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Regarding two Thais convicted of espionage, he said a royal decree for reducing the sentence of Veera<br />
Somkwamkid and pardoning Ratri Pipattanaopaiboon would take effect on February 1 when the<br />
funeral begins.<br />
On Thursday, Prime Minister Hun Sen asked the Ministry of Justice to consider pardoning the two<br />
Thais following a renewed appeal by Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.<br />
Among those who are not being granted clemency are opposition leader Sam<br />
Rainsy, who is believed to be living in France, and radio station owner Mam<br />
Sonando.<br />
Posted by Socheata at 3:57 PM 14/01/2012<br />
Cambodia: Lawmakers Summon Court Chief<br />
SRP lawmaker Son Chhay<br />
January 11, 2013<br />
RFA<br />
Human Rights Watch charged last month that Cambodia’s<br />
courts are little more than an extension of Hun<br />
Sen and his ruling party.<br />
Cambodia’s opposition lawmakers on Thursday<br />
summoned the country’s top judge to answer<br />
queries in parliament over a series of court rulings which human rights groups say<br />
demonstrated the government’s misuse of the justice system to suppress dissent<br />
and undermine rights.<br />
The lawmakers want Supreme Court President Dith Monty to clarify the jailing of independent radio<br />
station chief Mam Sonando and others linked to an alleged secession plot, as well as convictions<br />
of exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy and a popular land activist.<br />
They also are seeking clarifications over the controversial dropping of charges against a former wellconnected<br />
governor in the shooting of three female garment workers.<br />
The lawmakers asked Dith Monty—who is also Chief Councilor of the Supreme Council of the<br />
Magistracy, the national body that regulates the judiciary— to clarify the cases before the National<br />
Assembly, the lower house of Cambodia’s parliament.<br />
In a letter to the judicial chief, the 17 members of parliament from the Sam Rainsy Party and the<br />
Human Rights Party said the cases showed the judiciary was not independent and was swayed by<br />
those in power.<br />
“Cambodia’s judicial system has not yet become independent in fulfilling its duties,” it said.<br />
“Judges and prosecutors are regarded as political tools for the ruling party and<br />
the rich.”<br />
National Assembly President Heng Samrin has endorsed the call for Dith Monty to rebut the<br />
allegations by the lawmakers but the Supreme Court has not yet responded to the letter.<br />
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