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Opposition MP: Japan freezes Neak Loeung bridge funding (on National Road No. 1)
Wednesday, 30 December 2009
SRP MP Ly Srey Vina30 December 2009
By Botum Roth
Free Press Magazine
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer
An opposition MP indicated that, lately, following the National Assembly (NA) debate on the expropriation law yesterday, Japan decided to freeze its $74 million grant for the construction of a bridge crossing the Mekong river in Neak Loeung, along National Road No. 1.
The reason MP Ly Srey Vina raised this issue was because Cambodia declined to pay compensations to the families who live in the area where the bridge will be built.
Look to make change in new year
Tuesday, 15 December 2009December 16, 2009"Let me share with you what I have learned: Positive attitudes breed positive results; you cannot always control your life circumstances, but you can control your attitudes toward those circumstances; what whips you is not defeat but your mental attitude toward it; a positive attitude produces a positive perception and changes the situation for the better; thoughts can be developed."
A. Gaffar Peang-MethPacific Daily News (Guam)
In 15 days, 2009 will give way to the new year, 2010. Time does not stand still, life evolves and changes. And how the world has changed!
Change comes in different forms. Some change occurs without our input; some change is of our making. Some changes are positive, other changes cause us to feel regret. But in the ages-old process of renewal and new beginnings, the advent of a new year brings us opportunity to look forward to the inevitable changes that will challenge us in 2010.
Some of us like the slogan, "Yes, we can," and speak of change, but leave to others the hard work of bringing it to fruition.
Change comes in different forms. Some change occurs without our input; some change is of our making. Some changes are positive, other changes cause us to feel regret. But in the ages-old process of renewal and new beginnings, the advent of a new year brings us opportunity to look forward to the inevitable changes that will challenge us in 2010.
Some of us like the slogan, "Yes, we can," and speak of change, but leave to others the hard work of bringing it to fruition.
Spy farce turns into a comedy of errors
Mr. Bean (R) met his match (L) in Phnom Penh?December 16, 2009
By Tulsathit Taptim
The Nation
I SPENT the last 24 hours trying to figure Hun Sen out. I failed. The sugar daddy smile, the warm handshake, the photo session - in fact, the overall treatment of pardoned Thai "spy" Sivarak Chutipong was simply out of this world. It was the closest real-life diplomacy has ever come to Mr Bean.
Cambodia: King-Father, Queen-Mother to Return Home in March 2010
PHNOM PENH, Dec 15 (NNN-AKP) — Cambodian King-Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen-Mother Norodom Monineath Sihanouk will return home in late March next year.
"In the end of March 2010, several days before the Khmer New Year, I will probably return to Kampuchea to live there with our King, our nation and our respected and beloved People," said former king, who is currently in Beijing, China, for medical treatment, in his message dated Dec. 10.
He further said he will live in Phnom Penh, in Kantha Bopha residence at the Royal Palace, not in Siem Reap province as before.
read more “Cambodia: King-Father, Queen-Mother to Return Home in March 2010”
"In the end of March 2010, several days before the Khmer New Year, I will probably return to Kampuchea to live there with our King, our nation and our respected and beloved People," said former king, who is currently in Beijing, China, for medical treatment, in his message dated Dec. 10.
He further said he will live in Phnom Penh, in Kantha Bopha residence at the Royal Palace, not in Siem Reap province as before.
Comrade Nong Duc Manh bringing marching order to Hun Xen and the CPP?
The puppet (L) and the puppet master (R)Strengthening Vietnam-Cambodia relations
12/15/2009
VOV News (Hanoi)
"In 2010 Vietnam is expected to grant 550 scholarships to Cambodian students. In turn, Cambodia will also grant scholarships to Vietnamese officials studying the Khmer language."The General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nong Duc Manh will pay an official visit to Cambodia on December 17-19 at the invitation of King Norodom Sihamoni. This is Mr Manh’s second visit to Cambodia after his first in March 2005.
Hun Xen offered alleged Thai spy to continue working at his former spying job: Hun Xen's kafkaesque moment?
Monday, 14 December 2009Supposed spy treated very well at end of fiasco
December 15, 2009
The Nation
Just a few days ago, Sivarak Chutipong was a billed by Cambodian authorities as a spy for the Thai government and a threat to national security. He was charged and convicted for supplying the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh with Thaksin Shinawatra's flight schedule - a crime that is punishable by death in many countries.
However, all Sivarak was doing was just seeking the itinerary of Thaksin, a man who prides himself as a figure whose advice is often sought by countries like Cambodia, and a handful of African and Central American nations.
read more “Hun Xen offered alleged Thai spy to continue working at his former spying job: Hun Xen's kafkaesque moment?”
December 15, 2009
The Nation
Just a few days ago, Sivarak Chutipong was a billed by Cambodian authorities as a spy for the Thai government and a threat to national security. He was charged and convicted for supplying the Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh with Thaksin Shinawatra's flight schedule - a crime that is punishable by death in many countries.
