Judiciary has been under influence and control of the prime minister.
In a series of unprecedented moves, prime minister-designate Hun Sen brokered royal pardons for a growing list of incarcerated political activists – from Boeung Kak community leader Tep Vanny earlier this month to a group of 14 Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) officials who were freed on Tuesday. Despite prime minister-designate Hun Sen’s insistence that the pardoning and release on Saturday of incarcerated former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leaders were not motivated by pressure from abroad, former opposition leader Sam Rainsy claimed the opposite.
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Prime Minister-designate Hun Sen dashed the hopes of opposition supporters, saying that former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) leader Kem Sokha would not be freed on Wednesday.
The reason that the Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge extended former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s pre-trial detention by another six months on the grounds that Mr Sokha’s release could endanger public order. In response to former opposition leader Kem Sokha’s failure to secure his release at a bail hearing on Thursday, former Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) president Sam Rainsy demanded to be charged with treason as well.
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Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday postponed the trial for five human rights defenders charged with bribing a witness to September 18 after several witnesses failed to appear.
