The Khmer visitors increase in Toul Sleng museum while the Trail is on going

The number of Khmer visitor in Toul Sleng, S-21, is increasing every day since the Khmer Rouge Tribunal start. However, the foreigner visitor decreased since the world meets the global economic crisis.

Mr. Ke Soponnka, head of the Toul Sleng museum said that the visitor increase since the Tribunal start, but the foreigner visitor decrease when the world meets the global economic crisis. However, the Khmer visitor still increases every day.

Mr. Mao Bunthorn, a student from Phnom Penh said that, it is his first time come to see the Toul Sleng museum. “I come because I heard about the Tribunal, and I want to know what was the real thing happened here,” said Bunthorn.

Mr. Someoun said similarly that, it is his first time to come here. “I want to show my wife and my child about this cruel regime,” said with tear in the eye.

We are Khmer, so we have to know the real thing that happens in Khmer. Do not believe other people, so every Cambodian should go and see the museum, to find out the truth that has happened.

Cambodia Women’s National Football Team Played Its First Match in Lao

On May 19, Cambodia sent it first-ever women’s national football team to play a friendly match against Lao in Lao territory.

            Mr. May Tola, deputy general secretary of Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC), said it was the first international match for the young Cambodian women footballers. Moreover, it was the first step of the Cambodian women’s national football team to appear in the international class.

            “We have chosen 22 good players from many organizations and schools in Cambodia , that want to join, to form a team and go to play a friendly match against Lao on May 21,” said Tola. “Before we go, we have spent one week for all the 22 players to train together in Phnom Penh. However, we did not get a good result, that Cambodia lost to Lao 1-2,” he added.

            “Although we lost, but we still happy and proud of all the young footballers, because it was the first match of the new Cambodian women’s national team to play internationally while Lao women’s national football team have so many matches already,” said May Tola.

            “All the young footballers played very good in the match, though they spent only one week to train together before the match,” said Mr Diego Sam, the coach of the new women’s national football team.

            Sam said it was not hard for him to train those players, since they have good skills already. Most of them have played many matches within their organizations or schools; therefore, we can spend this little time to train together.

            “I am very happy and proud of myself when I kick the ball into the goal,” said Sok Sipha, a 15 year-old national footballer. Sipha was a footballer of SOS Battambang team. Because she played really good, she was chosen by Sam to be a national player.

            Sipha said that, although her team lost, but she thought all the players play very good in the match. “I believe that Cambodia will have a strong women’s national team in the future,” Sipha said happily.

            This first match for Cambodia women’s national football team was sponsored and created by Federation International Football Association (FIFA) and FFC. “Although Cambodia lost, but FIFA still happy with this result and believe that Cambodia will improve quickly,” said Tola.

            “We do not have any new plans for the national team yet, but the only thing we are going to do now is to built-up the players skills, and I hope the women’s national football team will get a better result in the next international match,” said May Tola.

Cambodia women’s national football team will appear in the next three years or earlier

After years of just watching the men play, Cambodia is now in the process of creating its first-ever national women’s football league, organizing team, and holding forum to plan for the new league.

“We need to improve women’s football in Cambodia,” said Mr. May Tola, deputy general secretary of Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC). “We are one of Federation de International Football Association’s (FIFA) member, so we have to complete what FIFA need.”

May Tola said that the first step for allowing Cambodian women footballer to excel on the world stage is to create a national football league. “We can have one women’s football team for the country now, but we want the quality, not quantity, so we have to wait, at last three years”, said Tola.

As a result, FFC and Indochina Starfish Foundation (ISF), have form 12 teams supported by 13 Cambodia businesses of non-profit organizations. ISF, which has its head office in England, is a foundation that gets the money from the rich business man in the world who wants to do a charity for poor children.

Those 13 organizations are A Ziza’f place, CCF, CSE, C Cold, SOS Phnom Penh, CCS, Hagar, White Pigeon, Freedom Development, Wish Siem Reap, SOS Battambang, KDFO, and Social Development organization. ISF provides equipment, such as balls, clothes, shoes, and also coaches to train each team.

