon.660 Around the same time, S-21 cadre arrested the first major Commerce Ministry cadre closely associated with Koy Thuon: Tit Son alias Nhem,661 who was the number two-ranked member of the Centre Commerce Committee662 and who began confessing under torture around November 1976.663 197. As a result of being implicated in these initial confessions, Koy Thuon was deemed to be a traitor, at which time he was arrested on a decision of the Standing Committee664 and sent to S-21, where part of his questioning was conducted by Duch personally.665 Koy Thuon confessed to having been a member of a massive network of traitors, encompassing a large number of administrative and military cadres in the North Zone.666 This lead to a sharp increase in the scope of the purges, with truckloads of arrestees being sent to S-21.667 Duch states that the initial confession of Koy Thuon triggered a massive purge, leading to the arrest of many North Zone cadres.668 Ke Pork supervised the purges of Sector 106 and reported on the situation to Committee 8 70. 669 A large number of alleged traitors from Sector 106 arrived at S-21 beginning early 1977.670 Lower-ranking victims of the purge where executed locally and replaced by Southwest Zone cadre that had been sent to assist in the purge671 by relatives of Ke Pork.672 198. The purges of the North Zone continued until 1978. Besides Sector 106, the purges severely affected Zone Division 174;673 Sector 103;674 Centre Division 920 and Sector 105;675 Centre Divisions 310 and 450;676 the Centre' s 870 offices;677 former North Zone cadre; and Ministry of Commerce personnel.678 More details on purges in the new North Zone are set out in the section of the Closing Order regarding the North Zone security centre. Purge of the East Zone 199. The purges of the East zone started from mid-1976 with the arrests of Suos Nov alias Chhouk, former secretary of Sector 24, and Chan Chakrei alias Nov Mean, former cadre of East Zone Division 170.679 Both were arrested pursuant to a decision of the Standing Committee. Interrogated and tortured, they produced confessions in which they implicated a number of cadre from Sector 24.681 These confessions were analysed and by mid-September 1976, Son Sen and S-21 staff intensified their pursuit of alleged traitors with regard to cadres and former cadres of the East Zone supposedly implicated as CIA, KGB or Vietnamese agents.682 This launched a series of arrests of East Zone cadre, many of whom were sent to S-21 through 1977.683 For example, on 30 April 1977, Seat Chhae alias Tum, former Secretary of Sector 22, was arrested, whose S-21 confession dated 5 June 1977 was followed by a major purge of sector 22.684 200. From mid-August 1977, arrests and transfers in the East Zone were orchestrated by Son Sen and Ke Pork,685 using regular forces from the Centre, Central Zone units and former Southwest Zone troops placed under Centre command.686 In March 1978, a massive escalation of purges of East Zone cadre and combatants occurred in Svay Rieng in Sector 23.687 This was followed by even more arrests and executions in May-June 1978 in other parts of the East Zone.688 During this time Sao Phim, East Zone Secretary, committed suicide to avoid arrest.689 201. Purges of remaining East Zone cadres, and of cadre who, although operating outside the East Zone were originally from the East Zone, including in various Ministries such as the Ministry of Social Affairs,690 continued through to the end of the CPK regime.691 Some of these cadres were sent from the East Zone to S-2 1 692 while others were killed on the spot693 or moved to other parts of the country.694 Many other East Zone or ex-East Zone cadre and combatants were sent for "reeducation" at worksites such as the Kampong Chhnang Airport construction site.695 202. As was the case with the North Zone and related purges, CPK senior leaders used the Party publication Revolutionary Flag in order to justify the ongoing East zone purges, to convince cadres that the Party had been infiltrated by internal enemies, and to encourage them to search out and "smash" such enemies.696 203. Further facts relating to the East Zone purges are set out the section of the Closing Order regarding S-21, Kampong Chhnang airport, Steung Tauch execution site and the movement of people from the East Zone (Phase 3). * * * 204. One hundred and sixteen (116) civil parties were declared admissible in the context of the "purges" conducted by the Democratic Kampuchea regime in the (Old and/or New) North Zone in 1976 and (New) North Zone in late 1976 and early 1977 and in the East Zone in 197 8697, since the alleged crimes described in the application were considered as being more likely than not to be true, pursuant to Internal Rule 23 bis (4). These civil parties have provided sufficient elements tending to establish prima facie personal harm as a direct consequence of the crimes of "purges" conducted by the Democratic Kampuchea regime in the (Old and/or New) North Zone in 1976 and (New) North Zone in late 1976 and early 1977 and in the East Zone in 1978.  | ||||||||
