On October 29, 2009, KKF delegation jointed the Religions for Peace conference in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference focused on “The Role of Religious Leaders in Conflict Transformation and Peace Building" An Encounter of Religions for Peace Inter-religious Councils of Thailand and Sri Lanka.

On behalf of the KKF Board of Directors and members, I would like to thank for your valuable time, courage, support, and financial donation to support Tim Sakhorn and five former Khmer-Krom Buddhist monks who were imprisoned injustice in Vietnam.

First of all, on June 30, 2007 , Ven. Tim Sakhorn is a former Buddhist monk who was defrocked by monks who work for the Vietnamese government's interest: Tep Vong, Non Nghet, Om Lam Heng, Sao Chanthol, Long Kim Leang, Cheas Om, Noi Chreuk, and deported him to imprison in Vietnam with the accusation of undermining the relationship Vietnam and Cambodia.

Dear Immigrant Officers of Foreign Embassies in Cambodia and Cambodian Community Leaders Abroad:

A high profile Khmer-Krom activist, Tim Sakhorn, reported about how he was dramatically arrested, deported from Cambodia to be imprisoned in Vietnam by the monks in Cambodia.

On June 30, 2007, Venerable Cheas Om, who was a high-ranking Buddhist monk in Takeo province in Seyha Rattana Ram Temple, called Venerable Tim Sakhorn to visit him. When Venerable Tim Sakhorn arrived at his temple, Venerable Tim Sakhorn saw other Buddhist monks from Phnom Penh waiting for him there. Venerable Sao Chanthol took a defrocking ordered letter, which was signed and stamped by the Supreme Patriarch Tep Vong and Non Nget, and read it to accuse Venerable Tim Sakhorn for using his temple to undermine the relationship between Cambodia and Vietnam.

PRESS RELEASE: 09 September 2009
Pennsauken, NJ, USA

Krobao (Tinh Bien) District, An Giang Province, Vietnam – On September 8, 2009, the Vietnamese authority summoned Khmer-Krom farmers to meet the Vietnamese authority representatives at three different temples: Sang Ke Douch temple, Om Pei Swai temple, and Pothi temple.

Participants from KKF Europe include: THHAI Makarar, KIM Valentin, KIM Céline, BIV Bora, KHOUN Toma, KHOUN Sarah and Joshua Cooper.

Khmer Krom youths have attended training on the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Geneva, Switzerland with KKF Advisor Joshua Cooper.

Click here to read a letter from KKF President, Mr. Thach Ngoc Thach saying thank you to all the supporters who helped to make the major events in the last three months successful such as the UPR, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and more recently, the loss of Kampuchea-Krom conference in Paris.

By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
11 June 2009
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Worldwide members of the Khmer ethnic group from southern Vietnam will meet in Paris on Saturday to mark the loss of territory from Cambodia to Vietnam in the colonial period and push for greater freedoms under Vietnamese authorities.