Chea Vichea Murder Case Back in Court
The two men convicted of – and widely believed framed for – the 2004 assassination of union leader Chea Vichea are set to appear at the Appeal Court for their retrial today, nearly four years after the Supreme Court released them and ordered a reinvestigation of the case. Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun were arrested a week after Chea Vichea was gunned down in Phnom Penh on January 22, 2004. They were convicted later that year amid an outcry over a perceived cover-up in the killing, and sentenced to 20 years in jail each. …
