Sam Rainsy won lawsuit by Hor 5 Hong

30 April 2011
By Tin Zakariya
Radio Free Asia
Translated from Khmer by Ossdey
Click here to read the original article in Khmer

Opposition Leader Sam Rainsy indicated on 30 April that he won the lawsuit brought up by Hor 5 Hong, the minister of Foreign Affairs. The lawsuit was dismissed by the French “Cour de Cassation” (the equivalent of the Supreme Court) after Sam Rainsy’s appealed his case against Hor 5 Hong’s 2008 lawsuit.

Sam Rainsy said over the phone from France that his French lawyer told him that the French Supreme Court decided that he won the case over Hor 5 Hong, after Sam Rainsy appealed his case to the French Supreme Court. Hor 5 Hong won the case in the first instance court and in the appeal court. He accused Sam Rainsy of defamation after Sam Rainsy accused him of being the former Boeng Trabek jail chief under the Khmer Rouge regime.

Kar Savuth, Hor 5 Hong’s lawyer, said on 30 April that he did not know about this issue yet.

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