Cambodia: opposition party leader summoned for questioning

The procuracy office of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court summoned Sam Rainsy, President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), to appear in court on February 14 for questioning over the defamation charge filed by Ky Tech, a lawyer of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Tuesday, January 31, 2017 16:23

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President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) (Photo: AFP/VNA)

PhnomPenh (VNA) – The procuracy office of the Phnom Penh Municipal Courtsummoned Sam Rainsy, President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party(CNRP), to appear in court on February 14 for questioning over the defamationcharge filed by Ky Tech, a lawyer of Prime Minister Hun Sen.

SamRainsy, who has been in self-imposed exile abroad since November 2015, is facinga series of lawsuits and possibly arrest if he returns to Cambodia. He has beenconvicted in absentia of defamation.

Theoffice also invited Sam Sokung, a lawyer of Sam Rainsy, to attend the interrogation.

OnJanuary 18, PM Hun Sen empowered Ky Tech to lodge the complaint against SamRainsy to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court before he left for Switzerland toattend the World Economic Forum.

Thecomplaint was made after Sam Rainsy said that the Prime Minister had offeredsocial media celebrity Thy Sovantha 1 million USD to fund the campaign againstthe opposition party.

Inthe complaint, PM Hun Sen also demanded a compensation of 1 million USD fromSam Rainsy.

Aday earlier, Thy Sovanntha also filed a defamation lawsuit against Sam Rainsy,demanding 250,000 USD in compensation.

OnAugust 1, 2016, PM Hun Sen sued Sam Rainsy for slandering the government andthe Prime Minister of standing behind the assassination of a politicalanalysis.

SamRainsy has been living in exile from November 2015 to avoid a two-year prisonsentence over defaming Deputy PM Hor Namhong in 2008.

LastDecember, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court also sentenced in absentia Sam Rainsyto another five years in prison for conspiring to incite chaos in the countrythrough posting fake documents on his Facebook page.-VNA

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