Opposition MP demands justice for Khmer Krom men killed by Viet mob

Chau Net, one of the two Khmer Krom victims killed by a Viet mob in Raung Damrey (Tay Ninh) province

16 Sept 2010
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Soch
Click here to read the article in Khmer

The death of two Khmer Krom men at the beginning of September 2010 has not been legally resolved by the Viet authority yet.

On 16 September, A SRP MP asked high-ranking Viet officials to intervene in order to arrest the suspects or the murderers who led a mob beating and killing on 2 Khmer Krom men, and injuring 11 others at the beginning of September. The beating and killing was done by a mob of Viet villagers in Raung Damrey province (renamed Tay Ninh in Vietnamese) on Kampuchea Krom land (South Vietnam).

SRP MP Yont Tharo sent a letter to Son Son Song, a member of the Vietnamese Communist party central committee and deputy chairman of the southwest region of Vietnam, through the intermediary of the Viet embassy in Phnom Penh. However, no Viet diplomat dare came out to accept this letter.

Yont Tharo told RFA on 16 September: “I am asking him to help intervene for the family of the victims in order to provide justice for them, because, up to now, the Khmer Krom men were victimized for more than two weeks already. The cops still have not arrested the culprits, nor charge them according to the law yet.”

The killing took place on 02 September 2010 at a Viet rubber plantation in Raung Damrey province. The family of the victims claimed that the killing was due to a racial discrimination dispute. A mob of several dozen Viets used batons and knives in the killing.

Chau Net, a 22-year-old Khmer Krom man who was born in Rolaing commune, Svay Tong district, Motr Chrouk province (renamed An Giang in Viet) was killed on the spot, and another Khmer Krom man, Chau Phat, who was born in Banteay Svay commune, Svay Tong district, Motr Chrouk province, later died at the hospital.

A Viet embassy official in Cambodia who can speak Cambodian, said briefly that he heard the information about Yont Tharo’s protest also: “We cannot accept it. The information heard was as such, but the truth about it, the embassy did not receive it.”

Chau Net’s father said that he demanded a compensation amounting to 60 million dongs (about $3,000) and he also demanded that the authority arrest and bring to justice the suspects in this case: “Now, they told us to bring a complain, they told us to complain like that. We also complained to the lower level so that the group of killers pays for the compensation.”

Chau Net’s father was summoned by the Viet authority to clarify this case in the upcoming few days in order to provide his report and his complaint about his son’s murder.

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Phnom Penh History!

HISTORY PERIOD1-: 1372-1432: 60 YEARS
BIRTH OF PHNOM DAUN PENH

1-GRANDMA PENH

• Grandma Penh or Daun Penh was wealthy widow. Settled on a high land at the west bank of Chrap Chheam River (Now: Sap River next to Chaktomuk).

• At a vast flood season, there were many Koki trees floating to stuck at Daun Penh high land and in the hole of a big Koki, there were four bronze and one stone Buddha statues.

• 1372 Daun Penh has ordered people to pile up earth at northeast her house and used those Koki trunks to build up a temple on that hill for keeping the five Buddha statues, then named the temple Wat Phnom Daun Penh (Now: Wat Phnom)

• Build another hut at northeast of the temple for keeping Preah Chao guardian spirit.

• The name of Phnom Daun Penh became Phnom Penh, name of the capital city of Khmer in present time.

HISTORY PERIOD II: 1432-1505: 73 YEARS
CONSTRUCTION OF CHAKTOMUK CITY

2- H.M. CHAO PONHEA YAT: (1421) 1432-1462

• Son of H.M Srey Soriyovong II

• 1431. To abandon Angkor City, by reason of suffering from ceaseless aggression of Siam, and then resettled at Tuol Basan City, (Now: Srey Santhor)

• 1432, to move from Tuol Basan City, because of flooding, to Chaktomuk City (New Phnom Penh City)

• To order district leader of Samrong Tong Province, Chao Ponhea Decho, to bank up dirt around the hill and area closed to river shore to construct royal palace, and the digging place for dirt became a lake called Decho Lake (Now: Phsar Thmey market).

• To prepare Kompong Reap Port.

• To order district leader of Bati Province, Oknha Vongsa Anuchit Phlong, to dig Oknha Phlong Canal (Now: Sakhaya Moni Chedey garden), to stream river water in city reservoir for citizen used.

• To build up city rampart and hydraulic system by digging canals and banking dams surrounded:

Takeo Canal	South
Okor Canal	West
Pongpeay	North

• First son, Neareay Reachea, titled as their apparent, built his palace at Chroy Roluos, at southeast.

