Hor Nambora who is Foreign Minister Hor Namhong's son is Cambodia's ambassador to the UK.A trade union leader claims he was told to go to the moon by a Cambodian Embassy official after he asked about human rights abuses.
07 Oct 2010
The Telegraph (UK)
Ben Rickman, secretary at Brent Trade Union Councils, emailed the embassy in Brondesbury Park, Willesden, north London, via the Amnesty UK website.
Mr Rickman outlined his dismay over union chiefs being targeted as they organised national strikes in protest over poor working conditions in the South East Asian country.
But he was shocked to receive a distinctly undiplomatic response from the embassy's official email address.
Signed the Webmaster, the email said: "It is none of your business!"
"Please report to your clown boss to stop this childish game and stop this circus at once? Thank you."
Mr Rickman replied saying "this is not a childish game and I will not stop until I get a sensible answer".
Two hours later he got a second email saying "please go to the moon and stay there until you get an answer. Cambodia is not part of the British Empire".
Amnesty UK confirmed the response came from the embassy's email address but didn't want to comment further in case they deflected attention from serious human rights issues.
A Cambodian Embassy spokesman said he had no record of the emails sent.
John Tymon, chairman of Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group, said: "We will allow the Cambodian Embassy 14 days to give us written assurances over the safety of the union leaders or we will have to escalate our protests accordingly."
"Please report to your clown boss to stop this childish game and stop this circus at once? Thank you." - Email answer from Cambodian embassy in the UK
"please go to the moon and stay there until you get an answer. Cambodia is not part of the British Empire" - Email answer from Cambodian embassy in the UK
Ben Rickman, secretary at Brent Trade Union Councils, emailed the embassy in Brondesbury Park, Willesden, north London, via the Amnesty UK website.
Mr Rickman outlined his dismay over union chiefs being targeted as they organised national strikes in protest over poor working conditions in the South East Asian country.
But he was shocked to receive a distinctly undiplomatic response from the embassy's official email address.
Signed the Webmaster, the email said: "It is none of your business!"
"Please report to your clown boss to stop this childish game and stop this circus at once? Thank you."
Mr Rickman replied saying "this is not a childish game and I will not stop until I get a sensible answer".
Two hours later he got a second email saying "please go to the moon and stay there until you get an answer. Cambodia is not part of the British Empire".
Amnesty UK confirmed the response came from the embassy's email address but didn't want to comment further in case they deflected attention from serious human rights issues.
A Cambodian Embassy spokesman said he had no record of the emails sent.
John Tymon, chairman of Kilburn Unemployed Workers Group, said: "We will allow the Cambodian Embassy 14 days to give us written assurances over the safety of the union leaders or we will have to escalate our protests accordingly."
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