Facebook criticisms of Cambodian PM are 'personal opinions': Vietnam's foreign ministry

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Hanoi speaks out after Phnom Penh demand punishment against Facebook users, allegedly Vietnamese.

By Toan Dao

 

Vietnam on Tuesday spoke out after Cambodia called for punishment of some presumably Vietnamese individuals who criticized Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on his Facebook page regarding maritime disputes. “Comments made by a group of people, who are presumably Vietnamese, on social media are their personal opinions and do not reflect Vietnam’s point of view,” Le Hai Binh, the Vietnamese foreign ministry spokesman, said in a statement Tuesday.

He added that Vietnam does not condone those who use their freedom of speech to insult others as well as do harm to the good relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia. Binh made the statement after Cambodia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on August 27 condemned comments left on Prime Minister Hun Sen’s Facebook page by presumably Vietnamese nationals blaming the premier for siding with Beijing in territorial disputes in the East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea.

The Cambodian ministry has asked Vietnamese authorities to take measures to find, identify and punish the individuals responsible for the comments, Cambodia Daily reported Monday. Recently, the Cambodian premier has responded to a number of comments left on his personal page in Vietnamese expressing anger at Cambodia’s stance.

 

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