Original report from Phnom Penh
24 December 2009
The head of the Cambodian Border Commission faced the National Assembly on Thursday and sharp criticism from an opposition lawmaker, as he sought to clarify Cambodia’s border policy.
Var Kimhong addressed the National Assembly at the request of Prime Minister Hun Sen earlier this week. But on the floor of the Assembly, Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Son Chhay derided him for failing to answer whether Vietnamese had been encroaching on farmland in Svay Rieng province.
Farmers in Chantrea district met with opposition officials earlier this month to show where they thought the border had been encroached, prompting a letter from the opposition to Hun Sen requesting clarification of the border.
Hun Sen sent Var Kimhong to the National Assembly, where he spent nearly four hours Thursday explaining border laws, legal procedures, technical and equipment issues and the competence of his commission’s experts.
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