Mr. Reach Sambath at the Khmer Rouge trial.
By Khmerization
Source: CEN and DAP News
Mr. Reach Sambath, spokesman and chief of public affairs of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, has passed away at Calmette Hospital at 9pm last night, Wednesday 11th May.
The report said that he had died from a stroke and blood clot resulting from high blood pressures.
Mr. Reach Sambath suffered a stroke at 4:30pm on Tuesday 10th May while working at his office at the ECCC. He was immediately sent to Calmette Hospital, but due to the seriousness of his stroke, Cambodian and foreign doctors were unable to save him and he died at 9pm last night before he can be sent to Thailand for treatment.
47 year-old Reach Sambath was a 20 year veteran journalist who worked for many foreign news agencies, including AFP, but has quit has journalism career after he was appointed as spokesperson of the ECCC in 2006. Later, he was appointed as the chief of the ECCC Public Affairs. He is also a lecturer at the Royal University of Phnom Penh's Department of Journalism.
Mr. Reach Sambath had received many qualifications from Cambodia and overseas, including a masters degree in journalism from Colombia University in the United States, and other qualifications from Germany and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
He is also a good friend and a fellow orphan of Miss Seng Theary, a Khmer-American who took great interests in the Khmer Rouge trials after her parents and family were all killed by the Khmer Rouge. After learning of his death, Seng Theary had left this message: "My deepest condolences to the family of Reach Sambath (a fellow orphan who took refuge with my family in my paternal grandfather's house in Svay Rieng in 1978) as they mourn his passing away earlier tonight. My prayers and thoughts are with you".
He has left behind a wife, 2 sons and one daughter.
Source: CEN and DAP News
Mr. Reach Sambath, spokesman and chief of public affairs of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Court of Cambodia (ECCC), better known as the Khmer Rouge tribunal, has passed away at Calmette Hospital at 9pm last night, Wednesday 11th May.
The report said that he had died from a stroke and blood clot resulting from high blood pressures.
Mr. Reach Sambath suffered a stroke at 4:30pm on Tuesday 10th May while working at his office at the ECCC. He was immediately sent to Calmette Hospital, but due to the seriousness of his stroke, Cambodian and foreign doctors were unable to save him and he died at 9pm last night before he can be sent to Thailand for treatment.
47 year-old Reach Sambath was a 20 year veteran journalist who worked for many foreign news agencies, including AFP, but has quit has journalism career after he was appointed as spokesperson of the ECCC in 2006. Later, he was appointed as the chief of the ECCC Public Affairs. He is also a lecturer at the Royal University of Phnom Penh's Department of Journalism.
Mr. Reach Sambath had received many qualifications from Cambodia and overseas, including a masters degree in journalism from Colombia University in the United States, and other qualifications from Germany and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand.
He is also a good friend and a fellow orphan of Miss Seng Theary, a Khmer-American who took great interests in the Khmer Rouge trials after her parents and family were all killed by the Khmer Rouge. After learning of his death, Seng Theary had left this message: "My deepest condolences to the family of Reach Sambath (a fellow orphan who took refuge with my family in my paternal grandfather's house in Svay Rieng in 1978) as they mourn his passing away earlier tonight. My prayers and thoughts are with you".
He has left behind a wife, 2 sons and one daughter.
3 comments:
Why was my comment taken off this blog when I was merely stated that he was sent to the wrong hospital?
Now, I begin to think that you're a CPP supporter.
What wrong for being a CPP supporter ? At least that party isn't being tear apart like your yo yo party.
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 30,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 30,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 30,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer every day.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 30,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Koh Tral was a Cambodian island, and technically and legally, remained a Cambodian island until today.
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
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