Sunday, February 05, 2012
The People's Tribunal on the Minimum Living Wage as a Fundamental Human Right: 5-8th February
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIAUvSRm_LQ
Pen Sovann's interview on the Khmer Post Radio regarding Hun Xen's comment
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| Pen Sovann (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) |
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Cambodian farmers complaint about lack of market for cassava
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2_HsIsoMMM
Croc farm in Battambang ... while Cambodians are raising another croc in Tuol Krasaing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaZT_aTx7AE
Cambodians in Long Beach Learn About Democracy, Take Citizenship Class
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-MhjvDXl8g
Tribunal helps Cambodia confront its history
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| The high level of public participation in the trials is healthy for social healing, analysts say [EPA] |
Activists use attention around Khmer Rouge tribunal to further a national debate seen as crucial to social healing.
03 Feb 2012
Mujib Mashal
Al Jazeera
"Writing about this bleak period of history for a new generation may run the risk of re-opening old wounds for the survivors (sic!)" - DC-Cam KR history book
Despite questions and controversy surrounding the United Nations-backed tribunal, the recent trials of Khmer Rouge leaders have launched a robust public debate about the atrocities of the 1970s that analysts deem crucial to Cambodia’s reconciliation.
The Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Friday imposed a life sentence on Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the prison chief who oversaw the deaths of an estimated 15,000 people at Phenom Penh's notorious S-21 prison, the centre of the Khmer Rouge security apparatus, in the late 1970s.
The ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot who died in 1998, were responsible for the deaths of nearly one quarter of Cambodia's population through starvation, overwork, torture and execution.
Cambodia still reeling from Khmer Rouge
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| LIFE SENTENCE: Former Khmer Rouge S-21 prison chief Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, attends his appeal hearing at the Court Room of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. |
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| BODY PITS: Dozens of pits are evident at the Killing Fields site in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. It is just one of 300 sites where people were killed and buried together in mass graves. MICHELLE COOKE/Fairfax NZ |
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| KHMER ROUGE KILLINGS: Kethana Dunnet, pictured with husband Bruce, believes her eight siblings and parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. She hasn't heard from them since 1974. MICHELLE COOKE/Fairfax NZ |
MICHELLE COOKE
Fairfax NZ News (New Zealand)
Their photos line the walls of the genocide museum, once a notorious prison where Cambodians were tortured and killed by the brutal Khmer Rouge.
They give a face to victims of the atrocities that occurred in Cambodia in the 1970s, but their pictures were taken for a different reason.
The images of the soon-to-be dead were taken so that their families could be identified and also put to death. It was a Khmer Rouge mantra - that to dig up the grass, one must also dig up the roots.
Just over three decades have passed since a quarter of Cambodia's population was wiped out by the Khmer Rouge. Grandparents, adults and children were tortured, starved, or worked so hard, with such little food, that they dropped dead. Even babies were held by their legs, bashed against trees and flung into a mass grave.
After the illegal immigrants now come the Viet schools ... Thank you, Ong Hoon Xhen!
Ceremony for new Cambodian school
February, 04 2012
VNS
February, 04 2012
VNS
HA NOI — The General Association of Vietnamese Cambodians (GAVC) on Thursday began a project to build a school for overseas Vietnamese children in Cambodia's Pray Veng Province.
Funded by US$115,000 from Dong Thap People's Committee the building will have an area of 1,530 sq.m which is expected to be completed in four months.
This is the second school for overseas Vietnamese children built in Cambodia, with the other located in the capital Phnom Penh.
About 600 Vietnamese children living in Pray Veng are pursuing Vietnamese language classes in different locations in Cambodia.
The school construction project is part of efforts to help Vietnamese Cambodians maintain their mother tongue, traditions and customs, and to promote solidarity within the Vietnamese community.
Garment industry in dock over Cambodia's poverty wages
February 04, 2012 (Cambodia)
Clean Clothes Campaign
Clean Clothes Campaign
Garment workers' unions and human rights groups will hold a People's Tribunal to investigate the state of poverty pay in the Cambodian garment industry.
Following recent mass faintings induced by malnutrition, and strikes pulling more than 200,000 workers to the streets to protest poor conditions and inadequate pay, the tribunal will call evidence from a wide variety of stakeholders from the Cambodian garment industry.
Workers, manufacturers, and multinational brands Adidas and Puma, among others, will give evidence about the state of the industry in front of a panel of expert judges. H&M and Gap were also invited but have refused to attend.
“Despite experiencing sustained growth in the sector Cambodia’s minimum wage allowance is 66 USD a month and is currently the lowest of all its neighbouring states. This wage amounts to around half that required to adequately meet the average worker’s basic needs.” said Tola Moeun head of Labour Programs for the Community Legal Education Centre (CLEC).
