Wednesday, 16 January 2019
អ្នកវិភាគគោលនយោបាយថា កំណែទម្រង់សេដ្ឋកិច្ចត្រូវលុបបំបាត់អំពើពុករលួយនៅថ្នាក់លើសិន
ដោយ មួង ណារ៉េត
2019-01-15
rfa
អ្នកវិភាគគោលនយោបាយការបរទេស និងជាអ្នកនិពន្ធសៀវភៅ «ការពឹងផ្អែកលើជំនួយនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា៖ វិធីដែលជំនួយបរទេសធ្វើឲ្យលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យទន់ខ្សោយ» (Aid Dependence in Cambodia: How Foreign Assistance Undermines Democracy) លោកសាស្ត្រាចារ្យបណ្ឌិត អៀ សុផល។
អ្នកវិភាគគោលនយោបាយអះអាងថា គម្រោងកំណែទម្រង់អំពើពុករលួយរបស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ដែលគ្រោងបោសសម្អាតអំពើពុករលួយពីមន្ត្រីថ្នាក់ក្រោមឡើងលើនេះ នឹងគ្មានប្រសិទ្ធភាពនោះទេ។ អ្នកវិភាគថា កំណែទម្រង់សេដ្ឋកិច្ច ត្រូវផ្ដើមចេញពីការលុបបំបាត់អំពើពុករលួយពីលើ ចុះក្រោម ជាពិសេសការចំណាយថវិកាជាតិខ្ជះខ្ជាយ ភាពគ្មានតម្លាភាព និងប្រព័ន្ធបក្សពួក និង គ្រួសារនិយម ដែលធ្វើឲ្យខ្សោះប្រាក់ចំណូលជាតិ។
សាស្ត្រាចារ្យផ្នែកកិច្ចការការទូត និងពិភពលោក នៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យ អុកស៊ីដិនថល (Occidental College) នៅទីក្រុង ឡូសអែនជីឡេស (Los Angeles) រដ្ឋកាលីហ្វ័រញ៉ា (California) សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក លោកបណ្ឌិត អៀ សុផល ថា គេមិនអាចកែទម្រង់សេដ្ឋកិច្ច ពីក្រោមឡើងលើទេ។ លោកលើកយកសុភាសិតអាហ្វ្រិក ដែលនិយាយថា “ត្រីចាប់ស្អុយខូចពីក្បាលមកមុន”។ លោក អៀ សុផល បន្តថា បើគេចង់បោសសម្អាតក្នុងផ្ទះ គឺគេត្រូវសម្អាតពីជាន់លើមកមុន។ ម្យ៉ាងទៀត ការកែទម្រង់ពិតប្រាកដ មិនមែននិយាយឲ្យតែពីរោះស្ដាប់ ឬគ្រាន់តែតុបតែងលម្អបង្អួត ឲ្យល្អមើលតែពីខាងក្រៅនៅទេ។
អ្នកធ្វើការជាមួយកសិករព្រមានពីលទ្ធភាពផ្ទុះការបះបោរក្នុងចំណោមកសិករខ្មែរបើអឺរ៉ុបយកពន្ធអង្ករ
ដោយ មាន ឫទ្ធិ
2019-01-15
អគ្គលេខាធិការសម្ព័ន្ធសហគមន៍កសិករកម្ពុជា លោក ថេង សាវឿន (ឆ្វេង) ចូលរួមវេទិកាអ្នកស្ដាប់វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី នៅយប់ថ្ងៃអង្គារ ទី១៨ ខែតុលា ឆ្នាំ២០១៦។
RFA
សកម្មជនការពារសិទ្ធិកសិករព្រមានថា កសិករក្រីក្រអាចនឹងផ្ទុះការងើបឡើងតវ៉ា ឬបះបោរ ដោយសារតែរបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន នៅមិនទាន់បានត្រៀមខ្លួនទុកជាមុនឲ្យបានពេញលេញនៅឡើយទេ សម្រាប់ហេតុការណ៍អាក្រក់ដែលសហភាពអឺរ៉ុប អាចនឹងគិតពន្ធលើការនាំចូលអង្ករកម្ពុជាទៅកាន់ទីផ្សារអឺរ៉ុប។
អគ្គលេខាធិការសម្ព័ន្ធសហគមន៍កសិករកម្ពុជា (CCFC) លោក ថេង សាវឿន មើលឃើញពីចំណុចចម្បងៗមួយចំនួនដែលរបបក្រុងភ្នំពេញ នៅមិនទាន់បានដាក់ចេញនៅឡើយ សម្រាប់ជាការត្រៀមទុកជាមុន ក្នុងករណីដែលសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបសម្រេចគិតពន្ធលើអង្ករកម្ពុជា។ ចំណុចទាំងនោះ រួមមាន ការបម្រុងថវិកាសម្រាប់ជួយទិញ ឬផ្ដល់ជាកម្ចីដល់កសិករខ្នាតតូច ការបម្រុងថវិកាសម្រាប់ចេញខាតជំនួសកសិករ និងការពង្រីកទីផ្សារបន្ថែមទៀត សម្រាប់ទទួលទិញអង្ករកម្ពុជា។
អ្នកធ្វើការទាក់ទងព្រៃឈើរិះគន់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ដែលព្រមានរុះផ្ទះយកឈើពីមន្ត្រីបក្សប្រឆាំង
ដោយ សេក បណ្ឌិត
2019-01-16
អាឡិកហាន់ដ្រូ ហ្គាន់ឡេស ដេវិតសិន (Alejandro Gonzalez Davidson) ប្រធានចលនាមាតាធម្មជាតិ ក្នុងវេទិកាអ្នកស្ដាប់វិទ្យុអាស៊ីសេរី នៅយប់ថ្ងៃទី១៦ ខែកុម្ភៈ ឆ្នាំ២០១៥។
RFA
អ្នកធ្វើការទាក់ទងព្រៃឈើលើកឡើងថា បទល្មើសព្រៃដែលបំផ្លាញព្រៃកម្ពុជាមិនមែនកើតឡើងដោយសារការកាប់ឈើយកធ្វើផ្ទះនោះទេ ប៉ុន្តែព្រៃឈើកម្ពុជាវិនាស ព្រោះឈ្មួញនាំយកទៅលក់នៅក្រៅប្រទេស និងការប្រព្រឹត្តអំពើពុករលួយរបស់មន្ត្រីមានអំណាច និងឈ្មួញទុច្ចរិត។ ប្រតិកម្មនេះក្រោយពេលមេដឹកនាំរបបក្រុងភ្នំពេញ ព្រមានចុះរុះផ្ទះមន្ត្រីបក្សប្រឆាំងយកឈើមករក្សាទុក ព្រោះអ្នកទាំងនោះរិះគន់លោកថា គ្មានសមត្ថភាពការពារព្រៃឈើ។
2 Cambodian opposition politicians get bans dropped
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PHNON PENH, Cambodia — A veteran Cambodian politician and his son have become the first among 118 opposition members banned from politics for five years to have the restriction lifted.
Kong Korm and his son, Kong Bora, had their bans lifted when Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni signed a royal decree Wednesday approving their application for restoration of political rights.
The two were among the members of the Cambodia National Rescue Party who were banned from politics when the group was dissolved by court order in November 2017 on a contrived charge of conspiring with the United States to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen's government.
