Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Dropout Rates Hit Rural Schools

Khmer Times/James Reddick and Chea Takihiro

Monday, 28 September 2015

Chan Thon, 12, sitting at his house with his mother (foreground) and friends from school.KT/James Reddick

BANTEAY VILLAGE (Khmer Times) –Chan Srey, a primary school teacher here in Baray Commune in Kampong Cham Province, is all too familiar with the pressures on the children that she teaches. She was a student here once.

She was also on the verge of becoming one of the many students every year who drop out of the school system after finishing primary school.

“My parents wanted me to stop studying, because my brother was sick,” she said. “But I rejected my mother’s request.”

Since finishing her studies, Ms. Srey has seen the exodus from local schools quicken. The girls leave school to work in a garment factory in Phnom Penh, while the boys are drawn mainly to the city’s many construction sites.

She says the problem is no longer just for girls, whose education used to be more readily sacrificed than their brothers.

“Before, I tried to explain to the parents about the bad effects of taking their kids out of school,” she said. “I don’t know what I can say any more.”

According to Chea Sophat, the school’s principal, there are more than 770 students in the school’s six grades. But he estimates that only around 30 students end up moving on to secondary school each year.

Baray Commune is a snapshot of a larger problem in Cambodia of persistently high dropout rates from primary to secondary school.

Cambodia and the Australian Asylum Seeker Deal

Cambodia agrees to welcome more refugees from Nauru, but analysts see a deadlock.

By Clothilde Le Coz

September 29, 2015 TD

Image Credit: REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Almost a year after it was signed by both governments, the controversial “refugee deal” between Cambodia and Australia resurfaced in late August when Reuters published an article reporting that Cambodia did not intend to accept any more refugees from Nauru. The article quoted a spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior saying that Cambodia could only accept “a limited amount” of refugees coming from Nauru. In fact, that news should hardly be surprising.

When both governments began to negotiate back in 2014, the Cambodian government was clear: Cambodia could only accept a “limited number of refugees.” According to the agreement signed last September, “[t]he number of Refugees settled, and the timing of their arrival into Cambodia under this MOU, will be subject to the consent of the Kingdom of Cambodia.” And although the Cambodian government backtracked from its first comment, it maintains that the fewer refugees it takes the better.

This, Sophal Ear says, “shows that money talks.” An associate professor of Diplomacy & World Affairs at the Occidental College of Los Angeles and the author of the book Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermines Democracy, Ear argues that the 55 million dollars in aid money Cambodia will receive for the next four years in exchange was the only incentive for the Cambodian government to accept such a deal. He adds that bilateral deals “are always about getting something and giving something. […] The only hope here is that it’s public, unlike when China makes a deal. The money is public, but the details are not. […] It seems to me Cambodia has a lot of room, especially if it chooses to say no to anymore refugees and refuses to revise operational guidelines.”

Playing by Its Own Rules?

In Asia, bilateral agreements are accorded much greater significance than they are in many other regions. Dr. Markus Karbaum, an adviser for Southeast Asia at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, explains that “most governments fear a loss in their national sovereignty when binding to multilateral agreements/organizations.” As such, Cambodia recently broadened its horizons for bilateral agreement as part of its struggle for self-assertion in the region. “Cambodia needs alternatives to its traditional partners China and Vietnam to gain flexibility in its foreign relations,” Karbaum says. To him, the “refugee deal” with Australia is part of this self-assertion strategy.

The Cambodian tightrope between growth and conservation

Spanning an area of a million acres, the richly biodiverse Central Cardamom Protected Forest in southwest Cambodia faces all manner of conservation threats. Including the country's economic future.

Teeming with endemic species such as the Siamese crocodile, the gibbon, and the dragon fish - which is almost extinct in other Asian countries - Cambodia's Central Cardamom forest is the pride of both the local government and conservationists.

DW

Many of its environmental success stories are a result of ongoing initiatives by Conservation International, an NGO that has worked with indigenous groups to ensure they receive health care, teaching salaries, and training in conservation agriculture in exchange for not poaching wildlife or clearing the forest. Nonetheless, the region still faces threats.

"It is important to understand that illegal clearing will remain an issue, as long as high value timber and species trade exists, and until alternative livelihoods can be developed," Tracy Farrell, regional director of the Greater Mekong Program for Conservation International, told Global Ideas.

The Cambodian record of illegal logging began with the Khmer Rouge, the Marxist guerrilla group that lived in the Central Cardamoms in the 1970s, forcing indigenous people off their forest land. Thai businessmen paid the rebels to cut down trees in the region so the lumber could be sold in Thailand. The trade established itself and, outliving the guerrilla movement, continued into the late 1990s, by which time tree stocks had been severely depleted.

What constitutes a threat?

Although it sounds like a dramatic chapter in the forest's life, Timothy Killeen, an environmental scientist who worked in Cambodia for Conservation International and wrote a book on the Central Cardamoms, says illegal logging in the region doesn't pose as great a peril as one might imagine.

"There's never more than 10 or 15 valuable species in a tropical forest," Killeen said. "Take them all out and you still have 500 other species. They're just not valuable. But the forest is still there."

His position might seem controversial, especially given a 2011 article in the Phnom Penh Post that accused Conservation International of turning a blind eye to illegal logging in the protected forest. Although officials from the NGO insist they did not condone the unlawful clearings, Killeen says the question of how logging endangered the forest is more nuanced.

"Poor people going into the forest and chopping the tree into pieces and carrying it out on their backs is never going to get to the point to be a significant threat to the forest," he said. "The level and the intensity of illegal logging is so low because of the nature of it." When one tree is cut, often another grows back.

Slash and burn

Illegal logging on the scale Killeen describes doesn't decimate forest land in one fell swoop. Slash and burn agriculture, on the other hand, clears the land in its entirety.

គ្រូបង្រៀននៅខេត្តបាត់ដំបងត្អូញត្អែរមិនបានបើកប្រាក់ខែជិតមួយឆ្នាំ

គ្រូបង្រៀននៅខេត្តបាត់ដំបងត្អូញត្អែរមិនបានបើកប្រាក់ខែជិតមួយឆ្នាំ
ដោយ ហ៊ុំ ចំរើន
2015-09-29rfa

គ្រូបង្រៀន ជាប់កិច្ចសន្យានៅស្រុកបវេល ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង ជាច្រើននាក់ ត្អូញត្អែរបញ្ហាមិនបានបើកប្រាក់ខែបង្រៀនជិតមួយឆ្នាំមកហើយ។ ការមិនបានបើកប្រាក់ខែនេះ បានប៉ះពាល់ជាងខ្លាំងដល់ការរស់នៅរបស់គ្រូបង្រៀន ធ្វើឲ្យពួកគាត់មួយចំនួនជំពាក់បំណុលគេ ដោយសារខ្ចីប្រាក់យកទៅប្រើប្រាស់ដោះស្រាយជីវភាពគ្រួសារ។

ក្រុម គ្រូបង្រៀននៅស្រុកបវេល អំពាវនាវឲ្យក្រសួងអប់រំយុវជន និងកីឡា បើកប្រាក់ខែឲ្យបានឆាប់ ដើម្បីពួកគាត់យកប្រាក់នោះទៅប្រើប្រាស់ឲ្យទាន់ថ្ងៃ បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌប្រពៃណីខ្មែរខាងមុននេះ។

