Talk:Sam Rainsy

message: Some of the facts in this article need checking for POV. I seem to remember he resigned from Funcinpec (not kicked out) for example. Any takers? Paxse 16:20, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: On Sam Rainsy's Vietnamese ancestry, the TIME magazine post infered that Sam Rainsy's mother surname was Thiounn.   CAMBODIA: Sam the Whipper, July 21, 2012, Time Magazine; "In January of this year Sary was packed off into gilded exile as Cambodia’s Ambassador to Britain. Sary’s entourage: his formidable No. 1 wife, *(Thioun) Em, a plump suffragette, and their five children, ranging in age from 8 to 18;..." I could not find a direct news/journal/book source providing details on Rainsy's maternal ancestry, but one blog (seems more like an news blog to me) mentioned that his maternal grandfather is Veang Thioun .........Full text at .
I also found numerous indications that the Thiounn family, who were descended from the palace minister Thiounn Thiouen during King Norodom's era was Vietnamese (or of Vietnamese heritage):
# Interview by Khmer Rouge ambassador Thioun Prasith: ".....I used to live in France; my grandfather is Vietnamese and a revisionist like him." 
# "King Sisowath spoke no French, and it was Minister Thiounn who served as his interpreter. ... the twin disadvantages of modest birth and a mixed Khmer-Vietnamese ancestry to become the most powerful official at the...." 
# "Thiounn to the Resident Superior, Phnom Penh, 15 November 1900. In this letter Thiounn gives his father's name as Hui. Tradition holds that Thiounn was of largely Vietnamese descent. " 
I would be grateful if you can provide other written evidence here to rebutt the claims that the Thiounn family is not Vietnamese, or that there maybe somewhere along the lineage that In (Thiounn) Em might be adopted. Mr Tan (talk) 04:48, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Aside from the question of whether these references are of any value they only talk about his mother's family name which proves nothing. My mother's family name is English, her mother's family name is of Traveller origin, I have Danish, Jewish and Manx blood but I am an Australian. My skin identifies me as white, but the family names of my ancestors do not tell you anything much about who I am and I see no reason to consider Rainsy any different.     Djapa Owen (talk) 12:54, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Sam Rainsy's Vietnamese ancestry (Thiounn link)

message: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-07-12/an-exiled-cambodian-opposition-leader-granted-royal-pardon/4817582
"Cambodia's opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, has been granted a royal pardon and is free to return to the country ahead of elections.
The Cambodian government announced the pardon Friday, paving the way for the popular Mr Rainsy, who has lived in exile in France for the past four years, to return for the July 28 general election.
The royal pardon quashes the 11-year jail term handed down to Mr Rainsy in 2010 in a brace of cases that were slammed by his supporters as politically motivated.
Government spokesman, Phay Siphan, has told Radio Australia the veteran opposition leader is free to return to the country that he left in 2009.
The news has delighted members of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, who believe Mr Rainsy's presence will translate into more votes for them.
Mr Rainsy announced last weekend he would return to Cambodia by July 28, and was prepared to go to jail if necessary.
However he had not fixed a return date, leading to speculation a deal was being worked out behind the scenes.
News of his pardon follows warnings from some donors to the country that an election lacking Mr Rainsy's participation might not be seen as free and fair."
Someone want to edit this in?     Djapa Owen (talk) 12:42, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2013 Pardon 

message: The lede presently states that Sam Rainsy has been an MP from Kampong Cham province since 1998.  This may not be a factual statement since he spent a substantial amount of time in self-exile after his conviction until he received the royal pardon. Vicheat (talk) 11:26, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kampong Cham 

message: User:Earl King Jr. says in his edit summary: "Check other recently tagged things that do not need to be tagged as they are sourced in the article already."
This edit summary is a misrepresentation because the assertion that Sam Rainsy is the minority leader of the National Assembly was unsubstantiated prior to my addition of the  tag.
The current citation includes a news report from Radio Free Asia which makes an erroneous claim that Mr Rainsy's minority leader status was the result of a constitutional amendment.  This is patently untrue as there have been no recent constitutional amendment to effect the creation of a new constitutionally recognized position of a "minority leader".  The minority leader position is the result of changes being proposed and made to the internal regulations of the National Assembly at the behest of the President of the National Assembly, Mr Heng Samrin, passed with absolute majority in the body.  Therefore, I will replace the RFA news link with these reports from the Phnom Penh Post and the Cambodia Herald – ,  — shortly. Vicheat (talk) 12:01, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
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