Heng Pov (Photo: RFA)By Chey Dara
Sralanh Khmer Newspaper
05 Sep 06
Translated from Khmer
Heng Peou, former Phnom Penh municipal police commissioner and former adviser to Prime Minister Hun Sen whom the Phnom Penh regime has accused of crimes, now has returned from Malaysia back to Singapore as an ordinary tourist. Meanwhile, the Phnom Penh authorities could only say that they continue to wait for cooperation from all Interpol member countries (184 countries) as before in order to get Heng Peou for prosecution in Cambodia.
This former adviser to PM Hun Sen was held for a few hours by the Singaporean police on Thursday night, 31 August, because his visa expired, but was later released and allowed to visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday evening. However, a reliable source said that Heng Peou has left Malaysia and returned to Singapore, and is now preparing to go to a third country for political asylum.
An Interior Ministry official familiar with the Interpol told Sralanh Khmer yesterday morning that Heng Peou left Malaysia for Singapore after he renewed his visa, and now plans to go to a European country, possibly Norway.
However, a report by a government official claimed that Heng Peou continues to be in hiding in Malaysia and the two countries (Malaysia and Singapore) do not pay any attention to the request of the Cambodian authorities to deport Heng Peou back to Cambodia. The source further said that the Cambodian authorities had learned about Heng Peou's arrest by the Singaporean police from the press and did not receive any official notification from either the Singaporean or Malaysian authorities. It appears that the latter do not heed the request of the Cambodian authorities or the Interpol red notice to the 184 countries.
Kev Vanthan, deputy chief of the Cambodian Interpol bureau, claimed that the Cambodian authorities continue to wait for cooperation from Interpol member countries, and Cambodia hopes to get Heng Peou back. This deputy chief of the Interpol bureau also disclosed that the Singaporean authorities had sent Heng Peou to Malaysia because he went to Singapore through Malaysia; consequently, Heng Peou has the right to stay in Malaysia for another month.
The Interior Ministry official said that according to Kev Vanthan, it appears that the Singaporean and Malaysian authorities do not consider Heng Peou a fugitive criminal as accused by the Cambodian authorities and tribunal, because these two countries do not arrest Heng Peou as requested by the Cambodian authorities.
Nevertheless, Kev Vanthan affirmed, "We are waiting for cooperation from Interpol member countries. Now, we are making contacts. We hope that thanks to this good cooperation among the Interpol members, wherever Heng Peou goes he will be observed because we have the red notice for his arrest. We hope that fellow Interpol member states will arrest him for us."
Asked why the Interpol branches in Singapore and Malaysia do not arrest Heng Peou and extradite him to Cambodia (now), Kev Vanthan claimed that the two countries do not have an extradition treaty with Cambodia. Asked whether Heng Peou would disclose more documents, Kev Vanthan said he did no know.
Told that NGOs were concerned about Heng Peou's safety if he was sent back to Cambodia, as in the case of Ho Sok [slain Interior Ministry state secretary of the royalist party], Kev Vanthan said that this question should be raised with the spokesman, for he was only an Interpol police officer.
Heng Peou's defense lawyer David Chen claimed that Heng Peou is staying at a safe place under UNHCR protection.
An Interior Ministry official said that a few days before the Singaporean authorities detained him Heng Peou met with UNHCR representatives twice. During these meetings, Heng Peou showed them documents in the forms of tapes and other proof, which he has kept abroad for a long time. The same official further said that because of these voice recordings and other documents, the UNHCR officials are going to grant him an asylum in a third country, for should he be sent back to Cambodia he would be silenced like General Ho Sok of the FUNCINPEC [National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia] Party in the Interior Ministry during the bloody coup of 5-6 July 1997.
David Chen stated that Heng Peou is staying in a safe haven and is seeking political asylum from the UNHCR. The lawyer went on to say that Heng Peou is safe and is no longer worried about being hunted down by the Cambodian authorities who want to get him back to Cambodia.
