Heng Pov (Photo: RFA)Monday September 18, 2006
Cambodia ex-police boss gets 18 years for murder
PHNOM PENH, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A former Cambodian police chief and adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen was sentenced in absentia to 18 years in jail on Monday for his involvement in the 2003 assassination of a judge.
Police General Heng Pov, 49, who has fled Cambodia, was found guilty of premeditated murder along with five associates, who each received 16 years, trial judge Kim Ravy told a courtroom packed with burly security men.
"Their acts created social problems and cannot be tolerated," he said. "It was a premeditated killing ordered by Heng Pov."
He said there had been a dispute between Heng Pov and judge Sok Sethamony, who was shot dead as he drove to work in April 2003. Kim Ravy did not elaborate.
The one-legged Heng Pov, sacked as head of the Phnom Penh police last year and as a Hun Sen aide in June this year, fled to Singapore in July, officials said.
His current whereabouts are unknown. Some reports have suggested he applied to Australia for political asylum.
In July, police arrested eight men at two Phnom Penh addresses belonging to Heng Pov after they said they had found six rifles, three hand-guns and $300,000 in cash.
Cambodia's corrupt and highly politicised justice system frequently tries people in absentia and hands down convictions without revealing details of evidence.
Police General Heng Pov, 49, who has fled Cambodia, was found guilty of premeditated murder along with five associates, who each received 16 years, trial judge Kim Ravy told a courtroom packed with burly security men.
"Their acts created social problems and cannot be tolerated," he said. "It was a premeditated killing ordered by Heng Pov."
He said there had been a dispute between Heng Pov and judge Sok Sethamony, who was shot dead as he drove to work in April 2003. Kim Ravy did not elaborate.
The one-legged Heng Pov, sacked as head of the Phnom Penh police last year and as a Hun Sen aide in June this year, fled to Singapore in July, officials said.
His current whereabouts are unknown. Some reports have suggested he applied to Australia for political asylum.
In July, police arrested eight men at two Phnom Penh addresses belonging to Heng Pov after they said they had found six rifles, three hand-guns and $300,000 in cash.
Cambodia's corrupt and highly politicised justice system frequently tries people in absentia and hands down convictions without revealing details of evidence.
5 comments:
Ah evil one eye man,hun sen is going to sentence for 18 years in jail not heng pov.
HUn Sen should be sentence to hell for 12 generations for internity!
I don't care how many times AH HUN SEN sentences AH HENG POV! I don't know who to believe or what to believe cause they both are criminals! Both are drug dealers! Both are killers! Both have million of dollars! Both have more than one wives! Both are government officials! Both are accusing each other for doing all the bad stuffs!
The best part of it all is that both have stories to tell Cambodian people and the world!
Believe it or not!
Dear Heng Pov! You should be strong and be diligeange against the court in Cambodia. They have only crayfish brains,. THe brain given by their mother was all shut out by Hun Sen
HENG Pov's cases should be sentenced in a democratic country. In addition, HUN Sen and HOK Longdy must be also sentenced since they commited much more serious problems than HENG Pov.
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