A Change of Guard

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Thursday, 31 March 2016

ក្រុមហ៊ុន ម៉ុង ឬទ្ធី គ្រោង​នាំ​ចេញ​ផ្លែ​ស្វាយ​កែវ​រមៀត​ជាង​២០០​តោន​ទៅ​កាន់​ទីផ្សារ​អឺរ៉ុប


ដោយ អ៊ុំ រង្សី
2016-03-31

ចម្ការ​ស្វាយ ល្វាឯម ៦១០
២៣-មេសា-២០១៤៖ ចម្ការ​ស្វាយ​នៅ​ស្រុក​ល្វាឯម ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល។
RFA/Ouk Savborey


ក្រុមហ៊ុន ម៉ុង ឬទ្ធី គ្រុប ចាត់​ទុក​ដំណាំ​ស្វាយ​ជា​ប្រភេទ​ដំណាំ​ដែល​ប្រជា​កសិករ​កម្ពុជា និយម​ដាំ​ដុះ​ច្រើន បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​ដំណាំ​ដទៃ ប៉ុន្តែ​កន្លង​មក ទីផ្សារ​ផ្លែ​ស្វាយ​មិន​ទាន់​ទូលំទូលាយ​នៅ​ឡើយ​ទេ។ ទន្ទឹម​គ្នា​នេះ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​គ្រោង​នឹង​ពង្រីក​ទីផ្សារ​នាំ​ចេញ​ផ្លែ​ស្វាយ​កែវ​រមៀត ទៅ​កាន់​ទីផ្សារ​អឺរ៉ុប ជាង ២០០​តោន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ នេះ។

អគ្គនាយក​ក្រុមហ៊ុន ម៉ុង ឬទ្ធី គ្រុប និង​ជា​ប្រធាន​ក្រុម​ការងារ​ផ្នែក​កសិកម្ម និង​កសិឧស្សាហកម្ម​ផ្នែក​ឯកជន លោក ម៉ុង ឬទ្ធី បាន​ប្រាប់​វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា ថា កន្លង​មក ក្រុមហ៊ុន​លោក​នាំ​ចេញ​ផ្លែ​ស្វាយ​ទៅ​ទីផ្សារ​ប្រទេស​ចិន ច្រើន​ជាង​គេ។ លោក​អះអាង​ថា បរិមាណ​ស្វាយ​ជាង ២០០​តោន​នេះ ក្រុមហ៊ុន​បាន​ប្រមូល​ទិញ​ពី​ប្រជា​កសិករ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​មួយ​ចំនួន ដូចជា ខេត្ត​កំពង់ស្ពឺ កំពត និង​កណ្ដាល ដែល​កំពុង​ប្រឈម​បញ្ហា​ខ្វះ​ទីផ្សារ៖ «តាម​យន្តហោះ​ចឹង​យើង​នាំ​ចេញ​មិន​ទាន់​បាន​ច្រើន​នៅ​ឡើយ​ទេ ប្រហែល​ជាង ២០០​តោន​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ ដែល​ជំហាន​ដំបូង ខ្ញុំ​នាំ​ចេញ​តែ​ស្វាយ​កែវ​រមៀត នៅ​ឡើយ ហើយ​ជំហាន​ក្រោយ យើង​នាំ​ចេញ​ស្វាយ​ពីរ​ប្រភេទ គឺ​ស្វាយ​អាយវ៉ែន និង​ស្វាយ​ប៉ោម អូស្ត្រាលី ទៅ ហើយ​បើ​ប្រភព​ស្វាយ​យើង​ប្រមូល​តិច​ពី​ស្រុក​ភ្នំស្រួច ក្នុង​ខេត្ត​កំពង់ស្ពឺ កំពត អ្នក​ដាំ​តាម​ទន្លេ​បាសាក់ និង​ទន្លេ​មេគង្គ​ជាដើម យក​ពី​ប្រភព​ដែល​ខ្វះ​ទីផ្សារ»។

របាយការណ៍​របស់​ក្រសួង​កសិកម្ម រុក្ខាប្រមាញ់ និង​នេសាទ បង្ហាញ​ថា កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤ កម្ពុជា មាន​ផ្ទៃដី​ផលិត​ស្វាយ​ប្រមាណ​ជាង ៦​ម៉ឺន ៥​ពាន់​ហិកតារ (៦៥.២៥១​ហិកតារ) នៅ​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស។ ជាង​នេះ​ទៀត កាល​ពី​ចុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥ កន្លង​ទៅ ក្រសួង​កសិកម្ម បាន​ចុះ​អនុស្សរណៈ​យោគយល់​គ្នា (MOU) ជាមួយ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កូរ៉េ លើ​ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​ផ្លែ​ស្វាយ​ស្រស់​របស់​កម្ពុជា ទៅ​កាន់​ទីផ្សារ​ប្រទេស​កូរ៉េ ដើម្បី​ពង្រីក​ទីផ្សារ​អន្តរជាតិ​ឲ្យ​បាន​កាន់​តែ​ទូលាយ។

លោក ម៉ុង ឬទ្ធី ក៏​អះអាង​ថា ចំនួន​នាំ​ចេញ​នេះ​នៅ​តែ​តិចតួច​នៅ​ឡើយ ដោយសារ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​លោក ខ្វះ​យន្តហោះ​ផ្ទាល់​ខ្លួន​ដើម្បី​ដឹក​ជញ្ជូន ប៉ុន្តែ​ទៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អនាគត ក្រៅ​ពី​ពង្រីក​ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​ផ្លែ​ស្វាយ​ទៅ​ទីផ្សារ​អឺរ៉ុប ក្រុមហ៊ុន​លោក ក៏​ប្ដេជ្ញា​ពង្រីក​ទីផ្សារ​បន្ថែម​ទៀត​ទៅ​កាន់​សហរដ្ឋ​អាមេរិក និង​ប្រទេស​កូរ៉េ ដើម្បី​ជួយ​លើក​ស្ទួយ​ជីវភាព​កសិករ ក៏ដូចជា​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជាតិ​ផង​ដែរ៕

លោក កឹម សុខា ជួប​ពិភាក្សា​ជាមួយ​អ្នករាយការណ៍​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​របស់​អ.ស.ប


ដោយ យាង សុជាមេត្តា
2016-03-30

កឹម សុខា ៨៥៥ ២០១៦
អនុ​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក កឹម សុខា ថ្លែង​នៅ​ក្នុង​សន្និបាត​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ជាតិ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លើក​ទី​២ នា​សង្កាត់​ព្រែកលៀប ខណ្ឌ​ជ្រោយចង្វារ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៦ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។
 RFA/Brach Chev


ប្រធាន​ស្ដីទី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក កឹម សុខា កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា បាន​ជួបពិភាក្សា​ជាមួយ​អ្នករាយការណ៍​ពិសេស​របស់​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ (អ.ស.ប) ទទួល​បន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា អ្នកស្រី រ៉ូណា ស្មីត (Rhona Smith)។

​លោក កឹម សុខា សរសេរ​នៅ​លើ​ទំព័រ​ហ្វេសប៊ុក (Facebook) របស់​លោក​ថា ក្នុង​ជំនួប​នោះ លោក​និង​អ្នកស្រី រ៉ូណា ស្មីត បាន​ពិភាក្សា​ស្ថានភាព​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ពី​ដំណើរការ​លទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង​ស្ថានការណ៍​នយោបាយ​កម្ពុជា​បច្ចុប្បន្ន ជាពិសេស​នយោបាយ​នៅ​មុន​ពេល​បោះ​ឆ្នោត។

កាល​ពី​ពេល​ថ្មីៗ​នេះ អ្នកស្រី រ៉ូណា ស្មីត ក៏​បាន​ជួប​ពិភាក្សា​ជាមួយ​មន្ត្រី​បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង ២​រូប គឺ​លោក គង់ គាំ និង​លោក អេង ឆៃអ៊ាង ក្នុង​ក្របខ័ណ្ឌ​លោក​ទាំង​២ ជា​ប្រធាន​គណៈកម្មការ​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​ទទួល​ពាក្យ​បណ្ដឹង និង​អង្កេត នៃ​ព្រឹទ្ធសភា និង​រដ្ឋសភា។

