King Sihanouk the Uniter

Friday, 19 October 2012

David Boyle

 

King Father Norodom Sihanouk speaks in 2011 at the Royal Palace. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post

 

An Enduring figure in a country marked by near-constant, often tumultuous, change and perhaps the one person able to consistently create a sense of national unity, the late King Father Norodom Sihanouk leaves behind him questions over where Cambodia is headed following his death.

As king and then prince, Sihanouk ruled his country like a father. Even once that hard power waned, in the hearts of the majority, he remained revered as the country’s last “god-king”.

But with his passing, many wonder about the future influence of the monarchy on Cambodian social and political life.

Political analyst Lao Mong Hay is worried that without a figure who held such “tremendous” moral authority amongst the public to act as a reconciler, the country could become divided.

“I think in our recent history, he is our greatest leader. Regarding his errors of judgment, they are in the past. Look, Lon Nol was nothing, Pol Pot was a disaster for us, even these days our leaders have not been able to unite the country,” he said.

“Without him around, perhaps we will become more and more polarised politically. And there is a risk of politics going extreme.”

Even as re-ascending to the throne in 1993 effectively ended his political ambitions, Sihanouk remained a figure whom Cambodia’s disparate political forces felt they had to both reconcile with and learn from.

“In terms of statecraft or rulership, I think that in Cambodia, he was the master, a great master. I've mentioned this to the King [Father], face-to-face, 'you are just a great guru and everyone should learn from you to learn statecraft or rulership from you.'”

Since Sihanouk abdicated for the second time, there have been concerns that the monarchy would quietly drift out of public relevance under the shadow of increasingly dominant and hostile political forces.

Yet of the masses who turned out Wednesday to pay their final respects as Sihanouk’s body was driven through the streets of Phnom Penh, one constant was the vast number of young people who turned out to mourn a monarch who hadn’t reigned since 2004 or wielded hard power since 1970.

Youk Chhang, director of the Documentation Center of Cambodia, believes the King Father’s passing will revitalise interest in the monarchy and serve to strengthen the moral fibre of the country as the public unites in paying their respects.

“I think we can look at it in a different way than as a weakness, but as a strength, as a respect, as a restoring of culture,” he said.

“This is something that perhaps others have failed to look at or failed to understand, that we also have the role to restore, because a lot of damage has been done by war and genocide and what King Sihamoni has done is to show respect to the father.”

In years to come, said Youk, young people will remember the momentous historical event they witnessed when the King Father’s body was repatriated, and reflect on how Sihanouk contended with the near-constant struggles that confronted him throughout his life.

Youk also said that King Norodom Sihamoni, who is perceived as a far more passive monarch than his father, should be spared unfair comparisons to Sihanouk and accepted as a king that has to develop his own, unique way of reigning.

Political analyst Son Soubert, who is also an adviser to King Sihamoni, said it remains to be seen whether the King will take a stronger and more vocal role in Cambodia’s political affairs now that his father has passed, but, regardless of the path he chooses, he does not expect the country to become more polarised.

Soubert did not expect the passing of Sihanouk to radically change the way people thought of the Kingdom’s monarchy, either by sparking a royal revival or causing a feeling of disconnection from the palace.

“I don’t think people have lost any interest in the [monarchy]. We saw that in the crowds of people in the street,” he said.

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To contact the reporter on this story: David Boyle at david.boyle@phnompenhpost.com
With assistance from Shane Worrell
 

Norodom Sihanouk Norodom Sihanouk, ruler of Cambodia, died on October 15th, aged 89

 

IN THE days before Norodom Sihanouk, then 18, succeeded to the throne, a gust put out the sacred candles lit in the palace to mark the event. Courtiers tried to conceal the bad omen, but Sihanouk heard of it. At his coronation in October 1941, a God-King with a crown as tall as a temple, people thought he looked uneasy.

If so, it was not about that. Sihanouk—as he always called himself, in the third person—was shocked that the French, Cambodia’s colonial rulers, had chosen him as king. He was disturbed, too, that they expected him to be a figurehead like his father, pliant and cuddly, a little lamb. True, he stayed giggly all his life, with a penchant for making films, playing saxophone, fast cars and pretty women. Elvis might have played him, he thought. When excited, betraying his French education, he would cry “Ooh la la!” in his high child’s voice. But underneath he was a tiger.

“National dignity” was his motto. By that, he meant proper independence for “my Cambodia”. It began with independence for himself, breaking out from the stifling, insulating halls of the palace to tour among the peasants. Muddy ricefield salutations to “Papa King” gave him his taste for active politics. In an Indo-China roiled by post-colonial disputes and the shoving of the great powers, he wanted a dignified neutrality, and spent his career struggling to achieve it. On the one hand, he tried to stem the revolutionary communism seeping over the border from Vietnam; on the other he rebuffed attempts by America to make Cambodia its puppet.

An accomplished charmer, he made friends with anybody who looked useful: China’s Zhou Enlai, India’s Nehru, Indonesia’s Sukarno, North Korea’s Kim Il Sung. He made allies even of the Khmers Rouges who destroyed his country. He also played, at his royal whim, whichever role seemed most effective: king, prime minister, or humble Khmer citizen-prince in pyjamas, cap and scarf. As a result, he survived to croon his love songs into elegant old age.

Throwing off his handlers took time and guile. For his first “royal crusade”, ejecting the French, he travelled secretly to Paris in 1953 to petition for independence. Rebuffed there, he went on to Canada, the United States and Japan, genially lifting Cambodia out of its obscurity. When the French, besieged in the region, eventually gave in, his old cavalry instructor from Saumur remarked: “Sire, you have whipped me.” It was a pleasing moment.

