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Tuesday 23 August 2011

SRP claimed authority leased one thousand hectares of Cambodian land to Vietnamese at Bavet town


By Meas Sokchea
Khmer Phnom Penh Post
Article in English by Khmerization

Two Councillors from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) have claimed that local authority in Bavet town in Svay Rieng province have leased one hectares of land to Vietnamese farmers to farm.

Mr. Meas Kheng and Sok Sam-Ean, SRP councillors from Bavet town, said that local authority has given permission to Cambodian farmers from 4 districts, including Chrok Matess, Bavet, Prasat and Baty, to lease their land to Vietnamese farmers. Mr. Meas Kheng said one hectare of land was leased to Vietnamese for 400,000 ($100) to 600,000 ($150). They fear that after the Vietnamese had toiled and farmed the land for so many years that they would make a legal claim to the land or that the areas might become a "white Zone"- an overlapping area- or areas controlled by Vietnam and therefore will become part of Vietnam.

Mr. Chhouk Bandith, Governor of Bavet town, rejected the accusations and threatened to jail those two SRP councillors, saying no villagers had leased their land to Vietnamese farmers, they only leased to Khmer farmers. However, he admitted that Cambodian authority had permitted the Vietnamese people to use tractors to toil and plough the land for the Khmer farmers for a fee because Khmer farmers did not have machinery to plough their land.

Despite denials by local authority, two villagers have confirmed that many Khmer villagers had leased their land to Vietnamese farmers.

Mr. Reach Thoul, from Bavet, and Mr. Sor Tong, from Prasat, said that many Khmer villagers had leased their farmlands to Vietnamese farmers because they had received cash payment immediately.

Mr. Var Kimhong, chairman of Cambodian Border Committee, said he knew nothing about this.

Read article in Khmer below:
បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ថា​គេ​ជួល​ដី​១​ពាន់​ហិក​តា​នៅ​បាវិត​ឲ្យ​វៀត​ណាម

Tuesday, 23 August 2011 15:07

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ស្វាយរៀងៈ មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​បាន​ស្នើ​ដល់​មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​ឲ្យ​ចុះ​ទៅ​ ពិនិត្យ​មើល​ដី​នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ព្រំដែន​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​-​វៀតណាម ដោយ​អះ​អាង​ថា ដី​ជាង ១​ពាន់​ហិកតា​ក្នុង​ក្រុង​បាវិត ខេត្ត​ស្វាយ​រៀង​ត្រូវ​បាន​គេ​ជួល​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ជន​ជាតិ​វៀត​ណាម​ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ កសិកម្ម។

លោកមាស ខេងសមាជិក​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ខេត្ត​ស្វាយ​រៀង និង​លោក សុខ សំអៀន​សមាជិក​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​​ក្រុង​បាវិត​មក​ពី​គណ​បក្ស សម រង្ស៊ី បាន​ថ្លែង​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​​ថា អាជ្ញាធរ​បាន​អនុ​ញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ជួល​ដី​របស់​ពួក​គេ ​ក្នុង​សង្កាត់​ចំនួន៤ នៃ​ក្រុង​បាវិត​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ជន​ជាតិ​វៀតណាម​ ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​កសិកម្ម ដែល​រួម​មាន សង្កាត់​ច្រក​ម្ទេស បាវិត ប្រាសាទ និង​សង្កាត់​បាទី។

លោក មាស ខេង ថ្លែង​ថា៖​«ការ​ជួល​នេះ​មាន​ការ​សម​គំនិត​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ។ នេះ​ជា​ចំណុច​គ្រោះ​ថ្នាក់​មួយ ហើយ​បើមាន​ភស្តុ​តាង​បង្ហាញ គេ​​ថាវា​មិន​ពិត​ទេ ដូច្នេះ​ចុះ​ទៅ​មើល​ឲ្យ​ឃើញ​នឹង​ភ្នែក​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ទៅ​ បើ​យើង​ជា​អ្នក​ស្នេហា​ជាតិ​ពិត​ប្រា​កដ យើង​កុំ​ខ្លាច​ការ​ពិត យើង​ត្រូវ​តែ​ហ៊ាន​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ការ​ពិត»​។ លោក​​បន្ថែម​ថា ដី​មួយ​ហិក​តា​ៗ​ត្រូវ​បាន​ជួល​ក្នុង​តម្លៃ​ពី​៤០​ម៉ឺន ​ទៅ ៦០ ​ម៉ឺន​រៀល។

