After the Phnom Penh municipal court issued its verdict against SRP MP Mu Sochua, whose parliamentary immunity was lifted by the National Assembly, and it declared that she lost in the defamation lawsuit brought up by Hun Xen, Mrs. Mu Sochua indicated that the court verdict was not based on the law, but it rather a political sentence.

Mrs. Mu Sochua told reporters on Tuesday morning, following the court verdict ordering her to pay a fine and a compensation to Hun Xen for a total amount of 16.5 million riels, that in the decision handed down by the Phnom Penh municipal court, the judge did not use her conscience nor the law to judge this case for her.

Mu Sochua said: “Today’s decision of the PPenh municipal court is a decision which I can see clearly that it was done according to an order issued by politicians, and this decision turned the innocent people into those who are sentenced instead.”