The move against the opposition was seen as the government's effort to ensure it won last July's general election. It swept all 125 National Assembly seats.
Whatever happened to / Vietnam’s forgotten veterans
Khmer Circle: But just how free are the peoples of Cambodia and Vietnam today? Who were the groups behind this war and who are the people still in charge over their lives now?
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By: Paul Millar - Posted on: December 25, 2018 | Cambodia
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On Christmas Day 40 years ago, 150,000 Vietnamese troops crossed the border into Cambodia and launched a bloody campaign to drive the murderous Khmer Rouge regime from power. Decades later, the men who fought against Pol Pot’s forces remain haunted by their memories, forgotten by their nation and distrusted by many of the Cambodians they freed
Vietnamese troops in Kampong Cham before their withdrawl from Cambodia in late 1989. Vietnam’s invasion of Cambodia in December 1978 drove the murderous Khmer Rouge regime from power and began a decade of foreign occupation in the Kingdom
For two weeks in April 1978, black-clad cadres from Pol Pot’s ultra-nationalist Khmer Rouge regime unleashed hell on earth. They drove whole families from their homes, gunned down men, women and children, broke babies against the brick walls of the homes that had once sheltered them. In less than a fortnight, almost 3,000 civilians in a quiet village were dead.
But this massacre – one of the worst by Pol Pot’s forces in more than four years of violent revolution – was not committed on Cambodian soil, or even against Cambodians. His forces had stolen across the border into Vietnam’s Ba Chuc commune to lay waste to a village of both ethnic Vietnamese and Khmer. It was this raid, one of a campaign of violent massacres in Vietnam that has long been overshadowed by Pol Pot’s crimes against his own people, that laid the ground for the Vietnamese assault on Cambodia that would finally drive the Khmer Rouge from power.
Belt and Nope: Southeast Asia doesn’t trust China
By Emma Richards | 7th January 2019
SOCIAL BUZZ
The portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong is seen behind a Chinese military honour guard as they wait for the start of a welcome ceremony for Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 16, 2017. Hun Sen was on a state visit to China after attending the Belt and Road Forum on May 14-15, 2018. Source: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP
SOUTHEAST Asian countries, among some of the biggest beneficiaries of Chinese investment, do not trust Beijing and believe their governments should be cautious when negotiating on President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative.
Falling into the trap of unsustainable debt was a concern of the 70 percent of respondents who didn’t fully trust the Chinese initiative. The survey, released Monday by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, polled 1,008 respondents from all ten nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), drawn from government, academic and business communities, civil society and the media.
This distrust and urge for caution were felt strongest in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines.
Tuesday, 15 January 2019
EU set to impose tariffs on Cambodia, Myanmar rice imports
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is likely this week to impose tariffs on rice coming from Cambodia and Myanmar for the next three years to curb a surge in imports, according to a source familiar with the file.
FILE PHOTO: A farmer works in a rice paddy field outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/SamrNOang Pring/File Photo
The European Commission, which oversees trade policy in the bloc, proposed the measures last year and put these to the 28 member countries in December, but failed to get a clear majority of them in favor.
