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Friday, September 6, 2013

អន្តរជាតិ៖ វិបត្តិ​ថវិកា​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ជា​ការ​ប៉ុនប៉ង​របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា

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បញ្ហា​វិបត្តិ​អត់​ថវិកា​នៅ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម ដែល​ខាង​ភាគី​កម្ពុជា កំពុង​ជួប​ប្រទះ​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ ត្រូវ​បាន​សហគមន៍​អន្តរជាតិ​ចោទ​ថា ជា​ការ​ប៉ុនប៉ង​របស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា ធ្វើ​ឱ្យ​អន្តរាយ​ដល់​ការ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​ក្ដី​អតីត​មេ​ដឹកនាំ​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​របប​ ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម។
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ការ​ចោទ​ឡើង​បែប​នេះ ត្រូវ​បាន​ធ្វើ​ឡើង​ដោយ​អង្គការ​ឃ្លាំ​មើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស យូមែន រ៉ៃត៍ វច្ឆ៍ (Human Rights Watch) តាម​រយៈ​ការ​ចេញ​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​មួយ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៥ ខែ​កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ ដោយ​ដាក់​ចំណង​ជើង​ថា រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា បង្អាក់​ដំណើរ​ការ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម។
អង្គការ យូមែន រ៉ៃត៍ វច្ឆ៍ សរសេរ​បន្ត​ថា ការ​ដែល​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា មិន​ព្រម​ផ្ដល់​ប្រាក់​ខែ​ឱ្យ​បុគ្គលិក​ខាង​ភាគី​កម្ពុជា នៅ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម គឺ​ជា​ការ​ប៉ុនប៉ង​ចុង​ក្រោយ ដើម្បី​ធ្វើ​ឱ្យ​អន្តរាយ​ដល់​កិច្ច​ប្រឹងប្រែង​នានា ក្នុង​ការ​នាំ​យក​អតីត​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​មក​កាត់​សេចក្ដី។
ការ​ដែល​មិន​ផ្ដល់​ប្រាក់​ខែ​ដល់​បុគ្គលិក​នេះ ក៏​ជា​ការ​គំរាម​កំហែង​ដល់​ដំណើរ​ការ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​វគ្គ​ទី១ លើ​អតីត​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ពីរ​រូប គឺ​ជន​ជាប់​ចោទ នួន ជា និង ខៀវ សំផន ដែល​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ប្រឹងប្រែង​បញ្ចប់ និង​ចេញ​សាលក្រម​នៅ​ដើម​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤។

