KR leaders on trial and their lawyers

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Ta Mok is defended by Cambodia’s best “dressed” and richest lawyer with the best political connections (to the CPP).



Benson Samay, lawyer for a former Khmer Rouge army chief, Ta Mok,

http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2006/07/cambodia-ex-khmer-rouge-military-chief.html



One of Phnom Penh’s ugliest houses, on Norodom Boulevard.

The blend of Roman, Baroque, Thai and Chinese styles reflects the bad taste of Cambodia’ s nouveaux riches. This is the residence and the office of Mr. Benson Samay, a controversial “Lawyer” who was appointed by Prime Minister Hun Sen as Cambodia’s only “Notary”.

Pic and Caption sourced from

http://www.cambodiapolitics.org/photos_weekly/photos.htm
[Message last modified 07-14-2006 09:32am by khemara15]

hi k15,

so what it mean if this lawyer is represented to Ta Mok in the trial??

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This guy look lots like high ranking adviser to Hun Sen. What d aheck is his name? i forget!! Oh Oum yen tieng

Ta mok can stand trial anymore. he is too sick!!

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Originally posted by khemara15
Ta Mok is defended by Cambodia’s best “dressed” and richest lawyer with the best political connections (to the CPP).



Benson Samay, lawyer for a former Khmer Rouge army chief, Ta Mok,

http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2006/07/cambodia-ex-khmer-rouge-military-chief.html



One of Phnom Penh’s ugliest houses, on Norodom Boulevard.

The blend of Roman, Baroque, Thai and Chinese styles reflects the bad taste of Cambodia’ s nouveaux riches. This is the residence and the office of Mr. Benson Samay, a controversial “Lawyer” who was appointed by Prime Minister Hun Sen as Cambodia’s only “Notary”.

Pic and Caption sourced from

http://www.cambodiapolitics.org/photos_weekly/photos.htm
[Message last modified 07-14-2006 09:32am by khemara15]

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[Message last modified 07-13-2006 09:12pm by KlarPrey]

 Ta Mok and others don't have anything to worry about

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Originally posted by lo-ol
hi k15,

so what it mean if this lawyer is represented to Ta Mok in the trial??

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I don't think Ta Mok, Deuch, Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan, Ieng Sary have anything to worry about.

All Cambodian judges who dominate the bench are nominated by the Cambodian government, at least two of whom have done favors to Hun Sen by convicting Cheam Chany and freeing Hun Sen's nephew.

A very interesting passage from Nic Dunlop's "the Lost executioneer" on Deuch's unmasking and confession suggests that the trial would not dwell on why but on how those horrors happened.

Execution orders left at S-21 bore the signatures and execution annotations of Deuch and his boss, the late Son Sen whose superior was Nuon Chea.

If Deuch repeated the confession he made to Nic Dunlop and Nate Thayer, Nuon Chea would be implicated as being the one ultimately responsible for S-21, with the tacit blessing of Pol Pot.

Apart from that, it may be difficult to find and convince eye witnesses to come forward and say that they personally saw Nuon Chea, Khieu Samphan and Ieng Sary kill people. As far as I know, there is no execution order that bears the signature of these three.

hi k15,

sooo is you saying the tribunal will be hard to convict these bad policy makers of KR government including hun sen/cpp and the king's father during the trial??

in your opinion, who is the master key to the trial of finding the truth??

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Originally posted by lo-ol
hi k15,

sooo is you saying the tribunal will be hard to convict these bad policy makers of KR government including hun sen/cpp and the king's father during the trial??

in your opinion, who is the master key to the trial of finding the truth??

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In mine opinion, there is absolutely nothing the truth,
the truth these leaders are brotherhoodly protecting each others till death apart..
The truth is they will happily and peacefully die one by one in the end!

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More info about this guy

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Note: I got this from Camdisc:

Benson Samay or Yinn Kheng's background can be checked with many Khmer elders in Washington DC. Some pieces of information I have received about him and his associates are indeed troublesome. A man from California went to Cambodia (KBH) at the same time period was also promoted to be a lawyer.
It seemed that Lok Samay had never graduate from any US Law school. Since he came to the US from France, he had brought in many people from Cambodia to the US (for money) via his employment. When he went back to Cambodia, he became a "Lawyer" without a law degree with the help of Cambodian corrupt officials, perhaps.
Also check with other former Khmer Republic’s officials where he was (allegedly) accountable or charged for missing government funds and was supposedly to be thrown in Prey Sar Prison. Somehow he escaped the prison and ended up in Laos then later on he went France.
It is unclear that Ta Mok voluntarily retained Benson Samay as his personal attorney. It's quite possible that Benson Samay (knowing that Ta Mok may have a lot of money somewhere) invited himself to be Ta Mok's lawyer.
If the UN is using this kind of individual to be in its trial of the century, then this upcoming trial is truly a waste. All judges, attorneys and everyone who are employed for this trial must be credible enough. Too much Khmer blood had been spilled.



