Hun Sen Alludes to Mam Sonando in Warning Message
Journalists, NGO workers and politicians are not immune to the long arm of the law if they flout it, Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday as he distributed land titles in Kampot province. Mr. Hun Sen’s comments come 10 days after independent radio station owner Mam Sonando was jailed for 20 years on charges tat he fomented a secessionist movement in Kratie province- a decision widely decried by human rights groups as an attempt to stifle voices of dissent. … The prime minister was speaking at a ceremony to distribute land titles to 532 families in Kampot, the fifth province e has personally visited as part of an elaborate land-titling program. … Mr. Hun Sen also appealed to outside investors to funnel money into the processing of agricultural products, most of which are sent out of Cambodia to be processed. …
