Cambodia's new oil wealth - 06 Aug 07

[NinjaGodFire]

My uncle is one of the richest in Cambodia over 1 million dollars and own 4 business he's Germany but his wife is Cambodian I'm Cambodia and Chinese :3

[conchwillow]

If there is oil in Cambodia maybe the west will finally do something to help the wonderful khmer people. Or maybe we will stand by and watch just as we did during the Pol Pot years. That sounds more likely.

[kbee213]

messages to all these greedy government official, even pm hun sen. you better stop the corruption and share the oil and gas money to help the poor now or when u die, God will judge you on judgement day. u better enjoy now because there is judgement after u die. u will stand b4 God..

[moneyindabank]

Cambodia needs a Saddam Hussein dictator type..

[camboramb0]

The spirit of the people my ass. My dad sends all his savings to help educate children near his land. Meanwhile, these greedy fuckers takes profit and support Vietnam infrastructure. Nothing against Vietnamese people but fuck Cambodia pm.

[KhemBoSpike]

I miss cambodia so much

[KhmerKorruption]

No matter what anyone says here it will do nothing for the people of Cambodia. because we all call for help from someone else expecting them to do something. if that no one steps forward that country my homeland is never going to regain its former beauty. power,greed,jealousy it what rules that country so who will help? no one if everyone is mute and blind towards this injustice we take advantage of what we have here. and don't see the world around us so i ask again. who will help? besides us.

[USAdude30]

I have traveled to Cambodia twice.The Khmer people are wonderful.It makes me sick to have seen how very poor native Cambodians are being treated in there own country.Horriable puppet government from north Vietnam is raping the land beyond measure and erasing the Khmer culture.

[TheMrxZero]

no one can help Cambodia now.. i hope the president`s son will be replace wit him soon and will do better than him

[TheMrxZero]

example someone give 1,000,000 dollars to the government to do research for oil in Cambodia, the first person who receive that money corrupt 10,000 dollars already then another one take 10,000$ everyone corrupt that money.. finally that money last only 10,000$ for do research for oil.. thats wat they do in cambodia..

[KhmerBubbles]

Cambodian people will not get a penny from the new discovered oil. The government is to greedy, the Oil will go to Vietnamese, HUN SEN will destroy cambodia from the inside out. To much corruption in cambodia, Murder, Rape, Sex Trafficking and Drugs plays apart in everyday corruption in Cambodia, CPP = COMMUNIST PEOPLE PARTY

[DEjuliette04]

they said they believe in d spirit of ppl but do they believe in d spirit of themself

[Bryanros]

change the GOV..they are CORRUPTIONs...fucking khmer GOV....

[temasek65]

TIME TO VISIT CAMBODIA

[evil89]

God! that guy's green tie is so annoying.

[WyolaP]

please UN sptep in to HELP Kmers .........

CORRUPTIONS CAN'T BE SOLVED because the master of all corruptions is the PRIMINISTER HIMSELF.

here is a good example: 7.5 millions dollars NO ordinary people can HIDE the trail/ tracking of records EXCEPT for the bustard HEN SEN and those of his office appointed so called GOVERNERS they all in this CORRUPTED world together WELTHS, PLEASURES, POWERS and they do it all on the SADNESS and PAIN of Khmers and their LANDS.

[koyaustralia]

I hat this this poeple ... always say bad about my country ,,,,, fucking bitch we dont need ur advice in any case ... fuck all

[serialhunter7]

"I know people talk about Anti-corruption Law or sth, but for me the most important is the spirit of the people"

Now, how da fuck did that suppose to answer to the question asked!!!!!????

Khmer government is formed by nothing but a bunch of corrupted hypocrite imposters!

So unfortunate! Sigh...How long will this sihit drag on!

[K3wLaiD]

these fucking government officials keep all the money for themselves and send their fucking rude as children to live her in the U.S. with all that money. and the worst part is a righteous person doesn't dare step up to take down these fuckers when it comes to elections because going against them is asking to get killed. someone save cambodia.

