Friday, 26 September 2008
Written by Vong Sokheng and Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
Hun Sen says the offending political fliers that flooded the city prior to the opening of the National Assembly 'will not be tolerated'
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has ordered an investigation into anonymous leaflets insulting King Norodom Sihamoni and leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, which were distributed in Phnom Penh prior to the opening of the new National Assembly on Wednesday morning.
The leaflets, a copy of which was obtained by the Post, insult the King, calling him "a puppet" of Hanoi and Beijing. They also label Hun Sen, Senate Chairman Chea Sim and National Assembly President Heng Samrin as "national traitors".
"I thought [these leaflets] were a serious insult to the King. This issue cannot be tolerated and the authorities are beginning investigations," Hun Sen said.
Touch Naruth, Phnom Penh Municipal police chief, said there were no suspects, but that the police have begun investigations.
Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Yim Sovann told the Post that the opposition party and its parliamentarians were not concerned about the leaflets, adding that the SRP always made its criticisms publicly through the media.
"I think someone is playing a trick and trying to put the fault on someone else," he said. "We didn't have any thing to do with the leaflets."
Ou Virak, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said the leaflet expressed a marginal view, and that political leaders should ignore it. "The Prime Minister is wrong to concentrate on the leaflets," Ou Virak said. "The government should perform its role by focusing on corruption, education and other issues."
PRIME Minister Hun Sen has ordered an investigation into anonymous leaflets insulting King Norodom Sihamoni and leaders of the ruling Cambodian People's Party, which were distributed in Phnom Penh prior to the opening of the new National Assembly on Wednesday morning.
The leaflets, a copy of which was obtained by the Post, insult the King, calling him "a puppet" of Hanoi and Beijing. They also label Hun Sen, Senate Chairman Chea Sim and National Assembly President Heng Samrin as "national traitors".
"I thought [these leaflets] were a serious insult to the King. This issue cannot be tolerated and the authorities are beginning investigations," Hun Sen said.
Touch Naruth, Phnom Penh Municipal police chief, said there were no suspects, but that the police have begun investigations.
Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Yim Sovann told the Post that the opposition party and its parliamentarians were not concerned about the leaflets, adding that the SRP always made its criticisms publicly through the media.
"I think someone is playing a trick and trying to put the fault on someone else," he said. "We didn't have any thing to do with the leaflets."
Ou Virak, director of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, said the leaflet expressed a marginal view, and that political leaders should ignore it. "The Prime Minister is wrong to concentrate on the leaflets," Ou Virak said. "The government should perform its role by focusing on corruption, education and other issues."
15 comments:
Investigation for leaflet. But currupted official, innocent killed.Where are those investigation?
What a hipocrip hanoi puppet CPP
May preah Sreiy Aar Save khmer people.
With the international law and international justice.
http://fr.youtube.com/user/maitreyaproject
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=KHb_K_tOS6k&feature=related
NO mr.Hun Sen it is the facts and the truth, if any bodies do not believe that Hun Sen and the king good as claimed please check the site that 4:19AM post it ,that two sites will bring you to the right place and prove to the readers that these khmer king and Prime minister are ah jkout ah pleu and ah killer check it out!
Hi, Hun Sen. =)
"No King Bashing" is a law. If you brake our law, you will paid for it, period. We are not lawless like the wild wild west.
we are the fucked up country ,don't mess up with us wild west.Our laws created by the monkey and donkey combined,we killed innocent people to get in power you know that at least more than two million people of Cambodian then so what? If Cambodian people no so much we will losing our jobs? So what Sihaknuk did it too =our bloved koun jau do not study too much the will no body doing rice field jobs. So the more you are all dumb the more my 30years PM title are standing.
I have my next citizen is Hanoi,if Cambodia collapse I am still have my place to go hahaha
know =======>>not no
Hun Sen please accept the truth,do not cover up or you can go back to check your closet how many skull that have been hiding there?
10:22 AM
I agree. Whoever that curse that motherfucker son of bitch Sihamoni should be punished. Sihamoni is a real cow-boy, we have report that he has been shot in his derriere many time.
All right enough the law is the law period.
Yeah, but those skulls are not of the Khmer People, but Ah Useless Khmer-Oversea. So what's the big deal?
Khmer oversea khmer under sea how many khmer you are try to divide? I hope your families none of them have their luck to live in third world why you are so jealous,don't worry PPL like you Hanoi will be accepted for Immigration don't worry you spent so much time to serve them(Viet) so enjoy it before Cambodia dis-appeared
7:07 PM , Those are HUN SEN dogs skulls like you , soon will be your turn ..
It is fucken ridiculous for Hun Xen to focus on some leaflets while there are more important and urgent matters to do such as passing anti-corruption law and focus on sagging Cambodian economy, and reducing poverty…!
Cambodia has so much distraction already from Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, the Khmer Rouge trial, and the land grabbing...
I want to see Hun Xen government focus their mind and energy to get something done for Cambodia and Cambodian people! Now get on with it!
Get over it Hun Xen and it is not going to kill you! Just do your job as a Prime Minister!
i know, there's no much hate in this world; it is hard to please everyone. there's always haters out there, no matter what the situation is, for better or worse. i guess, this is why we have law to protect everyone's rights; even official has rights, too. god bless cambodia.
Shut critics up = Khmer rouge
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