The current leadership of the Cambodian People's Party.By Khmerization
Source: RFA
The exiled opposition leader, Mr. Sam Rainsy, has called on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to indict the current leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on the 36th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover power on 17th April, 1975.
Exactly three years ago, he made a controversial speech accusing Foreign Minister Hor Namhong of being complicit in the Khmer Rouge genocidal crimes which landed him in political hot water and legal tussle that could see the end of his political life.
During a videoconference with 100 supporters on the 36th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover, Mr. Sam Rainsy said that the indictment of only five ex-Khmer Rouge leaders is not enough. "The neo-Khmer Rouge, like the Chea Sim clique, the Hun Sen clique and the Heng Samrin clique used to celebrate the 17th April day because they consider it as their victory day. It means that these people were Khmer Rouge who had killed their own Khmer people. They are criminals who must be brought to justice at the International Criminal Court", he said.
However, Mr. Dim Sovannarom, spokesman for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, said the Tribunal cannot go beyond the mandate and the jurisdiction provided under the agreements reached between the UN and the Cambodian government that only allow the indictment of five Khmer Rouge leaders only. "The mission of this Tribunal is to seek justice for all the victims. And the most important point is whatever work we are doing, we must based it on the laws, based on the agreements and based on the prescribed laws", he said
Many of the current leaders are ex-Khmer Rouge senior officials , like Chea Sim, Hun Sen and Heng Samrin were ex-Khmer Rouge military commanders. Hor Namhong was chief of Boeng Trobek Detention Centre, Finance Minister Keat Chhon was Pol Pot's advisor, Defence Minister Tea Banh was also one of the Khmer Rouge military commanders.
Source: RFA
The exiled opposition leader, Mr. Sam Rainsy, has called on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to indict the current leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on the 36th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover power on 17th April, 1975.
Exactly three years ago, he made a controversial speech accusing Foreign Minister Hor Namhong of being complicit in the Khmer Rouge genocidal crimes which landed him in political hot water and legal tussle that could see the end of his political life.
During a videoconference with 100 supporters on the 36th anniversary of the Khmer Rouge takeover, Mr. Sam Rainsy said that the indictment of only five ex-Khmer Rouge leaders is not enough. "The neo-Khmer Rouge, like the Chea Sim clique, the Hun Sen clique and the Heng Samrin clique used to celebrate the 17th April day because they consider it as their victory day. It means that these people were Khmer Rouge who had killed their own Khmer people. They are criminals who must be brought to justice at the International Criminal Court", he said.
However, Mr. Dim Sovannarom, spokesman for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, said the Tribunal cannot go beyond the mandate and the jurisdiction provided under the agreements reached between the UN and the Cambodian government that only allow the indictment of five Khmer Rouge leaders only. "The mission of this Tribunal is to seek justice for all the victims. And the most important point is whatever work we are doing, we must based it on the laws, based on the agreements and based on the prescribed laws", he said
Many of the current leaders are ex-Khmer Rouge senior officials , like Chea Sim, Hun Sen and Heng Samrin were ex-Khmer Rouge military commanders. Hor Namhong was chief of Boeng Trobek Detention Centre, Finance Minister Keat Chhon was Pol Pot's advisor, Defence Minister Tea Banh was also one of the Khmer Rouge military commanders.
According to the Washington Post, Heng Samrin's and Hun Sen's troops had threwn grenades into a hospital and slit the throats of critically ill patients when they overrun a hospital in Kampong Cham in 1973. "When overrunning two hospitals, Heng Samrin's and Hun Sen's troops threw hand grenades and later slit the throats of critically ill patients", said the Washington Post.
Elizabeth Becker, a journalist who wrote an excellent book on Cambodian civil war "When the War was Over", also made similar claims in the International Herald Tribune: "Several soldiers and residents told the photographer that some of the rebels threw hand grenades and plastic explosives into still-occupied homes and cut the throats of the critically wounded at the city hospital", she wrote.
Elizabeth Becker, a journalist who wrote an excellent book on Cambodian civil war "When the War was Over", also made similar claims in the International Herald Tribune: "Several soldiers and residents told the photographer that some of the rebels threw hand grenades and plastic explosives into still-occupied homes and cut the throats of the critically wounded at the city hospital", she wrote.
18 comments:
Sam Rainsy is the son of traitor too at least current leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) get rid of khmer rouge when sam rainsy have a good life in Paris .
Sam rainsy have the ideology the same as Pol pot is fighting with viet Think about it .
Is Sam Rainsy out of his mind?
The Khmer Rouge Tribunal will not dare to indict the current leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP)at all.
The court presence in Cambodia is at their mercy of the CPP. If the court declares its intention to indict the big three bosses, then the court had better get ready to leave Cambodia because it will be certainly kicked out of Cambodia very fast by the three powerful Samdachs.
Justice in Cambodia is simply a game and it will never be total justice and everyone knows that.
Try suggesting bringing Sihanouk, the King Father to the court and you will know what I mean.
I think Sam Rainsy is out of options!
Cambodians are funny people and you may have to be flexible like Sihanouk to survive the Cambodian politics. Loving your country, Cambodia and working for the people are not good enough to get total support from the very people you are trying to help; you need to a crook to some extent to survive Cambodian politics, which is too bad.
Anet Khmer
Correction:
"you need to be a crook to some extent to survive in Cambodian politics, which is too bad."
18 April 2011 10:08 AM
Propaganda doesn't work with Khmer any. You can pretend to be whatever you want, nice try.
TO 18 April 2011 10:08 AM
It's the will of the people that get rid of Khmer Rouge.
