High Court orders release of 8 VN logging suspects
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the Mondulkiri provincial authority to release on bail eight Vietnamese nationals who have been imprisoned for more than six months over an illegal timber trade. At an hour-long trial in absentia, the Supreme Court ordered the eight Vietnamese to post bail of 30 million riel ($7,500). If convicted, each will receive a five-year prison sentence and a fine of 10 million riel ($2,500) under Article 98 of the Forestry Law. …
Kim Sarom
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/high-court-orders-release-8-vn-logging-suspects
