That's right. Mu Sochea has been preaching the fight for humanity. What has she done? She fought and almost lost her position. Then she went silent so she could keep it. Now she is coming out again with something else. Is she going to abandon it too if or when she is put in bad position again? What happened to the fight for justice shen she was trying to suit Hun Sen? Why is she so quiet about the matter? Did she loose the battle because she fought for nothing to begin with? Common, Mu Sochea is nothing more than an opportunist. She would do anything to gain for herself. The same thing applies to her boss. They all came from the same root. They want the power to themselves at any cost so they can corrupt and to practice impunity over no one but their own people in their own country. They have no intention to unite the country. They want it all to themselves.
On Mar 22, 8:47 am, Vonglokruta Khema <[email protected]> wrote: > 4 GANG KA ROO PARK 1/5 > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: kangaroo <[email protected]> > To:Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org > Sent: Tue, 23 March, 2010 1:39:59 AM > Subject: Re: Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua Visits U.S., Speaks on > Lack of Human Rights at Home > > KEEP SPREADING THE HAPPY TO THE WORLD. > > On Mar 21, 7:12 am, "Sam Rainsy Party of North America" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sunday, March 21, 2010 > > Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua Visits U.S., Speaks on Lack of Human > > Rights at Home > > > Mu Sochua with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the Occasion of the > > Vital Voices Tribute to Global Women Leadership last week. > > M.P. Mu Sochua visits a paralyzed woman denied quality health services. > > Waving to her supporters, the odds are stacked against Cambodian Parliament > > Member Mu Sochua. Many of her contemporaries in the opposition have been > > assassinated. > > Cory Aquino fought with yellow ribbons, Aung San Suu Kyi fights with a > > dignified silence. Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua leads the > > opposition with candles. > > Armed police in Phnom Penh blocking the opposition's anti-corruption march. > > Mu Sochua receives the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for leadership in human > > rights from > > Allida Black, Director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Project at George > > Washington University. (U.S. Mission Photo: Eric Bridiers.) > > Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua, whose is in danger for leading the > > opposition, with Jean-Michel Tijerina of the Cambodia Project and me in the > > safety of New York City. (Photo courtesy of Nozomi Terao.) > > > March 19, 2010 > > Jim Luce > > The Huffington Post > > > Jean-Michel Tijerina, CEO and Founder of the Cambodia Project, insisted I > > must meet her. > > > After an hour over coffee, I fully comprehended why. > > > I was talking to the Cory Aquino or the Aung San Suu Kyi - of Cambodia. > > > And given her courageous outspokenness, I am now very concerned for her > > safety. > > > Cambodian Parliament Member Mu Sochua (Wiki) is headed back to Cambodia > > where she faces possible arrest and imprisonment. Yet she is headed back > > nonetheless. > > > She was in New York last week to attend Women in the World: Stories and > > Solutions, a conference that provides a platform for women across the world > > to tell the stories that have shaped their lives. > > > Some of the speakers in attendance are well-known, like Hillary Clinton, > > Diane von Furstenberg, and Queen Rania of Jordan. Other faces were less > > familiar but shared no less powerful stories, such as Mu Sochua. > > > This high-powered event was sponsored by HP, Exxon Mobil, Bank of America, > > and Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Women, and follows on the heels of the Vital > > Voices conference at Kennedy Center in Washington last week. > > > They invited internationally prominent women such as Mu Sochua to > > participate. In 2005, she was one of 1,000 women nominated for the Nobel > > Peace Prize and has received many awards for her human rights work. > > > Mu Sochua became a member of her nation's Cabinet in 1998, after having > > returned in 1989 after 18 years in exile during the period called the > > Killing Fields. She was then one of two women in high power there. > > > War and genocide took me away from my native Cambodia when I had just > > completed high school, in 1972. War exploded in addition to genocide from > > 1975 to 1979. > > > In just three years, over one million lives were lost - a quarter of > > Cambodia's people. The green rice fields of Cambodia became killing fields. > > > Armed conflict continued until the Paris Peace Accords were signed in > > 1991. > > She was the first woman to preside over the Office of Women's Affairs. > > Prior to her, it had been considered a man's job. > > > I left Cambodia as a young adolescent and returned as a mother and an > > activist, working with women's networks and human rights organizations to > > promote peace and to include strong provisions in the 1993 Constitution to > > protect the human rights of women. > > > In 1998, I ran for a parliamentary seat in the North West of Cambodia, > > the most devastated region, and won. The same year, I became Minister of > > Women and Veterans' Affairs -- as one of only two women to join the cabinet. > > > I declined a ministerial post in the next government, joining the > > opposition party instead, and joining forces with Cambodian democrats to > > fight corruption and government oppression. > > But the government there is not particularly democrat and she felt the > > corruption and nepotism kept Cambodia's women back. She did not wish to be > > co-opted, so she joined the Sam Rainsy