ក្នុង​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​របស់​អង្គការ យូមែន រ៉ៃត៍ វច្ឆ៍ បាន​ដក​ស្រង់​សម្ដី​នាយក​ប្រតិបត្តិ​របស់​ខ្លួន​ប្រចាំ​អាស៊ី គឺ​លោក ប្រែត អាដាម (Brad Adams) ដែល​ថ្លែង​ថា លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​បាន​ចំណាយ​ពេល​បង្អាក់​ដំណើរ​ការ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​ក្ដី​ អតីត​មេ​ដឹកនាំ​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​រាប់​ឆ្នាំ​មក​ហើយ ប៉ុន្តែ​ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ​នៅ​តែ​បន្ត​ផ្ដល់​លុយ​សម្រប​សម្រួល​ដល់​សាលា​ក្ដី​នេះ ​ទៀត៖ «ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ ចុង​ក្រោយ​គួរ​តែ​ហៅ​ថា នេះ​ការ​បោក​បញ្ឆោត​របស់​គាត់ និង​ផ្អាក​ជំនួយ​នា​ពេល​អនាគត រហូត​ទាល់​តែ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា ផ្ដល់​ចំណែក​លុយ​ចំណាយ​សម្រាប់​សាលា​ក្ដី​ដែល​ខ្លួន​បាន​ព្រមព្រៀង»។
សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​បន្ត​ថា តាម​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​រវាង​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ និង​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា ក្នុង​ការ​បង្កើត​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម គឺ​ភាគី​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ ត្រូវ​ទទួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ​លើ​ការ​បើក​ប្រាក់​ខែ​ឱ្យ​បុគ្គលិក​ដែល​ខ្លួន​ជ្រើស​ រើស ហើយ​ភាគី​កម្ពុជា ជា​អ្នក​ទទួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ​លើ​ប្រាក់​ខែ​បុគ្គលិក​នៅ​ខាង​ភាគី​ខ្លួន។
មន្ត្រី​នាំ​ពាក្យ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម លោក នេត្រ ភក្ដ្រា ថ្លែង​ថា នៅ​ពេល​នេះ បុគ្គលិក​ខាង​ភាគី​កម្ពុជា ចំនួន ១៤០​នាក់ ក្នុង​ចំណោម ២៥០​នាក់ នៅ​នាំ​គ្នា​បន្ត​ឈប់​ធ្វើ​ការងារ​ជា​បណ្ដោះ​អាសន្ន​នៅ​ឡើយ ដោយសារ​តែ​មិន​បាន​ទទួល​ប្រាក់​ខែ ៣​ខែ​មក​ហើយ ហើយ​ក៏​មិន​ទាន់​បាន​ទទួល​ដំណឹង​វិជ្ជមាន​ណា​មួយ​ពី​ផ្នែក​រដ្ឋបាល​ដែរ។
ទាក់ទង​នឹង​បញ្ហា​នេះ​ដែរ អ្នក​ជំនាញ​ការ​ពិសេស​របស់​អគ្គលេខាធិការ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ សម្រាប់​ជំនួយ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម គឺ​លោក ដេវីដ សេហ្វើរ (Dvid Scheffer) បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​មួយ​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៤ ខែ​កញ្ញា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ ដោយ​ថ្លែង​ថា បញ្ហា​នេះ គឺ​បណ្ដាល​មក​ពី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា ខកខាន​មិន​បាន​បំពេញ​កាតព្វកិច្ច​ច្បាប់​ក្នុង​ការ​ផ្ដល់​ប្រាក់​ខែ​ដល់​ បុគ្គលិក​ខាង​ភាគី​ខ្លួន​របស់​ខ្លួន។ លោក ដេវីដ សេហ្វើរ បន្ត​ថា អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​បាន​ដាស់តឿន​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា ម្ដង​ហើយ​ម្ដង​ទៀត ឱ្យ​បង្កើន​ការ​បំពេញ​កាតព្វកិច្ច​ច្បាប់​របស់​ខ្លួន ដើម្បី​ចៀសវាង​វិបត្តិ​ទាំង​នេះ។ ប៉ុន្មាន​ខែ​កន្លង​មក​នេះ ទាំង​មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ និង​រូប​លោក​ផ្ទាល់ បាន​ជួប​ពិភាក្សា​ជា​ច្រើន​លើក​ជាមួយ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ​ជា​ច្រើន ទាក់ទង​នឹង​បញ្ហា​នេះ។
អគ្គលេខាធិការ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ លោក បាន គីមូន (Ban Ki-moon) បាន​ថ្លែង​ជា​សាធារណៈ នៅ​ទីក្រុង​ឡាអេ ប្រទេស​ហូល្លង់ដ៍ កាល​ថ្ងៃ​ទី២៨ សីហា ថា ជីវិត​របស់​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​នៅ​ពេល​នេះ កំពុង​មាន​ចំណោទ​នៅ​ឡើយ។