• Second son. Srey Reachea, built his palace at Tuol preah Srey, west of Okor Canal (Now: Preah Puth Meanbon Pagoda

• To expand and bank up the hill higher, and reconstruct the temple of Wat Phnom Daun Penh for keeping bronze Buddha statue from Angkor and Buddha statues from Koki hole, and build up the great stupa behind the temple

• To name Wat Phnom Daun Penh as Wat Preah Chedey Borapoa

• To construct six monasteries:

Wat Preah Puth Khosa	North
Wat Thoam Langka	Northeast
Wat Koh	Southeast
Wat PeamPhlong	South
Wat Unalaom	South
Wat Khpop Ta Yang	South

To name the city as “Krong Chaktomuk Mongkul Sakal Kampuchear Thipadey Sereythor Bovor Inthabath Borey Rath Reach Seima Moha Nokor”

3-HM. NEAREAY REACHEA: 1462-1467

• First son of H M Chao Ponhea Yat

• To construct stupa on Phnom Daun Penh to bury the ashes of H M. Chao Ponhea Yat.

4-H M.STEY REACHEA: 1467-1474

• Second son of H.M Chao Ponhea Yat.

• Younger brother of H.M Neareay Reachea.

• To construct stupa at the foot of Phnom Daun Penh hill, at northeast, to bury the ashes of HM. Neareay Reachea

5-THOAM REACHEA: 1474-1494

• Third son of H.M Chao Ponhea Yat.

• Younger brother of H.M Srey Reachea and H. M. Neareay reachea

6-H.M SOKUNTH BATH : 1494-1505

• Son of H.M Thoam Reachea.

• To reign for a period of time at Chaktomuk City and they moved to stay at Tuol Basan by assigned his younger brother, Chan Reachea, titled as crown prince, to stay at Chaktomuk for his replacement

HISTORY PERIOD III: 1505-1865: 360 YEARS
ABANDONMENT OF CHAKTOMUK CITY

The abandonment of Chaktomuk City was caused by:

• Frequently changing of royal palace location

• Fighting for reign

• Preferring other places to be city as Tuol Buol Basan, Pursat, Lungvek, Lavear Em, Udong, etc.

HISTORY PERIOD IV: 1865-1998 : 133 YEARS
CONSTRUCTION OF PHNOM PENH CITY

7- H. M. NORODOM: (1860) 1865-1904

• First son of H.M Angduong.

• 1865, to move from Udong City to Phnom Penh.

• At that time, Cambodia was occupied and governed by neighbor countries nearly dissolved, and the population of whole country remained nearly 1,000,000 people only.

• The situation of Phnom Penh City:

• Rows of huts, floor 1,5m over ground, along Sap river bank, make of bamboo thatch and wood-tile.

• Sampans, roofing boats, fishing boats, motor boats crowding docked along Sap river

• Population lived there, about 10,0 00 people.

• Foreigners were: Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Thai, Indian, Laotian, etc.

• Only one inner city road along Sap river bank (Now: Quay Preah Sisowath).

• Length of the city was 4 km.

• Traveling means: foot, buffalo cart.

• City gate to the west: Road to Kompot (Now: National road no. 3 )

• City gate to the north Road to Udong (Now: National road no 5)

• 1866 Phnom Penh City divided into 3 villages:

• Catholic Village :North of the city, Russey Keo vicinity, for Vietnamese.

• Chen Village :Middle of the city, along Sap river, For Chinese.

• Khmer Village :South of the city, around royal palace and Wat Unalaom for Khmers.

• 1870. French colonial administration started to build up hotel, school, prison, barrack, bank, public works office, telegraph office, Law court, and health services house.

• 1872. To order French contractor, Le Faucheur, to construct first 300 concrete houses for selling and renting to Chinese traders (brick wall, tile roof, two floors: ground floor for merchandises selling, up floor for living.

• 1884. To dig inner city canales and over bridges (Now: canales became gardens, and bridges have been eliminated).

• 1893. To rehabilitate Wat Phnom, created zoo, surrounding gardens and constructed Boulevard Doubart de Lagrée (Now: Blvd. Preah Norodom).

• 1895. CEEL, first French company produced clean water at Chroy Changwa water plant.

• 1897. Population of Phnom Penh city was close to 50,000 people:

Chinese	22,000 p
Khmer	16,000 p
Vietnamese	4,000 p
French	400 p

8-H.M. SISOWATH : 1904-1927

• Second son of H.M. Angduong.

• Younger brother of H.M. Norodom.

