By Chun Sakada, VOA Khmer Original report from Phnom Penh
12 June 2009
Phnom Penh Municipal Court is prepared to ask the National Assembly to suspend the immunity of an opposition parliamentarian embroiled in a defamation suit by the prime minister, a lawyer said Friday.
The Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker, Mu Sochua, filed suit against Hun Sen in April, alleging degrading remarks in the 2008 election campaign. Hun Sen countersued against the accusation. The court has dropped the suit against Hun Sen, but it is continuing its case against Mu Sochua. Civic groups have called for both to drop their cases.
“The prosecutor has requested the National Assembly to suspend Mu Sochua’s immunity, and the request was signed by deputy prosecutor Sok Roeun,” Ky Tech, Hun Sen’s lawyer, said Friday.
Sok Roeun declined comment Friday. Mu Sochua said she had not yet seen a court request to suspend her immunity.
Ny Chakrya, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said both suits were undertaken for “political interests.”
“We should not take political items to the court system, affecting the independence of the court system,” he said.
The Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker, Mu Sochua, filed suit against Hun Sen in April, alleging degrading remarks in the 2008 election campaign. Hun Sen countersued against the accusation. The court has dropped the suit against Hun Sen, but it is continuing its case against Mu Sochua. Civic groups have called for both to drop their cases.
“The prosecutor has requested the National Assembly to suspend Mu Sochua’s immunity, and the request was signed by deputy prosecutor Sok Roeun,” Ky Tech, Hun Sen’s lawyer, said Friday.
Sok Roeun declined comment Friday. Mu Sochua said she had not yet seen a court request to suspend her immunity.
Ny Chakrya, an investigator for the rights group Adhoc, said both suits were undertaken for “political interests.”
“We should not take political items to the court system, affecting the independence of the court system,” he said.
3 comments:
AH HUN SEN is gangster, mafiso, Vietcong pussy licker, and AH Khmeng Wat with no education and AH small beady eye Ky Tek Hun Sen dog pretend to play his role as the gate keeper and also pretend to get pay and life all good as long as AH HUN SEN is still in power!
I never thought in a million years that AH KY TEK has such a strong bond with AH HUN SEN and anybody who know AH KY TEK will know what I am talking about!
hun sen & cpp member watch out..! ppls in Boeung Kok lake cursing U guys to die by lightning srike////////
Recently, I personally ooze enormous frustration due to the fact that this lady (lawmaker?)is unruly running on public streets making all sort of allegations against the CPP, and therefore, I should exude cheerfulness as her immunity suspension is complete.
--PPU
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