Uprooting an ordinary pole is also a problem: Yuon Stooge Hun Xen

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Thursday, February 4, 2010
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

PM Hun Xen declared on Wednesday, without naming any name, that anyone who did something illegal in a society, then that person will face difficulties. If that person illegally took someone else’s land or uproot any post, he will face problem. In a speech given during a diploma distribution at the National Institute of Education in Phnom Penh, Hun Xen said: “The uprooting of a post, taking somebody else’s land by violating the law, it is very difficult because [the perpetrator] may also be beaten up. I did not express my opinion to point at anyone in particular.” Hun Xen added that even the uprooting of a simple land post will bring problems also, let alone uprooting border post which is a serious violation of the law. Even though the Yuon stooge did not name anybody in particular, everybody knows that he was pointing at Sam Rainsy. On Monday, opposition leader Sam Rainsy indicated that he did not uproot legal border posts, but only illegal border stakes which were planted in violation of Cambodia’s territorial integrity. He said that he uprooted these stakes without having to tell anyone because when these stakes were planted on the Cambodian farmers’ rice fields, their owners were not informed in advance either.