[Demographic Vietnamization: PRK, Border] Cambodian-born Vietnamese deserve better: visiting official

Background to Demographic Vietnamization 

WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER by Elizabeth Becker:

Hanoi created an elaborate blueprint for moving ten million people from the more densely populated north to the south by the year 2000. - [Chapter 9: Habits of War, p. 355]

The Nguyen Vietnamese settled their newly acquired Khmer territory in a manner that, again, has echoes in modern affairs. First they allowed their least desirable elements to open the territory--vagabonds, deserters, and those banished from their villages... The state then selected formal settlers to farm the land and build new villages... Finally, demobilized soldiers were given land grants in the territory in return for their military service [p. 333]...

CAMBODIA: A SHATTERED SOCIETY by Marie Alexandrine Martin who is Research Director at the Centre national de la Recherche scientifique, Paris (translated from French "Le Mal cambodgien: histoire d'une societe traditionelle face a ses leaders politiques, 1946-1987", University of California Press, 1989, 1994):

THE LEGALIZED SETTLEMENT OF VIETNAMESE CIVILIANS

Vietnamese civilians acquired Khmer nationality with privileges it conferred, particularly the right to vote. Hanoi's plan called for several million settlers, approximately one million of whom seem to have been in place by close of the 1980s (...reminiscent of the one applied earlier in South Vietnam [Kampuchea Krom], where Hanoi's leaders had sent Tonkinese civilians...)

...feared for their country's survival, all the more so because their borders were redrawn

...demographic colonization... In certain neighborhoods of Phnom Penh...called Vietnamese neighborhoods., Vietnamese settlers predominated. The authorities spoke of making the capital into a Vietnamese city.

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Tran Thanh Man, left, and Heng Samrin meet yesterday. KT/Chor Sokunthea

Cambodian-born Vietnamese deserve better: visiting official

[yes, illegal immigrants should be treated better by their own govt and the Cambodia-born children better by their parents]

Khmer Times [govt's mouthpiece] | 15 August 2017

A senior Vietnamese leader has met with Cambodia’s National Assembly to request the continued acknowledgement of Cambodian-born Vietnamese, Vietnamese investors and to request that young Vietnamese born in the country be allowed to study in Cambodian public schools.

National Assembly President Heng Samrin and Party Central Committee member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Tran Thanh Man met to discuss these issues yesterday.

Mr Samrin’s cabinet chief, Keo Piseth, said that Mr Thanh Man said both sides will continue to repair the Vietnam-Cambodia friendship stupa and requested all the involved institutes of Cambodia continue to pay attention to Vietnamese-Cambodian people and Vietnamese investors [Metfone owned by Viettel of the Vietnamese military jumped the queue without having to register with the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to become the largest ICT; Sok Kong who's "proud to be Vietnamese" owner of petroleum giant Sokimex, Sokha hotel chains, until recently in charge of Apsara Authority that sees the ticketing for ancient temples, cash only; rubber companies, furniture making in Boeung Trabek neighborhood, etc.] in Cambodia.

Meanwhile...

See Vietnamization: Military

See Demographic Vietnamization: Tonle Sap

See Demographic Vietnamization: Kampot

See Vietnamization: Border

More at Vietnamization under Hun Sen

[Demographic Vietnamization: Military, Criminal Elements] Undocumented immigrants polluting the Tonle Sap

ផ្ទះបណ្ដែតទឹក នៅតាមបណ្ដោយ ទន្លេសាប ដែលភាគច្រេីន ជាអ្នកមាន គុណសម្តេច តេជោ​ នៃយើង​ -- យួន

- Chham Chhany

Demographic Vietnamization, undocumented immigrants polluting the Tonle Sap

Theary C. Seng

In Cambodian history -- modern (within living memory) and prior -- Vietnam has swallowed swathes of Cambodian territory (e.g. 21 provinces of Kampuchea Krom that make up present-day southern Vietnam/the Mekong Delta hardly 70 years ago) first by flooding Cambodian territory with its CITIZENS followed by MILITARY takeover/enforcement. But since the MILITARY invasion of Cambodia by Vietnam in Dec. 1978 followed by 10 years of military occupation, the process has been simultaneous and reversed -- military followed immediately and since by Vietnamese citizens -- with a blueprint to flood the south and remaining territory of Cambodia with 10 million Vietnamese by the year 2000, mainly their most vulnerables and undesirables, including the criminal elements. (That was 17 years ago.) Hence the culture of prostitution, beginning with the UNTAC era in 1991, with the occupying Vietnamese military and Hun Sen regime trafficking Vietnamese girls and women --already part of the culture during the Vietnam War with the US troops stationed in South Vietnam -- to satisfy the libido of 24,000 men from around the world paid handsomely in UN salary in a country that had just been devastated by the monsoonal downpour of US bombs at 500,000 TONS during unrelenting 4 years, followed almost immediately by another 4 years of KR mass crimes, and then the military invasion and 10-year occupation. Prostitution is the oldest profession and exists everywhere since time immemorial, including during pre-KR Cambodia, but not the CULTURE that is now identified with "Khmer" society. The initial population of trafficked Vietnamese girls and women over the years has also absorbed the once more reserved Cambodian girls and women.