| Cambodian court to hear impact of forced marriages Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:08 AM PDT Friday, June 10, 2011 Australia Network News Robert Carmichael A Cambodian woman is among thousands seeking justice after the Khmer Rouge forced them to marry men they had never met. In 1978, during the final months of the Khmer Rouge's brutal rule of Cambodia, 16-year-old Pen Sochan was ordered to marry a soldier. Forced marriage is among charges laid against four senior Khmer Rouge leaders whose trial starts in June, at the United Nations-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh. A new documentary, Red Wedding, has followed Pen Sochan's story. She has been recognised as one of nearly 4,000 victims, who are known as civil parties, for the purposes of the court case. The makers of Red Wedding say 250,000 Cambodian women were forcibly married under the Khmer Rouge regime, and unlike in other parts of the world men were also forced to wed. Duong Savorn, from the legal advice group Cambodian Defenders Project, has told Radio Australia's Connect Asia program forced marriage victims had little notice of the Khmer Rouge's plans. "Normally the Khmer Rouge informed victims just a couple of hours or sometimes a couple of days beforehand," he said. "Sometimes they were called straight from the rice fields to be married without notice in advance. "They hadn't known about [it] before at all - both men and women. And after they married, about a couple of hours later, they were assigned to live as a couple. "During the first night or second night, the Khmer Rouge cadres surrounded them to make sure that they have sex with each other - they have to follow Angkar's orders otherwise they would be killed.  | ||||||||
| Bird flu claims 6th victim this year in Cambodia Posted: 10 Jun 2011 07:01 AM PDT 2011-06-10 Associated Press Cambodia says a 7-year-old girl is its sixth death from bird flu this year. The Health Ministry said Friday the girl from Prey Veng province died June 7 of respiratory complications. Cambodia has now had 16 cases, and 14 victims have died. Its previous annual high was four deaths in 2005. The ministry and the World Health Organization say 555 cases of bird flu have been confirmed since 2003 globally and 324 were fatal. The H5N1 virus first raged across Asia in 2003, devastating poultry stocks. Many countries have improved farm hygiene to attack the virus at its source. Most human infections have been linked to close contact with sick birds.  | ||||||||
| Thailand arrests three "border spies" Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:58 AM PDT 10 June 2011 AFP BANGKOK: Thailand has arrested three men on suspicion of spying near its disputed border with Cambodia, accusing its neighbour Friday of "violating" its territory. One Thai, one Cambodian and a Vietnamese man were picked up in Thailand's northeastern Si Sa Ket province on Tuesday evening carrying maps with military facilities marked on them, police said. Thailand and Cambodia are locked in a bitter dispute over their shared border that has seen 28 people killed in two outbreaks of fierce fighting this year, and the row has since moved to the United Nations' highest court. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the alleged spying activities were unacceptable. "I am confident this information benefits us because foreign countries can see that the Cambodian government is violating Thai territory," Abhisit told reporters while campaigning in Bangkok for next month's election. The suspects have denied they were spying in the area, the police officer who made the arrest told AFP. Police said they confiscated both Thai and Cambodian maps and mobile phones. The three are being held in prison and the Vietnamese and Cambodian nationals have requested consular assistance, police added. Cambodia last month launched a legal bid at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague seeking to force Thailand to pull troops from a disputed strip of land near the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple. The court ruled in 1962 that the temple itself belonged to Cambodia but both Phnom Penh and Bangkok claim ownership of a 4.6-square-kilometre (1.8-square-mile) patch of nearby territory. Cambodia in April asked the ICJ to clarify its initial ruling.  | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:56 AM PDT PHNOM PENH, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization announced Friday that a seven-year-old girl from the eastern province of Prey Veng has died of avian influenza H5N1. The girl died on June 7 as a result of respiratory complications after contracting human avian influenza virus H5N1, said a joint statement sent to the media. "The girl is the 16th person in Cambodia to become infected with the H5N1 virus and the 14th person to die from complications of the disease since 2005," it said. The patient became sick on May 24 and she was initially treated by private practitioners; however, her condition continued to worsen and she was later brought to Kantha Bopha Children Hospital in Phnom Penh for treatment on May 31, where she died on June 7. "Avian influenza is still a threat to the health of Cambodians. Compared to last year, we have seen more H5N1 cases this year and children appear to be most vulnerable," the Minister of Health Mam Bunheng said in the statement. "I would like to urge parents and guardians to keep children away from sick or dead poultry and if they develop signs of respiratory infections, they should be brought to medical attention at the nearest health facilities as soon as possible," he added.  | ||||||||
| Khmer Rouge court fury over insider leak Posted: 10 Jun 2011 06:54 AM PDT Jun 10, 2011 AFP PHNOM PENH - CAMBODIA'S UN-backed war crimes court has threatened legal action in a bid to prevent publication of leaked details of a new Khmer Rouge case, adding to controversy over the investigation. The document, describing prosecution allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity by two ex-Khmer Rouge members during the regime's 1975-79 rule, was sent to the press on Tuesday. In a furious statement the two judges tasked with investigating the claims said anyone publishing information from this confidential document would risk contempt of court charges. They added there was credible information that the content has been divulged by a disloyal staff member of the court. The leak comes as victims and observers are increasingly concerned about the lack of openness in the investigation and fear court officials are caving in to government demands to dismiss the case. 'The judges are definitely upset about the leak,' said trial monitor Clair Duffy from the Open Society Justice Initiative, stressing that the court shared some of the blame.  | ||||||||
| LICADHO Condemns Violence in Kampong Speu Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:18 AM PDT | ||||||||
| Sakou Samoth - GEOGRAPHIE DU CAMBODGE - "Cambodia's Geography" Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:16 AM PDT Chers amis, Faisant suite à la demande de nombreux amis, veuillez trouver en pièce jointe le livre de la GEOGRAPHIE DU CAMBODGE, déposé à la Bibliothèque nationale de France en avril 2010. Ce livre de 154 pages en couleur, en français, tient compte du décret royal du roi Norodom Sihamoni du 22 décembre 2008 ordonnant le changement du statut juridique de certaines municipalités en provinces. A la fin de 2008, le Royaume du Cambodge compte 23 provinces et une seule municipalité : Phnom Penh. Ce livre peut être consulté en faisant la recherche par le Google en tapant SAKOU SAMOTH. Cordialement, SAKOU Samoth Sakou Samoth - Geographie Du Cambodge (Francais) http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/57512901?access_key=key-1636jv75zf6ye4bwq9fe  | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:07 AM PDT
Friday, 10 June 2011 James O'Toole The Phnom Penh Post There was never any judicial will to pursue these cases properly Judges at the Khmer Rouge tribunal issued a warning to the media yesterday following a newspaper article that quoted extensively from an alleged classified document from the court's controversial third case. In an article published on Wednesday, the United States-based Christian Science Monitor said it had obtained a 2008 document in which prosecutors outline allegations against former KR navy commander Meas Mut and air force commander Sou Met, reportedly the suspects in the court's third case. In response, the co-investigating judges at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, as the tribunal is formally known, issued a statement yesterday evening warning journalists about reporting on the document. "As the Co-Investigating Judges have credible information that the content of the Second Introductory Submission, which is classified as confidential, has been divulged by a disloyal staff member of the ECCC, warning is hereby given that anyone publishing information from this confidential document is liable to be subjected to proceedings for Interference with the Administration of Justice pursuant to Internal Rule 35," the statement read. The statement follows a rebuke by the judges last month against international co-prosecutor Andrew Cayley, who had issued a statement saying that Case 003 "had not been fully investigated" despite the judges' announcement in April that they had concluded their probe. Cayley's statement revealed the judges' inaction over the 20 months that the investigation was open, even in the face of alleged offences including crimes against humanity and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions. Despite the gravity of these allegations, the judges conducted little field investigation in the case, leading critics to charge that they deliberately botched their