Saturday, October 03, 2009
Rasmei Kampuchea
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
Kampot SRP MP Mu Sochua showed up at the Appeal Court to clarify her lawsuit case in which she accuses Hun Xen of defaming her.
At the court, she still maintains that Hun Xen defamed her in a speech he gave in Kampot on 04 April 2009.
The new claim made by Mrs. Mu Sochua was made in front of Appeal Court Judge Uk Savuth in the afternoon of 02 October 2009, when Mrs. Mu Sochua was summoned by the court in relation to her lawsuit against PM Hun Xen.
Her original lawsuit was dismissed by the Phnom Penh municipal court in May and the court claimed that her lawsuit did not have the proper legal weight.
However, Mrs. Mu Sochua was not satisfied with the ruling of Phnom Penh municipal court and she also asked that the court review the case of the defamation lawsuit brought up by Hun Xen against her recently.
Following a 1-hour clarification at the Appeal Court, Mrs. Mu Sochua, a MP who lost her parliamentary immunity, told reporters that she maintains her claim about Hun Xen’s speech as aiming at her and it affected her honor as a Khmer woman.
Mrs. Mu Sochua also demanded that the Appeal Court hold a hearing to decide her case in conformance to Article 63 of the UNTAC criminal law regarding the defamation made against her that affects her honor and her good standing.
In the morning of 04 April 2009, during a speech made in Kampot province, Hun Xen said, without naming her, that a woman in Kampot who is a “Cheung Khlang” (thug) in the fight against land disputes, ran to hug someone, then she turns around and accuses that person of unbuttoning her blouse… Mrs. Mu Sochua claimed that Hun Xen’s speech was aimed at her and that it affected her honor as a representative of Cambodian women, as well as a MP.
Because of her daring to sue Hun Xen, Mrs. Mu Sochua was in turn sued back by Hun Xen who accused her of defamation against him.
On 04 August 2009, the Phnom Penh municipal court handed down its verdict and imposed a fine of 16.5 million riels ($4,100) on Mrs. Mu Sochua and decided that she lost her case against Hun Xen. This case has now reached the Appeal Court.
At the court, she still maintains that Hun Xen defamed her in a speech he gave in Kampot on 04 April 2009.
The new claim made by Mrs. Mu Sochua was made in front of Appeal Court Judge Uk Savuth in the afternoon of 02 October 2009, when Mrs. Mu Sochua was summoned by the court in relation to her lawsuit against PM Hun Xen.
Her original lawsuit was dismissed by the Phnom Penh municipal court in May and the court claimed that her lawsuit did not have the proper legal weight.
However, Mrs. Mu Sochua was not satisfied with the ruling of Phnom Penh municipal court and she also asked that the court review the case of the defamation lawsuit brought up by Hun Xen against her recently.
Following a 1-hour clarification at the Appeal Court, Mrs. Mu Sochua, a MP who lost her parliamentary immunity, told reporters that she maintains her claim about Hun Xen’s speech as aiming at her and it affected her honor as a Khmer woman.
Mrs. Mu Sochua also demanded that the Appeal Court hold a hearing to decide her case in conformance to Article 63 of the UNTAC criminal law regarding the defamation made against her that affects her honor and her good standing.
In the morning of 04 April 2009, during a speech made in Kampot province, Hun Xen said, without naming her, that a woman in Kampot who is a “Cheung Khlang” (thug) in the fight against land disputes, ran to hug someone, then she turns around and accuses that person of unbuttoning her blouse… Mrs. Mu Sochua claimed that Hun Xen’s speech was aimed at her and that it affected her honor as a representative of Cambodian women, as well as a MP.
Because of her daring to sue Hun Xen, Mrs. Mu Sochua was in turn sued back by Hun Xen who accused her of defamation against him.
On 04 August 2009, the Phnom Penh municipal court handed down its verdict and imposed a fine of 16.5 million riels ($4,100) on Mrs. Mu Sochua and decided that she lost her case against Hun Xen. This case has now reached the Appeal Court.
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