13 July 2009By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Click here to read the article in Khmer
According to a source, Hang Chakra, the Editor-in-chief of the Khmer Machas Srok newspaper who is currently jailed in Prey Sar prison, is in normal health, but he is put into a cramped small jail cell with 50 other prisoners.
As the same time, a NGO indicated that Hang Chakra is facing urinary tract health problem, and he also feels tense.
Choung Chou-ngy, Hang Chakra’s defense lawyer, went to visit his client at the Prey Sar jail on 13 July 2009 at 2PM. He told RFA: “He has no health problem. The main issue is my work for his case, the court will send his case to appeal. Just now, I confirmed with him whether he still needs me as his appeal defense lawyer or not? He said that he still needs me as his defense lawyer for the appeal.”
Choung Chou-ngy added that he and his client appealed the case on 26 June. He is currently waiting for the Appeal court to hold the upcoming hearing, however, there is no date set yet.
He said that prior to his meeting with his client, Hang Netra, Hang Chakra’s daughter, and her husband also went to visit their parent on Monday morning.
Am Sam At, director on investigation for the Licadho human rights organization, declared that Licadho’s doctor recently received the authorization from the jail warden to meet and check up Hang Chakra’s on Monday.
Am Sam At said: “The checkup of his health shows that he has health problem because of his urinary tract. The doctor looked after him and gave him medicine. Besides this, he is stuffed and he has anxiety, when he is like this, he could have mental problem.”
Hang Chakra is the editor-in-chief of the Khmer Machas Srok newspaper, he was sentenced in absentia by the Phnom Penh municipal court to 12-month jail sentence and 9 million riels ($2,250) fine for disinformation and defamation because his newspaper published an article in April and May accusing Hun Sen of breaking up the corruption nest led by Sok An.
Son An, the vice-PM and minister of the Council of ministers, rejected this allegation during a National Assembly session in June.
Civil society organizations indicated that this government lawsuit was aimed at shutting down the freedom of expression and criticisms against the government.
As the same time, a NGO indicated that Hang Chakra is facing urinary tract health problem, and he also feels tense.
Choung Chou-ngy, Hang Chakra’s defense lawyer, went to visit his client at the Prey Sar jail on 13 July 2009 at 2PM. He told RFA: “He has no health problem. The main issue is my work for his case, the court will send his case to appeal. Just now, I confirmed with him whether he still needs me as his appeal defense lawyer or not? He said that he still needs me as his defense lawyer for the appeal.”
Choung Chou-ngy added that he and his client appealed the case on 26 June. He is currently waiting for the Appeal court to hold the upcoming hearing, however, there is no date set yet.
He said that prior to his meeting with his client, Hang Netra, Hang Chakra’s daughter, and her husband also went to visit their parent on Monday morning.
Am Sam At, director on investigation for the Licadho human rights organization, declared that Licadho’s doctor recently received the authorization from the jail warden to meet and check up Hang Chakra’s on Monday.
Am Sam At said: “The checkup of his health shows that he has health problem because of his urinary tract. The doctor looked after him and gave him medicine. Besides this, he is stuffed and he has anxiety, when he is like this, he could have mental problem.”
Hang Chakra is the editor-in-chief of the Khmer Machas Srok newspaper, he was sentenced in absentia by the Phnom Penh municipal court to 12-month jail sentence and 9 million riels ($2,250) fine for disinformation and defamation because his newspaper published an article in April and May accusing Hun Sen of breaking up the corruption nest led by Sok An.
Son An, the vice-PM and minister of the Council of ministers, rejected this allegation during a National Assembly session in June.
Civil society organizations indicated that this government lawsuit was aimed at shutting down the freedom of expression and criticisms against the government.
9 comments:
Dear Chakra,
I feel so pityful with your current situation.. please try to be healthy and eat lot as you can...However, this is your lesson learnt in your carieer, next time if you have chance to do bussiness on news paper, you should be more professional than this. Before you do any judment on any information you should back on majority-based source/approach, if you just rely on only one single source and even you dont know the name of this source, thus your future is like this..
This is hard to help you to be out of small cell with 50 prisioners, but it is possible if Madam Mu, is sent to jail in the same room with you, it maybe SRP, Kem Sokha try to ask Human Right Agen or do some fund raising from Khmer-US contribution to build VIP jail/cell for you both ( Chakra and Madam Mu) stay together, then you will have chnace to discuss with you both how to defeat Sam Dach Hun Sen..
Best Wish from Khmer
Dear Mr. Hang Chakra,
Please follow Mr. Dam Sith to write a letter to apology our illustrious leaders or directly to Sam Duch Hun Sen. He is the only leader on earth who got many doctor degrees without going to school. He has a clear vision for everyone who follow and believe in him. He will let you free and if you ask him to join CPP, you might become secretary of state at Ministry of information.
Wish you well,
Soon he'll have a company to accompany him.
Best wishes!
PPU
3:30 PM
We do NOT have a place for this featherbrained for government position.
PPU
poor man
chnang na krob ning
pouk ah kmaoch
Why not PPU? For being co-minister, it might not be possible but to add another secretary or under secretary post there will be no problem at all. In case of Mme Mu Sochau, if she join CPP, it is possible that she got Deputy Prime Minister position. Samduch Hun Sen has just appointed his 10th deputy a few months ago, so for him appoint another one, it is like ABC (Bok Chek) as long as he please to do.
8:55 mr hang chakra is not going to join cpp comrades. Hes a nationalist. you and your cpp comrade ppu stay out of his way or he'll kick you in the nuts if you don't stfu.
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Human Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Assassinations
Assassinate Journalists
Assassinate Political Opponents
Murders
Killings
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
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Did I hear life in prison?
PPU
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