Vietnamese ambassador in Phnom Penh, Mr Nguyen Chien Thang announced the Vietnamese Embassy will organize a visit for journalists to visit Khmer Krom people in the Mekong Delta, supposedly to see the actual situation of the living conditions of Khmer Kroms, according the Khmer language newspaper Koh Sontepheap. The announcement was made after waves of report of religious and human rights oppressions towards the indigenous Khmer Krom people. Previously on many occasions, the Vietnamese communist government have sent secrete agents posed as reporters to interview Khmer Krom, those who talked to the fake journalist were later met with intimidations and further oppression by the Authority for telling the truth. This organized press visit will once again caused fear among the Khmer Krom population. Khmer Kroms are afraid to speak to the journalists, and the people that journalists can interview are those who work for the Vietnamese communist party who will paint a rosy picture for the Viet Cong. Comes with this declaration, Mr Nguyen also change the charge regarding former monk Tim Sakhon who are currently jailed in Vietnam. Previously he was charged with “undermining national unity”, the new charge is with “undermining the religion between the two countries”. – Khmer Krom Network
