Lawyer says court won’t question lawmakers

12 August 2014
The Cambodia Daily
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The charges of “leading an insurrection” brought against seven CNRP lawmakers-elect after a violent protest last month now appear dead in the water, with their lawyers saying a Phnom Penh judge has told them he cannot question them over the case because they have sworn in as lawmakers. The seven lawmakers, along with another party official, were released on bail hours after Prime Minister Hun Sen and CNRP President Sam Rainsy struck a deal on July 22 to end the opposition’s boycott of the National Assembly. Three CNRP Youth activists remain imprisoned on related charges. CNRP Vice President Kem Sokha was issued a summons late last month calling him to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Monday for questioning over the July 15 protest at the center of the charges. Mr. Sokha sent two lawyers to the court to represent him Monday. …

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