Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Cambodia opposition MP loses defamation case

August 5, 2009
ABC Radio Australia

The Cambodian prime minister, Hun Sen, has won a defamation case against former women's affairs minister Mu Sochua who had first brought a defamation case against him. She's been ordered to pay a fine - half of which will go to Hun Sen, and the other half to the state.
Some say the prime minister's case is part of a crackdown against critics. And Mu Sochua has, in the past, told Radio Australia that she would sooner go to jail than pay the fine. Zulfikar Abbany asks whether she is sticking to that decision.

Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Speaker: Mu Sochua, Cambodian opposition MP with Sam Rainsy Party

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