Kong Meta | Publication date 03 April 2018 | 16:21 ICT
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Former Takeo Provincial Governor Lay Vannak poses for a photo with National Assembly staffer Chev Sovathana. Vannak admitted on Saturday to having an affair with Sovathana but denied rumours that he was involved in her suspicious death in January. Facebook
The Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Tuesday charged former Takeo governor Lay Vannak and his brother, provincial Deputy Police Chief Lay Narith, with murder in the death of a National Assembly staffer with whom Lay Vannak was having an affair.
Court spokesman Ly Sophana confirmed the charges in the death of 36-year-old Chev Sovathana, who was found hanged in January in what police originally ruled a suicide.
Two others – Choem Vuth, the husband of Sovathana's maid, and Men Sakmay, Vannak’s driver – were charged with “concealment of evidence.”
Shortly before his arrest Sunday afternoon, Vannak admitted to a yearlong affair with Sovathana but insisted she had killed herself.
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