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

Case Breakdown:

1. David Meas, a French (Franco-Khmer?) attorney claiming to representing Hor Namhong
2. Hor Namhong, a Khmer citizen
3. Artist Sacrava, an Australian citizen
4. The website is hosted by a subsidiary of Google, a US company

Dear Sir,

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