Phnom Penh (FN), Jan. 5 – Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen demanded the United States to certify his eldest son Hun Manet’s military degree after convict Sam Rainsy alleged that the degree was “second-class.”

The premier spoke at the reward ceremony for Cambodian gold medal athlete, held Wednesday at the Peace Palace, Phnom Penh.

"Only the US has the answer. I inform the US ambassador to Cambodia to consider whether the US shall protect the reputation of West Point or the statement of Sam Rainsy? Can the US clarify that West Point has second-class degree?” the premier said.

Many Cambodian scholars graduated from the United States, China, the European Union and many other countries issued a joint letter demanding the former leader of the opposition party Sam Rainsy to publicly apologize for insulting Hun Manet's degree from West Point US Military Academy.
=FRESH NEWS