Police Say RCAF Trying to Bury Fatal Crash With Cash

25 September 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Economy and commerce / Environment and natural resources / Forest products / Forests and forestry / Land / Logging and timber / Trade
army / Corruption / Forests / illegal logging / Illegal trade / military officials / RCAF / Royal Cambodian Armed Forces / smuggling / timber / Wood

Military officials are attempting to squelch a potential lawsuit from relatives of three people killed Friday when Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF) soldiers smuggling wood through Siem Reap province drove a military truck, donated by the U.S. government, into the family’s motorbike, police officials said. …

Mr. [Muy] Norn [Banteay Srei district deputy police chief] saiid police know the soldiers are from RCAF Division 4 in Oddar Meanchey province. He said that the division’s deputy commander, Brigadier General Chhut Saroeun, had come to lobby the relatives of the dead with cash, and had also negotiated an amount of compensation with district traffic police. …