ទំព័រ​ហ្វេសប៊ុក របស់​ការិយាល័យ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​ទទួល​បន្ទុក​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​ប្រចាំ​កម្ពុជា ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា ដដែល​នោះ អ្នកស្រី រ៉ូណា ស្មីត ក៏​ជួបពិភាក្សា​ជាមួយ​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ លោក ស ខេង និង​មន្ត្រី​នៃ​ក្រសួង​កិច្ចការ​នារី​ផង​ដែរ។

អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ​រង​ការ​រិះគន់​ដែល​ចាត់​ការ​លើ​បណ្ដឹង​ករណី​លោក កឹម សុខា


អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ​រង​ការ​រិះគន់​ដែល​ចាត់​ការ​លើ​បណ្ដឹង​ករណី​លោក កឹម សុខា
ដោយ ឆោម ចក្រា
2016-03-31

ឱម យ៉ិនទៀង ៨៥៥ ២០១៦
ប្រធាន​អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ លោក ឱម យ៉ិនទៀង ថ្លែង​ទៅ​កាន់​ក្រុម​យុវជន​ក្នុង​កម្មវិធី​ប្រកាស​លទ្ធផល​នៃ​ការ​ធ្វើ​កោសល្យវិច័យ​ខ្សែ​អាត់​សំឡេង​ដែល​គេ​ចោទ​ថា ជា​សំឡេង​របស់​លោក កឹម សុខា ជាមួយ​ស្រី​កំណាន់ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៤ មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។
 RFA/Cheu Sideth


អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ រង​ការ​រិះគន់​យ៉ាង​ខ្លាំង​ពី​សំណាក់​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​មួយ​ចំនួន និង​មាន​ការ​ទិតៀន​យ៉ាង​ចាស់​ដៃ​ពី​អ្នក​ប្រើប្រាស់​បណ្ដាញ​សង្គម​ហ្វេសប៊ុក (Facebook) បន្ទាប់​ពី​អង្គភាព​មួយ​នេះ​ទទួល​ពាក្យ​បណ្ដឹង​ពី​យុវជន​មួយ​ក្រុម​ដែល​អះអាង​ថា ជា​និស្សិត​ដែល​ប្ដឹង​ទាក់ទង​ទៅ​នឹង​រឿងរ៉ាវ​ស្នេហា​របស់​ប្រធាន​ស្តីទី​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក កឹម សុខា ឲ្យ​ចូល​បំភ្លឺ​រឿង​ខ្សែ​អាត់​សំឡេង​ឆ្លើយ​ឆ្លង​ស្នេហា​ជាមួយ​ស្រី​កំណាន់​ជាច្រើន​រូប។

ចំណាត់​ការ​របស់​អង្គភាព​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុក​រលួយ ធ្វើ​ឡើង​តាម​ពាក្យ​បណ្ដឹង​របស់​យុវជន​មួយ​ក្រុម​ដែល​អះអាង​ថា​ជា​និស្សិត​មាន​ឈ្មោះ ស្រី ចំរើន ជា​តំណាង ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​រិះគន់​ជា​ហូរហែ​ពី​សំណាក់​ក្រុម​អង្គការ​សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល​មួយ​ចំនួន ជាពិសេស​ពី​សំណាក់​មជ្ឈដ្ឋាន​អ្នក​ប្រើប្រាស់​បណ្ដាញ​សង្គម​ហ្វេសប៊ុក។

សមត្ថកិច្ច​រារាំង​ក្រុម​ពលរដ្ឋ​និង​បណ្ដាញ​ព្រះសង្ឃ​ដើរ​ហែ​ក្បួន​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​ការ​លុប​បឹង


ដោយ វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី
2016-03-31

តវ៉ា​ប្រឆាំង​​ការ​លុបបឹង ៨៥៥
ទិដ្ឋភាព​សមត្ថកិច្ច​រារាំង​ក្រុម​ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​មាន​បញ្ហា​ដីធ្លី​ដោយសារ​ការ​លុបបឹង និង​បណ្ដាញ​ព្រះសង្ឃ នៅ​ចំណុច​បឹងកក់ មុខ​ទីស្ដីការ​គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣១ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Uon Chhin
 RFA/Uon Chhin


សមត្ថកិច្ច​រារាំង​ក្រុម​ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​មាន​បញ្ហា​ដីធ្លី​ដោយសារ​ការ​លុបបឹង និង​បណ្ដាញ​ព្រះសង្ឃ ប្រមាណ២០០​នាក់ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣១ មីនា នៅ​ពេល​ពួកគេ​នាំ​គ្នា​ដើរ​ហែ​ក្បួន​យក​ញត្តិ​ទៅ​រដ្ឋសភា ដើម្បី​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​ការ​លុបបឹង។

ការ​រារាំង​ពី​សំណាក់​សមត្ថកិច្ច​នេះ ធ្វើ​ឡើង​នៅ​មុខ​ទីស្ដីការ​គណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ខណៈ​ពួកគេ​មាន​កាន់​បដា​ហែ​ជា​ក្បួន​ដើរ​សំដៅ​ទៅ​រដ្ឋសភា ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​ឲ្យ​ប្រធាន​រដ្ឋសភា លោក ហេង សំរិន អន្តរាគមន៍​បញ្ឈប់​ការ​លុប​បឹង​ជា​បន្ទាន់។ ប៉ុន្តែ​អ្នក​តវ៉ា​ត្រូវ​បាន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​ជិះ​រ៉ឺម៉ក សំដៅ​ទៅ​រដ្ឋសភា​តែ​ម្ដង ដោយ​គ្មាន​ការ​ប៉ះ​ទង្គិច​គ្នា​ឡើយ។

ក្នុង​ញត្តិ​សុំ​អន្តរាគមន៍​របស់​ពួកគេ បាន​លើក​ឡើង​ថា ពលរដ្ឋ​រាប់​ពាន់​គ្រួសារ​ត្រូវ​បាន​បណ្ដេញ​ចេញ​ទាំង​បង្ខំ​ពី​លំនៅឋាន ដោយ​សារ​ការ​លុប​បឹង ក្រោម​ហេតុផល​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍ ដូច​ជា​ករណី​ពលរដ្ឋ​បឹងកក់ ត្រូវ​បាន​សាលាក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ អនុញ្ញាត​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ស៊ូកាគូ បូម​ខ្សាច់​លុប​បឹងកក់​ដើម្បី​អភិវឌ្ឍ​មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​ពាណិជ្ជកម្ម​ជាដើម។

បច្ចុប្បន្ន​បឹង​ធម្មជាតិ​សំខាន់ៗ ដែល​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាន​វិនិយោគ​ឲ្យ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ឯកជន និង​ត្រូវ​បាន​លុប​នោះ រួម​មាន​បឹងកក់ គឺ​លុប​ទាំង​ស្រុង​តែម្ដង ក្រៅ​ពី​នេះ​មាន​បឹង​ពោងពាយ បឹង​ទំពុន បឹង​ត្របែក ហើយ​ព័ត៌មាន​នៃ​ការ​លុប​បឹង​នេះ មិន​បាន​បើក​ទូលាយ​ឲ្យ​សាធារណជន​បាន​ដឹង​ទេ។ ក្រៅ​ពី​បឹង​នៅ​ភ្នំពេញ ក៏​នៅ​មាន​តាម​បណ្ដាល​ខេត្ត​មួយ​ចំនួន​ទៀត​ផង​ដែរ ដូច​ជា​ខេត្ត​ព្រះសីហនុ គឺ​បឹង​ព្រែកទប់ បឹង​ត្រាវ បឹង​នៅ​ខែត្រ​កំពង់ចាម ទំនប់​ខ្នាត​ជាដើម៕

Justice Still Elusive in Cambodian Grenade Attack


2016-03-30 

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Sam Rainsy speaks with RFA in Washington, May 14, 2015.
 RFA


Nearly two decades after a deadly grenade attack killed at least 16 and wounded more than 150 people during a pro-democracy rally at Phnom Penh’s Wat Botum Park, victims of the attack and their families are still waiting for justice.

The notorious March 30, 1997 attack came after opposition leader Sam Rainsy and his supporters gathered in a park across from the National Assembly in Phnom Penh to denounce the judiciary’s lack of independence and judicial corruption.

While Sam Rainsy is thought to have been the target of the attack, the assailants missed him, killing his bodyguard, as well as some protesters and bystanders. The blasts blew the limbs off nearby street vendors.

According to eye-witness accounts, the people who threw the grenades ran toward Prime Minister Hun Sen’s riot-gear clad bodyguards, who allowed them to escape.

