Publication : Press Release

On July 30, 2008 the Supreme Court of Cambodia upheld a lower court’s ruling that found Prince Norodom Ranariddh guilty of breach of trust and sentenced him to 18 months in prison. Ranariddh was the president of a political party named FUNCINPEC. FUNCINPEC was a partner of the Cambodian People’s Party since 1993. In 2006 Mr. Nhiek Bun Chhay, the Secretary General of FUNCIPEC ousted Ranariddh from the party and later filed a criminal lawsuit against him for breach of trust. The allegation was that Ranariddh had sold party’s land in Phnom Penh and had used the sale proceeds, claimed to be US$3.6 millions, to buy land for the new, self-named party, Norodom Ranariddh Party, Ranariddh had formed.

Information Source : Cambodia: Law Must be Clear About Compoundable and Non-Compoundable Offences

• AHRC-Asian Human Rights Commission