‘Forced’ confessions have cops in hot seat
Five police from Phnom Penh’s Dangkor and Russey Keo districts could face charges for allegedly beating false confessions out of three suspects, a technique human rights observers say is pervasive in Cambodia. Judges and lawyers at Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday questioned the three Russey Keo and two Dangkor district police for about two hours, over accusations they beat three suspects until they confessed to the March 25 theft of a Lexus in the capital’s Chamkarmon district. …
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea and Sean Teehan
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/%E2%80%98forced%E2%80%99-confessions-have-cops-hot-seat
