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Phnom Penh - The Cambodian government said Monday that the United Nations office in Cambodia had overstepped its mandate by speaking out on the process under which the country's long-delayed anti-corruption law was recently put to parliament.
The comments from the foreign ministry followed a weekend letter by Foreign Minister Hor Namhong to the UN resident coordinator Douglas Broderick, threatening to expel him from Cambodia.
"The unwarranted comments made by you in connection with the adoption of Cambodia's Anti-Corruption Law [are] a flagrant and unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Cambodia," the minister wrote.
"Any further repetition of such behaviour would compel the Royal Government of Cambodia to resort to a 'persona non grata' decision," Hor Namhong concluded.
The UN office in Cambodia was not available for comment Monday.
Koy Kuong, a spokesman for the ministry, said the government felt the UN had gone too far in its March 10 comments requesting that it allocate more time to opposition parliamentarians, civil society and donors to examine the law's provisions.
"It is a purely internal affair of Cambodia, and they commented on the process of adoption," he said. "The comment is similar to what the opposition [Sam Rainsy Party] said."
Cambodia's anti-corruption law took more than 15 years from proposal to reaching parliament.
The final draft was released publicly by the government just four days before the parliamentary debate and vote, prompting an outcry from the main opposition party and civil society representatives who wanted more time to study its provisions.
Asked whether the letter meant the government felt donors - which provided half of its 1.8-billion-US-dollar budget last year - had no right to speak out on programmes they funded, Koy Kuong replied that the government's response was made "on a case-by-case basis."
The anti-corruption law has been criticized by some as being weak and vulnerable to political abuse. It passed through the two houses this month without amendment and is expected to be signed into law later this year.
Cambodia is one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world, ranked 158th out of 180 countries on Transparency International's latest corruption perceptions index.
Last year the US ambassador to Cambodia outraged the government when she said the country was losing 500 million dollars a year to the scourge.
The comments from the foreign ministry followed a weekend letter by Foreign Minister Hor Namhong to the UN resident coordinator Douglas Broderick, threatening to expel him from Cambodia.
"The unwarranted comments made by you in connection with the adoption of Cambodia's Anti-Corruption Law [are] a flagrant and unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of Cambodia," the minister wrote.
"Any further repetition of such behaviour would compel the Royal Government of Cambodia to resort to a 'persona non grata' decision," Hor Namhong concluded.
The UN office in Cambodia was not available for comment Monday.
Koy Kuong, a spokesman for the ministry, said the government felt the UN had gone too far in its March 10 comments requesting that it allocate more time to opposition parliamentarians, civil society and donors to examine the law's provisions.
"It is a purely internal affair of Cambodia, and they commented on the process of adoption," he said. "The comment is similar to what the opposition [Sam Rainsy Party] said."
Cambodia's anti-corruption law took more than 15 years from proposal to reaching parliament.
The final draft was released publicly by the government just four days before the parliamentary debate and vote, prompting an outcry from the main opposition party and civil society representatives who wanted more time to study its provisions.
Asked whether the letter meant the government felt donors - which provided half of its 1.8-billion-US-dollar budget last year - had no right to speak out on programmes they funded, Koy Kuong replied that the government's response was made "on a case-by-case basis."
The anti-corruption law has been criticized by some as being weak and vulnerable to political abuse. It passed through the two houses this month without amendment and is expected to be signed into law later this year.
Cambodia is one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world, ranked 158th out of 180 countries on Transparency International's latest corruption perceptions index.
Last year the US ambassador to Cambodia outraged the government when she said the country was losing 500 million dollars a year to the scourge.
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UN only supposed to keep peace on human rights, etc, but when they engaged in the everyday law process in cambodia, they have no rights to interfere in cambodia's internal affaires. it's like making judgment on cambodia and dictating to cambodia. now, UN should know their respective role and not involve in cambodia law making, etc! i think the cambodia gov't is right to point out that UN have no rights to dictate to cambodia like this, really!
UN or ICC must issue a warrant arrest for the former Khmer's leaders with blood on the hands to the court. Here are those guys.
Sihanouk
Chea Sim
Hun Sen
Heng Samrin
Hor Nam Hong
Keat Chhon
Sim Ka
Ouk Bun Chhoeun
Mom Nai
YUON's leaders
you have to wonder why some people cling to power. there's a reason for it, really. one is they can get away with it. cambodia ought to focus on reforming gov't at all level, really! until people started to wake up, there will be no justice. and educationis one of the most important key to ridding of ignorance and stupidity, etc... people have to realize that learning to think for yourself is very very very important personal skill(s) to have in life, you know! i encourage people to learn to think, analyze, critic, use logic, etc, etc, for yourself. we can rely on one another, however, good idea to be educated and think think think!!!!!
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Kek Iev
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime
Members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
"But as of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
UN!!!!!!!YOU ARE GAVE BIRTH AND RAISING A CROCODILE!!!!!!!!WHICH IS TERORIZING THE VICTIMES OF KILLING FIELD SINCE 1997!!!
THANK YOU FOR OPPEN YOUR EYES! PLEASE DO SOMETHING AS YOU PROMISED IN PARIS ACCORD!
UN!!!!!!!YOU ARE GAVE BIRTH AND RAISING A CROCODILE!!!!!!!!WHICH IS TERORIZING THE VICTIMES OF KILLING FIELD SINCE 1997!!!
THANK YOU FOR OPPEN YOUR EYES! PLEASE DO SOMETHING AS YOU PROMISED IN PARIS ACCORD!
When ministers from CPP spoken, they have nothing intellectually to say about Cambodia. Yet, they continue to deny the truth, evil truth of what's happening inside Cambodia. Internally, it's rotten with ProHok that have been left in the Sun for days...
Hun Sen and his clowns must resign, or someone needs to win election to push them out.
Is Hun Sen government now following Sdam Hussen foot step? If we look back, you would simply see these tigers cambodian mafia goverment get fat from the support and help of international community and mainly the U.N. Now they want to pay back the U.N by threatening to expel the U.N official from Cambodia. Hun Hen has to remmember his signature and his agreement with the U.N Paris peace agreement in 1993. If he think, he can get away with it he is 100% wrong. Hun Sen should learn how Sadam Hussen make mistake, expel U.N inspectors, that eventully lost everything.
i love cambodia. good job mr. hun sen for leading cambodia in the right direction. god bless cambodia.
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