tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19157117680142599382024-03-02T09:30:44.411-08:00REAKSMEY KONGKEAReaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-7744289629742983412024-01-30T21:50:00.000-08:002024-01-30T21:55:15.804-08:00 Authorities nab suspected drug smugglers and seized more than 1,000 kilogrammes of ice<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ-jRoxDJKnwBkIpVgHA7iuZj2jIn9SJENUQX7KN7W9VWHIN24KegGAY94n5JqMSegUDwGD6cjHa5TVO8jkhfrFDsO3BpmWEkZ8YaZXlQQk7Dm1KTqOM93pBJBhCrXxucbB2LpyUEKc3_NiVcBpuFykI-tan71tkldgDzHTxXVzAJpate_KWU7hXvzmQ/s1280/2%20VN%20s.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHZ-jRoxDJKnwBkIpVgHA7iuZj2jIn9SJENUQX7KN7W9VWHIN24KegGAY94n5JqMSegUDwGD6cjHa5TVO8jkhfrFDsO3BpmWEkZ8YaZXlQQk7Dm1KTqOM93pBJBhCrXxucbB2LpyUEKc3_NiVcBpuFykI-tan71tkldgDzHTxXVzAJpate_KWU7hXvzmQ/s320/2%20VN%20s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span></p><p>
</p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Military police in Preah Vihear province yesterday arrested two men suspected
of transporting more than 1,000 kilogrammes of methamphetamines (ice) from Laos
into Cambodia.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lieutenant Colonel Duong Sarith, the Deputy Commander of Preah Vihear
Provincial Military Police, told <i>Khmer Times</i> yesterday that the two
suspects, one the driver and owner of the car previously seized by the
authorities and the other his worker, were arrested on Monday in Chey Sen
district located next to the Cambodia-Laos border. </span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lt Col Sarith said that they were arrested following an earlier
incident when the suspects abandoned the car near a forest and fled into the
undergrowth to escape pursuing Military Police who had spotted the suspicious
looking vehicle driving along the border at night on January 20. After
searching the abandoned car, police found more than one tonne of ice.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6KSLQa3w4lbyjgpGkueziyRhoLMb1pvFWIKRArQn2rlHc6gQ3OGYlvmCEZL-Euz1Ym6hk6gbNN_SE4GOP8KWfqZu7rhBNdgiilzY7X4fAu7pxylXtLx_bV1oK88s-zBuY2CIcgcUU2PrC9XmWwy0bv43kPHvCeO2H4fi8Camh3zD2OtVkBh06WaaQfo/s1280/2%20VN%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc6KSLQa3w4lbyjgpGkueziyRhoLMb1pvFWIKRArQn2rlHc6gQ3OGYlvmCEZL-Euz1Ym6hk6gbNN_SE4GOP8KWfqZu7rhBNdgiilzY7X4fAu7pxylXtLx_bV1oK88s-zBuY2CIcgcUU2PrC9XmWwy0bv43kPHvCeO2H4fi8Camh3zD2OtVkBh06WaaQfo/s320/2%20VN%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The suspects are believed to be the ringleaders of a drug gang and had
been at large since fleeing the scene of the January 20 incident.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">After their arrest and questioning by the Military Police, the duo
along with the seized drugs were sent to the Preah Vihear Provincial Court for
further questioning.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lt Col Sarith added that the suspects were identified as Moeun Sakravy, 42; and Van Moeung, 24. They both were </span><span style="color: #222222;">accused of “drug transport
and trafficking” under Article 40 of Cambodia’s Law on Drugs Control and each face
up to life in prison.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-RHV8PAl5QpPYRZ5DQXYTLJgAxavWCH9Xu2mPo8pLtfgxfEaCBVylEqVp0LNRBJehJV8ZZXFW4dHDjQD_YltFj3qIQb6j5sTrPlEpiNR-sxKtDC6vXKSJJnjqF4AMaI8HB_AU9lo0UPQUeix2ntVFAfCdlokzInPsEuQMqcn-thOFF_0yv2fowRa1pM/s1280/Verdicts.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="878" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl-RHV8PAl5QpPYRZ5DQXYTLJgAxavWCH9Xu2mPo8pLtfgxfEaCBVylEqVp0LNRBJehJV8ZZXFW4dHDjQD_YltFj3qIQb6j5sTrPlEpiNR-sxKtDC6vXKSJJnjqF4AMaI8HB_AU9lo0UPQUeix2ntVFAfCdlokzInPsEuQMqcn-thOFF_0yv2fowRa1pM/s320/Verdicts.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Chum Kaniya, the Chief of Secretariat of Administration Department at
the Preah Vihear Provincial Court, confirmed yesterday that the two suspects
are still being question by the Provincial Prosecutor. </span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">However, Kaniya declined to provide further details about the case as
it was still under investigation.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">According to a Military Police report, at midnight on January 20, Military
Police in Preah Vihear province cracked down on a group of men suspected of smuggling
drugs across the Cambodia-Laos border and seized more than 1,000 kilogrammes of
ice and a SUV from the group in Sen Chey district.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">While driving the car on the Cambodian side of the border, the group
was spotted by the Provincial Military Police who patrol the area.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The authorities pursued the suspects, but they abandoned the car near the
forest behind the Military Police post and fled into the undergrowth then
across the border. </span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Military Police inspected the abandoned car and seized more than one
thousand big packages weighing a total of 1, 020 kilogrammes of
methamphetamine.</span><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: #222222;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-39943200774077801322024-01-30T21:34:00.000-08:002024-01-30T21:34:24.955-08:00 Over 1.5 tonnes of drugs seized off Sihanoukville, 5 arrested<p><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU-_OYUv-r-2nQX5TbVB3oa4KVyPVEpm21JrFa__qwTi3ctkSJDbUdFF0RjGdmQaqfugF0OfhSCd0gQpc5cr-_oRMUrEpkVj9byEuDT1fVZhK_zBQxt4G6dpJpulLzTs6rRxYwWoYSmtB3sH1zJVkL-RexIojIk7Zd9wYIaEJWQG6nJlHhEYFk7Ut9eno" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiU-_OYUv-r-2nQX5TbVB3oa4KVyPVEpm21JrFa__qwTi3ctkSJDbUdFF0RjGdmQaqfugF0OfhSCd0gQpc5cr-_oRMUrEpkVj9byEuDT1fVZhK_zBQxt4G6dpJpulLzTs6rRxYwWoYSmtB3sH1zJVkL-RexIojIk7Zd9wYIaEJWQG6nJlHhEYFk7Ut9eno" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;">Buth
Reaksmey Kongkea</span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The
anti-drug police force emerged successful in yet another major crackdown
conducted on January 20 midnight.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">In
the Monday midnight major drug overhaul, the police in the Anti-Drug Department
of the Ministry of Interior, in coordination with Preah Sihanouk provincial
anti-drug police and maritime police, seized more than 1.56 tonnes of narcotics
off Sihanoukville from five suspects, comprising two Chinese, two Taiwanese and
a Filipino.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lieutenant
General Khoeng Sarath, Chief of Anti-Drug Department in the Ministry of
Interior, told a press conference yesterday that the arrests in Preah Sihanouk
province were made at about 3 am on Monday midnight on two speedboats parked in
the middle of the sea in the province’s Stung Hav district.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw4VvyCgT0hIM2nqXcMMc7G9M93FHHl2mqEUHeKr3Q3k4fKPH4JDeocVLdPXMGNFSiiJsdIZYv-2LOUsfoarAsvgzMsnAcE8oA55XQiVE-0_Kp1L9Z2yCI-XTsMKkclmtHjH_8i9AKyqfHCUgkcLXUKOQR-CcuVYpO0pkCH9bw-IaFc_ea2-5x0GMN04c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhw4VvyCgT0hIM2nqXcMMc7G9M93FHHl2mqEUHeKr3Q3k4fKPH4JDeocVLdPXMGNFSiiJsdIZYv-2LOUsfoarAsvgzMsnAcE8oA55XQiVE-0_Kp1L9Z2yCI-XTsMKkclmtHjH_8i9AKyqfHCUgkcLXUKOQR-CcuVYpO0pkCH9bw-IaFc_ea2-5x0GMN04c" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The
another crackdown on Monday was carried out around the same time along the Laos
border in Preah Vihear province and the anti-drug police nabbed three men
involved in trafficking of 1,020 kilogrammes of methamphetamine.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Explaining
the arrests in Preah Sihanouk, Lt Gen Sarath said, “Our anti-drug police
officers had spent almost a year in researching and following the suspects’
activities to make this largest drug crackdown to happen. Police followed their
activities from Phnom Penh to Preah Sihanouk province.”</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He
said that the police also seized a total of 67 sacks of ketamine and
methamphetamine (or ice), totally weighing 1,566 kilogrammes, two speedboats,
two wooden boats, one motorbike, five mobile phones, two passports and other
related materials from them.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">“The
police in the anti-drug department in the Ministry of Interior had cracked down
on many drug trafficking cases. But this is the biggest case that the police
had handled so far this year,” Lt Gen Sarath told the press conference
yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy6yygM6B37xylYDoUbNFYwdn1RjmAi4bL-A5lwNW7sjTWQbj4_ZnVwGB-lRyUBEcxIYZ537jz8LRTK-wj_211N5UwJlheyLyv3cHPfTl7acx9_MoCYojX0XC0DXqkofBjWCVtddcnctfZRAsV5lox9ju0vl8XR6Q5B0n1cctWVHWBjIIalubgUKxFvHE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiy6yygM6B37xylYDoUbNFYwdn1RjmAi4bL-A5lwNW7sjTWQbj4_ZnVwGB-lRyUBEcxIYZ537jz8LRTK-wj_211N5UwJlheyLyv3cHPfTl7acx9_MoCYojX0XC0DXqkofBjWCVtddcnctfZRAsV5lox9ju0vl8XR6Q5B0n1cctWVHWBjIIalubgUKxFvHE" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #222222;">Lt
Gen Sarath added that the five suspects are being temporarily detained at the
Anti-Drug Department in the Ministry of Interior for questioning and further
investigation. On completion of the investigation, they will be sent to the
court to charge sheet them.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He
added that the five suspects were arrested for transporting the drugs from
Thailand and attempting to smuggle it into Sihanoukville by sea and the amount
of drugs seized is the largest so far this year.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">According
to the police report, the Chinese were identified as Shi Yuan and Huang Xiao
Yu, while the Taiwanese were Li Zhong and Huang Zhi Hong, and the Filipino was
named Luo Shun.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">If
found guilty, the suspects will be charged with “drug possession, transport and
trafficking” and each face a jail term up to life sentence.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The
two simultaneous raids helped the authorities to bust drug smugglers trying to
find a safe haven for their illegal activities in the country and stop more
than two tonnes of meth being circulated in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-8550027801726901152024-01-30T21:26:00.000-08:002024-01-30T21:36:06.925-08:00Doctor Ngeth Samoun arrested for illegal trafficking of human organs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTMyqXChqHB7GeFcB03aATuRbHHM3AxUEeuAGHQmfDyBIb0XeJz6s8rekUXIukNi7Hi2OQVCFaVfwDOd57BnJSPPeZw7nB82NvLuzMcBG6bTj3awjJ_XtfpB5BKNw0M09K9u1fTrlJMhOcGcOPATp36s73t3YmC1bITBH1_REjKC6Tfh4uVk_sCbm7Dvc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="932" data-original-width="1400" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTMyqXChqHB7GeFcB03aATuRbHHM3AxUEeuAGHQmfDyBIb0XeJz6s8rekUXIukNi7Hi2OQVCFaVfwDOd57BnJSPPeZw7nB82NvLuzMcBG6bTj3awjJ_XtfpB5BKNw0M09K9u1fTrlJMhOcGcOPATp36s73t3YmC1bITBH1_REjKC6Tfh4uVk_sCbm7Dvc" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; text-align: justify;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A physician who serves
as the general director of a run-down polyclinic facility in the municipality
was prosecuted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and placed under arrest for
allegedly engaging in the kidneys and organs and defrauding 18 victims out of
about $1 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The guy was identified
as Ngeth Samoun, the General Director of the Metro RLV Polyclinic, who resides
in the Sen Sok area of Phnom Penh's O-Bek K'om commune, according to a court
record dated January 25.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRCs_mcblFn7VKfdX1B5YU8RbGXk8JRVJTe8Czv-Pu1xru0t0S_cOE9986gBRZiaNzZxi1f-HF6bAljI4oIBeqPlEckyb0gcrni8MKc4jCDlvj_gwff4Xi3xfjJDg0ZaSLCSiV_74fGS7CMT0E148VZxrmVjq41JOosdw2rdBrOXqQluZMBWFgqZzJugQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="696" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjRCs_mcblFn7VKfdX1B5YU8RbGXk8JRVJTe8Czv-Pu1xru0t0S_cOE9986gBRZiaNzZxi1f-HF6bAljI4oIBeqPlEckyb0gcrni8MKc4jCDlvj_gwff4Xi3xfjJDg0ZaSLCSiV_74fGS7CMT0E148VZxrmVjq41JOosdw2rdBrOXqQluZMBWFgqZzJugQ" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /><span style="font-size: 28pt;">Article 22 of the Law on
the Management of Donation Transplantations of Cell Tissues and Human Organs
charges the accused of "illegal organ trafficking (kidney
transplant)" and Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code charge the
accused of "fraud."</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If found guilty, the
accused may spend seven to fifteen years in prison.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The victim claimed there
was illegal organ and kidney trafficking as well as a fraudulent case at the
Metro RLV Polyclinic in O-Bek K'om commune, according to Brigadier General Keo
Thea, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Interior's Anti-Human Trafficking
Department, who spoke with Khmer Times yesterday. The victim's complaint was
received by police in the Ministry of Interior's Juvenile Protection and
Anti-Human Trafficking Department on October 16 of last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Major General Soem
Phanom, the Chief of the Ministry of Interior's Anti-Human Trafficking and
Juvenile Protection Department, led the team of professional police experts and
investigators who looked into the victim's complaint, according to Brig Gen
Thea.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He stated that the
accused Ngeth Samoun was subsequently taken into custody on January 21 in the
Keo Seima district of Mondulkiri province, in compliance with the arrest
warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said that Ngeth
Samoun was first taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for interrogation
following his arrest, and that he was then placed in temporary custody at the
Correctional Centre 1 (CC1) while the pre-trial proceedings were ongoing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to Brig Gen
