Thai woman and Chinese man sent to prison, 2 on the run after drug bust

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Phnom Penh Municipal Court yesterday sentenced a Thai woman and Chinese man to 27 and 5 years in prison respectively in connection with possession and trafficking more than two kilogrammes of the illegal drugs and ecstasy in 2020, in the capital. The court also sentenced in absentia two other Chinese men, who are at large, to 30 years in prison each and issued warrants for their arrest.

 

Presiding Judge Theam Chanpiseth said yesterday that the three accused Chinese were identified as Yi Yu Zhou, 25, who was arrested and now detained in prison, and Pao Jiun, 33, and <deleted> Ming, 34, who are both still on the run. Judge Chanpiseth said the woman was identified as Ketsai Yavaluk, 27, a Thai tourist. 

 

“The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Ketsai Yavaluk to 27 years in prison and ordered her to pay 80 million riel (about $20,000),” Judge Chanpiseth said after the verdict was given. “The Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced Yi Yu Zhou to 5 years in prison and ordered him to pay 8 million riel (about $2,000),” he said.

 

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