Sebastian Strangio
The Phnom Penh Post
FRENCH government officials have expressed concerns about the suspension of the parliamentary immunity of lawmakers from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, according to a statement issued by the party on Thursday.
During a debate in France’s National Assembly on Thursday, the statement said, Foreign Affairs State Secretary Pierre Lellouche said that his nation “deplored” decisions stripping parliamentary immunity from SRP lawmakers Sam Rainsy, Mu Sochua and Ho Vann in 2009.
“We cannot accept these practices, which pertain to intimidation,” Lellouche said in response to a question from Chantal Brunel, chairwoman of the France-Cambodia Friendship Group at the Assembly. He added that the French government will continue to pay “close attention” and “actively follow” the situation facing the opposition in Cambodia.
When contacted on Thursday, Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said the French lawmakers clearly did not know the full story behind the suspension of the lawmakers’ immunity.
“We respect if there is a concern about this situation, but for me and for the government, those [French] parliamentarians should come and learn exactly what is involved,” he said, adding that the actions had been taken in accordance with the government’s commitment to the rule of law.
“We have to implement the rule of law,” he added.
“Everybody is under one law together.”
During a debate in France’s National Assembly on Thursday, the statement said, Foreign Affairs State Secretary Pierre Lellouche said that his nation “deplored” decisions stripping parliamentary immunity from SRP lawmakers Sam Rainsy, Mu Sochua and Ho Vann in 2009.
“We cannot accept these practices, which pertain to intimidation,” Lellouche said in response to a question from Chantal Brunel, chairwoman of the France-Cambodia Friendship Group at the Assembly. He added that the French government will continue to pay “close attention” and “actively follow” the situation facing the opposition in Cambodia.
When contacted on Thursday, Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said the French lawmakers clearly did not know the full story behind the suspension of the lawmakers’ immunity.
“We respect if there is a concern about this situation, but for me and for the government, those [French] parliamentarians should come and learn exactly what is involved,” he said, adding that the actions had been taken in accordance with the government’s commitment to the rule of law.
“We have to implement the rule of law,” he added.
“Everybody is under one law together.”
13 comments:
Forget about French stinky potatoes eater (Sam Rainsy), they will not help you much compare to our master Vietnam.
(Signed) Hun Xen, Chea Xim, Heng Xamrin
Phay(Phay=in Khmer to run fast like a horse)run for his life to live in USA when Yuon aggressors invaded Cambodia on 7 Jan 1979.Because he's afraid of being conscripted to clear the forests for Yuon, known as in those days, "K5 Plan".
Si(=in Khmer to eat)so Phan is the name who Phay to si whatever his Hanoian masters give him to eat. He's given a superb villa with his Yuon mistresses because Phan can't make money to buy a villa in USA when he's there.
He's miscondcuted by sleeping someone's wife in USA.
Mr Sarko, please more concret actionv to end this reign of khmer rouge, ever vietcong killing machine,
to Phy Siphan,
Can you just heard what you said! your master should be proud of that with their PhD!from Hanoi!
“We respect if there is a concern about this situation, but for me and for the government, those [French] parliamentarians should come and learn exactly what is involved,” he said, adding that the actions had been taken in accordance with the government’s commitment to the rule of law.
“We have to implement the rule of law,” he added.
“Everybody is under one law together.”
TO PROTECT LAW THAT WHY THEY HAE IMMUNITY FOR THE LAW MAKERS! STUPID-HEAD!
AND THE FUCKING GOERMENT SHOULD NO CONTROLE THE LAW MAKERS AND THE COURT, MOTHERFUCKER!
If the French rememer hisory well! waht the Viet and its poppet are doing now they did during the collonial and the Vietname war with the Amercan; Guerila fighting hit and run, scare the hell out of the population to not to offending them!
It is a teerorist act against the population!
It small thing to the onlooker but big Phyco-damage have done to the victimes!
just like it haft raped achild in the market! and no body dare to do any thing to stop it!
Like father like son (skair siem=siem's dog)
The Sam Sary Affair
Sam Sary was a Cambodian politician who participated in the so-called Bangkok Plot against Prince Norodom Sihanouk[1]. He was a son of Sam Nhean, a prominent politician in the 1940s and father of Sam Rainsy, presently a leader of the main Cambodia's opposition party. He was a close confidant of the then Prince Norodom Sihanouk but had a fall-out with the Prince when he was exposed in corruption, selling import licenses and a second time during his tenure as a Cambodian ambassador to London in 1958, for beating his impregnated female housemate. He was alleged to have beaten her so badly that she escaped to the protection of the London police. The scandal made headlines in the London tabloids and he was recalled to Cambodia and stripped of all of his duties. [2]He disappeared mysteriously in 1962, presumably killed by the government or CIA agents, whom he was working for.
