Heng Pov To Reveal More Secrets, Says Lawyer
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- Date: 22 Aug 2006 02:51:09 -0700
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Heng Pov To Reveal More Secrets, Says Lawyer
By Douglas Gillison
THE CAMBODIA DAILY
Former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov will reveal more allegations
about the inner workings of the Cambodian government his Australian
lawyer, David Chen, says.
"We will shortly be releasing a further statement with more information
about the regime," Chen, who practices law in Canberra, wrote in an
e-mail received Sunday evening. "Perhaps you can send a message to the
regime to immediately drop all the trumped-up charges against my client
in return for him not releasing any of their further dirty linen. I can
assure you it's going to be very ugly for them," Chen added.
However, in a second e-mail message Monday, Chen said that Heng Pov
would not be silenced.
"There is more coming and he won't be silenced even if they decide to
drop all the trumped-up charges against him," he wrote.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak said Heng Pov is desperate.
"The more Heng Pov releases statements, the more Heng Pov loses
credibility," he said.
Information Minister and government spokesman Khieu Kanharith also said
that no deal would be done with Heng Pov. "To say that the government
must drop the charges, it would be crazy. The lawyer must not
understand Cambodian law," Khieu Kanharith said.
"You cannot strike a deal with the government on crimes," he said. "By
claiming he knows all these secrets, he becomes an accomplice to the
crimes. This will reduce his chances for asylum."
However, a foreign expert in criminal law said that prosecutors do
consider evidence from alleged and convicted criminals.
"Even if he's guilty, that doesn't prevent him from being credible in
other matters," the expert said. "At the current stage, he's only a
suspect, accused or implicated in certain affairs by other officers.
For the time being, he has the presumption of innocence."
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