Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: Officer in 'unintentional' cockfighting raid killing gets suspended sentence

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Officer in 'unintentional' cockfighting raid killing gets suspended sentence

Niem Chheng | Publication date 13 February 2018 | 12:48 ICT

Seak Sok Chan, the sister of Seak Ron, who was killed in January by stray bullets fired by the police. Hong Menea

A police officer who shot a bystander during a raid on a Phnom Penh cockfighting ring in January was convicted of “unintentional killing” today and received a one-year suspended prison sentence.

Por Senchey district police officer Chorn Vireak was found guilty in the death of Seak Ron, 33, who was struck a bullet while standing on a balcony overlooking the ring. Witnesses at the scene described police firing their weapons haphazardly into the air.

Presiding Municipal Court Judge Ros Piseth announced the verdict after a one-hour hearing.

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