Friday, December 31, 2010

Opposition asks for visit to WFP staffer

Seng Kunakar: Arrested and sentenced by a Sunday Kangaroo Court for printing and distributing article posted on KI-Media
Thursday, 30 December 2010
Meas Sokchea
The Phnom Penh Post

PARLIAMENTARIANS from the opposition Sam Rainsy Party have requested permission to visit an employee of the United Nations World Food Programme who was jailed earlier this month on incitement charges.

Seng Kunnaka
, who worked in a WFP warehouse in Russei Keo district, was arrested on December 18 and convicted of criminal incitement in a rapid-fire trial at Phnom Penh Municipal Court barely 48 hours later.

In a letter sent to court president Chiv Keng on Tuesday, SRP Secretary General Ke Sovannaroth requested that five lawmakers be allowed to visit Seng Kunnaka at the city’s Prey Sar prison tomorrow. The letter followed an earlier one from December 23, which the SRP claims went unanswered.
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