Publication : Press Release

Yesterday, 30 November 2011, it was reported in The Cambodia Daily (“Warrant for Cousin of Hun Sen Not Likely Soon”) that a cousin of Prime Minister Hun Sen was found guilty of corruption. Dy Proem was sentenced in absentia to two and a half years’ imprisonment on 28 November 2011, however she is currently walking free in Phnom Penh, with the judges presiding over her case eschewing to issue the appropriate arrest warrant. According to The Cambodia Daily, Dy Proem was found guilty of paying a US$30,000 bribe to Sen Yean, the former Deputy Director-General of Inspection at the Ministry of National Assembly-Senate Relations, in order to create a fake Council of Ministers statement on 18 March 2008. The statement falsely claimed that a group of families were the rightful owners of the disputed land in Dangkao District, so that they could later sell the land to Dy Proem.

Information Source : Failure to issue warrant for PM’s cousin indicative of culture of impunity in Cambodia

• CCHR