KI Media: “Relatives of Sin Sisamouth and Ros Sereysothea” plus 24 more |
- Relatives of Sin Sisamouth and Ros Sereysothea
- Bhutan celebrates royal wedding
- Stupid is as stupid accuses others
- "I Reaffirm that Hor Nam Hong is a Former Khmer Rouge Prison Chief": Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy
- Justice Delayed and Denied
- Cambodia floods claim 247 lives, forcing cancellation of annual Water Festival
- With Floods Come a Crime Wave, Officials Say
- Record Mekong Flooding Threatens Bangkok, Phnom Penh
- Cambodia cancels festival after floods
- Formal Letter to Hu Jintao President of PRC to handle with the agents of Vietnam in Cambodia
- Thailand to stay in World Heritage committee
- So Sopheap interviews Dechor - Part 17
- SRP requests the NA to acknowledge San Sang as the SRP MP from Takeo province
- CCHR Public Forum in Koah Krolor district, Battambang province
- Urgent Job Opportunity: Project Assistant at CCHR
- Analysis Report on the Rattanakiry First Instance Court Try to Locate Fault Against Prominent ADHOC Staff
- Law and literature: Please Help Restore and Preserve Khmer Knowledge - Op-Ed by James Sok
- Latest posts from CambodiaWatch-Australia
- Council of Ministers cancels this year’s boat race festival (Bon Om Touk) [-Hun Xen has no contingency funds for flood emergency?]
- Sentence upheld against opposition leader Sam Rainsy in the double jeopardy case brought up by Hor 5 Hong
- Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Burma's Freedom Day
- Bangkok strengthens defenses as floods close in
- Myanmar opposition frustrated by prisoner amnesty
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- Burma Frees Some Political Prisoners
| Relatives of Sin Sisamouth and Ros Sereysothea Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:48 PM PDT Sin Sisamouth's wife: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjuKHXRthPI Sin Chanchhaya, Sin Sisamouth's son: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_iFdbI4fmA Ros Serey Sothea's sisters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW-x8XUL-s4  | ||||
| Bhutan celebrates royal wedding Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:33 PM PDT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_mcYF4mM-g  | ||||
| Stupid is as stupid accuses others Posted: 13 Oct 2011 03:37 PM PDT     | ||||
| "I Reaffirm that Hor Nam Hong is a Former Khmer Rouge Prison Chief": Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy Posted: 13 Oct 2011 02:11 PM PDT  October 13, 2011 I REAFFIRM THAT HOR NAM HONG IS A FORMER KHMER ROUGE PRISON CHIEF Today the kangaroo court in Phnom Penh upheld a previous verdict in the case related to a defamation lawsuit filed against me by current Cambodian Foreign Minister and former Khmer Rouge prison chief Hor Nam Hong. The same defamation lawsuit had been filed against me in France by the same Hor Nam Hong who denied my assertion that he is a former Khmer Rouge prison chief. But on April 27, 2011 the French Supreme Court ("Cour de Cassation") declared I was not guilty of anything and Hor Nam Hong finally and definitively lost his lawsuit before the French tribunal. Therefore, the guilty verdict rendered by the Phnom Penh tribunal today is a blatant violation of the "Non bis in idem" principle (no one shall be twice tried for the same offence). It appears laughable when one compares the degree of independence and respectability enjoyed respectively by the French (real) court and the Cambodian (kangaroo) court. We must remember that Hor Nam Hong, along with five other top dignitaries of the current regime, refused last year to comply with a subpoena by UN-appointed judge Marcel Lemonde to testify as witnesses before the UN-sponsored Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Phnom Penh dealing with perpetrators of crimes against humanity. In a democratic country with an independent justice system such an offence would send Hor Nam Hong and his CPP colleagues to jail. Sam Rainsy Elected Member of Parliament  | ||||
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:45 AM PDT October 13, 2011 By JAMES A. GOLDSTON I.H.T. Op-Ed Contributor This past Monday, Siegfried Blunk, the international co-investigating judge at the United Nations-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia, resigned. As Judge Blunk explained, repeated demands by senior Cambodian officials to end all ongoing investigations have been "perceived as attempted interference" and "call in doubt the integrity of the whole proceedings." For months, civil society organizations, including my own, have warned that the Cambodian government's public opposition to the two remaining cases under investigation ("003" and "004" in the parlance of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia) threatened the very independence of the court. Judge Blunk has now, sadly, confirmed our greatest fears. As a full partner in the agreement to establish the court, the United Nations might have been expected to take effective action. But to general astonishment, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon simply thanked the judge for his service, announced that he was working to secure a replacement, and restated his strong support for the work of the E.C.C.C. In other words, business as usual. But business as usual has led to this impasse. At virtually every step along the path since the Khmer Rouge left Phnom Penh in 1979, the United Nations — and the principal donor governments that shape its E.C.C.C. policy (including the United States, France, Japan and Australia) — have disappointed public expectations. When, in