Kham

MEMORANDUM **

Petitioner San Kham, a native and citizen of Cambodia, sought asylum in the United States, claiming that he will be subject to political persecution if he is returned to Cambodia. The immigration judge (“IJ”) denied his petition for asylum and withholding of removal. That decision was affirmed without elaboration by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”), so it is the content of the IJ’s decision that we review here. Alaelua v. INS, 45 F.3d 1379, 1382 (9th Cir.1995). We review the IJ’s factual findings for substantial evidence. Melkonian v. Ashcroft, 320 F.3d 1061, 1065 (9th Cir.2003). As the parties are familiar with the facts, procedural history, and arguments, we will not recount them here. We deny the petition for review.

As the IJ found, even though Kham’s testimony was credible, the incidents he complained of did not constitute past persecution or give him an objectively reasonable fear of future persecution. Persecution “is an extreme concept that does not include every sort of treatment our society regards as offensive.” Singh v. INS, 134 F.3d 962, 967 (9th Cir.1998) (internal quotation marks omitted). Kham points to only two incidents to support his…