Thursday, February 22, 2007

Hun Sen's iron fist's grip on the court system not that strong after all?

PM Seeks Redress for Release of Sex Crimes Suspects

Mean Veasna
VOA Khmer
Washington
21/02/2007


Prime Minister Hun Sen asks the Justice Ministry to file a complaint against the Appeals Court after it freed without trial a hotel owner and others accused of sex crimes.

Hun Sen makes his request during an annual meeting for the Cambodian National Council for Women.

The Appeals Court released Tae Paoli, owner of the Chhay Huor II Hotel, in 2006, after what some groups say was an insubstantial trial.

Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy calls the request political in light of April’s commune elections.

Justice Minister Ang Vong Vatana says he has submitted documents to the Supreme Council of Magistracy, which oversees Cambodian courts.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ah Sen is playing politics. He pretends that he asked the Justice Ministry to file the paper against the Appeal Court for releasing Chhay Hour II owner. Again he wants to fools the public and the donor countries that his government is workning hard on putting the sex criminal in jail.

Behind close door he would say, " Are you guys stupid? Just get the $ from this owner and let him go. No one will be in trouble as long as you share the money with me."

This is the culture of corruption and abuse of power among Ah SEE PEE PEE thugs. This is another clear example of the unwillingness of Ah Sen's part to solve the sex crime in Cambodia.

Chheam Khmer

Anonymous said...

Does KI's headline suggest that the court is now independent?

SiS