Yet he still seemed cast as a figurehead in his newly freed country—a fate tantamount, he said, to keeping Charles de Gaulle on the sidelines after the general had freed France. So he moved pre-emptively, renouncing the throne in 1955 to run in Cambodia’s first elections. Royal powers came in useful to suppress opposition parties, especially the newly formed Democrats. The peasants rallied round him, and he became prime minister.

His country, he proclaimed to the world, was moderate and modernising: new hospitals, new schools. It was neither communist nor capitalist, but “Buddhist socialist” with a feudal flavour. While neighbouring Vietnam and Laos plunged into civil war, Cambodia remained his green “oasis of peace” in which visiting dignitaries were regaled with fine French wine and musical numbers by the king himself. He was indifferent to the poverty of the countryside, the corruption of his officials and the spread of communist cells; his peasants he saw as disobedient children who needed to be put in their place. After one revolt, the heads of villagers were displayed in the capital on spikes.

Meanwhile, his diplomatic neutrality was cracking too. As Vietcong in their thousands sought sanctuary from American firepower in the jungles of eastern Cambodia, he let them stay—and in 1970 his generals, with American backing, organised a putsch against him. Outraged at this treachery, he threw his support behind Cambodia’s communists (“Khmers Rouges”, in his dismissive phrase), giving them legitimacy at a stroke. In 1975 they seized power. Sihanouk, now immured in his palace under house arrest, became a symbol again: a useful man to make occasional smiling tours of the collective farms while a quarter of the population perished. Five of his own children, out of 14 by several women, were killed, as he waited for the Khmers Rouges to “spit him out like a cherry pit”. They never did.

Croissants in Beijing

When Vietnamese forces toppled the Khmers Rouges in 1979, he fled into exile. His old friends, the Chinese and North Koreans, both sheltered him. In Pyongyang he had the run of a 60-room palace; in Beijing he feasted with Deng Xiaoping on croissants fresh from Paris. After the Vietnamese had left Cambodia and the UN had brokered peace, he returned in 1991 with a squad of North Korean bodyguards, convinced his rapturous people would want him to rule again.

They did, but as the figurehead he had never wanted to be. “Papa King” was now checked by a strongman, Hun Sen. From the sidelines, he chattered on. Even after his abdication in 2004 he ran a blog to instruct his people, and an online commentary in French on how the country was doing; and on his website the black-and-white slideshow of his reign went on flickering back and forth, until the fade.

From the print edition | Obituary (Source: The Economist)

Females Still in Need of Better Access to University Education

By Dene-Hern Chen - October 8, 2012

Women’s advocates and officials at the Ministry of Women’s Affairs yesterday celebrated the U.N.’s International Day of the Girl in Phnom Penh and called for greater access to higher education for girls in Cambodia so they can avoid falling into exploitative jobs.


“Girls who start an adult life with an education handicap step into a life that is characterized by a weak status and horizons,” Undersecretary of State Prak Channay said at the Harpswell Dormitory and Leadership Center, which takes young women with little means in the provinces and supports them in pursuing post-secondary studies.

“Their ability to negotiate a better salary, better social protection benefits, to claim their rights and get promoted to better and more secure jobs is more limited than those who are prepared with a higher education diploma,” Ms. Channay said, adding that girls who are uneducated can be lured into informal channels of the economy.
According to the U.N., gender parity is “slightly off-track” for females going into university education in Cambodia, which currently scores 57.5. A score of 100 is equal to complete parity. The target number for Cambodia under the U.N.’s millennium development goals is to reach a score of 61.5 by 2015.

Though progress has been made in terms of encouraging girls to attend primary and secondary school, a third of Cambodian adult women are still illiterate, Ms. Channay said.

Chheng Sivgech, 21, a fourth-year law student at the Royal University of Law and Economics, said the biggest obstacle for her was that her parents did not have the money to send her to school, and that they were worried about her safety in Phnom Penh. However, the Harpswell program has provided her with all the support she needs in order to gain access to a full education.

“Harpswell also teaches me to be confident, about how to be a good student and how to have good communication [skills],” said Ms. Sivgech. “These things can help me a lot even if they cannot help me directly to be a lawyer; it can prepare me to be independent.”
(Additional reporting by Len Leng)

Civil engineering students on the rise in Cambodia

Thursday, 04 October 2012

Seun Son

 

Students finishing their secondary education this year are carefully looking at market demand to decide what to study to ensure solid future earnings.

Many educators say the recent growth of the construction sector in Cambodia is encouraging parents and students to enroll at the universities of architecture and civil engineering.

Lim Soktai, the dean of the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Norton University said that school is important in the development of human resources for success.

He said that in 2011 there were about 600 students enrolling in the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering, and that number is expected to increase in 2012.

Soktai said the number will increase due to the strong growth of the construction sector in recent years. This influences students to major in architecture and civil engineering, because the labour market for this sector is big and they can find jobs after their third academic year.

He claimed, “our university has high-quality professors, materials and experiment equipment, enabling students graduating from our university to find jobs easily.”

He added that there is a high demand for labour in the Kingdom’s construction and architecture market.

Duong Chanthea, the manager of the careers department for students of the National Technical Training Institute, said that the number students enrolling in the architecture and civil construction at the Institute of Technical Training is about 540 this year, an increase of 20 to 30 per cent compared with 2011.

She added that this increase is due to the recommendations by students of previous years who used to study at the institute.

Chanthea claimed, “The real estate market is recovering, increasing the price of land and construction as well as the demand for labour in the field of architecture and civil engineering.”

She continued, “This year, more than 600 students graduated from the National Technical Training Institute, and I hope that they all will find good jobs based on their individual skills.”

