Ly Yong Phat, Cambodian senator & adviser to Hun Sen, Hun Manet, was sanctioned by US for his role in cyberscam compounds. A new report exposes his Chinese mafia links.
Time for some to stop kidding themselves they can work with a criminal regime.
A further sign that China's involvement in
#Cambodia
has a military dimension, which is in breach of the constitution and a danger to regional stability.
#SamRainsy
The international community needs to enforce complete economic and political isolation againt the brutal and illegitimate
#Myanmar
military regime.
#SamRainsy
Good that
#Australia
suspended cooperation with the
#Tatmadaw
& will re-direct foreign aid away from
#Myanmar
military regime - but time to do more. Let's see targeted sanctions vs Min Aung Hlaing &
#Burma
military companies in MEHL & MEC!
#SaveMyanamr
I will depart from Paris on Thursday November 7. I will arrive in Bangkok on Friday November 8 to be ready to enter
#Cambodia
on Saturday November 9.
#SamRainsy
BREAKING:
#SamRainsy
and two other CNRP officials (and elected MPs) are arriving at Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport (Terminal 3) at 17:30 by MH723.
#Cambodia
#Indonesia
#Malaysia
My request to you to allow me safe passage through your country . . . is based on my responsibility to those supporters who have suffered so much, and to all Cambodians, who deserve a chance at a democratic debate over the future of their society.
#SamRainsy
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Only slaves might appreciate the "peace of the cemetery" as proposed by Hun Sen. There can be no real peace without justice, freedom, judicial, physical and mental security for everybody.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
Shocking photo shows punishment and humiliation of lockdown violators in Phnom Penh. Many are hungry and have no choice but to go outside to try to get food.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
13 November 2019
I missed my flight from Kuala Lumpur this afternoon but will catch another flight tomorrow morning for Jakarta. Will arrive at Jakarta Soekarno Hatta International Airport at 10:10 am by flight MH711.
#SamRainsy
Hun Sen has achieved absolutely nothing in
#Myanmar
and his mission there has been a catastrophe. The junta is using him and
#ASEAN
to try to win international legitimacy. They know Hun Sen is weak enough to manipulate. A stronger leader would refuse to play the game.
#SamRainsy
Events in Cambodia are moving very fast because of the Cambodian people’s struggle from inside the country and international pressure from abroad. In particular, the EU has just issued an ultimatum to Hun Sen pressuring him to restore democracy before Dec 12.
#SamRainsy
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United States senators, representatives introduce legislation to hold the
#Cambodia
government accountable for abuses and corruption that undermine democracy and human rights.
“It is important for the future of our bilateral relationship that you put Cambodia back on the path of democratic governance,” US President Donald Trump wrote to Hun Sen.
#SamRainsy
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A null and void vote is the only fair response to a null and void election in
#Cambodia
on 23 July. It's also a way to collectively call for real elections with real opposition.
#SamRainsy
Dreadful but familiar over-reaction in
#Cambodia
over Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Development Triangle Area protests. The regime prefers to jail innocent citizens rather than face public accountability on any issue.
Letter from US President Donald Trump to Hun Sen on the importance of the re-evaluating "certain decisions" which have put Cambodia's future "at great risk."
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
Restoring democracy in Cambodia also means guaranteeing Cambodia's independence and neutrality.
#SamRainsy
opposes Chinese colonialism and the establishment of Chinese military bases on Cambodia's soil. via
@YouTube
2/3 For Hun Sen's first positive gesture -- attributable to increasing internal and external pressure -- to be meaningful, the ludicrous "treason" charge levied against Kem Sokha must be dropped, thus eliminating all restrictions on his freedom.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
The convicted Mother Nature environmentalists have been sent to separate prisons which are far from their families. There is disbelief and incomprehension across the international community at what the regime is trying to achieve.
#Cambodia
"We expect Kem Sokha to be fully released and his political rights reinstated so that he can play a full part in political life. We also expect the Cambodian authorities to reinstate the political rights of all opposition members banned from political life".
