Kasit (R) shook hand with Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) during his visit to Cambodian on 26th January, 2009.Reaksmei Kampuchea newspaper
21st March, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has been accused by the Thai opposition of calling Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen a “gangster” during an anti-government protests at Bangkok Airport in December 2008.
In a televised parliamentary debate on an opposition motion to censure Mr. Kasit Piromya, which was broadcast live through cable channels in Cambodia, the opposition Puea Thai Party’s MPs have called on Mr. Kasit to retract his comments. They said that Mr. Kasit’s comments were an inappropriate description of a leader of a neighbouring country.
In mid January 2009, Cambodian media and internet bloggers have widely reported that “Kasit wants to use Hun Sen’s blood to clean his feet”. The Thai Foreign Ministry has since denied that Mr. Kasit had ever made such comments.
In his reply, Mr. Kasit has told the Thai parliament that he had already reconciled with Mr. Hun Sen during his visit to Cambodia in January 2009. Mr. Kasit said that he called Mr. Hun Sen a “gangster” because Mr. Hun Sen is a strongman who is not afraid to do what is right. He said: “When you are wrong he dares to say you are wrong. And when you are right he dares to say that you are right. This is why he dares to sack Commander-in-Chief Ke Kimyan because the Cambodian military wrongly reported to him that Thailand had sent 500 troops into Cambodian territories which led Mr. Hun Sen to give an ultimatum to Thai troops in mid October 2008 to withdraw or face a war”. The next day, the fighting broke out. Two Cambodian soldiers and one Thai soldier were killed in the fighting.
One Puea Thai Party’s MP stood up and demanded Mr. Kasit retract his “gangster” comments because it is inappropriate to call a top leader of a neighbouring country a “gangster”.
Mr. Kasit replied by rephrasing his comments to call Mr. Hun Sen “a gentleman who has the heart of a gangster”.
Mr. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, told Reaksmei Kampuchea on the afternoon of 20th March that Cambodia will follow this issue very closely. He commended the Thai MP who had asked Mr. Kasit to retract his comments by saying that at least there are some Thai people who have shown their civilised manners.
21st March, 2009
Reported in English by Khmerization
Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya has been accused by the Thai opposition of calling Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen a “gangster” during an anti-government protests at Bangkok Airport in December 2008.
In a televised parliamentary debate on an opposition motion to censure Mr. Kasit Piromya, which was broadcast live through cable channels in Cambodia, the opposition Puea Thai Party’s MPs have called on Mr. Kasit to retract his comments. They said that Mr. Kasit’s comments were an inappropriate description of a leader of a neighbouring country.
In mid January 2009, Cambodian media and internet bloggers have widely reported that “Kasit wants to use Hun Sen’s blood to clean his feet”. The Thai Foreign Ministry has since denied that Mr. Kasit had ever made such comments.
In his reply, Mr. Kasit has told the Thai parliament that he had already reconciled with Mr. Hun Sen during his visit to Cambodia in January 2009. Mr. Kasit said that he called Mr. Hun Sen a “gangster” because Mr. Hun Sen is a strongman who is not afraid to do what is right. He said: “When you are wrong he dares to say you are wrong. And when you are right he dares to say that you are right. This is why he dares to sack Commander-in-Chief Ke Kimyan because the Cambodian military wrongly reported to him that Thailand had sent 500 troops into Cambodian territories which led Mr. Hun Sen to give an ultimatum to Thai troops in mid October 2008 to withdraw or face a war”. The next day, the fighting broke out. Two Cambodian soldiers and one Thai soldier were killed in the fighting.
One Puea Thai Party’s MP stood up and demanded Mr. Kasit retract his “gangster” comments because it is inappropriate to call a top leader of a neighbouring country a “gangster”.
Mr. Kasit replied by rephrasing his comments to call Mr. Hun Sen “a gentleman who has the heart of a gangster”.
Mr. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, told Reaksmei Kampuchea on the afternoon of 20th March that Cambodia will follow this issue very closely. He commended the Thai MP who had asked Mr. Kasit to retract his comments by saying that at least there are some Thai people who have shown their civilised manners.
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