Voice of America
Phnom Penh
01/09/2006
The Cambodian government lawyer Friday agrees to appear in the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend his client of corruption charges involved in a number of the World Bank's projects.
The World Bank and the Cambodian government recently had tension after the bank found irregularities in its $11.9 millions loans for 8 projects implemented by a number of ministries.
The World Bank threatened to freeze 3 development projects worth over $64 millions, and asked the government to pay back $7.6 millions.
Cambodian authorities on July 18, detained former Department of Rural Development's technological affairs, deputy director Mu Kim San, based on government lawyer's suit, and Phnom Penh Municipal Court's co-prosecutor's charges on embezzling one million dollars in this development project.
Government lawyer, Suong Chanthan says that this if the first time that he appears in court to defend his client's suit against the defendant Mu Kim San, with Phnom Penh Court's vice president, Mr. Chiv Keng as investigative judge for the case. He declines to cite any evidence or documents based on the suit.
The World Bank and the Cambodian government recently had tension after the bank found irregularities in its $11.9 millions loans for 8 projects implemented by a number of ministries.
The World Bank threatened to freeze 3 development projects worth over $64 millions, and asked the government to pay back $7.6 millions.
Cambodian authorities on July 18, detained former Department of Rural Development's technological affairs, deputy director Mu Kim San, based on government lawyer's suit, and Phnom Penh Municipal Court's co-prosecutor's charges on embezzling one million dollars in this development project.
Government lawyer, Suong Chanthan says that this if the first time that he appears in court to defend his client's suit against the defendant Mu Kim San, with Phnom Penh Court's vice president, Mr. Chiv Keng as investigative judge for the case. He declines to cite any evidence or documents based on the suit.
2 comments:
I wonder why in the court of Cambodia, there is an investigation judge?
Normally, there are people like
-The judge
-Lawyers for the plentiffs
-Lawyers for the defenders
-THe plentiffs
-The defenders.
THe judge must look through all evidences provided by the plentiffs and their lawyers. THe defenders lawyers and their clients must have all the evidences for the counter claims.
If the evidences of the plentiffs are proving their genuinesses and over rule the counter claims, the plentiffs will be the winner. If the defenders and their lawyers can prove that their cases have more evidences than the plentiffs, the judge must dimiss the lawsuite.Sometime these lawsuite can be proceeded without the presence of both plentiffs and defenders. THe case can proceed just by their lawyers. I am not an expert. But I have been involved many cases in the high court in the western country. That is how it proceed. THe plentiff can be the government, can be the police department, can be an organisation or can be an individual etc...
I wonder why in the court of Cambodia, there is an investigation judge?
Normally, there are people like
-The judge
-Lawyers for the plentiffs
-Lawyers for the defenders
-THe plentiffs
-The defenders.
THe judge must look through all evidences provided by the plentiffs and their lawyers. THe defenders lawyers and their clients must have all the evidences for the counter claims.
If the evidences of the plentiffs are proving their genuinesses and over rule the counter claims, the plentiffs will be the winner. If the defenders and their lawyers can prove that their cases have more evidences than the plentiffs, the judge must dimiss the lawsuite.Sometime these lawsuite can be proceeded without the presence of both plentiffs and defenders. THe case can proceed just by their lawyers. I am not an expert. But I have been involved many cases in the high court in the western country. That is how it proceed. THe plentiff can be the government, can be the police department, can be an organisation or can be an individual etc...
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