President of the ruling CPP lauded the king with praises

By Khmerization
Source: everyday.com

May 09,2010 at 8:29 pm

The president of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), Mr. Chea Sim, has lauded King Sihamoni with praises, calling him a king who has tossapit reachathor and prohmavihear thor, reports everyday.com.

Tossapit reachathor is the tenfold qualifications of the king that include making charity, having morality, making sacrifices, having honesty, softness, austerity, calmness, peacefulness, patience and respect for the law. Prohmavihear thor is the fourfold noble basic attributes of a person, includes compassion, pity, joy at other’s happiness and sincerity.

In the Buddhist philosophy, a king who has the above qualifications and attributes, tossapit reachathor and prohmavihear thor, is considered almost a perfect king.

In a letter of best wishes for the king 58th birthday obtained by reporters on 6th May, Mr. Chea Sim said King Sihamoni had these qualifications and attributes because he had fulfilled his duties in improving the prestige of his nation, maintaining independence, defending the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Cambodia.

Mr. Chea Sim’s letter also stressed that it was the ruling CPP who revived the Cambodian monarchy in 1993 and kept it alive till today, after it was abolished by Marshal Lon Nol in 1970.

Khmer Krom Activists Meet US Officials

KI Media

May 09,2010 at 5:34 pm

Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Friday, 07 May 2010

Newly re-ordained monk Tim Sakhorn, middle, drops by VOA Khmer while on a visit in the US last week. (Photo: by Lenny)

“We want to see the Vietnamese government recognize that Khmer Krom land belongs to Cambodia.”

Advocates for ethnic Khmers from Vietnam met with US State Department officials this week in an effort to improve human rights and religious freedoms there. The delegation included three Khmer monks who had spent about one year in jail each in Vietnam, in what they say is religious persecution.

Khmers from southern Vietnam, land often referred to in Cambodia as Kampuchea Krom, or “Lower Cambodia,” say Vietnamese authorities continue to suppress their rights, including land seizures and a lack of access to education. Kampuchea Krom, in the Mekong Delta region, was ceded to Vietnam by the French in 1949.

“We want to see the Vietnamese government recognize that Khmer Krom land belongs to Cambodia,” said Thach Ngoc Thach, president of the Khmer Kampucha Krom Federation, who met with State Department officials on Tuesday. “Vietnam has to apologize to the Cambodian people for the persecution of Khmer Krom people.”

The State Department meeting included officials that work with Vietnam, Cambodia and refugees, he said, and particularly focused on helping Khmer Krom find asylum once they flee Vietnam. The Cambodian government has said it will grant citizenship to any Khmer Krom, but that has not always happened, leading some to flee to Thailand in search of asylum.

Also attending the meeting were Tim Sakhorn, a former Khmer Krom monk who was defrocked by Cambodian Buddhists in 2007 and expelled to Vietnam, and monks Dinh Tol and Kim Moul. All three spent time in Vietnamese prisons that year but have since been granted asylum status. They were each re-ordained in the US last week.

“I came to the US this time to submit documents and be present as a live witness to US officials,” Tim Sakhorn told VOA Khmer after the meeting.

Vietnamese and State Department officials declined to comment on Tuesday’s meeting.

“Knong Pteah Kakvei Mday Chea Muoy” a Poem in Khmer by Yim Guechsè

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May 09,2010 at 4:23 pm