Saturday 31 May 2014

Thai soldiers lay barbed wires about 150 metres in length near Preah Vihear temple in violation of the ICJ's verdict ទាហានថៃរាយលួសបន្លាប្រវែង១៥០ម៉ែត្រជិតប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ

ដោយ ហង្ស សាវយុត 2014-05-31

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញយកសំឡេង

ទាហានខ្មែរ (ខាងស្ដាំ) អង្គុយជាមួយទាហានថៃ នៅក្បែរប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ នាថ្ងៃទី២០ កក្កដា ២០០៨។

RFA/Hang Savyouth

រយៈពេល ៣ថ្ងៃកន្លងមកហើយ ទាហានថៃ បានដាក់រាយលួសបន្លាប្រហែលជាង ១០០ម៉ែត្រ នៅតំបន់ស្រះត្រាវ ភាគខាងលិចឆៀងខាងត្បូង មិនឆ្ងាយប៉ុន្មានពីប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ។ យោធាខ្មែរ ចាត់ទុកសកម្មភាពរបស់ទាហានថៃ នេះថា ជាការដែលអាចបង្កឱ្យមានបញ្ហាព្រំដែនជាថ្មី បន្ទាប់ពីការប្រឈមមុខដាក់គ្នារវាងកងទ័ពបានស្ងប់ស្ងាត់ជាច្រើនឆ្នាំមកហើយ។

មេបញ្ជាការយោធាខ្មែរដែលគ្រប់គ្រងកងកម្លាំងការពារព្រំដែន ជុំវិញតំបន់ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ បានស្នើឱ្យទាហានថៃ នៅខ្សែត្រៀមជួរមុខ ធ្វើការរុះរើលួសបន្លាប្រវែង ១៥០ម៉ែត្រ ដែលទើបតែដាក់រាយកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនោះចេញវិញ។

មេបញ្ជាការកងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ នៃកងពលធំអន្តរាគមន៍លេខ៣ គឺលោកឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក ស្រី ឌឹក។ លោកមានប្រសាសន៍កាលពីរសៀលថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ ទី៣១ ខែឧសភា ថា កងទ័ពថៃ ដែលដាក់រាយលួសបន្លានៅតាមតំបន់ជម្លោះព្រំដែន ជិតប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារនោះ គឺមិនត្រឹមត្រូវទេ។

លោកឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក ស្រី ឌឹក បញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា លោកកំពុងព្យាយាមប្រាប់ទៅទាហានថៃ ឱ្យរុះរើលួសបន្លានោះចេញ ពីព្រោះយោងតាមដីកាបង្គាប់របស់តុលាការយុត្តិធម៌អន្តរជាតិទីក្រុងឡាអេ ដែលប្រកាសកាលពីខែវិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣ កន្លងទៅ គឺបានហាមឃាត់ភាគីជម្លោះកម្ពុជាថៃ មិនឱ្យធ្វើអ្វីនៅតំបន់ទាំងនោះទេ ត្រូវរង់ចាំការដោះស្រាយរឿងព្រំដែនឱ្យច្បាស់លាស់ជាមុនសិន។

លោកឧត្តមសេនីយ៍ឯក ស្រី ឌឹក៖ «យើងសម្រួលជាមួយគាត់ ឱ្យគាត់ដកចេញទៅ កុំឱ្យដាក់អ៊ីចឹង វានាំតែមានបញ្ហា។ យើងបានជូនដំណឹងឱ្យគាត់ហើយ ធ្វើលិខិតផ្ញើទៅ ហើយក៏បានជួប ក៏បានជួបគ្នា និងបានជជែកគ្នាហើយ ណាមួយទៀត មេៗរបស់គាត់រវល់ទៅទីក្រុងបាងកក ឯណោះ។ អ៊ីចឹងមិនទាន់មានចម្លើយអីដែលថា តើយើងត្រូវដោះស្រាយយ៉ាងម៉េច?»។

ការទាមទារនេះ ធ្វើឡើងបន្ទាប់ពីទាហានថៃ មួយក្រុមនៅខ្សែត្រៀមជួរមុខ បានយកលួសបន្លាមកដាក់រាយនៅតំបន់ស្រះបុរាណឈ្មោះស្រះត្រាវ នៅភាគខាងលិចឆៀងខាងត្បូង មិនឆ្ងាយពីប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែឧសភា កន្លងទៅ។

ទោះយ៉ាងណា នៅថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ នេះ វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី មិនទាន់អាចសុំប្រតិកម្មពីមន្ត្រីក្រសួងការបរទេសខ្មែរ ជុំវិញរឿងនេះបានថាយ៉ាងណានៅឡើយ។