គ្រូបង្រៀន ជាប់កិច្ចសន្យាសុំឲ្យមិនបញ្ចេញឈ្មោះម្នាក់ រស់នៅស្រុកបវេល ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង ថ្លែងនៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកញ្ញា ថា រូបគាត់ជាគ្រូបង្រៀនកម្រិតបឋមសិក្សានៅស្រុកបវេល ហើយបានទៅបង្រៀនសិស្សដោយពុំគិតពីការនឿយហត់ តាំងពីខែវិច្ឆិកា ឆ្នាំ២០១៤ រហូតមកទល់ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥ នេះ ពុំទាន់បើកប្រាក់ខែបង្រៀននៅឡើយទេ៖ «ពួកខ្ញុំរំពឹងតែប្រាក់ខែបង្រៀនដើម្បីចាយវាយក្នុងគ្រួសារ ដល់ពេលប្រាក់ខែបើកអត់បាន ខ្ញុំខ្ចីប្រាក់ពីប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជិតខាងយកទៅប្រើប្រាស់មួយរយៈសិន។ ប៉ុន្តែដល់ថ្ងៃកំណត់ខ្ញុំពុំមានប្រាក់សងគេ ហើយម្ចាស់បំណុលគេមកទារប្រាក់ពីខ្ញុំស្ទើររាល់ថ្ងៃ»។

ទុក្ខលំបាកនៃគ្រួសារកម្មករនេសាទដែលត្រូវជនជាតិវៀតណាមសម្លាប់នៅខេត្តកំពត

ទុក្ខលំបាកនៃគ្រួសារកម្មករនេសាទដែលត្រូវជនជាតិវៀតណាមសម្លាប់នៅខេត្តកំពត
ដោយ យ៉ង ចាន់តារា
2015-09-29 rfa

អ្នកស្រី សិន សាហ្វ៊ី អង្គុយឱបកូននៅផ្ទះរបស់ខ្លួនកាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។

RFA/Yang Chandara

អស់រយៈពេលជាង ២ខែមកហើយ ដែលកម្មករទូកនេសាទជនជាតិចាម នៃសហគមន៍នេសាទត្រើយកោះ ខេត្តកំពត ត្រូវបានឃាតកជនជាតិវៀតណាម វាយសម្លាប់។ មកទល់ពេលនេះ អាជ្ញាធរមិនទាន់វែកមុខចាប់ជនដៃដល់បាននៅឡើយ ហើយគ្រួសារជនរងគ្រោះកំពុងរងផលវិបាកជាច្រើនក្នុងជីវិតរស់នៅ ប្រចាំថ្ងៃ។

តើក្រុមគ្រួសារជនរងគ្រោះជួបប្រទះ វិបត្តិអ្វីខ្លះ ក្រោយបាត់បង់សមាជិកគ្រួសារជាទីស្រឡាញ់ និងជាជនបង្គោលក្នុងការរកចំណូលផ្គត់ផ្គង់គ្រួសារនោះ?

ក្រុម គ្រួសារកម្មករទូកនេសាទជនជាតិចាម ដែលត្រូវអ្នកនេសាទវៀតណាម វាយសម្លាប់កាលពីចុងខែកក្កដា កន្លងទៅ កំពុងរស់នៅដោយត្រដរ រកព្រឹកខ្វះល្ងាច ដើម្បីទ្រទ្រង់ជីវភាពប្រចាំថ្ងៃ។

នាក់ សេន សិន សាហ្វ៊ី ៦២០
ប្រធានសហគមន៍នេសាទត្រើយកោះ លោក នាក់ សេន ឈរនិយាយជាមួយ អ្នកស្រី សិន សាហ្វ៊ី កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៣ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។ RFA/Yang Chandara

«កុំឲ្យពួកយួន ពួកអីហ្នឹងចូលមកធ្វើរញ៉េរញ៉ៃអ៊ីចឹង។ យើងមិនមែនថាមិនឲ្យគេរកទេ ព្រោះមុខរបរហ្នឹង យើងរកស៊ីអ៊ីចឹងដូចគ្នា ប៉ុន្តែកុំឲ្យយើងរកស៊ីខុសច្បាប់ រកស៊ីឲ្យត្រូវច្បាប់ដូចគ្នា»

មាន សម្បុរស ស្លៀកពាក់ជារបៀបប្រពៃណីជនជាតិចាម កំពុងអង្គុយចិតបន្លែនៅក្នុងរោងប្រក់ស័ង្កសី អ្នកស្រី សិន សាហ្វ៊ី គឺជាភរិយានៃសពជនរងគ្រោះឈ្មោះ ឌុល អៃយ៉ូប ដែលត្រូវអ្នកនេសាទវៀតណាម សម្លាប់។ អ្នកស្រី សិន សាហ្វ៊ី និយាយដោយទឹកមុខស្រងូតស្រងាត់ថា ក្រុមគ្រួសារអ្នកស្រីមិនមានអាហារហូបចុកគ្រប់គ្រាន់ ដូចកាលដែលប្ដីអ្នកស្រីនៅរស់នោះឡើយ៖ «ចង់ឲ្យជួយធ្វើផ្ទះហ្នឹងឲ្យជួយទិញអង្ករអីឲ្យហូប បានភ្លើងបានទឹក។ ហ្នឹងពិបាកត្រង់ថា អត់មានអីហូប ផ្ទះចង់រលំ អត់មានភ្លើងអគ្គិសនី អត់មានទឹកអីហ្នឹង តែប៉ុណ្ណឹងទេ»។

សហគមន៍នៅឧត្តរមានជ័យអំពាវនាវឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលជួយការពារដីព្រៃ

សហគមន៍នៅឧត្តរមានជ័យអំពាវនាវឱ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលជួយការពារដីព្រៃ
ដោយ ហង្ស សាវយុត
2015-09-29

សកម្មភាពព្រះសង្ឃការពារព្រៃឈើនៅខេត្តឧត្ដរមានជ័យ។ រូបថតកាលពីខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១០

Photo: RFA

សហគមន៍ការពារព្រៃឈើអណ្តូងប នៅស្រុកបន្ទាយអំពិល មិនហ៊ានដើរល្បាតការពារព្រៃឈើរបស់គេបន្តទៀតទេ ដោយសារគេតែងទទួលរងការគំរាមកំហែងក្នុងពេលដែលទាហាន និងអ្នកមានអំណាចខ្លះកំពុងបញ្ជូនគ្រឿងចក្រទៅឈូសឆាយរំលោភយកដីនៅតំបន់នោះ។

បច្ចុប្បន្នសហគមន៍ការពារព្រៃឈើអណ្ដូងប នៅមានសង្ឃឹមតែម្យ៉ាង គឺដាក់ពាក្យប្ដឹងទៅតុលាការដើម្បីឱ្យជួយទប់ស្កាត់ និងការពារការរំលោភយកដីព្រៃឈើដោយខុសច្បាប់ពីក្រុមអ្នកមានអំណាចទាំងនោះ។

តំណាងសហគមន៍ការពារព្រៃឈើអណ្ដូងប នៅឃុំបេង ស្រុកបន្ទាយអំពិល ដែលមានភូមិសាស្ត្រជាប់គ្នានឹងស្រុកភ្នំស្រុក ខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ អំពាវនាវឱ្យមន្ត្រីរដ្ឋាភិបាលដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធ ជួយចាត់វិធានការទប់ស្កាត់សកម្មភាពរបស់ទាហាន និងអ្នកមានអំណាចខ្លះទៀតដែលកំពុងតែប្រើប្រាស់គ្រឿងចក្រទៅឈូសឆាយរំលោភយកដីព្រៃសហគមន៍ជាច្រើនពាន់ហិកតារជាបន្ទាន់។

ការអំពាវនាវបានធ្វើឡើងនៅស្របពេលដែលប្រជាសហគមន៍ហាក់អស់លទ្ធភាពការពារព្រៃឈើទំហំជាង ៦ពាន់ហិកតារទៅហើយ ដោយសារតែក្រុមទាហាន និងអ្នកមានអំណាចខ្លះ តែងគំរាមកំហែងមកលើពួកគេក្នុងពេលចុះទប់ស្កាត់ការរុករានយកដីម្ដងៗ។

