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| Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy speaks to reporters in Phnom Penh in March 2009. (Photo by: Sovan Philong) |
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Chan Sok Yeang [Hun Xen's gov't lawyer] also said that until the demarcation process was complete, land titles could not be granted to local residents.
The Supreme Court today heard an appeal in the case against opposition leader Sam Rainsy and two Svay Rieng villagers, convicted last year of uprooting demarcation posts on the border with Vietnam.
The charges stemmed from an October 2009 incident in which the Sam Rainsy Party president led villagers in uprooting six wooden stakes that were being used to demarcate the border between Vietnam and Chantrea district in Svay Rieng province.
In January last year, Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Sam Rainsy to two years’ jail in connection with the case, while the villagers were jailed for one year each, before being released in October.
During the three-hour-long hearing, a court clerk read out a statement from Sam Rainsy, who defended his decision to uproot the posts.
“The border issue is a political issue, it is not a penal issue,” his statement said, adding that the authorities had proven unresponsive to local concerns about the loss of land to Vietnam.
“As a people’s representative, I have the right to help people to resolve national problems,” he added.
“I would like to request the Supreme Court to judge justly, so that I can be acquitted.”
The two villagers – Prum Chea and Meas Srey – also demanded that judges erase their initial conviction, arguing that they could not afford to pay the court-ordered fines handed down in 2010.
The three accused were ordered to pay a combined total of 55 million riels (US$13,253) in compensation for the removal of the border markers.
Chan Sok Yeang, a lawyer representing the government, dismissed the claims of Sam Rainsy that the case was motivated by politics.
“The accused Sam Rainsy is a politician; he attached this issue to the political issue,” he said.
“The government is engaged with the Thais on the Preah Vihear temple issue but he raised about the east border, saying that [Vietnam] has taken all the land. He said it in a crowd of people. Isn’t it incitement?”
Chan Sok Yeang also said that until the demarcation process was complete, land titles could not be granted to local residents.
Speaking outside the court, Sam Rainsy’s lawyer Choung Choungy claimed judges did not allow him a chance to rebut the claims of the government lawyer.
He said his client was motivated purely by a desire to solve problems that local officials had been unwilling or unable to solve themselves.
“Saying that the government thinks of the western border but does not think of the eastern border does not mean that it is incitement,” he told reporters.
“It is not incitement, but it is just a reminder to defend out territory.”
Sam Rainsy, who is living in self-exile abroad, was also convicted in a separate case of disinformation and falsifying maps in his campaign to expose alleged Vietnamese border encroachments and sentenced to 10 years jail.
Choung Choungy said the Supreme Court will hand down its verdict on Tuesday.
24 comments:
If they can live the longest, 30 years from now Sam Rainsy as well as Hun Sen will die. They will not take anything with them. Why can Khmerlnad remain as Khmer land. Why can Hun Sen not care about Khmer land being lost to vietnam, but power. When you have died you no longer have power. Why can you have pity on your own people. You are not yuon, why defending Yuon.
Again, when you die, you cannot take power with you.
4:35 AM,
You are so naive to ask Hun Sen such a question!
Have you heard of the word such as "traitor"?
A traitor is a person who does not care about his country and her people as long as he and his family get what they want.
The only way to get rid of a traitor is to topple him by force or whatever mean you have and not ask him such questions because he will be laughing at you.
TO all CPP it will not long,whenever HUN SEN and his family get all power ,HUN SEN will kill you all.LOOK WHAT POL POT DID TO KHMER ROUGE..YPUR TURN IS NEXT.
Chan Sok Yeang,
If you read KI media and read about this story, I am happy to tell you that you had better start putting your children and yourself in Vietnamese-language school to learn to speak Vietnamese because soon you have no choice but to do so in your ancestral land, you idiot!
To all Hun Sen Courts. Stop being kangaroo courts. Be justice and fair for all Cambodian people. Otherwise, all of you will be prosecuted by power people soon.
KHMER people
All Khmer people must be protecting and saving CAMBODIA from the Vietnamese expansion or we will be Khmer Krom number 2 and nothing remain for Khmer younger generation.
