PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Thursday said allowing the construction of a spate of border casinos was part of a "secret strategy" to protect the country's territory from its neighbours.
"I don't like casinos, but the biggest goal for giving permission to build casinos is to protect the border," he told parliament during a five-hour speech addressing border demarcation issues with Vietnam.
"One can remove border markers, but one can't remove five-storey hotels. Don't be stupid," Hun Sen said, in response to opposition criticism that the gambling dens were harmful to the country.
Cambodia's border with Vietnam and Thailand is dotted with dozens of casinos and accompanying hotels catering mostly to foreign gamblers since Cambodians are not legally allowed to gamble.
"You force me to talk about it. This should be a secret strategy to protect the nation," the strongman premier said in typically feisty fashion.
Hun Sen used the marathon address, which was broadcast live on television, to deny long-standing claims from the main opposition party that his government was allowing Vietnam to encroach on Cambodian territory.
Cambodia and Vietnam officially began demarcating their 1,270-kilometre (790-mile) border in September 2006 after decades of territorial disputes stemming from French colonial times.
According to Hun Sen some 700 kilometres have been demarcated so far.
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Yeah but the casinos are owned and operated by influx of Chink & Yuon into those areas, and they can always buy and sell hotels.
To Mr. Hun Sen
If you think building the casinos at the border point is to protect the nation, why don't you build it every places along the border? Do you think those leaders of other countries around world who demarcate their territory by border markers are all stupid? Do you think that your so-called "Secret Strategy" will protect the whole border line?
Jayavaraman VII
dumb dumb.....decho... building casino are the border marks...that's hilarious, hun sen! The casino owners are vietnamse and thai...their properties, they can sell or destroy when ever they want.
Gentlemen,Cambodian,fanny and stupid sound of dummy leader like Hun Sen not a leader vote by people his came in by vietcong used like dog of youn Hanoi this guy education was class 7 not pass to 6 grade at all,but he pass to kill khmers to show his boss for stepping up be a leader.He do as they say tell him what to do.
I think it is Hun sen interest in building those casino(s). If Hun sen doesn't benefit financially from those casino(s) then it wouldn't have been built in the first place. Those casino(s) was never meant to built to protect Cambodians' border, anyway ahahahahahah
He called this secret strategy. Don't embarrass me Ah Kwack! You have no idea what people think of you when you make that speech.
It's better for you to just take it up your ass and and shut the fuck up.
This will save us a lot of humiliation.
Ah Kwak secret strategy is to build casino in place of the border markers. Because Khmer have been cheating the Youn encroaching the Youn land since French colonization.
Does Ah Kwak think the world is dumb? Or are all CPP supports are all DUMB to listen to this Khmer traitor.
canals, rivers, creeks, mountains, and other natural landmarks are also a good strategy for border markings as well, you know. also large manmade objects as well for are good for border marks, etc..., you know. wake up already and stop being stupid and ignorant forever, ok!
always register our country border with the UN, the world, etc, this way the world will know about the khmer geography, etc, ok!
^^^^Dumbass 5:58^^^^
What if man made object doesn't conveniently sat at the border? What do you do? Move it?
As alway's, you've manage to come up with some stupid analogy.
This FUCKING HUN SEN GUY IS A JOKE... HE AND IS FAMILY SHOULD BE SHOT FOR TREASON...FUCKING BITCHES...WHO THE FUCK BUILDING THOSE CASINOS TO REPRESENT KHMER BORDERS? FUCKING IDIOTS. HUN MANET, IF YOU READ THIS YOU SHOULD SHOOT YOUR OWN FATHER IN THE HEAD MAN. STOP THE SUFFERING OF KHMER PEOPLE... FUCKING IDIOTS...
KHMER LAS VEGAS
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