Senator Kok An’s Case Back in
The Appeal Court yesterday began hearing now-incarcerated former Anco Brothers deputy general director Heng Chheang’s appeal against Senator Kok An’s requested Phnom Penh Municipal Court injunction over his property. Chheang, and his wife, Tep Kolap, former Phnom Penh International University director, were convicted and sentenced to three years in prison in March on breach of trust charges for embezzling nearly US$60 million from Kok An’s Anco Brothers company. “There was no money lost in Mr [Kok An’s] companies as he accused,” Chheang told the court, requesting the injunction be lifted so that he and his wife, who has served the majority of her prison time so far in hospital, can access their property, which has been frozen by the municipal court for nearly 18 months. …
