A Cambodian court has sentenced Rainsy in absentia Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, to two years imprisonment for uprooting border markers on the frontier with Vietnam. (Photo: AP)Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer
Phnom Penh Tuesday, 06 July 2010
The Court of Appeals on Tuesday postponed a hearing for opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who is fighting criminal charges for allegedly uprooting markers along the Vietnam border.
Defense lawyers had requested that key witnesses currently in detention be brought to Phnom Penh from Svay Rieng province, where the charges were originally filed.
The two witnesses, Meas Srey and Prum Chea, were each convicted of destroying border markers in Chantrea district, where villagers say they are losing land to Vietnamese encroachment. Both were sentenced to one year in jail in Svay Rieng provincial prison.
After a 30-minute hearing Tuesday, Appeals Court judge Khun Leang Meng ordered the two be brought from Svay Rieng prison to Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh for the next hearing, which has not been scheduled.
Sam Rainsy remains in exile and is facing a two-year sentence if his conviction is upheld. He has also been charge with a separate offense of disinformation for publishing a map on his party’s website alleging border encroachment.
Defense lawyers had requested that key witnesses currently in detention be brought to Phnom Penh from Svay Rieng province, where the charges were originally filed.
The two witnesses, Meas Srey and Prum Chea, were each convicted of destroying border markers in Chantrea district, where villagers say they are losing land to Vietnamese encroachment. Both were sentenced to one year in jail in Svay Rieng provincial prison.
After a 30-minute hearing Tuesday, Appeals Court judge Khun Leang Meng ordered the two be brought from Svay Rieng prison to Prey Sar prison in Phnom Penh for the next hearing, which has not been scheduled.
Sam Rainsy remains in exile and is facing a two-year sentence if his conviction is upheld. He has also been charge with a separate offense of disinformation for publishing a map on his party’s website alleging border encroachment.
4 comments:
Youn take more Khmer land on the border, see the proof online Videos? Are jud blink? Or you see only only Dollars?
It is not the case of who wins or who looses but sensible approach of balance between the TRUTH and REALITY.
Driving ourselve to the truth is much better than living with reality.
TRUTH= Actual map for cambodian territory?
REALITY= circumstances we are in,can be both bad=negative or good=positive.What kind of reality are we facing?
Sensible politicians should come up with sensible answers of better understanding.
Peasant
Ah Sva Kim Hong has no rebuttal evidence to proof otherwise.
He is a khmer traitor and qualify for firing squad when time come.
Khemr from Prey Veng
Kim Hong is Sino_viet_Khmer, but he was ordered to follow. The one that needs to be nailed on the head is Hun Sen.
Hun Sen put him there is to put all the blame on Kim Hong alone.
Kim Hong is not going to be a patriot alone when his head is about to be blown. It starts from Hun Sen.
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