Hun Xen’s family out of touch with the Cambodian people?

The clan of the thieves of the Nation

Hun Sen gives a moral lesson to his relatives

28 Dec 2009
By Nhim Sophal
Source: Cambodge Soir Hebdo
Translated from French by Tola Ek for KI-Media

Hun Xen offered a moral lesson to his kin and he urged them to be more involved with the Cambodian people.

“If I were to quit power, my dear children, nephews and nieces could become attack targets,” Hun Xen claimed in front of the TVK camera during a family reunion at the Phnom Penh Intercontinental Hotel on Monday 28 December.

Hun Xen publicly suggested to his kin, and his nephews in particular, to engage themselves in humanitarian works for the Cambodian people in order to gain their confidence. He proclaimed that he was against the culture of impunity in the cases where members of his family were to act against the law (sic!).

Hun Xen indicated that he was inspired by the bloody backlash against high-ranking officials and powerful VIPs by the Khmer Rouge following the fall of the Khmer Republic regime in 1975. Following the fall of General Lon Nol, members of his family were spared for their good deeds toward the people.