I would not go far to say that Hun Sen government is the best. On Jan 7, 9:33 pm, Heng Sombat <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Kararoo, > > Your points are very straight and very much appreciated. The author of > this letter to Phnom Penh Post has no practical logic or merit behind his > article. He just wanted his name to be read in Phnom Penh Post. > > Sam Rainsy's actions in the last 15 years are very questionable. I have the > opportunity to meet Rainsy when he was the Minister of Finance and after he > got kicked out of the government. He knows how to use less fortunate > people for his personal gain. Just like Koy Pech in the 1971, Lon Nol Era. > Students died from his actions. > > Now let's look at this author character and purpose of his writing this > article, so we could analyst his intention. I started out by contacting my > fellow friend (let's call him Sok) at Hawaii University at Manoa Campus to > verify who is this Sophan Seng really is. > > Here is what I found out. > > 1. Sophan was a student at UH and had moved back to Canada since 2009. > 2. He was a monk from Cambodia via Canada before moved to Hawaii. On top of > it, he did served his monk hood properly. > > In the body of his article he expressed the wrong doing of the HS > government, but fail to understand the responsibility of the Rainsy as MP. > MP is just a law maker not a law enforcer. What authority does MP has to > act as POLICE. Rainsy's action only create division among our people, but > fail to promote solidarity. His actions only make us Khmer weak. > > If you talk about corruption, let's us ash how Rainsy live with his MP > salary. Someone is paying for his living cost plus traveling in and out of > Cambodia whenever he wishes to travel. > > I suggest that Sophon think twice before he writes again about the HS > government. HS is not perfect, but the best government we had in the last > 100 years. We all able to get higher education and freedom to express our > opinion more than previous governments. Freedom of speech has come a long > way. But please keep freedom of speech within limitation. > > Let's look at our previous government: Sihanouk's government fail....... > Lon Nol's government fail...... Pol Pot's government fail to year ZERO. I > guess Sophan wants to live year Zero again. > > One more note for Sophon, if you are not with UH or speaking on behalf of > UH, please do not sign on behalf of UH, because your article to Phnom Penh > Post created concern for UH Cambodian Students in Hawaii. Not all students > in UH approved your statement. > > Heng Sombat > Irvine, Ca > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of sopha > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:56 AM > To: Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org > Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > On Jan 7, 2:28 am, kangaroo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Reading your article “Three more sought in removal of post at Svay > > > Rieng border” (January 4) broke my heart. > > > > The villagers should be congratulated and taken care of by the > > > government for their courage in publicly claiming their ownership of > > > the rice paddies and denouncing the violation of their territory by > > > Vietnamese authorities who have mismanaged the process of > > > demarcating the border. Instead, as unbelievable as it may sound, > > > these five farmers face a terrifying fate and the loss of their status > as “good” citizens. > > > Look at their acts. They have done something on their own hands along > > with Sam Rainsy. Did they do the right thing? > > Look at it yourself. A small group of people disagree with border > > demarkation along with their leader, Sam Rainsy. They acted illegally > > whether you like it or not. They did a wrong thing. Actually, they did > > it to demonstarte their disagreement with the government. > > Be serious about it. Doing a wrong thing to correct a wrong thing > > would never work. Sam Rainsy and that small group of people did just > > that. Now they are facing their consequences. > > Oh ask those people this. They did it along with Sam Rainsy in that > > village. Now, they all are in trouble including Sam Rainsy. WHERE IS > > SAM RAINSY TODAY? > > How about those people in the group? Where are they today? > > It is good to hear from you. Why all Cambodian people have trouble? > > > > There have been different interpretations of this story within the > > > media, but at the end of the day, no one can deny the truth: > > > Cambodian people living along the borders with Thailand, Laos and > > > Vietnam no longer dare voice their concerns about neighbouring > > > countries encroaching on their territory and stealing their land for > fear of reprisals. > > > No one can say that Cambodian neighbors have not moved into Cambodian > > territory. However, there is an agreement between Cambodian government > > and Vietnamese government on this demarkation. We will never find the > > demarkation to please everyone. So what is the best result. The two > > countries have to work it out. Until then the people will struggle. > > I think Cambodia has had agreement with all neighbors including Preah > Vihear. > > > > On one hand, the government may have good reason to accuse > > > opposition leader Sam Rainsy of acting as a provocateur in bringing > > > news of Vietnam’s mismanagement of border posts to the public. But > > > on the other hand, the government is following a course of action > > > that could rob Cambodia of its strength as a nation and destroy the > immunity of every parliamentarian. > > > My friend, > > Sam Rainsy lead that small group of people to rise against the > > decision of his own government. What do you think that the government > > would do? Let us say that Sam Rainsy is the prime minister of Cambodia > > today. What would he do if Hun Sen did like that? > > Is prime minister Sam Rainsy going to ignore the illegal act against > > his government? > > Good point but what kind of decision? Any participation from the pp and > NGOs? > > > > At the grassroots level, Cambodian people living along the border > > > will no longer dare to stand up and protest against the theft of > > > their land by neighbouring countries. At the national level, > > > parliamentarians – both government and opposition – will lose > > > confidence in their abilities to serve the genuine interests of the > people. > > > They cannot stand up for their right. The government cannot please all > > of those people at once. Nor the government can find a solution to > > make them happy on both side. There is no way. The agreement between > > Vietnam and Cambodia is set a fire storm. Some are happy and some are > > not. The government has no position to win on this position. That's > > honest. Don't tell me that prime minister Sam Rainsy would do any > > better. This situation has no winning in sight. > > That might be called agreement of self-suicide or dividing Khmers. Why > Khmers are dividing? > > > > The government must evaluate the situation fairly if it is to > > > effecctively represent the nation’s interests. I would like to > > > appeal to the government to restore the prowess of elected > > > parliamentarians and allow them to fulfil their duties, which are > > > more important than those of the lower court of Svay Rieng. I would > > > also like to appeal to the government to drop all charges against > > > the five farmers – Prak Chea, Neang Phally, Prak Koeun, Meas Srey and > Prom Chea – and release them without condition. > > > Sam Rainsy is dead. He acted on his own hands against his own > > government in his own country. He created that opportunity for those > > who hate him to be able to destroy him. He miscalculated his act. > > Actually, he is a stupid leader to act like that. > > > > Sophan Seng > > > University of Hawaii > > > And what does it make you to be since you have studied in the > > University of Hawaii? > > Are you smarter than others? > > Are you always right since you are a student of an American > > university? > > By the way, are you living in Cambodia as a real Cambodian? > > Where are you living? What is your real name? I am feeling intimidated by > your message and sharp argument. If you are really loving Khmer nation, let > show our real intention to the issue on how to solve the problem. We can > walk together to help Cambodia. Let I know you personally or in this forum, > so we can pursue our collective goal. No Khmers are marginalized, we all are > Khmers. > > S.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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