Three families in Preah Sihanouk province, including that of a military veteran, are calling on army commander Hun Manet to resolve their long-standing land dispute against a local businessperson.
Nearly 100 families living near Takhmao city are facing eviction as authorities pledge to restore the heavily-polluted river running next to their homes in a project linked to a real estate company with connections to the prime minister’s family.
Hun Manet is not just a military commander. He is the prime minister’s eldest son and chosen successor of the ruling CPP, and he is increasingly putting on a public show and raising his profile.
Prime Minister Hun Sen argued with unnamed critics during a university graduation speech on Tuesday about the transfer of power to his son and the creation of a Vietnamese language department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
Army commander Hun Manet announced restrictions on recruitment and transfers of military personnel, saying that too many members were trying to move to the same units as their family served in or transfer to more comfortable postings.
Army commander Hun Manet said the military will have low tolerance for repeat drug users, a rare acknowledgement of drug use in the armed forces.
Army commander and Hun Sen’s son Hun Manet was invited to speak to journalists on press freedom day. A Mother Nature cofounder’s Supreme Court appeal was rejected Tuesday.
Ruling party also expected to choose two new vice presidents, possibly hear members of recently proposed, younger cabinet-in-waiting.
Prime Minister Hun Sen added further intrigue over his plans to transfer power to his son by calling for a CPP congress in late December to select a “successor” and to approve future cabinet members.
Interior Minister Sar Kheng on Tuesday posted an unsigned letter to his Facebook page supporting any CPP decision on the party’s next prime ministerial candidate, but did not explicitly name Hun Sen’s son and heir apparent Hun Manet.
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