British Man Faces Lengthy Jail Term After Phnom Penh Arrest
The British chairman of a Biofuel firm is facing up to 15 years in jail after he was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) in Phnom Penh on Saturday and charged with forgery, a court official said yesterday. Gregg Fryett’s company, Sustainable Agro Energy, has been under investigation in the U.K since February 2012, when the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) froze the firms assets, alleging a fraud worth more that $54 million. In January, two employees of Mr. Fryett’s local company, International Green Energy, were arrested and charged with forging land documents relating to two economic land concessions measuring more than 6000 hectares that the company attempted to buy in Banteay Meanchey province’s Svay Check district from companies owned by Mao Malay, the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Ke Kim Yan, who was previously commander-in-chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. … The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on Saturday charged Mr. Fryett with forging public documents under Article 49 of the UNTAC Law- which carries a penalty of between five and 15 years in jail- as well as for using forged documents under Article 628 of the Criminal Code- which can carry one to three years in jail and a fine of up to $1,500. …
