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| Opposition leader Sam Rainsy |
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
A LETTER from Prime Minister Hun Sen has sparked a fresh accusation from opposition party leader Sam Rainsy that the Royal Government convicted him without any basis on charges relating to his uprooting of border posts in Svay Rieng in 2009.
In a letter sent to Sam Rainsy Party members on Friday, the France-based, self-exiled leader said he had received a letter from the prime minister on December 2, via National Assembly President Heng Samrin, that admitted there were no definitive border posts along the Cambodia/Vietnam border.
“So far, the joint Cambodia-Vietnam border commission has not yet reached agreement on the position of border posts 184 to 187,” Hun Sen’s letter read. “The two parties are continuing to negotiate defining the position of these markers and others over which agreement will be needed in the future.”
Sam Rainsy was sentenced to jail for 2 years after being found guilty by Svary Rieng Provincial Court in 2009 of destroying border post number 185 along the Kingdom’s border with Vietnam.
In last Friday’s missive, Sam Rainsy stated that Hun Sen’s letter amounted to an admission that any destruction or removal of border post number 185 was not a crime because the border post was not an official one.
“So Sam Rainsy did not touch the frontier –which does not exist officially – and his conviction has no basis,” Sam Rainsy’s letter read.
Var Kimhong, senior minister in charge of border affairs, yesterday said that Sam Rainsy’s allegation was just political gamesmanship.
“What Samdech Techo [Hun Sen] wrote is most correct – it is the stance of the joint border commission that has been working on marking the border,” Var Kimhong said. “The Royal government has patience explaining again and again. [Sam Rainsy] understands, but he pretends not to.”
6 comments:
Well...What are you waiting for Mr. Sam Rainsy? Welcome home!
But wait...wait...wait it could be a political ploy! Betrayal after betrayal,and tricks after tricks!
Well done, his excellency sam Rainsy. The truth is now reveal. The fight is worthwhile. Good job,sir!
Long live Sam Rainsy!
Death to Dick-tator Ah Viet dog Hun Sen, all of his family members and death to Vietnam thief!
Keep do good job Mr. Sam Raingsy you are the one that we hope and trust to lead our Khmer Nation happy life in future
Mr.Sam Raingsy don't ever to ever Joice over that news,it's might be
a political trap to lure you to come
back and then they lock you up in
Prey Sar for life.Don't you remember
King Sihanouk has plainly denied
his invitation asking you to come
back to come Cambodia for 85 years old birthday?. Be careful!!!
The letter makes no difference any way. The whole word knew HunSen used this excuse to get rid of Sam Rainsy and the opposition party. HunSen is still the dictator.
My suggestion for Mr. Sam Rainsy
is to stay put. This is Hanoi's
trick to get rid of Khmer compatriots. But keep fighting the ruling party for our nation.
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