Friday, December 21, 2007Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prime minister Hun Sen, who on Wednesday threatened to reveal the name of his former spy to the public, said on Thursday that he is withholding this name and the documents temporarily, because he received a request from a leader in France asking him not to issue these documents.
On Wednesday, Hun Sen threatened to unmask his spy by revealing secret documents dating from 1997 where this unnamed spy received money to do spy work and to provide information to the CPP so that it can win in the little war in Phnom Penh city (1997 Hun Sen’s coup d’état).
Hun Sen’s statement about receiving a phone call from a leader from France asking him not to reveal these documents seemed to be aimed at opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Hun Sen said, during the distribution of diplomas to students at the institute of education on Thursday 20 December, that the leader who called him over the phone from France asked him not published the documents and not to act like this.
Hun Sen said that he has a 28-page document pertaining to the conversation (which took place) and they have been copied already, but that he is withholding these documents as a secret for now. Hun Sen said: “It’s not like Hun Sen is pulling the bow to scare the crow, Hun Sen really has an arrow to shoot down.”
SRP MP Son Chhay, whom people suspect as being involved in this spying affair and providing secret information to Hun Sen during that time, already rejected this claim on Wednesday, saying that he did not spy for Hun Sen and that the accusations made by Hun Sen against him are nothing new or to be surprised about.
On Wednesday, Hun Sen threatened to unmask his spy by revealing secret documents dating from 1997 where this unnamed spy received money to do spy work and to provide information to the CPP so that it can win in the little war in Phnom Penh city (1997 Hun Sen’s coup d’état).
Hun Sen’s statement about receiving a phone call from a leader from France asking him not to reveal these documents seemed to be aimed at opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Hun Sen said, during the distribution of diplomas to students at the institute of education on Thursday 20 December, that the leader who called him over the phone from France asked him not published the documents and not to act like this.
Hun Sen said that he has a 28-page document pertaining to the conversation (which took place) and they have been copied already, but that he is withholding these documents as a secret for now. Hun Sen said: “It’s not like Hun Sen is pulling the bow to scare the crow, Hun Sen really has an arrow to shoot down.”
SRP MP Son Chhay, whom people suspect as being involved in this spying affair and providing secret information to Hun Sen during that time, already rejected this claim on Wednesday, saying that he did not spy for Hun Sen and that the accusations made by Hun Sen against him are nothing new or to be surprised about.