កាល​ពី​ខែ​សីហា លោក ដេវីដ សេហ្វើរ និង​មន្ត្រី​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា បាន​ជួប​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ប្រទេស​៤ នៅ​ក្នុង​អាស៊ាន ដូច​ជា ប្រទេស​ប្រ៊ុយណេ ឥណ្ឌូនេស៊ី ម៉ាឡេស៊ី និង​សិង្ហបុរី ជា​ដើម ដើម្បី​ស្វែង​រក​ថវិកា​សម្រាប់​ភាគី​ជាតិ នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៤។ លោក​សង្ឃឹម​ថា សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​នឹង​មាន​ស្ថិរភាព​នៅ​ពេល​អនាគត។ ប៉ុន្តែ នៅ​ក្នុង​បរិបថ​នេះ លោក ដេវីដ សេហ្វើរ បញ្ជាក់​ថា បញ្ហា​ទី​មួយ​ដែល​មិន​ប្រកែក​បាន គឺ​សាលា​ក្ដី​នេះ​ត្រូវ​បង្កើន​ល្បឿន និង​ប្រសិទ្ធភាព​ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ដំណើរ​ការ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​របស់​ខ្លួន។
លោក​ថ្លែង​ថា អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ សង្ឃឹម​ថា បញ្ហា​អត់​ថវិកា​នេះ​នឹង​ត្រូវ​បញ្ចប់​ក្នុង​ពេល​ឆាប់ៗ ហើយ​នឹង​ផ្ដល់​បរិយាកាស​ឱ្យ​បុគ្គលិក​ទាំង​នោះ​បន្ត​ការងារ​ដ៏​សំខាន់​នៅ​ សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម និង​ឱ្យ​សម្រេច​បាន​ការ​ទទួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ ស្រប​តាម​អាណត្តិ​ការងារ​របស់​សាលា​ក្ដី​នេះ។ អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​នៅ​តែ​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ខ្លាំង​អំពី​សុខុមាលភាព​របស់​ បុគ្គលិក​ខាង​ភាគី​ជាតិ និង​គ្រួសារ​របស់​គេ ហើយ​ក៏​ព្រួយ​បារម្ភ​ចំពោះ​ការ​បន្ទច់​បង្អាក់​ដំណើរ​ការ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​របស់​ សាលា​ក្ដី។ លោក​អំពាវនាវ​ដល់​បុគ្គលិក​ខាង​ភាគី​ជាតិ ឱ្យ​រក្សា​ភាព​អត់ធ្មត់​នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ​កំពុង​បន្ត​ ប្រឹងប្រែង​ក្នុង​បញ្ហា​បន្ទាន់​នេះ។
លោក ប្រែដ អាដាម ថ្លែង​បន្ត​ថា លោក​នាយក​រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន មិន​ដែល​តាំង​ចិត្ត​ចំពោះ​ការ​ជំនុំ​ជម្រះ​ក្ដី​មេ​ដឹកនាំ​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​លើស​ ពី​ប៉ុន្មាន​នាក់​នោះ​ទេ៖ «ជាក់​ស្ដែង គឺ​ការពារ​សមាជិក​បក្ស និង​សមាជិក​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​របស់​គាត់ ដែល​ធ្លាប់​នៅ​ក្នុង​ជួរ​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​ដែរ។ រដ្ឋាភិបាល​បង្ហាញ​ថា ខ្លួន​មាន​លុយ​គ្រប់គ្រាន់ ដើម្បី​បំប៉ោង​ខាង​យោធា និង​ទិញ​សន្លឹក​ឆ្នោត។ ដូច្នេះ ការ​ដែល​មិន​ព្រម​ផ្ដល់​លុយ​ដល់​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម គឺ​ជា​សញ្ញា​នៃ​ការ​មើល​ងាយ​ចំពោះ​យុត្តិធម៌​នៅ​កម្ពុជា។ ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ និង​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ គួរ​ទទូច​ឱ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា ឈប់​ធ្វើ​ពុត​ជា​ក្រ​ត​ទៅ​ទៀត ដើម្បី​ផ្ដល់​ការ​ទទួល​ខុស​ត្រូវ​ចំពោះ​ជន​រងគ្រោះ​ពី​របប​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម​រាប់ ​លាន​នាក់»។
វិទ្យុ​អាស៊ីសេរី មិន​ទាន់​ទទួល​បាន​ការ​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ណា​មួយ​នៅ​ឡើយ​ទេ ចំពោះ​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​របស់ លោក ប្រែដ អាដាម។
ដោយ​ឡែក ប្រធាន​រដ្ឋបាល​ការិយាល័យ​រដ្ឋបាល​ស្ដីទី​នៃ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម គឺ​លោក ក្រាញ់ តូនី ក៏​បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​មួយ​ដែរ ដោយ​ថ្លែង​ថា បញ្ហា​វិបត្តិ​ថវិកា​នេះ គឺ​មិន​អាច​ចៀស​ផុត​ពី​ការ​ប្រឈម​នឹង​ហានិភ័យ​នៃ​ភាព​រអាក់រអួល​ការងារ​របស់ ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ឡើយ។