Thea, organ donation and kidney transplant operations are both permitted under
Cambodian legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He added that the
trafficking of kidneys or organs is however illegal and prohibited.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to a police’ report,
after the police's investigation in this case, 18 victims, who had kidney
disease, stayed at the Metro RLV Polyclinic in Sen Sok district.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the
victims, they have already paid Ngeth Samoun a minimum of $50,000 to enable
them to travel to India for a kidney transplant. However, they haven't yet
visited India or undergone kidney transplants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In connection with the case,
the Ministry of Health issued an order on January 17 to cease all operations at
the Metro RLV Polyclinic.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Ministry of Health's
instruction states that the Metro RLV Polyclinic's operations had been shut
down due to a breach of the Law on the Management of Donation Transplantations
of Cells, Tissues, and Human Organs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ngeth Samoun could not
be reached for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A physician who serves
as the general director of a run-down polyclinic facility in the municipality
was prosecuted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court and placed under arrest for
allegedly engaging in the kidneys and organs and defrauding 18 victims out of
about $1 million.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The guy was identified
as Ngeth Samoun, the General Director of the Metro RLV Polyclinic, who resides
in the Sen Sok area of Phnom Penh's O-Bek K'om commune, according to a court
record dated January 25.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Article 22 of the Law on
the Management of Donation Transplantations of Cell Tissues and Human Organs
charges the accused of "illegal organ trafficking (kidney
transplant)" and Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code charge the
accused of "fraud."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If found guilty, the
accused may spend seven to fifteen years in prison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The victim claimed there
was illegal organ and kidney trafficking as well as a fraudulent case at the
Metro RLV Polyclinic in O-Bek K'om commune, according to Brigadier General Keo
Thea, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Interior's Anti-Human Trafficking
Department, who spoke with Khmer Times yesterday. The victim's complaint was
received by police in the Ministry of Interior's Juvenile Protection and
Anti-Human Trafficking Department on October 16 of last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Major General Soem
Phanom, the Chief of the Ministry of Interior's Anti-Human Trafficking and
Juvenile Protection Department, led the team of professional police experts and
investigators who looked into the victim's complaint, according to Brig Gen
Thea.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He stated that the
accused Ngeth Samoun was subsequently taken into custody on January 21 in the
Keo Seima district of Mondulkiri province, in compliance with the arrest
warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He said that Ngeth
Samoun was first taken to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for interrogation
following his arrest, and that he was then placed in temporary custody at the
Correctional Centre 1 (CC1) while the pre-trial proceedings were ongoing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to Brig Gen
Thea, organ donation and kidney transplant operations are both permitted under
Cambodian legislation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He added that the
trafficking of kidneys or organs is however illegal and prohibited.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to a police’ report,
after the police's investigation in this case, 18 victims, who had kidney
disease, stayed at the Metro RLV Polyclinic in Sen Sok district.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the
victims, they have already paid Ngeth Samoun a minimum of $50,000 to enable
them to travel to India for a kidney transplant. However, they haven't yet
visited India or undergone kidney transplants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In connection with the case,
the Ministry of Health issued an order on January 17 to cease all operations at
the Metro RLV Polyclinic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Ministry of Health's
instruction states that the Metro RLV Polyclinic's operations had been shut
down due to a breach of the Law on the Management of Donation Transplantations
of Cells, Tissues, and Human Organs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ngeth Samoun could not
be reached for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt: 12.65pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 28pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-70681103246516914282024-01-30T19:59:00.000-08:002024-01-30T20:00:30.826-08:00Court of Appeal rejects Sokha’s appeal over restriction on visits<p><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6Oxh7tXQ5PuguikO1H_wclCrSeoqaR7jCMIUPZWUjNmKtguDA7lVh7qRpN-vO8HehFR1AI0QKkb79GVIurscNrO3soXBkY2yBH995B6ESMZ99MZTdQ5l_D52IHTWlWlkcn0hyQFLDwu7rxT7kZGiO3S_pVTGtcPerCEPhTezIGBjpGvQ2D04j64e49I/s750/Kem%20Sokha2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6Oxh7tXQ5PuguikO1H_wclCrSeoqaR7jCMIUPZWUjNmKtguDA7lVh7qRpN-vO8HehFR1AI0QKkb79GVIurscNrO3soXBkY2yBH995B6ESMZ99MZTdQ5l_D52IHTWlWlkcn0hyQFLDwu7rxT7kZGiO3S_pVTGtcPerCEPhTezIGBjpGvQ2D04j64e49I/s320/Kem%20Sokha2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">In the first appeal hearing that began yesterday, the
Phnom Penh Appeal Court denied the request of Kem Sokha, the former CNRP leader
under house arrest, to lift restrictions on visits from his family and friends,
including foreigners.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">The Judges Council of the Phnom Penh Appeal Court
yesterday began the appeal hearing of the former opposition leader under tight
security, on the charge of “conspiring with foreign power” to overthrow the
elected government between 1993 and 2017.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">The 70-year-old was sentenced by the Phnom Penh
Municipal Court on March 3 last year to 27 years in prison and also banned him
from politics, following his arrest on September 3, 2017. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">The judges’ council members comprised Presiding Judge Im
Vannak, judges Khun Sona and Ly Sokleng and two deputy prosecutors, I'm
Saphan and Hean Rith, while veteran lawyers Ang Udom and Meng Sopheary, represented
as Sokha’s defense lawyers. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">Lawyer Udom told reporters outside the court, “During
the hearing, we, as the co-lawyers requested the judges’ council to fix the appeal
hearing dates. The council said it will be held only nine times. We also asked
the court not to restrict him from meeting with his lawyers, friends or
foreigners if there is no order from the prosecutor. But the judges’
council of the Phnom Penh Appeal Court refuted it.” </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">“We regret the decision of the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court because the decision is not based on facts and the law,” he said, adding
that the judges’ council did not question his client yesterday.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">The rest of the hearings will be conducted twice in a
month, on Thursdays, between 8 and 11 am.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">The defense lawyer also said that two important
witnesses, Kong Koam and Chhim Phalvorun, will be summoned for appeal hearing. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">After the court proceedings, Sokha was taken back to his
home in Chbar Ampov district’s Prek Eng commune, to be placed under house
arrest.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;">The next hearing is scheduled on February 8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: KHM;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-70799197623409294712024-01-30T19:36:00.000-08:002024-01-30T19:36:58.176-08:00 Ex-KRP President William Guang sentenced for armed robber<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2wUt0RsBtuDnqFSDQ6KqA5IDbmur4DCe1Hc1wsXPv0RpntumwWuZzfpjm98psCnGsX53pnUZ0ZiQdIz_MJniSI85otVyEQKFh6LECFS666IvJEPDe_isGJK_CIEx3K3YPxOforCTefMFoL5G5ytK2MfWrUsK_mU4j7t7lDDuF_VbJ2OerV9FgSYAMZ2Y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2wUt0RsBtuDnqFSDQ6KqA5IDbmur4DCe1Hc1wsXPv0RpntumwWuZzfpjm98psCnGsX53pnUZ0ZiQdIz_MJniSI85otVyEQKFh6LECFS666IvJEPDe_isGJK_CIEx3K3YPxOforCTefMFoL5G5ytK2MfWrUsK_mU4j7t7lDDuF_VbJ2OerV9FgSYAMZ2Y" width="320" /></a></div><br />Buth Reaksmey Kongkea<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Former President of the Khmer Rise Party William Guang and
four colleagues were sentenced <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on January
29, 2024 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court from four to six years each for a botched armed robbery in Kampong Speu
province’s Kong Pisei district in 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is the second case of armed robbery by Guang and his
gang. In the first case, the group was sentenced in 2022 by the municipal court
from six to nine years each for robbing online vendor An Siev Mey in Phnom Penh
earlier in 2022. The sentences will be served consecutively.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In yesterday’s court case, the five accused were Sok Sovann
Vathana Sabung alias William Guang, 44, the former President of Khmer Rise
Party (KRP); Or Ramorn, 33, the former driver of William Guang; Sovann Ranuth,
26, the former personal assistant of Guang; and Keth March, 26, former account
of the KRP.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMR3egxSHj3jQwg757XveEeZNe0OQAtXwO8f6ZAwuntfMjVBAqj8B5zVmaBdYSHBpYtFiAIcHOzuaeWOAZoqhMY-Tx3-Du6FIdgaq-2GnQTpKGRhgQiKIDsVimpO4iC8ANBoSjCZWqhgdlHLFdJa_mtdlmta_6qfpbUImisvZ_3Uk-r-qhW8O_6ucQ1qc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMR3egxSHj3jQwg757XveEeZNe0OQAtXwO8f6ZAwuntfMjVBAqj8B5zVmaBdYSHBpYtFiAIcHOzuaeWOAZoqhMY-Tx3-Du6FIdgaq-2GnQTpKGRhgQiKIDsVimpO4iC8ANBoSjCZWqhgdlHLFdJa_mtdlmta_6qfpbUImisvZ_3Uk-r-qhW8O_6ucQ1qc" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Presiding Judge Chhun Davy stated that the accused William
Guang was sentenced by the court to six years while Ramorn and Ranuth sentenced
to five years each and March was convicted by the court to four years.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the night of November 5, 2021, the accused posing as
police officers and armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and two handguns stopped
the car of property business woman Morn Dany on National Road No. 3 in Kampong
Speu province’s Kong Pisey district to rob her.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But their plan failed, as the only person in the car was the
driver, who fled the botched hold up and later alerted Dany who reported the
incident to local police. The victim also filed a lawsuit with the Military
Police for intervention.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dany and her driver later identified the suspects after
William Guang and his colleagues were arrested on December 20, 2022 after they
robbed tycoon online vendor An Siev Mey in Phnom Penh.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">During yesterday’s trial, the accused denied the
allegations, claiming they didn’t commit the 2021 robbery.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Guang and his wife Sovann Srey Soryopor, 24; Or Ramorn, Neth
Thai Mony, Sovann Ranuth, Chuon<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sopheaktra, Keth March, and Thun Wathanak Boramey, 27, were sentenced on
August 2, 2022 by the Municipal Court from six to nine years in prison each in
connection with the An Siev Mey robbery committed in Por Senchey district.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501124174/ex-political-leader-william-guang-receives-9-year-jail-sentence-for-armed-robbery</p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-247987804724303742024-01-24T03:03:00.000-08:002024-01-24T03:03:24.259-08:00 Former celebrity Keo Pisey falls from grace<p><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMkkVL-JpiyxBXz5tIxAqgOHAyuQk0Fvl4Mms7EjgUCXuIVq2QOEVwcQT-_Aj_TerDfhUhYsmnD98613WKZxjRCmNMKLOlVQQWY9-IHFOyk21rJmdry73Hlh0GXga5R97-EEgmNlK-XSh1hZhCz5zw5QATEtRCTL6aWd8d_c2mZgd-pcxtS59m7ywDkYY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="880" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMkkVL-JpiyxBXz5tIxAqgOHAyuQk0Fvl4Mms7EjgUCXuIVq2QOEVwcQT-_Aj_TerDfhUhYsmnD98613WKZxjRCmNMKLOlVQQWY9-IHFOyk21rJmdry73Hlh0GXga5R97-EEgmNlK-XSh1hZhCz5zw5QATEtRCTL6aWd8d_c2mZgd-pcxtS59m7ywDkYY" width="160" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="text-align: justify;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The Phnom Penh
Municipal Court arrested and charged yesterday the former famous singer and
film star Keo Pisey for allegedly breaching trust and issuing a dud cheque
worth nearly $20,000 last year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The former celebrity
was charged on two counts of “Breach of Trust and Issuing Dud Cheque” under
Article 391 and 392 of the Criminal Code and under Article 231 of the Law on
Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions, according to the court’s arrest
warrant issued by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s prosecutor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Pisey, 27, also known
as Ratanak Pisey, is the owner of the Eli KP Trading company and resides in Sen
Sok district’s Khmuonh district in the capital.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">If convicted, she faces
