Sam Rainsy Fined for Libel of Foreign MinisterBy Kong Sothanarith, VOA Khmer
Original report from Phnom Penh
28 January 2009
A French court on Tuesday fined opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a French publisher $12,500 for public defamation of Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.
The court found libelous one passage in a book written by Sam Rainsy and published by Jean-Etienne Cohen-Seat in May 2008, “The Roots in the Stone,” which accused Hor Namhong of collaboration with the Khmer Rouge and the deaths of “numerous” people, to a court announcement.
The costs include more than $5,000 for publishing a correction in two French newspapers.
The court order also included the deletion of one page of the book, which includes the sentence, “A few years later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs would be a collaborator of Khmer Rouge power, suspected for having caused the death of numerous persons, among them members of the royal family.”
Sam Rainsy said he lost the case because the French courts were not able to properly examine the case in Cambodia, and he planned to appeal.
“This is just a first step,” he said. “We will appeal and send more evidence to the court.”
During the April 2008 anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy said both the Minister of Finance, Keat Chhon, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hor Namhong, had been members of the Khmer Rouge.
The editor of an opposition newspaper, Dam Sith, was jailed for one week in June 2008 for publishing Sam Rainsy’s remarks. Dam Sith was released on bail and later met with Hor Namhong, who then said he was dropping his suit against the editor to prevent clouding the upcoming national elections.
“This is the second round of justice given to me in France, and for the second time in Cambodia,” Hor Namhong told VOA Khmer.
The court found libelous one passage in a book written by Sam Rainsy and published by Jean-Etienne Cohen-Seat in May 2008, “The Roots in the Stone,” which accused Hor Namhong of collaboration with the Khmer Rouge and the deaths of “numerous” people, to a court announcement.
The costs include more than $5,000 for publishing a correction in two French newspapers.
The court order also included the deletion of one page of the book, which includes the sentence, “A few years later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs would be a collaborator of Khmer Rouge power, suspected for having caused the death of numerous persons, among them members of the royal family.”
Sam Rainsy said he lost the case because the French courts were not able to properly examine the case in Cambodia, and he planned to appeal.
“This is just a first step,” he said. “We will appeal and send more evidence to the court.”
During the April 2008 anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy said both the Minister of Finance, Keat Chhon, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hor Namhong, had been members of the Khmer Rouge.
The editor of an opposition newspaper, Dam Sith, was jailed for one week in June 2008 for publishing Sam Rainsy’s remarks. Dam Sith was released on bail and later met with Hor Namhong, who then said he was dropping his suit against the editor to prevent clouding the upcoming national elections.
“This is the second round of justice given to me in France, and for the second time in Cambodia,” Hor Namhong told VOA Khmer.
30 comments:
Why they do not ask khmer people?
We know better than French layer in cass Khmer Rouge. It is true that Hor namhong was khmer rouge member
can't win against the smooth operator, not even the former king, remember ? good or evil always on evil side, this is how nature operates. dark forces are winning everywhere. so lets endure more pain, khmer people, stop crying.
Mr Sam Rainsy should write to French court to recongise the reality of the history of a sovereign country and to dismiss the complain made by Hor Nam Hong'layer and to ask Hor Nam Hong to refer his complain to Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia in which is sponsored by UN.
At the same time, Sam rainsy should tell the court that both of him Sam Ransy and Hor Nam Hong are Cambodian public servants elected by Cambodian people. Therefore French court should interfer justice of public servants of a sovereign country. Sam Ransy has also need to tell the court of French their decision may create a conflict of interest of the court set up by UN in Cambodia. Areak Prey
Could any person write the address of the court in France so that I can write to them to withdrawn their previous judgement? Areak Prey
samraingsy lawyer should ask the france court to dismiss the case b/c the france has nothing to do with khmer problem and should not interfere with khmer at all. by the way hor namlorch should take a lie detector to see if he is really tell the true about what he had done in the past with pol pot.
