Tuesday, October 18, 2016

តើ​មាន​អ្វី​ខ្លះ​នៅ​ពី​ក្រោយ​ឃាតកម្ម​លើ​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី

ការ​បាញ់​សម្លាប់​លោក​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី អ្នក​វិភាគ​សង្គម និង​នយោបាយ​ឥត​សំចៃ​មាត់​នោះ គឺ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ភ្ញាក់​ផ្អើល​ពី​សាធារណជន​ជាតិ និង​អន្តរជាតិ និង​ស្ថាប័ន​អង្គការ​ធំៗ នៅ​លើ​ពិភពលោក​បាន​ចេញ​សេចក្ដី​ថ្លែងការណ៍​ថ្កោលទោស​ទៀត​ផង។

ឃាតកម្ម​នេះ ត្រូវ​បាន​អ្នក​ឃ្លាំមើល​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​ចាត់​ទុក​ថា មិន​ខុស​ពី​ឃាតកម្ម​លើ​ប្រធាន​សហជីព សកម្មជន​បរិស្ថាន និង​អ្នក​សារព័ត៌មាន​នោះ​ឡើយ គឺ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ហាក់​លាក់​បាំង​មិន​ចង់​ឲ្យ​សាធារណជន​ដឹង​ពី​ការ​ពិត និង​អ្នក​បញ្ជា​ពី​ក្រោយ​ខ្នង​នោះ​ឡើយ។ ក្រុម​អ្នក​ការពារ​សិទ្ធិមនុស្ស​ទាំង​នោះ​ពន្យល់​ថា ការ​រារាំង និង​លាក់បាំង​បែប​នេះ គឺ​អាច​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​គណបក្ស​កាន់​អំណាច។

តើ​ឃាតកម្ម​លើ​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី មាន​អ្វី​ខ្លះ​នៅ​ពី​ក្រោយ​ខ្នង?
លោក​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី អ្នក​វិភាគ​បញ្ហា​សង្គម​ឥត​សំចៃ​មាត់ មិន​ខ្លាច​សេចក្ដី​ស្លាប់ ទោះ​បី​លោក​ដឹង​ថា ពេល​លោក​វិភាគ​ម្ដងៗ មិន​ដែល​គិត​ថា​លោក​នឹង​មាន​ជីវិត​ក្ដី ប៉ុន្តែ​ទី​បញ្ចប់​ឃាតក​បាន​បាញ់​ប្រហារ​លោក​នៅ​កណ្ដាល​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ ដែល​សាធារណជន​មាន​ភាព​រន្ធត់ និង​សោកស្ដាយ​ក្រៃលែង។

មក​ទល់​ពេល​នេះ មាន​រយៈពេល​ជាង​បី​ខែ​ហើយ គិត​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ដែល​ឃាតក​បាញ់​សម្លាប់​លោក​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្តារម៉ាត (Star Mart) កាល់តិច ស្ដុប​បូកគោ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១០ ខែ​កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦ តែ​មក​ទល់​ពេល​នេះ យុត្តិធម៌​សម្រាប់​ក្បួន​ដង្ហែ​សព​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី ទៅ​បញ្ចុះ​នៅ​ស្រុក​កំណើត​របស់​លោក​នា​ភូមិ​អង្គតាកុប ឃុំ​លាយបូរ ស្រុក​ត្រាំកក់ ខេត្ត​តាកែវ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​២៤ ខែ​កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Chuop Sereyrothរូប​លោក និង​ក្រុម​គ្រួសារ​មិន​ទាន់​មាន​នៅ​ឡើយ។

ឃាតកម្ម​លើ​លោក​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី មាន​ចំណុច​សង្ស័យ​ជា​ច្រើន​ដែល​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ធ្វើ​អ្នក​ឃ្លាំមើល​សិទ្ធិ​មនុស្ស រួម​ទាំង​អ្នក​ជិតស្និទ្ធ​នឹង​លោក​បណ្ឌិត កែម ឡី ផង បញ្ជាក់​ថា ឃាតកម្ម​គឺ​ជាប់​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ជាមួយ​មន្ត្រី​ជាន់​ខ្ពស់​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ណា​មួយ​នៅ​ពី​ក្រោយ​ខ្នង​រឿង​នេះ បើ​ពុំ​ដូច្នេះ​ទេ តុលាការ ឬ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​បញ្ចេញ​កាមេរ៉ា​សុវត្ថិភាព និង​បង្ហាញ​ជន​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ដទៃ​ទៀត​ក្រៅ​ពី អឿត អាង ហៅ ជួប សម្លាប់ នោះ​ហើយ។

