Hun Sen's latest emotional outburst against Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajive and Foreign Minister Kasit Pironya was not unexpected, it's just part of the political game he's playing, and there is no need for either Mr Abhisit and Mr Kasit to respond.
Just as it seemed last month’s unfortunate diplomatic row over deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was finally taking a back seat, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has seen fit to reopen the wound with comments that could provoke a new round of bickering.
Mr Hun Sen’s latest diatribe against Prime Minister Abhisit and Foreign Minister Kasit in his speech at a provincial ceremony on Monday, although not at all surprising for a man of his character, was totally undiplomatic, hostile and unbecoming of a government leader.
He was quoted to have said: “I am not the enemy of the Thai people…But the prime minister and foreign minister, these two people look down on Cambodia extremely…Cambodia will have no happiness as long as this group is in power in Thailand…”
Mr Hun Sen’s sudden burst of anger at Prime Minister Abhisit and Foreign Minister Kasit stemmed from the Thai government’s threat to suspend all economic aid to Cambodia in retaliation for Phnom Penh’s appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser and its refusal to allow the fugitive politician's extradition to Thailand to face imprisonment.
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