Op-Ed by Khmerization
2nd April, 2011
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s asset declaration is nothing, but a political and publicity stunt designed to fool the Cambodian public and the world community for his own political gains and diplomatic consumption. He has as again pulled a publicity stunt, but his political theatre will not sway public opinion and perception about his huge wealth and his unusually-rich family.
It is an undeniable fact that Mr. Hun Sen earns about $1,450 a month from his salary as the Prime Minister of Cambodia. But there is a huge imbalance between the size of his salary and his current wealth and his ridiculous claims of being starving to death without the financial supports from his children is nauseating, a total lie to the core and cannot convince even the most gullible people. “But I will get (financial) supports from my children. They will not let me starve to death", he said.
To understand whether Mr. Hun Sen is telling the truth or not, let’s examine and compare his meager salary with his huge wealth: Mr. Hun Sen claimed to have no other incomes beside his monthly salary of $1,450. With this kind of salary without other secretive incomes, Mr. Hun Sen would not be able to afford his luxury lifestyle that he is enjoying today, let alone feeding his entire extended family of at least three generations, from his children down to his grandchildren. On top of this, he is known to have employed many maids and housekeepers. He is known to have owned many luxury properties and multi-million dollars mansions, notably his mansions near the Independent Monument and his Tuol Krosaing Compound in Takhmao town. There were reports that he gave his mistress Pisit Pilika, who was reportedly ordered killed by his wife Lady Bun Rany in 1999, of the sum of $300,000 in cash, one house and one SUV four-wheel drive. So where did the money come from?
He is also known to have real estate interests throughout the country. He is rumoured to have interests and big shares in Canadia Bank, which owned many development sites throughout the country, including Koh Pich Island Development, Prek Leap Satellite City, Bayon Radio and TV as well as 7NG company which was involved in the forced and inhuman evictions of people from the Dey Krohorm community.
On top of this, Cambodian businessmen from overseas have complained that they have to give free company shares and need to pay 5-10% of their profits to Mr. Hun Sen, but boasted to have received immunity from prosecutions and hassles from corrupt officials if their companies bear Mr. Hun Sen’s name as a shareholder.
He has told a reporter more than 10 years ago that some people said he is the world’s 7th richest man. When asked if it is true that he is the world’s 7th richest man, he eluded the question and did not give a specific answer to the allegation.
With the above claims and evidences, it is hard to imagine that Mr. Hun Sen has lived on his meager monthly salary of $1,450. And it is even incredulous to believe his claims that he is living on the financial supports from his children. To make his claim credible and believable, Mr. Hun Sen needs to reveal where his children get the money from to feed him. Sensible and informed people would not buy this story because they know for sure that instead of his children supporting him financially, it is the other way around. After all, it is him who is the source of their immense business power and political backbone that make them instant millionaires, or even billionaires that they are today.
Back to Mr. Hun Sen’s asset declaration. The asset declaration is a secretive process, not an open and transparent one and only done in the present of his cronies, the like of Om Yintieng, with a sealed envelope. With asset declaration shrouded in secrecy like this, the process is ripe with corruption and connivance and is only designed to pacify critics and to appease NGOs and Cambodia’s financial backers, especially the donor countries. No one knows how much assets Mr. Hun Sen owned now and no one will know how much assets he owned when he leaves office. At the end of the day, it is a futile exercise and a useless process that is only designed to appease donor countries, to protect corrupt people and possibly punish clean and honest officials, especially officials from outside of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, but particularly, from the opposition parties.
2nd April, 2011
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s asset declaration is nothing, but a political and publicity stunt designed to fool the Cambodian public and the world community for his own political gains and diplomatic consumption. He has as again pulled a publicity stunt, but his political theatre will not sway public opinion and perception about his huge wealth and his unusually-rich family.
It is an undeniable fact that Mr. Hun Sen earns about $1,450 a month from his salary as the Prime Minister of Cambodia. But there is a huge imbalance between the size of his salary and his current wealth and his ridiculous claims of being starving to death without the financial supports from his children is nauseating, a total lie to the core and cannot convince even the most gullible people. “But I will get (financial) supports from my children. They will not let me starve to death", he said.
To understand whether Mr. Hun Sen is telling the truth or not, let’s examine and compare his meager salary with his huge wealth: Mr. Hun Sen claimed to have no other incomes beside his monthly salary of $1,450. With this kind of salary without other secretive incomes, Mr. Hun Sen would not be able to afford his luxury lifestyle that he is enjoying today, let alone feeding his entire extended family of at least three generations, from his children down to his grandchildren. On top of this, he is known to have employed many maids and housekeepers. He is known to have owned many luxury properties and multi-million dollars mansions, notably his mansions near the Independent Monument and his Tuol Krosaing Compound in Takhmao town. There were reports that he gave his mistress Pisit Pilika, who was reportedly ordered killed by his wife Lady Bun Rany in 1999, of the sum of $300,000 in cash, one house and one SUV four-wheel drive. So where did the money come from?
