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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