Tous Saphoeun, the dean of the College of Architecture and Civil Engineering of Panassastra University, said that in developing countries like Cambodia, architecture and civil engineering is in high demand, and graduates can all find jobs.

However Saphoeun said that this year, only about 100 students had enrolled in the field of architecture and civil engineering, a decrease of 20 per cent compared to 2011, when 130 students enrolled.

He claimed, “This decrease is because the real estate market is not recovering well, the demand is not much as in 2011, and is of little interest of students, even if this profession has a big market in the future.”

Saphoeun added that the government should promote this sector because it can absorb a lot of people, after tourism.

He said, “Even though the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction announced the increase of construction projects this year, I have noted that it does not increase remarkably because the projects they are doing this time are old projects from 2005. I think this sector seems to be sleeping.”

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To contact the reporter on this story: Seun Son at son.seun@phnompenhpost.com

 

Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs Makes a Correction over a Xinhua’s Report

AKP Phnom Penh, October 08, 2012 

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on Saturday last week made a correction over a Xinhua News Agency’s report concerning the number of countries, which vowed to support Cambodia for non-permanent member of the UN Security Council.
According to the Spokesperson’s statement, on Oct. 5, 2012 Xinhua News Agency published a false information, by misquoting him that “… So far, over 100 countries out of the UN’s 193 member countries have voiced their supports for us, Koy Kuong, spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, told reporters”.

“I wish to completely reject this exaggerating information issued by Xinhua News Agency. I did not mention such information at the Ministry on Oct. 5, 2012,” said the Spokesperson.

“In fact on Oct. 5, 2012, in response to questions relating to the upcoming election of the Cambodia’s candidature for the non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, I stated that, ‘We simply hope in the election but we cannot make any conclusion on the number of countries that will vote for us. Importantly, we have to wait for actual result of the upcoming election at the UN on Oct. 18, 2012. Each candidate shall be supported by at least two-third majority votes out of all 193 UN member states. Permanent representatives of the 193 countries at the UN will cast their votes,” he said.

By KHAN Sophirom

MFA-IC’s Clarification over Mr. Mom Sonando’s Case

AKP Phnom Penh, October 08, 2012

The Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA-IC) has issued a statement in response to some adverse reactions concerning the case of Mr. Mom Sonando, President of the Association of Democrats of Cambodia and Director of the Beehive Radio and his accomplices.

According to the statement dated last Friday, the Spokesperson of the MFA-IC made a clarification as follows:

“1-The case of Mr. Mom Sonando and his accomplices is not about the freedom of expression or the independence and impartially of the court in Cambodia. It is also not a politically-motivated case, as some have falsely alleged. Cambodia is a democratic and an open society, and respects the due process of law.

2- Mr. Mom Sonando is the Mastermind of the SECESSIONIST movement, as some key witnesses have testified against him before the court. At the same time, the court has convicted him based on evidence beyond any reason of doubt.

3. The case of Mr. Mom Sonando is completely a separate, individual case, which has nothing to do with the overall freedom of expression. To be sure, his radio station (The Beehive Radio) remains functioning, while his Association of the Democrats of Cambodia continues to be operational.

4. However, it is easy and tempting for outsiders to make sweeping unsubstantiated statements on the case of Mr. Mom Sonando. Those statements have attempted to influence the Court of Law in Cambodia, which undermines the independence and impartibility of the Court.

5. As a State of Law, Cambodia must implement its legal process and will not allow any secession to take place in the country.”

Mr. Mom Sonando was arrested on July 15, 2012 in connection with a so-called secessionist plot in Kratie, a northeastern part of Cambodia and in early this month, Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted him for 20 years in jail and fined 10 million Riel (about US$2,500).

By KHAN Sophirom

Criticism of Sonando verdict blasted by government

Monday, 08 October 2012

May Titthara

 

In a bluntly worded statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has shot back at critics of the Mam Sonando verdict, stressing that there were no political motivations to the case and accusing “outsiders” of trying to pressure a sovereign court.

“Mr. Mam Sonando is the mastermind of the secessionist movement, as some key witnesses have testified against him before the court,” reads a spokesman statement dated Friday and issued in response to “adverse reactions”.

“[I]t is easy and tempting for outsiders to make sweeping unsubstantiated statements on the case of Mr. Mam Sonando. Those statements have attempted to influence the Court of Law in Cambodia, which undermines the independence and impartiality of the Court,” it continues.

On October 1, the independent radio station owner was found guilty on insurrection charges and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Over the course of a week, the reaction from rights groups, media watchdogs, opposition leaders, and foreign governments has been swift and damning.

Officials from the US, France and European Union offered unusually critical statements, some calling for swift appeals, while others asked for the conviction to be dropped outright.

While the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said such calls amounted to political interference, rights workers said it was a farce to pretend the courts operated any differently.

“They always call for intervention from the premier because the court is biased and a tool exploited by the powerful and well off,” pointed out Am Sam Ath, senior investigator at rights group Licadho, adding that the government should heed calls for reform of the less-than-independent court system.