តុលាការខេត្តសៀមរាបសាកសួរយុវជនរឿងគំរាមបោកគ្រាប់បែកសម្លាប់លោក ស ខេង

តុលាការខេត្តសៀមរាបសាកសួរយុវជនរឿងគំរាមបោកគ្រាប់បែកសម្លាប់លោក ស ខេង
ដោយ ខែ សុណង
2015-09-29 rfa

យុវជន តៅ សាវឿន រស់នៅភូមិបន្ទាយចាស់ សង្កាត់ស្លក្រាម ក្រុងសៀមរាប ដែលគំរាមសម្លាប់រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ លោក ស ខេង តាមបណ្ដាញសង្គមហ្វេសប៊ុក (Facebook)។

រូបថតរបស់ប៉ូលិសខេត្តសៀមរាប

កម្លាំងនគរបាល ការិយាល័យព្រហ្មទណ្ឌ នៃស្នងការដ្ឋាននគរបាលខេត្តសៀមរាប បានបញ្ជូនខ្លួនយុវជនម្នាក់ជានិស្សិតរៀននៅសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ សៅស៍អ៊ីសថ៍ អេយសៀ (South-East Asia) ដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធការគំរាមសម្លាប់រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ លោក ស ខេង តាមបណ្ដាញសង្គមហ្វេសប៊ុក (Facebook) ទៅតុលាការ។ សមត្ថកិច្ច បានឃាត់ខ្លួនយុវជនរូបនេះ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកញ្ញា។

តុលាការខេត្តសៀមរាប សាកសួរយុវជនដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធសំណុំរឿងគំរាមបោកគ្រាប់បែកសម្លាប់ លោក ស ខេង តាមបណ្ដាញសង្គមហ្វេសប៊ុក។

ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា រងសាលាដំបូងខេត្តសៀមរាប លោក សួន សុបញ្ញា មានប្រសាសន៍ថា នៅល្ងាចថ្ងៃទី២៩ កញ្ញា លោកកំពុងសាកសួរយុវជនឈ្មោះ តៅ សាវឿន ពីមូលហេតុដែលសរសេរគំរាម លោក ស ខេង រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ តាមបណ្ដាញសង្គម។ លោកបញ្ជាក់ថា លោកនឹងបន្តសាកសួរយុវជនរូបនេះនៅថ្ងៃទី៣០ ខែកញ្ញា ទៀត មុននឹងធ្វើសេចក្ដីសម្រេច។

យុវជនឈ្មោះ តៅ សាវឿន ភេទប្រុស អាយុ ២៦ឆ្នាំ រស់នៅភូមិបន្ទាយចាស់ សង្កាត់ស្លក្រាម ក្រុងសៀមរាប ជានិស្សិតរៀននៅសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ សៅស៍អ៊ីសថ៍ អេយសៀ ក្នុងខេត្តសៀមរាប ត្រូវសមត្ថកិច្ចឃាត់ខ្លួននៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។ មន្ត្រីប៉ូលិសឲ្យដឹងថា និស្សិតរូបនេះបានបញ្ចេញមតិ ឬខមមិន (Comment) នៅក្នុងទំព័រគណនេយ្យរបស់ខ្លួនដោយសរសេរថា «ចាំសម្ដេចមកដល់ នាំគ្នាដាក់គ្រាប់បែកឲ្យងាប់ទាំងអស់គ្នាម្ដង»។

Annual Ceremonies Honor Ancestors and Wandering Spirits

Annual Ceremonies Honor Ancestors and Wandering Spirits

The 15-day religious ceremony entail monks waking very early to chant, and more people arriving to make offerings, in one of the country’s most important annual rituals.

Local residents light candles during a ceremony to celebrate Pchum Ben, or Ancestors' Day at Krang Thnung Buddhist pagoda on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Sept. 28, 2015. The traditional 15-day festival, which commemorates the spirits of the dead, began on Monday. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

Oum Sonita, Len Leng, VOA Khmer

29 September 2015

PHNOM PENH—

Cambodia’s annual ritual of Pchum Bun has begun, in a 15-day religious ceremony that honors the spirits of the dead. Many Cambodians were up in the pre-dawn Monday, visiting pagodas, where they threw balls of rice into the dark to feed wandering ghosts, those spirits who never received a proper funeral.

The rituals continue this week and next, with monks waking very early to chant, and more people arriving to make offerings, in one of the country’s most important annual rituals.

San Souy, a teacher at Sihanouk Reach High School and a layman at the Wat Koh pagoda, told VOA Khmer that the ancient rice-throwing ceremony remains popular. The name Pchum Ben comes from Pali and means “a collection of rice balls.” It is especially popular the first day of the ceremony, with the number of visitors tapering off after that, he said. “Only on Saturday and Sunday, we can see a lot of people coming, because government officials have their day off work and come to throw rice balls.”

‘Yuon’, Vietnamese, political correctness and the failure to research?

Language can be more than a means of daily communication among the citizenry; it can be seized or manipulated by the state as an ideological device in its communication with its own population, in the re-enforcement and implementation of its agenda, in addition to mirroring the weaknesses or strengths in the fluid, dynamic, and often, repressed context of its existing power relations via a vis other states - School of Vice [Image: xinhua]

by School of Vice

It's been something of a sacrosanct, automated response by this minority of foreign expat press community and their disingenuous local Cambodian informers-cum- "political analysts" with axe to grind that any casual reference to Vietnam or the Vietnamese as "Yuon" by any of the Opposition leaders in public address, or even among the wider Cambodian public, shall be marked down with the additional note suggestive of both disdain and entrenched political correctness of a rather unthinking, unwholesome nature. Namely, the aforementioned descriptive term would be followed by: "...a term considered by some as derogatory". Note the stress I place on the word 'some' here to remind us all that even the people who habitually insert this postscript verbatim accept that the "derogatory" connotations attached to the term used - if any - clearly seek to imply, and thus cast disapproval on, the party/ individual using it, and that the perceived or implied meanings are far from being universally and unanimously accepted. So why would this minority insist in repeating the same line despite knowing the damage and slander it could cast upon, not only a small minority engaging in party politics, but also virtually an entire nation that has lived with and used the term without perceived passion or ill sentiment from generation to generation and throughout their national history?

Before all this political correctness and fuss with the word in question, various people, including but not limited to, the current CNRP leaders, had also been caught up in fostering "anti-Vietnamese" feelings and sentiment and, have even today been accused of playing the "race card". It would take one for ever to write on the subject matter, but it would appear that in the midst of all this contention and semantics debate, there exists a vast gulf separating facts from fiction, truth from propaganda, and above all, a failure to search for an equitable defence position of proportion and reason. Just because some self-serving local Cambodians with an NGO to manage and a cash flow to sustain puts a question mark on the said term and its usage by politicians, that does not necessarily follow that they too may not have a "race card" of their own to exploit? Even the country's 'PM' recently had the shameless temerity to ask that the new UN envoy focuses her effort on "racial discrimination"; a thinly veiled reference to the political Opposition's much vilified "anti-Vietnamese" stance.

សង្គមស៊ីវិលរិះគន់អំពីការលើកកម្ពស់សមភាពយេនឌ័រនៅកម្ពុជា

សង្គមស៊ីវិលរិះគន់អំពីការលើកកម្ពស់សមភាពយេនឌ័រនៅកម្ពុជា
ដោយ សេក បណ្ឌិត
2015-09-28 rfa

អ្នកស្រី ធីតា ឃិះ (ឆ្វេង) នាយិកាប្រតិបត្តិអង្គការសីលការ និងជាប្រធានគណៈកម្មាធិការលើកស្ទួយស្ត្រីក្នុងវិស័យនយោបាយ និងលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន (ស្ដាំ)។

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School of Vice: It took me quite a while to decipher 'យេនឌ័រ' and what it means! I'm still not entirely certain, but I assume it refers to the English word: 'gender'. If so, isn't there an equivalent word in Khmer for 'gender'?

