Saturday, September 23, 2006

Khmer Intelligence News - 23 September 2006

23 September 2006

Princess Marie to become Funcinpec President (2)
Under strong pressure from dissident Funcinpec members led by Secretary-General Nhiek Bun Chhay who enjoys the support of the ruling CPP, embattled Prince Norodom Ranariddh will have to step down from the presidency of the royalist party in the very near future. He will be replaced by his first wife Princess Eng Marie Ranariddh.

Total involved in oil exploration in Cambodia (2)
French oil group Total last month signed a secret contract with the Cambodian authorities, namely the National Oil Authority led by Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, for oil exploration in a large portion of Cambodia's territorial waters in the Gulf of Thailand. This secret deal, with a down payment of at least $6 millions, follows another one signed by American group Chevron earlier this year.

CPP to adjust election-rigging plan (2)
Because its scheme to rig the next elections through manipulation of voter lists has been largely exposed by independent observers and the opposition, the CPP is devising a new plan to secure, before Voting Day, victory at the forthcoming commune council elections scheduled for 1st April 2007. The new plan is still based on disfranchising voters who are suspected of sympathy for the opposition.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yea, Yea, she will be the president so that Ah Samdam Hun Xen command her in every move she makes?

Anonymous said...

I sometimes suspect that Princess Marie and her co-chair high official wife Bun rany had some serious link . Your guess is as good as mine.

Anonymous said...

Marie will be under Bun Rany's thumb if she becomes Funcinpec President. She has already been supported in the past by Bun Rany in her business deals, especially with logging. She has already been seen mingling with Hun Sen and Bun Rany in the ground-breaking ceremonies that had nothing to do with her.

If Funcinpec is seeking a graceful end to its existence, this will be it. Alternatively, just change its name to Hunsenpec with Marie as the puppet president. That should last for a long time.