PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodian's prime minister said Tuesday he was severing ties with his adopted daughter, who is a lesbian, but appealed to people not to discriminate against gays."My adopted daughter now has a wife. I'm quite disappointed," Hun Sen said.
He made the rare revelation about his closely guarded family life during a public speech at a student graduation ceremony.
Hun Sen said he plans to file a civil court case to disown his adopted daughter so that she cannot claim any inheritance from his family.
"We are concerned that she might one day cause us trouble ... and try to stake her claim for a share of our assets," he said.
The prime minister and his wife Bun Rany have three sons and two other daughters. He said they adopted their third daughter in the mid 80's when she was 18 days old. She has carried his family name "Hun" just like his biological children. Hun Sen did not reveal her given name.
Although he is cutting ties with her, Hun Sen said he was not discriminating against gays and appealed to society to show respect for them.
Sam Vuthy, coordinator of Women's Agenda for Change, a nonprofit Cambodian group advocating gay rights, declined to comment on Hun Sen's decision regarding his daughter but applauded his appeal not to discriminate against gays.
8 comments:
Claim for a share of our assets? It means if she agrees to marry with a pre-arranged man who is a son of a powerful/rich family, the asset would be larger then you deserve to get my share. Love that based on shared assets only work for some. The true love is already itself a great shared asset. God bless the two lesbians. You are so brave.....
I always have fantasy about lesbian women. I think two is better than one. I wonder when it is a better to approach Samdech Hun Sen so that I can marry them both. Any suggestion out there? I hope I am not the lone wolf here.
what a hipocrit.
There is not need for the court to do anything, PM. Just don't leave her anything in your wills.
I usually support Hun Sen but on this issue, I kinda have different thing to say. I am straight but in recent years I have learned to be less discriminating against others regardless of what they are. I learned to respect people's choice of lives. However, this is coming from living in the Western world country for a while now. I can see the conservative ideas that Khmer people can have, having the traditional moral in tacts.
All I can hope for is that the girl will have a happy life because wealth is not the most important things in life.
6:39, It is not a choice of life. When you're drunk you often make a wrong choice of life. Gays/Lesbians is a sickness (a genetic defect) and they are not making the right choice of life.
I heard that Hun Manit is not Hun Sen'son. He was a son of his wife with a vietcong( her former lover ). But Hun Sen must recognise as his son for the dealt.
That will even be better for us. So what is your point, 9:37?
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