No Probe Yet of Link to Taiwan Heroin Shipment

31 August 2012
The Cambodia Daily
criminal activity / diplomatic relations / Drug trafficking / Drugs / heroin / heroin haul / One-China Policy / Taiwan

Cambodian police have yet to receive information about last week's massive heroin haul by Taiwanese authorities, who indicated that the drugs were sourced from Cambodia, said Lieutenant General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman for the Interior Ministry. According to Taiwan's Ministry of Justice, 70 kg of heroin were found on Aug. 20 on a fishing boat that had just returned from Cambodian waters to Taiwan. ... "We are trying to contact Taiwan. So far, they have not responded," he [Lt. Gen. Sopheak] said. ... But since Cambodia follows the "One-China Policy" and does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan, this was proving difficult, Lt. Gen. Sopheak said. ...