Recently, I had a conversation with an in-law of the Huns who had just visited the disputed Koh Tral and a smaller nearby island that is undisputed as Cambodian. But that smaller island is now too populated with illegal Vietnamese citizens and patrolled by the Vietnamese military.

References:

Every Day in Cambodia

CNN | 23 March 2014

Mira Sorvino (5:45): Many are sold as virgins by their own parents. As we walked along the dirt road, Don points out a table of men playing cards.  He say they're there every day.

Don Brewster (5:52):  Instead of caring for their family or working, they sit there every day gambling, drinking all day because they traffic kids, including their own.

Mira: Their own?  They traffic their own children?

Don: Others, not just their own. ... They think they're untouchable.

Mira:  Do they even speak English?

Don: No, no.  Most of them speak Vietnamese.

,,,

CNN, March 2014

Svay Pak, a dusty shantytown on the outskirts of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, is at the heart of this exploitative trade.

As one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in one of Asia's poorest countries – nearly half the population lives on less than $2 per day -- the poverty in the settlement is overwhelming. The residents are mostly undocumented Vietnamese migrants, many of whom live in ramshackle houseboats on the murky Tonle Sap River, eking out a living farming fish in nets tethered to their homes.

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Demographic Vietnamization

[Demographic Vietnamization: Environmental destruction, Tonle Sap, Svay Pak] ពលរដ្ឋ​ រស់នៅ ​ជិត​ប្រឡាយ ​ទឹក​ស្អុយ ​បង្ហូរ​ ចូល​ទន្លេ​ នៅ​ស្វាយប៉ាក ​ត្អូញត្អែរ​ ពី​បញ្ហា​ សុខភាព | Residents living near sewage flowing into river at Svay Pak complain of health problems

[Background / related]

[Demographic Vietnamization: Tonle Sap, Environmental Destruction, Fishing, Svay Pak, Criminal Elements] Fleeing Sewage, Houseboat Fleet Floats Into Phnom Penh

Svay Pak CNN videos

Tonle Sap

[Demographic Vietnamization, Kampong Chhnang, fisheries] ជន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម កាន់តែ ច្រើនឡើង កំពុង បន្តរស់នៅ និងប្រកប របរនេសាទ នៅខេត្ត កំពង់ឆ្នាំង | not a word of Khmer spoken, flooding of Vietnamese fishing families, mcerchants in Kampong Chhnang 

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លូ​បង្ហូរ​ទឹក​ស្អុយ​ចូល​ទឹក​ទន្លេ​នៅ​ក្នុង​សង្កាត់​ស្វាយប៉ាក ខណ្ឌ​ឫស្សីកែវ រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ទី​៧ ខែ​ឧសភា ឆ្នាំ​២០១៧។ 

ពលរដ្ឋ​ រស់នៅ ​ជិត​ប្រឡាយ ​ទឹក​ស្អុយ ​បង្ហូរ​ ចូល​ទន្លេ​ នៅ​ស្វាយប៉ាក ​ត្អូញត្អែរ​ ពី​បញ្ហា​ សុខភាព

RFA / វិទ្យុ អាស៊ី សេរី | ២៣ ឧសភា ២០១៧

[Demographic Vietnamization: Tonle Sap, Fishing] បង្ក្រាប​ បទ​ល្មើស​ នេសាទ​ ជាង​៣០០​ ករណី, តែ​ មន្ត្រី ថា,​ បទ​ល្មើស ​នេសាទ​ ថយ​ចុះ

[Background / related]

Tonle Sap

[Demographic Vietnamization, Kampong Chhnang, fisheries] ជន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម កាន់តែ ច្រើនឡើង កំពុង បន្តរស់នៅ និងប្រកប របរនេសាទ នៅខេត្ត កំពង់ឆ្នាំង | not a word of Khmer spoken, flooding of Vietnamese fishing families, mcerchants in Kampong Chhnang 

The Vietnamization of Kampuchea: A New Model of Colonialism (Indochina Report, October 1984)

Part II: Vietnamization of the Economic Framework (continued)

The Unequal Exchange

It is within this new institutional framework that the Vietnamese are asserting their hold over the economy and future of Kampuchea.  Fisheries, rubber and rice are the three main sectors affected by what should be termed the Unequal Exchange between Vietnam and Kampuchea. 
As for fisheries, a cooperation accord was signed on 20 January 1984 between Phnom Penh's Ministry of Agriculture and Hanoi's Ministry of Marines Products.