លោក​បាន​សង្កត់​ធ្ងន់​ថា បើ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ចង់​ឃើញ​ការ​ពិត​ចំពោះ​ការ​អះ​អាង​របស់​គាត់​ អំពី​ដី​ជួល​នោះហើយ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល​ចង់​សួរ​គាត់​​ ដើម្បី​បញ្ជាក់​អំពី​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​នេះ លោក​នឹង​ទៅ​បញ្ជាក់​នៅ​កន្លែង​ណា​ក៏​បាន ​ដែល​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ចង់​ឲ្យ​លោក​ទៅ។ លោក​បាន​អះ​អាង​បន្ត​ថា លោក​មាន​ឯកសារ​កិច្ច​សន្យា​ជួល​ដី​ទាំង​នោះ​មួយ​ចំនួន​ ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​រវាង​ពលរដ្ឋ​កម្ពុជា និង​វៀតណាម។

លោក សុខ សំអៀន បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា៖​ «បើ​អាជ្ញាធរ​មិន​អនុញ្ញាត ប្រជា​ជន​មិន​ហ៊ាន​ទេ។ ដូច​ខ្ញុំ​បាន​ដឹង​ថា​ជន​ជាតិ​យួន​បាន​ជួល​ដី​ខ្មែរ​។ អាជ្ញាធរ​ត្រូវ​តែ​ធ្វើ​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​លើ​បញ្ហា​ផ្សេងៗ​ដែល​កើត​មាន​ឡើង ​ក្នុង​រឿង​ជួល​ដី​នោះ។ នៅ​តាម​ព្រំ​ដែន យើង​ត្រូវ​តែ​មាន​ការ​ប្រុង​ប្រយ័ត្ន»។

លោក ឈូក បណ្ឌិត អភិបាល​ក្រុង​បាវិត​​ច្រាន​ចោល​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ដោយ​ថ្លែង​ថា ប្រជាជន​ពុំ​មាន​ដី​ដល់​រាប់​ហិកតា​ជួល​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ជន​ជាតិ​វៀត​ណាម​ឡើយ ប៉ុន្តែ​ ថា បើ​ពលរដ្ឋ​ខ្មែរ​មាន​ដី​ជា​កម្ម​សិទ្ធិ​របស់​ខ្លួន និង​ជួល​ទៅ​ឲ្យ​ជន​ជាតិ​វៀត​ណាម នោះ​វា​ជា​សិទ្ធិ​របស់​គាត់ ព្រោះ​វា​ជា​ទ្រព្យ​សម្បត្តិ​ឯក ជន​របស់​គាត់ ប៉ុន្តែ​ ត្រូវ​តែ​​ក្រោម​ការ​អនុញ្ញាត​ដោយ​ច្បាប់។

លើស​ពី​នេះ​លោក ឈូក បណ្ឌិត ​បាន​ជំរុញ​មន្រ្តី​គណ​បក្ស​សម រង្ស៊ី ឲ្យ​ប្រាប់​ពី​ការ​ពិតនៃ​ការ​ជួល​ដី ហើយ​បាន​ព្រមាន​ដាក់​គុក​ពួកគេ​ប្រសិន​បើ​និយាយ គ្មាន​ការ​ពិត​។

លោក​ឈូក បណ្ឌិត បាន​បន្ថែម​ ថា៖ «​ពួក​គេ​តែង​តែ​និយាយ​គ្មាន​មូល​ហេតុ​។ទុក​ឲ្យ​គាត់​បង្ហាញ​មក ​ខ្ញុំ​ចង់​​ឲ្យ​អ្នក​និយាយ​បង្ហាញ​ឲ្យ​ច្បាស់​ថា ​តើ​នៅ​កន្លែង​ណា​។ ខ្ញុំ សូម​គាត់​ចង្អុល​បង្ហាញ​។​ ប្រសិន​បើ​មិន​ដូច្នោះ​ទេ ខ្ញុំ​នឹង​យក​គាត់​​ដាក់​គុក»។ ​​លោក បណ្ឌិត បាន​ថ្លែង​ថា ទាំង​អាជ្ញា​ធរនិង​ប្រជា​ជន​គ្មាន​​សិទិ្ធ​ជួល​ដី​នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ព្រំ​ដែន​ ឡើយ​លើក​លែង​តែ​មាន​សេច​ក្តី​សម្រេច​ពី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​។

