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	Sam Rainsy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sam Rainsy was born in Phnom Penh, son of Sam Sary, a member of Cambodia's government for a time in the 1950s.
		Rainsy was elected a member of parliament for Kompong Cham province in those elections, and the party polled 14% of the vote.
		Rainsy went in self-exile on 3 February 2005, citing fear of arrest after a vote in the National Assembly removed parliamentary immunity from himself and fellow SRP MPs Chea Poch and Cheam Channy[2].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sam_Rainsy (416 words)

	Sam Rainsy Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sam Rainsy Party (Pak Sam Rainsy or Kanakpak Som Raeangsee) is a personalist and more or less liberal party in Cambodia.
		The party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats.
		The name of the leader, Sam Rainsy is pronounced in Khmer as Som Raeangsee.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sam_Rainsy_Party (108 words)

	Member Parties - Sam Rainsy Party (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is fully committed to building roads for a peaceful transition towards a liberalized democracy in the Kingdom of Cambodia.
		Despite perpetual threat and intimidation, SRP’s campaign for a new order had been so effective that the ruling party that controlled the entire election process was forced to concede a minimum of 15 out of the 122 seats in the National Assembly to a party that was less than three years old.
		SRP’s vision and commitment are ardently shared by hundreds of thousands of active members throughout Cambodia covering all walks of life, and thousands more all over the world.
	www.cald.org /website/sam_rainsy_party.htm (388 words)

	Unofficial translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sam Rainsy, Parliamentarian for the Kampong Cham Constituency and President of the Samrainsy Party, spoke in a telephone interview broadcasted on Radio FM 105 MHz, organized by the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, stating the ways the Cambodian People's Party lured me to join the coalition government with the Cambodian People's Party that, “Mr.
		Sam Rainsy has defamely told the press, alleging that Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen was plotting to kill five figures of political leaders and civil society, including Samdech Norodom Sirivudh, Secretary-General of the FUNCINPEC Party, H.E. Mr.
		Sam Rainsy’s activities were not the expression of opinion as a parliamentarian in the National Assembly, but they were actions of defamation, serious libel, and mistreatment, spoken publicly to radio and to national and international press (I have a complete tape-record ready to submit to Your Majesty if Your Majesty wishes to listen to).
	www.funcinpec.org /SKP_letter_king_02-14-05.htm (1237 words)

	SAM RAINSY PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Pending the adoption by the National Assembly of a long-awaited law against corruption, the Sam Rainsy Party demands that government officials and businessmen involved in the recently revealed corruption scandal related to World Bank loans be punished according to the UNTAC Criminal Law adopted in 1992 and still in force in Cambodia.
		Statement of SRP MP and Vice-Chairman of The National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution Eng Chhay Eang dated March 24, 2006 regarding the release of prisoners of land dispute cases by the Kampong Chhnang and Banteay Meanchey courts at the intervention of Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy.
		Sam Rainsy Party welcomes all donor participants at the Consultative Group (CG) Meeting and wish you a fruitful dialogue with representatives of the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) regarding issues that we believe should be considered to promote socio-economic progresses in the Kingdom.
	www.samrainsyparty.org (1701 words)

	CALD News - Sam Rainsy Party meets in Manila (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sam was Chairman of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) from 2000 to 2002.
		Sam described the meeting as being most fruitful, adding that it was an historical event.
		Nereus Acosta, MP, CALD Secretary General and Executive Vice President of the Liberal Party of the Philippines stated that “We in CALD and the LP are honored to have hosted the Sam Rainsy Party here in Manila during Sam Rainsy’s and his fellow oppositionists’ time of need.
	www.cald.org /news/srpmeeting.htm (269 words)

	Cambodia - Sam Rainsy
		Sam Rainsy, a brilliant, French-educated free market reformer, outspoken government critic and ardent anticorruptionist, is the darling of Western diplomats.
		Rainsy was stripped of his MP position in parliament and expelled from Funcinpec in May 1995.
		Rainsy formed an alliance with Ranariddh in the run-up to the '98 elections, but has gotten a lot less press since the elections, in which he ran a distant third.
	www.comebackalive.com /df/dplaces/cambodia/player6.htm (202 words)

	Angkor.com - Election 2002
		SRP appeals to all Friends of Cambodia to encourage the NEC to solve these pending electoral disputes in a democratic spirit by implementing democratic practices as observed in advanced countries.
		SRP vehemently protests this political reprisal against its supporters in Poipet and asks international election observers, the donor community and the Royal Government of Thailand to advise the Cambodian authorities to return to the pre-election cross-border regulations for Poipet residents.
		These are raw dispatches from the Sam Rainsy Party--we can't vouch for their truthfulness, but it is generally accepted that the party has been harassed in the runup to the election.
	www.angkor.com /elect02.shtml (5652 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Profile: Sam Rainsy
		Sam Rainsy - the charismatic leader of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) - is one of the most outspoken figures in Cambodian politics.
		French-educated Sam Rainsy started his working life in Paris, where he ran his own accountancy firm.
		Sam Rainsy Party MPs boycotted the new National Assembly, claiming the other two parties violated constitutional procedures in forming the new government.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/138764.stm (330 words)