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កិច្ចប្រជុំគណៈកម្មការដើម្បីត្រួតពិនិត្យលទ្ធផលក្នុងការអនុវត្តផែនការរបស់រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលក្នុងការបង្ក្រាបបទល្មើសនេសាទនៅបឹងទន្លេសាប (រូបថត៖​អគ្គ​ស្នងការ​នគរបាល​ជាតិ)

បង្ក្រាប​ បទ​ល្មើស​ នេសាទ​ ជាង​៣០០​ ករណី, តែ​ មន្ត្រី ថា,​ បទ​ល្មើស ​នេសាទ​ ថយ​ចុះ

| ២៨ មករា ២០១៧

សេចក្ដី​ រាយការណ៍ ​របស់ ​អគ្គស្នងការ នគរបាល​ ជាតិ កម្ពុជា ឲ្យ​ដឹង ​ថា, បទ​ល្មើស​ នេសាទ​ ជាង ៣០០​ ករណី ត្រូវ បាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ បង្ក្រាប​បាន​ នៅ​ក្នុង ​រយៈ​ពេល​ មួយ​ខែ​ ដើម​ឆ្នាំ​ ២០១៧​ នេះ។  នេះ​ ដោយ​ផ្អែក ​តាម​ការ​ ចុះ​ផ្សាយ​ របស់​ វេបសាយ​ របស់​ អគ្គ​ស្នងការ​ នគរបាល​ ជាតិ​ កម្ពុជា ដែល​បាន​ ដក​ស្រង់​ សម្ដី​ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​ អគ្គ​ស្នងការ​ នគរបាល​ ជាតិ លោក គៀត ច័ន្ទថារិទ្ធ កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​ ម្សិល​មិញ​ នេះ។

[Demographic Vietnamization, Kampong Chhnang, fisheries] ជន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម កាន់តែ ច្រើនឡើង កំពុង បន្តរស់នៅ និងប្រកប របរនេសាទ នៅខេត្ត កំពង់ឆ្នាំង | not a word of Khmer spoken, flooding of Vietnamese fishing families, mcerchants in Kampong Chhnang

[Background / related]

The Vietnamization of Kampuchea: A New Model of Colonialism (Indochina Report, October 1984)

Part II: Vietnamization of the Economic Framework (continued)

The Unequal Exchange

        

It is within this new institutional framework that the Vietnamese are asserting their hold over the economy and future of Kampuchea.  Fisheries, rubber and rice are the three main sectors affected by what should be termed the Unequal Exchange between Vietnam and Kampuchea. 

As for fisheries, a cooperation accord was signed on 20 January 1984 between Phnom Penh's Ministry of Agriculture and Hanoi's Ministry of Marines Products.

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៧ កញ្ញា ២០១៦ | 7 September 2016

ជន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម កាន់តែ ច្រើនឡើង កំពុង បន្តរស់នៅ និងប្រកប របរនេសាទ នៅលើទឹកដី ភូមិ ចុងកោះ, សង្កាត់ ផ្សារឆ្នាំង, ក្រុង កំពង់ឆ្នាំង, ខេត្ត កំពង់ឆ្នាំង។

[Demographic Vietnamization -- not a word of Khmer spoken. Flooding of Vietnamese fishing families, mcerchants in Kampong Chhnang province. - Theary C. Seng]

សម រង្ស៊ី / Sam Rainsy
www.facebook.com/rainsy.sam.5

[Demographic Vietnamization: Tonle Sap, Mekong] ទូកយួន អណ្តែត ពេញទន្លេខ្មែរ គ្រប់ស្រុក-ខណ្ឌ័-ខែត្រ | Polluting Cambodia's rivers and the policy of demographic Vietnamization

 

ទូកយួន អណ្តែត ពេញទន្លេខ្មែរ គ្រប់ស្រុក-ខណ្ឌ័-ខែត្រកម្ពុរដ្ឋ 
តេជោ ឲ្យសិទ្ធរស់នៅ ប្រាកដ អចិន្ត្រៃយ៏ កំនត់តពូជពង្ស៚
- Koy Tep

[Demographic Vietnamization: PRK] The Vietnamese Platform

Canadian Luc worked as a nurse for 3 years (1985-87) at the Site 2 camp hosting about 250,000 refugees along the Cambodian-Thai border, of whom 10,000 were Vietnamese who trekked across Cambodia—not difficult as Cambodia was under Vietnamese military occupation and its policy of demographic Vietnamization—rather than part of the “boat people” across the perilous sea. These Vietnamese refugees who were resettled to a third country (unlike the Cambodian refugees at the same Site 2) were known as the “Vietnamese Platform” because of the higher flat elevation they were grouped on. Some Cambodians who could speak Vietnamese sneaked into the Vietnamese Platform for the assured opportunity of resettlement. Luc who is from Montreal said he met many of these Vietnamese refugees settled there years later in Montreal.

