Friday, February 06, 2009

Rumours of Divisions Between Hun Sen and Chea Sim

The CPP trio: the is-no-good Heng Samrin, the quite-bad Chea Sim, and the very-ugly Hun Sen (Photo: Reuters)

5th February, 2009
Kampuchea Thmey newspaper (Pro-CPP newspaper)
Translated from Khmer to English by Khmerization


There were rumours that on the afternoon of 3rd of February, Mr. Chea Sim, Senate President and President of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP), has tendered his resignation from the CPP, citing ill health.

To quell the rumours, Mr. Khieu Kanharith, spokesman for the government, told reporters that the rumours are untrue and that the three Samdechs (a royal titles meaning “Sir” conferred to Chea Sim, Hun Sen and Heng Samrin) are as united as ever.

Mr. Kanharith told Kampuchea Thmey that he heard the rumours as well, but said that the rumours must have been fabricated by the opposition camps. Mr. Kanharith added that he has conveyed the news to Mr.Hun Sen to ask for explanation from Mr. Hun Sen and Mr. Hun Sen responded that the rumours are laughable by adding that they are untrue.

The rumours have been spread by words of mouth that Mr. Chea Sim has tendered his resignation at 5pm on the afternoon of 3rd February due to ill health.

The rumours said that, after Mr. Chea Sim resigned, Mr. Hun Sen took over the presidency of the CPP, Mr. Sar Kheng became Vice-President and Mr. Sok An became Secretary-General of the CPP.

Mr. Hun Sen replied through Mr. Kanharith that these rumours are laughable and that they are untrue story that was probably created by local opposition groups. He added that, in fact, Mr. Chea Sim is healthier and stronger than before.

Mr. Khieu Kanharith added that, before rumours of Mr. Chea Sim’s resignation surfaced, there were rumours that the three Samdechs (Chea Sim, Hun Sen and Heng Samrin) have bitterly verbally clashed about the removals and the reshuffles of the military leaders and about the reforms in other government institutions.

Mr. Kanharith added that he doesn’t need to explain any further about the unity of the three Samdechs as the three Samdechs were seen chatting cordially among themselves when all of them bid farewell to the king when the king left for a medical check-up in Beijing on the 4th of February. Mr. Kanharith added that the cordial conversations among the three Samdechs were signs of a strong unity among them.

Mr. Kanharith said that the three Samdechs are still the top leaders of the Cambodian People’s Party.

37 comments:

Anonymous said...

They can't hide nothing and nothing can be believed from these clowns.

Anonymous said...

Yep, opposition's camp has been a rumor manufacturer since day1. Nothing is new here.

Anonymous said...

Somdeal Hun Sen was also seen as sweet with the prince before they stabbed each other.

Anonymous said...

They can fight all they want but they are all our Vietnamese puppets at the end of te day. The best one is Ong Hun Sen.

Their perforamnce report is due at the end of this month.

Anonymous said...

rumours are rumours.....it's there for some purposes.

Anonymous said...

realy hate these three monkey ..

Anonymous said...

not really good news for opposition.

Anonymous said...

Sok An becomes Secretary General?
Nonsense! Absurd!

Anonymous said...

the dispute did take place but it won't come out publicly as cpp can't afford it, yuon will allow it. chea sim is too old, just wait till he dies. hun sen power is complete.

Anonymous said...

They better play it safe to avoid fragile tranquility and stability that they’ve achieved from the war and safeguard the state of affairs from becoming violent struggling. This is for the sake of Cambodia and the people as a whole.

If Hun Kwack can compromise and reconcile among the factions for calm, then people will enjoy peace for a long time to come. But if Hun Kwack can’t persuade them and wants to bring the government to be totally under his iron fist; the risk of collision would be inevitable.

It’s hard to know what country has influent and has a role to play in Cambodian’s internal affaire. Most people know if Yuons don’t want Cambodia to have a long last peace, it would not be as hard as many people have in mind.

Anonymous said...

Why Ah Khieu Kanharith’s stinky mouth can’t tell people the truth? If there is any rift or split within the party, what’s a big deal? If they miss one of the threes, will Cambodia be disappeared from the face of the earth? It’s normal affaire when a politician hands in his/her resignation for a reason. People deserve to know the truth from the government.

It could be true if one of the clowns resigns from the post since they’re aging and have less ambition staying in politic to serve the people, idiot.

Anonymous said...

cambodia still communist, so people no need to know, they are sheep for BBQ.

Anonymous said...

May God Bless the Kingdom of Cambodia...Thank you Lord!

Anonymous said...

let me point out, just in case, the key word, here, is "rumours", especially on an opened forum like this, don't buy too much into rumours. remember what U.S. president reagan used to say: "trust but verify", especially when dealing with "rumours"! this is a very good advice to live by! god bless cambodia and all our beautiful khmer people and citizens.

Anonymous said...

Too late, Ah Potato diggers are already drown in Pouk Ah Scam Rainxy's rumor beyond any recovery.

Anonymous said...

Donkey-ASS 10:58 AM, can you low down your lousy noise?

Anonymous said...

I love that picture. If it wasn't for them, Cambodia would have cease to exist long ago.