between one to five years in prison.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Lieutenant Colonel Sim
Saveth, the deputy chief of the penal office in the Ministry of Interior, told <i>Khmer
Times</i> yesterday that after Pisey’s arrest, she was sent by penal police from
the Ministry of Interior to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for questioning.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiexIJQatWH4LXWeO4fiGqPhz3LIr8BbkNpL1Z1SEHVAq6tsFqogURZTw3U0r9bZBKHuBkpHAcAVgOr9VnG0hSNVGfGchET6d-aKiMX6dK3Kv_LzlgQBXSlBwT1W8bwOoTEngzbY7m7odPmDgcMTOvMquRYO3o4-wrrivfQBVYgAitscg-H9qBRwG3V9FI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="435" data-original-width="856" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiexIJQatWH4LXWeO4fiGqPhz3LIr8BbkNpL1Z1SEHVAq6tsFqogURZTw3U0r9bZBKHuBkpHAcAVgOr9VnG0hSNVGfGchET6d-aKiMX6dK3Kv_LzlgQBXSlBwT1W8bwOoTEngzbY7m7odPmDgcMTOvMquRYO3o4-wrrivfQBVYgAitscg-H9qBRwG3V9FI" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">He said that Pisey was
sued by her business partner Phan Soriya, 31, alleging that she had borrowed
money and later issued a cheque worth $19,200 on April 13, 2023 to resolve the
debt.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">He went on to say that the
cheque bounced when the plaintiff attempted to cash it at the bank; however, whenever
the plaintiff questioned Pisey about the cheque and demanded money, Pisey
always deferred payment to another day.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhL84JhqpiHk_-1FtBzV-rMAdZ0lfWofdVrA1buKbCVjXzcnYAmQS3pTYCmHPCyMsTcVx-Re1I_WIq_RXbxCdECTuhP2BaQnrZ7WAhiwBadW3ZkUjMwRguT8pXPVNdaTiiinRNLUhRpZuMz0_ynFBKkI87VLakSYN9qrp8jyIWT4voaS-GZKFpkNh1cLA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="833" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhL84JhqpiHk_-1FtBzV-rMAdZ0lfWofdVrA1buKbCVjXzcnYAmQS3pTYCmHPCyMsTcVx-Re1I_WIq_RXbxCdECTuhP2BaQnrZ7WAhiwBadW3ZkUjMwRguT8pXPVNdaTiiinRNLUhRpZuMz0_ynFBKkI87VLakSYN9qrp8jyIWT4voaS-GZKFpkNh1cLA" width="156" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The plaintiff
eventually lodged the lawsuit to demand damages with the Penal Police
Department and the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on January 10, which led to her
arrest on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-31235847102021532932024-01-24T02:58:00.000-08:002024-01-24T02:58:32.269-08:00 Police hunt for suspects who killed pregnant woman<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKnBRK9YXNGx9Fi7uzHZ957pGxTnDvXNjwoud92lRY9jrlbmhu0hA40kRqwTuxa4plu8H9Jk7ypBNbfd0wnPgoZfpeMVL3MaG7nwsiRL6QmycMDi-tNhkJmC_Cze7mEWyu5Qb_1PsZzzhzeTc2tsDvu6gJ6M1RcWYkHKyWIVa7phDjmQK0WXQk3nFsPJs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKnBRK9YXNGx9Fi7uzHZ957pGxTnDvXNjwoud92lRY9jrlbmhu0hA40kRqwTuxa4plu8H9Jk7ypBNbfd0wnPgoZfpeMVL3MaG7nwsiRL6QmycMDi-tNhkJmC_Cze7mEWyu5Qb_1PsZzzhzeTc2tsDvu6gJ6M1RcWYkHKyWIVa7phDjmQK0WXQk3nFsPJs" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 28pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">In a remote area of a village in the Ang Snoul district
of Kandal province, a five-month pregnant woman was killed by having her throat
slashed and burned alive. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Police are now hunting for the suspects. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Veng Thavry, a 26-year-old former garment factory worker
who resides in Rumlech village, Tuol Pich commune, Kandal province, was
identified as the victim by Major Nuon Chamroeun, the Deputy Chief of Tuol Pich
commune police.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivfZYf2ZPQNX7_glSc3EjEUb2-31FLANl1G_cOOIsraXw7pud2h-n5AIydfboP6GzVEncRgLYzNsFxGbYJEs1nsXeDvbamG8OgjcwP5Bi_fti_76SvuZkx33BCMRs4NrsW_WMVCWMoPu22GYQbloJINbq7ad7jNKn53Ldz-AfsHmjmC2MGG8Hpnrw5xK0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="504" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivfZYf2ZPQNX7_glSc3EjEUb2-31FLANl1G_cOOIsraXw7pud2h-n5AIydfboP6GzVEncRgLYzNsFxGbYJEs1nsXeDvbamG8OgjcwP5Bi_fti_76SvuZkx33BCMRs4NrsW_WMVCWMoPu22GYQbloJINbq7ad7jNKn53Ldz-AfsHmjmC2MGG8Hpnrw5xK0" width="189" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">According to Maj Chamroeun, the victim's husband claimed
that on January 16, the victim received a call from a suspected debtor who
wanted to meet with her in the village to collect the debt. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He said that the victim's spouse had driven her to an
arranged location in Rumlech village on his motorcycle. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He claimed that after they got to the appointment
location, the wife told the husband to drop her off there and he was told to
wait for her in a local coffee shop. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The husband then drove his motorbike to the coffee shop and
waited for her.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">Maj Chamroeun claimed that after waiting a while the
husband called his wife and was told to go home first. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He added that the husband returned home.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv3of_7YqQNxyd4ftAMkREoPbAQgcmUNQ736taMoSb30cLMSpx3Nhx1wxSx8iaforl4VGkJZiDwIpdwYlMAtH9KFka3rhHK80MaWFiGdErOlDHQs7dNVaKvRLjeLlL6SK1_vEBxtlWA25mpKTQMHeV5U7eXx8Ux_XwxmeG8sUJIJz8UrB-aOcEzVJ8kqg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="540" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhv3of_7YqQNxyd4ftAMkREoPbAQgcmUNQ736taMoSb30cLMSpx3Nhx1wxSx8iaforl4VGkJZiDwIpdwYlMAtH9KFka3rhHK80MaWFiGdErOlDHQs7dNVaKvRLjeLlL6SK1_vEBxtlWA25mpKTQMHeV5U7eXx8Ux_XwxmeG8sUJIJz8UrB-aOcEzVJ8kqg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“The victim however did not return home,” Maj Chamroeun said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">“Her husband asked for intervention,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">On January 21, a villager who discovered the victim's
charred body in a peaceful forest region near Rumlech village called the
police. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He claimed that upon receiving the report, the victim's
relatives and the police visited the scene to examine the body and ascertained
that it belonged to Veng Thavry, who had been missing for six days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">"The victim’s throat was slashed according to the
inspection of her body." <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJrSmYDdL4JeOnOXL-hSiFRazpVABZaQBeUx0hsHGWwa3HQfALFlRQpDN15xVnYnqV8bTROSYuSAxGlR_hk0-ZtD7-XudYR4BvnFNshXCDuMCPwebygxGDeAwFD2sFbe1nT6Ntcr8hgpzPaFQAC7KjrCTDNomAR6mJckxVVgcmATTRdanBaU7AsZ1akHw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="1400" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJrSmYDdL4JeOnOXL-hSiFRazpVABZaQBeUx0hsHGWwa3HQfALFlRQpDN15xVnYnqV8bTROSYuSAxGlR_hk0-ZtD7-XudYR4BvnFNshXCDuMCPwebygxGDeAwFD2sFbe1nT6Ntcr8hgpzPaFQAC7KjrCTDNomAR6mJckxVVgcmATTRdanBaU7AsZ1akHw" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 28pt;">"We believe the suspects moved her to a quiet place
after killing her and burned her to destroy the evidence." </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">The chief of the Ang Snuol district police, Colonel Mean
Samnang, ssaid the case was determined to be premeditated murder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Police are, however, still unsure of the motive. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;">He added that police have yet to identify the suspects.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK3;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK2;"></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK1;"></span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 28.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-51984205592424736742024-01-24T02:53:00.000-08:002024-01-24T02:53:14.409-08:00 Authorities nab suspected drug smugglers<p> </p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRoAkJ--9w25LJZ8nUPTM3IS09f1EsvYKeXASj9zAN-kig3dNRhNEDRr2j7vWooqvo9_jvpnO6BTcsDLiIv0kXiW_2LXeDu4ymgi9Ah_T7CQH_dGIgJ7tEny3U83LX6K7NkiOPIt1DiESmONYE8EMFsgw540w7xq-Efc3WQPQpxXez4jXcuVaT3GVJD1U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRoAkJ--9w25LJZ8nUPTM3IS09f1EsvYKeXASj9zAN-kig3dNRhNEDRr2j7vWooqvo9_jvpnO6BTcsDLiIv0kXiW_2LXeDu4ymgi9Ah_T7CQH_dGIgJ7tEny3U83LX6K7NkiOPIt1DiESmONYE8EMFsgw540w7xq-Efc3WQPQpxXez4jXcuVaT3GVJD1U" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #222222;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Military police in Preah Vihear province yesterday arrested two men suspected
of transporting more than 1,000 kilogrammes of methamphetamines (ice) from Laos
into Cambodia.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lieutenant Colonel Duong Sarith, the Deputy Commander of Preah Vihear
Provincial Military Police, told <i>Khmer Times</i> yesterday that the two
suspects, one the driver and owner of the car previously seized by the
authorities and the other his worker, were arrested on Monday in Chey Sen
district located next to the Cambodia-Laos border. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lt Col Sarith said that they were arrested following an earlier
incident when the suspects abandoned the car near a forest and fled into the
undergrowth to escape pursuing Military Police who had spotted the suspicious
looking vehicle driving along the border at night on January 20. After
searching the abandoned car, police found more than one tonne of ice.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The suspects are believed to be the ringleaders of a drug gang and had
been at large since fleeing the scene of the January 20 incident.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvzdvd9DM24Jxq40ZTc4a0aVjhb2KlEDCXWfaEphRhVN58IGcHVBjWX9SmxofBKzqkSR1idGCWZkEfo5g94vGIokgK2ZBPxI0WSO4_41QagjLHDJKI1-yzkPTX9KSuqezM_ykIYSHE3AvlGztNI9iCpC5FcuZMw_j7l4Pk_1Ri5G8K-urnEVW34oMQDW8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvzdvd9DM24Jxq40ZTc4a0aVjhb2KlEDCXWfaEphRhVN58IGcHVBjWX9SmxofBKzqkSR1idGCWZkEfo5g94vGIokgK2ZBPxI0WSO4_41QagjLHDJKI1-yzkPTX9KSuqezM_ykIYSHE3AvlGztNI9iCpC5FcuZMw_j7l4Pk_1Ri5G8K-urnEVW34oMQDW8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">After their arrest and questioning by the Military Police, the duo
along with the seized drugs were sent to the Preah Vihear Provincial Court for
further questioning.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Lt Col Sarith added that the suspects were accused of “drug transport
and trafficking” under Article 40 of Cambodia’s Law on Drugs Control and each face
up to life in prison.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">However, Lt Col Sarith refused to release the suspects’ identities.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoPwe1OGivB3yyAwLZ3NM5OEO3rig7fvCZhBsRhoSh6E4GwVnYaGf_oZ88QQgcUjgkNbR_Q4q2R3fAbxnY5av7uIh9IEA9YzIwe2RomK6j2Xz4AnmR1mx8SEsf_4xvTn8Hvc3Oy4p5llRblIEy_D7cRYwoOH6OPZ7-SQZzmrkxfr3ngld03bfNygCMinE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoPwe1OGivB3yyAwLZ3NM5OEO3rig7fvCZhBsRhoSh6E4GwVnYaGf_oZ88QQgcUjgkNbR_Q4q2R3fAbxnY5av7uIh9IEA9YzIwe2RomK6j2Xz4AnmR1mx8SEsf_4xvTn8Hvc3Oy4p5llRblIEy_D7cRYwoOH6OPZ7-SQZzmrkxfr3ngld03bfNygCMinE" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Chum Kaniya, the Chief of Secretariat of Administration Department at
the Preah Vihear Provincial Court, confirmed yesterday that the two suspects
are still being question by the Provincial Prosecutor. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">However, Kaniya declined to provide further details about the case as
it was still under investigation.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">According to a Military Police report, at midnight on January 20, Military
Police in Preah Vihear province cracked down on a group of men suspected of smuggling
drugs across the Cambodia-Laos border and seized more than 1,000 kilogrammes of
ice and a SUV from the group in Sen Chey district.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">While driving the car on the Cambodian side of the border, the group
was spotted by the Provincial Military Police who patrol the area.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The authorities pursued the suspects, but they abandoned the car near the
forest behind the Military Police post and fled into the undergrowth then
across the border. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Military Police inspected the abandoned car and seized more than one
thousand big packages weighing a total of 1, 020 kilogrammes of
