Heng Pov (C) sitting next to his lawyer (L) (Photo: Koh Santepheap)19-02-2009
By Ros Dina (and Laurent Le Gouanvic) Ka-set
Former chief of the municipal police of Phnom Penh Heng Pov, sentenced to more than 58 years of prison in six cases - including the murder of judge Sok Sethamony - and a suspect in three more cases, was granted on Tuesday February 17th an adjournment in his trial before the Court of Appeal of Cambodia, after claiming he was not able to pay the lawyer of his choice due to his bank account being frozen by the authorities.
Heng Pov was due to answer charges of illegal possession and use of weapons at the Appeal Court, in a case for which he had been sentenced by the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh in 2007 to spend 18 months in prison and pay two million riels. In the end, the former commissioner only spent a few minutes at the stand on Tuesday, in the cramped and crowded courtroom of the Appeal Court.
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Heng Pov was due to answer charges of illegal possession and use of weapons at the Appeal Court, in a case for which he had been sentenced by the Municipal Court of Phnom Penh in 2007 to spend 18 months in prison and pay two million riels. In the end, the former commissioner only spent a few minutes at the stand on Tuesday, in the cramped and crowded courtroom of the Appeal Court.
