Wednesday, August 17, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The Cambodia Daily reported that the lawsuit brought by Heng Pov, the former Phnom Penh police commissioner, against 3 high-ranking Malaysian officials for illegally sending him back to Cambodia in great haste, has been dismissed by Malaysia highest court in a decision handed on Tuesday. The 3 officials are let go free from the accusation because the court claimed that there is no sufficient evidence to send to jail or fine these Malaysian officials. N. Sivananthan, the Malaysian lawyer representing Heng Pov, said that this decision put an end to the legal venue which started 8 month ago. Khieu Sopheak, spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, declined to comment on the Malaysian court decision, but he said that the Cambodian police had acted honorably. “We didn’t do anything against the Malaysian law or the Cambodian law,” Khieu Sopheak said. SRP MP Son Chhay said the Malaysian court did not answer a narrow legal question: “We ask why Heng Pov was deported back to Cambodia against his will. This is an answer that the Malaysian government must explain”.
