7.What's behide the Sok Yoeun case?

What's behind the Sok Yoeun case? - Khmerintelligence.orgSok Yoeun is a Cambodian opposition figure who has been held by the Thais for some time. Now he's being sent back to Cambodia. Cambodian PM Hun Sen wants him for an alleged assassination plot and virtually everyone else (Cambodian opposition, Amnesty International, the international press, etc.), seems to feel the charges were manufactured. For their part, the Thais have broadcast Sok Yoeun's allegedly coerced confession on TV. Now comes some tidbits about the case from khmerintelligence.org that gives some insight you might not find elsewhere. We have not been able to determine who is behind the website. The info seems correct and insightful. The English is edited to a higher standard than is usual for these kinds of sites. Other than that, like almost everything else on the net, it is rather anti-Hun Sen. Khmerintelligence.org: If Sok Yoeun is recognized innocent, Chaowalit would definitely lose face and some unpleasant aspects of Thai politics would be exposed. An unusual deal between Thaksin Shinawatra and Hun Sen might have also played a role in the Sok Yoeun’s case. Earlier this year, a kind of conciliatory meeting between the two prime ministers took place in Bangkok during which the Thai premier reportedly recognized his involvement in the July 1994 coup d’etat against his Cambodian counterpart. Thaksin was then only a businessman frustrated by the situation in Cambodia where his business did not thrive the way he wanted. He reportedly showed his intention to put things right with Hun Sen for the 1994 incident and promised the latter a friendly cooperation from now on. The cooperation may have expanded to include the repatriation of Sok Yoeun, which is badly needed by Hun Sen to weaken his political opponents before the 2003 parliamentary election. Hun Sen can also count on the support of many Thai businessmen involved in dubious activities (gambling and money laundering, land confiscation and speculation along the border) and the plunder of Cambodia’s riches (deforestation and abusive mining and fishing).Some background info: a good balanced article on Hun Sen (a rarity in the press) / a good balanced article on Thaksin