Soldier suspected of smuggling wood escapes in hail of bullets
Authorities in Kompong Thom province are searching for a soldier suspected of smuggling rosewood who shot at police while making his getaway through a maze of narrow streets on Saturday morning. Provincial police chief Chou Sam An said his officers received a call from a deputy provincial prosecutor at 7 a.m. to stop a Honda CR-V bearing Royal Cambodian Armed Forces license plates and driving down National Road 6 with about 200 kg of illegally logged rosewood. …
