Senior energy official replaces Cambodia's sacked agriculture minister


PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Dith Tina (pic), secretary of state at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, has been nominated to succeed Veng Sakhon as Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Sakhon was sacked by a royal decree dated Oct 8. Later that day, Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily put Minister of Economy and Finance Aun Pornmonirath at the helm of the agriculture ministry on top of his post.

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