He is also known to have real estate interests throughout the country. He is rumoured to have interests and big shares in Canadia Bank, which owned many development sites throughout the country, including Koh Pich Island Development, Prek Leap Satellite City, Bayon Radio and TV as well as 7NG company which was involved in the forced and inhuman evictions of people from the Dey Krohorm community.
On top of this, Cambodian businessmen from overseas have complained that they have to give free company shares and need to pay 5-10% of their profits to Mr. Hun Sen, but boasted to have received immunity from prosecutions and hassles from corrupt officials if their companies bear Mr. Hun Sen’s name as a shareholder.
He has told a reporter more than 10 years ago that some people said he is the world’s 7th richest man. When asked if it is true that he is the world’s 7th richest man, he eluded the question and did not give a specific answer to the allegation.
With the above claims and evidences, it is hard to imagine that Mr. Hun Sen has lived on his meager monthly salary of $1,450. And it is even incredulous to believe his claims that he is living on the financial supports from his children. To make his claim credible and believable, Mr. Hun Sen needs to reveal where his children get the money from to feed him. Sensible and informed people would not buy this story because they know for sure that instead of his children supporting him financially, it is the other way around. After all, it is him who is the source of their immense business power and political backbone that make them instant millionaires, or even billionaires that they are today.
Back to Mr. Hun Sen’s asset declaration. The asset declaration is a secretive process, not an open and transparent one and only done in the present of his cronies, the like of Om Yintieng, with a sealed envelope. With asset declaration shrouded in secrecy like this, the process is ripe with corruption and connivance and is only designed to pacify critics and to appease NGOs and Cambodia’s financial backers, especially the donor countries. No one knows how much assets Mr. Hun Sen owned now and no one will know how much assets he owned when he leaves office. At the end of the day, it is a futile exercise and a useless process that is only designed to appease donor countries, to protect corrupt people and possibly punish clean and honest officials, especially officials from outside of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, but particularly, from the opposition parties.
9 comments:
how many editor does khmerization has?. don not know how to play hards, not a champ team yet, kept searching...
Good work, Khmerization. You hit Hun Sen on his head. It is hypocritical of him to say that he only survive on his children's financial supports, while everyone knows he is one of the most corrupt leaders Cambodia has ever had. Only idiots believe his words.
To the above first post,
Your comment did make any sense, let alone poor writing skill!!! Edit your writing prior to posting, Jack.
To Khmerization root out all criticism from your braind anykinds, or form off criticism are result in set back or lossing. there are no positive or constructive in anyform of critising other, you can't load your braind with positive and negative at the same time one must dominat another, please make your block mission be enlight,or to ligthening up people life and constructive culture of morality and re united a mong khmers. now you can clearly see genltement they never do that right? Regards Mike
to ki team please stope preaching uselese past and future vision, you cheat yourself and people. your idoit boss Rainsy raise future khmer danger of youn swalow, to all idoit if youn swalow not future 2030 or 2050 anythings like that. Rainsy,khmer very dangerous was betweent 1432 to 1985 but not now or in the future you got it, we are stronger and stronger and stronger not lost anythings to youn like you failed preaching. how peolpe claimthemself smart if they can't even see the rainsy trick. Rainsy he used past and future vision to scare people off. why don't he put future visoin nuck will destroy world and khmer in the future, stope do anythings start to spent all your money.... those are make sense right?. past experience and future vision are used by hitler he said whit supremacy will lead the world we are the Aryanise race futur of the world are belong to us he urge all Gemany man to go out and controle the world for that hitler futur vision some people believed him and war wI and WII are starte to slaugter 76 millions of humanbeing. Rainsy you are Thai double agnet in 2003 Thai gave one helercopter to Rainsy, and Thai spport Rainsy to set up office and fund million every years to Rainsy to destroy us Khmer. Rainsy is a real khmer traitor. wasn't it right?
past experience khmer was torn apart and suffer resulted by it own khmer leader itself and the Thai nation fought with us so many years, now Rainsy team are created same stupid mistatke, do not blaim other if we stile base our conviction on Parties menoeuver we are most likely adopted love and Hate principle. we must based our conviction on true to the trueness of the issue not base on Hate and love polical motivation. please stope listen to policien be your own boss.Regards Mike
Hello,
yes, I agree. That's a fucking joke. Hi lived in a big house and has another $4-7 billion in the Swiss Account and he only declare his $1400K salary. I make more than that as factory worker here in the U.S.A.
That's a lie.....
Thanks
Khmer Angkorain
I agree too, Hun Sen's asset declaration is a joke. Everybody knows that he lives in mansions and palaces, have servants and his children live like kings and queens and he said he only live on his income of $1,140? It's a joke. He is the most corrupt and richest man in Cambodia.
Mike, what happen with you? I thought you said Khmerization is the best when he criticized Sam Rainsy, but now you said he is the worst because he criticized your boss Hun Sen? You are a joke, dude. What about your continuous attacks on Sam Rainsy? You are worst, dude.
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