He was involved in election fraud and intimidations
In January 1958 Sam Sary was appointed by Norodom Sihanouk as Cambodia's ambassador to London, thus extricating him from a scandal involving smuggling of large quantities of high grade Cambodian pepper.[2] According to Time Magazine he brought an entourage of four woman who were his official wife, with their five children, including Sam Rainsy and three mistresses. Six months later Sam Sary was involved in another scandal when one of his female servants--Iv Eng Seng, who bore him a child went to the London police accusing him of severely beating her for "minor mistakes".[2] By other accounts her name was Soeung Son Maly and she used to date Saloth Sar (Pol Pot) later dumping him for more prosperous Sam Sary.[3] Sam Sary was recalled back to Phnom Penh, but not before he had put his side of the story to the British press. He admitted beating his servant,saying:
I corrected her by hitting her with a Cambodian string whip. I never hit her on the face, always across the back and the thighs—-a common sort of punishment in my country.
He argued his right to do so because
the embassy is "Cambodia in London."
After coming back to Cambodia Sam Sary became more and more anti-Sihanouk. Despite the risk of incurring Sihanouk's displeasure Sam Sary started a newspaper, openly critical of the Prince's policies. He tried to start his own political party but without success. His anti-Sihanouk activities were dubbed the Sam Sary Affairs.
Some commentators agree that Sam Sary worked with US Intelligence services, which he might have contacted in 1956 while visiting the US. On 13 January 1959 in speech delivered in Kampong Cham Sihanouk told his listeners that he knew about US intelligence plots to overthrow him. While this speech had not clearly implicated Sam Sary, a week after the speech was delivered he fled to Thailand. After a shadowy existence in exile he disappeared in 1962, probably put to death by his foreign paymasters. 1[1]
I heard people want to organize an organization represent the Khmerrouge Victimes!
One small purpose that sound so loud is about getting compansation as a group or and small token to organize a religion ceremony!
That sound so sad and scary to me!
Today Cambodia people kind of thinking that money can solve anything from get away from raping to muder, to accid attack!
Do we want to send a maasage that what Khmerrouge Victimes want is not justice and thruth but money? Money is more iportant than justice and life?
Mr. Chom Mey the Self called KhmerRouge Victime Who Only Dared to Loook At Duch in Eyes to Eyes, preferes some money and 50% justice!
What is 50% justice ?
Justice for the Camodian now (Since we all victimes) is the thruth of what happening! Since real thruth could never be found or not only just one thruth! we want to hear the lawyers crose exame of who saw or involve with the crime!Specially the higher
rank!
We want this process of justice to teach the next generation of how not to let the crime to be happening against from the point of view of the King down to a poor hadicape citizen!
We want notthing more thant gathering as many thruth as posible. NO money nor imprison any body! But what was wrong who did wrong, and how was wrong!
So the whole country or may be the whole world can create a system that prevent the crime of genocide to happen again any time any where else!
No MONEY for the wrong reason please! our country is corrupted to the core! They are selling justice for money and thing that for peace and forgiveness!
My relative lives can not be replaced by any money! But the thruths that help prevent the evil to strike again any where on earth!!
2:15 AM
2:27 AM
Cambodia Town
Long Beach, Ca
Sam Rainsy should be ashame on his father behavior, act like a cop rather than lawmaker, politician.
Now when SRP member read the fact of 12:23 AM about Sam Rainsy's father, they will become disappoint, upset.
New Phally
CPP representative in Long Beach, Ca
It is about time that the French government needs to pay attention to its once colony. Merci and Viva France!!
Mee New Phally, stop being illogical mee sompeng oss sach. Ah Hun Sh*t is nothing but ah bart psa gangster from the rural. Now read about that past history. A lowly worm will never be destined for greatness, and in the Cambodia's history book, ah Hun Sh*t bart psa and mee sompeng oss sach New Phally are nothing but simply crocks of shit lowly stuck to the ground, get it the ground. Lol.
It is great job for Sam Rainsy to attract the world espcially French to turn their eyes to the rule of law, border integrity and Paris Peace Accord to protect the Cambodian land.
Phay Siphan is crazy with his term of the rule of law while many killers/perpetrators have been freely flying...is this the rule of law of Phay Siphan?
Stupid Siphan...
MEE or Ah New Phally tell me where do you live in LBC.Why u have to hide? Don't be Chicken.
" The actions had been taken in accordance with the government’s commitment to the rule of law.", this is bullshit. Cambodia doesn't has Independent Judicial System, all controlled by Hun Law.
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