Boeung Kak activists quizzed over Wat Phnom attack

Two Boeung Kak lake activists were questioned by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday in relation to a 2013 attack by unidentified assailants on community members at the capital’s Wat Phnom.

Land activists from the Boueng Kak and Borei Keila communities were attacked by a group of men wearing masks and armed with slingshots, batons and sticks during a nighttime candle-light vigil in September 2013, with 11 activists and a rights monitor injured.

Five of the activists who filed a complaint over the incident were questioned by the Ministry of Interior in May, and yesterday two more of the victims – Mao Sokha and Som Soueng – were questioned in court about their recollections of the now three-year-old incident.

“We do not know the identity of the perpetrators but, at the time, the authorities were standing behind them,” Soueng told reporters after the questioning. She added that she had lost hope of getting justice and that the group had been left with only “the scars from their wounds.”
Si Heap, a land activist, is treated at Calmette Hospital after she was shot in the head with a marble at Wat Phnom in 2013. Koam Chanrasmey
Sokha said the group was also confused because the summons listed the date of the incident as May 6, 2016, and not September 2013. “Maybe they [officials] were confused,” she said.

Inspection follows death of quarry workers

The Ministry of Mines and Energy yesterday ordered a Lim Heng Group-owned construction firm to temporarily shut down operations following the death of three workers in a rock slide on Sunday.

“The inspector of the department ordered them to delay operations completely for the investigation,” ministry spokesman Dith Dina said in an email yesterday. “The ministry has ordered Lim Heng to urgently solve any issues with the families while the ministry sends inspectors to investigate the incident. The decision of . . . what action to take depends on the report of the inspectors,” the email continued.

He added that the company had the appropriate licences for mining and was registered with Social Security Fund.

According to Dina, the company’s accident report said an excavating machine was digging out earth and stone on a hillside when loose rocks began falling down the slope, burying a second excavator and the three victims below.

Ath Khem, Banteay Meanchey police chief, said provincial authorities are also investigating. The families have not yet been compensated, per O’Prasat commune chief Khim Mara.                          People gather at a quarry on Sunday in Banteay Meanchey province after a rock slide killed three workers. Photo supplied

Ethnic minority families claim violent evictions in Preah Vihear

Six ethnic Kuoy families were violently evicted from their homes in Preah Vihear over the weekend, according to eyewitnesses, with further evictions threatened for another 13 families this morning.

Boeng Choen, 44, was ploughing her rice field in Tbeng Meanchey district’s Brame commune on Saturday when a neighbour called to say uniformed men were tearing down her house. Attempting to return home in a truck with 15 other villagers, she found the way blocked by 25 police, military police and provincial Forestry Administration (FA) officials, she said yesterday.

Provincial Governor Oun Chenda said yesterday that the land on which Choen and five other families had built their homes belongs to neighbouring Chheb district and that all those evicted were squatters.

But Choen, who claims no prior notice was given of the evictions, said she and her family have been living on the land since 1995. Yesterday, she showed reporters a copy of a document dated 2007 and thumbprinted by a former Brame commune chief saying the land belonged to her family.

Current Brame commune chief Meach Sarng said yesterday that there are 19 families facing eviction in the commune, all of them with proper documentation of their land. However, Choen said that when she presented her documents to officials on Saturday, they dismissed them as “invalid”.

Photos taken on Saturday show timber being taken from the demolished home and loaded onto a truck with state licence plates under the observation of military and FA officials.

When she was eventually allowed back to the land her home used to stand on, Choen was joined by her sister, Khom Rany, 26. Rany said yesterday that she had begun to take photos of the wreckage on her phone but a scuffle ensued during which officials led by provincial FA chief Ith Phomara punched her and confiscated her phone.

