Detainees not being used for leverage: Yeap

12 February 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Constitution and rights / Elections / Government / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / System of government
Cambodia National Rescue Party / Cambodian People's Party / Cheam Yeap / CLEC / CNRP / Community Legal Education Center / Court of Appeal / CPP / Moeun Tola / National Assembly / Yim Sovann

A senior ruling party lawmaker has rejected allegations that the group of 21 activists, unionists and workers arrested during protests last month and denied bail for a second time yesterday are being used as a political tool by the government to force the opposition party to join the National Assembly. Cheam Yeap, a Cambodian People’s Party lawmaker, yesterday insisted that the detainees’ cases were under the court’s control and that the ruling party would not be able to influence the legal outcome. … Moeun Tola, labour program head at the Community Legal Education Center, said outside the Appeal Court yesterday that government rhetoric in recent weeks had made him believe the detainees’ case was undoubtedly political. …

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