methamphetamine.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-7759878042718914302024-01-21T02:22:00.000-08:002024-01-21T02:22:44.237-08:00“Bigamist” Deputy Commissioner of Police jailed for false marriage documents<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLmhRsLLol_EWFKcYRGzT2Vu0hyodiAr6L6Fq4AF4mBuB5JX_aqnTuD-KUA0cX0Sr2CS9iBBsxalF4ZiNBvNOWZ5hwEYyauGN2QmWUWqunyM_NAI8Optv6k0PBV6rTLcl8bZLe4XWsYSXA6YmvtW5GevsULMsT2lQI9EcyCWZT2YdcLraioJCLfO8gcU8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLmhRsLLol_EWFKcYRGzT2Vu0hyodiAr6L6Fq4AF4mBuB5JX_aqnTuD-KUA0cX0Sr2CS9iBBsxalF4ZiNBvNOWZ5hwEYyauGN2QmWUWqunyM_NAI8Optv6k0PBV6rTLcl8bZLe4XWsYSXA6YmvtW5GevsULMsT2lQI9EcyCWZT2YdcLraioJCLfO8gcU8" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Deputy Commissioner of Police has been arrested and jailed after he allegedly forged documents in a false claiming in order to bigamously marry a second woman.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsxwkh1mRUVrx0XXCFsbXOmkPq4JbLX4lAQHPWp41F_uc1suAGrhMobeQan0a-SFPCF3A-NSE-F9XYLdIv4_YfoQQv9rkE2MU0IqattSnqsUeuWfooDR8TkhURLQzk5a3aOhnh57X5PyBWkJ4vQbEwM6kFLRgifbCuhcehyjiTZ3mXM4u4sOILQPI4kuw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1043" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhsxwkh1mRUVrx0XXCFsbXOmkPq4JbLX4lAQHPWp41F_uc1suAGrhMobeQan0a-SFPCF3A-NSE-F9XYLdIv4_YfoQQv9rkE2MU0IqattSnqsUeuWfooDR8TkhURLQzk5a3aOhnh57X5PyBWkJ4vQbEwM6kFLRgifbCuhcehyjiTZ3mXM4u4sOILQPI4kuw" width="196" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">The <span style="color: #323232;">Brigadier General Ngam Ry, the Deputy Chief of Kampong Speu Provincial Police was arrested on January 20. </span></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323232;">According to information from Kaheng commune officials, Mr. Ry applied for a marriage certificate in the name of “Khuth Vathana”, living in Khnar village, Prek Leap commune, Muk Kampoul district, Kandal province.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #323232;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgamuAi4MI17FfXBlMpE_xetYYk5sKZAHT8FyOWG_rBOub86yJTIJoCIr-bi2N22hc2emTyl25Y43wuExoi8lXiYbHwdvnT8U5Blq9flhYAwhyly0vY85EXvh2tQ_jnEW1NYLiyK5s0W5wTHm8nhUz4lBCfsRw505-vFmLx8BQ_W1Lnh3GfYeoeb41XJms" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="955" data-original-width="788" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgamuAi4MI17FfXBlMpE_xetYYk5sKZAHT8FyOWG_rBOub86yJTIJoCIr-bi2N22hc2emTyl25Y43wuExoi8lXiYbHwdvnT8U5Blq9flhYAwhyly0vY85EXvh2tQ_jnEW1NYLiyK5s0W5wTHm8nhUz4lBCfsRw505-vFmLx8BQ_W1Lnh3GfYeoeb41XJms" width="198" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #323232; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">However, Mr Ngam is apparently already married, in his correct name and – although separated from his first wife – he is not actually divorced.</span><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #323232;">On the afternoon of January 18, 2024, the wife of Brigadier General Ry filed a formal complaint to prevent the wedding to a new bride.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #323232;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #323232;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNUbmjqux7RwbFWSmbG5eNpg4r9o5mePLV2zbo26BL2w1UGPmK23hCmwoRIoNtIwPxVCldp35TuzRqdQZTEr4ySsYtChRgJhSGpd4w9rM4RjIijMJaUer17QVG9U5njwCXQ2Uju8FIz2vgKtl9x69S_Pi6v3mek-obj34QeznjKomzcc7G9-8KLS1R6GU" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="850" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNUbmjqux7RwbFWSmbG5eNpg4r9o5mePLV2zbo26BL2w1UGPmK23hCmwoRIoNtIwPxVCldp35TuzRqdQZTEr4ySsYtChRgJhSGpd4w9rM4RjIijMJaUer17QVG9U5njwCXQ2Uju8FIz2vgKtl9x69S_Pi6v3mek-obj34QeznjKomzcc7G9-8KLS1R6GU" width="159" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="color: #323232;">Mr Ry was therefore arrested yesterday by Provincial Police.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 11.25pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbQHdIoyYkFw5GOBX1JC_auvmqE36XWT2NFj2uh2wASpIOBcx_hLlWSriBaomkblG387-5WB6XAjPi0bhnVzllKjPx4TJ3logGtygLzEk6U4DEBoiL22YzIxpxlfaBBeEjyXzA4H6aFEZWTYihbKheU3XNAP3H2-yfLC0-Hgvfg_D683Z2XMuyuE3P06E" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="842" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhbQHdIoyYkFw5GOBX1JC_auvmqE36XWT2NFj2uh2wASpIOBcx_hLlWSriBaomkblG387-5WB6XAjPi0bhnVzllKjPx4TJ3logGtygLzEk6U4DEBoiL22YzIxpxlfaBBeEjyXzA4H6aFEZWTYihbKheU3XNAP3H2-yfLC0-Hgvfg_D683Z2XMuyuE3P06E" width="158" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-88220381496143387372024-01-21T02:06:00.000-08:002024-01-21T02:06:58.844-08:00 Deputy Commissioner of Sihanoukville’s rank revoked<p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_Kd-JZYzeAoxMEcLVoNwCsiDCmze6WdF9Z1AVVasn6IuGE9BYzFyfU4flXgZfqI63KBC-NjxIzcucoJl7TwBqUOIVIW6ZC1qWwGtT-GjgSLwzqeHBKbW5SJbwNKLFDdBdPPi79xyu8yFeYsDjQEolBqcWNvpgwMnnfBsAl1RatkKuqoo5LniqY5680nM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj_Kd-JZYzeAoxMEcLVoNwCsiDCmze6WdF9Z1AVVasn6IuGE9BYzFyfU4flXgZfqI63KBC-NjxIzcucoJl7TwBqUOIVIW6ZC1qWwGtT-GjgSLwzqeHBKbW5SJbwNKLFDdBdPPi79xyu8yFeYsDjQEolBqcWNvpgwMnnfBsAl1RatkKuqoo5LniqY5680nM" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p> Buth Reaksmey Kongkea </p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Manet, has issued a
sub-decree to revoke the rank of colonel from Colonel Sok Sopheap,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Colonel Sok Sopheap. No. 64435, is a senior police officer
of the Cambodian National Police within the Ministry of Interior and had the
role of the Deputy Chief of Preah Sihanouk Province. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrTnUnAFYgaGVvg_PlgWR1TgHn_bTy1lYCwi8ftNEwwWSBjM_1L_hCPS8uyflFZ-19VeGdhyZfV-Ucx-Rb2uvEByIpZMdewMS87S7U4sNoaWA7YI2wcReAFmrQtivdex2VU6WUkqv0ZZYoHJ9tXI8q9aDd1q8cKqoPaKoofTKmRIqV5gFW4F4RuTzVQao" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjrTnUnAFYgaGVvg_PlgWR1TgHn_bTy1lYCwi8ftNEwwWSBjM_1L_hCPS8uyflFZ-19VeGdhyZfV-Ucx-Rb2uvEByIpZMdewMS87S7U4sNoaWA7YI2wcReAFmrQtivdex2VU6WUkqv0ZZYoHJ9tXI8q9aDd1q8cKqoPaKoofTKmRIqV5gFW4F4RuTzVQao" width="170" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo0BP8-Gjcr-Uun5V6ipyCbZXt63kNWFHhKHvI6cVYb9G93G3T7T7sLR-ZK29thBW52yr4Gwuqr9Q6vDHtuqUJDf04-RhEzoqN-kmvH3EAMrgz7l8I2JsKTuHCvAOjckG6k1ZM9bARGRItv50CIaoLGTNA6vmSR0Dr66rcoLLE3nLGX_NkbUR4iRiAssw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgo0BP8-Gjcr-Uun5V6ipyCbZXt63kNWFHhKHvI6cVYb9G93G3T7T7sLR-ZK29thBW52yr4Gwuqr9Q6vDHtuqUJDf04-RhEzoqN-kmvH3EAMrgz7l8I2JsKTuHCvAOjckG6k1ZM9bARGRItv50CIaoLGTNA6vmSR0Dr66rcoLLE3nLGX_NkbUR4iRiAssw" width="170" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-25505972313227739992024-01-21T01:41:00.000-08:002024-01-21T01:41:45.316-08:00 Drug traffickers handed 30 years to life in prison<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKuW1fjNUwYzjMjpERR9W3a_6IjgqDqVemToL9CNr5YiT1ATCb4UBgs2ITO1NDrRI6YK3ABrdcasnHGRiwN0rd86Y4EQu6UxGaCHqbSQ_N_qtsBRXGOB4Oz4RElm7qSBY6-coPGgSrcHblaOv5LoECEbtFEwHCQempA0nb1U5pP497Au8IoTh86EYb2AQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgKuW1fjNUwYzjMjpERR9W3a_6IjgqDqVemToL9CNr5YiT1ATCb4UBgs2ITO1NDrRI6YK3ABrdcasnHGRiwN0rd86Y4EQu6UxGaCHqbSQ_N_qtsBRXGOB4Oz4RElm7qSBY6-coPGgSrcHblaOv5LoECEbtFEwHCQempA0nb1U5pP497Au8IoTh86EYb2AQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Buth
Reaksmey Kongkea</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced four suspected drug traffickers yesterday
from 30 years to life in prison for allegedly possessing and trafficking nearly
four kilogrammes of ecstasy and ice in 2022.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Presiding
Judge Thorn Porhiek identified the four suspects as Nuth Keosara, 23, Pon
Bunneang also known as Pek, 36, Pen Saochum, 31, and Sok Youphou, 27.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Judge
Porhiek stated that Keosara, who is the mastermind of the drug trafficking ring
and the owner of the seized drugs, was sentenced to life in prison and fined 40
million Riels ($10,000) while Bunneang, Saochum and Youphou were sentenced to
30 years and fined 30 million Riels ($7,500) each.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He
added that they were charged with “drug possession, transport and trafficking”
under Article 40 of the Law on Drugs Control.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
four were arrested at different locations on October 19 and 21, 2022 in
Chamkarmon and Dangkor districts in Phnom Penh, he said.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
first arrested was Bunneang at about 10.30pm on October 19 in Phsar Deum Thkov
commune, Chamkamon district, and was found in possession of a package of ice,.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bunneang’s
confession lead to the arrests of Keosara, Saochum and Youphou at about 1.30am
on October 21 at their rental house in Chbar Ampov district’s Prek Eng commune
in the capital.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After
the suspects’ arrest, police in the municipal anti-drug department from the
Ministry of Interior seized nearly four kilogrammes of ecstasy and ice, one
car, two motorbikes, one scale and other drug-related materials.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-80094254893468040092024-01-18T02:35:00.000-08:002024-01-18T02:35:30.095-08:00 Cambodia and Belgium negotiate convict transfer treaty<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXoyo7SzUvidkX20j8sXldDMFh23iS0FM2LEdKcrj0bNzF7ZOiYZ5xrXA3WsV8AMuzw0fGanMubfIgE8NU-mwiYZSUdGJxJQrHXIg39tlizZGWBxGEP0qyJVrHv4WPH9ZBvt-8Gwd-OP-pF2sztAsUiIhXnyMp7fpYbYizEIUfk1a8pLQYGc-n_LFxMDk" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXoyo7SzUvidkX20j8sXldDMFh23iS0FM2LEdKcrj0bNzF7ZOiYZ5xrXA3WsV8AMuzw0fGanMubfIgE8NU-mwiYZSUdGJxJQrHXIg39tlizZGWBxGEP0qyJVrHv4WPH9ZBvt-8Gwd-OP-pF2sztAsUiIhXnyMp7fpYbYizEIUfk1a8pLQYGc-n_LFxMDk" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The justice ministries of Cambodia and
Belgium are negotiating to prepare a transfer treaty in order to repatriate a Belgian
man convicted of trafficking cocaine in Cambodia to prison in his home country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He will be transferred from Cambodia
later this year. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Chin Malin, Secretary of State and the
Spokesman at the Ministry of Interior, told Khmer Times yesterday that Cambodia
received a request from the Belgian Minister of Justice asking to transfer a Belgian
citizen named Tanguy Eddie J. Taller to prison in Belgium.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Malin said that up to now Cambodia and
Belgium do not yet have any formal prisoner exchange treaties with each other to
transfer suspects or convicts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">However, he added both countries are
negotiating and preparing to sign an exchange treaty aiming to transfer
convicts between both countries in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWXjZ1jN3_C0KPKC11PUJPu0t4vbB83JfseuOOk_S4Rnv6hjkibr71I7UYKogppCrEVSsqQYF7nlOWZyUWTlhTRZOMb7vOT5LGsjxtg9Z_foUqmaUG96iIn771eIBnT6aG5Faq0m9pVBEHIFXeR1I4KQJ0afzxKSdr-mythJXuHTT1XT1QEDuNC5JOFp8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="828" data-original-width="1280" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWXjZ1jN3_C0KPKC11PUJPu0t4vbB83JfseuOOk_S4Rnv6hjkibr71I7UYKogppCrEVSsqQYF7nlOWZyUWTlhTRZOMb7vOT5LGsjxtg9Z_foUqmaUG96iIn771eIBnT6aG5Faq0m9pVBEHIFXeR1I4KQJ0afzxKSdr-mythJXuHTT1XT1QEDuNC5JOFp8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“As a principle of law, in order to
transfer or extradite any suspect or convict from Cambodia to other countries
if it is requested, first we must have a treaty with those countries making
requests,” Malin told Khmer Times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“So both countries’ legal working
teams are negotiating now with each other to prepare the treaty in order to transfer
the Belgium drug smuggler from Cambodia to serve out his sentence in his country,”
he added. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Media reports that Belgian Minister of
Justice Paul Van Tigchelt said last week that Cambodia has indicated that it is
prepared to “negotiate a transfer treaty”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“This is the only means of action I
have at my disposal to get Tanguy Taller to Belgium. A video conference will be
organised shortly for a discussion with the Cambodian authorities,” Paul Van
Tigchelt said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Justice Minister Van Tigchelt says
that the justice ministry has attempted for some time to get Mr Taller back to
Belgium, adding that he contacted Cambodian authorities last year to take
action and received a positive response.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">According court documents, Tanguy
Eddie J. Taller was sentenced on December 18, 2018 by the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court to a life sentence in prison on a charge of drug trafficking involving
transport of one kilogramme of cocaine into Cambodia.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He added that, “We will not abandon
our fellow countrymen. I recently sent a letter to my colleague in Cambodia
asking for a transfer agreement. It’s not the first time we’ve asked that
question. Such a treaty is the only concrete means of action that I have as
Minister of Justice. If there is agreement, things can happen quickly. Tanguy
Taller has been definitively convicted in Cambodia, I cannot overturn that.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Taller – originally from Bruges – has
been proclaiming his innocence for more than five years after he was convicted
in person after first being convicted in absentia in June 2018 after he fled
from authorities and was then was arrested on October 4 at the Cambodia-Vietnam
International Checkpoint in Bavet city, Svay Rieng province.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His accomplice David Catry Noel, died
in Prey Sar from a severe asthma attack on the night of April 29th, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">In December Taller declared the
Belgian State in default because he believed that they had let him down.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">His lawyer, Bert Vanmechelen, stated
“It is a horror situation there for Tanguy, especially because the detention
conditions are so dire. In prison he lives among people with tuberculosis,
scabies, hepatitis and HIV. I don’t have to tell you how inhumane that is.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He was charged with “drug trafficking
and transport” under Article 40 of Cambodia’s Law on Drugs Control.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tanguy Eddie J. Taller was arrested on
October 4, 2019 in the Cambodian-Vietnamese-Border, in Svay Rieng Province’s
Bavet city, after he had crossed the border from Vietnam and
checked-in with the Cambodian immigration police office inside Cambodian
territory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tanguy Eddie J. Taller was arrested in
accordance with the court’s arrest warrant and according to David Catry Noel’s
confessing answers. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">According to the court’s document,
police in the anti-drug department in the Ministry of Interior on January 10,
2018 arrested David Catry Noel, 34, after had flown from Brazil, arrived and
checked-in at the Phnom Penh International Airport. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">After his arrest, police
seized a total 1,003. 24 grams (more than 1 kilograms) of
cocaine put in plastics and hidden under the bottom of his suitcase.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> At police interrogation, David
Catry confessed that the drugs seized from him belonged to Tanguy Eddie J.
