Nov 10, 06Cambodian cop's hearing delayed
AFP
The Kuala Lumpur High Court today postponed a hearing to deport Heng Pov after state prosecutors said they needed more time to prepare their case, said a lawyer for Cambodia's fugitive former police chief.
"The judge has agreed to adjourn the hearing at the request of the deputy public prosecutor, who needed time to reply to an affidavit we filed," Heng Pov's lawyer, N Sivananthan told AFP.
Heng Pov was arrested last month in Malaysia for overstaying his visa after entering the country from Singapore. He is fighting to avoid deportation to Cambodia, where he has been convicted on murder conspiracy charges.
Sivananthan said the court had adjourned the case to Nov 24.
"The prosecutors felt they needed more time to reply us," he said.
"We are arguing on many grounds to prove that the procedure for our client's detention was illegal in the first place," he added.
Convicted in absentia
Heng Pov is attempting to be deported to Singapore instead of his home country, where he fears execution for conspiracy to commit murder.
Malaysian immigration laws allow for overstayers to be sent back to their last point of entry.
Judge Abdul Kadir Musa has ruled that Heng Pov will not be forced to leave the country until he receives a fair trial in his battle against Malaysia's government, which is trying to deport him.
Heng Pov was convicted and sentenced in absentia in Cambodia on September 18 for conspiracy in connection with the killing of Municipal Court judge Sok Sethamony, who was shot in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
He is currently being held in custody at national police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
"The judge has agreed to adjourn the hearing at the request of the deputy public prosecutor, who needed time to reply to an affidavit we filed," Heng Pov's lawyer, N Sivananthan told AFP.
Heng Pov was arrested last month in Malaysia for overstaying his visa after entering the country from Singapore. He is fighting to avoid deportation to Cambodia, where he has been convicted on murder conspiracy charges.
Sivananthan said the court had adjourned the case to Nov 24.
"The prosecutors felt they needed more time to reply us," he said.
"We are arguing on many grounds to prove that the procedure for our client's detention was illegal in the first place," he added.
Convicted in absentia
Heng Pov is attempting to be deported to Singapore instead of his home country, where he fears execution for conspiracy to commit murder.
Malaysian immigration laws allow for overstayers to be sent back to their last point of entry.
Judge Abdul Kadir Musa has ruled that Heng Pov will not be forced to leave the country until he receives a fair trial in his battle against Malaysia's government, which is trying to deport him.
Heng Pov was convicted and sentenced in absentia in Cambodia on September 18 for conspiracy in connection with the killing of Municipal Court judge Sok Sethamony, who was shot in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh.
He is currently being held in custody at national police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
4 comments:
Heng Pao was convicted by the government controlled court without he or his lawyer defending him in absentia. The word "convicted" should not have been used to describe him by AFP report.
HI, ah pleoeu ki-media gossip
YOU ARE JUST SLAVES OF FOREIGNERS... STAY WHERE YOU ARE, CAMBODIA DOES NOT NEED SECOND CLASS AMERICAN KHMER. NOT AT ALL!
I AM PROUD TO BE IN MY OWN COUNTRY. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US.
THANK YOU
A PATRIOT AN NOT... SLAVE OF FOREIGNER
THis idiot 7:55AM must be a victims of deportation from USA for his crazy reason to blame USA. If you are born to be a criminal, where you are going to be, you are still a criminal. That is the nature of your bloody future. Please do not blame anerican. We have no such second class people unless you came into USA without a legal permit. Noone is slave of foreinger except you slave of vietcong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huhhh, i hate reading this crazy guy, 7:55AM. I also live in Cambodia and i dnt like your smell speech...I think this guy may be not khmer may be IT is YOUN teh deng???
I advise u tolisten to these people talking if you want to cure your stupidity...
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