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To contact the reporter on this story: May Titthara at titthara.may@phnompenhpost.com

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Monday, 08 October 2012

សែន ដាវីត

 

 លោក អ៊ឹម សិ​ទ្ធី រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​អប់​រំ យុវ​ជន និង​កីឡា​ ​​។ រូបថត ហុង មិនា

ភ្នំពេញៈ គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ជិត​៣០០​នាក់​មក​ពី​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស​បាន​ប្រារព្ធ​ពិធី «ទិវា​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​»​កាល​ពី​ថ្ងៃ​សុក្រ នៅ​ឧទ្យាន​សេរីភាព ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​គ្រូ​ដល់​១លាន​រៀល។ ប៉ុន្តែ ​រដ្ឋ​មន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ​បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ថា ក្រសួង​នឹង​ដំឡើង​២០​ភាគរយ​បើ​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​រីក​ចម្រើន។

លោក រ៉ុង ឈុន ប្រធាន​សមាគម​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​កម្ពុជា​ឯករាជ្យ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹង​ថា គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ប្រហែល​៣០០​នាក់ មក​ពី​ទូទាំង​ប្រទេស និង​សិស្សានុសិស្ស​បាន​ផ្ញើ​លិខិត​ទៅ​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល រដ្ឋ​សភា និង​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ ដើម្បី​ស្នើ​សុំ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​បៀវត្សរ៍​យ៉ាង​ហោច​ក៏​ឲ្យ​បាន​មួយ លាន​រៀល​ដែរ ក្នុង​មួយ​ខែ។
លោក​ថា៖​ «យើង​បាន​ស្នើ​សុំ​ជា​ច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​មក​ហើយ​ ចាប់​តាំង​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០០ ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដំឡើង ប៉ុន្តែ ការ​ដំឡើង​នោះ​មិន​ច្រើន​ណាស់​ទេ សុំ​ត្រឹម​តែ​មួយ​លាន​រៀល​ក្នុង​១​ខែ​ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​មាន​តុល្យភាព​នឹង តម្លៃ​ប្រេង និង​អាហារ​ដែល​មាន​តម្លៃ​ខ្ពស់​។ ប៉ុន្តែ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល និង​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ​មិន​ដែល​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ជា​វិជ្ជមាន​ទេ រហូត​ដល់​ពេល​នេះ​»។

អ្នក គ្រូ គឹម ដារ៉ានី មក​ពី​ខេត្ត​ពោធិ៍សាត់​ថា គាត់​បង្រៀន​តាំង​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​១៩៨១ ប៉ុន្តែ​គាត់​នៅ​តែ​ទទួល​បាន​ប្រាក់​ខែ​តែ ៣០​ម៉ឺន​រៀល​។ គាត់​សុំ​ឲ្យ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​ខែ​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​។ អ្នក​គ្រូ​ថា ៖«​តើ​ឲ្យ​ខ្ញុំ​ផ្គត់ផ្គង់​ជីវភាព​គ្រួសារ​យ៉ាង​ម៉េច បើ​អ្វីៗ​នៅ​ទីផ្សារ​ថ្លៃ​ដូច​ជា​ប្រេង​និង​ម្ហូប​ជា​ដើម»។

លោក​គ្រូ សុខ សំអូន មក​ពី​ខេត្ត ស្វាយរៀង​ថា ឥឡូវ​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ធ្វើ​ការងារ​ក្រៅ ពី​ព្រោះ​តែ​ប្រាក់​ខែ​តិច​ចាយ​មិន​គ្រប់គ្រាន់ បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​នឹង​តម្លៃ​ផលិតផល​ទីផ្សារ​។

លោក​ថា៖ «គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ខ្លះ ឆ្លៀត​ទៅ​លក់​ដូរ រត់​ម៉ូតូ​ឌុប ឬ​បង្រៀន​សាលា​ឯកជន ជាដើម។ យើង​មិន​ចង់​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ប៉ះពាល់​ដល់​ជីវភាព​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​គ្មាន​ជម្រើស​ឡើយ​ដើម្បី​ក្រពះ»។
លោក អ៊ឹម សិទ្ធិ រដ្ឋមន្ត្រី​ក្រសួង​អប់រំ យុវជននិង​កីឡា​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ក្នុង​ឱកាស​ទិវា​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​នោះ​ថា ក្រសួង​មិន​បាន​ព្រងើយ​កន្តើយ​ចំពោះ​ជីវភាព​រស់​នៅ​របស់​គ្រូ​បង្រៀន​ឡើយ​ និង​ក៏​មាន​ផែន​ការ​ដំឡើង​ប្រាក់​បៀវត្សរ៍​គ្រូ​ជា​ជំហានៗ​។

លោក​ថា ៖​«​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​នឹង​ដំឡើង​២០​ភាគរយ​ឬ​ច្រើន​ជាង​នេះ​ជា​រៀងរាល់​ឆ្នាំ ​ចាប់​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០១៣​ទៅ។ តែ​ឥឡូវ​យើង​នឹង​ដំឡើង​២០​ភាគរយ បើ​សិន​សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​ជាតិ​រីក​ចម្រើន។ យើង​ពិត​ជា​ចង់​ជំរុញ​គុណភាព​វិស័យ​អប់រំ​ណាស់ ប៉ុន្តែ​សមាគម​ខ្លះ​នៅ​តែ​បន្ទោស​ក្រសួង​»៕ CC

ហេតុ​អ្វី​មនុស្ស​មួយ​ចំនួន​ធំ​មិន​ខំ​សម្អាត​ចិត្ត​ឲ្យ​ស​ដូច​សម្អាត​កាយ?

