Hang tough if Hun Sen gets rough
LEGAL-EYED: Kao Soupha
29/11/2009
Anucha Charoenpo
Bangkok Post
Kao Soupha is a lawyer who is well used to government pressure.
The 37-year-old Cambodian believes that if a lawyer is afraid of the state,
then many innocent people will have no chance to defend themselves.
For this reason he decided to represent jailed Thai engineer Sivarak Chutipong.
Mr Sivarak, 31, an employee of Thai-owned Cambodia Air Traffic Services, was
arrested on Nov 12 on charges of leaking information concerning the flight plan
of Thaksin Shinawatra as he travelled to Cambodia.
Mr Sivarak is being held at Prey Sar prison, pending a bail consideration and
first hearing on Dec 8.
"I see he [Mr Sivarak] has a good chance of being freed as I believe he did not
really steal the flight records," Mr Soupha said.
Mr Soupha admits his client was in a position to know of all the flights in an
out of Cambodia but that Thaksin's flight plan was not a secretive matter.
Had Mr Sivarak "spied", he would not have left Cambodia and travelled to Laos
on Nov 6 and returned to Cambodia on Nov 9, says Mr Soupha.
He acknowledged the arrest of Mr Sivarak was a headlining issue between the two
countries, but it was not a complicated case because as far as he knew there
was not much evidence supporting the plaintiff side.
Mr Soupha also believes the arrest of Mr Sivarak was politically motivated and
the case should be resolved by the two governments.
"They are playing a game and Mr Sivarak is, unfortunately, in the middle," he
said.
According to Cambodian law, if Mr Sivarak is found guilty of spying he faces a
jail term of between seven and 15 years.
Mr Soupha specialises in providing legal counselling for Cambodian and foreign
people. Most of his cases are concerned with human rights violations and
alleged unfair treatment by the Cambodian government.
He often deals with the Thai community in Phnom Penh and is regularly contacted
by the Thai embassy in Phnom Penh.
IN CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM 1979-2009.
Khmer Rouge Trial Adjourns; Accused Death Camp Commander( A VIETNAMESE ) Awaits
Sentence
Photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, show
Kaing Guek Eav, (R)(A VIETNAMESE ), the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's
notorious S-21 prison, in the court room of the U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia, 25 Nov 2009 (Photo: AP)
Cham Prasidh involved in garment quota sale to neighboring countries?
Hun Sen - Thaksin Shinawatra : A Political Game?
2009: Our MSRDA( morphology study on Vietnamese race in Cambodia data
analysis) Forensic tool reveals :
VIETNAMESE RACE : posed as CPP officials ruling Cambodia today,
1. Hok Lundy , non elected vietnamese communist , Head of Security,
Prison administration, Police
2. Ngor Hong Ly
3. Nger Chhai Lieng
4. Cheam Yiep
5. Um Sarit
6.Svay Sitha
7. Mme Men Sam An
8. Heng Poeuv, Lis Rasi, Hang Vuthy
9. Ong Yin tieng
10.Khieu Kanharith
11.Chan Sarun , Ty Sokoun,
12,Sok Kong.
13.Bun Narit
14.Khieu Thakvika
15. Kao Kim Huon
16. Uch Kim An
17 Nuon Saret (former Vietcong OFFICER , imposter as Khmer ambassador
to Hanoi to represent King Sihanouk ).The thieves are running Cambodia
today.
Duch Defence Pushes Self-Destruct Button
Acting international co-prosecutor William Smith (left) and national
co-prosecutor Chea Leang (right)(A VIETNAMESE WOMAN NIECE OF SOK AN ) address a
press conference at the end of the Duch trial on Friday. Credit:Robert
Carmichael/IPS
IN CAMBODIA OCCUPIED BY VIETNAM.
10 UN RESOLUTIONS,(1979-1988) VOTED BY 116 UN MEMBER COUNTRIES ,CALL VIETNAM TO
CEASE HER OCCUPATION OF CAMBODIA & REMOVE ALL HER TROOPS FROM THE COUNTRY ARE
NOT RESPECTED.
The Vietnamese invaders are our enemies : LEARN THE VIETNAMESE CHARACTER :
" Inside every Vietnamese there's a MANDARIN, A THIEF, A LIAR who sleeps - but
there's a dreamer " SAID CAO GIAO.
America calls Vietnam to restore Cambodia Independence .
President Reagan's address to the 43d Session of the United Nations General
Assembly in New York, New York,September 26, 1988.
"Mr. Secretary-General, there are new hopes for Cambodia, a nation whose
freedom and independence we seek just as avidly as we sought the freedom and
independence of Afghanistan. We urge the rapid removal of all Vietnamese troops
...."
As of today,Cambodia is still occupied by the Vietnamese troops despite the
call from the US president to Vietnam to cease her occupation of Cambodia since
1988.
Cambodia needs Independence from Vietnam and the Vietnamese invaders.
Bury
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