Nhiek Bun Chhay, F'pec Secretary-general (Photo Sok Serey, RFA)Cambodian PM Hun Sen Disallows Transfer of Old FUNCINPEC Headquarters
19 April 2006
By Sachak
Sralanh Khmer Newspaper
Translated from Khmer
The Phnom Penh newspaper Sralanh Khmer in Cambodian on 19 April carries a report by Sachak saying Hun Sen, vice chairman of the Cambodian People's Party [CPP] and Prime Minister of the Royal Government of Cambodia [RGC], "has ordered the general secretary of the FUNCINPEC [National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia] Party, Nhiek Bun Chhay, to desist from moving the FUNCINPEC headquarters from the area near Chroy Changva Bridge to Tuol Kouk suburb in Phnom Penh." Hun Sen argued that since the plot of land where the FUNCINPEC headquarters was located and a statue of former King Norodom Sihanouk erected "belonged to the State, it could not be transferred."
FUNCINPEC Leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the report says, openly said at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new FUNCINPEC headquarters on 14 March that the near-Chroy Changva bridge headquarters was sold for "$5 million" to buy an 11-hectare block of land that cost $2 million and to build the new headquarters that would cost another $1 million.
FUNCINPEC officials suspected that, the report adds, Prince Norodom Sirivudh and the recently dismissed Phnom Penh deputy governor, Mam Bun-neang, were "involved in corrupt practices dealing with the purchase of the land for the new FUNCINPEC headquarters."
A Phnom Penh city hall official from the FUNCINPEC Party, the report says, disclosed that the 11 hectares of land actually "cost only about $300,000" and that the construction did "not cost up to $1 million."
The report further says that Prince Sirivudh was "also involved in corrupt practices regarding the sale of the headquarters and the party's funds when he was the party secretary general."
The report says an official at the office of Nhiek Bun Chhay mentioned that since the latter became the party secretary general, $300,000 in party funds has been found lost and that after the issue leaked, Prince Sirivudh's supporters claimed that the prince had "borrowed" the money.
The report adds that before becoming deputy prime minister and co-minister of interior, Prince Sirivudh did not have even the money to buy gasoline for his car. However, after appointed to those positions, he owned many houses in Phnom Penh, land in Siemreab Province, a villa at the seaside resort of Kep City, and a residence in Pailin Town.
The report says that according to a police official close to [FUNCINPEC] State Secretary of Interior Khan Savoeun, Prince Sirivudh's residence in Pailin was from the money offered by the recently dismissed provincial governors of Siemreab, Banteay Meanchey, and Otdar Meanchey.
Officials who are former resistance fighters disclosed that, the report further says, now the FUNCINPEC inner circle "had not yet calmed down" because Prince Sirivudh and Princess Norodom Vichara "had regarded the patriots as their enemies."
The situation within the FUNCINPEC Party is "getting worse" with each passing day due to the proponents of the royal family members and the supporters of Nhiek Bun Chhay fighting for power while the prince, the party leader, is shirking his responsibility and is remaining tranquilly abroad, the Sralanh Khmer report concludes.
FUNCINPEC Leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh, the report says, openly said at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the new FUNCINPEC headquarters on 14 March that the near-Chroy Changva bridge headquarters was sold for "$5 million" to buy an 11-hectare block of land that cost $2 million and to build the new headquarters that would cost another $1 million.
FUNCINPEC officials suspected that, the report adds, Prince Norodom Sirivudh and the recently dismissed Phnom Penh deputy governor, Mam Bun-neang, were "involved in corrupt practices dealing with the purchase of the land for the new FUNCINPEC headquarters."
A Phnom Penh city hall official from the FUNCINPEC Party, the report says, disclosed that the 11 hectares of land actually "cost only about $300,000" and that the construction did "not cost up to $1 million."
The report further says that Prince Sirivudh was "also involved in corrupt practices regarding the sale of the headquarters and the party's funds when he was the party secretary general."
The report says an official at the office of Nhiek Bun Chhay mentioned that since the latter became the party secretary general, $300,000 in party funds has been found lost and that after the issue leaked, Prince Sirivudh's supporters claimed that the prince had "borrowed" the money.
The report adds that before becoming deputy prime minister and co-minister of interior, Prince Sirivudh did not have even the money to buy gasoline for his car. However, after appointed to those positions, he owned many houses in Phnom Penh, land in Siemreab Province, a villa at the seaside resort of Kep City, and a residence in Pailin Town.
The report says that according to a police official close to [FUNCINPEC] State Secretary of Interior Khan Savoeun, Prince Sirivudh's residence in Pailin was from the money offered by the recently dismissed provincial governors of Siemreab, Banteay Meanchey, and Otdar Meanchey.
Officials who are former resistance fighters disclosed that, the report further says, now the FUNCINPEC inner circle "had not yet calmed down" because Prince Sirivudh and Princess Norodom Vichara "had regarded the patriots as their enemies."
The situation within the FUNCINPEC Party is "getting worse" with each passing day due to the proponents of the royal family members and the supporters of Nhiek Bun Chhay fighting for power while the prince, the party leader, is shirking his responsibility and is remaining tranquilly abroad, the Sralanh Khmer report concludes.
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