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Friday, 27 February 2009

Rumours that Hun Sen received $80 million in bribe to sack Gen. Ke Kimyan


Gen. Ke Kimyan (R) being briefed by his officers.

Khmer Nation News
24th February, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization

Gen. Ke Kimyan was sacked because of an $80 million bribe to Prime Minister Hun Sen, reports the Khmer Nation News.

According to the 24th February 2009 edition of Khmer Nation News, which had quoted unofficial sources, a group of powerful Cambodian People’s Party officials and businessmen were not happy with Gen. Ke Kimyan because he had used his position as Commander-in-Chief of the army to protect many plots of high-priced lands linked to those officials and businessmen who are very close to Prime Minister Hun Sen.

The paper then said that, those angry officials and businessmen had gathered and compiled all the documents related to Gen. Ke Kimyan’s business dealings and presented them to Mr. Hun Sen. They are angry that Gen. Ke Kimyan had gotten in the way of their businesses.

The paper added that, after all the relevant documents were gathered and compiled, they then raised $80 million and then bribed Mr. Hun Sen to sack Gen. Ke Kimyan.

Khmerization has not been able to confirm The Khmer Nation’s claims nor has Khmerization any evidence to prove that Prime Minister Hun Sen had indeed been bribed with $80 million.

Gen. Ke Kimyan was sacked as Commander-in-Chief of the army on 22nd January, 2009. According to the leaked minute of the meeting of the Council of Ministers dated 23rd January, 2009, Gen. Ke Kimyan was sacked because of a military reform and because of his impropriety linked to illegal land deals. The minute of the meeting also recommended that Gen. Ke Kimyan be investigated by the authority and the court.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the rumors could be true, but the figure of $80 million is to much. A lot of businessmen in Cambodia have made millions due to their close association with Mr. Hun Sen. They have spent millions in gifts to Mr. Hun Sen to buy access to Mr. Hun Sen and to get protection for their businesses, mostly dodgy businesses.

Anonymous said...

This article (or the rumours) just dont make sense. Not logical at all.