06 Jan 2010
The Free Press Magazine
Translated from Khmer by Socheata Click here to read the article in Khmer
There will be no mercy for those who want to oppose 07 January, irrespective of their actions. During a public comment held in Kien Svay district, Kandal province, on Tuesday, PM Hun Xen ordered that action be taken against those who distribute who distribute leaflets to detract 07 January.
According to Wednesday’s edition of The Phnom Penh Post, on Tuesday, Hun Xen threatened to arrest those who distribute leaflets detracting 07 January and accusing the current government of being “a lackey of communist Vietnam.” These leaflets were allegedly printed in Thailand for distribution in Cambodia.
Hun Xen warned in front of hundreds of people, saying: “Those who distribute the leaflets, be careful, I will arrest you, I already know about the leaflets cursing 07 January. If you distribute them, I will arrest you.” Hun Xen indicated that he knows the people who produce the leaflets that curse him and calling him “Ah [derogatory] Hun Xen.” However, he said the people who distributed these leaflets fled to Thailand. He added: “Yesterday, I saw this leaflet, and I told the person who said this [to me] that the case is brought out to the open now.”
On Monday, the Takeo provincial police said that they found about 600 anonymous leaflets opposing Vietnam. They were spread outside a high school, near the provincial administration office. Kieng Chantharith, spokesman of the national police commissioner office, said that the authority is continuing its investigation to find those who distributed the leaflets in Takeo on Monday. He declared: “We don’t have any suspect yet, because we just conducted the investigation one day only. We are continuing to look at other places, but there are no other leaflets.”
Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, told The Phnom Penh Post on Monday that the SRP still consider 07 January as the day of Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, and this date should not be used by any political party to promote itself. About 10,000 CPP supporters are expected to gather at the party headquarters in Phnom Penh to commemorate this victory day over the Pol Pot regime which killed more than 1.7 million Cambodians.
According to Wednesday’s edition of The Phnom Penh Post, on Tuesday, Hun Xen threatened to arrest those who distribute leaflets detracting 07 January and accusing the current government of being “a lackey of communist Vietnam.” These leaflets were allegedly printed in Thailand for distribution in Cambodia.
Hun Xen warned in front of hundreds of people, saying: “Those who distribute the leaflets, be careful, I will arrest you, I already know about the leaflets cursing 07 January. If you distribute them, I will arrest you.” Hun Xen indicated that he knows the people who produce the leaflets that curse him and calling him “Ah [derogatory] Hun Xen.” However, he said the people who distributed these leaflets fled to Thailand. He added: “Yesterday, I saw this leaflet, and I told the person who said this [to me] that the case is brought out to the open now.”
On Monday, the Takeo provincial police said that they found about 600 anonymous leaflets opposing Vietnam. They were spread outside a high school, near the provincial administration office. Kieng Chantharith, spokesman of the national police commissioner office, said that the authority is continuing its investigation to find those who distributed the leaflets in Takeo on Monday. He declared: “We don’t have any suspect yet, because we just conducted the investigation one day only. We are continuing to look at other places, but there are no other leaflets.”
Yim Sovann, SRP spokesman, told The Phnom Penh Post on Monday that the SRP still consider 07 January as the day of Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia, and this date should not be used by any political party to promote itself. About 10,000 CPP supporters are expected to gather at the party headquarters in Phnom Penh to commemorate this victory day over the Pol Pot regime which killed more than 1.7 million Cambodians.
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