On Sep 19, 5:00 am, "Sam Rainsy Party of North America" <[email protected]> wrote: > 20 September 2010 > > APPEAL TO PARLIAMENTARIANS OF ALL COUNTRIES > > My name is Sam Rainsy. I am a member of parliament of Cambodia and the leader > of my country’s second largest political party. > > As the leader of a vocal opposition I have been persecuted by the > authoritarian ruling party and government of Cambodia. > > In 1995, I was expelled from parliament, but I managed to recover my > parliamentary seat through subsequent elections. I have escaped several > assassination attempts, such as a deadly grenade attack in 1997, but some > eighty of my supporters have been murdered. Besides trying to kill me or to > expel me from parliament, the ruling party has managed to strip me of my > parliamentary immunity three times and to get me sentenced to prison terms > twice. While currently in exile, I am expecting another sentence of up to > fifteen years in jail, again under false charges. >
You forget to tell the world how you oppose your own government. I don't know about you. You would get something bad when you oppose someone with the intention not to change it. Your last act was purely undiplomatic act. Actually, it was a demonstration. You ran away so you would not be arrested when you realized that your act would lead to such thing. > My only crime is my unyielding denunciation of corruption and human rights > abuses and my unwavering defense of the people who have elected me as their > representative. > Your last crime was the removal of that post. You were accused of destroying a government property. You did as you are accused of. Don't try to mix it with something else. You are responsible for your own act. You lead a group of people to do similar act. Mu Sochea did it by suing Hun Sen without ground. Hun Sen then countersuit Mu. Then she cried that it was a political montivated. She forgot completely that she was the one who started it. These are demonstrated acts. > In 2006, I received the Prize for Freedom from Liberal International. > > The strategy of Cambodia’s ruling party is to use a politically subservient > judiciary to crackdown on all government critics. > If you already know that, why did you allow yourself to fall into that trap? Is that a great leader? > On 28 January 2009, following my last conviction by the Kangaroo court, Human > Rights Watch titled a statement, “Cambodia: Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy’s > Trial a Farce” and added, “conviction demonstrates continuing persecution of > critics, political control of judiciary.” > What is the human rights have to do with Sam Rainsy silly acts? -- 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
