Hun Sen, Sam Rainsy exchange barbs, accusations and counter-accusations

Hun Sen (L) vs. Sam Rainsy (R)

Friday, 1 October 2010
By Khmerization
Source: RFA

Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition leader Sam Rainsy have traded insults, accusing and counter-accusing each other of begging for forgiveness.

The latest exchanges of the war of words between the two leaders followed Mr. Sam Rainsy's lodgement of latest criminal lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun sen in the U.S court.

In 2005, Mr. Sam Rainsy had lodged a criminal lawsuit against Mr. Hun Sen in the same U.S Court, accusing him of masterminding the 1997 grenade attacks which killed 19 and wounded 190 peaceful protesters. There are claims that Prime Minister Hun Sen had begged Mr. Sam Rainsy to withdraw that lawsuit in exchange for allowing Mr. Rainsy to return to Cambodia safely.