Hun Sen Defends His Decision to Break the Law [ហ៊ុន សែន បានសារភាពថាលោកបានរំលោភច្បាប់ (ហេតុអ្វីបានជាប៉ូលិសមិនចាប់ ហ៊ុន សែន ភ្លាមទៅ?)]

By Neou Vannarin and Zsombor Peter 

The Cambodia Daily

June 20, 2013

Prime Minister Hun Sen (pictured) on Wednesday again admitted publicly to breaking the law when he helped opposition leader Kem Sokha escape arrest for an alleged sexual encounter with a 15-year-old girl.

Mr. Hun Sen first leveled the accusation against the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) acting president last week, claiming that Mr. Sokha had paid the girl $500 for sex, and that he himself broke the law by preventing his arrest for fear of being accused of interfering in Mr. Sokha’s personal affairs.

Mr. Sokha has denied the claim and his party has dismissed it as political mudslinging ahead of next month’s national election.

According to legal experts, Mr. Hun Sen’s public admission should lead to a police investigation into whether the prime minister has placed himself above the law of the land.

“Some people said I broke the law. Yes, it is true. I did say I broke the law because I stopped police from arresting you [Kem Sokha] before you had sex with her,” Mr. Hun Sen said Wednesday at a high school inauguration in Kandal province.

“Today they broadcast that I violated the law. I acknowledge that I broke the law,” the prime minister continued.

Mr. Hun Sen then defended his decision to break the law, claiming that it was the best move for all involved.

“I told them [the police] don’t do it [arrest Kem Sokha], just scare him away,” the prime minister said.

“Once he runs away, we don’t need to arrest him. This was not win-win, it’s equal-equal. The girl did not lose her virginity, we don’t need to have trouble with accusations and he wasn’t punished,” the prime minister continued.

Despite Mr. Hun Sen’s public admissions of wrongdoing, senior police and court officials declined Wednesday to say whether the prime minister’s claims would be investigated.

Kirth Chantharith, national police spokesman, said the matter was “out of my capacity.”

50 Cambodian police attempted to arrest Mr. Ir Channa, Hun Sen's critic and border activist, while visiting his birth village in Takeo អាជ្ញាធរខ្មែរកំពុងតាមចាប់ខ្លួនលោក អៀ ចាន់ណា សកម្មជនព្រំដែន [ហ៊ុន សែន ជាឆ្កែឆ្កួតកំពុងតែក្រពុលមុខខាំគេគ្រប់គ្នា]

Mr. Ir Channa លោក អៀ ចាន់ណា

ដោយៈ ឆាំ ឆានី ១៩ មិថុនា ២០១៣
លោក អៀ ចាន់ណា សកម្មជនព្រំដែន និងជាអុ្នកវិភាគនយោបាយរបស់វិទ្យុខ្មែរប៉ុស្តិ៍ បានធ្វើដំណើរទៅ​ភ្នំពេញ កាលពីថ្ងៃទី ១៨ មិថុនា ២០១៣ ។ លោកបានសំរាកនៅទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញមួយយប់ ព្រឹកថ្ងៃទី ១៩ ខែមិថុនា ២០១៣ លោកបានបន្តរដំណើរទៅស្រុកកំណើតរបស់លោក នៅភូមិជើងគួន ឃុំជើងគួន ស្រុកសំរោង ខេត្តតាកែវ ។ ក្នុងដំណើរទៅកាន់ភូមិកំណើតដើម្បីជួប
ជុំគ្រួសារ​លោក អៀ ចាន់ណា ត្រូវបានអាជ្ញាធរក្រុងភ្នំពេញមានប៉ូលីស ទាហ៊ាន ជាង៥០​នាក់ តាមឃ្លាំមើល និងពទ្ធ័ចាប់ខ្លួនដល់លំនៅឋាន ។ តែការព្យារបស់អាជ្ញាធរ ត្រូវខកខាន ដោយមានកិច្ចអន្តរាគមន៍ពីស្ថានទួត និងអង្គការសង្គមស៊ីវីល ព្រមទាំងប្រជាពលរដ្ឋជាអ្នក​ជួយការពារលោក អៀ ចាន់ណា ផងដែរ ។ 

សូមបញ្ជាក់ថា លោក អៀ ចាន់ណា ជាថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំម្នាក់ក្នុងចំណោមមេ​ដឹកនាំក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ឃ្លំាមើល​កម្ពុជា ដែលត្រូវរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្រុងភ្នំពេញ តាមចាប់ខ្លួនកាលពីឆ្នាំ២០០៥ ព្រោះតែប្រឆាំងនិងការ​ចុះហត្ថលេខាលើសន្ធិសញ្ញាបំពេញបន្ថែម ដែលក្រុមប្រឹក្សាឃ្លាំមើលកម្ពុជាយល់ថា សន្ធិសញ្ញា​បំពេញបន្ថែម នេះបានធ្វើឲ្យខ្មែរបាត់បង់ទឹកដី។

 ពេលនេះលោក អៀ ចាន់ណា កំពុងស្នាក់នៅកន្លែងមានសុវត្ថិភាព ៕

The CNRP shows pre-election irregularities គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ បង្ហាញភាព មិន ប្រក្រតី មុនដំណើរការ បោះឆ្នោត

នៅរសៀល ថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែមិថុនានេះ គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ បានរៀបចំ សន្និសីទកាសែត ស្តីពី ភាពមិនប្រក្រតី ដែលមិនធានា ឲ្យដំណើរការ បោះឆ្នោត ជ្រើស តាំងតំណាងរាស្រ្ត នីតិកាល ទី៥ មានលក្ខណៈ ប្រកបដោយសេរី, ត្រឹមត្រូវ, និងយុត្តិធម៍, ដែលសន្និសីទនេះ បានធ្វើឡើង នៅទីស្នាក់ការ គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ ខណ្ឌទទួលគោក រាជធានីភ្នំពេញ។  ថ្លែងក្នុង សន្និសីទនេះ, លោក កឹម សុខា, ប្រធានស្តីទី គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ, បានមានប្រសាសន៏ ថា, ការបោះឆ្នោត មួយ ប្រកបដោយ ភាពសេរី, ត្រឹមត្រូវ, និងយុត្តិធម៍, គឺ គណបក្សនយោបាយ នីមួយៗ មានសិទ្ធិរៀបចំ វេទិកាសាធារណៈ ដោយមិនមាន ការរំខាន, ភាពស្មើគ្នា ក្នុងការផ្សព្វផ្សាយ, និងការមិនយក អំណាចរដ្ឋ ទៅគៀបសង្កត់គូរប្រកួត របស់ខ្លួន។  ប៉ុន្តែ បើ ពិនិត្យមើល ស្ថានភាព នយោបាយ បច្ចុប្បន្ន នៅកម្ពុជា, គឺ មានភាពផ្ទុយស្រឡះ។  ទន្ទឹមគ្នា នេះដែរ, គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ ក៏បានចេញ សេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍ ដោយលើកឡើង នូវសមាសភាព ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំ គ. ជ. ប., ថ្នាក់ជាតិ, និងថ្នាក់ខេត្ត, ដែលមហាជន យល់ឃើញថា, ជាមនុស្ស ដែលមិនអព្យាក្រិត, បញ្ហាបញ្ជីឈ្មោះ អ្នកបោះឆ្នោត មិនមានតម្លាភាព, ការប្រើប្រាស់ ប្រព័ន្ធផ្សព្វផ្សាយ មិនសមធម៍, ការបោះពុម្ពសន្លឹកឆ្នោត មានចំនួនច្រើន លើសលុប គួរឲ្យសង្ស័យ, ការរំខាន, និងការបំផ្លាញ ស្លាកសញ្ញា គណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ រាប់រយករណី។

Prime Minister [Hun Sen] Tells CPP to Sue Kem Sokha ហ៊ុន សែន ជាឆ្កែក្រពុលមុខខាំលោក កឹម សុខា មិនលែង

Keo Sophannary, who claims to be the estranged mistress of opposition leader Kem Sokha, speaks at Calmette hospital in Phnom Penh last week. Photograph: Hong Menea/Phnom Penh Post

By Neou Vannarin 

The Cambodia Daily

June 20, 2013

Prime Minister Hun Sen instructed senior CPP officials on Wednesday to begin legal action against Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha over his allegations that the ruling party has engaged in a campaign to disrupt the opposition’s election bid.

The lawsuit will be the fourth filed against Mr. Sokha in the lead-up to the July 28 national election, and will add to the opposition’s claims that the country’s politically subservient courts are being used to harass them ahead of the vote.

In what he said was likely his last unscripted speech before the start of the one-month election campaign period, Mr. Hun Sen also dared the CNRP to boycott the vote, and warned their rank-and-file members that they too would face the courts should they claim the ruling CPP is trying to disrupt their election bid.

“Please, [Khuon] Sodary and Say Chhum, seek legal action and file a lawsuit against him [Mr. Sokha] before the election,” Mr. Hun Sen said Wednesday, naming two senior CPP stalwarts, in a speech in Kandal province.

Say Chhum is the CPP’s vice president of the Senate, and Khuon Sodary is the CPP’s vice pres­ident of the National Assembly.

“You keep saying that the CPP staged it,” Mr. Hun Sen said, referring to the opposition’s claims that their meetings have been disrupted by CPP supporters and that the hand of the CPP can be seen in the three other lawsuits against Mr. Sokha.

“We will file a complaint to the court before the election,” Mr. Hun Sen said, adding that any other CNRP members who dared make the same claims would face the same fate.

