KI-Media: "Baby Hor jumps to the defense of Dictator Hun once again: Who Let the Dog Out?"

Response to The Guardian August 5, 2009

Mr Alan Rusbridger
Editor
The Guardian
King’s Place
90 York Way
London N1 9
GUGREAT BRITAIN

Sir,

I was concerned and disappointed to read the report in yesterday’s Guardian (August 4) by your Southeast Asia correspondent Ian MacKinnon.

In his “Cambodian Diary,” Mr MacKinnon makes a number of serious allegations about the conduct of the Royal Government of Cambodia which I vigorously challenge.

First I would urge Mr MacKinnon to fully acquaint himself with the way the legal system operates in Cambodia before jumping to judgements of his own which turn out to be incorrect.

By filing a formal complaint against the parliamentarian Mrs Mu Sochua, the Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen was merely exercising his legal right in seeking to defend and protect his reputation. It was the courts which convicted her of defamation and imposed the fine and damages.

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