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| Vietnamese gamblers rescued from kidnappers in Cambodia Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:46 PM PDT
7/21/2011 By Hoai Nam Thanh Nien News Vietnamese police on Tuesday rescued a 19-year-old youth who had one of his fingers chopped off and sent to his parents in order to threaten them to repay money he lost gambling in Cambodia. Nguyen Minh Tan, 19, was found in a locked apartment, along with Han Loi, a Cambodian man who was in charge of guarding gambling losers, in Bavet Commune, Svay Rieng Province. Vietnamese police arrested Han Loi and confiscated a knife and chopping board believed to be used to cut off the fingers of gamblers to be sent to their families for demanding ransom. The police planned the rescue for two Vietnamese gamblers – Tan and Truong Toan – on July 17 after their families reported that they had received fingers of their sons in letters sent from Cambodia, demanding ransom to get their sons back. The kidnappers got wind of the fact that police were searching for the Vietnamese men and sent Toan back to Vietnam, but kept Tan in the apartment. Toan was detained in a house in Binh Phuoc Province until he escaped on July 19. Toan and Tan told the police they were locked in a room and beaten up by three people – Han Loi, a Vietnamese woman named Hanh and her Cambodian husband named Huong – after they lost money gambling in Cambodian casinos early this month. The couple told them to call their families and asked for payment. When the families did not send the money, they ordered Han Loi to chop parts of the gamblers' fingers and send it to the families. Police are continuing to investigate the case.  | ||||||||||
| Indonesia Gets Asean Support In Role On Thailand-Cambodia Border Issue Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:41 PM PDT NUSA DUA (BALI), July 23 (Bernama) -- Indonesia has received the support of Asean to continue with its role to find a peaceful solution to the Cambodia-Thailand border issue. The support was stated in the Chairman Statement of the Asean Foreign Ministers Meeting, which was held here on July 19. "The meeting supports Indonesia as Chair of Asean to continue to undertake consultations with Cambodia and Thailand on the above matter," it said. The meeting also recognised the importance of the July 18 order of the International Court of Justice for the indication of provisional measures on the Thailand and Cambodia border issue. They include the continued cooperation of both parties, particularly in allowing the observers appointed by the organisation to have access to the provisional demilitarised zone. It also welcomed the continuing commitment by Cambodia and Thailand to resolving their differences by peaceful means.  | ||||||||||
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:34 PM PDT July 24, 2011 The Nation on Sunday Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa, the current Asean chair, is happy that both Thailand and Cambodia have decided to respect the July 18 order of International Court of Justice to help resolve the Thai-Cambodian border conflict. He said he was also pleased to have learned that Indonesian observers will be allowed to enter the provisional demilitarised zone on the Thai-Cambodian border as suggested by the court. On July 18, the court ordered both Thailand and Indonesia to withdraw their military personnel from the demilitarised zone of 17 square kilometres next to Phra Viharn or Phear Vihear Temple. The two countries have been at odds after Cambodia got Preah Vihear listed as a World Heritage Site.  | ||||||||||
| Tensions ease around border temple Posted: 23 Jul 2011 04:15 PM PDT
RESIDENTS AND TOURISTS ALLOWED TO RETURN TO DISPUTED THAI-CAMBODIAN AREA 24/07/2011 Wassana Nanuam Bangkok Post The situation along the Thai-Cambodian border has returned to normal and it is now safe to visit tourist spots in the border areas, says Second Army chief Thawatchai Samutsakhon. Lt Gen Thawatchai said the 2nd Army has allowed residents and tourists to re-enter the disputed area around Preah Vihear, including the Pha Mor I Dang cliff in Si Sa Ket's Kantharalak district, as well as Ta Muen and Ta Kwai temples in Phanom Dong Rak district of neighbouring Surin province. Traders from Phum Srol village in Kantharalak district, the epicentre of the Thai-Cambodian clashes earlier this year, have also been allowed to re-open souvenir and goods shops. He said border tensions have eased since the July 3 general election because Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is expecting to resume talks with the incoming government led by the Pheu Thai Party. Lt Gen Thawatchai said Indonesian observers must seek permission from the Thai government to enter the disputed area. Their access to the area may be delayed until the new government approves their request, he said. Cambodia wants Indonesian observers to enter the disputed area before its military pulls out, but Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva insists Cambodia withdraw its troops first. Mr Abhisit demands Cambodia enter talks with Thailand as their stances on troop withdrawal differ. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Monday that Thailand and Cambodia should withdraw their soldiers from the disputed area and allow observers from Asean access to the area pending its consideration of a Cambodian petition concerning ownership of the area. The ICJ set up a "provisional demilitarised zone" around Preah Vihear temple. A military source at the border said the ruling may put Thailand at a disadvantage because Thai troops occupy more key strategic locations in the disputed areas than Cambodian troops. The source is also concerned the Cambodian military might mobilise villagers and family members of its soldiers in the disputed area for development, trade and tourism purposes because the court did not ban civilians from entering the area.  | ||||||||||
