Cambodian News, (Phnom Penh): The Supreme Court on the morning of December 19, 2022, heard the appeals of two men, one Laotian and one Indian, sentenced for drug trafficking. The two foreigners were convicted after they sold nearly 1 kg of methamphetamine to an undercover policeman in Phnom Penh's Russey Keo district during 2011.

Khim Ponn, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, said that the two defendants were Den Kaseth Pataphy, a 59-year-old Laotian national, and Bhagatshiv Dayal, male, 39 years old, Indian nationality. They were arrested on August 19, 2011 in Phnom Penh, as they attempted to sell a package of ICE (crystal methamphetamine), weighing almost 1kg, to a policeman from the drug squad.


Just over ten years ago, on September 6, 2012, the two defendants were sentenced by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to 25 years in prison, and also fined 60 million riels to pay the state budget, on charges of Illegal drug trafficking under Article 40 of the Drug Control Law.

The Supreme Court will announce the appeal verdict tomorrow morning, on December 21, 2022.