Phnom Penh Municipal Court sentenced a Hong Kong resident to 25 years in prison
and a 40 million riel ($9,750) fine for heroin smuggling on January
25.
Chung Kwok Hung, 47, was caught with 3.1 kilograms of heroin strapped
to his legs as he attempted to board a flight to Hong Kong from Phnom Penh
International Airport in May 2005. His lawyer, Kao Soupha, criticized the
proceedings as flawed, and said his client had been detained for almost eight
months prior to the trial, when the law only allows up to six months pretrial
detention.