“For anyone who is in that party, if you say that the CPP staged [these incidents], we will file a complaint and combine lawsuits including grandpa Chum Mey’s lawsuit and the mistress’ mother’s lawsuit,” Mr. Hun Sen said, without explaining how the two earlier suits against Mr. Sokha could be combined in a court of law.

Mr. Hun Sen also said that his actions were no different from former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s impeachment hearings over an affair he had with a White House intern.

He also took on unnamed NGOs who have been critical of his personal attacks against Mr. Sokha; the prime minister has leveled accusations of adultery and illegally purchasing sex from a 15-year-old girl against Mr. Sokha in the past week.

“Please, NGOs who always talk about the USA, but now say that Hun Sen and the CPP are talking about personal issues…. Do you remember the sex scandal of former U.S. President Bill Clinton? Because of a drop of semen on a woman’s skirt, Mr. Clinton was summoned to Congress for a hearing,” Mr. Hun Sen said.

As Chinese Tourists Flood In, Cambodia Plans China Towns [រដ្ឋាភិបាលខ្មែរគ្រោងបង្កើតទីក្រុងចិននៅភ្នំពេញ]

A man looks at Chinese Lunar New Year lanterns at a shop in Phnom Penh in February. Tourism officials are considering building a ‘Chinatown’ in the capital to attract more Chinese tourists. Photo by AFP

 

By Zsombor Peter and Phorn Bopha 

The Cambodia Daily 

June 20, 2013

Chinese characters could soon grace the signs of Phnom Penh’s major roads if the government gives the final go-ahead to a draft five-year plan to attract 1.3 million Chinese tourists to Cambodia by 2018.

The Tourism Ministry released the draft plan Wednesday at a seminar in Phnom Penh attended mostly by hospitality industry students and employees.

Besides the Chinese road signs, the 35-page plan proposes a beefed-up marketing campaign, more flights, additional Chinese-speaking tour guides and officially designated China Towns in Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville packed with Chinese temples, shops, hotels, restaurants and massage parlors.

With 334,000 arrivals in 2012, China ranked third behind Viet­nam and South Korea but grew faster year-on-year, at 35 percent, according to Tourism Ministry figures.

Speaking on the sidelines of the event, Tourism Minister Thong Khon said the pace at which Chinese tourist arrivals was growing could even see the country jump a spot in just a few more years.

“I think that maybe [by] 2015, maybe Chinese come to number two,” he said.

And besides their growing number, they also spend more, hence the plan. “Chinese spend more because the middle class is growing up now,” he said.

Mr. Khon said connecting the two countries with more flights would be key to hitting the 2018 target. “When we push our promotional activity to the Chinese market and we have more connectivity and we are ready [with] the quality products to welcome the Chinese tourists, we will have more Chinese tour­ists come to Cambodia,” he said.

The Royal Government of Cambodia Lost its legitimacy

In Attacking Kem Sokha, Hun Sen Implicates Himself [ហ៊ុន សែន បាចអង្កាមបញ្រ្ចស់ខ្យល់]

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានអួតក្អេងក្អាងថាលោកគឺជាអ្នកបញ្ជកុំឲ្យប៉ូលិសចាប់ខ្លួនលោក កឹម សុខា នៅពេលដែលមានការចោតប្រកាន់ថាលោ កឹម សុខា កំពុងទិញពេស្យាចារកុមារអាយុ ១៥ឆ្នាំម្នាក់។ ការធ្វើដូច្នេះបានន័យថាលោ ហ៊ុន សែន បានជ្រៀតជ្រែកក្នុងកិច្ចការប៉ូលិសនិងកិច្ចការតុលាការដែលត្រូវតែកាត់ទោសតាមច្បាប់។ នេះបានន័យថា ហ៊ុន សែន បាចអង្កាមបញ្រ្ចស់ខ្យល់! ក៏ប៉ុន្តែអ្វីដែលសំខាន់បំផុតនោះគឺថាគ្មានអ្នកណា ជឿការចោតប្រកាន់ទៅលើលោក កឹម សុខា ទេដោយសារ តែវាគ្មានភស្តុតាង។

By Zsombor Peter and Neou Vannarin 

The Cambodia Daily

June 19, 2013

When Prime Minister Hun Sen (pictured) last week accused his main rival in the forthcoming national election of paying a 15-year-old girl for sex, it was more than a sensational allegation. It was also an admission of serious criminal wrongdoing.

And as damning as the allegations are against Kem Sokha, Mr. Hun Sen’s claim that he helped the opposition leader escape the law is nothing short of a self-incriminating confession to aiding in the alleged crime, and further promotion of the rule of impunity in Cambodia, legal experts say.

–News Analysis

“It is a crime to interfere with the administration of justice,” said Michael Karnavas, a defense attorney at the hybrid Khmer Rouge tribunal. “In this instance, there are a host of issues that could lead to a host of charges.”

Mr. Hun Sen leveled the accusation against Mr. Sokha, the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) acting president, on Thursday, claiming that police had come to him one day in 2011 with urgent news that the opposition leader had just paid $500 for a teenage virgin and was en route to a hotel to consummate the transaction.

The prime minister then claimed that he called off the police officers investigating the case for fear of being accused that he was interfering in Mr. Sokha’s personal affairs, and that he had also tipped off Mr. Sokha so that he could make his escape.

“We should have arrested him in the bed,” Mr. Hun Sen said in his speech broadcast on national TV and radio last week.

“But not only did I not authorize his arrest, I also sent other agents to go to Micasa Hotel without notifying authorities. It was like signaling to him that the authorities knew, and he escaped,” Mr. Hun Sen said.

Gov’t posts racy audio from Sokha’s ‘mistress’ [ចុះរឿង ហ៊ុន សែន និង ប៊ុន រ៉ានី សម្លាប់ស្រីកំណាន់របស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន គឺនាង ពិសិទ្ធិ ពិលីកា នោះយ៉ាងណាដែរ?]

Hun Sen and his mistress, actress Pisith Pilika, who was assassinated in 1999, presumably ordered by Hun Sen's wife, Bun Rany. 

Last Updated on 19 June 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Stuart White and Vong Sokheng
 

The government’s Press and Quick Reaction Unit yesterday posted on its website a salacious and possibly slanderous interview with Keo Sophannary – the woman purporting to be the estranged mistress of opposition leader Kem Sokha.

In an audio clip of the interview, Sophannary can be heard holding forth on topics that run the gamut from sexual gossip to the overtly political.

The audio was recorded during a sitdown with Sathya Rak, a presenter for Bayon Television – a station run by the daughter of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Over the course of the conversation, Sophannary went through the chronology of her alleged affair with Sokha – the existence of which the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party has repeatedly and forcefully denied.

Detailing purported sexual encounters, she went as far as discussing the former Human Rights Party leader’s sexual relationship with his wife, while also claiming that Sokha had given her money for, among other things, a small shoe store she wanted to open.

Sophannary concluded the interview with a highly specific, policy-based admonishment to voters.

“I would like to appeal to [voters], don’t believe the cruel Kem Sokha – he cannot support his children and wife. Don’t believe it when he promises to pay $150 as a salary per month,” she said, referring to the CNRP’s proposed minimum wage for civil servants.

Hun Sen orrders local authorities to crack down on protests by garment workers នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ណែនាំ​អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន​ចុះ​អន្តរាគមន៍​កម្មករ​បាតុកម្ម

សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល និង​សហជីព​ក្នុង​វិស័យ​កាត់​ដេរ បាន​សង្កេត​ឃើញ​ថា នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ នេះ កម្មករ​វិស័យ​កាត់​ដេរ​សម្លៀកបំពាក់ និង​ស្បែក​ជើង បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​តវ៉ា​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ឈ្នួល និង​ទាមទារ​លក្ខខណ្ឌ​ការងារ​ល្អ​ទៅ​ថៅកែ​រោងចក្រ​មាន​ការ​កើន​ឡើង​ជាង​ឆ្នាំ ​មុន។

ដោយ ខែ សុណង RFA
2013-06-19

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

កម្មករ​រោងចក្រ​ស្បែក​ជើង​មែកណេតធ៍ ហ៊្វូតវែរ (Magnate Foot Wear) សាខា​ទី១ ធ្វើ​កូដកម្ម​បិទ​ផ្លូវ នា​ស្រុក​កណ្ដាល​ស្ទឹង ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២២ ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។

RFA/Ouk Savborey 

ការ​តវ៉ា​របស់​កម្មករ​នេះ​ទៀត​សោត ក្រៅ​ពី​កូដកម្ម​មិន​ចូល​ធ្វើ​ការ​នោះ ពួក​គាត់​បាន​ឈាន​ទៅ​ដល់​ការ​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​បិទ​ផ្លូវ​ទៀត​ផង។ ទាក់ទង​ករណី​នេះ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បាន​ណែនាំ​ទៅ​អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន​គ្រប់​ជាន់​ថ្នាក់ ឲ្យ​ចាត់​វិធាន​ការ និង​ចុះ​អន្តរាគមន៍​ជា​បន្ទាន់​ដើម្បី​ទប់ស្កាត់។
លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ការពារ​រោងចក្រ សហគ្រាស ដែល​មាន​ទីតាំង​ក្នុង​មូលដ្ឋាន​របស់​ខ្លួន ជៀសវាង​នូវ​ការ​ធ្វើ​កូដកម្ម បាតុកម្ម ដែល​អាច​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​ការ​វិនិយោគ។ លោក​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា ការ​វិនិយោគ​លើ​វិស័យ​កាត់​ដេរ គឺ​ជា​ឆ្នាំង​បាយ​របស់​កម្មករ។
ថ្លែង​នៅ​ក្នុង​ពិធី​សម្ពោធ​វិទ្យាល័យ​នៅ​ស្រុក​អង្គស្នួល ខេត្ត​កណ្ដាល ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៩ មិថុនា លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​លើក​សរសើរ​ពី​ផល​ចំណេញ​មក​ដល់​ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​បាន​មក​ពី​ការ​វិនិយោគ​របស់​ បរទេស និង​អ្នក​វិនិយោគ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក ដែល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​ទំហំ​នៃ​ការ​នាំ​ចេញ​កំពុង​មាន​កំណើន​នោះ។ ទន្ទឹម​នឹង​គ្នា​នេះ លោក​បាន​ណែនាំ​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​អាជ្ញាធរ​មូលដ្ឋាន ចុះ​អន្តរាគមន៍​ជា​បន្ទាន់ ដែល​លោក​បាន​ថ្លែង​ចំ​ទៅ​លើ​មន្ត្រី​អាជ្ញាធរ​ស្រុក​អង្គស្នួល ដែល​តំបន់​នោះ​សម្បូរ​ទៅ​ដោយ​រោងចក្រ​សហគ្រាស។
ប៉ុន្តែ​ទោះ​យ៉ាង​ណា លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា ការ​និយាយ​បែប​នេះ​មិន​បាន​សំដៅ​ឲ្យ​ភាគី​រោងចក្រ​ធ្វើ​ការ​គាប​សង្កត់​ កម្មករ​នោះ​ទេ។