| Khmer Rouge crimes in legal limbo Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:30 PM PDT
Jared Ferrie The National (UAE) CHIANG MAI // During the Khmer Rouge years, Im Chaem had the dubious honour of receiving visits from the movement's supreme leader and chief architect of its genocidal policies. Pol Pot would meet with her at a construction site where she oversaw work on the regime's largest irrigation project, built by the forced labour of thousands of diseased and starving workers. Her other duties included heading a security centre in which 40,000 people died. Those are some allegations contained in a confidential court document obtained by The National, which describes charges against Ms Im and two other suspects, Ta An and Ta Tith. None of the suspects are likely to see the inside of a courtroom, let alone a jail cell. The case appears too politically sensitive for a UN-backed tribunal, which was set up to try leaders of the regime that presided over the deaths of about two million people between 1975 and 1979. The case is one of two that Cambodian officials have repeatedly stated they will not permit to go forward. Referred to as cases 003 and 004, they are at the centre of a controversy that has cast doubt on the ability of the court to act independently of political interference. Some court observers accuse the investigating judges - a Cambodian and his German counterpart - of caving to political pressure by failing to properly investigate allegations against suspects in the cases. Victims were outraged when judges announced on April 29 the conclusion of the investigation into 003, even though they had ordered no field visits to potential mass graves. They also neglected to interview witnesses, or even the suspects themselves. In June, it was revealed that UN-employed members of the judges' legal team had resigned in protest. Many claim the judges failed to adequately investigate 003 because they were reluctant to turn up evidence that would support the prosecution's allegations and force them to recommend the case go to trial. The judges have strongly denied that. Yet, many observers fear that court officials will use similar tactics to shut down the investigation into 004. A confidential submission provided to The National lays out the prosecution's argument in that case. The confidential document contains previously unreported information. Ms Im Chaem is now a commune chief in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Anlong Veng District. "Im Chaem herself acknowledges that as many as 10,000 individuals died from executions, starvation and disease during her tenure as district secretary in Preah Net Preah and that there was lack of food and adequate medical care during this period," prosecutors claim in their submission. Ta An and Ta Tith were deputy secretaries, or second in command to Khmer Rouge officers who controlled geographical zones. Both men allegedly oversaw massacres. Mr Ta Tith is now "a wealthy businessman in Phnom Penh", according to the document, which alleges that he "had knowledge of, ordered and possibly directly participated in the torture and mutilation of prisoners". Mr Ta An was deeply involved in purges and the mass killing of Cham Muslims, prosecutors claim. Cambodian officials have claimed that expanding the scope of prosecution to include mid-ranking Khmer Rouge cadres, such as suspects in case 004, could incite violence led by other former mid-ranking officials who might fear arrest. Analysts, human-rights groups and historians dismiss such a scenario as unrealistic. Instead, many suggest that testimony in such trials could reveal embarrassing information about officials in the current government, which includes many former Khmer Rouge members. Cambodia's prime minister, Hun Sen, was a midlevel Khmer Rouge officer before defecting to Vietnam during the purges. He has never been accused of involvement in Khmer Rouge crimes. During an October 2010 visit to Phnom Penh by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Mr Hun Sen told Mr Ban that he would not allow any more cases to go to trial. Many suspected the investigative judges' handling of 003 was evidence that the UN had decided not to bring the case to trial at the tribunal. The UN denied such allegations in a June 14 statement issued by Mr Ban. But a diplomatic cable from the US embassy in Phnom Penh, released by WikiLeaks, indicates that UN officials did discuss removing 003 from the tribunal's caseload. During a January 2010 meeting of donors to the tribunal, Knut Rosandhaug, a UN court administrator, cited concerns about the cost of the