The "half-blind" prime minister of Cambodia is offended when people call him "blind" (Photo: Reuters)Tuesday, February 12, 2008
KI-Media
On Monday, Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a warning to all politicians to stop offending him by calling him “blind.” Hun Sen, whom his biography claimed that he lost an eye during the 1970-75 war, said that calling him “blind” is a very offensive word. The Cambodia Daily quoted Hun Sen as saying that: “We must value people with disabilities.” On his part, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said that he never used such terms to designate Hun Sen, and he said that he does not discriminate against people with disabilities.