Party, the lead opposition party in > > Cambodia. > > > As a minister, I proposed the draft law on domestic violence in > > Parliament, negotiated an international agreement with Thailand to curtail > > human trafficking in Southeast Asia, and launched a campaign to engage > > NGOs, law enforcement officials, and rural women in a national dialogue. > > > During my mandate, I campaigned widely with civil society and NGOs to > > encourage women at the grassroots to run as candidates for commune > > elections, the first of their kind in the history of Cambodia. > > Although the government rejects these numbers -- and critics are often > > challenged with misinformation charges -- it appears from credible sources > > that Cambodia remains one of the poorest countries in Asia, with 30% of the > > population living below the national poverty line of 45 cents a day in > > 2007, with 68.2% of the population living on less than $2 a day. > > > Mu Sochua wants to improve Cambodia's economy - with the help of Cambodia's > > women: > > > My efforts have always been for long-term development which includes > > development of human resources for Cambodia, where most of our teachers, > > doctors, and judges were killed during the Khmer Rouge years. > > > As a woman leader I lead with the strong belief that women bring > > stability and peace, at home, in their communities and for the nation. > > > I am a strong supporter and advocate for a gender quota, although this > > special measure is yet to be adopted by the government. > > > Leaving the government to join the opposition is not the same as Joe > > Lieberman being a Democrat or Republican. In Cambodia, they don't play. The > > head of the opposition party, Sam Rainsy, has been found guilty of > > destruction of public property and sentenced to two years in prison. > > > This trumped-up charge was followed by another three weeks later that will > > likely send him to at least ten years behind bars. > > > Drummed-up charges and show trials are part of the Cambodian judiciary > > system that is directly controlled by the government. It is a direct form > > of political prosecution of the government's critics. > > > A letter to the editor to The Phnom Penh Post this week by a prominent > > human rights defender points out the charges against Sam Rainsy are similar > > to the new electoral law in Burma which is designed solely to keep > > opposition leadership out of atonal elections. > > > Sam Rainsy, a prominent economist trained in France, was made Finance > > Minister following the U.N.-sponsored elections in 1993. > > > However, his parliamentary immunity was stripped and his former party > > expelled him from his government position in 1995 for his attempt to clean > > up corruption - forcing him to form the opposition party. > > > He has survived at least two assassination attempts when leading workers' > > demonstrations. At one of the demonstrations his body guard died on top of > > him. He has since fled into exile in Paris. > > > Mu Sochua explained her dedication to opposition founder Sam Rainsy: > > > He leads with one thing in his mind: Justice. A man with strong > > democratic principles, he delegates power, he seeks the truth, and never > > shies away from threats to his life. > > > He has walked thousands of miles with the poor to end land grabs, he has > > lead hundreds of demonstrations to fight for workers' rights. > > > And he has risked his life more than once to end corruption which is > > calculated at close to US$500 million per year according to the U.S. > > Ambassador to Cambodia. > > Since 1995, Mu Sochua told me -- as we sat in the safety of the Time-Warner > > Building opposite Columbus Circle in New York City -- that 185 activists > > from her opposition party have been killed. > > > She casually mentioned that just to care for that number of bodies was a > > burden for her and her followers. As hardened as I have become by my > > travels, I was shocked. > > > More than once I have come face to face with armed police and military. > > My strategy for self-protection is to remain vocal, visible and high > > profile. > > > The day I joined the opposition party was the day the leader of the > > workers' movement -- Chea Vichea -- was assassinated. He was the founder of > > the opposition in Cambodia. > > The documentary of his life and death, Who Killed Chea Vichea?", will > > premiere March 27 at the Frederick Film Festival in Maryland. Chea was shot > > in broad daylight by assassins, but the government arrested two other men > > and imprisoned them for their supposed crime. > > > I was given a private screening of this moving film by its director Bradley > > Cox and will write its review shortly. Images of Buddhist priests crying as > > they watch the funeral procession are haunting. > > > The reason I fear for Mu Sochua's safety is because the Government of > > Cambodia wants her gone. Try to follow this story - she is charged with > > "defamation." As I understand it: > > > The Prime Minster insulted my new friend Mu Sochua. She insisted he > > apologize. He said, "forget-about-it - just sue me!" So she did. > > > However, her lawyer was immediately threatened with being disbarred, so > > he had to drop her as a client. The case was then closed for 'lack of > > evidence.' > > > But the case was far from over. The Prime Minster then took her to court > > - for having sued him. He claimed she had committed a 'conspiracy to defame > > his reputation.' Unbelievable. > > > She lost this suit in June of 2009. She was told by the court she must > > pay a $4,000 fine. She refused and appealed - and lost again in November > > 2009. > > > Now -- about the > > ... > > read more » > > 4GANG KA ROO P1.mp3 > 2362KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to camdisc+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
