Cambodian typical attitude cannot be eliminated because it has been rooted into the society for a very long time. If they can't agree on something, digging dirt on their persona; affair would be the tool to destroy oneself. That's Cambodians.
On Jan 11, 1:57 pm, "Bopha Angkor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Listen up lok Sambat, I barely know people here personally and I don't care > much how this or that people live their private life while it doesn't > threaten to collective or national interest. It is their ideas that merit to > be considered or not. All I see is you and your people traced and exposed Mr > Sophan privacy in public, whether right or wrong, because you and your people > don't like what he wrote and posted in PPP because for you and your people, > it didn't serve your Cambodia (cpp) interest. Tracing someone life or > privacy in public for his opinions or political stands is considered as a > threat to people privacy or life for political purpose. > > Of course, you don't need to claim who you are. Your message and behaviors > show it clearly here. People can see it and feel it. > > Bopha Angkor > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Heng Sombat > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 12:56 AM > Subject: RE: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > Dear Bopha Angkor, With all your respect sir, I have a few questions for > you. Do you know Mr. Sophan personally? If not you need to find out more > about him from the Khmers in Hawaii and Khmers Canada first. What and how do > you come to conclusion that I threaten Mr. Sophan privacy or life? All I > said was for him to stop taking advantage of people and telling lies. My > Cambodian political party is not in power, actually we have less MP in the > Parliament than SRP. I am all about progress for Khmer people. Are You? > For your information, I was one of the young Khmers that help other Khmers > mobilized helps in the late 70' and early 80'. Signing your name under > city or country would be fine, but signing your name above an institution > would be implying your association or representing that institution. > > Sire, I hope this help you clarify my pure heart intention. Because when > we are weak, enemies will strike. > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Bopha Angkor > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 4:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > Sir, > > One visible social behavior is a complex social relation specially for a > society like one Cambodian. Prejudge people from one visible fence can be > completely false of one reality. You and your people trace and threaten to Mr > Sophan privacy and life because Mr Sophan dares to stand his opinions which > is opposed or not in line to your band political line. - Mr sombat, I don't > see any wrong to sign with a locate where people live or precise one statue. > Non paragraph of Mr Sopha talked on behalf of other but his own opinions. > > Right or wrong, what you and your people trace about Mr Sophan privacy or > behaviors revealed a morality fence, nothing to see with his political stand > but threaten people life or privacy for rising voice against a tyrannical > regime or behaviors is sure a "political crime or threat" - Khmer Monks are > also Khmer citizen why they cant fulfill their duty to protect and preserve > their society while vietcong monks or cpp monks can widely run religions or > Buddhism as political tool to poisoning or silent Khmer people in order to > better kill and destroy Khmers. > > One dominant culture of Khmer rouge, tyrants and fanatics emerges in > Cambodia since decades: > > First they try to corrupt you. If it doesn't work, they trace your privacy > and that of your family and if it doesn't work, it is your life and those of > yours that these tyrants will try to reach. > > Cheers > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Savouth Chea > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:31 AM > > Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > Aloha, > > As a resident of Hawaii, which Sophan Seng claims he represents, I wanted > to share my observations, thoughts, and also questions about his motives. > Unfortunately, I didn't like what I saw of him, and I only foresee further > disruption. > > Sophan Seng came to Hawaii to further his education back in 2006. The > first time he set foot in Hawaii, I introduced him to some Cambodian > community members since he was a Khmer new to the island. Some knew his > background from the past and had their opinions (good but mostly bad), but I > tried not to take people's word for it. As months progressed, however, I > came to see that the warnings I had heard were true. First, he used the > Buddhist religion to advance himself rather than becoming a monk selflessly > in dedication to Buddha. How do I know this? While attending the University > of Hawaii, he lived in a co-educational dormitory. One may think this is not > a big deal nowadays, but should a monk put himself in the company and living > quarters of females? Is this appropriate? He often flirted with young > female members of our community