Dam Sith (Photo: RFA)Cambodian prime minister requests release of jailed news editor
Sat, 14 Jun 2008
DPA
Phnom Penh - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen wrote late Saturday to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court requesting the release of an imprisoned opposition newspaper editor on bail, journalists' representatives said. The Cambodian Club of Journalists, which lobbied the prime minister personally Friday, said by telephone that the letter had been prepared and sent to the court at around 9 pm local time.
Dam Sith, an opposition candidate for the Sam Rainsy Party in elections scheduled next month and editor of pro-opposition Moneaksekar Kampuchea newspaper, was arrested last Sunday and detained on charges of disinformation, "insult" and defamation.
He is charged with printing allegedly defamatory comments made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy about Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.
If Sith is released almost immediately, as expected after the prime minister's intervention, it will add to claims by rights groups that the judiciary is not independent of government influence.
However, it is likely to please Sith and his family after his detention in one of the region's most notorious jails, Prey Sar prison, for almost exactly one week.
His detention on civil charges is unheard of, but the court ruled he was a risk to witnesses - something which has infuriated rights and media advocates, who claim his imprisonment is a prime example of the Cambodian courts being used for political ends.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party of Hun Sen has repeatedly claimed Sith's detention was a personal matter between Hor Namhong, who also serves as deputy prime minister and a party politbureau member, the court and Sith and was in no way linked to the party.
Dam Sith, an opposition candidate for the Sam Rainsy Party in elections scheduled next month and editor of pro-opposition Moneaksekar Kampuchea newspaper, was arrested last Sunday and detained on charges of disinformation, "insult" and defamation.
He is charged with printing allegedly defamatory comments made by opposition leader Sam Rainsy about Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.
If Sith is released almost immediately, as expected after the prime minister's intervention, it will add to claims by rights groups that the judiciary is not independent of government influence.
However, it is likely to please Sith and his family after his detention in one of the region's most notorious jails, Prey Sar prison, for almost exactly one week.
His detention on civil charges is unheard of, but the court ruled he was a risk to witnesses - something which has infuriated rights and media advocates, who claim his imprisonment is a prime example of the Cambodian courts being used for political ends.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party of Hun Sen has repeatedly claimed Sith's detention was a personal matter between Hor Namhong, who also serves as deputy prime minister and a party politbureau member, the court and Sith and was in no way linked to the party.
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Ah Khvang Makhak Hun Sèn, ah khnhom yuon, ah kbâth Cheat khmer, ah Khal yuon kluon khmerm, ah Hun Sèn : Kü ah èng nis heuy dèl banh chea ôy Khchhê ah èng chap lok Dam Sith dak kouk.
May be there a small hope left with Hun Sen.
Ah HorNamQuoc is one vindictive matherf*cker, I tell ya. If you read the testimonies of inmates at Beng Trabaek, you will notice the same vindictive behavior of Ah WhorNamQuock. During the Khmer Rouge regime, Ah whoreNamQuock made the inmates under his supervision to self criticize and to pledge their entire existence his Khmer Rouge bosses. If anyone dared go against this principle, then that person's fate would turned out to be a sorry one. Now almost 30 years, later, ah WhoreNamQuoc still is the same vindictive person who continues relentlessly to use his CPP bosses and position to mistreat the people he considers "enemies". Watch out for this matherf*cker for he is out to get his own revenge just like he did during the Khmer Rouge era.
AT LAST WE ALL DIG INSIDE THE HEART OF TIGER OF HUN SEN TO PREVENT HIS IMAGE. HOR NAM HONG MUST IN JAIL AT PREY SOR .THE FORMER PROFESIONAL OF KHMER KILLER.
Moan Pong leu srov(rice) see(eat) srov. Hor Nam Hong was the boss of Beung Trabeik, and why did he deny he did not kill?
How crazy he is to arrest one person but billion around the world believe he was the killer?
Yes, Hor Nam Hong should come clean.
No body can disagree with Hun Sen. But if Hun Sen asks to release the editor, then the court refuses means Hun Sen himself told the court not to. Hun Sen just makes it looking good before election.
Hun Sen and Hor Nam Hong are buddies.
Samdech akeak moha sena decho is the law of the land.
Nope, he's not law of the land but millions of Khmer people owed him their life. Thus, many requests from PM will be usually be granted by all, unless of course you are a Moral-less Scumbag like Ah Khmer-Yuon or Ah retarded Scam Rainxy.
2.26 PM, ah Sperm Yuon, you should eat Lok Rainsy Shit on a daily basis for your scumbag crocodile behavior. Then for drink, you must drink your Boss Hun Xen' piss evrry hour. Don't forget to offer that to your mother fucker too, ok ?
Mate 2:26PM. Khmer people don't owe PM Hun Sen anything. They already paid him and his corrupted family too much already.
CPP kid
Dam Sith is released because the intervention of HE Sam Rainsy to call International help.
Ah Hun Kvak and ah Hor Nam Hong can not use tricks to menace SRP Party.
អាហ៊ុន សែន (អាបណ្ឌិតភ្លេចរៀន) និង អាហោ ណាំហុង (អតីតមេគុកបឹងត្របែក សម័យខ្មែរក្រហម) បញ្ជាអោយតុលាការចាប់ លោកដាំ សិទ្ធិ ចាងហ្វាងកាសែត មនសិការខ្មែរ។ នោះជាវិធីបង្ក្រាប អ្នកប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ មុនពេលបោះឆ្នោត ប៉ុន្តែអាហ៊ុន សែន និង អាហោ ណាំហុង ត្រូវអាម៉ាស់មុខ ដោយកំលាំង អ្នកប្រជាធិបតេយ្យ មានឯ.ឧ. សមរង្ស៊ី ជាអ្នកដឹកនាំ និង កំលាំងអន្តរជាតិ កៀបសង្កត់អាហ៊ុន សែន និង អាហោ ណាំហុង។
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