Cambodia’s former envoy to Brunei fined US$470,000 for embezzlement
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| Nan Sy (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) |
Borneo Bulletin Writer
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court ordered the former Cambodian Ambassador to Brunei to pay almost US$470,000 in compensation and damages to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a civil case, following his conviction in absentia last year for embezzlement of state funds.
Nan Sy, who was Ambassador to Brunei until May last year, was charged with the construction of Cambodian Embassy in Brunei in 2008, The Phnom Penh Post reported.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs dispersed periodic payments totalling $432,876.65 to Nan Sy to cover the construction costs, however in May last year the ministry received an unpaid bill from the company hired to complete the construction of the building.
Municipal Court Judge Te Sam Ang said that in the civil case against Nan Sy, the former ambassador was ordered to compensate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the embezzled funds and to pay an additional 150 million riel ($36,909) in damages.
Jesmond backpacker's killer is jailed for life
Feb 4 2012
by Sara Nichol
Evening Chronicle (UK)
by Sara Nichol
Evening Chronicle (UK)
TYRANNICAL Cambodian leader Pol Pot’s chief executioner will spend the rest of his life in jail after killing a Tyneside backpacker more than 30 years ago.
John Dewhirst, 26, of Jesmond, Newcastle, was sailing with a group of men in 1978 when their yacht was intercepted by Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime.
Kaing Guek Eav, known as Duch, was commander of the top secret Tuol Sleng prison – code-named S-21 – at the time. He admitted to overseeing the torture of his prisoners before sending them for execution at the “killing fields”.
Move ‘worries’ Prey Lang reps
Friday, 03 February 2012
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
More than 100 conservation activists from across four provinces are “worried” about a recent government sub-decree aimed at protecting Prey Lang forest, claiming the measure lacks broad input and will not prevent illegal logging in the area.
The representatives of the Prey Lang network, a group that advocates for the protection of the forest, met earlier this week to discuss a sub-decree establishing the Prey Lang forest as a conservation area.
Network member Seng Sok Heng said yesterday that the group “found some points that we don’t like, such as the fact that the Prey Lang communities were not invited to join discussions of the sub-decree, and some articles are unclear”.
Interview of Greg Cahill film director of The Golden Voice [VIDEO]
Originally published at http://khmr.cn/greg-cahill
Khmerican interviews Greg Cahill, director of "The Golden Voice" and "Two Shadows," two films that explore past and present issues in the Cambodian-American community.
"The Golden Voice" tells the story of Cambodian rock icon Ros Sereysothea, who disappeared during the Khmer Rouge regime. See more about the movie at http://www.thegoldenvoicemovie.com.
"Two Shadows" follows a young Khmerican who travels to Cambodia to discover the truth about her family. For more, visit http://www.twoshadowsmovie.com.
For more on Khmerican culture, go to http://khmerican.com.
For more about interviewer Will Koenig, go to http://khmersalem.blogspot.com.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Ai2oUge4I
ប្រជាសហគមន៏ ព្រៃឡង់រាប់រយនាក់នឹងចុះធើ្វសកម្មភាពក្នុងព្រៃឡង់នៅថ្ងៃទី០៦ដល់ ០៨ ខែគុម្ភ ឆ្នំា២០១២ - Action by Prey Lang communities on 06-08 February 2012
សេចក្តីប្រការពត៌មាន
ប្រជាសហគមន៏បណា្តញព្រៃឡង់មកពីចំនួន៤ខេត្ត ក្នុងនោះមានខេត្តក្រចេះ ស្ទឹងត្រែង ព្រះវិហារ និងខេត្តកំពង់ធំ ដែលមានចំនួន មនុស្សរាប់រយនាក់ នឹងចូលទៅ ក្នុងព្រៃឡង់ ដើម្បីរៀបចំ ពិធីសែនព្រេន ព្រមទាំងឃំា្លមើល សកម្មភាព ការកាប់បំផ្លាញ ព្រៃឈើ អាណាធិបតេយ្យ ។
សកម្មភាពនេះ ចាប់អនុវត្ត នៅថៃ្ងទី០៦ដល់ ០៨ ខែ គុម្ភ ឆ្នាំ២០១២ ដោយកំណត់ យកទីតាំង កណា្តលព្រៃឡង់ ត្រង់ចំនុច ដំណាក់ធំ ជាទីតាំងជួបជុំ ដើម្បីរៀបចំ ធើ្វសកម្មភាពរួមគា្ន
ពត៌មានបនែ្ថមសូមទំនាក់ទំនង
លោក ឈឹម សាវុធ អ្នកសំរបសំរួល គំរោងវេទិកា សាធារណ ទូរសព្ទ័លេខ ៨៥៥ ១២ ៨៩៩ ៨៥៨ /៨៥៥ ៨៨ ៩៩ ៦៩ ២៤១ និង លោក ចេត តន ជំនួយការគំរោង ទូរសព្ទ័លេខ ៨៥៥ ១២ ៨០៦២៩៥ /៨៥៥ ៦៧ ៣៤៩ ០០៧
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Unofficial translation from Khmer
Announcement
Hundreds members of Prey Lang communities from four provinces – Kratie, Stung Treng, Preah Vihear and Kampong Thom – will enter Prey Lang to organize an offering, as well as to observe the anarchic deforestation activities perpetrated there.