In the absence of an opinion by the relevant committee, the Commission itself was bound to take the final decision.
It has launched an internal procedure to determine if there is any opposition, with a Wednesday deadline, a source familiar with the process said. If, as expected, there is no opposition, then it would likely announce the start of measures on Friday, the source said.
The Commission’s proposal is to set a duty of 175 euros ($200.73) per tonne of rice in the first year, dropping to 150 euros in the second and 125 euros in year three, according to a Commission source.
Cambodian PM: Western Sanctions Would Hurt Opposition
15 January 2019
Associated Press
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FILE - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures while speaking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Aug. 1, 2018.
PHNOM PENH —
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that if Western countries impose threatened economic sanctions on his country, it would cause the death of the country's political opposition.
Hun Sen, speaking at a road groundbreaking ceremony, was referring mostly to plans by the European Union to cancel an agreement giving imports from Cambodia preferential duty-free status.
The EU began the process of ending the agreement after last July's general election, in which Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party won all 125 National Assembly seats. The EU, along with other critics, charged the election was unfair and unfree because the sole credible opposition party was dissolved in November 2017 by Cambodia's Supreme Court, generally seen as being under the government's influence.
The U.S. and Germany have already instituted some diplomatic sanctions against Cambodia because of its repressive political climate.
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ព្រមានកម្ទេចបក្សប្រឆាំងបន្ថែមទៀត បើអន្តរជាតិដាក់គំនាបសេដ្ឋកិច្ចលើកម្ពុជា
2019-01-14
rfa
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ក្នុងពិធីសម្ពោធបើកការដ្ឋានសាងសង់ផ្លូវក្រវ៉ាត់ក្រុងទី៣ កាត់ភ្នំពេញ និងខេត្តកណ្តាល នៅថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែមករា ឆ្នាំ ២០១៩។
រូបថត៖ ហ្វេសប៊ុក Samdec Hun Sen, Cambodia Prime Minister
មេដឹកនាំរបបក្រុងភ្នំពេញ ព្រមានតាមកម្ទេចគណបក្សប្រឆាំងបន្ថែមទៀត ដោយមិនទុកឲ្យមានជីវិត ប្រសិនបើអន្តរជាតិដាក់គំនាបសេដ្ឋកិច្ចលើកម្ពុជាមែននោះ។ មន្ត្រីជាន់ខ្ពស់គណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ និងអ្នកឃ្លាំមើលកម្ពុជា ហៅការប្រើវោហាសាស្ត្រគ្រោតគ្រាត មិនចំណេញដល់កម្ពុជាបែបនេះថា វាកាន់តែបង្ហាញឲ្យឃើញថា លោក ហ៊ុន សែន កំពុងបន្តបំពានច្បាប់ រំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងបំផ្លាញលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នៅកម្ពុជា។
លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បញ្ចេញប្រតិកម្មខ្លាំងៗ ថា បើសហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិ ដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្មលើកម្ពុជានោះ គឺស្មើនឹងសម្លាប់គណបក្សប្រឆាំង។
ថ្លែងក្នុងពិធីបើកការដ្ឋានសាងសង់ផ្លូវក្រវ៉ាត់ក្រុងទី៣ កាត់ភ្នំពេញ និងខេត្តកណ្តាល នៅថ្ងៃទី១៤ ខែមករា លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ចោទគណបក្សប្រឆាំងថា ជាអ្នកអំពាវនាវឲ្យអន្តរជាតិដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្មលើកម្ពុជា។ ដូច្នេះលោកមិនអាចអត់ឱនឲ្យនោះទេ។
Monday, 14 January 2019
Cambodia has a lot to answer
Khmer Circle: When did Xamdaach have to answer anything?!
But, to be fair [if the allegation is founded] he's hardly without his shady counterparts within Bangkok's ruling circle...
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Your say - The Nation
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha should ask the Cambodian government to explain why former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra recently used a Cambodian passport to register a company in Hong Kong.
This despite Cambodia having repeatedly denied that Yingluck escaped through Cambodia in 2017 or received any help from the Cambodian government during and after that time. Immediately after Thailand’s 2014 coup, the Cambodian government declared it would cooperate fully with the post-coup Thai government. It also expressed hope that both Yingluck and Thaksin would understand the Cambodian government’s situation at that time. Now that Yingluck has used a Cambodian passport to broaden her personal and family businesses outside the borders of Thailand, how will Cambodia explain this to Thailand’s satisfaction?
Vint Chavala
Chiang Mai
Base instinct: how Chinese visit to Cambodia reignited rumour of navy port plan
Docking of warships revived speculation about implications of close military ties and whether Beijing wants to strengthen its hand in disputed waters
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 13 January, 2019, 7:50pm
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Andrew Nachemson
Fresh from celebrating four decades since the downfall of the former Khmer Rouge rulers, Cambodia welcomed several Chinese warships. Just days after last week’s anniversary, the vessels docked in the resort city of Sihanoukville, reviving concerns about the implications of close military ties between the two countries and the possibility China is planning a naval base in the kingdom.
