Court delays verdict for protesters
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Friday said it would delay issuing a scheduled verdict against six people tried for intentional violence against police and property damage during an opposition protest on Phnom Penh’s Kbal Thnal overpass in September, saying that the case was very complicated. Judge Seng Neang was scheduled to announce a verdict on Friday, but pushed the date back a week to February 28. “This case is complicated, and the court needs thorough consideration, so the court has to delay announcing the verdict until the 28th,” he said. At the September 15 protest, bystander Mao Sok Chan was shot dead by security forces, but nobody was ever held to account for his death. …
Khuon Narim
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