Border Issues activists stated that former King Norodom Sihanouk said that the government wants to push him out of power as President of the Border Issues Committee for fear of losing its own power.
Chuop Kampuchea, President of the the Border Issues Organization, said that the former King told him that the government is not happy with him, and that the Cambodian government had issued many royal decrees to clarify the former King's power.
Khiev Kanharith, Minister of Information, and Aom Yun Tieng, Supreme Council to , could not be reached for comments. Hun Sen has threatened to use military force if someone asked for more power to be given to the former King.