Postponement of Heng Pov’s shooting case

Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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Translated from Khmer by Heng Soy

The court case of Heng Pov’s shooting on Kim Daravuth, the former director of Electricite du Cambodge (EdC0 office branch in Chak Angre, which was originally planned for hearing on 28 August, has been postponed. According to the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper, the postponement was due to Article 289 of the new criminal law which requires 3 judges to handle criminal cases. It was the reason why the Phnom Penh municipal court decided to postpone the hearing which was planned for 28 August. Up until now, the Phnom Penh municipal court has brought up 5 cases against Heng Pov, out of these cases, he is now sentenced to 40-year and 6-month of jail time.

Heng Pov will be in court one more time at the end of this month

Monday 13 August 2007
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Translated from Khmer by Socheata

According to the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper, Heng Pov, the former Phnom Penh police commissioner who is currently jailed in Prey Sar prison, will be brought to court one more time on 28 August 2007 regarding the lawsuit case in the shooting and killing of Kim Daravuth, a director of the Electricité du Cambodge branch in Chak Angre. The shooting permanently crippled Kim Daravuth. Regarding the case of the shooting of Kim Daravuth, the Phnom Penh municipal court has decided to charge Heng Pov and his accomplices for murder attempt, and it has decided to hold a hearing into the case on 28 August. Up until now, the court brought 5 criminal charges against Heng Pov, altogether, Heng Pov was sentenced to 40 years and 6 months of jail sentence, the remaining cases against Heng Pov are this murder attempt case, as well as a number of other cases which the court will bring out later. These cases will lengthen Heng Pov’s jail sentence, and he could possibly spend the remaining of his life in jail.