Hun Manet bemoans post-election divisions

Hun Manet, the oldest son of Prime Minister Hun Sen and the commander of the Ministry of Defense’s counterterrorism department, used the opening ceremony of a new building at a Phnom Penh pagoda Sunday to warn of the possible consequences of increased political division in the country since last year’s disputed national election. Speaking to about 1,000 people at Wat Pothisatharam in Pur Senchey district, Lieutenant General Manet noted that the country’s history was one of tragic territorial losses born from a lack of solidarity between the Cambodian people. … Lt. Gen. Manet then implored the audience, which also included members of the Cambodian Scouts and the CPP-aligned Union of Youth Federations of Cambodia, not to reflexively label political opponents as “yuon,” a term for ethnic Vietnamese that can be used as a racial epithet. It is often used by supporters of the CNRP to refer to members and supporters of the ruling CPP, which began its life as the communist regime installed by occupying Vietnamese forces in 1979. “Even if we are not from the same political tendency, do not be angry toward one another as we are all Khmer, the same,” Lt. Gen. Manet said. …

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