Cambodian lawmaker from the opposition Sam Rainsy party, Mu SochuoAFP
PHNOM PENH — An outspoken opposition lawmaker in Cambodia on Wednesday said she was ready to go to jail after the country's highest court upheld her conviction for defaming the powerful prime minister.
Mu Sochua of the opposition Sam Rainsy Party was convicted last year for defaming Hun Sen during an April news conference, in which she announced plans to sue the premier for allegedly insulting her.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the conviction against the former minister of women's affairs, for which she has been ordered to pay more than 4,000 dollars in fines and compensation to Hun Sen or face going to jail.
"I have been found guilty of a crime that I have not committed at all. This is not justice," Mu Sochua told reporters.
"This is justice for sale and this is justice for the powerful people only," she added, calling the ruling a "travesty".
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