Bundith Fails to Show Up at Retrial for Triple Shooting

13 June 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary
Bavet / Bavet City / Bavet City Governor Chhouk Bundith / Bavet City special economic zone / Bavet shooting / Chhouk Bundith / Court of Appeal / criminal activities / Garment Industry / Judge Leang Sour / judiciary / labor / Leang Sour / Ministry of Justice / protests / Puma / Puma representative Reiner Hengstmann / Reiner Hengstmann / Shooting / Special Economic Zone / Svay Rieng / Svay Rieng Province / Svay Rieng Provincial Court / Svay Rieng provincial Judge Leang Sour / worker rights

Former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith failed to show up Wednesday for the first day of his long-awaited retrial at Svay Rieng Provincial Court for his alleged involvement in a shooting that left three workers wounded, court officials said. According to provincial Judge Leang Sour, Mr. Bundith’s lawyer arrived at court to request a delay, which was denied. The lawyer then walked out of the hearing, though proceedings went ahead anyway. … He was charged with causing unintentional injuries and his case was held at Svay Rieng Provincial Court. In December 2012, the Court dropped all charges against Mr. Bundith citing insufficient evidence, resulting in the Justice Ministry calling on the Court of Appeal to re-investigate the case. In March, the Appeal Court re-levied the charges against Mr. Bundith and sent the case back to the Svay Rieng Provincial Court- a move that has been criticized by rights groups as it is the very court that threw the case out the first time round. …

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