មន្ត្រី​នាំ​ពាក្យ​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម លោក នេត្រ ភក្ដ្រា ថ្លែង​ថា លោក ក្រាញ់ តូនី ថ្លែង​អំណរគុណ​ចំពោះ​ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ និង​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ ដែល​បាន​ជួយ​ដោះស្រាយ​វិបត្តិ​ថវិកា​ភាគី​កម្ពុជា កន្លង​មក និង​ពេល​កំពុង​តានតឹង​នេះ។
ទាក់ទង​នឹង​ការ​លើក​ឡើង​អំពី​បញ្ហា​ដែល​ថា រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា មិន​បាន​បំពេញ​កាតព្វកិច្ច​ផ្ដល់​លុយ​ដល់​សាលា​ក្ដី​ខ្មែរ​ក្រហម លោក នេត្រ ភក្ដ្រា ថ្លែង​ថា គឺ​ជា​ការ​លើក​ឡើង​ខុស ហើយ​ថា រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា បាន​បង្កើន​ថវិកា​វិភាគ​ទាន​របស់​ខ្លួន​ជា​រៀង​រាល់​ឆ្នាំ ចាប់​តាំង​ពី ៦​សែន​ដុល្លារ រហូត​ដល់ ១​លាន ៨​សែន​ដុល្លារ​នៅ​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣។
លោក នេត្រ ភក្ដ្រា៖ «សរុប​ទៅ គឺ​រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា បាន​ផ្ដល់​វិភាគ​ទាន​ជា​សាច់​ប្រាក់ និង​ជា​សម្ភារៈ​បរិក្ខារ​ហ្នឹង រហូត​មក​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ គឺ​មាន​ចំនួន ១៨​លាន​ដុល្លារ​អាមេរិក​ហើយ ហើយ​ស្មើ​នឹង ១០% ទៅ​នឹង​ចំណាយ​សរុប​របស់​តុលាការ។ ហើយ​យើង​ឃើញ​ថា រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា បាន​បំពេញ​កាតព្វកិច្ច​របស់​ខ្លួន​តាម​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​ហើយ។ ជាក់​ស្ដែង បញ្ហា​ថវិកា​លើ​ប្រាក់​បៀវត្សរ៍​នេះ ទាំង​ភាគី​ជាតិ និង​ភាគី​អន្តរជាតិ នៅ​ក្នុង​ការ​អនុវត្ត​ជាក់​ស្ដែង គឺ​បាន​ពឹង​អាស្រ័យ​ទាំង​ស្រុង​ទៅ​លើ​ការ​ផ្ដល់​វិភាគ​ទាន​ស្ម័គ្រ​ចិត្ត​ពី ​ក្រុម​ប្រទេស​ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ ហើយ​នៅ​ក្នុង​កិច្ច​ព្រមព្រៀង​នេះ ក៏​មិន​បាន​ហាម​ឃាត់​ដល់​រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​កម្ពុជា នៅ​ក្នុង​ការ​ស្នើសុំ​ជំនួយ​ពី​សហគមន៍​អន្តរជាតិ ដើម្បី​ជួយ​ដល់​ភាគី​ខ្លួន​ដែរ»។
លោក​សង្ឃឹម​ថា តាម​ការ​អំពាវនាវ​របស់​អគ្គលេខាធិការ​អង្គការ​សហប្រជាជាតិ លោក បាន គីមូន ដល់​ប្រទេស​ប្រទេស​ម្ចាស់​ជំនួយ​ក្នុង​ពេល​ថ្មីៗ នឹង​ជួយ​ដល់​សាលា​ក្ដី​នេះ​ត​ទៅ​ទៀត ហើយ​បុគ្គលិក​ខាង​ភាគី​កម្ពុជា នឹង​បន្ត​ភាព​ស្ងៀមស្ងាត់ និង​អត់ធ្មត់​បន្ត​ទៀត​ក្នុង​ស្ថានភាព​វិបត្តិ​ថវិកា​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ​នេះ៕
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សម្ព័ន្ធ​អង្គការ​មិន​មែន​រដ្ឋាភិបាល តាម​ដាន​ដំណើរ​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត បន្ត​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ដំណើរ​ការ និង​ការ​ចាត់​ចែង​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ទាំង​មូល នៅ​ក្នុង​ការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ជ្រើស​តាំង​តំណាង​រាស្ត្រ​នីតិកាល​ទី៥ ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣ ថា​មិន​ទាន់​សេរី និង​យុត្តិធម៌​ទេ បើ​ទោះ​បី​ជា​មាន​ការ​ថយ​ចុះ​ករណី​ហិង្សា​ធ្ងន់ធ្ងរ និង​គ្មាន​ការ​សម្លាប់​សកម្មជន អ្នក​នយោបាយ និង​ការ​ចូល​រួម​យ៉ាង​សកម្ម​របស់​យុវជន​ក្នុង​យុទ្ធនាការ​បោះ​ឆ្នោត​ក៏ដោយ។
ដោយ ទេព សុរ៉ាវី
2013-09-06
RFA
សង្គម​ស៊ីវិល បោះ​ឆ្នោត ៦១០
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RFA/Tep Soravy
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Top Cambodian Court Wants Election Staff Punished for Ballot Foul-Up

