I read it. The byline says Phillip Duck. Please tell me which part(s) is/are not true.
--- On Mon, 3/9/09, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: kangaroo <[email protected]> > Subject: Read it for yourself > To: "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" > <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 12:08 AM > MY FRIEND, > READ BELOW MESSAGE AND MAKE IT OUT FOR YOURSELF. > SAM RAINSY AND HIS PARTY WANT PEOPLE TO BELIEVE HOW MUCH > THEY LOVE > THEIR OWN COUNTRY. READ THE MESSAGE AND TELL US WHETHER SAM > RAINSY AND > HIS PARTY LOVE HIS COUNTRY. > > EVERY SINGLE WORDS COMING OUT OF SAM RAINSY AND HIS PARTY > IS NOTHING > MORE THAN CRITICISM. THERE ARE MORE WRONGS THAN NOTHING. WE > HAVE NEVER > HEARD ANY GOOD THINGS AT ALL. INSTEAD THEY PUT THEIR PEOPLE > DOWN. THE > SOCIETY IS ROTTEN. POOR PEOPLE ARE SELLING THEIR CHILDREN > FOR MONEY TO > SEX INDUSTRIES. HOW MANY PEOLE ARE DOING THAT? WHY ARE THEY > SAYING IT? > OFCOURSE, THEY WANT TO MAKE THE SOCIETY ROTTEN IN THE EYES > OF > OUTSIDERS. THE PEOPLE OF CAMBODIA KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. > THAT WAS WHY > THEY STOP VOTING FOR SAM RAINSY PARTY. > > > > > > > A One-eyed Bastard Thanks You for Your Donation > > > Hun Sen, described by Singaporean strongman Lee Kwan Yew as > "utterly > merciless and ruthless, without humane feelings" > > > Thursday, 5 March 2009 > Philip Duck > Opinion: SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists > SOLO-NZ Op-Ed: A One-eyed Demonic Bastard Thanks You for > Your > Donation > > > Between one-third and one-half of Cambodians live in > crushing poverty > as they try to survive on a dollar or less a day. That > poverty > motivates many poor peasant families to sell their young > daughters > into brothels; one-third of Cambodia's prostitutes are > under the age > of seventeen and sentenced to a life of being caged in a > grubby shack > to service grubby men, for nothing more than a bowl of rice > each day. > > > Poverty results in one half of Cambodian children under the > age of > five being underweight, and infant mortality stands at 95 > deaths per > 1000. More than half of those deaths are due to diseases > and > infections that can easily be prevented by vaccines. The > percentage of > its population living with HIV/Aids is the highest in Asia > and it has > been estimated that more that 7 million Cambodians- > that's 64% of the > population- carry tuberculosis. Poverty means an average > life > expectancy for a Cambodian is just 56 years. > > > NZAID, the New Zealand Government's international aid > and development > agency, has allocated 4.4 million dollars to Cambodia as it > attempts > to address this suffocating poverty. And who could argue > against that- > a dollar each from comparatively wealthy New Zealanders to > assist the > desperately poor. But of course this is not the > government's money to > give away; in true Robin Hood style the government steals > from the > taxpayer to give, without consent, to deprived Cambodians. > The > government with supreme arrogance gets to declare those who > most > deserve your money. > > > That's despicable, but what if those tax dollars > don't actually help > the poor but rather they prop up both an untouchable > Cambodian elite > and an evil government led by a ruthless killer? What if > your money > doesn't provide vaccinations for young Cambodians but > instead is used > to bribe policeman to turn a blind-eye to men having sex > with > children? How would you feel about your money contributing > to that? > > > Bauk, or gang rape, is almost a sport to wealthy young > Cambodian men. > These spoilt cowards carry out their deeds with impunity; > money, > influence and corruption ensure that they will not come to > trial.The > favourite method for rich wives to take revenge on their > husband's > mistresses is to throw a bucket of acid in their rivals > face; however > political and business power ensure that justice will never > be served. > And should you have a disagreement in a nightclub with one > of > Cambodia's moneyed he might just shoot you. Or more > likely he will get > one of his bodyguards to do it. Either way for them > it's all risk > free. Meanwhile corrupt government officials and developers > regularly > throw the poor and powerless off their land whilst the > police beat > them should they resist. And it's your money that pays > for some of > that unearned power and the bribes and intimidation, it > really is. > > > Corruption and intimidation have long been a problem in > Cambodia and > while there have been campaigns by the UN and nations such > as New > Zealand to make any supply of aid dollars contingent on > improvements > in basic human rights and the rule-of-law, these have > largely failed; > the Cambodian government whilst making the right noises, > politely > gives the finger to its donors and continues as it wishes. > Why > wouldn't they, when your money keeps on coming in? > > > That money makes up more than 50% of Cambodia's budget > but incredibly > it is estimated that corrupt practices cost the Cambodian > people 500 > million dollars every year. That's hundreds of millions > of dollars of > foreign aid drained off to support a truly wicked > government and their > cohorts and used to bully the poor, imprison opponents, > censor the > media and steal land as and when they please in an > environment where > corruption is not just tolerated but encouraged. > > > Foreign taxpayers money started coming in 1992 when the UN > established > the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia > (UNTAC). Its > mandate was to implement law and order, rebuild the > country's > infrastructure and assist with the re-settlement of tens of > thousands > of people who had fled the murderous Khmer Rouge regime. > Most > importantly UNTAC was there to oversee free and fair > elections. UNTAC > bought more than 9,000 vehicles, spent $118 million on > salaries and > $62 million on travel and, incredibly, paid a daily > hardship allowance > to a large number of senior UN officials of more than the > average > annual Cambodian salary. Two billion dollars was spent in > all and they > failed. > > > The lead up to the 1993 elections was marred by violence > and political > intimidation, particularly by the members of the Cambodian > People's > Party (CPP); a party led by Hun Sen. Hun Sen had for some > years been > the Prime Minister of Cambodia having being installed by > the > Vietnamese as a puppet and this allowed him to make full > use of his > already established powers over the police and army. > Bizarrely, > despite the attacks but most likely because of the immense > amount of > dollars poured into Cambodia, the UN declared the election > to be 'free > and fair.' Nevertheless, regardless of all CPP attempts > it was the > Royalist party, FUNCINPEC, headed by Prince Ranariddh that > headed the > election with 45% of the vote against the 36% achieved by > the CPP. > > > However, Hun Sen refused to accept this loss and with heavy > threats > backed by both military and police force and a few > well-aimed grenades > he destroyed the new democratic process by forcing a > coalition with an > unwilling FUNCINPEC. Incredibly this arrangement meant > Cambodia was to > have two Prime Ministers, with Ranariddh being Prime > Minister Number > One and Hun Sen, Prime Minister Number Two. Prime Ministers > One and > Two quickly increased M.P salaries ten-fold. And after > spending $2 > billion dollars of other people's money the UN sat back > and allowed > all this to happen and in the process showed Hun Sen that > he could do > just as he pleased. Meanwhile government and UN money kept > on rolling > in. > > > In 1997 Hun Sen, described by Singaporean strongman Lee > Kwan Yew as > "utterly merciless and ruthless, without humane > feelings," carried out > a bloody coup that removed FUNCIPEC from power. Hun Sen, an > ex- > military commander of the Khmer Rouge was now firmly in > control and a > series of 'free and fair' elections have sinced > increased his > parliamentary majority. That majority is surely nonsense; > since 2000 I > have made 8 or 9 visits to Cambodia and I have yet to find > one > Cambodian supporter of Hun Sen. Not one. What you can find > though is > fear, hatred and rage for that one-eyed demonic bastard. > Yet your > money keeps on rolling in. > > > Following the coup, to further secure his power, Hun Sen > shaped 180 > new ministerial positions, most of which he proceeded to > sell for > $100,000 a pop. It's often claimed that Hun Sen leads > the biggest per > capita government in the world and it is certainly one of > the most > corrupt. Yet donor money keeps on rolling in. It keeps on > rolling in > despite a 2003 UN development report that found that > poverty has > become much worse under Hun Sen and that the rate of infant > mortality > rose between 1987 and 2000; not that such matters as infant > mortality, > tuberculosis or grinding poverty would be of any concern to > a man like > Hun Sen. And the money keeps on rolling in despite Hun > Sen's public > support for the barbarians of the Burmese junta and it > keeps on > rolling in despite Cambodia's development as a breeding > ground for > terrorists. Ultimately your taxed dollars, funnelled > through to > Cambodia by the UN and government funds these outrages. How > do you > feel about that? > > > If well-targeted 4.4 million dollars could achieve many, > many positive > things in Cambodia. But certainly government has no right > to take your > money and then decide to use it in its own way, let alone > in a way > that helps fund Hun Sen and his cronies. Rather, the > business of > donating is best left to individuals or private companies > who can > research and scrutinise, should they wish, the many private > charities > in Cambodia to see where best their money could be used. > Hell, they > couldn't do worse at that than NZAID who are also in > the process of > spending more than 13 million dollars on the one-party > states of Laos > and Vietnam. > > > SOLO (Sense of Life Objectivists): SOLOPassion.com > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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