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Seng Chenda enters Phnom Penh Municipal Court today.
Seng Chenda enters Phnom Penh Municipal Court today.
Phnom Penh Post
Seng Chenda, wife of prominent businessman Khaou Chuly, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for her role in an attempted plot to kill her husband’s daughter from his previous marriage.
Judge Sin Visal said that confessions and testimony given by Seng Chenda’s accomplices proved that she had masterminded a scheme to kill Suv Chantha as well as her daughter in June last year.
Suv Chantha is the daughter of tycoon Khaou Chuly and the wife of Sun Chanthol, vice chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia and a former minister of public works and transport.
“According to the answers and confessions of the accomplices during their questioning … in front of police and the investigating judge … they have said that Seng Chenda ordered them to kill Sun Chanthol’s family,” Sin Visal said in court today.
“Therefore, the court decided to sentence her to a 20-year imprisonment.”
The accomplices – Khorn Lak, 30, Chan Sokha, 38, and Neang Sinath, 25 – were also sentenced for their roles in the plot.
Khorn Lak, a security guard employed by Khaou Chuly, received a 20-year sentence.
Chan Sokha, a maid at Khaou Chuly’s house, and Neang Sinath, a maid at Suv Chanthol’s house, were both given sentences of 18 years.
The court ruled that a fourth suspected accomplice, Yin Sophearith, 25, also a security guard employed by Khaou Chuly, was not involved in the plot and released him.
He testified that he had been at home the night of the murder plot, recovering from injuries from a traffic accident.
Seng Chenda and her four suspected accomplices were arrested in June and charged with attempted murder under the Law on Aggravating Circumstances for Felonies, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
All pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Lim Vanna, Seng Chenda’s lawyer, said the court’s verdict was wrong.
“I think that this verdict does not deliver justice to my client because she is innocent and is also a victim.”
Seng Chenda said the verdict was a “mistake”.
“I have not been involved in, nor have I committed this accused crime; but the court has made a mistake about me. I think that the court is very cheap and its verdict is very unjust for me,” she said.
“There is no justice in Cambodia.”
The verdict brought to close a dramatic trial with more than a dozen witnesses and five hearings that saw several accused recount testimony to police and claim they had been forced to confess under threats from police and Sun Chantol.
Chan Sokha and Neang Sinath both said police forced them to meet with Sun Chantol, who they said threatened them and their families.
Khaou Phallaboth, a son of Khaou Chuly, said the charges were merely an extension of a family dispute.
“I don’t believe that Seng Chenda has committed this crime, it is just a drama prepared by Sun Chantol.”
Seng Chenda, wife of prominent businessman Khaou Chuly, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court for her role in an attempted plot to kill her husband’s daughter from his previous marriage.
Judge Sin Visal said that confessions and testimony given by Seng Chenda’s accomplices proved that she had masterminded a scheme to kill Suv Chantha as well as her daughter in June last year.
Suv Chantha is the daughter of tycoon Khaou Chuly and the wife of Sun Chanthol, vice chairman of the Council for the Development of Cambodia and a former minister of public works and transport.
“According to the answers and confessions of the accomplices during their questioning … in front of police and the investigating judge … they have said that Seng Chenda ordered them to kill Sun Chanthol’s family,” Sin Visal said in court today.
“Therefore, the court decided to sentence her to a 20-year imprisonment.”
The accomplices – Khorn Lak, 30, Chan Sokha, 38, and Neang Sinath, 25 – were also sentenced for their roles in the plot.
Khorn Lak, a security guard employed by Khaou Chuly, received a 20-year sentence.
Chan Sokha, a maid at Khaou Chuly’s house, and Neang Sinath, a maid at Suv Chanthol’s house, were both given sentences of 18 years.
The court ruled that a fourth suspected accomplice, Yin Sophearith, 25, also a security guard employed by Khaou Chuly, was not involved in the plot and released him.
He testified that he had been at home the night of the murder plot, recovering from injuries from a traffic accident.
Seng Chenda and her four suspected accomplices were arrested in June and charged with attempted murder under the Law on Aggravating Circumstances for Felonies, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
All pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Lim Vanna, Seng Chenda’s lawyer, said the court’s verdict was wrong.
“I think that this verdict does not deliver justice to my client because she is innocent and is also a victim.”
Seng Chenda said the verdict was a “mistake”.
“I have not been involved in, nor have I committed this accused crime; but the court has made a mistake about me. I think that the court is very cheap and its verdict is very unjust for me,” she said.
“There is no justice in Cambodia.”
The verdict brought to close a dramatic trial with more than a dozen witnesses and five hearings that saw several accused recount testimony to police and claim they had been forced to confess under threats from police and Sun Chantol.
Chan Sokha and Neang Sinath both said police forced them to meet with Sun Chantol, who they said threatened them and their families.
Khaou Phallaboth, a son of Khaou Chuly, said the charges were merely an extension of a family dispute.
“I don’t believe that Seng Chenda has committed this crime, it is just a drama prepared by Sun Chantol.”
3 comments:
Good that some crimes are punished. Especially when it related to any murder and child abuse!!!!!!
Why do Kos Trol, sea and lands proximately over 10 000 km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty? Why don't Cambodia goverment transparency explain to cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian army are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 and what's about over 10 000km2 of cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian army you are decide the fade of your nation, Cambodian army as well as cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Kos Trol, Sea and lands over 10 000km2 have been lost to Vietnam by who treaty at 1979 to 1985 treaty! treaty! Cambodian army at front line as well as all cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protect a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group rather in the real name of protecting khmer nation?
Cambodian army at front line suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs,lack of foods, lack of nutrition, their families have no health care help, no securities after they die but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning with young girls message, have super health care from oversea medical treatment, they are billionairs, millionairs who sell out the country to be rich and make cambodian people suffer everyday as cambodian people know already.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that result lost over 10 000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why don't they transparency inform all Cambodian and cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't include Kos Trol ( Kos Trol size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen with planty of natural resources ) in education program?
Stop critised Cambodian teen about Valentine's day! Let's make love not war!
Sex is normal in this world that is part of biological and physiological being.
Boys and girls are equal right. If they have sex both boys and girls get the same pleasure and benefit.
Angkor's people are have sex more than today such as they respect Hindu God's penis and his wife 's vagina.
Boya and girls please have more sex at school to increase experince in life rather listen to your elderly teacher who always have sex at night with her partners.
Trust me all cambodians elderly are having sexual intercourse everyday. Stop listening to their lia words about sex!
We are cambodian teenagers to like to protest again elderly who stop us from making love at Valentin's day. We must have sex when we are young age, not when we are getting so old because old people can't perform sex well and can't enjoy the pleasure of sex.
Old cambodians stop jeasous to our cambodian teenagers sexual pleasure at valentine's day.
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