Tycoon Sok Bun to serve 10 months

Sok Bun, the real estate tycoon whose savage beating of TV personality Ek Socheata was caught on camera in July, was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday, with all but 10 months of that suspended.

Phnom Penh Municipal Court judge Sor Lina also ordered the multimillionaire – who, due to time served, will now be free in about three months – to pay a fine of $1,500, $1,000 less than the maximum fine under the charges.

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