Monday, 08 October 2012

តុង សុប្រាជ្ញ

 

បន្ទាប់​ពី​កុបកម្ម​ ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​ស្ថាន​ទូត​ប្រទេស​ថៃ​ នៅ​ទីក្រុង​ភ្នំពេញ​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០៣ មក ខ្សែ​ភាពយន្ត​ថៃ ក៏​ត្រូវ​បាន​រលត់​ផុត​បន្តិច​ម្តងៗ​ រហូត​ដល់​លែង​មាន​ចាក់​បញ្ចាំង​ នៅ​តាម​បណ្តាញ​ទូរទស្សន៍​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​នានា​ នា​ពេល​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​នេះ ហើយ​ជំនួស​ដោយ​ខ្សែ​ភាពយន្ត​កូរ៉េ​​វិញ​ម្តង ដែល​តារាៗ​សុទ្ធ​តែ​ស្បែក​ពណ៌​ស ​និង​កែ​សម្ផស្ស​មុខ​មាត់​ច្រមុះ និង​មាន​ចម្រៀង​និង​ចង្វាក់​រាំ​កូរ៉េ​ល្បីៗ ដូចជា Gangnam Style ផង​ដែរ។

ឯ ​យុវវ័យ​ខ្មែរ​ និង​តារាៗ​ខ្មែរ​ស្ទើរ​តែ​ទាំង​អស់​ក៏​ងាយ​នឹង​ឈ្លក់​វង្វេង​ ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ចម្លង​វប្បធម៌​ភ្លាមៗ​ពី​គេ​តាំង​ពី​ម៉ូដ​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់​ ម៉ូដ​សក់​ កាយវិការ របៀប​និយាយ សម្ភារ​និយម​ ជា​ពិសេស ការ​កែ​សម្ផស្ស ​ខំ​ប្រឹង​បក​ស្បែក​ឲ្យស ឬ​ក៏​ចាក់​ថ្នាំ​ឲ្យ​ស​ដូច​តារាៗ​ជន​ជាតិ​កូរ៉េ​ទាំង​នោះ​ទៀត​ផង​ ដោយ​មិន​គិត​ពី​ផល​ប៉ះពាល់​ពេល​ក្រោយ​ទេ​។  ហេតុ​អ្វី​បាន​ជា​មនុស្ស​មួយ​​ចំនួន​ ខិតខំ​ប្រឹង​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​រូប​កាយ​ស តែ​មិន​ខំ​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ​ចិត្ត​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ស​ដូច​រូប​កាយ​?
ទាល់​តែ​ សមត្ថកិច្ច​ឃុំ​ខ្លួន​ និង​តុលាការ​ចោទ​ប្រកាន់​ជា​ផ្លូវ​ការ​ពី​បទ​ជួញ​ដូរ​មនុស្ស​ កាល​ពី​២​សប្តាហ៍​មុន ​ហើយ​ទើប​ដឹង​ថា​ ជន​ជាប់​ចោទ​ ចាន់ ​ស្រីណុច​ ហៅ ​ចែ ​មុំ ​ថៅ​កែ​សម្អាង​កាយ​មីកាហ្សា ជា​អ្នក​ជួញ​ដូរ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ កាលីប​លើ​នៅ​ស្រុក​ខ្មែរ​ ពោល​គឺ​បើ​និយាយ​ឲ្យ ​សាមញ្ញ​ថា ជា​អ្នក​ដឹក​ញី​ បន្ស៊ី​ឈ្មោល​។ ​គឺ​ដឹក​ស្រ្តី​ដែល​មក​កែ​សម្ផស្ស ដែល​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ជា​តារា​ៗ​ ដែល​ជា​អ្នក​ចម្រៀង​និង​តារា​សម្តែ​ង​ក្មេង​ៗ​ ឲ្យ​ទៅ​រួម​ភេទ​ជា​មួយ​តាតា​ដែល​ជា​អ្នក​មាន​ប្រាក់​ ជា​​ពាណិជ្ជករ ឬ​ក៏​ជា​មន្រ្តី​ឋានៈ​ខ្ពស់​ក្នុង​ជួរ​រាជ​រដ្ឋាភិបាល​ នៅ​តាម​សណ្ឋាគារ​នានា​នៅ​ស្រុក​ខ្មែរ​។​ ការ​ដែល​សមត្ថកិច្ច អាច​ឈាន​ដល់​ការ​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​ ចែ​ មុំ​ នោះ​ គឺ​ប្រហែល​ជា​មក​ពី​ការ​ចែក​លុយ​ដែល​បាន​មក​ គេ​ច​មិន​ចាំបាច់​បង់ពន្ធ មិន​ស្មើ​គ្នា ដោយ​មាន​ការ​ស៊ី​លើ​ស៊ី​ក្រោម​រវាង​ ចែ មុំ និង​តារា​ស្រីៗ​ទាំង​នោះ​?​ ឬ​មួយ​ក៏​ ចែ មុំ ​ចរចា​ជាមួយ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​មិន​ត្រូវ​រ៉ូវ​គ្នា​?​
