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Source: RFA
A Khmer Krom farmer who led many protests against the confiscations of Khmer Krom's lands by the Vietnamese authority is now in hiding after Vietnamese police dressed in civilian clothes sought his arrest on the night of 9th September because the Vietnamese authority had accused him of revealing of Vietnamese land grabs and human rights abuses to the outside world.
The farmer, from Ang commune, Tinh Bien district of Moat Chrouk (An Giang) province who spoke on condition of anonymity from a secret location, told RFA that he fears for his security and safety. "They said why I made noises and revealed about their (Vietnamese) internal matters to the outside world. I will still make noises because I have lost my ancestral rice fields and farm lands. The (Vietnamese) authority did not resolve my problems for me", he said.
He said he had run away on the night of 9th September when members of his family telephoned to tell him that 4 plain-clothed policemen were seeking his arrest at his home. RFA had contacted the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh for comments, but a man who picked up the phone said the embassy's spokesman is out of his office.
Mr. Thach Setha, president of Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community in Cambodia, said he is very concerned about this news. "I'm very, very concerned because this is the habits of the communists who had always secretly spied on anyone who protested against land confiscations. These people (protesters) are the targets of their close investigations that will lead to arrests. I'm very, very concerned about his safety", he said.
This farmer said he had led many protests against the confiscations of Khmer Krom ancestral lands since 2007 in Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh City as well as criticising the Vietnamese authority for human rights abuses against Khmer Krom families.
Source: RFA
A Khmer Krom farmer who led many protests against the confiscations of Khmer Krom's lands by the Vietnamese authority is now in hiding after Vietnamese police dressed in civilian clothes sought his arrest on the night of 9th September because the Vietnamese authority had accused him of revealing of Vietnamese land grabs and human rights abuses to the outside world.
The farmer, from Ang commune, Tinh Bien district of Moat Chrouk (An Giang) province who spoke on condition of anonymity from a secret location, told RFA that he fears for his security and safety. "They said why I made noises and revealed about their (Vietnamese) internal matters to the outside world. I will still make noises because I have lost my ancestral rice fields and farm lands. The (Vietnamese) authority did not resolve my problems for me", he said.
He said he had run away on the night of 9th September when members of his family telephoned to tell him that 4 plain-clothed policemen were seeking his arrest at his home. RFA had contacted the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh for comments, but a man who picked up the phone said the embassy's spokesman is out of his office.
Mr. Thach Setha, president of Khmer Kampuchea Krom Community in Cambodia, said he is very concerned about this news. "I'm very, very concerned because this is the habits of the communists who had always secretly spied on anyone who protested against land confiscations. These people (protesters) are the targets of their close investigations that will lead to arrests. I'm very, very concerned about his safety", he said.
This farmer said he had led many protests against the confiscations of Khmer Krom ancestral lands since 2007 in Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh City as well as criticising the Vietnamese authority for human rights abuses against Khmer Krom families.
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Hanoi is relentlessly hunting down Khmer. Whether in Vietnam or in Cambodia, Khmer who questions or criticizes Hanoi's barbaric action toward them all have there freedom of express and freedom of speech taken. Ohhh.....pardon me, Vietnam is a communist, there is such no such thing as freedoms, except the freedom to worship Hanoi and uncle Ho Chi Minh.
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