PM ends exile gov’t talk
Prime Minister Hun Sen said yesterday that his government will work with the Thai junta that came to power in a coup last week, and quashed speculation that the ousted Shinawatra clan may be allowed to set up a government in exile in Cambodia. In a speech to about 3,000 university graduates from the Royal University of Phnom Penh at the Koh Pich Exhibition Center, Hun Sen said Cambodia’s constitution and its membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prevented it from interfering in the “internal affairs” of countries in the region. “Cambodia has considered the situation in Thailand, which is the internal affairs of Thailand, and Cambodia will not interfere with its internal affairs,” he said. “Now, a military government has been approved by the Thai king, and I hope that former prime ministers Thaksin and Yingluck [Shinawatra] … will understand Cambodia’s stance.” …
Vong Sokheng and Daniel Pye
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