this happens all the time in Cambodia
nothing new
On May 16, 11:41 am, ♥ Thày <
thichthichth...@gmail.com> wrote:
> PICTURES:
http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_23085834/woman-sex-video-...
>
> Woman in sex video with Lowell monk sues
>
> By Lyle Moran,
lmo...@lowellsun.com
> Updated: 04/23/2013 01:34:04 PM EDT
>
> Maya Men
>
> Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.
> LOWELL -- The woman shown having sex with a Buddhist monk in a video
> recently circulated in the Cambodian community has filed a civil
> lawsuit against five individuals she alleges illegally distributed the
> tape.
>
> Taping of the voice and actions of a private person without permission
> in Massachusetts and distributing them is illegal, which Maya Men
> highlights in her suit.
>
> Among those Men has sued following the release of the tape of her
> sexually engaging with the Venerable Nhem Kimteng are another local
> monk and a former member of the executive committee for the $10
> million Lowell temple project Men is helping lead.
>
> Kimteng and Men were filmed in the Trairatanaram Temple in North
> Chelmsford.
>
> Meanwhile, leaders of the
>
> Venerable Nhem Kimteng
>
> Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.
> local Cambodian community angered by the video's contents had another
> meeting to discuss their concerns on Sunday and are renewing calls for
> the leader of the Lowell temple project to dismiss Men, who is
> executive committee member in charge of fundraising for the temple
> project.
> Some also are still seeking an audit of the money raised and spent by
> the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks for their temple project in the
> city's Pawtucketville neighborhood.
>
> The CKBM had largely been silent about the demands of community
> members, but pledged this past weekend to investigate both the
> allegations of sexual misconduct by members of the leadership team, as
> well as find improved ways to share financial information.
>
> Men's lawsuit, which
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> was filed in Middlesex Superior Court last week, alleges that the five
> defendants have violated her right to privacy and her constitutional
> rights, and intentionally inflicted emotional distress upon her with
> their actions.
> Those named in the suit are Cheng Leang, a monk and CKBM Inc. board
> member according to the temple project's website, as well as Sam Meas,
> a CKBM executive committee member who was dismissed last August after
> requesting an audit of the temple project's finances.
>
> Men
>
> Venerable Cheng Leang
>
> Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.
> also is suing Sovann Khon, Lee Veng Chou and Denys Meung, who told The
> Sun earlier this year he stopped assisting the temple project last
> August because the CKBM was not utilizing the monthly budget and
> spending tools he helped set up for them.
> Men, in the suit filed by Lowell attorney James Boumil, says she has
> never given consent for her private sexual acts to be publicly
> disclosed. In addition to citing the tape as evidence of her claims,
> Men cites a recent email distributed about her.
>
> The email says that the sex video was secretly recorded and done so by
> the Venerable Leang. The unsigned email also accuses Men of "using her
> sex life to take control of all top-level monks."
>
> As a result of the defendants' alleged actions,
>
> Sam Meas
>
> Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site.
> Men "has suffered previously in body and mind, and has been held up to
> her relevant community as an individual who should be shunned and
> scorned, called a thief, and referred to by a plethora of pejorative
> terms," according to the complaint.
> Men is requesting the court grant her reasonable and punitive damages,
> and money for an investigation to locate and confiscate all of the
> copies of the tape that have been made.
>
> She is also seeking a temporary restraining order against the
> defendants and a preliminary injunction barring further distribution
> or display of the material on the tape.
>
> The temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction requests
> will be heard today at 2 p.m. at Lowell Superior Court.
>
> Meas told The Sun he categorically denies all the allegations in the
> lawsuit.
>
> "It is just part of a smear campaign by Maya Men and CKBM to smear my
> reputation and the reputation of others," said Meas. "They also want
> to do anything to take attention away from the growing number of
> people calling for an audit of CKBM's finances."
>
> Khon, Meung, Leang and Chou could not be reached for comment.
>
> Hundreds of members of the local Cambodian community gathered at Sunny
> Da Restaurant on Chelmsford Street Sunday to discuss their dismay that
> the head monk of the CKBM, Venerable Sao Khon, has dismissed Kimteng
> from the temple project, but not Men.
