Half of recent pardons were for sex offences
7 July 2017
Among the 35 convicted criminals who had their prison sentences reduced by the King for the Visak Bochea holiday, more than half committed sex-related offences, according to documents obtained by The Post yesterday.

In a royal decree signed May 29, King Norodom Sihamoni signed pardons for four convicts for crimes ranging from theft to rape, and reduced 35 sentences by up to a year.

Of the 23 convicts who had their sentences reduced by six months, almost two-thirds were jailed for sex-related crimes including rape and procurement of prostitution.
Several convicts had raped a child under the age of 15 but were deemed to “have worked hard to improve themselves during serving their punishment”, the royal decree said.

Chin Malin, a spokesman for the Justice Ministry, which compiles the list, said the nature of the crime was not considered when deciding whether to reduce a sentence or grant a pardon. Instead, the prisoners’ cooperation with the authorities and the duration of their term served were considered...
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