Ms. Mu Sochua holding a candle in salute after leaving the court.
Source: Deum Ampil newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization
A Cambodian court has on the morning of 4th August ordered Ms. Mu Sochua to pay 16.5 million riels (~$US4100), 8.5 million riels in fines and 8 million riels in compensation to Prime Minister Hun Sen after he had successfully sued her for defamation, in a decision viewed by observers as politically motivated.
The court hearing on the morning of 4th August was attended by Ms Mu Sochua, Mr. Sam Rainsy, President of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) as well as diplomats and representatives of the civil society.
Ms Mu Sochua and the SRP have said that they will pay the fines and will not appeal the court decision as they think that it is a waste of time, considering that the court is controlled by Mr. Hun Sen.
The SRP said that the party will pay the fines on Ms Mu Sochua's behalf as they said that private donations from Ms Mu Sochua's sympathisers had surpassed the amount of the fines.
According to everyday.com.kh, the SRP and the Human Right Party (HRP) have immediately released a statement repudiating the court decision.
The statement stated that Ms. Mu Sochua should not be judged by an incompetent, a non-independent and a biased court such as the Cambodian court. The statement went further by saying that this biased court had thrown out Ms Mu Sochua's lawsuit against Mr. Hun Sen even though she has sufficient evidence. It went further by saying that Ms Mu Sochua was the victim of Mr Hun Sen's slander, but instead she was stripped of her parliamentary immunity and charged with defaming Mr. Hun Sen.
The statement had also appealed to the international community to continue to monitor the government's use of the defamation cases and the court to silence its critics.
Source: Deum Ampil newspaper
Reported in English by Khmerization
A Cambodian court has on the morning of 4th August ordered Ms. Mu Sochua to pay 16.5 million riels (~$US4100), 8.5 million riels in fines and 8 million riels in compensation to Prime Minister Hun Sen after he had successfully sued her for defamation, in a decision viewed by observers as politically motivated.
The court hearing on the morning of 4th August was attended by Ms Mu Sochua, Mr. Sam Rainsy, President of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) as well as diplomats and representatives of the civil society.
Ms Mu Sochua and the SRP have said that they will pay the fines and will not appeal the court decision as they think that it is a waste of time, considering that the court is controlled by Mr. Hun Sen.
The SRP said that the party will pay the fines on Ms Mu Sochua's behalf as they said that private donations from Ms Mu Sochua's sympathisers had surpassed the amount of the fines.
According to everyday.com.kh, the SRP and the Human Right Party (HRP) have immediately released a statement repudiating the court decision.
The statement stated that Ms. Mu Sochua should not be judged by an incompetent, a non-independent and a biased court such as the Cambodian court. The statement went further by saying that this biased court had thrown out Ms Mu Sochua's lawsuit against Mr. Hun Sen even though she has sufficient evidence. It went further by saying that Ms Mu Sochua was the victim of Mr Hun Sen's slander, but instead she was stripped of her parliamentary immunity and charged with defaming Mr. Hun Sen.
The statement had also appealed to the international community to continue to monitor the government's use of the defamation cases and the court to silence its critics.
15 comments:
How unjust it is. A victim of a defamation become even more victimized by a Hun Sen kangaroo court.
She has been defamed by Hun Sen and now has been ordered to pay compensation to Hun Sen who defamed her.
This is Cambodia under Hun Sen. The murderer got away with murder and the victims go to jail.
I am really dissapointed with Cambodian Court decision.
It is really funny thing that victim goes to jail.
The court is the equipment of Hun Sen's control.
Where is justice?
Hun Xen looked down the women.
No justice in Cambodia.
No freedom of speaking.
I would not blame the court by it is under Hun Sen's control.
Hun Sen should not be the Prime Minister.
It's ridiculous. It's truly a kangaroo court with incompetent and unconscious, unshamed judges.
How do you feel the valued donors?
I am a Camdoain Citizen; but I don't feel I AM BENEFITING FROM YOUR DONATION.
Are you just spending your nation/people money to survive only the BLACK GROUP and DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO SPEND THE $$$, DO NOT AWARE WHAT TO SPEND ON BECAUSE YOU ARE VERY RICH NATION/PEOPLE?
I am not suggesting you/your people to stop donate to Cambodia but you MUST consider the mechnism that should HELP poor/marginalized people and prevent those powerfull/corrupted group solely benefit from yours.
WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU GIVE $$$$$$ TO THE THIEFS [famliy tree].
dumb ass Khmeroverseas once again don't disappoint in being played like a fucking tool again. Can't you idiots all see who the winners are? The politicians while you shitheads are paying, they are playing with your money. Hun Sen got his cut, Sam Rainsy and Sochua now will share the surplus donated fund.