[mykampuchea]

With the new found wealth Good Government should educate, house, and feed their people. We are in 2010 no children should be hungry going to bed.. I am not that religious , but I pray to the Gods let them be judge for what these people doing to their own people.

[sokhunsak]

fuck khmer gov...nothing getting better, but corruptions...

[oudomkeo]

Cambodian governor Sok An never explained the oil issue to the public! In my opinion, Sok an is the most disgusting person and fucking mother fucker in Cambodia. Everybody wishes he would die and go to hell soon! Fuck you mother fucker "Sok An"!

[Tomstered]

Look it dont matter if they have oil or not people will suffer because of the evil corruption government

[BuddhaOn3Lov3]

yup.

[povx09262005]

@Tomstered u r rith..evil of government of cambodian..of sad of million of life

[Tomstered]

Povx0926 i dont understand what are u trying to say???

[povx09262005]

forget about it..if u dun understand...

i mean evil of government man...!!

[atom2009]

Hope they don't get treated like Indonesa by the world bank and IMF

[HappyKhmer]

That's just a way for me to corrupt.

I am the most powerful PM in the world and I will be new billionaire as Thaksin, my best friend. Thaksin will teach me the way to corrupt legally. No one can interrupt me.

[povx09262005]

@HappyKhmer go fuc ur self evil

[legolasthai]

Why can German news agencies not come up with such stories? So sad....

Weeks of coverage about the death of Michael Jackson.... but nothing about Iran, Burma, or any of the other conflicts in this world.....

Thank you aljazeera. Show the west what good journalism is!!!! Thumbs up1

[DrMotorDude]

"It's not the government's money, it's the public's money." WOW! I bet she would NOT have any fans among Obama supporters. She sounds like a true capitalist at heart - MORE POWER TO YOU, THEARY!

[thysawonn]

most of the high rank officials are such a greedy pigs.They want almost everything for themself, and leave the poors dying. sad but very true.

[auckie]

Citizens rarely see the weather of their countries oil.

[LastXdeth]

I hate my government. So full of curreuption and greed.

[airrick16]

There's no forests left in cambodia, believe me i've been there...its deforestation at its worst. Erosion, dust storms on a massive scale. BEcause the gov't is corrupt and sells trees to VIetnam

[spk969]

@airrick16 . You're Right. They ALL have NO EDUCATION at all. One day Cambodia will be gone. Even their RICH children and grand children will have NO PLACE to live or still live in Cambodia but under someone else CONTROL beside their own Khmers. Now, Sihaknouk almost dead, HeN Sen will be next and the others are PIGS. Sihaknouk has too much money before he left Cambodia in the EARLY of the 70' than Thaksen. All his money is in ChiNa's Banks.

[khmersemboi]

SHARE THE MONEY TO THE PUBLIC!!!

[NSGlobal75]

Cmon now its Kampuchea oil money i want it to be used to buy 100 Mig-29's the best right now we have only 2 only two workable J-6's thats sad. 100 Fulcrum... Thailand watch out Lol. i love my Country i wish we have strong Airforce i belive good thing for cambodia and economy whatsoever.

[DAYOUNGFAB]

yo dont forget about the SAMS,lol i wanna the see the thais precious f-16s blow up in their face lol

[swift562]

doung is fucken veitnamese! !!!!! currupt forever in cambodia! long live the free mason who controls them!

[meng4382]

Cambodia country is a prosperous land, full of natural wealth, and Cambodian also nice, friendly, above all people are believe in Buddhism which meant people are afraid of doing bad things, but the politics isn't follow the words of Buddha. That's a tremendous. . . . . , we will gradually taking away. so what we gonna left for the next generations tov........will be nothing????????????????????

