១៤ ធ្នូ ២០១៩ / 14 December 2019 - Both Kem Sokha and Sam Rainsy must be prosecuted for "treason" if the Hun Sen regime is consistent (*)
សម រង្ស៊ី ៖ "កាត់ទោសខ្ញុំផងដែរទៅ ពីបទក្បត់ជាតិ ទន្ទឹមលោក កឹម សុខា ពីព្រោះខ្ញុំបានពាក់ព័ន្ធច្រើនជាង ហើយស៊ីជម្រៅជាងលោក កឹម សុខា ក្នុងការទាក់ទងជាមួយអង្គការអាមេរិកាំងនានា ដើម្បីនាំមកនូវលទ្ធិប្រជាធិបតេយ្យនៅកម្ពុជា ក្នុងឋានៈខ្ញុំជាប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ កាលពីចុងឆ្នាំ ២០១៣ គឺនៅពេលដែលគេដកស្រង់ពាក្យសម្តីលោក កឹម សុខា ជាអនុប្រធានគណបក្សសង្គ្រោះជាតិ យកមកធ្វើជាមូលដ្ឋាន នៃការចោទប្រកាន់ ពីបទក្បត់ជាតិនោះ"
(*) SAM RAINSY : "PROSECUTE ME FOR TREASON ALONGSIDE KEM SOKHA"
Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on Wednesday asked to be charged with treason alongside his fellow Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) co-founder Kem Sokha. (...)
CNRP “acting president” Rainsy took to Facebook on Wednesday to say that he must also face prosecution if Sokha had been charged with treason as he was the party’s president at the time.
He said that since Sokha is charged with “colluding with a foreign power to overthrow the government” then he too should be similarly charged.
“I, Sam Rainsy, co-founder, former president and acting president of the CNRP, officially ask to be accused of the same ‘treason’ charge jointly with Kem Sokha, and to face prosecution along with my colleague Kem Sokha."
“If there is any accusation as serious as ‘treason’ charges against the CNRP or any of its high-ranking officials, I must be the first person to be investigated and to possibly face prosecution,” Rainsy said, adding that Sokha must have the charges against him dropped.
He said that video footage of Sokha claiming to supporters in Australia that he had US support through civil society groups – the main evidence behind the charge – was made when Sokha was vice-president of the CNRP and Rainsy president.
Consequently, as leader, he was at the top of CNRP decision-making and responsible for the party’s most important activities, including the receiving and allocating of donations from home and abroad.
He said he had met with democracy non-profits the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI), among “other US organisations” in US capital Washington, DC, more often than his then number two.
“I had met with IRI and NDI in Washington DC more often than Kem Sokha and had with them and other US organisations the most detailed discussions on assistance to be provided to the Cambodian democratic opposition,” Rainsy said. (...)
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