ចំណែកអ្នកនាំពាក្យទីស្ដីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន ចាត់ទុកថា សកម្មភាពរបស់ទាហានថៃ នេះមិនបាច់និយាយអំពីច្បាប់ផ្សេងៗទេ គ្រាន់តែនិយាយអំពីសាលដីការបស់តុលាការយុត្តិធម៌អន្តរជាតិតែមួយ គឺភាគីថៃ ខុសទាំងស្រុង៖ «យើងនិយាយអំពីដីកាបង្គាប់ អំពីការសម្រេចចិត្តរបស់តុលាការអន្តរជាតិ ដែលបានដាក់ជាធរមាន កាលពីឆ្នាំកន្លងមកនោះ គឺហាមមិនឱ្យមានចលនាសកម្មភាពយោធាណាមួយនៅក្នុងតំបន់នោះទេ។ នេះ ជាការរំលោភលើដីកាបង្គាប់ហើយ»។

Vorn Pov sings a sad song about his life in prison ស្រក់ទឹកភ្នែកពេលបានស្តាប់ចម្រៀងរបស់លោកវ៉នពៅ

Post by Freethe23.

The disappearance of Khim Saphath

2014-05-30 13:22 by Koam Chanrasmey and Griff Tapper

The last time their son was seen he was shot in the chest during a protest. A human remain thought to be that of Saphath was found in Kampong Speu last week.

Contact authors: Koam Chanrasmey and Griff Tapper

Energy Minister summoned to parliament next month

Suy Sem

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- The National Assembly summoned Minister of Mines and Energy to address to a parliamentary session over his position fulfillment in the ministry, an official said Saturday.

"Suy Sem, Minister of Mines and Energy, will answer questions in the National Assembly on June 19," said Cheam Yeap, chairman of the National Assembly's Commission on Economy, Finance, Banking and Audit.

Cheap said about 40 lawmakers of the Cambodian People's Party have recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Hun Sen, asking Suy Sen to answer in the parliament.

"CPP's lawmakers just want Suy Sem to explain over his governance, and clarify the dimension of investment in energy sector in Cambodia, and future goal, especially the management of natural resources and hydropower constructions," he said.

He added that lawmakers will ask Hun Sen to let the National Assembly summon others members of government to address in the parliament over their institution governance.

Kratie Farmers Accept Gov’t Land Offer កសិករពីខេត្តក្រចេះព្រមត្រឡប់ទៅខេត្តវិញបន្ទាប់ពីរដ្ឋាភិបាលប្រគល់ដី៧៥០ហិចតា

100 representatives of the more than 400 families evicted from their land in Kratie decided to travel back to the province to inspect the land offered by the government. They will be accompanied by 20 Buddhist monks.

Post by Prim Houn.

BY SEK ODOM | MAY 31, 2014

A group of farmers evicted to make way for a Vietnamese rubber firm in Kratie province accepted a social land concession from the government Friday, but will not leave their protest base in Phnom Penh until they see hard proof of their new plots.

Nguon Vibol, a representative of the 301 displaced families, said a group of farmers would go to the site of the 750-hectare concession in Snuol district Saturday and demand appropriate documentation and temporary housing.

If their demands are not met, they will return to Phnom Penh, where they have been camped in Stung Meanchey commune’s Samakki Raingsey pagoda for almost two weeks.

“We agree to take the concession because we don’t want to waste any more time or destabilize the country,” Mr. Vibol said. “But if the authorities expect us to sleep in the Snuol district office we will protest.”

“When we go back to Kratie, the local officials must provide tents and food on the new land or we will go back to Phnom Penh.”

The families, most of whom migrated to Snuol from Kompong Cham province in 2008, were evicted May 2 to make way for the Binh Phuoc 2 firm. When they refused to leave, their homes were burnt to the ground.

Kratie Governor Sar Chamrong said Friday that officials would prepare the necessary documents for the social land concession and hand it over to the farmers Saturday.

“If they chose not to live there, they can go and find something else by themselves,” Mr Chamrong said. “They can go anywhere they want, just not the [Binh Phuoc 2] land concession.”

Foreign Companies Hold Sway in Cambodia's Minimum Wage Politics

By Susan Berfield May 30, 2014

Photograph by Omar Havana/Getty Images

Demonstrators march near the Phnom Penh Municipal Court after hearing the verdict for the 23 people arrested during violent clashes last January between garment workers and security forces on May 30 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Companies don’t usually want to be seen pressuring the countries they operate in. They might note what they need, attend meetings to discuss their concerns, and offer support for any hint of change. But of course, they do have quite a bit of power.

Consider the recent events in Cambodia, where the textile industry has become the country’s largest employer.

Strikes to demand a higher minimum wage ($160 a month) for garment workers ended in violence in January, and at least five people died. Twenty-three workers and labor activists were arrested for instigating the violence.

STORY: Cambodian Garment Workers Go Free After Convictions for Strikes

“We can see frequent industrial conflicts coming here,” an H&M (HMB:SS) representative told the Cambodia Daily in February. “We need a sourcing country that is predictable [and] stable.” During the spring, Levi Strauss cut back on its orders to Cambodia because of the risk of more trouble and more disruption, according to the Wall Street Journal.