[rachy53093]

te duong dara is a vietcong or vietnamese name just wondering emphasis on duong thats what i think look up duong its vietnamese

[PenhKID05]

what kind of cambodia a u ? never said good about country that why other country always look down on us. Is that what u want?

[PenhKID05]

hey narithbk, this guy might be come from no where, he doesn't hav any backgroud or idenity. maybe an alien who always look down on somebody else. bad minded people neva look to better world. i recommend listen to MJ song better world.

[PenhKID05]

it seem u dun know any stuff, if m not wake up. u might be not exist in this world.

[narithbk]

oh really? u said it poor like hell, so does it mean u been to hell before? tell me something about hell, buddy :D

[narithbk]

f**k u a**ho**

[PenhKID05]

Wrong idea to those look on my mother land. Nw we are stronger economic country. Dun think u smart, we are also full of education people. Law will take a bit long to process.

[bubblyyYOUare]

yea u sure got a lot of shit to say for someone who has no idea of all the hardships that go on . fucking dick!

[AnonymousWhitePerson]

Useless Asian Country.

[EDGEN123]

Use the money to invest in factory and make the country more appealing for tourists. It will boost the economy and create more job for the people. Also use the money to invest in the children education, so that cambodia can compete with other countries in the future

[CHEAMKHMER1]

let's use the money for our people. the legacy that you can leave behind is how the governmant can develop our country and help our people.

[KeraPera]

F* corruption. True the money belongs to the public not the corrupted blood draining government.

[camb1986]

ah the motherland...I want to visit. If anyone deserves money its definitely cambodia.

[MontyPython134]

Cambodis struck oil while digging graves for the dead people that commies killed.

[othelonetigero]

i hate corruption !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NSGlobal75]

use the oil funds wisely and make Cambodia great so i'll be proud to say Cambodia is powerful in SE Asia

[NSGlobal75]

i want cambodia to use it funds to build nuclear weapon be as great as china today

[pixela85]

Cambodian government should use the profit from the oil to fund the development of Camko City in addition to helping the poor who are starving for food.

[cslscs]

yes they have to. but i think you are misunderstanding! camkocity is from foreign investment (South Korea). there is nothing relate to government finance...hope you understand and research more for your own understanding

[pixela85]

That's true. Thanks for your clarification.

[sydneytaing]

I don't believe anything they said because this government politicians are worried about  power only.

[chronic00]

Damn My Familys Country looks like shit!

[yongyuth1956]

They should have hang these khmer poeple for liying , They are a bolie , lie almost about every thing .

[camae62]

That's from the evil Thais son of a bitches.

Yongyuth1956, I know, your evil heart wish that we Khmer all vanish so you Thai thieves can evolved the rest of our land, just like you Thai scums did in the 11 and 12th centuries.

[jaonthairobber666]

The US didn't buy California , Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and other South western states from Mexico, they took them by force. They purchased Alaska from Russia for 7million bucks. Bought the Louisiana territory from the french long before that.

[jlong232]

When these crooks (Hun Sen and other senior officials) die, will they take wealth with them? Please help our people from hunger.

[shinkyoto]

jlong232 You ask will they take wealth with them? No they won't

but some shithole will take it in the end (the way of music chair policy)

[LuvKhm3R]

the goverment need to look at the poor, and be like American...because American everyone have the same right.. they don't just kill anybody that talk about the goverment...that consider it....

[namreth]

ALso America was built off not only slavery, but stealing land, and genocide. They stole the land of indians and killed of many of them, did you know that they made it a law that if you had less then a certain percentage of indian blood , then they dont consider you indian, while if you have even 1% of african american blood your considered they fucken slave. Not to mention America bought California from Mexico with the gold that belong to mexicO

[namreth]

Hey scootthall82 let me help educate you and a little history that was probably not taught to you, cambodia is in its state today because of the stupid americans. If they had spend 5 years bombing cambodia, destorying the economy, the land and its people, the khmer roughe would have never gotten into power and millions of khmers would have never died. Also western countries cant distrubute nothing, if they knew how america wouldnt be in owe billions of dollars.

