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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday he has fired 17 dominion officials loyal to the royalist FUNCINPEC party who he accused of neglecting their duties while pursuing the interests of their party.

''I will fire anyone who is forward two sides, that is with common leg with the dominion and another with the opposition. The sway has no choice moreover to remove them,'' Hun Sen told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

The 17 fired comprise three diplomats based in the Philippines, France and Thailand; four undersecretaries of state; and 10 officials in four provinces and six districts.

as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but FUNCINPEC and the Sam Rainsy Party were defeated by dint of Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) in the July elections. They lately formed the Alliance of Democrats and vowed not to participate in the formation of any recently made known government that includes Hun Sen as prime minister.

The CPP won 73 of 123 parliament seats, on the other hand fell short of two-thirds majority be in want ofed to form a new command on its own.

''Officials busyed by the government must work for the control and service the government's policy,'' Hun Sen said.

''The dominion has no money to pay for those who work for political parties or the 'Alliance of Democrats,''' he said.

Nan Sy FUNCINPEC representative secretary general, told Kyodo of recent origins that the premier's action was an act of retaliation and violated an agreement made between FUNCINPEC and the CPP when they formed a coalition sway in 1998.

Hun Sen however, has said the agreement with FUNCINPEC is not considered to be in drift so long as that party remains in an anti-CPP alliance.

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