By Veha
Sralanh Khmer
23 Aug 06
Translated from Khmer
At least two important officials in Cambodia were found to have money stashed in foreign banks amounting to tens of millions of dollars. The leak about these multi-million-dollar deposits of the officials whose identities have remained unknown was made after the lawyer of Heng Peou, former chief of the Phnom Penh municipal police department, announced that his client would show more proof of the corruption crimes and various murders that his adversaries committed during the many years they have been in power.
David Chen, Heng Peou's defense lawyer wrote a communiqué in an e-mail last weekend saying that his client would soon release more statements and these future statements would give the chronology of the corruption crimes committed by officials in the current regime. However, officials of Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party continued to curse Heng Peou, wishing him to be done away with quickly. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Heng Peou was desperate. "The more Heng Pov releases statements, the more he loses credibility," he said. However, he did not elaborate the cause of Heng Peou's desperation.
Heng Peou's lawyer who wrote e-mail messages on two consecutive days (Sunday and Monday) affirmed that this news was to tell the leaders of this regime to drop all trumped-up charges against his client. Nevertheless, David Chen wrote that his client would not stop publishing proof of the dirty crimes committed by the leaders of the current Phnom Penh regime. Chen further wrote in his e-mail, "I believe that once you see the proof my client releases in the next few days you will surely be shocked to learn how bad the leaders of this regime are.
Besides the Interior Ministry spokesman, Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith also told local newspapers published yesterday that no deal would be made with Heng Peou. "To say that the government must drop the charges, it would be crazy. The lawyer must not understand Cambodian law," Khieu Kanharith said.
"In Cambodia you cannot strike a deal with the government on crimes," he said. Noting that Heng Peou claimed he knew all the secrets of the officials in this government, Kanharith observed that it would mean therefore that he (Heng Peou) was an accomplice to these crimes.
The government spokesman was correct in making this observation because Heng Peou himself had admitted that he turned a blind eye and a deaf ear by accepting a car as a gift for not seizing seven tons of smuggled marijuana belonging to Mong Ritthi, the tycoon very close to the prime minister, at Hun Sen's order in 1997.
Heng Peou now finds himself in a dangerous situation from all sides. Therefore, he probably is not going to keep hiding anything about all kinds of criminal acts in the Hun Sen government. Maybe he wants to raise this dark curtain and show the truth to the public before he is prosecuted for complicity under the command of his superiors to cover up many crimes in the past.
Experts say that Heng Peou certainly had his share in the corrupt and criminal acts, but even if he is guilty, that does not prevent him from being credible in the statements he has made. At the current stage, Heng Peou is only a suspect, accused of being accomplice of other leaders in committing crimes. For the time being, he has the presumption of innocence. Therefore, what he has shown and will show in the future is not entirely untrue.
While those who are monitoring this development are waiting for much more information to be released by Heng Peou concerning the criminal path of the Cambodian government officials, a source has just disclosed the accounts worth tens of millions of dollars in two banks initially discovered as belonging to some of Heng Peou's adversaries in Cambodia. The source did not reveal the names of these officials or the identity of the banks concerned, merely saying that one of the banks is in Hong Kong and the other in Singapore.
The same source further said that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the foreign media will report on these multi-million-dollar accounts.
David Chen, Heng Peou's defense lawyer wrote a communiqué in an e-mail last weekend saying that his client would soon release more statements and these future statements would give the chronology of the corruption crimes committed by officials in the current regime. However, officials of Cambodia's ruling Cambodian People's Party continued to curse Heng Peou, wishing him to be done away with quickly. Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Heng Peou was desperate. "The more Heng Pov releases statements, the more he loses credibility," he said. However, he did not elaborate the cause of Heng Peou's desperation.
Heng Peou's lawyer who wrote e-mail messages on two consecutive days (Sunday and Monday) affirmed that this news was to tell the leaders of this regime to drop all trumped-up charges against his client. Nevertheless, David Chen wrote that his client would not stop publishing proof of the dirty crimes committed by the leaders of the current Phnom Penh regime. Chen further wrote in his e-mail, "I believe that once you see the proof my client releases in the next few days you will surely be shocked to learn how bad the leaders of this regime are.
Besides the Interior Ministry spokesman, Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith also told local newspapers published yesterday that no deal would be made with Heng Peou. "To say that the government must drop the charges, it would be crazy. The lawyer must not understand Cambodian law," Khieu Kanharith said.
"In Cambodia you cannot strike a deal with the government on crimes," he said. Noting that Heng Peou claimed he knew all the secrets of the officials in this government, Kanharith observed that it would mean therefore that he (Heng Peou) was an accomplice to these crimes.
