Dec 25, 2009
Mr Hun Sen (left) said he had seen a secret Thai government document outlining the plan to mount a coup, but Mr Suthep (right), who is in charge of national security, said the charge was groundless. -- PHOTOS: REUTERS, ST
BANGKOK- THAI deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban on Friday rejected Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's accusation that Thailand was hatching a plot to stage a coup in the neighbouring nation.
The Cambodian premier made the allegation on Thursday as diplomatic relations between the governments sunk to a new low.
Mr Hun Sen said he had seen a secret Thai government document outlining the plan to mount a coup, but Mr Suthep, who is in charge of national security, said the charge was groundless.
'The foreign ministry must clarify this issue but be reassured that this is not true. The Thai government has never interfered in Cambodia's internal affairs,' Suthep told reporters.
'Thai Prime Minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva) is a democratic man and he will not operate in any other way to hurt a neighbouring country,' he said.
Relations between the countries, which have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged last month when fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra became an economic adviser to Cambodia. -- AFP
The Cambodian premier made the allegation on Thursday as diplomatic relations between the governments sunk to a new low.
Mr Hun Sen said he had seen a secret Thai government document outlining the plan to mount a coup, but Mr Suthep, who is in charge of national security, said the charge was groundless.
'The foreign ministry must clarify this issue but be reassured that this is not true. The Thai government has never interfered in Cambodia's internal affairs,' Suthep told reporters.
'Thai Prime Minister (Abhisit Vejjajiva) is a democratic man and he will not operate in any other way to hurt a neighbouring country,' he said.
Relations between the countries, which have fought a string of deadly gunbattles on their border since last year, plunged last month when fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra became an economic adviser to Cambodia. -- AFP
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