Irwin Loy, VOA | Phnom Penh
"It's saying that the no-strings-attached aid to Cambodia from China, after all, does have strings."
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian authorities are saying little about the case of a French national believed to be connected to disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai. Patrick Devillers was arrested June 13 in Phnom Penh at China's request.
Since confirming the arrest of Patrick Devillers this week, Cambodia has offered few details about why the French national was arrested, and on what grounds he continues to be detained.
Authorities say his arrest was spurred by a request from China. It's believed China wants to question Devillers about his relationship with Gu Kailai, the wife of disgraced politician Bo Xilai. Gu Kailai is under investigation for the murder in China last year of British businessman Neil Heywood.
Yet foreign ministry officials told reporters Devillers would not be sent to either China or France without some evidence he had committed a crime.
On Friday, government spokesman Phay Siphan declined to discuss the issue, except to say that Cambodia is being careful to follow procedure in what is a sensitive case.
"It's an issue of procedure," he said. That's why Cambodia needs more time to find out what's going on. And for the time being, he's still in Cambodia."
Cambodia now finds itself entangled in one of China's biggest political scandals. Heywood had close ties to Bo Xilai, who was ousted as Communist Party chief of the city of Chongqing. But those ties had soured and Heywood's death led to the end of Bo's career.
China has considerable influence in Cambodia, having provided hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and loans with easy terms.
Cambodia still relies on foreign aid to supplement its national budget, and in recent years, the government has increasingly turned to China to offset its dependence on Western nations.
"It's saying a lot. It's saying that the no-strings-attached aid to Cambodia from China, after all, does have strings," said Ou Virak, the head of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights. "There are strings after all. The Chinese government does want favors and does ask Cambodia [to meet] certain conditions as well, and Cambodia tends to comply with what is asked of them by China."
In 2009, Cambodia was widely criticized after authorities deported 20 Uighur asylum-seekers to China. Their fates remain a mystery.
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Every time I see a picture of Hun, his facial expression looks like someone is ramming up his ass, or his balls being squeeze.
Coincidence?
AH HUN SEN N'UN MAFIAS= KHMER ROUGE ET AUJOURD'HUIT UN DES MAFIAUS DE SA FAMILLE COMME HUN TO OU HUN NÉNG . MI BURANY AUSSI UNE KAKABATH KHMER ROUGE , JE VOUS CONFIRME QU'ELLE N'EST PAS TRAVAILLÉE POUR CROIX ROUGE CAR, ELLE EST CRIMINELLE .
AH HUN SEN EST LE ROI DE LA MAFIA
អញ្ចឹងទេ!........
យើងនឹងដាក់បណ្តាសាពួកអាឯង
-អាយួន........ ហ៊ុន សែន
-អាយួន ........ជា ស៊ីម
-អាយួន.........ហេង សំរិន
-អាយួន.........សុខ អាន
-អាយួន.........សុខ គង់
-អាយួន.ផៃ ស៊ីផាន...aka...អា ភ័យស៊ីផោម
-អាយួន........ សយ សុភាព
-អាយួន........ ជុំ កុសល
-អាយួន........ ទិត្យ សុធា
-អាយួន........ កុយ គួង
-អាយួន........ ស៊ុត ឌឺណា
-អាយួន........ អេង ឆៃអៀង
-អាយួន........ កែវ រ៉េមី
-អាយួន........ ជា សារុន
-អាឆ្កែកញ្ជះយួន...ន.សីហនុ
-អាយួន......... ហោ ណាំហុង
-អាយួន......... ចៀម យីប
-អាយួន......... ស្វា គិម ហុង
-អាយួន......... ងួន ធីញ៉ឹល
-អាយួន......... ចម ប្រសិទ្ធ
-អាយួន......... ខៀវ កញ្ញារឹទ្ធិ
-អាយួន..........ស ខេង
-អាយួន..........ខៀវ សុភ័គ
-អាយួន..........ឆាង សុង
-អាយួន..........ឆាំង យុ
-អាយួន..........ញឹម វណ្ណដា
-អាយួន..........ឱម យ៉ិនទៀង
-អាយួន..........អង្គវង្ស វឌ្ឍនា
-អាយួន..........កែប ជុតិមា
-អាយួន..........ចាន់ សារុន
-អាយួន..........កៀត ឈុន
-អាយួន..........ហ៊ុន តូ
-អាយួន..........ឈឹម ផលវរុណ
-អាយួន..........សោម ឆាយ៉ា
-អាយួន..........គន់ គីម
-អាយួន..........ទា បាញ់
-អាយួនក្បាលត្រងោលបារាជិក.....ទេប វង់
-អាយួនក្បាលត្រងោលបារាជិក.....នួន ង៉ែត
-អាយួនក្បាលត្រងោលបារាជិក....ណយ ច្រឹក
-អាយួនក្បាលត្រងោលបារាជិក...សៅ ច័ន្ទថុល
-អាយួនក្បាលត្រងោលបារាជិក...អ៊ំ លឹមហេង
ឲ្យពួកអាឯងខ្វាក់ភ្នែកនិងឆ្កួតល្ងីល្ងើ ភ្លេចមុខភ្លេចក្រោយ យ៉ាងទាន់ហន់...
The French government should release Cambodia and Vietnam true boarder territories land & sea. They should reveal to the public how much have Hun Sen lost territories to Vietnam.... these will show and help confirmed it for the record.
HU JITAO I NEED YOU HEAD FOR THVAY TEVEDA KHMERS ASAP!YOU KNOW!I HOPE YOU WILL BE OKAY WITH ME^^
Well...If AH HUN SEN can not live in China and he can always live in Vietnam.
China helped Vietnam roughly about 20 billions dollar during the Cold War .After
unification, Vietnam has claimed sovereign over Sprartly and Paracel . Vietnam has
declared that Vietnam owes nothing to China because Vietnam sacrified many lives
too , for mutual interest . China must be so glad for having faithful friend such as
Cambodia !
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