1/2 Through the elections on July 23 which he manipulated for his own benefit, Hun Sen sought above all to solve the problem of his succession. He wanted to transfer power to Hun Manet on a silver platter, but the illegitimate electoral exercise has made this impossible.
RESPONSES TO THE TWO QUESTIONS RECENTLY MOST ASKED TO SAM RAINSY
1-WHY DID YOU NOT RETURN TO CAMBODIA AS ANNOUNCED ON NOVEMBER 9, 2019?
2- DID YOU REALLY PLAN TO STAGE A COUP D'ETAT?
Please read full statement below.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
We call on the signatories to the 1991 Paris Peace Accords, and UN system institutions, to take steps to encourage the Cambodian authorities to meet their treaty obligations and respect international human rights conventions.
#SamRainsy
1/2 Yu Chantheany, aged 25, is a victim of political persecution in
#Cambodia
. She is now in Thailand with refugee status granted by the UNHCR. She was a TV presenter on
#SamRainsy
's Facebook page.
2/2 Latest information is that this handicapped political prisoner, Phun Yut of Siem Reap province, who the authorities have accused of rebellion and treason, has still not been released despite the EU request to Hun Sen to immediately release all political prisoners.
#SamRainsy
There's no way a French Cambodian such as myself can vote for a Macronist candidate after the abject failures of
@EmmanuelMacron
to address human rights abuses under Hun Sen.
A strong opposition is needed under any system to prevent dictatorship.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
@elysee
You won't find any opinion polls in the run up to
#Cambodia
's "election" - because the government knows they would show majority support for the opposition.
#SamRainsy
1/3 The release of Kem Sokha from house arrest -- with still many restrictions on his freedom -- is a small step in the right direction toward a resolution of Cambodia's worsening political crisis.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
Hun Sen's desire to make his son Hun Manet next PM reflects his fear of losing impunity. His plan will fail because Cambodia is a country, not a piece of private property. No-one outside the Hun family wants this for
#Cambodia
.
#SamRainsy
The Hun dictatorship in
#Cambodia
is using fake AI images to suggest a sense of contentment under Hun Manet. The image on the right never happened anywhere except on a computer screen. On the left is a real image from this year's water festival.
The EU has called on Cambodia to protect labor and human rights associated with land titling, press freedom, political participation, trade unions for teachers and informal workers, and other areas, to keep its duty-free trade access.
#Cambodia
#SamRainsy
An empty charade of an election takes place on Sunday. Cambodians thirst for democracy and have turned out in huge numbers in every election since 1993 when there has been any kind of choice. They deserve a real election.
#SamRainsy
A Minister representing the French government confirmed that France would support any decision by the European Union to suspend the trade privilege system known as EBA if the Hun Sen regime refuses to restore democracy.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
We appeal to the UN Human Rights Council and the international community to ensure that the return of CNRP leaders to
#Cambodia
on November 9 becomes an opportunity for dialogue and reconciliation.
#SamRainsy
"Cambodia
My native land
A sad homeland that has been twisted and torn
I swear to free you from the grip of your predators and torturers."
#SamRainsy
arrives at Phnom Penh airport in July 2013.
As a dictator steeped in decades of violence, Hun Sen has no concept of collective decision making. Myanmar, Cambodia and ASEAN as a whole are paying the price.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
#Myanmar
The international community reneged on its promise in the Paris Peace Agreements. Hun Sen should be a pariah - but governments kept working with him. Now he's free to hand over power to his son.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
Spoiling the ballot is not contrary to any law and is a legitimate act by a protesting voter. Hun Sen’s government has destroyed the election process by blocking the opposition from running. The real crime consists in the destruction of democracy itself.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
GREAT news !!!! EU may consider specific targeted measures in
#Cambodia
. I am very hopeful that, from now, the situation in Cambodia will reverse course. The Cambodian people finally start to see the light of democracy, freedom and justice.
