Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Hun Sen warns about “case of a colonel husband with a wife as a general”

Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Koh Santepheap newspaper
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Hun Sen, prime minister of Cambodia, strongly reacted by warning that if the ministry of culture and fine arts does not amend its own constitution, this ministry will still remain under the rule of a mistress. Hun Sen issued this reaction in the morning of 31 July during a ceremony where he presided over the distribution of diplomas to bachelor degree students from the University of Fine Arts (URBA) at the Chaktokmouk theater.

Hun Sen added that, as a prime minister, he needed help from people to carry gifts for his child’s wedding … he then asked for help from the University of Fine Arts because it has students who can help carry the gifts, when he made the request to the minister, a woman who is the mistress (of the minister) ordered whatever she wanted to the ministry of culture and fine arts. Hun Sen said that this is a reason to amend the constitution. If there is no amendment, the government will be a government under the influence of a mistress of a former leader whom Hun Sen declined to name. Hun Sen said that, after a while, the university professors will be under the influence of a fox, but that now, this misdeed has been freed already.

Hun Sen revealed that: “I know the feelings of a number of professors and students who are not happy about this issue, but if they did not follow the order (of the mistress), they are afraid they would be removed. They want to gather the artists (from the university of fine arts) and send them to the Olympic stadium, and not until they (artists) were sent to the SEA Game, at the royal palace, the minister (of culture) did not know about this, and if the minister does not known, the prime minister also does not know. In the past, Funcinpec officials, from the ministerial level down to the under-secretary level, they have been nailed down already.”

Regarding this issue, Hun Sen reminded to all institutions that only the husband is the minister, and his wife is not the minister, this is nothing to be confused about … there should not be any case where the husband is a captain and the wife a major. Hun Sen said that he is not just reminding this to the ministry of culture only, but past experience has shown that a leader’s mistress can shake up the ministry of culture, and in particular, the university of fine arts itself and the art department also.

Hun Sen is also reminding all provinces and municipalities that for all soldiers and government officials, if the husband is the district governor, the wife is not the district governor also, she is the wife of the district governor only, and this should not be confused. Hun Sen warned that proper attitude should be adopted, because it look extremely bad for Cambodians, the legal wives are OK, but the mistresses are extremely bad, and this is the reason he is forced to amend the constitution from 2/3 to 50+1 instead, because otherwise, he will still remain a victim, even the various ministers will be victims, and the deputy prime ministers and the ministers can be threatened with removal as they (mistresses) want. Provincial governors, deputy provincial governors, district governors are being threatened with removal by these mistresses, and they (mistresses) can nominate other (replacement officials) in large number.

Hun Sen said this experience should be considered as a general experience, and the husband cannot be a captain while his wife is a major. Cambodia has this saying since long ago, the husbands are OK, but, the wives, they can order (whatever they want). Hun Sen indicated that in various ministries, such cases are encountered.

Hun Sen said that people should read the newspapers sometimes, because these problems are real, and their publications are not wrong, and sometime people don’t look at it and they do not accept their own responsibility for such cases which are occurring. Officials who have a taste for a high-ranking position, should not become too arrogant … they must not, this is Cambodia, and Cambodians hold the power, they do not allow such misdeeds.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

No disrespect, WOW kawabunga individual mutant Ninja Hun Sen, meaning a rural undereducated farming boy who rose to power at the enemies tanks big gun barrell,is unbecoming one of enemies owned instrument gradually.

I applaud his bluntness to rectify all messes made by his subordinates. What the use of Heng Samrin's one wife legislation?

May I present few more ministerials that need his Iron Fist measures.Please Comrade Sen,look at

Agriculture,Fisherie,Forestry anarchic management

Education ministry unruly conducts and embezzlement from poor poublic servant salary,

Tourism ministerial junior officers who use his position to guarantee foreigners investment as legit with kick back pays to build hotels and consessions without paying proper taxes in Siem Reap,Kompong Somville...,

National Police Head (Nguyen Van Son, who loves to hunt down adversary for pleasure, sold public owned lands and kept profits as his own earnings,

RCAF pay roll and procurement offices,look for the nibblers who embezzle soldiers and convalescents pathetic pension,

Immigration and Passport Offices illegally sold Cambodian passports/IDs to foreigners for high dollars in order for them to maneuvre investments with citizen rights protection,

Review all 24 Governors assets and properties annually which some bought with tax money that never turned in to Treasury. Starting with Battambang governors who owns more than three story villas (least over 1 million dollar a piece) in Khan Tuol Kork II,

Comrade Sen,you know I am watching you in your reinventing revolution before 2008 election.

Remember,you started as a naive and good heart boy for the sake of your nationalism. Risk taking is not for everyone but it is new opportunity to correct your past negligences.

Do the right thing man when you died people including Ranni won't piss on your grave.

Anonymous said...

tell it to them my bro.
what goes around will come around with 10 folds.

Anonymous said...

It's his personal affair and why get involving with the state in the first place?

Reason: wasn't it to show off his power? and wealth?, but those aren't his. They belongs to the state and The Cambodian people.

There is no different from using a state's vehicle which provide to whomever working to transport themsel from and to work. Instead those people use it to carry their mistresses or do whatever they please out of the state duty.

PURE AND SIMPLE WORD: ABUSE POWER

Hire those students. Give them a job, using your own cash and keep yourself clean from messing up with the state. So if you can't affort too many of them or don't get to look like King. Who needs you? If you don't care about being judge as a good man and not a blood thirsty P.M which we think it's much so better anyway, then go right ahead and proceed.

Anonymous said...

Make those students happy too during your child's special day. Sure,it's their chance to earn some real money instead of draging them or wasting their times just to show off for your un-deserve kid's'wedding.

Anonymous said...

HUN SEN is his wife's prime minister.

KHMER2LOVE said...

He should warn HIS WIFE first before warn normal people.

Anonymous said...

LOL, Yeah his wife was the one kill Pisith Polika..Monkey sees monkey do.!!!!!HUN SEN himself had his wife killed that actress.Did you all hear him in RFA about BOEUNG KOP SROV lake, ""He said --->in Khmer, min del mae ah na york dey to kob sreh"..something like that. In English .."No one mother takes the soil to fill up the pond". LOL. What an uneducate fool he is..

Anonymous said...

You think you're good ahh. I'll tell Bun Ranny to sqeeze the juice out of you tonight....then you'll see what happens.

Anonymous said...

Samdach Hun Sen should take care the Minsiter of Coomerce Cham Prasith who always use Government Officials, Intellectuals of MoC to serve as Actors as KaraOK ladies when he has any wedding ceremonies/ Birth days/ Funneral and House warming ceremoney of his wife/Children and other relatives..
This is Indignity of our Officials and government...

Excellency Samdach Bandit Dr. Oknha General Acha Knoy