Hun Sen brands Rainsy complaint “stupid”

Stupid is as stupid one blurts out? (Photo: Reuters)

Wednesday, 29 September 2010
Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post

Prime Minister Hun Sen has branded opposition leader Sam Rainsy as “stupid” for filing a criminal complaint against him in New York, saying United States courts had no power over him.

Speaking at a graduation ceremony in Phnom Penh, Hun Sen lambasted his longtime political foe, who is living in self-imposed exile.

“US courts do not have the right to do anything to the Cambodian prime minister,” he said. “The key for opening up [Sam Rainsy’s] return to the country is Hun Sen.”

Last week, Sam Rainsy filed a criminal complaint against Hun Sen, alleging his involvement in a 1997 grenade attack on an opposition rally that killed 16 people and wounded more than 100.
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