On Mar 28, 5:07 am, "Sam Rainsy Party of North America" <[email protected]> wrote: > March 27, 2010 > > “INCITEMENT TO RACIAL DISCRIMINATION”: A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND GROUNDLESS > ACCUSATION AGAINST SAM RAINSY > > The text below is a Letter from parliamentary opposition leader Sam Rainsy to > the Editor of The Cambodia Daily, which published it today. > > SRP Did Nothing To Provoke a Charge of Racial Discrimination > > In your article “Rainsy says ‘Definitive’ Maps Point to Innocence” (March 26, > page 23) you wrote, “In January, Mr Rainsy, who is living in France, was > sentenced in absentia to two years in prison for incitement to racial > discrimination and destruction of public property after he uprooted six > wooden stakes at a temporary border marking with Vietnam in Svay Rieng in > October.” >
Did Sam Rainsy do any of those things? If he surely did not, why didn't he defend himself instead of hiding in his comfortable home in France? My friend, Sam Rainsy did something really wrong when he went there. That was not a correct way when one disagree with something especially when one a people representative. You just don't put yourself in that position so someone else can hurt you. That was exactly what he did. > I don’t need to add anything regarding the second charge (“destruction of > public property”) because there was no public property involved that could be > associated with any real and legal border line, and the legitimate owner of a > private land has the right to dispose of anything that has been put on, or > planted in, his land without his consent. In our case, we are talking about > six commercially worthless wooden stakes. > It is not black and white like you are saying. If it is, Sam Rainsy would have come out with it and win. As you have seen, he did not have it. > But regarding the first charge against me of “Incitement to racial > discrimination” which Article 61 of the 1992 UNTAC Law relates to “any person > that provokes national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes > incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence,” I can say that it is > totally groundless and politically motivated. > Did he do it? Think hard. > All I said and did on that day (October 25) in Svay Rieng province while > meeting with villagers in the concerned border area, has been videotaped and > can be viewed athttp://tinyurl.com/yhwf289and athttp://tinyurl.com/yfmakb5. > In the first document, I essentially listened to villagers’ grievances in the > compound of a pagoda. In the second document, after following villagers to > their nearby rice fields and analyzing with them the situation on the spot, > we pulled out the “six wooden stakes at a temporary border marking with > Vietnam.” > Why didn't you go to Cambodia and defend yourself if you know for sure that the charge is false? > I challenge any government or court official to seriously prove, with > concrete evidence, that I have said or done anything that could be related to > “incitement to racial discrimination.” > You don't challenge anyone from a very far distance. Go out there and fight when you know that you are right. If you are a courageous people representative, you should be in Cambodia today fighting. You can fight from the inside of the jail if you happen to be arrested. But nooooooooooooo Sam Rainsy wants a comfortable home. In my language, it is called a COWARD LEADER. -- 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.
