Mu Sochua faces a defamation charge from Prime Minister Hun SenMonday, 22 June 2009
BBC News
Cambodia's National Assembly has voted to strip parliamentary immunity from two opposition members.
The vote means the two politicians, Mu Sochua and Ho Vann, can be prosecuted on defamation charges.
The UN's human rights organisation has criticised the government's increasing use of the courts against its critics.
The government has defended its use of the courts, saying in one case a critic had attempted to cause "chaos and confusion" with inaccurate remarks.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party has a large majority, so the vote against the two members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party was never in doubt, says the BBC's Guy DeLauney in Phnom Penh.
The two politicians are among at least six critics of the government who have been the subjects of recent legal action.
Mu Sochua had originally launched a defamation suit against Prime Minister Hun Sen. That was dismissed and the prime minister counter-sued.
Ho Vann is being sued for defamation by senior military officials, over allegations that he insulted the quality of their university degrees.
The UN's human rights office in Phnom Penh recently issued a statement expressing concern about the use of defamation and disinformation laws to silence government critics.
But the government has consistently defended its human rights record, pointing to the success of several democratic elections since the return of peace in the 1990s.
The vote means the two politicians, Mu Sochua and Ho Vann, can be prosecuted on defamation charges.
The UN's human rights organisation has criticised the government's increasing use of the courts against its critics.
The government has defended its use of the courts, saying in one case a critic had attempted to cause "chaos and confusion" with inaccurate remarks.
The ruling Cambodian People's Party has a large majority, so the vote against the two members of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party was never in doubt, says the BBC's Guy DeLauney in Phnom Penh.
The two politicians are among at least six critics of the government who have been the subjects of recent legal action.
Mu Sochua had originally launched a defamation suit against Prime Minister Hun Sen. That was dismissed and the prime minister counter-sued.
Ho Vann is being sued for defamation by senior military officials, over allegations that he insulted the quality of their university degrees.
The UN's human rights office in Phnom Penh recently issued a statement expressing concern about the use of defamation and disinformation laws to silence government critics.
But the government has consistently defended its human rights record, pointing to the success of several democratic elections since the return of peace in the 1990s.
6 comments:
There were so many scams over the election,ie forced agreement and signed by so many staffs in public sectors such as dept agreculture and so on.
Please stop using this as shield to protect poor democratic progress.
Everyone knows that cambodia is no longer kingdom when king does not take his role seriously.
This is the result of package agrrement where pro-viet get stronger, royalties get their luxury live out of poor cambodians.
it is sad to see cambodia is only a piece of pie where POWERFUL stripped and shared.
Neang SA
The Wolf
“How dare you roil my drink ?
Your impudence I shall chastise!
The Lamb
“For sure this difficult to think…
The Wolf
“You roil it, and, more, I know
You cursed and slandered me a year ago.
The Lamb
“O no! how could I such a thing have done!
“That innocense is not a shield,
A story teaches, not the longest,
The strongest reasons always yield
To reasons of the stongest.
Jean de La Fontaine
U Dare to mess with Thevada Hun Sen U got it stip. Lucky you not dead, if you were in Sihanouk Era you may be in coffin already.
This woman looks very sad. I feel sorry for you mam! nobody else can help you and your party because CPP party owns the dollars. CPP people can do anything they want; when they finish off every body, they will stand alone"CPP"runs government or they will change the name to "Hanoi CPP government". That is their goal.
Srey Choeung khlang huh? Khlang chea muy Sdach mech tov rouch... mi neang.
when you have a law maker who is always against the gov't, it is questionable whether the job is right for them. maybe they ought to seek another profession. when you're in gov't, you suppose to support the gov't, not always fighting in the gov't!
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