An FBI report declassified in 2009 indicated that Cambodian police possessed prior knowledge of the attack and that there was the possibility that the attackers colluded with Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit.

Despite the toll of death and dismemberment, no one has been arrested for the attack, leaving victims and family members still searching for justice.

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ស្រី​ម្នាក់​ធ្វើ​ការ​នៅ​រោងចក្រ​របស់​ជនជាតិ​ជប៉ុន​មួយ​កន្លែង​នៅ​ក្នុងតំបន់​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ពិសេស​ភ្នំពេញ Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone នៅ​ជាយ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៧ ខែ​ធ្នូ​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤។
ស្រី​ម្នាក់​ធ្វើ​ការ​នៅ​រោងចក្រ​របស់​ជនជាតិ​ជប៉ុន​មួយ​កន្លែង​នៅ​ក្នុងតំបន់​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ពិសេស​ភ្នំពេញ Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone នៅ​ជាយ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៧ ខែ​ធ្នូ​ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤។


ភ្នំពេញ—voa
វិស័យ​ឧស្សាហកម្ម​កាត់ដេរ ​សំណង់ ​និង​សេវាកម្ម​ជា​កាតាលីករ​សំខាន់​ក្នុង​ការ​ជំរុញ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៥។​ នេះ​បើ​តាម​មន្ត្រី​ជាន់ខ្ពស់​របស់​ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី ​ដែល​ថ្លែង​ក្នុងសន្និសីទ​កាសែត​ឈ្មោះ​«ទស្សន​វិស័យ​ការ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦‍»​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធ​នេះ។​

លោក​ Jan Hansen​ អ្នក​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​របស់​ធនាគារ​អភិវឌ្ឍន៍​អាស៊ី​បាន​ប្រាប់​សន្និសីទ​នេះ​ថា​ វិស័យ​ឧស្សាហ​កម្ម​កាត់​ដេរ​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់​ និង​ស្បែក​ជើង ​សំណង់​និង​សេវាកម្ម​ ដូចជា​ទេសចរណ៍​នឹង​នៅ​តែ​បន្ត​នាំមុខ​កំណើន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​កម្ពុជា ​ហើយ​អតិផរណា​នឹង​នៅ​តែ​មាន​កម្រិត​ទាប។​

«យើង​រំពឹង​ថា ​កំណើន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​នឹង​បន្ត​មាន​កម្លាំង​ខ្លាំង​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ ​និង​ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។​ វិស័យ​ឧស្សាហកម្ម​នៅតែ​រីក​ចម្រើន​ខ្លាំង​ ហើយ​កាន់តែ​ខ្លាំង​នៅ​ឆ្នាំក្រោយ ​នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​យើង​រំពឹង​ថា ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ពិភព​លោក​ ជាពិសេស​ប្រទេស​ឧស្សាហ​កម្ម​ធំៗដែល​ទិញទំនិញ​ពី​កម្ពុជា​មាន​សន្ទុះ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​បន្តិច»។

ការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​របស់​ធនាគារ​បង្ហាញ​កំណើន​យ៉ាង​ឆាប់​រហ័ស​ក្នុង​វិស័យ​ឥណទាន​ ​និង​ការ​រីកចម្រើន​ខាង​អចលនទ្រព្យ​អាច​នាំហានិភ័យ​ខាង​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​មាន​ការកើន​ឡើង។​ ក្រៅ​ពី​នេះ​ គុណភាព​មុខរបរ​ ​ការងារ​ជំនាញ​ ហើយ​នឹង​ការ​ចាយ​ប្រាក់​ដុល្លារ​ជាទូទៅនៅ​កម្ពុជា​ក៏​ជា​បញ្ហា​ប្រឈម​សម្រាប់​កំណើន​សេដ្ឋ​កិច្ច​កម្ពុជា​ដែរ។​

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Oil tanker crashes into jetty off Sihanoukville


Rescue officials survey the damage to a jetty that was broken after a Tela oil tanker crashed into it off Sihanoukville yesterday. Photo supplied
Rescue officials survey the damage to a jetty that was broken after a Tela oil tanker crashed into it off Sihanoukville yesterday. Photo supplied

Oil tanker crashes into jetty off Sihanoukville
Thu, 31 March 2016
Khouth Sophak Chakrya


One man is missing and presumed dead, and there are concerns about an oil slick of unknown size after a Kampuchea Tela oil tanker crashed into a jetty belonging to the company at Sihanoukville.

The 100-metre-wide docking platform and about 80 metres of jetty at the end of the 1,200-metre-long structure were destroyed after being struck by the Vietnamese tanker at about 4pm on Tuesday.

Preah Sihanouk provincial police deputy chief Kol Phaly said “many” port workers were rescued from the water by the crew of the tanker.

However, one security guard, Sem Vannak, 18, who lived in a post on the platform, disappeared when it and other structures fell into the sea.

“As of 3pm on Wednesday, the victim has not been found yet,” said Phaly. “In the meantime, our authorities are interrogating the crews and workers about the incident.

“It is the first time that such an incident has happened in Cambodia,” he added.

Workers interviewed by the police said the oil tanker had been attempting to unload oil at the facility, located about 10km north of the Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, when the ship ran into the platform without slowing down, said Stung Hav district police chief Ros Key.

They said they had not yet determined what caused the accident.

Gov’t vows to monitor borders to stop illegal rice


A Thai truck in Pailin transports Cambodian rice. AFP
A Thai truck in Pailin transports Cambodian rice. AFP

Gov’t vows to monitor borders to stop illegal rice
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Cheng Sokhorng


The government has decided to strengthen entry points along Cambodia’s borders to block illegal rice imports, while promising to dissolve any company’s certificate of origin that is caught mixing contraband rice for export, Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) president Sok Puthyvuth announced following a meeting yesterday with Deputy Prime Minister Kheat Chhon.

Additionally, the government will scrap the value added tax (VAT) on imports of rice milling machinery – a move aimed at reducing millers’ high capital costs.

“As result of the meeting, the government has decided to drop the VAT on milling machines for the rice industry,” Puthyvuth said.

Members of a government task force attending the closed-door meeting also considered a request by the CRISIS (Cambodian Rice Industry Survival Implementation Strategy) initiative for the government to facilitate $250 million in soft loans to rice millers.

The funding package aims at reducing the financial burden on millers, who typically have to take loans out at 8 to 10 per cent interest from commercial banks or 20 to 30 per cent interest from microfinance lenders.

Capital’s drug arrests double


Packages of methamphetamine and heroin, worth nearly $3 million, are exhibited at a police station last June after four people were arrested in connection with trafficking the illegal substances. Photo supplied
Packages of methamphetamine and heroin, worth nearly $3 million, are exhibited at a police station 
last June after four people were arrested in connection with trafficking the illegal substances. Photo supplied

Capital’s drug arrests double
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Mech Dara and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon


Drug seizures and arrests in the capital more than doubled last year, according to the Phnom Penh Municipal Police’s 2015 annual report released yesterday.

According to the report, the police made 465 drug busts last year, an increase of 255 over 2014. Police also made 1,260 individual drug-related arrests, an increase of 701.

“In 2015, the drug issues in Phnom Penh city are still a challenge and complicated, because the criminals attempted to use the city as a target for circulation [of narcotics] to other countries for regional and domestic distribution,” the document says, echoing findings made by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in February that the Kingdom is a transit hub in the international drug trade.

The report links the prevalence of drug use in communities to higher crime rates, citing the homeless and youth as the main drug-using population.

“The drug users have caused crimes including robbing, stealing, murdering, and raping women and children,” it says.

Takhmao police chief sentenced on drug charges


ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Bun Sengkong


A retired police chief in Kandal’s Takhmao district charged with possession and intent to distribute 13 1-gram bags of crystal meth was found guilty and sentenced in Kandal provincial court to two years prison on Monday, after a judge rejected a defence that the drug was medicinal.

In court, Mom Vath, 64, admitted to buying the drug but claimed he was only using it to treat his gastritis – a painful inflammation of the stomach.

However, presiding judge Phong Van yesterday told the Post he did not believe this explanation, especially given that the suspect could not produce a prescription.

“He would only not be guilty if he had a prescription from a licensed doctor,” said the judge. “We can’t believe his words. We believe he bought them for selling.”

Amphetamines are not typically prescribed for stomach ailments, according to the US National Institute on Drug Abuse.

