Comments on: Sam Rainsy vs Hor Namhong

By: TalkinKhmer

TalkinKhmer — Mon, 19 May 2008 03:10:31 +0000

If Hor Nam Hong was just a “liaison” between “the Warden” and the prisoners, then why is there “a general dislike” of the man?????? Was Hor Nam Hong in the position of influence that directly affected the lives of the prisoners uder his supervision? I mean when Hor Nam Hong was chosen by the Khmer Rouge to REPRESENT the committee of prisoners, Hor Nam Hong must have been looked upon by the Khmer Rouge as someone who could be talked to.

By: JR

JR — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:11:58 +0000

Doesn’t anybody ever read the words written both on this blog and various other ones, as well as in newspapers, official documents? Hor Nam Hong was head of the prisoners’ committee. As such it can be understood that he was liaison between the Warden and the prisoners. Did he have anything to do with sending people away? No evidence has been presented to this day. Even survivors only suspect, again without anything to back it up except a general dislike of the man. So where does that leave the whole case? It’s plain and simple one of those accusations made by Sam Rainsy to gain stature both at home and abroad, trying to win points by badmouthing members of a government not well liked in the Western world. But still, they support it with $600 million a year. Just let it go.

By: TalkinKhmer

TalkinKhmer — Tue, 13 May 2008 06:19:24 +0000

The contention here is whether Hor Namhong was the “Chief” at Beng Trabaek Prison or not. Hor Namhong himself admitted that he was the Prison Chief at Beng Trabaek. He even had his revolutionary name as “Yaem” and even used revolutionary phrases and terms and ideology on the prisoners under his “supervision”. Hor Namhong also said that he even “sent away” up to 30 members of his own family to be tortured and killed. This clearly shows that Hor Namhong wanted to prove his loyalty to the Khmer Rouge regime. He admitted it and so the truth is revealed. Any interpretations of Hor Namhong’s admission of his former status and actions are simply subjective just like ones about the biblical verses.

By: Around The Web « deathpower

Around The Web « deathpower — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:37:14 +0000

[...] Details Are Sketchy blogged a useful intervention in the ongoing memory wars fought by various adolescent factions of the Khmer political class here. Foreigners are much more interested in these damned symbolic appropriations than most Khmers are – I’m not saying that the Khmer don’t want to memorialize the dead, but rather that the people I’ve spoken to recognize all of these political appropriations for exactly what they are – completely bankrupt opportunism. [...]