The Arrest of Heng Pov:
Ou Virak: Heng Pov Should Be Treated as Potential Key Witness for Political Crimes
We call on the Cambodian Government to fulfill its promise to provide safety to Mr. Heng Pov according to the law, the Cambodian Constitution and its obligation to International Conventions and treaties. We call on the Ministry of Interior to treat Mr. Heng Pov as a potential key witness and provide necessary environment where he can feel safe to expose crimes that may involves many others, including high ranking officials in the current Cambodian Government. MOI must take accusations of the involvement of high ranking officials seriously and investigate these accusations with an honest intention to seek the truth and provide justice to the victims.
The Spokesman of the Ministry of Interior was quoted as saying that the Ministry will not investigate claims made by Heng Pov. Outright rejection of such accusations made by such a key person like Heng Pov will go to prove that the Cambodian justice system is neither independent nor interest in real justice. Heng Pov, as a former Chief of Phnom Penh Police, may hold answers to many horrific crimes that have not resolved; the killing of the late Union Leader Chea Vichea, the grenades attack on protesters in 1997.
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