Sunday lunch with Lauk Pou Soubert, Canadian Luc and Nekieng Sophorn, Peaceful Children’s Home at Sre Ampil.

[Demographic Vietnamization: Svay Rieng, Border] Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh Expressway Plan Moves Forward

Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh Expressway Plan Moves Forward

The Cambodia Daily | 13 January 2017

Cambodia and Vietnam are moving forward with plans to develop an expressway between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City following a meeting between the two countries’ transportation ministers.

Transport Ministry spokesman Nou Vathanak said on Thursday that the Cambodian government had been studying a proposed 167 km toll road, which would connect the two cities through Svay Rieng province’s Bavet City, since last year.

Transport Minister Sun Chanthol, right, poses with a Vietnamese transportation official in Hanoi this week, in a photograph posted to the ministry’s Facebook page. (Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily)

Currently, the shortest route to Ho Chi Minh City is about 232 km along National Road 1, and also crosses the border at Bavet City.

The new road and required new bridges along the route would need private investment to complete them, Mr. Vathanak said, though he did not know the project’s potential cost or timeline.

“It will serve to increase the logistics, speed, quality and safety of [the transport of] goods,” he said  ["and complete the demographic Vietnamization of 'Cambodia,'" he started to say before catching himself in time].

According to a ministry statement about the meeting in Hanoi, Transport Minister Sun Chanthol and his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Quang Nghia discussed improving connections between the two countries.

[Demographic Vietnamization: Criminal Elements] លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បណ្ដេញ ​អង្គការ​ អាមេរិក​ មួយ​ ចេញ​ ពី​​កម្ពុជា ​រឿង​ថា ​ស្ត្រី​ខ្មែរ​ លក់​កូន ​ធ្វើ​ស្ត្រី​ ពេស្យា | Hun Sen kicks out an American NGO from Cambodia re case saying Cambodian women sell daughters into prostitution

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បណ្ដេញ ​អង្គការ​ អាមេរិក​ មួយ​ ចេញ​ ពី​​កម្ពុជា ​រឿង​ថា ​ស្ត្រី​ខ្មែរ​ លក់​កូន ​ធ្វើ​ស្ត្រី​ ពេស្យា

RFA / វិទ្យុ អាស៊ី សេរី | ១ សីហា ២០១៧

[Could it be that this puppet government does not want the public to connect the dots of Demographic Vietnamization with Criminal Elements with the Sex and Child Trafficking Industry?  An open industry that has gone semi-underground.]

លោក​នាយករដ្ឋមន្ត្រី ហ៊ុន សែន បញ្ជា ​ឲ្យ​បណ្ដេញ​ អង្គការ​ អាមេរិក​ មួយ​ ឈ្មោះ ​មេត្រី​ អន្តរជាតិ (Agape International Missions) ចេញ ​ពី​កម្ពុជា ដែល​លោក​ ចោទ​ថា អង្គការ​នេះ ​ប្រមាថ ​ស្ត្រី​ខ្មែរ​ នៅ​កម្ពុជា ថា ​ម្ដាយ ​យក​កូន​ ទៅ​លក់​ ឲ្យ​បម្រើ ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ។

លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ថ្លែង​ដូច្នេះ​ ក្នុង​ពិធី​ ចែក​ សញ្ញាប័ត្រ​ ដល់​និស្សិត​ នៅ​ព្រឹក​ ថ្ងៃ​ទី១ សីហា។  លោក ​ថា, លោក​ បាន​បញ្ជា ​ក្រសួង​ មហាផ្ទៃ និង​ក្រសួង​ ការបរទេស និង​សហប្រតិបត្តិការ​ អន្តរជាតិ​ បិទ​អង្គការ​នេះ​, ហើយ ​កាល​ពី​ចុង​ សប្ដាហ៍​មុន ក្រោយ​ ពី​អង្គការ​ មួយ​នេះ ប្រាប់​ទូរទស្សន៍​ ស៊ីអិនអិន (CNN) របស់ អាមេរិក និង​អេប៊ីស៊ី អូស្ត្រាលី (ABC NEWS) ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ នឹង​រឿង ​ជួញ​ដូរ​ ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​នៅ​កម្ពុជា។

[Demographic Vietnamization: Criminal Elements] Cambodian PM slams CNN for child sex trafficking report in Cambodia

Cambodian PM slams CNN for child sex trafficking report in Cambodia

Xinhua Net | 1 August 2017

[Could it be that this puppet government does not want the public to connect the dots of Demographic Vietnamization with Criminal Elements with the Sex and Child Trafficking Industry?  An open industry that has gone semi-underground.]

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Tuesday slammed U.S. news outlet CNN for falsely reporting child sex trafficking in Cambodia.

