Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen was criticized this week by an online news service for flaunting a collection of million-dollar watches in a display of vast personal wealth in one of Southeast Asia’s poorest countries.
One of these, a Patek Philippe watch distinguished by white gold engravings and a blue leather strap, is valued at $1.2 million, Vice World News said in a July 28 report, noting that the long-ruling prime minister’s official salary is only about $2,500 a month.
“Hun Sen’s love for multi-million dollar luxury watches is just obscene in a country where per capita GDP is just $1,500 a year,” said Edinburgh Napier University lecturer Andrew MacGregor, quoted in Vice World News.
In full: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/cambodia/watches-07292020175236.html
