Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
A HEARING in Sam Rainsy’s appeal against a 10-year jail term handed down against him last year for falsifying public documents and spreading disinformation was delayed yesterday, as the opposition leader was judged not to have legal representation.
Although Sam Rainsy’s lawyer, Choung Choungy, attended the hearing at the invitation of the court, he said he had not been asked by the Sam Rainsy Party leader, who is living in self-imposed exile in France, to represent him.
Last September, Rainsy was found guilty of the charges in connection with maps he produced of Cambodia’s border with Vietnam in Svay Rieng province.
He was sentenced in September to 10 years jail and fined US$14,000.
Sam Rainsy yesterday issued a statement from France in which he called the court “laughable” and said that he merely “used and published both French-made maps and United States-made maps to show that they corroborate one another regarding border delimitation between Cambodia and Vietnam”.
When quizzed by judge Khun Leang Meng about his appearance at the hearing, Choung Choungy said: “His Excellency Sam Rainsy did not depend on me to defend him.”
Judge Khun Leang Meng said that because yesterday’s hearing involved a criminal case, the court could not proceed without Sam Rainsy being represented.
The case was delayed for a 30-day period to allow the opposition leader to find representation. After that period, the court will ask the Cambodian Bar Association to appoint a lawyer to defend him.
Government lawyer Ky Tech said yesterday that he did not oppose the court’s decision to delay.
3 comments:
Hun Sen should be punish to life in prison and $1 billion dollars in fine for giving the Cambodian territory to the Vietnamese, illegally forced evictions millions of Khmer people from their land and other criminal activities against the Khmer population.
អាមួយនេះវាធ្វើបក្សប្រឆាំងជិតមួយជីវិតរបស់វាហើយ
រកតែកៅអីអង្គុយឲ្យស្រួលក៏គ្មានដែរ។ម្យ៉ាងវិញទៀត
វាធ្វើមេបក្សប្រឆាំងរាប់អណាត់មិនអសទេហើយគ្មាន
បានផលប្រយោជន៍ធ្វីទាល់តែសោះហើយមកចង់ដេញអ្នកដែលជាប់ឆ្នោតឲ្យចុះចេញពីដំណែងទៅវិញ
គិតទៅអាមួយនេះវាឡប់កូនឡប់ទាំងបក្សពួកវាអស់
ហើយ។អញទាយទុកមុនគឺមួយរយឆ្នាំទៀតទើប
អាចឈ្នះឆ្នោតបាននយោបាយប្រឆាំងដួចសព្វថ្ងៃ
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Don't need to appeal. The outcome would be the same as these corrupted judges gave the verdit. Spend valuable time finding out the citizens' needs, problems, and injustices.
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