CRP President Kem Sokha (Source: Reuters) Phnom Penh (VNA) - The National Assembly (NA) ofCambodia has allowed legal proceedings against lawmaker Kem Sokha, President ofthe opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP).
The decision was made during an unscheduled NA meeting onSeptember 11 under the chair of NA President and President of the rulingCambodian People's Party Samdech Heng Samrin. The meeting was boycotted by CNRPlawmakers.
Earlier on September 3, Sokha was arrested after a video,broadcast by the Australia-based Cambodian Broadcasting Network, showed that heand accomplices colluded with foreigners to plot against the Cambodiangovernment.
He was charged with treason by the Phnom Penh municipalcourt last week.
The Cambodian NA has 123 seats, 68 of which is claimed by theCPP while the remaining by the CNRP. According to the law, a decision will bepassed when half of them voted in favour.-VNA
The decision was made during an unscheduled NA meeting onSeptember 11 under the chair of NA President and President of the rulingCambodian People's Party Samdech Heng Samrin. The meeting was boycotted by CNRPlawmakers.
Earlier on September 3, Sokha was arrested after a video,broadcast by the Australia-based Cambodian Broadcasting Network, showed that heand accomplices colluded with foreigners to plot against the Cambodiangovernment.
He was charged with treason by the Phnom Penh municipalcourt last week.
The Cambodian NA has 123 seats, 68 of which is claimed by theCPP while the remaining by the CNRP. According to the law, a decision will bepassed when half of them voted in favour.-VNA
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