Cambodia's Hun Sen defends promotion of his sons to top posts

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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen defended on Thursday the promotion of his three sons to senior positions in government and the military, citing their education and qualifications.

 

 

Two of Hun Sen’s sons are high-ranking members of the military. His youngest son is a member of parliament and chairs a parliamentary commission on youth and sport.

 

Hun Sen’s critics say the appointments are aimed at cementing the 66-year-old’s control over government and the economy at a time of political tension after a widely criticized election in July.

 

“They all have doctorate or master’s degrees. Why should they waste them? I should find work for them,” Hun Sen said, speaking at an academic award ceremony for high school students in the capital, Phnom Penh.

 

Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party won all 125 parliamentary seats in the election, which the United Nations and some Western countries have said was flawed because of the lack of a credible opposition among other factors.

 

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) was dissolved late last year ahead of the election and several of its leaders were detained.

The European Union has began a formal procedure that could result in Cambodia being stripped of its special trade status over human rights concerns, in particular, those arising from the election.

 

 

Cambodia has denounced the EU pressure as an “extreme injustice”.

Two of Hun Sen’s sons were appointed to their positions after the vote, amid a government crackdown on critics, civil rights groups and independent media.

 

Many members of Hun Sen’s family are prominent members of Cambodia’s business community.

 

(This story refiles to fix grammar in paragraph six)

Reporting by Prak Chan Thul; Editing by James Pearson

 

source https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cambodia-politics/cambodias-hun-sen-defends-promotion-of-his-sons-to-top-posts-idUSKCN1ND0X4

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 09/11

[Colabamumbai]

Nepotism by a despot. 

[scotinsiam]

Looks like Cambodia is heading back into the darkness. What a pity.

[spidermike007]

The serial killing, despot dictator thief, wants to keep his multi billion dollar franchise in the family. No surprise here. What is a surprise is how much slack the world cuts him. 

[Mad mick]

1 hour ago, scotinsiam said:

Looks like Cambodia is heading back into the darkness. What a pity.

he was part of bad old dark days a senior member pol pot khmer rouge later defected after vietnanese invaded viets set him up as pm of cambodia his wife also khmer rouge just a dangerous as him has no intensions of giving up power at deprement of combodian people they will continue to suffer hes a closet chinese puppet .  

Edited November 9, 2018 by Mad mick

[Odysseus123]

There has never been any "light" days.

[fvw53]

3 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Nepotism by a despot. 

...if Donald Trump got away with nepotism why not him?

[phycokiller]

20 hours ago, Colabamumbai said:

Nepotism by a despot. 

quite fashionable these days