Cambodia’s leader Hun Sen swatted away similar rumours about Beijing’s intentions last November, after receiving a letter from US Vice-President Mike Pence.
Rear Admiral Xu Haihua (right), commander of the 30th fleet of Chinese navy escort, shakes hands with people welcoming the Chinese naval fleet at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Cambodia, on January 9, 2019. Photo: Xinhua
“The constitution of Cambodia bans the presence of foreign troops or military bases in its territory … whether naval forces, infantry forces or air forces,” the premier said, bluntly dismissing Washington’s concerns.
But after the navy visit, analysts said there may be some substance to the idea.
Paul Chambers, a regional analyst at Thailand’s Naresuan University, insisted: “Reliable, senior Cambodian officials have told me that the Hun Sen regime is moving toward the tacit approval of a naval base on a 99-year land concession in Koh Kong,” Chambers said in an email, referring to the coastal province where a Chinese developer is building a US$3.8 billion tourism project on 45,000 hectares of land.
អ្នកវិភាគរិះគន់វិធានការទប់ទល់ការដកប្រព័ន្ធអនុគ្រោះពន្ធរបស់របបក្រុងភ្នំពេញថា នឹងគ្មានប្រសិទ្ធភាព
ដោយ ថន ថារ៉ូ
2019-01-12
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លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ប្រធានសហភាពសហជីពកម្ពុជា
អ្នកវិភាគ និងអ្នកឃ្លាំមើលកម្ពុជាយល់ថា វិធានការរបស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ដែលមិនឱនក្បាលនឹងការដកប្រព័ន្ធអនុគ្រោះពន្ធរបស់អាមេរិក និងអឺរ៉ុប មិនមានប្រសិទ្ធភាពនោះទេ។ ពួកគេយល់ថា វិធីល្អបំផុតនោះ គឺលោក ហ៊ុន សែន គួរតែចាប់ផ្ដើមស្ដារលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និងគោរពសិទ្ធិមនុស្សឡើងវិញតាមសំណូមពររបស់សហគមន៍អន្តរជាតិទៅវិញប្រសើរជាង។
អ្នកវិភាគ និងឃ្លាំងមើលកម្ពុជាលើកឡើងថា របបក្រុងភ្នំពេញមិនគួរបណ្ដោយឲ្យបាត់បង់ប្រព័ន្ធអនុគ្រោះពន្ធរបស់អាមេរិក និងសហភាពអឺរ៉ុបនោះទេ ព្រោះបានធ្វើឲ្យកម្ពុជាចំណេញថវិការាប់រយលានដុល្លារក្នុងមួយឆ្នាំ។
Saturday, 12 January 2019
Vietnam-Cambodia Security Ties in the Headlines with Border Meeting
The interaction highlighted ongoing efforts by both sides to manage interactions related to their shared border as part of their wider security ties.
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By Prashanth Parameswaran
January 11, 2019
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| Image Credit: People's Army Newspaper |
This week, Vietnam and Cambodia held another iteration of a meeting designed to advance the promotion of cooperation between their local provinces. The meeting spotlighted ongoing efforts by both sides to realize opportunities and to manage challenges that arise from their shared border as among the priorities for the promotion of their wider security ties for 2019.
As I have observed previously in these pages, Vietnam and Cambodia share a defense relationship that extends across several different areas. These range from opportunities, such as Vietnam’s provision of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) with equipment, training, and aid, to challenges such as the joint management of their shared 700-mile long border.
"របបភ្នំពេញយីអ៊ុនដាក់អារក្ខជាន់ដោយសាររំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងបំផ្លាញប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ"
ដោយ មួង ណារ៉េត
2019-01-10
អ្នកនាំពាក្យនៃទីស្ដីការរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី លោក ផៃ ស៊ីផាន ថ្លែងក្នុងសន្និសីទកាសែតនាទីស្ដីការគណៈរដ្ឋមន្ត្រី នៅថ្ងៃទី៤ ខែមេសា ឆ្នាំ២០១៤។
RFA
អ្នកវិភាគថា របបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន កំពុងយីអ៊ុនដាក់អារក្ខជាន់ ដោយសាររំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និង បំផ្លាញប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ ក្រោយសមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាអាមេរិក ស្នើច្បាប់ផ្ដាច់ការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធពីកម្ពុជា ស្របពេលសហគមន៍អឺរ៉ុប គ្រោងនឹងដកការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធលើសំលៀកបំពាក់ នៅដើមឆ្នាំនេះ។ ប៉ុន្តែ មន្ត្រីនាំពាក្យរបបនេះ ថាការដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្មណាមួយរបស់សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក នឹងធ្វើឲ្យអាមេរិកអាម៉ាស់ និងឯកោទៅវិញទេ។
អ្នកវិភាគឯករាជ្យលោកបណ្ឌិត ឡៅ ម៉ុងហៃ ចាត់ទុកស្ថានភាពស៊យជាន់ស៊យរបស់របបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន បែបនេះ គឺមិនមែនជាសំណាងអាក្រក់ ដែលកើតឡើងដោយចៃដន្យនោះទេ ប៉ុន្តែ ជាផលកម្មនៃអំពើរបស់របបនេះ ដែលបានរំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងបំផ្លាញប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និងនៅតែមិនព្រមស្តារស្ថានការណ៍អាក្រក់នេះ ឲ្យវិលទៅរកសភាពដើមវិញ៖ «ឥឡូវនេះគឺយីអ៊ុនយើងដាក់ អារក្ខកាន់តែធ្វើថែមទៅទៀតទៅ។ អាហ្នឹងមិនមែនកំហុសគេទេ គឺកំហុសយើងទេ»។