Posted on 4:19 AM by Unknown

2013-09-05
RFA
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Cambodian police gear up for the opposition protest, Sept. 3, 2013.
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Cambodia's top court has ordered staff of the government-appointed national election body to be punished for mishandling secured ballot records but dismissed opposition complaints of irregularities in the July 28 national polls.

The decision by the Constitutional Council of Cambodia (CCC) on Thursday came as the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) planned mass weekend protests after the authorities rejected calls for an independent group to investigate the irregularities.

The court ordered the government-appointed National Election Committee (NEC), which conducted the polls, to punish its staff for unsealing election security packages in Siem Reap province, according to a statement.
The CNRP has questioned preliminary results showing a victory for Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) by citing suspected tampering of election records in at least three provinces. 

“The NEC must be responsible before the law [and has to take action] against NEC officials at seven polling stations who were careless in doing their election work,” the court statement said, without elaborating on the form of punishment.

But the Constitutional Council dismissed CNRP’s complaint questioning the accuracy of the preliminary election result in Siem Reap province based on the ballot mishandling.

Verdict questioned

CNRP lawmaker Ke Sovannaroth protested the court's verdict, saying it is "unacceptable" that the election results are endorsed despite ballot security packages being found tampered with in six of 12 polling stations in Siem Reap province.

She also said that the court should mete out the punishment to the NEC staff directly instead of asking the election body to take such action.

Ou Virak, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), also criticized the Constitutional Council's ruling.

“CCHR doesn’t believe the CCC can independently resolve complaints with justice,” he said. "People will lose confidence in the CCC in the future."

Neutral and Impartial Committee for Free and Fair Elections in Cambodia (NICFEC) Director Hang Puthea also slammed the court, saying it has not judged the election complaints with transparency.

“CCC hasn’t fulfilled its job yet. CNRP has produced many complaints but CCC has reviewed only a few cases,” he said.

