Showing posts with label David Meas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label David Meas. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
David Meas, An Unscrupulous Lawyer?
17 May 2008Opinion by Vanak Thom
On the web at http://blogbykhmer.blogspot.com
I thought I could get away without commenting news that was happening this week. ខ្ញុំទ្រាំមិនបាន -- I couldn’t help it. So here, seeking dry shelter from the gathering storm, I am near our ផ្សារចាស់ Psa Chas (Old Market) at an internet Café. I’m glad to be back on the PC keyboard again.
As the news occurred there’s a French-Cambodian attorney by the name David Meas who emailed letters to at least two Khmer bloggers threatened to sue them for defamation of the current foreign minister Hor Nam Hong. The letters and comments can be read at:
Sacravatoon , CAAI News Media , and KI Media.
What my thought about David Meas threatening emails ?
There’s no basis for the lawsuit. Political (satire) cartoons are as old as the founding of democracy of the great civilised nations. It’s nothing new. People are making fun of top leaders. For example, France PM François Fillon, President Nicolas Sarkozy, US President George Bush, UK PM Gordon Brown, Australia PM Kevin Rudd…and etc. I am sure these top leaders haven’t escaped from not being portrayed in the political cartoons at all. Now do you think Hor Nam Hong or even PM Hun Sen is holier than the mentioned top world leaders? Insanity! I am tired of thinking that our Khmer leaders cannot be criticised. It seems like if anything we say or express (do caricature drawings) to their dislike, we will be slapped with a “defamation” lawsuit. We’re too childish. Cambodia , grow out from this infancy. កុំធ្វើដូចក្មេង បៀមដៃទៀត!. Don’t act like a child sucking thumb anymore. Freedom of expression as I wrote in my earlier post is very fundamental for us. So, please suppress us no more.
What's my thought about foreign minister Hor Nam Hong ?
I never like him for he has a shady past linking to his former position as Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge chief of Boeng Trawbek prison . He should resign from the foreign ministry post. Some other person could have been much better qualified to serve the foreign minister post than this old man.
What's my thought about David Meas ?
I have no respect for Mr. David Meas . It seems he truly is an unscrupulous type of attorney. The French law board of licensing should investigate David Meas . Perhaps, he shouldn’t be writing letters to harass and intimidate people all over the internet. If he’s to be found guilty of misconduct violating the ethic of a lawyer, abusing his attorney privilege, the board should strip away his license, barring David Meas to practice and penalize him to the fullest extent of the law.
Vanak
ផ្សារចាស់ ក្រុងភ្នំពេញ
Psa Chas, Phnom Penh
Monday, May 19, 2008
David Meas And Hor Namhong Threatened To Sue Khmerization
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Originally Posted on Khmerization
On the web at http://khmerization.blogspot.com
Dear Sirs,
I am acting as French counsel for Foreign Minister of Cambodia, Mr. Hor Namhong.
I have noted that on your web site, named Khmerization.blogpost.com, the following articles are advertised, namely:
- “Hor Namhong , his wife and his son were chiefs of Boeng Trabek prison” (May 4, 2008);
- “Hor Namhong vs. Sam Rainsy, Defamation vs. Crimes against Humanity?” (May 6, 2008);
- "Sam Rainsy plans to sue Hor Namhong" (May 5, 2008);
- “Let’s Battle it out: The Defamation Case of Hor Namhong vs. Sam Rainsy” (April 18, 2008).
The content of those articles could be sanctioned by a court of law, as being in particular libelous, slanderous and defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
In this respect, I draw your attention to the fact that in a 1991 judgement, the Paris courts ruled that similar allegations were defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
Therefore I put you on notice, on behalf of Mr. Hor Namhong, to immediately take all measures so that those articles, and other articles which would be in the same vein, be deleted from your web site.
Mr. Hor Namhong obviously reserves all his rights against you and any other participants or contributors to this matter. Please indicate me the name of your attorney-at-law in this matter.
Sincerely yours.