investigation and possible trial. And he "broached the subject of transferring case 003 to the domestic court to further reduce the total amount required to the tribunal," the cable records. Such a move would effectively kill the case. Cambodia's court system is infamously corrupt and controlled by the government that opposes cases 003 and 004. Alex Bates, a former prosecutor at the tribunal, said UN officials must have foreseen difficulties arising with the politically sensitive cases and made contingency plans. The implications of any strategy to transfer 003 and 004 to domestic courts would have been obvious. "The judges and the prosecutors are completely in the hands of their political masters," Mr Bates said of Cambodia's legal system. The Open Society Justice Initiative called on the UN to conduct an inquiry into the conduct of the investigating judges, saying such an investigation could salvage the tribunal's reputation. The UN has refused to do so and Mr Ban said in his June statement that closing the investigation into 003 was only "an interim procedural step". Lead prosecutor Andrew Cayley has asked the Pre-Trial Chamber to order the investigating judges to reopen the investigation, a request the Chamber is now considering.  | ||||||||||
| The SRP moves its headquarters Posted: 23 Jul 2011 11:51 AM PDT
23 July 2011 By Chak DAP-news Translated from Khmer by Komping Puoy Phnom Penh – The SRP inaugurated its new party headquarters on 23 July 2011 after its old headquarters located along Sothearos Street was vacated. The new SRP headquarters is located along National Road No. 2, near Chak Angre commune, Stung Meanchey district, Phnom Penh city. The new building measures 9 by 14 meters and has 3 stories. It was built at a cost of $225,000. The construction cost was collected from donations by SRP MPs and party activists from both inside and outside the country. The SRP, led by Kong Korm, its first vice-president, organized a procession march from its old headquarters location to its new building. The procession included SRP MPs and about 500 party activists from all over the country. In a teleconference speech from overseas, opposition leader Sam Rainsy indicated that, although the SRP headquarters is tight, his consciousness is still large as usual.  | ||||||||||
| Sam Rainsy in Tunis, Tunisia's capital, on 23 July 2011 [... a postcard for Dictator Hun Xen?] Posted: 23 Jul 2011 03:02 AM PDT   | ||||||||||
| Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:24 AM PDT By NNT Pattaya Mail SURIN, 21 July 2011-Thai gamblers have flocked to two Cambodian casinos from Surin province while local traders have also emerged from the Thai-Cambodian border. The confidence has risen after the International Court of Justice has ordered the withdrawal of troops from the disputed area, prompting the daily undertakings near the border to return to normal. According to the report, tourists continue to travel to Cambodia, although the number is not as high as over the long weekend last week. Tourists are shopping for local products in a small number due to the rains. The report further stated that their number will rise over the weekend. Market Manager at Chongjom Border Checkpoint Mr. Pattana Chuenyong said that local residents have had more confidence about the situation over the border after the ICJ's ruling. Although he added that the situation remains uncertain despite the absence of tensions. Mr. Serm Chieabsantiat, whose job is a motorcycle taxi driver, said his income varied from day to day. He is hoping the dispute will be resolved soon as tourists are his only source of income. He added that local residents remained vigilant as troops from both sides of the border have not left the area. They fear for any violence that could happen anytime.  | ||||||||||
| Reneging an agreement signed by Thailand in 1907? ... Dream on Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:14 AM PDT Preah Vihear and the old map we should never have agreed to July 23, 2011 By Nophakhun Limsamarnphun The Nation The International Court of Justice issued an order last Monday for both Thailand and Cambodia to withdraw their military from a disputed border area covering a total of 17.3 square kilometres. The demilitarised zone consists of 8.5 sq km of Thai territory and 8.8 sq km of Cambodian territory. This includes a Thai portion of 4.6 sq km next to the Phra Viharn/Preah Vihear temple which was earlier listed unilaterally by Cambodia as a World Heritage Site. Back in 1962, the court ruled that the ancient Hindu temple belonged to Cambodia, but it stopped short of making any ruling on border demarcation, which went beyond its authority. Due to the legacy of colonial rule in Indochina, border demarcation has been a highly sensitive issue between Thailand and Cambodia ever since the 1962 ruling. To date, there has been no mutually acceptable demarcation along the border between the two countries. In 1994, Thailand and Cambodia attempted to start the process of proper demarcation and both countries entered into a memorandum of understanding in a bid to resolve the issue. However, Dr Sompong Sujaritkul, a former Thai lawyer who was involved in the Thai-Cambodian border case nearly 50 years ago, recently cautioned that the 1994 MoU contains several dangerous