Interior Ministry will take action against people who destroy sign boards of the opposition CNRP in Prey Veng and Svay Rieng provinces ក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ នឹងចាត់វិធានការ តាមចាប់ជនល្មើស ដែលលួចបំផ្លាញ ស្លាកគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ ក្នុងខេត្តព្រៃវែង និងខេត្តស្វាយរៀង

Wednesday, 19 June 2013 ដោយៈ ដើមអម្ពិល(DAP)ID-067

Sam Rainsy: Cambodia needs a prime minister who is an econmoist សម រង្ស៊ីៈ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាចាំបាច់ត្រូវតែមាននាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ដែលយល់អំពីចរន្តសេដ្ឋកិច្ច

“អតិផរណាហក់ឡើងស្ទើររាល់ថ្ងៃដោយគ្មានការទប់ស្កាត់។ តម្លៃទំនិញសព្វសារពើលើទីផ្សារ ចាប់តាំងពីអគ្គិសនីរហូតដល់អាហារជាមូលដ្ឋាន (ដូចជាអង្ករ បន្លែ ត្រី សាច់ជាដើម) ឡើងថ្លៃឥតឈប់ឈរ តែប្រាក់ចំណូលរបស់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរវិញ ស្ទុះឡើងមិនដែលទាន់ទំនិញសោះ។ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាយើងចាំបាច់ត្រូវតែមាននាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រីមួយរូប ដែលយល់អំពីចរន្តសេដ្ឋកិច្ច។” អនុសាសន៍ទាំងនេះត្រូវបានផ្សព្វផ្សាយលើទំព័របណ្តាញសង្គម (Facebook) ផ្លូវការរបស់លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ប្រធានគណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិ។

លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានបន្ថែមថា លោកជឿថា បទពិសោធន៍របស់លោក ជាអតីតរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីក្រសួងសេដ្ឋកិច្ច និងហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ ដែលធ្លាប់បានបញ្ចុះតម្លៃទំនិញ និងតម្លើងប្រាក់ខែជូនមន្ត្រីរាជការកាលពីអាណត្តិទី១ បូកផ្សំជាមួយចំណេះដឹង និងជំនាញរបស់លោក លើវិស័យសេដ្ឋកិច្ចបានមកពីការសិក្សា និងធ្វើការក្នុងប្រព័ន្ធហិរញ្ញវត្ថុនៅប្រទេសបារាំង, ទាំងអស់នេះនឹងផ្តល់សមត្ថភាពគ្រប់គ្រាន់ឲ្យរូបលោក អាចដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាជីវភាពរស់នៅ របស់ប្រជារាស្ត្រខ្មែរ នៅពេលនេះបាន ៕

People accused officials from the ruling party of threatening opposition officials មន្ត្រី​បក្ស​ប្រជាជន​រង​ការ​ចោទ​ថា​គំរាម​មន្ត្រី​បក្ស​ផ្សេង​នៅ​ខេត្ត​តាកែវ

នៅ​រៀង​រាល់​មុន​ការ​បោះឆ្នោត មន្ត្រី​ខ្លះ​តែង​តែ​តវ៉ា​ថា មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច​តែង​តែ​ប្រើ​ឥទ្ធិពល​របស់​ខ្លួន​គំរាម​ទៅ​លើ​ អ្នក​គាំទ្រ​គណបក្ស​ដែល​ជា​ដៃគូ​ប្រកួត។ មន្ត្រី​ទាំង​នោះ​បាន​កៀរគរ​ដោយ​វិធី​បញ្ចុះបញ្ចូល​សន្យា​ផ្តល់​លុយ ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​គេ​ចូល​ជាមួយ​គណបក្ស​ខ្លួន ឬ​ឲ្យ​បោះបង់​តំណែង​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ ឬ​ឈប់​ចូលរួម​បោះឆ្នោត​ជាដើម។

ដោយ អ៊ុក សាវបូរី RFA
2013-06-18

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

ជាក់ស្តែង​នៅ​ក្នុង​ឃុំ​អង្គរបុរី ស្រុក​អង្គរបុរី ខេត្ត​តាកែវ មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ប្រចាំ​ឃុំ បាន​គំរាម​បេក្ខជន​មេ​ភូមិ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ។

បេក្ខជន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ មួយ​រូប អះអាង​ថា មន្ត្រី​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា នៅ​ឃុំ​អង្គរបុរី ស្រុក​អង្គរបុរី ខេត្ត​តាកែវ គំរាម​គាត់​ថា បើ​នៅ​បន្ត​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជាមួយ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ នឹង​មាន​បញ្ហា​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​មុខ។

លោក ហឹម ហាក់ បេក្ខជន​មេ​ភូមិ​សាមគ្គី របស់​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ថ្លែង​ថា លោក ហ៊ន វី ជា​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​ប្រជាជន​កម្ពុជា ឃុំ​អង្គរបុរី ប្រាប់​គាត់​ឲ្យ​យក​ប្រាក់ ៥០០​ដុល្លារ ហើយ​ឈប់​ធ្វើ​ការ​ជាមួយ​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ។ លោក​អះអាង​ថា លោក ហ៊ន វី បាន​ប្រើ​ពាក្យ​នេះ​មក​លើ​គាត់ កាល​ពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១៨ ខែ​មិថុនា ថា​នឹង​មាន​បញ្ហា បើ​គាត់​បន្ត​ឈរ​ឈ្មោះ​បេក្ខជន​ភូមិ។

លោក ហឹម ហាក់៖ «ដំណាក់​កាល​ជិត​បោះឆ្នោត​ហ្នឹង ខ្ញុំ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ក្នុង​ចិត្ត​ដែរ ព្រោះ​បញ្ហា​ខ្ញុំ​ហ្នឹង ទើប​អាណត្តិ​ហ្នឹង​ដែល គេ​ចង់​ល​ខ្ញុំ​តាំង​ពី​អាណត្តិ​មុន​នោះ តែ​អត់​មាន​បញ្ហា​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ដូច​ឥឡូវ​ទេ។ បើ​សិន​ជា​យើង​មិន​ចូល​ទៅ​គេ ច្បាស់​ជា​ថ្ងៃ​ក្រោយ​មាន​គ្រោះថ្នាក់​អី​អា​ហ្នឹង​មិន​ដឹង​ទេ ព្រោះ​គេ​បោះ​សម្ដី​មក​ល្ងាច​មិញ សម្ដី​ហ្នឹង​វា​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​ណាស់ អីចឹង​ហើយ​បាន​ជា​គេ​ទិញ​ខ្ញុំ​អត់​បាន។ ដល់​ទី​ចុង​បំផុត គេ​គំរាម បើ​សិន​ថា បើ​ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ព្រម​ចូល​ទេ ថ្ងៃ​ក្រោយ​មាន​បញ្ហា​ដល់​ខ្លួន​ខ្ញុំ»។

ឆ្លើយ​តប​នឹង​ការ​ចោទ​នោះ លោក ហ៊ន វី ថ្លែង​ថា គាត់​និយាយ​លេង​ជាមួយ​បង​ប្អូន​ជីដូន​មួយ​នៅ​ពេល​ផឹក​ស្រា​ជាមួយ​គ្នា។ គាត់​មិន​បាន​គំរាម​កំហែង ឬ​អូស​ទាញ​លោក ហឹម ហាក់ នោះ​ទេ៖ «អត់​ទេ មិន​មែន​ជា​ការ​ពិត​ទេ អា​នោះ​កុំ​ខ្លាច​ខ្ញុំ​គំរាម ធ្វើ​បាប​ធ្វើ​អី​នោះ គ្មាន​ទេ​វា​សុទ្ធ​តែ​គ្នា​យើង ហើយ​បែក​គ្នា​ទៅ​វិញ​ទៅ​មក»។

Cambodia PM says garment firms may quit over wage rows

Published June 19, 2013

AFP

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  Cambodian garment factory workers sit as they block a street during a protest in front of a factory in Phnom Penh on June 19, 2013. Cambodia's strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned garment workers that protests demanding higher wages could push manufacturers to quit the country. (AFP)

PHNOM PENH (AFP) –  Cambodia's strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday warned garment workers that protests demanding higher wages could push manufacturers to quit the country.

His appeal came after unions last week said hundreds of workers had been fired from a factory making sportswear for US giant Nike after a series of pay protests.

