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IT DOESN'T TAKE A BLIND MAN TO SEE WHY THEY RAN AWAY TO THE JUNGLE!
In the US a black man was shot by a white police officer in Ferguson MO. Many people protested, especially after the jury decided to not indict the cop. Also if someone is racist to you, you can sue if you ask an organization like NAACP or ACLU. The civil rights movement in 60s brought new laws that made discrimination illegal. Also the 1st Amendment guarantees the freedom of speech, religion, etc.
In Vietnam things are very different. A Vietnamese cop can shoot a Montagnard if they wanted to and the world wouldn't care or hear about it. There are no organizations to contact if you are discriminated there. No freedom of speech, religion, or anything. The difference between living in USA and living in Vietnam is like the difference between heaven and hell. As a Khmer Krom, I think the 13 people did the right thing by running away.
Because Cambodia government bow down to Hanoi slavery, these people know they are NOT SAFE and are in the jungle so no one can find them and deport them. But at least the UN is starting to do SOMETHING.
Dec 06, 2014 04:09 PM
Reply to this commentTo the old saying that still rings true to this very day:
<<For the love of lies is the root of all chaos >>.
Ho Chi Minh and his CS VN party keep saying << Vietnam is one , people Vietnam is one>> instead of saying << Vietnam is one, people Vietnam is more than 54 ethnicities >>
They told us( Montagnards) that we came from 100 eggs with Vietnamese . << Lac Long is father and Au Co is mother>>.
They told to the world that Vietnam has no Indigenous people, but only minorities living in Vietnam???
They create Vietnam in chaos!
Dec 06, 2014 09:35 AM
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We are tired of under the named of progress and development CSVN implements to destroy our people.
We are tired of your civilization is full of lies and with two faces of living .Your technology not brings protection to the world but only destruction.
WE DON'T NEED YOU! LEAVE US OLONE!
Dec 08, 2014 07:03 AM
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