Seng Kunakar: Cambodian dictatorial approach in this IT era

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As I am one of the ki-media fans and publishers, I don't think that ki-media is among those Khmer extremists. Ki-media is just the hub of collecting news from other sources. I would like to suggest ki-media webmaster to hit on the right person, not the substitute ones. As what I have observed Cambodian politics for more than 10 years, I have realized that Khmer monarch, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are just the substitute persons. The designers of Cambodian political drama are not them at all. They are just the actors who are hired by the film producer. We cannot expect any change soon in Cambodia if we hit on the wrong persons.

I am sad to hear that Seng Kunakar has been trialed by the municipal court of Phnom Penh on December 19, 2010 because of his personal favorite with online blog-news ki-media. This is the first time that CPP government is using the silencing method by trying one of the internet surfers because of his personal favorite website. Previously, we have seen only those dissents expressed through publishing media such as newspapers and books, the commentators on radio or visual TV channel were trialed of defamation.

Now, the government has sentenced one of the ki-media's fans in order to silence others not to surf this website, but it doesn't make sense while government doesn't have plan to shut down this website. Of course, it is clearly showing us the "strategy" of government to keep this political play alive and screen it to a long term future to keep Cambodian people as their "political hostages".

Current IT era, a group of smart advisers of CPP government have been aware of IT can possibly frighten or destabilize their power. Of course, all Cambodians must realize that political show in Cambodia require intellectual people to watch it; we should not allow extremists and narrow minded people to get into this show-room.

As I am one of the ki-media fans and publishers, I don't think that ki-media is among those Khmer extremists. Ki-media is just the hub of collecting news from other sources. I would like to suggest ki-media webmaster to hit on the right person, not the substitute ones. As what I have observed Cambodian politics for more than 10 years, I have realized that Khmer monarchs, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are just the substitute persons. The designers of Cambodian political drama are not them at all. They are just the actors who are hired by the film producer. We cannot expect any change soon in Cambodia if we hit on the wrong persons.

Following are my recommendations:

1. The actual person who wants to change Cambodian history about its map is Var Kimhong. The co-existing policy of Vietnam under China's pressure is to maintain its influences over Cambodia forever.
2. Ki-media should post Var Kimhong picture only in this treasonous act of the nation in its sidebar like my website.
3. The poems and articles which are abusive of Cambodian monarch should not be posted as posting those things will not prevail any positive outcome for Cambodia especially it is hard to change the heart of major Cambodians by posting this.
4. This time we post the photo of Var Kimhong, next time we will post the photo of Hor Namhong etc. Var Kimhong and Hor Namhong are very vivid. Their political knowledge and ability is far beyond Sihanouk, Sihamuni, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin.

In the meantime, I would like to condemn CPP government for jailing ki-media's fan, Mr. Seng Kunakar. It is only increasing hostility of Cambodian people who are the real protectors of Cambodian nation in the future. It is only worsening the reputation of CPP government whose administrative is so weak because they have always pursued zero tolerance to all critics and dissents.

As one of the ki-media's publishers, I would like to plea CPP government to release Mr. Seng Kunakar soon and I am posting only photo of Var Kimhong as the traitor in my website for your compensation.

Khmer Young