October 5, 2011
NOBODY CAN DENY THE FACT THAT HOR NAM HONG IS A FORMER KHMER ROUGE PRISON CHIEF
Today the kangaroo court in Phnom Penh is supposed to render a verdict on the case related to a defamation lawsuit filed against me by current Cambodian Foreign Minister and former Khmer Rouge prison chief Hor Nam Hong.
The same defamation lawsuit had been filed against me in France by the same Hor Nam Hong who denied my assertion that he is a former Khmer Rouge prison chief. But on April 27, 2011 the French Supreme Court ("Cour de Cassation") declared I was not guilty of anything and Hor Nam Hong finally and definitively lost his lawsuit before the French tribunal.
Therefore, any guilty verdict by the Phnom Penh tribunal today would reflect a violation of the “Non bis in idem” principle (no one shall be twice tried for the same offence). Such a verdict would be even more laughable when comparing the degree of independence and respectability enjoyed respectively by the French (real) court and the Cambodian (kangaroo) court.
Sam Rainsy
Elected Member of Parliament
NOBODY CAN DENY THE FACT THAT HOR NAM HONG IS A FORMER KHMER ROUGE PRISON CHIEF
Today the kangaroo court in Phnom Penh is supposed to render a verdict on the case related to a defamation lawsuit filed against me by current Cambodian Foreign Minister and former Khmer Rouge prison chief Hor Nam Hong.
The same defamation lawsuit had been filed against me in France by the same Hor Nam Hong who denied my assertion that he is a former Khmer Rouge prison chief. But on April 27, 2011 the French Supreme Court ("Cour de Cassation") declared I was not guilty of anything and Hor Nam Hong finally and definitively lost his lawsuit before the French tribunal.
Therefore, any guilty verdict by the Phnom Penh tribunal today would reflect a violation of the “Non bis in idem” principle (no one shall be twice tried for the same offence). Such a verdict would be even more laughable when comparing the degree of independence and respectability enjoyed respectively by the French (real) court and the Cambodian (kangaroo) court.
Sam Rainsy
Elected Member of Parliament
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