Cambodian workers have repeatedly demonstrated against low wages and tough conditions in the multibillion-dollar textile industry, which produces goods for top western brands.

Currently workers can earn around $110 a month with overtime.

Hun Sen said repeated protests may imperil the country's lucrative garment industry by persuading firms to relocate to Myanmar, Laos and India where labour is cheaper.

"If the investors move out, it will be a big disaster for our country," Hun Sen said in a speech broadcast on national radio.

"It is easy for garment and footwear factories to flee the country," he said, warning workers to be "cautious over high pay demands".

The premier said some $480 million was paid to workers across the country each month.

The textile industry, which employs about 650,000 people and produces clothes for top western brands, is a key source of foreign income for the country.

Hundreds of workers on Wednesday briefly blocked the road outside a factory in the capital Phnom Penh making clothes for Swedish clothes firm H&M protesting over healthcare payment, according to an AFP photographer.

Sam Rainsy addressing the Degar crowd on April 14 in Greensboro, NC

The CNRP will hold press conference on 20th June ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំគណបក្សសង្រ្គោះជាតិនឹងរៀបចំសន្និសីទសារព័ត៌មាន នៅថ្ងៃទី២០ ខែមិថុនា ឆ្នាំ២០១៣

As Elections Near, Cambodia’s Democracy Stumbles

By Colin Meyn 

The Diplomat

Western donors face a conundrum as Hun Sen continues to ignore calls for fair elections.

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Less than six weeks before national elections are set to be held in Cambodia, there are officially no opposition parliamentarians—they were summarily stripped of their membership by a 12-member committee made up entirely of representatives of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) earlier this month for alleged infractions of internal rules. You are also unlikely to see any of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party’s candidates for National Assembly on TV, as the state and CPP-friendly media owners have decided to allot only 30 minutes a day on one television station to non-ruling parties.

In his daily speeches broadcast across the nation on radio and television, Prime Minister Hun Sen has made sport of lobbing pot shots at the opposition party and its leaders while his CPP has refused to take part in debates and public forums prior to elections. In the provinces, CNRP organizers have complained of systematic disruptions of opposition campaign stops and destruction of their campaign signs.

The list of potential problems with Cambodia’s upcoming elections doesn’t end there. More than a million eligible voters will not be able to cast their ballot because their names do not appear on official voter roles, while about a million “ghost voters” – people who don’t actually exist – remain on the lists, according to research from U.S. nonprofit National Democratic Institute.

CNRP President Sam Rainsy faces an 11-year jail sentence if he returns to the country and the party’s acting president, Kem Sokha, has recently been threatened with lawsuits and legal action for allegedly denying Khmer Rouge atrocities and for supposedly paying for sex with a 15-year-old girl, a charge made by Hun Sen in one of his speeches last week. The country’s election commission is stacked with members of the ruling party and refuses to heed calls for reform. Hun Sen’s government is determined to hold elections on July 28, but democracy in Cambodia seems to be falling apart.

The UN’s special rapporteur for human rights in Cambodia, Surya Subedi, has warned that, without reforms, the coming elections will not meet international standards of legitimacy. “There are major flaws in the administration of elections in Cambodia and urgent and longer-term reforms are needed to give Cambodians confidence in the electoral process and in the workings of the National Election Committee,” Subedi said in a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva last year.

Cambodian Opposition Threatens to Reject Election Results

Kem Sokha (C) waves during a demonstration along a street in Phnom Penh on May 20, 2013.

AFP  Radio Free Asia

 

Leaders of Cambodia’s main opposition group said Tuesday that they will reject the results of upcoming national elections if the ruling party, which is widely expected to win, continues to disrupt campaigning activities of opposition party members.

Nhem Ponharith, spokesman for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) opposition coalition, told RFA’s Khmer Service that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) was causing repeated “disturbances” that were hindering his party’s campaign to compete for votes.

“Political disturbances, including preventing us from disseminating information about the CNRP’s platform, and provoking all kinds of additional problems will not allow us to have a free campaign,” he said, adding that his party would not recognize the July 28 election results if the harassment did not stop.

The CNRP also released a statement Tuesday acknowledging that the party will participate in the upcoming election, but calling for a “free and fair election and an independent National Election Commission (NEC).”

Late last year, Surya Subedi, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, said the NEC lacks independent and autonomous status in the constitutional and legal structure of Cambodia, as well as its own independent budget allocated by the National Assembly, or parliament.

Ex-Khmer Rouge soldiers in Kep accused their commanders of grabbing their land អតីត​គ្រួសារ​កង​ទ័ព​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ចោទ​មេ​បញ្ជាការ​យោធា​ម្នាក់​រំលោភ​យក​ដី

Wednesday, 19 June 2013
ផាក់ ស៊ាងលី  

កែបៈ ពលរដ្ឋ​ខេត្ត​កែប ២៦ គ្រួសារ ដែល​ជា​អតីត​គ្រួសារ​កង​ទ័ព​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​មេ​បញ្ជាការ​យោធា ថា​ បាន​ប្រើ​កម្លាំង​ប្រដាប់​អាវុធ​​ទន្រ្ទាន​កាន់​កាប់​និង​លួច​លក់​ដី​ពួក​ គាត់​ដែល​រដ្ឋ​ចែក​ឲ្យ​ជាង ៥០ ហិកតា​នៅ​ក្នុង​ភូមិ​ត្រពាំង​ព្រីង​ខាង​ជើង ឃុំ​ត្រពាំង​ព្រីង ស្រុក​ទឹក​ឈូ​ ខេត្ត​កំពត។

ពលរដ្ឋ​បួន​នាក់​តំណាង​ឲ្យ ២៦ គ្រួសារ​បាន​ធ្វើ​ដំណើរ​មក​កាន់​ការិយា​ល័យ​កាសែត​ភ្នំពេញ​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​នៅ​ ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ពុធនេះ ហើយ​បាន​ប្រគល់​ឯកសារ​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធ និង​បាន​រៀប​រាប់​ប្រាប់​ពី​ហេតុការណ៍​រំលោភ​យក​ដី​ពួក​គាត់​ដោយ​ខុស​ច្បាប់ និង​ហិង្សា។

លោក ឃុត ឃាន អាយុ ៤៨ ឆ្នាំ ជា​តំណាង​ម្នាក់​ក្នុង​ចំណោម ៤ នាក់​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា​ ពួកគាត់ ៣១០​គ្រួសារ​ជា​អតីត​គ្រួសារ​កង​ទ័ព​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ដែល​បាន​ធ្វើ​សមាហរណកម្ម​ រួម​រស់​ជាមួយ​នឹង​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​តប​តាម​ការ​អំពាវនាវ​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​ មន្រ្តី​ហ៊ុន សែន កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៤។ បន្ទាប់​រដ្ឋ​បាន​បែង​ចែក​ដី​ឲ្យ​ពួក​គាត់​ ១ ពាន់​ហិកតា​សម្រាប់​រស់​នៅ និង​បង្ក​បង្កើន​ផល ដោយ​មាន​លិខិត​ស្នាម​ទទួល​ស្គាល់​ពី​អាជ្ញាធរ និង​សុរិយោ​ដី​ស្រុក​ទឹក​ឈូ​ត្រឹម​ត្រូវ​តាម​ច្បាប់។

សូមរង់ចាំអានព័ត៌មានពិស្តារក្នុងកាសែតភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍

Gov’t sees 7.5 million tourists a year by 2020

Last Updated on 19 June 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Rann Reuy

Local and international tourist visited Angkor Wat. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh Post

Tourism officials have revised upwards their forecast for foreign tourist arrivals from 7 to 7.5 million per year by 2020.

The estimate was released yesterday during a presentation to the delegates of UNESCO at the Ministry of Tourism by Cambodian Tourism Minister Thong Khon.

Khon told the Post the ministry arrived at the new figures in April, when foreign tourists had already reached 1.5 million for this year.

“Before we thought we would receive only 3.8 million this year, but now we expect 4.2 million for this year,” he said.

According to Khon, the government had implemented strategies to make visitors stay longer. He cited an example of changes to a weekly ticket to visit the Angkor complex, whereby visitors were no longer restricted to fixed dates but could return to the complex with the ticket throughout their entire stay in Cambodia.

Khon said that upheaval in the Middle East region also meant that tourists were turning to Asia as a holiday destination.

Australia pledges another $A3.25 mln to Khmer Rouge tribunal

Khmer Rouge Tribunal
 

PHNOM PENH (Cambodia Herald) -- The Khmer Rouge tribunal said Wednesday that Australia had pledged another $A3.25 million to the international side of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

"The ECCC hearings play a vital role in delivering justice for the Cambodian people, who endured unspeakable suffering at the hands of the Khmer Rouge," Foreign Minister Bob Carr was quoted as saying.

A statement said Carr announced the new pledge on Tuesday and that Australia’s total financial assistance to the tribunal would reach AU$ 23 million. "Having supported the court since its inception, Australia is the second largest international donor to the ECCC," it said.

Thousands block National Road Two កម្មករ​រោងចក្រ​អឹមវ៉េ​ជាង​៣ពាន់​នាក់​ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​បិទ​ផ្លូវ

Thousands of workers from the Macau-owned M & V International Manufacturing Ltd on Wednesday blocked National Road Two to demand better working conditions.

Thousands of workers from the Macau-owned M & V International Manufacturing Ltd on Wednesday blocked National Road Two to demand better working conditions. 

PHNOM PENH (The Cambodia Herald) -- Thousands of workers from the Macau-owned M & V International Manufacturing Ltd on Wednesday blocked National Road Two to demand better working conditions.

They used their bicycles and motorcycles to completely block the traffic.

The protestors have 11 lists of demands including bonuses of 4,000 riel ($1) for food, $3 for holiday pay, and $12 for transportation as well as other benefits.