points for Thailand. First, the 1994 MoU uses a map with a scale of 1 to 200,000 originally and unilaterally created by France during its time as colonial power in Indochina in the 19th century. This map was a distortion as it encroached on Thai territory in defiance of the 1907 treaty signed by France and Thailand. Respecting the dictates of this map could result in a loss of 1.8 million rai of Thailand's territory, according to Dr Sompong. Second, he cautioned that another danger was hidden in Thailand's failure to object to the use of this map in the decades prior to 1994. This failure led to the lack of a crucial clause in the Thai-Cambodian MoU of 1994, which meant there was no protection against Thai territorial interests being violated by subsequent legal interpretations in the international arena. Dr Sompong suggested that the 1994 MoU should have contained a protective clause stating that Thailand would not accept the dictates of anything beyond the 1907 treaty between then-Siam and France, which had colonised Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Instead, as the matter stands, the country is now at risk of losing more land territory to Cambodia if future legal interpretations are based on the unilaterally created map that uses the scale of 1 to 200,000. In the final analysis, it is in Thailand's best interest to nullify the 1994 MoU with Cambodia. In April this year, Cambodia asked the ICJ - the highest court of the United Nations - for an order for Thailand to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from what it described as parts of Cambodian territory situated in the area of Preah Vihear Temple. Cambodia also asked the court to issue a ban on all military activity by Thailand, and that Thailand refrain from any act or action which could interfere with the rights of Cambodia or aggravate the dispute. Thailand responded by asking the court to eliminate the Cambodian case.  | ||||||||||
| Cambodia, Thailand discuss pullout conditions Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT 2011-07-23 AP-Xinhua PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodia's prime minister on Friday called on Thailand to comply with the orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and withdraw from disputed border territory at the same time as Cambodian troops. Prime Minister Hun Sen told reporters that the mutual withdrawal will stop flare-ups of fighting in the area and benefit both countries. The comments at the news conference were his first since the court decision, which came in response to an appeal from Phnom Penh asking for clarification of the 1962 court decision that awarded it the temple. The Netherlands-based court on Monday created a small demilitarized zone along the border around the Preah Vihear temple and ordered the armed forces of both countries to withdraw. Neither Cambodia nor Thailand has set a date for doing so. The court went beyond Cambodia's request for an immediate and complete withdrawal of Thai troops from the area, saying that both countries should allow observers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) into the area to observe a cease-fire. Indonesia, as the rotating host of ASEAN, offered to deploy a team of observers along the Thai-Cambodian border following their first clash in February. Thai officials say they want to meet with their Cambodian counterparts to discuss the withdrawals and insist that observers not be allowed into the area until Cambodian troops have withdrawn. Thailand's caretaker Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said on Friday that Bangkok and Phnom Penh must hold a discussion before military withdrawal begins. In response to the ICJ's decision that both countries should allow observers from ASEAN into the area, the minister said an Indonesian observation team should be allowed in only after an agreement on troop withdrawal between the neighbors is reached. The outgoing Thai foreign minister added that on Monday, the ministry will hold a meeting with the country's Ministry of Defense to lay the framework for the matter. Further details on the subject, however, will be the responsibility of the new government, which is expected to take office in August. Cambodia has said it wants the observers in place before withdrawing its troops. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen also said he welcomed observers, who could stay wherever they liked. The two countries agreed in May to admit observers from Indonesia. Hun Sen said on Friday that he is ready to hold a meeting with Thailand and a third party to discuss the withdrawal. Thailand has long insisted on bilateral talks while Cambodia has been seeking the involvement of a third party. The ICJ ruled in 1962 that the 900-year-old Preah Vihear Hindu temple was located in an area under Cambodian sovereignty. However, both sides have laid claim to some 4.6 square kilometers of land surrounding the temple.  | ||||||||||
