Hi Heng Sombat and Kangkaroo; Some info you claimed is correct, but major of them is wrong about me. If you want to know me more, go to these links.
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csaloha/officers.html or http://www2.hawaii.edu/~sophan/ I am not affiliated with any political parties inside or outside of Cambodia. I am currently a student of UH, and community facilitator. My letter to the Phnom Penh Post has fairly articulated to bring benefits to all sides especially the collective interests of the nation. Please re-read my article again and again before you assume to reply this or that. PS: I am an individual of UH's student. I am not representing all students in this University including Cambodian students studying there, like many other writers who revealed their places such as Phnom Penh, California or others, surely not represent everyone there. Regards, S. On Jan 7, 10:33 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.
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