They also demanded the factory provide a proper eating facility, and parking lot where they could park their bicycles and motorcycles, also they would like management to discipline its staff members who are caught abusing workers rights.

M & V International Manufacturing, located in the commune of Chak Angre Krom, Meanchey district, employs around 6,000 workers and manufactures sweaters.

ដោយ ឡេង ម៉ាលី RFA
2013-06-19

កម្មករ​រោងចក្រ​កាត់ដេរ​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់ អឹមវ៉េ (M&V) ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​ផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​លេខ​២ នៅ​សង្កាត់​ចាក់អង្រែក្រោម ខណ្ឌ​មានជ័យ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៩ មិថុនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។

RFA/Leng Maly

កម្មករ​រោងចក្រ​កាត់ដេរ​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់ អឹម.វ៉េ (M&V)  ប្រមាណ​ជាង ៣.០០០​នាក់ ធ្វើ​បាតុកម្ម​​បិទ​ផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​លេខ​២ នៅ​សង្កាត់​ចាក់អង្រែក្រោម ខណ្ឌ​មានជ័យ ទាមទារ​លក្ខខណ្ឌ​ការងារ​ល្អ​ប្រសើរ ១១​ចំណុច ចាប់​ពី​ម៉ោង ៧​ព្រឹក ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៩ មិថុនា។

Cambodia unveils strategy to attract Chinese tourists

PHNOM PENH, June 19, 2013 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's Ministry of Tourism on Wednesday finalized its 5-year strategic plan to attract at least 1.3 million Chinese visitors by 2018.
Speaking at a seminar on Cambodia tourism marketing strategy targeting China, So Visothy, director of the Tourism Ministry's Marketing and Promotion Department, said that currently China is the third largest tourist arrival group to Cambodia.
The country greeted 333,890 Chinese visitors in 2012, up 35 percent year-on-year, and during the first four months of this year, some 174,150 Chinese visited Cambodia, up 55 percent compared with the same period last year.
"We see China as a huge market for Cambodian tourism," he said. "Under the strategy, we target 600,000 Chinese tourists in 2015 and 1.3 million in 2018."
To reach the goal, Cambodia would continue broadening promotion of Cambodian tourism destinations to China and encouraging more direct flight connection between the two countries, he said.
According to the strategic plan, the country would prepare entry-exit application forms and announcements at airports in Chinese language, write signs on main roads in Chinese language, study to establish China Town and train more Chinese speaking tour guides.
Tourism Minister Thong Khon said at the seminar that it was important to encourage owners of hotels, restaurants and tourism resorts to use three languages--Khmer, English and Chinese--on billboards, or promotional leaflets or brochures.
"Chinese are rich now, more and more Chinese visit abroad," he said. "Cambodia and China have had very good diplomatic tie. With this good tie, it will be easy for us to attract more Chinese to Cambodia."
At the seminar, there was also a presentation about trends and hobbies of Chinese tourists by Dr. Li Chuangxin, representative of ASEAN-China Center and professor of International Tourism Research Institute of China Tourism Academy.

Cambodia: Court Upholds Unjust Verdict

Land Rights Activist Deserves Release in Case Showing Political Interference 

June 18, 2013
Human Rights Watch 

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Police officers block Boeung Kak Lake residents during a protest appealing for the release of Yorm Bopha, along a street in Phnom Penh on June 17, 2013.

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Yorm Bopha is behind bars because she opposed a crony deal to evict thousands of people from prime land in Phnom Penh. Reducing the sentences of people wrongly convicted is simply a ploy to take the heat off the government and make its conduct appear reasonable.

Brad Adams, Asia director

(New York) – A Cambodian court’s ruling upholding the conviction of a land rights activist on trumped-up charges shows the political use of the country’s legal system to persecute critics of the government, Human Rights Watch said today.

On June 14, 2013, the Court of Appeals in Phnom Penh affirmed a guilty verdict on charges of aggravated assault against Yorm Bopha, while reducing her three-year sentence by one year. Bopha was prosecuted for exercising her right to free expression and called for her immediate and unconditional release.

“Yorm Bopha is behind bars because she opposed a crony deal to evict thousands of people from prime land in Phnom Penh,” said Brad Adams, Asia director. “Reducing the sentences of people wrongly convicted is simply a ploy to take the heat off the government and make its conduct appear reasonable.”

Yorm Bopha, 29, is one of the leaders of long-term protests against illegal evictions of residents of the Boeng Kak area of Phnom Penh by a Chinese company and a local firm closely linked to Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen. This and other similar protests are a popular response to land concessions granted by the government to well-connected domestic and foreign companies, adversely affecting an estimated 700,000 Cambodians. Possession of land is frequently achieved through forced evictions and evictions without just compensation, carried out with the help of government security forces and the courts.

Petition Circulating To Have Lawmakers Returned to Assembly

19.06.2013  

by Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer

  

A guard walks past the main gate of Cambodia's National Assembly building in Phnom Penh on June 7, 2013. AfP

PHNOM PENH - Opposition lawmakers have begun to collect support in a petition to have 29 lawmakers returned to the National Assembly, after their expulsion earlier this month.

Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the Cambodia National Rescue Party, said they had collected some 7,000 thumbprints—the equivalent of signatures—from Phnom Penh and nearby Kampong Speu province. They expect to collet 20,000, he said.

The expelled lawmakers, from the Sam Rainsy and Human Rights parties, were ejected from the Assembly after declaring membership in the Rescue Party, a coalition opposition established to compete in the July national elections. Their supporters say lawmakers cannot be expelled from their seats within six months of the end of their term, in this case the July 28 polls.

Yim Sovann said if the petition is ignored, the opposition will call for a “huge demonstration.”

Chheang Vun, a lawmaker for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, said there is no law that requires reinstatement of National Assembly members because of a petition. He called the move an effort to create “confusion” in the Assembly. He has said in the past the lawmakers forfeited their seats by registering for a new party.

CCHR and Article 19 Release a Joint Report on the Security Situation of Cambodian Human Rights Defenders

For Immediate Release – 19 June 2013

Cambodia:  Report finds marked deterioration in human rights

Phnom Penh, 19.06.2013: Human rights defenders in Cambodia are less safe than they were a year ago according to a report published today by ARTICLE 19 and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR). The risk assessment survey shows the security situation in the country deteriorated significantly in 2012 as the government crackdown on fundamental human rights has intensified ahead of the elections in July. The report highlights in particular, increasing attacks on freedom of expression and freedom of association.

ARTICLE 19 and CCHR demand that the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) immediately stop persecuting human rights defenders (HRDs) and take concrete measures to actively promote and protect the basic human rights in the country.

“Repeatedly we have seen that people who stand up and speak out about injustices and violations are either beaten or locked up. The human rights situation in Cambodia is dire and getting worse” said Agnes Callamard, ARTICLE 19’s Executive Director. 

The RGC frequently employs hardline intimidation tactics to silencing criticism, including physical violence, arresting people without charge and waging campaigns of legal and judicial harassment. These efforts are particularly directed towards people that are defending land and housing rights, trade unionists, members of opposition political groups, human rights lawyers, journalists, and the local NGO community.

“The government has a very low tolerance for criticism – and as a result, Cambodian human rights defenders are continually targeted by the authorities,” said OU Virak, CCHR’s President. “We all need to increase our efforts to stand behind Cambodian human rights defenders and provide support to these men and women who continue to speak out despite the considerable risk involved,” he added.

India delivers indelible ink for Cambodian polls

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 19, 2013, 
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Phnom Penh: Some 40,000 bottles of indelible ink, donated by the Indian government, were delivered to Cambodia's National Election Committee (NEC) Wednesday for use in general elections July 28.

The poll panel accepted the ink from Indian Ambassador to Cambodia Dinesh K. Patnaik. NEC's chairman Im Suosdey said the ink cost $877,800, and each bottle contains 70 cc, reported Xinhua.

"The Indian government always pays close attention and support for electoral process in Cambodia," Im Suosdey said. "The donation shows more constant solidarity, friendship and cooperation between Cambodia and India."

The indelible ink will be used to mark voters' fingers and it cannot be washed off for 7 to 15 days.

Cambodia is scheduled to hold a general elections for the 123-seat parliament July 28, he said, adding that over 9 million Cambodians are eligible to cast their ballots.

Eight political parties will run in the elections. Three major parties among the registered parties are the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party led by self-exiled leader Sam Rainsy, and the royalist Funcinpec Party headed by Princess Norodom Arun Rasmey, the youngest daughter of the late king Norodom Sihanouk.

