Tea Banh Tells Armed Forces to Defend Government

24 January 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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Defense Minister Tea Banh used the annual meeting of national military police in Phnom Penh on Wednesday to reiterate that the armed forces would remain committed to defending Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government in the ongoing political dispute with the opposition CNRP, local media and military officials said Thursday.

Speaking at National Military Police Headquarters in Tuol Kok district, General Banh condemned the CNRP’s rolling street demonstrations and marches last month, calling on Mr. Hun Sen to stand down or call a new election, Cambodia Express News (CEN), an online site for leading Khmer-language newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea, reported Thursday.

“[Gen. Banh] said that the opposition party was trying to force the winners to follow them, which is illegal, and inciting chaos in society…which cannot be accepted, and [said] that they cannot be allowed to do such a thing,” CEN said of the meeting, which was open only to handpicked media outlets. …

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