Hun Sen Hails Drop in Crime, but Complete Figures Withheld

Prime Minister Hun Sen heralded an overall 8 percent drop in the national crime rate during the Interior Ministry’s annual conference yesterday and an even more dramatic 13 percent drop in felonies. For the second straight year, though, the ministry did not provide complete figures or share its year-end report with the media. Mr. Hun Sen attributed the alleged fall in nationwide crime to careful implementation of ministry’s “safety policy” for communes and villages. …