Opposition leader Sam Rainsy (Photo: Ayuthyea, RFA)Svay Rieng court officially sues Sam Rainsy
12 Dec 2009
By Sok Serey Radio Free Asia Translated from Khmer by Socheata Click here to read the article in Khmer
The Svay Rieng provincial court brought a criminal lawsuit against Mr. Sam Rainsy, charging him with uprooting the border stakes between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province.
The Svay Rieng court officially sued Mr. Sam Rainsy and accused him of perpetrating two criminal offenses: destruction of public properties for the uprooting of the border stakes between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province, and also for racial discrimination.
Chuong Chou Ngy, opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s defense lawyer, told RFA on Saturday 12 December 2009: “(1) for the destruction of border post No. 185 between Cambodia and Vietnam, and (2) for racial discrimination. The accusations leveled by the prosecutor are officially opened for investigation, and the case has moved to the investigation judge. Currently, the case is under investigation.”
Chuong Chou Ngy said that he is prepared to confront this sensitive lawsuit: “This is a sensitive case, therefore, you have to understand me because I cannot talk in depth about it. I am thinking of preparing witnesses to clarify that the planting of this border post is not right.”
sVar Kim Hong, chairman of the Cambodian joint border commission, said that he wants to see the Svay Rieng provincial court holding its hearing on this case as soon as possible.
sVar Kim Hong said: “The sooner the lawsuit brought up by the Svay Rieng court can be decided, the better it will be so that it can be clearly known.”
Yim Sovann, SRP MP and SRP spokesman, reacted by saying: “It was not public property destruction. The wooden stakes do not even cost $2. Those who destroyed forest by the tens of thousands hectares of land, and those who caused the loss of several millions of dollars, they are the ones who should be rightfully lifted of their immunities so the court can sentence them.”
The official court lawsuit was undertaken recently after the Chantrea district authority brought its lawsuit to the Svay Rieng court, and accused Sam Rainsy of destroying public properties at the end of October.
Subsequently, opposition leader Sam Rainsy saw his parliamentary immunity lifted by the National Assembly on 16 November so that he could face the investigation and the questioning by the Svay Rieng provincial court under the charges above.
Mr. Sam Rainsy, along with Cambodian villagers in Svay Rieng province, accused Vietnam of planting these border posts through encroachment on rice fields belonging to local Cambodian farmers. Cambodian border experts denied this charge by claiming that both the Vietnamese and Cambodian parties have agreed on that particular location.
About 20 SRP MPs plan to visit Svay Rieng province at the beginning of this week to check on the local border condition.
The Svay Rieng court officially sued Mr. Sam Rainsy and accused him of perpetrating two criminal offenses: destruction of public properties for the uprooting of the border stakes between Cambodia and Vietnam in Svay Rieng province, and also for racial discrimination.
Chuong Chou Ngy, opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s defense lawyer, told RFA on Saturday 12 December 2009: “(1) for the destruction of border post No. 185 between Cambodia and Vietnam, and (2) for racial discrimination. The accusations leveled by the prosecutor are officially opened for investigation, and the case has moved to the investigation judge. Currently, the case is under investigation.”
Chuong Chou Ngy said that he is prepared to confront this sensitive lawsuit: “This is a sensitive case, therefore, you have to understand me because I cannot talk in depth about it. I am thinking of preparing witnesses to clarify that the planting of this border post is not right.”
sVar Kim Hong, chairman of the Cambodian joint border commission, said that he wants to see the Svay Rieng provincial court holding its hearing on this case as soon as possible.
sVar Kim Hong said: “The sooner the lawsuit brought up by the Svay Rieng court can be decided, the better it will be so that it can be clearly known.”
Yim Sovann, SRP MP and SRP spokesman, reacted by saying: “It was not public property destruction. The wooden stakes do not even cost $2. Those who destroyed forest by the tens of thousands hectares of land, and those who caused the loss of several millions of dollars, they are the ones who should be rightfully lifted of their immunities so the court can sentence them.”
The official court lawsuit was undertaken recently after the Chantrea district authority brought its lawsuit to the Svay Rieng court, and accused Sam Rainsy of destroying public properties at the end of October.
Subsequently, opposition leader Sam Rainsy saw his parliamentary immunity lifted by the National Assembly on 16 November so that he could face the investigation and the questioning by the Svay Rieng provincial court under the charges above.
Mr. Sam Rainsy, along with Cambodian villagers in Svay Rieng province, accused Vietnam of planting these border posts through encroachment on rice fields belonging to local Cambodian farmers. Cambodian border experts denied this charge by claiming that both the Vietnamese and Cambodian parties have agreed on that particular location.
About 20 SRP MPs plan to visit Svay Rieng province at the beginning of this week to check on the local border condition.
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