២៩ សីហា ២០១៤ / 29 August 2014 - Beware of sensationalist reporting!
មានជន បរទេសខ្លះ បំភ្លើសរឿង ថា, ជនជាតិ ខ្មែរ រើសអើង ពូជសាសន៍ ចំពោះ ជនជាតិយួន ដែលរស់នៅ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។
លិខិត របស់ខ្ញំុ ចុះផ្សាយ ក្នុងកាសែត The Cambodia Daily កាលពីថ្ងៃ ទី២៦ ខែសីហា កន្លងទៅនេះ បដិសេធ ការចោទប្រកាន់ បែបនេះ ដែលមិនយល់ អំពី ទឹកចិត្ត ពិតប្រាកដ របស់ ខ្មែរយើង ចំពោះ បរទេស ឈ្លានពាន ទោះ ជាមកពីទិស ខាងណា ក៏ដោយ។
មានជន បរទេសខ្លះ បំភ្លើសរឿង ថា, ជនជាតិ ខ្មែរ រើសអើង ពូជសាសន៍ ចំពោះ ជនជាតិយួន ដែលរស់នៅ ប្រទេសកម្ពុជា។
លិខិត របស់ខ្ញំុ ចុះផ្សាយ ក្នុងកាសែត The Cambodia Daily កាលពីថ្ងៃ ទី២៦ ខែសីហា កន្លងទៅនេះ បដិសេធ ការចោទប្រកាន់ បែបនេះ ដែលមិនយល់ អំពី ទឹកចិត្ត ពិតប្រាកដ របស់ ខ្មែរយើង ចំពោះ បរទេស ឈ្លានពាន ទោះ ជាមកពីទិស ខាងណា ក៏ដោយ។
This is my 24 August 2014 letter to The Cambodia Daily:
Dear Editor,
In your article titled "Researchers Attempt to Ease Racial Tensions"
(August 23-24, 2014) you referred to the case of "a Vietnamese man [who]
was killed by a mob in Phnom Penh following a traffic accident earlier
this year," and you linked the street assassination to the fact that
"the victim … was set upon after someone shouted that he was a ‘yuon,’
an often derogatory word meaning Vietnamese".
This linkage in
the narration implies that "yuon" is a killing word in Cambodia, a
country notoriously known for its Killing Fields. This is an
exaggeration and distortion pertaining to simplistic and sensationalist
reporting.
Let’s put the record straight.
First, "yuon" is
definitely not a killing word judging by the frequency with which it is
used in the every day’s language of the Khmer people. If you do a
Google search in Khmer language by entering the word "យួន" (meaning
"yuon") you will see 188,000 results versus 225,000 for "វៀតណាម"
(meaning "Vietnam"), which shows that these two appellations “yuon” and
“Vietnam” are actually used interchangeably. For more semantical
explanation please go to http://tinyurl.com/l2ey7kr
Second, your article is inaccurate and misleading in that, according to
witnesses questioned by the police, the rallying cry for a number of
passers-by to set upon the victim was not just the word "yuon," but the
whole sentence “yuon are fighting Khmers.”
This clarification is essential in putting the incident back into its context.
Any long-time observer knows that Cambodia is a country characterized
by a tradition of violence and impunity. The most trivial dispute can
lead to murder, the smallest robbery can result in the immediate death
of the alleged thief, and the most unfounded allegation of black magic
can lead to the assassination of alleged sorcerers given the tolerance
for vigilante justice. Over the last few years, hundreds of Cambodians
have lost their lives under such circumstances. In fact, in such a
context of violence, the worst could happen anytime anywhere regardless
of the ethnic background of the victims.
Besides, any historian
knows the centuries-long tension or suspicion between the Khmer (or
Cambodian) and the Yuon (or Vietnamese) communities. This history-based
tension or suspicion dating back to a bitter colonial past still present
in our national memory is similar to the one that could be perceived
between Vietnamese and Chinese, Chinese and Japanese, Greeks and Turks,
Palestinians and Israelis.
In such an emotional context, the
worst could also happen, for instance, in the streets of any city of
Palestine or Israel on such a cry as “Jews are fighting Arabs” or “Arabs
are fighting Jews,” without anybody being entitled to simplistically
accuse of racism those sadly involved in the street violence.
Sincerely,
Sam Rainsy
CNRP President
Khmer people should ask these questions to whoever said Khmer racist:
ReplyDelete1- Cham is a minority in Cambodia. The evil Yuon had swallowed Champa. Cham had emigrated to live in Cambodia to avoid the killings by Vietnam.
How Khmer people treat Cham people, Chinese people, or other minority in Cambodia?
2- The southern part of Vietnam (Kampuchea Krom) used to be Cambodia land. First, the evil Yuon asked the stupid Khmer King to let the Vietnamese live in that part of Cambodia. Later on Vietnam took that part - Kampuchea Krom - of Cambodia.
Presently, the evil Yuon do the same trick. Vietnam had ordered the devil one eye Hun Sen to let millions of Vietnamese to fill Cambodia land.
Khmer people express their concerns about the fate of Cambodia after seeing the massive influx of the Vietnamese into Cambodia.
Why this worrisome of Khmer people toward the newcomers Vietnamese is racism?
Khmer people is not worried about the Vietnamese in Cambodia anymore if the evil Vietnam gives Kampuchea Krom back to Cambodia.
The Vietnamization of Cambodia is on its way to completion thanks to Ah Kwack Hun Sen who has done whatever it took to please his master Yuon to stay in power.
ReplyDeleteKI was founded by Mr. Heng Soy (Tan Phalkun) in the sole purpose of giving Khmer people a place to express their opinion freely regarding the situation in Cambodia.
Unfortunately, after his death, these new KI's administrators have turned this KI blog into a business, highly likely have accepted a huge sum of money from Ah Kwack Hun Sen and Yuon. They have successfully chased away the vast majority of Khmer people from that KI Blog when these crooks required their IDs to make comment.
Who dares to say the truth in that KI with their IDs?
A couple of persons still said something bad about Ah Kwack Hun Sen in KI, but how do we know that these critics are real Khmer people? They are maybe just Hun Sen's agents who came in KI to lure people into Hun Sen's trap ( with their IDs revealed ).
Therefore, those crooks at KI must stop abusing Heng Soy's principals and lift that stupid ID's requirement so that people can say something to help Cambodia.
10:15 PM
DeleteYour copy and paste routine is getting old and boring.
Yup, it is stale and tiresome to say the least....
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