The "dumb" Abhisit: Hor Nam Hong

DAP news published this photo showing a Cambodian soldier (2nd from left) talking to his Thai counterpart. The background appears to be the stairway to the Ta Moan Thom temple (DAP)

Cambodia denies sending official to negotiate with Thailand on Ta Moan temple

08 Feb 2010
By Kim Pov Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

Hor Nam Hong, the Cambodian minister of Foreign Affairs, denied that the Cambodian government sent General Khan Savoeun, the secretary of state of the ministry of Interior, to go to Ta Moan temple to negotiate with Thailand to allow Hun Xen to visit the location.

In a hastily organized press conference held in the afternoon of 08 February, Hor Nam Hong indicated that Khan Savoeun’s trip the temple was his private business, and it did not involve Hun Xen’s visit to this same temple.

At the press conference, Hor Nam Hong also called Abhisit Vejjajiva, the Thai PM who recently declared Thailand’s opposition to the listing of Preah Vihear as a World Heritage Site at the upcoming July Worlbned Heritage meeting, as being dumb because the Preah Vihear temple had already been listed as a World Heritage since last year already