Born Samnang (L) and Sok Sam Oeun (R)By Men Kimseng, VOA Khmer
Original report from Washington
05 August 2009
The two accused murderers of labor leader Chea Vichea will be summoned back to the Appeals Court later this month, sources close to the court said Tuesday.
Born Samnang and Sok Samoeun, both widely considered innocent of the crime, were released provisionally from jail earlier this year by the Supreme Court, which ordered the Appeals Court to reinvestigate the guilty verdicts against them.
“When I first received the summons, I felt excited, but later I felt stressful,” Sok Samoeun told VOA Khmer. “Justice will come to me soon; I strongly believe that.”
The two men each face 20-year prison terms. They were summoned to appear Aug. 17.
Their release last year was lauded by international and local observers, who have said they were convicted as scapegoats in the absence of compelling evidence and testimony.
They had already been in prison nearly five years when the Supreme Court ordered them released in December 2008.
“I want the case to end soon because I am innocent,” Born Samnang told VOA Khmer. “I have done nothing. I am waiting for the court to pass its judgment.”
Chea Vichea, who was gunned down in Phnom Penh in January 2004, was a popular labor leader able to mobilize great masses of workers. Supporters of Born Samnang and Sok Samoeun say his true killers remain at large.
Chea Vichea’s brother, Chea Mony, who now leads the Free Trade Union his brother once did, said he knew “absolutely nothing” of the court date, and said he had been kept in the dark over the proceedings.
Chea Mony said he would like to see former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov called to the Appeals Court. Heng Pov, who has said he was present during criminal acts planned by high-ranking officials, is facing a battery of charges from extortion and kidnapping to murder.
Heng Pov led the investigation in the Chea Vichea killing, and he too has said the two men were innocent.
Born Samnang and Sok Samoeun, both widely considered innocent of the crime, were released provisionally from jail earlier this year by the Supreme Court, which ordered the Appeals Court to reinvestigate the guilty verdicts against them.
“When I first received the summons, I felt excited, but later I felt stressful,” Sok Samoeun told VOA Khmer. “Justice will come to me soon; I strongly believe that.”
The two men each face 20-year prison terms. They were summoned to appear Aug. 17.
Their release last year was lauded by international and local observers, who have said they were convicted as scapegoats in the absence of compelling evidence and testimony.
They had already been in prison nearly five years when the Supreme Court ordered them released in December 2008.
“I want the case to end soon because I am innocent,” Born Samnang told VOA Khmer. “I have done nothing. I am waiting for the court to pass its judgment.”
Chea Vichea, who was gunned down in Phnom Penh in January 2004, was a popular labor leader able to mobilize great masses of workers. Supporters of Born Samnang and Sok Samoeun say his true killers remain at large.
Chea Vichea’s brother, Chea Mony, who now leads the Free Trade Union his brother once did, said he knew “absolutely nothing” of the court date, and said he had been kept in the dark over the proceedings.
Chea Mony said he would like to see former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov called to the Appeals Court. Heng Pov, who has said he was present during criminal acts planned by high-ranking officials, is facing a battery of charges from extortion and kidnapping to murder.
Heng Pov led the investigation in the Chea Vichea killing, and he too has said the two men were innocent.
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Democratic Kampuchea Pol Pot Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Tortures
Executions
Massacres
Atrocities
Crimes Against Humanity
Starvations
Overwork to Death
Slavery
Rapes
Human Abuses
Assault and Battery
Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime had committed:
Assassinations
Assassinated Journalists
Assassinated Political Opponents
Assassinated Leader of the Free Trade Union
Attempted Assassinations on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Attempted Murders on Chea Vichea and Sam Rainsy
Executed members of FUNCINPEC Party
Murders members and activists of Sam Rainsy Party
Killings
Extrajudicial Execution
Grenade Attack
Terrorism
Drive by Shooting
Tortures
Intimidations
Death Threats
Threatening
Human Abductions
Human Rights Abuses
Human Trafficking
Drugs Trafficking
Under Age Child Sex
Corruptions
Bribery
Illegal Mass Evictions
Illegal Land Grabbing
Illegal Firearms
Illegal Logging
Illegal Deforestation
Illegally use of remote detonation on Sokha Helicopter, while Hok Lundy and others military official on board.
Illegally Sold State Properties
Illegally Remove Parliamentary Immunity of Parliament Members
Plunder National Resources
Acid Attacks
Turn Cambodia into a Lawless Country
Oppression
Injustice
Steal Votes
Bring Foreigners from Veitnam to vote in Cambodia for Cambodian People's Party.
Abuse the Court as a tools for CPP to send political opponents and journalists to jail.
Abuse of Power
Abuse the Laws
Abuse the National Election Committee
Abuse the National Assembly
Violate the Laws
Violate the Constitution
Violate the Paris Accords
Impunity
Under Cambodian People's Party Hun Sen Khmer Rouge Regime, no criminals that has been committed all of these crimes above within Hun Sen Khmer Rouge government have ever been brought to justice.
CPP (Claimed People Purpose)
innocent proven until guilty.
These two are real killer!
i feel sorry for you. they should not put you through this...
Au pays du royaume de la démence?
Décidément, le Royaume est fortement secoué. Le coup d'Etat 5-7 juillet 1997 ne lui avait pas réussi; surtout pour le meneur de Khayâl Pyous Kamboth Tbaung (Tornade venant du Sud) qui ne cesse d'assassiner: les journalistes, les politiciens, ... et ses propres "pions"; tout le monde savait que HLundy ne pouvait pas voir HPOV et vice versa.
Après HPOV, ce fut un certain Mardi où cela s'explose.
L'essentiel est que depuis cette tonnerre de Sa Reang personne d'autre ne viendra plus menacer de mort ni SAR Khéng ni Samdech Chea SIM.
HOV a toujours dit que ce sont pas eux; il faut aller voir du côté de la garde rapprochée ed HOK Lundy , voire demander au premier ministre pourquoi cela avait explosé?
L'hélicoptère qui sonne le glas pour cacher --peu à peu-- les preuves.
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