• To dredge Mekong and Sap rivers in order to facilitate marine navigation enables to reach Phnom Penh

• 1914, to expand the city to the west and to the south until Bassac river.

9-H.M. MONIVONG:1927-1941

Preah Monivong Bridge(1929)	Preah Monivong Bridge(2000)

• Son of H.M. Sisowath.

• 1928, French company, Grands Travaux de Marseille (GTM), began to pump sandy dirt from Sap river bottom to fill up Decho lake and other lakes in the city.

• 1929, to construct iron bridge (Now: Preah Monivong Bridge)

• 1932, to construct station and railway to Battambang, and Boulevard Miche (Now: Blvd.Preah Monivong).

• 1935, to build up Grand Market (Now: Phsar Thom Thmey market)

• 1939, to construct Verdun Avenue (Now: Blvd. J. Nerhu and Ave. Preah Sihanouk)

• 1939, the population of Phnom Penh City were 108,000 people, and the population of whole Cambodia were about 3,000,000 people.

Psa Thom Thmey Market (1937)	Psa Thom Thmey Market (2003)

10-H.M. SIHANOUK : 1941-1998

• Son of H.M. the King Norodom Suramarit and H.M the Queen Sisowath Kosomak Neary Rath.

• To be crowned on the throne: 23 April 1941.

• To Transfer reign to father, H.M. Norodom Soramarit 1955-1960

• To transfer reign to mother, H.M. Sisowath Kosomak Neary Rath 1960-1970

A. The Kingdom of Cambodia : 1941-1970

• The statistic of Phnom Penh City

1942	111,000 p
1950	354,000 p
1958	355,000p

• 1958, to construct another boulevard (Now: Blvd. Mao Tse Tong).

• 1961, to expand Tuol Kork zone.

• 1962, the population of Phnom Penh City were 394,000 p

• 1963 construct International Olympic Stadium.

• 1964, to construct Tonle Bassac Theater and Casino

• To construct railway to Kompong som Ville.

• To construct International Airport of Pochentong

• 1966, to construct Sangkum Reah Niyum Bridge (Now: Cambodia-Japan friendship bridge)

• To Build up many of school. Pagodas, hospitals, factories, roads, dams, canals.

• The progresses on every field at that time caused international communities to title Phnom Penh City as Pearl of Asia.

B. Khmer Republic: 1970-1975

• 1970, the population of Phnom Penh City were 900,000 people.

• 1971, people living in insecurity zone around provincial towns cities started to flee into Phnom Penh City for taking shelter and living.

• 1972, to form refugee villages and then squatters huts appear everywhere in the City.

• 1973, Khmer rouge mine Chroy Chang War Bridge 2 times.

• 1975, the population of Phnom Penh City were 2,000,000 people.

C- Democratic Cambodia: 1975-1979

• 17 April 1975, all Phnom Penh citizens have been chased out of the city, by Khmer rouge force, to live and farm at rural areas.

• 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, Phnom Penh City has been abandoned without taking care or repairing the damages from war.

D-People's republic of Cambodia: 1979-1989

• 7 January-1979, mixed provincial and municipal population returned back to live in Phnom Penh City

• 1979, the population of Phnom Penh City were 100,000 people

• The people, who came to live in Phnom Penh City at that time, were almost people from provincial and rural areas.

• To start to rehabilitate Phnom Penh city that has been damaged from war and abandonment.

• 1985, the population of Phnom Penh City were 427,000 people.

E-State of Cambodia: 1989-1992

• 1990, the population of Phnom Penh City were 615,000 people.

• To rehabilitate, repair and develop the city by constructing new buildings everywhere in Phnom Penh City.

F- UNTAC: 1992-1993

• 1993 the population of Phnom Penh City were 1,300,000 people.

• The people living far from crowded areas have been gathering to settle illegally anywhere in the City.

G- The Kingdom of Cambodia: 1993-1998

• 1995, registered population were 824,000 people, and out of that, temporary staying people, foreigners, traders, investors were all together more than 1,000,000 people.

• 1995, to repair and reconstruct National road no. 4, Cambodia-Japan friendship bridge, National road no. 6A, Blvd Mao Tse Tong, Riverside garden, roundabouts, etc.

• 1996, to repair and reconstruct Land filled garden, Blvd. J. Nerhu, Blvd. Samdech Sothearos, etc.

• To construct and repair school buildings, hospitals, pagodas, training centers, etc.

• To receive grant aid from France, Japan, Australia, Germany, Norway, etc., to rehabilitate and develop Phnom Penh City.

