Thursday, December 05, 2013

Lawyer asks court to speed up Sokha defamation case


Chum Mey
Meas Sokchea, The Phnom Penh Post
Thu, 5 December 2013

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has been urged to “accelerate” a defamation suit filed against opposition deputy leader Kem Sokha in June by S-21 prison survivor Chum Mey on behalf of himself and three other survivors.

Kuoy Thunna, Mey’s lawyer, has asked court prosecutor Yet Chakrya to speed up the public defamation case filed against Sokha for alleged comments he made about the torture prison being a Vietnamese fabrication.

“[Six months on and] my client has still not received information on the progress of this case. My client and I have been looking forward to seeing the light of justice, just as anxiously as my client did 35 years ago,” he wrote in a letter sent on Tuesday.

“The long delay is adding additional suffering to my client and the normal people who also used to [live under] the [Khmer Rouge] regime.… I would like excellency [Yet Chakrya] to be reminded and accelerate this case.”
Neither Chakrya nor deputy prosecutor Meas Chanpiseth could be reached for comment yesterday. Sokha could also not be reached.

Opposition party spokesman Yem Ponharith said the case was contrived to create a negative image of Sokha, though he declined to say it was politically motivated.

The four plaintiffs are requesting $1,000 in compensation from Sokha to pay for a Buddhist ceremony for those who died at the torture prison.

Mey appeared in court in June but Sokha ignored numerous summons related to both this case and another involving an alleged mistress before the election, saying he was busy campaigning.

He dismissed both allegations at the time as political tactics engineered by the ruling party ahead of the election.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...



Most of Khmer families have at least one of their family members killed by the Khmer Rouge. Some of those Khmer rouges are still ruling the country today with the same evil plan. Kuoy Thunna, are you out of your fucking mind?!







Anonymous said...

CHUM MEY has been bought by HUN SEN 1 million dollars to bring his case to against KEM SOKHA, this is part of Vietnamese trick, painting Khmer face and push Khmer to kill Khmer and Vietnam is waiting to get the interest from Cambodia.

Anonymous said...

Kuoy Thunna - Mfone(Thaicom -Thaksin) Mobitel (Kith HoChingMeng)
Is Kuoy Thunna truly working for Cambodia development or destruction?!

Anonymous said...

Cambodia Gold Project...

Anonymous said...

kem sokha is not khmer rouge and Hun sen is the one why no body sue him? the killer is get away even talk no one dare to talk about this khmer rouge hun sen killer.

Anonymous said...

kem sokha is so ignorant and pretentious about pol pot's KR! khmer people should demand is resignation from cnrp!

Anonymous said...

ឣាម៉ី + ឣាថោង = ក្ត ឣា ហ៊ុន សែន = zero

Anonymous said...

AH Chum Mey is too old to think straight who killed his wife and son! If the Khmer Rouge killed his wife and son and why don't he sue the Khmer Rouge? Now AH HUN SEN Vietcong slave is a former Khmer Rouge and why don't he sue AH HUN SEN? So AH Chum Mey would rather live mong his killers and then to live with those who are also a victim of the Khmer Rouge?

I have respect for old people who have wisdom! But AH Chum Mey as he get older and he get stupid and have no wisdom to pass on to the next generation! AH Chum Mey deserve to be curse a thousand times more for his stupidity and craziness!

Anonymous said...

Jom mey etait un ancien de 007 youn, maintenant youn va réutiliser pour contre les nationalistes khmers.
Jom mey est une arme que youn a gardé comme un nouveau espoir pour continuer le projet de Ho, donc le bon temps arrive, jom mey et youn sont les mêmes.

Anonymous said...

This stupid old man acts like he the only one who got hurt in Khmer Rouge

Anonymous said...

Hun Sen pays this motherfucker, Mey, to act.

Anonymous said...

Poul Rort Khmer peng Norkor Barom Phay klach Youn york dey Khmer tan srong knon pel chap chap nis, ber chea ah pret Chum Mey pdeng MR Kem Sokha (CNRP) about Toul Sleng (manipulated by Hun Nal). Agn chea Khmer som prab ah Chum Mech aign deng morn tha Mech chorn trov Bey Pou Thout Reap Mouy, right? In fact, you are ah Vietmin sors! Pi aign Pailin, former KR.

Anonymous said...

Kheugn muk ah CHOY MEY chong kaourt!!ngab chab chab tov! ah chke Youn! Norouk waiting for you!

Anonymous said...

Heh Chum Mey! How much money has you got from ah ach kwek and his gangs? Slow down old man, it is not just you who was the victim of the Khmer rouge regime, millions of us were also the victims of that mad dog regime. Think about of what are you doing right now? Why you want to get involved? Use your wisdom as you are an old man, do not act like a dummy that dances to the tune of the master who pulls the string behind the scene.

Anonymous said...

ah chum mey ah tep vong ah CPP all VIET

Anonymous said...

Chum mey has been used twice by Yiekcong;
1) Serving Yiekcong as a mole,Khmer rouge caught him putting his Ass in the cage,lucky Khmer rouge didn't have time to chop him aparts make meat loaf selling back to Hanoi,can't find market at that time.
2) Yuon Yiekcong invaded Srok Khmer in 1979 used ah Chum mey as it propaganda shipping all the killing upon Khmer rouge scapegoat,Ah Chum mey was useful idiot of Hanoi regime-twices!..Pol pot should finish him back then!
3) Chum mey was born to be used by Hanoi regime to destroy Khmer unity.

Yobal Khmer

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Cambodian people is easy to fool their brain. Just give them money, prostitutes, wine, gambling, and title. They do whatever you want like Chum Mey. should the court summon this guy to stand trial? Because he is the one who obstruct the court process along with Ah Hun Sen.