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Tuesday, 18 June 2013 
ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
ដោយ មាស សុខជា

លោក​រ៉ុង ឈុន​លើក​បង្ហាញ​សៀវ​ភៅ​ភូមិ​វិទ្យា​​បោះ​ពុម្ព​នៅ​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៥​​។ រូបថត សហ​ការី

ភ្នំពេញៈ ដោយ​លើក​បង្ហាញ​ក្រុម​អ្នក​កាសែត នូវ​សៀវភៅ​ភូមិវិទ្យា​ថ្នាក់​ទី៧ ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​បោះពុម្ព​ដោយ​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៥ មាន​ចំណុច​មួយ​និយាយ​ពី​ឈ្មោះ​កោះ​ត្រល់ តំណាង​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​កម្ពុជា លោក​រ៉ុង ឈុន​បាន​អះអាង​ថា កោះ​ត្រល់​អាច​បាត់​ទៅ​វៀតណាម នៅ​ក្រោយ​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៨០​មិន​មែន​បាត់​តាំង​ពី​យូរ​លង់​មក​ហើយ​នោះ​ទេ​ហើយ​ថា កម្ពុជា​នៅ​មាន​សិទ្ធិ ក្នុង​ការ​ប្តឹង​ទាមទារ​កោះ​ដែល​មាន​ទំហំ​ជិត​ប៉ុន​ប្រទេស​សិង្ហបុរី នេះ​មក​វិញ។

នៅ​ក្នុង​សន្និសីទ​កាសែត​នៅ​ការិយាល័យ​ក្រុម​ប្រឹក្សា​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​កម្ពុជា សកម្មជន​ព្រំដែន លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន បាន​ប្រាប់​អ្នក​កាសែត​ដោយ​អះអាង​ថា កោះ​ត្រល់​របស់​កម្ពុជា​អាច​ត្រូវ​បាន​បាត់​ទៅ​វៀតណាម ក្នុង​របប​របស់​លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន ក្រោម​អាណានិគម​របស់​វៀតណាម​។ ដោយ​បង្ហាញ​នូវ​សៀវភៅ​ភូមិវិទ្យា ថ្នាក់​ទី៧ ដែល​បាន​បោះពុម្ព​សម្រាប់​កម្មវិធី​សិក្សា​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨៥​ដោយ​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ ក្នុង​របប​សាធារណ​រដ្ឋ​ប្រជាមានិត​កម្ពុជា របស់​លោក ហ៊ុន សែន លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន បាន​អះអាង​ថា កោះ​ត្រល់ ត្រូវ​បាន​បាត់​ទៅ​វៀតណាម នៅ​ចន្លោះ​ពី​ទសវត្សរ៍​ឆ្នាំ ១៩៨០ ដល់​ឆ្នាំ ២០១០ បន្ទាប់​ពី​លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​ចុះ​សន្ធិសញ្ញា​ព្រំដែន​បំពេញ​បន្ថែម​ដ៏​ចម្រូង​ចម្រាស​ក្នុង​ឆ្នាំ ២០០៥ ក្នុង​ការ​កំណត់​ខណ្ឌសីមា​ព្រំដែន​ជាមួយ​ប្រទេស​ជិត​ខាង។ លោក​បន្ត​ថា លោក​បាន​ផ្ញើ​លិខិត​មួយ​ច្បាប់​ទៅ​លោក ហ៊ុន សែន កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ម្សិលមិញ ដោយ​សុំ​មិន​ឲ្យ​និយាយ​ថា កម្ពុជា​មិន​អាច​ទាមទារ​ទឹក​ដី​ដែល​បាត់​នោះ​ត្រឡប់​មក​វិញ​បាន​នោះ​ទេ ហើយ​បាន​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​របស់​លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ប្តឹង​ទាមទារ​យក​កោះ​ត្រល់​ពី​វៀតណាម​មក​វិញ។

លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន បាន​ថ្លែង​បន្ត​ទៀត​ថា​៖ «តាម​ពិត​កោះ​ត្រល់​នេះ​ទើប​តែ​បាត់​បង់​ថ្មីៗ បន្ទាប់​ពី​ការ​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​លើ​សន្ធិសញ្ញា​បំពេញ​បន្ថែម​ថ្ងៃ​ទី១០ តុលា​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៥ ពី​លើ​សន្ធិសញ្ញា​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៨៥​ដែល​បាន​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​កោះ​ត្រល់​បាត់​បង់​ទៅ​ វៀតណាម​ដូច្នេះ​ប្រសិន​បើ​យើង​និយាយ​អំពី​សិទ្ធិ​ទាមទារ​របស់​កម្ពុជា​យើង​ គឺ​យើង​នៅ​មាន​សិទ្ធិ​ពេញ​លេញ​ដើម្បី​ទាមទារ​អ្វី​ដែល​ជា​របស់​ខ្មែរ»។ លោក​គូស​បញ្ជាក់​ថា​៖​«​អ្វី​ដែល​យើង​បាន​បាត់​បង់​យើង​នៅ​មាន​សិទ្ធិ​ ទាមទារ​មក​វិញ​ដូច​ជា​ករណី​កម្ពុជា​ក្រោម​និង​កោះ​ត្រល់​ជា​ដើម​»។​

King Sihamoni appeals to people to vote according to their conscience ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ​អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​ពលរដ្ឋ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​​តាម​សតិ​សម្បជញ្ញៈ

នៅ​សល់​រយៈពេល​ជាង ១​ខែ​ទៀត​ទេ ដែល​ជា​ថ្ងៃ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ត្រូវ​កំណត់​ជ្រើសរើស​មេដឹកនាំ​ប្រទេស​ដែល​ខ្លួន​ ពេញ​ចិត្ត ស្រប​ទៅ​តាម​ប្រព័ន្ធ​ប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ តាម​រយៈ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជា​សម្ងាត់។

ដោយ ទីន ហ្សាការីយ៉ា RFA
2013-06-18

ស្ដាប់ ឬ ទាញ​យក​សំឡេង

ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ​ខ្មែរ ព្រះបាទ​សម្ដេច​ព្រះបរមនាថ នរោត្ដម សីហមុនី (កណ្ដាល) ស្វាគមន៍​ប្រជារាស្ត្រ​នា​ឱកាស​ពិធី​សម្ពោធ​បូជនីយដ្ឋាន​ដូនពេញ កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៦ ឧសភា ២០០៨ ។

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ខណៈ​ដែល​ថ្ងៃ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជិត​មក​ដល់​នេះ ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ​ខ្មែរ សម្ដេច​ព្រះ​បរម​នាថ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី ព្រះអង្គ​បាន​ចេញ​ព្រះរាជសារ​អំពាវនាវ​ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំង​អស់​កុំ​ឲ្យ​ មាន​ការ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ចំពោះ​ការ​គាប​សង្កត់ គំរាម​កំហែង​ផ្នែក​នយោបាយ​ណា​មួយ​ឲ្យ​សោះ។
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ​សម្ដេច​ព្រះ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី ចេញ​ព្រះរាជសារ​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​ជា​សាធារណៈ ដោយ​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ទាំង​អស់​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឲ្យ​បាន​គ្រប់​ គ្នា និង​សូម​កុំ​ឲ្យ​មាន​ការ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ចំពោះ​ការ​គាប​សង្កត់ ការ​គំរាមកំហែង ឬ​សម្លុត​ពី​ជន​ណា​មួយ បក្ស​ណា​មួយ​ឲ្យ​សោះ។
នៅ​ក្នុង​ព្រះរាជសារ​ដែល​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដាញ​សង្គម ហេ្វសប៊ុក (Facebook) និង​នៅ​លើ​គេហទំព័រ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត (គ.ជ.ប) នោះ មាន​ខ្លឹមសារ​ថា ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ ទី​២៨ កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ គឺ​ជា​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​សម្ងាត់ ហើយ​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ទៅ​តាម​លទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ​សេរី។ បញ្ហា​នេះ ព្រះករុណា ព្រះបាទ​សម្ដេច​ព្រះ នរោត្តម សីហមុនី បាន​ជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​គ្រប់​រូប​ប្រើ​សិទ្ធិ​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ទៅ​ តាម​សតិ​សម្បជញ្ញៈ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ម្នាក់ៗ ដែល​មាន​ទំនុក​ចិត្ត​ទៅ​លើ​បេក្ខជន​ណា​មួយ បក្ស​ណា​មួយ​បាន​ដោយ​សេរី។
អគ្គលេខាធិការ​នៃ​គណៈកម្មាធិការ​ជាតិ​រៀបចំ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត លោក ទេព នីថា បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៨ ខែ​មិថុនា ថា ព្រះរាជសារ​ដែល​ឡាយព្រះហស្តលេខា​ដោយ​ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ​កាល​ពី​ខែ​មីនា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ នេះ គ.ជ.ប ទើប​ទទួល​បាន​ដើម្បី​យក​មក​ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ​បន្ត។
លោក​បញ្ជាក់​ថា មន្រ្តី គ.ជ.ប នឹង​យក​ព្រះរាជសារ​នេះ​បិទ​ឲ្យ​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​បាន​អាន​នៅ​តាម​បណ្ដា​ខែត្រ​នានា​នៅ​ក្នុង​ខែ​មិថុនា នេះ ៖ «ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ព្រះ​ករុណា​អ្នកអង្គម្ចាស់​ជីវិត​លើ​ត្បូង តែង​ប្រោស​ប្រទាន​ព្រះរាជសារ​ហ្នឹង​ដល់​បង​ប្អូន​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​អ្នក​បោះ​ ឆ្នោត​ទាំង​អស់ ឲ្យ​ទៅ​ចូល​រួម​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ឲ្យ​បាន​ទាំង​អស់​គ្នា ពុំ​មាន​ការ​ភ័យ​ខ្លាច​អី។ នេះ​ជា​ការ​ល្អ​ប្រសើរ​បំផុត​ដែល​ព្រះករុណា​បាន​ប្រោស​ប្រទាន​ព្រះរាជសារ​ នេះ»។

Australian authority under attack for failing to investigate a scandal involving BHP Billiton and Prime Minister Hun Sen អាជ្ញាធរ​អូស្ត្រាលី​រង​ការ​វាយ​ប្រហា​​លើ​រឿង​អាស្រូវ​ពុករលួយ​​BHP [ [Did Hun Sen receive $US3.5 million in bribes from BHP Billiton mining company?] តើលោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានទទួលប្រាក់សំណូក ៣ លាន ៥ សែនដុល្លារ ពីក្រុមហ៊ុន​ BHP Billiton មែនឬ? ]

