Original report from Phnom Penh
05 March 2010
The National Assembly on Friday renewed parliamentary immunity for an opposition lawmaker who was absolved of criminal charges last year.Sam Rainsy Party lawmaker Ho Vann’s immunity was reinstated at the request of the Ministry of Justice, five months after his September 2009 acquittal of disinformation charges in a suit filed by senior military officials.
“The suspension was very quick and surprising, but the return was very late,” Ho Vann said Friday. “I think I was victimized at the time my parliamentary immunity was suspended. And when I got it back late, this is the second victimization.”
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