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 S
rey 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.