#SamRainsy
Britain has promised to introduce a Magnitksy law after
#Brexit
to punish human rights violations. Hun Sen must be top of the list.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
I am always open to meeting with Hun Sen's government in order to find a peaceful solution to this unprecedented crisis, a solution that would be acceptable to both sides, with international guarantees.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
Kem Sokha's show trial will start on January 15. Only his acquittal and the dropping of the spurious charge against him - with the logical consequence of the rehabilitation of the CNRP - can open the way to a real restoration of democracy in Cambodia.
#SamRainsy
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Australian politicians from opposite ends of the spectrum are united in demanding tougher action against Hun Sen's 'gangster regime'.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
via
@smh
There is only one reason why Candlelight is banned. Hun Sen is scared that he will be defeated if he allows it to stand. He knew that the CNRP would win if allowed to run in 2018. Nothing has changed since in terms of the desire of Cambodians for democratic change.
#SamRainsy
#SamRainsy
: I will be present in Cambodia to respond to the latest convocation from the Phnom Penh court, which has summoned me to appear before the judge on September 15, 2022, if Prime Minister Hun Sen logically agrees to lift the three following bans imposed by the government:
1/2 The EU's decision on EBA is a blessing in disguise as it represents a powerful call for reform. To avoid relying on EBA, Cambodia needs to improve its industry’s competitiveness abroad and productivity at home.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
Hun Sen has not been prosecuted in France for his part in the grenade attack in Phnom Penh in March 1997 which left 16 dead because he has immunity as head of government. That immunity ends as soon as he stands down: he can be brought before a French court at any time.
#SamRainsy
Hun Sen is trapped in Kem Sokha's trial in that he cannot move forward (no serious evidence) and cannot go back either (dropping the charges against Kem Sokha would mean he would have to reinstate the CNRP and to organise new elections, which he would lose).
#SamRainsy
Sam Rainsy's challenge to Hun Sen: As leader of the CNRP until 2017, I offer to take the place of Kem Sokha as the accused in the "treason" case. All the claims made against Kem Sokha concern the period before 2017.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
via
@YouTube
I salute the courage and dignity of Kem Sokha who has resisted Hun Sen’s pressure to force him to admit his “crimes” (with the prospect of a royal “pardon”) and abandon the opposition democracy movement, the CNRP, the Candlelight Party and myself.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
#Myanmar
junta is copying Hun Sen in
#Cambodia
where the peaceful opposition CNRP has been banned since 2017. Hun Sen knows the CNRP would win a real election. Lack of international repercussions for his actions encouraged the junta in Myanmar.
@elysee
@EmmanuelMacron
The military dissolving political parties including the NLD goes further than they ever dared before. They will never compromise. There will be no negotiated solution. The only hope for the future of Myanmar is the complete removal of the Myanmar military.
"Peace" under the Hun Sen regime is no different from "peace" under the Pol Pot regime. It's a fake peace which only results in silence as a result of terror and fear.
#SamRainsy
Only slaves might appreciate the "peace of the cemetery" as proposed by Hun Sen. There can be no real peace without justice, freedom, judicial, physical and mental security for everybody.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
In some countries a coup may happen from time to time. But in
#Cambodia
Hun Sen stages a coup every day to ensure the continuous suppression of the people's constitutional rights and freedoms and to retain the dictator's absolute power.
#SamRainsy
My thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost their loved ones in Cambodia's latest fatal construction disaster in Kep province.
#SamRainsy
#Cambodia
This Sunday, November 3, hundreds of Cambodian workers living in Japan gathered at Hiroshima (in the Southwest of Japan, 670 km from Tokyo) and took part in a march to protest against the dictatorial Hun Sen regime and to support
#SamRainsy
's return to Cambodia on November 9.
It is obvious now that international pressure is effective because Hun Sen is afraid and cannot afford to reject the EU’s rightful demands including a dropping of all charges levied against Kem Sokha and all CNRP activists.
#SamRainsy