Sam Rainsy is facing charges of distributing a falsified document and disinformation, which together carry a maximum penalty of 18 years in prison. (Photo: Sovannara, RFI)Sok Khemara, VOA Khmer
Washington, DC Thursday, 09 September 2010
“We do not need to be impressed by the court's announcement of the verdict, or conviction, or trial.”Exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy, who was tried in absentia Wednesday for forgery and disinformation, said in an interview he expects some level of international intervention in his case.
Speaking from France following a hearing in Phnom Penh, Sam Rainsy said he believed a “political solution” exists to the charges leveled against him after he published a border map on his party's website that the government has said is illegal.
The map shows purported encroachment by Vietnam—a potentially incendiary subject among some Cambodians. The government is accusing Sam Rainsy of forging a map and distributing it to incite unrest.
Sam Rainsy faces a potential 18 years in prison under disinformation laws if convicted. The verdict is expected Sept. 23.
“We do not need to be impressed by the court's announcement of the verdict, or conviction, or trial,” Sam Rainsy said. “This is confusing. There will definitely be a higher solution, on the international level, before 2012-2013.”
Sam Rainsy declined to give details on what that solution might be or how it might play out.
Cambodia will hold local-level commune council elections in 2012 and national parliamentary elections the following year, but this year both Sam Rainsy and minority opposition party leader Kem Sokha are facing court challenges.
Kem Sokha, whose Human Rights Party holds three seats in the National Assembly, has been charged with falsifying documents when he was the head of a human rights organization prior to entering politics.
Sam Rainsy, whose party has 26 seats in parliament, is also facing a two-year jail term for uprooting markers along the Vietnam border in Svay Rieng province.
18 comments:
I think the court in kingdom of cambodia is all the DOG JUDGE.
The court of banana state is a Vietnam dog court.Khmer people all over the knew that Hun Sen govt is Yuon slave.Yuon is not just taking half mile into Cambodia.It took the whole Country.Someone said the truth always getting wrong.
In my opinion PM Hun Sen has done more harm than good for Cambodia. Sir, our Cambodian court and leaders must serve for the interest of Khmer not for the interest of the Vietnamese.You don't charge our own Khmer people for possibility of 18 years in prison for to please Vietnam. the court and you are a disgrace to our Khmer ancestor. Shame on you!
I am entitled to my opinion.
Vannak
Phnom Penh.
It should be Sam Rainsy agaist Yuon.Because YUON stole khmer land.But Yuon have their dog (the CPP)to do the job for them.That's exactly what KR called them ah ;" kbal yuon, khluon khmer ".
As I have said before, unless all elected members of SRP and HRP are walking out from parliament and are rallying in front of UN office in NEw York complaining Cambodian democracy system and mandate of opposition members and encroachment of Vietnam into Cambodian lands. Without this positive action by all elected opposition members, UN or international communities will not care about Mr Sam ransy at all. They are expecting to have a leader struggle within SRP or HRP.
Areak Prey
Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Pol Pot
Nuon Chea
Ieng Sary
Ta Mok
Khieu Samphan
Son Sen
Ieng Thearith
Kaing Guek Eav aka Samak Mith Duch
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth
Hun Sen...
Committed:
Tortures
Brutality
Executions
Massacres
Mass Murder
Genocide
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Slavery
Force Labour
Overwork to Death
Human Abuses
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime's leaders and members:
Hun Sen
Chea Sim
Heng Samrin
Hor Namhong aka Samak Mith Yaem
Keat Chhon
Ouk Bunchhoeun
Sim Ka aka Samak Mith Muth...
Committed:
Attempted Murders
Attempted Murder on Chea Vichea
Attempted Assassinations
Attempted Assassination on Sam Rainsy
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Assassinated over 80 members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Sam Rainsy LIC 31 October 2009 - Cairo, Egypt
"As of today, over eighty members of my party have been assassinated. Countless others have been injured, arrested, jailed, or forced to go into hiding or into exile."
Executions
Executed over 100 members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders
Murdered 3 Leaders of the Free Trade Union
Murdered Chea Vichea
Murdered Ros Sovannareth
Murdered Hy Vuthy
Murdered 10 Journalists
Murdered Khim Sambo
Murdered Khim Sambo's son
Murdered members of Sam Rainsy Party.
Murdered activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Murdered Innocent Men
Murdered Innocent Women
Murdered Innocent Children
Killed Innocent Khmer Peoples.
