VOA慢速英语--柬埔寨称反对派领导人将继续被拘留

Cambodia Says Opposition¹ Leader to Stay Detained

The Cambodian government has rejected a demand from a major opposition party to release its leader from detention².

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday that Kem Sokha, leader of Cambodia’s National Rescue Party, will remain detained for now.

Kem Sokha has spent more than 18 months in detention. Party leaders are now demanding his release, noting that Cambodian law bans pre-trial detentions³ lasting⁴ more than 18 months.

The opposition leader was arrested in September 2017. He is accused of attempting to overthrow⁵ the government. But he has yet to be tried. Cambodia’s Supreme⁶ Court has banned the National Rescue Party. Those actions helped clear the way for Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) to win all 125 seats in parliament during the July 2018 elections.

After more than a year in prison, Kem Sokha was released on bail⁷ but put under court supervision⁸, which is similar to house arrest. He is not permitted to leave the area immediately around his home. He is barred from speaking to other opposition members, including his daughters, as well as any foreigners.

Cambodian officials have argued that Kem Sokha can remain in detention because he is technically⁹ still on bail and awaiting trial.

On Sunday, the National Rescue Party repeated its call for the government to immediately and unconditionally¹⁰ release Kem Sokha. In a statement, the party called his continued detention “a conspicuous¹¹ violation¹² of the nation’s constitution.” It said the charges against him and his detention are completely driven by politics.

“Kem Sokha is the symbol of positive change and non-violent struggle for freedom, respect for human rights and democracy in Cambodia,” the statement said.

But Hun Sen and his cabinet reject the calls to free Kem Sokha. A cabinet spokesman told VOA the opposition leader’s case must work its way through the courts, without government influence.

The National Rescue Party also called on the international community to take measures against Hun Sen’s government to press for full democracy and human rights.

Last week, United States lawmakers proposed a bill that would require the U.S. government to examine Cambodia’s preferential trade standing¹³. The bill calls for the government to decide whether the trade treatment should be “withdrawn, suspended, or limited.”

The move came a few weeks after the European Union launched efforts to consider changes to Cambodia’s preferential trade treatment with its members.

I’m Bryan Lynn.

Words in This Story

bail – n. an amount of money given to a court to let a prisoner to leave jail and return later for a trial

conspicuous – adj. very easy to notice

preferential – adj. given favorable treatment

1 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

2 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

3 detentions   

拘留( detention的名词复数 )； 扣押； 监禁； 放学后留校

参考例句：

• Teachers may assign detention tasks as they wish and some detentions have been actually dangerous. 老师可能随心所欲指派关禁闭的形式，有些禁闭事实上很危险。
• Intimidation, beatings and administrative detentions are often enough to prevent them from trying again. 恐吓，拷打和行政拘留足以阻止请愿者二次进京的脚步。

4 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

5 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

6 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

7 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

8 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

9 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。

10 unconditionally   

adv.无条件地

参考例句：

• All foreign troops must be withdrawn immediately and unconditionally. 所有外国军队必须立即无条件地撤出。
• It makes things very awkward to have your girls going back unconditionally just now! 你们现在是无条件上工，真糟糕！ 来自子夜部分

11 conspicuous   

adj.明眼的，惹人注目的；炫耀的，摆阔气的

参考例句：

• It is conspicuous that smoking is harmful to health.很明显，抽烟对健康有害。
• Its colouring makes it highly conspicuous.它的色彩使它非常惹人注目。

12 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

13 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。