"កម្ពុជាអនុវត្តស្តង់ដារពីរករណីផ្ដន្ទាទោសយុវជនម្នាក់ដែលប្រមាថព្រះមហាក្សត្រតាមហ្វេសប៊ុក"
ដោយ ហេង រស្មី
2019-01-10
ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ព្រះបាទសម្ដេច ព្រះនរោត្ដម សីហមុនី (ឆ្វេង) និងលោកនាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន (ស្ដាំ)។
RFA
អ្នកវិភាគរិះគន់តុលាការរបបក្រុងភ្នំពេញថា កំពុងអនុវត្តច្បាប់មានស្តង់ដារពីរដោយសារតែច្បាប់ប្រឆាំងការប្រមាថព្រះមហាក្សត្រត្រូវបានអនុវត្តតែលើអ្នកក្រីក្រទន់ខ្សោយ ប៉ុន្តែអ្នកមានអំណាចអាចរួចពីសំណាញ់ច្បាប់ដដែល។
អ្នកវិភាគនយោបាយលោក គឹម សុខ បានរិះគន់តុលាការថា មិនហ៊ានកាត់ទោសមេដឹកនាំទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញលោក ហ៊ុន សែនទេ បើទោះបីជាធ្លាប់បានប្រមាថព្រះមហាក្សត្រក៏ដោយ។
ការលើកឡើងរបស់លោក គឹម សុខ បានកើតឡើងបន្ទាប់ពីតុលាការរាជធានីភ្នំពេញកាលពីថ្ងៃព្រហស្បតិ៍ ទី១០ មករា បានសម្រេចកាត់ទោសបុរសម្នាក់ឈ្មោះ អៀង ជលសា ឲ្យជាប់ពន្ធនាគាររយៈពេល ៣ឆ្នាំ ពីបទប្រមាថព្រះមហាក្សត្រដោយបានបង្ហោះសារលើបណ្ដាញសង្គមហ្វេសប៊ុក (Facebook) ដែលមានន័យប្រមាថដល់ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ។
Friday, 11 January 2019
Hun Sen's Monument to Himself
Khmer Circle:
It's not going to be cheap having to dismantle all these concreted monuments and legacies of Xamdaach and his patrons in the East one day...
It's enough for Khmer people to accept that they are living the effects of previous lives' karma!
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The Cambodian prime minister inaugurated a monument celebrating his own achievements.
By Andrew Nachemson
December 31, 2018
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Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen gestures towards the Win-Win Memorial during its opening ceremony in Prek Ta Sek village on the outskirt of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018.
Image Credit: AP Photo/Heng Sinith
“In my eyes, Hun Sen’s main achievements are institutionalized nepotism, systemic corruption, massive and destructive deforestation, plundering of state assets by his relatives and cronies, persistent poverty for the vast majority of the Cambodian people, revolting social injustice, serious human rights violations and destruction of the democratic legacy from the international community,”
S. Rainsy
Having arrested his main political rival and transformed Cambodia into a de facto one-party state, Prime Minister Hun Sen continued his authoritarian streak by inaugurating a massive stone monument commemorating his own achievements.
“Cambodia has united from the many factions to two and to one like today,” Hun Sen said, speaking to a crowd of thousands that included soldiers from all branches of the military.
The foundation of the self-congratulatory memorial is a massive pentagon lined with carvings of Hun Sen’s most important political triumphs. Towering in the center is a 33-meter high stone monolith attached to a bunker-like base filled with historical documents.
The entire complex is made from the same stone used to construct Cambodia’s most important religious site – Angkor Wat. But rather than honoring gods, this building honors the man who has ruled Cambodia for 33 years.
Cambodia / Bosch country head on traffic accidents and engineering solutions
By: Robin Spiess - Posted on: January 10, 2019 | Business
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Traffic accidents are all too common across Southeast Asia, where approximately 1.35 million people die each year from road crashes. To shed some light on how automotive manufacturers and marketers can help minimise accidents in the region, Southeast Asia Globe sits down with Phirum Hay, country head of Bosch in Cambodia, to discuss the importance of the Kingdom’s adoption of new technologies and modern safety systems in its cars
Bosch country head Phirum Hay says that every road accident death poses a threat to the social and economic progress of countries
Can you describe the current road safety challenges Cambodia faces? Are these similar to challenges faced by other Southeast Asian countries?
[Southeast Asia as a region] comes in second globally in terms of road fatalities. Last year in Cambodia, 1,761 people died in traffic accidents and another 4,771 people were injured. Every death poses an extensive threat to the social and economic progress of the country. The key behavioural factors that lead to road accidents in Cambodia as well as countries in Southeast Asia unfortunately still include speeding, drink-driving, failure to uphold safety vehicle standards and disuse of motorcycle helmets, seatbelts and child restraints.