H&M, Levi, Gap (GPS), and other companies met with government officials in Phnom Penh this week to discuss their concerns about political unrest. Afterward, Levi spokeswoman Amber McCasland said the company supports the government’s efforts, which “should lead to the announcement of a new minimum wage as soon as possible.”

On Friday the Cambodian high court convicted the workers and activists—and then gave them suspended sentences and freed them. “The verdict today is clearly connected to the political situation and pressure from the big brands,” said Am Sam Sath of the rights group Licadho.

STORY: How Seattle Agreed to a $15 Minimum Wage Without a Fight

Rosie Writes From Cambodia

30 May 2014

By Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Model, actress and Unicef UK supporter Rosie Huntington-Whiteley travelled to Cambodia with Unicef to make an appeal film for ITV's "Soccer Aid", which airs on Sunday June 8. She captured the trip - and has written about her experiences in the country - exclusively for Vogue.

"The slums around Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh, are crammed with children running around without shoes. They live in the most basic conditions, surrounded by dirt, rubbish and sewage in searing 37 degree heat. There's limited access to clean water, medicine and food. Every day is about survival for these children. It was shocking and sad to see.

In one slum I met a mum whose story really touched my heart. Sareth, aged 42, told me how during the rainy season last year, the river that they live next to flooded their home with unclean water and sewage. She was powerless to stop her baby daughter, just six months old, from getting diarrhoea and tragically dying.

Losing your precious baby girl is no less painful when you live in a slum than if you live in a big city like London or Los Angeles. A mother's broken heart is a mother's broken heart. And Sareth was so clearly heartbroken.

Shockingly every single day, around 50 children under the age of five die in Cambodia, most - like Sareth's daughter - due to diarrhoea or pneumonia. It's unfathomable to think that children are dying from illnesses that are easy to prevent and cure. We have to change this and change this now, so that the next baby who gets diarrhoea doesn't die.

I was moved by Sareth's determination to give her three remaining children the best life possible. Every day she collects and sells rubbish from the streets, earning not much more than £1 a day to pay for food, rent and healthcare for her family. Her adorable six-year-old son, Chamroeun, misses out on school to help her.

Working Cambodian Women ‘Too Poor’ to Have Children

By Michelle Tolson

Women in Cambodia’s garments sector work 10-12 hours a day. Credit: Michelle Tolson/IPS

PHNOM PENH, May 31 2014 (IPS) - The movement for reproductive justice sees women’s decision to have – or not have – children as a fundamental right. Should they choose to bear a child, women should have the right to care and provide for them; if they opt not to give birth, family planning services should be made available to enable women to space or prevent pregnancies.

In Cambodia, where women make up 60 percent of the population of 14 million people, this fundamental right is being trampled by insecure labour contracts, toxic working conditions and a near-total absence of maternity benefits for working mothers.

Take Cambodia’s garments industry, a massive sector that accounts for 80 percent of the country’s exports. A full 90 percent of the workforce is female, but labour rights have not accompanied employment opportunities.

"[The] lack of labour rights for women [is] a worrying trend that is completely changing the culture of Cambodia.” -- Tola Moeun, head of the labour programme at the Community Legal Education Centre

Ever since the country entered into a liberalising agreement with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 2005, long-term contracts have been edged out in favour of short term or fixed duration contracts (FDCs), the latter being far more popular among East Asian factory owners and western clothing brands like Gap, Walmart and H&M.

These informal arrangements “abuse garment workers’ reproductive rights,” Sophea Chrek, a former garment worker and technical assistant to the Workers Information Center (WIC) – which recentlystaged a fashion show to highlight the issue – told IPS.

“Women employed under FDCs for three to six months, or sometimes even one month, will not risk their job by having a baby. Usually, they choose to have an abortion…before the contract ends to ensure that the line leaders or supervisors are not aware of their pregnancy,” Chrek added.

According to Cambodian labour law, factories are supposed to provide maternity leave, but most get around this requirement with short contracts, which leave the estimated 600,000 workers vulnerable to employers’ whims.

Melissa Cockroft, a technical advisor on sexual and reproductive health, tells IPS that women without access to family planning services resort to unsafe and unregulated measures, such as using over-the-counter Chinese products to induce abortions.

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These methods can be fatal, but women seem hesitant to avail themselves of NGO-provided free or discounted service at on-site infirmaries, which are less confidential.

Sometimes their grueling schedules, which include 10 to 12-hour workdays with only a short lunch break in between, keep them from making appointments. Many of these women, Cockroft says, are just too busy to even think of starting families.

Garment workers’ reticence to use reproductive services can be cultural too, as talking about sexual health is considered ‘shameful’ in traditional Cambodian society.

Cambodian law also stipulates that factories provide working mothers with childcare, but Cockroft says she has only seen one operational childcare facility during all her years as an advocate in the field.

