(Kyodo) - Cambodia's embattled Prince Norodom Ranariddh, who was ousted from his own political party earlier this year and is being sued by his estranged wife Princess Marie for adultery, suffered more public embarrassment Tuesday when the country's three major newspapers ran front articles on his growing tribulations.
The prince, who has been a prime minister and a president of the National Assembly, is the son of Cambodia's retired King Norodom Sihanouk, but his treatment by the newspapers Tuesday hardly befits a personage of such former standing.
The dailies Rasmei Kampuchea, Koh Santepheap and Kampuchea Thmei all ran pictures and stories outlining the prince's current troubles and outing his apparently scandalous love life.
On its front page, Rasmei Kampuchea bannered the headline "Ranariddh-Marie: Lawyer denies their wedding tie."
Koh Santepheap, which has the second-largest circulation in Cambodia, blazed: "Another message alerts the prince: acting as a conciliator while his own party splits and the family becomes fragile."
Kampuchea Thmei headlined its stories: "First love at a red traffic light will end in court."
The articles were all accompanied by photos of Prince Ranariddh and Princess Marie at their 1968 wedding attended by his father, former King Norodom Sihanouk, and his grandmother, Queen Sisowath Kossamak.
The prince has denied any paperwork relating to his marriage exists and therefore he cannot be charged with adultery, but the pictures, apparently supplied to the newspapers by an irate Princess Marie herself, certainly show at least some ceremony marked their joining together.
The princess recently filed a lawsuit against Prince Ranariddh for adultery, a charge that under recent legislation could land him in jail for up to five years.
The prince, 62, now lives with former Khmer classical Apsara dancer Ouk Phalla and has a son.
In better days, Prince Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC party won the most votes in Cambodia's 1993 U.N.-sponsored general election and he became first prime minister.
But since the 1998 election, the party has been relegated to increasingly minor roles in coalition governments.
And after FUNCINPEC fared poorly in the 2003 general election, party in-fighting led to a split earlier this year that left the prince on the outside and having to form a new, and relatively minor, "Norodom Ranariddh Party" last month to have any hope of exercising any personal leadership in future.
About the only thing in the prince's favor Tuesday was that he is now in France and was not immediately exposed to the day's damning newspaper articles and photos.
The prince, who has been a prime minister and a president of the National Assembly, is the son of Cambodia's retired King Norodom Sihanouk, but his treatment by the newspapers Tuesday hardly befits a personage of such former standing.
The dailies Rasmei Kampuchea, Koh Santepheap and Kampuchea Thmei all ran pictures and stories outlining the prince's current troubles and outing his apparently scandalous love life.
On its front page, Rasmei Kampuchea bannered the headline "Ranariddh-Marie: Lawyer denies their wedding tie."
Koh Santepheap, which has the second-largest circulation in Cambodia, blazed: "Another message alerts the prince: acting as a conciliator while his own party splits and the family becomes fragile."
Kampuchea Thmei headlined its stories: "First love at a red traffic light will end in court."
The articles were all accompanied by photos of Prince Ranariddh and Princess Marie at their 1968 wedding attended by his father, former King Norodom Sihanouk, and his grandmother, Queen Sisowath Kossamak.
The prince has denied any paperwork relating to his marriage exists and therefore he cannot be charged with adultery, but the pictures, apparently supplied to the newspapers by an irate Princess Marie herself, certainly show at least some ceremony marked their joining together.
The princess recently filed a lawsuit against Prince Ranariddh for adultery, a charge that under recent legislation could land him in jail for up to five years.
The prince, 62, now lives with former Khmer classical Apsara dancer Ouk Phalla and has a son.
In better days, Prince Ranariddh's royalist FUNCINPEC party won the most votes in Cambodia's 1993 U.N.-sponsored general election and he became first prime minister.
But since the 1998 election, the party has been relegated to increasingly minor roles in coalition governments.
And after FUNCINPEC fared poorly in the 2003 general election, party in-fighting led to a split earlier this year that left the prince on the outside and having to form a new, and relatively minor, "Norodom Ranariddh Party" last month to have any hope of exercising any personal leadership in future.
About the only thing in the prince's favor Tuesday was that he is now in France and was not immediately exposed to the day's damning newspaper articles and photos.
3 comments:
That should make KHMER LEADERS learn the " Leadership value" really fast! don't want anything bad printing on a newspaper the next day, DON'T DO IT.
We are now living in a free speach country and it's progressing.
Rannarith needs to end his political life volontary to avoid all embarrassings from public against him. He must also used his own experiences to end hun Sen as well. Hun sen has the worst experiences in adulteries than him. At least, Rannarith has killed his lovers. Hun Sen has killed all his lovers. If Rannarith do as I have said he wil earn his respect later on and help to build up young leaders with high morallity value.
Prince Ranarridh is Love-Sick but he didn't kill his lovers.
Unlike Hun Sen had killed his lovers.
Not long ago he had a love affairs with his sister in law, Bunrany's sister,.
And he order to kill the husband of his lover.What's a evil he is.
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