Cambodia jails two Bangladeshis, one Nepali for terrorism
By IANSWednesday, February 16, 2011
PHNOM PENH - A court in the Cambodian capital Wednesday sentenced two Bangladeshis and one Nepali national - members of terror outfit Al Qaeda - to eight years in prison, Xinhua reported.
The three were convicted by the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on charges stemming from their signatures on a letter that threatened to attack American, Australian and British embassies in Phnom Penh in April last year. They had identified themselves in the letter as members of the Al Qaeda.
They were identified as Rafiqul Eslami, a 42-year-old Bangladeshi national and former owner of a restaurant in the capital’s Chamkarmon district, Miah Muhammed Huymayan Kabir, a 62-year-old Bangladeshi, and D.P. Paudel, a 44-year-old Nepali national.
Paudel will be deported from Cambodia after he has served his prison term as he was living in Cambodia illegally.
Kabir told the media after the verdict that they will file an appeal against the verdict.
Judge Sin Visal, however, said though the accused have denied the charges, they do not have enough evidence to substantiate their denial.
