New look at Vichea murder

12 March 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Crime and law enforcement / Government / Human rights / Judiciary and courts / Law and judiciary / Ministries and other national bodies / Ministry of Interior / Social development
Chea Vichea / Council of Ministers / Ministry of Interior / Phay Siphan / Phnom Penh Municipal Court / Supreme Court

Phnom Penh Municipal Court has reopened an investigation into the high-profile slaying of union leader Chea Vichea in 2004, a court official said yesterday. Prosecutor Sok Roeun said the court’s head prosecutor began reinvestigating the case early last month in response to an order from the Supreme Court. That order, he added, was delivered in September as part of the verdict acquitting Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, two men wrongfully imprisoned over Vichea’s murder. … Most notably, in 2006, disgraced former municipal police chief Heng Pov told French news magazine L’Express that the killing had been organised by top officials. …

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