Actions led by the community will last between 06 and 08 February 2012, and it will take place in the heart of Prey Lang near Domnak Thom which is also the rendez-vous location where all the community actions will take place.
For additional information, contact:
Chhim Savuth, public forum facilitator, Tel. 855 12 899 858 or 855 88 99 69 241 and
Cheth Torn, plan contributor, Tel. 955 12 806 295 or 855 67 349 007
ហ៊ុន សែន ព្រមានអ្នកហៅថ្ងៃ ៥.៦កក្កដាថារដ្ឋប្រហារ ព្រោះរអើល គូទថ ខ្លាចគេចាប់ យកទៅកាត់ទាស
លោកហ៊ុន សែន ព្រមានអ្នកហៅថ្ងៃ ៥.៦កក្កដាថារដ្ឋប្រហារ
Friday, 03 February 2012 12:01
វង្ស សុខេង
The Phnom Penh Post
លោក យឹម សុវណ្ណ អ្នកនាំពាក្យគណបក្សប្រឆាំងថ្លែងថា ៖ «ប្រវត្តិសាស្រ្ត មិនអាចកែប្រែបានទេ គណបក្សសមរង្ស៊ីនៅតែចាត់ទុក[ថ្ងៃទី ៥‑៦ កក្កដា១៩៩៧]ថា ជារដ្ឋប្រហារ»៕ភ្នំពេញៈ លោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ហ៊ុន សែន បានព្រមានកាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញទៅ អតីតមន្រ្តីស្មោះត្រង់នឹងព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ នរោត្តម រណឫទ្ធិ មិនឲ្យហៅព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ថ្ងៃ៥‑៦កក្កដា ១៩៩៧ ជារដ្ឋប្រហារទេ។
ថ្លែងទៅកាន់មន្រ្តីនគរបាល នៅសាលាបណ្ឌិតសភានគរបាលក្នុងស្រុកកៀនស្វាយ ខេត្តកណ្តាល លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានថ្លែងព្រមាន ដោយសំដៅទៅលើលោក សេរី កុសល លោក លី ធុច លោក គៀង វ៉ាង អតីតមន្រ្តីយោធាជាន់ខ្ពស់នៃគណបក្សហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិច ស្ថិតក្នុងរដ្ឋាភិបាលចម្រុះជាមួយគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា។ ឥស្សរជនទាំងបីរូបនេះ បានចុះចូលជាមួយគណបក្សប្រជាជនកម្ពុជា បន្ទាប់ពីការបោះឆ្នោតឆ្នាំ ២០០៨។
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានថ្លែងថា ៖ «កុំចោទប្រកាន់ ខ្ញុំថាធ្វើរដ្ឋប្រហារ។ កុំចោទឲ្យសោះអារឿងហ្នឹងមួយ!។ ឥឡូវយករូបភាពមកមើលមក ព្រោះពេលនោះ(ហ៊្វុនស៊ិនប៉ិច)ថត ហើយមិនដឹងយ៉ាងម៉េចរូបភាពនោះជ្រុះ ហើយយើងយកបាន»។ លោកបន្តថា ឥឡូវនេះឲ្យប្រយ័ត្នសម្តីព្រោះលោកមានវីដេអូជាភស្តុតាង។
Don’t call it a ‘coup’: Coup mastermind
Friday, 03 February 2012
Vong Sokheng
The Phnom Penh Post
Sam Rainsy Party spokesman Yim Sovann said the SRP considers the events of 1997 a coup led by CPP.
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday once again warned his one-time rivals and present party officials not to refer to the bloody factional clashes that took place in Phnom Penh over July 5-6, 1997, and left the Cambodian People’s Party with a stranglehold on power, as a coup.
Speaking to police officials at the Police Academy School in Kandal province’s Kean Svay district, the premier addressed audience members Serey Kosal, Ly Thuch and Keang Vang, who at the time were senior military officials in royalist party Funcinpec.
The three defected to the CPP after the 2008 elections.
“Do not accuse me of leading a coup,” said Hun Sen, adding that officials had to be careful of their comments because of the video evidence that CPP troops had taken at the time.
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