Khmer Krom monks protested the in Phnom Penh about the maltreatment of Khmer Krom people by Vietnam and in turn was being chased and beaten by Cambodian police on 17th Dec, 2007.6th December, 2008
By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Buddhist monks and Khmer Krom Federation activists from 6 countries, including the United States, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Australia and also from Cambodia have met on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia to show the sufferings of Khmer Krom people to the world as they are waging a legal struggle to take back Kampuchea Krom.
Chairman of the Khmer Krom Buddhist Federation, Venerable Ly Pov, said from Australia that the meeting this Saturday is to raise the awareness of the sufferings of Khmer Krom under the yoke of the Vietnamese colonisation in order to coincide with the 60th International Day of Human Rights.
The Venerable Ly Pov said: “All the delegates will come from all the countries. They will raise the awareness about the communist Vietnamese oppression on the Khmer Krom people who have been oppressed by Vietnam for a long, long time, many centuries ago. Khmer Krom, as we all know, have suffered miserably. Nowadays, it is because we have the Buddha, the Dharma, the monks and the Buddhist temples there that keep Kampuchea Krom still existed until today. But these people are ruled by communist Vietnam. So, Khmer Krom all over the world such as in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand and Australia have gather to show the sufferings and the tragedy of Khmer Krom to the world, the UN, local and foreign guests see how bad communist Vietnam treated the Khmer Krom people.”
According to history, Kampuchea Krom was officially ceded to Vietnam by the French protectorate authority on 4th June, 1949.
The Khmer Krom Federation, an organisation that is waging a diplomatic and legal struggle to take back Kampuchea Krom, hopes that the raising of awareness of Khmer Krom sufferings through various international meetings will help convince the world community to help return Kampuchea Krom back to Cambodia’s control.//
By Mayarith
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Khmerization
Buddhist monks and Khmer Krom Federation activists from 6 countries, including the United States, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Australia and also from Cambodia have met on Saturday in Melbourne, Australia to show the sufferings of Khmer Krom people to the world as they are waging a legal struggle to take back Kampuchea Krom.
Chairman of the Khmer Krom Buddhist Federation, Venerable Ly Pov, said from Australia that the meeting this Saturday is to raise the awareness of the sufferings of Khmer Krom under the yoke of the Vietnamese colonisation in order to coincide with the 60th International Day of Human Rights.
The Venerable Ly Pov said: “All the delegates will come from all the countries. They will raise the awareness about the communist Vietnamese oppression on the Khmer Krom people who have been oppressed by Vietnam for a long, long time, many centuries ago. Khmer Krom, as we all know, have suffered miserably. Nowadays, it is because we have the Buddha, the Dharma, the monks and the Buddhist temples there that keep Kampuchea Krom still existed until today. But these people are ruled by communist Vietnam. So, Khmer Krom all over the world such as in the United States, Canada, France, New Zealand and Australia have gather to show the sufferings and the tragedy of Khmer Krom to the world, the UN, local and foreign guests see how bad communist Vietnam treated the Khmer Krom people.”
According to history, Kampuchea Krom was officially ceded to Vietnam by the French protectorate authority on 4th June, 1949.
The Khmer Krom Federation, an organisation that is waging a diplomatic and legal struggle to take back Kampuchea Krom, hopes that the raising of awareness of Khmer Krom sufferings through various international meetings will help convince the world community to help return Kampuchea Krom back to Cambodia’s control.//
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