By Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh
24 January 2009
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday said his decision to remove a top military chief from his position Thursday was due to “land issues” and a dereliction of duties.
Gen. Ke Kim Yan “was conducting his own business” instead of performing his duties as commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, Hun Sen told a weekly Cabinet meeting.
Ke Kim Yan was backing the illegal purchase of land in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district, Kampot province’s Phnom Vor area and sites in the provinces of Banteay Meanchey and Stung Treng, Hun Sen said.
Ke Kim Yan could not be reached for comment Friday. He was removed from his post late Thursday by royal decree following the request of Hun Sen.
Replacing Ke Kim Yan is his deputy, Gen. Pol Saroeun. Also promoted to deputy commanders of RCAF by the royal decree are military intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Mol Roeup, military police commander Lt. Gen. Sao Sokha and the chief of Hun Sen's personal bodyguard unit, Lt. Gen. Hing Bun Heang, among others.
Pol Saroeun declined Friday to comment on the removal of Ke Kim Yan, saying it was an internal military matter.
It remained unclear Friday whether Ke Kim Yan would be given another command or remain in the army. Hun Sen told his Cabinet a new position had not yet been considered for the former chief.
The sacking comes as Cambodian continues a months-long military standoff with Thailand on the border of Preah Vihear province.
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is scheduled for border talks with his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Namhong, in Phnom Penh Sunday and Monday. Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said the removal of Ke Kim Yan would not affect the talks.
Gen. Ke Kim Yan “was conducting his own business” instead of performing his duties as commander of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, Hun Sen told a weekly Cabinet meeting.
Ke Kim Yan was backing the illegal purchase of land in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district, Kampot province’s Phnom Vor area and sites in the provinces of Banteay Meanchey and Stung Treng, Hun Sen said.
Ke Kim Yan could not be reached for comment Friday. He was removed from his post late Thursday by royal decree following the request of Hun Sen.
Replacing Ke Kim Yan is his deputy, Gen. Pol Saroeun. Also promoted to deputy commanders of RCAF by the royal decree are military intelligence chief Lt. Gen. Mol Roeup, military police commander Lt. Gen. Sao Sokha and the chief of Hun Sen's personal bodyguard unit, Lt. Gen. Hing Bun Heang, among others.
Pol Saroeun declined Friday to comment on the removal of Ke Kim Yan, saying it was an internal military matter.
It remained unclear Friday whether Ke Kim Yan would be given another command or remain in the army. Hun Sen told his Cabinet a new position had not yet been considered for the former chief.
The sacking comes as Cambodian continues a months-long military standoff with Thailand on the border of Preah Vihear province.
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya is scheduled for border talks with his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Namhong, in Phnom Penh Sunday and Monday. Government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said the removal of Ke Kim Yan would not affect the talks.
25 comments:
If KEV KIMYAN is truly backing the illegal land purchasing, he should be purnished and why the government need to consider which position he should be given and sit. That sounds strange, even someone committed something but still not purnish and even consider for giving a new post. However, I do not know wether it is the true fault or it seems like a painting on a paper. I will follow this matter and see wether law is effective for this fellow or not.
IT WAS A COUP.
It is now the time for Ke Kimyan, Sar Kheng to make a coup or topple Hun Sen. If you do not Hun Sen will arrest you any time and jail like Heng Pov. Ke Kimyan, Sar Kheng and their generals will become hero if they topple Hun Sen and his regime and save Cambodian.
2:23 PM
What a fucking idiot! Do you even know what a coup means? Go back to basic elementary school, kid. A coup is against a government. Is Ke Kim Yan the representative of the whole Cambodian government? No! so by simple logic, your call of coup is baseless and stupid. Like I said, go back to ABC's, stupid lol.
2:59 PM
Who would listen to you? You think your words have any influence on anyone? As I see it, No. So, save yourself the time and stop going on the internet and try to make your commands to people. You have no power. You are nothing of importance and no one will listen to your bitching, okay, bro?
to above comment, how can you topple the CPP with 4 balls and 2 little sticks!!! Stop posting such idiotic comment.
What do you expect from Ah Dumb Potato Diggers?
We all know who gave the land, and islands away to the enemy!
So what is going to happen to the other 1,265 20 star generals that are involved in land grabbing
If you going to grab land, you can't be part of the government. Go and join the new DMC instead.
Hun Sen himself was involved in many illegal loggings and land-grabbings too. He should sack himself first.
No, Ah Scam Rainxy will be next.
9:29 PM and your mother after , hun sen will create one more baby as stupid as you are .. lol
The ones that Global Witness accused of plundering Cambodian natural resouces and grossly misused their powers got promoted while the ones who had not been accused of doing anything wrong got dismissed from their duties. Such is a reality in Cambodia. A government leads by the blind is indeed doing things blindly.
Who are you trying to kid, Ah potato digger (10:35)? We all know Global Witness is part of Pouk Ah Scam Rainxy that try to score votes for Ah Scam Rainxy Himself.
Go get a life, motherfucker!
Maybe ke kim yan is rich enough now to retired. So this is an excuses to retired with all the land taken from people.
Hun sen using this to make him like he fighting curruptions?
If AH HUN SEN can remove Ke Kim Yan for illegal act and what about AH HUN SEN corruption family tree reported by Global Witness! Why AH HUN SEN refused to remove his family members for their illegal act too?
This is a factional rivalry within the CPP! This is a major coup on the way which can lead to arm conflict in the near future!
Cambodian people must not allow AH HUN SEN to own and to have everything in Cambodia in the name of peace and stability because only his family member can enjoy all the illegal acts against Cambodian people! What AH HUN SEN want is also what Cambodian people want too! Otherwise everything in Cambodia will have to be destroyed so that none of AH HUN SEN family can have it!
playing with sword will get you cut by a sword... when they are running out of enemy, they will implode by distrusting their own clans...it happened to KR, too.
it does not matter if one is a potato digger, or a butt-licker...your deeds will catch up with you some time, sooner or later...
You always fuck with my government everyday.So what's fuck you want?
Do you want Cambodia go back to pol pot regime again right? If you want like that you are fuckingasshole.
1:24 AM
1:25 wake your stupid self up! Sorry to disapoint you, but your so-call government is the Khmer Rouge. You need Khmer-Oversea to remind you? Get real! Stop lying to yourself!
Oh, don't bother if your DNA is a positive match to Huynh K. Sen.
1:24 AM , you fucking funny .. your socall MURDERER goverment are killing my innocent Khmer peoples , so shut your cunt up..
If you deal with Ah Potato Diggers, your days is numbered.
I assure you this is a combination of the old & Khmer Rouge ruling system.
I do not care about what happened, who rule the country but i see there is no solidarity among the Khmer.
I think Cambodia is increasingly not a good place to live.
Why don't we concentrate on developing our country - if you praise the current development, why not looking at countries such as VN - a free communist country.
Every time the government always said how can they develop the country when everything was destroyed in the Pol Pot regime - everything started from 0. I don't believe this - we can develop our country if we don't so much divided.
How can the Thai stole and continue to steal our identity? Some of the stuffs scientifically being called with the suffix Siamensis - as belong to the land of Thai - Do we have any suffering knowing about these when we once owned the who land?
Can you stop bitching each other over the nonsese shit for once?
9:33AM!Can Ah Hun Xen stop:
- evicted people?
-Steal from the country?
-Spread injustice and corruption?
-Using fool words in public?
-Let his family shoot people on the streets?
-Sending our Monk to jail in Vietname? Ect......
Get your mother fucker shit head to your mother fucker master land of Vietname if you do not like Lightning to strike your fucking whole family in the noone day light!!!!
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