How can these challenges be best addressed, and in what ways is Bosch contributing to solving these problems in Cambodia?
Mass sackings send chill through Cambodian garment factories
Matt Blomberg
PHNOM PENH (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The termination of about 1,200 staff from garment factories in Cambodia supplying brands including H&M and Marks & Spencer after a mass strike has sent a ripple of fear through the industry, experts said, warning of fresh unrest.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of H&M is seen in a display window of a store in Zurich, Switzerland January 7, 2019. Picture taken January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Thousands of workers from factories in and around Phnom Penh went on strike last week amid fears bosses were plotting to circumvent a new government edict to pay - and backpay - bonuses based on length of employment.
A court found the strikes were illegal and ordered workers back to factory floors. About 1,200 who ignored the order had their contracts torn up, labor groups said.
The sackings fuel longstanding anxieties about job security and the fight for decent working conditions in Cambodia’s largest industry, which employs about 700,000 people and accounts for 40 percent of gross domestic product.
“It sends a kind of fear through the industry, particularly for those workers who have a limited knowledge of the law,” said Khun Tharo, a program coordinator at the Center for Alliance of Labor and Human Rights.
Homes Destroyed, Residents Evicted in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City
2019-01-10
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Demolition teams go to work in the Loc Hung Vegetable Garden settlement on Jan. 8, 2019.
RFA
Authorities in southern Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City have demolished at least 112 houses in a parcel of land claimed by the Catholic Church, forcing many residents from their homes, Vietnamese sources say.
The two-day operation on Jan. 4 and Jan. 8 in the Tan Binh district’s Loc Hung Vegetable Garden settlement took residents, including political dissidents and veterans of the former Army of South Vietnam, completely by surprise, some of those evicted told RFA’s Vietnamese Service on Thursday.
“They sent about a thousand people here, including uniformed forces and people wearing masks,” one source told RFA.
“They used bulldozers and earth movers, around eight in total, to demolish our houses,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“I had never seen anything like that before, and I prayed that things would be OK, but they tore my house down anyway,” he said.
Cambodia Spokesman Denies Country Gave Passport to Exiled Former Thai PM Yingluck
2019-01-10
rfa
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (L) hugs Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) at the government's Peace Building in Phnom Penh, Sept. 17, 2011.
AFP
A spokesman for the Hun Sen government on Thursday denied reports that fugitive former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra had been given a Cambodian passport, but a critic of the Cambodian strongman said it couldn’t be ruled out in view of his ties to Yingluck’s billionaire brother.
Media in Hong Kong, citing business records, have reported that Yingluck had used a Cambodian passport to register a company in the former British colony, now an autonomous Chinese city.
The AFP news agency said the document lent weight to reports that Yingluck, deposed in a coup in 2014, went through Cambodia when she fled Thailand in August, 2017, after a graft conviction of running a rice subsidy scheme that cost Thailand billions of dollars.
Cambodian Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan said that Yingluck’s name does not appear on the list of registered passports kept by the country’s the ministry of interior and that the Hun Sen government was not involved in granting a password to Yingluck.
Cambodian Journalists Pen Letter Demanding Court Drop Charges Against Former RFA Reporters
2019-01-10
rfa
Former Radio Free Asia reporters Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin walk out of Prey Sar Prison, in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Aug. 21, 2018.
AP Photo
More than three dozen journalists in Cambodia published an open letter on Thursday urging the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to drop all charges against two former RFA reporters who have lived under police surveillance for more than a year while awaiting a trial for “espionage.”
The 38 journalists said they affixed their names and thumbprints to the letter, a copy of which was obtained by RFA’s Khmer Service, “to express our concern over the seriousness of the charges” facing Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin, who were taken into custody on Nov. 14, 2017 and charged with “illegally collecting information for a foreign source,” but released on bail nine months later.
“Keeping them under court supervision makes it extremely difficult for them to live and work as reporters,” the journalists said, noting that Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin are barred from changing their addresses or traveling abroad, and must check in with their local police station once a month.
Thursday, 10 January 2019
Chinese Warships Visit Cambodia to ‘Strengthen Cooperation’ as Western Influence Wanes
2019-01-09
rfa
One of three Chinese warships anchored at the port of Sihanoukville in southwestern Cambodia, Jan. 9, 2019.
Ministry of Defense spokesman Chhum Socheat's Facebook page
Three Chinese warships arrived in southern Cambodia’s coastal city of Sihanoukville Wednesday on a visit the two authoritarian governments said will promote stronger bilateral ties, a warming that comes as Western influence wanes in the Southeast Asian nation following an election last year seen as unfree and unfair.
The ships carrying some 700 crew members will stay in port for four days, during which Xu Haihan, a delegate from the Chinese navy, will meet with Defense Minister Tea Banh and other Cambodian military officials, Ministry of Defense spokesman Chhum Socheat said in a statement posted to his Facebook page.
“The Chinese warship visit will strengthen friendship and cooperation between the Cambodian and Chinese military,” the statement said, noting that Chinese naval vessels have visited Cambodia 17 times in recent years.
