Friday, 01 October 2010
By Meas Sokchea
Phnom Penh Post
OPPOSITION party head Sam Rainsy (pictured) said yesterday that Prime Minister Hun Sen’s declaration on Wednesday that he is “the key” to the fugitive leader’s potential return is evidence that the premier controls the courts and the National Assembly. Speaking by phone from Paris, Sam Rainsy said Hun Sen “can order the court and assembly to do anything he wants”, and said the premier owned both. “That shows the power in Cambodia is only with one [Hun Sen],” he said. But Tith Sothea, spokesman for the Press and Quick Reaction Unit at the Council of Ministers, said yesterday that Hun Sen was trying to say that Sam Rainsy’s fate lies in the hands of the courts. Sam Rainsy has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in connection with his allegations of border encroachment.
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Technically, Ah Hun Sen somewhat owns the court system in Cambodia. Since Hanoi owns Ah Hun Sen, that makes Hanoi owns and controls very much everything of Cambodian governments. The court case is more about Sam Rainsey vs. Hanoi. We know Sam Rainsey's charged was about the removal of border posts which were planted illegally by Vietnamese authority. What Sam Rainsey did was obstructed and interfered Hanoi's agenda of expansionism. In return, Hanoi punished Sam Rainsey by telling Ah Hun Sen to tell the Cambodian court to put a charge on him for the removal of government property. There is no way Sam Rainsey can argue on this case because Hanoi already decided the verdict.
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