On the contrary, using meth may create gastric problems like cramps and obstruction.

Court officials and police declined to explain how Vath was discovered to be in possession of the drugs.

CNRP marks anniversary of grenade attack


Attendees offer prayers at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the deadly grenade attack at an opposition rally in 1997.
Attendees offer prayers at a ceremony marking the anniversary of the deadly grenade attack at an opposition rally in 1997. Hong Menea

CNRP marks anniversary of grenade attack
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Meas Sokchea


The Cambodia National Rescue Party held a ceremony yesterday to mark the anniversary of the deadly grenade attack that killed 16 people and injured hundreds more at an opposition rally in 1997.

Speaking to supporters via video link from France, opposition leader Sam Rainsy claimed that French courts had reopened an investigation into the case as more information had recently come to light.

"We will start to see the light of justice," he said.

Although the Cambodian courts are still technically investigating the case, no arrests have ever been made in connection to the attack, which was widely believed to have been carried out by supporters of then Co-Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan yesterday played down Rainsy’s claims of a French investigation, saying it was in the jurisdiction of Cambodian courts.

Homage to a caring and thoughtful American


Scott Leiper, the qunitessential Renaissance man. Photo supplied
Scott Leiper, the qunitessential Renaissance man. Photo supplied

Homage to a caring and thoughtful American
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Michael Hayes


My dear friend Scott Leiper passed away on March 28 after a nine-month struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 61.

For his family and his countless friends in Cambodia and around the world, he left us too soon, and we are all now forced to wrestle with the pain of what Scott himself wrote to me in one of his last emails from the States: “life is not fair”.

Scott spent the past 34 years working to improve the welfare of the Cambodian people. Initially, on the Thai border starting in 1982 when he ended up there as a near-penniless backpacker looking for a mission, he worked with Cambodian refugees in the camps. Later, in 1989 with the World Food Programme, he moved to Phnom Penh to set up WFP’s operations here.

After UNTAC he helped establish Carere, which over time morphed into SEILA, and then eventually became the National Committee for Sub-National Democratic Development (NCDD), a Cambodian government initiative that has sought to strengthen the role and capabilities of the Kingdom’s Commune Councils.

In everything Scott did he was decent, caring, thoughtful, determined, pragmatic, patient and prescient. He knew there were no quick-fix miracles in the development world.

He knew that the process of Cambodia’s recovery from decades of conflict and mass murder was an arduous process where every small step forward was an equally small victory.

Turtles, pythons saved en route to Vietnam


Manekseka Sangkum


One of the effects of the existence of the 'good' relations between Cambodia and Vietnam following the installing in power of the current CPP regime in 1979 by Hanoi has been the unprecedented rape and over-exploitation of the country's wildlife, fishery and some rare animal species as well as domestic animals [such as dogs kidnapped, traded to feed dog meat market in Vietnam and in selective eateries in Cambodia] king cobras and various venomous and non-venous snakes that feed on rats thus helping farmers to keep rat population to a minimum and off their rice fields. 

Vietnam and Cambodia may be next door neighbours and have been so for centuries, yet the differences in cultural attitude, morality, demographic density, share and use of natural riches couldn't be more pronounced. Within the same period [a blink of an eye in this country's thousand long history] and for the first time, these ecological balance and natural food source have been scaled down to the point of irreversible extinction and crisis, and unlike the "social engineering" and ideological blunders of the Pol Pot regime, the catastrophe has been man-made of a somewhat different nature: greed sponsored by official corruption. In most rivers and lakes here, even juvenile fish species are not spared. Yet, the most reprehensible agency of this crisis is not even the mass influx of Vietnamese settlers into the country, which most Cambodians feel need to be curbed or even reversed, but rather, the dysfunctional capacity of the authorities and or their unwillingness to get to the core of the crisis and taking it head on. The mass floating Vietnamese settlement/shanty town situated in the province of Kg Chhnang, among other such residential anarchies in the country are living testimonies to this administrative malfunction. 

When a once naturally rich, abundant and plentiful land dies, sooner or later, its loss will be felt by all, whatever their 'race' or ethnicity.   

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Forestry Administration officials display a haul of animals intended to be illegally sold in Vietnam. Photo supplied
Forestry Administration officials display a haul of animals intended to be illegally sold in Vietnam. Photo supplied


Turtles, pythons saved en route to Vietnam
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Phak Seangly


A truck carrying 103 endangered yellow-headed temple turtles, six Burmese pythons and 11 reticulated pythons intended for sale in Vietnam was intercepted in Kandal’s Kien Svay district on Monday by Forestry Administration (FA) officials.

According to E Sophy, chief of the Kien Svay district FA, the 18-wheeler was loaded with 443 kilograms of turtles and 127 kilograms of pythons packed in bags.

“We got a tip that the truck was setting off from Battambang province,” Sophy said, adding that “it is the hugest ever crackdown” under his watch.

However, the driver of the truck managed to escape during the inspection because “we did not have many officers”, Sophy said.

Sophy said the individual responsible has one month to pay a fine before the case is handed to a court.

Capital's US sister city ‘denounces’ Hun Manet’s visit


Hun Manet, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son, pictured at an event in 2014.
Hun Manet, Prime Minister Hun Sen’s eldest son, pictured at an event in 2014. Hong Menea

Capital's US sister city ‘denounces’ Hun Manet’s visit
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon


Hun Manet’s tour of the United States has hit another snag.

Days after bowing out of a planned Khmer New Year parade in Long Beach, California, in response to a local backlash, the prime minister’s eldest son has seen Phnom Penh sister city Lowell, Massachusetts, home to the US’s second-largest Cambodian community, roll up the red carpet.

On Tuesday, the Lowell city council voted to “denounce” the impending visit. However, the council had yet to decide whether to accept the RCAF lieutenant general’s intended gift, a replica of a statue of Jayavarman VII.

Lowell Mayor Edward J Kennedy – who abstained from the otherwise unanimous 8-0 vote – will also decline to meet with Manet, an aide told the Post.

Images and video posted by the paper online show hundreds of protesters gathered inside the city hall with signs bearing slogans such as “Dictatorship is not welcome in Lowell” and “Stop unlawful evictions”. While dozens of residents spoke against welcoming Manet, several dissenting voices spoke on his behalf, though they were met with boos.

“I fully support the sister city relationship between Phnom Penh and the City of Lowell,” said resident Chea Sarun in a video in which he addresses the city hall in Khmer with an interpreter.

Rainsy charged over Samrin defamation suit


Sam Rainsy speaks to supporters in Phnom Penh yesterday via a video link.
Sam Rainsy speaks to supporters in Phnom Penh yesterday via a video link. Hong Menea

Rainsy charged over Samrin defamation suit
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Niem Chheng


A Phnom Penh Municipal Court prosecutor has formally charged opposition leader Sam Rainsy over a defamation suit brought by National Assembly president Heng Samrin, according to the plaintiff’s lawyer.

Adding more weight to the slew of legal cases hanging over the CNRP president’s head, prosecutor Vong Bun Visoth forwarded the case to city court judge Ros Piseth “a few days ago” after Rainsy, living in self-imposed exile in France, failed to answer two summonses to contest the allegations, said Ky Tech, lawyer for Samrin.

“The trial may start in three months, probably in June,” Tech said.

Samrin’s complaint relates to a Facebook post by Rainsy in December, which suggested the 1980s regime led initially by Samrin – a forerunner to the Cambodian People’s Party – had indicted late King Norodom Sihanouk of being a traitor and sentenced him, in absentia, to death in a show trial.

City cops sing praises of protest crackdowns


A man is grabbed and beaten by security forces near Phnom Penh's Freedom Park during a 2014 demonstration. Post Staff
A man is grabbed and beaten by security forces near Phnom Penh's Freedom Park during a 2014 demonstration. Post Staff

City cops sing praises of protest crackdowns
ppp Thu, 31 March 2016
Mech Dara


In an annual report released yesterday, Phnom Penh’s municipal police once again touted their success in preventing demonstrations and strikes by political parties, civil society groups, and unions, whom they referred to as agitators working to topple the government.

Released at a meeting yesterday, the document, which also covered an array of crime statistics, stated that municipal police had upheld their duties to protect residents from terrorists and “enemies planning to topple the government”.

Officers had “prevented political instability, the break-up of the internal unity, reduced violence, prevented mass social disasters and maintained safety,” the report stated before describing the main agitators’ origins.

