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| Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha addresses reporters on Thursday morning following questioning at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on fraud allegations. (Photo: by Heng Reaksmey) |
Phnom Penh Thursday, 21 October 2010
Human Rights Party President Kem Sokha appeared for questioning at Phnom Penh Municipal Court Thursday morning, to answer allegations that he forged budget documents and embezzled money when he was the head of a local rights organization.
Sixteen former staff members of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, which Kem Sokha headed from 2002 to 2007, filed complaints in 2006 alleging they were cheated out of their salaries and per diem payments.
Prosecutors said in August they would begin looking into just two of those complaints, following a review of the evidence.
Kem Sokha spent two hours in questioning at the courthouse Thursday. He told reporters afterward he had shown proof of his innocence.
He accused the court of political bias, claiming that it had waited until he was in politics to pursue the case. He appealed to the court to drop the case.
Deputy court prosecutor Sok Roeun said he was now compiling both of the complaints into one case before he decides whether it is worthy of an indictment.
Chhim Phal Vorun, a former staff member for education at the center and a representative of the complainants, said he wanted Kem Sokha to “pay back” a total $900,000 in lost funds.
He alleged that the US-based International Republican Institute had provided $1 million per year in funding to the center, but that Kem Sokha had kept between 20 percent and 30 percent for himself.
IRI officials could not immediately be reached for comment. Kem Sokha told reporters Thursday that the institute had performed an audit already and found no wrongdoing.
11 comments:
How about HS and his gangsters stole the whole land and gave away to Hanoi?
that is why HS must pay for his crime also.
We will get anyone who stole money, and we ask where HS and bunnruny got all their money from?
where can they make so much money unless they pocket and robbed khmer mmoney for themselvs.
HS must face court.
HS and his fat wife must tell where they got the money from?
cpp....................PP
Chhim Phal Virum , are you asking for $ 900.000 ? What was your salary while you worked there ? I smell something in your case .
Who in the world dont know that Hun Sen and his comrades were corrupted ? Some of them make less than $ 1000 a month but they got luxury cars , vilas ,land and millions of dollars in the Bank . If there was no corruptions, where did they get that money from?
I am wondering about this lawsuit . What if Kem Sokha is a tuk tuk driver right now , will they still want to file a lawsuit against him after 5 years ? It seems like some political have been involved in this case.
Khmer Ga
Don't try to get money from American
tax payers, Chhim! I know what your stinky ass is trying to do.
ANY CASE INVOLVING WITH POLITICAL LEADERS ARE POLITICAL MOTIVATED.
WE DON'T NEED HS AND HIS GANGSTERS ANY MORE.
WE DONT' NEED HS TO RUN THIS COUNTRY ANY MORE
WE DONT' NEED HS TO A LEADER ANY MORE
WE ARE TIRED OF HS AND HIS ILL-BACKWARD LEADERSHIP
WE DONT' NEED CPP PERIOD.
WE ARE CPP ARE PROTESTING ON BEHALFT OF OUR CPP MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRO-HANOI WHO HAD NO VOICE AND NO ACCESS TO THE MEDIA.
PLEASE HEAR OUR CRIES...
CPP.............PP
We are low level officials in CPP being unhappy with the high level officials treating us pretty bad.We want this CPP govt to end soon.Being so pitiful to our poorest people, we hate this govt so much,but we have no choice to get rid of vietnam govt slave.Please Khmer oversea help us to protest against the CPP. Thank you.
Hi puppet court, u must invite all cpp corrupted leaders to interrogate on where do they get money from?
អាឈឹមវត្តកោះ ទាជម្ងឺចឺត្ត៩០ម្មឺនដុល្លា អាខ្មៅឃ្លីកដូចយក្សវត្តប្រថិត្ត ចង់បានលុយយកទៅធ្វើអី អារន្ទះបាញ់
ខែចែត្រ ថ្ងៃអន្សាអែងជឹតមកដល់ហើយ
ខំធ្វើល្អខ្លះទៅក្រែងព្រះប្រស់អែងឲ្យរស់
បានយូរបន្តិច។អាសាន់អែងខំមកពី
ស្រុកបារាំងថាមកជួយជាតិ ឥឡូវអែង
មកចូលជាមួយអាបីសាចនេះដើម្បី
ជួយជាតិហើយឫ?។អស្ចារ្សណាស់អញ
មិនដែលឃើញអាណាអាក្រក់ជួរជាតិ
ដូចអែងទាំងពីរនេះទេ ប្រើវិទ្យុស៊ីឈ្នួលគេ
បរិហារលោកសុខារាល់ថ្ងៃដើម្បីដូរបាយ។
អែងស្មានថារាស្រ្តខ្មែរសរសើរអែង
សម្បើមណាស់ទៅឫ?។អាឆ្កូត
Hun Sen convicted Sam Rainsey for 12 years in prision. Now he goes after Kem Sokha too. What does Hen Sen want atfer that? Our beloved country always ruled by evil leaders. We had suffered enough under Pol Pot's rule in four years. Then, our people have indefinitely suffered under Yuon Puppet Hun Sen rule.
remember, kem sokha case is personal. he stole the money kept those money for himself.
don't get confuse with sam rainsy case. sam rainsy case is national. what he did, pull the border post is for his people, his country.
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