Bou Rachana has been summonsed twice since August to appear before investigators in the case of her murdered husband, but she is now in Thailand with her five children, waiting for an asylum application to be processed.
Spokesperson for the court Ly Sophanna said Ms. Rachana’s failure to appear would not affect the ongoing investigation.
“We sent the subpoena through the correct procedures,” he said, declining to comment further.
Mr. Ley was murdered nearly three months ago at a gas station cafe in Phnom Penh and despite the arrest of key suspect Eurth Ang within minutes, little information has been released by authorities amid increasing calls for more transparency in the case.
In a separate case, four land-rights campaigners from the Boeung Kak community who were attacked by Daun Penh district security forces in 2013 were in court yesterday in relation to charges brought by 11 campaigners accusing the forces of using intentional violence with aggravating circumstances.
Som Seoung, Srey Sophoeun, Hanh Sros and Mao Sokha were all in court yesterday morning to clarify their version of events of the incident that took place at the Wat Phnom roundabout on September 22, 2013.
Mr. Seoung told judge Lim Makaron that community protesters had gathered to meditate and push authorities to expedite their land claims. He also said that they asked for the release of some fellow campaigners, but that local security forces had violently attacked them and injured at least 11.
“[The court] is late for people who have problems, and it’s very slow,” he told the court.
“Perhaps I don’t hope to get justice because this case happened years ago.”
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