the 1990s, Prime Minister Hun Sen balked at a court with a majority of international judges, the United Nations gave in, and so insured that the political taint that compromised ordinary Cambodian courts would infect the E.C.C.C. A decade later, when reports emerged that Cambodian court staff had to kick back part of their salaries to political sponsors, the U.N. resisted a full-blown inquiry and then accepted the appointment of a watchdog who, by all accounts, has done little to stem corruption. In recent months, when Judge Blunk and his Cambodian counterpart seemed determined to shut down an investigation without carrying out any field investigation, interviewing the prime suspects, or allowing victims any say, U.N. officials again refused to act, claiming, wrongly, that "judicial independence" precluded them from addressing any judicial misconduct short of an express bribe. Whatever Judge Blunk's aims, his resignation in the face of "such pressure by government officials" that his ability "to perform his duties independently could always be called in doubt" puts, the U.N. in a conundrum. On the one hand, it removes from the scene a figure whose own performance had raised many questions. But at the same time, it renders wholly inadequate the U.N.'s continued uncritical support for a court whose lack of independence has been so openly, definitively exposed. Simply replacing Judge Blunk does nothing to address the twin problems at the root of the court's troubles: Hun Sen's adamant refusal to "allow" only those prosecutions, charges and witnesses that he decrees; and international donors' reluctance to fund any more trials than the first (of a man who admitted his crimes) already completed and the second (of four senior surviving Khmer Rouge leaders) scheduled to start sometime in 2012. Going forward, bland declarations of support for the process will not cut it. The U.N. must change course. First, the U.N. secretary general himself must immediately convene the key diplomatic actors from Phnom Penh, Washington and other capitals and make clear that they have a choice: Either provide the political support and requisite moneys to sustain independent investigations, trials and appeals in cases 002, 003 and 004, or state now the limits of what they will permit. To be sure, it is preferable that all ongoing investigations proceed to their legal conclusion. But if Hun Sen does not suddenly reverse his opposition to further trials, and the major donors do not push him to do so by pledging full financial reserves for remaining cases, the Cambodian people deserve to know that now. Devising a legal fiction to cloak a political solution would be the worst result of all. Second, the U.N. must quickly fill the vacant position of special representative to the secretary general on the E.C.C.C. with a person of unimpeachable integrity and stature. Only someone prepared and able to engage in diplomatic hardball with senior leaders in Phnom Penh, Washington and other capitals should apply. Finally, even if justice may not triumph, the truth must. The secretary general should commission a respected, independent scholar, and grant full access to U.N. files, to write a no-holds-barred report of the E.C.C.C. — from inception to end — that establishes the facts and draws lessons for future U.N. engagement with hybrid tribunals. At this point, it would take extraordinary powers to ensure that law and evidence — rather than politics and finance — dictate the future course of justice in Cambodia. Despite the historical record, we must hope the U.N. is up to the task. James A. Goldston is executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative.  | ||||
| Cambodia floods claim 247 lives, forcing cancellation of annual Water Festival Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:42 AM PDT PHNOM PENH, October 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 247 people had been killed by the Mekong River and flash floods hitting in Cambodia since early August, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Thursday afternoon. "The death toll is on the sharp rise and very concerned," the premier said in a statement after the special cabinet meeting on flood disaster. "I would like to appeal to all parents and guardians to take care of kids to avoid drowning during the floods. " The floods have affected about 1.2 million people. It also completely destroyed more than 190,000 hectares of rice paddies, or 7.7 percent of the total grown rice paddies, and affected other 390,000 hectares of rice paddies or 16 percent of the total rice paddies. Some 1,970 kilometers of roads have affected and other 660 kilometers of roads have been damaged. Meanwhile, the premier said the Council of Ministers decided to cancel the annual Water Festival scheduled on November 9-11 in Phnom Penh in concern of the flood devastation. Cambodia's Water Festival is the largest annual festival in the Southeast Asian nations, around three million Cambodians, especially those from rural areas converged to Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, to enjoy the regatta. In the last year's water festival, 353 people had been killed during a stampede at the Diamond Bridge caused by the panic which soon after led to the stampede.  | ||||
| With Floods Come a Crime Wave, Officials Say Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:40 AM PDT Thursday, 13 October 2011 Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
