The Khmer Kampuchea Krom people continue to seek help from humanitarian groups and aid agencies

Khmer Krom Seek NGO Help
Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington
30 July 2007

The Khmer Kampuchea Krom people continue to seek help from
humanitarian groups and aid agencies, but so far no solutions have
been found for one of the country's most oppressed groups.

The Khmer Krom are a unique group living in the Mekong Delta region of
Cambodia and Vietnam and claim their rights are abused in both
countries.

In Vietnam, members claim, they are oppressed for their beliefs and
sometimes jailed as dissidents.

In Cambodia, they are often not issued ID cards or other documents,
are not allowed to participate in elections and their children are
excluded from education, said Ang Chanrith, executive director of the
Khmer Khrom Human Rights Organization.

In Takeo province recently, he said, monks have been killed and
disappeared. These crimes have gone unsolved, he said, speaking as a
guest on "Hello VOA."

Some Khmer Krom were considering establishing a shadow government
outside Vietnam and Cambodia, he said, but this would be done within
legal parameters.

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