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I was born in Central Highlands of Vietnam, and my life had been experienced from where my home peaceful village was before the Vietnam War , after the war, and now I am living in the most modern society on this planet. From my mother tongue to several languages that I have to adapt (Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thailand), from a simple society to complexity society....But one thing I would like to share the world that I still missed and I have nothing to compare with what ever people would say about civilization and backwardness where we were no familiar with robbery, alcoholic, prostitution, trafficking.....our home no need to be lock and our farms never being rob.
It was 40 years now, I have several times to visit my birthplace and my witnesses beyond the face of development in Central Highlands nowadays. One thing I would like to share with you that if you trust to what your eyes seeing, your ears hearing on the street is totally different with my people are facing.
Why these people keep escaping from their birthplace? And I ask you why people who occupies their homeland not willing to bring love and education instead of greedy, manipulating, and destroying the best on earth?
Dec 01, 2014 01:29 PM
Reply to this commentI am really concerned that the Montagnard people are sick and hungry. I am also concerned with the fact that the SHAMELESS international community is not speaking up on their behalf, like how it did nothing for the Jews as they were gassed in concentration camps.
Vietnam is a death camp for them. That is why they escaped to Cambodia. If they are sent back they will go to jail and get tortured and die of "accident" or something like that. All lives matter. Black, white, Asian, Montagnard...they still count.
So please give them refugee status and resettle them in a safe country. It doesn't take a blind man to see why they ran away.
Nov 30, 2014 01:19 PM
Reply to this commentWho is a traitor?
In order to pass the land of Motagnards
Ho Chi Minh promises to recover autonomy for the Montagnards.
In order to take the land of Montagnard CSVN charged Montagnards as traitor,working for VNCH, CIA, agent and listening to foreigner .
In order to eliminate and to deter the sympathize for Motagnard's circumstances CSVN label Montagnards a terrorist group.
WHO IS A TRAITOR?
Nov 29, 2014 10:10 AM
Reply to this commentReflecting the above is not true. Reported by Ratha Visal of RFA's Khmer Service
He said "I was arrested and tortured because I believed in Christianity. There is no place of worship aside from our homes and the authorities will arrest people if they find out that we worship at home" Never had that happen because I was deeply religious Christianity. Maybe their group banned because they violate the drug trafficking, smuggling of timber, deforestation, "secret Assembly" or they don't like to work in that field farmers, they like to the drinking. No related issues of religious Christianity
Nov 28, 2014 09:31 PM
Reply to this commentObviously they really do not like the Vietcong government, otherwise why would they leave Vietnam to go to Cambodia. The Vietcong destroyed their homes and killed their people, so why is it not in International Justice Court for these CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY?
On another note, SHAME on UN for not helping these people! They obviously do NOT want to go back to a dictator country. No one does unless they are retard and mentally ill. Everyone in UN should lower their heads down in shame for not helping the Montagnard people who ran away.
Nov 28, 2014 06:09 PM
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Deforestation?
We have been there for centuries and if you compare 40 years from now since you took our country not only forest has gone, environment deteriorated, but human behavior is going down to close the level of... where even dogs ,cats no longer can live with human, people are bathing with alcoholic, fraternal has gone, robbery is every where.....and you told to us that is a civilization !
Dec 01, 2014 06:05 PM
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