“The majority of [demonstrations and strikes] have been perpetuated by some politicians, civil society groups, federations and unions that oppose the government.

[They] stoke incitement and attract activists and protesters to call on the government, ministries, institutions, and relevant local authority to solve their demands.

We have paid attention to these strikes and demonstrations and resolved them through cooperation to protect security and safety and keep order.”

ជារឿងដែលយើងគួរពិចារណា


Reproduced from CFA



ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​អះអាង​ថា​មន្ត្រី​ពន្ធនាគារ​មិន​ឲ្យ​ជួប​យុវជន​ជាប់​ចោទ​អំពី​សារ​បដិវត្តន៍​ពណ៌


ដោយ យ៉ង ចាន់តារា
2016-03-30

គង់ រ៉ៃយ៉ា ៨៥៥
យុវជន គង់ រ៉ៃយ៉ា (រូប​កណ្ដាល) ពេល​បញ្ជូន​ចេញ​ពី​នៅ​សាលាដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។
 RFA/Sorn Chanratha


ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​យុវជន គង់ រ៉ៃយ៉ា ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាត់​ទោស​ឲ្យ​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ ១៨​ខែ ទាក់ទង​នឹង​ការ​បង្ហោះ​សារ​អំពី​បដិវត្តន៍​ពណ៌ ទទូច​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​ពន្ធនាគារ​ព្រៃ​ស អនុវត្ត​នីតិវិធី​ពន្ធនាគារ​ដោយ​ស្មើ​ភាព មិន​លម្អៀង និង​គ្មាន​ការ​រើសអើង​ចំពោះ​អ្នក​ទោស។ ការ​លើក​ឡើង​បែប​នេះ គឺ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ពួក​គេ​មិន​អាច​ចូល​ជួប​ផ្ទាល់​ជាមួយ​យុវជន គង់ រ៉ៃយ៉ា ដែល​កំពុង​ជាប់​ឃុំ​ក្នុង​ពន្ធនាគារ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៩ មីនា។

បង​ស្រី​របស់​យុវជន គង់ រ៉ៃយ៉ា គឺ​លោកស្រី គង់ ដាលីន សម្ដែង​ការ​មិន​ពេញ​ចិត្ត​ចំពោះ​ប្រធាន​ពន្ធនាគារ​ព្រៃ​ស ដែល​មិន​អនុញ្ញាត​ឲ្យ​រូប​គាត់ និង​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​ចូល​ជួប​សន្ទនា​ដោយ​ផ្ទាល់​ជាមួយ​ប្អូន​ប្រុស​ដែល​កំពុង​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ។

លោកស្រី គង់ ដាលីន អះអាង​ថា កាល​ពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៩ មីនា លោកស្រី និង​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ បាន​ទៅ​សួរ​សុខ​ទុក្ខ​ប្អូន​ប្រុស​នៅ​ពន្ធនាគារ​ព្រៃ​ស ប៉ុន្តែ​ប្រធាន​ពន្ធនាគារ​បាន​ប្រាប់​ថា ប្អូន​របស់​លោកស្រី គឺ​យុវជន គង់ រ៉ៃយ៉ា មិន​ទាន់​ត្រូវ​បាន​កាត់​ទោស​នៅ​ឡើយ ដូច្នេះ​មិន​អាច​ចូល​ជួប​បាន​ទេ គឺ​បាន​ត្រឹម​តែ​ឈរ​និយាយ​ពី​ខាង​ក្រៅ​ចម្រឹង​ពន្ធនាគារ​តែ​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ៖ «ខ្ញុំ​ថា​ខ្ញុំ​សុំ​ជួប​ផ្ទាល់ គេ​ថា​កាត់​ទោស​ហើយ ឬ​នៅ? ខ្ញុំ​ថា​គេ​កាត់​ទោស​រួច​ហើយ គេ​សួរ​កាត់​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ណា? ខ្ញុំ​ថា​គេ​ប្រកាស​សាលក្រម​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៥ មីនា មក​ម្ល៉េះ។ គេ​ថា​ឯកសារ​មិន​ទាន់​ឃើញ​មក​ដល់​គេ​ទេ? គេ​ថា​តែ​ប៉ុណ្ណឹង»។

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ថា​តុលាការ​ប្រទេស​បារាំង​សើរើ​សំណុំ​រឿង​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៩៧


លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ថា​តុលាការ​ប្រទេស​បារាំង​សើរើ​សំណុំ​រឿង​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៩៧
ដោយ ថា កិត្យា
2016-03-30

ខួប​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក ២០១៦ ៨៥៥
ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ថ្លែង​តាម​វីដេអូ​ខនហ្វើរ៉ែន (Video Conference) ក្នុង​ពិធី​ប្រារព្ធ​ខួប ១៩​ឆ្នាំ​នៃ​ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍​វាយ​ប្រហារ​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​ដៃ​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​១៩៩៧ នា​អតីត​អគារ​រដ្ឋសភា ក្បែរ​ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Tha Kitya
 RFA/Tha Kitya


ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ថ្លែង​ថា សំណុំ​រឿង​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​លើ​ក្រុម​បាតុករ​នៅ​មុខ​អតីត​រដ្ឋសភា ក្បែរ​ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៩៧ ត្រូវ​បាន​តុលាការ​ប្រទេស​បារាំង បើក​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ឡើង​វិញ។

ការ​អះអាង​នេះ ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ក្នុង​ពិធី​បង្សុកូល​រំឭក​វិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធ​ជូន​ជន​រងគ្រោះ​គម្រប់​ខួប ១៩​ឆ្នាំ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា។ រីឯ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ អះអាង​ថា ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ករណី​បោក​គ្រាប់​បែក​នេះ មិន​មាន​ការ​ជឿន​លឿន​ទៅ​មុខ​នោះ​ទេ តែ​សំណុំ​រឿង​នេះ​មិន​ទាន់​បិទ​នៅ​ឡើយ។

ដូច​រាល់​ឆ្នាំ​ដែរ គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ និង​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​ជន​រងគ្រោះ បាន​អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល បន្ត​បើក​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ដោយ​ស្មោះ​ត្រង់ ដើម្បី​នាំ​យក​អ្នក​បញ្ជា និង​ឃាតក​ពិត​ដែល​បាន​វាយ​ប្រហារ​ដោយ​គប់​គ្រាប់​បែក​ដៃ​កាល​ពី ១៩​ឆ្នាំ​មុន​នោះ មក​ផ្ដន្ទាទោស​ឲ្យ​បាន​ឆាប់។

ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ដែល​កំពុង​និរទេស​ខ្លួន​នៅ​ក្រៅ​ប្រទេស បាន​ថ្លែង​តាម​វីដេអូ​ខនហ្វើរ៉ែន (Video Conference) នៅ​ចំពោះ​មុខ​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​រងគ្រោះ និង​អ្នក​ចូលរួម​ប្រមាណ ១០០​នាក់​ក្នុង​ពិធី​បង្សុកូល នៅ​ចេតិយ​រំឭក​វិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធ​អ្នក​ស្លាប់​ក្បែរ​ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង​ថា តុលាការ​ប្រទេស​បារាំង បាន​សម្រេច​សើរើ​សំណុំ​រឿង​នេះ​ឡើង​វិញ​ហើយ ដើម្បី​រក​យុត្តិធម៌​ដល់​ជន​រងគ្រោះ៖ «កន្លង​គេ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ព្យួរ​មួយ​រយៈ​ទេ តែ​ឥឡូវ​នេះ គេ​បាន​បើក​សំណុំ​រឿង​នេះ​ឡើង​វិញ​ឲ្យ​ដំណើរ​ការ​ទៅ​មុខ ដោយ​សកម្ម ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ដោយ​តុលាការ​ជំនាញ ឯករាជ្យ មាន​វិជ្ជាជីវៈ​ខ្ពស់ គេ​មិន​ខ្លាច​នរណា​ទេ។ គេ​នឹង​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​លាត​ត្រដាង​ការ​ពិត ដើម្បី​រក​យុត្តិធម៌​ដល់​ជន​រងគ្រោះ»។

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After Public Backlash, Hun Manet Says He Won't Attend Long Beach Cambodian New Year Parade


Manekseka Sangkum:


Keeping a dialogue channel open with a tyrannical regime and allowing that regime to usurp 'national unity' or cultural events for its cynical purposes/PR exercise etc. are two very different things, and should never be made contingent upon one another. Why should one of this regime's leading figures be feted at such public venues when even a peaceful bicycle parade organised to mark the recent International Women's Day in Phnom Penh was stopped dead in its tracks? And that was only one of several attacks on civil liberty under this oppressive regime. 