Following CNRP's complaints, secured ballot records from polling stations in the Kratie and Battambang provinces had also been found tampered. NEC officials blamed the irregularities on poor training and educational levels of polling station staff.

Protest boost

CNRP chief Sam Rainsy meanwhile rallied supporters Thursday to participate in the mass protest in the capital Phnom Penh on Saturday.  

“The more supporters we have, the better result we will have," he said while visiting post-election violence hit areas, Stung Meanchey market and Stung Meanchey pagoda, in the the outskirts of the capital.

Hundreds of angry mobs from the areas had on election day attacked military police officers and burned two trucks after they found their names missing from the electoral rolls.

The protest, which the opposition expects at least 20,000 people to attend, is to take place a day before an expected announcement of official election results endorsing a victory for the ruling CPP.

Preliminary results from the NEC announced last month support the CPP’s claims that it won 68 parliamentary seats to the CNRP’s 55.

The CNRP claims it has won at least 63 seats and has accused the NEC of stealing votes from the opposition and giving them to the CPP.

Garlands

Meanwhile, members of Cambodia's Youth for Peace Movement planned to distribute on Friday 500 jasmine garlands and lotus to police and military personnel who have been deployed in the capital ahead of the protest.

“We will sing and dance for peace... we will give flowers to soldiers to remind them that any violence between Khmer and Khmer must be stopped,” group member Moung Sony said.

Cambodia’s Free Trade Union (FTU), one of the biggest unions in the country which threw its weight behind the CNRP, has urged its 100,000 supporters to not accept any over time work in the run up to the Saturday protest.

It said the workers have the right to decide whether to join the demonstration.

“This is a message that voters want justice,” FTU President Chea Mony said. “Workers want to have better living standards and dignity. To achieve these goals we can only rely on the CNRP,” he said.

The FTU represents workers in the garment industry, the country's biggest employer and key export earner.

In March, the CNRP proposed a minimum monthly wage of U.S. $150 for garment workers and U.S. $250 for civil servants.

Kem San, a factory worker, said he supported the FTU move. “Even though I will lose my benefit [by not working overtime] my living standards will be better in the future [by backing the CNRP].”

Military police spokesman Kheng Tito said security checks are being conducted along roads leading to the capital from the provinces but pointed out that they were not linked to the protest.

Police spokesman Kirth Chantharith told RFA that police would be at Freedom Park where the protest will be held to provide security and not to crack down on the demonstrators.

“We have already prepared a large number of forces but I can’t tell the exact number,” he said. “We are prepared to deal with any types of scenarios."

Reported by RFA's Khmer Service. Translated by Samean Yun. Written in English by Parameswaran Ponnudurai.

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Thursday, September 5, 2013

CCT's Concert for Cambodia at The Enmore Theatre Sydney on Monday September 30

Posted on 4:48 AM by Unknown
is going to be a wonderful feel-good night of music with with a great line up of major artists. Jimmy Barnes, Lior, Diesel, David Campbell, Mahalia Barnes, Prinnie Stevens, iOTA, Mitch Anderson, Darren Percival, The Party People Collective and the extraordinary Cambodian Space Project from Phnom Penh with host Arj Barker all collaborating to help raise much needed funds for CCT.

To find out more and to book tickets, click here

This is a wonderful opportunity for CCT, but we need help from our supporters to ensure we get enough tickets sold. It would be a huge help if you could:
  • send the Concert For Cambodia link around to your family and friends,
  • post the link up on your Facebook and Twitter,
  • and perhaps download this poster and put it up in your workplace.
Helping us to spread the word about this exciting event would be greatly appreciated by all of us at CCT.
I look forward to seeing you there. 
 
