Gov’t saving Cambodian on death row

[geovalin]

The Kingdom will apply all legal means to defend a Cambodian drug trafficker being sentenced to death in Vietnam and she could be swapped in a newly ratified convict transfer treaty. Miech Srey Neang, 27, from Phnom Penh was convicted and sentenced to death in July by Vietnam’s Tay Ninh Provincial People’s Court after being found guilty of trafficking drugs from Cambodia to Vietnam.

 

With legal assistance from the Cambodian government, Srey Neang in August had appealed against the Vietnamese lower court decision within the appeal period. Koy Kuong, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said yesterday that case is still processing with legal assistance from the Cambodian government.

 

“So far, the Cambodian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City has provided suitable lawyers for her,” he said. “This means that our lawyers will help with the case and other matters for Srey Neang.” “The lawyers will defend her at all stages, from the Appeal to the Supreme Court,” he added.

 

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[phantomfiddler]

In most cases, the REAL drug smuggler is not the person who actually carries the goods, and in my opinion such persons should not face the death penalty. The ones really guilty are the suppliers who search for people who look "down and out", who are desperate and succumb to the promise of of considerable financial gain from a short plane trip.