Shots fired at me, says Tep Kolap
In a bizarre series of events, only days after being vindicated by the Supreme Court, Phnom Penh International University rector Tep Kolap claimed to have been chased across Phnom Penh yesterday evening by men who shot at her car as she sought refuge in Prime Minister Hun Sen’s home. … Speaking by phone, an audibly distraught Kolap said a group of men began following her as soon as she left the Khmer-Soviet Friendship hospital, where she had been receiving medical treatment following her release. … On Friday, the high court dropped embezzlement charges filed against Kolap who, along with her husband, was convicted last year of embezzling $58 million from ruling-party senator Kok An. …
