Heng Pov’s conviction affirmed by high court

22 October 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Government / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Laws and regulations / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Justice
Central Justice Department / Hang Vutha / Hang Vuthy / Heng Pov / Hok Lundy / Ly Rasy / Ministry of Interior / Ministry of Justice / Mok Chito / National Assembly / Phnom Penh municipal police / Prum Sophearith / Sok Sethamoni / Supreme Court

The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the murder convictions of former Phnom Penh Municipal Police chief Heng Pov and three others in the case of the 2003 killing of Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sok Sethamoni. Defendants Pov, Ly Rasy, Hang Vutha and Prum Sophearith have been convicted on a raft of charges – including multiple high-profile murders – since their arrests in 2006, but have consistently blamed the late, disgraced ex-National Police chief Hok Lundy and former head of penal police at the Ministry of Interior Mok Chito for framing them. …

 Kim Sarom
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