The government spokesman was correct in making this observation because Heng Peou himself had admitted that he turned a blind eye and a deaf ear by accepting a car as a gift for not seizing seven tons of smuggled marijuana belonging to Mong Ritthi, the tycoon very close to the prime minister, at Hun Sen's order in 1997.
Heng Peou now finds himself in a dangerous situation from all sides. Therefore, he probably is not going to keep hiding anything about all kinds of criminal acts in the Hun Sen government. Maybe he wants to raise this dark curtain and show the truth to the public before he is prosecuted for complicity under the command of his superiors to cover up many crimes in the past.
Experts say that Heng Peou certainly had his share in the corrupt and criminal acts, but even if he is guilty, that does not prevent him from being credible in the statements he has made. At the current stage, Heng Peou is only a suspect, accused of being accomplice of other leaders in committing crimes. For the time being, he has the presumption of innocence. Therefore, what he has shown and will show in the future is not entirely untrue.
While those who are monitoring this development are waiting for much more information to be released by Heng Peou concerning the criminal path of the Cambodian government officials, a source has just disclosed the accounts worth tens of millions of dollars in two banks initially discovered as belonging to some of Heng Peou's adversaries in Cambodia. The source did not reveal the names of these officials or the identity of the banks concerned, merely saying that one of the banks is in Hong Kong and the other in Singapore.
The same source further said that tomorrow or the day after tomorrow the foreign media will report on these multi-million-dollar accounts.
7 comments:
Heng Pov is the only one who can destroy the credibility of the bloodthirsty and traitor Hun sen and his collaborators.
Those who love their country (Cambodia)but work for this corrupt government should follow his exemple in denouncing everything they know them to the world.
It's time to stop to be indifferent.
I's time to wake up!
Heng Pov had already destroyed the credibility of AH HUN SEN regime already! If Heng Pov reveal more about the corruption money in the foreign bank accounts and it is time bomb and the bank officials must take step to freez those asset! This is drug money! This is terrorists money that help funded the 1997 grenade attacked!
I can't see the future of CPP beyond 2008! But watch out there are many coercion going on and many Cambodian people are being force to have thumb print to vote for the CPP or deny the water to their rice field if the people don't vote for the CPP!
Cambodian people have the vote but they can't vote democratically! How can anybody continue to blame Cambodian people!
The solution is right before your eye!
Wowow... Heng Pov is so rich. He got more than 10 millions of USD just work as chief police about 5 years. Cool!!!! How about Hun Sen, Khieu Kanarith and Sok An??????? How much money do you have?????
Don't be confused !
The ten million of dollar is not belongs to Heng Pov, but his Adversaries (oponents). However, Heng Pov himsef is also involved in this corruption and crimes.
Only the people in urban areas could know those CPP's cultprits, but the people in rural area mostly don't know that. The only thing they wants is trying to live with starvation.
Hello,
"It takes a thief to catch a thief."
Only a thief knows how a thief thinks and acts.
Lesson learned from the recent Iraq war, "Follow the Trial of Money".
Under the international law, "You Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty in a Court of Law."
Where as, under Ah Kvang Ma-Khak's law, "You Are Guilty Until Proven Innocent by Ainh Cronnies".
PhD - Philosophy of Hidding Dirts
It's mouthwatering to be able to watch theses mountains of dollars.
I don't think I have sinned by suggesting the OLD TA is helping himself from theses sources too.
Proof of theses is that HE keeps on prodiging praises after praises on the STRONG MAN.
His spending spree on film making, DVD, CD, magazines for free distribution in order to buy back his long lost illusory prestige,
What income does he have to meet those extravagances?
More lavish banquets to continue to buy back the heart and mind of high officials of the government, police and army and his KAUN CHAU the Small People can starve.
Because his Kaun Chau who love him so much do not need to eat as much as they need to hear his voice and feel that He is back in the country.
Our Strong man is exploiting and expanding at will.
"To say that the government must drop the charges, it would be crazy. The lawyer must not understand Cambodian law," Khieu Kanharith said.
This is new to me, I did not know that Cambodia have any laws. Seem liked Hun Sen is the one that decided what is the laws. He decided to put Sam Rainsy in jail for 18 months, then decided not to put him in jail and become friends or whatever they call it in Cambodia. The same with the guy call himself prince something, the head of another party. Hun Sen chased him out of the country and try to kill him, then he (Hun) decided to work together again. Hun made his own laws. Cambodia has no laws, if Cambodia has any laws, the country wouldn't be this corrupted.
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