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Source: RFA
Mr. Sam Rainsy (pictured), leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), has been summoned to appear before the court next month after the government sued him for document forgery and disinformation when he published a series of maps and documents purported to show Vietnam's encroachments on Cambodian borders, reports Radio Free Asia.
This is the second time the government sued Mr. Sam Rainsy regarding his border claims. On 27th January 2010, he was sentenced to 2 years jail for leading villagers to uproot border posts in late 2009 after those villagers claimed that they were planted deep inside Khmer territory and inside their rice fields. He has lived in self-imposed exile in France ever since.
The report said that judge decided to summon Mr. Sam Rainsy to appear before the court after the investigation into his case has been completed.
Mr. Choung Chou-Ngy, Sam Rainsy's lawyer, said he will do his utmost to defence his client, but said he has very little confidence in the Cambodian justice system. "Everybody knows about the Cambodian courts. If we talk about my hope (for a successful defence), I have almost no hope at all. I think that I must use all the technical aspects of the laws and all my capacity in order to defence my client under the laws", he said.
Mr. Ky Tek, the government's lawyer, said he will bring all the relevant documents to present to the court as well as calling border expert witnesses.
If found guilty, Mr. Sam Rainsy could face between 5-18 years of jail on top of his previous 2 years jail sentence.
Source: RFA
Mr. Sam Rainsy (pictured), leader of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP), has been summoned to appear before the court next month after the government sued him for document forgery and disinformation when he published a series of maps and documents purported to show Vietnam's encroachments on Cambodian borders, reports Radio Free Asia.
This is the second time the government sued Mr. Sam Rainsy regarding his border claims. On 27th January 2010, he was sentenced to 2 years jail for leading villagers to uproot border posts in late 2009 after those villagers claimed that they were planted deep inside Khmer territory and inside their rice fields. He has lived in self-imposed exile in France ever since.
The report said that judge decided to summon Mr. Sam Rainsy to appear before the court after the investigation into his case has been completed.
Mr. Choung Chou-Ngy, Sam Rainsy's lawyer, said he will do his utmost to defence his client, but said he has very little confidence in the Cambodian justice system. "Everybody knows about the Cambodian courts. If we talk about my hope (for a successful defence), I have almost no hope at all. I think that I must use all the technical aspects of the laws and all my capacity in order to defence my client under the laws", he said.
Mr. Ky Tek, the government's lawyer, said he will bring all the relevant documents to present to the court as well as calling border expert witnesses.
If found guilty, Mr. Sam Rainsy could face between 5-18 years of jail on top of his previous 2 years jail sentence.
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