A source close to National Police Director-General Hok Langdi said that the Phnom Penh regime is worried that foreign authorities might arrest Heng Peou and send him to their court. They are afraid that Heng Peou would further reveal to the foreign court the crimes of the Cambodian leaders because of the tape recordings and other documents in his possession. However, if Heng Peou is arrested by the authorities of any country and sent back to Cambodia, then it would be all right. That is why the Cambodian authorities are concerned more by the success of the foreign authorities in arresting Heng Peou than by their failure.
This former adviser to PM Hun Sen was held for a few hours by the Singaporean police on Thursday night, 31 August, because his visa expired, but was later released and allowed to visit Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday evening. However, a reliable source said that Heng Peou has left Malaysia and returned to Singapore, and is now preparing to go to a third country for political asylum.
An Interior Ministry official familiar with the Interpol told Sralanh Khmer yesterday morning that Heng Peou left Malaysia for Singapore after he renewed his visa, and now plans to go to a European country, possibly Norway.
However, a report by a government official claimed that Heng Peou continues to be in hiding in Malaysia and the two countries (Malaysia and Singapore) do not pay any attention to the request of the Cambodian authorities to deport Heng Peou back to Cambodia. The source further said that the Cambodian authorities had learned about Heng Peou's arrest by the Singaporean police from the press and did not receive any official notification from either the Singaporean or Malaysian authorities. It appears that the latter do not heed the request of the Cambodian authorities or the Interpol red notice to the 184 countries.
Kev Vanthan, deputy chief of the Cambodian Interpol bureau, claimed that the Cambodian authorities continue to wait for cooperation from Interpol member countries, and Cambodia hopes to get Heng Peou back. This deputy chief of the Interpol bureau also disclosed that the Singaporean authorities had sent Heng Peou to Malaysia because he went to Singapore through Malaysia; consequently, Heng Peou has the right to stay in Malaysia for another month.
The Interior Ministry official said that according to Kev Vanthan, it appears that the Singaporean and Malaysian authorities do not consider Heng Peou a fugitive criminal as accused by the Cambodian authorities and tribunal, because these two countries do not arrest Heng Peou as requested by the Cambodian authorities.
Nevertheless, Kev Vanthan affirmed, "We are waiting for cooperation from Interpol member countries. Now, we are making contacts. We hope that thanks to this good cooperation among the Interpol members, wherever Heng Peou goes he will be observed because we have the red notice for his arrest. We hope that fellow Interpol member states will arrest him for us."
Asked why the Interpol branches in Singapore and Malaysia do not arrest Heng Peou and extradite him to Cambodia (now), Kev Vanthan claimed that the two countries do not have an extradition treaty with Cambodia. Asked whether Heng Peou would disclose more documents, Kev Vanthan said he did no know.
Told that NGOs were concerned about Heng Peou's safety if he was sent back to Cambodia, as in the case of Ho Sok [slain Interior Ministry state secretary of the royalist party], Kev Vanthan said that this question should be raised with the spokesman, for he was only an Interpol police officer.
Heng Peou's defense lawyer David Chen claimed that Heng Peou is staying at a safe place under UNHCR protection.
An Interior Ministry official said that a few days before the Singaporean authorities detained him Heng Peou met with UNHCR representatives twice. During these meetings, Heng Peou showed them documents in the forms of tapes and other proof, which he has kept abroad for a long time. The same official further said that because of these voice recordings and other documents, the UNHCR officials are going to grant him an asylum in a third country, for should he be sent back to Cambodia he would be silenced like General Ho Sok of the FUNCINPEC [National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia] Party in the Interior Ministry during the bloody coup of 5-6 July 1997.
David Chen stated that Heng Peou is staying in a safe haven and is seeking political asylum from the UNHCR. The lawyer went on to say that Heng Peou is safe and is no longer worried about being hunted down by the Cambodian authorities who want to get him back to Cambodia.
A source close to National Police Director-General Hok Langdi said that the Phnom Penh regime is worried that foreign authorities might arrest Heng Peou and send him to their court. They are afraid that Heng Peou would further reveal to the foreign court the crimes of the Cambodian leaders because of the tape recordings and other documents in his possession. However, if Heng Peou is arrested by the authorities of any country and sent back to Cambodia, then it would be all right. That is why the Cambodian authorities are concerned more by the success of the foreign authorities in arresting Heng Peou than by their failure.