Warm Regards,
Tara Winkler

Cambodian Children's Trust 
www.cambodianchildrenstrust.org




 
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Thai Fishing Sector, Among World's Largest, Cited For Abuses

Posted on 4:46 AM by Unknown
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Migrant workers from Myanmar return to a trawler after unloading fish following a fishing trip in the Gulf of Thailand in Samut Sakhon province Tuesday. A new report details "deceptive and coercive" labor practices in the Thai fishing sector, which relies heavily on workers from Cambodia and Myanmar, also known as Burma.
Originally published on Tue September 3, 2013 3:20 pm
If you eat fish on a regular basis, chances are some of it is coming from Thailand. The Asian country is the world's No. 3 exporter of seafood (after China and Norway), and the U.S. is its top destination.
The Thai fishing industry has grown dramatically, and it is now coming under increased scrutiny. A new report details "deceptive and coercive labor practices, and even forced labor and human trafficking within" the Thai fishing sector.

The allegations are not new. An NPR story from June 2012 cited the example of one Cambodian who spent three years confined to a Thai fishing boat. A Global Post series from last year chronicled what it called "seafood slavery." And in May, the Environmental Justice Foundation said Thailand is doing little to prevent the abuses.
Thailand's fishing industry relies heavily on migrant workers from Cambodia and Burma — many of them undocumented. The new report, jointly released Monday by the International Labor Organization and the Asian Research Center for Migration at Chulalongkorn University, is the largest-ever conducted on the subject, surveying about 600 people who work on Thai boats in national and international waters.
The report says:
"The rapid growth of the Thai fishing sector over the past decades has come to an end, with higher fuel costs and a significant decrease in the Catch Per Unit of Effort (CPUE) due to overfishing. This has led to dramatic changes in the structure of employment and working conditions within the sector. Fewer people, both Thai and migrants, are willing to work on board because of the working conditions and as such, unscrupulous brokers and employers will often provide misleading information, withhold payment, threaten violence and use other means to recruit and employ fishers. It can therefore be said that this labor shortage — estimated to be as high as 50,000 workers — is both a cause and an effect of the abusive labor practices that are seen in the fishing sector."
But it does note that "a significant proportion of the sample did not appear to be in an exploitative situation."
Still, the report increases pressure on the Thai government to better regulate the $7 billion fishing industry.
For four years in a row, the State Department put Thailand on its tier 2 watch list, the second-worst position, for failing to increase efforts to address human trafficking. But earlier this year, it was granted a waiver from an otherwise-required downgrade because "the government has a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute making significant efforts to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is devoting sufficient resources to implement that plan."
The State Department's annual report cited Thailand's fishing industry, noting in June that "a significant portion of labor trafficking victims within Thailand are exploited in commercial fishing [and] fishing-related industries.
At the time, Luis CdeBaca, the U.S. ambassador in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, told NPR's Michele Kelemen in June that he wanted the report to hit home:
"This year's report looks at things like the fishing industry — and actually raises a question that I think all of us should be asking, which is: How much of my life is impacting modern-day slavery? Do I know where the shrimp is being caught or processed that is on my plate? ... And instead of it being somebody else's problem, how can I make it my problem? How can I actually do something about it?"
Similar problems also exist in shrimp farms and processing plants in the country, as NPR's Eliza Barclay noted in The Salt.
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Battambang recount shot down by council

Posted on 4:43 AM by Unknown
Thu, 5 September 2013
Meas Sokchea
P Penh Post
 
The Constitutional Council yesterday rejected the opposition’s request for a recount of ballots in Battambang province, ruling that the National Election Committee had been correct in its decision to throw out the complaint in the first place.
Over the course of a two-hour hearing, Cambodia National Rescue Party representatives made the case that significant irregularities had taken place in 233 Battambang polling stations, while the NEC’s Mean Satik countered that problems with the voter list did not rise to the level of systematic flaws.
After some three hours of deliberation, the council sided with Satik.

