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13 Dic 2018

Autor:
Koemsoeun Soth, The Phnom Penh Post

Cambodia: PM believes that three union leaders of the six leaders recently convicted are innocent and offers witnesses to prove their innocence

"PM: Three protest union leaders ‘innocent’", 13 December 2018

Prime Minister Hun Sen said … that he believes three of the six union leaders convicted for their role in violent street demonstrations were innocent.

Seemingly contradicting the judgement handed down by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court ...

He said the people involved with “attempting to topple the government” in violent demonstrations at Veng Sreng Street in Phnom Penh must be punished, but that he believed three of the six convicted union leaders were not involved in the demonstrations.

Hun Sen named the three as the presidents of the Coalition of Cambodian Apparel Workers’ Democratic Union, Ath Thorn; the Collective Union of Movement of Workers, Pav Sina; and the former president of the Free Trade Union, Chea Mony…

…, Phnom Penh Municipal Court handed six union leaders – Ath Thorn, Chea Mony, Yang Sophorn, Pav Sina, Rong Chhun and Mam Nhim – two and a half year prison sentences each, along with a 35 million riel ($8,700) compensation …

But … the prime minister said there was sufficient evidence proving the innocence of three of the six convicted union leaders…

He cited the chairman of the Cambodia Human Rights Committee Keo Remy and journalist Soy Sopheap as key witnesses who are able to exonerate Chea Mony, Pav Sina and Ath Thorn.

“Keo Remy can be a witness for Chea Mony, because at the time I received a report that forces would intervene [in the Veng Sreng protests], I called Keo Remy to tell him to instruct Chea Mony not to get involved…

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