On Friday,
August 11, three Nigerian nationals and two Cambodians accused of selling drugs
were put on trial in Phnom Penh court.
The
defendants were caught selling more than one kilogram of methamphetamines/ice.
They are:
Innocent
Onwumere Okafor, 44
Eric Chinedu
Ankker, 24
Moses Chego
Enbechi, 32
Chan Rathana
(known as "Miss Gold")—a 24 year-old Cambodian
Pun Rayuth—a
19 year-old Cambodian
They were
arrested on 13 May 2016 while trading 1098.11 grams of meth in Thnout Chrum
Village, Tom Pun Commune, Mean Chey District.
The judge
found Chan Rathana and his cousin, Pun Rayuth guilty of working for the
Nigerian drug dealers. Rathana confessed that they had committed this crime
twice before and earned 200 USD on each occasion.
In spite of
the confession made by the Cambodian defendants, the Nigerian men denied all
the accusations against them, but they could not prove that they were innocent.
On the
contrary, the police reported that the drugs contained 32.79 percent of meth.
The trial
continues and the final verdict will be announced on 7 September 2017.
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