Showing posts with label Hun Mana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hun Mana. Show all posts
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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Monday, May 30, 2011
PM’s daughter [Hun Mana] doesn't 'like' Facebook profile
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| Hun Mana attends a Visak Bochea Day celebration on Diamond Island in Phnom Penh earlier this month. (Photo by: Heng Chivoan) |
Monday, 30 May 2011
Sen David
The Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen‘s daughter Hun Mana claimed on Saturday that someone had opened a Facebook account in her name and requested the immediate removal of the account by its creator.
In a statement published by Khmer-language daily newspaper Kampuchea Thmey, Hun Mana, who owns the newspaper, thanked the creator for comments about her work as a “humanitarian activist” but requested that the account be removed.
“I appeal to whoever created the Facebook account to remove it, because it is not mine,” Hun Mana said in the statement. “I do not have a Facebook account.”
Wednesday, January 05, 2011
PM's Son [Hun Manet] Faces Reform Challenge
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| Bun Rany in full army uniform despite a law that forbids civilians from wearing uniforms or impersonating soldiers |
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| Graphic: RFA The appointment also highlighted Hun Sen's family involvement in the country's administration and business. |
Radio Free Asia
Following his two-star general appointment, critics pressure Hun Sen’s son to clean up Cambodia’s military image.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has made his fast-rising son a two-star general amid pressure to reform the country's tainted military.
Hun Manet, a West Point graduate with a doctorate in economics, was appointed deputy infantry commander-in-chief in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF).
He currently serves as chief of his father’s bodyguard unit as well as head of the anti-terrorist unit at Cambodia’s Ministry of Defense.
A key challenge facing Hun Manet is reforming the Cambodian military, which has been accused of human rights abuses by various organizations and the U.S. State Department.
Phil Robertson, deputy director of the Asia division at Human Rights Watch in Bangkok, said Hun Sen’s bodyguard unit itself was involved in rights abuses and that Hun Manet faced an enormous challenge in any bid to clean up the military's tarnished image.
“He should … take on the human rights record of the RCAF because many of the units in the RCAF have abused human rights, so if he wants to take this on as a personal mission or as an objective in order to reform the Cambodian military, we would welcome that,” Robertson said.
“But we want to see some action, we don’t just want to hear words. We would want to see clear evidence that there are reforms taking place and that persons who have been responsible for human rights abuses are held accountable,” Robertson said.
Stepping stone
Outspoken Cambodian opposition MP Mu Sochua felt the appointment was temporary and a stepping stone for a "higher position," saying she might not seriously consider restructuring the infantry.
“I don’t oppose the promotion of Hun Sen’s son, because he is qualified for the job, but I’m concerned that he has too many positions,” said the parliamentarian for Kompot province.
According to New York-based Human Rights Watch, Hun Sen's personal bodyguard unit has been linked to a deadly March 1997 grenade attack on the political opposition.
Aside from the charge, various Cambodian military units have been accused of summary executions, arbitrary detentions, political violence, torture, illegal logging and farmland seizures, Human Rights Watch said.
"Cambodian military personnel are not held accountable for serious rights violations. Instead, Hun Sen has promoted military officers implicated in torture, extrajudicial killings, and political violence," the rights group had charged on its website last year.
Hun Sen, 58, is the longest serving leader in Southeast Asia, having ruled Cambodia since 1985. Observers have long speculated, according to local newspaper The Phnom Penh Post, that Hun Manet is being groomed as a potential successor.
Executive director of the Khmer Institute for Democracy Hang Chhaya said that Hun Manet's promotion is “part of the prime minister’s attempt to consolidate power in politics,” the Post reported.
Family involvement
Although Hun Sen's wife Bun Rany holds no elected office, she is addressed as “Lok Chumteav” (Her Excellency), a rank similar to secretary of state.
She has also worn a military uniform in public and received salutes from generals in the RCAF, despite a law that forbids civilians from wearing uniforms or impersonating soldiers.
Hun Sen’s eldest daughter, Hun Mana, serves as the general director of the pro-government Bayon Television station.
Hun Sen has promised that he would not let his son replace him. In a 2008 statement, he called Cambodia a democracy that has no place for nepotism in politics.
He has ruled Cambodia nearly uncontested for the past 25 years and said last year that he plans to serve as prime minister for at least 15 more years.
Reported and translated by Yun Samean for RFA’s Khmer service. Written in English by Joshua Lipes.
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Bayon TV Begins Disbursement of Bridge Donations
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| Hun Mana, owner of Bayon TV and daughter of Cambodia's dictator |
By last Friday evening, Bayon TV had raised more than $1.08 million and CTN had brought in more than $500,000.
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Wednesday, 01 December 2010
“But this money cannot fully compensate the loss to the families.”