ចំពោះ ​ករណី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​ស្នេហ៍​បែប​នេះ ​គឺ​ឆ្លើយ​តប​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​សិក្សា​ស្រាវជ្រាវ របស់​អង្គការ​ ភីអេសអាយ (PSI) ​កាល​ពី​ឆ្នាំ​២០០២​ ស្តី​អំពី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​សង្សារ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ ប្រទេស​កម្ពុជា​។ ​នៅ​ក្នុង​របាយការណ៍​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​នោះ បាន​លើក​ឡើង​អំពី​ទំនាក់​ទំនង​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​រវាង​តាតា ​និង​ស្រី​តាតា​ ដែល​ពួក​គេ​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ជា​តារា​ចម្រៀង​ ឬ​ក៏​តារា​សម្តែង​ ហើយ​ពួក​គេ​ទារ​លុយ​បាន​ច្រើនៗ​ក្រាស់ក្រែល ពី​តាតា​ទំាង​នោះ​ ហើយ​តារា​ស្រីៗ​ទំាង​នោះ គេ​ហៅថា ស្រ្តី​រក​ស៊ី​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ដោយ​ប្រយោល​។​ នេះ​គ្រាន់​តែ​លើក​យក​ឧទាហរណ៍​មួយ​មក​បង្ហាញ​ថា​ អ្នក​ដែល​ខំ​ប្រឹង​តែ​ពី​សម្អាត​ឲ្យ​ស​ខ្លួន​ប្រាណ​ តែ​ចិត្ត​មិន​បាន​ស​ ដូច​អ្វី​ដែល​នៅ​ខាង​ក្រៅ​ទេ​។​ ដោយ​សារ​តែ​ចង់​បាន​ភាព​ហ៊ឺហា​ចង់​ស្អាត​ទំនើបកម្ម ឲ្យ​ទាន់​សម័យ​នឹង​គេ​ឲ្យ​គេ​មើល​ឃើញ​ថា​សាច់​ឈាម​ជា​អ្នក​ធូរ​ធារ​។​ តារា​ខ្លះ​ខំ​ធ្វើ​ឫកពា​ដូច​ជា​គ្រាន់​បើ ជាមួយ​នឹង​អ្នក​ល្មមៗ​មិន​ស្មើ​នឹង​ខ្លួន​ទេ​។​ តែ​នៅ​ពី​ក្រោយ​ឆាក​វិញ​ គឺ​លក់​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ ដែល​ជា​កេរ្តិ៍​ម៉ែ​ចែក​ឲ្យ​ទៅ​វិញ​ នេះ​ហើយ​មិន​មែន​ជា​វប្បធម៌​ប្រពៃណី​ខ្មែរ​ទេ គឺ​ថែម​ទាំង​បាត់​បង់​ភាព​ថ្លៃថ្នូរ​ជា​ស្រ្តី​ខ្មែរ​។​ តារា​ខ្លះ​ទៀត​ ទៅ​ណាត់​គ្នា​ជា​មួយ​តាតា​ ទៅ​ក្រៅ​ស្រុក​ ហើយ​ប្រាប់​គេ​ឯង​ថា​ ទៅ​ដើរ​មើល​ការ​រក​ស៊ី ​ឬ​ក៏​លំហែ​កម្សាន្ត​នៅ​បរទេស​ក៏​មាន​ដែរ ព្រោះ​បើ​នៅ​ក្នុង​ស្រុក​ខ្លាច​ប្រពន្ធ​ដើម​តាម​ទាន់​។ អ៊ីចឹង​ហើយ​បាន​ចេះ​តែ​ឆ្ងល់​តារា​ស្រីៗ​ មួយ​ចំនួន​ឲ្យ​តែ​បាន​ឡើង​ឆាក​លើ​កញ្ចក់​ទូរទស្សន៍ ​ឬ​ក៏​ចេញ​ខារ៉ាអូខេ​វ៉ុល​នេះ​ វ៉ុល​នោះ ឬ​ចេញ​សម្តែង​រឿង​នេះ ​រឿង​នោះ ​មិន​ទាន់​បាន​ប៉ុន្មាន​ផង​ ក៏​ចាប់​ផ្តើម​ជិះ​រថយន្ត​ទំនើបៗ​ភ្លាម​ ឬ​ក៏​សង់​វីឡា ​សម្ភារ​ទំនើបៗ​ទៀត​ផង​ ហើយ​ចាប់​វាយ​ឫក​លែង​ស្គាល់​មិត្ត​ភក្ដិ​បណ្តើរៗ​ផង​ដែរ​។ បើ​ប្រៀប​ធៀប​តារា​ប្រុសៗ​វិញ​គឺ​ឡើង​យឺត​ណាស់​ ទម្រាំ​ទិញ​រថយន្ត​ល្អ​នឹង​គេ​នោះ​។ ឯ​តាតា​មួយ​ចំនួន​ធំ​វិញ​ គឺ​មើល​ពី​ក្រៅ​ទៅ​ ហ៊ឺហា ​ជាមួយ​នឹង​សម្ភារ​ទំនើបៗ​ គឺ​ខិតខំ​ប្រឹង​ពុករលួយ​លក់​ជាតិ​ លក់​ឧត្តមគតិ​ បាត់បង់​សីលធម៌​ មនោសញ្ចេតនា​អស់ ធ្វើ​យ៉ាង​ណា​រក​លុយ​ឲ្យ​បាន​យក​ទៅ​បំពោក​ឲ្យ​ស្រី​ស្នេហ៍​ដែល​ជា​តារាៗ ​ដើម្បី​ប្រយោជន៍​សប្បាយ​តែ​ខ្លួន​ឯង​ម្នាក់ ជា​ជាង​យក​ថវិកា​ទំាង​នោះ​ទៅ​វិនិយោគ​ជា​មួយ​កុមារ​ដែល​ខំ​ត្រដ​រ​រស់ ​និង​ការ​អប់រំ​របស់​ពួក​គេ​។​ បើ​នៅ​តាម​ស្ថាប័ន​ខ្លះ​ គ្រាន់​តែ​មន្ត្រី​ទាំង ​ធំ​ទាំង​តូច​មួយ​ចំនួន​ចូល​ដល់​ការិយាល័យ​ភ្លាម​គឺ​ឮ​តែ​អួត ដាក់់​គ្នា​តែ​ពី​រឿង​ស្រា ​និង​ស្រី ​ជាង​រក​គំនិត​ថ្មីៗ​មក​អភិវឌ្ឍ​ការងារ​។​ នេះ​ក៏​ដោយ​សារ​តែ​មនុស្ស​សម័យ​បច្ចុប្បន្ន​នេះ ​គឺ​ភាគ​ច្រើន​ឲ្យ​តម្លៃ​ទៅ​លើ​សម្ភារ​និយម​ទំាង​ងងឹត​ងងុល​ដែល​បង្ហាញ​ សម្បក ខាង​ក្រៅ​ថា ជា​មនុស្ស​ល្អ​ ដោយ​មិន​គិត​ថា​ ជា​ចោរ​លួច​ជាតិ​ ចោរ​ប្លន់​ ឬ​ក៏​អ្នក​ជួញ​ដូរ​គ្រឿង​ញៀន ​ជួញ​ដូរ​ផ្លូវ​ភេទ​ទេ ពោល​គឺ​ឲ្យ​តែ​មាន​រថយន្ត​ទំនើបៗ​មាន​វីឡា​ល្អៗ​សុទ្ធ​តែ​ជា​មនុស្ស​ល្អ​ ហើយ។ ផ្ទុយ​ទៅ​វិញ​ មាន​ចំណេះ​ដឹង​ប៉ុនណា​ក៏​ដោយ​ឲ្យ​តែ​រាង​មិន​ទំនង​បន្តិច​តាំង​វាយ​តម្លៃ​ គ្នា​ភ្លាម​។
សរុប ​មក​វិញ​ តើ​ម្នាក់ៗ អាច​ខំ​ប្រឹង​សម្អាត​ចិត្ត​ ថ្លើម​ខាង​ក្នុង​ឲ្យ​ស ​ឲ្យ​ដូច​សម្អាត​រូប​កាយសម្បក​ខាង​ក្រៅ​បាន​ទេ? ចូល​រួម​ផ្តល់​យោ​បល់​តាម​រយៈ​  soprach.tong@phnompenhpost.com

