While pointing one finger at everyone else about corruption, Hun Sen forgot he is pointing 3 of his other fingers towards himself

Thursday, March 1, 2007
Hun Sen Says SRP, Rights Groups Lack Transparency

By Pin Sisovann and James Welsh
The Cambodia Daily

Prime Minister Hun Sen appeared to accuse the SRP of corruption and the Cambodian Center for Human Rights of a lack of transparency in a speech in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. Referring to an unnamed party whose members he said have pulled down party signs due to corruption in the candidate selection process, Hun Sen said: "One party is corrupted even before it wins power." Some disgruntled SRP members pulled down party signs after being ranked lower than they expected on the party's candidate list for April's commune elections, SRP officials said at the time. Hun Sen then turned his attention to an unidentified rights group that has used a black box to collect letters of complaint against the government, and accused the group of throwing away negative letters about NGOs. "The black box was corrupted. The black box was not transparent," he said. The CCHR in September launched a campaign where the public could submit comments on corruption into a black box. SRP Secretary-General Mu Sochua said her party is not corrupt. "We don’t buy votes and we don't buy positions," she said. CCHR Deputy Director Pa Nguon Teang also said his organization is not corrupt.