• To get loan from Asia Development Bank and World Bank to rehabilitate water supply networks, infrastructure of sewerage, road, environment, and transport and to develop Phnom Penh City.

• 1997, to rehabilitate, repairs and construct:

• Sewerage-drainage system, pumping stations,

• Asphalted concrete roads, asphalted roads, late rite roads and dirt roads.

• Public lighting system and new traffic lights.

• 1998, to repair and improve the national patrimony Wat Phnom and Royal Palace garden.

• Phnom Penh City was divided into 7 districts: Daun Penh, 7 Makara, Toul Kork, Chamkarmon, Meanchey, Russey Keo & Dangkor, including 76 communes

• Area of the city is 290 Km

• 1998, the population of Phnom Penh City are 862,000 people, including 149,000 families.

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Cambodian Histories

Cambodia-Kingdom Of Wonder Cambodian Angkor Tour A Short Cambodian Histories FUNAN The first civilization of Cambodia existed from the 1st to 6th century in a State referred to as Funan.

It was the oldest Indianized state in Southeast Asia, and from this period Cambodia’s first writing language Sanskrit began. Influenced by Indian cultures, Funan accepted Hinduism, which was latter converted to Budddhism. What makes Cambodians different from its neighbors is due to the fact that Cambodians wear scarves, called Kramas, rather than straw hats,

ANGKOR From 9th to 13th century Angkor period existed. The period began with King Jayavarman II taking the throne in 802. At its peak, Angkor Empire extended from the border of modern day Burma east to the South China Sea and north to Laos of great kings who built famous temples were King Suryavarman II who built the world’s renowned Angkor Wat, whereas King Jayavarman II successfully made agressive construction of most of largest temples of Angkor, particularly Great City known as Angkor Thom. Not only the temples were the success of those Angkor Kings. This enabled rice cultivation for 3 times a year, ealthy empire. As Angkor period ended, the city moved to Phnom and that Angkor Wat was wPenh , Longvek, then to Oudong and finally to the present day capital of Phnom Penh. The hall of angkor marked the collapse of Cambodia Empire, which resulted in invasion and ransacks by its neighbors including the Thais and Vietnamese from the 15th to 17th centuries. This was mainly to conflict by royal courts. The post Angkor era also brought about a rapid expansion of Theravada Buddhism.

PRESENT DAY In 1863, Cambodia agreed to protection from France that ruled Cambodia for nearly 90 years. Like other colonial countries, France introduced modern Western government structure, education, courts and architectural styles on its land,thus one can see to day many colonial buildings remain.

In 1945, the Japanese briefly ousted the French protectorate. After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the French returned and ruled until 1953 when Cambodia gained full independence. King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated the throne to his father and led political party to unite the country from 1950 to 1960.

In 1970, Vietnamese war spilled over into Cambodia, and King Norodom Sihanouk was overthrown by General Lon Nol. Lon Nol government was defeated by Khmer Rouges in 1975,

Then Cambodia embarked a dark period for more than 3 years. During in the Khmer Rouges time, the country’s entire infrastructure was completely destroyed. No region, no money, no education, no school and so on that the historical wheel turned to year zero. In 1979, the Khmer Rouges was toppled by Vietnamese backed movement.

People’s republic of Kampuchea which administered the country against the Khmer Rouges was then ousted to northern jungles.

In 1991, Paris Peace Accords was signed, which then brought United Nations to temporarily administered and organized a free and fair elections in 1993 a here by internationally recognized Cambodia government headed by two prime minister were created. Monarchy has also been reinstated and King Norodom Sihanouk is a lead of State.

This was by no means putting an end to Cambodia civil war. In 1997 fighting between ruling political parties took place in the capital of Phnom Penh until cease fire was agreed to and next national elections administered by Cambodians themselves were conducted in May, 1998.

After creation of new coalition government headed by Prime Minister Hun Sen, and with establishment of House of Senates in addition to the lower law making institution the National Assembly, Cambodia has experienced stability in terms of politics and economics. This allows Asean to accept Cambodia as its member. Being part of regional groupings, Cambodia needs to look forward to attracting investments from the region and elsewhere

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Most Cambodians are descendants of the Khmers, who in the 6th century established the Indian-influenced Angkor Empire, and for the next 900 years ruled the area of present-day Cambodia. According to legend, the founder of the Khmer dynasty was Kampu Svayambhuva, from whose name "Kampuchea" derives. From the 10th to the 14th century, after years of military expansion, the Khmers reached their apogee. Their empire extended over most of Southeast Asia (from central Vietnam south-west into the Malay Peninsula, and from Thailand north to the border of Burma, now known as Myanmar).

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