Police and human rights groups say violent crime has spiked in the period since severe flooding began in August, as criminals take advantage of a distracted security force. The capital and many other places across the country have been inundated in recent weeks. Kheng Tito, a military police spokesman, said criminals are taking advantage of the floods, which slow police, to commit crimes. "These cases happen when we are busy with floods and natural disasters," he said. "So the criminal takes this opportunity to commit a crime. But these crimes are very small. Most of these are robberies that cause minor injuries." However, not all of the crimes are small. An apparent surge in violent crime has come in with the floodwater. On Monday, a young woman was seized by gunman as she drove along Russian Boulevard in Phnom Penh, according to witnesses. Two men broke the window of her luxury Lexus and took her, witnesses said. A police spokesman said the crime has not been reported. On Friday, the son of So Phon, an undersecretary of state of the Ministry of Interior, was kidnapped near his home in Phnom Penh's Russei Keo district. Police said four kidnappers armed with AK-47s and pistols took him and demanded a $1 million ransom for his release. So Phon declined to comment further, but he said police are now investigating the crime. And last month, at least two people were shot by unknown gunmen in Dangkor district, one a young woman and the other a market vendor. Police officials said the crime surge belies steadily declining numbers. Year-on-year numbers show a decrease in crime for the first nine months of 2011. Chan Saveth, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said in the first six months of 2011, security was better than the year before. But recently, there have been cases of killings and kidnappings, he said. One Phnom Penh resident, who asked to remain anonymous for her safety, said killing a person in the capital was as easy as "killing a bird." "We are worried about our safety when we go out to work," she said.  | ||||
| Record Mekong Flooding Threatens Bangkok, Phnom Penh Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:37 AM PDT Tuesday, 11 October 2011 VOA News | Washington, DC "There's nothing left, no house, no belongings, including clothes, bed and refrigerator and appliances." United Nations officials say the capitals of Thailand and Cambodia are at risk as the worst flooding in modern times sweeps through the Mekong Basin. Kirsten Mildren, spokeswoman for the U.N.'s humanitarian affairs agency, told VOA Tuesday that officials in Bangkok are taking urgent measures as the floodwaters bear down on the city. "We know that there is a lot of water coming down," she said. "The government at the moment is building canals around the city. There are sand bags going up everywhere. They are doing what they can to actually stop the water coming through, but each day it seems to come closer and closer." Mildren said the waters are also continuing to rise in Cambodia, where Phnom Penh is threatened. Across the country 183 people have died since August and almost 100,000 hectares of paddy are damaged or destroyed. Regionwide, she said at least 500 people are dead and millions are affected in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. "You've got, you know, 2.5 million people that are affected, and they are probably affected because flood water has gone through their villages, its gone through their rice paddies, schools are closed, so most people are actually displaced, they are in evacuation centers, they are staying with family and friends out of the water." In the northern Thailand city of Ayutthaya, resident Pathumwan Choichuichai told an Associated Press television crew he is very scared. "It's never been like this. There's nothing left, no house, no belongings, including clothes, bed and refrigerator and appliances. Everything is gone," he said. He has lost his home, his clothes and everything he owns in the flooding. Mildren says the flooding is the result of an unusual combination of weather events, beginning with a series of typhoons that swept northwestward from the Philippines. "We've had four back-to-back typhoons that went through Philippines, and then that brought along heavy rain which, on top of that, the usual monsoon rain, basically has flooded the Mekong Basin. And that's brought a whole lot of water all the way down to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. And this is why you see what is being called, you know, some of the worst flooding on record in modern times." Her agency puts the death toll at 269 in Thailand, 183 in Cambodia, 30 in Laos and 18 in Vietnam, including 16 children. Some information for this report was provided by AP.  | ||||
| Cambodia cancels festival after floods Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:27 AM PDT October 14, 2011 AFP Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has cancelled the nation's biggest annual festival as he announced that the death toll from the worst flooding in more than a decade has risen to 247. The funds needed to put on the popular Water Festival, due to take place in the capital from November 9 to 11, would be better spent helping the tens of thousands of families affected, he said. "If we don't spend the state budget for the (festival) preparations in Phnom Penh ... we can save some money to improve the living standards of our people and repair the damage," Hun Sen said in a televised speech on Thursday. He also said the precariously high water level of the Tonle Sap river that flows through the city would present a "high risk" to revellers. More than 270,000 families nationwide have seen their homes or livelihoods