ប៉ុន្ដែ​លោក ឈូក បណ្ឌិត ទទួល​ស្គាល់​​ថា ​អាជ្ញា​ធរ​កម្ពុជា​ពិត​ជា​បាន​សម្រប​សម្រួល​ជាមួយ​នឹង​អាជ្ញា​ធរ​វៀត​ណាម ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​វៀត​ណាម​យក​គ្រឿង​ចក្រ​មក​ភ្ជួរ​រាស់​លើ​ដី​ស្រែ​កម្ពុជា​នៅ​រដូវ ​វស្សា​មែន​ ដោយ​សារ​ថា ប្រជា​ជន​កម្ពុជា​គ្មាន​គ្រឿង​ចក្រ​ភ្ជួរ​ស្រែ​គ្រប់​គ្រាន់។

អ្នក​ភូមិ​ឈ្មោះ រាជ​ ធុល ពី​ភូមិ​បាវិត២ ​ឃុំ​បាវិត និង​ សោ តង ពី​ភូមិ​​កណ្តាល​ ឃុំ​ប្រាសាទ​បាន​ថ្លែង​​ថា ប្រជា​ជន​ខ្មែរ​បាន​ជួល​ដី​ឲ្យ​វៀត​ណាម ដើម្បី​ដាំ​ពោត ដំឡូង​និង​ស្រូវ​។ លោក សោ តង ​ថ្លែងថា ប្រ​ជា​ជន​ខ្មែរ​ជួល​ដី​ឲ្យ​វៀត​ណាម ព្រោះ​ពួក​គេ​អាច​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ភ្លាមៗ ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ការ​ជួល​ ប្រសិន​ពួក​គេ​ជួល​ឲ្យ​​​ខ្មែរ​ដូច​គ្នា គឺ​មិន​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ភ្លាម​ៗ​ទេ ត្រូវ​រង់​ចាំ​រហូត​ដល់​ចុង​រដូវ​ធ្វើ​ស្រែ។

លោក វ៉ា គឹមហុង ​ទេស​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​កិច្ច​ការ​ព្រំ​ដែន បាន​ថ្លែង​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​ថា អាជ្ញាធរ​មិន​ត្រូវ​ឃុប​ឃិត​ជាមួយ​នឹង​ប្រជា​ជន​ដាក់​ជួល​ដី​នៅ​តាម​ បណ្តោយ​ព្រំដែន​​ទេ។ ​លោក​អះ​អាង​ថា ប្រជា​ជន​ទាំង​អស់​នៅ​ក្បែរ​ព្រំ​ដែន​មិន​ត្រូវ​បាន​អនុញ្ញាត​​ឲ្យ​កាន់​ កាប់​ដី​ជា​សម្បតិ្ត​ផ្ទាល់​ខ្លួន​ឡើយ។

លោក វ៉ា គឹមហុង បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា៖ «​ឥឡូវ​នេះ យើង​រក្សា​សិទ្ធិ​សិន រង់​ចាំ​មាន​ចំណុច​បន្ទាត់​ព្រំ​ដែន ហើយ​យើង​នឹង​ចេញ​កម្ម​សិទិ្ធ​​ឲ្យ(​ប្រជា​ជន)​។ ដូច្នេះ គាត់​គ្មាន​កម្ម​សិទ្ធិ​ដាក់​ជួល​ទេ ហើយ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ត្រូវ​គោរព​...ហើយ​មិន​ត្រូវ​ឃុប​ឃិត​ទេ​»

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Khmer walk away from their homeland, want to stay only one place "Phnom Penh", at the end that's all Khmer have "Phnom Penh". I been to many places in Cambodia, I have not see lots of farmer there, they all travel to the city. Of course it's free land to grab by thailand or vietnamese.

Anonymous said...

the comment above is a moron, there is no such thing as free land. Money talks bullshit walks stupid. If the farmer needed money, the government should come up with program to lease the land back from the farmer instead of letting foriegner lease the land. It is nothing wrong to lease the land; they did it within the law allowed. I am not advocating for Khmer to loose its land but you don't know the story behind the farmers. If you take the same scenario to the Cambodian that living in Long Beach creating Khmer town, changed street sign etc. it not much different because people do it within the law allowed. The bottom line is economic hardship; those Vietnamese farmer has equipments and money and Khmer has land so the trade off is lease the land. The government should change the term of how long the lease can be to avoid future problem. Many of us will not live to 99 years old. These issues will be a problem in the long run.

Anonymous said...

