Court upholds verdict for opposition leader in defamation case
Cambodia's Appeal Court on February 9 upheld the verdict of a lower court ordering self-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy to pay 5,000 USD in fine and compensation in a defamation case.
President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party Sam Rainsy (Source: VNA)
Phnom Penh (VNA) - Cambodia'sAppeal Court on February 9 upheld the verdict of a lower court orderingself-exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy to pay 5,000 USD in fine and compensationfor accusing Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen of buying fake"likes" to raise his Facebook popularity.
Defence lawyer for Rainsy isallowed to file an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Earlier on March 10, 2016, Rainsywas sued by Som Soeun, Minister in charge of social media for Prime Minister SamdechHun Sen, for alleging that Hun Sen bought “likes” on Facebook to improve hisprestige.
At a trial court on November 8, Rainsywas ordered to pay a fine of 2,500 USD, apart from 3,750 USD in compensation toSoeun.
Rainsy, President of theopposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, has been living in self-imposedexile in France since November 2015 to avoid a two-year prison sentence in adefamation case brought by Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong.
On July 28, 2016, he was demandedto pay a fine of 2,500 USD and 37,500 USD in compensation to the plaintiff fordefaming National Assembly Chairman Samdech Heng Samrin at another court.-VNA
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President of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party Sam Rainsy (Source: VNA) 
