19 March 2007Rasmei Kampuchea
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Prince Chakrapong was summoned by the Phnom Penh municipal court on 23 March to clarify on the lawsuit regarding the $1.3 million debt he owed the government. The prince is currently in Bangkok, Thailand.
A high ranking NRP official said on 17 March that “Prince Chakrapong already knew about this summon and he will return to Cambodia on Monday to clarify the court.” The same source indicated that the prince is currently in Bangkok.
Muth Channtha, NRP spokesman, declined answering questions about this court summon for the prince, instead he asked that all questions should be directed to Prime Minister Hun Sen. However, he added that the court is always doing the bidding of the prime minister. Therefore, if the prime minister already spoke about it then the story is true.
Prince Chakrapong becomes the second target of legal challenge following the sentence of 18-month jail and $150,000 compensation handed to Prince Ranariddh. The review of the $1.3 million debt owed by Prince Chakrapong started after the prince heavily criticized the current government of being deeply involved in the court affairs, and that the government is using the court for its own political purpose.
Prince Chakrapong owed the $1.3 million to the government following the bankruptcy of his airline company. Prince Chakrapong and Muth Channtha said that once a company is bankrupt, according to the law, the government must forgive all the debt owed.
Because the demand for reimbursement to the government has already reached the court, Prince Chakrapong may face political difficulties just like his brother, Prince Ranariddh. If the prince does not have money to pay back to the government, his wealth and properties may be confiscated.
Prime Minister Hun Sen already declared his determination to demand back the $1.3 million debt.
A high ranking NRP official said on 17 March that “Prince Chakrapong already knew about this summon and he will return to Cambodia on Monday to clarify the court.” The same source indicated that the prince is currently in Bangkok.
Muth Channtha, NRP spokesman, declined answering questions about this court summon for the prince, instead he asked that all questions should be directed to Prime Minister Hun Sen. However, he added that the court is always doing the bidding of the prime minister. Therefore, if the prime minister already spoke about it then the story is true.
Prince Chakrapong becomes the second target of legal challenge following the sentence of 18-month jail and $150,000 compensation handed to Prince Ranariddh. The review of the $1.3 million debt owed by Prince Chakrapong started after the prince heavily criticized the current government of being deeply involved in the court affairs, and that the government is using the court for its own political purpose.
Prince Chakrapong owed the $1.3 million to the government following the bankruptcy of his airline company. Prince Chakrapong and Muth Channtha said that once a company is bankrupt, according to the law, the government must forgive all the debt owed.
Because the demand for reimbursement to the government has already reached the court, Prince Chakrapong may face political difficulties just like his brother, Prince Ranariddh. If the prince does not have money to pay back to the government, his wealth and properties may be confiscated.
Prime Minister Hun Sen already declared his determination to demand back the $1.3 million debt.
9 comments:
Congratulation!!!
Mokvessara, The same as Great Brother Krom Preass.
What you've done you receive it...
This all affairs came from your own personal affairs only not fpr publics...
Cheyyo 1 ha 3 tons
Now it is time for Peal Sii Peal or thug bite thug...
Bad action always has its final fruition.
I say that to the princes: Fight , princes fight! Do not stop until you drop.
Be a man and do not run away when attacked...
The country needs you!
I say that to the princes: Fight , princes fight! Do not stop until you drop.
Be a man and do not run away when attacked...
The country needs you!
I do not hope that those Princes are men If men, men only other affairs....
If Chakrapong's company was a limited company and this comaoany was declared bankrupt by a court order and the proceeds from the sale of its assets distributed to all creditors, including the government, that was the end of it. More should be known as to why he is sued again unless his comoany was a sole proprietorship (he is solely responsible for all its liabilities) and he will not pay his company debt to the goverment when he can afford to pay, or it is a sheer move to intimidate him. If the debt is the tax he owes to the government and the tax law imposes prison sentences for non-payment of taxes, then he may land himself in big troubles. If the debt came from any contract, he should not face any prison sentence according to article 11 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which Cambodia has adhered to: "No one shall be imprisoned merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation." But this is supposed that Cambodian courts are independent, competent and impartial, and this is at the moment very much hypothetical.
Anyway, Cambodia should have a clear bankruptcy law that includes also personal bankruptcy.
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Cambodian way of justice, do not apply reasoning and rule of LAW, you idiot
Reasoning is doing no harm. Perhaps a lack of it is one of the causes of the Cambodian nation's tragedy throughout its history after the collapse of the Khmer Empire in the 14th century.
LAO Mong Hay, Hong Kong
Speaking the obvious?
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