Taller.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-25019600306716111722024-01-17T03:23:00.000-08:002024-01-17T03:23:35.088-08:00Former governor of Kep charged with Abuse of Power<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0GRaoZweF65tfGN0E0zV09kdo1G61equNOzGyRIBTuX-a00gBV1EVsRUhFaWcp61eLj-OSmJnQrmtvYjaPaZHmZZbJGOPNdtR9ywQzKmIi9Oy_xC68rQOiifEtuXpX8_eJfatQ25-yr9voW__GpCNEX3Z1tsyyfwXekKlCCHffqeUlfN1Es-kTSBHkVc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0GRaoZweF65tfGN0E0zV09kdo1G61equNOzGyRIBTuX-a00gBV1EVsRUhFaWcp61eLj-OSmJnQrmtvYjaPaZHmZZbJGOPNdtR9ywQzKmIi9Oy_xC68rQOiifEtuXpX8_eJfatQ25-yr9voW__GpCNEX3Z1tsyyfwXekKlCCHffqeUlfN1Es-kTSBHkVc" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on January 15, 2024 charged and detained the former governor of Kep city, Kheng Yan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";">Plong Sophal, Deputy Prosecutor and
also a spokesman for the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, yesterday said that
Kheng Yan, the former governor of Kep Municipality, was charged with, “Abuse of
Power” under Article 35 of the Law on Anti-Corruption and with “Money
Laundering” under Articles 3 and 38 of the Law on Anti-Money Laundering
and Finance.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He added that the accused was sent by
the investigating judge to pre-trial detention in Phnom Penh.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Soy Chanvichetr spokesman at the
Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) said that Kheng Yan was arrested on Thursday
in Kep province by the ACU after he was terminated from his
position by the Prime Minister Samdech Hun Manet.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">He said that after his arrest, Kheng
Yan was transferred from Kep province to the ACU Headquarters in Phnom Penh for
questioning.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";">He added that after ACU officials
completed their interrogation, Kheng Yan was transferred to the Phnom Penh
Municipal Court to face charges on Saturday.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">On Friday, Prime Minister Hun Manet signed
a sub-decree removing Kep Municipality Governor Kheng Yan from his post due to
allegations of corruption. <br />
<br />
According to a sub-decree issued Thursday, Kheng Yan, 43 who held the rank of a
second-class official, and was the Governor of Kep Municipality was terminated
from his post. <br />
<br />
In the sub-decree, Prime Minister Hun Manet said, “Kheng Yan is terminated from
the post of the Governor of Kep City Municipality in Kep province.”<br />
<br />
The Prime Minister said the decision was based on substantial evidence
following an investigation launched by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU).<br />
<br />
The prime minister also warned officials at all levels to avoid corruption,
saying that if they are found to be committing wrongdoing that seriously
affects the interests of the nation and the people, they will no longer be
tolerated.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If convicted, the former governor
faces a prison term between five and 10 years.<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal">Two 30-year-old men were jailed by the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court on January 15, 2024 for trafficking four kilogrammes of methamphetamine
in Phnom Penh last year.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The court dismissed charges against a third accused and
granted his release from custody.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Presiding Judge Hok Pov identified the three men as Pov
Saly, 32, Cham Dararoeun, 24, and Khin Sarath, 53.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The three men were charged with “drug trafficking” under
Article 40 of the Law on Drugs Control.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Saly, who was found to be the mastermind and owner of the
drugs seized, was sentenced by the court to a life sentence and a fine of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>80 million riels while Dararoeun was jailed
30 years and fined 30 million riels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Judge Pov said Sarath’s charge was dropped because he was
found not to have been involved with Saly and Dararoeun’s activities. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“The accused Sarath is not found guilty in this case.
Therefore, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court has decided to drop his charges and
order his release from prison if he does not have other criminal cases in
court,” Judge Pov read the verdict yesterday. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He said the trio were arrested at about 11.30am and 1,975.24
grams of methamphetamine were seized from them in Porsen Chey district’s Chom
Chao commune, Phnom Penh on February 12 last year by police.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrZ8Mh2xHfS16bhcp8ORW7jnKc1pb067pHPqQco3DmJ6xWh2SQu2csluPLFPpbt4t6S35jZNlBjli_0O88N4DiacY4lpyQdndvztW-jXCnX-A8AZ4Ehu8QPYjZIQBFzXmp3XD8bkk6o-gPNfH-CiOS0HkZ7holb-YDZ3VH-oj9kXXtcp_neJOaSaJN3o/s1280/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="906" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrZ8Mh2xHfS16bhcp8ORW7jnKc1pb067pHPqQco3DmJ6xWh2SQu2csluPLFPpbt4t6S35jZNlBjli_0O88N4DiacY4lpyQdndvztW-jXCnX-A8AZ4Ehu8QPYjZIQBFzXmp3XD8bkk6o-gPNfH-CiOS0HkZ7holb-YDZ3VH-oj9kXXtcp_neJOaSaJN3o/s320/3.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-53259244642916769762024-01-17T03:00:00.000-08:002024-01-17T03:00:54.739-08:00Bar Association advocates professional ethics<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYLaBn2Fdjs20OXJmwGY4aT6c1Hi2gD0zEV2-9Pw0xW5Cydn5BXKOkMNy4c5KbPT4brrlBjG3ztTQ4kZ11WTozsetcVcPPcJQPB5GcdhMzCc3WhG8IBmh6Tu6gm-kehQGrZOC9X4F-u1oEWg5v8lPwbjHuruwT3dN7PiBCfwrIn1Mv3Pi41FCqyubPqpQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYLaBn2Fdjs20OXJmwGY4aT6c1Hi2gD0zEV2-9Pw0xW5Cydn5BXKOkMNy4c5KbPT4brrlBjG3ztTQ4kZ11WTozsetcVcPPcJQPB5GcdhMzCc3WhG8IBmh6Tu6gm-kehQGrZOC9X4F-u1oEWg5v8lPwbjHuruwT3dN7PiBCfwrIn1Mv3Pi41FCqyubPqpQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Buth
Reaksmey Kongkea</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Bar
Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) has announced that it strongly
supports the new campaign to expedite the swift resolution of court cases launched
recently by the Ministry of Justice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ministry
campaign promotes four goals: “Justice, Speed, Accuracy and Legality”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">BAKC president
Ly Chantola issued instructions to legal professionals on correct participation
in the campaign. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">He said that
the BAKC urges all lawyers and law interns who are assigned to defend or are hired
to represent their clients in court to practice professional ethics and to heed
all regulations, both in the “Law on the Statute of Lawyers”, as well as in the
BAKC “Code of Conduct for Lawyers”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also, the
BAKC is encouraging all lawyers and law interns to strive to ensure that the
conduct of trials is fair and reflects respect for the laws and also follows the
precisely correct procedures which are set out in Article 38 on “just trials
and correct procedures” in the Code. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ly Chantola
stated, “Any request by lawyers and interned lawyers for postponement of a
trial, or to defer any legal procedures, must include appropriate reasons. No
request may be made merely for the sake of causing a delay in court procedures,
or arising from negligence, or for any other unreasonable issues that may
detract from sound judicial processes.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“During the
implementation of this campaign, the BAKC will continue to follow up, receive
information and make new instructions or recommendations to strengthen the
implementation of the Code of Conduct for Lawyers in regard to fairness and expediency
on the part of lawyers and interning lawyers,” his instructions read. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“If in the
case that any lawyer or interning lawyer is found to have violated the above
principles and to obstruct the cause and the interests of justice, then the
BAKC will take more serious action and discipline,” he added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Koeut Rith on Wednesday last week urged
all related stakeholders to perform in the spirit of high responsibility to
fulfill the Ministry campaigns to enhance the quality and efficiency of
the judiciary in Cambodia, which is an aim that reflects the desire of His
Majesty the King, the prime minister and all Cambodian people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">END<o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-42909043326946888602024-01-17T02:56:00.000-08:002024-01-17T02:56:56.922-08:00Candlelight Party Official arrested, charged for forgery<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKSD26_pMPvmWthnoL8kQ8tgygEPpwW6n7r6ybZ-TTsbxg6XknecyUSOfe_J2IhjJn6m3VYHGdLRikYNdtDUJsTrE6BoZmDWwhZ7l5cvl-SSMt1-zZaP_VtCE-MLaoc2kH9N6kuHUxCPmIEXvkjEsaOio7nm_eIkGxn0JLfGtSfPyaEdqJ-8PLmADlVsQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjKSD26_pMPvmWthnoL8kQ8tgygEPpwW6n7r6ybZ-TTsbxg6XknecyUSOfe_J2IhjJn6m3VYHGdLRikYNdtDUJsTrE6BoZmDWwhZ7l5cvl-SSMt1-zZaP_VtCE-MLaoc2kH9N6kuHUxCPmIEXvkjEsaOio7nm_eIkGxn0JLfGtSfPyaEdqJ-8PLmADlVsQ" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Phnom Penh Municipal Court arrested and charged yesterday a local
official of the Candlelight Party (CP) accused of allegedly copying three
fingerprints and signatures to register the names as commune reserved
candidates of the CP in Daun Penh district.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The accused, Khem Chanvannak, 45, the Acting Chief Representative
and Executive Chief of the Candlelight Party for Porsenchey district, was charged
on two counts of “forgery of public document and the use of forged public
document” under Articles 627, 628 and 629 of the Criminal Code.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If convicted, he faces between five to ten years in prison. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Colonel Sam Vicheka, the Spokesman at the Phnom Penh Municipal
Police, told <i>Khmer Times</i> yesterday that the court deputy prosecutor
issued the arrest warrant for Chanvannak who was arrested on January 15.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Chanvannak is being sued by three former CP officials who claim
that their fingerprints and signatures were copied and used to register their
names as reserved candidates for councillors of Phsar Thmey III commune without their
knowledge on November 7, 2023.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“He was arrested after police experts examined the fingerprints
and signatures and found that they were copied by Khem Chanvannak,” Col Sam
Vicheka said. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“After his arrest, police sent him to the Phnom Penh Municipal
Court on Tuesday for questioning,” he said.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi--YKmatdiHrBYTBTdzCeXOhCQ0ogkEqNw9JYHMGfjJ66gHPHuib1kHPFb8DfyK1PN2K_yCfuPSDyMEtdE9Q1PKWoQc-l43LW50bArG6JBPQ1g_886ZH0LXcnRCIhYCejRU-ZihMJLibIUkP2ZuZ6l4JO7mFemi9y-bQfYdtHH22WBiYsmBP7Mhx7fkjM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi--YKmatdiHrBYTBTdzCeXOhCQ0ogkEqNw9JYHMGfjJ66gHPHuib1kHPFb8DfyK1PN2K_yCfuPSDyMEtdE9Q1PKWoQc-l43LW50bArG6JBPQ1g_886ZH0LXcnRCIhYCejRU-ZihMJLibIUkP2ZuZ6l4JO7mFemi9y-bQfYdtHH22WBiYsmBP7Mhx7fkjM" width="170" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Col Sam Vicheka denied that the Chanvannak’s arrest
was politically motivated.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I would like to emphasise that the arrest of Khem Chanvannak was
according to the law and there were no other reasons related to threats or
persecution by political activists,” he said.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“The police refute the accusations by the Candlelight Party that
police acted without due cause on January 15,”he added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The CP on Monday issued a statement condemning Phnom Penh authorities
and alleged that the arrest of Khem Chanvannak was an attempt at intimidation and
to demoralise the Cambodian people so they would not participate in any political
activities with the CP and to manipulate the political environment before the
Senate Election and the capital, provincial, municipal and district council
elections this year.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">CP called on authorities to unconditionally release Khem
Chanvannak and to stop arresting and threatening the leadership, members and
other activists of the CP to guarantee a better political environment for the
upcoming Senate Election and elections for the capital, provincial, municipal