Khmer people must thinking a long term solutions for CAMBODIA. The Vietnamese never helped CAMBODIA since the first Century. The Vietnamese always took an opportunities to weaken and used the Khmer Krazy Kings to broke them self apart, so the Khmer people are powerless and unable to reclaim the Khmer Krom land and unable to protecting CAMBODIA from the Vietnamese expansionism.
Vietnamese using Hun Sen and Khmer people to fight Thai, so Khmer people will have no strenght, men power, money, supplies, and etc. to protecting their motherland CAMBODIA from the Vietnamese expansion.
Now which country is taking over CAMBODIA? Vietnamese or Thai?
Khmer people cannot protected Angkor Wat inside CAMBODIA from the Vietnamese took over. Angkor Wat owned by the Vietnamese tycoon Sok Kong and owner of Sokimex oil company.
Why Khmer people trusted and supported the Vietnamese puppet HUN SEN on Preah Vihear temple?
How many Khmer people can live in Preah Vihear temple? After CAMBODIA is fully control by the Vietnamese government liked Khmer Krom.
Khmer people needed Khmer people power inside CAMBODIA, Khmer oversea, and United Nations in order to protect CAMBODIA from the Vietnamese expansion. People power is running the country not 1 eye Hun Sen power. Every governments in every country is running by people power, the President or Prime Minister alone cannot run the country without people.
To all of the pro-democracy people, I could hear and feel that you are caring for Cambodian. I feel the same way as you do, and we can voice our opinion base on what believe; but it's all up the people of Cambodia. Are Cambodian willing to stand up to fight their freedom? Do Cambodian know what they want to see in the next decade? For those educated Cambodian working for CPP, Hun Sen regime, are they willing to give up their power and wealth for the future of Cambodia? If the answer to all these questions are "NO". Hun Sen will be ruling Cambodia the rest of his life and many other of his generations to come. And YOUN will still be Cambodian's godfather.
With the current revolt against dictators around the world the CPP machine is now on full alert. The High court will be in favour of SR for sure this time. It's too much risk for them to not do so.
Sam Rainsy, you are a mother fucker.
You have betrayed our people so many times, 1998,2003, and 2008.
Get lost the fucker.
KHmerization hates people who talk about Kos Trol, sea and lands about 10 000km2 to Vietnam. Khmerization try to silence Ms. Rattana Keo about Kos TRol, sea and land 10 000km2. Khmerization tries to play blame game to Ms. Rattana Keo. Khmerization is killing every Cambodian who talks about Kos Trol. Ms. Rattana Keo keeps talking about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 to Vietnam because No Khmer men dare to speak out about this out loud. They are get into politic and news to serve their own interest in money in every generation of Khmer. Khmerization tries to silence one defend less woman that remind Khmers about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam injustice to all Cambodian people. Shame on khmerization News! Khmerization only serves their interest in political gain.
All real patriot Khmers die for nothing to serve the optician in every generation. Politian get rich and Khmer people keep suffer every day.
All Cambodian readers beware, I used to be a very big fan that inspired by KI and Khmerization but today I can see their real face and political gain purpose. Beware all Cambodian people! Politian gets rich but Khmer people like you and me are getting suffered every day.
Kangaroo court can get big guy in opposition party put in jail.
KHmerization hates people who talk about Kos Trol, sea and lands about 10 000km2 to Vietnam. Khmerization try to silence Ms. Rattana Keo about Kos TRol, sea and land 10 000km2. Khmerization tries to play blame game to Ms. Rattana Keo. Khmerization is killing every Cambodian who talks about Kos Trol. Ms. Rattana Keo keeps talking about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 to Vietnam because No Khmer men dare to speak out about this out loud. They are get into politic and news to serve their own interest in money in every generation of Khmer. Khmerization tries to silence one defend less woman that remind Khmers about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam injustice to all Cambodian people. Shame on khmerization News! Khmerization only serves their interest in political gain.
All real patriot Khmers die for nothing to serve the optician in every generation. Politian get rich and Khmer people keep suffer every day.
All Cambodian readers beware, I used to be a very big fan that inspired by KI and Khmerization but today I can see their real face and political gain purpose. Beware all Cambodian people! Politian gets rich but Khmer people like you and me are getting suffered every day.