For some women, the decision to leave their children at home emerges from a desire to spare them the grueling commute – many factory workers travel shoulder-to-shoulder in trucks or on compact wagons pulled by tuk tuks, ubiquitous motorcycle taxis, down Cambodia’s notoriously unsafe roads.

Very often, babies remain at home with their grandmothers in the countryside while their mothers go off to work in the city, where they earn roughly 100 dollars per month. Union leaders are trying to raise this minimum wage to 160 dollars.

In general, though, both Cockroft and Chrek say garment workers consider themselves “too poor” to have children.

Entertainers and street workers

Meanwhile, in Cambodia’s popular entertainment sector, women face a unique set of challenges, their access to reproductive health services hindered by the informal and unpredictable nature of their work.

We can't believe how grown-up Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's oldest, Maddox, is! Seems like it was just yesterday he was in diapers — and now he's doing THIS...

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Vorn Pov visits victims of forced evictions staying at Samakki Raingsey Pagoda immediately after he was released from jail បន្ទាប់ពីបានចេញពី ពន្ធនាគារ លោក វន់ ពៅ បានទៅសួរសុខទុក្ខជនរងគ្រោះមកពីខេត្តក្រចេៈ ដែលកំពុងស្នាក់អាស្រ័យនៅវត្តសាមគ្គី រង្សី នៅល្ងាចនេៈ។

Post by Sam Rainsy.

Post by អ្នករាយការណ៍ពិសេស.

The opposition party concerned about the loss of land to Vietnam due to the 99-year land concessions to Vietnamese companies បក្សប្រឆាំងបារម្ភខ្លាចបាត់ដីទៅ វៀតណាម តាមរយៈដីសម្បទាន ៩៩ ឆ្នាំ

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី សួរសុខទុក្ខជនជាតិព្នងរងគ្រោះដោយសារបញ្ហាដីធ្លីនៅក្រុងសែនមនោរម្យ។ រូបថត សហការី

Thu, 29 May 2014 Phnom Penh Post

មាស សុខជា

ភ្នំពេញៈ មេដឹកនាំបក្សប្រឆាំងបានអំពាវនាវឲ្យប្រជាពលរដ្ឋនៅខេត្តភាគឦសាន រួបរួមគ្នាការពារដីធ្លីរបស់ខ្លួន និងព្រៃឈើ ដើម្បីទប់ទល់កុំឲ្យខេត្តទាំងនេះក្លាយទៅជាអាណាខេត្តរបស់ វៀតណាម ដូចកម្ពុជាក្រោម តាមរយៈការផ្តល់ដីសម្បទានសេដ្ឋកិច្ចរាប់ម៉ឺនរាប់សែនហិកតាក្នុងរយៈពេល ៩៩ឆ្នាំ ទៅឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុន វៀតណាម ដោយរដ្ឋាភិបាលរបស់លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន។

ក្នុងដំណើរចុះទៅ ខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរី និង រតនគិរី មេដឹកនាំបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានថ្លែងទៅកាន់មនុស្សរាប់រយនាក់កាលពីថ្ងៃអង្គារថា រដ្ឋាភិបាល របស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានផ្តល់ដីសម្បទានរាប់ម៉ឺនរាប់សែនហិកតាទៅឲ្យក្រុមហ៊ុនដែលដាក់ឈ្មោះខ្មែរ តែតាមពិតក្រុមហ៊ុនទាំងនោះជារបស់ វៀតណាម។ ដោយលើកពីឧទាហរណ៍ដែលជនជាតិ រុស្ស៊ី បានចូលទៅតាំងទីលំនៅនៅតំបន់ គ្រីមា នៃ ប្រទេសអ៊ុយក្រែន ហើយនៅទីបំផុតកាលពីពេលថ្មីៗនេះ មានការបោះឆ្នោតធ្វើប្រជាមតិដោយបានផ្តាច់តំបន់ គ្រីមា ឲ្យទៅស្ថិតនៅក្រោម ប្រទេសរុស្ស៊ី នោះលោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានថ្លែងថា ខេត្តមណ្ឌលគិរី និង ខេត្តរតនគិរី ក៏អាចមានវាសនាដូចគ្នានេះដែរ។

លោកបញ្ជាក់ថា៖ «ខេត្តរតនគិរី និងមណ្ឌលគិរី កំពុងក្លាយទៅជាអាណានិគម យួន តាមរយៈក្រុមហ៊ុនដីសម្បទាន...គេបង្កើតភូមិ គេនាំគ្នាចូលមកបង្កើតកូនបង្កើតចៅ យកកម្មករយកមេការ ចូលមក ដណ្តើមការងារពីយើងយកដីយើង កាប់ព្រៃឈើយើង ...ខ្មែរវេទនា ខ្មែរស្លាប់បន្តិចម្តងៗ ហើយរត់ចេញទៅស៊ីឈ្នួលគេទៅប្រទេសក្រៅទៅ ថៃ ពេលនោះបរទេសចូលមកកាន់តែច្រើន...ពួកគេអាចភ្ជាប់ ខេត្តរតនគិរី មណ្ឌលគិរី ទៅ ប្រទេសវៀតណាម នៅថ្ងៃណាមួយដូច កម្ពុជាក្រោម»។

