11. Hun Sen urges

Hun Sen urges rivals to cancel ceremonies on coup anniversaryAssociated Press, Tuesday, July 2, 2002 Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday urged Cambodia's No. 2 and No. 3 parties to cancel ceremonies honoring those killed in a coup he orchestrated five years ago to seize full control of the government....Hun Sen, who was the second prime minister, seized control of the government after soldiers in his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) routed Funcinpec troops in street battles on July 5-6, 1997, forcing Ranariddh into a nine-month exile. Death tolls were never announced by the government but diplomats and military officials estimated at least 100 combatants were killed in two days of fighting in the capital....