PM blasts Taiwan for attempt to reopen representative office in CambodiaPHNOM PENH, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen here on Thursday reiterated his government's rejection to the Taiwan authority's attempt to reopen its representative office in the kingdom.
"Don't dream to reopen Taiwan's representative office in Cambodia while I am in power," he told a conference of the Interior Ministry.
Middle men said that the Cambodian women currently living in Taiwan can get their stay legalized, if the Cambodian government allows the Taiwan authority to reopen its representative office in the kingdom, said Hun Sen.
"If I sign (the documents) to reopen Taiwan's representative office, I will get millions of dollars into my pocket from the middle men," he said, adding "we can't sign to reopen this, (because) we have to respect the territorial sovereignty of the People's Republic of China and it is part of the foreign policy of our government."
"We can't allow any province to separate and become independent from Cambodia," he said.
"We can do business with Taiwan but we don't allow it to reopen its representative office here. Even their planes landing here can't use their (so-called national) flag," he said.
Currently, he said, over half of the 2,500 Cambodian women living in Taiwan don't possess legal identity or official approval, after they were cheated to go there to find work and marry Taiwanese.
And some of them were even sold to brothels to work as prostitutes, he said.
"We will work with NGOs and civil societies to help them," he added.
The Taiwan authority's representative office in Cambodia was closed in 1975, but business exchange has kept on going ever since.
Businesspeople established the Taiwan Commercial Association in Cambodia in 1996 as a civilian organization, which now has more than a hundred members.
"Don't dream to reopen Taiwan's representative office in Cambodia while I am in power," he told a conference of the Interior Ministry.
Middle men said that the Cambodian women currently living in Taiwan can get their stay legalized, if the Cambodian government allows the Taiwan authority to reopen its representative office in the kingdom, said Hun Sen.
"If I sign (the documents) to reopen Taiwan's representative office, I will get millions of dollars into my pocket from the middle men," he said, adding "we can't sign to reopen this, (because) we have to respect the territorial sovereignty of the People's Republic of China and it is part of the foreign policy of our government."
"We can't allow any province to separate and become independent from Cambodia," he said.
"We can do business with Taiwan but we don't allow it to reopen its representative office here. Even their planes landing here can't use their (so-called national) flag," he said.
Currently, he said, over half of the 2,500 Cambodian women living in Taiwan don't possess legal identity or official approval, after they were cheated to go there to find work and marry Taiwanese.
And some of them were even sold to brothels to work as prostitutes, he said.
"We will work with NGOs and civil societies to help them," he added.
The Taiwan authority's representative office in Cambodia was closed in 1975, but business exchange has kept on going ever since.
Businesspeople established the Taiwan Commercial Association in Cambodia in 1996 as a civilian organization, which now has more than a hundred members.
4 comments:
Yep, the word "separatist" and "secessionist" is no longer in our dictionary.
We are not picking on Taiwanese but all separatists and secessionists.
business is business; if ones don't know yet, business is separate from politics which is the separatist of china which cambodia does not suppport a bit. give it up, taiwan is always a part of china and taiwanese are chinese in case people did not aware this fact! how would you like it if hawaii is claiming independent from the USA? same concept, my dear! leave it alone, don't be so nosy!
look, i'm not a defender of mr. hun sen nor do i want to, however, i think mr. hun sen has the right to voice his statement that under his tenure, there is no hope to recognize taiwan as a separatist state from mainland china. this is his rights and his freedom of speech to say this; so what's the big deal if he said this or you said this?
Folk, when we support the "One China" policy, by default we also support our own "One Cambodia" policy, "One Thailand" policy ... and "One Vietnam" policy. It has nothing to do with business or politic, but our own security, as simple as that.
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