Source: Khmer Sthapana newspaper
Reported inn English by Khmerization
The president of one of independent unions in Cambodia said that there will be mass demonstrations if Mrs. Mu Sochua is stripped of her parliamentary immunity and arrested, reports Khmer Sthapana.
Mr. Rong Chhun (pictured), president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, has issued a statement on 16th of June that his union, the Free Trades Union of Cambodia and the Federation of Cambodian Students and Intellectuals will mobilise 85,000 people to rally on the street in support of Mrs. Mu Sochua.
The parliament is due to meet on Friday 19th to debate whether to lift Mrs. Mu Sochua's immunity so the court can charge her in relation to PM Hun Sen's defamation suit against her. Her defamation suit against PM Hun Sen had been dismissed by the court in a move observers said was designed to facilitate her removal from parliament and to silence other government critics.
In the statement, Mr. Rong Chhun also accused the government of hindering freedom of expression which threatened the democratisation process of Cambodia.
The government's attempt to lift Mrs. Mu Sochua's immunity had drawn strong criticism from the UN Human Right Office. But, Mr. Cheam Yeap, a senior official from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, rebuked the criticism by saying that the UN Human Right Office is biased toward the opposition parties.
Mr. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said that what the government is doing is implementing the rule of laws, therefore it has to resort to judicial channel to seek justice for itself.
Reported inn English by Khmerization
The president of one of independent unions in Cambodia said that there will be mass demonstrations if Mrs. Mu Sochua is stripped of her parliamentary immunity and arrested, reports Khmer Sthapana.
Mr. Rong Chhun (pictured), president of the Cambodian Independent Teachers Association, has issued a statement on 16th of June that his union, the Free Trades Union of Cambodia and the Federation of Cambodian Students and Intellectuals will mobilise 85,000 people to rally on the street in support of Mrs. Mu Sochua.
The parliament is due to meet on Friday 19th to debate whether to lift Mrs. Mu Sochua's immunity so the court can charge her in relation to PM Hun Sen's defamation suit against her. Her defamation suit against PM Hun Sen had been dismissed by the court in a move observers said was designed to facilitate her removal from parliament and to silence other government critics.
In the statement, Mr. Rong Chhun also accused the government of hindering freedom of expression which threatened the democratisation process of Cambodia.
The government's attempt to lift Mrs. Mu Sochua's immunity had drawn strong criticism from the UN Human Right Office. But, Mr. Cheam Yeap, a senior official from the ruling Cambodian People's Party, rebuked the criticism by saying that the UN Human Right Office is biased toward the opposition parties.
Mr. Phay Siphan, spokesman for the Council of Ministers, said that what the government is doing is implementing the rule of laws, therefore it has to resort to judicial channel to seek justice for itself.