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Brutalities
Police Brutality Against Monks
Police Brutality Against Evictees
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Abuses
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Embezzlement
Treason
Border Encroachment, allow Vietnam to encroaching into Cambodia.
Signed away our territories to Vietnam; Koh Tral, almost half of our ocean territory oil field and others.
Illegal Arrest
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonate bomb on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and other military officials were on board.
Lightning strike many airplanes, but did not fall from the sky. Lightning strike out side of airplane and discharge electricity to ground.
Source: Lightning, Discovery Channel
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Removed Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country.
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Vietnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Use Dead people's names to vote for Cambodian People's Party.
Disqualified potential Sam Rainsy Party's voters.
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
Persecution
Unlawful Detention
Death in custody.
Under the Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed crimes against journalists, political opponents, leaders of the Free Trade Union, innocent men, women and children have ever been brought to justice.
Shell and mussel again and again on
the street .
I heard you cry .
I see your smile .
But still shell and mussel again
and again .
Cambodia Town
Long beach, Ca
Nobody want to help Sam Rainsy in this situation, even the dog will not bite him, he smell disgusting. Thus, SRP members should be worry about their party incompetent leader.
New Phally
According to Boudhism and any state laws on earth,
wrong and right could not be mixed,
you do right, you're good,
you do wrong you must be punished,
you have no right to kill someone and give him $1000000 after nor
you give $1000000 to someone and kill him after.
Cambodia Town
Long beach, Ca
There is not much people can get pardon letter from Samdech Techo Hun Sen, so Sam Rainsy party elite member should be regret to jump on us.
New Phally
I will put Mr Sam Rainsy potrait on the wall, and Hun Sen as my floor mat.
East Coast
To New Phally,
Your talk are all big,
but your brain and mind are full of garbages! I'm sad for you.
" A mind is a terrible thing to be wasted "
EAST COAST
you hit the point, East Coast.
i am 100% with you.
It is so outrageous that AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave can't even talk to the opposition leaders without using his Court!( It seems that AH HUN SEN is more willing to talk with the enemies than his fellow country men! Why? Is it because AH HUN SEN has more to prove to the enemies than to the Cambodian people?)
Did AH HUN SEN used to say that he needed all Cambodian people to participate for his government to achieve in all areas of Cambodian society? Now that the opposition leaders participate by bring up issue such as the Cambodian-Viet border and point out of the Vietcong naked aggression and he resorted to using the court to frame and shut them up! Why is AH HUN SEN is such a liar? Why AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave continue to stymie the situation which prevent the participation of the opposition leaders?
What can Ah Viet`s slaves do other
than obeying their Viet Master?.CPP
Viet`s slaves never ever known themselves as a Khmer national at all.They are Youn mind-set from birth.CPP wagging the tail like a
mad dog!!!!
បរាជ័យ!! បក្សស៊ីបាយខ្មែរ ធ្វើខ្មែរយួន!!!។
New Phally and Khmer (Youn) in Sindney, if you both embrace the CPP policy so much, why don't you guy go back to live in Cambodia? Your hypocrisy comments have no place in this forum. Just like your boss Sam Dach Cho Moha Sina Youn slave Hun Sen who is being intoxicated by greeds and powers choosing to obey his Master by putting his own people in jail. Your brains have been washed again and again by Hanoi administration to carry out as much as infliction to every single Khmer soul. I know there are only a few little partical between your ears my brothers. But you guy may be able to understand a simple phrase like "every action there will be a reaction." It will be soon enough for such reaction to take place inside of Cambodia if this Youn Slave administrion continue to inflicting pain upon my people.
New Phally and Khmer (Youn) in Sidney, I really don't know if you are Youn or Khmer, but all of your comments seems prety clear that uncle Ho is your uncle. If you both are really Khmer as you all claimed, it is very pity and disgraceful that we are sharing the same genes. Your compassion toward the Khmer people is none existence. For two people who have a chance to see the real outside world, your logic appeared to be blurred as we called "a frogs living in a pond." To read your comments, it is amazing to me that your Chimpanzee brains were able to put an English sentence together. On top of that, you were able to get on line to get to this forum. Again, you guy are an amazing animal, but I still think you should be on the "Animals Planet".
Srolanh Khmer
I knew you Srolanh only a beautiful
Khmer girl that all , not all .
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