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លោក នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បានបង្ហាញថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំពិភពលោកថា កម្ពុជាបានចូលរួមយ៉ាងសកម្មជាមួយបណ្ដាប្រទេសសមាជិកនៃអង្គការ សហប្រជាជាតិ ក្នុងការលើកកម្ពស់សមភាពយេនឌ័រ និងសិទ្ធិអំណាចស្ត្រីនៅក្នុងសង្គម។

ចំណែកខាង មន្ត្រីសង្គមស៊ីវិលដែលធ្វើការពាក់ព័ន្ធនឹងការលើកកម្ពស់សិទ្ធិ ស្ត្រីវិញបង្ហាញថា ជាគោលការណ៍ គឺឃើញមានភាពល្អប្រសើរ ប៉ុន្តែជាលទ្ធផលនៃការអនុវត្តជាក់ស្ដែងកម្ពុជា នៅមានការខ្វះចន្លោះច្រើន និងនៅឃ្លាតឆ្ងាយពីគោលដៅសហស្សវត្សរបស់អង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិដែលបាន ដាក់ចេញឲ្យប្រទេសជាសមាជិកអនុវត្តក្នុងរយៈពេល ១៥ឆ្នាំកន្លងមក។

មន្ត្រី សង្គមស៊ីវិលគាំទ្រចំពោះការលើកឡើងពីគោលការណ៍នៃការចូលរួមសកម្ម លើកិច្ចការលើកកម្ពស់សមភាពយេនឌ័រនៅកម្ពុជា ប៉ុន្តែស្នើឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលពង្រឹងលើការអនុវត្តឲ្យមានប្រសិទ្ធភាព។ ការស្នើបែបនេះ ដោយសារកន្លងមកមានតែការលើកឡើងនូវគោលការណ៍ ចំណែកការអនុវត្តនៅមានចំណុចអវិជ្ជមានច្រើន។

ប្រធាន អង្គការសីលការ អ្នកស្រី ធីតា ឃិះ មានប្រសាសន៍នៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ កញ្ញា ថា ជាទូទៅរដ្ឋាភិបាលតែងតែខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងបង្ហាញនូវយន្តការនានាដើម្បី លើកស្ទួយនូវសិទ្ធិអំណាចរបស់ស្ត្រី ប៉ុន្តែមានការខ្វះខាតលើកិច្ចសហប្រតិបត្តិការរវាងគ្នានឹងគ្នា ជាពិសេសវាងថ្នាក់ជាតិ និងថ្នាក់ក្រោមជាតិនៅមានបញ្ហាច្រើន៖ «»។

ប្រធានគណបក្សជំទាស់អំពាវនាវឲ្យខ្មែររួបរួមសាមគ្គីគ្នា

ប្រធានគណបក្សជំទាស់អំពាវនាវឲ្យខ្មែររួបរួមសាមគ្គីគ្នា
ដោយ ម៉ម មុនីរតន៍
2015-09-28 rfa

ប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ក្នុងពេលចូលរួមពិធីកាន់បិណ្ឌ១ នៅវត្តអង្គតាម៉ិញ ខណ្ឌពោធិ៍សែនជ័យ រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ នៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំក២០១៥។

RFA/Morm Moniroth

នៅក្នុងពិធីកាន់បិណ្ឌទី១ ដែលជាពិធីបុណ្យប្រពៃណីខ្មែរនេះ ប្រធានគណបក្សជំទាស់ប្រាថ្នាចង់ឃើញប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរចេះអភ័យឲ្យគ្នាទៅវិញទៅមក និងមានសេរីភាព រួចផុតពីការជាប់ទោសទណ្ឌ។

សារអំពាវនាវរបស់ប្រធានគណបក្សប្រឆាំងនៅពេលនេះ ស្របពេលស្ថានការណ៍នយោបាយ នៅតែបន្តភាពតានតឹង ខណៈដែលនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន នៅតែប្រកាន់ជំហរ មិនចរចាជាមួយមេបក្សប្រឆាំងឡើយ។ ដោយឡែកអ្នកវិភាគនយោបាយវិញ យល់ឃើញថា សារអំពាវនាវរបស់មេដឹកនាំបក្សជំទាស់នៅពេលនេះ អាចជាជម្រើសដ៏ល្អ ព្រោះជាមធ្យោបាយនឹងជួយលុបបំបាត់ការរើសអើងផ្នែកនយោបាយ និងធ្វើឲ្យកម្ពុជា ចំណេញថែមទៀតផង។

ប្រធានគណបក្សជំទាស់ពុំបានថ្លែងសារនយោបាយអ្វីឡើយ ពាក់ព័ន្ធប្រតិកម្មរបស់ប្រធានគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា ដោយចាត់ទុកថា រដូវបុណ្យទានលោកនឹងមិននិយាយអ្វីទាំងអស់អំពីរឿងនយោបាយ។

បដិសេធនឹងសំណួរអ្នកសារព័ត៌មានរបស់លោក សម រង្ស៊ី នេះ គឺក្នុងពេលដែលលោកចូលរួមកាន់បិណ្ឌ១ នៅវត្តអង្គតាម៉ិញ កាលពីព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកញ្ញា។

តុលាការខេត្តស្វាយរៀងផ្ដន្ទាទោសសកម្មជនដីធ្លី៣នាក់ដាក់ពន្ធនាគារម្នាក់ៗ៥ឆ្នាំ

តុលាការខេត្តស្វាយរៀងផ្ដន្ទាទោសសកម្មជនដីធ្លី៣នាក់ដាក់ពន្ធនាគារម្នាក់ៗ៥ឆ្នាំ
ដោយ ថា កិត្យា
2015-09-28 rfa

តុលាការខេត្តស្វាយរៀង។ រូបថតថ្ងៃទី១៦ ខែកញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥

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សាលាដំបូងខេត្ត ស្វាយរៀង ផ្ដន្ទាទោសប្រធានសហគមន៍ដីធ្លីនៅឃុំអណ្ដូងត្របែក មួយរូប និងសកម្មជនដីធ្លីពីររូបទៀត ដាក់ពន្ធនាគារម្នាក់ៗ ៥ឆ្នាំ ពីបទកាប់រានព្រៃឈើរបស់រដ្ឋតាមមាត្រា ៩៧ នៃច្បាប់ព្រៃឈើ។ ទោះយ៉ាងណា សកម្មជនដីធ្លីចាត់ទុកសាលក្រមរបស់តុលាការនោះថា គ្មានយុត្តិធម៌ និងខុសពីការពិត។

តុលាការខេត្ត ស្វាយរៀង នៅមិនទាន់ចេញដីកាចាប់ខ្លួនប្រធានសហគមន៍ ១រួប និងសកម្មជនដីធ្លី ២រូប នៅឃុំអណ្ដូងត្របែក ស្រុករមាសហែក នោះទេ បន្ទាប់ពីចេញសាលក្រមផ្ដន្ទាទោសឲ្យជាប់ពន្ធនាគារ ៥ឆ្នាំ ដោយមិនព្យួរទោស រឿងកាប់ដើមអាកាស្យាដែលរដ្ឋបាលឈើបានដាំ។ នេះបើតាមការអោយដឹងពីមេធាវីការពារក្តីជនជាប់ចោទ។