“The only main purpose of our organization is to help children. We want the children that cannot feed themselves to be able doing everything like simple children,” said Ms. Vichika, ISF administrator.

“Although all the women’s footballers we sponsor are still young, under 16 years-old, their ability are very good,” she added. “I wish to be a women’s national footballer,” said Sreymarch, a 14-year-old footballer from A Ziza’f place organization.

Sreymarch scored one goal for her team to win a match again SOS Battambang. “I wish to be a super star for Cambodia,” said Sreymarch while laughing.

All the young women’s footballers have a strong commitment to compete with each other, though they do not have much time to train. “Although the children do not have much time, but we always try our best to find time for training.We spend two days a week and one hour a day for our children to train,” said Mr. Makara, manager of A Ziza’f Place team.

Mr. Vuthy, manager of Hagar’s team, said similarly that the young footballers do not have much time to train, but they try very hard.

From 23 to 25 March, FFC hosted the forum to discuss the formation of a women’s national football team in Cambodia. “The first seminar was held in 2002 and the second was in 2006, but we did not have any good result,” May Tola said during the third forum.

After finishing the first morning seminar on March 23, 2009, Ms. Mayi Cwz Blanco, a FIFA’s representative, said she believed that Cambodia women’s footballers have enough ability to form a national team. “FIFA always sponsor all the membership countries with the same amount of money,” Blanco said, explaining that FIFA does not provide more money to the countries that have strong football teams than the countries that have weak football teams, all the amount of money are the same.

Cambodia man’s national football team was known as one of the strongest team in the region during the 1960s, but is one of the weakest in the world today. Cambodia finished in fourth place when it first joined the AFC Asia Cup in 1972.

 May Tola said he hope the women’s team will have an equally strong debut. “I strongly hope the women’s national football team, which will appear in at least three more years, can be one of the strongest teams, since FFC and FIFA are training 19 women’s coaches to be the national coaches in the future,” said Tola after the semniar.

“Germany won their first time join the women’s football world cup”, said Mayi. “It means that not all the new football teams are always weak, so Cambodia can be strong with its first national women’s football team.”

Duch Said The Tortures In S-21 Was Extremely Criminal

Phnom Penh, ECCC: The former Khmer Rouge prison’s chief, Kaing Guek Eav, said on Monday 22 Jun that the tortures which happened in S-21 was extremely criminal, he admits.

Answer to the civil party’s lawyer Hong Kim Soun, Kaing Guek Eav who known as Duch, said he admits that there were some cruel tortures happened in S-21, such as extracted the nail, toke the embers of the cigarette to put on the victims hands or body, to kill the small babies, and so on.

Though at that time Duch also had a small baby, but he did not fell pity on the others by saying, “I love my child, so I had to live. To live, I had to follow what the higher position people’s order; otherwise, I, my wife, my child, and my relatives will be dead, too.”

Duch said he did not see the action of those tortures, he just heard about it.“When I heard that those kind of tortures happened, I told them to stop. However, I did not know whether they stop or not, but I believed that those had happened in S-21,” Duch said in the trail.

“To salute the picture of the dog was also one of the tortures,” said Duch. Nevertheless, when he knew about this, he did not stop it, but to let it continued.

Lawyer Hong Kim Soun made a statement after his questioning that, S-21 was not only did the physical tortures to the prisoners or victims, but also the mental tortures.

Although Duch admitted all the tortures which used to happen in S-21, but he denied that those were not what he did by himself, he just followed the documents from the higher position people.

Duch have made a statement that S-21 was not the simple prison like other countries, but it was the place to keeps people before they were going to die. “We interrogate those people, but all the people who have sent to S-21 have to die whether their answers were right or wrong, because we have to followed the documents, and the higher position people was the one who made the decisions,” said Duch.

