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Saturday 31 December 2011

Opposition Lawyer Choung Chou-Ngy too scared to talk about his arrest


SRP Lawyer Choung Chou-ngy at his press conference on Friday 30 December at the SRP headquarters where he talked about his disappearance (Leang Delux, RFI)

30 Dec 2011
By Leang Delux
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Soy

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One day after news alert on the arrest of Lawyer Choung Chou-ngy, the lawyer himself appeared at a press conference on Friday 30 December 2011. During the press conference, Choung Chou-ngy said that there was indeed a pursuit made to arrest him, but that it was not successful.

In a surprised press conference held the SRP headquarters in the morning on 30 December, the SRP lawyer who disappeared all day on Thursday, re-appeared there. However, it was a press conference where this lawyer did not say much at all.

When asked by reporters whether he was arrested or not, Choung Chou-ngy replied by saying that he could not talk about this problem due to professional pressure. He said very little during the press conference and allowed only a few questions from journalists attending. He apologised throughout the press conference for not able to say anything much about his arrest as it seemed that he has been warned not to say anything about it.

It was an answer that nobody understood. However Choung Chou-ngy confirmed that there was a pursuit made to arrest him at 3 locations: in Prek Kdam, Sala Lekh Pram and Kampong Chhnang. He said that he did not want to provide any details on this issue. However, in a protesting response to the pursuit to arrest him, Choung Chou-ngy announced that he will shave his head, don the white [religious] robe, and he will hold prayers in front of the Kandal provincial court, the Appeal court, the ministry of Justice and the Cambodian Bar Association.

Chan Soveth, an investigation official for the Adhoc human rights group, talked about Choung Chou-ngy’s demeanor: Choung Chou-ngy looked troubled and he was careful when he talked to reporters. Chan Soveth said that human rights organizations will continue to follow up in this case. Son Chhay, a senior SRP MP, said that because Choung Chou-Ngy appeared to be too scared to say anything about his arrest means that he is under some sort of pressures from unknown groups.

The RFI report said that he was indeed arrested on the morning of 29th December, but was released at night time when human rights, opposition and UN officials went searching for him, causing a stir in the capital Phnom Penh. A UN official said that he saw Choung Chou-Ngy at the Interior Ministry, a place where opposition and human rights officials suspected that he was being held.

In a lawsuit case involving a SRP activist that Choung Chou-ngy is defending, the Kandal provincial court suspects him of providing means for the SRP activist to flee from jail. On Thursday, Adhoc claimed that Choung Chou-ngy was arrested, however, the national police commission rejected this arrest information.
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ថ្ងៃ សុក្រ 30 ធ្នូ 2011

២៤​​ម៉ោង​​ក្រោយ​​ការ​​ផ្អើល​​ព័ត៌មាន​​ថា ​​មាន​​ការ​​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​​លោក​​មេធាវី​​ជូង​ ជូងី​ មេធាវី​​រូប​​នេះ​​ស្រាប់​​តែ​​ចេញ​​មុខ​​ធ្វើ​​សន្និសីទ​​កាសែត​​តែ​​ម្តង​​នៅ​ព្រឹក​​ថ្ងៃ​​សុក្រ​៣០ធ្នូ​​នេះ។ ​នៅ​ក្នុង​​សន្និសីទ​​កាសែត​​លោក​​មេធាវី​​ជូង​ ជូងី ​​បាននិយាយ​ថា ពិតជា​​មាន​​ការ​​តាម​​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​​មែន​ តែ​មិន​​បាន​​ជោគ​ជ័យ។​

សន្និសីទ​កាសែត​ដ៏​គួរ​អោយ​ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល​មួយ​ត្រូវ​បាន​រៀបចំ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ទីស្នាក់ការ​កណ្តាល​របស់​គណបក្ស​សម រង្ស៊ី​នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ​ទី​៣០​ធ្នូ​នេះ។ មេធាវី​ការពារ​ក្តី​អោយ​គណបក្ស​សម រង្ស៊ី​ដែល​បាន​បាត់​ខ្លួន​ពេញ​មួយ​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​នោះ ​ស្រាប់​តែ​បាន​លេច​មុខ​នៅ​ក្នុង​សន្និសីទ​កាសែត​​នោះ។ ជា​សន្និសីទ​កាសែត​ដែល​មេធាវី​រូប​នេះ​មិន​បាន​និយាយ​អ្វី​ច្រើន​ឡើយ។

នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​អ្នក​កាសែត​សួរ​ថា តើ​មាន​ការ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​ដែរ​ឬ​ទេ? មេធាវី​ជូង ជូងី​បែរ​ជា​ឆ្លើយ​ថា​លោក​មិន​អាច​និយាយ​រៀបរាប់​បញ្ហា​នេះ​បាន​ឡើយ ដោយសារ​គំនាប​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ។

ជា​ចម្លើយ​ដែល​គ្មាន​អ្នកណា​យល់​ឡើយ។ ប៉ុន្តែ​ថា លោក​មេធាវី​បាន​ប្រកាស​ថា មាន​ការ​តាម​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​លោក​នៅ​បី​កន្លែង​ គឺ​នៅ​ព្រែកក្តាម នៅ​សាលា​លេខ​៥ និង​នៅ​កំពង់ឆ្នាំង។ អ្នក​ច្បាប់​រូប​នេះ​មិន​ចង់​និយាយ​លំអិត​បញ្ហា​នេះ​ឡើយ។​ ប៉ុន្តែ នៅ​ក្នុង​ន័យ​តបត​ប្រឆាំង​ការ​តាម​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​លោក​ ដែល​លោក​បាន​អះអាង​នោះ លោក​ជូង ជូងី​បាន​ប្រកាស​អោយ​ដឹង​ថា​ លោក​នឹង​កោរ​សក់​​ស្លៀកពាក់​ស ​​សំណាក់​ធម៌​នៅមុខ​សាលាដំបូង​ខេត្ត​កណ្តាល នៅ​សាលា​ឧទ្ធរណ៍ ក្រសួង​យុត្តិធម៌ និង​មុខ​គណៈមេធាវី។

មន្ត្រី​អ្នកស៊ើបអង្កេត​របស់សមាគម​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​អាដហុក លោក​ចាន់ សូវេត​បាន​រៀបរាប់​អំពី​អាកប្បកិរិយា​របស់​មេធាវី​ថា មេធាវី​រូប​នេះ​ហាក់​មាន​ទឹកមុខ​ទុក្ខព្រួយ និង​មាន​ការ​ប្រុងប្រយ័ត្ន​ច្រើន​ក្នុងពេល​និយាយ​ជាមួយ​អ្នកកាសែត។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា ក្រុម​អង្គការ​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​នឹង​បន្ត​តាមដាន​ករណី​នេះ។

នៅ​ក្នុង​សំណុំរឿង​ក្តីក្តាំ​មួយ​របស់​សកម្មជន​គណបក្ស​សម រង្ស៊ី​ដែល​លោក​ជូង ជូងី​គឺ​ជា​អ្នក​ការពារ​ក្តី​នោះ តុលាការ​ខេត្តកណ្តាល​ក៏​បាន​សង្ស័យ​ថា​លោក​មេធាវី​រូប​នេះ​ បាន​ផ្តល់​មធ្យោបាយ​​អោយ​ជន​ជាប់ចោទ​រត់​គេច​ពី​ការ​ឃុំ​ខ្លួន។ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ព្រហស្បតិ៍​មន្ត្រី​សមាគម​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស​អាដហុក​អះអាង​ថា មេធាវី​ជូង ជូងី​ត្រូវ​បាន​ចាប់​ខ្លួន ខណៈ​ស្នងការដ្ឋាន​នគរបាល​ជាតិ​បដិសេធ​ព័ត៌មាន​នេះ៕

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Scared scared, the minute the people rise up ain't scared of dying and have full loyalty and love for ones country then its the end of the CPP. But because the governments propaganda drive have such a psychological effect it's going to take awhile. The moment Khmer are willing to sacrifice themselves as a whole it's the moment this madness ends. I can only hope it ends. For to long, but to little. What khmer Cambodia needs is a man of the people, not just any man, but someone who can tell the difference, and as much many of us hates our neighbors, we need to be not discriminative, but that doesn't mean we allow them to treat us inhumanly. Cambodian peoples party should have change it's name, because I realized it's not for the benefit of our people, I thought the CPP can change it's ways. But I'm wrong indeed. Dissillusioned CPP Guy.

Anonymous said...

No one can live forever and therefore no one can rule. The end of the CPP dictatorship will come one day.

Anonymous said...

Believe or not, but the Cambodian Government (CPP or others Parties) has to deal not just with the Khmer people in the country but also with the oversea Khmer.
Contrary Thailand and Vietnam have only problem with the insider. They can concentrate on their work and did not have to deal with troublemaker.