Prime Minister Hun Sen walks through honorary guards as his arrives for presiding over a U.S.-backed peacekeeping exercise dubbed "Angkor Sentinel 2010" at the Cambodian tank command headquarters in Kampong Speu province, on Saturday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday gave only his third public address since reportedly falling ill with swine flu last month.
Speaking in front of Svay Rieng University and appearing healthy, Hun Sen warned would-be detractors that he would tightly hold onto power, and he promised to be the leader of the country in both 2013 and 2018 general elections.
Hun Sen and five cabinet members were reported to have fallen ill with the the H1N1 virus last month, causing the cancelation of several high-level meetings, including with a delegation of German diplomats.
“The opposition party has been talking about my health since my absence,” Hun Sen said. “They say that I was kept in the house or that I fled Cambodia.”
Hun Sen said this could have inferred a coup d'etat and he warned that if such an event took place, Cambodia would erupt into open violence.
“Whoever dares to commit a coup d'etat, they should have a head of iron,” he said.
Yim Sovann, a spokesman for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, declined to comment on Hun Sen's statements. “I want Cambodian people to judge his speech,” he said.
3 comments:
The US Commander that's walking behind HS seems very irritated with this one-eyed soldier.
Got to agree lets just say, the man has alot of honor while 4 eyed faggot aint got nuthin him!
Agree, the general looks not happy. This is Hun Sen's style, no diplomacy. The general should be walking next to him introducing his soldiers to Hun Sen or being introduced to Cambodian soldiers. I think the U.S is trying to win the heart and mind of the Cambodian army like they tried to get close to Lon Nol in the 1960s and helped him stage a coup against Sihanouk. Now, the U.S is trying to get close to the Cambodian army and try to isolate Hun Sen and then help one of his lieutenants, like Tea Banh or Sar Kheng, stage a coup against Hun Sen.
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