waterlogged in two months of flooding caused by heavy rain that has resulted in the Mekong River bursting its banks, according to official estimates. Hun Sen said the government, the Cambodian Red Cross and several other relief organisations were racing to provide emergency aid to the victims, reaching more than 76,000 families so far. The country's deadliest floods since 2000, which have inundated some 390,000 hectares of rice paddies, represent a huge challenge to impoverished Cambodia, but the government has not appealed for international assistance. In neighbouring Thailand, the worst monsoon floods in decades have left more than 280 people dead. Cambodia's Water Festival, which marks the reversal of the flow between the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, usually draws two million visitors to the capital to enjoy dragon boat races, fireworks and concerts. Last year's event ended in tragedy when more than 350 people were killed in a stampede on a packed and narrow bridge.  | ||||
| Formal Letter to Hu Jintao President of PRC to handle with the agents of Vietnam in Cambodia Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:21 AM PDT Kingdom of Cambodia Nation Religion King Attn: Hu Jintao, President of PRC No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701 Phone: (8610) 88050813 Fax: (8610) 63070900 Email: english@mail.gov.cn Respectful Exellency; We are the younger generations of Cambodia has closely anticipated the relationship and cooperation between Kingdom of Cambodia and People Republic of China in which this traditional relationship has occurred since ancient period of pre-Angkorean era. Leaders of China has always paid attention to the effort of nation building of Cambodia including the struggle for independence from French colony and subsequent invasions of her neighbors. Evidently, the invasion of Vietnamese troops over Cambodia in 7 January 1979, bravery soldiers of China launched operation against Vietnam at the Northern border zone to instruct them a lesson. Since then, China has endeavored to stop all imperialistic attempts of Vietnam to swallow Cambodia. Unfortunately, the tricks Vietnam used to swallow Cambodia has been operational at the present. We would like to draw attention of His Excellency to consider three points following below:
We are younger Cambodians have seen the activities of those Vietnamese agents as a force that can destroy both Kingdom of Cambodia and People Republic of China. We do hope that this letter is able to meet your consideration, the President of PRC, in laying measures to handle with those dirty tricks of Vietnamese agents in Cambodia in their persistent attempts to swallow Kingdom of Cambodia and to undermine the interests of the People Republic of China. Sincerely, Phnom Penh: Tuesday, 27 September 2011 Khmer Young [Representative] --------------ញត្តិផ្ញើរទៅចិន Petition to China ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ជាតិ សាសនា ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ គោរពជូនលោកប្រធានាធិបតីហ៊ូ ជិនតៅ No. 2, Chaoyangmen Nandajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100701 Phone: (8610) 88050813 Fax: (8610) 63070900 Email: english@mail.gov.cn លោកប្រធានាធិបតីជាទីគោរព! យើងខ្ញុំដែលជាយុវជនខ្មែរជំនាន់ក្រោយមានការតាមតានជាប្រចាំនូវ មិត្តភាពនិងកិច្ចសហប្រតិបតិ្តការរបស់សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតចិន និងព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជាដែលកិច្ចសហប្រតិបតិ្តការនេះមានមកជា យូរយារណាស់មកហើយ។មេដឹកនាំសំខាន់ៗរបស់ប្រជាជនចិនបាន យកចិត្តទុកដាក់ដល់កម្ពុជាតាំងពីការទាមទារឯករាជពីអាណានិគម និងការឈ្លានពានរបស់បរទេសមកលើកម្ពុជាជាបន្តបន្ទាប់។ ជាក់ស្តែង ថ្ងៃ៧មករា១៩៧៩ នៅពេលដែលវៀតណាមឈ្លានពានកម្ពុជា ទាហានដ៍អង់អាចក្លាហានរបស់ចិន បានបើកយុទ្ធនាការតបតដល់វៀតណាម ដើម្បីអោយឃើញជាមេរៀន។ ចាប់ផ្តើមពីនោះមកចិននៅបន្តកិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែង ដើម្បីកុំអោយវៀតណាមលេបត្របាក់យកកម្ពុជាបាន។ តែជាអកុសលល្បិចកលវាតទីនិយមរបស់វៀតណាមនៅតែបន្តរហូតដល់សព្វថ្ងៃ។ នាងខ្ញុំ-ខ្ញុំបាទសូមទាញចំណាប់អារម្មណ៍លោកប្រធានាធិបតី ចំពោះបីចំណុចធំៗគឺ៖
យើងខ្ញុំជាកូនខ្មែរជំនាន់ក្រោយ មើលឃើញការបន្លំភ្នែករបស់ភ្នាក់យួនទាំងអស់នេះថាជាគ្រោះ ថ្នាក់សំរាប់កម្ពុជាផងនិងសាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតចិនផង។ យើងខ្ញុំសង្ឃឹមជឿជាក់ថា លោកប្រធានាធិបតី នឹងមានវិធានការផ្សេងៗ សំរាប់ភ្នាក់ងារ យួនដែលកំពុង បន្លំភ្នែកចិនក្នុងកិច្ចបំផ្លាញផលប្រយោជន៍ចិននៅកម្ពុជានេះ។ សេចក្តីគួរពុំគួរ សូមមេត្តាខន្តីអភ័យទោស។ ធ្វើនៅភ្នំពេញ ថ្ងៃអង្គារ ទី២៧ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១១ ៚ខែ្មរ យ៉ាំង៚ [តំណាងនៃយុវជនខ្មែរ] -- Cambodian Brighter Future depends on enduring conscience and tireless strivings of Cambodian Younger Generation! http://cambodianbrightfuture.blogspot.com  | ||||
| Thailand to stay in World Heritage committee Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:15 AM PDT
13/10/2011 Bangkok Post Thailand will remain a member of the World Heritage Committee and will ask it to wait for a ruling from the International Court of Justice before considering Cambodia's plan to manage the World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear temple. Foreign Minister Surapong Tovichakchaikul announced the decision after attending a meeting of the government's committee on the World Heritage Convention on Thursday. Others at the meeting included Deputy Prime Minister Kowit Wattana, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk and Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem. Mr Surapong said Thailand would benefit by retaining membership of the World Heritage Committee. The national committee on the World Heritage Convention will report its decision to the cabinet meeting on Oct 18. Former natural