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| Cambodian parliamentarian and human rights leader Mu Sochua meets with US Secretary of Sate Hillary Clinton during a Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards event in Washington, DC on April 12, 2011. (Photo: Courtesy of Mu Sochua) |
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
Heng Reaksmey, VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
“The court should report to the National Assembly in order for the Assembly to consider reinstating immunity to Mu Sochua.”
Phnom Penh Municipal Court authorities refused to accept a letter from opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua Tuesday seeking to have her parliamentary immunity renewed.
Mu Sochua, a representative of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, had her immunity pulled in 2009, after she filed a defamation suit against Prime Minister Hun Sen, who countersued in return. She was ultimately fined nearly $4,000.
Court officials told her they were too busy to receive her request on Tuesday, Mu Sochua said.
However, ruling party lawmaker Cheam Yiep said the court had a duty to restore her immunity because she had paid the fine mandated by the court.
“The court should report to the National Assembly in order for the Assembly to consider reinstating immunity to Mu Sochua,” he said.
A court official said she lacked documentation enough to accept the request.
“I want to see the public sector, like the courts, work for all the nation…especially for poor people,” Mu Sochua told reporters outside the court.
In her letter to the court, shared with reporters, she said she had paid the fine in full, from reductions in her parliamentary salary.
4 comments:
le tribunal cambodgien est fait pour mr hun sen seulement. mr hun sen =mafia asiatique =le K5 seulement .hun sen =traitre, hun sen gangster,hun sen =voleur des richesses khmer pour les intérets youns et chines.........
they are alway to busy, too BS, too full of shit.
but very quick to lock up people and lift immunity like a lightning, federal express train.
Dear Madam MP Mu Sochua,
It is my humble opinion that lodging a request to have you parliamentary immunity restored can be wrongly viewed as a sign of weakness from your part.
Your parliamentary immunity was unjustly revoked through a questionable proceeding. It is highly likely that the very same abuse will be repeated in the future. In all practicality, your parliamentary immunity isn't worth the paper on which it is printed. It can be revoked without proper justification at any time, so why bother to have it?
Let it be known to the World that you Madam MP will not blink to threat, intimidation and injustice.
Truly,
Your fellow Khmer
mu, don't quit your day time job, ok!
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