The recent arrest of former monk Tim Sakhon by Vietnamese authority for ‘undermining national unity’ by organizing peaceful protests in Cambodia to seek international intervention regarding the oppression of the indigenous Khmer Krom people have sent KKF human rights workers on alert. Cambodia once regard as a place of refuge for Khmer Kroms who fled the oppresion in Kampuchea-Krom (South Vietnam). It’s now no longer the case since monk Tim Sakhon was defrocted under the order of the Vietnamese government and sent to jail in Vietnam. KKF human rights workers are more determined than ever in their struggle to seek justice for monk Tim Sakhon. Friday, August 3, 2007 Thanh Nien News (Hanoi, Vietnam) The police have arrested a man who was illegally entering Vietnam on charges of “undermining national unity”. Tim Sakhorn, 39, is of Vietnamese origin but has lived as a monk in Cambodia. He was defrocked last June allegedly for violating rules. After being taken into custody, he confessed that the exiled Khmer Kampuchea-Krom Federation, of which he is a member, provided him with money and materials needed for propaganda against Vietnam. Sakhorn and several other Cambodian monks of Vietnamese origin have organized anti-Vietnam demonstrations in Cambodia, accusing the Vietnamese government of repressing ethnic Khmers. Reported by T.N – Translated by The Vinh
