Neth Pheaktra
The Cambodia Daily
Prime Minister Hun Sen announced yesterday that he will not sign any request for King Norodom Sihamoni to pardon his half brother Prince Norodom Ranariddh, whose conviction for breach of trust was upheld by the Supreme Court last month.
In an oblique reference to Prince Ranariddh, Hun Sen said that he could consider such a request only if the prince has served two-thirds of his jail term.
“If [the prince has been sentenced] to 18 months in jail, [he] must first serve two-thirds of the term,” the premier said.
On July 30 the Supreme Court upheld the Appeals Court’s decision to hand down an 18-month sentence to Prince Ranariddh and ordered him to pay US$150,000 in compensation on charges of breach of trust over the sale of the Funcinpec Party’s headquarters during his time as party president.
In a last-ditch effort to repeal the conviction against the prince, who is currently in self-imposed exile, opposition leaders and Mam Sonando, head of Beehive Radio Station, have written to King Sihamoni to consider pardoning the prince — a move that Hun Sen ridiculed as inappropriate.
“[Although the prince] has not been in jail, [a royal] pardon has been requested,” said Hun Sen. Such a request, he explained, should only come after the prince has completed two-thirds of his jail term, after which the Department of Prisons would report to the Ministry of Justice. The ministry would forward the report to the prime minister, who could then request the King to award a royal pardon.
Hun Sen said royal pardons have been given in the past without keeping to the procedures in a spirit of compromise, but emphasized that such a give and take policy has now come to an end.
According to Article 27 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia the King “shall have the right to grant partial or complete amnesty.”
In an oblique reference to Prince Ranariddh, Hun Sen said that he could consider such a request only if the prince has served two-thirds of his jail term.
“If [the prince has been sentenced] to 18 months in jail, [he] must first serve two-thirds of the term,” the premier said.
On July 30 the Supreme Court upheld the Appeals Court’s decision to hand down an 18-month sentence to Prince Ranariddh and ordered him to pay US$150,000 in compensation on charges of breach of trust over the sale of the Funcinpec Party’s headquarters during his time as party president.
In a last-ditch effort to repeal the conviction against the prince, who is currently in self-imposed exile, opposition leaders and Mam Sonando, head of Beehive Radio Station, have written to King Sihamoni to consider pardoning the prince — a move that Hun Sen ridiculed as inappropriate.
“[Although the prince] has not been in jail, [a royal] pardon has been requested,” said Hun Sen. Such a request, he explained, should only come after the prince has completed two-thirds of his jail term, after which the Department of Prisons would report to the Ministry of Justice. The ministry would forward the report to the prime minister, who could then request the King to award a royal pardon.
Hun Sen said royal pardons have been given in the past without keeping to the procedures in a spirit of compromise, but emphasized that such a give and take policy has now come to an end.
According to Article 27 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia the King “shall have the right to grant partial or complete amnesty.”
10 comments:
u alredy win...if not afraid of him why don't u let it go....u must be scare...may be he can do something that no one else can do against u that why u scare of him....
Hun Sen is such a coward! He only act tough with Khmer people but with other race, he is such a pussy! He lets Thailand invade Cambodia like whores invading Phnom Penh.
Wow! Why the writer change the post from The Mekong Time to The Cambodia Daily?
Attetion to KI Media
You have a mistake please change : Neth Pheaktra dont work for the Cambodia Daily but he work for The Mekong Times.
Thanks for your correction
Ah juy hun sen is soft with the Siam because his daughter has a joint venture with the Siam in building a museum in Siem Reap.
Ah juy hun sen threaten to take away the seats won by the oppositions and share amongst his slave allies, what the juy is he talking about? It shows that this juy country is running by one dickhead person. Why don't ah juy hun sen just give the whole country to his master youn and some to his fucken thais friends………because the whole country is his now he's got the mandate and rights to do it, sell it to who ever he wants to.
It seems that all Sam Rainsy supporters are very rude and do not know how to use good words.
You guy should find way to write polite word because all parties supporter read this site.
Mr. Hun Sen, you must form a government first before you let this guy to come to Cambodia or stop him from coming forever.
He is a politician who love to f**k and provoke political unrest.
If he come, at lease one Cambodian girl will lose virgin every week.
I know him well.
4:50 PM
What an idiot you are ?
CPPist launch every rumors they can
on prince Ranariddh or Ranariddh.
The prince have diabete.
Princess Phalla have use and consumed all
the energy he had.
He has to take pill before fucking.
So I never heard such rumors.
Fucking virgin every week.
Like him or not, it's just fucking unfair
for the reason he has to go to jail.
If Canada's law work that way,
I think there's will be no place in jail.
Khmer Canadian
Wov khmer Canadian! is free to steal in Canada?
If you were not lying or fuckup, the world must go up side down in the rich country like canada!
Are you realy from Canada or Kandal of General Kong Kim?
how many more times does this prince going to abuse his princely power? and must cambodia allow him to do it nonstop or without respect to the rule of laws and at the expense of cambodia. cambodia can put the money to better use like reforming the welfare and social services for the country than catering to this prince from the dark ages era. get with the program already, would ya!!! god bless cambodia.
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