Traffickers from Taiwan Get Long Sentences

Three drug traffickers, including two Taiwanese nationals, who were arrested at a hotel in Phnom Penh in January with more than one kilogram of crystal methamphetamine, received sentences of between five years and life yesterday. The Phnom Penh Municipal Court found Taiwanese national Kang Ching Chen, 48, guilty of drug trafficking and sentenced him in absentia to life in prison and a fine of 80 million riel, while his Cambodian girlfriend, Hang Jing Jing, 25, received 25 years and a 40 million riel (about $10,000) fine.
 

Li Yong Foo, known as Heng Soksan, 46, from Taiwan, received a five-year sentence and a fine of 20 million riel (about $5,000) fine for drug trafficking, and “use of an illegal weapon.” Compatriot Tai Chhin Hshing, 43, had charges against him dropped.
 

Presiding judge Ros Piseth said all the accused would be able to appeal the verdicts. “The accused have the right to dispute this court’s verdict and appeal it to the upper court within a period of 30 days, if they have not accepted the verdict,” he said.

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