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| David Chanaiwa (left) and Prak Ou Fie, who were arrested on Tuesday after wrecking their car and then allegedly beating 10 journalists, appear at the Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday. Photograph: Sreng Meng Srun/Phnom Penh Post |
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| Yean Sina |
21 March 2013
By Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
The Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday fired Yean Sina, an undersecretary of state at the Ministry of Justice, accusing him of taking part in the vicious beating of 10 journalists after a car crash in the capital just past midnight on Tuesday.
Labelling Sina an “old gangster”, the prime minister delivered a scathing assessment of the Funcinpec member’s alleged behaviour – as one of a gang of seven – before revealing he had made the decision to end Sina’s time in government.
“I have already written a letter expelling him from his position and work,” Hun Sen said during a speech at a technology institute. “Old gangsters – the undersecretary of state and a former lawyer, David Chanaiwa – drove these cars, caused an accident and then beat up a group of journalists. I’m waiting to see whether or not these people will evade the law.”
Hun Sen said he would closely monitor legal proceedings again Sina, who has not yet been detained by police, and Chanaiwa, whom Hun Sen knew as the man who had driven a Hummer through public gardens bearing his name.
Chanaiwa, 41, a disbarred lawyer who was sentenced in absentia last year to 18 months in prison for firing his gun – time he didn’t serve – and his nephew, Prak Ou Fie, also known as Ma Ou Fie, 20, were arrested on Tuesday, accused of attacking the television and newspaper journalists.
According to police, the perpetrators had been in two cars that crashed on Monivong Boulevard shortly after midnight and turned on journalists after they arrived on the scene. One man was seriously injured in the attack.
Major Bun Sathya, deputy chief of the Phnom Penh Municipal Police’s minor crimes office, said Ou Fie and Chanaiwa – a Khmer-American who arrived in Cambodia in 1994, served time as a policeman, was once an adviser to Senate President Chea Sim and was banned from the Cambodian Bar Association in 2003 – were charged yesterday and sent to Prey Sar prison.
“David Chanaiwa was charged with intentionally causing injuries and using an illegal weapon,” he said. “His nephew was charged with intentionally causing injuries.”
In an interview with the Post yesterday, Chanaiwa and Ou Fie denied the charges against them and said they had not been drag-racing prior to the crash.
“I did not beat any journalists on that night,” Chanaiwa, the former chairman of the now-defunct Brothers Investment Group, said, adding that the journalists had exaggerated the story. “I deny all accusations against me. This case was a traffic accident, but it was not caused by me.”
Chanaiwa said the only reason he had been at the accident scene was to help his nephew, who was in one of the cars.
“If I had really been involved, I would’ve fled from the scene.”
In relation to his shooting conviction, Chanaiwa said he was appealing the guilty verdict, because he had been in the US at the time of the incident.
“These allegations were made up by the police,” he said. “To find justice, I will appeal to higher courts.”
Seak Vannak, the two men’s defence lawyer, said Chanaiwa’s new charge of using an illegal weapon was not related to the attack on the journalists, adding that his client had been separately convicted in absentia on February 29 to an additional 18 months in prison over another incident.
As for Sina, Major Bun Sathya said a warrant for his arrest would be issued today.
“I think he will be arrested very soon,” he said.
Sina, who is in his forties, could not be reached for comment.
14 comments:
Go to hell that kind of person.
God punish you.
This finger is the symbol of freedom and peace. Or you (ganster) have defined yourself in jail soon? Bravo for you
Good moves Mr strong man Hun sin! Its a sign that changes are coming Hun sen using his big stick to hammered tycoon in keo pos that demolished/robbed 40 families homes,now using his big stick hitting and old gangster involved traffic accident in Pp. Good job Hun sin.
Is that idiot Khmer from oversea? Or a former gangster that got deported? If you want to use your jungle law, go live in the jungle, ah khmer rouge!
រួចចុះអាស្អីគេហ្នុងជាជនភៀសខ្លួនខែ្មរនៅបរទេស ឬក៍ជាអាខ្មែរដែលនិរទេសចេញពីស្រុកគេ? បើហ្អែងចង់ប្រើច្បាប់ព្រៃ ម៉េចក៍ហ្អែងមិនទៅនៅ ក្នុងព្រៃទៅ ម៉េចក៍មកនៅក្នុងស្រុកធ្វើអី អារលាយ ខ្មែរក្រហម!!
This guy has no shame at all. He gives Cambodian a bad name. I am shocked he says "if he was involved in the accident he would have fled." This guy clearly has problems. I am glad Hun Sen sacked him and maybe his business as well. In fact he should do more of those gangsters in Cambodia, so many of them are striving. Hun Sen also gives Cambodia a bad name as a leader of a nation.
How can this guy be a lawyer? He barely finished high school in long Beach. Which law school did he go to in the State? That david guy was just a good for nothing person in long Beach!!!
PM Hun Sen ,
How about Chhouk Bandit ?
ពួកអាអស់ឯងស្គាល់អ្នកកាសែតនៅខ្មែរតិចពេកហើយ!
អ្នកកាសែតដែលឈរជើងស្រុកខ្មែរបានសុទ្ធតែជាអង្គរក្សរបស់អាហ៊ុនសែនទំាងអស់!
ពិសេសកាសែតCambodia Daily, Phnom Penh Post, Rasmey Kampuchea and Kampuchea Thmey,......etc.
បើកាសែតប្រឆាំងវិញឈរជើងលើទឹកដីខ្មែរមិនបានទេអាវា!
បានតែកាសែតប្រឆាំងឡប់ឡែក្លែងបន្លំទេទើបនៅស្រុកខ្មែរបាន!
សំណាងហើយដែលពួកអង្គរក្សអាហ៊ុនសែនមិនចុះមកណែនាំដោយសារសារតែសាច់ទំាងសងខាង!
Why Hun Sen as Prime Minister has to involve himself with a small miscellaneous job like that. Prime Minister has other big issues to solve. In my opinion, minor jobs like that should be performed by relevant authority people whom he entrusted to do the job. If the people he hired to the job did not do their right, fire those people. Hun Sen should not take over other people job, just because they don't do their job, otherwise those people will continue to cash their salaries and do nothing.
To all khmer people we need to look back and learn how all this have happened in Cambodia. We have to understand that all those government officials were not elected officials, they were appointed official base on who has the highest bribes they offer to hun sen. These people are not in these position to make Cambodia look good and help ordinary khmer people to have a better life. They are there to gain more power to rob the natural resource of Cambodia and rob khmer land to enrich themselves with so much money they need to spend in the bar. That is why we see all kind of problem they cause in public. They have no moral and no shame at all levels.
It is election time and Ah Kwack wants to take as much credits as possible.
Currently Cambodia is one man’s show.
The Youn dog doesnt know how to run a country, but only good at killing people and sending people to prison.
This CPP dog knows that after the election he will be released by AH Kwak. Now he is smiling because he will live like a King inside Preysa.
Why they, the leaders, just appointed these criminals who returned from being gangs in the US. They are rubbishes in the US. They could manage to bribe the relevant government leaders to get to power. Why leader(s) who appointed these criminals blame them whom they appoint. Dogs eat shits in the Kingdom of Wonder!
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