and district councillors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4RCeE5qVqubICb8QlhzPja4T-7J2MadVIh6KPRF9j0PqYhDEvmHSmyUT9G7k9tBTzkjNrF9Tw6XEB3w4ZrTtf0PH57ZbGjyg84cidh-Bf5ENuObQBoLdMpRoRu5X845OBKudcCpMAUTK1WdAgQcqmPoCaevRy751AlOFztbI9bC-EagalvsARYwtf6-k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="893" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4RCeE5qVqubICb8QlhzPja4T-7J2MadVIh6KPRF9j0PqYhDEvmHSmyUT9G7k9tBTzkjNrF9Tw6XEB3w4ZrTtf0PH57ZbGjyg84cidh-Bf5ENuObQBoLdMpRoRu5X845OBKudcCpMAUTK1WdAgQcqmPoCaevRy751AlOFztbI9bC-EagalvsARYwtf6-k" width="167" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLyml2fd0pOnbpXaTXERYZRqVYjHsRKogOUqX2uE4lWoKeFdEoq77d7aswMXuJKDVecdzjQFqzWoS0s3VPutq_7IU1IWiQAgvmliZCB_EMpJnHuitYkHFRHJlNVUZirPyt3vNEF730fcIgkuzK5Hm_w4F5LAwh1i2b2dMLnfJATOzi_lzS5KUmyuC8G7I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="904" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLyml2fd0pOnbpXaTXERYZRqVYjHsRKogOUqX2uE4lWoKeFdEoq77d7aswMXuJKDVecdzjQFqzWoS0s3VPutq_7IU1IWiQAgvmliZCB_EMpJnHuitYkHFRHJlNVUZirPyt3vNEF730fcIgkuzK5Hm_w4F5LAwh1i2b2dMLnfJATOzi_lzS5KUmyuC8G7I" width="170" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWIq04n82PWQRBJyGvykn0twxDiVTcQ861IBO5d-J_WToWeqz2sg_iKkVtZzNjZ3w5CaF4iLQayE7nzghcZDH9aAvPO8vazA0TnKOuXd78VBKxYKEOtJnjwSSWoJd7HXHOnntNznZtqltbwuMl7eNWmQHHNwmW0napZ8qv9CqZqcUcCKNEa9MbslEQs0o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="989" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWIq04n82PWQRBJyGvykn0twxDiVTcQ861IBO5d-J_WToWeqz2sg_iKkVtZzNjZ3w5CaF4iLQayE7nzghcZDH9aAvPO8vazA0TnKOuXd78VBKxYKEOtJnjwSSWoJd7HXHOnntNznZtqltbwuMl7eNWmQHHNwmW0napZ8qv9CqZqcUcCKNEa9MbslEQs0o" width="185" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 12.65pt; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-39292460322435038352024-01-10T02:51:00.000-08:002024-01-10T02:51:42.939-08:00Prime Minister Hun Manet blasts Rainsy over criticising the January 7 victory celebrations<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKcw0bo44dktXVPjSf3XeDIcV4tnS4FNimbr3GFgUOTtgYsCI7zLYml_qF_-GkrRN0QIJE2uvAZePZMhNFe9mZHzSNUdLdWn7toMuLZ5_P5o25sh5486HDQhPIznv4akuWi5VsU0j0iFO53ac-nPP5r2U2jv1ZjcyjUQE2u6LeGCXH0LxmUWl-Oq2c-tI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="853" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKcw0bo44dktXVPjSf3XeDIcV4tnS4FNimbr3GFgUOTtgYsCI7zLYml_qF_-GkrRN0QIJE2uvAZePZMhNFe9mZHzSNUdLdWn7toMuLZ5_P5o25sh5486HDQhPIznv4akuWi5VsU0j0iFO53ac-nPP5r2U2jv1ZjcyjUQE2u6LeGCXH0LxmUWl-Oq2c-tI" width="160" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, "sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">K.T</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Prime
Minister Hun Manet blasted Sam Rainsy, the self-exiled former leader of
court-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), over criticising the celebrations
for the 45th anniversary of the January 7 victory over genocide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mr
Hun Manet said on January 7, 2024 that: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Between April 17, 1975 and January 7, 1979,
did the Khmer Rouge kill people in Cambodia? And how many millions died? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mr
Hun Manet confirmed that the people who survived the genocidal regime of Pol
Pot and survived to this day, were witnesses, and all the history books
recorded and confirmed that the Khmer Rouge killed the Khmer people.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Did
the onslaught of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation from December
2 until the beginning of 1979 until the expulsion of the Khmer Rouge to one
side of the country stop the Khmer Rouge from killing more people?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcfU5olPFe0tK7l_3cvNOR5qWEkuk1M5m3mOradzvd9RrYqkkv0kxkO0Nx2W1EKttO0dMKpYtouh6UeSH2DpNkVKMx28CtIi8u22bMawDD0bcbU0EFOYtLGv9eqHuPvR4x71ugO9ZCfpyjhtzenbLqOXEUwyf--hz8HsB4bwtXNmPLk4v4QXBGefbea3w" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1036" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhcfU5olPFe0tK7l_3cvNOR5qWEkuk1M5m3mOradzvd9RrYqkkv0kxkO0Nx2W1EKttO0dMKpYtouh6UeSH2DpNkVKMx28CtIi8u22bMawDD0bcbU0EFOYtLGv9eqHuPvR4x71ugO9ZCfpyjhtzenbLqOXEUwyf--hz8HsB4bwtXNmPLk4v4QXBGefbea3w" width="194" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
remark came during an inauguration ceremony of a bridge in Koh Kong Province
yesterday, Mr Hun Manet asked </span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: KHM; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“W</span><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">hy did we rely on Vietnam? He said “In
1978, Cambodia had only two options; to rely on the west or those in the east
to save the people.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“If
we go to the west, we ask the United Nations (UN) and if we go to the east we
ask Vietnam for help. The UN did not send troops to help Cambodia at that time,
because UN law does not allow their troops to enter any country without the
request of the government,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“So
we had only one option, to ask the Vietnamese for assistance. If the Vietnamese
troops did not come to help us, we would have continued to die,” he added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: KHM; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mr Hun Manet stated that without Vietnam’s assistance,
the Cambodian ‘United Front’ was numbering about 10,000, which would not have
been able to defeat the Khmer Rouge.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: KHM; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhW-eWrs7PXzTpiwWTM2saYKT7vEIl-kawOMVZ020V14u6Wlt3N03y3JA6kN9jpUXvlxzMz7Bv9o18lsIsTM10NCXGmdjmDWUNykgZTMqG4TKwY6XTHwpuk1_YHKkm4y45Q2x856uhQsKONx4xk0pLdoDiuujQFCwLphHqF2_B1UC4fD7eNUghSt4baYPM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1925" data-original-width="3000" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhW-eWrs7PXzTpiwWTM2saYKT7vEIl-kawOMVZ020V14u6Wlt3N03y3JA6kN9jpUXvlxzMz7Bv9o18lsIsTM10NCXGmdjmDWUNykgZTMqG4TKwY6XTHwpuk1_YHKkm4y45Q2x856uhQsKONx4xk0pLdoDiuujQFCwLphHqF2_B1UC4fD7eNUghSt4baYPM" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: KHM; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">At the time, it was not possible to build a large army to
combat the Khmer Rouge, as people were dying daily, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: KHM; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Therefore, he called on the next generation of
Cambodians to learn more about January 7 and not to use divisive politics to
interpret historical facts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Sam
Rainsy, posted on his Facebook page on Sunday that “January 7th marks a loss of
Cambodian sovereignty.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Was
Cambodia neutral before Lon Nol's coup, or leaning towards communism, even
allowing North Vietnamese Viet Cong passage?” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“Could
the war have been avoided without Lon Nol's coup? Considering the origins of
the Khmer Rouge, could they have risen without support from Chinese and
Vietnamese communists? Rainsy added.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The
CPP on Sunday, celebrated the 45th anniversary of the January 7 victory over
genocide at Koh Pich centre, with CPP president Hun Sen urging all Cambodian to
safeguard their hard-earned peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Tens
of thousands of Cambodians attended the event, including senior CPP officials,
government leaders, civil servants from various government institutions, guests
from abroad, diplomats, students, and visitors from other countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Mr
Hun Sen also challenged the dissidents who have opposed the celebration of the
January 7 victory day over the brutal Khmer Rouge and the December 29 win-win
policy to go to mine-strewn fields to experience their tough lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9XrBzLZY7LqD6xezQHIZ9RgFL5qJt6V3Ky6T7abyOjcWKvQeJm1S5cHRFcGFu9xsfZSTTlf7gzJCwcgzteSmpbNCemp_E_8TgoZXGQkinok9mqCTEYTgg_pLNvd2c6HjHqUGhHtUROZQQBt2_Xpu9ODvb_aA8dk_WG2AbF9PIdE2rpsvBqSIyYtqS0aQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="889" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9XrBzLZY7LqD6xezQHIZ9RgFL5qJt6V3Ky6T7abyOjcWKvQeJm1S5cHRFcGFu9xsfZSTTlf7gzJCwcgzteSmpbNCemp_E_8TgoZXGQkinok9mqCTEYTgg_pLNvd2c6HjHqUGhHtUROZQQBt2_Xpu9ODvb_aA8dk_WG2AbF9PIdE2rpsvBqSIyYtqS0aQ" width="167" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmGXdwgsDnSxh31jtGQ1EJ2UeBPj1XVhCgLD8yeiewYg-mRoGomg2HXboANIWqM32et9KIwbf19EvK_2pLlCMiaT0TShVf8aYGqICfCOVGSSfHveApb2y1j9KwsrQolQXXoy4X3kKfB_82HBQ3hThfUVs-AaOILo3xCcGyk-IffCKXnklJzMbsbsZ96fM" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="893" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmGXdwgsDnSxh31jtGQ1EJ2UeBPj1XVhCgLD8yeiewYg-mRoGomg2HXboANIWqM32et9KIwbf19EvK_2pLlCMiaT0TShVf8aYGqICfCOVGSSfHveApb2y1j9KwsrQolQXXoy4X3kKfB_82HBQ3hThfUVs-AaOILo3xCcGyk-IffCKXnklJzMbsbsZ96fM" width="167" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmDpCUIVcoVU8cVVna2tTi4mzSxozdLm1Yehs0Z2f_TZsv5fI0wIOBhVRhYiWPuEUUy-PhtRo8iZVG9GPaaWGJeNLJyKCN_ycsPGIwg2N9tfBIzgTvdVttW5ZVcv9kDj0g8B99GCxHOzLtbrGPzpKWV06VsmjNEPWsWP8aH4WUhV4JbH3_AEaS_XVf0ds" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="883" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmDpCUIVcoVU8cVVna2tTi4mzSxozdLm1Yehs0Z2f_TZsv5fI0wIOBhVRhYiWPuEUUy-PhtRo8iZVG9GPaaWGJeNLJyKCN_ycsPGIwg2N9tfBIzgTvdVttW5ZVcv9kDj0g8B99GCxHOzLtbrGPzpKWV06VsmjNEPWsWP8aH4WUhV4JbH3_AEaS_XVf0ds" width="166" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_DC2hfRqZuMgVkfOLI-VyLhtDxnHoWaVkZDiIHEVqQdoFonLvmYksYzNWeqtDqnNEcsgF9hiHuYq0-g2J21DUuS7dkSjybbL1RNUt7zIKtOgURjc9AJEJpdggjk_pW5Icms1mN3sWOTLldoIG68AkBoK01t_OmFlSS2wubK7w-gQzoDpU_ID8T4PK_Yo" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="874" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi_DC2hfRqZuMgVkfOLI-VyLhtDxnHoWaVkZDiIHEVqQdoFonLvmYksYzNWeqtDqnNEcsgF9hiHuYq0-g2J21DUuS7dkSjybbL1RNUt7zIKtOgURjc9AJEJpdggjk_pW5Icms1mN3sWOTLldoIG68AkBoK01t_OmFlSS2wubK7w-gQzoDpU_ID8T4PK_Yo" width="164" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-72087318954670723102024-01-10T02:18:00.000-08:002024-01-10T02:18:31.978-08:00 Nov Sary accused of nearly $500,000 cheating business partner<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH4TW-Leu1-g1OFr8pAuZIVxlnv1Vg1t1MAcRRfhjdXyLotXd5lqjfBniy5bVTiFLjudhJ3pciTn7DfdWBYt-YP8hnWMR5ETNytdDkSZFhv3-0wUJPA7MYYwdkcf394dGwPaSz-CBQx4SwkqflVLWz12sLrGTN992ngL9BeLZMkU2GqVOrI75lmNyghVY" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="764" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhH4TW-Leu1-g1OFr8pAuZIVxlnv1Vg1t1MAcRRfhjdXyLotXd5lqjfBniy5bVTiFLjudhJ3pciTn7DfdWBYt-YP8hnWMR5ETNytdDkSZFhv3-0wUJPA7MYYwdkcf394dGwPaSz-CBQx4SwkqflVLWz12sLrGTN992ngL9BeLZMkU2GqVOrI75lmNyghVY" width="191" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;">Buth
Reaksmey Kongkea</span><span style="color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Phnom Penh
Municipal Court heard on January 9, 2024 the case of two men and a woman who own a
construction and engineering company and allegedly cheated nearly $500,000
from a business partner by not delivering anti-COVID products purchased in
2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The three
accused are Nov Sary and his wife Sles Aseymas, owners of the Rakan Construction
& Engineering (Cambodia) Co. Ltd., and Nov Kevin, Sary’s younger brother,
the operations manager at the company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Judge Klok
Piseth said the trio were charged with “Breach of Trust” under Articles
29, 391 and 392 of the Criminal Code and with “issuing dud cheques” under
Article 231 of the Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">If convicted,
the trio face from two to five years in prison.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Sary was
arrested on July 12, 2023 and has been detained at the Correctional Centre 1
(CC1) while Aseymes and Kevin were released on bail.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">During the
hearing, the plaintiff Lim Sar, 33, testified that in 2020 during the COVID
pandemic, Sary’s company was importing anti-COVID face masks and gloves from
abroad to sell in Cambodia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He contacted
Sary in November 2020 to place an order for 1,000 cases of anti-COVID-19 gloves
for which he paid $475,000.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">“But after Mr
Nov Sary had received the money from me, he didn’t deliver the gloves as
contracted,” the plaintiff told the court yesterday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">“After
repeatedly asking him about my shipment, he said that he was not responsible
for it, and he did not refund my money,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyK3omdZvBweYRUmX-5iOpgxOTkDKJdp7ZJDN9huV__CD80CYHafzyO4ct9NXezHPEXuFYO_WRwT1wytFpj_rJGKXRDOrWo68qM7dHq8pWTENPWXHZ9MXH-FTiXv4gInUP5cUdBgE1Lmcr0Qakf_gdFut-HCUbbJSfM3DXdyAyxyUQACuWwM36fgBkDPA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyK3omdZvBweYRUmX-5iOpgxOTkDKJdp7ZJDN9huV__CD80CYHafzyO4ct9NXezHPEXuFYO_WRwT1wytFpj_rJGKXRDOrWo68qM7dHq8pWTENPWXHZ9MXH-FTiXv4gInUP5cUdBgE1Lmcr0Qakf_gdFut-HCUbbJSfM3DXdyAyxyUQACuWwM36fgBkDPA" width="135" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Sar said that
in June 2022, Sary issued to him several cheques amounting to $600,000 to
settle the debt after he had sued the accused in court.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">However, when
he tried to deposit the cheques at the bank he discovered that the cheques were
duds.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">“I would like
the judge to punish the accused according to the law and ask for $360,000 in
damages and another $200,000 in compensation from them,” Sar requested.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Sary admitted
committing the offence but said he could not import the products due to the government’s
strict preventive measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He said that
since his arrest, his family has transferred a plot of land worth $250,000 in
Phnom Penh to the plaintiff to resolve the debt.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He added that
his wife and younger brother were not involved with this case, and asked the
court to drop any charges against them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">“I am fully
responsible for any damages to the plaintiff in this case. I promise that I
will repay all the money owed to him. Therefore, I would like to ask the judge