Tuesday, 18 June 2013 
By Daniel de Carteret 
Phnom Penh Post

ស្លាកសញ្ញា BHP លើក្របសៀវភៅ​របាយ​ការណ៍​របស់​ក្រុម​ហ៊ុន។ B.g

ភ្នំពេញៈ របាយ​ការណ៍​ចេញ​ផ្សាយ​ដោយ​កាសែត The Age របស់​អូស្ត្រាលី​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​អាទិត្យ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា នគរបាល​សហព័ន្ធ​អូស្ដា្រលី (AFP)​កំពុង​ស្ថិត​ក្រោម​ការ​រិះគន់​ដោយ​សារ​តែ​បរាជ័យ​ក្នុង​ការ​ស៊ើប​ អង្កេត​អំពី​រឿង​អាស្រូវ​ពុក​រលួយ​របស់ BHP Billiton ជា​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​រុក​រក​រ៉ែ​ដ៏​ធំ​ដែល​ត្រូវ​បាន​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ពី​បទ​បាន​សូក​ប៉ាន់​មន្រ្តី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា និង​ប្រទេស​ចិន។

ឯកសារ​សម្ងាត់​ដែល​កាសែត The Age ទទួល​បាន​បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា អ្នក​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​ប្រឆាំង​អំពើ​ពុករលួយ​អាមេរិក​បាន​រិះគន់​ដល់ AFP និង​និយតករ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​របស់​អូស្ដ្រាលី​ដែល​ជា​ក្រុមហ៊ុន​ជួញ​ដូរ​មូលបត្រ​ និង​គណៈ​កម្មការ​វិនិយោគ​អូស្ដ្រាលី​ដែល​បាន​បិទ​រឿង​ក្ដី​ការ​ស៊ី​សំណូក​ កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១១​ដោយ​មិន​ធ្វើ​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​បុគ្គល​ណា​ម្នាក់​បន្ទាប់​ ពី​រឿង​ក្ដី​នេះ ត្រូវ​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ដោយ​អ្នក​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​អាមេរិក​កាល​ពី​ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១០។

យោង​តាម​របាយ​ការណ៍​របស់ The Age ថ្មីៗ​នេះ AFP បាន​បើក​ករណី​ស៊ី​សំណូក​នេះ​ជា​ថ្មី​បន្ទាប់​ពី​មាន​ការ​ត្រួត​ពិនិត្យ​ដោយ​ បាន​ចាប់​ផ្ដើម​ធ្វើ​ដោយ​ខ្លួន​ឯង។

ឯកសារ​ជា​ច្រើន​ទទួល​បាន​ដោយ Fairfax Media ដែល​គ្រប់​គ្រង​កាសែត The Age បាន​បង្ហាញ​ថា កាល​ពី​ខែ​ឧសភា​ឆ្នាំ​២០១០ អ្នក​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​អាមេរិក​បាន​ប្រាប់​ទៅ​អាជ្ញាធរ​អូស្ដ្រាលី​ថា​បាន​រក​ឃើញ ​ភ័ស្ដុតាង​ដែល​ក្រុមហ៊ុន BHP Billiton ត្រូវ​បាន​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ពី​បទ សូក​ប៉ាន់​ដល់​មន្រ្តី​សាធារណៈ​បរទេស​ជា​ច្រើន​នាក់។

ការ​តវ៉ា​កើត​ចេញ​ពី​ការ​ស៊ើប​អង្កេត​របស់ Global Witness ក្នុង​ការ​សាកសួរ​ពី​ការ​ចំណាយ​របស់​ក្រុមហ៊ុន BHP Billiton ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៩​មាន​ទឹក​ប្រាក់​៣,៥​លាន ដុល្លារ​ដែល​អង្គការ​មាន​មូលដ្ឋាន​នៅ​ក្រុង​ឡុងដ៍​មួយ​នេះ មិន​អាច​តាម​ដាន​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ក្នុង​ការ​ផ្ដល់​ដី​សម្បទាន​នៃ​ការ​ជីក​រ៉ែ​ បាន។

កាសែត The Age បាន​រាយការណ៍​កាល​ពី​លើក​មុន​ថា លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋ​មន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន បាន​ពិនិត្យ​មើល​យ៉ាង​ជិត​ដិត​លើ​ការ​ចរចា​ជាមួយ​ក្រុមហ៊ុន BHP Billiton មុន​កិច្ច​ព្រម​ព្រៀង​មួយ​ស្ដី​ពី​ដី​សម្បទាន​ជីក​រ៉ែ​សម្រាប់​ការ​រុក​រក រ៉ែ​បុកស៊ីត​នៅ​ខេត្ត​មណ្ឌលគិរី​របស់​កម្ពុជា​ដែល​បាន​ចុះ​ហត្ថលេខា​កាល​ពី​ ឆ្នាំ​២០០៦។

សារ​ទូលេខ​ការទូត​ដែល​ទទួល​បាន​ដោយ​កាសែត The Age បង្ហាញ​ថា ក្រុមហ៊ុន BHP បាន​បិទ​សកម្មភាព​រុក​រក​របស់​ខ្លួន​នៅ​កម្ពុជា​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៩ ដោយ​លើក​ឡើង​ពី​វិបត្តិ​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​ពិភពលោក និង​ដោយ​ការ​គ្រប់​គ្រង​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ​មិន​បាន​ល្អ​របស់​ខ្លួន​នៅ​កម្ពុជា៕ PB

In Cambodia's jungles, a lost world is found (+ video)

A team of archaeologists from Australia has found an ancient city buried for more than 1,000 years beneath Cambodia's soupy jungles. 

By Elizabeth Barber, Contributor / June 17, 2013 

Hidden in the depths of the Cambodian jungle lays an ancient city, undiscovered until now (News2242).

If at seems at times that our globe is already thoroughly mapped and explored, all its corridors charted and its mysteries explained, then the latest news out of Southeast Asia is solacing – there are, it seems, still lost worlds to be discovered, combed out from beneath a millennium of accumulated jungle in remote Cambodia.A team of archaeologists from Australia has found an ancient city that has for more than 1,000 years escaped detection – not even looters had found the mysterious place, buried in Cambodia’s otherwise heavily trafficked Siem Reap province, which sees about a million tourists each year, Australia's The Age reported.

Known as Mahendraparvata, the lost world is some 1,200-years old, about 350 years older than the Angkor Wat temple complex, also in Siem Reap. Like Angkor, it was part of the Hindu-Buddhist Khmer Empire that from about 800 A.D. to 1400 A.D. ruled Southeast Asia, using slave labor to construct opulent, arrestingly beautiful stone temples.

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Damian Evans, director of the University of Sydney's archaeological research center in Cambodia, and a small group of colleagues working in Cambodia’s northwestern corridor first mapped the area, Cambodia’s Phnom Kulen mountain, using airborne Lidar, a remote-sensing technology that uses lasers. The Lidar data revealed structures hidden beneath Technicolor green of rural Cambodia’s thick jungles, giving scientists the basic outline of the almost mythical place — as well as the wish to know more.

Cambodian garment workers charged over strike violence

PHNOM PENH | Tue Jun 18, 2013

(Reuters) - Sixteen Cambodian garment workers and union representatives have been charged with inciting violence and damaging property during a strike for higher pay at a factory making clothes for U.S. sportswear company Nike, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
Low-cost labor has attracted Western brands to Cambodia and garments now account for around 75 percent of exports from the Southeast Asian country, but strikes over pay and working conditions have become common.

Up to 4,000 workers at Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing Co, which employs more than 5,000 people, went on strike on May 21. Police intervened to end protests on May 27 and on June 3, when some strikers rampaged through the factory.

Lawyer Kuch Ratha told Reuters that eight workers were in custody and the other people charged were in hiding.

"The court has denied our request for bail for the eight," he said.

The Free Trade Union (FTU), which is active at the Sabrina plant, said last week that 288 workers had been fired on June 6 and 7 for going on strike.

Sabrina said in a statement on Tuesday that only 62 employees had been dismissed and that was for violent conduct during the stoppage, not for just going on strike.

"Sabrina (Cambodia) Garment Manufacturing Co. regrets having to take this action but feels strongly that threats to our workers' safety, property damage and violence cannot be ignored," it said.

The strikers wanted Sabrina to give them $14 a month to help pay for transport, rent and healthcare on top of their $74 minimum wage. Sabrina says it already pays more than the minimum.

The FTU said about 300 members remained on strike as the company had not met their demands.

Sabrina said a state mediation body, the Strike Prevention Committee, had declared the strike over. Some 94 employees had not shown up for work and were considered to have given up their jobs, but it would welcome an application if they wanted to come back.

Border official: Rong Chhun's claims about Koh Tral is just an opposition to the government មន្ត្រី​ជំនាញ​ព្រំដែន​៖ ការលើក​ឡើង​​ពី​កោះត្រល់​គ្រាន់​តែ​​ជា​​ការ​ប្រ​ឆាំង​​ប៉ុណ្ណោះ​

កុយ ពីជិតៈ "ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​ក្មេង​សម័យ​ក្រោយ​៧​មក​រា​ដែរ ខ្ញុំ​អត់​ដែល​បាន​រៀន​ពី​​សៀវ​ភៅ​ហ្នឹង ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​អត់បាន​​​ទាន់​​ឃើញដែរ​ ពិសេស​មតិ​ពួក​គាត់​ហ្នឹង​អត់​មាន​អី​ថ្មី​ទេ​​ រឿង​ហ្នឹង​គាត់​និយាយ​តាំង​ពី​ដើម​រហូត​មក​ដល់​ឥឡូវ ទោះបី​រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល សម្តេច​នាយក​លោក​បង្ហាញ​ភស្តុ​តាង​គ្រប់​បែប​យ៉ាង​ តែ​វា​នៅ​តែ​មាន​បញ្ហា​ហ្នឹង ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​គ្មានអ្វី​បក​ស្រាយ​​ ជាង​ការ​លើកឡើង​របស់​សម្តេច​នាយក​លោក​បាន​ប្រាប់​អស់​ហើយ​​ទៅ​មតិ​មហា​ជន​។ ទស្សនៈគាត់​​ប្រ​ឆាំង​ គាត់​ប្រ​ឆាំង​ផ្កាប់​មុខដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ស្លាប់ ទោះបី​យើង​ពន្យល់​ម៉េច​​ ប្រាប់​យ៉ាង​ម៉េច​ ក៏​ដោយ"។

អ្នកស្រែៈ នេះឬមន្ត្រីជំនាញព្រំដែនសម័យដៃចោរ មិនដែលបានរៀនពីភូមិវិទ្យាផង កោតតែមានឈ្មោះថាជាមន្ត្រីជំនាញព្រំដែនដែរ ?

