Lay Bun Thy at the trial on March 7 (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Court of the Mekong Deltaprovince of An Giang on March 7 sentenced a Cambodian national a 25-yearimprisonment on charge of murder and illegally storage and use of militaryweapon.
Lay Bun Thy, 53, who is a former LieutenantColonel and deputy head of the police post at Cambodia’s Phnom DenInternational Border Gate, got 20 years in prison for murder and anotherfive-year imprisonment for illegally storing and using military weapon.
According to the indictment, at about 6 p.m. ofJuly 16, 2016, Lay Bun Thy and six Vietnamese nationals came to a restaurantnamed Huong Xua in Tinh Bien town of Tinh Bien district, An Giang province, tohave beer.
At this time, Pham Van Quang and Le Van Duoc,along with five other people, also came and sit opposite.
At about 8 p.m., Quang and Duoc invited Thy todrink beer together but Thy refused, leading to an argument.
After Quang and Duoc returned to their table,Thy heard a conversation between Quang and Duoc, from which he assumed Quangwas the mastermind behind an earlier attack on him.
Thy returned to his home, about 40 metres fromthe Huong Xua restaurant, to take a K59 pistol and then went back.
At the restaurant, Thy asked Quang several timeswhether he had assaulted him earlier and when getting a “yes” he fired twoshots at Quang, injuring the latter’s mouth.
At the time, Duoc, who was sitting beside Quang,stood up and Thy shot at Duoc’s forehead and back as he thought Duoc intendedto attack him.
Duoc died on the way to hospital while Quang wasseriously injured and hospitalised after that.
At about 5:30 a.m. of July 17, 2016 Thy turnedhimself in to Tinh Bien district police.
According to the verdict, Thy will have to give242 million VND (over 10,600 USD) in compensation to the family of Duoc and payalimony to Duoc’s children until they reach 18.-VNA
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