investigation under pressure from the Cambodian government, which opposes prosecutions beyond the upcoming Case 002. The judges neglected to examine a number of alleged crimes sites, and the suspects in the case were not even questioned. In response to Cayley's statement, the judges ordered him to publish a retraction, accusing him of breaching the court's confidentiality rules. Cayley has appealed this order, calling it "unreasonable" and "an abuse of discretion". The report in the Monitor this week raises further questions about the judges' handling of the case, suggesting that there is voluminous evidence on which to prosecute Sou Met and Meas Mut. "Sou Met and Meas Mut participated in a criminal plan to purge the RAK [Revolutionary Army of Kampuchia] of all undesirable elements, which resulted in at least thousands and quite probably tens of thousands of deaths," the Monitor said, quoting from the alleged document. The article added that prosecutors had requested that the court detain Meas Mut and Sou Met in view of the grave allegations against them. "In addition to their military roles, the court submission claims they were influential figures in the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), as the regime's political entity was known, with Sou obtaining 'one of the highest ranks within the CPK,'" the Monitor said. "Both attended meetings where planned purges of the armed forces were discussed, prosecutors claimed." "Also according to the document," the Monitor went on, "a commander who reported directly to Sou was responsible for overseeing the construction of a military airport that also functioned as a 're-education or tempering site' for soldiers suspected of harboring disloyalty toward the regime. Witnesses interviewed by the prosecution described horrific conditions at the construction site, where starving workers perished daily as a result of 'strenuous and unrelenting labor.'" "'Those who did not work to the satisfaction of the guards were often executed in the forest just west of the airfield site,' according to witness accounts." The newspaper added that the alleged document also details atrocities that took place at sites including "a Buddhist temple used as a detention center, and a rock quarry where prisoners included fishermen, navy sailors, and 'people whose relatives had been members of the previous regime.'" The report appeared to corroborate extensive evidence against Meas Mut and Sou Met from scholars such as Stephen Heder and Brian Tittemore, who named the cadres in their influential 2003 paper "Seven Candidates for Prosecution: Accountability for the Crimes of the Khmer Rouge". Investigating judges Siegfried Blunk and You Bunleng claimed in a statement last month that they were "resolved to defend their independence against outside interference, wherever it may come from". But Clair Duffy, a trial monitor with the Open Society Justice Initiative, said the lack of action in Case 003 despite the abundance of available evidence "makes it clear there was never any judicial will to pursue these cases properly". "We maintain that this investigation, the Case 003 investigation, has never complied with international investigative standards," she said. "We know exactly what the state of this case is now, and that is that it will never have been properly investigated." Yesterday's warning from Blunk and You Bunleng marks the second time in the past few weeks that they have targeted members of the press. In response to an article in the International Justice Tribune critical of their inaction in Case 003, Blunk and You Bunleng issued a statement responding to what they said were "misrepresentations" of their work. "The reported statements 'the tribunal is in danger of collapse' and 'the court's future hangs in the balance' are … nonsensical and do not correspond with reality," the statement read. "The Co-Investigating Judges have worked independently from outside interference, will continue to resist all such attempts, and are resolved to defend their independence." As more information has emerged about Case 003, however, observers have been increasing critical of the investigating judges, accusing them of undermining the legacy of the court due to professional cowardice. As of yesterday evening, local news blog KI-Media had posted excerpts of the alleged Case 003 document under the headline, "Your Honor Clowns-In-Judicial robes at the ECCC, you mean this confidential document?" Anne Heindel, a legal adviser with the Documentation Centre of Cambodia, said protecting confidential information including the identities of witnesses was a valid concern. She added, however, that the tone of the judges' statement was in keeping with their attempts to prevent "accurate discussion of the case". "They've attacked the prosecutor, they've attacked the press, they've decided to make decisions based on invented technicalities," she said. "I think people should be fairly sceptical of anything that they say and actions that they take, because it all seems designed to bury this case." ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CHEANG SOKHA  | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jun 2011 02:03 AM PDT
