Cambodian Ex-Governor’s Shooting Conviction Upheld

4 November 2013
ABC News
Civil society / Crime and law enforcement / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Social development
Bavet town / Chhouk Bandith / Court of Appeal / Taing Sun Lay

A Cambodian court on Monday upheld the conviction of a former politician who shot and wounded three garment workers in 2012 but has yet to serve any time behind bars in a case that has prompted outrage from rights groups. ...

Judge Taing Sun Lay also upheld an order that Chhouk Bandith pay his victims 38 million riel ($9,500) in compensation, and he renewed calls for police to track down the fugitive politician so he can serve his sentence. ...

Human rights groups say the failure to arrest Bandith and the light sentence demonstrate a culture of impunity for Cambodia's political elite. ...

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