Original report from Phnom Penh
04 August 2009
The opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua was fined more than $4,000 for defamation Tuesday, after a Phnom Penh judge ruled in favor of Prime Minister Hun Sen in a case that has heightened criticism of political bias in the courts.
Mu Sochua was ordered to pay 8.5 million riel, or $2,125, in fines to the state and 8 million riel, or $2,000, in compensation to Hun Sen, in a defamation countersuit against her.
Mu Sochua alleged in court and in public that the premier made derogatory remarks about her in the 2008 election campaign, by referring to her as a “strong-leg” in a speech.
“Today, the court could have been a light for justice,” Mu Sochua told reporters after the verdict was announced Tuesday. “The judge gave us darkness instead.”
Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled that Mu Sochua had “defamed the long-serving premier when she tried to sue him.”
Mu Sochua, who says she was unable to find a representation after her first lawyer, facing defamation charges of his own, quit the case, said she would appeal the decision.
“I cannot accept such a conviction,” the Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian said. “It has no justice, because political power mixed with the law in the decision. The court is not independent and neutral.”
The court’s decision was “on the order from a politician and turned the victim into a convict,” Mu Sochua said. The decision “does not stand on the law,” she said.
Government lawyer Ky Tech, once the president of the Cambodian Bar Association, said Tuesday the court had made “a fair and transparent decision.”
Mu Sochua was ordered to pay 8.5 million riel, or $2,125, in fines to the state and 8 million riel, or $2,000, in compensation to Hun Sen, in a defamation countersuit against her.
Mu Sochua alleged in court and in public that the premier made derogatory remarks about her in the 2008 election campaign, by referring to her as a “strong-leg” in a speech.
“Today, the court could have been a light for justice,” Mu Sochua told reporters after the verdict was announced Tuesday. “The judge gave us darkness instead.”
Phnom Penh Municipal Court ruled that Mu Sochua had “defamed the long-serving premier when she tried to sue him.”
Mu Sochua, who says she was unable to find a representation after her first lawyer, facing defamation charges of his own, quit the case, said she would appeal the decision.
“I cannot accept such a conviction,” the Sam Rainsy Party parliamentarian said. “It has no justice, because political power mixed with the law in the decision. The court is not independent and neutral.”
The court’s decision was “on the order from a politician and turned the victim into a convict,” Mu Sochua said. The decision “does not stand on the law,” she said.
Government lawyer Ky Tech, once the president of the Cambodian Bar Association, said Tuesday the court had made “a fair and transparent decision.”
7 comments:
This is the result of not respecting the spirit of national constitution. Security and safety of cambodian are in chaos.
Our king should abide by his obligations and set aside of our justice system with integrity.
King should call both partie individually to settle matter of differences. Giving pardon is an ultimate stage of resolving.
Cambodian justice will be better unless our king upholds it and exercises his duties.
Neang SA
CPP (Controlling People Party)
PPU is Me Hun Mana ,daughter of A Me-Chor Hun Sen & Me Kachrouk Pig-h-D Bun Rany.She is one of Toul Krasaing IT-Groups under supervision of A Me Chor-Khmeng Hun Maneth.
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
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leader of the Free Trade Union
Attempted Assassinations on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Attempted Murders on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders members and activists of Sam Rainsy Party
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
Impunity
Under Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed all of these crimes above within Hun Sen Khmer Rouge government have ever been brought to justice.
Sa tu Sa tu..!!
Tver Laor Ban Laor, Tver A Krok Ban Krok...!!!
Yuon vc speak fluently khmer language behind Ah kwak hun sen.
"Quelle pitié et Quelle Honte nationale!"
Une fois de plus, le Cambodge vient de montrer son nième manquement de sincérité à ses signatures apposées "très officiellement" devant les grands de ce monde dont la France, les USA, les Anglais, ...Pour moi, c'en est qu'une honte supplémentaire greffée sur le front de tous ces milieux. Déjà le TKR s'agrippe sérieusement au moment où le tribunal de délits communs vient d'avouer sa faiblesse et son incompétence professionnelle.
Où va-t-on alors quand le premier ministre cambodgien nous signale que son 'dog' de Thaïlande ne parle pas cambodgien?
Bravo Hua! Il faudra pondre un Décret pour désormais re-baptiser la Cour de PPenh, "ToctocLaka Boun Poann" (à 4500 dollars), de la même façon que les lycées Praim Poann (à 5000 riels) des 1970.
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