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានគូសបញ្ជាក់ទៀតថា ជនជាតិ វៀតណាម ដែលកំពុងតែបន្តចូលមករស់នៅក្នុង ខេត្តរតនគិរី តាមរយៈក្រុមហ៊ុនដីសម្បទានសេដ្ឋកិច្ចនេះ មិនមែនជាជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ទេ ប៉ុន្តែជានិគមជន ដែលចូលមកមានផែនការគ្រោងទុក ដើម្បីត្រៀមរៀបចំភ្ជាប់ ខេត្តរតនគិរី និង មណ្ឌលគិរី ទៅ ប្រទេសវៀតណាម នៅថ្ងៃណាមួយ។

ដោយសារតែហេតុផល ដូចអ្វីដែលលោកបានអះអាងនេះ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានថ្លែងទៅកាន់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋរាប់រយនាក់ ដែលកំពុងស្តាប់ការថ្លែងរបស់លោកនោះថា៖ «អីចឹងហើយបានជាបងប្អូន ដែលការពារដីធ្លី ការពារដីស្រែចម្ការ ការពារព្រៃឈើ នៅ ខេត្តរតនគិរី និង មណ្ឌលគិរី បងប្អូនមិនមែនការពារតែអាយុជីវិតរបស់បងប្អូននោះទេ គឺបងប្អូនការពារអាយុជីវិតរបស់ប្រទេសជាតិយើង។ ដូច្នេះខ្មែរទាំងអស់នៅទូទាំងប្រទេសមានកាតព្វកិច្ចជួយបងប្អូននៅ រតនគិរី កុំឲ្យបងប្អូនខ្លាច ឲ្យបងប្អូនអាចរស់ ពីព្រោះបងប្អូនរស់នេះគឺការពារទឹកដីកម្ពុជា កុំឲ្យ យួន លេបទឹកដី ខេត្តរតនគិរី បានឲ្យសោះ ត្រូវការពារឲ្យបានគង់វង្សណាបងប្អូន»។

ប៉ុន្តែ លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន អ្នកនាំពាក្យទីស្តីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីបានហៅការថ្លែងរបស់លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ថា «ជាការយល់ខុស» ចំពោះការវិនិយោគ ហើយថា កម្ពុជា មិនរើសអើងប្រទេសណាមួយ ដែលចង់វិនិយោគក្នុង ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ទេ។

លោកបញ្ជាក់ថា៖ «យើងមិនអនុញ្ញាតឲ្យប្រទេសរបស់យើង ក្លាយជាខ្ញុំកញ្ជះរបស់ប្រទេសណាមួយទេ ហើយយើងមិនបានលក់ដីនៅតាមបណ្តោយព្រំដែនទៅឲ្យនរណាម្នាក់ទេ ប៉ុន្តែនេះគ្រាន់តែជាការជួលតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ។ ភាសារបស់ឯកឧត្តម សម រង្ស៊ី គឺគ្រាន់តែជាការចោទប្រកាន់ដើម្បីប្រជាប្រិយភាពនយោបាយតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ»។

Monks lead a protest march against the demolition of parts of a Buddhist institute in Phnom Penh, May 29, 2014.

RFA

Nearly 100 Cambodian villagers and monks were blocked on Thursday by riot police armed with batons and shields as they marched in the capital Phnom Penh to protest the demolition of a Buddhist institute’s main gate and portions of a surrounding wall to facilitate power supply to a nearby casino.

The marchers later handed a petition to Cambodia’s Ministry of Cults and Religion calling on the government to protect the boundaries of the Buddhist Institute, a government-supported scholarly institution and library of Buddhist texts founded in 1930.

“It would be a shame to lose any of the property of the Buddhist Institute,” Independent Monk Network for Social Justice spokesman But Buntenh said, warning of a nationwide demonstration if the government allows demolition to proceed.

Ministry spokesmen said on Wednesday that Cambodia’s government has not sold or leased any part of the institute’s land, however, according to a May 28 report by The Phnom Penh Post.

Instead, the government is only allowing casino owner NagaCorp to assist in the “construction of a substation on the institute’s grounds,” according to government statements quoted by The Post.

“The substation will be used to power a new addition to the casino across the street from the institute,” The Postsaid.

Riot police armed with batons and shields prepare to block marching protesters in Phnom Penh, May 29, 2014. Credit: RFA

Rumored land 'swap'

Accepting the protesters’ petition on Thursday, a ministry official confirmed the government’s approval of a request by the foreign-owned Naga Casino to remove the institute’s gate and part of the wall to make way for the construction.