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After Public Backlash, Hun Manet Says He Won't Attend Long Beach Cambodian New Year Parade
by JASON RUIZ  MARCH 28 2016 
Long Beach Post


“America doesn’t want to talk to Russia but we still have an open dialogue,” Ly said. “It’s the least we can do to communicate on what can be done for the people and for the safety of both country’s children.”


The participation of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s son in next month's Cambodian New Year’s Parade that touched off a raucous protest outside last Tuesday’s city council meeting was officially called off Sunday morning, as Hun Manet posted his intentions to pull out of his commitment to the parade after hearing news of the demonstration.

In his post, Manet said he was canceling his plans to be part of the parade because he didn’t want to see a “conflict break out between Khmer and Khmer” that could potentially lead to violence between those who supported his visit and those who did not.

“Khmer New Year is a special occasion for our Khmer people and should unite us in a desire to support our race by working together to show the Khmer culture and civilization to the American people and other citizens,” Manet said. “It is not the time for supporters and non-supporters to show off their muscles, because it shows a break between Khmer and Khmer and gives our race a bad reputation.”

Manet had been invited to be part of the April 10 parade by the Cambodian Coordinating Council (Cam CC) which is charged with the organization of the parade and other events in the Cambodian community.


កម្ម​វិធី​ទូរ​ទស្សន៍​អា​ស៊ី​សេរី​​ សម្រាប់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៣០ ខែ​មីនា​ ​​ ឆ្នាំ​...

Cambodian PM receives award from Union Media of ASEAN


Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) receives the Peace and Development Award from Prasit Sangrungrueng, Secretary-General of the Union Media of ASEAN in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 29, 2016.

PHNOM PENH, March 29, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) receives the Peace and Development Award from Prasit Sangrungrueng, Secretary-General of the Union Media of ASEAN in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, March 29, 2016. Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday that he would host a banquet for members of the media once a year in order to forge closer relations. (Xinhua/Sovannara)

ACU head claims to have evidence of corruption against Rainsy


Student protesters who have dogged CNRP deputy chief Kem Sokha with allegations of a purported affair parade through the capital yesterday delivering petitions.
Student protesters who have dogged CNRP deputy chief Kem Sokha with allegations of a purported affair parade through the capital yesterday delivering petitions. Sreng Meng Srun

ACU head claims to have evidence of corruption against Rainsy
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Lay Samean and Daniel de Carteret


Anti-Corruption Unit chief Om Yentieng yesterday claimed to have evidence of corruption committed by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, and threatened to investigate the CNRP president if he continues to speak out against the graft case currently levelled at his deputy, Kem Sokha.

In response to comments made by Rainsy on his Facebook page late on Monday, in which he questioned the role of the ACU, Yentieng told Radio France International yesterday that his organisation was sitting on information pertaining to the opposition leader.

“I have information about [Rainsy engaging in corrupt activities], and if he continues to violate the law, we will uncover it,” he said.

In comments posted to his Facebook page late on Monday, Rainsy said the ACU had a responsibility to investigate government corruption, which he described as the misuse of state funds and exploitation of national resources.

The opposition, he said, were not part of the government and “cannot be involved in government corruption”. In an apparent reference to the case of Sokha, who is being investigated by the ACU for purportedly promising cash and property to a alleged mistress, the opposition leader said those not part of the government should not be subject to an ACU investigation as it was a private matter.

Experts wary as Kingdom mulls private prison plan


A guard watches over the gate outside Prey Sar prison in 2009.
A guard watches over the gate outside Prey Sar prison in 2009. Tracey Shelton

Experts wary as Kingdom mulls private prison plan
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Shaun Turton


As Cambodia moves towards opening its first privately run prison, international experts have warned the government may have misunderstood the concept and cautioned that privatisation likely isn’t the best way to tackle chronic overcrowding in prisons.

At a speech last week, Interior Minister Sar Kheng revealed plans for the first privately built and run prison in the Kingdom, which has more than 17,500 inmates in a penal system with the capacity for 8,500.

Kheng, who cited the use of such facilities in Australia, said upscale lodging at the complex could be rented out to wealthy inmates to generate state income.

However, University of Canberra School of Law and Justice associate professor Lorana Bartels yesterday noted a user-pays system was not how private prisons in Australia and other countries worked.

Private prisons in theory are supposed to save taxpayers’ money, as for-profit owners have an incentive to seek efficiencies.

But in Australia, Bartels said opaque contracts between service providers and the government made it difficult to assess whether private prisons were in fact more efficient than their public counterparts.

“We know that money is changing hands, but we don’t know how much… there’s no way of really saying whether they are achieving this goal,” Bartels said.

Prey Lang forest activist's attacker ID’d


Prey Lang Community Network patroller Phon Sopheak lies on the ground after suffering injuries in a nighttime attack on Sunday. Photo supplied
Prey Lang Community Network patroller Phon Sopheak lies on the ground after suffering injuries in a nighttime attack on Sunday. Photo supplied

Prey Lang forest activist's attacker ID’d
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Phak Seangly


The Prey Lang Community Network (PLCN) believe they know who is responsible for a suspected axe attack on a member and have called on the government to take action.

PLCN activist Phon Sopheak suffered leg wounds during the attack in the early hours of Sunday morning as the activists were wrapping up a five-day patrol combating illegal logging in Kratie province.

Several groups of illegal loggers had been caught during the patrol and forced to sign contracts promising not to repeat the offence.

Activist Phay Bunleang said the PLCN believed the final group of loggers caught on Saturday were behind the attack and had passed photos taken during the contract signing to the authorities.

“We are preparing lawsuits as well as passing the photos to the district authorities to look for the suspects,” Bunleang said. “We are also calling for the government to take more action to combat illegal logging in Prey Lang.”

According to a statement issued yesterday, the PLCN has confiscated a total of 85 chainsaws recently across Kampong Thom, Preah Vihear, Stung Treng and Kratie provinces.

“Over the past two months, forestry crimes have reached serious levels. We, the PLCN, are deeply concerned about this situation and death threats issued by illegal loggers,” the statement reads.

Vehicle sales in the slow lane despite impending tax hike


A potential buyer views a BMW on display at Aeon Mall in May 2014.
A potential buyer views a BMW on display at Aeon Mall in May 2014. Hong Menea

Vehicle sales in the slow lane despite impending tax hike
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Ayanna Runcie


Automobile dealers who expected a surge in sales ahead of a scheduled April 1 tax hike on new and used car imports have said that vehicle sales have been surprisingly flat this month.

Pily Wong, CEO of Hung Hiep, the authorised distributor of Volkswagen in Cambodia, said yesterday there had been no noticeable increase in car sales at his showroom despite the impending tax, which will tack an additional 13 per cent onto the total tax bill of new vehicles.

“It’s curious that sales haven’t gone up,” he said. “Even I asked some colleagues in the industry and they also don’t see a surge in people coming to buy cars because of the [imminent] tax increase.”

Wong surmised that the general public was largely unaware of the government’s plan to increase the “specific tax”, a form of excise tax.

According to a sub-decree issued by the Customs and Excise Department in January, the specific tax on imported new and used cars is set to rise on Friday.

Authorised dealers fear the tax hike, which stacks on top existing taxes on imported new vehicles – currently up to 123 per cent – will drive more people to purchase cheaper cars on the grey market.

“I actually don’t know why the government has taken this measure to make the tax even more favourable to used cars, as if we don’t have enough used cars in the market,” said Wong, adding that taxes are highest on newer vehicles with higher engine capacities.

Wanted Russian arrested in Sihanoukville


Manekseka Sangkum

While most foreign Mafia gangs and criminal elements of all kinds seek refuge in the Kingdom, Cambodia's authorities seek co-operation of foreign governments and Interpol to track down overseas Cambodians for posting Facebook materials deemed hostile to the CPP regime!

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Wanted Russian arrested in Sihanoukville
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Kong Meta


Sihanoukville police on Monday arrested a Russian national who is wanted back home for allegedly stealing 60 million rubles (about $873,000) from a municipal fund in 2008, following a request by the Russian government.

The Cambodian arrest warrant for Vladimir Vitalievich Batalin, 38, was issued by the Appeal Court in July 2014, according to the court’s head prosecutor, Ouk Savuth.

