Former Phnom Penh court president Maltey gets two years’ jail

Kandal provincial court yesterday sentenced disgraced former Phnom Penh court president Ang Maltey to three years in prison – with one year of that suspended – for making personal use of an Audi SUV confiscated from a convicted drug dealer.

Deputy provincial court judge Nguon Vuthy convicted the former judge – sacked a year ago amid separate bribery allegations levelled by the prime minister – after downgrading his charges from embezzlement to “unlawful exploitation”, as was recommended by the case’s prosecutor during the trial last month.

Vuthy suspended a year of Maltey’s sentence and fined him about $1,250, noting his “confession” and that the Audi remained in a good condition.

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