Opposition leaders Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy sent a letter to King Norodom Sihamoni last Saturday, asking him to consider a royal pardon for them and the many human rights, land, environmental and political activists as well as the National Election Committee (NEC) official now detained or facing charges. But Prime Minister Hun Sen shot down the pardon appeal in a statement yesterday, trotting out the now time-worn reasons behind the charges and convictions levied against opposition party members and civil society workers.
 

“I would like to inform His Majesty that the case of Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha as well as other individual cases which were raised in the letter from Sam Rainsy and Kem Sokha is about law enforcement and is the work of the court,” Mr. Hun Sen said on Wednesday. He went on to tell the king that under the laws of the Kingdom, “competent authorities” had the right to implement the decisions of the court and excoriated Mr. Rainsy for fleeing the country and not “taking responsibility” for the alleged crimes he committed.
 

He did have somewhat kinder words for Mr. Sokha, writing that the deputy opposition leader’s use of the Appeal Court system showed that he wanted to protect himself through the law, as he did not agree with the court’s initial decision. Mr. Rainsy and Mr. Sokha, president and deputy president of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), sent the letter to the King in the hope that he would intervene and issue royal pardons for a litany of people who believe they have been imprisoned on politically-motivated charges.

 

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This should be labelled Cambodia, it looks like a Thai story so I clicked on it.

1 minute ago, sandrabbit said:

This should be labelled Cambodia, it looks like a Thai story so I clicked on it.

 

This topic is in the Cambodia News forum, it is where it is supposed to be. 

no I followed a headline topic, I never go in the Cambodian section. maybe one of the menus is wrong but I can't remember where I clicked and can't go backwards as I opened a new tab sorry.

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Thank you Stray, you have pointed out the obvious and I'd just never took it in ..

 

So therefore it should be labelled Cambodian announcement.

With the dearly departed kings name and pic plastered over everything, coupled by the new black and white confusion.... I did the same, so your not alone rabbit.