Photo by: Heng Chivoan A lead role for Cambodian women
Tuesday, 12 October 2010 15:01 Heng Chivoan Apsara dancers(VIETNAMESE GIRLS WEARING SAMPOT AND FANCY VIETNAMESE ART WORKS) perform at a ceremony yesterday marking the official inauguration of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s new office Photo by: Heng Chivoan Sin Chum Bo,(VIETNAMESE ) vice chairwoman of the National Election Committee, speaks during a training course held in Phnom Penh yesterday as part of a broader effort to raise the number of women in leadership roles by promoting awareness of and participation in election processes. Ms Chea Leang seen here on this picture ,the so called "CAMBODIAN" CO-PROSECUTOR, is a Vietnamese woman Phnom Penh (Cambodia) 20 November 2006. Co-prosecutors Robert Petit talked to Chea Leang(a Vietnamese posing as "Cambodian" co-prosecutor) during the plenary session of judges for the KR Tribunal (Photo: John Vink/Magnum) THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CAMBODIA IS RUN BY A VIETNAMESE HOR NAM HONG, AND HIS SPOKESMAN Koy Kuong, IS NOT CAMBODIAN. CAMBODIA today remains OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM 1979-2010. ================== Apsara dancers(VIETNAMESE GIRLS WEARING SAMPOT AND FANCY VIETNAMESE ART WORKS) perform at a ceremony yesterday marking the official inauguration of Prime Minister Hun Sen’s new office. King Norodom Sihamoni attended the inauguration, which came one day after a blessing ceremony. In prepared remarks, Hun Sen said the five-storey building, at 50,790 square feet, was larger than the adjacent Chinese-funded building currently occupied by the Council of Ministers, which he reportedly declined to use for his own office space last year because he was unhappy with its design. “This building is an achievement for Cambodia’s children, the national budget, and the engineers and architects and constructors who designed the inside and outside of the building, which is real Khmer,” Hun Sen said. Cambodians victims under the Vietnamese occupation administration. This elderly woman is begging on Trasak Pha'em Street near Samdech Pan street in Phnom Penh. Elderly people in Cambodia do not receive support from the government, unlike other countries, that is why they have to live as best as they can with a lot of hardship. Some have to live in pagodas, some depend on their neighbors' charity, and some live as hopeless vagrant while waiting for their death (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post) DURING 1990'S US SEC STATE ,MME ALLBRIGHT, CAME TO POCHENTONG AIRPORT ,WAS SUGGESTED BY THE VIET OCCUPATION FORCES OF CAMBODIA, NOT TO ENTER PHNOM PENH AND THEN SHE LEFT CAMBODIA FROM THERE. THIS TIME ? Clinton coming to Cambodia ? United States secretary of state Hillary Clinton will pay a visit to the Kingdom at the end of this month, Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong has said. The American embassy, however, could not provide details of the visit. THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CAMBODIA IS RUN BY A VIETNAMESE HOR NAM HONG, AND HIS SPOKESMAN Koy Kuong, IS NOT CAMBODIAN. CAMBODIA today remains OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM 1979-2010. THE SUFFERINGS OF THE CAMBODIAN PEOPLE UNDER THE VIETNAMESE OCCUPATION . US FOREIGN POLICY TOWARD CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM . 1.President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." 2. UNDER PRESIDENT CLINTON .(A FORMER ANTI-WAR IN VIETNAM) HE REVERSED THE REAGAN 'S FOREIGN POLICY , BY NORMALIZING THE RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM WHILE CAMBODIA REMAINS OCCUPIED AS OF TODAY. BY THIS ACT CLINTON AND HIS GROUP ARE BECOMING THE ANTI -KHMER RACE . IT WAS ONG YIN TIENG THE CPP VIETNAMESE STAFF WHO CAME TO MEET HIM AT POCHENTONG AIR PORT TO WELCOME HIM TO CAMBODIA. IT REMINDS ALL KHMER IN 1975 WHEN THE SO POWERFUL AMERICA , WITH ALL 3600 B52 SORTIES, BOMBING CAMBODIA, NEUTRAL CAMBODIA, UN MEMBER COUNTRY , KILLING OVER 600 000 CIVILIANS INNOCENT KHMER PEOPLE, UNDER DR KISSINGER IN CHARGE OF THE US FOREIGN POLICY , SO MISERABLY , LEFT THE US AMBASSADOR IN PHNOM PENH, HE JOHN G. DEAN ESCAPED FROM A ROOF TOP OF THE US EMBASSY BLDG , LIKE THIEF. CLINTON CAME TO CAMBODIA AND MET THE VIETNAMESE ONG YINTIENG ALONE AT THE AIRPORT AND LEFT CAMBODIA LIKE A THIEF . CLINTON CAMPAIGNS FOR CLINTON SUPPORTERS THE VIETNAMESE TRICKS IN CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM. THE VIETNAMESE WEARING THE LABEL "CAMBODIAN" FAKE "CAMBODIAN" HEAD OF THE INTERPOL OF CAMBODIA. THE VIETNAMESE MILITARY IN UNIFORM SEEN HERE . WHAT RIGHTS DO THESE VIETNAMESE INVADERS HAVE TO RUN CAMBODIA IN VIOLATION OF THE 10 UN RESOLUTION? ACCORDING TO THIS FORMULA : THIS BOOK : " GIAI PHONG " by T Terzani. It describes a Vietnamese as THIEF, A LIAR, A KILLER, A DECEIVER , a sleeper ...... Chea Leang(a Vietnamese )posing as "Cambodian" co-prosecutor)Tribunal judges will determine whether more suspects should be investigated. strong Resolution on Cambodia Human Rights Abuses Feb. 27, 1982 : UN Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva adopted a resolution condemning Vietnam’s occupation of Cambodia as a violation of Cambodian human rights. The vote was 28 in favor, 8 against, and 5 abstentions. Oct. 21, 1986 The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution A/RES/41/6, by vote of 116-21 with 13 abstentions, calling for a withdrawal of Vietnamese forces from Cambodia. 10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY, ARE NOT RESPECTED AS OF TODAY. President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988. "Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops ...." As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since 1988. Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders. Vietnam must cease her occupation of Cambodia at once. BURY Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:50:21 -0700 Subject: 'People power' is the best hope From: [email protected] To: [email protected] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gaffar Peang-Meth <[email protected]> Date: Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 10:25 AM Subject: 'People power' is the best hope To: PACIFIC DAILY NEWS October 20, 2010 'People power' is the best hope By A. Gaffar Peang-Meth It was almost three decades ago, but the events remain as vivid as if they happened yesterday. One early afternoon I was stretched out in a hammock under a trellis, feet away from the red, yellow and white bougainvillea, in front of my thatched hut where staff in the office of planning and analysis of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front gathered to finalize a document for submission to the commander-in-chief. We waited for my director, the chief of the Bureau of Information, Research, and Documentation (BIRD -- what an interesting acronym!) to supply a piece of information to complete our report. My Walkman -- state of the art at the time -- was on my chest, two earphones plugged into my ears. I sang along with Simon and Garfunkel's "El Condor Pasa," as the warm breeze from a small muddy pond touched my face: "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail, Yes I would, if I could, I surely would." The director came, gave what was expected to officers at work, but I remained in my hammock: "Away, I'd rather sail away, like a swan that's here and gone." He handed me a slice of mango, smiled, sat down on a bench, and asked the meaning of the last words of the song I uttered: "A man gets tied up to the ground, he gives the world its saddest sound, its saddest sound." We spoke. Then, I took off my shirt, pulled out a toy rubber boat, courtesy of governments friendly to the non-communist resistance to use for "transport" in Cambodia's waterways. I floated the boat in the pond, jumped in with my jeans on, paddled to the middle as astonished young officers looked on. That was my R&R! An elder former colonel in the Khmer Republic army, in his krama, swam to join me and the boat -- not that it was his idea of an R&R, but he saw a snake swimming by. Someone clicked photos of us in the pond. Precious memories! Five years earlier, in a mountainous area, a young officer and I arrived at a pond of still water, infested with mosquito larvae. My young friend suspected I wanted to cool off in the water and pleaded that I not do so. Never mind. I kicked off my boots, jumped in with my clothes on. My young friend followed, muttering I was asking for trouble. Trouble it was: A rush to the hospital for nine days of treatment for the deadly falciparum malaria. My young friend was fine. Nearly 30 years later, I still listen to "El Condor Pasa" -- this time, behind my computer screen as I write in hopes of inspiring and incentivizing men and women into action, especially Khmers who want to throw off the yoke of dictatorship. I hate autocracy at any level that crushes the imagination, creativity and innovation necessary for man to survive. A few years ago, I wrote in this space that great ideas properly transformed into actions could bring down autocracy. I have not changed my mind since: The brain that took man to the moon and back can help Khmers to free themselves from dictatorship. For several years I promoted foundational ideas for change -- many wanted change, did nothing, but talked the talk. "Trokieark slap s'dauk," or "hip joint lies dead," Khmers say. I extracted ideas from political science professor emeritus Gene Sharp's writings for my columns -- ideas which activists in different countries found useful, and which some freedom activists turned "actionists" have applied successfully to bring down dictators. The bottom line is this: Yes, it is possible to "disintegrate" the dictatorship through nonviolent action! A Khmer saying I quote often goes: "Curved wood makes wheel, straight wood makes spoke, crooked and twisted wood makes firewood." It tells Khmers there's a place for everything and every person. I take off my hat in respect to Khmers who engage in different activities against the dictatorship -- even if I have reservations about the wisdom of some activities. It seems no aspect is ignored in discussing and writing about Premier Hun Sen's government's policies, which have brought tears and suffering to increasing numbers of citizens -- homeless, landless, farmless and victimized by gross abuses of civil rights -- nor about the world's governments, signatories to the Oct. 23 Paris Peace Accords, who are not ignorant of what goes on in Sen's Cambodia, but do nothing to change the status quo. But the more we discuss and the more we write, the more things remain the same. Emotions are high on both sides of the political aisle. As Khmers discuss, petition and whisper their open secret about resistance and dream of the foreign intervention that I don't think will come -- and tend to blame everyone except themselves for their nation's fate -- I think it's more fruitful to explore the potential strength of "people power." Many seem to be coming to agreement that "people power" is the best hope for Cambodia's survival. Some dubbed me a daydreamer. But hasn't it been dreams that made activists and actionists? Recall Winston Churchill: "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." A. Gaffar Peang-Meth, Ph.D., is retired from the University of Guam. Write him at [email protected]. http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201010200300/OPINION02/10200317 -- 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. 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