However, all Sivarak was doing was just seeking the itinerary of Thaksin, a man who prides himself as a figure whose advice is often sought by countries like Cambodia, and a handful of African and Central American nations.
Phnom Penh tried to hide the Yuon encroachment in Chantrea district?
Khmer anti-riot troops prevent Khmer MPs from visiting the encroached area14 Dec 2009
By Uon Chhin Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
A group of 21 SRP MPs visited 2 locations of the Cambodian-Vietnamese border in Svay Rieng province on 14 December 2009.
Uon Chhin report about this visit in the following audio segment:
Some regions encroached into Vietnam as well in border delimitation -sic!-: Cheang Am, CPP Svay Rieng provincial governor
Authority tried to prevent border visit by SRP MPs
14 Dec 2009
By Ly Meng Huor
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
Time for justice never run out in Cambodia ... because there was NO justice to be had in Cambodia in the first place!!!
"For the record, Cambodia is still ruled by the former Khmer Rouge. Hun Xen, Heng Xamrin, Chea Xim, Keat Chhon, Hor Namhong, Sar Kheng and Pol Saroeun, to name a few, were all former Khmer Rouge cadres" - KI-Media
Time running out for Cambodia justice
If the trial of four elderly former Khmer Rouge leaders is not expedited, it may degenerate into a death watch
Monday 14 December 2009
Tom Fawthrop
guardian.co.uk
The clock is ticking away at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh. Only one trial has been completed so far. The next case: the all-important trial of four surviving senior Khmer Rouge leaders is shrouded in doubt, given the court's timetable and calculations that the trial not begin until mid-2011.
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Time running out for Cambodia justice
If the trial of four elderly former Khmer Rouge leaders is not expedited, it may degenerate into a death watch
Monday 14 December 2009
Tom Fawthrop
guardian.co.uk
The clock is ticking away at the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Phnom Penh. Only one trial has been completed so far. The next case: the all-important trial of four surviving senior Khmer Rouge leaders is shrouded in doubt, given the court's timetable and calculations that the trial not begin until mid-2011.
Sam Rainsy is charged by the Yuon Puppet regime of destroying public properties and racial discrimination
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy (Photo: Ayuthyea, RFA)Svay Rieng court officially sues Sam Rainsy
12 Dec 2009
By Sok Serey Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Socheata Click here to read the article in Khmer
The Svay Rieng provincial court brought a criminal lawsuit against Mr. Sam Rainsy, charging him with uprooting the border stakes between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province.
The Svay Rieng court officially sued Mr. Sam Rainsy and accused him of perpetrating two criminal offenses: destruction of public properties for the uprooting of the border stakes between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province, and also for racial discrimination.
The Svay Rieng court officially sued Mr. Sam Rainsy and accused him of perpetrating two criminal offenses: destruction of public properties for the uprooting of the border stakes between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province, and also for racial discrimination.
He's baaaaaack!!!!
Former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra walks down the steps of his plane upon arrival at Phnom Penh international airport. Thaksin has landed in Cambodia, setting the stage for another diplomatic fracas between the neighbouring countries.(AFP/Str)
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (C) shakes hands with Mong Kim Heng, the director of Prey Sar prison, during his visit to see Siwarak Chutipongse in the outskirts of Phnom Penh December 13, 2009. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni granted a pardon on Friday to Siwarak, a Thai engineer sentenced to seven years in jail for leaking the flight schedule of Thaksin. REUTERS/StringerThaksin Back In Cambodia as Thai "Spy" to Be Freed
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Cambodia on Sunday, a month after a visit that sparked a diplomatic row when the Cambodian government refused Bangkok's request to extradite him.
Thaksin came to Phnom Penh in November to take up a job as economic adviser to the Cambodian government, a move that fuelled fears of further political instability in Thailand since it gave him a base over the border for his campaign to unseat the Thai government.
The episode led to a Thai engineer working for Cambodian air traffic control being found guilty of spying for leaking Thaksin's flight details to the Thai embassy.
read more “Thaksin Back In Cambodia as Thai "Spy" to Be Freed”
Thaksin came to Phnom Penh in November to take up a job as economic adviser to the Cambodian government, a move that fuelled fears of further political instability in Thailand since it gave him a base over the border for his campaign to unseat the Thai government.
The episode led to a Thai engineer working for Cambodian air traffic control being found guilty of spying for leaking Thaksin's flight details to the Thai embassy.
Cabinet Approves Draft Anti-Corruption Law
Saturday, 12 December 2009By Chun Sakada and Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Washington and Phnom Penh
11 December 2009
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the long-awaited draft of an anti-corruption law, but critics worry they will have little chance to change it when it comes up for parliamentary debate.
The law will attempt to rein in the country’s endemic corruption, which starts with traffic police taking bribes from overloaded trucks and ends with senior ministers taking kickbacks for lucrative land and business dealings.
read more “Cabinet Approves Draft Anti-Corruption Law”
Washington and Phnom Penh
11 December 2009
The Council of Ministers on Friday approved the long-awaited draft of an anti-corruption law, but critics worry they will have little chance to change it when it comes up for parliamentary debate.
