Hun Sen Hands More Four-Star Promotions to 6 Police Chiefs
In case the 29 officers Prime Minister Hun Sen promoted on January 30 to four-star general were not enough, six Interior Ministry police chiefs were also promoted to the same top rank late last month. A January 22 royal decree, obtained Wednesday, elevated the six lieutenant generals in the police force up to the highest rank presently available in the Interior Ministry. “[I] order the rank of four-star general to these police generals within the Ministry of Interior National Police,” the decree states. “Prime Minister Hun Sen shall be charged with implementing this royal decree from the date signed onward.” The newly minted four-star generals include Interior Ministry Secretary of State Ouk Kimlekh, Secretary-General Khieu Sopheak and Mao Bunnarin, director general of logistics and finance. The other three, Chan Ann, Mao Chandara and Sok Phal, are all director generals of the National Police Commissariat. … The latest round of top-tier promotions also come amid a tense political standoff between the ruling CPP and the CNRP, which is refusing to accept the CPP’s official victory in last year’s national elections, and follows mass protests calling for Mr. Hun Sen to resign. Mu Sochua, head of public affairs for the opposition CNRP, said both the timing and high rank of the new promotions were troubling given the dubious record of some of the new generals. …
Saing Soenthrith
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