KHmerization hates people who talk about Kos Trol, sea and lands about 10 000km2 to Vietnam. Khmerization try to silence Ms. Rattana Keo about Kos TRol, sea and land 10 000km2. Khmerization tries to play blame game to Ms. Rattana Keo. Khmerization is killing every Cambodian who talks about Kos Trol. Ms. Rattana Keo keeps talking about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 to Vietnam because No Khmer men dare to speak out about this out loud. They are get into politic and news to serve their own interest in money in every generation of Khmer. Khmerization tries to silence one defend less woman that remind Khmers about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam injustice to all Cambodian people. Shame on khmerization News! Khmerization only serves their interest in political gain.
All real patriot Khmers die for nothing to serve the optician in every generation. Politian get rich and Khmer people keep suffer every day.
All Cambodian readers beware, I used to be a very big fan that inspired by KI and Khmerization but today I can see their real face and political gain purpose. Beware all Cambodian people! Politian gets rich but Khmer people like you and me are getting suffered every day.
KHmerization hates people who talk about Kos Trol, sea and lands about 10 000km2 to Vietnam. Khmerization try to silence Ms. Rattana Keo about Kos TRol, sea and land 10 000km2. Khmerization tries to play blame game to Ms. Rattana Keo. Khmerization is killing every Cambodian who talks about Kos Trol. Ms. Rattana Keo keeps talking about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 to Vietnam because No Khmer men dare to speak out about this out loud. They are get into politic and news to serve their own interest in money in every generation of Khmer. Khmerization tries to silence one defend less woman that remind Khmers about Kos Trol, sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam injustice to all Cambodian people. Shame on khmerization News! Khmerization only serves their interest in political gain.
All real patriot Khmers die for nothing to serve the optician in every generation. Politian get rich and Khmer people keep suffer every day.
All Cambodian readers beware, I used to be a very big fan that inspired by KI and Khmerization but today I can see their real face and political gain purpose. Beware all Cambodian people! Politian gets rich but Khmer people like you and me are getting suffered every day.
hey Chan sok yeang
You are underworld, you are really dog of Cpp or slave of Yuonhanoi.
In my opinion,you are Yuon, so what you was speaking is that attempting to kill your parents and your relatives.
what khmer innocents lost because of Cpp who are slave of yuon never in return what lost is lost by Cpp kwhich is dog of yuonhanoi.
Chan sok yeang what you said is ungrateful to your ancestors, you die is better than you are still alive. what are you doing for killing your self only.
go to the hell
Chan sok yeang is wampire
chao Brahma cakraval
Hey Chan Sok Yeang , since you are a lawyer let me ask you this question. If you have lived in the same area since you were born and you lost your land to Viet just like those people did , will you still say the samething ? I think not . I think you are one of those dumb lawyers
Hey 9:44 AM
I think you are so annoying . If you do it too much it becomes less interesting and people will be sick of it .
Ah ktey sam rainsy stope earn your living through cheating any more. go back to work in Franch your worst nothings to khmere, you are not Khmer anyways.
11:27 AM,
needs medications
Ms. Rattana Keo stop dreamming that Kos Trol will be return back to cambodian people. Most khmer men can't even do it, How about you just a woman what woman can do anyway! Cambodian woman like you should only stay at home and cooking for the family.
Neang Keo, if you married to a man like 12:19 PM, you are a sorry az woman!
You, Mr Sam Rainsy don't need to fight for freedom, because you are a free man now. You can travel around, while some of us did not have that kind of opportunity.
But for peace, freedom and democracy in Cambodia, please don't let the Khmer people in Cambodia fight for you.
We all understand not that bad under the word Hero. It is so easy to be call a hero in Cambodia or just a dream ?
You should go back to Cambodia, present at the court and fight for your right. For a peace, freedom for yourself, you have to sacrifice and fight for.
As well educated man like you, we are sure you will fulfill your duty and not runaway form your own responsibility.
1:07 PM your reason is good but very bad idea that came from viet'secret agent hiding in cpp government in Cambodia.
2:21 PM
You sound to have Viet-virus in your body.
It is our country. We all need t fight for, we can't expect from other to do this job for us.
To be clear, I am not a viets'secret and not a CPP or what ever you pointed out. I am also a victim of the CPP.
I am just an ordinary Khmer born and i also love Cambodia same as all of you. I have done to help my country during the difficulty time with other Khmer nationalist from 1980 until 1990 and also support the rebuilding of our country from 1990 to 1994.
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