ចិញ្ចឹមក្មេងតូចៗដើម្បីប្រកបរបរសុំទាន

ភ្នំពេញៈ ការសុំទានដោយប្រើកូនក្មេងតូចៗជាធ្នាក់ បានក្លាយជាមុខរបរមួយដែលជនខិលខូចមួយចំនួន កំពុងប្រើដើម្បីទទួលបានផល ប្រយោជន៏ផ្ទាល់ខ្លួន ហើយមិនទាន់មានអាជ្ញាធរណាមួយអើពើអំពីបញ្ហានេះនៅឡើយទេ។

បើយើងធ្វើដំណើរតាមដងផ្លូវនានាក្នុងទីក្រុងភ្នំពេញ នោះយើងនឹងឃើញក្មេងៗជាច្រើន ដើរសុំទាននៅ តាមផ្លូវ ដោយសកម្មភាពនេះបានកើតឡើងជារៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ ជាពិសេសនៅតាមម្តុំភ្លើងស្តុបមួយចំនួនដូច ជាស្តុបបូកគោ ស្តុបទួលគាក ស្តុបអាងទឹកអូឡាំពិកជាដើម។

ក្មេងខ្លះត្រូវបានគេបង្ខំអោយនៅឈរហាលភ្លៀងដោយមិនមានស្លៀកសម្លៀកបំពាក់អ្វីទាំងអស់ដើម្បី សុំទាន។ ការដែលគេប្រើក្មេងអោយមកសុំបែបនេះ គឺដើម្បីអោយយើងកើតមានសេចក្តីអាណិតដល់ ក្មេងទាំងនោះ នឹងផ្តល់លុយច្រើនដល់ពួក គេ។

បើយើងធ្វើការសង្កេតមើលអោយបានដិតដល់ នោះយើងនឹងឃើញថា ការសុំទានបែបនេះគឺជាមុខរបរ ប្រចាំថ្ងៃរបស់ជនទាំងនោះហើយក្មេងទាំងអស់បានស្ថិតនៅក្រោមការចិញ្ចឹម និងគាបសង្កត់ពីមេខ្លោង រឺ ឪពុកម្តាយរបស់ពួកគេ ដោយមេក្លោងទាំងនោះអោយពួក ក្មេងៗដើរសុំលុយអោយបានតាមចំនួនដែល គេបានកំនត់ក្នុងមួយថ្ងៃៗ។

លើសពីនេះទៅទៀត ក្មេងៗទាំងនោះត្រូវបានគេដោះដូរដូចជាទំនិញ ដោយជនខ្លះខ្ចីក្មេងគ្នាយកទៅរក សីដើម្បីទទួលបានលុយច្រើន។បើសិនជាយើងឃើញក្មេងគួរអោយអាណិតម្នាក់នៅតាមដងផ្លូវ ហើយ យើងសុំក្មេងនោះដើម្បីយកមកចិញ្ចឹម នោះមេក្លោង ឬឪពុកម្តាយរបស់ក្មេងនោះនឹងមិនព្រមប្រគល់អោយ យើងឡើយ ទោះបីជាគេត្អូញត្អែរថាគេគ្មានលទ្ធភាពចិញ្ចឹមក្មេងនោះក៏ដោយ ព្រោះក្មេង នោះគឹជាទុនក្នុង ការប្រកបមុខរបររបស់គេ។

ប្រសិនបើបញ្ហានេះនៅតែកើតឡើងជារៀងរាល់ថ្ងៃ នោះផលអាក្រក់ជាច្រើននឹងអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់សង្គម យើង ព្រោះទង្វើនេះគឺជាការបោកប្រាស់ម្យ៉ាងដោយប្រយោល ហើយវានឹងបង្ករអោយមានភាពរញ៉េរញ៉ៃ ដល់សង្គមថែមទៀតផង។ វាអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់សោភ័ណ្ឌភាពទីក្រុង ខណៈពេលដែលរាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល ក៏ ដូចជាសាលាក្រុងកំពុងខិតខំកែលំអរជាបន្តបន្ទាប់។

