‘I have no more ways to Protest’: Mu Sochua

Written by DAP NEWS -- Saturday, 03 October 2009

(Post by CAAI News Media)

Interviewed by around 10 journalists waiting for her in the front of the Appeals Court room, Mu Sochua, Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) lawmaker, said that she has no more ways left to protest her verdict.

The Appeal Court Prosecutor General on Friday afternoon recalled Mu Sochua to question her further about her case with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen after she disagreed with the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s verdict in the defamation case she lost against the premier.

“I don’t have any more ways to protest,” Mu Sochua said.

However, she claimed that she represented herself at the Appeals Court.

“I could not have another lawyer as I don’t want any lawyers to suffer like Kong Sam On,” Mu Sochua said, referring to her former counsel.

Ouk Savuth, the Appeal Court Prosecutor General, could not be reached on Friday for comment. Ky Tech, the premier’s lawyer, on Friday told DAP News Cambodia that the court has yet to recall him.

“I am ready to face Mu Sochua,” said Ky Tech.

The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on August 4 announced its decision to fine MP Mu Sochua, an opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian, CR 16.5 million after ruling in favor of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The premier had brought a defamation suit against Mu Sochua.

Mu Sochua faced the court without defense lawyer after her former lawyer Kong Som Onn defected to the Cambodian People Party (CCP) and sent an apology letter to the Premier Hun Sen. Mu Sochua asked the court for Sok Sam Eoun, Cam-bodian Consulting Lawyer director, to be her defense lawyer. He declined her request.