Um Sam An

HE Um Sam An

Um Sam An / CNRP Parliament Member
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Date of Birth: July 27, 1976
Family: Married, One son

Arrested On: April 11, 2016
Sentenced On:
Sentence:
Judge:
Charge: At the time of the arrest, there was no warrant no nothing.

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Wed, 18 May 2016

Lay Samean, The Phnom Penh Post

The Appeal Court yesterday ruled that CNRP lawmaker Um Sam An must stay in custody on the grounds that he is a threat to social stability and may meddle in the case against him.  Sam An was arrested on April 11 for past criticisms of the government’s border policy after returning from an extended trip to the US, where he is also a citizen.

Sam An’s lawyers yesterday appealed the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision to deny their client bail. The appeal chamber was in session for about two hours before upholding the previous ruling.

Prior to yesterday’s hearing, the parliamentarian declared his incarceration “unconstitutional” as he was led past reporters in hand-cuffs. “The person who protects the territory is in prison, and the person who caused the loss of territory becomes a patriot,” he said.

Both Sam An and Sok Hour enjoy parliamentary immunity under the constitution, which their lawyers, and party, say has been violated. The authorities, however, have broadly interpreted a clause that allows them to arrest lawmakers caught in the act – or in flagrante delicto – to justify the arrests, which have been widely slammed as politically motivated.

Sok Hour’s trial, meanwhile, has stalled midway to allow prosecutors time to dig-up more evidence. Choungy, who also acts for the senator, said a Supreme Court hearing was scheduled for June 8 to contest the lower court’s handling of the case. However, he said, the men’s freedom was ultimately dependent on a political resolution.

Yesterday, rights group Licadho launched a webpage to highlight the growing number of political prisoners in Cambodia, which currently stands at 29 individuals, they said.

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History and Hypothetical Prediction

Um Sam An is a Parliament Member from the CNRP party. He represents the people from Siem Reap region. For the past several years, he has been very active in trying to make sure that border demarcations between Cambodia and Vietnam (Youn) are done  correctly.  He has been very concerned and so have the majority of Cambodians, that the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen was just following the lead or order from Vietnam, who for the past 800 years has been cleverly maneuvered itself to take a large portion of Cambodian territory, namely the Mekong Delta (Khmer Kampuchea Krom) and Koh Tral Island. The take over had been done mainly through some form of friendship between Vietnam and the puppet government it installed in Cambodia.  In this case, the similarity is quite obvious; the government of PM Hun Sen was installed by Vietnam (Youn) in 1979.