The law will attempt to rein in the country’s endemic corruption, which starts with traffic police taking bribes from overloaded trucks and ends with senior ministers taking kickbacks for lucrative land and business dealings.
Thaksin may come back to Cambodia
Thaksin to visit Asian countries
12/12/2009
Bangkok Post
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his Twitter page on Saturday morning that he plans to visit leaders of three Asian countries next week.
“This trip will take about seven or eight days” Thaksin said but did not give any details on the name of countries he would visit.
read more “Thaksin may come back to Cambodia”
12/12/2009
Bangkok Post
Fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said in his Twitter page on Saturday morning that he plans to visit leaders of three Asian countries next week.
“This trip will take about seven or eight days” Thaksin said but did not give any details on the name of countries he would visit.
A pawn in the vicious political ball game
Saturday December 12, 2009
THAI TAKES WITH PHILIP GOLINGAI
The Star Online (Malaysia)
IF you are a pawn caught in the middle of a political dogfight between the Abhisit Vejjajiva-led government and the double team of Thaksin Shinawatra-Hun Sen, what will happen if you are caught in Cambodia passing Thaksin’s flight schedule to a Phnom Penh-based Thai diplomat?
Answer: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will sentence you to seven years in jail and a fine of 10 million riels (about RM8,200).
read more “A pawn in the vicious political ball game”
THAI TAKES WITH PHILIP GOLINGAI
The Star Online (Malaysia)
IF you are a pawn caught in the middle of a political dogfight between the Abhisit Vejjajiva-led government and the double team of Thaksin Shinawatra-Hun Sen, what will happen if you are caught in Cambodia passing Thaksin’s flight schedule to a Phnom Penh-based Thai diplomat?
Answer: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court will sentence you to seven years in jail and a fine of 10 million riels (about RM8,200).
[Thai] PM, Kasit should thank Hun Sen
12/12/2009
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya should send a letter to thank the Cambodian government for seeking a royal pardon to Sivarak Chutiphong, the Thai engineer who was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying, Puea Thai spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said on Saturday.
“Mr Abhisit and Mr Kasit should phone to Hun Sen to thank him on helping the Thai engineer be released”, Mr Jirayu said, adding that the government should not consider the release as an achievement of the opposition party.
read more “[Thai] PM, Kasit should thank Hun Sen”
Bangkok Post
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Affairs Minister Kasit Piromya should send a letter to thank the Cambodian government for seeking a royal pardon to Sivarak Chutiphong, the Thai engineer who was sentenced to seven years in prison for spying, Puea Thai spokesman Jirayu Huangsap said on Saturday.
“Mr Abhisit and Mr Kasit should phone to Hun Sen to thank him on helping the Thai engineer be released”, Mr Jirayu said, adding that the government should not consider the release as an achievement of the opposition party.
King Sihamoni Pardons Alleged Thai ‘Spy’
Friday, 11 December 2009By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
11 December 2009
Prey Sar, meanwhile, holds many rights activists, as well as journalists, who should also be pardoned ...
King Norodom Sihamoni issued a royal pardon on Friday for a Thai citizen sentenced to seven years in prison for alleged espionage, a government spokesman said Monday.
The pardon of Siwarak Chothipong, a 31-year-old Thai engineer, came after an official request from the Pheu Thai Party, which is affiliated with former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, said.
read more “King Sihamoni Pardons Alleged Thai ‘Spy’”
Original report from Phnom Penh
11 December 2009
Prey Sar, meanwhile, holds many rights activists, as well as journalists, who should also be pardoned ...
King Norodom Sihamoni issued a royal pardon on Friday for a Thai citizen sentenced to seven years in prison for alleged espionage, a government spokesman said Monday.
The pardon of Siwarak Chothipong, a 31-year-old Thai engineer, came after an official request from the Pheu Thai Party, which is affiliated with former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, the spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, said.
More Public Tribunal Information Needed: Expert
By Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
11 December 2009
The Khmer Rouge tribunal must ensure it is giving clear information to the public, to avoid upsetting Cambodians who have waited years for justice, an official from the Documentation Center of Cambodia said Thursday.
“People have been waiting for the court to happen for 30 years, so when people hear unclear or inadequate information, it makes them irritated,” said Vathan Poeu Dara, deputy chief of the Documentation Center, which has spent years collecting evidence of Khmer Rouge atrocities. “So the court should give clear information to all the people.”
read more “More Public Tribunal Information Needed: Expert”
Washington
11 December 2009
The Khmer Rouge tribunal must ensure it is giving clear information to the public, to avoid upsetting Cambodians who have waited years for justice, an official from the Documentation Center of Cambodia said Thursday.
“People have been waiting for the court to happen for 30 years, so when people hear unclear or inadequate information, it makes them irritated,” said Vathan Poeu Dara, deputy chief of the Documentation Center, which has spent years collecting evidence of Khmer Rouge atrocities. “So the court should give clear information to all the people.”
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