Protesters accused Cambodia’s government of transferring a parcel of institute land measuring 30 by 100 meters (100 by 330 feet) to Naga Casino in exchange for a rumored “swap” of other property, but urged a halt to the exchange, calling too for the Buddhist Institute’s boundaries to be defined and for an end to the sale of government property of cultural value.

Monks briefly confronted ministry authorities after one official reportedly “cursed” the protesters, witnesses said.

Vorn Pov and 22 others released from jail 30/5/14 លោក វន់ ពៅ និងសកម្មជន២២នាក់ ត្រូវបានដោះលែង

Post by Sonando Mam.

Friday 30 May 2014

Pol Pot bodyguard Y Chhien to step down as governor

Top: Y Chhien walks behind Pol Pot and in front of Nuon Chea along the Cambodian-Thai border in around 1979. Below: Y Chhien as governor of Pailin.

Fri, 30 May 2014

Meas Sokchea

Pailin provincial governor Y Chhien, a former Khmer Rouge commander and bodyguard of Pol Pot, will be replaced by a deputy this week after being elected as president of the provincial council in recent sub-national elections, government officials have said.

According to Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak, the government has decided to replace Chhien due to his new position and taking account of the fact that he has reached the age of retirement.

Chhien has been governor of the former Khmer Rouge stronghold for over a decade. He lit the funeral pyre of former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary at his funeral last year.

Koeut Sothea, one of Pailin’s deputy provincial governors, will replace Chhien.

Chhien could not be reached for comment, while Sothea said he was hesitant to comment but happy that the government and King wished to promote him.

“I will make an effort to serve and work hard,” he said.

The official handover is scheduled for Saturday.

Contact author: Meas Sokchea

Cambodian court frees 25 charged with garment strike offences តុលាការសាលាដំបូងសម្រេចដោះលែងជនជាប់ចោទទាំង ២៣នាក់

Vorn Pov speaks to supporters after his release. Below: He was greeted by Mam Sonando, owner of Beehive Radio.

Post by បណ្ដាញព្រះសង្ឃឯករាជ្យ ដើម្បីយុត្តិធម៌សង្គម - IMNSJ.

Post by Sonando Mam.

Post by ខ្ញុំស្រលាញ់ខ្មែរ.

By Prak Chan Thul

May 30 (Reuters) - A Cambodian court found 25 people guilty on Friday of acts of violence during strikes by garment workers but all were given suspended sentences and freed, a ruling likely to be welcomed by global manufacturers operating in the country.

The deadly crackdown on the strikes and working conditions in the garment sector have attracted international criticism.

Representatives of global brands including Hennes & Mauritz AB, Gap Inc, Puma SE and Levi Strauss & Co visited Cambodia this week to tell the government their buying would depend on stability, transparency and the rule of law, according to IndustriALL Global Union, a labour group based in Switzerland that attended the talks.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court judges convicted the workers, trade unionists and protesters of intentional violence including damage to public property during strikes in November last year and January 2014.

They were given suspended jail terms of between one and 4-1/2 years.

Cambodia's garment industry generated $5.3 billion in revenue last year. The industry employs about 600,000 people and strikes for higher pay and better working conditions have been on the rise.

Photo/CEN

PHNOM PENH (Xinhua) -- Sam Rainsy, president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), on Thursday renewed his call for negotiations with the Prime Minister Hun Sen' s ruling party to end a nine-month post-election dispute.

"Only talks between the two parties will lead to the end of the current political dispute," he said at a news conference. " The CNRP wants to find a peaceful solution to the dispute and to ensure that the next elections will be free and fair."

Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng said the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) still opened the door for talks with the CNRP.

"The CPP's stance is still the same and the door is still open for peaceful negotiations with the CNRP," he told reporters last week.

Cambodia remains trapped in political row after the election results in July last year showed that Hun Sen's CPP won 68 parliamentary seats and Sam Rainsy's CNRP got the remaining 55 seats.

The CNRP has refused to accept the election outcome it says was marred by fraud, and it has boycotted parliament and staged numerous protests to demand an electoral reform and an early election.

Families of soldiers guarding the border with Thailand in Pursat said Thai soldiers forbid them from farming the land they had been farming for generations. They said their commanders, Suon Sarom, also ordered them to stop farming on the land, saying it's Thai territory! គ្រួសារទាហានខ្មែរនៅព្រំដែនខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ថាទាហានថៃហាមមិនឲ្យដីដុះលើដីធ្លាប់ដាំ

ដោយ ជិន ជេដ្ឋា 2014-05-30

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គ្រួសារនាយទាហានឈរជើងនៅព្រំដែនខ្មែរថៃ ត្រង់ច្រកច១ នៃឃុំថ្មដា ស្រុកវាលវែង ខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ អះអាងថា ទាហានថៃ បានចូលមកបាញ់ថ្នាំក្រហម និងហាមឃាត់មិនឲ្យពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរដាំដំណាំនៅចំណុចច១ ដែលខ្លួនធ្លាប់ធ្វើជាច្រើនឆ្នាំមកហើយនោះ។

ពួកគាត់យល់ថា ចេតនាបំពារបំពានរបស់ភាគីថៃ នេះ គឺអាចបណ្ដាលមកពីមេបញ្ជាការកងទ័ពការពារព្រំដែនលេខ១៤៥ ឈ្មោះ សួន សារ៉ុម ប្រកាសដល់ក្រុមគ្រួសារនាយទាហានខ្មែរទាំងអស់ ឲ្យបញ្ឈប់សកម្មភាពដាំដុះនៅលើទីតាំងនោះទៀត ដោយបញ្ជាក់ថា គឺជាទឹកដីរបស់ថៃ។

ពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅភូមិឯកភាព នៃឃុំថ្មដា ឲ្យដឹងនៅថ្ងៃទី២៩ ខែឧសភា ថា អ្នកភូមិរស់នៅចំណុចច១ ប្រមាណជា ៣០គ្រួសារ កំពុងតែរស់នៅក្រោមការគាបសង្កត់ និងហាមឃាត់មិនឲ្យបង្កបង្កើនផលជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ពីសំណាក់ក្រុមហ៊ុន អិម.ឌី.អែស (MDS) របស់លោកឧកញ៉ា ទ្រី ភាព និងទាហានថៃ។

ភរិយានាយទាហានប្រចាំការព្រំដែនច្រកច១ ដែលថ្លែងក្នុងលក្ខខណ្ឌសុំមិនបញ្ចេញឈ្មោះ ឲ្យដឹងថា កាលពីសប្ដាហ៍មុន ក្រុមទាហានថៃ បានលួចយកថ្នាំគីមីមកចាក់លើដើមកៅស៊ូពលរដ្ឋជាច្រើនដើម បណ្ដាលឲ្យងាប់ និងនៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែឧសភា ក្រុមនេះបានចូលមកថតសកម្មភាពអ្នកស្រីកំពុងឆ្ការព្រៃរបោះទៀត។

អ្នកស្រីបន្តថា លោក សួន សារ៉ុម បានព្រមានប្រជាពលរដ្ឋថា ប្រសិនបើហ៊ានតវ៉ា ឬនៅតែចចេសដាំដុះទៀតនោះ គឺត្រូវបង្ខំឲ្យធ្វើកិច្ចសន្យា និងផ្ដិតមេដៃបញ្ឈប់សកម្មភាពដាំដុះនៅលើដីដែលលោកចាត់ទុកថាជាដីរបស់ថៃ នោះ ប៉ុន្តែដីនេះត្រូវបានមេទាហានមុនចែកជូនក្រុមគ្រួសារនាយទាហានរួចអស់ហើយ៖ «ប៉ែន ប៉ាន់ គាត់ធ្វើមេដីអស់ហ្នឹង គាត់មើលគាត់គ្រប់គ្រង គាត់ចែកកងទ័ពក៏មិនដែលនរណាមកហាមឃាត់ ហើយសូម្បីតែថៃ ក៏គេមិនដែលដើរបាញ់ថ្នាំបាញ់អីអ៊ីចឹងដែរ។ ខ្ញុំធ្វើធ្លាយដល់អូរឯណោះ។ ដាំស្រូវដាំអីមិនដែលឃើញមានថៃ ណាមកទេ ឥឡូវវាឡើងមកដល់ក្រោយផ្ទះខ្ញុំហើយ ប្រហែល ៣០ម៉ែត្រចុះពីផ្ទះខ្ញុំទៅហ្នឹង។ នៅខាងចំណុចដីខ្មែរគេបានមករុករានទន្ទ្រាន គេមកព្រមានយើងព្រមានប្រជាជនមិនឲ្យយើងទៅកាប់ទៅឆ្ការ មិនឲ្យដាំបន្តទៅទៀត»។

វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី បានទាក់ទងមេបញ្ជាការកងពលតូចអន្តរាគមន៍លេខ១៤ លោក សួន សារ៉ុម នៅយប់ថ្ងៃទី២៩ ខែឧសភា។ លោកពន្យល់ចំពោះការចោទប្រកាន់នេះថា សម្រាប់លោកផ្ទាល់មិនដែលទៅហាមឃាត់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមិនឲ្យដាំកៅស៊ូ ឬព្រមានឲ្យធ្វើកិច្ចសន្យាអ្វីទាក់ទងនឹងបញ្ហានេះទេ។ ប៉ុន្តែលោកទទួលស្គាល់ថា ពិតជាមានកងទាហានថៃ ចូលមកហាមឃាត់ពិតមែន ពីព្រោះដំណាំកៅស៊ូរបស់ពលរដ្ឋ ដាំចូលក្នុងតំបន់មិនច្បាស់លាស់ ដែលគេទុកជាតំបន់ស មានចម្ងាយពីព្រំដែន ៥០០ម៉ែត្រ។

