Cambodia threaten to close UN representative office

Khieu Kanharith talks to the media.

PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (Bernama) -- The Cambodian government on Wednesday stated that it will shut down the United Nations representative office in the country if the office's head, Pe Suv, doesn't change his ways of working, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) reported Thursday.Earlier, the government's spokesman, Khieu Kanharith, who is also Information Minister, said that recently the UN office did nothing to help the government, but focusing on criticising it like an opposition party.There is already an opposition party in Cambodia, the spokesman said, adding that the government is in need of assistance from the UN office, not of criticism.-- BERNAMA