Another Military Official Accuses Opposition Party of Causing Chaos
General Neang Phat has become the second senior military official to wade into the current political impasse between Prime Minister Hun Sen’s CPP government and the CNRP, accusing the opposition party of trying to destabilize the country, according to a local media report. Gen. Phat, who also holds the rank of CPP secretary of state at the Defense Ministry, made his comments about the CNRP in a speech on Monday at the headquarters of the elite Brigade 70 unit in Phnom Penh’s Pur Senchey district, according to Cambodia Express News (CEN), the online site of local newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea. “The Cambodia National Rescue Party does not recognize the National Election Committee and the fifth mandate government. Their intention is to cause trouble for the people and disorder, chaos, and insecurity for the country,” Gen. Phat said in his speech to the B-70 unit, according to CEN. … According to CEN, Gen. Phat also called on members of the armed forces to “defend the Constitution, the King, the legal government and not allow any group to damage the peace.” … Brigade 70 provided personal bodyguard protection for Prime Minister Hun Sen until 2009. That year, Mr. Hun Sen created the even more elite and specialized Prime Minister’s Bodyguard Unit, which is headed by Lieutenant General Hing Bun Heang, the former commander of B-70. Both units are outside the normal chain of command in the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces and answer directly to Mr. Hun Sen. On Thursday, Defense Minister Tea Banh told an annual meeting of the National Military Police that the country’s armed forces would remain committed to defending Mr. Hun Sen’s government amid the ongoing dispute with the CNRP.
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