28 June 2016
Hul Reaksmey
VOA Khmer
Cambodians and Muslims ride on a motor-cart past a catholic church in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, July 17, 2007.
According to a recent report, there's an estimated 20,000 Catholics in Cambodia which represents 0.15% of the total population.
PHNOM PENH —
Prime
Minister Hun Sen last Friday told a gathering of Cambodian Christians
that efforts to end his rule could lead to minority religious groups
being persecuted.
He
also said that any new prime minister coming to power on the back of a
“color revolution” would likely curb religious freedoms in the country.
“Hun
Sen would feel hurt it he was robbed,” Hun Sen said, adding that he
would seek to protect Christians in Cambodia from oppression.
“When
Hun Sen stays, Hun Sen will allow religious practices to be done in
every place and today Hun Sen and his wife came to meet you. Now, the
true thing is before you, or do you want the things that were just shaky
promises,” he asked.
He
reiterated claims that politicians in Cambodia had attempted to foment a
revolution after the 2013 election, although avoided naming members of
the opposition.
An opposition spokesman could not be reached on Saturday.
Kem
Ley, founder of the Grassroots Democracy Party, warned that rising
unemployment in the event of a mass deportation of Cambodian migrant
workers, coupled with long-running issues such as corruption, were the
biggest risk factors that could lead to popular upheaval.
“For
example, if Thailand or Malaysia got some problems with Asean, they
would send back millions of Cambodians, causing unemployment, so it [a
revolution] would happen. Thus, there should be solutions to the jobs
and the courts that we formed… if they can’t provide justice to the
people, the people will rise up. This is what we have to be afraid of,”
he said.
2 comments:
Stupid Hun Sen, the regime is NOT toppled; it is going to be changed.
SCARE mongering tactic isn't it ? Kids play in the street know that too .
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