Tuesday, January 30, 2007By Douglas Gillison
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Though jailed in Cambodia, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is seeking prison sentences for three Malaysian government officials involved in his deportation to Cambodia, according to court documents and a lawyer for the ex-fugitive.
Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest judicial authority in that country, will decide Friday whether to grant leave to Heng Pov and his attorneys in Kuala Lumpur to begin proceedings for contempt of court against the three officials.
Heng Pov’s lawyer N Sivananthan identified the officials Monday as: Malaysian Immigration Department Director-General Wahid bin Mohd Don, the department's director of enforcement, Ishak Haji Mohamed, and Mohamed Hanafiah bin Zakaria, deputy head of prosecution in the Attorney General's Chambers.
Wahid, Ishak and Hanafiah acted "to interfere with administration of justice by the deliberate suppression of facts and/or by the presentation of falsehood and by orchestrating the premature deportation to Cambodia of [Heng Pov]," according to a Jan 24 Notice of Motion obtained Monday.
If leave is granted Friday, a hearing should occur within two to three weeks, Sivananthan said.
"Once I’ve passed this stage, a lot of things are going to come out," he added.
Judges in Malaysia, as well as human rights groups and attorneys for Heng Pov, denounced the former police chief’s Dec 21 deportation to Phnom Penh, which occurred before Heng Pov’s final appeal hearing.
Cambodian and Malaysian officials have since defended their actions in the deportation.
Malaysian Embassy officials did not respond to emailed requests for comment Monday.
Wahid bin Mohd Don told the Associated Press news agency Friday that he could not comment on pending court matters.
Interior Ministry spokesman lieutenant General Khieu Sopheak noted that the Cambodian officials had acted property.
"The Cambodian authorities just performed their duties according to the law provided," he said.
Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest judicial authority in that country, will decide Friday whether to grant leave to Heng Pov and his attorneys in Kuala Lumpur to begin proceedings for contempt of court against the three officials.
Heng Pov’s lawyer N Sivananthan identified the officials Monday as: Malaysian Immigration Department Director-General Wahid bin Mohd Don, the department's director of enforcement, Ishak Haji Mohamed, and Mohamed Hanafiah bin Zakaria, deputy head of prosecution in the Attorney General's Chambers.
Wahid, Ishak and Hanafiah acted "to interfere with administration of justice by the deliberate suppression of facts and/or by the presentation of falsehood and by orchestrating the premature deportation to Cambodia of [Heng Pov]," according to a Jan 24 Notice of Motion obtained Monday.
If leave is granted Friday, a hearing should occur within two to three weeks, Sivananthan said.
"Once I’ve passed this stage, a lot of things are going to come out," he added.
Judges in Malaysia, as well as human rights groups and attorneys for Heng Pov, denounced the former police chief’s Dec 21 deportation to Phnom Penh, which occurred before Heng Pov’s final appeal hearing.
Cambodian and Malaysian officials have since defended their actions in the deportation.
Malaysian Embassy officials did not respond to emailed requests for comment Monday.
Wahid bin Mohd Don told the Associated Press news agency Friday that he could not comment on pending court matters.
Interior Ministry spokesman lieutenant General Khieu Sopheak noted that the Cambodian officials had acted property.
"The Cambodian authorities just performed their duties according to the law provided," he said.
3 comments:
I bet that the charge will be
dismissed if the only thing that
they got on the Malaysian officials
is the 15 minutes time conflict
between the time the officials was
informed of the Heng Pow's hearing
and the time the plane took off.
Lets see how these two mobsters governments will prove themselves of the charge. Clearly it was a set-up to get Heng Peo out of Malaysia through illegal means. The plan was already waiting to get Heng Peo as quick as possible as if they are knew the verdict. Lets see how they would set these court officials free...
There ain't gonna be any proving
to do because there ain't gonna
be be no trial. The case will be
dismissed soon.
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