Hun Sen denies Yingluck route
CAMBODIA yesterday denied widespread reports that former PM Yingluck Shinawatra fled Thailand to a third country through Cambodia. Cambodia's Information Minister Khieu Kanharith wrote in his Facebook: "Yingluck did not use Cambodia to escape: Hun Sen".
Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen made the remarks during a closed-door weekly meeting with some 4,400 garment workers at Koh Pich Grand Theatre in Phnom Penh, the minister said. No further details were given.
Yingluck failed to show up at Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Political Office Holders last Friday to hear the verdict on her alleged negligence in the rice-pledging scandal.
Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said Yingluck had already left the Kingdom to a destination beyond neighbouring countries. Several unconfirmed destinations have been reported for Yingluck.
However, in each scenario, Cambodia is the initial transit point. Apart from Hun Sen, the Phnom Penh Post online reported that Cambodian officials also dismissed media reports, saying they had "no record" of such activity and calling the reports "rumours".
Chhay Buna, who is in charge of border checkpoints, claimed it was just a "rumour, and not true". Sok Sophorn, deputy chief of the Passport Department, dismissed reports that Yingluck was issued Khmer passport.
Immigration Department's spokesman Kerm Sarin, maintained there was no report in the system of Yingluck having departed to Singapore from Cambodia.
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