Washington, DC Thursday, 14 October 2010
“What they have raised as a resolution of the IPU, I cannot accept it as a parliamentarian of Cambodia.” - CPP Cheam Yeap
A group of European parliamentarians says charges brought in Cambodia against opposition leader Sam Rainsy are more political than criminal.
The Inter-Parliamentarian Union issued a resolution this month calling on Cambodian authorities to “explore ways and means of resolving the issues at hand through political dialogue.”
Sam Rainsy, who is in exile abroad, is facing a 12-year jail sentence in two cases, for uprooting markers along the Vietnamese border and for posting a map on his party's website the government says falsely alleges Vietnamese border encroachment.
The Appeals Court this week upheld a guilty verdict in Sam Rainsy's border marker case, which carries a two-year sentence for destruction of property and incitement.
The IPU called on the government to “enable Mr. Sam Rainsy to resume his parliamentary activities as rapidly as possible.”
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