Cambodia mourns Water Festival dead

"As far as I am concerned we should demolish that bridge in order to prevent future problems. Although it is a newly-constructed bridge, it has killed so many people. So we should destroy it." - So Phum, survivor of Koh Pich tragedyNovember 26, 2010ABC Radio AustraliaCrowds of mourners in Cambodia have offered flowers and incense at the site of a stampede that killed 347 people. The government declared a national day of mourning yesterday...

A-C-C-O-U-N-T-A-B-I-L-I-T-Y: A word unknown by P.Penh police chief Touch Naroth

Touch Naroth: The UNACCOUNTABLE Phnom Penh police chief Touch Naroth rejects accusations made [against the police]25 Nov 2010Everyday.com.khTranslated from Khmer by SoyTouch Naroth, the Phnom Penh city police commissioner, rejected all accusations made by the opposition and the civil society organizations. He declared that the deaths were not caused by the inability of the authority to reign in the situation, but that it was due to...

"I think the government and the owners of the Diamond Island have to be responsible for the tragedy": Sat Narith, student at the National University o

Question raised on accountability for stampede on national mourning day by Zhuli Ngoun SovanPHNOM PENH, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- When Meas Neang bent down and plug joss sticks into the burner on the altar, the sorrow seemed so heavy that she could hardly stand up again."I am not blaming any small and big officials, I just wonder why 'happiness turned to anguish'," said the 57-year-old woman, who came from Kandal province to Phnom Penh to dedicate lotus buds and incense sticks to those killed in Monday's stampede.She was worried that she...

Opposition: Kep Chuktema and Touch Naroth must resign

Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman 25 Nov 2010Everyday.com.khTranslated from Khmer by SoyOn Wednesday, the opposition party and civil society organizations called on Kep Chuktema, the governor of the city of Phnom Penh, and Touch Naroth, the Phnom Penh city police commissioner, to resign from their position because they were involved in the Koh Pich bridge tragedy. Kem Sokha, HRP president, said: “The government must punish high-ranking officials...

"Who is responsible for the Koh Pich tragedy?": Incompetence of the authority, the police and the hospital

Survivors of Monday's stampede lie on a bed at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital late Monday, leaving over three hundred dead and scores injured in what Prime Minister Hun Sen called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (Photo: AP) Hello VOA Program with interview of the eyewitnesses...

Cambodia: AHRC expresses sympathy, calls for investigation of stampede

Wednesday, 24 November 2010 Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission Rebecca Buckwalter-PozaThe AHRC wishes to express the deepest sympathies to the people of Cambodia in the aftermath of the Bon Om Touk festival stampede that this Monday night left at least 375 dead and 755 injured according to Cambodia’s Bayon TV.Prime Minister Hun Sen recognized Monday night as "the biggest tragedy we have experienced in the last 31 years, since the collapse of the Khmer Rouge regime." The majority of those who perished were from rural areas....

Koh Pich Mourning - A Poem in Khmer by Sy Salen

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Yo... Operatta Operetta King, where are you when your nation is in pain?

Has the Cambodian King disappear...

A Nation in Grief - A Nation Transformed

A Cambodian man carries the body of his son killed in a stampede, at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Thousands of people stampeded during a festival in the Cambodian capital late Monday, leaving over three hundred dead and scores injured in what Prime Minister Hun Sen called the country's biggest tragedy since the 1970s reign of terror by the Khmer Rouge. (Photo: AP) A Nation in Grief - A Nation...

"Sokaneadakam Ti Buon" a Poem in Khmer by Hin Sithan

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A reader's observation

ម្សិលមិញ ខ្ញុំបានទៅគោរពវិញ្ញាណខន្ធបងប្អូនរួមជាតិដែលបានស្លាប់នៅស្ពានពេជ្រនោះ នាវេលាម៉ោង ៥ ល្ងាចជាងហើយ៕ប៉ូលីសម្នាក់ដែលប្រចាំការទីនោះ បានត្អូញត្អែរប្រាប់ខ្ញុំថា គេចាត់ឲ្យពួកខ្ញុំមកយាមទីនេះ តាំងពីម៉ោង ៤ ព្រឹក រហូតដល់ថ្មើនេះហើយ មិនទាន់មានកំលាំងមកជំនួសផង។ពួកគាត់នើយហត់ក្រោមកំដៅថ្ងៃស្ទើរខ្យល់ចាប់។បើយើងគឹតមួយភ្លែតដូចជាតូចទេ។ តែបើគឹតឲ្យសព្វ ឃើញថា របៀប ចាត់ចែង ការងារ របស់កំលាំង សមត្ថកិច្ច យើងអន់ ពេកណាស់។ នេះហើយជាបុព្ធហេតុមួយ ដែលបណ្តាលឲ្យជនរួមជាតិស្លាប់យ៉ាងច្រើនបែបនេះ...