Cambodian man jailed for insulting king in Facebook posts
Three-year sentence issued in second known conviction under new lèse-majesté law
Reuters in Phnom Penh
Wed 9 Jan 2019 15.38 GMT Last modified on Wed 9 Jan 2019
Guardian
Norodom Sihamoni: the court ruled that Facebook posts had insulted the king of Cambodia. Photograph: Pring Samrang/Reuters
A Cambodian court has jailed a man for three years for insulting the king in Facebook posts, the second known conviction under a new lèse-majesté law enacted last year that rights groups fear could be used to stifle dissent.
“The court announced a verdict against Ieng Cholsa which sentenced him to three years in prison and ordered him to pay five million riels (£974),” a Phnom Penh municipal court spokesman said.
The Facebook posts, which the court found had insulted the Cambodian king, Norodom Sihamoni, were uploaded in June, the spokesman said.
Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The defendant could not be reached for comment and the court did not say whether he had a lawyer.
សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាអាមេរិក ស្នើច្បាប់ផ្តាច់ការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធពីរបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន
មួង ណារ៉េត
2019-01-09
rfa
សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាអាមេរិកលោក ថិត គ្រូស (Ted Cruz) (រូបឆ្វេង) ពីខាងគណបក្សសាធារណៈរដ្ឋ និង លោក គ្រីស ឃូនស៍ (Chris Coons) (រូបស្តាំ) ពីខាងគណបក្សប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ។
AP
សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាអាមេរិក ស្នើច្បាប់ដកការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធពីរបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន។ សមាជិកព្រឹទ្ធសភាពីខាងគណបក្សសាធារណៈរដ្ឋ លោក ថិត គ្រូស (TED Cruz) និងសមាជិកសភា មកពីខាងគណបក្សប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ លោក គ្រីស ឃូនស៍ (Chris Coons) កាលពីថ្ងៃទី៩ ខែមករា បានដាក់សេចក្តីស្នើច្បាប់មួយ ស្តីពីពាណិជ្ជកម្មកម្ពុជាឆ្នាំ២០១៩ ដើម្បីឲ្យរដ្ឋាភិបាលសហរដ្ឋអាមេរិកពិចារណាឡើងវិញ លើការផ្តល់ការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធទូទៅ (ឬ GSP) ដល់របបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន។ ការពិចារណាឡើងវិញនេះ រួមមាន ការដកទាំងស្រុង ព្យួរ ឬកាត់បន្ថយការផ្តល់ការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធ ដែលផ្តល់ដល់កម្ពុជា ដោយសារតែរបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន រំលោភសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស និងបំផ្លាញប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ។
នៅក្នុងសេចក្តីថ្លែងការណ៍ កាលពីថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ លោក ថិត គ្រូស បញ្ជាក់ថា សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក ចង់ឃើញកម្ពុជាមានប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង ការគោរពសិទ្ធិមនុស្ស ទើបផ្តល់ការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធបែបនេះ។ ប៉ុន្តែ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានកេងប្រវ័ញ្ចប្រព័ន្ធអនុគ្រោះពន្ធនេះ។ លោក ហ៊ុន សែន មិនបានបំពេញទៅតាមលក្ខខណ្ឌជាមូលដ្ឋាន នៃបទដ្ឋានសិទ្ធិការងារ បំផ្លាញសុចរិតភាពនៃប្រព័ន្ធបោះឆ្នោតនៅកម្ពុជា និង ផ្តេកផ្តួលខ្លាំងទៅរកប្រទេសចិនកុម្មុនីស្ត។ លោក ថិត គ្រូស បន្ថែមថា ប្រទេសដែលបំផ្លាញប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ និង រំលោភបទដ្ឋានការងារ និង សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស មិនសមទទួលបានការអនុគ្រោះពន្ធនេះទេ។
តំបន់បាតអាងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោមពីរ ជាប្រភពឧក្រិដ្ឋកម្មព្រៃឈើខ្នាតធំនៅខេត្តភាគឦសាន
ដោយ វ៉ែន សុមេធ
2019-01-07
ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោម២ ស្ថិតក្នុងស្រុកសេសាន ខេត្តស្ទឹងត្រែង។ រូបថតថ្ងៃទី១៤ កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០១៧។
RFA/Rann Samnang
បទល្មើសព្រៃឈើនៅតំបន់បាតអាងនៃទំនប់រាវីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោមពីរ ក្នុងស្រុកសេសាន ខេត្តស្ទឹងត្រែង នៅតែកើតមានច្រើន ទោះបីជារដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងមហាផ្ទៃ លោក ស ខេង បានបញ្ជាឲ្យទប់ស្កាត់ និងស៊ើបអង្កេតរកអ្នកនៅពីក្រោយនៃបទល្មើសនេះយ៉ាងណាក្តី។ កម្មករនៃក្រុមហ៊ុនទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោមពីរ និង ពលរដ្ឋរាយការណ៍ថា ឃ្លាំងស្តុករាប់ពាន់ម៉ែត្រក្នុងតំបន់បាតអាង កំពុងដឹកជញ្ជូនឈើចេញក្រៅតំបន់ផ្ទៃបាតអាងជាបន្តបន្ទាប់ ហើយភាគច្រើន គឺគេធ្វើឡើងនៅពេលយប់។