resources and environment minister Suwit Khunkitti announced Thailand's intention to withdraw from the World Heritage Committee last year in protest at Cambodia's proposed management plan for the Preah Vihear temple and the disputed border area immediately adjoining it. However, Mr Surapong said the announced withdrawal had not been made official. The process required written confirmation from the Thai prime minister or the Thai Foreign Ministry. Mr Surapong said the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) clearly still considers Thailand a member of its World Heritage Committee because it has offered assistance for the restoration of historical sites in flood-stricken Ayutthaya province. The foreign minister said he had proposed to today's meeting that the national committee on the World Heritage Convention wait for a ruling from the International Court of Justice on Cambodia's complaint about the territorial dispute at the Preah Vihear temple before planning any further action. He said the Thai government would write to Unesco, asking that the World Heritage Committee wait for the ruling of the international court before considering Camboadia's management plan for Preah Vihear.  | ||||
| So Sopheap interviews Dechor - Part 17 Posted: 13 Oct 2011 11:12 AM PDT    | ||||
| SRP requests the NA to acknowledge San Sang as the SRP MP from Takeo province Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:54 AM PDT    | ||||
| CCHR Public Forum in Koah Krolor district, Battambang province Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:51 AM PDT   | ||||
| Urgent Job Opportunity: Project Assistant at CCHR Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:48 AM PDT   | ||||
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:44 AM PDT http://www.box.net/shared/6h4of6n14a2tbuua2g4r 13 October 2011 Report by Ouch Leng The chronic land dispute between136 families of Tumpoun's indigenous people with DM Group company over 260 hectares stretched from 2005, is was not resolved. In contrast at least found that 18 people are charged with crime in which 3 of human rights defenders, one from Radio Free Asia and other one from forest community. They were charged by court following criminal complaint from company since 2008 when Mr. Yang Thorn,land representative was also imprisoned for more than one year counted from 27 November 2008. Up to this year of 2011, from judge to judge of Rattanakiry court, they try to find guilty to Mr. Mr. Pen Bunna again and again with the aim to harass, intimidate him to stop working with this land case. Especially Investigative Judge, Mr. Thoa Sarorn did not find any guilty to Pen Bunna and successively Mr. Lao Loch also taken criminal case No. 283 dated 24 Nov 2008. Today, 13 October 2011, Pen Bunna, Chhay Thy (ADHOC) and Ratha Visal (RFA) were questioned by new Investigative Judge, Mr. Lao Loch over incitement to commit crime: ( Burning bridge of company). In the Beginning, Judge interrogated thoroughly Ratha Visal when he worked at field with Pen Bunna during the workshop, training or dissemination of Human Rights, Laws to community that had land conflict with DM Group company. Ratha Visal answered that Pen Bunna always advised community how to use peaceful and non violent strategy in resolution of land dispute. Mr. Chhay Thy was interrogated next after Ratha Visal; he was unaware of the event when he was ADHOC activist during the event. He followed after Pen Bunna at field work in training, dissimination of human rights land laws to affected community and advised how to use peaceful method in advocacy, Chhay Thy said. In the afternoon, Pen Bunna was interrogated lastly by the same judge, he answered that on 22 Nov 2008 he organized and accompanied human rights working group of the senate to visit and study field at Tapang interview community and fact finding. During that time he was unaware of Bridge's Burning yet. He added that he never led or incited people to use violence during the training or dissemination course on human rights and laws to affected community. After questioning, 3 accused were not arrested by Judge yet. Remember that, Bunna and Chhay Thy were interrogated by former investigative judge, Thoa Sarorn dated back on4th Aug 2009. The Judge did not find any guilty to them. In analysis of legal procedure, Rattanakiry court was unfair, biased to company. The court try to take criminal action against poor people, against community's supporters as well. Whereas victim's complaints were not taken action, in specific one Tumpoun man named Soeurng Yarat on 22 June 2009, he was shot injured for lifetime in his thigh by DM Group gard, even they found guilty and enough evidence were shown to court,this case is still on hold. And another case happened on 3oNov 2008, hut and shelters of farmers were burned down by company's guards,this case also not taken action by court. ករណីទំនាស់ដីធ្លីនេះ យើងអាចនិយាយបានថាតុលាការនេះមិនមានភាពឯករាជ្យ មានភាពលំអៀងទៅភាគីក្រុមហ៊ុនមានចេតនាឃុបឃិតវាយប្រហារអ្នកការពារសិទ្ធិមនុស្សទោះជារកមិនឃើញនូវកំហុសព្រហ្មណទណ្ឌណាមួយក៏ដោយ។ អានុសាសន៏ៈរដ្ឋាភិបាលមិនត្រូវទុក បណ្តោយឲ្យតុលាការខេត្តនេះ ចូលរួមជាមួយក្រុមហ៊ុនទុច្ចរិត ធ្វើការគៀបសង្កត់ ធ្វើទុក្ខបុកម្នេញមកលើអ្នកភូមិរងគ្រោះ ដោយមិនបានផ្តល់យុត្តិធម៌ ជូនអ្នកភូមិទាល់តែសោះតែបែរជាចាត់វិធានការផ្នែកច្បាប់ដើម្បីប្រយោជន៏ក្រុមហ៊ុនទៅវិញ។ តុលាការបែបនេះមិនគួរមានវត្តមាន ដើម្បីឲ្យប៉ះពាល់ដល់កិត្តិយសតុលាការដទៃទៀត ដែលបានផ្តល់នូវភាពយុត្តិធម៌។ រដ្ឋាភិបាលត្រូវតែចាត់វិធានការជាបន្ទាន់កុំទុកបណ្តោយឲ្យតុលាការជាឧបសគ្គក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៏ប្រទេសជាតិជាពិសេសជាគំរូមិនល្អ ដឹងសុះសាយជាសាធារណៈអាចនឹងប៉ះពាល់ដល់យុទ្ធសាស្ត្រកំណែទំរង់ប្រព័ន្ធយុត្តិធម៌នៅកម្ពុជា។ ភ្នំពេញ ថ្ងៃទី១៣ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១១ អ៊ូចឡេង  | ||||
