Hun Sen’s sister resigns in protest

28 November 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Government / Land / Land policy and administration / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Inspection
Hun Sinath / Ly Yong Phat / Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection / Phnom Penh Sugar Company

Prime Minister Hun Sen’s sister Hun Sinath has resigned from her job as a secretary of state over what she said was her colleagues’ fear of investigating a land dispute between villagers in Kampong Speu province and tycoon Ly Yong Phat. ... Sinath revealed her resignation from the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations and Inspection in a Facebook post yesterday, addressing the affected villagers in Kampong Speu’s Thpong district and apologising for her ministry “not daring” to investigate the allegations made against Yong Phat. ... The tycoon’s sugar businesses has come under fire in recent years over what rights groups have labelled “blood sugar”, referring to his ongoing disputes with thousands of families in Thpong district’s Omlaing commune in Kampong Speu province. ...

 May Titthara
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