PARIS: After prosecutors requested more time to look at fresh evidence, a French court that was scheduled to render a verdict on Friday postponed its decision in the case of two former bodyguards for former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen over a 1997 massacre.
The two primary suspects, Huy Piseth, 69, and Hing Bun Heang, 68, have been on trial in absentia for allegedly attacking a prominent opposition activist who is French by grenade in 1997. On March 30, 1997, many explosives went off during a 200-person opposition demonstration in Phnom Penh condemning official corruption.
The attack on Sam Rainsy, a prominent opposition member and former finance minister, has been described by the NGO Human Rights Watch as “an open wound in Cambodia.” He had minor wounds. Cambodia is where the two suspects call home. Neither has requested legal counsel.
Isabelle Poinso, the chief prosecutor, stated, “I have learned a lot from witnesses who had never been questioned before. “There are still some gray areas that need to be clarified.
The court granted her motion to halt the proceedings and resume them later. The defendants’ box and the defence attorneys’ bench were both vacant as the trial began in Paris on Wednesday. However, Rainsy was there with his wife. Both individuals were the subject of an arrest warrant issued by France in 2020 on suspicion of attempted murder, for which they might get a life sentence.
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