កម្មករក្រុមហ៊ុន និងពលរដ្ឋរស់នៅក្បែរទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោមពីរ អះអាងថា ថ្មីៗ នេះ មានរថយន្តយីឌុបនៅតែបន្តដឹកជញ្ជូនឈើមូលពីតំបន់បាតអាងទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនីសេសានក្រោមពីរ។
ពួកគេបារម្ភថា ប្រសិនបើអាជីវកម្មឈើខ្នាតធំមួយនេះ កម្រើកឡើងវិញ ទំហំព្រៃឈើទាំងមូលនៅខេត្តភាគឦសាន នឹងរលាយហិនហោច រួមទាំងព្រៃឈើ ក្នុងតំបន់ឧទ្យានជាតិវារៈជ័យដែលការពារដោយព្រះរាជក្រឹត្យក្តី។
លោក សម រង្សី អំពាវនាវដល់ថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំសង្គ្រោះជាតិកុំឲ្យចាញ់បោករបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន ខណៈព្រះមហាក្សត្រដាក់ឲ្យប្រើច្បាប់ស្ដីពីគណបក្សនយោបាយ
ដោយ សេក បណ្ឌិត
2019-01-08
លោក សម រង្ស៊ី អតីតប្រធានគណបក្ស សម សង្ស៊ី។
RFA
ប្រធានស្ដីទីគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ លោក សម រង្សី អំពាវនាវកុំឲ្យថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំគណបក្ស សង្គ្រោះជាតិ ទាំង ១១៨នាក់ កុំទន់ជ្រាយបាញ់បោករបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន។ ការលើកឡើងនេះ បន្ទាប់ពីព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ដាក់ឲ្យប្រើប្រាស់ច្បាប់ស្តីពីវិសោធនកម្មមាត្រា៤៥ ថ្មី (ស្ទួន) នៃច្បាប់ស្ដីពី គណបក្សនយោបាយ ដើម្បីបើកផ្លូវឱ្យថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំគណបក្ស សង្រ្គោះជាតិ មួយចំនួន ដែលតុលាការ ហាមឃាត់សិទ្ធិធ្វើនយោបាយនោះ មានសិទ្ធិពេញលេញក្នុងការធ្វើនយោបាយឡើងវិញ។ អ្នកឃ្លាំមើលកម្ពុជាយល់ថា ច្បាប់នេះ នឹងក្លាយជាឧបករណ៍នយោបាយរបស់អ្នកកាន់អំណាច មិនមែនដើម្បីដោះស្រាយបញ្ហានយោបាយ និងពង្រឹងលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ នីតិរដ្ឋនោះទេ។
លោក សម រង្ស៊ី បានអំពាវនាវម្ដងហើយម្ដងទៀតនៅលើបណ្ដាញសង្គមហ្វេសប៊ុករបស់លោក ដើម្បីកុំថ្នាក់ដឹកនាំទាំង ១១៨រូប ដែលរបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន ហាមឃាត់ធ្វើនយោបាយនោះ ទន់ជ្រាយ កុំចាញ់បោកលោក ហ៊ុន សែន និងទៅសុំសិទ្ធិធ្វើនយោបាយពីរបបលោក ហ៊ុន សែន ឡើងវិញ។
Wednesday, 9 January 2019
Two Cambodia Opposition Officials Barred From Politics to Seek ‘Pardon’ After Amendment Approval
2019-01-08
rfa
Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) waves to government civil servants with National Assembly President Heng Samrin during a parade at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Jan. 7, 2019.
AP Photo
At least two senior officials from Cambodia’s now-dissolved opposition party who were barred from politics said they will seek a “pardon” to have their rights reinstated after King Norodom Sihamoni approved an amendment to the country’s law on political parties on Tuesday.
Kong Koam and his son, Kong Bora—former senior officials with the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP)—said they will ask for individual “pardons” on Wednesday to resume political activities, according to a condition Prime Minister Hun Sen has said must be met before they can take advantage of the new amendment to overturn their ban.
“The reason I will request to be pardoned is because I can’t stay an outlaw,” Kong Bora told RFA’s Khmer Service, adding that he had never violated any law. His father could not be reached for comment.
Cambodia’s PM Hun Sen Calls For Political Dialogue at Event Marking End of Khmer Rouge Era
2019-01-07
rfa
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen (C) waves to the crowd during an event marking the 40th anniversary of the end of the Khmer Rouge era at the Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, Jan. 7, 2019.
Hun Sen's Facebook page
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, during a lavish ruling party celebration Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the bloody Khmer Rouge era, called for “wider political dialogue” in his country, but fell short of including the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
During an event attended by more than 60,000 people at Phnom Penh’s Olympic Stadium, Hun Sen thanked Vietnam for “aiding the struggle to liberate Cambodia and her people from the genocidal regime,” under whose 1975-79 rule an estimated 3 million people are believed to have died.
“The timely Jan. 7 [1979] victory saved millions of Cambodian lives who otherwise would have been subjected to death,” he said, suggesting Vietnam had merely aided the Cambodian National Salvation Front in overthrowing the Khmer Rouge, rather than invaded and taken control of the country.
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