8 comments:
Good on you Heng Pov!!! I support you 100%. Who want to listen ah animal Hun sen to has killed his own brother in 1996 named Kao Samouth and blamed the killing to Sam Rainsy Party. He has even dared to wept in front of national TV that he was so upset with that killing. If he has the brain ( not even has a good secondary education), he must understood that other fellow citizens have also their brain ( university educated ). Only the monkies from the jungles who are still listening to him and who are still entertaining for for all his criminal activities in Cambodia and terrorise people every day. If Heng Pov is not fed up with all criminal activities, he would stay with Hun Sen to make monies already. Look at Kith Meng, How long to make his 800 millions us dollars to stay with Hun sen? He needs only worked from 1997 until now for earning US$800 millions. What businesses has this guy has done? How huch monies has he transfered from Australia to start his business?
If what Heng Peou's lawyer said is true then thanks to the UNHCR for its courage and humanitarian obligation to assist Heng Peou in seeking asylum in a country where the rule of law prevails. If Heng Peou is in the hands of the Cambodian authorities he will be tortured and forced to retract all his previous revelations.
Cambodian authorities are not well-known for their respect for human rights. Just look at the plight of the Mongtanard people. How many of them so far have been sent back to Vietnam to face persecution? And, they allow Vietnamese agents, some are armed and in Vietnamese military uniform, to roam freely in Cambodian forests in search of the remaining Mongtanards fleeing persecution in Vietnam. Cambodian compatriots who speaks out against those mafias in power have also suffered the same fate in the hands of the Cambodian authorities. Hun Sen can put anyone in Prey Sar prison without having to go through the court of law, if there is any real one.
Despite the reservation expressed by the King-Father, this is a good opportunity to draw the world attention to the corrupt practices, murder and other serious crimes carried out by the Cambodian leaders and their cronies. Their criminal activities cannot go on indefinitely.
Heng Peou, once you are safe in a third country you must carry on with your crusade of revelations to bring about shame on those mafias and positive change to the country that you claim you love so much. Godspeed!
The Interpol in other countries must act in good conscience when they are asked to pursue a fugitive by an Interpol bureau in a country where its corrupt leaders do not respect the human rights and the rule of law.
If they assist the Cambodian authorities in arresting and returning Heng Peou to Cambodia, the Interpol image will be badly tarnished. Pursuing the criminals, yes, but not the witnesses to the crimes committed by those in power. The concerned observers around the world are also following this development with great interest.
Yes totally agreed with anonymous #1. If Heng Pov does get arrested in an over sea country, he should release every bit of informations while working under Hok Langdi and Ah Hun Sen to bring them down.
Any of the 184 counties that Kev Vanthan hoping for the arrest of Heng Pov and return to Cambodia for special torture all are smart enough to know what Ah Hun Sen is currently cooking in Cambodia for over 25 years. Don't forget that this countries are doner's countries as well and they should instead arrest Ah Hun Sen and his officials for corruptions.
Where does $600Millions goes every year? the answer is the corrupted CPP MP particularly Hun Sen, Sok An, Hok Landi...the list is long than my left arm.
Crruption! is one bad thing for Cambodia, but drug trafiking is poisoning the whole humannity. They should go to world court and send to Saingapor for hanging!
I don't know much about politic and I don't care about it. However, from what I see, Heng Pov is a killer, a criminal. He has be tried for what he did. I beg all countries in the world do not accept Heng Pov as a political asylum, he is purely a criminal. Please bring him back for justice.
1:42pm, you must in love with ah animal hun sen, and that is why you call heng pov as a criminal.
I think 1:42 is a criminal and corrupt too. Because he loves Ah animal Hun Sen who is the dictator,the vietnamese brainwashed,corrupt man selling Cambodian territory to Vietnam,the Cambodian historic enemy. You know Heng Pov is the big key witness to uncover the criminality of Jun Sen his conspirators to the world justice.
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