By Stéphanie Gée
Ka-set
Unofficial Translation from French by Tola Ek
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The Phnom Penh court had asked the National Assembly (NA), currently in recess, to set up an extraordinary session to vote to lift the immunity of opposition leader Sam Rainsy. While it was impossible to obtain the confirmation from the court or from the NA in the evening of Tuesday 17 June, Sam Rainsy claims that this information is true.
Sam Rainsy is currently the target of a defamation lawsuit brought against him by Hor Namhong, the minister of Foreign Affairs, after he publicly said that the latter led the Boeng Trabek detention camp under Pol Pot.
“This is an intimidation attempt that proves that the CPP is in full disarray. (…) They want to scare me so that I leave the country, but I will not fall into their trap,” Sam Rainsy reacted. Dam Sith, one of the SRP candidates for the city of Phnom Penh, is also the target of such a lawsuit from Hor Namhong. Dam Sith spent a week in jail for temporary detention. He was released on Sunday 15 June after Hun Sen personally intervened.
Sam Rainsy is currently the target of a defamation lawsuit brought against him by Hor Namhong, the minister of Foreign Affairs, after he publicly said that the latter led the Boeng Trabek detention camp under Pol Pot.
“This is an intimidation attempt that proves that the CPP is in full disarray. (…) They want to scare me so that I leave the country, but I will not fall into their trap,” Sam Rainsy reacted. Dam Sith, one of the SRP candidates for the city of Phnom Penh, is also the target of such a lawsuit from Hor Namhong. Dam Sith spent a week in jail for temporary detention. He was released on Sunday 15 June after Hun Sen personally intervened.
