I wonder whether it is still proper to address Mr Hun Sen as the prime minister of Cambodia. Or whether he deserves to be addressed Mr Prime Minister, given his latest antic displayed over the weekend at the Thai-Cambodian border.
The timing of Mr Hun Sen’s weekend visit to the border was viewed with great suspicion in Thailand as it coincided with the escalated political activities of the Thai red-shirt movement to increase pressure on the Abhisit government ahead of the February 26 Judgement Day when a verdict on deposed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s 76 billion baht worth of frozen assets is to be delivered by the Supreme Court’s criminal division for political office holders.
The real issue here is not his visit which can take place anytime Mr Hun Sen so wishes. But his unprovoked insulting remarks against Prime Minister Ahisit Vejjajiva and the false allegations against Thailand and the Thai armed forces which are most disturbing and totally unacceptable from the leader of a neighbouring country who has repeatedly announced that he holds no grudges against this country but only against Mr Abhisit and his “illegimate” government.
