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Subject: Hun Sen govt may compensate Asean firms hit by looting
The Straits Times (July 10th)
Hun Sen govt may compensate Asean firms hit by looting
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian strongman Hun Sen told ambassadors from
South-east Asian countries yesterday that his government was considering
paying compensation to firms that suffered losses during widespread
looting on Monday, his spokesman said.
Mr Hun Sen told the ambassadors that he regretted the looting which
followed his forces' victory over those loyal to his former co-premier
Prince Norodom Ranariddh after two days of fighting in Phnom Penh at the
weekend, he said.
"The government expressed regret over the loss of assets of investors
from Asean countries due to the looting," the Secretary of State for
Information, Mr Khieu Kanharith, told reporters.
"Now the royal government is considering paying compensation to those
companies," he said. Asean, the Association of South-east Asian Nations,
groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand
and Vietnam.
Soldiers went on a rampage of looting on Monday after forcing troops
loyal to the ousted Prince Ranariddh from the capital on the weekend.
Warehouses, factories, car showrooms, shops and petrol stations were
stripped and gutted.
The newly-renovated international airport terminal was also devastated
in the violence by marauding soldiers. -- Reuter.
"THERE WILL BE NO REAL DEMOCRACY IF WE CAN'T GURANTEE THE RIGHTS OF THE
MINORITY ETHNIC PEOPLE. ONLY UNDERSTANDING THEIR SUFFERING AND HELPING
THEM TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS WILL ASSIST PREVENTING FROM THE
DISINTEGRATION AND THE SESESSION." "WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THEIR
STRENGTH, WE CAN'T TOPPLE THE SLORC AND BURMA WILL NEVER BE IN PEACE."
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