The "dumb" Abhisit: Hor Nam Hong

DAP news published this photo showing a Cambodian soldier (2nd from left) talking to his Thai counterpart. The background appears to be the stairway to the Ta Moan Thom temple (DAP)

Cambodia denies sending official to negotiate with Thailand on Ta Moan temple

08 Feb 2010
By Kim Pov Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Hor Nam Hong, the Cambodian minister of Foreign Affairs, denied that the Cambodian government sent General Khan Savoeun, the secretary of state of the ministry of Interior, to go to Ta Moan temple to negotiate with Thailand to allow Hun Xen to visit the location.

In a hastily organized press conference held in the afternoon of 08 February, Hor Nam Hong indicated that Khan Savoeun’s trip the temple was his private business, and it did not involve Hun Xen’s visit to this same temple.

At the press conference, Hor Nam Hong also called Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai PM who recently declared Thailand’s opposition to the listing of Preah Vihear as a World Heritage Site at the upcoming July Worlbned Heritage meeting, as being dumb because the Preah Vihear temple had already been listed as a World Heritage since last year already.

Khan Savoeun’s son and one bodyguard arrested

Saturday, November 17, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Rasmei Kampuchea reported that the son and one bodyguard of Khan Savoeun, the secretary of state of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), was arrested by the Siem Reap police for causing injuries and using a handgun to threaten his opponent during a fight in a restaurant in Siem Reap province. The report indicated Khan Savoeun’s son arrest was detained for only one night before he was released after an arrangement was made between the two disputing parties. Khan Rithy, the son of Khan Savoeun who was arrested by the police, is 23-year-old, he is a police officer at the MoI. Sam Heng, the bodyguard who was detained with Khan Savoeun’s son, is a 37-year-old police officer at the MoI also. During the arrest, the authority confiscated 2 handguns owned by Khan Rithy and his bodyguard.