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Cambodian court questions deputy opposition leader again over post-poll violent protests

Xinhua, April 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Cambodia's Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Wednesday questioned deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha again over post-election violent protests and his alleged remarks of trying to overthrow Prime Minister Hun Sen's government.

A few hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the court where security had been tightened. "The prosecutor had questioned me for seven hours about (post- election) protests and my remarks in the United States,"Sokha told reporters after the inquiry."The prosecutor asked me everything even the definition of'revolution'."

Sokha's lawyer Meng Sotheary said after the questions, the prosecutor has not made any specific charges against her client.

Court's deputy prosecutor Ly Sophana summoned Sokha, the first vice-president of the National Assembly, for questioning after Prime Minister Hun Sen last month accused him of leading post- election protests in 2013 in a plot to topple his legitimate government.

However, Sokha denied the allegations, saying he had not used the phrases"toppling the government."

In July, the court also questioned Sokha over a violent protest on July 15 that left more than 40 people injured, mostly security guards. No charges have been made against him at that time.

The opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) ended its 10-month boycott of parliament in July last year after Hun Sen agreed to share power in the parliament and reform the National Election Committee.

During its boycott of parliament after the 2013 elections, the CNRP had led numerous street protests, some of which turned violent, leaving people dead and injured. Endi