Regards,


> leang grel wrote:
> I would like to add this:
>
> When I was in Srok Khmer a few years back I saw an
> advertisement in Cambodia daily from Benson Samay's
> law firm, which stated that he is member of
> Washington, DC, bar association. I did a search on
> their data base and I even called the DC bar
> association to see if it was true. According to the
> bar, Benson Samay is not a member of DC Bar.
>

yes, you are right Benson Samay is the crook. My uncle used him to help sponsor my cousin and puting 5000.00 dollars into escrow account and he did not perform any duties but I did all the work; at the end he cheat by forgery my uncle signature to get money from escrow account. I do not know when or where he got his law degree/

 Most interesting

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Originally posted by leang_grel
Note: I got this from Camdisc:

Benson Samay or Yinn Kheng's background can be checked with many Khmer elders in Washington DC. Some pieces of information I have received about him and his associates are indeed troublesome. A man from California went to Cambodia (KBH) at the same time period was also promoted to be a lawyer.
It seemed that Lok Samay had never graduate from any US Law school. Since he came to the US from France, he had brought in many people from Cambodia to the US (for money) via his employment. When he went back to Cambodia, he became a "Lawyer" without a law degree with the help of Cambodian corrupt officials, perhaps.
Also check with other former Khmer Republic’s officials where he was (allegedly) accountable or charged for missing government funds and was supposedly to be thrown in Prey Sar Prison. Somehow he escaped the prison and ended up in Laos then later on he went France.
It is unclear that Ta Mok voluntarily retained Benson Samay as his personal attorney. It's quite possible that Benson Samay (knowing that Ta Mok may have a lot of money somewhere) invited himself to be Ta Mok's lawyer.
If the UN is using this kind of individual to be in its trial of the century, then this upcoming trial is truly a waste. All judges, attorneys and everyone who are employed for this trial must be credible enough. Too much Khmer blood had been spilled.



Regards,


> leang grel wrote:
> I would like to add this:
>
> When I was in Srok Khmer a few years back I saw an
> advertisement in Cambodia daily from Benson Samay's
> law firm, which stated that he is member of
> Washington, DC, bar association. I did a search on
> their data base and I even called the DC bar
> association to see if it was true. According to the
> bar, Benson Samay is not a member of DC Bar.
>

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Thank you for the info, leang grel!

Most interesting.

It seems he is not the only not-so-straight forward person from the US or abroad to prosper in Cambodia.

 A "lawyer"

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Originally posted by both505
yes, you are right Benson Samay is the crook. My uncle used him to help sponsor my cousin and puting 5000.00 dollars into escrow account and he did not perform any duties but I did all the work; at the end he cheat by forgery my uncle signature to get money from escrow account. I do not know when or where he got his law degree/

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Your uncle should know better than to use a “lawyer” who

(1) changes his name from Yinn Kheng to Benson Samay (I mean, Peter or Paul maybe, but Benson??? Why not Washington while he is at it?)

(2) does not know the difference between “associates” and “association” as in Law Office of Benson Samay & Association

http://www.yellowpages-cambodia.com/business-services/legal-advisers/law-office-of-benson-samay-and-association-13622.html
(I mean, only law schools that awarded Hun Sen all those doctorates would admit students with such poor English, assuming that Benson Samay, self-proclaimed “Attorney-at-Law”, “Member of the D.C Bar&rdquo did attend any law school.

(3) thinks that this is the ultimate in class.



FYI, Leang Grel and others,

In Cambodia,

(1) one does not need a law degree to join the Cambodian Bar (ref. Hun Sen, Sok An and several other leaders of the CPP are all members of the Bar and the only law they know is law of the jungle).

(2) a doctorate in law can be bought from various mail-order universities around the world, real bricks-and-mortar universities in India or in Cambodia (those in Cambodia are recognized by the alma maters of their presidents (Indian or mail-order universities)

 

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What a waste of money! The money should be spend on health and education for the people.

 Home-delivered PhDs

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Originally posted by khemara15

In Cambodia, a doctorate can be bought from various mail-order universities around the world, real bricks-and-mortar universities in India or in Cambodia (those in Cambodia are recognized by the alma maters of their presidents (Indian or mail-order universities)

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http://ki-media.blogspot.com/2006/07/khmer-intelligence-news-04-july-2006.html

Home-delivered PhD for Hun Sen

For a cost of about $10,000, Prime Minister Hun Sen got a "PhD" delivered to him at his home in Phnom Penh last month by the "Dean" of the totally unknown Rajaphat Ban Somdet Chao Praya "University" that claims to be based in Thailand. To fool the Cambodian people, a number of CPP officials have bought similar "academic degrees" from dubious or non-existing "Universities" (KI, 8 December 2004: "Home-delivered PhDs").

08 December 2004

Home-delivered PhDs

Prominent advertisements in recent issues of Rasmei Kampuchea and Koh Santepheap newspapers show Sok Kong, a prominent businessman (chairman of Sokimex conglomerate), and Nhim Vanda, a prominent politician (holding several positions in the government) receiving in Phnom Penh PhD degrees from the dean of Bharath University, India.

Similar PhDs can be home-delivered to anybody who financially qualifies.

N.B. Both Sok Kong and Nhim Vanda are senior Oknhas.

One of the richest people in Cmabodia and close friend of Hun Sen, "Ong" Sok Kong (who told a Vietnamese newspaper that he is very proud of his Vietnamese heritage)is now the Moha Okhna Bandit(no pun intended)Chairman of SOKIMEX, a private firm whose interests range from gas stations through luxury resorts in Sihanoukville and Siem Reap to the ticket concession to Angkor.

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Originally posted by Fidelity
What a waste of money! The money should be spend on health and education for the people.

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Nay, my beloved friend!
The money should be spent directly into Samdech Hun Sen's pocket and his parasites!

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