Two Months After Sentencing, Chhouk Bundith Still at Large
Former Bavet City governor Chhouk Bundith, who was convicted in June of shooting into a crowd of protesters and injuring three garment workers, is still at large avoiding an 18-month prison sentence, the national police spokesman said yesterday.
“We have ordered all of our authorities to find and arrest him, and all our city and provincial authorities are looking for him,” said national police spokesman Lieutenant General Kirth Chantharith without offering a reason as to why Chhouk Bundith’s whereabouts is so difficult to trace.
Rights group have said that the failure to arrest Chhouk Bundith is proof of rampant impunity and a corrupt court system. …
Svay Rieng Provincial Court prosecutor Hing Bunchea said yesterday that he had no idea of Chhouk Bundith’s whereabouts, but that border police had been informed to remain vigilant at the country’s international border checkpoints. …
