Sentencing swift in pic ripping case
Less than 36 hours after Wang Zia Chao provoked a strike by destroying two photos of the late King Father in front of hundreds of Cambodian garment workers, the Chinese factory manager was booked, charged and convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, which last night sentenced her to a year in prison on charges of intentionally causing damage. The sentence was immediately suspended and she will be deported to China, said Judge Seng Neang, adding that she will also be fined 2.5 million riel ($625) and “charged with damage to the late King Father in accordance with articles 410 and 107 of the penal code”. … Phnom Penh Police commissioner Choun Sovann said the deportation request would be reported to the Ministry of Interior immediately and that they would request that she be blacklisted from re-entering the country. “I think the punishment is enough for her mistake,” he added. “And I think the Chinese embassy also accepts it in accordance to the law of Cambodia.” … In a bizarre twist, a second Chinese national was detained and questioned yesterday for destroying a widely circulating image of the moon in which many believe the late king’s face can be seen. …