>
> Lowell City Councilor Vesna Nuon was among the meeting attendees. Nuon
> has urged Khon to dismiss Men and may meet with him again to reiterate
> his concerns.
>
> "The community is being destroyed by the two individuals in the tape,"
> Nuon told The Sun. "The fact that the lady is still there is angering
> the community and there is agreement on what the head monk should do."
>
> Nuon also said he supports calls for the CKBM to tell the community
> how much money has come in for the temple project and how it has been
> spent.
>
> Many of those gathered Sunday signed a petition asking Khon to meet
> with them to discuss why he has not taken action against Men and the
> lack of financial transparency by the organization. Others signed a
> petition seeking refunds from CKBM for the $100 Buddha statues they
> signed up to purchase and discussed totally boycotting the project.
>
> The CKBM's head monk or other monks could not come to Sunday's
> meeting.
>
> In the statement released late Friday evening to The Sun, the CKBM
> says it has begun an internal investigation into the allegations of
> sexual misconduct, and Boumil told The Sun he is leading the probe.
>
> The CKBM, which has raised at least $500,000 for its temple project,
> also said it is taking steps to address the allegations of
> inappropriate financial management.
>
> The organization is working to amend its bylaws so a professional
> accountant can review what the organization can do to ensure the
> proper use of donated funds. It also has mailed letters acknowledging
> donations to donors and registered members.
>
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> On May 15, 9:35 pm, ♥ Thày <
thichthichth...@gmail.com> wrote:
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http://www.policymic.com/articles/35687/buddhist-monk-sex-tape-cambod...
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> > Buddhist Monk Sex Tape: Cambodians React to Video
> > Rachel LesserinCulture,Religion 4 weeks ago
>
> > Buddhist Monk Sex Tape Cambodians React to Video
>
> > Sex tapes are nothing new in this day and age, and most of us can
> > probably name at least one celebrity we know skyrocketed to fame with
> > the help of a sex tape. But the latest sex tape is offering up some
> > unwanted fame. There is a video circulating the internet of a two
> > members of Lowell, Massachusetts Cambodian community, one of who is a
> > Buddhist monk having sex. Supposedly, the video shows the Venerable
> > Nhem Kimteng engaging in sexual relations with Maya Men n the
> > Trairatanaram Temple in North Chelmsford, Mass.
>
> > Understandably, the Cambodian community of Lowell has had visceral
> > reactions to this scandal. First and foremost, Buddhist monks take a
> > vow of celibacy and the community finds it disgraceful that Kimteng
> > would break an oath so nonchalantly. The vow of celibacy is taken very
> > seriously, as devout Buddhists would consider any contact with women
> > to fall under the umbrella of sexual relations.
>
> > On the other hand, many stipulate that this is private business and it
> > does not concern them. One member of the community, Saravy Men (not
> > related) expressed, “I don’t believe it. But if it did happen, that is
> > between the two people. It is not between the temple, the monk and
> > others in the community.” As the video purportedly uploaded to YouTube
> > was removed and the verification of Kimteng and Men as the actors in
> > the sex tape was done independently by The Sun there is still a great
> > deal of controversy concerning the legitimacy of the tape.
>
> > The emergence of the sex tape has brought to light other controversies
> > surrounding the construction of a new temple and community center on
> > whose executive committee Kimteng and Men both sat. There are renewed
> > concerns about the lack of financial transparency in a project that is
> > costing $10 million. In protest of the growing scandal surrounding
> > this temple project, about 50 people demonstrated in front of another
> > Cambodian temple during their New Year’s celebration expressing their
> > indignation of the careless acts of Kimteng and anger that the funds
> > for this temple are being misappropriated.
>
> > Some claims even accusing the committee of allocating money for the
> > new temple to buy a house for Maya Men, though John Boumil, the lawyer
> > for Men and the Community of Khmer Buddhist Monks vehemently denies
> > this. As new controversies surface, the Cambodian community is
> > becoming increasingly divided on how to maintain the status and unity
> > of their community.