to reduce my sentence and release me from prison so that I can make money to
repay the plaintiff,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">A verdict is
due on January 24. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0sK1XenibwIcpOnCar94TGo3kvQw5wJGVOBVdvPuixIdjmvJrTSmtyZtFYNdxnKeXV1neK3MAkix5PiDlWjDkDhDN-zhNR8yAh9I80u4TZnPMPtmpNeiwXD8kv2Fur162cgG0kZZevOnVPbT3VYw_r5iT2TGvDzO3bP3GqdYo3kz2trLnIaCz07CnYR0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj0sK1XenibwIcpOnCar94TGo3kvQw5wJGVOBVdvPuixIdjmvJrTSmtyZtFYNdxnKeXV1neK3MAkix5PiDlWjDkDhDN-zhNR8yAh9I80u4TZnPMPtmpNeiwXD8kv2Fur162cgG0kZZevOnVPbT3VYw_r5iT2TGvDzO3bP3GqdYo3kz2trLnIaCz07CnYR0" width="135" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-60696351761774764262024-01-08T03:03:00.000-08:002024-01-08T03:03:52.796-08:00More than 120 CCCC police officers re-appointed after sacking<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcMoweHMMqsTYwRyPrBq6JlTJC2sw1tgvU7arh4EY4s8QZ60NnZ1JOYaOdEjoUyw4EQNQIfl-Yd5YzF_RSZmjGqidiq3OLJHZsX8BaMDg0HkXbsjU-LYjByh7YccayCRjegPbBWUk7JT5IxgIw_JEUrIxU__7peAE-GHW5zfG8P64uWWCXI1ogMS7omk/s720/c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrcMoweHMMqsTYwRyPrBq6JlTJC2sw1tgvU7arh4EY4s8QZ60NnZ1JOYaOdEjoUyw4EQNQIfl-Yd5YzF_RSZmjGqidiq3OLJHZsX8BaMDg0HkXbsjU-LYjByh7YccayCRjegPbBWUk7JT5IxgIw_JEUrIxU__7peAE-GHW5zfG8P64uWWCXI1ogMS7omk/s320/c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Ministry of Interior have terminated the positions of
123 police officers with the Cambodia Counter Counterfeit Committee (CCCC) and
transferred some of them to work with the Ministry and others to the General
Commissariat of the National Police.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Touch Sokhak, Vice-Spokesman at the Ministry of Interior,
told Khmer Times<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on Sunday that these
police officers including<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lieutenant
General Tan Sokvichea, the CCCC’s Chief of Secretariat, was transferred to work
as an ‘Advisor’ with the Ministry while Lieutenant General Kem Cheat, who is
the CCCC’s Vice-President, was suspended pending a complaint by the
representative of the Chhivtimex Group alleging that he had taken $100,000 and
48 bottles of red wines from the company in exchange for permission to re-open
the company after it failed an inspection in 2021.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">He went on to say that Lt Gen Cheat was summoned and
questioned on Thursday by the police in Penal Department at the Ministry over
the allegations. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VKK71by2ZADnlYrXhUI3_EzqmO4a-ryV38elcCoAwkuncunD5gCZAsxNn4aP8bePo-CsK2CWcR7pCCBEGQ_NU8cXY7p239fdEWUcgbpmYLHXx-MZKGYtHppcImJ3FXmGMX4vvx4iLXOC8BrZiclXT-avJRmrBijE-0SGHEiyhoElgz6OR1TleZaj82g/s514/c2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="514" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7VKK71by2ZADnlYrXhUI3_EzqmO4a-ryV38elcCoAwkuncunD5gCZAsxNn4aP8bePo-CsK2CWcR7pCCBEGQ_NU8cXY7p239fdEWUcgbpmYLHXx-MZKGYtHppcImJ3FXmGMX4vvx4iLXOC8BrZiclXT-avJRmrBijE-0SGHEiyhoElgz6OR1TleZaj82g/s320/c2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">“During police interrogation, Lt Gen Cheat denied the
allegations by the representative of the company and claimed that he did not
commit any thing as accused,” he said.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“The police completed the questioning but he was not
arrested,” he added. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The family of Lt Gen Cheat said yesterday, after he returned
from the questioning on Thursday he became sick and lost consciousness.
However, he has recovered after receiving medical care. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The other officers were re-allocated to police departments
at the General Commissariat, where they had served before they were transferred
to the CCCC in 2014, Sokhak said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Their positions at the CCCC were terminated after an
investigation was conducted into ‘complaints’ and ‘irregularitie s’ and it was
found that they had all made mistakes in performing their duties in the past,”
Sokhak told Khmer Times on Sunday. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“So the Minister decided to transfer them to work to other
police departments where they had worked previously,” he said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Regarding General Meach Sophanna, who is the President of
the CCCC and also the Secretary of State at the Ministry, the Ministry are
investigating his case and once concluded, they will decide whether they will
terminate his position or not,” he added. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Related to the CCCC’s irregularities, Sokhack said that the
CCCC is not dissolve but the Ministry has just merely changed its roles and
duties from inspecting and cracking down on counterfeit products to only the
dissemination, education or raising awareness on counterfeit products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-23379341216806567142024-01-08T02:55:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:55:16.580-08:00Police arrest hit-and-run driver<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlWoju4ntJLGm0mVVRW83JfreFozN51hq9D7tyv8fru2EZPwqSydsVKC-pxw2tpoqo1Icd8jMEmDRwO_kO3oxMcNb7lxd1sF7bxXBGY3gg1iKiiv6z6PQqyIDuN16MSPb7OFokpw9p7EDHro7CvAdlEkqRrv2oQbtnxzeiwfORhG4O3Z0VXPOqloCTTs/s1540/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1540" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzlWoju4ntJLGm0mVVRW83JfreFozN51hq9D7tyv8fru2EZPwqSydsVKC-pxw2tpoqo1Icd8jMEmDRwO_kO3oxMcNb7lxd1sF7bxXBGY3gg1iKiiv6z6PQqyIDuN16MSPb7OFokpw9p7EDHro7CvAdlEkqRrv2oQbtnxzeiwfORhG4O3Z0VXPOqloCTTs/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Authorities arrested and detained on Friday the hit-and-run
driver involved in the fatal motorcycle accident which killed two passengers
and seriously injured the rider at midnight on December 25, 2023, on Sisowath
Quay in Srah Chak commune in the Phnom Penh’s Daun Penh district.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s arrest warrant,
the hit-and-run-driver was identified as Yeth Chankrysna, 27, from O-Bek’om
village in the capital’s Sen Sok district’s O-Bek’om commune. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The accused was charged on two counts of “careless driving
causing the death and injury of other people with aggravating circumstances”
and “Evasion” under Article 85 of Law on Road Traffic and under Article 543 of
the Criminal Code. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If convicted, the driver faces a prison term of between two to
three years.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Colonel Sam Vicheka, the Spokesman at the Phnom Penh Municipal
Police, told Khmer Times yesterday that Chankrysna was arrested after surrendering
to police through his lawyer, who had been acting as an intermediary in the
case.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lt Col Vicheka said that after traffic police officers had questioned
the suspect, municipal traffic police sent him yesterday morning to the prosecutor
attached to the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for further interrogation. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“During questioning the suspect admitted to committing the offence,
but denied that he had intentionally hit the victims,” Lt Col Vicheka told
Khmer Times yesterday. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“Based on his confession as well as other evidence, our
municipal police sent him to the prosecutor attached to the Phnom Penh
Municipal Court,” he said. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He added that as a general principle or the order from Chief of
Phnom Penh Municipal Police Lieutenant General Chuon Narin, those involved in a
hit-and-run case must be arrested and sent to court and punished without
exception.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">According to a police report, at midnight on December 25, 2023,
the victims – a husband, his wife, and their two-year-old son – were riding on
a white NEX motorcycle, when they were hit by a Hummer SUV on Sisowath Quay.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The woman, Krouch Samith, 20, and her son died on the spot while
the husband was sent to Calmette Hospital. The driver fled the scene.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlVd0yo6T6kD7XFGuM5dYufBbbR2R0lu2ZdCoH3DB3n-fCAzJLVTUfaTvBTP6UGhzghoGPdENySBnHf83rXFu74MsWUJb_fDen7tEcMB7lMReEfFDWzpjXm2WYj9mcAash3ZkG8YsmtTOG4z25jRM0rHfcLBUSKCNzU09cFl2j0RBRBg6D87CKHZfSyQ/s1540/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="807" data-original-width="1540" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIlVd0yo6T6kD7XFGuM5dYufBbbR2R0lu2ZdCoH3DB3n-fCAzJLVTUfaTvBTP6UGhzghoGPdENySBnHf83rXFu74MsWUJb_fDen7tEcMB7lMReEfFDWzpjXm2WYj9mcAash3ZkG8YsmtTOG4z25jRM0rHfcLBUSKCNzU09cFl2j0RBRBg6D87CKHZfSyQ/s320/11.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-76594861659992659692024-01-08T02:49:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:49:20.364-08:00Former opposition leader Kem Sokha appeals set<p></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKYAjPiuKcNm3bfwc8y356n9_KVm3376aF__b73dIrElKxpnnVKDJzRFCbxyJHJ4lUEa8MauRbAJr8wwBjRvUvDlji5JcxJwgMtP01yUo_FkoKqdaBnAe726OlSomKJ5dIYj_MG2C-n0BnNbVGaxKK5PFCJIqDkLE4fXmLAwg_1h33zW0l_DbPOLsHzJ4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="750" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKYAjPiuKcNm3bfwc8y356n9_KVm3376aF__b73dIrElKxpnnVKDJzRFCbxyJHJ4lUEa8MauRbAJr8wwBjRvUvDlji5JcxJwgMtP01yUo_FkoKqdaBnAe726OlSomKJ5dIYj_MG2C-n0BnNbVGaxKK5PFCJIqDkLE4fXmLAwg_1h33zW0l_DbPOLsHzJ4" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The Phnom Penh Appeal
Court will hold the appeal hearing of former leader Kem Sokha of the
court-dissolved Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) on January 30, who last
year was sentenced by the lower court to 27 years in prison on the charge of
collusion with foreigners. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Khun Leangmeng, the
judge and also spokesman at the Phnom Penh Appeal Court, told <i>Khmer Times</i>
yesterday that some of Sokha’s lawyers have also been summoned by the Phnom
Penh Appeal Court to attend Sokha’s hearing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">However, judge
Leangmeng declined to provide further details. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">According to court
documents, Kem Sokha, 70, was sentenced on March 3 last year by the Phnom Penh
Municipal Court to 27 years in prison on the charge of collusion with
foreigners committed in Cambodia and other countries between 1993 and 2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The municipal court also
banned him from political activity and meeting anyone apart from family
members.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Meng Sopheary, one of
Sokha’s co-lawyers said yesterday that she and her colleagues met once with
Sokha last year to prepare and file his appeal.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">She added that further
contact with Sokha is prohibited due to the third point of the verdict of the
Phnom Penh Municipal Court which restricts contact with the defendant to his
relatives.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">“Kem Sokha’s legal team
have not yet received any summons from the Phnom Penh Appeal Court for the
hearing,” Sopheary told <i>Khmer Times</i> yesterday. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">“In order to defend Kem
Sokha, who we defended at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, we need to have a letter
from the defendant requesting legal assistance, so we can perform our duties in
accordance with the law,” she said.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">“But so far we haven’t received
the defendant letter from him,” she said, adding that “Although Kem Sokha may
have other requests for legal assistance, we have difficulties working with him
because there is no freedom to communicate with him,” she said. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Ang Udom, another of
Sokha’s lawyers, said that no lawyer has yet been appointed to defend Sokha at
the Phnom Penh Appeal Court hearing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">He said that the fate
of Sokha is now in the hands of the court.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">He added that the Phnom
Penh Municipal Court sentence handed to Sokha was unjust and violated both
Cambodian and international laws because Sokha had not broken any law.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">END<o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-27566424349792991712024-01-08T02:44:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:44:36.444-08:00Early prisoner release committee gets new members<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfz0ZH9l3s8PE9Tz1r_rFVumIjdCzTfuhEPpx9MqvzrzjbDzizDtzv3o9uvXysHDNQ8_GgzzTpdpRM0nnp-66YscegYeh_L_egpqvl203W3mbgybLLi5dBQGrhGmkirJoqcH_nd94uILKcOKbdjewF8PRaKXWsUSCwFFTHKFpT6syRTjlN6yVX8ewaxE0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1440" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhfz0ZH9l3s8PE9Tz1r_rFVumIjdCzTfuhEPpx9MqvzrzjbDzizDtzv3o9uvXysHDNQ8_GgzzTpdpRM0nnp-66YscegYeh_L_egpqvl203W3mbgybLLi5dBQGrhGmkirJoqcH_nd94uILKcOKbdjewF8PRaKXWsUSCwFFTHKFpT6syRTjlN6yVX8ewaxE0" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The Ministry of Justice
has recently appointed new members to the Committee for Conditional Release of
Prisoners from Prison who will push forward with the early release of convicts
under certain conditions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">The recent appointments
on December 27 to the nine-member Committee for Conditional Release of
