By Sok Khemara, VOA KhmerWashington
30 June 2009
The ruling party is politically attacking the opposition through court cases, an opposition lawmaker embroiled in a defamation case by the prime minister said Monday.
Mu Sochua, who represents the Sam Rainsy Party for Kampot province, had her parliamentary immunity suspended by the National Assembly in a June 22 vote.
A second SRP lawmaker, Ho Vann, who is facing a defamation case brought by 22 military officials, also had his immunity suspended in the vote.
Both lawmakers are currently in the US.
“Only parliamentarians of the opposition face the stripping of immunity,” Mu Sochua said Monday, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
She accused the National Assembly, which is dominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, with 90 of 123 seats, of political bias.
“There was only an analysis based on the self-interest of the party,” she said of the vote. “A democratic people should have equal rights under the law.”
Prime Minister Hun Sen filed suit against Mu Sochua in April after she first sued him in Phnom Penh court, also for defamation, for allegedly degrading remarks made in the run-up to the 2008 general elections.
The court has since dropped Mu Sochua’s suit, but it has continued to pursue Hun Sen’s.
“Where can people have peace?” Mu Sochua said Monday.
The opposition lawmaker is visiting Colorado, in the western United States, and she was asked on the show whether she would return to Cambodia.
“I am a Cambodian member of parliament,” she said. “I received the vote from Cambodians, and my country is Cambodia.”
Mu Sochua said she would face the courts, even though she assumes they are politically influenced, a criticism the courts continually face.
She urged Cambodians to observe how the courts handled her case.
Mu Sochua, who represents the Sam Rainsy Party for Kampot province, had her parliamentary immunity suspended by the National Assembly in a June 22 vote.
A second SRP lawmaker, Ho Vann, who is facing a defamation case brought by 22 military officials, also had his immunity suspended in the vote.
Both lawmakers are currently in the US.
“Only parliamentarians of the opposition face the stripping of immunity,” Mu Sochua said Monday, as a guest on “Hello VOA.”
She accused the National Assembly, which is dominated by the ruling Cambodian People’s Party, with 90 of 123 seats, of political bias.
“There was only an analysis based on the self-interest of the party,” she said of the vote. “A democratic people should have equal rights under the law.”
Prime Minister Hun Sen filed suit against Mu Sochua in April after she first sued him in Phnom Penh court, also for defamation, for allegedly degrading remarks made in the run-up to the 2008 general elections.
The court has since dropped Mu Sochua’s suit, but it has continued to pursue Hun Sen’s.
“Where can people have peace?” Mu Sochua said Monday.
The opposition lawmaker is visiting Colorado, in the western United States, and she was asked on the show whether she would return to Cambodia.
“I am a Cambodian member of parliament,” she said. “I received the vote from Cambodians, and my country is Cambodia.”
Mu Sochua said she would face the courts, even though she assumes they are politically influenced, a criticism the courts continually face.
She urged Cambodians to observe how the courts handled her case.
2 comments:
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Torture
Execution
Massacre
Atrocities
War Crimes
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Assassination
Murder
Killing
Extrajudicial Killings
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Torture
Intimidation
Death Threat
Threatening
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally sold State properties
Illegally sold National Resources
Illegally Remove Pailementory Immunity
Acid Attacks
Abductions
Injustice
Abuse of Power
Make Cambodia a Lawless Country
Oppression
Steal Votes
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Under Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed murder and all other crimes within Hun Sen Khmer Rouge government have ever been brought to justice.
Calm down please 8:03 AM,Govt already cut down what on your list as Hok lundy is taken out,and it would be too sticky if he was alive.
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