By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

THE owner of a Phnom Penh guesthouse was sentenced to 18 months in jail and fined 2 million riels (US$500 ) yesterday for permitting drug use and harbouring drug users. The owner of Rasmei Phka Chhouk II guesthouse in Daun Penh district, 36-year-old Prum Sophea, was arrested on March 19 this year, along with 11 others when police raided his guesthouse.

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