Tuesday, August 04, 2009
By Robert Carmichael, Phnom Penh
ABC Radio Australia

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has won a defamation case against a former women's affairs minister.

Some observers say the case, one of a number brought against government critics, is part of a concerted crackdown.

A court in Phnom Penh fined the prominent opposition MP $US4,000 after ruling she had defamed Hun Sen.

Mu Sochua was sued after she brought a defamation case against him earlier in the year.