“Every decision of the Constitutional Council has an influence on the whole nation. In Battambang there are 35,000 duplicate names. Is this a technical mistake or intentional?” CNRP lawyer Choung Choungy asked the council, before answering his own question. “This is a systematic arrangement.”
Choungy went on to argue that despite the fact that the CNRP had asked for 117 Safety Packages A to be opened and examined, the NEC had examined only eight. Observers at the investigation of the eight packages also reported at the time that polling place documents weren’t cross-checked with those held by parties, even when the tallies differed.
The NEC’s Satik, however, argued that no country is able to totally eradicate duplicate names from its polls.
“We work on technical matters, but this mistake is an individual matter that is punished according to the law,” Satik said.
In the end, noting that Battambang experienced “no force majeure, no violence and no rebellion”, Constitutional Council president Ek Sam Ol announced that “the decision of the National Election Committee dated 19 August 2013 was legal”.
Speaking after the hearing, opposition representative Suon Chamroeun said that “this shows the real stance, that the highest body of law is not neutral or independent”.
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New base an uneasy neighbour

Posted on 4:42 AM by Unknown

Military police stand by armoured personnel carriers inside a military base in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district on Monday. DANIEL QUINLAN
 
Thu, 5 September 2013
Phak Seangly
P Penh Post
 
Dozens of armoured personnel carriers, at least 100 military police and a number of shipping containers have quietly been amassed at a previously scarcely used base in Phnom Penh’s Russey Keo district ahead of this Saturday’s opposition rally.
Residents and military police officers said the forces had begun moving into the base, which is near the Prek Pnov bridge, about one month ago, while the shipping containers had been brought in about two weeks ago.
A group of military police officers having a boozy picnic on the outskirts of the base on Monday told reporters they had come from provinces across the country to do exercises and “protect the safety of the people” but shied away from further questions.

The base, located on the site of a former Chinese resort that was demolished in 2007, is just one of more than a dozen military installations in and around the capital.
Last month, military officials said thousands of soldiers and police from across the country were being deployed to Phnom Penh to maintain security. Quartered in makeshift bases around town, the soldiers cut an uneasy presence.
While some residents have expressed trepidation about their new neighbours, Prek Pnov commune chief Pich Sinuon insisted there was nothing to be alarmed about.
“I do not know where the military police came from. It is their internal issue, but there is no reason that residents should be afraid of them or tanks. It is for keeping social order and national security,” he said.
Construction on the base, he said, had begun in 2007, though residents said that it had since been used only sporadically for ceremonial preparations.
Though not overtly worried about potential violence, those living near the base said to a man they were uneasy about the presence of forces and spoke only on the condition of anonymity.
The number of forces at the base had swelled to between 150 and 200 military personnel, who conducted drills daily alongside their APCs, a 43-year-old vendor said on Tuesday.
“I feel surprised with a little fear when seeing the unusual movement from the provinces, but we do not know where to go because our home is here,” he said, adding he did not dare approach the base for fear of being accused of spying.
As for fighting, he continued, he wasn’t particularly concerned about an outbreak of violence. After all, only “one side” had guns.
An assistant to National Military Police spokesman Kheng Tito, who declined to give her name, said yesterday, “It’s not as serious as you think; it was just training”.
She could not explain exactly what the purpose of the shipping containers was, stating simply that she believed they were Japanese and used for training, before directing further questions to another official who directed questions back to Kheng Tito, who could not be reached for comment.
Officers at the base this week could be seen performing drills with riot shields during the day. Much of the time, however, they appeared to simply meander around the base washing clothes, bathing and playing volleyball.
A 53-year-old resident living alongside the base said military officers and APCs had been transported into the base at nighttime.
“Many more came after the election. They walked across my land, but they never caused any problem with us,” he said, pointing to a line of APCs inside the base, which is the size of several football fields.
Another vendor said four or five military police officers had been guarding the Prek Pnov bridge since the election, though they had not been stopping any vehicles.
Minding her baby son at her roadside drink shop, a 30-year-old woman said she had grown familiar with the site of large numbers of troops and military vehicles in Battambang province when the government was fighting Pol Pot’s forces [in the 1980s and ’90s].
“I see tanks [APCs] and armed police every day, and I am getting used to it. It’s not scary,” she said.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY MAY TITTHARA AND DAVID BOYLE
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