Cambodian opposition to unite against Hun Sen

KHMER INTELLIGENCE NEWS

25 April 2008

U.S. Congress considers Phnom Penh regime a "kleptocracy" and denies entry visas to corrupt Cambodian officials (1)

House Resolution # 2764 dated January 4, 2007. Section "Anti-Kleptocracy":Sec. 699L. (a) In furtherance of the National Strategy to Internationalize Efforts Against Kleptocracy and Presidential Proclamation 7750, the Secretary of State shall compile and maintain a list of officials of foreign governments and their immediate family members who the Secretary determines there is credible evidence to believe have been involved in corruption relating to the extraction of natural resources in their countries.

(b) Any individual on the list submitted under subsection

(a) shall be ineligible for admission to the United States.

Senate Report # 110-128 dated July 10, 2007 from the Committee on Appropriations (To accompany H.R. 2764):Cambodia. (…) The Committee urges the Administration to exercise Presidential Proclamation 7750 to prohibit corrupt Cambodian officials identified in the June 2007 Global Witness report [about deforestation] entitled "Cambodia's Family Trees: Illegal Logging and the Stripping of Public Assets by Cambodia's Elite" from entering the United States. The Committee encourages other countries, particularly in Europe and Asia, to implement similar restrictions. [Prime Minister Hun Sen sits on the top of the "Family Trees" described by the UK-based Global Witness environmental organization].

Subsequently, "The [House] Appropriation Committees endorse language in Senate Report 110-128 regarding corrupt Cambodian officials and Presidential Proclamation 7750."

Human Rights Watch recalls Hun Sen's involvement in the 1997 deadly grenade attack (1)

In their March 30, 2008 statement entitled "Cambodia: Infamous Grenade Attack Still Unpunished – FBI Should Revive Probe of Alleged Perpetrators Promoted by Hun Sen",the New York-based Human Rights Watch organization recalled: On June 29, 1997, the Washington Post wrote:

"In a classified report that could pose some awkward problems for U.S. policymakers, the FBI tentatively has pinned responsibility for the blasts, and the subsequent interference, on personal bodyguard forces employed by Hun Sen, one of Cambodia's two prime ministers, according to four U.S. government sources familiar with its contents. The preliminary report was based on a two-month investigation by FBI agents sent here under a federal law giving the bureau jurisdiction whenever a U.S. citizen is injured by terrorism. … The bureau says its investigation is continuing, but agents involved reportedly have complained that additional informants here are too frightened to come forward [given the atmosphere of fear and intimidation prevailing in Cambodia]."

Human Rights Watch concluded: "The FBI was close to solving the case when its lead investigator was suddenly ordered out of the county by the U.S. ambassador, Kenneth Quinn. The FBI has damning evidence in its files that suggests that Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the attack, but it has refused to fully cooperate with congressional enquiries or follow through on its initial investigation. Instead of trying to protect U.S. relations with Cambodia, it should now finish what it started.

"One can hope that the new U.S. President to be elected later this year will order the FBI to complete its job for the sake of justice.

Cambodian opposition to unite against Hun Sen (2)

There are increasing indications that the Cambodian opposition made up of more than fifty political parties is considering forming a united front against the authoritarian and corrupt Hun Sen regime. However, efforts are first being made to identify some newly created parties that are in fact working for, and being protected and paid, by the Hun Sen's ruling Cambodian People's People (CPP) in order to subsequently destroy the united front.

For more information about "Hun Sen's divide and rule strategy" please click at http://tinyurl.com/33e8z7