ប្រធានសហគមន៍ដីធ្លីនៅឃុំអណ្ដូងត្របែក លោក សួន សីហា ប្រាប់វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី តាមទូរស័ព្ទថា សាលក្រមរបស់តុលាការខេត្តស្វាយរៀង មិនមានភាពយុត្តិធម៌សម្រាប់ពលរដ្ឋក្រីក្រ គ្មានអំណាចដូចពួកគាត់ទេ។ លោកបញ្ជាក់ថា ការចោទប្រកាន់ពួកគាត់ថា កាប់រានព្រៃឈើរបស់រដ្ឋនោះ ជាការបំភ័ន្តខុសការពិត ព្រោះដីនោះមិនមែនជាដីរបស់រដ្ឋឡើយ គឺជាដីរបស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋចំនួន ៨៦គ្រួសារដែលធ្លាប់កាន់កាប់អាស្រ័យផលតាំងពីឆ្នាំ១៩៧៩ មក។ លុះនៅឆ្នាំ២០០៨ រដ្ឋបាលព្រៃឈើបានចូលទៅដាំកូនអាកាស្យានៅលើដីទំហំជាង ៧១ហិកតារនោះ ដោយសំអាងថាជាដីរបស់រដ្ឋ។ ក្រោយមកប្រជាពលរដ្ឋមានគម្រោងប្ដឹងទាមទារយកដីនោះវិញ បន្ទាប់ពីដឹងថា អាជ្ញាធរឃុបឃិតគ្នាលក់ដីទៅអោយអ្នកមានលុយ និងអ្នកមានអំណាច ម្ល៉ោះហើយទើបរដ្ឋបាលព្រៃឈើប្តឹងតំណាង ៣នាក់ដាក់ពន្ធនាគារ ដើម្បីគំរាមកំហែង និងបំបាក់ស្មារតី៖ «»។

ពលរដ្ឋនៅស្ទឹងត្រែងជាង១០០នាក់តវ៉ាប្រឆាំងអាជ្ញាធរហាមមិនឲ្យឆ្ការព្រៃយកដីសហគមន៍

ពលរដ្ឋនៅស្ទឹងត្រែងជាង១០០នាក់តវ៉ាប្រឆាំងអាជ្ញាធរហាមមិនឲ្យឆ្ការព្រៃយកដីសហគមន៍
ដោយ ម៉ែន សុធីរ
2015-09-28 rfa

ពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅឃុំស្រែគរ ស្រុកសេសាន ខែត្រស្ទឹងត្រែង ជាង ១០០នាក់ នៅថ្ងៃទី២៨ ខែកញ្ញា តវ៉ាប្រឆាំងការអនុវត្តច្បាប់របស់អាជ្ញាធរជំនាញ ដែលបានហាមអ្នកភូមិមិនឲ្យកាប់ឆ្ការព្រៃសហគមន៍ស្រែគរ ដើម្បីយកដីធ្វើចម្ការ។ ការតវ៉ានេះ ប្រជាសហគមន៍អះអាងថា មន្ត្រីរដ្ឋបាលព្រៃឈើ និងនគរបាលប៉ុស្តិ៍ស្រែគរ ទាមទារឲ្យអ្នកភូមិចុះកិច្ចសន្យាជាក់លាក់ដើម្បីបញ្ឈប់សកម្មភាពកាប់ឆ្ការព្រៃសហគមន៍ដើម្បីយកដី។

ការតវ៉ានេះពុំមានអំពើហិង្សា និងបាតុភាពអ្វីកើតឡើងជាដុំកំភួនឡើយ។ ចំណែកដំណោះស្រាយកំពុងឋិតក្នុងភាពចម្រូងចម្រាសនៅឡើយទេ។

តំណាងពលរដ្ឋជនជាតិដើមភាគតិចព្នងម្នាក់ក្នុងចំណោមពលរដ្ឋជាច្រើនទៀត គឺអ្នកស្រី សារឿន សាខុម និយាយថា អ្នកភូមិមិនយល់ព្រមផ្ដិតមេដៃចុះកិច្ចសន្យាដើម្បីបញ្ឈប់កាប់ឆ្ការព្រៃជាដាច់ខាត ដរាបណាដំណោះស្រាយនៅមិនទាន់បញ្ចប់។ អ្នកស្រីបារម្ភថា លំនៅឋាន និងភូមិដែលគាត់រស់នៅបច្ចុប្បន្ន នឹងក្លាយជាផ្ទៃអាងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោមពីរ និងគំរាមកំហែងដោយទឹកជំនន់បើទំនប់ដំណើរការ ដូច្នេះអ្នកភូមិក៏សម្រេចចិត្តកាប់ឆ្ការព្រៃសហគមន៍ ដើម្បីយកដីធ្វើចម្ការចិញ្ចឹមជីវិត។

បាតុកម្មប្រឆាំងវត្តមានលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន

Claims that 'Yuon' is a racist term should be put to rest

'Any journalist or political analyst should know the difference between genuine civility and political correctness'

Sam Rainsy

២៨ កញ្ញា ២០១៥ / 28 september 2015

ថ្ងៃេនះ កាសែតខេមបូឌាដេលី បានចុះផ្សាយលិខិតរបស់ខ្ញំុមួយច្បាប់ ជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស ដែលពន្យល់ថា ពាក្យ "យួន" មិនមែនជាពាក្យប្រកាន់ពូជសាសន៍ទេ។ ខ្មែរយើងបានប្រើពាក្យនេះរាប់រយឆ្នាំមកហើយ ដោយគ្មានការរើសអើងអ្វីឡើយ។ ពាក្យ "វៀតណាម" ទើបតែត្រូវបានបង្កើត ក្រោយសម័យអាណានិគមនិយមបារាំង គឺក្រោយឆ្នាំ ១៩៥៣ ។ មុននោះ មិនទាន់មានប្រទេសណាមួយឈ្មោះវៀតណាមនៅឡើយទេ មានតែដែនតុងក័ង ដែនអណ្ណាម និងដែនកូស័ងស៊ីន ដែលខ្មែរយើងហៅថាកម្ពុជាក្រោម។ ទើបតែក្រោយពីឆ្នាំ ១៩៧៩ ទេ បានខ្មែរយើងទទួលសម្ពាធនយោបាយ និងវប្បធម៌ ឲ្យប្រើពាក្យ "វៀតណាម" ជំនួសពាក្យ "យួន"។ តែពាក្យទាំងពីរនេះ ប្រើបានដូចគ្នា។

CLAIMS THAT "YUON" IS A RACIST TERM SHOULD BE PUT TO REST (The Cambodia Daily, 28 September 2015)

កាន់បិណ្ឌ វេនទី១

២៨ កញ្ញា ២០១៥ / 28 september 2015, 09:30ព្រឹកមិញនេះ ខ្ញុំបានទៅចូលរួម កាន់បិណ្ឌ វេនទី១ ជាមួយនឹងពុទ្ធបរិស័ទ ចំណុះជើងវត្ត...
Posted by Sam Rainsy on Sunday, 27 September 2015

Monday, 28 September 2015

Parties’ rhetoric heats up

Mon, 28 September 2015 ppp

Meas Sokchea

Prime Minister Hun Sen greets Cambodian expatriates last week in New York where he told the congregation that the CNRP had a plan to topple the government during the 2013 elections. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha has promised to retire from politics if his Cambodia National Rescue Party does not win a resounding victory in the 2018 general election.

The CNRP deputy president made the comments in a speech in Kampong Cham province on Saturday, during which he also urged other parties that intend to field candidates in 2018 to join forces with the country’s main opposition.

“I dare to say that we will win because the [CNRP] is still keeping to its position and not turning away. I want to call on all Khmer patriots in all political parties to consider the national democratic interest and unite with the [CNRP],” he said.

“Because [the ruling Cambodian People’s Party] knows our stance is to win and to guide the country to change the leadership … [CPP politicians] are angry,” he added.

Sokha’s comments came just days after Prime Minister Hun Sen told a gathering of Cambodian expatriates in the US that the CNRP had “a plan to topple” the government “through people power” at the last election in 2013.

Hun Sen quoted Sokha as saying that if the premier did not step down he would be forced out as a “final measure”.