and made inappropriate comments - causing > some of our youth and their parents to become very upset! He was affiliated > with a so-called 'temple' in Hawaii, and performed Buddhist ceremonies. That > was reasonable because he was a monk, right? But in 2009, he visited > Cambodia from Hawaii, ostensibly still a monk, but came back to the United > States only a couple of months later with a wife! Prior to his trip back to > Cambodia, he told members of the community in Hawaii that he was going there > to represent and gain support for the temple and the Buddhist religion. The > 'temple committee' gave him $400, and some individual people also gave him > money, since he was a monk and/or student. Poor him, right? When he came > back with a wife, people were shocked. Did he care? Apparently not. He did > not attempt to explain himself nor apologize for using the monies to go back > to Cambodia to get married. No, he used religion for personal gain. Sad but > true. > > To people that do not know him, Sophan Seng represents himself as a > 'community facilitator.' To be a facilitator, ideally one has to be neutral, > or at least try to maintain neutrality. Instead, he openly expresses his > opinion about Cambodian politics. In fact, even as a monk, whose studies are > supposed to focus on learning and internalizing Buddhist principles and the > path to peace, he chose to pursue a degree in political science. Most if > not all of the articles he has written to the Phnom Penh Post (PPP) discuss > politics. At the close of each of his articles, he signed "Sophan Seng, > University Hawaii at Manoa, United States," or "Cambodian Students of Aloha" > (the University's student organization). This might indicate that his > opinions echo those of other Khmer at the University of Hawaii. They do not. > Again, he is not representing the university, Khmer in Hawaii, or the > United States of America. He used these closures to make himself look good > with outside parties. Not all Khmer in Hawaii (or elsewhere in the United > States) agree with him. > > In his previous correspondence, Sophan stated, "If you want to know me > more, go to these links." The links he > provided,http://www2.hawaii.edu/~csaloha/officers.htmlandhttp://www2.hawaii.edu/~sophan/, > are links that were self-created -- using the university- related resources > (originally created for the use of the student group as a whole) for personal > gain, again. Was the information he put on the site approved by the > majority of the students in the organization? Has anyone else affiliated > with the CSAloha used this site for personal boasting? No. Not even the > founders, myself or Mr. Chanthoeun To, ever considered using this site to > toot our own horns. The purpose of CSAloha, '.does not represent any > political or religious ideologies both on/off campus.' Yet he used the > university-based name/group to send articles about politics to PPP and other > media. Like Mr. Heng Sombat mentioned in his email, 'He just wanted his name > to be read in Phnom Penh Post.' > > Most of the articles he wrote to the PPP from Hawaii attacked the current > Cambodian government and sided with opposition political parties. Hmmm . . . > Sophan, when you were in Cambodia, did you write any articles to the PPP? Or > did you simply enjoy yourself there and then come back to the safety of the > U.S. to criticize Cambodia? Why attack the government of your own country? > Do you just use your country for personal gain as well? Samdech Hun Sen has > been a Prime Minister for years. He lives in Cambodia most of his life, > unlike Mr. Sam Rainsy. When problems arise in the country, Samdech Hun Sen > is still there. How about Mr. Sam Rainsy? He leaves the country when > problems come up. Then, his students and his followers pay the price since > they can't leave the country like him. Now, I am not affiliated with any > political party in Cambodia. I am simply noting that you only support a > given official or bureaucrat when it suits you. Perhaps it is easier to get > an American scholarship if you are attacking a socialist country leader > rather than supporting him? Sophan, why try to divide the country instead of > uniting it? Are you using your Canadian and US bases to get asylum to live > abroad permanently?? > > Your articles to the PPP do not help the current issues in Cambodia; > instead, you are dividing the government and her people. Before you decide > to sound off your opinion again, you should take a look at yourself in the > mirror again and think about whether you are helping Cambodia with your words > and actions, or, by pretending to be some sort of expert from the safety of > your current North American address, making things worse for the people of > our motherland. > > Savouth Chea > > Honolulu, Hawaii > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la > part > de Heng Sombat > Envoyé : samedi 9 janvier 2010 21:08 > À : [email protected] > Objet : RE: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post > > Sophan, > > The CSALOHA website is very outdated > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
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