[BlueRice]

i just want to quote the last line, " oil could be a curse".

think about it...

[jackmol]

cambodian government need alot of institutional development, to chanel fund to the poor to reduce the gap between the rich and poor,..beside institutional development, the governing structure and mentality have to be changed as well to eliminate curruption,but the change need to take place gradually,...be patient,

[emoboi10]

I hope Cambodia uses its money wisely and become something like Dubai!

=]

[AngKoRiaN1]

yeah maNg.

[Dardicuzz]

This is an honest request. Please, can anyone in Cambodia truly confirm that the oil explorations did, in actuality, struck oil?

[personyq]

it's simply dute ...if you wanna know the fact why not get search in google with "Oil in Cambodia"...with all the best.

[scotthall82]

everyoen angelchouk is a little girl who thinks she knows everything. please dont insult her she will cry. please let her express her little feelings. and dont argue. angelchouk cleans my uncles toilet.

[thyshadee]

did you hear corrupted khmer politician? Cambodia is one of the most corrupted country!!!! can you hear it ? if you,brainless politician,couldn't , u are truly deaf!!!!

[thyshadee]

behold khmer ppl , they are desperately waiting the day of gloriousness, they live with money as much as .5c usd everyday.And government compare Cambodia in the present to khmer rouge regime,why don't govt try to compare Cambodia to some others develop country or to the king regime during 60's???sigh...cn't do nth but wishing govt will be changed sometime after our brainless pm get a passport to go to hell...

[pochlomin]

The oil revenue will only benefit Hun Sen and his family.

[HarmoniousHom]

The "what" gov?..)I didn't know Cambodia has

a government; I thought they have a terrorist

ruler. May God have mercy from heaven upon

the upright in hearts. Put not your confidence

in the arm of flesh. Father in heaven hear the

cry of the poor and forgive their sin and lift

them out of the dunghill and set them among

the princes of the land. And let those who

despise the poor be brought low to the dust.

[AzNsoul16]

wtf are u some idiot believer in god?? u fagget bitch fuck your god

[franciscan2007]

now america's feet will open there after middle east,,,vietnam is getting better every day god

[KhmerSerey1]

Some may call it complaining and wining,but i call it a protest followed by action,if you think a protest lead to nowhere,then you insult all the burmese people and monks who took to the street,well my friend i take to the internet superhighway,come this election i will take to siamreap ;)

[KhmerSerey1]

Well guesse what boys,the vietnamese and the thais want a piece of the action,are you surprise ??

[KhmerKandal]

They want everything from Cambodia like those of the blood sucker leeches.

[AngKoRiaN1]

haha wat u dink. thais are like dogs living of Khmer, we'll take care of that later. and fuck the vietmese

[louyht7]

fuk u 2 bitch

[AngKoRiaN1]

bitch go jack off to a bowl of pho

[louyht7]

atleast we have pho wat yall have crickets or rats lol bunch of nasty ass cambuchia haha

[AngKoRiaN1]

better than dogs

[louyht7]

cricket n rats are worse than dog man

[AngKoRiaN1]

they eat it everyowhere. dog eats shit

[Maybeamac]

Cambo has crap oil everyone know for long time. We should focus on logging and stoping illegal logging. Do you know how much money we lose because of illegal logging. Cough cough. Hun sen. But yea our oil is crap

[menmalis]

I don't understand well why Mr. Dara did not answer the question asked by Macdonald. He referred to the spirit of people. What did he mean? This sounds nonsensical to me. Stop lying to the public or it will be self-defeated. Abraham Lincoln says: you can lie to all people some the time and some people all of the time, but you cannot lie to all people all of the time.

