The Opposition parliamentarians were not surprised that the Appeal Court yesterday withheld the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s decision to dismiss the Opposition leader’s lawsuit against the prime Minister for his role behind the March 1997 grenade attack that killed up to 20 people and injured more a hundred. It has affirmed a general belief that the court is not capable of acting impartially and independently. 

The Court and the authority have no intention of conducting a proper investigation or trial. There has been no official investigation or report on the incident in question. The prosecutor has done absolutely nothing besides producing a denial by the defendant of any wrong doing, taking statements from some of the witnesses for the plaintiff, and expecting the plaintiff to come up with evidence. And they summarily decide the court has not sufficient evidence to proceed to a trial.

The Opposition parliamentarians have no option but to announce that the Opposition leader will   take the case to the Supreme Court, and optimistically hope the top judiciary will help improve credibility of the court system as a whole.

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