Hun Sen Quotes (15) My Son the Ghost

He's made the outlandish claim that the opposition would bulldoze public buildings should they win the upcoming election. 

And he's made the outrageous claim that civil war would break out should he lose the popular vote.

But that is not enough for Prime Minister Samdach Akaek Moha Sena Padei Decho Hun Sen.

 

In a recently nationally televised speech Prime Minister sought to appeal to the superstitious nature of some of his countrymen with possibly his stupidest claim; Manet, his favoured son, was, he said, the child of a 'Neak ta,' a powerful local spirit.

 “When he [Manet] was born , there was a bright light flying around the cottage’s roof,” Hun Sen said, before turning to his son. “You should go visit that banyan tree, because you come from that tree.”