Phnom Penh (Xinhua) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has said the country is free of terrorism and must stay this way if the tourism industry is to continue growing, the Cambodian Daily reported Thursday.
Hun Sen made these remarks at the opening of the four-day Asean (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) anti-terrorism conference Wednesday in Siem Reap.
"If Cambodia is a target of a terrorist attack like what the Hambali group was trying to stage in 2002, the prosperity and development that we have achieved would definitely be destroyed," he told the US and Asean delegates at the conference. Countries must join hands to combat this threat, he added.
Cambodia was selected to host the conference as it had successfully helped the Thai and US authorities arrest Riduan Isamuddin, an Indonesian citizen and operations chief for the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Jemaah Islamiyah was responsible for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2003 Marriot Hotel bomb attack in Jakarta.
Hun Sen made these remarks at the opening of the four-day Asean (Association of Southeast Asia Nations) anti-terrorism conference Wednesday in Siem Reap.
"If Cambodia is a target of a terrorist attack like what the Hambali group was trying to stage in 2002, the prosperity and development that we have achieved would definitely be destroyed," he told the US and Asean delegates at the conference. Countries must join hands to combat this threat, he added.
Cambodia was selected to host the conference as it had successfully helped the Thai and US authorities arrest Riduan Isamuddin, an Indonesian citizen and operations chief for the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah.
Jemaah Islamiyah was responsible for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2003 Marriot Hotel bomb attack in Jakarta.
5 comments:
What is it mean? Is it mean the DOJ (Deparment of Justice)will close its FBI-field office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia?
I think they (FBI) will stay around and keep an eye on the one-eyed ex-Khmer Rouge commender (who was also accountable for the genocidal events during Khmer Rouge reign of terror).
"...The one-eyed terrorist should not be immunized from Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal..."
Cambodia is a fear free of terrorism, but it is a fear of government, fear of gang-style rule, fear of gang police, and gang leaders. It is easy to be prepared if there is terrorist alert but it is hard to be prepared if the government rules like gang group does.
Cambodia do not have terrorist, but crime everywhere. Today we are afraid of Hun Sen's gang.
Dung roi,Ong Hun Sen is for terror for free to Cambodia poor.
that's good news, but don't ever let your guard down, though, cambodia. have to look at the bigger pictures.
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