	PRESS RELEASE BY THE SAM RAINSY PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Through different channels and relays, Hun Sen's ruling CPP is trying to accredit the idea that Opposition leader Sam Rainsy has been a supporter, a collaborator or even an agent of the...
		In short, Raoul Jennar' s argumentation is the following: Because in the past Sam Rainsy opposed the war waged by the Phnom Penh government against the Khmer Rouge, he was a supporter of the Khmer Rouge.
		Sam Rainsy, especially when he was Finance Minister of the Phnom Penh government, has strongly opposed war as a means to solve Cambodia's problems: poverty, corruption, crime, political and social unrest.
	members.aol.com /munysara/cambodge/990822dec.htm (370 words)

	Rich Garella: Cambodian Campaign Documents
		I, Sam Rainsy, appeal to all Cambodian compatriots who are democrats and love freedom and justice to participate in a peaceful mass demonstration organized by the Sam Rainsy Party to demand a truly free and fair election in the near future.
		Sam Rainsy Party staff today identified "with 100 percent certainty" a body unearthed Wednesday in a rubber plantation in Kompong Cham as the corpse of Em Eam, 62, a member of the staff of the district SRP office.
		Party officials often accompany people to register, and election official have refused to register those who were unaccompanied or did not have proof of ruling party membership.
	www.garella.com /rich/camelect/srpdocs1.htm (13731 words)

	SAM RAINSY PARTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Sam Rainsy Party denounces the illogical pretext used by the Military Court authority to deny the visit of two SRP MPs to the detained MP Cheam Channy.
		The Liberal Party of the Philippines would like to express its full support to its sister party in Cambodia, the Sam Rainsy Party, especially in times where the very foundations of freedom and democracy are under threat.
		The Sam Rainsy Party strongly condemns the provocative act of the Samaki Meanchey district authority, Kampong Chhnang province that violates the freedom of assembly of the SRP supporters.
	www.samrainsyparty.org /index_050808.htm (3541 words)

	Cambodia: Opposition party activists under threat - news.amnesty - Amnesty International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chaired by Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian Cheam Channy, the committee is modelled after "shadow ministries" created by opposition parties around the world to monitor the performance of government ministries.
		Hun Sen has also suggested that the Sam Rainsy Party's 24 members of parliament may not be allowed to resume their seats in the National Assembly once they return from abroad.
		The Sam Rainsy Party and some nongovernmental organizations have questioned the legality of the new government, which was formed on the basis of controversial amendments to the Constitution.
	news.amnesty.org /mav/index/ENGASA230052004 (597 words)

	Politics of Cambodia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Prime Minister of Cambodia is a representative from the ruling party of the National Assembly.
		The two other major parties holding seats in the Senate are the Funcinpec party (holding 12 seats) and the Sam Rainsy Party (holding two seats).
		The Funcinpec party holds 26 seats, while the Sam Rainsy Party holds the remaining 24 seats.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Cambodia (1503 words)

	Opposition leader leaves Cambodia, MP arrested aft - Asia Finest Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sam Rainsy, who faces defamation suits including one from Prime Minister Hun Sen and his ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) for accusing the premier of plotting to kill him, was seen boarding a flight around 12:30 pm (0530 GMT).
		Sam Rainsy briefly attended the session of parliament and told reporters he was "not worried at all about this case," but his party said he left Cambodia later in the morning.
		Sam Rainsy last week flew to France and another deputy, Chea Poch, went to the U.S. after their immunity was lifted, Agence France-Presse reported at the time.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=29186 (2407 words)

	Sam Rainsy Party - SRP Governance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In its transformation from opposition party to a loyal opposition, SRP is preparing a package of reforms to be adopted at its party congress to be held in 2005.
		Party officials from village to national level will be elected by party membership at each level;
		SRP development is pro-poor development giving full rights and partnership to local communities and civil society the rights to take part in state policies, monitoring and evaluation.
	www.srpusa.org /srp-govenance.htm (177 words)

	CNN.com - Cambodians defy violence to vote - February 3, 2002
		A candidate from the opposition Sam Rainsy party candidate was found dead Saturday night in his home near the capital.
		The Sam Rainsy Party, headed by opposition leader Sam Rainsy, and the Funcinpec Party of Prince Norodom Ranariddh are in the running against the Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen.
		The CPP is fielding candidates in all 1,621 communes, while Funcinpec is entered in 1,605 and the Sam Rainsy Party in 1,501 communes.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/02/02/cambodia.election (601 words)

	communique: news and views for the independent traveler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sam Rainsy (the party) had released a supposed "hit list" of five people Hun Sen's government targeted for termination.
		The five were: Sam Rainsy (the man), Eng Chhay Eang, Sam Rainsy (the party's) Secretary General, Prince Sirivudh of Ranariddh's party, Kem Sokha of the Cambodia Center for Human Rights and Rong Chhun of the Independent Teacher's Association of Cambodia.
		Sam Rainsy (the man) returned the volley in a $50 million countersuit (ten times more than Hun Sen is claiming in damages) for attempted assassination.
	www.diacritica.com /communique/content/issueone/gvx.html (580 words)