Cambodian officials were unable to say yesterday when Batalin entered the Kingdom, but they believe he arrived in Sihanoukville on March 25.

According to a 2008 statement by the Interior Department of Russia’s Amur oblast (Amur district), Batalin had a leadership role in a body that funded municipal education and is accused of embezzlement.

Police arrested Batalin on Monday while he was driving in Sihanoukville, said provincial deputy police chief Im Voleak. The arrest was ordered by the Department of Antiterrorism and Border Crime.

According to a letter from the Russian Embassy to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two governments had been in contact about Batalin since 2011. Embassy officials were unavailable yesterday.

Additional reporting by Igor Kossov

ZTE provides mobile and data solutions


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Louis Xiang, CEO of ZTE (Cambodia). Hong Menea

ZTE provides mobile and data solutions
ppp Fri, 25 March 2016

Telecommunications company ZTE (Cambodia) may just be one of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of.

It is part of China’s ZTE, a Hong Kong-listed firm which made more than $15 billion in revenues last year and employs some 70,000 people worldwide.

Operating in Cambodia since 2007, Louis Xiang, CEO of ZTE (Cambodia says the company provides “total telecoms solutions”, and is particularly strong in emerging business sectors such as ICT, enterprise and government networks, cloud computing, and the curation, storage and visualisation of ‘big data’.

“We have consumer products like terminals and handsets, and we sell our products worldwide. We’re the fourth largest mobile phone maker in America, and in the top ten worldwide. We are also the number one 4G provider in China,” said Xiang.

“ZTE offers cutting-edge wireless access, and bearer, value-added services, terminals and managed services to telecommunications carriers, in addition to ICT solutions for enterprises and government agencies.”

Forestry body to let RCAF self-discipline in Oddar Meanchey dispute


ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Khouth Sophak Chakrya


The Forestry Administration (FA) will leave it up to the military to punish 10 soldiers who, wielding firearms, laid siege to an FA compound in an attempt to re-take a truck that had been seized hauling illegal timber, according to a forestry official.

The group from Unit 243, part of Division 2’s 4th brigade, stormed the FA’s Anlong Veng district headquarters in Oddar Meanchey province on Monday, after FA officers impounded their truck, which had “frequently” been used to transport illegally felled wood timber through the area. The FA officers were forced to barricade the truck inside and call for help.

FA officials yesterday said the body would still file a case against the unit for transporting illegal wood but would rely on the soldiers’ commanders to reprimand them for their antics on Monday.

“Our relevant authorities could arrest them if they opened fire, but they did not fire and none of our officials were injured, so nothing is lost,” said Tieng David, head of the Oddar Meanchey provincial FA.

“However, for the case of their illegal transportation of about six cubic metres of timber, we are processing a complaint. It means they must pay a fine.”

Man Voutthy, deputy chief of Anlong Veng district FA, said he had filed a report to the soldiers’ brigade and division superiors about the incident and that their repeat offences warranted punishment.

Military police spokesman Eng Hy said the body would investigate if asked. However, as the men were caught “red-handed”, judicial authorities could have made the arrests themselves, he said.

Additional reporting by Mech Dara

Nauru refugees ‘not disappointed’: immigration chief


Manekseka Sangkum: Birds of a feather flock together over this refugee fiasco?

Australian Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton (left) talks with immigration chief Sok Phal (right) about refugee resettlement last year at the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh. Immigration Department
Australian Minister for Immigration Peter Dutton (left) talks with immigration chief Sok Phal (right) about refugee resettlement last year at the Ministry of Interior in Phnom Penh. Immigration Department

Nauru refugees ‘not disappointed’: immigration chief
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Mech Dara


Interior Ministry immigration chief Sok Phal yesterday claimed that the five refugees transferred to Cambodia from Australia’s detention centre on Nauru island had no disappointments in their time here, despite three leaving the Kingdom for the countries they fled.

“I think we have given them their rights and freedoms. There are no points the refugees are disappointed with,” Phal said when questioned by a reporter during a press conference on illegal immigration.

Mohammed Rashid, one of the two remaining refugees settled under the $A55 million deal with the Australian government, this month said he regretted coming to Cambodia.

“It was a big mistake for me to come here,” Rashid said.

Phal stressed that the five refugees came of their own free will and refused to be drawn into evaluating the deal’s outcomes.

“Therefore, we cannot say it was unsuccessful or successful; we respected their right [to leave] voluntarily,” said Phal.

Now We Know Why Huge TPP Trade Deal Is Kept Secret From the Public


Now We Know Why Huge TPP Trade Deal Is Kept Secret From the Public
03/27/2015 Updated May 27, 2015
Huffington Post

Dave Johnson
Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future


The Times‘ report explains that this clause also “giv[es] greater priority to protecting corporate interests than promoting free trade and competition that benefits consumers.”

A key section of the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement has been leaked to the public. The New York Times has a major story on the contents of the leaked chapter, and it’s as bad as many of us feared.

Now we know why the corporations and the Obama administration want the TPP, a huge “trade” agreement being negotiated between the United States and 11 other countries, kept secret from the public until it’s too late to stop it.

The section of the TPP that has leaked is the “Investment” chapter that includes investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses. WikiLeaks has the text and analysis, and the Times has the story, in “Trans-Pacific Partnership Seen as Door for Foreign Suits Against U.S.“:

An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment “expectations” and hurt their business, according to a classified document.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership — a cornerstone of Mr. Obama’s remaining economic agenda — would grant broad powers to multinational companies operating in North America, South America and Asia. Under the accord, still under negotiation but nearing completion, companies and investors would be empowered to challenge regulations, rules, government actions and court rulings — federal, state or local — before tribunals organized under the World Bank or the United Nations.

“The TPP has developed in secret an unaccountable supranational court for multinationals to sue states. This system is a challenge to parliamentary and judicial sovereignty. Similar tribunals have already been shown to chill the adoption of sane environmental protection, public health and public transport policies.”

WikiLeaks editor, Julian Assange



The WikiLeaks analysis explains that this lets firms “sue” governments to obtain taxpayer compensation for loss of “expected future profits.”

TPP forecast to give Vietnam a boost over Cambodia


Manekseka Sangkum: Thus far, Cambodia is a client state of Vietnam. Therefore, this TPP business makes little difference to either party, either way... The only thing worth noting is why these other states are so keen to include Vietnam - a communist run state with a dismal human rights record - in the Partnership at all.

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Trade representatives attend at a press conference for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a pan-Pacific trade agreement involving 12 nations, in Sydney in 2014. AFP
Trade representatives attend at a press conference for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a pan-Pacific trade agreement involving 12 nations, in Sydney in 2014. AFP

TPP forecast to give Vietnam a boost over Cambodia
Wed, 30 March 2016
Kali Kotoski


The anticipated ratification of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is expected to have a negative impact on Cambodia’s economic growth as Vietnam takes priority as a top trading partner within the 12-member bloc that accounts for 40 per cent of the world’s economy, an academic said yesterday during a lecture organised by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia.

Citing World Bank statistics, Susan Green, a professor of law at the Royal University of Law and Economics, said preferential tariff reductions or eliminations to the US market under the TPP could boost Vietnam’s GDP by 10 per cent by 2030. She said manufacturers were already looking to leverage the trade framework, sinking investment into Vietnam, a member of the TPP, that might otherwise have gone to non-member Cambodia.

“Fabric manufactures in China are reported to be moving to Vietnam now and building major manufacturing facilities so that components can be provided to Vietnam companies,” she said. “This is very significant and it is predicted to bring a lot of job growth.”

“If Cambodia enters the TPP it would either have to produce its own fabric to comply with the rules of origin clause, or import from other TPP countries,” she said, citing the yarn-forward clause that requires raw material to originate within the trading bloc.

New publication catalogues Phnom Kulen's ancient artefacts


The Kulen waterfall with lingams in the Preah Jayavarman-Norodom National Park. Photo supplied
The Kulen waterfall with lingams in the Preah Jayavarman-Norodom National Park. Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon

New publication catalogues Phnom Kulen's ancient artefacts
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Bun Sengkong and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon


A research catalogue of ancient sites and artefacts found in Preah Jayavarman-Norodom National Park, more commonly known as Phnom Kulen, was launched yesterday at the Ministry of Environment.