Let me tell you something for those who read my comment. You are not doing anything good for the country by supporting any group of political party. You're just contributing to a clan of people that you want to be part of. So don't go around thinking like you have done so much for the country with your money when in reality all the money you spent went toward benefiting an exclusive group only.
Stop being a fucking political tool that feel the need to belong so much and be your own independent person. Stop giving money to politician and instead go to build and do shit for the people. That is doing good for your country.
I'm not surprised with the judge's decision because everyone know that the court is controlled by Hun Sen. The judges and the courts in Cambodia are just political tools for Hun Sen to suppress and silence opposition voices.
Justice in Cambodia is only for the rich and the powerful only. The poor and the weak can only dream about it.
Wake up !!
To all my be love Khmer that are living in the Country and Khmer overseas , we all must be strong and stop blame each other and let united together to rebuild our poor country
“ nothing to fear but fear it self “
“ don’t ask what your country can do for you But what you can do for your country “
(JFK speech}
the only way ,that we could move on we must put the past behide and face on the fact now.
please, stop the hate and try to bring peace to your country.
I am Khmer overseas in the USA.
hey dumbfuck 9:35pm, you don't sound like a cambodian motherfucker. any comment that is put forth by overseas khmer is none of your motherfucking business. you're from overseas too motherfucker, don't try to pull that shit out of your ass around here. no fucking shit huh? of course the politians got the money, which motherfucking polititians is getting the money? saddam hun sen and his homies(judges), of course. where the fuck is your senses man...? you have to know something about that fucker hun sen if you want to talk about politic in cambodia. he's the only fuck in cambodia that can do anything and gets away with it because that motherfucker hanoi got him all the backups he needs.
the court has no choice, most if not all of the judges don't get paid unless ah hun sen wins, of course the fucker is going to win the case. i'll be damn if he loses. only ah hun sen and is gangs get paid, don't try to assume that all politians are the same, why the fuck do we have an oppostion party like HRP, SRP, or other less significant party, for circus shows?
fuck, don't overreact like a bat out of hell khmer rouge like that..man
ah one eye man, ah dog ky ky and ah monkey judge only good at fighting with their own people, with ah Thais or Yuon they scare like a little kids.
5 August 2009 10:45 AM
Bitch please, don't overreact? Look at your own comment, fuckface. You are the one drama queen around here. Now take your lipstick off and return your borrowed dresses, little fairy queen haha.
Hun Sen is trying to scare all his opponents not to mess around with him. He wanted to show how powerful he is, even more powerful than the president of the United States. The U.S president can be impeached for wrongdoings, but for Hun Sen, even if he killed someone (Pisith Pilika), he can get away with murder. This is a verdict by a blind judge working in a kangaroo court.
YOU GUYS GOT IT ALL WRONG. YES HUN SEN SIDED WITH THE YUON. BUT HERE ARE THE TRUTHS. FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FROM CHAOS, YOU NEED AN IRON MAN TO DO THE JOBS.NOT SOME PRETTY BOYS OR STRONG WOMEN WITH THE BIG IDEAS. AFTER ALL, HOW DO WE GET THE RESOURCES DONE WHEN WE ARE A POOR COUNTRY. WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR SOCIAL STRUCTURES.RIGHT NOW, WE KHMER SEEMS TO ALWAYS CRITICIZING,DISTRUSTING, AND BLAMING EACH OTHERS. WE NEED ENCOURAGEMENT AND OBEY THE LAWS.YES OUR LEADER SEEMS TO POCKET SOME MONEY BUT THEY DESERVE IT.AFTER ALL THEY ARE THE ONE THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THE JOBS.WE SMALL PEOPLE NEED TO TRUST OUR LEADERS OR ELSE YOUR ENEMIES WILL KEEP ON POKING YOUR ASSSSSS.....AND THEY WILL CREATE UNREST TO OUR LEADERS TO FOCUS ON IMPORTANT ISSUES.NO, FUCK NO!!!I DON'T LIKE THE YUONS BUT THE THAI I LIKE A LITTLE BUT THEY BEGAINING TO ANNOY ME.LOVE ALL KHMERS.
To make a country moving forward, we don't need a dictator to rule with an iron fist. Israel was created in 1948, Taiwan 1949, Singapore 1959..These countries started from scratches and they have done a great jobs. Lee Kuan Yew might have ruled Singapore with a bit of an iron fist, but nothing like the way Hun sen runs Cambodia for the last 30 years. He made Singapore prosperous in just a few years, but Hun Sen, after 30 years many millions of Cambodians are still very, very poor.
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