June 3, 2020
Two foreigners on trial over drug trafficking
Phnom Penh Municipal Court today began the trial of a Nigerian man and a Vietnamese lady accused of possessing and trafficking in more than three kilogrammes of methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy from Cambodia to Taiwan using the Cambodian postal system.

Presiding Judge of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court Mr Khun Sona, identified the accused as Frank Ubale, 50, a Nigerian tourist and his Vietnamese girlfriend as Nguyen Thileav, 39.

They were charged with “drug possessing and trafficking” under Article 40 of the Cambodian Law on Drugs Control. If convicted, they face a life sentence each.

At yesterday’s trial, the two accused admitted committing the offense but they said they were hired to do the job.

Thileav said the drugs seized from her belonged to Frank Ubale.

She told the court on the day of her arrest, Frank Ubale paid her $100 to send a package through post to Taiwan.

She said she was unaware what the package contained. She added only when she was arrested, did she know it was drugs when the military police showed her the contents.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50729921/t ... afficking/

June 17, 2020
Post office drug traffickers sentenced in capital

Phnom Penh Municipal Court today sentenced a Nigerian man and his Vietnamese girlfriend to between 13 years and 30 years in prison after they were found guilty of possessing and attempting to traffic more than three kilograms of methamphetamines, cocaine and ecstasy from Cambodia to Taiwan.

Presiding Judge Khun Sona identified the accused as Frank Ubale, 50, a tourist and his girlfriend as Nguyen Thileav, 39, occupation unknown who both lived at a rental house in Trapaing Thloeng village, in Por Senchey district’s Chom Chao I commune.

Judge Sona said that they were both charged with “drug possession and trafficking” under Article 40 of Cambodian Law on Drugs.

“The court sentenced Ubale to 30 years in prison and ordered him to pay $20, 000,” Judge Sona said. “The court also sentenced Thileav to 13 years in prison and ordered her to pay $7, 500,” he said.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50735321/p ... n-capital/

Good long sentences, do they actually serve that whole time normally, or generally get out early ?

I'd always assumed Cambodia was quite soft on drug enforcement, due to how often it gets offered when walking around Phnom Penh and the amount of westerners dying from taking them

Solution. Send them to Taiwan for trial afterwards.

Death penalty is still available for them over there.

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:03 am Solution. Send them to Taiwan for trial afterwards.

Death penalty is still available for them over there.

Death penalty for selling drugs? Really, why? Death penalty for their customers? At what illegal activity does the death penalty cure the issue?

jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:32 pm I'd always assumed Cambodia was quite soft on drug enforcement, due to how often it gets offered when walking around Phnom Penh and the amount of westerners dying from taking them

It’s not unique to Cambodia. Getting offered it and getting caught buying it are two different things. There are/were honey-traps around Riverside (and doubtless other areas too).

cambo swa wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:20 am

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:03 am Solution. Send them to Taiwan for trial afterwards.

Death penalty is still available for them over there.

Death penalty for selling drugs? Really, why? Death penalty for their customers? At what illegal activity does the death penalty cure the issue?

It’s enough of a deterrent for some. Not necessarily for others. The moral argument is a completely different one which would most likely be a thread all on its own. Perhaps you should start it? It would be like lighting the blue touch paper so far as opinions will go

The historical answer is the easiest one. When the Brits arrived in Imperial China, they loved everything Chinese, especially the tea. The Chinese only wanted Gold and Silver. British reserves were being depleted by the China trade at an alarming rate. The British came up with a brilliant idea. Plant poppy fields in Afghanistan and ship opium to China. Force feed opium to the Chinese and get the British gold and silver back.

And it worked. Chinese became addicts. The Chinese police tried to stop it by taking the opium from the ships on the way to the opium den and then dumping it into the sea. The British went to war to keep China addicted.

Addicted soldiers don’t fight well. It didn’t help that the funds for a modern Chinese navy was spent to build a beautiful garden. And the rebellion in the south led by two men who believed they were Jesus Christ’s brothers didn’t help either.

As a result, Imperial China was soundly defeated. First, by the British. Then by the Japanese. Then by everyone else. The empress then tried to fight back by inspiring the Chinese to come up with a martial arts form that would be impervious to firearms. It didn’t go well, either.

The root of the nation’s problem was drugs. The death penalty is the answer. That’s why predominately Chinese countries have the death penalty or zero tolerance for drugs.

newkidontheblock wrote: ↑Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:55 am The historical answer is the easiest one. When the Brits arrived in Imperial China, they loved everything Chinese, especially the tea. The Chinese only wanted Gold and Silver. British reserves were being depleted by the China trade at an alarming rate. The British came up with a brilliant idea. Plant poppy fields in Afghanistan and ship opium to China. Force feed opium to the Chinese and get the British gold and silver back.

That's not exactly accurate. It's often left out that the Chinese already loved their opium, including their king during the Ming Dynasty, before the Brits. It was, however, very expensive and only the elite used it. By the 2nd opium war, China was growing 2/3rds of their annual consumption in-country and buying the other 3rd from Britain.

And exactly why China and all the countries around China, and the Chinese in general, have a zero tolerance policy to drugs.