PM Hun Sen has decried the requests by a little-known NGO that former king Norodom Sihanouk should have his royal immunity stripped and face trial
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- Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:21:14 -0700
Cambodian PM denounces call for punishment of Sihanouk
August 29, 2007
Prime Minister Hun Sen has decried the requests by a little-known NGO
that former king Norodom Sihanouk should have his royal immunity
stripped and face trial, local media said on Wednesday.
"The Cambodian Action Committee for Justice and Equity's (CACJE)
request is a mistreatment not only of the king but also the people and
the nation," he said at the opening of a pagoda in Kandal province,
reported Cambodian-language newspaper the Koh Santepheap.
None of the government, the National Assembly and the Senate will
stand by and watch as the violation sets a fire in the heart of the
Cambodians, he added.
Sihnaouk has suffered more than most rulers, said Hun Sen.
In 1941 he endured the rigors of French colonial rule when he ascended
to the throne at just 19 years old, before leading the nation to
independence in 1953 and an age of fruitful development, before the
1970 coup de tat thrust the nation into war, said the premier.
CACJE last week wrote to National Assembly President Heng Samrin,
asking him to call a plenary meeting to nullify Article 7 of the
Cambodian Constitution, which ensures the king's status as inviolable,
or beyond reproach.
Sihanouk, 85, stepped down as king in 2004 and his son Norodom
Sihamoni succeeded him.
Source: Xinhua
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