Ku Srah Srey Jan 07 - Khmer Krom Recipes
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Ku Srah Srey Jan 07 - Khmer Krom Recipes
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YEAR.2_No.10 <strong>Jan</strong>uary 20<strong>07</strong> www.khmerkromrecipes.com KU SRAHSREY Magazine<br />
Only 35% of <strong>Khmer</strong> Kampuchea <strong>Krom</strong> living in Cambodia hold a Cambodian<br />
citizenship ID. Those who don't live in discrimination in their ancestral nation.<br />
Thursday, <strong>Jan</strong>uary 11, 20<strong>07</strong><br />
Only 35% hold an ID card<br />
By Leang Delux<br />
Cambodge Soir<br />
Translated from French by Luc Sâr<br />
The <strong>Khmer</strong> Kampuchea <strong>Krom</strong> Human Rights Organization presented yesterday a report<br />
detailing the living conditions of <strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong> people in Cambodia. The investigation report<br />
indicated that the principal demand of these “immigrants” was to become naturalized citizens<br />
by obtaining a Cambodian identification card, without which, their fundamental citizen<br />
rights, such as the right to vote, access to schooling and work, are being refused.<br />
According to Ang Chanrith, the executive director of the Organization, only 35% of the<br />
some 1.5 million <strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong> people accounted in the census hold a Cambodian citizen identification<br />
card. Most of them had to lie about their actual birthplace, or even change their last<br />
name [in order to obtain citizen identification card]. “The local authorities said that they cannot<br />
issue birth certificates and ID cards to these [<strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong>] people because they [the authorities]<br />
did not receive any order on this matter from the Ministry of Interior,” Ang Chanrith explained<br />
during a press conference.<br />
A <strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong> man from Takeo anonymously testified and explained to the audience<br />
the daily difficulties he encounters for living without an official citizenship identification card.<br />
“They said that we are human beings, Normally, it would be the identification card. where is<br />
the official document which recognizes that? I can support going on without having food to<br />
eat, but I am demanding my identification card. Without this card, we have no right, we cannot<br />
move anywhere at all,” the anonymous man explained.<br />
According to Ang Chanrith, the refusal by the authorities to provide the citizenship to<br />
<strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong> people living in Cambodia is tantamount to maintaining them in misery. Almost<br />
60% of the <strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong> population in Cambodia consists of women, and 90% of them are<br />
illiterate. Too busy to help their parents, 70% of <strong>Khmer</strong> <strong>Krom</strong> children living in Cambodia do<br />
not attend school.<br />
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