PHNOM PENH, Prime Minister Hun Sen has confirmed that former commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) Ke Kim Yan will soon become deputy prime minister in charge of anti-drug trafficking, said English-language daily newspaper the Phnom Penh Post on Friday.
"In the near future, General Ke Kim Yan will be appointed deputy prime minister, and he will be chairman of the National Authority for Combating Drugs," the premier told the closing session of the annual conference of the Interior Ministry here on Thursday.
Once on Tuesday, Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, told local media that "the government will send the request (of the appointment) to the National Assembly. When the National Assembly approves it, you will know."
If approved, Ke Kim Yan will become the government's 10th deputy prime minister.
The general has been without a position since being removed as RCAF chief by a Royal Decree on Jan. 22.
Friday, March 06, 2009
PM: Ex-chief of Cambodian military forces to become deputy PM
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