| Law and literature: Please Help Restore and Preserve Khmer Knowledge - Op-Ed by James Sok Posted: 13 Oct 2011 10:32 AM PDT | ||||
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| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 03:48 AM PDT 13 October 2011 By Ratana Cambodia Express News Translated from Khmer by Soch Phnom Penh – During the special meeting of the Council of Ministers presided by Hun Xen and held at 3PM on Thursday 13 October 2011 to discuss the evaluation of the effect of the flooding and the measures, it was decided that the boat race festival celebration will not be observed this year. During the meeting, Hun Xen said that because the country is currently facing flooding, the government has decided that the boat racing festival which is planned for 10-11 November 2011 will be delayed to next year. Hun Xen claimed that the government is spending over 10 million riels ($2,500) for each racing boat, therefore, the government is using that fund to help the flooding instead. However, the authority could organize the boat festival along each province based on their ability.  | ||||
| Posted: 13 Oct 2011 02:10 AM PDT
Everyday.com.kh Translated from Khmer by Soch On 13 October, the Phnom Penh municipal court judge upheld the sentence against opposition leader Sam Rainsy who is accused in a defamation and disinformation lawsuit brought up by Hor 5 Hong. In its decision, the Phnom Penh municipal court sentenced Sam Rainsy to 2-year of jail time. The court re-opened its hearing following the appeal by Sam Rainsy on 22 September 2011. The hearing was originally planned for 05 October 2011, but it was cancelled as the judge was busy elsewhere. -------- KI-Media Note: The case was tried in France once already. The French Supreme court exhonerated opposition leader Sam Rainsy, thus the term "double jeopardy" in this travesty of the law in the Phnom Penh municipal court.  | ||||
| Sacrava's Political Cartoon: Burma's Freedom Day Posted: 13 Oct 2011 01:44 AM PDT
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| Bangkok strengthens defenses as floods close in Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:32 AM PDT
Thu Oct 13, 2011 By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - City workers and soldiers raced to finish defensive walls around inner Bangkok on Thursday as floodwater that has covered about a third of Thailand threatened the capital. After a meeting with ministers, army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha told reporters that flood barriers in three vulnerable locations had almost been completed. "We talked about evacuation plans to help people living near the Chao Phraya river. If there's an emergency, we're ready to act," he said. "The worry now is that from today until October 19 there will be a high tide and the important thing is to push water out to the sea as fast as possible." At least 283 people have been killed around Thailand by heavy monsoon rain, floods and mudslides since late July and 26 of its 77 provinces are inundated, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. The north, northeast and central plains have been badly affected and Bangkok -- which is only two meters (6.5 ft) above sea level -- is in danger as water overflows from reservoirs in the north, swelling the Chao Phraya river. Some outer areas of greater Bangkok have already flooded but the authorities hope the center will be saved by existing defensive structures plus three new walls, which will help channel water to the east and west of the city into the sea. Run-off water from the north will arrive in the Bangkok area at the weekend at the same time as high tides. This may also coincide with storms and heavy rain. Sanya Cheenimit, director of Bangkok's drainage and sewerage department, reported flooding in three eastern districts of Bangkok that were mainly farm areas. "I want to reassure you that the flood situation in Bangkok is still under control," he told Reuters. "All the 50 districts of Bangkok have readied evacuation plans ... But for now, there's still no sign that we need to move people out." Despite the reassurances, residents have cleared shops of bottled water and foodstuffs such as instant noodles. RELIEF EFFORT More than 2 million people are estimated to have been affected by floods around the country and essential goods are in short supply in some areas because of disruption to road and rail traffic, with some main roads to the north cut off. Hundreds of volunteers gathered on Thursday at the government's flood crisis center at Bangkok's old Don Muang airport, loading donated water, food and medicines on to trucks to be distributed to the worst-hit areas outside the capital. In Bangkok, the authorities are most concerned about 27 communities with 1,200 households along the river. "We are worried about all the areas near the Chao Phraya river," army chief Prayuth said. "We've asked people not to break the flood barriers because it may cause water to overflow into Bangkok," he added. Some residents of flooded outer areas have vented their anger at the temporary walls put up to protect the capital. The governor of the neighboring province of Pathum Thani called on Wednesday for a state of emergency to be declared to give the security forces power to stop such acts, but Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ruled that was not necessary. Kittirat Na Ranong, deputy prime minister in charge of the economy, said the damage caused by flooding could go higher than the 0.6-0.9 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) forecast by the government. The Finance Ministry has cut its economic growth forecast for this year to 3.7 percent from 4.0 percent. The province of Ayutthaya to the north of Bangkok has been badly hit and at least three big industrial estates there have closed temporarily. A Nikon Corp digital SLR factory and a Honda Motor Co Ltd assembly plant have closed. Consumer confidence fell for a second month in September because of the floods, according to a survey on Thursday. (Additional reporting by Pracha Hariraksapitak, Viparat Jantraprap and Jutarat Skulpichetrat; Writing by Alan Raybould; Editing by Robert Birsel)  | ||||
