Tuesday, Mar 25, 2008
By Jenny W. Hsu
STAFF REPORTER
Taipei Times
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday strongly protested claims by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen that Cambodian women living in Taiwan were ill-treated.
During a visit to China last month, Hun was quoted saying that more than half of the 2,500 Cambodian women living in Taiwan do not possess legal identity papers or official approval, after they were misled into going to Taiwan for work or to marry a Taiwanese man.
Hun Sen said some of the women had been sold to brothels and forced to work as prostitutes.
He said he had refused Taipei's offer to open up a representative office in Phnom Penh because of the mistreatment of Cambodian women by Taiwanese, not because Phnom Penh wanted to pander to China.
"The prime minister's claim could not farther from the truth," ministry spokeswoman Phoebe Yeh said, criticizing Cambodian leaders for making unfounded accusations.
In a press release, the ministry said the 4,500 Cambodianss residing in Taiwan had received equal and adequate care.
A minor percentage of them, the statement said, are ineligible for legal resident status in Taiwan because the Cambodian government did not provide them with the proper documentation, which showed that the Cambodian government has long neglected to take care of its citizens while they are overseas.
The ministry also protested Hun's comments that Taiwan has no right to join the UN because of its non-state status.
Taiwan was an independent sovereign nation with every right to be part of the global body and people of Taiwan are entitled to hold a referendum on the issue to decide for themselves, the ministry said in the statement.
During a visit to China last month, Hun was quoted saying that more than half of the 2,500 Cambodian women living in Taiwan do not possess legal identity papers or official approval, after they were misled into going to Taiwan for work or to marry a Taiwanese man.
Hun Sen said some of the women had been sold to brothels and forced to work as prostitutes.
He said he had refused Taipei's offer to open up a representative office in Phnom Penh because of the mistreatment of Cambodian women by Taiwanese, not because Phnom Penh wanted to pander to China.
"The prime minister's claim could not farther from the truth," ministry spokeswoman Phoebe Yeh said, criticizing Cambodian leaders for making unfounded accusations.
In a press release, the ministry said the 4,500 Cambodianss residing in Taiwan had received equal and adequate care.
A minor percentage of them, the statement said, are ineligible for legal resident status in Taiwan because the Cambodian government did not provide them with the proper documentation, which showed that the Cambodian government has long neglected to take care of its citizens while they are overseas.
The ministry also protested Hun's comments that Taiwan has no right to join the UN because of its non-state status.
Taiwan was an independent sovereign nation with every right to be part of the global body and people of Taiwan are entitled to hold a referendum on the issue to decide for themselves, the ministry said in the statement.
10 comments:
The accusation that the Cambodia government did not provide proper documentation to its citizen is misstated. Actually, you can get any kind of document needed... but only you have to pay...
We should not get too deep into China internal affair. Despite the cross-strait differences, I don't think China appreciated us bashing Taiwanese all that much. They are not like us.
At the bottom line, Everyone knew of terrorist Government of Hun sen who care nothing to Khmer citizen. He cares only dollars and his boss vietcong
Not true, if Hun Sen didn't care about Khmer, they will all still dying from diseases and starvation under the Khmer Rouge and Ah Khmer-Yuon.
1:45 PM is CPP Vietnamese filth. If the Khmers didn't care for the Khmer Nation, they wouldn't have murdered and beheaded the Vietnamese gooks living in Cambodia during the war times =)
1:45 PM Your arguements resemble that of a gook in asian forums known as Byron... hmm...? I Smell troll, and DOG.
If you are talking about AsiaFinest, I am not Byron, but VoodooPro. I had only post a few for the last few years or so, just don't have time to go everywhere. What about you, are you a member? Maybe will bump head over there, one of these day.
What is HUN SEN talking about? Cambodian women already mistreat in Cambodia itself. Pisith Palika was gunned down by Bun Rany. Before we wiping some else's azz we got to wipe ourself first.
Oh zip it, Ah Khmer-Yuon, enough of your stupid theory and propaganda already.
Ah kwac said anu think wothout thinking!
And what don't you like about it?
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