Open main menu
Home
Random
Recent changes
Special pages
Community portal
Preferences
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers
Incubator escapee wiki
Search
User menu
Talk
Dark mode
Contributions
Create account
Log in
Editing
Chea Sim
(section)
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
== Commentary == [[Human Rights Watch]] Asia Director [[Brad Adams]] described it as a "mockery of justice" that Chea Sim was able to continue being one of the rulers of the post-Khmer Rouge government without being brought to justice, as Chea Sim was accused of overseeing atrocities committed under his role as a military commander. Brad Adams also accused Chea Sim of operating "a police state" in the 1980s that arrested, imprisoned, and tortured Cambodian political activists without trial.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cambodia: Chea Sim Death Shows Failings of Khmer Rouge Court|url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/06/08/cambodia-chea-sim-death-shows-failings-khmer-rouge-court|website=Human Rights Watch|date=8 June 2015 |accessdate=9 June 2015}}</ref> Minister of Information [[Khieu Kanharith]] criticized ''The Phnom Penh Post'' for publishing an article which accused Chea Sim of violating human rights under the Khmer Rouge regime. Khieu Kanharith said that in the Cambodian tradition, respect for the dead is very important during the mourning ceremony and that ''The Phnom Penh Post'' could be sued if Chea Sim's family members wished to do so.<ref>[http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=63727 Cambodian Information Minister’s Reaction to The Phnom Penh Post]</ref> AKP argued, in that barbaric regime, Samdech Chea Sim was just a simple local official. AKP argued Chea Sim and his family members were also victims (of the regime) as other Cambodian people. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior strongly rejected the comments made by Director of Asia Division for Human Rights Watch and quoted by The Phnom Penh Post.<ref>[http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=63742 More Reaction Against The Phnom Penh Post]</ref> [[Sam Rainsy]], the leader and co-founder of the main opposition party, [[Cambodia National Rescue Party]], and a member of Parliament (MP) for Kampong Cham since July 2014, hailed Chea Sim as a national hero and likened him to the popular late king [[Norodom Sihanouk]] who, Rainsy said, considered Chea Sim as his "little brother". Once considered as the second most powerful man in the government after Hun Sen, Chea Sim, as Rainsy said, was highly regarded for his patriotic ideals and national reconciliation after the Khmer Rouge.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainsy-lauds-late-chea-sim|title = Rainsy lauds late Chea Sim|last = Meas|first = Sokchea|date = 12 June 2015|work = The Phnom Penh Post|access-date = 13 June 2015}}</ref>
Edit summary
(Briefly describe your changes)
By publishing changes, you agree to the
Terms of Use
, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the
CC BY-SA 4.0 License
and the
GFDL
. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)