Anonymous said...

the three hardened criminals should be shot

Anonymous said...

11.12P you are so sumb to think Cambodia would have disappeared without them. You are a snaive lop lop kid who would buy into any of their propaganda. In fact they actively involved in the killing oftheir own people. go and do proper research idiot.

Anonymous said...

Potato diggers are better than the Beggars. Ah Beggars!!! Better yet, the "World-Class Beggars".

Anonymous said...

Potato diggers are beggars.

Anonymous said...

I want to dig you sister's potatoes field. It is hot.

Anonymous said...

Someone should have launched some rocket propelled grenades into that motorcade as pictured.

Anonymous said...

my god, this person, 12:40pm is so full of hate, envy, jealous, anger, etc... must you forgotten that many more people don't think the way you think and wish? that is a terrorist mindset! i hope the FBI is chasing down people like this individual for wishing death threat on someone else! it's like fighting fire with fire; or worse, why not pour more gasoline into a burning fire? like that's going to help solve any thing! learn some people skill, would you!

Anonymous said...

10.58 AM
From now on I refer to you as AH HUN SEN REGIME SUPPORTER.

I know that you are one of Cambodian Mafia members within the Cambodian government (AH HUN SEN REGIME).

These three mother fucker (Ah Hun Sen + Ah Chea Sim + Ah Heng Samrin), you guys call them samdech.
What king and queen did they born from?
Trust me, they are not samdech.
They are murders and gangsters.

If you vote for them, you support these murders and gangsters that assassinate and murder our Khmer peoples.

Anonymous said...

COME Mr. Chea Sim.
It time for you to FIGHT aH Hun Sen back.

You are as powerful as he is and you have enough mitilary force to fight Ah Hun Sen...
Show him who is THE BOSS...!!!!

Anonymous said...

I know by fact King Chea Sim BORM FROM STEALLING COW in his early day. While King Hun Sen born by killing all the people in the hospital when he blinded his eye.
While Kind Samrin was born from the Vietname goal.

Anonymous said...

អាឆ្កែយួនទាំងបី សូមអោយហ្អែងស្លាប់ឆាប់ៗ សាមាសាមពុតធូ
Ah Vietnamese's dog all three, please let you die hurry hurry​ sama samputho

អាឆ្កែយួនទាំងបី សូមអោយហ្អែងស្លាប់ឆាប់ៗ សាមាសាមពុតធូ
Ah Vietnamese's dog all three, please let you die hurry hurry​ sama samputho

អាឆ្កែយួនទាំងបី សូមអោយហ្អែងស្លាប់ឆាប់ៗ សាមាសាមពុតធូ
Ah Vietnamese's dog all three, please let you die hurry hurry​ sama samputho

Anonymous said...

The divisions and rifts inside the CPP are real, but they try to hide them from the public. In 2003, after the election, Hun Sen ordered Hok Lundy to send the police to surround Chea Sim's house and exile him to Thailand. I won't be surprised if these rumors turned out to be true that Hun Sen argued bitterly with Heng Samrin and Chea Sim and that Hun Sen forced Chea Sim to resign. It's not long before rifts between Chea Sim and Hun Sen spilled into a public fight.

Anonymous said...

Rumor and rumor and again rumor they are floating around since 2000,but nothing exactly comes out. CPP is still strong and so far they didn't tear themselves apart like FUNCIPEC, NRP,and SRP in open space.

Anonymous said...

The middle monkey has been the worst one and still is worst one. He thinks he own Cambodia. Only fools and ignorants sacrifice for this man. If we all stand up for ourselves and our future, this man will not get his power to abusing us. So don't be a fool to cave in for such a tyrant leader.

Anonymous said...

Hello All,

Red-Ant just wants to confirm you all to reflict and to imagine of our old Saying that now, it is the time of
"Klok lech, Ambeng Andeth" Pumpkin sunk, the matal pieces floated".

The saying is applying to nowadays in Cambodia that, the theif became Ministries and gov't workers, and Prostitutes become Jomteve. The wide and intelligent people have to live outside the country. They can not live inside Cambodia, because of these situartions.

Red-Ant.

Anonymous said...

A salute to the team liberator in the picture.

Cambodia is forever at debt to you.

May Buddha continues to be with you at all time.

Anonymous said...

If chea sim dared to come out in public, he would be literally killed by hun sen. chea sim knows this. this is why the cpp is united. it happened to chea sim once when he refused to sign the supplementaire treaty ceding land to the yuon in accordance with husen's wish, rule- by- fear- party.

Anonymous said...

5:14am, you are right. Chea Sim refused to sign a decree appointing Hun Sen as PM after 2003 election when the king was absent, not the supplemental treaty in 2005.

Yes, if Chea Sim came out in opposition to Hun Sen publicly he will be literally killed by Hun Sen. The unity in the CPP is only a facade of unity, but deep down Chea Sim and Hun Sen are trying to cut each other's thhroats.

Anonymous said...

Vietnamese are so smart to install these three illiterate men in power.

And I am so lucky to be born Chinese that makes me smarter than the Vietnamese thousand times.

Anonymous said...

Here come the three nasty monkies aboard the limo. They deserve to be sniped down by JFK shots.