Speaking at a university graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen said the story seriously insulted Cambodian women and ordered the closure of Agape International Ministries (AIM) that provided the false information to the CNN in order to raise funds.

AIM is run by American missionaries.

"This is a serious insult on Cambodian wives, daughters and sisters," the prime minister said. "This insult cannot be tolerated at any cost, and this NGO must leave Cambodia."

"My country is poor, but you cannot insult my people," Hun Sen said.

[Demographic Vietnamization: Criminal Elements] Prime Minister Issues Reprieve to AIM After Founder’s Apology

Prime Minister Issues Reprieve to AIM After Founder’s Apology

The Cambodia Daily | 22 August 2017

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday agreed to allow Agape International Missions to continue its operations in Cambodia, just three weeks after ordering the expulsion of the anti-sex trafficking NGO over a CNN story featuring its work, according to an online news report.

Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced the reprieve on Monday evening, hours after the head of the NGO offered an apology, a defense of the prime minister and criticism of the head of a journalist group.

Don Brewster, CEO of anti-sex trafficking NGO Agape International Missions (Hannah Hawkins/The Cambodia Daily)

Government-aligned Fresh News was the first to post the news on its website. Don Brewster, AIM’s CEO, could not immediately be reached for comment.

[Demographic Vietnamization] Council of Ministers' Decree 1986 (under Hun Sen, firmly installed by Hanoi as its 3rd Prime Minister)

សារាចរ ណែនាំ របស់ ក្រុមប្រឹក្សា រដ្ឋមន្រ្តី ឆ្នាំ១៩៨៦, លោក ហ៊ុន សែន បានណែនាំ ឲ្យអាជ្ញាធរ គ្រប់លំដាប់ ថ្នាក់ បង្កលក្ខណៈ ងាយស្រួល ដល់អាណិកជន យួន នៅកម្ពុជា ក្នុងការ ប្រកប របរ អាជីវកម្ម និងការតាំង លំនៅ។   

ចំណុច ១ នៃសារាចរ ណែនាំនេះ ចែងថា៖ «ដីធ្លី ទំនេរ ត្រូវ រៀបចំ ឲ្យបងប្អូន អាណិកជន ប្រកប របរ អាជីវកម្ម។  គ្រួសារ វៀតណាម ណា ជួបការលំបាក, ខ្មែរ ឬអាជ្ញាធរ ត្រូវ ជួយឧបត្ថម្ភ។  ត្រូវ ផ្តល់លិខិត សម្កាល់ខ្លួន (អត្តសញាណបណ្ណ័) ឬបណ្ណ័គ្រួសារ។  បងប្អូន វៀតណាម ណា មិន ទាន់មាន មុខរបរ ត្រូវ ជួយឧបត្ថម្ភ ដោយរក កន្លែង ឲ្យប្រកប របរ អាជីវកម្ម។  ត្រូវ ឧបត្ថម្ភ កុមារ អាណិជន វៀតណាម ឲ្យបានរៀន ភាសា វៀតណាម និងភាសា ខ្មែរ និងពេលស្លាប់ ត្រូវ គោរព ពិធី និងបញ្ចុះ តាមប្រពៃណី។  ត្រូវ ជួយឧបត្ថម្ភ បង្កើត ក្រុមអាណិកជន វៀតណាម តាមឃុំ-សង្កាត់ ក្នុងស្មារតី ជួយ ឧបត្ថម្ភគ្នា ទៅវិញ ទៅមក រវាង ប្រជាជន កម្ពុជា និងប្រជាជន វៀតណាម។  ត្រូវ ប្រឆាំង ឧបាយកល ខ្មាំង ដែលចង់ បំបែកបំបាក់ មិត្តភាព ប្រជាជាតិ ទាំងពីរ។» 

 

សន្ធិសញា បំពេញបន្ថែម ឆ្នាំ២០០៥ បានធ្វើ ឲ្យកិច្ចព្រមព្រៀង និងសន្ធិសញា ទាំងឡាយ នាទសវត្ស ៨០ រស់ឡើងវិញ។

[Credit: សុវណ្ណភូមិ ខ្មែរ and Um Sam An]

See: Demographic Vietnamization

[Demographic Vietnamization: Criminal Elements] CNN Defends Child Trafficking Report From Government Rebuke

CNN Defends Child Trafficking Report From Government Rebuke

The  Cambodia Daily | 1 August 2017

[Could it be that this puppet government does not want the public to connect the dots of Demographic Vietnamization with Criminal Elements with the Sex and Child Trafficking Industry?  An open industry that has gone semi-underground.]

CNN on Monday said it stands by its report on child sex trafficking in Cambodia that has set the Interior Ministry on an investigation of a local NGO quoted in the story, accusing it of tarnishing the country’s image.

