Here is what he has said to the people of Cambodia. Keep fighting my fellowed Cambodians. I am now in France. No one could touch me. Keep fighting my fellowed Cambodians. I will come back to Cambodia when there is a good opportunity to advance. Keep fighting my fellowed Cambodians. Your opportunity is my opportunity. When you win, I win. Then I will have the power because you have dedicated your life for me.
On Nov 18, 3:20 pm, "Sam Rainsy Party of North America" <[email protected]> wrote: > November 19, 2009 > > SAM RAINSY’S MESSAGE TO THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE > > Prime Minister Hun Sen is currently playing a dangerous game for our country. > He seems to have lost his senses while handling Cambodia’s relations with > neighbouring countries. > > Our present government foreign policy is totally biased when it comes to > defending Cambodia’s territorial integrity. According to the prime minister > the danger of Cambodia’s losing portions of her territory is looming on our > western border with Thailand. But he forgets to say that this danger is > already and actually materializing on a large scale on our eastern border > with Vietnam. > > Let’s compare: > > - Thailand has only recently started to unfairly challenge the status of a > portion of Khmer territory surrounding Preah Vihear temple in Preah Vihear > province that covers an area of less than five square kilometres. > > - Vietnam has been, over the last 30 years, grabbing thousands of square > kilometres of Khmer territories in Kep, Kampot, Takeo, Kandal, Prey Veng, > Svay Rieng, Kampong Cham, Kratie, Mondolkiri and Ratanakiri provinces. This > is an ongoing painful process that Mr. Hun Sen does not want us to look at. > But we can’t help seeing the tears and hearing the cries of countless Khmer > farmers who are losing their rice fields and other farmland to Vietnam as I > have recently witnessed in Svay Rieng province. > > Whereas there are no Thai immigrants in Cambodia, the continuous inflow of > Vietnamese settlers into our country also reflects Vietnam’s expansionist > policies which are facilitated by the Hun Sen government’s subservience to > Hanoi. > > His Majesty King Father Norodom Sihanouk has shown His concern for the > situation in Cambodia’s provinces bordering Vietnam. Reacting to a report I > submitted to Him earlier this month about Cambodian farmers losing their land > because of border encroachments by the Vietnamese authorities in Svay Rieng > province, the Retired King wrote to Prime Minister Hun Sen asking for an > examination of the information and evidence I had exposed on the issue. As an > insolent response to the King Father, the Hun Sen government reacted by > undemocratically removing my parliamentary immunity in order to prosecute me > because I dared raise a national issue that is embarrassing for the prime > minister. > > Mr. Hun Sen is using a classical tactic to divert the Khmer people’s > attention from the real or the most serious danger, which in fact comes from > our eastern side (Vietnam), by exacerbating tensions and creating > unprecedented attention on our western side (Thailand). > > By doing so, Mr. Hun Sen strives to: > > For himself and his clan in Cambodia > > - Secure a continuous support from powerful Vietnam in order to remain in > power against all democratic trends. > > - Create a nationalistic fervour against Thailand which would help the > Cambodian people accept harsh and deteriorating living conditions due to the > persistent economic crisis and the government’s corruption and incompetence. > > For his protector Vietnam > > - Boost trade with, and economic influence on, Cambodia. > > - Establish a dominating control over Cambodia’s economy through growing > investments from Vietnam, whose companies enjoy unique privileges in our > country, while Thailand is being marginalized because of the current > Khmer-Thai tension. The current situation is reminiscent of the anti-Thai > riots in Phnom Penh organized by Mr. Hun Sen’s thugs in January 2003. > > From a historical and geopolitical perspective Thailand is Vietnam’s main > rival in mainland Indochina. Therefore, weakening Thailand is in the long > term interest of her rival. Vietnam’s expansionism could one day go beyond > Cambodia and Laos, which are already more or less under the control of Hanoi. > To weaken Thailand nothing is more effective than fanning the flames of > internal divisions among the Thai people and supporting one fighting group > against the other. Mr. Hun Sen is a well-placed tool or pawn that is being > used by a third country in this Machiavellian game for the implementation of > a dark scheme. Whoever associates himself with Mr. Hun Sen to knowingly or > not knowingly support the implementation of such a dark scheme runs the risk > of being a pawn’s pawn acting against his own country. > > While the situation is still under control along our western border, Cambodia > should first try to address a number of humanitarian issues such as the fate > of over 200,000 Khmer workers currently living in Thailand because > unemployment in our country is a more and more acute economic and social > problem that the Hun Sen government is unable to solve. > > The political game Mr. Hun Sen is playing is definitely not in Cambodia’s > interest. We should not allow him to go on jeopardizing our country’s > security. Cambodia should remain neutral in any internal dispute in any other > country. Any spillover from the current tension or unrest in Thailand could > be very detrimental to Cambodia. Mr. Hun Sen’s miscalculation when throwing > oil on fire in a neighbouring country will likely at best burn his fingers > and at worse set Cambodia ablaze as past experiences have shown when we > unnecessarily and unwisely took side in our neighbours’ internal disputes. > > Sam Rainsy > > Member of Parliament > > Opposition leader -- 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. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
