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| Police officials investigate the crime scene where political analyst Kem Ley was shot dead at a Caltex service station in Phnom Penh last year. Hong Menea |
Chevron to hand over Kem Ley files
Phnom Penh Post | 8 August 2017
Petroleum giant Chevron has agreed to hand over files that
could relate to the murder of analyst Kem Ley at one of the company’s
Caltex stations, after a United States district court ordered a search
of terms such as “assassin!” and “Hun Sen”.
The news follows a months-long fight,
launched by ex-opposition leader Sam Rainsy and plaintiffs at the
International Criminal Court, to secure records they believe could
indicate government involvement in Ley’s killing and absolve Rainsy of a
defamation conviction.
In a statement yesterday, Chevron confirmed it had agreed upon a
“framework for the search and production of relevant documents, to the
extent any may be found, relating to the incident”. It is required to
submit its findings by August 25.
According to an order released by the Northern District of California
Court on Friday, the company must hand over any documents and
electronic communications used by two managers tasked with visiting the
scene of the crime.
It also requires information about country managers who may have
communicated about Ley’s killing with any Cambodian government officials
or agents.
In a sweep of electronic data from July 1 to December 31 in 2016, the
company must search the terms “Kem”, “Ley”, “Hun Sen”, “Cambodia”,
“Phnom”, “Bokor”, “Caltex”, “Monivong”, as well as “assassin!” “kill!”
“shoot!”, “death” and “victim”. The search would also include “CCP” – a
misspelling of the acronym for the ruling Cambodian People’s Party.
Rainsy yesterday welcomed the move, saying in an email it would “help
change the course of justice in Cambodia relative to Dr. Kem Ley’s
murder”.
Sure, Chevron came back later and submitted, "We found nothing." What are you going to do to Chevron?
ReplyDeleteRemember this, USA has no right to send Police force to enter Phnom Penh to search on Chevron of Cambodia.
India has a diplomat serving in Indian embassy of New York. She violated a USA law, hiring an Indian worker and paying below USA's minimum wage.
USA sent a police team to her residence in New York and search her place. They also search her vagina to see if she hid any paper with passwords, so on and so on.
So, the question is: Can USA theoretically send a police team to enter Phnom Penh to search the vagina of Sam Rainsy's wife for any hidden document relate to terrorism?