Sunday, September 30, 2007

Being a junior partner of the CPP, Funcinpec already gloats about winning over Prince Ranariddh one more time ... for sure

Funcinpec hopes to win the lawsuit against Prince Ranariddh one more time

30 September 2007
By Keo Nimol
Radio Free Asia

Translated from Khmer by Socheata

Funcinpec spokesman declared on 29 September that he hopes that the judgment regarding the real estate difference between Funcinpec and Prince Ranariddh, former Funcinpec president, by the appeal court on 03 October will render justice to Funcinpec one more time for sure.

Nouv Sovathero, Funcinpec spokesman, said: “For us, the plaintiff, we hope that, based on the court power, it will provide justice one more to Funcinpec which is the victim, and the reason we are suing was not to bring shame to Prince Ranariddh or anybody else, this is a legal demand on real estates and lands which belong to the party, and it should be returned back to the party, that’s all.”

On 28 September, the NRP, led by Prince Ranariddh, issued a statement in which it said that it is concerned about the upcoming judgment by the appeal court on 03 October, regarding the appeal case of Prince Ranariddh who rejected the sentence issued by the Phnom Penh municipality court. The NRP also said that it has very little confidence that the judgment will provide justice for the prince.

Liv Sovanna, Prince Ranariddh’s defense lawyer, said on 29 September that, up until now, he did not receive the summon from the appeal court yet, and based on the sentence by the Phnom Penh municipal court handed down last March, Prince Ranariddh could be jailed for 18 months also.

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