ចំណែកទេសរដ្ឋមន្ត្រីទទួលបន្ទុកបេសកកម្មពិសេសកិច្ចការព្រំដែនកម្ពុជា លោក វ៉ា គឹមហុង ថ្លែងបញ្ជាក់យ៉ាងខ្លីថា លោកទើបតែត្រឡប់មកពីប្រជុំនៅប្រទេសវៀតណាម។ ដូច្នេះ ការងារនេះលោកមិនបានដឹងនោះទេ ប៉ុន្តែលោកថាការបាញ់ថ្នាំ ឬហាមឃាត់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមិនឲ្យបង្កបង្កើនផលអ្វីនោះ គឺជាសមត្ថកិច្ចរបស់អាជ្ញាធរដែនដី និងប៉ុស្តិ៍ប៉ូលិស ឈរជើងនៅតំបន់ទាំងនោះ៖ «ខ្ញុំទើបមកពីប្រជុំនៅវៀតណាម ទេ ខ្ញុំបាទទើបចុះពីកប៉ាល់ហោះ (យន្តហោះ) មិនទាន់ដឹងផង។ ការដែលហាមឃាត់ ឬអី មានតែអាជ្ញាធរ មិនមែនមកនៅខាងគណៈកម្មការព្រំដែនត្រូវដោះស្រាយទេ»។

ទាក់ទងបញ្ហានេះ ប្រធានមន្ទីររៀបចំដែនដីនគរូបនីយកម្ម និងសំណង់ខេត្តពោធិ៍សាត់ លោក ចេង ឡៃ មានប្រសាសន៍ទីតាំងដែលពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅ និងបង្កបង្កើនផលនោះ គឺជាតំបន់សរវាងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា និងថៃ។ លោកបន្តថា អ្នករស់នៅលើដីតំបន់នោះ គឺគ្មានគ្រួសារណាមួយមានប្លង់កម្មសិទ្ធិស្របច្បាប់នោះទេ៖ «អ៊ីចេះនែកកន្លែងច១ហ្នឹង វាមានតំបន់ ៥០០ម៉ែត្រពីព្រំដែននោះណា តំបន់ស នៅក្នុងអន្តរក្រសួង ឯកឧត្ដម វ៉ា គឹមហុង និយាយរួម គឺមិនអនុញ្ញាតចេញប្លង់កម្មសិទ្ធិជូនអ្នកណាទាំងអស់»។

Sam Rainsy explains about the ownership of Koh Trol, now controlled by Vietnam but belonged to Cambodia before 1949 កោះត្រល់ជាកោះរបស់ខ្មែរមុនឆ្នាំ១៩៤៩

Post by Sam Rainsy.

Letter from the publisher of Phnom Penh Post

Fri, 30 May 2014

Chris Dawe

In two weeks, The Phnom Penh Post will give our readers and advertisers something they’ve been asking for since I joined the Post in November 2011: a Saturday edition.

Post Weekend, which hits newsstands on June 14, is much more than an expansion of our popular 7Days brand, it’s a commitment – to expanded coverage, deeper analysis and a broader array of entertaining content.

Chris Dawe, Publisher and CEO

It’s also a message: that Post Media believes in the Cambodian marketplace and intends to continue expanding and putting down roots across the media spectrum – roots that extend back to our newspaper’s beginning as Cambodia’s first English-language newspaper in 1992.

Since I assumed the role of publisher following Ross Dunkley’s official exit last year, the Post has undergone a series of exciting changes, each of them with an eye to future growth.

Key to these is the Post Weekend. When we decided to launch this ambitious project, we didn’t have to look far to find the right man to lead it. Alan Parkhouse, who has helped launch several publications across the region, was quickly identified as the man with the experience and knowledge we needed to build a product we see as crucial to our expanding brand.

He’ll work alongside Gordon Watts, a 40-year veteran of the global newspaper scene who will serve as managing editor. Poppy McPherson, who has done a brilliant job in transforming 7Days into an intelligent and entertaining magazine, will continue to oversee the production of in-depth, original content as features editor.

Stepping into the role of editor-in-chief of our flagship Monday-Friday publication is Chad Williams. Chad has been the primary force behind our newsgathering operations since first joining the Post as national editor in October 2011, and I know he is as excited as I am about leading our award-winning newspaper to even greater heights.

Perhaps no more exciting change has taken place in my time here than our rapid expansion on the digital front. Since assuming the role of digital media director, David Boyle has relentlessly pushed and prodded Post Media in the direction of the future.

From overseeing a complete revamp of our website, to assembling a video team that is now producing captivating stories about Cambodia’s biggest issues, Dave’s stewardship has seen our digital footprint grow by leaps and bounds.

With monthly page views topping two million, more than 215,000 fans on Facebook and a rapidly growing Twitter base of nearly 22,000 followers, the Post is reaching more readers in more formats than ever before.

A Change of Guard