Bar association rebuts report

Mon, 28 September 2015 ppp

Pech Sotheary

IBA Human Rights Institute director Dr Philip Tahmindjis (right) talks during a press conference to launch the report Justice Versus Corruption earlier this month in Phnom Penh. Pha Lina

“We have seen a lot of corruption in other countries, but nothing on the endemic level that appears to be going on here,”

The Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has hit back at a damning report from the International Bar Association (IBA), refuting accusations that it is a politicised facilitator of endemic corruption in the judiciary.

In a statement released on Saturday, the BAKC insisted it supports and protects its members, who maintain professional and ethical conduct that is untainted by political considerations.

The statement suggested the report released by the IBA’s Human Rights Institute on September 17 was not thoroughly investigated and largely reliant on outdated hearsay.

“This report . . . is incorrect and dramatically biased; it might be an attempt to ruin the attorney profession and deceive the Cambodian society,” the statement said.

BAKC president Bun Hun yesterday refused to expand on the statement.

At the time of publishing its report, Justice Versus Corruption: Challenges to the Independence of the Judiciary in Cambodia, the IBA said it had based its findings on a weeklong fact-finding mission in April, during which its representatives met with Cambodian lawyers, judges and civil society representatives.

Hun Sen Lauds Gains

Khmer Times/Pav Suy

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Prime Minister Hun Sen addresses a plenary meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Saturday. Reuters/ Carlo Allegri

PHNOM PENH (Khmer Times) – In a series of meetings before the annual session of the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Hun Sen highlighted Cambodia’s achievements as the world body set new targets to eradicate poverty and save the planet.

Those achievements included “complete” peace, political stability, security and better public order as well as poverty reduction, he said in New York.

“In the past two decades, Cambodia has achieved a proud evolution, especially in maintaining full peace, strong political stability, security and better public order as well as a high economic growth at an average rate of 7.7 percent per annum,” the prime minister said.

“On this basis, the poverty rate dropped quickly from more than 53 percent in 2004 to 16 percent in 2013, making Cambodia achieve its millennium development goals on poverty reduction and a number of social issues before 2015.”

Protesters Rally

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a series of targets aimed at reducing poverty. They have now been replaced by the more ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – 17 targets aimed at reducing poverty, protecting the environment and ensuring prosperity, with a deadline of 2030.

Cambodia is one of the few countries that outperformed its MDGs.

But as he spoke, hundreds of Cambodian- Americans stood outside the UN headquarters to protest against him.

They held placards demanding he quit over land conflicts, human rights abuses and misusing the courts to arrest opposition activists. They also said there was no development under his leadership.

Bassaka puts the blame on CAMS

Bassaka puts the blame on CAMS
Mon, 28 September 2015 ppp
Pech Sotheary

A man rides past a Bassaka Air office yesterday in Phnom Penh. The airline was criticised last week after a disabled passenger was charged $240 to board the carrier’s plane in Siem Reap. Pha Lina

The government has asked the company that manages airports in Cambodia to explain why, according to airline Bassaka Air, it demanded $240 from the carrier for helping a disabled passenger board one of its aircraft.

Bassaka Air, which found itself at the centre of a media storm last week after it asked Sudanese wheelchair user Rahma El Siddig Gasm Elbari Mustafa to pay the extra cash, has since blamed Cambodia Airport Management Service Company (CAMS), owned by France’s Vinci Group and Malaysia’s Muhibbah Airport Services (Labuan) Ltd, for the debacle.

The airline wrote to the government’s Disablity Action Council (DAC) on Thursday, denying it had acted in a discriminatory way and saying it had no choice but to ask Mustafa for the extra money because it was asked to pay the sum by CAMS.

The airport company asked it for the money, Bassaka Air claimed in its letter, in return for providing a special lift that raises wheelchairs to the level of an aircraft’s door after its disabled passenger arrived at Siem Reap airport on September 19 to take a flight to Phnom Penh.

Last week, DAC head and Minister for Social Affairs Vong Sauth said the government might take legal action against Bassaka Air if it discovered the airline had intentionally discriminated against a disabled person.

Chairman of DAC General Secretariat, Em Chanmakara, has now written to CAMS director Emanuel Menanpeau asking why an extra fee was charged for helping a wheelchair user board an aircraft.

“I am asking the company to explain the additional charge of $240 officially, reasonably and responsibly, in order to protect disabled people’s interests in Cambodia in accordance with disability protection and empowerment laws and the disability treaty,” he said in his letter.

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ក្តីបារម្ភកើនឡើងចំពោះសុខភាពចុះខ្សោយអស់រយៈពេលយូររបស់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រថៃ

ក្តីបារម្ភ កំពុងកើនឡើងកាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើងអំពីស្ថានភាពរបស់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រថៃ ដែលបានសោយរាជ្យតាំងពីឆ្នាំ១៩៤៦ ហើយការស្នងរាជ្យចោទជាបញ្ហាមែនទែននៅប្រទេសថៃ។

ស្តេចថៃ Bhumibol Adulyadej គង់នៅក្នុងឡាន នៅពេលចាកចេញពីមន្ទីរពេទ្យ Siriraj ក្នុងក្រុងបាងកក កាលពីថ្ងៃទី១០ ខែឧសភា ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។

Steve Herman

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បាងកក—

ក្តីបារម្ភកំពុងកើនឡើងកាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើងអំពីស្ថានភាពរបស់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រថៃដែលបានសោយរាជ្យតាំងពីឆ្នាំ១៩៤៦។

ព្រះនាង Chulabhorn ដែលជាបុត្រីពៅរបស់ព្រះអង្គបានធ្វើការអំពាវនាវខុសពីធម្មតាមួយទៅ កាន់សាធារណជនកាលពីសប្តាហ៍មុន ឲ្យមានការសូត្រធម៌ព្យាបាល Pochangkaparitra តាមបែបពុទ្ធសាសនាសម្រាប់ព្រះបិតារបស់ព្រះនាង គឺព្រះមហាក្សត្រ Bhumibol ដែលបានគង់សម្រាកនៅក្នុងមន្ទីរពេទ្យអស់រយៈពេលប៉ុន្មានឆ្នាំកន្លង ទៅនេះនៅក្នុងរាជធានីបាងកក។

ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ Bhumibol ដែលគេស្គាល់ថាជាស្តេច រ៉ាម៉ាទី៩ (Rama IX) បានបង្ហាញព្រះភ័ក្រជាលើកចុងក្រោយនៅទីសាធារណៈកាលពីដើមខែនេះ នៅពេលដែលទ្រង់យាងចេញពីបន្ទប់ព្យាបាលរបស់ព្រះអង្គនៅក្នុង មន្ទីរពេទ្យ Siriraj។ ចាប់តាំងពីពេលនោះមក សេចក្តីប្រកាសវេជ្ជសាស្ត្ររបស់ព្រះបរមរាជវាំងបានកត់សម្គាល់ពីជំងឺ ឆ្លងក្នុងឈាម ជំងឺគ្រុនក្តៅ និងជំងឺរលាកសួត។ មានសេចក្តីរាយការណ៍ថា ព្រះអង្គបានធូរស្បើយជាងមុន ក៏ប៉ុន្តែកង្វល់របស់ជនរួមជាតិថៃនៅតែកើតមានដដែរ។

រាជ ទាយាទ Maha Vajiralongkorn ដែលនឹងស្នងរាជ្យបន្តនោះ មិនទទួលបានការស្រឡាញ់ពេញចិត្តខ្លាំងពីព្រះមាតា និងព្រះបិតាទេ។

Sunday, 27 September 2015

ទូកនេសាទយួនត្រូវបានបាញ់កំទេចដោយប្រទេសជិតខាង

ចលនាស្ត្រីគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ:

'ទូកនេសាទយួនត្រូវបានបាញ់កំទេចដោយប្រទេសជិតខាងយួនដែលទូកនេសាទយួនលួចចូលដែននេសាទដល់ប្រួេសគេចោរវាចឹងហេីយលួចគេដល់ពេលម្ចាស់គេតាមទាន់បាញ់សមហេីយ។
ចុះខ្មែរយេីងវិញយួននេសាទខុសច្បាប់ដោយមិនធ្វេីដឹង
ម៉េចខ្លាចអីយ៉ាងនេះ៕'

ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរសម្តែងមតិគាំទ្រនឹងបាតុកម្មប្រឆាំងហ៊ុន សែន

26 September 2015 - Hot News from Special Reporterព័ត៌មានពីប្រទេសកាណាដា ៖ ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរកាណាដា ដែលមិនបានចូលរួមបាតុកម្មនៅមុខអង្គការសហប្រជាតិ ប្រឆាំងលោក ហ៊ុន សែន សម្តែងមតិគាំទ្រនឹងបាតុកម្មនេះ។
Posted by Special Reporter on Saturday, 26 September 2015

ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរអាមេរិកាំងបានធ្វើបាតុកម្មពេលលោកហ៊ុន មកអ.ស.ប.