មិនត្រឹមតែប៉ុណ្ណោះ វាគឺជាការរំលោភមួយយ៉ាងធ្ងន់ទៅលើសិទ្ធកុមារអន្តរជាតិ ដែលប្រទេសកម្ពុជាបាន ទទួលស្គាល់ និងអនុវត្តជាយូរណាស់មកហើយ។

លើសពីនេះទៅទៀត វាក៏អាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់អារម្មណ៏ភ្ញៀវទេសចរដែលបានមកទស្សនាក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ផងដែរ ព្រោះនៅពេលដែលគេឃើញក្មេងទាំងនោះ គេនឹងគិតថាទីក្រុងនេះគ្មានសណ្តាប់ធ្នាប់ បណ្តាយ អោយមានអ្នកសុំទានគ្រប់ទីកន្លែង ជាពិសេសអ្នកសុំទាន ទាំងនោះជាក្មេងដែលមិនទាន់គ្រប់អាយុទៀតផង។

ជាធម្មតា មនុស្សភាគច្រើននិយាយថា “បើសិនយើងមិនអោយលុយទៅអ្នកសុំទាន នោះក៏គ្មានអ្នកសុំទាន ដែរ” តែដោយនេះជាមនោសចេ្ចតនារបស់មនុស្ស ការអាណិតនិងផ្តល់ប្រាក់ដល់អ្នកសុំទានតែងកើតឡើង ជារឿងធម្មតា ដូច្នេះដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់បញ្ហានេះ អាជ្ញាធរដែលពាក់ព័ន្ធគួរមានវិធានការណាមួយដែលមាន ប្រសិទ្ធិភាពធ្វើការដោះស្រាយចំពោះបញ្ហានេះ ព្រោះបើនៅតែមិនអើពើទៀតនោះ វាអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់ទាំង ប្រជាជន និងទាំងសង្គមជាតិទាំងមូល៕ 

ស្ត្រីទៅធ្វើការនៅក្រៅប្រទេសនឹងមានភាពប្រថុយប្រថាន ខណៈពិភពលោកកំពុងជួបវិបត្តសេដ្ឋកិច្ច

            ភ្នំពេញៈ សិក្ខាសាលាស្តីពី “ដំណោះស្រាយផលប៉ះពាល់វិបត្តិហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ លើការជួញដូរមនុស្សនៅប្រទេស កម្ពុជា” បានប្រារឰធ្វើឡើងកាលពីថ្ងៃព្រឹកថ្ងៃពុធ ទី ១៥ កក្កដា ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ នៅសណ្ឋាគារ កាំបូឌីយ៉ាណា ក្រោម អធិបតីរបស់លោកជំទាវ អ៊ឹង កន្ថាផាវី ដែលជាប្រធានគណៈអធិបតី អបដោយឯកឧត្តម តោ សឿត និងលោក Matthew Friedman ដែលជាគណៈអធិបតី។

            ពិធីនេះរៀបចំឡើង ក្នុងគោលបំណងចូលរួមដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាដែលប្រជាជនកម្ពុជាភាគច្រើនកំពុងតែ ប្រឈម ជាពិសេសទាក់ទងទៅនឹងវិបត្តិសេដ្ឋកិច្ចពិភពដែលអាចនាំអោយមានភាពប៉ះពាល់ខ្លាំងដល់ប្រជាជនដែល មានជីវភាពខ្វះខាត ហើយបានធ្វើចំណាក់ស្រុកទៅប្រទេសផ្សេងដើម្បីរកប្រាក់។

