26th January, 2009
Opinion by Khmerization
Mr. Hun Sen’s insatiable thirst for a political supremacy has turned him into a political animal. His journey toward a political conquest has turned into a political witch hunt reminiscent of the purges carried out by Pol Pot from 1975-1979, by Mao Tse-tung during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, by Stalin in the Soviet Union in the 1950s, or during Hitler’s purges against his potential enemies in the late 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Hun Sen is journeying into a dangerous political minefield.
Mr. Hun Sen’s current political manoeuvre is a recipe for a disaster and a political suicide. His insatiable thirst for a political supremacy by engaging in the purges against his own comrade-in-arms are very dangerous for Cambodia’s volatile political situation and a fragile political stability. Mr. Hun Sen’s relentless political witch hunt and purges will surely cause a political and social instability that would lead to an armed fighting because the hunted and the purged will fight for their political survival.
Mr. Hun Sen should learn from his past experiences. He should know this well because he was himself a victim of Pol Pot’s purges in 1977. For his own political survival and to avoid being killed, Mr. Hun Sen has fled to Vietnam and has returned victoriously with the Vietnamese invading army on 7th January, 1979.
Mr. Hun Sen’s strategy of political victimisation against Mr. Chea Sim’s loyalists could potentially result in bloody armed retaliations from Mr. Chea Sim’s loyalists who, as cornered dogs, will strike back and strike hard. His purges against Chea Sim’s loyalists are reminiscent of those Khmer Rouge purges which saw the hunters (Pol Pot’s side) and the hunted (Hun Sen’s side) brutally massacring each other in 1977 that only ended with the Vietnamese invasion that has brought Mr. Hun Sen to power on 7th January, 1979.
Mr. Hun Sen could draw the two parallels and analogies so he could ponder the potential dangers to his country and his iron fist rule. He should know that no one, himself included, can survive forever politically and that his political immortality will have its use-by-date one day. By drawing this analogy one would want to remind Mr. Hun Sen to stop committing his sins and ponder his own fate when he falls from power.
Mr. Hun Sen began his purges against Mr. Chea Sim’s loyalists since after the 1993 election, when Sin Song, Sin Sen and others were arrested and purged with manufactured evidences after they were accused of allegedly plotting a fake coup in 1994.
The conspiracy against Gen. Ke Kimyan has also been manufactured some time ago because Gen. Ke Kimyan has stood in the ways of Mr. Hun Sen many times in the past. The real reasons for his sacking were not derelictions of duties or his impropriety but rather he was sacked because he refused to follow Mr. Hun Sen’s orders blindly.
Gen. Ke Kimyan has been accused by Mr. Hun Sen of engaging in illegal business activities and for trying to protect illegal land purchases. One would ask, if these are the real reasons behind his sacking then, all of senior government officials, Mr. Hun Sen included, will be dismissed on grounds of impropriety as Gen. Ke Kimyan has been accused of committing.
Madame Yu Ay, a senior minister, has been accused of land-grabs of thousands of hectares from poor peasants in Kampong Speu. Om Yintieng, Hun Sen’s personal advisor, has been reported as engaging in illegal deforestations of thousands of hectares of forests in Rattanakiri province. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, owned many controversial parcels of prime real estate lands in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Senator Ly Yong Phat has been accused of land-grabs in Koh Kong province. Senator Lao Meng Khin ( Yeay Phu’s husband), has engaged in many controversial business deals and has engaged in controversial land fills at Boeng Kak Lake which flooded the Phnom Penh city recently and Gen. Kun Kim and Hun To, Hun Sen’s nephew, both have been reportedly engaged in land-grabs in Rattanakiri of thousands of hectares. These people have not been dealt with by Mr. Hun Sen and the courts yet because they are Mr. Hun Sen’s relatives and cronies.
Not surprisingly, even Mr. Hun Sen himself has been accused by Global Witness in the “Cambodia’s Family Tree” report of having been involved in thousands of hectares of forest destructions. In this sense, Mr. Hun Sen has committed impropriety. And, if Gen. Ke Kimyan was sacked because of impropriety, why his replacement and all the new appointees are tainted individuals (Gen Hing Bunheang involved in grenades attacks on 30th March, 1997 and Gen. Kun Kim has engaged in numerous human right abuses) and all of them are Mr. Hun Sen’s loyalists? Could this double-standard rings an alarm bell in our ears?
So, the only obvious explanation to his sacking is that Gen. Ke Kimyan is a very honest military leader who is very popular within the Cambodian People’s Party and within the military ranks. He could be a potential political threat and a serious rival to Mr. Hun Sen’s political future. As a consequence, Gen. Ke Kimyan has to be sacked, not because of his impropriety, but rather because of Mr. Hun Sen’s insatiable thirst for a political conquest through purges of political opponents and rivals in his quest for a political supremacy.
