Khim Sambo and his son's funeral (Photo: RFA)Tuesday, 02 December 2008
Written by Cheang Sokha
The Phnom Penh Post
A lack of information into the investigation of Khim Sambo's death has raised fears about its progress, family members, monitors say
FAMILY members of slain opposition journalist Khim Sambo and his 18-year-old son have expressed anger at the lack of transparency in the investigation of their deaths.
"It is really unjust for the victim. The relatives of the victims never receive any information on how [the investigation] is going," Khim Laurent, Khim Sambo's brother, told the Post Monday. He added that he had never received information from police on the state of the investigation.
Chan Soveth, a monitor for rights group Adhoc, said that despite repeated requests for information, he had also been shunned, with police declining to reveal any details of the case.
"We do not know how it has developed so far," he said. "We have asked for information, but police have tried to hide it from us."
Khim Sambo, who wrote for Moneaksekar Khmer, a daily paper affiliated with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, was gunned down while on a motorbike with his 21-year-old son Khat Sarinpheata outside the Olympic Stadium.
Phnom Penh deputy police commissioner Hy Prou, who is in charge of the investigation, said that the probe was progressing but had been slow because of delays caused by the Water Festival and the death of the National Police Chief Hok Lundy.
"We have not completed our work yet," he told the Post Sunday.
John Johnson, a spokesman for the US embassy, said that the FBI, which joined the investigation in August, was making progress. "The investigation is ongoing," he said via email Monday.
FAMILY members of slain opposition journalist Khim Sambo and his 18-year-old son have expressed anger at the lack of transparency in the investigation of their deaths.
"It is really unjust for the victim. The relatives of the victims never receive any information on how [the investigation] is going," Khim Laurent, Khim Sambo's brother, told the Post Monday. He added that he had never received information from police on the state of the investigation.
Chan Soveth, a monitor for rights group Adhoc, said that despite repeated requests for information, he had also been shunned, with police declining to reveal any details of the case.
"We do not know how it has developed so far," he said. "We have asked for information, but police have tried to hide it from us."
Khim Sambo, who wrote for Moneaksekar Khmer, a daily paper affiliated with the opposition Sam Rainsy Party, was gunned down while on a motorbike with his 21-year-old son Khat Sarinpheata outside the Olympic Stadium.
Phnom Penh deputy police commissioner Hy Prou, who is in charge of the investigation, said that the probe was progressing but had been slow because of delays caused by the Water Festival and the death of the National Police Chief Hok Lundy.
"We have not completed our work yet," he told the Post Sunday.
John Johnson, a spokesman for the US embassy, said that the FBI, which joined the investigation in August, was making progress. "The investigation is ongoing," he said via email Monday.
11 comments:
Je me suis permis de suggérer à la famille de Mr KIM SABO d'écrire directement à la famille SIHANOUK et sa femme . Tout le monde sait et a vu que Sihanouk a adressé une lettre et il estime que HOK LUNDY est un NEAK SHNEHA CHEAT SIC SIC SIC Au fait pourquoi je parle encore de HOK LUNDY en ce moment il est devant le JUGE SUPREME LOK TA YUMBABAL
Where is ah pleu Penh Panha now to defend Hy Lung Doc and this case. He needs to stop kissing arse and open his eyes, and stop being too pleu. Ah chhkout Penh Panha should die like Hy Lung Doc too.
How can they spare police officers to work on this assassination case? Lok Chumteav Hok Lundy have been sending police officers to find his diamond ring, which have not been recovered after the helicopter crash.
The ring was worth around $400000, so it is more than what one would pay for causing the death of a person, the compensation of which is between $500 and $3000, depending where it happens in Cambodia. When Hun Sen's nephew sprayed his AK-47 bullets on onlookers after his traffic accident, his parents paid around $3000 per dead victim.
So, the police can work it out which is the most favourable option: the finding of Hok Lundy's diamond ring or the investigation of Khim Sambo's death.
5:37
Any evidence to back up what you said. It seems like a baseless rumor. Stop talking shit, you hobo.
Wait, Wait.....Wait until AH HOK Lundy come back from the HEll.
And Congratulation for the King who expressed his sorrow for the "lost of a nationalist", Known by all Cambodian people as A KILLER!
More yuon turned up at Hok lundy's funeral than khmer, I was told by an MP.
yes, where is ah penh panha on this ? nah, thisjournalit shot his own son and then shot himself causehe had no monehy to repay tontine, said ah mai mee pena-ha.
No need to investigate anymore, because the murderer had been murdered already by blasting alive on the air. The case is closed.
Wow, just only one dog's death affected the many cases in Phnom Penh. Like this case, police blame on Dog Lun-dick's death.
* Does his death affect the whole country of police payroll? I bet it's absolutely affected.
I believed the Cambodian polices making FBI walking in circle.
Don't wast no taxpayers moneys on this. Ah Savage Killer (Scam Rainxy) is behind all of the killings in Cambodia.
1.54 PM,
ah fake siam pretender comes back
i told you to seek mental help, have you done it, ciz you are mentally disturbed
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