            ឯកឧត្តម តោ សឿត រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ ក្រសួងសង្គមកិច្ច អតីតយុទ្ធជន និងស្តារនិតិសម្បាទា បានអោយដឹង ថា ដោយសារតែពិភពលោកជួបវិបត្តិសេដ្ឋកិច្ចផ្ទួនៗ បានធ្វើអោយការវិនិយោគនៅក្នុងប្រទេសកម្ពុជាត្រូវថយចុះ ដែលជាបុព្វហេតុធ្វើអោយភាពអត់ការងារធ្វើរបស់ប្រជាជនមានភាពកើនឡើង ដោយខ្លះបានចាកចេញពីស្រុក កំណើតដើម្បីទៅស្វែងរកការងារធ្វើនៅតាមតំបន់ផ្សេង រឺប្រទេសជិតខាងជាដើម។ ដោយសារតែប្រជាជនខ្វះភាព យល់ដឹង និងគ្មានជំនាញវិជ្ជាជីវៈត្រឹមត្រូវ បានធ្វើអោយពួកគេងាយស្រួលចាញ់បោកពួកជនខិលខូច ដោយប្រកប របរជាស្រីពេស្យាជាដើម។

            ស្រដៀងគ្នានោះ លោកជំទាវ អ៊ឹង កន្ថាផាវី រដ្ឋមន្ត្រីក្រសួងកិច្ចការនារីបានបញ្ចាក់អោយដឹងថា តាមការ ប៉ានប្រមាណត្រឹម ខែមិនា ឆ្នាំ២០០៨ មាននារីធ្វើការរោងចក្រជាង ២៧០០០ នាក់បានឈប់ពីការងារ របស់ខ្លួនដោយប្តូរទៅធ្វើជាស្ត្រីផ្សព្វផ្សាយស្រាបៀរ ព្រោះតែការងារនេះអាចរកប្រាក់ចំនូលបាន ២ ទៅ ៥ដង ច្រើនជាង ប្រាក់ខែការងាររោងចក្រ។ វាអាចជាហេតុធ្វើអោយស្ត្រីមានភាពប្រថុយប្រថានទៅនឹងការជួញ ដូរផ្លូវភេទ។

            ដោយឡែក ស្ត្រីដែលទៅធ្វើការនៅប្រទេសជិតខាងដូចជាថៃ ម៉ាលេ និងកូរ៉េ ក៏មានបញ្ហាមួយចំនួនដែរ ដោយលោកជំទាវបានមានប្រសាសន៏ថា ស្ត្រីមួយចំនួនមិនយល់ច្បាស់ពីការងារទាំងនោះ ដែលវាជាហេតុធ្វើអោយ ពួកគាត់ងាយទទួលរងគ្រោះដោយបញ្ហាផ្សេងៗ។ ពួកគាត់អាចនឹងប្រឈមនឹងការលួចរស់នៅប្រទេសគេ ខណៈដែលប្រទេសនោះ ឈប់ត្រូវការកម្មករ ហើយពួកគាត់មិនចង់ត្រលប់មកស្រុកកំណើតវិញ។ ម៉្យាងវិញទៀត វាអាចប៉ះពាល់ដល់ដល់ការជួញដូរផ្លូវភេទ តាមការកេងប្រវញ្ចផ្លូវភេទនានា។

            លោកជំទាវបានបន្ថែមថា ដើម្បីទប់ស្កាត់នឹងបញ្ហខាងលើ រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាលបានខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងជ្រើសរើស សម្រិតសម្រាំងយក ក្រុមហ៊ុននាំកម្មករទៅធ្វើការនៅប្រទេសផ្សេង ដែលអាចទុកចិត្តបានដើម្បីផ្តល់ភាពងាយ ស្រួលដល់ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋទាំងអស់។ លើសពីនេះ យើងបានបង្កើតនូវការផ្សព្វផ្សាយទៅប្រជាជនអោយពួកគាត់ យល់ពីអ្វីដែលពួកគាត់ចង់ធ្វើ ក៏ដូចជាបង្រៀនជាកម្មវិធីដល់ពួកគាត់។ ម៉្យាងវិញទៀត យើងនឹងអោយមានមន្ត្រី ម្នាក់នៅប្រចាំស្ថាតទូតកម្ពុជា នៃប្រទេសនិមួយៗ អោយធ្វើការគ្រប់គ្រងទៅលើបញ្ហានេះ។

