Violent general to be jailed and ordered to pay compensation

General Keo Monysoka, a child and teachers beater, was sentenced to one year in jail but saw his sentence reduced to 10-day of jail instead! It pays to be a general after all!

17 March 2010
Source: Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata for KI-Media

Preah Sihanouk tribunal held a closed door hearing in the afternoon of 16 March 2010 in the lawsuit against one-star General Keo Monysoka aka Keo Soka as planned, even though the general has some health problem and is currently being hospitalized. The hearing started at 2:30PM ended at 5PM and the court charged the accused on inflicting injuries and sentenced him to one year of jail time, but the sentence was reduced to 10 day instead, beyond these 10 days, he will remain out of jail and all his duty will be pulled as he will become an ordinary citizen. He was also ordered to pay 4 million riels ($1,000) each to two teachers as damage compensation and 10 million riels ($2,500) to the mother of the child he beat. Keo Monysoka is the deputy Navy commander in Ream, he used violence to beat up a young boy and two other teachers because of a dispute between the child he beat and the general’s child. People revealed that the violent general is currently being hospitalized due to high blood pressure that is why he could not attend the hearing.