Opinion by Khmerization
“Gen. Ke Kimyan has to be sacked, not because of his impropriety, but rather because of Mr. Hun Sen’s insatiable thirst for a political conquest through purges of political opponents and rivals in his quest for a political supremacy.”
Mr. Hun Sen’s insatiable thirst for a political supremacy has turned him into a political animal. His journey toward a political conquest has turned into a political witch hunt reminiscent of the purges carried out by Pol Pot from 1975-1979, by Mao Tse-tung during the Chinese Cultural Revolution in 1966, by Stalin in the Soviet Union in the 1950s, or during Hitler’s purges against his potential enemies in the late 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Hun Sen is journeying into a dangerous political minefield.
Mr. Hun Sen’s current political manoeuvre is a recipe for a disaster and a political suicide. His insatiable thirst for a political supremacy by engaging in the purges against his own comrade-in-arms are very dangerous for Cambodia’s volatile political situation and a fragile political stability. Mr. Hun Sen’s relentless political witch hunt and purges will surely cause a political and social instability that would lead to an armed fighting because the hunted and the purged will fight for their political survival.
Mr. Hun Sen should learn from his past experiences. He should know this well because he was himself a victim of Pol Pot’s purges in 1977. For his own political survival and to avoid being killed, Mr. Hun Sen has fled to Vietnam and has returned victoriously with the Vietnamese invading army on 7th January, 1979.
Mr. Hun Sen’s strategy of political victimisation against Mr. Chea Sim’s loyalists could potentially result in bloody armed retaliations from Mr. Chea Sim’s loyalists who, as cornered dogs, will strike back and strike hard. His purges against Chea Sim’s loyalists are reminiscent of those Khmer Rouge purges which saw the hunters (Pol Pot’s side) and the hunted (Hun Sen’s side) brutally massacring each other in 1977 that only ended with the Vietnamese invasion that has brought Mr. Hun Sen to power on 7th January, 1979.
Mr. Hun Sen could draw the two parallels and analogies so he could ponder the potential dangers to his country and his iron fist rule. He should know that no one, himself included, can survive forever politically and that his political immortality will have its use-by-date one day. By drawing this analogy one would want to remind Mr. Hun Sen to stop committing his sins and ponder his own fate when he falls from power.
Mr. Hun Sen began his purges against Mr. Chea Sim’s loyalists since after the 1993 election, when Sin Song, Sin Sen and others were arrested and purged with manufactured evidences after they were accused of allegedly plotting a fake coup in 1994.
The conspiracy against Gen. Ke Kimyan has also been manufactured some time ago because Gen. Ke Kimyan has stood in the ways of Mr. Hun Sen many times in the past. The real reasons for his sacking were not derelictions of duties or his impropriety but rather he was sacked because he refused to follow Mr. Hun Sen’s orders blindly.
Gen. Ke Kimyan has been accused by Mr. Hun Sen of engaging in illegal business activities and for trying to protect illegal land purchases. One would ask, if these are the real reasons behind his sacking then, all of senior government officials, Mr. Hun Sen included, will be dismissed on grounds of impropriety as Gen. Ke Kimyan has been accused of committing.
Madame Yu Ay, a senior minister, has been accused of land-grabs of thousands of hectares from poor peasants in Kampong Speu. Om Yintieng, Hun Sen’s personal advisor, has been reported as engaging in illegal deforestations of thousands of hectares of forests in Rattanakiri province. Sok An, Deputy Prime Minister, owned many controversial parcels of prime real estate lands in Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Senator Ly Yong Phat has been accused of land-grabs in Koh Kong province. Senator Lao Meng Khin ( Yeay Phu’s husband), has engaged in many controversial business deals and has engaged in controversial land fills at Boeng Kak Lake which flooded the Phnom Penh city recently and Gen. Kun Kim and Hun To, Hun Sen’s nephew, both have been reportedly engaged in land-grabs in Rattanakiri of thousands of hectares. These people have not been dealt with by Mr. Hun Sen and the courts yet because they are Mr. Hun Sen’s relatives and cronies.
Not surprisingly, even Mr. Hun Sen himself has been accused by Global Witness in the “Cambodia’s Family Tree” report of having been involved in thousands of hectares of forest destructions. In this sense, Mr. Hun Sen has committed impropriety. And, if Gen. Ke Kimyan was sacked because of impropriety, why his replacement and all the new appointees are tainted individuals (Gen Hing Bunheang involved in grenades attacks on 30th March, 1997 and Gen. Kun Kim has engaged in numerous human right abuses) and all of them are Mr. Hun Sen’s loyalists? Could this double-standard rings an alarm bell in our ears?
So, the only obvious explanation to his sacking is that Gen. Ke Kimyan is a very honest military leader who is very popular within the Cambodian People’s Party and within the military ranks. He could be a potential political threat and a serious rival to Mr. Hun Sen’s political future. As a consequence, Gen. Ke Kimyan has to be sacked, not because of his impropriety, but rather because of Mr. Hun Sen’s insatiable thirst for a political conquest through purges of political opponents and rivals in his quest for a political supremacy.