            ទោះជាយ៉ាងនេះក្តី លោកជំទាវក៏បានអំពាវនាវអោយស្ថាប័នឯកជន អន្តរជាតិ សង្គមសីវិលនានា ជួយក្នុង ការដោះស្រាយបញ្ហាទាំងអស់នេះអោយកាន់តែមានប្រសិទ្ធភាពផងដែរ។

(១៥ កក្កដា ២០០៩)

Does the Helmet Really Help If People Do Not Use It in the Right Way?

As I riding the motorbike around the city, I see almost 85 percent of people using helmet while riding on the road, which is a very good sample for others people who do not using it.

However, about 80 percent of those people wearing helmet without put the helmet belt which can cause a big accident for them.

As I see on June 26, 2009, there was a small accident happened in front of me which cause by a car and a motorbike. The motor driver was wearing the helmet without put the helmet belt, and when the motor crash the car, the helmet on his hate was jump out. Fortunately, there were no car come behind him; otherwise bad thing will be happened.

This was one example for the motor driver, that should use it in the right way, or it will be like wearing nothing.

According to the new Cambodia traffic law, all the motor drivers have to wear helmet whenever they are on the road, or they will be fine by the police, because it can cause bad accident. So the police should thing whether wearing helmet without puts its belt can help or not?

In my opinion, the police should not fine the people who do not wear helmet while riding if they do not fine the people who wear helmet without put the helmet belt. It is nothing different, it both can cause bad thing to death.

Will the traffic around Olympic Market stay still

            Most of the roads around the markets in Phnom Penh always get jam almost every time. However, the road around Olympic market, which was one among those, has changed its appearance since a silently checked of Mr. Mayor Kep Chuktema.

            Before, the road around Olympic market always gets jam. Mr. Chheang, the motor saver for the market’s park said that because of the untidy park of the motor taxi, Tuk Tuk, and car that makes the traffic become worst and worst.

            “I heard that Mr. Kep Chuktema has come silently to the market to check the traffic problem around the market, and he decorated the police to take action immediately about the untidy park which was the main reason of the jam. Since that time, there is no more big jam,” Chheang said.

            Mr. Theng, a seller from the North of the market said similarly that, the main reason that makes the jam was because of the motor taxi and Tuk Tuk which did not have a proper place to park, they just leaved their vehicle everywhere they wanted.

            “Now, the police does not allow the car to park into two rows, or allow to park only a haft side of the road. Moreover, if the motor taxi does not park at the place the police provided, the police will take the motor to the station and not giving back until the driver paying find,” said Chheang. “It has helped a lot for the people to travel around the market,” he added.

            “The traffic now is better,” said Theng. “I heard that Mr. Kep Chuktema has come silently here to check this problem. After that, the police have been clean up here and now have the proper place for Tuk Tuk and motor to park easily.”

            According to this problem, a group of motor taxi and Tuk Tuk driver does not happy with the new rule. “The police just want to make money, they have place for us to park, but we have to pay them 20$ per month, so how can we earn this much amount of money for them while we do not have anything to eat at home,” said angrily all the driver whom do not let to know their name for their security reason.

            They continue, “We know that sometime we are wrong, but the police should not take our motor to the station. If they take our motor, we must pay fine which was up to 10000 Riel to impound our vehicle, it is too much for us.” “Some polices hit the driver while the driver did not allow them to take his motor, does the police have right to hit people,” said the drivers.

            Ms. Barinha, a customer comes to the market said that she cannot judge who are wrong or who are right, but what she can says is that it is very easy to travel around the market now. It is convenience for her and everyone who comes to the market if the police can control and limit the park place, and leave some part of the road for traveler. “I hope the traffic here would not go down like before,” said Barinha.