Cambodian justice ministry responds to social media outrage in drunken driver case


Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin at a recent seminar. - JUSTICE MINISTRY

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Ministry of Justice spokesman Chin Malin said the compensation paid over injuries caused by the driver of a luxury car who crashed into a motorcycle carrying three people, which resulted in serious injuries including to a two-month-old infant, would not exempt him from possible legal prosecution.

Malin was responding to the public reaction on social media over speculations that the US$2,500 the driver's family reportedly paid to the victims had effectively closed the case or prevented criminal charges over it.

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