Friday, 10 June 2011 Thomas Miller The Phnom Penh Post Twice left for dead and dumped in mass graves by Khmer Rouge cadres, only to regain consciousness and drag himself out, former Lon Nol official Peou Nam survived Cambodia's killing fields believing he had lost all his loved ones. Left traumatised by torture, beatings and attempted murder, he couldn't remember the names or faces of his seven children by the time Vietnam toppled the Pol Pot regime. Nam remarried, took on a new name and tried to begin a fresh life in Kampot province, where he had another six children. He had no contact with the children from his first marriage until, 36 years later, his lost family tracked him down. "Nothing is more important than being reunited with my family," Nam, who is well into his 80s, said yesterday, while relaxing at the home of his rediscovered son, Phnom Penh businessman Peou Phyrun. In an interview with The Post yesterday, Phyrun and his older brother, University of Winnipeg political science department head Peou Sorpong, recounted the extraordinary rediscovery of their father, a quest sparked by dreams, premonitions and visits to a psychic. "In a million years, who would imagine that we would be back together?" Sorpong said. "I always thought that he was dead, but at the same time was wondering if he was alive. "It's a natural instinct: a desire, a longing to see him again. And now it's happened. It's difficult to fully comprehend." The Peou family believed that Nam, who served as a mid-level official at the Ministry of Interior in Banteay Meanchey province during the Lon Nol regime, had been killed when he was taken away by Khmer Rouge soldiers in a military truck outside Poipet town in April, 1975. After surviving the notorious brutality of the regime, they left the Kingdom and resettled in Canada in the early 1980s. But in December, 2009, Sorpong dreamed that he was walking through the entire night "just chit-chatting" with his father, who told him that he was alive. The dream rekindled his yearning to see his father again, but he set it aside, not knowing what to do with it. "I don't believe in psychics, but my youngest brother wanted to try it out. He went to see a psychic to consult about his business. But for the first half- hour, she kept saying, 'Your father is alive'," Sorpong said. Sambo, the youngest of five brothers, didn't want to hear the advice, but recalled the story later, to the amusement of his sister and mother. After two other visits by family members to the psychic, the Peou family decided, perhaps sceptically, to begin the search. "I was sort of unhappy with my brother seeing that psychic, but he said, 'Well, this may be one way to find out'," Sorpong said. Phyrun, the second-eldest brother, had recently moved to Cambodia and was in the best position to lead the quest. Beginning in March last year, he began three fruitless months of trekking through villages and towns on the Thai side of the border, reasoning that his father would have found the rest of the family after 1979 if he had been living in Cambodia. Empty-handed and losing hope, Phyrun discussed the prospects with the rest of his family and decided to travel to Poipet town in November. He put up 1,500 posters bearing the only photo the Peou family had of Nam around the city, and talked to moto drivers, police and street vendors. Later that month, several people told Phyrun that an old man with a likeness to his father had been begging at the markets. When he met the man, however, both agreed on only one thing: they weren't related. The man said all his children had been killed, but his cheek bore a mole, unlike that of Phyrun's father. Unexpectedly, the man began to cry, and struggled to explain himself. "He said that when he saw my face, when he met me, something reminded him about the past … it made him so sad that he couldn't help himself from crying so bitterly," Phyrun recalled. Nevertheless, the two parted ways, only to bump into each other by chance the next day. Phyrun decided to take the man out to a cafe. Yet again, the old man burst into tears, saying Phyrun reminded him of the past, or perhaps a previous life. Phyrun asked for the man's number and photographed him, but they went their separate ways: Phyrun to Phnom Penh and the old man to Kampot province. Sorpong said that when he saw the photos, he thought immediately it was his father, but Phyrun remained sceptical. Phyrun decided to visit the man at his home in Kampot. At this third meeting, Phyrun's doubts began to dissipate. The elderly man again broke down in tears. When asked why he had no scar on his thumbnail, as Nam had, the man said all of his fingernails had been pulled out when he was being tortured by the Khmer