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| Villagers from Trea village, in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, outside the Supreme Court after learning that their land dispute case would be sent back to the Appeal Court (Photo by: Heng Chivoan) |
Wednesday, 09 November
Kim Yuthana
The Phnom Penh Post
More than 200 residents and monks gathered outside the Supreme Court yesterday, welcoming its decision to send back to the Appeal Court a 13-year-old land-dispute case in the capital’s Meanchey district.
The case, which opened two weeks ago, was filed in 2000 by 320 families in Stung Meanchey commune’s Trea village. They claimed a 1998 municipal court verdict had unjustly awarded 20 hectares of their land to Rotha Phirom, Vorak Satha and Kim Heang after the trio filed a lawsuit.
In 1999, the Appeal Court upheld that decision, despite villagers’ claims that they had lived on the land for years.
Yung Phanith, the villagers’ lawyer, said yesterday the Supreme Court had called on the Appeal Court to re-investigate the original case.
“The president of the Supreme Court, Dith Mony, declared that the Court of Appeals needed to judge this case again, seeing that there was a lack of evidence,” he said.
Village representative Pol Sorn told the Post he was pleased with the decision.
Trea village chief Cheang Hor said yesterday he and the other villagers had lived on the disputed land since 1991.
Ratha Phirom, Voreak Satha and Kim Heang were not present at yesterday’s verdict, and their lawyers could not be reached for comment.
1 comment:
Decho Hun Sen, Mr Sam Rainsy asked you to sue him at a French court about your murders of the Khmer people. Why don't you dare to do it as you have done at the Cambodian court?
Being a strong man as well as a Prime Minister of one country, you should not be coward to face the real justice at a French court or International court. Unless, you are the real murderer in Cambodia that is the reason why you fear Mr Sam Rainsy at a real and fair justice court.
Decho Hun Sen, you rubbed the Cambodian people's well being, health care, dignity and sell Cambodia out to Vietnam in a cheap price as long as you can stay in power. Isn't that true, Samdach Decho Hun Sen?
How many Cambodian people's lives have you killed in your lifetime so far? Can you be honest to tell the truth?
As one Prime Minister of one country, you job is to bully your own people for just talking about Paris Peace agreement 1991 and about Vietnam's encroachments into Cambodia's territory. Why?
Samdach Decho Hun Sen, Why are you so scared of the truth? Why are you so scared of Mr Sam Rainsy when he asked you to sue him at a French court? You are a strong man as you claimed on the TV screen?
Samdach Decho Hun Sen, you shouldn't be scared of Mr Sam Rainsy because Mr Sam Rainsy has no weapon of mass destruction as you do. You are the murderer; you must be strong to face Mr Sam Rainsy at a French court as Mr Sam Rainsy has invited you to do so.
Samdach Decho billion dollars Hun Sen, Please face Mr Sam Rainsy as Mr Sam Rainsy has invited you through the world media. You used to win on Mr Sam Rainsy many times in a Cambodian court of justice. There is no reason why you should be worred about...if you have never killed anyone in Cambodia. Isn’t it true, Decho Sen?
The Cambodian people hope to see Samdach Decho Hun Sen has the gut as a leader or a man to sue Mr Sam Rainsy at a French court as Mr Sam Rainsy has invited Samdach Decho many times through Radio and world media.
Be a man Decho Sen! One in your life be a man Decho Sen! Be a man to face Mr Sam Rainsy at France court and international court.
We are personal bodyguards of Samdach Decho would like to see Decho Hun Sen be a man with Mr Sam Rainsy at a French Court. Otherwise, Samdach Decho is not worthy to protect because why do we have to die for protecting a traitor, a murderer, a blood sucker. Isn’t it true, Samdach Decho Hun Sen? Do you agree with that?
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