Published in Khmer by the Ministry’s Department of Nature Conservation and Protection, List of Historical Places at Preah Jayavarman-Norodom National Park (Phnom Kulen) features nearly 200 pages of photographs accompanied by descriptions of style, eras and temple locations.

“Phnom Kulen was the city of Jayavarman II in the ninth century,” Royal University of Phnom Penh history professor Sambo Manara said. “This place is very important for our people, who dedicated their life to the god king.”

Atop Phnom Kulen, he continued, Jayavarman II established his divine rule by devaraja, associating his power with the Hindu god Shiva.

Rumours spark mini gold rush in Preah Vihear


A woman pans for gold in Preah Vihear province's Rovieng district last year.
A woman pans for gold in Preah Vihear province's Rovieng district last year. Heng Chivoan

Rumours spark mini gold rush in Preah Vihear
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Niem Chheng


Hundreds of hopeful prospectors chasing rumours of a gold rush in Preah Vihear province’s Rovieng district have ended up empty-handed.

According to Rom Tom’s commune chief, Prak Than, the gold hunters from nearby villages began descending on Rom Deng village on March 24, digging into the side of the mountain and taking the soil home to check for the precious metal.

“But I never saw anyone find anything. I just saw that they spent petrol, food and time,” he said yesterday. “Now, most of them have stopped and they feel disappointed.”

He said local authorities had asked the villagers to stop as the side of the mountain appeared increasingly unstable.

Than said he had not seen or heard of the single large find that fuelled the excitement. He described it as “just rumours” and said it was common from year to year for villagers to come en masse on the back of hearsay.

Ek Saro, Rovieng district chief, said villagers often dug in the area during their free time. “Some find a little gold, some are not lucky, but they continue as it is their tradition,” he said.

Pursat village chief sold land illegally, say police


ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Khouth Sophak Chakrya


District police in Pursat’s Veal Veng district have accused a village chief of selling 2 hectares of state-owned forest land to three men from Battambang province, who then proceeded to clear the land of all the trees.

The accused, Ouk Bunthoeun, chief of Smert village, who allegedly sold the land to the three men claiming that he owned it, will now be charged with fraud and initiating the clearing of forest land by district police.

An official complaint has been forwarded to the provincial court for further action.

The police say that they were checking for illegal land clearings in the forest yesterday afternoon when they chanced upon the three men, who were in the process of clearing the 2-hectare plot.

The trio – Kem Bros, 26; Sal Saruon, 20; and Tive Bunheng, 45 – were found in possession of three chainsaws, a communication radio and an air rifle, they said.

“They bought the land for $200 to $500 per hectare from Ouk Bunthoeun, who told them that the land belonged to him,” said Veal Veng district police chief Theang Leng.

According to Leng, while the village chief will face legal action, the three men who bought the land were released after they were “educated” about their wrongdoing and signed documents promising to give back the land.

Narrowing the digital divide


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Submarine cables are laid using special cable layer ships, such as the modern René Descartes, operated by Orange Marine. WIKI COMMONS

Narrowing the digital divide
ppp Fri, 25 March 2016
Lauren Barrett and Julius Thiemann


It is no revelation that Cambodia lags behind some of its Asian peers when it comes to affordable and fast Internet access, and that a gap between consumption and infrastructure can lead to a loss of GDP growth.

Though issues remain in establishing the speed and capabilities of the Kingdom’s data network, the public and private sectors have worked to improve connectivity while reducing the price for end-users in a bid to meet the explosion in demand.

Fresh from announcing the construction of the country’s third submarine communications cable to be built by Cambodia Fiber Optic Cable Network (CFOCN) that will tap into the existing AAE-1 cable, one of the main high-speed data conduits linking Asian, African and European countries together, Cambodia’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunication (MPT) is focusing on narrowing the digital divide that separates the Kingdom from developed countries such as Singapore.

By tapping into regional and international data pipelines, Cambodia is aiming to improve its current bandwidth limitations that have caused a comparatively high price for megabytes per second (MBps). Currently, local internet service providers (ISPs) have to purchase Internet bandwidth from the ‘middlemen’ – which in this case primarily come from Vietnam, Thailand and Laos – before reaching the main Internet hub in Hong Kong and Japan.

Ministry of Education lays out reform areas


A student at a blackboard receives instruction from his teacher in Kratie province earlier this year. Photo supplied
A student at a blackboard receives instruction from his teacher in Kratie province earlier this year. Photo supplied

Ministry of Education lays out reform areas
ppp Wed, 30 March 2016
Sen David and Yesenia Amaro


As the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports began its annual general meeting this week, NGOs urged the government to prioritise teacher qualifications in a bid to improve the Kingdom’s ailing education system.

On the first day of the three-day meeting yesterday, the ministry laid out 15 areas – ranging from budget management to teacher training, early education and curriculum – that had been targeted for reform.

Chin Chanveasna, executive director of NGO Education Partnership, yesterday said that while all reforms were important, there was a need to prioritise specific reforms to be tackled first.

“I think the teachers’ qualifications – quality of teaching – needs to be prioritised,” he said. “In general, there’s low quality of teaching. We need to strengthen the quality.”

The ministry has flagged revamping teacher training and helping teachers with ongoing studies, with the goal of having all teachers possess bachelor’s degrees by 2020.

Improving teacher qualifications would be a good reform, said Erika Boak, chief of education for UNICEF Cambodia.

“It will take some time for all teachers to have that level of qualification, but it’s really needed,” she said.

Wednesday, 30 March 2016

Will Myanmar Backslide on Human Rights?


History is not encouraging.

By Emmanuel Stoakes
March 29, 2016 TD


In 2012, during the early days of Myanmar’s transition to democracy, U Gambira sat in the front row of a crowded hall at Yangon University and listened while U.S. President Barack Obama delivered an historic speech.

Will Myanmar Backslide on Human Rights?
Image Credit: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
It was a significant moment, both for Myanmar and Gambira. Five years before, as a monk, he had led nationwide protests as part of the“Saffron Revolution,” in which thousands took to the streets calling for an end to direct military rule. In the crackdown that followed he and many of his peers were imprisoned and brutally tortured.

It was remarkable that Gambira should be allowed to attend Obama’s speech, as he had been pardoned and released just months prior. His presence seemed emblematic of the fact that deep change had come to Myanmar, part of a foreign policy success story that many in Washington were eager to claim.

During his address, Obama spoke approvingly on the progress made under new President Thein Sein, noting how, post-Saffron, “the desire for change has been met by an agenda for reform” and, referring to recent amnesties, looked forward to a “future where a single prisoner of conscience is one too many.”

That night, Gambira would pose solemnly for a photograph with a beaming American president; within weeks he would be arrested again.

Interview: 'Why Did They Have to Mobilize so Many Forces for a Closed Trial?'


Interview: 'Why Did They Have to Mobilize so Many Forces for a Closed Trial?'
2016-03-28 

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Nguyen Huu Vinh in an undated photo.
RFA
Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh, is better known as Anh Ba Sam, was sentenced to five years in prison on March 23 for posts on his Ba Sam blog site that were critical of the government.  The former police officer was convicted on a charge of abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state under Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal code. His assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy was given three years in prison on the same charge. Mac Lam of RFA’s Vietnamese Service interviewed the blogger’s wife, Le Thi Minh Ha, on her experience with her husband’s case.


RFA: Before the trial, a German member of parliament, Mr. Martin Patzelt, had flown to Hanoi to support Ba Sam, hoping that he would be allowed to attend the trial. Do you think that what Mr. Patzelt did made the Vietnamese government hand out a harsher sentence to prove that they are not under any pressure?

Le Thi Minh Ha: I don’t think so. The sentence is not dependent on this. They did not base it on any legal ground. I think they had always wanted to reach a compromise with him (Ba Sam), knowing that he may or may not give in. There is no basis for the sentence, there is no evidence, no legal document to base it on. Their action is that of a government that has no law. Why would I have any hope in them? I heard news that the decree of the sentence depended on his attitude. … As for my campaign, since his arrest, I have never had any optimistic expectation of this trial. They violated the law when they arrested him. It was totally wrong. How would I put any hope in this trial? I didn’t expect any solution via this trial. They had to bring him to court to show that they did have some progress. I had no hope, no expectation in this trial. The trial’s result does not affect my thoughts.

RFA: Not many people were allowed to attend the trial.  You and Minh Thuy’s mother were allowed to attend the trial. Can you please let us know what happened inside the courtroom?