Caper to free official works

Military police in Ratanakkiri province’s O’Yadav district on Monday were duped into letting a detained immigration official walk free just hours after he was arrested for alleged involvement in the cross-border illegal timber trade, police said yesterday.

District military police chief Sok Min said yesterday that a group of men claiming to be Ministry of Interior officials came to the military police post where Kong Sovan Chenda was detained – following a car chase in which he allegedly drove a Lexus loaded with illegal timber – and asked to take the suspect back to their office to fill out some paperwork related to his arrest. …

Sen David
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