| Myanmar opposition frustrated by prisoner amnesty Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:29 AM PDT
Thursday, October 13, 2011 By Hla Hla Htay (AFP) YANGON — Myanmar faced calls on Thursday to free its remaining political prisoners as the opposition expressed disappointment with a much-anticipated amnesty that left most key dissidents behind bars. The regime pardoned more than 200 political detainees, according to Thailand-based Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), but kept most of its roughly 2,000 political detainees locked up. "There are still many prisoners who we expected to be released and who the people expected to be released. We feel frustrated," Nyan Win, spokesman for Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party, told AFP. Some observers, however, said the amnesty could be one of several by a regime that appears eager to end its international isolation but is also wary of possible unrest involving newly released dissidents. "It is important to see this as part of an ongoing effort of reforms across the country," said Jim Della-Giacoma, Southeast Asia project director at the think-tank International Crisis Group. "This will be part of a series of releases," he said. "The president seems very committed to the ambitious reform agenda he announced in March, and he is moving at a pace that is surprising for many." Many activists have criticised the new nominally civilian government for not freeing more political inmates, who include democracy campaigners, journalists, monks and lawyers. The famous satirist Zarganar was among those released. AAPP said the regime also freed General Hso Ten, a prominent ethnic Shan leader sentenced to 106 years for charges including high treason. But it said many leading dissidents, including key figures involved in a failed 1988 student-led uprising, remained locked up. Phyo Min Thein, an activist and the brother-in-law of Htay Kywe who led the 88 Generation Students Group and is currently serving a 65-year sentence, said the government should not fear dissidents who have campaigned for democracy. "We will continue our demands to release them. We felt very sorry yesterday when we heard that he was not among the release list. We had high expectations of the amnesty," he said. The amnesty comes amid heightened hopes of reform following a series of moves by President Thein Sein, a former general, including talks with Suu Kyi, who spent most of the past two decades locked up by the junta. In a rare concession to public opinion, Myanmar last month suspended construction of a controversial mega-dam, risking the anger of traditional ally China, which is backing the project. The fate of political prisoners in Myanmar, also known as Burma, is a key concern of western governments that have imposed sanctions on the isolated nation. US Senator John Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton both cautiously welcomed the prisoner releases but noted many others remain behind bars. Wai Hnin Pwint Thon, an activist with the Burma Campaign UK and daughter of political prisoner Ko Mya Aye, said she was "extremely disappointed" and that the move was "not enough to justify the lifting of any sanctions". "Today is a day of joy for the families of those who have been released, but for many more it is a day of sadness and disappointment, as their father, mother, husband, brother or sister remain in jail. This is a reality check, change hasn?t come to Burma yet," she said.  | ||||
| Unfair attack on Lok Krou Cheymongkol in Surin? Posted: 13 Oct 2011 12:17 AM PDT Dear Readers, Please find below an attack against Lok Krou Cheymongkol, one of the initiators of Khmer language education in Surin, Thailand. Although the name of the author of this attack is provided as Kong Sophea, the PDF file property clearly states the name of the person who is allegedly behind this attack letter. Please download the PDF file, then open it and click "File" then "Properties..." and you will see it. We leave it up to you to judge the content of this letter, although, in our humble opinion, it may be best off to leave local people take care of their affairs rather than having external people interfering in local affairs. After all, the local people know best their needs. Thank you, KI-Media http://www.box.net/shared/9a4ov9q0fmzmdgsbap4x  | ||||
| Burma Frees Some Political Prisoners Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:57 PM PDT
