Y Chhien quits Pailin council despite show of support

10 October 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Provincial and local governments
Ban Sreymom / Koeut Sothea / Kong Duong / Ministry of Interior / Pailin Provincial Council / Pailin Provincial Information Department / Sak Setha / Y Chhien

Y Chhien, the three-star military general and former bodyguard of Pol Pot, has resigned from his position as chief of the Pailin Provincial Council, an Interior Ministry official confirmed on Thursday.

Rumors had circulated for days that Lieutenant General Chhien, the first governor of Pailin, would step down from his position, leading to a protest of an estimated 1,000 people in front of his home on Wednesday. …

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