Eighty-three families of victims from last week’s bridge stampede received a first round of donations from Bayon TV, collecting more than $5,000 each.
The TV station raised the money from its Cambodian audience following the Nov. 22 bridge disaster, which left 351 people dead and 395 injured.
Tit Thavrith, deputy director of Bayon Radio and TV, said the disbursement was a “first step” to compensate victims of the disaster and would be followed by teams making provincial trips.
Bayon TV said it collected more than $2.5 million in the week following the deadly bridge stampede, one of the worst disasters in recent Cambodian history.
Tit Thavrith said the disbursements should end speculation the TV station would not transparently issue the money.
The money will help the families of victims to reduce expenditures, such as seven-day and hundred-day ceremonies, Phnom Penh Governor Kep Chuktema said during a distribution ceremony at Bayon TV station on Wednesday. “But this money cannot fully compensate the loss to the families.”
Chan Serey, a 45-year-old soldier stationed in Kampong Speu province, who lost his wife and three children in the stampede, said the money was more than he had seen before, but it could not make up for the death of his family.
He would use the money to open a small shop in his house in Kampong Chhnang province, he said.
Phea Chan Nara, 43, whose brother was killed on the bridge, said he would use the money to hold the 100-day funeral ceremony and help his elderly mother.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010
Stampede victims in Cambodia receive donation from [Hun Mana's Bayon ] TV funds
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| Hun Mana, Hun Xen's daughter and owner of Bayon TV |
The distribution of the donations by generous people across the country and abroad collected by Bayon Television, was presented by Hun Mana, director general of Bayon Television and a daughter of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Other government officials who also presented the gift on behalf of the prime minister included Kep Chuptema, governor of Phnom Penh.
Each of the 83 victims in Phnom Penh received 7 million riel ( about 1,700 U.S. dollars), and additional 3,561 U.S. dollars.
The distribution of the donations in cash was the first time in a series of distributions around the country until all 351 victims by the accident receive them.
Similar fund is being collected by Cambodian Television Network (CTN).
Prime Minister Hun Sen said each victim might receive about 12, 000 U.S. dollars through donations from all sources including the 5 million riel (about 1,200 U.S. dollars) provided by the government.
A total of 351 people died and 395 others were injured by the stampede which occurred on Nov. 22 at Diamond Island Bridge in Phnom Penh on the last day of a three-day water festival in the country.
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
After the wife's morality squad, now comes the husband's 'natural' look fashion ... when does he have time to administer the country?
The "natural" look without toxic makeup, hair color and nail polish proposed by Hun Xen?Hun Sen warns of toxic makeup, urges emphasis on ‘natural’ look
Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Cheang Sokha and Mom Kunthear
The Phnom Penh Post
PRIME Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday ordered the Ministry of Health to strictly monitor the use of toxic chemicals in cosmetics and urged Khmer women to project their “natural beauty”.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Health Ministry’s annual conference, the premier said the number of beauty salons in the Kingdom has grown significantly, and that many women are probably using beauty products without knowing what chemicals they contain.
He also suggested that cosmetics containing harmful chemicals could cause cancer.
“They have to clearly inspect [the products] before using them in order to make sure that people who use makeup for beauty are not in danger of cancer,” Hun Sen said.
Hun Sen also ordered health officials to penalise those who “cause damage to public health” by selling dangerous products or cosmetic services.
He concluded his remarks with a request that women shy away from the excessive use of cosmetics. “I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to all women – single, married or widowed. It’s better to keep your natural beauty,” he said.
Kim Nimol, who owns the Seara Beauty Salon in Phnom Penh, said Tuesday evening that her shop often sells weight-loss and skin-whitening products to customers, but added that it would make no business sense to sell dangerous products.
“I think about my clients’ health more than I think about money because I am afraid of losing my business and clients,” she said
“If we use cheap products to make skin white, it can make our skin itchy, get pimples, and sometimes it can become skin cancer,” she said.
“I think all beauty store owners should not earn money by destroying other people’s health.”
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Health Ministry’s annual conference, the premier said the number of beauty salons in the Kingdom has grown significantly, and that many women are probably using beauty products without knowing what chemicals they contain.
He also suggested that cosmetics containing harmful chemicals could cause cancer.
“They have to clearly inspect [the products] before using them in order to make sure that people who use makeup for beauty are not in danger of cancer,” Hun Sen said.
Hun Sen also ordered health officials to penalise those who “cause damage to public health” by selling dangerous products or cosmetic services.
He concluded his remarks with a request that women shy away from the excessive use of cosmetics. “I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to all women – single, married or widowed. It’s better to keep your natural beauty,” he said.
Kim Nimol, who owns the Seara Beauty Salon in Phnom Penh, said Tuesday evening that her shop often sells weight-loss and skin-whitening products to customers, but added that it would make no business sense to sell dangerous products.
