Hun Sen reflects on shoe throwing in US: Free speech or act of violence?


Ouk Touch, the man who threw a shoe at Prime Minister Hun Sen in Washington, DC. - fb

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Hun Sen on May 17 questioned whether a man who threw a shoe at him while he was in the US was exercising freedom of expression or if it was an act of hostility.

Hun Sen was referring to an incident last week when a Cambodian-American later identified as Ouk Touch threw a shoe at him while he was greeting a crowd of supporters and taking selfies with them during his visit for the Asean-US Special Summit in Washington, DC.

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