On Sep 22, 3:47 am, "Sam Rainsy Party of North America"
<[email protected]> wrote: > Should Sam Rainsy come back to be sent to jail by Hun Xen or not? > (Photo: AFP) > 22 September 2010 > By Pech Bandol > Free Press Magazine Online > Translated from Khmer by Soch > Click here to read the article in Khmer > A myriad of lawsuits against the opposition party are currently being brought > up and this raises the question on the future of democracy in Cambodia: will > Cambodia limp toward democracy as it is doing now, i.e. a democracy that only > serves as a shield to protect a dictatorship or will it return back to an 80s > style communist regime? If Sam Rainsy really cared about democracy, Sam Rainsy could not have done what he did. Sam Rainsy has been using democracy to cover his own agenda. Sam Rainsy is using democracy today. If Sam Rainsy is trying to promote democracy, Sam Rainsy could not have done silly things to destroy his ownself. > Kul Panha, the executive director of the Comfrel NGO, indicated that the > number of accusation cases against opposition officials are on the rise and > this is intentional from the part of the ruling CPP party in order to smash > democracy and to prevent free and fair elections. If you have legitimate argument against the accusation, why are they not fighting when they consider themselves as fighters for democracy. Thousands and thousands of Cambodians had fought for some kind of principle before. They would do it again if the principle is genuine. > Kul Panha commented: "We look at other countries in Europe, Japan, in > America, nobody brings up lawsuits because of diverging political opinions > such as we have here." Don't look at other countries. Cambodia is not there yet. They cannot copy what other countries do or have done. > It should be noted that since 2009 until now, opposition officials have faced > an array of lawsuits against them brought up by government officials and by > the powerful CPP party. Mrs. Mu Sochua, an opposition MP from Kampot > province, was sued for defamation by Hun Xen and the Supreme Court decided on > 02 June 2010 that she lost this case and it forced her to pay a compensation > to Hun Xen, as well as a fine, both totaling 16.5 million riels. Opposition > leader Sam Rainsy was sentenced in absentia by the Svay Rieng provincial > court on 27 January 2010 to 2-year of jail term in regards to his uprooting > of border stakes, he is also facing another lawsuit where he is accused of > falsification of public documents and disinformation. The latter case was > heard on 08 September, but the sentencing will not be known until 23 > September. Now, Mu is coming up again. That is another silly act of Sam Rainsy party. Remember! Mu Sochea was FIRST to file lawsuit against Hun Sen. She had only sentiment to support. Sentiment or hearsay are not legitimate evidence to prove anything in the court of laws. Mu cannot say that most people feel that Hun Sen really targeted her in his speech. Even when Hun Sen really did that, Mu could not prove in court by using hearsay. A diplomat should know better than that. To me, Mu did know that. However, she took the risk trying to embarrass Hun Sen. It didn't work because her accusation was completely based on hearsay. Is that how Sam Rainsy party is doing? -- 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