[angelchouk]

As a Khmer person, I have always heard from my families that Khmer land is rich in oil. The West had known about it for sometimes, particularly the French, but they have been unsuccessful trying to take it. I guess now they are at it again, and this time, it appears they are very aggressive in digging up the black diamond from Khmer land. It's a BIG agenda for America to gain- I hope US does not turn Cambodia into another Iraq- fighting over oil, but claiming their agenda to help pro-demoncracy.

[scotthall82]

u moron. without other foriegn investment you think cambodia could even build a well? all the money cambodia makes goes to the elite family that needs to be shot in the head. quit being anti-western and think about who runs cambodia thats messing up the country.

[angelchouk]

UR MORON!! You think the West is helping Khmer? The West is there because of oil from Khmer, nothing more! The money goes to elite family in Cambodia, just like anywhere else, it's typical politics .. if you think Cambodia is alone in this- you are DUMB enough to believe it. Do some real research! Do you think America is successful today because of its own citizens? No, American govt bought a lot of foreign brains to build America. You have no knowledge or expertise on Khmer ... you have no say!

[scotthall82]

ur the moron no need to cry about. america built there wealth from world war 2. and they had 1,000,000 times more in united states than cambodia puddle of oil. i never said america is succesful from their own citizens learn how to read where in that comment did i say that? they built their country on slavery. unfortunealty you arent doing a great job over there. if you were cambodia would be a better place. i bet you dont even know where the oil in cambodia is located and how much is there.

[scotthall82]

im from canada. and we have over 1 trillion barrels of oil. if you ever heard of a country called venezuela they have over a trillion barrel of oil also. you think ANY WESTERN country will want to waist money just for a months worth of oil if it was in full production. you is ignorant and need to go back to washing my toilets. everyone knows this money will not benifit the people. western country knows how to distribute the wealth is all im saying.

[angelchouk]

What the f-ing name is scotthall? Did your f-ing mother give the name or some moron like you? You pretend to know so much when you don't, espcially about Khmer. You don't know a fraction of what you claim. I know that US and Canada are countries established on robbery- robed from the Native Indians ... US and Canada oil my ass, when you are a bunch of thieves. I know that thieves like you are lucky to be qualify for my toilet washing, but I know you are not even qualify for washing my toilet.

[angelchouk]

Moron scotthall, your grammar is poor- I don't know what you are by ethnic group, but going back to school and having a better writing is a start. You need to change your name for one- if you don't know one, you can be called "Moronee". You don't know yourself .. how can you impose your ignorance on someone else? Stop making comments on Khmer because you are NOT qualify for any decent comments you have made thus far. Khmer had been around for thousands of years. Goodbye Moronee! Brush you teeth!

[scotthall82]

wow im going to stop talking to you. i obviously hurt your little girly feelings. bye. i have better things to do then listen to your cry. you just dont understand my point. thats why you need to use profanity. bye little girl bye bye.

[angelchouk]

Hi Moronee, a retarded person like you have a point to make??? You invited me to be your buddy-- YOU ARE VERY MUCH MISTAKEN!!! I don't have friends like you-- cheap, a moron, uneducated, unsophisticated, and crazy. Khmer have a native homeland since the beginning of time. Khmer do not make friends who are robbers and thieves-- those are considered trashy scums to Khmer. I'm so hurt that you invited me to be your friend. You will have no friendship from me!!!!!!!! ENOUGH SAID!!!!!

[onatdonuts]

The government should be transparent enough to inform the public about the last wealth discovery in the country... I'm afriad that the profit of theses reserves will go directly to the pockets of few greedy politicians. Cambodians should be vigilant about this. This reserves are for the entire nation for the people...

[careyteacher]

The world is dependant on oil, but that doesn't mean things can't change. Oil is the biggest killer today, and it's causing so much damage to this earth, I hope Cambodia thinks environment, not just money.

It's our right to breath fresh air as people on this earth, think solar, wind power, human power, water power and charish what we have, because this earth is becoming a shadow because of OIL and corruption.