Phomara did not respond to requests for comment, but Chenda, the provincial governor, denied a confrontation took place.
Authorities watch as wooden pillars are loaded onto a truck last week in Preah Vihear province after structures were dismantled and removed from Brame commune. Photo supplied
“Our people, provincial Forestry Administration officials and others told them not to take any photos or videos,” Chenda said without explaining why photographing the area had been disallowed. “They kept filming and taking photos, so we just took their phone. We didn’t fight, we just got their phones.”

Caoung Phea, a project officer with the Cambodia Indigenous Peoples Organisation (CIPO), yesterday described Saturday’s events as both a human rights abuse and criminal assault, for which CIPO intends to file complaints with the provincial court and the Cambodian Human Rights Committee.

The remaining 13 families were told they had three days to leave or be similarly evicted. Phea said CIPO intends to file petitions today with UN Special Rapporteur Rhona Smith, the Ministry of Land Management and the Agriculture Ministry.

Commune chief accused of clearing state forestland

A Forestry Administration official said yesterday that authorities have filed a court complaint accusing a commune chief in Kampong Thom province of clearing protected state forestland for private sale.

Sao Vanny, chief of the Forestry Administration for Sandan district, said that two tractors were seized during a crackdown on illegal forest clearing on Friday, and that authorities had also found about 3.5 hectares of forestland cleared for sale.

“After a few days of investigation, authorities realised that both tractors belonged to Huot Chheang, the chief of Sroeung commune,” Vanny said. “The authorities have made a case to charge him with secretly clearing reserved forestland of the state.”

Reached yesterday, Chheang denied that the area cleared was state-owned, claiming that a cashew farmer named “Heang” rented 5 hectares to his son.

“Before clearing, I asked for permission from the district governor . . . and [he] told me that clearing a five-hectare farm can be decided by the commune authorities if the land is private,” he said.

“Therefore, I decided to allow my son to take the job.”                                                                             Tractors sit on an area of illegally cleared forestland in Kampong Thom province's Sandan district. Photo supplied

ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​រង​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​ដោយ​ទឹក​ជំនន់​ត្អូញត្អែរ​ពី​ផល​លំបាក

ពលរដ្ឋ​ដែល​រង​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​ដោយ​ទឹក​ជំនន់​ត្អូញត្អែរ​ពី​ផល​លំបាក

 ទឹក​ជំនន់​ហូរ​កាត់​ផ្លូវ​ជាតិ​លេខ​៣។ រូប​ថត​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៨ ខែ​តុលា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៦។ RFA/Morm Moniroth

ប្រជា​ពលរដ្ឋ​ជា​ច្រើន​រយ​គ្រួសារ ដែល​រស់​នៅ​ក្រោម​ខ្សែ​ទឹក ក្នុង​ស្រុក​គងពិសី ខេត្ត​កំពង់ស្ពឺ និង​ផ្នែក​ខ្លះ​នៃ​ខេត្ត​តាកែវ ត្អូញត្អែរ ពី​ផល​លំបាក នៃ​ទឹក​ជំនន់​នេះ។

ពួកគេ​ត្រូវ​រស់នៅ​ដោយ​ការ​គំរាមកំហែង​ដោយ​ទឹកជំនន់​នេះ អស់​រយៈពេល ២ថ្ងៃ​មក​ហើយ មក​ទល់​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​១៨ តុលា។ ប៉ុន្តែ​ខាង​អាជ្ញាធរ បាន​អះអាង​ថា ទឹក​ជំនន់​ឆ្នាំ​នេះ ពុំ​បណ្ដាល​ឲ្យ​បាត់បង់ អាយុ​ជីវិត​មនុស្ស និង​សត្វ​ពាហនៈ​ទេ ក្រៅ​ពី​ខូចខាត​ផល​ដំណាំ និង គមនាគមន៍​មួយ​ចំនួន។

ផ្លូវជាតិលេខ៣ នៅម្តុំ ភូមិព្រៃស្តេច ឃុំវាល ស្រុកគងពិសី ខេត្តកំពង់ស្ពឺ