Viet authorities jailed Khmer Krom and intimidating Khmer Krom in border area

Source: VOKK
Date: March 25, 2006

Border area of Kampuchea Krom(south Vietnam)-Cambodia, a Khmer Krom person, named Chau Sokha, has been jailed on the allegation that he is bringing over the border from Cambodia the Khmer Krom music songs, Khmer Krom documents which related to Khmer Krom overseas' peaceful campaigns for 'Free Kampuchea Krom'.

The State of Vietnam rules these Khmer Krom materials illegal in Khmer Krom's homeland--Kampuchea Krom(south Vietnam). The State's authorities have intensified these areas to further prevent the Khmer Krom's freedom of movement, freedom of speech and expression, and Khmer Krom's rights to their identity.

These activities have taken place in Tra Bau village, Mot Chrouk (An Giang) province, Kampuchea Krom (south Vietnam).

Cambodia's King visit to Hanoi an Insult to Khmer Krom

Written by KKM Writer
March 20, 2006

His Excellency King Sihamoni's visit to Hanoi and paid a floral tribute to Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum on March 18, 2006 is to fundamentally disregard Khmer Krom's sufferings all together. It is such a bitter pill for Khmer Krom to swallow. The King chose to ignore our call for justice in Kampuchea Krom (south Vietnam). The King chose to walk on the Vietnamese red-carpets that lay on the Khmer Krom's bloods and Khmer Krom's corpses, at the bloody hands of the Vietnamese communists.

We Khmer Krom were hopeful for our new King when He first throned. Now we are in disarray and speechless again for the recent developments and His involvements in border signings and this visit to Vietnam. We Khmer Krom seek only the path that King Father Sihanouk day-and-night has created: by requesting the State of Vietnam for the protection of Khmer Krom and by providing the shelters to the fleeing Khmer Krom in Cambodia.

The State of Vietnam never, in its history, once protects its neighbours. Vietnam only annhilates them and steals their lands and properties. Ho Chi Minh himself and his followers have killed thousands of Khmer Krom since the fall of US-backed government in Kampuchea Krom (south Vietnam).

Even worst yet, the older Khmer capital city, Prey Nokor city has been renamed to Saigon and now to Ho Chi Minh city. Saigon in Vietnamese was a close resemblance of Prey Nokor in Khmer language. Here the Vietcongs had unilaterally renamed Khmer's old city to Ho Chi Minh city, whose legacy and regime is to kill all Khmers in their homeland. This Ho Chi Minh's name is literally to erase the Khmer's historical trace on the land of Kampuchea Krom once and for all

Viet's Political Games on Khmer

source: KKM Reporter
Date: March 12, 2006

KKM reporter interviewed a former Khmer Krom army commander under the former US-backed south Vietnam government. The KK commander who requested to be anonimous under this interview on what he has personally learned from the Vietnamese' Rach Gia labour camp, southern Vietnam. He was imprisoned after the Vietcongs invasion of south Vietnam in 1975 and after the withdrawal of the US troops. This KK commander was captured and sent to the labour camp from 1975 to 1985, and was released after numerous extortions from his whole family properties. Upon his release, he and his family fled to the refugee camp the Cambodia-Thai borders. He now lives in Canada.

During the KK commander's training at the labour camp, here is what KKM interviewer learned from the commander about the Viet's secret plan:

"In order to put a lid on Khmer Krom's matters, we Vietnamese must take control of Cambodia at all costs. Cambodia is the launching grounds for Khmer Krom to free their homeland--Kampuchea Krom," the commander quoted from the training materials.

He continued, "for Khmer Krom, in order to free Kampuchea Krom, we must seek the help from Cambodia". He said, "this is no difference from Palestine seeking help from the Arab world and the Kashmir seeks support from Pakistan." He expressed regret that up-to-now that we Khmer have not had a full control of Cambodia: it is still heavily under the foreign influences, in particular by the Vietcongs in Hanoi.