At a news conference in Phnom Penh on Friday, the ministry claimed the U.S. network’s report “manipulates the truth” and said it would be investigating Agape International Mission (AIM), whose staff CNN cited and quoted.

The Interior Ministry officials review CNN report on child prostitution on last Friday. (Fresh News)

The director of the Union of Journalist Federations of Cambodia, Huy Vannak, issued a statement the day before accusing CNN of “fake news” for, in his opinion, suggesting the capital’s Svay Pak neighborhood was still a hotbed of child prostitution.

Mr. Vannak, head of news for Cambodian Television Network and its sister station Cambodian News Channel, also took issue with the story’s first headline for describing the girls at the center of the story as Cambodian, even though they speak Vietnamese as well as Khmer.

In a brief statement on Monday, CNN defended its reporting, noting that the story focused on the progress Cambodia has made combating child sex trafficking since first reporting on Svay Pak four years ago.

“The stories revisit our original investigation from 2013 and clearly highlight the progress that has been made since by the authorities in Cambodia,” according to the statement. “We stand by our reporting.”

A brief highlight accompanying the story describes Svay Pak as a “child trafficking hotspot.” In the story, however, AIM founder Don Brewster is quoted as saying that the neighborhood was the epicenter for child trafficking “at one point” and that incidents were now far less common. A short video accompanying the story makes the same point.

The headline of the story, “Life after trafficking: The Cambodian girls sold for sex by their mothers,” also had the word “Cambodian” later removed. CNN did not comment on the change.

After hearing CNN’s statement, Mr. Vannak, who is also a senior official at the Interior Ministry and a member of the ruling CPP, maintained that the story was misleading for repeating stories of abuse that date back years.

[Demographic Vietnamization, voting] Interior Ministry details citizenship ‘irregularities’

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Demographic Vietnamization

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Vietnamese nationals stand together in Chbar Ampov district last month after they were detained by immigration officials. Photo supplied

Interior Ministry details citizenship ‘irregularities’

Phnom Penh Post | 22 August 2016

More than 76,000 suspected foreign nationals have Cambodian residency or citizenship documents with “irregularities”, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, a day after the Cambodia National Rescue Part had stirred concerns about the possibility of foreigners voting illegally.

The progress report for the ministry’s now-two-year-old “foreigner census” program, which showed just under 161,000 immigrants residing within the Kingdom, stated that 10,892 foreigners, 9,221 of them Vietnamese, had been deported since the census began in 2014.

The CNRP on Thursday pledged to send independent monitors to voter registration stations to lodge complaints against those whose citizenship they deemed questionable – a pledge that raised eyebrows given its potential to fan tensions with ethnic Vietnamese residents, who have faced problems at the polls in the past.

CNRP lawmaker Son Chhay yesterday said that he was not confident of the ministry’s figures. “The number the government announced, more than 100,000, is questionable,” Chhay said. “Some people say there’s more than a million illegal migrants in the country, but as a lawmaker I cannot guess the number. We have to do a serious study before I can say anything about that.”

[Demographic Vietnamization, Kampong Chhnang] Sam Rainsy video: ជន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម ចំណាយ តែ ២៥០,០០០៛ (ម្ភៃប្រាំម៉ឺន រៀល) តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ អាចប្ដូរ នូវប័ណ្ណ រស់នៅ អចិន្ដ្រៃយ៍ នៅកម្ពុជា បាន | Vietnamese nationals only need 250,000 riels ($62) to obtain permanent residency in Kampong Chhnang paid for by the Vietnamese Association

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.Demographic Vietnamization

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៨ កញ្ញា ២០១៦ | 8 September 2016

ជន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម ចំណាយ តែ ២៥០,០០០៛ (ម្ភៃប្រាំម៉ឺន រៀល) តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ អាចប្ដូរ នូវប័ណ្ណ រស់នៅ អចិន្ដ្រៃយ៍ នៅកម្ពុជា បាន។  លោក ង៉ោ គឹមជាង អ្នកតំណាងរាស្រ្ត មណ្ឌល កំពង់ឆ្នាំង បានធ្វើបទសម្ភាស ជាមួយ ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម ដែលរស់នៅ លើទឹកដី ខេត្ត កំពង់ឆ្នាំង។

[Vietnamese nationals only need 250,000 riels ($62) to obtain permanent residency in Kampong Chhnang, paid for by the Vietnamese Association. They also get Khmer ID cards which allow them to own land and become Khmer citizens. They're still suckers in comparison to the Vietnamese nationals living here in the Kirirom area of Kampong Speu where they only have to pay the processing fee of 10,000 riels ($2.50) for a Khmer ID card. - Theary C. Seng]

សម រង្ស៊ី / Sam Rainsy
www.facebook.com/rainsy.sam.5

[Demographic Vietnamization] រដ្ឋាភិបាល ថា, ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម ប្រើប្រាស់ ឯកសា រដ្ឋបាល មិនប្រក្រតី មានជាង ៩ម៉ឺននាក់ | Govt says, over 90,000 Vietnamese immigrants use irregular administrative documentation

