Impunity For Transnational Repression Must End After Murder Of Former Cambodian Lawmaker In Bangkok

ចែករំលែក ៖​

David Whitehouse
Jan 22

Former Cambodian opposition member of parliament Lim Kimya, who was also a French citizen, was shot and killed in Bangkok on January 7.

Thailand’s courts have issued an arrest warrant for Ly Ratanakrasmey, an adviser to Cambodian dictator Hun Sen, in connection with the killing.

The case fits into a long-standing pattern of transnational repression by the Cambodian regime. My article, published by the US-based diasporic Khmer Movement for Democracy, summarizes cases where diasporic Cambodians are victims of transnational repression in Asia, North America and Europe.

The Cambodian pattern is part of the wider rise of transnational repression. The regime, along with only Myanmar in Southeast Asia, is a partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which includes larger perpetrators such as China and Russia. The SCO is known to share information used for transnational repression.

The article argues that the US should adopt the Transnational Repression Policy Act, introduced in March 2023 by a bipartisan group of senators.

Read the article here: https://shorturl.at/FqL07

ព័ត៌មានថ្មីបំផុត
លោក ស សុខា ប្រាប់ពលរដ្ឋកុំឱ្យសងប្រាក់កម្ចីខុសច្បាប់ / Mr. Sar Sokha has urged the public not to repay illegal loans
ហ៊ុន សែន និង ឃ្លាំង ហួត មានចន្លោះពេលតែ ៣ ថ្ងៃទេ ដើម្បីសម្លាប់លោក លឹម គឹមយ៉ា
ក្នុងករណីរឿងលោកគ្រូ រ៉ុងឈុន ដែលត្រូវបានតុលាការភ្នំពេញកាត់ទោសឲ្យសងជំងឺចិត្ត ១០ម៉ឺនដុល្លារនោះ វាគឺជារឿងថោកទាបបំផុត / The sentencing of Mr. Rong Chun by the Phnom Penh court, which ordered a compensation payment of $100,000, is a clear example of the judiciary being weaponized for political repression
ក្នុងបទសម្ភាសន៍​ជាមួយអាស៊ីសេរី លោក សម រង្ស៊ី ឆ្លើយតបនឹងការចោទប្រកាន់របស់លោក ហ៊ុន សែន ជុំវិញគម្រោងធ្វើឃាតលោក ហ៊ុន សែន
ឃ្លាំង ហួត ក៏អាចនឹង​ក្លាយ​ជា​ចំណី​ក្រពើ​ឆាប់​ៗ​នេះ​ដែរ ហ៊ុន សែន មិន​ទុក​ទេ​ / Khleang Huot might meet the same fate soon, as Hun Sen is unlikely to let this matter rest
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