	The Cambodia Daily WEEKEND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Though there are no official polls available, analysts and many urban voters say the opposition Sam Rainsy Party could topple the CPP in Phnom Penh and gain the bulk of the municipality’s 12 seats this year.
		“Sam Rainsy definitely has a strong presence in the city, building on the success he’s had in the last elections,” said Dominic Cardy, an analyst with the US-based National Democratic Institute.
		Regardless of their party favorites, most city residents agree that streets, schools and general infrastructure are better than they were a few years ago.
	www.camnet.com.kh /cambodia.daily/selected_features/campaign.htm (840 words)

	Cambodia: Sam Rainsy on 1997 Bombing
		Editor's note: The article below is the text of a speech by Sam Rainsy, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the 1997 bombing of a pro-democracy demonstration in Phnom Penh.
		We wish to thank the Sam Rainsy Party for permission to reprint this speech.
		STATEMENT BY SAM RAINSY, MP Exactly three years ago, at this very place, at least 16 people were killed and over a hundred others were seriously wounded by the explosions of four grenades tossed at a crowd of peaceful demonstrators by a group of terrorists.
	www.mekong.net /cambodia/rainsy1.htm (798 words)

	Angkor.com
		One of the criticisms of Sam Rainsy is that he is an "anti-Vietnamese racist." This came up recently in Machiavelli on the Mekong (Japan Times, August 27, 2003).
		In the countryside, the SRP has many supporters among the landless farmers because it has been actively denouncing land grab and pushing for a vast land reform, knowing that CPP apparatchiks and their business cronies control most of the country's extensive unexploited land.
		Sam Rainsy has travelled throughout Asia and Europe to drum up international support for his campaign against Hun Sen, his long-time political rival, and the results of the July 27 election.
	www.angkor.com /news03.shtml (3560 words)

	SAM RAINSY PARTY ASKS THE CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT TO FULLY ABIDE BY THE UN REFUGEE CONVENTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Sam Rainsy Party asks the Cambodian government to fully abide by the UN refugee convention to which Cambodia is a signatory.
		This entails granting authorization and giving access and facilities to UNHCR officials to investigate on the spot and take adequate measures to protect would-be refugees, and ensuring that no person seeking asylum in Cambodia is arrested, ill-treated and forcibly sent back to his/her country.
		Today, Members of Parliament Sam Rainsy, Son Chhay and Cheam Channy wrote to Prime Minister Hun Sen to ask him to elaborate on the government policy regarding asylum seekers who have crossed the border from Vietnam and are now in hiding in Cambodia in most unclear conditions.
	www.montagnard-foundation.org /BHIAU/l-02-2709.asp (146 words)

	Khmer News :: Lawsuit filed against Sam Rainsy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In a recent interview with a reporter, opposition party leader Sam Rainsy claimed that the Prime Minister had the intention of killing five public figures in a controversial list issued by Sam Ransy party.
		Sam Rainsy, his party’s secretary, Eng Chhay Eang, Funcipec Secretary-General Prince Norodom Sirivudh, Kem Sokha, the director of the Cambodia Center for human rights ad Rong Chhun, the president of the Cambodian Independent Teacher Association are included in the list.
		Sam Rainsy Party has not commented on or responded to the latest move by the Prime Minister yet.
	www.khmer.ws /news/24.htm (192 words)

	Cambodia: Opposition Party Activists Under Threat (Human Rights Watch, 29-7-2004)
		The party has made no effort to conceal the existence of Committee No. 14, a body of Sam Rainsy Party activists that monitors national defense, veterans’ affairs, demobilization and public security.
		On June 30, the incumbent Cambodian People’s Party led by Prime Minister Hun Sen reached a power sharing agreement with the royalist Funcinpec Party of Prince Norodom Ranariddh.
		The National Assembly — minus all 24 Sam Rainsy Party politicians, who boycotted the session — approved the coalition government on July 15.
	hrw.org /english/docs/2004/07/29/cambod9163.htm (665 words)

	Right Web \| Analysis \| When Democracy Promotion Turns Partisan
		IRI’s support for Sam Rainsy is accompanied by its visceral hatred of Prime Minister Hun Sen. This animosity dates back to a 1997 grenade attack on an SRP rally in which 13 Cambodians were killed and an IRI operative, Ron Abney, was injured.
		The SRP and Funcinpec formed an “Alliance of Democrats” dedicated to removing Hun Sen. On September 10, Sam Rainsy and Prince Norodom Sirivudh (representing Funcinpec) visited Washington and met with Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Mitch McConnell.
		In late February 2004, IRI hosted Rainsy’s wife, Tioulong Saumura (identified only as “a leading SRP member”), at a luncheon in Washington and arranged for her to meet with senators and the State Department.
	rightweb.irc-online.org /rw/756 (1301 words)

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