On 25th October, the Cambodian opposition leader, Mr. Sam Rainsy, led 100 villagers to uproot demarcation poles they said were illegally planted in the middle of their rice-fields by the Vietnamese authority. On 16th November, the Cambodian parliament, dominated by the ruling Cambodian People's Party, voted to strip off Mr. Rainsy's parliamentary immunity on charges of "sabotage". And on 28th November, Mr. Rainsy's supporters in Canada and the U.S protested to condemn the Cambodian parliament's action.
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Would you really think the Canadian Government take action?
I doubt that. Hun Sen will thumb his nose at Canada for he knows that Canada will not interfere with Cambodia's internal affairs.
It's bad for Cambodia.
Canada will not take any actions because it constitutes interfering in another country's internal affairs. Even the U.S government will not take any actions. But the is good thing about the protest is that it publicized about Cambodian government's human rights abuse records and therefore foreign governments are well informed of the human rights and democratic situations in Cambodia. As a result, they can put some pressures on the Cambodian government. This is what they can do.
In the U.S, Cambodian-Americans can bring the case to their congressmen who in turn can initiate a resolution condemning Mr. Hun Sen's action. It might have some fruitful results.
Doubtful that the US Congressmen's words would have any impact.
U.S congresmen's words might not have a great impact, but they certainly will have some impacts. In the U.S, Cogressmen can initiate any resolutions condemning Hun Sen's actions. If the majority of them feel very strongly about any issues, they can pressure the U.S government into actions.
Learning from the past hundreds of protests, we know that some American, Canadian and Western countries will issues some kind of statements and concerns, but realistically, there is nothing they can do to change Cambodia's policy.
I agreed with you Timothy.
I agreed with you Timothy. Unfortunately many Khmer abroad are still thinking that their congressmen will have impact on internal affairs of another nation.
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