CAMBODIAN PEOPLE LIVE IN TEARS UNDER THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION.
WHAT RIGHTS DO THESE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE TO RUN CAMBODIA IN VIOLATION OF
THE 10 UN RESOLUTION?
KING SIHAMONI IS A KHMER KING BUT ALL HIS ADMINISTRATORS IN THE KINGDOM ARE
ALMOST 90% VIETNAMESE INVADERS. THEY ARE THIEVES AND KHMER KILLERS.
> Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:28:29 -0800
> Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> Eh! I graduated from the university of Khmer Rouge.
> I spent my four years in hell with hard work. I was rewarded at the
> end.
> Thank you UKR (University of Khmer Rouge)
>
> On Jan 23, 2:07 am, rattanakiri <[email protected]> wrote:
> > International housing provide more privacy and isolation than freshmen
> > dorms. Students may live under the same roof but they have their
> > private room. You should not accuse people of wrong doing because your
> > prejudice against this person. If you are truly a Buddhist, you never
> > let your prejudice, hatred of this person cloud your judgment
> >
> >
> >
> > Heng Sombat wrote:
> > > Rattanaki must went to the same school as this so called "phony monk"
> > > or the same person? His statement seem to be off track from buddhism
> > > just like SS. Dorm is dorm, off campus apartment is different.
> >
> > > Rattanki name is nick name, right?? I wonder who is this mask man?
> >
> > > So off the wall of thinking processs!
> >
> > > On Jan 22, 2010, at 12:57 PM, thisbugone <[email protected]
> > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > >> Off campus housing is not the same as the dorm. What kind of pills
> > >> are you taking while writing the email below? If one chose to be a
> > >> monk one must follows by its religion.
> >
> > >> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:55 PM, rattanakiri <[email protected]
> > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > >> I went to college once. I know these co-ed international student
> > >> dorms are like an apartment building. Everyone has his or her own
> > >> room. This is far from what you have implied. Even if he decided
> > >> to live off campus, it is the same setting. Each apartment
> > >> complex is going to females and males residence. Where do you
> > >> think he should stay? Freshmen dorm?
> >
> > >> Heng Sombat wrote:
> >
> > >> Hey Rattankiri,
> >
> > >> You miss the whole picture here. Monks are subjected to be
> > >> a pure person
> > >> that we all respect and trust during his period of serving
> > >> his monkship
> > >> regardless young or old. If you claim that it is fine for a
> > >> monk to live in
> > >> the same dorm with female(s), I must say that you have lost
> > >> track and you do
> > >> not have any believes in Buddhism. Or you are pretending to
> > >> be Buddhism. Or
> > >> you are an idiot just like what "thisbugone" said. Please
> > >> check with your
> > >> parents about Buddhism before you response.
> >
> > >> Sombat
> >
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: [email protected]
> > >> <mailto:[email protected]>
> > >> [mailto:[email protected]
> > >> <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf
> > >> Of thisbugone
> > >> Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 11:23 AM
> > >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> > >> Subject: Re: My Letter to the Phnom Penh Post
> >
> > >> Monk and women can stay together lol. You must be an idiot!
> >
> > >> On Saturday, January 16, 2010, rattanakiri
> > >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > >> Some people may not realize it but speak ill of someone
> > >> including making a
> >
> > >> harsh and quick judgement unfairly on someone is unbecoming a
> > >> buddisht. Remember, Buddha teaching speak rightly only.
> >
> > >> In a poor country like Cambodia, monastery life is a way
> > >> out of poverty
> >
> > >> and a chance for a proper education. In fact, many
> > >> celebrated Khmer leaders
> > >> and scholars owed their career to their days in as a monk. I
> > >> think not any
> > >> Cambodians would be shocked if a monk rejoins his civilian
> > >> life. Cambodian
> > >> buddhists offer money, food to monks in order to receive good
> > >> karma,
> > >> blessing. Should the monks refund the money, foods back if
> > >> he returns to
> > >> civilian life. Would you expect the monk perform a return of
> > >> good karma,
> > >> blessing back to heaven from those people? Give me a break.
> >
> > >> Savouth Chea wrote:
> >
> > >> 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.html
> > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ecsaloha/officers.html>
> > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Ecsaloha/officers.html> and
> > >> http://www2.hawaii.edu/~sophan/
> > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Esophan/>
> > >> <http://www2.hawaii.edu/%7Esophan/>, 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 . .
> >
> > ...
> >
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