World leaders brought international attention to Cambodia last week and Hun Sen certainly made the most of it

Hun Sen speaks with UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon during his visit to the Kingdom. Heng Chivoan

Prime Minister Hun Sen requested the closure of the UN human rights office in Cambodia because other countries in the world don’t have human rights offices, and Cambodia doesn’t want this office either.”

- Khieu Kanharith talking about Hun Sen’s request to the UN that they remove Christophe Peschoux from his role at their office for human rights in Cambodia. The government later retracted part of the quote from Kanharith, explaining that they still want Peschoux out, but haven’t ruled on the fate of the office.

[Hun Sen] proposed the removal of Mr Christophe Peschoux, because Mr Peschoux is not a UN official working on human rights issues with the government, but is a spokesman for the opposition party,”

- Hor Namhong commenting on the same request made to Ban-ki Moon by Hun Sen during their meeting on Wednesday of last week.

Before the meeting, the Thai media repeatedly published news that Abhisit would raise the issue of Arisman and the … Red Shirts with Hun Sen. But when meeting with Samdech Hun Sen, Abhisit did not raise even a word about these issues – Samdech raised the matter.”

- Hor Namhong speaking to the press about the much anticipated meeting between the Thai and Cambodian heads of state on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit.