Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Former Phnom Penh police commissioner Heng Pov keeps silent at 7th trial

10-03-2009
By Duong Sokha
Ka-set


Former Phnom Penh municipal police commissioner Heng Pov appeared on Tuesday March 10th before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court as part of a case of complicity in the attempt of murder, with premeditation, of military police chief Sao Sokha, in December 2003. Five other former policemen and military police are targeted by Justice in this case, four of whom were present at the court hearing. The fifth one has escaped from the Prey Sar prison. The starting point to this dossier is an anonymous threat letter, which was sent to the top military police chief on December 22nd 2003 to inform him that a murder attempt was being prepared against him by a group of men supervised by Heng Pov. The verdict will be issued on Thursday March 12th. The former Phnom Penh commissioner, now aged 51 and prosecuted for several crimes, has already got, with the past six trials, a sentence which totals 58 years in prison.

No lawyer of his own choice, no testimony…

After having questioned one after the other the four suspects who all denied their guilt and claimed they were innocent, Judge Iv Kimsry called Heng Pov to the bar. But the latter, dressed in blue pyjamas worn by prisoners, refused to answer the judge’s questions and rejected the assigned lawyer he was offered, called Nou Chantha. “I am happy that the Court is opening my trial but I ask Justice to respect the procedure of Defence. I am prevented from accessing my bank accounts to pay for my lawyer’s [Kao Soupha] fees. How can the court judge me when it is violating the procedure itself?”, the accused said, outraged, asking the judge to quote for him the law that forbids the defendant to choose his defender. The judge was unable to answer the former commissioner’s question.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Also known as:

Communist People's Party
Khmer Rouge People's Party
Khmer Krorhorm People's Party
Khmer Revolution Party


You're support the killing of 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples from 1975 to 1979 in Cambodia.

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You're support attempted assassination and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.

You're support corruption in Cambodia.

You're support murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire).

You're support Hun Sen Regime burn poor people's house down to the ground and leave them homeless.


Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin was a former Khmer Rouge commanders.
Now, Hun Sen, Chea Sim and Heng Samrin are Khmer Rouge leaders, since their leader (Pol Pot) is dead.
From 1975 to 1979, these Khmer Rouge commanders responsible for killing 1.7 million innocent Khmer peoples in Cambodia.
From 1980 to present, these Khmer Rouge leaders responsible for killing innocent men, women and children on March 30, 1997, assassinated journalists, political assassination and killing, murder of Piseth Pilika (Hun Sen's affaire) and attempted assassinated and murder of leader of the free trade union in Cambodia.

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Khmer Rouge Regime is a genocide organization.

Hun Sen Regime is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Bodyguards is a terrorist organization.
Hun Sen Death Squad is a terrorist organization.
Cambodian People's Party is a terrorist organization.

I have declare the current Cambodian government which is lead by the Cambodian People's Party as a terrorist organization.

Whoever associate with the current Cambodian government are associate with a terrorist organization.


Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime committed:

Torture
Execution
Massacre
Starvation
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rape
Abuse
Assault and Battery
Drive by Shooting
Assassination
Murder
Killing
Terrorism
Intimidation
Death Threat
Threatening
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Mass Eviction
Land Grabbing
Corruptions
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Injustice
Steal Votes
Violate the Constitution


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Information change without notice as it become available.