Schools drawn into Hun Manet degree row

Hun Manet along with his letter of admission and diploma from West Point. - HUN MANET VIA FACEBOOK

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Hun Sen stepped into the Hun Manet-Sam Rainsy war of words over the validity of Manet’s degree from the US Military Academy at West Point, set off by Rainsy’s claims that Manet had received a “second-class degree” or “honorary degree”.

Hun Sen said that only the US could determine whether his son Manet’s degree was not earned in full as former opposition leader Rainsy said, calling on both the US and the UK – the countries where Manet received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees and his PhD, respectively – to weigh in on Rainsy’s claims.