Most Australians ‘rather indifferent’ to refugee deal politics

Sat, 26 September 2015 ppp

Post Staff

Billy Tai. BENNETT MURRAY Bennett Murray

One year has passed since Interior Minister Sar Kheng and the then Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison signed a controversial deal promising Cambodia A$40 million in return for resettling asylum seekers intercepted in boats off Australia’s coast. Only four refugees – one of whom has asked to leave – are currently in Cambodia, although another group is said to be on its way. Bennett Murray spoke with human rights consultant Billy Tai, a New Zealander who has permanent residency in Australia, about the state of the deal and how it is viewed in Australia

Was former prime minister Tony Abbott’s downfall this month linked to the refugee deal?
Refugees don’t get a mention in the political discussion of Abbott’s demise.
They talk about his disastrous budget last year, they talk about the economic handling, they talk about the broken promises. I think the majority of Australians, and this is my opinion, are rather indifferent.
Ultimately, what it comes down to is votes in the ballot box. We’ve not seen a significant shift among the Australians in terms of polling – political parties are not being punished for treating refugees or asylum seekers badly.
Malcolm Turnbull, who replaced Abbot this month, said the plight of asylum seekers is a “legitimate question”. Is that a sign things may change?
Yeah, optimistically I would say it’s an indication that Turnbull is keen to eventually shift the Liberal policy away from the current stance; however, he knows that he won’t get the support if he makes any rash movement now and the boats start to flood back.
It’s a raw numbers game. I think he will let the border force officials continue to do their thing for the time being and wait out until after the election.
Maybe he will come up with a new mandate to bring to the people during the election, we’ll see.
The cynical side of me is saying that he is appeasing the moderates and the left but ultimately realises that the refugee issue doesn’t win you any votes, [and] therefore will actually not do anything about it.

២៧ កញ្ញា ២០១៥ / 27 september 2015.ព្រឹកម្សិលមិញនេះ ខ្ញុំ និងលោក កឹម សុខា បានចុះជួបសួរសុខទុក្ខ និងសំណេះសំណាលជាមួយបងប្អូ...
Posted by Sam Rainsy on Saturday, 26 September 2015

ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទៅចូលរួមធ្វើបាតុកម្មនៅពីខាងមុខទីស្នាក់ការអង្គការសហប្រជាជាតិ...

26 September 2015 - Hot News from Special Reporterព័ត៌មានពីប្រទេសកាណាដា៖ ពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរទៅចូលរួមធ្វើបាតុកម្មនៅពីខាងមុខទីស្...
Posted by Special Reporter on Saturday, 26 September 2015

Golden memories ...

ខ្មែរអាមេរិកាំងធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មនៅមុខអសប ប្រឆាំងនឹងលោក ហ៊ុន សែន

ខ្មែរអាមេរិកាំងធ្វើមហាបាតុកម្មនៅមុខអសប ប្រឆាំងនឹងលោក ហ៊ុន សែនក្រុមបាតុករខ្មែរអាមេរិកាំងរាប់រយនាក់មកពីតាមបណ្តារដ្ឋនានាក...
Posted by VOA Khmer on Saturday, 26 September 2015

គ្រួសារអ្នកផ្ទុកមេរោគអេដស៍នៅឃុំរកាជួបទ្វេគ្រោះ

គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ជ្រើសរើសវិធីតែមួយគត់ គឺការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ តាមរយៈការបោះឆ្នោត ដោយសេរី ត្រឹមត្រូវ និងយុត្ដិធម៌

យុទ្ធសាស្រ្ដរបស់គណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ ជ្រើសរើសវិធីតែមួយគត់ គឺការផ្លាស់ប្ដូរ តាមរយៈការបោះឆ្នោត ដោយសេរី ត្រឹមត្រូវ និងយុត្ដិធ...
Posted by Kem Sokha on Saturday, 26 September 2015

INSIDE THE SECRET MUSEUM

Sat, 26 September 2015

Harriet Fitch Little and Vandy Muong

The forgotten collection contains nearly 300 artifacts. Kimberley Mccosker

Wat Po Veal was once home to one of the Kingdom’s finest museums. Now its collection is locked away collecting dust, its history unknown to the public or even the resident monks

The door of Wat Po Veal museum is jammed and the lock is stiff. It takes Hin Nuon, the nun who holds the keys, a few moments to force it open.
On first entrance, the interior is anticlimactic. The vihear, a large temple building normally used for ceremonies, looks like a storeroom, sheltering broken temple regalia and shelves upon shelves of paperwork.
But pushing past the haphazardly stored goods, the room reveals itself like a strange Narnia through the back of a cluttered wardrobe.
Propped up against the stained walls, or piled on the partially tiled floor, are a collection of almost 300 ancient artefacts: stone lingam and yoni statues, chunks of bas relief carvings, Angkorian busts and the vast wooden pediment of a 19th century temple.
Hin Nuon is 65 years old and has lived at Wat Po Veal for the past five years. It’s a large, active pagoda – the monks recently opened their own radio station, and foreign tour groups frequently roam the grounds.
But few visitors think to ask what’s in the locked vihear, and Hin Nuon wouldn’t know what to tell them if they did. “I don’t care about it so I haven’t tried to find out,” she says. “It’s the history of people who lived here a long time ago.”

The museum desperately lacks funding to properly display items. Kimberley Mccosker

Aladdin’s cave abandoned
Sat in his office overlooking the leafy, well-kept grounds of the National Museum, director Kong Virak nodded his head slowly as he listened to a description of the decrepit interior.
“Everyone knows the situation of Wat Po Veal,” he said. “The condition is a shame. We know that we have to move forward.”
Virak confirmed that the apparent value of the collection dotted around the vihear was no illusion.
After the artefacts housed in Phnom Penh’s National Museum, and those stored in Siem Reap, Battambang is home to Cambodia’s most significant museum collection, roughly half of which remains locked in the forsaken vihear at Wat Po Veal.

Vann Molyvann's carer opens the lid on life with the gifted architect

Sat, 26 September 2015 ppp

Thik Kaliyann

Vann Molyvann (left) at home in Siem Reap with Chounj Chhoeun (right). Thik Kaliyann

When Chounj Chhoeun first entered into the employment of Vann Molyvann, all he knew about his new boss was what he had heard repeated by others: he was famous, and he ran a strictly disciplined household.
Chhoeun had no idea that he had just got a job working for Cambodia’s most celebrated living architect, and he had his reservations about the posting.
“I was not sure myself that I could do it,” recalled 55-year-old Chhoeun, sitting in the leafy front yard of his employer’s home – a modernist building in a quiet riverside neighbourhood of Siem Reap that the architect shares with his Swiss wife.
“Everyone said that Molyvann was a very strict person and I was so hesitant, but I decided to give it a try.”
“It has been almost 25 years now,” he said, smiling as he recalled his first impressions. “But it feels like it was just yesterday.”
For almost half his life now, Chhoeun has lived with Vann Molyvann and his wife, first as his driver and later as his full-time caregiver.
It’s not a life that he ever imagined for himself. Born in Kandal province, he lost all his siblings to starvation under the Khmer Rouge.
It was a tragedy that drove his mother almost mad, he said. “It was a very sad thing that I and my mother could not forget.”
Before working for Vann Molyvann, Chhoeun was a driver for a well-known politician, a job he found stressful. “When I held the car’s steering wheel, my hands were shaking and I kept thinking that I would die … I would die for some reason,” he said.