Khmer Krom refugees' letter to Vietnam's visiting PM Phan Van Khai

Source: VOKK
March 10, 2006

Khmer Krom refugees in Cambodia, numbered around one million, have sent a letter to the Vietnam's PM Phan Van Khai on his trip to Cambodia this week. The letter seeks the following demands to be fulfilled in their homeland Kampuchea Krom:
  • Respect Khmer Krom indigenous rights
  • Provide fund to many Khmer Krom schools that have been run by Khmer Krom in many temples
  • Respect Khmer Krom religious rights to practice freely
  • Permit Kleang (Soc Trang) province to conduct the Flower Festival more than the State's dictated-one day in the province
  • Allow Khmer Krom overseas to move freely in their homeland while visiting
  • Respect free press such as listening to news and to express opinion freely
  • School courses and programs should be allowed to conduct in Khmer Krom language
  • State must fund the cures of Khmer Krom's current blindness epidemic in the provinces Kleang (Soc Trang) and Bac Lieu (Polev) which is accounted for around 3,000 victims.

Viet Authorities Intimidate Local Khmer Krom

source: VOKK
March 10,2006

Viet authorities are learning Khmer Krom language and moving into Khmer Krom's villages and towns to try and infiltrate the Khmer Krom's social activities. Borders Kampuchea Krom (south Vietnam)-Cambodia, specifically in Swayton village, Mot Chruok(Chau Doc) province , news reported that large size of Vietnamese troops have been sent into the above border areas to monitor and spy on Khmer Krom's activities. Khmer Krom in the areas were forced to join Viet's committee on safeguarding the Vietnamese interests in Kampuchea Krom, by persuading local Khmer Krom to distrust and hate Khmer Krom overseas--in particular the Khmer Krom-Americans, who currently call for freedom and respect for human rights in their homeland Kampuchea Krom.

Hun Sen is looking after the interests of Vietnam!

By KKM Writer
March 7,2006

This week, Vietnam PM Phan Van Khai is visiting Cambodia to ink more Khmer's stolen lands with Cambodia's puppet leader Hun Sen, and to further sign business deals to even further put more Cambodian workers out of work. This is another tragedy for a poor nation like Cambodia. This is under the leadership of Hun Sen and was quoted as saying "Vietnam has lots of goods, but lacks the market, while Cambodia has the market, but doesn't have goods" in the AFP on March 6,2006. Hun Sen as a leader, his only goal, is to import until the death of a nation. When Cambodia owes to others so much, it cannot pay back so it has to write off lands for the repayments. Hun Sen is doing that right now. Hun Sen has no ideas how to create jobs for the ordinary Cambodians, so that they don't have to depend on street-begging. So that Cambodian government does not have to depend on the foreign aid.

Never a nation wants to import more than export, only Cambodia under Hun Sen's leadership is the case.

Khmer Krom forced to join Vietnam-Cambodia friendship committee

source: VOKK
March 5, 2006

Khmer Krom in Kampuchea Krom(south Vietnam) were forced to join a committee called "Vietnam-Cambodia friendship", as a puppet method to politically represent the friendship between Vietnamese and Cambodians. Once again, Khmer Krom have been set up by the State of Vietnam to get into their political traps. The plan is led by the Vietnamese official named Nguyen Cao Thang to carry out the implementation.

Viet Authorities Stole Khmer Krom's ancient artifacts

Source: VOKK
March 5, 2006

News came from Kampuchea Krom (south Vietnam) told about Viet authorities forced the sale of a Khmer Krom's sacred site, named Prasat Phek Khney in Chika-en village, Sway Ton, Moth Chrouk province--Kampuchea Krom(south Vietnam), with the bogus promise of State's cultural preservation. Late accounts from the Viet authorities, they have been secretly digging up the site and hid away any Khmer Krom's artifacts found at the site, without Khmer Krom's knowledge nor permission. Khmer Krom have been barred from the site completely by the Viet authorities. Khmer Krom surrounding areas used to carry a ceremonial event each year, which is now longer allowed. This is just another violation of international law by means of eliminating the identity of the indigenous Khmer Krom in their homeland by the State of Vietnam. We need the UN and other world organizations to intervene and help rescue Khmer Krom from the Vietnamese' continued occupation.