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Tith Sothea (L) and Yim Sovann (R) (Photos: RFI)15 Jan 2010
By Leang Delux
Radio France Internationale
Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy
Click here to read the article in Khmer
A government official declared that the SRP is conducting demagoguery on border problem, and he also accused the SRP of forcing people to provide signatures and thumbprints to support an alleged illegal action perpetrated by Sam Rainsy. Yim Sovann, the SRP spokesman responded that his party’s president did not do anything illegal.
The tit for tat reactions criticizing each other between the SRP and the government regarding the case of Sam Rainsy uprooting border stakes is a continuing saga.
Currently, the SRP is collecting signatures and thumbprints from citizens for a petition to be sent to King Norodom Sihamoni, asking the latter to intervene with the court to drop the charges leveled against Sam Rainsy.
During a press conference held on Friday morning, Tith Sothea, a government advisor [and a member of the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit – the PQRU], commented that Sam Rainsy is influencing and forcing villagers to provide their thumbprints. Tith Sothea added that those who provided their thumbprints do not represent the entire Cambodian population and they could become emotional victims because they helped the SRP President who was at fault (sic!).
Nevertheless, the Svay Rieng court charged Sam Rainsy and set his court hearing date on 27 January. It appears that Mr. Sam Rainsy will not be present during this hearing. He was charged by the Svay Rieng provincial court of destroying public properties and incitation to racial discrimination after he uprooted stakes along the border between Cambodia and Vietnam in Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province last October.
While the Cambodian court is preparing to try Sam Rainsy, sVar Kim Hong, the chairman of the government joint border committee went to meet Nguyen Tan Dung, the Vietnamese prime minister, on Thursday in order to push for a speedup of the planting of border posts between the two countries. The installation is expected to complete by the end of 2012.
The tit for tat reactions criticizing each other between the SRP and the government regarding the case of Sam Rainsy uprooting border stakes is a continuing saga.
Currently, the SRP is collecting signatures and thumbprints from citizens for a petition to be sent to King Norodom Sihamoni, asking the latter to intervene with the court to drop the charges leveled against Sam Rainsy.
During a press conference held on Friday morning, Tith Sothea, a government advisor [and a member of the Council of Ministers’ Press and Quick Reaction Unit – the PQRU], commented that Sam Rainsy is influencing and forcing villagers to provide their thumbprints. Tith Sothea added that those who provided their thumbprints do not represent the entire Cambodian population and they could become emotional victims because they helped the SRP President who was at fault (sic!).
Nevertheless, the Svay Rieng court charged Sam Rainsy and set his court hearing date on 27 January. It appears that Mr. Sam Rainsy will not be present during this hearing. He was charged by the Svay Rieng provincial court of destroying public properties and incitation to racial discrimination after he uprooted stakes along the border between Cambodia and Vietnam in Chantrea district, Svay Rieng province last October.
While the Cambodian court is preparing to try Sam Rainsy, sVar Kim Hong, the chairman of the government joint border committee went to meet Nguyen Tan Dung, the Vietnamese prime minister, on Thursday in order to push for a speedup of the planting of border posts between the two countries. The installation is expected to complete by the end of 2012.
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