Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: The U.N. should leave Myanmar alone and stop disrupting the junta's progress toward democracy by issuing critical reports on human rights abuses, Cambodia's leader said Wednesday.
"Myanmar has been moving smoothly ahead," Prime Minister Hun Sen said, becoming perhaps the first national leader to publicly praise the country's military junta since its bloody September crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Hun Sen, whose government is regularly criticized for human rights abuses, lashed out at a report released Friday by U.N. human rights investigator Paulo Sergio Pinheiro.
The report found that at least 31 people were killed during the Myanmar crackdown, twice the toll acknowledged by the junta. It also said that 650 people remained in custody and another 74 people were missing.
Hun Sen said the report did nothing but "disturb" Myanmar's efforts toward reform.
"If you just keep opposing and pressuring (Myanmar), how can it solve its own problems?" Hun Sen said during a speech at the inauguration of a government women's dormitory.
"Leave them some space to work," Hun Sen said, adding that he believed the junta's goals for the future match the U.N.'s. "They also want to have national reconciliation, democracy and respect for human rights."
Myanmar sparked global outrage in September when troops opened fire on pro-democracy protests that were led by Buddhist monks. The junta has acknowledged killing 15 protesters, but diplomats and dissidents say the toll was much higher.
The U.N. has spearheaded efforts to coax the junta to start reconciliation talks with detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A Nobel peace laureate, Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years.
Myanmar and Cambodia are members of the 10-nation Associated of Southeast Asian Nations, which has come under criticism for failure to take a tough public stance against the junta's crackdown. ASEAN has a traditional policy of not interfering in the domestic affairs of its members.
Last week, Hun Sen hosted a visit by Myanmar's prime minister, Lt. Gen. Thein Sein, during which he reiterated a long-standing opposition to economic sanctions against Myanmar.
"Myanmar has been moving smoothly ahead," Prime Minister Hun Sen said, becoming perhaps the first national leader to publicly praise the country's military junta since its bloody September crackdown on pro-democracy protests.
Hun Sen, whose government is regularly criticized for human rights abuses, lashed out at a report released Friday by U.N. human rights investigator Paulo Sergio Pinheiro.
The report found that at least 31 people were killed during the Myanmar crackdown, twice the toll acknowledged by the junta. It also said that 650 people remained in custody and another 74 people were missing.
Hun Sen said the report did nothing but "disturb" Myanmar's efforts toward reform.
"If you just keep opposing and pressuring (Myanmar), how can it solve its own problems?" Hun Sen said during a speech at the inauguration of a government women's dormitory.
"Leave them some space to work," Hun Sen said, adding that he believed the junta's goals for the future match the U.N.'s. "They also want to have national reconciliation, democracy and respect for human rights."
Myanmar sparked global outrage in September when troops opened fire on pro-democracy protests that were led by Buddhist monks. The junta has acknowledged killing 15 protesters, but diplomats and dissidents say the toll was much higher.
The U.N. has spearheaded efforts to coax the junta to start reconciliation talks with detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. A Nobel peace laureate, Suu Kyi has been under house arrest for 12 of the last 18 years.
Myanmar and Cambodia are members of the 10-nation Associated of Southeast Asian Nations, which has come under criticism for failure to take a tough public stance against the junta's crackdown. ASEAN has a traditional policy of not interfering in the domestic affairs of its members.
Last week, Hun Sen hosted a visit by Myanmar's prime minister, Lt. Gen. Thein Sein, during which he reiterated a long-standing opposition to economic sanctions against Myanmar.
11 comments:
Samdech, It is really nice attack!
You always just lash out at UN, but in fact you do cooperate with UN. Otherwise, UN could not keep office here including UNDP.
Please do your best to solve Burma internal problem. Teach them how Cambodians could end it decades of war.If Burma turn to like Cambodia, then you save your reputation internationally.
Fuck you the blind idoit hun sen. Ahtmil speaks with no reason and I am sure he speaks this just for himself because he likes violating and killing his own people just like that tmil junta.
Go to hell ah kvak
I'm quite surprised that the Hun Sen's (American) advisor -- yes, one of his advisors is a pure White -- has allowed the prime minister to make such comment. Not good!
Can Hanoi put a leash on its puppy one-eye black dog known as HUN SEN?
That's right, the UN should stayed out of Burma internal affair. They don't have any experience to help Burma out of poverty. All they do is making worse for everyone.
This guy should worry about Cambodia. It hurts the country's image by linking Cambodia to Burma.
It's better and safer for Cambodian as well as Hun Sen make no comments on Myanma--politically. To show the world that Cambodia supports the Junta's regime is not a good thing to do at all. Silence is better than speech--in this case.
Dr. Red Corpet Hun Sen can only see things in his pants.
ពួកអាកញ្ជះយួនពេលគេនៅ១០ថ្ងៃមិននាំគ្នាលូដល់គេទៅផុតនាំគ្នាលូដូចឆ្កែឆ្កួត។
Bullshit, 10:41, anyone interfered with our anyone of our brothers or our family will hear from us.
It's easy and there no problem for Cambodia when PM Hun Sen washes his hand from touching vietcong's germ from hanoi.viets in Cambodia are the trouble makers as I seen every day every where in Cambodia,robbers stealer,killers,bribery are all viets and also police chief is viet .PM hun sen must kick them out from our land.
MOI (P.P)
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