DaveG wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:09 pm

Anthony's Weiner wrote: ↑Mon Jul 08, 2019 6:44 pm 22 kg of cash, if they flew in AirAsia, they were over their 7kg carry on allowance.

I think that’s the least of their worries, mr big ain’t going to be very happy with those two losing all his cash.
I think they could have afforded the excess anyway

That’s true what I just said.

(I’d never use the word “afforded” though. Had to google it. Real word! #blownaway)

UPDATE: Two Koreans Appeal Sentences for Money Laundering $2.2M

Cambodia News, (Phnom Penh): On the morning of September 23, 2021, the Phnom Penh Supreme Court held a hearing on the appeals of two South Korean, who were arrested in connection with the transportation and import of more than 2 million US dollars from abroad without documents or sources of information, committed at the Siem Reap International Airport in 2019.

The trial was presided over by Judge Chiv Keng, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and President of the Trial Chamber, and Ouk Kimsith represented the Supreme Court.

The first accused was Song Hyunhoo, 44, and the second was Yoon Wongi, 34, according to the report. Both are South Koreans.

In this case, the two were sentenced by the Siam Provincial Court on October 1, 2020 to two years in prison and a fine of 60 million riel each on charges of "money laundering" the judge said.

The Siem Reap Provincial Court also ordered the confiscation of the $ 2.2 million, which was confiscated from the Korean men and put into the national budget.


The two defendants first appealed the decision of the Siem Reap Provincial Court at the Battambang Provincial Court of Appeal. However, the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the Siem Reap Provincial Court, so they continued to appeal to the Supreme Court.

The two defendants were arrested on July 7, 2019 at the Siem Reap International Airport when they arrived on a flight from Hong Kong to Siem Reap, the judge added.

After the arrest, the police at Siem Reap International Airport confiscated US$2M as well as some other undocumented foreign currency.

In this case, the Supreme Court will announce its verdict on September 29, 2021.
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Cambodia News (Phnom Penh): On September 29, 2021, the Supreme Court of Cambodia officially proceeded with the appeal filed by the defendants, two South Korean men, Song Hyunhoo, a 44-year-old, and Yoon Wongi, a 34-year-old.

The two Koreans were sentenced by the Siem Reap provincial court to two years in prison for money laundering over 2 million dollars in Cambodia, and were fined 60 million riels, while the 2,200,000 USD cash was seized by the Cambodian authorities and kept as state money on October 1, 2020.

Edit and Update: The appeal was denied by the Supeme Court who upheld the Siem Reap provincial court ruling.

How much do rubber bands weigh?

"In this case, the two were sentenced by the Siam Provincial Court on October 1, 2020 to two years in prison and a fine of 60 million riel each on charges of "money laundering" the judge said."(sic)

Suspended.

Should read, "...60 million riel on each charge...". They were found guilty of 146.6' charges.

So if the Koreans were detained in Jul 2019 and they got 2 years, are they free now?

Chuck Borris wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 11:44 pm So if the Koreans were detained in Jul 2019 and they got 2 years, are they free now?

Good question. Does pre-trial detention count, or do they get another year in jail ?

In this case, the two were sentenced by the Siam Provincial Court on October 1, 2020 to two years in prison and a fine of 60 million riel each on charges of "money laundering" the judge said.

However, the real/riel (sorry for the pun) problem may be paying the fines before release. Perhaps the money laundering masterminds don't want to pay the diddly 120M riel (about USD30,000) for the release of their mules ? (Who don't have any money of their own, which is why they agreed to carry the cash in the first place.)

And to think about it, the state budget is the only one to benefit.

AndyKK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:36 am And to think about it, the state budget is the only one to benefit.

Do you honestly believe that?????? I always wonder how the split is worked out.

Arget wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 7:15 am

AndyKK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 30, 2021 12:36 am And to think about it, the state budget is the only one to benefit.

Do you honestly believe that?????? I always wonder how the split is worked out.

Quote - the 2,200,000 USD cash was seized by the Cambodian authorities and kept as state money on October 1, 2020.
Split is better from here, due to legalities.
Can't see the bosses of the two mule's paying their fines due to them losing the 2.2 mill in the first place.

What get me is where do they get the USDs that's a lot of Yuen to convert.