Court responds to tycoon Duong Ngiep’s allegations

 


Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

A spokesman for the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday issued a statement in response to tycoon Duong Ngiep’s accusation on Monday

accusing the court of mishandling the fraud case against him by Taiwanese nationals.

According to the court’s statement, Duong Ngiep was charged on June 21 last year with two accounts of “Fraud” under Articles 377 and 378 of the Criminal Code and “issuing the duck cheque” under Article of 231 of Law on Negotiable Instrument and Payment Transactions in Phnom Penh Municipal Court. He face up to three years in prison.

Ngiep is being sued by two Taiwanese businessmen identified as ChimYu Yen and Yao Ching King, according to the court case on November 8, 2020, for allegedly cheating them of $7,305,000by falsely selling land in 2020.

“After Duong Ngiep received a total of “7,305,000from two Taiwanese nationals… he did not have any land to give them as contracted,” said the statement.

The statement said that in order to solve the dispute, Ngiep issued three cheques, Number 145577, valued at $1,650,000;  Number 213987, valued at $3,655,000;  and Number 132788, valued at $2,000,000 to the plaintiffs.

When they took the three cheques to the bank, it confirmed that there was no money in the account to cover the three cheques.

The statement said that during the interrogation phase, the investigating judge verified evidence and questioned Ngiep, and decided not to detain him, instead officially placing him under judicial supervision through a warrant (dated August 13, 2021) which obliged him to deposit$5,307,000 in bail within one month to the account of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court.


“But the accused Duong Ngiep did not put money into the account of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for his release bail as required by the court’s order,” the statement said.

The statement said that Ngiep, meanwhile, evaded the obligation of judicial supervision and therefore, the investigating judge took further action in accordance with the provisions of Article 230 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

“In this case, the court will continue to follow the procedures in this case, not allowing the accused Duong Ngiep to use social media to avoid his responsibilities,” the statement added.

On Tuesday, Duong Ngiep posted live on Facebook from the entrance of Prey Sar Prison where he volunteered to be incarcerated rather than pay the investigating judge more extortion money of an undisclosed amount.

“I did not have any business with those Taiwanese nationals or any other foreign business people. I do not know about nor did I commit anything as accused,” he said.

Duong Ngiep said he was summoned by the investigating judge many times. “Each time I go to court I have to pay money. They chewed me like they chewed meat for cooking and took money from me,” he said. 

“Now I can no longer stand the judge anymore. I ran out of money and have nothing to give the judge anymore.”


Duong Ngieb also used his Facebook account to ask Prime Minister Hun Sen to help find justice for him by sending an inspection team from the Supreme Court to investigate the Phnom Penh Municipal Court’s judges on Monday.








 

 

 


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