Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post
Sam Rainsy’s lawyer yesterday asked the Appeal Court to overturn a defamation and disinformation conviction against the opposition leader for his allegation that Foreign Minister Hor Namhong had run a Khmer Rouge prison.
No decision was reached by Presiding Judge Seng Neang, but Hor Namhong’s lawyer, Kar Savuth, told the court he hoped “100 per cent” the two-year jail term imposed on Rainsy in April this year for alleging his client ran the Boeung Trabek prison would be upheld.
“The penal procedure code states clearly that whoever files the complaint must be present at the hearing, and Sam Rainsy was not present,” Kar Savuth said.
“If the culprit [Rainsy] was not present, the opposition’s complaint must perish uselessly and the court must keep the old verdict.
“Therefore, I believe the court dares not to change the old verdict.”
Rainsy was convicted of making the allegations, which he has repeated in his autobiography, Rooted in Stone, during a memorial at the Choueng Ek Killing Fields in 2008.
He was fined US$2,000 in addition to his jail sentence.
But Choung Choungy, the attorney representing the SRP leader, who lives in France, told the court that Rainsy had never mentioned any specific names when he made the allegations in 2008, accusing a government off-icial of having run a prison for the Khmer Rouge.
“Excellency Hor Namhong and Excellency Sam Rainsy are public individuals who cannot avoid criticism. If he [Namhong] wants to avoid criticism, he does not need to hold a public position,” Choung Choungy said.
Seng Neang said the court’s verdict would be announced on October 5.
4 comments:
Mr Sam ransy shouldn't appeal for his sentence. All politician cannot sue anyone for defamation at all because they are elected public servants. If they couldn't accepte for any defamation or criticise against them, they should resign and couldn't stand against for next election. They should be treated as unfit to be POLITICIAN. Any public servant get involved in politic by helping one politician against another politician should be sacked and be rejected for any public office for life.
Areak Prey
ក្នុងមួយពិភពលោកនេះ អ្នកណាៗក៏ដឹងគ្រប់គ្នាទាំងអស់ថា
អាយ៉ងក្បត់ជាតិ ហ៊ុន សែន នេះ ជាមេក្បត់ជាតិ, ជាមេ
លក់ជាតិ, ជាមេឃាតករឈាមត្រជាក់, ជាមេខ្មែរក្រហម,
ជាមេទុច្ចរិត,ជាមេក្រុមមនុស្សពាលនៅកម្ពុជាដែរ...!
ហើយក៏ជាមេគ្រោះថ្នាក់ធំជាងគេនៅក្នុងប្រទេសខ្មែរសព្វថ្ងៃនេះ
បើខ្មែរយើងមិននាំគ្នាកំចាត់វានិងបក្សពួកវាចោលទេ ប្រទេសខ្មែរគ្មានថ្ងៃបានសុខសាន្ត និងអភិវឌ្ឍន៍ប្រទេសជាតិ
ឱ្យចម្រើនលូតលាស់បានឡើយ។
sam rainsy's appeal is too frequent and same old same old stuff. people are sick and tired to hear this guy whining all the time! of course, there more to cambodia than you and i, you know! wake up, people, stop being stupid forever, ok!
Sam rainsy won over Hor nam hong
Hun Sen will be next
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