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The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has officially lodged a lawsuit against opposition leader Sam Rainsy (pictured) of "sabotage of public property" and "racial prejudice", reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Sam Rainsy was sued in relation to his action of leading villagers to uproot six wooden demarcation poles on 25th October, 2009 along the Khmer-Vietnamese border.
Mr. Chuong Chou-Ngy, Mr. Rainsy's lawyer, declined to make any detailed comments on the case saying it is a politcally sensitive case that requires caution. "Because this case is a very sensitive case, so I ask for your understading because I can't talk in details. I have planned to bring some witnesses to testify in court that the plantings of the demarcations poles (in that spot) were wrong", he said.
Mr. Var Kimhong, Cambodian chief border negotiator, said he wanted to see the court case proceeded very soon. "The lawsuit brought (against Rainsy) by the prosecutors of the Svay Rieng Provincial Court must be proceeded very quickly. It is good because we will know everything clearly very soon", he said.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the Sam Rainsy Party, denied that Mr. Rainsy's act constitutes an act of sabotage. "It is not an act of sabotage of public property. The six wooden demarcation poles cost less than $2. The people who destroyed millions of hectares of forests, who caused our nation to lose millions of dollars are deserved to have their parliamentary immunity stripped off and sentenced for their crimes", he said.
The Sam Rainsy Party and villagers still maintain that those temporary demarcation poles were illegally planted inside Khmer territories in the middle of the rice-fields belonging to Cambodian villagers in Chantrea district of Svay Rieng province. However, Cambodian government officials denied the charges, saying that the spot where the poles were planted have been mutually agreed by Cambodian and Vietnamese border officials.
The Svay Rieng Provincial Court has officially lodged a lawsuit against opposition leader Sam Rainsy (pictured) of "sabotage of public property" and "racial prejudice", reports Radio Free Asia.
Mr. Sam Rainsy was sued in relation to his action of leading villagers to uproot six wooden demarcation poles on 25th October, 2009 along the Khmer-Vietnamese border.
Mr. Chuong Chou-Ngy, Mr. Rainsy's lawyer, declined to make any detailed comments on the case saying it is a politcally sensitive case that requires caution. "Because this case is a very sensitive case, so I ask for your understading because I can't talk in details. I have planned to bring some witnesses to testify in court that the plantings of the demarcations poles (in that spot) were wrong", he said.
Mr. Var Kimhong, Cambodian chief border negotiator, said he wanted to see the court case proceeded very soon. "The lawsuit brought (against Rainsy) by the prosecutors of the Svay Rieng Provincial Court must be proceeded very quickly. It is good because we will know everything clearly very soon", he said.
Mr. Yim Sovan, spokesman for the Sam Rainsy Party, denied that Mr. Rainsy's act constitutes an act of sabotage. "It is not an act of sabotage of public property. The six wooden demarcation poles cost less than $2. The people who destroyed millions of hectares of forests, who caused our nation to lose millions of dollars are deserved to have their parliamentary immunity stripped off and sentenced for their crimes", he said.
The Sam Rainsy Party and villagers still maintain that those temporary demarcation poles were illegally planted inside Khmer territories in the middle of the rice-fields belonging to Cambodian villagers in Chantrea district of Svay Rieng province. However, Cambodian government officials denied the charges, saying that the spot where the poles were planted have been mutually agreed by Cambodian and Vietnamese border officials.
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It is all a politically motivated case. The poles cost less than $2, so Rainsy's crime cannot warranty a lifting of his parliamentary immunity. I agreed with Yim Sovan that the real criminals who committed corruption by destroying Cambodia's forests should be the one to have their immunity stripped off.
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