One euro a day plus 4,500.00 euros and removal of a paragraph from the biographical memoir is clearly a victory for Hor Nam Hong. Sam Rainsy words have been tested by a COMPETENT COURT OF LAW in France, and the results were not in his favor.
This should strike in heart of his credibility as a politician.
What else in Sam Raisy's words that we could not trust?
I know one thing for sure he likes to incite riots and mass demonstrations on something that has no basis in the law. The results are factories being closed down, continuing illegal settlements on lands that belong to someone else who has been there much longer with proper land title. One other thing that always borders me when he started the party of which I was a member.
He promised that he would surround himselves with knowledgeable and educated people.
Now 14 years later, people who populate his party ranks are high school/college dropouts with serious attitude problems. Most of them from France are taxi drivers (not the highly educated Cambodian-French that we expected them to be), and those from the US cannot spell any English words correctly (regardless of what educational backgound they claim). He and his wife are always exhibiting repulsive attitudes that no Khmer members of his party can rise above their intellectual prowess. His party's inner workings are in such tatters due to mismanagement.
One has to wonder why people risked death to joint his party in the first place just to defect to the opposing party a decade later?
Why couldn’t they stay on?
My answer is: his words cannot be trusted and appointments to important posts are mostly done for his feel-good allies who clearly lack merits. As a result you have a fragile inner workings, and defection would continue despite his repeated claims of "democratic reform at the grassroots level".
Had he honestly and genuinely acted by his words to reform his party, NO ONE would defect to the CPP. And I repeat NO ONE would defect to the CPP. I speak of this issue from experience of having been a member of the party for almost a decade and a half.
NO one could defeat sadam either, right, let not misestimated the power of the people. No matter what he said or don't he still on our side a freedom side,, but huxen, can we trust hunxen, the communist gangster?...you know how gangsters are ..they never give up until they all die. Let pray for the best for who ever try to fight for freedom.
we seen the master mongster and we can 't catch him ,why ?? every one ,( all khmer people knew him was scary man in pol pot regime.may be influance of his money and power ,can blend up
FRANCE TRY to harass BOTH SAM RANSY and HOR NAM HONG .. FRENCE don't give no shit a bot Khmer , thet don't like Khmer at all .. NOW wake UP all KHMER dude .. ??
THAT WHY frence give Khmer KROM TO YOUN ..
LOL, hahaha, LOL, Ah Scam Rainxy think he could win on an appeal, hahaha.
He doesn't even know what an appeal court is. They don't take any new evidence, unless it was rejected by the lower court unjustly. All the appeal court do is review the lower court for error. However, is the litigant failed to present evidences, that is their own fault.
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i'm not surprise at all. The french afraid they would upset the CPP government......Sam Rainsy does not hold any power thus is expendable. Remember justice belongs to those in power.....it's how the world is run. Most Khmer know Hor Nam Hong and Keat Chhon were high ranking KR, and you know during the KR period even a common soldier or a peasant can send you to death......what about Hor Nam Hong?
How can a loser can be happy, except Sam Rainsy? How does a true man wait till he is convicted that he submits more information?
A loser has always sth to say: he lost the case because the French courts were not able to properly examine the case in Cambodia, and he planned to appeal.
Does he not have a skillful lawyer?
Or he is just an unscrupulous liar?
Excuse after excuse, that is all Ah Scam Rainxy is good for. Unfortunately, that will not cut to be a leader of a country. You have to learn to accept your own accountability and not blaming the world for your stupidities.
There is no proof, that Minister of Finance, Keat Chhon, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hor Namhong, had been members of the Khmer Rouge.
Because, These two ministers were members of Vietminh.
Well then, Ah Scam Rainxy should have done his homework before he spraying shit out of his mouth.
you'll lose again mok.
and you too 9:29 AM you better lick your ass before talking!!! people like you that make khmer the poorest on earth.
9:29 AM the homework was done and now me want to pick your tomatoes and potatoes between your legs in spare time to earn money for pleasure......