| Dictator Hoon Xhen scared of Jasmine Revolution plot Posted: 23 Jul 2011 01:00 AM PDT Cambodian PM warns main opposition party for Jasmine Revolution plot July 23, 2011 Xinhua Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday warned the country's main opposition party not to follow the footsteps of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya that the opposition parties have used people's protests to topple the government. "I come to power by the votes of Cambodian people, so I will step down from the power only if the people vote to dismiss me," he said at a press conference. "I won't step down by protests. If you want to try by following the footstep of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, you can do," he added. "How many are your supporters? They can come, we welcome, the ruling Cambodian People's Party has its own supporters too, you want to use people to topple us; we will have our people to defend the government as well." The premier's remark came after Sam Rainsy Party, the country's main opposition party, issued a statement on Thursday, saying that the party's exiled leader Sam Rainsy visited Tunisia on July 21-23 in order to meet local and international activists from various political and social backgrounds who have successfully fought for a regime change in this country through an unprecedented popular uprising that triggered the Arab Spring or Jasmine Revolution seven months ago. "The ongoing peaceful transition towards freedom and democracy in Tunisia is an inspiration for the whole world, especially countries under dictatorship such as Cambodia that is awaiting a Lotus Revolution with the same historical results," said the statement from the party. Prime Minister Hun Sen has been in power for 32 years.  | ||||||||||
| Cambodia, US call for regional talks in border row Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:55 AM PDT Pattaya Daily News (Thailand) PHNOM PENH, July 22, 2011 - Cambodia on Friday called for outside help to resolve its border dispute with Thailand, as the US lent its support to a regional solution following a UN order to remove troops from the frontier. Premier Hun Sen said Cambodia was ready to hold tripartite talks with Thailand and Indonesia, chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as both neighbours appeared reluctant to act first to comply with the court ruling. The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday said both countries should remove their forces immediately from the area around the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple, scene of deadly clashes earlier this year. But neither country has yet withdrawn its soldiers and statements from both sides seem to rule out any imminent action. Thailand earlier this week said talks with Cambodia would precede any military pullout, while Phnom Penh has demanded third party observers must be sent to the border. On Friday US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ASEAN would be the best forum for the pair to resolve their differences. Both sides should refrain "from taking steps that would escalate into violence," she said during ASEAN meetings on the Indonesian resort island of Bali. Hun Sen said it was "impossible" that there would be negotiations held just between the two sides, slamming "childish language" from outgoing Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva. "Tripartite negotiations between Cambodia, Thailand, and Indonesia can be held anytime, anywhere, and at any levels," he said. Both sides have stressed that troop withdrawal must be simultaneous. Cambodia asked the court for an interpretation of a 1962 ruling on the Preah Vihear temple in April. It then also asked for Thailand to be ordered to withdraw troops. Although Thailand does not dispute Cambodia's ownership of the temple, both Phnom Penh and Bangkok claim the 4.6-square-kilometre (1.8-square-mile) area surrounding the ancient complex. An interpretation of the 1962 ruling could take several more months. In February 10 people were killed in fighting at the temple site and fresh clashes broke out further west in April, leaving 18 dead and prompting 85,000 civilians to flee.  | ||||||||||
| US praises Laos for pause in Mekong dam project Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:52 AM PDT Friday, July 22, 2011 By ROBIN McDOWELL Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton praised Laos as taking a "forward-leaning position" after the tiny, landlocked nation said it had no immediate plans to resume work on a dam across the Mekong River, a senior U.S. official said. The dam - a multibillion-dollar, 1,260-megawatt hydroelectric project - would be the first across the river as it meanders through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. China has dammed its upper reaches, but the 3,000-mile (4,900-kilometer) river otherwise runs free. Opponents say construction in Laos could open the way for 10 more dams downstream. That could affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people. "This is a serious issue for all the countries that share the Mekong River," Clinton said at a meeting of ministers from affected nations Friday. "Because if any of you build a dam, all of you will feel the consequences in environmental degradation, challenges to food security and impacts on communities." Laos announced in May that it would defer building the $3.5 billion Xayaburi dam until an expert review was done. Hydropower is one of Laos' few major resources, and the country had hoped revenue from the dam would spur economic and social development. It said Friday the suspension would continue, said Kurt Campbell, the top U.S. diplomat for Asia, quoting Clinton and others as welcoming the "forward-leaning" decision. Laos has said the dam would not significantly impact the Mekong mainstream, but activists, scientists and officials in other countries say it would cause irreversible damage. They say it would disrupt fish migrations, block nutrients for downstream farming and even foul Vietnam's rice bowl by slowing the river's speed and allowing saltwater to creep into the Mekong River Delta. "I want to urge all parties to pause on any considerations to build new dams until we are able to do a better assessment of the likely consequences," Clinton said.  | ||||||||||
| Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Lotus Posted: 23 Jul 2011 12:49 AM PDT
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| Latest posts on CambodiaWatch-Australia Blog Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:41 PM PDT Good Morning, Please find below some of the posts on CambodiaWatch. Best Regards,CambodiaWatch- Australia Team http://camwatchblogs.blogspot.com/  | ||||||||||
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| Sacrava's Political Cartoon: The Inferior Radios Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:32 PM PDT   | ||||||||||
| "Happiness for doing good deed, Unhappiness for doing bad deed": Opinion by Ven. Maha Phirum Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:30 PM PDT | ||||||||||
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| Vietnamese hegemony through the economy - Opinion by James Sok Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:17 PM PDT | ||||||||||
| Som Niyeay Phorng - Op-Ed by Angkor Borei News Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:15 PM PDT   | ||||||||||
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| "Siem Puok Chun Muk Krass" a Poem in Khmer by Heng Thal Savuth Posted: 22 Jul 2011 10:26 PM PDT   | ||||||||||
| Posted: 22 Jul 2011 07:52 PM PDT Sam Rainsy's well-informed statement described world's despotic leaders have been gradually toppled by its own people: "He associated Cambodia's Hun Sen (32 years in power) with Tunisia's Ben Ali (removed after 24 years in power), Egypt's Hosni Mubarak (removed after 30 years in power), Libya's Muammar Gaddafi (to be removed after 42 years in power), Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh (to be removed after 33 years in power) and Syria's Bashar al-Assad (to be removed after 40 years of dictatorship including his father Hafez al-Assad's 29-year reign)." Political Analysis Today: Op-Ed: Khmer Young Most of us have known about Pol Pot's paranoia, but Pol Pot has become the past, present Pol Pot is Hun Sen who has always appeared in the public by his ruthless leadership style. Hun Sen's appearance to denounce Sam Rainsy and threaten Cambodian people about the possibility of people revolution is another same-same political attitude that Hun Sen doesn't want to publicize it at all. From day to day, Hun Sen and his cadres have tried to manipulate Cambodian people by boasting on the development of democracy, economic betterment, fair election, social welfare and caring for the destitute etc. Mass media in Cambodia including printing papers, TVs and Radios are out-speaking about this manipulation to lure the Cambodian people to believe in them. Hun Sen wants these things to be heard more than threatening or publicly intimidating like this. However, Hun Sen cannot keep himself peaceful to hiding his personal ruthless attitude. Khmer proverb says that "kor dombao knong, k'aek hir romlong, romsai kontuy" or "the wounded bull will always be sensitive even though a bird flying pass above". By visiting Tunesia and the informing of different despotic leaders who have clung to power longer than Hun Sen have been toppled by the people is another well-informed news for all Cambodian people, and it is the itchy news for Khmer despotic Hun Sen. Sam Rainsy's well-informed statement described world's despotic leaders have been gradually toppled by its own people: "He associated Cambodia's Hun Sen (32 years in power) with Tunisia's Ben Ali (removed after 24 years in power), Egypt's Hosni Mubarak (removed after 30 years in power), Libya's Muammar Gaddafi (to be removed after 42 years in power), Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh (to be removed after 33 years in power) and Syria's Bashar al-Assad (to be removed after 40 years of dictatorship including his father Hafez al-Assad's 29-year reign)." People revolution will happen in Cambodia will be critically caused by the leadership of Hun Sen and his cadres. Following factors are good example for all Cambodians to rise up to fight against Hun Sen:
Sam Rainsy is the key leader for future of Cambodia. Middle classes Cambodian people has supported SRP before but now Cambodian farmers have also supported SRP. The revolution will happen from both inside the city and remote area to tell truth to Hun Sen that his manipulative approach and lying will not work any more. Hun Sen cannot make himself as a saint like he wishes. Finally, he will be the dictator and criminal leader of Cambodia like the Pol Pot. Today, she has shown his natural characteristic again. Khmer Young  |
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