CWCI calls for the release of 2 villagers in the border

29 Dec 2009
By Rithipol
Free Press Magazine
Translated from Khmer by Socheata, KI-Media

The Norway-based Cambodia Watchdog Council International (CWCI) demanded that the Cambodian government release the two Khmer villagers whom the Svay Rieng tribunal decided to imprison.

Men Nath, the Chairman of the CWCI, indicated in a statement released on 27 December 2009 from Kristiansand, Norway, that “the court should stop being used to arrest the victimized villagers and the latter, Mr. Prum Chea and Mrs. Meas Srey, should be unconditionally released.”

Mr. Prum Chea and Mrs. Meas Srey were among 5 villagers who were summoned by the Svay Rieng court for questioning, and they were placed under arrest on Wednesday 23 December. The other 3 villagers fled in fear.

CWCI criticized this situation. It indicated in its statement that “the Cambodian government is serving Vietnam’s policy by inflicting sentences on its own people to please the Hanoi’s regime.” CWCI also condemned the Cambodian government in the planting of border posts that led to the loss of 4,000 to 6,000 square-kilometers of rice fields belonging to Cambodian villagers living along the border.

CWCI also expressed its extreme disappointment in the answers provided by Var Kim Hong, the chairman of the government border committee, to the National Assembly based on the questions raised by SRP MP Son Chhay. During the clarification session, all that Var Kim Hong did was to dodge the questions asked.

With all that can be seen above, CWCI considered that not only the Cambodian government does not have the will to defend Cambodia’s national integrity, but it also allows neighboring countries to encroach on Cambodian territories, and the government made all attempts to defend these countries in their swallowing of Cambodian territories. Please view here both Khmer & English.

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On December 27, 2009 The Cambodia Watchdog Council International (CWC-International) released its statement to condemn Cambodian Govt arresting two farmers in jail in Svay Rieng province after they participated in the border posts’ removing between Cambodia and Vietnam. Then Govt representative Var Kim Hong did not answer the questions of MP Son Chhay on Dec 24. Please click here to read statement

Best regards,

CWCI Secretariat,
Havrevien 94,
4635 Kristiansand, Norway
Tel: (+47) 90818257/99489347
cwci_secretariat@yahoo.com

CWCI´s Statement on Hun Sen´s Repeated Interference in ECCC.

As a reacion to Hun Sen´s reeated warning about civil war if more Khmer Rouge leaders who are now holding in the high positions of Cambodian government today are to be investigated related their roles and crimes committed in the killing field regime, CWCI released its statement to condemn Hun Sen for his interference and a threat to national unity and peace.

• CWCI Statement on H.S’s Interference in ECCC

Below is the publication of CWCI´s Statement in DAP News:

• DAP News – CWCI Condemns Govt for Interfering in ECCC´s Internal Affairs

Hun Sen, Prime Minister

SRP Oversea´s Reaction on the Lift of MP Sam Rainsy´s Immunity

MP Sam Rainsy

After the approval for the lift immunity of MP Sam Rainsy  on 16 November 2009 as response to his action of uprooting the illegal border posts installed by Vietnam in Chan Trea District by the Cambodian National Assembly (CNA), Sam Rainsy Party branches in oversea have released their statement as a condemn on Cambodian government as lack of respect for freedom of  speech and the  national consciousness.

Pleaase click the articles belows to read statement in KHMER.

1. SRP Norway´s Statement on the Lifts of MP Sam Rainsy’s Immunity
2. SRP Denmark´s Statement on the Lifts of MP Sam Rainsy’s Immunity