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​មន្ត្រី​ជំនាញ​ផ្នែក​ព្រំដែន លើកឡើងថា ការអះអាង​របស់​​សង្គម​​ស៊ី​វិល​ ដោយ​ពឹងផ្អែក​លើ​សៀវភៅ​​ភូមិ​វិទ្យា​​មួយ​​​ក្បាល​​ទៅ​លើ​​ការ​បាត់​បង់​កោះត្រល់ គ្រាន់តែ​ជា​ការ​ប្រ​ឆាំង​​តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ​។​

​ការលើកឡើង​នេះ ជា​ការឆ្លើយតប បន្ទាប់​ពីតំណាង​ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​កម្ពុជា លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន បាន​លើក​យក​ឯកសារ​សៀវភៅ​មេរៀន​​ភូមិវិទ្យា​ថ្នាក់​ទី​៧ ​នៃ​សម័យ​សា​ធារ​​ណរដ្ឋ​ប្រជាមានិត​កម្ពុជា​​(១៩៧៩​ដល់​១៩៨៩) ដែល​បង្ហាញ​ពីប្រវ​ត្តិ​កោះ​ខ្មែរ​មួយចំនួន ត្រូវបាន​បាត់បង់ ពិសេស​កោះត្រល់​។

​អនុប្រធាន​នៃ​អគ្គលេខាធិការដ្ឋាន​អចិន្ត្រៃយ៍​ ​នៃ​អាជ្ញាធរ​ជាតិ​ទទួលបន្ទុក​កិច្ចការ​ព្រំដែន​កម្ពុជា លោកស្រី កុយ ពិសី មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​​​ថា ការលើកឡើង​​របស់​ លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ជា​​មតិ​​របស់​​អ្នកប្រឆាំង​តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ដោយ​ប្រតិកម្ម​ថា ពួកគេ​មិន​ដែល​មើល​ឃើញ​​​ពី​ចំណុច​ល្អ​របស់​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​៖ "ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​ក្មេង​សម័យ​ក្រោយ​៧​មក​រា​ដែរ ខ្ញុំ​អត់​ដែល​បាន​រៀន​ពី​​សៀវ​ភៅ​ហ្នឹង ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​អត់បាន​​​ទាន់​​ឃើញដែរ​ ពិសេស​មតិ​ពួក​គាត់​ហ្នឹង​អត់​មាន​អី​ថ្មី​ទេ​​ រឿង​ហ្នឹង​គាត់​និយាយ​តាំង​ពី​ដើម​រហូត​មក​ដល់​ឥឡូវ ទោះបី​រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល សម្តេច​នាយក​លោក​បង្ហាញ​ភស្តុ​តាង​គ្រប់​បែប​យ៉ាង​ តែ​វា​នៅ​តែ​មាន​បញ្ហា​ហ្នឹង ខ្ញុំ​ក៏​គ្មានអ្វី​បក​ស្រាយ​​ ជាង​ការ​លើកឡើង​របស់​សម្តេច​នាយក​លោក​បាន​ប្រាប់​អស់​ហើយ​​ទៅ​មតិ​មហា​ជន​។ ទស្សនៈគាត់​​ប្រ​ឆាំង​ គាត់​ប្រ​ឆាំង​ផ្កាប់​មុខដល់​ថ្ងៃ​ស្លាប់ ទោះបី​យើង​ពន្យល់​ម៉េច​​ ប្រាប់​យ៉ាង​ម៉េច​ ក៏​ដោយ"។

ស្តាប់វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរីរាយការណ៍ពីការដែលលោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ស្នើរឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលសើររើរឿងការបាត់បង់កោះត្រល់​​ RFA Khmer Webcast-KHM-061713-Mon

CNRP looks to members for backing បក្ស​ប្រឆាំង​ប្រមូល​ស្នាម​មេដៃ​ពលរដ្ឋ​២​ម៉ឺន​នាក់​ទាមទារ​សភា​ផ្ដល់​អភ័យ​ឯកសិទ្ធិ

Last Updated on 18 June 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Cheang Sokha

Opposition lawmakers Mu Sochua (left) and Son Chhay speak at a press conference in Phnom Penh in February. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post

The Cambodia National Rescue Party has initiated a large-scale campaign to rally their supporters by collecting thumbprints for a petition to be submitted to the National Assembly demanding the reinstatement of sacked lawmakers, party officials said yesterday.

Their announcement came as opposition lawmakers submitted a letter to the Constitutional Council yesterday morning appealing for the reinstatement of their parliamentary positions and asking the council to rule the June 5 expulsion of 29 MPs illegal.

Previously, the party has argued that the move was unconstitutional while legal analysts have said it does not comply with the “spirit” of certain laws that the representatives have been accused of breaking.

CNRP spokesman Yim Sovann said yesterday that the petition campaign was collecting thousands of thumbprints from selected local council members at the village, commune, district and provincial level throughout the country, aiming for 20,000 in a week.

“We decided to take thumbprints from [local] council members because we don’t have enough time to do this…before the election campaign kicks off,” Sovann told the Post yesterday, adding that 3,000 thumbprints had already been collected in Kampong Speu. According to a copy of the petition sent out to the media yesterday, signatories declare that a “huge demonstration” will be held nationwide if the National Assembly fails to reinstate the lawmakers.

Thai and Cambodian rulers agree to civility

Last Updated on 18 June 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Vong Sokheng

Foreign Minister Hor Namhong (right) enters a meeting with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Phnom Penh yesterday. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to maintain stability and peace along the contentious border near Preah Vihear temple, regardless of the decision to be issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) come October, Foreign Minister Hor Namhong said yesterday.

The statements were made following a sidelines meeting between Namhong and Irina Bokova, Director General of the UNESCO at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

“I thanked UNESCO for listing Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site and for providing a lot of support for culture and education, particularly for sending experts for monitoring and the restoration of Preah Vihear Temple,” Namhong told reporters yesterday.

Namhong said that he informed Bokova that “whatever decision the ICJ makes, the Cambodian government of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the Thai government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra . . . will abide by the court’s decision, and we will maintain friendship, cooperation and serenity along the border,” he said.

After fatal and repeated clashes between 2008 – following the temple’s listing as a World Heritage site – and 2011, Cambodia asked the court to reinterpret its 1962 decision concerning the border area surrounding the temple.

US envoy speaks up on ouster [U.S Ambassador William E Todd speaks out on expulsion of opposition MPs]

Last Updated on 18 June 2013 
Phnom Penh Post 
By Kevin Ponniah

US Ambassador to Cambodia William E Todd (right) visits Angkor Wat in Siem Reap province in November. Photo by AFP

US Ambassador William E Todd yesterday waded into the debate over the June 5 expulsion of 29 lawmakers from the National Assembly, despite senior government officials warning foreign observers and diplomats to stay out of the issue last week.

Todd, in a personal weekly column published in English and Khmer on local news websites, responded to a reader’s question about why the United States had questioned Cambodia’s democratic process.

“We believe the action taken by the National Assembly limits the space for competing political parties in Cambodia, is contrary to the spirit of democracy, and risks tarnishing Cambodia’s image on the world stage,” he wrote.

The expulsion was “troubling”, he added, given that the world hopes to see “an electoral process that is free from political interference” in the lead-up to July’s election.

“Rather than enabling an honest, straightforward discussion of issues, the National Assembly has chosen to take away the opposition’s voice in parliament,” Todd continued.

A US State Department announcement on June 8 that criticised the expulsion prompted Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) lawmaker Chheang Vun to label the comments as “unacceptable” last week and re-assert Cambodia’s sovereignty in a specially-convened press conference.

Opposition Petitions to Regain Assembly Seats

By Phorn Bopha 

The Cambodia Daily

June 18, 2013

The opposition has asked its supporters to sign a petition that calls on the CPP-led National Assembly to reinstate 27 of its lawmakers who were stripped of their positions earlier this month, or face consequences.

The petition forms, which have been sent to opposition supporters and party members across the country, state that the National Assembly lost legitimacy when it stripped the SRP and Human Rights Party lawmakers of their jobs, and threatens protests if they are not reinstated.

“We demand that our lawmakers are allowed to be on their duty to serve the Cambodian nation as stipulated by the law. In case you do not take action in compliance with our suggestion, we, Cambodian citizens, will hold protests across the country demanding the recognition of our representatives. The current National Assembly is not legitimate,” the petition states.

Mu Sochua, SRP lawmaker and electoral candidate for the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), who was stripped of her National Assembly position along with 26 colleagues, said that she expected more than 10,000 supporters to thumbprint petition papers.

“We have sent the letters out last week [and] we will collect them late this week,” Ms. Sochua said.

Earlier this month, the National Assembly’s permanent committee, which is made up of 12 lawmakers solely from Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling CPP, said that the opposition lawmakers were violating the election law by holding membership of two parties at the same time.