Hun Sen: Those who accuse the government are biased and full of venomThursday, May 8, 2008
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime minister Hun Sen severely criticized a number of people, including both foreigners and Cambodians, who accused his government by saying that the development of the Tumring rubber plantations eliminates work (for the local people) and that the Tumring region does not even have a single rubber tree. In a speech given during the inauguration of a dry rubber factory in Tumring, located in Sandan district, Kampong Thom province, on Wednesday, Hun Sen said: “At this time, I must speak out because they hate us, they spread all over the world that in Tumring, there is not a single rubber tree, and the opposition party and the NGOs were chiming in.” Hun Sen also said: “We are human animals, and they are wild beats full of venom. We are proud because we are actually doing it, and this victory is a very valuable victory for us. I ask to insult both of these foreigners and Cambodians who do not know anything about Tumring, they are wild beasts.” Even though Hun Sen did not name anybody in particular, it is believed that Hun Sen was attacking on the environmental group Global Witness which, in the past, criticized his government about deforestation in the Tumring area.
