On 16 November 2009, Var Kim Hong, chairman of the joint border resolution committee, and Ang Vong Vattana, minister of Justice, held a press conference at the Council of Ministers to discuss the lifting of Sam Rainsy's immunity (Photo: Sok Serey, RFA)Min of Justice pushes Svay Rieng tribunal to summon Sam Rainsy ASAP
17 Nov 2009
By Sok Serey
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
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The Cambodian ministry of Justice plans to
push the Svay Rieng provincial court to summon opposition leader Sam Rainsy soon in order to question him about the destruction of public properties charge, a criminal offense, leveled against him recently.
The exact schedule for the issuing of this summon has not been set yet.
Ang Vong Vattana, the minister of Justice, said during a press conference held at the council of Ministers on Monday 16 November that: “Following the lifting of [Sam Rainsy’s] immunity, the prosecutor of the Svay Rieng provincial court will summon H.E. Sam Rainsy for questioning, this is not an actual questioning, it’s only for him to reply about the rule of the accusation, and also to collect evidences for the investigation.”
Keo Thea, the Svay Rieng provincial court prosecutor, said that he cannot tell the schedule of Sam Rainsy’s summon.
Keo Thea said: “I cannot provide the information for you, this is H.E. Sam Rainsy’s immunity. It depends on the MPs. How the National Assembly moves forward, I don’t know. Therefore, I cannot provide the information to you.”
Var Kim Hong, chairman of the joint committee for border resolution said, during the joint press conference, that the 6 border posts that Sam Rainsy pulled out are border posts that are agreed upon by Cambodian and Vietnamese experts, and that they were no joke made to cut and sell the land.
Var Kim Hong said: “In Svay Rieng province, Mr. (Sam Rainsy) ordered his group to pull and destroy the 6 stakes for the border post, they (stakes) surrounded the area to plant the post that our technical group is looking for a proper location in order to install the permanent border post.”
On the other hand, opposition leader Sam Rainsy said over the phone from France: “In Cambodia nowadays, it is very strange: those who are faithful to the nation, those who are faithful to the people, they are met with problems, but those who oppress the people, those who destroy the nation, those who sell the nation get away free, and they also obtain high position.”
Sam Rainsy did not provide the schedule for his return to Cambodia yet.
Immediate reactions from high-ranking government officials came on the same day that Sam Rainsy saw his parliamentary immunity lifted by the National Assembly. The immunity lifting was made to allow the Svay Rieng provincial court to summon Sam Rainsy for questioning on the charge of destroying public properties in Samrong commune, Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province on 25 October 2009.
Cambodian government border experts indicated that Cambodian and Vietnam have planted more than 100 posts in 9 provinces bordering the two countries. The two sides plan to install all the border posts before the end of 2012. A total of 370 border posts will be planted.
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