Rival Royalist Parties Race To Register Property
By Yun Samean and James Welsh
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
The Norodom Ranariddh Party and Funcinpec are racing from province to province in an attempt to legally register properties that both parties claim are theirs, officials said Wednesday.
Serei Kosal, an adviser to Prince Norodom Ranariddh, said the NRP is registering all the prince's property, including provincial and district headquarters previously used by Funcinpec and two radio stations, and is preparing for an inevitable court battle over the parties' assets,
"We cannot avoid legally seeking to take the properties back," he said.
Serei Kosal said that the prince obtained some of the properties as far back as 1993, but he was not sure how many there are or how much they are worth.
"I don’t know about the money, but I know that these are the prince's properties," he said.
Nouv Sovathero said that Funcinpec is also inspecting the disputed properties, including the two radio stations currently under Funcinpec control—Ta Prohm and 90 FM—and registering them under the party name.
"We will make it collective property—Funcinpec's property," he said.
Nouv Sovafhero added that he did not believe that Prince Ranariddh—who was ousted from the Funcinpec presidency Oct 18— could have purchased the properties with his own money.
Ok Socheat Prince Ranariddh's public affairs adviser, said the property in question rightfully belongs to the prince as it was donated to him by party members when he was president of Funcinpec.
"The party members collected and donated [the properties] to the prince," he said. "It is not corruption."
"[Funcinpec] are traitors. They are robbing the prince's properties," he alleged.
Sam Rainsy, leader of the SRP, claimed that the properties were given to Prince Ranariddh years ago by two sources: the CPP and those who wanted positions in the government in which he served.
Funcinpec Senator Prince Sisowath Sirirath said that if the property had really belonged to Prince Ranariddh as an individual, no one would try to take it from him.
"But the headquarters don’t belong to an individual, of course, but to the party," he said.
Prince Sirirath said that the idea of Prince Ranariddh receiving property from party members contradicts what he has stated in the past.
"The prince at every meeting would say 1 have never taken a single penny from anybody,"' he said. "You cannot have a helicopter, you cannot have a private jet, and you cannot have a private boat. Where does all this money come from?"
"In the United States you would have the [Internal Revenue Service] check him," Prince Sirirath added.
Serei Kosal, an adviser to Prince Norodom Ranariddh, said the NRP is registering all the prince's property, including provincial and district headquarters previously used by Funcinpec and two radio stations, and is preparing for an inevitable court battle over the parties' assets,
"We cannot avoid legally seeking to take the properties back," he said.
Serei Kosal said that the prince obtained some of the properties as far back as 1993, but he was not sure how many there are or how much they are worth.
"I don’t know about the money, but I know that these are the prince's properties," he said.
Nouv Sovathero said that Funcinpec is also inspecting the disputed properties, including the two radio stations currently under Funcinpec control—Ta Prohm and 90 FM—and registering them under the party name.
"We will make it collective property—Funcinpec's property," he said.
Nouv Sovafhero added that he did not believe that Prince Ranariddh—who was ousted from the Funcinpec presidency Oct 18— could have purchased the properties with his own money.
Ok Socheat Prince Ranariddh's public affairs adviser, said the property in question rightfully belongs to the prince as it was donated to him by party members when he was president of Funcinpec.
"The party members collected and donated [the properties] to the prince," he said. "It is not corruption."
"[Funcinpec] are traitors. They are robbing the prince's properties," he alleged.
Sam Rainsy, leader of the SRP, claimed that the properties were given to Prince Ranariddh years ago by two sources: the CPP and those who wanted positions in the government in which he served.
Funcinpec Senator Prince Sisowath Sirirath said that if the property had really belonged to Prince Ranariddh as an individual, no one would try to take it from him.
"But the headquarters don’t belong to an individual, of course, but to the party," he said.
Prince Sirirath said that the idea of Prince Ranariddh receiving property from party members contradicts what he has stated in the past.
"The prince at every meeting would say 1 have never taken a single penny from anybody,"' he said. "You cannot have a helicopter, you cannot have a private jet, and you cannot have a private boat. Where does all this money come from?"
"In the United States you would have the [Internal Revenue Service] check him," Prince Sirirath added.
2 comments:
May I offer this suggestion to FNP and NRP, The twos have to share because each party's members are from the 1st FNP. Think about children of deceased parents. each is entittled to receive heritages. The way of FNP and NRP are doing right now is like the children are fighting among each others for their late parents'property.
It will be a lot of fun watching thieves fighting over their loots.
^^^
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