I tried hard not to comment in a way SRP members doesn't accuse me siding with the government. However, the land lease is within the law allowed. There is nothing wrong with leasing the land, however I agree with the comment above that the government needed to change the term of how long individuals or companies can lease the land. Cambodian government and NGOs should come up with ways to creat program for these farmers that needed to lease their land for emergency loan or hard cashes needed so that Cambodian doesn't loose its land in the future at the same time assist them in their farming business. Whether you are Cambodian or Vietnamese, if you don't have money to lease or to buy land, there is no such thing as free land for grab. Many generations, Cambodian politics never change. Cambodian politician continues to use the same scare tactics not knowing that they create paranoid feelings, creat low self esteem for Cambodian generations, implanted the feelings that Vietnamese are more superior than Cambodian. If you are doing politic in Cambodia and if you are not fighting the Vietnamese or Thailand invasion, you will not be a legitimate leaders or they will call you pupet as you can see SRP called CPP government. Don't get me wrong, there are some truth to their claimed especially if you examine our history. Cambodian living abroad were able to creat Cambodian town in Long Beach USA, changed street name but US government or its people didn't protest or scare that Cambodian is taking over America. Why? America is very confidence in protecting their soveriegnity and it doesn't discriminate against Cambodian or others because of your race; everybody got to pay taxes and obey the law. As long as you are do thing within the law allowed in each states or federal, you have the right to do pretty much everything permitted by the law. Have you seen protest from American saying Cambodian taking over America? I am not saying Cambodian government is perfect, there are many things that needed improvement; Cambodian government needed to work on immigration reform, tax collections, real estate issues, land leasing issues etc. SRP needs to stop scaring people that Vietnamese is taking over the country, these type of mentality doesn't help solve anything but continue to promote Khmer to retreat from engaging in any meaningful business venture with other nations. Ther are millions of Cambodian, do you think they will allow Vietnam to take over? Let alone, there are many Cambodian millionairs that own lands, business, etc. Do you think they will allow Vietnam to take over? PM Hun Sen and his families own many business, the CPP members own many business and lands, do you think these people will let Vietnamese taking over? Stop the paranoid ideology. Cambodian is smart and will defend its nation from the agressor at all costs. Cambodian needs to starting thinking positively rather focusing on the negative aspects all the time. If you are in a fight and you are afraid to get hit, how are you going to defeat your opponent? You got to take chance and you will get hit. If every Cambodian do self revolution by taking care of their business at home such as care for the children, provide good health, foods and teach them right and wrong then the future is very predictable. I know many of SRP probably came up with millions excuses why they cannot do that either. It is not a perfect world, you got to deal with what you got and make the best out of it. Look at the bright side, we are not starve like in Samolia where millions of children are dying.

Warrior Blood

Anonymous said...

Liar, liar,

Anonymous said...

arrior blood,

read khmer history, will you ? u r not the real warrior blood that have been advocating khmer, but a fake one hijacking the real khmer misery for the yuon.

the yuon will claim legal title to the land, the longer they have been toiling the land. no khmer will live long enough to claim it back, kampong srakar krobey, kampuchea krom, remember how they leased khmer land ? where is that now ?

Anonymous said...

During the 70s and 80s while Khmer were busy in civil war,Thai and Viet farmers had encroached deep into Khmer territory with the closing eyes of their governments.That is why we have this war with Thai and its government,who disregard the original map and try to invade Cambodia with a little excuse.

On the eastern border Viet government ordered the puppet CPP government to allowed the border check point built about 2km deep inside Cambodia that was in 1987-1988. Ki Kimyan a former defence top brass reported to the central Hanoi's communist puppet committee and that report was simply buried some where and no body took that issue to discus or investigate about it.On top of that Hanoi was not satisfy they managed to encroach further in hundred of kilometres
along Khmer Viet border with full colarboration from Hun Sen and Var Kimhong.In some area, according to villagers living along the border, the new border was moved between 1-2,000 metres deep inside Khmer farmland.Since most of the border line running through rain forest and unoccupied area,nobody know how much land we lost to Hanoi in total. It could be hundred of kilometre square because we not allowed to know about this anyway. This problem led to the eviction of the opposition party leader Sam Rainsy and Khmer farmers who lost their land to Hanoi end up in jail for two years.What's justice is that farmers who lost their farmland supposed to have been supported and protected by government instead they were end up in jail for two years? Do you see Hun's logic? That is Hun's justice.


You can not compare orange to apple.It is a different thing between Khmer living in America who put Cambodia town sign and the land leased for Viet farmers for 99 years. In the worst circumstances or thousand years in the future,Khmer would never and will never be able to claim that part of land as Cambodia because Cambodia is thousand of miles away from America,where as the land that leased along the border is bound to have problem like we have recent war with Thai despise the map is clear and the signatures were there.

