Travesty of justice in the kangaroo court: Sam Rainsy sentenced to 2 years in jail and 8 million riels ($2,000) in fine – as he has predicted

Wednesday, January 27, 2009
Source: DAP-news
Translated from Khmer by Socheata for KI-Media

Svay Rieng – The Svay Rieng court decided to sentence opposition leader Sam Rainsy to two years in jail and to pay 8 million riels ($2,000) in fine. The other 2 vilagers, Mr. Prum Chea and Mrs. Meas Srey, are sentenced to one year of jail time and to pay a fine of 5 million riels ($1,250) between the two. Furthermore, all three of the accused – Sam Rainsy and the two villagers – are ordered to pay 55 million riels ($13,750) to the state to be distributed as follows: 50 million riels ($12,500) to be paid by Sam Rainsy, and 5 million riels ($1,250) to be paid by the two villagers. The other 3 villagers who were also charged in this case, saw their cases dropped by the court.