Prisoners from Prison, and signed by the Minister of Justice Keuth Rith,
include Dr Kim Santepheap, the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice,
who was appointed Committee Chairman, while the other members are from
departments in the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Interior.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Lieutenant General Nuth
Savana, Deputy Chief of the General Department of Prison in the Ministry of
Interior and also a committee member, said yesterday that the committee was created
in 2021 with the task of looking into the early release of prisoners under
certain conditions.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Lt Gen Savana said the
new appointments were made after former members moved to departments in other
ministries in the 7<sup>th</sup> mandate.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">“The committee will consider
convicts who have served most of their sentence with only five or six months
remaining for early release from prison,” Lt Gen Nuth Savana told <i>Khmer
Times</i>. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">“The early release of
prisoners is very important because it assists the General Department of
Prisons and the Ministry of Interior a lot,” he said. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">“Firstly, it will assist
in reducing overcrowding in prisons; secondly, convicts released from prisons will
be reintegrated into their communities and they be able to earn an income to
support their families; and thirdly to reduce the cost of maintaining prisoners,”
he added. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Lt Gen Nuth Savana
expressed that the early release of prisoners is based “the reasons of laws,
criminology and educational science” while the release of prisoner who are elderly
and living with serious and chronic disease, those in the final stages of a
serious illness or have some other health problem that make them unable to move
and need care, and prisoners who suffer a mental illness is a humanitarian
gesture by the government. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">He said that between
2021 and 2023, more than 40 convicts were released from prison based on certain
conditions across the country.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">He added that the
number of prisoners in Cambodia has increased to 43,300 inmates.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">Among them, 48.95% are
drug traffickers, 10.14% convicted of armed robbery, 5.81% for rape, 5.29% murder,
and 17.83% for other offences. <span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;">There are 2,017
prisoners, including 143 women, who had their sentences reduced by King Norodom
Sihamoni in 2023.<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-76711085396613405862024-01-08T02:41:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:41:55.470-08:00 ACU says Kep City Governor, aide not arrested, ‘detained mistakenly’<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib62WnZoZjShkJoAYycTSifl1KjLz7dPj33tL_4-mAK_tfedr0FX4dbz5XaAz9fLq54HviYIr58oOwWdaKNMjqr71aeYSjuH64JWYOWQYTYg0FWP44u1V5HbNhs2_CtCFGhWsU_5GJ-fIRUnx6rE0eWL-vG-2YyE8d8H9LiseZiu3n-XwdmSocp7gX5Og" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEib62WnZoZjShkJoAYycTSifl1KjLz7dPj33tL_4-mAK_tfedr0FX4dbz5XaAz9fLq54HviYIr58oOwWdaKNMjqr71aeYSjuH64JWYOWQYTYg0FWP44u1V5HbNhs2_CtCFGhWsU_5GJ-fIRUnx6rE0eWL-vG-2YyE8d8H9LiseZiu3n-XwdmSocp7gX5Og" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 16pt;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) yesterday said that the two
top officials of Kep City Administration who were “detained mistakenly” have
been released after nearly four hours of questioning. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Kheng Yan, Governor of Kep City and his close colleague, In
Hun, Chief of City’s Administration Department, were reportedly arrested by the
ACU on Tuesday morning. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Soy Chanvichetr, Spokesman of ACU, confirmed yesterday that the
Kep City Governor and the Chief of Administration were detained “out of some confusion”
and the ACU did not arrest both of them as reports said. </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz1NMTWQ9-vfrquQGJ2f4htdYKNXfTDI5FP6o1ZsjSf1wrhx9EwE5Ggovt2HLzLu_-1DcmUT76ArnwqQDLlI0Dsh99jXVvhi-q4YXnzzHfL5uM3v1wpyu2qOsfdAEDbU-CaXBxT9MYzm2Q7ipCENQKmWZ1KciKdcM_j6pFIp7MbWd14kEfASS57Io_LS8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz1NMTWQ9-vfrquQGJ2f4htdYKNXfTDI5FP6o1ZsjSf1wrhx9EwE5Ggovt2HLzLu_-1DcmUT76ArnwqQDLlI0Dsh99jXVvhi-q4YXnzzHfL5uM3v1wpyu2qOsfdAEDbU-CaXBxT9MYzm2Q7ipCENQKmWZ1KciKdcM_j6pFIp7MbWd14kEfASS57Io_LS8" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“I would like to express that there is no such case.
The Anti-Corruption Unit ACU has not arrested them,” Chanvichetr told Khmer
Times, adding that “The Anti-Corruption Unit always informs the public if there
is any arrest.” </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bun Yong, Deputy Governor and Spokesman of Kep City, told
Khmer Times that the duo were not arrested but only detained for a brief period
for some questioning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Calling it as “an arrest of confusion”, Yong said the duo
had been released soon after the ACU found that both were mistakenly detained. </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Yong said that Yan and Hun were taken by the ACU officials
for questioning at about 11:30 am on Tuesday after a meeting at the Kep City Hall
and the duo was allowed to go home in the evening. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, he did not reveal the exact reasons for their
detentions or what led to the ACU officials to take them for questioning.</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">“They both now have returned to their homes and are
continuing their work happily at the Kep City Administration as usual,” Yong
told Khmer Times. </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">However, he declined to divulge more details about the case.
</span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Both Yan and Hun could not be reached for comment
yesterday. </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-18061729547724193962024-01-08T02:35:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:35:05.049-08:00 Veteran officials appointed as advisors to Cambodian Government <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoPWVpnhO9DSFjEHwb0OFTI_p4KtO5G1cntl1RtieRJmsVQmRt4QTlvmrRuOHGtu6hDs878PLFIhg2d5wXPgk-Xj_cflVxBsvjdnfhW8kIsdbsRw0AkHEyEBltOQT577ls98VXNJiiYuzDRm4Ji9_A0o37mQ3HaK4n4lpy-zyGXclhn9Hq6PxdjjI5qM/s1280/2M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKoPWVpnhO9DSFjEHwb0OFTI_p4KtO5G1cntl1RtieRJmsVQmRt4QTlvmrRuOHGtu6hDs878PLFIhg2d5wXPgk-Xj_cflVxBsvjdnfhW8kIsdbsRw0AkHEyEBltOQT577ls98VXNJiiYuzDRm4Ji9_A0o37mQ3HaK4n4lpy-zyGXclhn9Hq6PxdjjI5qM/s320/2M.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">King Norodom Sihamoni has appointed
the former Chairman of the National Election Committee (NEC) Sik Bun Hok and
two other veteran officials as advisors to the government with the rank
equivalent to Deputy Prime Minister. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to the Royal Decree dated
December 28, 2023, Sik Bun Hok and Chin Bunsean, former Senior Ministers in Charge
of Special Missions, and Khun Haing, former Senior Minister and former Minister
of Cults and Religion, were appointed as advisors to the government with the
title of Deputy Prime Minister. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The trio have had years of
experience in government as well as in the legislative body. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bun
Hok assumed the position of chairman of the NEC on April 13, 2015 until June,
2021, when he resigned, citing poor health problems, and he had served as a
senior lawmaker for many years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="background: white; color: #323232; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Bun
Sean was the Senior Minister in charge of Special Missions, and also
Vice-Chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Haing served as Minister of the National
Assembly and Senate Relations and Inspection, Minister of Cults and Religion and
as a lawmaker.<span style="background: white; color: #323232;"> He also became
vice-chairman of the National Authority for Land Dispute Resolution at the
Council of Ministers in 2018. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Government spokesman Pen Bona
applauded the appointments of Bun Hok, Bunsean and Haing as government advisors,
saying that the trio are “very precious human resources” for Cambodia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Appointing these three senior
officials as advisors to the Royal Government of Cambodia is most suitable for
them,” Bona said yesterday. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“For those who have criticised the
appointment as a waste of the state’s money do not understand their value as
they are all rare human resources that are so important for our country.
Therefore, the appointments are in appreciation of their contribution to society
and the country,” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“For example His Excelleny Sik Bun
Hok is one of the nation’s top scholars,” he added. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In August last year, King Norodom
Sihamoni issued a Royal Decree that appointed 104 advisors and 70 assistants to
Mr Hun Manet, the new Prime Minister, with ranks ranging from Director-General
to Secretary of State.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Of the 104 advisors, 53 are unpaid,
and the 70 assistants to the new Prime Minister comprises 33 Secretaries of State,
19 Undersecretaries of State and 18 Directors-General.</span> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AM3ahHLx_Tfsqc91k2KGqoTbPzYL3sGwU9c58_EQuopk094jGfevhdNI0nt3tUuY2YY05qe5MkgTyCKQeVjUTLrU70Yk0GHD3M6YYpuYQE1J-j1quGQ-WCEQa0lJixn-asR90fV3FL6R9rLuxeOgpXN7WIzgtUdDFojo1ZtCFxZU24kCd3Xh4Zv7Y5w/s1280/2M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8AM3ahHLx_Tfsqc91k2KGqoTbPzYL3sGwU9c58_EQuopk094jGfevhdNI0nt3tUuY2YY05qe5MkgTyCKQeVjUTLrU70Yk0GHD3M6YYpuYQE1J-j1quGQ-WCEQa0lJixn-asR90fV3FL6R9rLuxeOgpXN7WIzgtUdDFojo1ZtCFxZU24kCd3Xh4Zv7Y5w/s320/2M.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915711768014259938.post-18420114806531216412024-01-08T02:28:00.000-08:002024-01-08T02:28:33.904-08:00Ministry of Justice slams ‘baseless’ ADHOC report on court hearings<p> <span style="font-size: 14pt; text-align: justify;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8nq9QPcahFol16RiUEsVClbYKbyX57AKLzT_IObMn1eCfiB8IhrsiCY4LuS8f5aQQuCcv4hNgkc5MeukjEiZc7EFLKpfuB8weBCOinbolMJy88ZkrO9Gh1BmHkydPNd0u3PsxVhILnn49DNypmPiWtMpVlL0UsbAGeI5NRdAJFkiZbYZ1Lzp4YVH3W3U" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4536" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8nq9QPcahFol16RiUEsVClbYKbyX57AKLzT_IObMn1eCfiB8IhrsiCY4LuS8f5aQQuCcv4hNgkc5MeukjEiZc7EFLKpfuB8weBCOinbolMJy88ZkrO9Gh1BmHkydPNd0u3PsxVhILnn49DNypmPiWtMpVlL0UsbAGeI5NRdAJFkiZbYZ1Lzp4YVH3W3U" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Buth Reaksmey Kongkea</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The Ministry of Justice has refuted allegations and claims made by the
Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association (ADHOC) on its “Hearing
Monitoring Report” released on Tuesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">The unverified report alleges that based on a study conducted by ADHOC
members from January 2022 to July 2023 many irregularities had happened at the Capital-Provincial
Court of First Instance the Provincial-Capital Courts across the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Chin Malin, Secretary of State and also the Spokesman at the Ministry
of Justice, told Khmer Times yesterday, “I found three problems with the
report: it is inaccurate, baseless and cannot be taken for consideration. Most
importantly, the ADHOC observers failed to understand the hearing procedures of
the courts and it was not clear whether they have consulted or verified the
report with experts.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Malin said, “If the ADHOC team had found out erring judges, prosecutors
or clerks who failed to comply with law or code of conducts for court hearings
procedures, they should provide the information with specific details to the
Ministry of Justice so that the ministry will inspect or take legal action
against them.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">Chin Malin picked up one of the ADHOC’s report related to pretrial
detention of accused for more than six months and explained that regarding the
pretrial detention of accused, in fact and in accordance with Criminal Law
Procedures, for a criminal case, it is authorized to delay the pretrial detention
of accused over six months or up to six months twice. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="gmail-msonospacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">In its 16-page report, the ADHOC has highlighted postponement of
hearings, pretrial detention for more than six months, difference between the
time set in the judgement and time of the actual trial, the accused right to know
the reason and charges against them, explaining the rights of the accused, the
right to call and question witnesses, the rights during interrogation and ban
on torture, presumption of innocence, court discussion and decision, disallowance
of exculpatory witnesses to testify, independence, impartiality and conduct of
judges on stakeholders and so on. <o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Reaksmey Kongkeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15976903879347657118noreply@blogger.com0