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Cambodian court upholds politician's sentence for defaming premier

Posted : Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:28:43 GMT
By : dpa
Category : Asia (World)
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Phnom Penh - Cambodia's Appeal Court on Wednesday upheld the fine levied by a lower court on opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua in her legal wrangle with Prime Minister Hun Sen. Mu Sochua, a prominent member of the Sam Rainsy Party and a former minister of women's affairs, lost a defamation case brought by Hun Sun earlier this year.

She had originally sued Hun Sen for defamation after comments made by him in 2008 that she said referred to her. The courts threw out her case but allowed the prime minister to countersue on the basis that her lawsuit had defamed him.

Hun Sen won his case in early August with the lower court fining Mu Sochua around 4,100 US dollars.

Mu Sochua told the German Press Agency

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