"One has to wonder why people risked death to joint SRP in the first place just to defect to the opposing party a decade later?"
The above statement is very striking and reflecting a few scenarios:
1 . Country's political climate is deadly risky for SRP's members
2. Those SRP's defectors to the opposing sides used SRP as the stepping-stone to gain acknowledgement from the opposing so that they will be accepted and rewarded with pride being position in the government ......
3. Those SRP's defectors are really treasure-hunter
Ah Scam Rainxy is going down, finish, done, over with... . Muahahahaha ....
10:46AM yep down, finish, done with your tomatoes and potatoes....and now move on to your boss and his wife.
Sam minsy lost the case b/c he presented to the court only his personal problems, not for all khmer who killed by Hor 5 hong.
You do everything for yourself Mr. Sam minsy.
kkk
Sam Rainsy: Woow woow woow! lol
It is one loud doggy. lol.
Yeah, and whose fault is that, 2:25?
This guy has to pay money to my government.You are not khmer people. You work for Frence and then you blam Mr Hun Sen working for Vietnam So who better for Cambodian people from 1979 till now?
Does anyone here feel sick and tire of ah Scam Rainxy blaming all the courts for his lost?
This is only a trivial civil case. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to examine any evidence.
"The court order also included the deletion of one page of the book, which includes the sentence, “A few years later, the Minister of Foreign Affairs would be a collaborator of Khmer Rouge power, suspected for having caused the death of numerous persons, among them members of the royal family.”"
Freedom of Speech, huh?
Please don't listen to Ah Potato diggers!
This French's Court ruling is certainly a victory for all Khmer people.
Which one of these Khmer Rouge(s) list below is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32?
a) Pol Pot
b) Nuon Chea
c) Ta Mok
d) Khieu Samphan
e) Son Sen
f) Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
g) Ieng Sary
h) Ieng Thearith
i) Chea Sim
j) Heng Samrin
k) Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
l) Keat Chhon
m) Ouk Bunchhoeun
n) Sim Ka
o) Hun Sen
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
Fact:
During the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime;
There are 196 prisons.
There are 196 prison chiefs.
There are 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples killed by the Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka
Hun Sen...
Kaing Guek Eav is a prison chief of Toul Sleng prison S21.
Source:
DC-CAM
Document Center of Cambodia
The UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) must indict 195 other prison chiefs.
"I will not allow the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders, I rather let the court (KRT ECCC) fail. Indict more Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders will lead the country into a civil war."
Samak Mith Hun Sen
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leader
Samak Mith Hun Sen will not allow the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC) to indict more Khmer Rouge Regime leaders who is responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples.
Samak Mith Hun Sen threaten to turn Cambodia back into the Killing Fields all over again.
War with whom?
War with innocent Khmer peoples without weapon?
Once a Khmer Rouge, always a Khmer Rouge.
A good Khmer Rouge(s) is a dead Khmer Rouge(s)
Khmer Rouge(s) continue to kill innocent Khmer peoples.
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka...
"(Samak Mith) Duch (Kaing Guek Eav) 19 years sentence is too short and doesn't fit his crimes."
Samak Mith Yaem (Hor Namhong)
Prison Chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32
What's Hor Namhong trying to do is, he want the whole world to know that he is not a Khmer Rouge and a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison.
Hor Namhong is a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison B32.
Source:
Phnom Penh Post
Hor Namhong said to the French judge that he is not a prison chief of Boeung Trabek prison, in fact members of his family was killed by Khmer Rouge(s).
Hor Namhong can lies all he want, at the end, he got summoned and will get indict, prosecute, convict and sentence.
Criminals likes to lies.
The place where criminals lies the most is inside the court room in front of the judge(s).
On October 7, 2009 Chea Sim, Heng Samrin, Hor Namhong, Keat Chhon, Ouk Bunchhoeun and Sim Ka has been summoned by the UN back Khmer Rouge Tribunal court (ECCC).
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