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Demographic Vietnamization 

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អគ្គនាយក នៃអគ្គនាយកដ្ឋានអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ លោក សុខ ផល (រូបថត៖ សាម សុជាទិញ)

រដ្ឋាភិបាល ថា, ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម ប្រើប្រាស់ ឯកសា រដ្ឋបាល មិនប្រក្រតី មានជាង ៩ម៉ឺននាក់

VOD | ១៩ សីហា ២០១៦

[Quite an admission, but only public pressure with irrefutable evidence of treason catching up.  But with this govt, its admission of one, we must multiple it by 10.]

រដ្ឋាភិបាល កម្ពុជា បានរកឃើញ ថា, ជនបរទេស អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ វៀតណាម រស់នៅកម្ពុជា ដែលកាន់កាប់ ឯកសារ រដ្ឋបាល មិនប្រក្រតី និងស្នាក់នៅ យូរ គ្មាន ឯកសារ មានជាង ៩ម៉ឺននាក់ ខណៈ គណបក្សប្រឆាំង ជំរុញ ឲ្យបញ្ជាក់ ពីអ្នក ដែលមានលិខិត ស្របច្បាប់ ដើម្បី ធានា ភាពត្រឹមត្រូវ នៃការចុះឈ្មោះ បោះឆ្នោតថ្មី។ 
ថ្លែងក្នុងពិធី ប្រជុំ ផ្សព្វផ្សាយ របាយការណ៍ បូកសរុប ជំហានដំបូង ស្ដីពី ការគ្រប់គ្រង ជនបរទេស អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ ក្នុងប្រទេស កម្ពុជា នៅថ្ងៃសុក្រ ទី១៩ នេះ, អគ្គនាយក នៃអគ្គនាយកដ្ឋាន អន្តោប្រវេសន៍ លោក សុខ ផល បានមានប្រសាសន៍ ថា, ជនអន្តោប្រវេសន៍ រស់នៅកម្ពុជា មានចំនួន ប្រមាណ ជាង១៦ម៉ឺននាក់ ក្នុងនោះ ជនជាតិ វៀតណាម មានច្រើន ជាងគេ, គឺ ៩៩.៤៩ ភាគរយ។
លោក សុខ ផល ឲ្យដឹង ថា, ជនជាតិ វៀតណាម ចំនួន ៧៦,៣៩៨ នាក់ បានកាន់កាប់ ឯកសាររដ្ឋបាល មិនប្រក្រតី ក្នុងនោះមាន សៀវភៅ ស្នាក់នៅ, សៀវភៅ គ្រួសារ, សំបុត្រ កំណើតខ្មែរ, បណ្ណបោះឆ្នោតខែ្មរ, សំបុត្រ អាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍, អត្តសញ្ញាណបណ្ណ សញ្ជាតិខែ្មរ, លិខិតឆ្លងដែនខ្មែរ, បណ្ណមន្ត្រីរាជការ, និងឯកសារ ដទៃទៀត។
លោក បន្ថែម ថា, ជនបរទេស ស្នាក់នៅ យូរ គ្មាន ឯកសារ ដែលជាជនជាតិ វៀតណាម មានចំនួន ១៤,២៤៦ នាក់ ទោះបី ជាពួកគេ បានចូលមក ស្នាក់នៅយូរ។  លោក ថា ពួកគេមួយចំនួន នៅតែ មិនរវីរវល់ ស្វែងរក ឯកសារ, ហើយ មួយចំនួនទៀត អះអាង ថា, មានឯកសារ តែ បាត់បង់ ដោយប្រការ ផ្សេងៗ។

[Demographic Vietnamization: Criminal Elements, Elections] Cambodia Lets Anti-Trafficking Ministry Stay After Controversial News Report

Image: Claire Eggers

Agape International Missions (AIM) runs employment centers, recovery homes, churches, and schools in Svay Pak, Cambodia.

Cambodia Lets Anti-Trafficking Ministry Stay After Controversial News Report

Government rescinds threat to shut down a US-based evangelical charity.

 Christianity Today | 22 August 2017

 Ashocking news segment on child sex trafficking in Cambodia spurred American evangelicals to get involved in the cause 13 years ago. A recent CNN update on the industry almost ended more than decade of anti-trafficking ministry by a major Christian charity.

The controversial story, which portrayed mothers selling their daughters to work in brothels, offended the country’s top leader, who threatened to expel Agape International Missions (AIM) from Cambodia.