“I think about my clients’ health more than I think about money because I am afraid of losing my business and clients,” she said
“If we use cheap products to make skin white, it can make our skin itchy, get pimples, and sometimes it can become skin cancer,” she said.
“I think all beauty store owners should not earn money by destroying other people’s health.”
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Sacrava's Family Cartoon: Xcambodia's Family trees
Cartoon by Sacrava (on the web at http://sacrava.blogspot.com)Friday, October 16, 2009
Media Mogul Hun Mana offered 80% of Kampuchea Thmei ownership … for free (sic!)
Media mogul Hun Mana, scion of the top food chain of Cambodia's Family Trees (aka “Family of the Thieves of the Nation” in Khmer) (Photo: The Phnom Penh Post)Friday, October 16, 2009
KI-Media
Try Heng, the owner of the Kampuchea Thmei, one of Cambodia’s largest newspapers, announced that Hun Mana, Hun Sen’s daughter and director-general of Bayon TV and radio, is set to take control of the Kampuchea Thmei.
The Cambodia Daily reported that, according to Try Heng, Hun Mana will receive 80% of the newspaper revenues. Try Heng also claimed that he offered the majority ownership of the newspaper to the PM’s daughter “without her paying any money for the privilege” (i.e., free of charge?). “The reason she wants to have shares is because she loves Kampuchea Thmei,” Try Heng was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying.
In its September 16-30 edition, the Free Press Magazine online reported that the 80% control of the Kampuchea Thmei in fact came at a cost of $750,000 to Cambodia’s media mogul Hun Mana. Needless to say that with her family sitting at the top of food chain in Cambodia’s Family Trees (also known as “Family of the Thieves of the Nation” in Khmer), the ¾ million dollar cost to acquire the interest in the Kampuchea Thmei must have been chump change that can be characterized as “nearly free.”
In any case, we pray that deforestation in Cambodia is not accelerated by Hun Mana’s takeover of this daily newspaper, because, as we all know, large publication requires large amount of papers, and papers are produced from wood pulp obtained from cut down trees (thus our concerns).
On the other hand, Moeun Chhean Naridh, the director of the Cambodia Institute for Media Studies, indicated that the takeover of the Kampuchea Thmei by Hun Mana is a legitimate cause of concerns because sensitive information on government officials could be self-censored by employees working for the perpetual prime minister’s daughter. He cited Bayon TV news coverage as example of “very biased” report.
The Cambodia Daily reported that, according to Try Heng, Hun Mana will receive 80% of the newspaper revenues. Try Heng also claimed that he offered the majority ownership of the newspaper to the PM’s daughter “without her paying any money for the privilege” (i.e., free of charge?). “The reason she wants to have shares is because she loves Kampuchea Thmei,” Try Heng was quoted by the Cambodia Daily as saying.
In its September 16-30 edition, the Free Press Magazine online reported that the 80% control of the Kampuchea Thmei in fact came at a cost of $750,000 to Cambodia’s media mogul Hun Mana. Needless to say that with her family sitting at the top of food chain in Cambodia’s Family Trees (also known as “Family of the Thieves of the Nation” in Khmer), the ¾ million dollar cost to acquire the interest in the Kampuchea Thmei must have been chump change that can be characterized as “nearly free.”
In any case, we pray that deforestation in Cambodia is not accelerated by Hun Mana’s takeover of this daily newspaper, because, as we all know, large publication requires large amount of papers, and papers are produced from wood pulp obtained from cut down trees (thus our concerns).
On the other hand, Moeun Chhean Naridh, the director of the Cambodia Institute for Media Studies, indicated that the takeover of the Kampuchea Thmei by Hun Mana is a legitimate cause of concerns because sensitive information on government officials could be self-censored by employees working for the perpetual prime minister’s daughter. He cited Bayon TV news coverage as example of “very biased” report.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
Police find explosive devices near TV3 headquarters: A gift from Hun Mana's former husband to her?
Police find explosive devices near Cambodian defense ministry
PHNOM PENH, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Police on Friday found explosive devices at two locations in front of the National Defense Ministry and another one near the headquarters of TV3 in downtown Phnom Penh.
Mine clearance group disassembled these materials, without causing any damage and casualty.
"We found them at 0300 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) and have been investigating the case to catch the perpetrators," said Sao Sokha, chief of the National Military Police.
So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the deadly placements yet.
The explosive substances were placed in cans of mosquito-killing spray when the police found them in the public garden before the ministry and on the sidewalk beside the TV headquarters, according to the police.
Mine clearance group disassembled these materials, without causing any damage and casualty.
"We found them at 0300 p.m. local time (0800 GMT) and have been investigating the case to catch the perpetrators," said Sao Sokha, chief of the National Military Police.
So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the deadly placements yet.