Several key dissidents remain locked up. 2011-10-12 Radio Free Asia Burma released several hundred political prisoners on Wednesday as part of a mass prisoner amnesty program amid reforms touted by the new nominally-civilian government but some key dissidents remained locked up. Among the most prominent dissidents freed was comedian Zarganar, who was arrested in June 2008 and sentenced to 59 years in a remote prison. He had criticized the then-military junta for their weak response to a cyclone disaster that killed more than 140,000 people. Also released were Sai Say Htan, an ethnic Shan leader sentenced to 104 years in 2005 for refusing to help draft a new constitution, and local activist Su Su Nway, who was serving a 12-year jail term since 2008. Fresh from his release, Zarganar remained critical of the government, saying that authorities should have freed many more of the nearly 2,000 political prisoners still languishing in Burmese jails. Among top dissidents still in jail are Min Ko Naing and fellow student activists who led a failed 1988 uprising, rights groups said. Zarganar said, "I believed that true change was on its way, but now I am doubtful." "Instead, I am asking myself whether anything has changed at all because a good number of my friends are still in prison," the comedian said, questioning the government's commitment to reforms and national reconciliation. Human Rights Watch, a U.S. rights watchdog, said at least 120 political prisoners had been released, while Reuters news agency quoted a senior prison official as saying that a total of 300 political prisoners were freed. The U.S. Campaign for Burma, a group pushing for political reforms, said it could confirm that 206 political prisoners, including 28 monks, were released from various prisons. State television announced on Tuesday that more than 6,300 elderly, sick, disabled or well-behaved prisoners would be granted an amnesty from Wednesday "on humanitarian grounds." It said freeing detainees would allow them to "help to build a new nation." Human rights groups and opposition leaders have called for all the estimated 2,000 political prisoners to be freed to underscore the end of repression in Burma after decades of iron-fisted military rule. Prisoners for sanctions? Burmese President Thein Sein, seen as a reformer in a newly-elected government largely consisting of retired military generals, has introduced a series of reforms and launched talks with the opposition, including pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in an apparent bid to get mostly Western nations to dismantle longstanding political and economic sanctions. It is believed that the sanctions will be fully lifted only if all key political dissidents were released and the government forges peace with armed ethnic groups seeking greater autonomy, analysts say. "We hope many more will be released," said Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, herself freed from 15 years of house arrest last year. "I'm really thankful for the release of political prisoners," she told supporters. Aung Din, executive director of the U.S. Campaign for Burma, said the international community, including the United States, should "respond strongly" to the Burmese authorities that the release of political prisoners was "insufficient and unsatisfactory." The Burmese government should also be asked to allow the International Red Cross to visit all prisons to help political prisoners languishing under harsh conditions in Burma, Aung Din said. Kyi Nyunt, jailed student leader Min Ko Naing's sister, also lamented that the number of political prisoners released was far less than she had expected. "Nobody from the 65-year Group [student activists who had been handed 65-year jail terms] was released. If there is a matter of going in, there should be a matter of going out as well," she said. Oo Sai Laik, a spokesperson for the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD), said Sai Say Htan was the only Shan political prisoner released under the amnesty move. "Family members contacted their respective prison authorities and were informed that Sai Nyunt Lwin, Khun Hto Oo, Sai Hlay Aung, and Oo Htun Nyo were not included in the release. They've said nothing definite, but told us more amnesty is to follow," Oo said, referring to other Shan political prisoners. "In building trust between the public and the authorities, the government should grant amnesty to everyone. Only then will we see national reconciliation and true peace." Monk still held Initial reports that Shin Gambira, a Buddhist monk and prominent leader of street marches in 2007 that were violently suppressed, was released turned out to be untrue. His mother, Daw Yay, whose younger son was released from prison today, said she had no information on whether Shin Gambira would be set free. "I asked the prison warden whether Shin Gambira would be released and he simply said no," she said. "Not only do I want him released, but I want all political prisoners released as well … If the government truly wants a democratic system, they must release all of them. I truly hope we will see more people set free before the end of this year." Human Rights Watch called on the government to ensure that all prisoners sentenced for peaceful political activities, regardless of whether charges stemmed from security laws or criminal charges designed to suppress dissent, are immediately and unconditionally released. The political prisoners who were released "have suffered immeasurably and should never have been put in Burma's miserable jails in the first place," said Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "The laws that put them behind bars are still on the books and can be used again at any time," she said, calling on the government to convene parliament and repeal laws criminalizing peaceful political speech. Reported by RFA's Burmese service. Written in English by Joshua Lipes and Parameswaran Ponnudurai.  |
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