Phnom Penh Post
The Court of Appeal has set a March 5 hearing date in the
controversial case of Beehive radio director Mam Sonando, his lawyer
said yesterday.
Sa Sovan, the attorney for the independent broadcaster who stands
convicted of insurrection, said he received the schedule notice over the
weekend.
Sonando, who turned 72 last week, seeks the overturn of his October
conviction, in which he was found guilty of masterminding a so-called
secessionist movement in Kratie province.
Many believed that no such movement existed and that it was
fabricated as an excuse to violently evict hundreds from land that had
long been locked in a dispute with a powerful local concessionaire.
A 14-year-old was shot dead during the raid.
In addition to Sonando, three villagers are serving between 10 months
and five years in prison on related charges, while a local activist,
Bun Ratha, was sentenced to 30 years in absentia.
To contact the reporter on this story: Chhay Channyda at
channyda.chhay@phnompenhpost.com
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