Prime Minister Hun Sen took issue with the characterization of Cambodians in CNN coverage from July since the women featured—like a disproportionate number involved in trafficking in Cambodia—were ethnically Vietnamese, not Cambodian. [A genuinely disturbing, disgusting playing of the Vietnamese card for political gain when it is the CPP that is responsible for the demographic Vietnamization in the first instance.]

[Repost] [Demographic Vietnamization] Trump and the Cambodia analogy / How Both Sides Got Cambodia Wrong / the misguided non-Cambodians

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Re: How Both Sides Got Cambodia Wrong [foreign hubris then, Cambodians suffered; foreign hubris now, Cambodians suffer]

The Daily Beast | 4 September 2016

Responding to so-called foreign experts on Cambodia: Commentary by Theary C. Seng

Commentary by Ms. Theary C. Seng -- the misguided non-Cambodians

 

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Trump and the Cambodia analogy -- commentary by Theary C. Seng

Re: Why Max Lucado Broke His Political Silence for Trump

Max Lucado is a pastor in San Antonio and a bestselling author of 32 books, including the most recent Glory Days. In a 2004 piece, Christianity Today dubbed Lucado “America’s Pastor,” alluding to his broad appeal to mainstream Americans. Part of that appeal can be attributed to his approach to politics: typically, he stays out of it. He never endorsed or opposed a presidential candidate. Then Trump happened.'

The title of the article sent a chill down my spine as I thought, Oh no! Et tu, Max Lucado? I grew up hearing, reading his name and quotes from authors and friends I deeply respect, even as I ashamedly have yet to read one of his 32 books. I've been baffled by Americans--and mortified by Christians!--who support Trump, and thus my deep apprehension in opening Christianity Today to read this large, front-page heading. 

(I guess I can try to understand in light of the Cambodian situation re illegal Vietnamese immigration in recent history flowing into the present. Vietnamese demographic and military colonialization has reduced Cambodia to a fraction of its size, with the swallowing up of its territory still in play. The current demographic colonialization continues with the assistance of a puppet regime that is Hun Sen's CPP. Ours is an existential issue and at times we have reacted with repulsive ugliness. Think Lon Nol. Think the Khmer Rouge. What has not been called-out on to account, however, is the blithe, arrogant, condescending actions and reactions of the non-Cambodians in all of this, in pushing the Cambodians to be at times ultra defensive on this most tactile, life-and-death issue of existence. What is dangerous is how Cambodians' opinions and experience throughout recent history have been outright condescendingly dismissed, particularly on the matter of the inundation of Vietnamese citizens--many, the discarded of their society, including the criminal elements--into Cambodia as a matter of political strategy of annexation. The matter would then come into light for the non-Cambodians after the fact when the situation is already too late to do much to counter the invidiousness. Their arrogance and blitheness have blinded and continue to blind the non-Cambodians to the awaiting atrocity. During the US bombings and years immediately before KR takeover, many non-Cambodians were so blinded to the rise of the Khmer Rouge because they expended all their energy, often in the most self-righteous manner, in condemning the US bombings and policy in SEAsia to see and hear what Cambodians were seeing, hearing, experiencing on the ground. Elizabeth Becker was one of the few non-Cambodians who was level-headed enough to listen to the Cambodian voices during this period. Immediately after the Khmer Rouge, many non-Cambodians dismissed refugees' account. Then when this position was no longer palatable in light of the weight of the evidence (human and documentation), they all expended their energy on the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge and refused to listen to Cambodians' fear and experience on the ground re occupation, what they were seeing, hearing, experiencing by the occupying forces, to entertain the possibility what occupying forces would, could do to a country, a people as vulnerable as Cambodia, Cambodians then, especially an occupying force with a history of violent annexation and design for further annexation. The impending atrocities to be committed by this occupying power with a history of violent annexation: refusing international aid for the barely surviving, ghost-like Cambodians during the famine of 1979, 1980 -- the 2 years immediately following KR regime -- the K-5 genocide, murdering and imprisoning dissenting voices, and the 10 years of occupation rule under the shroud of darkness with almost complete impunity, ZERO international scrutiny or concern. And the preparation and design for colonialization after UNTAC: the Vietnamization of the military and security forces, civilianizing / "Cambodianizing", e.g. taking on Khmer names, embedding their military and political advisers into key ministries and posts, forcing through with their puppet regime unequal treaties to extract and destroy resources from the Tonle Sap, the jungles and the sea. We are now seeing, feeling, experiencing clearly the impact of these unequal treaties of "friendship". I can see how the Americans and Europeans see the immigration situation as one on a steep slippery slope or sliding scale, but their situation is NO WHERE CLOSE to the danger point of the Cambodia situation. And TRUMP is definitely no answer, except a repulsive one.)

Re the article: my fears were quickly put to rest even if I have only finished the first Q & A with this "America's pastor" with Christianity Today.

Seen and heard on Ms. Theary C. Seng's Facebook accounts: 
www.facebook.com/theary.c.seng

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