Disgraced police chief, Heng Pov, back on trial

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Disgraced police chief, Heng Pov, back on trial

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Heng Pov is back in the news. Mr Pov appeared before the Phnom Penh Supreme Court on 13 September 2017 in an appeal against some of the charges that sentenced him to a total of 103 years in jail over 10 years ago. Expat old-timers will remember the downfall of the Phnom Penh police chief way back then.

Disgraced police chief back on trial
14 September 2017
A disgraced former police chief yesterday went on trial at the Supreme Court over a 2007 charge for possession of $30,000 in counterfeit money.
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Heng Pov, who was a senior police chief in Phnom Penh, has already amassed about 100 years in prison for various crimes, including conspiracy to murder and possession of the fake cash.Mr Pov, 60, was accused of possessing the counterfeit money in 2006 at his home in Kandal province’s Takhmao city.

In the courtroom, Mr Pov asked the judges not to waste time questioning him but to get his sentencing over and done with, since he knew he would not receive justice.

“I have already been imprisoned for 12 years,” Mr Pov said to reporters before the trial, adding he had been framed by colleagues, including his enemy Lieutenant General Mak Chito, who is now deputy national police chief.

Mr Pov said he had been sentenced in seven different cases, claiming that if he should be behind bars, then so should many other police officials...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5082906/dis ... ack-trial/
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Re: Disgraced police chief, Heng Pov, back on trial

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If only he were really being done for the henious crimes he committed, rather than having pissed somebody powerful off.
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Re: Disgraced police chief, Heng Pov, back on trial

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:plus1: Well, as an ex-copper he should know this as well as anyone.
In the courtroom, Mr Pov asked the judges not to waste time questioning him but to get his sentencing over and done with, since he knew he would not receive justice.
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Heng Pov, a former Phnom Penh police chief, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for fake money
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PHNOM PENH, Sept. 27 (Xinhua) - The Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced Heng Pov to 14 years in prison for keeping fake money.
Heng Pov is accused of keeping fake dollars at No. 9 Takhmao village, Takhmao city, Kandal province, on July 31, 2006.

Heng Pov has been sentenced to a total of 103 years in connection with a number of cases, including the case of attempting to shoot Thong Uy Pang, the president of Koh Sapatheap newspaper, and also attempted to shoot Ouk Savuth, a prosecutor in Phnom Penh who is currently the Attorney-General of the Appeals Court.

At all stages, Heng Pov has always denied that he had committed such an act.
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CEOCambodiaNews wrote: Wed Sep 27, 2017 1:37 pm Heng Pov, a former Phnom Penh police chief, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for fake money
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Put in a caption for this pic.
Something like " It was the bigger boys guv, they told me to do it"
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