Friday May 23, 2008. In the evening I reached the house of Tung Yap in Reston, Virginia . In the past, Tung Yap used to live in Chicago for 22 years, unfortunately he was laid off from his computer company 5 years ago when the internet bubble cracked down. He decided to relocate to the Washington DC area where some of his relatives are living. He found a job here as an engineer in another computer company. Tung Yap is the father of two cute little girls and also the President of CAHRAD, the Cambodian-American for Human Rights and Democracy Association, an organization established to keep an eye (from the United States) on the judicial, political, humans rights and democracy sectors of Cambodia. The dinner that evening was to celebrate the third anniversary of the organization, gathering its 11 members and some supporters. Activities of the organization are also to raise funds to support the Students’ Movement for Democracy in Cambodia, or to seek the support of some US senators here in Washington DC to help in the release of defrocked monk Tim Sakhorn, who was detained by Vietnamese authorities in mid-2007 following his reported ejection from Cambodia.
The dinner proposed "prahok", the traditional Cambodian dish made of fermented fish.
Tung Yap welcoming his guests.
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