Supreme Court  releases tycoon on bail due to poor health

Buth Reaksmey Kongkea

The Supreme Court yesterday released on bail accused tycoon Peth Nuon due to poor health, who was being detained in Kampot prison for a land scam where he embezzled nearly $500,000 from his business partner.

Nuon, 47, General-Director of Chamroeun Agro-Industrial Development Import and Export Co Ltd, was sent to prison for allegedly selling more than two hectares of land in Kampot province in 2001 to real estate businessman and business partner Sin Boul, 38, property Nuon didn’t possess.

Court Presiding Judge You Ottara stated yesterday that Nuon, who lives in Choam Chao III commune in Phnom Penh’s Por Senchey district, was charged with two counts of “Fraud with Aggravating Circumstances and Breach of Trust” under articles of 377, 378, 380, 391 and 392 of the Criminal Code.

Nuon faces between two to five years in prison if convicted.

Judge Ottara said that Nuon was arrested on January 11 in accordance with Kampot Provincial Court’s arrest warrant issued by court deputy prosecutor Kha Denana and temporarily detained in Kampot prison.

He continued that Nuon was sued by his business partner Sin Boul.

“Due to the accused Peth Nuon’s health problems and chronic illnesses that need treatment and his claims that he will follow the court’s procedures, the Supreme Court has decided to allow him to be released from the prison as he has requested,” Judge Ottara said.

“But the accused was put under court supervision and he must appear in court when summoned,” he added.

Nuon promised that he would respect the court’s procedures.

Nuon had previously served a month in prison in August, 2020 for embezzling another businessman for $100,000 by selling him a fraudulent road-construction project in Prey Veng province in 2019.

///END//  

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Laotian gets life for drug trafficking

Image
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has sentenced a Laotian drug trafficker to life imprisonment after the 42-year-old was convicted of trafficking about 7 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine. Presiding Judge Sin Sovannroath said Houa Choua was from Champasak province’s Moeung Khong district, Laos.     “The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has decided to sentence the accused Houa Choua to a life sentence and a fine of 100 million riels,” Judge Sovannroath said in his judgment yesterday.   He said that the accused was charged with “drug possessing, transport and trafficking” under Article 40 of Cambodian Law on Drugs Control and with “money Laundering” under Articles 38 of the Law on Anti-Money Laundering and Financing.   Judge Sovannroath stated that Houa Choua was arrested by police at a guesthouse in Por Senchey district’s Kakab commune on October 16, 2022, night.  Houa Choua was detained after he had transported the drugs by car from the Cambodia-Lao border in
Read more

Sorn Elit, the Tallest Cambodian Taekwando Champion

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA There are 18 Taekwondo fighters on the national team, according to Hem Samnang, Secretary General of the Cambodian Taekwondo Federation (CTF). He was speaking to The Southeast Asia Weekly on July 22. The Secretary General said that Sorn Elit, 22, is currently the best Taekwondo fighter in Cambodia. He has attended many competitions both at home and abroad and has achieved success in both fields. In 2008, he won the national heavyweight title in the Taekwondo championships. “I am very proud of Sorn Elit as he is the best fighter in Cambodia,” Samnang said. “I believe that he will continue to bring honor to the country, the sport and himself as he competes in still more competitions at home and in the international fighting arena. He is completely committed to his training schedule and is a credit to the sport.” The Secretary General said that to improve Elit’s skills, the CTF sent him to get Taekwondo training in South Korea over two weeks in 2007. The CTF plans
Read more

Chan Tra: Life of a Cambodian Traditional Tattoo Artist

BY BUTH REAKSMEY KONGKEA Among tattooists in Cambodia, Chan Tra, 46, is the only tattoo artist to retain the ability to ink a wide range of subjects in different styles. His modern counterparts are limited in their repertoire in comparison. His subjects include the human form, birds and abstract patterns. Chan Tra is now an expert in drawing Ankor Wat on the skin of foreign clients, thus turning them into walking, talking promotional materials for Cambodia’s tourist sector. Chan Tra was born in 1963 in Sihanouk province and has two sons and one daughter. He is an orphaned and a Survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime. He lost his entire family during the years of terror between 1975 and 1979. “I have loved drawing and painting ever since I was a child and practised my art every day before the arrival of the Pol Pot regime. Consequently, I like the art of tattooing and it makes a solid source of income to keep my wife and kids happy,” he told The Southeast Asia Weekly during a personal i
Read more