Kem Sokha asks for a delay in court appearance

Thursday, June 28, 2007
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Translated from Khmer by Socheata

The Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper reported that Mr. Kem Sokha, the former president of the Cambodian Center for Human Rights (CCHR), asked for a delay in his court appearance to clarify about the defamation lawsuit brought by his former workers. Kem Sokha asked for a delay to 30 July 2007, claiming that he is too busy with organizing the HRP congress. The report indicated that 5 former CCHR employees sued Kem Sokha for defamation. Following the filing of the lawsuit, the deputy prosecutor issued a summon for Kem Sokha’s court appearance on 28 June 2007 so that he can be questioned about this lawsuit. But on 26 June, Ms. Meng Sopheary, Kem Sokha’s lawyer, requested the court for a delay to 30 July instead claiming that her defendant is busy with the party congress which will be held on 22 July.

Heng Pov's latest photo during his court appearance

Heng Peo, right, 47, the former police commissioner of Phnom Penh, sits next to a police officer, left, waiting inside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 21, 2007. A Cambodian court on Wednesday acquitted a former police chief of charge of abducting four South Korean nationals for ransom. (AP Photo/Stringer)

Heng Pov to appear in court today

21 March 2007
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Translated from Khmer by Socheata

A report indicated that Heng Pov, the former Phnom Penh police chief who is currently jailed in Prey Sar, will appear in court on Wednesday. He is accused of involvement in the kidnapping of a Korean citizen for a $10,000 ransom. This will be the first time Heng Pov will stand in the docket at the courthouse after he was sentenced in secret twice on separate issues. He will also face several other court cases such as the imprisonment of a Kompong Speu teacher for a duration of 72-day. For the latter case, he will brought to court on 22 March, and on 27 march he will return again to face the court decision on the murder of the Chak Angre branch director of Electricite du Cambodge.