> PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Prime Minister Hun Sen'sgovernment filed a lawsuit > Friday against opposition leader Sam Rainsy thataccuses him of spreading > false information about a border dispute withVietnam. >
First, did Sam Rainsy gave out those comments, true or false? If Sam Rainsy is true, what is he basing it on? Can Sam Rainsy provide a concrete evidence to support his claim? > The lawsuit was based on several comments made by Sam Rainsy,who questioned > whether Cambodia's border with Vietnam had been incorrectlymarked by the > government to Cambodia's advantage. > It is correct for the government to do that if Sam Rainsy's comment is based on false pretence. > Earlier this week, HunSen described Sam Rainsy's comments as treacherous > because Cambodia already hasa volatile border dispute with Thailand on its > northern and western frontiers,so causing trouble with Vietnam could open up > a potential second area ofconfrontation. > Now, it is time for Sam Rainsy to show us his side. Let us see his geneous thinking after he had done stupid act at the border. > The government's lawyer, Ky Tech,filed the lawsuit at the Phnom Penh > Municipal Court. It accuses Sam Rainsy ofspreading false information > verbally, which carries a prison term of up to threeyears, and in public > documents on Web sites _ which carries a sentence of up to15 years. > That's the law of the land, whether you like it or not. > If found guilty, Sam Rainsy could be sentenced up to 18 yearsin prison, Ky > Tech said. > Will Sam Rainsy have the courage to fight it? As far as we can see, Sam Rainsy is enjoying his safety in France leaving his supporters there to face the consequences. What kind of leader in a movement is that? > Sam Rainsy is living in exile in Paris and wassentenced in absentia by a > Cambodian court last month to two years' imprisonmentfor a political protest > in which border markers on the frontier with Vietnamwere uprooted. > What does Sam Rainsy have to say about that? Is he going to appeal it? Is he appealing it from France? I thought Sam Rainsy is a fighter. > The SamRainsy Party is the sole opposition party in parliament and Sam Rainsy > is afierce, longtime critic of Hun Sen. His previous tangles with > thegovernment have seen him go into self-imposed exile. > He is a fierce fighter when no one would yang his safety net. > Hun Sen wasinstalled after a Vietnamese invasion that ousted the genocidal > Khmer Rougeregime in 1979. He is sympathetic with Hanoi, while Sam Rainsy > bases part of hispolitical appeal on pandering to traditional anti-Vietnamese > sentiment commonamong Cambodians who don't trust their much larger neighbor. > ------------------------ This kind of view shows us clearly how people of Cambodia still divide. They fight each other for their own rightousness. They never think of their national interest. They only think about themselves and/ or their group. Sam Rainsy and his party are prime example of the kind of a Cambodian divisional factor. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc Learn more - http://www.cambodia.org
