The Cambodian Supreme Court's decision to uphold a defamation conviction against Son Chhay, a former Adelaide school teacher, means he won't be able to run in the country's July national election.
Son Chhay's Candlelight Party was the best-performing opposition party at Cambodia's commune elections in June.Now, the country's supreme court has upheld an earlier defamation ruling.
The ruling exhausts legal avenues for Son Chhay, vice-president of the opposition Candlelight Party and a dual Australian and Cambodian citizen, who was awarded an Order of Australia in 2010.Cambodia's prime minister Hun Sen."Yes I was told by my lawyer that the Supreme Court upheld the conviction late on Thursday, Son Chhay told news agency AAP.
"When a case is prosecuted by the ruling party we don't expect anything but a conviction," the 67-year-old politician said.Crackdown on dissent But he was sued after he said publicly: "These election results do not reflect the will of the people who were intimidated. Their votes were bought and stolen."
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