Jailed CNRP Senator Sok Hour's bid for outside doctor is denied

Sat, 26 September 2015

Chhay Channyda

Guards lead Senator Hong Sok Hour into Phnom Penh Municipal Court last month. Heng Chivoan

Jailed senator’s wife says ‘extra fees’ from guards limit her ability to visit

The wife of Sam Rainsy Party Senator Hong Sok Hour says “extra fees” exacted by prison guards have forced her to limit her visits to her husband, while authorities yesterday rejected the imprisoned lawmaker’s second request to receive medical treatment from an outside doctor.

Kun Lum Ang said she tried to visit her husband at Prey Sar prison at least twice a week to bring food and medicine, with her husband suffering from high blood pressure and stomach problems.

However, some weeks, Lum Ang said, she could only afford one trip as she was made to pay an extra fee by prison guards.

Though Sok Hour was receiving medical attention in the prison’s health centre, Lum Ang said the family was concerned about his “worsening” health.

She said the family has twice requested a doctor from rights group Licadho be permitted to visit the senator.

But yesterday, Phnom Penh Municipal Court investigating judge Kor Vandy, overseeing Sok Hour’s case, rejected the application.

“The prison says their doctors are enough but we don’t think so,” Lum Ang said, adding that her husband resided in a small room with 17 other inmates.

The shackles of abuse

Sat, 26 September 2015

May Titthara and Alice Cuddy

Phat Sokleang’s father knows that it is illegal to keep his daughter locked up but feels he has no alternative given her erratic behaviour. Heng Chivoan

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School of Vice: The abuse and torture inflicted upon vulnerable, innocent Cambodians through legalised human trafficking and failed national leadership rank among the worst crimes committed by this CPP administration. The country - relatively sparsely populated, compared to most of its South East Asian neighbours, can afford to lease up to a fifth or more of its arable land [the most precious economic asset in any predominantly rural based economy; an act entailing serious human rights violation by itself as thousands of families down the years have been ejected off their homes and farms] yet is incapable of meeting the most basic economic requirements of its own population.

As for the leased lands to foreign interests - ELCs - especially to land-hungry Vietnam, if these schemes succeed [in providing employment opportunities to locals] their primary effect would be to chain Cambodian people through their economic dependence upon foreign employers/masters; should they fail in creating the said opportunities [and most have done], they would still succeed in failing and harming the country's long term interests beyond measure by the blank cheque [carte blanche] with which those foreign interests pursue their ulterior agendas. After all, none of these land leasing foreigners and 'companies' are there out of meritorious motivation to serve the immediate and long term interests of the local people or to advance their national aspirations. The sooner Cambodians come to terms with this truth, the better.

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The plight of Cambodian migrant maids who suffer abuse by employers in Malaysia is well documented. Less so is the mental damage caused by the overseas trauma, which has led to some returned migrants being chained up by their desperate families

Phat Sokleang hopes that her daughter will never work abroad. Heng Chivoan

Young women who survive abuse at the hands of their employers in Malaysia are all but forgotten when they return home, often pushed to the margins of village communities that are unable to cope with or fully understand their enduring trauma.
In Kampong Cham province earlier this month, one such woman, 26-year-old Phat Sokleang, sat in a small wooden outbuilding metres from her family’s home.
As her father approached, she grinned, lifting her frail body in anticipation of what was about to happen.
He crouched down and unlocked a heavy chain attached to her ankle, which had bound her to a wooden post. She muttered excitedly to herself as she made her way towards their house.
Sokleang was just 15 years old when she flew to Malaysia. A happy and compassionate teenager, she was already working as a maid in her hometown when the promise of higher wages that could support her parents and six siblings drew her abroad.

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Demonstration against Hun Sen in New York: Saturday, September 26, 2015 (from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM) បាតុកម្មប្រឆាំងនឹង ហ៊ុន សែន នៅបូរីនូយ៉ក

DATE: Saturday, September 26, 2015

TIME: 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM

PLACE: The United Nations Headquarters

New York City (1st Avenue & East 47th street)

760 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

Slogans and flyer for the demonstration this Saturday are below and attached.

Feel free to choose one or more of those and print or write them on your banners/posters. Good luck to all protesters and organizers!

- HUN SEN MUST GO

- GADDAFI of Cambodia MUST GO

- Mafia PM Hun Sen’s Government must GO

- Hun Sen - a Mafia Prime Minister of Cambodia

- HUN SEN MUST STEP DOWN…NOW!!!- Communists MUST GO- Tyranny MUST GO- HUN SEN – A Criminal against Humanity!!!- FREE & FAIR ELECTION IN CAMBODIA!!!- NO MORE KILLINGS IN CAMBODIA- NO SECOND KILLING FIELD IN CAMBODIA, Please!!!- CAMBODIANS NEED JUSTICE- WE NEED JUSTICE FOR CAMBODIAN VOTERS- Puppet of the Dictator Hun Sen Must Be out!- HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE IN CAMBODIA MUST BE STOPPED!!!- WE WANT PEACE AND JUSTICE IN CAMBODIA- We Demand FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS in Cambodia!- Hun Sen’s Regime abuse Cambodians’ rights- No more Dictatorship in Cambodia- We need true Democracy in Cambodia- No more killing or threatening on the Democracy supporters- No Politicians’ Imprisonment- VIOLENCE by the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) IN CAMBODIA MUST BE STOPPED- NO FREE & FAIR ELECTION, NO STABILITY IN CAMBODIA- No Stability in Cambodia, No Stability in South East Asia- WE CANNOT ACCEPT Voting Frauds in Cambodia- We, the Cambodian-Americans, cannot accept communists- Cambodian-Americans urged the U.N and the U.S. to seriously intervene on the Cambodia’s National STABILITY- U.S. Must Intervene the Cambodia Election for peaceful resolution- UN, US & EU Must Not Recognize the ELECTION RESULTS

- N.E.C. = NATIONAL ELECTION CHEATER- N.E.C. + C.P.P. = ELECTION CHEATERS- RESPECT THE WILL OF The Cambodian/Khmer PEOPLE- WE NEED INDEPENDENT ELECTION INVESTIGATION BODY- CAMBODIAN/KHMER VOTERS DEMAND ELECTION JUSTICE- HUN SEN STOLE CAMBODIA ELECTIONS

- Hun Sen! Stop being Vietnam's slave- Hun Sen! Stop killing Khmers for Vietnam
- Hun Sen! A dictator for over 30 years- Hun Sen! Stop abusing human rights- Hun Sen! Stop illegally giving Khmer land to Vietnam- Khmer people do not want Hun Sen in power- Khmer people need real Justice & Peace in Cambodia- Hun Sen! We do not want you to be our Prime Minister any more

- Vietnam! Stop involving in Cambodia politics

- Vietnam! Stop controlling Cambodia through your puppet Hun Sen

- Stop Human Rights Violation in Cambodia- Hun Sen! Stop sending illegal Vietnamese to Cambodia- Hun Sen! Stop killing your own people

A Change of Guard

Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Dropout Rates Hit Rural Schools

The Cambodian tightrope between growth and conservation

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Monday, 28 September 2015

Hun Sen Lauds Gains

Sunday, 27 September 2015

Most Australians ‘rather indifferent’ to refugee deal politics

INSIDE THE SECRET MUSEUM

Vann Molyvann's carer opens the lid on life with the gifted architect

Saturday, 26 September 2015

The shackles of abuse