Kong Sam Onn, left, who represented Mrs. Mu Sochua, right, against Prime Minister Hun Sen then quit after threats from Prime Minister Hun Sen and defected to Mr. Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party in exchange for Mr. Hun Sen to drop a lawsuit against him for representing Mrs. Mu Sochua.Dear friends,
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. KONG, Sam Onn, Ph.D (Candidate), LLM, LLB, Attorney-at-Law as our new Director of Programs. Sam Onn will work on the CCHR Management Committee and will be responsible for supervising the implementation of the CCHR’s human rights programs.
Sam Onn has worked in the legal, judicial and human rights fields since 1992. He was the former head of the private law firm Cambodia Law Services (CLS), and a Professor of Law at Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC). He is experienced in both private and public law. He has worked as a legal consultant to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and in the private sector. Sam Onn was a senior manager at the Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP), and has worked on a number of high profile legal cases representing journalists, politicians, government officials, military officials and lay people whose basic human rights have been violated. He is fluent in Khmer, English and Thai.
Sam Onn’s contact details are as follows:
Email: sok@cchrcambodia.org
Tel: +855-12-717-999
Fax: +855-23-726-902
Please join me in welcoming Sam Onn to the CCHR!
Kind regards,
Virak
The Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. KONG, Sam Onn, Ph.D (Candidate), LLM, LLB, Attorney-at-Law as our new Director of Programs. Sam Onn will work on the CCHR Management Committee and will be responsible for supervising the implementation of the CCHR’s human rights programs.
Sam Onn has worked in the legal, judicial and human rights fields since 1992. He was the former head of the private law firm Cambodia Law Services (CLS), and a Professor of Law at Paññasastra University of Cambodia (PUC). He is experienced in both private and public law. He has worked as a legal consultant to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and in the private sector. Sam Onn was a senior manager at the Cambodian Defenders Project (CDP), and has worked on a number of high profile legal cases representing journalists, politicians, government officials, military officials and lay people whose basic human rights have been violated. He is fluent in Khmer, English and Thai.
Sam Onn’s contact details are as follows:
Email: sok@cchrcambodia.org
Tel: +855-12-717-999
Fax: +855-23-726-902
Please join me in welcoming Sam Onn to the CCHR!
Kind regards,
Virak
3 comments:
CCHR is bullshit!
I have feelings Ou Virak was sold out! Appointing Kong Sam Onn for the position meaning CCHR is working under CPPs nose. Pathetic!
Fame and fortune corrupt people. Any kinds of opportunists will to surrender themselves to the powerful to gain what they long for. They jump too often from one party to another like the moneys swinging away through the trees. Without a sense of morality and justice all government officials are doomed to failure. It's a plain true that fame and fortune are what matter and morality and justice are a waste of time and breath in a today's society. Some so-called strictly impartial, incorruptible lawers and judges just won't practice what they preach.
I wonder if Kong Sam Onn is true to the principle and democratic values who can stand up the oppression from the CPP and Hun Sen after he had defected to the CPP under coercion. He had sold out his principle and ideals when he abandoned Mrs. Mu Sochua and defected to the CPP under duress. I can understand his position at that time, but I doubt he can do a better job for CCHR now because it will create his conflict of interests as he is serving the party - CPP- that oppresses people and he is now working for the CCHR- the organization that wants to defend and stamp out human rights abuses. Because of this conflict of interests, I don't think he can do his job effectively.
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