Tep Kolap case ‘now ended’
An outstanding court warrant for Phnom Penh International University rector Tep Kolap was dropped after the intervention of the premier and his wife, according to Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief Touch Naruth. … Declining to comment on the extent of the premier’s intervention, deputy commander of the prime minister’s bodyguard unit, Lieutenant General Chao Tol, confirmed that he “brought Tep Kolap for a meeting with Lok Chumteav Bun Rany”. While Kolap maintained that those who followed her as she left the Khmer-Soviet Friendship hospital and fired at her car were would-be assassins, Naruth said an investigation revealed the men were all undercover police officers. … The Supreme Court on Friday dropped embezzlement charges against Kolap, who spent more than a year in prison on allegations of having stolen more than $58 million from CPP Senator Kok An. …