Those official and government that lease farmland for Hanoi and Viet farmers are simply traitors. They are selling our country for their greed.

Some of the logic twisters here would tell us that our country are growing and they also tell us that they have all the educated people working with their PM Hun Sen.So why do we have all of these thing happening in front of their eyes?

Don't be fooled by a few tall buildings they are not social housing built for poor people. They are belong to private enterprise for 99 years.

True Khmer

Anonymous said...

I believe that that parts of the land will become overlapping area soon, or areas claimed by Vietnam, using eccuses that their farmers had farmed it for too long. This is illegal, no law had allowed the lease of land by individual people to foreigners, especially land along the border. The law said that only land 30km from the border, 30km deeper into Cambodia, can be leased to foreigners.
About Warrior Blood, he is not the warrior blood he claimed to be because he is a slavish supporter of the CPP and Hun sen and therefore will say anything to back them up, even at the expense of Cambodian sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is sad.

Anonymous said...

True Khmer
I don't disagree with your long term logic threat. However, when you made claimed that is not specific based on speculation and you don't even know how much we truely lost of lands and your logic because it is forest so it is hard to identify how we lost our land will not hold water in the ICJ court. Your number were pretty much estimation and speculations are not reliable evidences in court. In order for Cambodia file any law suit claim against another country, you better be prepared to construct your case with bullet proof. I wonder if Sam Rainsy is prepared to do that or is it just a political scheme to boost support from Cambodia as usual tactics from politician? Historically Khmer hate Vietnam because of the Khmer Krom land and others, therefore it is easy to pick the target and Cambodian general public will bite the bate immediately like "True Khmer" not know the hidden agenda behind it. The government have taken Thailand to court when they see it is winnable efforts. I will leave it up to your imagination what could happened next when Vietnam and Cambodia negotiate it's border dispute. Sam Rainsy cannot just made up story or fabricated any map to sabatose the future of Cambodia. I am glad the French finally displayed the old map showing what Cambodia before. In regard to Khmer Krom; it is uphill battle but it is not impossible. I have met with many Khmer Krom leaders; they all love to have those land back but it is not possible at this stage of era. They are not retreating but figuring out ways for peaceful solution with N. Vietnamese government. You cannot wage war with Vietnam because Cambodia needs to build strong economy and stability. Please don't ask Cambodia to commit suicidal. Khmer Krom never been lost; it is there all the time. Khmer Krom lost it rights as original owner but only time will tell the true story what will happen. If Cambodia continue to walk the same path, we will continue to get the same result of the past leaders left for us to learned. You have to assess your weakness and your strengths before you decided on certain issues. Two things that I would like to see Cambodian doing: economic development throughout the country; human capcity building through education for the young generation starting from birth. Sometimes, you loose to win. I hope you can read between the line. I saw some comment early regarding N. Vietnam government afraid to adopt the democracy ideology into their government system. However, in the future it will probably go back to democracy but Vietnam needs to strengthen its economy and its militarily. After Vietnam War; the country faced with many destruction as Cambodia however their infrastructures remain intact including all of their educators unlike uncle Pol Pot abolished everything Cambodian had including exterminated all educators. In Vietnam, there are millions of Khmer. They are working hard to raise their families. In Thailand, there are millions of Khmer and they too working hard to raise their families. I repeat, Cambodia cannot afford civil war or internal fightings if you wanted to see better future for Cambodia. We went through 4 regime changed; the last one gave us more than 20 years stability and now people wanted to find every excuses to change the regime. Khmer, don't be fooled to follow the clueless leader who will led Khmer into destruction. You can judge me all you want but Vietnam and Thailand get the last laugh if Khmer slip into civil disorder or civil war again.

Warrior Blood

Anonymous said...

don't believe it, just rumor flying around.

they didn't see the real fact,,,

Anonymous said...

Warrior Blood,

You have raised several good points.

I am with you!

Pissed off

Anonymous said...

Warior Blood,

the person who can cause instability and war is Hun Sen - your best buddy, but no one else.
Can you hear every election time, he threatens wars if he loses ?

You can swear at me all you want, but the truth is still there.

So only him can lead the country ? you must be joking like a baby. 14 Million people but one ?

Let him open up the sytem to all to participate fairly in a level playing field, man. Cambodia is owned by him alone, soon he will to to hell, but if it will be like this, those leased lands to the yuon along the borders will be a new part of kampuchea krom. A one sided Khmer viet relation will only benefit the yuons, man. We make no enemy but be fair to khmer, as well.