The 18-month imprisonment imposed on Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh is aimed at preventing him from attending the current commune councils election, his spokesman told reporters on Tuesday.
Ranariddh was sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in absentia to 18 months in jail, with 150,000 U.S. dollars of compensation for the co-ruling Funcinpec Party, over charges of fraud.
Spokesman for the prince's Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) told reporters outside the court that the result was unacceptable, the trial was unjust, and they were intended to prevent the prince from coming back to the kingdom to join the ongoing commune councils election.
They didn't want NRP to become a political power, he added.
Moung Araun, co-lawyer for the prince, told reporters that "we know the court is biased over this case" and the prince would not appeal the verdict because it was not likely to get a fair hearing in a higher court.
At the court, Presiding Judge Sao Meach declared that the prince was found guilty of pocketing some 3.6 million U.S. dollars over selling Funcinpec's old headquarters and putting the land of the newly located party headquarters under his own title.
The prince, now in Malaysia, has denied the accusation and twice failed to attend the court last month, insisting that the court is "biased" and the trial is "politically motivated."
Ranariddh began to preside Funcinpec in 1992 and was ousted as president in October 2006, for neglecting party affairs and being unable to cooperate with Prime Minister Hun Sen. He then turned to establish NRP, whose members are currently joining the commune councils election.
The prince, son of former king Norodom Sihanouk, became President of the National Assembly in 1998, re-appointed in 2003, but resigned in March 2006 in protest against the ruling Cambodian People's Party's political steps.
In 1993, he started to serve as First Prime Minister of the first ever government of the kingdom, but lost his power during a military coup in 1997.
Source: Xinhua
Ranariddh was sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in absentia to 18 months in jail, with 150,000 U.S. dollars of compensation for the co-ruling Funcinpec Party, over charges of fraud.
Spokesman for the prince's Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) told reporters outside the court that the result was unacceptable, the trial was unjust, and they were intended to prevent the prince from coming back to the kingdom to join the ongoing commune councils election.
They didn't want NRP to become a political power, he added.
Moung Araun, co-lawyer for the prince, told reporters that "we know the court is biased over this case" and the prince would not appeal the verdict because it was not likely to get a fair hearing in a higher court.
At the court, Presiding Judge Sao Meach declared that the prince was found guilty of pocketing some 3.6 million U.S. dollars over selling Funcinpec's old headquarters and putting the land of the newly located party headquarters under his own title.
The prince, now in Malaysia, has denied the accusation and twice failed to attend the court last month, insisting that the court is "biased" and the trial is "politically motivated."
Ranariddh began to preside Funcinpec in 1992 and was ousted as president in October 2006, for neglecting party affairs and being unable to cooperate with Prime Minister Hun Sen. He then turned to establish NRP, whose members are currently joining the commune councils election.
The prince, son of former king Norodom Sihanouk, became President of the National Assembly in 1998, re-appointed in 2003, but resigned in March 2006 in protest against the ruling Cambodian People's Party's political steps.
In 1993, he started to serve as First Prime Minister of the first ever government of the kingdom, but lost his power during a military coup in 1997.
Source: Xinhua
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