Most of the leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP)are Khmer Rogue.
The Khmer Rogue CPP is running Cambodia again.
Don't tell me you are a stupid blind idiot.
To 1:23 pm if you want to fight for what you belief you on your own quarter of khmers are ex-khmer rouge you're not differences pol pot you want to purge khmer population again prepare to dig your own hole nobody going to dig the hole and bury you.
I haven't seen any media outlet asked question about sam rainsy motive in the issue of called on the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to indict the current leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on the the ground of they're ex-Khmer rouge it mean every Khmer should stand try it look like the big chunk of the Khmer population must stand try as the ex-Khmer rouge .
Sam rainsy educated in france he should known better in the system of law any indictment must have the evident of crimes have been commit question should be asked did the (CPP) commit any crimes during the Khmer rouge regimes ?.
Any wrongly accusation it a crimes too that why sam rainsy face too many law suites in the democratic world every body have the same right he should not infringe the right of other.
If joining khmer rouge is a crime and abandon (deserted) your country during the killing field is a crime too sam rainsy cannot making baloney to a big issues this is telling how desperate the man is like father like son ,at least if not to the most (CPP) stop the killing field sam rainsy like it or not its the fact that can't over look.
Hun sen and CPP is not perfect the issues have to be address but not with Khmer Rouge Tribunal it seem sam rainy is in the confuse state of mind cannot know right from wrong his English is quite poor and he should be careful with his dialogue .
He can make clown all he wants but the reality is how many people are belief him before he run out of gas and no one to talk to.
18 April 2011 6:07 PM
Were you one of the Khmer Rogue comrades that murdered nearly 2 millions innocents Khmer?
You very much in love the with Khmer Rouge official who are ruling Cambodia.
Surely the Khmer Rouge Tribunal will not dare to indict the current CPP leaders. But what Rainsy has done is to remind the world that the current Cambodian leaders were ex-Khmer Rouge officials who had Khmer blood on their hands. When the world is convinced that they had blood on their hands, maybe the international criminal court might investigate their crimes in the future, maybe. The current Khmer Rouge Tribunal has found nothing new. Every details or evidences are old material. As such, to spend over 100 million dollars to just indict 5 people with old evidences is a waste of money and an insult to the soul of the victims. These 5 KR leaders could have been tried in the normal Cambodian court, using the same old proof and evidences and it only cost peanut and will get the same justice. To spend over $100 million, more criminals, like the current leaders of the Cambodian People's Party, should also be brought to justice.
Hey 8:01PM did you know all the ex-khmer rouge are defending Preah vihear temple you should go and face the bullet you're just like your boss Sam rainsy he's a coward your comment is upset our soldiers in frontline don't try to divide the country.
majority of the soldiers in the preah vihear temple are ex-khmer rouge .
Those 5 CPP are just the small fish in the Khmer rouge regimes Tea bunh is just Lieutenant colonel and hardly survive he face the Lon Nol firing squat 1970 and 1973 he almost kill by Pol Pot he has to escape to Thailand .
A lot of people doesn't know what they talking how Hun Sen end up in vietnam? these people are barely survive.
I am not an Ex-Khmer rouge to be clear I've been lock up by Khmer rouge twice for minor stealing all my family are almost wipe out but i've to divide the tree from the forest.
Sam Rainsy is self-serving and a lot of people just jump to ban wagon sam rainsy's father track record was rotten to the core and sam rainsy want to walk his father foot step.
Don't fighting at the back line come to front line and joint the Ex-khmer rouge to defend the nation don't have the big mouth come here and face the thai bullets with us .
Hun Sen did not escape to Vietnam in 1977 because he hated the Khmer Rouge or wanted to save Khmer lives from the Khmer Rouge. Hun Sen, Chea Sim, Heng Samrin etc, escaped to Vietnam because they afraid they would be killed by Pol Pot after being accused of being the traitors for helping Vietnam to attack Cambodia. Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin were senior KR commanders in the Eastern Zone where most of the killings and executions had taken place. It meant Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin had killed more Khmers than in any other zones in Cambodia during that time.
18 April 2011 9:08 PM
Don't be such a coward by changing the subject. It isn't about the border conflict, it's about your rotten leaders in the capital city.
Sam Rainsy is the bravest of all. He fight for Cambodia, while you and your CPP gang of rapist want to rape him, shoot him with bullet and sentence him to prison.
You and your rotten gang is so coward just to pick on one person. Why are you so much afraid of Sam Rainsy. He is not even in Cambodia and just are already chicken, imagine when he step his back to Cambodia, you son of bitch is the first one shit in your pant. Such coward shithead.
Khmerization will soon like KI media if too many comment insulting hun sen you know what happen khmeriaztion will pay the price keep your comment to the degree respect leader of the country you like or not sam is gone for now or all of you want khmeriaztion to shut down if you people like sam go and protest don't use khmerization as the tools if you people love this website let this website alive OK.
may be khmeriaztion use webmaster filter like bangkok post to keep all the silly comment for khmeriaztion sake those silly comment it not benefit khmerization only do more damage khmerization should warn people don't comment that may jeopardy the website.
10:14 AM, thanks for your advice. Khmerization is open to all comments and criticism, minus offensive and profane language. All offensive comments will be deleted, but any criticism, even criticism of Khmerization, will be allowed provided that they don't contain offensive and profane language. Thanks to all readers who respect each other in this forum.
You are obviously apart of the ruling elite that run this country judging fom your ability to articulate your ignorance and acceptance of how justice is served in english. Your fathers have blood on thief hands. B
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