Rouge. He added that the mole on his cheek had emerged only recently. Phyrun's mother, Meas Vath, said by phone that he should try a sure-fire test: food. Phyrun provided salty eggs, one of Nam's favourite dishes, and a pumpkin stir-fry, something his father had always refused to eat. The old man in Kampot passed with flying colours, devouring four eggs and saying he would not touch anything with pumpkin in it. Phyrun said he asked the man why he travelled to Poipet to beg, when Sihanoukville or Phnom Penh were closer. "He said something caused him to want to go to Poipet, that nobody could stop him from going there," Phyrun said. "He was not a beggar, but when we went there people had compassion on him and gave him money," Sorpong added. Now in the same house as his father for the first time in 36 years, Sorpong says he is filled with a feeling of gratitude for "another remarkable chapter in life".  | ||||||||
| South China Sea spat leads to esclating China-Vietnam tensions Posted: 10 Jun 2011 01:02 AM PDT Accusations fly between China and Vietnam in an escalating territorial row that has seen hackers post patriotic messages to thousands of websites. June 10, 2011 News Desk Global Post Vietnam has accused China of attacking one of its ships, while China in response accused Vietnam of "gravely violating" its sovereignty in an escalating row over disputed waters in the South China Sea. Tensions between China and its neighbors Vietnam and the Philippines have escalated in recent weeks amid anger over Chinese claims to the South China Sea and growing wariness over China's naval power. China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan all claim territory in the South China Sea, which includes the disputed Spratly Islands, and is said hold deposits of oil and gas. Hackers from both China and Vietnam have planted patriotic messages and pictures of national flags on thousands of websites, including government sites, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports. Vietnamese state media reported Friday that thousands of websites could be at risk because of attacks by Chinese hackers. Webmasters in Vietnam have been told to be on high alert, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Accounts of the latest incident between Chinese and Vietnamese vessels in the South China Sea varied wildly between the two countries. Hanoi said China used a fishing boat to intentionally ram cables from a Vietnamese ship conducting oil and gas surveys inside its exclusive economic zone, Reuters reports. It is the second time in two weeks that China has been accused of ramming a Vietnamese boat. The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded late Thursday by condemning Vietnam for endangering the lives of Chinese fishermen, saying that the fishing boat's net had become entangled in the cables. "The Vietnamese ship put the lives and safety of the Chinese fishermen in serious danger," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said in a statement. Hong also accused Vietnam of violating China's claim on the Spratly island chain and nearby seas, which Vietnam also claims as its own. "It must be pointed out that by conducting unlawful oil and gas surveys in seas around the Wan'an Bank of the Spratly archipelago and by driving out a Chinese fishing vessel, Vietnam has gravely violated China's sovereignty and maritime rights," Hong said.  | ||||||||
| Posted: 10 Jun 2011 12:36 AM PDT Cambodia and Vietnam cooperate in rubber growing Friday ,Jun 10,2011 Saigon Giai Phong (Vietcong communist party) The Cambodian Government will create the best favorable condition for the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) to plant rubber trees in Cambodia, stressed Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Yim Chhayly. The Deputy PM, who is also Chairman of the Cambodian Council for Agricultural and Rural Development, made the affirmation at the first day of his working sessions with the Dong Phu Rubber Joint Stock Company and the Phu Rieng Rubber Company on June 9. He praised the VRG for having planted 60,000 ha of rubber trees in Cambodia. Mr Nguyen Thanh Hai, General Director of Dong Phu Rubber Joint Stock Company reported to the Deputy PM that Dong Phu Rubber Joint Stock Company ha planted 11,000 ha of rubber in Vietnam, and the rural productivity reaches more than 2.2 ton per ha in 2010, and until now Dong Phu has invested in growing 5,000 ha rubber trees in Cambodia. At the the Phu Rieng Rubber Company , General Director Le Thanh Tu said, the company is now running 19,000 ha of rubber trees and 19.000 ha of forest. VRG General Director Tran Ngoc Thuan said that his group will strive to grow 100,000 ha of rubber trees [KI-Media: This is a violation of Cambodia's Constitution] by 2013 for the interest of the two countries. Deputy PM Chhayly will end his working sessions with the VRG and its affiliates until June 13.  |
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