New Straits Times (Malaysia)
PUTRAJAYA: Former Cambodian police chief Heng Peo’s hasty extradition last week, which was criticised by a Federal Court judge, was in good faith, said the Immigration Department.
Its enforcement director, Datuk Ishak Mohamed, yesterday said Heng Peo was deported in keeping with the department’s procedures.
He declined to say who gave the instruction to send Heng Peo back to Cambodia without waiting for an appeal to be filed.
Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Datuk Richard Malanjum, on Thursday criticised the prosecution for allowing Heng Peo to be whisked away while defence counsel was filing an appeal with the Federal Court.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria had denied that he knew the appeal was being filed and that the Immigration Department would move so quickly.
The one-legged Heng Peo was arrested here for overstaying in October after being expelled from Singapore, where he had fled to in July.
Sacked as Phnom Penh police chief earlier this year, he was convicted, in his absence, to 18 years’ jail for the murder of a judge and other crimes.
While fighting extradition to Cambodia, he was offered asylum in Finland on human rights grounds.
On Thursday, the Court of Appeal decided he should be extradited to Cambodia, and not Singapore as earlier decided by the High Court.
It also denied his counsel’s verbal request for a stay of execution.
The Federal Court panel, headed by Malanjum, convened as soon as it received notice of the appeal but by then, Heng Peo had been put onboard a private plane to Cambodia.
Its enforcement director, Datuk Ishak Mohamed, yesterday said Heng Peo was deported in keeping with the department’s procedures.
He declined to say who gave the instruction to send Heng Peo back to Cambodia without waiting for an appeal to be filed.
Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak, Datuk Richard Malanjum, on Thursday criticised the prosecution for allowing Heng Peo to be whisked away while defence counsel was filing an appeal with the Federal Court.
Deputy public prosecutor Mohamad Hanafiah Zakaria had denied that he knew the appeal was being filed and that the Immigration Department would move so quickly.
The one-legged Heng Peo was arrested here for overstaying in October after being expelled from Singapore, where he had fled to in July.
Sacked as Phnom Penh police chief earlier this year, he was convicted, in his absence, to 18 years’ jail for the murder of a judge and other crimes.
While fighting extradition to Cambodia, he was offered asylum in Finland on human rights grounds.
On Thursday, the Court of Appeal decided he should be extradited to Cambodia, and not Singapore as earlier decided by the High Court.
It also denied his counsel’s verbal request for a stay of execution.
The Federal Court panel, headed by Malanjum, convened as soon as it received notice of the appeal but by then, Heng Peo had been put onboard a private plane to Cambodia.
2 comments:
Malaysia too is corrupted. Dollars made Malaysia to deport Heng Pov to
the hand of mafia in Cambodia. No justice or fairness in this world.
Of course they have to deny. How could tehy still deny if the Private Jet of Cambodia's Mafia was waiting for Heng Pov? If Malaysia is Buddhism it may be Heng Pov was handed to Finland.
First anonymous comments was correct, the Malaysian Immigration Department already well aware that the Cambodian official private jet was waiting for Heng Pov.
There is no reason why Malaysia shouldn't hand over Heng Pov to Finland. The decision is 50/50 to hand over Heng Pov to Cambodia/Finland. Expect that the Malaysian authority must have receive some special gift from the Cambodian in order for Malaysian to quickly act favouring the Cambodian side. Alternative they could have send Heng Pov to Singapore and then Heng Pov will have 100% change of going to Finland. But one good thing is that Heng Pov wife and laywer have all the evidence of Hun Sen, Hok Lundy corruptions...they should send copies of this evidence to the donor countries for future Cambodia Donation reference.
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