The Phnom Penh Post
THE daughter of jailed newspaper editor Hang Chakra said Thursday that she had been informed by prison officials that her father would be released after receiving a pardoned from King Norodom Sihamoni.
Hang Chan Pisey said Thursday that she had contacted prison officials Wednesday evening and been told that Hang Chakra’s name had been included on a list of inmates the government had recommended be pardoned and released.
“The prison chief told me that my father will be released on the first day of the Khmer New Year [April 14], and if he is not released on that day he will be released a week after Khmer New Year,” she said.
Heng Hak, the director general of the Ministry of Interior’s Department of Prisons, told the Post on Wednesday that Hang Chakra was on a list of 75 people recommended by the government to be released during the upcoming round of Khmer New Year pardons, and that his release would take place in advance of the holiday.
“Hang Chakra is one of the 75 inmates who will be released from prison,” he said, adding that the editor was considered a “special case” and thus would be released early.
“He will be released before the New Year because he wrote a letter apologising to Prime Minister Hun Sen,” he said.
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Hang Chan Pisey said Thursday that she had contacted prison officials Wednesday evening and been told that Hang Chakra’s name had been included on a list of inmates the government had recommended be pardoned and released.
“The prison chief told me that my father will be released on the first day of the Khmer New Year [April 14], and if he is not released on that day he will be released a week after Khmer New Year,” she said.
Heng Hak, the director general of the Ministry of Interior’s Department of Prisons, told the Post on Wednesday that Hang Chakra was on a list of 75 people recommended by the government to be released during the upcoming round of Khmer New Year pardons, and that his release would take place in advance of the holiday.
“Hang Chakra is one of the 75 inmates who will be released from prison,” he said, adding that the editor was considered a “special case” and thus would be released early.
“He will be released before the New Year because he wrote a letter apologising to Prime Minister Hun Sen,” he said.
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