Charges against Tycoon Duong Ngieb dropped

 


Buth Reaksmey Kongkea 

All charges against real estate tycoon Duong Ngieb, who was detained for fraud, forging public documents and issuing fake cheques to two Taiwanese businessmen, were dropped by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday.

Presiding Judge Sin Sovannroat said yesterday that Duong Ngieb’s was found not guilty and all charges against him were dropped. 

Ngieb was arrested on February 14, 2022, and sued by two Taiwanese businessmen identified as Chim Yu Yen and Yao Ching King for allegedly embezzling $7,305,000 from them for fake land titles between 2018 and 2020.

Ngieb allegedly issued fake cheques worth more than $7 million to the plaintiffs in order to settle his debts.

Ngieb, a former Lieutenant General Police Official working with the Ministry of Interior, was charged with three counts of “fraud and forging a public document”  under Articles 377, 378, 639 and 630 of the Criminal Code and with “issuing fake cheques” under Article 231 of the Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions.

However, at yesterday’s hearing Judge Sovannroat said: “Based on the hearing and after the judges’ council of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court had reviewed all relevant documents in the case, it was determined that Duong Ngieb was not guilty.

“Therefore, the Court has dropped all charges and ordered Ngieb’s release from prison if there are no other pending criminal cases against him,” he said.

He was released from PJ Prison by the Supreme Court on October 14 after he had been temporarily detained in prison for more than 8 months.

The deputy prosecutor for the case, Seng Heang, could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Both Ngiep and his lawyer could also not be reached for comment.




 

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