 

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ភ្នំពេញៈ មន្ត្រី​យោធា​ពាក់​ផ្កាយ​២ ម្នាក់ត្រូវ​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ ធ្វើ​ការ​សាកសួរ​បន្ទាប់​ពី​ត្រូវ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​បញ្ជូន​មក​កាលពី​ ម្សិលមិញ​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​ទៅ​នឹង​ការ​ប្រើ​អំណាច​ប្រឆាំង​នឹង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ក្នុង​ ការ​ចុះ​បង្ក្រាប​គ្រឿង​ញៀន ក្នុង​ទីតាំង​សាលារៀន​កែ​សម្ផស្ស​មួយ​កាលពី​សប្តាហ៍​មុន។

 

ប្រភព​ពី​ មន្ត្រី​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ​បាន​ឲ្យ​ដឹងថា លោក​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍ទោ ហាក់ ម៉ៅ ត្រូវ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាប់​បញ្ជូន​ខ្លួន​មក​កាន់​សាលា​ដំបូង​រាជធានី​កាលពី​រសៀល ​ម្សិលមិញ​នេះ ហើយ​តំណាង​អយ្យការ ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា​រង​អម​សាលា​ដំបូង លោក តុប ឈុនឡុង បាន​ធ្វើ​ការ​សាកសួរ រហូត​ទល់​ព្រលប់។

នៅ​ពុំទាន់​មាន​ព័ត៌មាន ​លម្អិត​ពី​ការ​សាកសួរ​លោក​ផ្កាយ​ពីរ​រូប​នេះ​ទេ ខណៈ​ដែល​លោក តុប ឈុនឡុង មិន​អាច​ទាក់ទង​ដើម្បី​សុំ​ការ​អធិប្បាយ​បាន នៅ​ពេល​ដែល​លោក​មិន​ព្រម​ឆ្លើយ​តាម​ទូរស័ព្ទ។ រីឯ​ប្រធាន​តុលាការ​រាជធានី​ភ្នំពេញ លោក ជីវ កេង បាន​មាន​ប្រសាសន៍​ថា៖ « សំណុំ​រឿង​នេះ គឺ​ស្ថិត​នៅ​ក្នុង​ដៃ​ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា ហើយ​និង​ចៅក្រម ខ្ញុំ​មិន​បាន​ដឹង​រឿង​នេះ​ទេ»។

លោក ខេង ទីតូ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​កងរាជ​អាវុធហត្ថ​លើ​ផ្ទៃ​ប្រទេស បាន​បញ្ជាក់​ដែរ​ថា ៖ «ខ្ញុំ​គ្រាន់​តែ​ឮ​ថា មាន​ករណី​នេះ​ដែរ សមត្ថកិច្ច​ជំនាញ​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ការ​ងារ​ហ្នឹង ប៉ុន្តែ ខ្ញុំ​មិន​ទាន់​ទទួល​បាន​របាយការណ៍​ពី​ករណី​នេះ​ទេ»។

កាលពី​ថ្ងៃទី​៣​ តុលា សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​មាន​ប៉ូលិស និង​តុលាការ​ផង​បាន​ចុះ​ឆែកឆេរ​ទីតាំង​មួយ​កន្លែង​ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ករណី​គ្រឿង ​ញៀន នៅ​សាលារៀន​កែ​សម្ផស្ស​យីហោ រស្មី​សោភ័ណ ស្ថិត​នៅ​តាម​ផ្លូវ​២៦៥​ក្នុង​សង្កាត់​ទឹក​ល្អក់​ទី៣ ខណ្ឌ​ទួលគោក និង​បាន​រក​ឃើញ​ថ្នាំ​ញៀន​១​កញ្ចប់ ប៉ុន្តែ ពេល​កំពុង​ធ្វើ​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​នោះ ស្រាប់​តែ​មាន​អង្គរក្ស​របស់​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍ទោ ហាក់ ម៉ៅ ៤-៥ នាក់ បាន​ចូល​មក​រារាំង​មិន​ឲ្យ​ឆេកឆេរ ដោយ​ចោទ​ថា ចូល​ឆែកឆេរ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​គេ​ដោយ​គ្មាន​ដីកា​ឆែកឆេរ។

ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ ឆែកឆេរ​លំនៅដ្ឋាន​នោះ សមត្ថកិច្ច​ក៏​បាន​ឃាត់​ខ្លួន ជន​សង្ស័យ​ម្នាក់​ឈ្មោះ ហួត វលាភ ភេទ​ប្រុស អាយុ ២០​ឆ្នាំ មុខ​របរ​មិន​ពិត​ប្រាកដ ស្នាក់​នៅ​ផ្ទះ​ជួល​ម្តុំ​ផ្សារ​សាមគ្គី សង្កាត់​ផ្សារ​ដេប៉ូ ខណ្ឌ​ទួលគោក នៅ​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃទី​៣ ខែ​តុលា​នោះ នៅ​តាម​បណ្តោយ​ផ្លូវ​១៤០ កែង​ផ្លូវ​២៥០ សង្កាត់​ទឹក​ល្អក់​ទី២ ក្នុង​ពេល​ប៉ូលិស​ប៉ុស្តិ៍​ចុះ​ល្បាត។ ក្នុង​ការ​ឃាត់​ខ្លួន​ជន​នេះ​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ដក​ហូត​បាន​ថ្នាំ​ញៀន​ប្រភេទ​ម៉ា​ ទឹកកក​ចំនួន​៤​កញ្ចប់​ធំ និង ៤​កញ្ចប់​តូច ប្រាក់​ចំនួន ២​ពាន់​ដុល្លារ ម៉ូតូ​ម៉ាក​ហុងដា សេ100 ប្រើ​ប៊ិក ពណ៌​ខៀវ​ពាក់​ស្លាក​ភ្នំពេញ​1BH -5529​មួយ​គ្រឿង។

ពុំ​មាន​ប្រភព​ណា​មួយ​អាច បញ្ជាក់​បាន​ថា  តើ​លោក​ផ្កាយ​២ ហាក់ ម៉ៅ នេះ បម្រើ​ការ​នៅ​អង្គភាព​ណា​នោះ​ទេ ខណៈ​ដែល​លោក​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ឯក ឈុំ សុជាតិ អ្នក​នាំ​ពាក្យ​ក្រសួង​ការពារជាតិ​មិន​អាច​ទាក់ទង​បាន​កាលពី​ព្រលប់​ ម្សិលមិញ។
គួរ​រំឭក​ដែរ​ថា ករណី​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​ថ្នាក់​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍ ពាក់ព័ន្ធ​នឹង​ករណី​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​នេះ មិនមែន​ជា​លើក​ទី១ ទេ ប៉ុន្តែ​កាលពី​រសៀល​ថ្ងៃទី​២៤ ខែ​សីហា ឆ្នាំ​២០១២ កន្លង​ទៅ កម្លាំង​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចម្រុះ​មាន​នគរបាល​និង​កងរាជ​អាវុធហត្ថ​ដែល​ដឹក​នាំ ដោយ​មន្ទីរ​ប្រឆាំង​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​ក្រសួង​មហាផ្ទៃ​រួម​មាន​ព្រះរាជអាជ្ញា​ផង ក៏​បាន​ធ្វើ​ប្រតិបត្តិការ​ចុះ​បង្ក្រាប​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​ទ្រង់ទ្រាយ​ធំ​មួយ ដោយ​ចូល​ឆែកឆេរ​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ​យោធា​ម្នាក់ នៅ​បុរី​ជ្រោយ​បាសាក់ នៅ​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ​លេខ ៤៤ តាម​ផ្លូវ​លំ ក្នុង​ភូមិ​អូរ​អណ្ដូង១ សង្កាត់​ព្រែកប្រា ខណ្ឌមានជ័យ។ លោក​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ​ជាប់​សង្ស័យ​ជួញដូរ​គ្រឿង​ញៀន​នោះ មាន​ឈ្មោះ ចាន់ ឫទ្ធី​ឌី មាន​តួនាទី​ជា​នាយរង​សេនាធិការ​កងទ័ព​ជើង​គោក ត្រូវ​បាន​កង​កម្លាំង​មាន​សមត្ថកិច្ច​ចាប់​ខ្លួន​នៅ​ក្នុង​ភូមិ​គ្រឹះ រួម​ជាមួយ​មនុស្ស​ប្រមាណ​ជា ៣០​នាក់​ផ្សេង​ទៀត។

សាលាដំបូង​រាជធានី​ ភ្នំពេញ នៅ​ថ្ងៃ​ទី៣​ខែ​កក្កដា​មុន​នេះ​ក៏បាន​សម្រេច​កាត់​ទោស​អតីត​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ ផ្កាយ​ពីរ ២ នាក់ ដោយ ម្នាក់​ៗ​ឲ្យ​ជាប់​ពន្ធនាគារ​ជាង​១០​ឆ្នាំ​ដែរ ក្នុង​នោះ​មាន អតីត​ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ ឃួន រឿន អាយុ​៦០​ឆ្នាំ អតីត​មេបញ្ជាការ​រង​យោធ​ភូមិ​ភាគ​ពិសេស​ដាក់​ពន្ធនាគារ​១៦​ឆ្នាំ និង​ពិន័យ​ជា​ប្រាក់​ចំនួន ៣២ លាន​រៀល និង​ផ្តន្ទាទោស​ ឧត្តម​សេនីយ៍​ទោ ឡៃ វីរៈ អតីត​អភិបាល​ខេត្ត​ឧត្តរ​មានជ័យ និង​ជាទី​ប្រឹក្សា​ក្រសួង​ការពារជាតិ ដាក់់​ពន្ធនាគារ​១២​ឆ្នាំ និង​ពិន័យ​ប្រាក់ ២៥ លាន​រៀល ពី​បទ​ជួញដូរ​គ្រឿង​ញៀន និង​ប្រើប្រាស់​អាវុធ​ខុស​ច្បាប់៕