The explosive substances were placed in cans of mosquito-killing spray when the police found them in the public garden before the ministry and on the sidewalk beside the TV headquarters, according to the police.
Friday, August 22, 2008
CPP real life soap opera at Bayon TV: Revealed by no other than Hun Sen's daughter, Hun Mana
Hun Mana, director of Bayon TV and Radio and daughter of the PM seen in a file photo. (Photo: HENG CHIVOAN)Prime minster's daughter lashes out at journalist over tryst claims
Thursday, 21 August 2008
Written by Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
HUN Mana, the daughter of Prime Minster Hun Sen and the director general of Bayon Radio and Television, lashed out at a journalist with Beauty magazine in a letter submitted to Minister of Information Khieu Kanharith, accusing the writer of defamation and asking the minister to take action.
The letter, dated last Thursday, accused San Bunthoeurn of defamation stemming from a story he published in the August 15-31 issue of his publication. In the story, he described an alleged love triangle between Bayon programme manager Tit Thavarith, actress Sim Solika and a second man, Por Sam Oeun.
The letter did not detail the substance of the defamation but said the claims made were untrue and were intended merely to damage the honour and popularity of Bayon. It added that San Bunthoeurn had tried to extort money from actors and high-level staff at the station and had previously tried to get a job there.
San Bunthoeurn had been given permission to interview Bayon staff members but he misled them about the subject of the story he was writing and later demanded US$3,000 from Tit Thavarith to stop the article from running, the letter claimed.
Hun Mana could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. Bayon's deputy director general, Rith Chetra, told the Post he knew nothing about the matter and that it has nothing to do with him or with the station.
San Bunthoeurn defended his story against criticisms raised in the letter. "I based it on anonymously sourced comments of staff and actors," he said. He added that he had not asked for money, but said Tit Thavarith tried to stop publication of the story. Khieu Kanharith said he would not pursue legal action against the magazine as it was a private matter.
The letter, dated last Thursday, accused San Bunthoeurn of defamation stemming from a story he published in the August 15-31 issue of his publication. In the story, he described an alleged love triangle between Bayon programme manager Tit Thavarith, actress Sim Solika and a second man, Por Sam Oeun.
The letter did not detail the substance of the defamation but said the claims made were untrue and were intended merely to damage the honour and popularity of Bayon. It added that San Bunthoeurn had tried to extort money from actors and high-level staff at the station and had previously tried to get a job there.
San Bunthoeurn had been given permission to interview Bayon staff members but he misled them about the subject of the story he was writing and later demanded US$3,000 from Tit Thavarith to stop the article from running, the letter claimed.
Hun Mana could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. Bayon's deputy director general, Rith Chetra, told the Post he knew nothing about the matter and that it has nothing to do with him or with the station.
San Bunthoeurn defended his story against criticisms raised in the letter. "I based it on anonymously sourced comments of staff and actors," he said. He added that he had not asked for money, but said Tit Thavarith tried to stop publication of the story. Khieu Kanharith said he would not pursue legal action against the magazine as it was a private matter.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
How does "Great Supremo Statesman" Hun Sen sound?
Hun Sen declines the title of “Great Supreme Statesman”
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Samdach Dek Cho Hun Sen declared that he refused to accept the title of “Great Supreme Statesman” that was proposed by a group of students. During a speech given at a building inauguration on Wednesday, the prime minister said that he does not have the qualification necessary to accept this title, he said that King Jayavarman VII only should bear this title. Hun Sen asked the group of students to understand him, he said that the students’ good intention could kill his political life should he be too ambitious with this type of titles. Hun Sen said that he does not have the qualification to accept this title which normally should be bestowed by the king. An anonymous group of students initiated the idea of bestowing Hun Sen the title of “Great Supremo Statesman” on the Bayon radio station owned by Hun Sen’s daughter.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
The Angkor Nat'l Museum owned by Thai with Hun Mana, Hun Sen's daughter, as chairman of the board of directors
Samdech Si Cho inaugurates the Angkor National Museum
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
On 12 November 2007, prime minister Hun Sen inaugurated the Angkor National Museum which is the sole modern international museum in the province of Siem Reap. The museum was built at a cost of almost $15 million by a private (KI-Media note: The museum is built by a Thai company). Hun Mana, the daughter of Samdech Dek Cho Hun Sen, is the chairman of the board of directors of the museum. The museum is built on a lot measuring approximately 10,000 square-meters and it took three years to complete its construction. The museum will display numerous artifacts and sculptures from the Angkor period for local and foreign tourists viewing. The entry fee is $12 for foreigners and $3 for Cambodians. Opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that Cambodian artifacts should not be displayed in a private museum. Sam Rainsy said that all these artifacts are national treasures and nobody can use their influence to display these artifacts for the profit of a private company.
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