Military Gang Arrested for Smuggling Chinese Out of Cambodia

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Is he going to jail? Those two Prey Veng guys who were drinking and the drinking guy in Kompong Chhnang all got fines and ONE YEAR sentences very swiftly (like three days?). I wonder if this case will drag on until we forget about it, or is it too public by now and we'll hear about the verdict? I feel like some of these punishments don't really match the crimes (the lady who had symptoms but travelled to Siem Reap or the guy who went to a wedding in Kampot come to mind).
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Bitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: Sat Apr 24, 2021 9:24 am Is he going to jail? Those two Prey Veng guys who were drinking and the drinking guy in Kompong Chhnang all got fines and ONE YEAR sentences very swiftly (like three days?). I wonder if this case will drag on until we forget about it, or is it too public by now and we'll hear about the verdict? I feel like some of these punishments don't really match the crimes (the lady who had symptoms but travelled to Siem Reap or the guy who went to a wedding in Kampot come to mind).
We should here about his 6 mates going to jail, but like I said theres more to this, who was helping on either side of the boarder.
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Disgraced military general charged on three counts for smuggling foreigners
Khouth Sophak Chakrya | Publication date 24 April 2021 | 22:13 ICT

The two-star military general who has been dismissed from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces after being arrested in Svay Rieng province for smuggling 28 Chinese nationals in violation of the government-imposed travel ban was placed in pre-trial detention on April 24.

Sum Pov, who served as the deputy chief of the Military Strategy Research Team of the army's infantry, and his five accomplices have been charged on three counts, according to Svay Rieng provincial court spokesman Tep Phalla.

Phalla told The Post that the six had been charged with human trafficking and conspiring under articles 13 and 15 of the Law on Suppression of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation and Article 29 of the Criminal Code; instigating the illegal use of uniforms for the public authorities under articles 28 and 612 of the Criminal Code; and using falsified public documents under Article 79 of the road traffic law and Article 630 of the Criminal Code.

They face up to 26 years in prison and a fine of up to 12 million riel ($2,500) if found guilty.
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