David Méas
Attorney at Law
Originally Posted on Khmerization
On the web at http://khmerization.blogspot.com
After threatening to sue Sacrava for drawing political satirical caricatures of Mr. Hor Namhong, Mr. David Meas, presumably under instructions from Mr. Hor Namhong, is threatening to sue Khmerization. Khmerization believes that this kind of litigation threat is an intimidation against Khmerization into silence and an infringement on Khmerization's freedom of speech. The articles published at Khmerization are published and posted at The Cambodia Daily website, The Phnom Penh Post website, Everyday.com.kh website etc. Unless David Meas and Hor Namhong can successfully intimidate these websites to remove the articles in question from their sites, Khmerization has no obligation to remove them from this site. Also, I wish to inform Mr. David Meas that I have no obligation to elect any lawyer to represent me in this matter as has been requested by you. And thank you Mr. David Meas and Mr. Hor Namhong for giving this blog prominence.The following is a letter from Mr. David Meas to Khmerization:
Dear Sirs,
I am acting as French counsel for Foreign Minister of Cambodia, Mr. Hor Namhong.
I have noted that on your web site, named Khmerization.blogpost.com, the following articles are advertised, namely:
- “Hor Namhong , his wife and his son were chiefs of Boeng Trabek prison” (May 4, 2008);
- “Hor Namhong vs. Sam Rainsy, Defamation vs. Crimes against Humanity?” (May 6, 2008);
- "Sam Rainsy plans to sue Hor Namhong" (May 5, 2008);
- “Let’s Battle it out: The Defamation Case of Hor Namhong vs. Sam Rainsy” (April 18, 2008).
The content of those articles could be sanctioned by a court of law, as being in particular libelous, slanderous and defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
In this respect, I draw your attention to the fact that in a 1991 judgement, the Paris courts ruled that similar allegations were defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
Therefore I put you on notice, on behalf of Mr. Hor Namhong, to immediately take all measures so that those articles, and other articles which would be in the same vein, be deleted from your web site.
Mr. Hor Namhong obviously reserves all his rights against you and any other participants or contributors to this matter. Please indicate me the name of your attorney-at-law in this matter.
Sincerely yours.
David Méas
Attorney at Law
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The French lawyer of Hor Namhong, a Khmer citizen, threatens to sue Artist Sacrava, an Aussie citizen, which country will have the jurisdiction?
Original letter posted at Sacrava Blog site
I am acting as French counsel for Foreign Minister of Cambodia, Mr. Hor Namhong.
I have noted that on your web site, named sacrava.blogspot.com, the following caricatures are advertised, namely:
- “Hor Namhong , I am searching for the Truth .... I was a Khmer Rouge or the Boeng Trabek Jail Chief” (May 12, 2008);
- “Dam or Dum - Hor Namhong: My Xmer Govermment wanted Cambodia to be the Battery of South-East Asia" (April 7, 2008);
- “Hor Namhong: I'm going to sue you with this deformation searching ” (April 19, 2008).
Those caricatures could be sanctioned by a court of law, as being in particular libelous, slanderous and defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
In this respect, I draw your attention to the fact that in a 1991 judgement, the Paris courts ruled that similar allegations were defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
Therefore I put you on notice, on behalf of Mr. Hor Namhong, to immediately take all measures so that those caricatures, and other caricatures which would be in the same vein, be deleted from your web site.
Mr. Hor Namhong obviously reserves all his rights against you and any other participants or contributors to this matter. Please indicate me the name of your attorney-at-law in this matter.
Sincerely yours.
David Meas
Attorney at Law
Case Breakdown:Dear Sir,
- David Meas, a French (Franco-Khmer?) attorney claiming to representing Hor Namhong
- Hor Namhong, a Khmer citizen
- Artist Sacrava, an Australian citizen
- The website is hosted by a subsidiary of Google, a US company
I am acting as French counsel for Foreign Minister of Cambodia, Mr. Hor Namhong.
I have noted that on your web site, named sacrava.blogspot.com, the following caricatures are advertised, namely:
- “Hor Namhong , I am searching for the Truth .... I was a Khmer Rouge or the Boeng Trabek Jail Chief” (May 12, 2008);
- “Dam or Dum - Hor Namhong: My Xmer Govermment wanted Cambodia to be the Battery of South-East Asia" (April 7, 2008);
- “Hor Namhong: I'm going to sue you with this deformation searching ” (April 19, 2008).
Those caricatures could be sanctioned by a court of law, as being in particular libelous, slanderous and defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
In this respect, I draw your attention to the fact that in a 1991 judgement, the Paris courts ruled that similar allegations were defamatory for Mr. Hor Namhong.
Therefore I put you on notice, on behalf of Mr. Hor Namhong, to immediately take all measures so that those caricatures, and other caricatures which would be in the same vein, be deleted from your web site.
Mr. Hor Namhong obviously reserves all his rights against you and any other participants or contributors to this matter. Please indicate me the name of your attorney-at-law in this matter.
Sincerely yours.
David Meas
Attorney at Law
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