[andrewvan1]

AhmeK cont'd>>We don't need to think big...only 10% of revenue to the People who elects their reps, will help Khmers to live together, with no cheating. Let's make this "BILL OF RIGHTS" for Cambodian people in sharing OIL revenue to People KHMERS!Send your opinion to WB thru Teary Seng now.

[AhmekKhmer]

If the people do get the fare share you have seen elderly on pension money. Just look at the Angkor tourist business, they are collecting the people money and make them self GOD which people believe that they are helping them. The government at first does not have the power it is the people who surrender it by electing them to abuse the people own rights. There is no condition or fine prints written on the ballot paper, so why vote for something you don't know?

[andrewvan1]

Ahmek>>>we must start to defend ourself...if you knew all the past( appreciate your video)...and don't let it repeat! Complaints alone will not bring results...actions will! Buddha said "Help yourself, and then Gods will".

[AhmekKhmer]

There is no ways that the people of Cambodia get the fare share, it is all belong to the business people in power. What you will see is new roads more school which are there to cover up the corrupted profits and make people believe it is that money. To limit these crooks right is not to elect them in office because they are selling generic products which doesn't live up to expectation.

[andrewvan1]

To Theary:

we here in the USA appreciate so much your clear message. We wish receiving from you more current messages about the social development and implemenation, related to OIL opportunities for the welfare of Khmer people.Thanks.

[andrewvan1]

To whom it may concern>>>Please make a LAW by now for cambodian WEALTHFARE (I spell it good..not welfare)and make it enforce without biase-by International Security (if needed) to bar corruption and tyrans from ripping-off the people wealth...PEOPLE is the LANDLORD.

All broters of good Khmer heart...please enjoy sharing!

[andrewvan1]

TO ALL THIS MAY CONCERN>>>I appeal Angkor's spirit, to share the worst and the best...the worst wast passed,now please SHARE the wealth to all cambodians.

I also appeal to the UN and all nations which defend Human rights and Democracy to defend the people of Cambodia..their revenue from OIL in the near future.

[thai1959]

The love of money is the root of all evil.Not money it's self. Just the love of it.I so wish Cambodians had a decent goverment.They need a big dose of kindness so badly after what they have had to endure.

[KeoMeas]

Hope things work out well--he money will be used toward the public goods .Thanks for sharing.

[LostKhmerBoi]

one team one fight guys, hooyah.

[bluetuber80]

The style of reporting reminds me of the BBC, are there any ties?

[ephesus]

No.

[Trilinguist]

they should have discovered this oil 10 years from now instead of a few years ago.

[xqsiteazn]

Huh? "There is no need for an anti-corruption law, just the spirit of the people". Can someone interpret his comment for me, before I die of a painful death by nauseating and diarrhea! There you go a word of wisdom from the mouth of one of the crooks who will benefit the most from the deal!

[SamplesKilledMusic]

"For the love of money is the root of all evil." Timothy, 6:10

[ephesus]

No, "the lack of money is the root of all evil"

[USthuglord]

I dig for political stance the lot of you...Justice for the peoples of Cambodia....May the Heavens bless the procession

[Nicholad99]

Oh boy, pretext for a Cambodian invasion by bush and cheney

[1gregmichael]

One of the world most corrupt countries? USA, Britain, France, Australia are very corrupt too. Just better at hiding it.

[kings2099]

Your absolutely right about that!

[andrewvan1]

kings>>share the news of OIL wealth to our Khmer Brothers, calling them to watch this video,please,...and really must HOPE for the revenue of all Cambodias...not only the favorite class.

[Vence333]

damn oil IS a curse !

[fmm3]

Oil in the wrong place is a curse!

[binsaif]

Where is the right place? America? You Yankee Imperialist.

[fmm3]

Well the right place is where it won't War, in-fighting, and more blood shed? Some countries would be better off without any natural resources because simply they kill each other for it? Whats the point? Everyone should benefit its not communist nor imperialist its simple

[daedius]

Greed is a curse, get your head straight.