21 comments:
Hun sen made alot of bad. He starting to scare that he will lost power.
I experienced during i working in one authority in the council of minister. It is not only Hun Sen group has problem with Chea sim group.
But among Hun Sen group also has problem. For example: In Hun Sen group in council of ministers, they divided to group of Sok An of Takeo, Hun Sen of Kandal province... so many group. All the time, group from Takeo alway has problem with group of Kandal. They fighting each other. Removed some officier who loyal to both party. I don't know how to say, it is happened in The council of ministers.
What i meant group of kandal or takeo? CPP, they have group from standing committee to help in province or local commune.
One day, The justice will bright.
Everybody will see clearly.
7:04am, I agreed with your thinking. Yes, Hun Sen is very paranoid. He doesn't trust many people around him, only his closest allies.
I also heard that inside Hun Sen's group, people are fighting against each other. And I also heard that there are Sok An's people and Hun Sen's people fighting each other too. Sok An is in competition with Hun Sen. Sooner, Sok An will kick Hun Sen out because at the Council of Ministers or even in the bodyguard unit, Sok An has appointed many cronies there. Sok An can even command Hun Sen's bodyguard unit, he can order Hing Bunheang, Mol Roeub and others to do things for him. One day, he might order Hing Bunheang and Mol Roeub to kill Hun Sen.
Prefer to to Sok An becomes the next Cambodian PM after Hun Kwack and others. He is a Khmer-Chinese and we’ll see what competent he has in stirring the country.
Pol pot, saddam hussein, and other horrible leader. They come and gone. Soon will be hun sen. Even the global market hit bottom.
Soon the big head of the most currupted/traitor to hanoi hun sen gonna bottom up death.
Pouk Ah Scam Rainxy and his potato diggers will be next!
He just follows Pol Pot's path of self destruction!
Paranoid, he feels increasingly threatened by his own party. Unsurprisingly, one knows where all the dictators would end up.
HI, 7:54AM,
I am a potato digger; I think, to be a potato digger is very much better than you a potato-head!
THere are many vietnamese secret agents writting in this forum by calling Cambodian patriot as Scam ransy or Potatoes digger. These idiots are short live individuals who their live will be striked by lightening one day. If they like Vietnam, they should live in Vietnam and fully participate their vietnamese culture. If they want to live in Cambodia they should appreciate with Cambodian culture and support all Cambodian to live in dignity and pride. We cannot accepte second class citizen in our own country. Areak Prey
That’s right! Potato diggers are much better than those digging up the family’s graves for treasure.
We’re not Potato Diggers or Donut Makers anyway; but keep Ah 7:54AM Lop Kour guessing on that coz he is Ah Kwack.
7:56am, I concur your rationale. Hun Sen is follwing Pol Pot's path of self-destruction. He, like Pol Pot, is paranoid and doesn't trust people around him. Soon his fate will be like the fates of Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein and Hitler who died brutally. He will die at the hands of his own people.
One day Hun Sen is going to kill his own sons in law first and leave all his daughters widows. Saddam has the same killed all his sons in law for protesting against him. Look one of his sons inlaw is Hok Lundy'son. How long can he keep this son in law in his house? Who has killed Hok Lundy?
no matter what hun sen does....chea sim will still be a sleeping cow near a burning char coal begging for life and peace.
Khmer people are known to be great warriors, but is there any glory in making wars against our own people? Today, our people are planted with warrior minds, our leaders are self-destructive warrior, we who are commenting in this blog are no different. WHEN ARE WE GOING TO STAND AS ONE??? WHEN WILL WE ALL BE TRUE PATRIOTS??
Hun Sen wasn't there on 7th January, 1979 Khmerization, have we forgotten Pen Sovann?
Well that is what you GET for supporting HUN SEN. In the end he will turn on you and stable you at any angle he find, so to all other CPP Officials ...TAKE NOT and if you don't get rid of Hun Sen and his famioly he will Get rid of YOU and your family!!
By the way I think it AH Hun Manet is the person who called Sam Rainsy as "Scam Rainxy" I think Ah HUN SEN is better at SCAMPING then Rainsy don't you think?,But Ah Manet he too is a Potato head...just like his father.
PHD with NO BRAIN.
No, that's what you get for supporting Pouk Ah Potato Diggers.
6:20PM,
Be civil and dignified please.
Som dei sar jiat miariayiat sar pouj.
If you go RFA and listen to Pen Sovann audio you will hear all about 7th of Jan.
Khmer Takeo,
Glad to see think continue to change for the better in Cambodia.
Jey Yoh Pm Hun Sen!
May Buddha continues to be with you forever.
hun sen change for the worst- sack the best and appoint the worst.
Nope, PM has never changed for the worst, but the best. Only Pouk Ah Scam Rainxy changes for the worst.
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