Hun Sen: Neth Savoeun was specialized to be the national police commissioner since he was born ... not because he's Hun Sen's nephew-in-law -sic!-

In the executive branch, “I am the one who decides” of transfers and nominations: Hun Sen

17 November 2008
By Duong Sokha
Ka-set
Unofficial translation from French by Tola Ek for Ki-Media
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On Monday 17 November, Prime minister Hun Sen denied rumors spread by the local news media according to which Kep Chuktema, the governor of Phnom Penh, would have been transferred.

“Who decides about it?” Hun Sen asked while adding that a royal decree and another sub-decree would soon confirm Kep Chuktema’s position. “Above me, there’s only the king and the National Assembly! Transfers in the executive branch are my prerogatives!” Hun Sen stormed.

Another barking from Hun Sen: the contest led by some of the successors to the position of national police commissioner which was vacated following the death of Hok lundy who was killed in a helicopter crash on 09 November. Hun Sen reported that the selection of Neth Savoeun, the former deputy police commissioner, to fill in this position was not neutral, “because he is my nephew, they said” (Neth Savoeun is married to the daughter of Hun Sen’s older brother). “Why my nephew can’t fill in this position, whereas since his birth, this is his specialty, and also according to the hierarchy, he was the number two of the police, right after Hok Lundy,” Hun Sen launched.