Ms. Seng Theary's lawyer, Mr. Choung Chung Ngy, plans to submit a letter to the Court of Appeal requesting the release of Ms. Seng Theary Return soon. He said that Seng Theary had the right to live on bail because the court had not yet ruled that Seng Theary was guilty.
Ms. Seng Theary's lawyer, Mr. Choung Chung Ngy, told RFA on July 31 that Ms. Seng Theary's detention was out of order. In enforcing the law, because the decision of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court is not a final decision yet, and he is preparing The documents were submitted to the Phnom Penh Court of Appeal for the release of Seng Theary. He considers his client to be a clean person and that Seng Theary's work in the past was merely an act of protest. Promote democracy in Cambodia only.
Although Seng Theary is an American citizen, Mr. Choung Chung Ngy claims that Ms. Seng Theary will remain in the judiciary as she used to Previously: "The lawyer has already appealed, so the court has no decision to apply for his arrest and imprisonment. Therefore, the imprisonment of him is not based on the verdict, the verdict is not final until the verdict. Only the final decision can be implemented in the verdict.
Regarding this issue, the President of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Mr. Taing Sunlay, told RFA that he had nothing to comment on because The detention of Miss Seng Theary is based on the decision of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court: “Yes, he understands that, but his judge Following the procedure, they can be arrested and detained, so he has argued in the verdict, and if he does not agree, he will appeal. I have no idea more than that.
In this regard, Adhoc Human Rights Defenders Yi Soksan believes that the court should release Seng Theary as she was. The court released former environmental activists and human rights activists to promote the government's freedom of expression and honor. He added that Ms. Seng Theary was a role model who had the courage to advocate for the government's wrongdoings and the courage to stand trial. Cambodia will not leave for the United States: “Miss Seng Theary, she respects the principles of the court and she did not go anywhere in As an American minor, he has the right to go out, but he does not go because he thinks he He is not guilty, so I think he should be released on bail at the request of his lawyer. ”
International legal and political science expert Seng Theary was sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to six years in prison on June 14: Conspiracy charges in the case of the return of the acting president of the National Rescue Party, Mr. Sam Rainsy in 2019. Prior to her arrest, Seng Theary had been in court for several months, and she considered the Cambodian court to be a theatrical court organized by Politicians.
National and international civil society organizations, as well as the United States, consider Seng Theary's conviction to be political and ask the court to release her. Freedom is restored unconditionally.