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Cambodian court upholds life sentence for two Nigerians over drugs smuggling


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In 2014, two Nigerian cloth vendors, Emmanuel Thankgod and Michael Sunshine were arrested for their involvement in drug trafficking from Brazil to Cambodia.
An Appeal Court in Phnom Penh in Cambodia has upheld the life sentence given by the municipal court to two Nigerian men, a Filipina and Cambodian woman, in connection with smuggling of more than 2.5 kilogrammes of cocaine.


In 2014, two Nigerian cloth vendors, Emmanuel Thankgod and Michael Sunshine were arrested for their involvement in drug trafficking from Brazil to Cambodia.
Others arrested are 49-year-old former nurse from Philippines, Macoy Mavill Villamor and Cambodian Meng Sinuon, a former waitress working with a French-owned-restaurant living in Chamkar Mon district’s Phsar Doeum Thkov commune.


“After having a clear consideration in this case, the Judges’ Council of the Phnom Penh Appeal Court has found that the sentences given by the Phnom Penh Appeal Court is appropriate and fit for their offence,” the Appeal Court Judge, Ky Rithy ruled. According to Cambodian media, the four convicts have the rights to appeal against the judgement to the Supreme Court within a month.

 

read more https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501138627/cambodian-court-upholds-life-sentence-for-two-nigerians-over-drugs-smuggling/

 

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